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Emma Clay is a writer who shares her own experiences about her encounters with self and her bad decisions. She shares how she transformed a life that seemed hopeless and seeks to give answers to your own questions. She is dedicated to sharing her true stories with others, in the hopes they will avoid the same pot holes, pitfalls, and detours in their own lives.
She loves people, and her need to share this love will hopefully encourage others to find their own way.
Revived by Grace.
Visit her website at www.EmmaClay.com.
Thanks for letting us
interrogate interview you! Can you give us a
go-for-the-gut answer as to why you wanted to be an author?
I really had no intentions of being an author at all. I've never did very well in English class. But I've had a number of experiences that I think can touch other people, and I was called to tell those stories. I could not hold onto those stories just for myself. I had to tell them, even when writing them hurt.
Tell us (we won't tell promise!) is it all it's cracked up to be? I mean what are the perks and what are the demands?
I've been blessed in so many ways from the process of writing and sharing my story. Most of these blessings are spiritual—the joy of knowing that I'm doing what God has called me to do. The hard part is knowing that writing is a slow process that takes a lot of work, and the same thing is true of promoting a book.
Which route did you take – traditional or self-published – and can you give us the nitty gritty low down on what's that like?
I went with a very small publisher. I was blessed to work with my editor, who has helped me through the whole publishing process.
Tell us for real what your family feels about you spending so much time getting your book written, polished, edited, formatted, published, what have you?
I did not tell them until after it was done. They could not figure out what I was doing during all that time, and I think they were all shocked when I told them I had completed a book.
This is for pet lovers. If you don't own a pet, skip this question, but do your pets actually get their food on time or do they have to wait until you type just one more word?
Sadly, my dog died during the process of completing my book. She was my companion and friend for 13 years, and I miss her dearly. But I always remembered to feed her!
This is for plant lovers. If you don't own a plant, skip this question, but if you do, are they actually still alive?
Yes, I love plants and gardening, and I haven't killed them yet!
In writing your book, how did you deal with the phone ringing, your family needing dinner or your boss calling you saying you're late?
My biggest concern was making my husband's meals and cleaning the house. Neither was done perfectly as I was in the middle of writing the book, but we both managed to survive.
What was the craziest or insane thing that happened to you in the book publishing process?
I was amazed that people were actually buying it and that it has been in the top 100 on Amazon in its categories.
How about the social networks? Which ones do you believe help and which ones do you wish you could avoid?
I try not to get involved too much in social networks. I rely on my publisher to help promote the book, and I prefer to concentrate on writing.
Book sales. Don't you just love them (or lack of?)? How are you making the sales happen for you?
I am just happy the story is out there. I've taken advantage of a few promotion opportunities that have resulted in sales, but mostly I'm trusting God that he will use the book how he wants to and so I'm not stressing about sale.
What is one thing you'd like to jump on the rooftop and scream about?
I am extremely concerned for the current state of our country, and I'm praying hard that we will return to God and his teachings. God is our only foundation in the midst of chaos.
Okay, too much sugar for you today! Here's a nice cup of Chamomile tea and come on over and sit under the cabana and watch the waves roll in. Now…can you tell us what you love about being a published author and how all those things above doesn't matter because it's all part of the whole scheme of things and you wouldn't have it any other way?
I love hearing that my book has given readers hope to continue on their own journeys and even helped to change lives and perspectives.


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Minutes of the Hanover and Elm Grove LAT meeting of 11th March 2013
Actions are shown in bold.
Present: Chris Taylor (Chaired the meeting), Simon Elliott, Charlie Doidge, Roz Engleheart, Steve Chapman, Neil Hawke, Martin Lee, Sally and John Holmes, Claudia Lester, Angela Sains, PCSO Dawn Kitson, Simon Bannister, Tony Baker and (towards the end of the meeting, Cllr Bill Randall.
Apologies: Anna Hunter, Gillian Fleming, Christopher Tucker, Hannah Booth, Chloe Firman and Richard Roalfe.
- Minutes and matters arising:
It was reported that there was still some graffiti in the area, though some had been painted over. Tony Baker agreed to report this to Cityclean. Steve Chapman said that there is a graffiti cleaning kit kept at the Hanover Centre for people to borrow if they have a graffiti problem on their home and another resident noted that the Pepperpot has one as well.
- Communal Bins
Chris Taylor reported on the well attended meeting organised by Cityclean. He read out a statement from Cityclean which said that officers would be proposing that communal bins were not introduced in Hanover. There was some disappointment expressed with the consultation process, such as that the pilot had not been reported on, the pilot streets had not been included in the consultation, it is not known if these streets will now lose their communal bins, Cityclean seem to have misrepresented the results of the consultation by saying the result was 2:1 in favour of communal bins and some people did not receive letters about the results of the consultation. There were other issues discussed such as that many residents, not just people from houses in multiple occupation, put their binvelopes out on the wrong days. Another resident said that he was against Friday collections because if it was missed, then it could be days before they were emptied. Chris Taylor said he would follow up theses issues with Cityclean. Charlie Doidge was thanked for organising the petition.
- The Phoenix student halls
The manager of the student halls, Richard Roalfe, had contacted Tony Baker to say that he lived in Eastbourne and because the snow was making travel hazardous he would not be able to attend the meeting, so it was decided to postpone this item until he could attend.
- Police report
Dawn Kitson started by referring back to her last report which had mentioned a spike in burglaries in Kemptown and noted that these had since reduced and people should not be overly concerned. She promoted "Operation Crackdown" (see link at the end of these minutes) which allows people to report anti social driving and parking such as driving and using a handheld mobile telephone, obstruction or parking in a disabled parking bay when not disabled. She said that action is taken following such reports from the public. If you do not have the internet then you can call 101 and they will note the complaint. A resident confirmed this and talked about having used the service successfully, for example, for untaxed cars. Dawn asked if there were any priorities and Neil Hawke raised issues about letting agents and poor landlords and how council services are used to clean up after rubbish bags have been left in the street or the Noise Team dealing with noise, when sometimes this is the fault of landlords or lettings agencies and they should be dealing with it or contributing towards these costs. It was agreed to have this as an agenda item at a future meeting. It might be a good idea to have representatives from both universities present and Jack Philo the student representative who wanted to work with local people on these issues.
- Any other business
Simon Bannister asked if anyone wanted to post things on the HEGLAT website (see link below) or take over administering the site. He would be happy to show people how to do this. He said that he had received tweets during the meeting, one from a Beaufort Terrace resident who referred to the minutes and said that residents there were keen on growing food in a communal garden and another from a resident who thanked the good people of Hanover for helping his father when he was stuck on the hill.
6. Date of next meeting
Because the snow had prevented many people from being able to attend this meeting, it was agreed to hold the next meeting relatively soon, on Monday 15th April 7pm at The Hanover.
To report anti social driving go to: http://www.operationcrackdown.org/
To keep in touch with issues discussed at the HEGLAT please visit the website: https://heglat.wordpress.com/


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As anticipated for months Apple have finally unveiled the iPad Mini at an event in San Fransisco.
The usual array of 12 models will be available:-
Prices start at £269 for the base Wi-Fi only 16GB model, £349 for the Wi-fi 32GB and £429 for the Wi-Fi 64GB. The equivalent Wi-Fi with Cellular models are exactly £100 more expensive than their wi-fi only counterparts.
The Wi-Fi only model will be available to order from the 26th October and available to buy on the 2nd November. No specific date was announced for the Wi-Fi with Cellular models, however it is understood it will be available "a few weeks later".
The tablet measures 20.1cm (7.9 inches), has a thickness of 7.2mm (0.3 inches) and weighs 0.68lbs (0.3kg). It sports a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels, however Apple resisted the temptation of a Retina Display. A 5 mega pixel rear camera is also included together with a front facing HD camera for FaceTime video calling.
The late Apple founder Steve Jobs in 2010 famously described 7 inch tablets as being "too small" however Apple have seemingly bowed to pressure from it's competitors who have successfully launched their own range of smaller cheaper tablets.
At the same event a new upgrade for the full sized iPad was also announced. Dubbed the "fourth generation" iPad, a new A6X chip will generate twice the CPU power of its predecessor and includes the new Lightning Connector. This announcement is sure to upset a few customers who have recently purchased The New iPad (3rd Generation) which has only been on the shelves for 7 months. Customers have become accustomed to Apple products being "current" for at least 12 months before the next must have model arrives.


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A nut-filled chewy spice cookie. Make these 6 to 8 weeks before consumption as the cookie must "ripen".
For the filling:
1 cup granulated sugar
2 egg whites
2 cups ground nuts
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
For the dough:
1 pound honey
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoon cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1-1/2 teaspoon anise extract
pinch of nutmeg
To make the filling:
Whip egg whites until stiff, adding sugar 1/3 cup at at time. Add nuts and cinnamon. Set aside.
To make the dough:
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. In a saucepan, heat honey and sugar to a boil. Take off heat and add to flour and spices. Roll out thin (less than 1/8 inch). Cut into 2-inch triangles (a pizza wheel works well here). Put a small amount of filling in the center of each triangle and fold up points like a 3-cornered diaper. Bake 12 minutes. Dough must be worked quickly and kept warm during rolling and cutting or it hardens!
Store in air-tight container 6-8 weeks (dunkable in 4 weeks). If you're in more of a hurry, add a slice of bread to the container. When "ripe" the shell is chewy and the merengue is crisp.
Originally posted by "Chuck - CA" to the now-defunct Holiday Cookie Club at Epicurious.com. Chuck adds: "This cookie - fondly known as the "diaper cookie" - has been a favorite with our family for years. My mother got it from a school chum ca. 1944; I don't know (but would love to) where it came before that!"
Country of Origin: Switzerland
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Mrs. Weston looked up, afraid to believe; but Emma's countenance was as steady as her words.
"That you may have less difficulty in believing this boast, of my present perfect indifference," she continued, "I will farther tell you, that there was a period in the early part of our acquaintance, when I did like him, when I was very much disposed to be attached to him — nay, was attached — and how it came to cease, is perhaps the wonder. Fortunately, however, it did cease. I have really for some time past, for at least these three months, cared nothing about him. You may believe me, Mrs. Weston. This is the simple truth."
Mrs. Weston kissed her with tears of joy; and when she could find utterance, assured her, that this protestation had done her more good than any thing else in the world could do.
"Mr. Weston will be almost as much relieved as myself," said she. "On this point we have been wretched. It was our darling wish that you might be attached to each other — and we were persuaded that it was so. — Imagine what we have been feeling on your account."
"I have escaped; and that I should escape, may be a matter of grateful wonder to you and myself. But this does not acquit him, Mrs. Weston; and I must say, that I think him greatly to blame. What right had he to come among us with affection and faith engaged, and with manners so very disengaged? What right had he to endeavour to please, as he certainly did — to distinguish any one young woman with persevering attention, as he certainly did — while he really belonged to another? — How could he tell what mischief he might be doing? — How could he tell that he might not be making me in love with him? — very wrong, very wrong indeed."
"From something that he said, my dear Emma, I rather imagine — "
"And how could she bear such behaviour! Composure with a witness! to look on, while repeated attentions were offering to another woman, before her face, and not resent it. — That is a degree of placidity, which I can neither comprehend nor respect."
"There were misunderstandings between them, Emma; he said so expressly. He had not time to enter into much explanation. He was here only a quarter of an hour, and in a state of agitation which did not allow the full use even of the time he could stay — but that there had been misunderstandings he decidedly said. The present crisis, indeed, seemed to be brought on by them; and those misunderstandings might very possibly arise from the impropriety of his conduct."
"Impropriety! Oh! Mrs. Weston — it is too calm a censure. Much, much beyond impropriety! — It has sunk him, I cannot say how it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be! — None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that disdain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life."
"Nay, dear Emma, now I must take his part; for though he has been wrong in this instance, I have known him long enough to answer for his having many, very many, good qualities; and — "
"Good God!" cried Emma, not attending to her. — "Mrs. Smallridge, too! Jane actually on the point of going as governess! What could he mean by such horrible indelicacy? To suffer her to engage herself — to suffer her even to think of such a measure!"
"He knew nothing about it, Emma. On this article I can fully acquit him. It was a private resolution of hers, not communicated to him — or at least not communicated in a way to carry conviction. — Till yesterday, I know he said he was in the dark as to her plans. They burst on him, I do not know how, but by some letter or message — and it was the discovery of what she was doing, of this very project of hers, which determined him to come forward at once, own it all to his uncle, throw himself on his kindness, and, in short, put an end to the miserable state of concealment that had been carrying on so long."
Emma began to listen better.
"I am to hear from him soon," continued Mrs. Weston. "He told me at parting, that he should soon write; and he spoke in a manner which seemed to promise me many particulars that could not be given now. Let us wait, therefore, for this letter. It may bring many extenuations. It may make many things intelligible and excusable which now are not to be understood. Don't let us be severe, don't let us be in a hurry to condemn him. Let us have patience. I must love him; and now that I am satisfied on one point, the one material point, I am sincerely anxious for its all turning out well, and ready to hope that it may. They must both have suffered a great deal under such a system of secresy and concealment."
"His sufferings," replied Emma dryly, "do not appear to have done him much harm. Well, and how did Mr. Churchill take it?"
"Most favourably for his nephew — gave his consent with scarcely a difficulty. Conceive what the events of a week have done in that family! While poor Mrs. Churchill lived, I suppose there could not have been a hope, a chance, a possibility; — but scarcely are her remains at rest in the family vault, than her husband is persuaded to act exactly opposite to what she would have required. What a blessing it is, when undue influence does not survive the grave! — He gave his consent with very little persuasion."
"Ah!" thought Emma, "he would have done as much for Harriet."
"This was settled last night, and Frank was off with the light this morning. He stopped at Highbury, at the Bates's, I fancy, some time — and then came on hither; but was in such a hurry to get back to his uncle, to whom he is just now more necessary than ever, that, as I tell you, he could stay with us but a quarter of an hour. — He was very much agitated — very much, indeed — to a degree that made him appear quite a different creature from any thing I had ever seen him before. — In addition to all the rest, there had been the shock of finding her so very unwell, which he had had no previous suspicion of — and there was every appearance of his having been feeling a great deal."
"And do you really believe the affair to have been carrying on with such perfect secresy? — The Campbells, the Dixons, did none of them know of the engagement?"
Emma could not speak the name of Dixon without a little blush.
"None; not one. He positively said that it had been known to no being in the world but their two selves."
"Well," said Emma, "I suppose we shall gradually grow reconciled to the idea, and I wish them very happy. But I shall always think it a very abominable sort of proceeding. What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit, — espionage, and treachery? — To come among us with professions of openness and simplicity; and such a league in secret to judge us all! — Here have we been, the whole winter and spring, completely duped, fancying ourselves all on an equal footing of truth and honour, with two people in the midst of us who may have been carrying round, comparing and sitting in judgment on sentiments and words that were never meant for both to hear. — They must take the consequence, if they have heard each other spoken of in a way not perfectly agreeable!"
"I am quite easy on that head," replied Mrs. Weston. "I am very sure that I never said any thing of either to the other, which both might not have heard."
"You are in luck. — Your only blunder was confined to my ear, when you imagined a certain friend of ours in love with the lady."
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Overnight Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge. (DBB)
ROUTE: Swakopmund – 10 and 11 Aug
En route to Swakopmund we will explore the Namib Desert with the rugged Kuiseb Canyon, while driving along the Swakop riverbed. We stop at the eerie moon landscape and marvel at the Welwitschia Mirabilis, an ancient plant endemic to the Namib Desert. Today's destination is the cool Atlantic Coast and the quaint town of Swakopmund. En route we will explore the Namib Desert with the rugged Kuiseb Canyon, while driving along the Swakop riverbed. Take a walk through town and enjoy the mixture of colonial flair and historic architecture in Swakopmund (the historic town, the Woermannhouse, the Hohenzollernhouse, the old Magistrates Court, the historical Jail and the Jetty and the lighthouse. After arriving in Swakopmund you can explore the popular coastal resort on your own and spend time at leisure or with shopping. Moving north, we will pass visit The Spitzkoppe (also referred to as Spitzkop, Groot Spitzkop, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia"), is a group of bald granite peaks or bornhardts located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert. The granite is more than 700 million years old and the highest outcrop rises about 1784 meters (5857 feet) above sea level. The peaks stand out dramatically from the flat surrounding plains. The highest peak is about 700m above the floor of the desert below. A minor peak- the Little Spitzkoppe - lies nearby at an elevation of 1584 metres above sea level. Other prominences stretch out into a range known as the Pontok Mountains. Many examples of Bushmen artwork can be seen painted on the rock in the Spitzkoppe area.
Activities: Desert Moon Landscape Harbour Marine Cruiset Cruise (3 hours, inclusive of Champagne and various seafood cuisines)
Overnight Hotel Zum Kaiser. (DBB)
Route: Twyfelfontein 12 and 13 Aug
The Twyfelfontein area, being a very vulnerable and delicate ecosystem, is renowned for some of the best examples of Bushman paintings and rock engravings in southern Africa and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Interesting rock formations and the remainder of prehistoric volcanic action can be seen among the most prominent geographic features including the Organ Pipes, Burnt Mountain, Doros Crater and the Petrified Forest. The fauna and flora of Damaraland is typical of the Pro-Namib region and plant species include the magnificent Welwitschia, Moringa and a variety of the Commiphora species. The Desert adapted Elephant, Giraffe, Springbok, Zebra, Oryx, and Ostrich include some of the wildlife which can be found living in total harmony with the community. The Lodge is situated in the heart of the Twyfelfontein Uibasen Conservancy and boast 56 en-suite twin rooms, reception, lounge, curio shop, open dining room, bar and swimming pool. In construction utmost care was taken to reduce the visual impact on the environment and to blend into the mountainside with the use of thatch roofs, natural stone and paint colors toning in with the surrounding rock formations.
Activity: World Heritage Site visit Rock Paintings/Organ Pipes/Burnt Mountain
Overnight at Twyfelfontein Lodge. (DBB)
ROUTE: Etosha – 14/15/16/17 Aug
A visit to the Etosha National Park is one of the highlights of travelling Namibia. Etosha, which was declared a game reserve by the German colonial administration back in 1907, covers an area of more than 22 000 square kilometres. In its centre lies a vast saltpan surrounded by grass and thorn savannah, Mopane bush land in the west and dry forest in the north-east. About two million years ago, this area was an enormous lake, fed by the Kunene River. However the lake slowly dried up because over time, the river changed its course. The Etosha National Park has a good infrastructure. Well-maintained gravel roads (untarred) leads to the waterholes, where game viewing is at its best. In the three rest camps Okaukuejo, Halali and Namutoni, hotels, chalets and camping sites are available as well as restaurants, stores and swimming pools. The main entrance to the park is called the "Andersson Gate" at Okaukuejo in the south, where the park administration is also situated. The "Von Lindequist Gate" lies in the east near Namutoni. A new gate, the "Nehale lya Mpingana Gate" (King Nehale Gate) was opened at the beginning of 2003 in the north-east. The pan is just about always dry. However, in the southern parts there are have water-holes scattered throughout this area and form the basis of life for countless game. Be it a lion or an elephant, a giraffe or a zebra; almost all African animal species are represented in the huge nature reserve, approx. 22 000 square kilometres in size. There is an estimated number of 250 lions in the park, 300 rhinos, 2 500 giraffes, 6 000 zebras and more than 2 000 elephants. The dainty springbok are especially numerous; at least 20 000 of them roam the reserve. Often, they can be observed in enormous herds of several hundred animals.
Activities: 3 full days game drive in the Etosha Park.
Overnight at Dolomite Camp – 2 nights (DBB)Overnight at Taleni Etosha Village – 2 nights (DBB)
ROUTE: Waterberg Region – 18 and 19 Aug
Often skipped out, or at best given a single night's layover, as people race for pole position at a waterhole in Etosha National Park up north, the Waterberg has many game farms and lodges that warrant a longer stay. The 200 meterhigh, flat-topped Waterberg Plateau is sometimes described as the Lost Eden because, once up there, the animals have no way down. Leopard, buffalo, and the rare and endangered roan and sable antelope live atop this magnificent brick-red sandstone block. The plateau can be explored on a Nature Conservation guided game viewing vehicle or guided wilderness trail. In the shadow of the plateau is a restful resort with bird studded camp sites where parrots chatter above your head and cottages with impressive views over the surrounding savannah. The plateau supports open grassland and broad-leafed woodland; the foothills and plains are marked by savannah woodland with acacia the dominant tree. Several springs well up to provide lush undergrowth and yet another wildlife habitat. Age-old geological attractions en route to the northern regions offer interesting diversions and provide some spectacular scenery. This area was the scene of a terrible massacre of the Herero people by the German colonists and a graveyard within the resort is a poignant reminder of the dead.
Attractions: Rare species including white rhino, buffalo, and sable and roan antelope have been introduced to the Waterberg Plateau Park and the existing game includes giraffe, kudu, leopard, hyena and cheetah. While no match for Etosha National Park as a wildlife destination, the park has two excellent – and very popular – long walking safaris that provide a fascinating close encounter with Namibia's wilderness. One is guided with no set route and the other is a self-guided demarcated trail.
Activities: Rhino Drive and Herero Cultural Tour
Overnight Waterberg Plateau Lodge. (DBB)
ROUTE: Windhoek - Ondekaramba – 20 Aug
The farm Ondekaremba measures 7.300 hectares and boasts a 100-year old family tradition. Shortly after touching down you will be met by the peace and quiet of Africa's wide-open spaces. Enjoy after a long flight the charm of scenery and unspoilt nature. Ondekaremba, the place where grazing is good. Thanks to this, combined with numerous watering places, you can be at one with nature by exploring, be it via game drives, hiking trails on a terrain where there are an abundance of wildlife and birds. The lovely garden with landscaped pool area waits for you to come and have a swim, or to just relax. Meals made to a large extent of our own products are prepared in our farm kitchen and are served on the open-air verandas, as a picnic in the bush, or inside the old rustic stone farmhouse.
Activities:Craft market visit en-route to Windhoek
Overnight at Africa Farm Ondekaremba. (DBB)
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Welcome to the Squigglefly Challenge Blog!
Are you ready for this week's challenge? Well, first let me tell you about last week's winner! The requirements for last week's challenge were to create a shaped card (anything but the standard rectangle). The winner for that challenge is Shirley Qu! Check out her adorable card HERE using a wonderful image from artist Lynn Stansbery called Am I having what yet?
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Now, on to this week's challenge, SFC2412 Border Patrol
Add some flair to your border with a punch, torn edge, deco scissors or ??? surprise me! This flair can be to the edges around your image, the opening edge of your card or ALL the edges, you choose. Check out these samples to inspire you from the Holley Hobbyists.
Pat Martin created this card using a stamp called Eucharist by artist Diana Garrison. Look at her stitched border. That's just an amazing stamp that she colored.
Shawna Sealander designed a super adorable card using this amazing image from artist Cherly Alger called Sams Rainy Day. So Cute! I just love the shaped frames that she used to enclose her images and the great embossed die cut in the background. So many layers. Ah, Oh that ribbon!!
Charlene Mitchell shares a wonderful card using Hearts as Big as a Whale by artist Louise Gardner. She added wonderful borders around her finished image, her embellishments and her saying, which is a cute Squigglefly saying from artist Jess Holland for just .99!!
Tammy Hair created a very patriotic beauty using Diana Garrison's Proud. This image comes in a set with three different images, two Tammy is using below, the giant USA and the "Happy 4th." The set also comes with a "Proud to be an American" sentiment. I just love how Tammy made the USA so large to take up the front of her card and then added te Happy 4th as a great accent. Not to mention her three color border!!
And lastly, I (Holley Barnhart from Holley's Blog) am using a fun image from Denise Clemensen called Summer Space Swimmer. Isn't he just adorable? I used an edged border the image from Nestabilities and a border punch on the right hand edge of the card with three layers.
I hope these cards have inspired you to make a card this week! Now run out and find some fun embellishments, pick out some new shape or size, or just think up something totally different this week and show it to us! We can't wait to see it.
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Whenever we travel to El Salvador, we spend at least half a day in the capitol city, San Salvador. Here are a few of the images that come to my mind when I think of San Salvador: There are lots of buses that leave diesel fumes behind; any bank, store, or gas station with large amounts of cash have armed guards dallying in front of the building; stop lights are places of small entrepreneurship- people insisting on washing your windows, selling any number of items, looking slightly desperate; and somehow the familiar places- like McDonald's- seem offensively out of place (but maybe that's just me wanting a true 'other world' experience.)
However, there are some powerful and beautiful sides to San Salvador as well. I have stayed at three different guest houses- 'Los Pinos' being the latest- and they all offer wonderful hospitality. It's not like a Ramada Inn. There may be 3 or 4 single beds in a room and the lone television is in the lobby. But, the best thing these places offer- to me- are the outdoor sitting areas. They are enclosed by high walls covered with either barbed wire or broken glass- like every house in San Salvador- but these small yards are filled with beautiful vegetation, hammocks and rocking chairs, and cooing birds. Especially when we go to El Salvador in February and one morning we slog through old snow to get to the Des Moines airport; it is nothing short of heaven to sit on a rocking chair the next morning sipping coffee and being able to sit outside without freezing one's tush off!
Okay, that's the indulgence part of San Salvador. Here is a more meaningful part. We visit the University of Central America (hereafter UCA), a Jesuit university where six Jesuit professors, along with a housekeeper and her daughter, were brutally murdered by the Salvadoran military during the war. Under the cover of darkness, soldiers shot each of the professors and, because they were intellectuals, left their brains exposed as a warning to others. The bodies were found the next morning in a place that the housekeeper's husband later turned into a rose garden. I often think of that labor of love, how ever push of the shovel must have been accompanied by the tears of a grieving husband and father.
Inside, there is a museum that has displays about each of the professors. Ignacio Ellacuria was rector of the University, an outspoken critic of the Army, and a very good theologian who articulated what is popularly called "Liberation Theology." Ignacio Martin-Baro studied the effects of war on the human psyche and was an amazing guitarist. Segundo Montes was a strong advocate for refugees and human rights. Amano Lopez was a gifted counselor and pastoral worker. Joaquin Lopez y Lopez was the director of an education program in poor communities. Juan Ramon Moreno was a gifted preacher and retreat leader. Elba Ramos was the Jesuits' housekeeper, remembered as sensitive and intuitive. Celina Ramos was Elba's 14-year-old daughter who had worked as a catechist.
The museum personalizes each of these martyrs by showing some of their belongings as well as the clothing that they were wearing at the time of the massacre. Father Martin-Baro, for example, was a musician, whose type-written lyrics to "Yesterday" by the Beatles strikes me as a longing for a simpler time that he would never see. The museum also has has information about other martyrs in El Salvador, from the famous cases of the four churchwomen who were raped and murdered to the obscure, nameless folks who were shot trying to swim across a river to safety.
Also at the UCA is the Romero Chapel, which I mentioned in a previous post as having graphic charcoal paintings on the wall of torture victims. There is also this powerful oil painting that has so much symbolism in it. The dog, the pointing rich man, the death-soldier, the wealthy pious woman, all are fairly familiar symbols in paintings about the war and its victims. Jesus is depicted as a torture victim, with a blindfold and wire around his thumbs. The six Jesuits are there, along with Elba and Celina Ramos, rising in solidarity with Christ out of the fire that emerges from the Salvadoran volcano. Think of this painting whenever you read Romans 6:5, "If we have been united with Christ in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his."
(I can't help but wonder if the pointing man in this picture is a satire of the famous crucifixion painting Matthias Grunewald, where John the Baptist is pointing to the crucified Christ while holding an open Bible. If there are any art-savvy people out there, I'd love to hear your reply to this possibility.)


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Multifamily construction spending will peak late in 2004 and then decline about 8% through the end of next year. The expected spending decline will be more a result of the completion of the large number of units started earlier in 2004 than the modest fall in new units started that is expected by the end of next year. The annual rate of new multifamily unit starts is expected to decline by 10,000 by the end of 2005, from 330,000 to 320,000.
The market slowdown will be concentrated in market-rate, entry-level apartments in cities in the South and Midwest with very high apartment vacancy rates. The Q2 rental vacancy rate rose to 13.0% in the South and 11.7% in the Midwest. Vacancy rates are much lower in the Northeast (7.0%) and the West (7.7%).
Most at risk for a decline in starts are the automotive manufacturing and airline hub and headquarters cities, where substantial job losses are expected. Apartment demand in cities in the South and Midwest will be boosted by an increase in jobs and by households priced out of the single-family and condo markets by higher mortgage rates. But this positive impact on starts will be more than offset by the surplus of available apartments and the revival of the manufactured (not modular) housing industry.
Multifamily housing starts are likely to expand slightly through next year in the Northeast and in Florida and California metro areas, where surging home prices indicate that the restricted housing supply is still short of current demand.


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Messages for Funeral Thank You Notes
At the time of funeral, people send messages and sympathies to the family members and friends of the deceased.
Messages for funeral thank you notes are such warm messages that are sent by a person to thank his friends and family members for their support and care at the time of his sorrows.
These messages express sender's gratitude towards the reader for being so helping and caring at the difficult time.
Sample Messages for Funeral Thank You Notes
[blockquote]I wish to thank you for coming to my father's funeral. It was so comforting to have you at my side. I felt a little better and easy having listened to your precious words. I am deeply thankful to you for your love and care that you have provided to me.[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Your kind words on the funeral ceremony of my beloved brother touched me deeply. I must thank you for your gesture of sending the funeral flowers and candles. It was comforting to have your prayers and thoughts at such a difficult time.[/blockquote]
[blockquote]I feel grateful to have such good friends. I would like to thank each one of you for being so kind and generous. It was comforting to me to bear with the pain of losing my beloved sister.[/blockquote]
- [notice noticeType="attention" ]I would like to thank each one of you for your support and love at the time of bereavement of my mother. I felt relieved and at ease, having surrounded by the thoughts and prayers of all of you. Thanks a lot for all your support.[/notice]
- Your presence at the time of funeral of my dearest mother has helped me enormously. It was so kind of you to be so thoughtful. Thanks a lot for your kindness and generosity.
- I would like to thank you for sending the funeral flowers – my mother would deeply love them, it was her favourite. I would also like to thank you for being so supportive, helping and caring all this time. You have helped me a lot to relieve my pain.
- [notice noticeType="info" ]At the time of loss of my uncle, your company was really comforting. The situations that you explained to me and the words that you showered upon me are greatly appreciated. Thanks once again for your warm gesture.[/notice]
- I would like to thank you with all my heart for being a part of the funeral of my dearest sister.


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Tony Hawk Teams with the Foundation in South Africa
September 05, 2016
The definition of ripple effect is continuing and spreading results of an event or action. The goal of philanthropy is to see the ripple effect of work that results from someone's passion to help others. Whether that passion started with them or not -- it continues on perpetuating a positive and lasting benefit to others.
Continuation. Change.
The goal for the Starkey Hearing Foundation, and those that partner with us, is to continue giving the gift of hearing to those in need across the globe. This gift means opportunity now exists for people with hearing loss to pursue an education, career, or life dreams that they once thought impossible. Similarly, a person who contributed to the gift and witnessed how it helps also saw a change in themselves as a result of their gift.
The Foundation strives for positive continuation of its mission and aims to spread hope and humanity to each person it helps.
The ripple effect was certainly in place as the mission team gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa with Tony Hawk and the Tony Hawk Foundation, other professional skaters, Skateistan officials, and Medifix Hearing Systems to give the gift of hearing to 200 students from the Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf. The mission coincided with the grand opening of the South African Skateistan Skate school that supports youths with various programs for skating, education, and youth leadership, all of which encourage growth and positive change for kids.
"I love it. I'm excited to be back here with Starkey," Tony Hawk said. "I never thought I would be able to bring two of my interests together like this. It's honestly it's one of the most rewarding things I can think of."
Both events filled the students with excitement as they were receiving their hearing devices and meeting Tony Hawk, expert skateboarders, and South African native and rising skateboarder, Thalente Biyela.
Biyela was thrilled to have the opportunity to support and care for students who have hearing loss. "I never thought I would have done something like this -- through skateboarding. It was such a life-changing moment for these kids," said Biyela.
These joint endeavors encapsulate what the Foundation is all about, bringing people together, connecting them to mainstream life, and opening a world of opportunity instantly and with significant impact.
Thalente Biyela has a compelling life story that represents a ripple effect. Today, he lives in Los Angeles and pursues skating, but his journey to skating star was not easy. He was born and raised in Durban, South Africa. At 13, he was orphaned, and ended up living on the streets and addicted to drugs. Although through all the upheaval during his childhood, Biyela was still able to hone his skating skills.
He received many helping hands who supported his efforts to overcome his addiction and succeed in life. With help and hard work, he overcame many obstacles. He connected with Tony Hawk when Tony visited South Africa for a skate camp. Hawk noticed Biyela's natural talent for skating. They reconnected after Biyela moved to Los Angeles to pursue skating.
Biyela finds himself in the people he is helping now at the mission and skate park. He put the ripple effect into play with changing his life and continuing his positive work despite trials and struggles.
After time, Biyela said, "I have a whole different perspective on life from that mission." He continued, "It gave me a whole different perspective on everything, like the privilege of life, of hearing, of speaking."
Once all the fittings were done, the team of volunteers and hundreds of students flooded the skate park to try skateboarding for the first time with Tony Hawk and his team. Their faces and Tony's endearing smile left everyone with hope from ear to ear.
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For the past week, it has been my privilege to lead USDA's first-ever agricultural trade mission to a country with one of the world's fastest-growing economies–Vietnam.
I began my trip in Hanoi, where I met with government and agricultural officials and visited some of the city's most historical and cultural hubs, including the Pho Hue Wet Market, where I was introduced to some of Vietnam's unique, local cuisine.
From there, I flew to Ho Chi Minh City where I joined 15 U.S. businesses representing a wide range of food and agricultural products. While here, they met with more than 150 Vietnamese producers, importers, buyers, distributers and investors, to focus on building new trade relationships.
For these U.S. companies, the opportunities here are huge. Vietnam is a growing country of nearly 90 million consumers. Two-way trade between our countries reached an all-time high of nearly $3.4 billion last year. In fact, since 2006, no other major U.S. agricultural export market has grown as quickly as Vietnam. And the U.S.-Vietnam partnership only continues to grow.
On Wednesday, I witnessed trade relationships being forged on the grounds of Food and Hotel Vietnam, which is one of Southeast Asia's premier food trade shows. More than 360 exhibitors from 31 countries showcased their products to nearly 8,000 visitors.
The sold-out, USDA-endorsed USA pavilion at the trade show was the largest to date with 28 companies displaying potatoes, health and nutrition foods, popcorn, poultry, beef, pork, frozen foods, snack foods and more. All of the U.S. products on display epitomize the reliability and high-quality that consumers around the world have come to appreciate and expect.
By hosting this trade mission and others around the world, USDA is helping to achieve the National Export Initiative (NEI) goal of doubling all U.S. exports by 2014. This not only helps rebuild our country's economy, but also promotes U.S. job growth. After all, every $1 billion in agricultural exports supports 8,400 American jobs.
To learn more, visit the Vietnam agricultural trade mission website.


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ARPAST President & Founder
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Larry Flaxman
President / Senior Researcher
Larry Flaxman is an author and researcher on a mission to inform, empower, and entertain those fascinated by the paranormal. Best-selling author of seven books including "11:11 – The Time Prompt Phenomenon: The Meaning Behind Mysterious Signs, Sequences and Synchronicities," "The Grid: Exploring the Hidden Infrastructure of Reality," and "Viral Mythology: How the Truth of the Ancients was Encoded and Passed Down through Legend, Art, and Architecture," Flaxman continues to write ground-breaking books on cutting-edge research that leave readers, researchers, and reviewers open-mouthed in disbelief of the truth as it's presented to them.
Larry has been actively involved in paranormal research and hands-on field investigation for over fifteen years, and melds his technical, scientific, and investigative backgrounds together for no-nonsense, scientifically objective explanations regarding a variety of anomalous phenomena. He is the President and Senior Researcher of ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team, which he founded in February of 2007. Under his leadership, ARPAST has become one of the nation's largest and most active paranormal research organizations, with over 150 members worldwide. Widely respected for his expertise on the proper use of equipment and techniques for conducting a solid investigation, Larry also serves as technical advisor to several paranormal research groups throughout the country.
Larry has appeared on Discovery Channel's "Ghost Lab," and has been interviewed for dozens of print and online publications, including Ancient Aliens (History Channel), Fate Magazine, The Anomalist, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Times Herald News, Jacksonville Patriot, ParaWeb, Current Affairs Herald, Unexplained Magazine, The Petit Jean County Headlight, the Villager Online, and The Pine Bluff Commercial. He has appeared on hundreds of radio programs all over the world, including multiple stints on "Coast to Coast with George Noory," "TAPS Family Radio," "Encounters Radio," "Higher Dimensions," "X-Zone," "Ghostly Talk," "Eerie Radio," "Crossroads Paranormal," "Binall of America," "World of the Unexplained," and "Haunted Voices."
Larry is a staff writer for Intrepid Magazine and his work has appeared regularly in TAPS ParaMagazine, New Dawn Magazine, and Phenomena Magazine. He is also a screenwriter with a paranormal thriller, "19 Hz," currently in development with Bruce Lucas Films.
Larry is a popular public speaker, lecturing at paranormal and metaphysical conferences and events all over the country, including major repeat appearances at "Through the Veil," "History, Haunts and Legends," "ESP Weekend at the Crescent Hotel," "The Texas GhostShow," "DragonCon," "The Paradigm Symposium," "Memphis ComicCon," and "The Parallel Universes and Consciousness Conference." He also speaks widely at local and regional meet-ups, bookstore signings, libraries and events on the subjects of science, the paranormal, metaphysics, Noetics and human potential.
Larry is also active in the development of cutting edge custom designed equipment for use in the field investigating environmental effects and anomalies that may contribute to our understanding of the paranormal.


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St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. Credit: Izzet Keribar
According to Russian newspaper Izvestia, the move would be made to compensate domestic winemakers for rising grape prices after 2012's below par harvest, which has been blighted by drought in Spain, Portugal and Italy.
The Russian Union of Wine Growers and Winemakers has sent a request to the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation to set the minimum retail price of a 70cl bottle at 110 rubles (£2.82).
"The factory minimum selling price for a standard 70cl bottle of wine should be 75-80 rubles.
"In the retail sector, this would be at least 110 rubles," union president Leonid Popovich told Izvestia.
"These calculations take into account a considerable increase in the prices of wines and wine ingredients due to the bad harvests in Russia and Europe.
"Wine prices should be reviewed every year, depending on the harvest and the world market situation, because many wines in Russia are produced from grapes imported from Italy, Spain, France, Argentina and Chile," Popovich added.
The Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation confirmed it had received the calculations and was studying them.
"A resolution on minimum wine pricing is in the working," the regulator said.
Russia introduced minimum vodka prices in January 2010 in a bid to fight counterfeit alcohol production and tackle alcoholism in the country.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, alcoholism has been on the rise in Russia triggering a falling age of death in men that has only recently begun to reverse.
Alcohol consumption in Russia is currently more than double the critical level set by the World Health Organisation.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Thursday Moda #89: Geo-Print, Rainbow Mommy+Mini Matching Leggings.
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You girls looks so cute in your mommy and me outfits!ReplyDeleteReplies
Those leggings are absolutely gorgeous! I love that you're wearing the same ones :)ReplyDelete
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Your 'mommy & me' matching leggings are so cute!!ReplyDelete
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Love the matching bright colored leggings Ada! Boy Vivian is growing up :-) The olive green shoes are a lovely choice. This looks very comfortable!ReplyDelete
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Love the pants Ada and the casual cardigan you are wearing. Totally my cup of tea. Your daughter is so adorable! xo SabinaReplyDelete
Oh how adorable! Little Vivian is such a lovely little girl!ReplyDelete
Seriously cute outfits, both are lovely. Thanks for hosting Ada. x JacquiReplyDelete
Well aren't you two just adorable!! Truly. beautiful inside and out. Those leggings are so fun, Ada!ReplyDelete
Fun matching leggings with your girl!ReplyDelete
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Vivi is so cute in these photos! I love the heeled sandals - they add such elegance to your outfit!ReplyDelete
Thank you for noticing that about my shoes. That is what I thought: elegance. It is my aesthetic and matches the name of my blog. =)Delete
Cute matching outfits! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
You two are so cute! Love the leggings.ReplyDelete
Thanks for coming to the Top of the World Style linkup party. Cute leggings!ReplyDelete
You girls are too cute in your matching leggings. I loved to match with my little girl many years ago. A long cardi with leggings is such a great, comfy look. Happy Sunday!ReplyDelete
You both look amazing Ada :)ReplyDelete
Vivian is so adorable and I love how you styled her "rainbow pants" on her.ReplyDelete
Such fun leggings! I love matching mummy and me outfits :-)ReplyDelete
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Miss Piggy and Kermit split after almost 4 decades together
Just as we thought the plethora of celebrity couple breakups was finally coming to a standstill, the most devastating split of all hit us right where it hurts. Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy have announced that the respective parties of the beloved Muppet couple are going their separate ways.
Kermit posted a joint Twitter statement from the former couple announcing their heavy-hearted decision to end the relationship:
The two assured fans that they will maintain an amicable professional relationship, but that they will be seeing other people and will no longer be a part of each other's personal lives. Miss Piggy re-affirmed the couple's mutual breakup via Facebook:
It seems Kermit has already begun the rebound process as he announced at the 2015 TCA summer press tour that he is in a relationship with a pig named Denise who works in ABC marketing. It seems a bit soon for Kermit to be starting a new relationship, but everyone heals differently. We just hope Kermit isn't flaunting his new bae around Miss Piggy on the set of her late-night show.
The two are both ready to take the next steps in their lives and put this breakup behind them. They look forward to the premiere of "The Muppets" on September 22 on ABC.
WATCH: Kermit dished on his relationship with Miss Piggy back in happier times:
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We made it! Today is the last day of the 2015 Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge. It's day Z!
It's been a whirlwind of a month and I've read a lot of blog posts, but I'll be taking May and June to get around to blogs on the list that I haven't visited. During the challenge, I've probably read over 2000 posts just from A to Z bloggers. That's a lot of reading. But it's really been a fun time. I've met a few new friends as well, so that's always worth it.
Today, I'm sharing the Zebra Hobby Horse I made for my nephew's 2nd birthday earlier this month.
To make this baby you'll need felt in black and white, a wooden dowel for your stick, some buttons for the eyes, some scissors, some fiberfil stuffing, and a sewing machine.
I made my pattern by modifying the one from over at Lia Griffith's blog. I liked her general idea, but I wanted a larger head for my zebra.
Even with my enlarged pattern, I still wanted more space. I cut a generalized shape for the head that was about an inch larger all the way around and then fine tuned it.
I cut out a total of two head pieces and two ear pieces. You could cut out four ear pieces and make stuffed ears if you like, but I liked the looks of these ones. I cut everything with pinking shears just because I liked the look. Nothing fancy.
I then cut out my stripes from the white felt, as well as 3 x 12" strip each of white and black felt to make my mane.
I used scissors to give myself a nice fringed mane and then weaved the black and white strips around each other to add dimension and break up the colors.
I pinned on my stripes and added some white felt centers to the ears.
All pieces got their individual stitches. All stitching (except for the mane) was zigzag stitching (another Z word!). Again...just because I liked it.
I pinned an ear on each head piece and marked the locations for the eyes as well as a general idea of where my mane would start and end. I stitched across the bottom edges of my ears once they were folded and pinned to the head.
I lined the mane up and sandwiched it between the two head pieces. I then sewed down the edges all the way around, leaving the bottom open.
With my zebra all put together, I started stuffing him with fiberfil until he was nice and plump. It took a lot of working down the nose to get the face right before I could get the rest of the head and neck ready to go.
The trick was trying to make sure that both sides of the nose and both cheeks were in the same positions - otherwise my poor zebra would be lopsided.
The ears didn't lay quite where I wanted them to after stuffing, so I hand stitched them for positioning. Probably not a bad idea anyway since I'm sure they'll get some good tugging.
Next was adding the dowel. I tried using the glue gun method, but it was just messy and not helpful. Instead, I used it just enough to gum up the insides and get the dowel attached to the fiber fill inside. That will prevent the dowel from simply sliding back away from the head. I then stitched across the bottom of the head piece to tighten and secure the dowel.
Lastly, I added his eyes and a blue ribbon around his neck to cover up his surgery.
He's all ready for a ride around the Serengeti. I like how he turned out, but next time I think I'm going to shorten the dowel by about 6". It's just a bit too long for the younger kids.
And there you have it! Blogging from A to Z. Amazing. It really is a fun event, it's just exhausting. I did a better job at being prepared this year, but I still have room for improvement for 2016.
And now...well...now I'm going to take a small break and be happy that I don't have to do a post for tomorrow. I'm going to do some blog reading for the next few days and then I'll be back for more fun.
Mother's Day is coming up, so I have projects to work on. I also still have a few UFOs (unfinished objects) that could use a little of my time. And then there's the matter of the sewing room. It's a bit of a disaster at the moment. It could probably stand a little touch up...
Thank you SO MUCH to those of you who joined me for A to Z. It's been a blast! I look forward to doing it all again next year!
Miss any of my A to Z posts so far this year? Find them below...
1. A is for Anna (Easy Anna Cape)
2. B is for Bath (Appliqued Bath Mat)
3. C is for Child (Children's Growth Ruler)
4. D is for Denim (Denim Bib)
5. E is for Etch (Etched Casserole Dishes)
6. F is for Felt (Felt Hopscotch Mat)
7. G is for Good Night ("Good Night" Envelope Pillows)
8. H is for Hood (Easy Hooded Towel)
9. I is for Insulated (Insulated Beverage Cozies)
10. J is for Jumper (Embroidered Spring Jumper)
11. K is for Know (Know When to Hold 'Em/Fold 'Em Laundry Sign)
12. L is for Loveseat (Envelope Loveseat Pillows)
13. M is for Mittens (Fleece Baby Mittens)
14. N is for Ninja Turtle (Felt Ninja Turtle)
15. O is for Owl (Owl Stuffies)
16. P is for Princess (Princess Peg Dolls)
17. Q is for Quilt (Moustache Quilt)
18. R is for Reading (Appliqued Reading Pillow)
19. S is for Superheroes (Superhero Peg Dolls)
20. T is for Tumblers (Custom Etched Barware)
21. U is for Upcycled (Little Kitchen)
22. V is for Vinyl (Vinyl Pallet Art)
23. W is for Whipped (Wild Orange Whipped Body Butter)
24. X is for Xtra (Play Kitchen Accessories)
25. Y is for You (You Are My Sunshine Nursery Decor)
Are you visiting from A to Z?
Be sure to leave me a comment (including your blog link) so I can come over and return the favor!


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Rich Simmons shut out Tustin High School for six innings, and Jeff Komma retired the side in the seventh after the Tillers loaded the bases to give Villa Park an 8-0 win in Century League action Friday afternoon at Villa Park.
It was the first league loss for the Tillers (3-1, 10-2).
Craig Pollard hit a three-run home run in the second inning and Mark Johnson was 3 for 4 to lead the Spartans (2-2, 5-12). Chris Bell and John Genova each had two hits for Villa Park.
In other Century League action:
Foothill 16, Santa Ana Valley 5--The Knights, led by John McTaggart, hit four home runs at Foothill to take sole possession of first place.
McTaggart hit a two-run home run in the first inning and a three-run homer in the second. Chris Cutliff hit a two-run home for Foothill in the third, and Mike Grahovac hit a solo homer in the same inning.


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Founded in Turin, on 14 September 1998 by Carmen Novella, owner and director, Ex Libris is an agency for the creation, organization and communication of cultural projects.
Following a rich 10-years experience in organizing and promoting cultural initiatives for the Turin International Book Fair (Salone del Libro) and the Music Fair (Musica 2000). After 6 years activity in the cultural field, Carmen Novella has directed her know-how into Ex Libris.
The name: a distinctive mark
The agency's name describes its in-depth spirit and aims: Ex Libris means it is a sign of belonging, protection and care. Its philosophy is that on each developed project the distinctive mark of creativity, expertise and passion is recognized.
The mission: a leading thread
Culture, in its broadest sense, is a mission. To conceive and carry out projects and events in multiple ways with one common goal: valuing the cultural identity, turning it into a cornerstone and a leading thread, so that it becomes an investment.
About us
Carmen Novella collaborates together with a network of contributors and consultants specialized in planning, organization and communication in the cultural field and public relations. Professionals all driven by the unique humanistic enthusiasm of Ex Libris.
Carmen Novella: her team is made up of Elisa Carlone (press office and organization); Marta Santopolo (press office and organization); Luca Castelli (editing); Matteo Patrucco (art director); Erica Manna (editing); Stefania Albis (organization); Annalisa Berretta (administration).
Ex Libris can also rely on a group of "special consultants": Stefano Bartezzaghi (riddler, essayist, columnist of "la Repubblica", professor of Semiology of creative languages at the University of Bergamo); Marco Belpoliti (essayist, writer, journalist, professor of Sociology of literature at the University of Bergamo); Giovanni De Luna (historian, professor of Contemporary History at the University of Turin); Anna Foà (editorial consultant).


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ESnet News
ESnet to Increase Network Performance, Reliability with Metropolitan Area Networks
BERKELEY, CA. – Responding to the increasingly data-intensive demands of the scientific community, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) is implementing a new architecture of connected Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN). ESnet, which is managed by DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is a high-speed network serving thousands of DOE scientists and… Read More
ESnet Announces Contract to Upgrade Connectivity to Brookhaven, Oak Ridge National Labs
DENVER, September 27, 2004 — Qwest Communications International Inc. will upgrade network connectivity into two U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites on the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). Qwest's continued work on ESnet is part of a seven-year contract, which began in 2000 and has a potential value of more than $80 million. Under the contract, Qwest will increase ESnet's bandwidth by… Read More
HPCwire Interviews New ESnet Manager Bill Johnston
Bill Johnston, a distinguished networking and computing researcher, was recently named Manager of the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), a leading-edge, high-bandwidth network funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science. ESnet is managed by DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. ESnet is used by thousands of scientists and researchers worldwide, and provides a high-end… Read More
Bill Johnston Named New ESnet Manager
William E. "Bill," Johnston, an LBNL senior scientist who has worked in the fields of networking and high-speed distributed computing since the creation of the Internet, was appointed this week as the project manager for the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), effective immediately. ESnet is a high-speed network serving thousands of Department of Energy scientists and collaborators worldwide. Read More
ESnet Leaps Ahead by Two Generations, Upgrades Backbone to 10 Gbps
The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the high-performance network funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, has just completed an upgrade to 2.5gigabits (billions of bits or Gbps) per second and 10Gbps in the highest speed portion of the network. Typically, a new generation of data communications bandwidth consists of a fourfold increase in performance. ESnet's new 10Gbps… Read More
ESnet Teams with Juniper Networks to Put IPv6 Into Production Alongside IPv4
The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) recently teamed with Juniper Networks to become one of the very first networks to run both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously on a large-scale production network connecting hundreds of thousands of scientific researchers around the world. The successful rollout of the next generation Internet Protocol, known at IPv6, in parallel with the… Read More
ESnet Awards Qwest $50 Million Contract to Support DOE's Scientific Communications Network
The Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (Esnet) this week announced that it has awarded a $50 million contract to Qwest Communications International Inc. to support ESnet for up to seven years. Under the contract, Qwest will provide performance levels up to a terabit (one million megabits/second) network by the year 2005, offering 500 times the highest speed available in the… Read More
ESnet Leading the Way in Implementing Next Generation of Internet Protocol
A few years from now, the Internet could become a victim of its own success. Its dramatic growth -- often cited as 15 percent growth per month in number of users connected and as much as a factor of 10 growth per year in Internet backbone bandwidth required to support them — could overburden the current infrastructure, resulting in networks held together with cyber baling wire and virtual glue. Read More
New Technology Demonstrates Priority Service for Internet Traffic between Lawrence Berkeley, Argonne National Labs
BERKELEY, Calif. (April 14, 1998) - Scientists at two Department of Energy national laboratories have successfully marked selected Internet traffic for priority service over unmarked, lower-priority traffic in a cross-country demonstration. This demonstration is a key milestone in the development of a broad set of capabilities called "Differentiated Services" which are required for the… Read More
ESnet Prepares for U.S. Arrival of Big Bang Machine Data
When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a gigantic particle accelerator spanning the French-Swiss boarder, comes online in September 2008, terabytes of data per second will flow out of Europe via fiber optic cables to thousands of researchers spread across the globe. This experiment will significantly increase the amount of data that the international scientific community must transport and manage. Read More


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Clark Ivory Fabric Dining Chair (Set of 2)
With a tufted backrest and crown-shaped top, this set of two dining chairs will enhance any room in your home. Attention to detailing and design make this chair stand out from any other. With its soft fabric, comfortable tufted backrest and padded seat this chair holds an elegant form with no cost to comfort.Features:
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I am back home after a beautiful vacation. As you had seen I was in Dalmatia and then a few days on a country where my family have a weekend house. The black dress from posted pictures is from Thailand where I was 2 years ago. I love to wear clothes which I have bought on my travels. They bring beautiful memories:)
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Parrot Asteroid for portable entertainment on the road
It seems that the Internet is more or less everywhere these days – even when you are driving around in your car, you cannot get rid of the presence of the Internet – although GPRS and EDGE connectivity might be in store for places which are more rural and have yet to establish 3G support. Well, Parrot, the name synonymous with wireless peripherals for smartphones and cell phones has just announced their latest model – the Parrot Asteroid, which is the next generation of car receivers that merge advanced hands-free telephony with access to web services for the first time ever.
The Parrot Asteroid will be able to steer the future of Internet right in the comfort of the car, where it is a solution specially concocted to adapt to aftermarket and OEMs. This is also the first car receiver worked on by Parrot, where it will be powered by Google's Android operating system. The moment it is hooked up to a GPS dongle (which comes along with the product) and a 3G key (that is unfortunately, not provided), to allow it to access various innovative web services.
For folks living in the US, there will be a half dozen applications that will roll out later this October. Maps will be a cartography service that is smart enough to identify and locate points of interest which are close to the vehicle. Apart from that, you can always take advantage of the zoom function to let you dial sans hands, all the phone numbers of your choice.
With Roadtrip, this is an itinerary service to touristic points of interest which vocally provides historical as well as meteorological information that are linked to the selected venue. You can also check out images which are displayed on the Asteroid's screen, but make sure your eyes will still remain peeled on the road, too, of course.
The Parrot Asteroid lets you enjoy music from a range of sources, such as a USB flash drive, an iPhone or iPod, any compatible MP3 player, or even from an SD memory card – and heck, even online radio stations courtesy of 3G connectivity. Expect to fork out $349 for the Parrot Asteroid – any takers?


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When Big Dude's parents visit, we go places . Last time they came, we hit The Getty and The Disney Concert Hall and Griffith Park all in one day. And Palm Springs on a different day. This time we headed to Balboa Park…
What a BEAUTIFUL place to walk around!! And if we lived nearer, I would be quite happy to go there regularly and walk around. The historic buildings are lovely and interesting, the plants abundant, the pathways winding, neat neat neat. What's not so neat … how expensive everything is. This is not Washington D.C. and [nearly] every museum is costly to enter.
We had pre-chosen to go to the Reuben H Fleet Science Center because we wanted to see the National Parks Adventure in the IMAX Dome Theater. And you couldn't go to the movie without buying admission to the Science Center. See how that works? oy. Expensive movie. The Science Center was just ok (nothing that we hadn't seen elsewhere) and the movie theater was … disappointing. You don't hear me gripe here often (except maybe about traffic?), but this movie was EXPENSIVE. And the theater (IMAX, Dome) was NOT GOOD. The film itself was blurry, with "dust spots", with crazy unattractive fisheye bend effect (and you know me, I have high regard and appetite for fisheye width), and our seats were totally craptastic (way too close for such a large screen). And did I mention, expensive?!?
So anyway, we watched the movie, quickly moved thru the Science stuff, kicked our dissatisfaction to the curb, and headed back out to explore the pretty park.


text: Jacob Gottlieb Managing Partner and Cheif Investment Officer of Visium Asset Management LLC discovered his talent in pick winning stocks in his youth. As a matter of fact, Jacob was in the 7th grade when he entered a contest established at his school to compete at the success of stock picks that the students actually selected. Jacob not only won the event but, performed so well that his father Max Gottlieb Ph.D. and professor of economics at City University located in New York City, New York was thoroughly impressed. As a result of the successful performance of the stocks that Jacob Gottlieb picked, his father decided to open up an actual live investment trading account in the honor of his son Jacob Gottlieb. The investment trading account began to generate successful results that were beyond the capability of a 7th-grade student. After the success of picking winning stocks, a passion developed in Jacob that carried over into adulthood leading to a successful career as an investment manager. Also, Jacob became an entrepreneur in his own right by setting up a beverage selling opportunity at a local golf course in New York City as a teenager. He began purchasing beverages from a local grocery store, pulling them in a shopping cart and selling them to the golfers who needed a beverage throughout their round of golf. This small entrepreneurship opportunity began to generate the necessary skills and experience Jacob would need to become a successful businessman. Jacob also traded in baseball cards with the local youth in his neighborhood and developed the skill of being able to find, collect, and categorize entire baseball teams especially the New York Yankees. The skill sets that he learned as a youth provided much-needed guidance, insight, and intuitive understanding of how business works to generate profitable success as an entrepreneur. The talents and gifts discovered by Jacob Gottlieb in picking stocks in his youth have transitioned into a very lucrative and productive success story in the financial industry.


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All-Ohio running back Kareem Hunt committed to the University of Toledo on Friday, giving the Rockets one of their biggest gets in the 2013 recruiting class.
Hunt, of Willoughby South, rushed for 2,508 yards last season on 227 carries (11-yard average) and scored 45 touchdowns. He was considered a strong candidate for Ohio's Mr. Football, an award won by Mentor quarterback Mitch Trubisky.
Hunt, the only running back committed to Toledo, reports offers to Rivals.com from BCS teams Cincinnati, Minnesota, and Pittsburgh, as well as from several Mid-American Conference schools.
Hunt is believed to be the 18th commitment in a class expected to be ranked atop the MAC for the fourth year in a row.


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A Nebraska house party turned into a bloody massacre scene on Saturday, 24 January, after three people were killed by suspected gangsters who opened fire at an Omaha home.
Up to 50 revellers are thought to have been at the vacant house when "multiple shooters" blasted people at the party at around 2am.
JaKela Foster, 19, and 24-year-old Latecia Fox were declared dead at the scene, while 26-year-old Cameron Harris died several hours later.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said it was not clear if the victims were targeted or bystanders caught up in the violence.
The five people wounded were identified as Adrelet Bush, 25; Treveon Lillard, 20; Trenelle Miller, 21; Johnny Tiller, 21; and Jordyn Zyla, 20. Schmaderer said they were in stable condition late Saturday afternoon, reported AP.
It has since emerged that witnesses have refused to cooperate with officers for fear of reprisals.
"Now that you are away from that scene and have opportunity to be away from any intimidation, I'm asking you for the sake of the community to contact law enforcement," Schmaderer said.
Detectives are investigating whether the incident was related to another shooting that happened nearby about four hours earlier that injured a man and a woman. Schmaderer said that shooting was also gang-related.


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Is This All In My Head?
Good Morning…
It isn't morning yet, yet a person I spent time with some time ago liked to joke about the arbitrariness of what time it is during the day and how we should greet each other.
It was one of his most annoying habits and I loved him for it.
"How are ya doin' Sir?" He'd say in the sweetest tone I've ever heard.
I'm doing fine, Keith.
Isn't time for us to have another Bud Light together?
Did you get Anheuser-Busch? No, I certainly did not.
Don't really want to hang out in a mansion either.
Then I look at you, closely and carefully with as much compassion as I can and I feel my heart swell.
I'm a light-year away from you and I still don't know if I can or cannot feel you, spiritually.
Sometimes I think I feel you and then sometimes I wonder if I conjure all of this in my head.
I try to reach out, I do.
You just want that thing to explode do you?
Mission accomplished.
It explodes every day.
And every day I grow a little bit stronger.
Not a single one is for me,
Matthew R. Polkinghorne


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