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So I've slapped up the new masthead.
Although, I must admit, shamefully, the Christmas tree is STILL standing on our sun porch. Dry as a popcorn fart. But while it's standing there MOCKING ME with all its dry, pine scent, it is no longer adorned with ornaments -- thanks to an unusual burst of energy last weekend. I have hope that by the end of this coming weekend it will be dragged to the edge of the road by my husband.
I'd do it myself but I don't think it'd be wise with Annabel leading the way (down our steep stairs) and Silas tucked into his sack (trying to get fist fulls of needles into his mouth) with his octopus arms reaching out.
So ... let the screamfest begin!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Well it's almost February
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Down for the count
This is the last photo I took of the kids before I became an incubus for viral plague.
Aren't they cute?
I mean. I was a little concerned that Brother Bear here would topple, head first off the step while I tried to focus the camera, but Ittybit turns out to be a first-class seatbelt in that regard.
But I digress.
The day went on without any other concerns . ... well I did have a tension headache starting late afternoon, but nothing that really would herald the
symptoms which reared their ugly heads that evening.
You know ... Just your run-of-the-mill, overall full-body grossness.
Luckily the kids haven't gotten it yet. And the man wasn't out of town (or sick) so he could be the feeding, changing "don't put that in your mouth" parent for the day when it turned out the Babysitter's husband was home sick, too.
Of course I woke up this morning (feeling much better, thankyouverymuch) to find an earthquake had rocked our livingroom and a cyclone had blown similar debris through the kitchen.
"You know I did keep it pretty neat for the first three hours. ... you should have seen it then!" He laughs ... as he offers me a quarter cup of coffee.
Well, I had been feeling better.
Monday, January 28, 2008
I mean really ...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Bedtime stories: A cautionary tale
When the cat's away ...
The mice inhabit the bed.
And they sleep diagonally.
If sleep is even what it's called.
One fidgets.
The other kicks.
Both make the king-sized bed seem only kid-sized.
And then the mommy sleeps on the couch. With the dog.
Who farts.
And growls at the cat.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Impulse buy
We do so love our art projects in this house.
Jed sometimes clucks his tongue and gives me the stink eye when I come home bearing a white and red bag with the distinctive bullseye dotting it everywhere.
He hates convention. From his artistic pedestal on high, he looks down his abstract expressionist nose at the die-cut scrapbooking-shouldn't-be-a-verb flowers I bought that became her obsession for days.
He hates the coloring books that litter our floors, with their black-bordered princesses or pirates, telling you in all their commerical perfection: "Stay inside the lines."
NO! He tells us. Don't stay in the lines; swerve! Go crazy! Be free.
"Don't go to dollar stores. We don't need anymore pom-poms," he begs, chasing a glittery, furry globe across the floor for the umteenth time that evening.
We have enough crayons, markers and paint to color the world. Don't buy another version just because they're cool.
But what do you think should happen when HE takes the kid to Staples and she finds THESE?
He grabbed them right out of her little pudgy hands and tossed them in the cart.
"What? They were cool! I wanted them, too."
*dusts hands*
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The highchair wars
What the ...
The baby's been eating what arguably can be called real food -- pureed vegetables and soupy cereals -- for only a month now and already I'm noticing a trend.
He gets pretty excited by the increasing proximity of the booster chair. It means food.
He doesn't like fruits just yet. He makes unbearably cute wrinkled faces when his lips touch banana, apple or pear. But he'll eat the rice cereal mixed with sweet potato or squash like it's Grandma's homemade pie.
However the spoon is driving the poor boy crazy. He wants it for himself. He wants to hold it, and lick it clean and stick it in his ear if that's where it ends up. Doesn't matter. He. Wants. The. Spoon.
And if you take it away you will break his heart into a billion little pieces.
Now I am going to toot my own horn here -- because no matter what you all might think of me -- I'm not really quick on the uptake. Just this morning in the car Annabel and I endured 20 minutes of screaming during the morning commute before I thought to turn on the CD player and pump up the volume on the Dave Matthews CD that's been in the slot so long it must be stuck. Finally, we were able to enjoy the soothing sounds of musical silence for approximately 3 minutes until we reached our destination.
I digress.
I'm tooting because once I got the boy to calm down, I reached into the utencil drawer and retrieved ANOTHER SPOON. Yes folks, I played a little game of "I'll trade ya" with the pablum eater.
"I'll trade you this yummy spoon loaded with potato mush if you give me that empty old crusty one you've been sucking on now for the last half hour ..."
Worked like a charm.
Now all I need is a drain in the floor so I can use the hose for cleanup.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I know what you're thinking
You've been coming here for the last 21 days wondering to yourself: "when, for the love of mike, will she be taking down that holiday banner!?!"
I mean, sheeesh. You hate those people who leave up the Christmas lights until August.
This banner, dear readers, isn't the only thing still standing from our holiday celebrations.
So is this:
I figure, when I finally
I'd advise you check back again after Valentine's Day.
Monday, January 21, 2008
This little light of mine
Mommy: Oops. I forgot, there's no school today.
Ittybit: NO SCHOOL?!? Why not?
Mommy: It's Martin Luther King Day.
Ittybit: Martha Cooker King Day? Who's Martha Cooker King?
Mommy: MARTIN LUTHER KING was a man who worked hard to make sure black people got civil rights. That's the right to be treated fairly and equally.
Ittybit: And white people too?
Mommy: Well the white people had all the advantages, so they didn't need anyone fighting on their behalf.
Ittybit: Why?
Mommy: Well, because a long time ago, even before I was born, people OVERTLY discriminated against people for being or looking different. And that's not right.
Ittybit: And then what?
Mommy: Martin Luther King taught people to stand up for what was right.
Ittybit: So it's better now?
Mommy: In many ways it is better. But it's more subtle now, and unfair things still happen. So we still need to remember. And that's what this day does. Help us remember.
Ittybit: But you didn't remember I had no school today.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Kiss, kiss ... bang, bang
Thursday, January 17, 2008
His and Hers' home improvement
Him: I had planned to install the new replacement windows in the kitchen today, but I also had a meeting scheduled.
Me: *blank stare.
Him: I wasn't sure if I'd be able to finish in time so I put up some bubble wrap just in case I got called away.
Me: *blink. blink.
Him: But I never got around to putting them in anyway.
Me: I see that.
Him: I'm really liking the way the light comes through the bubble wrap, though.
Me: Nice try, but we are NOT having bubble wrap curtains.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Every Day is Sunshine ... In my eyes
I ended maternity leave the first of October. Fifteen weeks after I'd begun it.
The ending also came with a new beginning. A new set of expectations, a new set of worries and concerns: a new daycare provider and even a new, longer commute that brings me past ancient buildings, forgotton farms and furry creatures never before seen in these here parts especially not a hunnerd years ago.
Some days I bring my camera, and if the car is still and the traffic light, I hold my arm out and take a few snaps of the scenery as we pass by.
Annabel sometimes asks to take my camera. And she snaps away, recording the seat back or the top of her brother's head.
Other times she instructs me on where to look: "There's a horse coming up. Take its picture. .... There's a really good tree. Take it. Take it. DO IT. Don't forget the Llamas!"
It's funny how I go past this place every day, and yet I've only been inside twice. Neither time while making the trip from our house to the sitter's. Not enough time. Not enough energy to release two kids from the car and heft one inside while corraling the other; not enough patience, no matter how nice it would be to have a warm cup of coffee and a fresh scone.
I also can't seem to get past this old broken down farm with it's myriad travel trailers and rambling buildings. Maybe it's the curve in the lane that seems like a nice, safe place to let my mind wander from the road a bit. Maybe it's the highs of the trees and the lows of the land with nothing else in between that has me revisiting time and again with my camera. ... Whatever it is, I can't seem to get past this place.
Course, it would be a little easier some days if we weren't traveling East.
"MAMA! Can you tell the man who works the sun to turn it off?"
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
How first they practice to deceive
Monday, January 14, 2008
Ittybit, light and dark
Ittybit: I got in BIG trouble this weekend.
Terri: How's that, sweetie?
Ittybit: I throwed the busy fish at my mommy and she took away my carrots and made me clean my room. All. By. Myself.
Terri: Well, gee. Why'd you throw the busy fish at your mommy?
Ittybit: I don't know. ....
But THEN I got in BIGGER trouble after I wouldn't get off the bed when daddy told me to. He made me go to my room.
Terri: Well, why wouldn't you get down off the bed?
Ittybit: Oh, I was just having a bad day.
Friday, January 11, 2008
A second helping
Ever notice that flavors seem to meld and mellow the second day you eat anything?
It's not always the case, but sometimes the leftovers just taste better on the second day.
I know a lot of moms who feel that they've shortchanged the second (and not like the short sheeting effect of college pranksters) child by having a first child holding on to the apron strings and poking around in the pots as they're trying to get the food to the table.
For me, it seems the second child has a kind of clarifying effect.
There's a generous serving of "oh, yeah, I remember this" kind of delicacies as well as a smattering of "MMMMM. This is different.
Maybe it's my forgetful mommy brain or just the jogging of a flabby memory that leads me to relive the early days with Annabel through the second round of firsts with Silas.
She was bigger at this age
She didn't like avocados either
I don't remember if she held her own bottle.
She definitely didn't drink from a sippy
I don't think she babbled nearly this much
but she was too busy trying to move
I wonder if she would have liked the sling?
And then you realize what's the problem ... it's not in the ignoring of the first when you have a second, it's all the stuff you learned in the meantime that makes the second seem so second-nature.
And with that comes a stunning amount of regret. A stunning amount of worry that you may feel closer to one than the other, even though you love them both the same. The same. Only different.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sitting. Not still.
Dear Silas,
Two days ago you couldn't sit unsupported at all.
You'd lean too far backward or sideways and topple immediately.
But last night (and again today) you found the balance and perhaps even the rhythm of sitting.
It's strange to me how these past months, as I get to know you, I've thought you a docile, placid little guy. Content to sit and watch. I've dubbed you coy but not terribly shy. Not immediately frustrated but also not easily distracted from things that torment you.
I love how you look at your sister. I love how you screach in a rock-star-like range to get her attention. I love that your happiness is loud and vocal. (I even love that your crying in the car can often be quelled now with Dave Matthews ... although I'm sad sometimes it can't be touched by the voices on NPR.)
I love your surprises. Because every day as you reach out, as you turn things over and figure them out, you are a new and delightful soul.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
An epic tale in sixteen words
Monday, January 07, 2008
The surrogate
Ever ask your kid what they want to be when they grow up?
I know lots of people recoil from the answers, especially when said answer seems to pigeonhole a certain fairer gender into a role their mothers and grandmothers have been fighting against for generations.
For instance:
When the kid says "Nurse" the adult says, "Why not be a Doctor?"
When the kid says "Secretary" the adult says "How about being an Executive."
Of course no one gets too put out when the kid tells you they want to be a princess or a ballerina, because what are the odds? Right?
But when they say to you ... I want to be a mom and a wife ... what do you say?
I know lots of people, myself included, who say 'Yes, but you can be so much more.'
As I'm saying it -- as I'm telling my daughter that she can be a wife someday if she chooses to be, and she can be a mommy, too, but she can also be a writer or an artist or a lawyer or a banker or a politician or a nurse or a secretary as well if that's what she wants -- all I'm thinking is being a mommy is huge. It's perhaps the biggest thing she'll ever be, and to many, many, many people -- perhaps even herself one day -- it won't be enough.
Of course this mothering gig may never happen for Ittybit ... not the way she wants it to, anyway:
MOMMY: "What do you think you want to be when you grow up?
ITTYBIT: "I'm going to marry Elias when I grow up because I want to be a mommy. But I want you to born my babies, OK, because I don't want to get cut."
I guess now is as good a time as any to let her down gently. Hardly anyone's birthing plan ever goes the way they thought it would.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Some spooky things about New Year's Eve
I told you a bit about our New Year's Eve exploits, right?
No? But you saw some of the pictures, right?
Perhaps I had a little too much of the bubbly ...
Well, better late than never. ...
So we wrangle ourselves an invitation to a bash at Clatter Hall -- the not-so-humble abode of some dear friends (not so humble now that most of their painstaking renovations are compete) -- and show up with the kids at our usual half-hour earliest.
Annabel could not contain her glee at the idea of staying up until midnight to ring in the new year, despite the fact that she understands neither concept.
After our coats are hung and our offerings of cheese, crackers and bottles of champaign, procured at the last possible minute, are abandoned on the kitchen counter we skitter off to the porch, where trays of vegetables and candy confections are spread out on a knee-level table.
Ittybit gathers a fistful of shell peas and runs off to find her friends. And save for a few hot-pink flashes through the living room and back into the porch for more crudite, she is on her own.
Silas, on the other hand, is always at arm's length (except for the moments when he is baby-napped by dozens of infant deprived revelers.
At one point, Annabel found a tradition of her own to try out. With her father's help, the pair burned a champagne cork and proceeded to endear themselves to the guests by asking them if they would like their faces painted.
Oddly enough, 7 out of 10 folks -- including yours truly -- couldn't turn down a preschooler bent on blackening faces.
But I suppose I wasn't the only one surprised by what happened after midnight. ... And I'm not talking about a gaggle of neighborhood carolers who'd apparently got waylaid after Christmas. I'm talking about Annabel's disappointment at having to wear her coat home.
"Wait. I thought it would be spring?"
"No honey, The New Year doesn't change the seasons. It's still winter."
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Yeah ... No, you can't go by her
We had a medical day today. A well-baby, well-child extravaganza that started in the morning and stretched into the afternoon.
Got everyone into the car in time to drive through an apocalypse if we had to just to be on time. And strangely enough, we left on dry pavement and arrived an eternity later in a whiteout with two inches of accumulated snow.
Of course the real fun was juggling two semi-nekked children as each had to go in different directions. Suffice it to say Annabel did a wonderful job reading the eye chart, peeing in a "hat" and getting a shot.
Annabel told the doctor that she liked broccoli, cucumbers, peas and yogurt (but only the plain kind not the kind with the fruit). And that she also liked raccoons, but not to eat. (whew). The doctor's mouth was only slightly agape (no spittle or drool visible) when Ittybit took a gander at the eye chart on the wall and noted that she liked "the frame."
She apparently doesn't see too many art movers kids.
Silas, however, screamed his way through the scale, the examination and the immunizations.
The doctor asked how he was doing. Was he rolling over from both sides? Pushing up from his tummy?
"Yes. Yes. But he's not pulling himself up to a seated position yet. By this time with Annabel we had to retire her cradle and pull the bassinet insert out of the Pack and Play."
"Oh, Annabel was always precocious," she warned. "You can't judge a normal child by her."
So for the record:
Annabel, at 4, weighed 30 pounds and measured 38 inches tall.
Silas, at 6 months, weighed 14 pounds 8 ounces (5-10 percentile) and measured 25.5 inches (10-25 percentile) and head circumference 42 cm (10 percentile).


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Sexualized Halloween costumes can reinforce stereotypes
/ The Daily Orange
Halloween: A time for tricks, treats and cultural appropriation.
While serving up Instagram-worthy looks and enjoying ourselves on Halloween is no crime, doing so at the expense of other cultures and marginalized groups is never OK.
From "adult tribal temptation Native American costume" to sexy Geisha it seems as though nothing is off limits. In response to this, the University of Florida has offered additional counseling outreach for students who may be offended by costumes that push the envelope. UF is encouraging their students to make more informed decisions about their outfit choices and not "reinforce stereotypes of particular races, genders, cultures, or religions."
As we head into Halloweekend, Syracuse University should take a firm stand as an institution about not tolerating offensive costumes for those who choose to go out. While universities who do confront these costumes have faced heavy criticism for playing into the "PC culture," these efforts are warranted. Holding students accountable for their choices is simply an attempt to improve the campus climate for all students.
Whether it's a "sexy" rendition of a native person, a burqa, or an "illegal alien," some students just don't know where to draw the line. On websites and in costume stores, there's a pattern of offensive generalizations about ethnic minorities. Women of color, in particular, tend to be targets of this kind of sexualized stereotyping. But one's culture is not a costume and it's important to not treat social backgrounds or religious beliefs as a joke or sexy aesthetic.
The State University of New York at Geneseo has taken the initiative to create a more informed campus by implementing the "Show Your True Face" campaign.
Lenny Sancilio, dean of students at SUNY Geneseo, explained how it began eight years ago to help students tread carefully when it came to picking out their Halloween costumes. Inspired by several neighboring institutions and organizations, the poster series includes helpful tips to ensure students don't cross the line.
"We wanted to give our students things to think about. It's never been about 'what to wear' or 'what not to wear,' but think about these things before you decide, so you know where other people are coming from," said Sancilio.
In spite of perceived political correctness, Sancilio made it clear that there is a zero tolerance policy for cultural disrespect on Halloween at SUNY Geneseo.
"It's never our intention to be the PC police," said Sancilio. "But the 'I didn't know' can no longer be the answer."
It's college, and most of the time students will be wearing next-to-nothing anyway when they go out to social events. That part isn't up for debate. Of course, students should be allowed to wear whatever makes them feel confident, but this becomes problematic when their ensemble sexualizes the culture or beliefs of others.
Granted we may not always understand which costumes are considered offensive, but it's important that we educate ourselves on these issues. If not, err on the side of caution.
Nix the feathers, head dresses and "sexy kimonos" and throw on a pair of mouse ears in true Karen Smith form. Halloween is a day when we are allowed to be whoever we want to be, but we cannot treat the beliefs and cultures of others as just another game of dress-up.
Ivana Pino is a sophomore political science major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Published on October 24, 2016 at 7:17 pm

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Tattoos: No Safety Laws in Garden City, LA
Are tattoos safe? The FDA regulates the inks in tattoos, but the actual practice of tattooing is controlled by local jurisdictions, such as cities and counties. That means there is no standardized accreditation for those doing the tattooing or a general governing body monitoring the health and safety of tattoo parlors.
How Safe Is Your Tattoo Ink?
Before you get that dolphin tattooed on your ankle or "Mother" on your bicep, be cautioned: The ink used in tattoos may be hazardous– even years later on. A new report has raised questions about the security of tattoo inks utilized in Europe, the majority of which are imported from the United States. The inks have been discovered to consist of harmful chemicals, including carcinogens. The report, from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, likewise determined heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, and nickel, preservatives, organic substances, germs, and other potentially hazardous substances in the inks. It calls for a comprehensive review of tattoo inks in use throughout the European Union, and it highlights the requirement for rigorous regulation of the inks, which are likewise used for permanent makeup. After the report was released, the company asked the European Chemicals Firm (ECHA) to look even more into tattoo ink safety.
If you have actually ever craved ink– to wear a long-term mark of love or fond memories or Dave Matthews Band lyrics– we've set you up with an overview of make sure it takes place healthfully.
Getting Tattooed? Your Overview of Tattoo Safety in Garden City, Louisiana 70540
First, determine if this is truly something you want to do. "You should feel so highly about [a tattoo] that you're restless without it," says Scott Campbell, a Brooklyn-based tattoo artist who's inked folks like Penelope Cruz, Josh Hartnett, and Orlando Flower. "If you need to decide of 'should I, or shouldn't I'– you shouldn't.".
Feel in your heart and unsullied skin that you need a tattoo? Then don't go to just any tattoo artist. If you see somebody with a tattoo you like, ask which artist gave it to her, Campbell states. Or search online for neighboring tattoo studios and dig deep into the artists' portfolios.
Should I be worried about risky practices, or the tattoo ink itself?
Both. While you can buckle down infections from unclean practices and equipment that isn't really sterile, infections can likewise result from ink that was polluted with bacteria or mold. Using non-sterile water to water down the pigments (active ingredients that add color) is a common culprit, although not the only one.
There's no foolproof method to inform if the ink is safe. An ink can be contaminated even if the container is sealed or the label states the product is sterilized.
Exactly what is in tattoo ink?
Released research has reported that some inks consist of pigments utilized in printer toner or in cars and truck paint. FDA has not authorized any pigments for injection into the skin for cosmetic functions.
FDA evaluates reports of negative responses or infections from customers and healthcare providers. We might learn more about break outs from the state authorities who oversee tattoo parlors.
The health risks in 70540.
But as tattooing has spread out, so have the associated health dangers– skin infections, allergic reactions, and blood-borne diseases. Recently in Rochester, N.Y., 19 clients of a tattoo parlor were infected with the organism Mycobacterium chelonae, which triggers a rash and bumps on the skin; left untreated, the germs can spread to the lungs. The tattooing was carried out utilizing premixed gray ink, made in Arizona, that had been infected prior to distribution, inning accordance with a New England Journal of Medication report. And outbreaks of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) skin infections from commercially obtained tattoos have actually also been reported.
State and local authorities manage tattoo practices, which differ considerably across the country. There is no basic guideline for training or licensing, and virtually no requirements for examination, record-keeping, or notified authorization. Although most states have laws prohibiting minors from getting tattoos, numerous teenagers however find them easy to obtain.
And practically anyone can set up a tattoo shingle. For instance, in New york city City, where tattoo parlors are not certified, a tattooist can get a specialist's license after simply paying some charges and passing a three-hour infection control course.
Whenever you're injecting a substance into your skin, there's a danger of infection. Some dangers consist of liver disease, staph, or warts. Utilizing unsterilized tools such as needles, weapons or ink can cause infection, so you'll want to make certain that your tattoo artist is following security rules (see listed below) to keep you healthy and infection free. This danger of infection is why the American Association of Blood Banks needs a 1 year wait to offer blood after you get your tattoo. The first week after is the most essential time to take all the safety measures recommended to defend against infection.


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With summer fast approaching we're already thinking about holidays, day trips, alfresco dining, festivals, theme parks, beer gardens and all the new summery clothes we'll need to see us through the season - unfortunately this all comes at a price.
Friday, 5 June 2015
Money saving tips for Summer
With summer fast approaching we're already thinking about holidays, day trips, alfresco dining, festivals, theme parks, beer gardens and all the new summery clothes we'll need to see us through the season - unfortunately this all comes at a price.
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The one-in-one-out rule for clothes is something that I try to do live by. It means that my wardrobe stays fresh and I'm not rummaging through a wardrobe stuffed full of clothes that I don't want to wear.ReplyDelete
That's exactly what my wardrobe used to be like but now that I'm filling it with only pieces I love, getting ready is actually much more enjoyable now! :)Delete
Sarah :)
Great tips, I really like your saving the odds tip! I'm hoping a good clear out in eBay and spending bans will help with my saving up! xoReplyDelete
Spending bans work wonders - as long as you can stick to it! I found it so hard at first but now it's just become the 'norm' for me and I can't imagine going back to how I used to spend!Delete
Sarah :)
Great tips! It's amazing how much you can save by cancelling subscription boxes.ReplyDeleteReplies
I miss those little boxes of fun falling through the doorstep each month but I have found there are better things, more fun and unique experiences to spend that money on! Plus, I'm no longer drowning in product samples and empty but too cute to throw away boxes haha!Delete
Sarah :)
looks like a great plan :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It really does make a difference! Even just doing one or two things on the list will help you get some extra pennies together for summer!Delete
Sarah :)
I need to cancel my subscription boxes! I've been thinking about it for a few months because they really do add up, I think I'm also going to cancel (and this sounds terrible) but all my regular straight-out-of-my-account charity donations and re-evaluate where I want my money to go - I got 'sucked in' to them all on a street somewhere.)ReplyDelete
I also love the idea of stashing the odd's sounds so simple, but even when i calculate my money in my mind I also round it down so I should just make that my balance! Excellent idea I had never heard of!
Thanks Saloca!
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Don't feel bad for cancelling your charity donations, charity starts at home and you've got to be able to look after yourself before you look after others. In time, you'll find yourself in a better position financially and be able to give to the charities closest to you heart, whole heartedly!Delete
Sarah :)
These are great tips. I've been trying the one in one out and selling on eBay. xReplyDeleteReplies
My friend told me I should sell things on ebay! I keep meaning to look into it but it's just so much easier to take unwanted clothes to the charity shop!Delete
Sarah :)
Thanks for these tips! I've being selling lots on eBay lately to make room in my wardrobe and I've made lots of money doing it, I just wish it was less time consuming. I'm with Lloyds Bank and they have this save the change thing where it rounds up to the nearest £ what you spend and puts the rest into your savings or ISA account. I've been doing that and I probably get £10 a month from it. Seems like nothing but it does add up :) setting up standing orders to a saving account is helpful too xxReplyDelete
Setting up a standing order is a brilliant idea, especially if you know there's a minimum set amount you can put away each month, after a while you're so used to it coming out then you learn to manage without it and it builds up nicely in a little savings fund on the side :)Delete
Sarah :)


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SpikySnail, indie game developer and award-shows darling, announces that highly promising physics-sensation "The Splatters™" is bound to be published by Microsoft Studios on Xbox LIVE Arcade in Northern America, Europe and Asia in 2012.
The Splatters are a bunch of ever-smiling, semi-suicidal master acrobats with one purpose in life: to blow themselves up. Slam them against walls, crash them into spikes, ride the slides and chain spectacular stunt-combos to rack up massive scores. Get creative to make the most out of every setting and put on the best show in town.
Life's short. Die with style!
"We are thrilled to see Microsoft bring The Splatters to hardcore gamers worldwide. Splatters is a challenging game that redefines the term replay value. We couldn't think of a better venue than XBLA for our creation", said SpikySnail co-founder, Sagi Koren.
Better news yet, you'll be able to put your mitts on an exclusive demo version of The Splatters at PAX Prime in Seattle (August 26-28). Cherry-picked for the coveted PAX10 Conquerors area of the show, the Splatters will be somersaulting and exploding around booth #6301.
"This is a very exciting month for us. We can't wait to pass the controller around and hear what people have to say about their personal experience with our Splatters", co-founder Niv Fisher stated.
YouTube Trailer:
About SpikySnail
SpikySnail is a bunch of guys operating from Israel. Well, actually, it's just two guys. And they operate from their homes. In Israel. This didn't prevent their first game – The Splatters – from becoming IGF finalist, Indie Game Challenge nominee and PAX10 winner under the then work-in-progress title "Confetti Carnival".
Before developing the state-of-the-art physics engine of "The Splatters", Niv Fisher headed development of physics-based surgical simulators in real-time 3D. Prior to designing the wonderful Splatters creatures and their universe, Sagi Koren has been dealing with CGI stuff for over 20 years, in almost every field known to mankind.
The tech-savvy, passion-driven SpikySnail is committed to deliver innovative, quality game-play experiences that are instantly fun yet hard to let go of. Like your girlfriend somehow.


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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Joy and Relief
A few minutes before 9:00 our time (11:00 on the east coast) they finally projected that Obama would win Virginia. Of course that was one of the states we had been watching closely. We both cheered and gave each other high fives. It was only moments later, when the news about Virginia was still sinking in, that the polls in California closed and CNN projected that Obama had won California, and therefore had more than the required 270 electoral votes, and therefore had won the election. It was a historic moment, and so many emotions were swirling around, I can't even name them all. Joy and relief are the top two.
Here is a picture of Obama that Ron took when we saw him at the rally in Espanola.
1 comment:
- Elle said...
Joy, relief and tears all were appropriate words for how I felt and acted late on Tuesday. The sense of power that I remember when Clintonwas elected wasn't there. The moment Obama came out on stage, holding his daughter's hand, greeting that huge crowd in Chicago what I felt most was thankfulness. Enough people were able to see that this was our hope for the future and then they actually went an voted, too. I also felt like we are a factor (not a cipher) this time, all of us, especially the folks who have felt up until now that they didn't matter...and I'm not specifically talking about race here, although that is included.
The last eight years have been a national error for most people, a time of worry and malaise that is now manifested in the financial crisis, job crisis, housing crisis, etc.
The jubilation the rest of the world showed when Obama was officially president-elect is quite telling, too.
Hugs to you both and high fives!
- November 8, 2008 at 11:29 AM


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Last night, Seattleites were treated to a spectacular sunset. I, Angela, was attending the Seattle Sounders game and admit that I was quite distracted by the clouds, as were many others at the stadium. Here was one of the views I had from my seat:
Angela Rowe
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: 14 July 2014
What causes these vibrant colors? First, let's take a look at the visible spectrum. The sun's rays are made up of a range of wavelengths and therefore colors. The cool colors (blues) are the shorter wavelengths, while the reds are the longer wavelengths.
This simple diagram from the National Weather Service online education course (JetStream) shows what happens to the sun's rays as the sun sets in the sky. At lower angles (B and C), the sun's rays have to pass through more of the atmosphere, therefore more of the shorter wavelengths are scattered by the air. This leaves the longer wavelengths (the reds and oranges), which can be reflected off of clouds in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere.
While there are many colorful sunsets (and sunrises) in Washington and beyond, the conditions last night were particularly conducive for a colorful show due to the mid-level clouds present over much of the area. Earlier in the evening, water vapor satellite imagery showed an upper-level low pressure system sitting off the coast, spinning counter-clockwise and pumping moisture into the area, seen as the pink colors in this image.
This moisture was primarily concentrated in the mid-levels, as could be seen as a thickening altostratus layer covered the sun over the city. Note there are some darker clouds underneath as moisture continued to move in from the southwest.
Showers and thunderstorms were prominent to the south, especially over northern Oregon, but the lower levels over Seattle and much of NW Washington remained dry. Every day, twice a day, the National Weather Service launches instruments on balloons called radiosondes that measure the temperature, moisture, pressure, and winds as the balloon ascends into the sky. Here is an example of what this balloon data looked like last evening around this time, with the red line indicating temperature and the blue dewpoint. The dewpoint is the temperature at which the air would have to be for saturation to occur. The higher the number, the more moisture in the air. Where the dewpoint and temperature are far apart indicates dry conditions (low humidity), while areas where they are nearly the same are where you might expect clouds. So, if you look at this example, you'll see that most of the atmosphere near Seattle was very dry, with the exception of right near the surface and in between pressure levels of 400 and 350 mb. This corresponds to heights above the surface between roughly 7.5 and 9 km, where many of the clouds were observed on this particular evening.
So as I entered the stadium around this time, I quickly became distracted by the mammatus clouds that were forming overhead. The dry air below the moist levels helped create these brief, but beautiful bulbous clouds and it became increasingly difficult to pay attention to the game.
In order to keep track of what was going on around the stadium, I kept an eye on the radar. Some of the showers from the south looked like they were making their way toward Seattle, as can be seen in this radar image during the game.
At the stadium itself though, some light drizzle could be seen, but overall the rain was evaporating before reaching the ground. This is referred to as virga and can be seen in these pictures that I took from the stadium around this time.
So as you might have guessed, I was quite distracted by the sky throughout the game. The Sounders ended up beating Portland in an exciting 2-0 game, but I bet a large portion of the 64,000+ fans at the stadium were also paying attention to the sky. In fact, social media sites exploded with pictures of this fiery sunset, from the stadium and throughout other areas near the Puget Sound (http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/07/sunday-nights-seattle-sunset-captured-on-twitter/).
Later on at night, lightning flashed in the distance as storms persisted over the southern Olympic Peninsula. The low was moving onshore, bringing with it cold air aloft that created an unstable environment, in addition to the moisture available, to maintain these storms. Living in a place like this, where there aren't a lot of thunderstorms, I'll certainly take what I can get.
This morning, I was curious to see how much rain did end up reaching the ground across the area last night. The CoCoRaHS network (www.cocorahs.org) is a volunteer organization where people report rain at their house. This map shows the reports for the 24-hours ending this morning, with most locations near Seattle receiving less than one-hundredth of an inch!
And finally, for your viewing pleasure, here's a link to time lapse video of the clouds and sunset as viewed looking west from the University of Washington's Atmospheric Science building rooftop. Can you see the different cloud layers before the colorful finish to the day? Click here to see this time-lapse video!


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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Shares of Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) jumped 10% today after the company announced earnings and said that it would split into two businesses.
So what: First, fourth-quarter earnings showed a 35% rise in revenue to $520.2 million and a profit of $80 million, or $0.62 per share, $0.03 better than a year ago. Results topped expectations, but the bigger news was the spin-off.
The performance fibers business will be spun off into a new publicly trading company, and Rayonier will focus on forest resources and real estate. The deal is expected to be completed mid-year.
Now what: Spin-offs are often done when companies think they can get higher valuations as stand-alone companies than they can together. That's the driver of the split, as management sees bullish trends in both cellulose fibers and the housing market -- and with different capital needs, now was the time to split. I don't think this fundamentally changes either company, but the market sees more value with them separate, and new investors will be able to bet on more specific parts of the market.
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With so many struggles being fought all over the world, I believe that religion is more of a detriment than it is a method of salvation. It seems that religion, like social order in France pre-revolution, is an outdated practice in any of its forms. It spurs on wars, hypocrisy, and unnecessary sense of superiority among the religiously devout.
The Levant has been one of the most violent regions for the last half century. The region's inhabitants bring about a vicious cycle of unrelenting hate which has been passed down through the generations to further polarize the views of those living there today, and at the base of this territorial argument is religion. Hitler commits the Holocaust, European powers agree that the Jewish people need a homeland, Palestinians are driven out of their native lands, and today it seems as if the terrorism and religious zealotry are driving this historical region further and further into chaos. If religion were not in the picture, would all of this have to happen?
Of course at the bottom of most religions is the practice of making the best of one's self while on earth. The golden rule of Jesus, "do unto others as you would have them do to you," now seems common sense. Therefore, religion has certainly done its job of setting down an acceptable moral code for different cultures, but for one belief to claim supremacy over another based on writings of ancients seems completely ridiculous. People are dying because their opinions on divinity conflict with others.
Religion also perpetuates a sense of subordination. No one would think about questioning the authority of their king or queen in the 15th century because they were given the power to lead by the grace of god. The enlightenment and Scientific Revolution ushered in new eras which saw that the power of the human can achieve what was once thought impossible. And to think now that still a portion of our country will deny evolution is possible because of the thought that humans are biologically connected to apes. How could God do that? We can't be animals.
We are simply animals with the power to imagine abstract ideas, like a divine being. I believe that as long as religion plays a major role in the world, the violence, intolerance, and subordination that it generates will follow.
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Paula Deen, Diets…and Diabetes
Paula Deen has made a name (empire, really) for herself with foods drenched in butter and fried in lard, but there is news coming out that she has Type 2 diabetes and has had it for several years now (thanks to some words spoken on The Today Show). Keep reading to learn more about how Type 2 diabetes develops and about what this means for fans of Paula Deen who continue to relish her recipes and cooking style.
Paula Deen has created a persona that is known for frying up food in butter and lard, crafting dense cheesy macaroni and cheese and making chicken that would make any Southerner happy…because it's delicious due to how bad it is for those who eat it.
Now Paula has made it public knowledge that her doctor diagnosed her with Type 2 diabetes back in 2008. Paula was quoted on The Today Show as saying: "I'm here today to let the world know that it is not a death sentence."
Or is it? Most people consider news of this nature to be a serious wake-up call. Sure, Paula makes her name on being a chef who cooks with taste and flavor in mind, but at what cost? What does her reaction to her (serious) diagnosis say about her concern for her fans who are more than likely cookin' up similar grub on a weekly or even daily basis?
Deen claims that she is a cook and not a doctor (taken loosely from a quote made by Oprah in the past) and that fans have to take care of themselves. All the same, there is some responsibility that comes along with being a huge name in food. Certainly, people know that loads of butter isn't exactly dietetic, but I almost feel as though there should be a disclaimer on Deen's TV programs for the people who (let's be honest) may not exactly put two and two together.
Deen has also announced that she will become a (paid) spokeswoman for Novo Nordisk (known for making diabetes medications). Deen and her sons are going to be providing brand-new versions of their recipes in conjunction with the partnership that are 'lighter' (whatever that means to Paula Deen). Let's hope for WAY lighter on the butter, sauce, lard…
Paula's form of diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, is the most common form of the disease. It develops due to lack of exercise and lack of a healthy diet over time and is therefore common in adults (who probably enjoy those bacon and fried chicken recipes a little too often).
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 25 million people in the United States have diabetes. The disease has many dramatic and life-changing effects, from limb amputation and heart disease to stroke and even blindness.
Here is a healthier version of chicken soup for you!
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MULTAN: ASWJ terrorists kill Shia officer of Industries Department in office
SHAFAQNA- Pro-ISIS Takfiri terrorsits of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba known as Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat shot martyred Shia deputy chief inspector of the department of industries for the only reason that he was a Shia Muslim.
SSP Operations Saifullah Khattak told media representatives that two (takfiri nasbi) terrorists were waiting in the area and approached Shia officer Chaudhry Ghulam Haider as soon as he reached his office, snatched his mobile phone and fired two bullets at him.
Both bullets hit the deputy chief inspector in the head, leaving him martyred on the spot while the attackers managed to escape from the scene.
The martyr's body was shifted to Multan's Nishtar Hospital whereas policemen cordoned off the attack site as a probe into the incident went underway. The office is situated at a sensitive location and is surrounded by government offices with the Multan District Jail on one side and the Circuit House on the other.
Shia parties and leaders condemned the targeted murder of Shia officer and demanded arrest of his killers forthwith.
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WebEx Communications ordered pizza delivery for 9,500 business customers and prospects to promote its new Training Center. However, just as WebEx's Training Center is a virtual classroom online, the pizza itself was virtual.
The three-dimensional direct marketing piece was an actual, albeit empty, pizza box, designed to grab the recipient's attention. It did that job handily, yielding an 11.3% response rate. WebEx and its agency, Loomis Group, said the goal had been a conservative 2% to 5% response rate.
"We're really happy if a campaign does 2%," said Sara Azadi, account executive at Loomis Group, San Francisco. "We thought since this one was so interactive, we'd expand our goal up to 5%. We were quite happy with such a great response rate."
The client was happy, too. "Whenever you hit your install base [of current customers], you'll get above the industry norm response rate, but this far exceeded even that," said Kimberley Kasper, director of direct marketing at WebEx.
One of 14 Gold Echo awards
The "Training Center Pizza Campaign" was one of 14 Gold Echo Award winners honored by the Direct Marketing Association at its annual conference last month in New Orleans. This year marked the 75th annual presentation of the Echo Awards.
The DMA also gave top honors to another U.S.-based b-to-b campaign and three overseas b-to-b campaigns: The Seattle SuperSonics "Multi-Game" campaign, created by DDB Direct, Seattle; Custodian Print Management's "10 Ways" campaign, by Dialogue, Dublin, Ireland; Via Global's "Lost & Found," by Salem, São Paulo, Brazil; and Foote, Cone & Belding New Zealand's internal "Trust Study" campaign.
The SuperSonics campaign from DDB Direct was a b-to-b and consumer campaign designed to sell multigame packages to corporations and individual fans for the 2003-04 NBA season. It included direct mail, telemarketing and a T-shirt premium.
The DMA also awarded 33 silver, 37 bronze and five special awards, from among 1,077 entries, including 36 b-to-b. The Henry Hoke Award, one of the five special awards, went to a New Zealand b-to-b campaign, "Dunlop Direzza Type Launch," created by Clemenger BBDO, Wellington. The winner of the Hoke Award is chosen by direct marketing company Hoke Communications and "reflects the campaign with the most courageous solution to a difficult sales and marketing problem."
WebEx's pizza box copy announced "Fresh hot training!" and the "ingredients" listed were features of the Training Center. Packages were sent from August through November 2003 to both customers and prospects with training management titles (corporate training and curriculum developers) in the company's house file.
The package's call to action was to drive the recipient to a Web link that had a registration form to sign up for the "Essential ingredients for effective live online learning" seminar the company was hosting. Once registered, the respondents were sent a $20 gift certificate for an actual pizza.
"Since our audience has the challenge of making their training modules compelling and interactive, we wanted our piece to mirror their efforts," the agency wrote on its Echo entry form. "The creative strategy was to develop a dimensional direct mail piece that was not only unusual, fun and had stopping power but was informative and educational without being too corporate or pushy."
"We wanted to make the piece fun for the decision-makers as well as their teams," Azadi said. "So we played up the pizza theme, offered a free pizza gift certificate and scheduled the Web seminar at lunchtime so most people could gather their teams together and eat their pizza as they participated in the Web seminar," according to the entry form.
Speaking to pain points
"We spoke to their pain points," Kasper said. "Training is a very focused group. They like to be educated. They want to know that you know the problems they face."
A follow-up e-mail a week after the pizza box dropped was sent to the same list of targets to reinforce the offer and extol the benefits of the Training Center.
WebEx spent about $34,000 on the campaign. That was a bigger investment than usual, but the return on investment made it more than worthwhile.
"It was a stand-out piece," Kasper said. "If you got it in your mailbox, you'd open it. It was very compelling, and that helped drive a higher response rate."
"The forecast ROI was 8:1, but the actual ROI was 21:1," according to the entry form. "In 90-day bookings, we brought in $176,230, but in annualized revenue the total came to $704,920. These results are significant because this was the first time that we sent a direct mail piece with follow up e-mail to this customer target and allocated more budget than usual to the program. It proved to [WebEx] management that when we execute well-thought-out, creative and useful campaigns, not only do we exceed goals but the ROI on our investment yields much higher results."


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IBM Corp. and MasterCard International announced a worldwide joint marketing alliance to promote market development for secure credit card payments over the Internet and other public networks. Beginning in 1997, select MasterCard members around the world will be offered the opportunity to pilot IBM's CommercePOINT, an end-to-end network payment solution to create a secure environment for their customers to conduct credit card transactions over the Internet. The joint pilot program also offers business benefits for card holders, including discounts on software and technical support.
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Workshop on Innovative Ideas in Kitchen Gardening and Mushroom Cultivation
LAHORE: (Wednesday, October 4, 2017): The Department of Botany organized a one day workshop on Innovative Ideas in Kitchen Gardening and Mushroom Cultivation. The Vice Chancellor, University of the Punjab, Prof. Dr. Zaffar Moeen Nasar, was the Chief Guest while Additional Director General PHA, Ms. Naheed Gull Baloch was the Guest of Honor. The Chairperson, Prof. Dr. Firdaus-e-Bareen, Acting Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Prof. Dr. Javed Iqbal Qazi, Faculty members from the Department of Botany, GCU Lahore, Township College, Lahore, University of Education, Okara Campus and University of Gujrat along with a large number of students and participants were present on the occasion. Four Resource Persons shared their expertise on Kitchen Gardening and Mushroom Cultivation including Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asif Ali, Ms. Seema Khuled, Mr. Jawad Qadir, Dr. Atif Kamran and Dr Zahoor Ahmad Sajid. The recent trends of organic farming, out of season vegetables and fruits, rooftop gardening and vertical expansion of kitchen gardens were discussed along with cultivation of Oyster mushrooms, Button mushrooms and Milky mushrooms. There were two technical sessions and one hands-on training session well organized by the focal person Dr. Sheza Ayaz Khilji.
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This is going to be a brief post – im in bed writing, iv had one of my herbal sleepers… so il fit in what i can, before i sleep.
speaking of sleep, god its something you miss when you cant get it easily! However, lately Ive had a good run, yay!! Im in a smaller room this season in Antarctica, with no window, and I think thats heavenly! Theres only two out of four rooms occupied in my corridor, and we have a fire escape at the end of a short hall – which equals a door we can open, and a small balcony outside! Lets in mega sunlight, keeps the rooms cool and is generally just uber cool to hang out in!
So, I got a darker shade of red / brown this week on my ketone sticks – 3rd in line from the bottom. THATS exciting! Perhaps the scariest part is, how easily it can come back down again, to show that there are indeed carbs hanging around in my body. So, aim is to get it back into a darker color again AND to keep it there.
Whats the deal with being low carb / paleo in Antarctica? Yes, all our food is frozen or tinned – there are some fresh food stuffs, but nothing to get too excited about because a) it doesnt last and b) its not organic either. Im hot for frozen berries, which i defrost over night, for breakfast – and I add things like chia seeds, ground almonds and for fat / moisture cream (UHT though, and not organic) or greek yogurt. The yogurt packets have only just made an appearance after resupply.
This year, the eggs are locally sourced and free ranged (local to Tassie that is), which im STOKED about! How cool! Lunches can be anything, meats, soup, green veges if theyre about, likewise with dinner. I have loads of Quest protein bars and various protein powders – some whey and some vege – NOT soy, but 'yellow pea' – none of my protein powders have soy in them, yay!!
All our nuts have arrived – double YAY! it was a long three weeks waiting for them to come up off the ice breaker. We have them all – walnut, almonds, pistachio, brazil……… and seeds to.
And PLENTY of water!!!!! I have had up to 6 litres in one day, but try to have 4 per day. Last couple of days, I havent had that much, so tomorrow is going to be about the drink!


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Sir Freddie Laker -- the buccaneering private airline operator who invented the trans- atlantic "Skytrain" -- is facing financial problems. The soaring US dollar has forced him to ask bankers in the United States and Europe for more time to make payments on a debt of $:130 million (about $243 million).
Sir Freddie is insisting that the Laker group is not in serious trouble and that its network of low-priced international air services will be unimpaired. Banking interests, however, are not so sure.
Laker's troubles are rooted in his decision to expand his sky fleet by purchases of American DC-10s and European Airbuses. This led to the borrowing of the $:130 million.
Encouraged by buoyant sterling, Laker calculated that he would be able to repay his dollar borrowing at a rate of $2.25 to the pound. But that was before the dollar, boosted by high american interest rates, began to soar. At present, the exchange rate is only $1.85 to the pound.
In other words, Laker is facing a $:6 million ($11 million) exchange loss on this year's repayments if bank lenders refuse to defer payment of the loan. Deadline for repayment is Jan. 1, and the news out of the banking houses is that the lenders are not happy about what Sir Freddie is asking them to do.
They say deferral would set a bad precedent. They also point out that when the pound was booming Sir Freddie had all the advantages of a foreign exchange market tipped very much in his favor.
Ebullient operator that he is, Laker is minimizing the difficulties, noting that other airlines face similar problems, including a falling away of passenger bookings.
But Laker's operation differs from that of most other major airlines, which are either state supported or state owned. In many airline companies Sir Freddie is regarded as a piratical figure prepared always to rejoice at their discomforts.
Typically, the man who brought prices down with a bump on North Atlantic routes and has been a powerful advocate of air passenger interests worldwide is not content merely to ask his bankers for more latitude.
Aware that he needs to bolster bankers' confidence in his operations, Sir Freddie is planning to launch a new price-cutting exercise in the British charter flight market. With his eye on package holiday business, Laker intends to use his new fleet of Airbuses to carry people looking for better bargains than can be offered by other airlines.
Some expect Laker Airways to offer cuts of 5 to 10 percent to holiday operators using Sir Freddie's planes. Laker's own package holiday company will offer similar reductions.
Sir Freddie is counting on his high reputation among the general public to be a key factor in persuading banking interests to get him over the difficulties created by the falling pound.
He wants more time to reshape his operations. Then, his executives are saying, the scene will be set for new expansion by the Laker group.


text: This paper studies magnifying superlens using complementary media. Superlensing using complementary media was suggested by Veselago in [16] and innovated by Nicorovici et al. in [9] and Pendry in [10]. The study of this problem is difficult due to two facts. Firstly, this problem is unstable since the equations describing the phenomena have sign changing coefficients; hence the ellipticity is lost. Secondly, the phenomena associated might be localized resonant, i.e., the field explodes in some regions and remains bounded in some others. This makes the problem difficult to analyze. In this paper, we develop the technique of removing of localized singularity introduced in [6] and make use of the reflecting technique in [5] to overcome these two difficulties. More precisely, we suggest a class of lenses which has root from [9] and [14] and inspired from [6] and give a proof of superlensing for this class. To our knowledge, this is the first rigorous proof on the magnification of an arbitrary inhomogeneous object using complementary media. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.