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Women's March and International Women's Day formally offered their endorsement of the more than 100 organized events across the country that have organically come together to protest the assaults on our nation's democratic principles on February 17th. Strike4Democracy is grateful for the support and the growing grassroots movement that has brought diverse communities together to resist the President and his supporters in Congress.
We call on participants in Strike4Democracy to rise up in their local communities on February 17th to hold events that build towards a series of mass strikes. February 17 is a day of strike actions that preview and set the stage for an even larger mass strike planned for March 8, organized by International Women's Day and The Women's March. We also anticipate strikes on May Day and a heightening resistance throughout the summer.
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It's very rich looking.
Here's my take on the color combo:
This is mom and dad :).
My brother snapped this picture
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S.F. designer's Utilitarian silk-screened pillows
Some designers enjoy hearing their work called "pretty" or "attractive," but designer Tin Huynh doesn't bat an eye when people use other words to describe his handcrafted, silk-screened pillows.
"They say my pillows are 'different' and 'creepy' - but I consider that a compliment," says Huynh, 29.
The Noe Valley designer started his company the Utilitarian Franchise in 2009, when he left his fashion industry job in New York City and moved to San Francisco. When Huynh found it difficult to find work in the Bay Area that matched his background and qualifications, he started doing freelance design work for companies including Levi's. Needing extra money, Huynh expanded his design talents to home goods.
"I always wanted to learn silk-screening, so I went on YouTube and learned how to do it," he explains. "At first I was making tote bags, but the pillow idea started when I wanted something for my home I could be proud of and use. Pillows can be very expensive, and it was hard for me to find ones I really liked."
After Huynh gave one of his pillows to a friend, she suggested he set up a shop on Etsy. Huynh had no expectations of his designs taking off - he even named his company on a whim after a line from a Seinfeld rerun - but after the first pillows he posted online quickly sold, he realized there were people who wanted quirky, unusual accessories for their home. Taking inspiration from vintage clip art books, Huynh's pillow designs range from striking sea creatures, moths and owls (his best-seller) to funky horned, bearded men, lightbulbs and old-school revolvers.
"They're a conversation piece," he says. "Pillows are great because they're so versatile. You can have a blank living room or couch, and the pillow is like a handbag or shoe."
Priced from $30 to $60, the cotton canvas pillows come in a variety of colors and sizes, made right from his San Francisco home.
"I sew in the foyer, print in the laundry room," he says. "I cut all the fabric myself - I do all the sewing and the shipping, too. It's getting bigger and I'm working every day, all day and night."
But when Huynh thinks about what he has accomplished, it makes the time and effort worth it.
"I wake up and look at the pillows I'm making and think, 'Wow, this is going to be in someone's house.' "
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Rand Paul: We'll See Growth, But This is Not a Significant Tax Cut
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/...icant-tax-cut/Rand Paul: Have to Cut Taxes on Top 1 Percent or Its Not a Significant Tax Cut
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday on The Laura Ingraham Show that the Houses tax plan will deliver economic growth, although it doesnt really constitute a significant tax cut as President Donald Trump said it would.
The Houses watered-down Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, released Thursday, would reduce the number of income tax brackets to four, with rates of zero percent, 12 percent, 25 percent and 35 percent. In addition, the corporate tax rate drops from 35 percent to 20 percent short of the 15 percent tax rate Trump championed on the campaign trail, but still a significant change.
Although Paul applauded some aspects of the bill's content, he expressed disappointment, saying the proposed legislation as it now stands wouldn't deliver the "significant tax cut" Trump and Republicans promised.
"If you don't cut the top 1 percent, you don't really have a significant tax cut," Paul told LifeZette Editor-in-Chief Laura Ingraham. "What they've done is, they've bought into the class warfare on the individual side."
"So at the top, there's not going to be much of a tax cut. There will be some. And in the middle, there's going to be a little bit there's mostly going to be eliminating deductions. And at the bottom, the bottom already don't pay much income tax and will continue not to pay much income tax," Paul added.
The senator from Kentucky said that if the U.S. wants to create jobs and keep them in the country, Congress must "lessen the punishment" it has doled out on corporations and the top 1 percent of income earners.
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Dear readers....
Well it is done. I have published my 5th book and a few readers have already sent me comments.
This is the fourth book of my Wildflowers Series and I am excited to be continuing the story of my 'Valley Girls'.
This story has been planned for quite a while. I usually know the storyline way ahead of the book I'm writing... When I created the character of Violet I knew right away where her story would go. (No spoilers here!) But it was emotional and captivating to write to say the least. A few people have written me little messages that they could really relate with her story. That is the main reason I write. I do enjoy a romance but sometimes life gets in the way of those things when we honestly face the past.
Dolly has her own adventure in the wilderness. I know that a lot of readers hated that I just left off book 3 on a cliffhanger... I intended to add all of that to book 3 but it was not meant to be.
This series is such a joy. I get to let my characters live on and plan on writing more books to continue their story. I see all of them growing old and telling the story of their children as I grow old and gray myself.
Angela & Ted are dear to me and I look forward to continuing their story.
Galina is growing up and may just have her own struggles to face.
Dolly is a woman who is discovering her own strength and may finally find her place in the world.
I can see that Cooper and Brody, and the Varushkin boys will be old enough to be young men during the Civil War.
As my characters keep living out their lives in Willamette Valley I can watch them in my mind. Growing in their faith and making a world in the West.
I do love my job and am happily working on the next book of the series.
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One reader recently told me to write longer books... No problem. I think with all of my characters that will be easy to accomplish.
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The first one is the Bell's of Ireland or Molucella Laevis.
These are interesting plants with spikes of green bell shaped bracts, which produce a small white flower in each bract. The bract is the focal point in this plant, the flower is very inconspicuous.
It can be started from seed in the greenhouse as a bedding plant or seeded directly into the soil. Plant in full sun for best results. I have had very good luck with seeding it in the fall. Once planted allow it to self seed and you will not have to plant it again. You can move the seedlings around as long as you dig up the seedling with lots of soil around it's roots. It grows to about 2' tall and a spread of about 2' as well. The cut flowers will last about 2 weeks and will continue growing after cutting. The plant can also be dried for fall arrangements.
Buplerum or B. rotundifolium
Trendy lime-green leaves with contrasting yellow flower bracts. Plant seeds directly in fall or early Spring. Will self seed itself once established. Can grow to about 2.5', and does best in full sun. Add extra nitrogen to increase height. Flowers will last for about 1-2 weeks after being cut.
Frosted Explosion, Panuicum or P. elegans Panic Grass
Green seed heads open all around to form an airy inverted cone with red tips, like fireworks. They later mature to bronze-red. Seeds must be started in February or March and planted out in Spring once the chance of frost is over. They reach heights of 24-28" with a spread of 18". The require full sun and perform better if cut on a regular basis. Once cut they last about 1 week and add a nice touch to flower arrangements. This plant was very popular at the fresh flower sales at the Farmer's Market. We will have bedding plants available in May at the Saskatoon Farmers Market.


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Electrophotography, also known as xerography, is a printing technique that is used in photocopy machines, laser, and LED printers. It works on the works on the basis of electrostatic charges. It is based on two phenomena: materials of opposite electrical charge attract and some materials become better conductors of electricity when exposed to light.
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As I begin the 2012-2013 school year, I pause to take a moment and reflect on the purpose and value of my profession.
If you've visited with a social studies teacher recently, you have probably heard that our discipline has been relegated to the sideline over the course of the past decade. Most educators will agree that the demands of No Child Left Behind forced schools to narrow the curriculum to focus on the "tested" subjects of Math, Reading and Science. Arne Duncan echoed the concerns of many Social Studies educators when he said, "to marginalize social studies for the sake of reading and math is not only misguided, it is educational neglect. Educators and policymakers need to recognize that social studies is a core subject, critical to sustaining an informed democracy." While NCLB and the policies of the Department of Education have indeed been a thorn in the side of many social studies teachers, they are simply a symptom of a much larger problem that continues to corrode the value of our discipline.
The Underlying Problem
Ken Robinson, of TED Talk fame, described the underlying problem in a lecture he delivered to the Royal Society of the Arts in June of 2008.
"We have grown up in a system of public education that is dominated by the conception of economic utility. This is implicit in the structure of school curriculum. There is in every school a hierarchy of subjects. Why is it that Math and Science are deemed more important than Arts and Drama? There is an economic judgement that is made in the structure of school curriculum. So, effectively, our school curricula is based on two sorts of subject; useful ones and useless ones."
We err when we think that the essential purpose of a public school is economic in nature (i.e. to prepare students to join the workforce). This approach is flawed and outdated. It may have served us well in the 19th and 20th centuries as our economy operated on an industrial model. Establishing a hierarchy of disciplines and a sorting of subjects into "useful" and "useless" was modeled on the interests and served the purposes of industrialism. However, as we enter a time period of exponential change, it is a lost cause to make accurate predictions about the future workplace and professional opportunities awaiting today's learners. How can we prepare students for a 21st century workplace when we can't predict what the economy will look like at the end of next week? As the U.S. Department of Labor has reported, today's learner will have 10-14 jobs by the time they are 38 years old. In short, the "economic utility" model of public education needs to be called what it actually is = futile.
The Importance of Civic Education
It seems that in the wake of No Child Left Behind, our society has forgotten that our task as educators was always civic in nature. We are not in the business of preparing workers, we are in the business of preparing citizens who will enter a changing world. It is imperative and prudent that we recognize and promote this approach. As Ken Robinson has stated, "…there are unprecedented circumstances existing in today's world. An unprecedented population is putting an unprecedented drain on the earth's resources and an unprecedented demand for innovation."
The problems of tomorrow (climate change, immigration, health care, the economy, etc.) will indeed require innovative and creative thinking. If we are to embrace the exponential change occurring in our society and prepare students for jobs that don't exist yet using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet, then civic education must become a major part of the solution and obtain the respect it deserves.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has recognized the importance of civic education. In their "Framework for 21st Century Learning" they have identified the core subjects that promote readiness for a changing world: Language Arts, World Languages, Arts, Mathematics, Economics, Science, Geography, History, Government and Civics. Within this framework, the Social Studies play a central role in promoting global awareness, economic literacy, civic literacy and environmental literacy; all themes of 21st century learning.
The chief enemy of global awareness, civic literacy and many of the other 21st century skills is narcissism. At it's core, the social studies has always been designed to be the antidote to narcissism. Each subject within the discipline asks students to look beyond themselves and consider a variety of perspectives. In Geography, we stress that we are not alone on this Earth. Our choices and decisions have huge ramifications on the other 7 billion people sharing this planet with us. In history, we emphasize that a man without history is like a tree without roots. As Elie Wiesel said, "learning history forces students to accept the postulate that life did not begin at our birth. Others have been here before us, and we walk in their footsteps. The books we have read were composed by fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. We are the sum total of their experiences and quests."
The Changing Nature of Social Studies
For too long, the Social Studies discipline was plagued by a perceived pedagogy that focused solely on memorization and factual recall (see any episode of Jaywalking, Jerry Seinfeld's appearance on SNL or Ben Stein's history lesson in Ferris Bueler's Day Off). Despite these antiquated approaches to instruction, the Social Studies discipline has undergone radical transformations over the past generation. More and more educators are beginning to ditch the old pedagogies that dominated the teaching of social studies.
As much as Jeb Bush might like it be, history is much more than a series of facts to be memorized. The Stanford History Education Group and the College Board have led the way in transforming history education into a discipline that concentrates on historical thinking skills (sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating and using evidence to support an argument). If current trends continue, more information will be produced this year than in the previous 5,000 years. It has been estimated that the amount of digital information in the world will increase 44x between now and 2020. In the "age of information" the ability to analyze evidence, sources and arguments may be one of the most important 21st century skills.
Geography alliances throughout the country have pushed for a reconceptualization of their subject in recent years. The days of students doing nothing more than coloring maps and regurgitating information on map tests are slowly becoming extinct. Take a look at the AP Human Geography curriculum to see that more emphasis has been placed on the study of population patterns, agricultural and industrial trends, land use models and GIS technology. Right now, many states do not require a stand-alone geography course at the 9-12 level. In the post-9/11 world, global awareness and cultural literacy have never been more important.
One need look no further than our dismal electoral participation rates and the current economic crisis to realize the importance and relevance of Economics and Government/Civics. Thomas Jefferson may have hit the nail on the head when he said, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Is There Data to Support These Assertions?
I realize that most of the argument I have advanced so far is supported by evidence that is broad or anecdotal in nature and relies on the use of "glittering generalities." Let me transition and attempt to make an argument for the centrality of Social Studies that appeals to the readers who are more influenced by scientific research and hard evidence/data.
In 2002, researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln released a pessimistic report that said that people do not really yearn for more meaningful involvement in governance and that a vast majority of Americans purposely avoid political participation. Their research uncovered a damaging paradox of our culture: while it may seem that we like conflict and controversy based upon our obsession with reality television and competitive sports, we mostly dislike contentious political and governmental disputes. One solution proposed by the researchers was to revamp public education to place more emphasis on democratic participation and a reasoned discussion of controversial public issues. Patricia Avery, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, has proven that this approach can have a significant impact on civic engagement.
More recently, in 2010, the research firm CIRCLE attempted to determine why there was such a difference in the civic health of Miami, FL (the least civically engaged city in the country) and Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (the most civically engaged city in the country). What they found in their "Tale of Two Cities Report" was that individuals in the lowest income bracket in the Twin Cities were more likely to volunteer, attend public meetings, work with neighbors, participate in politics outside of elections and participate in associations than people in the wealthiest tier in Miami. An individual with a high school education in Minneapolis-St. Paul was about as likely to be engaged as an individual with a college education in Miami. In taking a look at the differentiating factors that contribute to the culture of civic empowerment, researchers mentioned that one of the key factors was that "Education in Minnesota appears to be more 'civic.' Schools in the Twin Cities do a better job teaching civic knowledge and connecting other civic learning experiences in communities." In other words, when a community promotes and values civic education, it increases civic empowerment and quality of life.
So then, how do we best educate our children to take their place in the changing world? If we continue to focus on economic utility and preparing students for the world of work, we miss out on a higher calling and a more meaningful approach to education. Let us embrace the Humanities and Liberal Arts and return them to their rightful place, at the center of public education.


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Boston Bombings: One Suspect Killed, Another at Large - Celebrities React
One of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, has been killed Friday (April 19) and his brother and accomplice, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is believed to be at large in the area.
The two brothers "robbed a 7-Eleven, shot a police officer to death, carjacked an SUV and hurled explosives in an extraordinary firefight with law enforcement," according to NBC News.
"My son is a true angel," the father of the suspects told People. "Dzhokhar is a second-year medical student in the U.S. He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here."
Residents of Boston and surrounding cities are urged to stay indoors and businesses have been advised to stay closed.
Click inside to read celebrity reactions to the horrible incidents that are occurring…
Alec Baldwin: "The effects of terrorism on our society will get worse before [they] get better. The presence of police as a paramilitary force in our society will now grow to new levels. Cameras, bomb-sniffing dogs, checkpoints, etc, will expand exponentially the notion that someone capable of brutal, cold-blooded and random killing walks openly in public will further shape our lives. [The] cost of security measures will skyrocket. Further diverting funds meant for other, equally important goals, in American society. Tweeting a simple observation re our society always yields 1 benefit. I can block all right-wing idiots that come out of their foxholes. The bravery and effectiveness of police is a blessing. Their presence is welcome, in times like these. Yet it highlights something."
Scooter Braun: "waking up & turning on the tv to see this madness in Boston. myself & @hoogs are sitting here praying for everyone's safety. #prayforboston"
Eliza Dushku: "It doesn't get closer to home than this. #Watertown, MA~ #hometown God, please, everyone be safe. #Waterdown PD we are all sending you prayer… Born&raised in #Watertown. My beautiful fam is there, 20 search blocks/CNN in exact neighborhood I grew up in, Ma's house-can't believe this…Finally reached my Ma & Jim & they are fine & now staying indoors & turning on news.. Love to all- x… My parents are being morning greeted by SWAT, friends have bullet holes thru their walls, grenades in front of houses #surreal #Watertown"
Shonda Rhimes: "Truly, I have no words for what is going on, has been going on, in Boston."


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Discussion in 'Trading' started by DeepFried, May 24, 2007.
Looking forward to China opening up. I love a good selloff.
um hum US futures are up so ..nice try
Futures haven't reliably predicted U.S. intraday movement lately.
They were up this morning, too. Even the Naz.
the yen has had a really hard time pushing to new lows and everyone in japan is selling yen. we should see a small squeeze soon.
And the god damn Shanghai is flat (as of 10:40 EST). I need that to tank.
Also, being up .04% isn't exactly a whopping rally.
Who wants to stay short for the long weekend? They may have some deals brewing for next Tue.
What looks obvious to me is that with such a major deviation in all of Asia vs. the Shanghai tonight, is that they will have a very painful lesson when the time comes.
Only logic to this deviation tonight is that the rest of these markets in Asia are traded by experienced traders/investors while Shanghai is nothing but a bunch of newbie first timers who do nothing but buy and will likely sell at the bottom of the coming correction, wiping out major portions of their accts.
With everyone just assuming it is a bubble on the basis of its steady rise and new market participants, I'm starting to doubt if it really is.
Then base it on the fact of the discrepancies between H, B and A Shares.
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Report from APA Council
By Susan D. Clayton, PhD
Division 34 Representative The recent APA Council meeting covered a variety of topics, including a discussion of presidential initiatives and a report on APA's financial position – which is sound. A resolution was also passed that will lower APA dues across the board for 2012, while eliminating some discounts that currently exist for people holding membership in two related professional organizations.
There are several items of particular interest to division 34 members. A proposition introduced by Janet Swim and Lynn Cooper to affirm psychological research on global climate change was overwhelmingly approved. The resolution is printed below. This is a good reminder of the power to use APA to draw attention to important issues. I was also pleased, as a first-time Council member, to see that, since 1999, APA has reported annually on "progress toward environmentally-responsible practice," including resource reduction, reuse, and recycling. In August of 2010, the APA voted to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions. It is also seeking LEED certification for one of its buildings, and annually reports on the environmental impact and practices of its buildings. The buildings are performing well: Both APA-owned buildings have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions and are below the national average for similar buildings. This is due in part to the introduction of a range of new energy-saving policies, such as installing compact fluorescent lightbulbs and motion sensors. Other Report from APA Council environmentally-sensitive practices include an emphasis on recycling and buying recycled products; utilizing email rather than paper; reusable coffee mugs rather than disposable; adding bike racks to the parking garage, and more.
APA is reviewing its governance system to see if it can be more effective and efficient. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to email me about them and I will communicate them to the working group.
As one person at the meeting put it, APA membership can be seen as a type of commons dilemma. APA staff work to advance the recognition and impact of psychological science, including efforts to protect our sources of funding, to disseminate the results of our research to politicians and policymakers, to preserve the history of psychology, and in general to enhance the legitimacy and relevance of the discipline. Each individual has to decide whether to pay the dues, but the benefits accrue to the discipline as a whole.
Text of the Resolution
WHEREAS there is near consensus among climate scientists that global climate change is occurring faster than anticipated, starting in the late 1990's and early 2000's, and there will be greater global climate change if greenhouse gases are not reduced (Confalonieri et al., 2007; Gilman, Randall, & Schwartz, 2007; Sokolov, et al., in press);
WHEREAS climate scientists now agree that recent dramatic climate change is associated with human behavior that has resulted in increasing emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2; CH4; N2O)(1PCC, 2007; National Research Council, 2010; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009,), and psychologists can provide a behavioral analyses of such contributions (APA Task- Force report on Global Climate Change);
WHEREAS there is a need for inter- and cross-disciplinary research on Global Climate Change that includes the social and behavioral sciences, and psychologists have been and are collaborators and participants in such research (APA Task report on Global Climate Change, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, 2009; Fischhoff, B., & Furby, L., 1983; National Research Council, 2010);
WHEREAS the impacts of climate change are increasing globally and include the destruction of habitats and subsequent threats to endangered species, acidity of water, disasters (e.g. forest fires), extreme weather (e.g., hurricanes, heat waves), decreasing availability of water, and spreading of diseases, harming plants, wildlife, human physical heath, settlements, and psychological well-being, and are a threat to social, economic, and environmental sustainability (IPCC, 2007; APA task force report on Psychology and Climate Change, 2009);
WHEREAS psychologists have shown a concern about individual and institutional discrimination (e.g., APA Resolution on Poverty and SES, 2000; APA resolution on Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimina tion, 2006); and climate change has already had disproportionate impact on the poor, including greater impacts on women and children, on rural regions and their inhabitants, and is anticipated to have greater effects on already disadvantaged populations including but not limited to persons with disabilities (APA task force report on Psychology and Climate Change, 2009; International Disability and Development Consortium, 2008; National Research Council, 2010);
WHEREAS the APA in its mission and vision statements and in its ethical code of conduct indicates that psychologists are committed to creating, applying, and communicating our knowledge to improving individual and societal conditions and facilitating the resolution of global challenges;
WHEREAS there is a persistent resistance among many to accept the findings of climate change science due to a variety of psychological and social factors, ranging from not knowing or understanding the science and scientific review processes, to psychological threats that accompany accepting global climate change, to outright manipulation of science designed to undermine belief in both climate change and human's contribution to climate change (Feygina, Goldsmith, & Jost, in press; Flynn, Slovic & Kunreuther, 2001; Kazdi, 2009; Moser and Dilling, 2007; Pidgeon, Kasperson, & Slovic, 2003; APA Task report on Global Climate Change; Vess & Arndt, 2008).
WHEREAS psychology as a discipline is well-suited to address important behavioral and methodological aspects of understanding human behavioral contribution and responses to global climate change (APA task force report on Psychology and Climate Change (Clayton & Brook, 2005, Gifford, 2007; Uzzell & Moser, 2009);
WHEREAS APA is committed to education in psychology and the dissemination of sound psychological science both in and out of the classroom.
WHEREAS APA Council approved a research agenda on environmental problems proposed by a 1993 Task Force on Psychology and Environmental Problems (Cvetkovich, G.T. & Wener, R., 1994).
THEREFORE it is resolved that APA reaffirms its recognition of the importance of psychological aspects of human environment relations;
THEREFORE it is resolved that APA supports psychologists' involvement in scientific research on global climate change and on the role of human behavior as a significant contributor to these changes;
THEREFORE it is resolved that APA recognizes the current and anticipated psychosocial impacts of climate change, especially for already underprivileged and marginalized groups, in addition to the bio- and geophysical impact and the ethical imperative of addressing climate change via adaptation and mitigation;
THEREFORE it is resolved that APA recognizes the role of psyche-social processes in perceptions and beliefs about global climate change that can potentially hinder public understanding of global climate change.
THEREFORE it is resolved that APA supports psychologists' involvement in research, education, and community interventions in improving public understanding of global climate change impacts and psychological contributions to mitigation and adaptation efforts that address both environmental and human, including psychological, impacts of Global Climate Change.


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Here are a few things catching our eye around the web today: a padded designer rocking chair, a sling that could accomodate two, kid-shaped mirrors and a delicate paper butterfly mobile. Jump below for all the links.
Today's Slinks:
Dancing Chair Rocker: by Constance Guisset via Style-Files
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Getting Started
To properly stretch your ears, you should first determine what size you are currently at. Never skip sizes! Jewelry sizes are typically referred to in gauges ranging from 20g to 00g, with 00g being the largest and 20g being the smallest. Sizes larger than 00g are referred to in inches or millimeters. In countries that use the metric system, jewelry sizes may only be referenced in millimeters, rather than gauge. To eliminate confusion, a table of gauge sizes with their nearest size in inches and millimeters is listed below.
If your ears were pierced with a piercing gun (such as at Claire's or Piercing Pagoda), they were pierced at 20g or 18g. It should be safe to start your stretching at 16g. If you were pierced properly at a professional piercing studio, your ears were probably pierced at 16g, but you can ask your piercer to make sure. Start your stretching one size larger than your current size.
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New Year's Eve Fun!
We drove up Colorado Blvd. on new year's eve night to see all the crowds of people spending the night out there to wait for the Rose Parade on New Year's day. Looks like a cross country or track team used it as a practice time (if Angelica weren't in Florida she'd probably be out there running, too).
I was hit by some silly string! = - ) Matthew just played with a straw in the back seat all by himself because his siblings are still in Florida and at a special New Year's Eve party at the convention center in Jacksonville.
Empty bleachers waiting for the crowds.
Doug did the driving and we saw some of the floats being towed over to the parade staging area (that's the Alaska float).
At home, the 3 of us celebrated with the east coast and went to bed early so we could wake up at 3:30 am to claim some good seats along the Rose Parade route without having to sleep on the sidewalk. Happy New Year 2009! = - )


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Generous football fans helped raise over £920 for a chancer charity at the weekend.
Friends and family of Mandie Stevenson were out in force prior to Saturday evening's Falkirk v Morton game at the Falkirk Stadium encouraging supporters to donate to Breast Cancer Now.
Mandie (27) from Falkirk is an ambassador for the worthy cause after getting involved when she was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her 26th birthday.
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Monday, September 03, 2012
{teaching myself patience}
i used to think that the most important part of making any kind of art--and making it well--was having massive amounts of raw talent. being born with the ability to translate what you see or feel with your fingers onto paper, or canvas, or whatever. but this week i realized it might be something else, actually. it might be patience. the willingness to sit still and try until you convey what you want to. the willingness to learn how to do something that you're not a natural at.
most of the time, i get a kick out of sitting down for five minutes and sketching something up really quickly with a thick pen and very little detail. a finished product with minimal effort. in between washing the dishes and running out the door to get groceries. something to look at and smile at and crumple up and throw away.
i am lazy; i know this about myself. i'm easily distracted and constantly needing to move on to something new. i don't use a ruler. i draw in pen because i don't feel like doing it in pencil and then going back over it. {if i make a mistake, i'll work it into the picture.} i am surprised and a little embarrassed when someone likes something i've drawn because i know it's sloppy and i know i didn't put much into it.
lately though, i'm trying to counteract my instinctual laziness. i have been sitting down with a full french press and the short stories of f. scott fitzgerald on audio book and practising my patience. trying to notice little things and learning how to put them down on paper. trying not to rush myself and teaching my fingers not to take shortcuts. {but i still draw in pen and i still don't use a ruler. give me a break, i'm trying.}
this week, my patience project was the wallpaper in my living room. because nothing will teach you patience, artistically or otherwise, like drawing repetitious black and white flowery flourishes with a fine-tipped pen.
and nothing will make you prouder than putting some effort into something for once and having it turn out exactly the way you wanted it to.
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I know exactly what you mean - I have to remind myself that it's worth spending some time and effort doing things *properly* instead of just chucking together a design that's "good enough".ReplyDelete
But I'm not sure what you mean about wallpaper... did you draw your walls? Draw on your walls? Design your own wallpaper? I'm confused!
ah that is so so beautiful! And your drawings are fabulous, they really are.ReplyDelete
Loved this (!) - mostly because I can relate. That wallpaper pattern above... is that the pen drawing you did?!?! If so, INSANITY. Seriously. SO GOOOOOOOOD.ReplyDelete
Keep rocking it, Suzy.
i really need to learn to be more patient sometimes and i like to think i am getting better but my isn't it hard.ReplyDelete
I think my impatience is why art at his never clicked with me... But I love crafts, designing and creating.ReplyDelete
haha sarah: sorry, that was a bit unclear. i mean that i sat in front of the wall and looked at the wallpaper and then copied it onto my paper, kind of. i wanted to not copy it exactly exactly, but make it look similar. the picture above is what i came up with. you can see the original wallpaper...in....this post:ReplyDelete
the rest of you: thank you thank you thank you. you are the best people in the world.
this is stunning! I read about a website where you can make your own designs into wallpaper- something to think about!ReplyDelete
Cool, this is a lesson I need to learn. I always say I can't draw but what I mean is I can't be bothered to try.ReplyDelete
Wow, this is gorgeous, Suzy! I am also so, so, so impressed by all of your work. I completely agree that quality work takes patience (which I rarely have, too), but I also think it takes an initial vision before the translation and patience even begins. You definitely have the vision!ReplyDelete
Obviously I relate to this because I have no patience whatsoever. I find the same in my writing....9 times out of 10 I am lazy and publish the first draft of everything but SOMETIMES, when I am in the mood to be good, and in the mood to teach myself patience, I can write and rewrite and rewrite until it's better....and it turns out exactly how I wanted it to be. Love this post ;)ReplyDelete
I definitely sympathise, but that's a hell of a lot better than anything I could muster up! I thought it was the actual wall paper...ReplyDelete
I totally know what you mean, Suzy! And I've been trying to do the same thing, in particular because I have the same issue with art. I am amazed at your wallpaper reproduction, jeez!ReplyDelete


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Phandelver + Storm King and beyond
The City of Splendors is certainly the greatest of the Sword Coast cities and perhaps the greatest cities on the face of Toril. It's home to as many as two million people, though an accurate census is all but impossible since so many come and go, visiting the open city to trade and otherwise seek fame and fortune. Waterdeep is a stable and generally peaceful city, where the rule of law is enforced by a huge and well-equipped watch further backed up by some of the most powerful personalities in the Realms.


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7:30 p.m., South Padre Convention Center (2,000), South Padre Island Texas (Fox College Sports Atlantic, WIRL-AM 1290)
ILLINOIS (5-0) ppg rpg
C Mike Tisdale So. 7-1 7.0 4.8
F Mike Davis So. 6-9 14.3 9.3
G Demetri McCamey So. 6-3 13.8 3.0
G Trent Meacham Sr. 6-2 14.0 3.0
G Chester Frazier Sr. 6-2 7.3 4.3
TULSA (4-1) ppg rpg
C Jerome Jordan Jr. 7-0 10.5 7.5
F Bishop Wheatley Jr. 6-6 5.0 3.3
F Joe Richard Fr. 6-7 2.0 3.3
G Ray Reese Sr. 9.0 4.0
G Ben Uzoh Jr. 6-3 18.0 4.8
(Stats prior to Friday's games.)
Noteworthy: The series is tied 1-1. They two teams haven't met since Tulsa scored a 68-62 victory over Illinois in the first round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament in Albany, N.Y. The game was the final appearance for the Illini in the NCAAs under former coach Lou Henson. Tulsa was coached by Tubby Smith. . . Tulsa was picked to finish third in the Conference USA preseason coaches poll behind league favorite Memphis and Alabama-Birmingham. . . Tulsa defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 66-43 and North Carolina Central 92-52 in earlier tournament action played in Tulsa before beating Texas A&M Friday.
Key for Illini: Dig deep and play with some toughness. Don't let Uzoh beat you.
Key for Hurricane: Find out if the Illini have the depth and strength to play two games in two days.
Prediction: Illinois 74, Tulsa 65


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(A guest post kindly written by EJ Ciramella)
In this installment, I'm going to cover the four cheap-fast ways I've seen discussed to generate configuration for your application.
Managing Configuration
There are a few ways I've found or seen discussed over the years for managing the configuration portion of a deployment (local or otherwise). I don't think one way is the best way for everyone, each company is unique. The decision should be based on what suits your company best, not how many plugins you can configure or how can you change the way business operates (within reason). There are other, more complex ways; like Spring based configuration. This discussion is limited to the cheapest (simplest) way to manage configuration. Below are four very common approaches.
– Spin a version of your deployable unit (preconfigured) for each deployment option (one artifact)
This is the most expensive (with regard to time and space) option of the four. This option assumes that you have very few deployable units and very few stacks to deploy to. This option can be configured via profiles in the POM and leverage values either stored in profiles or in a settings.xml (or a host of other inconvenient ways). After what I've seen during my recent stint interviewing and what I've seen come across the Maven mailing lists, I think this is no longer an option for most. This becomes painfully obvious when the artifact starts getting beyond 50 MB. This concept fails to scale with the addition of machines or deployment environments.
– Spin a single version of your deployable unit and build multiple configuration artifacts (two artifacts)
At a previous employer, this was the initial choice for a first foray into configuration for our deployable units. This regularly took about three hours to finish and each additional machine was painful to manage (all stored in the build user's settings.xml checked into Perforce), let alone adding additional stacks. To add insult to injury, having to sit through another three-hour build because ONE machine in ONE stack had ONE property tweaked was both painful and embarrassing. This option also fails to scale with the size or complexity of the environments you're trying to support. Each additional stack could add upwards of 10 minutes each.
– Spin a single version of your deployable unit and have it include templates and configuration for those templates (one artifact)
This is a step in the right direction. But the configuration is still bound to the artifact you're attempting to deploy. It seems like a waste to generate a new deployable unit if the configuration for a particular application in a given deployment environment has changed. To a degree, this approach also fails to scale. You'll end up including more and more configuration.
– Spin a single version of your deployable unit and have it include templates with separate configuration (two independent cycling artifacts)
This is the final evolution I chose. Breaking out the configuration from the actual deployable unit and making the configuration its own artifact (ie pushed to our repository manager) allowed the same version of an application to be instantly redeployed (with the option of just reapplying configuration to an already deployed application) with a configuration change that took merely seconds to build.
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When it shut down it restarted on it's own...once I was installing some camcorder programs and once at no particular time.
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Case Selection, Handling and Settlement: Case settlement
All valuations to be settled should observe the Litigation Settlement Strategy:
Litigation and Settlement Strategy (LSS) - Publications - GOV.UK
The central themes of the LSS are
- to seek non-confrontational solutions where possible,
- to focus on issues that best serve HMRC's goal of tax gap reduction,
- to choose cases for their wider impact, as well as for their own value,
- where HMRC has a strong case to seek full value from settlement, or take the matter to litigation,
- to not pursue weak arguments,
- to team-work cases with colleagues, including those in other parts of HMRC.
If a negotiated settlement is unlikely a decision must be made whether the valuation is suitable for litigation. Factors to be taken into account before any decision to litigate is taken include:
- The amount of tax involved
- The precedent value of the matter in dispute
- The strength of HMRC's case
- The risks of litigation
- The potential benefit of discouraging non- compliant behaviour in that taxpayer or others
- The costs of litigation
It will not always be possible to reach acceptable settlement terms by agreement and we need to decide which cases should be taken to litigation (in conjunction with the appropriate HMRC partners).
SAV is not looking to litigate as many cases as possible. Litigation involves expense and delay for both HMRC and our customers. Accordingly, agreed terms for settlement should always be sought before going to litigation. However, settlement terms must be consistent with the reasons for undertaking an enquiry in the first place, which are to influence taxpayer behaviour positively and to challenge behaviours that contribute to the tax gap.
Potential litigation cases will need to be prioritised considering all the potential advantages and disadvantages of litigation.
The chance of success must be the over-riding factor. This approach ensures that we commit legal resources to our strongest cases, where we should adopt a no compromise stance in negotiation.
Litigating where our chances of success are less than even would need to be justified by the particular circumstances, such as a very large amount of tax at stake (in the case itself or from immediate precedent value) or a fundamental point of principle at issue.
We should also give priority to cases where taxpayers have set out to undermine the purpose of tax legislation, including the more aggressive avoidance schemes.
Other factors to take into account in determining priorities are:
- the likely cost of litigation
- deficient settlement offers and cases that support HMRC's ability to obtain settlements on suitable terms
- determined or organised attempts to undermine legislation, particularly where agents are orchestrating non-compliance. It is important to identify these situations early and proceed quickly to litigation if legal advice is favourable
- the defence of strategically important principles
- cases where very large sums of money are at stake and
- delivering Government policy through maintaining tax legislation
Any adverse consequences that may arise should be considered, including the potential to weaken existing legislation. However where we have good arguments we should not retreat from defence of a legal principle for fear of losing it: if there is doubt about the robustness of legislation, it is often preferable to resolve the doubt one way or the other, which will at least clear the way to repair of legislation if that is possible.
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As kids, we were sent out to the garden fifteen minutes before suppertime, with a bowl and a knife. We knew how to look for them (the fat ones, a day or two old, just peeking out) and how to cut them (well below the soil, always at an angle).
Then my mother blanched them and we ate them with loads of butter.
When I was about ten, I got into big trouble. It was August, and the asparagus had grown to its full potential; thick woody stems with full, fluffy wisps, speckled with orangey-red berries—Christmas in August. The plants were so soft, and thick, and taller than I was. And nothing in the world was more fun than throwing myself into them one afternoon, over and over, until I had flattened the entire patch.
In University, I took a botany class called "Economic plants" — basically, plants humans use to eat, to feed its livestock with, to make medicine, to make clothes, to get high on. Each student was assigned a plant to study Others got strawberries, wheat, cotton, carrots. I got asparagus.
In the days that I was writing the final essay, I remember waking up from a very fitful sleep in a panic. I had dreamt that I was asparagus. And that I could feel my roots growing deeper and deeper underground with every year. It was all very weird. Thinking back, I should have looked into what that dream meant.
Anyway, now its 2009, and I certainly haven't settled my roots perennially the way asparagus does. But I have been eating a hell of a lot of asparagus, like I always have this time of year.
Simple roasted asparagus
While I still like my asparagus doused in butter, my favorite way to eat them nowadays is to roast them in the oven. If they get a little charred, all the better. This isn't exactly a whiz of a recipe, but it's the best way to enjoy asparagus for what they are.
1 lb local, fresh asparagus (if possible, buy asparagus that is store with it's cut stems in water— they'll be less woody)
A good drizzle of olive oil
Fresh ground pepper and salt, to taste.
Preheat the over to 450 F. Trim the woody ends. In a shallow baking dish or a cookie sheet large enough to accommodate all the asparagus, side by side like little soldiers. Drizzle them with oil. Salt and pepper them, and slide them in the oven, uncovered. When they are glistening and wrinkly, and browned on the bottom (ten minutes or so), take them out and turn them over, using a fork. Leave them in for an additional ten minutes.
They're great as is, but you can dress them with lemon juice, or shaved parmesan. Or even some crispy pancetta.


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Sarah, and Erin have been an absolute joy to follow along with in the Colette Handbook Sew-along, so it's with great pleasure that I get to embark on a new sewing adventure along side of them!
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We'll be starting with the Hazel dress, and voting on all following projects.
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Monday, June 4th: The Muslin
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Launch a successful online advertising campaign using Google Adwords
Google Adwords is an online advertising campaign that lets you pay for your first page Google search ranking. A campaign can be expensive, but if done right, will convert to sales. This guide will give you the key points to consider in launching a successful paid advertising campaign using Google Adwords.
Let me tell you a little secret about Google search: Google loves new content, it thrives on it. The internet is always looking for the latest news and the latest updates. Fresh content is what will get you to the top.
But what if that's not practical for your site? Maybe your not a blogger or maybe you don't have any new content. More than likely you just don't have the time. This is where Google Adwords comes in.
The ingredients of a successful Google Adwords advertising campaign.
Get your website in order
I recently had a client who wanted me to launch an Adwords campaign for his company, unfortunately his website was not up to the task. To understand this, you must understand the first key to the campaign: Conversions – converting a customer's click in to a sale. Every time a customer clicks on your advert it is going to cost you money. if your website is not up to standard then it will be an expensive and unproductive campaign.
I had to redevelop the clients website from the ground up but it was necessary to spend money to make money. The cost of the website was covered by the first few successful sales. If you are wondering if your website is good enough for a campaign then leave me a comment at the bottom and I will let you know.
Free SEO before Paid SEO (search engine optimisation)
There a million things you can do before launching a paid Adwords campaign. The core of free SEO is to concentrate on Google: Google Webmaster Tools, Google My Business and Google Maps. Get these three right and your halfway there. If you don't have these then you will find it very difficult to launch an Adwords campaign. Next launch your social networks, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook in that order. Connect your Twitter to your Facebook and make regular status updates and links to your website. Google loves this. If you have lots of images then put them on Pinterest or Imgur and tag everything with your company name.
Decide to go it alone or pay someone
Google Advertising can be the start of your success; if done right, or a pointless and expensive activity if done wrong. For an experienced Webmaster, Google Adwords is a breeze if not time consuming, we know where the wind is blowing. If you are on a budget then try Gumtree, Fiverr or go it alone. Google has recently launched a "do it yourself" Adwords tool called Adwords express, this will allow you to set up an advert in minutes. Google's clever bots will know exactly what to do and will automate everything. If your looking to go alone then go Adwords express.
How much does it cost to launch an Adwords Campaign?
Let me give you some price breakdowns, your average ad is going to cost you £1.30 – £2 per click. It doesn't get much lower but it can go much higher. You set a daily budget which can be anything but if you want to be seen I advise a £30 a day limit minimum, this does not mean you will spend £30 a day, it is just a figure to let Google know you are serious. On an average day you might expect to get 5 clicks at £1.50 each and out of these (if your website is up to scratch) you might expect 1 phone call/Email. To be realistic expect to spend £10 a day on your campaign. Now is the time to decide if you can afford that and if your website will convert.
What does my money get me?
Your advert should appear pretty much straight away. The way it is displayed is based on your bid price, advert quality, website quality, time of day and how popular your industry is. A developer who knows what they are doing will get you an advert like the one shown below:
The main point to notice are; the phone number – having a phone number on display may lead to a direct call without having the customer click on your advert, A well laid out advert looks more professional and helps convert, site links below the ad can lead customers to the right place and finally high quality ads will naturally be higher in the Google page ranking and get more sales. The disadvantages is that it costs more and you will probably need to use Google Adwords (complicated )over Google Adwords Express (automated).
Paying a developer can really pay off in terms of sales. A do it yourself, inexperienced advertiser, or Adwords Express advert will probably look like this:
How to get a better advert on Google Adwords? Pay a Webmaster, Learn Adwords form Youtube, Make high bids and have a high daily max amount.
Keywords are the most important part of your campaign. These are what a customer types when they are looking for your service. The example below shows two companies targeting the keyword or key-phrase "Facebook Likes". I can guarantee that despite being poor adverts they are making lots of money.
Just think what a high quality advert would look like next to these, it would look very respectable to customers. (by the way I have tried similar services to these – Facebook doesn't like them but they get the job done – great for startups.)
Do your research
Keyword research is the key to successful selling on Google. Pay someone or follow this exercise: "Imagine you are a customer buying your product, type in Google what you think the customer would type, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and see related keywords." this will also be a good time to check out other ads and see your competition.
You get what you pay for
This is my motto as a Webmaster, whether it's graphics, web design or advertising. If you spend money and follow these points then you will make money. If you sell a service or product for a £100 and spend £50 on advertising then you are £50 in profit. The initial outlay may be high, but once your advert is on Google and converting you will quickly make this back.
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The project is meant to give life to a simple plant and remind it's owner that if you don't water it, it will wilt and die. When the plant senses a low water level its slowly descends to allow for a wilted look, when watered the plant will rise and do a little dance to show it's satisfaction.
We forget far too often to water our plants and as a result their beauty quickly fades, with all the hassles of everyday life it's very easy to forget such a simple task. So why not enhance the interaction between plant and owner. Perhaps if watering the plant grants an immediate reaction, the plant's owner will be more want to water the plant more often.
Technologically wise the plant consist of a base that hides the inner mechanisms, within the base is are 2 motors and chain which allow the plant's "pot" to move up and down and tilt.
The pot is made out of fabric to allow it to compress and expand to allow for the interaction. An Arduino is used to control the motors and access the water level.