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For 6,000 children in West Palm Beach, Fla., the new year could bring welcome change at youth sporting events. If all goes as a local athletic association plans, there will be no more loudmouth parents on the sidelines, yelling at coaches, bullying players, and taking their children's ballgames too seriously.
Beginning Jan. 1, parents of the children, who range in age from 5 to 18, must take an hour-long sportsmanship course. The ethics program, called Parents Alliance for Youth Sports, costs $5 and explains the roles and responsibilities of parents of young athletes. If parents refuse, their children will be barred from playing. Parents will be asked to sign an 11-point code of ethics, promising to "encourage good sportsmanship" and demonstrate "positive support" for players, coaches, and officials.
Bring out the cheerleaders to applaud the Jupiter-Tequesta Athletic Association, which is sponsoring the program, and the National Alliance for Youth Sports, which developed it. The course has been used elsewhere in the country, but this is the first time it is mandatory.
Teaching good sportsmanship counts as one important part of the training parents are supposed to give children. But as longstanding stereotypes of overbearing Little League parents attest, student athletic fields sometimes serve as a place where children demonstrate more maturity than adults, and where offspring could teach parents a lesson or two.
Who are the grown-ups? Who are the children? Increasingly, generational confusion and role reversals are spilling over into other areas of life as well. While some parents exert wrongful authority on the playing field, others meekly cave in and relinquish their legitimate parental voices elsewhere. Sportsmanship is not the only area in which some parents might benefit from a guiding hand or two.
Consider the mixed messages both generations receive from television. Advertisers know a clever marketing ploy when they see one. Playing on role-reversal themes, they increasingly cast even young children in authoritative roles in commercials, turning them into miniature adults - all-knowing, serious, supremely confident, pitching a variety of products to grown-up buyers. The same kind of pint-size characters show up in sitcoms, spawning further confusion as adult actors defer to children.
Such generational twists also get played out in real life. From suburban supermarkets to clothing stores, appliance centers, and real estate offices, the voices of even very young children ring out with strong opinions about the brands and styles they want their parents to buy - even, in some cases, choosing where the family will live. To the delight of marketers and the dismay of some child-rearing authorities, parents increasingly defer to the choices made by their tiny shopping companions.
Talk about role reversal!
Parents today face a daunting task in dealing with the conflicting messages the larger culture sends about everything from parenting to consumerism. But perhaps the sportsmanship training the parents in West Palm Beach will soon receive could be used as a model for other short courses to help parents demonstrate "positive support" for their children in a variety of situations. Title it "Playing Fair as Parents," or, "Letting Children be Children, on and off the Playing Field."
Restoring better balance to family roles could bring multiple rewards. Encouraging parental respect for children's efforts in sporting events, for example, can only heighten children's respect for their parents' role as parents. What could be fairer for both generations?
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As I watched it, I couldn't help but think about the young Iraq war vet who came back home only to be shot at Occupy Oakland and lies in the hospital there. The irony of that makes me very sad.
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Evanston, Ill. --- Researchers at Northwestern University have combined gold and DNA in an innovative way that should lead to new techniques for detecting many
types of diseases. Screening for genetic and pathogenic diseases -- that is, those transmitted through heredity and those transmitted by microorganisms -- may be done using the new material, according to one of its inventors, Chad A. Mirkin, professor of chemistry at Northwestern.
Research results reported in today's issue of Science magazine show that the procedure has a consistently high level of accuracy. "This process is likely to be faster, cheaper and more selective than existing diagnostic tools," Mirkin said. The new material is a probe made up of gold nanoparticles combined with oligonuceotides, strands of artificial DNA. Placing strands of a target DNA into a solution of the gold-DNA probes induces a chemical reaction that can be seen as a change in color from red to blue if genes linked to a particular disease are present. This color change can be readily sen en n the presence of bodily fluids such as urine or saliva.
Currently, diagnosis of such diseases frequently requires the use of radioactive phosphorus or sulfur tracers in the probes. This requires specially trained personnel, creates disposal problems and uses material with short shelf lives. Using the new gold-DNA probes eliminates those problems, because no radioactive materials are used, and the solution is stabilized to give it the longer shelf life needed for a useful diagnostic tool.
The new findings expand on earlier research by the Northwestern group, which develped the process for tailoring the optical, electrical, mechanical and structural properties of the gold-DNA combination material. Nanoparticles have a diameter one-billionth of a meter, so small they can't be seen with conventional microscopes.
Mirkin, a materials chemist, and his colleague, Robert Letsinger, chemistry professor emeritus, have been developing the technique for several years. Letsinger is a pioneer in the fabrication of artificial DNA. In addition to Mirkin and Letsinger, co-authors of the Science paper are post-doctoral assistant Robert Elghanian and graduate students James J. Storhoff and Robert C. Mucic.
In addition to medical diagnosis, the new material could be used for analysis in forensics, mass screenings for pathogens in clinical or laboratory settings and detection of biological weapons, Mirkin said.


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Falcon Private Bank has appointed a new member to its board of directors as part of a deeper restructuring following the departure of two senior board members.
Cyril Latroche, who is currently part of the investment team at Aabar Investments PJS, has been elected as a new member of the board at the Swiss group.
He joins following the resignation of board members Murtadha Al Hashmi and HE Khaled Balama AlTameemi.
The moves come amid a complete remoulding of the board at the Swiss private bank, which named Christian Wenger as its new chairman in March 2017 as Lennart Blecher stepped down after 13 years in the role.
Along with the new leadership, the bank appointed three new members to the board of directors: Marc Bernegger, Martin Keller and Dominik Schärer.
Equipped with an entirely new board of directors, Falcon Group's restructure comes after a trying year as it was stripped of its licence to operate as a bank in Singapore in connection with the 1MDB scandal.
During the event, the bank closed its Asian branch and was sanctioned by Swiss regulator Finma, which warned that its Swiss licence could be withdrawn if further breaches were to occur.
Commenting on the new hire, Wenger said: 'Cyril Latroche will add valuable industry knowledge, especially in the investments area, to our Board of Directors.'
The new member of the board was previously head of asset management activities at Mubadala GE Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based joint venture between Mubadala Development Company and GE Capital.
In terms of new development, the bank has formed a strategic partnership with a Baar-based digital adviser, Move Digital, gaining access to its digital platform.


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The santa claus man : The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York. / Alex Palmer.
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The true story of John Duval Gluck, Jr., who in 1913 founded the Santa Claus Association, which had the sole authority to answer Santa's mail in New York City. He ran the organization for 15 years, gaining fame for making the myth of Santa a reality to poor children by arranging for donors to deliver the toys they requested, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud. The story is wide in scope, interweaving a phony Boy Scout group, kidnapping, stolen artwork, and appearances by the era's biggest stars and New York City's most famous landmarks. The book is both a personal story and a far-reaching historical one, tracing the history of Christmas celebration in America and the invention of Santa Claus.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that lesbians have an eternal affection for fictional characters and the actors who play them. So when Logo announced that Erin Daniels would guest star in their new original series DTLA — a drama that revolves around the lives of two gay men, Lenny and Bryan, who have reached the breaking point in their long term relationship — we jumped at the chance to catch up with her.
Daniels, of course, played lovable goofball Dana Fairbanks for three seasons on The L Word, before her character met an untimely demise that still makes lesbians shake their fists and scowl. Since TLW, Daniels has guest starred on numerous TV shows, filmed a couple of pilots, and she recently completed work on Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring. But when she called me up to chat, she told me her pride and joy was Dana Fairbanks. Well, Dana Fairbanks and the two beautiful children she's given birth to in the past three years.
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SHARON, PA – The Award-Winning casual-dining concept Quaker Steak & Lube® known for its Best Wings USA and over 20 sauce varieties will bring a new restaurant to Rapid City, SD. The Lube® will open to the public Wednesday, April 17th at 11am. The restaurant has created close to 200 jobs for the area and will be the 1st Quaker Steak & Lube® location in South Dakota. The new Lube will be located at 3313 E Mall Drive.
Built in the Lube Classic II design, it will encompass a 7700 square-foot area while accommodating seating for over 345 guests including a brickyard patio and two bars. HD flat-screen televisions will be showing all the biggest sports events and games throughout the restaurant.
"We are very excited to be opening our next location in South Dakota. Our new guests in Rapid City are going to enjoy The Lube®'s Award-Winning food, tons of family fun and authentic cars," said Jacob Wright of High Peaks Hospitality.
Sports and automotive memorabilia of the Rapid City Lube, hung from the ceilings and the walls of the restaurant, includes a 1965 Panhead engine, doors and hoods from local race cars and bikes from Black Hills Powersports.
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Today we were prompted to write down 15 things that we are grateful for, and I thought I'd share.
In no particular order...
MATTHEW / My husband and fellow adventurer.
MATTHEW / My husband and fellow adventurer.
FAMILY / Spread all over, weirdest bunch ever, the best.
TRUE FRIENDSHIP / True, you may live far away, but I love you.
GOOD FOOD / Cooking and eating it. Love it.
CLEAN WATER / I drink it all day long and take it totally for granted.
FREEDOM / Religious, social, political, personal.
HEALTHY BODY / It totally works.
GOD'S GRACE & LOVE / I mean, just wow.
MUSIC / Listening, playing, singing.
REAL LIFE HEROES / We recently met a man who leads undercover operations to free child sex slaves oversees. I am so thankful that there are people out there who are real life Jason Bournes that literally fight for justice.
DESIGN / Graphic, interior, everything. I love Art.
OUR CHURCH / The place and people brought us back to life.
BLOGGING / Self expression, sharing life. It makes this introvert very happy. And I love meeting other creative types and seeing bits of their world.
A WARM HOUSE / As I type it is blizzarding outside. I have a place to call my own.
INSPIRATION / It comes from everywhere and anywhere. It pulls me out of my fog.
I highly recommend this exercise not just for today, but anytime. It brings perspective and acknowledgment of the truly wonderful blessings that surround us. Try it out.


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In this video, Motley Fool tech and telecom analyst Andrew Tonner talks with Fool.com editor Austin Smith about Baidu, the overwhelming market leader in China's search industry. Andrew says that while he's a Baidu shareholder and is long-term bullish on the stock, a good investor should always weigh the potential bear perspective as well, and this is what he does for us today.
While Baidu does have a huge potential for market growth in China, it's somewhat tied to the Chinese economy, which has experienced slowing growth as of late, a factor that could spook some investors. Also, Baidu is large, but not necessarily invincible, as some of the trailing market-share players are working to innovate, and hoping to erode some of Baidu's market share.
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Scores in the Twenty20 match between South Africa A and the touring England XI here on Tuesday:
England XI
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Denly), 2-27 (Trott), 3-49 (Collingwood), 4-71 (Morgan), 5-75 (Cook), 6-75 (Prior), 7-77 (Wright), 8-82 (Bresnan), 9-85 (Swann)
Bowling: Kleinveldt 2-0-10-0 (w2), De Villiers 3-0-19-2, Morkel 3-0-14-0, Theron 2.3-0-15-1 (w1), Tshabalala 4-0-16-2, Ontong 3-0-9-2
South Africa A
V. van Jaarsveld c Denly b Mahmood 23
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kuhn), 2-46 (Rossouw), 3-50 (Bosman), 4-61 (Ontong), 5-87 (Van Jaarsveld), 6-89 (Kleinveldt)
Bowling: Swann 4-1-9-2, Bresnan 3.3-0-16-0, Mahmood 3-0-12-1 (nb1), Rashid 4-1-22-2, Collingwood 2-0-16-0 (w1), Denly 1-0-15-0
Did not bat: H. Davids, J. Theron, T. Tshabalala
Result: South Africa won by 4 wickets
Toss: South Africa A
Umpires: M. Erasmus, B. Jerling (both RSA). Match referee: A. Barnes (RSA).
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Scores in the Twenty20 match between South Africa A and the touring England XI here on Tuesday:


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Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Volcano girl who was reported missing.
Casey Baker-Fien was last seen in Volcano on August 4.
She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-3, 140 pounds with blue eyes and dark brown shoulder-length hair.
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Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
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On the surface of things, this article is the review of David Feldman's Comedy Podcast, but for this particular review I'm going to vary the routine a bit by also revisiting an artist that I said not such great things about previously. And here's why.
I was at the airport picking up a friend the other day and while I waited I was listening to David Feldman's Comedy Podcast. I was listening to the 7/13 episode titled Comedia Del'Farte. It was good, not the best he's done but pretty much OK and his cast of supporting funny people always make the show better than the sum of its parts... more than just a stand up podcast. I dig their effort and the "Let's Put on a Show!" style of performance and the "let's smear boogers on the Mona Lisa" mentality. I have a couple favorite episodes and I'll get to them in a few minutes.
Anyway, Del'Farte ran its course and since I have several Feldmans in the queue, the next one started: the 7/12 episode with Todd Glass. Many of you will recognize that I didn't review Todd favorably the one and only time I included him in this blog. That was when I reviewed Jimmy Dore's show "Comedy and Everything Else". I mostly liked Jimmy's show but I didn't dig Todd. In fact, if you read that review, you'll kinda see that I never really have dug Todd. I felt like Todd was a conversational bully using noise, bluster, machine gun chatter and backhanded slights to control every single moment of any show that involved him. It was a giant "look at me" fit in the middle of somebody else's birthday party like you might expect to see in a 12- or 13-year-old ADD who skipped the Ritalin for a few days. Granted, that last bit, or the need to exhibit that particular part of their inner beast, describes 95% of all stand ups. But Todd just gets under my skin in a way that no other comic seems to. Worse than that, he breaks the cardinal rule of comedy. He isn't funny. Or at the very least, not very often.
You can pretty much do anything you want as a stand up. You can be a racist dwarf-tossing transgender Nazi who likes to mow down bunny heads using an old John Deere 325 riding mower with a satanic goat skull as a hood ornament... as long as it's funny.
Everything else is crap.
So, I'm at the airport, waiting for my friend at the wrong baggage carousel because he's coming in from Houston instead of his usual Chicago, and David Feldman introduces Todd Glass.
I admit it. I rolled my eyes a little and sighed just a little out of reflex. I'm human, I have a preconceived notion of what I can expect from Todd Glass. I understand that a lot of people find him funny, but for me, Todd pushes all the wrong buttons. And yeah, that feeling probably affects the way I perceive his humor. I come to the table with an idea that I don't like broccoli. It doesn't matter that somebody poured cheese over it or dipped it in ranch dressing or gold or the filtered pee of 15 virgins, I'm not gonna like it and I know that before I taste it and even if it is well done by everybody else's standard, I'm still going to say no thanks.
So yeah, I feel this way. I hate like hell that I have prejudices that color my opinions, but I do. I'm human, shoot me.
The show starts, Feldman does his written material. There's some yuks and twitters in the crowds. He introduces the folks who are normally there and then he brings on Glass. And for the next 10 minutes, Glass steps on every joke anybody else tries to make. He verbally bullied his way into nearly every second of the segment and he essentially hijacked the show. I should mention here that Feldman's show is mostly scripted like an old time radio show but there are times when they depart from that,... (those times seems like they are when Feldman and company know that a guest won't or can't follow the script.) At those times they just try to have a conversation. With Glass, good luck having a conversation. It's just him, rambling, throwing jokes that don't work, explaining why we're not smart enough to get the jokes and how nobody understands lighting in restaurants but him. (yes, lighting. It seems to be a recurring theme with Glass.)
I felt bad the first time I said that Todd Glass rubs me the wrong way. Maybe I was being unfair saying that he's irritating, pompous, overbearing and just flat out unfunny. But after listening to him screw up 10 minutes of somebody else's podcast, I think I was right. Todd Glass rubs me the wrong way. He's pompous, overbearing and just flat out unfunny. I've learned my lesson. If I don't want to come away from a podcast grinding my molars and thinking up new ways to say I don't enjoy Todd Glass as an entertainer I should avoid listening to anything with his name in the title or credits.
OK, there. Done. I've said all I will say about Todd Glass and I'm hopeful that I've actually typed the name Todd Glass for the last time. Now I'd like to tell you about David Feldman's Comedy Podcast and my favorite one or two episodes.
First, the show is an ensemble. Feldman is the lead; it's his name on the marquee, but David is helped quite a lot by his merrymaking minions, Alan Chapman (musical director and comedy songwriter/singer), Eddie Pepitone (sidekick/flunky/resident punching bag), Stefanae (yes, stef uh nay) Zamarano and Jim Earl. Others who also contribute regularly (as part of the Clutter Family) are Rick Overton, Jimmy Dore, Jane Edith Wilson and Ron Babcock. Each week, one or two guests add their voices to the scripted portion of the show as well as a possible interview segment.
As far as the written part of the show goes (and this is for both the cold open by Feldman and the scripted multi-character segment for the cast) the jokes contained therein aren't usually the kind that if you read them on paper you'd laugh out loud. You might say to yourself, "That's funny." You might smile a bit or let out a small heh heh. What makes this show laugh-out-loud funny for me, and what brings me back every week, isn't the "ripped from the very old headlines" stories that are stuffed to overflowing with double entendres and homocentric potty humor. It's the voices. The often deadpan sound of a cold reading from the guests who laugh in their lines, the voice of reason and calm that comes from Feldman reading meta jokes he isn't completely convinced about, the whiny snagglepuss of Alan Chapman as David's "wife" in their crossover (home life/podlife) relationship and finally, and most importantly, the completely manic histrionics of Eddie Pepitone.
Ah, Pepitone. In this show, used in this way, he is genius. I'm convinced (but just barely) that he should not carry his own show. 30 minutes of straight Eddie would border on too much Eddie, but in this show, he is the topping that turns soft serve into a sundae. Without Eddie, you've got ice cream. Everybody likes ice cream, but I really love a good sundae.
My two favorite shows so far were almost 100% scripted plays. The first was when guest Patton Oswalt appeared. The show was a send-up of 70's sitcoms. The gag was that Patton, as a kid, had starred in a show called "Patton Pending". This show was "blow Pepsi out your nose" funny in multiple places and Peppitone played the part of a wizened, forest-dwelling uncle dispensing advice and odd suggestions to the young Patton ( but I swear that for at least a week I thought the part had been played by Richard Kind). I nearly peed my pants at one point and I hadn't done that since I saw the mime telling the eponymous joke in Paul Provenza's movie "The Aristocrats" start to work over the small imaginary dog in the act.
My second most fav was the Changeling episode with Paul Provenza as the Chief of Police. Rather than a child being abducted, it was Eddie the sidekick. The super effective, talented and well loved replacement Eddie (following the plot of the movie) was nearly as funny as the real moronic, oafish and odorous Eddie. It wasn't pee-my-pants funny, but it was well-written, mostly well-performed and had those moments during the play when the actors crack each other up that I've always thought allows the audience into the joke as conspirators rather than as mere spectators and makes the entire experience more than just watching a funny skit.
I wish more podcasts were like David Feldman's Comedy podcast. I think episodic, podcast teleplays (podiplays? pladipods?) are liked by people who look for podcasts to listen to. Such shows could potentially do that thing that advertisers sooooo slobber for, namely, bring receptive listeners back to the same place over and over again and make them great targets for commercials. The first show that I want that to happen for: "Patton Pending". I know it's a send up "one-off" show, but I want to hear as many episodes of that show as they can write. But next time I'll pee before I listen.
My rating scale
Is this podcast entertaining? - Yes, oh yes
Am I likely to listen to the next podcast? – I do every week
Do I recommend this podcast to friends? – Without reservation


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- SUBCHAPTER III - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (§§ 1571 to 1576)
- SUBCHAPTER IV - EXECUTIVE BRANCH (§§ 1591 to 1599)
- SUBCHAPTER V - JUDICIAL BRANCH (§§ 1611 to 1617)
- SUBCHAPTER VI - SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS (§§ 1631 to 1632)
- SUBCHAPTER VII - FISCAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1641 to 1645)
Constitutions for Virgin Islands and Guam: Establishment; Congressional Authorization
Pub. L. 94–584, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2899, as amended by Pub. L. 96–597, title V, § 501, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3479; Pub. L. 111–194, § 2, June 30, 2010, 124 Stat. 1310, provided:
"[Section 1.
Authorization to organize governments] That the Congress, recognizing the basic democratic principle of government by the consent of the governed, authorizes the peoples of the Virgin Islands and of Guam, respectively, to organize governments pursuant to constitutions of their own adoption as provided in this Act.
"Sec. 2.[Constitutional conventions and draft provisions] (a) The Legislatures of the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively, are authorized to call constitutional conventions to draft, within the existing territorial-Federal relationship, constitutions for the local self-government of the people of the Virgin Islands and Guam.
"(b) Such constitutions shall—
recognize, and be consistent with, the sovereignty of the United States over the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively, and the supremacy of the provisions of the Constitution, treaties, and laws of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively, including, but not limited to, those provisions of the Organic Act [section 1405 et seq. of this title] and Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands [this chapter] and the Organic Act of Guam [section 1421 et seq. of this title] which do not relate to local self-government.
provide for a republican form of government, consisting of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial;
contain a bill of rights;
deal with the subject matter of those provisions of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954, as amended, and the Organic Act of Guam, as amended, respectively, which relate to local self-government;
with reference to Guam, provided that the voting franchise may be vested only in residents of Guam who are citizens of the United States;
provide for a system of local courts consistent with the provisions of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended; and
provide for the establishment of a system of local courts the provisions of which shall become effective no sooner than upon the enactment of legislation regulating the relationship between the local courts of Guam with the Federal judicial system.
"Sec. 3.
[Selection and qualification of members] The members of such constitutional conventions shall be chosen as provided by the laws of the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively (enacted after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1976]): Provided, however, That no person shall be eligible to be a member of the constitutional conventions, unless he is a citizen of the United States and qualified to vote in the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively.
"Sec. 4.
[Submittal of proposed constitutions to governors and President] The conventions shall submit to the Governor of the Virgin Islands a proposed constitution for the Virgin Islands and to the Governor of Guam a proposed constitution for Guam which shall comply with the requirements set forth in section 2(b) above. Such constitutions shall be submitted to the President of the United States by the Governors of the Virgin Islands and Guam.
"Sec. 5.[Transmittal to Congress and submittal to voters] (a) Within sixty calendar days after the respective date on which he has received each constitution, the President shall transmit such constitution together with his comments to the Congress.
The constitution, in each case, shall be deemed to have been approved by the Congress within 60 legislative days after its submission by the President, unless prior to that date the Congress has approved the constitution, or modified or amended it, in whole or in part, or has urged the constitutional convention to reconvene, by joint resolution.
"(c) Revision of Proposed Constitution.—
"(1)In general.—
If a convention reconvenes and revises the proposed constitution, the convention shall resubmit the revised proposed constitution simultaneously to the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the President.
"(2)Comments of president.—Not later than 60 calendar days after the date of receipt of the revised proposed constitution, the President shall—
notify the convention, the Governor, and Congress of the comments of the President on the revised proposed constitution; and
publish the comments in the Federal Register.
As so approved or modified under subsection (b) (or, if revised pursuant to subsection (c), on publication of the comments of the President in the Federal Register), the constitutions shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively, for acceptance or rejection through islandwide referendums to be conducted as provided under the laws of the Virgin Islands and Guam, respectively, (enacted after the date of enactment of this Act) [Oct. 21, 1976].
Upon approval by not less than a majority of the votes (counting only the affirmative or negative votes) participating in such referendums, the constitutions shall become effective in accordance with their terms."
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Knitcircus is Four!
Wow, hard to believe that it was four years ago that my friend Erika and I put together the first Knitcircus zine and made paper copies on my home printer.
Getting ready for the celebration of our "Sweet Sixteen" Winter Issue #16, let's take a peek at a few photos from the early issues.
Issue #1? Not even sure where those photos are! Lost to antiquity…
Issue #2 was hand-bound with yarn and distributed to a few select (read: just in our city) LYS's.
Issue #3 we went glossy! And started sending them all over the midwest!
Issue #5, was my fave photoshoot; you can't beat an ice cream shop for fun!
Issue #6 was our special Kids' Issue: Roughhousing Vest design by Elizabeth Morrison.
Shawl by Michelle Miller
Issue #8: Baby adorableness by Bianca Boonstra
Rachel Dickman's Sweet B's Poncho.
All of our models look so young and cute!
Thanks again to Laura Nelkin for her generous Adorn book and Butin Kit giveaway!
The e-book winner is: aknitontheside on Ravelry, and the Butin Kit winner is: Holli Yeoh.


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The two most common types of IRAs are the traditional IRA and Roth IRA.
Traditional IRA
Your contributions to a traditional IRA enjoy tax-advantaged growth potential. You do not have to pay taxes on your traditional IRA assets until you withdraw the amounts.1 You may be able to make tax-deductible contributions to a traditional IRA. The deductibility is subject to limitations based on your eligibility to participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, your income, and your filing status. You cannot contribute to a traditional IRA if you are over age 70½.
Roth IRA
You cannot deduct any contributions made to a Roth IRA. Contributions to a Roth IRA are always made with after-tax dollars and are subject to income limitations. Your contributions to a Roth IRA enjoy tax-advantaged growth potential. You also may take distributions from a Roth IRA account tax-free if you've been invested in the Roth IRA for a minimum of five years and if a distribution is made after the date you reach age 59½, or because you are disabled, or if it's made to a beneficiary or to your estate after your death. There are no required minimum distributions if you are the owner of a Roth IRA.
How are a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA different?
|Traditional IRA
|Roth IRA
|Is there an age limit on when I can set up the IRA and contribute?
|Yes. You must not have reached age 70½ by the end of the year.
|No. You can be any age.
|Can I deduct contributions?
|Yes. You may be able to deduct your contributions to a traditional IRA depending on your income, your filing status, whether you are covered by a retirement plan at work, and whether you receive Social Security benefits.
|No. You can never deduct contributions to a Roth IRA.
|Do I have to start taking distributions when I reach a certain age?
|Yes. You must begin receiving required minimum distributions by April 1 of the year following the year you reach age 70½.
|No. If you are the original owner of a Roth IRA, you do not have to take distributions regardless of your age.
|What are the tax advantages?
|Tax-deferred growth potential.
|Tax-free growth potential. No required minimum distributions.
|Are distributions from my account taxable?
|Distributions are taxed as ordinary income, but if you made nondeductible contributions, not all of the distribution is taxable. A 10% early withdrawal penalty may apply to withdrawals made prior to age 59½.
Distributions are not taxed as long as certain requirements are met: (1) You must have been invested in the Roth IRA for a minimum of five years, and (2) A distribution is made either:
If a distribution does not meet the requirements listed above, the portion of the distribution attributable to earnings may be subject to ordinary income tax and may be subject to the 10% early withdrawal penalty.
|Can I take a loan?
|Is there an upper income limit on how much I can earn and still contribute?
|Yes. The income limits are based on your modified adjusted gross income. You cannot contribute to a Roth IRA if your 2015 income is more than $131,000 for single and head of household filers and $193,000 for joint filers.
|What are the contribution limits for 2015?
|Is my account subject to Required Minimum Distribution rules?
|No, for a Roth IRA owner.
Source: IRS Publication 590
You may contribute to both a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA in the same year. However, the total of your contributions in 2015 to a Roth IRA and a traditional IRA may not exceed $5,500 if you are under 50 years old and $6,500 if you are age 50 or older. Also, your contribution limit to a traditional IRA will be reduced by the contributions made to a Roth IRA. For more information, see IRS Publication 590.
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I believe that we can become anything that we set are mind to. We have the power to push our selves into becoming anything. I have many reasons why I strongly believe in this. Their have been many cases in which people come from nothing and in the end become something that no one believed they could. One main example that shows how you can become anything you set your mind to is the story of Michael Jordan.
Michael Jordan loved playing basketball as a child. His love for basketball began when his older brother, Larry, continuously beat him in one-on-one pickup games. This determined Michael to become a better player. Michael Jordan tried out for his high school team during his sophomore year, but at 5 feet 11 inches he was believed to be to short for the varsity level. No one believed that he had what it took to play basketball. Instead of gibing up after failing making the team Michael Jordan used that as a motivation to prove not only to hem but to every one that he had what it took. He put it in his mind that nothing was going to stop him from doing what he loved.
The following summer Michael trained rigorously and grew four inches. Practicing hour after hour on the court he used motivation to push himself into becoming some thing no one believed he could become. Upon earning a spot on his high school varsity team, Jordan soon became the best high school player averaging 25 points per game over his final two season of high school play. Michael led his team to a state championship proving every one wrong. He earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. Jordan left college and entered the NBA in 1984. He was selected third in the draft. Jordan became an immediate impact in the league and proved that he belonged among the elite players. Michael Jordan is the best known athlete in the world. He is leading scorer in the NBA, and has led the Chicago Bulls too many NBA Championships.
In Conclusion there are many reasons why I believe that we can become any thing we set our minds to. The story of Michael Jordan about how he came up when no one believed he could is just one of the many examples that shows how people can come from nothing and become something that no one could even imagine.
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Paula Barbosa didn't think she'd ever leave Brazil. A successful fashion producer in Rio de Janeiro, she enjoyed soaking up the warm weather and swimming in the sea. But one day, she decided her life needed a twist, so she quit her job and moved to New York. Unsure of what she would do for work, Paula signed up for a business class and began settling in, making friends and going to social gatherings. Her signature party offering was a homemade version of a Brazilian favorite: Brigadeiro, a decadent chocolate bonbon. Soon, friends and friends of friends started requesting the treat, and Paula's small business was born. Now, you can enjoy the indulgent condiment made from sweetened condensed milk and cocoa. Spread it on anything from toast to strawberries, or even use it to ice cakes.
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The annual Phillies Caravan hit the Lehigh Valley for the 16th time last night, and relief pitcher Larry Andersen - later described by broadcaster Harry Kalas as "the team's resident flake" - set the tone for the evening at a press conference an hour before the formal dinner program.
Andersen was the last of the entourage to arrive and, by the time he did, new manager John Felske was well into a serious dissertation on what he perceives to be the 1985 team's strengths and weaknesses. Blending in perfectly at the rear of the gaggle of media types, Andersen asked with a straight face, "And what do you think of the bullpen, John."


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I had it going for a while, tried it on MSN, NetMeeting, and ICUII. Installed a driver for it from the CD that came with the product but Windows did manage to find a driver for it as well.
But since I've installed the driver for it, for some reason. Everytime I go to use it (for example, click on Video - Send in NetMeeting) it just reboots the whole computer. It's a driver problem I know.
I'm uninstalling the driver that came with the cam from the computer but I've got a feeling that it's not gonna be that easy. How do you clean out all the drivers for your USB hardwares?


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A. One of the features of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 is the use of a new protocol, MS-FSSHTTP, which facilitates synchronization of files via SOAP over the HTTP protocol. This new protocol allows locking of portions of a file, allowing the concurrent co-authoring of the same file. It also lets you download and upload only changes to an Office file, instead of the entire file (which is what occurs when using WebDAV).
A local cache of content previously accessed by Office 2010 from SharePoint 2010 is maintained, allowing only changes to the file to be downloaded on subsequent access. This local cache is managed through the Upload Center Office 2010 application, which allows you to modify cache settings as needed. This transfer of only changes to data means very efficient use of network bandwidth.
So where does BranchCache come into this discussion? BranchCache allows the sharing of data between clients that's transferred over HTTP or SMB, so that once data has been downloaded by one computer at a location it's shared with other clients at the location, reducing data sent down the wire. Because SharePoint 2010 with Office 2010 uses the MS-FSSHTTP protocol instead of normal HTTP and has its own built-in features to handle efficient use of network bandwidth, BranchCache won't be used for the SharePoint 2010/Office 2010 traffic. BranchCache is still used for other types of traffic sent over HTTP and SMB, including data accessed by previous versions of Office.


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Last week at the first Facebook Marketing Conference (fMC), Facebook made some big announcements that will affect every brand that has a Facebook page. The main announcement that must be acted upon is that every brand page will transition to a Timeline layout. Timeline is Facebook's new profile layout that allows you to highlight the photos, posts and events that help you tell your brand's story.
Since many of you did not have two hours to attend the fMC webinar, here's a summary of what you need to do to update your Facebook page and what these changes mean to you as a marketer.
Getting your Page ready for Timeline
Your Facebook page is where your brand connects with its fans by sharing news, posting events, gathering feedback and creating unique content. Similar to the transition Facebook has made for individual profile pages, brand pages will now have the Timeline. This transition will happen March 30, 2012. If you have a brand page, there are a few things that you need to do to be ready for this change.
- Create a cover photo (B1). This is the main image at the top of your Timeline. It should capture the essence of your brand. The photo cannot include pricing, contact information, calls to action or reference Facebook actions such as "Like our page." Optimal photo size is 851 x 315px.
- Update your profile image (B2) to the new size of 180 x 180px. This is the image that will appear next to each of your posts.
- Prioritize your tabs and applications (B3). By default Facebook will only show 4 tabs under the cover photo, one being your photos. Others will be viewable by clicking an arrow, but the top 4 will be the most visible. Determine which of these applications are the most important to you and your fans and make that tab first.
- Review your historical Facebook posts and content (B4). The Timeline provides you with the ability to "Star" important posts and content which will allow these posts to be visible to all visitors. Hide posts that are not as engaging or relevant. Create Milestones on your Timeline with a large photo for such things as product releases, important events and brand announcements. Update the date of your posts to reflect when things really happened and "Pin" your most important post to the top of your page.
- Allow more time for management and analytics. Engagement is key to success in Facebook. With the launch of Timeline, Facebook updated the admin panel to allow for further insights into individual post performance and page demographics. With these metrics, you will be able to determine which posts are the most effective in reaching your audience and creating engagement among your fans. Use this information to create more engaging posts in the future. Secondly, individuals will now have the ability to message brand pages directly which means that marketers will need to spend more time answering messages and responding to fans than ever before.
- Post your new page. If you are ready, you don't have to wait until March 30. Post your page immediately and let your fans know. Get their feedback and start driving traffic to your page and generating additional engagement.
Additional Facebook Resources
Introduction to Facebook Pages
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Best Practices for your Facebook Page and Media Strategy
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Peyton is 8 today
We started our celebration on the weekend
I love to go for a ride in the car!
We picked up some DQ for lunch
and went to the park ...
I got my own pup cup!
And some hamburger (and chicken, too)!
The pond is awesome!
Usually we walk around the pond
but it looked like it was going to rain.
So, instead we played on the hill ...
I raced mama up the hill and down the hill.
I beat her both times!!!
Then we did some shopping!
See the cute sales girl ...
Mama works with her mama!
After shopping we got some pizza for dinner
I shared with the pawrents AND my siblings, too!
I got some pawsome presents ...
A hedgie blankie, a flag shirt, treats
and a belly band with matching bow tie!
Mama thinks I'm handsome ...
I helped dad grill a cheesy burger
Look at all of that cheese ...
After dinner we went for a walk
Or maybe it was a roll in the grass ...
And then it was time for cake & ice cream
Thanks for celebrating with me ...
Love, Peyton
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Blessings hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
Oh wow, what a fangtastic barkday!! Looks like you really enjoyed it. LOVE your new bow tie!ReplyDelete
HAPPY HAPPY BIRFDAY TO YOU PEYTON !!! WOW Buddy... you gotted to celebrate like a PAWfessional... and oh the foodables and the Shopping and the walkie ... WOW Bow WOW.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Peyton! Looks like your peeps treated you well!ReplyDelete
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Peyton you had such a wonderful wonderful wonderful food filled birfday....wowzer, I wish we could have came over and enjoyed it wif you!!!! stella roseReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Payton! Your birthday was wonderful!ReplyDelete
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Friday, May 11, 2012
The Usual Fruit Platter on SQ
Yes, this fruit platter thing is starting to become a regular thing for me. It sure is a heck of a lot healthier than those regular meals. This one was a bit different in that it came with a banana and kiwi, the latter of which got a bit messy when one had to peel it. Perhaps more interesting was that the seats on this flight yet again did not have power outlets, even if the flight on the way up did. I wish they would standardize on those other seats instead.
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2 comments:
- Kash said...
Bro, best way to eat a kiwi is slice in half and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, saves you the hassle of peeling.
- May 11, 2012 9:25 PM
- Unknown said...
great site - when did you start ordering fruit platters on the plane? I guess it leaves more room for interesting explorations off the plane!
- May 13, 2012 10:33 PM
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Content Marketing Myth Busted
A great piece of content is like a good friend. A friend answers people's questions about you. A good friend speaks for your better qualities without overselling you. That's what a great article does for your business. It's not a sales person on a screen. Your friends, and your helpful articles, allow people to know you better.
Unfortunately, content marketing disappoints people who want it to open and close the sale, all in one go. Of course your piece must ask people to act. The problem comes when people misunderstand how to use helpful ideas to feed into your sales process. If you want your next article to turn a stranger to a caller after a single visit, you may be suffering from a common Content Marketing Myth:
This graphic shows a common state of confusion about how content marketing works. The left side shows what happens with the mistaken idea that content alone will get calls. People are naturally defensive toward a sales pitch. But often we post our offers as if our words can overcome resistance from the visitor before you've build trust. It runs on hope. You post content, and hope people will see it, and hope they call.
What can your most helpful content do? Turn strangers into followers first – and informed prospects second.
The right side shows what happens with a well-designed content strategy. The funnel opens with a call to action. This action is the most likely thing a self-interested prospect would do – such as get some free information by email. Next, follow-up messages continue to offer help. You continue to give access to information with the goal of helping future clients understand their problem and their options better. How do you do this? Through every channel that you and your target client both use.
Well planned content marketing does serve your sales goals – not by selling – but by earning the receiver's trust and willingness to pay attention to more from you about how you help.
Use content as a means to connect with a self-selected list of followers. Your followers learn your value, and you learn who is interacting with your valuable content. By learning more about who your best visitors are, you can tailor ongoing outreach to identify sales-ready leads and lower defenses enough to have a meaningful conversation.
Do you have good success getting visitors to contact you on the first visit? Do you have a way to tell how often visitors come to your website? Would you like to continue looking at this topic with together? If so, subscribe to the blog and get the next update automatically.


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Contacting policy-makers
Election Kit 2015
Every time we elect leaders to represent us, it is an important time for our Arts and culture, for our heritage, and for future generations. MPs live in and represent our communities. They will have an influence on our lives. Check out our new Election Kit (English | French) with suggested questions related to music in our schools and communities for you to use with your local candidates.
Advocacy Letter Writing Tips
- Keep it short and simple.
- Make it personal. Stories are more memorable than statistics.
- Request a specific action at the end of the letter
Who to Write
Education is under provincial jurisdiction in Canada and the curriculum is overseen by the province. School trustees are very important at the local level. Be sure to get to know yours and look for opportunities to connect and present your views at your local school board.
Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Member of Legislative Assembly
(MLA) To find your MPP or MLA follow these 2 steps:
Find your electoral district: http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
Find your current MPP or MLA by province: http://www.canadaspeaks.ca/resources/find-your-mpp/
Minister of Education
Find your Minister of Education: http://www.cmec.ca/Pages/Default.aspx
Find contact information for your premier: http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/premiers/a/writepremiers.htm
It is also recommended that you not only contact elected officials, but officials of other parties as well. Election time is an excellent time to communicate your message. Read below for election specific tools
Face to Face Meetings
A meeting with an elected official can be useful in getting active interest. If the official is unavailable, meeting with their staff is acceptable. Here are some tips:
- Be prepared with what you are going to say and stick to your points (having it in writing will help)
- If possible, invite a music teacher or administrator to join you in the meeting.
- Don't feel intimidated as you may be the expert in the situation.
- Bring a pamphlet or brochure about Music Education to leave with the official (Click Here to order some)
- When possible, end the meeting with an invitation to a school music event.
- After your meeting, follow-up with a note of gratitude restating your concerns.
Phone Calls
A telephone call can also be worthwhile. If the official is unavailable, talking with their staff is acceptable. Follow the tips given for face to face meeting, mailing supplementary information to their office.
During an Election
Candidates are always eager to meet with constituents to hear their concerns. You can find out who your candidates are by first identifying your riding at www.electionscanada.ca and entering your postal code. Research all the parliamentary candidates:
- Find out if they and their party have ever said anything regarding music education
- Do they have a personal connection to music education and/or music?
Writing to Your Candidate
Candidates want to hear what you care about.
- Many candidates do door-to-door campaigns. Be prepared with some carefully prepared questions.
- Participate in online, television and radio forums and find out in advance if music education will be an appropriate topic to raise.
- Send a copy of your letters to your local newspaper
- Once an official is elected, send a note of congratulations and request a meeting so you can build a relationship to help bring awareness about music education. This relationship is also good for future invitations to recitals and music events.


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Snapchat is one of the most well-used of all the video and photo messaging apps. It allows you to send short video or photo messages to other users, messages that can only be viewed for a short time before they disappear. While the app is already feature-rich, there is a way to add even more to it and bring new and better functionality. By downloading an app called Extensify [ download tutorial ], you can make use of a tweak called Phantom to modify Snapchat without the need to jailbreak.
Image : Phantom for Snapchat
Phantom Features :
Phantom will work on all versions of iOS 7 to iOS 10. Some of the top features of Phantom for Snapchat include :
- Save Snaps to read in the future instead of just a few brief seconds when it arrives
- Disable Hold to keep the Snap open
- Keep Snaps in your own Feed so that you can read them and mark them read when you want to
- Enable or disable Phantom as and when you want to
- Choose multiple contacts simultaneously
Photos and videos can be saved to multiple places, including :
- Camera roll
- A specific photo album
- A folder that is protected by password and backed up by iTunes
Other features :
- Send videos and photos straight from your camera roll
- A feature that enables you to crop images
- A Shake feature that lets you override the orientation
- The ability to change the color, size and text font on the captions
- Change the background color
- Set up a specific notification sound and notifications on the Status bar
- All configurations are made through a preferences pane in your Settings app
How to Download Phantom for Snapchat :
- Download the Snapchat [ext link] app from iTunes if you haven't already got it
- Download Extensify Helper [ext link] following the instructions in our step by step tutorial to using it to install Extensify app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Open Extensify on your iPhone or iPad
- Search for the Phantom [ext link] tweak using the in-built Search feature
- When you find Phantom, tap the Get button beside it
- This will send Phantom to be built. Because Extensify does not provide system-deep tweaks, what it does instead is builds a modified version of each app that you want to modify
- When the build is finished you can install it to your iOS device and it will be given a label of Phantom + on your home screen. [ the + sign identifies tweaks as Extensify builds ]
If you want proper modifications that go much deeper you will need to use PPHelper to jailbreak your iOS device. Extensify provides basic tweaks for stock and third party iOS apps, nothing more, although it is a good alternative to jailbreaking for those who just want a few additional features.
Let us know what you think of Phantom for Snapchat. If you follow us on Facebook, you will be sent the latest news and developments straight to your news feed.


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Here is a rich new biographical perspective on the brilliant storyteller whose sophisticated romantic fiction ("Seven Gothic Tales," "Winter's Tales," and other work) made her an international success and a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Before she became "Isak Dinesen," Karen Blixen (born Dinesen, in 1885) married her cousin and went with him to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. His several failures, his faithlessness, and their eventual divorse only strengthened Karen's resolve to continue her discovered "life-work." Her family financed her successful stay there, until the collapse of the coffee market (coinciding with the accidental death of her lover, and her own continuing illnesses) forced her to return to her family's estate (Rungstedlund) in Denmark , where she remained until her passing in 1962.
These letters, written mostly to her supportive mother and younger brother, contain the raw material that was later transformed into her classic memoir "Out of Africa" (1937). They also reveal her as a highly intelligent and sensitive analyst of a strange new world.
At first embarrassed by her helplessness ("how pampered and unaccustomed I Blixen quickly grew to love her harsh environment, delighting in its scenic beauty, admiring the stolidity and simple decency of "her" natives ("I think they are better people than we are"), making herself into an efficient businesswoman, and even a dedicated huntress. She interested herself in the progress of the European war, and responded to implied questioning of her increasing independence by penning involved argumentative defenses of sexual equality.
Her urge to be usefulm seemed to increase her introspective powers, as it did her intellectual restlessness. She understood more clearly than any other observer the motives for her long immurement in Africa ("I am God's chosen snob, and if I cannot be with the aristocracy or the intelligentsia I must go down among the proletariat, . . . the natives, because I cannot live with the middle class").
Unfortunately, when at was to exertion", Karen her analytical best Karen Blixen was at her most longwinded. Omission of many of the overly long letters would have improved the book.
Still, we are given valuable glimpses of Blixen/Dinesen's direct and vigorous prose, her humor ("believe me, a charging lion has an expressive face"), and that empathic curiosity about alien lives and beliefs that gives her fiction such power.
here's no doubt, however, that the Isak Dinesen who interests us most is the (postm-1931) writer of those marvelous tales. Our interest in the earlier Dinesen is more than satisfied by the masterly "Out of Africa." Scholars may want to reread that book side by side with "Letters from Africa." The general reader, though he'll find this new volume intermittently mined with riches, will find it considerably less interesting than the Isak Dinesen work already extant.


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Wow, what a great tutorial. That skirt looks fabulous and so much fun. I never thought I would be able to make a tutu for my daughter but now I have hope! Thanks so much Shanti.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 11:07 PM
Hi there, This might be a stupid question but can you clarify the amount of tulle? How long is a roll of 6" tulle? I want to make sure I get the right amount!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2012 at 11:22 AM
I make tutus as well I get a 25 yard roll of tulle for 4.99 at hobby lobby but ribbon and tulle are half off so I get a roll for 2.50 a tutu makers dream they are so fun to makeDelete
I love that picture of her in the tree. You've got to frame that! Too cool... :-)ReplyDelete
I made one just like this last year, tho in paler pink and with added roses, for a princess much like your own (grubby knees and battered jeans)fun isn't it? http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com/2010/11/because-every-little-girl-should-feel.htmlReplyDelete
Dance on, Solana! I was a tree climber, too. But I have been known to put on a twirly dress and get dolled up once in a while! :) Gorgeous tutorial, Shanti...my girls would love to make one of these!!ReplyDelete
Pure magic!!!!!! I love the skirt but the girl inside it is even more wonderful! What a precious little character with her rain boots and gap-toothed smile. love, BethReplyDelete
anonymous... a roll of tulle is usually 25 yards. It seems you would need 1-3 rolls for a child. (depending on how old your child is and how full you want it.) The great thing I discovered about tulle though is how forgiving it is and that basically it will look great any which way! Hope that helps.ReplyDelete
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This is such a great idea! I love that its no sew!ReplyDelete
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I have three little nieces aged 3-7 (sistes) that will each recieve a tutu for Easter just because of you and your little "fae". So cute!! Hmm, I'm 51, is that too old for a tutu? (I want one in purple with red ribbons.)ReplyDelete
Tess... I say you are never too old for a tutu!!! Just think of the hit you would be to your nieces ~ purple and red sounds like an enchanting look!ReplyDelete
These are so fun! And they look easy enough for me too.ReplyDelete
Thanks for yet another hand-made idea for Easter! The pictures are fabulous, and if they were all you had of Solana's childhood, they'd be enough. Enchanting indeed!!ReplyDelete
Looks like she is enjoying her new tutu immensely. I know someone who'needs' one of these so I better get busy and make one. Thanks for sharing this wonderful tutorial.ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting this! The tutu looks so simple. Our town has a May Day festival coming up and I wanted to make the girls some fairy costumes, and the tutu would definitely work.ReplyDelete
So cute! I'd love to make one :)ReplyDelete
Adorable post! I can't wait to try this.ReplyDelete
Your little one is so sweet in her tutu! Thank you for sharing how to make it.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 17, 2011 at 12:50 AM
this tutu is adorable and I am going to try and make this for our 2 yr old grand daughter to wear at her birthday party the end of this month.!!ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing
I have some yellow net over taffeta that was once the skirt of a prom dress I wore 50 years ago! I wonder if this would work since it is stiffer than the tulle, I'd love to have one of my granddaughters have it for some kind of play outfit.ReplyDelete
Lovely - I made some for my little girl yesterday and have linked back to your tutorial. Thanks for a lovely teaching. www.njs-randomness.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Awesome !!! Thanks a lot for this tuto !! It's working like a charm ! Just posted as a link on my site :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 11:13 AM
Thanks for the tutorial. I do have a question. I made one of these today and I can't keep the tulle from sticking together. How do you keep your pieces so straight and from clinging to one another?ReplyDelete
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Ron Waxman, the agent for Chivas USA forward Juan Agudelo, revealed on Sunday morning that Agudelo will also be training alongside Zusi at West Ham.
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