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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post9135373644865791017..comments2018-06-15T07:23:59.608-06:00Comments on Sew a Musing: Sewing Machine Review Janome Memory Craft 6000Christianahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-44488321575744060192017-04-01T13:51:23.782-06:002017-04-01T13:51:23.782-06:00Bought mine new in 1986. It has always been a rea... Bought mine new in 1986. It has always been a real workhorse and my pride and Joy....Sadly , this past week the handwheel froze up and I can hear it and see it trying to operate the shuttle race that operates the bobbin....my hubby says the brushes in the motor are finally worn out. I'm condidering buying a new motor from Sewingpartsonline.com. They have it in stock for $49.00 I sure hope this berings it back to life!
jetstaronehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-43017584052428022212017-04-01T13:43:43.343-06:002017-04-01T13:43:43.343-06:00 Sewingpartsonline.com You can buy a brand ne... Sewingpartsonline.com
 You can buy a brand new motor for $49.00. They ship quickly and have an online chat window for questions.
jetstaronehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-44567269960991095712017-02-20T10:59:01.680-07:002017-02-20T10:59:01.680-07:00Venetia Bought my 6000 Memory Ceaft when it was...Venetia Bought my 6000 Memory Ceaft when it was featured at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition in London in the early 1980's, when it won The Blue Ribbon Award. It has been a fantastic and reliable machine and easy to operate. I bought it after seeing it featured on a lunch time television news magazine programme. I know it is heavy but that is an advantage, as it does not go walk about on the table, when sewing. So, if you see one for sale - go for firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-86127751066760506922017-02-07T05:49:10.248-07:002017-02-07T05:49:10.248-07:00May I say I recently aquired a memorycraft 6000 an...May I say I recently aquired a memorycraft 6000 and I have a Janome Skyline 7 I think for the age of the machine its comparable as far as stitches go... Colleenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-8521885484822809852016-09-14T10:55:06.461-06:002016-09-14T10:55:06.461-06:00Art and Jenny's Repair 805-643-8536 Info@artan...Art and Jenny's Repair
805-643-8536
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2124 E. Thompson Blvd
Ventura CA 93001
Art and his son, Brian, do excellent service and repairs. They are experts about the MC6000. Trust them!Toni Luskinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-46895380153082539642016-01-27T08:40:50.735-07:002016-01-27T08:40:50.735-07:00Try parts online. It's the same machine as the...Try parts online. It's the same machine as the Janome MC6000Nellie in SAhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-84428005744320038952016-01-02T15:00:40.769-07:002016-01-02T15:00:40.769-07:00Anonymous - here is a link for a free pdf manual f...Anonymous - here is a link for a free pdf manual from the Janome site - I've saved it to my pc and great to remind myself what some of the feet do. Just wish I could work out the needle threader, after 30 years!!
http://janome.com/siteassets/support/manuals/retired/computer/inst-book-mc6000-en-new.pdfLesley Gilberthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-50514518476751125882016-01-02T14:57:57.000-07:002016-01-02T14:57:57.000-07:00I bought mine from new 30 years ago and it's b...I bought mine from new 30 years ago and it's been serviced once. I mislaid my manual when I moved house 20 years ago but managed to find a pdf manual for free. I'd seen sites selling them in pdf format so was very happy to get one for free. I dropped the accessory box and broke one of the plastic hinges on the lid - I have been looking on-line for a replacement, which is how I came across your post about the lovely MC6000. Lots of replies read and lovely to know how many fans there are out there :)Lesley Gilberthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-53181506254021889432015-11-16T20:21:22.642-07:002015-11-16T20:21:22.642-07:00I recently inherited my mom's New Home Memory ...I recently inherited my mom's New Home Memory Craft 6000 & wonder if anyone has the instruction manual they would be willing to share with me as well as any ideas on where I can buy the power cord/foot pedal ?? Also where I cam get it serviced in WI? Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED! Text or call 608-487-4070 Thank you. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-32469174382188880052015-10-15T16:16:05.705-06:002015-10-15T16:16:05.705-06:00I have the same machine and bought mine new too! I...I have the same machine and bought mine new too! I have purchased just about every optional foot for her and she still sews like a dream and has NEVER been serviced. I didn't find out until I started quilting recently that it has "infinite" needle positions. This is one great machine! click hereAlison Hemminghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-81204772981633996752015-09-21T21:37:19.525-06:002015-09-21T21:37:19.525-06:00I gave my 6000 to my daughter many years ago. She...I gave my 6000 to my daughter many years ago. She has used it well but recently it has died. The janome dealer said it needs a new motor. From what I understand I can not purchase a new one anymore. So I wonder if anyone could give me a suggestion on a compatable replacement motor. I desperately want to fix this machine. It is such a workhorse and knowing she uses all types of mediums in her sewing and art I can't find a comparable machine. Please help.Jackiehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-14337356197229243812015-08-07T11:04:03.705-06:002015-08-07T11:04:03.705-06:00I have a New Home Memory Craft 6000 but it is in n...I have a New Home Memory Craft 6000 but it is in need of repair. My mother bought it brand new a few years before she passed away in 1993. She loved this machine but she became ill not long after she purchased it. It has not been used since and I would like to sew using this machine. When I turn it on it lights up but it will not do anything else. I appreciate any help you can give me. Thank firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-69619092586293223452015-07-13T20:45:58.326-06:002015-07-13T20:45:58.326-06:00I purchased mine in 1986 and it has been wonderful...I purchased mine in 1986 and it has been wonderful so faithful but today it stopped. The repair people say no spare parts available and I'm lost. I feel like part of me is missing, but after reading comments I'm off to the Op shop. Maybe I will be lucky. Thanks for the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-31403229371674807302015-06-10T06:43:11.750-06:002015-06-10T06:43:11.750-06:00Thank you for posting such a great article! I foun...Thank you for posting such a great article! I found your website perfect for my needs. It contains wonderful and helpful posts. Keep up the good work!
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damnhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-81368869115335986652015-05-11T18:29:42.997-06:002015-05-11T18:29:42.997-06:00I might... mine is practically brand new! Bought i...I might... mine is practically brand new! Bought in 89 but have sewn very little as I work 60 hours a week at my job! If you are still looking, please reply to my post and leave a number and I will call you ASAP! Thanks IngridSomnushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-72052338366668922152015-04-25T20:07:37.896-06:002015-04-25T20:07:37.896-06:00I am so excited to read your review. I just inheri...I am so excited to read your review. I just inherited my Grandma's New Home. :) They are moving and condensing and she is getting a lighter weight newer one so she gets to see me enjoy her New Home. I am so beyond excited and can't wait to get some sewing done. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-51279070609813548962015-04-25T14:26:19.270-06:002015-04-25T14:26:19.270-06:00Call Jim Davidson in Santa Ana, CA @ (714) 547-074...Call Jim Davidson in Santa Ana, CA @ (714) 547-0743. He is the WIZARD of sewing machines of all made; been repairing sewing machine for many years and his service is VERY reasonable. Good luck.sangofvnhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-57906275046475416332015-02-02T17:11:52.342-07:002015-02-02T17:11:52.342-07:00I purchased my New Home 6000 in the mid-80's a...I purchased my New Home 6000 in the mid-80's and sewed a trillion miles on it. Just before Christmas 2014, it died (the belt broke and my service center can't find a replacement.) Because I needed a machine and didn't want to pay today's price for a comparable machine, I bought a base model Janome. It is like driving a Model A after driving a Cadillac! Awful. Does anyone know anyone who has a New Home 6000 Memory Craft that is willing to email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-51126727766044178952015-01-04T14:28:33.726-07:002015-01-04T14:28:33.726-07:00I bought my MC6000 in 1985. It has been serviced ...I bought my MC6000 in 1985. It has been serviced twice since that time. I never have had a problem. I love the machine thought about upgrading but couldn't part with email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-35374971575844247062014-12-22T15:45:07.173-07:002014-12-22T15:45:07.173-07:00I received my Memory Craft Janome 6000 for FREE fr...I received my Memory Craft Janome 6000 for FREE from a friend. Her mother recently passed and she did not have any use for it. I had no idea what kind of machine it was. All I could tell was that it was old and was very heavy. i call it the Dinosour because it is Big!! I want to get it looked at to see if it can be of use to me. It turns on, lights come on, but the foot pedal does not seem to work. Does anyone have a recommendation for repair in the Fresno, CA area? firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-81616923829719331002014-12-16T15:45:59.266-07:002014-12-16T15:45:59.266-07:00I have had my Janome M6000 since brand new and I h...I have had my Janome M6000 since brand new and I have not sewn for a while and it does not work. Does anyone know of a good service person. I am reluctant to get rid o it as it has given me no trouble whatsoever.
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-57182818859998418662014-12-13T08:53:09.287-07:002014-12-13T08:53:09.287-07:00Has anyone had a problem with foot control not wor...Has anyone had a problem with foot control not working when achine appears to be on and lights are on? tried new foot control and did not correct problem. Thanksanyomhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-78226582555260294142014-12-13T08:52:48.443-07:002014-12-13T08:52:48.443-07:00Has anyone had a problem with foot control not wor...Has anyone had a problem with foot control not working when achine appears to be on and lights are on? tried new foot control and did not correct problem. Thanksanyomhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-1697103875131437932014-11-02T21:12:40.756-07:002014-11-02T21:12:40.756-07:00i've just found one in a good will thriftshop....i've just found one in a good will thriftshop. I didn't realize what type of machine it was but i bought it despite the fact it didn't have the pedal.(it was $20) i'm hoping all is well with it but for the price i can't really go wrong.Willknitforbeerhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490487893175606522.post-36146138944502474322014-07-14T19:40:43.412-06:002014-07-14T19:40:43.412-06:00I bought my Janome MC6000 in 1983, started a sewin...I bought my Janome MC6000 in 1983, started a sewing and mending business, then moved onto sewing uniforms for a small private school. This machine was my work horse (along with my Baby Lock serger). I could sew button holes on 10 blouses in very little time using the memory button hole stitch. And then easily sew on the 50 or 60 buttons by removing the snap off foot. And. Yes, I loved the variable stitch width. I took good care of it and only had it serviced twice. The machine would come back from the repairman with a note that said...."Great machine!" I finally passed on the machine to a young eager student. Thank you for sharing your story. It was good to reminisce. I loved that machine.108karenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Still no pictures, I cannot seem to find my phone cable, but I have been taking a few.
7/28/2014 (7/30/2014)
It was on this morning that I made the brave decision to ride a horse for 4 hours, now let me preface this by saying that I regret nothing, just holy cow did my butt hurt after, I was quite sore. The wrangler that I was going with before had the day off so I was left with a different wrangler, somehow it just wasn't as fun, but boy do I love those horses. To me a horse a really just a big puppy that you can ride, give them some treats and they will love you forever. I chose to ride Jasper for the 4 hour ride and by the end he was as tired as I was.
I hung out with some of the staff while they did their work, I can't be the only person who thinks that's a little weird, but it just gave me more opportunities to be with the horses, there was a mustang called Aztec, it was the coolest horse I had ever seen, it had a caramel body with chocolate brown highlights around its ears and for the mane, I wish I got a chance to ride it.
Then it was silent, everyone had gone or was at a different cabin and I was left all by myself, its not very fun to watch all of the young people get into their cars and drive off to have their own fun while I am stuck at a ranch that for all intensive purposes may as well be closed. I spent the rest of my night just walking around and looking at the horses, I think this was my low point for the trip. Not every night can be wedding crashing and birthday crashing.
7/29/2014 (7/30/2014)
I guess I must have taken being ignored personally because the next morning I was in a hurry to get out of there, I didn't even ride again, I just ate, and left, sometimes that's really the best exit. I made my way back to Loveland to get my car fixed, but for some reason it just wont fail when I bring it to the mechanic, although I did manage to find out that the guy at the first shop was trying to cheat me by selling me a fuel pump even though mine was perfectly fine, don't let anyone sell you anything base on the check engine codes, I have gotten royally screwed like that a few times now.
So it was time to figure out my next move, I started putting out applications while I was waiting for the mechanic, I have been looking at resorts because they offer housing too, its kind of like getting paid to be somewhere amazing. I also found a hostel in Denver so once I got my car back I made my way there. Low and behold the car started acting up as I got into Denver, luckily I was where I needed to be so I just parked and went it.
I got to the hostel and it was pretty bad, there were holes in the walls, the microwave had a hole punched in it, there were homeless people all over, and the guy at the building started off our conversation about how when he worked in a medical ward he watch a guy with mouth cancer spit his own tongue out, so as you might have guessed I was a little spooked. But no matter, I am an ADVENTURER!
I relaxed for a little bit before a I befriended this guy from South Korea, he was probably 22 and we walked around looking for somewhere to eat while he told me about his country, that place is wild. I also may have talked mad shit about North Korea the whole time, but its really not my fault that they are the joke of the western world. I told him all about the crazy things that happen in America, he was pretty floored, I think its best I don't go into the chilling details.
Once we got back he went off to do his own thing and I was just hanging out in the room, there was 3 bunk beds and in one of the bunks was a traveling chef, we started talking about moving around a lot and he gave me some really good advice on how to find a job and where to look, I immediately started applying again while talking to him. We exchanged stories for a while, sometimes its hard to tell if someone is telling the truth about the things that they have done and seen, although I bet plenty of people think the same thing of the stuff that I talk about. By the time 11 rolled around I was dead on my feet so I went to bed.
Woke up the next morning to find the South Korean guy had made it back safe, thank god for that, I have never seen so many homeless people in my life, Denver is full of them, although they aren't violent, I think there are more hippies than anything. I wasn't so interested in staying there so I beat a hasty retreat back to Loveland again. While there I applied for more jobs, he put some fuel injector cleaner in there and so far it seems to have done the trick because my next drive was quite a long one.
Through my research I found out about a Hostel in Breckenridge (The town that makes the beer), so I drove out there but the rain was pretty bad, it had been raining for the past 18 hours with only short breaks. When I got to this place I thought I must be mistaken. I went from the worst hostel that I had ever seen to the best. Seriously, this place had oak bunk beads with down comforters and marble counter tops, seriously I have been to hotels that couldn't compare to this. I think I might stay here for a few days. Upon checking my emails I had two responses, and then a third called my phone, tomorrow I have interviews, and if all else fails I can go to a organic farming group in California for 6 months.
It was still raining but I decided to go for a walk anyways, I walked all through Breckenridge, I was soaked by the end but it seems like a really nice little skiing town. Most of the stuff is on the main street, including "BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP", that's one of those moments I wish I wasn't a vegetarian, I walked around for a while and then came back to the Hostel for beans and corn on a tortilla. I talked to some of the other travelers for a while and applied for some more jobs, would rather have a lot of job offers rather than none. That brings us up to the present, right now I am sitting in my incredibly comfy bed and about to go to sleep.
I think I will try to blog once every 3 days so until next time, I wish you all well.

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HIV and the Law
HIV and the Law
All people should enjoy full human rights regardless of their HIV status, free from discrimination. At the same time, individuals need to understand how the law may affect them in light of their HIV status.
It is illegal to discriminate on the grounds of HIV-positive status for employment, education, the provision of goods, services and facilities, accommodation, buying or selling property, club membership, sport and administration of Commonwealth programs.
Privacy and Confidentiality
There are laws in most states in Australia that protect the confidentiality of people living with HIV.
This means that it's generally against the law for doctors, nurses and health care providers to tell anyone that you're positive without your consent.
People using the new Electronic Health Record can exercise considerable control over which health-care professionals can access what documents. For example, a sensitive document that a person may wish to have removed from their Electronic Health Record – known as 'effective removal' – would no longer be accessible to anyone else, including healthcare workers or police.
However, the general public are not bound by the laws noted above so it's very important that you are able to trust the people you tell.
In some states you are legally required to disclose your HIV status to sexual partners.
Other situations where disclosure may come into play are outlined below.
- The law states that HIV-positive people cannot donate blood, semen, ova or any other body tissues, so application forms given to potential donors may ask about HIV status.
- The Department of Immigration and Border Protection requires anyone applying for permanent residency and some other types of visas to provide the results of an HIV test.
- You may be asked about your HIV status if applying for life insurance or by your superannuation fund. Some companies may refuse to insure you if you are HIV positive or if you refuse to tell them your status. There may be similar requirements for other types of insurance, such as travel insurance.
- People working in healthcare are required to disclose their HIV status if they will be performing exposure-prone procedures.
- People applying to work in the defence forces are required to test for HIV.
There are laws across Australia which can be used to charge an individual with recklessly, negligently or deliberately exposing someone or transmitting HIV to another person. In Australia, state and territories have the authority enact and enforce criminal laws. Some jurisdictions have specific offences relating to transmission, while in others HIV-positive people have been charged with offences such as causing 'grievous bodily harm'.
AFAO has long advocated against the criminal prosecution of people with HIV. Prosecutions relating to sexual transmission of HIV undermine public health efforts and stigmatise people living with HIV as dangerous and harmful. This has the effect of discouraging key populations from accessing testing and engaging with the health system.
AFAO's Background Briefing: Application of Australian Criminal Laws in Cases of HIV Sexual Transmission and Exposure (2015) summarises key policy issues and potential responses.
Mandatory Testing
The South Australian, Western Australian and Northern Territory governments have introduced laws that allow for the forced testing for blood borne viruses (BBVs) of individuals accused of certain offences.
These forced testing laws perpetuate the misconception that HIV can be transmitted through saliva, such as through spitting or biting. These laws also confuse issues about HIV risk and third party transmission.
AFAO's Background Briefing: Spitting and Mandatory Testing for HIV and other Blood Borne Viruses summarises key issues in relation to the laws passed in SA and WA providing for forced BBV testing of individuals who are considered to have potentially exposed a police officer to the risk of contracting a BBV.
The more in-depth Briefing Paper: Mandatory testing for BBVs for alleged offenders in South Australia & Western Australia describes how these laws perpetuate the common misconception that HIV can be transmitted through contact with saliva, and details how the laws came into existence.
Sex work
Australia's Seventh National HIV Strategy includes sex workers as one of the communities affected by HIV.
There is no known case in Australia of a sex worker transmitting HIV to a client through sex work. However, in some states, being a HIV-positive sex worker is a criminal offence.
HIV-positive sex workers can also be at risk of criminal prosecution under various state and territory laws regarding HIV exposure and transmission.
Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association, has extensive experience in documenting the impacts of the different models of sex industry regulation.
Scarlet Alliance advocates for the decriminalisation of sex work. Decriminalisation is the most beneficial environment for a sex worker's human rights and health.
Click here for more information on Scarlet Alliance and its activities.
Advice and referrals
If you believe you have been treated unfairly or discriminated against in any way because of your HIV status then you can contact your local AIDS Council [need to add link to internal page] for information and support.
You can also contact your Anti-Discrimination/Equal Opportunity authority, Medical Complaints Body or your Local Community Legal Centre.
If you would like to speak confidentially to someone about HIV and the law, you can speak to your local AIDS councils and People living with HIV organisations for information and referral to legal and specialist services.
You can also contact HALC (HIV/AIDS Legal Centre). HALC also has a range of guides on HIV and the law, including state specific guides and other information, here.


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Hayden Panettiere took patients from Los Angeles' Children's Hospital on a shopping spree at the weekend.
The 'Heroes' star – who is the face of fashion company Candie's – accompanied five girls, who are currently being treated at the medical facility for problems including aneurisms, strokes, paralyis of the nerves and spine and sickle cell anemia, on a shopping trip San Gabriel department store Kohl's on Saturday (13.12.08).
Although Hayden tried to give the group fashion advice, the kids had their own opinions on which outfits they wanted to choose with the money they were given.
The 20-year-old actress laughed: "Not many of them listened to me!"


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This listing closed on Black Friday, November 23, 2012, and had 51 offers. The sales price was technically $19,999,999.90. These were 13.5 ounce Golden Sponge Cake Cream Filling Cakes with ten Twinkies per box. One half the proceeds to be donated to the local children's hospital according to the listing.
Full Disclosure: Author of the article has never eaten a Twinkie and has no plans to do so in the near future.


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This entertaining follow-up to the successful Wannabe a Writer? is an essential read for every author and would-be best-seller, whether established or debut, self-published or still dreaming of the limelight.
The author photo
Everything I have to say about the minefield that is the author photo can be summed up in four short words: Thank God for Photoshop.
These days, this magical piece of software would have zapped my spot with one decisive mouse click, but back then it took four inches of slap and some clever lighting to just about bleach it out. It was generally agreed the end result was quite fetching. Or as one of my friends put it:, "What a lovely photograph – it doesn't look a bit like you!"
A state of affairs I could have done with at the ensuing launch party where pictures in the local paper showed me signing books with an arm like a sumo wrestler's thigh and the wider consensus of opinion was that I looked six months pregnant.
PhotoShop could have dealt with the extra stomach too so if you're not familiar with this life-saving software, that can blur wrinkles, erase chins and smooth out blotches, it's time to make its acquaintance.
However, unless you are a whiz with intricate software and have many hours to devote to mastering its complexities, don't rush out and buy it yet. The full version of Adobe PhotoShop is expensive (although there is a much cheaper basic version called PhotoShop Elements) and you could lose your life getting to grips with how it works.
Much better to cultivate a nerdy friend who has already mastered its finer points. Personally I wouldn't know how to do any of the filtering and cloning necessary to attend to my crows' feet but luckily I know a man who does. And I keep him on speed-dial.
If you have enough dosh of course, you can hire a professional to take your pictures and this is a sound investment. Although, personally, I would advise against one of those make-over/glamour photo companies that promise to totally transform you.
I am used to writers looking nothing like their mug shots and have learnt to keep my face impassive when introduced to yet another Grande Dame, long familiar as a soft-focussed beauty from the inside of a book jacket, who turns out to be an old crone with no lips; but others may gasp.
You don't want to see shocked expressions when eager fans/potential promoters meet you in the flesh, so it's prudent to use a photograph that is reasonably up to date and try for one that is still recognisable as you – but a you at your best.
Unless you have lots of money and fancy it anyway, you don't, at this stage, need a flash portfolio of yourself draped over the furniture in a dozen different poses. For now, a single fabulous picture should suffice.
It's true that you usually have to take about a hundred shots to get that one good one, and, if you can afford it, a professional photographer, who understands about lighting and angles will probably get there quicker.
But if a friend with a good digital camera can be persuaded to take a few dozen snaps of you dolled up to the nines, you're still bound to end up with a couple of decent ones in there somewhere. You can even utilise the self-timer function and have a go yourself and probably get a perfectly good picture.
Particularly if you bear in mind that it's the lighting that makes all the difference.
If you decide to have some shots taken outside, choose an overcast day or pose in the shade. This is a must for me anyway as my eyes are so sensitive to sunlight that I end up squinting terribly if I don't wear dark glasses. And while I would be thrilled if I were always photographed in a huge pair of shades – they immediately add glamour and can hide a multitude of sins – they tend to be a big no-no to picture editors, who take the view that they're OK on celebrities but make us ordinary mortals look dodgy.
So for a picture you can send out anywhere, sunglasses are best avoided. (Or any glasses, come to that, as they cause all sorts of problems with reflection). A softer light also works wonders on skin tone and will be much more flattering than direct sun.
Indoors, try to use natural light from a window. If you have to use flash, don't stand against a wall because you'll get harsh shadows. (My photographer chum tells me the more advanced camera user can get round this to a certain extent by bouncing the flash off the ceiling.)
A small lamp at your feet or a sheet of white card on your lap can roll back the years as the light/reflection will bleach out wrinkles and imperfections. (And conversely a harsh top light will enhance every crack and crevice till you look like your grandmother.) NB it's really worth keeping a note of what worked well and what didn't – where you were/what time of day it was/ whether the curtains were drawn right back, etc. – because it saves an awful lot of time when you come to do it all again.
Wherever you are, go for the plainest background you can find, check for anything distracting – trees that appear to be growing out of your head for example – or anything you wouldn't want visible, like your underwear drying on the radiator.
Do think about what clothes you want to wear (the experts advise against wearing totally black or white clothes because it can play havoc with the exposure) have your hair done, spend time on your make-up and experiment to find out which is your best side.
How to get a great pic
1. Take your time. Try to relax. If you're under pressure, and watching the clock you'll look stressed and harassed. If you're uptight because you don't like having your photo taken, have a massage or a glass of wine first.
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3. Wear the right clothes. Choose a simple shirt or plain top and avoid stripes, spots, loud patterns and huge bows that will distract from your face. (Unless you have a boil on your chin.)
4. Experiment. Try different expressions and poses (but look into the lens). Keep checking at the back of the camera to see what works.
5. Remember lighting is all – a professional will know how to light you to advantage but if you're doing it yourself, try brighter and darker spots till you get it right. Get it wrong and you'll look haggard and a hundred, while the perfect light can knock off years. (If you get desperate, so can a facelift.)
6. If you're a woman think posture. Stand up straight, do not hold your arms against your sides and if you have a chest, use it. As a friend of mine whose boyfriend is a photographer for the tabloids, was once advised after a particularly gruesome photo of her appeared in print: "Stomach in and tits out, darling – not the other way round!"
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|An Amish Buggy Ride
28 October 2014
Diana's Review of An Amish Buggy Ride by Sarah Price
101 comments:
You are tempting me, DIANA, to buy another book :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Great review Diana! I'd buy this book on the cover alone. Putting this one on my list, oh my, so many books to read, so little time.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean, JUDY! Don't you wish we had two heads? LolDelete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 7:15 AM
I think I would love reading this book.ReplyDelete
nice photo on the book.
ciao, martaAReplies
MARTA, I'm so glad you made it by! The cover is fabulous, I agree!Delete
MARTA, paperback version is only available to US entrants and I see that you are all the way from Italy! How cool is that!? Please come back to OWG for future giveaways, as we give away a lot of ebooks as well. Or you may go back and enter on Sarah's interview post for an ebook of your choice! :)Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 11:20 AM
yes, I'm from Italy.Delete
thanks for your reply and your nice blog!
ciao, marta
MARTA, thank you and please do come back and visit us! :)Delete
MARTA, please scroll down to the bottom...MAXIE left a comment for you!Delete
I have been watching the talk about this book & I would love to win it. If not, I am sure I will purchase it! Amish Country Ohio is our favorite getaway spot!ReplyDeleteReplies
SHARI, I would love to go to Amish country someday! I hope you get a copy in your hands ASAP! Got you entered! :)Delete
I am a big fan of Sarah Price and would be thrilled to add this book to my collection. Sounds like another awesome read. Thank you for this giveaway.ReplyDeleteReplies
MARY ELLEN, you're so welcome. It's great to meet another fan! :) Good luck in the drawing!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 8:42 AM
I love Amish books and love Sarah Price. I would love to read this book.ReplyDeleteReplies
I hope you will come back and leave at least your first name or an email, dear friend. Without your name we have no way of knowing who left this comment for the drawing. :( Thank you for showing your support of Sarah's writing!Delete
Sounds very interesting, I enjoy stories about love and forgiveness because they're so linked together. Thanks for the opportunity!ReplyDeleteReplies
ELISE, yes they are! Good luck in the drawing!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 9:56 AM
I love Amish book and will buy this book in a heart beat.ReplyDeleteReplies
Could you please come back and leave your name for drawing purposes? Or an email--whichever you prefer. Thx for coming by, dear viewer!Delete
Sounds really good ! Love to read Amish .Blessings ,DanaGirlReplyDeleteReplies
Me, too, DANA! And Sarah's are different. I like different! Good luck, gf!Delete
I am looking forward to reading An Amish Buggy Ride.I enjoy reading your books.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aren't they wonderful, EMMA? I have some on my Kindle from Sarah that are calling to me...as soon as I get some time!Delete
I would LOVE to win this book and I really enjoy Sarah's books. Thank you for the chance to win it.ReplyDelete
Hoping for a win for you, WENDY, but if not be sure to order a copy. You'll really enjoy it!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 10:10 AM
Brenda Wheeler this book sounds great would love to read it getting chilly here have to get settle for winter with all books I wan to read . Thank you for the give awayReplyDeleteReplies
I hear you, BRENDA! Nothing like cuddling up next to the fireplace with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate on those freezing winter days!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 10:17 AM
I really enjoy Amish Fiction & Sarah is a very favorite Author.ReplyDelete
I would like to add this book to my Library. Thanks for the
opportunity to participate in the GiveAway.
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She has quickly become one of mine, too! Thx for coming by and just tossed your name in the hat!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 10:55 AM
I would love to win this book! I have just finished reading some of Sarah's books. She has become one of my "new" favorite Amish authors! Thank you for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
You're welcome, BECKY! I'm reading another one of hers now btw! Good luck in the drawing!Delete
Love Sarah Price and her books! She is among the favorite authors that I love!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm with you, WOWENS! I hope you enjoy An Amish Buggy Ride!Delete
Would so love to win An Amish Buggy Ride by Sarah Price!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 11:22 AM
The cover is great and I just started reading Sarah Price so would love to win a copyReplyDelete
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Hi, THERESA! I love the eyes at the top, don't you? :) Sarah has a lot of great Kindle deals on her books at Amazon if you own one of those. Maybe you'll win one here! Blessings~Delete
I SO want to read this! Hopefully soon!ReplyDelete
Love Sarah's writing :)Replies
I so hope you get the chance, LORETTA...hopefully soon!! :PDelete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 11:35 AM
I would love to win the Amish Buggy Ride Book! It looks like a great read that will keep you wanting more to read.. A very humbling and simple book to read. Ilook forward to reading this book. Kristina KohlerReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 12:02 PM
You're review alone Diana really makes me want to read this. You are a new to me author Sarah Price since I have only read one of your books " First impressions ". Unfortunately that is the only one my library has. I would love to have the chance to win this one. Thank you for the opportunity.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your kind words, DEANNE! I absolutely loved First Impressions and am currently reading The Matchmaker which is the 2nd book in that series!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 12:14 PM
I'm fairly new to Amish books and I really like Sarah Price's books. I would be thrilled to win this book. Thank you for the contest!!ReplyDelete
TINA, thank you for sharing and lotsa luck in the giveaway!Delete
Thanks for the great review DIANA...another wonderful book that I hope to read soon!! :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
I hope you get the chance soon, TERESA! Hugs, my friend!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 12:53 PM
I love reading about the beautiful Plain People and would LOVE to add this one to my collection. I agree, the cover alone will sell this book :) Can't wait to read It :)ReplyDelete
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JANET, so delighted to see you here on OWG. I know I couldn't resist this one on a bookstore shelf!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 12:53 PM
another fabulous book from sara. please enter me in this contest.ReplyDeleteReplies
We would love to but don't know who you are, dear friend. :( And there are several other anonymouses on here. mouses? lol Please do come back and leave your name so we can enter you. Thx!Delete
After that great review I'd love to read this book! Thanks for the nice giveaway!ReplyDeleteReplies
Why thank you, TAMMY! My daughter's name is Tammy as well. :) Throwing your name in my cyberhat here. ;)Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 4:07 PM
I would love to win this book, but even if I don't, I will buy it and I look forward to reading it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! I hope you come back and leave a name or email if you would like to enter the drawing. Hugs!Delete
Count me in on this one.."I would love this book!ReplyDeleteReplies
Gotcha counted, MELANIE! Blessings~Delete
Would so love to read and review this book. I love Amish fiction stories!ReplyDeleteReplies
They are quite popular, GAIL! And Sarah is so good at writing them, especially since she has lived among the Amish on and off.Delete
I do enjoy a good Amish book, I have seen these buggies in Iowa along the back roads, love to see them!ReplyDelete
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I have never ever seen one in my whole life, DEANNA! But it's on my bucket list to visit Amish country! Maybe God will grant that wish, but if not I can see the Amish thru Sarah's lovely writing!Delete
Please add my name to the buggy....I mean the giveaway! Would love to read Sarah's new book. Thank you for the chance to win a copy.ReplyDelete
LOL, KAREN! You're so cute. Tossing your name in the buggy, er hat that is! ;)Delete
Wonderful review DIANA, it certainly sounds intriguing!! And congrats on having your endorsement published on Sarah's book!ReplyDeleteReplies
Aww -- thank you, my bestie! It is a super special book written by a super special lady!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 9:50 PM
I sure hope to win this book! Karen ClintonReplyDeleteReplies
KAREN, I hope you do, too. But I want EVERYONE to win....so we'll see what random number has to say about it. lol Thx so much for coming by!Delete
I have seen a lot of great things said about this book.I would love to win and read it.Thanks for the chance.ReplyDeleteReplies
JACKIE, you heard right, my friend. Hope you enjoy the story.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2014 at 11:36 PM
Oh my Diana. You did a great job with this review of Sarah's book. I would so love to win it. Gonna cross my fingers. (Grin) it sounds so interesting. Please put my name in. Maxie > mac262(at)me(dot)com <ReplyDeleteReplies
MAXIE, you're such a sweetheart! Thank you! Keep those fingers crossed, but make sure not to cross your eyes. My mom told me they would get stuck that way! LolDelete
Super review! Love Sarah Price!! Cant get enough of her writing!! Can't wait to read this latest book!!ReplyDeleteReplies
JANICE, thank you! On behalf of Sarah and myself. Hoping you get a copy in your hands soon!Delete
Love Sarah's writing! Beautiful book cover! The story line sounds awesome. Would be honored to win a copy of this book.ReplyDelete
Mary E
I love the cover as well, MARY, and it so fits the story within. Good luck!Delete
Hey Diana,ReplyDelete
I would love to read this book. Never read any of sarah Prices books this sounds like a good book.
Hey, DANIE! This one is sure to turn you into a "Sarah" fan I hope! Her books are definitely "out of the box" Amish fiction.Delete
I love Sarah Price books and would really like to win this one, Love the cover.ReplyDeleteReplies
Welcome, PHYLLIS! Good luck in the giveaway and thx for sharing!Delete
I think I'll take your advice and put this book at the top of my wish list. ÜReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
I wish hubby would take my advice that easily, CINDI. lol Thx for stopping by!Delete
Sarah Price is a new author to me. My sister-in-law is letting me read First Impressions. It would be nice to win a copy of An Amish Buggy Ride and share it with my sister-in-law. Thank you for the opportunity.ReplyDeleteReplies
KAYLEE, I loved First Impressions. After I read the book I wanted to watch the movie Pride and Prejudice again, and all thru the book I kept seeing Keira Knightley and Mr. Darcy! lolDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2014 at 6:20 PM
Sarah, I would love to read one of your books. I have not read any of your books, but this one sounds GREAT.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi, DEB4READING! Sarah has so many books on Amazon at great prices. I hope you win here, but if not please do run by Amazon and take a look. I have a lot of hers to catch up on myself! :)Delete
Would love to read this book :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Welcome to OWG, RFERRY! I would love for you to have the chance to read this one as well, so lotsa luck to you! :)Delete
Guilt can really do a number on your self-esteem. I'd love to read this and see how she overcomes her feelings of guilt and learns to live again. Thank you for the chance! ~ Mippy/Sabrina :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, indeed it can, MIPPY. It can paralyze and keep a person from leading a normal life, as with poor Kate here. But she will have you rooting for her all the way! Thx for coming by!Delete
Like Judy, I'm already drawn in by the cover! :)ReplyDelete
I'm a cover girl, too, EMCCLURE! :) Blessings~Delete
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2014 at 2:51 AM
LOL LOL Diana, my mother used to tell me the same thing. Also, when I frowned she would tell me she hoped it didn't freeze that way. By the way, I had a brother whose name was Paul. Maxie PS: I want to say hello to Marta. Nice to meet someone from Italy. Welcome to a great blog with these wonderful OWG ladies. MaxieReplyDelete
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Hehe, MAXIE. Well, then you must have smiled all the time bc that did freeze on your lovely face!Delete
Thank you for welcoming MARTA! And for your kind words about the blog! :)
- Bonnie RoofNovember 1, 2014 at 9:34 PM
Beautiful review, Diana - thank you!! I haven't read any of Sarah's books, however, after reading your review - would love to read "An Amish Buggy Ride"!! The number of comments indicate Sarah is a fabulous author with many followers.ReplyDelete
The story line indicates, as you said, it isn't a typical Amish book and your review hints that secrets in the book are uncovered to reveal problems the Amish have that are similar to ours, yet might not often be covered in most Amish books. This makes it very enticing to me - I love stories of redemption!!Replies
- Bonnie RoofNovember 1, 2014 at 9:41 PM
P.S. I love visiting Amish communities - the cover of "An Amish Buggy Ride" is beautiful and very realistic and typical of what you see in an Amish community.Delete
Thank you, BONNIE! You are quite right about the secrets. Sarah spends time living with the Amish from time to time and I think that enables her to have a greater insight into some of the problems they have that are similar to ours. People are people no matter what religion they are or how perfect they seem to be. I hope you enjoy reading it!Delete


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The whole book.
Over and over again.
It will bless your life.
For the past 23 days, I have been reading a chapter out of Proverbs before going to sleep. I have 8 more chapters to read and can't wait to get to the last chapter, which describes the virtuous woman.
I have read through Proverbs before but was not very focused and dedicated to my reading. I just read through the book just to say I have read it, but I didn't retain anything from it. This time, as I am reading, I am truly seeking to learn God's Word and retain it so I can let go of so many of my foolish ways that are hindering me from really prospering in God's Will for me.
In Proverbs, the message is pretty much clear cut: wisdom leads to life, prosperity, and honour while foolishness leads to shame, destruction, and death. Wisdom desires to help us and counsel us out of our simpleness and folly. She is actually calling out to us to LISTEN to what she has to tell us. Unfortunately being caught up in this wacky world can cause us to turn a deaf ear to Wisdom.
This has happened to me so many times. And every time I ignored Wisdom's calling, I fell on my face. Ow!
And she was laughing "I was trying to tell you so!"
Double Ow!
This is why the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge. When you reverend Him and respect Him, you are more attuned to what He tells you through His Word. When you don't fear Him, you can't possibly gain spiritual guidance because you regard worldly matters over Him.
This is why distractions are ultimately dangerous to your soul.
You can't see God's vision for your life so you become foolishly lost in a world that doesn't care for you anyway. You can't hear God's Word to experience a life promoting transformation so you are constantly destroying your life by committing your same foolish mistakes. You can't taste of God's sweet bread and victory He already has for you because your mouth is frequently being stuffed with toxic junk the world freely serves you on a silver platter. You can't feel God's spirit working through your weaknesses to make you stronger because you are busy feeling the short lived instant gratification the world offers you causing you to ALWAYS end up unsatisfied and disappointed at your insecurities. You can't smell the sweet grace and mercy God bestows on you every morning because the stench of pride has you hooked like a bad drug habit that can't do anything but kill you.
As you can see, God wants us to engage all our senses into Him. He wants us to seek Him for the source of everything. He wants us to be filled with Him. Input determines output. Input Godliness and you will look and act more like Him. Input worldliness and you will look more like a simple fool.
What are you putting into your spirit?
If you are putting in undesirable things, then turn to Proverbs! As a mother, I have realized that I have to be careful what my output is because I have two little eyes watching me like clockwork. Clearly there are foolish habits I don't ever want Zakiah to pick up such as being quick tempered and slothful. These are destructive behaviors and you don't want your child on that type of start. Now don't get it twisted, I am not a 24/7 hot head and lazy bum! This is by no means the case. I am a pretty calm and collected person who does get things done, but I do have those moments where a disagreement of frustration can wear down my patience where I allow myself to get a little tempered a little too quick. As for as the slothfulness, it is more in regard to getting more productive and challenging work done and not just completing simple everyday tasks.
That is why I must input God's Word in me so I can change my output and perspective so that she can model Godliness after my actions.
Granted transformation takes time and dedication to study God's Word. But I can say that I trust God's Word and that in three weeks, I am retaining so much of His word than ever before. I am understanding more and realizing that I have been doing quite a bit of things displeasing in His eyes for a long time now. I believe He can help me overcome my shortcomings and pray that I will allow Him to work out my many kinks because that is my desire. And when our will lines up with His Will, we know our desires will be met.
I pray that if it is your desire to become a better and wiser individual that you seek God first and turn to His Word.
It will change your life surely!
God is so Good! Don't you know that He blesses us with each day knowing we will sin and wrong against Him? If that isn't grace and mercy, then I don't know what is. I pondered this fact two nights ago and it blew my mind! He is amazing!
And all He wants in return is for us to love Him and give Him glory and praise.
Thank You Father! I love You!
Enjoy your weekend!


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Thursday, March 26, 2015
in my neighbourhood
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Beautiful! I especially love the first two, the way you capture the light in and between the leaves.ReplyDelete
So much luscious green. What a wondrous combination of natural and man-made. I like the way you have captured both these aspects of your neighborhood, taking us the viewer with you through your surroundings.ReplyDelete
What a lovely neighborhood. I love the green shade along the pavement.ReplyDelete
really interesting, you have a lot going on in your neighbourhood.ReplyDelete
Wow you live in an interesting neighborhood. Loved the gorgeous blooms in that first shot. Also it has a great fence in it. If you ever visit (The Run-a-round Ranch Report) blog on Thursdays she does Good Fences and that would have been a great one to share. - Also that Mural on the building was pretty neat looking. I enjoyed stopping by.ReplyDelete
Beautiful images, it sounds like an interesting place to liveReplyDelete
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Here are some of the leaked iphone 5 designs and concepts. Some of them looks great and some of them looks fake. But what will you choose the best iphone 5 design?
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
iPhone 5 Concepts Leaked
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Posted by Vincreations at 12:15 AM
Labels: Iphone 5, Technology
3 comments:
liked the last one.. nice photos
- March 3, 2012 at 5:43 PM
- Henry said...
You have some interesting iPhone 5 concepts here different from mine.
Hello! Can we do link exchange too?
- June 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM
- Theo said...
The last one, although the button seems like an icebreaker as the iPhone has always had the signature circle one - this one kinda reminds me of the Samsung galaxy's.
- June 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM
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I liked a quote in THIS article
"it's really consumers setting the agenda, not the retailer. "Our customer is becoming much more articulate about needs in this space," she said. "The best way to do it is to work together as an industry."–Andrea Thomas, senior VP-sustainability for Walmart, the flagship U.S. retailer of the Walmart Stores.
The industry is changing and with Wal-Mart continuing to stay strong on adapting their policies to more sustainable practices, people take notice and begin to join.
"So, for example, Adam Werbach cites a Wal-Mart worker who walked into a break room one day and wondered why the Pepsi vending machine had a light inside. Knowing that the company was committed to becoming more energy-efficient and sustainable, the worker removed the bulb. Word spread. Eventually, Wal-Mart's CFO decried that all the unneeded lights be taking out of all the vending machines in the stores. "That one simple effort saved about $1 million in energy costs," Werbach says. Just as important, Wal-Mart's PSPs have helped working-class people in the middle of the country to environmentalism–something that I doubt the Sierra Club has been able to do."–find this quote here


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Hey kids, we've been ditching you for a few Sundays now and we haven't been giving you a smorgasbord of lost video releases either, so that needs to change. So, we've got a little something special in this "cut from the team" article.
We've been into Tumblr lately and that site is all about .gif sets, so we figured you'd like to see some right here for the selection we brought up this week. We'll start with the top of the underdogs, as Batman Arkham Origins sort of flew under the radar at Comic Con, ironically. Still, this reveal of Copperhead both has a seductive slither and a terrifying Black Mask. You should watch it.
Secondly, Half-Life mod conversion Insurgency is back with a new trailer. It looks a whole lot like Counter-Strike in the open air, though the clip does manage to put team play in a good light with this grouped gameplay segments.
Now, this next one; we don't have a clue what the theme is. In the TV show clip for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a clown is putting on a show for kids when suddenly a mysterious figure appears from the shadows and bad stuff happens? It looks like someone really hates clowns.
Finally, the latest clip for Wildstar explores some more of its characters. This colorful online game looks like it has some smoothly animated character models. We hope to see even more from it soon.
Feel free to tell us in the comments if you'd like to see more .gifs and stuff from us.


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Edwin Henry and his film crew are living in a bombed out house. Two others live there: an American female journalist and a British Authority. One afternoon the British man sits out on the balcony despite everyone's warnings. This causes an attack on the house and everyone flees. Edwin and the woman discuss the attack, which is the first that the woman has witnessed. After the attack, everyone resumes his or her social activities in order to bond together.
"Landscape with Figures" Analysis
Edwin's experiences filming the Spanish Civil War continue. Here, the danger is not the enemy army, but his own neighbor, the British Authority, who does not understand how to fight a guerrilla war. The British Authority's arrogance is a symbol for the attitude of the British toward the Spanish Civil War, in which they...
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Having loved the card I made last week, I had to make some more! This time I took an A4 sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock and stamped the Serene Snowflakes all over in Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso and finally Champagne Mist Glimmer Paint.
I then cut several panels out of the sheet. This technique is called "One Sheet Wonder" as you use a whole sheet of patterned paper (home made or DSP) and make a stack of cards. This is great if, like me, you have loads of cards to make.
I started off with an Early Espresso card base, I cut a triangular panel and a star, layered them onto Rich Razzleberry CS and added a snip of Rich Razzleberry Striped ribbon. I then added the greeting banner. I used a square punch to cut the ends of the banner, layering it on Early Espresso then Rich Razzleberry.
The star was finished off with a button, once you've done the pattered paper it's amazing how quickly you can make this card.
Thanks for looking,
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Chris Brown Reveals His Next Single: Is It About Rihanna Or Karrueche?
Chris took to Twitter to tell his fans that his next single is 'Don't Judge Me' but is this heartfelt song about Rihanna or Karrueche?
Chris Brown is pleading with a girl in his new single "Don't Judge Me" and the emotional lyrics are leaving fans torn. Could it be he's telling Karrueche Tran not to worry about Rihanna and the rumors out there about him? Or could he be reassuring Rihanna that he loves her and Karrueche means nothing?
"I don't wanna go there/ We should never go there," he says. "So please don't judge me/ And I won't judge you/ Cause it could get ugly/ Before it gets beautiful," he croons in the hook."
But the most telling lyrics are when he says: "Your hearing rumors about me/And you can't stomach the thought/Of someone touchin my body /When your so close to my heart/I wont deny what their sayin'/Because most of it is true/But it was all before I fell for you/So please babe."
This is Chris' fifth single off his Fortune album. Chris was just in the South of France at the same time as Rihanna and we told you that it wasn't a coincidence…
Who do you think this song is about?
— Chloe Melas
More Chris Brown, Rihanna, Drake, & the 2012 MTV VMA's:
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A little bit about me..................
My name is Lou Price, hence the L00Py's (Lou P's if you still dont get it!).
I suffer from a rare Genetic Condition, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type III. Unfortunately this is rarely diagnosed early enough to make sufficient change to a life style, especially at my age, and can result in some form of disability. This is the reason I have immersed myself in craft.
Before I discovered the EDS factor, I have had a full and varied Career and life. I had a privileged background, and attended Private Boarding School where I played Hockey for 3 teams at the same time. I decided against University, my to my parents disgruntlement and became a Police Officer in Central London, where an injury first caused concern, but I would remain undiagnosed for another 20yrs. I was a supervisor in a wedding hire factory, Sales assistant, Trainer, and an IT business professional to name a few. I was training as an Adult Teacher until the EDS kicked in with a vengeance.
Quite a mix of occupations there!!!
I have 3 children ( Former Chef at The Hilton Hotel Manchester, now going into cake design, Gamekeeper in Training, and the last one looks to be a Crafter, all 3 are EDS'ers) 3 step children, and 3 dogs, just to keep the 3 theme going!!
I have always been a crafter, even as a child. French Dolly knitting, scrapbooking, when Scrap Books were Scrap books, (in fact I still have a few in the loft, Duran Duran I think,) I have tried almost everything to do with craft. I have made my own clothes and furnishings, tried knitting (Complete failure!), like crotchet, paint using One Stroke, which I still use, decorate my own tiles and plates and windows, now I am immersing myself in Paper/Card craft and trying to incorporate the techniques I have learned though other crafts and incorporate those disciplines into my papercrafting.
I stamp, distress, cd craft, kit craft. I use promarkers, and watercolours. And I will take a crafty idea, and run with it!! Currently, I am responsible for the Tea Set on display in Dean Wilsons Dressing room, created the Waterfall Secret Book Card from Kim Suttons Template and am becoming known for my Macaroons at craft shows!
Hence the designs on my page which arent anywhere else that I have found, and are truly unique. Hopefully, you can adapt some of my ideas for your own use, or just to kick start your own inspiration.
Currently I am looking for some Design Team work as I live in a deprived area not very big on Handcrafted cards, and doing my own Craft fairs are hard work, so doing DT work would be a good way to continue producing so prolifically.
If you want to contact me, my email is pricesandmore(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk,
Thanks for looking at my blog and I hope you liked what you saw,


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An interdisciplinary panel of Columbia University scientists, risk managers and health experts will give brief presentations on a wide range of topics, including the science of what happened, health considerations in medium- and long-term relief efforts, and risk perception and management. Art Lerner-Lam, Doherty senior research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will give an introduction.
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Dean Lake Photography was at our the WCDFA Kennel Club annual Bark in the Park event doing pet portraits. You have seen Dean's work on my blog before, she is an excellent agility action shot photographer and competes not only in agility with her Golden Retriever, but also is wonderful in dock diving! The BIP event is always a big hit in the community, we give demo's on agility, directed retrieving in field work, sheep and duck herding, obedience (including simple instruction on how to teach anyone in attendance how to teach simple commands such as sit and down), the Haywood County and Jackson County K-9 cop teams come and talk to the public, an "ask the vet" booth and many other vendors, our ever popular raffle, kids games, and a fantastic DJ keeping things moving with great music and commentary. We hold the event in conjuction with AKC support of Responsible Dog Owner Day. It was one of the three major events our small club hosts, the others being our two day all breed/obed show/trial in June and our 3 day/2ring agility trial in September. Our small club serves all counties west of Asheville NC and south of I-40, if you are ever in the area, come attend one of our events or visit us at a meeting! (Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association)
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I began the project by reading around the subject and considering what it is about the bones of animals that interests me.
In my reading, I came across a number of interesting articles and books about archaeology and art, materiality and how we perceive objects. All very interesting, but one thing struck me – in all my reading, animal bones were always considered in the same vein as other archaeological artefacts; bones appeared in lists of finds amongst things like pottery, tools or items of jewellery, without any acknowledgement of their difference.
For me, bones are different. They are not artefacts in that they have not been crafted by humans (although some are used to make other artefacts such as tools or adornments, but are modified for this). Animal bones have had a former life, possibly untouched by humans for all or some part of it. The animal itself had agency. It had its own biography. It had relations and an origin.
Interestingly, the field of archaeology is, in the USA, considered a branch of anthropology. Archaeology is the study of human lives through the discovery and interpretation of remains. Thus animal bones have come to be seen through the lense of the study of human culture, and have been thought of and written about as just another kind of object in the human story. But there is animal story there. What happens if we look at the story from the point of view of the animal?
I've been rummaging through the boxes in the collection at the University, sifting my way through like a bone picker looking for something useful, intrigued by the curious interior shapes of all sorts of creatures.
I have decided to keep away from skulls for now. Skulls are already quite a fetishised object and perhaps too evocative; they appear too frequently in scenes of superstitious devilry or as gothic emblems or heavy metal t-shirts. For now I prefer the more abstract shaped bones, the ones that I'm not sure which part of a body they might be from, the ones that make me marvel at how they evolved and how alien some of the species of this planet are to me.
I will start by just getting to know them.


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The Modern Day Holocaust (oh, and some baseball picks!)
Friday, August 7, 2009
I'm a little ashamed.
I have a history degree after all, and while I wouldn't call myself a World War II expert I'd like to think I have at least a lay knowledge of the basics of the Holocaust.
But in all the years I've been teaching, I don't recall ever covering that really what the Nazis wanted was universal health care.
Today's Greenwald provides the clip of Limbaugh comparing Obama and Pelosi to Nazis.
Moreoever, the article and this one, by Joan Walsh place in context the sheer volume of the Nazi talk that has existed about Obama coming from the right since the end stages of the campaign (and the lack of mainstream media interest in that talk) with the mainstream firestorm when a random entrant in a contest equated Bush with Nazis a few years ago.
You're allowed to be against a national health care system. I disagree and disagree strongly.
But neither one of us is a Nazi because of it.
Obama doesn't hate white people (quoting Glenn Beck, who to make a reference to the movie Tropic Thunder, has apparently gone "full retard". I may start calling him Simple Jack. I don't have any idea what a "Glenn Beck" + "Simple Jack" search would yield, but I'd like to see it grow with the speed of my "Michael Jackson" + "William Appleman Williams" google) because he timidly offered that maybe we don't arrest black professors in their homes for arrogance.
Since the last days of that dying, absolutely blown out in the popular vote McCain/Palin campaign, the voices on the right have been yelling socialism, and secret Muslim, and not born in this country, and now racist, Nazi, who wants to use this health care program as cover to murder old people.
It is madness.
I've referred multiple times to the Mike Judge film Idiocracy, which is largely crappy, but increasingly prescient about our increasing level of collective duh-ness.
I just made that up this second by the way. Duh-ness. Feel free to trade with your friends.
Here was Sarah Palin, just today, on her facebook page. Now, this is not a joke. This is from last year's Republican candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States:
The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.
I get a lot of mail from the left. Obama. The DNC. Moveon.org. Robert Greenwald. Michael Moore.
I've read Chomsky and Zinn and Barbara Ehrenreich.
I don't like organized religion. I don't like the Electoral College. I think Ronald Wilson Reagan was a terrible president.
I don't like the Star Spangled Banner.
I don't believe in Jesus. If it ever came up for a vote - I'd take your guns away and raise your taxes.
I'm full on lefty, pro gay marriage and animal rights. I'm most of the things you don't like.
There is no death panel. Someone would have sent me an email. Or a tweet.
@deathpanel: "Kill the babies. And the grandmas. Especially the white ones. Who heart Jesus."
It's made up. Fully and totally. 'Cause that's all they got. Crazy ass made up stories. That's what's left of the Republican Party. Its Vice Presidential nominee says Obama wants a death panel to decide to kill babies with down's syndrome. That's where we are in 2009.
Unrelated - 50 games left in the MLB season - here are my playoff picks and the current WARP3 All-MLB Team for the season:
P Dan Haren (NL) Zach Greinke (AL)
1B Albert Pujols (NL) Justin Morneau (AL)
2B Chase Utley (NL) Ben Zobrist (AL)
SS Marco Scutaro (AL) Hanley Ramirez (NL)
3B Evan Longoria (AL) Casey Blake (NL)
OF Matt Kemp (NL) Ichiro Suzuki (AL)
OF Ryan Braun (NL) Adam Jones (AL)
OF Shin-soo Choo (AL) Jayson Werth (NL)
C Joe Mauer (AL) Yadier Molina (AL)
My MVP votes are Pujols and Longoria/Mauer
AL East - Yankees
Central - White Sox
West - Angels
WC - Red Sox
NL East -Phils
Central - Cards
West - Dodgers
WC - Rockies (I mean, Giants! Go Giants! Grumble.)
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Seamus Heaney, Warren Thompson, Jimmy Ellis and mise at Sam Thompson's graveside
Seamus Heaney is dead. When I heard the news this morning I was cleaning out a shed. Dirty and dusty and lost in that chore I got the news by text. I was deeply shocked. I stood for a while trying to take it in. I still can't quite believe it. Although I have known Seamus personally for many years like millions of others I first knew him through his words – and what words. As a result I seem to have known him most of my life. And now he's gone.
Seamus was a national treasure. He was of us with a profound and humane understanding of us as an island people with all our fault lines and flaws and strengths. He was extremely modest, approachable and humble. And until his death this morning the world's greatest living poet in the English language.
His name is spoken of in awe alongside those of Yeats, Joyce and Friel, O Connor and Kavanagh, and O Brien, O Casey and Shaw and so many of our other great writers and poets.
He was a proud Tamlaghduff man from County Derry who loved his place and people. And he wrote about them often. In his first major collection – Digging – he wrote of his father digging for potatoes and his grandfather cutting the turf ...
By God, the old man could handle a spade.
Just like his old man.
My grandfather cut more turf in a day
Than any other man on Toner's bog.
Once I carried him milk in a bottle
Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up
To drink it, than fell to right away
Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
Over his shoulder, going down and down
For the good turf. Digging.'
He and Michael McLaverty both taught for a time in St. Thomas's Secondary school on the Whiterock Road in west Belfast.
I first read Seamus Heaney in the early 1970's. They were difficult and dangerous years. West Belfast, like other places was under British Army military occupation. Once while travelling on a bus down the Falls Road I was so busy reading his 'Death of a Naturalist', that he had published in 1966, that I failed to notice that the Brits had stopped the bus. It was the Parachute Regiment and they walked menacingly up and down asking passengers their names, addresses where they were going and checking this info with their Intelligence Officer and against cards of photos they carried with them of those they were hunting.
One Brit stared at me for a second and then questioned the passenger behind me. Everybody heaved a sigh of relief when they got off. From that point on Seamus Heaney became a sort of talisman for me.
In 2003 when I was writing 'Hope and History' which deals with the 80s and 90s and the birth and evolution of the peace process, I contacted Seamus and asked if he minded me quoting from his poem 'The Cure at Troy'. It seemed to me then and today that 'The Cure at Troy' at once catches the despair of conflict and the hope of peace and justice. And 'hope and history rhyme'. He generously agreed.
At Sam Thompson's rededication event
More recently in 2010 he returned to west Belfast for the rededication of a stone at the grave of playwright Sam Thompson and to speak about Michael McLaverty at a Féile an Phobail event in St. Mary's University College on the Falls Road. Sam Thompson was a well known and influential writer. In 1959 the directors of the Group Theatre in Belfast refused to stage 'Over the Bridge' because of the way it highlighted sectarianism. The well known actor Jimmy Ellis left the group set up his own company and went ahead with the play in 1960.
Seamus and other contemporaries of Sam Thompson's, including Sam's son Warren and Jimmy Ellis gathered with the rest of us in the City Cemetery in the mizzley soft rain for a poignant little event. Although it is a story that will be told at another time the ceremony was hilarious and indeed ended up with Seamus giving the tribute to both Sam Thompson and Jimmy Ellis.
Afterwards Seamus and Marie Heaney went off with Danny Morrison to visit Saint Thomas' School where Seamus and Michael McLaverty used to teach It was his first time there since 1961.By all accounts it was a very emotional visit for him. Incidentally in his poem 'Whatever you say, say nothing' he uses the line 'is there a life before death'. That legend first appeared in neat white capitals on the wall of the city cemetery on the Whiterock Road. I saw it the first morning after it was painted.
His talk in the big hall in Saint Mary's where he told us of the first time he saw his wife Marie were also emotional moments for this wonderful poet and thoroughly decent man. His tribute to McLaverty, because that is what it was, was peppered with humorous little insights and telling observations. We all sat enthralled. And then he read us some of his poetry. In many ways this visit was also a reconciliation. I think Marie understood that and she was delighted.
As well as being a wonderful human being Seamus was a literary figure of huge international stature, regarded by many as the greatest Irish poet since Yeats. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Nobel citation described his poetry as 'works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.'
Seamus was wise and modest and dazzled us constantly with his wordsmithery. His poetry uplifted and surprised us; challenged and brought comfort. He was in Derry during the Fleadh with Liam Óg O Flynn performing 'The Poet and the Piper'. His verse 'The Given Note' involves two of my favourite pieces; Port na bPúcaí played by Liam and Seamus's own 'The Given Note'. I'm going to play the cd now.
Seamus knew his gift was a given but he worked at it. Magically weaving words, reliving memories, invoking imagination and emotion. Making us laugh and cry. And also making us think.
But no celebration of his life would be complete without reference to 'The Cure at Troy' and his deep sense of hope for the future that underpins it.
Human beings suffer,
they torture one another,
they get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
can fully right a wrong
inflicted or endured.
The innocent in gaols
The innocent in gaols
beat on their bars together.
A hunger-striker's father
stands in the graveyard dumb.
The police widow in veils
faints at the funeral home.
History says, Don't hope
History says, Don't hope
on this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
the longed for tidal wave
of justice can rise up,
and hope and history rhyme.
So hope for a great sea-change
So hope for a great sea-change
on the far side of revenge.
Believe that a further shore
is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
and cures and healing wells.Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam


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When we started the hike, Ryan looked down and spotted a stingray in the water. So of course we watched it swim around for a little while.
We ended up stopping several times along the hike to take pictures of the sunset, I think have a million. But it was beautiful!
The water was so blue...
We made it to the end, enjoyed the view, and it was time to end back before it was dark.
There is just something about the sunset that screams God's glory. We have been studying Genesis in our bible study at church, and it has been so good to reflect on God's creation.
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Gen 1:31


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My finals are over now, so I have much more time to make pretty things to inspire you all. What a relief! I have been so overloaded with things to do lately, it will be nice to have that all pared down a bit! However, I wish I could take a long winter's nap ;-)
Today's project is a Christmas present I made for my sometimes cantankerous grandma. She has two Boston terriers that she just adores, so when I saw the Boston terrier image on the Pet Shop cartridge I knew immediately that something was going to be made with it. The little puppies names are Honey and Sugar, which I think are great names! Now, she is impossible to please but I am hoping that she will actually like this. Fingers crossed!
Also, I used the Cricut Craft Room Exclusive Banners cartridge. I have to tell you, I filled up an entire 12" x 12" mat with these banners at various sizes for later. I just love these and am so happy to have as many as I want at whatever size I want! Don't you just love that!
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|I used a die and my trusty cuttlebug for the lettering.
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The most frustrating thing about finishing a First novel is what to do when the rewrites are done and the book is...well...written. I know I should be starting another piece...and I have...but images of that mistake I may or may not have made on page 197 (or 123) keep invading the process.
The first couple of weeks (after typing a date at the bottom of the last page and carefully sliding a rubber band over the pages) were dedicated to the query letter and the synopsis. I have never stressed over the sound of single words more than I have composing that one single-page document. It reminds me of the SAT's in high school. Don't worry about it...it's only a test...your whole depends on it. I'm fifty-eight; somehow, my "whole life" is a scarier concept.
I may understand the process, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. This Little Piggy Belongs to the Devil...that's the novel...is a short, taut psychological thriller that has been reduced - repeatedly! - to "your project is not quite right for our list". In similar words, I have heard the same message forty-one times. One agent even sent the not quite right missive printed on a business card neatly tucked into the folds of my original letter.
I keep a positive attitude. I have to. It is part of the process. I use the word "process" a lot; it's what we signed on for when we decided writing made sense as a career, a future and a life. There is always a silver lining, a positive aspect; at present, unanswered queries still outnumber rejected ones. Positive thinking, right?
The whole concept of an acceptable list made starting the new novel difficult. What if this thriller, with its octogenarian hero, is somehow last year? Like television. Lawyers and cops are in, doctors and Charlie Sheen are out and no one is sure about the CIA. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Cold Spaghetti is the idea and the idea is taking shape. It is starting to breath on its own. In a little while, I'll be pushing different qwerty combinations on the laptop; my characters will be doing all the real work.
I've noticed that I've stopped thinking about the remaining fifty-three unanswered query letters in favor of the idiosyncrasies of my cranky protagonist...at least until I check the mail and find another SASE with its two, neat fold lines.
Next: Ruminating Philosophically (May 15, 2011)


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Kristin Jones As the role of law firm chief privacy officer becomes more prevalent and expansive, many CPOs are finding themselves in the midst of a delicate balancing act, weighing compliance with government regulations and client requirements on one side with the needs of firm business on the other.
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