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Thank you all so much for coming by and I hope to see you again real soon!! Have a wonderful week!! Until the next time, I send Big Hugs to each of you!!!
Monday, March 16, 2015
AN EXCITING GIVEAWAY.....and a few little projects!!!
Thank you all so much for coming by and I hope to see you again real soon!! Have a wonderful week!! Until the next time, I send Big Hugs to each of you!!!
95 comments:
- Zassa said...
At first, a big thanks to you and Traci for this great giveaway.
If I would win I buy this two stamps:
1. Presale Gorjuss Santoro Rubber Stamp Sweet Tea
2. Presale Gorjuss Santoro Rubber Stamp Dreamer
- March 16, 2015 at 10:24 AM
Thanks so much Jacque for this chance to win a gift card from my favorite shop. I would buy Tilda paper and napkins. Love all the products.
Jacque your work truly inspires me!
- March 16, 2015 at 10:37 AM
- Jonnie's Shabby Cottage Creations & More said...
First off a big congrats to you and secondly what a fantastic prize! Thank you for the chance to win.
I would buy among many other things
1. Tilda bobbins and thread spools
2. Magnolia Silver Ware Mini die
and much more!!
The items you made for the swap are just fantastic by the way!
- March 16, 2015 at 10:41 AM
- Teri said...
Fabulous work, as always, Jacque! It's so nice to see more of you on the Tilda sites!!! I'd get Tilda fabric and Magnolia dies!! And probably some paper!!! Or maybe some ribbon.. oh, it's so hard to choose!! I adore Traci and her store... lots of money spent!!!! Too much fun!!!
Hugs, Teri
- March 16, 2015 at 10:43 AM
- Laila B. said...
Hi Jacque...thanks for the chance to win. I would spend this fabulous prize on the new released Gorjuss Girls and some tilda paper pads!!!!
I have my fingers crossed. Hugs, Laila
- March 16, 2015 at 10:48 AM
- marta said...
love the things you did for your swap: the bows are wonderful.
if I'd win your giveaway (and if ArtAttack would send to Italy), I think I'll choose Lawn Farm papers, La La Land dies, and some Magnolia stamps
hope to be lucky! thanky you and have a good day. marta
- March 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM
- Robin said...
WOW...10 years! Amazing!! Thanks so much for a fabulous giveaway! There are so many wonderful things to choose from. Here is what I would do:
1. La La Land chevron die
2. Magnolia Doohikey (but not sure which one)
Thanks again!! Hugs, Robin
- March 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM
- Maksnana said...
Hi thanks for the chance. I would love tilda spring paper and stampin Bella Calista loves to craft. Love your work btw. Hugs Carmen
- March 16, 2015 at 11:03 AM
- Millie Rivera said...
Thank you for awesome giveaway! I would purchase:
1. Tilda Fabric
2. Tilda Hair/Gorjuss Santoro Rubber Stamp.
Thank you so much!
Hugs, Millie
- March 16, 2015 at 11:50 AM
- Dobra said...
Lovely work, beautifully presented.
- March 16, 2015 at 12:03 PM
- Mimi Jocelyn Designs said...
What an awesome giveaway Jacque! It is so super sweet of you to be so supportive of Traci! I absolutely love her store & I shop there all the time. She totally enables me to buy all things Tilda! Lol. If I won the gift card, I'd probably pick up the last Tilda pad I don't have, the Seaside Life, & then my first doll kit! Thanks for the opportunity to win! Hugs, Mimi
- March 16, 2015 at 12:07 PM
- Denise Bryant said...
I am already a long-time follower here, and excited to see your fabulous giveaway! I am new to Art Attack Supplies and had a ball looking around there! If I win, I would get Magnolia Die Winter Wonderland Santa Sleigh and LaLa Land Dies Stitched Nested Circles. What a great variety of products they carry!
- March 16, 2015 at 1:05 PM
- Rebecca/Sydney's Sentiments said...
I'm a new follower and excited to have a chance at winning such a great prize! I am so torn at what I would buy though. I will probably have to add more to the $50 so I could get more. I think my first pick would be that Chevron die with the stitches and next the Heart Banners die both from La La Land. So many wonderful choices though. Thanks again for a chance to win!
- March 16, 2015 at 1:53 PM
- Tina Goodwin said...
I love the projects you have made. Thank you for this awesome give away! If I were to win I'd buy Gorjuss Girl stamps! They are my new addiction. And a couple of the cute Magnolia stamps. I love the Art Attack store! So many goodies!
- March 16, 2015 at 2:17 PM
- kbrandy4 said...
Adorable makes Jacque!
1. Magnolia stamps
2. Magnolia dies
Thanks for the chance to win!
Hugs, Hazel xx
- March 16, 2015 at 3:40 PM
- April Rogers said...
Love your crafts for the swaps. anyone will be so pleased to receive any of them. I know I would. Thank you to for a chance to enter the give away. Happy Anniversary Traci!! Now for which 2 items... That's hard there are so many..
1. AVERY ELLE-Clear Stamps.4x6 Tea Time
2.Magnolia Die Silver Ware Mini
and anything else I could.
xo Nana April
- March 16, 2015 at 3:47 PM
- scrAPpamondo said...
Fabulous compilation!! All very beautiful project!Love expecially your stunning tag and all the embellishments!
I don't know if your giveway is international, but if it is so, I will buy some items that there aren't here in Italy ... So I will buy, for exemple, Bo Bunny Madeleine 12x12 Kit, and Tilda 2015 Apple Bloom Paper Pad...
Thanks for the chance, if there is also for me...
- March 16, 2015 at 4:02 PM
- Leah Ann Gast said...
Hello sweet lady. You always inspire and me the most beautiful things. I have been out of the loop so long, just wanted to say hello ��
- March 16, 2015 at 4:21 PM
- Mom@Home said...
You are such a sweetheart in doing this, thank you so much for giving us all the chance to win... Who doesn't love art attack? Traci offers great deals on amazing product, for me I'd definitely get the new Tilda pads and embellishments... Again Ty so much! ***hugs***
- March 16, 2015 at 5:13 PM
- Marla said...
Amazing giveaway and I would buy some Tilda papers and the gorguss girl tea set. TFS
- March 16, 2015 at 5:36 PM
- Pollard Carole said...
Another great post your cards are just so pretty I love them. If I won I would pick A stamp Tilda with lace pants and a La La land die heart doily two things I have wanted for ages. Its a gorgeous site so many beautiful things in one place. Hope you are well and apologies I've not been around for a while but been on a long holiday Love and hugs Carole x
- March 16, 2015 at 6:14 PM
- TruDee Griffin said...
Oh Jacque, so many wonderful things from Art Attack to dream about! If I win, I would like TILDA fabrics and perhaps another Tilda paper stack....thank you for this opportunity!
- March 16, 2015 at 6:45 PM
- Sharee said...
Congratulations Traci!! I love Art Attack!! Jackie I love all your projects posted! They are very beautiful and inspiring!! If I won I would like to buy the Bella paper pad and Graphic 45's "ABC Primer". Thank you so much for the chance to win and God bless!��
- March 16, 2015 at 7:05 PM
- sue said...
Wow such lovely creations. And fantastic give away.
I would love any of the tilde paper pads, can't choose coz I want them all and some bo bunny chip board.
Thanks for the chance to win. Hugs Sue
- March 16, 2015 at 7:22 PM
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- March 16, 2015 at 7:31 PM
- sassys attic said...
Oh ty for the chance to win! Love Arttack -Traci has amazing items and prices! Would love the Magnolia Bride Bow die and any of the Tilda or Gorjuss girl paper pads!! xx
- March 16, 2015 at 7:58 PM
- Sue Ann Thomason said...
Hi and TY for the awesome giveaway! I would purchase Tilda paper as well as gorjuss girl stamp. Wishing you continued success and a Take a Care Sweetie...
Big Hugs,
Sue Ann
- March 16, 2015 at 8:00 PM
- Melissa (Dollipop Productions) said...
Well hello new crafty friend! Thank you for doing this awesome giveaway! Lot's of things I would love to buy at Traci's store...how can I pick only 2? lol.
1. Tilda all that is spring paper pad!! Want that badly :)
2. Bo Bunny Madeleine 12x12 paper kit pack.
Honestly, I could buy something on every page of her store.
Thanks again :)
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- March 16, 2015 at 8:23 PM
- Inez Montemayor said...
Thanks for the great giveaway! I would buy the Tilda Spring Lake paper pad and Gorguss paper pad.
- March 16, 2015 at 8:26 PM
- Julie B. said...
What an awesome giveaway! If I were to win I would choose a Gorjuss Girl Stamp And The Tilda All That Is Spring Paper Pad. Love your work!
- March 16, 2015 at 8:48 PM
- CraftyPaws said...
Beautiful projects. What a wonderful and generous giveaway! If I were to win, I'd order at least 2 Gorjuss Girl stamps--Sweet Tea and The Hatter. Love those girls! TFS and a chance to win! Big hugs, Kristina
- March 16, 2015 at 9:10 PM
- Lorraine said...
Oh my gosh! I have admired your projects and love the Tilda swap items you made! I order goodies from Traci's store and would love a chance to win! I would love the Mongolia Die-Bride Bow and Little house Die! Thank you for a chance to win!
- March 16, 2015 at 9:26 PM
- Scrapping4fun1 said...
Wow- thanks for the giveaway! I love everything in the shop but I would love the tilda hare kit and the corner shop paper pad-LOVE! Thanks- Linda
- March 16, 2015 at 10:04 PM
- Marsha said...
Yes, this is an exciting giveaway. Two of the things I would order is the Penny Black Birthday Girl stamp and the Magnolia Mini Doily Die Cut.
Thanks so much for the chance to win.
- March 16, 2015 at 11:10 PM
- Theresa W said...
Hi Jacque! You know I just love your work and so grateful to own one of your beautiful Tilda Tags from the swap! Thanks so much for the awesome giveaway. You and Traci are so sweet! If I won, I would get some Tilda fabric and a Doohickeys die! Thanks again! ~Theresa
- March 16, 2015 at 11:38 PM
I would like to buy tilda Happiness Homemade paper pad and tilda ribbon: Floral. I want more but that's a start.
Thanks Toni
- March 17, 2015 at 12:43 AM
- candy said...
Thank you for this amazing giveaway!Your work is amazing!
The two first things in my wishlist are:
1.Once upon a springtime Paper pad from Graphic 45
2.The fabulous Gucci Magnolia stamp!
- March 17, 2015 at 1:42 AM
- Gina said...
You make pretty things! Thanks for the chance and good luck to all who enter!
I would select Tildas Corner Shop 12 x 12 and Lawn Cuts Custom Craft Die Quinn's ABC's set
Happy anniversary to Traci as well!
- March 17, 2015 at 1:52 AM
- Patti said...
Jacque, you are such a sweetie for this giveaway! I think there are many who share the same sentiment when it comes to ArtAttack Supplies and Traci. I have been purchasing from her store since she first opened and just when I think I have everything I want, she gets new amazing product. I want it all!! :) I'd have to continue to collect Tilda goodies that I don't have yet. I really want the new paper pads!! TY for the giveaway!!
- March 17, 2015 at 3:54 AM
- theCook said...
I love your Tilda swap! Isn't there much more than the swap asked for? Typical Jacque I would say!
I think I would get my very first Magnolia stamp, and that would be Tilda with bunny. I'd also get Tilda a paper pad (Apple Bloom or Spring Lake).
- March 17, 2015 at 4:21 AM
- Pam Allen said...
Hi! First love your work!! What a generous giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win. The first thing I would buy is a Tilda paper pad, I don't own any of them yet. I would love Country Escape but don't think its available anymore. The second would be a Magnolia Tilda stamp with hanging rabbit. Again thank you and Happy Anniversary Traci!!!
Pam Allen
- March 17, 2015 at 4:29 AM
- Maryann Laursen said...
Such amazing creations here again JAcque, and all is so wonderful. I wount take part in the Give Away, as we have tons of it right here, as I live next door to them and can get loads of it on sale very often, so think, it´ll be more fair to let someone over there have this one.
But I really love, what you made with this, so gorgeous.
By the way then we´re going to the US here tonight, and spend 5 weeks there, so I´ll get pretty close to where you are too.
- March 17, 2015 at 5:14 AM
- Donna Bolo said...
gorgeous creations!
if i win, i'd like to buy the bo bunny madeleine collection, and maybe a stamp from magnolia or gorjuss girls.
- March 17, 2015 at 6:16 AM
- Sheri said...
Only 2? Oh my, decisions decisions! I would but the Lawn Fawn stitched circles, and some of those wonderful Tilda paper packs. Swoon, they are so pretty!
- March 17, 2015 at 8:53 AM
- KT Fit Kitty said...
Wow, Jacque - your projects look amazing! Especially the little doll - so cute! Thank you for the awesome giveaway - this is the first time I've visited this store and I founds tons of things I want! So I could name more than two but here are the two I'd get for sure: Papermania Little Meow Ultimate Die-Cut/Paper Pack and Papermania Little Meow Mini Clear Stamps. Thanks, Jacque!
- March 17, 2015 at 12:32 PM
- Rene Stansell said...
Great projects Jacque, Art Attack Supplies have some great products.
I would purchase if I win....
Magnolia die Early Bird and some accessories for my Prima Mixed Media Dolls.
Many thanks Rene from OZ xo
- March 17, 2015 at 4:06 PM
- lana vassallo said...
What a wonderful give away! You have some beautiful creations!!!!
I think I would have to purchase some gorgeous girl stamps! Sweet tea, hello apple and...
- March 17, 2015 at 7:56 PM
- Loly Borda-Towery said...
Thanks for the chance! I'm crazy about Tilda too.
The things I'd love to but are
1. Lawn Cuts Custom Craft Die Quinn's ABC's set
2.Magnolia Die -Vintage Daisies.
- March 17, 2015 at 10:41 PM
- Leanne said...
There are a lot of things I wish to have out there, but would choose the Lawn Fawn number & alphabet dies first.
- March 18, 2015 at 6:09 AM
- shabbypinkhouse said...
Hello, I would love to buy the Tilda All That is Spring Paper Pad and the La La Land Heart Doily die.
Thanks so much for the giveaway! Hugs, Christine
- March 18, 2015 at 10:51 AM
- Sue D said...
Wow--this is so hard to pick--there are so many great items. Two that stood out so far were Magnolia dies--Mini Doily and Barn Window.
- March 18, 2015 at 2:02 PM
- Aristi Mourtzaki said...
Thank you for this amazing giveaway. I love the papers in her store and i can't pick just 2.thank you
- March 18, 2015 at 7:31 PM
- Berina RGA said...
wow!! such gorgeous creations!! love them!! and thanks for the giveaway!! She has a wonderful collection of papers... and the doily is very attractive...
- March 19, 2015 at 7:06 AM
- Lizzy Smith said...
Hi hun! What fun projects! I have to admit I havent played AT ALL with anything Magnolia yet- although they do have some dies I am interested in. I am so excited to find another online store! LIst only two?? Ha! Well I would say Crate Paper 6x6 pad, maybe one of the new Little Darling stamps of a few Lala Land dies. I could go on... lol Thanks for sharing!!! xx Lizzy
- March 19, 2015 at 9:52 AM
- Olive NightCrafter said...
Jacque, thanks so much for the chance to win. Traci's store has so many beautiful items, but if I have to choose only 2, then it would be Tilda's All That is Spring paper pad and Tilda's Tiny Treasure paper pad. Thanks again Jacque.. Hugs, Olive
- March 19, 2015 at 5:22 PM
- Christine Kiehl said...
Avery Elle Year Five (Otter)
Avery Elle Gleeful Gardens stamp sets
Thank you for the opportunity to win from a fan/follower!
- March 19, 2015 at 5:41 PM
- arlsmom aka Lynda said...
Would love to pick up some new papers...the Tilda ones look wonderful or some Stamping Bella images to play with...such wonderful things...happy to have a new shopping stop!
- March 20, 2015 at 4:53 PM
- Amy Love said...
How fun!!! Her store is one my favs also!!
I would love to get the Simple Stories -I Am Kit and the First Edition Premium Paper Pad 8 x8 Bella Rose!
- March 21, 2015 at 10:28 PM
- iruha said...
Wow!! Thanks for the chance!
1.Tilda Tiny Treasures Paper Pad
2.Magnolia Die DooHickey Club VOL 4 Early Bird
I really hope to get lucky! :)
- March 22, 2015 at 6:48 AM
- галина авакян said...
Thank you for this awesome give away! If I were to win I'd buy First Edition Premium Paper Pad Botanical and
Graphic 45 Deluxe Collector's Edition .
Thanks for the chance!
- March 23, 2015 at 7:29 AM
- Larelle-Susanne Thoms said...
whoo hoo congrats, I am a follower, If I won Id have to say I would purchase the 1. follow me tilda and 2. world wide web mail tilda stamps I love the new tilda stamps... thanks for the opportunity to enter hugs Larelle-Susanne
- March 24, 2015 at 6:51 PM
- Lottie Faith said...
There are so many gorgeous things there but if I had to choose if I won the gift certificate I would pick the Tilda Spring Lake Paper pad and the Little Summer Birds Stamp.
Thanks for the opportunity.
- March 24, 2015 at 7:24 PM
- Joy said...
Beautiful creations !!! Love them all.....the tags are so sweet !!
If I win the gift card
1. Tilda paper of course
2. Any Magnolia Doohickey die.
Thanks for offering such a great give away and the opportunity to win it !
- March 24, 2015 at 7:27 PM
- Ramona Wallace said...
Thank you so much for this chance to win a gift card I am so excited just love your work you do, so if I won I would pick from the store the Tilda The Corner Shop Paper Pad beautiful paper to work with would love to give that a go, then I would buy the Graphic 45 Precious Memories Kit, that is beautiful and would love to create with that. Thank you again for this lovely give away
- March 24, 2015 at 8:02 PM
thank you so much for the chance to win. if I was to win I get 1. Magnolia Die Doily Flowers and 2. Magnolia Stamp Tilda with Lace Pants.
Thanks for offering such a great give away and the opportunity to win it !
- March 24, 2015 at 8:29 PM
- Wanda said...
Love your blog! Your cards are perfection! If I win, I'll buy magnolia Tilda stamps because I don't have any! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
Best regards,
- March 24, 2015 at 8:48 PM
- Glitter and Crystals said...
Wow what a generous giveaway. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win! If I were to win I would love the have the Tilda All That Is Spring paper pad and the Magnolia Doohickey umbrella die. Your blog is so beautiful. Hugs! ~Jen
- March 24, 2015 at 8:56 PM
- serenity6883 said...
Wonderful giveaway. If I were to win, I would love to get a Doohickey club magazine and I really like the Lawn Fawn stitched circles.
- March 24, 2015 at 9:04 PM
- Jen said...
If I won I would buy some beautiful tilda paper and some stamping Bella stamps.
- March 24, 2015 at 9:23 PM
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- March 24, 2015 at 10:42 PM
- TodayLibrary said...
You have a wonderful blog and your creations are awesome. This is a very generous giveaway...I would purchase Tilda everything. Take Care. Sincerely, Elaine Rico
March 24, 2015 at 10:42 PM
- March 24, 2015 at 10:44 PM
- GailPellegrin said...
Thanks to Amador, I have found your site. I so enjoy your creations. I also enjoy Magnolia Tilda stamps and dies. If I were to win, I would love to have the So Wrapped Lovely die and a Magnolia stamp that I do not have.
- March 24, 2015 at 11:37 PM
- UTs Hobby Time said...
Fabulous work as always, Jacque. Looks very classy. Love them all.
- March 25, 2015 at 12:27 AM
- Shidonna Lofton said...
I am in love with any thing gorjuss. So my two must have are Dear Alice stamp set and the 12 x12 Gorjuss Santoro hush little bunny paper. Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
- March 25, 2015 at 1:19 AM
- Rosa Vera said...
Beautiful projects you have made! Thanks for sharing your talents! You're rigth about ArtAttack Store, Traci is a hard working woman who has a great taste! Love the papers she sell and the Bleu Light Especial is always a great deal! In my wish list are the new Craft Market Paper and the Penny Black stamps. Thanks for the chance to win! :)
- March 25, 2015 at 1:20 AM
- Letty Aguilar said...
Your projects are lovely!!! Thank you for the chance to win some goodies from Traci's store! If I won, I would love to get the Magnolia Doohickeys Vol. 2 or the Vintage Squares and Wrapped So Lovely dies or maybe some more Tilda paper teehee :)
Hugs - Letty
- March 25, 2015 at 6:23 AM
- Glo said...
I like:
- March 25, 2015 at 8:49 AM
- coco68 said...
Hi! I would hands down order the Magnolia Sleeping Baby stamp, Delightful Tilda and some Doohicky dies because, if you can believe it, I don't have any yet!! Thank you for the opportunity! I love your beautiful designs. I'm new to your blog thanks to Amador!,
- March 25, 2015 at 9:06 AM
- daya111073 said...
Lovely projects on this site. If I won the 50 dollars I would buy magnolia die Vintage daisy and Magnolia stamp Gucci Tilda.
- March 25, 2015 at 1:31 PM
I would order Tilda corner shop paper pad and ~Summer Fair Card Background paper pad
Love your cards and tags
Thanks to Amadoreros youtube, iI was able to find your blog.
- March 25, 2015 at 1:53 PM
- Tess L said...
If I am the lucky winner, I would love to get some Tilda paper and Magnolia stamps. I don't own any of these items. Thanks for your generosity and Amadoreros. You guys rock.
- March 25, 2015 at 4:43 PM
- Tammie Rice-Doughty said...
congratulations on completing your first year I truly love your store. if I was to win I would like Tilda paper and. Magnolia Doohikey
- March 25, 2015 at 5:12 PM
If I was the lucky winner, I would buy the small and large Doohickey dies. Thank you for such am awesome contest. Your projects are wonderful!
- March 25, 2015 at 10:50 PM
- Lori Simon said...
I would love a doohickey club magazine and botanical notes paper pad.
- March 26, 2015 at 12:13 AM
- cebelica said...
Wow Jacque, your projects are amazing. I love the colours and the vintage feel to them.
Thank you very much for such a generous giveaway as well.If I won, 2 of the things I'd buy would be: Tim Holtz paint and Tilda Apple Bloom paper pad.
Thank you for the chance!
- March 26, 2015 at 6:45 AM
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to have some Tilda paper and Tilda fabric....drool.... hahah!
- March 26, 2015 at 10:22 PM
- Erica Fields said...
Thanks for the chance to win! I would to have a prima doll stamp and tilde paper!! :)
- March 26, 2015 at 11:19 PM
- mary said...
I am a new subscriber! I would buy the Tilda Spring Paper Pad and also the Spring Decor
- March 28, 2015 at 12:33 AM
- Patti ShabbyPinkStamper said...
Jacque your tag and swap goodies are so beautiful! I love my Tilda paper and I love Traci's store. Thank you for a chance to win this wonderful gift! I would love to have some Tilda fabric and some more paper of course, but I don't have any Magnolia stamps so it would be nice to have at least one! I am following you now!
- March 28, 2015 at 11:07 AM
- Sharon said...
Choose two? It can't possibly be done. Two items I would like...let's see...I would really like to buy some fabric because I don't have much of that. I see that the paper I wanted to pre-order is sold out. Hmmm..It may sound funny but I really like the Tilda scissors. So that would be my second and my THIRD would be the Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime. Sorry, just couldn't leave it at two. LOL.
- March 28, 2015 at 9:05 PM
- terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...
I'd love to get the Magnolia bride bow die and also the mini doily. Thanks for a chance! Hope you are having a lovely day.
- March 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM
- Marjeta said...
Dear Jacque!
I have got your candy and yes, I already made a card with my new stamp.
It is gorgeous. Anyway, I look in your friend shop too and find some super goodies.First thing I would like to have is Prima Doll Stamp. It is really beautiful, the Miscellanous Penelope paper pack and Tea - rifick stamp are super too. Thanks for chance to win.
Hugs , Marjeta
- March 31, 2015 at 4:43 PM
- scrappassion01 said...
I would purchase the Tilda All That Is Spring paper and I would pick up some of the Magnolia stamps!
Betty Aldridge
- April 1, 2015 at 12:03 AM
- Jennifer Scull said...
what beautiful projects!
I've been on a bit of a hiatus, so wanted to pop in to say hello! hope all is well with you.
Happy happy Easter!
- April 3, 2015 at 1:29 PM
- Jennifer Scull said...
hey Jacque, I sure hope you are doing okay. a bit worried since you haven't posted in a while. just know I am thinking about you and sending big hugs! :)
- April 15, 2015 at 12:06 PM


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Each time the heart beats it sends blood coursing through the arteries. The peak reading of the pressure exerted by this contraction is the systolic pressure. Between beats the heart relaxes and blood pressure drops. The very lowest reading is referred to as the diastolic pressure. A normal blood pressure reading for an adult is:
120 (systolic) / 80 (diastolic)
High blood pressure, or hypertension, refers to a reading of greater than 140/90. An elevated blood pressure is one of the major risk factors for a heart attack or stroke. Since heart disease and strokes account for over 43% of all deaths in the U.S., it is very important to keep the blood pressure in the normal range. Over 60 million Americans have high blood pressure. Again, dietary factors appear to be the primary reason.
Besides attaining ideal body weight, perhaps the most important dietary recommendation is to increase the consumption of plant foods in the diet. A primarily vegetarian diet typically contains more potassium, complex carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, fiber, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C and less saturated fat and refined carbohydrates, all of which have a favorable influence on blood pressure.
Increasing the intake of Omega-3 fatty acids can also lower blood pressure. Over 60 doubleblind studies have demonstrated that either fish oil supplements or flaxseed oil are very effective in lowering blood pressure. Along with reducing the intake of saturated fat, one tablespoon per day of flaxseed oil should drop both the systolic and diastolic readings by up to 9 mm Hg. One study found that for every absolute 1% increase in body alpha-linolenic acid content (the Omega-3 found in flax oil), there was a decrease of 5 mm Hg in the systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressure.
The beneficial effects of Omega-3 oils in protecting as well as treating cardiovascular disease are quite obvious. Omega-3 oils impact numerous factors linked to heart attacks and strokes. They lower LDL-cholesterol levels and triglycerides, inhibit excessive platelet aggregation, lower fibrinogen levels, and lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure. Flaxseed oil offers a beneficial method for increasing the intake of Omega-3 oils in the diet.


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But if you want to publish (or "expose") your PL/SQL procedures as a SOAP Web Service, your options have so far been a bit limited.
JDeveloper has a "Publish as Web Service" feature that uses JPublisher to create various Java artifacts which must then be deployed to the application server. There are some details here, and an issue you need to be aware of if you are using Oracle 10g Express Edition (XE).
Now, this Java-based approach probably works fine for you if you have Java developers and a Java infrastructure in your company, although the need to (re-)generate the Java code whenever the PL/SQL code changes seems like a bit of a hassle to me.
Native Web Services (11g)
Oracle 11g (Release 1) introduced "Native Web Services". This is a servlet running in the XDB listener that automagically exposes PL/SQL code as SOAP Web Services. Here is some more information about it.
If you are a database guy like me, you probably like the "Native" approach better than the JPublisher method. However, there are a couple of issues with Native Web Services; first of all, it's an 11g feature (which of course means that it is not available in 10g, nor in Express Edition 10g), and it requires the XDB listener (which means you must either allow direct connections to your database, or set up another web server as a proxy for XDB).
Automatic Web Services with the Thoth Gateway
Since I like the concept of Native Web Services, I decided to implement a similar feature in the Thoth Gateway, a mod_plsql replacement for Microsoft IIS.
Version 1.1 of the Thoth Gateway adds a new DAD configuration parameter called InvocationProtocol. If this is set to "SOAP" (instead of the default "CGI"), PL/SQL called through the DAD will take its parameters from a SOAP request body, and respond with a SOAP response body.
The Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document is automatically generated if you append "?wsdl" to the end of the URL. This allows a tool like Visual Studio to easily add a Web Reference to your stored procedure.
Let's see an example. Let's say we have the following package specification:
create or replace package employee_service as function get_employee_name (p_empno in number) return varchar2; function get_employees (p_search_filter in varchar2) return clob; end employee_service; /
And the following package body:
create or replace package body employee_service as function get_employee_name (p_empno in number) return varchar2 as l_returnvalue emp.ename%type; begin begin select ename into l_returnvalue from emp where empno = p_empno; exception when no_data_found then l_returnvalue := null; end; return l_returnvalue; end get_employee_name; function get_employees (p_search_filter in varchar2) return clob as l_context dbms_xmlgen.ctxhandle; l_returnvalue clob; begin -- there are many ways to generate XML in Oracle, this is one of them... l_context := dbms_xmlgen.newcontext('select * from emp where lower(ename) like :p_filter_str order by empno'); -- let's make Tom Kyte happy :-) dbms_xmlgen.setbindvalue (l_context, 'p_filter_str', lower(p_search_filter) || '%'); l_returnvalue := dbms_xmlgen.getxml (l_context); dbms_xmlgen.closecontext (l_context); return l_returnvalue; end get_employees; end employee_service; /
Now navigate to the following URL with the browser (assuming you have downloaded and installed the Thoth Gateway, of course; see the installation guide in the Doc folder):
This brings up the automatically generated WSDL:
Now use your favorite SOAP testing tool (I'm using Web Service Studio, but another good tool is SoapUI) and enter the same URL.
After the test tool has generated a proxy class for the Web Service, you should see something similar to the following:
Fill in the value in the request and invoke the Web Service:
The response from the Thoth Gateway is a SOAP envelope that contains the return value of the function.
Invoking the second function in the example package above returns a CLOB with XML that represents a dataset with several rows:
Pretty cool, heh? It "just works", with no extra code or configuration necessary, except specifying "SOAP" as the protocol in the DAD!
You can use the usual parameters such as InclusionList, ExclusionList and RequestValidationFunction to control access to specific procedures. Also, the CGI environment is set up as usual before the call, so your PL/SQL code can use owa_util.get_cgi_env to get information about the client (browser).
Limitations and Caveats
There are a couple of limitations in this first release of the SOAP feature:
- You can only call PL/SQL functions (not procedures) via SOAP.
- Functions must return VARCHAR2 or CLOB (but as we have seen in the example above, functions returning CLOBs allow you to return any XML as the response, so this should not really be a big limitation). Support for arrays and complex (user-defined) types might come later.
- Each function is exposed as a service endpoint. This means that in Visual Studio, for example, you must create a separate Web Reference for each function you would like to call. A future version of the gateway might group all functions in a package into one service. Update (Nov 28, 2009): As of Thoth Gateway version 1.2, all functions in a package are now grouped together as a single service endpoint.
If you would like to try it out, go and grab version 1.1 of the Thoth Gateway now!


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As I have written in previous posts, I was born, raised in, and lived for 39 years in Memphis, TN. I now reside right across the state line (literally) in Southaven, MS, after former Mayor W.W. Herenton told middle class folks like myself that we were no longer welcome there.
I left out the aspect of race from the preceding paragraph as to not beat a dead horse, but racial division in this country is being used as a political tool in an attempt to "divide and conquer" (divide et impera) through a deliberate campaign strategy by Obama and his minions, reinforced by Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice.
Commercialappeal.com has the following story from my hometown:
Black juveniles in Memphis are more likely to be locked up, to receive tougher punishments and to be transferred to adult court than white juveniles, U.S. Department of Justice officials announced at a news conference Thursday.
Following a three-year probe of Shelby County Juvenile Court and its detention center, the DOJ found a pattern of constitutional rights violations for all youths, discrimination against black youths and unsafe jail conditions, according to the department's 66-page report.
"We found serious and systemic failures," Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general who oversees the department's Civil Rights Division in Washington, said during Thursday's news conference in Memphis. "African-American children were being treated differently and more harshly."
Justice Department attorneys and outside consultants visited the court and detention center in 2010 and 2011 and analyzed more than 65,000 youth files.
The report concluded that "the juvenile court fails to provide constitutionally required due process to all children appearing for delinquency proceedings, that the court's administration of juvenile justice discriminates against African-American children and that its detention center violates the substantive due process rights of detained youth by not providing them with reasonably safe conditions of confinement."
U.S. Atty. Ed Stanton, who hosted the news briefing at the Memphis federal courthouse, told reporters: "While the Civil Rights Division's findings are serious and compelling, I am encouraged that the leadership and staff of the Shelby County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Center have demonstrated that they intend to take immediate action."
The investigation followed allegations from Shelby County Commission member Henri Brooks and other African-American commissioners of discrimination and misconduct.
Brooks' complaint, filed with the DOJ in 2007, alleged mistreatment of juveniles based on race, discriminatory hiring practices, nepotism and political patronage and disregard for federal anti-discrimination laws.
Brooks said she took action after reviewing documents showing that white youths in the suburbs were being sent to school or home after the same infractions that resulted in jail trips and a juvenile record for black youths.
"I'm very happy the Justice Department validated the concerns and allegations of the complaint that I took to D.C," Brooks said Thursday. "There is something seriously wrong with Juvenile Court."
The commissioner, a Juvenile Court employee for 11 years, said that in 2007 she was besieged with criticism that she was making Memphis look bad by unfounded claims of racism.
"I don't want to say 'vindication,' but it's kind of like: 'Now you know you're wrong,' " she said of her critics.
Juvenile Court Judge Curtis Person, who attended the news conference, told reporters he didn't agree with all of the report's findings, particularly those alleging tougher treatment for black juveniles.
"It's a subjective finding," the judge said. "I don't think race enters into the decision-making in Juvenile Court.
"I deplore and will not tolerate discrimination of any kind."
It's not just the Obama Administration sewing the seeds of racial division. It's those charged with teaching young minds full of mush in Obama's hometown, also.
Per Breitbart.com:
Jones College Prep, a Chicago Public Schools "selective enrollment" school, held "Social Justice Week" in March, a collection of events geared towards turning students into activists. See the schedule of events here.
According to a flyer on the school's website:
Social Justice Week was created to promote community advancement through dialogue and community service based activism. Moreover, we hope to unify the voice of various JCP and community organizations in which to facilitate collaboration for the betterment of the community at large and promote a unified human rights advancement initiative.
The school is, according to U.S. News & World Report, a Top 100 high school in the country. It's one of the best of the best–the cream of the crop.
Demographically, Jones College Prep is fairly balanced. Statistics from 2007-2008 show black enrollment is 23.4%, white enrollment is 29.5% and Hispanic enrollment is 33.7%.
Yet the school administrators, through Social Justice Week, gave a platform to community organizers who in turn provided students biased information and encouraged them to take specific steps to protest, EAGnews.org reports exclusively.
When we heard about the week, we contacted school officials requesting to observe and record the events. All parties consented.
…On Wednesday of Social Justice Week, Black Star Project, a Chicago-based community organizing group, was brought into the school after school hours to teach students about "non-violent" protesting. Led by Phillip Jackson, former "Chief of Education" under former Mayor Richard Daley, the optional discussion was focused on students fighting back against gun crime.
Black Star Project, according to its website, is funded by Open Society Foundations (i.e. George Soros), Best Buy, ING and Toyota Motor Sales, among others.
But Jackson apparently had no interest in allowing students to come to their own conclusions on gun ownership.
NPR.org's Carrie Johnson, in an post titled, Holder: "'More Work to Do' Before the Term is Over", describes her interview with Attorney General Eric Holder:
But every generation has its own civil rights struggles. Holder knows that all too well.
He said the killing in Florida this year of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin prompted him to sit down and talk with his own teenage son, an experience he shared for the first time publicly.
Before the Martin incident, and the outcry that followed, Holder said, he didn't think he'd have "the conversation" with his son. But he changed his mind.
"It brought back to me experiences that I had as a young man: getting stopped by the police on the Jersey Turnpike, getting stopped running to a movie in Georgetown by the police simply because I was running to get to a movie," he said. "I was mad, I was angry, I was humiliated. But I didn't do anything to put my safety at risk. And that's what I tried to convey to my boy.
Follow police instructions, however wrong you think they might be, Holder told his son, and don't let anger guide your actions.
"It's a sad thing that my father had to have that conversation with me, that I thought I had to have that conversation with my son," he said. "We are a nation that's made great progress, great progress — the fact that I'm the attorney general of the United States is an indication of that. But we still have some work to do."
Like refusing to investigate the Black Panthers for voter intimidation, Mr. Attorney General?
Hopefully, you'll be unemployed soon.


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DURHAM, N.C. - Chris Pollard, the 2012 Southern Conference Coach of the Year who guided Appalachian State to six consecutive 30-win seasons, has been named Duke University's 25th head baseball coach as announced Thursday by Duke Vice President and Director of Athletics Kevin White.
"Chris Pollard represents a seasoned, highly successful coach, mentor and leader," said Duke Vice President & Director of Athletics Kevin White. "His track record speaks volumes about his dramatic impact on the Appalachian State baseball program. Of course, with his background as a student-athlete, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Davidson, coupled with his experience as a head coach, we believe that he represents an ideal fit at Duke University. We are absolutely thrilled with the appointment of Chris Pollard as Duke's baseball coach. To be sure, his aspirations are completely in alignment with our administration -- Duke will strive to be an upper echelon Atlantic Coast Conference baseball program while maintaining its standards of excellence in the classroom and in the community."
Pollard replaces Sean McNally, who resigned last month after guiding the Blue Devils to a 192-198-1 record in seven seasons.
"I couldn't be more thrilled to be joining Duke University as its new head baseball coach," said Pollard. "This is a tremendous opportunity for me professionally, but just as importantly, it's a tremendous opportunity for my family. We are all four - myself, my wife and my two sons - ecstatic to be joining the Duke family."
After joining the Mountaineer staff in 2004, Pollard successfully transformed a program saddled with back-to-back 10-win seasons into a team on the verge of the College World Series in 2012. This past year, he led Appalachian State to one of its most accomplished seasons in the program's 109-year history as the Mountaineers set a school record for victories with a 41-18 overall record and won the Southern Conference championship with a 21-9 league mark. Appalachian earned a berth in the 2012 NCAA Championship, advancing to the championship round of the Charlottesville Regional with wins over national powers Virginia and Oklahoma.
In addition, the 2012 Mountaineers won their first conference championship since 1987, advanced to NCAA postseason play for the first time since 1986 and won their first NCAA Tournament game since 1973. Appalachian also claimed four wins over nationally-ranked opponents and spent six weeks in the national rankings. Prior to the record-breaking 2012 campaign, the Mountaineers boasted just one win over a nationally-ranked team since 1982 and one appearance in a major college baseball poll.
Pollard took the helm of Appalachian's program in 2004 and by 2006, his second season with the Mountaineers, he led ASU to 24 victories, four more than the previous two seasons combined. Six-consecutive 30-win seasons would follow as the Mountaineers have won at least one SoCon Tournament game every season and finished among the top-50 teams in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) rankings twice during that span.
Pollard's tenure at Appalachian State has been punctuated by his ability to recruit top-notch talent. After Appalachian went without a Major League Baseball draftee for a dozen years, three members of Pollard's initial ASU recruiting class were selected in the first 12 rounds of the 2008 MLB Draft. In total, Appalachian State has produced 13 MLB draftees under Pollard's watch, including a school-record four draftees in both 2008 and 2012.
Prior to his arrival at Appalachian, Pollard served as the head coach at Pfeiffer University from 2000-04. In his final year at Pfeiffer, he coached the Falcons to the winningest season in school history, a 41-14 campaign that culminated with its second straight Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference regular season championship and a berth in the 2004 NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional. In addition, Pfeiffer reached as high as No. 2 in the South Atlantic Regional rankings and No. 109 in the national polls according to Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Pollard was named the 2004 CVAC Coach of the Year both by the league's coaches and the American Baseball Coaches Association for his efforts.
Similar to his time at Appalachian, Pollard took over a Pfeiffer squad which had suffered three losing seasons in the four years prior to his arrival and began a rebuilding project that led to the Falcons' record improving in each of his five seasons as head coach. In addition, he also served as Pfeiffer's director of athletics for the 2003-04 year, overseeing the daily supervision of the school's 16 varsity sports including NCAA compliance, budget and salary management, public relations, fundraising and facility oversight.
Prior to his stint at Pfeiffer, Pollard served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Davidson College. His primary responsibilities for the Wildcat staff included serving as the team's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
Pollard also gained coaching experience in the NCAA-certified Coastal Plain Summer League as the head coach of the Durham Braves in 1998 and pitching coach with the Rocky Mount Rock Fish in 1997.
As a player at Davidson from 1993-96, Pollard became just the third pitcher in program history to win 20 games for a career. He ranks among the all-time top-10 in Davidson history with 20 wins (3rd), 168 strikeouts (8th), 59 appearances (t-7th), 309 innings pitched (4th), 39 starts (6th) 18 complete games (t-7th) and two shutouts (t-3rd). As a sophomore, Pollard defeated both No. 1 Georgia Tech and No. 25 Western Carolina before tying an NCAA record by earning victories in both ends of a doubleheader versus Georgia Southern as a junior.
Pollard graduated from Davidson in 1996, earning a B.A. in psychology with a concentration in child and adolescent development. He played professionally in both the Western League and the Northern League before returning to Davidson to begin his coaching career. Pollard also received a Master's degree in physical education/health education from Mississippi State in 2004.


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Fiery rhetoric opens NAACP convention
HOUSTON — The NAACP vows to register 1 million new voters in time for the November elections to overturn what leaders called an "onslaught of state restrictions on voting."
Alluding to the long struggle of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, board chairman Roslyn Brock insisted in the opening address of the association's 103rd annual convention Sunday night that voting rights were again in jeopardy.
"Our right to vote is under attack more than at any other time in history since we passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965," she said. "We overcame then and we shall overcome now — but only if we are willing to dedicate ourselves to fighting a battle that many of us thought we had won many years ago."
Although organizers expect convention attendance to approach 7,000, the opening-night audience at the George R. Brown Convention Center, however spirited, numbered only about 500.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, scheduled to speak to the convention on Monday, is likely to echo Brock's expression of concern. He has gone to court to block Texas from enacting a law the legislature passed last year that requires registered voters to possess a valid state-issued photo ID.
Supporters of such laws have said showing an ID will prevent voter fraud, while opponents contend that requiring an ID could suppress voter turnout among poor, elderly and minority voters.
A federal court will decide this week of Texas' voter ID law will stand.
Introduced by a fiery 9-year-old from New Jersey, Vivica Mya McBean — "a proud, card-carrying member of the NAACP" — Brock urged her listeners to push back against voting restrictions.
"Today, the enemies of justice are not lynching African Americans and practicing Jim Crow laws of segregation. They are more refined. But they are equally threatening," she said. "They are erecting barriers to economic viability, educational quality, health care accessibility, judicial equity and political opportunity."
Brock, a Maryland health-care executive and a 28-year member of the National Association of Colored People, reminded her listeners that four years ago voters surged to the polls, responding to Barack Obama's "message of hope and change." It was a different story two years later, she noted.
"Election night 2008 was the end of the process for many in our community when it should have been just the beginning," she said. "Instead of exerting our power again in the 2010 midterm elections, many of us stayed at home, and across this land people who did not share our values or our vision for America won majorities in the Congress and our state houses."
Brock, who labeled the current political climate "the new normal," also addressed additional areas of NAACP concern, including economic sustainability, education, criminal justice and health care.
Earlier in the evening, U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, excited the relatively small crowd with his campaign-style rhetoric.
"There's a lot at stake in this election," the former Houston NAACP president said. "This election is all about whether or not we are going to go forward. Some people who say they want to take back our country will take it back — back to a time that you and I don't want to go back to.
"You have fought to prevent health care from becoming wealth care in the richest country in the world," Green told attendees to thunderous applause. "We will not let the well-off, the well-heeled and well-to-do prevent the least, the last and the lost from having health care in this country."
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, and Vice President Joe Biden are scheduled to speak later in the week. Leon W. Russell, vice president of the NAACP board, said the association was disappointed President Obama chose not to attend but was happy to welcome Biden.
Staff writer Cindy George contributed to this report.


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Two Students Noted For Explosives Research
SOCORRO, N.M. November 10, 2009 – New Mexico Tech students Shaun Geerts and Micah Wild won third place for their research poster at the national American Indian Society of Science and Engineering conference in Portland in late October.
|Micah Wild and Shaun Geerts (right) won third place at the AISES conference for their paper on shaped-charge liners.
The mechanical engineering students were honored for their poster titled "A Study of the Effects of Shaped-Charge Liner Design."
Geerts, the president of the Explosives Club on campus, said he and Wild completed the project with the intention of presenting at the International Society of Explosives Engineers in Orlando in February.
While they haven't heard if their paper has been accepted for the ISEE conference, the Tech chapter did receive an award to help students attend.
A "shaped charge" is an explosive charge with a lined cavity that generates a jet of metal when detonated. The standard design includes a liner that collapses in a fashion that creates a high-velocity jet of ejecta. Geerts said he and Wild tested a theory that a second liner would create a more powerful jet.
"We came up with an idea to implement an inner liner," Geerts said. "Instead of a single liner, you have an additional liner inside and the goal was to add more material to a certain part of the jet to increase its effectiveness. If you have more mass, it can penetrate further."
The students theorized that one thicker line wouldn't allow the same initial velocity, but a second liner may allow the jet to form, then add material as the shaped charge exits the cone.
They tested their theory nine times at the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center at New Mexico Tech. Two of their designs penetrated a target object just as far as the conventional shaped charge, but none of their designs outperformed the standard cone, Geerts said.
The national organization gave the club $1,000 to help students pay travel costs to attend the conference. The Explosives Club has about 50 members and Geerts hopes that 10 to 12 students will attend the conference in Florida.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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The Mashup, where data from one or more sites is brought together to add value to the data on another site, is only four years old. Google Maps, the basis for so many of these was released in February 2005. The iconic early example being HousingMaps.com which brings together [mashes up] data from Craigslist.org and displays it on a Google Map. Nevertheless in those few short years the mashup has become an established part of the web, and libraries are not immune from the trend. Links out to Google Book Search, WorldCat, and many other ways of enriching the library interface are not that uncommon an addition to OPAC and other library interfaces.
As this month's Gang – Tallin Bingham, Marshall Breeding, Nicole Engard, and Frances Haugen - discuss, it is not just about adding interesting widgets to our interfaces. These mashups depend on data being reliably available from within the library system and other external services in a form that is easy to understand and consume. The mashup phenomena has spread so quickly because they are so easy to produce and the library world needs to follow that trend by agreeing some conventions for the exposure of data - biblographic, usage, statistical, etc. – in a way that it easy for others to consume. Many of the most successful mashups use data in a way that the publisher's of that data did not initially envisage.
During the conversation the following were referenced:
- The Juice Project
- Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data – Edited by Nicole Engard
- SOAPAC – The Social OPAC
Competition This month's show launches the Library 2.0 Gang Mashup Idea competition. To enter you need to send in your idea for a library mashup. It can be as simple or complex as you like. The only restriction being that it must include library data or functionality somewhere within it. The best three, as judged by Nicole Engard and myself, will each receive a copy of the Library Mashups book she has edited. Closing date is August 31st, send your entries to email@example.com.
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THE HAGUE — Leaders of seven of the world's largest economies on Monday agreed to freeze Russia out of the Group of Eight nations and threatened sanctions against key sectors of its economy if Moscow further invades or seeks to destabilize Ukraine.
The moves, approved by the heads of the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and Canada, represented a growing alignment behind a strategy to prevent any escalation of the crisis involving Russia's incursion into Ukraine. But implicitly, the Group of Seven nations acknowledged that the standoff — with Russia in control of the Crimean peninsula and Europe moving only slowly to isolate Russia — may stretch on for months or years.
In a statement issued from the sidelines of a previously scheduled nuclear security summit, the leaders agreed that Russia's annexation last week of Ukraine's Crimea region was in "contravention of international law" and against the "shared beliefs and shared responsibilities" of the elite diplomatic club, which was expanded to include Russia in 1998.
The group revoked Moscow's participation "until Russia changes course" and moved its annual meeting on the world economy from Sochi, Russia, to Brussels.
President Obama arrived at the meeting in The Hague — his first day of a weeklong trip to Europe and Saudi Arabia — intent on pushing a harder line against Russia, and he appeared to have had some success.
"Europe and America are united in our support of the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people. We're united in imposing a cost on Russia for its actions so far," Obama said early in the day at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, standing in front of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch," a massive oil masterpiece depicting a militia rallying to fight.
Moving the June gathering from Sochi— a town that President Vladimir Putin redeveloped as a symbol of modern Russian might and which hosted this year's Olympic Winter Games — to the seat of the European Union was laden with symbolism but limited in impact. Still, it marked another milestone in Russia's shifting relationship with Europe in the post-Cold War era.
"Symbols do matter," said Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia who left his post this year and is now a Hoover fellow at Stanford University. When Russia formally joined the G-8, he said, it was heralded as an arrival.
"For them, it was a symbol of being a part of the big-boy club, the great-powers club and a club of democracies, I might add," he said. "Those aspirations are over or, at least, put on hold for now."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who attended the nuclear security summit, dismissed the G-7's decision as insignificant, saying that most major problems can be discussed at other international bodies.
"The G-8 is an informal club, no one gives out membership cards and no one can expel members," Lavrov told reporters. "If our Western partners believe that this format has exhausted itself, let it be. We are not clinging to it."
Obama and Putin last week imposed sanctions on each other's top aides and other government officials because of the dispute over Crimea. Earlier in the week, Washington and the 28-nation European Union jointly imposed travel bans and asset freezes against about two dozen Russian and Ukrainian officials. The EU later added more Russian officials to the list.
As leaders met in The Hague on Monday, Russian forces were consolidating their hold on military sites in Crimea. U.S and NATO officials said they were also keeping a wary eye on Russian troops massing elsewhere in southern Ukraine and in the east.
Russia rallied its own international clique to its defense. A group of emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — also met. The so-called BRICS nations issued a statement disavowing sanctions on Russia and urging nations to resolve their conflict at the United Nations "in a calm and level-headed manner."
The current approach does not "contribute to a sustainable and peaceful solution," the group said.
In Washington, the Senate moved forward on $1 billion in loan guarantees for Ukraine, but the bill still faces opposition from House Republicans who are crafting their own version of the measure.
At the summit on nuclear security in The Hague, more than 50 counties are discussing ways to prevent a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. But the dispute over Crimea dominated the conversations. European nations had expressed reluctance to threaten broad sanctions on sectors of the Russian economy, mindful that such a move could damage their own still-fragile economies. But Monday's statement warns of the possibility of "sectoral sanctions."
A senior Obama administration official said the leaders discussed sanctions on arms, banking and energy. But European nations that depend heavily on Russian gas and oil are worried about restricting Moscow's energy exports.
The U.S. has offered to "mitigate" the impact of such sanctions, expressing support for expansion of U.S. natural gas exports and encouraging Europe to diversify its energy sources, said the official, who asked to not be named discussing private talks.
The official noted that the Energy Department on Monday approved a conditional order to authorize exports of liquefied natural gas from a proposed terminal in Coos Bay, Ore. The order depends on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of an environmental review.
The senior administration official said the "clearest trigger" for the sanctions would be another border crossing by Russian troops, but fomenting political unrest or violence in Ukraine or Crimea might also provoke the more drastic penalties. That means, for now, that Russia's isolation remains largely political rather than economic.
Matthew P. Goodman, a former Obama point person at G-8 and other international summits, said Russia would be hurt by its inability to participate in the forum. "In addition to status and prestige, it brings them some concrete benefit in terms of being able to shape issues on a global level," he said.
But Goodman, now a political economist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the G-7 nations were also taking a risk by excluding Russia, which can play a critical role in talks with Iran and Syria. "It's significant that they didn't blow up the G-8, just suspended it," he said. "This leaves the door open to Russia's returning to the fold if its behavior improves."
Obama also appealed to other world leaders in his attempts to isolate Russia.
In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, Obama praised China's response to Russia's annexation of Crimea, an official said. Despite its frequent alliances with Moscow, Beijing abstained from a vote on a United Nations Security Council resolution declaring Crimea's referendum to secede from Ukraine illegal.
U.S. officials have tried to appeal to China's wariness about outsiders interfering in internal territorial disputes, such as in Tibet, to push it to align with the West.
"It's very much in their interests to stand up for the notion that every nation has a right to make its own decisions," deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes said. "Russia cares a lot about its standing in the world. And it matters if traditional friends of Russia cannot express support for Russia."
Hennessey reported from The Hague and Parsons from Washington.
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Kicked Out of the Maternity Ward: An Interview with Jodi Ferris
January 13–17, 2014 | Vol. 118, Week 6
Jodi Ferris gave birth in a hospital parking lot and was forced to stay outside as hospital staff took her baby away without explanation. How could this happen? Listen in, on this week's Home School Heartbeat.
"They wouldn't let me see her. And when they took her out of the room, they wouldn't tell me where they were taking her."—Jodi Ferris
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Imagine delivering your baby in an ambulance in a hospital parking lot! Now imagine that you were kept outside while the hospital took your baby. Join host Mike Farris on today's Home School Heartbeat, as he talks with Jodi Ferris, a mother who experienced this nightmare for herself!
Mike Farris: Our guest today is Jodi Ferris. We're not related, but we like each other. Jodi's a homeschooling mom from Pennsylvania, and she sought HSLDA's help after her newborn daughter was taken in a so-called emergency custody seizure shortly after she was born in June of 2010. Jodi, welcome to the program.
Jodi Ferris: Thanks, Mike.
Mike Farris: Jodi, would you please share with our listeners what happened to you that night at the hospital?
Jodi Ferris: Sure. We had planned to have a homebirth, but we ended up going to the hospital because I went into labor two and a half weeks before my due date. So, we decided to call an ambulance just in case the baby came while we were on the way, which turned out to be a good thing because she was born in the ambulance. Once we were inside the hospital, the hospital staff separated us. Then we were given conflicting information about our daughter's health. That afternoon, a social worker and two police officers came to the hospital and took our baby and kicked me out of the hospital. My husband and I spent that night sleeping in our car, and less than 24 hours after delivering a baby, we were in court. The court ruled in our favor, and we went back to the hospital to spend some time with our daughter.
Mike Farris: Jodi, we really appreciate you being with us. We'll have more of your story all this week. I'm Mike Farris.
Mike Farris: So, Jodi, let's set the stage. You've just given birth, and then they've taken your baby away. What were some of the thoughts going through your head at this time?
Jodi Ferris: It was really unusual for me to experience being separated from my daughter right after she was born. The first few minutes at the hospital, we were in the same room, but they wouldn't let me see her. And when they took her out of the room, they wouldn't tell me where they were taking her. She had spent her entire life up to that point inside of me, and I felt responsible for making sure that she was okay and that she had someone with her to love her and to welcome her into the world. It was heartbreaking to have people prevent me from doing that for her. And, as the day went on, things just got more and more confusing.
Mike Farris: We should understand-hospital staff should be required to deal respectfully with people who choose alternative forms of healthcare, and that was a real part of the problem. They just didn't like the fact that you had told them that you intended to have a homebirth. By taking your case, Jodi, HSLDA hopes to set a precedent for better care for everyone in the future. I'm Mike Farris.
Mike Farris: In the minds of some hospital staff, social workers, and some law enforcement personnel, parents are suspect number one right out of the gate. Jodi, what was the reaction of the hospital staff to you right after your daughter was born?
Jodi Ferris: The initial reaction was chaos and me being separated from my daughter. At first they told me that I wasn't allowed to see her because she had almost died and they were still working on her. What I didn't know at that time was that my husband had arrived at the hospital and was actually with our daughter. I was with the staff being told that our daughter was very sick and my husband was watching the nurse give her a bath. When he and I later compared stories, we started asking questions and different staff gave us different information on how she was doing. The more questions we asked, the more evasive the hospital's answers got. And this went on for over an hour before I was even allowed to see my daughter. But when I did, she was beautiful and she was healthy. The only thing was that she was really hungry.
Mike Farris: Jodi, it's just inconceivable that a hospital would tell you your daughter's almost dying while she's over in another room having a happy bath in the presence of your husband.
HSLDA continues to work hard to protect the rights of parents to direct the lives of their children in all areas, including when they're in the hospital. I'm Mike Farris.
Mike Farris: Jodi, in your case, you simply wanted information about the medical care being offered to your newborn. Yet the hospital staff refused your request and became increasingly combative. What do you think prompted this escalating conflict?
Jodi Ferris: I think the hospital staff took our wanting information as a challenge to their authority. One nurse told us that she took our questions as a personal attack against her qualifications as a nurse. The hospital's attitude was, "We're the experts, so just do what we tell you."
Mike Farris: Jodi, how does that make you feel when you can't ask questions about your own child?
Jodi Ferris: It bothers me that the doctors and the hospital were offended by our questions and used the so-called emergency removal to override our decisions just because they disagreed with us. I have a friend that volunteers as a court-appointed special advocate, and she said to me the next morning, "Right now, the doctors have her and they can do whatever they want to her. Even if the court gives her back, the damage is already done. So, ultimately, they have nothing to lose." And she was right. We won in court, but by the time we got back to her, the hospital had already done everything we objected to.
Mike Farris: Parents should feel confident that their wishes will be respected when they're receiving healthcare for their children. Officials should give parents credit for having their own child's best interests at heart. I'm Mike Farris.
Mike Farris: Jodi, there's no doubt that after an emergency birth in the ambulance out in the hospital parking lot, the treatment you received later was inexcusable. From your perspective as a mom, what are some of the things that could have been different to make you feel comfortable and respected?
Jodi Ferris: As a mom, my concern isn't about my being comfortable, but about my child's needs being met, and about my ability to make responsible decisions to meet those needs. The doctors and nurses needed to recognize that when parental consent is required, it's required because parents are responsible for making those decisions. And when there's a hospital policy that dictates what a parent has to consent to, then I didn't really get a chance to give consent at all because they wanted their policy to be followed. The hospital also should have allowed us to get a second opinion like we requested from a different medical facility, especially since the disagreement we were having involved hospital procedures.
Mike Farris: Jodi, you had really good points that you were raising, really good questions you were asking, and the doctors just needed to talk to you and listen to you and realize you're still the parent of this child. Thank you for having the courage to stand up. I'm Mike Farris.
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Jodi Ferris is the mother of four toddler-to-teen daughters. In between reading stories, teaching math, and doing laundry, she volunteers with ParentalRights.org and the Convention of States Project.
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The launch event for Samsung's new Samsung Galaxy S IV phone verged on offensive when the emcee used a group of bridesmaids (pictured above) to illustrate all the woman things the phone can do, like cooking and weight loss and wedding planning — oh my. For example, Samsung used the gaggle in heels to introduce S Health, which, as the name suggests, uses sensors to monitor your health. As one of the women sipping wine on stage squealed, women would like this because... "weight!" And that was just the end of it. At one point, a burly man distracted a woman who used one of the photo features to take a pic of him. Then, he took off his shirt. In another demo, the women talked about how the air gesture controls would come in handy while cooking because of... "sticky fingers." (Possible double entendre sex pun there?) At one point the phrase "while the women are cooling off" got thrown in there. Sigh.
This kind of alienating-to-women stuff happens all the time at tech events and shouldn't be taken as a surprise. And yet, it is a surprise. While it might seem like a way to draw in female customers, it's just another reminder that tech is a dude's club.
We're not the only ones to notice, either: At least a few on Twitter have voiced similar opinions, with one person even saying that Samsung is losing customers thanks to this fiasco. We knew the event would be bombastic, but this is just over-the-top in a bad way.
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Former Missouri Congressman Todd Akin broke his post-election silence Thursday, telling a St. Louis TV station that he regrets his "legitimate rape" remarks that boosted the candidacy of Democrat Claire McCaskill.
He also said he can't rule out another run for public office.
"It's one of those things that depends on the circumstances really," he told KSDK. "I don't rule anything out."
Akin said he would "of course" walk back his "legitimate rape" remark that drew nationwide attention and a sparked a short-lived, but deadly serious, push to get him out of the race last summer.
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1. If she would be , she would be killed by only BO
2. If she is killed that means either conan is killed or he is next. As hai has always stated.
3. Killing haibara means the series is about to end on a sad note.
4. Gosho wont do such a work and has already stated it to be a happy ending.
kudoshiho wrote:Ah... I do not want to be like that.
I want her to end up with Conan. Although it that impossible
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I want her to end up with Conan. Although it that impossible
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Get Your 'Fix' In Southwest Sioux Falls. New Scooter's Cafe Opening In Sioux Falls This Summer!
It will soon be a little easier to get your java fix on the southwest side of Sioux Falls. Scooter's Cafe is planning on opening another drive-through location at 57th Street and Marion Road.
Travis Rhoades. local owner, plans to open the 57th and Marion location in June, 2014, and wants to continue to expand. Rhoades is always looking for locations for additional Scooter's Cafes.
Scooter's Cafe drive-through locations have no seating available for customers and is separate from the store location at 57th Street and Western Avenue in Sioux Falls.
Rhoades opened his first Scooter's Cafe drive-through last year at 33rd Street and Minnesota Avenue, in the parking lot of Avera Home Medical Equipment.
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Burning Books: The Hottest Scenes in Literature
No, not like that. We're talking about actual, blazing, burning heat, which shouldn't be that surprising, because if you've been on the East coast for the past few days, you probably haven't been able to talk — or think — about much else. This past Friday, the heat in New York City was measured at the highest its been since 1977 (and only two degrees lower than the all-time record), hitting 104 degrees at the hottest part of the day. This weekend hasn't been much better, and Americans all over the country are suffering from absurd temperatures and growing addictions to air conditioning. So to celebrate the hottest part of the summer, or maybe just to find a little commiseration in prose, we've collected some of the hottest scenes in literature, from Dante exploring the fiery pits of hell to Gatsby and Tom sweating bullets in their white linen shirts. Click through to see our list, and let us know which of your favorite sweaty scenes we've missed in the comments!
Inferno, by Dante Alighieri
Obviously there's some serious heat in this widely-read 14th century epic poem about hell. Wrongdoers are trapped in flamingtombs, plunged into rivers of boiling blood, immersed in individual flames, the soles of their feet burned. In the inner ring of the seventh circle, those violent against God or nature must lie on the burning sand while flames rain down upon them:
"Had there only been some shelter from the fire
I would gladly have cast myself down in their midst,
and I think my teacher would have indulged me.
As it was, since I would have been seared and baked,
fear overcame the good will that made me
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The lunar months in the Hindu Panchang showcases two Chaturthi Tithis. 'Sankashti Chaturthi' falls after Puranmasi or on the full moon day during the Krishna Paksha and 'Vinayaka Chaturthi' falls after Amavasya or on the new moon day during the Shukla Paksha. Sankashti Chaturthi is celebrated commonly both in the Northern and Southern states of India. The word "Sankashti" is originated from Sanskrit language which implies "liberation during the difficult times".
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The devotees wake up early this day to worship Lord Ganesha and keeps the firm following the proper Sankashti Chaturthi fasting procedure. People who keep this fast can only eat the roots of plants, fruits and raw vegetables. The firm diet comprises of fresh potatoes, Sabudana and peanuts. Sankatahara Chaturthi Pooja is done in the evening after viewing the moon (Chandrodaya). Durva grass and fresh flowers are brought to decorate the idol of Lord Ganesha. Then the 'Vrat Katha' for the month is read to revere the Lord. Only after sighting the moon, the Sankashti fast is broken.
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HANG TIME, Texas –– Call it the luck of the Nets.
Just when it looks like they could really be building something, all everyone wants to talk about is their building, the futuristic and upscale Barclays Center.
And here in the early weeks of the 2012-13 NBA season, when a 5-2 start is enough to get Jay-Z's toes tapping, New York and the rest of the league is dancing in amazement at the 6-0 start by the Knicks.
Yet for all that, maybe it's quite understandable for the Nets to be uncelebrated, because theirs is a lineup that in a celebrity-driven league can go as undetected on the radar.
Deron Williams is a big-time name that belongs up on any marquee. But the trio of Joe Johnson, Brook Lopez and Kris Humphries has the bland aura of a buttoned-down law firm.
What matters, of course, is winning and the appreciation will overtake the image if the Nets continue to do that. For now, what's changed is that the relocation to Brooklyn and the new digs has given them a bit of swagger, as was noticed by even the always-swaggering Celtics in Thursday's loss.
But as was noted by our old friend Filip Bondy in the New York Daily News, there is still plenty of work to be done, especially at the defensive end.
"They have a lot more confidence," Kevin Garnett noticed, about these new Nets. "They also got a lot of calls tonight."
It was good to hear an opponent gripe about officiating, rather than smirk at another feeble effort from the home team. And here's another change from the Jersey era: most fans actually cheered for the Nets in Brooklyn, instead of for the Celtics.
"It was a fantastic environment to play in," Lopez said. "It hasn't been like that here in a long time."
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"It was one of the bigger games that we had," Johnson said. "To win a close game like that without Gerald Wallace means a lot."
The Nets are now 5-2, while reminding nobody of Dave DeBusschere, Willis Reed, Charles Oakley or even Kenyon Martin. New Yorkers have always worshipped the fine art of stubborn resistance, from shot-blocking to sacrificing the body in the lane. We may have to make some new allowances for these Nets, who are doing things differently.
There will always be areas to improve and nits to pick. What would that matchup with Boston have looked like with Rajon Rondo in the Celtics' lineup? How far to close that 30-point gap from their first run-in with the defending champion Heat?
It's enough for now that the Nets are still upright in the Eastern Conference standings, ahead of both Miami and Boston.
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