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May 27, 2010
Book Club and Summer Knitting
Last night, Hubby asked me as I was getting ready to leave, "So where's book club tonight," meaning whose house. And when I told him Farrelli's Cinema Supper Club in Scottsdale, he did a double take. Yep, we went to dinner and a movie. Watched The Bounty Hunter starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston, which was cute and funny and very enjoyable for our group. And I had a marvelous dinner which I plan to replicate at home -- a portobello caprese sandwich that was so good! Hey, and it's vegetarian and healthy. Once I figure it out, I'll be sharing the recipe.
So we chose three books to read over June, July and August, then we meet again in September to discuss them. First (and I am so excited to read this one), the third Stieg Larsson book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I actually had just ordered this one from Barnes & Noble online a few days ago. With my membership, it was 40% off and free shipping. Sold!
Another summer selection that I suggested is The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, which I had just finished recently. All of the ladies in this book club like to cook and are foodies in some fashion. Plus, they're all into true stories and this is such an enjoyable read.
And we are also reading Carol Burnett's memoir, This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection. I adore Carol Burnett! Growing up, we faithfully watched her weekly variety show as a family and laughed so hard. All her wonderful skits with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. Just thinking about the infamous Gone With the Wind skit where she comes sweeping down the stairs as Scarlett O'Hara wearing the curtains made into a dress - with the curtain rod still in - makes me laugh out loud.
So that's book club. On to knitting. Last month, I had mentioned in a post that I'd like to make myself the Dynamic Cardi shown in the May 2010 issue of Creative Knitting magazine. Here's the picture again ...
I decided to go ahead and order some yarn and make this gorgeous little cardi. Having just hit our first 100 degree day last Friday, it is now officially Summer in Phoenix so I'll have at least 5 months to wear it and maybe more. We've had some very warm Fall weather here in the past, too. Here's a story for you. About 6 years ago, Hubby and I were invited to a costume party on Halloween - so we're talking October 31st - and it was 105 degrees that day. The costumes were so uncomfortable and we were in an outdoor garden setting so there really wasn't any relief from the heat. I remember we all talked about growing up in cold weather areas where we had to wear parkas and hats and gloves and boots for trick or treating and you couldn't even see the costumes.
Herrschners for Patons Grace cotton yarn in the color Tan. It's kind of a spicy color that will look good with just about everything and be wearable year round. I'm kind of excited. Can't wait for my yarn to get here, to get started on it and make something for myself to wear. Woo hoo!
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- Sara said...
what a great book club! My friends and I just started one of our own and we are so excited! Our first book is "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. We've been wanting to do one for awhile. I will have to look into the ones you're reading!
- May 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Angie said...
Can I be in your book club?!? I don't know how I can afford the airfare to get there... lol
That cardi looks supercute! Can't wait to see the finished product!
- May 27, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Cheeseboy said...
My wife said she loved The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
- May 27, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- kim said...
Thanks so much for the comments and following me. I wish I liked to read, but I am more the kind of person that cannot sit still a long time. I do love Carol Burnette and wish her show had not ended. Watched it every week. Loved when Tim Conway played the little old man and shuffled along. Have a great weekend!
- May 28, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Big Mama Cass said...
Will be curious to hear what you think of the Carol Burnett book. I love her. I grew up watching her too. I am going to get The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest on Kindle I think :)
- May 28, 2010 at 7:23 AM
- Sara said...
Thanks for the compliment on my hat! I agree, I think this hat would be great in any color! I'll probably start out with some summer colors. Should I add a flower, do you think?
I really enjoy having my Etsy store. If you're like me and use it as a hobby, you don't have to worry about taxes. It's only if you make over a certain amount of money that you have to worry with it. You basically pay a fee to list then pay a small percentage of what you sell. It's totally worth it and loads of fun. I've made a lot of great connections because it's like a family. 99% of the people are super sweet and helpful and supportive of each other! I'm not a pro at it, but if you have any questions, I'll be glad to try to help!
- May 28, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Duchess said...
I so want to learn how to knit - I'm jealous! I can crochet but knitting isn't something anyone knew to teach me. It's a beautiful cardigan - Can't wait to see how it turns out for you.
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December 7, 2011
Recycled Wood Art Panels from Urban Tickle
I am absolutely in love with these adorable wood art panels from Etsy shop Urban Tickle. How sweet are the inspirational sentiments: "I hope that even the sky is not the limit for you," and "I hope you will always go the distance."
And adding substance to style, the eco-savvy artist prints her unique designs on 100% recycled wood which she salvages from fallen apple orchard trees. They come ready to hang, as the back of each piece of art is equipped with a saw-tooth hanger. Panels may also be color customized to match your child's nursery or playroom.
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Horizon Movies Will Release Controversial Horror-Thriller "Big Bad Wolf", Special Effects award winner at Fright Night Film Fest and starring Charlie O'Connell.
Horizon Movies is proud to announce that it will release the controversial horror-thriller BIG BAD WOLF on DVD on March 4th. Charlie O'Connell, from TV's "The Bachelor", stars as a depraved serial killer tormenting his three teenage step-daughters in this twisted take on "The Three Little Pigs". BIG BAD WOLF was shown in limited screenings at regional horror conventions and film festivals, and won the Best Special Effects award at the 2012 Fright Night Film Fest, where it was also a finalist for Best Picture and Best Actor. It was also an Official Selection at the Burbank International Film Festival and Texas Frightmare Weekend.
The DVD streets on March 4th from Horizon Movies, with a SRP of $26.95, and will feature extra interviews and the trailer.
Also in the cast are Playboy cover model Natasha Alam, Mayra Leal (Machete), and cult genre favorite Clint Howard (The Lords of Salem, Apollo 13, Evilspeak).
In this dark adaptation of The Three Little Pigs, Huff (Charlie O'Connell, "The Bachelor") is an abusive stepfather to three teenage girls living in rural Southern California. Huff is on the verge of a lucrative drug deal that will finally allow him to escape his miserable life and retire to Mexico in style with his sexy mistress, Laci (Natasha Alam, True Blood).
Huff's plan begins to unravel when his battered wife, Lorelei (Elina Madison), sends her three daughters away with Huff's drug money to seek better lives for themselves. This triggers a chain reaction of violence, murder and rage-induced asthma attacks as Huff attempts to locate the three runaways and recover his money. He will huff and puff and tear their lives down.


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Daddy's going on another business trip to Anaheim California. Daddy had thought we could pull something together and all go as a family and check out Disney Land while we were there. We decided it was just going to be too rushed to enjoy so Daddy will be going alone. "(
So as plan B we are thinking about a Disney World trip to sunny Florida this fall. Are we nuts? Yes I think we might be. I'm thinking I would prefer an all inclusive trip to the beach somewhere! But the boys are not buying it. I've got some time to work on them and change their minds. Hummmmmmm......................
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
You know your getting old when........
One of the most EXCITING new discoveries is that you can set your computer font to a larger setting! I never knew it could be this good. SWEET.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
It's been awhile
Well I see it's been a while since my last post on here. Reason? I guess I'm still trying to catch my breath from the Holidays and Daddy getting his new job. I can't say that anything new has been going on around here lately. I've been trying to get back into "normal" mode. Getting Bubby plugged back into a home school routine and doing some serious decluttering. Daddy and I both seem to use any open time to clean something out and organize. It's just time to do it. We've got to put some time and money into the house and get it back up to par. My excuse is having two little ones under our feet all the time. It's hard to much done with so much toddler help! ")
On another note I did manage to have some "mommy" time last night with my friend Aunt J. She hosted a neighborhood Pocino night. We ended up playing Bunco instead once we got around to doing it. Food, wine and laughter filled her house. It was fun to check out some new faces and have some down time as an adult. My the memories we make at those things!
On another note I did manage to have some "mommy" time last night with my friend Aunt J. She hosted a neighborhood Pocino night. We ended up playing Bunco instead once we got around to doing it. Food, wine and laughter filled her house. It was fun to check out some new faces and have some down time as an adult. My the memories we make at those things!
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year! 2009
Wow Ok so it's now 2009. I can remember how my parents used to say how time flies as you get older. Well I now know what they meant! The years roll by almost like the days did when I was young. Why is that?
Anyway we brought in the New Year with a quiet night at home. Complete with Rotel cheese with sausage, chicken wings, bbq little smokies and a veggie tray to keep things healthy. ")
And of course a bottle of the bubbly and watched Elf on the tube. The boys slept. They both have missed two days worth of naps and it was really starting to show.
So we hope that everyone else had a nice time bringing in 2009 too. I hope that the new year brings many blessings to my family and friends.
On another note we went out and purchased a new automobile two days ago. It's a Sport Jeep. It's pretty nice and we got a great deal on it. Did we need it? Well no but I've always thought Daddy Dude would look so nice driving one. He's got the jeep guy look I think. He's got the facial hair, baseball cap and loves flannel shirts! (Shhhhhh I also thought it would be so cool for me as well. I was right). T-Bone and I took it out for a spin while Daddy and Bubby cleaned out the garage yesterday to make some space for it. Let's just say it was a Christmas present or part of our mid life crisis maybe ")
Any way here is a picture of it. BTW is anyone in the market for a '91 Ford Explorer with really low millage? Thought I'd ask :) How about a huge Coleman pop up camper that's in great condition? Some downsizing is in order over here.
Well Happy New 2009 to everyone. Hope it's a wonderful one!
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I mentioned in my post this morning that my decision to introduce a Poll of Polls on this blog was triggered by the absurd misreporting of one or two individual polls that showed improbably high leads for the No campaign - and, yes, I was mainly talking about polls from Progressive Scottish Opinion, a non-BPC pollster with appalling standards of transparency and a track record of wild volatility in their Holyrood polling. In a way I was hoping we'd finally seen the last of them, but perhaps we should be glad we haven't, because their first poll in several months has shown a huge swing towards the pro-independence campaign.
Do you believe Scotland should become an independent country?
Yes 34% (+7)
No 54% (-2)
When Don't Knows are removed, it works out as...
Yes 39% (+6)
No 61% (-6)
As you can see, the real referendum question was not posed in this poll, which is rather peculiar, because when I asked about this last autumn I was told that PSO do use the real question. It appears that they've since had a good hard think about how they can possibly improve their dubious methodology, and have come to the conclusion that their question was just far too close to the thing they are actually trying to measure. However, I can't see anything in the new wording that would benefit the Yes camp - if anything the opposite might be true, because the replacement of the word "be" with "become" subtly draws attention to the position of No as the status quo option. So there's no reason to doubt the extent of the swing to Yes in these numbers - unless of course it was simply caused by PSO's notorious volatility as a pollster.
And the swing is what matters here. John Curtice has today gone through the motions of effectively saying "yes, PSO are one of the most No-friendly pollsters, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are wrong, and if by any chance they're right this poll is a reminder that Yes would still have a lot of ground to make up". But a "reminder" is all it is - that's not new information, any more than it would be new information to point out that if ICM and Panelbase happen to be correct, Yes do NOT have a lot of ground to make up, and are already almost neck-and-neck. We won't find out which pollsters are right and which ones are wrong until polling day, so for now all we can do is look at the trend shown by each firm and see how it fits into a broader pattern. With Don't Knows excluded, PSO are today suggesting a swing of 8% to Yes since September, which is at the upper end of the range of swings shown by other pollsters - ICM are also showing a swing of 8% over the same timescale (although in their case that has taken Yes from 40% to the apparent brink of victory at 48%), while at the other end of the scale Panelbase are suggesting only a 3% swing since September. So the new information we have today slightly increases the chances that the movement to Yes over the last few months has been bigger than some of the more conservative estimates have implied. (I emphasise the word 'slightly' - I'd be more confident if we were getting these numbers from a pollster other than PSO.)
I said earlier that Progressive Scottish Opinion aren't exactly the most transparent of pollsters, and the best illustration of that point is the fact that I can't actually work out something as basic as the data collection method for today's poll - was it face-to-face, was it online, or was it telephone? Neither the Sunday Mail article nor John Curtice's analysis seems to bother telling us (unless I skimmed over the crucial bit). PSO's website bills the company as both an online and face-to-face pollster, and reveals that fieldwork for their online polls is conducted by their "partners" YouGov (let joy be unbounded). Given that this poll took place over just two days, presumably the balance of probability is that the fieldwork was online and used the YouGov panel, which we can reasonably suspect to be one of the more No-friendly online panels. However, the weighting procedures will have been decided by PSO rather than YouGov, which clearly has the effect of producing a somewhat bigger No lead than even YouGov do. This may be because PSO no longer weight by past vote recall.
Nevertheless, PSO are no longer the outright most No-friendly pollster - with these new numbers they've allowed themselves to be 'overtaken' by Ipsos-Mori. The latter haven't published a poll for over two months (although we know they've been conducting unpublished polls since then), and the trend in that early March poll was somewhat out of line with what other pollsters were showing. So it'll be fascinating to see if the next Ipsos-Mori poll to be conducted for public consumption shows any convergence with the norm.
Meanwhile, our dear friends over in the official anti-independence campaign continue with their relentless quest to shed any last vestiges of self-respect. When the PSO poll was published a few hours ago, they posted a graphic on Twitter comparing it to the YouGov poll from ten days ago, rather than to the last poll conducted by PSO. By sheer coincidence, this piece of jiggery-pokery gives the grossly misleading impression that there has in fact been a big swing to the No campaign, rather than the other way around. But don't worry - you can rest assured that they'll maintain consistency at all times, and when a new Panelbase poll appears in the near future, they'll be comparing it with this PSO poll, rather than the last Panelbase poll.
Oh do stop sniggering - these guys have integrity.
In case you're wondering, PSO's reappearance doesn't affect the Poll of Polls because they don't adhere to British Polling Council rules. The mean average for all BPC-affiliated pollsters remains at Yes 35.8%, No 47.0%, and with Don't Knows excluded it's Yes 43.2%, No 56.8%.
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Sunday, May 11, 2014
Huge surge in support for independence in remarkable new poll from Progressive Scottish Opinion
Posted by James Kelly at 2:13 PM
Labels: independence referendum, politics, polls
4 comments:
You seem very cheery today James.ReplyDelete
Good news?
Really appreciating your analyses - sharing on my pages. Good work.ReplyDelete
Now, if you can only find out what women want...
My reading of the mood is that they need a clear arithmetical explanation of a viable economic Scotland. As simple as that. Or is it? I suspect it is but there hasn't been any polling on why women don't want independence and men do.
- AnonymousMay 11, 2014 at 7:41 PM
Good analysis James, a thruppeny bit is winging its way to you.ReplyDelete
Not Eexactly encouraging is it, we don't seem to be breaking the necessary 48% barrierReplyDelete
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Coast to Coast Cards and Layouts...
I fell in love with this kit at once! I made use of the recent long weekend to play with them... can't resist! And so I came up with 2 cards and 6 layouts with all these YUMMY goodness and here they are...
Cards, CARDS and Cards!
Miss You Card...
Materials Used: green, black and white cardstock, Graphic 45 Communique Collection-Communique paper, green and brown polkadot ribbons, brown pigment ink, glittered glue and Ranger glossy accents.
Instructions: Cut a 4 1/2 x 5 1/2" piece of green cardstock and fold it into half. Using a script rubberstamp and pigment ink, stamp on the right area of the card. Cut the PEN design of the Commuique paper and adhere it using foam tapes on the left side of the card. Make a knot using the two polkadot ribbons and adhere them on the lower area of the card. Diecut the MISS YOU letters and place them on the right side of the cards on top of the stamped images. Enhance the letters with glossy accents and glittered glue.
Thank You Card...
Materials Used: Graphic 45 Communique Collection-Society Page paper, Teal green cardstock, green polkadot ribbon, WRMK precious metal hardware-buckles and eyelet, glittered glue and Colorbox fluid chalk ink.
Instructions: Using the buttom part of the Society Page paper (including the paper tab...hehehe!), fold it into half. Get a 2" strip of the teal green cardstock, tear on one side of it and ink with fluid chalk ink. Adhere it on the buttom part of the card and top it with the green polkadot ribbon. Embellish the ribbon with metal buckle and eyelet before your permanently adhere it. Place the word THANKS on top of the teal green cardstock and decorate it with glittered glue. Card #2 is done!
Layouts, LAYOUTS and Layouts!
Just Having Fun!
Materials Used: Kraft, brown and green cardstock, Graphic 45 Commuique Collection-Commuique paper, My Mind's Eye Bella Bella French Flea Market-French Flea Market paper, Daisy D's rub on transfers, Prima flowers, center flowers from Ytet, brown polkadot ribbon, Fancy Pants felt shapes and pins-Harvest, blue blings and Colorbox fluid chalk ink.
Instructions: Cut 4 pieces of 3 1/2 x 3 1/2" patterned papers, distress all 4 sides of each piece using fluid chalk ink and adhere them on a brown cardstock. Cut the brown cardstock and adhere it on the right part of the kraft paper. Mat your photo with green cardstock, then adhere it on the left portion. Place the scalloped shape felt on the buttom part of the layout. Now to embellish the page... put the rub on-title on the lower right box. Adhere the brown polkadot ribbon on top of the scalloped felt, bundle up some flowers, blings, a butterfly and some pins under your photo. Then put some blings on the centers of the circle designs on the upper right box. Journaling strips should be place on the right corner of your photo.
Live, Love, Laugh and Eat!
Materials Used: MME Bella Bella French Flea Market-French Flea Market paper, Graphic 45 Playtime Past Collection-Child's Play paper, orange cardstock, black corrugated board, Fancy Pants pins and felt shapes- Harvest, Adorn It cardstock stickers, Colorbox fluid chalk ink, Ranger glossy accents and Tattered Angel glimmer mist-Riptide Blue.
Instuctions: Spray on the glimmer mist on the center of the Child's Play paper. Cut an 8x7" size of Frech Flea Market paper, distress all sides, ink with the fluid chalk ink, then adhere on the right side of the base paper. Cut a 4 1/2 x 5 1/2" corrugated board and adhere on top of the French Flea Market paper. Mat your photos with the orange cardstock and adhere them on top of the corrugated board. Fold the left portion of your base paper going in and secure them with pins. Attach a 6x3" corrugated board on the upper left portion to still attain a 12x12" base. Adhere your strips of journaling on that area. Embellish your page with cardstock stickers on the lower left area and to complete your title, place your diecut letters under the stickers. Top the diecut letters with Ranger glossy accents. Then place the felt shape hearts on the right corner of your bundled photos. And you're done with your second page!
3 of Us...
Materials Used: My Minds Eye Bella Bella French Flea Market-Rouge Bird paper, Graphic 45 commuique Collection-Society Page, Teal Green cardstock, Adorn It cardstock stickers, American Craft Thickers glittered chipboard letters, Prima Callope flowers, All About Scrapbooking pearl conchos, WRMK precious metal hardware buckles, green and brown polkadot ribbons.
Instructions: To save some parts of the base cardstock, cut an 8x8" size in the inner portion of the cardstock, set aside for matting your photo. Cut an 8x11" size on the Society Page paper. Cut a 4x11" size on the Rouge Bird paper and hand tear on side horizontally. Adhere both papers on top of the cardstock, Society Page paper on top and the Rouge Bird on the bottom part. Adhere the Adorn It flower strip sticker on the left portion of the page vertically. Then adhere the two polkadot ribbons vertically. Green one covering the joining area of the 2 patterned papers and the brown ribbon under the green one. Use metal buckles to embellish your ribbons. Then, mat your photo with the left teal green cardstock. To journal your page, cut the right part of the bracket shape journaling sticker and adhere it on the upper right part of the page. Embellish your page with flowers, conchos and brads. Lastly, place your title on the upper right portion of your page.
Her Life's Blessings...
Materials Used: My Minds Eye Bella Bella Frech Flea Market-Sophia and Frech Flea Market papers, brown and rose cardstock, Adorn It cardstock sticker, glittered glue, Ranger glossy accents and Colorbox fluid chalk ink.
Instructions: Use the Sophia paper for your base and cut a 5x4" size on the right side of it, set aside the fallout paper for further use. Then, cut 8x7" of the French Flea Market paper and distress the 4 sides of it. Adhere it on top of the window created to cover it. Mat your photo with brown cardstock and adhere it on top of the French Flea Market paper. Use the 2 strip designs of the Adorn It cardstock stickers and adhere them at the buttom of your photo. Use foam tapes on the swirl design strip to create depth on your page. Get the fallout portion of the Sophia paper and handcut the flowers and leaves, use them to embellish your page by putting them on the bottom part of the photo. Then use the heart sticker of Adorn It and put it on the center of the flowers and leaves. Put glittered glue on the leaves to give it a shine. Journal your page on the lower left corner of your photo. With the use of diecutting machines and dies, cut your titles and adhere them on the upper left area of your page. Top it with Ranger glossy accents to give it an epoxy look. And it's DONE!
New York City...
Materials Used: Graphic 45 Commuique Collection-Classy Correspondence and Commuique papers, orange and black cardstocks, Basic Grey Mini Monos chipboard letters, Antique red acrylic paint, Ranger glossy accents, Tattered Angel glimmer mist-riptide blue, Colorbox fluid chalk ink, Prima Artistry and Callope flowers and brad and EK Success sticko ticket sticker.
Instructions: Trace and cut a bracket shape paper on the Graphic 45 Classy Correspondence paper. Cut an 8x5" opening on the upper center of the base paper. Set aside the fallout portion of the base paper for further use. Adhere an orange cardstock on the back portion to close the opening. Roll the edges of the opening leaving it a distressed look. Mat your photos with black cardstock and punch holes on the top and buttom part leaving it a computer printout paper effect. Spray glimmer mist on the upper left and under the opening portion of the base paper. Adhere your photos inside the created window area. Hand tear a part of the fallout paper and adhere it on the lower portion of your photos. To embellish your page... cut the Liberty prints of the Commuique paper and adhere it on the lower right part of the window with the use of foam tapes. Bundle some ticket memorabillias or stickers. I used the letters NYC as initials of my title, paint your chipboard letters with acrylic paint and top it with Ranger glossy accents once dry. Put flowers on the buttom part of your title. For the journaling... I always love to use strips on my journals. Cut your journals into strips and distress them with fluid chalk ink, then adhere them on the lower center part of your page.
Speak Your Heart...
Materials Used: My Minds Eye Penny Lane-Free Bird "Beauty" Fond Circles Paper and Bella Bella-French Flea Market Paper, Graphic 45 Commuique Collection-Commuique Paper, orange and brown cardstocks, Adorn It cardstock sticker, Pompom brown ribbon lace, foam flowers, Prima Artistry flowers and Callope flowers, All About Scrapbooking pearl conchos, Colorbox fluid chalk ink and glittered glue.
Instructions: From your scraps of cardstocks and patterned papers, cut half inch, 1" and 1 1/2" of strips and then roll and secure each roll. Make at least 17 to 20 pieces of them. Cut 8x 3 1/2" MME French Flea Market paper and 8x 2 1/2" Graphic 24 Commuique paper, hand tear both papers on one side horizontally and distress with fluid chalk ink. Cut "A Specimen" portion of the Graphic 45 Commuique paper. Mat your photo with orange cardstock. And to assemble the different papers... adhere first the cut "A Specimen" paper on the middle top part of the base MME Free Bird "Beauty" Fond Circles paper, followed by the 8 x 3 1/2" MME paper then on top of it, adhere the 8x 2 1/2" Graphic 45 paper on the bottom part of the base paper. Using foam tapes to give a depth on your page, adhere your photo on the right part of your base paper. To embellish your page... adhere the brown pompom ribbon lace on the right side of your photo and another one in between the top and buttom printed papers on your left. Put a 4" double sided tape or put glue under the brown pompom ribbon lace and line up your rolled papers on it. Its your choice to choose the order and sizes of papers to be place, secure them properly so it will not fall apart. Arrange and adhere your bundle of flowers at the buttom part of your photo. You can use conchos and brads to decorate the centers of your flowers. Put the Adorn It cardstock sticker on the left side opposite your flowers. To finish your page... put glittered glue on the distressed papers to give it a shine. And you're done!
Thanks for looking!
Monday, June 22, 2009
STUNNING May add-on kit
Additional materials not in kit: white cardstock, dark blue cardstock, Prima flowers, Kaisercraft rhinestones, satin ribbon, Basic Grey book clip, AL buttons, ink for stamping.
1. Cut 4x12 Adornit Prairie patterned paper and patterns from Pink Paislee Fascinating Irresistible and Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls. Set aside.
2. Cut 1 inch of the blue pattern of the Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls paper. Use double sided tape at the back and pleat.
3. Cut in half the 4x12 Adornit Prairie paper, adhere 2 inches apart each other on the white cardstock. Adhere the pleated Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls strip across, then adhere your photo. Embellish the vertically with the cutout patterns.
4. Embellish with flowers and rhinestones.
5. Stamp three Technique Tuesday Little Labels with black ink on a dark blue cardstock (I just pulled this strip from my scraps).
6. Adhere title and add journaling.
Instructions (this is an 8x8 layout):
1. Cut 8x8 Adornit Prairie paper. Cutout patterns from Pink Paislee Irresistible paper and a strip from Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls.
2. Cut strips from Moxxie diecut paper and cut freehand scallop. Adhere on the top and bottom edge.
3. Adhere photos and alphas (American Crafts Subway Thickers) for the title, doodle around the letters for definition.
4. Stamp one label with black ink on a dark blue cardstock and adhere. Embellish as desired.
Instructions (this is an 8x8 layout):
1. Cut 8x8 Adornit Blue oval plaid paper, strips from Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls and Moxxie Scallop diecut papers and patterns from Pink Paislee Fascinating Irresistible paper.
2. Corner round photo and adhere on the page.
3. Embellish with cutout patterns, Cheep Fringe trim, Basic grey book clip and buttons.
4. Adhere American Crafts Subway Thickers for the title and doodle around the edges for added definition.
Card 1 - A day to treasure (Hope you're having fun)
1. Cut 5x8 white cardstock and fold in half. Adhere 3.75x4.75 Pink Paislee Fascinating Spectacular paper.
2. Adhere cutout flower and strip from Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls.
3. Stamp label with black ink on Adornit Prairie paper.
4. Embellish with tied Cheep Fringe trim.
1. Cut 5x10 white cardstock and fold in half. Adhere 4x5 Adornit Blue Oval plaid, Moxxie Scallop diecut paper and cutout patterns from Pink Paislee Fascinating Irresistible paper.
2. Stamp Technique Tuesday label with black ink on Adornit Prairie paper.
3. Pleat ribbon trim and adhere.
4. Add AC Subway Thickers Happy Bday sentiment.
Card 3- A day to treasure Happy Birthday
1. Adhere 4x5 Pink Paislee Spectacular pp on folded 5x10 white cardstock.
2. Adhere Adornit Blue Oval plaid and Prairie paper and cutout patterns from Adornit Tweet Birdie Swirls. Create flower from cutout Pink Paislee Irresistible paper and adhere.
3. Stamp Technique Tuesday label with black ink on Adornit Prairie paper and mat with Adornit Tweet Birdie swirls (blue pattern).
4. Embellish center of flower with knotted tie using Cheep Fringe trim.
Card 4 - A day to treasure Have a Happy Birthday
1. Cut 5x10 white cardstock and adhere 4x5 Pink Paislee Spectacular pp. Cut half inch Tweet Birdie Swirls paper (blue pattern) and cut freehand scallop. Adhere on card.
2. Cut patterns from Tweet Birdie Swirls (heart) and Pink Paislee Irresistible paper (leaves) and adhere.
3. Stamp technique tuesday label with black ink on Adornit Prairie paper and adhere on card.
4. Embellish with flowers, rhinestones and Cheep Fringe trim.
Thanks for looking!!! :)
Friday, June 12, 2009
BREATHTAKING May kit reveal
Here are the BREATHTAKING layouts and card from the very talented Scrapbooks Hawaii DT YOYIN MALIG...
"Ever After"
1. Cut an inch from two sides of the Rain cardstock. Distress the edges a bit then adhere it to the French Vanilla cs.
2. Next, cut two corners from the MME Bellezo BellaBella paper to frame your photo.
3. Get two pieces of the same journaling card and adhere them on top of each other underneath your photo.
4. Cut some flowers from one of the Anna Griffin flora decorative papers and use them to embellish your layout.
5. Embellish as desired.
"All Spiffied Up"
1. Tear a strip from the AdornIt Dusty Toile Paper. Adhere the strip near the edge of your base cs. Add a ribbon next to the paper strip.
2. Cut a large and a small piece from the Moxxie diecut paper. Place the large piece alongside the ribbon. Place the smaller piece at the bottom of your layout.
3. Using pop-dots, adhere your photo to your layout.
4. Use flourishes to frame your photo or as photo corners.
5. Add title and journaling
6. Place embellishments along the bottom of the photo
1. Cut a strip from the AdornIt (1" width) and the blue Anna Griffin (0.75" width) papers
2. Adhere the two strips onto your base cardstock so that they intersect each other near one end
3. Cut two 1.5" width strips from the green Anna Griffin paper
4. Adhere one of each alongside the first two strips
5. Using white ink, stamp a small leaf pattern repeatedly on a corner of your base cardstock (creating a frame for your large photograph)
6. Place three small photographs along the AdornIt strip and a larger photograph beside them
7. Place journaling stickers in one corner and arrange your embellishments on top
1. Cut a piece from the scallop diecut paper. Cut away the scallops.
2. Cut a journaling card in half
3. Punch out several circles in different sizes from the AdornIt paper and the brown Anna Griffin paper
4. Cut a 3"x 11" strip from the green Anna Griffin paper
5. Cut a 1"x10" strip from the red and blue Anna Griffin paper
6. Adhere the piece from the diecut paper near the middle of your base cardstock
7. Glue the red and blue strip on top of the green strip. Glue them along the middle of the piece of the diecut paper
8. Glue the half of the journaling card along the right edge of your base cardstock on top of the strips of patterned paper
9. Arrange and adhere the paper circles on the left side of the layout
10. Place your photo in the middle of the layout
11. Adhere the three Flora metal clips below the photo
12. Stamp the title near the lower right corner of the layout
13. Using a black pen, draw a border around your layout
Thank You card
Wow! These are totally inspiring creations!!!
Watch out for the May addon kit reveal next :)
Donna E.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
THE GRAD: April add-on kit layouts
As the saying goes, it's better late than never. So here are the layouts and cards I did using the APRIL Add-on kit, The Grad.
MOVING UP layout
1. Adhere photos on the Aged Line Black (Adornit) pp.
2. Cut with craft knife some of the flourishes/swirls to overlap some of the photos' corners.
3. Embellish with Kaiser Craft black rhinestones,"diploma" 3D sticker and Prima flowers.
4. Adhere chipboard alphas. Ink the alphas with gold ink.
5. Write journaling.
1. Scallop the edges of the Bazzill Raven cs.
2. Cut 6"x10" of Hanging The Tassel (Adornit) pp and the topmost (striped part) of the Graduates (Adornit) pp. Adhere as seen in the layout.
3. Adhere photos and title.
4. Write journaling.
Congratulations, graduate (8x8)
1. Cut Bazzill Kraft cs in 8x8. Ink the edges with Chestnut Roan and stamp with gold ink.
2. Cut 6"x7" Hanging The Tassel (Adornit) pp, ink the edges with Chestnut Roan and gold ink. Adhere in center of Kraft cs. Also, cut and ink the edges of the cap/tassel/diploma image, this will serve as the title of the layout.
3. Cut 2"x8" Graduates (Adornit) pp, ink edges and adhere as seen in layout. Adhere photo and the "title".
4. Write journaling on a 2"x2.5" Bazzill Lily White cs. Stamp one of the Flea Market Finds Stamp (Technique Tuesday) with gold ink. Adhere as seen in layout. Embellish with Graduation Sandylion Essentials.
5. Cut word strips from Graduation Road Map (Adornit) pp, ink edges and adhere in layout.
6. Finish off with an Off White Fringe (Cheep Trims).
Congratulations! (card 1)
1. Cut 4.5"x11" Bazzill Lily white. Score and fold in half.
2. Cut 4.5"x5.5" Graduates (Adornit) pp and adhere in front of card. Cut 3 pcs 1.5"x2" Graduation Road Map (Adornit) pp. Ink edges and adhere as seen in card.
3. Stamp the Flea Market Finds Stamp (Technique Tuesday), cut and use foam/pop dots to adhere in card.
4. Write sentiment on Bazzill Lily white cs and cut. Use foam/pop dots to add dimension.
5. Adhere black Graduation (Sandylion Essentials) cap.
Design flap with Graduation Road Map (Adornit) pp
CONGRATS! (card 2)
1. Cut 4.5"x11" Bazzill Lily white cs. Score and fold in half.
2. Cut 4.5"x5.5" Graduates (Adornit) pp and adhere.
3. Cut 2"x5.5" Hanging the Tassel (Adornit) pp and adhere.
4. Use sticker alphas for your sentiment and embellish with Black Lace Ribbon (Prima).
Envelope: Add interest to envelope by using a portion of the Graduates (Adornit) pp on the flap.
HAPPY GRADUATION mini-card
1. Cut 4"x4" Bazzill Kraft cs, round two corners.
2. Cut 3.5"x3.5" Graduation Road Map (Adornit) pp, corner round and ink edges.
3. Cut 2"x3" Graduates (Adornit) pp and adhere vertically as seen in card.
3. Embellish with Black Lace Ribbon (Prima), Off White Fringe (Cheep Trims), stamped "happy graduation" words and Flea Market Finds (Technique Tuesday) swirl, flowers and Kaiser craft rhinestones.
You are amazing mini-card
1. Cut 4"x4" Bazzill Kraft cs, ink edges.
2. Cut 2"x4" Graduates (Adornit) pp and adhere vertically as seen in card. Cut 1.5"x4" Graduation Road Map (Adornit) pp and adhere across card.
3. Embellish with Black Lace Ribbon (Prima), rubon, flowers and Kaiser craft rhinestone.
CONGRATULATIONS! (with Happy Graduation tag) mini-card
1. Cut 4x4 Bazzill Kraft cs and 3.5x3.5 Graduatin Road Map pp, corner round. Adhere latter to base cs.
2. Cut 1x4 Graduates (Adornit) pp adhere across the card. Embellish with sentiment on Lily white cs, Black Lace (prima) and flowers with rhinestone.
3. Cut 3x5 Bazzill Lily white and make pouch. You can place a "monetary gift" inside this pouch.
4. Finish off with a doodled "Happy Graduation" sentiment and a small pull tab.
Additional materials not in kit:
AC Thickers, Scenic Route sticker alphas, Prima flowers, Colorbox Chestnut Roan ink, Gold ink, White ink, Autumn Leaves (Rhonna Farrer) rubon, MM and Fancy Pants stamps.
Thanks and God bless you all! :)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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I sit in turmoil over how to start this new post. Do I comment on the blue-tinted, white pillows on the horizon, the quiet rush of the dishwasher, the hum of the air conditioning…? My eyes wander through the home that I am visiting. Their children are asleep. A few last drops of sun make their way into the room and then dance with the moonlight till dark wins over. There is such peace here, and peace is such the cure for weeks without writing or solitude or quiet. Finding joy in a life that is always just on the edge of stress has its cons. At least it makes these moments of solitude more noteworthy.
As I rest here I remember that in 10 days* from now I will be on a plane to Atlanta,GA, followed by a plane to Amsterdam, then to Nairobi followed yet another flight over to Mombassa, Kenya where I will be living for 7 weeks. It seems unreal. The closer I get to leaving the more flaws I seem to find in myself, in my walk with Christ, in my attitude. Spiritual warfare, nerves, whatever you decide to call it, would you dare to say that perhaps that is exactly how it should be? I do. It's a reminder that this venture that I set out on is a victory not won by me, but by God. An adventure planned and protected, set apart and blessed by God. He has gone before me. Whom shall I fear?
It wasn't till my orthodontist and his assistant stopped and prayed for me in the middle of my appointment that I really began to feel peace and protection about this trip. How crazy is that?! Glory to God. He had that planned so well. So well that it all took place because I accidentally showed up to my appointment two days early. If I had been on time, those prayers may never have been laid over me. Anyway, What I am most trying to say is that God clearly uses people with issues to carry out His will. There is not one perfect man in the Bible other than Jesus. So often I have felt that I needed to be like Jesus when rather I needed to be more like his followers: Embracing of my mistakes and trials and struggles so that I can better embrace the grace and truth of God. I am not perfect, never will be. But because of the Spirit within me that is filled with all strength and love and truth of God, I choose to join God in what I see Him doing in my life: a path paved to Kenya. Am I still scared? Yes, but I am going anyway; out on a limb knowing that God has me. This is courage.
Ephesians 3: 19 " and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
If you seek fulfillment, find it here in the "fullness of God"! None else will do. Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
*When I wrote this, I had 10 days to go. Now I only have 2.
*When I wrote this, I had 10 days to go. Now I only have 2.


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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Harper's, Singapore, Malaysia, Kimora
Kimora Lee Simmons and Harper's Bazaar go together like a nice, juicy NY Strip steak and some grilled asparagus with a little caesar salad and some chocolate lava cake with...okay, you get my drift. It works, and the Queen of Fabulosity is about to do it all over again! The photo above is from a shoot she and husband Djimon Hounsou did for a 2008 edition of the magazine. Smokin, right?!
This morning, she sent this tweet:
I'm sure they will be hot, hot, hot!!! Stay tuned here and to her website, KLS.com for updates. Remember, no Baby Phat!!! --Sugar
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I just love it when the girls get to cut loose and have a little fun. Not that 8 and 9 year olds need to take time to have fun but with our current busy schedule it is nice to focus on the fun vs. all the Go Go Go lifestyle.
So … LilMissJ went to a sock hop over at Dance Anatomy. A new dance studio that opened up by our house. It was a beautiful location, I only wish they were closer for her to join. This weekend was Hollywood night – come dressed as your favorite Celebrity…..So we chose Blue haired Katy Perry. Look at our transformation. Fingers Crossed the color comes out!
MrM. got so excited when he saw the blue hair spray. He wanted be in charge of the painting of the hair. We used the entire can. Imagine that.
BigGirlH ready with the hair color
We have Katy Perry1, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry 2
Now onto BigGirlH. She had a sleepover and the rest of the family went to Blackbeard's Cove for Family night. Who can pass up
2 hours unlimited golf, go-karts, climbing wall, jump land and indoor playground and a 16" hand-tossed pizza and 4 fountain drinks
So we headed out as a family of 4 sans LilMissJ.
We (they) did Rock climbing wall
We (they) did Go Carts
Hope was driving SO fast I could barely get a clear picture of her
I waited in line for 45 mins while my family played so we didn't waste all of our time in line. Not everyone has a mom who is 8 months pregnant and cannot ride rides.
I then went and ordered our pizza and drinks. Had a nice little rest at the outdoor picnic tables. At this time Mr.M had to go get LilMissJ from her Dance party. He got to experience his 1st "I'm too cool for you." It was so weird to see her so dressed up for no real occasion. I am not ready for all of this. In the long run Mr.M. does not put up with he I'm too cool for you attitude bc he can make you miserable until you give it up. We all had a good laugh about it all. The rest of us all played putt putt until they got back. All in all a FUN night. It made for a long day on Saturday which was my Baby Shower. That is another post for another day.


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Well, I saw the specialist(s) yesterday. It seems that I have not made as much progress as they would like, in fact I haven't really made any progress since the diagnosis. So, the specialist passed me off to another specialist who wants to get a better look at what is going on. He suspects that I have a full obstruction somewhere in the vein. That means I get to have a contrast procedure...yay. O_o
Not the best news, but the first specialist was talking about using a clot busting drug. I guess once they get a look at what's going on they will decide how best to approach the whole situation. The bottom line is, I don't seem to be in the agonizing pain I should be, my leg is still swollen, and there is more bruising appearing down by my ankle now. All in all...not what they want to see. Send me some clot busting vibes, I think I need them.


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Archive for the 'Argument' Category
Go to Hell, Everyone
Just to counter FDL, Corrente, Kos, and Open Left, let me just say that you motherfuckers are killing the liberal movement (I'm not ever going to bother addressing the PUMAs, who are only in this game to oppose Obama, nothing else). The Overton Window shifts left when the Republicans cease being a national party, not because you blogged about single payer a lot. At that point, the Democrats can split into a center-left and left party that can both win national elections.
Anyone on the left who opposes the president now is favoring this shift happening during their generation at the expense of this shift happening at all. You are all a bunch of selfish bastards who deserve to die in a fire; you are certainly not anyone who's "keeping Obama honest". Your shortsightedness will be all of our ruin.
Fire Caro!
Lambert and Vastleft at Corrente are always complaining that they're not PUMAs or racists, but instead trying to critique Barack Obama from the left. Funny, then, that they continue to let Carolyn Kay post on the front page. Kay, or "Caro" as she's known online, posts a daily blog roundup. Of course, most if not all of her recommendations are PUMA blogs, and one in particular (let's just say that if you don't read the Confluence, you'd still get to read most of their writing via her posts). This is harmless enough on its own, but recently it's come out that she's a hard core Birther.
Take today's post, for instance. Caro notes the Supreme Court's denial of certiorari for Leo Donofrio's crazy "natural born citizen" lawsuit with the kind of self-centered pith she's become (in)famous for:
This decision confirms my belief that the Republican powers that be WANT Obama in the presidency. They must think they have a better chance of discrediting him and the Democratic Party with Obama at the helm.
It's not that Donofrio's suit has merit. It's that the Republicans are engaged in a giant conspiracy to make the Democrats looks bad by…well, by…electing a Democratic president? Caro has gone so crazy that she's gone down the rabbit hole and come out the other side. She's spouting a racist right-wing conspiracy theory, blaming right-wingers for not expelling Obama from the presidency. She's convinced herself that Obama will somehow discredit Democrats forever, so her ideal solution to protect Democrats is to elect a Republican. This is a special kind of crazy. It's supporting Democrats via Rube Goldberg device.
This ranting isn't by any means, though, a progressive critique of the President-Elect, which is what Corrente is supposedly all about. So Lambert and Vastleft, I'll follow your lead and issue a self-righteous ultimatium: I'll start taking you seriously when you shitcan Caro. Your tolerance of her right-wing bloviations undermines everything you claim to represent, and a dedicated reader of Corrente such as myself deserves nothing less than an end to this bullshit. What say ye?
UPDATE: Edited for clarity.
Adventures in Circular Logic
Shorter Riverdaughter: PUMAs are smarter than other Democrats because they chose Hillary Clinton, who was obviously the smarter choice.
I'll have to file this away with "she's obviously very mature to be dating a man my age" and "Homeopathy works because I feel better" under examples I readily use to highlight this particular fallacy.
I guess this is her acceptance speech
Not content to be obsessed with only one blogger's body, Ann Althouse goes for the deuce and calls Kevin Drum a fattie. As Althouse has perhaps the largest yet most fragile ego on the entire web, one insult isn't going to do it; she also notes that Drum is a Clinton sycophant. Apparently posting one item with positive mention of Hillary Clinton is enough to earn sycophant status these days. Who knew? More on this later.
Stay with me, readers, because we're not even to the craziest portion of this post yet. That comes later on, as Althouse muses why Drum gave her the Golden Wingnut Award:
I understand that I ruffled some feathers with that harshly satirical post that took aim at Bill Clinton and a feminist who festoons her blog with images of breasts. You can hate that post all you want, but there's nothing right wing about it. If it's any wing, it's left.
So I got to thinking that Drum must be one of those politicos who's carrying water for HC.
But I don't have time. Not to write a poem and not to solve the mystery of whether Drum is on my case in service to the Clintons.
Althouse apparently thinks the reactions to her posts on Jessica Valenti's breasts were all about defending Bill Clinton. She also thinks that any such criticism is part of a massive conspiracy against her powered by the Clintons.
Let that sink in for a second.
Needless to say, both these notions are completely absurd. If anything, reaction to Althouse was focused on defending Valenti from Althouse's attacks after simply looking like herself and being photographed. The nutty professor implied that Valenti was slutting it up for the presidental photograph, when in reality Valenti simply wore business casual clothing and (gasp!) had breasts. Althouse also tried to shame Feministing for the female silhouettes in its logo, because they too had breasts, shockingly enough.
This argument was idiotic and puzzling at the time, and this still holds true. There's nothing that Valenti could have done to be outside of Althouse's slut criteria short of not attending the luncheon or taping down her breasts, indeed it seems that her only crimes were standing next to Bill Clinton and being pretty. When this was pointed out to Ann, the brouhaha quickly centered around her truly unhinged reaction to all the criticism, best exemplified by her Bloggingheads TV spot with Garance Franke-Ruta.
As for the conspiracy theory, well, I did say she had a big ego.
That Ann Althouse still thinks she's the victim of some sort of liberal persecution in this matter is maddening, and it's a testament to her lack of intellectual heft that the best she can come up with is fat jokes and egotistical delusions. But I've got to hand it to her, this is by far the best acceptance speech for a Golden Wingnut Award that I've ever read.
Althouse's link to Drum's post that dotes on Hillary Clinton (reproduced here) doesn't actually take you to a real website, and a quick Google search of some the text she cites shows only her blog as a result. There's a chance she made up the whole thing, which isn't really surprising.
Update: My use of the phrase "there's a chance" is vindicated, as Matt Ficke finds the post in question.
Wherein I apologize, but not fully
As I said earlier, Jill over at Feministe responded to my two posts from Wednesday, and she deserves a response. First, I want to say that I was wrong about the abortion study. Reading her take on the studies, as well as re-reading the abstracts (I didn't read the actual study, as I don't have a Lancet subscription), I realized that her case was persuasive, and that I too hastily dismissed them. It probably didn't help that I read Matt's and Megan's takes on the study before reading the abstracts, and that probably skewed my initial reading somewhat. That's not an excuse, however, I should have known better. In any case, I now disavow my original objections to the study and find its conclusions persuasive. Mea culpa.
Second, I want to disagree with Mike and agree with Jill regarding the propriety of her criticizing me when she's such a bigger fish than I am. Part of the responsibility involved when putting your opinions into a public forum is accepting that those opinions are fair game for criticism, regardless of the traffic of those doing the criticizing. If I didn't want anyone disagreeing with me, I shouldn't have put my thoughts on a blog in the first place. Additionally, I'm posting under my full name, so it's fine to refer to me by it (although I am attempting to foster some mystery as to whether it's real or not). I'm not sure if Jill was pulling punches or just didn't notice, but my name isn't Soberish, the blog's is.
That all said, I disagree with much of what Jill posted, and to some extent think she gravely misrepresented my positions. Since this could get somewhat lengthy, the rest is below.
Mike says what I was going to say
Jill at Feministe wrote about both my posts from yesterday, and naturally I feel the need to respond. As it turns out, though, Mike Meginnis has come to my defense and says much of what I was going to say, so I'm just going to point anyone interested over to him. I'll still have a response up, but not until after work.
Not this shit again
Immediately after posting the previous item, I checked my reader for new posts, only to find zuzu from Feministe proving my point, responding to Matt Yglesias' take on the abortion study I linked to previously:
What I'm interested in right now is the privilege on display — Matt, who will never have to face the question of whether to have an abortion, dismisses the Guttmacher study as "questionable." And why? Because, gosh, it just doesn't make any sense that women would seek abortions where they're illegal and dangerous! It's quite telling that Matt can't get past the mathematical modeling of it all to reach the understanding that the reason that reproductive-rights advocates argue in favor of safe and legal abortion is that women will get abortions regardless of whether or not they're legal, and they will get abortions regardless of the possibility of injury or death, because the alternative for them is worse. IOW, criminalizing abortion does not make abortion stop. It simply makes it more dangerous.
In other words, Matt's purely scientific concerns with the study's methodology are without merit, because the study agrees with zuzu's ideology. Also, Matt is sexist.
zuzu is, of course, employing the patented "Privilege Defense" employed by some feminist bloggers. It's a version of the ad hominem retort that involves ignoring the merits of your opponent's argument, dropping words like "privilege" and "patriarchy", insinuating that your opponent is sexist, and hoping they're cowed enough not to respond. It's the worst kind of well poisoning, and frankly it's complete bullshit and needs to stop.
For further insights into the Privilege Defense, see Mike Meginnis. He knows more about it than anyone really should.
re: this bullshit
Dear Garance,
Reading over your responses to Mike Meginnis, I feel you could use a little guidance. Here are some links that I think you will find helpful in your work here at Blogosphere LLC:
- the definition of poisoning the well
- another definition, this time of the appeal to emotion
- an explanation of the ad hominem fallacy fallacy
- a discussion of the problems with the phrase "you haven't walked in my shoes"
Please keep these in mind the next time you respond to your co-workers. All employees of Blogosphere LLC need to ensure that they maintain a civil tone while corresponding with their fellow employees; don't let your emotions blind you. Try arguing through your pain next time instead of freaking out.
I'd hate for this to become an issue during your annual review, but I'll be forced to if you continue to foster this environment of tremendous personal hostility.
See you at the budget review!
John Cain
Human Resources Assistant


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When I saw these little felt Totoros on Flickr I just had to make one!
I never made something out of felt before, but it turns out to be quick and fun! My Totoro isn't at all perfect, but I quite like him anyway :)
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Lawrence's first point is that "retired Americans receive high-quality care but have virtually no idea what their Medicare benefits cost". I think we can say that pretty much every American who received high-quality care through insurance has virtually no idea what it costs. If I were getting my car fixed, I could get an up-front estimate and have a pretty good sense that it would be accurate. I could require additional authorization if new repairs were found to be needed, or if costs wee going to exceed an agreed amount. But if I go into the hospital, even if I have a ballpark sense of what the hospital charges for a procedure, I have no similar assurance. And when I get my bill, if I don't have insurance I pay a lot more than an insurance company would pay for exactly the same services. Meanwhile, medical billing can be ridiculously complex and confusing, and bills can be exceptionally difficult for an average patient to decipher. If you have insurance, no kidding you're going to defer to your insurance company to deal with those bills.
We can try to raise awareness of medical costs through copays and coinsurance, but the fact is that once you hit the cap on your contribution any associated incentive to keep costs down evaporates. People with the most expensive health conditions hit those caps quickly. (You also have to be careful, in setting those amounts, not to discourage people from seeking appropriate diagnostic care and follow-up care, assuming that you want patients to get the care they need to avoid higher costs down the line. If you think they're going to drop off of your insurance and onto the public rolls or to become uninsured by the time their health issues reach a crisis point, perhaps you want the cost share to be too high for your average insured.)
Also, what difference does it make to you if you know the cost of health care you need. Nobody is walking by a hospital, seeing a sign that says "50% Off All Organ Transplants" and making an impulse purchase. One patient, if asked, might tell you that a heart transplant costs, "I don't know, $5,000?" Another might say, "About $500,000 for the procedure, probably another $100,000 or so over the subsequent year, and given my health probably $300K per year for follow-up care and medication for the rest of my life, which may involve another heart transplant ten or fifteen years from now." But whether they thing a transplant is cheap or expensive, or believe Medicare is a rip-off or a windfall, both of them are apt to conclude with, "Can I have my heart transplant now, please?"
Further, with Medicare, some of the highest cost care is driven not by the patient, but by the patient's family. A patient can have a living will, and be begging to go to hospice, but family wishes can result in that patient's incurring significant, unpleasant, intrusive, and extremely costly medical treatments that the patient doesn't even want - and may even shorten the patient's life, while worsening its quality - because family members overrule the patient. Or the family may correctly tell the hospital about the patient's wish not to receive heroic care, but be unable to find and provide copies of the patient's advance directive or "do not resuscitate" request.
And let's not forget what happened when Congress proposed that Medicare pay for counseling between a patient and her doctor about end-of-life decisions, the sort of discussion that can help an elderly person receive the end-of-life care that will allow for the best quality of life while potentially avoiding costly medical procedures. Republicans demagogued about "death panels" under the principle that a lie told often becomes the truth, the media as a whole did a poor to abysmal job covering the trumped up controversy, and the funding was cut.
Lawrence observes that Medicare is heavily subsidized by taxpayers, past premiums falling well below the level necessary to support present benefits.
But those Medicare taxes, and interest on the program's small trust fund, cover just 38 percent of the annual cost of the program's benefits. Premiums paid by beneficiaries cover an additional 12 percent, but fully half of the program's $549 billion cost last year was funded by federal income taxes on working Americans.If you look at the numbers, Medicare does pretty well at self-funding when it coms to hospital care (part A), but not so well when it comes to non-hospital care (Medicare as a traditional health insurance plan) (Part B) or G.W. Bush's unfunded prescription drug benefit (Part D) - you know, the one passed back when deficits didn't matter and running up huge deficits was overt Republican policy. In a sense we're lucky, because the relatively low number of new blockbuster drugs has resulted in Part D being less expensive than initially feared. We should also acknowledge that part of the reason Medicare Part D is as costly as it is, is because the Republican Party chose to prevent Medicare from negotiating for discounts with pharmaceutical companies - something that a private insurer would do as a matter of course - instead passing along an unnecessarily higher cost to the taxpayer.
If you listen to the doctors, Medicare pays ridiculously low amounts to care providers and should find ways to increase payments and allow doctors to spend more time with patients. I don't want to digress into the economics of medical practice - suffice to say, it's difficult to believe we can squeeze down physician costs for Medicare Part B without risking a shortage of participating physicians. (Hence the periodic "doctor fixes".)
Lawrence correctly points out that Medicare results in a massive transfer of wealth, from young to old:
An American man retiring in 2011 could expect to receive Medicare benefits worth $170,000 (in 2011 dollars). If he had worked from age 22 at the average U.S. wage each year, he would have paid Medicare taxes (plus interest) worth $60,000 (also in 2011 dollars). So the average male worker retiring in 2011 will receive benefits worth almost three times what he paid in. And the transfer to that retiree will be $110,000 from younger Americans, perhaps including his grandchildren.If we're going to look at it in those terms, though, is it not fair to respond that the average worker has paid property taxes, as well as various other state and federal taxes, throughout his life, contributing to the support of the schools from which the current generation of taxpayers graduated? If the average K-12 education costs $120,000, a wealth transfer from the older and more established to the young, there's a lot more balance to the picture than Lawrence suggests. Also, what about the taxes that person contributed to services he never used - should we regard them as a complete loss to him? And who is Lawrence to suggest that stay-at-home moms don't work - is he paying no attention to Republican demagoguery? Seriously - if we as a society are going to take the position that it's good, even advisable, for women to stay at home to raise their children instead of entering the workplace, it's not reasonable to turn around and accuse them of leeching off of the rest of us.
If that average worker had a wife who didn't work, she would receive $188,000 worth of benefits, despite having paid nothing in. So the couple's benefits are six times what was paid in, or a $298,000 transfer from younger generations.
I'm not arguing that we should ignore the economics of Medicare, or that we don't need to find a way to reduce healthcare inflation and stabilize funding - I'm stating that you shouldn't segregate a single government benefit, divorced from the greater tax and societal context, and use it to argue that a given individual or class of taxpayers is receiving a windfall - the issues and economics are more complex.
The closest thing Lawrence offers to a solution is his apparent belief that, if informed of the cost of their care versus the amount of their direct contribution to Medicare, they will use fewer services. I suspect that, to the contrary, they will conclude, "Wow, I got a really good deal," and continue on as if nothing has changed.
Lawrence also argues,
Other countries spend far less on health care and have better health outcomes. Reform of our health-care system would dramatically reduce the cost of future Medicare benefits and reduce the tax burden on future generations.True, but only relevant if we're willing to examine and emulate their cost-savings models. To date, we're not willing to do that. And while neither party is even close to innocent, Republican demagoguery on the issue is especially irresponsible. The Republicans expressly reject every solution that has helped suppress health costs in other developed nations, and argue that the present reform effort - an approach that protects private health insurers, originated in a right-wing think tank, was suggested by the Republicans as a possible alternative to President Clinton's unsuccessful reform effort, which was enacted by a Republican governor in Massachusetts, and which pretty much ignores what has worked in the rest of the world in favor of trying to spackle over and preserve the status quo - is "socialist". Yes, the Democrats smothered the "public option" in its crib, but at least they were willing to discuss such an option.
Lawrence continues,
But Americans are angry with their elected leaders, and they lack the information critical to understanding the need for change.Whose fault is that? Leaving aside the "Keep your government hands off my Medicare" crowd, and those who get ginned up over lies about "death panels", where would the majority of Americans turn to learn about solutions that may work to keep costs down, particularly in relation to care for the elderly? When the relatively modest and eminently sensible Independent Payment Advisory Board was created, Republicans demagogued against it as a "rationing board" and "having government bureaucrats tell your doctors what care you can get." If Republicans successfully lie and gin up massive popular opposition to sensible baby steps, and a pliant or partisan media goes along with the lies, we have no chance of implementing meaningful reforms prior to our reaching a crisis point. We could make sensible spending decisions, but thanks largely to the Republican Party what we get instead is insanity.
It's not so much that I think the Democrats want an honest discussion of the issues - the deals made in advance of the healthcare reform debate suggest that they prefer the illusion of a debate to an honest discussion of the most effective and economically prudent reforms - but you can't blame the impasse on voter anger without acknowledging that the anger largely results from Republican mendacity, and you can't blame the rest of the problem on lack of information if the Republican Party chooses to be a constant fount of misinformation. The angriest voters on the left want an honest debate and feel let down by the President. The angriest voters on the right appear to be reacting to partisan fabrications and demagoguery, and appear to be largely ignorant of the facts.
You want to talk about misinformation? Partisan politics? Special interests buying the system? Dubious government accounting? Short-term thinking? Tell me something I don't already know. Like... how to get past any of that and actually address the nation's problems. Sorry, but providing additional personalized information to Medicare recipients is going to accomplish absolutely nothing.
------------ 1. To clarify, that's a fund that manages the wealth of his family and its business partners. I have no problem with that - we should all be so lucky - but want to clarify that the editorial is not written from the standpoint of somebody who is advising average families how to plan for their future financial and medical needs.


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This is a pretty simple concept, but if you like using foaming soaps this can help you save some money! You can make your own foaming soap for dishes or hand washing using regular soap and water. Just dilute and use a foaming pump container.
I used to buy the Dawn Direct Foam soap, but it's expensive, almost the same price as a regular bottle of dawn soap. I now make my own! I could probably make 15-20 bottles of the foaming soap out of the one big bottle of Dawn.
- The same thing can be done very easily for hand soap. Just refill your foaming hand soap containers with 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch of clear liquid hand soap.
- I use the cheap store brand clear hand soap and it works great. The creamy type of liquid soaps don't dilute as well as the clear types, so keep that in mind if you want to try this.
- The pumps on the hand soap containers do get worn out after a lot of use. With all the money I've saved, I don't mind buying one new bottle of SoftSoap every six months. Especially when I can find cute seasonal designs on clearance at Target!


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Geeks are busy these days playing around with the stocks of hot shot companies. Last 10 days were full of such scams. SEC is having a tough time finding out the real culprits as the news now snowballs in blogosphere and its difficult to point out the source.
That much we know from the mischievous email that was apparently sent out to Apple employees and that – naturally – quickly found its way into the tech-news cycle via the respected and highly trafficked tech site Engadget. The terse email said simply that the iPhone would be delayed to October from June and that the OS X Leopard operating software would not be released until January.
(Apple declined to offer any comment beyond reiterating that the email "wasn't authentic" and that both the iPhone and Leopard are on track as previously announced.)
That was enough to cause Apple's stock to tumble 5% from its morning high. Or close to 4-5 billion dollars of wealth was eroded.
Some who had shorted the stock would hve made a killing.
The real smart thing here was how the fake news was spread. It seems someone figured out how to send an email to Apple employees around the world, putting the familiar "Bullet News" in the from line (for Apple's sake, one hopes this is not as simple as sending an email to "email@example.com").
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Have you ever had the feeling like you are bursting with ideas and don't know where to start? I'm right here today. Doesn't feel good. While we were on holiday I wrote quite a lot of lists about every kind of new things I was going to do, and as today, I think I have to review those lists again and make another list... Something like a detailed to-do-list, so that I can focus on the list and not daydreaming about even newer ideas.
I have quite a few canvases in progress, I should really finish those first, before I even think of anything else...but the focusing goes not quite well.
This is how I was working on a recent canvas last week. I would like to get back there. Focus on one task. Hard job.
Photo by my daughter : )
I decided to be careful with money in September (and if possible in October and November as well). So the initial plan is to use only the materials I already got (there is more than enough) instead of investing in new things. That means I should finish all the canvases I got, there are acrylic papers as well to paint smaller paintings on which would be only available as prints... but if I do this the new and exciting stuff has to wait... quite a lot... sigh...
I stopped here for a moment as I realized there might be something I could buy (only costs £2.99) and I will be able to add this new product without any additional work, so I can go back to those canvases. I bought the thing quickly, the new products will be listed next week if everything goes well.
But still... can't wait for the exciting stuff...
Here is the finished painting, not listed anywhere yet, if you are interested in the original, feel free to contact me. I'm not sure if I should sell prints of this painting because of the shape, will have to think that through first.
(the very bottom of the painting is missing from the image for some reason)
Hope you all have a productive day!


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|I just l-o-v-e 'Aaron' caladium. Isn't he lovely? Would you feel welcome walking up to my front door?
Here's some other pretties just for good measure.
|Such ruffles!
Such a lovely blue. I saw today what makes this salvia (farinacea aka 'Mealy Cup Sage') so glisten-y. There is a darker color in the flowers that's basically purple and a lighter one that is medium blue. The combination just dazzles me in the sun. Like sparkling sapphires in the garden.


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Nightmare Opus
Monday, May 23, 2011
Seems that the writing in this journal is pretty hard to read, i will post pictures, but i am going to take the time to read it and type it up. I want to make sure everyone gets to read this thing. I will be posting the first entry soon.
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1. What is the narrator's purpose for writing the narrative that makes up "We"?
2. Why is the Integral being built?
3. How does the narrator describe the character known as O-90?
4. How does the narrator describe the character called I-330?
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24 December, 2011
23 December, 2011
Techies, HELP*
Now baby has a phone like mommy's. The only problem is that the chunkier colourful one gets lost every now and then. Then little `big boss' manages to get mommy gone on a search for the thing. Mommy wishes it were an easier job. If only we could give it a ring and find out just where it is, like we do when we misplace our adult cellphones.
Toy techies, could you find some way to make it easier to locate toy phones. And while you're at that, could you find away to locate missing television remote controls too. Mommies and daddies everywhere would appreciate that.
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Joe Haggerty has some chilling thoughts in, Thornton's penalty a green light to NHL predators. Everyone should read it.
To my way of thinking, what Haggerty is warning us of is the result of the absurd way that justice is handed out by the NHL. Too much attention is paid to the result (injury) and not enough attention is paid to the act itself. The idea seems to be that it is ok to violate a rule that was designed to improve player safety until someone gets hurt. Only then is the act usually considered an infraction. The "intent to injure" is another mistaken aspect of all this. Somehow the NHL department of player safety is supposed to look at the circumstances of a hit and infer the intentions of the players involved. Unless they have a way to read minds, this is simply not a practical approach.
An example of this was when Brad Marchand of the Bruins injured Sami Salo of the Canucks with a low check in 2012. Because Marchand had gone looking for Salo after an incident, the NHL deemed this an intentional hit meant to cause injury. The problem with this, is that players are always trying to hurt each other. It's part of the game. Shawn Thornton wanted to hurt Brooks Orpik. But he surely didn't intend to send him to the hospital (if for no other reason than he'd end up suspended). Whether it be sending a message with a big hit into the boards or a facewash in front of the net, they are trying to hurt each other. How do you tell if they are trying to actually injure someone seriously? There simply is no way to do that. So this "intent to injure" idea is just plain crazy. The NHL can't know what was going through a players mind. The result of this approach to discipline that the NHL uses looks haphazard and leaves people complaining of bias, undermining confidence and leaving the fate of players to the whim of chance.
But it's worse than that. The inconsistent way these suspensions are handed out, often with no serious call by the on-ice official, is hurting the game. If you don't punish the hits to the head or checks from behind, you are ensuring that someone is going to eventually be injured. It's a statistical certainty. And when the player is suspended for doing the same thing he's gotten away with repeatedly, he and his fans are going to rightly feel a long suspension is unjustified. For these reasons the NHL must start punishing the infractions that are in their rule book universally, not just when someone is injured or when they think the player had an intent to injure.
It should start with a major penalty called on the ice. The major penalty is a tool that is seldom used today, but it should be the first line of defense when it comes to player safety. All they need to do to make the game safer is to start calling the rules that are already in the book.
As an example, recently Brad Marchand checked Sean Monahan of the Flames into the boards from behind. It was a textbook example of a reckless hit that could result in injury, particularly because Monahan was facing the boards. Yet Marchand was only given 2 minutes for boarding. After the game his coach defended him, saying,
"I look at that hit and it's a two-minute penalty. And I don't think he was going in there looking to injure the guy," Julien said. "He was going to hit and the guy turned and how he got him deserved a two-minute penalty but that's as much as it is."
Here is the important part of the text of rule 43:
43.3 Major Penalty – Any player or goalkeeper who cross-checks, pushes or charges from behind an opponent who is unable to protect or defend himself, shall be assessed a major penalty. This penalty applies anywhere on the playing surface.As a hockey fan first, and a Bruins fan second, I would have liked to have seen the major penalty called. It was reckless, no matter how the other player ended up turning or the intent of Marchand. I'd prefer this to seeing Bergeron or Krejci taken off the ice on a backboard, or for that matter, any other player.
It's time the NHL woke up to the enormous error they are making. If they don't, players are going to continue suffering preventable head injuries, and in turn that is going to mean that in ten years time we aren't going to recognize the game.


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Everyone wants to have a superior bespoke suit in her wardrobe. In keeping good surely shows your positive side to the other. This is the reason why people prefer to choose a man costume for an event. It will naturally bring some power and confidence in a person. It is good if the suit is a good fit, even if it is not there, there are many stores that offer fitting sessions with qualified designers. These tailors make all necessary changes to be made in a dress. Some prefer to go with custom shirt because it is tailored to a type of body.
It is also important to wear the outfit that matches a person's body type, which makes it look better and beautiful. Some dresses are made specifically to make a person look better. For example, no action will hide the roundness of an individual, but it can reduce the fat look. Men also need to focus on the kind of white shirt he will team up with his costume. A great man must choose the color and fabric wisely. In the case of tissue, tissue controls is ideal to choose because it is classic and elegant look. Having lines in horizontal mode on a cheap custom suit, will add the class to the personality of the tall men. Therefore, these tips can help you choose a good outfit. Try to find on the internet about the new fashion and trends, as far as possible.


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So my plan worked because yesterday I overheard her talking to someone and they decided that I was learning to suck my fingers to put myself to sleep instead of my broken pacifiers. And Mommy said she would rather have me want a pacifier than my finger. So I have new pacifiers in my crib now.
Victory again.


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Saturday, 22 July 2017
Decorative Paper or Embossed Background?
I picked a pretty green dp with a small print, and then found a piece of light kraft cs that blended with it well and stamped and heat embossed in white. I coloured with white and green coloured pencils, trimmed it down and bordered in white.
A pretty basic card that takes me back to my early days of cardmaking. I like it but I'm not sure it's my style anymore (maybe I really should get rid of a lot of that dp!!). So while I had the stamp and the kraft cs out, I made an alternate version.
I used a darker kraft cs for more contrast, the same heat embossing and colouring, but this time bordered with dark green cs and mounted on an embossed background.
The question then was "do I like it any better?". Or should I also get rid of a bunch of my embossing folders too? My style seems to have evolved away from this too and I'm enjoying more mixed media stuff, making my own backgrounds, etc. It will be interesting to see at my annual card sale what cards sell the fastest. If people still really like these ones and they sell quickly, then I need to keep making some of them so will have to keep my dp and embossing folders! I'll report back in December!
What do you think? Decorative paper or embossed background? Move on from both of them? Since I'm ambivalent myself, you won't hurt my feelings!
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I love the texture of the embossed folder it looks perfect with the white. I'm with you on the DP, I really struggle to use it now that we have all learned to make our own beautiful coloured backgrounds.ReplyDelete
I like the embossing folder better. I gave most of my DSP to the grandkids! They were delighted! And I was delighted to get it out! I'm not using my embossing folders as much either. I still love them though. Love your doves, especially the second one on the darker cardstock! Great coloring!ReplyDelete
They are both pretty, but I do like the more CAS 2nd card the best. I have given away much of my DSP, but still have plenty. I have not bought any new DSP for a couple of years, so that is a plus. I am sure someone at your sale will love your cards though. TFS and reminding me of my older style of cards too. Hugs..P.S. I still love stamping in white on kraft paper even if I do not do it very often and love your dove layers.ReplyDelete
I hardly ever use DSP and I don't use embossing folders very often either. I still have lots of both, though. Maybe we can figure out a technique or two that uses DSP. Something to think about. As for the embossing folders, I still like to have them because I do like the embossing folder stamping technique, although I haven't done it a lot. I need to keep a list of techniques as a reminder because there are so many that we have done over the past few years and tend to forget about some of them. :) Hope that helps. As for your cards ... I like the embossing folder version better. Probably because I am partial to white backgrounds. :) xxReplyDelete
Both are lovely cards...however, I prefer the embossed background. The embossed design resonates the theme in your focal point...and the focal point presents itself to the foreground "peacefully". :DReplyDelete
This is fabulous! Thanks for sharing at The Merry Christmas Challenge!ReplyDelete
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I have the same issue Susan and find I rarely use my enormous collection of papers. I do like both cards though and I think it is because I love the beautiful focal point of those folk art inspired doves.ReplyDelete
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Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at TMCC, good luck!!! Amy DTReplyDelete
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babysitting the sweet angel baby James (and really, could that face be any more angelic??),
and his dog-sister Beretta, who so sweetly offered to model my latest knitting project. I started knitting a blanket two years ago when knitting was still New! and Sparkly! I bought 15 (!!!) skeins of this ecru cotton/wool blend plus a few skeins of coloured yarn to mix in randomly. As a brand new knitter, I picked seed stitch (knit one, purl one) as the stitch I wanted to do. It was easy, alright? Anyway, I got 95% through one skein and was bored and thought I'd alternate this project with others and it got tucked away in a bag and shoved to the back of the closet, never to be heard from again. Since I've been knitting blankets for everyone else, that got me to thinking about this. I pulled it out and started working and I'm bored. Again. Plus I started worrying about what a cotton/wool blanket would do when laundered. So I knitted this little washcloth on Sunday while James was sleeping to do a test run through the wash. I'm happy with the results but I still have to determine what I'm going to do stitch wise. I may just vary my stitches every few rows because 6 feet of ecru seed stitch is enough to make a girl never want to knit again, see?
Here's the other sweet face that has appeared in my house this week -
My 17 year old brother Will is visiting from Southern California. He's a funny kid and we're really enjoying having him here. Plus, the Nintendo Wii is finally getting some use. . .
(Love the matching shorts.)
Apparently the controllers need to be recalibrated every few minutes.
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Riots sparked by a controversial land-transfer deal have widened to become pro-independence rallies.
by Jonathan Adams
Christian Science Monitor, August 14, 2008
Escalating unrest in Indian-controlled Kashmir threatens to derail a peace process between India and Pakistan that has extended over more than four years.
Riots, sparked by a land-transfer dispute, have also cast a shadow over local elections planned for this fall that were seen as a possible turning point toward greater stability.
Reports differed on the number of casualties from the violence. Bloomberg put the death toll at 27, after police on Tuesday fired on and killed 11 protesters who had defied a curfew.
Authorities cracked down on demonstrators a day after more than 50,000 took to the streets.... India's government accused its nuclear-armed neighbor of interference after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned what he described as "excessive and unwarranted use of force."
"The situation is tense," police official Kailash Kumar said. "The army has been called out and they are patrolling the streets."
The BBC explained that the current unrest began in May, when the state government in Indian Kashmir – also called Jammu and Kashmir State – decided to transfer some land to a Hindu trust that runs the Amarnath shrine, which is frequented by Hindu pilgrims. That deal sparked protests by the state's Muslim majority, which fears losing land rights.
The protests in the valley only subsided when the government dropped the plans - but that in turn triggered equally large protests in the Jammu region in the south of the state, where the majority Hindu population was outraged.
Now it is no exaggeration to say that the state could be heading towards a communal meltdown.
Angry Hindu extremists blocked roads between the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley in the north and the Hindu-dominated area around Jammu City in the south. That led to mass protests this week by Muslims, who said the blockade was preventing their fruit farmers from getting their produce to markets in the south. Agence France-Presse quoted observers saying that the unrest reflected a failure to increase basic security and economic conditions for Kashmiris.
They hope the massive protests will force New Delhi to admit it has not won "hearts and minds" in its part of the disputed Himalayan territory – despite claims it has – and accept the root causes of the conflict must be addressed.
"The protests are the manifestation of an anger that the peace process doesn't seem to have achieved anything," said Noor Ahmed Baba, a political science professor in Indian Kashmir's main university.
An editorial in the Indian daily newspaper The Hindu pointed out that the unrest had cast doubt on local elections planned for this fall in the Indian-controlled state.
Less than two months ago, politicians ... were discussing strategies for winning elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, which are scheduled to be held in October. But poor political judgment — and an apparently catatonic administration — precipitated a crisis, which have made even the prospect of an election appear somewhat surreal.
The Pakistani daily Dawn published an editorial stating that the unrest was "threatening a wider conflagration" and has undone progress in revitalizing the region.
Indeed violence was on the decline, tourists had returned to the Kashmir valley and there was hope that the elections would be a turning point for stability in the region. But those gains have quickly evaporated and the Muslim protests, some of the largest seen in two decades, have widened to become pro-independence rallies.
The unrest in Kashmir comes on the heels of bombings in Indian cities that had already heightened India-Pakistan tensions. The Christian Science Monitor reported that the July 26 bombings in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad killed 45. Those attacks came a day after bombings in Bangalore and in the wake of May bombings in Jaipur that killed 60.
Security analysts suspect that Pakistan and Bangladesh-based Islamic militant groups were behind those attacks. Indian officials routinely claim that such groups are backed by the Pakistani government, but Pakistan denies this.
Tensions between the two nations also escalated last month over a series of skirmishes along the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir. The repeated exchange of fire was seen by both sides as a violation of a five-year-old cease-fire and sparked a mutual blame game, reported Reuters.
Both India and Pakistan claim the entire state of Kashmir, but control only part of the territory. The two nuclear powers have repeatedly come to blows over the region, most recently between 2001 and 2003, when tensions nearly led to all-out war.
A cease-fire in 2003 began a peace process that included talks and increased transport links across the so-called Line of Control separating Indian- and Pakistani-controlled areas of Kashmir. But analysts say New Delhi and Islamabad cling to irreconcilable claims that make a permanent solution of the territorial dispute unlikely anytime soon.
The International Crisis Group said in its latest report on Kashmir in 2006 that Muslim unrest within Indian-controlled Kashmir was fueled by frustration with the slow pace of the peace process and by the strong Indian security presence.
Observers in Srinagar and Jammu [Muslim-majority and Hindu-majority cities in Indian Kashmir] blame militancy on Pakistan but also warn that frustrated and alienated young Kashmiris, regardless of political affiliation, could join militants unless New Delhi changes its approach.
They attribute Kashmiri alienation to the overwhelming presence of Indian security forces, which, they say, create a sense of humiliation and loss of dignity and feed local perceptions that India is a colonial state.
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