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A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a one-piece mobile computer. Devices typically have a touchscreen, with finger or stylus gestures replacing the conventional computer mouse. It is often supplemented by physical buttons or input from sensors such as accelerometers. An on-screen, hideable virtual keyboard is usually used for typing. Tablets differentiate themselves by being larger than smart phones or personal digital assistants. They are usually 7 inches (18 cm) or larger, measured diagonally.
Though generally self-contained, a tablet computer may be connected to a physical keyboard or other input device. A number of Hybrids that have detachable keyboards have been sold since the mid-1990s. Convertible touchscreen notebook computershave an integrated keyboard that can be hidden by a swivel or slide joint. Booklet tablets have dual-touchscreens and can be used as a notebook by displaying a virtual keyboard on one of the displays.
Conceptualized in the mid 20th century and prototyped and developed in the last two decades of that century, the devices only became affordable and popular in 2010.
As of March 2012, 31% of U.S. Internet users were reported to have a tablet, which was used mainly for viewing published content such as video and news.Among tablets available in 2012, the top-selling line of devices was Apple's iPad with 100 million sold by mid October 2012 since it had been released on April 3, 2010,followed by Amazon's Kindle Fire with 7 million, and Barnes & Noble's Nook with 5 million.


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|The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever!
The Giver
by Lois Lowery
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt
enjoys special status as the young clone of El
Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
The Maze Runner
by James Dashner
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
by Scott Westerfeld
Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
If you like The Hunger Games...
If you're a fan of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, you might enjoy some of these dystopian reads as well:
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Welcome to my blog! I am a paper crafter that loves to share new tips and techniques. Feel free to case (copy and share everything) any of my projects. I am honored when my work is duplicated. I only ask that you provide a link to my blog if you are uploading to the internet anywhere, giving credit where credit is due. . Please do not submit my projects for contests or magazine submissions. Content within this blog are shared for personal/non-commercial use and for inspiration only. From time to time some of the products used on my blog have been provided by the vendors mentioned in my posts. Let me reassure you , I will always be completely honest with you whether I truly believe a product is fabulous or not.
Friday, 30 March 2012
A Rubbernecker Easter Page
I was going through my pictures and found these pictures of some Easter eggs my sweet little friend Cobie made last year. So I thought I would make a page for his book, just in time for this Easter.
How perfect are these Rubbernecker Stamps to go with his eggs! I stamped Chick w/ Chicklets sku:565-06 with Memento Tuxedo Black and Colored them with Copics. I cut them out, so I could have the Chick gaurding the eggs at the top and used some to date the page.
I stamped Flowers w/ Dragonfly sku:565-09 with Versamark and colored the leaves with Memento Markers. Sponged the bottom edge with New sprout and Bamboo Leaves to create grass. I stamped them again in Versamark on colored paper and cut them out. Sponging the edges of them for dimension with the same color ink for each flower, then adhering them to the page. I added a little Stardust Stickles to the flowers and some Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen to the Dragonflies. Their wings were just colored with a white gel pen.
Aren't these stamps just perfect for Easter pages!
You still have until Midnight tonight to play in the Rubbernecker's Stampin' Stisterhood Mother's Day Hop, There is a chance to win an awesome Stamp Set of Your Choice.
Thanks for Stopping by and have a fabulous day!
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What an adorable and creative container for those Easter Eggs Ellen ! Great work ! I hope all is going well with the plays etc. Have a great weekend ! Hugs, ShirleyReplyDelete
Love the baby chick and the gingham :) Great way to use and show off pictures :)ReplyDelete
What a really cute page!ReplyDelete
Cobie is sure to love this page, Ellen! You have a heart of gold to do this and I'm sure you'll get a big hug and smile.ReplyDelete
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I ran the "no kissing courtship" theory past a couple of friends over dinner this weekend. It was vigorously denounced.
B added that she knows an older single whose fiancée avoided physical contact during their courtship. This woman found out on her honeymoon that her husband could not perform sexually. He refused to seek help for his impotence. He expected his wife to be satisfied living as his roommate. They divorced months later. She'd waited too long for an annulment.


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Monday, October 20, 2008
Weekend Review
1. Matt Garza. And David Price. And BJ Upton. And Evan Longoria. And Willy Aybar. And all the Rays. Awesome bounce back from that crushing loss in game five to come back and win in seven to head to the series to lose to the Phillies. How insanely good was Garza? And Price, shutting the door in the 8th and 9th, despite not even being a relief pitcher and not even being in the majors until September? This team is loaded, and this will most definitely not be their last playoff appearance. Delmon Young better get his shit together.
2. Gopher Football. Congrats to the Gophers on getting themselves ranked in the top 25 (#25 to be exact) and 24th in the BCS rankings. Certainly a great step up from last season, no doubt. With the schedule they have remaining they have a chance to end up going 11-1, it shouldn't be expected, but it is within the realm of possibility. Would that be enough to get to a BCS bowl? A lot would have to happen with the teams above them, but I don't think it's out of the question. In any case, they should end up at a top tier bowl, probably against an SEC team where they'll get crushed, but it wouldn't be an embarrassment to anyone. This season has already exceeded most people's wildest expectations for this team. I'd love to make a smartass comment here, but I just can't. I'm pretty happy over here.
3. Tennessee Titans. Now 6-0 and basically making it look easy. Yes, I said they wouldn't be very good this year, but that was with Vince Young at quarterback. Once you get Kerry Collins involved, all bets are off. He's nothing special, but he does a pretty good job of taking care of the ball and keeping them in the game (exactly what Young doesn't do) so that top shelf defense and solid running game can beat down a team. Chris Johnson looks very AP-like so far and can break one at any time, and FatDale just keeps running into people and falling down until they get so tired and worn out from having 300 pounds bouncing into them over and over again they can barely stand. Note: his 80 yard TD run doesn't mean he's good, it just means Kansas City is really THAT bad.
4. Texas Longhorns. Damn dude, those are a couple of very impressive back-to-back wins by the Longhorns, following up last week's win against Oklahoma with a 56-31 stomping of #11 Missouri in a game that wasn't even that close. Texas QB Colt McCoy has jumped to the lead of the Heisman race, going 29-32 for 337 yards and 2 TDs (with 2 more rushing). Read that again. 29 for 32. Those are video game numbers. Texas still has a ways to go, with games against Texas Tech, Kansas, and Oklahoma State still to go, but they've certainly staked their claim as the best team in college football.
5. Mewelde Moore. I've written before that Mewelde is better than Reggie Bush, and once again I've been proven correct. The Steelers have finally given him the chance to be a feature back he deserves thanks to a few injuries and he's rewarded them big time. Yesterday he rushed 20 times for 120 yards and 2 TDs with another touchdown receiving. Reggie Bush? 9 carries for 55 yards and no touchdowns, and is so bad at scoring TDs that they gave the ball to some white guy named Mike Karney to score their one yard TD. "But what about receiving?" you say. "He's so valuable in the passing game" you say. Really? 1 catch for 5 yards. Mewelde had five catches. And a TD. The previous week, Mewelde went 17 carries for 99 yards, while bush was 14 carries for 27 yards. Case closed.
1. BYU. Yes, this happened on Thursday but whatever, it still counts and it helps strengthen my belief in the DWG Jinx, since I highlighted BYU and their easy road to a BCS Bowl a couple of weeks ago. Of course, they went out on Thursday and got beat by TCU, and got beat badly at that, 32-7 ending their something like one hundred game winning streak. Cougars QB Max Hall threw two picks and was sacked seven times (sacked only once previously this season) as BYU rushed for a total of 23 yards while giving up 410 total yards to the Horned Frogs. Yeah, that'll do it.
2. Football in the state of Michigan. Wow, where to begin? The Lions didn't bother to show up until the second half, falling behind 21-0 to the Texans before making a game of it and losing in the end 28-21. They are on an almost inevitable course towards 0-16, and I see no possible way to break it – except maybe against the Vikings in week 14. The Spartans have a great opportunity to show they are a quality team going up against the Buckeyes, and lay a complete egg, getting rolled 45-7, taking their season from "potentially special" to "who the hell cares." And the Wolverines, whose entire program is basically in the crapper right now, have a huge chance to score a quality upset win against Penn State after going up 17-7 in the second quarter. Then Penn State scored the next 39 POINTS to end up winning 46-17, not only getting a victory but covering a spread that looked completely safe with two minutes remaining in the second quarter. Good thing they at least have the Pistons. And Red Wings I guess. I think they're good.
3. Minnesota Vikings. Good lord, what the hell was that? One of the worst offensive teams ever (outside of AP of course) manages to somehow miraculously score 41 points and they lose? I know their special teams is brutal, so it's not surprising they gave away some free points, but what about the defense? I thought this year's version of the Vikings' defense was supposed to be a cross between the 86 Bears and the 2000 Ravens? It sure didn't bother the Bears and Neck Beard, who threw for 286 and two TDs. To be honest, it felt like a whole lot more than that. There was never a point where the Vikings defense looked like they even had a prayer of stopping the Bears. At least they have a bye coming up next week to try to figure out what the hell is wrong.
4. Dustin Pedroia's nickname. I recently learned that Boston fans call him "Destroyah." Like, if you were unfortunately born in Boston and have that retarded ingrained inability to enunciate, and you tried to say Destroyer instead of saying it like a normal human person you would say it so it rhymed with Pedroia. Horrible. Worst nickname since Steve Esselink started going by "Sunshine."
5. Indiana Jones. Yeah, we rented that new movie about the Crystal Skulls and all. I gotta tell ya, I can't believe they waited twenty years and THIS is the script they came up with. Brutal. Not so much the script, but the idea was brutal. The really frustrating thing is that it felt like an Indiana Jones movie. The action, the archaeology, the music, everything was like Indiana never left, except for the god damn retarded faggy plot. I think what happened was Lucas and Spielberg got some guy and said, "You make this movie for us but here is your plot and you can't deviate and here are some plot points that go with it that you have to hit." And that guy took the crap they gave him and did a phenomenal job. But it's still crap. Although that fictional guy who I made up just there deserves an oscar or emmy or whichever one goes for movies.
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WWWWWW, You missed a couple items from the weekend. What was good. Me going 7-1 with Billy's money on college football games saturday night. Billy can now retire thanks to me. And the Gophers sweeping St. Cloud State in hockey. Mike Carman scored 2 goals and you don't even mention him....nice fan, fag!
Who sucked. Moma dawgers hockey team dropping to 1-3 on the season and having some guy from Mankato State score a pure hat trick on short handed goals. I am sure she will recap it for us in her weekly blog.
- October 20, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Snake you are now added to the list of people that I am going to kill.
Just for that you get Burger King for lunch today. Dollar menu... Jerk
WWWW I will send my post to the DWG email so be prepared...there may be alot of crying involved.
- October 20, 2008 at 10:51 AM
For "who sucked" you also left out how Snake followed up his brilliant performance on Saturday with some stinker prop bets on Sunday.
- October 20, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Not sure if you guys have already heard this but Jeff Dubay was arrested this weekend for Meth.
That would explain his rapid weight loss, hyper activity and obnoxiousness.
- October 20, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Actually the chowds pronounce it Pedroi-r and destroyahhhhhhhh. F'in chowds, gotta love em, plus I herd dat der chowda was wicked awesome right now.
- October 20, 2008 at 12:33 PM
BTW, Jeff Dubay is a loser and if anyone is praying for him to recover from an addiction to meth that resulted from a need to keep weight off they should be shot. God I couldnt be more sick today listening to all the whining on KFAN and all the comments posted to the strib online. Also, am I misremembering or did someone here break the story that Dooobs was on leave earlier in the year for a rehab stint for meth?
- October 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM
He was on leave earlier this summer because he couldn't keep the cork in the bottle.
Also, he wasn't arrested for meth, he was arrested for Methamphetamine Precursor Drugs. Basically he had a trunk full of cold medicine. Looks like Dubay was also a cook!
- October 20, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Question - After Garza won the ALCS MVP award it appears at first glance that the Twins definitely got the short end of the stick after year one of the Garza/Young trade.
Garza is immerging as a top of the rotation starter and showed that he is also a big game pitcher by giving up 1 earned run in 14 innings against Boston.
The question is, do people think that the Twins are still better after the trade?
The Twins currently have 5 fairly young starters who all pitched effectively this year. How much of an impact would Garza of had on the Twins 2008 success?
On the flip side how would the Twins have faired without Delmon in the lineup this year? With Cuddyer out this year we would have been looking at an outfield of Gomez, Monroe, Span, Pridie or Kubel. This would have caused a hole at DH if Kubel would have been the regular left fielder. Possibly opening a spot for WWWWW's guy Bonds.
I would like to hear what the ubber nerds, WWWWW and Sidler, think about the trade after the first year. Would the Twins have been better off not making the trade? Would we have went after a DH like Bonds if we hadn't done the trade? Would the Twins be on day 2 of a major champagne hang over if they hadn't done this trade?
- October 21, 2008 at 8:26 AM
God Dawg,
Why dont you write a book about it.
Find something constructive to do with your life.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:11 AM
I don't think you can really compare what Garza has done in Tampa with what he might have done here. As we all know, he is a major head case (even sees a sports psychologist), and he had so many clashes with management here I don't know that he ever would have reached his full potential here. I recall an interview where he even ripped the Twins a bit for the approach they were taking with him and said how he was much happier this year. I think this is a classic case of a guy needing a change of scenery to be able to take the next step in his career.
- October 21, 2008 at 10:58 AM
I've written about the trade twice, both times voicing my concern about Delmon's potential:
Snacks' point about Garza probably not reaching his full potential here is a very valid one. The Twins don't do a good job of getting the most out of guys who don't fit the "Twins mold."
I don't think the Twins would have been that much better without the trade, but subbing Garza for Perkins and moving Perk to the 'pen would have helped. So would Bartlett's D up the middle.
Here's my opinion on Delmon--there is more evidence against him developing into a big-time power threat than there is for it. His .405 SLG is lower than 2007, which was lower than 2006, which was lower than 2005...
It doesn't help that his defense is brutal. If his brother is any indication, his athleticism might not stick around with age.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Potential aside, I was curious if the 2008 Twins were better off with Delmon's current skill set and contributions in left field. Or do people think that the 2008 Twins would have had more success with Garza in the rotation, Perkins in the bull pen and a free agent DH and terrible left field options of Kub's, Monroe or Pridie.
I don't think Garza has a legitimate beef with the Twins handling of his development. They told him that he can't get by just throwing fast balls. As evident by his post season success he had all of his pitches working, which is what the Twins were pushing for. The Twins also told him to get a grip on his emotions. He then went out and sought therapy with a psychologist. It sounds like he finally did what the Twins had been asking of him.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:25 PM
they wouldn't have been any better. I'm too lazy to look up Garza's season stats, but I'm not hearing his name come up in any cy young talk. Let's not forget just because of these great back to back playoff starts that he is wildly inconsistent and has tended to put up just as many 2.2 ip, 8 er games as he has gems.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Garza was inconsistent, but his stats after coming back from an early injury are significantly better than those before. But his K rate dropped vs. last year, and he had the benefit of a great defense behind him. That will help his numbers quite a bit.
That said, I'd much rather have him in the rotation than either Perkins or Blackburn.
And I don't think the Twins would have brought in a competent DH or LF if they hadn't traded for Delmon. There's no history of them doing a good job of finding someone to fill a hole like that. Jacque Jones or Shannon Stewart probably would have been the starting LF without Delmon around
- October 21, 2008 at 2:58 PM
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Dress: Sleeveless Fit & Flare Dress by Julian Taylor (size 24) via Gwynnie Bee (use my link to get your first month free & help me earn GB credit)
Teggings: Re/Dress
Green Sandals: Dansko
Red Sandals: Clarks
Grape Necklace & Bubble Bracelet: Wendy Baker
Earrings with both outfits: etXarte
Green/Pearl Necklace: Vintage Miriam Haskell
Bracelet: Age Before Beauty
Photography: Super Boo & Me (Canon Rebel & iPhone)
Stats: 5'7" 55-50-64I loved this dress so much that I wore it to work two days in a row. I think I am going to buy it online because how cute would this be with a cardigan dressed up for cooler months?! It's a scuba fabric, but of a nicer variety...so I will forgive it. Those colors! That pattern! This dress has an adorable cut-out in back that is positioned perfectly so no bra shows...& as long as we're talking about my bra...the armholes on this are just right & fit without being too tight or showing any bra. I know some girls have a problem with the blue placement being at the widest point...but I actually like that...it accentuates my pear shape & I think that's sexy. If you enlarge some of the closer up photos...you can see the myriad colors...so much to work with & pull out with accessories & make-up. Adore.
Super Boo & I see different clients every day, so I can get away with wearing the same dress two days in a row.
This is my favorite of the two looks. Because orange is the color of fun!
These signs amuse me, most Culver's have switched to electronic signs, but there are still two that I drive by on a regular basis that do it the old fashioned way. This is probably one of my favorite mash-ups of all time...
The original NAKED! Urban Decay was having a sale, so I finally bought this. I have 3, which I use a lot...& 2, which I hate because it comes off so cool & I prefer warm...which is why I am not going to purchase their new Naked Smoky palette. I also got some eyeliner in Mildew...such a gorgeous green.
This was the first time I noticed that UD uses the same purple tissue paper as GB.
I am in love with this grape necklace made by the talented & charming Ms. Wendy Baker.
My make-up on the grape necklace day included...Urban, Freak, & Thrash eyeshadows from the UD Electric palette, Voodoo UD eyeliner, Bite Beauty Cashmere Lip Cream in Burgundy, & My Gecko Does Tricks by OPI on my nails.
My make-up on the color of fun day included...Freak eyeshadow from UD & Tangerine shadow from MUFE, NYX eyeliner in Tropical Green, a mixture of MAC Korean Candy lipstick & Bite Beauty Apricot, & the same OPI on my nails.


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In a country where public hugging and kissing even among heterosexuals invites lewd remarks and sometimes beatings, gay sex has been a taboo, leaving the government unsure how conservative Indians would react if the law was repealed.
The Delhi High Court's ruling that homosexual sex among consenting adults is not a crime is expected to boost an increasingly vocal pro-gay lobby in
The current law bans "sex against the order of nature," and is widely interpreted to mean homosexual sex in
Gay rights activists hailed the court verdict as historic and many supporters of homosexuality were seen celebrating with sweets and smearing each other with vermilion.
"We have finally entered into the 21st century," said Anjali Gopalan, leader of Naz Foundation, a leading health and gay rights lobby.
The ruling applies to all of
Gay rights activists also argue the law, framed in 1861, was an impediment in fighting against HIV/AIDS because many homosexuals refuse to come out in the open fearing harassment by authorities.
"Consensual sex amongst adults is legal which includes even gay sex and sex among the same sexes," said a two-judge bench of the court. The verdict said the current law will apply in the event of sex without consent.


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Ernesto Neto
Last night I became fascinated with the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto. The photos of his installations and sculptures completely blew me away for their originality and for the bewildering mix of revulsion and empathy I felt on an almost visceral level as I browsed through his work. His art is abstract, but it's not only visual: it creates environments and brings "interactivity" to a new level. I read that people love going to see his exhibits because these somehow manage to fill observers with the warm fuzzies and creep them out at the same time. I can't wait to go to one and it's unfortunate that I just missed experiencing his work at the Hayward Gallery in London this summer, my daughters and I would have loved it, I'm sure.
Ernesto Neto has a peculiar approach to space and the body. Rio de Janeiro, his native city, epitomizes the conflict between nature and culture and this has shaped his art. His sculptures often deal with the tensions exerted by gravity on skin-thin materials and his installations often take up the entire exhibition space. He uses gossamer-thin, light, stretchable fabrics in nylon or cotton that resemble fine membranes and fixes them to the ceiling by long, stretched threads so that his works hang down into the room, creating shapes that are almost organic. Sometimes they are filled with scented spices and hang in tear-shaped forms like gigantic mushrooms or huge soft, blobby, stretchy membrane-like things. He also creates peculiar soft sculptures which the visitor is allowed to feel through small openings in the surface or even wear. His spatial labyrinths further encourage the visitor to experience his work and interact with it. The experience must be very pleasant and unique.
His monumental 2006 installation Leviathan Thot at the Pantheon in Paris was supposed to "contrast the animality of a tulle-and-polystyrene creature suspended under the dome of the Pantheon, with the weight of History and the cultural layers of this landmark". It looks absolutely mind blowing.
|Leviathan Thot, 2006
|Leviathan Thot, 2006
|Leviathan Thot, 2006
|While nothing happens, 2008
|While nothing happens, 2008
|Circleproteitemple, 2010, photo by the Guardian
|Horizonmembranenave, 2010, photo by the Guardian.
|The edge of the world, 2010 - photo by the Guardian
Otheranimal, 2006
|Ernesto Neto in his studio
|Ernesto Neto in his studio
PS - None of the pictures in this post I mine; sorry if I don't credit all of them, they were obtained from a lot of different internet sites through Google Images. If I've used one of your photos and you'd like me to remove it, please drop me a line.
The portraits of Ernesto Neto are by Jacob Langvad Nilsson, and are copyrighted to him. Please take a look at his gorgeous site here: http://jacoblangvad.com/news/2008/03/ernesto-neto-for-artauction/


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The Globe reports that DiMasi is concerned that he won't be able to control the sideshow that has developed between Majority Leader John Rogers and Ways and Means Chairman Robert DeLeo should lawmakers return to take up issues surrounding the growing fiscal crisis.
The succession battle for a seat that still isn't vacant took up a lot of the oxygen during the waning hours of the legislative session in July. Given the tightening screws around DiMasi that isn't likely to change.
While Gov. Deval Patrick ordered $1 billion in cuts and 1,000 layoffs, lawmakers need to approve some of his budget-tightening proposals -- mostly notably an always unpopular House call to raise the health care deductible for state employees and to impose a tax on telephone poles.
To be fair, lame duck sessions can be awful things. Members who have lost or opted to leave can return to create mischief -- willfully or not. Voters don't like the idea virtually unaccountable lawmakers making law.
Not to mention the fact that right now, Patrick takes all the heat for some of the unpopular cuts.
DiMasi has some cover on his reluctance to bring lawmakers back for a lame duck session. Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Mike Widmer, for one, thinks things can wait until January.
But as the fiscal problems deepen (hopefully Question 1 won't add to them) there is the obvious need for leaders to, well, lead.
DiMasi, who has prided himself in retaining control of the Beacon Hill agenda even with a Democratic governor, would now appear to content to let that governor take all the credit and blame -- just so that he could avoid having to deal with internal problems.
That's not a great message to send at the time political backbone is needed.
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have i got some good news for you!!!
our little girl arrived
{eight days early!}
and she is happy, healthy, and so beautiful!
however, since her arrival,
the trading post has been placed on the back burner.
she is just too much fun to cuddle with :)
and it's been interesting trying to adjust to life with TWO kids!
i'll be back monday
with another awesome line.up
and we will definitely get julie bell and so bella
featured in the very near future!
please stay tuned.
in the mean time,
i'll be snuggling with my sweet kiddo's
and you can check out:
{which has been extended until april 23rd at midnight mst}
i'll see you monday!


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Author: Robyn Neeley
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Published by: Crimson Romance
Format: Ebook
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Book Blurb:News anchor Amanda Turner used to love everything about the holidays—the eggnog sugar cookies, the tacky family Christmas sweaters, and a lawn decorated with so many multi-colored lights that 747s could land safely. That is until her boyfriend dumped her in front of the whole town on Christmas Eve. Humiliated, she fled her small town to start a new life. Two years later, she's finally ready to return to the scene of the emotional crime, until she learns that her ex is engaged. Now, the only thing worse than going home is going home single.
Tate Ryan, her tall, dark, and arrogant co-anchor, offers to pose as her boyfriend. There's one problem, though: they barely like each other, and he recently scooped her story on live TV. But she needs a ride home and a boyfriend fast, so Tate will have to do.
As she watches Tate interact with her family and town residents, fully embracing the spirit of the holiday season, she starts to see his kindhearted side. She can't help but wonder if she was wrong about him. Perhaps he isn't the conniving co-worker that she once thought. And her new feelings for him would definitely put her on the naughty list.
Tate has his own agenda for the weekend that includes telling Amanda he's been in love with her since the first time they met. He's ready to reveal all during Christmas dinner but fate has other plans.
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Phil and Sally were going through the first year class-lists. Engagement monitoring was all the rage. Or rather, attendance monitoring. Nobody had really figured out how to measure 'engagement'.
"I'll read them out, then you tell me whether they signed in to Jo's lecture this week"
The first ten minutes or so were fine. They'd got as far as 'Fowler' when things started to get strange. The next twenty students hadn't attended, and then a normal pattern of most students attending resumed. Same thing from 'Morris' to 'Purslove', then back to normal.
"That's weird. Are we sure all of these students are enrolled?"
Sally tapped on the laptop keyboard. "Looks like it. They're in the system, anyhow."
"Some kind of strange group identity? All agreeing not to turn up?"
Sally frowned. "Even for you, Phil, that sounds off-the-wall. I think I'll see if I can phone one of them."
She pulled up a contact number from the student record system and dialled.
"Mr Greene?"
"It's Dr Secombe, acting joint course leader for Biology."
"Yes, thank you. I just wanted to check with you about your attendance at classes."
"Well, the ones on your timetable." She rolled her eyes at Phil.
"Well, where have you been looking?" She sighed deeply. She thought entry requirements were supposed to have gone up this year. Honestly, where did they get them from?
"That's right, on the Burston Learning Environment."
"Yes, I know what the acronym is"
"Well, I suppose it was funny the first time I heard it. But can you tell me what you can see under timetabling?"
"Well it can't be completely blank, Mr Greene. I have you registered for six modules and each of them has a timetable." She rolled her eyes even more expressively, and gave a little shake of the head.
"Yes, send me over a screenshot. Good idea. Then we'll know how to help you. Do you have my email address?"
"Oh yes, of course it's there. OK. Well at least I definitely know you can get into the BLE. And you know how to do a screenshot, that's great."
"No, no. Of course I didn't mean anything. I appreciate you helping me to work out what's going on." She grimaced mock-guiltily at Phil.
"OK. Oh yes, I can see it coming in now."
She caught the receiver between her ear and her shoulder and moved her computer mouse around.
"Oh. You're right. This timetable is blank. Why didn't you tell us?"
"You thought what?"
Sally paled.
"Well, no, the general idea is that you come to classes and we teach you. Why on earth would you think that we just leave you to it? What do you think you're paying £8495 per year in fees for?"
"OK. Well. Um. I think you'd better come in to see me. What about Friday? 2pm?"
"Good. I'm on the fifth floor, room 5-23. See you then, Mr Greene. Thanks for talking to me."
She replaced the receiver. Phil raised an eyebrow. "So?"
Sally realised that she was holding her breath, and exhaled heavily. "He's got a completely blank timetable. He says he just thought that he had to get on with things by himself. They'd warned him at school that it wouldn't be the same as sixth form, and that he'd have to work on his own, so he just thought it was normal."
Phil took some time to process this.
"He's got a blank timetable on the VLE? How can that happen? Why him?"
"I don't know how it can happen, Phil. And it probably isn't just him, is it? That's probably why we've got blocks of people who haven't been turning up. Shit. How are we going to make up all their classes?"
"I'd better get on to IT." Phil went over to his desk and put his hand on the phone. He turned back towards Sally. "Hang on. Will it be the people who run the VLE? Or Student Records? Or Timetabling?"
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How to Accelerate Bone Disease
If you are a woman (or man) and want to lose bone density and welcome the pain and disabling effects of osteoporosis, here's what you should do.
As you approach and pass through menopause, do not exercise. Stress-bearing exercise prevents bone loss.
Cigarette smoking accelerates bone loss. Coffee consumption accelerates bone loss.
Eat animal proteins, particularly eggs, chicken, and red meat. Animal protein contains amino acids (methionine and cysteine) which have sulfur as their center atoms. Eat sulfur and you create an acid condition in your blood. In order to neutralize that acid, the body leeches calcium from your bones.
Drink coffee for its caffeine, tea for its theophyline, and cocoa for its theobromine. All three chemicals belong to a larger group of chemicals known as methyl-zanides. Caffeine, theophyline, and theobromine.
The average post-menopausal non-exercising meat-eating cigarette-smoking coffee-drinking woman will lose three percent of her bone density each year.
The average post-menopausal female couch potato who continues to eat chicken and eggs and either smokes or drinks coffee will lose two percent of her bone density each year.
The average post menopausal woman who does not go to the gym to work out, and abstains from coffee and smoking, but continues to eat meat will lose just one percent of her bone density each year.
Finally...the average post-menopausal woman who neither smokes nor drinks coffee and adopts a plant-based vegan diet and does stress-bearing exercise each day will lose close to zero percent of her bone density each year.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
...And this was Only the Beginning of my Weekend
Hubby was planning to have guys night out and once he put the twins to bed I was fully planning on enjoying well, me. (It's so rare that I get time to myself).
So I settled in on the couch and started my countdown to "me time". I began to daydream about how I might give myself a pedicure, catch up on some reading, take a bubble bath and enjoy a nice glass of wine when hubby appeared freshly showered and clad only in a towel.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready?" I ask. "I will" he says "but I'm not in a hurry" he says in that voice (you know the one).
Then he pounced.
"Hubby " I say "the kids are probably not asleep yet".
"Thats ok , we always hear them " he says trying to get back to the matters at hand but pulls the cover up over us anyway.
So we busy ourselves with a little grab ass, when all of the sudden J is downstairs right in front of the couch.
We didn't even notice her until she spoke.
"Mommy, Daddy B. swallowed a rock! " she exclaimed.
"What ? " We questioned in unison. I'm quickly trying to untangle myself from hubby and find something to cover up with so I can dash upstairs and investigate.
I run up the stairs holding only my pajama top in front of me and manage to slip it over my head while climbing the stairs. I arrive in their room and B. is sitting on the bed wide eyed.
"Did you eat a rock ?" I ask as I check him over. "Yep" he says casually.
J finds a similiar "rock" to show me an example of what he swallowed which is a more like a marble and near as I can figure it is from a small fish tank that we had years ago. How on earth it resurfaced I'll never know.
"Why ?" I question "Honey, you know we only put food in our mouth"
"Yep" he said. Quickly realizing I'm not getting anywhere with this conversation I pick him up and head to the phone to call poison control (now looking back on it I'm not sure why I chose to call them rather than the doctors office but...I digress).
I'm in panic mode and hubby tells me not to worry that B will pass the "rock" within a few days and he'll be fine.
"I would just like to call Poison Control to be sure" I said.
B who's been very calm this whole time starts to cry and says "No, Mommy, I don't want you to call the Police."
Poor thing, he must have thought I said I was going to call the Police.
As I dialed Poison Control, I told him I wasn't calling the police I was calling the Poison Center to find out what to do next.
He calmed down and I completed my call with the Poison Center and it was as hubby stated. The rock should pass within 3-4 days. If not she suggested I call his pediatrician as they may want to do an X-ray but as he's generally a healthy kid he shouldn't experience any problems as a result of his appetite for marbles.
So now we are on "Poop Watch" which J thinks is hilarious.
She got upset when I told her the "Poison People" weren't coming to our house because they didn't need to but was rather amused when I told her that the rock would simply come out when B. went potty.
"You mean it will come out of his booty ?" She asked and then proceeded to crack up.
"I know there has been a lot of excitement but lets calm down and get back in bed" I say ushering her and B in the direction of their room.
After tucking the kids back in to bed, I head downstairs to start planning "me" night. Hubby is on his way out the door and I'm excitedly thinking it's really going to happen.
Only once he left, all I could think about was B. and while I know there was nothing I could do about that little "rock" laying in his tummy I began to worry. So I went back upstairs and brought him and his blankie to the couch so I could keep a watchful eye on him.
Since plans to party solo had crashed and burned I figured I might as well catch up on some household duties.
Laundry seemed to be the most low maintenance task and would allow me keep an eye on B and maybe watch a little tv.
I grabbed some of my dainties and put them in the wash and again settled on the couch. I barely made it through that short load of laundry.
Grab Ass and rock swallowing wore me out.
I quickly folded some panties and set them on the arm of the couch intent on taking them upstairs to put them away after I rested for a bit.
Next thing I know hubby is home and telling me "Honey, Thomas is here. He couldn't drive home so I thought I'd let him crash on the couch."
I mumble an expletive and grab B and head upstairs to bed.
I awoke the next morning to the front door shutting. I looked at the clock and it was about 7:00 a.m. Hubby's buddy had left and thus I could go downstairs bed head and all.
Thats when I remembered I'd left my panties on the arm of the couch.
Slightly embarassed I went downstairs to retrieve them but they were no where in site. I searched under the couch, the couch cushions the blanket and everywhere else in the vicinity.
Hubby, I run upstairs to wake him up. "I think Thomas took my panties".
"Naw-uh" he says groggily.
"Uh-uh" I didn't want to believe it either but they were nowhere to be found.
"Really ?" hubby sits up in bed.
"I'm pretty sure."
Here's the clincher - this particular friend of hubby's calls way too much only he hasn't called in the last few days. Coincidence ? I think not.
Uh Yuck !
Now I'm not sure what to be more upset about.
The fact that hubby's friend is a total perv or the fact that the pair of panties he took was my favorite pair.
And that was how I spent the beginning of my weekend.
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- Butrfly4404 said...
That's...ah...effed up. Creepy. Ick. Me? I'd ask him...that's just me, though. :)
I, too, was looking forward to some "ME" time this weekend! The Man was going fishing Sun. morning and the kids weren't due back from BioMom's until noon...I cleaned, too. WTH is wrong with us?? I could have danced naked and painted my toenails..but I sorted the effin magazine rack instead. I'm a glutton for pain, obviously.
- April 17, 2007 at 11:12 AM
- Butrfly4404 said...
Oh...and, after dark the other night, I ran into the living room in my t-shirt and panties to shut off the tv...on the way back, Ninja Boy had come walking up the stairs. The Man couldn't stop laughing...I was SOOOO embarassed. hahah..JUST talking about the undies thing!!
- April 17, 2007 at 1:10 PM
- Sugar Kane said...
How funny! Creepy, yes, but funny. You'll have to let us know if you ever get them back!
- April 17, 2007 at 1:29 PM
- Brillig said...
I was seriously laughing out loud the whole time I was reading this. My kids have been in and out, asking me what's so funny. Oh my gosh, I'm dying here.
Sorry you lost your favorite undies. Sorry you were caught "in the act". Sorry your kid swallowed a marble.
Unfortunately, I couldn't type any of that without laughing...
- April 17, 2007 at 1:51 PM
- Worker Mommy said...
Btrfly - I'm not exactly sure how to, uh, broach that subject with hubbys friend...
And Sugar Kane- not really sure I'd want them back now - if you know what I mean :)
Brillig - I, know, total comedy of errors. I can only hope next weekend will be better.
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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Russell M. Harmon - We Are Failed (Rano)
Russell M. Harmon's 'We Are Failed' on Rano records is an alternately melancholy and violent album composed with piano and electronics; its ear pummelling harshness and heart pulling softness existing in a gripping balance. The first half is Harmon's solo compositions; the second contains remixes and re-workings of the same tracks.
Opener 'Amidst Wolves' evokes the whispering taut wire harmonics of Richard Skelton, an aural vision of sighing tundral wastes; the piece flexes with gentle heaving, like someone softly crying; a beautiful scene-setter. 'Without You, I'd Cease' opens yawning gaps of silence between glitch clicks and clusters of deftly picked-out piano notes; structured with a layered progression, a slowly unfolding stairway; bursts of static mirror the melody, building steadily and unhurriedly to a crescendo of crashing drums, like a deluge of rain that suddenly stops. 'Like Blood off a Dove's Back' buries singly picked piano notes in a torrent of metallic noise, these sudden interruptions backlighting the stark melody. 'Tragedy Fractures' returns to languidly unfolding dynamics, a lonely satellite ping emphasises a feeling of isolation, the ringing piano chords hanging and humming in space. 'An End to Everything, The Ending Means Everything' closes the first half of the album perfectly; a deceptively simple melody unfolds beautifully with an aching sadness into something more complex, adorned with very little else but sighing electronics; a powerful and moving composition.
The latter half of the album contains remixes that alternately shatter, deconstruct, or underline elements buried within each track. The highlight is Laica's remix of 'Tragedy Fractures': a whooshing foetus heartbeat sounding like a revolving fan underpinning washes of dub echo and a cropped piano refrain, it rolls on exquisitely.
A sense of stifling gloom hangs over 'We Are Failed', its frequent noise outbursts offering a much needed cathartic release. It feels close and still; the subtle arrangements and silence cause the listener to lean in and concentrate. The electronics seem to duet in opposition to the piano rather than smear together with it; noise and clamour throwing the simple emotiveness of the melodies into sharp definition.
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Usually I have an abundance of the wee birdies by now, but this year they have not seemed to come in droves.... so I had tried several things (including using 'red' nectar-which I truly dislike) and.... nothing..
Over the past several days I had noticed one tiny fellow hitting the older feeders... but none of the new, so when I washed and refilled I put all of the old dingy feeders in the spots I had them last year and... here they come en masse! The little darlings do NOT like the new feeders AT ALL! I will keep them filled just in case but, I am thinking that these tiny beasties are creatures of habit and do not like change (although I never had this problem before but I never had feeders that had any green on them and the new feeders have a green base- Lowes Hardware variety).
Soon we will have pictures...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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- Uncivil said...
Love that song! "Angel from Montgomery". Sweet Posts!!!!!
- June 2, 2008 at 2:52 AM
- Zoe said...
Where the heck are ya soft!!!...Hi there uncivil..Im glad you found your where over to see soft's blogs...Zoe!
- June 4, 2008 at 7:20 AM
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Why the Past Matters.Thursday, June 04, 2015
I'm sick and tired of hearing people give their very ignorant opinions on social issues such as the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore, so I'm about to go on a rant. You've been warned.
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A lot of people seem to think that race doesn't matter, and they use the fact that race is socially constructed to do so. People feel as though the protests in Baltimore are unecessarily violent, and though I could spend hours debating that point, I will stay silent. I am focusing my anger on the general opinion that racism is not real, a thing of the past, and that we should "get over it". Yes, race is a figment of some people's forefather's imaginations that they turned into a very real construct for their own benefit. Yes, race is something that is only now upheld by the social practices that have formed race as a social construct. No, race is not biologically founded.
But race still matters. And more importantly, race still impacts the ways in which we see the world.
It is because of the racism of the past that African-Americans in American (and Canada) struggle to make it half as far as the average European-American. It is because of the racism of that past that all Black people in America, regardless of where they come from, are mistreated on a daily basis. It is because of the racism of the past that police officers learn to fear Black men, regardless of their skin colour. And it is because of the racism of the past that many people have lost their lives in the never ending battle for freedom.
The American dream was built on soil fertilized by the beaten and bruised bodies of Black slaves. The reputation of us Canadians as peacekeepers distracts from the horrors that have, and are still being done to the Indigneous Peoples who initially occupied this land. But this is not common knowledge. This is not a part of the education of our young people. We are raised to believe that slavery is a thing of the past, but the chains have moved from our wrists to our minds.
I am speaking on this matter from my very privileged position as a fair-skinned person of colour in Canada where race based issues do not get discussed as often as they do in the states. I don't have to face the same reality as Freddie Gray's mother Gloria Darden or his sister Fredericka. I do not have to live in fear that my father or brother will be gunned down in the street for no reason because in Canada, racism takes on other forms. Their reality is not mine, therefore I have no right to judge.
If race doesn't matter to you, great. If you have never experienced racism, great! I'm happy that you have had that experience. But that doesn't mean that race and racism are not very real concepts for other people.
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Every time I think about submitting a story, no matter what the length, I always go through my options in the back of my mind. No, I'm not talking about what magazine or ezine or publisher to send it to; that's something for the front of my mind to decide. No, the options I consider are even more basic than that.
· The one I seldom give much thought to these days, but which exists none-the-less – is to take pleasure in what I've written, and then file it away, for me to take out and reread from time to time. That's where I started, many years ago, before I had any confidence in my writing.
· Another one I have mostly 'out-grown' is to take pleasure in what I've written, and pass it around among my friends and family so that they might also enjoy it. I don't often consider this one as the conclusion for my efforts. If I have enough confidence to pass it around that far, why not shoot for a larger audience yet?
· Send it to the big boys, one of the publishers with a house-hold 'Brand' name. This one's scary, since I've never been published. But still, they tend to pay the best, and my writing skill is pretty comparable to what they publish, so why not? If it's accepted, this will get my work out for the entire world to see. Of course, it will be up to me to try and get the world to notice it. Even the big boys do little to publicize the work of new authors.
· Send it to a smaller market, a small press publisher or not-so-big magazine. Sounds safer. Probably isn't. How many starting authors decide to start here? On the other hand, my writing skill is better than some of the authors they already publish. And it will still be up to me to try and get the world to notice it. It might be a good place to send my stuff if the big boys turn it down. Because if a not-so-big company finds me acceptable this time, maybe the big boys will look on me more favorably next time.
· Use a vanity press. This one is costly and risky. I have to pay to get the book produced, plus a hefty fee to the company for doing it, and I wind up with a basement full of books to sell. I would have to do all my own editing, because that's not part of the package with a vanity press. All my own publicity, and without the ability to get it into the big chain stores. Plus, when it comes to my next book, having gone vanity will NOT impress the big boys.
· Self publish. Sounds really safe. Isn't. Have to do all my own editing, plus proofing, set up and 'type-set', arrange for the cover design, hire a printer, pay for all those copies that wind up in my basement. Then publicize, fulfill orders, and – again – without the ability to get my book into the big chain stores. Do I have the money? Or the time? Not to mention the ability. This one probably ranks slightly above using a vanity press when it comes impressing big boys into accepting my next book.
Every writer has to make his/her own decisions about these options. And then – probably – second-guess themself every time they have a piece of work to send out. Once you decide you ARE going to send it out, then you have to get all the brain involved and decide where. And that involves another set of worries.
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For Catching Up: Bands On The Road, the My Show crew got a chance to talk to bands on the Uproar Fest 2012 stop in Detroit including Julian Tomarin and Mark "Kaz" Kasperczk from Redlight Kings and Rick DeJesus from Adelitas Way.
John Oakes co-producer of Uproar Fest 2012 is excited to bring the tour into its third year. Listing some of the successes they've had in past Oakes said, "It's been great. Over the years — in 2010 we had Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold. Last year we had Avenged Sevenfold headlining with Seven Days Grace and this year we have Shinedown and Godsmack so we've always had really consistent big headliners with big success at radio and it's been a great tour so far."
Putting together a concert of this magnitude is a massive challenge. Oaks describes the biggest challenge saying, "Getting everybody to agree on who headlines. Who get's paid what. What the order is. Finding the bands with the right schedule at the right time. Getting all the behind the scenes details together so that everybody that comes has a great time.
Watch interviews with John Oakes, Julian and Kaz of Redlight King and Rick DeJesus of Adelitas Way.
Redlight Kings
Artists get a little stir crazy in their tour busses causing wacky traditions and pranks to spring up. Vocalist Mark "Kaz" Kasperczk said "It's mostly professional." But guitarist Julian Tomarin adding a little more color said, "It was last night. A friend of ours fell asleep in the front lounge of our bus which is something you're not allowed to do … The punishment for that is always getting drawn on with a Sharpie."
"Don't fall asleep on our bus," said Kasperczk, confirming the custom.
A song they particularly like playing live is "City Life." It's the second song in the lineup and can get dangerous toward the end. Kasperczk explains, "Julian does a stage dive at the end of it and sometimes people drop him. So that's exciting."
Adelitas Way
The new single "Alive" is an upbeat track, but it came from a dark place. Lead vocalist Rick DeJesus explaining how that happens said, "You don't have to be in a happy place to write a happy song. You can be in a sad place to remember all the great times."
"I hope it brings a lot of couples together and you know … I like bringing the love out of people," he added.
There's a rumor floating that DeJesus played college baseball. "That's a very true rumor. I was a beast man! No, I played baseball since I was a little kid. I love it. I love all sports," DeJesus said.
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Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin has revealed he turned down the chance to join Arsenal because his family did not want him to move to England.
Sahin was making waves in the Dortmund youth system and attracted an offer from Arsene Wenger. Despite describing it as a great bid, Sahin, then just 15-years-old, was told to reject it by his family because they did not think it would be good for his career.
"Arsenal wanted to sign me with a great bid. My family didn't want me to go England,' he told Ntvspor.
"They knew that Dortmund would rise again. I'm grateful for this. After the bid, Dortmund realised that I'm valuable.
"The next year Bert van Marwijk put me in the first team. I was only 16. Also [Jurgen] Klopp trusted me. He is a great person."
A good career
Sahin would later break into the first team at the Westfalenstadion and play over 100 games for Borussia Dortmund before Real Madrid came calling in 2011. Jose Mourinho paid a reported €10million to bring him to the Bernabeu, but the move would eventually end in failure.
It was in 2012 that Arsenal, once again, came calling. They tried desperately to broker a season-long loan deal but negotiations hit an impasse over the £14m option to buy. He would eventually join Liverpool, but failed to make an impact as Brendan Rodgers terminated the 12 month loan after just six.
Full circle
He would only rekindle his best form once back at Borussia Dortmund, who agreed an 18 month loan deal shortly after Liverpool sent him back to Madrid. They would later exercise their right to buy him on a permanent basis for around €6m.
While his career has not gone according to plan, it seems he has been happy with the success he has experienced to date. Now 26-years-old, the Turkey international still has plenty of time to win more whether it be at Borussia Dortmund or elsewhere.
But he will surely be wondering what would have been had he joined Wenger at the Emirates Stadium.
Could he have fulfilled his opinion under his guidance or was this a lucky escape for the Gunners? Give us your thoughts in the comment box below!
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I was so intrigued when I saw this FREE handwriting analysis, so I tried it (OF COURSE!!!). I was pleasantly surprised with the result since I found it to be VERY true. ;-D I almost fell out of my chair since some of them really described me to a tee!!!!! Why don't you try it while it's free? HE HE HE HE HE...
Welcome Amelia Listiani, here is your handwriting analysis.
Amelia uses judgment to make decisions. She is ruled by her head, not her heart. She is a cool, collected person who is usually unexpressive emotionally (This is true - the only person I'm very expressive emotionally is my hubby). Some may see her as unemotional. She does have emotions but has no need to express them. She is withdrawn into herself and enjoys being alone.
The circumstances when Amelia does express emotions include: extreme anger, extreme passion, and tremendous stress. If someone gets her mad enough to tell her off, she will not be sorry about it later. She puts a mark in her mind when someone angers her. She keeps track of these marks and when she hits that last mark she will let them know they have gone too far. She is ruled somewhat by self-interest. All her conclusions are made without outside emotional influence. She is very level-headed and will remain calm in an emergency situation. In a situation where other people might get hysterical, she has poise.
Amelia will work more efficiently if given space and time to be alone (ABSOLUTELY true!). She would rather not be surrounded by people constantly. In a relationship, she will show her love by the things she does rather than by the things she says. Saying "I love you" is not a needed routine because she feels her mate should already know. The only exception to this is if she has logically concluded that it is best for her mate to hear her express her love verbally.
Amelia is not subject to emotional appeals. If someone is selling a product to her, they will need to present only the facts. They should present them from a standpoint of her sound judgment. She will not be taken in by an emotional story about someone else. She will meet emergencies without getting hysterical and she will always ask "Is this best for me?"
People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socially. According to the data input, Amelia doesn't write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others.
Amelia will be candid and direct when expressing her opinion. She will tell them what she thinks if they ask for it, whether they like it or not. So, if they don't really want her opinion, don't ask for it!
In reference to Amelia's mental abilities, she has a very investigating and creating mind. She investigates projects rapidly because she is curious about many things. She gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but she soon must slow down and look at all the angles. She probably gets too many things going at once. When Amelia slows down, then she becomes more creative than before. Since it takes time to be creative, she must slow down to do it. She then decides what projects she has time to finish. Thus she finishes at a slower pace than when she started the project.
She has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. Her mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. She can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster. Amelia can then switch into her low gear. When she is in the slower mode, she can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. She is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.
Amelia is a practical person whose goals are planned, practical, and down to earth. This is typical of people with normal healthy self-esteem. She needs to visualize the end of a project before she starts. she finds joy in anticipation and planning. Notice that I said she plans everything she is going to do, that doesn't necessarily mean things go as planned. Amelia basically feels good about herself. She has a positive self-esteem which contributes to her success. She feels she has the ability to achieve anything she sets her mind to. However, she sets her goals using practicality-- not too "out of reach". She has enough self-confidence to leave a bad situation, yet, she will not take great risks, as they relate to her goals. A good esteem is one key to a happy life. Although there is room for improvement in the confidence catagery, her self-perception is better than average.
Amelia is sarcastic (Oh yeah, I can be like this - used to be VERY funnily and sometimes bitterly sarcastic). This is a defense mechanism designed to protect her ego when she feels hurt. She pokes people harder than she gets poked. These sarcastic remarks can be very funny. They can also be harsh, bitter, and caustic at the same time.
Amelia has a healthy imagination and displays a fair amount of trust. She lets new people into her circle of friends. She uses her imagination to understand new ideas, things, and people.
Amelia exaggerates about everything that has a physical nature (this is true, my best friends can testify for you!). Although she may not intend to deceive or mislead, she blows things way out of proportion because that is the way she views them. She will be a good story teller. This exaggeration relates to all areas of her material world. Amelia allows many people into her life because she is accepting and trusting. She is sometimes called gullible by her friends. That only really means that she trusts too many people. Amelia has a vivid imagination.
For a graphologist, the spacing on the page reflects the writer's attitude toward their own world and relationship to things in his or her own space. If the inputted data was correct Amelia has left lots of white space on the left side of the paper. Amelia fills up the rest of the page in a normal fashion. If this is true, then Amelia has a healthy relationship to the past and is ready to move on. The right side of the page represents the future and Amelia is ready and willing to get started living now and planning for the future. Amelia would like to leave the past behind and move on.


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Montreal Simon is saying that it's smart politics for Justin Trudeau (whose Liberals are doing most of the water-carrying here) and Thomas Mulcair (who have at least mentioned grave concerns about a lack of oversight) to acquiesce to the harpercons' new "anti-terror" bill and then change it later. This way, they don't fall into harper's trap. Because if they voted against it (it would still pass because of harper's fraudulently arrived at majority) harper would be able to paint them as being "soft on terror."
That may or may not be true. I'm not going to dispute Simon's assertion on what the most effective tactics would be. My point here is how depressing it is how ludicrous the common wisdom is and how refreshing it would be if there was someone in Parliament who would come down on this garbage like a ton of bricks.
Let's first establish that "terrorism" is entirely a product of western imperialism. Israeli imperialism creates terrorism as the only response of people being robbed and abused on a daily basis. Hamas was encouraged in its early days by Mossad. Hezbollah was formed to expel the Israelis from their illegal occupation of Lebanon.
US foreign policy has not only bred terrorism, it has created or at least encouraged it! The Mujaheddin war against the Soviets and their clients in Afghanistan brought us Al Qaeda eventually. US allies in Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab princely states fund and arm the extremist rebels in Syria and Libya. The atrocities of the USA and its NATO allies, added on to the decades-long abuses against the Palestinians, provide the means by which young Muslim men become "self-radicalized" (to use the most recent term popular with the mouth-breathing cretins who style themselves as experts on these subjects).
Constant harping about "Islamicism" by harper, CSIS and the RCMP, and various self-interested parties in the mainstream media also put these ideas into people's heads.
The best antidote to the problem of terrorism in Canada is the removal of stephen harper from power!
If somebody could stand up in the House of Commons and throw back something like that at those beshitted imbeciles, that would be something to cheer for! And then, if that same person was confident enough and smart enough to ignore the mewling cries for "civility" and the harebrained complaints of those Canadians who run to the fainting couch whenever someone calls our bullshit political culture for what it is, I think a lot more people would rally to that person than the received wisdom would have it.


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This rapid is incredibly clean and nearly impossible to do upright due to the entrance. We had five people run it and one of us got hit pretty hard on the shoulder. Typically you submarine through the first 8 foot drop and gain your bearings just before rolling off the ten footer downstream.
The entrance
The typical line
From below
Underwater acrobatics
Trying something different: seal launch into the middle
There. It is done now. No reason to ever do it again. Too bad that entrance isn't better...
I work at New River Academy


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As I mentioned, when I got the call from my clinic that they wanted to induce me that night, I was on the phone with the lady from the bank, finally getting pre-approved for a home loan.
Of course we put it on the back-burner for a few days as we were a bit pre-occupied with Jay's early arrival but I got in touch with our realtor and we started looking at houses last weekend, as things are really cramped now and I'm sure Jay would sleep better on his own if he weren't sharing a room with us - it's hard when he wakes up fussing in his sleep for us (well, mainly me as I'm suddenly a light sleeper now) as we're in the same room. Having his own room where he can wake up and fuss for a few minutes before falling back to sleep on his own would probably be good for him, but right now he hears most noises we make and vice versa.
Our main criterea is a ranch with 3 bedrooms, within a certain price range, at least 1 bathroom if not more, and we'd prefer an attached garage - fitting 2 cars would be great. Of course we're flexible though and we've looked at quite a bit.
We spent the past 2 Saturday's out looking and today we went back through four of them with my dad tagging along today, checking things out more as he's got an eye for what needs to be fixed, etc.
The first day we went out we were really hoping this one down the street from us was in decent shape on the inside, but unfortunately it was going to need a lot more work than what we'd like to do - the person who listed it must have a strange concept of the term "move-in ready" as clearly it was not! A lot of the houses we looked at were like that - needed quite a bit of work to them. We don't mind doing a little bit of work when it comes to cosmetic stuff and cleaning, but major stuff and repairs... yeah, no thanks! There was one we looked at yesterday too where in order to get to the basement, you had to go through the garage! Another one you had to go through a bedroom to get out the backdoor!
The next one was one my mom informed us about last week, having opened the Sunday paper and saw the open house listing for it. Hubby and I went over took a look at it - the realtor informed us that they were planning on finishing the basement with a rec room, bonus room and a bathroom and bumping the price up about $10k. The main floor was nearly identical to the one I just mentioned above, as it was across the street and a few houses down, however the big difference was that there was an actual dining room separate from the kitchen and that the kitchen was bigger with more counter space. It also has a 1 car detached garage. While we would like a finished basement, them adjusting the price by $10k for it is just absurd as my dad could get it done for about $5k or less, not to mention my friend's husband is a manager at Menards and they had mentioned before that if we ever needed materials they could get it for us with his discount, so we'd be saving on that too. It was a nice house though, but eventually we'd have to put the money in to finish the basement. We'd also have to buy a washer and dryer.
The fourth one we went back to today, it's in a quiet neighborhood and backs up to one of the local golf courses. The driveway is a little steep but that's not that much of a deal breaker. It has a 2 car attached garage, finished basement with a rec room and 2 bonus rooms, washer/dryer on the main floor, decent sized kitchen with a dishwasher and decent cupboard/counter space. It also has a nice entryway when you first walk in and a fireplace in the main room and a deck off the back. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath - one of which was a really nice master bathroom! The main issues with this one though is that the previous owner (it's only 15 years old) obviously had a dog that he let do its business wherever as most of the carpet needs replaced. It could also use some painting done on the interior and we'd need to get a fridge. Other than that though, it was the largest of what we've seen that we've liked. We're considering making an offer on it, pending if our lender thinks we can write in an allowance on the loan for the carpet, paint and fridge. It's also been on the market for awhile so we can probably get it for less than the asking price too.


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Amber's Angels is a local organization devoted to help families around Stephenville have a nice Christmas. These are hard working families who are just down on their luck this holiday season. This year, four families have been adopted by Amber. As couponers, we are more than able to help donate a few of the items requested. Please have a heart this holiday season by picking a few things you can spare and donate to this great local cause! I'll take up donations at my home and will pass the donations from our Stephenville Couponing group to Amber. Email me here and I will give you an address to drop the donations off at.
Family #1
Older couple with no children, but need FOOD and HOUSEHOLD GOODS such as TP, shampoos, soaps, dishwashing detergent, clothes detergent, papers goods (plates, utensils,etc).
5 year old boy. Needs size 4t and 4t slim in pants. Loves Sonic the Hedgehog.
18 month old boy. Needs 18 month to 2t clothes.
6 month old girl. Needs 12 month clothes.
Mom can use x-large scrub tops.
Of course, toys for any are appreciated. I'm sure diapers, socks, etc. And the food and household goods.
(My thoughts on the clothes are this: I won't give used clothes as an actual gift, but will provide them to the families as a donation. As long as the clothes are clean and in good condition, I would think these families would be grateful to have them!)
8 year old. Size 10 clothes.
6 year old. Size 8 clothes.
9 weeks old. 0-6 month clothes.
They like movies, toys such as dress up, crafts, play dough, etc. Again, I'm sure mom and dad could use diapers, socks, undies, etc.
Food and household goods. Remember, I would love to be able to provide an actual cooked meal for Christmas Eve for ALL families!
Family #4 ~ Mom, single parent with 3 kids.
Girl 11. Size 19 (2x) in juniors, and 14/16 in pants
Girl 9. Size 19 (2x) in juniors, and 14/16 in pants
Boy 5. Size 6 pants, 8/10 in shirts. He likes action figures, toy guns, cars.
I don't have any more information on the things the girls like.
The family could use household goods. And, again, the Christmas meal!


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Been meaning to get this posted for a few days now. It was odd but I had this really peaceful day. I was so grounded and realized that others are just going to be not so nice in life but it really doesn't have to affect me. I don't mean this like I don't feel compassion for them & not care, but rather it doesn't have to make me upset or have them bring the worst out of me in response. It just popped in my head "Where there is hatred let there be love" and I just smiled, felt so warm & loved and thought that is what I will do all day. I just had a day were I said people can be icky & I can just be soooo incredibly wonderful back to them. I know hard to do everyday, but it was a day that I was able to. I have a bumper sticker in my SUV window which says, "The Best Revenge is to Love Your Enemy". That idea!
Then I was thinking why are these people (or us on some days) so bad? My brain was just firing so wild that day...and on the radio was "You Lost That Loving Feeling" and yep that was it...lack of love. "All We Need Is Love" dadadadada....ha! Dr. Dyer always says to send love out and you will get love & that is really true! It just feels so good to say "You can't make me feel bad!" you know. Just wish I could do that everyday all day long! :-) All we can do is try each new time.
Ok, I couldn't decide! HA! They are all good! Enjoy!
The Righteous Brothers:
Top Gun:
Friday, June 29, 2007
Just Send Love!
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yeah... having that loving feeling all day every day sounds great, but we're human and have emotions.
- June 29, 2007 at 10:07 PM
I agree with you....I just wish people would stop...and start being nice to others and maybe respect their feelings as well!
- June 30, 2007 at 4:43 AM
yes, I work at that same feeling, too, every day.
I try to be thankful for people that are cruel to me becasue they are giving me an opportunity for spiritual growth.
- June 30, 2007 at 7:49 AM
Sending you some luv right back at ya!
- June 30, 2007 at 2:03 PM
"All you need is love. All together now...." (Beatles). Hey, it fits in:) It can be hard sometiems to get to that peaceful spot, particularly when others are trying specifically TO rile you up. Kudos to you:)
- July 16, 2007 at 2:51 PM
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I colored him with Prismacolors and then on the lettering I went back over with a Violet colored pencil. For the first time I used a Prismacolor blender pencil and it worked just as I expected, blending the Violet pencil just as a marker would have done. The pencils approach helped get into the small channels of the letters that markers are just unable to get into for shading.
Have an UP kind of day!
Card Size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Stamps: DSB Jasper, Digital Font for sentiment
Paper: Neenah Smooth White, LSS green
Ink: LaserJet printer, Prismacolor markers and Pencil*
Accessories: AC Rhinestones, Offray Orange Sherbet Satin Ribbon
*Marker and Pencil Detail: Background - Light Aqua; Jasper - Cool Grey 10%, 30%, 60%, 70%; Nose - Deco Pink, Clay Rose; Flower - Mineral Orange, Terra Cotta; Leaves - True Green, Parrot Green; Grass - Chartreuse, Leaf Green; Sentiment - Violet Mist (Pencil Violet, Colorless Blender)


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Cambridge Farmers' Market for 7-30-06
Cambridge Farmers' Market for 7-30-06
copyright 2006
The Cambridge, NY Farmers' Market is in full swing. You won't find fresher produce anywhere. Every Sunday, 10 am - 2 pm, Railroad Park is bustling with activity as vendors arrange their tents and customers arrive.
I plan Sunday dinner based on what is fresh and available at the Farmers' Market. But the market is not just a place to go for good food. This Farmers' Market has an equal mix of farm-based vendors selling everything from Alpaca wool to handcrafted pots for your plants.
All Photos: John Carlson; Debra Pearlman copyright 2006
Haven Hill Farm is just such a vendor. They specialize in alpaca yarn, but also sell fresh cut flowers, unusual vegetables, and perennial plants.
Photo: John Carlson copyright 2006
Owner Judy Leon is eager to talk about her herd. If you ask, I'll bet you can even go out to the Farm and see the alpacas, up close and personal. If you've never seen an alpaca, you'll fall for their big beautiful eyes and cute little faces.
Sunday's in Cambridge, NY are made even better with a visit to the Cambridge Farmers' Market. See you on Sunday...


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Habitat Restoration Specialist
Revitalize the natural habitats of plants and animals.
What does a Habitat Restoration Specialist do?
A Habitat Restoration Specialist revitalizes natural habitats that have been harmed by pollution, erosion, or human encroachment. As a Habitat Restoration Specialist, you can think of yourself as both Mother Nature's Interior Designer and her helpful Handyman. When you see a space where animals and plants once flourished but is now filled with garbage, you restore it to its original splendor.
To be a successful Habitat Restoration Specialist, you must have keen observation and research skills. You start by painstakingly creating lists of animals, plants, or other natural elements found in the threatened environment. Once documented, each part can be brought back to health, and pollutants can be cleaned up. You then watch animal migration patterns and reintroduce new animals into depleted populations, all the while taking care not to overload the ecosystem's delicate balance of life.
Habitat Restoration Specialists are also called in before construction efforts or other expansion activities. In this capacity, you assess how those pursuits will affect the surrounding wildlife.
Because the natural world is so broad, you can choose to work in any environmental area that piques your interest. Are you a card-carrying member of PETA? Go for animal habitat efforts. Are you a big fan of the local aquarium? Consider aquatic ecosystems. Do you have fond memories of your grandfather's prized tomato garden? Focus your career on restoring plant-heavy habitats.
For passionate Animal Rights Activists and tree huggers, there are plenty of opportunities to stir public awareness, especially if you work at a nonprofit organization. In this capacity, you teach others what it takes to restore a damaged ecosystem, and what they can do to reduce their impact on nature.


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Fears that Serbia might have to pay war reparations sinks plans to
condemn 1995 slaughter.
By Danica Vucenic in Belgrade (BCR No 561, 23-Jun-05)
Serbia's parliament has backed away from plans to formally condemn war
crimes in Srebrenica, in what observers said is another sign of
Serbian unwillingness to accept responsibility for the past.
Observers believe parliament was afraid a declaration on Srebrenica
might affect the ongoing suit at the International Court of Justice,
ICJ, which Bosnia and Hercegovina brought against the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia in 1993.
In the case, Sarajevo accused the Belgrade government of being an
accomplice to genocide. If Bosnia wins the case, Serbia and
Montenegro, as the successor state to the old Yugoslavia, will have to
pay reparations.
Officially, however, parliament did not condemn the killing of up to
8,000 Bosniaks in the town in July 1995 because the various
parliamentary factions could not agree on what the declaration should
Some deputies wanted the text to specifically mention Srebrenica,
while others argued for a more general statement.
Many NGOs and political activists attacked the inaction as further
proof of Serbia's inability to make a clean break with the regime of
Slobodan Milosevic.
One activist said he was not surprised by the failure, as "an
acknowledgement of the Srebrenica crimes would implicate those parties
who sit in the parliament".
The minority government of Vojislav Kostunica governs with the support
of Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia, SPS, while the strongest
opposition party, with 83 deputies in the 250-seat assembly, is the
Serbian Radical Party, SRS, whose leader Vojislav Seselj is in the
Hague alongside Milosevic.
The original declaration, submitted several weeks ago, was the
initiative of eight NGOs and two deputies in parliament, Natasa Micic
and Zarko Korac.
Biljana Kovacevic Vuco, president of the Human Rights Lawyers
Committee, which drafted the text of the NGOs' declaration, told
Balkan Crisis Report, BCR, what they had hoped to see.
"The declaration suggested that the Serbian state should clearly
disavow the Srebrenica genocide and everything done in Serbia's name
in unambiguous terms," she said.
Andrej Nosov, of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, one of the
NGOs, said its adoption would have meant that Serbia admitted it
"conducted a policy of genocide, lost the war, was an aggressor, and
hence, had to accept moral and political responsibility".
Their initiative might have sunk without trace had it not been for the
recent release of shocking television footage showing members of a
Serbian paramilitary unit, the Scorpions, shooting dead several young
Muslim prisoners from Srebrenica in 1995.
The video, which shook Serbian public, was revealed at The Hague and
shown on Serbia's B92 television station in early June.
The first reaction came from the SRS, which tabled a draft resolution
condemning all war crimes committed on the territory of former
Yugoslavia, but without specifically mentioning Srebrenica.
Under pressure from the international community and the Serbian
public, Predrag Markovic, speaker of parliament, also took up the
Others also weighed in, leaving parliament with four different
versions of the declaration to consider.
Not surprisingly, disagreements soon arose about which should be adopted.
Kostunica's party, the Democratic Party of Serbia, DSS, and the SPS,
made it clear they wanted only a blanket condemnation of all crimes,
regardless of who perpetrated them.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, DS, led by the Serbian President,
Boris Tadic, and the Serbian Renewal Movement, SPO, led by the state
union foreign minister, Vuk Draskovic, wanted to stress the crime in
Many observers, however, believe the real reason parliament abandoned
the declaration was not a failure to agree on the document's wording
but for purely financial reasons relating to the ongoing suit at the
Bosnia brought the charges following the discovery in 1993 of Serb-run
detention camps at Omarska and Keraterm, where numerous Bosniaks were
Kovacevic Vuco believes a resolution would have little effect on the
eventual outcome of the case.
"If the International Court of Justice rules in favour of Bosnia and
Hercegovina… we will have to pay reparations … and we cannot avoid it
by denying or refusing to adopt the declaration," she said.
Vojin Dimitrijevic, an expert in international law and director of the
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, agreed, saying a Srebrenica
declaration would have been "is a moral act, which could not be used
in the International Court of Justice".
He said Bosnia's case will only succeed if it established a direct
link between the Srebrenica killings and the Yugoslav state apparatus
and proved that Belgrade not only provided financial support but that
its army and police also took part.
Zarko Korac, who submitted the NGO declaration to the parliament, said
it was shameful that Serbia was lagging behind the Bosnian Serb
entity, the Republika Srpska, RS, when it came to acknowledging the
significance of the massacre.
"This policy, which resulted in the massacre of 7,800 Bosniaks in
Srebrenica, was created in Belgrade," Korac told BCR.
"That is why it is so difficult [for us] to accept responsibility and
offer an apology - from the place where the whole project was
Danica Vucenic is a journalist for B92
Friday, June 24, 2005
Posted by KosovaReport at 11:45 PM
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No need to comment! And thinking that they who have to fulfill standards are the victims of yesterday (Kosovars).
It's a "We told you so" moment...
Suprise, surprise!
Where are our serb posters, can they please try and explain this!
- Chris Blaku said...
Is anyone surprised by this? I'm not.
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I had a really fun day on Saturday… spent some time in my craft room pottering around with various bits and pieces and then spent the evening with some scrapping friends!
I also managed to make another Pirate Tilda card… quite different from my last one which you can view HERE.
This time I wanted to do something not so pink LOL… here's the front of my card:This time I stamped the Pirate Tilda and then masked her and used part of the Castle Window stamp so that it looks more like a brick wall. I coloured the stamped image with Distress Inks… the red of her shirt and hat is actually Aged Mahogany and I loved how it turned out!
The 'starry' paper and ruler ribbon were part of the July Scraptastic paper kit which is still available at Scrapbook Dreams.
I kept the inside of the card fairly simple:And here is the card standing up: The flower is a Prima one from my stash and I inked the Adage Ticket using my new favourite Distress Ink… Tea Dye!
I've got a few more Magnolia cards in the partly done stage so hopefully I'll get some time to finish them off over the next few days…
And if you like stamping you might just like to win this:The very generous Kellie has 30+ stamps up for grabs and all you have to do is visit her blog and follow 3 REALLY simple instructions!
That really would be a prize worth winning!!


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Sometimes I like to find different ways to use very obvious things. Images turned upside down, partial stamped images, stack the sentiments vertical instead of horizontal. This time I used soccer ball dies to make ornaments and I love the effect. The sports dies were a gift from My Favorite Things for ordering sixty dollars all at one time. I wouldn't have chosen them, as I have no kids in sports, but I have found myself using the parts in different ways. This card is created for the MFT Color Challenge you can find HERE. The colors screamed Halloween but I could not make myself come up with anything creative. I really have no idea how this popped into my head. Oh yes, it was because Simon Says is having an Anything Goes challenge and they are featuring Memory Box dies and I only have this one Frostyville die and some clouds by Memory Box.
I have combined the two challenges and this is what happened. SQUEAL! I love it. The little tag is also and MFT die from blueprints 4.
I added Wink of Stella to the centers of the ornaments to jazz them up a bit and added a sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers. Talk about combining companies. Well that keeps the creative juices flowing, right?


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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Thankful Thursdays ~ A Day at the Beach
It has been a while since we've posted a Thankful Thursday. Life has been full. We've been finishing up a lot of reviews, and we took little vacation. We went to the beach.
We are all really thankful for a few days at the beach.
No clocks
Perhaps the reason why a day at the beach is so relaxing to me is the loss of perception of time. At the beach I don't glance up and see the minutes ticking away. At the beach I can be completely in the moment.
I can just be.
Our camera card is full of photos from the beach, among other places, and eventually we'll get them all sorted out. You'll probably notice a lot of beach photos on the blog in coming months. They'll be there for you to enjoy . . . and as a reminder to me to just be.
What are you thankful for today?
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
We have a winner!!!!
Sorry for the day late post.... am a little behind the 8 ball these days.
So without further ado...the WINNER is:
Chance said...
I love the It's A Boy Thing! Whoop! Whoop!
November 1, 2011 3:11 PM Chance said...
whoop whoop is right Chance. Email me your email addy and I will get the correct codes over to you for the free software!!! CONGRATS!!!
Thanks for all those who left a comment. I will hopefully be hosting some new and exciting giveaways coming up. It is hard to only pick one!!! WAH!!!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Last day to Enter....
Here is the post:
Sunday, November 6, 2011
I {heart} wreaths....
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Fun Cookies....
And look out how she packages them... LOVE!!
Go check out other ideas and tutorials. :)
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The sweetest clown at the rodeo....
Now is that not the CUTEST/FUNNIEST thing you have ever seen? EVER?!?!!? She is such a good sport. That costume was all handmade.... a red onesie and baby pants.... it just makes me smile. :)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
November Giveaway!!!
This is such a fun and creative site. I love scrapbooking but I just don't have the time to always drag everything out and complete the handcrafted layouts and projects that I used to. This site give you a simple and easy way to complete albums or very unique gifts in very little time.
So one of my lucky friends will get a FREE download of the My Memories Suite Software that will allow them to create without the mess or choose a super simple project where all the design is done for you. All YOU do is drag and drop your images where you want them.
So what I'd like you to do is go over to:
and choose your favorite theme or digital paper pack and leave a comment on this post. I will leave this giveaway open until November 9th. I will choose a lucky winner that day and give you the instructions on how to download your free software. :) Easy, right?
If you would like to purchase anything from the site, he coupon code for the site is: STMMMS46988
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Just a word of advice:
Make sure you REALLY know what you're getting when you buy a bag so innocently marked "fruit snacks". Because, I'm sorry, I thought that meant a bag of gummy chewy candies.
Yeah, no.
Apparently it means "tasteless sticky candy monsters that latch onto your teeth and never let go".
If you really do want the LEGIT fruit snacks, go to Costco.
I know, sounds dumb, but their's are the bomb, not these failure wannabe fruit snacks.
Have you ever been tricked by a so-called "good" candy?


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Friday, August 06, 2010
IF- "Caged"
This is literally a reposting from the previous post on my trip to LA for the SCBWI Conference- but I just realized it fits the theme of "Caged" perfectly- or better what you should do when you realize you are in a cage- which, can come in deceiving pleasant packaging- with white horses and princes- it just accord to me to ask why if a Hero could climb up to save her, why she never just didn't climb down- Do you have an answer?
Posted by Julia Kelly at 8:47 PM
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This is brilliant. And so true!ReplyDelete
This looks like a fabric collage ... it's beautiful!ReplyDelete
I agree. This is brilliant and thought-provoking.ReplyDelete
Great! I love all the textures. Also love woman freeing herself. Fairy tales must've been written by men to make themselves look heroic. I hope Rapunzel lived happily ever after, with or without a prince!ReplyDelete
So lovely!ReplyDelete
As always- a wonderful, magical piece of art! I really admire your work.ReplyDelete
what a beautiful piece! ♥ReplyDelete
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Summer Fruits
I'm honored to announce that the painting above, Summer Fruits, was a finalist in the Fine Art Studio Online contest for July. It also received the FAV15% nod. There are usually about 800-900 entries from all over the place, so it's very gratifying to be included in the finalists.
You can see the complete list of winners here
I've been making the rounds of some of the grandkids and having a wonderful time. I have a brand new baby grandson, David, and he is sure a cutie. No photos till I get home and can download them to the desktop.
David makes #7 grandchild, and #8 is on the way. I was able to visit with a few friends in New Hampshire last week while I was there with the two oldest granddaughters - not nearly enough time. It sure felt like home there, and I do miss it, and my friends, terribly.
A couple of more days here in Texas and I'll be headed home to New Mexico, and hopefully will get busy painting again.