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Buttsprung: A knit suit or skirt out of shape in the rear.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
My Top Words for 2012, No. 1
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Too funny Tess. At least it's not filled out.ReplyDelete
My word is "yikesamillion"...i may say it if i see a knit suite with butsprung!ReplyDelete
lol :-)
Ha! I've seen similar attire around campus. The alternative look is tights as pants. Some of my female friends complain a lot about the tights as pants phenomenon. In general, I have no complaints...ReplyDelete
NOT a good look, dear. Take it from one who has been caught short in public once or twice...ReplyDelete
I never have that problem because my butt fills out all the available space (although I'm sure my garments look buttsprung on the hanger). Heh.ReplyDelete
Why it's a style at all really escapes me. Your word says well why it doesn't work at all.ReplyDeleteReplies
More of a condition than a style...Delete
Okay! Now I know where that style of today really came from!!! Great word- and excellent photo! I think this word is going in my book of coolest words ever!ReplyDeleteReplies
One of my very faves...Delete
'Buttsprung' reminds me of the word 'splatchcock' - two words from the same bolt ... in both things get spread out way to far ... but they're fun to say!ReplyDelete
Sort of like the droopy diaper look...ReplyDelete
Was it made by 'death row' prisoners (for one use only)? I rather like that uniquely American word OFFENTIMES..... no I don't; I can't stand it!ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't stand offentimes, either! I never say it, or ever hear anyone use it. Are you sure it's American?Delete
Tess, there are lads, hereabouts, who would wear their trousers any other way. I always think of them as flying at half-mast.ReplyDelete
- ThomasFri Dec 07, 04:04:00 PM
My 83 year old mother has used "butt sprung" for years as the reason to take off ones fur coat before sitting down- especially in the car- no one wants a butt sprung mink coat-ReplyDeleteReplies
Fun to know someone actually says it...no one wants a buttsprung fur coat...Delete
Dudes, seriously? It's "oftentimes", not OFFENtimes. You really knew that. Please tell me you did.ReplyDelete
And I can't even deal with the droopy drawers, low-hanging butt-crack-showing, boxers-revealing, waistline-at-the-crotch UNIVERSE right now! WTF, peeps? This is the reason I only shop at thrift stores. All the REAL clothing has gone underground. Retailers are on crack.Replies
No wonder I'd never heard it...Delete
But, but, but................ReplyDelete
oh gosh, i hope i dont look like that.ReplyDelete

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The Pro Tools Edit Window
- Exercise 1: Import Audio a New Way
- Exercise 2: Import Loops into Pro Tools
- Exercise 3: Use the Grabber in Grid Mode
- Exercise 4: Create a Snare Track and a Hi-Hat Track
- Exercise 5: Use the Trimmer with Slip Mode and Spot Mode
- Exercise 6: Change Timebase
- Exercise 7: Use the TCE Trimmer
- Exercise 8: Use Shuffle Mode
- Wrap Up
Exercise 1: Import Audio a New Way
In Pro Tools, there are often several ways to perform similar functions. Just as you may sometimes take the highway to get home, and sometimes the back way, both routes get you where you're going—but they serve different purposes, as well. As you continue working with Pro Tools, gradually you'll begin to understand which functions to use when.
There are a few different ways to import audio into Pro Tools, so this time we'll use another method: importing to the Region bin.
Launch Pro Tools. You should have just the big empty window we started with in Chapter 1. If you already have a Pro Tools session open, save and close the session (rember the /Alt+Shift+W shortcut).
Download and uncompress new samples. With Pro Tools open, start your Web browser, go to www.protoolsformusicians.com, and click on the Chapter 3 link. Control-click or right-click to download Chapter3Samples.zip. As always, make sure you know the destination location to which you're downloading these files.Uncompress the file; you'll have a folder containing five samples.
Make a new session. Go back to Pro Tools (you can quit or hide your Web browser if you like), and select File > New Session or use +N or Ctrl+N. Name your session "Chapter3Tutorial."
Import to the Region bin. Go to the File menu. Under Import, choose Import Audio to Region List. The shortcut is +Shift+I (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+I (Win). This places your imported audio into the Region bin, but it's up to you to create a track and place the audio regions at the correct places.
Choose the samples to import. We've seen this window once before, and it's asking the same question: "Where are the files?" Find where you downloaded your Chapter3Samples folder, and import all five samples by holding down the Shift key and selecting them all. When all five samples are in the bottom-left window (Regions in Current File), click the bottom button, Copy All.
Choose a folder. When you choose Copy All, as opposed to Add All, Pro Tools makes a copy of the audio you're importing and then conveniently places the copied files into your Audio Files folder. So now you just tell Pro Tools where to put the copies.
Find the samples in the Region bin. You'll now see all five samples in the Region bin.If you don't see the Region bin in the Edit window, click the tiny arrow at the lower right-hand corner of the window.
The most important items in the Edit window are the four Edit modes and six Edit tools. To start learning to edit, you'll need to first understand these modes and tools. Let's start with the Edit tools.


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I know this post is off topic for the blog, but yesterday's New York Times simply raised my blood pressure.
The Book Review of the New York Times on Sunday March 30 has a review on the book Bonk. The book discusses sex research – and while that certainly is of interest – I want to focus on the associated artwork.
Now chemistry is not usually considered a particularly sexy subject, but its graphics can be fascinating. The periodic table might be the most widely known scientific graphic. The structure of DNA has captured the imagination of more than just scientists. And so it's not unreasonable that the Times Book Review editors would choose to present some chemical (2-D) drawings. Given the subject of the book, one might have expected perhaps the structures of testosterone and progesterone. Instead, we get the following:
While these structures do not correspond to any known compound – not in and of itself a bad sin – the knowledge (or lack thereof) of chemistry displayed here is simply amazing. The graphic designer is certainly drawn to the preponderance of 6-member rings found in organic chemistry, but has taken this to an extreme! It seems that a random collection of atomic symbols were then willy-nilly added wherever the artist thought would be interesting. The result is simply absurd. One could only have hoped that some copy-editor with a chemistry background could have noticed some of the more glaring mistakes – oh, like five bonds to carbon! For the newspaper of record, these mistakes are simply unwarranted.
To make something good out of this, I am going to hold a contest with my first-semester organic students to identify the errors. The winner will get extra credit in the class – and I will post results here later on.


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Here's an update to this post, about a 17th century Messianic prophecy for the year 1840-1, apparently predicting the French Revolution, some kind of Russian revolution, Jewish independence, and then the Messiah. This is a copy of the document discussed in that post, copied for some reason, by Isaac Leeser's. See here. Leeser must have had hopes for the year 5601.
Monday, April 28, 2014
A Messianic prophecy for 1840-1, Pt. II
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- Gil Student11:47 PM, April 28, 2014
The talmidei HaGra predicted mashiach would come in 1840 http://www.torahmusings.com/2006/08/new-history-for-religious-zionism/ReplyDelete
- MyTurnAtBat6:50 AM, April 29, 2014
I predict he will come any day.ReplyDelete
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Enermax Revolution 85+ Power Supplyby Christoph Katzer on August 22, 2008 12:00 AM EST
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We've seen some surprises from Enermax in the past. They have always been good at manufacturing, but when it comes to new products or new things in the industry the reps at Enermax tend to be quiet. For example, the head of global marketing is Joerg Theissen, whom I have known for years now -- and not just because we are both born in Hamburg, Germany. Joerg has worked for Enermax for a while now and together with his engineers brought Enermax where the company is today. One could say Enermax has built up a dream team where clear western strategic minds meet clever Asian inventors.
Enermax started a very long time ago with one of its first branch offices in Hamburg, Germany under the name Maxpoint. To some this name will ring a bell since today Maxpoint is a totally different company and is responsible for power supplies with the names Tagan, Silverpower and in Europe Seasonic as well. Joerg made his way from Hamburg to Taiwan a while ago and became a key element in their success today.
Remembering the start of the Modu82+ and Pro82+ we can say Enermax makes power supplies for the masses. The power supplies perform well and have a great price tag as well. However, somehow Enermax isn't usually seen as a high-end brand that enthusiasts would choose for a high-end system. Why? One reason is that the highest power model of the new Modu82+/Pro82+ series is only 625W; that is in the range where the greatest number of power supplies are sold, but it's not going to be suitable for something like GTX 280 SLI and quad-core. For higher power requirements, Enermax still has the Infiniti and Galaxy series in their portfolio that have many good features, but they need to improve performance and top that with more innovations and features if they are to keep pace with other top-end competitor offerings.
Coming soon to the market, and announcing today at AnandTech, Enermax is introducing their new Revolution 85+ series. We already have our hands on a 1050W pre-production model, and we were surprised with the direction Enermax has taken. Looking at the specs, we see six 12V rails with each… nothing unusual, except here each is rated at up to 30A. The 3.3V and 5V rails will come from VRMs as we have seen recently with some other power supplies, which is a very good development in the market. Why pull all of the lower rails out of one transformer when you can just generate the lower voltage rails later via VRMs?
The Revolution 85+ will be available in 850W, 950W, 1050W, and 1250W, though the last is slated to only be available in Europe with support for 230VAC. Efficiency wise we have seen the highest results to date at AnandTech. With a 230VAC input, the power supply reaches up to 90% efficiency, and this might even be topped by the 850W or 950W models. Regardless, the efficiency stayed above 86% throughout operation. The cable management has jacks for up to ten extra cable harnesses, with four 12-pin jacks for the four 6/8-pin PEG connectors. Enermax has included 12-pin jacks since the Modu/Pro82+ to provide for compatibility with future requirements.
Of course a full review will follow soon and we hope to have price and availability information by then.
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nilepez - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - linkPeak draw on the GTX280 is 178w. Enermax's 600W unit could power those in SLI mode. 360w for video cards and you have plenty to spare for the rest, which barring tons of overclocking are unlikely to pull an additional 200 - 250 watts.
Yes, I'm sure there are rigs that chew up more than that, but just because someone gets to high end cards doesn't mean the rig requires 1kw of power, much less 1.2kw. If you need that, there's a good chance there's something wrong with your PSU....esp when it's rated for 2x what the system is pulling (from the wall, as I recall), as was the case in this review (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341...">http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341....
Sure looks like the OCZ was either ridiculously overrated or it was defective. I expect exaggeration in specs from crap vendors, but from OCZ, Seasonic, Enermax and the like, I expect conservative ratings, and the reviews I've seen on spcr lead me to believe that that generally is the case.
I know you had problems with a 1000w OCZ PSU when testing the GTX260 SLI, but I have to think there was something wrong with that PSU. Your own measurements didn't show it pulling that much power from the wall, much less form the PSU.
Furthermore, Xbit's tests hsow that a single GTX card pulls 180w from the PSU and that a mere Chieftec ATX-410 (410W) could handle a card. Given that, it seems likely that a quality PSU that's 600W or more, could do the same with SLI.
Dual SLI, is another story, but even that should be doable on a quality 1kw PSU with plenty of headroom.
Yes you could build an SLI rig that requires more than 600w, but it'd require
raejae - Sunday, August 24, 2008 - linkYes, but that power supply isn't going to push 625 watts over it's entire useful life, and will degrade faster the closer to max load you keep it under. In addition, what amperage does the 12v rail carry? That's what's more likely to kill the system with a mid-range supply. On top of everything else, your power supply is going to run most efficiently at 70-80%; running 700W on a 1000W power supply is going to cost a lot less on your electric bill than running 700W on an 800W supply.
I'm all about not wasting money, and 1000W is definitely overkill on a single-card system, but for a dual-GTX280 or dual-4870 beast, it's definitely worth considering, especially if you have similarly high-end (QX9775, anybody?) components working with it.
nilepez - Sunday, August 24, 2008 - linkMore efficient? Give me a break. Most computers sit idle most of the time. That 80% efficiency is hit, in most cases, around 20%.
What's more, said rig is unlikely to run at 625W with those 2 cards. More than likely , it'll run around 500 watts or so, which happens to be around 80% of capacity.
Finally, if the PSU dies in 3 years, so what? With the money you saved, you can buy another PSU with better features than your last one. I just replaced my OCZ PSU (it was about 3 years old). Why? Because the Antec had better routing and ran a bit quieter. Power wise, the OCZ is just fine....might put it in a secondary system.
As for someone with a QX9775, then I'd agree with you, since that person would certainly be OCing the hell out of it. But the article said GTX280 SLI....and you don't need that much with most CPUs. You certainly don't need 1khz for a system that pulls 510W at 100%, as the previously linked article implied....if you do, then the specs that OCZ provided were about as useful as that no name PSU you can buy for 30 bucks at Fry's.
CK804 - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - linkIt seems like SPCR readers are the only people that don't have their heads up their asses when it comes to power requirements. C'mon people, 95% of home desktop computers don't require a 600 watt PSU, let alone 1 kW. What matters is quality, not quantity.
Makaveli - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - linkWho pissed in your cereal this morning?
mpjesse - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - linkThis website did. Still no 790GX review and obviously no Enermax review. I'm beginning to associate this website with paper launches.
mpjesse - Friday, August 22, 2008 - linkThis policy of announcing reviews before posting them is starting to get really old. When you have the benchmarks and the review written, put it up. Or at least publish the review within a few days of publishing the "sneak preview." Here it is August 22nd and we still don't have benchmarks on the AMD 790GX chipset that was "previewed" on August 6th. The article notes "while we finish or benchmark testing..." I mean really, how long does it take to benchmark an integrated chipset??? Meanwhile the rest of the world has already published 790GX benches and reviews. So by the time you do get that article out the door no one will care. And now the Enermax article... when do you think we could get the full review on that? 2 weeks from now? 3 weeks? To me it looks like ya'll are using these articles under the guise of "sneak previews" as a means of getting traffic because your reviewers can't keep a deadline. That or you're just desperate for traffic. Either way it looks bad. In the past the editor actually put "sneak preview" in the article headline... so at least I knew what I was reading. Ahhh... but not anymore! I guess that doesn't generate as much traffic as tricking your readers does.
MrSpadge - Sunday, August 24, 2008 - linkI also noticed that they tend to announce more than they actually deliver. But guess what? I absolutely don't care! It's not like they have some obligation to properly review everything they want / say. If you take the "in our full review.." as a declaration of intent, everything suddenly seems much more relaxed.
And to be honest, I wouldn't have the time to read even more proper AT articles anyway. Plus I like these short hands-on previews of outstanding products or developments.
Zefram0911 - Friday, August 22, 2008 - linkI have a 1000W Galaxy and a 625W Modu82+. I have to say that these are the best PSUs that I've ever had a chance to work with. I love the. The Modu82+ is near silent also. I can't wait for the new models to come. They're my brand of choice. haha I sound like an ad.
CherryBOMB - Friday, August 22, 2008 - linkI for one have always been a fan on Enermax PSU's even as far back as to when they were the *IT" PSU and this New line of Power Supply's is looking quite impressive up front.
Christoph Katzer
"Of course a full review will follow soon and we hope to have price and availability information by then."
I look forward to the article.
COMPUTEX '08 gave est. release dates likely to be late July / early August. We are hear now late 8-08. I am much anticipating these power supply's and look forward to the review and the availability. 85+ should bring friendlier electric bills, cooler running performance and quieter operation. I believe I may want one.


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Samsung and AT&T are getting ready to launch a new smartphone, superphone, phablet or whatever else you want to call it, and I picked one up earlier today. It's the first time I have used or even held the device personally, and I really need to share some immediate thoughts even though a full review is forthcoming. This is a phone, after using it for a few hours, that feels like it is too big to be taken seriously. That's the end of it. I don't care if you like large screens on mobile devices, I don't care if you love Android, and I don't care if you love 4G LTE — this is a device fit for use only by such a small subset of the human population that I can't fathom how AT&T and Samsung are putting so much marketing resources behind it. Check out images of the Galaxy Note in the gallery below, and the rest of my thoughts follow after the break.
The Galaxy Note essentially has everything you'd want in a smartphone: a great dual-core processor, a solid camera, a beautiful display and good build quality, and it runs on AT&T's new 4G LTE network that delivers incredibly fast downloads speeds. Plus the battery seems actually decent so far, which is a triumph for modern smartphones.
Throw all of that right out the window.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you'll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can't get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
You can't use it one-handed, and I can't even type on it easily with two hands. I'm almost offended by this product, and I love a lot of what Samsung is doing — in fact, the company's current flagship is my favorite Android smartphone in the world. But the Galaxy Note just feels like a joke. And the worst part? Look at the display and how it's manufactured and designed. See any resemblances to anything else?
I feel like no one else is saying this, and since I've not ever been one to hold back what's on my mind I absolutely will — enough is enough. I've had it with incremental updates to Android smartphones every two weeks, I've had it with the super-sized ridiculousness, and I've had it with all of these marketing gimmicks. Just focus on a quality product, and you won't have to release eight "flagship" models a year.
But you have a stylus that comes with it, so I guess that makes up for any similarities with rival devices. Kind of like those lollipops you'd get at the dentist after someone just went Mike Tyson on your tooth.


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Since arriving in Canada, I've been accused of thought crimes, threatened with criminal prosecution for speeches I hadn't yet given and denounced on the floor of the Parliament (which was nice because that one was on my "bucket list").
Posters advertising my speech have been officially banned, while posters denouncing me are plastered all over the University of Ottawa campus. Elected officials have been prohibited from attending my speeches. Also, the local clothing stores are fresh out of brown shirts.
Welcome to Canada!
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The provost of the University of Ottawa, average student IQ: 0, wrote to me – widely disseminating his letter to at least a half-dozen intermediaries before it reached me – in advance of my visit to recommend that I familiarize myself with Canada's criminal laws regarding hate speech.
This marks the first time I've ever gotten hate mail for something I might do in the future.
TRENDING: Diploma deficit
Apparently, Canadian law forbids "promoting hatred against any identifiable group," which the provost, Francois A. Houle, advised me, "would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges."
I was given no specific examples of what words and phrases I couldn't use, but I take it I'm not supposed to say, "F--- you, Francois."
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While it was a relief to know that it is still permissible in Canada to promote hatred against unidentifiable groups, upon reading Francois' letter, I suddenly realized that I had just been the victim of a hate crime! And it was committed by Francois A. Houle (French for "Frank A. Hole").
What other speakers get a warning not to promote hatred? Did Francois A. Houle send a similarly worded letter to Israel-hater Omar Barghouti before he spoke last year at U of Ottawa? ("Ottawa": Indian for "Land of the Bed-Wetters.")
How about Angela Davis, Communist Party member and former Black Panther who spoke at the University of Zero just last month?
Or do only conservatives get letters admonishing them to be civil? Or – my suspicion – is it only conservative women who fuel Francois' rage?
How about sending a letter to all Muslim speakers advising them to please bathe once a week while in Canada? Would that constitute a hate crime?
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I'm sure Canada's Human Rights Commission will get to the bottom of Francois' strange warning to me, inasmuch as I will be filing a complaint with that august body, so I expect they will be reviewing every letter the university has sent to other speakers prior to their speeches to see if any of them were threatened with criminal prosecution.
Both writer Mark Steyn and editor Ezra Levant have been investigated by the Human Rights Commission for promoting hatred toward Muslims.
Levant's alleged crime was to reprint the cartoons of Muhammad originally published in a Danish newspaper, leading practitioners of the Religion of Peace to engage in murderous violence across the globe. Steyn's alleged crime was to publish an excerpt of his book "America Alone" in Maclean's magazine, in which he jauntily described Muslims as "hot for jihad."
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Both of them also flew jet airliners full of passengers into skyscrapers in lower Manhattan, resulting in thousands of deaths. No, wait – that was somebody else.
Curiously, however, there was no evidence that either the cartoons or the column did, in fact, incite hatred toward Muslims – nor was there the remotest possibility that they would.
By contrast, conservative speakers are regularly subjected to violent attacks on college campuses. Bill Kristol, Pat Buchanan, David Horowitz and I have all been the targets of infamous campus attacks.
That's why the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute (a sponsor of my Canada speeches) and the Young America's Foundation (a sponsor of many of my college speeches) don't send conservatives to college campuses without a bodyguard.
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You'd have to be a real A-Houle not to anticipate that accusing a conservative of "promoting hatred" prior to her arrival on a college campus would in actuality – not in liberal fantasies of terrified Muslims cowering in terror of Mark Steyn readers – incite real-world violence toward the conservative.
The university itself acknowledged that Francois' letter was likely to provoke violence against me by demanding – long after my speech was scheduled, but immediately after Francois disseminated his letter – that my sponsors pony up more than $1,200 for extra security.
Also following Francois' letter, the Ottawa University Student Federation met for seven and a half hours to hammer out a series of resolutions denouncing me. The resolutions included:
"Whereas Ann Coulter is a hateful woman;
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"Whereas she has made hateful comments against GLBTQ, Muslims, Jews and women;
"Whereas she violates an unwritten code of 'positive-space';
"Be it resolved that the SFUO express its disapproval of having Ann Coulter speak at the University of Ottawa."
At least the students didn't waste seven and a half hours on something silly, like their studies.
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At the risk of violating anyone's positive space, what happened to Canada? How did the country that gave us Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd and Catherine O'Hara suddenly become a bunch of whining crybabies?
After Tuesday night, the hatred incited by Francois' letter is no longer theoretical. The police called off my speech when the auditorium was surrounded by thousands of rioting liberals – screaming, blocking the entrance, throwing tables, demanding that my books be burned and finally setting off the fire alarm.
Sadly, I missed the book burning because I never made it to the building.
But, reportedly, a Canadian crowd hasn't been this excited since they opened a new Tim Hortons. Local reporters couldn't make out what the crowd was chanting, but it was something about "Molson" and a "sled dog."
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I've given more than 100 college speeches, and not once has one of my speeches been shut down at any point. Even the pie-throwing incident at the University of Arizona didn't break up the event. I said "Get them!" the college Republicans got them, and then I continued with my rambling, hate-filled diatribe – I mean, my speech.
So we've run this experiment more than 100 times.
Only one college speech was ever met with so much mob violence that the police were forced to cancel it: the one that was preceded by a letter from the university provost accusing me of hate speech.
(To add insult to injury, Francois didn't even plan to attend my speech because Tuesday is his bikini wax night.)
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If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech – which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech – is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech.
Either Francois goes to jail or the Human Rights Commission is a hoax and a fraud.


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Earlier this week, I was pleased to get an opportunity to interview : : Rand Paul,: the: Republican: Party's: nominee: for: the Senate: in: Kentucky.: : : What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. Enjoy!
To begin with, a lot of people assume you and your father have almost identical views. Can you give me a couple of areas where the two of you disagree on the issues?
Well, one of the similarities is that we: both: believe: that government should be strictly limited by the Constitution. We're both strict constructionists. We think that big government has grown a lot since the Great Depression because of an overly expansive view of the Commerce Clause. So we agree on that.
I think we also both agree that national defense is the most important function: of: federal government. I think I tend to say it over and over again with a little more emphasis in my speeches than he might. With regard to foreign policy some people would argue that he doesn't want to intervene in any parts of the world. My argument would be that there are two extremes. One extreme would be that you don't intervene anywhere. The other extreme would be that you intervene everywhere. And I think we're closer to the point: : where we intervene in maybe too many places and we might want to come back and intervene in less places than we do intervene in.
We're both proponents of declaring war. This hasn't been done since World War: II, but we think it would make going to war much more succinct, much more important, and there'd be a much bigger national debate when we go to war if there actually were a declaration of war.
Now that brings me to the second question. Privately when I talk to conservatives about you, they love your respect for the Constitution, your tough attitude on spending;: : so they like you a lot. But one particular concern I hear that crops up again and again is foreign policy. Conservatives say, "Is he anti-Israel? Would he be OK with Iran getting nukes? How's he feel about the war on terror?" Could you address those concerns and let people know a little bit more where you stand on those issues?
Well, I think you know our national security and our defense is the most important thing the federal government does. It is an enumerated power and it's something that will always be first on my mind when considering what our government should be doing.
With regard to Israel, I think we do have a special relationship. They're a special ally. They're the only: democracy in the Middle East and I will not vote to condemn Israel for defending herself. I think that summarizes it fairly well.
Sure. How about Iran and nuclear weapons? Do you have any thoughts on that?
I think that Iran having nuclear weapons would destabilize the Middle East and it's not a good idea. I'm in favor of the U.S. not subsidizing corporations that do business with Iran. I'm also in favor of…not doing business with companies that do business in Iran….There's no reason we should be subsidizing companies that are doing business with a country that seems set on destabilizing things in the region.
Now, I've been paying a lot of attention to the left side of: the: blogosphere and whom : they talk about. I've got to tell you, after Sarah Palin, you seem to be the candidate liberals on these blogs are the most terrified of. Why do you think that is? You're public enemy number two I would say right now…
Yes, I know — I'm bordering on number one some days. I think they do fear a victory for the Tea Party and I'm seen as a victory for the Tea Party. They also want to vilify the Tea Party. They want to make the Tea Party into something that it's not. The Tea Party really is about trying to fix a government that is truly broken and doesn't obey any rules any longer. The things I talk about with the Tea Party, though, when you actually talk about them, you'll find 70 and 80 percent of Democrats actually will agree with the things I'm proposing.
Term limits, if you poll term limits with Democrats, the vast majority of them actually support them. If you poll a balanced budget amendment, most Democrats actually will favor a balanced budget amendment. If you poll that the idea that the legislature should read the bills before they vote on them, most people tend to agree with that. I'm proposing they wait one day for every 20 pages — and that usually draws a few chuckles, but at the same time I'm serious. They tell me I need to wait to purchase a gun. I tell them you know what, you need to wait to pass legislation.
I haven't heard anyone else put that out there, but that is a really good idea.
I think: we should enumerate where in the Constitution that each bill gets its authority. Like in the health care act, they say, oh well, the Commerce Clause. Where does the Commerce Clause say the federal government can come and tell you that you have to buy insurance? I think we really need to have big national debates over these issues. I think the issues that I just mentioned are not in any way right wing or extreme. I think they're actually very mainstream messages about fixing a government that doesn't obey any rules any longer.
Now your opponent Jack Conway has said he supports the health care reform that passed. How do you feel about it? Would you support repealing or replacing the bill and how do you think it would impact health care in this country if it's not repealed?
I think it's going to increase costs for a lot of business. It will lead to more stagnation in the business community as people are unable to afford this new insurance mandate. I'm for repealing it. I'm for de-funding it. I'm for eliminating the mandate on it.
But, it really shows a fundamental of, : I think, : misunderstanding of the Constitution — and Jack Conway actually stands up and he says, "I've got a copy of the Constitution and where in it does it say that you have a right not to have insurance?"
Well, that is such a fundamental misunderstanding of the Constitution that I spend half my time trying to instruct him because the Ninth and 10th Amendment say, if the power was not granted to the federal government, all the rest of the rights, they don't even have to be written out, are rights: that: are left to the states and the people. So he thinks because it wasn't a right not to have insurance, that all of a sudden you don't have it. He thinks all rights had to be listed in the: Constitution, which really is a fundamental misunderstanding of the Constitution.
Now, surprisingly, given that coal is very important in Kentucky, your opponent has supported Cap And Trade. What do you think that bill would do: to: the economy of Kentucky and the economy of the nation as a whole if it's passed?
Well, we get about 90 percent of our electricity from coal. So it will be a disproportionate tax on Kentucky and some Kentuckians might pay $1,000 more in their utility bills. It's somewhere between a $500 and $1,500 per year increase in your utility bills. So it will be a big tax on the consumer, and that's everybody. So, I think it's a non-starter for him. I think he's going to really get clobbered once everybody knows that he's for this cap and trade bill.
In fact, he's actually determined that he might get clobbered and so he started to back away from it. But his initial responses were that he was in favor of that and Obama's health care plan, both of which poll at about 30 percent in Kentucky. So, he's going to have a tough time with his liberal ideas because Kentucky is generally a conservative state.
Jack Conway also supports citizenship for illegal immigrants and said he was troubled by the Arizona immigration bill. Do you support the Arizona immigration bill and do you believe illegal immigrants should be allowed to have American citizenship?
I do support Arizona's right to control immigration and I think it shows the federal government is not doing their job. But it's the states that have to pay for a lot of the benefits for illegal aliens. They've got to pay for the schools, the health care, everything else. So, I think they have a right to ask if you broke the law before you came into the US to sneak all these government services.
I also think that we need to have the courts review whether or not if you break the law to come into the U.S., whether your child would be a citizen just by being born here. Some point of the 14th amendment say you can't do that. But the 14th amendment actually says that you will be a citizen as long as you are under the jurisdiction of the United States. Many argue that these children that are born to illegal aliens are really still under the jurisdiction of the Mexican government. I think we need to fight that out in the courts. If we lose, then I think we should amend the Constitution because I don't think the 14th amendment was meant to apply to illegal aliens. It was meant to apply to the children of slaves.
I agree with that. Now let me ask you a question that's similar to one I asked your father when I interviewed him. During the tail end of the Bush: Administration we heard a lot of talk about the North American Union. Now that the Bush: Administration is out of office, if someone said to you, "What do you think about the North American: Union today," what would you say?
Well, there was a lot of discussion of it. I think there were five or six state legislatures that passed legislation or resolutions opposing not necessarily a North American: Union, but I think they were opposing the trans-Texas corridor. This is basically a big road that was being built and a lot of them opposed this because of the eminent domain that was going to be used in building this large road. This road was going to take up quite a bit of land. So there was a lot of people, some of the traditional people who do fight the abuse of eminent domain were opposed to this. So quite a few state legislatures did vote for that and vote against this corridor from Mexico to Canada.
So basically if someone asks you, you'd say, "Hey there's no North American: Union going on, there's no Amero being created?"
I don't know about a lot of that. I would say that there are people who believe that as a philosophy: –: : : believe that we would do better without country borders or without sovereignty of nations. I'm not one of those. I think it's important that the U.S. maintain its sovereignty, maintain its borders and I would not be in favor of that.
For about 30 years before they got the Euro and before they got the European Union and a European parliament, there were people who argued in favor of having a unified Europe. Some of those people who have that same philosophy do argue that for our country. It's not a philosophy that I'm in favor of.
Now the minimum wage undoubtedly keeps under-skilled workers from being hired. Ideally, do you think we should have a minimum wage?
Well, we've been debating the minimum wage since about 1905 in our country and there were : probably about 30 or 40 famous Supreme Court cases. Some time in the latter part of the 1930's they did decide that the: federal: government, at least at the Supreme Court could decide minimum wage laws. So I think you're exactly right that if you set the minimum wage at such a rate that the wage is higher than what the market judges should be the rate, then you have unemployment.
So, : for example, if tomorrow you said I'm a great humanitarian, I'd love the minimum wage rate to be $20 an hour. Well, : you can do that and that will help the few people who keep jobs. But, let's say McDonald's had 20 people at $10 an hour — now they may have 10 people at $20 an hour. So it really creates unemployment. On the face of it, people will say,: "Well, : now these people make a better wage.": : Well, : they do, but they don't see the unemployment that was created by doing that.
Now although conservatives were happy to see BP agree to pony up $20 billion for cleanup, there were a lot of serious concerns about the way Obama handled it. He essentially went on TV and told America he was going to force BP to give 20 billion dollars for the government to use any way they saw fit. I've heard a lot of concerns about that. What are your thoughts? How do you think he should have handled that?
First of all, I'm a big believer in the idea of capitalism. Businesses should make a profit because profit directs resources to the consumer in the most efficient manner. It's the reward that drives the activity and work of businesses. Along with profit though comes responsibility and I think you have to be responsible for what happens, accidents or otherwise, in the process of you doing your business. So I think BP does have to be responsible and has to pay for their cleanup and I think there's no question of that.
As far as how the rhetoric comes out of the presidency, I have said that I don't like the statement that Ken Salazar made. We shouldn't have a member of one of the President's cabinet saying he's going to put his boot heel on the throat of BP. I think if we want BP to clean up the mess, which I do, I think it would be better if we don't have a President who by some appearances, tone, and rhetoric seems to be indicating that he's trying to drive BP out of business — which I don't think is a good idea.
Last question. If an undecided voter in Kentucky walked up to you and said, "Rand, why should I vote for you instead of Jack Conway in November? How would supporting you instead of Conway help my family? How would it help Kentucky? How would it help the country?" If someone said that to you, what would you reply?
I'd reply that the debt is consuming our country. Federal spending is out of control and it threatens not only your kids and grand-kids, but it threatens the economic future of our country. We have to elect people with the guts to cut federal spending and cut the debt. Jack Conway is a career politician. He'll be more of the same. He'll be one more vote for Harry Reid and President Obama and I think they're both running the country into the ground. I think there's no question that we need some outsiders, some people who will do something about the deficit.
Rand, : I really appreciate your time. Thanks a lot!
Thank you, : John. It was nice talking with you.
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Bill would 'bag the swag' to cut federal spending
WASHINGTON — A bill before Congress would cut federal spending on marketing swag like coloring books, keychains and obscure mascots.
A 2017 study shows the federal government spends more than a billion dollars annually on PR items, including a quarter of a million alone on little-known mascots. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, says that's too much.
"It's not really serving the interest of the taxpayers," she said, "We do want to bag the swag."
Her bill, dubbed the Swag Act, would ban federal agencies from spending tax dollars on things like mascots, "drink koozies and Snuggies, if you can believe it," she said.
But in a federal budget that included more than $4 trillion last year, "it is a drop in the bucket," Joel Griffith of the conservative Heritage Foundation said.
"But I think this illustrates the enormity of the problem that we have," he said. "It's been almost two decades now since we had a balanced budget."
He noted that budget cuts are difficult.
"There are people that do benefit from the spending," he said.
Ernst said her cuts would spare some popular mascots like Smokey Bear ("Only you can prevent forest fires!") and Woodsy Owl ("Give a hoot, don't pollute!").
So far, no Democrats have backed the measure.


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PITTSBURGH – A new Department of Energy study may provide some of the first solid answers to an extremely controversial question: Do gas drilling fluids migrate and pose a threat to drinking water?
Department spokesman Richard Hammack says a gas drilling company in southwestern Pennsylvania has let researchers add tracing compounds to the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
The well is tapping the gas-rich Marcellus Shale. Hammack says researchers will be able to see if the drilling fluids move upward or sideways from the well bottom, which is 8,100 feet deep.
Environmentalists say the fluids associated with drilling can rise and pollute shallow drinking water aquifers.
The industry and many state and federal officials say the practice is safe when done properly, but there have also been cases where faulty wells did cause pollution.


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The discovery, a half-century after the fact, that Jacqueline Kennedy had a long, confidential correspondence with an Irish priest has filled in some of the blanks about the most private of first ladies.
It's a treasure trove for historians who for generations have been frustrated as they searched for material to get inside the head of a woman who wanted them to stay away.
And it's telling that when Jackie Kennedy decided to open up — about love, about infidelity, about life itself — she did so to a priest, a penitent outside the confessional.
Jackie knew that Father Joe Leonard, born in Sligo not far from where Yeats is buried, wouldn't sell her out. Unfortunately for her, the school that held the letters did. As English aristocrats decided to open their houses to the great unwashed, so, too, did All Hallows College in Dublin decide to sell the letters.
One fertile area for historians will be comparing Leonard to Jackie's favorite priest from Boston, Cardinal Richard Cushing.
While Cushing was a prince of the church, he complained that all he wanted to be was, like Joe Leonard, a simple priest. Like him, Cushing was more down to earth than pious, deeply spiritual but decidedly worldly.
Jacqueline Bouvier became a member of the most prominent Irish-American family by marriage and found her new tribe baffling.
"These Irish," she told historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., "they always seem to have a sort of persecution thing about them."
Having met Father Leonard when she was young and single, Jackie considered him a mentor and wanted him to preside over her marriage to JFK. But that was never in the cards. It was always going to be the archbishop of Boston, whoever that was, and it was Richard Cushing. While he may have been perceived as the Kennedys' priest, Cushing appreciated Jackie for who she was, not whom she married, and she came to love him.
As Matt Viser noted in his nuanced piece in the Globe this week about the letters, Father Leonard admired JFK's sticking up for the poor, as he did Jackie's character.
"I think," Leonard wrote to Jackie, "that you have given the women, not only of the USA but of the world, a representation of the ideal of the Valiant Woman as she appeared in the eyes of Solomon."
It is extraordinary, then, that Cushing, without knowing of that correspondence, used almost identical language in a 1966 oral history he gave to Ted Kennedy.
While praising the character of JFK and Pope John XXIII, Cushing added, "Something of the same can be said of Jacqueline, that valiant woman, first described in the Old Testament. I meet young women today who were so impressed by her attitude at her husband's funeral, by her dignity, her poise, her bravery, that many of these young girls now look up to her as an ideal. Whereas formerly they were chasing after moving-picture actresses and other popular idols, now they look to her as an example of genuine greatness."
In 1968, Cushing got hate mail after he defended Jackie's decision to marry the Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis. After the Vatican contradicted him, Cushing offered to resign, but he wouldn't sell out Jackie.
Jackie had Cushing's back. Her animosity toward Martin Luther King Jr. could be traced to her brother-in-law Bobby Kennedy telling her that FBI wiretaps captured King suggesting Cushing was drunk at JFK's funeral.
When Jackie Kennedy's son Patrick died three days after he was born, it was Cushing who presided over the funeral. Cushing went to her bedside later, and gave her a prayer he had written for her dead son. She cherished it.
Related coverage:
• New letters reveal more intimate side of Jackie Kennedy
• Photos: Letters between Jackie Kennedy and Father Leonard
• Framingham woman helped Jackie Kennedy reply to condolence letters
• JFK library releases letters to a grieving widow
Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Saturday, 31 July 2010
Mónica Maria Hangs Up Her Cushion
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Friday, 30 July 2010
Visit a Lace Museum in Puy, France - Right Now!
I am very grateful to Marie-Louise Falissard for sending me details of some wonderful museums in the Lyons area of France to share with you. I hope in the coming weeks we can explore these together. I have always been fascinated by the making of lace and can sit and watch lace makers for hours. I know the visitors to our Montacute week were enthralled by the visit to Honiton museum and our guest speaker Pat Perryman who makes the lace jabots for the speakers of the House of Commons. If you click on the link here, you will be able to access a video which will take you on a virtual tour of the Centre d'Enseignement de la Dentelle au Fuseau
at the Museum of Puy-en-Velay. For those of you who do not know this region, this is a former volcanic area. All the sides of the volcanoes have been eroded over time leaving only the hard, steep basalt plugs - the astonishing landscape of fairy tale castles perched upon precipitous mountains. Thank you Marie-Louise!
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Samplers at Auction
These two samplers are for auction next week. In case you are wondering how to go about bidding, you first need to register yourself with the auction house to provide proof of identity, so that they know how you are and that you are creditworthy as the auction depends very much on a high degree of trust on all sides. So if you are interested in items, make contact and find out what they need from you in the way of identification so that you can leave a bid on the books. This first sampler is for auction on 3rd August at Roseberry's in London. It is Lot number 858 with an estimate of £150-£250. Finished by Christian Shittler on May 21 1819, it is a pretty in oval format worked with an ode To my ever honoured parents. Surrounding the text are birds, trees and flowers, and all is encircled by a twining oval floral border which is set off to perfection by the verre eglomise frame. It measures 46cm x 43cm approximately.
This George III pattern darned sampler with a central floral basket is very much reminiscent of the Norwich pattern darned samplers and it may be that S.A who worked this sampler in 1812 was from the Norwich area. The piece measures 34cm x 34.5cm and is for auction also on 3 August at Reeman Dansie of Colchester. Lot number 653 it has an estimate of £100-£150.
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This George III pattern darned sampler with a central floral basket is very much reminiscent of the Norwich pattern darned samplers and it may be that S.A who worked this sampler in 1812 was from the Norwich area. The piece measures 34cm x 34.5cm and is for auction also on 3 August at Reeman Dansie of Colchester. Lot number 653 it has an estimate of £100-£150.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Stitching Retreat in Williamsburg * 1-3 October 2010
Sounds like bliss - 3 days' getaway in Williamsburg with time to catch up on projects and learn new techniques. This not-for-profit event is organized by Jeanine Koons and Merry Cox and will commence 9:00 am Friday morning 1 October. There will be lots of time to finish Holiday gifts or work on favourite projects. Your choice from menus for all your meals. Reservations have been made to go to the Whaling Company for dinner that evening. The trip to dinner is combined with a stop at the needlework shop, also the knitting and quilt shops. Lunch, and dinner will be in the hotel on Saturday. Brunch on Sunday. The cost for 3 days' of stitching, coffee, four meals and stitching room: $70.00. Overnight accommodation at the hotel can be enjoyed for $80 per night for a single or double room. For more details just click here.
The Gathering of Embroiderers organized by Jeanine and Merry has raised over the years $26,385.00 donated to the American Cancer Society in Darlene O'Steen's name and $80,000 donated to the textile collection of Colonial Williamsburg, the DeWitt Wallace Textile Gallery, Loudoun County Museum, Wilton House Museum, the Valentine-Richmond History Center, Museum of the Confederacy, the Tennessee Sampler Survey, the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, St. Joseph's Academy, Winterthur, the Peabody-Essex Institute, and Plymouth Plantation. If it were not for prior commitments, I would be there with you like a shot, Jeanine and Merry - you are doing fantastic work! Everybody else, book a plane now!
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Deutsches Historishes Museum On-Line Sampler Collection
The Deutsches Historishes Museum has 24 samplers for you to see on-line. Simply click on this link and then enter stickmuster for the search in the box labelled: Objektart. Next click on button marked Suchen. To look at a larger imager click on the word mehr under the thumbnail, and to see more pages scroll down to the bootom of the page and click on the text there. See the images for more information.
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Monday, 26 July 2010
Introducing Gisela
Many of the Vierlande samplers we see were worked in black. However, some are polychrome, so I don't think we need keep our appetites on strict colour-controlled diets. This is Gisela from the new Vierlande II motif album + 10 samplers download which will be released shortly. Hot off the needle, it is a day's project. It can be worked in a square format, or take off the corners and you have a circular piece which would be a lovely topper for a gift box. I chose these colours because they reminded me of those lovely embroidered loden jackets children wore in the 50s when there was a passion for all things Austrian, including zithers. And if you are a lover of monochrome, you can simply pick your own colour to work this design.
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New Giveaway and Winner of the Colonial Williamsburg Coasters is..
As always I wish I had 100 of these to give away, but I hope if you keep trying you will win something nice in our giveaways. The winner of the Colonial Williamsburg coaster set is Bhooma from Indianapolis. Congratulations, Bhooma, your coasters will be in the air to you tomorrow. Commiserations everyone else, and many thanks for taking part. This week I have a spare copy of the most recent Sampler and Antique Needlework Quarterly - the Fall edition - can it really be we are heading for Fall already? This is a super magazine for lovers of samplers with lots of informative articles, replica charts and other goodies tucked inside. So, for Needleprint Blog customers only living outside the USA this time. To enter the give away just email me by clicking here. Good luck! The draw will take place next Monday morning and the winner will be announced that day.
If you haven't purchased anything from the blog yet, maybe you would like to try it out, we have motif libraries costing just $8 with which you can have hours and hours of designing and stitching fun. Our products are in PDF format so you can print them out immediately and - as a bonus - they also come with editable versions for users of Jane Greenoff Cross Stitch Designer for PCs or MacStitch for Mac.
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Saturday, 24 July 2010
Where did all the doilies go long time passing?
Back in the day, it would never do to have anything touching anything else without the discrete and decorative interposition of a doily. On chairs, doilies for humans were called antimacassars and arm covers. It was as well for Doily, a 17th century draper, that he had probably no inkling of how he would go down in history. He certainly would have abhored one of the houses I rented as a student which was infested with plastic doilies on every surface and which upon gaining possession of the key and locking the door behind me I rounded up and consigned to the back of the airing cupboard. As a child my life was doiley ridden, whether crocheted, knitted or steel cut from paper. I spent many happy holiday hours colouring white paper doileys begged from my mother's baking drawer, creating my own multi-coloured medallions to decorate my walls. And then, suddenly doilies seemed to vanish from our lives, and I could never quite picture drawers or attics large enough for their retirement. Where did they all go? Well, here are some of them.
These creations are by Joana Vasconcelos, the eminent Portuguese artist, for her I Will Survive exhibition. I Will Survive - taken from the tune made popular by Gloria Gaynor in 1978 - challenge traditional ideas surrounding identity. Finding her inspiration in the popular imagination and examining various themes of daily life, Vasconcelos focuses on the politics of gender, national identity and class. And her work is on display at The Haunch of Venison from 21 July until 25 September.
WHERE? In London, I once worked from offices in Pall Mall which meant when there was not a working lunch I was just 10 minutes walk away from the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Queen's Gallery, the London Library, the Royal Academy of Arts....and a place I loved greatly, the Museum of Mankind which you found by walking through the wonderful Burlington Arcade from Picadilly and turning right towards Saville Row to Burlington Gardens. Not only did I love the textiles there, but also the fact that it had the best and quietest bookshop and coffee bar. Sadly the Museum of Mankind, an outpost of the British Museum was reabsorbed by the BM and for a while there was nothing in its place until the location became the venue for a number of commercial art galleries, of which The Haunch of Venison is now one
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Friday, 23 July 2010
Something époustouflant this way comes....shhhh...don't breathe a word...
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What the Bristol Orphanage Sampler Sold For
Burstow and Hewett (Battle, Sussex) Auction sold for. Although worked in blue, it looked to our eyes like a Bristol Orphanage Sampler - and in fact I have had an image of a very different polychrome sampler from Bristol Orphanage sent to me just this week, so there are other variants to the traditional red monochrome scheme we often see. And A Merrett is the name of a girl who was at the Bristol Orphanage. So how much did it sell for? Amanda at Burstow and Hewitt tells me the hammer went down at £190.
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Thursday, 22 July 2010
For Lovers of Jane Austen
Can you imagine arranging around your shoulders a shawl that once might have warmed Jane Austen through chilly evenings as she penned her novels; as she listened in her head to the impassioned conversations between Lizzie Bennett and Mr Darcy? It seems a far-off world, doesn't it? And yet it is not. Please don't swoon. This cream linen embroidered shawl with floral Turkish motifs in silk and metal thread (faded and damaged) comes from the estate of Georgina Knight, the grand-daughter of Edward Knight, Jane Austen's brother and is for auction at Bonhams on 27 July (Lot 182). It measures 113 x 102cm. and has an estimate of £200-£300
Here you can see a close-up of the central panel with its carnations and periwinkles radiating from the centre in a star.
And here sprigs of embroidered flowers are arranged within the traditional buta outline which resembles a teardop and is probably better know from the motifs on Paisley shawls.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The Wonders of Aylesbury Vale Embroiderers' Guild
I had the great pleasure to be invited to talk about samplers at Saturday's meeting of the Aylesbury Vale Embroiderers' Guild. As always, though, I come home with more than I set out with. I learnt so much - and was even given a jar of wonderful homemade marmalade. One of the high points for me was seeing a wonderful selection of Ann Mary's personal collection of needlework which she shares with the guild at every meeting.
I was totally captivated by this linen needlework notebook which documents stitches very much in the manner of Louisa Pesel whose stitch diagrams you can see exhibited at the V&A in London.
Not only are there worked examples of the stitches but also handwritten annotations making this such a personal and unique artifact. What you are seeing here is in fact my New Year's Resolution writ large - I must make one too! I must not forget to say a big thank-you to Anita, another Aylesbury Vale Guild member, who provided me with the images you see here. And thanks to everyone for their insight, information and comments which made my visit so interesting.
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English Puddings- A Right Old Bash
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010
An Astonishing Sarah Harris Finish by Cindy in California
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Monday, 19 July 2010
New Giveaway and Winners of the Last 3 Keyrings
Thank you very much to the many good sports who entered the draw for the Goodhart Sampler Keyrings. Congratulations to the winners of the last 3 key rings - they are: Ann-Maree from Australia; Giampiera from Italy; and Deborah from Canada. This week we shall see what Colonial Williamsburg has to offer....
The secret is revealed. This is a set of 4 needlepoint coasters (dare you use them as coasters?) worked in lovely Delft blue and white with a pineapple design and bordered with gilt braid. Again because this is a special giveaway we shall limit it to Needleprint blog customers only. So if you have purchased an item from the blog, then you are eligible to enter. To enter the give away just email me by clicking here. Good luck! The draw will take place next Monday morning and winners will be announced that day.
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and mark where it overlaps. The paper may become skewed, but dont worry, it will still be accurate enough! When you have your measurement, you can then flatten out the paper and take
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This is essentually the same as the process above, but youre substatuting the paper with a string that you may have. Follow the same process of taking one end, wrapping it around your
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The White House has begun arresting photoshoppers who tampered with the President's gun picture.
President Obama released this picture on Friday.
It had this official disclaimer attached:
This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
But many people ignored the threat from the White House and now they have begun arresting any person who manipulated the photo.
White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, reportedly said, "The President will not tolerate his image being manipulated in any way. Any photoshopper who ignored our warning will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
This woman has already been arrested:
The White House told WWN that the penalty will be fines of up to $250,000 and a minimum of six months in jail.
"The image of President Barack Obama is sacred," reportedly added Jay Carney.
Here's some of the "best" photoshopped versions of the President's photo. Most of the people who made these images will be in jail by tomorrow.


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Apple Valley, Minn. — On Monday, Nov. 25, Uponor North America (Uponor) celebrated the fifth expansion to its 230,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Apple Valley, more than quadrupling its size since opening in 1990.
Several political and community leaders were in attendance, including United States Senator Amy Klobuchar; Congressman John Kline; Deputy State Director for Senator Al Franken – Sara Silvernail; Minnesota State Representatives Anna Wills and Tara Mack; Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland; Apple Valley Chamber President Ed Kearney and several members of the Apple Valley City Council and Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce.
"This expansion affirms our brand ideals of connecting, building and inspiring," said Uponor North America President Bill Gray. "We're not just trying to turn a profit here; we have a longer-term sustainability commitment to our company and the community."
Gray thanked local businesses and community leaders for their support and partnership with Uponor, including Dakota County Technical College, the Apple Valley Chamber, Opportunity Partners, PCL Construction, Cal-Tex Electric, Legend Mechanical and Power Engineers.
United States Senator Amy Klobuchar referenced Uponor's recent industry recognitions as a Top 100 Workplace by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the 2013 Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Alliance, saying manufacturing is coming back.
"Supporting a strong manufacturing sector is critical to the future health of our economy," said Senator Klobuchar. "This is about bringing our country back to those brass tacks of innovation and progress, and Uponor is already leading the way."
Congressman John Kline echoed the company's sentiment of connecting, building and inspiring stating, "That's exactly what I see you are doing here."
The expansion, which included 17,500 square feet of manufacturing space and 3,000 square feet for an employee services area, in part helped the company increase its workforce in the past year by 25 percent, growing from 400 to more than 500 employees in North America.
"Uponor builds careers," said Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland, who presented Gray with the Apple Valley Mayoral Proclamation award. "Uponor connects with Apple Valley and truly inspires excellence."


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2 1/2 cups chopped onions
2 tablespoons water
2 cups diced potatoes
5 cups chopped cauliflower
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons ground fennel
4 cups hot water
2 vegetable bouillon cube
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
salt & freshly ground black pepper
chopped tomatoes and chives
In a large Dutch oven or saucepan, sauté onions in water for 5 minutes, or until translucent. Add more water as needed.
Add the potatoes, cumin, and fennel; cook for 1 minute. Add the hot water; cover, turn up the heat and bring to a boil. Add the cauliflower and bouillon cubes and return to a boil.
Lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
In a blender, puree and vegetable/broth mixture until smooth.
Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste. Reheat the soup, being careful not to scorch it.
Serve warm; garnish with chopped tomatoes and chives.
4 servings
Adapted from touregypt.net


text: New Features of Urza's Destiny Urza's Saga introduced the following new features to the Magic game; Urza's Legacy and Urza's Destiny further explore these features. These features are explained on the cards themselves. Cycling Many spells are priceless in the right circumstances but deadweight in your hand the rest of the time. Cycling is an ability that helps in these situations. If you're holding a card with cycling, then instead of playing it, you can pay its cycling cost and discard it to draw another card. EXAMPLE: Fend Off reads: "Cycling 2 Target creature deals no combat damage this turn." Cycling is played as an instant, so you can play it any time instants are legal. Remember that you draw the new card when the cycling ability resolves, not when it's played. You discard the card as part of paying the cycling cost, so it won't be in your hand during any responses. Cycling is an ability, so it can't be countered by spells or abilities that counter only spells. Echo Echo is a new ability that spreads the cost of a permanent, usually a creature, over two turns. Spells with echo cost less to play than similar ones without it. However, during your next upkeep, you must pay the permanent's casting cost again or sacrifice it. EXAMPLE: Pouncing Jaguar is a green 2/2 creature that costs only G, so you can play it on your first turn. However, since it has echo, you have to pay another G next turn during your upkeep or sacrifice Pouncing Jaguar. The payment is required any time a permanent with echo comes under your control, not just when you play one from your hand. EXAMPLE: You gain control of your opponent's Pouncing Jaguar. On your next upkeep, you must either pay G (which may be difficult if you're playing a pure blue deck!) or sacrifice the Pouncing Jaguar. Echo is a triggered ability that triggers at the beginning of your upkeep. If you have a permanent that requires an echo payment, you can't end your upkeep until you've either paid the cost or sacrificed the permanent. Also, if the permanent has any activated abilities, you can't play them until the echo ability has resolved. New Enchantments Urza's Destiny includes two special types of enchantments, nicknamed "sleeping" and "growing." "Sleeping" Enchantments Sleeping enchantments start out as enchantments but can "awaken" when an appropriate event triggers them. EXAMPLE: Lurking Jackals reads: "When one of your opponents has 10 life or less, if Lurking Jackals is an enchantment, it becomes a 3/2 Hound creature." Many sleeping enchantments become creatures when they wake. In this case, they no longer count as enchantments. Most sleeping enchantments change once and stay that way, but a few have a second ability that can "put them back to sleep" by changing them into enchantments again. If a spell or ability counters the enchantment's trigger condition (such as playing a creature spell), the countered spell or ability doesn't resolve and won't "wake" the enchantment. "Growing" Enchantments Growing enchantments have a one-time ability that you control. These enchantments start out powerless but grow potentially stronger each turn. EXAMPLE: Incendiary reads: "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on Incendiary. When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, Incendiary deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of fuse counters on Incendiary." Adding the counter is an optional upkeep ability. If you forget to add a counter during your upkeep, you don't get to back up. Remember, if you sacrifice a permanent with counters on it as part of an ability's cost, the ability "looks at" the number of counters the permanent had before it left play. Thus, you can decide whether to add the counter before activating a growing enchantment's ability. Classic Rules Changes The game rules have been revised with the release of the Magic: The Gathering-Classic™ set. The most significant changes are summarized below. For more information, check the Classic (Sixth Edition) rulebook. The Stack Forget batches and series-whenever you play a spell or ability, it goes on the stack. You can then play another spell or ability or pass. If you pass, your opponent gets priority to play spells and abilities. When you both pass in succession, the spell or ability on top of the stack resolves. Then the player whose turn it is (the active player) gets priority again. You don't have to wait for everything on the stack to resolve before playing another spell. Abilities that add mana to your pool don't go on the stack. You simply get the mana immediately. Spells that produce mana, however, such as Dark Ritual, go on the stack like other spells. Mana sources no longer exist. Countering Spells All interrupts are now instants, which means you can counter a spell any time before it resolves. Damage Prevention and Regeneration There's no more damage prevention step. Damage prevention, regeneration, and other spells and abilities that generate replacement effects are now played just like other instants. When such a spell or ability resolves, its effect creates a kind of shield. These shields last until used up or until the next cleanup step, whichever comes first. If an effect prevents a specific amount of damage, it creates a shield that hangs around until that amount of damage is prevented. If two different effects could each prevent the same damage, the "shielded" player or controller of the "shielded" creature chooses. All damage-prevention spells and abilities are now targeted. Triggered Abilities Any ability that begins with "when," "whenever," or "at" is a triggered ability. When a triggered ability's condition is met, the ability automatically goes on the stack. Its controller chooses all targets for it, and when it resolves, makes all other choices for it. Triggered abilities can no longer resolve while another spell or ability is resolving. Phase abilities have all been changed to triggered abilities that trigger when the specified phase or step begins. Phases and Steps Each turn now has five phases: beginning, main, combat, main (again), and end. The beginning phase has three steps: untap, upkeep, and draw. If an effect instructs you to do something at the beginning of the turn, you do it at the beginning of upkeep. Upkeep abilities are now triggered abilities. There are now two main phases in every turn. They're separated by combat, which is now its own phase. The end phase has two steps: end of turn and cleanup. When the end-of-turn step begins, all triggered abilities that start with "At end of turn" go on the stack. When the cleanup step begins, the active player discards down to the maximum hand size (usually seven cards). Then all damage on creatures is removed and effects that last "until end of turn" end. If any abilities trigger during the cleanup step, they go on the stack, and then the active player gets priority to play spells and abilities. If any spells or abilities resolve during cleanup, the whole step is repeated. Otherwise, the turn ends. Combat Combat is now its own phase with five steps: beginning of combat, declare attackers, declare blockers, combat damage, and end of combat. Spells and abilities may be played during each of these steps, but only after the step's mandatory parts have been completed. Dealing combat damage works differently. The active player announces how he or she wants attacking creatures' combat damage to be dealt, then the defending player does the same for blocking creatures. Tapped blockers now deal combat damage just like untapped ones. Combat damage isn't dealt immediately-instead, it goes on the stack. Players may then play spells and abilities as usual. When the combat damage resolves, it's dealt according to the earlier announcements, even if one or more of the creatures in combat are no longer in play. When the end-of-combat step begins, all abilities that trigger on the end of combat go on the stack. Miscellaneous You now lose the game as soon as you reach 0 life, not at the end of the phase. Artifacts' continuous abilities now work the same way as other permanents' abilities. They no longer "shut off" while the artifact is tapped. You choose modes and targets for a spell or ability (and pay costs) when you play it, but you make all other choices when the spell or ability resolves, not when it's played. © 2009 Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a division of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Nintendo will release a follow-up to its highly successful Wii console in 2011 – that's the prediction from none other than Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada.
Interestingly, he also predicted that the machine is likely to boast an all-new controller. In the same piece, however, Wada predicts that the upcoming motion tech for both Xbox 360 and PS3 is unlikely to provide a significant boost for either machine.
All the details can be found over on CasualGaming.biz.


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