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Home is where the love is… | Family Photographer Massachusetts
When I receive inquiries for photo sessions, people often ask me to recommend a place to go that has a beautiful backdrop for their family pictures. And I think this request makes a lot of sense — it's amazing to have your family's photos taken when spring blossoms are in full bloom or fall foliage is at it's peak. But I have to say, over the last seven years of photographing families, the sessions at home are almost always my favorites.
This family is not a new client of mine and it's not the first time I've been at their house (the first time was at the newborn session of their second daughter) But it was the first time we spent so much time outside at their home — playing on the swingset, jumping on the trampoline, watering the flowers, chatting with the chickens ( yes you read that right — chickens!!), and just plain hanging out in the yard. In my opinion, home is the where all the good stuff happens. Children are so comfortable in their element that their true personalities really come through. This family chose to have an outdoor session with this me last year at the Arnold Arboretum, and is definitely a favorite of mine, but this one is a very close rival, because it is just so genuine and simple and real.
This post is bursting at the seams with images. It is hard to narrow them down when I want to show the full story….!


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Christmas Greetings From KRAPPS & Steve Jobs [Video]
From all of us here at KRAPPS, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Of course, no Christmas greeting would be complete without a Steve Jobs version of ElfYourself … and yes, there's an app for that! Check out Steve making an elf out of himself in the Super Dance Elf Christmas iPhone app … quite disturbing if you ask us!
Got Cats? Check Out iPad Game For Cats … Not For Humans!
Apparently the folks at Hiccup, LLC have decided that 300,000+ iPhone applications available for download are enough. That's why they decided to take their company in a different direction and develop apps for cats … yes … CATS. And if you think about it, the strategy sort of makes sense … over 300,000 applications available for humans – ZERO for cats … well that is, until now …
The free Game For Cats [iTunes] application is exactly what it sounds like … classic cat games pretty much every feline on the planet will enjoy … Chase the Mouse and Chase the Laser Pointer.
According to
crazy cat-loving freaks cat aficionados, this universal application is best suited for the iPad … and damn, check out the app's demo video, it totally works! (including the totally "I Don't Give A Shit" dog)
And not only does it work,
crazy cat-loving freaks cat aficionados everywhere are downloading the thing and putting it to good use. Just check out all the user submitted videos on the app's website … Japanese cats, Siberian cats, American cats … all thrashing and scratching up their owner's iPads while playing Game For Cats.
Tickle The Baby App – Cute Or Creepy?
Sort of like the cow milking game we featured … the faster you tickle the baby, the higher your score. Hmmm … Tickle The Baby iPhone app … cute or creepy?
And didn't we read somewhere that excessive tickling is a form of torture. Hmmm … Tickle The Baby iPhone app … cute or creepy?
Steve Jobs Is A Jew In Jew Booth App
Every now and then, we think to ourselves … sure wish we could add a little Jewish to our life. But rather than hopping on a plane to Israel or New York City, we settle for matzo ball soup at our local kosher deli.
But good news … being deprived of our Hebrew yearnings is now a thing of the past! Got Jew? Check out the new Jew Booth iPhone app.
Per the app's description, "Use Jew Booth to add some Jewish culture to your photos! Take a photo or pick one from your camera roll, then add Jewish items and Jewish bling!"
Like we did with Jewish President Obama …
And Jewish Justin Bieber …
Or the revolutionary Steve Jewish Jobs …
As a preemptive strike against potential Jew Booth critics (maybe it's the really big add-on noses included in the app), the developer includes this statement … "The app is made for Jews by Jews! In no way is this app meant to discriminate against or demean anyone". Well, that's all good, however at least one Jew Booth user isn't buying it (or actually they did buy it – cuz if they didn't, they wouldn't be allowed to leave a review … huh?) …
Jesus Dress Up Removed From App Store – It's Not What You Think
Yesterday we featured the controversial Jesus Dressup iPhone application by artist Normal Bob Smith. The app depicts Jesus hanging from the cross in his underwear and allows users to place silly outfits on Jesus like a basketball uniform or tutu.
Back in 2003, retailer Urban Outfitters stopped selling refrigerator-magnet sets of the same dress up concept due to a huge national controversy.
And now, Jesus Dress Up finds itself removed from sale once again. In less than 24 hours after launch, Jesus Dressup was pulled from the App Store. Considering many Christians would find Jesus Dressup offensive and insulting, it should be no surprise the app is no longer for sale.
But what is surprising are the details surrounding the removal of Jesus Dressup … specifically Apple did NOT remove the application. There was no public outcry … no activists … and no organizational efforts that led Apple to ban Jesus Dressup. Rather a fairly boring spat between the app's owner, Normal Bob Smith, and its developer.
Smith writes on his blog …
Let there be no confusion. Apple did not pull the Jesus Dressup app. Christians did not get it removed. I had a gargantuan disagreement with the person who made the application for me and last night, in a heated phone conversation that ended with us hanging up on each other, the app yanked by us.
We contacted Smith to get further clarification and insight into the situation … he said, "It was a disagreement over control of the account and pay. Work had begun before anything was in writing. That was a mistake. Subsequently an agreement could not be reached between us, to put it mildly".
We then asked if he had plans to re-launch Jesus Dressup if he could find a feasible business partner … to which Smith replied, "I have no idea at all if there'll be another go at it. I'm very soured on the experience."
There were a few more questions we had for Smith, but the bastard told us we had enough info and called us "nosey" … LOL
So there you have it … the controversial Jesus Dressup app was removed due to a rather "normal" disagreement. Who knows if Apple would have banned the app themselves if Smith didn't remove it in the first place. But for now, as the saying goes … move along – nothing to see here.
Controversial 'Jesus Dress Up' iPhone App Approved By Apple
It is no secret that Apple is a big FAIL when it comes to enforcing a consistent set of rules when approving iPhone applications for sale in its App Store. Many developers feel the app review and approval process is arbitrary and senseless. Hard to argue with these folks when you realize the examples below are actually quite common …
Apple bans the Me So Holy app which allows users to superimpose their faces on images of religious figures like Jesus, Mother Teresa and others. Apple rejected Me So Holy because, "applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind." Fair enough – yet somehow BibleThumper … a Christian-bashing app whose purpose is to show "just how ridiculous the Bible and Christianity is" …is considered non-offensive by Apple.
iSlam Muhammad was also pulled from the App Store due to images of the prophet Muhammad (prohibited by Islam) and highlighted disturbing passages from the Qu'ran. Fair enough – yet somehow QuranQuoter … the Muslim-bashing version of BibleThumper is all good with Apple.
And the beacon of consistent randomness at Apple continues to shine as yesterday JesusDressUp was approved …
Based on his website of the same name, the 99-cent Jesus Dressup iPhone app was released by artist Normal Bob Smith. The app depicts a crucified Jesus, hanging from the cross in his underwear … and lets users to dress Jesus in silly outfits like a red tutu or a Chicago Bulls basketball uniform.
Smith's game is no stranger to controversy (he proudly displays nearly 500 pages of hate mails on his site). In 2003, he produced a Jesus Dress Up refrigerator-magnet set which was picked up by trendy retailer Urban Outfitters. After media spotlight and over 250,000 complaints, Urban Outfitters announced they would no longer carry the magnet set. Also as a result of this national controversy, Smith's web-hosting company shut down the Jesus Dress Up website … which remained offline for several days until a new host was secured.
After major screw-ups like approving the Baby Shaker app, it's curious that Apple would even go down the path of approving Jesus Dress Up and chancing the integrity of the Apple brand. But entering our third year of writing KRAPPS … guess we can't say we're surprised, but still wondering if Apple's brilliant team of approvers will risk accepting Smith's Jesus Dress Up counterpart … Dress Up Prophet Muhammad.
The $250 Brain Analyzer iPhone App
It never ceases to amaze us the shit Apple will approve. While they might come off as bad asses, trying to improve the quality of the App Store with statement like these …
We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don't need any more fart apps.
If your App looks like it was cobbled together in a few days, or you're trying to get your first practice App into the store to impress your friends, please brace yourself for rejection.
We have lots of serious developers who don't want their quality Apps to be surrounded by amateur hour.
… Apple still has some serious issues saying no to "amateur hour" applications.
Take for example … Brain Analyzer. Bargain priced at $250, this application is wrong on so many levels.
With help from Google Translate (Engrish to English), it seems Brain Analyzer analyzes your brain (whoopee). But since the app is in "testing" … the developer is not quite sure if it will work. And Apple's policy states, "Apps that are beta, demo, trial or test versions will be rejected." Well, except for Brain Analyzer … Apple plays favorites with them.
"Don't buy it" … ah yes, clever reverse psychology marketing term. Only to say, "you can buy it but we will not refund any money" … LMAO, WTF.
At $250, we're not quite sure why Apple gifted us the privilege of purchasing this sack of suck … but at least we get a "thank you for your support" in advance.


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I am a primary school teacher. Just.
My blogs are just for fun. They are not directed at any particular school, headteacher, teacher, teaching assistant or dinner supervisor! Rather, poking fun at the demands of the job in general, at all levels.
Don't let your Head buy this book!
Perhaps these blogs will resonate with some of you?
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- Date
- 06 Jul 2011
- Tags
- PyeongChang 2018 , IOC News , Host City Election
"New Horizons" for 2018
The city of PyeongChang has been elected as the host city of 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Pyeongchang received 63 votes in the first round of voting, with Munich receiving 25 votes and Annecy receiving 7 votes. This will be the first time that South Korea has hosted the Olympic Winter Games and signals the opening up of "New Horizons" for the Winter Games and sport.
Lessons learnt
"Congratulations to PyeongChang. I think there is a lesson to be learnt from their achievement, and that is that patience and perseverance have prevailed and were important," said IOC President Jacques Rogge, referring to the fact that it was PyeongChang's third attempt at obtaining the Games. "The three bids were excellent. Each city could have organised perfect Olympic Winter Games, but ultimately one had to be chosen. I would like to congratulate our Korean friends very warmly, and I am sure we will have great success with them in our future collaboration."
Absolute delight
"We are absolutely delighted that PyeongChang has been awarded the right to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games," said Chairman of the 2018 Bid Committee for PyeongChang Yang Ho Cho. "Over the course of 10 years of bidding we listened and learnt from the Olympic family. Today, our efforts and commitment to hosting the Olympic Games have been rewarded. We will ensure that our hard work will continue all the way through to 2018 to create an amazing Winter Games in Korea."
PyeongChang 2018 – New Horizons
PyeongChang 2018's vision for the 2018 Games is to offer the Olympic Movement and the world of winter sports New Horizons — a legacy of new growth and new potential never seen before. Its Winter Games plan is one of the most compact in Olympic history and it offers a unique stage on which the world's best athletes can achieve superior performances. With PyeongChang's strategic position in Asia, and its access to an emerging and fast-growing youth market, the 2018 Olympic Winter Games will no doubt expose new generations of potential athletes to the power of winter sport.
With PyeongChang now having secured its place in Olympic winter sports history, other cities that are interested in hosting a Games can learn more by attending the International Olympic Committee's "Bidding for the Games" seminar, which will be held in Lausanne on 1 and 2 November this year.


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Black Swan (film)
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|Directit bi
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|Produced bi
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Release date
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|108 minutes[1]
|Unitit States
|$13 million[2]
|Box office
|$329.4 million[3]
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film[4][5] directit bi Darren Aronofsky, written bi Andres Heinz, Mark Heyman, an John McLaughlin, an starnin Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis an Winona Ryder. The plot revolves aroond a production o Tchaikovsky's Swan Loch ballet bi a prestigious New York Ceety company. The production requires a ballerina tae play the innocent an fragile White Swan, for which the committit dancer Nina (Portman) is a perfect fit, as well as the dark an sensual Black Swan, which are qualities better embodied bi the new arrival Lily (Kunis). Nina is owerwhelmed bi a feelin o immense pressur when she finds hersel competin for the part, causin her tae lose her tenuous grip on reality an strynd intae a livin nichtmare.
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- ↑ "Black Swan (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 19, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ↑ Zeitchik, Steven (September 17, 2010). "Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' a feature film of a different feather". The Korea Herald. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Black Swan (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Direct Effect Season 1, Episode 7 Darren Aronofsky of BLACK SWAN". Fox Movie Channel Originals. TV Guide. October 8, 2011.
- ↑ "'Black Swan' director Darren Aronofsky likes a challenge". Los Angeles Times. December 9, 2010
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Ars Electronica Elevator
One of the projects I worked on at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, was to make an installation for the museum's elevator that had a built in screen in the floor. Working in collaboration with students from Duesseldorf in Germany, I created an application that simulated a virtual space underneath the elevator inhabited by sonic particles that would multiply as the elevator rose.
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Shopping & Retailer Programs
1) Changebowl
Changebowl is a "keep the change" mobile app program that enables you to donate easily by rounding up your regular purchases.
STEP 1: Download and open the Changebowl app for Apple or Android devices at changebowl.com
STEP 2: Click 'SIGNUP', and on the 'CAUSE' page, scroll down to click on the KHDS logo.
Then click 'AGREE' and enter your info on the following page
STEP 3: In Settings, click on 'LINK ROUNDUP ACCOUNTS'. Click on the 'plus sign' and follow the prompts to link your credit and/ or debit cards to the app
2) Scrip
The KHDS Gift Card Scrip program is a simple way to raise money for our school at no cost to you. Several times throughout the school year you will have the opportunity to purchase gift cards at face value with KHDS earning a percentage back on all card purchases. Or, ORDER ANYTIME THROUGH THE ONLINE PORTAL!We are excited to expand our SCRIP program to include instant downloads of gift cards and 24 hour ordering. It's now simpler than ever to support the school without having to budget or plan in advance.Shopping with SCRIP is an easy way to:
1. Give a Gift
2. Keep your kids' spending on budget
3. Budget for yourself
4. Raise funds for KHDS
There's even a mobile app where you can purchase gift cards on your phone right from the store — no need to plan ahead or to worry that you'll lose your physical gift cards. You will need to create an account, and set up the Presto Pay feature to enable instant e-cards (verification of Presto Pay takes 1-2 days). Any orders placed that you'd like to have processed through FACTS or by check to the school can still be entered online. Those will be processed every month on the 15th. If you are in need of cards sooner or after that date, we can accommodate special requests.
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Thank you to Naomi Cohn for taking on this program and working to make it easier to order through SCRIP. If you have any questions at all while setting up your account or about an order, please email Naomi at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 913-706-5194.
* Participation does not qualify for Every Parent Campaign
Purchase gift cards at face value and KHDS earns a percentage back on all card purchases. Hundreds of retailers available!
3) Dlyted
As a complement to ShopWithScrip, Dlyted is a way for you to buy electronic gift cards to hundreds of merchants at no extra cost, and a percentage of each card will be donated to KHDS.
How is Dlyted different?
– You can use a credit card to purchase gift cards
– Cards are delivered electronically and can be purchased at any time
– You can earn bonus points for referrals
– Purchase gift cards for Uber, Airbnb, and hundreds of other merchants!


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Graf von Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil Platinum Black118568
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The pleasure of writing and drawing with a classic pencil depends a good deal on it being well sharpened. But where is the best place to keep a sharpener so that it is always to hand? The Perfect Pencil provides a simple but elegant answer: just where it is needed, on the pencil itself, built into the protective cap that also serves to extend the pencil in use. With the replaceable eraser under the end cap, you have everything together in an ideally compact form and always ready for use: for writing, correcting, and sharpening.
Graf von Faber-Castell pencils represent the culmination of the art of graphite writing. Californian cedar wood, which is ideal for neat sharpening and an attractive finely fluted surface indicate something special.


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Monday, September 3, 2007
Friends + Fabric = FUN!
Last Thursday was very special because I had my very first meeting with one of my Melbourne blog friends. I met the very lovely Cathy from Ms Marzie and she was every bit as nice as she sounds on her blog - just a bit taller than I'd imagined! It was a little like a blind date and we were both a bit nervous but not for long. We met at Amitie where Jenny made us feel incredibly welcome. Can you believe she sat us up the front of the shop at a lovely table and chairs, made us a cup of coffee and left us to it - thanks Jenny!
So after exchanging gifts (in true craft blogging tradition) and yacking for a while we then got stuck into the fabric choosing. Cathy had brought along some fabrics she needed to add to for a gorgeous quilt she is making for her sister's 40th next year and I had brought some fairly old Cath Kidston fabrics with me to add to for a quilt for Chloe's bed.
Assisted by Jenny and Judy there was much collective ooohing and aahhhing, fabric stroking and general sharing of the whole quilt, fabric loving experience. It was a lovely couple of hours bonding over fabric and I'm sure the very reason Jenny named the store Amitie, the french word for friendship. The perfect choice for our first meeting Cathy!
More than two hours later we purchased our goodies and had a quick lunch before racing off to pick up the kids from school. It was wonderful to meet Cathy finally, and it is amazing to have so much in common with someone when you haven't even met before. We agreed on so much, talked about all our favourite blogs and even have the exact same sewing machine! Thanks for coming all the way over to Amitie Cathy (not that visiting Amitie is EVER a chore) and I look forward to seeing you again soon because there is so much I didn't get to ask you.
Cathy made me a really sweet little linen purse, which I am going to keep in my handbag to hold lipsticks, a groovy tissue holder and my very own cotton apple dishcloth!
I made a needlebook for Cathy. I used pink and green wool felt, apple lining and a vintage button on the front. I also bought her one of my favourite apple containers to keep her sewing bits in.
In between chasing Daphne, who thought the embroidery threads at Amitie were hugely interesting to pull apart, I managed to gather some wonderful fabrics together for Chloe's quilt. It was looking very green/pink and she wanted aqua/red - that's what happens when you buy fabrics with the intention of making something and leave it for too long.
But I'm thrilled with how it has all come together and I have chosen this gorgeous quilt design 'Vintage Comfort' by Judy Newman for a really vintagey look. Chloe LOVES it which is the most important thing.
The train quilt is progressing. I have finished all the blocks and am now putting the top together. It is a little blue and I wanted it more red so I'm mucking around with it a bit.
I have also made a start on my Autumn quilt for the Four Seasons Quilt Swap.
I was inspired by this picture from the July/August edition of Inside Out magazine.
It came together when I found the little brown floral fabric which I adore. I'm not sure what to bind it with but I'm not going to worry about that until I finish the top - there are a couple of little extra things I'm adding to it which I will show you another day.
I'm also well underway for the back to school tote bag swap and have had a lot of fun with this as we can add what we like. It'll be on it's way soon Ali and I'm not showing anything until she gets it.
Today I received my partner for the scrap swap and look who I got - Jade! Yippeee one of my faves, this is also going to be lots of fun.
Look what arrived in today's mail!
YAY!!!, my labels! I can finally put my name on my work. I guess that means I'm going to have to start putting things into my Etsy shop or Made it. I'm just not sure what yet. Aprons, bags, hmmmmmmm, lots of thinking ahead.
And then look what arrived this afternoon - another delivery! I couldn't resist buying this sweet little smock from Jade. It is the softest fine green cord and cute apple tree fabric and it's just beautifully made. And tucked inside the package I even got some scraps to make something to match - thanks Jade it really is lovely and she thinks she looks fab in it. Do you like the collection of hairties she insists on wearing as bracelets!
Well that should be enough to keep you going for a few days. I certainly have enough to keep me busy!!
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- Ali said...
How can you pack so much gorgeousness into a single post - I hardly know where to start. Love everything.
And you're very mean not giving me even the merest swap hint!
- September 4, 2007 at 1:20 AM
- Belinda said...
Nice to see you both and be able to put a face to the blogs. Love the fabrics you have chosen for the quilt, I'm sure it will be lovely!
- September 4, 2007 at 7:57 AM
- Jade said...
How fun was your mini-blog meet! Its good to be able to put a face to both of you lovely ladies....and I believe I can probably live in a fabric shop, so two hours might not be enough. :-)
I'm so glad you got the smock safely. Your little Daphne looks so adorable in it! Also, can I ask who you ordered your labels from? They look super fab!
- September 4, 2007 at 9:07 AM
- Donna said...
I love your daughters smock; very cute. I agree - how do you fit so much loveliness in one post? ps - can you please tell me where I can find someone on the net that makes those labels? Great idea for personalising craft gifts.
- September 4, 2007 at 1:50 PM
- Donna said...
Thanks for the link for the labels - you're a star!
- September 4, 2007 at 2:44 PM
- Cathy said...
Hi Louise - aahh - now I am not anonymous anymore. It was a lovely day and I still smile about the fun that we had.
Daphne looks so gorgeous in her smock from Jade, the labels look good - can I send my stuff back to get labelled?
- September 4, 2007 at 3:03 PM
So many nice things...I love the design for your autumn quilt swap.
- September 4, 2007 at 6:49 PM
- Jodie said...
What a great day and a truly gorgeous post - I love those labels !!!!
- September 4, 2007 at 8:15 PM
- Jane said...
I am in love with your fabric choices for Chloes quilt. Can't wait to see them made up.
What a fantastic post.
- September 4, 2007 at 10:15 PM
- Thimbleanna said...
Woohoo! We got to "meet" both you AND Cathy. What fun. And isn't Daphne a lucky duck to have one of Jade's smocks -- too cute! Love the fabrics you've chosen for Chloe -- can't wait to see the progress! Thanks for the great post.
- September 5, 2007 at 12:26 AM
- Margaret said...
I should be doing the dishes, I should be doing the laundry, or washing the kitchen floor ... but it's way more fun reading your post. So exciting to see you and Daphne and Miss Marzie in person. I can't remember all I saw already. Delightful.
- September 5, 2007 at 10:33 AM
Oh I enjoyed this post, it was like looking at a magazine full of delightful; things!!!!
- September 5, 2007 at 3:11 PM
- Abby said...
wow louise I luv ur tree for the four season it is adorable.
where did u buy ur labels? I placed an online order months ago that didnt work out for me so I trying to source alternatives...
luv Abby
- September 7, 2007 at 11:50 AM
- Soo said...
your fall swap quilt is beautiful. the colours and falling leaves are just gorgeous!
- September 7, 2007 at 5:49 PM
- 62cherry said...
that is just the best story I loved reading it. how cool is this little world :) YAY!
- September 7, 2007 at 8:17 PM
- Ragged Roses said...
What wonderful deliveries in the post - love that smock!! It sounds like you're really busy at the moment too. I met up with a fellow blogger a little while back and it is great to finally put a face to a name and comment - glad you had a good time.
Kim x
- September 8, 2007 at 8:15 AM
- julia said...
You're spoiling us with all these pictures - where to start?!
Glad you enjoyed your get-together, it sounds like real fun!
As for all those gorgeous fabrics, total eye candy, bet you can't wait to get started.
I love that little smock top, it is too gorgeous for words, as is the child wearing it!
Julia x
- September 9, 2007 at 4:56 AM
Sounds like a great day!!!! I am so in love with your autumn quilt block - it is so beautiful!
- September 9, 2007 at 8:37 AM
What a great post. So much to enjoy there! Could you please send the link to me also of where you bought your labels from? The last label I had printed I wasn't very happy with and would like to try a different company. Thanks. I just found your blog recently and really enjoy it!
- September 10, 2007 at 2:17 AM


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Kid President makes the case for optimism: "We can cry about it, or we can dance about it."
More Kid President here.
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Kid President makes the case for optimism: "We can cry about it, or we can dance about it."
More Kid President here.
(via TED)
Nina Paley, creator of the sublime Sita Sings the Blues, offers a primer on the history of conflict in the Middle East:
A guide to the various quarreling entities here.
"This Land is Mine" is the first completed segment of Paley's "potential-possible-maybe" feature-length film Seder-Masochism (whose first phase has been successfully funded via Kickstarter). I can't wait for the rest.
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Who better than the reunited cast of The West Wing — television's walk-and-talk champions — to promote the health benefits of walking? Click here for the hilarious Funny or Die video — I can't seem to embed it, but if you're a fan of the show it's worth watching.
Charlie: "Sir, we need your help. We need to convince the American people to do do something that's good for them."
Bartlet: "That's impossible."
Hopefully not.
For more, visit Every Body Walk.
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DJ duo Hot Problems offers a song — and a video — for the weekend:
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…and gives a hilarious and enlightening talk on the creation of some of his iconic book covers:
My job was to ask this question: "What do the stories look like?" […] We bring stories to the public. The stories can be anything, and some of them are actually true. But they all have one thing in common: They all need to look like something. They all need a face. Why? To give you a first impression of what you are about to get into. […]
The book designer's responsibility is threefold: to the reader, to the publisher and, most of all, to the author. I want you to look at the author's book and say, "Wow! I need to read that."
And just as I'm watching this and thinking "That's another thing that's lost in an e-book," Kidd agrees: "Try experiencing that on a Kindle!"
Don't get me started. Seriously. Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness — a little bit of humanity.
Watch the video, though. It's a lot funnier than the serious quotes I've pulled out.
More reasons why books are made of win here.
(via TED)
My favorite living poet Billy Collins provides some context for his animated poems. Stick around for the hilarious piece he reads aloud at the end.
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Courtesy of Improv Everywhere. Founder Charlie Todd's (real) TED talk is also very much worth a look.
More videos here (including this one).
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Flex Able Certification
How Can You Tell Which Employer is Truly Walking the Talk?
At WORK180 we're all about making it easy for female job seekers to identify the best places to work for women, and evaluate companies before applying.
Flexible working is not just for mothers returning to work but for those with other caring commitments, health reasons, sporting interests, people looking for an alternative to retirement and those pursuing side projects. Companies with the most engaged workforces offer flexibility and are focused on creating an inclusive culture where the reason for needing flexibility does not matter.
Flex Able certification is awarded to organisations after a careful examination of when, where and how the company's employees work to ensure flexible work options are a reality.
What is the criteria for organisations to become Flex Able Certified?
The purpose of WORK180 Flex Able Certification is to allow employers that walk the talk on flexible working to differentiate themselves from other employers and be easily identifiable to job seekers who value flexible working arrangements.
The Flex Able Certification is an annual audit process based on evidence of the following:
The CEO and senior leadership team support flexible working. The tone at the top is a key driver for the implementation and uptake of flexible working throughout an organisation.
A number of flexible working arrangements are on offer and are supported throughout the organisation. We recognise flexibility means different things to individuals and there are many forms of both formal and informal flexible working arrangements.
Flexible working is promoted to employees so they are aware it is available to everyone and their career will not be limited by using it.
Managers are supported in their management of flexible work arrangements.
WORK180 reject around 15% of employers who apply to be Flex Able Certified as they cannot fully demonstrate compliance with our criteria.
WORK180's Flexible Working Week
Supported by the Flex Able Certified Employers, we will host Australia's annual #FlexibleWorkingWeek to celebrate the achievements of WORK180 Endorsed Employers for Women. Enquire to join, reach out to email@example.com. Learn about the Flexible Working Week.
Flex Able Certified Employers
What are the Business Benefits of Flexibility?
In a recent Australian survey commissioned by Airtasker, 38% of those surveyed indicated that flexibility was more important to them than pay when looking for work. The study also found 81.5%, up from 76% in 2015, of people surveyed, agreed that the traditional employment model of the 9am to 5pm office job was inflexible for workers in 2016 and into the future.
In addition, research by PwC found that increasing the female employment rate in Australia to match that of Sweden, for example, could result in a GDP boost of about $162 billion at today's values over the long run.
But despite numerous business benefits of flexibility including increased productivity, savings in real estate, lower turnover and increased innovation, less than 50% of non-public sector organisations with over 100 employees offer and support flexible work. The issue is, many organisations claim to offer flexibility, but don't actually walk the talk.
WORK180 conducted a survey in the beginning of 2017 to identify the top priorities for women in the workplace. We found that flexible working policies were among the most valued priorities. Yet, less than 50% of the non-public sector offer flexibility. At WORK180Jobs you can find out the level of flexibility within an organisation by looking out for the Flex Able Certification.
Become Flex Able Certified
Flex Able certified employers stand out by positioning themselves as providing a truly flexible environment and candidates are assured they're able to discuss working flexibly up front at the interview stage. We've had tremendous results for corporate clients, in particularly in non-traditional industries who have been transparent about how they support women's careers- the Flex Able certification is for those who place a strong focus on flexibility in addition to being an employer of choice for women.
To check if you qualify to be Flex Able Certified, please fill in the form and we'll get back to you.


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John has performed and toured with a diverse and impressive roster of influential musicians. Even an abbreviated list of his collaborators is evidence of the respect John has gained from some of the greatest musicians from commercial, jazz, and Latin genres. Whether touring with early jazz greats Illinois Jacquet or the Glenn Miller Orchestra, sharing a stage with jazz legends Cecil Payne, Slide Hampton or George Coleman in New York City's historic jazz venues, performing with legendary singer Aretha Franklin at the Radio City Music Hall, or appearing with pop sensations Alicia Keys and Rob Thomas on VH1, John Farnsworth is regarded as one of today's most exciting jazz artists. John received his Bachelor's Degree from Rutgers University and his Master's Degree from the University of Massachusetts.


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Survivors Manchester is often involved in various campaigns and events that help shine a light on the needs of victims and survivors of sexual abuse, rape and all kinds of sexual violence. A single voice always makes a sound, a collection of single voices together makes a noise!
From letter writing to Government and authorities, to standing up and being visible at various rally's and marches, this section will show you what we've been up to and what we're currently involved in.
The piece of work we are probably most proud of being involved with since we opened the doors is the Hollyoaks John Paul 'male rape' storyline. Working with Lime Pictures and Channel 4, we supported the development of the scripts, worked with the cast and directors on the delivery of the story, and assisted with the promotion and education of male rape as an issue. Check out our specially dedicated page for Hollyoaks by clicking here.
1 Blue String is an international campaign that asks guitarists to swop one of their six strings for one of our blue strings to show support for the 1 in 6 men sexually abused in childhood. See more at: www.1bluestring.org
The NGY Show
Alongside colleagues from Barnardos, NSPCC, The Children's Society, Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester, Survivors Manchester was proud to support the development of Unity Radio's NGY Show – a radio show produced, designed and presented by young people for young people. Check out the page here.
National Personal Safety 2013
Survivors Manchester was invited by our colleagues at Bolton victim support to raise awareness that boys and men are victims of sexual violence too. We also wanted to help break the stigma associated with abuse and help people to break the silence. Also that it's ok to talk and that there is a safe place to go if you have been affected by this issue.
Survivors Manchester was proud to be a part of a fantastic partnership, comprising of St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Greater Manchester Police, and Manchester Rape Crisis, that launched the Report Rape Campaign from St Marys Centre today.
The campaign was supported by press coverage from Granada TV, BBC Radio Manchester, Real Radio, Key 103 and online media. The partnership created two striking posters that were distributed across the city to various organisations, shops, bars and public places, and a social networking campaign on Facebook and Twitter. Messages will be uploaded every day throughout December


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The Hollywood actress's support came after a chance meeting with a volunteer delivering some of the life saving cells from Spain to London.
The encounter on a flight from Madrid led to her meeting Joe Cawse, an eight-year-old leukaemia patient who has been searching for a bone marrow match for three years.
Although 400,000 people have registered to give bone marrow in Britain, many patients still have not found a donor.
Around a third of transplants are carried out using bone marrow from abroad but thousands more patients are still waiting for a transplant, sometimes years after diagnosis.
Joe's mother, Sheriden Cawse, 41, said that the three years since her son's diagnosis had been "horrendous and terrifying".
"We were told that a bone marrow transplant was Joe's only option, but a donor hasn't been found yet," she said.
"Joe's prognosis was two years, but that was three years ago so we've beaten that."
When they met Cruz talked about to Joe Christmas as well as his illness, she said.
"They talked about Christmas and what he wanted to get as a present. He didn't know for sure who she was but we told him she was famous. At the end he said that he thought she was lovely and very pretty."
The actress is backing a campaign by The Anthony Nolan Trust to encourage people to join the charity's bone marrow register this Christmas.
Cruz, who met one of the charity's bone marrow "couriers", volunteers who safely deliver the cells in time for life saving operations, on a flight earlier this year, said: "One suitable donor could save Joe's life. Imagine if it was your brother, mother, cousin or friend, and with just one step, you could save their life. Wouldn't you do it?"
She added that she was surprised to discover that giving bone marrow could be relatively pain free.
"I was very surprised to discover there are two different ways to donate your bone marrow and the second way is a much easier, less invasive process than I had ever imagined. If only more people in Britain knew that there is a method of donating bone marrow that is simple and pain free."
To treat leukaemia doctors use intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy to eradicate the disease.
But this severely weakens the patient and bone marrow transplants are needed to regenerate their immune system.
Almost 80 per cent of donors in Britain now give through a process involving four days of drug injections to encourage bone marrow cells to begin circulating in their blood.
On the fifth day donors attend a hospital outpatients appointment where doctors extract the cells from their blood in a procedure that takes between four and six hours.
Each year more than 1,300 patients in Britain search for a suitable bone marrow donor.
Because the genetic makeup of patients is so varied the chances of finding a suitable donor are slim and have been compared to a "needle in a haystack".
Less than one third of patients who need a transplant find a match within their own family, the rest depend on strangers for the donation.
Donors can register from between the ages of 18 to 40 by filling in a medical questionnaire and giving a small blood sample.
For information on joining the bone marrow register visit www.anthonynolan.org.uk or call 02072841234.


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By Jodie Boyd
What better way to start the festival season than by going to a gin festival? A guaranteed night drinking lots of new varieties of my favourite tipple more than made up for the lack of sunshine you'd expect, or at least want, at a festival.
So off I headed with a group of like-minded gin lovers to the Gin Festival in Guildford this month. Dubbed as the UK's first, biggest and best gin festival, this event provided us the opportunity to taste from a huge array of local and international gins, including some exclusive ones not sold anywhere else. Combine that with a gin cocktail bar, food stalls, gin masterclasses, and a pretty awesome live band (Northern Epidemic), and you've got yourself a great night out. It was a shame it rained all night but hey ho, we're in England and in April after all, and the marquee was more than toasty.
If you don't know what happens at a gin festival, basically you get to explore and sample several gins from the free stalls poured by knowledgeable staff. They can help recommend the most suitable tonic water mixer from their new premium range of Schweppes flavoured mixers to pair with each gin and you get to sample these too. Then, with the help of a gin guide booklet, you buy the gins you'd like to drink (including choice of mixer and garnish) from the various labelled bars. Purchases are made via a token system and £5 will get you a gin and £10, a gin cocktail. On that note, I highly recommend the Tinker Berry Fizz, which contains Tinker's strawberry gin, prosecco, berries, elderflower, citrius and mint. Mmmmm!
As the issue around single-use plastics at festivals is huge right now (did you read our post We're Going Drastic on Plastic?), my eco blogger friend from Unplasticky and I thought it would interesting to see what this festival has done, if anything, to address the issue. Following our little experiment, we came up with three tips that consumers and festivals like this one with tasting stalls may find useful.
The Gin Cocktails bar was a hit!
The Pic 'n' Mix Festival Kit ladies are big gin fans
TIP 1 - Refuse plastic shot glasses
Every attendee was given a complimentary gin glass (the classic Spanish-style 'Copa del Balon' glass) that they would use to drink out of the entire night. On one side of the marquee, a number of gin tasting stalls were set up, each table dotted with different flavoured gins, rows of tonic water and other mixers (I'm loving the new Schweppes range of premium tonics), and…wait for it…stacks and stacks of plastic shot glasses – hmmm.
So I asked to sample each gin in my glass instead and was advised having too many flavours in the same glass would affect the taste of the gins. That makes sense but there didn't seem to be an alternative to using the plastic shot glasses so I whipped out my reusable Chilly's bottle and poured water in our group's glasses so we could swill them out that way.
The thing that struck me as odd is that on the other side of the marquee, where you could buy drinks from the bar (think huge array of gin optics lined across the wall in rows - yum), the staff had water dispensers and buckets to rinse out the remnants of customers' previous drinks before pouring a new one. If they'd had the same set up on the tasting side, I'm sure this would have negated the need for plastic shot glasses.
TIP 2 - Bring a reusable straw
Most people don't need a straw to drink a G&T but I prefer mine that way (as I hate it when you unintentionally get a mouthful of basil or bits of ginger) so I brought my own reusable stainless steel straw with me, which you can buy here.
I was really pleased to see no plastic straws available at the festival. In fact, they didn't have any straws at all and the staff confirmed that they stopped supplying plastic straws recently, which is fantastic news.
TIP 3 - Wear biodegradable glitter
What's a festival without glitter?! Any excuse to get sparkly, I reckon. I bought our Pic 'n' Mix branded biodegradable glitter and organic Aloe Vera glitter fix gel with me so everybody in the group could get in on the glitter action.
It's not just the ecological benefits, but biodegradable glitter is better for the skin and feels so much softer than PET plastic glitter.
Unfortunately, there's still a lot of plastic glitter on the market but most festivals are now starting to ban that and insist that their customers wear biodegradable glitter only onsite. Like us, quite a few glitter companies are now replacing their plastic glitter with biodegradable, which is great news for glitter fans. However, most of these companies sell their biodegradable glitter in plastic pots or glass jars.
We believe glitter is best packaged in biodegradable pouches and as Pic 'n' Mix Festival Kit also uses biodegradable resealable labels on the pouches, this offers a full biodegradable solution, and surely that has to be the best option.
In conclusion, I came home with not only a list of delicious gins to buy and some top gin-drinking tips (including the fact that the new Schweppes tonic waters more than rival my usual Fever Tree) but I also learnt that small festivals like the Gin Festival are already making positive efforts to reduce plastic.
The banning of plastic straws at this festival is a great move forward and will make a big difference over time and I didn't see any other plastic in sight (although I didn't check out what cutlery and serveware the food stalls were providing). But there's definitely room for improvement for this festival. I'm hoping to attend the next gin festival in September, so it will be interesting to see if those plastic shot glasses will have disappeared by then.
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It's been boring around our house in the evenings the last week or so. There is nothing on TV (next week is premier week – yeah!) and I've been dieting so baking cookies and coming up with creative snacks has been off my roster. How have I filled the time? Getting caught up on my reading. And look at the kind of stuff I missed while I spent the summer getting pudgy! A cup holder adapter for holding fast food French fries was invented! Amazing, isn't it?
Despite soaring gas prices and greater awareness of how gas emissions harm the environment, we haven't abandoned our cars. Instead, commuters who fled to the hills when faced with sky-high urban housing prices overburden our roads. Because these people spend many hours a week in their cars, the way we use our cars has changed, too.
Entertainment systems, massaging heated seats and cup holders galore are now pretty standard in most new passenger vehicles while some luxury cars now come with air chilled glove boxes and console coffee makers for people too lazy to even go through a drive through.
I personally prefer to eat at a table but I suppose it's nice to know that if I ever become fused to the seat of my car that French fry consumption has been figured out for me.
What about you: do you eat in the car often? And, if you do, do you like it or endure it as a necessary evil?


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Over the holidays, Lewis & Keller launched a holiday pet drive to collect donations of food, toys and clothing items.
The pet drive was named "North Carolina's Laws for Paws Pet Food Drive" and it was an enormous success.
We are proud to announce the results of the Laws for Paws and want to thank all of the members of our community far and wide who participated.
We successfully raised almost 700 lbs of pet food! Additionally, generous donors donated money, collars, leads, toys and other items for homeless animals.
The donations will be sent to Forsyth County Animal Control and the Animal Rescue & Foster Program.
Our firm collected so much more than we anticipated and we can only say that we are beyond thankful for everyone's generosity. These donations and gifts will help animals in need including those that are still waiting to be adopted.
At Lewis & Keller, we take our commitment to the community seriously and we are proud to have so many individuals join us in making the world a better place for homeless and neglected pets.
Three cheers to everyone who helped and to everyone who donated!


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Older Adult Resources
End-of-life video resource
"Unexpected travels in healing…"
This hour-long video of the 2011 NOAC presentation by David Fuchs and Curtis Dubble is a helpful resource for individuals, families, deacons, and congregations as they explore end-of-life issues. Read more about the 2011 presentation here. Download the order form.
Older Adult Month Resources
2016 Older Adult Month
Rhythms of Life
2014 Older Adult Month
Rhythms of Life
2013 Older Adult Month
Vessels of Love
2012 Older Adult Month
Aging with purpose
2011 Older Adult Month
Grounded and Growing
Wellness & family worship resources
Coping with the Challenges of Aging
Worship resources from Health Promotion Sunday 2009


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Pie for Life from Royers Round Top Cafe Featured on CBS Sunday Morning [video]
This morning, the pie for life plan — in which Royers Cafe in Round Top, Texas sends you a pie, every month, for the rest of your life — was featured on the CBS Sunday Morning show. Says Bud "the Pie Man" Royer about the recipe: "Not my grandma's. So it is a family recipe, just not my family." After we crunched the numbers, as an investment, we think it's worth it. Especially for the Chocolate Chip Pie.
Video: Pie for Life from Royers Round Top Cafe
—Raphael Brion
Earlier on Eat Me Daily
- Pie for Life! One Pie, Every Month, For the Rest of Your Life: Royers Cafe in Round Top, Texas
- International Society For Human Rights Advertising Has Pie on Dictators' Faces
- Mary-Louise Parker Naked Save for an Apron, Baking a Pie
- Pie-Throwing on The Amazing Race [video]
- The Wine Opus, The $1 Million Wine Book


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August 14, 2006NJT-06-103Contact: Joe Dee 973 491-7078
NEWARK, NJ � NJ TRANSIT has completed its investigation of the August 11 accident involving a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail vehicle and an NJ TRANSIT bus. The investigation concluded with a finding that bus operator error was the cause of the accident.
Henry Daise, age 51, an NJ TRANSIT part-time bus operator since 1992, has been suspended without pay and faces internal administrative proceedings that could result in discipline up to and including termination of employment. Mr. Daise is also charged by NJ TRANSIT police with violation of two New Jersey motor vehicles statutes, including failure to obey a traffic signal and making an illegal right turn.
The investigation further concluded that the light rail vehicle was operated in compliance with all operating rules and procedures and that traffic signals at the intersection where the accident occurred were working as intended.
Together with Weehawken officials, NJ TRANSIT operations, safety and police officials today surveyed the intersection to identify improvements that could improve traffic flow and further discourage motorists from entering the crossing against the light. Traffic and safety improvements under review at the intersection include additional signage, adjustments to the traffic signals, additional light rail horn blowing, tree trimming to improve sight lines, and stepped-up police enforcement.


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Chester Town Hall Square Public Consultation
23 May 2018A temporary exhibition opens next week (Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 May) in the Forum Shopping centre to discuss concept options to attract investment for improvements to Town Hall Square. The plan is to create an attractive, high quality, vibrant area for a range of uses.
The exhibition will be open between 1.30pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday 30 and between 8.30am and 1.30pm on Thursday 31 May. Residents and businesses surrounding Town Hall Square have been invited to the pop up exhibition that is also open to the public where their views will be welcome.
Town Hall Square is the main civic square in Chester with many historic buildings. Improvements will help to support Chester's status as an international heritage city. Town Hall Square can attract people during the day and evening.
The Council's investment in Town Hall Square aims to attract further investment from local shops and building owners.
The new designs will allow for a review of the historic street layout that was originally intended to support buildings that now no longer exist. The proposals promote Town Hall Square as a pedestrian and cycle friendly space that still supports vehicles.
Councillor Brian Clarke, Cabinet Member Economic Development and Infrastructure said: "We will be sharing two proposals to improve Chester Town hall Square to better combine shopping, al fresco dining, residential and leisure activities. Please come along to one of the drop in days to view the ideas and discuss with the development team."
Architectural lighting of the main buildings is also suggested, to enhance the use of the Square during the evening. The introduction of a water feature is also common to both options.
Re-location of both the Stephen Broadbent 'A Celebration of Chester' statue and the Annette Yarrow sculpture of a bronze elephant calf are open for discussion.
The traditional approach suggests vehicle access and loading for services remaining unchanged. However, routes for vehicles would be more discretely marked. The green approach suggests introducing a vehicle turning point in the square and including additional planting that will provide alternative solutions for surface water drainage. The new turning point would allow for vehicle access and loading for services, returning to Northgate Street.
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Internal Market Scoreboard: Disappointing results for the EEA EFTA States
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway could not keep their level of performance from the last version of the Internal Market Scoreboard. The Scoreboard published today, shows that only Liechtenstein remains among the top performers when it comes to timely transposition of Internal Market directives into national law.
The average transposition deficit of the three EEA EFTA States has increased from 0.5% to 1.2%. In comparison, the EU Member States' average transposition deficit decreased to 0.9% and remained under the target set at 1 %.
The transposition deficit is the percentage of directives, in relation to the total number of directives, not notified on time to the Authority.
"The results are disappointing. A constant effort is required by national administrations in order to keep pace with the incorporation of new directives into the EEA Agreement. Failure to do so may undermine the functioning of the Internal Market," says Oda Helen Sletnes, the President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority.
Iceland more than tripled its deficit from the time of the previous Scoreboard to 1.8%. This is Iceland's worst score since 2008. Its transposition delay decreased only slightly by 4.9 months.
Norway doubled its deficit from 0.6% to 1,3%. Norway's transposition delay, however, decreased from 8.5 months to 0.4 months.
The transposition deficit for Liechtenstein, at 0.5%, increased slightly compared to the time of the previous Scoreboard. Liechtenstein also decreased its transposition delay by 3.6 months, bringing the delay to 0.7 months.
Iceland and Norway had directives overdue by more than two years, Liechtenstein did not.
While doing worse concerning implementation of directives, Iceland's number of overdue regulations decreased slightly from the previous Scoreboard, from 17 to 14. In Norway, the number decreased by 2 regulations, to a total of 3.
The Internal Market Scoreboard, published bi-annually since 1997, not only monitors how well the EEA EFTA States comply with their transposition obligations. In addition, the Scoreboard provides information on the number of infringement proceedings initiated against the EEA EFTA States. This concerns failure to transpose or apply EEA legislation correctly, as well as failure to transpose directives and regulations on time.
The Scoreboard shows that the total number of such pending infringement proceedings against the EEA EFTA States increased from 74 to 109 cases.
See the full Scoreboard here.
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activist and two-term member of the philippine house of representatives. blogging since 2004 at mongster's nest. joined global voices in 2006.
29 July 2007
Philippines: Anti-Terror Law takes effect
Five months after it was passed by Congress, the anti-terrorism law known as the Human Security Act took effect more than a week ago. The government describes the law as...
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Review of Snort IDS and IPS Toolkit and One Prereview
Syngress published "Snort 2.0" in Mar 03, and I gave it a four star review in Jul 03. Syngress followed with "Snort 2.1" in May 04, and I gave it a four star review in Jul 04. I recommend reading those reviews, since the latest edition -- "Snort IDS and IPS Toolkit" (SIAIT) -- makes many of the same mistakes as its predecessors. Worse, it includes material that was already outdated in BOTH previous editions. If you absolutely must buy a book on Snort, this edition is your only real choice. Otherwise, I would stick with the manual and online articles.
SIAIT looks impressive page-wise, but it suffers from the multiple-author, no-editing, rush-to-production problems unfortunately inherent in many Syngress titles. One would think that including many contributing authors (11, apparently) would make for a strong book. In reality, the book contributes very little beyond what appears in "Snort 2.1," despite the fact that "only" chapters 8, 10, 11, and 13 appear to be repeats or largely rehashes of older material. Comparing to "Snort 2.1," these compare to old chapters 7, 10, 12, and 11, respectively.
The absolute worst part of this book is the re-introduction of all the outdated information in chapters 8 and 10. It is 2007 and we are STILL reading on p 353 that XML output is "our favorite and relatively new logging format" and on p 367 that "Unified logs are the future of Snort reporting." (I cited both of these as being old news in Jul 04!) I should note that these chapters are not entirely duplicates; if you compare output such as that on page 335 of "Snort 2.1" with page 365 in SIAIT you'll see the author replaced the original 2003 timestamps with 2006! This is the height of lazy publishing. Chapter 10 features similar tricks, where traffic is the same except for global replacements of IP addresses and timestamps; notice the ACK numbers are still the same and the test uses Snort 1.8.
You can read my reviews of Snort 2.1 and Snort 2.0 for reference. If I see Syngress publish another Snort book based on this line of material, I won't bother next time.
On a more positive note, thank you to O'Reilly for sending me a review copy of Security Power Tools. This book looks like it deserves a grunt from Tim the Toolman Taylor. The book appears to have lots of useful information, although why in Pete's name is there a chapter (11) on BO2k? Let it die, already. It's 2007.
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Hi Richard,
I'm also currently reading "Snort IDS and IPS Toolkit" and can understand the multiple author issue as well as some sloppy editing. For example, in Chapter 3 when discussing installing Snort under Debian, the author suggests that you use: "apt-get install snort" Back in June 2007 (after the book was published), the snort package in the Debian repository (sid/unstable) was still v 2.3. Also, unless I'm mistaken, the entire chapter doesn't mention the issue of removing compilers, etc. from production servers although they mentioned it in a previous chapter. They only mention it as a footnote at the very end of the chapter, where people might overlook it.
I appreciate the fact that they point out that Snort is not multi-threaded and cannot explicitly take advantage of multiple CPUs by itself. However, although they say that you can take advantage of multiprocessor systems by running multiple instances with BPF to direct traffic to each instance, it would have been much nicer if they'd actually given an example of this in real life. Also, the use of BPFs could have been elaborated on.
I have a bunch of other comments and I'm still only in Chapter 4. It's sad that a book that looked so promising isn't turning out to be so. Perhaps you can step in and write your own Snort book :)
I guess I agree with your reviews. There are a couple of chapters, however, which have some new and very interesting content. The chapter on data analysis for example, seems to be updated. Even the installation of Sguil has been updated. I couldn't find a more up to date manual anywhere. Also the new approaches of data analysis that are presented are very refreshing and interesting.


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- can be prophylactic or therapeutic
- increases intracranial compliance and prevents/treats elevated ICP (especially if dura opened)
- malignant infarction of the MCA (high grade evidence)
- refractory intracranial hypertension following TBI
- cerebral swelling associated with:
-> vasospasm following SAH
-> hypertensive bleeds
-> encephalitis
-> cerebral venous thrombosis
- lacks systemic side effects of other treatments
- may decrease ICU time and complications
- lowers ICP
- infection
- collections (subgaleal and subdural)
- bleeding
- seizures
- hygroma
- brain herniation through craniotomy
- venous thrombosis from herniation through defect and occlusion of venous circulation
- sinking flap syndrome
- paradoxical subtentorial herniation with LP or CSF drainage (due to atmospheric pressure)
- intracranial pressure gradient
- hydrocephalus
- bone flap resorption
- worsening of brain injury
- improved hospital survival in TBI and malignant infarction (some data showing improved quality of survival, awaiting DECRA – ANZICS and RESCUE ICP – European trials)
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- not to be routinely used in TBI but it appears equipoise and clinical practice has already changed.
- -> less raised ICP
- -> shorter duration of MV
- -> shorter stay in ICU
- -> no change in duration in hospital
- -> more medical and surgical complications
- -> worse functional outcome @ 6 months (when adjusting for pupil reactivity this difference disappeared)
- to use in early malignant MCA infarct
- to use in young patients
- not to be used in SAH
- other patients: require close liaison with neurosurgical team including in TBI
- await RESCUE-ICP trial
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- Hitchings L, Delaney A. Decompressive craniectomy for patients with severe non-traumatic brain injury: a retrospectivecohort study. Crit Care Resusc. 2010 Mar;12(1):16-23. [PMID 20196709]
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It seems we're getting all the rain we missed in June and July in August and September. It's been overcast and rainy here for what seems like weeks. We have hurricane Lee, way down in the Gulf of Mexico, to thank for this particular storm. It strains credulity that a hurricane half a continent away could send us this much rain - six inches or so over the last few days. Given the thorough soaking that Irene left us with not so very long ago, the standing water in the low spots, soggy turf in the high spots, and road closures all over aren't surprising. The hens and broiler chickens don't seem too happy with the wet ground, though they have enough shelter to keep their feathers dry. Apparently the Cuckoo Marans hens have the benefit of being bred for fairly wet conditions. I do my best to situate all of them on what high ground we have, but it's tough when I need to move them every day. We could use a let up in the rain now.
It's all so frustrating on the one hand - this should be the tail end of the massive summer harvest, and I'm holed up inside instead. And there's our hoop house project which has been stalled by one thing after another this year. We've made a start on it, laid out the footprint, built some raised beds, and gotten them mostly planted. But if we don't actually build the structure around those beds very soon, it'll all be for naught. The plants won't survive the winter unprotected. And winter is coming. On the other hand, I have to admit, it's refreshing to have a weather related excuse for indolence and moping. There was certainly a dearth of those earlier in the summer.
To top it off, the rain check excuse coincides with a much more serious reason why the hoop house project is stalled: my husband broke his thumb a week ago. He took a tumble on his bicycle while coming home from work on wet roads. It could have been much worse; he wasn't hit by a car and he was wearing a helmet and biking gloves. But he's very sore and his left hand is out of commission for at least the next few weeks. There's still no firm timeline on when he'll have full use of his hand again. At least he's right-handed.
The rest of the hoop house construction really needs two people to complete. It's far from ideal that we put the beds in before the hoops were in place, but the plants had to be planted at a certain time in order to mature before winter sets in. That seems to be the way projects go around here - everything done at the last possible moment, and therefore done imperfectly. We'll see what we can accomplish with three hands once the weather clears up, and then see if we can corral some friends to pitch in with what we can't do by ourselves. This would be a nice time to have WWOOF volunteers beating down our doors, but I haven't had so much as a nibble in quite a few weeks.
I'll quit moping now, even though it's raining again. And I'll try to have a more upbeat, more useful post out soon.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Rainy Days and Stalled Plans
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Hi Kate: I'm in the same boat. We made need to think about switching to the Ark. Check out e-mail I sent with pictures from our cabin. Marion
- September 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Lana from Farm Life Lessons said...
Mother Nature can sure be uncooperative!!!!! It's amazing how much we're dependent on her for good weather and the right time --- our future depends on it! Here in Texas, we are so dry...fires everywhere, but at least it is not in the triple digits so the likelihood of heat stroke when battling the fires is lessened. Thank God. But, I know everyone up North has a brief window of time to get things rolling and it seems everyone is off course.
- September 9, 2011 at 8:16 AM
Wish I were there to help out.
- September 9, 2011 at 3:41 PM
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