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MCA Coaches
Joint Head Coach — Shyam Mayasandra
Coach Mayasandra, BSME Bangalore University, MSME Villanova University, MBA Michigan State University, is a distinguished and accomplished professional man with an equally distinguished cricketing pedigree. He played for his university, played top-level league cricket in his native Bangalore, and made some first-class appearances. He is a swashbuckling batsman (favorite expression: "I don't like dot balls"), who can also bowl nagging medium pace — in his youth he was a destructive fast bowler, with some outstanding performances to his name. He has played league cricket in the United States for many years, latterly for Troy C. C., Motown C.C., and for MCA's own T20 team, which he captained. Two years ago Coach Shyam was the top-scoring batsman in the MichCA T20 league, and the only player to score a century (vs U. of M. XI). He is a prominent participant in many regional tournaments, such as the annual Corporate Cup, and in 20111 captained the Michigan Cricket Association team in the Unity Cup in Chicago.
Joint Head Coach — Vasanth Krishnaswami
Dr Krishnaswami, like Coach Shyam, is a very accomplished professional man. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, which he represented on the cricket field, he defended his Ph. D. in Engineering at the Ohio State University, and has been an active member of the Michigan cricket scene ever since moving to the state. Nowadays, he often opens the batting for Motown Cricket Club, and deceives many opposing batsman with his wily leg spin; when his very busy travel schedule permited, he also played for MCA's T 20 team. Coach Vasanth is not only an accomplished cricketer and, with Coach Shyam, one of the founders of MCA, but also a tireless servant of the sport in other areas: he is one of MichCA's most respected umpires, and shows the wisdom of Solomon on various MichCA rules and disciplinary committees.
High-Performance Coach — V. V. Giri
Dr V. V. Giri is one of the Midwest's most distinguished cricketers and one of America's most sophisticated cricket writers. He has been involved in cricket writing for many years, working for newspapers and web sites all over the world, and has acquired many followers and fans because of his in-depth knowledge of the game. He is currently President of Troy Cricket Club in the Michigan Cricket Association, and has played with distinction for that club for many seasons. He has also served MichCA as a selector, coach, and umpire for many years. Whenever he visits his native Chennai, Dr. Giri plays for the famous Madras Cricket Club (one of India's oldest and most respected clubs).
Dr Giri enjoyed a long career as one of the top players in Chennai's highly competitive first (senior) division of league cricket. He was also in the state squad for a brief time, in spite of his busy professional life in health care. An outstanding off-spinner and very successful opening batsman, he played not only throughout India, but also in England (Essex league) and Australia (NSW league), and was a member of touring parties that played in Canada, the USA, the Caribbean, and many countries in Europe and the Far East.
Dr Giri worked as a top-level cricket coach for many years in Tamil Nadu, coaching senior division league teams (SPIC, Madras Cricket Club, MAC Spin foundation). Several leading India internationals (Robin Singh, S Ramesh, Hemang Badhani, Badrinath, Dinesh Kaarthik ) are numbered among his former charges. He was also a highly successful cricket administrator, spending several years as the very effective Cricket Secretary of the Madras Cricket Club.
Dr Giri studied at Madras Medical College and defended his Ph. D. in Pharmaceutical Technology in the USA. Pharmaceutical research and development has, like cricket, taken him to many countries, and eventually brought him to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he works in Clinical Research.
Since the beginning of the 2011 season, MCA's senior players have had the great good fortune to benefit from special, one-on-0ne high-performance coaching sessions with Dr Giri. MCA can also offer high-performance coaching from Dr Giri to adult cricketers, who should contact the Academy for more details.
Dr Giri is also the author of the column "Willow Talk" on the MCA web site — one of the most visited parts of the site, not least because readers respect and enjoy the author's trenchant opinions and ready wit.
Dr. Giri Vankeepuram V., Clinical Research, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals. USA.
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Coaching Philosophy
MCA's coaches believe in the careful, personalized nurturing of every player. As experienced and accomplished club cricketers they are able to provide constant guidance, but they also emphasize individual development and resist the modern pressures to "over-coach" players.
Other MCA Office Holders
Information Director — Michael Makin
Professor Makin (M.A., D. Phil., Oxon.) belongs to the large class of sports fans who "only wish they could". He last played competitive cricket as a rare eleventh man for the Oxford college where he was an undergraduate — his usual role at the sports field was scorer; the highest he rose in school cricket was to make occasional and usually regrettable appearances for the second XI (although he remains strangely proud of his vice-captaincy of the third XI). Doomed by birth to be an Essex and England fan, he believes that current calls for a Test Championship are redundant, since one has existed for over one hundred years: the Ashes.
When Professor Makin isn't driving his sons to their various sports activities, he is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, and, although he claims to be writing a book on sports, the books he's written so far seem to be on such poets as Marina Tsvetaeva and Nikolai Klyuev, who, if they had ever heard of cricket, probably confused it with croquet, as many Russians do to this day.
MCA Player Profiles
Anurag Yerabati, 22, RHB, RFM, WK
Anurag has been with MCA for over four years and is now one of the Academy's senior players. A pacy bowler with good line and length, he has been one of the mainstays of the MCA attack both at age-level and in the T20 league. In 2011 Anurag was Vice Captain of the Motown-MCA team that plays in the MichCA 40-overs league, and promptly celebrated his appointment with two successive five-fors, a 50, and a Man-of-the-Match award. He went on to top the bowling table for the 40-overs league first stage in the 2011 season. In 2013 Anurag joined Michigan Premier CC in the forty-overs league, and played for Warriors, winners of the Mich-CA T-20 Trophy. Two years ago, a senior MichCA batsman, dismissed cheaply by Anurag, wrote the following about his bowling: "I was very much impressed with Anurag's bowling yesterday especially the ball he got me bowled. He was swinging in most of the deliveries and all of a sudden swung one out. Even though I got bowled cheaply I was happy that I got bowled to a good delivery." As MCA's coaches anticipated, Anurag is also developing into a very good batsman. In 2012 Anurag also played for his university team, Wayne State U. C. C., in the Great Lakes Tournament, distinguishing himself with both ball and bat (with a fifty to his name). Among his earlier career highlights, Anurag was three years ago Youth MVP of the USICL (one of Michigan's winter indoor leagues).
Chamila Kannangara, 21, LHB RFM
MCA's Lankan Lion came late to cricket, falling in love with the sport during the 2007 World Cup. Since then he has become a truly intimidating fast bowler, and a batsman whose aggression can produce the sort of late-middle-order assaults that win matches. His imposing build and thunderous run-up have left more than one junior batsman at the MCA nets whispering anxiously that he "doesn't feel like facing Chamila tonight".
Chamila starrred with the bat at MCA's Labor Day Weekend Tournament in
2008, destroying the opposition bowling with a fearless assault in the U-17 final against GCCA, which won the title for the host just as the match seemed to be slipping away. In 2010 Chamila, returning from a winter in his native Sri Lanka, where he received extensive personal coaching, added more control to his pace and aggression, and bowled very effectively indeed for MCA in the T20 league. Like many MCA players, he has also appeared for several other local clubs in both MichCA and GLCC tournaments. In 2013 Chamila played for M.P.C.C.
Kishan Patel, 20, RHB, RFM
Kishan Patel is one of the most accomplished and experienced youth cricketers in the area. An outstanding all-rounder and a very good team captain, he has represented Central East Region at both U-15 and U-19 levels, and has played for half a dozen clubs in the two Michigan leagues. In 2010 he played for (among others) MCA's T20 team, where he led with both bat and ball, for Motown Cricket Club under the captaincy of Kashif Akhtar, and for Farmington Hills C. C., while also captaining his own team, the Vikings, in GLCC . He regularly opens the bowling for MCA and often for other teams, making fine use of the new ball: he combines accuracy with considerable hostility, and can deliver an excellent bouncer as well as a very well disguised slower ball. He extracts a lot of bounce due to his height (6′ 3″) and high action, which also gives him the ability to bowl an excellent outswinger. Kishan is a middle order batsman with very good technique, who can also score quickly when needed. His height gives him very good reach and allows him to play aggressively off the front foot. He is able to anchor an innings or lead a run chase as the situation demands. He is a fine fielder with a strong arm. His captaincy reveals him to be a very intelligent cricketer, able to handle challenging situations with striking maturity, and not afraid to innovate. In MCA tournaments Kishan has regularly led with both bat and ball, while in 2010 club cricket he has made key contributions to MCA's improved performances, winning the Man-of-the-Match award for his all-round performance against HFHS. Kishan provided the Central East Region U-19 team with some highlights at the Western Conference national finals in 2010, batting aggressively and taking a vital hat trick
Deepak Chilla, 20, RHB, RM
Deepak Chilla was the outstanding youth player on MCA's T20 team in 2009. Throughout the season his bowling was quick, economical, and often very effective, with swing being one of his top weapons. In ten matches he took eleven wickets at an average of 16.64, making him the highest wicket-taker, and giving him the best average of all regular bowlers (as well as the top economy rate). He is also a very effective middle-order batsman, whose strength allows him to despatch the ball beyond the longest boundaries square of the wicket. Deepak has represented the Academy at the CCA tournament and was a youth MVP at the Michigan Sixes indoor tournament in 2009. He had a very succesful time with the bat during MCA's Labor Day Weekend Tournament in 2008, scoring 35 against MichCA Colts and 28 against GCCA in the final. For Motown-MCA Deepak has been a very economical line-and-length bowler, and an outstanding fieldsman. Deepak is now a student at Wayne State University.
Pawan Canchi, 20, RHB, OB
Pawan is another player for whom MCA enabled a late-developing interest in cricket to blossom, when he joined MCA in 2008. The Academy's top off-spinner, Pawan had an outstanding Labor Day Weekend Tournament in 2008, taking 3-21 in the final to help win the host club the U-17 title (his second three-wicket haul of the tournament). Pawan has represented MCA in Canada (the Cross-border series with Toronto's North Star), and was a regular member of the T20 team. He is now one of the leading bowlers for Motown-MCA, and his 4/25 in the 2011 victory against Oakland University C. C. brought him the Man-of-the-Match award. A thoughtful cricketer, Pawan is also an outstanding student, currently studying at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering.
Jay Nirban, 20, RHB, RFM
Jay and twin brother Jeet arrived in Michigan from their native Ahmedabad recently, and immediately became fixtures of the MCA T20 and tournament teams, as well as excellent models for all younger MCA players at practice. Both brothers had fine careers as school cricketers. Jay is a versatile batsman who can occupy the crease and display very "correct" stroke play, or can attack the bowling with ferocious aggression. Jay won the Best Batsman award at MCA's Memorial Day Weekend Tournament in 2010, scoring the highest aggregate of runs in the entire tournament, and dominating the opposition bowling in a series of key innings. He has continued to show his prowess against Michigan bowling attacks, putting in several, powerful performances early in the 2012 season.
Jeet Nirban, 20, RHB, RFM
Jeet is an excellent line-and-length bowler who has troubled batsmen consistently since joining MCA. In MCA's Memorial Day Weekend Tournament, 2010, Jeet's two key wickets in two balls against MichCA Colts were identified by his captain, Kishan Patel, as the key moment in the match, since they dismissed the biggest opposition threat and another fine player consecutively, and turned the tide for the hosts. Jeet is also an aggressive and very effective late-middle-order batsman, who has impressed in T20 matches, where the format has permitted him to shine (his 18 n.o. off nine balls against the University of Michigan XI was a striking indicator of his ability).
Koushik Yadati, 21, RHB, RFM
Mughil Ghovardanan, 21, RHB, RM
Krishna Kompella, 20, RHB, RM Krishna Kompella brings a big personality to the cricket field, along with an ability to hit the ball hard and very effectively, as he did in 2010 when his quick-fire innings saw him chosen as youth player of the match in MCA's first T20 match of the season. He can bowl medium pace or leg spin, and has a passionate interest in the game beyond the club scene. Krishna played for the Michigan/Midwest Cricket Academies side in California in 2007, and has been a regular participant in MCA's own tournaments. He is currently a student at the University of Michigan.
Shashank Subramaniam, 21, RHB, LBG
MCA's senior leg spinner has been with the Academy for over six years, and has played for MCA and combined teams at home tournaments and in California and Chicago. In 2009 Shashank was selected to represent Central East Region in the national U-15 regional tournament in California. He has also caught the eye of Motown C. C. captain Kashif Akhtar, who likes his very correct batting as well as his outstanding fielding, and welcomed him on Motown teams in 2009. Shashank is not only an accomplished cricketer, but also an excellent musician, and a fine student. Shashank is now a student at the University of Michigan.
Shannu Satyavolu, 21, RHB, RM
Shannu Satyavolu played regularly for MCA in 2009, but spent most of the summer of 2010 in India. Now returned to Michigan, Shannu is looking forward to resuming his cricketing career with MCA.
Aniruddha Mayasandra, 18, LHB, SLA
Ani is a powerful batsman and a bowler who recently turned from pace to very effective, bouncy left-arm-orthodox spin. Among the youngest MCA batsman to delight his team mates with sixes, he has led key run chases — for MCA against HFHS in the T20 league two years ago, when his 24 not out helped win the match for MCA, and for Central East Region in an age-level match against Atlantic in an out-of-tournament age-level match in California three years ago, when his straight six turned the tide. He has captained MCA and Michigan-Midwest sides at tournaments in Michigan and California, and recently spent some time at an academy in Bangalore. In 2010 Ani was one of MCA's top batsmen in the MichCA T20 league, and was joint Man-of-the-Match in MCA's last T20 fixture of 2010, against the University of Michigan XI, when his power hitting produced MCA's top score of 34. In 2011 Ani was Man-of-the-Match for Michigan Premier C. C. in the MichCA T20 league, when his 2/21 and 32 not out led the new club to their first ever league victory (over Punjab C. C.). In 2013 Ani played for M.P.C.C. in the Mich-CA forty-overs league, recording one fifty (against hi old club, Motown C.C.); he was ranked as the sixth-best all-r0under in the League by Results Vault, Mich-CA's online record-keeping system. In 2013 Ani also captained the Mich-CA U-19 team to a second-place finish in the Junior Olympics tournament, and was drafted by Vehma Engineering the Corporate Cup. Ani played several seasons of American football for school teams, and is a member of his high school tennis and swimming teams. Ani entered Michigan State University in the Fall of 2012.
Jai Sura, 17, RHB, RM,
Jai, a committed ice hockey player, appears for MCA whenever he can, showing power and aggression with the bat. He is the only MCA player to be able to claim familiaritywith the "Home of Cricket" — he visited Lord's in the summer of 2010, where he got to see now former Middlesex and England batsman Owais Shah in the nets; he also visited the famous Lord's museum, where he caught the much praised special comparative exhibition on cricket and baseball.
Gordon Makin, 17, RHB, OS/LBG, WK
Gordon has been an MCA player for seven years. He is an opening batsman, wicket keeper, and nowadays an occasional spinner. He played regularly for MCA in the T20 league and has played for Motown C. C. in the MichCA 40-0vers league since he was twelve. In 2013 he played for Punjab CC Kings in the T-20 Trophy and for MPCC in the T-20 Shield; he has also made occasional appearances for other clubs. His 2009 highlights included two three-wicket hauls for Motown Cricket Club in the MichCA 40-overs league (one wicket was of the year's league MVP, dismissed lbw for nought), a well-built innings of 18 against Troy C.C. for the same club, and some solid performances opening the batting for Central East Region in the regional U-15 tournament. In the MCA Memorial Day Weekend Tournament, 2010, Gordon was selected by senior umpire and former first-class cricketer Dr V. V. Giri as man-of-the-match for his performance against MichCA Colts in the hosts' key final match. His maiden fifty, scored for CER against South West Region in the 2010 National U-15 Tournament in New Jersey, won him the Man-of-the-Match award and propelled him to the DreamCricket All-Tournament team; in the same tournament he also top-scored for CER U-15s against New York. He had a solid season for Motown in 2010, putting in some good performances with the bat, regularly appearing behind the stumps, and taking wickets when given the ball, and he top-scored for the MCA XI in its group-stage victory over UM in the 2010 National Collegiate Cricket Championship, when his unbeaten 40 won him the Man-of-the-Match award. At the CCA Invitational Tournament in 2011 Gordon scored 47 against New Jersey and 71 against CCA Royals (ten fours and his first ever six). Gordon represented Central East Region in the USACA 2011 national inter-regional U-15 tournament in Hartford, CT, scoring two fifties (he carried his bat for 56 against North East, after keeping for the opposition's innings). Gordon was then called up to the U.S. national U-15 side to play in the ICC Americas Under-15 Northern Division Tournament in Winnipeg. At that tournament he top-scored for the USA against Bermuda with a fighting 65 and was selected for the DreamCricket all-tournament team. In 2012 he scored his first 50 in a MichCA match, carrying his bat for 61 against Lions C. C. for the combined Motown-MCA team in the 40-overs tournament. In 2013 he was top-scorer for Motown C.C. in all competitions, with a total of 275 runs, including a 79 n.o. against Lions C.C. in a regular-season league match and a 79 against Royal Knights C.C. in the Forty-overs Contenders' Trophy, which Motown won. In 2013 he also scored a fifty for Punjab C.C. Kings; was vice-captain of the Mich-CA U-19 team, runners-up in the Junior Olympics tournament; and was drafted by Vehma Engineering in the Corporate Cup. Gordon has extensive experience in other sports: for four years he played on one of Michigan's top age-level soccer teams; he played several seasons of Little League baseball; he spent a season with Dexter Wrestling Club; he played American football for his school in Dexter, where he started as Outside Linebacker for DHS freshmen and also played for the JV team; and he is fly-half for Dexter's U-19 rugby team, which won State High School Division One East in 2012 and 2013, and reached the semi-finals and the final of the State High School Championship in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
Ryan Quinlan, 17, RHB, RM
Ryan Quinlan is an aggressive and powerful batsman, who can punish the wayward ball with some force, and a developing bowler. He was Young MVP of MCA's Labor Day Tournament in 2008, and captained the combined Michigan/Midwest Cricket Academies U-13 team at the California Cricket Academy Tournament in 2009. Before joining MCA, Ryan participated in youth programs run by Sussex County Cricket Club in his native England. Ryan made appearances for MCA's T20 team in 2009 and 2010, often playing alongside his father, Neill. In 2011 Ryan represented Central East Region in the USACA national inter-regional U-15 tournament in Hartford, Ct. In addition to cricket, Ryan is also an accomplished ice hockey player.
Rohit Mogalayapalli, 16, RHB, RM
Rohit is one of MCA's most important players — for his age a very powerful batsman indeed, who opens at age level (and often beyond), a very fine and increasingly aggressive bowler, and one of the best fielders in the league. He has been with MCA for some eight years, and has distinguished himself repeatedly in tournaments, scoring big runs in California for the Michigan-Midwest U-13 side at the CCA tournament in 2007, when only ten, and repeatedly giving a very good account of himself in MCA's own tournaments. He has also done very well in the adult league: in 2010, when opening the batting for the MCA T20 team, he scored a powerful 20 against the University of Michigan, staying at the wicket for more than half the innings; in the victory against HFHS Rohit was equally successful with the ball, taking 2/14 in three overs. In MCA's Memorial Day Weekend Tournament, 2010, Rohit scored a splendid 71, opening for MCA against Chicago (the highest score in the tournament, recorded by one of the youngest players). Rohit was fifth-highest run scorer in the National U-15 Tournament in 2010, Man-of-the-Match against Directors' XI, when he scored 68, and a member of the DreamCricket All Tournament team. In 2011, while making a guest appearance for GLCA in the GLCC 40-overs league, Rohit scored a spectacular 81, generally thought to be the highest score ever made in a Michigan league match by an under-fifteen player. Rohit captained the Central East side in the 2011 USACA inter-regional U-15 tournament in Hartford, CT, scoring his maiden hundred when he carried his bat for 117 against the Directors' XI, and finishing the tournament with an average of just over 50. The next month Rohit was called up to the U.S. national U-15 side to play in the ICC Americas Under-15 Northern Division Tournament in Winnipeg, and played all four matches for the USA. In the 2011 MichCA 40-overs league Rohit was second in the fielding table. One of the area's most experienced observers, with many first-class matches behind him, two years ago identified Rohit as a particularly promising player. He is a very good all-round athlete: he played soccer now plays basketball for Novi High School and, as a freshman, quarterbacked the Novi JV in 2011.
Reeshav Patel, 14, LHB, LAC
In his rare appearances for MCA and his appearances for other local teams, Reeshav has already shown himself to be a talented cricketer, mature for his age. He is knowledgeable about the game and committed to his own development, and looks bound to follow the path of his uncle, Kishan. In 2011 Reeshav represented Central East Region in the USACA national inter-regional U-15 tournament in Hartford, Ct, and his flighted Chinamen caused opposing batsmen considerable trouble. In 2013 Reeshav played in the Great Lakes Cricket Conference with considerable success.
Neil Makin, 14, RHB, OB, part-time wicket-keeper
Like his elder brother, Neil has been with MCA for seven years. Twice he has played for the Michigan-Midwest Academies U-13 team in the national junior tournament in California, as well as representing MCA regularly in the Academy's own tournaments. Neil has also played occasionally for MCA's T20 team, his two-wicket haul against Troy three years ago making him probably the youngest wicket-taker in league history, and leaving two adult batsmen to regret rash stroke play. In 2010 Neil almost certainly became the youngest player to appear in a MichCA forty-over match, when he played for Kashif Akhtar's Motown team against Metro Detroit C. C. Asked to bat at no. 9 in somewhat desperate circumstances, Neil followed captain's orders and played a straight bat and ran well between the wickets for several overs, enabling his senior partner to move the score into three figures. When Motown bowled, spectators were somewhat surprised to see Neil open the bowling in tandem with the well-established Sathish Thandapani. Although the ploy did not produce the wicket that Kashif had hoped for (M.D.C.C.'s opening batsmen were more cautious than Troy's lower order had been the year before), Neil did not disgrace himself. Since then, Neil has made several appearances for Motown, delighting in scoring his first run for an adult team against GRCC. Neil is a solid fielder, numbering among his highlights a direct hit from fine leg for a runout at MCA's Labor Day Weekend Tournament in 2008 and a fine running catch at midwicket to win his team a match in the CCA tournament the same year. In 2011 Neil represented Central East Region in the USACA national inter-regional U-15 tournament in Hartford, Ct. After a break Neil returned to cricket in 2013, playing for the Mich-CA U-15 team in the Junior Olympics tournament. Neil plays association football for Dexter Soccer Club (right-back, defensive midfielder) and, in 2013, played for the Dexter High School Junior Varsity team (right wing back).


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Quite apocalyptic, this is how Sydney looked earlier this morning. Photos were taken at least an hour past dawn without a filter and are not processed in any way. It's caused by a dust storm. Dust is everywhere – tiny particles covering all horizontal surfaces. It reminds me of my childhood in Northern Africa, where dust storms, Ghibli, used to be a common phenomenon. The Sahara dust there used to be of much redder color and the windows were designed to protect the inside of houses much better. Australian window designs are ridiculous.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Dear Jenny, wish you were here:
So you know we moved back into our house on April 1, my stress level went down by about half once I was back in my own home! The whole process was as painless as it possibly could have been (unless we'd won the lottery first, or had a secret benefactor paying for everything) but I really, really missed this house. Can you tell in the picture up there that the staircase replaced the French Door opening that used to be between those two rooms? All three front rooms are basically one, large room now!
We also added these sweet chicks to the family (thank you Easter Bunny!), it seemed crazy to bring one more thing to take care of into the mix, but we've wanted more hens for the last few years so we took the leap! They are so funny, and are healthy and growing like crazy. This weekend we'll get the coop cleaned out and bleached, the older chicks are almost ready to transition outside!
Lots going on in the garden, too! Strawberries, asparagus, chard, blackberries and much more already out there! (How is your container garden coming?) I bought a small, inexpensive plastic green house from Big Lots in February, it's not a long term solution but it is working great so far! Lots of tomatoes, greens and other seedlings ready to put out once this crazy weather calms down a bit.
One of my favorite things we did was create an opening to the kitchen, it has changed the feel of the whole house! I am trying to set up little "vignettes" of pretty amidst the mess, we still have painter's tape up and piles all over the floor from moving.
Another favorite area is this "staircase nook", we took out the doorway that used to be here and drywalled over it, creating a little space for the desk and a small set of shelves underneath the stairs. It needs some organizational help, but it's working great so far even if it is a mess!
Lee also started stripping the paint down to the original wood on our built in cabinet, it looks so much better already! It had thick layers of peeling white paint on it, I couldn't believe that the wood was in such good shape. I'll be sure to show you pictures when it's actually done!
In other news, Silas decided to skip his naps quite a bit the last few months. Sometimes he is fine, sometimes he falls asleep while he's eating his spaghetti. Ian is almost seven, and has the most adorable gap between his front two teeth (he doesn't want his picture posted).
I also received my iDye from Dharma Crafts yesterday, wish me luck! I am not sure this is going to be as easy as I thought, with a front loading washing machine. But I'm going to give it a go!
What are you up to this week? I can't wait to see the Marrimeko project you're working on!
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Love those stairs!! And that giant window!!!! And that nook!!ReplyDelete
The house looks wonderful all opened up like that.ReplyDelete
AAAAAAAAH! I don't know what else to say. It looks amazing!! I love the openness.ReplyDelete
All the pictures are just great. And the chickies, and the garden, and, and... I wish I were there too, I could help you organize stuff and paint, etc.
I love me some Silas. He is too cute and that photo is priceless. Give him, Ian and Lee a big squeeze from me and all of my boys here!
By the way, you may see me SOON... We're talking travel plans at the moment. I'll keep you posted!! xoxo
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I cannot begin to express how simply fucking awesome this film is. Part of Park Chan-wook's vengeance trilogy (including Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance), it follows a series of events leading through a bungled kidnapping and the outcome.
Oldboy was the first one I watched a while back (although I re-watched recently and didn't post so I'll do that after this one, also a re-watch), after hearing a lot of good things about it. Mr. Vengeance is the precursor to Oldboy, but the stylistic similarities are most definitely there, not so much with Lady Vengeance.
The film is beautiful. The lighting, framing, performances, everything about it. The way that Park is not afraid to hold a shot, using single shots for entire scenes, something a lot of Western directors aren't so confident with.
The performances are amazing, the lead character is a deaf-mute, which immediately changes the game in how the story is told and again, there's no trying to 'PC' the guy for the sake of it. One of the other stunning performance comes from Song Kang-ho (pictured), playing a TOTALLY different role from his one in The Host! He's in a fair few Korean films so check him out.
The film is hard to deal with at times, it's slow paced, but you want to stick with it, not quite a full on and gruesome as Oldboy, but still potent enough. AWESOME!
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"Big girl" blogging!
I'm going to have a one time Dress Form Linky Party
February 7-13th!
Link up as many dress form posts as you like, old posts, new posts..No sense reinventing the wheel if you already have a dress form post
I even followed Debbiedoo's tutorial and made myself a blog button, oh ya, I'm getting real fancy now!
The back ground graphic I got free at "Free Pretty Things for You" and the dress form was from "Graphics Fairy"
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I have been fascinated with mind mapping since I first read Tony Buzan's book on this topic many years ago. I used it quite a lot when I was studying English, to learn vocabulary sets, the structure of some compositions, as well as to brainstorm the structure of essays and assignments.
What is Mind Mapping?
Mind mapping is a strategy for helping students order and structure their thinking through mentally mapping words or/and concepts. According to Tony Buzan it is a way of helping students takes notes that used only key words and images. They are much quicker to make, and because of their visual quality much easier to remember and review.
This strategy helps students quickly relate a central word or concept. The mind forms associations almost instantaneously and 'mapping' allows you to write your ideas quicker, using only words or phrases.
But, some years ago Mind Maps were drawn by hand on large sheets of paper (I still do!). Nowadays they can be produced using computer programs, like the ones I would like to share with you today.
Online Apps
Mind42. With a very clean and friendly interface, Mind42 can embed images from a local searcher and can preview links in the text.
Mindomo. Another online mind mapping app with a free version. You can create, edit and share maps with colleagues and friends as the others do.
MAPMYself. This is an easy -to-use online app that you can try for free, but you can get more features with a monthly payment.Wisemapping. A free web site combining collaborative working web 2.0 with vector technology.
MindMeister. A Web 2.0 app for collaborative working in real time. You can get a free basic version or a Premium one with a low cost.
Bubble.us. Free online app for brainstorming and collaborative working.
Offline Apps
MindMaple. It has a good clean interface which is pretty intuitive for anyone familiar with 'Office' type software. It comes with a library of images and graphics and you can import in your own photographs and illustrations too.
XMind. Multilanguage platform for mindmapping in the computer. You can either choose a free personal version or a professional one. (Available for Windows, Mac Os and Linux).
MindNode. One of the best options for Mac users. It has also a version for IPod and IPad.
Semantik. Local KDE (Linux) software, studdents oriented. It is really useful for creating documents in a very easy and quick way: presentations, speeches, reports...
RecallPlus. A Windows software (only Windows) for students. It has got two categories: (1) Visual organizer/concept mapping/presentation software; and (2) Revision/Flashcard software, a structured revision of Q's and A's.
Labyrinth. Local GNOME (Linux) software with essential edition functions for creating mental maps. It can export in different image formats: SVG, PNG y JPEG. You can use it in different languages.
Vym (View Your Mind). And Easy-to-use Mind map software. It is very useful for time managing and organizing tasks. It only works on Mac Os X and Linux platforms.
The Brain 8. This is a multiplatform app with a free version and a payment one. It includes a calendar with which we can plan our heuristic maps chronologically.
Mindmaps for Kids by Tony Buzan "Learning how to learn is life's most important skill" —Tony Buzan.


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High Infection Rates, Barriers to Care, and Funding Shortfalls: A Deadly Combination
While many areas of the United States show signs of success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, one region still clearly struggles. Today, Southern states bear the brunt of the epidemic. A full-scale emergency exists, with nearly half (49%) of all new HIV and AIDS diagnoses in the United States occurring in the South.1,2 Ongoing obstacles to care also prevent many people living with HIV in the South from obtaining life-saving treatment.
49% of all new HIV and AIDS diagnoses occur in the South
Meanwhile, the region receives a disproportionately small share — only 28% in 2013 — of federal and private HIV funding.3 The impact of HIV on this region will only worsen without appropriate funding and support.
AIDS United Responds by Creating Advocacy Infrastructure
Since 2006, AIDS United has led the charge to identify and eliminate HIV-related health disparities in the South. We have built an unparalleled advocacy infrastructure by strategically investing more than $11 million in communities throughout the South as part of our Southern REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS) Initiative. This represents the single-largest funding source for HIV policy and advocacy in the South. And it is made possible through generous support provided by the Ford Foundation.
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Norton Rose has lured two senior TMT associates from Allen & Overy (A&O) and Baker & McKenzie by offering them partnership.
Oliver Stacey and Sean Murphy were corporate finance senior associates specialising in the TMT sector for A&O and Bakers respectively but have been made partners in Norton Rose's communications, media and technology (CMT) team.
Mike Rebeiro, Norton Rose global head of CMT, said: "Oliver and Sean's appointments are step two of us growing the practice. Step one was bringing in Mike Knapper [former assistant European counsel at data provider Thomson] earlier this year and now we're moving onto step three, which is to continue the organic growth in the practice as well as externally."
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An ancient wonder of the world replicated for the gardening pleasures of your feathered treasures.
A 1cm thick slab of balsa is adorned with a variety of materials in a variety of flower shapes. Corrugated cardboard and thin foldable vegetable tanned leather shapes create texture and movement, formed leather stars, pine flowers and hard wood beads build depth and add structure (not to mention extra chewing fun), and some sprays of thin rippling paper rustle nicely off to the side.
This parrot toy will look beautiful (for a while at least) in your parrot's bedroom.
Excluding the hanger Babylon is approximately 18 x 15 x 8cm.
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RIAA copyright takedown requests for Google hit new highs, nearly 10 million
Google's Transparency Report now includes takedown requests, where we see the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) requesting nearly 10 million URLs to be taken off the Internet.
The exact number of URLs requested to be removed sits at 9,986,936, with their most request request just days ago on February 1. The offending sites? Well, the top five domains are downloads.nl, mp3s.pl, filestube.com, mp3searchy.com and weblagu.com. The top copyright owners represented are the RIAA member companies, requesting virtually all of the near-10 million, with 9,979,021 URL takedown requests, with the RIAA requesting just 7,915 be taken dwon.
Google were seeing close to 800,000 takedown requests per week from the RIAA August-October of 2012 timeframe, but it looks to have died down to around 250,000 takedown requests as we reached November.


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TIDMWENP Shareholding Notification 28 October 2016 Welney Plc ("Welney" or the "Company") Shareholding Notification Welney Plc is pleased to announce that Mr. Mark Jackson has notified the Company that Ventura Finance Limited, a company of which Mr. Mark Jackson is the controlling shareholder has purchased a further 55,000,000 shares in Welney. Mr Mark Jackson is also the controlling shareholder of Quetzal Securities Limited, which already owns 80,000,000 shares in the Company, taking his shareholding to 135,000,000 shares. As a result, through Ventura Finance Limited and Quetzal Securities Limited, Mr Mark Jackson has an interest of 8.7% in the shares of the Company. The directors of Welney Plc accept responsibility for this announcement. For further information, please contact: Darren Edmonston, Director Tel: + 44 07976 664813 ISDX CORPORATE ADVISER: Alexander David Securities Limited David Scott - Corporate Finance James Dewhurst - Corporate Broking Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7448 9820 http://www.ad-securities.com 49 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4N 4SA Welney plc
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I am not a fan of The Walking Dead comic book. There, I admitted it to the world wide interwebz. I read the comic up to the point where Rick and company escaped from the prison.
Why did I stop reading the comic?
First, the comic was too expensive. A few bucks for a couple of black and white pages was a little steep for a college student. Sorry, but it wasn't worth the $3.00 cover price. Mainly, I stopped reading because the dialogue was infuriating which, for me, made the story unbearable.
The dialogue characters spouted issue after issue was stilted and forced. I kept asking myself, "Do people really talk like this?"At some points in the story the dialogue was so over the top it wasn't even funny. For example, Rick announces in one issue, "We are the walking dead!" Yes, the walking dead can be the zombies and the survivors. It's called an allegory and most writers don't have to shout it out to the reader.
However, it's not completely Kirkman's fault. Most comic book writers have to explain exactly what is going on frame by frame and page by page.
It's not necessarily the limits of the writer (Not all comic book writers can be a Frank Miller, an Alan Moore, or a Neil Gaiman), but a limitation of the medium. To be completely fair, it's the limitations of the reader.
How many times have you seen a fight in comic book and the characters battling it out are carrying on a conversation? It happens all the time. Pick up a Spider Man comic, an X-Men comic, even a Batman comic and you will see it. I've been in some fights, I've seen a lot more, and in none of them was there as intelligent conversation going on between participants. However, in comic books everything has to be explained in dialogue so the reader knows what's going on and what is going to happen next. The general comic book reader does not like a page with no words on it. However, television does not have the same limitations as comic books. Really, the only limitation on a television show is the budget.
When The Walking Dead first aired it wasn't the pop culture phenomena it has become. It wasn't Spider-Man, it wasn't Superman, and it wasn't Batman. Very few people outside the comic book stores knew the existence of The Walking Dead.
The only thing the general population knew about The Walking Dead was what AMC promos and social media revealed. Maybe they heard some positive things from a friend who had read the comic.
By and large, most people had never heard of The Walking . The Walking Dead not being mainstream gave the creators and writers more freedom than if the comic had already been well established in pop culture.
The creators used the source material as the blueprint for the show. They didn't do a 180, like some other comic book-to-screen adaptations have done, and alienate existing fans. The show's creators left enough of the source material in the series so it was recognizable to fans of the comic book.
However, they have added and omitted some things, the brick and mortar of the blueprint, that has made the show far superior to the comic book.
The over all driving force of the show are the characters. Daryl and Merle Dixon are not in the comic book series. Daryl's character has added a dimension not seen in the comic book. In the comic, Tyreese has sex with Michonne, Dale and Andrea have a sexual relationship, Carol wants to be in a threesome with Lori and Rick, and Carol and Tyreese have sex.
The comic has just as much sex in it as it does zombies. Eliminating the needless sex (yes, sometimes sex in a story can be needless) gave the writers the freedom to fully develop the characters far beyond their comic book counter parts.
The series also changed the character of the Governor.
Instead of a raving psychopath, as he is portrayed in the comic, the Governor is a manipulator, a user, and a sociopath. He has convinced the people of Woodbury he is a benevolent benefactor with only their best intentions in mind. Michonne called him a "Jim Jones type" and that is the perfect description of the Governor (Phillip? Brian?). If he had been a carbon copy of the comic book the Governor would have been a caricature. He wouldn't have been a character legions of Walking Dead fans loved to hate.
In the comic book, Lori is shot during an attack on the prison and kills baby Judith when she falls her (seriously). There is no real emotional fallout. However, Lori dying in childbirth, Carl having to shoot her before she "turns," and baby Judith living has affected all the survivors. At the same time Judith is a symbol of hope she is also a reminder of what they have all lost. The Shane/Rick conflict, which was only glossed over in the comic, was drawn out over a season and half. The ramifications of the fallout have shaped Rick's character and decisions for the past two seasons.
Who knows what Terminus and its denizens will bring to Rick and the gang in season 5. Whether fans of the comic book like or not it the choices made by the series' creators have made The Walking Dead one of the highest rated shows on television.
The Walking Dead blueprint has potential for most of the comic book-to-screen adaptations that have recently been announced. Gotham, from everything that has been posted on the internet, may be a lost cause.
Gotham is introducing villains and characters very early in Bruce Wayne's life which changes the very nature of the Batman/Bruce Wayne dynamic. It is too early to tell whether Gotham will succeed or not, but tween Catwoman and Poison Ivy do not bode well for the show's survival. However, it could be savable if they play up the grittier angle of the story.
Constantine, a character few people have heard of outside of the Keanu Reeve's movie, would be wise to follow the blueprint. There are die hard Hellblazer fans, the comic Constantine is based on, who will follow the show. However, there is a lot in the series which may not, and can not, translate to screen. The show doesn't want to alienate Hellblazer fans, but it can't afford to turn off the general television audiences which will decide if Constantine stays on the air.
DC has also announced adaptations of Fables, Sandman, and Metal Men. Very few people, outside the comic book stores, have heard of these titles. A property like Metal Men, who are living metal robots with the powers of certain elements, could definitely benefit from utilizing the blueprint. Metal Men was a silly comic with silly characters, but using the blueprint may inspire some good television.
Recently, the SyFy network announced it had green lit three obscure properties: Romana, Clone, and Frank Miller's Ronin. Ronin may be more familiar to older readers than either Pax Romana or Clone, but The Walking Dead blueprint could still be utilizes to trim down the massive story while playing up other elements of the story.
The Walking Dead has found a blueprint that works. Many properties have failed (Aquaman's 2006 season lasted one season) and many have struggled (Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D) to stay on the air. Future comic book-to-screen adaptations would be wise to follow the blueprint. If they do, both fans and the studios win.


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Cut 10 strands of ribbon just a little longer than the page.
Once I threaded the beads on to each strand I pinned both ends at the top.
Pin the ribbon with the beads in place. Baste stitch the ribbon. Add the felt to the top and bottom-this gives the page extra strength and more stability.
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Miami is probably the only city where you can spend your Saturday night on the beach, sipping champagne, listening to live music, and eating an endless array of oysters.
If this sounds like your idea of good time, then check out the DiLido Beach Club tomorrow. The Ritz-Carlton's beach club premiered their Nautical Night's last Saturday. Short Order was invited to attend, so check out pictures after the jump.
See also: Bocce Bar Opens in Miami: We Get a First Bite
Every Saturday, chef de cuisine Andres Meraz will serve a menu that's sure to please seafood and shellfish aficionados. For $59, guests buy into an all-you-can-eat, four hour feast. Nautical Nights begings at 6 p.m. runs through 10 p.m.
Head over to the raw bar and fill a plate up with WiAnno oysters or local fish tiradito drenched in citrus aji sauce. Top your oysters off with you choice of traditional cocktail sauce, red wine mignonette, fresh horseradish, lemon, or lime. There's also some greens and pickled veggies to build your own salad.
There's also live music. Local musician Mike Mineo builds on the nautical theme with songs like "Yellow Submarine," and for an extra $45 a person, you can drink unlimited Veuve Clicquot while you listen to his jam. Complimentary mojitos, courtesy of 10 Cane Rum, are passed around all night to compliment the meal.
When that breeze hits, you'll want something to warm you up. New England-style clam chowder is served in a sourdough bowl and it'll do the trick.
The seafood bake includes clams, mussels, shrimp, and potato, all soaked in butter and tabasco aioli. Meraz also roasts a 40-pound grouper for tacos. Top your corn tortillas off with radish-cabbage slaw and your choice of sauce. Want more? There's also fish and chips.
In case you're not feeling so nautical, there's even pork roasted in la caja china.
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Desserts include white chocolate-vanilla panna cotta, smoked chocolate cheesecake, and mango key lime tart.
Nautical Nights takes places every Saturday night at the DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Brooke Satchwell: Domestic Violence Is Not Black And White
After five years together, in 2006 things fell apart for Brooke Satchwell and Matthew Newton.
It soon became public that behind closed doors, their relationship was anything but healthy.
Brooke became one of the first Australian personalities to bring the issue of domestic violence to the public eye as Newton pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault against the actress.
The conviction would later be quashed.
"Relationships are complex things, even when they are healthy," she told our own Bianca Dye about her experience.
MORE: Show Your Support For Those Women Impacted By Domestic Violence
"So it's not black and white and [about the] behaviours and experiences."
"They sound strange when you say them out loud, but also… we have that pattern of justifying behaviours or saying this is okay or this is why that happened.
"That may be the case but it's certainly not how you treat someone."
Sadly, it is a story that is far too common in Australia.
On average at least one woman a week is killed by a partner or former partner, while one in three has experienced physical violence since the age of 15.
For Brooke, the sad thing is it becomes far too "normal" once you find yourself in that situation.
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Paleo Murgh Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken)
Coconut oil
1lb chicken, organic, cut into chunks
2 tsp paprika
2tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp cinnamon
6 bruised cardamon pods
1/4 tsp cloves
1 can tomato puree
1 can coconut milk
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1. Heat pan and add 1 Tbsp coconut oil. Add chicken and cook until done, then remove from pot.
2. Add another Tbsp oil and slowly heat spices for about 1 min, until fragrant.
3. Return chicken to pan and stir to mix with spices. Add tomatoes and simmer about 15 minutes, stirring as needed.
4. Add coconut milk and lemon juice and simmer another 5 minutes. Enjoy
*I served this over cauliflower rice
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BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — DynamicOps, a venture-funded spinout of Credit Suisse announced today that Brett Johnson has been appointed as vice president of sales. Johnson will oversee all sales activities for the virtualization management software company, including channel partner activity.
DynamicOps markets Virtual Resource Manager (VRM), which automates the deployment and management of virtual servers and desktops, from the time they're created until they're retired.
Johnson's initial focus will be on building an effective sales channel and recruiting a top tier sales organization for the company.
Johnson was previously with PlateSpin, a pioneer in the virtualization marketplace that was sold to Novell in early 2008. At PlateSpin, he developed key channel, distribution, and customer relationships for the company and managed the enterprise sales organization in North America. Prior to that, Johnson worked at Gomez, an application performance management vendor, again joining as one of the company's initial key employees. There, he managed all global channel and OEM sales.
A successful small business owner early in his career, Johnson is highly entrepreneurial and greatly enjoys the challenge and excitement found in startup companies.
He has a BA in economics and an MBA in marketing and IT management from the University of California, Irvine. Johnson is a native of southern California and a resident of Southboro, MA.
DynamicOps offers Virtual Resource Manager, virtual infrastructure provisioning and management software. VRM creates a secure environment where virtual machines are provisioned, tracked, and maintained from cradle to grave. www.dynamicops.com.
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January 31, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission
Dear Commission,
Right now, Super PACs don't have to disclose their unlimited corporate donations. That means they can keep the public in the dark about who's funding the attack ads that bombard their TV screens daily.
That's why I'm joining with the 14 United States senators who formally asked you to use your regulatory authority to require that corporations disclose their spending in elections.
SEC: Exercise your regulatory authority to require public disclosure of corporate political contributions.
In addition, as a stockholder I object to "my corporations" spending my potential dividends on massive anonymous political contributions.
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Traffic sharply surged on South Korea's expressways nationwide Thursday, the start of the four-day Lunar New Year holiday period.
Hundreds of thousands of cars are leaving Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi Province, and bus terminals, train stations and airports are crowded with people heading to their hometowns, according to Korea Expressway Corp.
"Traffic jams on expressways are expected to peak around at noon and ease starting at 7-8 p.m. today," a company official said.
Hitting the road from Seoul, it will take nearly eight hours to get to Busan, far longer than on a normal weekday, when it should take around five hours.
Seol, or Lunar New Year's Day, falls on Friday this year. It's one of the biggest annual celebrations for Koreans, along with Chuseok, the equivalent of Thanksgiving in the United States.
The government has designated the Seol holiday season a "special traffic measure period."
There will be 1,863 more express bus services and 71 more train services across the nation, along with 27 additional flights and 168 more ferry services, according to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. (Yonhap)


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Over on the Democratic side, meanwhile, they've got a woman, a black, a Hispanic, a preening metrosexual with an angled nape – and they all think exactly the same. They remind me of "The Johnny Mathis Christmas Album," which Columbia used to re-release every year in a different sleeve: same old songs, new cover. When your ideas are identical, there's not a lot to argue about except biography. Last week, asked about his experience in foreign relations, Barack Obama noted that his father was Kenyan, and he'd been at grade school in Indonesia. "Probably the strongest experience I have in foreign relations," he said, "is the fact I spent four years overseas when I was a child in Southeast Asia." When it comes to foreign relations, he has more of them on his Christmas card list than Hillary or Haircut Boy.


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[Imaging] Free On-line Image Quality Checker
Last week in Copenhagen [Denmark] at the Imaging Science & Technology – Archving 2012 Conference, I showed a new tool to check your digital image quality. The tool is free, and the only thing you have to do is upload a digital image that has a test- or calibration- target inside of it (like for example a gray scale or colorchecker).
You can find the free on-line tool at http://delt.ae/ , after you register you can upload the images.
How it works
So again, through http://www.delt.ae/ you can check the quality of your digital image. Below i have put some screenshots of results.


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In the sun light they looked too pretty not to photograph and share with all of you!
This bundle is a medley of collections ~ most of the dark blues are from Pat Bravo's brand new, modern Essentials II, two from the new Pastel Thrift collection by AGF Studio, the rest are Bonnie Christine prints from Hello, Bear & Forest Floor, with my very own Fleet & Flourish Lace in Bloom, and a few Pure Element solids that coordinate.
I especially love the shades of peachy pink, cream, & apricot!
I put together this quick mosaic including each print from my bundle, followed with the collection & print name of each, just in case these fabrics inspire you, too!
- Essentials II -- Streakly Business, Hula Hoops, Specktacular, & Delicate Femme in Azur
- Pastel Thrift -- Forshadowing in Spell & Adage
- Hello, Bear -- Wildwood in Nectar, Follow Me in Peach, & Summit in Twilight
- Forest Floor -- Firefly in Beam & Timber in Nightfall
- Fleet & Flourish -- Lace in Bloom Cloud
- Indian Summer -- Shimmer Creek in Blue
- Pure Elements -- Spruce, Peach Sherbet, Mystic Grey, & Nocturnal
- AGF Denim Studio -- Nectarine Sunrise & Cool Foliage
I added in two new AGF denims above, as well. I'll likely be using these beautiful denims in most of my quilty projects from here on out, as an alternative to a solid or blender fabric. I love them so much! Have you tried them yet?
Now I just need to decide what to make with this pretty bundle, hmn...


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Not really the greatest thing to wake up to.
This Web Blog Site is about the Resurrection of furniture of different types and changing them into a new piece of furniture with a new function or look. You will also find some Repuropsed things as well as Collectables with One of a kind Creations.
Monday, January 16, 2012
The Opening of Greg's Resurrection Store
This site is for the purpose of displaying items that I have for sale.
The items are always "as is". But I always do my best to give a complete description of it detailing the condition to the best of my ability.
Item value for money spent by my customers is # 1.
Serving The Citizens of Anacortes with quality used Items is my New Business. I call it " Greg's Resurrection Store", why? Because I enjoy taking something that is on it's last leg/ broke/ needing repair/ needing a new look and a new home and hopefully and new function with a happy owner that saved money.
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Daily Digest 7/17 - Syria In Civil War, Drought Devastating For Farmers, The Ecology Of Disease
For Transit Relief, Congested Atlanta Ponders a Penny Tax (jdargis)
The proposal, which bundles 157 projects in 10 counties, is part of a July 31 referendum that will allow voters across the state to decide whether they want a new tax for transportation specific to their region. Voters in the Savannah area, for example, will decide on a $1.6 billion regional package of road and transit improvements, of which $229 million would be spent in Savannah.
Syria Denies Attack on Civilians, in Crisis Seen as Civil War (jdargis)
"What happened was not an attack on civilians," Mr. Makdissi told reporters in Damascus, saying that the use of heavy weapons against such a small area would have been impossible. "What has been said about the use of heavy weapons is baseless."
He announced a death toll of 39, of whom he said 2 were civilians. Activists initially said the death toll was above 200, but revised it downward to a list of 103 victims, overwhelmingly young male adults.
Texan Shale Boom Leads to Increase in Drug Trafficking (OPA)
Javier Pena, the head of the DEA in Houston, admitted that "once they get past the checkpoints, they are pretty much free," therefore these new routes for avoiding the checkpoints are a real problem. "There will be employees who think they can make a quick thousand or 15 or 20 thousand (dollars). Once money is involved, someone will always go for it."
Food Prices: The Endless Drought A Disaster For The Agriculture Industry (David B.)
It is being projected that in some of the major corn growing areas as much as 60 percent of the crops could be lost.
Many farmers that had been desperately hoping for rain are now becoming resigned to the fact that their crops are not going to make it.
The Ecology Of Disease (jdargis)
The problem is exacerbated by how livestock are kept in poor countries, which can magnify diseases borne by wild animals. A study released earlier this month by the International Livestock Research Institute found that more than two million people a year are killed by diseases that spread to humans from wild and domestic animals.
Rain 'almost apocalyptic' for wildlife, says National Trust (jdargis)
Relentless wet weather has also devastated puffin colonies on the Farne Islands - which are managed by the National Trust - with 90% of burrows lost on Brownsman Island, and puffins drowned in about half of burrows left flooded on other islands.
Meanwhile, bats have been hit by the cold conditions, particularly lesser and greater horseshoe bats - leading to a slow-down of pregnancies.
How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug (jdargis)
There is no national registry for drug-resistant infections, and so no one can say for sure how many resistant UTIs there are. But they have become so common that last year the specialty society for infectious-disease physicians had to revise its recommendations for which drugs to prescribe for cystitis -- and many infectious-disease physicians and gynecologists say informally that they see such infections every week.
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Jeff Faux of the Economic Policy Institute argues Americans are in denial. Everyone knows, he says, but no one faces up to the fact that the United States can no longer afford to have subsidized unregulated markets, be the world's global power and provide a steadily rising standard of living. One of these is possible, maybe two, but not all three, according to Faux. No group -- and certainly no politician of either party -- is addressing this new reality, he contends. Despite public posturing to the contrary, it's America's middle class that will be sacrificed on this current path.
He is well spoken. Paraphrase: "This country was on the verge of a plutocracy. After Citizens United, we have tipped over the edge."
As a resident of metro Atlanta and Georgia I have better/clearer perspective on this issue than the NY Times. As a CM follower/member for a couple of years, I have a somewhat different perspective.
According to the latest local polls, this vote will fail. Opposition state-wide is at nearly 60% as of about 10 days ago and appears to be growing. I plan to vote "No" as does my spouse.
There is no coherent plan to address transportation in a way that confronts the realities of the Three E's in our opinion. Frankly, I think that doing nothing is better that paying more in tax for "solutions" that will not matter when the predicaments we face (and soon will become obvious to the sheeple) start to have more impact. I prefer to spend the money on my own solutions (land, food, supplies, community, ammunition, etc.) than turning additonal funds over to the State that is clueless.
"The ability of the states to meet their obligations to public employees, to creditors and most critically to the education and well-being of their citizens is threatened,"


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September 18, 2014
Contact: Allison Moore 502-618-1372
LOUISVILLE – Team Mitch today released the following statement and background information in response to Alison Lundergan Grimes' latest ad.
"It's a touching family story about a familiar circumstance to many Kentucky families followed by a totally debunked partisan attack on Senator McConnell from an increasingly desperate Alison Grimes. Anyone who would use their grandfather's stroke to reintroduce an attack that received the triple crown of fact check false ratings has run out of justification for their candidacy," said Team Mitch spokeswoman Allison Moore.
All Fact Checkers Rate Grimes' Medicare Claims False
Washington Post
Washington Post Fact Checker Gave The Grimes Claim Their Toughest Rating Of Four Pinocchios. "It is derived from an analysis that has been withdrawn of a plan that no longer exists. Four Pinocchios" (Glenn Kessler, "A Kentucky shootout over stale Medicare claims," Washington Post, 7/11/14)
The Grimes Ad Is As "Phony As A Three Dollar Bill". "Grimes goes for a folksy approach in her advertising, but that belies a tough message — one that is amplified by having the attack delivered by an ordinary citizen. That gives it an illusion of reality, but it's as phony as a three-dollar bill." (Glenn Kessler, "A Kentucky shootout over stale Medicare claims," Washington Post, 7/11/14)
The CBO Retracted The Projection: "In a September 2013 report, CBO found that the "average-bid" option would actually provide savings for beneficiaries; the same report essentially retracted the 2011 analysis that formed the basis of CBPP's $6,000 projection. The nonpartisan agency said the 2011 report was a "rough analysis" and that the results are now "substantially different," in part because of "substantial improvements in CBO's modeling of the behavior of beneficiaries and insurers." The earlier report also assumed that health-care spending covered by private plans would be much higher at first and then grow faster than currently estimated — in part because Ryan's 2011 version did not include traditional Medicare as a bidding option." (Glenn Kessler, "A Kentucky shootout over stale Medicare claims," Washington Post, 7/11/14)
Politifact Gave Grimes Ad Their "False" Rating. (Steve Contorno, "Did Mitch McConnell vote to raise a senior's Medicare costs by $6,000?," Politifact, 7/10/14)
Factcheck.org Labeled Grimes Claims "False" And Compared Them To A Ghost Story. "Ghost stories are fanciful, frightening tales told to children. But the claim that Republicans would increase Medicare costs by $6,000 per beneficiary is a story Democrats use to scare senior citizens — and it's just as false. (Brooks Jackson, Robert Farley and Lori Robertson, "Medicare Ghost Stories,"Factcheck.org, 7/9/14)
Factcheck.org Calls Grimes Ad Claim The "Whopper Of The Week. "FACTCHECK.ORG WHOPPER OF THE WEEK: This week's honor goes to Democrats who continue to insist that Republicans would increase annual Medicare costs by $6,000 per beneficiary. The latest example of this bogus claim shows up in a TV ad by Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is running against Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. The $6,000 figure is based on a Congressional Budget Office analysis of Rep. Paul Ryan's 2011 Medicare proposal, which would have phased out traditional Medicare and replaced it with a "premium support" system of government-subsidized private insurance. But it's now clear that CBO's $6,000 estimate was wrong. CBO now says its 2011 report was a "rough analysis" based on assumptions that have proven invalid. Also, Ryan's Medicare plan has substantially changed since he first proposed it in 2011. The fact is, the current Republican proposal is modeled on a plan that would lower seniors' Medicare premiums and total medical costs by 6 percent, according to the CBO. The full story, "Medicare Ghost Stories": http://goo.gl/VV8RQt" (Elizabeth Titus, "Morning Score,"Politico, 7/11/14)
Kentucky Media
AP Calls Alison Lundergan Grimes Ad Claim "Shaky". "Shaky claims about Medicare were common in the 2012 campaign, from President Barack Obama on down. Now they've surfaced in this year's midterm elections, in one of the hottest Senate races in the country. (Adam Beam, Calvin Woodward, "FACT CHECK: Grimes Releases First Negative TV Ad," Associated Press, 7/8/14)
WDRB: Washington Post Fact Checker Has Debunked Similar Claims. "But the Washington Post Fact Checker has termed similar claims by other Democratic candidates so out of date as to be "laughable" and called on them to "drop the repeated Medicare references." But following a speech here in Louisville, Grimes stuck by the ad. (Lawrence Smith, "Grimes launches first attack ad in U.S. Senate race," WDRB, 7/8/14)
WPSD: "ANCHOR: We're four months from Decision 2014, and Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is going on the attack in her first negative ad. GRIMES AD: I want to know how you could have voted to raise my Medicare costs to $6000? ANCHOR: In the ad Grimes accuses her opponent, Mitch McConnell, of voting to raise a retired coal miner's Medicare costs. But there's a problem here. The plan McConnell voted on back in 2011 would not have raised this miner's costs, or anyone retired or close to retirement. That bill never did pass, failing in the Senate. (WPSD Local 6 News, 7/8/14)


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And a few old enemies, as well.
It embarrasses me to confess that, until recently, I was extremely torn between two particular candidates. In different ways, each has paid his proverbial dues many times over. Each has stood up for what's right in an extremely principled and thoroughly libertarian way, despite unimaginable pressure to the contrary. This is more than I can say for any of the other candidates, some of whom have been a sad disappointment.
I don't mean that the two are identical or interchangable, simply that they both fit my personal criteria for a good LP candidate, at an excruciatingly critical time when a good LP candidate is very badly needed.
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Just look at who opposes her within the LP.
Mary is naturally gentle but has learned to be tough, a complement to those of us who seem to be naturally tough and have had to learn to be gentle. We were the first political party to secure an electoral vote for a female candidate for Vice President; it is long past time that we showed the entire world that we can field a female candidate for Presidentand not one who is a shrill, hysterical, fascist bitch.
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Will to Literature
David Trotter
- Institutions of Modernism: Literary Elites and Public Culture by Lawrence Rainey
Yale, 227 pp, £16.95, January 1999, ISBN 0 300 07050 0
- Modernism, Technology and the Body: A Cultural Study by Tim Armstrong
Cambridge, 309 pp, £14.95, March 1998, ISBN 0 521 59997 0
- Body Ascendant: Modernism and the Physical Imperative by Harold Segel
Johns Hopkins, 282 pp, £30.00, September 1998, ISBN 0 8018 5821 6
- Solid Objects: Modernism and the Test of Production by Douglas Mao
Princeton, 308 pp, £32.50, November 1998, ISBN 0 691 05926 8
Modernism must be reckoned one of the lengthiest and most strenuous campaigns ever undertaken in the name of literature. Acutely conscious at once of the burden of the past – the intimidating totality of what had already been written – and of the present's lightness, its free and easy way with burdens, its failure to be intimidated, the Modernist did not propose to carry on as before. To be literary at all, in such circumstances, one would have really to mean it, to work at it. And the best way to mean it was to begin all over again, to rebuild literature from the ground up, to demand obtrusively the privileges of inauguration. For it might be possible to alleviate and even to resolve one's own anxiety by making other people anxious.
Consider what the Modernists did to the novel, which was all set, in its competent and agreeable fashion, to carry on as before. According to Henry James, in 1899, the novel had become a universally valid form, 'the book par excellence'; according to Ford Madox Ford, in 1930, it was still indispensable, 'the only source to which you can turn to ascertain how your fellows spend their entire lives'. And yet in the interim a feeling had arisen that the imaginary worlds portrayed in the novel as traditionally conceived did not, in fact, correspond to the way one's fellows spent their lives. This feeling was most fully and influentially articulated by T.S. Eliot, when he argued, in 'Ulysses, Order and Myth' (1923), that the novel had in effect 'ended' with Flaubert and James: the very formlessness which had once made it the adequate 'expression' of a previous age, an age not yet formless enough to require 'something stricter', now prevented it from expressing a modernity characterised above all by the loss of form. The novel, he thought, suffered from a literature deficiency.
Eliot admired Joyce's use of Homeric myth as 'a way of controlling, of ordering, of giving a shape and a significance to the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history'. The solution to literature's inadequacy in the face of futility and anarchy was more literature: the novel would render itself less 'novel', less abjectly the expression of an abject age, if it began to keep company with epic. One could never be literary enough. By minute attention to abjectness – to a day's events in Dublin in 1904, to a dog urinating against a lamp-post, to a river awash with empty bottles and sandwich papers – Modernist writers brought into view and made palpable a resistance to literature on the part of the world at large, which they knew would yield (and yield only) to the excess literature they happened to have at their disposal. This tendency in Modernist theory and practice might be thought of as a will to literature.
Modernism's will to literature received its fullest critical acknowledgment in the period between Richard Ellmann's 1959 biography of Joyce and Hugh Kenner's The Pound Era (1971). Kenner's book, based in part on interviews with Pound, presents itself as a parting glimpse of an age of demi-gods. It marvellously exhibits, by a vivid survey of encounters, pilgrimages and epiphanies, the will to literature in action. The demi-gods, assembling the 'luminous details' which will populate their poems and paintings, occupy to the full a particular place at a particular time. 'We are to imagine', Kenner instructs, T.S. Eliot in 1919, 'rucksacked, deep inside a mountain', inspecting drawings made with magnesium oxide mixed in bison grease, while, twenty kilometres away, 'the Pounds, fortified with chocolate, were climbing the southwest face of Montségur to the white walls that ride its summit like a stone ship'. And all this, Kenner reminds us, without any real hope of recognition from an increasingly philistine culture.
By the late Seventies, when the Author lay dead or dying, the Modernist demi-god had dwindled to a ghost in the textual machine. The play of discourses could not easily be made to accommodate rucksacks loaded with chocolate. Nor, indeed, could the great discovery of the Eighties, the 'political unconscious': rucksack-exegesis became feasible again, but the only evidence it yielded was of the will to literature's collusion with patriarchy and Fascism. Now, as the emphasis shifts once more – to institutions, in Lawrence Rainey's study of Modernism's patrons and publishers, and to the body, in Tim Armstrong's study of Modernism's absorbing interest in glands, healthfood and electrotherapy – the world Kenner delineated has come back into focus. Patron, publisher, dietician, therapist: each flamboyantly inhabits a particular place at a particular time. Encounters occur, pilgrimages are undertaken. What's missing, however, from these new histories of the Pound era, is the heroism. Kenner's Modernist pilgrims embark on a strenuous quest for luminous detail; Rainey's ask for directions to the nearest bank. What Armstrong's need is a good surgeon.
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Hello, Joy Clair friends! Today is a bittersweet day for me. Today is my last post as a member of the Joy Clair design team. After 2 years, I have decided it is time for me to take a break from design teams. This has been such an awesome company to be a part of. I had the pleasure of being one of the first design team members. It has been amazing to watch this wonderful company grow! And I am sure that we haven't seen the best from them yet! Thank you Christy and Amanda for the opportunity to be part of your crafting journey.
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The Corporate Law Conference.
What and where is the major annual corporate law conference?
This weekend, the American Law & Economics Association is holding its annual meeting in New York at Columbia with a program featuring – depending on how you count – six or seven corporate and securities law sessions. But the majority of sessions are not on these topics; they focus, instead, on torts, litigation, property, labor, IP, &c.
The annual Canadian Law & Economics Association features a very similar format, as do regional associations (e.g., Midwest Law & Economics Association).
The AALS annual meeting has a session for corporate law and one for securities law – but, of course, they are only small components in an otherwise huge and ecumenical program. Something similar is true for the Law & Society Association.
Is there an enormous yet oddly shy corporate conference out there – or is this a curiously large gap in the academic calendar?


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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Sister Love-Wordless Wednesday
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Swing by and link this up to my Wordless Wednesday hop if you would like. :)
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