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Can religion be explained by brain wiring? The faithful say no
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Is there a "God spot" in the brain that determines whether you're hardwired to be religious? New research from Rice University finds that nonbelievers are more likely than the faithful to think that's true.
"Can Religiosity Be Explained by 'Brain Wiring'? An Analysis of U.S. Adults' Opinions" builds on significant literature about neurotheology, or the connection between religion and the mind.
"One of the new frontiers of the science and faith interface has to do with the brain and understanding what the public thinks about the role of the brain in explaining religious experience," said Elaine Howard Ecklund, a sociology professor at Rice and the study's co-author and principal investigator. She is Rice's Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and the director of the university's Religion and Public Life Program.
Data for the study came from the Religious Understandings of Science survey, fielded in December 2013 and January 2014. A total of 10,241 U.S. adults were invited to complete a survey asking them the extent to which religious belief and experience can be explained by science, specifically brain wiring. The researchers examined the influences of demographics, religious differences, education and attitudes about science and religion on attitudes towards whether religious experience can be explained by brain wiring.
The analysis is unique, says Christopher Scheitle, a West Virginia University sociologist who co-authored the study, "because it focuses on whether science can directly explain religiosity itself rather than just contradict a single religious claim or moral tenet."
The results revealed that only about 15 percent of U.S. adults think brain wiring can explain differences in religiosity, with 3.5 percent of these individuals strongly agreeing with this claim. Evangelical Protestants (about 32 percent) and Jews (about 36 percent) were the most likely of any religious group to strongly disagree that the way the brain is configured can explain faith.
Meanwhile, 62 percent of the most religious people in the survey (by their own self-assessment) said brain wiring does not explain religious beliefs, compared to 44 percent of the least religious people thinking it does. Women were more likely than men to be skeptical about the relationship between religion and brain wiring. And people with college degrees (a bachelor's degree or higher) were more likely to believe that factors aside from brain wiring contribute to religious beliefs.
"Findings like ours show that in general the public is suspicious of the idea that science can completely explain religion," Ecklund said. "What surprised us most is that the majority of most groups think this is an unfounded idea."
The researchers hope the work will provide more insight on the relationship between religion and science.
"Better understanding of the relationship between religion and science can provide us with valuable insights about how scientific claims may be received and understood by different kinds of religious people and how religious identities intersect with many other important identities," Ecklund concluded. "This is an important issue because understanding the brain and its impact on how we see meaning in life is vitally important, and as scientists continue to understand the brain better, social scientists need to examine the social impact of such findings."
New book examines what religious Americans think about science
Sharan Kaur Mehta et al. Can Religiosity Be Explained by 'Brain Wiring'? An Analysis of US Adults' Opinions, Religions (2019). DOI: 10.3390/rel10100586
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'Right then,' he said with a sigh, and then turned to me with a grin. 'I tell you story, eh!' Then he said something which really floored me: 'I been waiting for you. You been waiting for me.'
And so began Bill Neidjie's relationship with English photographer, Mark Lang.
Known as 'Old Man' in this book, but often called 'Big Bill Neidjie' throughout his life because of his imposing height and strength, Bill Neidjie wanted to record aspects of his life for a younger generation of Gagadju, to help them look after their country and remember its stories - and for balanda, non-Aboriginal people.
Told in the old man's words, this beautifully nuanced, impressionistic account allows Neidjie to gently emphasise the issues of importance to him. Old Man's Story has a very personal inflection with Neidjie's words complemented by Lang's beautiful landscape photos.
Structured in the cycle of the seasons, Old Man's Story provides readers with insights into the annual trans-formation of landscape that are so integral to Neidjie's life story.
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Bernard N. Nathanson (July 31, 1926 – February 21, 2011) was an American medical doctor and co-founder, in 1969, of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), later renamed National Abortion Rights Action League. He was also the former director of New York City's Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health, but later became an anti-abortion activist. He was the narrator for the controversial 1984 anti-abortion film The Silent Scream.

Early life and education
Nathanson was born in New York City. His father was an obstetrician/gynecologist, the same career that Nathanson held in his professional life. Nathanson earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and in 1949 graduated with a medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Montreal.

Career
Nathanson was licensed to practice medicine in New York state in 1952, and became board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology in 1960. He was for a time the director of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health (CRASH), then the largest free-standing abortion facility in the world. In 1974, Nathanson wrote: "I am deeply troubled by my own increasing certainty that I had in fact presided over 60,000 deaths." He also wrote that he performed an abortion on a woman whom he had impregnated.

Activism

Pro-abortion rights
Originally an abortion rights activist, Nathanson gained national attention as one of the founding members, along with Lawrence Lader, of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (later renamed the National Abortion Rights Action League, and now known as NARAL Pro-Choice America). He worked with Betty Friedan and others for the legalization of abortion in the United States. Their efforts essentially succeeded with the Roe v. Wade decision.

Anti-abortion
With the development of ultrasound in the 1970s, he had the chance to observe a real-time abortion. This led him to reconsider his views on abortion. He is often quoted as saying that abortion is "the most atrocious holocaust in the history of the United States." He wrote the book Aborting America in which he discussed what he called "the dishonest beginnings of the abortion movement." In 1983, Nathanson debated Henry Morgentaler for an hour on a Canadian national superstation. In 1984, he directed and narrated a film titled The Silent Scream, in co-operation with the National Right to Life Committee, which contained the ultrasound video of a mid-term (12 weeks) abortion. His second documentary, Eclipse of Reason, dealt with late-term abortions. He stated that the numbers he once cited for NARAL concerning the number of deaths linked to illegal abortions were "false figures."

Referring to his previous work as an abortion provider and abortion rights activist, he wrote in his 1996 autobiography, Hand of God: "I am one of those who helped usher in this barbaric age." Nathanson developed what he called the "vector theory of life," which states that from the moment of conception, there exists "a self-directed force of life that, if not interrupted, will lead to the birth of a human baby."

Religious conversion
Nathanson grew up Jewish, and for more than ten years after he became anti-abortion, he described himself as an "atheist." In 1996, he converted to Catholicism through the efforts of the Rev. C. John McCloskey. In December 1996, Nathanson was baptized by John Cardinal O'Connor in a private Mass with a group of friends in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. He also received Confirmation and first Communion from the cardinal. When asked why he converted to Roman Catholicism, he stated that "no religion matches the special role for forgiveness that is afforded by the Catholic Church."

Personal life and death

Nathanson married four times; his first three marriages ended in divorce.

He died of cancer in New York on February 21, 2011, at the age of 84. He was survived by his fourth wife Christine Reisner-Nathanson whom he married in the church shortly after his 1996 baptism. He was also survived by his son Joseph, from his second marriage with wife Rosemary.

Works
Aborting America Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. . Free to read at Internet Archive
The Silent Scream (1984 documentary). 1979 film free to view on Internet Archive
The Abortion Papers: Inside the Abortion Mentality. New York: Frederick Fell, 1983. . Free to read at Internet Archive
Eclipse of Reason (1987 documentary).
The Hand of God: A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind. Washington, D. C.: Regnery, 1996. . Free to read at Internet Archive.

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The Silent Scream, streaming video
 Dr Bernard Nathanson: abortion activist and historian by David Kupelian of WorldNetDaily

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American anti-abortion activists
American people of Jewish descent
American Roman Catholics
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District Court Denies Interlocutory Appeal of Protective Order
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In the latest decision to emanate from the Madoff bankruptcy, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the appeal of a protective order that relieved Irving Picard—the court-appointed trustee—from answering discovery requests regarding his compensation arrangement with his law firm.
Mr. Picard, in connection with the liquidation of Madoff's business, filed numerous actions seeking to claw back funds from those investors who were "net winners," meaning they withdrew more money from their Madoff accounts than they deposited into them. In response, certain defendants filed motions to dismiss arguing a violation of the Fifth Amendment's due process clause on the basis that Mr. Picard is a quasi-governmental official and, because of his compensation arrangement, he may have had an economic interest in pursuing the litigation. The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York denied the defendants' due process argument. The defendants' request for an interlocutory appeal to the district court was also denied, in part because the defendants provided "no settled factual record for [the] Court to consider on the issue of the Trustee's compensation." In an attempt to remedy this apparent deficiency, the defendants served interrogatories focused on Mr. Picard's compensation. The bankruptcy court entered a protective order relieving Mr. Picard of any obligation to answer these interrogatories and the defendants sought an interlocutory appeal from the protective order.
Although 28 U.S.C § 158(a)(3) provides a district court discretionary appellate jurisdiction over an interlocutory order of a bankruptcy court, appellate review is only warranted in exceptional circumstances. To determine if leave to appeal should be granted, courts generally assess whether (i) the appeal involves a controlling question of law (ii) hearing the appeal would materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, and (iii) there is substantial ground for difference of opinion.
The court found that although the first two criteria for an interlocutory appeal were satisfied, the appellants failed to show any substantial ground for difference of opinion on the question of whether Mr. Picard is a "state actor" for due process purposes. The court analogized Mr. Picard's powers, which include collecting money for the debtor's estate and investigating its financial affairs, to those of a bankruptcy trustee. Courts have routinely found that a bankruptcy trustee is a representative of the estate rather than an arm of the government and appointment by the government is not sufficient to convert a bankruptcy trustee into a state actor. The court was unpersuaded by cases cited by the appellants involving state-appointed receivers that were found to be state actors because these cases involved allegations that the receivers had abused their powers. All of the other cases cited by the appellants involved the conduct of "canonical state actors, like prosecutors or judges." The court held that the appellants had not established a substantial ground for difference of opinion on the question of whether Mr. Picard in filing avoidance actions attained the status of a state actor.
The court denied Mr. Picard's request for sanctions. Mr. Picard argued that sanctions are justified because the appellants simply recycled a variation of an argument from previous litigations where it was also denied. The court, however, found that sanctions were not appropriate because the appellants appear to have interpreted the previous order denying their interlocutory appeal to direct them to develop a factor record with respect to Mr. Picard's compensation. The request for discovery and subsequent appeal may be construed as a good-faith attempt to comply with this order.
This case is another reminder that courts generally require finality for a matter to be appealable. Interlocutory appeals are generally disfavored by courts and are only appropriate in exceptional circumstances.


The 13th century Chapter House of Westminster Abbey required extensive restoration. Sections of stone detail that had once served as figurative water stops had weathered to the point that it was impossible to discern what was once there.
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St. George's Church, Hardwicke Place, Dublin saw the construction of a 'building within a building' — a removable shell that floats within the church space. This approach to its restoration made the building viable without compromising its historical integrity.
My role in the restoration centred on Edward Smyth's carved work on the steeple, restoring severely eroded angel heads, oakleaf swag ornament around the clock faces and the Ionic and Corinthian column capitals. To produce a faithful restoration, I worked from some of the undamaged sections, and researched archives and similar work by Smyth.
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According to the latest rainfall update of India Meteorological Department (IMD), the State has received an area-weighted rainfall of 2,041.3 mm from June 1 to September 10. The 'normal' (or long-period average) rainfall for the full season is 2,039.6 mm. Each drop of rain to fall for the next 20 days will, therefore, be an extra drop, as per IMD's classification.
At this stage of the monsoon, the excess rainfall received by the State comes to nine per cent (the 'normal' for the period till September 10 being 1,870.9 mm, against the actual receipt of 2,041.3 mm).
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The station has been issued a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission to increase its effective radiated power from 1300 Watts to 5400 Watts.

Programming
WWMG is the Montgomery affiliate for the Steve Harvey Morning Show (which previously aired on sister WZHT until October 2013) and the nighttime Keith Sweat Hotel.  It was the former home of Tom Joyner in the mornings before being replaced by Harvey; Joyner now airs on WJWZ.  Under its format, it plays R&B and Soul music from the 1960s into today's currents.

History
This station used the call sign WXEF from February 2 to October 16, 1992, when it was assigned WMCZ which it held until September 16, 2004. The station then switched to WWMG, the current assigned call letters.

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With the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species preparing for its 17th annual Conference of Parties, the United States has taken the opportunity to strengthen its own commitment to protecting endangered species.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently instituted a near-total ban on domestic commercial ivory trading. This ban seriously limits imports, exports and sales of elephant ivory across state lines. For years, the legal ivory trade has provided a cover for wildlife traffickers selling illegal ivory since, once the illegal ivory enters the market, it becomes nearly impossible to distinguish, limiting the effectiveness of law enforcement to intercept black market shipments. Demand for ivory also largely outpaces the capacities of legal markets which means that, as long as the ivory trade exists, people will turn to the black market to fill demand.
This ban has come at a good time for Elephants, as several CITES parties have stated their desire to reopen international commercial trade of ivory. The example set by the US on this issue will hopefully lead other countries to take a stand against the international ivory trade.
In gratitude for the progress towards protecting elephants that the USFWS has accomplished thus far, Dr. Goodall, along with other influential conservationists, have written a letter of thanks to Director, Dan Ashe.
The letter congratulates the USFWS for taking action and thanks them for ensuring all voices were considered in the decision-making process:
"Throughout the process, the principles of transparency and inclusion were on full display, and we appreciate the lengths that these employees went to in reaching out to stakeholders inside and outside of the conservation and animal welfare communities."
And it's not just organizations and governments who are interested in the welfare of elephants. Since the USFWS propose the rule in 2015, they have received over 1.3 million comments in support of their decision, showing that the American people care deeply about this species.
The letter also encourages the USFWS to build on their momentum and keep pushing for stricter regulation, to ensure that elephants are still around for people to care about in years to come.
"It is incumbent upon all of us—NGOs, governments, private citizens, and the corporate sector—to find ways to further protect this most indispensable of species, and the momentum generated by the new U.S. federal regulations and state laws can only help."
Though there is still more to be done to protect elephants and other species threatened by wildlife trafficking, thanks to the hard work of people who care, there is hope for the future of these magnificent animals.
To read the full letter, click here.
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If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing.
I think it's out of proportion with most people.
I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.
It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song.
The record company can only do so much.
I think about being a little kid every day too.
Reading music is like listening to flowers.
I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements.
We're all that forever, and I've just grown older.
I mean, I haven't lost anything.
I've gained a few things.
You know, he likes me because I'm his son.
rather than me the songwriter or whatever.
It's fun, but the fun is where it always was.
basement and turn up the Marshall amp.
I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.
fact that I don't have time to write any of it.
That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home.
mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit.
I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it.
There may be a time when it's not available to anyone.
I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me.
For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind.
I still hear them on the radio.
I'm not ashamed of anything we did.
I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs.
and a third book, an outside opinion.
Just the way she made the pillows so neat on the oven door.
in a horrible rage it happens.
the show and the crew - everything.
Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates.
I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.
I wasn't aware I was making a record.
the piano just for something to do.
Thank you for visiting these I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore. ... by Paul Westerberg.


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The Nefu Plabo in-car camera cradle has been redesigned to be slimmer and sleeker The cradle is slimmer and sleeker than before. Cutting down the length to almost half of its previous size, the new design provides users a more discreet in-car camera setup with a 360-degree rotating cylinder design.
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Uganda: Journalist Bodies Condemn Security Brutality, CDF Apologizes
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Journalist bodies have condemned continued the brutal attacks by the military on journalists as they do their work.
On Wednesday, as the former National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine presented a petition on gross human rights violations to the office of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights in Kololo, the military police descended on journalists battering them up indiscriminately.
Some of the victims of the military brutality are; New Vision's Henry Ssekanjakko and Timothy Murungi, NTV's Cliff Wamala, Daily Monitor's Irene Abalo Otto, Shamim Nabakooza of Record TV, and Galaxy FM's Nalule Amina. Other victims are NBS TV's Josephine Namakumbi, Joseph Sabiti and Thomas Kitimbo.
Now the different journalism bodies; The Uganda Editors Guild, Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA), Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) and the Human Rights Network for Journalists have come out to condemn the acts of brutality saying this confirms the statement of the Inspector General of Police Okoth Ochola that they will continue beating journalists until they blame their mothers for producing them.
Condemning the brutal attacks, the Uganda Editors' Guild stated that despite repeated appeals over time to security agencies and law enforcement personnel to respect the right of journalists to work, blatant attacks against journalists continue.
In their statement, they note that they will continue documenting attacks on journalists and individual officers who brutalize journalists and will one day be held accountable.
"Attacks on journalists will not go unrecorded or unpunished," their statement reads. "Impunity shall not be allowed to thrive. We are concerned that the attacks on journalists in the country, is one of the continued sustained attacks on civil liberties including breaches to freedom of association prior to and in the aftermath of the 2021 General elections, with the actions undoing all the efforts of constitutionalism and the rule of law that has been undertaken for many decades.
The Editors Guild have called on security chiefs, particularly the Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi to rein in the men and officers under their command, to publicly condemn the attacks on journalists, and to order a transparent and an independent investigation into the violence by security agencies. The Guild will also seek legal advice on the matter.
Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ)'s Robert Ssempala asked all the affected journalists to report the cases, and also keep documenting the incidents for prosecution. He says beating journalists who are doing their work is going overboard in Uganda.
Moses Mulondo, the President PPA, says, beating journalists as they do their work is a violation of press freedom which is enshrined in Uganda's constitution.
According to Mulondo the brutality against journalists is getting worse and the Parliament and the Executive need to step in to stop this.
Mulondo says that it appears beating has been institutionalized as the officers are now implementing the statement from police chief Okoth Ochola says they will continue beating journalists. Mulondo called upon media owners, managers, and Editors to stand as one in the fight by boycotting the rights violators.
Uganda Journalists Association says they are equally going to keep in touch with the victims of the beating and seek justice.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Defence Forces on Thursday morning decried the incidents saying investigations will be done and the officers involved will be prosecuted individually.
"I apologize to the media fraternity regarding the incidents that happened on Wednesday. Such actions are regrettable and the UPDF as a professional institution doesn't condone such acts," Gen Muhoozi said, adding that the journalists who sustained injuries will be assisted in meeting their medical bills.
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As a boxing enthusiast, Dr Baly enjoyed the role of honorary medical officer to the Amateur Boxing Association. Over time, Fitzroy Lodge evolved into an Amateur Boxing Club and was housed in a gym with three rings in Walcot Square, Kennington. During the Second World War the area was hit by incendiary bombs destroying many of the buildings, and Fitzroy Lodge joined with The Lynn ABC during the war years.
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Probably many of you have purchased various stamp sets and used them once and never touched them again. I know that I have! And because of that I wanted to try to use an autumn themed set that I have, in a whole new way. In November I shared some Thanksgiving cards I made using the adorable Harvest Mouse stamp set from My Favorite Things creator, Birdie Brown. And then in February I challenged myself to use the set again but, to create Valentine's Day scenes.
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I don't send Thanksgiving greetings to adults but, I do send them to my little nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews. Sending cards is just a fun, inexpensive and really personal way to keep in touch with my cutest relatives. And the kids really get excited to receive mail. I have even inspired my niece Brianna, who actually makes handmade cards and mail them to me as well now.
I had a lot of fun coloring these cute little mice from MFT Stamps Harvest Mouse stamp set.
I love the idea of these busy little mice getting ready for a Thanksgiving feast! Just imagine how cute their tiny little turkey would be. And teeny tiny pumpkin pies!
For this little mouse I used a cool technique on his sweater to create a wool look. Just dab some Copic Colorless Blender solution on a terry cloth rag and blot your Copic coloring to achieve this look.
The next two are really similar as many of my cards sometimes are. When I am making multiples of a card to send to different nieces/nephews it is sometimes easier to just make two of the same card. I make between 9 – 12 cards depending on the holiday.
I am looking forward to the holiday season and to cooler weather. It was 86 in our area of Florida today. That is just too hot for fall!
I copied the logo for Reboounderz off of the company's website. And then in a Word document I changed it over to a black and white version so that I could color it how I liked. And I downloaded a spooky looking free font from dafont.com. In order to have the company logo and the sentiment match in color, I chose a bubble style font so that I could color the letters by hand.
The zombies and tombstones are two separate dollar bin stamps from Michaels, that I bought a few years back. (Always check out the dollar bins in Michaels and JoAnns because, sometimes they have great buys.) The sky and laser lights are colored with Copic Markers and then dabbed with a rag that has Copic blending solution on it. The ink will move away from any area where the solution is placed and by using a terry cloth rag it gives the ink a stippled look.
And because the invitations were for a trampoline party I mounted the Rebounderz logo on a Action Wobble spring to make it interactive. My friend's son really loved the design and he was happy that I had made an extra one just for him. Hopefully his friends liked the design too!
Stay tuned for my Thanksgiving cards in a just a few days.
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It's that time of year again. These next few weeks are leading up to the most wonderful time of the year…Halloween! And I have been crack-a-lackin to get my cards done early this year.
Most of the cards that I made this year featured digital images from Pink Cat Studios. Some of the images were only available in a package purchase that I made a few years ago but, Melissa has a ton of cute digis for sale and it is still worth a look at her site.
The first two cards feature Action Wobbles by Hampton Arts. Action Wobbles have a heavy duty sticker on the top and the bottom with a spring sandwiched in the middle. In the video below you can see how well these work. They really create a fun, interactive feature in your cards.
I have made a card almost identical to this one in the past. The werewolf in the foreground is a digital stamp from Whimsie Doodles. This one happens to be a freebie but, there are a lot more for sale as well. The haunted house is a stamp and the pathway is just doodled by hand. There is a Action Wobble underneath this guy as well.
This is a Stampin Up stamp called Haunted Forest. Sadly, I don't think it is available any longer. I colored it with Copic Markers and added some glitter stars just for fun.
This is another Pink Cat Studios cutie. I used an embossing folder to texturize the card and several other folders to add texture the the mounting paper that this little vampire is adhered to. If you look closely you will see that I cut out the night sky in such a way that the bat's wings seem to be flying off of the page. The bat's wings are also heavily coated in Ranger's Glossy Accents which give them a 3 dimensional effect.
I kept these photos grouped together so that you could see the way I was able to alter the digital image to make it larger or smaller depending on what I wanted to do with it. And also so that you can see that the same image can be used but, made to quite different based on the other elements used along with it.
Below you can see that the image on the right is bigger than the one on the left. The ability to resize an image is one of the advantages of using digital image stamps. The other is advantage is that you can create a mirror image if for some reason you want the stamped character facing another direction. And of course the fact that your stored images only take up disc space and not desk space is nice too.
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A year has flown by without me making a single post. It has been a whirlwind of highs and lows. Here are a few highlights from 2015.
I got some projects done for the house.
I bought a coffee table for $10 from a neighbor who was moving. My husband Jeff helped me sand it down to bare wood.
I used two different kinds of stain. The light color is traditional stain and the dark color is a stain and poly in one. A couple of strips of painter's tape was all it took to create the Surfboard stripes that I hoped to create.
My daughter finally got her driver's license at the end of the summer and so I was able to quit my "chauffeur's job". She was chosen as co-Drum Major for her band this year and I was glad not to have to pick her up 3 days a week, plus game nights.
We flew to DC for my Nephew's Bar Mitzvah. It was a blast!
Our daughter attended a Bassoon and Oboe band camp at USF. It was surreal to see her in a college dorm and think "just two more years and we will be empty nesters".
We attended my niece's wedding and got goofy in the Photo Booth. And went to the Salvador Dali museum and got even goofier!
Although I am not Jewish myself, I thought that I could make a New Year's resolution at Rosh Hashanah to start blogging again. So far, so good.
Here are the cards I made for my niece and nephews for their Rosh Hashanah celebrations.


Hannah is a qualified Social Worker and has completed training in Riding Therapy and Equine Facilitated Learning. She also holds a Certificate in Counselling, and has a PhD into the benefits of Equine-Assisted Therapy & Learning from Cardiff University. Her book 'Equine-Assisted Therapy and Learning with At-Risk Young People' was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.
Horses have been a huge part of Josie's life growing up. She recognised the power of the relationship that can develop between people and these wonderfully perceptive animals. Josie is also a qualified counsellor and values the opportunity that Sirona offers in bringing these two aspects of her life together.
Emma has worked with children and young people for over 20 years. She has taught young people in schools and colleges for deprived families in Africa , and as a learning mentor in primary schools in the UK supporting and teaching children with emotional, behavioural and learning difficulties. She has a particular interest in child development research and is enthusiastic about combining it with her love of working with horses.
Sally Croft is a retired chartered accountant with many years of experience working with small charities, social enterprises and businesses. She worked with Ernst & Young as the changes took place in Eastern Europe. Now semi-retired Sally is working with small charities and social enterprises mainly in the local community. She sits on the boards of both a charity and a small company.
Angie has worked with Children and Families for over 20 years and specialised in working with young people with disabilities, behaviour and learning needs.
She is also a Level 3 Forest School Leader.
Ella completed her Level 2 in horse care apprenticeship at Sirona and is now our equine co-ordinator overseeing the care and management of our herd of horses.
Zoe works as a Freelance Riding Instructor at Sirona. She has a foundation degree in equine sports performance and coaching and owns her own horses whom she competes mainly in dressage.
We also rely on fabulous volunteers such as Hesti, Jan, Kate F, Shirley, Louise, Nicole, Sue B, Sue P, Kate M, Rhys, Tracey, Jane, David, John, Richard, Amanda and Ginny who bring support in all areas such as poo-picking the fields, admin, running our website (thank you Lea!) and support on sessions. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering at Sirona to see what vacancies we have available.
Reg. BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, Adv. Dip. Couns, Dip. Supervision, FdA (Health Care), EAGALA Cert. Sarah has a background in local government as well as agricultural management and training. However in the past seventeen years she has worked in Health and Social Care, ultimately as a Counsellor/Psychotherapist, latterly using Equine and Animal Assisted Therapy as an intervention. Sarah is a Supervisor and Trainer of practitioners across the UK and is passionate about this work, a fact which is often commented upon by her students and supervisees!
For the last 23 years of her working life Rosie Bell worked as a counsellor, supervisor, trainer and groupworker in education and health settings and in private practice.She also brings her previous experience in teaching Social Policy , developing workers' co-ops, community development, and health education action research. She has had a keen interest in relational horsemanship for 35 years without even knowing its name!
Sue originally studied psychology and linguistics and has recently completed a diploma in counselling. She also worked in IT consultancy. Sirona combines her love of horses and interest in natural therapeutic counselling.
BA Hons Geography, Diploma in Counselling in the Development of Learning, Certificate in Transactional Analysis, MA Social Work, Dip SW, NVQ3 Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture. Laurel worked as a Health/HIV/Aids Advisor with North Devon District Hospital, and as a counsellor and therapist with the Exeter Mental Health team, before taking a Master's degree in Social Work. Laurel has worked in Devon Children's Services in assessment and safeguarding, as a supervising social worker in fostering, and a senior social worker with at-risk families in Torbay.
Following a private passion, Laurel re-trained in Horticulture and ran a therapeutic horticulture project in Totnes, while working in garden design and maintenance. Laurel co-founded a successful community enterprise – Food in Community CIC-which collects surplus organic food and redistributes it to vulnerable groups in the community.
BA, MSc, CQSW Deirdre is a registered social worker with a background in multidisciplinary teams supporting people who have learning disabilities and mental health problems. She has taught on social work programmes at the universities of Exeter and Plymouth, and has worked extensively with service user and carer groups in education and practice.
BA (hons) MA, PGCE, PgDipPsych Sarah began teaching English and Drama 23 years ago. She became increasingly drawn to working with vulnerable young people in various settings including family intervention, as well as teaching in special and hospital schools, focussing on young people with mental health issues, medical needs and autism. As well as supporting therapeutic horsemanship for its enormous potential for humans, she is also passionate about giving healing to horses themselves. She has recently qualified as an Equine Healer.


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Thetford Mines
Article by Pierre Mailhot, Jean-marie Dubois, Nathan Baker
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited November 29, 2019
Thetford Mines, Quebec, incorporated as a city in 1905, population 16,174 (2016 census), 16,440 (2011 census). The city of Thetford Mines is located on the Bécancour River in the Appalachian Mountains, 107 km south of Quebec City. It was named after the town of Thetford in Norfolk, England. During the 20th century, it was one of the world's largest asbestos mining and production centres.
Before European colonization, the Abenaki inhabited the Thetford Mines region. They partnered with the French in the fur trade and allied with them against the British. Within a few decades of contact with Europeans, warfare and exposure to diseases had decimated the area's Abenaki population. British and Loyalist settlement of the region began after the British Conquest of 1760.
In 1853, the Province of Canada created an Abenaki reserve near the village of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, just south of Thetford Mines. However, facing the encroachment of settlers on their land, the Abenaki surrendered this reserve in 1882 and moved to other Abenaki communities.
Discovery of Asbestos
The discovery of Thetford Mines' asbestos deposit in 1876 is usually attributed to local resident Joseph Fecteau. Having taken a break from cutting hay to pick blueberries, Fecteau spotted a strange, greenish rock. He scraped some fibres from the rock with his fingernail and showed the substance to a visiting fur trader named Roger Ward. Ward had samples of the fibres analyzed and confirmed it was the mineral asbestos.
In 1877, Ward bought property and mining rights in the village. Mining companies began production later that year. In 1879, the arrival of the railway made it possible to transport the mineral in larger quantities and more quickly to Lévis, Quebec. The village incorporated as Kingsville (named after William King, an important mine owner) in 1892. It grew rapidly as the mines attracted people from other areas. Kingsville was incorporated as a city and renamed Thetford Mines in 1905.
Asbestos Strike of 1949
On 14 February 1949, 5,000 asbestos miners in Asbestos and Thetford Mines began a strike that lasted almost five months. It was one of the most violent labour conflicts in Quebec's history. The Catholic Church sided with the miners against the provincial government and mining company Johns-Manville. The Asbestos Strike was a turning point in Quebec's social history, helping to lay the groundwork for the Quiet Revolution.
Both underground and open-face mines operated in the city. Streets were built between the mines and the asbestos tailings (debris). To enlarge the King and Beaver mines, the neighbourhood of Saint-Maurice was relocated in 1953 and again between 1970 and 1973. The second redevelopment also changed the course of the Bécancour River. Called the "Capitale mondiale de l'amiante" (Asbestos Capital of the World) and the "Cité de l'or blanc" (City of White Gold), Thetford Mines was the largest production centre for this fibre in the Western world in the 20th century.
In the 1980s, growing concern about the health hazards associated with asbestos and increasingly strict regulations on the mineral caused demand to fall. With lower demand came a decrease in production and the number of people employed in the industry. The city's last mine closed in 2012. In 2018, following the example of many countries, Canada banned the sale and use of asbestos and asbestos products. (See also Mining Safety and Health.)
Thetford Mines has developed other sectors, namely manufacturing (e.g., industrial equipment, plastics, and aluminum and steel structures). Thetford Mines is also the administrative centre of the Appalaches regional county municipality. The city has a notable mineralogy and mining museum.
Photo taken 25 July 2010.


You depend upon the multiple circuit breakers in your breaker box (also called an electrical panel) to prevent household electrical overloads and fires. If you live in an older home here in the Montgomery or Frederick County areas, or you're adding additional electrical devices/appliances to your home, you may encounter circuit breaker problems. In this situation, Maryland homeowners often find that the current breaker system isn't up to the task of safely powering your household electrical grid.
Your home's electrical circuits are designed to "break" or "trip" in order to save your connected appliances, microwaves, computers, TVs and more, from being damaged (or catching fire) due to spikes in the electrical supply. Although, in normal situations, you simply flip the breaker back on if it trips, there are times when this recurs frequently. That's a sign you should consider circuit breaker replacement.
Turn off all electrical devices on the affected circuit.
Locate your breaker box (typically found in your garage, basement or near the furnace and/or hot water heater).
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Difenilclorofosfato é o composto orgânico de fórmula C12H10ClO3P, SMILES ClP(=O)(Oc1ccccc1)Oc2ccccc2, de massa molecular 268,632813. Apresenta ponto de ebulição 316 °C a pressão de 272 mmHg e de 145 a 147 °C a 1 mmHg. Apresenta densidade de 1,296 a 1,3. Tem como sinônimos os nomes de fosforocloridrato de difenila, óxido de clorodifenoxifosfina, óxido de difenoxiclorofosfina e clorofosfato de difenila. É abreviado na literatura como DPCP, do ínglês diphenylchlorophosphate.

É o similar difenilado do fenildiclorofosfato.

O difenilclorofosfato pode ser usado como ativador para o passo de acoplamento na formação de diésteres H-fosfonatos, um passo importante na síntese de oligonucleotídeos.

Difenilclorofosfato pode ser usado como agente de policondensação na síntese de copoliésteres aleatórios diretamente a partir dos respectivos diácidos e de dióis.

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This past weekend, Audrey and I attended the popular DesignerCon art and designer convention at the Anaheim Convention Center. The scene there was the typical nerd, geek, artist, laid-back Southern Californian in jeans and t-shirt.
It felt so much larger than we had anticipated, even though we knew there were over 500 vendors. Total walking time was over 4 1/2 hours, without breaking for lunch, and we did not stop at every booth. It reminded me a little bit of ComicCon, Etsy, and the L.A. Art Show. Tickets were a bit steep, around $30 per adult, with children 12 and under getting in for free. Parking at the convention center was busy and cost $16 for the day. It was fun and great to see many different types of products on sale. We ended up buying a glow-in-the-dark ghost enamel pin and a pair of ghost earrings for Audrey.
Jack Black! He's a DesignerCon fan, too.


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Hi, how are you? Busy in creating beautiful things? I hope so!
Creating beautiful things is what we like, right?
it's time to save the wool and it is time to work with cotton.
I do not know if you like this color combination ... you like this?
Of a flowerpot of pachyveria arose in dozens of shoots that I put into a lot of small flowerpots. Now my terrace is full of flowerpots of pachyveria. I've given some flower pots of pachyveria and sure throughout the year I give away more. I like giving away plants that I see grow in my terrace! Look how from inside our home my Daughter's eyes follow my every movements. She wants to know at all times what is happening, whether in the kitchen, the terrace, the bathroom ... she wants to see it!
In a plant of Sansevieria also surfaced many shoots that I put into other flowerpots.
Your squares are just lovely and so is your daughter! Gaia.
Lepo,volim sivo,sa svakom bojom se lepo kombinuje!
Succulents are so fun to grow and so forgiving. yes, the eyes follow every movement and she learns by watching and listening at this age. You are a good mama, she is getting so big and beautiful and calm.
I like grey as a colour base!!!!
M'encanten aquests quadrats de ganxet Cris!!!! Quina combinació de colors....a més l cotó em torna boja! Veus en canvi les plantes no són el meu fort :( petonets!!!!!!
Quins quadritos més preciosos!!!! m'encanteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!!! Les dues combinacions són monissimes!!!
Aquests quadrets són una monada!! Tu tampoc pares ehhhh??!! M'estic posant al dia mirant els blogs i has fet un munt de coses! I jo encantada de veure-ho :).


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What we can learn from the Olympics – the benefits of state intervention
by Michael Meacher.
After an unexpectedly brilliant Olympics – 29 golds and 65 medals, unprecedented for more than a century since 1908 – pleading questions are being asked whether it will bring about a transformation of Britain. It will not. It has certainly provided an enormous morale boost for the national psyche and made a naturally self-deprecating and […]
What David Miliband's intervention really means
by Owen Jones.
Those of us who have suggested David Miliband's latest political intervention may have – let's say – ulterior motives have received a bit of flak. Must he stay silent just because any public pronouncement may be misconstrued by the media? Why can't he contribute to the debate about the party's future like anyone else?
Labour's national mission
Ed Miliband is right to assert in today's Guardian that Labour needs to set out a clear national mission. There has been a lot of talk recently about a new ideological vision to win back the five million votes lost between 1997-2010. Some on the conservative Right, like Blue Labour with its emphasis on family, […]
We need an ideological revival, but not what's being offered
Whilst Big Society may be a vacuous slogan, Cameron's commitment to deconstruct the State, as he told us explicitly three weeks ago, is very real. Following hard on the dismantling of the NHS, he made clear that there would be no public service, with the sole exception of national security and the judiciary, which could […]
Accountability breakdown: they keep getting away with it
Four breakdowns in the last three days all point to the same central flaw which is now endemic in British society. Public order policing is out of control and clearly would have remained so for many years had not the undercover police spy Mark Kennedy gone native. Phone hacking of public figures we also now see has […]
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Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd is a public company in the secondary sector engaged in selling products for households and offices they include Electrical, Computers & Communications, Small Appliances, Furniture, Bedding & Manchester, Home Improvements, Lighting and Carpet & Flooring. As a franchisor Harvey Norman grants franchisers to independent business operators, there are many stores in Australia, New Zealand, Slovenia, Ireland, Singapore and Malaysia.
Harvey Norman is Australia's is leading the retail chain.The Harvey Norman success started as a independent electrical appliance store that was opened by the company chairmen Gerry Harvey with the retailer Ian Norman at a site of a former auction house in Sydney suburb of Arncliffe at the date of 1961. A public company is a company that has issued shares to the public to buy and is traded on the stock exchange. When becoming a public company it allows the market to find out the value of the whole company through daily training.
The working capital of Harvey Norman in the year of 2009 was not that great ,It was 1. 1:1 it is still a decent ratio but not enough to be able to pay off bills and other expenses. An average ratio would be on the mark of 1. 5:1 but it isn't that great so the most preferable ratio is 2:1 but in the year of 2010 the ratio is 1.
61:1. Harvey Norman has increased their working capital over 1 year and is over 1. 5:1 (average) but not as good as 2:1 Harvey Norman can still pay off debts and if they continue this improvement they will reach 2:1 soon but if the ratio is over 5:1 there is too much cash flow and the business should spend that money on the business. Comments on the cash flowTotal revenue received from franchisees increased from $976.
61 million for the past year to $1,024. 18 million for the year that has ended on 30 June 2010, an increase of $47. 57 million has been gained. Net GST payments increased by $13.
22 million in the year that ended on 30 June 2010 compared to the past year. The past year contained higher GST input tax credits resulting from increased capital acquisitions and lower GST outputs due to lower revenues received from franchisees. Payments for the purchases of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and investment properties have decreased by $58. 6 million relative to the previous year.
The 2010 financial year is a year of consolidation and the store roll-out program will resume in the 2011 financial year. In this chart we see the share price going down and up. It is evident that in the period of May 2011 has had a low share price it is possibly because there is not a lot of sales and this is affecting the business. The business was well off on the month of January which has 3.
20 for a share compared to May that is declining to 2. 50 for a share. Source of change There are internal and external sources of change.The difference between them is that internal is something you can change and must be changed avoid loosing the business but external influences cannot e changed they are like for e.
g. Tax , economic factors , geographic maters anything that is hard to change and must keep on selling and move past the situation. The similarities of these influence is that they can affect the businesses performance and progress in the market. The external influences are the one who hurt and affect the business more.
The external influence on this business is the GFC (global financial crisis).The GFC stoped people buying product due to not having enough money and people losing jobs. Businesses were shut down and employees were let off and told they no longer work for them due to not enough cash flow. Harvey Norman was one of the businesses which was affected hard but eventually came out of its shell and started selling products and gained market share.
Harvey Norman's competitors were shut down due to financial reasons. The other external influences on Harvey Norman are the Free GST on products less than 1000 dollars imported electrical appliances from overseas.This will stop potential consumers buying goods from Harvey Norman but buying from overseas. Harvey Norman has a majority of electrical appliances and this will hit them hard if no one buys from the business.
The internal influence is that Harvey Norman has bought Collapsing Clive peters and this is a bonus for Harvey Norman because they will gain more money from the Clive businesses and possibly make some of the businesses Harvey Norman. To succeed Harvey Norman should produce good quality products, reasonable market price and gain reputation to gain more profit and be worth it buying Clive petersThe internal influences for Harvey Norman is that due to people buying products online cheaper now retailer Harvey Norman will set its electronics and furniture goods online to reduce costs from July the 1st this will help Harvey Norman reduce people buying products from overseas and buy products from Harvey Norman online. The negative thing about this is that potential consumers do not trust giving private details online due to theft and online hacking so Harvey Norman should have a security base program to reduce and possibly stop identity and personal information theft.The external influence is the carbon tax on the businesses which let of carbon into the air.
This greatly affects Harvey Norman because the producers of TV and other electrical appliances let out carbon into the air and with the cost will increase and it will be passed on to customers which don't want to pay that much and thats why some people are importing products from overseas to reduce costs. Harvey Norman will eventually be broke in the meantime.The Government says they will compensate lower and middle income workers but that's only this year how about next year and the following year ..
. The internal influence is that Harvey Norman has decided to clone staff for new virtual world. This process will reduce cost for training people and not much spending will be done for employers but the major impact will result in unemployment rate Going up and robots or virtual people taking over humanistic jobs.


The symbol mark of Yujin Robot embodies a robot as a companion connecting a person to a person.
It represents the friendliness of a robot contributing to human's convenient and pleasant life.
The color of the symbol, YUJIN Lightblue, holds the vision of a company that intends to open the warm ubiquitous world together with robots emotionally.
San Serif font was used for the logotype to add the modern feel and credibility and the impact was given by differentiating the thickness of YUJIN and ROBOT.
The color of the logo type, YUJIN Darkblue, expresses the challenging spirit that the company aims to step up as the world's robot company as well as the stability.
The symbol mark is a representative visual element symbolizing YUJIN ROBOT and one of core communication elements to deliver YUJIN ROBOT's images to customers.
In principle, symbol mark is expressed in three dimensions and other than signature, it can be expressed as Motif. When it is used alone, the height should not be less than 10 mm.
The logotype was developed by taking into consideration of plastic features of symbol mark and in order to deliver the effective image, in principle, it should be used together with the symbol mark. The font, thickness, ratio, etc. of the logotype cannot be altered randomly and the color regulation should be observed.
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When I first started my website, I went ahead and registered a Pinterest account. But I did not spend much time on it, choosing to concentrate on Facebook and Twitter instead. After a couple of months, I checked my stats on Google Analytics and got a pleasant surprise when I found that it was Pinterest that was driving the most traffic to my site.
I realized it was time to start being intentional with Pinterest marketing, and I began to be more organized with it. Within a couple of months, I saw a steep incline in my inbound traffic from Pinterest.
The graph above depicts the incline from 1612 sessions in May to 7479 sessions in September this year. That is an increase of over 350% in just a matter of 5 months!
I got access to a few group boards that had a huge following, and some of my pins got repinned on a large scale. I was also pinning quality images consistently, and some other prominent pinners (who were also part of those group boards) started repinning my pins.
One of my pins on a group board was repinned by Lisa Jacobsen and it got close to 4000 pins… It actually went viral!
That's the advantage of being a part of big group boards. Let's look into some of the basics of group boards, and how you can join one.
A group board is just like any other board on Pinterest, except that the owner of the board invites other pinners to pin to it. The owner usually has a theme for the board, and a set of rules that pinners need to abide with when they add their pins to the group board. You will have to follow the group board, and be invited to join before you can start pinning.
You can identify a group board by the icon on the right side of the group name.
How do You Join a Group Board?
Check if some of the bloggers/site owners in your niche have group boards.
Check out Facebook groups where people share the links to Pinterest group boards they are a part of.
Use a tool such as Pin Groupie or Board Deck that allows you to find group boards in your niche.
Here are a couple of Facebook groups you can join, that will help you find Pinterest group boards in your niche.
And here are a few Pinterest group boards that you can request to join.
I check the Pinterest accounts of some big players in my niche who have a large number of followers. (These followers are actually also my target audience). I check their profiles and make a note of the group boards they are a part of.
Once you have a list of group boards you'd like to join, check if they are open to new contributors. If they allow new pinners to join, go over their rules and request them to add you – either via a personalized email or via Pinterest messages. You need to mention your Pinterest username and the email address associated with your Pinterest profile in your request.
Note: You will have to follow the group board's administrator on Pinterest first, before you can request them to grant you access. The administrator will be the first person listed on the top of the group board.
Here is a sample email you can use to request access to a particular Pinterest group board.
I'm <your name> from <your website>. I love your <group board name> Pinterest board, and would be thrilled to be able to pin to it. I have read the rules and followed the board from my Pinterest profile.
I would be extremely grateful if you could send me an invite to join your group board.
Once you have been invited to join the group board, you will receive an email with the invitation and also a notification on Pinterest. Sometimes, the notification might not be visible. If you're sure you've already been invited, you can visit the group board and click on the "Accept" button to accept the group board invitation.
Once you accept the invitation, you will be able to start pinning. Each group board will have it's own set of instructions that you'll have to follow when pinning. Make sure you abide by those rules and maintain proper Pinterest etiquette every time you pin.
Once you have joined a few good group boards, start pinning to them. But rather than pinning randomly, plan which pins you need to pin where, and distribute your pinning over the week. Also make sure you don't go on a pinning spree. Time your pins so it doesn't clog up your stream with the same pin.
I encourage you to create a similar weekly pinning schedule, mapping all your pins to specific group boards on different days of the week.
Pinning to popular group boards will definitely help you increase your website traffic in a dramatic way.
Today's Challenge: For today's challenge, find at least two group boards you can join, and request the board owners to add you as a contributor.
Then leave a comment below and enter to win one of two $25 Amazon gift cards!
Group boards have been amazing for me too! I LOVE them. I just made a spreadsheet to organize my pinning to what boards and it has been great. Way better than my handwritten scribbles from before.
Yes Deanna, a spreadsheet makes it very easy to to manage. You can add more boards or pins as it comes by!! Well, I do have a handwritten version for my client. That depends on our exact needs…isn't?
What a great post you have here! I recently started participating in group boards. Having a pinning organizer like you have is a great idea to keep organized! Thank you so very much for your help with this topic! I have pinned it to my blogging tips board. Have a great day!!
Thank you Brandi. Having a pinning schedule is helping me a lot!!
And thank you for sharing my article on Pinterest. Appreciate your support!
I am looking forward to finding some group boards to participate in, thank you!
Sunu, I am trying to request to join some group boards, but there is no way for me to contact the owner of the board. How do I send a request to join?
Thank you so much Sunu for packing so much information into this post. I found it extrememly helpful and hope to get better at pinning consistently. I loved that you included a chart with your pinning schedule.
I am really impressed with this series Sunu. It is so practical and you have given really clear descriptions and examples. The letter of request is so helpful and gives a really great starting place, even if I decide to customise it a bit.
Sunu; I can't tell you how excited I am about finding you. First of all, I am thankful that you are a God fearing woman seeking to be a Proverbs 31 wife! I, too, love the Lord with all my heart and am the Prayer Team Service Director for my church. I write a blog when I can. I am 67 years old and did not prepare for retirement. I am presently in the alterations and embroidery business. I have a passion to sew and to teach other young women to do the same. The schools don't teach it anymore and when my generation is gone – well, just sayin'. I have downloaded everything you have to offer and am trying to read through it all at once! I have wanted to teach sewing and alterations on an ongoing basis for a long time but my business at home has grown so much I can hardly keep up. I have considered teaching online but did not know how to get started. I feel that I am an expert seamstress and especially in alterations. Thank you for opening the door to answer the questions I have been praying about for so long. I see Jesus in your face and smile!
oh Linda, your comment indeed made my day!! I am so.. so happy that you found these resources helpful.
And do contact me if you get stuck at any point. I love to help you!