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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Second Blogoversary Celebration Gifts!
165 comments:
Wow! How wonderful of you! I love your designs and how willing you are to help others. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
I am in awe of your talent! I am very excited to have a chance to win some tutoring!! I received DS for Christmas and I am at a loss!! -RoxannReplyDelete
WONDERFUL giveaways, thank you for the chance to win. The ribbon box would be so handy!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the anniversary of your blog! I have only been following your blog for a few months, but I have already learned so much. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and ideas with us. And for offering such a generous give-away!ReplyDelete
Now I will have to go back and find that doily file you mentioned in the last post -- it looks awesome!
Congrats on your anniversary...ReplyDelete
You are very talented, thanks for sharing your ideas....
Thanks also for the chance to win,
Congrats on your 2 year Blogoversary!!!!! I am a huge fan, it is so sweet of you to offer these wonderful prizes, unfortunatly I do not own DS, so I guess you can count me out for that draw, I have a Gyspy and Love it.ReplyDelete
I love your designs, and visit your blog daily, Thanks Diane
for all that you do for us!!!
Congrats on your two years. :) What a great idea to celebrate it with a giveaway. I would love to have the ribbon box.ReplyDelete
Wow, such thoughtful gifts to celebrate YOUR blogiversary. I feel like we the readers should be giving you gifts for all of the inspiration and wonderful lessons you have shared!!! Love that Scrap-Ma-Bob!!!ReplyDelete
xx Susan
Congratulations to you! What an amazing accomplishment. Keep up the good work, you are definitley an inspiration to us all. Thanks for the opportunity to win some fabulous gifts. =)ReplyDelete
Congrats Diane on two years of blogging!!! Yours was the first blog I discovered after I received my Cricut E for Christmas '08 and found all your info so helpful and still do today!!! Thanks for sharing your hard work and I look forward to all your future posts!!ReplyDelete
If I'm lucky enough to win something please let it be the Scrap-Ma-Bob (after destroying one keyboard by spilling a glass of water all over it that would be perfect!!!) Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy Blogoversary!!!ReplyDelete
You must be one of the most patient people.
I have been a subsciber to your blog forever.
Didn't want to miss anything you did.
I love how you use most of the negative pieces also.
Happy 2 year Blogoversary Diane!ReplyDelete
Keep doing what you're doing. TFS all of your hard work!
Congratulations Diane ... It's been my pleasure to get to know you a little bit, from your blog, from the Cricut MB, and from shared Design Team Fellowships as well. You do awesome work and always a helpful.ReplyDelete
Here's to your continued blogging success!
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 5:14 AM
I just wanted to say thanks. I have only recently started playing with DS and your videos have really saved me a lot of time and hair loss. Keep up the beautiful work. You have so many really great ideas!!
Cricut MB Newfy Mom
Happy 2 Year Blogoversary!!! I love your blog and visit often just to see what you are up to. You have such amazing talent!!! Hugs!ReplyDelete
How wonderful that you are offering these gifts. And how special that many are from your trip to Italy. Not sure I could use the ribbon box, but would love everything else!!! Thanks.ReplyDelete
Congrats on 2 years of blogging! I always love your designs. They are always original and exciting. The giveways are great and thank you for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:16 AM
I love your blog -- the craft ideas, the family updates and your travels!!ReplyDelete
Love your blog. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. I love the designs you create. Thanks for sharing these gifts with us.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:20 AM
Congrats! And what a generous giveaway! Would love to win!ReplyDelete
I have always loved reading your blog to see what new adventures you are doingReplyDelete
You are super generous!! (What most excited me was the hour of private help - oh the joy!). I will start my list of questions immediately. :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for the chance to win. Look forward to seeing what else you have come up with.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Congratulations on 2 years of blogging. You are so talented and generous to share with us. I would love the "Scrap-Ma-Bob" but my favorite prize would be a private session with you on the CDS.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 2 years of blogging. I've learned so much from you and look forward to learning more.ReplyDelete
I'm actually just "down the street" from you a little south on 495 - Maybe someday we can meet.
Congrats again!
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Happy Anniversary - love reading your blog daily - thanks for all your hard work and sharing.ReplyDelete
rmccharen at aol.com
Congrats on your 2 year blogversary! I subscribe to your blog and enjoy reading your posts each day. Thanks so much for sharing your DS knowledge with us - I've dabbled in it but haven't begun to learn all it can do. I'm a bit intimidated. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for offering some fabulous prizes in celebration of your blogversary - how sweet of you.
Have a great day!
Congratulations on your two years!! Your expertise has been so valued!! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Hi Diane and congratulations on 2 years of blogging. Your talent amazes me and I so look forward to seeing what you have posted each day. Thank you for sharing all your ideas with the rest of us, you have a heart of gold. Thanks also for the opportunity to win one of your fabulous gifts. Although they are all beautiful/useful gifts please exclude me from #1,2,3 as they are not exactly my style and I'd rather that someone who would really enjoy these have the opportunity to win one of them. I'm keeping my fingers crossed in hopes of winning one of the other prizes. Hope you have many more years of blogging and sharing in store for us.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:52 AM
Congrats on your two year blogging anniversary. I enjoy your posts very much. What an awesome group of giveaways, especially that marbled paper.ReplyDelete
Carol Parks
Wow, 2 years. Congratulations. Thank you so very much for all you do for us. You have a wonderful blog and I so look forward to receiving my email daily. I love following you whether its to another country or sitting in your house building your craft table. You are inspiring. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas and help.ReplyDelete
Congrats again for this marker event! Just wanted to send my mailing address in case my name gets drawn - I would love that! I left a comment yesterday.ReplyDelete
Dianna Park
462 Club Range Drive
Fort Mill, SC 29715
Thanks again!
Congratulations on your anniversary. I've enjoyed reading your blog.ReplyDelete
Thanks for all that you share,
Wow! I love your taste (tablecloth and bracelet are *gorgeous*!)! What fabulous gifts you're offering - I'd be thrilled to win any of them. Congrats on 2 years of blogging - I'm enjoying your blog!ReplyDelete
Happy Blogoversary and congratulations, and THANK YOU for all you do! I can't believe it's been two years! I can't believe how much of my days have been involved with Cricut and the mb and the wonderful people I have met there!ReplyDelete
while I look forward to your daily posts, I don't think you should feel that you "have to" continue to post daily. You are such a busy woman; the last thing we would want is for you to feel that posting daily is a chore that you no longer enjoy.
All of your gifts are lovely and so generous - I would be thrilled to receive any of them!
What a wonderful giveaway!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on 2 years. I haven't been around the blog that long but my mornings with you do seem like time with a friend. It is so nice of you to share the love with all of us.ReplyDelete
2 years of blogging-- how exciting! congrats! I appreciate all the time and talent that you have put into the MB! Posts with advice and tips, shared designs and cut files, teaching through Let Me Show you How to do That as well as answering ? through private emails and PMs, sharing bits of your family life with us (I love to hear family stories); the list could go on.ReplyDelete
Your so kind to offer such nice gifts to all of us. Several of them are very appealing to me (the ribbon holder, and the one on one teaching) but of course I would be happy to be lucky enough to receive any of the wonderful gifts that you are so thoughtfully offering.
thanks and hugs to you!
I have learned so much from your blog. I have been reading it since you started blogging. I would love the ribbon box. SusanReplyDelete
Happy Bloggerversary! Love the ideas and projects you share! :DReplyDelete
These are awesome and unique gifts. I always anticipate your posts and so appreciate the Cricut cut files and instructions so I can learn to do them myself. Thanks, again.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on 2 years! This giveaway is very generous - thank you for the chance to win. I enjoy coming to your blog every day to see what you have created. You have taken design studio to a new level!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:22 AM
I am new to your blog, and have enjoyed everyone of your posts. You are an inspiration!ReplyDelete
- 7524kesFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Congrats on your anniversary! Love your blog and recommend it often. Thanks for the added fun!ReplyDelete
Crafty and generous! You are so wonderful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:39 AM
love your blog and thanks for the chance to win a gift!ReplyDelete
How wonderful of you to have thought of us while in Italy, beautiful gifts. You are one talented lady and I thank you for sharing so much with us. I love your site.ReplyDelete
Donna C.
Diane, you are so generous. I'm not just talking about the giveaways. I'm talking about all the time you spend sharing with us! You are truly amazing to go on vacation and still think of us, what a family, lol. I would be honored to receive anything! TFS, Mary MReplyDelete
Oh wow what wonderful prizes!! Happy Blogiversary :) I have so been enjoying your blog, you have no idea!ReplyDelete
That table cloth is just awesome!!
Love, Love, Love your blog Diane. I look forward to it everyday!!!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary. You are very talented and I am sure you will be here for a long time coming. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.ReplyDelete
Just received my ds and have learned a LOT from your blog! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!ReplyDelete
I love this site and the Murano glass bead bracelet would look wonderful on my wrist. I have the ribbon holder and the srap-ma-bob and lvoe them. I hope we will still be picing your brain whrn you have your 20 year blogoversary. CONGRATS! You are wonderful!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 10:14 AM
I look forward to your blog everyday. Thanks for the chance to win a treat. They are all wonderful choices.ReplyDelete
Congatulations on your two years. I just discovered your blog recently and I AM TOTALLY IN AWE of everything that you do and your generosity in sharing your knowledge. I purchased the DS when it first came out - I took it out of the box and started playing with it when I discovered your blog. I love scrapbooking but have not been able to dedicate much time to it since I became the sole caregiver to my 95 year old Mom. None-the-less, I love to read everything that you write, I save it an hope to some day be able to dedicate my time to my lover for scrapbooking. I wish you continued success.ReplyDelete
- ShirleyFebruary 2, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Really enjoy your blog! You are a great inspiration to us all!The gifts you are offering look awesome...all of them are worth having!ReplyDelete
Wow, wonderful prizes. Good thinking to get something when you were on vacation. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 2nd Anniversary! I posted a link to your blog on mine!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 10:47 AM
I wanted to thank you for all the wonderful help files and files they are wonderful.ReplyDelete
Very nice of you to let us celebrate with you and give us a chance to win some beautiful gifts. I love your daily posts and have gotten some really helpful info from them.ReplyDelete
Keep up the posts if you can.
Congratulations on your anniversary!!! I have only just begun following your blog but I can already tell I like it so much!!! I am so happy to know you have so many tutorials. Thank you for offering them and for giving of your time. Here's to many more anniversaries for you!!!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your two year blog anniversary. That took some perserverance! I look forward to reading your blog. What nice gifts.ReplyDelete
Congratulations Diane on your 2 years of successful/amazing blogging. You are so talented and generous. Thank you for for sharing and being so patient!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on 2 years of blogging! I only joined about 8 months ago but I really enjoy reading your posts every day and have used a lot of the information that you have shared. In fact, your posts often send me running straight to my scrapbooking room!ReplyDelete
Congratulations once again on your Blogaversary!!!! Your inspiration and creativity are amazing!!!! Thank you for sharing your talents with us :)ReplyDelete
Your Blog is my guidance using the Cricut - for this I am thankful! Happy 2-year blogaversary!! Thanks for the opportunity to enter and hopefully to win!!!ReplyDelete
Wow, Diane!!! When you celebrate, you REALLY celebrate!!! What wonderful prizes and aren't you just the sweetest to think of us while on your Italian vacation!!!! What a doll!!! I have learned SOOO much from you!! I visit your blog daily and always receive a massive dose of inspiration!!! Thanks so much for all you share and congratulations on your two-year blogaversary!!!ReplyDelete
Blessings and Hugs!!!!
Oh, a celebration, What FUN! Awesome bog candy too. Love your blog and inspiration. Thank you.ReplyDelete
Thanks for offering such lovely gifts. You have a great talent and it's wonderful that you share it with us! I enjoy reading your blog and getting lots of great ideas!!ReplyDelete
Wow--what great gifts and congrats again. Sheila aka GrammaPReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary ~ Two Years ~ Time sure flies when you are having fun ~ You are so talented and I love your work ~ It is so sweet that you share your creations with everyone ~ Thanks for a chance to win such great giveaways ~ Have a Fantastic Day and Many More Years of Cricut and Blogging fun :)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful way to celebrate your 2 year blogaversary! Congratulations once again. And I thank you for your willingness to share with us your talent.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a fun trip. Would love to win something. I can't use the tablecloth because I don't have a table it would work on.ReplyDelete
I love checking your blog everyday. Thanks for the opportunity to win something! firstname.lastname@example.com
How thoughtful to be thinking of us when you are on such a fantastic trip. I check Capadia Designs everyday as I really enjoy finding what's new. Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
I have just recently found your blog and have become a follower. You have some amazing work here that you share with everyone. I have design studio but really don't know how to use it so I am hoping that I will learn from you and all the information you have here on your blog. This is really awesome! I would love to win any of your gifts they are all awesome!ReplyDelete
Thank you,
Nancy Schultz
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Congratulations on 2 years of blogging. I learn something new every day. Thanks for the opportunity to win such wonderful gifts.ReplyDelete
Diane, Happy blogaversary!!!! This is so sweet of you to share your trip with us. I don't have DS but I always look at your blog, you inspire me. Shari (cricutrookie)ReplyDelete
Congrats on 2 years!! Keep up the great blog!ReplyDelete
I enjoy your daily posts, but I know first hand about "burn out" and I'm afraid if you keep this up you will soon be heading there. You have an amazing talent, but trying to come up with a new idea daily is too much for anyone. None of us would mind if you skipped days now and then. I love your surprises and even though some sites have special days set aside I like your site done the way you do it now. Congratualions on your anniversary.ReplyDelete
Mary Ann (pixie grammy)
Happy Blogaversary! What a generous way to celebrate by giving us a chance at such great items. I really enjoy your creations and look forward to another great year for you!ReplyDelete
Congrats and Thanks,
Well congratulations on your blogaversary!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful candy.
saluti dall'italia the post on http://kreattiva.blogspot.com/
Hugs, rosa
HappY Blogaversary!! WOW what great gifts you are offering!! I look forward to your post everyday! No matter what they are. Thank you for everything!!ReplyDelete
Happy Blog Anniversary!! How exciting!! I VERY much enjoy checking your blog daily (rarely something I do on others sites...). You have given me some great inspiration and ideas. I LOVE when you throw in DIGITAL ideas and sites too!! You have been a great help for me!! Thanks again. Sincerely, SaraReplyDelete
Congratulations on your blogoversary! I've been following you since day one, I think.ReplyDelete
The give-aways are awesome! Thanks for thinking of us while you were in Italy, molto grazie!
I look forward to many more of your inspiring posts!
Thanks for everything!
Carmen Lucero
What neat things to give away! Thanks for thinking of us while you were on your dream(y) vacation. It will be like we went overseas to go shopping. Your great! firstname.lastname@example.com
It's hard to believe that it's been 2 years already. We should be the ones thanking you for your hard work and generosity.ReplyDelete
Diane - THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
Caroline (aka Doxieluv01 on cricut MB)
WOW... two grand years and many more to go! I really liked the picture of the ribbon storage... neat.ReplyDelete
Happy Two Year Blogoversary! What an accomplishment. I learn a lot from your blog and your creativity!ReplyDelete
Many thanks for the chance to win a prize from Italy. I wish you many more Happy Blogoversaries.....
Thank you so much for the giveaways!
Wow! I look forward to your blog everyday and have loved participating in your classes. Your replies to my emails in record time. You are really on top of things.
Wow. What beautiful items from Italy. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
You are so awesome! I know you helped me so much when I was first starting out on the Cricut message board! I enjoy your daily emails/posts and look forward to whatever you may share (because it's ALL so interesting!). My mom was born in Lucca! I looked forward to reading your posts so much when you were in Italy! Thank you! I hope to get there one day! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Happy #2 Anniversary!!! Thanks for all you do. I look forward to your post every day!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary !!! Thanks for sharing all your talent with us :)ReplyDelete
Diane, You are Wonderful!ReplyDelete
Thanks for everything!!!
Hugs Renee'
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Congratulations on 2 years! I love your work. This is one of the emails I look forward to.ReplyDelete
Happy Second Anniversary! You feel like part of my family. I look forward to getting my update e-mails from your blog everyday. Thank you so much for sharing your life and your talent!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Congrats and thanks for sharing your creativity!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 5:06 PM
I have learned so much from you.ReplyDelete
thanks for all the help. You are so talented.
- Laura AdamsFebruary 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Diane - I discovered your blog a month-and-a-half ago, when my kids got me a Baby Cricut for my birthday, and it has become one of the few that I return to time and again when I need info on how to do something. I have bookmarked hundreds of Cricut blogs, but yours is a favorite. Two of the things I like best: that you label the names of your cut files with the cartridges used to create them - thank you! - and you do not forget those of us that don't have George. My machine was second-hand, and the woman that sold it to my kids kept the George cartridge, so I borrow the Plantin cartridge that my daughter owns to create designs. There are so many cut files out there created using George, and I do hope to get that cartridge someday, but your use of Plantin for "us" in so many instances is very much appreciated. You're my hero! :?)ReplyDelete
What wonderful blog candy you are giving away. Love everything you share with us.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 6:18 PM
It has been so fun to see your post daily. The ideas are all so fun. Now I just need time to do all of them. Thank you for sharing. smgoodieReplyDelete
- LucieShines333February 2, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Diane, thank you so much for sharing so many wonderful gifts with us. I am so thankful I found you about a year ago. You've helped me learn a great deal about my Cricut, and thanks to you, I really love it!ReplyDelete
I look forward to reading your blog every day!
Love your blog! Congrat's on two talented years.ReplyDelete
I have so enjoyed reading your blog and getting to swap with you several times. Thanks for all you share - it has really helped me get started with my paper crafting.ReplyDelete
You have got to be one of the most generous people I don't know...but wait, I do know you...or at least a little as I have been a follower for a little over a year now. Thank you for sharing so many wonderful gifts but more importantly, thank you for sharing the gift of you and your many talents!! I hope I win the 1 hour private lesson!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Dianne. You are awesome. I have learned so much from you. I look forward to your blog postings each day. Thank you for sharing your gift with us.ReplyDelete
Peggy T.
Wow! That is really generous of you! I come to your blog several times every week and am always inspired by your talent and projects!! Keep 'em coming!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Diane -ReplyDelete
I love your blog. Please keep it up. I would love to win any of your gifts. They are all great.
I just want to say it again, "Congrats on two years of consistent blogging." That's dedication. It also shows a real love not only for your craft, but your thoughtfulness in helping others learn DS. Keep up the good work! Thanks againReplyDelete
I have learned so much from you on the message board and now on the blog. Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
Those are some fun prizes. If by chance I win the 1 hr design consultation prize, feel free to draw another name lolReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 2 year anniversary! Your blog is always so inspiring!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your 2 years of blogging! Thanks for the DS help!!!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on 2 years of blogging....I only found you about a year ago but I am amazed at what you have each day for us....so generous thank youReplyDelete
Oh Wow.....giveaways! How nice and fun and generous of you. I love winning so hope I do. Thanks Diane. Again, congratulations on the 2 years of blogging and thanks for all the inspiration.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Congratulations on two years!! I have enjoyed your designs and useful Design Studio tips.ReplyDelete
Tammy Vincent
Wow 7 chances to win! Surely, I will be one of them.ReplyDelete
Thanks for giving us all a chance to win something so special.
wooohooo, i would love to have a scrap a ma bob.....ReplyDelete
congrats on your 2nd year...i love your site..i just found it not long ago.....thanks for sharing...you are so sweet to do so...
- email@example.com 2, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Congrats on your 2 year blogoversary! Your talent and willingness to share is awesome. Thanks so much for all of your hard work and for all the DS tips, tricks and files that you share.ReplyDelete
Congrats Diane on your 2 yr. Blogoversary!!! I have learned so much from reading your blog! Many thanks, maryReplyDelete
That is wonderful. I have been following your blog for awhile now and just love what you do and show.
Congrats on your 2 years!!!
Oh, thank you so much for the chance to win one of your great prized.
I just found your blog last October. I love seeing what you're creating. You're so talented! Thank you for sharing your designs with us. Congrats on 2 years of sharing! :)ReplyDelete
Congrats, Diane, on your Blogiversary!ReplyDelete
You're the best as well as a great teacher. I hope you are still here for another 2 years plus many more.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2010 at 12:13 AM
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! As I said in another post you are a very generous to share your talents, creations, tutorials, etc. with everyone. Your anniversary giveaway is another gesture of your generousity. I hope you continue your blog for a long time to come. One of my friends just got a Create for Christmas and I told her your blog is a "must" - she would learn and see of much!! Again, thanks for sharing your talents!ReplyDelete
linda4_2 (on Cricut message board)
Hi Diane, What great gifts you are sharing. And how nice of you to share gifts from your vacation. Thanks again for all you do for everyone.ReplyDelete
I just love your blog! I get on and check to see what you posted everyday! I really like that you share your creations and also share about yourself. I would like to see some more DS help and gypsy help. But it really doesn't matter! Thanks for all you do and am looking forward to another year of following your blog!ReplyDelete
You have been a great inspiration to me over the past couple of months. Congratulations on your blogoversary....love how you used the CM Digital stuff for your posting. GREAT idea!
- MelissaFebruary 3, 2010 at 8:02 AM
I just found your website and you are amazing! I have been trying to learn DS for awhile now and to see all of your work is incredible! You have put so much work into your projects and you explain yourself so well that a simpleton like me :) can understand and follow thru with hardly any effort. I can't thank you enough! But,....Thank you! I am looking forward to finally doing some projects I can be proud to give to friends and family.ReplyDelete
BTW--- Congrats on your 2 year Blogoversary1!!!!!!
Oh Diane, I just discovered your Scrappy Go Lucky site!!! Just love the mirror heart etching!! Thanks so much for a detailed discription on how to do that..!! I'm the one with no memory so I need details that I can go back too!! You are such a sweetheart!! Again Congrats on 2 years!!! I have learned so much from you! We should be giving you gifts girl!!! Hugs Renee'ReplyDelete
Hello Diane, I have followed you for some time now and have taken some of your classes...I have not been around for a while due to illness and am just getting back into blogging! Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary! I need to go back and check out the things I have missed...I love the inspiration you leave us!ReplyDelete
Diane, Congratulations on the anniversary of your blog. I know it is a lot of work, but you have helped so many of us understand the Design Studio. Thank you and thank you for offering such a great give-a-way. The private tutorial sounds like a dream come true. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
your blog is awesome Diane! I look forward every day to seeing what new ideas you have for us. Thanks for sharing your creativity.ReplyDelete
I would love to spend a private session with you in Design Studio, since I only use it to cut one or two items at a time. I have not tried doing a project on it. I follow you daily and am so happy to be able to celebrate your anniversary with you. Congrats and I look forward to many more years of your creative talents being shared.ReplyDelete
Love your designs and am enjoying reading your blog. Happy anniversary.ReplyDelete
Diane...congratulations on your 2 year blogoversary. I have been a follower of your blog for about 1 year, but I am constantly searching through the entire blog to review a previous posting or to just look at your designs. I have also taken several of your and Jen C's classes on LMSYHTDT. These were so much fun as well as educational. I had DS for well over a year and was so intimidated by it that I wouldn't even install it on my computer. I found one of your posts on the Cricut MB, then your blog, and the rest is history. I love to read your posting each day; it doesn't matter whether it contains some new design, or photos and family content. It just seems like I am reading a letter from a dear friend. I think I would recognize you, your husband and your youngest son anywhere. I just haven't seen enough pics of your older son and your dad to be sure yet. Ha Ha Finally, I want to thank you for sharing your incredible life and talent with us. I would love for you to continue to post every day, but will certainly understand if you reduce that to a few times a week.ReplyDelete
Best Wishes, Karen Varney
Happy Blogoversary! I have been wanting a scrap ma bob for soooo long. Thanks for the great giveaways.ReplyDelete
How generous!!! These are fun and beautiful prizes! Thanks for being sooo great!ReplyDelete
beaverloadingnun at msn dot com
Diane, Let me say first congratulations on all of your amazing accomplishments. I have to say KUDOS to you. I am very impressed with all of your talents and I would like to say thank you for being so generous with all your posts and sharing all you tricks and tips. You inspire me. Diane please don't change your format, I for one love hearing about your adventures, family and comings and goings. You are certainly a very busy lady and a true inspiration with your design talents. Thank you for everything I always look forward to your posts. Big Hugs Carol, AKA TillietmoReplyDelete
I absolutely love your site. I am just learning to scrap and have found so many exciting things here. It is now at the top of my Favorite links. Thanks so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
Your designs are amazing!!! and I really love your blog. We went to Italy in November of 2008, it was amazing and I long to return.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 2 years!
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM
congrats on your 2 year blog a versary!ReplyDelete
thank you so much for a sharing with us, i can't tell you how much i've learned in the last few weeks. your blog is the only blog in my favorites and you are my go to person.
best wishes for many more sucessful years of blogging.
Happy Blogiversary! I'm so glad I found your blog; love reading it, and wish you many more years of blog-i-ness :)ReplyDelete
Congrats! You introduced me to the Hide Contour button! Thank you, thank you, thank you!ReplyDelete
You are an amazing whiz with all things technical. You amazed me with your patience with the DS online class. Congrats on year two of your blog. You go girl. I love reading the bits about your family and seeing pictures of your creations,.,including the kids!
The best to you always.
Congrats on your 2 year anniversary. The time has really flown. I was there when you started and have followed you ever since. I always loved the scrapbooking/design element but I especially enjoy your sharing your travels and comments with us.ReplyDelete
Keep it up! I look forward to the upcoming year
Happy Anniversary, heres to many, many more years of blogging and crafting.ReplyDelete
- katscrapperFebruary 3, 2010 at 10:21 PM
Diane, Happy 2nd Aniversary. I really enjoy your blog. You have helped me so much with DS. Thank you for all your help and ideas.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 2 years. Can't believe it has been that long already.ReplyDelete
What great giveaways. I will learn that ds yet.
Nana Jo
oooh my gosh!!! the best gift is the private lesson!!!! and the rest is good too..hoping its me..email@example.com
Those are great gifts. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
- soccer4momFebruary 4, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Well another milestone today (if this goes through) This is the 1st time I have posted 2x's on the same blog!!!! Recovering from a head injury has been very challenge and since my speech, memory and grammar all affect, leave comments has been hard. I hope to get all the grammar down good so I don't sound so bad when I get the courage to comment. Thank you or the giveaway chance and congratulations on your 2 years.ReplyDelete
Wow! What awesome blogversary gifts! I would love to have any of these but the ribbon box thingie and the Italian tablecloth are of particular interest. Congratulations on hitting the 2 year mark. I am a relative newcomer to your blog but I have thoroughly enjoyed browsing and seeing all the cool things you have to offer. Very nice site!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2010 at 5:01 AM
you for sharing your talent with us - I have only recently purchased design studio and learnt so much from your tutorials I just wish you could pass on a bit of your creativity too!
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Pretty good review. The singles off this were good for what they were.
Album Rating: 3.0I basically agree with you completely, although I quite like "A Moment Like This". Though I hate how every debut single off that show has to be about how lucky they are, how they're living a dream blah blah. But other than that I agree with you, the singles are fantastic but the rest of the album is pretty bland. I've always been pulling for Clarkson and I'm so happy her last album was such an improvement, especially "Because of You" which was in my opinion the best single of 2005. I can't wait to see where her career heads from here.
Sweet review too, I enjoyed reading it and it's always nice to see more pop reviews from people who know what they're talking about and genuinely enjoy the music rather than trying an ironic turn.
Album Rating: 3.0They weren't Justin Guiarni's singles, that's for sure.
Album Rating: 3.0I know, tis' a shame :-(
Hmm... I saw this an figured it was a Spat Out Plath review. All the same, well done. Kelly is one of the more bearable female pop singers, in my opinion.
Congrats on the featured review, expect more comments now.
This being the featured thing scares me. Just look at that maniacal smile.
Album Rating: 3.0Congrats on the feature buddy. :cool:
Album Rating: 3.0That 2pac always was a buoyant fellow.
Album Rating: 3.0thank you. I have never had a feautured review before, I am honored.
I notice that Ruben Studdard(?) won one of the seasons, yet Clay Aiken gets far more publicity. I wonder why? Actually, it seems like both of their careers went down the tubes.
I have just read your Matchbox Twenty review. Nice work. And Clay may be white, but he also exudes a knowledge in homo-erotica. And the country hates that shit more.
No, no, no. Metro, my friend, is the new Mariah Carey.
I like the new Mariah Carey.
How come she hasn't been reviewed yet?
Because she isn't white.
In fact her birth name was Shaniqua Uo'Ikakto.
Album Rating: 2.0Holy shit this hasn't had a comment in almost 10 years...
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by Tina Radcliffe
I firmly believe in the philosophy of happily-ever-after, hard work paying off and that eventually everyone who pays their dues will graduate from the school of hard knocks.
I don't believe there are short cuts to success for authors. Writing is a gift and a craft. Gift is that immeasurable package of God-given talent you were born with. It is unique and individualized with your name only on that gold box with a big gold bow.
Craft is the honing part of the trade we have chosen. We are writers by trade. We are tradesmen working diligently over the years to develop body, mind and spirit of our craft.
Can gift and craft be separated? Certainly. But ideally, they work together.
My personal favorite visual is that of a glass blower. We start out as a raw and fragile pipe of glass that is heated and molded. Occasionally we mess up and it breaks and we start all over again.
The secret is to find that perfect mix of gift, forward motion and painstaking attention to the detail of the craft. Don't rush your personal development of gift and craft. There is a learning curve and it's unique for each of us.
Being gifted doesn't always translate to a finished product.
Additionally, if you rush the craft and miss some learning opportunities you may find yourself with a nice product, but eventually those skipped learning opportunities will catch up with you and you'll be forced to stop and backtrack, sometimes even start over and you'll be very frustrated.
There are no shortcuts. Generally, if something seems to be too good to be true in publishing, it is. Overnight success' have no foundation. They easily break.
Do yourself a favor and don't compare yourself to anyone else. You'll always come up short, because there will always be someone whose gift seems grander and whose craft appears to be more developed.
Instead, focus on your uniqueness. Your color, opaqueness, bubbles, imperfections and whittle marks are how you turned out after you went through that hot fire of development.
While it may seem to be torturously slow, the final product is worth it.
Tina Radcliffe writes for Harlequin Love Inspired. She's refined by fire regularly. Her latest release, Mending the Doctor's Heart will be available in April 2013. You can find her at www.tinaradcliffe.com or in Seekerville, www.seekerville.net.


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NAME: Zhou-Feng Chen
TITLE: Director, Center for the Study of Itch at the Washington University School of Medicine
LOCATION: St. Louis, Mo.
Why do we need a research center dedicated to itch?
First, chronic itch is a major underreported disease. Many patients—as many as 17 percent of adults, according to one study—suffer from it, and many of them never seek medical help. They think they can scratch it away. Because it's not cancer, you don't die from it, so people don't take it seriously. But a majority of chronic itch is resistant to treatment.
What causes it?
It can be associated with a skin condition such as psoriasis, or it can stem from a systemic disease, such as kidney or liver failure. It can also be a side effect of chemotherapy. Other times it is caused by a deregulation of the nervous system: something is wrong with the nervous system and the itch pathway is activated.
Tell me about your current research.
We are trying to understand how our nervous system transmits the itch signal. Three years ago we identified a subset of neurons in the mouse spinal cord through which all itch sensations pass. This raises very interesting possibilities. If those same kinds of neurons exist in the human spinal cord, and if you could block that molecular signaling pathway, you might stop itch transmission and greatly improve someone's quality of life.
What is the relation between itch and pain?
For a long time, people thought itch and pain were transmitted through the same pathway, that itch was just a weaker form of pain. But now we know that they are transmitted through separate pathways and that they also antagonize each other: when you create pain, you can suppress itch, like when you scratch.
Also, their biological functions are different. When you feel pain, you withdraw to protect yourself. But when you feel an itch, you move your hands toward it. If something attaches itself to your skin, like a mosquito, you want to remove it. So it is possible that the body's warning system is telling you that something is happening to your skin and that you'd better get rid of it.
What are the main unanswered questions in your field?
We want to know how the itch sensation is caused in the first place. Our discovery of an itch receptor called GRPR and itch-specific neurons was just the first step. The system is so complex that we still don't know how this information flows in the body, and we also don't know how different kinds of diseases activate the itch receptor. There are receptors located in the skin, in the brain and in the spinal cord, so it's extremely complicated. That's why we need more scientists in different areas working together.


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Health Care REIT Strikes $845M All-Cash Deal to Buy Sunrise
Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE:SRZ) has agreed to be acquired by Health Care REIT (NYSE:HCN) in an all-cash transaction valued at just under $845 million.
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The $14.50 a share offer represents a premium of 62.4% to Sunrise Senior Living's closing price on Tuesday. The companies said the purchase price reflects a real estate value of about $1.9 billion.
Shares of Sunrise jumped about 60% to a multi-year high of $14.26 on the news. The McLean, Va.-based retirement home operator's board has unanimously approved of the deal.
As part of the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approvals and slated to close in the first half of 2013, Health Care REIT will acquire 20 wholly-owned senior housing communities operated by Sunrise in the U.S. and Canada. It will also get Sunrise's joint ventures, adding up to about 105 senior housing communities.
"This acquisition powerfully advances our strategic vision: own the highest quality, private pay seniors housing communities in strong, growing, affluent markets and align with experienced, dynamic management teams," Health Care REIT Chief Executive Officer George Chapman said in a statement.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Cambridge's Finest
I wasn't sure if he meant right then, or whenever he finished what he was doing, and I didn't want to sit there impatiently, so I thanked him, told him "that would make my day" and started to turn around to ride off. Immediately he got out of his car and whistled to get the cabbie's attention, walking towards him.
I didn't stick around, but when I looked back, the cab had pulled into a parking spot to wait.
Win! Thanks to Cambridge's finest, who I have nothing but good experiences with.
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awesome! and way to be 100% polite about the whole thing.ReplyDelete
amazing how subtle the difference is in the way you asked, and not just "'scuse me, could you ask that cab to move out of the bike lane?"
That's an awesome story! Hurray for Cambridge cops!!!ReplyDelete
THIS post illustrates a profound truth about dealing with police. Dealing with them when they see YOU as a law situation is entirely different than when they see YOU as tipping them off to a law situation to deal WITH. I'll bet that officer went home thinking kind thoughts about cyclists, too.ReplyDelete
Wow, that is great! I kinda have a crush on the crinkley blue-eyed cop now. ;)ReplyDelete
I've had nothing but good experiences with Chicago's finest, too, although nothing quite that awesome. Well, the time a bike cop knocked on the window of a driver chatting on her cell and made the "hang up your phone" sign was awesome, but that was a bike cop, so not sure it counts the same.
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Have you wondered why community members decide to come to your library…or choose to go elsewhere?
Of course you have.
What librarian, particularly administrators who need to demonstrate library value to stakeholders, hasn't spent time thinking about it. Maybe even worrying about it.
The library literature has an entire sub-discipline devoted to marketing. We spend considerable time figuring out how to promote what we do and offer in an effort to get more community members through the door to engage with us – or to engage virtually with our digital content.
To our credit the library profession has made good efforts to examine the process community members go through when they need information. What's on their mind? Why are they looking for information? What's their first step and where do they head to resolve that need? We've learned quite a bit from user studies such as Project Information Literacy, Ithaka S & R and several ethnographic research reports. What if we knew more about the thought process people go through when making the decision to use the library – or what causes them to go elsewhere. What's the psychology behind those decisions?
In addition to the ways we apply assessment and ethnography techniques, psychology may serve as a tool to gain insight into what would make the library a more attractive option for users.
That's the direction in which some retailers are headed. Consumer brands want to know what's going on in buyers' minds. What drives them to one brand over another. We make assumptions about why students and faculty may choose a generic Internet search engine before considering what the library has to offer.
There's the convenience. It's the simplicity of the user interface. It's what everyone else is doing. It delivers on expectations. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of twists, turns and (potentially unpleasant) surprises. But what do we really know about these assumptions?
Could we use psychology to get to the "why" behind the choices community members make? How might that better inform our efforts to influence the decision process? That's what consumer psychologist Vanessa Patrick is out to learn.
In the article "A Consumer Psychologist Looks at Why Customers Buy" Patrick, a University of Houston marketing professor who researches consumer psychology, shares what she's learned about consumers and how to figure out what's going on in their minds. Tapping into that knowledge could help librarians identify better ways to invite community members into their world – and design must be paid attention.
That's where things get interesting. Patrick believes that one of the critical factors in engaging consumers is "design salience" which she defines as:
Just the fact that design is an important aspect of the particular product.This is a trend that we've been seeing recently, largely because consumers respond very well to design. What allows one company to differentiate their product from another is design. So, for example, companies like Dyson and Apple, their focus is on design, largely because it allows them to differentiate themselves and create a certain aesthetic that is associated with that brand.
This makes good sense in the context of consumers purchasing goods and being drawn to the aesthetics. They may choose one product over another based on the design, such as preferring an Apple computer over a Dell. But does the psychology behind consumer purchasing decisions carry over to information resources and services? If consumers choose Google over the local library home page for their research, is design salience behind the decision?
And if it is, what's design features would create an aesthetic that works for libraries? We certainly are trying to be more user-centered in our design. Patrick suggests something a bit different: insight-based design. She describes it as "understand the psychology of the consumer and derive an insight about that consumer and develop a design based on that insight."
Less useful for us are Patrick's example, mostly consumer products such as Dyson's sink that combines a faucet, soap dispenser and fan all in one location. The insight is improving something that consumers use everyday through the use of design and aesthetics. How does insight-based design apply to service?
In this interview, Patrick does share some interesting examples of the psychology behind certain consumer preferences, such as being more attracted to glossy paper then other types. What's the link behind a greater tactile appreciation of glossy surfaces? Turns out there's a psychological connection between that feeling and our need for water as a resource.
Sounds a bit strange but perhaps not surprising that there could be some odd, unexpected psychological connection between human preferences for certain designs. Now I'm wondering if Google, Amazon and other big Internet players are using psychology as a tool in their design processes.
Perhaps there is more to insight-based design than we might think. Are we willing to invite psychologists into our libraries to help us understand why community members do or do not connect with the library, and what design factors might strangely build a stronger emotional connection with the library brand. There is a school of thought/practice in the world of UX that explores the role of psychology in design.
At one time we likely scoffed at the idea of inviting in ethnographers to help us understand library user behavior. Not so much these days. Perhaps the next experiments in designing better libraries will take us into the realm of psychology.


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When my parents moved in with us, they had 50 years worth of furniture that they had collected while traveling the world with the army. My mom was also a yard saler/thrifter and loved her deals. They had several teak dining room tables that they bought while thrifting years ago. This table was one of them.
However, we didn't need a dining room or kitchen table, so a few years ago I switched out the legs of the dining table for the legs of a coffee table. It works great as a coffee table...large enough for all our family gatherings and parties. The thing I hated the most...my dad varnished the crap out of it. Sorry about that, but I couldn't explain it any other way. The wood was so shiny, you need sunglasses if the light hit it. Ok, maybe not that shiny, but not the natural wood look that I like.
What are my quickest options...sanding (no), chemical striping (no), painting (no) because that would require sanding and priming. What's the answer...MOD PODGE and an old dictionary!
Here is the semi before. Forgot to take a full picture of the table before I started gluing.
Guess when I started this project...the day before Thanksgiving, when we were having 25+ for dinner. I told you it was a whim.
Boy was I keeping my fingers crossed with every page I glued down. The girls were home from college and all they kept asking was...Do you think daddy will like it? Well, maybe not looking like this in the middle of the project...but I knew it would be great when it was all dressed with accessories. So I glued faster...
tore more pages out...
and glued some more!
Looks good, but needed to dry to get the full effect.
and here it was all set for Thanksgiving, just a few hours after I started.
What do you call your TV remotes? We call them clickers and we have a box of them...tv, dvd, vcr, wii.
Here it is all set for Christmas. For last weekend's party, it was covered with food and drinks and held up perfectly. We have another party this weekend, so I'll let you know.
Here's the link to the Tool Time tutorial where I made these boxes. More ideas over at that post, so don't miss it! That galvanized plate is a switch plate from the electrical section in the ( where else) the hardware store!
When I was tearing out pages, I made sure (thanks to Courtney) to pick a few words that had meaning to our family. The girls danced their whole life together and Kelsie is still dancing at college.
Courtney is a graphic design major.
Hubby's favorite sport...Golf!
Courtney's boyfriend Courtland loves every thing to do with music.
and mine is sewing...I love to sew, but if they had the word blogging in this 1952 dictionary, I would have ripped it out and glued it right in the center! Our last name is in the dictionary, so that's fun to have that on there too.
Remember when you are using Mod Podge...brush on a coat of glue, add your paper and then add another layer of glue right on top of that. Once it dries, the top coat acts as a sealer to protect the paper.
spaceHope you can give this a try. You can use any paper...scrap booking, old books, copies of photos etc. If you want to do a smaller project, try a tray or side table to start.


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CDC app will track injury and violent death trends
Agency's third public-facing app will let users create custom reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a 3-year contract to BNL Consulting on Monday to build a tablet and smartphone application that allow users to parse through state and national data on injuries and violent deaths, contracting documents show.
The application will essentially be a mobile version of the CDC's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, or WISQARS, through which researchers and the public can create custom reports on everything from "years of potential life lost" due to motorcycle crashes in New Jersey to the trend for annual number of dog bites in Nebraska.
WISQARS is also maintained by BNL. CDC awarded the $285,000 mobile contract to the company rather than offering it as a competitive solicitation because of BNL's prior knowledge and experience with the system and because training another contractor for the work would be "very long and tedious," according to the award.
WISQARS is a homonym for "whiskers." The website logo is a black and white long-whiskered tiger that winks and wrinkles its nose.
CDC has produced two other public-facing mobile applications. One is an eponymous application that offers basic information about epidemiology, environmental health and other topics. The other is a mobile guide for emergency medical workers on guidelines for field triage of injured patients.
Federal agencies have produced more than 120 mobile applications since early 2010 as part of a plan to make government information and services more accessible to the public.
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The oil industry in California has constantly claimed that fracking (hydraulic fracturing) for oil and natural gas is "safe" and doesn't harm the environment.
"An honest appraisal of the science and common sense around hydraulic fracturing leads to a conclusion the technology we've used without harm in California for 60 plus years is safe and its benefits a blessing," said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President of the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), earlier this year.
"Oil drilling activities in California are strictly regulated by several agencies and the state's oil producers are working closely with the government to develop even stronger protections to ensure the vast potential of the Monterey Shale can be realized," she claimed.
However, Reheis-Boyd fails to mention that the discharge of fracking fluid, composed of toxic chemicals that the oil industry refuses to disclose because they consider them a trade secret, presents an enormous threat to groundwater supplies, streams, fish and wildlife.
In the most recent example of the threat to the environment and human health that fracking poses, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board on November 15 ordered an oil company, Vintage Production California LLC, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Company, to pay a $60,000 penalty for discharging hydraulic fracturing fluid into an unlined sump in violation of the California Water Code.
A fracking operation, Photo credit: Joshua Doubek
The penalty is the result of a settlement agreement between Vintage and the Water Board's prosecution team, and is the maximum penalty allowable under the state Water Code.
"The prosecution team's investigation determined that Vintage periodically discharged saline water, formation fluids, and hydraulic fracturing fluid to an unlined sump for 12 days," according to a Water Board news release. "The sump was next to a newly drilled Vintage oil well near the City of Shafter in Kern County. The prosecution team concluded the discharge posed a threat to groundwater quality and that Vintage violated the Water Code for the unpermitted discharge of wastewater to land."
The investigation that led to the settlement began immediately after a YouTube video was brought to the prosecution team's attention.
The team issued an investigative order under Water Code Section 13267 that required Vintage to provide a technical report with specific details about the operation of the well and the discharges to the sump.
After reviewing the submitted technical information, the prosecution team issued a Notice of Violation to Vintage for the discharge of fluids to the sump for 12 days (September 30 through October 11, 2012) in violation of General Waiver Resolution R5-2008-0192 and Water Code Section 13350, according to the Water Board.
"The discharge of high-salinity water to unlined sumps in areas with good quality groundwater, such as at the Vintage Production site near Shafter, is not consistent with the Tulare Lake Basin Plan," said Central Valley Water Board Executive Officer Pamela Creedon. "We are concerned that similar discharges may have occurred elsewhere throughout the Central Valley."
"Past and future drilling operations will be evaluated to ensure that operators are in compliance with Basin Plan policy. Additionally, we are presently revising General Waiver Resolution R5-2008-0192 to more specifically address oil field drilling fluid discharges to unlined sumps located in the Central Valley," she stated.
Creedon said Vintage agreed to cease discharging to unlined sumps in agricultural areas – and the company is "voluntarily investigating" the leaching potential of the solidified material in the closed sump.
Opponents of fracking point out that incidents like this one will become increasing common as oil companies ramp up fracking and acidizing operations to extract oil from Monterey Shale deposits in the Central Valley and coastal areas. On September 20, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senator Fran Pavley's Senate Bill 4, legislation that gives the green light to the expansion of fracking operations in California.
The $60,000 fine is just chump change for an oil company like Occidental. The Los Angeles-based company said earnings in the third quarter of 2013 jumped more than 14% as domestic oil production increased and gas prices rose, according to the LA Times.
"The company reported a profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.96 a share, in the three months ended Sept. 30," the LA Times reported. "That was compared to $1.38 billion, or $1.69 a share, from the same quarter a year earlier. Sales jumped 8.1% to $6.45 billion."
The oil industry, represented by the Western States Petroleum Association, is the largest and most powerful corporate lobby in Sacramento. Big Oil wields huge influence over the Legislature, Governor's Office and state agencies through lobbying, campaign contributions and domination of regulatory processes, such as Reheis-Boyd's chairing of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative Blue Ribbon Task Force to create so-called "marine protected areas" in Southern California.
Chevron, the Western States Petroleum Association and Aera Energy LLC spent the most money of any organizations or companies lobbying legislators in the third quarter of 2013, according to California Secretary of State documents.
Chevron spent $1,696,477, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) spent $1,269,478 and Aera Energy LLC spent $1,015,534. That's a total of $3,981,489 just between July 1 and September 30, 2013. In the first three quarters of 2013, WSPA alone spent a total of $3,578,266 on lobbying legislators.
Before the release of third quarter lobbying expenditures, a report released by the American Lung Association revealed that the oil industry lobby has spent $45.4 million in the state influencing legislators since 2009. The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) alone has spent over $20 million since 2009.
Oil and gas companies spend more than $100 million a year to buy access to lawmakers in Washington and Sacramento, according to Stop Fooling California, "an online and social media public education and awareness campaign that highlights oil companies' efforts to mislead and confuse Californians."
The draft Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for Entry of Administrative Civil Liability Order R5-2013-0587 (Stipulated Order) is available for a 30-day public review and comment period prior to consideration by the Central Valley Water Board.


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So, when it's Girl Scout cookie time I stock up on Thin Mint cookies. They are great frozen! I often find I eat way to many of them as they pop into your mouth and go down so easy.
Same goes for most of the other flavors that Girl Scout cookies come in.
This year, I thought it would be fun to try some of the great recipes I've seen floating around that actually use Girl Scout cookies in the recipes.
Tonight, I made Thin Mint Cookie Truffles. They were so easy and while I didn't think it was possible to top the flavor of the Thin Mint Cookies, I was wrong. This recipes pushes it up to a whole new level.
They take minutes to make and they could be placed into a box to give as a present to someone special. Only, make two batches because you will not want to give these all away.
So, by now you must be asking "so how do I make these?". OK, I won't make you wait a minute longer.
You take one box of Girl Scout Thin Mints cookies. Crush them up into tiny pieces. You can do this by hand or in a food processor.
Once they are all crushed, take 4 oz. of cream cheese that is room temperature and mix it into the cookie crumbs. Mix well.
Then roll into small balls and stick them in the refrigerator to set up. Once cold, remove and dip each ball into melted chocolate. Drizzle with a contrasting color of chocolate and then put back in the refrigerator to harden up.
That's it! Easy, isn't it!
There are so many great recipes that use the cookies that you will be happy you did. Plus, if you don't feel like cooking up anything, they are wonderful alone!
If you have not been asked to buy any cookies and you live in Orange County CA, let me know, I'm a girl scout leader and would be happy to bring you as many boxes as you would like.


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After a night of Capitals hockey, we are down to 16 days to Opening Night, giving Fearless a chance to continue his jaunt through the rows and columns of the periodic table of the elements. Next up…
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
We didn't make that up. That comes from the Book of Revelation in the Holy Bible (Revelation 21:8, for those scoring at home). Fire needs no explanation. Brimstone? That would be another name for sulfur. You really, really don't want a part of element number 16.
Sulfur has been known about for millennia, as its Biblical reference suggests. In addition to its use in hellfire imagery, it found use as a fumigant and in Egypt to treat a peculiar case of conjunctivitis called "trachoma (granular eyelid)." In Rome it was used for medicine and for bleaching cloth. In ancient China it had medicinal uses and later was used in gunpowder.
Among scientists there was uncertainty over whether sulfur was a compound or an element. It would be left to Antoine Lavoisier, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Chemistry, to settle the matter and identify sulfur as an element in 1777.
The name itself comes from the Latin, "sulphur," which is derived from a word meaning "to burn." This has led to alternative spellings for the element, either "sulfur" or "sulphur" being acceptable.
Today, sulfur is used as a means to derive other chemicals that include it as a component. Foremost among them is sulfuric acid, a highly corrosive mineral acid. It is capable of corroding metals, human flesh, even stone. Like an element from which it is derived, it has an alternative name – "Oil of Vitriol."
Sulfur is also used in the vulcanization process for rubber, making it more durable. It is an important process in the manufacture of hockey pucks. It is used in the manufacture of fungicides and pesticides, and in food preservation. It is an essential component of all living cells, a part of amino acids produced or ingested by the body and contained in proteins and enzymes. The bonds that sulfur forms in peptide chains (short amino acid chains as opposed to the longer amino acid chains that form proteins) lend durability and rigidity. There are some organisms that use sulfur (via hydrogen sulfide) as an energy source. Others "breathe" sulfur (via sulfates). You might be familiar with the latter; some "sulfate-reducing" bacteria reside in the intestine and produce a foul smelling gas – flatulence.
To recap, we have the original "brimstone" visiting the horrors of hell upon the wicked. Its name derives from words meaning "to burn." It is the business element in the highly corrosive sulfuric acid. It is also used to make things stronger, and more durable. It can be used as an energy source. It resembles a high-energy player who can be highly corrosive on the ice, a player who lends some strength and rigidity to his team, and who can serve something of a medicinal purpose through either his production or his physical style of play.
Sulfur… the "Tom Wilson" of the table of elements of the periodic table.


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Here Are What These Top Celebs Lives Looked Like Before Becoming Famous
Famous celebrities live the lives that most people dream of living one day, but some of these celebrities experienced a completely different lifestyle before they became successful. Here are a few celebrities whose lives have changed drastically since their success.
IU grew up in a financially stable family until her parents developed issues with their debt. She was eventually separated from her parents and grew up with her grandmother in a single room that often had cockroaches creeping up on them at night. In the winter, they couldn't afford to turn on the heater and would often make a meal out of potatoes that her grandmother received from the market.
In the end, she moved into a relative's house only to be criticized for wanting to be a singer rather than using her time to study. After hearing these insults, she was determined to succeed but things didn't go her way and she was rejected in her auditions multiple times before she debuted. Even after her debut, things didn't get much better. She then got an offer to appear on television if she paid money, so her grandmother even sold her jewelry to pitch in for this appearance, but it turned out to be a fraud.
IU continues to hold these memories close to her heart as they helped her become the star she is today. Since her success, she has bought her father his dream car that costs $130,000 USD and still continues to confide in her grandmother when she has any concerns.
2. Park Bo Gum
Park Bo Gum, who has is becoming increasingly more popular and famous, had a very difficult past starting with losing his mother at a very young age. His mother past away from when he was only in 4th grade.
He broke the hearts of viewers watching Youth Over Flowers when he cried talking about his mother.
Moreover, he had filed for bankruptcy when he was just 22 years old. His father borrowed approximately $280,000 USD from a lender back in 2008 and had registered Park Bo Gum as a guarantor at the time. Then as Park Bo Gum began earning money since his debut, he received demands to repay the debt, which had become $750,000 USD due to the high interest rate. Eventually, Park Bo Gum filed for bankruptcy in 2014 but later resolved the issue through negotiation.
3. Dok2
Dok2's family owned a big restaurant in Busan but went bankrupt when Dok2 was in elementary school. Since then, he moved with his brother to Seoul and is said to have lived in a tiny room eating ramen with just water in it. He mentioned on a television show while eating jajangmyeon (a relatively cheap dish) that it was his dream to eat the dish in his youth when he was poor and that he had achieved his dream.
Dok2 has now achieved much more than his dream of eating jajangmyeon. He now lives in a 4625-square-foot penthouse with multiple luxurious cars and is truly living a life of luxury.
4. Yoo Jae Suk
Yoo Jae Suk, one of the most famous Korean MCs of all time, has also had a difficult childhood after his family's financial situation took a turn for the worse when he was in elementary school. His father's business had accumulated a debt of approximately $1.8 million USD.
Yoo Jae Suk also went unnoticed by the public for a very long time since his debut until he slowly began gaining more popularity. He confessed in this video that it took him nearly 10 years for people to start recognizing him and confessed that he wanted to give up many times when he saw his colleagues gain more and more recognition while he didn't even appear on TV. However, this difficult time period is what seems to have kept Yoo Jae Suk humble even after he became extremely successful.
5. Rain
When rain was in high school, he worked at construction sites during early mornings to help pay for medicine for his ill mother but wasn't able to buy the medicine in time and eventually lost his mother to the illness. After his mother passed away, he came back home devastated when he found a letter and a bankbook left by his mother. Knowing that she would soon pass, his mother had endured her illness without any painkillers to save up for his son who would be left alone after her passing.
Since then, Rain has done his best to prove himself and has succeeded with assets that are currently estimated to be over $30 million USD. In addition, he now has made a family of his own with his beautiful wife, Kim Tae Hee, and their daughter.
6. Lee Hyori
Lee Hyori's family of 6 used to live in a 280-square-foot barbershop that didn't even have a restroom. Lee Hyori's biggest goal at the time was to buy a house for herself and her family to live in. She never had the chance to wear a new piece of clothing in her family's situation and had to abide by her father's strict rules. For instance, if she was even a little picky about eating side dishes at home, her father would turn the table over on the spot. Lee Hyori had confessed that during those times, she disliked everything about her life from eating to going to the restroom due to all of her father's rules.
Lee Hyori also revealed that seeing her father as she grew up made her change her mind about her future husband (at the time). Since marrying her husband Lee Sang Soon, the couple has been showing their loving and happy marriage life on the show Hyori's Bed and Breakfast.


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Note: This item is included with three others in the Sci-Fi Horror Background Soundscape Pack. Further information about each item can be found in the links listed on that page.
"Scary Dungeon Background" is an ambient, dark soundscape made using a mixture of an attacking delay-filtered cymbal sample, a smeared gurgling synth pad, two weeping ghost-like synth leads and a scratchy synth wind instrument sound. The gurgling pad and cymbal sample appear at semi-regular intervals while the cries of the two synth leads are mostly random.
The deep reverb and echo give a dungeon-like feel to this soundscape and it could be functional from Medieval to science-fiction themes. It might be particularly useful for game projects looking for ambient beds for levels and it's made more versatile with its ability to be looped.Thanks for listening.


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Mental illness suspect genes are among the most environmentally responsive.
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health scientists: genes implicated in schizophrenia and autism turn out to be members of a select club of genes in which regulatory activity peaks during an environmentally-sensitive critical period in development. The mechanism, called DNA methylation, abruptly switches from off to on within the human brain's prefrontal cortex during this pivotal transition from fetal to postnatal life. As methylation increases, gene expression slows down after birth.
Epigenetic mechanisms like methylation leave chemical instructions that tell genes what proteins to make –what kind of tissue to produce or what functions to activate. Although not part of our DNA, these instructions are inherited from our parents. But they are also influenced by environmental factors, allowing for change throughout the lifespan.
"Developmental brain disorders may be traceable to altered methylation of genes early in life," explained Barbara Lipska, Ph.D., a scientist in the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and lead author of the study. "For example, genes that code for the enzymes that carry out methylation have been implicated in schizophrenia. In the prenatal brain, these genes help to shape developing circuitry for learning, memory and other executive functions which become disturbed in the disorders. Our study reveals that methylation in a family of these genes changes dramatically during the transition from fetal to postnatal life – and that this process is influenced by methylation itself, as well as genetic variability. Regulation of these genes may be particularly sensitive to environmental influences during this critical early life period."
Lipska and colleagues report on the ebb and flow of the human prefrontal cortex's (PFC) epigenome across the lifespan, February 2, 2012, online in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
"This new study reminds us that genetic sequence is only part of the story of development. Epigenetics links nurture and nature, showing us when and where the environment can influence how the genetic sequence is read," said NIMH director Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
In a companion study published last October, the NIMH researchers traced expression of gene products in the PFC across the lifespan. The current study instead examined methylation at 27,000 sites within PFC genes that regulate such expression. Both studies examined post-mortem brains of non-psychiatrically impaired individuals ranging in age from two weeks after conception to 80 years old.
In most cases, when chemicals called methyl groups attach to regulatory regions of genes, they silence them. Usually, the more methylation, the less gene expression. Lipska's team found that the overall level of PFC methylation is low prenatally when gene expression is highest and then switches direction at birth, increasing as gene expression plummets in early childhood. It then levels off as we grow older. But methylation in some genes shows an opposite trajectory. The study found that methylation is strongly influenced by gender, age and genetic variation.
For example, methylation levels differed between males and females in 85 percent of X chromosome sites examined, which may help to explain sex differences in disorders like autism and schizophrenia.
Different genes – and subsets of genes – methylate at different ages. Some of the suspect genes found to peak in methylation around birth code for enzymes, called methytransferases, that are over-expressed in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This process is influenced, in turn, by methylation in other genes, as well as by genetic variation. So genes associated with risk for such psychiatric disorders may influence gene expression through methylation in addition to inherited DNA.
Notes about this brain research article
Contact: Jules Asher – NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
Source: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release
Image Source: Neuroscience image adapted from press release image from NIH. Credit: Barbara Lipska, Ph.D., NIMH Clinical Brain Disorders Branch
Original Research: Abstract for "DNA Methylation Signatures in Development and Aging of the Human Prefrontal Cortex" by Shusuke Numata , Tianzhang Ye , Thomas M. Hyde , Xavier Guitart-Navarro , Ran Tao , Michael Wininger , Carlo Colantuoni , Daniel R. Weinberger , Joel E. Kleinman and Barbara K. Lipska in the American Journal of Human Genetics


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UPDATE: Berryhill's at it again, only this time he plainly shows his lack of maturity (and common sense). Jay Dyson steps up and speaks out on this latest turn of events. Read all about it!
John Berryhill has to be one of our favorite pet kooks. Since he is very likely a real lawyer (unlike most others that claim that), he was quite vigorous in his threats to "walk across the road" to the courthouse. I don't know about you, but when I picture a law office across from a courthouse I don't picture The Practice or Ally McBeal. I picture those sleezy little one room turned law office outfits and provide cheap (not 'inexpensive') representation.
Despite his certainty that we were in the wrong, and despite his many threats, we never heard from this wackjob after this e-mail thread. Poor us.
This is how many attorneys work it seems. They are not here to give you a legal education, but they will throw laws or statutes or vague threats at you and just hope you don't know better. If he had a real argument, seems to me that taking the five minutes to educate us on the law would be a lot better way to get us to comply with his request.
At this point I still wonder why he contacted the only two people (at the time) that were not involved in the mirror in any way. The web page clearly said to contact one of the three who updated the mirror. Further, if he were to read the huge "WARNING - READ THIS DISCLAIMER" and follow the "Contacting Us" link, he would find this:
Guess he needed an "armed response".
Note here, Berryhill claims they have identified the original defacer and that we will "meet him when we come to Philadelphia". Seems to me that if he really had identified the defacer, he wouldn't be so rabid toward us.
The original from Berryhill to Cancer Omega was not saved. The relevant part is quoted though.
Because Berryhill didn't CC anyone, I reply to him via Cancer Omega's quoted text. Thus the double quotes.
Modify's reply to Berryhill (between jb05 and jb10) was lost. Quoted material preserved though.
The biggest question here is why berryhill is contacting us 9 months after the page goes up.
It's amusing looking back. He claims we hide behind handles (even tho we often sign with full name), while he hides behind acronyms like PHD.
He doesn't seem to understand that regardless of the context his address was posted in, it is still not private. Further, a two second search will reveal his name, address, pager number and more. Someone who hates him can probably put 1 and 1 together making his point moot.
Notice how he keeps talking about Pennsylvania law? What part of a global Internet is he failing to understand?
And... the tale doesn't end here. We ended up trading dozens more mails with him over a few matters. We have also been contacted by several people with similar stories to this one. For the rest of the drama, we have a second round.[an error occurred while processing this directive]