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Diana World Tour: Auckland
I had the oppurtunity to attend the open night of the Diana World Tour in Auckland with friends last night. The night was a celebration of plastic photography and after touring parts of Asia, the US, Europe, Australia and it has finally touched down for its last stop here in little New Zealand.
Not quite a Diana, but I wasn't going to attend the night without my Holgas!
There were a collection of 25 Diana camera customised by other artists and illustrators which will be auctioned off for charity. One of my favourites was the one above titled Limedrop, which was customised by an Australian fashion label that captures the imagination and spirit of possibilities.
Ilana of See Me Everywhere.
Liss of Daydream Lily and Sone of Polli, wanted a snap beside the infamous horse that greeted many on the way into the tour.
Little did i realise, the night didn't just consist of Customised Dianas, and original clones, but there was a vast selection of fashion lines, jewelery and home ware.
The collection of Diana on show and ready to be auctioned off for charity.
A quick snap of Ilana's Diana (left) and Melissa of From me to you (right), along with a classic Diana ; )
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Fantastic plastic!ReplyDelete
I really wish I was there :-(ReplyDelete
i would KILL for a diana... or to even be at this tour hahaReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by and leaving the sweet comment. i love reading blogs about people with kiddos so i'm glad you said something about it!
Great photos Danger! What an awesome evening that was...where shall we go to next?? :)ReplyDelete
looks so much fun fun, very different venue from the one in sydney!ReplyDelete
I was just about to say the same thing as Laura! The Sydney exhibition was tiny, but very cute.ReplyDelete
wow, that looks like such an exciting exhibit! i want to go to one of these now. thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
Hi!!! Thanks for letting my know about lomography!! I'm so addicted to lomolomo ;)ReplyDelete
You have an interesting blog!
looks like you guys had alot of fun. I loved the exhibit when it was here in Sydney :)ReplyDelete
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Money is the name of the games in Encinitas, Fallbrook
A quiet week in North County as corned beef and cabbage go on sale. Meanwhile, the price of roses and raspberries remains stable.
A raspberry — the Dazed and Confused award — to the Encinitas council for sending enough mixed signals to make the Cardiff Kook's head spin.
Let's see if we can tease out the main threads from what appears to be a hairball.
We're informed the deferred maintenance on infrastructure in Encinitas is staggering. Councilman Tony Kranz tells me the pricetag is $25 million or much more. Got to man up and take care of the problems that festered when the Hall property was stretching the budget. (Footnote: From Interstate 5, you can see the backstops going up in what will be a gorgeous community park.)
The sense of a gathering storm drove the council majority last week to seriously consider a $100,000 study to find out if the voters of Encinitas would be willing to approve a sales tax hike from 8 to 8.5 percent.
Commentary: More Logan Jenkins columns about our region
This initial stab at putting a tax increase on the November ballot was, to put it mildly, barely a pinprick in terms of policy. The two pro-business conservatives on the council — Kristen Gaspar and Mark Muir — said they were strongly opposed to a survey to pave the way for a tax increase. Because it requires a four-fifths majority to put a tax hike on the ballot, game over.
And yet the council kept its game face on, suggesting in its ideologically split 3-2 vote that a tax study would still be useful despite various ongoing efforts to determine the will of the community on budget priorities.
After a day or two of reflection, however, Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer sent an email to the city manager, Gus Vina: "I want to change my vote" on the study, she wrote. "While I still support the idea, I fear that we are rushing things and will cause confusion and possible harm .... Since we know we won't have the 4 votes needed to have a ballot measure on the 2014 election, I'd rather wait and consider this at a later time."
Meanwhile, the council continues to make pathetic pleading noises over the Pacific View School site, a prime piece of property the Encinitas school district has been trying to sell for a decade. After giving the city years to put a deal together, the school district has set an auction date. The council, no doubt fearful of a populist backlash directed its way, keeps sending out the signal, more like a bleat, that somehow or other it can come up with more than twice the $4 million or so it offered and the district summarily rejected as ridiculously low.
Here you have a city that's so anxiety-ridden about deferred maintenance that it's considering a major tax increase and it still aspires to go into the arts center business at Pacific Heights?
Encinitas appears to be having an identity crisis. It's communicating more, but understanding less about what it wants. At some point, leaders need to lead, not listen.

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A number of projects designed to improve water infrastructure across the western United States will receive a total of $44.3 million from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The grants will be used to support and finance projects including infrastructure upgrades, maintenance, restoration of aquatic habitats and improving water resiliency, the bureau announced this week.
Five of the infrastructure projects that will receive grants towards completion of their efforts in rural and tribal communities in the West will get a total of $27.1 million in a bid to deliver high quality, reliable drinking water to remote areas. These include two projects in Montana, one in North Dakota, one in New Mexico and one that spans South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.
Some $8 million will be allocated for water conservation and better water management, while a further $4.2 million will be spent on maintenance and facility rehabilitation that will improve the reliability of water supply. Another $4 million will be devoted to fish screening, which will allow states to find ways to meet the increasing demand for water without putting local fish species at risk, the statement from the bureau explained.
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The remaining $1 million will be used for environmental restoration and compliance efforts to help support the recovery and protection of aquatic species.
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This extract is from a seminar given by Alain Badiou on 25 May 2011, according to notes taken by Daniel Fischer. In it, he comments on the construction of events surrounding the initial accusations towards the then head of the IMF.
What interests me in this affair is precisely its theatrical essence. The great writer of this would have been Jean Genet. We have here, as in "The Balcony" and "The Blacks," allegory. We are in the representation, even in the representation of representation, the representation of the mechanisms of representation (what is a president, what is a police chief?).
Alain Badiou analyses the events of the Charlie Hebdo attack in their global and national contexts, making the case for the incompatibility of the red flag of communism with the Tricolore of French national identity.
1. Background: the world situation
Today the figure of global capitalism has taken over the entire world. The world is subject to the ruling international oligarchy and enslaved to the abstraction of money – the only recognised universal. Our own time is the painful interval between the end of the second historic stage of the communist Idea (the unsustainable, terroristic construction of a 'state communism') and its third stage (the communism that realises the politics of 'emancipating humanity as a whole' in a manner adequate to the real). A mediocre intellectual conformism has established itself in this context – a both plaintive and complacent form of resignation that goes hand in hand with the lack of any future. Any future, that is, other than rolling out what already exists in repetitive fashion.
The below is a letter from Alain Badiou regarding a critical review in Actu Philosophia of Emmanuel Faye's book on Heidegger by Jean-Clet Martin. Read the review (in french) here.
Alain Badiou, whose most recent book The Age of the Poets has just been published, has written the below response to Laurent Joffrin, Editorial Director of Libération, who has written an article in Libération criticising Badiou for his use of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in a recent debate:
In the context of a debate with Marcel Gauchet on the theme 'communism and democracy' I invoked certain characteristics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in service of a complex argument. This proved sufficient for Laurent Joffrin to abandon instantly the toil that doubtless occupies all of his time – the soft laying-off of almost a hundred employees from the Libération newspaper – to give his verdict: Badiou is just a frozen dinosaur.
During your talk in Avignon's 'Theatre of Ideas' series you evoked the tensions at work within the 2,500 year-old couple of philosophy and theatre. In your view are these fruitful tensions, or, on the contrary, destructive ones? Nietzsche's 'The Birth of Tragedy' offers evidence enough of this difficult relationship, while Socrates (helped by Euripides) wanted to sound the death knell of tragedy and herald the triumph of reason…
Alain Badiou: There have been two fundamental currents in philosophy ever since its origins, and not just one. What Nietzsche called philosophy is a Platonism that he had largely fabricated. So you could make a lot of objections to Nietzsche even based on Plato himself. Nietzsche counterposes a certain construct of philosophy to the original fundamental power of Tragedy, the Appollonian and Dionysian, but this is still only one definition of philosophy among many others, which he uses as a sort of war machine. It ought not be forgotten that Nietzsche went so far as to say that 'the philosopher is the criminal of criminals' – he did not qualify his assertions.
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Samstag, 15. März 2008
Premature optimization and object orientation
This week I stumbled over such a situation. Last week - friday afternoon, of course - a customer called us that the result of the actual iteration does not work properly. A component which generates a network plan from a template and does some computations on that structure really killed the test system. A test on our development machine with their test data showed us that this process takes over three minutes of full workload of the hardware. And the plan had only 64 nodes.
So I took Nils over to a pair debugging session and we did some profiling. The bug was found quickly in the gap between some domain objects that evolved from a relational structure. To fix this we added a little cache to one class. The process took about one minute. Another cache and it performed in under one second! Without changing any other part of the system, because of the oo design.
We took this as a proof of the advices above.
Sonntag, 2. März 2008
POJOs, POGOs und POCOs
What the hack is old within a 'POCO' or a 'POGO'? Did I miss '.Net 2 enterprise edition' and 'enterprise groovy beans'? When will there be POROs and POBOs and POPOs and ...?
Perhaps the term 'simple objects' does really describe what is meant.
Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2007
View technologys for generated web layers
They like to use JSP as the view technology, but the lead architects forbade this, because of testability. So they looked after alternatives, like Velocity and FreeMarker. I told them to have a look at StringTemplate. That's an amazing template engine. You can even say that it is the only real template engine that exits. There are some scientific paper from Terence Parr - who is professor of computer science at the University of San Francisco - that explain what a template engine should allow you to do and what it should not allow and why StringTemplate fits in this academic definition of template engines.
Look at this quote from the FreeMarker Site:
[...] you separate the designers (HTML authors) from the programmers. Everybody works on what they are good at. Designers can change the appearance of a page without programmers having to change or recompile code, because the application logic (Java programs) and page design (FreeMarker templates) are separated. Templates do not become polluted with complex program fragments. [...] it helps to keep the application clear and easily maintainable.
Does FreeMarker really fits in this description? According to Terence Parr it does not, because
FreeMarker has some programming capabilities. "Some" is just too much here. Like with PHP or JSP, which are full blown programming languages you could work that way! But with a real template engine you have to work that way! Why do a HTML designers need to multiply numbers? Why do they need to make database querys? They do not need to. And that's why nobody should need a template engine with "programming capabilities". As everybody knows it is not easy to divide the template from the controller or renderer and it is not difficult to mix them together.
How often have you seen code like:
Your order from %<%= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss").format(order.getDate()) >That is to much logic for a template in opinion! Even if you move that into a Tag Lib or a Velocity or FreeMarker Macro like
Your order from #dateFormat(order.Date "yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss")you have not really achieved anything in decoupling the template from the controller. Using StringTemplate you could only write
Your order from $order.Date$and nothing more. That really decouples the template and the controller.
A question to the architects: Would you (unit) test these template? I think you can, because it's really easy, but you would not, because you want to test the logic and not the template engine.
There is only one thing you could do with StringTemplate that you should not do:
This is bad usage!
But remember the background: The web layer is generated from a description! Taking this into account you have to ask yourself which of two general ways you want to use. Do you want to generate one complete template for each view or do you want to compose the views out of many fragments?
I think the first one - generating complete pages - may have advantages according performance. Especially if you use JSP which is (according to the german magazine c't) one of the fastest view technologies available. The greatest disadvantage is that you have to generate all views again and again if you change a template generating those views. Trust me: That's really annoying. Have you ever spend a hour waiting for the generation of the applications just to determine that you had made a mistake?
So the main advantage of the second way - composing the views - is that you can change a template and the changed one will be used all over the place. It may have a slower performance at runtime, but this can be addressed using caching. You may even not have to generate code when using this solution. Because you can read the XML description and compose the views at runtime. When going that way, StringTemplate will be the best solution available, because of its abilities to reuse templates in a way you can not with Velocity, FreeMarker or JSP. StringTemplate is made to compose views out of fragments.
Last but not least, there may the a way to use both solutions. In a development environment you could use "composing" and you could use these templates to generate the complete templates for the production environment. But I would stick to the second solution.
Just my two cents.
Samstag, 22. Dezember 2007
More about Groovy SQL Maps
A week ago I posted about a GroovyIBatisDao. Here I like to tell you about a few details as I announced.
"More about Groovy SQL Maps" vollständig lesen
Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007
Make your SQL Maps Groovy!
At work we mainly use Java as general purpose language, but we also pay attention to groovy. There are other scripting languages which are more mature and with a much better syntax, but for our purpose - scripting some Java applications and frameworks - it's best suited. (You may read a nice article from Fowler about that.)
In one case we use IBatis in the persistence layer and startet to write services which use our SqlMapDaos in Groovy. So I thought about an generic DAO for SQL-Maps using groovy. I had implemented a DAO using Spring Aspects before, like in this article about a generic Hibernate DAO. But this requires at least to define an interface for the DAO. But because Groovy it uses dynamic typing, we can even drop that also.
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Just a few days after announcing its September 12 iPhone event (and five days before event's scheduled date), Apple has started preparing the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, Calif., for the unveiling of the sixth-gen iPhone handset.
As you can see, a bunch of images (via 9to5Mac) have surfaced online, which show the Yerba Buena building in the process of being transformed into an Apple venue. Though no signage as of yet indicates exactly what will be announced next Wednesday, Apple's September 12 invitation appears to assert the importance of the number five.
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Me? I think Apple removed the numbers from its new iPad models in an attempt to assert the "computer status" of the tablet (we're living in a post-PC world, remember). After all, we don't have MacBook Pro 5 products, or iMac 4S computers. So on that basis, it makes sense for the iPad – whose status as "computer" is already questionable – to be named appropriately. It has also been argued that a name like "the new iPad" will fit better alongside "the iPad mini," if such a product is to launch.
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That last bit, especially, is taken literally. These sorts of elderly ivory towers are nothing new, after all. Even locally, papaw palaces like Willamette View, in Milwaukie, and Mirabella, a tower currently under construction on the South Waterfront, are drawing the more affluent members of the 60-plus crowd. And the Springs at Tanasbourne will bring upscale retirement living to the doorstep of the shopping malls in March 2009.
"This is what this generation of retirees wants … they want to be in control."
Still, Terwilliger singles itself out. Its residents' average tax bracket may have shifted since the Plaza was founded by a group of retired teachers, but its method of operation hasn't: Now as then, Terwilliger is a self-governed facility, a unique trait not just locally but nationally. Resident representatives on each floor report to a 10-member board of directors made up of residents and a few outside professionals. Everything—from the choice of meals, the lobby's air temperature, and the art on the walls—is subject to a vote. Majority rules. "It's not lip service, either," says McDowell. "We play a major role in the decision-making. For instance, we just finished a project to remodel the main lobby. That was a project that we voted to do, and we got it done."
No other accredited Oregon retirement community is thought to have this type of structure, and, according to the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, which accredits 5,200 service providers in the United States and Canada, only two others in the country have anything similar. "I believe it's indicative that we call the people that reside here 'members,'" Sellner says. "Because they truly are, and they have a say in the voting process."


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A Hong Kong-based entrepreneur has now invested a total of $120 million in the social networking site, Facebook.
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Other companies backed by Li Ka-shing include Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and TOM Group.
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The Towel Thread
Posted 02 February 2013 - 04:16 PM
But my family has always seemed to use them for just about everything. Oh sure, there have always been some dish towels around, but they've been used primarily for drying clean dishes.
The thing is, I don't know anything about the care and feeding of kitchen towels. Towels are mentioned at least twice in the current Essential Kitchen Tools topic and Anthony Bourdain counts a stack of towels as an absolute necessity prior to service. In my home kitchen, that seems like a nice luxury but how can I manage all these towels?
For instance, America's Test Kitchen had a segment on spinach lasagna. They used some frozen spinach and squeezed the water out with a dish towel giving them some spinach flavored water, some drained spinach, and a (newly) green towel. They didn't tell me what to do with the towel. It seems like I'd need to rush it to the washing machine.
And while the greening of a towel might be a nuisance, towels used to wipe down a butcher block that has been used for, well, butchering, might present a more significant health hazard if not dealt with properly.
So how do you treat towels in your kitchen? Do I need a kitchen towel hamper? Do I need to segregate towels by use?
Posted 02 February 2013 - 05:48 PM
For direct contact with food we use organic cotton diapers or organic unbleached muslin (preferred for straining and the like.)
If there's a chance of them getting nasty or staining I wash them out immediately with OxiClean, by hand, in the sink.
By using "choose-a-size" type paper towels and the cloth towels mentioned above, we've cut our paper towel use considerably.
I dry and save any used paper towels that aren't nasty for future cleaning jobs.
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Posted 03 February 2013 - 06:32 AM
For drying poultry or anything that might need to go into a hot frying pan, it's paper towels. For drying dishes, side towels. After I've rinsed and spun lettuce, it goes onto a large, clean cotton dish towel, which gets rolled up, put into a plastic bag and stored in the crisper drawer of the fridge. If I've rinsed, say, berries or cherry tomatoes, they get drained and dried via paper towels - which can often be reused.
For hands, often it's paper towels, because I believe they're a more sanitary solution.
And I always have 2 dry side towels at hand or hanging over the handle of the door on my oven to use as pot holders.
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Posted 03 February 2013 - 12:39 PM
I use cut-up cotton sheets for covering bread dough and other stuff.
I use kitchen towels for hand and dish drying only, until they're wet, and then sometimes I run them over the counter before relegating them to the laundry room in a separate pile until I have enough to launder at once. Same with dish cloths. I don't typically wipe seriously dirty countertops with dish towels, but I do use them to wipe up just water or to wipe up after cleaning with a dishrag or a green scrubby.
If I have to drain or strain anything that makes a stain, I rinse whatever I used to drain or strain in the sink in cold to lukewarm water, sometimes using Dawn.
For those items that are exposed to oil or grease, I keep them separated from everything else. They rarely go through the washing machine, but I do heat them up in my water bath canner, on the stove, with some Dawn. That gets rid of a lot of the oil or grease, and I do that several times before finally hanging them to dry. I reuse these for anything oily or greasy (mostly wiping up spills, etc.).
I do use linen napkins bought from the thrift store, or the aforementioned t-shirt or sheet bits, to dry off meat of any variety. Those get put in with the other t-shirt rags for laundering after they've dried.
I use potholders, as opposed to side towels for dealing with hot stuff. That's what I'm used to, so that's what I do.
So, in short, I have three different types of kitchen linen care methods: 1) towels, dishrags, and those t-shirt and sheet bits used for non-staining things; 2) cut up t-shirts used for nasty, dirty messes (like cleaning up non-greasy spills of anything) or for general cleaning of the house; and 3) rags that get greasy. I keep these three types separated, and I never wash 2 or 3 with anything else. I sometimes do mix 1 with other household linens (hankies and bath linens).
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Posted 03 February 2013 - 02:35 PM
I also have plain cotton towels that are striped and hang on the towel bar of my butcher's block island. These are mainly decorative, but sometimes get used for hand drying and then tossed in the hamper.
Edited by annabelle, 03 February 2013 - 02:37 PM.
Posted 04 February 2013 - 07:33 AM
Paper towels are used for food and anything particularly messy.
Posted 04 February 2013 - 07:57 AM
For completely disgusting things (drying the inside of a whole chicken, draining fried foods), I use paper towels.
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Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:07 AM
Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:29 AM
They are 12" x 12" cotton, durable (15 years?) and very absorbent.
I bought 50 pink ones for dirty wipes, 50 white ones for clean wipes.
It is a pleasure to have lots and lots of towels in the kitchen. When they get dirty just throw them in with the laundries.
Or, quick rinse in the sink and microwave to dry/sanitize.
Edited by dcarch, 04 February 2013 - 08:52 AM.
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Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:09 AM
Maybe I have too many, but luckily these towels are one use when contamination issues arise. Handle some chicken... it goes in the bucket and grab a new towel. After washing hands of course.
If you have a friend that works in a hospital see if they can get you a stack- often they are thrown away without even being used. Or surgical towels can be readily found online. The same goes with surgical sponges, which unlike their misleading name are basically a doubled layer of cheese-cloth. I use them for lining strainers, making cheese, cleaning windows etc...
Posted 07 February 2013 - 12:47 PM
For wiping up spills, I use microfibre cloths. These get washed in the machine and occasionally soaked in bleach prior to a wash if they have got especially dirty.
Microfibre cloths have become an essential in our house. We buy a pack of different colours which get used on different surfaces, one for the floor, one for the bathroom etc.
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Posted 07 February 2013 - 03:47 PM
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Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:06 PM
I happen to have unlimited access to 100% cotton surgical towels so haven't used or bought paper towels in 7 years. They are basically an extremely high-quality shop towel. The used towels go into a bucket in the garage until enough collect to do a load of laundry. When they get too worn a towel gets demoted to work such as cleaning automotive grease, paint drips etc- something that renders it unusable, and is then thrown away.
Maybe I have too many, but luckily these towels are one use when contamination issues arise. Handle some chicken... it goes in the bucket and grab a new towel. After washing hands of course.
If you have a friend that works in a hospital see if they can get you a stack- often they are thrown away without even being used. Or surgical towels can be readily found online. The same goes with surgical sponges, which unlike their misleading name are basically a doubled layer of cheese-cloth. I use them for lining strainers, making cheese, cleaning windows etc...
I think this most accurately describes my goal state, although next time I'm near a Home Depot I think I'll check out dcarch's suggestion for towels. The door to my garage is literally one step from my kitchen trash can, so if I could hang a container right inside on the wall it would be very convenient.
I think I'll continue to use the paper towels for raw meat juice and the like.
Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:44 PM
Which is why I'm a dedicated paper towel user. There are some uses for cloth towels and I do own some but paper towels are my mainstay.
Just keep in mind the one of the most common sources of food contamination in the kitchen is the kitchen towel.
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Posted 08 February 2013 - 04:21 PM
I found this interesting. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it does give pause for thought. In the end, it's really down to what makes more sense to the user. In my case, I've got a nearly endless supply of t-shirts that I can easily cut up in front of the TV as my supply dwindles. I don't need to worry if I "ruin" one of those rags with really nasty stuff, and I'm not spending money on replenishing my supply of paper towels. Right now, cash flow is a serious issue for me, so that makes more sense. I don't think it would change, though, if I were swimming in money.
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Posted 18 March 2014 - 11:56 PM
For direct contact with food we use organic cotton diapers or organic unbleached muslin (preferred for straining and the like.)
Where do you get the unbleached muslin, and what should I look for (thickness, size, thread count, material) when buying such towels?
.... Shel
Posted 19 March 2014 - 08:00 AM
JoAnns Fabrics stocks unbleached muslin, which by definition is cotton. I have only ever seen one weight. I am in JoAnns with my Sweetie often and I did double-check with her before answering.
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Posted 19 March 2014 - 08:58 AM
JoAnns Fabrics stocks unbleached muslin, which by definition is cotton. I have only ever seen one weight. I am in JoAnns with my Sweetie often and I did double-check with her before answering.
I checked at JoAnn's site, and the muslin they have is perfect for my needs. The description addressed all my questions. Thanks so much for the suggestion.
BTW, JoAnn has a 40% off coupon thru Saturday, March 22nd. It can be used in store or on line ... those interested should check the website: http://www.joann.com...CFY1xOgodfSsA9w
.... Shel
Posted 26 March 2014 - 11:40 AM
I use both cotton dish towels and paper towels.
I have a large amount of dish towels. I take care of them and never throw them away, so they match my historical kitchens. Mostly I use them to dry dishes.
I buy paper towels at Costco and use way too many. I try to assuage my guilt by using the used kitchen paper towels to clean. This is anal but it works really well for me -- if I use a paper towel to do something like drain washed vegetables, then I take the used paper towel and use it to clean the kitchen window sill. Or wipe out the bathtub, etc.
I try to think of something to clean before I throw it out. The net result of this is that I rarely have to make a point of cleaning. It gets done all the time a few wipes at a time.


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CRAFTSBURY–The Craftsbury Academy Lady Chargers brought the offense early and often and they defeated the UCA Lady Crusaders 9-0 on a windy Saturday afternoon.
"I think in a game like this it good to see players taking on different roles," said first year Craftsbury coach Casey McGill. "Our leaders can talk, communicate and get the younger players involved and playing."
NEWPORT–To say the last two weeks have been interesting ones for the North Country Falcon football team would be a bit of an understatement.
First, they put to bed a two-year winless drought when they defeated the Lyndon Institute Vikings in the Maple Barrel Bowl.
Less then a week later they were forced to cancel their game against Burr and Burton because of an outbreak of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease, which also caused practices to be scrapped as well.
NEWPORT–The North Country girls soccer team was in action on Friday afternoon, as they played host to the Burlington Seahorses.
The Falcons had their chances, but in the end could not find the back of the net as they fell by the score of 3-0 to drop to 3-1-1 on the season.
"This is the level that we play at, the Metro, and we know that we have to play up to that level," said NCU coach Jose Batista. "I think having a week off didn't help us, I don't care what anybody says, that game would have helped us, but we didn't have it and it was nobody's fault."
CRAFTSBURY-The Craftsbury Chargers played host to the Concord Wildcats on Thursday afternoon, and right from the start fans could tell it was going to be a good game for the home team.
Craftsbury scored twice in the opening two minutes en route to picking up a 5-0 win to move to 5-1 on the year.
"It was a good game for us," said CA coach Mike Reutz. "We possessed the ball well and we did the things that we do in practice, which is huge, it is a big step. It was also nice to get some of our second string players into the game and get their confidence up where it needs to be."
ORLEANS-The Lake Region Rangers put their 4-0 record on the line Wednesday afternoon as they welcomed in the Peoples Academy Wolves one day after the LR girls did the same.
Tuesday saw the Lady Rangers lose their undefeated streak in a close 2-1 loss.
On Wednesday the tides would change, as Riley Urie's game winner with 2:30 left to go in the second gave the Rangers a 2-1 victory and bumped up their record to 5-0 on the year.
ORLEANS–The Lake Region Lady Rangers put their undefeated streak on the line when they hosted the Peoples Academy Wolves on Wednesday afternoon.
It would be a challenging afternoon for the Lady Rangers, as they are pretty banged up and were forced to move a lot of players around to unfamiliar positions.
With that being said, the Wolves would be one goal better on this day, and the Lady Rangers lost their first match of the season 2-1.
NEWPORT-The outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease continues to be a problem for the North Country athletic department.
Tuesday's varsity soccer games against the Lyndon Institute Vikings have been canceled, as have the jv games scheduled for Wednesday.
Wednesday's varsity field hockey game against Milton has also been canceled.
No make-up dates for any of the contests have been announced as of this writing.
The games were canceled because the visiting schools did not want to send their kids up to Newport for fear of catching the highly contagious disease.
NCU 2, Montpelier 0
MONTPELIER–The North Country Falcons field hockey team kept their winning streak rolling on Saturday, as they picked up a shut-out win over the Montpelier Solons on Saturday afternoon.
"It was a great game," said NC coach Chantelle Bouchard. "There was quite a bit of rain falling, but we dominated the whole game. It was a huge team effort."
Kaitlyn Young scored in the first half to open up the scoring and giving the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
Adrianna Fournier had the assist on the goal.
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The day started with overcast skies, light winds and temps in the 50s that changed to drizzle by the boys varsity race (And then let go with a steady rain following the award ceremony).
Note on the course – it was advertised as a "fast and flat" course – it left out the half-mile hill at the start of the race, a gravel hill stretch and the fact that the course was a bit long this year, so basically not so fast nor flat.
NEWPORT–After a slow start in the first half, the North Country field hockey team picked up their pace in the second and went on the attack, scoring two goals in twenty-three minutes to pick up the 2-0 win over the Lyndon Institute Vikings.
"We finally woke up," said NCU coach Chantelle Bouchard, referring to the difference in play between the first and the second half. "They were real flat in the beginning and we just could not get anything in the goal."
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The tablet-notebook hybrid is the ideal form factor for a Windows 8 device because you get the comfort of a regular laptop while also boosting the functionality with a tearaway tablet when you need it. That said, is the HP Pavilion11 x2 still worth a price of almost Rs 60,000?
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Design: Priced in the ultrabook range, the Pavilion11 x2 looks like a chunky clamshell in comparison. If the light weight of a MacBook Air or Sony Vaio Pro is something you like, you aren't going to be happy with this. It's also all glossy plastic, so no points there. The hinge mechanism to to connect the tablet to the keyboard dock is solid though and holds the tab steady, without wobbling when you tap it. Also, full marks for including a trackpad even though it's for use with a touchscreen—it makes the Pavilion11 x2 feel like a proper laptop, not a makeshift hybrid. It's squarely functionality over form here.
Screen: Notebooks are notorious for not having good viewing angles, but the tablet part helps here as the Pavilion11 x2 is bright and clearly visible from wide angles. The touchscreen is also responsive and 1366×768 isn't bad on an 11-incher.
Performance: Sadly, the performance is where the HP Pavilion11 x2 disappoints the most. Don't get fooled by that quad-core processor, it isn't going to stand up to what a power user needs. For basic work tasks like light Internet browsing and Office software, it's fine. But it can't cope with gaming, FullHD high-quality movies, heavy Internet browsing or heavy multi-tasking.
Memory: The 64GB SSD seems a bit limiting at first, but that's till you realise you can throw in microSD or SD cards into both the tablet and the keyboard to expand your storage. Not bad.
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May 18 2009
Captain Forearms
After his near-accident on Jack the Horse, my baby needed a little extra comforting and protection in the cattle pens that morning.
And who better to provide that than his dad, Captain Forearms?
He can carry our four-year-old baby in his arms and continue his work as if nothing was different.
And our baby feels as safe and secure as he did when he was swimming around my womb.
Sorry I said womb on a Monday morning. It happens sometimes. It can't be stopped.
Seriously, this went on for a long time. Lesser forearms would have had to set down their babies after about five minutes.
His boots alone weigh fifteen pounds.
He held onto our baby, swinging the big gate closed every time a new group of steers came in.
(And so what if a few escaped in the process?)
I don't like the kickers.
I'm going to go have ten more children with this man.
Thank you for listening.
Happy Monday!
Pioneer Woman
538 Comments
Jessica On Monday, May 18 at 1:41 pm
Yes please go have many more babies! There is nothing like seeing a man carrying around a baby! Especially a man with arms like that!
Kristina On Monday, May 18 at 1:41 pm
Oh, these photos brought tears to my eyes!
Slug-a-bed On Monday, May 18 at 1:42 pm
Captain Forearms is a fine looking man, what makes him gorgeous is the comfort and love he is giving that baby who has his little hand clinging tightly to his neck. Your baby's confidence is restored as solid and strong as the man he clings to.
Michelle On Monday, May 18 at 1:44 pm
What a great father.
What a great Little One.
Mary Hodgman On Monday, May 18 at 1:56 pm
I've just recently discovered your blog, so I have a lot of reading to do to catch up with the current stories. I absoluetly loved your High Heels to Tractor Wheels series! I'd love to see your wedding pictures….hint, hint.
the farmers wife On Monday, May 18 at 1:58 pm
Stinkin' Sweet! A man interacting with his kids is probably the most heart warming thing ever. I love your baby's boots btw.
Sydney in VA On Monday, May 18 at 2:01 pm
How sweet!
Nina in Ohio On Monday, May 18 at 2:03 pm
Love the last picture – so sweet! Nothin' sexier than a great dad!
Staci On Monday, May 18 at 2:15 pm
These pictures are so sweet Ree! Absolutely precious!
jas On Monday, May 18 at 2:16 pm
MM is such a good Daddy. I don't blame you one bit for taking on 10 more of his kids!
Christine Higgins On Monday, May 18 at 2:18 pm
…pure sweetness… I am thinking a fathers day book with some of those great photos of him and your kids….
Madeline On Monday, May 18 at 2:20 pm
Boy that MM is a gorgeous cowboy. These photos are precious.
Kristin On Monday, May 18 at 2:22 pm
This post made my heart all aflutter!
Looking for my own Cowboy On Monday, May 18 at 2:26 pm
Ree – it's just not nice to incite this level of jealousy so early in the week!
Pat On Monday, May 18 at 2:34 pm
Absolutely precious! Is this not how our Heavenly Father holds us – tirelessly, lovingly – while we "hang on" and let Him fend for us? Love these pictures.
Suzanne W On Monday, May 18 at 2:34 pm
Sweet! But first you have to get married – so go finish Part FOUR!!
lindalou On Monday, May 18 at 2:41 pm
That last photo is a real keeper.
Teresa in KY On Monday, May 18 at 2:46 pm
The grip of a father's embrace! What love in those arms. Now I'm partial to MM but I could probably be persuaded to call him Captain Marlboro Man! Have a great day.
Beth On Monday, May 18 at 2:51 pm
Does he know you call him captain forearms? And that the rest of us know that too? lol. Sweet story! and even sweeter because it's true!
tammy On Monday, May 18 at 2:53 pm
The ONLY way those photos could have been better? One word.
votemom On Monday, May 18 at 3:01 pm
so go get pregnant already! geez!
MaryAnn Guglielmo On Monday, May 18 at 3:03 pm
be still my heart. tissue please
Kristen On Monday, May 18 at 3:27 pm
Jessica G. On Monday, May 18 at 3:27 pm
Capt Forearms! I love it!
My husband would be Admiral Good Hair. He has flawless hair, even first thing in the morning. It's a wonder I haven't left him.
CIndy and Co On Monday, May 18 at 3:27 pm
That is one sexy Daddy, Honey….Only ten more?
Kristen On Monday, May 18 at 3:28 pm
Ree, you've teased us long enough about having another…we're calling your bluff…
Dianna On Monday, May 18 at 3:33 pm
LOVE these pictures – and your comments.
Liz J. On Monday, May 18 at 3:44 pm
Those pictures say it all….you truly are one lucky woman Ree!
Kelly On Monday, May 18 at 3:46 pm
Thank you for sharing. I am recently divorced and hope that I my next husband will be one that evokes those same emotions that you feel for Marlboro Man.
Viking Mom On Monday, May 18 at 3:50 pm
He looks soo tired. What a Dad!
Mixing Bowl Mama On Monday, May 18 at 4:05 pm
What a handsome devil you have…a harder work and great Daddy to boot…lucky you. Have more kids…women who have kids past age 40 are the highest demographic of people to live past 100…..
Lori Wray White On Monday, May 18 at 4:06 pm
the combination of strength and tenderness is a heady aphrodisiac…makes me glad I have a "manly man" with similar forearms. Sometimes he's lacking in social graces because he spends more time in the fields and woods than with people, but he is without question a man's man–one who makes me and our children feel safe, protected, and loved. I couldn't ask for anything more.
april On Monday, May 18 at 4:13 pm
Is this the same punk from this post?
I just love your blog. I've been posting links to the recipes as I make them on my Facebook page. People are lovin you!
Susan K. On Monday, May 18 at 4:31 pm
Have more, Ree. You will never, ever regret it.
Wendy On Monday, May 18 at 4:31 pm
womb, womb, womb!!!!! say it all you want on a Monday, Tues, etc…..!
Ronda On Monday, May 18 at 4:32 pm
That last picture is enough to make any woman swoon! I love seeing daddy's cuddling with their kiddos.
Grammy Ona On Monday, May 18 at 4:37 pm
Your a warmth to my heart. There's so many "missing" Dads in our society that to see Marlboro Man with his son was refreshing to my spirit. Thanks
Caroline On Monday, May 18 at 4:45 pm
Oh thank you for posting pictures of Captain Forearms. There is something about posting photos of a super hero on a Monday that makes things go so much better! And your stopping at only 10 more?! I would have gone at least for 15 after those last couple of photos….
Dea On Monday, May 18 at 5:01 pm
It's just all so very right; the way things oughta be
Arwen On Monday, May 18 at 5:12 pm
Mmmm, forearms.
Errr, don't mind me.
Cheryl On Monday, May 18 at 5:12 pm
Ree, the colors, lighting and composition of these photos are, I think, the most beautiful I have seen on your site. They are breathtaking! So so beautiful! And yes, yum: nurturing men with muscles. A whole 'nother level of deliciousness.
Rina On Monday, May 18 at 5:31 pm
wow, that is so awesome. What a great husband you have!
heidi in nyc On Monday, May 18 at 5:35 pm
Val On Monday, May 18 at 5:38 pm
Like I tell my kids and nephew and niece, the world needs people like you two to help fill the earth with God fearing beautiful children. Go forth. . .
Amy Locurto On Monday, May 18 at 5:44 pm
That last photo is adorable!! Precious.
Ang On Monday, May 18 at 5:50 pm
YEAH! 10 more adorable little children! I simply can't wait!
Barb B. On Monday, May 18 at 5:57 pm
Ree enjoy every single precious minute of this because when there grown up there is no going back. I miss the days of my son with his dad working our cattle. The bonding is still there is different now though. It is done with exchanged words of discussing which cows are better, what bull has the best calves, etc. etc. Suddenly you will be contemplating how your baby will be with his babies and hope that all his fathers wonderful qualities with his children have been passed on. Funny I've just said that because thats exactly what they discuss about their cattle!
carla bergloff On Monday, May 18 at 6:04 pm
woohoo!! I love that you write about your man!! It's refreshing to hear the good talk rather then the man bashing. I need to up lift my man with my words more often!! You make cute babes!!
Jill On Monday, May 18 at 6:04 pm
I love that last one of them. So precious.
Becky On Monday, May 18 at 6:13 pm
I don't blame you with a Dad/Husband who gives his children that much time and guidence! That babeeeeee's face is too precious! (The forearms??? AWESOME!!!)
Katie On Monday, May 18 at 6:13 pm
What a dad! And those little bitty cowboy boots are the most adorable things ever!
brningdaylight On Monday, May 18 at 6:18 pm
I find it very interesting….I've never seen a cowboy from WY to TX in short sleeves.
Those were great pics. I'm having so much fun reading your experiences.
Adella On Monday, May 18 at 6:32 pm
Hmmm. My man's got the forearms. I just need to bet him some of those boots and jeans! The photos are fantastic Ree. Blessings to you and your family.
from me in California
oceangypsymom On Monday, May 18 at 6:33 pm
That boy of yours has some gorgeous blue eyes!
Susie-Q On Monday, May 18 at 6:40 pm
I think that last picture needs to be named and framed. Gorgeous.
Diane in Northern CA On Monday, May 18 at 7:10 pm
The final photo says it all: "my Daddy will protect me from ANYTHING big and scary!" Just what every child needs to feel.
Stacy Reno On Monday, May 18 at 7:16 pm
I don't blame you one bit!
k On Monday, May 18 at 7:25 pm
Ow. I think – no, yeah, I'm crying now.
christi On Monday, May 18 at 7:33 pm
Yes most man would hve died just carrying their four year old around period. Little alone getting the cattle in the pen. He is man. And yes your children are just too stinkin cute for you guys to stop.having them. Thank for sharing your life. I love love your blog.!!!!!!!!!
Aunt Rhody On Monday, May 18 at 8:07 pm
What a perfect illustration of how Father God loves us and keeps us secure in His arms! I know that your children will understand God's love because of the love modeled right before their eyes in both parents.
mn On Monday, May 18 at 8:10 pm
nothing like a father and son. why some fathers screw away their kids lives and don't know them, i don't know. but it takes guts to be a real father. bc you know just how much care and nurturing and teaching you have to do. it's not an easy job. i'm always in awe of my husband and kids. i wish i could be him for a change. see the world through their eyes. see what he sees. i enjoy just watching them interact.
pambala On Monday, May 18 at 8:16 pm
MMMm. Nothing like a sweet baby and his loving Daddy! Well, and a pair of nice forearms! How wonderful that MM took the time to help the little guy through his big animal crisis! He is such a great example to dads, but I bet he doesn't think about it much; it comes naturally to him.
No wonder you want to have 10 more with him! To share that kind of love again is infinitely pleasing. God always blesses an open and generous heart.
Amanda On Monday, May 18 at 8:32 pm
That right there is a good good daddy……my kids have one of those too…..such a blessing!!!
Hundewanderer On Monday, May 18 at 8:41 pm
Only 10 more children? Why not make it a bakers dozen and have 13?
justrun On Monday, May 18 at 8:46 pm
You're flippin' adorable!
Nancy On Monday, May 18 at 9:14 pm
You and MM make beautiful babies, so you should have more…..
Jaime On Monday, May 18 at 9:15 pm
Do I hear new nicknames in the works? Captain Forearms and Wonder Woman.
Eleanor On Monday, May 18 at 9:18 pm
Obviously MM knows what is really important.
CarolSD On Monday, May 18 at 9:22 pm
Awww. That final shot is so sweet. A perfect Father's Day (or any day) card for MM.
Amy E. On Monday, May 18 at 9:25 pm
I really think you guys win "The Most Beautiful Family" award..seriously…you are all gorgeous!! That being said..have more beautiful children!!
Lindsay On Monday, May 18 at 9:26 pm
You are one blessed mama!
Heather On Monday, May 18 at 9:26 pm
Captain forearms deserves a promotion. I now delcare him "Major Forearms"! What a man. You go girl!
michelle On Monday, May 18 at 9:29 pm
Don't stop talking about your honey this way. I love it!
Rhonda On Monday, May 18 at 9:35 pm
That is seriously one awesome Daddy!!! Go Captain Forearms. Love to see Dad's who are willing to go the extra miles with their kids!
Stephanie Daigle On Monday, May 18 at 9:42 pm
I would be swimming in estrogen too! Wonderful story! Applause!!!
Debbie from the Wichita Mtns On Monday, May 18 at 9:43 pm
These are your best pictures ever. A Dad who loves his children in such a tender and personal way is going to have a bigger impact on their lives than almost any other thing that happens to them. There is no replacements for this kind of unconditional love and acceptance. Your children are going to be great adults some day because of the love the two of you have selflessly given.
Thank you also for portraying your husband in such an honorable way. We need to see more men publicized with respect and dignity instead of the idiotic images we see in the media. By capturing these moments you have shown great love and respect for your husband. Way to go for choosing a great Daddy for your babies, for showing your husband such honorable respect, for teaching us all a lesson and for giving men a good image. Sorry for such a long and serious comment but this piece was very moving! Some of your very best work.
Nancy R On Monday, May 18 at 9:48 pm
Awesome forearms aside, the wee cowboy boots are killing me.
Chantal Bon On Monday, May 18 at 10:14 pm
One amazing man. And I'm not even staring at the forearms when I say it. A great dad is a beautiful sight.
Stephanie P On Monday, May 18 at 10:23 pm
yep, he sure seems like one great daddy! lucky you… and the kids!
what a great example he is to the kids – and others around the ranch.
Miss M.J. Ma'am On Monday, May 18 at 10:34 pm
Too cute! Love how your baby hangs on!!
Brenda On Monday, May 18 at 10:37 pm
when is the due date?
samanthaincali On Monday, May 18 at 10:43 pm
It's time for another baby when the baby is 4 years old. He's a little man now, not a baby.
Shirley Motes On Monday, May 18 at 10:45 pm
Your a lucky woman, Ree !! Count your Blessings !!!!
Sandy On Monday, May 18 at 10:50 pm
Can they please clone MM!! Seriously!
Misty On Monday, May 18 at 11:11 pm
That's a good Daddy! That lil man holds a special place in there for his daddy, you can tell by the way he clings to him. You are blessed. To have a good man as a husband, but to have an even better man as a father is such a gift. I have one of those too. I know he loves me by the he gives and shows me, but I know how DEEPLY he loves me by the love he gives to our son. That love is the love that touches and warms my soul.
Elizabeth H On Monday, May 18 at 11:17 pm
Maggie On Monday, May 18 at 11:33 pm
Oh, good gracious. This is one beautiful family. Your daily tales make my heart sing!
Stacey - Addicted to The Click On Monday, May 18 at 11:33 pm
I don't blame you a bit… go forth and make those babies! What an awesome Dad!!! And, the mom ain't so bad either!
Christie On Monday, May 18 at 11:52 pm
Can you please direct me to a Captian Forearms of my very own…. in OK and would love to see that everyday! Not yours, but my own Captain Forearms,
Julie On Tuesday, May 19 at 12:10 am
dang, that last one is a weeper!
Candie from Alaska On Tuesday, May 19 at 12:22 am
Rachel B On Tuesday, May 19 at 3:03 am
hahahahah You are so funny…I love captain Forearms…I have one like that myself…forearms are such a nice treat. What a great daddy.
Monie On Tuesday, May 19 at 5:56 am
The last picture is my favorite. It just completely says love and trust.
Annette On Tuesday, May 19 at 8:43 am
Captain Forearms….better than Captain Underpants:)
Kathy On Tuesday, May 19 at 8:54 am
Frankly, I see why you'd want to. :>)
Alicia On Tuesday, May 19 at 9:11 am
awww…ur pics r great but tat las one….OMG, talk about tugging at the old heart strings!!!! It was def one worthy of framing and placing on ur bedside table!!!! Don't u just love it when u realize that ur cup runneth over?
KimberlyK in OK On Tuesday, May 19 at 9:26 am
Thank you for sharing pics of your husband('s awsome forearms) and your beautiful son! You have captured pictures of complete trust and true love!
Sara Lacey On Tuesday, May 19 at 10:05 am
Hubba. Hubba.
Karen On Tuesday, May 19 at 12:15 pm
Just got around to reading this one. I have to say that my husband was great with our boys also. When they couldn't sleep all I had to do was take them to dad on the tactor, he would go a few passes and then hand them over to me. He would carry them everywhere. They spent alot of time outside even when very little, he would put them in their swing so they could see him. I guess we should thank the lord for these men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debra On Tuesday, May 19 at 12:38 pm
Love it! Love it!


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Paul Gallagher has signed a new deal with Leicester, keeping him at the club until 2015.
The 26-year-old striker signed from Blackburn in 2009 and has revealed his delight at extending his stay with the Foxes.
"It's great to know that my future is with Leicester City," he told the club's official website.
"The ambition of the club and its new owners match my own and hopefully we can take a step towards that this season by reaching the play-offs."
Gallagher has scored nine goals this term, helping Sven-Goran Eriksson's side up to ninth place in the npower Championship.
The Scot's initial deal was due to expire in 2012.
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A teen's belligerence led to her arrest for disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and carrying a concealed weapon at Mayfair - even though the store employees who suspected her of stealing had been ready to let her go.
According to the Wauwatosa police report:
Employees of Pac Sun in Mayfair, 2500 N. Mayfair Road, caught the 16-year-old girl taking a pair of jeans from the store at 7:18 p.m. Nov. 10. The store didn't want to have her arrested, but they did want their property back. Wanting her to return her items and leave, they called mall security.
When the security guard asked her if she had taken anything else, the girl became belligerent and police were called. She told officers the guard had "been rude to her."
The officers found a stolen belt, panties and jewelry in the girl's purse, as well as a set of spiked brass knuckles.
After finding the weapon, the officers decided to arrest her. She then gave police her wrong name and date of birth.
She was arrested for disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and carrying a concealed weapon.
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Quartz is one of the most common minerals on earth. The most famous variety of quartz is the amethyst. Quartz comes in transparent and opaque colors and also comes colorless. Smoky quartz rates a 7 on the hardness scale. It is a tan to dark brown type of transparent quartz, and is sometimes incorrectly called smoky topaz or citrine. While it is not known for certain, it is believed that the color of smoky quartz comes from exposure to low grade radiation from uranium and thorium in rocks in the ground. In fact, smoky quartz can be made in a laboratory by exposing clear rock crystal to low-grade radiation.
Today, most of the smoky quartz on the market has been color enhanced or modified in some way. One indication of heat treatment is an excessive uniformity of color, particularly in dark specimens. In crystals, naturally smoky quartz is brown to the base, while irradiated specimens will show some white color. Smoky quartz is very plentiful and is popular for use in large sizes for beautiful brooches, large dinner rings and so forth.
When heated to temperatures of 300-400 degrees, smoky quartz will pale and lose its color, gradually becoming once again clear. When a smoky quartz is almost black in color, it is known as "morion," according to Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals.
Quartz occurs in many igneous and metamorphic rocks, particularly in granite and gneiss. It also often occurs in granitic rocks that have small amounts of radioactivity. Quartz can be found in Australia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Bavaria, India, Spain, Scotland, Switzerland, Madagascar, Russia, and the US (in Maine, Colorado and New Hampshire). The earth forms the quartz we know when natural quartz containing small amounts of aluminum is irradiated by exposure to natural radioactivity. Outstanding quality smoky quartz has been obtained from hot, hydrothermal veins in the Malagasy Republic and Brazil. In fact, crystals weighing up to 650 pounds have been found in Brazil. In the United States, Colorado produces some of the best smoky quartz.
Quartz can easily be scratched or chipped so it is important to be careful not to wear it when you might be engaging in an activity that could harm the stone. The best way to clean your quartz is with a plain water and soap, using a soft brush and then a soft polishing cloth. Do not soak your quartz, and do not leave it in direct sunlight as its color may fade. Also be careful not to expose it to intense heat as this too might cause the color to fade.


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What does is the state's continuing dependence on gaming revenues
Indiana gaming Commission Executive Director Ernest Yelton has made a prediction that should go in the "safe bet" category: Land-based gaming is coming to Indiana. "Every year it's gaining more and more momentum," he said at a meeting of the Gary Chamber of Commerce.
Gary has been the biggest champion of letting casinos build on land, but Yelton said if land-based gaming is approved it will be statewide, not just for the benefit of one or two cities.
Legislators are under tremendous pressure to give casinos more flexibility. Because of the one-two punch of a severe recession and competition from new casinos in adjacent states, gambling revenues – and the state taxes they provide – are down considerably. Letting casinos relocate to sites near high-traffic highways could return some of those revenues.
And it's not as if ending the riverboat-casinos-only rule will add or subtract anything in the ongoing debate about the appropriateness of state-approved gambling.
Making people go to boats to gamble was a way for craven legislators to pose as morally thoughtful public officials and approve of gambling but only in a limited and responsible way. "Yes, we are encouraging you to throw your hard-earned money away, but we're making you work for it. See there, we're not so reprehensible!" Restaurant calories don't count, having an affair doesn't matter if it's more than 50 miles from home, and gambling isn't dangerous as long as it's done over water instead of land.
Ending the land ban would force legislators to stop their game of "let's pretend" and focus on the real issue.
Whatever they intended, the state's lawmakers have allowed Indiana to become far too dependent on the revenue that comes from gambling taxes. When the revenue stream is threatened, as it is today, they are left with an uncomfortable choice: Find another source for the money or get further involved in the deplorable act of creating gamblers. (A third option, of course, would be to spend less money, but we're not silly enough to even suggest that.)
By all means, let's give the casinos more maneuvering room. If it keeps some Hoosiers here throwing their money away instead of going to Ohio or Illinois to throw it away, the state will have gained without contributing any more to the pot of evil. But let's start thinking of ways to wean the state of its dependence on gambling.
It is one thing for the state to profit from our vices, as it does with tobacco and alcohol. It is morally repugnant for the state to actually encourage our vices.


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It's Nice That Talk #1
Last night saw the first ever It's Nice That talk take place in London's soho. We invited creative maestro Riitta Ikonen to speak about her work, and also bring along two other people that she thought we'd be interested in. Alongside Riitta's presentation we were treated to a first hand account of how to taxidermy a phesant by Jazmine Miles-Long and then a heartwarmingly detailed account of the 'Mysterious letter project' by Michael Crowe and Lenka Clayton
The talks will be posted up here every Friday for the next three weeks, and fingers crossed you'll be able to subscribe to the vodcast through iTunes. A huge thanks to all our speakers and Sense Worldwide for the fantastic hospitality.