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There will be another GFC, and it will be worse than 2007, and make it confidently?
Because we didn't see the last one coming nor did the controls to prevent such disasters, work.
The 2007 GFC was initiated by the inevitable, predictable collapse of the US "sub-prime" mortgage market. ["sub-prime" is disingenuous double-speak for 'very risky' or 'junk'. People buying houses with this money couldn't afford to pay it back, the lenders knew it and still loaned them money and resold the debt as quickly as they could, collecting a tidy profit along the way.]
We saw this before at the end of the 1980's with the rise and collapse of "Junk Bonds".
Why weren't "sub-prime" mortgages a problem, or even a market, before 2000?
Because of the economic slow-down when the "Dot Boom" turned to the "Dot Bust", the US reacted to prevent a recession.
The US Federal Reserve, with the backing of the US Government and Central Banks around the world, dropped interest rates to near zero on US Government Bonds, the benchmark "risk-free" investment. That created the conditions for the next "market bubble".
There are two points in there that need to be unpacked from that:
- "Zero" interest rates are not numerically "0.0", they take inflation into account.
If inflation is at 3% and you're getting 3% interest, your wealth increases by NIL over the course of a year. You can buy exactly the same number of burgers or cars at the start and end of the year.
- Economic Theory for judging the proper return from investments is based on the Risk/Reward principle. Higher Risk translates into higher Reward (or interest rates).
But compared to what? The equations that describe the valuation of financial "instruments" assume a baseline or benchmark: the "risk-free" rate that everything else is compared to.
Which is the Government Bond rate. If the Government can't pay interest when due or redeem its bonds, you have bigger problems.
With "safe" investments offering no returns, investors looked for other avenues to get good returns: this was the environment which created a bubble in just 10 years.
There were/are a number of special conditions in the USA that created this particular scheme. Be clear: the same investors and the same money would've chased any of the other myriad schemes possible.
The peculiarities of the markets in the USA:
- Mortgagees can walk away from their debt with impunity. Banks, not borrowers, bear the risk of default (the norm in the rest of the world).
- Mortgage Debt wasn't held by banks, but resold to one of two "Government Sponsored Enterprises" (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) at a small discount, allowing the banks to relend the same money over-and-over again.
- The two Federal Mortgage consolidators resold their debt into the larger US and global markets.
- CDO's, "Collaterized Debt Obligations". Individual mortgages were bundled together (aggregated) and sold together as a single lot.
- CDS's, "Credit Default Swaps". These are a form of commercial insurance. They were used to convert the highly risky CDO's into "AAA" (risk-free) debt.
- Investment Banks are not regulated like normal "Deposit Taking Institutions": Retail Banks.
They can sell what they like because they deal with "Sophisticated Investors" who fully understand the risks they are taking and the deals they are entering into.
Standard and Poor and Moody's are two of the largest global players.
Credit Rating Agencies are thought to be impartial and expert assessors that investors can rely upon.
As events transpired, all those "AAA" rated high-yield bonds were both too good to be true and entirely wrongly assessed.
And that the notional risk implied by the high returns were massively understated.
How could a catastrophic mistake on a massive scale and as-wrong-as-it-gets be made?
This was a systemic fault - it applied everywhere to all the Rating Agencies.
As in Why could that happen at all, and Why did it not get noticed by oversight bodies?
The simple answer is that the Ratings Agencies didn't understand the real risks: they were incompetent in their work (or more politely, unaware of the full implications), were deluded or duped, knew and didn't properly inform investors, or were complicit or negligent.
The central conflict is the Rating Agencies are paid by the Seller, not Buyer. They could only make money by assessing instruments as "very low risk", very wrongly as it turns out, and they did.
One of the contributing factors in all this, globally as well, is that individuals responsible for each part of this process bear no consequences for losses, but do gain from all sales and often share in the profits.
This asymmetry, there is no personal downside for actors in Finance and Investment, is a monumental systemic flaw that will only lead to more problems.
If you think this isn't so or doesn't matter, ask this question:
Did any of the people who personally benefited from the bubble have to pay back their profits or make any reparations?
In most other areas of Commercial Law, fraudulent or suspect transactions can be "unwound" or reversed. At least for the last 7 years.
- Would the impact of the GFC have been nearly as bad if 7 years of faulty transactions have been reversed? [No]
- Could Governments and Financial Regulators around the world have done that? [Yes]
- Would recovery have been complete? [Not nearly]
- Would more people have been personally affected? [probably]
- Would those involved in Finance/Investment now be more cautious? [Yes]
Losing your improperly acquired wealth is a far more potent penalty than even jail-time.
But obviously Governments don't hold this view for "white collar" crime, preferring to spread the pain to the innocent and less wealthy.
So what's my thesis?
- None of the responsible professions foresaw the 2007 GFC, nor acted to warn Governments, Investors or the Public.
- Not Accountants, Economists, Auditors, Valuers, Investment Advisors, ....
- The existing Regulatory Framework was wholly inadequate.
- The oversight bodies and control mechanisms failed completely - they didn't warn of the building problem and failed to prevent the collapse.
- The Guilty kept their ill-gotten gains, the rest of us paid through failed banks and Government bailouts - and will pay for decades to come.
- Those responsible for outright fraud and deception have not been brought to book.
Those who's inaction, negligence, incompetence or indolence created the economic maelstrom have been allowed to escape unnoticed and without consequence.
- Systemic problems of inherent conflict of interest and lack of personal consequences remain unchanged.
we don't know precisely what elements, apart from greed, led to the GFC,
nor what changed to trigger it.
Without knowing the causes, we are helpless to prevent more recurrences.
There have to be more financial meltdowns simply because we don't know why the 2007 GFC happened.
In the Military, generals are always fighting the last war.
In Government and Economics, they are always fighting the last crisis.
From the New York Review of Books:
Partly this was because the most serious economic crises are centered in the banking and financial system, the basic source of credit, and none of those that occurred during this period involved the banking system in a major way.
The list of crises that were contained is long and impressive,
including the stock market crash of 1987,
the junk bond collapse of 1989–1990,
the Asian crisis of 1997,
the Russian default in 1998,
the failure of Long Term Capital Management—a large and hugely leveraged hedge fund—later that year, and
the collapse of technology stocks in 2000–2001.
Quick and effective responses to these and other dangers by Greenspan's Fed appear to have induced banks and investors to rely unduly on its ability to stave off collapses that threaten the system, and to ignore the serious malfunctioning of the financial markets.
These same successes may have led Greenspan himself to believe that he actually was, in the words of the Financial Times, the "guardian angel of the financial markets."
The general pattern of those years was similar to earlier extended periods of growth and great optimism.


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Virtual Paintout - Manhattan - September 2010
After August on PEI, it was fun getting back to the city. I loved all the colors on this corner but didn't want to miss out on a chance to paint some NY cabs so I borrowed those from somewhere near Central Park!
Here's the reference material in Google Street View: LINK
30.5 x 40.5 cm, oil on canvas
(private collection, Brussels)
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Lust is a very strong sexual desire (according to Google dictionary). Lust is when you see a hot person and without saying anything to them have a crush on them can result in stalking, awkward encounters, staring lots of staring, painful heartache when the date someone else even though you've never really talked to them, being diagnosed as a crazy person, or possibly love (according to me). I feel a lot of paranormal books are just lust. They see a hot guy, feel this undeniable connection, and BOOM soul mates. I feel people forget a tiny thing called hormones. Hormones are tricky little things (think of the annoying little kid who puts whoopee cushions on everyone's chair times a billion) because they make you THINK you are in love when really you're in lust. I love you is so much catchier than I lust you, but they carry completely different meanings. I'm not saying lust can't evolve into love, but they are two different things.
Love is an intense feeling of deep affection (according to Google Dictionary). Love is real and stays with you forever (if it is real love and not lust/ crush) can result in heartbreak, donating large amounts of money to Ben & Jerry and the Kleenex company, tears, happiness, and a relationship that makes everything else better. I think finding someone to be your one and only is the dream (other than you know being the next J.K. Rowling), but all dreams take work to become reality. You can't become the next J.K. Rowling if you don't take the time to WRITE. You can't fall in love unless you are willing to love with your heart not just your hormones. Loving with your heart takes time and compromise but is worth every second good or bad.
- Hormones are involves
- Can be real and forever
- Can be temporary
- Takes an approving glance
- Heart is involved
- Real and Forever
- Takes time to develop
I mean I have nothing wrong with lust, but I hate how it gets mistaken for love at first sight.
What are your thoughts on love? Do you see lust a lot in books? Do think I'm coco?


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A personal chef for your holiday at www.bensonscateringltd.co.uk/holiday-chef - all or some of your meals taken care of; breakfast, lunch, children's and evening meals are all possible - you decide how much you want us to do. It's like being in a hotel but with the comfort and flexibility of your own home. No taxis to restaurants to organise and no baby sitter needed for the children - and it doesn't cost as much as you think!
Eat for under £30 in the Cotswolds! Staying in is the new going out - our bistro menu delivered chilled, or cooked and served exclusively in your home by chef and waiting staff throughout Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, West Oxfordshire and the Midlands: Benson's Catering Limited - Our Menus
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Homemade frugal crisps
..... even when it comes to potato peelings. There's only so much my compost bin will take after all.
A lot of the fibre and vitamins are in or under the skin of potatoes. Adam made these last November (that's how far behind I am with blogposts).
Rolled in a little olive oil, maldon salt and smoked paprika (watch out though - the one we had was like rocket fuel!) and baked in the oven till crisp, turning a few times so they cook evenly.
Better than deep frying. Why are they are pushed to the side of the tray? Heat trasfer - in a gas oven it cooks from the outside in, so pushing them to the side (like the roast potatoes) ensures they will cook evenly. If you have a convection oven there's no prob.
So what do you do with your potato peelings?
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Yum! What a great idea.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The marketing skills of Will Keith Kellogg put cold cereal on the world's breakfast tables, but the "King of Corn Flakes" worked as hard at giving away his fortune as making it.
In the 58 years since the late Kellogg Co. founder established the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, it has dished out more than $1 billion on programs to overcome the problems of hunger, disease and ignorance--both at home and abroad.
"There's nothing glamorous or sexy about a grant to a land grant college to extend knowledge to farmers in a poor, rural setting," Kellogg Foundation board member Dorothy Johnson said.
"The Kellogg Foundation is not out tooting its horn to toot its own horn," said Johnson, who joined Kellogg's board six years ago.


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Idaho Man Gives Fake Name to Police With Real Name Tattooed on Arm
Meet 19-year-old Dylan Edward Contreras, an Idaho man who found himself in some heat after giving police a fake name—despite his real name being tatted on his forearm.
According to Huffington Post, Contreras was walking with two other men and a dog before being asked by a Twin Falls police officer for identification due to suspicious behavior. Contreras first identified himself as "Emiliano Velesco," but a police database search found no records of the name.
So a new search was conducted using Contreras' birthday and the last name seen inked on his forearm, and what did police find? Three warrants for "failure to appear on charges," including one for "providing false information."
Needless to say, Contreras was arrested. Kids, don't try this at home. —Stephanie Long


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Hip hip hooray for Sarah Crown and Mumsnet for their new campaign to get rid of Bounty reps from our maternity wards. I've been banging on about this issue for years since the birth of my baby when I first encountered the astonishing Bounty Pack.
Stuffed full of what I assumed was nonsense, I found my child benefit form, some interesting information about local breast feeding groups and other NHS leaflets about how to keep my baby alive. I could hardly believe that Bounty were entrusted to deliver this vital information to parents and the fact that it came with heavy advertising from Pampers and Sudocrem seemed incongruous at best. Did I have to clad my baby's bum in Pampers and stinky zinc cream to claim my child benefit? Did I have to read all the endless bits of paper to make sure I wasn't missing some instructions on how to avoid cot death?
I read everything in my pack with raised eyebrows, increasing hilarity and finally wild-eyed fury. Who knows when Bounty first got its tentacles into our hospitals (they bear a striking resemblance to the Nestle Nurses of days gone by) but they are fresh from 1954. I found a pamphlet full of quotes from - I kid you not - the Daily Mail and The Sun claiming to offer relationship advice. What?! Yes, I too was unaware of their expertise in this area, they actually recommended 'ring fencing' 20 minutes of your day to not talking about your new bundle of joy and - even more repellent - resuming marital relations as soon as possible. Don't mind the stitches, honey, the only thing your man is interested in after a long, hard day in the episode of Mad Men he comes from is a long, hard ... chat about the golf course and a romantic spin about the sheets.
So, as it's now 2014 and we're all a little bit wiser about the machinations of advertising execs and want our healthcare delivered by midwives and doctors rather than underpaid Bounty reps let's politely ask them to leave and let new mums get on with recovering from childbirth, learning the mysterious art of breast feeding and having some toast and tea. Get the midwife to hand over the child benefit form. After all, far fewer of us are entitled to it these days.


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Take a few moments if you have them and read this slowly. And with the heat of awareness. Whatever that may mean for you. Trust that every shade of meaning you understand from each word here is exactly correct.
Now, be enlightened inside. Close your eyes and look inside and let everything else be outside. Let your problems be outside, let your friends be outside, let your job be outside, let your unemployment be outside… So freeing… Let everything that comes up in mind be outside: Your worries, your interests, your partner, your kids, that jerk you know, your food, addictions, the internet, your pains, your to-do lists, your body, everything. Let it all exist, but outside, while you are inside. Let it all be there, but outside. And focus in there where you are, and be enlightened in there. Whatever enlightenment means to you, or whatever word you want to use, be it inside. Be it, pretend it, love it, feel it. Inside. While everything else is out there being whatever it is. For right now be inside where just You is. And be enlightened in there.
Notice whether it is expansive or joy or free or peace or laughter or stillness. Notice whatever it is.
And that's enough for now. Do this for two minutes or all day, or somewhere in between.
Let it be what it is. Come back to the beauty of that whenever you wish.


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Welcome to Grow 2 CEO
GIY (Grow it Yourself) have teamed up with Cully & Sully, one of Ireland's biggest food business success stories to create the GROW 2 CEO campaign to foster a spirit of food entrepreneurship in Irish secondary schools.
We want students to replicate the Cully & Sully success story by using their class grown food to create a recipe, name it, and pitch it to us as a food business of the future. The competition will take place over 6 weeks and comprise of 4 challenges.
To Enter:
To enter you need to register your class for a grow kit. We will send you out a free growing kit on before the 23rd of March with everything you need including, seeds, pots, soil and plenty of growing tips from GIY.
The Competition:
Once you receive your kit it's as easy as 1,2,3:
- Step 1: Divide your class into teams of 2. (Your kit has enough for up to 15 teams to take part)
- Step 2: Plant your seeds!
- Step 3: Complete the challenges!
The Prizes:
There will be one overall prize of €5000 which consists of a €3000 vegetable garden for the winning school, 2 iPADs for the winning students, and an overnight stay in Ballymaloe House for the winning teacher.
The Challenges
Students are to replicate the Cully & Sully success story by using their class grown rocket to create a soup recipe. The 5 most impressive teams will come down to GROW HQ in Waterford in May to represent their class to pitch their idea.
To win the grand prize your teams need to show us their progress, complete the 4 weekly challenges and show us their #GROW2CEO story.
The growing season will run from April to May 2018. The students will have two weeks to upload the first challenge, this gives them a chance to get the seeds planted and become familiar with the challenges, we recommend that the students read through the guidelines for each of the four challenges in the first week.
The students will also have two weeks for the final challenge as this will involve a good deal of preparation.
The Kits
You will receive your kit before the 23rd March, so that you and your students can get stuck in as soon as you get back from Easter Holidays. Your kit will contain:
- 15 Cully & Sully Soup Tubs
- 15 Wooden spoon plant markers (write numbers on the spoons and give one to each team)
- 15 packets of rocket seeds
- Handbook and Growing Guide
Week 4
(Week 14th May)
The Final Countdown:
Create a 30 second advert for your product!
There are 3 ways to update us:
Each week we will email you full details of the challenge for the week ahead, students must post their progress to social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) using the class hashtag.. Your class hashtag will have arrived by email shortly after you register. Students must use this hashtag along with #GROW2CEO on Twitter, Instagram and our Facebook page. If they don't use the class hashtag we won't know which class you are and you won't win any prizes!
Join GIY
If your class is taking part in Grow 2 CEO or even if you grow at school in another way then you can become part of the GIY family.
There are GIY groups of all shapes and sizes all over the world and by registering your food growing group HERE you are becoming part of that global movement of food growers.
By registering with us then you will automatically get regular updates from GIY and access to lots of growing resources and support for your project. We can connect you to other projects locally and honestly- we might even come and visit ourselves!
Shona is the campaign manager for GROW 2 CEO and is ready to help with any queries or concerns and delighted to hear any news or stories.
Email her: email@example.com
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Umbraco CMS and Website Internationalization
August 11, 2014
Umbraco is a web content management system well known for being one of the simplest and user-friendly tools used for publishing web content. The Umbraco open source CMS version 2.0 was released on FEB 2005 and sincethat time there has been a lot of enhancements and add-ons added.
Umbraco is based on Microsoft ASP.NET technology and is considered as the first open source tool based on Microsoft Asp.net for Web content management.It is the official ASP.NET website for Microsoft (www.asp.net) along with more than 100,000 reputable companies also using it.
As Umbraco is built on Microsoft .net Framework, it inherits the localization and internationalization features from it. Also the Umbraco CMS has a specific translator account and workflow that facilitates the process of translation and workflow to and from translators and translation agencies.
Setting up Umbraco for Multilanguage websites
There are two main approaches to prepare Umbraco for managing multi-language websites:
- Multiple sites structure: One website per language
- 1:1 structure: One website for all languages
Both solutions have advantages and disadvantages. In reality, the multiple sites approach is widely used over the 1:1 structure. The multiple sites solution provides more flexibility as there is no obligation to translate all content, but the administrator can exclude some content based on his business needs / audience culture, etc...
FIRST STEP: Add the target languages to the CMS: (English US is installed by default):
1- Login as Admin
2- From Sections Panel select Settings
3- From Settings Tree select Languages
4- Right click the Languages node and select Create
5- Select the new target Language and click Create
6- The Language will be then available in the languages node
7- To delete a Language select it, right click and press Delete.
SECOND STEP: Duplicate the source website (one new website per target language)
Once the Source website is ready with all the content, duplicating the website for localization is a very simple and easy process:
1- Login as Admin
2- From the Sections panel select Content
3- From the Content Tree select the source website
4- Right click the website node and select Copy
5- From the copy popup select Content as the root node for the new website and check "Relate copied items to original" to keep track between source and copied website.
6- The new website is available now in the content tree.
STEP THREE: Set the target language for the copied website (same steps to be repeated per website / target language)
1- Select Copied website, right click and select Manage Hostnames
2- In the Manage hostnames popup add domain name and target language. The drop down list shows the current already enabled languages we set before.
3- One more configuration step is needed to prevent page links conflict between languages: Open config file named umbracoSettings.config (<installation path>/config/umbracoSettings.config.). Under <requestHandler /> settings section set the <useDomainPrefixes /> value to true
Once the target language is set for a website, by default Umbraco localizes some available items to be in the target language culture such as dates, currencies, and other regionally specific values. As mentioned before Umbraco is based on Microsoft ASP.NET and inherits its localization features.
By the end of this last step, the Umbraco CMS is ready to author and publish multilingual websites. The second phase will cover how to localize Dynamic and Static content.
Quick notes about setting up Umbraco for multi-language websites:
- Using multiple websites is recommended over using 1:1 structure.
- Umbraco comes with one language installed by default (English US). Any other target language should be set up by administrator from Settings section.
- To be able to tack the content changes between source and target languages, remember to check Relate copied items to original while copying the source website.
- Copied websites are not published until the administrator manually changes the status.
Further GPI Resources on CMS Translation Connectors
GPI offers custom CMS Translation Connectors to a variety of web content management systems in order to streamline localization workflows and access to translation project information across your enterprise. You may also find some of the following articles and links useful:
- Website Translation: 14 Steps to an effective worldwide website
- Export-Import Content and Translation Workflow for Umbraco
- Setting up Umbraco for Multi-Language Websites
Further Information on Localization Resources
Globalization Partners International (GPI) frequently assists customers with multilingual website design, development and deployment. A suite of globalization tools developed by GPI can empower you to achieve your multilingual project goals: you can explore them under the Translation Tools. GPI also offers translation services and internationalization, and can evaluate your application. Consider partnering with GPI prior to localizing or translating your application: this will help you avoid many mistakes and save considerable time and money on your localization projects.
For more information or help with your next website translation project, please do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by phone at (866) 272-5874(866) 272-5874 , or by requesting a free website translation quote on your next website translation project.
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Shepard will tell you that this first Gluten-free Food Labeling Summit in Washington was a success, but it's just the beginning, and she didn't do it alone.
Shepard partnered with fellow celiac and athlete John Forberger to co-found 1in133.org and host the summit. While Shepard used her own birthday cake recipe and donated the gluten-free flour for the eleven-foot cake, Vance's Foods donated dairy-free milk powder, and Earth Balance donated the shortening and soy milk.
While the cake, the largest ever gluten-free cake, made a statement of its own, the real statement was the need for gluten-free food labeling laws. The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, which legislated the requirement for food allergy labeling guidelines, also required the FDA to implement rules for voluntary gluten-free labeling guidelines by August 2008.
The FDA hasn't done their job.
This is a big deal for the one in 133 (or three million) Americans who have celiac disease (an autoimmune disorder that damages the intestinal lining and causes a vast array of gastro-intestinal and other symptoms) and are tired of guessing at which products are safe for them to consume.
While Shepard and a team of bakers were building the cake, leaders in the gluten-free community used the opportunity to meet with their Senators and Representatives on the hill to discuss the issue. Members of the team met with the FDA, with help from Congresswomen Nita Lowey from New York and Betty McCollum from Minnesota, to ask them to take action. The team told the FDA, "We are not advocating for a particular standard. We speak with one voice. We need to see it through."
Large food manufacturers have noticed that sales of gluten-free products have increased 30% in recent years and have introduced gluten-free lines to address the market that includes an additional 18 million Americans with gluten sensitivity. Without consistency in labeling however, there is currently no way to know which products are truly safe.
"We need a standard," said Shepard, stressing that eating gluten-free is not a choice for those with celiac disease, but a medical necessity. "For the 21 million people needing to eat gluten-free, it never was and never will be a fad. With this grassroots movement we are pushing for the labeling laws to be finalized."
The leftover cake was donated to a local food bank following the reception.


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The latest Ask Me Anything has been posted on the official Elder Scrolls Online site. There was no particular focus for the AMA but a few great questions were asked and answered, most notably about beta keys and PvP.
Where's my beta key? – The Internet
I was going to deliver it to you in person, but I ran out of magicka! My mount went lame! I didn't have enough gold for the Wayshrine. My robes didn't come back from the alchemist's! An old friend stopped by from Akavir. Someone stole my horse! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Fleshflies! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO THE DIVINES!
Excuses aside, we've sent out tens of thousands of beta keys already. Keep in mind, though, that three million fans have signed up so far. The beta is growing fast, and we're going to keep sending invites, so don't lose hope! Any time we send new invites, you'll see a post here and on social media.
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Goodness I cannot believe that it has been so long since I last posted anything!! The days just seem to fly by at the moment - I also cannot believe that we are nearly into September! Where did August and the summer go????
Currently I am busy beavering away as it is The Glitter Pot's Christmas Spectacular this coming weekend (Sat 1st and Sun 2nd September). I'll be playing with my trusty Copics and some of the new Penny Black Christmas stamps!! Might give you a sneaky peek later on this week if the time doesn't run away with me again!!
Angeline Ballerine.
Here's a list of what I used:
Artemio - (10001037) Arabesque clear stamp set
Isabelle First Edition 6x6 paper pad
Black Memento inkpad
White pigment inkpad and Crystal EP
Memory Box dies - Savannah Border, Petal Party, Fancy Blossoms, Elegant Scrollwork
Nestabilities - Labels Seventeen
Martha Stewart PATP - Cherry Blossom
Self-adhesive pearls and ribbon
Tiara and Crystal glitter glue
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Hair - E40, E23, E35, E49
Clothes and Wings - R30, R32, R35, R37, YG0000, G43, E40, E43, W1, W3
Shading and background - W1, W3, W5, R30, R32, B000, 0
All materials are available at The Craft Barn and now is a good time to shop as P&P is free on all UK ordesr until midnight this Bank Holiday Monday ;)
Click here to go see!!!!
Hope you all enjoy the rest of the bank holiday.
Sunday, 26 August 2012
All In A Twirl!
5 comments:
- jackid said...
A beautiful card love the image and you have coloured her so beautifully
I can't believe where the year has gone never mind August lol
anyway have a great week
Jacki xx
- 27 August 2012 at 00:15
- brenda said...
Morning Kay,
August did seem to fly by didn't it,but I don't think summer ever really arrived.
Totally delightful card with such lovely attention to detail.
Enjoy bank holiday Monday.
B x
- 27 August 2012 at 08:27
- The Little Stamper said...
This is a lovely card Kay!
Don't keep us waiting too long for those sneak peaks!!
Sharon x
- 27 August 2012 at 09:39
- Faye said...
What a fabulous image and you've coloured her to perfection. X
- 28 August 2012 at 19:59
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Hi! really gorgeous card,love the colours and your colouring Kay-very pretty detail too.hugs Lou.xx
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ATP - Verdicts?
What did ye think? Some good...some bad. YMSS were indeed better than Yoko Ono i thought.
Re: ATP - Verdicts?good and mad.
Re: ATP - Verdicts?Women & Children were dull, dull, dull. Prefuse 73 was utterly ace, despite everyone being rooted to the floor, and asked us if we could score him some weed. Yoko was weird, I saw it through a fog of cheap whiskey while dozing on the steps at the back. Nice chords followed by her going "oh! oh! oh!".
YMSS in pub was a great way to start saturday, and they were damn fine even on that silly stage. Peaches was cool, and I got her crotch in my face (completely accidentally) as she went across the crowd. Autolux were cool as well.
Did everyone meet Vincent Gallo? He was *everywhere*, but his set was kinda crappy - probably cos of the heat in there. He wrote "SEX" on my friend's CD case, and "Don't smoke" on a packet of fags, while rubbing my friend's side (who is a girl).
I'm tired and I've caught someone's nasty cold, so I'm rambling...
Re: ATP - Verdicts?I thought it was kind of disappointing, but i did have a really good time.
PJ Harvey utterly stole the show i thought- her voice was just incredible. I loved Jayne County and thought Buck 65 was brilliant.
Vincent Gallo's set just pissed me off, the music sounded ok but they needed it louder to drown out all talking, and bloody hell that room was hot! Did you see Suicide?!?!
Didn't really rate Yoko Ono's set but i still like her. Autolux were pretty cool i'd agree. Did anyone see the comedy that was John Foxx? it was like your dad bringing out his 'musical project' for the relatives at the end of a long bad wedding party.
Shame about the rain.
Re: ATP - Verdicts?Good stuff: PJ Harvey, Olivia Tremor Control, Autolux, YMSS (unscheduled second set after Yoko), Peaches, Buck 65, Gang Gang Dance, JSBX, the Tints. 'Interesting' stuff: erm, Yoko. Yuka Honda wore a nice hat.
Did anyone see the Zombies encoring with 'God Gave Rock n Roll To You'?, Hilarious, all the hipsters dropped their cool and ROCKED OUT. Scary how a band of John Virgo, Jeremy Clarkson and Father Jack lookalikes who openly boasted of playing with Phil Collins came off more challenging than Yoko Ono...
Re: ATP - Verdicts?Afrirampo were fucking outstanding, and I was pleasantly surprised by Jayne County.
Suicide were also great (if you could ignore the comedy wig), James Chance was great too.
JSBX seem to be intent on destroying any kind of a groove they get going, like they lost all their balls.
Magik Markers were utterly appalling (bar the fact two of them looked like models). What a load of pretentious cock.
Poor "the zombies" . They could have gone the Arthur Lee/Brian Wilson route, playing the stuff that new fans love, but instead they were total Phoenix Nights.
I'm a fan, so I was pretty gutted.
"we're going to do a few zombies tunes, some of colin's songs, some argent, and some alan parson's project tracks!"
Re: ATP - Verdicts?Anyone catch Vitamin b-12? They were surprisingly good....i was on my way to first YMSS set in pub and wandered through it and couldn't leave.
Anyone try the quiz...fucking hell we were bad at that.
Re: ATP - Verdicts?Best stuff:
PJ Harvey - amazing voice, perhaps even better when she's just playing solo
Prefuse 73 - live drums, bass, turntables, great stuff
Lots of other good bands, some mild disappointments. Yoko Ono was definately boring


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- The Kano state chapter of the APC says it endorsed Buhari for second term because of his achievements in the last two years
- The party states that it is convinced that the president is the best for these times when the country has begun to muster energy and resources to develop agriculture, infrastructure and empower the younger citizens
- However, Buhari did not say he accepted, neither did he decline the endorsement
The Kano state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to sue President Muhammadu Buhari if he declines their endorsement for the 2019 general elections.
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The party issued the threat on Thursday, December 7, shortly after endorsing Buhari as its candidate in the coming presidential election, Premium Times reports.
According to the president's spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in a statement, Buhari, however did not say he accepted, neither did he decline the endorsement.
"President Buhari merely beamed with smiles and went on to underscore the need for unity in the party and among the diverse peoples of Nigeria," the statement said.
The state chairman of the APC, Inuwa Abbas, stated that the party was moved to endorse Buhari because of his achievements in the last two years especially in the fields of security, the war against corruption and the restructuring of the economy.
"Security is important for everyone, not just for Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
''It even more so for us as a commercial and industrial state. We are convinced that you are best for these times when the country has begun to muster energy and resources to develop agriculture, infrastructure and empower the younger citizens," Abbas said.
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On his part, Governor Ganduje speaking in a humorous note, said the party was prepared to drag the president to court to force his acceptance of the second term ticket.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has said those who looted the country's treasury over the years would best be judged by God.
Vanguard reports that he said this in Kano on Thursday, December 7, while insisting that those in authority in the past administrations 'lavishly squandered' government treasury over the years.
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Trump within striking distance of Clinton in new poll
Donald Trump would mount a competitive challenge to Hillary Clinton in a general election, according to a new survey out from CNN/ORC.
The latest data shows Clinton would beat Trump by a mere six points if voters cast their ballots for president today. According to CNN, Trump trailed Clinton by 16 points in July and narrowed his gap by boosting his support from Republicans and Republican-leaning independents.
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The same poll also finds she would beat Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker by six points and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush by 9 points.
Clinton's support continues to wane in the new poll, which comes as the controversy surrounding her use of private email during her time as secretary of state grows.
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Meanwhile Trump, who initially drew backlash from establishment Republicans over some of his more controversial comments about women and immigrants, has steadily gained steam.
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For a UK minister, and a member of a government focused on growth, the whole event is incredibly heartening. The first confidence boost is finding out there are more than 200 UK companies represented at the congress, the largest contingent after that from the US, and a good illustration of how well the UK is doing in taking advantage of the explosion in mobile technology.
One of the reasons for our success is the work of UK Trade & Investment, the government agency that helps UK businesses export and encourages inward investment. Through them, I manage to get time with quite a few UK start-ups – companies such as PixelPin, MagicSolver, Truphone, Bluenio, Activ8rlives, Mindspeed Technologies UK, Revector, Rockshore and Vision247, all of whom have space on UKTI's stand. Rockshore is a great story – it came with UKTI last year and, as a result, won a huge piece of business from AT&T. All the companies I spoke to waxed lyrical about the work of UKTI, so that was a second thing to cheer me up.
Dinner with Randall Stephenson from AT&T, and a clutch (a bureaucracy?) of European regulators. AT&T is making huge investments in mobile in the US. Talk turns to Europe's fragmented market – where companies such as AT&T could make equally large investments. The digital single market is a massive opportunity for the European Union, which is why David Cameron is right to push our European partners hard to make progress.
The next day, I'm on a panel that includes John Chambers, the head of Cisco. He tells me if you had asked him five years ago if half of his engineers in Europe would have been based in the UK, he would have said no. Now they are, because of the UK's technology and skills focus and a stable investment climate. The US company AirWatch says something similar. Two years ago, it had four people in the UK. Now it has 220. So a third reason to cheer.
Telecoms is one of the biggest parts of my very diverse portfolio, which goes from culture through to film, TV and advertising. It also includes heritage and architecture, which means I'm responsible for listing important buildings. I got the chance this week to list the home that Richard Rogers built for his parents. I'm a big fan of 20th-century architecture, so it's great to get the chance to list important modern buildings, which are now as much a part of our heritage as castles or Victorian municipal architecture.
I'm a minister, but also a constituency MP. I can't make a full day in the constituency this Friday, the normal constituency day, because of Parliamentary business. But I make it to Didcot in time to hold my regular surgery. It's the best part of the job, representing such a huge range of different people and organisations that are based in Didcot and Wantage, from the military to space scientists. Didcot's defining symbol is the cooling towers of the power station, which are due to be pulled down in 2015. They were supposed to be laid out by Henry Moore. I wonder if they will be listed?
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A 28-year-old man travelling from Japan to Boston was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after investigators found him wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a suitcase containing a smoke grenade, a biohazard suit, a gas mask and leg irons. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports.
A Massachusetts man has been charged with illegally transporting a smoke grenade in his checked suitcase while returning from a trip to Japan.
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Yongda Huang Harris, 28, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chinese descent, Friday in Los Angeles. He was flying from Japan, through South Korea and then Los Angeles, on his way to Boston.
What alerted agents to check his suitcase? It might have been the bullet-proof vest or the flame-retardant pants that he was wearing under his trench coat.
According to ICE, a search of his checked bag turned up the smoke grenade as well as "three leather-coated billy clubs, a collapsible baton, a full-face respirator, various knives, a hatchet, body bags, a biohazard suit, handcuffs, leg irons, and a device to repel dogs."
He appeared late Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles. There's no thought he was a terrorist or was plotting to do anything on the various planes he was flying on, a federal official says. But transporting a smoke grenade is illegal.
ICE isn't saying what airline allowed him to begin his journey. Court documents say his trip originated in Kansai, Japan, stopped over in Inchon, Korea, and then in Los Angeles on his way to Boston. A federal official says the Japan to Korea flight was not on a U.S. carrier.
Pete Williams is NBC News' chief justice correspondent.
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The Path of Zinx is a fun short platform scroller. Find your way around the mystical prehistoric snakes and birds by eliminating them or solving a puzzle to avoid them. Be aware of the hot lava and falling logs. There are many challenges that await you.
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- Yung Coyote at NYE All-Night Warehouse Party
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- Cloud People Live in the Pines at Farrest Grove Music Festival & Campout 2015
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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today's selection, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "Fail Forever" from Scandinavian electronic group When Saints Go Machine's 2011 album, also called Fail Forever, available on !K7 Records
The newly signed Danish electo/pop group is comprised of Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild (vocals), Jonas Kenton (keyboards), Simon Muschinsky (keyboards) and Silas Moldenhawer (drums). The four grew up together, decided to form the band back in 2007, and just put out their 6-track album this past in January. When Saints Go Machine have often said that their music is specifically aimed at the club scene. However, they've wanted it to sound unique and sought to make dance/pop music that lived outside of the four-on-the-floor mainstay of music European dance music. The result is layered, often moody but always enthralling sound.
Although not prominently featured on today's song, singer Vonsild has a captivating falsetto, much like that of The Dears' Murray Lightburn, Wild Beasts' Hayden Thorpe, or Antony Hegarty. Vonsild's strong pipes are capable of taking the band's experimental electronic beats to interesting new heights. Musically, they blend 80's style synths, club beats including a bit of dubstep, and orchestral instrumentation. Their ambition has apparently turned heads in their home country, as they've received the 2009 Danish National Radio Talent Of The Year Award and earned a spot at the Roskilde Festival that same year.
Looking ahead, the band plans to drop a full album sometime in 2012. They're rumored to be honing in on their sound and adding more classical instruments to their well-developed electronics. The result of this new direction, they claim, will make them "bigger and better." Today's featured track, "Fail Forever," is a good indication of what that might sound like: a good vocal mix dropped over haunting cellos and on top of a solid dance beat.
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TheFuture.FM Launches MixSCAN DJ Royalty Program
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Music industry leader in fingerprint technology and DJ mix streaming, Dubset Media Holdings, has announced the launch of the world's first formal DJ Royalty Program. Powered by its patent-pending MixSCAN technology that manages rights-flow for DJ mixes, DJs will now be able to legally share their mixes with fans and receive a number of royalties. TheFuture.FM is the company has created over 8,000 custom DJ channels and successfully uploaded and fingerprinted over ten thousand hours of the world's best mixes from notable artists, venues, and festivals around the globe.


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Five Ways to Network Your Small Business
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For a while, it seemed the struggling small or medium sized business owner was fighting a losing battle in the face of large corporate rivals, but a resurgence in personalized marketing has been made possible by social networks. Here are five ways to harness this new opportunity to get your voice out there:
1. Personalize yourself.
Business owners are increasingly aware that their own global village has never been more accessible, and are getting to know the inhabitants. At a personal level, social networking sites provide a link from proprietor to customer, cutting out that feeling we all get in a big, anonymous city.
- Set up a link on facebook or twitter to your business or even just to you: the point is to make what you do recognizable.
2. Break down barriers.
Be aware that people have a tendency toward loyalty to brands and services within them. It goes without saying that if they feel that what they are exchanging money for is well worth what they paid, they remember and will want to do it again.
Use the platform you have set up to engage these customers in conversation. Dialogue is the most underestimated tool in marketing, and by utilizing peoples thoughts and opinions you will invite a reciprocal exchange. This exchange will then help your consumers to develop loyalty.
- Keep an eye out for mentions of your name or the name of your business. When you spot anything, start up a conversation even if it s just a quick thanks for the mention!
3. Know your advantages.
Social media is a valuable alternative to conventional advertising, and for small businesses it means saving on advertising costs. It reaches different strata of consumers, but via paths which are far more likely to make an impact. It means people hear from their friends and families, which brings up elements of trust and respect which the consumer has largely lost for advertising. See it as a welcome extension of word of mouth. A megaphone, for example.
- Urge consumers to let other people know about your presence.
4. Be flexible.
Understand that people can informally review your goods or services on these sites, and that these reviews may not always be positive. Make a point of paying attention, and reinforce what people like, while being prepared to reconsider what they don t. A key element of success is the ability to accept criticism.
- Be pleasant, light-hearted and conversational. This is the situation in which you really make the most of the fact that you are a person, not just a business.
- Reply to tweets, respond to messages, but do it with a smile.
- Use apologies if they are necessary (and sometimes even if they re not).
5. Be sneaky.
Take a look at this collection of tweets between a representative of a popular youth-centred marketing blog, after locking horns with her phone company. This kind of personal, individually directed advertising is just so effective it made my head spin.


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Placing a fair valuation on networking giant Cisco Systems has never been an easy task.
Even harder is trying to convince investors to be a bit more patient in expecting the sort of returns the company once produced, helping it to become at one time one of the largest companies in the world.
Those tech-bubble days are over. While expectations have leveled off a bit for the entire sector, in Cisco's case it's at the point where too little is now expected and investors are ignoring the good that still remains.


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Tuesday 13 March 2018 11:45am
The Dauphin & District Chamber of Commerce is hosting their Annual Community Connection Lunch Series, at the Lion's Den in the Parkland Rec Complex, starting at 11:45 am.
Tickets are available for each session. Call the Chamber office to secure your tickets, at 204-622-3140.
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By Frank Larue
The one-hundredth anniversary of the Montreal Canadians has been less of a celebration and more of an embarrassment for the once proud hockey team. Les Canadiens have won more Stanley cups than any other NHL team and have produced legends such as Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, Jean Beliveau, Jacques Plante, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, and many more. Despite Montreal's success, the New York Yankees (previously the second most winning sports franchise in North America) now claim first place.
Unfortunately, the glory years are a thing of the past, and the new Montreal Canadians have no superstars. They have not won a Stanley cup for twenty-five years. The '90s were not kind to the team that used to dominate the league. They have seldom made it past the second round in the playoffs, and with Bob Gainey at the helm, the future looks a long way from bright.
Carey Price, the pride of the Ulkatcho Indian Band, was chosen number one goalie for Montreal in his second year in the NHL when the Canadians traded Cristobal Huet to Chicago. Carey had stellar performances last season and continued in the same direction at the beginning of the '08-'09 season. Unfortunately his team started losing in mid-season, and they have yet to find the magic they had in October.
Carey's fate went the same way as the team's. He has been struggling since January and was pulled from games several times. It didn't help that coach Guy Carbonneau was fired and the team had injuries at the worst time during the hockey season. Carey became discouraged and did not show the form that had earned him his job. In a game against the Philadelphia Flyers where he was a healthy scratch, he told CBC that he "didn't deserve to be in the lineup."
Bringing in Bob Gainey as interim coach did nothing to improve the Montreal Canadians. They barely made it to the playoffs, and in the first game against Boston they looked bad, not only losing the game but also presenting no match for the number one seed: the Bruins.
You don't have to be Merlin to realize the once mighty Canadians will be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, and since the team is up for sale, Carey Price can't feel confident in his future with Montreal. It may not be much of a consolation, but he's not the only Aboriginal hockey player in the NHL dealing with a sub-par season. Jordin Too Too and Jonathan Chee Choo have also dealt with injuries and low productivity.
Jonathan Chee Choo with the San Jose Sharks won the Rocket Richard Award a few years ago for most goals scored by a forward for the season. Chee Choo is considered one of the premier snipers of the league, and since the Sharks ruled the NHL this season, he was expected to have a banner year. That didn't happen. Although his team finished first in league, Jonathan was injured and missed several games. Since his return, he has yet to show the golden touch that made him one of the highest scorers in the NHL. The Sharks are facing the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the first round of the playoffs and have already lost their first game on home ice. If by chance they are eliminated in the first round, it would be the upset of the year, adding insult to injury for Chee Choo. Whether or not he can rebound and help his team fulfill its destiny remains to be seen. Judging by the first game, it may not happen, and Jonathan will be going home to Moose Factory in Northern Ontario long before the playoffs are over.
Jordin Too Too won't have to worry about the playoffs at all because his team (the Nashville Predators) didn't make the cut. For the first time in nine years, the Predators will be watching the playoffs from the golf course. Jordin has been criticized by Kelly Krudey on Hockey Night in Canada for being a mindless goon whose role doesn't go beyond delivering checks meant to injure his opponents. Veteran Jeremy Roenick (now playing with the San Jose Sharks) added to the controversy by stating, "I don't like the way he plays. He's not well respected in the league. Most players don't like him." Fortunately, the Predators coach Barry Trotz has total confidence in Jordin and has no problem with his playing style. "His job is to piss players off and get them off their game," said Trotz. "He hits hard and never backs down. Jordin is an important part of this team."
Carey Price, Jonathan Chee Choo, and Jordin Too Too are three young hockey players who inspire young Aboriginal athletes by being role models both on and off the ice. There are hills and valleys in all sports careers, and the good players always bounce back. There is every reason to believe that all three young men will come back to the ice next year on a mission to make up for this year's lost season.


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Britney Spears: Animal Hospital with New Pup & the Boys
Britney Spears holds her new puppy while leaving a local animal hospital on Monday (February 18) in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
The 31-year-old singer brought along her boys Sean Preston and Jayden James, who stood outside with a bodyguard while Brit stayed inside with her pup.
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