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Use Up Your Stash!

This week’s Whoopsi Daisy Challenge is “Use Up Your Stash”.  I think I accomplished this challenge!  Very well in fact!  haha  I used a ton of flowers, some of my beads for the pins, a few ribbons, string, and straw, papers, tags, punches, a button, some pearls and lace.  I even used a butterfly left over from my son’s wedding.  I paper pieced her dress.  The image is from Whoopsi Daisy sheet #316.

Thanks for looking!

Sentimental Sundays –Easter or Spring

Stampin Sisters In Christ – Opposite of CAS!

Stampin’ For The Weekend – ANYTHING GOES

Paper Sundaes – Spring Blossoms

Make It Monday – Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink – Things With Wings

Clear It Out Challenge blog – Easter/use up your pastel papaers

Ribbon Carousel – blog hop & anything goes

Anything Goes Challenge Blog (enter only once) – Get Ready For Easter

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog – Anything Goes

Craft-Room Challenge (3 entries) – Bling AND Glitter/Sparkle

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog – Butterflies

Celebrate The Occasion (one entery per challenge) – Welcome Spring

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges (3 entries)– anything goes

The Paper Shelter – Paper Piecing

Scrapbook Sisters –  Anything Goes

Simon Says stamp Challenges – tic tac toe (Flowers, Lace, ribbon)

Flutter By Wednesdays (must include a butterfly, fairy or angel – 1 entry per week) – Anything Goes

Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges – Lace

Paper Play Challenges – Spring Colors

Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge – Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy (enter up to 3 times)   – Religious/Easter and/or Something Sweet

Paper Crafting Journey – Pretty Pastels

Card Makin’ Mamas (2 entries per person) – buttons

Prairie Fairy Fridays – Spring Fling

2 Sisters Challenge blog –Spring Is In The Air

Marks Finest Papers and Stamps – pink cards

Crafter’s Companion Monthly Challenge Blog – spring

Joanna Sheen Challenge – Spring/Easter

36 comments on “Use Up Your Stash!

  1. What a gorgeous card you have made. It’s perfect for our challenge. Thank you for taking part in the Crafty Purple Frog Challenge this fortnight and I wish you the best of luck in the draw. Best wishes, Kym (The Crafty Purple Frog Design Team Member) xxx

  2. Pretty card. Thanks for playing along with us here at Speedy Fox and Friends challenge, we hope to see you again next week. Make sure to check out our challenge with Friends of SpeedyTV for more fun and more chances to win with Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

  3. This is gorgeous, and a fabulous way to use up all you bits n pieces. Thanks for joining in with us at the Craft-Room Challenge, and good luck.

    Maria x

  4. An amazing card, So much to see, beautiful details. Thank you for joining us this month over at The Joanna Sheen Challenge. Good luck in the draw.
    Suzi x

  5. Your spring blossoms are so pretty and accent that sweet image so well!! Lovely Easter card! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Stampin’ Sisters in Christ!

  6. Karen, this is very pretty. Holy moly, you’ve used a ton of stash here (lol, might be an excuse to go buy some more!). Love the flowers and pretty butterfly and pieced dress. Thanks for playing along with us at Sentimental Sundays this week.

  7. oh this is just so beautiful,just love the detail on this its just gorgeous,bless you for playing,at anything goes,this week,hugs Cherylxxxx

  8. Gorgeous card!

    thank you for joining in the fun with us at Ruby’s Rainbow for our “Lace ” challenge

    Hope you will join us again soon

    Hugs Shaz x

  9. Beautiful Easter card – love that image and your fab paper piecing!

    Thanks for joining in the Challenge at Anything Goes – good luck and hope to see you again soon!

    Christine x

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Homepage / Win, Mac & Linux / $see below (pre-order, buy directly)

Feeling overwhelmed by the vast, uncaring world? Maybe you need a new perspective. Look close. Closer still. And closer…
This is the world of subatomic particles, the basis of all things. Quarks curve gracefully through this no-space, locked in intricate dance-steps laid down by the physical laws of the universe. There is order here, and purpose. And if there is purpose here, there there is purpose in all things. I hope you find that thought as calming as I do.

We’re doing a soft-launch of our Particulars Alpha, meaning that you can get the game earlier than everyone else for less than everyone else.

By buying this early version, you get:

The game as it exists now (PC, Mac and Linux Versions)
All updates to the game as we build it, including (and potentially beyond) our full release version
Desura and Steam keys for the game, if/when the game is released on those platforms
A say in shaping the game’s path

The game, when it’s done, will cost at least $10. The alpha program, when fully launched, will cost at least $5. We’re giving the first 125 people here the chance to get it for less than either of those amounts. The price will increase as more people buy it – the sooner you buy the game, the less you pay.”

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Business Models and Ecosystems, What Is the Link?

I have recently finished reading Ron Adner’s book on ecosystems, the Wide Lens.  As luck would have it, during one of my research presentations on business models, an audience member asked me to clarify the difference between business models and ecosystems.  I found it an interesting question, and that is what I will attempt to answer in this post.

Ron’s main argument in the book is that in order to innovate firms have to apply a wide lens,  not only considering their customers’ needs and implementing their ideas well, but they also have to be aware of what their complementors and competitors are working on – that is considering the whole ecosystem instead of looking only at their own strategy.  Ron used several examples of innovation failures that I found useful and informative – for instance, he explained how Michelin failed to implement new run-flat tires, or how Nokia rushed too quickly with the launch of its first 3G phone.  Here is a video where he explains what happened to Michelin:

Interestingly, Ron also used several successful (or expected-to-succeed) examples about which I also talk in my business model classes such as Apple, M-Pesa, and Better Place.  So coming back to the original question of this post – what is the difference or the link between business models and ecosystems?  Basically, Ron’s point is that ecosystems matter in today’s business world.  The premise is also similar in the business model research – given the more complex world we live in today, more novel business models are introduced in addition to simple product innovation seen in the past (Zott and Amit, 2010; Teece, 2010).  Whereas ecosystem research takes the “wide lens”, business model research keeps the strategic focus on the focal firm.  Although the assumptions are similar, the locus of attention is different in these two burgeoning research streams.

How to attract resources?

One of the pressing questions for any burgeoning entrepreneur is how to attract the oh-so-needed resources for her venture?  Family and friends are the usual suspects, but often it is far from enough.   In the entrepreneurship research, two answers focus around symbolic management and bricolage before turning to the “real” investors such as business angels or venture capitalists.

Symbolic management is basically about using symbols to persuade your audiences about your credibility and legitimacy.  Why should your future customers, partners, or employees trust a newly minted start-up with a lot of ambitions and a laptop?  An office in a good neighborhood, a suit for the occasion, an award or a good recommendation can all do the trick.  Being skillful in symbolic management might be very helpful if other resources are missing, argue Chris Zott and Quy Huy in their research on the topic.

Taking a different road, Nelson and Baker picked up the old Levi-Strauss concept of bricolage and wrote a compelling story about how entrepreneurs can use various scrap resources to fulfill their needs at much lower costs than you would expect.  These are people that refuse to accept limitations their environment puts on them.

Finally, when talking about resource mobilization in the classroom, I use the following video by Amanda Palmer, who has her own very personal view on the topic – and some advice to share as well, especially given her recent successes raising money (a lot of money!) on Kickstarter for her own entrepreneurial projects.


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Anatomy of an Upset…

There are reviews and previews everywhere, so please don’t come here looking for that.My suggestion is BBState and its Tournament Wiz. You will lose yourself for a great deal of time in that thing.

Granted, we’ll talk VCU/UCLA, probably tomorrow, but you’re not getting Darren Collison’s efficiency rating or a lame Ben Howland quote. Re-read yesterday’s missive–while it may be next week before we convert back to what we once were, we’re about more than that over here.

As a goodwill gesture to one goal of adding to your viewing pleasure, here’s some guidance on how to smell an upset in the making…

It all began two weeks ago and two months ago, not Sunday. It’s a team having that look: playing with confidence, chock full of multiple weapons (preferably inside and outside), and having the ability to play at a different pace. An odd offensive attack (Princeton) helps, too.

As far back as 1986, when #14 Cleveland State knocked off Indiana, the Vikings were 27-3 and riding a crest of momentum. They featured four double figure scorers and an experienced team. They weren’t about to be intimidated.

You also have to have “that guy,” the guy you can lean on in tough situations. The CAA is inundated with Eric Maynor stories this week, and rightfully so. Two seasons ago Maynor dumped Duke. In 1993, #15 Santa Clara was led by some guy named Steve Nash in its upset of Arizona.

At some point in its first round game, an upset-minded team is going to need all of that.

Pick from that list, and enjoy the game, which should consist of:

The Good Start
George Mason rallying from a 16-2 hole against North Carolina in 2006 notwithsanding, it is imperitive for the mid major to get off to a good start. Tennessee-Chatanooga’s 20-2 run to open against Georgia in 1997 qualifies. You don’t want to hit that under 16 media timeout trailing by eight.

Absorb the Blow
The favored team is going to hit the mid major with a 10-2 run. The key is turning the 10-2 run into an 18-12 run, not an 18-5 run. The cliche is winning with seniors, and this is the part of the game you need them to stay calm.

Finish the Half, Start the Half

Coaches always talk about the last four minutes of the first half and first four minutes of the second half being the game’s most important time periods. They are right. Holding a lead, keeping a manageable deficit, and momentum are all significant outputs from this time frame. In its 1987 victory over Illinois–the Dick Vitale standing on his head game–Austin Peay nailed a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer to tie the Illini.

You want the last 16 minutes to matter? Win these eight.

There are 12 minutes to play and you are up or down three points. This is where that confidence begins to pay its dividends. At this point you have a strong belief that this game is yours to win. Importantly, so does every fan not rooting for your opponent. You can turn this game into a road game for the higher seed.

Most importantly, if you opponent believes you can win, they get tight because confidence is a deadly two-way street: you have it, and your opponent sees you have it.

The Big Stop
It’s so much more comforting to have the ball down three as opposed to five–or have the ball up three with a chance to lead by five. Upsets occur when you lock down on defense for one or two possessions at a critical stage. Nothing builds momentum like forcing a turnover with two minutes to play.

Let’s combine two aspects: the #3 seed has just gone on a 10-2 run to close the mid major’s gap to three with two minutes to play. How big is forcing a turnover to the emotional state of the mid major in approaching the final two minutes?

Catch A Break
Let’s be clear: sometimes, it takes a little luck. Obviosuly Bryce Drew’s buzzer-beater over Ole Miss is the big shot of all big shots. But many forget that Mississippi missed a pair of free throws with less than five seconds to play to allow for Drew’s heroics. Make one, and we all miss a glorious tournament memory.

There are key possessions late in games, and every now and then luck rewards you.

The Big Shot
At one or two or three key moments in the second half–that guy hits that shot. We can all point to Drew or Maynor or any other last-second winner, but there are possessions in every upset when the hero earns that mantle.

Stewie Hare’s door slammer to put down USC comes immediately to mind, but it isn’t the best example. Think Lamar Butler’s four-point play or Folarin Campbell’s fadeaway swish against Connecticut. BA Walker’s three or Jesse Pellot Rosa’s elbow jumper against Duke. It’s the shot(s) that make you grip and exhale. You know what I mean.

The Other Guy and That Guy
An upset is made when the six-point, three-rebound post player manages 15 points on six-of-eight shooting, with 12 rebounds. It is in perfect alignment with that guy, like Harold Arceneaux, who 36 points sank North Carolina in 1999.

~ by mglitos on March 17, 2009.

2 Responses to “Anatomy of an Upset…”

  1. What’s throwing me: So many people are picking VCU to pull off the upset, you have to wonder if this is motivating for UCLA to prove that they were worthy of those three in a row Final Four runs.

  2. …is this blog on a “break” or something?

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Bank Meetings, Payday Lending Ordinances, Obamacare, and Richmond Eminent Domain Case

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October 1, 2013

CRC Cautions Covered California on Financial Firms Making Money off of Health Care Reform
Concerns about predatory lenders exploiting Obamacare led CRC to submit comments to Covered California (the entity responsible for implementing health care reform in CA) about these companies exploiting health care reform to sell prepaid cards (with high fees) to Covered California enrollees. Continue reading…

Long Beach and Sunnyvale City Council Vote to Limit Payday Lending and other Fringe Lenders
Despite state legislative inaction on payday reform two California cities passed ordinances this month to limit predatory payday lenders. Continue Reading…

Positive Dialog at Bank Meetings
CRC members hope two recent meeting with banks will have strong and ongoing impact for much ignored communities. The first was focused on Asian American communities with Asian owned banks organized with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Reserve and FDIC in Los Angeles. The second was focused on rural community banks and economic development organized with the FDIC in Sacramento. Continue reading…

Wall Street Threatens Redlining if Eminent Domain Moves Forward in Richmond
The Richmond City Council voted earlier this month to move forward on an eminent domain program (Richmond CARES) that is designed to assist Richmond homeowners with negative equity. Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank sued Richmond, seeking an injunction to stop the program from moving forward. In response to the redlining threat, the law firm Relman, Dane, & Colfax PLLC, filed an amici brief that CRC, the National Housing Law Project, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, Bay Area Legal Aid, and the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley signed. Continue reading…

New movie from NCRC
“Fleeced” is a new movie about elder financial abuse, and features interviews with CRC staff member Andrea Luquetta as well as Annette Smith, a consumer who has spoken out forcefully against Wells Fargo’s payday loan product. The movie is a joint production between the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and WFYI Productions. Watch the trailer: Fleeced.

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Dear Grief

Dear Grief,

I know who you are. I see you clearly as you weave your way in and out of my life.  I neither embrace nor deny you. I simply allow you to wash over me when I see you coming. I do not fear you as you are as big a part of me as love. You are here. There is nothing that can be done about that – or should be done about that. You are here!  I feel your pain and know your name. I know you. I will always know you. And I will love you as I love myself, for you are the balm that whispers in my ear – ‘you love… and you are loved. It is why you are here. It is why I am here.’

If you or someone you know are feeling overwhelmed by grief: reach out to someone, anyone – a friend, family member or support group like Beyond Blue. You are not alone.

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Hidden Nightmares

Daily Prompt: Proclivity Creative Writing: Megan’s daily practice, a ritual developed to make it from one day to the next, had become her only solace. An escape from what she couldn’t face in the faces of everyone she knew, and many that she didn’t. Now, the very thing she felt was holding every molecule of her…

Second Dates, Beetles and Coco Pops

I was wrong, 40 seconds goes by in a snap and next minute I was standing in our lounge room, in front of this gorgeous creature, him just out of the surf and smelling like salt — me standing in my favourite navy and white stripe, Disney Dopey night shirt!

From little things …

Her little hands tucked under her chin in prayer position, lips pink with gloss, hair all tumbling curls pinned with tiny rose buds, I wondered how she was going to get through such a long day

The Game of Life

Challenging…to say the least when you can’t seem to stay one step ahead, no matter the effort, the strength and resilience shown.

Lost in translation.

It wasn’t like I had meant to add to the busyness of her day, yet I could feel her glaring at me through the phone. It was all rather odd.

My Best Friends Brother

Mr and Mrs Wilton were raising a house full of boys into men, right next door to me, and when you sat at the dinner table with them, which I did often, the fragrance of male hormone mixed with sweat and dirty socks was intoxicating to a fourteen year old girl.

Drink, drink and be merry…or not!

‘Alice, you keep missing a step, salt then lemon — and listen, he’s not worth the hangover you’re going to have in the morning.’

The sweet stench of lollipops and love unrequited

Alice thought it hilarious, when I recounted my day from hell over drinks at Charli Browns. I couldn’t see the funny side myself and shot her a look that could kill as she plucked candy floss from my hair


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Moving to Torbay

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To find out whether supplies your electricity, you can reach them by telephone at

Starting Electricity Service in Torbay

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You may also be asked to provide some ID (such as your drivers licence number).

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Looking Forward to Warmer Weather

After last week’s snowstorm, it was another chilly and icy week. I am so ready for some warmer weather!

But some positive signs of spring are the Robins, who are sadly having to hop around in the snow, and the finches getting yellow.

After a stressful week, it was finally Friday night.  My husband and I made a dinner consisting of Venison Tenderloin Steak (from one of the deer we harvested this past fall) with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms and Gorgonzola accompanied by Asparagus…and of course a glass of Merlot.  It was delicious!

After a nice Saturday spent with my mom I  saw my dad for a bit and made him a nice ham sandwich, which made him very happy, I headed home and got dinner ready.  Tonight Chicken Breast with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms and Swiss Cheese.  I also put together a salad of Boston Lettuce, Gorgonzola, Hazelnuts, Raspberries and a Balsamic Vinaigrette.  Everything was very delicious.

Vinny and I are looking forward to a quiet Sunday, I think Vinny is ready for a lazy day. Have a great rest of your weekend everyone!

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We Are Not Such Things by Justine van der Leun (3 Stars)

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Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is marketed as being along the vein of the podcast, Serial. Actually, I had a very hard time trying to make that connection.  The book loses focus fairly often, and if the story told wasn’t so engrossing, I would have stopped reading.  The author makes statements early about what she would find later, but nothing is settled and no further “truth” is exposed.  Also, she searches for someone she calls a missing piece, and it makes no connection whatsoever to Amy’s murder.

I believed the focus of the story would be Amy Biehl, a white American, who was brutally attacked and murdered by a black mob in South Africa on August 25, 1993, at the end of apartheid. The author had recently moved to South Africa, and became engrossed with Amy’s story. She spent the next four years researching and writing the twists and turns she encountered in her search for the truth.  Were the convicted killers really innocent? From that point, we receive a rich history lesson of how things were under apartheid, and how South Africa still struggles with divisiveness, reconciliation and forgiveness, and remains a very troubled country. While it certainly was interesting and eye-opening, the book lost its way and is less about Amy’s story than it is of Amy’s killers and South Africa’s complex society, in the distant past, during apartheid and today. As I said, the book was incredibly eye-opening, it was just not the direction I thought it was going to head. Also, Amy’s and her parent’s stories were just glossed over.

The book has many themes:  racism, classism within each race, poverty, politics, injustice, apathy and, for Amy’s parents, forgiveness for her daughter’s killers who later received amnesty. I thought that would be the most notable part of this story, as her parents set-up a foundation in Amy’s memory, and employ their daughter’s killers at the foundation, yet it is never explored. In addition, Amy’s mother, Nancy, is described with a bit of disdain throughout the book, and I felt like it was a petty jealousy on the author’s part.

There was also a disjointed feel to the writing and the author describes people and places in such minute detail, you start to lose focus at times.  There is also a strange dichotomy in the author’s portrayal of herself.  On one hand she chastises the white and privileged for their attitudes, on the other she talks about importing her dog’s food and makes the admission that she consciously ducks her head to avoid the beggar in her neighborhood when she hears his crutches coming.

If nothing else, the book is thought-provoking and will perhaps spur me on to read more of South Africa’s struggles.

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Homework’s Done!

I’m going to a retreat!  WAY back in the Spring, one of the gals at the knitting guild was singing the praises of the Eastern Ontario Needler’s Retreat, hosted by the good folks at Sheep’s Ahoy.  By the time I requested info, I had to sit on a waitlist. Then, as if by magic, one day in August, I got an email from the organizer saying my number had come up and I was good to go!  And now it’s less than a month away!

The retreat will be the first weekend of November, in Gananoque, ON and we’ll get to do three knitting classes, an amazing sounding show and tell and have a vendor’s night/raffle, all in a little less than 48 hours.  It’s gonna be great, I can just tell.

I am trying to finish this fair isle cowl for the show and tell. Hippo (the dog) is totally helping. 8-15″ to go!

Recently, the participants were sent an email with more details including homework and supplies.  I was happy to determine I would be able to get through the retreat without buying any wool in advance!  However, I did need to get a few more needles, which are within the boundaries of my yarn diet!  For me, this involved placing a Knitpicks order AND NOT GETTING ANY YARN.  I am a super-star.  I loaded up on notions and tools, and to get to my free shipping, I might have added in a new project bag and a few new buttons for my knitting bag.  I picked up the shipment this weekend and rocked out the little tubes of knitting I needed to this week (because that is the kind of thing I would hate to have to knit under pressure!).

These tubes are gonna help me learn about sock heels, from Aknitica!

I am seriously pumped for the retreat.  Knitting retreat!  Hoooooray!!!

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  1. Woohoo! Cute little sock tubes. And I love all those shiny needles! I’m so excited about the retreat, too, but my homework is a little more… intense, shall we say. 😉 Can’t wait to see your finished cowl, and you, in person!

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Lay Down in Silence

As we examined last week, we’re often slaves to our own agenda without even realizing it. We can become so paralyzed by self-analysis and self-inflicted hurry that we forget how to simply be obedient in the things God’s already called us to—and to realize that is all God asks of us.

As last week’s assignment suggested (and you’re doing it, right?), we’re going to spend much of this week practicing the discipline of silence, in a variety of venues. Because there’s a variety of venues where we need to begin practicing it. Because we need to be prepared for what God truly wants us to be doing.

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:  preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.  For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths (2 Timothy 4:1-5).

Our ears are itchy, and arguably at a level never seen before in history. As a society, and on a personal level, we’re addicted to news media, social media, sports, games, music, movies… anything that gets our adrenalin flowing and makes us feel more alive. And if we’re being honest, this is also a testimony about the state of our real lives. We clearly want to be distracted from other things, from responsibilities, from the grind of work, from the pain of dealing with other people. And just as clearly, we’re looking to derive our (self-)satisfaction from something other than God. And once we become distracted from God, it becomes impossible to obey Him in the moment.

Again, I don’t say all this with the intent to pile on, but as a fellow sinner who’s increasingly recognizing his own shortcomings (and hypocrisy?). If we’re once more honest with ourselves, most of us love having at least an aura of drama in our lives—especially if that drama is more vicarious than personal (although some of us love the personal drama, too). As I write this, a 7,500-acre forest fire is raging about 15 miles northwest of here; in fact, we can both see and smell it from here. (Fortunately, it’s in a national forest area and no homes have been destroyed.) Yet, there’s some part of me that wants to see those numbers get even bigger, even while the logical part of my brain reminds me that by doing so I’m assenting to the destruction of God’s creation (and which I love hiking, for that matter). You’ve likely felt that kind of rush (and conflict), too.

And as a native New Jerseyan, don’t think I haven’t pulled out our proximity to/experience of 9/11 on occasion to impress my fellow Coloradoans who’ve only heard about it from afar. I say to this my shame, but also again because I’m pretty sure it’s a universal experience. Somehow, for some perverse reason, simply being in the vicinity of a big event makes us—strike that; makes me—feeler bigger, too.

And that’s the dirty little secret—let’s go ahead and say it: the satanic lie—behind much of our obsession with instant information, and with much of our busyness: It offers an instant substitute to our God-given desire to become a part of something bigger than ourselves. We’re not willing to wait for God to do His work in His time. And so, we turn elsewhere. And we are the lesser for it.

By laying down in silence, we turn back to God. And remember: Turn back means repent. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23). We must give ourselves the chance to hear God’s voice, because it’s likely He’s been trying to get our attention all along. So let’s set aside our distractions—and our egos that have become so deftly intertwined with them—and give God our full attention. Let’s discover how the daily surprises that come by walking in the Spirit beat anything we can try to come up with on our own.

Lay It Down Today

Let’s literally bring things home today. Sometimes in the next 24 hours, set aside one hour to not only be silent but completely media-free. No web, no radio, no TV, no reading, no nothin’. Within those parameters, how you use this time is completely up to you. Take a long walk, lay in bed and do absolutely nothing, but do it both silently yet mindfully before God. Unplug from the world and plug into God’s presence.

It might be uncomfortable at first—and don’t be surprised if all sorts of thoughts start flying around—but remain intentional toward God. Give all those distractions the chance to die down. You might actually enjoy it. You’ll certainly have a deeper sense of how constantly distracted we are from God—and in your own case, what those distractions are. If you enjoy this activity, consider expanding your time to a half-day, an entire day, or even longer, sometime in the future.

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June 21, 2010

I made strawberry-rhubarb jam last weekend and after I heard the seals pop, tasted some, and realized I wasn’t going to die and the jars weren’t going to explode, I felt a kind of exhilaration, a rush, a total fruity high.

I could can.
I could can things.
I could can things with enough acidity in them to not give me botulism.

Whoa. Life as I knew it changed right then and there, as those seals made their merry little pops. This past weekend, I spent hours in my kitchen, canning 10 jars of balsamic strawberry jam and 6 jars of spicy pickled carrots. My kitchen was about 95 degrees and I was sweating rivers in a bandana and drinking cold beer; it was glorious. (P.S. The balsamic strawberry is amazing — you just might see a Nosh Friday post on it someday in the near future!)

After about eight hours spent cooking in bare feet (all that canning plus making a lemon meringue pie, the batter for a cornmeal cake and the starters for cornbread), I finally realized why my mother always insists on wearing tennis shoes while cooking a lot. My feet were KILLING me.

So I took a shower, flopped into bed completely exhausted, and popped a movie in. Then about a half-hour into my relaxation, I remembered I had two pounds of red currants that I had picked off the stems and rinsed. Worried they might spoil before the next day (because, you know, they were in the fridge and all…), I decided to get up. At 10:30 pm. And make three more jars of jam.

As I stood over the stove, pressing cooked currant pulp through a strainer with a wooden spoon, I said out loud:

“There is something seriously wrong with me.”

Who gets up after hours and hours of canning jam in 80 degree weather in a house with no air conditioning to make more jam? Sigh. Me, that’s who. (My inner self is officially a 90 year old granny who wears lacy aprons and says things like, “Oh, dear me!”)

Any other canning crazies out there? Anyone? Anyone?

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  1. June 21, 2010 9:54 pm

    I have some red currants in my freezer. They only last in the freezer about two weeks- but it could buy some extra time (you know, for next time you freak out about spoiling the currants).

    I’m not huge on canning- I wish I were though, because most store bought jam & pickles suck. Maybe I’ll learn soon. Did you use a canning machine or your stove top?

  2. Caroline permalink*
    June 22, 2010 8:21 am

    @ Hilary!

    I just used the stovepot. I have this huge blue pot I bought for $1 at a rummage sale and it’s the perfect canning pot. I just washed and sterilized the jars, filled ’em with jam, and then processed them in boiling water for about 10 minutes, then set them out to cool. I don’t know what it is about canning that just makes me feel…powerful. 🙂

  3. Caroline permalink*
    June 22, 2010 8:22 am

    (And by stovepot, I meant stovetop.)

  4. June 22, 2010 9:45 pm

    I am obsessed with canning – I think I like canned peaches even more than fresh ones.

    Lemon meringue pie is my all-time favorite! Your post has made my mouth water.

    Your blog is wonderful! I’m excited to keep reading!

  5. Caroline permalink*
    June 23, 2010 8:57 pm

    @ Denalee!

    I’m not sure I could love anything like I love fresh peaches. 🙂 Thanks so much for reading, it is a blessing!

  6. Grandma permalink
    June 24, 2010 9:41 am

    ……and I am the recipient of a jar of the lovely balsamic strawbery jam made by lovely Caroline. How lucky!! Thank you, darlin! Grandma

  7. Grandma permalink
    June 24, 2010 9:42 am

    ……and I am the recipient of a jar of the lovely balsamic strawberry jam made by lovely Caroline. How lucky!! Thank you, darlin! Grandma

  8. Mom permalink
    June 24, 2010 4:28 pm

    Your Great-Grandma Neiss would be proud of you! She and the Ball Canning Jar Book taught me everything I know. By the way, I plan to open the jar tomorrow at breakfast.

  9. Caroline permalink*
    June 24, 2010 6:06 pm

    @ Grandma and Mom!

    I have such good genes — no wonder canning comes naturally to me. 🙂 Hope you like the jam! I might put a little on the waffles I’m making for dinner. YUM!

  10. Cassie permalink
    June 30, 2010 1:06 pm

    After meeting you yesterday, (and Jessica’s shameless plug for your blog) I just had to check out and, oh my, you are hilarious. I loved this post and the comment about your inner self being a 90 year old granny. Reminds me of who I’d like to be if I had the time and the untensils to do all this lovely stuff. (canning is on my list of things to learn in 2010).

    It was truly great meeting you! I look forward to getting to know you (and the other Mars Hill-ians) better.

  11. Caroline permalink*
    June 30, 2010 3:20 pm

    @ Cassie!

    Haha, I’m so glad you find my wacky sense of humor entertaining. I am really excited you’re part of our group and think this summer will be lots of fun. 🙂 If you ever want a canning partner, let me know! I am no expert, but I think it’s a lot of fun.

    Thanks for reading!

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Positivity and Mindset

So so so important.  It took me a while to get there.  Once again I credit Dr Spies who told me that he constantly tells himself “I am in perfect health, I am in perfect health” for about 30 minutes each day.  I started that, especially when I walk, it’s my mantra.  I also do it at night when trying to fall asleep. It probably has more benefit when one is about to fall asleep when tapping into one’s subconscious.

One can sit back and be resigned to dying or do ones utmost to prevent it.  Dr Spies told me that no amount of radiation is going to save you if your mind is not right.  There has always been a debate around why some people survive and some not.  A book that influenced my earlier life and which I can always draw on is Victor Frankl’s study on why certain people survived the concentration camps and others not.  (Victor E Frankl:  Psychotherapy and Existentialism or by the same author: Man’s Search for MeaningThose who survived had something to live for. Those who did not, simply gave up.

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Michaela’s mantra which she has been trying to instil in me for years but it never made sense up to now.  I’ve run out of options and I have to embrace positivity and believe that I create my own reality.  Michaela worked hard on my mental attitude, like these excerpts from emails:

you don’t have to just sit back and accept statistics and words you read on a computer screen….are u really going to hand all your power over to some doctors opinion, some words on the net or other people’s stories?  If you decide you want to live, you have every right. Life doesn’t work how people think, people don’t just die…they agree to die… that is why sometimes people miraculously survive events like car crashes etc, sometimes they actually do die, but decide they don’t want to die, and they come back, its a choice. I feel that you really are going to have to summon up everything you have within you and believe you are going to live. Do not give in or give up. Do not feel like it is out of your control.

Trust the process you are going thru…
it will get easier.
but yes, it will also be challenging. That is why you came to earth in the first place, to be challenged…. and to rise above limitation….
because limitation is an illusion, it doesn’t really exist. We limit ourselves, by our belief systems. Do you know what is the difference between successful people and those who never accomplish their dreams? Successful people believed, and they all had the courage to go for it. It’s the same for those who heal, and those who die from illness. Those who heal- all believed they would, and had the courage to go for it with all they got.

Many people have done it but you only see what you focus on…if you start focusing on the negative- that’s what you will attract.
you decide what you experience
i recommend getting a hold of your energy, getting strong and firmly intending what you want to experience. fill your life with good and positive things only. only read the positive things, keep your goals firmly in sight. you will attract it, that is how it works…maybe you have chosen illness as your way of remembering that and how to do that…..everything is a blessing, and each experience, no matter how hard it seems from our perspective, is actually for our highest growth and evolution. you are growing and evolving 🙂 life is magical 🙂

My biggest motivating factor is of course my girls, they need the love and advice of a mum and are not yet fully financially off my hands.

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Daily Readings Reflection for 7/06/10

Reflection on Today’s Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM

Today’s Readings

Scripture: July 6, Lectionary 384. Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13. Psalm
115:3-4,5-6,7-8,9-10. Matthew 9:32-38:

In our first two readings opposition, rejection, and scepticism lead
leaders, kings, and some people to be deaf to the message of God to them
from the prophets and from Jesus. They are also mute about saying anything
good about the world beyond which they can touch. God is not part of
their identity. As someone has said they are ego-centric (E-G-O = “edging
God out) people, kings, leaders, and nations. Such is the prophetic voice
of Hosea in the first reading.

How is it possible for us to meditate quietly and to pray with such
difficult passages in the Scriptures? We need to read them a second and
even third time to frame them and see why the message is so negative. We
need to read what went before the given reading and what comes after in the
inspired texts that we hear or read. This means doing a little preparation
before the liturgy to see what the “context” is in some of the readings we

We discover that there is a healing message in them as Jesus, in the
Gospel, continues to heal, preach, and teach despite the opposers and those
deaf to his message. We learn of his great compassion for people and for
those open to his words. He laments the fact there are not enough
following him to help harvest the ripe fields of people eager to hear his
words. His seventy-two disciples and his twelve named apostles are just
not able to keep up with the harvesting of persons so necessary to build
the kingdom of God. We are called to be those who listen to Jesus and bring
his message of Good News to those around us; we do this more by our example
than by our words.

Hosea shows us that he had the same resistance as Jesus has. Kings from
the north and the south resist his message which is God’s word through him
as an authentic prophet. Samaria and Ephraim want nothing to do with
Hosea. The sins of the past and those of the present in his timeline are
all too evident in what he conveys to us in his writings. Salvation
history however is the work of God and it continues silently, subtlely, and
perseveringly despite the crooked lines that the opposition provides for
the written word. Some of these tough lines flow from the cursive pen of
the prophet Hosea.

Even our Psalm for the day and its response shows us how idolatry, that is,
thinking we can save ourselves by turning to human made gods is placed
before us today in the response and the content of the Psalm. Yet, we cry
out with the true believers, “The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.”

Jesus has cured the deaf man and released his bound tongue. He will carry
on the message by his trust in the Lord. We, too, through our own prayer
and our baptismal commitment can do the same. This divine action of curing
a deaf and mute person is a victory over the sin, the obtuseness, and the
rejection of the religious leaders Jesus encountered. Hosea and Jesus are
on the same page of the lectionary. We must be there too. Amen.

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Economy impacts Baby Boomers decisions, but they still betting on real estate

Nice coverage of Kris Vogt’s column in the Mountain Democrat newspaper! Here’s his article on what baby boomers want in real estate.

The turbulent economy has certainly had an impact on just about everyone, but perhaps no one more than baby boomers. Boomers are either nearing the end of their careers or already entering retirement. And while the recession forced some boomers to make adjustments to their budgets and investments, a new national survey shows that they are not giving up on their dreams of home ownership, especially vacation homes and investment properties.

A new survey from Coldwell Banker Real Estate finds that 87 percent of more than 1,300 agents and brokers polled agree that the economy is delaying baby boomers’ plans to sell their homes. That said, the desire to purchase and own a home, or more than one home, remains strong in this demographic group, especially so in the investment and vacation home market segment.

Nearly nine in 10 respondents said they have baby boomer clients who already own or are looking to own an investment property or second home, including 22 percent of agents who report that at least half of their boomer clients either own or are trying to purchase such properties.

Coldwell Banker Real Estate conducted an online survey among 1,333 Coldwell Banker real estate professionals across the United States about housings trends for baby boomers. The survey was conducted in early September.

The hopes, dreams and investment plans of boomers is critical because the baby boomer generation has driven the U.S. economy in general — and the housing market in particular — for many years. And like many Americans, boomers may be anxious about their next real estate decision.

Jim Gillespie, CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, said that baby boomers are a very diverse group and cannot be described in generalities. But he added that the survey clearly indicates that “those boomers who are financially secure are actively seeking to buy their retirement home, or a vacation home, and they are taking advantage of the opportunities and value available in today’s market.”

The survey also underscored that by dividing boomers, who account for 79 million Americans, into two age categories, a more dynamic picture of the real estate market emerges. The younger boomers are ages 47-55 and the older boomers are 56-64. Among the additional findings from the survey:

  • Second or Vacation homes: More than one-third of agents say younger baby boomers are interested in purchasing a second home while 22 percent say older boomers are interested;
  • Moving up: 31 percent of respondents say that younger baby boomer clients are selling their current home and looking for a larger home compared to 6 percent who say older baby boomers want a larger home;
  • Downsizing: 80 percent of agents say that older baby boomers are more likely to want to downsize than younger baby boomers (52 percent);
  • Economic impact: The reason for downsizing is not only about saving money in a tough economy. Some 49 percent of agents say the primary reason boomers want to downsize is a simpler lifestyle, while 28 percent said it’s to save money;
  • Single-family home: Younger baby boomers are much more likely to prefer a single-family home than older baby boomers (82 vs. 47 percent of agents agree);
  • Other options: For the older baby boomers, about half of the agents say they are looking for a townhouse or condo while 27 percent of agents say older boomer clients prefer an active adult community.

For baby boomers, younger or older, deciding on the next step in real estate can be a difficult one. Whether you are interested in selling your home and moving elsewhere, buying that dream vacation property or purchasing investment real estate, the best place to start is with a professional Realtor. They can offer you time-tested guidance on the best move and help you realize your homeownership dreams no matter what they are.

Kris Vogt, president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Sacramento/Tahoe, provides the above tips. A Sacramento area real estate veteran with nearly 20 years of experience, Kris oversees a talented team of 700 real estate professionals in 14 offices serving the Sacramento/Tahoe area.  For more information contact Coldwell Banker at 916-684-8180.

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Landowner Driven Conservation - Written by Megan Knott & Jayne Thompson

Like many areas in Colorado, over the past several years Weld County has seen oil and gas activity compete with its agricultural uses, scenic views, and wildlife habitat. Often times, energy projects can become a challenge to site on the conserved landscapes of the county. Currently, CCALT holds over 30,000 acres of conservation easements in this northern prairie region. This is a story about one of those conservation easements, and how multiple partners worked together to enrich the conservation values on that particular ranch after a disturbance.
In 2010, Noble Energy installed a natural gas gathering system that cut through the center of a valuable shortgrass prairie ecosystem. Having no way to site the line and avoid conserved lands, Noble Energy worked with CCALT to  find a route which impacted the least amount of conserved ground; it was sited adjacent to a county road and configured in such a way as to minimize impacts to the landscape.  As part of our cooperative arrangement, Noble Energy paid to offset their damages to the conservation values of the conserved ranches that were affected.  This money was put into CCALT’s Peaks to Plains fund and was reinvested in the afflicted parcel and in another property with similar conservation values.
In 2015, Larry and Jean Croissant became new landowners of one of the afflicted parcels. They acquired 2,465 acres of conserved agricultural lands along Crow Creek in Weld County.  Having previously leased the land, the Croissants knew the property needed improvements.  Most notably, the size of the grazing pastures was too large and because of that the cattle were selectively avoiding grazing the alkali sacaton, meaning they wouldn’t eat it. Alkali sacaton is a tough native perennial grass that is highly tolerant to both alkali and saline soils, and drought. Essentially, the cattle were avoiding the alkali sacaton in favor of other shortgrass species. As a result, some portions of the property were overgrazed and the alkali sacaton was spreading wildly. This was not ideal for the overall health of the prairie.
To address this problem, Larry and Jean Croissant partnered with CCALT to utilize the Peaks to Plains funds from Noble to implement a restoration project. They designed and implemented a plan that would improve both the conservation values and the agricultural operation of their property.
The Croissants relocated three water tanks to center sections of their pastures and made them all-season, meaning they would be operable year-round. To accomplish this, they had to dig trenches, install PVC water lines, install three seven foot tire tanks with underground drain back valves, and clean up and remove all of the debris from the original tanks.
The benefits ecologically and operationally from this small change in water tank location were astounding. The new tanks:
  • Allowed for the creation of 11 pastures from the previously existing five pastures, allowing the cattle to graze rotationally, reducing access time and increasing rest time for the grass.
  • Created smaller pastures that allowed for more uniform grazing and utilization of the alkali sacaton grass. (The cattle could no longer graze selectively.)
  • Enhanced overall utilization and created better grassland composition, improving the wildlife habitat in the pastures.
  • Reduced the distance for cattle to travel to water which also reduced the stress around the tank sites, reducing overgrazing.
  • Allowed seasonal rotation by having all-weather features.
One of the old water tanks before it was replaced.
Two of the three new water tanks on the ranch.
The float valve on the inside of one of the new water tanks. This allows for the underground water to flow into the tank--a major upgrade.
The Croissants were extremely happy with the outcome of the project, but they aren’t stopping there. The family plans to add to the conservation values by working on wildlife-friendly fencing and continuing to upgrade all of their water infrastructure. When asked about the project, Larry Croissant says “It is great that CCALT invests the Peaks to Plains funds back into the property through the owners. This water project is the first requirement for establishing a managed grazing plan to improve range health and grass production.”
This is a story of multiple parties with competing interests working together to find solutions that improved the landscape. The natural gas gathering system reduced truck traffic and reduced air pollution from flaring. The prairie was impacted in a 50 foot strip where the line was installed, but the energy company paid to offset that damage by allowing the Croissants to implement a prairie improvement project. Overall, this was a win for Weld County conservation. As Colorado and the industries that call it home grow, cooperative work like this will become even more imperative to the success of conservation in the state.

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Check out this story on Double X.

A lady had health insurance that supposedly covered maternity care, pre- and post-natal. But when she got home from the hospital, it turned out she owed over $20,000.

The insurance company claimed they capped the maternity benefit at $3000, even though her benefits pamphlet listed all maternity costs, including labor and delivery. The cap was noted in her policy only in a fine print addendum–you know, one of those tiny charts way in the back that no one reads.

She fought the cap and got most of her care paid for in the end. (Because she was vocal or because she decided to write a piece about it, she’s not sure.)

In any case, it is this kind of baloney that regulation of the insurance industry would hopefully curtail. Right now, under current laws, it is not illegal–though it is highly unethical–to take people’s money and promise them coverage, then snatch that coverage away when actual claims are made.

If, with this new health care bill, Congress makes the insurance companies’ shell games illegal, we will all be better off.

Honestly, I don’t know how people who work at companies like CareFirst can sleep at night.

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podcast is one of Europe’s leading sources for tech news. They also host a weekly podcast where Roxanne Varza and Nick Murray discuss the week’s most interesting stories from the European tech scene. The podcasts also feature specific individuals in the European tech ecosystem and they featured me in this week’s podcast.

As mentioned in the podcast, I wasn’t interviewed for the session. So the session is based on publicly available information.

Although there are some small corrections (like the pronunciation of my name as Johnkoot rather than Cancut, the number of investments we’ve made being over 60 rather than 20, and the fact that my undergraduate degrees are in economics and management science, not engineering), it’s a great take on what we do and my background. Roxanne even got it right that my habit of daily blogging was inspired by Fred Wilson.

Thanks to Roxanne, Nick, and the team for covering Turkey, and to Naz from Atomico for the referral.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to embed the podcast in this post so if you’d like to listen to it you can do so from 11:53 to 15:12 at this link.


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Thick description

Thick description is a way of writing that includes not only describing and observation (usually of human behaviour) but also the context in which that behaviour occurs. The term ‘thick description’ was made famous by anthropologist Clifford Geertz who wrote in this style as a way of capturing his brand of ethnography in the 1970s. Since then, ‘thick description’ has gradually taken hold in the social sciences, and today, it has become the way of writing qualitatively.

Geertz borrowed the term from philosopher Gilbert Ryle and added meaning to it. In “Thick description”: Towards and interpretive theory of culture (1973) Geertz stated:

“From one point of view, that of the textbook, doing ethnography is establishing rapport, selecting informants, transcribing texts, taking genealogies, mapping fields, keeping a diary, and so on. But it is not these things, techniques and received procedures that define the enterprise. What defines it is the kind of intellectual effort it is: an elaborate venture in, to borrow a notion from Gilbert Ryle, ‘thick description’”(Geertz, 1973:6; Ponterotto, 2006: 539).

Geertz believed that the reader of anthropological writing needed to interpret the credibility of the author’s interpretation and he/she could only do this if the observations and context were fully described.

How can we describe thickly?

‘Thick description’ goes beyond surface appearances to include the context, detail, emotion, and webs of social relationships. It presents the significance of an observation, event or behaviour. Thick description includes voices, feelings, actions and meanings (Ponterotto, 2006).

The example most commonly used to explain ‘Thick description’ comes from Ryle. He argued that if someone winks at us without a context, we don’t know what it means. We can report on the wink (thin description). But if we provide a context we will know if the person is attracted to us, or that s/he is trying to communicate secretly, or that s/he has something in his/her eye. As the context changes, the meaning of the wink changes. ‘Thick description’ explains the context of practices and discourses in a society.

What goes into ‘thick description’?

Denzin (1989) outlines the features of ‘thick description’. For each observation, event or behaviour, ‘thick description’ captures the following details:

  • Biographical (who?)
  • Historical (what led to this?)
  • Situational (context)
  • Relational (what’s happening?)
  • Interactional (what are the meanings and relationships?)

‘Thick description’ allows the reader to ‘see’ the lives of respondents because of the way the text is written.

Another way of describing thickly

Bloom’s taxonomy is another way of describing thickly in qualitative writing.

Provide information which gives the reader knowledge, and then explain so that the reader can comprehend. Give examples so that the reader can she how this information has been applied. Then pull it all apart to analyse it for the reader, put it back together with interpretation, insight and new knowledge through synthesis. Finally, step back and evaluate your interpretation.

In short: describe, explain, give examples, interpret, make sense of your interpretation and then explain to the reader why this is (or isn’t) a worthy interpretation.

Denzin, N.K. (1989) Interpretive interactionism. Newbury Park: Sage

Geertz, C. (1973) The interpretation of cultures: Selected essays. New York: Basic Books.

Ponterotto, J.G. (2006) Brief note on the origins, evolution and meaning of the qualitative research concept ‘thick description’, The Qualitative Report 11(3), 538-54

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Winter Skincare

Ah, the havoc that cold weather can wreak upon our poor, unsuspecting skin, am I right? We finally get our skin looking all nice, moisturized and pretty, then BAM! the cold weather comes along and messes everything up. Oh, the joys…

I am still working on finding the perfect remedy to combat what cold weather does to our precious skin, but in the last little while, I have had a few people ask for any tips and tricks, because they, too, are suffering the woes of cold weather.

I’ve acquired some tips and tricks along the way. Though they are few, they’ve worked for me. Without further ado, here are CeeCee’s tricks, tips and advice.

  • Use a richer, extra hydrating facial moisturizer. I feel like this is the most obvious answer, but it works. Ultra hydrating  moisturizers are going to obviously help your skin absorb extra hydration – exactly what it needs with all this cold weather.
  • Exfoliate your face (3-5 times a week). This will help slough off dry, shedding skin and help new skin surface.
  • Use hydrating serums and masks. I’m not going to recommend a specific brand or type because everyone has different budgets, likes, etc. But they really do work! Every night and morning I use a hylauronic acid serum (provides lots of hydration) and at night I use a hydrating mask and my skin has really been reaping the benefits of this habit.
  • Exfoliate your lips and coat them in a good, moisturizing lip balm or vaseline. Just like on your face, it sloughs off dead skin and allows your new, fresh, pretty skin to surface. Then with lip balm or vaseline you lock in moisture that your lips so badly need.
  • Add facial oils into your moisturizer. Its just a little extra hydration for your skin to soak up. Lovely.
  • Olive Oil. I dump a small amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil onto a cotton ball every night and rub it onto my face and neck. Again, another extra step to add in moisture to your skin.
  • Don’t neglect the rest of your body! Use a hydrating lotion/moisturizer on your entire body because its not just your face thats going to be feeling the negative effects of cold, dry weather. I also like using Coconut Oil. The oily feeling helps me feel extra hydrated and my skin feels soft and smooth a little extra longer. (just my opinion)
  • Use honey. Honey leaves your skin soft, smooth and happy. It always leaves me a little more moisturized and dewey, as well. And it smells divine!
  • Gloves and socks. For dry hands and feet I like to put several heavy coats of moisturizer, foot or hand cream on my feet/hands then put on socks or gloves to really lock in the moisture. I love the way my hands and feet feel afterwards, too. Its incredible.
  • Get a facial! 1. Because they’re amazing and feel like heaven. 2. They’re so beneficial for your faces skin and your esthetician will cater to your specific skin needs. Tell your esthetician you’re dry and winter air is wacking your skin out – she’ll hook you up.

“The best foundation you can wear is glowing, healthy skin.”

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French artist William Wilson visits UNL for Hillestad Gallery exhibition

French artist William Wilson visits UNL for Hillestad Gallery exhibition

14 Apr 2010

From April 5 through 30, the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted the exhibition “The Black Ocean: Europe - Africa - America” featuring appliquéd banner narratives documenting the complicated history of the infamous “triangle trade,” created by French artist William Wilson. The Paris-based multi-media artist was on campus from April 7 through 15, giving talks and offering exhibition walk-throughs with student, faculty and public groups including Lincoln Public School students.

"The Black Ocean: Europe-Africa-America" is Wilson's homage to his ancestors and his reflection on humanity and its capacity for both great achievement and nobility, and the basest horror and depravity. A painter, printmaker, sculptor, author and illustrator, Wilson recently journeyed to West Africa where, over a period of nearly two years, he worked with artisans in Abomey, Benin to create a series of eighteen appliqué fabric panels interpreting the historical narratives of the peoples of West Africa and of the traffic in human cargo that crossed oceans and generations. These powerful textiles bear witness to the richness of African culture and symbolism and the complex histories that interweave in reconstructing the African diaspora.

Artist William Wilson (center rear) discusses his work with students from TCD's Visual Literacy units working under the direction of lecturers Janine Copple and Michael Burton

In this collection of narrative-laden works, William Wilson has attempted to represent the concepts and aphorisms that aim to pass on the philosophy, ethics and belief systems at the root of Akan civilization and, more widely, of all human society. Wilson sought to locate himself intellectually and spiritually in relation to his European and African roots, to reconcile this divergent and complicated heritage, and to come to terms with the historical realities of African involvement in the slave trade, in its associated oral narratives, still being explored today, and in the broader implications of this history for all his fellow "travelers". "But this traveler is also you, readers and viewers," Wilson writes in the text accompanying the exhibition. "I invite you to explore this Black Ocean, tracing back a past that is far from concluded, since it holds the keys to understanding the present."

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Pharrell, Sir Elton John and Dr. Dre will help launch Apple Music’s new global radio station Beats 1 next Tuesday.

The stars will host their own shows on the station, which launches at 4pm NYC time with a show hosted by Zane Lowe.  St. Vincent, and Jaden Smith will also host shows which will see them curate the music themselves.

Meanwhile it’s also been announced that Eminem will provide the first guest interview on the station, with a pre-recorded conversation with Zane.

“To keep Beats 1 sounding fresh around the world, the station will alternate one- and two-hour programming blocks by established broadcasters with those by musicians and celebrities, who will host and plan the shows themselves” said Zane.

Beats 1 will be free to listen to, even for non-Apple Music subscribers.

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Crowdfunding Green Nonprofits: A New Opportunity

In this article, I'll discuss crowdfunding green nonprofits. Environmental sustainability – working and living within the planet’s ability to support today’s population and the coming generations – has reached into nearly every aspect of our lives in the United States. This is not surprising since sustainability is an ecosystem concept meaning any change affects many,…

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Two (more) Weeks in QA

Due to our regular QA engineer being out on vacation, I once again has the opportunity to do a tour of duty in QA. This time, for a big mobile release. I previously wrote about a similar experience eight (!) years ago, so I thought I would once again write down some reflections.

Web vs Mobile

Last time, I was testing a web product. This time, it was a mobile app. That turned out to make a big difference. For one thing, I spent a lot more time manually testing on various physical phones. Our app is on both Android and iOS, so that’s at least two devices for every test. But you also have to test on older slower phones, phones on older versions of the operating system, etc. Plus it’s all via touch interfaces. It ends up being more time than testing web features for a few browsers.

More Documentation Time

This time I spent a lot more time updating test plans. Because we have to test on so many phones, we have an outsourced QA team for even more manual testing horsepower. While I may test on five or six phones, I can send a test plan over to a remote team to run it on fifteen to twenty phones.

The existing documentation turned out to be very useful. Not only did it remind me about a bunch of test cases I would have forgotten about, but it had all kinds of hints about the most efficient way to test a specific case.

Because it was a big release, I spent a bunch of time coming up with daily reports of whether we were on track for launch. At a high level, I wanted to communicate how many bugs we had, new bugs we had discovered that day, any blockers for release and what step on our release schedule we were on.

But I also made some fun graphs!

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Triage & Troubleshooting

This time, I got more involved in triaging new bugs. Not just reproducing them and writing a good bug report, but also setting priority. This turned out to often involve discussions with both the product owner and the engineers. On more than a few bugs, we decided that while the severity of the bug was low to medium, we actually did not want to fix it now because we don’t have a good solution that doesn’t involve a medium sized refactor.

Similarly, we ended up having a lot of conversations about how to be more defensive in the code to prevent errors like the one in a particular bug report more generically. Some of these were also not feasible/wise to take on immediately. They went into the backlog.

What Was the Same

Once again, I was surprised my how many blocking issues I ran into just trying to get a build running well enough to test. We have most of the kinks worked out of our build pipeline, so there were not any problems getting a given build onto a phone. But I was blocked for days at a time on things like third party API integration staging environments being down. In one case, it took way too much time to discover that the breakage was related to a new network configuration in the office; we had forgotten to whitelist some IPs.


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Hello, Nice To Meet You

“Wow, this is SO not an Anna thing to do.”

It’s true. This was my most spontaneous adventure to date.

Three years ago, I never would have pictured myself heading into the unknown with 50 strangers and nothing more than a back pack.

This just goes to show how capable humans are of change - a notion that is often taken for granted.

If you lost touch with me after high school, I can safely say you no longer know me - that version of myself is long gone. Dealing with a mental illness is emotionally and physically exhausting. Thus, taming the monsters inside my head without leaning on a stable support system consumed all my energy. Unfortunately, it left me with little will for adventure or happiness.

I tried to explain this to a friend once. She shares a similar mental health journey. Beaming with pride, we discussed our growth.

“We really are making our life count these days, how is this even possible?”

Her reply was so raw.

“Because we know how the opposite feels - how it feels to be absent from our life, how it feels to be completely disconnected from ourselves, how it feels to be a human who isn’t being.

Her answer explains every aspect of my growth.

Countless days were spent watching my life go by, simply carrying out the motions, hoping for one day to end but dreading the next day to start.

I never want to live like this again.

Tinkering faintly along the fine line between life and death is what forced me to grow - to gain a new perspective on life. By doing the complete opposite of what my illness wanted, I was able to control the monsters. I brought passion, spontaneity and determination to my battle.

My monsters didn’t stand a chance.

Today, for the first time in a long time, I can say this:

I am truly, genuinely happy.

So for those of you who are stuck on the old version of myself, let’s start over.

“Hello, nice to meet you! I’m Anna.”

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Photo Credit: Ivan Calderon


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My Vision…

Trying to see where you will be in so many years time can be quite difficult. I have often been asked where do I picture myself in 10 years time? I always said university and until studying Graphic Design for GCSE’s It was then that I realised that that is what I wanted to study. When I have finished university, where do I then see myself heading? I have two directions that I think Id like to do.

Firstly, A Teaching assistant at a secondary school helping out in the Design lessons sharing my knowledge and passion for graphic design. In my free lessons that I had in 6th form I used to go to the design block and help out in the GCSE graphic design lessons. My teacher used my old GCSE project (top of the class with an A 😉 ) to show the students what they needed to achieve by the end of their year. I enjoyed being able to help them and think that this could be a career path that I would like to take.

Secondly, when I think about what a graphic designer is and and what they do, I think of being given a brief set by a company asking all graphic designers to create ideas for a logo, poster, leaflet… basically promotional designs and to then present them in BIG meeting rooms, competing against other Graphic designers, showing businesses and companies my designs and getting feedback.

So they are my two options, i am not one hundred percent sure on how I can show this visually yet however I am going to look into it and research how I can do this! I have decided I do not want to do freelance work. I like an environment where I can work in a team and where ideas can be bounced off each other. Id like to be able to be free in the sense that I can design and present my ideas for each given brief. However, I still want to be given instructions and a direction in my career.

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The woman got into an argument at 2:57 p.m. with someone in a vehicle in the 6400 block of South Calumet Avenue, according to Chicago Police.

During the argument, the person in the vehicle fired a shot, striking the woman in the arm, police said. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized.

Police described the shooting as domestic-related and said the woman knew the shooter, but no one was in custody as of Tuesday evening.

The attack was captured by the victim on Facebook Live, according to unconfirmed posts on social media.


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Why Breeze Wind Reminds me of you?.

Happy New Year 2018

“Happy New year”….
My Happy New year wish for everyone
Is “Dream, Create And Happiness”.
Dream Big
Create Your Dream and execute to make it
And see then the happiness from your
Happy New year To The World,
in that world to me
in me to my life
In my life to my family, my
friends and my close ones
wishing everyone a prosperous new year,
wishing you better mentally and
physical health this new year,
And lastly, but not least
May this year bring great opportunity
as well you get what you want for
Stay Happy, Stay Positive And Stay You
Work hard, Dream big
Don’t forget to Love, live and laugh.

Merry Christmas.

Dear Everyone,

Do you hear the sound of jingle bells?
he is arriving soon just wait & watch
Santa Chirayu
he has a message for you,
May this festival season sparkle and shine, may all of your wishes and dreams come true, and may you feel this happiness all year round and may your life bright with different colors that shine twinkling. it is a time for sharing a love and being together. It is a time, wishing you and your family all the very best wishes for all the good memories which will remain in with you for life and a beautiful greeting of peace and prosperity, I’m wishing the very best for you during this season. May you all enjoy & spread happiness with your special ones.
Enjoy, it is the time to do.
Stay happy, take care of yourself.
Thank you
Happy Christmas and Happy New Year.

Check this out.

A small gift for you.

26/11 Mumbai Attack.

“26/11 Mumbai attack, ”
This day of that year 2008
will never go off, from my mind & heart,
That day is still a remembrance of lost loved ones,
an affection of affecting them is losing the hope will he or she be fine, a care will never determine, how desperately a family is waiting to meet their own heart, including them who have lost their lives by sheltering a mother country, urges all the care of love behind the life, the same caution follows an impact of any tragedy is very harsh sometimes it is very tough to heal, because tragedy is not only the explanation of the word it’s also an auto Creator machine to harm & give pain by their action of Terrorism
No love, no peace if the pain is hard to conceive, more than to think it’s adjourned colonial path to create a line at the apex of demons, better to punish for their action & restrict before they plannings to harm the innocence life.
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai Attack.
“Word is less, Thoughts are mute
The Mind is clueless to remember that tragedy, which scars day & night,
where eyes got moist, ears to hear those yelling noises, a face is still the remembrance of a dear one, who has been the most powerful fighters, standing has a tough shield to protect the Innocence life, I might have thought upon to them,
that tragedy is never ever to forget & never to forgive
My salute to the lost ones who have been the real heroes, survived till the last breath to save the innocence life, so
Salute & respect to all the Martyrs who been the real fighters.
And I pledge for my country,
To stand against such a situation & fight to erase out the name of the Terrorism.
Jai hind, proud to be an Indian.
“Lost Martyrs are alive in everyone’s heart,
they pay off their duty,
now it’s our turn to stand together, to make a life with full of freedom, peace, and love,
No war, No persecution, and no terrorism.
. -Chirayu!.

Happy Thanksgiving Day.

“To You”

(My Thanksgiving Greeting Card)

Happy Thanksgiving To All My Beautiful Friends,

This is for you made by me and only for you.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Stay Happy and smiling

I am Always there for you just call me I will be there and God is always there to look at you so don’t worry about anything just work hard and your Thanksgiving gift will be your passion towards work

Dream big to write a great script of life,

Be you and be happy..

Don’t forget to buy my debut book

“Love Of A Writer”

Tagline Says everything: From Me To Her

Is You For Your Love.

You can find everything in this book

About Love (quote, story, prose, tales, poetry and much more).

This is love of a writer to you.

Paper Book Link is here:

Link in the bio,

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4 Things to do if You’re Single on Valentines Day!

Hey everyone!

So I don’t know if you celebrate Valentine’s day where you live, but in the UK, we do! So today I am going to be telling you some things you could do if you’re single on valintones day! Also a quick disclaimer, the photos i’m going to use are photos I have used before, I hope you don’t mind! Hope you enjoy!

IMG_2817Get together with you’re girl friends

In you are not going to be the only one of your friends alone on Valentines day, so get together with some of you’re best friends, have a great day shopping, baking or whatever you want to do! I promise it will be great fun!

Have a Relaxing BathIMG_2777

Let’s be honest, I can’t go a post without talking about lush or bath products! Haha! Anyway, having an amazing smelling bath, with loads of bubbles and Netflix, is all you could ever want!

Make Ice-Cream Sundaes

I absolute love making ice-cream sundaes, putting on all the different sauces, sprinkles and making it look pretty! If you haven’t made one before, go now!

Watch youtube or netfix … not really much to say about this one!

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A daily poem #101 – November 4, 2009

A poem
by Muriel Stuart

In the Orchard

‘I thought you loved me.’ ‘No, it was only fun.’
‘When we stood there, closer than all?’ ‘Well, the harvest moon
Was shining and queer in your hair, and it turned my head.’
‘That made you?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Just the moon and the light it made
Under the tree?’ ‘Well, your mouth, too.’ ‘Yes, my mouth?’
‘And the quiet there that sang like the drum in the booth.
You shouldn’t have danced like that.’ ‘Like what?’ ‘So close,
Whith your head turned up, and the flower in your hair, a rose
That smelt all warm.’ ‘I loved you. I thought you knew
I wouldn’t have danced like that with any but you.’
‘I didn’t know, I thought you knew it was fun.’
‘I thought it was love you meant.’ ‘Well, it’s done.’ ‘Yes, it’s done.
I’ve seen boys stone a blackbird, and watched them drown
A kitten… it clawed at the reeds, and they pushed it down
Into the pool while it screamed. Is that fun, too?’
‘Well, boys are like that… Your brothers…’ ‘Yes, I know.
But you, so lovely and strong! Not you! Not you!’
‘They don’t understand it’s cruel. It’s only a game.’
‘And are girls fun, too?’ ‘No, still in a way it’s the same.
It’s queer and lovely to have a girl…’ ‘Go on.’
‘It makes you mad for a bit to feel she’s your own,
And you laugh and kiss her, and maybe you give her a ring,
But it’s only in fun.’ ‘But I gave you everything.’
‘Well, you shouldn’t have done it. You know what a fellow thinks
When a girl does that.’ ‘Yes, he talks of her over his drinks
And calles her a–‘ ‘Stop that now, I thought you knew.’
‘But it wasn’t with anyone else. It was only you.’
‘How did I know? I thought you wanted it too.
I thought you were like the rest. Well, what’s to be done?’
‘To be done’ ‘Is it all right?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Sure?’ ‘Yes, but why?’
‘I don’t know, I thought you where going to cry.
You said you had something to tell me.’ ‘Yes, I know.
It wasn’t anything relly… I think I’ll go.’
‘Yes, it’s late. There’s thunder about, a drop of rain
Fell on my hand in the dark. I’ll see you again
At the dance next week. You’re sure that everything’s right?’
‘Yes,’ ‘Well, I’ll be going.’ ‘Kiss me…’ ‘Good night.’ … ‘Good night.’

~ by Chris Hibbard on November 4, 2009.

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