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Scribenick raphael
Problem: it is difficult for users and applications to identify, manage and apply algorithms for image analysis
Interoperability issues:
1/ low level: data formats and algorithms, their transition and selection
2/ high level: defining domain semantics, learning from similar problems
Solution: an algorithm ontology
The algorithm ontology should consist of information such as: name, informal natural language description, formal description, input format, output format, goal of the algorithm, example media prior and after the application, etc.
Challenges: to articulate and qualify the visual result of applying algorithms, to integrate and harmonize the ontologies, to reason with and apply the knowledge in the algorithm ontology
Technology: potential overlap with web service choregraphy domain
Problem: see wiki page (pneumo thorax)
Suzanne describe the outline of a possible solution
The use case focus on high-level interoperability
The driving question: how to describe media analysis algorithms ?
Michael: the problem reminds me
the pre-condition / post-condition parameters in the software
enginnering problems ?
... why not specifying the possible and impossible chaining of various algorithms ?
Suzanne: yes, exactly, this is where we would like to go
Susanne: I see links with my problems
Suzanne: it is about the
description of a workflow at a very abstract level
... we can work in the medical domain, and/or in the manufacturer workflow
Oscar: what is the state of the art ?
Suzanne mention some work I didn't get ...
<ocelma> some people from Russia...
Raphael: seems very close to the
SW web services
... proposel also to take a look at the Multimedia Ontology made of several design patterns ... among them, an algorithm design pattern
<scribe> ACTION: Raphael to send the paper describing this work to Suzanne [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action01]
Sophia mention an interesting work about an application toolbow where the user can select some algorithm to do feature extraction on music
<scribe> ACTION: Sophia to find and send a documentation about this work [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action02]
Ioannis: I present an image
analysis use case, with some similarities
... warn about the huge number of parameters that are generally use in image analysis
... sounds too ambitious for me
... propose to focus on a single (simple) application
Suzanne: I tend to agree
... difference between the complexity of the algorithm and the generic usefulness of such an ontology
Ioannis: what is useful is a framework that could allow to chain algorithms, and do optimization
Suzanne: we would like to do that ... close to what do the Web Services
Vassilis: is it worth to merge the use case
Timeline ?
Suzanne: don't want too specific
<scribe> ACTION: Suzanne, Massimo to further exemplify and sketch the solution: what will be needed to model in the ontology, and how it would be used [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action03]
Issue: merge of these two use cases ?
Proposal: the two use cases continue on their own
Sophia will join Ioannis to work on the semantic retrieval use case
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Thomas: Demo using flickr,
del.icio.us, YouTube, Technorati
... e.g. there might be a user Raphael that has some pieces on flickr
... other stuff (video) might be located on YouTube
... but not connected
... OR there are two users
... using different platforms
... may share a location, event, etc. - how to share them accross system boundaries
... Proposed solution: ontology describing personomies and tagging
... platforms offer a Web-API, helps accessing it
... Status:
... no standards given
... tagging ontology (Koblenz, Newman)
... we opt to go for SKOS
Thomas shows a RDF graph from the SKOS guide
Thomas: We use SKOS to model
... also personomie terms are somehow available in SKOS
... multilingua aspects
... learn relations between tags
Jeff: Common sense reasoning?
Thomas: we can relate different modalities
Michael: Relation to Tom Grubers approach?
Thomas: Work in parallel
Raphael: Explains connection
between the lightweight way and the SKOS schemes
... one SKOS schema per user accross all systems
Susanne: How to integrate with the platforms _I_ use ?
Raphael demos the "Personomy Manager"
scribe: currently flickr and
del.icio.us are supported
... available operations: Config, Tag cloud (per platform or merged)
... operations cntd: download personomy
... how to tag a resource is just as easy
... enter URL, descr., tags, etc.
... everything done within the PM, using the Web-API of the diverse platform
Susanne: Usability issues. How about "reusing" flickr, etc. ?
Raphael: Back to interop issue
... guess relations between tags
... SKOS enables to do "small things" like broader, wider, etc.
... SKOS is not for the interop issue
Thomas: the ontology makes the
tagging explicit
... so, interop is somehow supported with this
Raphael: The ontology focus on: what is a tag, a user, etc.
Suzanne: How to do merging when having different organisational/structural patterns
Raphael: Cf. work at Yahoo that
looks at tag characteristics
... have a look at http://rawsugar.com/index.faces as well
<ocelma> Re www2006 tagging workshop::http://www.rawsugar.com/www2006
Raphael: The proposed solution will contain the common format (SKOS-based), "core"-ontology, features
<raphael> The participants split into 2 groups and meet outside on the sunny terrasse (in front of the Parthenon
<raphael> ... to discuss the commonalities between the various use cases
<raphael> ... and see how they are related to, how they can be clustered, etc.
Discussion on a "common framework" that support multi modalities
propose to use RDF/XML as base
core ontology may also contain guidelines how-to use
Thomas: feasible to align the concepts in the UC used
Suzanne: from ABC model experience, might yield some 10 classes
Jeff: break it down now, make it
... good to base on existing Standards (RDF, bit-of-OWL, etc.)
... SKOS sitll not a standard
Thomas: Concerns about reinventing the wheel
Jeff: Our vocabulary should be more domain-specific
Suzanne: We got to be careful, cf. MPEG-7 concepts, etc.
Group now puts each of the 7 UC on a card (Music, News, Authoring, Algorithm, Retrieval, Photo, Tagging)
scribe: discusses common characteristics, goals, solutions
We now try to put UC into certain categories
scribe: e.g.: Modality (audio, vision, AV, etc.), Retrieval/Process, Solution-Exist,
Michael: Might be good idea to use the categories proposed in http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/mmsem/wiki/Vocabularies#head-5db084087806d9105c4f4ebd094b517b20913c5e
<scribe> new proposal: 3 layers (concepts/process, medium/instances, applications domains)
<raphael> Oscar, Raphael, Susanne, Giorgos, Thierry, Erik, Ioannis
<raphael> Picture showing how the use cases can be grouped together
<raphael> Common framework: describre how all these use cases can work together ... towards integration of RDF data
<raphael> Commonalities: decomposition of an image vs temporal sequence of audio
<raphael> ... all use cases make use of some common schema
<raphael> ... needs ontologies to model some knowledge
<raphael> ... integration of data among the use cases
<raphael> Some issues: cultural heritage use case ? liaison with Content labelling ? SKOS vs OWL ?
<raphael> Consensus on interoperability: common ontology ? using SKOS as a glue?
addendum to "Breakout Group JEFF":
scribe: participants were: Jeff, Thomas, Stamatia, Suzanne Little, Sophia, Michael
<raphael> Drawing of two schemas !
<raphael> There are pretty much the same thing
<raphael> Common framework:
<raphael> Syntax: RDF
<raphael> Common schema / ontology
<raphael> Schema / ontology harmonization and extension
<raphael> Guidelines: what to use in which context ?
<raphael> Interoperability problems between layer
<raphael> Table of Contents:
<raphael> Section 1: Introduction / Motivations
<raphael> Section 2: Summary of the interoperability problems of the use cases
<raphael> ... the schemas drawn, categorization of the use cases
<raphael> Do we need a state of the art ?
<raphael> Jeff: could be an Appendix, mentionning the related work
<raphael> Suzanne: could be in the vocabularies / tools / resources pages
<raphael> ... and just refer from the document
<raphael> Vassilis: issue about multilinguility ?
<raphael> Could be an open issue
<raphael> Section 3: Use cases
<raphael> Section 4: Common Framework (putting all together)
<raphael> Section 5: Open / Other problems
<raphael> For every layer: what are the similarities between the use cases ?
<raphael> Jeff: section 3 and 4 or the other way around ?
<raphael> Having a scenario for putting all together ...
<raphael> ACTION: Vassilis update the structure of the deliverable and fill it in a XG report template, HTML document in our W3C space [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action04]
<raphael> ACTION: Jeff to find the tool to move a wiki page into an HTML page [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action05]
<raphael> ACTION: Authors of each use case to fill the summary of their interoperability problems [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action06]
<raphael> ACTION: Vassilis and Jeff to start the Common Framework [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action07]
<raphael> Giorgos to help on this Common Framework
<raphael> Open Issue: Multilinguality ? Multmedia Authoring ?
<raphael> ACTION: Rapahel to finish the Image Annotation on the Semantic Web Deliverable [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action08]
<raphael> Approved: to have an MPEG-7 document
<raphael> Issue: do we want a frozen version of the Vocabularies document ?
<raphael> YES
<raphael> Vassilis: all vocabularies used in the use case should be described HERE !
<raphael> ACTION: all use case authors to check if their vocabularies are described in this page ... [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action09]
<raphael> ACTION: Michael to make testing how to transfert the wiki page into an XG report template [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action10]
<raphael> Schedule: be in position of reviewing a frozen version in End of February
<raphael> Michael: proposal to merge resource and tools pages
<raphael> ACTION: Sophia to be the main editor of a merge between the vocabularies and resources page [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action11]
<raphael> Leave the telecon as it is
<raphael> ACTION: chairs to give hints how it could be possible to join the telecon for free [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2006/12/09-mmsem-minutes.html#action12]
<raphael> and provide more phone numbers ...
<raphael> having more scribing turning
<raphael> Next F2F ?
<raphael> Beginning of April ?
<raphael> Transition to a WG ?
<raphael> Jeff shows the ususal W3C process diagramm
<raphael> What are the advantages to move to Rec Track ?
<raphael> An XG report has no W3C endorsment
<raphael> Recommendation means Specifications or Guidelines ...
<raphael> Michael: we still have till March 2007 to prepare such a document
<raphael> Vassilis: many work to do
<raphael> ... the WG could be a good idea, but make the work before
<raphael> Possibility to have a F2F in April 2007
<raphael> ... could be also a workshop to start a WG
<raphael> Jeff and Raphael will report on the teleconference with the SW Coordination Activity
<raphael> Week of 16 April for a possible of F2F
<raphael> no ... apart to make a photo all together !
<raphael> We close the meeting
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|Peter Gabriel - Play The Videos
Genres: Music Video & Concerts, Special Interests, Educational
NR 2004 2hr 21min
Peter Gabriel's impact on the music world is unparalleled. Included here in this DVD collection are the often outlandish video clips that have accompanied Gabriel's music over the years-18 visually stunning videos that cap... more »
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Wayne Klein | My Little Blue Window, USA | 11/18/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I didn't buy a lot of music video compilations in the 90's but for Peter Gabriel I made an exception. Why? Because his stuff is always groundbreaking. Like the Taking Heads video compilation, Gabriel's "Play" has stunning videos that matched the stunning music. Since Gabriel fans have to wait so long between music releases (that's not a complaint just the truth), it's nice to have a bunch of DVD releases back-to-back to keep us happy.
The picture quality is exceptionally good and the 5.1 mix is similar to that for the SACD re-releass (although I wish that they'd release all of those in hybrid format so I could play them in my car). All of my favs are here although some are curiously missing such as the alternate version of "Don't Give Up" plus we get a number of marvelous videos from his more recent albums and singles. I've always loved the song "Lovetown" and loved the moody, interesting video for "Growing Up".
What about interviews with Gabriel about the making of these and the director's he worked with? None of that which is too bad. I do like having the option of the introductions to the various tunes, though. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" really wouldn't have fit on here as its really Genesis material. I'm hoping that he'll issue the famous "Rockpalast" performance separately or that Genesis will put out a companion DVD to their boxed set about the years with Gabriel. I also miss the video Gabriel shot with Laurie Anderson for "Excellent Birds" (which has aired only once to the best of my knowledge). It was quirky and fun and I always liked Laurie's slightly different mix of the same song (which Gabriel went back and changed signficantly compared to the version on "So"). I also would have liked to have had the video from the Amnesty International HBO special with Gabriel's rearrangement of "Biko" (which has never appeared anywhere else in any form to the best of my knoweldge)."Digging in the Dirt" I like quite a bit as well.
The "Modern Love" video is a flashback to seeing him when he toured just after leaving Genesis. It's fun to compare this early video to later ones.
If you're a Gabriel fan and don't have any of this (or even if you have the CV video from years before), you'll enjoy this. Pick it up and turn it up really loud. Even if the TV is off, you'll enjoy having this "greatest hits" compilation of his best video bits over the years. Man he has been prolific when it comes to videos (compared to other performers).
Finally - all in one place!
Stacey H. Drucker | The city by the bay | 10/25/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Finally - the collection that Gabriel fans have been waiting for, with many of PG's videos in one place!
I haven't seen the DVD yet, but many of my British friends have (it came out in the UK a month before the US release). The word is that the new 5.1 sound mixes are spectacular, the menu options are wonderful and the picture is crystal clear and sharper than ever. Added to the excitement of seeing old favorites like "Sledgehammer" and "Games Without Frontiers" is the addition of rarities such as "Modern Love" (a song from PG's first solo album, with a video featuring him in the full bloom of his youth and beauty) all the way to "Father, Son" (a song from PG's relatively recent 'Ovo' album, with a video consisting of film shot by his daughter Anna, and featuring PG with both his 90-something year old father and his 4-year old son).
PG has been a proponent of combining audio and video since his early career. Genesis was known for their complex stage shows, and PG spent a great deal of time working on the visuals to accompany his solo work, all of which is to our lasting benefit. If you're on the fence, I strongly encourage you to get this DVD -- you will not be disappointed!"
Tremendous Value
R. Clark | Ridley Park, PA United States | 11/19/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Even if you don't turn on your TV, it's the equivalent of two CDs' worth (141 minutes) of DD/DTS 5.1 remixes of PG's "greatest hits." Worth the price right there.
If you do turn on the TV you'll see a collection of innovative and entertaining videos, many of which can only be called "art."
If you're a PG fan it's a no-brainer. Even for casual listeners who just want a sampler, and even for people who want to show off their home theater systems with great-sounding surround music and eye-popping visuals, this is a great buy."
Sounds very cool...
Scott Andrews | Hillsboro, OR USA | 10/02/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The following paragraph is copied & pasted from the website "thedigitalbits.com", which contains the first bit of information I heard about this DVD:
"The disc will feature 23 music videos, with fully restored video and new 5.1 mixes by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois in both Dolby Digital and 96khz/24bit DTS (a Dolby 2.0 Stereo mix is also included). Each video will have a short introduction featuring behind-the-scenes footage and/or Gabriel interview footage over the years. There's also an option to allow you to create a custom play list of up to 18 tracks, which can be viewed once or looped to repeat. The DVD will include 3 bonus videos in addition to the main 23, also in 5.1 sound. Finally, you'll get trailers for the DVD releases of Growing Up Live, A Family Portrait (a documentary look behind the scenes on the Growing Up Live tour directed by Anna Gabriel - available through the website) and Secret World Live. The specific list of videos on the DVD includes Father, Son, Sledgehammer, Blood of Eden, Games Without Frontiers, I Don't Remember, Big Time, Lovetown, Red Rain, In Your Eyes, Don't Give Up, The Barry Williams Show, Washing of the Water, Biko, Kiss That Frog, Mercy Street, Growing Up, Shaking the Tree, Shock the Monkey, Steam, The Drop, Zaar, Solsbury Hill and Digging in the Dirt. The bonus videos will include Games Without Frontiers (recorded live in 2004), Modern Love and The Nest That Sailed the Sky."
Wow!!! A collection of 23 music videos by one of my favorite musicians with extras and documentaries??? Count me in! Peter Gabriel's music, certainly, is amazing and fun to listen to. But his music videos as well have been revolutionary and influential. "Sledgehammer", alone, is enough to warrant the purchase of this DVD. I can't wait!"


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Check out the finds I reeled in with just one morning's worth of work.
First off I found a ton of fabulous vintage children's books. I love the illustrations and I'm hoping at some point to repurpose them into other fabulous things.
Believe it or not, I got this entire set below for only $2. I saw it from across some gal's yard and nearly knocked over several shoppers just to get it before anyone else could snatch it up. It's one of the most fabulously ugly things I've ever seen.
Me, I prefer this hideous ceramic coffee set made to look like stacked green apples and daisies. It's what you call a "conversation piece".
And speaking of conversation pieces, this was my best find yet: a holographic pictue of Jesus knocking on someone's front door.
Me: "Look dear, every time you walk by him it looks like he's actually knocking!!"
Almost every day I think of new things he might say to whoever opens that door and I imagine that will entertain me for years to come, and perhaps be added to the list of reasons why I'll never know what heaven looks like. I'm betting that old J.C. has a pretty good sense of humor though so I'm willing to risk it.


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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Oooohhhh I'm So Excited.....
On Monday I met with the gorgeous owners of Tomorrow's Memories & they have asked me to teach a card making class in their beautiful shop. The class is called Cardmaker's Tea Party & I'll be teaching a lovely group of ladies once a month. The class includes a Devonshire Tea where the ladies have scones with jam & cream & tea, of course, all served with a pretty tea set. Doesn't that sound just too gorgeous!!!
I'll be honest & say that I'm slightly terrified, hahaha, that's an understatement.
I got to meet most of the other gals on the DT last night at a staff meeting. Geez, they are amazingly talented girls & as friendly as can be.
The shop itself is to die for gorgeous. I walked in & just melted. You really need to pop in a have a look for yourself, I promise you won't regret it. It's situated in the old post office building & every nook & cranny is brimming with yumminess.
My first class will be in October & I have some really sweet products to work with. It's going to be so much fun putting it all together.
Here is a pic of part of the inside of the shop
and this is the outside.
Isn't it gorgeous!!!!
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it.
Oh & I just want to say a huge thanks to the lovely Tina for recommending me. Mwaaahhh.
Have a great week :)
9 comments:
- Vicki said...
Welcome to the TM team Julie!!! We are very excited to have you join us and look forward to helping you settle in. Vicki x
- August 3, 2010 at 8:53 PM
I am so so thrilled for you, you know I have trult admired your talents for so long and I am so excited that you are going to share your talent around and I just knew in my heart you are Tomorrows Memories where a perfect match....Congratulations !!!
- August 4, 2010 at 12:11 AM
- Julie said...
congrats Jewls I'll have to pop on down to the shop and check it out one day.
- August 4, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- KarenB said...
Congratulations Jewls!! You've got amazing talent and you'll be a fabulous teacher I'm sure! Love your new blog banner too - those pink snails are super cute :)
- August 5, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Liz Weber said...
Woohoo Congrats Jewls that is awesome news, it's so much fun teaching classes once you get over being scared lol..
I am sure you will have a wonderful wonderful time, I can't wait to see what you create for them!
Have a great weekend!
- August 7, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- Brandy, Dave, and Cooper said...
Brandy J. here from Paper Crafts. I just wanted to thank you for the sweet comment you posted on the PC blog. I am thrilled to stay at home with my son and knowing I can still enjoy the talent of people like you via blogs makes it even better!
Congrats on your upcoming class. I'm sure you will be great!
- August 10, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Vicki said...
Hi Julie...we have a canvas waiting at the shop for you. Love to see you when you get a chance. Vicki x
- August 12, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- suzitee said...
Hi Julie,
Just thought I'd pop in and say welcome to the TM team! You will love teaching the card classes...they are truly an awesome bunch of ladies, and Vicki's scones are to die for! Have fun, and hope to meet you one day :)
- August 12, 2010 at 9:24 PM
- Leah said...
Gorgeous shop and I'm sure you'll fit in just fine! a huge congrats on the teaching! you will love it, I'm sure!! Might be over there to check it out in the new year ;) xx
- August 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM


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Every Easter my mother would gather some eggs, we would make a pin prick in the top and bottom and blow the egg white/yolk out. I can't remember what would happen to the insides but we then got to decorate our eggs and stored them in our Easter baskets (see Monday's post). I remember making mine look like a human (or trying to anyway) and looking after it as you would a baby (or a doll I guess). I would feed it, tuck it in its little basket bed and try my hardest to keep it 'alive' (read: not broken) for as long as I could or let's face it until I got bored of it. It was simple but it became an important ritual.
So in my place feel free to make your own egg person or even just decorate an egg, if you are lost for ideas Martha Stewart is always full of them.
I always like the simple approach...
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Re: Are Utah Mormon girls a good option?
Interesting thread. I can see why someone might consider Mormon women. I wouldn't because I'm a Christian, and their religion is weird.
Way back in the time of Joseph Smith and especially Brigham Young, their lives were probably a lot like what you see in a documentary about Warren Jeffs from one of the Mormon offshoots where they give the influential old men in the church other men's wives. I read a bit about Joseph Smith. Apparently, he was caught with a teenage 'wife' of his, doing something. At one point, folks were trying to talk the doctor into castrating him. That's right before the paper of the town he was a mayor of printed a bad story about him and he declared martial law. He was arrested on some minor charge after that, which was changed to treason, a capital crime, after he was in custody. Someone snuck him a pistol and he died in the fight that ensued when the mob came for him. I wonder if some of those folks who had wanted to castrate him were actually Mormons.
He'd 'spiritually marry' women. They say he prophesied that his son Joseph would succeed him, and that a certain plot of land was the place for their temple. So after he died, the church split up. The big group ended up following Brigham Young into Utah. There was a court case between the two religious organizations over who got the plot of land for the temple. During it, someone asked one of his spiritual wives if he had relations with her. She said something along the lines that if they thought that, then they didn't know Joseph Smith.
One tactic was to send the husband away on a mission and then spiritually marry his wife. I read that Smith had secretly spiritually married one woman while her husband was away. Then Brigham Young took over, and he said that whatever was Joseph Smith's belonged to him now, and took the woman into his harem and sent the poor husband away sad on a mission.
Maybe this is why Mormonism has turned to be so pro-family and tried to promote the pro-family image. They had some really messed up family lives for so long.
From what I've read, it sounds like he'd 'spiritually marry' some old dumpy looking woman who he'd have help him 'spiritually marry' the younger ones. This was kept kind of secret at first. He had all these secret wives. The Doctrine and Covenants has this prophecy commanding Emma to forgive her husband. The Book of Mormon says it was a sin for David and Solomon to have many wives. The Doctrine and Covenants says that it wasn't.
Joseph Smith was supposed to have gotten the Book of Mormon by miraculously translating some gold plates (that no one else actually got to see.) Someone asked Joseph Smith to use his ability to translate like this to translate the Kinderhook plates, that look like little bells with squiggles carved into them. After he did, they exposed that they had made these things themselves and carved some squiggles on them. One of them has turned up and experts confirmed that they were made in the 1800's. Smith also used his same ability to translate the plates to translate some Egyptian document. It was lithographed into a publication back then. He said it was about Abraham and had a long story about it and included it in the Mormon canon. The document wasn't destroyed in the Chicago Fire, so it turned up a number of years ago, and it was the Egyptian book of the Dead.
The religion is full of nonsense, Masonic handshakes, etc. I've got some Mormon relatives, kind of distant relatives. One of them is the result of a union between a step-dad and step-daughter and was raised thinking her mom was her older sister. She has a reputation for borrowing money and not paying it back. When I was like 8, she took some of my toys to sell at the flea market and said she'd give me the money for it. I never saw the toys or the money. She had a daughter who was a chunky butch lesbian who brought another chunky butch lesbian with her to my grandmother's house, which was a bit of a family scandal one day.
The other Mormons I've met from Utah tend to be clean cut, 1950's American types. Lots of them are nice people. I think they have different kinds of weddings, and they allow for divorce from a certain type of wedding. Also, when you are a part of a group that exerts that much control, if they tell your wife to leave you, it could happen. In the offshoots, the leader will just steal wives away from one man and give them to another. If the 'prophet' says it, they treat it as law. The LDS organization is probably not going to do something as shocking as that.
If you marry into this, you are going to have to put up with all the in-laws actually believing a lot of bunk all the time. There will be pressure to pay 10% to an organization you realize is promoting lies, and they actually have meetings between members and the bishop about whether they tithed. I asked a Mormon accountant about how they do tithes, how they count it, and he said they were flexible. They have apparently very detailed rules about what goes on in the bedroom as far as what's allowed for married couples, too. Then if you marry into it and don't believe in it, they'll want you to pay to send your kids on missions. If they are sending girls, that doubles the costs.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(Mormons) claim to believe in Jesus Christ so what's wrong with that? Having lived in Utah for 3 years, I can safely say Mormons are much more stable than your average "Christian".
However, "Beta Male of the Year Award" definitely goes to Mormon men. The media portrays Mormon men as being dominant, aggressive men that constantly try to control their wives, nothing could be further from the truth. Its very rare for them to stand up to their wives, who generally treat them like shit. When a Mormon woman doesn't get her way she'll usually flip out and then go to church and tell everyone what happened.
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I'm watching a documentary now about the Mormons from the PBS series American experience. It's four hours long I think, and very informative and in depth. You can find it on YouTube by searching "Mormons American experience".
Josephs smith's story makes no sense. Why would god put gold plates on a hill in America written in Egyptian hieroglyphs for him to translate? How would a simple farm boy translate Egyptian hieroglyphs? Yeah right. Smith claimed a seer stone gave him the power to translate anything. Uh huh. And where are those golden plates today? How come no one else has seen them?
Also why would god or angels go through that much trouble? Why don't they just write the book of Mormon for him and throw it in his lap and tell him "here you go"? Can't god do anything?
And why would god or angels tell him to promote polygamy so that the whole society condemns them and turns against them? Making unnecessary enemies is a foolish and stupid thing.
Finally, if joseph smith really is a prophet of God, then why did God allow a mob to go to his prison and assassinate him? If God doesn't even protect his own prophets then why would anyone trust him or preach for him? It doesn't make sense. Surely the faithful deserve better than that.
The whole story is way too suspect and implausible to take seriously. Maybe smith was deceived if he wasn't making it up. Who knows.
Btw their teachings state that the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve lived was in Jackson, Missouri. Haha. Who would take that seriously?
I don't get the appeal of this religion and why people would give up everything and be willing to die for it.
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Thanks to tre and also Z Man for detailed breakdown.
And a surprise from Taco as well!
Surprisingly good thread here. Good job Winston.
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I've heard good things about Mormon girls from other people--and even from an Asian guy--who is a Mormon married to a White women. The only thing is...I consider their religion to be blasphemous and totally cult-like in behavior, as bad as Scientology and Islam.
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If you are not yourself a member of those cults, you are an outsider, these women will not accept you, Mormon and Scientology are 'modern' religions, same with the Jehovah, and in Japan we also have cults like the 'Happy Science'.
Islam is a different matter, but I am not a Muslim and will never be one, and about Christianity of any form, I do not believe in any religion. You can find women who are not religious but not bad either. To be a good or bad woman has little to do with religion, just my opinion.
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Here's the PBS documentary about the Mormons that I mentioned earlier. It's about four hours long and very interesting.
The Mormons - PBS American Experience
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Here is a funny South Park parody on Mormonism, showing how silly its founder and tenets are.
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Believing PBS is about as much merit as believing the make believe book there talking about that formed the Mormon sect. Have you ever seen the PBS news on 9/11 ?
I really have a hard time with anything today in the mainstream because they are trying to use the bible as one of the prongs to get WW 3 going.
I'll take a look at it. as though anybody would care.
Interesting read, religion in my book is just another layer of crap to fu ck reality up and this thread proves my point. A system such as the LDS is only going to make the women even more crazy than they already are. Men are probably even worse however, they invented that stupid piece of chit known as the glorious bible and the surrounding books that go with that these cults are based on.
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Re: Are Utah Mormon girls a good option?
How about Mormon Filipinas? Are they a good option? The Mormon church has done very well in the Philippines. They've converted a lot of people there. Mormon Filipinas singing "My Nature is Divine":
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The truth is always inflammatory and unbelievable that's why most people prefer watching documentaries on PBS. The CIA took over American TV in 1961.
Al Sharpton was the last guy I remember that publically criticized Mormons after which he apologized to avoid a lawsuit.
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One of my coworkers is Mormon. Really nice guy. I tried to get into the religion with him. Went to church and bible study a few times.
In the end, I just couldn't get passed even the first chapter. I don't understand why they idolize Joseph Smith. He seems like a con man to me. So if I can't even believe their main prophet, I don't see how I could legitimately become a Mormon. Though, I think the women in that religion are among the best that the US has to offer.
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I think Utah Mormon girls are a great option. I can have 6 wives, not work, and have sex with a different woman each day of the week and rest on Sunday!
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I lost track of this thread.
Taco, Joel Osteen took a lot of flack and lost a lot of respect from Evangelical Christians over that.
Christians believe in one God, that Jesus is the Word of God, and the Son of God, and in the Spirit of God. Mormons would say that God the Father used to be a man on another planet and that Mormon men can become gods of their own planets. They don't believe that everything was created through Jesus, as Christians do, (where it says that all things were made by the Word in John 1.)
Joseph Smith claimed to have translated from gold plates, so someone came to him with these bell looking things, the Kinderhook plates. They hired him to translate the symbols on the plates. He translated them to say that the author was a descendant of Ham through the loins of Pharaoh of Egypt. But the plates were fake, and in recent times they were discovered and analyzed to show they were made in the 1800s.
Smith also translated a scroll that was actually a version of the Egyptian book of the dead as the book of Abraham. They published a lithograph of the art on the scroll. It was lost after a fire, but recovered in modern times, and it turned out to be the book of the dead, not what Smith had translated it as and included in the Mormon scriptures.
There are plenty of accounts of Smith 'marrying' women secretly. He had older women who may have helped him recruit the teenage wives. If I remember right, he'd marry other men's wives while they were away on a mission. Brigham Young, I read, claimed to have inherited one of Smith's wives, and took her and sent her real husband away on a mission.
At one point before Smith dying at a shoot out at the prison, with a pistol in his hand, a mob had him and was ready to castrate him over something. They tried to talk a doctor friend of his out of it. He managed not to get castrated. I wonder who he was sleeping with that time.
He claimed he did polygamy after an angel had threatened him with a flaming sword about it.
So I guess he slept with all those girls because of the 'flaming sword' problem.
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Yeah PBS is controlled like anything else on TV. But their documentary about Mormonism is neutral. It is not pro or con. PBS has no vested interest in that religion. The documentary is presented in a neutral factual way.
It even talked about the Mormon massacre on meadows hill in 1857, which the Mormons are trying to forget. It happened on 9/11 in 1857, ironically. During a land dispute, a group of Mormons killed 120 men, women and children in cold blood. It's never been explained as to who ordered it.
Perhaps the secret societies like to commit ritual sacrifices on 9/11. Joseph smith was involved in freemasonry for a while to learn their secret rites. So maybe there's a connection between secret societies, new religions that divide mankind, and ritual sacrifices like meadows massacre and the New York city attack on 9/11, which both occurred on 9/11.
Yeah I don't get it either. How could so many people give their lives for a region whose founder was very shady and seemed like a con man? Why do they trust him so much? What's so special about him? Maybe he had a lot of charisma, like Jim Jones.
Polygamy is not officially sanctioned or practiced by Mormons anymore. However some reactionary Mormons still practice it because they believe that since it was a divine revelation to joseph smith, that it must be God's commandment, so they should obey it. But they have to do it discreetly by moving to small remote towns away from society.
Watch the PBS documentary above. It explains it.
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I have a friend who says in the 1800's, he had some ancestors who wanted to go to Oregon. They set out with a well supplied wagon train, but decided to take a route that went through Utah and up north through California. The Mormons were suspicious of them for some reason and sent Indians to kill them. After a shoot-out with the Indians, the folks in the wagon train saw the white Mormons coming for them and were all happy and relieved at the chance to get assistance. Then the Mormons shot up the settlers.
My friend says his ancestor was a boy at the time. A Mormon family took him in. In the Spring, he stole a horse to head to California but got caught and punished. Some time later, he headed out with news of what happened, and that's how the news got out.


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Wow!!! This card is stunning Fleur.
I love all the stitching. It's lovely.
Tilda is coloured beautifully and the colours and detail are fab.
Where did you get the sentiment? It is really nice.
Hugs, Donna x
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- Sol said...
This is Beautiful!!!
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Fantastic sanding of paper.. And the sewing makes it Perfect! Love it! :o)
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- Carolyn Bell said...
Hi Fleur, I also love the colours, such a change from the traditional. Where did you get the sentiment from? Is it a die cut or a stamp, if it's a stamp could you tell me from where and how did you ouch it out so precisely? Thanks for sharing your inspiration, love Carolyn x
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- Camellia Cards said...
Don't think I've ever seen a card from you I don't like Fleur. Beautiful as always. I must treat myself to some Tilda images.... and love the little sentiment tag.. Basically just love it all xx Hugs Clare xx
- 9 October 2013 at 08:42
- Debbie said...
Morning Fleur. Saw some of your cards last week on the LOTV stall at GNPE, they were lovely.
This card is gorgeous, love the Tilda and the distressing is stunning. Debbiex
- 9 October 2013 at 09:07
- Doreen said...
This is just gorgeous,fabulous image and papers.xxx
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- ribenaruby said...
Lovely card Fleur, as usual your distressing techniques are so amazing! Ruby x
- 9 October 2013 at 11:48
- Rebekah said...
This is stunning Fleur such a gorgeous vintage feel hugs Rebekah xx
- 9 October 2013 at 14:04
- Mojca said...
Oh I love your card Fleur. Such lovely colouring. hugs! Mojca
- 9 October 2013 at 16:30
- Colien said...
Lovely card, great stitching!
grtz. Colien
- 9 October 2013 at 17:34
- coops said...
so gorgeous fleur.stunning vintage design and i love your image :D
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- 9 October 2013 at 17:37
- Pop's Cards said...
Hi sweetie, this is just gorgeous, fab colours and design, hugs Pops x x x
- 9 October 2013 at 17:56
- Kjersti said...
Have a nice evening!
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- 9 October 2013 at 20:06
- Christine L said...
Ooh Fleur.... what stunning colouring and such a fabulous card!
Christine x
- 9 October 2013 at 20:24
- Wishcraft said...
Fab image and gorgeous details, such a beautiful card hun :o) Hugs, Lisa x
- 9 October 2013 at 23:22
- Honeybee's Paperie said...
Pretty card Fleur! Love the sweet image and color combo!
Hugs, Manuela
- 10 October 2013 at 08:20
- Cinderella said...
Wow what a gorgeous card I love it
greetings Cinderella
- 10 October 2013 at 11:17
- Ulrike Ewert said...
Hallo Fleur,
einfach zauberhaft deine Karte,ich bin begeistert,alles mal in grau gehalten,ist ja mal was anderes,
lg Ulrike
- 10 October 2013 at 15:44
- CraftinGranny said...
Absolutely gorgeous Fleur!! Beautiful color combination and just the right amount of embellishments.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and the wonderful comment. "Hugs"
- 11 October 2013 at 02:11
- lora said...
A gorgeous card !! Your colouring is out of this world, you get such deep rich colours with your markers. Love it))
- 11 October 2013 at 06:05
- Lynsey said...
Lovely sweet card Fleur!
Hugs Lynsey x
- 11 October 2013 at 22:18
- JenniferD said...
Another Stunning Card! Awesome Colouring and Love the very neat Stitching!
- 12 October 2013 at 03:13
- Lou said...
Oh love this too,the soft colours are gorgeous as your card/detail are Fleur.BIG hug,Lou.xx
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Well, obviously YOU can't be trusted with that valuable top secret information! Sounds like she can expect lots of future editing!
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Wow, too funny! That is quite some secret. I was hoping it juicier. *sigh*
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And leaving it as a parenthetical afterthought was better?
I hope you misspelled her name.
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He makes an important point about feeling more comfortable with television than books, and finding it easier to learn via TV. At least in some instances, autism is associated with visual thinking, as opposed to the verbal, be it spoken or written (this comes up in my book, Echoes and Reflections). Apart from the point about image thinking, though, the video is more about the sense of aloneness and difference common to all those who find themselves on the spectrum, and does not go into the truly fascinating interior landscape in any great depth.
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Teaching Scientific Inquiry with a Serious Game (and the Jewish Education Implications - OG)Start time: 11:20am
Until: 11:30am
Venue: NYU Law School (40 Washington Square South), Greenberg Lounge
C. Forsythe (substitute co-researcher presenter from University of Memphis)
The implications of this talk for Jewish learning is that Games and Game-play are particularly suited through story and genre to teach inquiry and research methods. The use of a quest with embedded narrative can turn the dry teaching of methodologies into an emotionally compelling adventure. Here, as Jewish educators, we have the opportunity to teach methods of Jewish scholarly research and inquiry to young people. How can Jewish learners be best equipped to pursue self-directed learning in the areas of Jewish Studies they are most curious? By the providing of tools and methodologies for research embedded in compelling narratives.
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Online tool for the Grafton Bridge launched
22 August 2011
The Roads and Traffic Authority today launched an online tool for the Grafton Bridge project which will help the community understand the project as planning progresses.
The Roads and Traffic Authority Pacific Highway General Manager, Bob Higgins said interactive maps available on the Roads and Traffic Authority website had been developed to clearly show the issues and potential constraints associated with planning for the additional crossing.
Constraints include:
- Landscape character
- Land use
- Social and economic impact
- Heritage considerations
- Ecology and flooding data
- Utilities
- B-double routes and crash data in the area
Mr Higgins said the Grafton and South Grafton constraints can be clearly identified by colours on the interactive maps.
"The maps allow multiple constraints to be viewed at the same time on the same map to get a full view of what needs to be considered when planning the second crossing," Mr Higgins said.
"There is also a range of map types to view the information including street and aerial maps of the area.
"The constraints and issues illustrated on the maps complement the Preliminary Route Options Report, Part 1 which was released last week and is available on the project website.
"As the project progresses, route options will also be available on the interactive maps to help the community clearly see what and where the short-listed options are located and how they interact with the constraints.
"The Preliminary Route Options Report, Part 2 will assess the existing 25 preliminary route options against the issues and potential constraints and is scheduled to be released in October."
The additional crossing of the Clarence River is important for the Grafton area and the Roads and Traffic Authority encourages the local community to participate in this process as the development of the project moves forward.
For more information on the report or to see the interactive maps please visit www.rta.nsw.gov.au/graftonbridge


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Breezy Point just can't catch a break. The Queens neighborhood was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, and now it's been subject to several burglaries—even during the holiday. On Wednesday and Thursday, at least three homes were robbed. The Post says that the burglarized homes include one that lost basement art and recording studios, as well as two cars to flooding. Thieves managed to steal $400 in two change jars.
Another woman says that her husband's collection of silver half-dollars—worth about $25,000—and a pair of watches with sentimental value were stolen. The woman, who says she's lived in the neighborhood for 30 years, says she's never felt uncomfortable there until now.
There were 14 burglaries from Nov. 12 to Nov.18, whereas there were none during the same time period a year prior.
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And this was the most beautiful decoration she sent me - it's not as small as it looks in my photo - about 25 cm tall. Think Dagmar has been doing some digging to know how much I love snowmen. Isn't he gorgeous.
Back soon. Cheryl
oh boy you have had fun shopping Cheryl ,love them all and awesome chooky's swap has arrived,love the decoration,this swap is so much fun.xx
some beautiful additions to your Christmas decorations....
Wonderful new decorations and SSCS package.
I am glad my gifts arrived safely :-) Hope you like them once they are opened!
Your Christmas decorations are gorgeous! I also LOVE Jim Shore!!!
Lovely new Christmas decorations, I too love Jim Shore Christmas figurines :) Barb.
We'll done Cheryl you can never have enough Jim in the house! Glad you had a great weekend with a gran baby fix! Xx k
Beautiful new decorations Cheryl, lovely to enjoy them with your grandchildren. The SSCS presents are very exciting. No peeking.
So many beautiful Christmas items to add to your collection Cheryl. Everything is gorgeous.
YOU! Christmas Shopping! Never! LOL!
Gorgeous new additions Cheryl. I fell into that shop into Maldon too when we were down that way....lovely!
Nice shopping!!!!! your SSCS deco is gorgeous...
keep those SSCS parcels safe..........lovely decorations........
Beautiful ornament shopping Cheryl. I know how it feels to be spoilt with SSCS surprises.... :-) .... enjoy yours!
WOW... Mr Snowman looks perfect! This was a great swap! :)
I love Jim Shore decorations too !!
You got some more lovely gifts !


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With my work, I got to travel to Scottsdale, Arizona this week. It's so beautiful there that it's so easy to see God's handiwork! While I was there, I got to run twice. The second time which was on Wednesday, I chose to run without my iPod. I just wanted to soak all of Arizona in. It's just such a cool place. At least for now. It'll definitely get a bit toasty in a couple of months.
It sounds strange, but running does slow you down where you can enjoy things like beautiful landscapes, sunrises, and all that God has created for us!


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Forest Fairy Artwork by Luna Viola
Now available to buy online :) you can find them in my 'Flutterbydaisy Fairytale Finds' Shop via my website...
Natanya Louise Waybourne
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Saturday, 27 February 2010
Flutterbydaisy 'Handmade Shop' Additions #1
Ladybird, Magpie, Sparrow
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Haha I've just realised that the ballerina doll I posted below is sitting like me in the pic of at the top of this blog... aaaannyyyywaaaayyy ... was on ebay again - and not only managed to find my dream shoes but also this little cameo which reminds me of books my Nana used to read to me. I should buy it to wear at my show, which is getting closer and now the nerves are kicking in- mainly about drawing the raffle (as I get the best talk related stage fright in the world) So.... on my TV now is some woman trying to make me make a face cream from avocado - eh... and shes making juuice- but it's soooo expensive to make this green juice stuff, firstly they make you get organic stuff and then there's the whole cleaning the juicer business afterwards AND she's wearing a green top --- sorry, tangent. Ok I'm tired, and again with the rice crispies obsession - I'm going to go raid my cupboard (I know where they are, it's just more exciting to raid kitchen cupboards for midnight/4am feast... come to my fashion show - I'll bring rice crispies and we can get drunk on them.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Bring on the fairy dolls and figure skating...
Was browsing through ebay when I should have been sewing and came across a far too pretty fairy ballerina doll, so pretty I kind of wanted to marry her. I wish I could afford one, but apparently not :'(
(cdlitestudio.com) I was looking for dolls because I'm trying to collect weird things to put in my future living/sewing room... It should have old red lamps, green velvet curtains, (more) old bashed up chairs, cracked dolls and paintings of folk with that look on their face. Creepville room of Yum and lush. I came by another listing that said something like 'used doll with nice hands' which I thought was a bit odd, well more than odd really; it creeped me out more than the imaginary room of my future. In other news my TV is all working again... I'm over the TV-non-watching and I'm back on the flicker box band wagon, maily because I really want to watch the figure skating, but when ever I've put it on upto now it's been somekind of 'pushing thing across ice game' that I am not very fond of at all. I'm off to read the new Lula magazine now and then be a good girly and make a dress. If anyone finds and creepy bits and bobs auction anywhere send me the link :)
Natanya Louise Waybourne
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Monday, 22 February 2010
It's my birthday and I'll smile if I want to...
Had the best day today... it started with a minature bottle of champagne and finished with Sailor Jerry and coke over pool past a bunch of flowers outside my door and via some awesome Duck rolls. I got pretty gifts with fairies and japanese dresses on, lovely handmade things and a Mrs Rabbit from my two flower girls. We left Satsuma and I was happy I decided against those shoes... then cafe Boheme was smaller than I remember... and onto 12Bar where there was pretty music and a game of pool that I strangely won (which could only happen with birthday luck I assure you) Home came next with toast and cheese and I fell asleep watching ANTM yeah! ... then I had the blandest dream about a supermarket full of cereal and I spent hours looking for thr Rice Crispies...
Natanya Louise Waybourne
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Monday, 15 February 2010
Blue, with flowers on...
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Friday, 12 February 2010
The flowers are back!! thank you who ever answered my wish *
... but why am I still awake again??
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Here I am again...
... at 5:00 in the morning, or whatever time it is now. I thought for a minute a few hours ago that my computer and technology in general was going to give me a break - I had finished making my new website in my computer and I wanted to publish it... aparently my computer didn't really like that idea, so I have been bribing her with zeros ever since and she published the new website for me - but missed out the background in the archive!! - I have spent at least 2 hours trying to fix it, but nothing. She has gone to sleep by the way during all of this and has just left me to it. The relationship beween me and my old little laptop is getting stranger by the minute. Please tell me it looks ok? I will give you berries. If not however I will be forced to spend eternity trying to figure it out - I just want to put flowers in it... and they are there in my computer, but not online. Ouch, my head hurts and I'm ranting to you .... ok other news ... Me and Luna did another rushed photoshoot on the table in my kitchen: A sneak preview for two of the smaller dresses that will be walked at my show, and later sold to someone lovely who will take care of them and feed them biscuits. I keep seeing things moving out of the corner of my eye: it's either animals, or I'm finally insane... I think I hope it's the latter (?) anyway ... I'm going to go to bed, I'm unbelievably tired and have to sew a thousand dresses tomorrow. Let me know what you think of the site, but take into account all of the above and don't be too honest, I need white lies and hugs right now ;) oooo - and there will be more things in my shop and some things in the 'Flutterbydaisy Fairytale Finds' section in two weeks or so ... all my finds are building up in the corner like a pretty pirate cave, I just need to take some pretty pics etc...
Love and bunnies... xx
Natanya Louise Waybourne
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Friday, 5 February 2010
Nobody ever stays...
Natanya Louise Waybourne
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Monday, 1 February 2010
Rules I've learned so far this year...
Don't ever: trust those pretty girls who say they want to kiss you, stay up so late you go insane, force yourself, read badly written books, drink de-caf or eat crisps.
Always: watch TV shows you used to watch when you were small, wear something pretty for bed even if you are sleeping alone, wake up before 1:00.
Do: eat more cheese than possible.
Finally: It is possible to find lovely people when you least expect it.
Natanya Louise Waybourne
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Restoration discovery: Pitti's Raphael has landscape background
Italian newspapers have recently reported on an important art historical discovery by Florentine restorers at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure: the black background of Raphael's Madonna del Granduca (Palatine Gallery) is not original. Based on x-ray evidence, Marco Ciatti, Director of the OPD's canvas restoration section, affirms that the black background was added in the 16th century or later - tests will prove at what date. Analysis carried out by the OPD using the X-ray fluorescence technique, illustrated below, shows that behind the figures of the Madonna and Child there was a landscape (3), ballustrade (2), and architecture (4,5). This is the first scientific evidence for the existence of a background that some art historians have suspected all along. The painting, datable perhaps to 1504-7, is from a period in which Raphael tended to "dialogue with" Leonardo da Vinci, known for his moody landscape backgrounds. All the other Madonnas from this period include landscape, architecture, or both (for example, see Washington's Cowper Madonna). Two other pieces of circumstantial evidence have been used to back up the theory that this painting was intended to include these elements. First, an oval-shaped preparatory drawing in the Uffizi (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe) has architectonic elements. Second, a late 16th-century painting that is strongly similar (not quite a copy, but an echo) includes landscape and architecture. The way we know the "Madonna del Granduca" today, with its Caravaggesque black background, is the result of a later change to Raphael's painting, the reasons for which we may never know. The art-historical significance of this discovery lies in the fact that now we know that the black background was not a choice of the artist to change style, to move away from his dialogue with Leonardo. It can no longer be considered an anomaly in Raphael's oeuvre. With the undeniable scientific evidence of this x-ray, restorers and museum administrators are faced with the question of whether or not to carry out a full cleaning of the painting in order to reveal the original background. Might the black have been added after some damage befell the painting? Restorers will now carry out tests to determine its state of conservation, after which the director of the Palatine (and others) will have to decide what to do. What do you think would be the right action to take? Sources: extended article by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, Corriere della Sera, December 23 2010; x-ray image Corriere della Sera; news brief Adnkronos.
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Meditation and psychedelic-psychotherapy are two archaic practices that modify self-referential processing without causing long-term adverse effects or addiction.
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Forty years after the Nixon administration effectively shut down research on psychedelic drugs, Roland Griffiths helped reopen it. One of the nation's leading psychopharmacologists, Griffiths' research focuses on the behavioral and subjective effects of mood-altering drugs. Griffiths was the 2015 Nathan B. Eddy Award winner from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence.
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Surely our lives were destined to be unique in many ways, as all lives are... And yet I've also realized how much Terence and I were the products of our age, our minds and dreams shaped by the cultural influences that touched so many.
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Dr. Dennis McKenna's research has focused on the interdisciplinary study of Amazonian ethnopharmacology and plant hallucinogens. He has conducted extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork in the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brasilian Amazon.
Follow and support: Psilocybin and Cancer Research, Heffter Research Institute (website), The Beckley Foundation (website), Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (website), OPEN Foundation (website), and International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service (website)
The big challenge in neuroscience for the 21st century is to understand consciousness. How does what we know about the brain—which is quite a lot but still an incomplete picture—translate into our experience of being a conscious entity? That's the holy grail of neuroscience.
These psychedelic compounds are to the study of consciousness what the telescope is to astronomy.
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We have had a nearly 50-year hiatus in any serious investigation, except for some heroic investigators at a few universities, primarily in Europe but also in the United States.
I believe that the scientific investigation of mind-altering psychedelic drugs in the 1960s and '70s was a truncated but promising avenue of research, and that these medications, these drugs, could have significant value for a variety of indications if studied adequately... Until we have studied them, however, it is not prudent for any proposals for these to be used on an ad hoc experimental basis. They need to be studied, and we need to determine for what purposes they should be used and what risks and benefits are associated with these treatments.
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