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Vietnam, US Boost Space Technology Cooperation (Source: VietnamNet)
NASA Administrator Charles F.Bolden made the statement at the December 10 meeting with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to review the results of cooperation between the two nations in this field over the years. His visit to Vietnam is a follow-on to the signing of an agreement on civil aviation and space cooperation in last December.
During the working session, both sides discussed the possibility of cooperation in the areas of common concern such as sharing SAR data and earth observation data from Vietnam's remote sensing satellite (VNRedSat) and training VAST human resources for earth technology, applied science programs on natural disaster warning. The focus of discussion was on programs on global positioning satellite system and verification, exchange of earth technology scientists and practical application in earth observation. (12/13)
In Best Place to Work, NASA Workforce
Rallies in Post-Shuttle Era (Source: NASA)
NASA was named the best place to work in the federal government among
large agencies in a survey by the Partnership for Public Service, a
nonprofit, non-partisan organization. This ranking, which reflects
NASA's highest results since this index was developed, makes clear that
the agency's workforce is focused on carrying out the nation's new and
ambitious space program.
During the past year, NASA's employees continued to implement America's
ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated
rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial
mission to the International Space Station and advancing the systems
needed to send humans deeper into space.
Just last week, NASA announced the next Mars rover mission and recently
announced the first year-long crew stay on the International Space
Station. As the agency continues developing the capabilities to explore
the solar system and beyond, as well as understand our home planet and
make life better here, workers with a wide range of skills and
interests will be critical. (12/13)
Study Warns of Sequestration Impacts
to NASA, NOAA Programs (Source: SpaceRef)
As negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff heat up, little attention has
been paid to the impact that mandatory budget cuts would have on the
nation's civil space program and our ability to accurately forecast
dangerous storms. A new economic impact analysis concludes that over
20,000 NASA contractor jobs and over 2,500 NOAA jobs related to weather
satellites could be lost in 2013 if the Budget Control Act's
sequestration mandate takes effect on January 2, 2013.
"This report demonstrates that the biggest single threat to our space
programs' continued success are arbitrary and capricious budget cuts,"
said AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey. "NASA and NOAA are
responsible for cutting edge activities that expand the boundaries of
knowledge and discovery, lead to economic innovation and save lives. We
can't afford not to invest in these sources of American scientific and
technological greatness."
Dr. Stephen S. Fuller, Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and University
Professor and Director for Regional Analysis at George Mason
University, conducted the study on behalf of the Aerospace Industries
Association. Dr. Fuller's analysis found that in addition to
threatening the jobs of many of the scientists, engineers and
technicians that design, manufacture and operate our nation's
spacecraft, sequestration would also deal major damage to those regions
of the country with high concentrations of aerospace activity, better
known as industry clusters. (12/13)
House Panel: NASA Needs Strategic
Direction, Disagrees on What it Should Be (Source: Space
In the search for consensus for the future of NASA, members of the
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee are, by and large, not
particularly supportive of the agency's current direction. However,
there were far fewer signs of consensus of what alternative approach
NASA should pursue.
The consensus in NASA's direction outlined in 2005 and 2008 bills was
broken by the Obama Administration in 2010, Rep. Ralph Hall claimed.
"The current agreement, if it can be called that, is not a consensus as
much as it is a compromise," he said of the 2010 NASA authorization
act. "It's been clear over the last few budget cycles that there are
fundamental disagreements." Click here.
Boeing Develops Game-Changing
Composite Propellant Tank (Source: Parabolic Arc)
A 2.4-meter-diameter propellant tank made of composite materials
arrived on Nov. 20, 2012 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where
engineers are preparing it for testing. Composite tanks have the
potential to significantly reduce the cost and weight for heavy-lift
launch vehicles and for other future in-space missions.
This is the largest composite tank ever produced with new materials
that do not require autoclave processing. Complex autoclaves for
processing large composite structures are high-pressure furnaces.
Boeing used a novel automated fiber placement technique to manufacture
the tank in Tukwila, Washington.
Marshall is leading the Composite Cryotank Technologies and
Demonstration project with support from NASA's Glenn Research Center in
Cleveland; NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; and NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida through funding provided by the NASA
Space Technology's Game Changing Development program. (12/13)
Confusion Over North Korean Satellite,
Amid 'Tumbling' Claim (Source: Independent)
Confusion continues to surround the operational state of a satellite
that North Korea claims it has launched into orbit, amid earlier US
reports that the object was 'tumbling out of control'. A US official
said that the device, which was launched at 7.49 p.m. ET on Wednesday,
had an unstable trajectory and could crash land back to earth.
The official also confirmed the object is some kind of space vehicle,
but that they haven't established what it is supposed to do. Confused
reports over the operational state of the satellite have continued
throughout the day with South Korea's defense ministry contradicting
the US reports to say that the satellite was orbiting normally at a
speed of 4.7 miles (7.6km) per second. (12/13)
What Would a Mars Base Be Like?
(Source: America Space)
Mars is the planet most like Earth in our Solar System. Aside from its
lack of air and generally chilly temperatures, it isn't too unfriendly
a place for life. In fact, it may even have had life of its own three
to four billion years ago, when it was a warmer and wetter place. It's
also not too far away – the second nearest planet, after Venus – coming
to within 55 million kilometers of Earth on occasions.
For these reasons and more, Mars is the most logical place, after and
possibly including the Moon, to build a permanently-occupied base. Back
in the 1960s, amid the excitement of Apollo, Mars seemed like a natural
next step and there was talk of humans landing there within another
decade. Since then the public and political will to push on with manned
space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit has dwindled. Click here. (12/13)
Pentagon Warns of 'Pervasive'
Industrial Spying for U.S. Tech (Source: WIRED)
In 2011, two Chinese nationals were convicted in federal court on
charges of conspiring to violate the Arms Control Export Act after
attempting to buy thousands of radiation-hardened microchips and sell
them to China. The day the pair were sentenced to two years in prison
for the plot, the U.S. Attorney called it an example of how "the line
between traditional espionage, export violations and economic espionage
has become increasingly blurred."
It's also an example of the increasing number of military and space
technology espionage cases being uncovered in the U.S. each year,
according to a new report from the Defense Security Service, which acts
as the Pentagon's industrial security oversight agency. Industrial
espionage has grown "more persistent, pervasive and insidious" and
"regions with active or maturing space programs" are some of the most
persistent "collectors" of sensitive radiation-hardened microchips, an
important component for satellites. Click here.
Raytheon Wins DARPA Contract to Design
New Military Imaging Satellites (Source: Raytheon)
Raytheon was awarded a $1.5 million DARPA contract for phase one of the
agency's Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe)
program. During the next nine months, the company will complete the
design for small satellites to enhance warfighter situational awareness
in the battlespace. The SeeMe program will provide useful on-demand
imagery information directly to the warfighter in the field from a
low-cost satellite constellation launched on a schedule that conforms
to Department of Defense operational tempos. (12/13)
Thales 'Confident' in Recovery of
Yamal 402 Satellite (Source: SpaceFlightNow.com)
A communications satellite owned by a division of Gazprom, the Russian
oil and gas producer, is steadily moving toward its operational orbit
after a Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage deployed the craft in an
unplanned orbit Saturday. The Breeze M engine shut down about four
minutes earlier than planned on its final burn to place Yamal 402 in a
geostationary transfer orbit.
Engineers are confident the satellite will reach its operational
position with enough fuel to last for much of its planned lifetime,
according to an official with Thales Alenia Space, which constructed
the Yamal 402 spacecraft in Cannes, France. But the craft will burn
more propellant than anticipated to make up for the shortfall during
launch. (12/13)
Search for Aliens Poses Game Theory
Dilemma (Source: New Scientist)
Sending messages into deep space could be the best way for Earthlings
to find extraterrestrial intelligence, but it carries a grave risk:
alerting hostile aliens to our presence. Game theory may provide a way
to navigate this dilemma. So far the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence (SETI) has mostly been restricted to listening for signs
of technology elsewhere.
Only a few attempts have been made to broadcast messages towards
distant stars. Many scientists are against such "active" SETI for fear
of revealing our presence. If all aliens feel the same way then no one
will be broadcasting, and the chance of detecting each other is
limited. To weigh up the potential losses and gains, Harold de Vladar
turned to the prisoner's dilemma, a game-theory problem in which two
prisoners choose between admitting their shared crime or keeping quiet,
with different sentences depending on what they say. Click here.
North Korean Satellite 'Orbiting
Normally' (Source: Guardian)
A satellite that North Korea launched on a long-range rocket is
orbiting normally, South Korean officials say, following a defiant
liftoff that drew a wave of international condemnation. Washington and
its allies are pushing for punishment over the launch, which they say
is a test of banned ballistic missile technology. The launch of a
three-stage rocket similar in design to a model capable of carrying a
nuclear-tipped warhead as far as California raises the stakes in the
international standoff over North Korea's expanding atomic arsenal.
Launch video here.
SpaceX President Discusses Air Force
Launches (Source: Air Force Times)
The president of SpaceX said the U.S. domestic space launch market has
"changed dramatically" in the last two weeks as a result of an Air
Force decision to award the upstart company its first military
contracts. Gwynn Shotwell also said SpaceX plans to grow its nascent
military launch business. "There's no question we're going to be flying
national security missions," she said. "We have to. We want to support
that warfighter overseas, too."
After calling the market for commercial space launches "incredibly
stable, if not growing," Shotwell said her company was not worried
about how sequestration could impact the industry. "Frankly, I think it
probably helps us with the Air Force," Shotwell said. The cost
efficiencies her company has achieved for commercial launches make them
a "little bit safer in the world of sequestration." (12/12)
With SolarCity on IPO Deck, Elon Musk
Still Eyes Same Path for SpaceX (Source: Upstart)
Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal and Tesla, today reminded everyone
that he has big plans for SpaceX. No, not sending payloads into orbit
in his own spacecraft (though that's certainly still the plan). It's
for taking the company on a different, very public journey. Musk wants
shares of SpaceX traded in the public markets, he said via Twitter.
"SpaceX will go public at some point, as I think it should ultimately
be owned primarily by the public," Musk wrote in a tweet this afternoon
(see it below). "My big worry would be long (hopefully) term when I'm
dead, eg v sad situation with once great HP," he wrote in another tweet
later on, presumably referring to Hewlett Packard which has seen its
stock drop from $53.87 per share in April of 2010 to $14.57 per share
today. (12/12)
Virgin Galactic Future at Spaceport
America Uncertain (Source: AP)
The deal was sold to New Mexicans in classic Richard Branson fashion.
If taxpayers would build the colorful British businessman a $209
million futuristic spaceport, he would make New Mexico the launching
point for a space tourism business catering to the rich and famous.
Now, with Spaceport America nearly complete but still mostly empty, a
Virgin Galactic official says the company will reassess its agreement
if lawmakers don't pass a liability exemption law, raising the
possibility it could take its spacecraft elsewhere.
And state officials acknowledge the company — which has yet to post a
deposit for what is supposed to be a $1 million-a-year lease — could
walk away from the quarter-billion-dollar project. Asked if she thought
the state failed to properly protect itself in the deal, she said, the
agreement negotiated under former Gov. Bill Richardson and approved by
lawmakers in 2005 was for the state to build the spaceport and Virgin
Galactic to develop the spacecraft.
"It's easy to second guess what was in people's minds," she said. "I'm
sure everybody was excited to have Virgin Galactic as an anchor
tenant." Paul Gessing, president of the conservative Rio Grande
Foundation, said the lack of protections for the state was not
surprising, "given the Richardson administration's record of throwing
money at 'development' of these big vision projects" like the spaceport
and a $400 million commuter train. (12/13)
House Panel Urges Creativity for NASA
(Source: Florida Today)
Better international engagement on space missions. More partnerships
between NASA and private aerospace firms. Improved consensus between
Capitol Hill and the White House on the direction of the nation's space
program. Those were among the ideas that legislators and space
advocates floated Wednesday during a House committee hearing that
focused on two reports released last week questioning NASA's focus and
Most agreed that the space agency, like many other federal programs
facing fiscal belt-tightening, must narrow its portfolio or find new
ways to pay for the expensive missions. "We've got to be creative and
find new approaches, otherwise it's just going to fall apart," Dana
Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said at the hearing before the Science, Space
and Technology Committee. (12/12)
Space Foundation Names Wireless Remote
Switch as Certified Space Tech (Source: Space Foundation)
The Space Foundation announces its newest Space Certification Partner,
PulseSwitch Systems, LC, of Norfolk, Va., which is recognized for its
licensed product, a batteryless, wireless remote switch marketed under
the name Lightning Switch. The switch uses NASA-developed technology to
self-power a radio frequency transmitter, sending an ID-encoded signal
to a Lightning receiver. It provides portable, remote control of
electrical loads at distances of up to 100 feet, or at unlimited range
with optional repeaters. (12/13)
22 GOP Lawmakers (One From Florida)
Named to House Science Committee (Source: Space News)
On the same day that the House Science, Space and Technology Committee
held a hearing on NASA's strategic direction, the committee's incoming
chairman announced the names of the 21 Republicans who will help him
oversee the U.S. space program and other science and technology matters
when the 113th Congress convenes in January.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is replacing fellow Texan Ralph Hall, who is
being forced by a six-year limit on House committee chairmanships to
surrender the gavel. In addition to Smith and Hall, the other
Republican members of the committee will include Rep. Bill Posey of
Florida's Space Coast. (12/12)
India Races China in Space for
Prestige, Military Security (Source: Space Quarterly)
A surging space race between India and China is underway amidst nearly
a dozen other Asian nations, like India, trying to avoid a loss of
prestige or military security to China's aggressive space program.
"There is definitely a space race between India and China for top
regional prestige and influence," says James Clay Moltz, a professor in
the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School's Dept. of National Security
Affairs, Monterey, Calif.
China with seemingly no limits on its space budget or engineering
talent is sailing a steady course. It is advancing across all space
disciplines with no outward regard to India's space program, except for
one important factor--"that India may develop retaliatory capabilities
in response to China's 2007 ASAT test," said Bharath Gopalaswamy, a
noted PhD analyst on India's nuclear and military space directions.
Even before China's ASAT test, the highly successful use of U. S.
military space assets during the first Persian Gulf War "aroused some
curiosity" within India's military services toward Indian development
of its own military satellites, Gopalaswamy told Space Quarterly. There
are also broader global power implications with the situation as India
is more open to space cooperation with the U. S. and Russia to counter
China. (12/13)
Astronauts Explore Jupiter Moon Europa
in Sci-Fi Film (Source: Space.com)
A team of astronauts heads to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa in
search of alien life. If that sounds too good to be true, space geeks,
that's because it is. The mission described above will take place
onscreen, when the independent sci-fi film "Europa Report" hits
theaters (likely sometime next year).
While "Europa Report" is fiction, it tries hard to get much of the
science right, officials said. The filmmakers worked extensively with
scientists at NASA and the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, Calif., to give audiences an authentic vision of what a
journey to Europa might look like, according to Wayfare Entertainment,
which is producing "Europa Report." (12/13)
Canada's ExactEarth Doubles Annual
Revenue (Source: Space News)
Canadian satellite maritime vessel-tracking company exactEarth Ltd. on
Dec. 31 said its revenue doubled in the 12 months ending Oct. 31, to
$9.8 million, and that it now delivers nearly 100 million messages on
ship identification per day. exactEarth, owned by Com Dev of Canada and
Hisdesat of Spain, said its backlog as of Oct. 31 stood at 13.6 million
Canadian dollars. (12/13)
European Agreement Raises Prospects
for Multinational Milsat System (Source: Space News)
The European Defense Agency (EDA) on Dec. 13 said its 26 member
governments have agreed to "systematically" review options for the
pooling and sharing of defense capacity in their upcoming procurements.
In a decision that could increase the prospects of a multination
next-generation military telecommunications satellite system in Europe,
EDA ministers adopted an agency-proposed code of conduct that, while
voluntary, nonetheless orients defense planners toward cooperative
efforts. (12/13)
Only $2 Million in Clawbacks for
Spaceport Should Virgin Galactic Leave (Source: Capitol Report
New Mexico taxpayers have made a $209 million investment into Spaceport
America but if its anchor tenant, Virgin Galactic pulled out, the state
would get only a "very limited" amount of money back in financial
clawback provisions, the director of the Spaceport Authority said.
Virgin Galactic said last month it may leave southern New Mexico if the
state legislature does not pass liability protection guarantees
for manufacturers and suppliers of private spaceflight operators
such as Virgin Galactic.
Should the legislation not pass — as it has in the last two Roundhouse
sessions — and Virgin made good on its threat, what kind of financial
clawbacks are in place for New Mexico? "I think somewhere in the
ballpark of about $1.5 to $2 million, so it's very limited," Christine
Anderson said. "That's the way the agreement was written was written
several years ago, before my time certainly. So it's important, this
piece of legislation is really important." (12/13)
Piper to Retain 650 Florida Workers
Under Amended State Agreement (Source: Aviation Week)
Piper Aircraft is pledging to maintain an employment base of at least
650 workers under an amended agreement with the state of Florida that
will enable the company to keep incentive money it received as part of
its original contract with the state. Piper in 2008 agreed to keep the
company in Vero Beach, Fla., after the state had provided an incentive
package of up to $32 million based on certain investment and workforce
The guarantees included the creation of about 450 new jobs by 2012, in
addition to maintaining the workforce that was close to 1,000 people at
the time. Piper had received an initial payment of $6.6 million from
the state. At the time of the agreement, the economy was still fairly
strong, and Piper had envisioned developing a single-jet aircraft. But
shortly after the agreement the economy collapsed, forcing Piper to lay
off hundreds of workers and defer taking additional payments. The
company also subsequently shelved its single-jet project. (12/11)
Fail for NASA Over Everest Photo
Blunder (Source: ABC.net.au)
The world's highest mountain should not be hard to spot, but NASA has
admitted it mistook a summit in India for Mount Everest. On its website
the space agency said a photo taken by Russian cosmonaut Yuri
Malenchenko from the International Space Station (ISS), 370 kilometers
above Earth, showed Everest lightly dusted with snow.
The picture spread rapidly via Twitter and was picked up by media
around the world. But Nepalis smelt a rat and voiced their suspicions
on social media. Journalist Kunda Dixit, an authority on the Himalayas,
tweeted: "Sorry guys, but the tall peak with the shadow in the middle
is not Mt Everest." NASA confirmed it had made a mistake and removed
the picture from its website. (12/13)
Astronomers Find Oldest Galaxies in
Hubble Images (Source: Space Today)
Astronomers have found a population of galaxies more than 13 billion
years old in a new "deep field" image set from the Hubble Space
Telescope. The galaxies, found in Hubble's Ultra Deep Field 2012
(UDF12) near-infrared images, date back to between 350 and 600 million
years after the Big Bang.
Astronomers report that the images show the population of galaxies
gradually decreases going back in time to about 450 millions years
after the Big Bang, supporting models where "reionization," a reheating
of cold hydrogen gas in the universe, took place gradually over the
course of several hundred million years as the first galaxies formed.
Astronomers used Hubble to take the UDF12 images with the telescope's
Wide Field Camera 3 during August and September. (12/13)
Alaska Reclaims Missing Moon Rocks
(Source: Collect Space)
Alaska's moon rocks recovered: Five tiny pieces of Tranquility Base are
back home in Alaska after having gone missing almost 40 years ago. An
arson's fire in 1973 served as the lead-in to a teenager-turned-reality
show skipper's theft of the moon rocks, which he sued the state of
Alaska to have declared legally his own. The key to the state
reclaiming its Apollo 11 lunar sample display turned out to be a photo
taken in the Atlasta House in 1970. (12/12)
NASA Glenn Wants to Focus on Four Core
Areas (Source: Crain's Cleveland Business)
NASA Glenn Research Center aims to narrow its focus. The Cleveland
center has put together a reorganization plan that, if approved by NASA
headquarters, would move some employees into different departments and
different buildings in an effort to help the center focus on its four
core areas of expertise: power, propulsion, communications and advanced
The plan would allow NASA Glenn to put more resources toward work in
those four areas while also freeing up time to focus on winning
business from private companies, according to outgoing center director
Ramon Lugo III and deputy director Jim Free. Mr. Free will step into
Mr. Lugo's position at the end of the year. (12/12)
Are Changes at Moffet on Horizon?
(Source: Mountain View Voice)
Now that the presidential election is over, there's buzz about the
federal government finally making a decision about whether to get rid
of Moffett Federal Airfield and its icon, Hangar One. After talking to
NASA officials, General Services Administration officials and
Congressional staff, longtime Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board
member Lenny Siegel says that Sunnyvale and Mountain View should begin
to brace themselves for the big decisions over Moffett's fate that have
been looming for years.
"What I know is that something is happening, but I'm getting
conflicting rumors about what is happening," Siegel said Monday. Siegel
said it was possible that President Obama's administration has been
waiting until after the election to accept a deal from Google's
founders to restore Hangar One in exchange for a long-term lease and
use of the runway for their private planes, operated by their company
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SUPPLIES: Specialty paper: (shrink plastic) Shrinky Dinks Digital element: (gingerbread man) PCCrafter Fibers: (white ribbon) Offray; (red stripe ribbon) Other: (clear ornament, cinnamon candies) Finished size: 3" diameter
1 Fill ornament with cinnamon candies; replace metal hanger and adhere white ribbon.
2 Tie on ribbon and adhere.
3 Print gingerbread man on shrink plastic; trim and punch hole. Bake according to directions and let cool.
4 Attach gingerbread man to bow with thread.

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We had a school interview for Dexter's future primary school yesterday.
It all went pretty well, she was impressed that he not only knows how to say Paleontologist but that he also told her he wants to be one and find fossils when he's older, you know, if he can't be a Mako Shark because that's what he really wants to be.
I'm anxious about sending him to school, for various reasons.
I know when we changed child cares, he flourished.
He's a different child now. Confident, sharing his knowledge with everyone, not only playing with others but leading the play. Tell stories, making jokes. Making friends.
He doesn't come home sad any more.
He doesn't come home telling me that his friends don't love him.
And I don't want that to change.
I know I can't protect him forever but I was actually aching just thinking about it.
I don't know how I will survive not being able to fix everything with a kiss and a cuddle.
But it's not about me, is it?
I'm super impressed that the school is completely on board with sensory kids, to the point they have weighted dog toys that the kids use in the classrooms to hug and play with, to calm them down.
She wants reports from Dexter's OT so that the teachers can follow through with his progress and everyone can be on the same page.
I'm terrified about how it will impact him.
Even last night he had a meltdown about how big the day was.
I'm so terrified I'm already looking up OOSH booking forms so I know and he knows and we can practice it.
Lots of different groups of people, of different ages each and every day.
But he's clever. I know he'll cope.
I'll be taking him to the OT soon so we can talk about this transition, about practicing our words and letters and patience and how we can best help him be happy.


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I am very excited to have January done!! I realized when I checked in at the very beginning I really didn't do an introduction so here goes. My name is Cheryl and I am 57 years old and live in Calif. My husband and I both recently retired. We have a 29 year old married son, and a 26 year old daughter zoo keeper....plus our very first grandson. I started quilting about 24 years ago, and was lucky enough to work in a quilt shop for 16 years. I recently retired to be able to watch my grandson two days a week while his mommy is busy being a nurse. What fun we are having!!
Have to say I really struggled with getting started. I have been checking daily all the wonderful progress you all have made and the different settings people are using. Wow, they all look great.
Well yesterday I decided time to get busy. I have my blue bird jar that I have been throwing bits in to. I do bindings for customers and some of the tails are in there, and then there were some projects I made in January using charms, plus a Christmas stocking I worked on using a jelly roll, and even a couple Valentine projects. First I worried I wouldn't have enough, and then I realized with all the charm scraps I had plenty, with some leftovers in the jar. I like the idea of using fabric from projects I have worked on during the month, so this is going to be some wild and crazy quilt. Happy February everyone!!!
05 February 2009
4 comments:
- Helena said...
I think it looks great, beautiful mix of colours!
- February 06, 2009
- Dragon's Dolphin said...
Cheryl, I love the way it looks. It is so festive looking--not at all the way the weather has been in January here and everywhere else! Happy February! ~Shelly~
- February 06, 2009
- Simone de Klerk said...
This looks very nice! I still have to finish January. My daughter keeps reminding me. I think I will work on it this weekend.
Happy weekend and happy quilting!
- February 07, 2009
- rachel griffith said...
LOVE it!!!
- February 07, 2009
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According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, students exiting kindergarten should be able to do the following:
Geometric and Spatial Relations:
Numbers and Operations:
- rote count to 100 and recognize numbers to 31
- recognize 1/2 of a shape
- use concrete items to compose and decompose values up to 10
- connect number words (orally) and quantities they represent
Algebraic Relationships:
- recognize or repeat sequences of sounds or shapes
- create and continue patterns
- model situations that involve whole numbers, using pictures, objects or symbols
Geometric and Spatial Relations:
- identify and describe 2 & 3 dimensional shapes using physical models
- describe, name and interpret relative positions in space
- use manipulatives to recognize from different perspectives and orientations models of slides and turns
- compare and order objects according to their size or weight
- describe passage of time using terms such as today, yesterday, tomorrow
- identify and know the value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter
- measure objectives by comparison of lengths
Data and Probability:
- sort items according to their attributes
- create graphs using physical objects
So what can I do?
Math surrounds us every day in everyday situations. Therefore, to support your child's math development there is no need to break the bank with fancy learning toys or computer games. The most important thing to remember is that 'drill & practice' is not the answer. Children learn best through meaningful hands on experiences that support their development. Below are a few ideas to get you started in each mathematical strand.
Numbers and Operations:
- Children learn best through play, therefore playing games that encourage synchronic counting will give your child a meaningful reason to use sequential counting for a purpose.
- "I'll Time You" Children love to see how fast they can complete a task. Tell your child that you'll time them, then count aloud as they rush to beat their time.
- Remove several number cards from a deck of playing cards. Provide a small bowl of m&m's or other small objects. Take turns with your child, choosing a card, naming the numeral shown on the card, and laying the corresponding number of objects next to the card.
- If you have stairs inside or outside your home, use masking tape to number them. As you climb the steps together, count the numbers aloud.
- Point out numerals in their environment. ex.,signs, license plates, mailboxes, clocks, etc...
- Using a calendar, count down the days until a special event. "In four days, you get to spend the night with grandma."
- Break a cookie in half and share it. "Half for you and half for me."
- Write down grandma's phone number, have your child touch the numbers on the phone as you call.
- Sing familiar songs that use numbers and counting
- Change the words of familiar counting songs to make them silly or personalized for your child.
- Read books that have counting and numerals.
Algebraic Relationships:
- Do a clap and tap rhythm pattern for your child to copy. As her ability to copy improves, create more complicated patterns. Let her create a pattern for you to follow.
- Create a mealtime pattern. Alternate between water, milk, juice to drink with meals. Encourage them to predict what will come next.
- Make a pattern with your child's colored fish crackers and see if they can continue it.
- Listen to and sing songs that have repeating patterns. The Chicken Dance is a fun patterning song to dance to.
- Read books that have patterns.
Geometric and Spatial Relations:
- Set up an obstacle course for your child and talk about how he is crawling under the table, through the box, over the cushion, etc.
- Play Simon Says with your child using positional words like "on your head" or "behind your back"
- Spread a few familiar objects on the floor in front of your child. Describe an object using positional words or shape words "I spy something that is square behind the keys." See if your child can guess the object. Take turns giving clues and guessing.
- Have fun with making shapes. Use sand or shaving cream to write in or play dough to build with and model the correct formation of shapes.
- Point out and name shapes in their environment. Look for shapes in nature, in your home, and in pictures.
- Create edible shapes with pretzels or string cheese.
- Going on a Bear Hunt is a great song that reinforces positional words.
- Read books about shapes or positional words.
- Have your child roll a die and build a tower using the same number of blocks as the number shown on the cube. Then you take a turn. Ask your child, "Whose tower is bigger?"
- When having to take turns to do an activity, uses size comparisons to determine who goes first. "The shortest person goes first today." "The person with the longest arm span will go first."
- Use time words with your child. "We will go to the store after we eat lunch?" or "Grandma will pick you up tomorrow."
- During meal times, we often use the term more, "Would you like more?" Start using the word 'less' just as often. "Do you want 3 crackers or less?" This is often a difficult concept for kindergartners to grasp.
- Read books using comparing words.
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a great story using comparison words.
Data & Probability:
- Play tic-tac-to with your child and have her tally the wins of each player.
- Take a family vote on what to eat for supper. Have your child stack blocks to graph each person's vote and determine a winner.
- Using Trail Mix again, have your child sort the mix any way they choose and ask them to describe how they sorted them.
- Sing songs that emphasize categories, such as Old MacDonald's Farm.
Simply remember that we experience mathematical situations everyday.
Simply share these experiences with your children and be amazed as they develop into a mathematician before your very eyes.


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Wow. What a crazy week and a half! I went on a 1000 mile road trip (that's one way!) with my family, camped along a stream that my little brothers really enjoyed {they caught all sorts of critters, including salamanders, tadpoles, bugs, and even saw some snakes! Eek!}. It was a wonderful trip! Now, I've been back to reality for a few days. After working and getting daily tasks done, I will soon be back on the road again! This time with my wonderful hubby! :) So excited!!
Since I've been gone for awhile, and super busy in between, I haven't really had a chance to do anything worth blogging about. So, I decided to share a little tip instead.
If you are a runner (or even a walker!), you probably have a specific pair of shoes for your workout. How do you lace them? Have you ever thought about it?
I've been doing some reading, and it turns out, lacing your shoes like normal may not be the best for your feet.
This is how I normally lace my shoes. Like normal people. :)
According to RunnersWorld.com and Katie at KatieRunsThis.com (just a couple of the sources I found), there are many ways to tie your shoes to more comfortably fit your feet.
Whether your shoes are too tight, too wide, slipping at your heel, or even if you have a high instep, there are ways to tie your shoes that can help!
My awesome hubby bought me some brand new running shoes that I love, but they are fairly narrow. Plus, I have wider feet that doesn't help. Until they get broken in, I've been using Katie's lacing technique for wide feet and, on my last run, I could not believe the difference!
(This lacing technique is for wide feet.)
So, go ahead, click on those sites, and test one out!
Happy running! :)


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Life in Eastern Europe during the 19th century is captured in this video through the artwork of Moriziu Gottlieb. During his short career, the Polish Jewish artist was considered the "Jewish Rembrandt." This video thoroughly details and vividly describes the works which brought Gottlieb to the top of the art world before his tragic death at the age of 23.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
12 Month Checkup and A Bad Experience
Anyway, there was a problem. We didn't have a very pleasant visit to the doctor this time. I'll explain. Our pediatrician is an older gentleman, probably late 50s, early 60s, and he's always pushing a wheeled office chair into the room as he enters. This time, he did just the same. He came in, greeted us and proceeded to tell us that he was going to be out of the office soon for back surgery. He looked as if he was struggling to think of and tell us what months he would be out and took awhile to give us the verdict. Never advised if there was a replacement doctor or what we should do in case we needed medical care in his absence. Weird.
He asked if we had any questions. We asked how much whole milk she should get a day. We asked about the little birth mark on her back. We asked a few additional questions. As he answered our questions, he stuttered, he slurred, didn't really give us any answer other than "I don't know" or "I'm not sure" and then preceded to jokingly tell us that our questions were hard. Not cool. Then asked if we had any other questions before he went on to give our daughter her physical exam. I told him we did, and went to grab my phone (where I document all things I'm liable to forget) and while searching for the questions I had written down, I look up...and doc is straight up NODDING OFF! Eyes closing. Mouth opened. Head falling forward. I looked at Justin and gave him the "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" look. I looked at the doctor, trying to purposely startle him and said "Hey doc! Are you okay over there?" He said, "oh, yes. I'm so sorry. I'm just really tired." He took a deep breath and resumed on somewhat of an auto pilot.
Sorry kids, but that doesn't fly in my book. If you are a medical professional and are that "tired", then you need to cancel your appointments for the day and stay home. In my personal opinion, I believe that he may have been on some pain relievers for his back (possibly why he mentioned that he would be needing surgery) and was just having a bad day. I completely understand. Everyone is allowed to have a bad day, even doctors. But when I heard that man slurring his words to me and saw that man start to nod off in front of me, the "Mama Bear" came out in me and he's lucky he didn't get an ear full, with a threat to call the Board of Health as I was exiting his office and not paying the co pay I was obligated to pay.
I bit my tongue and kept giving Justin some gnarly looks, I'm sure. It was impossible for me to take anything he had told us seriously after that. It was hard to watch him do his regular checkup check list with Annaliese after that. Watching him check her mouth, ears, nose, joints, hips...even though she wasn't fussing over it, I felt like he was torturing her (which was not the case). After everything was done and we got a healthy report, he wheeled his office chair out of the room and I was never so happy to see him leave. The nurse walked in shortly after and gave Annaliese her shots, but still after all of those needles, I still felt like the doctor had done more damage to her than the nurse did.
I think it's safe to say that doctor visit did more damage to me than my daughter. We are on the hunt for finding a new pediatrician. I never thought I would ever experience that in my my life. I just know in my heart that what happened wasn't right and no parent should have to tolerate that. After "venting" to my friends on Facebook, I've come to learn that this is not the first time this has happened with that doctor. I believe that he needs to hang up his coat and maybe think about retiring from that field. Just my opinion.
But all in all, I am just glad that Annaliese is a strong and healthy baby. That is all I have ever hoped for and I thank God every day for blessing her with a healthy body. :)
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I can only imagine what was going throught yours and Justins heads at that moment. I am glad to hear that Annaliese is growing healthly! Hope the DR gets the help he needs and other families don't have to endure what happened to you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks hun! It was one of the most craziest things ever!Delete
I completely understand your worry, and you need to find a new doctor! Whenever you see a red flag or are not feeling comfortable, trust your instincts! With doctors, you usually get a reliable first impression, so go for it. Ask around and try new ones. Good luck!ReplyDeleteReplies
Finding a good doctor that you trust is so important! I'm sure we will find a good doctor for Annaliese, we have been asking around :) Thank you!Delete
Wow, that woulda made me so mad too! You are right that he probably should have taken time off immediately instead of seeing patients that day. I mean, it's one thing to be inattentive and rushed, which so many docs are, but it's another not to be able to answer your questions and then freakin doze off in the middle of an appointment! Glad you didn't pay that co pay and hopefully you find a new ped. I know how hard it is to find one. I had to find one and google was quite helpful. I read a lot of reviews.ReplyDeleteReplies
You're very right, Lisa! So many doctors make you feel rushed and unimportant. That's not a good feeling. I appreciate your advice! We will be doing some searching for a new doctor after Thanksgiving.Delete


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As any hybrid, it is powered by two engines, a combustion and an electric one. But, as it is Porsche's tradition, the hybrid system has a difference: the electric engine is not beside the combustion powertrain, but between this engine and the transmission.
This is, according to Porsche, what allows the car to reach speeds of up to 132 km/h and a fuel consumption of 11.1 km/l. The electric engine also works as an alternator and recharges the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery that is placed in the spare tyre compartment. Summing up, the German automaker promises a V8 performance car with a four cylinder fuel consumption. Considering it is equipped with a 3-litre V6 from Audi with direct fuel injection and 333 bhp, this is quite an achievement. Soon in a Porsche dealer near you.
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Our Conclusion on WAP
After looking at the history of WAP, the technology behind it and several debates (some loud, some not so loud). We finally came to a conclusion. WAP is only in its growing stages and is still new the British market, there are so many features that WAP and WAP sites have to offer the public, yet for some reason it never became a big hit.
We discussed as a group the advantages and the disadvantages and noticed that the advantages out weighed the disadvantages, upon further disccussion we realised why WAP never took off. UK telecom operators over priced WAP and therefore it became to expensive for users to be persuaded to use such great techonology. We think that WAP has still got a long way to come and thanks to telecommunication networks like 3 and Voda who have introduced 3G phones, WAP is slowly becoming regonised with video clips. TV stations, like MTV advertise WAP sites to get free ring tones, again encouraging the user to make use of these services. When WAP first came to Orange, Orange customers were offered 3 months free GPRS, which made users realise that 1MB of WAP pages is a lot of pages. We think that the misunderstanding of users being charged per Mb on GPRS has also led to its failure, simply because they have not been educated enough to know that each web site take about 10K-20K.
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So, tonight I ordered pizza from Papa Johns....online. This is not normally a problem, we have done it before successfully. Tonight was a pizza FAIL! After waiting over an hour for my pizza I decided I better check my email. Apparently there is a button you must click to change the order from carryout to delivery and I failed to see it. Since hubs is out of town with the band and I am home with two extra kiddos I couldn't go pick it up. I called in and they wanted to CANCEL my order and redo it so they could add in the delivery fee. I sat on hold for 5 minutes waiting for a manager and then hung up and called back. (I hate that when people do that to me but I got through!) If they canceled my order it would take up to 14 days for the money to be credited to my account. I asked if I could just write a check for the delivery fee.
They ended up remaking my pizza and sending it out without the delivery fee so all I needed was a tip. I feel a little like a schmuck because I had to raid my kids stash for a tip for the driver. Oh the joys of a cashless society. Anyway, the kiddos liked the pizza and all was well. The moral is: if you ever order online make sure that the correct buttons are pushed or you will wait forever for a pizza that is not being delivered!


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ANKARA, Turkey – According to US Geological Survey (USGS); a strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Turkey today at about 13:41 (10:41 GMT), some 19km (12 miles) north-east of the city of Van.
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Turkey's Kandilli observatory, though, reported the magnitude of the quake as 6.6.
Several houses have been reported collapsed, according to Turkey's Anatolia news agency, yet no exact information available about the extent of any damage or loss of lives.
Zulfikar Arapoglu, the mayor of Van, told while talking to NTV channel, that there were so many dead. Several buildings had collapsed, there was too much destruction.
Dozens of people are feared to be trapped in the debris of 7-storey building in city of Van, near Iranian border, while rescue and emergency teams have already started their work to the save the people as much as possible.


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BSOD.... Hi again
Hey. Didn't know if i did need to do a new thread but i did it anyway. Sorry for spamming if i didn't need to but here is the files and i get BSOD when i log on to my computer. Or if i success to login there will be a BSOD after 2 min or when i start something.. Thanks in advance :) Got windows 7 prof x64. Write back if i missed something with the files :)
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Ehm.. Forgot the perfmon but it says that i cannot do that. A error came up
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Hey. Didn't know if i did need to do a new thread but i did it anyway. Sorry for spamming if i didn't need to but here is the files and i get BSOD when i log on to my computer. Or if i success to login there will be a BSOD after 2 min or when i start something.. Thanks in advance :) Got windows 7 prof x64. Write back if i missed something with the files :)
Doing the, now but one thing I can already tell you . You asacpi.sys is from 2005 and is know to bsod always (used in daemon tools and alcohol) remove it
ASACPI.sys Sun Mar 27 22:30:36 2005
The 2005 version of this driver is a known BSOD cause.
Please visit this link: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support- download_item_mkt
Scroll down to the Utilities category, then scroll down to the "ATK0110 driver for WindowsXP/Vista/Windows 7 32&64-bit " (it's about the 8th item down).
Download and install it.
Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers to check and make sure that the ASACPI.sys file is date stamped from 2009 or 2010 (NOT 2005).
Beyond that, please run Verifier with these settings:
Using Driver Verifier is an iffy proposition. Most times it'll crash and it'll tell you what the driver is. But sometimes it'll crash and won't tell you the driver. Other times it'll crash before you can log in to Windows. If you can't get to Safe Mode, then you'll have to resort to offline editing of the registry to disable Driver Verifier.
So, I'd suggest that you first backup your stuff and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can contact us if problems arise. Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Win7 Startup Repair feature).
Then, here's the procedure:
- Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
- Select "Select individual settings from a full list" and click "Next"
- Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Low Resource Simulation" and click "Next"
NOTE: You can use Low Resource Simulation if you'd like. From my limited experimentation it makes the BSOD's come faster.
- Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
- Select "Finish" on the next page.
Reboot the system and wait for it to crash to the Blue Screen. Continue to use your system normally, and if you know what causes the crash, do that repeatedly. The objective here is to get the system to crash because Driver Verifier is stressing the drivers out. If it doesn't crash for you, then let it run for at least 36 hours of continuous operation (an estimate on my part).
Reboot into Windows (after the crash) and turn off Driver Verifier by going back in and selecting "Delete existing settings" on the first page, then locate and zip up the memory dump file and upload it with your next post.
If you can't get into Windows because it crashes too soon, try it in Safe Mode.
If you can't get into Safe Mode, try using System Restore from your installation DVD to set the system back to the previous restore point that you created.
If that doesn't work, post back and we'll have to see about fixing the registry entry off-line:
Delete these registry keys (works in XP, Vista, Win7): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\VerifyDrivers HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\VerifyDriverLevel
Using Driver Verifier to identify issues with Windows drivers for advanced users
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By now, you're probably well aware that this is yet another US remake of the original 2010 Mexican movie Somos Lo Que Hay (I'll save you the trouble and admit that my review of the original is just a placeholder, i.e. no need to click that link). Usually, I would beg that you at least watch the original first but still give the remake its shot (for e.g. La Casa Muda/The Silent House; Låt den rätte komma in/Let Me In), and in some cases skip the remake all together (every 80s slasher movie remake thus far). In this case, though, I'm experiencing an unorthodox bent toward suggesting to watch the remake first. If, like me, you've already seen the remake rather recently (within the past year), I suggest waiting another year or two to let its impression fade from memory. Not that one is strikingly better than the other, in this case; it's just that knowing the story and basic execution could cause extreme boredom for the first and much of the second acts.
When I first heard that this movie was being remade in the States, I checked the director and found Jim Mickle. I was unfamiliar with the name, so I looked at his directorial credits, only to find that I'd seen both of his previous movies: Mulberry Street (which was an After Dark entry) and Stake Land, both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. So, I felt confident we would get solid direction. And we did. In addition, we get stunning visuals and carefully detailed set design. The cinematography is gray and blue and clearly, patiently shot, adding to the intense, somber atmosphere of the film. The entire first half of the movie brings you into a different world; one in which there is little hope for those who were born into a different way of life. Everything from the opening shot of a leaf broken from its branch and carried downstream to the chipped-paint of the screen-door to the tragic shot of the mother's face and body enveloped by rainwater--all of these things create a world and a story from which the audience cannot even try to escape.
I don't care to compare and contrast the two movies too much. Sure, there are differences in the familial dynamics (the gender and relational roles with which Mickle works are different from the original), but I feel this film should be experienced on its own as much as possible (hence my insistence that it be watched before the original or with a lot of time in between). The biggest reason is that I was bored to snores throughout the rather lengthy and slow execution of the first half, mostly because I already knew what was going on. Really, sadly, if you even read the terse blurb on the Netflix envelope, you know what the big secret is--yet the film progresses as if this is a big unknown, deliberately keeping the family's big secret ambiguous. Honestly, I fell asleep on the first two tries with this film, only to finally get through it all on my lunch break today. But, again, the execution is understated and artistically solid, so if you actually don't know the central plot of the movie, you will have a fine experience.
The acting is quite solid, too, and thankfully we don't get any overly familiar faces in this remake. The children all do a superb job of eliciting heartbreaking sympathy from the viewer. Instead of chalking them up to terrible people and writing them off, we view them as innocent victims, born into an aberrant way of life. In one shot in particular, following the loss of their mother, we see the three siblings snuggled together in bed, without covers, their bodies and legs all angled the same way, comforting one another. The shot immediately reminded me of a similar setup from Ingmar Bergman's magnum opus Fanny och Alexandre (if you haven't seen this, you need to; and be sure to get the TV-series version that is much longer; you won't regret it). So, despite being somewhat bored with the slow execution of the plot, we at least get characters with whom we can sympathize.
The film picks up the pace at the one-hour mark, when we finally get the inevitable dinner scene. By this point, we've been given some exposition (with flashbacks and an aged diary for illumination) with ritualistic, religious connotations. Then it's as if a different film takes over. The literal storm that takes place in the beginning sets the stage for a perfect storm of a sort of macabre Shakespearean bent. A police-investigation subplot ensues and during the mandatory horror-movie research scene, the heroic doctor is led through his forensic analysis to a rare disease most commonly caused by...yep: cannibalism. But, rest assured, the movie wastes no time depicting this; it all takes place within minutes. What we do get in the last part of the film is the final physical and mental degeneration of the father, and the banding together of the sisters, all of which I applaud the film for. And, finally, we are given the payoff that we long for, and though it is predictable, it is still satisfying--especially after the disappointing ending of my last movie, Contracted.
We Are What We Are is truly grim and disturbing, even if those of us who've seen the original have to fight through one hour of buildup. The decision to use two daughters makes for a more unsettling and unexpected experience than the original. Overall, the film finds its footing and delivers a satisfactory remake that shouldn't be easily dismissed as mere superfluousness. Underpinning the major taboo subject matter are two philosophical discourses: (1) Nature itself reacts against unnatural indulgences; and (2) the moral dilemma of children born into a situation propagated by their parents. Yet, in face of the weighty undertones and horrifying subject matter, Mickle allows room for a little humour to shine through, too. First, we get a parting shot of Rose scarfing down just one more piece of flesh, and then the final shot of the father, highlighted with a jarringly playful song that informs us that the girls are good, the father just made them bad.


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Blood Sacrifice and the Nation
Totem Rituals and the American Flag
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- Carolyn Marvin, University of Pennsylvania
- David W. Ingle, University of Pennsylvania
- Date Published: March 1999
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The authors argue that American patriotism is a civil religion organized around a sacred flag, whose followers engage in periodic blood sacrifice of their own children to unify the group. Using an anthropological theory, this groundbreaking book presents and explains the ritual sacrifices and regeneration that constitute American nationalism, the factors making particular elections or wars successful or unsuccessful rituals, the role of the mass media in the process, and the sense of malaise that has pervaded American society during the post-World War II period.Read more
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1. Introduction
2. That old flag magic
3. Theorizing the flagbody
4. The totem myth
5. Death touchers and border crossers
6. Totem memory and succession
7. Refreshing the borders
8. Dismemberment and reconstruction
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Yesterday was Memorial Day. My husband, mil, Bil and I got into the car and visited a couple of cemetaries after having breakfast. Part of Bil's breakfast was a container of orange juice. He didn't finish it and took it with him.
The first cemetary was just a few minutes away from home (my father in law's grave) but the other one was over 1/2 hour away.
By the time we got done, it was already quite warm. On the way home my mother in law started wishing for a "large glass of ice cold water." She repeated the request. I offered to stop at the next exit and get her something to drink, perhaps buy her a container of cold bottled water. She turned me down and asked that we continue home.
My mother in law was sitting in the front passenger seat. Bil was in the back.
Hesitantly, Bil started to speak. I don't remember the exact words now but it was something like "Mom, would you like some of my orange juice?"
Keep in mind that Bil has autism. There is a belief among those who aren't familiar with people with autism that people with autism don't care about others. This isn't true at all. There are several difficulties involved and I have made comments in this blog that Bil many time treats his mother like some kind of caretaking machine. I will admit that. But, I have to tell you, this was the most concrete sign that Bil had ever given that he cared about his mother's discomfort.
(P.S. she turned the orange juice down. As soon as we got back to her house I ran, got ice, and poured her a glass of ice cold water for her and one for me. It sure was good going down.)


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Yesterday was a busy day. Emily, Jude, and I attended church with my dad, and Kay so Emily could talk to their congregation about her Smile boxes. I am happy to report that Emily raised over $400 for her cause yesterday. I then put a call into Children's in Dallas today about donating her July boxes to them, and they accepted. So after we get all our product in Emily will be having a box making party at our house, for any of her friends that want to join. With her donations we are hoping to make the hospital 50 boxes. At lunch we then discussed making Christmas boxes for all the local hospitals. Therefore, we are delivering her boxes to Cooks Wednesday, and then another 50 to Children's for July, and then she plans on fundraising for Christmas boxes. We discussed a goal of delivering 25 boxes to Dallas Medical Center, 50 to Cooks, 50 to Children's, and a dozen to Baylor, and HEB for Christmas.
After our church activities we came home to do some more errands. Jude slept until about 2pm, but we were able to feed him as he slept. We got about 11 ounces in him by 1pm. I am concerned because he is sleeping a lot, but that could be the increase in medication. Again, it's the never ending question of if it's medication, normal baby behavior, or life threatening. You get to a point when you have an ill child that you don't rush to the hospital anymore. You learn to adapt, watch the child to the best of your ability, and try to go about a normal life. Jude's diapers are wet, he is awake from about 2-10, and when awake he seems his normal self. So we are watching him, and concerned, but we feel that he will be okay. If at any time we get a feeling that something is wrong we will rush him in.
Last night about 5pm we dropped the kids off with my dad. We then went to dinner, and a comedy show with my cousin, and her husband. The food was wonderful, and the entertainment was great. I honestly don't think I have laughed that hard in forever! So it was nice to get out of the house for awhile, and I knew the kids were in good hands. Once we got back we had to give Jude his seizure medication. His big dose of 3ml is at night, and he was not happy about it. Jude got so upset that he was gagging, wheezing, and crying hysterically. I felt so terrible for him! He couldn't get calmed down so I rocked him, and then laid him in my arms until 2:30am. I am very tired today, but at least he finally fell asleep...poor little guy.
As I stated the other night... Jude loves music! When we were being told to terminate, and I was going through all my roller coaster of emotions it was Emily who helped with a simple suggestion of a song. If you remember I had walked into her room and mentioned Jude, and told me to just listen, she then opened up her music box and "Somewhere over the rainbow" filled the air. At that point I knew that Jude was going to be a part of our family. So I played the Hawaiian version of that song over, and over for him while he was in utero. Just watch how he responds to it with Mike.


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Last week, I made fresh Ricotta. It sat in my refrigerator for about a day when I realized I wouldn't have time to make anything to go with it. So, I did a search for Ricotta recipes. I came across these delightful muffins from Giada de Laurentiis and knew they would be perfect.
Plus, I love that I can use my ricotta instead of buying it!
Zested lemons for the muffins!
Now let's put these fabulous flavors together and make some muffins!
A sweet little topping and we're ready to cook!
Lemon Ricotta Muffins
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar, plus more for sprinkling
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese
1 large egg, at room temperature
finely grated lemon zest from 4 large lemons
1 TBLS fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup milk
Lemon curd for topping
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 12 cup muffin tin with pretty paper liners.
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl and set aside. Cream together the butter, sugar and lemon zest. Beat the ricotta into the butter mix until well combined. Beat in the egg. Add the milk and lemon juice – it's going to look curdled. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just blended. Warning! It's going to be very thick! Divide the batter equally among the muffin cups. Sprinkle the muffins with sugar. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean and they are a nice lightly golden color, approx 16-18 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and let them cool on a wire rack.
Serve warm with a bit of lemon curd on top – it totally makes the muffins! I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! 🙂


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Saturday, November 24, 2012
November Free Motion Quilt Challenge with Sarah Vedeler
This month's Free Motion Quilt Challenge (from SewCalGal) concentrates on one quilting motif, spirals. Sarah Vedeler presents very good guidelines for adding spirals to any quilting projects. The best way to practice spirals is in rows. The tutorial includes sheets of spirals to print off and practice tracing with a pencil to start building muscle memory.
I am all caught up with the Sally Post Floral Sampler (from Sentimental Stitches) love how this quilt is coming together.
As well as the Sally Post is coming, the red and green applique is just not turning out as I had hoped. I bought three yards of this beautiful new Jo Morton fabric
Happy Stitching All,
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Last Crystal On
For the last few weeks my focus has been on Let Heaven and Nature Sing by McKenna Ryan. This afternoon I put the last crystals on. The label is finished and it is ready to go to it's new home. I made this for my friend Jan, who loves batik fabrics and McKenna Ryan quilts.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
My applique class with Elly Sienkiewicz
I have just returned home from my trip to Houston and the International Quilt Festival. I took a wonderful applique class with Elly Sienkiewicz. This was a two day class called Peahen in a Crescent Wreath. The focus of the class was to learn some advanced techniques for off block construction of applique elements. We worked on the peahen and one of the flowers on a gridded interfacing type material that Elly called gossamer.
We worked on embellishing our rather plain peahen (you know the female bird is always the duller less colorful of a pair of birds). Elly had lots of her beautiful album blocks in plastic sleeves
that she would pass around the class room for us to get embroidery and embellishing ideas. The rose was a padded technique where we would layer quilt batting under each section of the rose using just one fabric and quilting the different petals of the rose to give it dimension. When the peahen and rose are completed I will then trim the gossamer to 1/8 inch around the applique and because it is so thin, it will easily be tucked under the applique as I sew it onto the background. We also worked on adding inking to our blocks. Elly has beautiful lettering skills and she wrote on each of our blocks.
This little bandoleer on my block is only about one and a half inches long and she wrote my name in the banner of the design and then dated it and wrote her name and the words "scripts it" which means she did the lettering. She also wrote beautiful comments in our books if we had brought any of her books for signatures.
She is the most gracious person, it was just a joy to listen and learn from her. She has so much knowledge about Baltimore album quilts and the women of 1850s Baltimore, Maryland. I could have just listened to her for days.
The rest of the quilt show was also wonderful, always so much inspiration and new ideas and products. This post is getting rather long so I will share just this picture of this quilt featuring wind turbines.
I picked up a great new book by Jeanne Sullivan called Simply Successful Applique. This is a technique book more than a pattern book, but there is a DVD and patterns included.
The rest of our trip to Texas was spent with family. A few days at a beach house in Galveston with the cutest grand child in the world.
I am appliqueing with new passion and am anxious to start a Baltimore Album quilt. I will have to figure out a way to include the peahen block with it's very special signature.
Happy Stitching All,
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PURE Russian Lomo Cmeha 35
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Straight out the LOMO St Petersburg production house. The Smena ancestral line dates back to the early 1950s and was originally created by LOMO as a way to make photography accessible to young, hard-working Soviets.
The last '35' rolled off the Lomo assembly line and became a part of Lomo history in 1995. The '35' is the newer, funked-up model of the clan. Black with slick 80s lettering, the Smena 35mm looks like a bit of a dude. It shares all features you come to expect from a Smena; including Lomo 3 element, coated Triplet lens, nifty icon-based exposure guide, and fully manual aperture, shutter speed, and focal distance controls. Plus the quintessentially Lomo "B" setting allows you unlimited long exposure control! If multi-exposures are your thing then the '35' is your boy.
The real jewel in the crown, however, is the handy flash hotshoe feature. The Smena is a star in all lights but secretly the '35' loves nothing more than to be on the streets after dark. Slide on any flash and the night is yours for the snapping!
It was recently revealed to us by our all-knowing linguistic experts that the word Smena means 'change of shift'. So what better camera could there be to have with you when the day changes to night? Or night turns to day? Or work into play?- one unit of LOMO Cmeha 35 [some similar functions as the taiko, the LC-A]
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"Rarely can people inside a cult see where they are. If they could, the cult wouldn't be what it is" Abarbanel points out. "They think that they are members of a special group that has a special destiny, and is always under threat."
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first, thanks so much to those who commented on last week's giveaway. i thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's thankful words, it's nice to get to know who my readers are without being too intrusive & in your face. most importantly, it gave me some perspective one things going on in my own life.
for thanksgiving this year i opted to stay home. i'm not a fan of turkey and without the obligation of making a turkey spread, i decided to tackle duck. i love duck.
about four years ago i watched a kylie kwong cooking show and she made a soy sauce duck that has haunted me since. the recipe doesn't have all the ingredients the show did but i found the episode on youtube, only it's been dubbed in farsi or arabic. if anyone can tell me what i'm to do with soy sauce broth after, let a sister know.
a few adjustments, as usual i did not follow exact measurements, my pot is only 4L big, i threw in a lemongrass stalk (it was lonely in the fridge, i didn't know what else to do with it) and i couldn't find proper chinese pancakes so i used tortilla wraps instead. i enjoyed it, but i think now that i have cooked with duck, i can leave it to the professionals and just order it out. i'd like to make this recipe with chicken instead.
i hope everyone had a loverly turkey break, i spent four days doing things at my leisure, cooking & baking, getting to know my netflix and hanging out with a dear friend.
we watched Love&Other Drugs, which i recommend, if not only for Jake Gylenhaal's fantastic ass.


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Anyway, I'd found a cute idea on a blog that used Choose the Right symbols.
Using her idea of holding up the symbols, I made multiple symbols for the key words in the song "Choose the Right". I will pass out a symbol to each one of the kids (I was able to fit 12 symbols on each page). Every time their word/phrase is said in the song, they will quickly stand and hold up their symbol. If by chance that gets a little rowdy, I will just have them sit and hold up the symbol instead. I am hoping this will break up the monotony as we learn the song but also to help them focus on the words that are being learned.
"Choose the Right"
I got the football field idea here.
I have a ref shirt that I will have one of the teachers put on. Each time we sing the song, the ref will move the football up the field, depending on how well the kids sing it. We will keep singing it until we get a touchdown. I did two footballs just in case I decide to break the kids into two teams-the "Army of Helaman Harmonics" and "Moroni's Musettes". :)


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Prattville High School is served by two crossing guards during the morning arrival and the afternoon dismissal. The police department has made the school administration aware of students and other drivers failing to comply with the crossing guards directions as a part of this process. Also reported are impropriate comments and gestures made to the crossing guards. Drivers that are identified as failing to follow driving procedures and/or the use of inappropriate gestures or comments will be prosecuted by local law enforcement. Students that are identified are subject to losing driving privileges and disciplinary actions.
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I am the second generation of a cake making family. My mother created specialty cakes back in the late '50's, before the days of plastic accents and staircases. She created fantastic effects out of frosting and cake, the envy of many bakers and bakeries.
For the time being, I am no longer making and decorating cakes. The following pages are just some of the cakes I have had the pleasure of making. I hope you enjoy them.


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"That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have a little coffee and talk. Then go back to the wine." - Grace Jones
One of the great natural wonders of the world and one of most well known and visited attractions in Latin America, the Iguazú Falls are not to be missed. If I am honest I was really only luke-warm about making the detour to visit the falls but in the end they turned out to be one of my greatest experiences in South America so far.
You don't hear a whole lot about Uruguay and it is certainly much more low key than its neighbours, but I was very curious to go and visit this black sheep of the South American family.
A big sprawling European city in the heart of South America, Buenos Aires is a mixed bag of grit and glamour, old and new. It is a city you get to know, not by star attractions and famous monuments, but by exploring its neighbourhoods....
There is much more to Buenos Aires than just the Capital Federal area so if you're staying for more than a few days then we can highly recommend taking a day trip to one of these excellent destinations...
We are very excited to present the first in a series of interview based articles called Coffee with Strangers, where we sit down for a coffee and a chat with local strangers in the cities and towns we visit in order to hear all about life in their city as they know it.
Lucky you! You're planning a trip to Buenos Aires! And what a genius idea that is because you're about to discover a fabulous city. The Paris of the South (Sorry Melbourne, you can't claim that title), Latin America's European gem, home of the Tango, where great wine flows freely and football players are gods.
Today was a good day. It started with a leisurely meander through the streets of Balvanera, Buenos Aires and is ending in a ménage à trois. A romantic tryst between myself, a most spectacular glass (ok, bottle) of Argentine Chardonnay and the irresistible Carlos Gardel.
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it came with everything you need so no need to go out to buy anything extra.we had extra buttons that i collect from old clothing for occasions like this,they used some of these to put their own stamp on their monkeys.
my daughters and partner then went on to look at their very easy user Manuel .within minutes they got started.
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my daughters done the filling eyes and finishing touches.
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QUIZ: Which SEVENTEEN Member Is Your Soulmate?
SEVENTEEN recently made their comeback with "Very Nice"! What do you think of their repackaged album "Love & Letter"? Have you slipped hard into that diamond life? Take this quiz and find out which SEVENTEEN member would Adore U!
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Trailblazing women of UMass Medical School honored at Women's History Month celebration
Four decades of achievement spotlighted at annual event
UMass Medical School honored its own trailblazing women at the annual Women's History Month celebration on Tuesday, April 4.
Following a slide show enumerating the pioneering achievements of women in UMMS history from the 1970s to today, keynote speaker Marianne Felice, MD, professor of pediatrics and obstetrics & gynecology and chair emeritus of pediatrics, spoke about her own journey as a nun and high school science teacher who became the first woman chair at UMMS and the interim CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care. Her talk, "All leaders have halos and baggage: One woman's story," featured anecdotes—some funny, some outrageous—that vividly recalled, with grace and humor, the obstacles she faced and how things have changed for women in medicine and society at large during her career.
Her greatest challenge came when, as interim clinical system CEO facing an imminent strike, Dr. Felice agonized over her ultimate decision to "be soft" by granting the employees a raise, then awoke the next morning to see herself heralded as a hero by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette for averting the strike.
"I don't think of myself as a trailblazer here at all. I just came because I wanted to do good stuff for this community and thought maybe if I worked really, really hard with the people around me we could help people, especially the children of the commonwealth," Felice said. "Thank you for calling me a trailblazer."
The event was sponsored by the Diversity and Inclusion Office, and the Women's Faculty and Professional Women Committees.


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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Metric superbikes
Metric superbikes such as the Suzuki Hayabusa or Kawasaki Ninja are a popular canvas from which these builders create their stretched and slammed customs. Some builders opt for the stripped-down, anodized, minimalist approach, while others never saw a metal bit that didn't deserve a layer of chrome. Different stokes for different folks, but any way you choose it, audaciousness is the prime mover of this rapidly growing niche in the world of motorcycles.
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It would be hard to make a simpler salad, but this is very pretty and tasty; a good accompaniment to grilled chicken or fish.
2 to 4 servings
30 minutes - 15 minutes prep time
Make the Salad:
2 cups snow peas
1 medium carrot
6 to 8 small red radishes
Remove the stem end and strings from the snow peas, and blanch them by putting them in a colander and pouring boiling water over them, or steam them for just a minute or two until they turn bright green, but retain their crunch. Rinse them in cold water to prevent them from cooking any further.
Peel and slice the carrot to the same thickness as the snow peas, or even a little thinner, and slice the radishes to the same thickness as well. Mix all the vegetables in a shallow bowl and marinate in the dressing for about 10 minutes.
Make the Dressing:
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Stir or shake the ingredients together vigorously until the sugar and salt are dissolved.
Last year at this time it was Russian Tarragon Pickles.
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