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Just wondering if anyone in here does not have an appetite at all. I haven't been able to eat well since I found out I was pregnant...I just have no appetite for anything...I will think I want something, eat a few bites and then I am done. I am taking prenatal vitamins, but I just cannot eat...seems like I have an aversion to EVERYTHING. Tried buying chicken noodle soup, ate a few bites, and couldn't eat anymore. I have lost like 6lbs...anyone else going through this?
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Yes!! How far along are you? I am 14w3d and I have lost 32 lbs since January 1st. No, I don't vomit, I just can't eat. My doctor doesn't mind, along as baby is still thriving. I probably eat 1200 calories a day at the most. Usually, it is more like 1000. If you are really concerned, talk to your doctor and let him/her monitor the baby. I actually starting a food diary and took it to my doctor so he could see what I was eating.
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About 6w 5d, I may be eating less...I am not sure...maybe I should keep a diary. That's a good idea
Really, it will help you keep track. You and your doctor will know what nutrients you are lacking and if perhaps you need to take an extra supplement or try to focus on eating, even if it is a little, more nutritionally-dense foods. At the end of week 8, I started eating melon (dip in whipped cream lol-it's calcium) and fruit and yogurt parfaits. Every week got better and while I still eat very small portions, I try to eat different things to get different vitamins.
Between 6 and 8 weeks was the worst for me. I literally only wanted fries lol. I was nauseous from 7am until I fell asleep and for whatever reason, greasy fries did the trick. At that point, I was only eating 500 calories, at the absolute most, per day. Really, it will get better!! I almost wanted to be starving, gorge and then throw it up lol. At least I would have tasted food. But think about it: this way you are getting more nutrients that those who can't keep anything down. There has to be a bright side lol.
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I had that problem in the first trimester and part of the second trimester. When I got to around 22 weeks, my appetite started picking up.
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Yeah, I didn't like much of anything in my first trimester. And what little I did eat came up a lot of the time. Milk, yogurt, rice, chicken - it was all out. I liked applesauce a bunch though. I ended up loosing 17 pounds before I started gaining again. (At 30 weeks, I've only gained about 5 lbs of that back).
The food diary is a good idea, especially if you are concerned.
I'm about 24 weeks with little to no appetite today. It's off. I had half a burger for lunch and some cereal in the AM.
My appetite has been on and off the whole pregnancy (I am at 30 weeks today). I have lost 15 lbs. so far but baby is doing fine and growing.
A few things that were a little better nutritionally that kept me going:
Milk, Carnation Instant Breakfast (that was a lifesaver in the first trimester), cereal, peanut butter graham crackers, hard cheeses.
There was a time when I was eating (drinking) Carnation Instant Breakfast four or five times a day because all other food sounded gross. I still can't do yogurt or chicken, which I lived on before getting pregnant.
I have not been able to eat since early in my pregnancy, either. I haven't really puked that many times, but I just can't find anything that sounds good enough to eat. At my last prenatal visit I spoke to a dietician and (of course) she thought I wanted to see her because I'm fat and that I was gaining a lot of weight, but in actuality I have lost about 15 pounds since I have been pregnant! She was really surprised to know that I wanted to see her to discuss whether or not I was providing enough nutrients for myself and my baby. I have been taking prenatal vitamins and iron supplements lately because I faint a lot. Also, the one thing I can eat at almost anytime is cheese (grilled cheese sammies mostly) and I drink a ton of milk. She said that was pretty good but that I need to try to work in some other foods. It's hard to do though when you don't feel like eating anything at all. I just bought some grapes and some peanuts and try to snack on those throughout the day.
I don't really have any advice because I'm in the same boat as you are! I just wanted to say you're not alone and that it gets on my nerves when I go to the doctor and they talk to me like I'm eating everything in sight just because I'm fat and really it's the opposite! I hope you can find something that sounds good to you. I don't really worry about things being not so good for me...if it sounds good and I can eat it, I do. Something is better than nothing, in my opinion. Good luck to you!
~~Micah Leigh~~
~~Mommy to Peyton Sydney 6/12/2009~~
I hear you. I get that way too. I just make an extra protein shake on the days were I am having a huge calorie deficit. I use a scoop of french vanilla protein powder, fruit, a little non fat yogurt, some ground flax, 3 splenda packets, a little 1% milk & ice. its yummy and good for you!!
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Sony's first week of releasing strategy trailer for each member of their PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale roster is coming to a close. Friday's offerings add two more to the list, today we have features for Fat Princess and Sly Cooper -- two playstyles that couldn't be more different. The Fat Princess heralds from the popular top-down multiplayer arena title on PSN, and Sly Cooper from his series of action-platformers. Both characters may not be as popular as their Battle-Royale counterparts, but each will surely forever be recognized after the game's release on October 23.
Fat Princess will be a strong fighter with heavy combos, with her unique villager assisted attacks leading into heavy angular blasts from the Princess herself. Her specials each involve her villagers in some way, and likely result in the Princess devouring a substantial amount of cake. Sly, however, is a subtler fighter with plenty of stealthy tricks up his sleeve. Combining his ability to go stealth with an energy stealing back-stab is straight away annoying and difficulty to play against. Add in his supers, each based around his friends and arsenal of tools, and Sly will be the standard for the devious players out there.
Next week will hopefully introduce more videos in the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale strategy videos series. This week we've seen Kratos, Radec, Sweet Tooth, and today's Fat Princess and Sly Cooper videos. The roster of officially confirmed and rumored fighters grows by the day, personally I'm looking forwards to the Big Daddy trailer, but who knows what exactly Sony has in store.
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New trailer for animated 'Lorax' is looking a lot like Seuss
When my wife told me we were expecting our first son, my first response seemed entirely rational to me. I went to a bookstore, and I bought a giant collection of Dr. Seuss stories.
Why not? When I think about the things I want helping shape the world view of my kids, the work of Theodor Geisel is high on that list. Like Jim Henson, there is a decency and an expansive kindness that is central to his work, and if filmmakers hope to capture what works in the stories he created, they have to aim high.
When I went to the offices of Illumination Entertainment recently to check in on what they were doing with "The Lorax," I was very curious. One of the most overt of Seuss's books, "The Lorax" comes with a built-in environmental message that was upsetting 50 years ago but which is positively terrifying now considering how little we seem to have learned in that time.
It looks like this new feature film version of "The Lorax" uses the text of the book as a core around which a much larger new story has been built involving Ted (Zac Efron), a boy who wants to find a Truffala tree in order to win over Audrey (Taylor Swift), the girl he's got a crush on. Using the names of the real Dr. Seuss and his second wife, the woman who is still the primary voice of his publishing estate, is a very sweet touch, and it appears that Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda have directed a film that pays great tribute overall to the work that Seuss created.
In the book, the Once-ler only appears as he does in the photo I used for this article, a pair of eyes on a dark face with arms hanging out a boarded-up window. It's a big choice to make him a full character who we see in daylight and get to know, and some Seuss purists may reject that choice. I think it's all in how it's handled, and this trailer gives me some hope that they've found the real music and soul of what Seuss did.
And, yes, Danny De Vito's final line reading in the trailer makes me laugh. Over and over. I think he gets more deranged with each passing year, and it only makes me love him more.
"The Lorax" arrives in theaters March 2, 2012.


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The Compiler as Attack Vector
Now that we have completed a general introduction to GCC and the parts of interest, we can apply the knowledge to attacks. The simplest attack is to add new functionality, evoked by a command-line option. Let's attack libc-start.c, because it is easier to wait for command-line options to be set up for us rather than by doing it with our own code.
This type of work should be done on a machine of little importance, so that it can be re-installed when necessary. The version of glibc used here is 2.3.1, built on Mandrake 9.1. After the initial build, which will be lengthy, as long as the build isn't cleaned, future compiles should be pretty quick.
The first example makes simple text appear before and after the main body executes. In order to do this, the library that is linked in by the compiler is modified. The modifications to libc-start.c simply add a hello and good-bye message that is displayed as the program runs. The modifications include adding stdio.h as a header and two simple printf statements before and after main, as shown in Listing 2. With these simple changes made, kick off another build of glibc and wait.
Listing 2. Modifications to the libc-start.c for Hello World
/* XXX This is where the try/finally handling must be used. */ printf("Before main()\n"); result = main (argc, argv, __environ); printf("After main()\n");
Waiting until the build is finished is not necessary. You can build programs from the compile directory without risking machine usability due to a faulty glibc install. Doing this requires some tricky command-line options to GCC. For simplicity of demonstration, the binary is built statically, as shown in Listing 3. The program compiled is a simple Hello World program.
Listing 3. GCC Command Line to Compile hello.c
} $gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o /home/dave/code/lj/hello /home/dave/code/lj/build_glibc/csu/crt1.o /home/dave/code/lj/build_glibc/csu/crti.o `gcc --print-file-name=crtbegin.o` /home/dave/code/lj/hello.c /home/dave/code/lj/build_glibc/libc.a -lgcc /home/dave/code/lj/build_glibc/libc.a `gcc --print-file-name=crtend.o` /home/dave/code/lj/build_glibc/csu/crtn.o $./hello Before main() Hello World After main() $
Pay close attention to nostdlib, nostartfiles and static. These options are followed by the paths of libraries for the common C library, as well as standard libs like -lgcc. These strange options instruct GCC not to build in the standard libraries and startup functions. This allows us to specify exactly what we want linked in and where. After the compile is complete, we are left with a hello ELF binary as expected, but it is much larger than normal. This is a side effect of building the program statically, meaning that the required functions are built within the program, rather than relying on them to be loaded on an as-needed basis. Running the binary results in our messages being displayed before and after the hello world message, and it verifies that we can indeed execute code before the developer intends.
A real attacker would not have to build statically and could subvert the system copy of glibc in place so that executables would look normal.
Looking back at the libc-start source file, it's easy to tell that this function sets up argc, argv and evnp before calling main(). Moving on from displaying text, the execution of a shell is the next step. Because modifications of this gravity are such that an attacker would not want someone to know they exist, this shell executes only if the correct command-line option is passed. The source file already includes unistd.h, so it is simple and tempting to use getopt to parse the command-line options before main() is called. Although this will work, it can lead to discovery if getopt errors out due to unknown options. I wrote a brief snippet of code that searches argv for the option to invoke the shell, as shown in Listing 4. When you exit the shell, you will notice the program continues operating normally. Unless you knew the option used to start the shell, more than likely you never would have known this back door existed.
Listing 4. Changes to libc-start for Parsing Command-Line Options
$cat hello.c #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Hello World\n"); return 0; } $ <GCC build snipped for length, see Listing 3 for options> $./hello Before main() Looking for cmdln opt I love Marisa After main() $./hello -O Before main() Looking for cmdln opt OWNED sh-2.05b# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) sh-2.05b#exit exit Hello World After main() $
The previous examples are interesting, but they really don't do anything noteworthy. The next example adds a unique identifier to every binary built with GCC. This is most useful in honeypot-like environments where it is possible an unknown party will build a program on the machine, then remove it. The unique identifier, coupled with a registry, can help a forensics analyst trace a program back to its point of origin and establish a trail to the intruder.
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The sixth episode of the BBC World Service programme 'My Perfect Country' looks at how communities in Uganda have revolutionised the justice system by taking matters into their own hands.
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I'm trying something new. This is a preview of the new work for you to see before it goes live. Remember that you must check out to complete a sale. Just putting something in a cart won't hold it, so make your selections quickly!
These will be available here when the Restock opens Wed. Hope you can make it!]]>
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Look for new Arabesque bowls and poppies in 2 sizes.Enjoy!]]>
Here are tonight's Just Listed offerings
Hope you find something you like! In progress are poppy bowls, Arabesque bowls, and mugs.
Hope you are finding a way to stay cool this summer. And eating the bounty from a good garden or farmers market.]]>
Here is the just listed stash!
I may not be around much for a week but you know I'll be back to the studio ASAP. It's where I live and love the most!]]>
Here are the other New Listings this week.
If you've followed my health saga, you know my surgery was postponed until May 16th, allowing me to complete another last 2 kiln loads. I have very good doctors and expect to be completely fine once I recoup, and am optimistic about having much better health.
I am not following the ancestral diet, which allows me to lose the weight that has contributed to my health issues. It's easy and delicious, so you may find future recipes here soon!
Thanks so much for following my creative and health journey. It is a great privilege to share my life with you.
Just Listed
Hope the new growth in nature is inspiring you to plan big, play full out, let new ideas sprout and bloom!]]>
If you have a passion, it is in your thoughts just below the surface most of the time. That's where this new mug shape incubated and evolved. It's not a drastic departure from my old shape. But I like how the surface provided for glaze flow is longer and sleeker.
You can check it out with my other new listings here.
Coming next week: poppy bowls, more mugs, noodle bowls.
Enjoy your spring! Hope the new life bursting forth encourages you to let your inner dreams and wishes emerge!]]>
Hope you are able to scoop up something you've been waiting for!
Hope you are able to get out and see some of spring's budding trees, and feel that warm air on your face.
I've been able to work more this week, and am treating myself to playing and experimenting. look for some very organic shapes in vases if you follow me on Instagram. I also have prototype bowls. It's my best therapy. No matter how ill I am, when I'm able to be in my studio and get in that flow of work, I forget the pain. It just drops away. Be sure to find those activities that can bring you that type of solace. It will be the best gift you can ever receive.]]>
My health is improving but I will most likely require surgery shortly, so I can't take custom orders for the next 2 months at least. I will work as I am able and list new works, so please, scoop up what you want or need as it's available. Hope you are enjoying the gorgeous spring air and flowers. It's such a carefree time of year outside here in Asheville. Although I haven't been able to go out much, just walking in my garden is adventure enough to keep my spirits up.]]>
I will need some time to rest and rejuvenate, so I am temporarily stopping custom orders. I will continue to list new pieces as I can make them, and will fill all current orders. Thanks for your patience!]]>
I'm close to full up on custom orders, so please order now if you need something not in stock. I will need to shut off that option for a month or so in about a week.
Thanks so much for your patience and support! You guys are my Valentines, every day, every month! Hope you have some projects going on to excite your creative soul.]]>
I will need to close dinnerware orders again soon, so if you are interested, and can't wait, now's the time. In progress are large flower bowls and Arabesque bowls, plus mugs. I know they've all been out of stock a long time. I'm playing catch up as quickly as I can.
I do hope you enjoy snow just a little bit! I really love it. Our last snow here was so fluffy and came down in giant flakes. Plus, it melted in a few days. That's one thing I enjoy about Asheville. We get all kinds of weather but nothing lasts too long.]]>
In progress are noodle bowls, large flower and Arabesque bowls, and mugs.
Hope your new year brings you some quiet time after the holiday parties. I'm reading more on these cold dark evenings, and also working on an Ebook! Stay tuned for details of that.
Thanks to a back to back firing of exceptional pottery, I have some truly spectacular gift choices if you are looking. They will all be shipped for scheduled delivery before Christmas in the continental US.
I will have just 1 more kiln load before the holiday cutoff for shipping, ready on Wed 12/17. It is packed with custom orders so there won't be a lot of open stock.
Thank you all ever so much for your support and purchases! It is my first holiday season since breaking up with Etsy, and it's been better than ever. I'm very happy, and extremely grateful to you. If you have not yet heard today that you are appreciated, let me be the first. To buy from artisans is to preserve the values of skilled labor, satisfying work, quality products, eco friendly production, and fair wages. Thank you for being a part of the Handmade Movement!
We gather foraged greens from the garden and yard. Some things, like pine coned, seed pods, and leaves are spray painted in metallic gold.
Next we add lots of candles and pottery. I always use my tree vases as candlesticks!
We create an organic flowing table runner down the center with greens, metallics, and candles. It feels so warm and welcoming! Having neutral table linens lets the center come alive. This year we added painted animals- another fun family project I'll share at a later time.
However you celebrate, and whatever you celebrate, I hope that light, and beauty, and deep joy find their way into your gatherings.]]>
All in stock pieces will arrive to the continental US if ordered by 12/15, and East Coast US by 12/21. I am fast tracking all custom orders but cannot promise delivery exactly on time. If its ok to have a gift arrive a few days late, go ahead and to order. I'll try to make it happen on time, and, if not, ASAP.
Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate! May miracles happen in your life in the most improbable and yearned for ways.]]>
Arabesque bowls, casseroles, poppy bowls, faceted mugs, flowers bowls, all premium quality! It's as if Christmas came early as I opened the kiln and removed one flawless beauty after another.
It is not too late to custom order for Christmas delivery but if the mail slows down or storms hit your gifts might arrive later than you'd like. But I'm shipping every other day so you are sure to get piecesw that are in stock delivered on time in the continental US if ordered this week. Hope you find The Perfect Thing!
I hope you are taking time for things that uplift and inspire you. The news has been harsh and full of pain. While it is important to stay informed it is also important to keep your heart and mind engaged in messages of peace, safety, and beauty. Sometimes, for me, all it takes is a cuddle session with my cat, a short text with my daughter, a joke shared with my husband, a fun workshop with a friend. Whatever floats your boat, as my mom used to say! You deserve all the good things, even if your heart is aching with the brokenness in our world.]]>
Have you tired of the price games yet? It goes like this- manufacture merchandise in oppressive environmental and inhumane conditions, mark up 500%, then "discount" 50%. Next year, pile it into landfills and repeat with new merchandise, new deals. It doesn't fit how I live, nor what I value.
How about buying something made with integrity that will last for generations to come, made in home studios by people with passion and joy? How about letting artisans thrive by eliminating stock options and CEO salaries from the pricing structure? And, here's an idea, make the price the same everyday, for everyone.
The down side of this is that artisans, like myself, sell out when demand is high. We can't always fill your need for impulse purchasing. The upside is that what you get is unique, rare, personal. Perhaps just like the people on your gift list. Perhaps just like you.
I am introducing a new series of small poppy bowls today. You can see them here. As always, new pieces are priced at introductory rates, and rise with popularity and demand. So, in the final analysis, you can get a good deal here! Not because the price was outrageously inflated yesterday, but because it will hold value and rise in price tomorrow. (Not literally tomorrow! Just somewhere down the road.)
So, welcome Shop Small Saturday! I love this movement so much I've extended it to 365 days a year, in both my sales here and my purchases for our family. Hope you find small treasures in all sizes this season. Thanks for reading, for caring, for being you.]]>
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Are you in love with the poppies and leaves, or is it just me?
Watch for a Black Friday Flash Sale, and new cheese boards to be listed in limited quantities on Shop Small Saturday.
Hope you are ready for a wonderful holiday season. My heart is full, as friends and family are coming. I love setting a table for an epic meal, and then lingering to talk long into the evening. Nothing better than that.]]>
Serves 4-6
Chop up 1 1/2 cups onions and mince 1 large garlic clove. In a dutch oven or large soup pot, melt 2 T butter and saute the onions and garlic until translucent. Meanwhile, chop 2 large potatoes, skins on, and 1 large carrot, skin on. Add to the pot and saute 10 min longer. Add 3 C vegetable stock and 1 t dried dill. Simmer until the potatoes are tender.
With an immersion blender, or food processor in batches, puree the veggies, adding 4 oz cream cheese and 1 C milk. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Gently reheat, then stir in 1 c grated sharp cheddar cheese.
Be sure to make enough so everyone can have seconds, especially adults, who sometimes think potato soup should be a watery pale broth with bland vegetable chunks, and forget that it is divine when creamy and cheesy!
Here are all the new pieces I've just restocked:
I'm working extra hard to get the most I can in stock before the holidays, but, you know, things will sell out. Please shop early to get the gifts you really want.
It's getting cool here! We are out hiking at midday, collars turned up, noticing the last clinging leaves. And then back home to bake something fragrant. Hope you enjoy the changing weather.]]>
Here's a little sumpin I have in progress- mini poppy bowls! I want to glaze them in every color and make them available at a super low price for my Instagram followers, and blog readers. They should be ready in about 10 days. They are great as ring holders, dipping sauce bowls, prep bowls, or just cuz.
Hope you have a project that's fun to work on. It makes me so happy to create.]]>
I served my rustic apple tart to guests last night and a real chef complimented this pie crust. "What's in this?" he asked, wondering how I could get it so tender and flaky. "Well", I said, "It's a special kind of lard I get from a guy at the Farmer's Market.." Leaf lard!" he exclaimed. And he is right. If you can get your hands on this stuff, your pies will be over the moon amazing. If you can't, use any shortening as a substitute and it will still be better than any pie crust you generally eat.
So where do you get leaf lard? It has something to do with pigs, so not vegan friendly. Ask at the meat counter of health food stores, or, if you live in a foodie center of the world, like Asheville, where folks are raising organic, cruelty free meat, at a farmer's market. Frankly, I would not want something from the innards of any pig raised and butchered by Big Agriculture. But that's just me. Anyway, someone is undoubtedly selling it online somewhere.
The original recipe is my grandma's. She grew up in an Indiana farm culture. They were not skinny people but they cooked some of the best food I've ever tasted!
Nana Jeffries' Flour Paste Pie Crust
makes 1 crust, top and lattice for 9" pie
Sift 2 C all purpose organic flour with 1 t salt. Measure out 1/3 cup of this and place in a smallish bowl with 1/3 c water. Stir to make a smooth paste.
Cut into the flour mixture in the first bowl 1/3 c cold butter and 1/3 c leaf lard (shortening will substitute). Use a pastry blender to work the mixture together until it resembles small peas.
Stir the flour paste into your dough and then work gently with your hands until it forms a ball. Leave some pea sized clumps of lard and butter. These will flatten out and form the flaky layers as you roll the crust out.
Use a floured rolling pin and roll the crust into a circle on a floured surface. Coax your dough from the center outward.
If you aren't able to get it into the pie plate whole, you can repair cracks by gentling overlapping using water as a glue.
Fllow instructions for any pie filling, and enjoy!
The Modern Lace platter is for sale here.
Owl soap dish
Coffee and Lavender Arabesque bowls
poppy bowls
11" D Urban Rustic bowl
I am in high production mode but will not have a lot of open stock for the holidays. Please order early to get what you really want! I am working on some small poppy bowls for stocking stuffers and some new ornament designs. I love playing and changing things up! Also in production are Arabesque bowls, both nesting and large individual ones.
It's been warm here lately and that delightful crunch of leaves is underfoot as we walk. But I can't get used to daylight savings time this year! I miss my evening walks! Hope your transitions are bringing you new pleasures, and that you can roll with whatever comes.]]>
1 T butter plus 1 T olive oil
2 lb beef stew meat, cut into small 1/2" chunks
6-8 garlic cloves, minced
2 onions, chopped
1 t salt
1 t black pepper
2 bay leaves
2 t fish sauce
1 c beef broth
1 can coconut milk, divided in half
4 medium red potatoes, small cubed
2 carrots, sliced
2 sweet red banana peppers
1 chili pepper, chopped
3 T ketchup or tomato sauce
4 T peanut butter
1 t red chili flakes
Sear beef in olive oil and butter in a skillet in batches; set aside.
Saute garlic and onions 2 minutes. Transfer everything to a dutch oven or heavy soup pot. Add salt, pepper, fish sauce, bay leaves, beef broth, and 1/2 can coconut milk. Bring to boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 2 hours.
You aren't done yet! Now fry the potatoes and carrots in oil in another frying pan until potatoes are softened. Add the banana and chili peppers. Set aside until stew has simmered the entire 2 hours, then add fry pan contents to the dutch oven stew meat, adding the rest of the coconut milk, peanut butter, and ketchup. Simmer until everything has blended.
Serve over steaming bowls of jasmine rice and enjoy the compliments!
Joyful Blaze mugs
Green Tea mugs
poppy bowls
Owl casserole
noodle bowls
In progress are more Arabesque bowls. I know the selection available has been thin, sorry! If there is one you want, please custom order it rather than wait for open stock.
I can't recall a more brilliant autumn here in Asheville! It's a mood uplifter just to look out the windows. I hope you find beauty in your days, wherever you are. And someone special to enjoy it with. Sometimes I think I am privileged beyond all reasonable expectations just to have my husband's hand as we walk a trail, pointing out a clump of peculiar mushrooms. Or the half hour I get to talk to a wonderful friend. There is so much to savor!
Birds Nest Casseroles
Noodle bowls in Sunday Coffee
Raven and the Halloween Moon
Raven tray
Snow Shadows mugs
I will have another restock in about a week. In progress are many Urban Rustic bowls in all sizes. I'm on a hand building streak lately! I have a growing wait list for dinnerware already. It is possible that I will sell out on dinnerware orders for 2016 before the year even begins, so please get your name in if you want a set next year.
Are you planning something for Halloween? I have stayed in for many years but am going out this year and find myself looking forward to it. I do love costumes and make believe of all kinds. When I've stayed home I've always set a spooky table and invited a small group to dinner and a scary movie. Whatever you do, big or small, I hope you find a bit of magical charm to make you dream and wonder.]]>
Beach Cottage mugs
Faceted mugs in Sunday Coffee
Faceted mugs in Snow Shadows
Owl and Baby Owl Keepsake Box
Raven Trays
Arabesque Bowls in Turquoise
Hope you enjoy looking! Please remember to shop as early as possible for holiday gifts. Orders have been much greater than ever, and I'm not stocked up! I'm just keeping up! I know...poor me, right!
Well, the rain finally passed! We had little damage here, thankfully. And the leaves are as pretty as ever. This is the time to visit Asheville if you can.
Please take a moment for yourself today, and remember how much you mean to artists like myself. Without you, we could not make our work and thrive.


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Orofino police said 47-year-old Christopher Jennings is now charged with robbery, kidnapping, burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, assault with intent to commit a serious felony and battery with intent to commit a serious felony. Charges stem from an armed robbery on December 21st. Orofino Police Department Chief Jeff Wilson said he's happy with the outcome.
"We certainly at the police department treated it extremely serious and our guys put a tremendous amount of effort into this because of the fact that we did have some victims that were quite shaken up as a result of the crime," said Chief Wilson. "We were more than happy to get the evidence needed to charge him in this case."
As part of the investigation, DNA samples were taken and sent along with the mask Jennings wore. The Idaho State Forensics lab has since ruled it was a match. Jennings is being held on a $310,000 bond.


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"In response to an ad promising express delivery by Christmas, I placed an order on December 19 for about $100 with Bits and Pieces. The order was sent non-express and arrived on December 29. Bits and Pieces offered to refund the order price, although it is too early to know if they will actually do it. The worst part is that I had to pay $50 shipping (!!!) to return the items.
Based on this experience, I have to strongly recommend avoiding this merchant. In a world where amazon ships things on-time and offers free returns, it is ridiculous to use a merchant that makes you pay return shipping when they screw up the order."
"An item we ordered (one of four) turned out to be an absolute piece of junk. We fully expected to have had to swallowed the $16 we spent, but a short phone call made everything right. They acknowledged that they had received a number of complaints regarding the product and offered, a replacement, a credit or our money back. This is the way a "GOOD BUSINESS" should be run, Before giving a negative reply, as I have seen in another review, give them the chance to make good. These people did."
"i place a order online with bits and pieces which cost £45.96 the payment was taken from my account on the 21 of november at the sum of £75.96 i have contacted the company on the 25 november and was told the a cheque would be sent out i then phone again on the 10 of december to find out where my goods and refund were i was told i would recieve them shortly a week later my goods arrive but no refund so i phone again on the 18 of december to be told the cheque has not been printed yet and i would recieve it by tuesday hello it is christmas the post is delayed i have now contacted my bank who are now taking far for me wrong person to take the piss out of i will go legal "
"Re. #47905 - Reflectuions of the Past: 1. Concert on a Summer's Day (1000pieces), 2. A Quiet Moment (750 pieces), and 3.Remembering The Evenings (500 pieces). I did #1 after much frustration, because the pieces were cut strangely, the edge pieces were not even recognizable, and the colors were too dull. Then did #2, and was even more frustrated: 5 of the edge pieces were not interlocked! I'm afraid to try #3. What a horrible way to make puzzles. No wonder I don't order anymore! You need to take lessons on how to cut the pieces, like MB, Hometown, Charles Wysocki, Ceaco, Hallmark, etc. who do it right. Very unsatisfactory.
"a scam company that will keep your money, and will not send your item,the keep you hanging on with excuses that your item is delayed or comes from another country because they do not have stock! RUBBISH! then when you ask for a refund they ignore your emails! avoid this company!!?
i ordered a product from them over 12 months before and again go the run around! should not have gone back for seconds i guess!
i would not purchase ANYTHING from this mob as all their crap is just cheap nasty junk!
Another strange fact is that the companies "Australian" emails have an ip address located in the UK and their UK emails have an IP address located in the USA! what a tangled web!"
"Well what can I say but this is the worst company I have ever dealt with, I ordered 1 product on 4.11.13 and another on 5.11.13 mistakenly believing they might be arriving at least by Christmas as they were Xmas gifts, well I kept ringing and writing asking where my orders were and they kept assuring me they would be there by 24th December, well 1 order arrived 6.1.14 and it is now 14.1.14 and I am still waiting for the other, if they lived in china I might have expected this, NEVER AGAIN WILL I ORDER ANYTHING FROM THESE PEOPLE."
"avoid this company - they take your money, take more money from you with over priced phone lines as the only means of contacting you & do not supply teh item purchased - shockingly poor service received"
"I would not recommend getting tangled up with this company. I ordered two items via their website on Nov 4th 2013, and heard nothing from them for over two weeks. They finally sent me an email to acknowledge my order, and it took them another two weeks before I got an email to say the goods had been dispatched. I checked my bank account then, and found that they had taken my money. So far, so good, I thought! Well it is now December 18th, and I have still not received any goods at all. I have rung the company five times over the past week and a half, and each time get told to wait longer for them to arrive. The phone operators are not helpful at all and won't answer any direct questions about where they are sending the goods from or if they will replace what has obviously gotten lost in the post! I have sent off an email to the company about this problem, and so far, have heard nothing in return. I do not hold out any hope of ever getting the goods I paid for, so be warned. Do not order from these people. I wish I had read some of these warnings about Bits and Pieces before deciding to order from them myself."
"So far, very bad. Ordered, told time of delivery. They didn't come when they should. Tried to check delivery, website was blank and stuck in a loop. 3 of the 7 items I ordered arrived a week late. I asked why I didn't get the other items. I never got an answer altho I received email that 1 item was on backorder until 12/20 (at least). No good, this is the 4th change of delivery date. I asked to cancel. Got no response, instead was billed. Never received a response about the rest of my order. Nothing. They are no longer even responding to me. (I use email-deaf) Everything has been paid for, but I don't have it and am not getting information about it. No good at all. "
"BE CAREFUL of this website. They bait and switch you on pricing on their website. They advertise one price on the website then when you go to check out with your order they increase the price on certain items. These items are available elsewhere from a company that does not OVERcharge their customers and lives by the pricing that they advertise on their website."
"I ordered on the internet, the coupon code did not work for 10% off as a first time customer. I emailed them and asked and was told it DID go through. When I received my order there was no discount applied and I emailed again - they apologized and said i'd get a refund of the 10% discount in the next few days. We'll see. I ordered 2 LED faucet lights for fun, "made in china" neither of them worked, they said they'd send me 2 replacements, I got it today, the packing slip says "2" but only 1 is in the box, it doesn't work either so i'm going to send them back and ask for a refund. I also bought a saturn spinner that is supposed to light up, also made in china, doesn't work. I ordered 2, one as a gift so i better open that one to test. the on/off switch is wired wrong, on is off and off is on and it doesn't spin, doesn't glow proper even after charging in the sun a couple days. Most of my order doesn't work and is total crap. I will not order from them again."
"Ordered three items on the 12/8/2010; one personalized. The order was placed over the phone. I asked the customer service rep over the phone if Christmas delivery was guaranteed since I had ordered a personalized item, and know that these items sometimes take longer. I was assured that it would be delivered by Christmas. I received two items within a week of the order, and expected that the personalized item may take longer. When I didn't receive the item on the 21st, and hadn't received a shipment notification, I called customer service (as the customer service email is non-fucntional). They told me that the item had been delayed, but that it had been set up for express shipping, free of charge due to the delay, and was set to be delivered on 12/24/2010. It did not show up. I called customer service today (12/28) again (email still non-functional), and they told me a different story. The item, as far as they could tell, had not been set up for express, that they have no way to track delivery (as it "comes from a different vendor"), and they only received a notification from the vendor that it was shipped on 12/21/2010. She said they advised that personalized items be given 3 weeks for delivery, and that they were no longer offering guaranteed Christmas delivery after the first weekend in December. I let them know that the CS rep that I had originally ordered from said that it would not be a problem, and that they 2nd rep told me that he "could see it was set to be delivered on Christmas Eve"? No answer to that, except that she was sorry. She said that they have to allow TEN DAYS for shipping, and since it shipped on the 21st, I have to wait until 1/2/2011 to do anything about it. The 2nd is a Sunday, so now we are at 26 days since time of order. I will not be ordering from this company again."


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-- George MacDonald Fraser
I think this applies to all of the ignoramus hypocrites not just the PC ones but then they are all PC. Just look at the ignorant uninformed answers we get to pretty simple straight forward questions, obfuscation and insults.
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There is direct correlation between this kind of behavior in America Today, and the systematic brainwashing/dumbing down of America through our schools/Education system. It also makes a very strong case for the voucher/charter school system if we hope to save and preserve America for our children and beyond!
You two should get married. It sounds like your just about ready to finish each other's sentences. How cute ;-)


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Pat Cornett, 80, of Amarillo died Saturday, July 7, 2012.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Central Church of Christ with Bob Krass officiating. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Pat was born on May 11, 1932, in Fort Worth to James and Serena Purvis. She graduated high school in Texas City before attending the University of Texas at Austin. She married Mickey Cornett in Texas City on Jan. 28, 1953. Together they moved to Amarillo from Longview in 1960. He preceded her in death in 1995.
Pat worked as a lab technician at Northwest Texas Hospital for more than 30 years, until her retirement in 1995. She had a great curiosity about the world in which she lived, which led her to her studies in science and astronomy. Pat was an avid Star Trek fan and loved to laugh. She was very hospitable and enjoyed entertaining others in her home. She loved the Lord and was deeply committed to her faith.
She was also preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include two sons, David Cornett and wife Rita of St. Louis, Mo., and Dr. John Todd Cornett and wife Kami of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Allison, Kathryn, Ellie, Brock and Grant; and three great-grandchildren, Coralie, Madeline and Lainey.
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§625-B. Severance pay
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings.
A. "Covered establishment" means any industrial or commercial facility or part thereof which employs or has employed at any time in the preceding 12-month period 100 or more persons. [1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW).]
B. "Director" means the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards. [1989, c. 502, Pt. A, §106 (AMD).]
C. "Employer" means any person who directly or indirectly owns and operates a covered establishment. For purposes of this definition, a parent corporation is considered the indirect owner and operator of any covered establishment that is directly owned and operated by its corporate subsidiary. [1989, c. 667, §1 (AMD); 1989, c. 667, §2 (AFF).]
D. "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association or any other entity. [1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW).]
E. "Physical calamity" means any calamity such as fire, flood or other natural disaster. [2009, c. 305, §1 (AMD); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF).]
F. "Relocation" means the removal of all or substantially all of industrial or commercial operations in a covered establishment to a new location, within or without the State of Maine, 100 or more miles distant from its original location. [1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW).]
G. "Termination" means the substantial cessation of industrial or commercial operations in a covered establishment. [1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW).]
H. "Week's pay" means an amount equal to the employee's gross earnings during the 12 months previous to the date of termination or relocation as established by the director or the date of the termination or layoff of the employee, should it occur earlier, divided by the number of weeks in which the employee worked during that period. [2009, c. 305, §2 (AMD); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF).]
[ 2009, c. 305, §§1, 2 (AMD); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF) .]
2. Severance pay. Any employer who relocates or terminates a covered establishment shall be liable to his employees for severance pay at the rate of one week's pay for each year of employment by the employee in that establishment. The severance pay to eligible employees shall be in addition to any final wage payment to the employee and shall be paid within one regular pay period after the employee's last full day of work, notwithstanding any other provisions of law.
[ 1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW) .]
3. Mitigation of severance pay liability. There is no liability under this section for severance pay to an eligible employee if:
A. Relocation or termination of a covered establishment is necessitated by a physical calamity; [1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW).]
B. The employee is covered by, and has been paid under the terms of, an express contract providing for severance pay that is equal to or greater than the severance pay required by this section; [2003, c. 624, §1 (AMD); 2003, c. 624, §2 (AFF).]
C. That employee accepts employment at the new location; [2009, c. 305, §3 (AMD); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF).]
D. That employee has been employed by the employer for less than 3 years; or [2009, c. 305, §3 (AMD); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF).]
E. A covered establishment files for protection under 11 United States Code, Chapter 11 unless the filing is later converted to a filing under 11 United States Code, Chapter 7. [2009, c. 305, §3 (NEW); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF).]
[ 2009, c. 305, §3 (AMD); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF) .]
4. Suits by employees. Any employer who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their unpaid severance pay. Action to recover the liability may be maintained against any employer in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and on behalf of himself or themselves and any other employees similarly situated. Any labor organization may also maintain an action on behalf of its members. The court in such action shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant and costs of the action.
[ 1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW) .]
5. Suits by the director. The director is authorized to supervise the payment of the unpaid severance pay owing to any employee under this section. The director may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of any unpaid severance pay. The right provided by subsection 4 to bring an action by or on behalf of any employee, and of any employee to become a party plaintiff to any such action, shall terminate upon the filing of a complaint by the director in an action under this subsection, unless the action is dismissed without prejudice by the director. Any sums recovered by the director on behalf of an employee pursuant to this subsection shall be held in a special deposit account and shall be paid, on order of the director, directly to the employee affected. Any sums thus recovered not paid to an employee because of inability to do so within a period of 3 years shall be paid over to the State of Maine.
[ 1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW) .]
6. Notice of director. Any person proposing to relocate or terminate a covered establishment shall notify the director in writing not less than 60 days prior to the relocation.
[ 1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW) .]
6-A. Notice to employees and municipality. A person proposing to terminate or to relocate a covered establishment outside the State shall notify employees and the municipal officers of the municipality where the plant is located in writing not less than 60 days prior to the termination or relocation unless this notice requirement is waived by the director. A person that violates this provision commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $500 may be adjudged, except that a fine may not be adjudged if the relocation is necessitated by a physical calamity, or if the failure to give notice is due to unforeseen circumstances. A fine imposed pursuant to this subsection may not be collected by the Department of Labor to the extent such collection prevents the violator from making all payments required under subsection 2.
[ 2007, c. 333, §1 (AMD) .]
7. Powers of director. In any investigation or proceeding under this section, the director shall have, in addition to all other powers granted by law, the authority to examine books and records of any employer affected by this section as set out in section 665, subsection 1.
[ 1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW) .]
8. Rules. The Department of Labor shall adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. Initial rules must be provisionally adopted and submitted to the Legislature not later than January 15, 2003.
[ 2001, c. 625, §1 (NEW) .]
9. Penalties. A person that violates subsection 2 commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $1,000 per violation may be adjudged. Each employee affected constitutes a separate violation. Any such fine may not be collected by the Department of Labor to the extent such collection prevents the violator from making all payments required under subsection 2.
[ 2007, c. 333, §2 (NEW) .]
10. Mass layoff. Whenever an employer lays off 100 or more employees at a covered establishment, the employer within 7 days of such a layoff shall report to the director the expected duration of the layoff and whether it is of indefinite or definite duration. The director shall, from time to time, but no less frequently than every 30 days, require the employer to report such facts as the director considers relevant to a determination as to whether the layoff constitutes a termination or relocation under this section or whether there is a substantial reason to believe the affected employees will be recalled within a reasonable time.
[ 2009, c. 305, §4 (NEW); 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF) .]
1979, c. 663, §157 (NEW). 1981, c. 337, (AMD). 1989, c. 502, §A106 (AMD). 1989, c. 667, §§1,2 (AMD). 1999, c. 55, §1 (AMD). 2001, c. 625, §1 (AMD). 2003, c. 624, §1 (AMD). 2003, c. 624, §2 (AFF). 2007, c. 333, §§1, 2 (NEW). 2009, c. 305, §§1-4 (AMD). 2009, c. 305, §5 (AFF).