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Modern Day Diary blog.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Here is Your Free Choice Schnibbles Parade
Modern Day Diary blog.
23 comments:
- Gran said...
Sinta I loved the parade - and a grand one it was. I appreciate your efforts and TLC on making this such a fun quilting event to belong to.
- June 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Kim D. said...
Beautiful Quilts!! Thanks for sharing all those lovely quilts.
- June 1, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- Kim said...
How fun to see all these different quilts and what everyone's done with them! Now I need to pop over and watch the other parade! Thanks!
- June 1, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Darlene said...
Wonderful parade of Schnibbles quilts. Applause, applause!!!
I've already made State Fair - woohoo!!!
- June 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Needled Mom said...
I loved seeing all of the different patterns this month. They are all wonderful and I am looking forward to State Fair.
- June 1, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Andee said...
My Schnibbles doesn't seem to have made the parade! Not only did I manage to have it done in time and emailed in time, it was quilted and bound too! Hope it gets added in here because I am bummed! :(
- June 1, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Simone de Klerk said...
Wow, so many wonderful Schnibbles and so very diverse. Love the parade!
- June 1, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Stina said...
Ahhh.. loved to see all the different Schnibbles... sooo many I still have to make.... :o) Just wonderful... :o)
- June 1, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- PunkiePie said...
Love them all!! Thanks for this month's parade.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:35 PM
- Sue said...
LOVED the parade! Such talented people. I need to get started with some of these:)
- June 1, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Quilt Hollow said...
Thoroughly enjoyed the parade. It was fun to see what each of us chose and that nobody did State Fair.
- June 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Kelly@ Charming Chatter said...
What cute Schnibbles quilts! And, I love your State Fair, too! Thanks for hosting - so we can see all of these cute quilts!
- June 1, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Cindy said...
I'm over here clapping and saying HURRAY to all the gorgeous Schnibbles.
This has been such a fun parade, showcasing such a variety of Schnibbles.
Sure makes me anxious to make my next Schnibble.
- June 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM
- Robin (rsislandcrafts) said...
Great parade this month! It's fun to see which Schnibble everyone picked this month.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:53 AM
Great parade!
Your blog was featured on the "Spring Fever Bingo" blogspot... Good Luck! ...Karen
- June 2, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Nanette Merrill and daughters said...
Great work. Loved them all. Thanks for the show n tell Sinta.
- June 2, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- John'aLee said...
How pretty are those quilts!!
My favorite was the red white and blue one, and the one by D is for Dovey.
Keep up the great work. It looks like you are a real inspiration to all quilters out there!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- NanaKaren said...
Hi, I dropped over to visit you after seeing your blog featured on "Spring Fever Blog Bingo". Thanks for showing all these wonderful Schnibbles Quilts. I love them all.
I recently completed the top to my first Schnibbles quilt....."Roundabout" and hope to make a few more soon.
Happy Quilting!
Karen (NanaKaren)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Cathy said...
a lovely parade - very motivating ;-)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Thelma said...
Another wonderful Parade, Thanks so much Sinta!
I"m really excited about State Fair, I'm hoping to squeeze it in later this month.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Heather said...
Love the parade, it is fun to see what everybody chose. I like the free choice, so I could use a pattern in my stash :D I finished the State Fair top, and love it, I like how it had a second pinwheel after you put the blocks together, so cute :) http://quiltorstitch.blogspot.com/2010/06/state-fair-quilt-top.html
- June 21, 2010 at 7:59 AM
- Cindy said...
My June Schnibbles is done - but a little messed up! I posted it here: http://hyacinthquiltdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/06/e-for-my-june-schnibbles.html
- June 26, 2010 at 7:57 AM
- Marianne said...
Finished my State Fair! What fun it was! Thanks.
- June 29, 2010 at 2:12 PM


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Thursday, May 28, 2009
That's what I feel my blog is, which in turn relates to how my life is. Thrown into a state of confusion.
Each day - or rather, each post (since I don't post every day) - is something different. I envy the blogs who are comfortable in what they are. The wedding-themed blogs, the blogs my friends operate that are food, fashion and TV recaps (you ladies have no idea how much those Grey's recaps helped catch me up!) and the blogs that convey somebody's life, but in a clear, concise way.
I'm not quite sure what this means about me or my life. Does it mean I have too much going on, or maybe not enough going on? Or maybe it means that I am just a blend of lots of things and that is reflected in what I choose to write about.
Did I confuse you?
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No, actually I like it. Sometimes the ones that are so singularly focused get a little old to me after a while. And stale. Blogs that follow whatever's going on in someone's life or on their minds, I find infinitely more interesting. Provided it's written well. And those are the ones I tend to comment more on.ReplyDelete
But I know what you mean. Sometimes I feel like my blog has no focus. But then sometimes I like it that way. Of course, lately it's been all about the house. Heh. Maybe I should change the title.
- LindseyMay 29, 2009 at 7:28 AM
I like hearing about all the different stuff going on with you! (eventhough I usually already know about it haha). I haven't updated my blog in months... its true- Facebook is doing the job already so I have actually considered deleting my personal blog!ReplyDelete

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I ♥ Promarkers Challenge 66 is 'Animals'.
We are being sponsored by Crafty Emmas with the prize being £10 to spend in her fab online store.
This week I decided to make a tissue box. I got the instructions from a Magnolia Ink magazine.
The box has been made with Kraft card. The image is a Penny Black Hedgie called 'Hot Pants'!! He has been coloured with Promarkers, and die cut. The Kraft frame is a Marianne Design Creatables die cut, to which I've added red pearls on the centres of the embossed flowers. The dp is Anna Griffin, as is the sentiment stamp. I've die cut a butterfly from Kraft and added some red and green pearls to finish.
I'm entering my tissue box into these challenges:
The Crafty Pad Challenge 121 - Holes
Sarah Hurley Challenge 41 - Frames
Paper Romance Challenge 51 - Anything but a card
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 8 - Something new/favourite embellishment -(the Penny Black stamp is new to me, as is making a tissue box and butterflies are one of my favourite embellishments)
Crafts and me Challenge 35 - Anything Goes (optional Kraft)
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge 59 - Check it out!! - (Anna Griffin dp)
Pear Tree Designs Challenge 49 - Stamped images
OSAAT Challenge 62 - Anything Goes
Ellephantastic Challenge 26 - Birthday/party
Penny's Challenge 53 - Anything Goes
Emerald Faerie First Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamp Something 3 year celebration blog hop and Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny Black at Allsorts May Challenge - Shape Up (no squares or rectangles - I know my project has rectangles in it but once it's all put together it's a different shape, so I think it'll be included, just let me know if you think otherwise and I'll remove it from the challenge)
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 152 - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious Challenge 57 - Anything Goes
Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 151 - Clean and Simple


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Monday, July 12, 2010
The Dalai Lamas on Tantra
The Dalai Lamas on Tantra
This is a unique collection of authentic teachings by the Dalai Lamas on Tantric Buddhism and tantric practice. The clarity and power of their tantric writings is unparalleled. Glenn H. Mullin is an internationally renowned Tibetologist, author, and expert on Buddhist meditation. Glenn lived in Dharamsala, India, the home of the Dalai Lama, for many years, where he studied Tibetan language, literature, yoga, and meditation under twenty-five of the greatest masters of Tibet. He is the author of over fifteen books on Buddhist topics and has led many pilgrimages to Nepal and Tibet in the last five years. He now divides his time between writing, lecturing, giving workshops, and leading pilgrimages to the power places of Central Asia.
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I'm usually not much on coming up with flight deals, and I can't even confirm that this one is a GREAT deal. It seems like a good price to me though, and so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else was looking for it.
I was looking around on Google Flights and found this deal from Boston to Beijing China (PEK)
It's pricing out as low as $303 one-way or $542 roundtrip, for several dates over the next few weeks.
Most advantageous (aka longest) routing is through Los Angeles and Seattle – example routing below
Where to credit your miles
If you remember, Delta no longer gives mileage credit based on the miles flown. So if you have no status with Delta, you'll earn only 5x the fare cost, which would be somewhere around 2000 miles (depending on how much of this fare is taxes).
This is a Class V fare, so if I am reading my charts correctly, it will credit as 50% on either Virgin Atlantic or Alaska (if I'm wrong about that, I'm sure someone will correct me in the comments!)
I was also seeing some flights to Beijing on Hainan Airlines, which is a new partner of Alaska and you can get double miles on Hainan flights crediting to Alaska, so it should around 18,000 Alaska miles after the 50% credit and doubling of the miles (you'll need to register for the Alaska / Hainan Double miles promotion first!)
US citizens do need a visa to visit China, though this stay should be eligible for the 72 hour visa-free stay if you're staying less than 3 days.


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Don't know how I missd this the first time around - it must have been up on the Corrections webpage for only a nano-second:
Roberts editorial — Tuesday's A2 summary of a Times editorial said Democrats should not vote to approve Judge John G. Roberts Jr. It should have said that Democrats should vote to approve Roberts.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
LA Times Gets Facts Wrong In LA Times Editorial In Summary Of LA Times Editorial!
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A quick comparison of the weight of our rucksacks reveals Victors is about double the weight of mine, i can't believe he's not cut the end off his toothbrush, is carrying enough toothpaste to clean his teeth for a month and has enough food for us both until a week on Tuesday. He realises his mistake and promptly decides to leave his toilet bag, smoking jacket, slippers and some food behind.
I've done this before, made all these mistakes with kit and have got it down to a T.
1x sawn off toothbrush
6x slithers of toothpaste
3x dods of shower gel
1x pair of socks
1x pair of running shorts
1x w/proof jacket
1x w/proof trousers
1x spare hat
surgical tape
pen knife
cash/credit card
1x copy of "The Lore of Running" for technical reference (had you there)
Enough food/drink to last to the next shop/pub
This is going to get us up the West Highland Way and back over 4 days, stopping at Tyndrum, Fort William, back to Tyndrum then to Milngavie.
Apart from the guy on the bottom bunk watching films on his laptop till late and Victor telling him to put it off or die, i had a good nights sleep (managing not to fall out of the top bunk, seriously its dangerous up there especially when you thrash about in your sleep like i do). We awoke to a torrential downpour of the stair-rod variety, had some porridge whilst listening to the walkers talking about changes of plan and how it was "life threatening to go out in that" and "its best to have a rest day" so got out and running before they started to convince us. As always it was ok once we got going but stopping wasn't an option because we got very cold very quickly, which also made us run a bit harder than we should have, so when we saw the Kingshouse hotel in the distance we had no hesitation in agreeing on a food stop for 20 minutes. 30+ minutes later we left puddles on the floor and wet seats in the posh bar as we went through the ritual 5 mins of pain, working the stiffness out of the legs and getting back into the long-distance running rythmn.
The rain carried on relentlessly as we ran down into Kinlochleven and up over the Lairigmor with the wind picking up quite ominously, that was the last thing we wanted for the journey back. By the time we got to Morrisons in the Fort we had taken on the homeless jakey look; soaking wet, unshaven, smelly and snottery as we squelched, stiff-legged around the aisles trying to work out if we craved pasta, potatoes or crisps or all three. 42 miles done.
I must admit as we ran into Fort William my legs were trashed, every step was pain and the thought of turning around and repeating those 2 days was really daunting. That's the start of the mind games. Your brain is telling you it's not sensible to keep going, all these tweaks and niggles are surely going to become tears and twangs, it's not sensible to continue without support in these conditions, in this condition. But it is. That's the whole point. You've got to go beyond, to show yourself its possible to push further than you think, in the words of the great metal songsmith and slayer of dragons Ronnie James Dio, "we're a ship without a storm..." and a storm is what we seek to toughen ourselves up for the mighty hurricane of the West Highland Way Race.
Sitting at breakfast in the b&b after an uncomfortable nights sleep tossing and turning with my knees, hips and quads waking me up throbbing in pain, Victor was glazing over as i told him (yet again) how we would emerge back in Milngavie as strong as the Mighty Thor. I think he had just had enough of running in the pishing rain and going down that bloody track again and anyway 95 miles in 2 days was good enough going without having to do it all again and listen to some nut talking about slaying dragons in his head...
So i made a major concession. Will it impact on me psychologically as i stare down the demons who have come to sabotage my dreams, to steal my spirit and send me a slavering, bonking wreck to the leisure centre to think again?? Maybe.
I had agreed to let Flora, our b and b owner give us a lift to the Braveheart car park to avoid running the 2 miles of pavement hell in Fort Bill. It was lashing with rain as we headed towards Lundavra, the path had now become a river and i was really starting to think this was a bit dodgy. If you'd tipped a bucket of water over my head i wouldn't have been any wetter and it was really cold too. We were glad to get into the Copie in Kinlochleven for a brief heat and some bits of food. As we sheltered amongst the shopping trolleys slurping down chocolate milk we came up with a brilliant idea for a race. Get this, The West Highland Way 100 (ish) start in Fort Bill, climb the Ben then down to Milngavie. About 19 000+ feet of ascent and imagine running those gnarly boulders on the loch-side with almost 70 miles in the legs then all that runnable stuff from Drymen to the finish to really challenge you, and of course the cheering crowds as you near the finish, Ultra Tour Du Milngavie(UTMG) anybody??
Renewed with the mystical powers of flavoured milk we galloped up the climb from Kinlochleven and back down to Kingshouse, wading rivers which hadn't existed on the way up and deciding to keep running all the way to Tyndrum in case we stopped and lost the will to start again. Rannoch Moor was murder and i was bonking by Inveroran so grabbed a can of Coke at the hotel which saw me through to Tyndrum. We were a sorry state when we reached the bunkhouse, so much so that when we arrived the nice couple from the other night made us tea and biscuits and told us stories about boy scout walkers wading through water up to their waists on the lochside the flooding was so bad. It was at this point that Victor decided he'd had enough, he was going to run the 5 miles down to Crianlarich then get the bus or train from there. I tried to convince him that he'd be ok once he got going but i knew it was his decision and wouldnt be a good idea to twist his arm into doing something that might end in injury or something. 42 miles done.
I was up at 5.30am and wide awake eating scones and jam and trying to remove an ingrown toenail with my penknife having had another uncomfortable nights tossing and turning. Victor woke up in a completely different frame of mind not quite ready for his day of leisure yet, as i contemplated staring the demons and dragons in the eye. I had to kick his butt out the door by 6.30am because i knew i had a good 12+ hours in front of me and after what was now 10 minutes or so of coaxing the stiffness out of the legs we ran well through Auchtertyre Farm, over the roller coaster and Victor down to the road in Crianlarich as i carried on to Beinglas. I stopped to buy some biscuits and a coffee then it was head down and onto the lochside. That jumble of rocks was made even more challenging because it had all become so slippery and my legs seemed to be lagging a few seconds behind my brain but absorbing as it was it took my mind off things until i emerged at Inversnaid in the sunshine, feeling like Robinson Crusoe washed up on a desert island after floating about in the ocean for a week. I didn't want to frighten the tourists so kept going passing more walkers now as the nicer weather brought them back out. Soon i was at Rowardennen again and had been craving Coke and a scone and as i waited at the bar i felt a tap on my shoulder, it was a walker i had met a few days previously "you made it back!" he said and we chatted a bit then i sat in the sun, drank my Coke and resolved to not stop until The Beech Tree 20 miles further on and give myself 15 minutes to refuel then on to Milngavie, always good to have a plan!
I was nicely into my stride as i rounded a corner and came face to face with Peter, one of my clubmates on a training run to Beinglas. It was good to chat and it gave me a big lift to see a familiar face. I pushed on through heavy showers of rain then warm sunshine, through Balmaha, over Conic Hill and past Drymen fighting demons all the way to the Beech Tree. 15 minutes was the deal and i was off again along those torturous cycle paths thinking about William Sichel and his 1000 mile run and how this was childs play in comparison, only 190 miles in 4 days, i should be fresh as a daisy! I wasn't though as i trundled into Milngavie, dragons slayed and demons drowned in chocolate milk.
I couldn't resist rounding the weeks mileage up to 200 by jogging round the Edinburgh Parkrun 5k a few days later and now just over 2 weeks later i'm wondering how this is going to effect my run at this weekends Highland Fling?? Only one way to find out...


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I know I've been playing the cards close to my chest. Many projects are materializing and de-materializing. TG is at about 80 pages now. I hope to have another 30-40 done by the end of the year to round out the first big volume. But how will it find its way through the printing press and into your hands? Questionable questions abound. Working on a zine called MORS ULTIMA RATIO. Stay tuned, faithful. NO ONE KNOVVS VVHAT VVILL COME.
In time.
Lane Milburn
Thursday, January 19, 2012
TWELVE GEMS RE-REVEALED: An Elusive Beast Re-emerges..... or does it?
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Closed Caption Comics name dropped twice in awesome comix related tumblr fight
Don't forget to buy a copy of Weird and CCC9/9.5!
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
details: 74 pages, 2-color interior, edition of 250
It's the new Horror Culture Magazine edited by Mr. Noel Freibert
featuring works by:
Neil Reinalda
Jim Novack
Jason T Miles
Molly O'Connell
Leo Hussey
Conor Stechschulte
Jesse McManus
Jon Chandler
Matthew Thurber
Anya Davidson
Karswell presents "Nightmare Island"
Lane Milburn
Leon Sadler
Mollie Goldstrom
E. Rex Eiyon
Carlos Gonzalez
Massimiliano Bomba
Caroline Bren
Zach Hazard Vaupen
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I Finally Have Paypal!
After many years in exile, I've finally restored my ability to use Paypal!
Also, if you're interested, I've just finished updating my Baker Artist Awards site. It's got an overview of most of the work I've done in the past 4 years.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
SF Supplementary File #2C
I'm excited to announce that SF Supplementary File #2C has been completed and is now available for worldwide distribution. It's the final installment of SF Supplementary File #2, a 3-part zine devoted to Matsumoto Leiji's Queen Emeraldas.
SFSF#2C is bigger than the previous two parts: 52 pages, printed by risograph in 12 different colors at Retro Jam in Osaka, and hand-assembled by Ryan Cecil Smith. You can buy it for $6.
However, SFSF#2C is only one third of a zine. If you don't have the previous two parts, you should buy the complete set. You can read about the previous 2 issues here. Get all 3 together for $14.
This is new information! I want you to read this, and to know what is inside!
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I know what you're thinking…"Oh shit, it's Valentine's Day and I forgot I was going to propose to my girlfriend today and I only have $10,000 in my wallet and how am I ever going to pull this off!?" Don't worry, Pizza Hut has you covered. Just order the Dinner Box Proposal Package.
Here's what you get:
A ruby engagement ring
A photographer and videographer
A Limo
A Fireworks show
AND Pizza Hut's new $10 dinner box that includes on medium one topping pizza, five bread sticks with marinara sauce, and ten cinnamon sticks.
If you want pepperoni and sausage you pay extra. That's messed up. Don't forget to tip 20%. I'll stick with the taco bell wedding package.
For $5o, you get:
A custom "will you marry me?" fire sauce packet
A chihuahua to officiate the wedding
matching "Taco Bell" ring tattoos
A 5$ box
Scratch that. They're working together anyway! Damn you corporate America!


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Dylan Bradley, who once illustrated steamy romances under the name Patrick Callaghan, has moved into his grandparent's guest house in Nashville. Caylor Evans, having once written titillating novels under the penname Melanie Mason, lives with her grandmother. When their lives collide, due to the machinations of meddling matriarchs, the pasts of Dylan and Caylor threaten to derail their futures. Will they accept each other for who they now are—and once were? Or will they never discover the true art of romance?
The Review:
My Ranking: 9 out of 10
Ages: 15 & up
Wow! What an awesome book! I've read books by Kaye Dacus before -- including the previous book in the Matchmakers series, Love Remains -- but while I liked it well enough, I didn't love it. I LOVED The Art of Romance. Not only were the cover and title completely adorable, but the characters and story were, also!
I think one of the reason's I loved this book was because the main character reminded me a LOT of a really good friend of mine -- height and everything! Caylor was extremely tall and liked to wear heels to add to her already 6ft frame. I couldn't help but chuckle when I read about that because that's what my friend does, too! They also both have a very charming, sweet personality that everyone loves. ;) I also was able to relate to Caylor because we both enjoy writing.
Dylan was a great hero. I liked to read through his struggles and finding his footing again in life after realizing his mistakes.
Dylan and Caylor made a cute, completely perfect couple!
Another thing I loved is all the little twists that were in this story -- especially the main one! So much thought was put into this book; it was just incredible. I am already excited to dive into Turnabout's Fair Play(releases Feb 2012) and will have a review up of that in the next few weeks.
Kaye's writing style is awesome. It makes the reader feel the same emotions that the characters are and allows the reader to simply enjoy the story. Kaye also has some wit in her stories and I occasionally found myself chuckling. :)
Dylan remembers how he once had to paint a naked model in art school. He also used himself as a model for an edgy book cover and regrets it. When explaining his past to his brothers one of his bros mistakenly thinks he was painting porn. Dylan continues to tell them that their mom secretly read edgy romance and once when he was 12 he found her stash and became obsessed with the covers.
It is clearly pointed out that Dylan lived with another woman before the book starts, but he regrets it and it is put in a bad light.
Caylor also has regrets that involve her past writing, but no detail is given.
Caylor speaks of a past engagement gone wrong and when she tried to get her fiance back he wanted to become physically intimate with her, as he had since the beginning of their relationship, and she says she wonders if he proposed to her hoping she'd sleep with him after they were engaged. She said "she tried everything short of taking off my clothes and climbing into bed with him" to get him back.
Man almost says B**** but cuts off.
This was a great book that I really liked. The story was interesting and kept me reading, In fact, I started and finished this book in less than 24 hours! Definitely pick this book up if you love a good, sweet love story.


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Mamer, whose wonderful debut album Eagle came out on Real World records last year, is in the UK for some gigs. The Chinagrass musician will play in London this Tuesday at The Lumiere in Kilburn. For the other tour dates and venues, check the schedule.
I did a programme on Chinagrass (music from the grasslands of China) for Resonance FM last year when Mamer and Mongolian band Hanggai were over performing at the Union Chapel in London. Mamer sings in his native Kazakh and plays beautifully on the dombra (a lute/banjo like instrument).
A taster of Mamer's music is on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-7hl4Q6IH4


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Kaos - Vandals In Motion is a book about one of Europe's most famous graffiti artists. It tells the story of Swedish and European graffiti through Kaos' words along with an incredible number of photos, articles, flyers and interviews with key players. It shows the close link between Kaos and the development of the graffiti scene, as well as his hometown Stockholm's importance for European graffiti in general.
Kaos has been part of almost every single turning point within Swedish graffiti. As a part of internationally known graffiti crews as VIM, MOA, ALL and MSN, he's also the main link to artists from all over Europe and the world.
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Norfolk State wins MEAC title
Aspiras wins Most Outstanding Performer, averaging 201.5
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A solid second day of competition on Saturday propelled No. 10-ranked Norfolk State to Sunday's championship match, where the Spartans swept Bethune-Cookman to capture their first MEAC Championship at Gate City Lanes.
Standing just 3-6 after Friday's preliminary rounds, the Spartans regrouped on Saturday as the No. 4 seed in the double-elimination bracket round. NSU defeated No. 5 seed Hampton, No. 1 Delaware State and No. 6 Bethune-Cookman in successive matches to automatically earn a spot in the championship match on Sunday.
The Wildcats, meanwhile, took down defending MEAC and national champion UMES in the semifinals on Sunday after the loss to the Spartans the day before. B-CU was no match for the Spartans in the championship, though, as NSU won all four games of the best-of-seven match by at least 12 pins for the title.
"We talked about our play after the Friday matches, that we were not going to go out like that," said head coach Wilhelmenia Harrison. "We knew we were a better team than that. We had to stay humble and understand that teams weren't just going to lay down for us. We talked about what got us here, and then on Saturday we caught fire as soon as we stepped onto the lanes and carried that momentum all the way through to the championship."
Sophomore Thea Aspiras was named the tournament's Outstanding Performer after averaging 201.5 in four games during team play on Friday. Harrison earned Outstanding Coach honors as well.
Junior Lauren Graupmann earned a spot on the All-Tournament team along with Aspiras, T'Nia Falbo of UMES, Staci Hilliard of B-CU and Jazmyne Hefflefinger of Delaware State.
Seeded fourth on Saturday, NSU face No. 5 seed and rival Hampton in the first round. NSU won four of the five games, dropping the one by just two pins, to advance to play top seed Delaware State. The Spartans fell behind by a 3-1 margin against the Hornets before rallying to win three consecutive games. NSU topped DSU, 226-136, 193-138, and 211-198 to stay out of the loser's bracket.
Bethune-Cookman won the first game against the Spartans in their match on Saturday afternoon, but NSU again responded by winning the next four games to take the victory, 4-1. The win allowed the Spartans to skip the early-morning semifinal round on Sunday and go straight to the championship match.
After Bethune-Cookman downed UMES 4-1 in the loser's bracket early Sunday morning, the Wildcats earned a rematch with the Spartans needing to win two best-of-seven matches for the title. NSU had none of that, though, downing B-CU, 177-160, 209-168, 199-185 and 183-171 for the right to hoist the championship trophy.
The championship match will be broadcast tape-delayed on March 26 at 10 p.m. on ESPNU.
"We were determined to play our game and stick to our plans," said Harrison. "We knew we had to stay focused and keep our composure. It was a brand new ball game for them. We had to keep them calm and not let all the lights and cameras and interviews distract them. And we wanted to make sure they were having a good time."
It marked NSU's first appearance in the championship round, as well as the fifth MEAC championship of the school year for the athletic department following titles in football, men's basketball, men's cross country and men's indoor track and field.
NSU limped out to a 1-3 record in team play to start the tournament off, falling to Delaware State 916-897, UMES 946-931, and Hampton 928-886. The Spartans finished with a 1037-908 victory against North Carolina Central, thanks to a 238 from Aspiras and a 226 from senior Chelsea Krall, to complete the first half of action on Friday.
Krall averaged 192.0 in all four team games Friday morning, while freshman Kelsea Yarbrough also averaged 192 in three games. Junior Jessica Overton posted a 184.3 average in three games, with Graupmann (180.0), freshman Carrie Hickey (179.0) and freshman Delilah Bethel (165.0) each bowling two games.
The latter half of the day saw NSU begin with two more losses, 753-688 to B-CU and 779-696 to Morgan State. After a win over Florida A&M, 746-654, the Spartans dropped another match to Delaware State, 884-667, before finishing up the first day of competition with an 837-784 victory against UMES and the No. 4 seed.


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The Crazy Cheshire Cat says with his impish grin...Its Time!
Let me grab my top Hat, I am ready said the Pink Flamingo....... Its Time!
The Red Queen in her loud bursting voice cries out in a command..... Its Time!
But is it , I say?
Where is the White Rabbit???
Ohhh there he is! HE is thinking of this very special Day Hip Hooray!. He announces....It is TIME for the Mad Tea Party!!!
All is well and Alice is joined by the White Rabbit. Lets begin this party with great joy, come and celebrate the 5th Year of Vanessa Valencia's 2012 Mad Tea Party!!!
Blow the horns and pour some tea and lets gather and enjoy some very special treats!
Alice greets the White Rabbit and March Hare ( OK so just go with it!)
The Red Queen interrupts the party to have Alice paint the white roses red for the party! Oh Really!
Look how lovely the table is, set for all to enjoy this Grand celebration!
Cheers to All who joined in on the fun today! Thank you for hosting this Mad Tea, Miss Vanessa! We had a Most Fanciful Time!!! <3<3<3


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Selena Gomez's 'Flaunt' Dress, Taylor Swift's Gown & More Best Dressed
In this week's edition of best dressed, we had a lot to choose from! The CMA Awards allowed the biggest country music stars to demonstrate their impeccable style, while other celebs rocked the red carpet at premieres and parties. Who do YOU think was best dressed? VOTE.
Taylor Swift couldn't hold back tears when she was awarded the Pinnacle Award at the CMA Awards, and we couldn't hold back our feelings about her gown! The 24-year-old singer walked the red carpet with a radiant red Elie Saab ball gown with a glimmering red embellishment down the front of the dress. She donned her signature red lips and an updo as to not overwhelm her stunning gown.
Selena Gomez's 'Flaunt' Party Dress:
Selena Gomez is known for retaining her innocent Disney image, so it was surprising to see her strip down to her undies for Flaunt magazine's November issue. The 21-year-old singer attended the magazine's cover launch event in a sexy black cutout dress that left little to the imagination! The frock featured a plunging neckline and a cutout section below her chest. She also wore a dark plum shade lipstick, which really brought the ensemble from simply sexy to elegant and seductive. For a woman who is constantly told by the media that she's "not sexy enough," this is a great way to show her sexy side without trying too hard — and other stars should take notes!
Carrie Underwood's CMA Awards Gown:
Carrie Underwood once again hosted the CMA Awards alongside Brad Paisley, and if her red carpet gown was any indication of her performance as host that night, it's safe to say she did a glamorous job! The 30-year-old country music crooner stunned in a sheer nude Ralph & Russo Couture gown, embellished in white and brown beads. The gown featured a plunging neckline and sheer paneling that showed off her toned legs. She wore her voluminous wavy hair down and sported glimmering gold eyeshadow, while keeping her lips a simple nude color. But that wasn't the only outfit she presented at the show! She donned NINE more ensembles throughout the night, but her first was definitely her best.
Who do YOU think deserves the best dressed title of the week? VOTE and comment below!
WATCH: Selena Gomez Reveals Her Most Embarrassing Fashion Blunder
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A few weeks ago, I was asked to do a logo for an up and coming clothing company, Trophies Clothing Co. And I'll let you in on a secret- I was totally intimidated by the project, as the target market was young men with an interest in sports. I am definitely not a man, and not too interested in sports either, so I was a bit nervos about this one.
All in all, the logo came together and we decided on a few different versions. When I saw these photos of the final project I was thrilled! I think they look so good, and the amazing DJ Sanchez did a great job capturing the product.
You can find out more about Trophies Clothing Co and purchase the product on their site.
Thanks to Ryan McGuire for the photos and DJ Sanchez for taking them!
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
RIP Howard Zinn, The People's ChampionI awoke into this cold grey morning, still waiting for the promised snow, opened headlines on RSN (Reader Supported News) only to discover that one of my major heroes, Howard Zinn, died last night. Zinn's 1980 APeople's History of the United States, taught me, while I was still young enough for it to be a big influence, that the garbled version of American history the basketball coach/history teacher in my high school, and later the even more garbled class in which I made my only college D grade had left out large elements of the Whole Story. His "alternative" recounting of our often less-than-glorious past, is
an attempt to balance the scales by writing about the parts of US history that aren't often covered in depth. It focuses particularly on the effects of government policy on the poor, women, and non-whites throughout US history, documents labor movements and equality movements in more depth than one normally sees, and points out the mixed and disappointing records of US cultural heroes. It is, in other words, an attack on assumptions and accepted wisdom about the heroes and important events in history, and on the stories we tell ourselves as a culture(from Russ Albery's Review of People's History).
My impulse as even a very young woman (who came of age during the Civil Rights Movement and the VietNam War and was hugely influenced by the leftist politics of that era) was to identify with progressive, even radical, politics. Reading Zinn's History helped me continue in that direction as I grew older, reinforcing ideas that had previously been mostly emotional, rather than intellectual. When I lived outside Boston in the eighties, Zinn was often a speaker at local events and gatherings, and I feel privileged to have heard him speak in Cambridge and Boston several times. I heard him speak most recently last month on Bill Moyers Journal, as feisty and charming as ever. His appearance on Moyers was to discuss and showcase the video, Let the People Speak, made from his History, which premiered on the History Channel two nights after the Moyers show. News of his death is all over progressive and news sites on the Internet, I've read the LA Times obit and the Boston Globe's, but there are many more.
We have lost one of our most powerful progressive voices, one that spoke for the forgotten, the downtrodden, the oppressed, that debunked the glorified, the mythologized leaders of our history. But he influenced so many people in his years as a teacher, a writer, a speaker, that his work will live on. In reading his obituaries I was interested to learn that his first teaching gig was at Spelman College in Atlanta, where Alice Walker and Marian Wright Edelman were among his students. I know that many less-famous students are among those who have passed The People's History on to their children, their students. His students and followers will continue his work. But on this bleak grey day of windborne sleet, I mourn our loss. If you don't know Howard Zinn, check A People's History of the United States out of your public library this afternoon, read it in memoriam. Although I've read it several times, I think I'm going to do just that this weekend. (Crossposted to Women On.)
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Homeschool ABC Collab: F is for Field Trips
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What is your username? Phazon Sentinel
Please link to the wiki here: http://legendary.wikia.com/wiki/Legendary_Wiki
How many edits have you made on that wiki? 30.
How many days/months have you been editing there? Joined April 6th, 2015, have made occasional edits.
On the Special Pages → Special:ListAdmins when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it? May 15th, 2009. Spartan-1, original founder.
Any other information: I'm hoping to use some free time to improve and expand the wiki, since I like the game a lot. Most of the other edits in the past year or so have been vandalism, sadly; I'm hoping that adopting the wiki might do a little to discourage that.
In order to be eligible to adopt that wiki, you would have to edit on there consistently for a whole week. Before today, you hadn't edited on there since May. Edit every day or two until Staff review your adoption. Other than that, you should be good. Good luck!--Annabeth and Percy~The present is our future past, we've gotta make this moment last right now. 04:47, January 24, 2016 (UTC)
- Hello. Are you still interested in adopting the wikia? Aside from reverting vandalism on one page before making this request, you haven't edited since last May. If you are still interested in adopting the wikia, please edit there regularly for about a week and then leave me a message on my wall. -- Wendy (talk) 05:14, February 4, 2016 (UTC)


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That's because my life has been a little crazy the past couple weeks. My beloved husband had to spend a week in Ontario training for his new job, so spending a week as a single parent occupied most of my waking hours! He returned on Sunday, when I greeted him enthusiastically and... promptly threw up. Flu.
I've spend the week recovering, but today both boys came down with it pretty bad. So this is sort of how my day went:
- Wake up. Do some laundry. Make smoothies for breakfast.
- Scrub diarrhea off the couch.
- Make biscuits for poor sick tummies.
- Scrub diarrhea off the carpet.
- Play soft music. Do laundry.
- Make lunch.
- Laundry. Work on supper prep.
- Make snacks for Awana (even though we most definitely weren't going!)
- Go to get Theo up from his nap - find him rolling in vomit.
- Baths.
- Laundry.
- Theo pukes again: clean vomit off the rug.
- Try to work on supper. Call Cory to come home in desperation.
- Just as Cory walks in the door - Theo vomits on the floor.
- Clean vomit off floor and baby.
- Alternate making supper and cleaning vomit as Theo proceeds to puke numerous times.
- Laundry.
- Put Theo back to bed, sit down for supper.
- Eli pukes all over the table.
- Baths. Clean vomit off floor/table/chairs.
- Cry because Cory has to leave for youth group.
- Get kids into bed. Don't brush their teeth because I am a terrible mother.
- Laundry.
- Collapse.
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I sit here thinking back to all the times you intervened and gave me a reprieve in my TN. There are many.
Niagara Falls - It had been a long day and I was sure I wouldn't be able to eat dinner. We sent the kids into the restaurant and Bob prayed for me. Instantly the pain was gone.
Healing Service - I knew You told me to go. We went. People prayed and for a year no pain.
Chiropractor - Night after night horrible pain. We went to a chiropractor. The next day the pain was minimal.
Another prayer time at church and my prayer was lessened greatly.
You gave me a neurologist.
Another year with out pain.
And You are always there in the midst of it. Holding me. Teaching me. Reminding me of the pain You went through for me. Often I wonder, is this what the thorns in your head felt like when they dug down deep. Or the nails in your hands and feet. I understand a little what You went through. Just a little. It makes me love You more.


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Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 43:19, 25


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{Feature} Cheers to You VoxBox
Last month I had the opportunity from Influenster to receive their Cheer's Vox Box.There were lots of new items in here that I have neither tried nor seen, so I was excited for the chance to use everything. This box contained a good mix of items all of which I ended up enjoying and will be repurchasing in the future.
Starting with the food items: Way Better Snack chips in the flavor Sweet Chili, I am a sucker for snacks, so of course I tried these first. They have a lightly spicy flavor with a nice sweetness to balance out their profile, These chips are non-GMO and are made from sprouted grains, seeds, and beans and are great for snacking.
The next food item, well a coupon for, was the Hormel Taco Meat, fully cooked, shredded and seasoned and packaged in the refrigerator section. I really didn't know what to expect from a refrigerated chicken bag, it was a strange concept to me since usually the refrigerated meat I purchase is either cold cuts or raw. Me and Q tried the chicken version, there is also shredded beef and beef crumbles available, The prices on these range from $4.99 to $5.99, so it is pricey for this item, but the convenience for a family taco meal is so wonderful, it might be worth it. The flavor was good and the meat was moist and tender. We will be repurchasing sometime in the future.
I was very apprehensive to try the Suave Keratin Infusion shampoo and conditioner, but ended up really enjoying this item. I had used Suave products in the past with less than desirable results and had strayed away from the brand because of these reasons. After using this line from Suave, my reservations didn't hold up and I was really impressed with the results of this combination. I really don't know if I can give up my Redken shampoo for this Suave duo though, but I will say that it has been nice to have in my shower. There isn't an overwhelming odor and my hair feels very soft and looks shiny after using. I do have colored hair though, blonde, so I do need lots of moisture from my shampoo and conditioner and I'm not so sure that Suave has the correct balance for my needs.
Lastly, is the Dr. Teals Lavender Epson Salt Soaking Solution. Not a new product for me, but if you are unfamiliar they are a salt solution for your bath that is nice for soaking achey muscles and helps to relax you with the lavender and soften your skin.
There is another item of sorts left, a card to download a free app Yaye. It's a free workout app and it's pretty nice. Yaye allows you to build groups and connect with your team to keep track of each other throughout to the week to make sure you are meeting goals. It's nice to see your friends sticking to their goals or to know you are or just to have that extra support to get on to you and call you out for not meeting your weekly goals. The interface of the app lets you take photos to add to the wall feed that correspond to your workout that you are recording for the week. There are also challenges built in within the app that you can sign up for. There are a few technical issues with out the layout out or some of the logistical set up of some of the recording work that I would like to be changed. Overall I like recording my workout and seeing how my friends are doing with their goals. Its a nice starting point if you are being to workout again.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan had been deceased for more than a year on this day in 1991 when an album of 10 of his previously unreleased recordings was released.
(Well, actually, one of the songs had been released on an album when Vaughan was alive, but the recording of the song that was used in the posthumous album was a different version.)
Called "The Sky Is Crying," the album was a bittersweet reminder of how much we lost when Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in August 1990. It was a collection of pieces written mostly by other artists, like Jimi Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf and Elmore James, but there were a couple of songs penned by Vaughan.
And there was one song, "Life by the Drop," that was written by Doyle Bramhall, one of Vaughan's friends.
Bramhall clearly knew Stevie Ray's style. I always thought the song was perfect for him. It captured his style in a way that none of the other songs did.
The title track was written by James, but Albert King probably recorded the most widely recognized version of it.
Much of the album was the hard–driving blues for which Vaughan was known, but it was really a showcase for Stevie Ray's diverse (if unheralded) guitar styles. They were all influenced to a certain extent by the blues, of course — but the influence was not exclusive.
My favorite track has always been an instrumental piece called "Chitlins Con Carne." That one really was different for Stevie Ray. I have often wondered why he recorded it. Did he just do it as a lark with no intention of releasing it?
Perhaps. I haven't heard any other songs that could have been used on an album with it. But surely these weren't the only outtakes in Stevie Ray's portfolio.
"Chitlins Con Carne" was written by jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, and it offered a glimpse into the jazzy side of Vaughan's musical personality, which was an intriguing departure. Stevie Ray was a great guitarist, one of the best who ever lived, but he seldom seemed to stray from what made his reputation. Most of the time that is a good strategy. Dance with who brung you, Texas football coach Darrell Royal used to say, and it was advice that Texas–born Stevie Ray Vaughan seemed to take to heart.
But the tracks on "The Sky Is Crying" allowed Stevie Ray to step out of his comfort zone — from the grave, if you will.
Hendrix's "Little Wing" was a rare opportunity to hear Stevie Ray doing blues rock. Stevie Ray's style was more blues than anything else.
The songs on "The Sky Is Crying" were recorded in sessions from 1984 to 1989. For reasons that may have been known only to Stevie Ray, they weren't included on albums from 1984's "Couldn't Stand the Weather" to 1989's "In Step."
It all worked out in the end, though. The 10 tracks combined to form what may have been Stevie Ray's best studio album — perhaps even better than "In Step."
The 25th anniversary of the release of "The Sky Is Crying" is a reminder of what we lost, and it revives questions I heard asked when "The Sky Is Crying" was released.
How many other unreleased Stevie Ray recordings are there? And when will we get to hear them?


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MARQUETTE – Rebecca Thompson of Detroit, Mich., has been elected to a second term as chair of the Association of Michigan Universities (AMU). She is a senior marketing major at Northern Michigan University.
As AMU chair, Thompson will represent each of Michigan's 15 public universities and work with legislators in Lansing on issues and concerns facing college students.
"I was interested in running for reelection because in order for AMU to grow successfully, there needs to be continuity among the leadership," said Thompson. "I am excited that the members had enough confidence in me to allow me to work for and with them for another year." AMU was founded in 2001 and has four major purposes: to advocate the social welfare of current and future public education students in the state of Michigan; encourage and foster leadership development for students at all stages of education; promote interest in government, and increase and maintain awareness of public policy.


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Who says that reading is under-rated? This 4 year-old has read 1,000 books. No kidding.
Pop quiz: What has 15 year-old Toby Thorpe from Huonville High, Hobart done?
a) Created a two-year renewable energy plan for his community.
b) Met the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev
c) Won $US100, 000.
d) Met Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed.
Both of these stories blow me away. Four year-old, Daliyah, and Toby have both achieved incredible things at such a young age. Their feats are of the kind that we look to in admiration, unsure of whether we could achieve what they've done.
The useful takeaways from their stories though, is not that we should feel inadequate for not having done similar things. That response feeds into unhelpful beliefs and attitudes, such as the sense that "I just wasn't born to be able to do X". We don't need to look at success for the purposes of drawing comparison, but we can still celebrate the achievements of others and take joy in what they have done.
We can also learn from what these two stories tell us about supporting young people to pursue their passions. Daliyah's parents entered her in a reading program where the bar was set extraordinarily high. Toby's teachers supported his participation in a prestigious international competition. In both cases, the adults involved could have stopped and not provided the opportunity out of concern for Daliyah or Toby facing failure. It's easy to think "What's the point of my child/student doing this? The chances of them succeeding are incredibly slim". But if opportunities are never provided in the first place, then there's no way of knowing what potential height can be reached. Opportunity combined with passion form a powerful couple. As these two young people have shown us, passion is a great motivator that pushes us to exceed expectations.
Daliyah's and Toby's stories have left me wondering about how we can harness the passion/opportunity combo for more young people. Wouldn't it be wonderful if one of the goals of our education system was to support every individual to uncover and pursue something that got them excited and deeply curious, without the pressure of having a defined end-point (e.g. curriculum outcome) or standardised metric for success (e.g. report mark)?


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We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord...That's what came to mind when the girls gave us their gift. They were so giggly...so thrilled to do it...truly bouncing with happiness. And it wasn't just at that moment. They asked us at the beginning of January to see if there was a weekend we could block out this semester and not have any plans those days. Why? we asked. We're not telling, just block it out, okay? Well, we agreed, but have wondered for weeks what the deal was.
Then came the secret meetings in Cassie's room...followed by huge grins as they came out. The almost daily giggles as they'd whisper to each other. But what really touched my heart about all this happened over the weeks of preparation. To give us this gift took hundreds of dollars...from three girls with no real money. Cassie has a job at the church which pays her for about 3 hours a week at minimum wage and babysits when she can. Aisley and Brennan both babysit sporadically. But it's not like they just gave a little off the top. Every time they got money...any money...they'd rush to Cassie's room...laughing, grinning, happy as could be they they could contribute to whatever it was they were planning.
I can't tell you how that blessed me week after week. And to say that it was a "severe test of affliction" is probably overstating it just a bit. But I promise you that it wasn't easy. They don't get allowances...never have. They have lots of wants, mostly aimed at tech stuff which is very expensive. And because we live off of a single paycheck from a public school, there's lots of daily stuff that they live without that a lot of their friends have or places they can't go because there's just no money for it. Which means that every dollar they make is usually pre-spent in their minds. But they gave it all up for us...to bless us. And they didn't do it begrudgingly. They did it with joy...with generosity...with blessing.
What a lesson for me tonight. What am I hoarding for myself because I have no greater vision than how I can throw it away on myself? Isn't there anyone out there that I love more than myself...for whom I would count it a joy...a privilege...to give to them instead of keeping it for me? Isn't there any gratitude in me that would serve to fuel giving? Can't I be like my girls? It's a good, challenging word for me.
Because that overflow didn't come out of their good, little hearts...as if they've got that little something extra. Notice how Paul put it when he wanted to spread the news of what happened in Macedonia. When giving like this occurs, it's because God got involved and poured out grace to them. And He did much more besides give to us...they told me that one of the amazing things about doing this was that they still have money left over. Somehow...some way...and they're not really sure how...God gave them abundantly more than they could have asked for...or even imagined. What a God we serve! I love that in giving this to us, He also gave them a really good lesson in how generous He can be when we pour out our lives for others. They all spoke in wonder that it happened the way it did.
How I praise Him tonight for His care of us all as Wayne and I make plans. I love that He put this in their hearts. I love that I'll be getting away with Wayne for the first time since our honeymoon almost 20 years ago! (The girls thought that was pretty pathetic...funny moment...I think they're resolved to do a couple of things differently in their own marriages!) I love that through it all, He reminded me that He owns everything and can move everything...we need only obey with joy. I love that He loves my girls enough to give them this message this early. I pray for this good seed to bear much fruit for them in their lives. What a difference three women who love to give away their lives can make on this world for the Kingdom. And if they'd like to do it by sending their Mom and Dad on vacation every now and then? Icing. Really, really sweet icing.


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
仮面ライダーBLACK by:Alexei Martins.
I requested to my fellow blogger Shou' an illustration of Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー), and Shou's said "sure", so we exchange an illustration of Kamen Rider!!!!hah
I hope to do more of that!!
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Hello 2009 by:Alexei Martins
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Clean Home Challenge, Week 2
If you remember from my post this past week, I took a picture of the top of my dresser. It was quite cluttered up with various things:
A basket of Christmas ornaments, a box of extra school supplies, clothes, hangers, a couple of single boots, a tote with some clothes in it, a container with some change in it...just very miscellaneous schtuffs. (That's the technical term for it, by the way!)
Well, I cleared it all off, dusted off the decorative scrollwork that is at the top of my mirror (not shown in the picture) and then removed all the cluttery items from my dresser and put it all away. Clothes went to the appropriate places - laundry room or the person's bedroom, the hangers to the closet, the box of school supplies to the closet where they are supposed to be stored, the boots to the shelf next to the front door where we keep them, the container of change got emptied into Hubby's change tray and then I was ready to clean off the top of the dresser itself.
I got it all cleaned off and dusted, then I put a picture frame with a family picture in it on the dresser along with three jars that I got from the Dollar Store. I had planned to use those jars to make homemade sugar scrub for Christmas presents but I never got around to it so I still had them. I just added water to them and put in some floating candles that I've had laying around here for the last two years. I also had three pillar holders (for candles) that were still new in box and I decided to pull them out and put them in there too. I think it adds a nice little touch to the dresser's look and I feel like I finally have a use for them. Then I added a small tray that I absolutely love. I actually have a set of three of these trays. The one on my dresser is the smallest of the bunch. The next size up (which is the same length but in a square) I have on top of my microwave to corral miscellaneous items that need to be taken out of the kitchen. I also have a large one that is rectangular that I use for a drink tray - well, to store drink mixes and such, not to serve drinks on.
And overall, I am quite pleased with the way it turned out! It only took about 15-20 minutes to clear off and straighten it up and decorate it. Oh - and don't mind the mirror. I had some clean laundry on the bed that needed to be folded and didn't want that to take away from the nice look of the dresser. Oh - and in case you hadn't guessed, I did find my camera. It wasn't on my dresser but just under the front edge of the dresser. How it got there, I don't have the slightest clue, but regardless, I found it!
Okay, now a quick side-by-side comparison so that you don't have to scroll up and down to compare the two:
And now moving on to Week 2:
I have to confess, the picture of my end table is actually taken partially done. I was cleaning up the living room this morning and decided to clean up the area near my favorite relaxing / study spot in the living room. So, what you will see here is after I picked up two of those bottles of soda (Diet Dr Pepper - belonged to me, two yogurt cups with spoons - belonged to Jeriah and Hubby, a bowl and a spoon - belonged to Oralee, as well as various random bits and pieces. I had also decided to put the basket that was on my dresser in my before pic down here to store all of our various charging cords (my laptop, our cell phones, the boys' dsi chargers, the little kids' Leapster charger, etc. etc. etc.) which I think looks better than a jumble of those cords just laying down here. I may revamp that plan later on, but for now, I like it.
And here is the picture:
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Clean Home Challenge, Week 2
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The Saved Quarter Challenge - Week 1 Catch Up and Week 2
I'm joining in on this a little bit late, but I am ready to participate! For the first week, we were supposed to set a goal and write it down.
My goals are to:
Save 10% of our income for an emergency fund.
Save 5% of our income for medical expenses not covered by insurance. Or to use for co-pays, etc.
Set aside 10% of our income for tithing. While not technically saving, it is an important investment and I think a crucial one when it comes to money matters.
Week 1 Complete
Beginning of Week 2
Hubby got paid on 1/6/2012 and I immediately put 10% of his paycheck aside for savings in a certain tucked-away spot. It would make more sense to put it in the bank to accrue interest but that is not a logical option for me right now, as I am too quick to withdraw money from there when I want it. I now have $20.00 set aside for our emergency fund. (Hubby had a lot less hours than normal over the last month or so, these totals are going to be smaller for this paycheck and the next.)
Total: $20.00 this week, $20.00 year to date
I also tucked away 5% in another spot to set aside for medical expenses. I now have $10.00 set aside for for medical expenses.
Total: $10.00 this week, $10.00 year to date
And finally, I tucked 10% into an envelope and turned it in to the church yesterday morning. I contributed $20.00 plus an additional amount to the church for our tithing.
Total: $20.00 this week, $20.00 year to date
Tracking Spending:
I haven't been writing everything down as it happens, but I do keep every single receipt and then I record it later. This works for a couple of different reasons. This way I can also track regular and sale prices for individual items as well. But since I have the receipts to use for all of this, I can easily track our spending.
This also helps with one of my 2012 Resolutions, in particular Item 6e.
You can click the image above to be directed to the Saved Quarter or you can click here.
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By Lisa Helen Gray
Release Date: May 30th 2015
Release Date: May 30th 2015
I'm Harlow Evans. Shortly after my parents were murdered I moved in with my Grandma.It meant switching schools, losing friends, and moving away from the only home I knew. All I wanted was to finish the school year hassle free.Switching seats on that first day altered my life. After surviving the loss of my parents I never thought anything could break me, but then HE came into my life....He wants to hurt meDestroy meRuin meTragedy brought me here, and a cruel twist of fate has me desperate to leave. There's also someone here that has me fighting to stay though.All my life I've lived in the shadows, trying to go unnoticed, until I met HIM....Malik Carter....He's broody, quiet, and holding on to a dark past. From that first meeting I was drawn to him, his painfully gorgeous looks and model physique, but I also knew he was totally out of my league.He's the boy next door who, with his domineering personality, has somehow etched his way into my life.When the Carter Brothers take it upon themselves to protect me from what's coming, I'm not sure whether to be relieved or shocked.You see, when a Carter brother loves, they love fiercely, strongly and protectively. No one can get in their way. They're also used to getting what they want, even if it means getting hurt.There's one thing you should know about the Carter brothers before you read my story....If you mess with one, you mess with them all.
Lisa Helen Gray (1987) born in Birmingham. All Lisa has ever wanted to do in life, apart from be a mother, is to read and write, and at a certain age she wanted to be a princess.We can all dream, right?Serious note though, she has been a passionate reader ever since her Nan first handed her The Three Gollywogs by Enid Blyton. After that, she lived in a land of fantasy.First came Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then Angel, and it went on to Twilight and The Hunger Games. Some would say she is a daydreamer, but she is just a firm believer that there is a happily ever after. Hence, her huge love of romance novels.She got into reviewing other author's novels, and then decided to publish her own work. Bringing us to her first novel, If I could I'd wish it all away (2014).She always has her head stuck in a romance novel and is often (too often) reminded of this. When she hasn't got her head stuck in a book or writing her next novel, she is glued to the TV series Pretty Little Liars, walking dead, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries and of course, Veronica Mars. Just an ordinary girl surround by extraordinary books


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An Excellent Book that I Have read recently.
I have read some parts of the draft of this book and heard/witnessed in person portions of Dr Shetty life and achievements, but it was only the other day, that I was able to purchase the published book. It is an inspiring story, typical of a rags to riches story, but it is different because I know this scientist personally and had supervise his work as a Review Chemist in FDA. The book is titled, "World as Seen Under the Lens of A Scientist". Here's a press release and summary of the book published in March 2009 by Xlibris.
Press Release: Witness This Enduring True Story of Redemption and Change!
"Long before he arrived in America, Dr. B. Vithal Shetty experienced racial arrogance and discrimination. Even though he got admitted to the University of Pennsylvania, he had trouble finding a place to live and decency as white people disrespected him for his ethnicity. Along the way, he made constant adjustments in order to move his life forward while striving to earn respect through his close friendship with African Americans. Eventually, the author finally achieved redemption when he became an internationally renowned drug discovery sterling scientist. An engaging look back at Dr. Shetty's life begins with the release of his new book World As Seen Under the Lens of A Scientist: Negro Zero To American Hero Who Changed United States From American Hypocrisy To Greatest Democracy. Find out this unusual, bold, exciting, forthright, factual and fascinating story and critical analysis of the subject matters under the scientific lenses of Dr. B. Vithal Shetty.
The text covers Dr. Shetty's own life time personal experiences both in the United States and in India. Through his thorough investigation and penetration into various aspects of American and Indian democracy, freedom, religion and abuse and misuse of human decency and conflict of interest, readers will learn how he has touched the nerve center of functioning of civil rights, religious rights, gun ownership, single motherhood, caste barrier and discrimination. The contribution of America as the leading nation to awaken the conscious of the world to democratic rights and principles of people everywhere, contribution of ancient civilization of India in every aspects of human development including science, medicine, art, mathematics and modern computer technology by Indian Americans, had been highlighted in this outstanding, outspoken, and inspiring book under the lens of an internationally renowned sterling scientist".
For more information, please visit Xlibris.com or call (888) 795-4274 today.
About the Author
Dr. B. Vithal Shetty was born in Bola Village, a poor Indian village in South Kanara, Karnataka State, India. He grew up as one of the ten members of sisters and brothers in a joint family without much schooling. Because of hardship and difficulties as he was made to graze animals and plough fields, he ran away to Mumbai when he was only about eight years old. Here, he stayed with an old man in a cardboard filthy mud floor hut under a bridge among other poverty stricken people while polishing shoes for a living. Latter, he worked in a run down restaurant washing pots and dishes. Because of his burning ambition to improve himself, he attended a night school while working in the restaurant and learned 3Rs. As he made good progress, his sister and her husband helped him to go to day school, pass Mumbai University high school examination and to go to United States for higher education. He left India for the United States in 1948.
World As Seen Under the Lens of A Scientist * by Dr. B. Vithal Shetty
Negro Zero To American Hero Who Changed United States From American
Hypocrisy To Greatest Democracy
Publication Date: March 23, 2009
Trade Paperback; $23.99; 549 pages; 978-1-4415-0471-5
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For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.
Note: Dr Shetty was one of the six chemistry reviewers under my supervision when I was still working for FDA. The proceeds of this book will support a Foundation he had started in the place of his birth in India.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Have You Read a Good Book Recently?
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text: This weekend I stumbled upon the Facebook page for a distillery, right in my backyard, Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. And just two weeks ago I drove right by their distillery without even realizing it. Catoctin Creek produce several spirits, from their Watershed Gin, to Virginia Brandy, to Roundstone Rye and Mosby's Spirit. The later is a white whiskey made from Rye, while the Roundstone Rye is aged in oak for a more traditional whisky. The Brandy is crafted from locally-grown Virginia grapes - plenty of them in Loudoun county. We hope to visit later this spring, but for those who have time this week, they are asking for volunteers for their first whisky bottling for Tuesday and Wednesday 9am - 5pm. I've also included an introductory video released by the distillery.


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Monday, April 23, 2012
Like a virgin
It was the Warbird 5K, and I ran it in just over 42 minutes. I'll never forget the feeling of crossing the finish line knowing that I didn't walk one step - even if my pace began with a 13.
And I'll never forget how grateful I felt toward Mark, who stuck with me the entire way and never once complained that we were going too slow.
I've always felt like I owed him for that and, on Sunday, I got to pay it forward.
My friend Heather is one of those people who were born to be a mom. She's kind, caring, patient and loves babies. Good thing, too - she is mom to a 9-year-old daughter and 16-month-old twins. Her daily life makes me want to take a nap and yet she somehow finds the time to run.
As part of her Weight Watchers effort (she's lost 35 pounds!), she started Couch to 5K, running on the treadmill while the twins nap. We've texted back and forth about training, shoes, apparel but nothing got me more excited than when she asked about races. Not only was she working up to the distance - she was working up to the event!
Wait. Scratch that. Nothing got me more excited than when she asked me to race with her.
Among other things :)
The Wallaby Waddle 5K was organized to raise money for a youth basketball team that is going to Australia this summer, and it took place on my home turf - the park where I log most of my miles.
We got there in plenty of time to pick up our packets, go to the bathroom, meet up with L, got to the bathroom and meet up with the race VIPs.
I wiped Miles' tears (he was upset that he had to hang out in his crib while Dad brushed his teeth) and headed to the starting line.
This race was on the small side, less than 200 participants, so it was kind of a haphazard but easy start. There was a horn and you ran.
Heather has been running at 4.9 on the treadmill, with the occasional outdoor run, so my goal was to maintain (hopefully) a pace as close to 12 minutes as possible - in the beginning at least. I wanted her to feel comfortable yet strong.
We headed up the park and around the golf course but I only know this because I am so familiar with the park. Otherwise, I'd have to tell you about our conversation because the event was just to race but to have 30 minutes of uninterrupted girl talk. Before we knew it, we hit the first mile - 11:31.
After the first mile, we headed down the trail for an out and back. We passed an aid station but both of us decided that we didn't need water. Or want water. Even with the temperature in the 50s, it was a blustery April day with very little sun and lots of wind.
The wind was worse when we hit the turnaround. It smacked you in the face and with a small field divided among two distances, there was no option to draft. You just sucked it up and went.
And waved to your friends who were doing the 10K, giving you a much needed boost. (Side note: L PR'd the 10K by 3 minutes!)
Despite the headwind, we managed to hit mile 2 in 11:26 ... 5 seconds faster than mile 1. And mile 3? Well, we hit that in 10:39. My girl ...
... she negative split her first 5K! (We finished the last tenth at an 8:22 pace. I figured if she could still chat that she had enough in the tank to sprint it out!)
Overall time: 34:47, average pace 11:04. Pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.
After crossing the line, I grabbed her a water, banana and yogurt. Wallaby Organic yogurt - so perfect I could almost die. We munched and chatted but didn't spend much time hanging out. There was a grill out and faux-tato salad to be had.
What was your first race like?
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Oh that's awesome, congrats to both of you!ReplyDelete
I just realized I went from a turkey trot in college (my first race) to a marathon 5 years later (my second race) - both with terrible times, but I finished!
Awesome job and congrats to both!! EricaReplyDelete
My first race was a 1/2 marathon and I finished it in 2:45. I ran it non-stop so I was super proud of myself. Just did a 4.6 mile mud run with my friend (her first race) and we finished in 1 hr. I had to slow down, stop a few times and go back to help coach her on so my time was not good but it was more about having fun and helping her achieve her goal of running her first race. :)ReplyDelete
ahhh so so awesome! Love hearing about your first race and you pacing your friend through her first one. Such a great feeling. My first one I walked a ton and didn't take it seriously, but had a blast nonetheless!ReplyDelete
My first 5k was last October, a Monster Dash. I walked most of it and came in at 44:14. My next 5k (Athleta Irongirl, Columbia, MD) I fully intend to run the whole thing, even if I am nervous about how hilly it is. I've been running both outside on a cement path, and on the treadmill, and I'm at about 39 minutes. Still slow, but I am pretty sure I can do it!ReplyDelete
Great job, Heather!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 24, 2012 at 9:42 AM
My first 5k (where I'll be running) is next Saturday, May 5th. I am super excited and nervous all at the same time. My goal is to finish under 45 minutes. I heard your first race should be a big one (with many people) just so that you're sure not to be the last one. Unfortunately, my race is small (about 200/300 people) so chances are pretty great I'll be at the end of the pack. Turtle powers activate! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 24, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Congrats Heather! My first race was a 5k. Josh ran it with me and kept me running when I wanted to walk. I finished in just over a half hour and felt like I was going to vomit but I was so proud of myself.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 24, 2012 at 4:26 PM
My first race was a 5 K I ran with my husband and the other Marines in his squadron. It was to benefit a local child with cancer. It was so much fun! I don't even remember my time so that just goes to show racing can be about things other than just time!ReplyDelete


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CFDRC was awarded a U.S. patent for an invention entitled "Methods and Systems Employing Electrothermally Induced Flow for Mixing and Cleaning in Microsystems." The invention is method and system for controlling flow motion in microfluidic channels and cavities. Voltages applied to electrodes in a channel or cavity are adjusted to cause Joule heating of a buffer solution.
The geometries and positions of the electrodes are adjusted to generate a temperature gradient in the buffer solution, thereby causing a non-uniform distribution of a dielectric property within the solution. The dielectric non-uniformity produces a body force and flow in the solution. This technology can be used to rapidly mix solutions in microfluidic systems and also to clean microfluidic systems between uses.
The inventors are Drs. Jerry Feng, S. Krishnamoorthy, and Vinod Makhijani.


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Gosh, I am so late with these. I have been a bad swapper. You know the deal, taking on to many projects, trying to keep up and bam you are late. I have finally finished my pages for Karen's skinny book which were due the end of May!!! Karen's theme is Grandma's Attic. I made digital pages this month, so fun to play with photoshop. I have lots to learn, but I really enjoy messing around in there..Thanks for the beautiful image Elizabeth!
I am also trying to get ready for Karen at My Desert Cottage fun party that is starting this Saturday Where Blogger's Create II. I can hardly wait to see all the awesome creative spaces out there. I haven't been having a good time with this as I realize I hate the color of my walls and my floors so need to be replaced..SIGH!!! What is up with that wall color anyway. It just looks horrible in the pics, but they are actually nice in real. I am going to have to get painting when I am off in the fall..Just another project to add to the list, always something to do..
I also need to get my collage done for the Bloggers Soroity!!!! Over at another Karen's, Some Days are Diamonds.
And then I had better get my butt in gear and get my soap box created for Lisa's fun challeng over at Tattered and Tarnished.
See what I'm sayin' the girl just doesn't know when to say no...I love being under pressure, brings out the best in me..All links are on my sidebar. Whatcha waitin' for, there is lots of time to get everything accomplished.


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The natural progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease will eventually lead to heart failure. When this happens the disease is considered to be in its end stages. Good news here is that, while the prognosis is still quite poor, it has now been extended from two years to four hears, according to a study reported on in 2013 by the American Heart Association.
Sometimes heart failure is caused by the aging process, simply by the it getting weak with age. However, often it is secondary to to the heart working too hard to pump blood through diseased lungs. Patients with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are some of the lung diseases that may lead to heart failure.
When heart failure is secondary to pulmonary disease, this usually begins by the right heart becoming enlarged (hypertrophic) from years of working too hard. It then becomes an inefficient pump. This is called cor pulmonale.
Cor pulmonale may eventually lead to left heart failure, whereby the heart fails to meat the demands of the body. Venous return to the heart increases, leading to blood becoming backed up in the legs, ankles, and lungs. When blood backs up in the lungs this is called pulmonary edema. It's also referred to as acute heart failure, or congested heart failure.
There is no cure for heart failure, although the symptoms can be treated. There are medicines to strengthen the force and contractility of the heart, and medicines to help remove the fluid from the lungs and ankles. Acute heart failure may also be treated with noninvasive ventilation to reduce venous return and reduce cardiac output and blood pressure.
Generally speaking, when patients with COPD develop heart failure it is considered end stage COPD. This is where the patient will need to be monitored closely by a physician, and may require frequent physician and hospital visits in order to treat flare ups.
At this point, flare ups may be caused by exposure to COPD triggers such as strong smells and cigarette smoke, but they may also be caused by heart failure. This is when treating the disease becomes difficult
Usually, patients with lung diseases develop atrial fibrilation prior to heart failure, so this may be a sign that it's time to consider heart failure.


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The kits include motors, an Arduino-based control board, a controller, and most importantly, a LEGO pilot mining. They're designed to be easy to rebuild, so you can crash your new project and easily piece it back together for more test flights.
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MLM Training, Is It Important?
If you've been curious about MLM Training but aren't sure where to start, this will provide the perfect introduction for you. MLM Training isn't that complicated once you've mastered the basics, you'll soon be able to join the millions of people who have found success through Network Marketing…
Having a training system is important before you start building your downline. Having a pre-made training system will save you time and will help you get across all the important information to your new team. Having the information to review on their own time will help give them confidence in you and in their new business.
When participating in network marketing, you should always aim to lead by example. You should never cease your MLM training, recruiting, and monitoring. Always keep in mind the KISS formula: "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Following this rule will lead to a better success rate for you and the others you are leading.
Treat network marketing like a business. Many people fail because they do not take it seriously. Network Marketing is a lot of work, and could become your full time job if you put enough effort into it. Learn about it before you get started and follow a training schedule if necessary.
Create a weekly training routine for your team and follow through with it every week. It doesn't have to be a huge involved thing every week. It is more about being consistently in touch with them and providing them the information they need to sell more successfully. To your downline, you are the expert so make sure you show them that.
Don't skimp on the quality of your MLM training, marketing, and advertising for your network marketing business. Set aside a specific amount every month to put back into the business for the growth of your business. This budget will help ensure future success. While it is not easy giving up any amount of money it is the cost of doing business and if you do not reinvest, you are setting yourself up for failure in the future.
In order for your network marketing business to prosper, you must have a MLM training site or practices set into motion. While inviting people to your business isn't supposed to be your revenue in a legitimate network marketing business, it is an essential part of a growing and thriving business.
Do not spend a lot of money on a seminar or training method before doing some research on it. You can find a lot of websites advertising miracle marketing methods…if someone is advertising incredible results and promises you that you will make a huge amount of money, this is probably a scam.
By now you've probably realized that it's really not that difficult to get started in network marketing. Just keep what you've learned in mind and you'll be able to get your effort off the ground in no time. Network marketing can help give you the brighter future you've always dreamed of.
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What You'll Need:
2 cups cooked, pureed sweet potato
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 ounces gorgonzola or other bleu cheese
1 cup half and half
1/3 cup walnuts, toasted
What to Do:
Cook your sweet potatoes and scoop out the flesh. It took 3 small sweet potatoes to get 2 cups. Puree the sweet potato and add the salt. Gradually add the flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough comes together and and is easy to handle. Depending on how juicy your potatoes are, you may not need all of the flour. Divide the dough into 4 balls.
Generously flour your work surface and roll out each ball into 1/2 inch thick ropes. I'll admit I rolled my a little thick and they took a bit longer to cook. Try and err on the smaller side. Cut the logs into 1 inch pieces. You can get fancy and press a fork into each piece to make them look more traditional but you can cook them as is.
Cook the gnocchi in boiling water until they float. Let them cook for a few more minutes and test one to see that it's cooked through. They should be chewy but still soft.
For the sauce, mix the cheese and half and half until the cheese is melted. Cook the sauce until it thickens slightly, about 5-10 minutes. Add the walnuts at the end. Drizzle the sauce over your gnocchi and I promise you'll love it :)


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August 31, 2010
Tune In Tuesday: Jasiri X Shares "Dr. King's Nightmare"
I suspect that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was giving the side-eye to his neice, Sarah 'Mama Grizzly' and Glenn 'Elmer Gantry' Beck this past weekend. Young rapper (Jasiri X) shared his vision of what Dr. King would say if he was still speaking to us:
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We had the pleasure of spending a few days with my sister and brother-in-law in the beautiful Smokey Mountains. My kids just eat up their aunt and uncle like they are food and water they need to live. The kids have been so blessed this year to see them numerous times. You'd think they would get tired of each other but as soon as Aunt Angie and Uncle Richard walk out the door I hear from both ends. My kids say, "When do we get to see them again?" Angie will text "I'm so glad to see the girls. I can't wait to see them again." LOL!!
We found a scorpion in our cabin in TN. Crazy!!!!!!


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Temporal Maelstrom
The North
Northwest Faerûn, generally referred to as The North, is a region of wilderness, difficult winter weather, orc hordes, and barbarian tribes. It is a mostly untamed region that lies west of Anauroch and north of the High Moor. The inhabitants of areas further south, in West Faerûn, describe this area in condescension as "the Savage North," which is a reference to the Savage Frontier and a time when its inhabitants were less civilized. In spite of this reputation, the region is home to two of the greatest cities in all of Faerûn: Neverwinter, Jewel of the North, and Waterdeep, the City of Splendors. Also the northern civilized part of The North is called Ten Towns.
The Savage Frontier, or the North, is a harsh and untamed wilderness dotted with fortified settlements and the lairs of terrible monsters. In hundreds of bloodcurdling tales of danger and hardship, the North is portrayed as a vast, cold, and lawless domain that defies all attempts to civilize it. Grim dwarfholds, tribes of fierce barbarians, and half-legendary elf realms might stand for a short time, but none are destined to last. An ore horde or a flight of dragons could sweep them all away tomorrow, leaving nothing but mile upon unmapped mile of wilderness. The Savage Frontier lies between the Sword Coast and the desert of Anauroch, extending as far north as Icewind Dale and as far south as the city of Waterdeep. The denizens of the North are accustomed to cool, mild summers and fierce, bitter winters. Beacons of civilization hug the Sword Coast and dot the fertile river valleys, yet despite the abundant natural resources and scenic beauty, survival is a day-to-day concern for the people who live here. The North is a land of great mineral wealth and seemingly limitless stands of timber. Here, too, can be found the wealth of history-the plunder of lost civilizations such as Illefarn and Eaerlann, the ancient kingdoms of the gold elves; Delzoun, a long-buried nation of dungeon-dwelling dwarves; and Netheril, a fallen empire of human spellcasters. Throughout the Savage Frontier lie the ruins and dungeons of these and other "forgotten realms." Cities such as Waterdeep, Mirabar, and Neverwinter would like to claim this wealth and knowledge for themselves, but enforcing such claims is next to impossible. The cities have a hard enough time protecting their farmlands and roads from brigands and monsters.