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Oracle has long been the king of enterprise databases, ever since Larry Ellison first took IBM's SQL idea and became the first commercial vendor to commercially implement it. Microsoft has been champing at the bit trying to catch up ever since, and in recent years has scored some big enterprise wins with Microsoft SQL Server. Now, the Redmond giant is taking the game to the next level by offering a 50 percent price cut for Oracle users who plan to switch to the upcoming release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, and 25 percent off the price of the Standard Edition.
There is a catch, however: the discounts only apply for users who sign up for Microsoft's Software Assurance program, which provides users with annual updates of many Microsoft products for a flat yearly fee. Many businesses have been questioning the value of Software Assurance recently, so expect to see other deals of this nature to try and sweeten the pot.
Microsoft made the announcement at the annual Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit in Denver. More information about the discount and other resources for existing Oracle customers will be posted at Microsoft's SQL Migration page.


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Judge denies Rep. West's motion to impound ballots
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. A Florida judge on Friday denied a request by Republican Rep. Allen West to impound ballots and voting machines, dealing a blow to the freshman lawmaker's bid for a second term.
Palm Beach Circuit Judge David Crow said West's motion was "entirely premature" and that the court had no authority to overrule election procedures that are in place and being followed.
"The law is clear: The manner and method of conducting an election, the process of recounting ballots, the process of contesting an election is specifically a legislative function," he said. "Courts should not get involved in the election process."
Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy leads West by a margin outside the bounds of a recount. An unofficial vote tally is due to the state Saturday.
- Unofficial loss for Rep. West on day after mixed results for Tea Party
- Adviser: Romney "shellshocked" by loss
Both Murphy's campaign and the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board opposed West's request. County attorneys had argued in court filings that granting West's motion would be "an invitation to chaos" and would "throw the entire system in disarray," setting precedent for such action before an election is even certified.
"I think this is basically - I hate to say it - but a kind of a political stunt," said Gerald Richman, an attorney for Murphy. "There was nothing here. They had no evidence. They had no basis. There's no basis in law and fact."
Murphy has declared himself the winner in the race and is on a three-day victory tour to thank supporters. He says he'll go to Washington next week for his House orientation.
Kenneth Spillias, representing the canvassing board, said everything West's campaign was seeking to have ordered - to protect and preserve ballots and allow monitoring of their counting - is already mandated under election guidelines.
A court hearing for a similar filing by West in St. Lucie County had not yet been scheduled.
Crow's ruling was a defeat for West, though his allies claimed victory.
"We sought today assurances from the court and, indeed, from the defendants, that all the policies and procedures and the statutes would be adhered to, that we'd follow the law, it would be transparent, it would be done with integrity," West's attorney, Shari McCarthy, said after the hearing. "We got that. We're thrilled."
McCarthy said they would not appeal the ruling.
But even if the comprehensive vote tally - which will include absentee, provisional and military ballots that are still being counted - falls outside the bounds of a recount, West still can contest the race in court.

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Bye bye John!!
Hey John - look on the brightside of things - your move did get you 3 more days.
After the flip, it is no surprise everyone will vote John out.. seriously.
Quote from: Joab on November 20, 2009, 11:05:07 AMAfter the flip, it is no surprise everyone will vote John out.. seriously.Oh definitely not. The question is, will he be surprised? If so, he's an idiot.
I was shocked that John knew others see him as a threat and still didn't stick to hang on to his alliance of 4 with previous Galu members.
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NEH Announces Five New "Landmarks of American History" Workshops for Community College Faculty
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced the creation of five "Landmarks of American History" community college faculty workshops to be held this summer at historic and cultural sites across the United States.
This program of residence-based, week-long workshops will bring groups of 25 community college faculty from around the nation together with eminent historians for a week of intensive study of the history and literature associated with each historic site. Approximately 250 community college faculty will participate this summer in the Landmarks workshops. NEH Chairman Bruce Cole announced the new grants during a speech to the Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.
"Community colleges provide the gateway to higher education and the liberal arts for hundreds of thousands of students each year," said Cole. "NEH is proud to fund this new program that will enable their faculty to study key moments in our nation's history at the places where it happened and then bring an enriched vision to their colleges and classrooms."
Community college faculty from across the U.S. will participate in these academically rigorous workshops; faculty selected to participate will receive a stipend of $500 each to help defray their transportation, books, and living expenses.
Community college faculty may apply by March 15, 2005, to a maximum of two of the following workshops:
- Remembering the Alamo
July 17-23 and July 24-30, 2005
Location: The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Sponsor: Community College Humanities Association
- Landmarks of American Democracy: From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike
July 10-16 and July 17-23, 2005
Locations: Jackson, Miss.; Memphis, Tenn.; The Delta
Sponsor: Jackson State University
- Working the Woods: Economies and Cultures in the Blue Ridge Mountains, 1650-1950
May 29-June 4 and June 19-25, 2005
Locations: Kituah Cherokee heritage site, The Vance Birthplace Pioneer Homestead, the Blue Ridge Paper Company's Canton Mill Museum, and the Cradle of Forestry in America
Sponsor: Mars Hill College
- Currents of History: The Columbia River and the Making of the American West
June 26-July 1 and July 10-15, 2005
Locations: Astoria, Portland, The Dalles, and Bonneville Dam
Sponsor: Portland State University
- Steel-Making in Cleveland: A Case Study of Industrialization, Immigration, Labor, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
July 11-15 and July 18-22, 2005
Locations: Western Reserve Historical Society, the ISG Steel Mill, the Ohio and Erie Canal, historic neighborhoods along the Cuyahoga River, and Youngstown, Ohio
Sponsor: Western Reserve Historical Society
NEH established the "Landmarks of American History" grant program as part of the Endowment's We the People initiative to encourage and strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. Teachers who wish to apply for the 2005 NEH "Landmarks of American History" community college faculty workshops can find detailed application information on NEH's website. Applications materials are submitted directly to the project directors of the workshop(s).


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HOUSTON - A man was charged after he, a person of interest and a maintenance man were shot during a dispute at a north Harris County college Tuesday, investigators said.
Carlton Berry, 22, has been charged with aggravated assault.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the shooting happened outside the library on the Lone Star College's North Harris campus, 2700 W. W. Thorne Drive near Aldine Westfield, at 12:19 p.m.
"We found that the incident was not an active shooter incident but was an altercation between two individuals. One of the individuals did have a student identification. During the altercation, there was a maintenance man that was injured and shot due to crossfire. Another individual at the scene was transported (to) the hospital for a medical reason. She had a medical condition," said Major Armonda Tello with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The maintenance man was shot in the leg. A Harris County Sheriff's Office source said the official report shows his name is Bobby Cliburn. During a news conference Tuesday, officials said he is expected to be OK.
Dr. Richard Carpenter of Lone Star College said campus police heard some of the shots being fired and responded immediately. One of the persons of interest had a college ID, officials said.
Ben Taub Hospital said it received two shooting victims. Reginald Neal said his nephew, Jody Neal, 24, was one of the wounded taken to Ben Taub. Deputies have not confirmed that name as their person of interest.
"All I know he got shot three times. That's all I know," Reginald Neal said. "He got shot in one of his arms, in the stomach and the leg."
"He was sitting in the study room. There (were) three people on the computer and a guy walked up the stairs and opened fire on him," said Stacy Neal, Jody's sister.
Students said they were extremely afraid after the shooting.
"I was waiting for my English class to start. It was five minutes before class and all of a sudden, I heard shots fired and people started rushing in the hallway. A few students even came in to our room seeking shelter and we closed the door and we pushed the table against the door and we were hiding," student Amanda Vasquez said. "You never think this is going to happen to you."
Vasquez said the shots seem to be fired in her classroom's hallway.
"They sounded very close -- the shots. (We heard) five or six gunshots," Vasquez said. "I just ducked under the table as fast as I could and hoped for the best. I saw one of the shooters when he was already under police control."
Some students barricaded themselves in classrooms until they thought everything was safe.
"There were some people crying in the classroom," student Paul Ellis said. "A lot of people were freaking out. Some girl thought she was going to have a panic attack, but she didn't."
"I was doing my homework on the second floor and all you heard were six or seven loud gunshots. (Students) were just running away from the hallway. That's the same thing that I did. People didn't want to cross the hallway because it's open and we didn't know where the shooter was," student Daniel Flores said. "I went to the courtyard and there were people walking around like they didn't know. It wasn't organized."
"Nobody knew what to do," one student said. "I mean, we knew to hide, but that was it. We didn't know who shot who. I know one of the guys in there with me, he saw one of them shoot the other guy. But all I know is that everybody just ran."
Several students said they were not notified about the shooting,
Ariana Munoz, 19, said she was in Algebra class when a friend texted her about 12:30 p.m. to see if she was OK. Munoz said she and the other 25 students in her class didn't receive an alert.
"Come to find out the shooting wasn't far from me, so I alerted my other class members and I told my professor, who then went and told other professors," Munoz said. "Why is it that nobody from the school came and told us? Why was it that I had to alert the faculty? Why was it that I had to tell everybody?"
Munoz said the professor went about class as if nothing had happened. About 1:10 p.m., roughly 40 minutes after the shooting, Munoz said a police officer knocked on her classroom door and told everyone to evacuate. She said the college did send out an email alert eventually, but she said it was sent after she left campus.
Carpenter said messages were sent out.
"We sent out a text blast to all of our students, emails," Carpenter said. "We have multiple forms by which we communicate with students."
Carpenter said students are able to opt-out of those alerts, but the system is designed to send notifications to every student.
A message was posted on Facebook about 1 p.m. The first posting the college made on its main Twitter account was about 2 p.m. A notice did not appear to have been posted on the North Harris campus' Twitter page at all.
A YMCA day care on the college campus was placed on lockdown. All of the children there were safe.
Aldine Independent School District officials said four nearby campuses, Dunn Elementary, Parker Intermediate, Nimitz 9th grade campus and Nimitz High, were placed on lockdown as a precaution. The lockdown was lifted about 3 p.m.
There were more than 10,000 students on the campus at the time of the shooting, said Jed Young, a school spokesman. Lone Star College's North Harris campus sits on 200 acres and opened in 1973. It offers more than 80 programs of study.
It is illegal to carry a concealed gun on a college campus in Texas.
"The policy of the board is that it's a gun-free campus," Carpenter said. "That doesn't mean that we can observe every ... we've got 19,000 students on this campus. We don't search students that come on the campus."
According to college officials, administrators have been actively talking about how they should deal with a shooter on campus. On Tuesday morning, the college president sent faculty members a link to a video that demonstrates what to do in an active shooter situation.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Days of our Lives, which was pre-empted by the shooting coverage, will air at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on KPRC Local 2.
Copyright 2013 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Land of Enchantment Collage Sheet GIVEAWAY and Denise's Fabulous Samples!
141 comments:
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I am already a FB fan!
Heading over to visit Denise
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I'm already a Facebook Fan!
Hugs XX
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- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 12:08 AM
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- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 2:15 AM
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- Tracy DelisleOctober 20, 2011 at 9:32 AM
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- Ceil H.October 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM
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hugs Lynn
already a big fan!
Love the artwork and would so love to win four of these fantastic collage sheets. AND I've been a longtime FB Fan. Woo Hoo!ReplyDelete
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- Jocelyn Susie Micke CazierOctober 20, 2011 at 11:10 AM
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- judithbOctober 20, 2011 at 11:25 AM
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Fabulous projects!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the opportunity to win! I am a FB fan too!
Hi Kristin! I love, love, love these Collage sheets - especially the ATC and domino sizes - but my imagination goes wild with possibilities! I'm hoping to get lucky here! :)ReplyDelete
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big hug Jolande
The three art creations shown are fabulous! What fun your CollageReplyDelete
Sheets would be...
I am a Facebook fan of yours!
Many thanks, Cindi
Wow, Denise's art is gorgeous!!! I am a huge fan of Land of Enchantment collage sheets & she did a great job using them!ReplyDelete
I'm a Facebook fan and I am very excited about your generous give-away! Thank you for the chance to win!
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- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 12:38 PM
The collage sheets are phenomenal, gorgeous colors !ReplyDelete
ALl of the artwork using the sheets is stunning. I would love a chance to win:)
I AM A FB FAN AND I LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL "LAND OF ENCHANTMENT"COLLAGE COLLECTION.THANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 12:44 PM
I just looked at all the collage sheets and fell in love. I am mainly a rubber stamp artist but can collage be far behind? I have used very few digital images in my work but this inspires me to try. Great samples. ThanksReplyDelete
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I am always inspired when I visit the blog by all the great artwork and Denise's fabulous samples are fabulous....ReplyDelete
I'm in for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I love these collage sheets. The projects made using them give such great ideas. I love anything made with birds too!! Already a FB fan.ReplyDelete
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I would love to win Denise's fabulous collage sheets! I'm a follower and a Facebook Fan (Maggie Mannwieler)!ReplyDelete
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Jan Cregar
great giveaway! the collage sheets are fabulous!ReplyDelete
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- Lovely LindaOctober 20, 2011 at 3:37 PM
ooh, ooh, ooh...I love that you're offering printed sheets!!!ReplyDelete
What a Fabulous set. I am already a FB fan. Hoping to win. Kim xxReplyDelete
Well you already know I'm a huge fan and one of the first to join you on facebook! How could I not with all of the inspiration you have given me. I love Debrina's collage sheets and have a good collection, but would LOVE more, more, more. One can never have too many collage sheets. I love the work Denise created as well. I will have to pay her a visit now too. Thanks for the link and hope to chat soon! xoxo Rhonda...ReplyDelete
I'd Love to win!!!! Thanks for the chance!!!! And I'm a facebook fan!!!! Wonderful projects shared... especially like those houses with the birds!!!!ReplyDelete
Love, Love , Love it! Thanks for the generous givaway...I hope I win :>)ReplyDelete
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I'm always inspired to new conquests through your products. It would divine to win these collage sheets.ReplyDelete
Great giveaway, Kristin! the Land of Enchantment sheets are so gorgeous..lots of inspiration.ReplyDelete
I'm a FB fan, too!
These are beautiful! Count me in.ReplyDelete
These are some gorgeous collage sheets and I would love to win me some. Thanks for the opportunity!ReplyDelete
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I am a FB fan! Would love to have this great give away for some wonderfully Retro Cafe Art inspiration.ReplyDelete
- CHERYL JOctober 20, 2011 at 6:46 PM
WOULD LOVE TO ADD THESE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE WORKS OF ART TO SOME ATC CARDS. VERY INSPIRING!ReplyDelete
I just love all of the dazzling captivating college sheets!! so many projects so little time.ReplyDelete
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Count me once!!ReplyDelete
Count me twice (FBfan)!!
I love these!
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 7:38 PM
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- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 7:49 PM
Count me in!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE to win these great
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Joye Outlar
Just discovered your site! Enchanting... give my creative spirit a really good nudge! Thank you very much for the eye candyReplyDelete
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Love these collage sheets! Please count me in.ReplyDelete
I'm a FB fan too.
- Doris SantoreOctober 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM
I love Land of Enchantment collage sheets, would love to work with them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 9:47 PM
fantastic collages. i would love to have a couple. thanksReplyDelete
What great ideas with your sheets.ReplyDelete
I am also a fan1
What a great giveaway. I love land of enchantment collage sheets!!! Please count me in.ReplyDelete
I'm already a FB fan.
Fabulous projects...heading over to visit Denise:)
Gaby xo
would love to win these wonderful collage sheets. Love FB too!ReplyDelete
The gorgeous images on these collage sheets really get my creative juices flowing. Im a BIG Facebook Fan!!! TierneyReplyDelete
Yes, please! I love these sheets, I can get my muse going. Thank you for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
These collage sheets are so inspiring! I would love to win them!ReplyDelete
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Love these! Also a FB fan!ReplyDelete
Ooooh, these collage sheets are so lovely! I love fairy tales and have been collecting fairy tale books for years. Naturally I also very often enclose motives from fairy tales in my collages.ReplyDelete
Thank you for such a great giveaway.
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I'd love to win! Gorgeous samples too :) I'm an fb fan.ReplyDelete
WOW! What a great prize! I love all of Denise's projects and will definitely follow her blog as well. Thanks for the opportunity to win some of her collage sheets. They are wonderful. I will keep my fingers crossed.ReplyDelete
Awesome Thank you for the chance.ReplyDelete
I am also a FB fan.
Please enter me into the drawing.
AWESOME project... SUPER prizes.... I would love to use these on my projects.... I am already a FB FAN!!!!! THANKS for the Giveaway off to share the link on FB!!!ReplyDelete
I love Denise´s samples and would love to win these sheets!ReplyDelete
What great projects all! Would love to have these sheets to play with. Already 'like' you on FB.ReplyDelete
Wow- Beautiful samples- I would love to join in the giveaway! I am a new Follower and will go join on FB!ReplyDelete
beautiful papers! I want to get my hands on some of those, free or not :-)ReplyDelete
Kristin, you know I would love to be a winner of these sheets. I am getting back into the jewelry business (done with the soap)and these would help inspire me to make some really cool mixed media jewelry.ReplyDelete
I found you through Facebook. All your products are soooo awesome. And the results are always fabulous!ReplyDelete
Beautiful sheet. Please enter me in the giveaway and I am a facebook fanReplyDelete
wow your art is breath taking thank you for the invite oin your give away , Would love to win....ReplyDelete
Absolutely love Land of Enchantment collage sheets! Would love to win some to play with. I am also a FB fan.ReplyDelete
wow what an awesome giveaway!! looks like a lot of fun!!ReplyDelete
I love the birds. Very talented artists you have. I'm a FB fan now.ReplyDelete
would love to win-everything is so wonderful on your site.ReplyDelete
Beautiful sheets, awesome design samples! Already a FB fan. Bright Blessings, WitchDustReplyDelete
I'm on FB as "WitchDust Cobwebs"
- Debra JonesOctober 23, 2011 at 3:39 PM
Love, love, love all of the Land of Enchantment Products! Congratuations on adding a great new line of products! Again!!ReplyDelete
What a great giveaway -- thanks for the chance! :)ReplyDelete
Happy creating,
PS: No FB for me -- I am not doing FB at all. ;)
I love anything from Land of Enchantment....I have purchased quite a few of her designs in the past.ReplyDelete
Great giveaway!
beautiful projects! and i think i am an fb fan i clicked on like for you guys..... Cindy D.ReplyDelete
Love the collage sheet, can't wait for the drawing!ReplyDelete
First time here, and it looks like a great site. I just browsed the FB site too and it is on my like list, I will be checking it out regularly too. Thanks for this great opportunity.ReplyDelete
XXX Lesley.
I'd Love a chance to win - I'm pretty sure I'm already a fan on Facebook. Thanks for the opportunity. LindaReplyDelete
Land of Enchantment - oh boy!! I crossed my fingers, but now have art to make so have to uncross them.ReplyDelete
The collage sheets are awesome. Thanks for the chance to enter your fabulous giveaway.ReplyDelete
...crossing fingers.. hoping to become lucky.. what amazing art work... wtgReplyDelete
these are so elegant. Hope I win.
I'm so excited to hear you can get these collage sheets in print form. Liked you on facebook!ReplyDelete
Cool collage sheets and I'm already and FB fan too. Yay!ReplyDelete
what a wonderful give away! yes I LIKE you on Face book....like u all the time lol...as I am pretty unlucky I would be thrilled to win...ty for the chances! xo cherReplyDelete
My brain is working overtime with lots of ideas to use these fabulous sheets!ReplyDelete
These are wonderful - Great givaway - need to buy some of these sheets.ReplyDelete
These are gorgeous. I want to win.ReplyDelete
- Christine KiehlOctober 24, 2011 at 2:07 PM
Land of Enchantment is perfectly put! Wow! What crafting fun to be had with this giveaway! I've got my fingers crossedReplyDelete
VERY inspiring indeed!!! I LOVE collage <3 PS--I am a brand new FB fan!ReplyDelete
Kristin, you're very generous. Count me in, please! Thanks--ReplyDelete
Beautiful! And a wonderful giveaway too :) I'd love to win...and I'm a new FB fan!ReplyDelete
Love the new collage sheets am a fan and follower and will follow denise also...thanks the collages are sweeeeeet!!!!!!Hugs,InaReplyDelete
Love the collage sheet and all the Shrine kits - I am an FB fan too!!!ReplyDelete
What a fantastic giveaway! I would love an opportunity to be entered into your drawing. Having a chance to create with those fabulous images would be just heaven. Have a great week.ReplyDelete
- debbiekOctober 25, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Wonderful samples and very inspirational. Love Debrina's art and would be thrilled to win the blog candy giveaway. Thanks for the chance and have a great rest of the week!ReplyDelete
- DebbieK
As always, the collage sheets are the best! And the giveaway is awesome!! [ Used to be a FB fan until my FB account was hijacked by spammers.]ReplyDelete
Great work, guys!
- Debbie EmmonsOctober 25, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Great work Denise! Especially love the ferris wheel.ReplyDelete
Love to win, count me as the WINNER!
Wow, those collage sheets are fantastic! I especially like the shadow box. I "like' you on FB.ReplyDelete
OMG I love your products and supplies. I would love to be one of the lucky winners. I am going to speak it into existence. I AM ONE OF THE WINNERS!!!!!ReplyDelete
Would LOVE to win hun! Thanks for the chance even!!! woohoo!!! xoxoReplyDelete
Love the stand up houses!! So cute :)ReplyDelete
Would love to play with these in my new encaustic collage work! i am a facebook fan.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 3:01 PM
Gorgeous things! I'm a facebook fan, too. :-)ReplyDelete
Just found your site and FB page and I am loving it! :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 4:06 PM
I am already a fan. Thanks for the chance to win some gorgeous collage sheets. Good luck everyone!ReplyDelete
Pam Barnes
Gorgeous work!! What a way to showcase those beautiful collage sheets! Thanks for the chance :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 9:39 PM
Denise, you really outdid yourself! Gorgeous Samples! Love them :)ReplyDelete


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RIT researchers give online security a new look
After days of planning, you're a few mouse clicks away from scoring front-row tickets to the hottest concert in town. All that's left is entering your credit card information. Well, that and the annoying security question with the distorted text.
J-K-B-3-I. Incorrect. R-X-Z-6-2. Incorrect.
You pound the desk in frustration before trying again. V-Q-S-2-3. Got it—finally. But instead of the front row, you're now in obstructed-view seats. Better luck next time.
That common annoyance is called a captcha. And RIT researchers have created a way to make them a bit more efficient—at least in certain scenarios.
Kurt Alfred Kluever '08 (computer science) and Richard Zanibbi, an RIT computer science professor, have developed a video captcha. Instead of answering an odd question or entering incredibly distorted text into a field, Kluever and Zanibbi have developed a way for users to watch a video and simply type in key words associated with it.
"Captchas have become increasingly hard to do and they're not as secure as they used to be," says Zanibbi. "In order to make them more secure the text is getting more compressed and increasingly illegible. Kurt didn't like text captchas and wanted to come up with something different."
Kluever turned the project into his master's thesis.
"There had been text captchas and audio captchas. The next logical step was video," Kluever says. "My literature review showed that nobody had explored video captchas before. I decided that's exactly what I wanted to do."
Kluever and Zanibbi went to work and ultimately developed a video-based system that has demonstrated strong early results.
"I wouldn't say it's a replacement for traditional captchas, but perhaps an alternative," Kluever says. "It might be worth using for sites that are entertainment or video focused, like YouTube. But I wouldn't recommend it for online banking. The early results are strong, but it still needs a lot of work."
And that work continues today. Kluever, now a software engineer for Google, has continued developing the project during Google's "20 percent time," which allows employees to use up to 20 percent of their work hours on something creative. He is in regular communication with Zanibbi, who hopes to find another master's degree candidate who is interested in working on the project.
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Student Art Show by some of the students from the Creative iPhoneography Course Winter 2013.
Featuring art work by Sascha-Irena Wilkesmann, Vanessa Penrose, Lauren Goodell & Sheila Bowen.
"My favorite is this rainbow picture-it shows the different techniques that you can use with Iphoneography!"
"lioness - It is just a shot with the iPhone, no app, but I like the tensity of the animal."
"Ripples in the sand - created by the retreating waves and gusting winds - and washed away and made anew the next day - I love the beauty in the moment in the texture and patterns I enhanced further post processing. "
"gorilla - another simple shot with the iPhone, here I like the close up, it shows the power of a gorilla."
"Here is a black and white that happened along the way with the project that I liked very much."
"Reflections in my car window one morning made more dramatic and interesting by the angle of the picture and the apps I uses to add drama to the scene - i like the mood of this one an early morning grumble in the skies above."
"I like this one because its classic beach icon gone fun & wildly colorful!"
"The image of the dying rose on the circles (tree stump) is a strong image - i love the colours which are eletric and the consecutive circles of the image beneath.... this kind of image is an exploration for me a contrast to the dark and moody images I usually produce... It felt good to explore something different."
"A playful image about spring and flowers."
"I liked how the Gargoyle turned out because he looks mystical. "
"I took a picture of my cat Zeus trying to get my fish in the pond-It looks magical!"
"Home scene. The sunset is beautiful and different every night. Calming. I love the light and water texture and color."
"The first spring blossoms curling and showing up from behind the leaves. I like the lighting."
"Reflections again in the water gathered in a farmers gateway - reflecting the light of late afternoon and the storm clouds closing in - I enjoy the feel of this picture the fields in the back ground and the reflected gate and clouds in the fore ground all giving a feeling of suspense perhaps."
"Here'¨s an abstract that I like".
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Winter 2013
"I like iPhoneography, because of the fact, that you can make a snapshot into a photo that almost looks like a painting."
"Something else I would not have normally taken a picture of - the cathedral near to home...I guess it has something to do with familiarity and the thought that it would be boring.... yet it appears that no photos need remain boring any more ... I like the apocalyptic feel of this photo and it has taught me not to take anything for granted..."
"I love how the colours express Flamenco: It's a dance of passion, expression and power."
"I like the combination of the ink and purple in this image and that you still can recognize the face of the cat (if you know him)."
"Walking home from a friends one night I saw this sweet little car with a bright light above and wondered how I could use the light and how it would affect the picture if I were to change it into an illustration... I love the impact that the light had within the apps with what was originally not a particularly inspiring pic."
"My simple beach glass tabletop sculpture turned into a beautiful, dreamy underwater world with the Vintigue effects."
"The original photo was of wonderful winter twilight, but became this glorious, dream-like image using Vintique, where some of the clouds structures almost look like mountains beyond the tree. This one is exciting, yet harmonious all at once."
"I just love how my very OK original photo became this bright, happy flower portrait using Vintique--the almost glow of the pink-purple dazzles!"
"This was a still life taken in my study of circles within circles, a strong light to one side and then an increase in contrast and a filter with in an app - although this is not something I would not have normally taken a picture of - I am more into flowers and such... - I enjoyed using the apps and was rather exited by the ability to change a mediocre pic into something more... I got rather excited and promptly dusted off some old pictures to have a play with them to... some interesting results...."
Creative iPhoneography by some of the students from the Getting Started With iPhoneography Course Winter 2013.
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"I drove out to visit a friend who had just returned from the hospital. After leaving his house I drove to fill up with gas and behind the gas station, I could see this empty lot with sunflowers and such. I am sure people at the gas station thought I was nuts as I walked into the field with my phone and started taking some pictures."
"This photo was a complete surprise. I was visiting Minnesota and just could not get over all of the fields of grain. I sat down at a table and felt totally enveloped by the wheat. I took this photo with no intention. Surprisingly it translated wonderfully."
"Sometimes, when I see the beauty and symmetry created by nature - like the amazing markings on this butterfly's wings - it's like the universe is trying to show us a secret that's just barely out of our reach."
"I took this photo today in Harlem of brownstone stoops. Using Jazz filters it has become a photo from 100 hundred years ago. As much as things change they seem to stay the same!"
"I'm most proud of this piece, as I had originally thought that I would go an easier route, but then decided that I wouldn't be doing myself any favors in doing so. Instead, I chose to replicate M.C. Escher's "Drawing Hands" piece.
The biggest challenge was not only that there were many steps involved, but that I would need to not only incorporate a photo of my hands, but actually draw on my iPhone the sleeves so that it matched up properly with the gradient of my hands blending in with the drawing paper. I then had to attempt to blend the two together seamlessly. It was quite a task and took several hours to complete."
"For this series, I blended photos I took during a walk in nature with inspiration from Magritte, and I added colour and brushstrokes. I feel that I have found a new and fun way to be creative and express myself artistically."
"I love this image because of the watery paint effects and the light that shines from it. I was inspired by Monet's waterlilies (although his colour palette is softer)"
"This is an experimental piece where I blended and superimposed two photos with a butterfly. I played with colour and pattern and I feel that I began to find my artistic voice during the creation of this image."
"This was a very new thing for me. I was able to incorporate my love of doodling with my new love, iPhoneography."
"This picture is me taking photos of water and I suddenly saw the reflection of me in the water and thought it looked cool. I just shot it in the camera in the iPhone."
"I'm proud of this piece for it's timing and sentimental aspect, as I was in the middle of researching the disappearance of my great-grandfather (featured behind the silhouette of the man) and the fact that it is my own family in the photo."
"This picture is edited in Blender. It´s a mans face and his jacket from behind. He is holding a pink bag in his hand and his arm becomes his nose. I worked with it so many hours and was so happy when it was ready. I like that its not at all sweet and nice."
"I came about this by accident looking for texture to photograph. This puddle had the perfect reflection of a building that stands across the street. A little enhancement with snapseed really brings out the detail. It was a cool discovery."
"This image evokes the deep sadness I feel at the end of summer. The light fading, grey creeping in. Sunshine and lazy days just a memory - like a postcard of times past."
"During the summer we frequent a restored outdoor movie theatre. It harkens back to an older age here, when kids could run free and the simple fellowship of watching a movie made the world feel a little bit smaller. I love this shot as it captures the warm nights, breezes and sights and smells of something from my childhood. What movie is showing? Why it could be Casablanca or Spiderman... let your mind fill in the empty screen."
"This is the first photo ever I edited through a filter in an app and I was so surprised by the beautiful colours the app gave the photo. It was Pixlr-o-matic."
"I visited a farmer's market last weekend and this basket of mushrooms really appealed to me on several levels - both visually and gastronomically!
Looking at them, I can't decide if I just want to run my hands thru them or slice them up and drop them in a skillet with a little butter."
"Poetry in Motion: I took this photo at the Fairfield Boathouse, (Melbourne, Australia). As I was sitting at the river's edge, I noticed the ducks and the ripples of the water and I thought it looked really beautiful."
"I love the magic that happened as this photo developed using different apps. The colors are mesmerizing and inviting and it sort of calls to me."
"I'm not one to share my pet photos but I love how this blended image of my grey tabby and the top of a wrought iron table I shot from above create this amazing but somehow organic looking texture."
"We were at breakfast the other day and my daughter (a frequent target of my photos... i mean subject!!) was sitting in front of this beautiful ivy. The warm morning sun shining thru the window & the ivy cast a wonderful green glow all over the table."
"I love our summers and this collage really captured all of the things I love about summer. Blue skies, flowers, our old house, and that smiling coffee drinking boy."
Creative iPhoneography by some of the students from the Creative iPhoneography Course Autumn 2012.
Student Art Show
Featuring art work by Julie Green, Jennifer Lynn Bishop, Wini Dougall, Stephen Banks, Esmee Brand, Valarie Budayr and Anne Vilemsons.
What happened after the Creative iPhoneography Course was over?
Students have commented that they are seeing their world very differently now, and have established the new creative habit of taking iPhone photos during their days. Feeling confident that they have a unique voice and a reality that is "worth expressing". They are breaking boundaries, experimenting with creative apps and discovering hidden talents and happy inner artists. The DSLR photographers in the group have discovered the freedom and new possibilities that the iPhone can bring into their photography.
Students are working on exciting new, personal iPhoneography projects, and are weaving iPhone creativity into their daily lives. Lisa, Julie, Jennifer and Esmee are creating their own websites to showcase their iPhoneography, Julie has lead her first neighbourhood photo walk, and been featured in Flickr groups for excellent iPhoneography. Jennifer has landed her first commercial iPhoneography commission and Anne arranged her first art show before the course even was over!


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Look, no one likes traffic, but some of us handle it better than others.
This guy in Montreal is heading to work at 6 a.m. only to find plenty of other motorists had the same idea. Mon dieu, is he upset.
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The development of the Scout Tracker Open Source project started as a local project for one Troop to track the boys' progress as well as report their progress to the parents. There always seemed to be a disconnect with the parents on the progress of their scout. The application is designed to allow parents to see an on demand and up to date snap shot of their boys progress. It morphed into more than just a tracker. The full project has the ability to track counselor lists, merit badges, service projects, and miscellaneous items. With a little bit of programming, you can have the scouts progress emailed to the parents each week.
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A Nobel Peace Prize for the Arab Spring?
OSLO, Norway - The Arab Spring is the focus of speculation over this year's Nobel Peace Prize, with an Afghan human rights activist and the European Union as possible outsiders.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee gives no clues ahead of the Oct. 7 announcement, but judging by previous selections, the rebellion sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East would appear to tick all the right boxes.
"It would be consistent with their effort to give attention to high-profile and extremely important, potentially breakthrough developments by movements and by people," said Bates Gill, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The challenge would be to identify a person or group that embodies the non-violent spirit of the revolution, and doesn't turn out to be less deserving of the prestigious $1.5 million award once the final chapters of the still-unfolding Arab Spring have been written.
"It's particularly hard in the context of these protests where there hasn't always been an identifiable leadership," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and a prominent voice in the Nobel guessing game.Complete coverage: Anger in the Arab World
His top picks are Egyptian activists Israa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Maher and the April 6 Youth Movement, a pro-democracy Facebook group they co-founded in 2008. They "played an instrumental role in the mobilization of protests on both the Internet and on the street," Harpviken said.
His second choice is Wael Ghonim, a marketing executive for Google, for re-energizing the protests on Cairo's Tahrir Square after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Harpviken's third pick is Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni who started criticizing the Tunisian regime before the uprising began in December. She made her name on Facebook as "Tunisian Girl" and, as the country's Arab spring rolled into a fullscale uprising, became a media darling.
The Tunisian man whose self-immolation set off the protests is not a contender because the Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously.
One potential obstacle for an Arab Spring award is the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Harpviken admitted that he wasn't sure whether any of his picks would have been nominated by then. Tunisia's revolt had peaked but the Egyptian protests were just gathering steam, and it was still not clear that the protests would escalate and spread across the region.
However, jurors could add their own suggestions until their first meeting Feb. 28 by which time the uprising had spread to Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and other countries.
The committee can only choose from the valid nominations it had received by that meeting, but is free to consider subsequent events when making their decision.
Geir Lundestad, the non-voting secretary of the committee, noted that's what happened in 1978, when the prize went to Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. They had been nominated for other things, but won the prize for the Camp David peace agreement, which was concluded in September, long after the nomination deadline, with the help of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
"But Jimmy Carter had not been nominated. So although the committed wanted to include him in the prize, he could not be included because he had not been nominated," Lundestad said.
Carter won the 2002 prize on his own.
The independent, five-member award committee appointed by Norway's Parliament has not shied away from controversy since former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjoern Jagland became chairman two years ago.
The 2009 award to President Barack Obama, in the first year of his presidency, met fierce criticism, especially from Obama's political opponents, that the prize was premature. Last year the Nobel committee awarded imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, despite strong warnings from China.
The award citations show the current jury strives to link the prize to current events. It sees the Nobel Peace Prize as a catalyst for change, encouraging efforts to make the world more peaceful, democratic and respectful of human rights.
In that context, the committee might be looking at Afghanistan. The day of the Nobel announcement will also mark 10 years since the Afghan war started on Oct. 7, 2001, in response to the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States.
A top candidate could be Sima Samar, who chairs the Afghan Human Rights Commission and serves as the U.N.'s special envoy on human rights in Afghanistan. Samar gave the lowest odds in Nobel betting on paddypower.com.
Honoring the EU which typically is nominated every year would have a special resonance given the current debt crisis that is undermining the euro currency and stoking a rise in nationalist sentiment.
Though Norway is not an EU member, Jagland is a strong supporter of the European bloc, which many consider a peace-building institution as much as an economic union. Intertwining their economies has helped member nations stay at peace with each other for six decades no small feat in Europe's war-scarred history.
Julian Assange and his secret-spilling website, WikiLeaks, are also known to have been nominated, but their chances should be slim, considering the still ongoing sex crimes investigation against him in Sweden, and the release this year of unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables, which critics say may put sources at risk.


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NEW ORLEANS -- Nearly the first words out of San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh's mouth after his team's Super Bowl loss Sunday night were about the officiating. Harbaugh believed the Baltimore Ravens clearly committed a pass interference on the 49ers' final offensive play on fourth down.
The intended target on that play -- on the last three plays -- was Michael Crabtree. The fourth-year pro took a different approach when asked about Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith's defense after the most insane Super Bowl in memory.
"It is what it is, man," Crabtree said Sunday in quotes distributed by the NFL. "It was the last play, and I'm not going to blame the refs. It is what it is. It came down to the last play and it didn't happen. (If) somebody grabs me, you always expect the call, but you can't whine to the referee. It is what it is. You have to just take it like a man, take the ill."
Part of the problem might have been that Colin Kaepernick's pass clearly was overthrown. It didn't give Crabtree a chance to get anywhere near the ball.
"I mean, it felt like there was a lot of contact," Crabtree said. "I don't even want to say this, but if the ball had been a little lower, giving me a chance to make a play, I'm sure they would've called it. But it happened like that, man. I've got a lot of confidence in my offensive line and quarterback; we fought back. It was a comeback, and we gave it our all."
I really don't think Crabtree was pointing fingers, and that quote shouldn't be blown out of proportion. He was just speaking the truth. It wasn't a good throw, and there's a good chance that played a factor in the non-call.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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1. A domesticated ruminant mammal (Capra hircus) having backward curving horns and a beard especially in the male, raised for its wool, milk, and meat.
2. Any of various wild ruminant mammals of the genus Capra and related genera, including the ibexes and the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Eurasia.
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a small, horned ruminant used for milk, and angora and kashmir fibers. A variety of the species Capra hircus which also includes the wild goat. Common breeds of dairy goats are anglo-nubian, british alpine, saanen, toggenburg. Common indigenous goats, e.g. boer, are usually dual or even multipurpose.
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performed on the bucks by removing an area of skin from medially and posteriorly to the horns. The scent is contained in sebaceous cells in areas of wrinkled, folded and hairless skin. There is another lesser smell in the urine of the buck.
goat doe mastitis
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goat louse
damaliniacaprae, biting louse; linognathusstenopsis, sucking louse.
goat plague
peste des petits ruminants.
goat pox
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Rocky Mountain goat
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goat sheep hybrids
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White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew in the East Room of the White House in Washington
To no one's great surprise, President Obama has appointed his chief of staff, Jack Lew, to succeed Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary. Mainly, the choice signals that there will be no change either in the Obama-Geithner approach to reforming Wall Street (not very much), or on fiscal politics, where deficit reduction is a paramount goal despite a faltering recovery.
The positives of Lew are these. He's not a hard-core deficit hawk like Erskine Bowles (low bar). He's not a bully like Larry Summers or Rahm Emanuel (even lower bar.) He's a highly competent, detail-oriented numbers guy, and a skilled negotiator.
That combination seems to drive some Republicans nuts, because in the infighting over the budget deal of 2011, Lew's knowledge of the details enabled him to win some tactical victories in what was otherwise a rout for the administration (this was the deal that created the fiscal cliff). In budget negotiations, Lew resists cuts in programs for the poor.
Admirers of Lew also point out that he was something of a liberal in his youth, having been a student of the late Paul Wellstone at Carleton College, as well as an assistant to the legendary House Speaker Tip O'Neill. As O'Neill's aide, he directed the important, and at the time progressive, Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, and later was the DNC's issues director in 1988. So Lew is not just a numbers cruncher, but a political veteran.
But then the story gets troubling. After five years in private legal practice, Lew went to work for the Clinton administration, rising to the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its last two years. He was chief of OMB when Clinton signed two pieces of key financial deregulation legislation, the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999 and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which put financial derivatives off limits to regulators.
A close ally of Robert Rubin, Lew followed Rubin to Citigroup in 2000, where he was made chief operating officer of Citi's Alternative Investments Group—its hedge funds. He was not involved in trading or financial strategy. It was mainly a chance for a skilled public manager to make himself some money until the Democrats returned to power. Lew received a bonus of $950,000 when he rejoined government in 2009—cynics would say it was Citi's investment in getting its phone calls returned.
When President Obama nominated Lew in 2010 to take his old job as OMB head, there was a revealing exchange at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. Sen. Bernie Sanders asked Lew whether he thought the deregulation pushed by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and Lew's former boss Bob Rubin was implicated in the financial collapse.
Lew responded that he didn't consider himself an expert in these issues, "my experience has been on the management side, not as an investment adviser." He added that "problems in the financial industry preceded deregulation," due to an emphasis on "highly abstract, leveraged derivative products" but that "I don't believe that deregulation was a the proximate cause" of the collapse. He said that he would "defer to others who are more expert."
Sanders had used up his time, but the Committee Chair, Kent Conrad, no progressive, was flabbergasted and associated himself with Sanders' remarks.
"Deregulation," he admonished Lew, "has a central responsibility in the collapse."
It's hard to know which is worse, the fact that Lew dismissed the direct link between deregulation and the creation of "highly abstract, leveraged derivative products," or his confession that he is no expert on these issues.
As treasury secretary, he will need to be expert. Two issues of huge importance to the economy fall directly under his purview—the financial industry and the federal budget.
The intricate details of the still-to-be-implemented Dodd-Frank Act are mainly the responsibility of the Treasury secretary, who chairs the interagency Financial Stability Oversight Committee created by Dodd Frank and that deals with too-big-to-fail banks and other key regulatory questions. Will he be tough or soft on derivatives? Will he sign off on deals like the weak settlement of the mortgage mess announced Monday, which was negotiated by a Treasury official, the Comptroller of the Currency?
His only direct experience on these issues was as a somewhat overcompensated, revolving-door hire of Bob Rubin's Citigroup, where highly abstract leveraged products that he didn't understand underwrote his paycheck.
On the budget side of his responsibilities, Lew is both well informed and shrewd. But on behalf of what policies?
As OMB Director and then as Obama's chief of staff, Lew has been a core member of the team that believes deficit reduction is the necessary path to growth. Within those constraints, he may fight to defend programs for the poor, but these are relative crumbs within a shrinking pie. And to get confirmed, against the backdrop of on going Fiscal Cliff II negotiations, Lew will need to reassure Republicans that he favors deep budget cuts.
Was Lew the best we could do? While there were even more knowledgeable people who are more progressive than Lew, President Obama got just whom he wanted.
He is an entirely competent and skilled member of a team that has been pursuing policies that have failed to reform Wall Street's business model on the regulatory side, and that could condemn the economy to a decade of slow growth on the fiscal side. In this respect, Lew both reflects and reinforces the instincts of his boss, the president. And he represents, yet another continuation of the deep reach of Bob Rubin, deficit hawk and de-regualtor par excellence, into the second consecutive Democratic administration.
With Republicans in disarray, Obama could govern as more of a progressive in his second term. His nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary suggests that he is willing to take some risks to do so on military policy. Would that he did the same on economic policy.


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This has been the first year that I branched out into displaying my soaps at Festivals, markets, bazaars etc. Each experience has given me valuable ideas and great new friends!
Prior to this year, most of my soapy sales have been online only and through word of mouth. Like many other crafters, I work outside the home at a full time job too, many of which are weekends. So, my weekend time is limited. I chose mostly local festivals this year and local markets, which is easier on my time and finances.
How did I find the festivals? I looked up online local town chamber of commerce sites. If there is a yearly festival in that town, they often have vendor entry forms right there online, OR you can call and ask they send you one.
How did I choose the festival? For me, it has been mostly regional. Somewhere where I can come home easily every evening and sleep in my own bed! I also looked at the type of venue and concept of the festival to see if it would fit well with what I sell. I've also had some feedback from other vendors that I know too.
I'm BIG on asking questions, so I ask lots and lots of questions when I talk with the chamber of commerce.
Booth set up: Well, first off, have a sturdy canopy, weighted in case of overly blowing breezes. Very helpful. Have a "wall" around you canopy where the sun and wind can be better managed. A tarp isn't pretty but works. If you see other vendors, you notice all kinds of fun ideas. Lattice fences, bamboo shades etc (I like the bamboo shade concept). I haven't gotten them myself yet, but hey, I'm new at this. Workin' on it. Set your tables in an inviting way. I like more than one table. Having the table set out flat in front shows your wares well, but I always feel this "blockage" between me and my customer when it is like that. So I like to set a smaller table out front for customers to see (flashy eye-candy stuff), then another table that "invites them in" with the meat of my product, that is placed inside my canopy. Once they're "inside" they've usually become more than just a casual onlooker and more the purchaser.
Samples, samples, samples! I have LOTS and LOTS of samples. One lady was so excited about one product she took the sample instead of the full size product and I didn't realize it until after she left! I kept hoping she would come back, but she didn't. Amazingly, when I went for a little break about an hour later, I found her at the festival and she came back for her full size product and traded the sample back. Then, she bought something else while she was there too!
Which brings me to another subject. DO visit as many of the other booths as possible, compliment and get to know your "vendor neighbors". Some are more friendly than others. I have found some great folk and we plan to keep in contact. One fella came without a canopy and it was going to be a miserable hot day. My hubby and I offered to go back home and get our other other canopy for him to use. Hubby was home and had it all packed up, when our vendor neighbor's family called saying they found a canopy for him and were bringing it. Always be neighborly to your vendor neighbors! You may make some great friends.
DON'T just sit there and read a book or engage in private conversation with your family and friends in front of customers. It tells your customers, "Don't bother me" and you WANT your customers to feel welcome. I smile all day long (till my "smiler" hurts!), ask how my customers are doing and get them to talk a little about themselves. That way, I can point them to one of my products that may be of more interest to them. AND, I'm one of those of people that is truly interested in what my customers have to say. I don't pretend interest. People can see through that. If I compliment them on a piece of jewelry they are wearing, it's because I really DO like it.
Now, here is a fun little trick that gets people to stick around, but I need the cooperation of my son. He's a teenager and loves playing the guitar (acoustic and electric) and he's quite good at it. Mostly, he enjoys classic rock pieces and some folk rock. He comes with me to help out, but gets a bit bored at times, so brings his guitar with him and plays. People stop to hear him play! I told him he should leave his guitar case open, maybe he'll get some money for his playing! But, it brings and keeps potential customers to my booth, hence increases sales.
Bring food, bring water, bring towels for any spills or clean-ups. Bring a change of clothes, bring deodorant, bring a mirror and gals, wear make-up and dress nice but casually comfortable. Wear comfy shoes, bring comfy chairs, bring an ice chest! Bring a water spritzer, bring sunblock! Bring pen, paper, calculator, scissors, bags, tissue paper, a small first aid kit and basic OTC medicine, including your prescription meds if you have any. Bring a jacket in case the weather changes!
If your product is good and you are genuine and respectful of others, the rest is gravy! Just enjoy your time and don't think of it as work or money-making. Enjoy!
And while your at it, I'm at Harvest Days in Battleground this weekend (July 17, 18, 19th). Stop by and visit if you are local in the Portland metro/SW Washington area!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Soap Vendor at Festivals and Such
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Supplies and Loofah Soaps
Loofah soaps are one of my best selling soaps over all. It's a fun soap with a slice of loofah drenched in glycerin soap, scented, sometimes adding an herb or two on top (like you see in the picture).
Brings me to the point of where I get my loofah sponges to begin with. Typically, I order them online. Occasionally, I find a special on them in a local store. But it is usually ordering them from the same supplier because I want continuity in my product.
Last time I ordered though, the loofah had changed significantly! It was shipped flat, which is fine with me, all I have to do is soak it to plump it back to its original form. What was different was that when the loofah plumped up, it was MUCH larger than they were before. So large that it could not be held comfortably in your hand in the shower. This is extremely important! You don't want to be fumbling around with a larger than life soap in the shower! I pondered this for awhile, trying to figure out the best way to make these monstrosities work for my needs. I ended up cutting these things in half! It is much easier to handle now, but they just don't look quite as nice as the completely round ones, in my opinion. Who knows? Maybe you folks out there might like them even better! See the picture below...
So for now, the loofahs will be in half. Still a great item, just looks different. In the meantime, I will be hunting down some loofahs that better fit my needs!
The loofah soaps are not listed yet on any of my sites, but if you mention that you noticed this blog entry and purchase one of my half loofahs, I'll give you 50% off (yes, half off) the original purchase price through September 30th, 2009.
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- Hungarian Grand Prix
Hamilton holds off Raikkonen in Hungary
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- Hungarian Grand Prix
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- Romain Grosjean
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- Kimi Räikkönen
Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix as he withstood race-long pressure from first Romain Grosjean and then Kimi Raikkonen.
Hamilton never led by more than three seconds from Grosjean in the first stint, and then in the final stint he had Raikkonen within two seconds for the final 15 laps but was able to hold off the Lotus on the tight circuit to eventually win by just one second.
Grosjean came home third, just ahead of Sebastian Vettel who gambled on a late third stop to try and grab a spot on the podium but fell short. Fernando Alonso finished fifth and extended his championship lead to 40 points as he crossed the line ahead of Jenson Button, Bruno Senna, Mark Webber, Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg.
The race was one of strategy, with the DRS proving ineffective and overtaking opportunities at a premium around the Hungaroring. Following an aborted start where Michael Schumacher stalled on the grid, the grid got away second time. Hamilton led away from Grosjean, who's defence on Vettel saw Button get through in to third place. Webber got a strong start from 11th to help his chances on the medium tyres as he climbed to seventh by the end of the first lap.
Although Hamilton had threatened to streak away in the opening two laps, Grosjean soon pegged the gap and started to edge back towards the McLaren. With the field having settled down elsewhere it became clear that the race would hinge on pit stops and tyre management on a track where temperatures reached 46C.
The first round of stops saw Button stay ahead of Vettel, but Grosjean was gaining on Hamilton and he looked in with a chance of taking the lead when he pitted one lap after the McLaren. Unfortunately a slow stop from Lotus meant he was unable to jump Hamilton and the status quo remained.
Vettel and Grosjean had put on soft tyres compared to the mediums of the McLarens, and Vettel was irate on the radio to his team as he told Red Bull that he was much quicker than Button and to "try something" to pass him. With the second round of stops crucial it turned out to be Button who blinked first and rejoined behind Senna - allowing Vettel to jump ahead when he pitted.
Grosjean and Hamilton retained position after their stops but with Raikkonen running quickly - and longer - than anyone else he was able to jump from fifth place up to second by robustly muscling out his Lotus team-mate in to turn one.
Having swiftly closed the gap to Hamilton at the front, Raikkonen followed for a few laps before telling his team that he would be unable to get past unless Hamilton's rear tyres start to go off. Ultimately it never happened, but Vettel gambled on tyre issues for those in front by pitting with ten laps left, and he closed to within a second of Grosjean by the chequered flag.
It was a miserable day for Schumacher, who received a drive through for speeding in the pit lane trying to take up his new position after the aborted start, and then pit three more times before retiring with 11 laps still to go; the sixth time he has failed to win a race this season.


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Los Angeles needs to do better than this if they expect to attract another NFL team.
While welcoming the Dallas Cowboys back to Oxnard, Calif., for training camp, mayor Thomas Holden said, "We're happy to have Mr. Jones and Coach Payton."
D'oh. "Coach Payton" is wrong in so many ways, even if Jones and Payton share a nice history filled with wine. (In fairness, Oxnard is about 90 minutes from L.A.)
The Cowboys are the only team we know that holds an opening ceremony with training camp. Jones, knowing the gaffe that came before him, then decided to try to steal the headlines from Holden.
Via NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Jones promised the Cowboys crowd he was looking forward to "beating the Giants' ass" this season.
If the Cowboys could have just beaten the Giants' ass or anything else once down the stretch last year, we would have had a different Super Bowl champion.