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Man Tests Tsa Policy Allowing Patients To Fly With With Medical Marijuana
Posted 05 May 2010 - 01:50 PM
I regularly travel from CA to MI. From the articles it seems like I should
be able to bring up to 8 oz in checked or carry-on baggage when I travel back and forth.
They also seem to indicate that between origin and destination, your luggage
is not in federal jurisdiction, so even if they are layovers in non-tolerant
places, your luggage is never actually in that state, rather it is in-transit
in care of the airline.
Does anyone have experience with this new attitude?
Medical marijuana patients can travel with pot from SFO, other Bay Area airports
by Mike Rosenberg, San Mateo County Times
October 22nd, 2009
Considering the haziness surrounding medical marijuana laws, it may be surprising that some of the most uptight places in the Bay Area — local airports — are also some of the most laid back when it comes to medical pot patients.
San Francisco police, who patrol San Francisco International Airport, say they allow card-holding medical marijuana patients to carry up to 8 ounces of dried cannabis when traveling. The SFO policy follows the guidelines police use within the city of San Francisco, said Sgt. Wilfred Williams.
Then-San Francisco police Chief Heather Fong enacted the policy in November 2008 through a three-page bulletin to officers. It instructs officers to leave medical marijuana patients and their drugs alone if they are using the marijuana for medical purposes and not for criminal activity.
And when it comes to air travel, local police — not airport officials or federal authorities — determine which passengers can fly with medical pot.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Suzanne Trevino said airport security officers are trained to check for dangerous items such as explosives when screening departing passengers, their carry-on bags and checked luggage.
TSA officers sometimes find items such as drugs and child pornography, however, and turn them over to local law enforcement, which decides what to do with the items and the passenger, Trevino said. If the local police force allows the passenger to keep their medical marijuana, the TSA would not stop them from traveling with the drug, she said.
Likewise, SFO spokesman Mike McCarron said officials at the transportation hub have nothing to do with enforcement of medical marijuana laws at the airport.
At Mineta San Jose International Airport, enforcement of medical marijuana laws is left to San Jose police, said airport spokesman David Vossbrink.
San Jose police Sgt. Ronnie Lopez said they also do not arrest or cite passengers with medical marijuana at the airport or seize their drugs. They do, however, write a report and send it to federal authorities, who determine whether to file charges, he said.
In years past, that may have posed a problem to medical marijuana travelers, but the Justice Department this week told its U.S. attorneys to back off prosecuting medical marijuana users who comply with state law.
In the East Bay, the Alameda County Sherriff's Office enacted a specific policy last year that allows medical marijuana users to travel from Oakland International Airport with the drug. As at SFO, a qualified patient or primary caregiver as defined by California law can carry up to 8 ounces during travel out of Oakland.
Of course, just because passengers are allowed to take their marijuana out of the Bay Area does not give them full immunity from prosecution, as more than 30 states ban medical marijuana. If a Bay Area traveler lands in a place where the drug is illegal, they could be prosecuted by state authorities.
Alameda County deputies notify passengers flying out of Oakland that they could be violating the law if they land in one of the many states that ban medical marijuana. But they have never called ahead to notify police on the other end.
Despite the policies, many patients are hesitant to travel out of local airports with their medical marijuana, said Nathan Sands, vice president of the Compassionate Coalition, a Fairfield-based nonprofit medical pot advocacy group. Airports have gained a reputation, particularly following the Sept. 11 attacks, for confiscating normally legal items, such as liquids, at TSA security gates.
"I think a lot of patients have been fearful of traveling through airports with medical marijuana because of the federal involvement," Sands said. "And you don't want to be hassled at the airports."
And although patients rely on their marijuana like they do any other medication, it may be intimidating for a traveler flying to a state where the drug is banned, Sands said.
"It'd be hard to expect the law enforcement there to be sympathetic," he said.
Kris Hermes, spokesman for the Oakland-based advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, argued a national policy would allow pot patients to avoid the patchwork of individual airport rules.
"It's clearly a good thing that airports such as Oakland and SFO allow patients to be able to travel with their medicine. That's a positive policy," Hermes said. "Some patients cannot be without their medicine for more than a few hours."
Got Pot? It's Legal to Take It on the Plane in Oakland
Oakland International Airport may be the nation's only airport with a specific policy letting users of medical marijuana travel with the drug.
October 19, 2009 |
Oakland International Airport may be the nation's only airport with a specific policy letting users of medical marijuana travel with the drug.
The policy is spelled out in a three-page document quietly enacted last year by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. It states that if deputies determine someone is a qualified patient or primary caregiver as defined by California law and has eight ounces or less of the drug, he or she can keep it and board the plane.
Deputies warn the pot-carrying passengers that they may be committing a felony upon arrival when they set foot in a jurisdiction where medical marijuana is not recognized. But they say they don't call ahead to alert authorities on the other end.
"We never have. We're certainly within our right to, but we never have," said Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for the sheriff's office. "Our notification of the passengers is for their own safety and well-being."
California voters approved medical marijuana use in 1996, while federal law still bans all possession and use.
But Oakland attorney Robert Raich notes the Code of Federal Regulations says a prohibition on operating a civil aircraft with knowledge that there is marijuana aboard doesn't apply to carrying marijuana that's "authorized by or under any Federal or State statute."
The federal Transportation Security Administration does the screening and when marijuana — or any suspected contraband — is found, the sheriff's deputies are summoned.
Low Profile
Oakland's airport policy was enacted in February 2008, but Raich said he didn't want to publicize it until recently lest the Bush administration change federal regulations, or lest it become an issue in Obama administration drug officials' confirmation hearings.
"All other airports in medical cannabis states should have similar policies but they don't," he said, adding that he hears San Francisco International and Los Angeles International airports are relatively kind to medical marijuana users while airports in Burbank, Ontario and San Diego are not.
Raich, who has seen two of his medical marijuana cases argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and has taught Oakland Police cadets about medical marijuana issues, said medical marijuana users generally didn't have much trouble when Oakland Police used to patrol inside the airport terminals. But that changed when the Alameda County Sheriff's Office took over in mid-2007. That summer TSA screeners referred to deputies a traveling medical-marijuana user from Washington state.
"The sheriff's deputies so harassed this person, it was heart-wrenching," Raich said. "They took his medicine, they broke his bong, they took his edibles. They were threatening him."
'Pinball machine'
Raich said he found that the sheriff's office was unwilling to change its policy. So he consulted various officials including those at the Port of Oakland, which owns and operates the airport.
"I felt like a ball in a pinball machine," he said. "I felt like I'd talked to every single employee at the port and they all seemed sympathetic but they all told me the same thing: 'That's not our policy "... that's the sheriff doing that on his own.' "
Medical marijuana allowed at SFO, Bay Area airports
Medical marijuana patients can now travel with the drug through San Francisco International Airport, as well as other Bay Area airports, the Mercury News reports.
Passengers who are card-carrying patients are permitted to carry up to 8 ounces of dried cannabis, in compliance with San Francisco city policy. It is up to the city's police, who patrol the airport, not the airport officials or TSA officers, to decide if a passenger can travel with the pot.
In the past, police at SFO and San Jose airport were told to make the call on whether the passenger could travel with the drugs, but a report was likely filed to federal authorities who then decided whether or not to follow up with charges. But this week that all changed as the Department of Justice directed US attorneys to leave passengers alone traveling with the drug if they are in compliance with state laws.
Nathan Sands, vice president of the Compassionate Coalition, a Fairfield-based nonprofit medical pot advocacy group, told the Mercury News that despite technically being able to fly with medical marijuana, passengers are often too fearful of airport officials and police to bother traveling with the drug.
"It's clearly a good thing that airports such as Oakland and SFO allow patients to be able to travel with their medicine. That's a positive policy," Kris Hermes, spokesman for the Oakland-based advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, told the Mercury News. "Some patients cannot be without their medicine for more than a few hours."
Of course, patients using the drug should consult the state laws of their final destination. More than 30 states do not allow the use of medical marijuana, and if a Bay Area traveler transports the drug to one of those states--despite being able to leave the area with it--they could be prosecuted by local officials upon landing. --Rebecca Heslin
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 03:11 PM
in California and Michigan (one of the few states that honors other states
valid MM ID's).
My MM doctor here advised me to just carry it on the plane with me.
He said he has been stopped several times and TSA in CA just handed
it back to him, saying they were looking for bombs and such.
Myself, I have carried it in my checked baggage many times and have
never had a problem. At Metro, I usually stop in baggage claim, open
my suitcase, and pull out a joint to smoke at the curbside while
waiting for my pickup. Never been bothered, though I admit this
is a little adventurous.
Now that more states have MM laws, airports seem to be beginning
to address the issue of MM transport more directly so that patients
don't have to fear being treated like criminals while traveling between
legal states.
Posted 05 May 2010 - 03:38 PM
"Myself, I have carried it in my checked baggage many times and have
never had a problem. At Metro, I usually stop in baggage claim, open
my suitcase, and pull out a joint to smoke at the curbside while
waiting for my pickup. Never been bothered, though I admit this
is a little adventurous."
haha u got ballz bro
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Posted 07 May 2010 - 01:21 PM
I have a good friend in LA still (I used to live there)
Perhaps I should go get some medicine from him, he always had the best
medical grade around when it first started there.
I also have a good friend in SF and visiting him may be the safer bet.
I still need to research this a bit more as it could be well worth a trip there
to bring home a 1/2 pd for myself and my patients. I still worry about checking it
though... Still a bit paranoid I guess haha... I used to travel with it all the time
pre 9/11
Posted 07 May 2010 - 11:44 PM
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I just called the airport authority at metro to ask. It was a recording, I left my question. Will let you know their answer...........
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Posted 12 May 2010 - 03:25 PM
Some are sending luggage that way since it has become so expensive.
Posted 12 May 2010 - 04:27 PM
Packages have not arrived, packages have arrived opened with that part taken out and one person
had a driver show up and say they needed a signature... He said I have no clue what this is or who sent
it so please just return it to sender, I can't accept it and they then came from around the corner (2 cops)
and tried to get him to say he knew what it was or who sent it (he is an atty) he just said I have no clue, I have
a meeting to go to so you can either take me in and if so I do not want to talk till I have an atty present or you
can stop harassing me.
Posted 12 May 2010 - 04:47 PM
They are trained to "hit" when the officer signals giving the cops just cause.
I agree with you vender. The canine narc dogs are used to have "probable cause".
a half a pound seems like a lot to travel with. It is very considerate that the airports are treating MM patients the way that they should be treated, and letting them fly with a suit case full of buds.
Posted 12 May 2010 - 06:46 PM
LOL Yeah!
sounds like it would be a great time to be a PRIVATE PILOT
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Three west San Gabriel Valley volleyball programs will hope to accomplish a first today.
La Salle and Alverno high schools and St. Monica Academy will be shooting for their first CIF-Southern Section championships in matches scheduled to be played at Santiago Canyon College in Orange and Cypress College.
La Salle is making its second consecutive championship game bid. The Lancers have been to the finals three times, but today's game, at 5 p.m. at Santiago Canyon, will be in the highest division in which they have played.
The Lancers (33-2) lost to St. Lucy's in three games in last year's CIF-SS Division 2AA finals. Both teams made the jump up to Division 1A, but El Dorado knocked off top-seeded St. Lucy's in the quarterfinals, while second seed La Salle managed to get to the finals, winning two of its playoff matches with five-game victories.
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La Salle has won 15 consecutive matches. In the playoffs, the Lancers defeated Redlands East Valley in five games in the second round. The Wildcats had two match points. In Tuesday's semifinals, the Lancers beat Del Rey League rival Bishop Montgomery in five games, 15-12 in the final game.
Century League champion El Dorado (20-13) has won five consecutive matches. One of the Golden Hawks' final losses was to La Canada, 2-0, in the Redondo tournament. La Salle defeated La Canada in three games in a nonleague match. The Golden Hawks also won two five-game matches, beating Hart and St. Lucy's.
"It will be a good game," Tuitama said. "Their shortest girl is 5-feet-9, so they definitely will be blocking in the face of our girls and we're not used to that. We've never seen them before, so it will be a. fresh start for both teams."
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"It helped a lot even though we lost," he said. "The girls know that they played well against them. They were not down and they fought as much as they can. Playing against that competition was a big, big plus."
The Jaguars (19-3) played 10 matches against teams in higher divisions, including several against Division 2 and 3 schools. The Pacers (24-9-1) also played 10 matches against teams in upper divisions.
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University student James' used import Peugeot 206 was a good car for him but now he's after some New Zealand-new wheels.
"I need something to last me through my years at university and won't be too painful to get fixed," he says. "After all the costs of my Peugeot I don't want another import."
Don't write off imports completely. Your budget places you in a part of the market where all cars are going to be relatively high risk so it's more important to think about the type of vehicle rather than the country where it was first registered.
Most, if not all, the used imports in your price range would have been in New Zealand for some time and no doubt some sellers will be able to show proof of costly previous repairs and regular servicing which can make them an attractive option.
My recommendation is to stick with Japanese or Korean vehicles. Recent work on items such as cambelt replacement, cooling system repairs and brakes may help reduce your immediate maintenance costs while a tired battery and below-average tyre condition are potential cost killers a short time after ownership.
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Many of these vehicles currently on our roads were first registered new in NZ. Long-term ownership and proven regular servicing is another potential positive you may well pick up. The hatch design allows for practicality and it's an easy car to manoeuvre and park around town.
Day-to-day running costs would be low and standard safety features should include ABS brakes and a driver and passenger airbag.
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A popular used import some years ago, the Logo was also sold new in NZ, albeit for a short time. The 1.3-litre engine is not going to get you overly excited on the open road but around town it will do the job fine. A couple of airbags and anti-locking brakes should be part of the standard safety package.
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The Echo was a popular vehicle that sold new in NZ and was known as the Vitz when sold as a used import. Engine size can be as small as 1 litre, which may be a struggle around town. Because of the diverse range of models on the market, model variation can be confusing. And don't assume the same safety levels are standard throughout the range.


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• Promoting and advocating for the right to high quality interpreting services – particularly in relation to the interaction of Deaf people with State agencies and services
• Promoting best practice in the field of sign language interpreting
• Advocating quality standards among interpreters and their client organisations
• Meeting social interpreting needs – which might otherwise remain unmet
• Actively working towards the introduction of new technologies with the potential to improve the quality of interaction for Deaf people
• Facilitating the delivery of a national emergency sign language interpreting service
Staff Members
Elfrieda Carroll Manager
Margaret O'Connor Administrator (f/t)
Audrey Campbell Administrator (p/t)
Mairead Curry Finance Officer (p/t)
Mary Gavin Reception (mornings)
Aoife Blake, IRIS Interpreter (Wednesday & Thursday)
Fiona Ivory-Noonan IRIS Interpreter (Tuesday)
Leanne Saurin IRIS interpreter (Monday & Friday)
The Board of SLIS is composed of representatives from the Deaf Community, Deaf Organisations, Educational Programmes (including Academic and Health Service Education), Professional and Statutory Bodies. The members bring experience and knowledge from diverse backgrounds and professions to agree and govern the aims of the organisation. In collaboration with other voluntary & statutory organisations, the SLIS board established a series of sub-groups to oversee and develop its strategic aims & objectives.
Anne Coogan Chairperson
Sandra Ivory Company Secretary
AnnMarie O'Connor
Brigid McGourty
Caroline McGrotty
Maire Rooney
Gilles Paoletti
Graham Long
Ken Kiernan
Sarah Sheridan
For more information, please don't hesitate to contact any of our staff in the offices.
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"Theory and Practice merged"
Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week's meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terrible forecasters. As Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed in a landmark 2005 study, even experts' predictions are only slightly better than chance. However, an important and underreported conclusion of that study was that some experts do have real foresight.
"Great for Experts"
Based on groundbreaking research, these 24 lectures address dynamics and customs related to working, socializing, dining, marriage and family - all the areas necessary to help you function with a greater level of respect and effectiveness wherever you go. You'll also encounter practical tips and crucial context for greeting, interacting with, and even managing people from other parts of the world.
"Quite possibly my favorite of The Great Courses"
What if charisma could be taught? For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people's level of charisma as if they were turning a dial. What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what charisma really is and how it works. You'll get both the insights and the techniques you need to apply this knowledge. The world will become your lab, and every person you meet, a chance to experiment.
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After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss' head.
"Needs PDF companion file"
Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education. According to Kiyosaki, "The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money."
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Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their successes over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why.
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Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google over a decade ago as proven technology executives. At the time, the company was already well-known for doing things differently, reflecting the visionary - and frequently contrarian - principles of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. If Eric and Jonathan were going to succeed, they realized they would have to relearn everything they thought they knew about management and business.
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While building the Virgin Group over 40 years, Richard Branson has never shied away from seemingly outlandish challenges that others (including his own colleagues on several occasions) considered sheer lunacy. He has taken on giants like British Airways and won, and monsters like Coca-Cola and lost. Now Branson gives an inside look at his strikingly different swashbuckling style of leadership.
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This expanded edition includes dozens of practical tips and case studies from readers who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book. Also included are templates for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients, how to apply lifestyle principles in unpredictable economic times, and the latest tools, tricks, and shortcuts for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either.
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Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say yes - and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His 35 years of rigorous, evidence-based research, along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior, has resulted in this highly acclaimed book. You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader - and how to defend yourself against them.
Think and Grow Rich is the number-one inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals by learning from important figures in history. The text read in this audiobook is the original 1937 edition written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie - and while it has often been reproduced, no updated version has ever been able to compete with the original.
"Classic Book, 21st Century Version Better"
Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a data center powering everything from Google to Facebook. Infrastructure engineers use a software version of this "chaos monkey" to test online services' robustness - their ability to survive random failure and correct mistakes before they actually occur. Tech entrepreneurs are society's chaos monkeys, disruptors testing and transforming every aspect of our lives from transportation (Uber) and lodging (AirBnB) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder).
"Pontificating for the sake of show, not for story"
Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment - find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company's Chris Zook and James Allen (authors of the best-selling Profit from the Core) researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external.
Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world, both beloved for its elegant ride-hailing concept and heady growth, and condemned for CEO Travis Kalanick's ruthless pursuit of success at all cost. In Wild Ride, Adam Lashinsky, veteran Fortune writer and author of Inside Apple, traces the story of Uber's meteoric rise: from its murky origins to its plans for expansion into radically different industries.
Tom Scarda describes a franchise as a business with training wheels. Perfect for someone who has never owned a business but wants to put their destiny in their own hands by simply following a blueprint that has the kinks worked out. There are more than 3500 hundred-franchise companies in 90 different industries that are franchising their concept in the United States and Canada. Which ones are good? Which ones make money? Which ones give sufficient support to ensure success?
Have you learned the basics of JavaScript computer programming and want to take your knowledge further? Has your appetite been whetted and you want to see how far you can go? Or are you looking for more to get your teeth into? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then look no further - this book is for you!
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This three-book bundle includes Product Research, Product Sourcing, and Product Launch.
When you download this book, you are opening yourself up too learning the secrets that exist within options trading. Not only will you be expanding your knowledge of an often-overlooked path to profit, you'll also be well on your way to making the kind of cash you've always dreamed of. From the perspective of a passive income earner, it doesn't get much better than that.
This audio program is a two-hour extended summary of Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World. Gary Vaynerchuk is a leading social media marketing expert and shares his tips, tricks, and secrets on how to "jab" as well as deliver a devastating knockout "right hook".
This book is intended for people who want to optimize their negotiating skills by using tried and tested negotiation techniques. A number of individuals may assume that negotiating is easy, however, this is not entirely true. Anyone can try to negotiate, but not all people truly succeed in the end. This book will present simple but effective steps in negotiating effectively and successfully.
The world of leadership has changed dramatically since 100 Ways to Motivate Others was written, and now Chandler and Richardson have revised and refreshed their organizational classic to meet the times. They have crafted a vital, user-friendly, inspirational guide for executives, managers, and professionals - and those aspiring to reach their level.
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This book reveals exactly the insider sources for wholesale suppliers to build the ultimate online auction business. Start profiting from the world's biggest auction house!
You are entering a new era for authors and writers who want to publish a book. This is an exciting new age of freedom of expression, in which everyone has the right and ability to publish without going through layers of censorship and barriers to getting their message to the public. No longer do you have to face hundreds of rejections from publishers before one takes pity and decides to give you a chance to publish your work.
You can become a professional public speaker as a lucrative sideline to your current business, or you can make professional speaking the entire focus of your career. It's up to you! Success as a public speaker adds to self-confidence and self-esteem. Knowing that you can command the rapt attention of an audience of hundreds, or even thousands, gives you unshakeable confidence in nearly every situation.
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Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world, both beloved for its elegant ride-hailing concept and heady growth and condemned for CEO Travis Kalanick's ruthless pursuit of success at all cost. Despite the company's significance to the on-demand economy and the mobile revolution and the battle for global dominance that Kalanick is waging against politicians and taxi companies all over the world, the full story behind Uber has never been told.
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Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from white-collar professionals to freelancers and part-timers, women are forging careers with considerable financial success. In Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Barbara Stanny, journalist, motivational speaker, and financial educator, identifies the seven key strategies of female high earners.
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"The best guide for becoming entrepreneur"
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"Just love this book!"
Gary Vaynerchuk—the inspiring and unconventional entrepreneur who introduced us to the concept of crush it—knows how to get things done, have fun, and be massively successful. A marketing and business genius, Gary had the foresight to go beyond traditional methods and use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience that continues to grow.
"Did any of the 1 stars actually listen to the book?!?"
Extreme success, by definition, lies beyond the realm of normal action. If you want to achieve extreme success, you can't operate like everybody else and settle for mediocrity. You need to remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. The 10X Rule shows you how!
"Set massive goals and take massive actions"
When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister's couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches' advice from sports to life off the field. Lewis did more than bounce back: He built a multimillion-dollar online business and is now a sought-after business coach, speaker, and podcast host.
"ego much?"
We are living in an epic period of change, danger, and opportunity. The economy is crashing and booming every few years. People are getting fired and replaced by computers and Chinese workers. The stock market crashes with regularity. Every fix from the government makes things worse. The old world has been demolished, and people are desperate for answers.
"Doesn't Even Read the Book"
Peter Voogd, who has been labeled the leading authority for Gen Y leadership, reveals the exact strategies he's used to go from dead broke to over six figures within six months. Peter has trained over 4,000 entrepreneurs, and built an eight-million-dollar sales organization by age 27. If you're one of the select few who are serious about success, this book will change the game for you, regardless of what industry you're in.
"Not much different from others like it..."
Since you were old enough to hold a job, you've been hoodwinked to believe that wealth can be created by blindly trusting in the uncontrollable and unpredictable markets: the housing market, the stock market, and the job market. I call this soul-sucking, dream-stealing dogma "The Slowlane" - an impotent financial gamble that dubiously promises wealth in a wheelchair. For those who don't want a lifetime subscription to "settle-for-less", there is an alternative.
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"A Better Way to Close"
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"A history of the MP3 and Online Music"
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"Finally, I get Google"
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"Great book for those who need inspiration."
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"MUST READ book for any organization!"
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"Not enough meat."
Despite all the high-tech tools available to salespeople, the most personal method still works best. Storytelling packs the emotional punch to turn routine presentations into productive relationships. It explains products or services in ways that resonate; it connects people and creates momentum. Stories speak to the part of the brain where decisions are made. Paul Smith, author of the acclaimed Lead with a Story, shifts his best-selling formula to the sales arena.
"so good that I bought the hardcover"
The only guide you need to stop wasting your potential and create a kickass career you care about. Daniel DiPiazza, the young founder of the massively popular Rich20Something.com, was once a typical 20-something, logging mind-numbing hours at low-paying jobs in hopes of moving up. Then it hit him: This doesn't have to be my life. Now 28, DiPiazza has launched multiple successful businesses with zero start-up capital - simply by identifying and monetizing his skills into a career and life he loves.
"Great work. Thank you !!!"
Using the greatest material from his popular Blog Maverick, Cuban has collected and updated his postings on business and life to provide a catalog of insider knowledge on what it takes to become a thriving entrepreneur. He tells his own rags-to-riches story of how he went from selling powdered milk and sleeping on friends' couches to owning his own company and becoming a multibillion-dollar success story.
"Short and precise."
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"Not a revelation"
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"marvelous topic and narrator"
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"Too technical for an audio book"
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The Erie Otters traded center Luke Cairns to Belleville late Thursday night in exchange for left wing Michael Curtis and Mississauga's third-round pick in the 2014 OHL Priority Selection.
Cairns, 19, had 12 goals and 41 points in 68 games a season ago and finished his three-year stint in Erie with 31 goals and 92 points in 191 games. Curtis, 20, a 6-foot, 186-pounder from Mississauga, Ontario, had 10 goals and 20 points in 55 games with the Bulls last season. He has 51 goals and 99 points in 243 career OHL games, all with Belleville.
Bassin wants Curtis to fill the role J.P. Labardo played a season ago – a defensively responsible leader who chips in on offense. Meanwhile, Bassin said Cairns should benefit from a change of scenery.
The deal leaves the Otters with four potential overagers – forwards Curtis and Dane Fox and defensemen Jimmy McDowell and Spencer Abraham. GM Sherry Bassin said Fox and Curtis are set with the team. That leaves McDowell and Abraham to battle for the final spot. At this point, the Otters will head into camp with four OAs.
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Martha's Christmas Tree Card
- 1-2 Hours
- Beginner
Additional Information
- Martha Stewart Crafts®:
Winter Acetate Die-Cuts
Scoring Board
Dimensional Diamond Gem Stickers
Snowflake Gemstones
Permanent Adhesive Tab and Roll
- EK Success 3D-Dots: white adhesive foam squares, 1/8" & 1/16"
- Cardstock: Dark green, pink
1. Create a 5"x5" card base from dark green cardstock.
2. Cut a piece of pink cardstock to 4"x4" and adhere to the front of the card.
3. Use 1/16" 3D-Dots to adhere the Christmas tree die-cut to the front of the card
4. Use 1/8" 3D-Dots to adhere the stack of die-cut presents, slightly overlapping the tree. Place 3D-Dots behind colors where they won't show through the die-cut, or use strips of acetate, rolled & glued into a small ring, to adhere the acetate die-cuts.
5. Use an acetate ring to adhere the MERRY CHRISTMAS die-cut, slightly overlapping the stack of presents. When applying adhesive to both sides of the ring, it is fine if it flattens a little.
6. Adhere gem stickers to the pink cardstock.
7. Adhere a small snowflake gem sticker to the MERRY CHRISTMAS die-cut.


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Jan 30 2014
While we wait for the cold weather to end, here's a slideshow of last year's peregrine highlights at the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning.
For fans of Dorothy and E2, 2013 began with promise but ended in disappointment. Click on the photo above to see last year's ups and downs.
- The peregrines began nest defense and courtship right on schedule.
- Dorothy laid her first egg on March 13, then paused a bit longer than usual before completing her clutch of 5.
- She kept the eggs warm and dry, even when it snowed all night on March 24-25.
- Two eggs hatched on April 25. The remaining three eggs never hatched.
- Soon it was evident only one of the chicks was eating. The other had spasms so strong that it twitched out from under Dorothy's warmth and away from the nest.
- The second chick died beyond the scrape. Being the good mother that she is, Dorothy tucked it under her to brood. On April 29 when her back was turned E2 removed the dead chick's body.
- The remaining chick received loads of attention from two very experienced parents and lots of quality time alone with Dorothy. Often it seemed we could understand what she was telling him by her look. Above, Dorothy and E2 confer as the chick begs for food.
- On Banding Day, May 17, Dorothy strafed the banding crew who successfully retrieved and banded her healthy male chick. We nicknamed him Silver Boy. (The Pennsylvania Game Commission does not name peregrine chicks but Pittsburgh peregrine watchers assign nicknames based on the colored tape placed on the silver USFW bands. Silver Boy's USFW band remained silver. He had no colored tape because he had no siblings.)
- Silver Boy ate, grew, exercised and explored. He fledged on June 3 to the 25th floor ledge where he was rewarded with food, of course.
- Sadly, on the morning of June 14 Silver Boy was found dead on Forbes Avenue, apparently hit by a car.
- His parents resumed courtship the next day but stopped soon after. It was too late in the season to start another clutch.
- Both parents stay at Pitt year round. As always, Dorothy is the most photogenic.
Now that we've had a warmup, let the season begin!
(photo above from the National Aviary falconcam at University of Pittsburgh. Thanks to Peter Bell, Mike Faix and Kim Getz for contributing photos in the slideshow.)
p.s. This slideshow is also linked on the Peregrine FAQs page.
2 Responses to "Pitt Peregrine Highlights, 2013"
# earnhardt3fanon 30 Jan 2014 at 11:16 am
Great Review. Thanks.
# Pattyon 20 Feb 2014 at 4:49 pm
I didn't know that the perigrines stayed year round until I read your entry. This explains why I heard and saw falcons intermittently throughout the fall and winter this year. I thought that I must have misidentified them, but maybe not. I live on a bluff in Greenfield within eyeshot of the Cathedral of Learning and it's been one of the joys of my life to watch them fly, soar and dive in the big sky.


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I live in an area where anyone can shoot off fireworks & firecrackers. Fiona was crying earlier and I thought she was scared of the noise. I went out to check on the chickens and Fiona went with me. She was crying, because she wanted to play with her flirt pole that we keep out in the shed. Good girl! She got her wish. We played and played and the rockets red glare ...
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Mystique has done wonderfully for her 1st fireworks extravaganza. They've been going off now for about 4 hours and I've treated it as business as usual. We've played ball, gone out to potty, had some cuddle time and OB training. She's been a very good girl. The most she's done is twitch an ear when there's been an exceptionally loud boom. What a trooper!
My dog trainer friend asked me if my dogs will have a problem with the fireworks tonight. LOL I live on 2 busy streets a block from the railroad tracks. NOTHING scares my dogs.
When the fireworks first started Kaleb looked up at me. He barked twice. I said "listen (which means focus on me, sometimes I say look, if I want him to actually look at me.), it's ok." He went to sleep after that. He hasn't even reacted to the really loud ones.
I just recently adopted my GSD, so tonight was the first night with loud noises. We had a pretty bad thunderstorm and fireworks when the rain let up. Miranda was hiding under my bed most of the night. Poor girl.
I was concerned because Tasha freaks at thunderstorms and this would be Dudes first go around with loud booms and he is already somewhat fearful. I was ready with Indiana Jones and my surround sound. I find if I turn up the t.v. they don't hear what is going on outside and the t.v. doesn't scare anyone. Surprisingly no one was breaking the law in my area last night. I didn't hear one boom. Probably because the fire danger is so high. No one wants to accidentally burn anything down.
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I was outside tugging with him in the park and he didn't let go of the tug. I guess I'm surprised. He shies away from loud buses and trucks though they're 3 ft away from us. Maybe that's why
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That's why I'm so careful in who I listen to these days. Nothing about training is common sense. Things that sound good are usually not and vice versa. At least to me.
There is something to be said about sound training advice. Some dogs are super sensitive and all it takes is one bad experience to alter their opinion of strangers or sounds or kids or any stimuli..
I know I let little kids be too rough with Lincoln and now he's nervous around them. So I have to make sure they are treating him properly and that they always have food (anyone can win him over with food)...
This is the reason I want a dog with good nerves. One bad experience will not effect him/her for life..we can deal and move on.
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before going on my holiday my car was very low on fuel, 10 miles left as computer picked up. put in 50.00 worth of fuel and treated system with fuel cleaner, after doing around 300 miles and using another 25.00 fuel with the car driving fine i left the motorway to have engine warning light come on?
ive had car on computer and has shown code 001 1 code 171 check fuel supply system, ecu code po170, been told possible injector failing of seeing cylinder low on reading one not going over 0ne, and two others peaking two going back next week but on return trip light didn't reappear. but since light has shown performance is definitely down, garage will check the system injectors i was going to replace the plugs but was told they wont get the light on.have had a quick check of maf boot the best i can without removing seems ok. ive just under half a tank left with with red ex treatment added as the cars driving ok but seems to be slightly down on power,should i continue and use the fuel up before re-booking at the garage as ive now done 30 miles without the light appearing, at a loss on what to do as i dont want to follow the practice of change this change that ,may be just panicking !! but feel if the cleaner has been doing its job it may clear itself or i should wait and see if light comes back on car drove better yesterday can i cause any problems continuing driving help me choose the correct path !!!!!!


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The last blog that I wrote about the flat color guides in True Colors Part 3 was very well received and prompted inquiry about how the colorist used the guides that I posted.
The color guides were just as important of a tool to the colorist as they were to the color separator and were intended to eliminate any doubt about the colors being used on a page.
The colorist would be given black-and-white photocopies of the original art reduced to 80% of the original which was a bit larger than the final print size but made it easier to fit in the codes. These pages would be painted in using water color, Doctor Martin Dyes, designer markers or whatever else would lay in a color field.
Traditional flat color usually just filled areas that were trapped with black line art with one particular color. The color in this area was coded to match the color chart, say YR3B2 (100% yellow, 50% magenta and 25% cyan which would produce a medium brown color)
The code was what the separator was concerned with. The area could be colored red but if the code said green that is how it appeared in print. The colors primarily defined the area to be filled with color. Most colorists did attempt to keep the colors consistent with the code but if a mistake was made only the code needed to be fixed, the area did not need to be repainted.
Though most colorists were meticulous about their application and finished pages were usually beautiful, they were always peppered with code. This made them look less like the work of art that they were.
It was possible to be rather sloppy when applying colors since, as I described earlier, the main purpose was to identify the area to be filled and apply the final code. This was usually the situation when color, which was the last step in the creative process, was being rushed to meet a deadline that had already been jeopardized by either the writer, penciler, inker or letterer.
Regardless of the quality of the application, if the codes and fields were appropriately identified, the final print job would look fine.
As the broader range of colors became available colorists were better able to model areas with different values of color to created shaded or tinted areas.
Generally colorists attempted to alter values on just one of the layers of color and avoided butting percentages of the same color in a single field to prevent a seam from appearing in the finished work.The addition of the 10% and 20% black made it especially easier to shade colors.
When it was necessary to show a gradient, usually in a larger field, it was possible to note the area to be graded. This was usually found on covers of the traditional flat colored books. By the 80's the gradients were popping up in the interiors due to the better production values available.
At Murphy Anderson's Visual Concepts, Murphy Jr. would apply an airbrushed fill to the films to match the specs of the gradient. Murphy was a master at this and made many a Comico product look fabulous.
There was something special about that era when every person along the production route had a hand in the final output of the printed product.
The collaboration and the camaraderie that was developed has long been replaced by the digital file.
More production history to follow next week plus BIG news from CO2 Comics is coming so Stay Tuned!
(Don't say you weren't warned…)
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Gerry Giovinco
Tags: color guides, color separator, colorist, comico, comico the comic company, Doctor Martin Dyes, flat color guides, flat-color, Murphy Anderson's Visual Concepts, True Colors


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In a stark declaration of intent MS Dhoni today warned England and any other touring side they can continue to expect trial by spin in India.
Despite his team's defeat in the Second Test on a turning pitch in Mumbai, Dhoni said: "We will stick to the turning tracks. That's what our strength is. That's what home advantage means. Irrespective of the results we want to play on a wicket that suits sub-continent conditions. That's what it is."
But in a clever display of hedging his bets, Dhoni also gave England pause for thought by insisting that seam bowling will play an important part in the tomorrow's Third Test at Eden Gardens.
"I don't think there will be much help for the spinners initially," he said. "At this time of the year, fast bowlers get some swing at the start of play and towards the end. Fast bowlers will be really crucial."
The early starts could also be a factor because there will be some moisture still on the ground. Not that it will persuade either captain to bowl first on winning the toss. Dhoni has won both so far.
England skipper Alastair Cook said: "It surprised me the amount of dew there was on the ground at that time. It might nip around a little more early on but I don't think it will do too much even though it is a 9am start."
He is aware that the impetus supplied by the win in Mumbai may be fleeting unless there are contributions from more players.
England have by no means conquered their spin demons and Cook said: "I don't think you can ever be satisfied. We've had some good runs and we've had some people who have struggled, but the beauty of a good side is that you can dovetail.
"Hopefully, the guys who haven't had the luck you need at the start of an innings can have it this week and put in a match-winning performance. If we're going to win another game we need outstanding performances. We had four of them in the last game and won. We didn't do that in Ahmedabad."
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installing bamboo on stairs....with crazy angles
so i'm installing some bamboo on a lot of stairs. some of them are standard rectangular stairs, but some are not. the stairwells are curved, so there are some stairs that will need some fancy cutting.
how do i do this?
actually, what's the best way to scribe something like this? some sort of template?
any help would be great...thanks!
Hi Norcal surfer 1977.This may be harder to explain than to do so any questions just ask.I've never worked with bamboo so I can't really comment on it,but heres a method I've used for making templates for odd crazy shapes.Get a thin piece of plywood the bigger the better really and tack it on to the tread with one long edge flush with the nose of the tread.Just right on here base line get a batton may be a inch and a half wide,cut it at a angle so you have a sharp point at one end and the other end slightly of square,you'll see why latter.Place the batton sharp point against the stringer and the rest of the batton on the ply.On the ply mark with a pencil one side of the batton and the end.Move the batton to the next position and repeat same thing on the riser and the other stringer.You may find it moor helpful if you cut a smaller batton to get into arkward corners if so cut a different angle on the end of the smaller batton so you don't get the two confused.On any stright line you must have at least 3 points.Fasten the template on the material to be cut,place the batton onto the marks on the template and mark the sharp point on the material.Remove the batton and place a X on the line so you know which line you have just used.repeat the procedure and then just join the marks together.When the tread is fitted sand the template and repeat on the next treadIt's as easy as that. Hope this helps Billy.:thumbsup:
thanks for the reply, billy d.
i'm having a hard time understanding the process. i'm vaguely getting it, but i don't understand completely how the baton works. i'm a visual person...any links so i can see the objects described?
The template idea is good but I don't follow it well either. Maybe a template made out of craft or rosin paper would work. Install the nosing first unless this is a solid tread and fasten the paper against it with staples so it doesn't move.
Scribe the area/edges with a utility knife, remove and place over boards that need to be cut to fit into the area. Mark with pencil and cut with jig saw. Jig should be adjustable speed and oscillate so it doesn't splinter the bamboo.
But if it was me I would toss the template idea and precut every angle with scraps.
thanks hardwoodguy.
i was thinking of craft paper as well. but how would you precut every angle w/out a template? eyeball it?
Cut a rough angle with the chop saw, then place it against the nosing while rough fitting to the curved area...scribe from there. Pictures would be helpful but I don't have any. A video would be wonderful. Maybe I'll incorporate that within the year on my site. I do have plans for alot of video.
Hi guys I've never seen this method written down or a photo of it any where, it's somthing that was shown to me as a apprentice and I've used it ever since.May be I've confused it with to mutch detail.I'll try anouther way the batton is just a piece of 2x1 that is cut one end to a point.The 2x1 is placed on the ply and slid till the sharp end touches the riser or stringer and then you mark the position of the 2x1 on the ply.When the ply is placed on the bamboo the 2x1 is placed against the marks on the ply so now it is in the exact same position as it was when the ply was on the stair.The point at the sharp end of the2x1 is now marked on the bamboo.The moor points that are picked up and transfered onto the bamboo the moor exact the shape of the tread will be on the bamboo.
I have installed bamboo, one thing to keep in mind almost impossiable to face nail the product, it is basically bound strands of bamboo and the just explode when using numatic nailers.
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I don't know what the deal is with these negative reviews. The new owners, who took over the place over a decade ago, turned the resort into a second-rate facility into a first-class campground. My experience has been very good. My husband and I joined as members recently. You have to register as a member or come with someone who is already a member in order to stay here, so maybe some of the negative reviewers tried to camp and weren't members. I do know that the staff takes the rules seriously. I completely support this. You don't have drunkenness or rowdiness; you get family people, and you can relax without any worries. What do I dislike about it? I wish there was more food available. I try to limit my cooking while I'm on vacation. If they had more nights where prep food was available, I would very much like that.
Date of Stay: June, 2013
We came here on a whim. It wasn't impressive. But I think a lot of the other negative comments on here might be overblown. The check-in lady acted very friendly and professionally to me. My site was clean. I don't remember being any problems anywhere.


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Rocking My World Friday
It's that time of the day when we like to say.... What's Rocked Your World this week? (And the Cbeebies watchers among you will note my cleverly placed Zingzalla's homage there.)
Well first up is the unit, soon to be officially known as Cam's Stu-stu-studio. The floor is as clean as it's going to get, the walls are freshly painted, Craig put up two bays of shelving for me on Friday and... AND... I've started moving my junk down there. Junk - his words not mine! My sister assures me she does indeedy have a spare piece of kitchen worktop to go on top of my stand alone shelving to form my messy painty station. We just have to wait till my Dad's car is back on the road to get it as it wont fit in our little motor.
I have however already had a taster of what it will be like to work in the next room from Craig. Things keep disappearing and I caught his thieving backside the other day - see, he didn't know what I had when it was all crammed on my little shelving unit in my little Chaos Corner of the dining room. Small price to pay I suppose. I do love taking a little packed lunch down for us both each day so we can sit and natter while we eat before we crack on with the work. Such Fun!
Which brings me neatly onto the next thing that Rocked my Week. Miranda Hart clearing up at the Comedy Awards! Woohoo! I genuinely believe she is the funniest thing on TV at the moment and I couldn't be more happy that she won three awards.
Also - Horrible Histories became the first children's show to win Best Comedy Sketch Show. Hurrah! Love that program - especially Stupid Deaths. Much eye rolling from Craig as he witnesses my snorting with laughter at that. He refuses to watch the show - thinks it's disgusting. As I keep telling him - clue's in the name.
Next up is Radio 1. Yep - the whole station but in particular the Chris Moyles show.
It's only this week I've come to realise what a good mood it puts me in. No matter how grumpy I am of a morning, by the time I get home from dropping everyone off I'm usually happy again. Many's a time Ruby and I have sat in the carpark waiting for them to finish a conversation before we come over to the house because they have me giggling so much. Plus I'm watching Dancing on Ice this year - I don't usually but all the time Comedy Dave is in - we'll keep watching this year ;)
The M3 class with Tam. Loving it - behind as per but loving it still. Loving reading up on Klimt, loving my sketchbooks getting a thorough workout. Just loving doing a little something every day. It's nice to be in a class from the start too as opposed to coming along when it's all but over.
The Blogosphere which also includes Twitter and Facebook. So much good has come out of this little corner of Cyberspace. I've met so many great people who even just this week have in turn been encouraging, inspiring, supportive, funny and just... there! You may not know it a lot of you but your influence over my little world is amazing.
2011. Yes 2011 is shaping up to be pretty amazing too. So much stuff just waiting to burst forth from my skull it's quite dizzying - literally. Already I've had a couple of amazing requests that came out of the blue and are so flattering - more news on that if/when I meet my mark. Getting my stu-stu-studio and possibly...definitely starting to sell my bountiful wares.
It's strange, when you've had 3 or 4 pretty, to put it politely, carpy lollocky years and I mean TRULY awful, you start to think that's just the way life is. Then it all starts to go right, really right. I don't mean perfect - blimey I'm having more than a few health issues, the girls are all in varying stages of hormonal rage and the house is still one step away from being condemned but, all in all - life is pretty damn amazing at the moment. I'm almost holding my breath waiting for the kaka to hit the fan - isn't that strange? It feels strange believe me.
So go on - what's rocked your world this week? If you play along then come link up with Virginia - the instigator of this feel good reflection on the week ;)
Thanks for stopping by!
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Wow, you are Rockin', girl! You must be so excited about your studio, and think how tidy your house will become!ReplyDelete
Have a great week.
Glad to hear that life is on the up. Keep positive and you will get the success you deserve. Miranda what more can I say - breast slaps are in!ReplyDelete
Oh Vivienne I know! :P I tried to find that clip but couldn't! SO funny!ReplyDelete
Nice to see you in good spirits girl!! I too love Miranda, but I have to say there has been some cracking comedy shows this winter ( not a lot else granted) and I've struggled to choose what to watch - thank the lord for the internet ;)ReplyDelete
Have a great week.
Claire x
Sorry I've been a bad blogger and not dropped by recently ...so glad 2011 has got off to a good start but I do know that feeling of dread as when things are going well I too wait for something to go wrong. I am sure your life this year will be brilliant ...and you WILL cope with hormonal offspring. xxReplyDelete
Wohoho! Sounds like the stu-stu-studio is going to be up and running soon! Lots of happiness in this post Carmen :) I love Miranda too - SO funny - I love how she turns her head to the camera and just looks at US quizzically (is that a word?!) x x xReplyDelete
Life is crazy like that with its ups and downs, when things are going to well, I too think, perhaps a bad spell is just around the bend. I try to do better when things are going well, and give more and try and be more pleasant is hopes it keeps coming back. he heReplyDelete
Im also a religious gal, so I try and count my blessings.
Ah you sound like my sister Carmen - when things are going right she's always waiting for it to go pear shaped and I tell her that she needs she change her mindset - the statement - whatever happens you can handle it - should help! Think about it logically even when things are going pear shaped you don't stop living do you? You don't decide to bail out and not take part any more, even when it's tough you know what you actually have to do is get on with it and handle what you can! You deserve to have a great year, you are such an amazing person and you give so willingly of yourself! We're all watching the stu-stu-studio to see how things go and are all on the sidelines cheering you on! Keep on going and keep on loving what you're doing!ReplyDelete
Big hugs
Luke was up this weekend and we are at the point that we can do some sketches for the templates for the graffiti wall - but we need measurements please....
was I too late - did you get the gel?
Hi there :-) oooo i'm in the middle of getting my own craft space and im SO excited...I have BIG plans!! I've already got some cup cake fairy lightas to put up :-PReplyDelete
Carmen it sounds like you are having a great week! Make it your year this year, and don't be waiting for the c**p to happen, you'll just encourage it to appear! Don't forget, it's the year of the selfish b***h, the year where you and your family come first!!!ReplyDelete
Glad you are enjoying the course, I'm loving it, still behind with my canvas as I have had a nasty kidney infection, but determined to keep up!
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