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Copper's Dream Rescue
4085 Cesar Chavez Street
E-mail: jennifer@coppersdream.org
Copper's Dream Rescue mission is to end the euthanasia of adoptable dogs and cats in the United States through increasing public awareness, taking legal action that will benefit shelter animals, and by rescuing dogs and cats scheduled for euthanasia and placing them in permanent and loving homes.
Please note that this rescue does not have a physical location, because they foster all of their dogs. Please call the number listed if you would like to meet one of the dogs on their website.
Dog rescue, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco County, Santa Clara County, Marin County, Jennifer Wang
Copper's Dream
As a teen growing up in Cupertino, Jennifer Wang volunteered at a local shelter, only to be horrified at the number of cute, healthy animals who never made it out alive. As a student at Stanford, she founded the Stanford Animal Action Group, which raised funds for no-kill shelters in the area. After graduating from Harvard Law School, she wanted to do more, so she joined forces with her younger sister Samantha to found Copper's Dream Rescue, named after her beloved childhood pet, a cocker spaniel who delighted the family with his antics. Thanks to a team of fosters and volunteers, not to mention a lot of community support from local veterinarians, in just a few years Copper's Dream has been able to rescue over 500 dogs from high-kill shelters around California, and place them in loving homes through its adoption events around the Bay Area (the next one's August 25th in Berkeley). A recent rescue, currently being fostered in the East Bay, is cute shepherd mix puppy Hutch; see him and the other adoptables here. Photo: Hutch — Copper's Dream more »
4085 Cesar Chavez Street San Francisco California 94131


So they say it takes 30 days to form a new habit, I am an organised chaos sort of person, I don't keep a diary, make lists and lose them and put things down and forget where they are, absent minded I think its called!
So this is the year of the Organised Mam, or Organised Mum, for that is the diary system I've bought myself! Having tried and failed to find an app to do this, I resolve to try to keep all my appointments, ideas and notes in one place! It's a great design with weekly perforated shopping and to do lists and a smart divider system with pockets for my notes too!
Having had success in 2013 at Slimming World I know I do have some willpower lurking under the desire to eat biscuits and live a life of chaos, so here goes, I've written it now and have to try to stick to it!
Christmas was a time of rest for me, for a change I think the hard work I've put in has finally started to pay off and I'm pretty well on top of things.
I am a self-confessed geek, especially when it comes to data, and so it was only a matter of time before I could hold back on my data analysis no more, one Carrie Mathison style wall of colour coded post-it crazy, two types of data, three pens, four weeks and five+ interviews ahead of me I'm going to be very much occupied by this over the next few weeks – and I can't blooming wait!
If I achieve something half as good as this piece of sheer genius from Homeland I'll be pretty happy!
I'm a little quiet at the mo because I have some blog admin to sort through and want to spend some time planning some post ideas for the New Year. Normal service has resumed at home however following a visit from Father Christmas and as you can see someone really enjoyed the festivities in this house!
Back to full service soon!
What a friendly place we've found the blogging world to be, Merry Christmas readers, bloggers and lovely folk we've worked with this year, and a very Happy New Year to you all!
We've planned a few days out over the Christmas break, and started with a toddler group trip to White House Farm. Joss is shaping up to be a real animal lover, what a treat to hold and stroke some of the animals, see the huskies and experience the magic of Christmas in Santa's grotto.
Not a lot, but she has learned the words to When Santa got Stuck up the Chimney beautifully and recognises robins, snowmen and 'reineers' in her books so I know next year is just going to be amazing!
Looking forward to 2014 we have our 30th Birthdays, Joss' 2nd birthday, perhaps a family holiday and my graduation from this masters that has taken over my life, with my research placement starting January, a busy year but much to look forward to including weddings, births and new friends to be made!
Ah, I have finally finished all 60 hours of interview transcription, and had the afternoon off that I'd promised myself. Luckily I always have a crafty activity or two to keep me busy so I picked up one of my works in progress and foot to the pedal I quickly felt all festive.
With White Christmas playing gently in the background and two hours to myself I set about looking at the two gorgeous fat quarter bundles I was sent to roadtest by family business One Stop Craft Shop. A crafter's treasure trove their website stocks a huge range of materials, and hints and tips along the way, great customer service and regular tweets with top tips to boot this is the place to come for a crafty hit!
The two fat quarter packs were a great heavy weight quality and I was impressed by the quality of the design particularly the metallic printed fabric as this can sometimes blur but these were great quality – packaged neatly with ribbons what a treat, I think these FQ packs would make a great gift too!
I decided to make something to perk up our Christmas table, our first Christmas at home and inspired by napkins and tableware made recently on the Christmas edition of the Great British Sewing Bee I picked out this metallic Christmas tree print in vibrant red.
And here is the finished article, with three more to follow to make a festive set I measured out 11″ by 11″ and ironed and hemmed with a 1/4 inch hem, two hours and a little pressing later our Christmas table will look really festive and now all that study is out of the way, let the bells ring out for Christmas time!
I'm planning a patchwork table runner with the complimentary coloured fabrics, watch this space for more on that and check out One Stop Craft Shop too!
Disclaimer: I was sent these products to road test, along with a giant stocking which I'll be decorating for Joss later this week and showing off soon, all views are my own.
Great fun this week, Joss has been learning some of the words from When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney and Miss Polly Had a Dolly, she's loved the lights and trees and music and had great fun climbing too. Jumping in her dolly pram and yelling push mammy really made us all laugh!
We married in 2011 and had our reception in Saltwell Park; what a treat to see the Park in a different light this week; Joss and I went with friends to see Enchanted Parks – now in its eigth year but the first I've seen the Park is transformed through visual arts, performance, installation and interactive works; sprites, fairies, lights and a gorgeous apothecary set up under a tree, this was a gorgeous night, truly enchanting!
I enjoyed all of it and the artists involved were so innovative that I wished I could have taken more in, difficult with a toddler, but my favourite was the fragrant flower flame, seeing the rose garden where we had our wedding photos taken lit up and the air scented with 'heady euphoria' herbs and incense burned over a flame the idea that the gardeners in the Park feed the fragrant fires through winter to keep the flowers smelling sweet was a magical experience and I wish I could have captured that scent.
Now to take Mr B back to share the magic next year!


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Is the government's IR card a winning one?
P*ssy polls for the Government this morning from both ACNielsen and Newspoll – with the proposed IR laws being blamed for the Liberals' lag. Are the industrial changes vote losers – or might they just play into the Government's hands? The accepted view is that they will cost votes – that they're OK in today's […]
P*ssy polls for the Government this morning from both ACNielsen and Newspoll – with
the proposed IR laws being blamed for the Liberals' lag.
Are the industrial changes vote losers – or might they just play into
the Government's hands? The accepted view is that they will cost votes
– that they're OK in today's strong labour market where employees are
in demand, but that the "slow burn" Labor has warned about will kick in
as awards and contacts expire and if unemployment creeps back up.
Yet The Australian's George Megalogenis, one of our shrewdest
commentators thanks to his mix of political, economic and demographic
smarts, wrote on the weekend that Howard still has a winning hand, as long as he plays the IR card
There are nine Coalition marginal electorates that contain an
above-average number of workers, from the Darwin-based Solomon to
Kingston in Adelaide's south. If Labor collected all nine, it would
still fall seven seats short of office.
But what about the small-business voters who are looking forward to a
deregulated labour market? Here's where the reality of modern Australia
collides with Labor's hopes for a worker-led political revival.
Labor has five marginal electorates that contain an above-average
number of small business operators and a below-average number of
workers, from Richmond on the NSW north coast to Lyons in central
Tasmania.
In other words, a best case for Beazley of four seats because of IR.
This would return Labor to where it was after the 2001 election.
The Senate inquiry into the bills is due to report today. Malcolm Farr
observers in the Telegraph: "The truth is no one really knows or can conclusively prove what will
eventuate and any debate at the moment is merely about future 'I told
you so' rights. This uncertainty will be a critical influence on the
political situation leading to the next election, and on the Labor
Party's future."
He nominates two vital dates to watch for. One is March 31 next year,
which is when hundreds of enterprise
bargaining agreements in the manufacturing industry will expire and
have to be replaced. The industry will want to use that date as the
starting point for using the new set of IR laws. Another significant
date will be October 31 next year. That's when some 4000 agreements in
the building industry will run out.
Yet, of course, we still have to wait to see if the bill gets through the Senate.
Barnaby Joyce, a committee member, has been leant on by his leader on
the legislation over the last few days after expressing reservations about the bill's impact on the special
nature of public holidays, notably Christmas Day.
Reports this morning say that Coalition committee members should offer greater protections
over the 38-hour working week in the bills.
"Australian Democrat Andrew Murray wasn't talking dirty last week when
he reminded any Latin scholars in the Senate: Post coitum tristum
(sic)," Farr says today. "Roughly, the phrase means there will be tears
before bedtime, or more strictly, after the act, the sadness. He continues:
The act in this case is the Government's legislation to introduce widespread changes to workplace relations laws.
Murray didn't state it, but his premise was that it is reasonably
certain the legislation will be passed by Parliament before Christmas.
He was referring to the period after that, the time when any flaws or
harshness in the new laws becomes apparent through the distress – the
sadness – caused to workers.
The Government says this won't happen. The consequences for workers will be higher pay and more jobs.
Murray is also a member of the Committee and will be tabling a
dissenting minority report on the legislation today, along with the ALP.
There will be keen interest in anything Joyce may have to add, even
though it is expected that he will support the final legislation.
As we have said before, John Howard has treated Parliament with
contempt in the way the details of the WorkChoices laws were trickled
out, but the politics have been different.
We may well see a final bill with many of the nasties removed – along with Labor's biggest hope for the next poll.

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You already mentioned to me on Reddit that this diamond will likely be eye-clean. Just wanted to get your opinion on the color grade. Is it ok for a color I? Is there anything concerning about the color? Also wanted to get your opinion on the cut of this diamond. As per your Cut Estimator tool, this diamond sits outside of the AGS Ideal box. However you mentioned in another thread that "GIA rounds pavilion angle to the nearest even number, so 40.9 would be rounded to 41.0." If the pavilion angle of this diamond was 40.9 then it would sit on the AGS Ideal box. Having said this, what do you think of the cut?
This diamond doesn't appear in my tool due to how I process the data feed. It didn't pass one of my checks; I remove such diamonds because it's too much work to try to clean the data and there are no shortage of other options available.
The color looks fine. It's not a deep I and it's not a brown I, so that's good. I also think the cut is fine. Cut quality doesn't fall off a cliff just because you're right outside of the cutoff AGS created. I think it will be a nice diamond.
Although this is a SI1 this looks eye clean to me, what do you think?
Is it ok for a color I? Is there anything concerning about the color? I ran this through your Cut Estimator tool, and this diamond sits right on the edge of both the AGS Ideal and GIA Ex boxes, so I think the cut is ok. What do you think of the cut?
In comparison to the 1.24 ct diamond above, which one do you like more?
The cut of the 1.3 I SI1 is fine. As is the color.
I would prefer the 1.24 I VS2 though, because if clouds are my grade-setting inclusion, I'd prefer a VS2 over a SI1. The 1.30 I SI1 is probably fine and its feather is probably eye-clean, but I think there's less uncertainty with the 1.24 I VS2.
I'm leaning towards a diamond with 1.30 ct or greater as I want to maximize carats. What do you think of this 1.37 ct diamond?
It looks like a good deal given the price. What do think of the color, and cut of this one? and do you think its eye clean? Would you prefer this 1.37 ct over the 1.30 mentioned above if you had to chose one?
What do you think of the second diamond? Do you think it will be eye clean? what do you think of the color, and cut? Which of the 2 diamonds do you like better? Thanks again in advance, I really appreciate it.