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Gastroschisis, meaning "belly cleft" in Greek, usually appears as a 2- to 4-centimeter opening of the abdomen on the right side of the umbilical cord [source: American Pediatric Surgical Association]. Although less severe than an omphalocele, gastroschisis is still a dangerous condition that leads to death in 15 percent of cases [source: Engber]. Gastroschisis is the most frequently occurring problem with the abdominal wall, and 40 percent of babies born with gastroschisis are undersized or born prematurely [source: American Pediatric Surgical Association].
With gastroschisis, nothing is covering the exposed intestine, causing it to come into contact with the amniotic fluid when the fetus is still in the womb. When this happens, a hard film develops around the intestine, which hinders the newborn's intestinal function, sometimes for months.
With such a sensitive part of the body exposed, there's a chance for dangerous complications to occur. One complication, called atresia, occurs in 10 to 15 percent of gastroschisis cases [source: American Pediatric Surgical Association]. With atresia, a portion of the intestine doesn't form at all, perhaps because blood didn't reach that area or because the intestine became twisted and died. Other possible complications include a ruptured intestine, loss of fluid and nutrients, or internal reproductive organs appearing outside the abdomen.
Doctors rely on a prenatal ultrasound to diagnose gastroschisis. Once the baby is born, doctors immediately take action to deal with the birth defect, administering antibiotics to combat infection. The baby may also be put in a sterile bowel bag that rises up to the chest and provides insulation from dangerous infections. If the abdomen is large enough to receive the protruding organs -- and in many cases it's not -- the opening may be surgically closed after birth.
In many cases, the abdomen is too small, so a device called a preformed silo is used to gradually soften the intestines and ease them back into the abdomen. Then, when the baby is a couple of weeks old, doctors perform surgery to seal the hole [source: American Pediatric Surgical Association. Barring further complications, the baby has a good chance for recovery.
Now let's take a look at a more severe birth defect involving organs on the outside of the body.


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Just a quick photo grab of something seen in the field the other day. Reminds me of Snell's Law - and for all those who doubt it [looking at you, long-ago engineer in Philosophy of Science class], anisotropic media are far more common in the mineral world (and nature in general?) than isotropic media.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
From the Field: Reflection and Refraction
Posted by Silver Fox at 4:30 AM
Labels: in the field, light, nevada, optics, water
3 comments:
- Kea Giles said...
Nice photo.
- Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 8:30:00 AM PDT
- Gaelyn said...
Great capture of both.
- Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 9:34:00 AM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Thanks, Kristen and Gaelyn! :)
- Friday, April 16, 2010 at 7:49:00 PM PDT
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If they were really on the up and up why not just state exactly what the rate is and SHOWING it instead of taking a regular rate and a blended rate, figuring a percentage, making 60% actually equal 67%, adding, subtracting, multiplying by your 3rd kid's birthday, and dividing by the company phone number and then putting it on your paycheck as regular lines, 13-15K lines, 15-17K lines, 17-20K lines, B lines, C lines, special 1 lines, OT lines, B OT lines, C OT lines, holiday lines?? It's ridiculous.
If they actually hire you at 8 cpl wouldn't it be much easier and up-front to say you'll make 8 cpl for typing and 4.8 cpl for editing with 0.0025 cpl for each incentive level reached? I mean if they're really going to pay the incentive on the whole amount like they say they are, why do they need all these complicated, misleading terms like "blended rates" anyway? If you get other incentives on top of that, it's only included on those separate lines anyway, not the whole thing, so why try to make it look like you're actually making more on everything??
I have been paying business rates for over 15 years, you are doing a business so should be paying business rates. If you are using it as a business deduction it should be a Business expense. Perhaps then they will lower the business rate.
message well put.
too many people who still believe they are the corp are actually doing THEM a favor by ALLOWING them work from home (as opposed to the reality of drastically, drastically reduced overhead for the corp) that they will take just about any slap in the face as long as they can sit on their behinds at home. You see repeatedly I want to stay home with little jonnie and little billie. I want to work when I feel like it. I don't to work weekends.
accounts and make just as much as a company, then what you are proposing is a mute issue. There are MTs that charge 16 cpl and some charge 10 cpl to do the same type of work. When I worked on-site, someone starting out new to the hospital made just as much as me or even more even though I had been there for 10 plus years.
This profession has many variables. This profession depends on what the facilities and/or clients are willing to pay for our services. If this profession went hourly rate, then you would have low producers, which is not fair.
I agree to boycott the low paying MTSOs, but there will always be someone who is willing to work for that wage even if that's to gain experience.
I also believe that just because you have 10 years of experience that does not make you worth more money so to speak. You still will need to prove yourself in ths profession.
I have been very fortunate, so I am able to say no to low-paying jobs since I have my own accounts, but I know that is not for everyone.
Please consider these factors any and everyone getting into this profession in this day and age.
If you know this person, you also know that she most definitely WILL land on her feet. She is one of the nicest, kindest, most intelligent, dedicated and caring people that I know.
Someone here mentioned loyalty, and she was 200% dedicated to OTI for the years she was there, so that's why so many of us were so shocked when this news was sent out yesterday.
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this. I won't post on their company board for obvious reasons, but if she lands at another company and is need of another good transcriptionist, tell her to contact me through THIS board. My loyalty is to her, not to them. Not after this.
I don't care what anyone says; this company is still #1 to me. Everyone runs into situations no matter what. They are being very fair about it, not surprising as they are always fair and always right there to compensate us when inconveniencing issues arise. While it is difficult not knowing what the situation is, it is not fair to pass any sort of judgement or speculate anything about this company. Are they still the perfect company ....absolutely, still in my book. I guess they are allowed to make a mistake every now and the....Just my personal opinion.


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This is a picture of André René Roussimoff, also known as André The Giant.
André The Giant was pretty huge. According to this bio, he was 7'4" and 500 pounds.
Unfortunately, he was not healthy. He died young at the age of 46 of congestive heart failure. He was in pain for much of his later life. His massive size was the result of a hormonal problem.
In the words of people these days, André The Giant might be described as structurally flawed.
Now this is Shaq.
Shaq is also a giant, with a height of 7"1', and weighing over 320 pounds.
But for a big man, Shaq could really move, and fans marveled at how fast he could be, even late in his career.
Shaq was a perfectly formed, perfectly in proportion basketball player that just happened to be really, really big, even by basketball standards.
Shaq is also a great metaphor for the recession and the recovery, because in early 2012 it's becoming obvious: There was nothing too special about this recession: It was just really, really, big. Shape-wise, it's not Andre The Giant, who was a vision of lumbering awkwardness. Shape-wise it's Shaq, really big, but overall properly formed.
For example, take this chart from Ed Yardeni, looking at the pattern of initial claims in this recession/recovery compared to other ones.
The red line is the trajectory of initial claims now. See anything weird about it?
Here's another one: A look back at industrial production going back to 1970.
This current recovery looks absolutely no different than past ones, except that the drop was just really, really, big. Other than the size of the whole that needs digging out of, this appears to be properly proportioned, predictable, steady recovery.
Here's another cool chart from Invictus at The Big Picture:
It shows the relationship between the unemployment rate (blue line) with the percentage of businesses in the NFIB small business survey who say that 'poor sales' is their #1 worry.
There are two takeaways. One is that there's a close linkage between worries about poor sales and the unemployment rate, and that as the poor sales problem goes away, so will the jobs problem. But the deeper takeaway, again, is that there's nothing special about this recovery that's changed the relationship.
In other words, if our problems were structural -- due to say a major a talent shortage, or skills mismatch -- then you would expect to see some kind of disconnect this time between poor sales because companies that were selling more, would not be able to find the right workers they need. But alas, this isn't a problem.
People always point to the fact that there's a huge, unprecedented pool of people who are "long-term unemployed" and that this somehow indicates the emergence of a new unemployable class of people.
But it doesn't end up being true. As Mike Konczal points out in this post, the long-term unemployed don't have a disproportionately hard time finding a job relative to the short-term unemployed, at least as compared to pre-recession times. It's just really bad for everyone.
Here in early 2012, we're seeing more and more signs of normalcy.
Despite the popular notion that we're just drowning in vacant homes, housing starts are coming back to life.
Car sales are of course doing well.
People are slowly putting stuff on their credit cards again.
And so on.
Bottom line: It's more evident than ever that the recession wasn't about some gigantic change in the US economy that would only be addressed structurally. It was just really, really big. But like Shaq, all properly proportioned.


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|Mel Odom stands before some of his Gene Marshall dolls at FAO Schwarz on 2/14/07
Interview With Mel Odom
The internet has provided us with a chance to have a virtual interview with the talented and handsome Mel Odom, creator of the Gene Marshall line of dolls. For those who are not familiar with this line, it was retired one year ago and went out with a bang! I was lucky enough to attend the final convention celebrating the life, times and friends of this gorgeous doll.
Although I came to appreciate Gene and to meet Mel long after they became popular, the more I know the more respect I have for his creativity and the amazing dolls he created. Ashton-Drake, the first company to produce the line came through with an enormous amount of fashions and an extraordinary selection of furniture and accessories which are, to this day, cherished by collectors. Integrity Toys/Jason Wu, the final producers of the line, manufactured gorgeous fashions with the most amazing shoes, jewelry and other tiny details. It's almost hard to believe that doll clothing could be so beautiful and so finely made.
Most importantly, Mel is known by all to be a kind and humble man. I am honored to have been granted this opportunity.
For this virtual interview, I have asked collectors to submit their questions.
—It's been a year since Gene's retirement. What has she been up to? Does she see Madra and Trent on a regular basis or have they all gone their separate ways?
A- I always figured Gene would move to Italy and live a very private life with occasional forays back into the spotlight. I think she would have always considered Hollywood her hometown though, and certainly gone back for visits and her friends. I think her friendship with Ivy would have always been there, perhaps with Ivy spending time with her in Italy.
—Do your doll characters ever populate your dreams?
A- It's strange, you'd think they would, but no. I think I spent so much 'real' time with them that they're exhausted as a subject for my subconscious. I wish they would.
—Are there characters you've imagined who never made it into the vinyl life? Which one(s) would you like to have seen produced? Would there have been another male?
A- I would have loved to create a Cora Harper doll. She was the gossip columnist in my book. I thought she was such an endearing character but her proportions (short/round) made her an unlikely character for doll-world success. We tend to like our girls thin and pretty. I wanted to do a doll of Eric Von Sternberg as well, he was pretty dashing and we could have used the same body as Trent. He wore a monocle and would have been very fun to design.
—Do you miss the designing, the production and the unveiling of a new Gene? Do you miss the fans, doll shop shows and conventions? Or was it easy to let go of?
I still see clothes in movies or magazines and think 'That would be great for Gene or someone' so I do miss having a place to go with that impulse. The research was always fun. The business part of it is pretty stressful so I can't say I miss the unveiling. I was always on pins and needles when that was going on. I do miss the collectors and talking with them about dolls or their lives, that part was a pleasant surprise for me. My illustration career life was very solitary compared with the public person I became for Gene. That person was my father's personality kicking in and allowing to me to be at ease by not thinking of the people as a crowd but as individuals.
I don't find much of anything easy to let go of, but I did feel it was the right time and the right thing to do. Trust me, I'd thought about it long and hard before I decided. I've had no regrets, let's put it that way.
—Did you ever consider how high Gene's star would shine when you first thought of producing a doll? Did you think your creation would gain world wide fame, spanning several decades and many different roles?
A- I always thought she'd be a success. That's the only way I could excuse the years of work that went into creating her. I really thought she'd change things, and she did. She was created by an artist expressing something really personal, and I think the people got that. I was very much an open book about how much Gene mattered to me. That was her blessing and her curse. People would say negative things about 'product' and I'd react (inside) personally. That's an unusual thing to deal with in business.
—If there were to be another Gene would she be as an ultra-limited resin or porcelain doll possibly hand-painted by yourself? (The person who submitted this question admits that this is his wish.)
A- No, I think she's perfect in the material she's in. As a boomer baby, I LOVE plastic toys, some of my favorite toys of all time were plastic. My experience with resin is limited but resin doesn't really thrill me, it's seems brittle, and I really don't like porcelain. Porcelain for modern dolls is just sort of cynical. It's making something artificially precious when the original material is actually better, more durable and even prettier. As for painting the faces, I would never be able to paint them to my satisfaction. I'm not good at painting little faces, too clumsy. I always drew the faces for the factory. That I can do.
—Is there ANY interest on your part in creating another Diva who will take our breath away?
Have you been approached by any manufacturers?
A- I'm working on a new doll now, but I'm not sure she's a diva. She's not that character. I've done the diva thing, I think better than anybody. Madra was certainly a diva. She was probably the most fun to design for, because she was such an over-the-top character. Nothing was ever too outrageous for her. She was also really beautiful, which gave her some power with the outrageousness.
I've been approached about bringing Gene back but didn't like the picture I had in my mind of how she'd look. They were planning on a different material and style of body. Gene's body is almost as recognizable as her face and I think she was perfect just as she happened. I would love for a manufacturer to approach me. I'd show them my new thing.
—Will you ever write a tell-all book about your time in the doll biz?
A- Well, I hope I'm going to still be in the doll business so I don't think I'll be writing any tell-all soon. LOL And really, I'm not sure there's a story there, or maybe it's just a very personal story. Early on Gene helped me go through some things I might not have been able to if I hadn't been so preoccupied with a project I truly loved. She came from the heart.
—Do you have interest in having a coffee table book with your many beautiful illustrations, many of which inspired the Gene doll?
A- I would love to do a gorgeous big book on Gene. Trust me, I have a LOT of images for a book like that, dating back to the original drawings. I kept a scrapbook the first year or so before I got so busy I didn't have time for the scrapbook. LOL. I think it'll happen in time.
—How do you feel about dolls yellowing over time?
A- Well, nobody wants that to happen, but the deal with vinyl is certain chemicals that are used to help to keep it flexible. They're mixed in with the materials that make up the color and texture. The materials are mixed by humans and as a result vary. And you don't know till sometimes years later that there's a problem. It's a drag, but a constant possibility in manufacturing.
—Is it true that there was a "Smiling Gene" sculpt?
—What Genes do you currently have on display in your home?
A- I play with Plum Role the most, she's always out. And my 'Mel/Trent' is standing around. I take different dolls out and play with them for a while or look at them, and then put them away again. I live in an apartment in New York rather than a house with a doll room. My doll room is my studio. And these dolls standing around in my studio kind of oversee my new projects, and give me examples of what is possible. I love my dolls, I think they're truly wonderful, and treasure having been the one who got the inspiration to create them. They're my children in a (crazy) way. I have lots of antique dolls in my studio too. And I always think of them as the grandparents to my dolls, in the lineage of fashion dolls. As you can tell, I love dolls and fine them profound and moving.
—Are there questions you believe should have been asked? What are they?
A- I think you've covered it! Thank you for this opportunity.
I want to thank Mel for his time and thoughtful answers.
Thanks, too, to other collectors who sent in questions: Becky Moar aka Becky in Upstate, Mary Dessert aka Mary in CT, PrncssPJ, Ernesto Padro-Campos, Amanda Turnock, Carolyn Tattersall Teachman, Steven Casey, Linda Kriegbaum.
If you didn't get to ask a question, you can put it in the comments section and Mel might answer.


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I took 0037 out today, nice sunny day, top down, and the air conditioner was on for some added comfort during this heat wave. After about 2 hours, my passenger noticed that water was dripping from under the dash to the passenger floor. I think it is from over condensation from the open cockpit on a hot day, but I am concerned that the air conditioner box may be leaking. I turned off the AC and the dripping stopped.
Has anyone seen this behavior before, or know why this may be leaking or sweating water into the passenger compartment. Any advise is greatly appreciated, as the car is finally approaching its 12K mile checkup after 11 years, 11125 miles of pure joy.


text: Jennifer's turn ons are muscles and turn offs are braggarts. She says she is determined, atheletic and lovable. Jennifer has high family values, and enjoys the holidays when she can spend time with friends and family. She sets out to impress people with her whole package and not just her looks but does confess that her butt is probably her best feature.


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Sister Mary Eunice loves two things: killing and encouraging others to kill. She does plenty of both in this episode.
Her newest recruit: Santa Claus. Or not really Santa, but a deranged madman who is locked up for killing 18 people from five families in one night, all while donning the traditional Santa outfit.
"I'm not feeling very Christmassy,' he said before putting a bullet through the heads of a man and his wife.
The scene was the first of two flashbacks showing the dangerous nature of the bearded patient.
As the couple's daughter Suzy walked down the stairs minutes prior to the shooting, I got the feeling viewers weren't in for a Cindy Lou Who moment where the young girl's innocence would help move the nutcase from his psychotic ledge.
"Where's your beard," the girl asked him.
"I shaved. It was scratchy."
"Why are you here? Christmas isn't for six days."
"That's what you get for letting Rudolph organize your calendar," the crazed man answered.
We can only assume the girl was one of the 18 victims.
In the second flashback, we are shown that Sister Jude has plenty of reason to fear the terminator version of Santa.
During a Briarcliff Christmas party, the patient went Hannibal Lecter and chewed off an orderlies' face. His punishment: rotting away in solitary confinement for a year without a check-up from Sister Jude.
But the holidays come early for crazy Santa when Sister Mary Eunice releases her newest pawn from his cell. Briarcliff's resident security guard Frank becomes Sister Mary Eunice's latest victim with a slashed throat in the process.
Santa's first visit as a free man is to see Sister Jude. The killer didn't exactly have Jude on his "nice" list, but more on that later.
An unlikely union
It took Sister Jude and Dr. Arden a lifetime to figure out what everyone else in the asylum already knew. Sister Mary Eunice is not the same shy girl who was afraid to take a bite of Arden's candy apple.
Dr. Arden tests this notion by offering Sister Mary Eunice a romantic gift: ruby earrings he confiscated from a dead Jewish girl who kept the accessories hidden in her stool.
Hoping for rejection, Arden gets mad when Sister Mary Eunice likes his distasteful present.
"I was expecting you to throw them back in my face," Arden says, telling the nun that he knows she's the devil.
"If you're against me, even God can't help you," Mary Eunice tells him.
I would think that threatening an atheist with religious omens would be unsuccessful, but it rattles Arden enough to ask his arch-enemy Sister Jude for help in bringing down the corrupt nun.
"I don't believe in God," Arden says. "But I believe in evil. I've seen up close and personal."
Arden agrees to bring Mary Eunice to Sister Jude's room. But there's one problem. Dr. Arden is evil. He always has been and always will be. The error in judgment makes for a stunned Sister Jude when killer Santa walks through the door to her room.
"Guess what?" nutcase Santa asks Sister Jude rhetorically. "There is no God. But there is a Santa Claus."
As the crazed Santa pummels Sister Jude inside a locked room, Arden can't help but to be proud of himself.
"I trust my loyalty is no longer in question," he says to Mary Eunice.
Santa continues punishing Sister Jude, lashing her with a cane.
Earlier in the episode, Arden told Mary Eunice not to underestimate Sister Jude, but Arden himself does this by thinking Jude will be killed by a man who has been locked up so long, he probably couldn't see the sun through a telescope.
Sister Jude stabs Santa in the neck, ending the Christmas festivities.
Bloody Face reborn
Lana picks up at Briarcliff where she left off in Dr. Thredson's basement -- bed-ridden. That is, until she sees Kit drugged up and realizes the authorities are unaware of her situation and no one is coming to save her.
If she were Kit, Lana would probably smash a security guard over the head with a telephone to escape. Instead she uses a phone for its more conventional purpose and tries to call for help.
What Lana doesn't know is that Thredson is lurking in the shadows waiting for his opportunity to reclaim his victim.
"You made me kill Bloody Face," he says to her. "But like the phoenix, Bloody Face had to burn so he could be born again. Your skin will be the start of a whole new Bloody Face."
Thredson grabs Lana and begins his intimidation routine, but the doctor is a lot of talk. His lecture gives Kit enough time to reach the scene and knock Thredson unconscious.
Lana wants Thredson dead, but Kit needs the doctor to corroborate his story and prove his innocence in the murder of Alma and the other girls. Instead, Kit and Lana tie Thredson up and leave him in one of Birarcliff's abandoned rooms.
"One day I'll bury you," Lana says.
Final thoughts
The devil displays a good sense of humor as Mary Eunice. When she's not killing people, Mary Eunice is usually messing with their minds. In this episode, she used Christmas as another opportunity to have some fun. With Sister Jude no longer in charge, Sister Mary Eunice decided to celebrate her own way.
"That mean old Grinch tossed out all our ornaments, so we need to improvise," she tells the patients.
Mary Eunice then proceeds to decorate the tree with dentures, jars and other possessions.
Best known for playing Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean, Ian McShane was convincing as the deranged Santa. Too bad that like Mark Margolis' character Sam Goodman, McShane's character had a short life on the show.
There's a scene at the end of the episode where Dr. Arden is carrying Grace's body in a wheelbarrow when a bright light intervenes and the body disappears. The aliens must be a species of lonely men. They seem to only abduct women.
What we learned
Never trust Dr. Arden. Wait, didn't everyone in Briarcliff know that from day one? Apparently Sister Jude's drinking had a big impact on her short-term memory.
Santa doesn't care if you're naughty or nice. He's an equal-opportunity killer.
The mad Santa was thrown in jail around Christmas after stealing a loaf of bread and there he was raped by other inmates. The crime was so traumatizing, it led the man to wear the Santa suit and kill to show his displeasure with Christmas.
What to expect next week
It's Sister Jude's turn to be held captive. Monsignor Timothy Howard continues to support Arden by chaining Jude to a bed. Will she get the electro-shock therapy treatment? It would be a welcome sight for Lana.
Dylan McDermott makes his return, this time playing the role of patient consulting a psychiatrist. He has a lot to get off his chest, including a confession to a surprising secret.


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A few notes before I get into the code, I created this using C# in Visual Studio 2010(.Net 4.0), but it should work fine in Visual Studio 2008(.Net 3.5) as well. Start out by creating a new Class Library Project. Now you can add a new item to your project, I chose ASP.Net Server Control as that loads the basic shell of a server control for you, but you can also just add a normal class and go from there as well. You probably want to name the class file something meaningful, like CustomGridView.cs, or MyGrid.cs, or AGridViewWithACustomPagerBuiltIntoIt.cs, or whatever else makes sense to you. You may, or may not, need to add a reference to System.Design to your project, I did. Here is where you can find some information on adding and removing references to your project as that is not in the scope of this tutorial.
To get started here are the usings that were necessary to build the project.
Now if you chose ASP.Net Server Control as the new item then go ahead and delete the Text Property and the Render Method that were created as we will not be dealing with those. Ok, so the next thing we want to do is name our class and tell it that we want to inherit from the GridView control. We also need to add a couple of attributes to the class. We will add a designer attribute so Visual Studio will know how to render the control during design time. As this control inherits from GridView we can just use the GridViewDesigner class instead of creating our own. We will also add a ToolBoxData attribute, this attribute tells visual studio how to create the tag for the control when it's moved from the toolbox onto your .aspx page.
Now we can get on to the actual creation of the new pager control. For this we're going to use four controls: 3 Button controls, and a TextBox control.
I added a property to allow the user the option of enabling the custom pager or to use the default pager control. To persist the value of this property we need to make sure its value is stored to ViewState. This property is not necessary to the operation of the control, but if you choose to not include it you will need to be sure to remove the references to it in other parts of the code.
Since we are creating a pager control we will make use of the GridView's InitializePager method. We do this by overriding the method and adding our custom logic to it. In this case we just want to see if the user has chosen to use the custom pager and if so to load our custom pager controls.
Now we can go ahead and initialize our pager controls and add them to the Pager Row. This step includes setting all of the properties for out controls, such as the test, events and any other properties you would like to set.
Simple enough so far huh, well if you're expecting it to get more difficult then I'm sorry to say you're going to be disappointed. All that's left is to handle our pager control events and this control will be ready for use. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail on each individual event as the logic is fairly straightforward, but I will put in some comments to kind of walk through it.
And that's the final step. You should now be able to build the control. To use it in another project now just add a reference to the .dll that was created and you can then add the control to your toolbox.
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Blendover Episode Seventy Six:
Dan Caycedo from Sons of Tonatiuh joins Blendover as our guest co-host – and while the FBI was busy changing their primary mission, they are now being sued by Insane Clown Posse. We follow-up on the Satanic Temple invading Oklahoma; while Colorado is reaping the financial success of legalizing pot. Later, we catch up on Star Wars, and examine the remarkable profit of Grand Theft Auto V.
Topics Discussed:
- Shout-Outs
- Insane Clown Posse sues the FBI
- The Satanic Temple and Oklahoma
- Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales
- Boris
- Star Wars
- Grand Theft Auto V
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69 Pinecroft Road, Weston
Home size: 1,989 square feet
Lot size: 0.92 acres
Rooms: 4 bedrooms, 2.1 baths
Year built: 1952
Annual taxes: $9,081 (2013)
Asking price: $925,000
Open house: Sunday, June 23, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
A prime cul-de-sac location in a family neighborhood of higher-priced homes gives this meticulously maintained four-bedroom ranch added value. Spacious living room with a fireplace and sliders to a patio, an updated eat-in kitchen and private master suite are nice features of this house. The home's deck and patio are perfect places for enjoying the bucolic setting just steps from conservation land.The house is convenient to commuter rail and major routes.
A prime location on a cul-de-sac in a close-knit neighborhood, just steps from conservation land and convenient to Weston Center and commuter routes, adds to the value of this meticulously maintained ranch-style home.
Built in 1952, the house at 69 Pinecroft Road in Weston has a bit of Boston history in the stones of its fireplace hearth, a bucolic setting and expansion potential. An addition in the 1960s enlarged the kitchen and added a master bedroom and deck.
The four-bedroom home offers 1,989 square feet of living space on a private, landscaped 0.92-acre lot.
Jane Donnelly and Kate Brasco of Century 21 Shawmut Properties are marketing the house at $925,000.
"It's the location that makes this house so special," said Donnelly. "It's a cul-de-sac with conservation land at the end of the street, very quiet, and with so many nice homes. It's a fabulous family neighborhood."
The current owners said the neighborhood is what they will miss most about vacating their home of 27 years. They have maintained the house in top shape and recently updated the kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite countertops and top-of the-line appliances.
The house is near the end of the cul-de-sac, set back on a wooded lot.
The wide entrance hall has a stone floor and Venetian plaster on the walls, a surface that looks like polished travertine or limestone. The plaster includes a wax surface coat so that it does not need paint or maintenance beyond a simple wipe with a cloth to clean it.
The living room is off the foyer directly across from the front door, while the kitchen is to the right.
A wing to the left of the foyer has three bedrooms and a full bathroom. Two of the bedrooms are separated by a pocket door, which gives the option of a bedroom and sitting room. All of the bedrooms have nice views of the yard.
The kitchen has a ceramic floor, custom maple cabinetry, granite countertops, good pantry space and a peninsula with seating. Appliances include an electric Wolf cooktop and oven and a dishwasher by Miele.
The kitchen has an open, airy feel with its large dining area filled with natural light from three tall windows and double sliding doors to a deck.
The living room has polished wood floors, Venetian plaster walls, recessed lighting and a quadruple picture window that makes nature views a part of the room. There's also a glass door to a deck.
The focal point of the living room is a fireplace with a distinctive floor-to-ceiling cobblestone hearth. The stones are reputed to be from Scollay Square in Boston. When the West End of Boston was torn down and redeveloped as today's Government Center in the early 1960s, the city offered to give demolished materials to anyone who could load and take away a full dump truck load. The story goes that an architect living next door on Pinecroft Road had an in with a contractor who supplied the cobblestones used in the hearth.
A master bedroom was part of a 1962 addition that expanded the kitchen. The bedroom is up a short flight of stairs and has the same nine-foot-high ceilings as the rest of the house as well as high windows on two walls and a double closet with upper storage cupboards. A full bath with a shower is off the bedroom.
Another stairway leads to a lower-level family room. Full windows line one wall of the carpeted room, which has a paneled pine ceiling with track lighting and an original brick fireplace.
There's also a large carpeted office and a basement workroom with doors to two separate single-bay attached garages.
The property is well landscaped with mature plantings and perennial beds and distinctive stone and gravel pathways. There's also a storage shed.
The house has oil heat and central air conditioning.
For more information on 69 Pinecroft Road, Weston, contact Jane Donnelly at 617-719-1774 or Kate Brasco at 617-285-3401, listing agents from Century 21 Shawmut Properties. An open house takes place Sunday, June 23, from noon to 1:30 p.m. This house is shown by appointment.


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I wouldn't have called myself an atheist during my childhood, but I certainly was un-churched and if someone had asked me about my opinion of god I would have shrugged my shoulders and said "I don't know. Maybe". But my friends believed in him and he seemed important to them, so I decided to test his existence by asking for him to show me a tornado because I had always wanted to see one. I mean, he was supposedly all powerful and such, so that shouldn't be such a difficult task, right? I lived in Colorado where tornados were fairly common and I found that even under what should have been easy circumstances to produce a tornado (inclement weather), god could not do it when I asked. I mean, god, god, you couldn't even give me a god damn tornado when it was like all windy and lightning-ing and thundering everywhere? Pathetic. And so I decided there was probably nothing out there.
Eventually my critical analysis of god/no god became more sophisticated (one day I saw a tornado go halfway down from the sky and then fizzle out… was that god like trying but failing miserably? Perhaps not the best reasoning for atheism. I just imagine a guy with a beard holding out his pointed finger and scrunching his face like he's constipated trying to get the tornado to go all the way down, but can't because he's just not all that powerful and then giving up). But my reasoning came down to a few things. Certainly the Judeo-Christian god can be easily ruled out. How? LIFE SUCKS. I should be more specific. Life sucks/doesn't suck equally across all belief systems. Seriously, pick 100 people from any belief system and you will assuredly find a bell-curve distribution of suckiness levels of their lives. This goes strongly against the idea of the Judeo-Christian god that rewards and protects its faithful members. And also the Bible doesn't make any damn sense. I mean, haha, a guy walking on water!? It must have been FROZEN water, am I right or am I right?
The other religions suffered from similar fallacies…but did that rule out the existence of a god that farted out a universe and now just sorta sits on his la-z-boy chair and watches everything? What about the deist perspective? The deist perspective is like staring at the refrigerator and wondering if there is a cheesecake inside. An undetectable cheesecake. A magical undetectable cheesecake. The cheesecake wouldn't affect any of the other food, you wouldn't even have the means to taste the cheesecake to see if it was chocolate or raspberry. It is as if the cheesecake doesn't exist so it isn't even worth wondering about. Deism is literally the biggest waste-of-time philosophical pursuit because the implications are nothing and there are no proofs or disproofs. I think it is a cop-out for people who are uncomfortable with conventional religion but still want to cling to their soft and furry "spiritual side".
Richard Dawkins said it best I think; "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference." Or in other words, we are nothing but bags of atoms in the abyss.
Ruthy McCoy
United States


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Guide to the Elmer E. Robinson Collection, 1764-1973
Guide to the Elmer E. Robinson Collection, 1764-1973
Collection number: M145Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: email@example.com
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- March 1966
- Encoded by:
- Patricia White
Documents A - H
Arnold, ___. Explanation sheet for copy of Sylvie & Bruno, by Lewis Carroll.
Ashbec, C. R. to Charley Downer, A.L.S. 1939 Dec. 21,with Christmas card.
Bayard, Thomas Francis. Autograph.
Bonaparte, Jereme Napoleon. 1870 Jan 15.A.L.S. to Bantz Mayer.
Brown, Marjorie to Ralph Hansen. A.N.S. n.y. Sept. 8
Brown, Walter F. 1929 Dec. 16.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Brown, Walter F. 1932 Jan. 27.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur
Bullit, William C. 1928 Sept. 15.A.L.S. to [Felton] Elkins.
Bundy, McGeorge. 1973 Mar. 21.T.L.S. to Pat Palmer re Ford Foundation.
Caen, Herb. [1966].T.N.S. to R. W. Hansen.
Chavez, Carlos. T.L.S. to Nathan Van Patten. 1948 Dec. 9
Congar, H. N. to D. F. Gama. 1865 Aug. 14re death of Lincoln.
Cottrell, Edwin A. Misc. material on national affairs:
1862 Apr. 19.Clip. Supplement to the New York Times - fall of Ft. Pulaski.
1864.R. E. Hannum. Season ticket to Great Central Fair, [Philadelphia].
1865.Commencement invitation to 15th Commencement of the Medical Dept. of Georgetown College.
1866.Jefferson Medical College to Jos. H. Hornor. Notice of recommendation for degree.
1920 June 28.Democratic Convention, 1 floor staff ticket, 6 guest tickets.
1932 June 14.Republican National Convention guest ticket.
1933 Jan. 11.2 passes to House of Representatives, Wash. D.C. and 2 passes to the Senate. no signature.
1933 Feb. 8.Ticket to counting of electoral vote.
n.d.Clip. To the members of the House of Representatives against admission of Missouri as a slave state.
Curtis, Charles. 1931 Dec. 22.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Ehrenburg, Ilya. Xerox copy of T.N.S. to Mr. Rogera. 1963 Aug. 31.(In French).
Photographs of Pres. Grant and his cabinet (bound) belonging to Mrs. Leland Stanford. Note by Mrs. Julia Grant on calling cards included.
Hamilton, John [C?]. 1856 May 24.A.L.S. to James A[sheton] Bayard, Jr. Editon of the Federalist.
Hamlin, Hannibal. Autograph, 1884and cover.
Hancock, Winfield Scott. Autograph calling card.
Hooker, Frances L. School girl's copy book with some original compositions, 1863-1864.
Daughters of the American Revolution
A report of the Sixth Continental Congress of the DAR. A.Ms.S. by Cornelia W. Lincoln Davol, Vice Regent (Historian) Quequechan Chapter, Fall River, Mass.
A History of Revolutionary Ancestors of Some of the Members of the Quequechan Chapter; Extracts from the Notebooks of a Soldier of the Revolution (Rufus Lincoln) with copy of a poem by James Moore from same. 1897.
Documents Hoover - R
Hoover, Herbert Clark:
1928 June 15.T.L.S. and cvr. to Mrs. Sloss.
1930 Mar. 8.T.D. Announcement of death of William Howard Taft.
1934 Oct. 11.T. L.S. to Mrs. Sloss.
1938 Apr. 13.T.L.S. and cvr. to Mr. & Mrs. Sloss.
Hopkins, Harry L. 1943 Feb. 18.T.L.S. to Mrs. Sloss.
Hunt, William H. 1882 Mar. 21.L.S. to Lewis Gerstle.
Jones, Jne. P. 1883 Mar. 8.A.L.S. to Mrs. Max C. Sloss. Autograph album & collecting.
Kaleleonalani, [Emma]. 1877 Mar. 1.A.L.S. and 2 cvrs. to Mrs. Burke. Exchange of photos.
Knox, Frank. 1934 July 14.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
LaFollette, Robert M., Jr. 1931 Dec. 15.T.L.S. to "Dear Madam."
Lewis, Joseph [J.]. Autograph.
Lincoln, F.W. Autograph. 1865.
Lindsay, John. 1970 Mar. 5.T. L. S. to Jack Plotkin.
Longfellow, Zilrah. 1819 Aug. 21.A.L.S. to Mrs. Bowling.
McAdoo, William Gibbs. Autograph. 1915.
Mellon, A[ndrew] W. 1929 Dec. 17.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Meredith, E[dwin] T. 1920 Feb. 6.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Mills, Ogden L. 1932 Feb. 17.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Mitchell, William DeWitt. 1932 Jan. 21.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Perkins, George C. Autograph and cvr. 1882.
Pinchot, Gifford. 1910 Mar. 4.T.L.S. to Mrs. John Snook. National Conservation Association. Mounted on verso:
a. T.A. Rickard to Mrs. Snook. A.L.S. & cvr. 1909 Mar. 14.
b. Bruce____ to Marie Snook. A.L.S. & cvr. 1908 Feb. 22.
Robeson, George M. Autograph.
Documents S - Y
Schley, Winfield Scott. 1903,Autograph.
Scibird, Ruth - Miscellany:
a. Ptd. invitation to A Donation Visit for Rev. K. Haven. 1872.
b. Coal weights. 1872(Mr. Clark).
c. Mr. Smart to John Henderson. 1779-1780.Bill.
d. Ptd. announcement of lectures - Music Hall spiritual meetings. Autograph notes on verso. [E. Hardinge ?].
e. 2 ptd. broadsides - Unitarian Fair & Festival.
f. "Stand by the Flag" ptd. broadside.
Seward, F. W. to D. F. Gama. A.L.S. 1865 Sept. 25.
Seward, William H. to D. F. Gama. A.L.S. with cover, 1865 July 24.
[Stimson, Henry L.]. 1929 Dec. 16.T.L. to R. L. Wilbur.
Stone, Harlan F.
1934 Mar. 2.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
1941 June 20.A.L.S. & covr. to M. C. Sloss.
Straus, Oscar S.
1906 Nov. 9.T.L.S. to Judge Sloss.
Sumner, C[harles]. Autograph from [London].
Tunney, Gene. 1939 May 13.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Warren, Earl. 1944 July 7.T.L.S. & cvr. to Judge & Mrs. M. C. Sloss.
Wetmore, Samuel to D. F. Gama. 1864 Dec. 7.A.L.S. re cotton
Wilbur, Ray Lyman. 1929 Mar. 7.T.L.S. & cvr. to Judge & Mrs. M. C. Sloss.
1929 Mar. 18.T.L. from Mrs. M. C. Sloss to R. L. Wilbur re prohibition.
1929 Apr. 1.T.L.S. & cvr. to Mrs. M. C. Sloss.
1929 May 23.T.L.S. to Mrs. Hattie S. Sloss.
1929 June 25.T.L.S. to Mrs. Max C. Sloss
[1930 May 8].A.L.S. & cvr. to Mrs. Max Sloss.
Young, C. C. 1929 Mar. 2.T.L.S., T.D. (copy of a statement re: Hoover's inauguration) & cvr.
Young, Owen D. 1937 Apr. 5.T.L.S. to R. L. Wilbur.
Shields, Daniel.
Receipt book. 1808-1828.Albany and Schenectady, New York.
Fienn, James.
Account book. 1803 Nov. -1806.In back is Day Book for Expenses of the House, etc. Daniel Shields' name appears. n.d.


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Monday, March 8, 2010
Mood Board Monday: Purple & Brown Nursery
So how do you translate this grown-up space into a nursery? I'd start by using less chocolate brown, confining it to furniture and fabrics instead of using it as the dominate wall color. But don't get rid of it altogether: the dark brown here is essential as it will make the room feel more grown-up and ground all that lavender and white. I'd also follow Amanda's lead and keep a lot of white in the room though as the crisp white furniture and bedding keeps the room from feeling oppressively dark and is a great contrast to the brown.
I'd start by selecting a cool and calm lilac for the walls, with enough gray in it that it doesn't veer into mauve {shudders}. Serena & Lily's low-VOC paint in Lilac ($45/gallon) is a great option. As with grown-up bedrooms, the focal point of a child's room should be the bed (or crib) and I love the bold statement this sleigh crib makes. I'd put it in the center of the room, allowing it to be viewed from all angles. For bedding, I adore Serena & Lily's posey collection, with its crisp lilac and white pinstripe and chocolate brown piping. I also love how the floral pillow has a slight ethnic feel -- and tons of other bright colors (like the hot pink, yellow or turquoise) to pull out if you decide to incorporate another accent color. To bring in more color and pattern, I'd have simple curtain panels made out of China Seas' Wildflowers II (I'd go with the brown and white colorway for the curtains with the purple and white colorway as trim and maybe an extra throw pillow or two).
To play up the Moorish pattern on the rug, I'd use a Moroccan key table, painted glossy white to match the sleekly modern ZGallerie dresser. For lighting, I'd keep it feminine but not frilly. I absolutely adore Barbara Barry's scallop pendant -- sure, it's expensive, but it's a "forever" kind of fixture; no risk of growing out of this light! The curvaceous lilac table lamp from ZGallerie is also a lot of fun and I love its lucite base. Since every new parent needs a comfortable place to sit (and sleep), I selected the Presidio glider from Serena & Lily, complete with coordinating lilac trim on the white slip cover. Most gliders are honestly pretty hideous, but I love the narrower arms and sleeker frame of this model.
Source list (clockwise, from top left): 1. Posey Collection crib bedding from Serena & Lily. 2. Presidio Glider from Serena & Lily ($949). 3. Simple Scallop Pendant from Circa Lighting ($525). 4. Anadulsia Rug from West Elm ($39-$649). 5. Jett 5-drawer dresser from ZGallerie ($699). 6. Moroccan Key Table from Serena & Lily ($350). 7. Wildflowers II fabric from China Seas in purple and brown. 8. Chloe Table Lamp in Orchid from ZGallerie ($139). 9. Marlowe Sleigh crib from Restoration Hardware ($999).
Don't forget to check out all the other inspiring mood boards HERE.
32 comments:
- Lovely Little Nest said...
Love that rug! Sweet, elegant nursery ~ very nice :)
- March 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Connie @ Sogni e Sorrisi said...
Love the scheme. I think if I had a girl I would prefer purple to the more overdone pink.
- March 8, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Susan/Project Balancing Act said...
Purple is so underused in nurseries. It is so pretty, especially with that chocolate brown!
-Susan at Project Balancing Act
- March 8, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Cristin // Simplified Bee said...
Love the color palette and am huge fans of S&L bedding! Gorgeous!
- March 8, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Nichole said...
Averill, I love your mood boards. You always come up with colors I would never think of and show me how great they could be. Love this!
- March 8, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Fran said...
Wonderful mood board. Honestly, I would never think of those 2 colors together, but I love it. And, I love the scallop pendant!
- March 8, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Kathysue said...
Averill, You are so inspiring!! This is all so wonderful and any new baby would be lucky to have such a soft and sophisticated nursery, I really love it all especially the overhead light fixture Great Job!! I will have to go and check out the other mood boards,this is fun,Have a great Monday,Kathysue
- March 8, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Jen J. said...
Visiting form Sarah's blog! I love this - very cute & a unique spin on a nursery!
- March 8, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Couture Carrie said...
Amazing design ideas, darling!
Love that crib!
- March 8, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Susie @ Maddie G Designs said...
Love what you did here. The lilac with the brown is so pretty. Love that bedding as well.
- March 8, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- ashlina {the decorista} said...
great post! wow. i am so impressed by your style!
- March 8, 2010 at 1:50 PM
- Terrie said...
Wow - absolutely love the unusual take on the color combo and what a sophisticated nursery it makes! That crib is to-die-for! I'm way past the baby phase, but would use this lovely in a heartbeat. Excellent room.
Terrie @ YourDecoratingHotline.com
- March 8, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Laura@JourneyChic said...
Adorable and sophisticated! I've been a fan of that rug for a long time, and I desperately wish there was enough $ in the budget for a ceiling light like the one you featured.
- March 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Liz @ It's Great To Be Home said...
Love the color choices - so unexpected!
- March 8, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- Sarah said...
thanks for the pillow link!! I do love that fabric, unfortunately none of the colorways match my house!!!
- March 8, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Marija said...
Averill such a fun nursery! Your board looks fantastic! I think I need to go study that rocking chair for a certain nursery I am having some trouble with! Marija
- March 8, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Acanthus and Acorn said...
I am adopting you...as my design partner! If only...love it all!!!
- March 8, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Janell @ House of Fifty said...
The colors would be wonderful in a nursery, have I see this color palette in a nusrsery before? Brown and pink, but not brown and lilac. If I was designing one right now I'd just have to steal your ideas.
- March 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Christy said...
Just beautiful Averill! I love all your choices!
- March 8, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Sarah said...
Averill, this is so pretty!!! Was definitely not expecting a nursery when you mentioned you used the Andalusia in chocolate!! This is my favorite kind of baby's room...one that sticks to all the design principles you'd use in an adult space. I've never been a huge fan of purple in general, but I think you've converted me:) My favorites are the Serena & Lily bedding (love them) and that adorable scallop pendant. Well done, girl! Thanks for being such a strong supporter of MBM.
- March 8, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- alison giese Interiors said...
Gorgeous - wish I could make it mine!
- March 8, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Dianna@DecorMadeSimple said...
Love the bedding and pendent lamp. My girls like purple over pink.
- March 8, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Kellie Collis said...
So pretty . I am starting to like purple more and more! x
- March 9, 2010 at 2:19 AM
- Beth Connolly said...
Very unexpected choices for a nursery. Very unisex as well.
- March 9, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Tracy Watier said...
Who knew brown and purple could look so fresh and crisp?! Nice job, Averill. Love the ceiling fixture and that beautiful crib.
- March 9, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Unknown said...
Really love Purple so much, and now really loving it with brown! And z gallery is the best! Off to view the other boards, thanks.
- March 9, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Roeshel said...
You've created a beautiful one of a kind nursery! I love it! :)
- March 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Jess @ Frugal with a Flourish said...
Oooh! I love it! Fantastic use of the rug and that paint color is great! (love your {shudders} too! I have the exact same reaction!)
- March 9, 2010 at 6:43 PM
- KJJ Houston said...
love those purple drapes!
- March 10, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...
I've always thought that I would love to use purple in a little girl's nursery. I love how you translated it! The wall color is divine!
- March 10, 2010 at 11:00 PM
- dining table said...
I like the purple one! The color is so attractive and beautiful! The drapes are so eye catching.
- June 14, 2010 at 12:30 AM
- Kathy said...
I never knew that purple looks good with brown. The bedroom designed by Nisbet looks classy and elegant. My original plan was to paint my baby girl's room pink but now I'm having second thoughts. I have to consult my husband with the paint color once we have completed the installation of the Sarasota flooring. Thanks for the great post! Keep them coming!
- July 5, 2010 at 2:13 AM


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I recently discovered this insanely, ridiculously cute (vegan & cruelty-free) line of eyeshadows online, and I fell head over heals in love. Glittersniffer, you had me at cute cupcake packaging. Also, the labels on each shadow have glittery bows. If I were a colorful pigment (preferabley of the purple shade), I'd be beyond stoke to live in one of these eyeshadow containers.
So I tried out the following shades (each $6.50): Purple Reign (soft lavender), Flicker (intense shimmery yellow), I Fiend for It (mermaid blue) and Rings of Saturn (light, shimmery orange)—cute names, huh?
I had the most fun with Flicker and I Fiend for It, but I love them all! They are intense, long-lasting, fun colors that are made of pure pigments (no fillers, chemicals, preservatives or other gunk makeup should not have). Plus, a lot of these shadows have mad shimmer, yo, and you know I'm all about that! If you're rockin' beaucoup dollarinos, you can buy their entire 110-piece collection! (if you do that, will you please share with me?) 🙂
Need to get your fiend on? Check out their fun website or fan them on Facebook.
Unfortunately, Glittersniffer Cosmetics was not entirely vegan or safe. Here is a statement from Lela, president of Glittersniffer Cosmetics concerning the matter:
GS Customers Past and Present,
I am coming forth to you with a heavy heart and an explanation you have all been looking for. Let me start at the beginning. My career making pigments began as a hobby in 2006 when my makeup addiction began to affect my pocket book. I wanted more than anything to develop a product that was affordable and could be used interchangeably to form the various cosmetics I spent all of my money on. I was working at a hotel chain and every paycheck went toward my makeup addiction; this is when Glittersniffer Cosmetics was born.
I started a shop on Etsy to sell the pigments I mastered, and I did so strictly as a hobby. I had no business experience, and I was lacking in knowledge when it came to cosmetic guidelines. I did some research and learned that many pinks and bright colors were made with ingredients that were either not FDA approved, or that were cosmetically approved but not eye approved. I made many pink colors with the idea in mind that these pigments could be turned into other cosmetic items such as blush, lipstick, or nail polish. I researched other cosmetic companies and learned that they used neon colors even though they were not FDA approved for use around the eyes, and I took a chance and made some for myself. The neon colors contain soap dyes, which is why they are not eye approved. I began posting pictures of these neon looks and people were insisting that they be given the opportunity to try them. I in fact did warn my customers about the 80's collection and why it was not eye approved, but every time I took it out of my stock I received multiple e-mails demanding its return. I then made a poor decision and made other colors out of soap dyes, and not all of these colors were advertised as they should have been.
I began to realize that Glittersniffer Cosmetics was too big for the site that we were selling off of, and the fee's surrounding my sales were really hindering my profit, so I hired a Vice President, ditched my old sales route, and opened a big new website. I was not ready for any of that. I failed to realize during this expansion, that the standard my loyal customers had previously held me to was increasing, and that I needed to re-evaluate my business practices. I believed that I could continue treating a business that had over five thousand customers, as a hobby to make extra money. GS was growing, but I was not. My mind continued to stay focused on my personal issues, and I let my business fall behind. I put e-mails off, I allowed orders to pile up, and then I found myself in a situation I saw no way out of. Most small businesses start out with some sort of small business loan, grant, or other monetary infusion, but because I had never considered a need for such a thing for something I considered to be a hobby; I didn't have the funds to pay a staff to assist me with the ordering, packaging, and shipping process. Here is where my down hill slide began.
I have long advertised my company as an all vegan company, and I became so caught up in offering every customer something that they would love for a fair price, that I began losing sight of why I implemented my company values in the first place. It started with making reds that included carmine. I tried to always include a note letting the buyer know that the pigment was non-vegan, but when a consumer is buying from an all vegan company, they shouldn't have to look for notes indicating otherwise. I then noticed a fan commenting that they wanted really nice brushes for a relatively reasonable price, and I found some badger fur brushes and placed them for sale. Selling those brushes was one of the worst moves I could have made as a company, and I put the feelings of my loyal, vegan customers aside to make money. For that, I will forever be sorry.
I have heard the voices of my customers, past and present, and I would like to come to you and tell you what I am changing to bring this company back to what it was meant to be. From this point forward, we will only be selling merchandise through our official Glittersniffer Cosmetics website. Selling from multiple places became too confusing. GS Cosmetics will be pre-making a set number of collections and products, and we will only be selling until we run out of them. At the point in which the stock is depleted, we will not be offering it ever again. There will be no re-making of collections or trying to duplicate collection colors. We are discarding all of our old stock and re-doing each and every pigment to be 100% vegan, FDA, and eye approved with recipes for the colors that we will always keep in stock. Never again will we sell a pigment or a collection that does not fit the above categories. Any staff member of GS Cosmetics who will be touching any merchandise will wear gloves. All ingredients that could be found in any of our products will be listed on the GS website. We have hired a new, more efficient staff, including a new vice president who will assist in all business related decisions, an accountant, a bookkeeper, and we have applied for a business license in the state of Michigan.
I want to personally, and publically apologize to my customers both new and old for my actions over the last six months. I have spent many sleepless nights thinking about what has happened and realizing that there are some things I won't be able to fix. I have not only lost customers and nearly lost my company, but I have lost friendships with the women who helped create my company, and that is what hurts the most. With every beat of my heart…I am so sorry I have let you down.
Lela Warren
President of Glittersniffer Cosmetics
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This company is definitely shady. Please think about retracting your recommendation of Lela or Glittersniffer. She admitted to lying the ENTIRE time that her line was Vegan. Now she is begging people to trust her on Facebook. What drama! All I know is that I used her things, assuming they were WHAT SHE CLAIMED but now they are not. Bunch of wasted money and who knows what risk she put me at? Please Please PLEASE update this and let the word out that she is not what she claims.
Customers have has troubles with their eyes (irritation, pinkeye) after using her products, she's marking non-vegan products as vegan, and repackages TKB trading-micas at a ridiculous markup, nor does she or her employees use gloves when filling pots or cutting soap, her customer service is horrid and a lot of her long-time fans (me included) had enough of the BS and left. I don't think you should recommend a company this shady.
She also breaks the law by not stating her ingredients on full-sized products as required by the FDA, and marking things as vegan when not, and using soap dyes (strictly non-cosmetic dyes) for eyeshadows. Tsk, tsk.
Beware, a lot of her products are being sold as vegan are in fact not. Some of her reds contain carmine, some products contain beeswax, and she is also selling brushes marked as vegan but at one point were marked as badger fur. She also sells brushes that are horse and goat hair. And a few of her colors contain soap dyes and glitter too large and have had reports of corneal abrasions by some. Just a fair warning. A good friend of mine is a very strict vegan and we just recently found out all this stuff we've been using is not.
The reds and pinks that she has for sale DO have carmine in them. These shadows have not been Vegan-approved by any measure or FDA-approved as the owner claims. The mica for the shadows are from TKB, the mica supplier for GS. In each mica that is used for the reds & pinks, the ingredient list is supplied on TKB. The ingredient lists carmine. That is not Vegan.
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This endorsement page is archived from our original efforts to bring overnight transit service to metro Boston. Spoiler alert: We were successful! We thank all of you for your support over the past couple years.
For information on the MBTA Late Night & Early Morning bus service that began on September 2, 2018, please visit:
Overnight bus service fills the transit gap in service to provide job access to late and early shift workers. Many are transit dependent.
Boston is a world-class city that never stops working; neither should its transit network.
2017 October 31 — The FMCB yesterday agreed to advance the Overnight Transit Service pilot program sponsored by TransitMatters, Boston, Revere, Chelsea, Cambridge and Somerville. The service, called NightBus, is structured to provide transit service to the nearly 50 thousand workers who leave jobs between 1am and 4 am.
The FMCB decided to delay final approval of the pilot to determine how to implement Nightbus in the most cost-effective manner.
The options that will be considered include:
Private Operators servicing the route via a RFP.
Utilizing MassPort "Sunrise Service & Longwood Medical Area shuttles to service the routes in the early morning hours.
Seeing if private operators could utilize shorter buses to reduce the cost of operation.
Working with Carmen's Union to utilize part time employees to service the route at a reduced cost.
The Chair of the FMCB also set a target date of July 2018 (FY19) for it to be implemented.
TransitMatters is committed to seeing NightBus through to implementation. Nightbus is on the Horizon!
2017 October 30 — The FMCB will vote on the overnight portion of NightBus! We need you to speak out in support! Endorse the Project below, ask your elected officials to speak at the meeting in support, speak in support at the meeting and watch the livestream!
2017 July 31 — The FMCB saw a presentation on the pilot proposal sponsored by the Cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville and Transitmatters. During the Meeting the Board decided to split our pilot proposal into two alternatives, one for peak overnight service and one for early morning service. Our Pilot Proposal along with Data compiled by the MBTA demonstrated a clear demand for overnight service. Earlier this year the MBTA put out a RFI for overnight service, in which they received no suitable responses. MBTA staff has asked the board to decide on the next steps for overnight service, either a relaxed RFP for private operators or an MBTA run service. The Board also heard public comment and statements of support from:
- Barr Foundation
- Massachusetts Restaurant Association
- Alliance for Business Leadership
- Transportation for Massachusetts
- Conservation Law Foundation
- State Representative Adrian Madaro
- Boston City Council Candidate Corey Dianopolis
While we knew to expect no final resolution from the meeting today we do expect a vote on early morning service and further clarification on peak overnight service at the August 14th FMCB meeting. Please support the proposal by attending the meeting on August 14th 2017, asking your government officials to publicly support overnight service, writing a letter of support and submitting it to the FMCB. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the MBTA to advocate for equitable, reliable, overnight transit for all of us.
Read our Statement to the FMCB
See the Presentation
NightBus Timeline
- October 30 2017 - The FMCB will vote on the overnight portion of the NightBus Proposal
August 14 2017 - The FMCB approves the extending early morning bus routes as a portion of NightBus!
- July 31 2017 — The FMCB is shown the pilot proposal sponsored by the Cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville and Transitmatters.
- September 2016 — MBTA FMCB directed staff to survey for demand/interest in overnight transit service
- October 2016 — We met regularly with MBTA, City of Boston, City of Cambridge staff to draft the survey questions
- Nov-Dec 2016 — MBTA, City of Boston, City of Cambridge, and TransitMatters volunteers distributed and shared the survey; City of Boston and Cambridge also worked to survey employers and collect other sources of information about existing overnight travel in the region
- January 2017 — MBTA data team processed survey results and data from other sources to paint a picture of overnight travel needs
- Late February 2017 — MBTA adopted a transit pilot proposal policy. Survey results and data were presented to the MBTA FMCB.
- March - July 2017 — We worked regularly with the MBTA and the cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville to draft a pilot proposal for Overnight Service.
- July 31st, 2017 — The Cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, and Transitmatters present our pilot proposal to the MBTA FMCB
MBTA staff presented an analysis of the overnight service demand survey and additional data on Monday, 06th February 2017.
Watch the board discussion
MBTA staff presented our plan to the Fiscal Management and Control Board on Monday, 26th September 2016.
Watch the public comments
At the FMCB Meeting, some of our local and state reps, our allies, and our neighbours spoke in support of our plan.
Watch the board discussion
The MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board hear a presentation and discuss the future of our plan.
Read our Statement on NightBus
Our thoughts on the progress made in the FMCB meeting.
News Coverage
T details Foxborough, overnight pilots
Natasha Ishak | Commonwealth Magazine
Could the MBTA run overnight bus routes? Some advocates say yes.
Nicole Dungca | Boston Globe
Hey, MBTA: take this hint on overnight service
Dante Ramos | Boston Globe
Advocates push T to restore late-night service
Jack Sullivan | Commonwealth Magazine
MBTA Leadership Eyes Collaboration with Boston on Night Bus
Michael Norton | State House News Service | WGBH
Late-Night on the MBTA Is Dead. Can NightBus Resurrect It?
Spencer Buell | Boston Magazine
MBTA dithering on late night service
Matthew Robare | Urban Liberty
The MBTA Wants to Know if You Want Late-Night Bus Service
Spencer Buell | Boston Magazine
MBTA Survey to Measure Demand for Regional Overnight Bus Service
MBTA Press Release
MBTA survey aims to clarify demand for late night bus service
WFXT Fox 25 Boston
Rider Survey Eyes Overnight Service
Chris Lovett | Boston News Network
What is NightBus?
When we saw the writing on the wall for Late Night service, we started working on a way to make overnight transit service a reality. In March of this year, we announced our vision of overnight bus service (more details here - our Commonwealth Magazine article here).
Shortly after, the MBTA FMCB reviewed our proposal. We have been working with the T ever since on what service would look like and more accurate cost estimates. The numbers we arrived at are in the ballpark of our estimates of how much it costs the T to shut down every night (the T has contested our estimate and Board Member Jim Aloisi responded).
Our latest plan establishes a network of buses that form a backbone of transit for our service industry workers and increasing 'round the clock activity in Greater Boston.
Designed for Low-Income Workers
- Primary users: airport, hospital, office, restaurant customers & employees
- All shifts accessible; many 5AM shifts
- Service within 1 mile of most dense areas
Useful, Easy to Operate, Cost Effective
- Meaningful service at low cost
- Efficient coverage with only 10-15 buses
- Timed connections at Copley Sq
- Complements existing early bird trips
Measurable & Expandable
- Phased service plan for future growth (ex. Lynn, Quincy)
- Easy to add routes, increase frequency
- Peer cities run every 30 minutes all night
The Stats
Daily: 500-1,000* Annual: ~420,000
$3.5M per year According to MBTA Service Planning
- FMCB Approval
- Funding
- Implementation
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin taxpayers are on the hook for a $60,000 legal bill in a state open records dispute.
The conservative John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy sued Democratic Sen. Jon Erpenbach, claiming he violated the open records law by redacting thousands of emails he received during the 2011 fight over collective bargaining for public employees. The institute said it wants Erpenbach's uncensored emails that include the names of government employees who contacted him using their government email accounts.
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On Valentine's Day we are, quite literally, bombarded by a deluge of nonsensical language. For this reason, I hate this superficial, highly choreographed "holiday" that tells us how love should be expressed. Rather than emotional support and having (a) partner(s) who act(s) as (an) ally(ies), love is reduced to an economic transaction. I'm neither the first nor the last person to comment that Valentine's Day does more harm than good: it polices who we love, how we love and what shape that love takes.
Not only that, but these directives on love are inextricably intertwined with and reinforce established norms about sexuality and sex: i.e. sexuality and sex are legitimate and sanctioned when they happen between two people who will eventually reproduce and who are heterosexual, able bodied and white. We don't hear anything about informed, enthusiastic consent. And we definitely don't hear about reciprocal pleasure.
Know what else gets silenced in this saccharine tsunami of chocolates and roses? Intimate bonds that aren't sexual, but are nonetheless fulfilling and deep relationships for all parties involved.
So, here's what I wish I'd known when I was in high school as candy grams were passed out: there is no one way to express your sexuality. Shame, blame and guilt–what Jaclyn Friedman calls The Terrible Trio in her amazing book What You Really Really Want–are destructive emotions. Instead of searching for validation through rigid expressions of love and sexuality, first you should fall in love yourself. And then you should fall in love with your friends.
We live in a culture that devalues friendships. Friendship functions as as a stepping stone between childhood and adulthood, before we meet our mates. From the time we're children, we're led to believe that unless we enter into a romantic bond, we have not really experienced intimacy.
Well, that's a bunch of crap.
Instead of focusing on the polarizing debates that surround Valentine's Day, let's affirm the ways we express our love to those in our lives. From simple gestures to kind words, loving someone absolutely in a way that's all your own is worthy of celebration.
My own experience with friendships lost and found again speaks to the power of these bonds. At the end of high school I felt bereft and without moorings for a number of reasons, but the main one, I'm sad to say, was because of a romantic partnership. One of the ways I avoided working through these feelings was by cutting myself off from a group of friends that had been the defining part of the last five years of my life. I felt that if I started university completely on my own then maybe, just maybe, this sadness would dissolve. It was deliberate and it was drastic and in the end, it was futile. My assumption that ceasing these relationships would somehow make any melancholy go away did the opposite. I didn't get that fresh start devoid of memories for which I'd hoped, so a little down the road, I realized I had to confront my feelings honestly and allow myself to actually feel them, unpleasant though they were.
Once I did this, life got easier: I was open to meeting new people and the new friends I acquired were amazing and insightful and funny. Best of all, we're still friends, even though most of us live in different cities. But there was always a persistent voice in the back of my mind that wondered what happened to these people? Who had they become? But most of all, I missed them.
So imagine my surprise when years later, I ran into one of these old friends one afternoon. We started talking and like all wonderful friendships, it was like picking up where we left off. Losing these friends was, without question, one of the hardest experiences of my life. I felt, quite literally, like I'd lost some part of myself, as though nobody else would ever know me the way these people had.
On the flip side, the second stage of our friendships has been one of the great, unexpected joys of my life. Getting to fall in love with your friends all over again is nothing short of amazing. Laughing with someone through adolescence and adulthood is not only fun, it really is an intimate, powerful experience.
The other day on the radio I heard a psychologist recommend that when choosing a partner, look for someone you would have played with at recess. This is by no means the worst advice I've ever heard. But whether you want (a) partner(s) or not, let's take the time today to tell the people we actually played with at recess - or play with now - how special they are.


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The new policy would see any mobiles or tablets seized at the border transferred to the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation (NASMG) for further investigation, according to Xinhua.
An 'illegal' map could apparently be one that ascribes Middle Kingdom territories to other nations, features mistakes in the location of the Chinese border or leaks confidential information about sensitive military and other locations.
Taiwanese officials recently complained to Apple after its maps app identified, with gloriously high-resolution imagery, a new state-of-the-art early-warning radar installation located near Hsinchu airbase.
China has always had particularly strict rules governing the mapping of its territory, restricting licenses to only a handful of firms.
It recently announced plans to increase fines for those failing to include territorial outposts and a requirement that all web-based map providers locate their services within China.
These latest moves can probably be viewed as a response to the simmering maritime territorial disputes with other Asian nations which flared in recent months with violent nationwide protests after Japan decided to buy the contested Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands.
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Use scent caps as a method to attract deer and other wildlife to a fence. To be used as an aid to train animals that the fence is energized.
Scent caps are metal pop bottle caps with cotton inside them and a strand of soft wire for wrapping around the rope or netting. After caps are attached, apply 1 to 3 drops of Apple Scent.
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A Facebook spokesman wouldn't comment on a report that the social network was looking at the Pacific Research Center in Newark, but he did say the company was keeping its options open.
"We hope that city (Menlo Park) officials see the significant economic benefits that come with having a good neighbor, like Facebook, join the community," spokesman Tucker Bounds wrote in an email to the San Jose Mercury News. "Our expectation is to grow and thrive responsibly in Menlo Park, but it's important for us to evaluate other options in the case that our plans are not fully approved and supported."
Facebook wants to expand its current 2,000-employee headquarters at the former Sun Microsystems campus to 6,600 workers by 2015. It also has plans to add another 2,800 staff members by 2017 at an adjacent West Campus. However, the City of Menlo Park has a 3,600-employee cap to prevent traffic congestion and other perceived problems. So now the city has to complete an environmental impact report by the end of April that shows the project's growth impacts can be offset. If the impacts can't be offset, then Facebook may have to move elsewhere.
That's not great for either Facebook or Menlo Park. Facebook recently showered Menlo Park with jobs, donations to high schools and local charities and employee volunteers. Menlo Park wanted more, including subsidizing park maintenance and landscaping an expressway, but Facebook refused some of the requests. In short, their relationship has been a little rocky.
Would this be the last straw for Facebook? Perhaps. The city has been very demanding, but Facebook already has the majority of its employees at its new headquarters and it's unlikely the social network would move them after only a few months. We think this is just a strategic move to show Menlo Park that it could lose Facebook (and possibly garner a thumb's up from the environmental impact report.)


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It seems like the more complicated our lives become; the simpler we get with our taste in home furnishings. Perhaps this is because most people want their home to be a peaceful place of quiet relaxation at the end of a stressful work day. Unlike the fancy curio cabinets and scrolled edges of Early American furniture, today's homeowner craves the Zen style of a Japanese furniture store. In a sense, the type of furniture found here is a lot like the Mission style furniture of the Old West or the Puritan's simplistic Shaker styles. Like these less fanciful furnishings, the type of décor found in a Japanese furniture store comes from a culture that is free from pretense.
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Beiseker Area Code is 403/587 and Time Zone is Mountain (GMT -07:00).
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City: Beiseker
Beiseker Area Code: 403/587
Beiseker, AB - Time Zone: Mountain (GMT -07:00)
State: Alberta
State Abb: AB
Beiseker Elevation: 962
Beiseker Population: 63514
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