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Absence of emergency housing perpetuates student homelessness
The first time Brooke Evans saw the word "homelessness" related to higher education was when she was filling out the FAFSA (or Free Application for Federal Student Aid) in 2010, where it wasn't well-explained and implied that she was not homeless, even though that was not the case.
Evans, a senior at UW-Madison, experienced homelessness as a freshman at UW-LaCrosse and then after she transferred to UW-Madison in the fall of 2012.
Upon her arrival at Madison, Evans said there were no resources a homeless student could utilize; emergency housing and explicit affordable housing did not, and do not, exist.
"How does someone do everything right and then become homeless?" Evans said. "There's this mentality that if you're homeless it means there's something defective, deficient, deviant or disabled about your decision-making or your agency. That's not true."
Evans stated there is a generational and societal divide between how individuals perceive homelessness.
According to Evans, the "lowest hierarchy" of being homeless is to be sleeping outside, completely subjected to the elements, sexual exploitation, assault and theft.
However, Evans thinks that is one case, and on a college campus, circumstances can differ.
"To be couch surfing is to be homeless," Evans said. "Living in your car is being homeless."
Part of the invisibility of this demographic comes from a lack of data.
The Wisconsin HOPE Lab, run by Sara Goldrick-Rab, has been the only organization gathering statistics for homeless students at UW-Madison and throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Within a city of 250,000 people, an accurate measurement of homeless students remains largely unstudied, according to Ald. Zach Wood, District 8, who is also a UW-Madison alum.
There are theoretical ways in which data could be collected, Wood said; however, the dilemma of homeless students and the lack of affordable housing is a relatively new issue that UW-Madison and universities across the country are facing.
According to Wood, this demographic has only been brought to the city in the past couple of years.
"Just because it's brand new in the news doesn't make it new," Evans said.
Wood said there are other universities that have on-campus student emergency housing, or that allow students to stay in dorms at reduced rates, but UW-Madison does not offer such accommodations.
Carmen Goséy, a sophomore at UW-Madison and ASM Legislative Affairs chair, said if she was an out-of-state student from a lower socio-economic background, she would be hesitant to attend this university; tuition is incredibly high, and housing is a separate entity.
ASM recently created its own food pantry, allowing low-income students access to adequate nutrition.
But this action does not solely address the demographic of homeless students.
Goséy said if there was an affordable option to live on campus it would be utilized. However, she thinks affordable housing and emergency housing do not coincide.
"You have full-time students here. You have students investing here," Goséy said. "It's our job to help aid people's success. It is up to the entire university to do this."
According to Goséy, raising awareness is the first and most important step in addressing this issue, which has been greatly underreported.
Awareness exposes the circumstances homeless students face, and those who listen are morally forced to respond, Goséy said.
Hayley Young, administrative assistant at Seventhwave and UW-Madison alumna, said homelessness among students is not something people ordinarily expect.
Young is currently in the running for the County Board district 5 seat and said she hopes to address the issue of homelessness in Madison if elected.
According to Young, what many students face is housing and food insecurity, where the plan a student has for tonight and the plan for tomorrow might not necessarily be the same thing.
"We need to normalize the fact that people do have financial struggles in college," Young said. "When we're talking about tuition and when we're talking about student loan finance reform, you're having a broader conversation about people having a successful college experience."
Young emphasized the importance of utilizing the resources available for UW-Madison students in financial distress, many of which do not realize such are available to them.
The ASM food pantry, Tenant Resource Center and Tenants Rights Organization are pillars students can access when in need of advising.
Those resources don't completely solve the problems students face; they are not all specifically aimed to students and they are not necessarily well-advertised by the university, despite the growing number of students reporting housing insecurity, according to Young.
"It's not acceptable that we're keeping someone from being able to receive the degree that can change and direct the entire trajectory of their life because we can't come up with enough resources to make sure that they're successful," Young said.
According to Evans, professors have either approached her with concern or have detached themselves from her in fear of academic nepotism; she thinks administrators search for something about students like herself that somehow constitute them not being Badgers.
But Evans addressed the belief that everyone who gets to higher education somehow becomes middle class as false.
"We want more impoverished people to be in college," she said. "That's good for equality, but once they're here you have to do something about them.
Update: This article was updated at 4:25 p.m. to reflect that Evans experienced homelessness as a freshman at UW-LaCrosse, and then after her transfer to UW-Madison.Subscribe to The Daily Cardinal Newsletter
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AIR Tour
Our recently launched website, Arts Incubator of the Rockies (AIR), has been growing rapidly—now incorporating almost 600 members. The website includes a variety of great resources designed for all artists and art-based organizations, not only for inspiration and motivation, but also for connecting and succeeding. This regional arts incubator is a wonderful opportunity for artists to utilize many tools in one convenient website.
Recently, we have added a helpful and comprehensive website tour to the homepage. This tour, guided by our own Executive Director, Beth Flowers, walks viewers through the website features and functionality. If you have never visited the website before, have casually browsed it, or have recently become a member, this tour is the perfect chance to learn the power of the website and how to use it.
We are still in the midst of our membership drive and are recruiting as many people as possible. There is no force to commit. Though paid members have access to more features and benefits, free memberships still include a great base of available resources. So please, visit the website, and take the tour to help get you immersed in AIR.
Digital Con Brio
Despite construction closures and tremendous traffic jams, people came out to the streets Friday night to hear a variety of Streetmosphere musicians. This was the first weekend of the summer where the majority of performers have been musical, with Susan K. Dailey being the only visual artist on the lineup.
People loved the unique sounds of the four musical groups: MDT 3, the Steve Johnson Group, the Fort Collins Four Tuba Quartet, and the String Quartet Con Brio.
I've already written about the Fort Collins Four Tuba Quartet and the Steve Johnson Group, but MDT 3 and the String Quartet Con Brio deserve some attention.
Enthusiastic Streetmosphere Fan!
Tim Van Schmidt is a craftsman, and a freelance writer and photographer. He specializes in writing about contemporary music on the local and national level. An experienced writer, Van Schmidt wrote for The Coloradoan as the music columnist, for the Fort Collins Forum as the entertainment columnist, as well as edited for Scene Magazine, of which he is a co-founder. Since then, Van Schmidt has been publishing his writing and photographs online.
Van Schmidt's photography career really blossomed because of his writing. When attending concerts to write a review, he was always asked, "Do you also want a photo pass?" Since then, he has photographed many artists, such as Clapton, Springsteen, U2 – and of course our Streetmosphere performers!
Tim followed the end of the 2011 Streetmosphere program and photographed eight of the performers in Old Town. This year, Van Schmidt says that "checking up on Streetmosphere is a regular part of my summer!!" He has photographed twenty-two of our artists so far in both our downtown and Front Range Village locations.
Live music is what keeps Van Schmidt ticking, and Fort Collins doesn't disappoint. Out of the hundreds of cities he has visited, he says that "Fort Collins has gone way beyond the average city." Our city provides programs like Noontime Notes in Oak Street Plaza, concerts in Old Town square, FOCOMX, Bohemian Nights at New West Fest, and of course Streetmosphere to promote live music and its native artists.
Van Schmidt enjoys the diversity and accessibility Streetmosphere offers and says that "it would be a crime not to take advantage of what is offered in so much abundance."
Jazzin' It Up
This past Friday, I began my internship with Beet Street. What a fun night to start out!There were performances and artists to pique anyone's interest. My favorite, however, had to be MDT3.
MDT3 is a jazz trio made up of Ron Holleman (trumpet), Chuck Landgraf (drums), and Tim Gauthier (guitar). These gentlemen have been involved in the Colorado jazz scene for quite some time now and they each belong to multiple bands besides MDT3. They name their group after Ron's marquis instrument: the Morrison Digital Trumpet (MDT). Though Ron is a very talented trumpeter, he played the MDT just about as often as he did his traditional instruments on Friday.
Weekend Spotlight: Half Moon Arts
Bright colors, towering animal faces, and wood chips lined College Avenue this weekend, while as many as 4 artists worked away with Half Moon Arts. The local non-profit, run by Rose Moon, works with at-risk youth, ages 13-21, to create an environment both artistic and imaginative.
The program utilizes the process of making totem poles to inspire the participants. From a log of wood, they carve out a unique world, followed by a heaping amount of colorful paint. Creativity is highly encouraged, helping to promote self-esteem and healing. The work produced by these amazing young people sells through local events, allowing for feelings of accomplishment and success. The organization has been commissioned to make totem poles for many organizations in town as well, such as the Fort Collins Cat Rescue.
Weekend Spotlight: Carolyn Lauttenbach
Ukulele strums could be heard throughout Old Town Square Saturday afternoon, followed by a smooth voice singing the words to Paramore's "The Only Exception". This unlikely combination resulted in a unique cover by Florida native, Carolyn Lauttenbach, which had crowd members of all ages nodding, clapping and dancing along. Throughout the rest of the set, Carolyn did a mix of classic and popular covers, as well as original material, occasionally trading the ukulele for an acoustic guitar.
CROMA Brings An Old-Time Feel To Streemosphere
This Saturday, on the corner of Mountain and College, directly in front of Cache Bank, a group of people sat in a circle, each with a string instrument in hand. These people, the members of CROMA (Central Rockies Old-Time Music Association), drew in a crowd with their infectious old-time tunes and occasional tap dancing.
The relaxed vibe of the "jam circle" encouraged onlookers to surround the musicians. Whether they stood against the walls of the bank or sat on the benches that lined the planters in the shade, people could not help but stop and take in the festive plucking of strings and tap dancing. Some members of the crowd even stopped and joined in, tap dancing along with the members of CROMA.
Carolyn Lattenbach brings crowds to Oak Street
"So, do you think Carolyn Lattenbach is cool?"
This was the question posed to a young boy, about the age of 5, at Oak Street Plaza on Saturday, as people found a seat or a place to dance and listened to the musical stylings of singer/songwriter Carolyn Lattenbach. Hailing from Tampa Bay, Florida, the young artist brought both her guitar and ukulele as well as an impressive voice out on the town. Performing covers as diverse as Gary Jules' Mad World and Michael Jackson's Billy Jean, as well as original compositions, she gathered a large crowd that stuck around for most of the afternoon. Easy going and friendly, Lattenbach not only impressed with her music but also her familiarity, actively talking to the audience and cracking jokes during her set. At one point, she told the crowd, "Now this is an original, and it's not a very nice song. But it's played on a ukulele, and whatever you play on a ukulele sounds happy!"
So when asked if he thought Lattenbach was cool, the boy's answer, with a giant smile spread across his face, was a strong and resounding, "Yeah!"
Encouraging talent in our schools: help support Fort Collins' first student house band!
We all have probably heard of the importance of music in schools. Students who study music are opened up to a world of creativity that can enhance learning in other subjects. Our own Poudre School District in Fort Collins offers various music programs to its students, including extracurricular opportunities for bands and choirs, but there is one group going above and beyond to showcase musical talent in our schools.
Over one year ago, Suna Thomas and staff members from Kinard Middle School noticed that many students had musical talents but were unable to play in traditional school bands. Some kids had been playing instruments such as guitar and bass for many years, but had no outlet for their creativity and talent within the school system. With the support of the Fort Collins community, the hopes of Suna and many students became a reality- one month ago, Kinard Middle School formed the Poudre School District's first "House Band."
Auditions were held, and 7 students were picked to participate in this unique music program. Instruments include guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, electric drums, and even electric violin. Instructor David Parsons leads the House Band, and holds rehearsal twice a week. Not only do the band members regularly show up to practice, which is held before classes begin in the morning, according to Suna they often show up early, and enthusiastically get in as much play time as they can. That is serious dedication!
And all the hard work is definitely beginning to pay off for these kids. The Kinard Middle School House Band is generating a ton of buzz in Fort Collins, earning support from the Fort Collins Music Association, Colorado Contemporary Music College, Shaped Music, Chipper's Lanes, Valpak, and Northern Colorado radio station KISS FM. Even local music instructors and lots of music stores around town have lent tremendous support. The response to the House Band in such a short period of time demonstrates both the student's amazing musical ability and the willingness of organizations and individuals in Fort Collins to step up and support aspiring musicians.
We look forward to hearing more from these students in the coming months. There is work to be done as the House Band continues to perfect their sound, and as the program seeks to gain more support through events and fundraisers. There is a huge need for us to foster musical endeavors such as these as they get off the ground. As Suna noted, "no one has ever done this before." The ability of everyone at Kinard Middle School to build this program organically is truly impressive, and deserves the continuing support of Fort Collins.
The ultimate goal of the House Band program is to encourage students in their chosen activities, even when they do not fit into the "typical" system of school extracurriculars. Suna said, "We hope that the success that is achieved at Kinard will be a catalyst for others to follow in our footsteps and give more of these type of talented kids the same opportunity to be recognized." Just imagine how it must feel for any student to know that their own interests are supported and encouraged by their own community.
Check out the Kinard Middle School House Band's amazing musical talent here! You can also see them play live early next year, as they have been invited to perform during intermission at a Colorado Eagles game! Beet Street will be keeping you updated on event details as this program continues to grow.
If you would like more information on how you can support the House Band program, please contact us here at Beet Street. After all, recognizing talents of all kinds is vital to inspiring true creativity and learning.
We can make it difficult for history to repeat itself.
Fort Collins is one of many cities around the world where citizens and economic development initiatives such as Beet Street work to distinguish a city as an "intellectually vital community that fosters, celebrates, and inspires human creativity through diverse cultural experiences and programming." These endeavors have wonderful implications for present and future citizens and economies where cultural events and programs provide opportunities for intellectual and business growth. But growing a vital community requires continual mental work and the kind of creative thinking that asks us to stretch and reevaluate what we think we already know and understand about ourselves. Diverse cultural experiences and programs ask participants to see things from new perspectives, because seeing things from new perspectives is fundamental to inspiring human creativity. Multiple approaches to history, ideas and living together lead to multi-faceted, individualistic or even idiosyncratic points of view that complicate ideas about who we are and who is allowed to define the parts of our collective culture. When opposing histories and experiences are routinely acknowledged and valued, it is more likely that people will become involved, more interested and more active in the cultural life of a city. So what happens in a city where past economic and historical experiences create seemingly vast divides in how individual citizens create a sense of place?
Linz, Austria is an interesting example of a city where history could create seemingly irreconcilable differences. Since 1985, one or two cities across Europe have been selected to represent Europe as "European Capital of Culture" for a year, with the list of future capitals until the year 2019 already named. The aim of this program is to "showcase the richness, variety and similarities of European cultures and help European citizens to gain a better understanding of one another." This year, Linz is the European Capital of Culture and in its efforts to attract visitors and host diverse Europeans, the city has chosen to openly address the fact that it does not exist in a social, historical and political vacuum. This means that although arts and cultural events are part of creating exciting and memorable celebrations, Linz is consciously addressing the fact that how it promotes itself as well as who is considered important in the city will have lasting effects. That is, Linz is actively preparing for the future by coming to terms with its past rather than passively letting "history repeat itself." In the past, Linz existed as a "Führerstadt" or "Führer City," encircled by the extermination camps of Mauthausen, Gusen, Ebensee and Hartheim. Today, architectural evidence of the crimes of the past mingle with contemporary life in Linz and its vicinity. For example, "Hitlerbauten," the industrial facilities of the VOEST built on the foundations provided by the "Hermann Göring Werke," and other seemingly uncontroversial public buildings, were constructed from materials like granite—materials that concentration camp prisoners paid for with their lives.
Historically, the concentration camp Mauthausen was the final destination for deportees from all over Europe and this year, the city of Linz would like more Europeans to visit the area. They could have chosen to ignore the past and only focus on celebrating arts and culture in collective denial. Instead, they are attempting to find new ways of talking about the past that defy collective amnesia and are relevant to both the region and the rest of Europe. Projects are making sure that people have accurate knowledge of the past but go further than allowing people to merely evade guilt. Leaders in Linz have identified their task as that of encouraging discussion about the developments and social mechanisms that made it possible for historical events to occur in the first place. They want participants to question the ideology underpinning the Nazi era, and make connections to how it continues to subtly affect and inform European societies to this day.
For example, the mission statement for Linz09 identifies that history will be dealt with by using different narrative styles, including "the polemical, factual, sober and provocative." Different projects throughout the year are intended to encourage diverse audiences to engage with the area from new perspectives. The idea is that cultural discourse can exist in multiple forms that include dissent or feeling uncomfortable. One project supported by federal and national funding, "The Invisible Camp," is designed to reactivate the hidden memory of parts of the region where citizens now live and relax. Using an i-Pod, visitors walk through residential developments listening to a soundtrack of reminiscences from survivors and witnesses as to what happened there. The voices include present day inhabitants, soldiers and even members of the SS who were responsible for sending people to concentration camps. The stories bring to life what is normally left unsaid and visitors cannot ignore what they can no longer physically see. You can visit Linz, the city that Hitler wanted to make his cultural capital, to explore its museums, cyberart Ars Electronica center, street celebrations, cultural and religious sights and even tour the city from above on rooftop scaffolding. You can also be asked or ask uncomfortable questions.
Another project in Linz uses signs to make a point. During 2009, the most important access routes leading into Linz will be relabelled. The new street names use languages that are "foreign" to many of the city's citizens in order to bring attention to the present day ethnic complexity of Linz. The proactive goal for the signs is to point out that the reality of living in Linz demands the "kind of democratic attitude that is so needed and so necessary in all areas of a life lived together rather than merely side by side." The project also works as a test case to determine how cosmopolitan the majority of Linzers really are as hosts to the rest of Europe. It's an exciting examination of cultural identity–real and perceived! You can read more about Linz09 here. If Linz can combine tourism and address conflict while celebrating contemporary life, do you think cities of all sizes and in other parts of the world can put their model to use?
Art and community make life!
Here's the cover of the program for Linz09–love the fried eggs!
Thanks for the photos moe in berlin, acediscovery and City of Linz
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Science News reports the discovery of a second mega earth. This is an apparently rocky planet many times more massive than our own. Could this then be a Krypton-type planet with greater gravity where if two-legged folk evolved, and they could somehow get to earth, they could jump further than mere earth people and travel faster than a speeding bullet?
Sixteen times as heavy as earth, massive BD+20594b should be a gas giant like Neptune or Uranus. But instead it's 100% rock. The planet orbits its star in 42 days. A little online research indicates the star itself is very slightly smaller and cooler than the sun and also about one billion years younger. This makes it a yellow star as is our sun, i.e., not red.
Judging from the planet's orbital period, it is even closer to its sun than is Mercury to ours. This probably means it's too hot for life as we know it. It also seems too massive for plate tectonics to exist. Scientists suggest that plate tectonics is key to the circulation of carbon which is the basis for life on earth. Without moving continents and circulation between core, mantle and crust, everything remains locked in place.
Now, if the planet might be tidally locked to its star – one side always facing toward and the other away – there might be a transitional zone between -- in perpetual twilight -- where the temperature might be more conducive to life. And in twilight, at sunset, that sun might appear red. Tidal forces might also create enough internal tension to stimulate circulation within the rocky layers. So, perhaps the possibility of finding Superman's home planet cannot be completely discounted.
What is clear is that recent discoveries of exoplanets make a strong case for the existence of a wide range of planet types including ones that might support life. We also should not limit our consideration to forms of life based on carbon or water such as ours. Might someone be sailing methane seas on Titan? Is anyone out there?


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The Dream Program is part of PyeongChang's effort towards its bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The June 2005 issue of the Korea IT Times reported an interview with Han Seung-soo, Chairman of the 2014 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee, where he said,
The goal of 'Dream Program' is to allow young boys and girls from each nation in the world where winter sports are not developed, to experience winter sports and to promote cultural exchange and international friendship. The Dream Program will operate over 7 years from 2004 through 2010 as 100-200 players as well as coaches from 20-40 countries every year are trained free of charge in 6 sports such as alpine and cross country skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, short track, and figure skating. Gangwon Province has already fixed 15 international matches under the program.
More information can be found on the PyeongChang 2014 website.
For the 2007 program, I will be going as the team manager of the Singapore team, which will consist of skaters Anja Chong, Annika Nyberg and Sarah Paw. Yes, I will be going! How exciting! :-)


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and I knew what I needed to do. I didn't have any vintage numbers & didn't want to make the investment in some. I found metal numbers at Hobby Lobby on sale 50% off. Perfect! Now I am very happy with the look. I took it to City Antiques & Interiors. I am hoping someone else will like it as much as me!
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As the celebration of the Incarnation nears, the readings echo with wonder and joy. Amid virtual despair about the future of the kingdom, Yahweh tells Ahaz to ask for a sign, which the king will not do, lest he tempt God. But Isaiah intervenes with an oracle of salvation. Life is affirmed at the doorstep of destruction; a virgin will bear a child and his name shall signify his destiny, God will be with us. The solemn introduction to Romans heralds the arrival of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was established as the Son of God in power. The Gospel portrays the annunciation to Joseph that Mary, who was betrothed (that is, legally married) to Joseph, will bear a son with a double nameJesus, because he will save his people from their sins, and Emmanuel (God with us), in fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy.
In liturgy, art and devotion we rightly merge the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke to create a Yuletide tapestry. Naturally Mary, the mother, and her child occupy center stage. Matthew, though, has another dimension, which is important for our time. The central human character in Matthew is Joseph. In contrast to Luke, not Mary but Joseph receives divine messages from angels and in dreams. Mary is most often spoken about and initiates no action, while Joseph's obedience to God's word appears at every critical juncture. Faced with doubt over Mary's pregnancy, Joseph did as the angel commanded him and took his wife into his home. After the birth of the child, Joseph again receives a dream revelation and takes the child and his mother to Egypt to avoid the murderous actions of Herod, and after a third dream vision returns the family to Nazareth. In each case Joseph is the human agent by which Scripture is fulfilled. Yet, though Matthew and Luke present independent infancy narratives, there is wonderful parallelism. Mary and Joseph react in similar ways to angelic messages. Both are told not to fear in the face of a seemingly impossible future; both are told that the Holy Spirit has acted, and both are given a sign of God's presence. Throughout the narratives, both hear the word of God and act upon it.
In Christian art Joseph is often portrayed more like Jesus' grandfather or great-grandfather than like a parent. In a 17th-century painting by Guido Reni, Joseph, with gray hair and beard, lovingly holds the infant, who plays with his beard. One beautiful exception is El Greco's Joseph, which portrays him as a vigorous young man with Jesus clinging to his legs, here a figure of trust and protection. The historical Joseph, a carpenter or stoneworker, was most likely young and vigorous, excited about a future with a woman he so loved that he would not invoke a harsh law against supposed adultery, but still followed the law to put her away quietly. Yet out of his shattered hopes would come forth one whom he would name Jesus and Emmanuel, God With Us.
Today, when parenting is both so challenging and so threatened, Joseph provides a wonderful image of a father. The future of his child unfolds in dreams; even though he cannot see what the future holds, he protects and cares for his family in the face of murder and exile; he is faithful to God's word. He is called to a life of hard work providing for the son Mary will bear. When coupled with Luke's portrait of Mary, Matthew's Joseph provides a model of complementarity for parents today as they engage in that most divine of tasksbringing forth new life and guiding their sons and daughters along the way of Christ.


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The next shuttle in my collection is Vineyard from LaCossette. I LOVE this shuttle! Normally, I don't care for purple, but I knew this shuttle had to be mine from the moment I saw it. As I took it from its place in the display case, I saw that the bobbin was fully loaded, but what was the thread on there? I've looked through my Handy Hands thread chart, and none of the colors seem to be the right one. So, unless one of you can help identify this pretty colorway, it will remain a mystery thread!
LaCossette was kind enough to respond to my plea for help with the thread binding up in the bobbin...
I thought about what you said about the thread sometimes getting imbedded on the bobbin, making it hard to unwind. I would guess maybe that's when the bobbin is a bit tight and you have to pull a bit harder on the thread to make it unwind and that forces it in between the layers of thread below. Might that be it? In that case, you just have to be a bit more careful to help the bobbin along rather than just pull the thread out. It has happened to me on a rare occasion, but I know what you mean.
I paid close attention as I was tatting, and I think she's right... and, I think that uneven winding of the bobbin contributes to the problem. I may try using the bobbin winder on my sewing machine to load the next bobbin. That way the tension and the winding would be more even. I'll be sure to let you know if that helps!


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From scrap to stylish
This bathroom chair and laundry basket was an auction find – although tatty and dirty the proportions and lines of the items were good and in good repair. The laundry basket had a hole in the top so I decided to cover it to match the chair.
After a thorough scrubbing, a coat of paint was applied to freshen the cane, the seat totally recovered using a lovely shell print fabric with a soft sheen and a matching covering was made for the laundry basket. I finished off with dull gold studs to match the fabric and voila!
For another rags to riches project go to Hello Dolly!
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Drivers of 3D Scanning Market growth including regional trends, factors driving multiple segments of 3D Scanning industry and companies vying for a pie of the market share and size are discussed at length in this new report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
3D Scanning Market size is set to exceed USD 10 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The 3D scanning market growth can be credited to the growing implementation across several application areas. Industries are implementing the 3D scan-to-print solutions which is projected to transform the design-to-manufacturing processes.
There has been increased 3D scanning market adoption in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets over the years. These technologies offer advanced visual effects, CGI creation and scanning of real world locations, which is enhancing game play and is creating real life situations. With the rise of VR, the technology has become prominent in the entertainment & media industry and is widely being used for scanning of sports venues and development of video games thereby boosting the 3D scanning market demand. The non-contact feature of the systems offers numerous advantages in heritage preservation and is capturing specific customer base, which is helping widen the growth potential.
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In North American economies, the lucrativeness of the 3D scanning market is owing to the R&D strategies which are being undertaken in the region for product innovation. Speedy technological advancements to develop innovative products such as 3D digitization have the skill to render rapid scanning techniques which is anticipated to drive the industry growth. It is projected that the U.S. 3D scanning market will grow at a fast pace owing to rising demand and adoption in the automotive & aerospace industries.
The 3D laser scanner market is projected to hold the highest share over the forecast timespan owing to the profitable opportunities it is offering to increase the business exposure and help generate sales. The success of 3D laser scanners can be attributed to its features such as high degree of accuracy and real-time visualization. Many companies and businesses, irrespective of the industry domains, are employing the usage of 3D laser scanners to improve data collection and project outcomes.
Depending on the distance between the object and the scanner, scanners of different ranges are present in the 3D scanning market. Wide applications from architecture and construction industry is driving the demand of these scanners. Short range scanners are widely used when the distance between the object to be scanned and the scanner is less than one meter. The demand for these products is largely driven by applications from automotive and healthcare segments, where precision needed is of the utmost importance.
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These devices are gradually being used in industrial manufacturing for high precision measurement and defect detection before mass manufacture of products. The growth of the 3D scanning market in industrial manufacturing can be majorly attributed to the implementation in automotive designing & manufacturing, material processing, and plant inspection applications. In addition, the usage of these technologies in industrial production has helped improve efficiency.
Key players participating in the 3D scanning market include Basis Software Inc, 3D Digital Corp., Steinbichler, 3D Systems, Ametek, Hexagon AB, Creaform, FARO Technologies, Inc and Autodesk Inc. The industry is facing numerous challenges due to intense competition among competitors, growing end-user preferences, and availability of cost-effective alternatives to the technology. Rise in the number of applications in the industry has led to businesses working across the ecosystem to participate in developing innovative technologies, thereby resulting in high growth opportunities.
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Written by guest blogger Emilie Swenson
"Quien le gustaba el museo hoy?" (Who liked the museum today?) I asked in the van on the way back to Fair Haven. Of my six passengers, everyone raised their hands! Participants from the Diabetes Prevention and Bright Bodies programs took a field trip last Tuesday, April 17th, to the Big Food exhibit at the Peabody Museum. Tickets were generously donated by the Peabody Museum for the free entry of 38 patients and five program facilitators. The exhibit explores culture and eating, and focuses on many of the issues that participants learn about through the healthy lifestyle programs they attend through the Fair Haven Community Health Center. The groups walked through the exhibit with Elizabeth Magenheimer, APRN CNM CDE, who used the exhibit to solidify many of the concepts about healthy eating she teaches in the weekly lifestyle program curriculum. Participants balked at the amount of food one person consumes in a year—eight whole pizzas, many liters of soda, gallons and gallons of milk, and stacks of boxes full of vegetables. They took examined nutrition facts and compared snacks, learning more about which snacks are good to eat (given a green light in the exhibit), and those to stay away from (red light)!
One of the main topics that is discussed during the education portion of these programs is how to look for healthy foods, how to make healthier choices, how to understand portion sizes, and how to be active. This exhibit combined many of these things in interactive ways. As we walked through, we talked about beverages—looking at the many teaspoons of sugar contained in different beverages—from Coke to Iced Tea to Capri Sun, realizing that water really is the best option! We also saw how portion sizes have changed throughout the years; many foods like bagels have doubled in size over the past 20 years! There was a display of a reclining youth, laying in bed, one hand in a bag of chips, and a can of soda beside his bed, remote in hand, TV on. We talked about what was unhealthy about his behavior, and how we can all make changes. No Chips, No Soda, and No TV, were all ideas mentioned by the children.
By far the biggest hit of the exhibit was the stationary bike that powered a light – the harder you peddled, the higher up on the wall the light went. The kids and parents (and even nurse practitioner) tried their hand (or legs) at this activity while a crowd of onlookers cheered them on. It was a great adventure to visit the Big Food exhibit in the museum and reinforce the concepts they are learning in their healthy lifestyle programs. Thank you to the Peabody Museum for hosting us!


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So it's been a while since I've blogged, so I thought I should get back on track with something new.
The books are really interesting and well-written. They're like the Harry Potter books (not quite as detailed and complex), but still full of story lines that keep my interest. And plus, it all takes place at Walt Disney World! It's so cool to hear phrases like Utilidor, Cast Member, Cinderella Castle, Main Street, and so on... and they even mentioned Cosmic Ray's!
I've finished the first two books, and am currently listening to the last book. The first two books were really good. Basically, the books follow a group of kids who got hired by Disney to become digital hosts at the parks, called DHI's, short for Disney Host Interactives (or Digital Holographic Images.) Park guests can rent a DHI, and the hologram will take them on a tour of the park, much like a Guest Relations Tour Guide does in real life. And when the parks close, the Disney characters and Audio-Animatronics all come to life. But the Disney villains have been attempting to take control of the parks. So it becomes the mission of the kids to save the parks from the villains, called the Overtakers.
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Kingdom Keepers
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Home renovation often requires a small fee. For knowledge on how to renovate a cheap house, and what you have budgeted can be achieve maximally. This knowledge results from a combination of habits, knowledge of the basics and of course in its implementation, if it fails or exists:
Create Priority Scale so Renovation Will not Swell
If you follow the builder's suggestion, maybe you can only finish his half but the cost is run out. This is where the need to make the priority scale in doing the home renovation. For example, if indeed the original purpose to create a bedroom for children, then do as planned. Temptation usually comes with the desire to add a small buffet, children's desk, make wallpaper nuanced child, and so forth. If you do not focus on the priority scale, the costs to be incurred will be inflated. While the limited budget.
Understand the Basic Renovation Formula: Create a Volume of Working Price Count
There are many methods of calculating the renovation budget. Try checking one by one for comparison. Choose the most cost-effective method. Calculate the budget in detail by calculating the volume and price of all jobs. If you are discipline in doing this then the value of your building will be maximal, the result is sparingly, and looks good.
Calculate Expenditure Plan
In making cost calculations you can do yourself as a guide. If you are not satisfied also you can consult with experts. Do not forget, draw up a Budget Plan and you should base it on the type of materials and work components
Jelly and Careful In Choosing Contractors
Jelly and Careful In Choosing A Contractor Or If Hesitant Use a Tailor's Service. In big cities, it is common to use building contractor services in home or renovation. They can be freelance professionals or in the form of official companies. You benefit from the convenience of process and quality results if you can choose a good contractor. If you want to renovate a house or other building using the services of contractors, you should look carefully, a contractor who really has experience, honest, and professional. But do not be for the sake of cost-saving you insist on using a cheap but inexperienced contractor. If the budget is limited, you should choose a handyman service only. Although it seems traditional, they are easier to discuss the building plans and progress seen from the cost side
Save on Other Unexpected Spend Side
We often fight with nature when doing renovations. See neighbors build a house with marble and teak wood and then we follow-follow-up. Avoid this kind of thing. Focus on budget costs and save on other unexpected expenses. During the renovation process you may experience delays. Finally impact on excessive spending.
Calculate Everything Well
Some tips above may be a solution to the budget for home renovation. Do not let the house break when the renovation is near. If we run the stages of the renovation process appropriately, starting from budget creation, looking for funding sources until the implementation of cost-effective renovation. The results you will get will also maximize in terms of time, effort, cost, and results.


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This Reminds Me Of The Web 3.0 Definition Fight
I Did My Part
Google Wave API Google Group: Got To Undo The Ban On Me
Google Wave Protest
Google Wave API Google Group: Stalinist Mindset
I thought I had done a good job of explaining here: Google Wave API Google Group: Got To Undo The Ban On Me. But I never thought I was indispensable to the group. Although vision is a specialty all its own. And just like every Tom, Dick and Harry feels like he is an expert on politics, people think great coders are by extension also great visionaries. Not true. Some are, but it is not by extension.
I think I have come to my conclusion: I Did My Part. I will have to do in the blogosphere what I was hoping to do through this Google Group.
I have a feeling a lot of glass is going to be broken in the fight on the 3.0 definition down the line. Google Wave is not my baby. But the 3.0 fight will be my own.
NY Tech MeetUp Mailing List Web 5.0 Controversy
Web 5.0 Is Da Bomb
Competing For the Web 3.0 Definition
Conceptually Diligent: Web 5.0 Is Repackaging Hello
Defining Web 4.0
From The Google Wave Developer Blog
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(If you haven't read the first book yet, see my review of Inarceron here and then go read it!) I turned to Sapphique when I needed some dependable escapism. Both the world of the realm with its false period protocol and the realm of the sentient prison are unique and complex. This time we got more of a look at court politics as Finn tries to convince everyone (including himself) that he is the true prince. Our friends in the prison aren't abandoned though and we follow them as they encounter new, gruesome dangers and struggle to escape. Each character is well drawn with layers of motivations and filled in with shades of moral grey as the characters are forced to make tough decisions and betray each other to survive. Sapphique by Catherine Fisher: Buy it or check it out today!
(If you haven't read the first two books in the series yet read my reviews of Museum of Thieves and City of Lies) Familiar series are my version of comfort food so I turned to the last book in the Keepers trilogy to cheer me up. This installment ties together all the characters from the first two books and finishes the story off nicely. I enjoyed the second book a little bit more, partly because I really enjoyed the Mardi Gras feel of Spoke and partly because I tend to prefer second novels (with the pesky exposition and the climax taken care of by the other novels the middle one allows the author more of a chance to experiment and explore other aspects of the world, like Ents!) Still this was a solid conclusion to a series that I throughly enjoyed and I enjoyed seeing all the characters working together in one novel. Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner: Buy it or check it out today!
This memoir/comic/cookbook is entirely wonderful and unlike anything else I've ever read. There's some great general tips on how to cook properly as well as delicious-looking recipes. Reading about the process of opening and running a restaurant and prepping for Iron Chef was fascinating and throughout the narrative there's humorous asides that are supported by drawings of everything from drunk tomatoes to synchronized swimming butter. Cohen also goes into the history of food and why we view vegetables and meats in our society the way we do today. It's a lot to fit in one book but Cohen and Dunlavey pull it off. It's intended for adults but it would be fine for teens interested in cooking as well. Dirty Candy by Amanda Cohen & Ryan Dunlavey: buy it or check it out today!
I enjoyed a lot of aspects of this novel and I'm glad I read it, but goodness gracious was it a slog to get through! Simmons revels in revealing the dark, dank, and dangerous secrets of Dickens's London. I've read plenty of books set in Victorian London, but most authors have been too polite to mention the horrible stench and the difficulty in finding places to put corpses and other waste. Several passages in the novel made me resolved that if the Doctor ever picks me up in his TARDIS I will definitely choose a trip to the future instead of the past. The details about Dickens's life were fascinating as well from the Staplehurst incident where Dickens nearly died in a train accident (I thought it too thrilling to be true, but I've looked it up--it really happened) to the details of his painful illnesses towards the end of his life and his great exertions on his reading tours. But much like a Dickens novel this one was long and wordy and I often had to put it down and read other books in their entirety before feeling able to pick Drood up again. It doesn't help that it's narrated by Wilkie Collins who, to judge by this book, was a terrible person. He's not intended to be a sympathetic lead, but still every time I thought his worst side was revealed he would sink to new depths. Yet he wasn't a love-to-hate-him type of villain either, he was just pathetic. On top of all this Collins's drug habits meant that he was an unreliable narrator which led to a sense of vertigo as I tried to work out of who to believe and what was a drug-induced vision. Each new twist made me more eager to learn what was really going on and is what kept me reading until the end. Between the violence and the affairs this is definitely a work for adults. Drood by Dan Simmons: buy it or check it out today!


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Join Sheriff's Officers and Other Organizations to Discuss Crime Prevention
LA PLATA, Md. (March 14, 2011) Charles County Sheriff Rex W. Coffey and members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office are hosting their annual "Crime Watch" kick-off event on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. at the Waldorf Jaycees. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness about crime prevention programs throughout the county. "This is your chance to meet with our officers and talk directly with them about safety-related matters," said Sheriff Coffey.
"Last year about 100 people attended. Guests said the night was informative, especially because they had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with the officers who patrol their communities," said Sheriff Coffey. "We want to hear from our residents; we want them to ask questions and we want them to know first-hand what's going on in their neighborhoods. We talk a lot about crime prevention and how small changes can make big differences."
Sgt. Chris Schmidt, a supervisor in the COPS Unit, will present a short program called "Preparing for Disaster" relating to preparation for disasters stemming from natural events to acts of terrorism.
Representatives from Crime Solvers and Lifestyles, Inc., and other community-based non-profit organizations will be on hand to answer questions. Crime Solvers board members raise money to pay cash rewards to people who help the Agency solve crimes. The school Crime Solvers program, in particular, has had tremendous success resulting in hundreds of case closures since its inception. Lifestyles, Inc. is an outreach program which provides a multitude of services to county residents in need.
For more information contact Ms. Connie Gray, Sheriff's Office Community Organizer, at (301) 932-3080. Refreshments will be served.


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WASHINGTON (Jan. 25, 2011)—National Geographic Kids has announced the winner of its fourth annual International Photography Contest. The 2010 competition was conducted through the U.S. / Canada edition of National Geographic Kids magazine, 12 of the publication's international editions and www.kids.nationalgeographic.com, where children around the world were able to submit their photographs online for the first time.
Despina Tekeli, a 12-year-old from Piraeus, Greece, was named the grand-prize winner. Her photograph, submitted in the People Category, captures a young girl's gaze. The image is reminiscent of celebrated pictures made by highly experienced National Geographic photographers. Christel Bremer, 13, of Utrecht, South Africa, was the first runner-up with her submission in the Animals Category. Second runner-up was Jodie Dawes, 11, of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, with her entry in the Scenery Category. Third runner-up was Amalie Batchelder, 14, of Mt. Dora, Fla., with her submission in the Humor Category. Honorable mentions went to Evan Jackson of Ojai, Calif.; Zan Kupljenik of Mirna Peč, Slovenia; Magdalena Velkova of Varna, Bulgaria; and Veres Vica of Nagykörű, Hungary. The winning images can be seen online at www.kids.nationalgeographic.com.
As the grand-prize winner, Tekeli will receive an all-expenses-paid, five-day trip to Washington, D.C., which includes a visit to National Geographic's headquarters. The runners-up will receive a National Geographic Certificate of Merit.
The winning images were chosen from over 13,500 entries received worldwide from the 13 participating editions of National Geographic Kids magazine. Each edition held a photography contest and named its own overall winner, as well as first- and second-place winners in each of the four categories. The four first-place photographs from each edition were sent to National Geographic headquarters for the grand-prize selection. Those photos were judged by Melina Bellows, executive vice president of Children's Publishing; National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths; Steve St. John, National Geographic Image Collection senior editor; and Jay Sumner, photo director of Children's Publishing.
National Geographic Kids, geared toward children ages 6-14, is an interactive, multitopic magazine covering animals, entertainment, science, technology, current events and cultures from around the world. Twenty editions of the magazine circulate worldwide, with the U.S. edition also available in Canada. Kids.nationalgeographic.com
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We've been fans of Henri Lloyd for some time now, not least because they are committed to wrestling sportsmen out of their ill-fitting Officer's Club chinos, and into some upstanding men's fashion. As well as this noble cause, they make clothes for us mortals too, and it's just become that much easier to get our hands on them.
Henri Lloyd has just launched a brand new online store, combining all the composite elements of the brand's heritage to create what they're calling their "One Hub". All their sailing gear will be available, as well as the menswear collections, with none of the clunky website glitches that somehow still find their way on to other online stores.
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Hong Kong Goldfish Market is near Flower Market and Bird Market. Hong Kong people believe having an aquarium with some goldfish ensures good luck. This is a Feng Shui practice.
Our 6 night stayed in Dragon Hostel which opposite the Ladies' Market (Tung Choi Street)
As conclude for 7D6N stayed, my favorite place would be outskirt of Central and Western District ~ Zhong Huan (中環) named as Stanley Street, Peel Street, Cochrane Street and Soho.
Stone-paved walkway
Note : The huge tree and its roots !!
sweet little one :)
Street full with antique and vintage stuff
1960s children reading magazine
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We survived the Birthday Party!!
6 pre-teen girls, 1 hotel room, 1 bathroom, 1 Husband, and a Mall- Oh My!!
The girls were great and I only lost my temper a few times. The husband came along to help keep things under control- and he was great! I thank God for him that he is able to keep me calm and make me laugh when I get stressed out!
The other day I showed some pics of a few things I made for the Birthday party.
I made some goody boxes for all the girls.
Lori Whitlock
Mustaches and Glasses- design by Jamie Kaoy
These were filled with candy and were opened and consumed within about 10 minutes!
For the cake, I decided to use fondant instead of buttercream frosting- because I wanted to try something different.
I had never decorated with fondant before because I've always been a little scared of it. I bought a box of the pre-made stuff and it tastes pretty darn nasty. Really- why go through the effort if you can't even eat it!?!
I was pretty excited when I came across a recipe for Marshmallow Fondant that said it actually tastes good. So-- I decided to my own fondant- which was surprisingly easy!
Here's the recipe:
I bag of mini marshmallows
4 Tbsp of water
Microwave in 30 second increments (stirring each time) until it is melted
Mix in 1/2 of a 2 pound bag of powdered sugar.
sprinkle the remaining powdered sugar on the countertop and knead into a ball.
While kneading, gradually add/knead in 1/2 cup Crisco.
Knead until it forms a nice, smooth elasticy ball of sugary fondant goodness.
I got the recipe from a video on My Craft Channel. You can watch it HERE.
After I made the Fondant, I covered it tightly and stored it in the refrigerator for a few days until I was ready to decorate the cake.
I busted out the Cricut Cake that I got for Christmas. Poor little Bug has been stuck in the box for months!
Using the Cricut Cake to cut fondant is so simple. Fondant is just like paper (except it tastes better!).
A few tricks to getting good cuts:
*Roll your fondant out to No More that 1/4 inch thick.
*Use fondant that is cold- or refrigerate your rolled out fondant before trying to cut it. Cold is good- think of cold fondant like heavy cardstock!
*Use a medium layer of Crisco on your mat. You want enough to make the fondant stick to the mat, but not too much that it will slide around. This is probably the trickiest part of using the Cricut- but once you figure it out, it's no problem.
*If you have a little powdered sugar or any other imperfection on your cut out, a little tiny bit of water will fix it.
I let my cut outs dry out for about 10 minutes before I put them on the cake since I was putting them on the sides of the cake (I didn't want them to slide off!). I adhered them to the cake with a light layer of butter cream frosting and a little water.
*If you are covering the whole cake with fondant, the cake must first have a thin layer of frosting. This will give the fondant something to "stick" to.
The finished cake:
So- now to start planning next years party! (I think I'll wait a little while!)
Linking up to Sarah Hamer Designs (Pink Cricut) Link Up Tuesday
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The Club Newsletter/Magazine, Wheeltracks, is published four (4) times per year.
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We've been crushing on the SLS Las Vegas since it opened two years ago at the site of the former Sahara. The Phillipe Starck designs, the young, diverse crowd, amazing restaurants, a stop on the Vegas monorail, and a convenient location—halfway between the heart of the Strip and the center of hip Downtown—helped hook us. Now, the hotel/casino has a new offer to entice more tourists into its embrace.
Called #MyVegasStory, the summer special provides 21+ over guests a stocked mini-bar and VIP specials if they book two nights in the hotel's Story Tower, with its lovely loft-like rooms. The free food and booze includes $200 worth of vodka, a bottle of Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey, Red Bulls, beer, soda, additional drinks, and a bevy of snacks. On top of the stocked fridge, #MyVegasStory includes VIP access to all the pools and clubs of the SLS Vegas, drink specials at the Foxtail Pool and Foxtail Nightclub, and free non-alcoholic drinks at many of the hotel's restaurants, including 800 Degrees (one of L.A.'s favorite pizza joints), the Beer Garden (with its outdoor drinking patio), and the Northside Cafe (the best spot for hangover-cure breakfast). We priced the Story Tower for late July and got a rate of $279 a night; not bad. Booking this for your friends on the sly will no doubt secure Queen Bee status.


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Jaret Grossman, who has become a leading motivational speaker and life coach, has become a huge hit on YouTube. The Life Coach videos have generated over 26 million views, making him one of the most watched motivational speakers on YouTube.
Los Angeles, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/09/2015 -- Jaret Grossman is a motivational speaker and life coach that has quickly gained a reputation in the industry. Labeled as the "next Tony Robbins," Grossman has posted hundreds of videos on YouTube that have amassed 26 million views.
"3 years ago, I recorded an unscripted speech driving home from the gym. To this day, that speech, known as "The Best Motivation," has over 10 million views on YouTube. I saw thousands of comments describing how my 5 minute speech was the catalyst for a paradigm shift in people's lives from stopping suicidal thoughts to finishing medical school. As a result, I realized my potential to help motivate. My calling is to help motivate people to change their life from within. This is what I was put on this earth to do," said Grossman.
27 year old Grossman grew up influenced by motivational speakers such as Tony Robbins, Les Brown, and Eric Thomas. He learned from the likes of Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will Smith, and Elliot Hulse. He recognizes them as major influences in his life and credits them in his teachings.
"A lot of my clients call me the next Tony Robbins. It's so humbling to even be mentioned in the same sentence as him and undeserving at this point. He's a legend, but at the same time, I use it as fuel to stand on the shoulders of giants and be the best life coach and motivational speaker," said Grossman.
On his MuscleProdigyTV YouTube channel, Grossman made a pact with his fans to make a video every day for a year. His topics of discussion range from career and workout motivation to how to be a better family member. He also goes into deeper thinking and philosophical subjects to help understand the psyche and human needs. Due to the success of his channel, he decided to start another channel under his name that takes a more personalized approach with his fans.
"While my MuscleProdigyTV channel speaks in more generalities, my new channel focuses more on direct action steps based on real life situations. I directly answer emails to help people get through life's challenges such as anxiety, depression, and fear that hold them back from reaching their full potential. I do my very best to remedy the situation within a few short minutes to get results when it takes many professionals years. This is a perfect opportunity to get very personal with my fans. I want them to feel my presence in their lives and my new channel does just that," said Grossman.
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Saturday, April 12, 2014
The "Holy Crap" Celebration Giveaway
Then today, I was wandering around the Interwebs (I have a cold, did I mention?) and happened to check on the Amazon page for The Witch's Broom HERE. The book has been out for a couple of weeks, so I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. I definitely wasn't expecting THIS:
Yes, that says that The Witches Broom is #1 (#1!) in both Wicca and Witchcraft. But while that is great--really great--it isn't the thing that blew me away. Look at the number above that. #2,345 on Amazon overall. That, my friends, is phenomenal. Phenomenal for any book by any author, but for a little PAGAN nonfiction book? HOLY CRAP.
To give you some kind of perspective, my most recent book, Everyday Witchcraft Book of Rituals (which I think is a lovely book) is at #419,998 overall. The Goddess is in the Details my most popular book, which has gone back to reprint 5 times is at #216,747 in the Kindle store.
So cracking the top 2,500 overall is HUGE. And yes, if you have been here for more than a week or two, you know what that means.
(I know...I said I wasn't doing another one. But I'm out of champagne and I have to celebrate somehow.)
This one is easy. You can share the news anywhere, or Tweet about it, of course. But what I'd really like you to do is tell me here about something you celebrated recently, and how you celebrated. It doesn't have to be anything huge...just something that made your day, like this (and all of your amazing support) made mine.
One lucky winner (anywhere, in any country--yes, you heard me!) will win all of this groovy stuff
Wickedly Dangerous (the first Baba Yaga novel), plus matching magnets for both books, AND a sheet of Witch's Broom stickers that didn't get included in the original giveaways because, um, I forgot I bought them.
Thank you all for the everything you have done to get me to this "holy crap" moment. Don't for a moment think I don't appreciate how great you all are. And no, I'm not sniffling because I'm so happy. I told you--I have a cold. (Yep, that's it.)
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43 comments:
I celebrated my birthday two days ago - with my wife and The Phantom of the Opera on broadway!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yay! Happy birthday!Delete
The last thing I celebrated was my mother's birthday. We had a nice family dinner and I baked her a yummy cake with a hand made chocolate flower on top :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oooh, that sound delicious!Delete
I decided to change jobs and bought myself a wonderful, modern computerized Singer sewing machine. I have two antique ones that I use regularly, so this was quite a switch...and I'm having a blast with it!ReplyDeleteReplies
New toy! Yay for new toys!Delete
I celebrated re-connection, to myself & Spirit. I stood against a tree, bare feet firmly grounded in Earth & watched a lovely April storm roll in. Much needed.ReplyDelete
Last year was the worst of my life...found out my daughter was depressed and self-injuring herself by cutting. We immediately got her to therapy and on medication (as recommended by the therapist), and this month, we are celebrating her one year anniversary being free from self-harm! Thank you, Goddess! Blessed be!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, Syrai--that's wonderful! Bright blessings for both you and your daughter.Delete
I celebrated the return of Spring by planting 3 new rose bushes! This is the first time in my journey as a Witch I have had the yard and the money to get out there and dig!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I've been celebrating my Mom's upcoming memorial by printing and distributing announcement invitations.ReplyDeleteReplies
I think that sounds lovely, Vonnie. *hugs*Delete
I am celebrating a hand knitted Pay It Forward gift I have just recieved and I will blog , and share as I have also purchasedReplyDelete
Another Deborah Blake book! What Joy is in the air!
Gifts! Books! That's a lot of happy :-)Delete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2014 at 8:53 AM
the last thing I celebrated was spring break at work, I am a lunch lady in a middle school, so time off of work, which is what I so needed, to relax to be able to make it thru the rest of the school year.ReplyDeleteReplies
Time off is definitely worth celebrating! (Especially for anyone who works in a school. That's a TOUGH job.)Delete
I celebrated my Dad's 65th birthday Friday night with a super swanky dinner at one of the best steak houses in the area! Everyone had the best steak of their life except for me, who had an awesome sea bass.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yum! And happy birthday to dad!Delete
My daughter's return from a semester of college in Ireland ...I missed my baby...ummm I mean..... my totally grown up daughter. I took her to the Autumn Cafe in Oneonta her favorite resturaunt.ReplyDelete
The Autumn Cafe is my stepdaughter's favorite too--I always take her there when she is back in town for a visit. Yay for the return of daughters!ReplyDelete
Dearest Deborah,ReplyDelete
Congratulations! Your new books is amazing and you are a wonderful writer. Many blessings upon you. <3
From your Brazilian fan,
I celebrate the Fall/Autumn. Different from Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere had the hottest summer ever. That was really terrible! My ventilator was my shadow, always beside me. Going outside was suicide. People getting sick all the time. With the Fall, we can have relieve, sleep well, eat well, work well, go outside and play, smile. I thank the Goddess for that. Even our health has improved. A really celebration time here. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
That's great! It was an equally tough winter here. Definitely celebrating spring.Delete
Haven't celebrated anything recentlyReplyDeleteReplies
Then it must be time to find something!Delete
Last month I celebrated winning our union election at my work - even though my employer fired me two weeks before the election I continue to go to the meetings and help my co-workers...and everyday I celebrate the fact that I made so many more very good friends that stuck with me.ReplyDeleteReplies
Good friends are definitely worth celebrating! And karma wins in the end :-)Delete
I've had a great year so far with great celebrations to match, but the most exciting one that kicked it all off was closing on my dream house and getting to move to the middle of the woods. Yay!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yay for getting your dream house!Delete
Celebrating your success. I love all of your work and look forward to more. . Thank you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw--that's so sweet!Delete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2014 at 6:27 AM
Yay! Congrats!ReplyDelete
I celebrated by first year of blogging (my Blogiversary) last week with a giveaway of 6 ebooks, winners choice of either of my titles. I was thrilled to get 105 entries, and a perfectly even split with 3 copies of each book requested.
Great way to celebrate :)Replies
Yay! Happy anniversary!Delete
I'm celebrating because after 3 and a half years my husband finally almost finished the kitchen. Just have to put the handles on the draws. Kitchen looks so pretty and we are doing the bathroom and guest room now. Work, work, work, but all worth it. Congrats Deb I am so happy for you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yay for finished kitchens I rebuilt the kitchen here right after I bought the house (the one that it had was barely functional on a good day). It's a lot of work! But oh, to have the kitchen you wanted. Worth it indeed. Congrats!Delete
My daughter and I recently traveled by train to Eugene to visit my parents. To celebrate, my brother cooked a lovely "Thanksgiving" dinner in March, complete with turkey and pumpkin pie.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanksgiving in March! Fabulous!Delete
Congrats to Vickie Lesperance, who won all the swag! And thanks to all of you for celebrating with me!ReplyDelete


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Heynckes back Di Matteo for Blues job
Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes has insisted Roberto Di Matteo should be given the Chelsea job full-time, regardless of the outcome of Saturday's Champions League final.
Caretaker Blues boss Di Matteo will pit his wits against Heynckes at the Allianz Arena this weekend in what could be his last match in charge.
Di Matteo has admitted he does not think becoming the first manager to lead Chelsea to European Cup glory would make any difference to his hopes of being kept on permanently.
Were Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to jettison him, he would become only the second man to lose his job immediately after winning the Champions League.
Heynckes was the first, having left Real Madrid after their 1998 triumph, and he saw no reason why Di Matteo should suffer the same fate.
The 67-year-old had nothing but praise for the sensational rescue act his opposite number had performed since replacing the sacked Andre Villas-Boas.
Heynckes said: "We must not forget that he has brought Chelsea all the way to the final with a very calm attitude.
"It seems he's a very cool person who's very much in control.
"Step by step, he's improved contact with the players and created harmony. That harmony can be felt.
"He's done a marvellous job and I can't see why whether he wins tomorrow or not would have consequences. You need continuity.
"I don't think there's any argument against him continuing."
Heynckes claimed he had no problem with his own demise at Real, claiming he would have jumped had he not been pushed, and insisted he understood why Abramovich might want to appoint a manager who had won multiple titles.
But he added of Di Matteo: "He makes an excellent impression on me and, if I was Abramovich, I would continue with this young man."
Saturday's match is also set to be Didier Drogba's swansong in a Chelsea shirt, with the striker's contract due to expire this summer.
Drogba has played this season like he has been on a mission to haul the Blues to European glory – by fair means or foul.
Heynckes did not shy away from both sides of the 34-year-old's game.
"Drogba, for many years, has been one of the top strikers in the Premier League and is definitely dangerous – he can score at any moment," Heynckes said.
"Sometimes he overdoes it a bit. Sometimes he's an outstanding actor on the pitch."
That was tellingly the only piece of criticism Heynckes offered against a Chelsea side who reached the final despite a Barclays Premier League season chairman Bruce Buck branded unsatisfactory.
Indeed, the Bayern boss was wary of the favourites' tag bestowed upon his own team, largely as a result of them playing at their own ground.
However, he was determined to exploit that advantage to the full.
"We may not have this chance again, to play the final in our own stadium, the Allianz Arena," said Heynckes, who was chided by a UEFA official for not referring to the ground as the Fussball Arena Munchen, which it has been rebranded as for Saturday's match.
"I'm going to talk to the team and perhaps drive the team bus through Munich, see everything with red and white flags and talk with the people.
"That would be fantastic preparation for a Champions League final.
"(Bayern president) Uli Hoeness said two years ago that he had a dream.
"The dream was to play the final of the Champions League in our own stadium. We've made it.
"This is where I'd like to limit these declarations.
"We're playing a team with huge experience, fantastic organisation, outstanding players.
"If I look at the path of Chelsea through the group stage and in the knockout, they beat Napoli 4-1 – a team we played who are a top team – then beat Barcelona, the best team in the world. Then drew 2-2 there with a man down. That's a sufficient warning for everybody.
"I don't share the euphoria you hear outside that we're the favourites. In a Champions League final, there is no favourite.
"At Chelsea, they have players who have won everything apart from this, and it's their dream to win it, too.
"We may have a tiny advantage from playing at home in our own stadium, and we'll have our own dressing room etc etc… so we know every blade of grass on the pitch.
"That could make a difference."


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It has been a while but I have been really busy with my papercraft and cake businesses as well as working full time, so unfortunately I let blogging get away from me:( But I am back now and am so excited to share with you all some projects that I have been working on!
So recently I participated in a Valentine theme swap in one of the Facebook scrapbookers groups I belong to. You were randomly assigned a partner and you could make anything that was Love/Valentine's related. I decided to make a small mini photo folio. I used Valentine's theme paper pad by Recollections. Which by the way... they have really stepped up their game with their new paper pads. I absolutely love them! And the fact that they are a hot buy at Michaels makes it even better! But I digress... lol.. so yes I used their theme paper and design a small but very cute love theme mini photo folio.
This is what that page looks like open. These pages can hold a 4x6 and some 3x3 photos.
The double pocket page can 4x6 and 5x7 photos on the photo mats! So this folio may be small but can hold bigger sized photos. There is also another tuck spot I created with another dark red heart and cut out some more of the smaller cut a parts.
And there is still more! So you flip the page that the split mini flaps page and there is a pocket on the page that hold 2 more 4x4 photo mats and then a bigger pocket on the back of the folio. In the bigger pocket can 4x6 photos.
I just started selling my albums and folios about 6 months ago so I am still very nervous when I make one if they will like it or not but it seems that so far people are loving them which makes me so happy. I have a few more to show off that I will be posting this week that were made months ago that I just am now getting to showcase. Until next time...


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Police patrols will be increased in Jubilee Way South, Mansfield, tonight (Sunday 18th January) after reports of a planned 'car cruise' in the area.
Officers said that the car park is private property and should not be used for the purpose.
Inspector Sam Wilson said: "We would encourage those people to change their minds about turning up at the car park tonight, we will be present to enforce antisocial behaviour laws."


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He became a household name last year as a result of a devastating hit against Michigan in last year's Outback Bowl. The hit dominated highlight reels, and saw a record stay on Sports Centers 'Top Ten' list. That singular play probably caused a significant boost in draft stock regardless of how this season turns out for the South Carolina defensive end. However Jadeveon Clowney is so much more than a one hit wonder.
The only issue with becoming so famous for one thing, one play in Clowney's case, is that it becomes difficult to ever do anything that is as good as the original. No matter how many bone-crunching sacks he has on quarterbacks this season, or even in his professional career, they likely won't have the luster of the one infamous hit against Michigan.
In case you forgot the hit that made Jadeveon Clowney famous, here it is again.
As the number two rated prospect behind Johnny 'Football' Manziel, Jadeveon Clowney garnered a lot of attention at the Southestern Conference (SEC) media days. Facing questions ranging from his life aspirations to his season goals to the infamous hit against Michigan, Jadeveon Clowney was the focus throughout.
Asked about his feelings towards the play that made him a superstar after just one hit last season, Clowney said "I was just happy at first. I was like, 'Hey, I did that!' Now it's like, man, it's still going on? But to do something big like that and everybody to recognize it, it's exciting."
He added that "I expected myself to do big things at South Carolina. I told myself I didn't want to come in number one and not leave number one. Everything that's happened to me, it's just the greatest feeling ever."
If you thought that hit was big, and it certainly was, you're probably wondering what he and his South Carolina Gamecocks have in store for this season.
Maturity is a key asset Jadeveon Clowney has in his back pocket. Comparing his behavior to the questionable actions of fellow college football superstar Johhny Manziel, Clowney said that "He makes his own decisions. I make my own decisions. I stay off the Internet. I know better. That's up to him.''
A drive to continually better himself is perhaps the biggest indication that Jadeveon Clowney will not allow himself to simply be a one hit wonder. He has freakish athleticism that he is always looking to improve. How many defensive ends can run a 4.46 40 yard dash? Jadeveon Clowney confirmed he accomplished the feat during his SEC media day interview. "I was with [fellow defensive end Chaz] Sutton and I said I was gonna get up in the morning and run a 4.40," Clowney said. "We were just sitting around, at like one in the morning, and he was like 'Man, you're just playing. You ain't gonna run that.' So I said watch me. And I went and ran it."
In terms of his technique, he has vastly altered his game during his time at South Carolina. As he puts it, he is focused on "getting better every year. Using my hands more. Get off the ball … I know I'm going to get double-teamed. That's one thing I've been working on, taking on two on one block, getting my hands in the right position.''
With freakish athleticism, consistently improving technique, and a bone jarring hit to his name, Jadeveon Clowney will be a top five pick in next year's draft, making him far from a one hit wonder. When you look at his skill set and work ethic it wouldn't be a surprise if he was right in saying that opposing quarterbacks are "scared" of him.
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Mary Midgley, née Scrutton (born September 13, 1919), is an English moral philosopher. She was a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University and is known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast And Man: The Roots of Human Nature (1978), when she was 59. She helped me to better understand the uncertainties involved in all forms of moral philosophizing. Below are some of my favorite quotations from her writings:
Quotations from her review of Iain McGilchirst's "The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World", The Guardian, Friday 1 January 2010
This is a very remarkable book. It is not (as some reviewers seem to think) just one more glorification of feeling at the expense of thought. Rather, it points out the complexity, the divided nature of thought itself and asks about its connection with the structure of the brain.
McGilchrist, who is both an experienced psychiatrist and a shrewd philosopher, looks at the relation between our two brain-hemispheres in a new light, not just as an interesting neurological problem but as a crucial shaping factor in our culture. He questions the accepted doctrine that the left hemisphere (Left henceforward) is necessarily dominant, the practical partner, while the right more or less sits around writing poetry. He points out that this "left-hemisphere chauvinism" cannot be correct because it is always Right's business to envisage what is going on as a whole, while Left provides precision on particular issues. Moreover, it is Right that is responsible for surveying the whole scene and channeling incoming data, so it is more directly in touch with the world. This means that Right usually knows what Left is doing, but Left may know nothing about concerns outside its own enclave and may even refuse to admit their existence.
Thus patients with right-brain strokes – but not with left-brain ones – tend to deny flatly that there is anything wrong with them. And even over language, which is Left's specialty, Right is not helpless. It usually has quite adequate understanding of what is said, but Left (on its own) misses many crucial aspects of linguistic meaning. It cannot, for instance, grasp metaphors, jokes or unspoken implications, all of which are Right's business. In fact, in today's parlance, Left is decidedly autistic.
Quotations from "Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature"
Neither ecological nor social engineering will lead us to a conflict-free, simple path… Utilitarians and others who simply advise us to be happy are unhelpful, because we almost always have to make a choice either between different kinds of happiness—different things to be happy about—or between these and other things we want, which have nothing to do with happiness.
. . . Do we find ourselves a species naturally free from conflict? We do not. There has not, apparently, been in our evolution a kind of rationalization which might seem a possible solution to problems of conflict—namely, a takeover by some major motive, such as the desire for future pleasure, which would automatically rule out all competing desires. Instead, what has developed is our intelligence. And this in some ways makes matters worse, since it shows us many desirable things that we would not otherwise have thought of, as well as the quite sufficient number we knew about for a start. In compensation, however, it does help us to arbitrate. Rules and principles, standards and ideals emerge as part of a priority system by which we guide ourselves through the jungle. They never make the job easy—desires that we put low on our priority system do not merely vanish—but they make it possible. And it is in working out these concepts more fully, in trying to extend their usefulness, that moral philosophy begins. Were there no conflict, it [moral philosophy] could never have arisen.
The motivation of living creatures does got boil down to any single basic force, not even an "instinct of self-preservation." It is a complex pattern of separate elements, balanced roughly in the constitution of the species, but always liable to need adjusting. Creatures really have divergent and conflicting desires. Their distinct motives are not (usually) wishes for survival or for means to survival, but for various particular things to be done and obtained while surviving. And these can always conflict. Motivation is fundamentally plural. . . An obsessive creature dominated constantly by one kind of motive, would not survive.
All moral doctrine, all practical suggestions about how we ought to live, depend on some belief about what human nature is like.
The traditional business of moral philosophy is attempting to understand, clarify, relate, and harmonize so far as possible the claims arising from different sides of our nature.
One motive does not necessarily replace another smoothly and unremarked. There is ambivalence, conflict behavior.
Quotations from "Wickedness: An Open Debate," The Philosopher's Magazine, No. 14, Spring 2001
Darwin proposed that creatures like us who, by their nature, are riven by strong emotional conflicts, and who have also the intelligence to be aware of those conflicts, absolutely need to develop a morality because they need a priority system by which to resolve them. The need for morality is a corollary of conflicts plus intellect:
"Man, from the activity of his mental faculties, cannot avoid reflection.… Any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well-developed, or anything like as well-developed as in man."
[Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man]
That (he said) is why we have within us the rudiments of such a priority system and why we have also an intense need to develop those rudiments. We try to shape our moralities in accordance with our deepest wishes so that we can in some degree harmonize our muddled and conflict-ridden emotional constitution, thus finding ourselves a way of life that suits it so far as is possible.
These systems are, therefore, something far deeper than mere social contracts made for convenience. They are not optional. They are a profound attempt — though of course usually an unsuccessful one — to shape our conflict-ridden life in a way that gives priority to the things that we care about most.
If this is right, then we are creatures whose evolved nature absolutely requires that we develop a morality. We need it in order to find our way in the world. The idea that we could live without any distinction between right and wrong is as strange as the idea that we — being creatures subject to gravitation — could live without any idea of up and down. That at least is Darwin's idea and it seems to me to be one that deserves attention.
Quotations from "Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears"
As Darwin pointed out in The Origin of Species (opening pages of chapter three), the "struggle for existence" can often be described just as well as a mutual dependence. And harmless coexistence as parts of the same eco-sphere is also a very common relation.… Among social creatures, positive gregariousness, a liking for each other's company, is the steady, unnoticed background for the conflicts.
People in society [were held by some] not to have any motive in their interactions other than self-interest. If this bizarre story had been true, the notion of selfishness could never have arisen. Had regard for others really been impossible, there could have been no word for failing to have it.
Quotation from "The End of Anthropocentrism?"
The trouble with human beings is not really that they love themselves too much; they ought to love themselves more. The trouble is simply that they don't love others enough.
Quotation from "Sorting Out the Zeitgeist: The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch"
[Mary Midgley discussing two lines from Iris Murdoch]:
"We are anxiety-ridden animals. Our minds are continually active, fabricating an anxious, self-pre-occupied, often falsifying veil which partially conceals the world."
What chiefly pierces that veil is a sharp, direct perception of things which are no part of our own being. For instance:
"I am looking out of my window in an anxious and resentful state of mind, oblivious of my surroundings, brooding perhaps on some damage done to my prestige. Then suddenly I observe a hovering kestrel. In a moment everything is altered. The brooding self with its hurt vanity has disappeared. There is nothing now but kestrel. And when I return to thinking of the other matter it seems less important."
The veil, however, is persistent and terribly hard to detect. In every age it subtly provides new, unnoticed ways of evading reality. Detecting those new forms is a prime business of philosophy, but of course philosophers often find it no easier than other people. (It is always a significant question to ask about any philosopher; "what are they afraid of?")
Quotation from "Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature"
The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us. That there are such worlds all around us is an essential feature of our world.
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