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'The Scream' Just Became the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at Auction; Some People Have Never Heard of Posters
Edvard Munch's 1895 crayon drawing "The Scream" sold for $119.9 million Wednesday night, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
The auction, conducted by Sotheby's New York, lasted twelve minutes.
The previous record-holding work was a 1932 Pablo Picasso painting called "Nude, Green, Leaves, and Bust," which sold in 2010 for $106.5 million.
The crazy thing is that, unlike The Scream, the Picasso piece—a portrait of his mistress Marie-Therese Walter—features prominently displayed boobs, so how did Munch's drawing end up commanding more money?
The identity of the buyer, who bid by phone (definitely the way to go for maximum class), is still unconfirmed. According to the Los Angeles Times, early rumors suggested a great deal of interest from the royal family of Qatar.
Since it is my birthday tomorrow, it seems logical to speculate that the drawing—one of a series of four, and the last one privately owned—was likely purchased for me. It is still unconfirmed where in my apartment the piece will hang, though early rumors suggest a likely spot is over my bureau, where it will take the place of a large Billie Holiday poster, slightly damaged in a roof leak several months ago.
Here is a small collection of horrifying facts related to the work, provided by the LA Times:
- The location depicted in The Scream is Ekeberg Hill, Oslo, an overlook point apparently known as a popular spot for suicides.
- In 1895, from the vantage point depicted in the artwork, one would have been able to hear the screams of patients housed in a nearby asylum. Among them: Munch's sister, Laura, hospitalized for schizophrenia shortly after their father died.
- Other audible screams from that vantage point: those of the animals from a nearby slaughterhouse.
- The painting's first owner was a German coffee mogul.
And here is a poem written by Munch describing the scene that inspired the image. (He inscribed the text in red paint on the frame of the drawing sold today):
I was walking along the road with two friends. The Sun was setting –
The Sky turned a bloody red
And I felt a whiff of Melancholy – I stood
Still, deathly tired – over the blue-black
Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire
My Friends walked on – I remained behind
– shivering with Anxiety – I felt the great Scream in Nature
The guy was a regular Barack Obama with words.

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USDA Reports to Support Corn PricesUS - The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the USDA has released the final estimates of the size of the 2014 US corn and soybean crops and estimates of the stocks of corn and soybeans in storage as of December 1, 2014, writes Darrel Good.
In addition, the World Agricultural Outlook Board of the USDA released new forecasts of 2014-15 marketing year US and world supply, consumption, and ending stocks of these two crops (as well as for many other commodities). These estimates and forecasts may dominate corn and soybean price behavior into the spring of the year. Following is a brief discussion of the estimates and forecasts and their price implications.
The 2014 corn crop is estimated at 14.216 billion bushels, 191 million bushels less than the November forecast and 133 million bushels less than the average trade guess. The US average yield is estimated at 171 bushels per acre, 2.4 bushels less than the November forecast. There were relatively large yield changes for a number of states, with large declines in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Somewhat surprisingly, the estimate of planted acreage in 2014 was reduced by only 288,000 acres and the estimate of harvested acreage was increased by 39,000 acres. The relatively small number of planted acres that were reported to FSA through mid-December had indicated that NASS might reduce the estimate of planted acres even more. FSA will release the final report of 2014 planted acres (which NASS has already seen) on January 15.
December 1 corn stocks were estimated at 11.203 billion bushels, 750 million larger than stocks of a year ago and 80 million bushels larger than the average trade guess. Based on Census Bureau estimates, corn exports during the first quarter of the 2014-15 marketing year totaled 408 million bushels, 58 million more than exported during the same quarter last year. Based on EIA estimates of ethanol production, total domestic processing uses of corn during the quarter totaled 1.617 billion bushels, up 71 million bushels from use of a year earlier. Implied feed and residual use of corn during the quarter totaled only 2.225 billion bushels, down 91 million bushels from the revised first quarter use of a year ago.
For the year, the USDA projection of marketing year exports was unchanged at 1.75 billion bushels, with no significant changes in production estimates for the rest of the world. The projection of ethanol use of corn was increased by 25 million bushels, to 5.175 billion bushels, but the projection of feed and residual use was lowered by 100 million bushels, to 5.275 billion bushels.
First quarter feed and residual use of corn represents 42 per cent of the projected use for the year. That is well below the average of 46.9 per cent in the previous two years, but above the 39.7 per cent average of the six years prior to that.
Year-ending stocks of corn are projected at 1.877 billion bushels, 121 million less than last month's projection and 50 million bushels less than the average trade guess. Projected stocks represent only 13.8 percent of projected marketing year consumption. The 2014-15 marketing year average corn price is projected in a range of $3.35 to $3.95, $0.15 higher than the December projection.
The 2014 US soybean crop is estimated at 3.969 billion bushels, 11 million larger than the November forecast and 13 million bushels larger than the average trade guess. The estimate of 2014 planted and harvested acreage was reduced by 483,000 and 342,000 acres, respectively, but the estimate of the US average yield was increased by 0.2 bushels, to 47.8 bushels. The larger production estimate was offset by a 10 million bushel increase in the export projection, so that year ending stocks are still projected at 410 million bushels, or 11.2 per cent of projected consumption.
The larger export projection reflects the current record pace of exports and came in spite of a 55 million bushel increase in the projected size of the current Brazilian harvest. The 2014-15 US marketing year average price is projected in a range of $9.45 to $10.95 per bushel, compared to last month's projection of $9.00 to $11.00.
December 1 stocks of soybeans were estimated at 2.524 billion bushels, 370 million bushels larger than the inventory of a year ago, but 66 million bushels below the average trade guess. We estimate soybean crush during the first quarter of the year at 439 million bushels, only about seven million bushels less than during the same quarter last year, while exports totaled 824 million bushels, up 147 million from exports last year. Feed, seed, and residual use of soybeans during the first quarter of the year calculates to a record 281 million bushels, 51 million more than the previous record use of last year.
The large unexplained disappearance of soybeans might suggest that the 2014 crop has been overestimated. However, the large use will be partially offset by negative use the remainder of the year and we have found very little correlation to unexplained use in the first quarter and subsequent revisions in the estimated size of the crop.
Taken together, the reports are slightly supportive for corn prices and slightly negative for soybean prices. However, the nearly two million acre reduction in winter wheat seedings may point to another large increase in soybean acreage in 2015. For now, prices of corn and soybeans will reflect the ongoing pace of consumption, with corn prices likely to average in the upper half of the USDA's projected range and soybeans in the lower half of the projected range.
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It's another election season, so that means it's time for Democrats to start uttering wild malapropisms about the Bible to pretend they believe in God!
In 2000, we had Al Gore inverting a Christian parable into something nearly satanic. Defending his nutty ideas about the Earth during one of the debates, Gore said: "In my faith tradition, it's written in the book of Matthew, where your heart is, there is your treasure also." And that, he said, is why we should treasure the environment.
First of all, people who say "faith tradition" instead of "religion" are always phony-baloney, "Christmas and Easter"-type believers.
Second, Jesus was making almost the exact opposite point, saying: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on Earth," where there are moths, rust and thieves, but in heaven, because, Jesus said, "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I guess that's the kind of mix-up that can happen when your theological adviser is Naomi Wolf.
Then in 2004, Democratic presidential candidate and future Trivial Pursuit answer Howard Dean told an interviewer that his favorite part of the New Testament was the Book of Job. The reporter should have asked him if that was his favorite book in all three testaments.
And now in 2008, we have Democrats attacking Sarah Palin for being a Christian, while comparing Obama to Jesus Christ. (And not in the sarcastic way the rest of us do.)
Liberals have indignantly claimed that Palin thinks the founding fathers wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, which is Olbmermannic in the sense that (a) if it were true, it's trivial, and (b) it's not true.
Their claim is based on a questionnaire Palin filled out when she was running for governor of Alaska in 2006, which asked the candidates if they were "offended by the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance." Palin answered: "Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me, and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance."
As anyone can see, Palin was not suggesting that the founding fathers "wrote" the Pledge of Allegiance: She said the founding fathers believed this was a country "under God." Which, um, it is.
For the benefit of MSNBC viewers who aren't watching it as a joke, the whole point of the Declaration of Independence was to lay out the founders' breathtaking new argument that rights came not from the king, but from God or, as the Declaration said, "Nature's God," the "Creator."
That summer, in 1776, Gen. George Washington -- a charter member of the founding fathers -- rallied his troops, saying: "The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves. ... The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of the army."
So Washington not only used the phrase "under God," but gave us one of the earliest known references to the rights of the "unborn." That's right! George Washington was a "pro-life extremist," just like Sarah Palin.
There is no disputing that a nation "under God" was "good enough" for the founding fathers, exactly as Palin said.
Meanwhile, on the House floor last week, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee compared Palin to Pontius Pilate -- and Obama to Jesus. Cohen said: "Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor." Yes, who can forget the Biblical account of how Jesus got the homeless Samaritan to register as a Democrat in exchange for a carton of smokes!
Rep. Cohen would be well-advised to stay away from New Testament references.
As anyone familiar with the New Testament can confirm for him, there are no parables about Jesus passing out cigarettes for votes, lobbying the Romans for less restrictive workfare rules or filing for grants under the Community Redevelopment Act. No time for soul-saving now! First, we lobby Fannie Mae to ease off those lending standards and demand a windfall profits tax on the money-changers in the temple.
David Freddoso's magnificent new book, The Case Against Barack Obama describes the forefather to "community organizers" like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton -- the famed Saul Alinsky.
Alinsky is sort of the George Washington of "community organizers." If there were an America-hater's Mount Rushmore, Saul Alinsky would be on it. He tried to hire Hillary to work for him right out of Wellesley. A generation later, those who had trained with Alinsky did hire Obama as a community organizer.
In Freddoso's book , he quotes from the dedication in the first edition of Alinsky's seminal book, "Rules for Radicals," where Alinsky wrote:
"Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: From all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer."
I suppose it could have been worse. He could have dedicated his book to George Soros.
Even liberals eventually figured out that they shouldn't be praising Satan in public, so the Lucifer-as-inspiration paragraph was cut from later editions of Alinsky's book. (But on the bright side, MSNBC adopted as its motto: "Who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which.")
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"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with." ~Oprah Winfrey
I'm not sure if I would share MY potato! There are just 110 calories in one medium-size potato. Potatoes are fat-, sodium- and cholesterol-free. They're also a good source of potassium.
It's not potatoes that pack on the calories, but rather the topping on the potato. An an example, my colleagues at North Dakota State University Extension Service state, "… a 100-calorie potato with no fat becomes a 'stuffed potato' with 463 calories and 35 grams fat when you add 2 tablespoons of butter, ¼ cup of cheddar cheese and 2 tablespoons of bacon bits."
One of my favorite low-calorie — but packed with nutrition and taste — ways to top potatoes is with Greek yogurt and a sprinkling of fresh parsley or chives.
Here's my adaptation of one of our favorite potato recipes for "Roasted Potatoes, Tomatoes & Onions." My husband and I enjoyed this while traveling in Sicily. It's so easy to make! And tastes delicious.
Use amounts of the following ingredients according to personal preference. Limit to an amount that will fit in a single layer on a baking sheet with sides.
■ Cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes, cut in half
■ Potatoes, peeled and cut in about 1/2 to 1-inch similar-sized pieces
■ Onions, sliced
■ Olive oil
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine ingredients in a bowl and coat with a small amount of olive oil.
- Roast about 35 to 45 minutes in a single layer on a baking sheet with sides, until potatoes are slightly browned and fork tender.
- Season with salt and pepper as desired.
Another favorite is this recipe for "Cheesy Broccoli Baked Potatoes" from the US Potato Board. The only fat in the recipe is in the cheese. No additional fat is used in making the sauce.
- 4 medium russet potatoes
- 1 cup low-fat milk, divided
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded (1/2 cup)
- 1 cup cooked small broccoli florets
- Salt & cayenne pepper to taste
- Pierce potatoes all over with a fork. Place in the microwave and cook at 50% power, turning once or twice, until the potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. (Or, use the "potato setting" on your microwave and cook according to the manufacturer's instructions.)
- Heat 3/4 cup of the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until steaming, about 4 minutes.
- Stir together flour and the remaining 1/4 cup milk in a cup until smooth. Add to the hot milk, stirring constantly until the mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat and stir in cheese. Season with salt and cayenne.
- Distribute broccoli over the baked potatoes, top with the cheese sauce and serve.
Nutritional Information Per Serving:
Calories: 269; Fat: 6g; Cholesterol: 19mg; Sodium: 218mg; Fiber: 4g; Protein: 11g; Potassium: 989mg
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Feds' favorability at 15-year low
A decade ago, Americans felt similarly about their local, state and federal governments. No longer.
Today, just one in three has a favorable view of the federal government — the lowest level in 15 years, according to a Pew survey. The majority of Americans remain satisfied with their local and state governments — 61 percent and 52 percent, respectively — but only 33 percent feel likewise about the federal government.
( Also on POLITICO: Another Secret Service scandal?)
In 2002, nearly double that figure, 64 percent viewed the federal government favorably, and Americans held their local and state governments in similar esteem, at 67 percent and 62 percent, respectively.
There's the expected partisan gap: A majority of Democrats, 51 percent, view the Obama-led government favorably, compared with 27 percent of independents and 20 percent of Republicans. During the Bush presidency, a majority of Republicans viewed the federal government favorably, while support for it faded among Democrats.
The poll also reveals that more Americans trust their state governments to be honest, efficient and less partisan than the federal government.
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Strumming his guitar after a stressful day, and Eleazar O'Connor makes a world first discovery.
The 20th confirmed grounding of a Fiji Petrel occurred on the 13th of November 2012 when a bird was grounded by a fluorescent light in the school compound at Nukuloa primary school, Gau.
Petrel groundings in villages occur only rarely as a result, it is believed, of their being dazzled by lights.
The petrel's grounding was heard by two young school boys who quickly took it to Eli (Eleazar) O'Connor, the Fiji petrel project manager on Gau.
Because very little is known of the species, grounded Fiji petrels provide important information on the biology of the bird which contribute to its conservation.
The 20th Fiji Petrel was perhaps the most important of all the groundings, as it provided two highly significant bits of information. First, it proved to be the first unequivocal fledgling Fiji Petrel, one that had just left the burrow and was on its first flight.
This gives us a confirmed timing for the breeding season of this species, enabling us to concentrate our searches at a time when we know the bird is present on the island. Until now this was a subject of endless discussion and hypothesis.
But Eli discovered something else of equal importance – he became the first person in the world to hear and record the call of the Fiji Petrel.
After several hours of examination, measurement, banding and photography, Eli placed the petrel in a carton in a secluded spot to rest it before its release.
As he commonly does after a stressful day, Eli picked up his guitar and strummed some chords.
To his amazement, he was immediately answered by the Fiji Petrel in its carton. Not believing what he heard, he tried it again, and sure enough there was an answer. And a very strange call it is too !
He was able to use the project recording equipment and the first call of the Fiji Petrel is now available for the scientists of the world – a great achievement.
Asked to describe the call, Eli could only think of "tuning an old radio" or not unlike R2-D2 of StarWars fame! Certainly nothing like the Collared Petrel calls we commonly hear in the season on Gau.
The recording of the call is a breakthrough for the project as it can now be used in the project's outdoor petrel call playback sound system which has been set up on the hills of Gau above Nukuloa to attract petrels to nest in artificial nest boxes in an area made safe from predators.
This technique has been implemented successfully in Australia and New Zealand to conserve several endangered petrel populations by attracting them to areas free of predators and NFMV is trialling it on Gau to attract the Fiji Petrel, the Collared Petrel and the Polynesian Storm Petrel (the latter having been seen offshore Gau). All three are globally threatened species.
High resolution photographs and measurements of the Fiji petrel were taken by Eli to confirm the age of the bird and hence the breeding season of the species.
Which is vital for searches using NFMV's specially New Zealand trained petrel sniffer dogs.
After the species was processed and revealed its call, it was given a band and safely released into an artificial nest box previously set-up on one of the peaks on Gau on the 14th of November 2012.
It then departed safely under the cover of darkness. We hope it will return to that nest box.


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From the Deep: A dresser transformed
Are they gone? Great, now onto this weekend's project.
As I mentioned in this post, I was thinking of adding a bit of whimsy to the dresser I scored on craigslist (loved the shape, hated the reddish finish). Once I got a good look at the graphic, I knew I didn't have the skills to freehand it. I dragged out the overhead projector (the same one I used to make the worldly sofa table) and got to work. It took a few hours, a sore back and a helpful husband but I'm loving how it turned out.
It's definitely a personality piece. Something I always try to add to every room but this is especially fun for our casual beach getaway. Did you notice this octopus is missing a leg? Oh the stories he could tell if our octopus could talk!
If I wasn't pregnant I would have sanded the whole thing down to the natural wood before I started painting. I didn't think I could manage that without inhaling half the finish in the process so the red stain had to stay. The white really tones the red down so its not nearly as bothersome now.
The step by step photos tell the story but obviously you could use the same technique with just about any image. I simply printed out the image onto a transparency, lined up the projected image onto the dresser to help me outline my leggy friend before filling in the rest with a larger brush + roller. (I found the octopus image at the always resourceful graphics fairy)
My only problem now is that I sort of like how it looks in the living room so much I'm not sure if I want to hide it in the bedroom. Hmmm. I might have to find something else for the bedroom. Decisions, decisions.
What's your verdict - amused or horrified?
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oh my gosh i am in LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously in love. don't hide it in the bedroom- bring it to my house and let me show it off for you. ;)ReplyDelete
my verdict?ReplyDelete
Jealous! Great job!
I REALLY like it. I love that you left the top of the dresser in the dark finish. That is one of my favorite looks and I searched high and low for furniture that incorporated the look when I was creating my 1st daughter's "big girl" room, but never found anything I liked. You hit a home run!ReplyDelete
- Julie9:13 AM
Lovity love love! And my eight-year-old looked up from his pancakes and declared that he wants that for his room! Winner!ReplyDelete
- Elizabeth9:25 AM
So the seven tentacle thing was bothering me and after scrolling up and down multiple times, I THINK you might have just missed one of them. It's on the right and it looks like two tentacles sort of blend together and one goes down and the other goes off to the right. If you were counting from the left tentacles six and seven blend. It looks like the seventh one should head towards the drawer pull of the bottom drawer. In your collage of photos, you can see it in the picture on the right of the one where you can see your hand doing the outline painting. Is it just me?ReplyDelete
- Emily A. Clark9:26 AM
You have some incredible patience! At first, I thought you taped that octopus off before painting and I wos dumbfounded :) I think it's totally fun for a beach house.ReplyDelete
- Elizabeth9:27 AM
BTW, I love, love, love this project! So much so I don't think I would want to hide it in a bedroom either! Good luck finding the perfect home for your new piece!ReplyDelete
No its not just you (i mention that it only has 7 legs in the post). I intentionally left it off because I didn't want to cut into the hardware and I didn't want to add it randomly. But asymetry doesn't really bother me.ReplyDelete
It actually didn't take too long. I went back and forth about painting some of the interior details (which would have required a lot more patience) but I'm glad I went with the more simple shape now that its done.ReplyDelete
- L.Duncan@home23duncanboys9:47 AM
Totally loving it!!!! And jealous too:)ReplyDelete
7 tenticales? Who cares!
- Elizabeth10:39 AM
This is amazing! Totally a signature piece, I dont know how anyone wouldn't love it!ReplyDelete
- Wendy - Old Town Home10:49 AM
Super fun! I love how it turned out, and think it's the perfect addition for a modern beachy vibe.ReplyDelete
I totally missed your post about being pregnant. Congratulations!!!! So happy for you. I'm expecting in October (my second little girl) and will also be working on a nursery. I'm sure yours is going to be the most adorable and clever one ever though.ReplyDelete
As usual, I'm totally impressed with what you've come up with. Love the octopus.
- Jen Woodward11:01 AM
i think this looks awesome. and it's giving me inspiration for some of the ugly dressers i find on Craigslist. congrats on the pregnancy, by the way! that's so exciting!ReplyDelete
- Cass11:33 AM
I love it. I completely love it. I love octopi, I love the reddish finish - I think it works perfectly.ReplyDelete
- Jillstigs12:01 PM
Absolutely FANTASTIC! I have a print of that same octopus from Graphics Fairy that I love. Did not want to get the shower curtain (which freaked out my 13 yr. old daughter) so that was my comprise.ReplyDelete
Seriously want to steal that dresser from you. Great job!
Not a HUGE fan of octopi, BUT, this was exquisitely done!ReplyDelete
Such a fun project!! Loving your creativity here. Bravo.ReplyDelete
- Sara Harvey2:23 PM
This is really unique...I love it! I love how you used a projector...I think we have one hiding in the closet at work!ReplyDelete
Love it so much!! How in the world do you come up with these fabulous ideas?? You continue to amaze!ReplyDelete
I think it looks great, but I'm going to stay with my earlier feelings that octopuses are creepy looking.ReplyDelete
- Abi4:32 PM
I think it looks great!! And while I'm not a huge octopus fan-- I LOVE the idea! And you're turned out just splendid!ReplyDelete
Very cute! I'm all for painting old furniture!ReplyDelete
I love it so much!! And this is so easy to do! I have gotta get myself an old school projector like that one...ReplyDelete
Stephanie, this is an awesome solution to your problem!! :)
Considering my recent love for octopie it's no wonder I love this! Gorgeous idea and I really love the reddy stain peeping through the white xxReplyDelete
- lesli devito11:10 PM
I like how the handles kind of look like bubbles..genius job and I love this. I have been looking for inspiration for my daughters bowfront dresser and may do a reverse version of this, hers is already white......ReplyDelete
Oh, baby! A heptadpus dresser should go on tour all through the house.ReplyDelete
- Jen Y3:30 AM
I love your warning at the beginning. :o)ReplyDelete
You did an amazing job! I'm sure it wasn't as simple as you make it sound. I don't think I like the octopus trend though. The owls were ok (at least they were cute or pretty) but I won't be decorating with octopus.
- Coastinganon10:28 AM
I love it! I did a nearly identical application to a dresser for my son's 'big boy' bedroom, but I am nowhere near as patient as you, so I created a custom decal and reverse stenciled it. You can see it here: http://www.otherpiecesofme.com/2011/08/reverse-stencil-dresser-success.htmlReplyDelete
I love how you have this way of making everything look so darn classy. If I was to put an octopus on a dresser...it would be just that. But yours is stunning!ReplyDelete
- Erin Herzog1:31 PM
OMG - this is one of the coolest things i have ever seen! Well Well done!ReplyDelete
- Emceuen3:15 PM
first time commenter here, but this post called to me :) I don't really like octopus and i don't really like white paint, but i am full on having a total love affair with this dresser. could you put it in your entry way? what a great conversation piece to walk into!ReplyDelete
- Naz3:32 PM
I'm still not a fan of the octopus but I'd put this in the living room. I keep thinking the octopus would just gobble up the goldfish.ReplyDelete
that is awesome.ReplyDelete
from idea to execution to finish
So creative!!!ReplyDelete
LOVE it! I think you did a phenomenal job....using an overhead for projects like these are great! Great post hun!ReplyDelete
Looks truly fantastic! I am so glad you went with something so fun! It is perfect.ReplyDelete
- firstname.lastname@example.com:28 AM
First of all Congrats on the exciting baby news! I am so behind on my blog reading and I am just getting caught up. Second, wow this dresser is amazing. Have a fun weekend.ReplyDelete
You are sooooo stinkin' creative, Stephanie!ReplyDelete
Love it!
And congrats on the pregnancy!
I'm actually 28 weeks pregnant with twins and am behind on everything, including blog-reading, so I just now saw this.
Hope you're feeling fantastic (as can be with the whole growing a human being business you've got going on).
Holy smokes that is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I'm in the process of painting that very same octopus on canvas - to hang above our saltwater fish tank in our foyer - so, I love that you painted it on a piece of furniture!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8:23 PM
I love this idea! I saw this at the perfect time I have been wanting to paint a buffet I have. What preparations and paint did you use for the project? Thanks!ReplyDelete
I love this dresser! I pinned it on my neutral nursery board so more people would find your tutorial.ReplyDelete
If you would rather I didn't, just contact me via the addy posted on the footer of my website and I'll take it right down.
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- Stacy9:51 PM
as a fellow pregnant lady trying to avoid fumes but getting stuff done before bebe arrives- I am wondering what kind of paint you used on this with no sanding and no priming...THANKS!ReplyDelete
Hi Stacey. This was a last minute project so I didn't pay that muc attention to the paint - I just went to Home Depot and picked up a quart in white that had a LOW VOC and no primer promise. I believe I used Glidden Duo (the same paint I used for my shore bedroom) but I can't seem to find a photo to double check. You can read more about what I thought about that paint on my MYColortopia post: http://mycolortopia.com/blog/bedrooms/my-guest-room-makeover Its not completely smell free, just a lot less toxic than traditional paint. When used in small quantities like the dresser, the smell was barely noticeable.ReplyDelete
- Stacy11:11 AM
Thanks so much for your reply. This is also a last minute project (baby countdown is in full effect), so hopefully we'll have a piece as stunning as yours very soon! And thanks for the link to the other post, I've been wondering about that specific paint. (P.S. We have a dark blue/almost navy blue room as well and it's my FAVORITE room in my entire house.)ReplyDelete
- Erin @ DIY on the Cheap10:19 AM
Just wanted to let you know that I featured this in a two-toned furniture inspiration round-up today!ReplyDelete
- Elizabeth11:37 AM
Oh! When you mentioned it was missing a leg in the post I didn't get that you made that decision on purpose. I read it as you were annoyed by it and it kind of bothered me too. This whole Internet thing is tricky that way. I just thought it was crazy that the original artist could do such an amazing drawing and then leave off one of the legs, so I was excited to find it for you. Funny thing is I never would have counted if you hadn't brought it up. Looking back I see where it would have gone through one of the drawer pulls. You've to do what's right for the piece. Great work as always!ReplyDelete
- Diana4:39 PM
Love it!ReplyDelete
What a great idea for the beach! I would use it as a TV stand in the family room where everyone could see it!
- cvloehr10:31 PM
Hello Mrs. Limestone, I am a new though completely addicted visitor to your blog. I too am an avid refurbisher of found furniture. My question is: how do you get rid of the musty smell? My projects generally result from pieces on the side of the road in suburbia with free signs, that are not gross but still have that certain mustiness. I have left them out in the sun to bake, I have cleaned thoroughly, but once it makes it's way into my home, I am often still left offended when I walk past. Thoughts? Thanks!ReplyDelete
Thanks for reading. I've never really had much of an issue on this front. Once a piece of furniture has been thoroughly wipes down and then painted, it shouldn't smell. Have you tried using vinegar? That might neutralize a little must. If the odor is strong at the start I would probably not bring it home. Some things are just too funky even if free :)ReplyDelete
- cvloehr10:41 PM
Vinegar is a great idea, thank you! It didn't smell at all to me until my overly sensitive husband started complaining about it, and now I smell it all the time. There is also the possibility that it is the stain and sealer that I used that we are smelling. I'll have to do some research before bringing in my next piece.ReplyDelete
Oh my God how time flies! Your octupus reminded me of an octopus I painted that seems like just yesterday, but - horror - it's already been 6 years! [and I did mess up one of the legs :-)] End result was still fun and a success; she loved it!ReplyDelete


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The iconv() function shall convert the sequence of characters from one codeset, in the array specified by inbuf, into a sequence of corresponding characters in another codeset, in the array specified by outbuf. The codesets are those specified in the iconv_open() call that returned the conversion descriptor, cd. The inbuf argument points to a variable that points to the first character in the input buffer and inbytesleft indicates the number of bytes to the end of the buffer to be converted. The outbuf argument points to a variable that points to the first available byte in the output buffer and outbytesleft indicates the number of the available bytes to the end of the buffer.
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Global Organizations More Effectively Manage HCM Reporting with Ultimate Software's UltiPro
Global Organizations More Effectively Manage HCM Reporting with Ultimate Software's UltiPro
WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ultimate Software (NAS: ULTI) , a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that three organizations—Western Asset Management Company, Ideal Innovations, and Flow International—are each using UltiPro as their single system of record for global HCM.
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By LISA CORNWELL
CINCINNATI — Ohio and Indiana will operate their own test ranges for unmanned aircraft and seek ways of promoting more research and development to attract drone-related businesses after losing in their joint bid for a coveted Federal Aviation Administration test site.
The states sought one of six FAA drone test sites being set up as the agency develops a plan for safely integrating commercial drones into U.S. airspace. An industry-commissioned study predicted unmanned aircraft could produce thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact after that integration, and Ohio and Indiana were among two dozen states hoping that a site could boost their prospects for sharing in any economic boom.
But the FAA last month selected Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia.
"We were obviously hoping for an FAA designation, but with or without it, that doesn't change our vision or strategy," said Chris Ford, vice president of aerospace and defense for the Dayton Development Coalition, which is leading Ohio's drone efforts.
Ohio and Indiana are moving ahead with their partnership that includes the Ohio/Indiana UAS Center & Test Complex set up last year in Springfield, Ohio, and still developing. It serves as a regional hub operating seven test drone ranges in both states, providing sites where businesses, universities and researchers sites can test unmanned aircraft.
"Companies and others will need places where they can test a little, design a little and then test more," said Duane Embree, executive director of the Indiana Office of Defense Development, which is leading Indiana's drone efforts. "We can essentially do everything we were going to do — just without the FAA designation."
Both states also are counting on their involvement in a NASA competition this spring to increase their visibility among unmanned aircraft developers participating from around the country.
"Places that get recognized early are more likely to attract the businesses," Embree said.
The center will host the challenge at the Camp Atterbury test range near Edinburgh, Ind., where it will test innovative "sense and avoid" technologies aimed at preventing drone collisions with other aircraft.
Commercial uses for drones are vast. The oil and gas industry can use them to monitor pipelines, farmers can dust crops or locate livestock with drones, and public safety officials can conduct surveillance or monitor damage from natural disasters.
The FAA has until the end of 2015 to present its integration plan, though officials acknowledge it may take longer.
Ohio and Indiana are not the only states continuing testing at existing sites.
"It's business as usual for us, too," said Eileen Shibley, director of the California Unmanned Aircraft Systems Portal at Inyokern Airport. But Shibley is concerned that some people mistakenly believe they have to travel to one of the FAA sites to test their aircraft.
Brendan Schulman leads the unmanned aircraft practice at New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel law firm and says public entities not selected by the FAA still have opportunities and can apply for certificates of waiver or authorization allowing drone operation at specific locations.
"But the regulatory processes can be slow and cumbersome, and the U.S. is trailing far behind several countries," he said.


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Hawai'i's Unemployment Rate at 7.7 Percent in JunePosted on Jul 19, 2021 in News
July 15, 2021
Jobs increased by 41,900 over-the-year
HONOLULU — The Hawai'i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 7.7 percent compared to the revised rate of 8.0 percent in May. Statewide, 596,500 were employed and 49,750 unemployed in June for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 646,250. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in June, up from 5.8 percent in May.
The unemployment rate figures for the State of Hawai'i and the U.S. in this release are seasonally adjusted, in accordance with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) methodology.
The not seasonally adjusted rate for the State was 7.9 percent in June, compared to the revised rate of 7.4 percent in May.
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey)
In a separate measure of employment, total nonagricultural jobs increased by 3,000 in June over May. Job gains were experienced in Leisure & Hospitality (+2,500), Construction (+1,000), Trade, Transportation, & Utilities (+600), Other Services (+500), and Information (+300). For the third straight month, expansion in Leisure & Hospitality was robust in both Accommodation and Food Services & Drinking Places. Job losses occurred in Manufacturing (-100), Financial Activities (-100), Professional & Business Services (-200), and Education & Health Services (-1,300). Contraction in Education & Health Services was solely within the Health Services subsector, specifically in Ambulatory Health Care Services and Hospitals. Government employment declined by 200 jobs. Over-the-year (June 2020 was the 3rd month of pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs have risen by 41,900, or 8.0 percent. However, in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 86,400, or -13.2 percent.
Technical Notes
Seasonal Adjustment
The seasonal fluctuations in the number of employed and unemployed persons reflect hiring and layoff patterns that accompany regular events such as the winter holiday season and the summer vacation season. These variations make it difficult to tell whether month-to-month changes in employment and unemployment are due to normal seasonal patterns or to changing economic conditions. Therefore, the BLS uses a statistical technique called seasonal adjustment to address these issues. This technique uses the history of the labor force data and the job count data to identify the seasonal movements and to calculate the size and direction of these movements. A seasonal adjustment factor is then developed and applied to the estimates to eliminate the effects of regular seasonal fluctuations on the data. Seasonally adjusted statistical series enable more meaningful data comparisons between months or with an annual average.
Current Population (Household) Survey (CPS)
A survey conducted for employment status in the week that includes the 12th day of each month generates the unemployment rate statistics, which is a separate survey from the Establishment Survey that yields the industry job counts. The CPS survey contacts approximately 1,000 households in Hawai'i to determine an individual's current employment status. Employed persons consist of: 1) all persons who did any work for pay or profit during the survey reference week, 2) all persons who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-owned enterprise operated by someone in their household, and 3) all persons who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs, whether they were paid or not. Persons considered unemployed are ones that do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior four weeks and are available for work. Temporarily laid off workers are counted as unemployed, whether they have engaged in a specific job seeking activity. Persons not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week.
Benchmark Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data
Statewide and substate data for 2010-2020 have revised inputs and have been re-estimated to reflect revised population controls and model re-estimation.
Change to Monthly Employment Estimates
This release incorporates revised job count figures for the seasonally adjusted series. The revised data reflects historical corrections applied to unadjusted super sector or sector level series dating back from 2004 through 2020. For years, analysts with the State DLIR's Research and Statistics Office have developed monthly employment estimates for Hawai'i and our metropolitan areas. These estimates were based on a monthly survey of Hawai'i businesses and analysts' knowledge about our local economies. Beginning with the production of preliminary estimates for March 2011, responsibility for the production of State and metropolitan area (MSA) estimates was transitioned from individual state agencies to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
For Hawai'i, this means the transition of statewide, Honolulu and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina MSA estimates for both the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted areas are produced by BLS. State agencies will continue to provide the BLS with information on local events that may affect the estimates, such as strikes or large layoffs/hiring at businesses not covered by the survey and to disseminate and analyze the Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates for local data users. BLS feels this change is designed to improve the cost efficiency of the CES program and to reduce the potential bias in state and area estimates. A portion of the cost savings generated by this change is slated to be directed towards raising survey response rates in future years, which will decrease the level of statistical error in the CES estimates. Until then, state analysts feel this change could result in increased month-to-month variability for the industry employment numbers particularly for Hawai'i's counties and islands. BLS can be reached at (202) 691-6533 for any questions about these estimates.
The not seasonally adjusted job estimates for Hawai'i County, Kauai County, Maui Island, Molokai, and Lanai are produced by the State of Hawai'i Department of Labor & Industrial Relations.
Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force & Unemployment Estimates for Honolulu & Maui Co.
BLS publishes smoothed seasonally adjusted civilian labor force and unemployment estimates for all metropolitan areas, which includes the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County. BLS releases this data each month in the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release. The schedule is available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.toc.htm.
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization
The six alternative labor underutilization state measures based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) and compiled on a 4-quarter moving average basis defined:
U-1, persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force;
U-2, job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force;
U-3, total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (this is the definition used for the official unemployment rate);
U-4, total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers;
U-5, total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers*, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers; and
U-6, total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.
* Individuals who want, and are available for work, and who have looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months (or since the end of their last job if they held one within the past 12 months), but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the four weeks preceding the survey, for such reasons as child care or transportation problems, for example. Discouraged workers are a subset of the marginally attached.
Note that, the state unemployment rates (U-3) that are shown are derived directly from the CPS. As a result, these U-3 measures may differ from the official state unemployment rates for the latest 4-quarter period. The latter are estimates developed from statistical models that incorporate CPS estimates, as well as input data from other sources, such as state unemployment claims data.
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Media Contact:
Dr. Eugene Tian
Research and Economic Analysis Division
Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
(808) 586-2470
Charlene Chan
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
(808) 824-0134


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"JAMES HOLMES' PSYCHIATRIST LAWYERS UP" by Jon Rappoport
August 10, 2012 www.nomorefakenews.com
The University of Colorado has endured several scandals in the last 15 years. The use of sex to lure football recruits. Accusations of rape against players. Raising student tuition rates and then funneling the money into salary raises for top University officials. But all that is nothing compared to what the University could be facing now.
The University is circling the wagons, bracing for a legal attack. They have brought in a lawyer to represent their director of student medical services, psychiatrist Lynne Fenton, who may have been treating James Holmes before the Aurora theater shootings.
What did Fenton know about Holmes' state of mind and plans before the shootings? Did she properly report her concerns to the correct authorities (a key issue in the Penn State scandals)? A hearing has been set for August 16 to determine the exact nature of Fenton's professional relationship with Holmes.
Lawsuits from the families of those shot in the Aurora theater are waiting in the wings.
The University will argue that a) although Holmes may have presented signs of mental illness, b) there was no way to know he was going to launch violent murders on July 20.
All this maneuvering is taking place in an artificial world of presumed knowledge about Holmes' actual connection or non-connection to the murders.
At a court hearing on Thursday, Holmes' lawyers stated their client is mentally ill. This confirms speculation they will enter an insanity plea in the case. It also makes clear that the defense team has zero interest is reconstructing a narrative about events leading up to, and including, the shootings at the theater. They want Holmes' entire future to rest on a narrow judgment about his mental state.
Both the defense and the prosecution want the judge's gag order to stand, thereby making it impossible to learn anything new about what evidence the police and the FBI have collected in their investigation. If no full trial is ever held, that evidence will be locked away, and aside from choice leaks to the press, it will never see the light of day.
The exception could be public deliberation on the question of whether to allow Holmes' insanity plea. During that period, the prosecution could argue that Holmes was sane, and would offer proof to that effect. Even then, however, much evidence would be kept from view—especially details that contradict the official narrative.
For example: who left a second gas mask at the back of the theater after the shootings? Was someone other than Holmes killing people inside the theater, as at least two witnesses suggest? Was Holmes a patsy who was actually arrested in his car, in a stupor, when the police discovered him? Did he really confess to the crimes? Did the copious amounts of blood outside the theater come from a neck wound sustained by a customer in the theater (even though a purported photo of the scar, taken in the hospital, suggested a superficial cut)? Or did the blood come from a professional shooter? Or from a girl who was abducted from the scene?
Leading up to the shootings, was Holmes treated with psychiatric drugs known to induce violent behavior? If so, this would be another reason the University of Colorado has enlisted an attorney to represent Lynne Fenton. The University wants to avoid any airing of this issue.
It would not only be a disaster for the University, drug companies could be named in lawsuits, and at trial mountains of damaging evidence about the drugs could surface.
It would be safe to assume major drug companies presently know exactly what drugs Holmes was given, if indeed he was yet one more psychiatric casualty. These companies are standing by with their own consultants and cutouts, to advise the University and Lynne Fenton. They are also using their considerable resources to discover what both the prosecution and the defense know about these matters, and what kind of case they intend to put forward.
If Holmes was actually a victim of MKULTRA-type programming, interested players behind the scenes, at this moment, would include black ops case handlers who want to make sure there is no exposure on that front.
For all these reasons, there is a good chance the Jared Loughner strategy will be employed: an insanity plea, followed by a period of incarceration, during which psychiatrists will go to work on Holmes and prepare him to "become competent," after which he will enter a guilty plea and find himself in lock-up, with no connections to the outside world, for decades.
At this moment, Lynne Fenton's lawyer is readying the strongest possible defense on her behalf: she acted responsibly; she informed authorities of her concerns about Holmes; she treated Holmes within approved guidelines; she never saw Holmes' infamous notebook until after the shootings.
However, Fenton may yet find herself thrown to the wolves, if a scapegoat is needed. The University may decide that attorneys for plaintiffs in an enormous lawsuit are going to discover fatal irregularities in her actions. The University could then reach out for a desperate strategy: she, Fenton, "acted alone," contravening the regulations of the University threat assessment team, without the team's knowledge or permission. It could get ugly.
Right now, she is one of the University's own. Their interests and hers are are identical. But strange things happen as cases proceed, and partners can become adversaries, as all parties try to cover themselves from liability.
The University of Colorado is a state institution, so the governor and his advisers are in the mix as well. A billion-dollar hit to the state treasury, from lawsuits, is not a welcome prospect.
This case, in that respect, has similarities to the Penn State scandal, which has not yet begun to unfold in civil court. Families of the children Sandusky molested, and families of people killed in the Aurora theater, want their day before judge and jury.
For other interested parties, trying to escape blame and exposure and judgment, a Holmes "suicide" would be a satisfactory ending. Don't discount the possibility.
The author of an explosive collection, THE MATRIX REVEALED, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world.