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Hello, I'm Yuanfan and I'm a second year undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music in London. I've always loved music and my first musical memory was playing the piano at my friend's birthday party when I was six years old. My other friends were outside playing football, and I played a few notes and then moved on to Happy Birthday and Mary had a little lamb. I started having lessons after that and wanted to give myself a big challenge … so I skipped Grades 1 to 4 and passed my Grade 5 with Distinction when I was seven. I've been very fortunate with the support I've received during my musical journey. My headmaster at my local primary school encouraged us to sing and would ask to me to play the piano during school assemblies. My parents have also made huge sacrifices to help support my passion. When I started at the Academy, my family and I moved from the north of England to London and dad now travels to Leeds for work. As I've been so lucky with the support I've had, it's really important to me to also give back. I remember going on a tour in Scotland, and spending part of it volunteering for a music workshop at a secondary school in Campbeltown with around 50 schoolchildren. I did a mini-recital for them playing music by Rachmaninov to more recent numbers like Let It Go and Pirates of the Caribbean. I also gave a masterclass providing tips on how to play, interpret and improvise music. It was so inspiring to see their reactions, to hear about their love of music and to help them with my suggestions and give them the benefit of my experiences. It's always such an amazing feeling when people tell me that they've been inspired by the music I've played, especially if it's a piece that I've composed. It makes me feel good, because I feel like I've made them happy. I really enjoy composing my own music and improvising, and here's some of my improvisation in action.
Yuanfan's improvisation is inspired by the four-note 'whistle' motif from The Hunger Games films, which feature music by James Newton Howard, also Visiting Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.


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You ditched your landline years ago. Smart! Because the one thing it was good at—buzzing people into your building—can be done better with your smartphone anyway. Here's how to have that buzzer ring any phone you want.
First, you'll need a Google Voice account. If you already have one, you're halfway there. If you don't have an account, here's a handy guide on how to get one. Once you've got a Google Voice number, give it to your landlord/super to program into your building's buzzer system. Now the when someone rings your apartment buzzer, the call will be routed to the Google Voice account.
Now that your account is set up, head to the Google Voice home page, click on the gear icon in the upper right hand corner and select Settings. Under the Phones tab, add all the phones you want to ring when someone buzzes the front door of your place. Note: You can only have one Google Voice account to assigned to any one number.
Have someone ring your buzzer, and use the number that pops up on caller ID to set up a contact on your phone. Call it Front Door, Buzzer, or The Mighty Drawbridge to Camelot. It's up to you. I assigned the iOS door bell ringtone to the contact for obvious reasons.
Head back to Google Voice and go to the Contacts menu to create a new group, by clicking on the button with two heads and a plus sign. Add your front door's number to this group. You'll use this group to determine which phones will ring when someone buzzes the front door.
Return to Settings in Google Voice and click on the Groups tab. Click on Edit for the Front Door group. Make sure all the phones associated with your apartment—yours, your roommate's, your girlfriend's, whoever—are checked. If you're feeling fancy, you can leave a custom greeting for your Front Door Group to inform callers that no one is home.
That's it. Now when someone arrives with piping hot pizza, they'll hit the buzzer and it'll call all the phones in your Google Voice Front Door group. Anyone can answer, let the person in, and potentially eat all your pizza.
A few bonus uses: Since you you'll be able to let someone into your building from anywhere, if a package arrives while you're away, you can have the delivery driver leave it in the building instead of leaving that stupid note that you have to sign, stick to the door, and pray that they return. Another use for your new front-door-unlocking phone is if you forget your keys. Just buzz yourself into the building and wait for a roommate to let you in your apartment. It's better than standing in the rain.
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Adam Lambert Premieres New Song 'Outlaws of Love' [VIDEO]
Dying to hear some new music by Adam Lambert? Well, today is your lucky day.
Over the weekend, the 'American Idol' runner-up debuted his brand-new song, 'Outlaws of Love,' at Canada's Sainte Agathe Festival.
Lambert confirmed that 'Outlaws of Love,' a somber ballad about acceptance, will be on his upcoming album, which he's been working on the for the past couple of months.
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The railway company is currently rehabilitating the train station at 'Belval – Mill' in Luxembourg. Steel sheet piles have once again been chosen as a retaining wall for the new quay structure. Indeed, a new cantilever retaining wall has been installed in a few weeks time just a couple of meters behind the old structure that was built early in the 1980's..
|Fig.1 New sheet pile retaining wall (on the right)
|Fig.2 Artistic view of the new train station
- the pre-drilling of a hole, followed by a granular fill, loosened the soil at the location of the sheet pile wall
- in order to guarantee a good driving speed, the choice of the sheet pile section was paramount. In collaboration with ArcelorMittal Commercial RPS's technical department, the design engineer opted for the PU 18-1.0. Its high stiffness allowed it to be driven with a vibratory hammer at least 1 m deeper than the pre-drilling, which guarantees sufficient embedment of the toe of the pile, and minimizes the deflections of the retaining wall
- the existing sheet piles stayed in place for quite a long time, but they could be extracted with the same vibrohammer even though the soil consists of cohesive material. Their excellent state of preservation will allow the contractor to reuse them as temporary retaining elements in future projects.
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Herbal Treatments
Whenever you feel sick, what's the first thing you want to do? For sure, you'd most likely run to the doctor, asking him to prescribe you something. Or, you would probably raid your medicine cabinet for an aspirin, an antibiotic, or what have you. Although it's not wrong to do either two, chances are, you'd be better off preparing yourself an herbal treatment. Even physicians agree that prescribing antibiotics and other synthetic drugs for the teeniest of ills is not always recommended.
So why waste your time and money going to your doctor when he'll probably just suggest an over-the-counter drug for your headache? And if you are going to buy a drug over the counter, why not just go for herbal treatments? This way, you rid yourself of the discomfort and at the same time, staying chemical-free and boost your immune system to boot. Below are some traditional herbal treatments you can prepare to cure some of the commonest ailments you'll most likely encounter.
Herbal Treatments for Chickenpox
Chickenpox is a viral disease that is highly contagious and common among newborns and adults. The symptoms of chickenpox generally appear during the infectious stage. These include fever, fatigue, itchy rash, and loss of appetite. If you find yourself suffering from this infection, you can drink catnip tea sweetened with molasses. Make tea with queen of the meadow (2 tbs.), coltsfoot leaves (1 tsp.), and marigold flowers (2 tsp.). Mix all herbs in 2 cups of boiling water and let it sit for 20 minutes. Take one cup of this herbal treatment once a day to reduce fever.
Herbal Treatment for Ear Infection
Ear infection usually comes after cold or flu. It could also attack after some other kind of upper respiratory infection. A popular homeopathic remedy for ear infections is Vitamin C, which helps boost up the immune system and fight infection. You can also take an herbal treatment comprised of alcohol-free Echinacea if the infection has just begun. To ease the pain, use an herbal treatment of lobelia mixed with garlic oil or olive oil. Place a drop or two of this herbal treatment mixture in the affected ear and plug it with cotton.
Herbal Treatment for Sore Throat
Sore throat is a mild condition where in the back of the throat becomes irritated. In most cases, it is caused by a virus, such as the cold or flu virus. Sore throat may also be caused by medication, surgery, radiation, dust, smoke, chemicals, loud talking, tooth and gum infection, and allergies.
An herbal treatment for this is Echinacea. This herb is antiviral and antibacterial. It can also speed up the healing process and boost the immune system.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): My astrological radar suggests there's a space-time anomaly looming just ahead of you. Is it a fun and exotic limbo where the rules are flexible and everything's an experiment? That might be cool. Or is it more like an alien labyrinth where nothing is as it seems, you can hear howling in the distance, and you barely recognize yourself? That might be weird. What do you think? Is it worth the gamble? If so, full speed ahead. If not, I suggest a course correction.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone on Reddit.com asked readers to respond to the question, "What is the most liberating thought you've ever had?" Among the replies were the following six: 1. "If new evidence presents itself, it's okay to change my beliefs." 2. "I get to choose who's in my life and who isn't." 3. "I am not my history." 4. "You can't change something that has already happened, so stop worrying about it." 5. "I am not, nor will I ever be, conventionally beautiful." 6. "I don't have to respond to people when they say stupid s— to me." I hope these testimonies inspire you to come up with several of your own, Taurus. It's a perfect time to formulate liberating intentions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It has been a while since I told you that I love you. So I'm doing it now. I LOVE YOU. More than you could ever imagine. And that's why I continue to offer these horoscopes to you free of charge, with no strings attached. That's why I work so hard to be a playful therapist and an edgy mentor for you. That's why I am so tenacious in my efforts to serve you as a feminist father figure and a kindly devil's advocate and a sacred cheerleader. Again, I don't expect anything in return from you. But if you would like to express your appreciation, you could do so by offering a similar type of well-crafted care to people in your own sphere. Now would be an excellent time to give such gifts.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "I like the word 'bewilderment' because it has both 'be' and 'wild' in it," says poet Peter Gizzi. I propose that you go even further, Cancerian: Express a fondness for the actual experience of bewilderment as well as the word. In fact, be willing to not just tolerate, but actually embrace the fuzzy blessings of bewilderment. In the coming weeks, that's your ticket to being wild in the healthiest (and wealthiest) ways. As you wander innocently through the perplexing mysteries that make themselves available, you'll be inspired to escape formalities and needless rules that have kept you overly tame.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you familiar with psychologist Carl Jung's concept of the shadow? It's the unflattering or uncomfortable part of you that you would prefer to ignore or suppress. It's the source of behavior about which you later say, "I wasn't acting like myself." Jungians say that the shadow hounds you and wounds you to the degree that you refuse to deal with it. But if you negotiate with it, it leads you to beautiful surprises. It prods you to uncover riches you've hidden from yourself. I mention this, Leo, because any shadow work you do in the coming weeks could generate rather spectacular breakthroughs.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You could make a vow like this: "Between now and April 15, I will be relentless in getting my needs met. I will harbor a steely resolve to call on every ploy necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are not just gratified, but satiated to the max. I will be a dogged and ferocious seeker of absolute fulfillment." If you want to swear an oath like that, Virgo, I understand. But I hope you will try a softer approach — more like the following: "Between now and April 15, I will be imaginative and ingenious in getting my needs met. I will have fun calling on every trick necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are playfully addressed. I will be a sweet seeker of unpredictable fulfillment."
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): How would Buddha ask for a raise or promotion? How would Jesus tinker with his career plans as he took into consideration large-scale shifts in the economy? How would Confucius try to infuse new approaches and ideas into the status quo of his work environment? Ruminate deeply on these matters, dear Libra. Your yearning to be more satisfyingly employed may soon be rewarded — especially if you infuse your ambitions with holy insight. How would Joan of Arc break through the glass ceiling? How would Harriet Tubman deal with the inefficiencies caused by excess testosterone? How would Hildegard of Bingen seek more emotional richness on the job?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I suspect you would benefit from acquiring a new bedroom name, my dear. But should I be the one to give it to you? I'm not sure. Maybe you could invite a practical dreamer you adore to provide you with this crazy sweet new moniker. If there is no such person to do the job (although given the current astrological omens, I bet there is), I'll offer the following array of amorous aliases for you to choose from: Wild Face . . . Kiss Genius . . . Thrill Witch . . . Freaky Nectar . . . Boink Master . . . Lust Moxie . . . Pearly Thunder . . . Peach Licker . . . Painkiller . . . Silky Bliss . . . Slippery Diver . . . Swoon Craver.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Soon I'll be off on my first vacation in 18 months. At first glance it might seem odd for an astrologer like myself to have selected two Sagittarians to be my housesitters. Members of your sign are reputed to be among the least home-nurturing people in the zodiac. But I'm confident that by the time I return, raccoons won't be living in my kitchen, nor will my plants be dead or my snailmail stolen or my TV broken. The current astrological omens suggest that most of you Centaurs, at least for the foreseeable future, will display an uncommon aptitude for the domestic arts.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The near future will be mutable, whimsical, and fluky. It'll be serendipitous, mercurial, and extemporaneous. You should expect happy accidents and lucky breaks. Your ability to improvise will be quite valuable. Do you believe in lucky numbers? Even if you don't, yours will be 333. Your sacred password will be "quirky plucky." The cartoon characters with whom you will have most in common are Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner. The place where you're most likely to encounter a crucial teaching is a threshold or thrift shop. Your colors of destiny will be flecked and dappled. (P.S.: I suspect that an as-yet-undiscovered talisman of power is crammed in a drawer full of junk.)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Treat your body like a sublime temple, please. And regard your imagination as a treasured sanctuary. Be very choosy about what you allow to enter in to both of those holy places. This strategy is always a wise idea, of course, but it's especially so now, when you are extra sensitive to the influences you absorb. It's crucial that you express maximum discernment as you determine which foods, drinks, drugs, images, sounds, and ideas are likely to foster your maximum well-being — and which aren't. Be a masterful caretaker of your health and sanity.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What would your best mother do in a situation like this? Please note that I'm not asking, "What would your mother do?" I'm not suggesting you call on the counsel of your actual mother. When I use the term "your best mother," I'm referring to the archetype of your perfect mother. Imagine a wise older woman who understands you telepathically, loves you unconditionally, and wants you to live your life according to your own inner necessity, not hers or anyone else's. Visualize her. Call on her. Seek her blessings.
Homework: Find a new person or institution you can eagerly and earnestly respect. Report on your triumph at Freewillastrology.com.
Rob Brezsny
Free Will Astrology
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I had the opportunity of being an audience member of the WEGO Health Webinar "Navigating Your Health Narrative" about health blogging, and I also read the book "Chocolate & Vicodin," written by blogger Jennette Fulda.
I had never taken part in a Webinar prior to this one.
On the Webinar panel were bloggers Lisa from Brass and Ivory and Jenni from ChronicBabe, and a representative from WEGO Health. They addressed topics from starting a blog, why to blog, finding your blogging voice, disclosure, promoting your blog, community building, ordering your blog, and blogger burnout.
For me, many of the topics were things that I already knew about, like starting a blog and why to blog.
Both panelists talked a lot about social media, utilizing Facebook, Twitter, and other web resources. I had never heard of Networked Blogs, as part of Facebook, but it is something I am looking into to streamline my blog posting to Facebook.
Something else they talked about that I hadn't considered is an editorial calendar in order to plan what you are going to write about. I have had a bit of experience with this in writing for Health Central, but not for my own blog. Both Lisa and Jenni expressed not really relying on editorial calendars, and leaving a lot of room for "creative freedom".
There are definitely dates I commemorate by posting, but for the most part, I just write what I want, when I want. And I think for my personal blog, this works well. I think it would take a lot of the fun out of blogging if I tried to stick to a schedule. I have enough deadlines with graduate school to keep me disciplined.
Another thing they talked about was keeping conversations positive. One thing I have noticed is that the tough stuff tends to get more play than the good stuff. Maybe this is because the good stuff happens so infrequently. Anybody have thoughts on this?
Finally, Lisa and Jenni warned about blogger burnout, which tends to happen in the first few months of blogging. I think you have to pretty quickly find your niche and facilitate communication with other bloggers. For me, once I started getting comments and knew there were people out there actually reading my blog, I was hooked. Three years and counting…
What drew me to this book was the title, "Chocolate & Vicodin," and the cover art.
In a very brief summary, the book is about a woman who gets a headache that won't go away. While I can honestly say that I can't completely imagine what this would be like, although headaches are a big lupus symptom of mine, I did find some commonalities…
"I realized I had skipped becoming my mother and had gone straight to becoming my grandmother" (214).
Wow, I can so relate to this. I skipped feeling like a 50 year old to feeling like an 80 year old. And my 80+ grandma and I swap arthritis war stories all the time.
"All I could do was swallow the pills and say a prayer" (215).
I can really relate to this, too. It's no secret that medication working for me is a hit and miss type of thing. All I can do is have confidence that my doctors are doing the best job they possibly can, and that I do my part as a patient, taking my medication diligently, even when it seems like it isn't doing much, and making sure that I voice concerns about medication efficacy to my doctors.
"Pain was lonely. I wanted someone to stand next to me and share my view of the world" (248).
Need I say more?
"Pain and suffering were siblings, similar but not the same entity" (267).
She's right. Pain and suffering are related. I think people think that pain is objective and suffering is subjective, but I'm not sure that's the case. I personally think and pain and suffering are both subjective.
Anyway, this was a good read. There weren't as many commonalities as I expected, but it is another story of a twenty-something woman facing chronic illness head on (no pun intended).
(Fulda, Jennette. Chocolate & Vicodin. New York: Gallery Books, 2011)


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So for a few months now I've been ogling the cross-stitchable cell phone case from Connect Design. It's super cute and I LOVE the idea...
(16.05.2015 -- guess what?! We now carry these cute stitchable iPhone cases in our shop!)
It's a clear rubbery cell phone case! And it fits my Blackberry Bold. And it was $6. Sweet. The salesperson assured me they had clear cases for almost every brand of cell phone - including iPhones 2, 3, and 4. I know I've seen these cell phone accessory kiosks in pretty much every mall I've been in lately, so I'm sure there's one near you.
Next I need to gather my supplies:
For this project you will need:
A pattern (I'm using our Justice League Pixel People Pattern but you could use any small cross stitch pattern) and the appropriate floss colours
14 count plastic canvas or Aida cloth - available at any decent craft supply store or needlework shop. One sheet of 14 count plastic canvas is a whopping $0.99 at my local Michaels and is available in either clear or white. I'd love to get my hands on other colours too, which I know I've seen online. In the meantime though I'm going to use what I have on hand. Alternately, if you don't have plastic canvas you could definitely use regular ol' Aida. You'd have to fray check the edges to keep it from unravelling or you could paint it any colour you like using our Paint Your Own Aida method which will seal the edges.
Small sharp scissors and an X-acto knife
Your clear cell phone case
First thing's first... you need to make a template so you know how much plastic canvas/Aida cloth you'll need to cut.
With the backside of your cell phone case facing up, make a crayon rubbing on a scrap piece of paper (just like with leaves in kindergarten). This is will give you a good idea of the outline of your case - especially useful for those curvy edged cell phones like the Blackberry.
Cut our your rough template and pop it into the case just to be sure it fits. It doesn't have to be perfect or straight at this point. It's really just meant to be a cutting guide for our stitchable fabric. Which leads us to the next step...
Just lay your template on top of your plastic canvas or Aida cloth and cut to size. I left myself a few extra rows all the way around just to have some room to play with. Again I popped my plastic canvas into my case to be sure I liked the fit. I was glad I left a few extra rows because I actually needed them - this is why your paper template doesn't have to be perfect! (FYI - the exact size of my 14 count plastic canvas ended up being 100mm x 55 mm).
The only thing left to do is to round the corners and to cut the holes for my camera lens and flash:
I just snipped a few notches in the corners of my plastic canvas to make it fit into the curve of my case. Then holding my plastic canvas in place I used a marker to trace out all the little holes and doo-das I needed for the camera function on my phone (not that I use it much, but it's nice to have the option). Using a craft knife I (carefully!) cut out all the holes that I'd marked.
Now you're finally prepped and ready to go! At this point you have the perfect template for your stitchable cell phone case. I've actually cut myself a half-dozen of these now so I can stitch as many variations as I like. For my first case I worked up Wonder Woman and Batman. The size of plastic canvas you have to work with is completely dependant on the size of your cell phone. With my Blackberry Bold I have just enough room for two normal sized Pixel People side by side. The combinations of motifs is practically endless!! I've been thinking I might do a Doctor Who case next, with two of my favourite Doctors... or maybe a Star Wars case with Chewbacca and Han Solo... at any rate, the nice thing about doing your cross-stitchable case this way instead of buying the Connect Design case is that you can change out your stitching whenever the whim hits you - you're not stuck with just one design... and with your stitching behind the clear plastic it'll stay clean!
After a quick bit of stitching this is what I ended up with:
Cool huh? Quick, interchangeable, protected, and best of all... LESS THAN $10. Sweet.
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When Obama was first elected he said that he was going to reach out to Muslims. Well he was not kidding and has allocated up to $20 million to migrate the Hamas supporting Gazans to America. This falls under the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962.
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DEAR ABBY: I'm responding to your request for comments about the letter from "Happily Single" (Feb. 13) and whether a divorce would be the first course of action upon winning the lottery. In a community-property state, a divorce after winning wouldn't legally protect you from having to share the spoils with your soon-to-be (and probably now bitter) ex-spouse.
My husband and I have talked at length about what we'd do if either of us won the Powerball jackpots, and no, divorce was not on the list. We'd start by consulting a lawyer/financial planner to find a way to protect our privacy before claiming the money.
I suspect the comments from "Happily's" co-workers are evidence that unhappily marrieds group together -- or enjoy complaining about their spouses. Either way, it's sad. Studies show that complaining about a spouse significantly decreases one's satisfaction in a relationship. While we all "vent" from time to time, if talking divorce is your first response to a jackpot win, then you're in the wrong relationship. -- IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL
DEAR IN IT: I hit the jackpot with the huge response I received about that letter. And the majority of readers said they would not divorce:
DEAR ABBY: I am a lottery winner, and I feel blessed and proud that I can take care of my wife the way she deserves. Within two minutes of my win I was on the phone with her, telling her to quit her stressful job. We now have a wonderful life, with more than we ever hoped for. -- SATISFIED IN THE SUNSHINE STATE
DEAR ABBY: I'm single, but that letter didn't surprise me. I think a lot of people feel they must be married by a certain age, so they end up "settling." Read some of the crazy lottery winner stories posted online, and you'll see people trade in their spouses because they feel they can do better or "move up," kind of like buying a bigger, better house. I'm not saying it's right, but it happens. -- CINDY IN ARLINGTON, VA.
DEAR ABBY: If I won the lottery, the first thing I'd do is get married. We're waiting so we can afford the nice wedding we both want. -- STEPHANIE IN SAUGUS, CALIF.
DEAR ABBY: The first thing I'd do if I won is pay off all my debts. I'm already divorced. -- DIANA IN TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
DEAR ABBY: I wouldn't consider getting divorced if I won, but I might finally buy that second husband I've been wanting but can't afford. -- TACOMA READER
DEAR ABBY: I've been married for 40 years. If I won I would not divorce. There's no way I'd want to give him half the money. I would stay married so I could have control over the money he spent. It would make up for all the years that he would pinch my pennies and make me squeeze a nickel till the buffalo pooped. -- WISHFUL IN OHIO
DEAR ABBY: If I were to win the lottery, I would trade all of it just to have one more hug and one more night talking with my wife, who died 16 years ago. Our children were young when she died, and I have tried my best to raise them to be good adults. But my heart still aches over losing her to cancer. I believe all widows and widowers would agree with me on this. -- TRENT IN OKLAHOMA
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text: Walt Maciborski CNN Indianapolis, IN – Employees at an Indianapolis insurance company are on the move. The wellness committee at Brown and Brown Insurance brainstormed ideas about ways to break up the long days employees spend stuck in a cubicle staring at their computer screen. "We thought about doing standing desks and that's not something we've entirely ruled out," said employee Meredith Sharp. "But we thought the more we could get people to move, the better they would feel." So the answer was the TreadDesk. "I'm walking on a treadmill and checking my email at the same time," said employee Andrew Lockerbie. "This is super cool. My goal is to get somewhere between 250 and 350 calories." Andrew said he logs about five to 10 miles a week while at work. When the wellness committee at Brown and Brown first started talking about the TreadDesk at work, they thought only a few people would sign up for it or it would be hard to use the mouse or read email while walking. Well, those fears went away in a hurry. "The first two weeks we had these in place we logged over 90 hours," Lockerbie said. "So it was tremendous." Now, the 30 minute spots fill up fast. "That's right, you better get in early," said employee Kyle Riddle. And everything at their work space can be forwarded to one of the two TreadDesks in the office. "I can have my phone calls transferred to me here, and I can also see my exact computer desktop on these screens," said Kyle. More TreadDesks will start filling up the office soon, and Brown and Brown expects the new desks to help cut down on health care cost as well. "With declining health rates in Indiana, we found that to increase the employee's activity it would only be a good idea to bring these machines into our office. We wanted to combat sedentary lifestyles here at work and we'll see that bleed into our employee's lives," Sharp said. So far, Lockerbie said there is only one drawback. "You end up using backspace a little bit more than normal," Lockerbie said. "But, that's ok."


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It's an age of unprecedented, staggering technological change. Business models are being transformed, lives are being upended, vast new horizons of possibility opened up. Or something like that. These are all pretty common assertions in modern business/tech journalism and management literature.
Then there's another view, which I heard from author Neal Stephenson in an MIT lecture hall last week. A hundred years from now, he said, we might look back on the late 20th and early 21st century and say, "It was an actively creative society. Then the Internet happened and everything got put on hold for a generation."
Stephenson was clearly trying to be provocative. But he's not alone in the judgment that we're not actually living in an era of great innovation. Economist Tyler Cowen's ebook-turned-book, The Great Stagnation made similar points: Compared with the staggering changes in everyday life in the first half of the 20th century wrought by electricity, cars, and electronic communication, the digital age has brought relatively minor alterations to how we live. Electricity is still electricity, and still generated mostly with fossil fuels; cars are better but not all that much better, and still propelled almost entirely by fossil fuels. Only communication has been truly transformed, but is the transformation really as profound as the advent of telegraphs, radio, and TV? (For much more on this, consult economist Robert J. Gordon's productivity research.) We have no colonies on Mars, we still can't get by without prehistoric fuel, the dishwasher still doesn't get all the dishes clean, and very few of us have personal jetpacks. You call this progress?
More prosaically, the 15 years since the Internet became a major part of our lives has been marked here in the U.S. — birthplace of the Internet — by mostly disappointing economic growth. The only exception was in the late 1990s, when excitement over how much the Internet was going to change everything spurred an investment bubble that briefly drove real growth. (And yes, the story has been different outside the U.S., but the emerging markets boom has generally been more about catching up than exploiting cutting-edge technology.)
The most common response to such griping has been, just wait. Many techno-optimists base their thinking on a famous 1990 paper by economic historian Paul David, which described how, for decades, electricity had little effect on industrial productivity as manufacturers simply swapped out older energy sources for electric power but changed nothing about how they made things. It was only as new factories were built that took advantage of the unique properties of electric motors that a productivity boom ensued. Just give the digital age a bit more time, and you'll see huge changes (and, one hopes, improvements) in how we work and live.
MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson has been compiling evidence for years that this productivity revolution is in fact under way, and recently co-authored an ebook on the topic with his MIT colleague Andrew McAfee called Race Against the Machine (if you prefer your arguments on video, he and Cowen debated the matter at the Techonomy conference last fall). But the innovations Brynjolfsson has been looking at are mostly organizational. At some point we really do have to get beyond the organizational, and the digital, to the real.
Or, to look at it another way, until the prime example of an innovative major corporation ceases to be Procter & Gamble, we probably aren't in a truly innovative era (Tide to Go is awesome, but it's not exactly the transistor).
There are intriguing signs that we might be approaching the point where digital innovation takes a big leap into the physical world: 3D printers are breaking into the mainstream, tech billionaires are backing an asteroid mining venture, and lots of people keep saying that biotechnology is the next great frontier. Then again, the 3D stuff is still mostly prototypes and novelties, and asteroid mining and the biotech revolution haven't actually happened yet. Even beyond the technological challenges, there are lots of other obstacles to change. Stephenson, who has "devoted a shocking amount of time" lately to learning about alternative space-launch technologies, said at MIT that "the reason none of them happen turns out to be insurance."
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High levels of cortisol — the so-called stress hormone — have been associated with cardiovascular disease in some studies, but not in others. This may be because measuring cortisol in blood or saliva at one point in time may pick up acute stress, but it fails to account for long-term stress.
Now Dutch researchers have assessed cortisol levels over several months by analyzing scalp hair samples. Their results appeared online in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
The researchers measured the cortisol content in hair samples corresponding to roughly three months of growth from 283 older men and women, average age 75. They also gathered self-reported data about coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, Type 2 diabetes, lung disease, cancer and osteoporosis.
Compared with those in the lowest quarter for cortisol, those in the highest quarter had about three times the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. There was no association between cortisol levels and the risk for lung disease, cancer or osteoporosis.
The senior authors, Dr. Laura Manenschijn and Dr. Elisabeth van Rossum of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, acknowledge that they had no data on blood pressure or lipid status, which may have affected the results.
"The increased risk," Dr. van Rossum said, "is comparable to traditional risk factors — hypertension, abdominal obesity. This is in the same range."


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5 or More Bad Sunburns While Young Tied to Higher Melanoma Risk
White women who get five or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 have an 80 percent increased risk for melanoma — the most deadly form of skin cancer, new study findings indicate.
Researchers also found these women have a 68 percent greater risk for two other forms of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
"Our results suggest that sun exposures in both early life and adulthood were predictive of non-melanoma skin cancers, whereas melanoma risk was predominantly associated with sun exposure in early life," according to Dr. Abrar Qureshi, professor and chair of the department of dermatology at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
"Parents may need to be advised to pay more attention to protection from early-life sun exposure for their kids in order to reduce the likelihood of developing melanoma as they grow up. Older individuals should also be cautious with their sun exposure, because cumulative sun exposure increases skin cancer risk as well," Qureshi said in a news release from the American Association for Cancer Research.
In conducting the study, published May 29 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, the researchers followed nearly 109,000 white female nurses for about 20 years. When the study began, the women were aged 25 to 42. They were asked about their medical history. The researchers also assessed their risk factors for skin cancer, such as the number of moles they had, if they had a family history of the disease and the number of blistering sunburns they had in their late teens.
Over the course of the study, the investigators collected more recent information from the women on their skin cancer risk. Specifically, they were asked for updates on their family history as well as their use of tanning beds, alcohol and cigarettes.
The study participants lived in 14 different states. The researchers took this into account and calculated each woman's total ultraviolet (UV) light exposure, depending on how long they lived in any given place. The women were placed into three categories based on this UV exposure: low, medium and high.
Roughly one-quarter of the women experienced painful blistering sunburns at a young age and one-quarter admitted to using tanning beds. The researchers also found that about 10 percent of the women had more than five blistering sunburns when they were between the ages of 15 and 20.
Nearly 7,000 were diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma affected 880 of the women and about 780 were diagnosed with melanoma. Of the women who developed melanoma, 445 had invasive cancer, the investigators found.
The study authors pointed out that the women who had the greatest exposure to the sun's harmful UV rays when they were adults did not have an increased risk for melanoma. These women, however, had a roughly 2.3-fold greater risk for basal cell carcinoma and a 2.5-fold increased risk for squamous cell carcinoma.
"Pattern of sun exposure was not uniformly associated with the risk for all the three main skin cancers we see in the United States, suggesting that there are some differences in the [development] of these skin cancers," noted Qureshi.
"An individual's risk of developing skin cancer depends on both host and environmental risk factors. Persons with high host-risk traits, such as red hair color, higher number of moles and high sunburn susceptibility, should pay more attention to avoid excessive sun exposure, especially early in life."
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Q&A (Natural Query Language) is by far one of the features that Gilbert finds really gives the WOW factor when showing people the capabilities of Power BI. It's awesome! This post gives an overview of how you can best quickly leverage Q&A so you too can "Wow!" people.
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Homeschooling: Growing and Thriving in the 21st Century
- Amelia Harper The Old Schoolhouse
- 2010 9 Mar
Back in the ancient days when I began homeschooling (more than twenty years ago), homeschoolers were considered something of an oddity. People would point to us in the grocery store and whisper. Some brave souls would come up and ask us how we could "get away" with doing this and weren't we afraid of being arrested. That is because in 1980, homeschooling was technically illegal in thirty states in the U.S.1 When I began homeschooling in 1988, we were one of the first wave of families to begin homeschooling legally in my state. However, in the past twenty years the homeschool climate has changed considerably. Recent data suggests that homeschooling has grown at a steady rate and will continue to mushroom in the years to come.
Many people who are just now beginning to homeschool are not aware that the modern homeschool movement began as something of a cultural phenomenon. In the late 1960s, researchers estimate that the number of homeschoolers in the U.S. was between 10,000 and 15,000.2 These early homeschoolers were often considered the rebels. In Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream, a paper published by the Fraser Institute, the authors state, "Although the contemporary image of homeschooling parents depicts a homogeneous, deeply religious, socially conservative sub-group of the population, back in the 1960s and 1970s, most homeschooling parents were members of the counter-cultural left, principally advocates of New Age philosophies, hippies, and homesteaders."3
By the 1980s, the homeschool landscape in the U.S. had begun to change dramatically. By 1985, an estimated 50,0004 children were being educated at home as some Christians who were frustrated by the liberal, humanistic bias in public schools began looking for alternatives in greater numbers. Though the growth of the Christian school movement in the latter half of the twentieth century answered the need for many, others were looking for options that were more affordable, more available, and more conducive to building a strong family core. Books written in the 1980s by authors such as Dr. Raymond Moore (Home Grown Kids and Better Late Than Early) brought awareness of the benefits of homeschooling both educationally and in terms of strengthening religious and family ties.
How things have changed in the past two decades. Now homeschooling (in some form) is legal in all fifty states5 and is becoming more widely accepted as an alternative form of education. During the 1990s, attitudes toward homeschooling began to shift. A Gallup poll taken in 1985 indicated that only 16% of U.S. families considered homeschooling a good idea; by 2001, that figure had escalated to 41%.6 In addition, a 1998 Newsweek poll revealed that 59% of respondents felt that homeschooled students were at least as well educated as their traditionally schooled counterparts.7
Homeschooling began to catch on quickly as the public perception caught up with reality. By 1992, researchers estimated that there were 300,000 homeschooled students8—a six-fold increase in just seven years. In the 1995-1996 school year, the U.S. Department of Education placed the number of homeschooled children at between 700,000 and 750,000.9 By 1999, that figure had risen to more than 850,000, or roughly 1.7% of the school-age population.10 Also, by this time, practicing Christians represented about 75% of American homeschoolers.11
In the twenty-first century, homeschooling has maintained steady growth. In 2003, the U.S. Department of Education estimated that there were 1.1 million homeschooled students.12 The number of homeschoolers not only increased, but the rate increased as well: 2.2% of U.S. school-aged children were homeschooled in 2003, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.13 Perhaps these figures reflect a growing frustration with the public school system. According to a 2003 U.S. Census Bureau report, 7% of households with children in the public school system said that they were dissatisfied with the schools.14
A recent study released by the National Center for Education Statistics reveals that roughly 400,000 more children have joined the ranks of the homeschooled in the past five years. According to a report released in December 2008, roughly 1.5 million children in the U.S. are now educated at home. This represents about 2.9% of the school-age population, a 36% relative increase in just a five-year period, and a 74% relative increase since 1999. This study also suggests that the figure may be even higher—as many as 1,739,000 homeschooled students.15
Other researchers believe that the actual number exceeds even that estimate. Because homeschooling reporting varies from state to state and some homeschoolers do not register at all, it is difficult to arrive at a wholly accurate figure. In September 2008, Dr. Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute estimated the number of U.S. homeschooled students at between 1.8 and 2.5 million.16
But why is homeschooling growing at such a rapid pace? The answer lies in the growing frustration with the type and quality of public school instruction and concerns about classroom environments. According to the recent 2008 NCES Survey, the main three reasons that parents chose this option were "to provide religious or moral instruction" (36%), "concern about the school environment" (21%), and " dissatisfaction with the academic instruction available at other schools" (17%). The desire to teach children with special needs (including physical and mental health issues) accounted for another 6% and "interest in a non-traditional approach to education," 7%. The others cited additional reasons.17 However, this survey contained responses only from the parents of 290 homeschooled children.
In 2007, Dr. Heather Allen conducted a more comprehensive survey for The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine on their website. Of the 4,662 respondents to the question of why they homeschooled, 55% cited "religious reasons or convictions" as their primary reason for homeschooling. Concern with "public school conditions or philosophies" again came in second at 19%, and the "desire for individualized instruction" was cited as the third most common reason (15%). The desire to teach special needs children represented the primary motivation of 3% of the population. The remaining 8% cited other reasons.18
Based on the research conducted over the past twenty years, it is clear that homeschooling is indeed growing and thriving. All indications are that it will continue to grow in the years to come as more people begin to see homeschooling as a viable alternative to traditional classroom education. This growth offers several advantages to homeschooling families.
One advantage is that the boom in homeschooling means that homeschool resources and support systems will likely continue to be available in greater numbers to meet the growing demand. As an example, in 2001 The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine started out as a twelve-page eBay homeschooling business newsletter offering advice to homeschoolers. Now, eight years later, it is one of the fastest growing resources in the homeschool market—a quarterly magazine packed with approximately 200 pages of articles and roughly150 ads from companies that cater to the needs of homeschooling families. The magazine also offers its own website, blog site, store, E-Newsletters, E-Books, and Speakers Bureau. And this is just one homeschool resource. We have come a long way from the early days when I began homeschooling with little more than a piece of chalk, a slate, and used Christian and public school textbooks.
There is also strength in numbers, for the increase in homeschooling families means that we now have a stronger voice as governmental and regulatory issues arise. An example of this occurred in 1994, when opposition by homeschooling families forced Congress to adopt an amendment that excluded homeschooling families from an education bill that could have required homeschools to have certified teachers.19 By some estimates, the number of homeschooled students has nearly tripled since then. Imagine the impact that homeschoolers would have today if a similar issue arose.
The growth in homeschooling also helps change public perception as homeschooling families become an accepted part of the fabric of America. Many museums, amusement parks, and other locations now offer special programs for homeschooled families. Colleges are accepting homeschooled students in far greater numbers.20 People no longer point and stare at my homeschooling family and question the legality of our educational choices. Now, I am more likely to hear statements like this: "I know someone who does that! Can you tell me how to homeschool?"
And I am always glad to help. The more, the merrier.
*This article published March 9, 2010.
Dr. Heather Allen has a Ph.D. in experimental psychology and has more than twenty-two years experience as a human factors engineer. After serving as an aerospace experimental psychologist in the United States Navy, she worked for Sandia National Laboratories for eleven years in the Statistics and Human Factors Department. Heather left the laboratory to homeschool her children and embark on a consulting business. She and her husband, Steve, have homeschooled their children, Edward (16), Joseph (15), Emily (11), Hana (6), and Ezekiel (5) for twelve years. For more information about Heather's family, please visit her website atwww.hippityhooves.com.
Copyright 2009. Originally appeared in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Winter 2009/10. Used with permission. Visit them at www.TheHomeschoolMagazine.com. For all your homeschool curriculum needs visit the Schoolhouse Store. Endnotes:
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity may have to choose a new route to the base of a huge Red Planet mountain.
The 1-ton Curiosity rover had been heading for Mount Sharp — a 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) mountain in the center of Mars' Gale Crater — via "Hidden Valley," a sandy swale that's about the length of a football field. But Curiosity turned back shortly after entering the valley's northeastern end earlier this month, finding the sand surprisingly slippery, NASA officials said.
"We need to gain a better understanding of the interaction between the wheels and Martian sand ripples, and Hidden Valley is not a good location for experimenting," Curiosity project manager Jim Erickson, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, said in a statement. [Mars Rover Curiosity's Latest Amazing Photos]
There is no way out of Hidden Valley save exits at its northeastern and southwestern ends, NASA officials said. The mission team is now assessing possible alternative routes that would take Curiosity north of the valley.
The goal is to get Curiosity to Mount Sharp, which has been the rover's ultimate science destination since before its August 2012 touchdown. Mission scientists want the six-wheeled robot to climb up through the mountain's foothills, reading a history in the rocks of Mars' transition from a warm and wet planet in the ancient past to the cold, dry world we know today.
The chief goal of the $2.5 billion Curiosity mission is to determine if the Red Planet could ever have supported microbial life. The team has already checked off this goal, finding that an area near Curiosity's landing site called Yellowknife Bay was a habitable lake-and-stream system billions of years ago.
Researchers came to this conclusion last year after analyzing samples Curiosity drilled from two different rocks in Yellowknife Bay.
Curiosity departed Yellowknife Bay in July 2013, embarking on the long drive to Mount Sharp. The rover drilled another rock sample along the way in May of this year, and it's now sizing up a fourth potential drilling target, mission officials said.
That rock, known as "Bonanza King," lies at the northeastern end of Hidden Valley. Studying Bonanza King could help the mission team better understand the geological context of Gale Crater, officials said.
"This rock has an appearance quite different from the sandstones we've been driving through for several months," said Curiosity deputy project scientist Ashwin Vasavada of JPL. "The landscape is changing, and that's worth checking out."
The epic drive has been complicated and prolonged somewhat by unexpected wheel damage, which Curiosity began to accrue late last year. The rover's operators adjusted Curiosity's route in an attempt to avoid hard, sharp rocks and have driven the rover backward part of the way. These strategies have helped get the problem under control, mission team members said.
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Apple's iOS 7 is plagued with HTML5 defects related to the Web SQL database, home-screen widgets, gestures, and animations. Maximiliano Firtman, an HTML5 developer and author of several popular Web programming books, revealed several of these bugs in his blog. And Michael Mullany, CEO of Web development environment vendor Sencha, both confirmed Firtman's findings and found more problems in Apple's HTML5 execution.
Firtman was even more direct: "I can say without fear of mistake that this is the buggiest Safari version since 1.0." He noted that some bugs were reported by developers in iOS 7's three-month beta period, but were not fixed in the released version.
One problem area Firtman described involves Web SQL permissions not working correctly when trying to expand the database size beyond 5MB. In previous versions of iOS 7, the limit was 50MB, so many apps will now exceed that limit in their database downloads. Worse, if that limit is exceeded, the user will get a confirmation dialog box to allow the larger download but then only the first 5MB will actually be downloaded.
Firtman noted a workaround: If the app requests 5MB or less the first time and then requests more data, the user gets the permissions dialog box, and iOS 7 allows the extra data. Also, the bug doesn't appear to occur when apps are running in full-screen mode, which is the default in iOS 7.
Another issue Firtman detailed relates to iOS's ability to save home-screen icons of Web pages so that users can access them quickly as if they were apps. Firtman said that any URIs in the Web address -- the portion after the domain name -- is ignored, so a home-screen Web app can't invoke any functions in the URI when opened. Likewise, cookies are now ignored when opening a home-screen app. Also, if you store more than four Web pages as home-screen apps, iOS 7 often replaces icons of existing home-screen apps with the newly saved ones -- you get that errant replacement once your device has four home-screen Web app icons on it.
Mullany noted that when managing application state in apps that use AppCache, the history object never updates, disabling
history.back. This can cause applications to work incorrectly if they need a prior state to resume a function.


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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I love you - the sneaky kind
Step one :)
Check out the sneaks. Can we all say YUMMY! :) I can't sit still, I feel like bouncing off my chair because I'm so excited for the impending arrival of my kits.
Like what you see? Send an email to email@example.com to secure yours. The kind and beautiful people at SC Headquarters will take care of you.
Step two. Visit the blog for the sneak-night giveaway. It's the oh-so-pretty American Crafts album. You don't wanna miss that.
Step three. Now go and make that cup of coffee or get that tall glass of warm milk. Trust me, you'll need it for when you're doing step #4.
Step Four.
Yes, Anthhology is in the house! Means you can order Anthology to be shipped with your May kits at no extra charge. How sweet is that?
Hang in there, we're still at step four. Homefront, yes, that amazing line SC debuted sometime last year, will not be restocked/reprinted. When they're gone, they're gone. Sad, I know. But rest assured better things are coming your way! Yay!
I'm going shopping for next month. I have a couple of things I wanted to get, like this fab yellow paint, this awesome photo labels punch, wild honey distress ink and 8.5 x 11 page protector! Right now, all my 8.5 x 11 pages are lolling about in the 12 x 12 protectors. Poor layouts!
Step five. Give yourself a hug from me. *grins*
Step six. A layout!
My family. Perfection. We were actually missing two members when this photo was taken, but what's perfect was our feeling at that time. We were so happy. It was the wedding day of my sister, Nish.
Prima flowers. Stickles.
Super old Scenic Route rub on. Misted, punched out butterfly.
Cats Life Press stamps, and lots of Hambly all over the layout. :) Love. Love.
Plans for the rest of the day includes Ice Cream, Cake and family love. Perfection, don't you say? :) I'll see you soon.
and oh. You. I love you.
31 comments :
- Jill said...
I am so bummed about missing sneak night -- but we didn't make it home in time from the beach this evening. I am LOVING this layout, though. You are seriously one crafty genius. :)
- April 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Wendy Kwok said...
Gorgeous LO! The colors are just stunning
- April 14, 2010 at 11:02 PM
- Blue Banana said...
Oh yummy!
- April 15, 2010 at 12:16 AM
- Unknown said...
love the circles!!!
- April 15, 2010 at 12:37 AM
- MelB said...
Oh wow! That kit is delish! I'm so tempted of getting one.
I love that lo, love the colors! You totally rock the Hambly!
- April 15, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- Haberdawoman said...
That layout is PERFECTION...them again I think all your layouts are perfection : )
(((((BIG hugs)))))
- April 15, 2010 at 4:26 AM
- mborrero said...
very nice work!
- April 15, 2010 at 4:42 AM
- Carla said...
Sasha I love u too but I'm so jealous because you are super duper talented ;) Stop it already, lol!
- April 15, 2010 at 5:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Very elegant! Gorgeous LO!
- April 15, 2010 at 6:15 AM
- Jessy Christopher said...
I am loving all ur sneaky steps!! It's always a pleasure to stop by & read ur post!! I am in love the clean look of your layout. Can I have some mojo brain juice from u pls? So I can create like you. Lol. You have a good week. Hugs :)
- April 15, 2010 at 7:04 AM
- Cindy Lee said...
As usual...you did fantastic job gal!! How I wish I have brain like yours :)
- April 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- Sara said...
GORGEOUS LO!! LOVE it! LOVE it!! LOVE it!!
- April 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Christine said...
You can come have a cuddle anytime you like! Thank you so much for your beautiful words about our baby girl, you are such a sweetie!
You LO is just stunning, I always love your choice of colours, they are perfect too!
- April 15, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- momma2omar said...
It's serene-ly gorgeous !!!
Love it beb !
- April 15, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- Ania said...
Oh Sasha. I miss you at the Hambly DT!!! <3 :)
- April 15, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- dannigirl said...
great lo girl! (as always).;0)
- April 15, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- vtpuggirl said...
Beautiful page, so simple and yet so inspiring at the same time! I missed sneak night, it just snuck up on me. LOL :)
- April 16, 2010 at 2:14 AM
- Melonie said...
Beautiful page. That kit looks yummy.
- April 17, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- The Nostalgic Scrapper said...
simply stunning.and the colours are perfect!
- April 17, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Savitri said...
Aaaah, just stunning!!! Seriously, when I scrap I think of you :) Inspirational!!!
- April 17, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Denise said...
any day with cake is a perfect day Sasha! congrats on the color room spot-so excited to wee what you girls come up with!
- April 18, 2010 at 12:53 AM
- Anna Sigga said...
The SC sneaks are to yummy and your layout is too fab girlie!
I am so happy to see the Anthology line cause I have been waiting to get my hands on that one! ;o)
- April 18, 2010 at 7:07 AM
- Keri said...
Perfection is this layout! Honestly, I'm just always so inspired by your design placement and crazy-unique, bold color choices...LOVE! Thanks so much for the consistent and awesome inspiration!
- April 19, 2010 at 6:08 AM
- Emily Pitts said...
beautiful layout! i can't wait to see what you do with this kit!
- April 19, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Karmele said...
Gorgeous LO!
you did fantastic job!!
- April 19, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Staci Taylor said...
Ahhhh, you saved the best for last - that LO is amazingly gorgeous, girl!!!
- April 20, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- Shere said...
Loved your color combo! TFS...
- April 21, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Scrap Mixed said...
Very nice job! I saw your other blog and I adore its beautiful photos!
- April 21, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Christiane said...
love you too!! ;)
and your work!!
- April 21, 2010 at 9:52 PM
- Ingvild Bolme said...
Your works are always totally perfection, you're in a class of your own within your style!
Love eveything you do!
Wish you a great weekend!
- April 24, 2010 at 4:13 AM
- Nishant said...
I am LOVING this layout
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- May 13, 2010 at 10:45 PM


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