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a place where you can find my scrapbook pages, cards, altered projects and DIY crafts that I have created. I'm learning a lot in the process and enjoying the outcome of my creativity that God has bestowed upon me that's why I want to share it with you. GOD gets all the credit for these. THANKS FOR LOOKING!
27 December 2009
Merry Christmas!
I hope you understand and I hope you won't get tired of following my blog. Rest-assured that I will be stamping after our holiday. :)
Thanks so much for visiting and I'll give you updates once in a while.
God bless and Merry Christmas once again.
17 December 2009
UPDATE (with a card)
My kids (and I) are actually doing the countdown! LOL! And I never thought packing will be that hard. I have to make a checklist so as not to forget something not to mention the things that my siblings want me to bring back home. :) And that's the reason why I don't have the time to sit and stamp so I hope you understand. I will probably won't be sharing much of my craft work for a few weeks as I will be busy exchanging updates, chatting, strolling here and there with my family and friends during our holiday! Well I have to make the most out of it as I haven't seen them for 4 straight years! So, just imagine. ;)
Anyways, I was able to whip a card the other day and I just went simple as possible as I did this in-between the packing and house chores. :)
Look how simple it is! But I really like it. :) I just went all white with a touch of Purely Pomegranate. I embossed the horizontal panel with Cuttlebug Holly embossing folder and sprayed Glimmer Mist Pearl generously on it. Though you can't see it on this shot, IRL it's really glimmery. I stamped my sentiment directly to the card base with my ODBD Stamp Joy to the World set using Purely Pomegranate Ink. And YAY for me 'coz I already have the "new" Martha Stewart Floral Vine deep edge punch! Wohoo!! Would you believe I was able to purchase it here in Australia??? Yeah, I got it from LimeTart with the kind assistance of its owner, Philippa. Thanks so much Philippa!! I finished off the card with some Plum pearls (Kaisercraft) and Prima flowers that complement the card. I gave this card yesterday to my son's Speech Therapist as they will have a session break for the holiday and she so liked it!
So, what do you think??
This is all for now and thank you so much for visiting eventhough I don't post that much lately. Rest-assured that I will be popping in once in awhile to update you.
God bless everyone! Keep smiling! =)
Stamps: ODBD
Paper: white, Purely Pomegranate(retired)
Ink: SU! Purely Pomegranate (retired)
Accessories: Cuttlebug Holly embossing folder, Martha Stewart Floral Vine deep edge punch, Prima flowers, Kaiser pearls (Plum and Pearl), Glimmer Mist (pearl)
UPDATE (with a card)
11 December 2009
I stamped and paper-pieced my image with the same Kaisercraft dsp that I used as background. I did some sponging and used Stickles here and there for some bling.
Thanks for looking and hope you will all have a Happy Holidays!
Have a blessed day!
Stamps: Carolers by Clearly Wordsworth
Paper: white cs, Ballet Blue, Bazzill, Kaisercraft dsp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versacolor Narcissus, SU! Ballet Blue
Accessories: Copic markers, sponge dauber, Spellbinders Labels 8, Create a Flake 1, Tag Trio, MS Crystal Fine Glitter, Stickles, rhinestones, corner punch, pop dots
08 December 2009
Vintage Christmas
For the meantime, let me share with you this simple Vintage Christmas card that I've created 2days ago. No colouring done here. Just stamping, a bit of sponging and cutting with Spellbinders and Cuttlebug. :)
This is just a very quick post, sorry, I'll make it up to y'all next time.
God bless us all!
Stamps: AmyR Christmas sentiments by CC Designs
Paper: white cs, Bazzill, Kaisercraft dsp
Ink: Versafine Crimson Red, Vintage Sepia
Accessories: Spellbinders Rectangle Nestabilities, Prima flowers, Kaiser pearl, Glimmer Mist Pearl
Vintage Christmas
02 December 2009
Another Christmas Card
On to the card, this is just actually very simple as you can see. The dp is from Basic Grey Wassail and the sentiment is from AmyR Christmas sentiments stamps by CC Designs. I stamped it using Versafine Crimson Red, cut it with Labels 1 die, sponged around it with Versamagic Dew Drop Sage then Cuttlebugged it with Holly embossing folder. The flower is actually felt. Yeah, I tried cutting the felt using my Spellbinders Daisy Heads. And I liked how it turned out! I finished off the card by spraying Glimmer Mist Pearl onto the main panel, tying a satin ribbon around and putting 4 red pearls on the corners.
Thanks for visiting and let's altogether do the countdown 'til Christmas!! Just 23 more days to go!!
God bless us all. Until next post. :-)
Stamp/s: AmyR Christmas sentiments by CC Designs
Ink: Versafine Crimson Red, Versamagic Dew Drop Sage
Paper: white cs, Bazzill, Basic Grey Wassail dp
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 1, Daisy Heads, Cuttlebug Holly embossing folder, sponge dauber, felt, Prima festive flowers (for the leaves), Kaiser pearls, Glimmer Mist Pearl
Another Christmas Card
28 November 2009
Anyways, let me share you some cards that I made lately. I have received my Whiff of Joy stamps from Bec few days ago and Charlotte is so gorgeous that I couldn't help but ink her straight away and use her on these cards!
The first card is a Christmas card but I used the colours from the recent CC246 challenge.
The next one is very Christmasy and I used the Out of the Box technique here. (Charlotte's hair passing outside the frame). This challenge is from TLC247 challenge last week. (talking about being late here, lol!)
Paper: white cs, SU! Pretty in Pink, Choc Chip, Bermuda Core'dinations cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versacolor Petal Pink
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, odourless solvent, blending stumps, Spellbinders Labels 8, Inverted Scalloped Circle, Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, Fiskars All A-Fleur embunch, satin ribbon, sponge dauber, pop dots, rhinestones
Paper: white cs, Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly dsp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,SU! Bashful Blue
Accessories: Copic Markers, Bic Mark-It, Prismacolor pencils, odourless solvent, blending stumps, Spellbinders Labels 4, Mega Curved Rectangles, Circle and Inverted Scalloped circle, Fiskars Lace punch, Kaiser pearls, sponge dauber, Copic Spica glitter pen
25 November 2009
CC246 Be My Friend
My card is 5.5"x5.5" in size. I started with the white base, then the Bermuda (Core'dinations) and then with thise lovely plaid dp from K&Company Classic K Charlotte paper pad which I purchased from Windsor Cottage Botanicals.
The horizontal panels of Bermuda and Pretty in Pink were punched using Fiskars All A-Fleur embunch but the Pretty in Pink was Cuttlebug-embossed first with Divine Swirl then embunched afterwards. I don't have anything on my mind for the lay out so I went for a simple one. Image is from Darkroom Door and sentiment is from Jemac stamps. Both were stamped with Old Olive and sponged around it with Versacolor Pink Petals. The lovely pearl slider/buckle is from BizzyBecs which was made by the owner herself, Bec! Thanks Bec, they're really lovely. Btw, I sprayed Glimmer Mist pearl to the image panel but the camera just really couldn't capture the glimmer on the paper.
Good morning and happy Wednesday! (it's 1250am, Sydney time)
God bless us all!
Stamps: Darkroom Door, Jemac Stamps
Paper: white cs, SU! Pretty in Pink, Core'dinations Bermuda, K&Company Classic K Charlotte pad
Ink: SU! Old Olive, Versacolor Petal Pink
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels One, Fiskars all a fleur embunch, Cuttlebug Divine Swirl embossing folder, black grosgrain ribbon, pearl buckle, sponge dauber, paper piercing mat, Glimmer Mist pearl
CC246 Be My Friend
23 November 2009
CAS42 Sponging with Butterflies
This sponging technique is actually a reverse masking. I'm so into the challenge but I was lost at first and didn't know where to start. I bet you also have days like this. So, I flipped onto my stamped images and stamps (which I organised on a 3-ring binder) and saw these cute butterflies from Darkroom Door Wildflower set. Okay problem solved. I did the sponging first (using the negative side of the Labels 1 die cut as the mask), stamped the butterflies, coloured the biggest of them all, stamped the sentiment then finished off with 3 layers of assorted flowers with a Basic Grey pearl on the centre. Quick, clean and simple.
What do you think?
Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!
Stamp: Darkroom Door Wildflower set
Paper: white cs
Ink: Versacolor Petal Pink & Misty Mauve, SU! Purely Pomegranate (retired)
Accessories: Labels 1 negative side, sponge dauber, Glimmer Mist Pearl (sprayed on flowers), Basic Grey Black pearl, Copic markers, assorted flowers
CAS42 Sponging with Butterflies
I made this "Thank You" card for her as she recently altered my 2 new jeans the past few weeks. Just a simple token of thanks for her time and effort. :)
Stamps: AmyR Thank You Sentiments
Paper: white cs, brown cs, DCWV cs, DCWV Sweet Stack
Ink: Versamagic Drew Drop Sahara Sand
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4, Prima flowers, Fiskars all a fleur embunch, corner punch, Prima flower, Kaisercraft flower. Kaiser pearl, brown satin ribbon, buttons, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet die, Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder, Glimmer Mist Pearl (sprayed on
21 November 2009
My finished cards:
Aren't they cute? :) The one in the middle is the Just Because card I posted a few days ago and rest are Christmas cards to be given for my family and friends.
Detailed shots below:
Stamp/s: Our Daily Bread Designs "Worship the Lord"
20 November 2009
WT245 Give Thanks
So here is my share for the challenge. Looksee..
I had a hard time putting this card together as I actually started with it 3wks ago. Well, I really wanted the colours and the dp but I was thinking on what image stamp to use or if it really needed one in the first place. I set it aside and forced myself to forget about it and went along with my Christmas cards orders. LOL! But after seeing the challenge set by Julia over SCS, I suddenly remembered that I have a pending card to put together. Yes indeed it didn't need any image stamp, but a sentiment stamp would do! And voila!! My card's done! :)
I stamped the sentiment (Amy R Friendship Sentiments by CC Designs) with Night of Navy Ink onto the retired River Rock dp and cut it with Labels 4 Nesties. This goes out to all my friends...THANK YOU so much for the friendship! I love you all! ♥
Thanks again for visiting and if you haven't been saying thank you lately, you may start now. Remember that "Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women." -- Gordon B. Hinckley
God bless us all!
Stamps: Amy R Friendship Sentiments set by CC Designs
Paper: 290gsm Rust cs, Night of Navy, River Rock (retired), Paper Loft Grandma's Garden "Well Worn" dp
Ink: Night of Navy, Choc Chip
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4, FIskars texture plates, sponge dauber, Kaiserpearls Chino, edge distresser
WT245 Give Thanks
19 November 2009
CC245 Always Real Chocolate
This House Mouse is sooooo adorable! Just look at him with his eyes closed. ;) That's why I chose the sentiment "Peace" to go along with the image as this mouse exudes peace and calmness. Don't you think so? :)
I stamped this mouse with Versafine Onyx Black, heat-embossed with clear ep and then coloured it with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils. His cheeks are more pinkish IRL, the real colour wasn't just captured by the camera. I cut it and mounted it onto a Basic Grey Wassail dp and then matted altogether onto a Choc Chip cs cut with Scalloped Oval Nesties.
Here's a closer shot:
Card size btw is 4.75" x 4.75". And most of the materials I used here are from my scraps. ;) The Choc Chip mat behind the Real Red is actually hollow in the middle. You know when you cut your mats using Spellbinders and what's only left is the square thing with holes on the middle resulting from your die cuts?? IFYKWIM. That's it! Sorry, I hope I'm making sense here. LOL!
Okay, this is it for now. Gotta grab some quick lunch for me and DS2.
God bless each and everyone of us! Enjoy your day!
Stamps: House Mouse, Stampendous
Paper: white cs, SU! Choc Chip, Real Red
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Spellbinders Small Oval and Scalloped Oval, Copic Markers, Prismacolor pencils, odourless solvent, Fiskars Embunch, Prima Festive Christmas flowers, Kaiser Pearl Chocolate & Snow, Glimmer Mist Pearl (sprayed on flower and leaves)
CC245 Always Real Chocolate
18 November 2009
Just Because (2nd post)
Here's a Just Because card to add on my stash:
It's Spring here but I really like the colours of Fall. :) I haven't been using my Shapeabilities Daisy Heads die so I used it here as I think it looks nice on rust and vanilla.
So simple but I like it! Btw, this is my 2nd post for today so kindly scroll down to see my earlier post.
Thanks for looking and I'll see you on my next post again.
Stamps: NONE
Paper: white cs, SU! Very Vanilla, brown cs, rust cs, October Afternoon dsp
Ink: Choc Chip (for the inked edges)
Accessories: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Daisy Heads, Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, Glimmer Mist Pearl (sprayed onto the flowers)
Just Because (2nd post)
Remember HER?
I was part of the very first Design Team of Bizzy Becs and my exposure there really helped me a lot to hone my skills as a beginner. Thanks so much to Bec. So, in honor and gratitude of you, Bec, I once again inked this Little Cutie and used her on a card.
This one's for you BEC!
Isn't she the cutest?!! :) I coloured Jewels with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. The size of this card is 4.75 x 4.75. I'm starting to make cards with this size as I bought a pack of pre-cut card base more than a month ago and I believe it's time for me to use them. I've done a couple yesterday but will share it with you tomorrow. The sentiment I used here is from Jemac Stamps and reads:
A hug is the shortest distance between friends
For the meantime, I hope you enjoy looking at Jewels and let me know what you think by leaving a comment or two. Thanks for the visit!
God bless us all!
Stamp/s: Hippy Chick Jewels from Little Cuties Collection (by Bizzy Becs)
Paper: CherryArte, white cs, DCWV cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Choc Chip, Versacolor Orchid
Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, Spellbinders Labels 8, Nested Butterfly, Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, Copic Spica Glitter pen, pop dots,sponge dauber
Remember HER?
17 November 2009
Stockings On A BIG Card
The base is an American Crafts cs which I bought on A3 size for 99cents @ Lincraft. And it's very, very sturdy as it's 270gsm (if I'm not mistaken). It has to be masculine (as her boss is a guy) so I chose blue for this. The dp is from DCWV 12x12 Christmas Stack which I bought way back 2007 and the sentiment is from House Mouse Christmas clear stamps set. The rest of the card is pretty self-explanatory.
Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the day!
God bless you.
Stamp/s: House Mouse Christmas
Ink: Bashful Blue
Paper: AC cs, white cs, DCWV Christmas Stack
Accessories: Spellbinders Rectangle Nesties, Spellbinders Wreath and Stockings, Cuttlebug Vintage Corner, Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine glitter, Glimmer Mist Pearl chalk, brads, pop dots
Stockings On A BIG Card
16 November 2009
Ice Skating Tilda
A churchmate liked it and asked me to make her one. To those of you who know me, I don't normally mass produce or make 2 cards so identical to each other. So, I just made a few twists and I'm sure, crafters as you are like me, you can easily spot the difference. :)
Don't be shy, tell me the differences that you're seeing. :)
Thanks for looking and I'm off to finish some house chores and then sit and stamp!
Have a lovely week! God bless us all.
Stamps: Ice Skating Tilda by Magnolia (RAK)
Paper: white cs, Rose Red, My Mind's Eye dsp
Ink: SU! Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky, Versacolor Narcissus
Accessories: Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles, Create a Flake 1, Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, odourless solvent, blending stumps, sponge dauber, Tag Trio, edge distresser, Glimmer Mist Pearl, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine glitter, stickles, rhinestones
Ice Skating Tilda
13 November 2009
Quick Birthday Card
My SIL asked me to make a birthday card this morning and so I really had to rush a bit as I was also doing some cards to be delivered on Sunday.
I used some papers from my stash and this lovely dp is from K&Company Wild Raspberry pad. I embossed a pink cs for the horizontal panel, stamped my sentiment onto white cs, cut with Circle Nesties, sponged and then matted onto Petite Scalloped Circle die cut. Finished off the card with the smallest Kaiser pearls Plum on four corners of the card and a small Prima flower with a Kaiser pearl Lemon at the centre. Quick and easy!!
Okay, off to prepare for our Bible study tonight. Thanks for the visit and may our good Lord bless you always.
Stamp/s: Happy Birthday from Jemac Stamps
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Versacolor Narcissus
Paper: white cs, pink cs, SU! Rose Red, K&Co Wild Raspberry dsp
Accessories: Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, sponge dauber, Prima flower, Kaiser pearls, pop dots, Glimmer Mist Pearl (sprayed on the sentiment), Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder
Quick Birthday Card
11 November 2009
Roses on Paper Challenge #24
Here's my card:
This lovely dsp is from My Mind's Eye. Very non-traditional colours yet gorgeous to look at and those were the colours that I used to colour in my Tilda (which is a RAK image I received from an online pal). Sentiment is from CC Designs AmyR Christmas Verses stamp set. I finished off the card with these cute snowflakes created from Spellbinders' Create a Flake 1, sponged with Soft Sky ink then sparkled with Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter.
Thanks for visiting and let me know what you think with my first Roses on Paper challenge card. ;-)
Have a blessed day!
Stamps: Ice Skating Tilda by Magnolia (RAK)
Paper: white cs, Rose Red, My Mind's Eye dsp
Ink: SU! Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky
Accessories: Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles, Create a Flake 1, Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, odourless solvent, blending stumps, sponge dauber, Tag Trio, edge distresser, Glimmer Mist Pearl, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine glitter
Roses on Paper Challenge #24
10 November 2009
Colourful Christmas Take TWO!
I have a take two on my colourful christmas card which you can be seen on this post. The first card was seen by a friend and asked me to make her a card using the same colours and materials. Well, honestly, I don't or I never made two cards completely the same in my entire stamping career! LOL! I don't know, I'm not just so comfortable doing that. So, since it's a request, I had no choice but do it. :) I used the same materials but of course made some "twists" to make it somehow different from the first one.
Here it is:
And a closer shot...
Paper: white cs, Quill Manhattan green cs, My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas "Falling Flakes" dsp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versacolor Orange
Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, odourless solvent, blending stumps. Stickles Icicles, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles, Create a Flake 1, pop dots, MS Doily Lace punch
Colourful Christmas Take TWO!
09 November 2009
Bow Easy Cards (2nd post)
Bow Easy Cards (2nd post)
Thank You Card
Soon as I saw this invitation, I told myself to get the same materials that they used and just made a twist for the thank you card.
Here's the card that I made:
Stamps: Sentiments Set by Grace Taylor
Paper: Pearlescent Eggplant cs, Pearlescent cream cs, specialty paper, SU! Very Vanilla
Ink: Versacolor Violet
Accessories: Spellbinders Circle Nesties, Fiskars Circle punch, Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder, heat gun, clear ep, corner punch, pop dots
Thank You Card
06 November 2009
BIRTHDAY Cards
Anyways, I will just share to you two of the birthday cards that has been ordered from me.
The first card has autumn colours. :) The card base that I used is a 290gsm cs which I bought on clearance in our LSS. The dp is from My Mind's Eye and the flower image is from Darkroom Door. Sentiment is from Jemac stamps.
Paper: Rust 290gsm cs, white cs, My Mind's Eye dsp
Ink: Versacolor Topaz, Su! Choc Chip, Soft Sky
Accessories: sponge dauber, Spellbinders Mega Cruve rectangle, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, chocolate satin ribbon
Paper: white cs, Bazzill, Pretty in Pink, Basic Grey Cupcake dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versacolor Narcissus, SU! Choc Chip
Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders Labels 4, Fiskars texture plate (Confetti), Tag Trio, sponge dauber, Kaiser pearls
BIRTHDAY Cards
03 November 2009
Sweet Birthday Wishes
Anyway, here's a card I whipped up as part of my orders which I have already delivered last Sunday! Yay! My churchmate ordered 15 cards, 10 Christmas and 5 Birthdays. I still owe him 2 of the latter though. :)
I didn't put too much embellies on this one as I want to take advantage of the beauty of the paper. I stamped the sentiment directly and just added pearls on each side of it.
Tilda was coloured with a combo of Copics and Prismacolor pencils with odourless solvent. I just took the colours from the dp (which is from Basic Grey Sultry) and adhered Tilda onto it.
Thanks for looking! Gotta grab some late lunch here.
GOD bless us all.
Sweet Birthday Wishes
02 November 2009
Birthday Card
This very encouraging verse is from ODBD Scripture Collection 1. It's stamped with SU! Old Olive (loaded with Versamark first) then heat embossed with clear ep. Cut with square Nestabilities and matted with a very thin SU! Groovy Guava (retired) then matted again with the square scalloped Nesties. The lovely dp is from K&Company Beyond Postmarks which I bought from Windsor Cottage Botanicals. I finished off the card with Prima flower and a paper rose flower plus 4 chocolate Kaiser pearls in each corner.
God bless everyone!
Stamps: ODBD Scripture Collection 1
Paper: white cs, brown cs, SU! Groovy Guava (retired)
Ink: SU! Old Olive
Accessories: heat gun, clear ep, Square Nestabilities, Prima flower, paper rose, Kaiser pearl
Birthday Card
Engagement Card
This combo is very elegant-looking! I started with a white base then a black cs and then used a Kaisercraft dsp (both sides). The silver panel is a Bazzill Bling embossed with Swiss Dots embossing folder which was matted with a black cs again with the lower part punched with MS Doily Lace punch.
I don't actually have a "specific" engagement stamp/s and I only have this Congratulations word which is from Jemac Rubberstamps (that I bought from the recent Craft Show that I went to). So I have to improvise, I then used my JustRite Times New Roman Lowercase font and voila! Problem solved!! The image on the left side was also from Jemac Clear stamps set.
Stamps: JustRite Times New Roman Lowercase Font, Jemac stamps
Paper: white cs, black, Kaisercraft dsp, Bazzill Bling (silver)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: heat gun, clear ep, Spellbinders Labels 4, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Glimmer Mist pearl, Kaisercraft flowers, flatback pearl, MS Doily Lace punch
Engagement Card
31 October 2009
Glory to God in the Highest!
I actually experimented on this as I was thinking of other colours to go with silver. So I decided to use SU! Night of Navy which I think looked well with my Bazzill Bling in silver. The image was stamped with Versacolor Silver and heat embossed with clear ep while the sentiment was stamped with Night of Navy ink.
The image panel was cut using my Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles which I recently purchased from Bizzy Becs. Then while still inside the die, I then sponged some Bashful Blue ink and Night of Navy for more depth.
Here's a close-up shot:
Thanks so much for looking! Got this card done yesterday morning and this will go to my personal Christmas cards to be given to family and friends. I've been busy finishing Christmas cards orders and I haven't even filled up my personal stash yet!! So now, my aim is to slowly build up my Christmas cards...I'll get there by the grace of God. :)
My family and I weren't able to go to our Friday Bible study last night as I wasn't really feeling well. It's that time of the month and I was feeling so differently that I couldn't barely stand up because of the lower abdomen pain. I wasn't able to do anything from afternoon 'til night but lie down and praying that the pain would go away. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling a bit better..thank God!
This is all for now. I will be finishing card orders to be delivered tomorrow so I have to sit and stamp now otherwise I wouldn't get anything done. :)
God bless us all and happy Saturday!
Stamps: Jesus is Born & Christmas Scripture by Sweet "N Sassy stamps
Paper: white cs, Bazzill Bling (Silver), SU! Night of Navy
Ink: Versacolor Silver, SU! Night of Navy, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles, sponge dauber, heat gun, clear ep, piercing mat pack, pop dots
Glory to God in the Highest!
30 October 2009
WT242 Purple Pretties!!
The sentiment is from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps' Jesus is Born set. I stamped it using Versacolor Violet, heat-embossed with clear ep then cut with Spellbinders Labels 4. I sponged around it with Versacolor Hyacinth while it's still inside the die, embossed it with Birds and Swirls embossing folder then spritzed a bit of Glimmer Mist Pearl. I also used a purple sheer/organdy ribbon on this card. To make it more Christmasy, I again used my Create a Flake 1 to make these cute snowflakes. ;) I sponged Hyacinth ink to my snowflakes then generously glued some MS Crystal Fine glitter. I then finished it off with some purple rhinestones by Kaisercraft. The lovely dp is also from Kaisecraft Lilac Avenue Collection - Sweet Pea.
Thanks for the visit and hope you'll all have a blessed day!
Happy stamping!
Stamps: Jesus is Born set from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps
Paper: white cs, Quill Manhattan Iris, Kaisercraft Sweet Pea (from Lilac Ave Collection) dsp
Ink: Versacolor Violet and Hyacinth
Accessories: heat gun, clear ep, Spellbinders Labels 4, sponge dauber, Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls embossing folder, Create a Flake 1, MS Cyrstal Fine Glitter,Glimmer Mist Pearl, Purple rhinestones
WT242 Purple Pretties!!
29 October 2009
All That Sparkles!
This card is also my entry (my very first!) to Simon Says Stamp Weekly Challenge. I uploaded this to SCS and the kind Steph (of Simon Says) mentioned to me that their current challenge is about getting sparkly and that my card qualifies for it. Wow! It's so exciting as I posted my card the same day they posted their challenge so...yeah, I guess I'm in. :) I haven't been to their blog and it's also my first time to visit it and I bet I will be visiting it often and try to join their weekly challenges..hopefully. :)
Oh! Here's my card btw,
Look at those colours! I mean, nothing beats green and red for Christmas but it's good to know that other colours can look Christmasy, too! The dp that I used is from My Mind's Eye "Snowflake Stripes" (Colourful Christmas collection). I coloured Tilda using the colours from it using a combination of Copics and Prisma pencils. (NOTE! Always use Copic first then Prisma pencils when colouring).
Here's a close up shot of my sparkly Tilda and snowflake (which I made using Create a Flake 1 by Spellbinders).
All That Sparkles!
28 October 2009
Luke 2:10 Christmas Card
Paper: white cs, various coloured cs, Basic Grey Wassail dp
Ink: Versamagic Sage, Versafine NArcissus, SU! So Saffron
Accessories: heat gum, clear ep, sponge dauber, Circle Nestabilities, Fiskars hand cutter, Fiskars templates, Cuttlebug Vintage Corner dies, Prima flower (Festive Christmas), pearl, Glimmer Mist pearl
Luke 2:10 Christmas Card
24 October 2009
WT241 Christmas Stockings
This DCWV dp is from their Christmas Stack which I bought 2yrs ago. I actually got 2 pads of them and you can't really resist the colours and beauty of its designs. The stockings were made using Spellbinders Wreath and Stocking (Shapeabilities) which, if Im not mistaken, has been with me for more than year and it's only now that I used it. I used chipboard to make the stockings and then cut again using the same background dp. I used some glue and sprinkled my MS Crystal Fine glitter to add bling to the stockings. Sentiment is from Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer set which I bought at my LSS at 40% off! Gotta love discounts! :)
Another card added to my Christmas stash! Thanks for looking and happy stamping!
Stamps: Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer
Paper: white cs, Quill Manhattan Ruby, DCWV Christmas stack, Quill Manhattan green cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Dew Drop Wheat
Accessories: Spellbinders Long Rectangle, Shapeabilities Wreath and Stocking die, Circle and Petite Scalloped Circle die,Circle Inverted Scalloped die, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, MS Crystal Fine glitter, brads, pop dots, sponge dauber, piercing mat pack
WT241 Christmas Stockings
23 October 2009
3 Christmas Cards
I was able to finish 3 cards yesterday! YAY! And these are also part of my Christmas orders and thank God I'm slowly getting to finishing them all before November hits. I hope I can somehow do another 2 today. :)
Card #1
This is the first time I inked up this Tilda. This is one of the stamps I got from the Summer Collection kit. And yes! I enjoyed using my Spellbinders Create a Flake 1! Hubby bought this to me along with some stuffs when we visited a scrapbook shop the other day. I was actually into an MS Snowflake punch for so long now but it's so hard to find them here in Australia. So when I stumbled upon a card using this Create a Flake die, I thought, hey why not this one instead of the punch? And it's so beautiful IRL especially when you add glitters or stickles or any other medium to make them sparkle! So Christmasy! :) I bet my sentiment is so fitting for the sparkles in my snowflakes.
Card #2
The greens here were a pack of A5 cards (with 3 more other colours) which I also purchased from the scrapbook shop we visited. I used it here as they carry the colours of the dp which is from Basic Grey Figgy Pudding. The panel with the dp was made by cutting 2 long rectangles Nesties then joined them together with the grosgrain and organdy ribbon to make them look like 1 big square. Sentiment is from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Christmas Scripture set. I stamped it with Versafine Crimson red then heat embossed with clear ep. I sponged around it after I cut it with Spellbinders Labels 4 and then embossed it with Cuttlebug Holly embossing folder. Final step was done by spritzing a bit of Glimmer Mist pearl and added pearls on each side of the main panel.
Paper: white cs, Blue Bayou (retired), My Minds Eye Colourful Christmas "Falling Flakes" dsp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Dew Drop Wheat
Accessories: Fiskars texture plates, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities, Create a Flake 1, Tag Trio, Copic markers, Prismacolor, blending stumps, odourless solvent, rhinestones, chalk, MS Crystal Fine glitter, Stickles (Icicles & Frosted Lace), Glimmer Mist (pearl)
Paper: white cs, green cs, Basic Grey Figgy Pudding dsp
Ink: Versafine Crimson Red, Versacolor Bamboo, Versamagic Dew Drop Sage & Wheat
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4, Long Rectangles, grosgrain ribbon, organdy ribbon, Kaiser Pearls, sponge dauber
Paper: white cs, gold cs, Graphic 45 Christmas Past dsp
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Nestabilities Mega Curve Rectangle die, heat gun, clear ep, Fiskars Lace punch, Bow Easy, white ribbon with gold trim, pop dots
3 Christmas Cards
22 October 2009
Christmas Card with Bow Easy!!
Hello fellow bloggers and stampers! Happy Thursday to all of you! I know I still have a lot of photographed cards to post but they kept on piling up as I make new ones. LOL! So,I decided tonight to post the latest card that I finished --- just an hour ago. ;)
This card took 2-3 days to finish! Whew! Well, I don't know but I bet you also have those days when it seems that your Mojo is on a holiday? That's exactly what happened to me these past few days. I knew what stamp to use, I already have one colour which is Going Gray but I got stucked somewhere! Until I saw stampersandee's O Hear the Angel Voices Card over SCS. I was inspired by the grayish sky and the masked moon so I somehow CASE'd her colouring a bit.
This is also the first time I used my Bow Easy on a card! Yay! Thanks to Sharon Johnson for the wonderful email she sent me on how to do the bow the way she does it....beautifully!! Especially with her Autumn Blessings card -- so fab!! I PM'ed her and left a message on her blog but I never knew she would reply to my inquiry straight away. Thanks Sharon - I really appreciate it!
Here's my card:
The colours are not your usual Christmas card colours but I'm starting to like the non-traditional ones. Sometimes we have to go out of our comfort zone and try new things! :)
Thanks so much for looking and please leave a comment when you get the chance so I'll know that you stopped by.
God bless everyone! Hugs to all.
Christmas Card with Bow Easy!!
19 October 2009
Back on Track!
Happy Monday everyone! It's been awhile since I last uploaded a card here and now it's time for me to share those with you. But before I do so, let me just share with you what happened yesterday in our church. We had our Pastor Appreciation celebration and it's the first time that we did this in our church. I initiated this one upon researching that October is Ministry Appreciation Month. I actually learned about this last year but was a bit late to celebrate it so we did it this year. I was sooo happy because it's a success as we were able to surprise our Pastor. Everyone shared and thanked him for all he's done in the church and all eyes were full of tears! It was so touching and so memorable. I was asked to make a card for him and have all the members sign up but I forgot to take a photo of the card before I gave it to our Pastor. Argh!! I just used a full A4 Night of Navy card and folded it into half and printed the 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 verse which says: "And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love" (The Message).On with my cards, here are a couple of what I've done lately:
This one's requested to me by a friend to a friend. And she wanted the colours orange and blue.
Below are some Christmas cards that were ordered to me by friends. I still have heaps to make!
This is all for now. I know I mentioned about a 'candy" on my previous post but I'm afraid it will be a bit late. Sorry! Just have to gather all the supplies first before formally posting it to you. But I will definitely have one..soon!
Thanks for the visit and have a blessed day!Jhet
Back on Track!


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|Charlie, Me and Aiden. Photo by www.andreathompson.com.au
You see I don't think women should give up their jobs. I just don't, but I also know that circumstances at different times make this hard for some people and I don't judge. This is just how I feel about things.
My colleague/friend wanted some advice because she wanted to return to work now that her kids are in school, but was struggling to gain part-time work in her profession. She had to leave her previous job because the company wouldn't provide flexible work when her second child wasn't well. She needed some help and advice.
I have written about working part-time before. I wrote about it here back in 2014 and then I had my friend Jacqui write about it here, about her attempt to reduce her full time hours. Today I have been doing some more research and writing on part-time work (beyond this post) and did you know that in Australia 43% of women work part-time? I think part of the reason is that women still bear the majority of caring for children and elderly parents and looking after the household. There is obviously a big need for this type of work.
Did you also know that women retire with less than half of the retirement savings of men? There are reasons for this, including not earning the same as men for equivalent work, spending time out of the workforce to have children and working part-time. You can check out the appalling stats here, page 4
But back to the point of the post. How do you get a part-time job? There is huge competition for part-time roles because;
a) lots of women want part-time roles, and (unfortunately for my colleague and friend)b) the HR profession, in particular, is full of women who would really like a part-time role.
Whenever part-time roles are advertised I suspect there are hundreds of people who apply. It's tough. I think the majority of part-time jobs are created by people in full time jobs who need something to give. They were able to argue for something that suits them better and will have a track record of performance behind them. I don't think these kind of roles are offered up very often in the open job market, so here was my advice to her which may help you too.
Apply for full time roles.
If/when you are offered a full time role you could try negotiating for a part-time one. I think this works for a 4 day a week role but not less than that. Companies that think they need someone in a role doing full time hours are unlikely to consider much less.
You need to think about how you could do a full time 5 day a week role in 4 days.
Maybe you do 5 days (38 hours) in four e.g. work longer hours on 4 days?
Maybe you can present an argument of how your understanding of the role could be done in a only 4 days a week?
Maybe you could think about working 5 days but with slightly shorter hours e.g. start later than normal and/or finish earlier than normal?
I have a friend who applied for full time jobs and when she was offered one she negotiated to work 4 days per week and was successful.
The risk with this option is that you erode some trust upfront and what if it doesn't work? Hmmm....
Apply for a full time job, get through probation and then negotiate part time hours.
This may be a better option than the first one as you know the company and the role better. Though you may need childcare options for the length of the probationary period (usually 3-6 months), if this is the reason for wanting to work part-time. You would be in a better position to work out how you could do the job on reduced hours. Of course there is the risk that the company won't agree to your proposal and you are stuck doing a full time job, or would need to resign.
Work full time.
This is a tough option but if you have family support (grandparents etc), can access childcare and/or before and after school care. This option also gives more money so you could potentially have a cleaner to help with some of the household stuff and get your partner to do their share. Honestly, this is my favourite option. I know it's the toughest but I truly believe it's the best.
What about you and your partner (should you have someone to share the parenting) negotiate some part time hours or flexible options? If your partner is the main breadwinner even just leaving work early a couple of days a week can be a help in picking up children, doing some grocery shopping and cooking the evening meal.
Would love to hear about other ideas for securing part-time work......
Do you like the photo of the boys and I at the top of this post? It was taken by Andrea Thompson in June at Byron Bay (can you tell I really like Byron Bay?). Andrea is a long time friend and Brisbane (Australia) based photographer. She has done numerous family shoots for me as well as some corporate gigs. She has also just won the AIPP Queensland Professional Wedding photographer of the year for 2016! Andrea is a great example of making her work, work for her. She is able to do what she loves while also looking after her family.

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Charlotte's SouthPark neighborhood is more than just a mall — it's one of the region's fastest growing areas.
Creative local restaurants, inspiring entertainment, a dense concentration of fashionable retail and easy access to uptown Charlotte all make SouthPark a destination to explore again and again.
Here are some of SouthPark's best options for dining, libations, shopping and playing.
Aqua e Vino
Chef Gabriele Grigolon's tiny Northern Italian bistro is a glimmering gemstone in SouthPark's dining scene. Grigolon lets the freshest ingredients speak for themselves with only a touch of coaxing, garnering big flavors from dishes like Spanish octopus a la plancha, marinated artichokes, peppers and crispy capers and Veal tenderloin in padella, fresh porcini with vegetables giardinetto.
Pro tip: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings feature special three-course offerings for only $40.
4219 Providence Road #3
Café Monte
Step inside this authentic French cafe and you're transported to a sidewalk in Paris. Edith Piaf croons in the background and the menu is studded with classics like Salade Nicoise, Escargot Traditionnel, Beef Short Rib Bourguignonne and Trout Amandine.
Pro tip: Café Monte serves breakfast seven days a week, opening daily at 9 a.m.
6700 Fairview Road
Ilios Noche
Mediterranean soul food is the star at this Quail Corners little sister to the original Ballantyne location. The menu has a heavenly Greek influence with saganaki, moussaka and lamb burgers true standouts. Flatbread pizzas are among the best in the city and homemade pastas — like the Crazy Lasagna — are deeply satisfying.
Pro tip: The zucchini and eggplant chips with lemon yogurt dip are highly addictive.
8426 Park Road
Terrace Cafe
This upscale café delivers on its mission of Southern cuisine with a twist. From their fabled Red Velvet Waffle at breakfast to Cajun Shrimp and Grits all day long, Terrace is big on flavor, service and menu choices for all.
Pro tip: Vegans find good choices here, especially at breakfast. Try the Vegan chicken or chorizo grilled tomatoes, hash browns and waffle.
4625 Piedmont Row Drive, Suite 105
The Pan-Asian, seafood-centric menu attracts a wide swath of local celebs to this Phillips Place stalwart. A-listers of all types enjoy creative bento-box lunches, expertly prepared sushi (the super-crunch roll is the best in the city, in my opinion) and delicacies like Sake Marinated Black Sea Bass and Togarashi Dusted Ahi Tuna.
Pro tip: This is a great venue for a power lunch or date with your sweetie, lingering in a lush booth over the Black Iron Mussel Pot with a glass of wine.
6902 Phillips Place
Yafo Kitchen
Bold, aromatic Middle Eastern flavors abound in this fast-casual addition to SouthPark's dining scene. Vegetarian-friendly fare such as spiced hummus bowls, pickled vegetables and fresh salads compliment beautifully grilled and roasted meats featured in shawarmas, kebabs and pita-wraps.
Pro tip: Don't be intimidated by the lines during weekday lunch hours — they move quickly.
720 Gov. Morrison St.
The lounge here is a stunner with lacquered red and black accents flanking the white-marble bar delivering a polished and stylized Japanese feel. Specialty cocktails like the Manchurian Mule, Tokyo New Fashion and the Sake Colada bring a taste of the Orient to the SouthPark bar-scene.
The sushi is pretty darn good, too.
Pro tip: Go for the sake. Proprietor Birdie Yang brings extensive sake knowledge to the forefront here and offers patrons one of the largest sake selections in the Southeast with more than 75 to choose from.
4515 Sharon Road
This chic, NYC-style wine studio offers more than 40 wines by the glass and over 200 curated selections by the bottle. Master sommelier Laura Maniec is dead serious about eliminating the intimidation factor and brings the true joy of unique wines from around the globe right to your glass. A full kitchen offers noshes to complete meals set in a comfy atmosphere.
Pro tip: Wine classes like "Italy: North to South," are offered monthly to explore wine at a beyond-the-basic level.
4905 Ashley Park Ln., Suite J
The Cowfish
Don't overlook the bar at SouthPark's home of "Burgushi," a mashup of burgers and sushi. The Cowfish's patio is one of SouthPark's largest and offers great after-work people watching. The martini menu is kicking and features 'tinis like the Itsy Bitsy Tini-Weenie Fresh and Berry Great Martini, and The Jamhattan, Japanese Whiskey with POM juice and F.R.O.G. (fig, raspberry, orange, ginger) jam.
Pro tip: Drive into the SouthPark Mall ramp just north of Sharon Road off Morrison Boulevard and park at the top level for direct access to the Cowfish across the lot.
4310 Sharon Road
Dogwood Southern Table & Bar
In-the-know-locals revere the cocktail stylings of Dogwood mixologist Brian Lorusso, whose house-made infused syrups, shrubs and mixes serve as the backbone of classic cocktails and his own creations. Dogwood's bar jumps after work, though Lorusso and his team always have time for a recommendation.
Pro tip: There's an expanded selection of local beers on tap here with IPAs, sours, ales and seasonal all taking up residence.
4905 Ashley Park Lane, Suite D
FABO Coffee Art Bar
Tucked away in Quail Corners, this hip coffee/wine/beer bar offers baked treats, smoothies and snacks in a cool gallery setting. Locally-made art, jewelry and crafts are available for purchase.
Pro tip: Art party evening classes offered by local artists include materials and a glass of wine to help get you off to a good start on your own artistic creation.
8428 Park Road
Foxcroft Wine Co
Find a large selection of diverse and hard-to-find wines from every wine producing region of the world. Dedicated and knowledgeable staff to help choose the perfect bottle for every occasion.
Pro tip: Sip wines by the glass and enjoy their top-notch eats after choosing your bottle.
7824 Fairview Road
The Mole Hole
Cards, jewelry, clothes, and a wide variety games and puzzles to keep the kids busy are found in this Colony Place boutique.
Pro tip: Let the staff know who you're shopping for and they'll come up with perfect suggestions.
7741 Colony Road #A3
This colorful stationary, invitation and gift shop has you covered for weddings, parties, thank-yous and more.
Pro tip: Personalize all sorts of items with their custom monogramming.
4722 Sharon Road, Suite G
Perry's Fine Antique & Estate Jewelry
Perry's is one of the most comprehensive collections of estate, antique and vintage jewelry in the city. Staff gemologists are available for appraisals and advice.
Pro tip: Watches and jewelry are repaired in house.
6525 Morrison Blvd #115
Morrison Regional Library
After an extensive multi-million-dollar remodel, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library has created a prototype library of the future. This community hub has multiple study rooms, conference rooms, Wi-Fi, a coffee hub, dedicated teen space and large outdoor patio. (It's currently closed until Fall 2017 for renovations.)
Pro tip: Morrison has a large computer lab — take advantage of technology classes in a true classroom setting.
7015 Morrison Blvd.
Marion Diehl Park Multi-Generational Playground
Mecklenburg's park and recreation department created this unique cross-generational outdoor playground with state-of-the-art fitness equipment including cardio and resistance machines. Fun for all ages.
Pro tip: Great venue for grandkids and grandparents.
2219 Tyvola Road
Park Road Park
Picnic facilities, an 11-acre lake, walking trails, volleyball, baseball/softball fields, basketball courts and plenty of parking make this one of the area's most-loved area recreation sites.
Pro tip: Be sure to explore the new memorial playground dedicated to the children from the Sandy Hook school tragedy. The park is a special kid-centric celebration of active play and joyful expression.
6220 Park Road
What did we miss? Add your favorite SouthPark spots in the comments below. We'll keep this list updated, so if you see anything that needs to be added or taken off the list because it closed, let us know.
Photos: Todd Sumlin/Charlotte Observer; Courtesy of Upstream; Observer file photo; Justin Driscoll/SouthPark Magazine


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The Association of Swiss Students has launched a people's initiative calling for all those in higher education to receive the same grant, no matter where they live.
Currently those studying receive financial support from the cantons, and the amounts and conditions vary, the association argues.
At the launch of the initiative in Bern on Tuesday, members unveiled a huge wheel of fortune sporting the cantonal coats of arms, which they said symbolised how the present system was "a lottery".
Gaining a higher education qualification still depends very much on students' background and their parents' income, said the group. Cantonal grants differed in terms of amount, conditions for receiving them, and length, it said.
The students want the government to centralise the grant system for all those going on to higher education after school or an apprenticeship.
This funding should afford students a "minimum living standard", with the amount being fixed by law, they say.
The association has until 2012 to collect 100,000 signatures to make the initiative valid.
swissinfo.ch and agencies


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Lawrie load of loot
Peter Lawrie might be golf's "Mild Thing" but the Dubliner is set to land a major sponsorship deal after letting his clubs do the talking.
Lawrie has been wearing a four euro hat he picked up in Malaysia and carrying a logo free bag since he decided not to renew with Srixon last year.
But his superb performances on the course have helped the Castleknock touring pro clinch a megabucks two-year deal with a European investment company.
Euan Inglis of Golf Management International said: "We are hoping to announce a lucrative deal for Peter this week.
"He's a guy who works very hard and he's such a nice guy, he is just a perfect ambassador for any brand."
Lawrie broke his tour duck last year when he clinched the Spanish Open in a heart-stopping play-off in Seville.
But he is such a low-key personality that he was ignored by the sponsors when he returned to defend the title last month.
Surprised that the tournament promoters did not have his photograph on display at PGA Golf de Catalunya, he made his point with his clubs by finishing tied third.
Wild Thing John Daly has been a major draw so far this year because of his wild lifestyle and outlandish trousers, Lawrie prefers to make a splash with his scores.
He said: "I try let my golf do the talking. I have to entertain people with my golf and the rest doesn't interest me. For people to be talking about me wearing whatever doesn't interest me.
"As long as I keep on playing the way I am playing everything will fall into place eventually."
Yet to rack up a top-10 in the Irish Open, straight hitting Lawrie is hoping to change that trend at Baltray this week.
He said: "The key around here is to keep it straight and have a good short game. You also have to be good in the wind, but straight hitting and a good short game are two of the strengths of my game."


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When it comes to the video streaming website with the most total amount of users online at any given time, it's hard to compete with YouTube, in many ways the "original" place for people to kill time by watching short clips. Of course, YouTube has now been around for more than a decade, and evolved to become one of the largest producers of original video content on the web, even expanding to include an ad-free paid premium service called YouTube Red.
Last week, the site pulled the trigger on its next big endeavor, officially launching YouTube TV. Boasting more than 50 live channels and unlimited hours of cloud DVR recordings, YouTube TV has so far launched only within certain markets, but will continue to expand outward to other areas. This mirrors the prior roll-out of competing cable-like skinny bundle service PlayStation Vue.
Unfortunately, some users are discovering that YouTube TV's DVR service isn't entirely what it was initially cracked up to be. With most TV providers, viewers are given the option to both record shows to their DVR when they air, and watch on-demand programs that are made available. The big difference between the two is that DVR recordings allow viewers to skip the commercials, while on-demand does not. YouTube TV also possesses both DVR and on-demand options, but according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, if an on-demand version of a recorded show is available, the service will force the user to watch the on-demand version, complete with unskippable ads.
This "feature" was obviously not advertised upfront, but a YouTube spokeswoman has confirmed that it's not a mistake, and is tied to the specifics of content deals the services has with certain content providers like ABC, NBC, and FOX. By comparison, PlayStation Vue has both DVR and on-demand options, but allows users to pick which one they'll view, with commercials fully skippable in the DVR recording. Naturally, this isn't sitting well with many subscribers to YouTube TV, who assumed that their DVR service would function like any other.
On the plus side, the on-demand version of an episode usually doesn't go up until the following day after a show airs, so if a user gets to the recording early enough, they can watch without ads. Still, that's a pretty small window, and one unlikely to satisfy most. If a show happens to be entirely unavailable on-demand, the problem solves itself, as the recorded version is the only option. Sadly, that only applies to a small portion of available popular shows.
Next: YouTube Announces Cable-Free TV Subscription Service
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WASHINGTON — Is a FOIA delayed a FOIA denied?
"FOIA" is the Freedom of Information Act, under which federal agencies are supposed to promptly release documents requested by the public. In the dialect of Washington, it can be a noun or a verb. But the FOIA process is seldom prompt.
On Jan. 4, The New York Times received a final response from the Defense Department to a FOIA request made on June 1, 1997. The department sent it by Federal Express, Priority Overnight.
The courts have ruled that government agencies must respond to FOIA requests in 20 days. But The Times's case was hardly a record; some requests are approaching 20 years old.
The intent of the Freedom of Information Act was to provide citizens, scholars and journalists a window into the workings of their government, but sometimes it seems as though the shades are drawn.
For example, the National Archives and Records Administration says its oldest request is from September 1992, asking for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology about nuclear weapons safeguards, testing and disarmament negotiations. The documents requested are from 1961. Another request from 1992 is for State Department documents relating to nuclear weapons accidents in 1958 through 1960. A third asked, in 1993, for documents dating to the American occupation of Italy after World War II, specifically about the Sicilian Mafia.Continue reading the main story
These requests have been neither denied nor approved; they are in limbo, awaiting the attention of someone in another agency with the authority to decide what can be declassified. The National Archives does not have that authority.
Miriam M. Nisbet, director of the office of government information services at the National Archives, said of the lengthy delays: "I can't defend that. You're not going to get anybody who'll say it's just fine that it takes that long." Ms. Nisbet is a kind of ombudsman of the FOIA program, mediating some disputes.
Gary M. Stern, the chief FOIA officer of the National Archives, acknowledged, "It's slower than any of us would like." Some requests are from people writing books, and the book has already been published, he said, and "then a delay is in effect a denial." Some are from journalists who may have lost interest in the subject matter over the years, he said, and the cases can drag on for so long that "some are from people who are dead."
But in some cases, he said, while a request was still technically open, part of it had been fulfilled years earlier. And material that was too late for an article or a book could be available to others later, he said.
Asked whether a delay of 10 years or more constituted a de facto denial, Melanie A. Pustay, director of the Office of Information Policy at the Justice Department, said, "The final goal is to reduce backlogs and eliminate them whenever possible, which means both reducing the numbers and the age."
Under a 2007 law, the agencies must report to the Justice Department annually on their 10 oldest cases, which she said was encouraging them to act on the old cases. The Senate has also unanimously passed a bill by the sponsors of the 2007 law — Senators Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, and John Cornyn, Republican of Texas — that would speed up the process, but the House has not acted.
When President Obama took office, he declared that the federal government should operate under the presumption that documents should be released, unless there was a reason not to do so. The Bush administration had tightened up on releases after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the delays are still extensive.
This year, The Associated Press obtained e-mails indicating that one reason for delays was that political appointees of the Obama administration were screening the requests. (The A.P. obtained parts of the e-mails through FOIA requests, but some material was deleted under a provision of the law that allows the government to keep its internal deliberations secret; it said it later got the full texts, but it did not say how.)
Mr. Cornyn said there had been some progress in providing citizens their "fundamental right to know what their government is doing." But, he said, "more needs to be done to improve responsiveness, reduce litigation and remove politics from the process."
The provision of the 2007 law making the agencies report their 10 oldest information requests may be working. The Defense Department said in an internal newsletter recently that in 2011 it resolved its 10 oldest.
Documenting the delays, the Defense Department filed a report for the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, 2010, showing that a dozen of the requests that were still open went back to the last century, and several other federal agencies show unresolved requests going back at least 10 years.
The National Security Archive, a nonprofit group based in Washington that is a heavy user of the Freedom of Information Act, reported last July 4, on the 45th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the law, on some older cases that were still open. Those included a 1995 request for information on Pakistani surface-to-air missiles and a 1998 request to the George Bush Presidential Library for documents relating to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The bombing happened in 1988.
The Times's request that drew the response on Jan. 4 was made by a reporter, Philip Shenon, who left the newspaper three and a half years ago. It concerned United States government contacts with the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. At the time of the information request, the group still had a guerilla army in the jungles of Cambodia.
A government employee who was involved in The Times's 1997 request in its later stages said, "It sounds like it got into somebody's 'deal with later' file." The employee asked not to be further identified because, he said, he feared for his job.
In a statement, the United States Transportation Command, the Defense Department agency that sent the response by overnight mail, said, "It is a painstaking process to coordinate with all agencies that may be involved to provide releasable information the public has a right to know."
In fact, Mr. Shenon had been seeking information from several government agencies, and he received some partial releases in earlier years.
The statement noted that the agency had to avoid divulging classified or sensitive information and had to observe some other exceptions to the Freedom of Information Act, including requirements to "enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies, protect sensitive business information and preserve privacy." It did not explain how those last three might pertain in this case.
The law also allows agencies to withhold information that infringes on the privacy of third parties.
While the response to Mr. Shenon was to a question that is no longer so pressing, the government appears to have put significant labor into generating it. It consisted of 12 pages, with all but 10 paragraphs redacted.
Ms. Nisbet of the National Archives said that improvements may be coming. The Environmental Protection Agency has a computer system that it uses to post draft rules and accept public comments; it is working on adapting that to handling FOIA requests. The system could let people track the status of their requests as they would a package sent by the United Parcel Service. It would also make public who had requested what information, a system that would spread information more easily but make it difficult for journalists seeking scoops.Continue reading the main story


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Bringing the ceremony traditions of the Scottish Highlands to your Lake Havasu celebration!
Rev. Christopher MacFarlane Tuttle (FSA, Scot)
Scottish Wedding Vows; Romantic ~ Traditional ~ Scottish!
In my humble opinion, the Scottish wedding ceremony is the most beautiful way to celebrate your special day and is one of the few remaining ceremonies that stays true to its traditions. The ceremony incorporates every guest in attendance with all the spiritual and traditional acts that have long since left most contemporary ceremonies. Handfasting, The Blessing and/or presentation of the family sword, the pinning of the family tartan, the presentation of the new family kilt and many other traditions can be included in the ceremony if desired.
Do you wear a kilt? Aye! and I proudly wear the "Tartan of the Clergy" [Breacan nan' Cleirach] with a light blue clergy collard shirt with the formal Prince Charlie. If requested, I can wear a formal tuxedo shirt and tie rather than the cleric shirt or either of my clan tartans. [By the way, the Tartan of the Clergy is the only tartan designated to an occupation rather than a clan or regiment.]
I am very proud to have created the International Society of Kilted Clergy; An association of Clergy worldwide that preserve and promote the wearing of the Tartan of the Clergy.
Can you help with vendors that specialize in Scottish wedding ceremonies? Yes, I know a few local caterers that specialize in Scottish cuisine (yes, even Haggis) and great musicians (harpists and Pipes!) I have listed many that can be viewed by clicking on the links to the left.
What are your fees? There are too many factors (date, location, etc) to state prices on the website. Let's talk and find out what your needs are and if I am available.
Do you attend the rehearsal? I highly recommend a rehearsal if you are going to incorporate all the elements of the ceremony and there is an additional fee for time and travel. This may require additional accommodations to have me there for the rehearsal and is also based on availability. I do my best to keep fees as low as possible as I do love to perform this wonderful wedding ceremony. It is truly a passion for me!


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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Phillies Talk webcast - Rich Westcott Philadelphia Sports Writers Association President
Rich Westcott joins us on tonight's show. We talk about the upcoming Philadelphia Sports Writer's Association Dinner. We also chat about the 2011 season. Check out Rich's books at www.richwestcott.com
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Daniella Clark has never fit in—a fact she's always blamed on being adopted. But when her body is overtaken by a need so fierce it defies human explanation, she turns to the one man she instinctively knows must have the answers she seeks—her sexy-as-sin neighbor. But his explanation isn't one she can easily accept, and it means her sexual heat won't go away without his help.
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Holy crap. How had she accumulated so many clothes that no longer fit?
Barely keeping hold of the bags full of old clothes, Daniella Clark bumped her butt into the door to push it open. Stepping into the hallway, she hit something nearly as hard as the door—something that grunted at the contact. The bags slipped from her fingers to land on the threshold. The hard body she'd run into was attached to a large man blocking her doorway, and her glare didn't seem to ruffle him at all.
The jerk was always in her way lately.
"Jeez. Way to skulk around my door. What do you want, Owen?" Daniella asked, hating the breathiness in her voice.
Her neighbor stared at her for a moment, and his nostrils flared. Something passed behind his gaze. Something that made her breath catch and tension build between her legs. But just as quickly as it appeared, it was gone. And he shrugged, arrogant mask engaged.
"I was just passing by. Not my fault you didn't look where you were going."
The man was seriously aggravating. She could hardly believe they'd been good friends the last year, ever since she'd accidentally locked herself out of her apartment. He'd been kind enough to give her a place to hang out while she'd waited for the building's superintendent to show up with the key. From then on, they'd hung out at least once a week, sometimes more, depending on her schedule. That is, up until a month ago.
"I'm getting sick of you always being in my way, Owen." She picked up the bags, needing something to look at that wasn't her ridiculously hot neighbor. Her attraction to him itself was irritating because he wasn't her type, even if he did make her weak in the knees. His face was hard, chiseled and memorable, but his features were too strong to be considered traditionally handsome—his nose too Roman and his jaw a little too wide. Not to mention he rarely smiled at her anymore, and she liked men who weren't afraid to enjoy life.
Heck, that was why she'd liked his company for so long—his easy laughter and quick wit. Over the last month, it was as if he'd turned into a different man. One who didn't smile much and who was quick to anger.
She tried not to take it personally, but the fact he'd just cut off their friendship, cold as ice, made being the bigger person difficult.
His full head of light brown hair was nice, if always a little too long—as if he were constantly two weeks late to the barber. But he was far bigger than guys she liked to date. Broad and muscled like a man who never left the gym. Although she'd never actually seen him at the gym near their Denver apartment complex, he had to work out somewhere. Men just didn't achieve that level of muscle naturally.
But despite the fact he didn't fit her usual mold, she found herself more than just a little attracted to him.
Of course, that was a hopeless cause if ever there was one. She'd seen his dates—all two of them—since he'd moved into the building. They were both model thin, and while she was usually pretty proud of her voluptuous form, no one would ever accuse her of being waif-like.
Her attraction had started with a tremor. Just the slightest quavering of her voice when she spoke to him. Then, just when she'd started looking at him differently, he'd shut down. Stopped talking to her, started making excuses for why he couldn't hang out with her anymore. But he always seemed to be around. At her door when she walked out. Looking irritated to run into her in the parking lot.
"I was walking through a shared hallway. Would you prefer I jump out the window to get to my truck?" A hint of a smile touched his lips, and her breath caught.
Freaking-A. No way was a simple smile turning her on. She was really starting to dislike her neighbor. "I'd love for you to jump out a window or two. Heck, I'll even help with a little push."
And she wasn't lying. Sure, she wouldn't really push a man out a window, but something inside of her—the part that was continuously horny, lately—was also feeling pretty violent. It came out at the weirdest times, and it took every ounce of her self-control not to lash out. Probably she needed to go see her doctor about a new birth control or something. Out of whack hormones were likely the cause of her wild emotions.
Not that Owen was helping. He'd chased off two of her dates in the last month. Not by doing anything she could call him out for. No, he was too subtle for that. He'd just drop in to borrow sugar—when she'd never once seen the man bake. Or he'd say he thought he'd smelled gas coming from her apartment, and wanted to check. Then he'd glower in a way that made her dates run for the hills.
And then he started showing up at her apartment when she was feeling particularly…needy.
"Surely you wouldn't want to see me injured." His nose flared again, as if he couldn't get enough of her smell. It was seriously disturbing.
Even more disturbing was the sudden wetness between her legs and the tension coiling in her belly. She really needed to get some if a man she didn't even like could get her engine revving by smelling her. "I wouldn't bet on that."
"You'll be happy I'm around, Daniella. Very soon."
She tried to shove past him, but he moved out of her way before they touched, quick for such a large man. Part of her regretted the lack of contact, but the rest of her thought that part was batshit crazy.
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Astride "unnaturally colored" elks, the members of the Elk Court are one of the three most prominent faerie courts in the Echo Woods. These faerie knights are the most likely to be encountered while hunting. Girt in verdigrised bronze armors, they favor hunting, and other sport, with their bows made of darkwood and elk horns. Their bronze tipped arrows are frequently dipped in an anesthetic poison, particularly when hunting.
Elk Court Faerie Knight, Faerie samurai 4 CR 4
CN Medium fey (augmented elf)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 120 ft., low-light vision; Perception +5
AC 20, touch 14, flat-footed 16 (+5 armor, +4 Dexterity)
hp 30 (4d10+8)
Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +3; +2 vs. enchantments, +4 vs. mind-affecting effects
Defensive Abilities DR 5/cold iron, resolve 3/day; Immune sleep; Resist cold 10, electricity 10; SR 15
Weaknesses light blindness
Speed 30 ft., fly 45 ft. (good)
Melee mwk bronze hanger +6 (1d8+1/18-20)
Ranged darkwood and elk horn composite longbow +9 (1d8+2/x3, plus poison 110 ft.)
Special Attacks challenge (+4, +2 damage, 2/day), Dazzling Display
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; concentration +5)
1/day—darkness, entangle (DC 12), glitterdust (DC 13)
2/day—faerie fire
4/day—dancing lights
Str 13, Dex 19, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12
Base Atk +4; CMB +5; CMD 23
Feats Dazzling DisplayB, Precise Shot, Point-blank Shot
Skills Acrobatics +10, Fly +14, Intimidate +1 Nature +8, Ride +11
Languages Common, Sylvan, Elf
SQ mount
(horse), mounted archer, order of the cockatrice (braggart, +2 to hit
demoralized opponents), weapon expertise (longbow), poison use
Organization solitary or hunting party (1 knight plus 1d6 animal headed goblin warriors 1)
Combat Gear berry of cure light wounds, mushroom of enlarge person, mushroom of reduce person; Other Gear
mwk bronze chain shirt, darkwood and elk horn composite longbow, mwk
bronze hanger, 4d6 gp in faerie monies (tokens of favors), faerie poison
(treat as drow poison)
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6, this NPC utilizes the consolidated skills, background skills, and
automatic bonus progression options from Pathfinder Unchained, the base creature is a non-noble drow
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I played a show in Richmond last weekend to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the community house I founded there. On the drive north to West Virginia, I barely glimpsed the colors of the Southern Cross in the grass along the side of the road. Curious, I turned the car around and walked over to the cloth. It was even more unique than a plain ole battle flag.
The relationship of modern people to symbols like this is complicated, and my personal experience is confusing, both of which I wrote about in my article for Quail Bell:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Hundreds looked on as an angry mob dragged a black University of Missouri janitor from his jail cell in April 1923, publicly lynching him before he could stand trial on charges of raping a white professor's 14-year-old daughter.
Historians say the instigators included some of Columbia's most prominent citizens. The crowd that watched James T. Scott hang was filled with laughing and cheering students from the first public university west of the Mississippi River.
Eighty-seven years later, civic leaders have come together to confront an ugly episode in Columbia and correct the record on the death of Scott, who insisted the rape allegation was a case of mistaken identity.
Local filmmaker Scott Wilson teamed up last month with the Boone County medical examiner's office to successfully lobby state officials to change the cause of death on Scott's death certificate.
The primary cause is now listed as "asphyxia due to hanging by lynching by assailants." A secondary cause of "committed rape" was removed and now reads "never tried or convicted of rape."
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"This was done solely for one purpose," Dr. Michael Panella, associate medical examiner, said of the original listing. "And that was to justify an unjustifiable and heinous act."
Scott, a 35-year-old married janitor at the medical school, was arrested April 21, 1923, one day after the reported rape of Regina Almstedt, the teenage daughter of a German literature professor.
The girl identified Scott based on his distinctive "Charlie Chaplin" mustache and a chemical odor she said her attacker carried. Scott maintained his innocence to the very end. With the noose at the ready, he spoke of his own 15-year-old daughter. He also identified a cellmate whom he said confessed to the attack.
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Even the girl's father implored the 1,000-man mob to spare Scott until he could stand trial. Hermann Almstedt was reportedly threatened with a lynching of his own. Scott was killed eight days after his arrest.
Several hundred people gathered Sunday at Second Missionary Baptist Church for a service organized to raise money for a headstone for Scott's grave. A nondescript grave marker now designates his burial site in what was once the segregated section of the 190-year-old Columbia cemetery.
Organizers say the effort is about trying heal wounds from a decidedly dark chapter in local history.
Keynote speaker Patrick Huber, an associate professor of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology whose undergraduate thesis discussed the Scott lynching, said the killing was one of more than 4,000 racially motivated lynchings in this country from 1885 to 1923 — including 75 in Missouri.
Communities nationwide are working to re-examine histories of racist violent acts, said Mark Potok, who tracks hate crimes for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. Among those places is Tulsa, Okla., which recently opened a "reconciliation park" recognizing a deadly 1921 riot that killed dozens, injured hundreds and destroyed thousands of homes.
"There are more and more places around America trying to come to grips with their racial past," he said.
Minneapolis resident Bradley Stewart was among those at the downtown Columbia church Sunday night. His sister Janna, a southern Missouri lawyer, described how their late father talked about attending Scott's lynching as a 4-year-old.
Stewart said he came to the service "to bury family ghosts."
Columbia mayor and longtime resident Bob McDavid said he only recently learned about Scott, but told those gathered that an event recent enough to occur in the their lifetime was one that never should be forgotten.
"The James Scott lynching did not happen in a different world, in a different time or a different place," he said.
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How you reply and what you say to someone with dementia varies with the circumstances. But a patient demeanor, soft voice and a smile can maintain the calm atmosphere that's so important.
We are taught as toddlers to tell the truth. No lying. No embellishing. No misdirection.
But very few situations are black and white as all of life is a shade of gray.
Being factually "truthful" isn't quite so simple nor is it always the best response.
Welcome to the murky realm of socially appropriate filtered communication!
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Alzheimer's Reading Room
We've all heard this classic tale.
Wife to husband, "Does this dress make me look fat?"
The husband is between the proverbial rock and hard place, especially if the dress does accentuate her being overweight.
He can circumvent the "fat dress" question with a variety of responses that literally skirt the truth without hurting her feelings. But unless he tells her "Yes. It does," technically he's lying.
Lying vs Thoughtful Responses
I speak at presentations regularly and during one Q & A session recently, a woman in attendance asked me an interesting question.
"My mother has mild to moderate Alzheimer's. Should I outright lie to her when she asks me 'Is John dead?' or 'Why can't I go home?'"
I sensed the woman was anxious and that there was a story here.
So I asked. "If you do answer her questions honestly, how does your mother behave?"
"Sometimes stressed or she'll say 'You're mean' or 'I don't believe you.' I don't think I'm helping her by being so direct with my answers."
Sometimes we bury our replies in layers of vague words so as not to hurt someone's feelings; but typically it's to keep out of trouble, blame someone else or embellish our accomplishments.
Maintaining a calm, patient, individual centered atmosphere is critical to people with memory loss. Their reality, although anything but real to us, is the lens through which they see and process their environment.
Not only are memory and behaviors adversely affected by the neurological decline from Alzheimer's, language is as well.
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Calm Trumps Truth
To the daughter in the audience and everyone interacting with the deeply forgetful, I recommend responding as honestly as possible without igniting an avalanche of negative behaviors and emotional fallout.
You gain nothing by upsetting someone with a truth that they likely won't remember nor possibly are no longer processing.
Reply examples from I Will Never Forget.
Truthfully Disastrous:
"They won't give me my drapes back." (Mom's) voice resembled a hiss.
From my warped perspective, I thought that if I could convince Mom that traverse drapes had never existed in her apartment, she wouldn't feel so angry that someone had lost them. Wrong!
I made one more disastrous attempt. "You never had traverse drapes in this apartment, Mom." Calm but too confrontational.
Immediately, she burst into tears and buried her head in her hands, her shoulders shaking hard in an emotional outburst.
Thoughtfully Misleading:
(The night before Mom's move to an assisted living center)
"What's going on," (Mom asked) "I feel you are planning something. Am I moving?"
If I answered honestly, what would she say? Would she remember the conversation tomorrow?
"It would be better to have you closer to me." (I replied)
"That would be nice." Pause. "Am I moving soon?"
"I think that would be best."
Truthful but Cautious:
(Mom) asked me about Dad. "Have you seen Wayne today?"
"No." I answered.
"He's dead, isn't he? I haven't seen him in a while."
Like seven years. Yep, that's a while, Mom. "Yes," I responded honestly.
"I thought so. How is it that you know that, but I don't know that?"
How did she suddenly string fifteen words together in two separate statements, with appropriate voice intonation, when she had barely spoken for weeks? I told her that she had known once but that her memory was not always reliable.
Listen Before Speaking
How you reply and what you say to someone with dementia varies with the circumstances. But a patient demeanor, soft voice and a smile can maintain the calm atmosphere that's so important.
Really listen to what they're saying/asking and formulate a response that's as close to the truth as possible without sending them into a downward spiral laced with distress, and deliver it respectfully!
Conversation tips:
- Keep your tone of voice pleasant.
- Watch for negative body language: eye rolls, frowns, pumped fist and use positive gestures: extended palm, hand squeeze, smile.
- Remain patient.
- Think before speaking and keep it simple.
Elaine C. Pereira donates from each copy of I Will Never Forget to support Alzheimer's research.
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- What is the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia
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- Problems with Balance, Walking, Falling an Early Sign of Dementia
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MySpace is finally winding down News Corp (NYSE: NWS). social media incubator Slingshot Labs after a slow death. Valleywag, which broke the story, says that MySpace parent News Corp. decided shut off the lights for good after Chris DeWolfe exited as CEO in April '09. While MySpace didn't have a comment, sources told paidContent that the decision was not so cut and dried.
In any case, Slingshot's roughly 20 staffers were put to work last month on WSJ Connect, which was billed as a "LinkedIn Killer" last year. With the demise of Slingshot, though that project is dying too. Like Slingshot, the feeling was that the work didn't warrant the investment.
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A common example of a red herring fallacy is an appeal to pity. For instance, when a student cheats on a test, he may plead with the teacher to consider the punishment he will receive at home from his parents. The parental punishment is irrelevant to the issue at hand, which is cheating. Another example is when politicians avoid difficult subjects by mentioning other hot-button, yet irrelevant, political issues.
The name of the red herring fallacy comes from fox-hunting technique in which a dried herring, which is naturally red and has a pungent smell, is dragged across the fox trail to distract the hound dogs from the fox's scent. Thus, the red herring argument happens when one arguer attempts to distract the other arguer by presenting an irrelevant topic or argument, causing the other arguer to lose sight of the real point of the discussion.
The red herring fallacy is sometimes referred to by its Latin name, ignoratio elenchi, which means "ignorance of refutation." This ignorance could be the arguer's own ignorance to the argument's intended point or the arguer's deliberate decision to ignore it. In either situation, the arguer misses the point and complicates the discussion unnecessarily in an attempt to win the argument.
The red herring fallacy is often used in mystery novels to throw the reader off the scent of the story's true villain. The author creates suspicion around several characters to keep the reader guessing right up until the end of the story.


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The most & least expensive homes that sold in Montgomery County in October were both bought with cash. Just like Chester County – see my blog from Nov 3rd. It's a similar scenario. The most expensive home was an estate that sold for $2.6 million and the least expensive was a mobile home that sold for $20,500. Let's take a look at the 2 homes:
Most Expensive Home: 3080 Paper Mill Rd, Huntingdon Valley, Pa 19006 sold for $2,600,000 for cash on Oct 26th. It is only 7 years old and the square footage is listed as 13,923 SF. It has 5 acres and also backs up to an 800 acre preserve. Some features of the home include french limestone flooring, gourmet kitchen, massage room, wine tasting room & complete fitness center. It has 7 zones for heating and cooling – WOW!
Least Expensive Home: 3 W Adair Dr, Norristown, PA 19403 sold for $20,500 for cash on Oct 31st. It is a mobile home that is 27 years old with yearly taxes of only $258 and a monthly lot rent of $470-there's not much information on what is included in that fee. It is 784 SF and has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath.
In all of Montgomery County in the month of October 840 homes in total settled through real estate agents. The average sold price was $329,387. The average days on the market was 63 days. 526 were single family homes. 256 were twins or townhomes. 49 were condos. 10 were mobile homes. 32 were foreclosures (that seems high at 3.8%). 11 were short sales. 39 were in 55 and over communities. 64 were new construction. 165 has pools (that includes if there is a community or above ground pool).


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After our guests left, we did our grocery shopping, checked our emails and returned to the boat to find that we were relieved of our new to us and still unused surfboard. We had been warned about petty theft in this country from other boaters, guidebooks and even locals, but at the end of the day we have a boat full of stuff in compartments that, by design, cannot be locked. The surfboard is a bit large to put anywhere and on most boats they are tied up on the lifelines. We did the same thing and did not have any way of locking it down. Brady had been insistent on putting it inside, but this would have required me moving it in and out every time we left the boat and every morning and night. Add sand and salt to the board and inside was not a good place to store it (I think she still deserves an I told you so!) In retrospect, it should have at least been out of reach of the lifelines and thus partially out of site. I feel a bit fortunate that nothing was damaged and that this was the only thing taken since we have plenty of other, more valuable things. Prior to our visiting here, Costa Rica was very high on our list of places to see. Since arriving, we have had high winds and desert like vistas in the north, rolly anchorages with few spots to land the dinghy, locals that are less friendly than in prior countries, very high prices, and our surfboard stolen. Brady and I are fairly optimistic people and we hope the rest of our visit goes a little smoother. On the brighter side, this end of the country is beautiful green and wildlife abounds. Brady's mom and my mom will be visiting in the next couple of months and we will have lots of national park visiting and monkey watching to do. I, for one, am ready for Panama.
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Come along to Bede or Hylton Campus between 9am and 5pm to enrol!


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Choosing the home of your dreams should not be hard to do in South Florida. With the help of pre-construction building, they can make the home of your dreams become a reality. Build a home that you choose, while also having the benefits of being able to be in control of every aspect with pre-construction. Know the costs ahead of time, while also having the many options to choose from. Every little bit counts when it comes to the beautiful home that you're having constructed.
Speak with a real estate agent today regarding the sale of your new home, and make the most of the beautiful, dream home you've created!


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Summer Cocktails - Maria del mar Sacasa
Nothing more refreshing than a summer cocktail. Mix one of these beauties up and get yourself outside!!
The title here says it all: Big, Gay and Ice Cream. What a sweet treat!
Cook in this weather?!? Madness! Take it from the Peruvians and marinate some fish. Delicious and refreshing.
Tequila Mockingbird - Tim Federle
As a tribute to Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman that comes out tomorrow why not make yourself an aptly named cocktail. Cool down with these luscious literary mixes.
People's Pops - David Carrell
Make yourself a delicious drippy popsicle! You've got 55 recipes to indulge in.


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Lord of the harvest, we praise you for the world you have created, the food that sustains us, the relationships that nourish us, the love that feeds us.
Lord of the harvest, may the earth be fruitful for all. May its resources be shared fairly, that the horrors of extreme hunger and poverty might come to an end. Where wealthy and powerful nations invest little in justice for the oppressed, may justice take root and blossom into joy for all who share this earth.
Lord of the harvest, may the leaders of this world also become good stewards of the earth. Where greed and selfishness wreck our environment, where the lust for power and the spirit of empire destroy precious lives, bring a hunger and thirst for righteousness, and cultivate a spirit of compassion for others.
Lord of the harvest, may your church be fruitful. May your people be active in seeking justice, to devote heart and mind and possessions to establish your ways on earth. May all people see from the actions of your church, that Jesus is alive. Send us into the world as labourers who, with word and action, will be a living message of good news to all your creation.