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Silver-glitter phrases for your emails and websites (A-H)

I made some glitter phrases and thought I’d share them with you.  Just right click, choose ’save image as’ and then use them any way you want!

If you’d like to see more phrases, let me know and I’ll make them!

Gold-glitter phrases for your emails and websites (A-H)

I made some glitter phrases and thought I’d share them with you.  Just right click, choose ’save image as’ and then use them any way you want!

More coming later in another post…

[6 photos] “Whisper Boats” are the mode of transportation in this Holland village

How pretty is this village!

All transportation in Giethoorn, Holland (Venice of the Netherlands) is done with a “whisper boat” (an electric powered boat, which hardly makes any noise).  It’s run with two big batteries, which allows seven hours of continuous ‘driving’. In the old part of the village, there were no roads and all transport was done by water.  Now there is a cycling path.

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Have you ever lived or visited there?  Post your experience.

[12 photos] Restored church creates heavenly living quarters

A couple purchased this old church in Kyloe, North Cumberland, England.  They invested lots of money to keep the outside and inside as it was, and restored instead of renovated (3 times more money).

What a heavenly idea!

[photos] 14 Images to help you smile

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Which one gave you the biggest smile?

[photos] Food carvings: Apple butterfly, Banana dolphin, Cauliflower lamb…

I wish I could create things like this…

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I know your smiling right now.

Keep it going!

Man sues after product fails to get him women

Man sues over lack of ‘Lynx effect’

A luckless Indian romeo is suing Lynx after he failed to land a single girlfriend during seven years of using their products.

Vaibhav Bedi, 26, is seeking £26,000 from parent company Unilever for the “depression and psychological damage” caused by the lack of any Lynx effect.

Court officials in New Delhi have agreed to order forensic laboratory tests on dozens of his half-used Lynx body washes, shampoos, anti-perspirants and hair gels.

Lynx – marketed as Axe in India – is famous for its saucy ads showing barely clothed women throwing themselves at men.

But Bedi says in his court petition: “The company cheated me because in its advertisements, it says women will be attracted to you if you use Axe.

“I used it for seven years but no girl came to me.”

When contacted Unilever declined to comment on the case.

But India’s leading compensation litigator Ram Jethmalani warned: “There is no data to substantiate the supposition that unattractive and unintelligent men don’t attract women.

“In fact some of the best looking women have been known to marry and date absolutely ghoulish guys. I’d suggest that the company settles this issue out of court.”

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Have you purchased a product that promised to deliver but didn’t?  What was it?

[news] Hungry helicopter crew drops in for A&W burgers

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KENORA, Ontario

Even military men get the muchies.

A Canadian military helicopter touched down in Kenora in the parking lot across from the A&W for a food run on Thursday evening.

Restaurant owner Randy Nickle said he was surprised to see the chopper touch down.

“They were hungry, they were looking for food.  They flew from Edmonton…and were trying to get to Thunder Bay and, of course, they needed fuel so they stopped to get gas at the airport.  But because there’s no food there they decided, “Hey, let’s go to A&W for supper.”

Nickle said crew members picked up an order of burgers, fries and drinks before lifting off.

The Canadian Press

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[video] Sometimes we forget the important things…

 

Autistic artist draws New York from memory

Stephen Wiltshire–”The Living Camera”

This astonishing 18ft drawing of the world’s most famous skyline was created by autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire after he spent just 20 minutes in a helicopter gazing at the panorama.

The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale.

Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building can be seen towering above smaller buildings after just three days in his spellbinding creation.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223790/Autistic-artist-draws-18ft-picture-New-York-skyline-memory.html#ixzz0VWxlbCeq

[audio] “Welcome to the automated relationship replacement hotline”

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This is both creative and hilarious!

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Transcribed from CBC Wiretap, Season 6, “Patent Pending” (4 m 11 sec):

Welcome to the automatic relationship replacement hotline, prototype 1.4…Patent Pending

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I’m here to help you through this difficult time.

If you’ve recently ended a romantic relationship, press 1; if you believe yourself to be suffering from empty-nest syndrome, press 2. <button pressed> You have pressed 1–ended romantic relationship.

If your friends are tired of hearing you complain and you would like some time to lament your fate, please do so after the tone.  To forgo this feature, press 9.  <button pressed>  You have pressed 9.

Let’s proceed.

If you would like to hear  a well-meaning but ultimately ineffectual pep talk, press 1; if you would like to proceed directly to the substitute love function, press 2. <button pressed> You have pressed 2.

To massage the back of MY neck with affection, press 1.   To squeeze my hand, press 2.  <button pressed> You have pressed 1.  It felt nice.

If you would like to me to tousle your hair in a return show of affection, press 1; if you would like me to verbally assure you, press 2. <button pressed> You have pressed 2–You’re the best!

If you would like to be told that I love you, press the * key;  to forgo this feature, press 9…Are you still there?  <button pressed> You have pressed the * key– I love you.

To tell me you love me back, press 1; to forgo this feature, press <button pressed> You have pressed 1.  You love me.  Thank you.

To quantify your love, enter the amount of love you have for me on the key pad, followed by the pound key.  <four buttons pressed> You have entered 999.  You really love me very much.  Thank you.

To nuzzle your face into my hair and tell me all your hopes and dreams, press 1; to confide in me your secret fears, press 2. <button pressed> You have pressed  2.

If you’d like a moment to curl up in a fetal ball on the couch, bed or floor, press 9;  to immediately record your fears into our database, press <button pressed> You have pressed 9…I will wait…please press 7 when you are ready… <button pressed>

Before we begin, if you would like to me play some instrumental music to underscore your pain, press 1 <button pressed> You have pressed 1–Let’s proceed. <melancholy music plays> Go ahead; tell me your fears <more music> Please proceed…Are you still there?  <music> You may begin at any time…I am waiting…I am patiently waiting…please continue…<fade out>

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To hear the audio file, click here, expand season 6 and then look for the file called “Patent Pending.”

Enjoy!

[video] Heart-sick young man is looking for his MsDreamy

Once upon a time, a gentleman had a nightmare.  But out of this nightmare appeared the most beautiful woman he’d ever laid eyes on.  Adam Pacitti believes she’s a real person and will not stop searching until he finds her.

Click here for more info.

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Have you ever dreamed of someone and then met them in real life?

[video] A swinging heart

I’m sure someone reading this understands the following explanation…

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A 39-year-old woman with a 1-year history of Stage IV melanoma presented with progressive shortness of breath, fatigue, and edema in the legs, which had developed over the course of the previous week. At the time of the melanoma diagnosis, a mediastinal and right supraclavicular mass had been seen without identification of a primary tumor. The patient had been treated with five cycles of biochemotherapy and then with antibodies against cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4. Subsequently, the superior vena cava syndrome and tracheal compression had developed, which had required stenting. The patient had then received radiation therapy. Integrated positron-emission tomography and computed tomography continued to show active and spreading disease. The physical examination revealed hypotension, tachycardia, jugular venous distention, pulsus paradoxus, and distant heart sounds. The blood pressure was 82/64 mm Hg, and the heart rate was 110 beats per minute. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large pericardial effusion with swinging of the heart (see video) and collapse of the right atrium (RA) and left atrium (LA) in end diastole (Panel A, arrows) and diastolic collapse of the right ventricle (RV) (Panel B, arrows), which was consistent with pericardial tamponade. Pericardiocentesis yielded 1.6 liters of bloody fluid; the fluid was subsequently shown to be a malignant effusion. Swinging of the heart that is due to a large pericardial effusion is responsible for the beat-to-beat shift in the axis, amplitude, and morphology of the QRS interval (electrical alternans) on electrocardiography. In this patient, the condition resulted in a “pseudo” 2:1 atrioventricular-block pattern, with an absent QRS interval after every other P wave (Panel A, arrowheads), despite ventricular contraction on echocardiography. Follow-up echocardiography over the next 2 days showed no reaccumulation of effusion. Paclitaxel was administered, but the patient died within 2 months after the initiation of therapy.

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[photos] Staircase to…

Where does this staircase, located at Palace of Congresses in Biel, Switzerland lead to?

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[photos] 9 Creative headstones

My favorites images are #2 and #9…

         

Source: From a forwarded email

[video] Weather/cloud experts–please identify

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[crafts/photos] How to make a rose from leaves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[video] WOW–Listen to Susan Boyle’s new single “Wild Horses”

Geez, I’m weepy this morning–beauty [in all forms] brings me to tears.

Susan sings The Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’, taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’.  Susan’s new album, I Dreamed A Dream, hits the shops in the UK on the 23rd Nov and the rest of the world on the 24th Nov.

 

[video] Storytelling with sand and light–the art that brought me to tears [video]

Being a writer, I’m always interested in learning new ways to tell a story.  Well, I found one called Sand Painting.  I’ve never seen anything expressed so beautifully.  Watch this woman from a show called “Ukraine has the Talent” tell an emotional story with sand and light in 10 minutes.  Even if you can’t watch the whole thing, I guarantee you’ll be awe-struck within the first mintue…

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Just had to add these two…

“You’ve got a friend”

Sand Painter – Mark Demel

I love the last image in this video…

[video] Detect lying behavior–technique used by law enforcement

Do you think someone’s lying to you?  “NLP” is a technique used by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), psychologists, and other professions.

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R E L A T E D    V I D E O S

NLP Eye Patterns

Eye Accessing Cues

[video] Instructional: Indian head massage

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This video instruction of how to give an Indian head massage looks sssssoooo relaxing!

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-an-indian-head-massage

* You will find video tutorials for face, neck, and foot massages, too!

[news] Baby falls under Melbourne train and survives

Wow–what a story.  A baby fell on to a train track in Melbourne, Australia and survived with a scratch on its head!  The engineer is being treated for shock.

See the gut-wrenching video here as broadcast by CNN!

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Warship is forged with WTC steel

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The US navy’s new amphibious assault vessel, 684 feet long and built at a cost of $1.2 billion, earned a rousing reception as it nosed its way out of the Mississippi to the Atlantic yesterday.

Although it looks like any other vessel of its class, it is subtly different: the steel in its bow comes from Ground Zero in New York City.

Capable of carrying 800 marines as well as handling flight operations for helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft, the ship will arrive on the wharfs of Manhattan in early November, where it will be formally commissioned the USS New York as a tribute to the city that suffered the worst of the attacks on September 11, 2001.  About 7.5 tonnes of steel salvaged from the collapsed Twin Towers were used in the building of the ship.

“That steel means a whole lot more than just metal,” said Ronnie Harris, the mayor of Gretna, the Louisiana town where the ship was built.  “The entire country comes together in that bow stem, and I’m so proud that this event puts it in the history books.”

Brian Corcoran, a mechanical contractor who was cheering it on from the shore with his four children, said, “Hopefully it’s going overseas to do damage to them like they did to us.”

Independent, London

USS New York

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Is this honorable or dishonorable to the WTC victims?

(10) Creations from money [photos]

Financial Orgami!  Here are my three favorites:

Money Hats

Money Suits

Money Bears

Click here to see the other seven.

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So there, I fixed it…[humor/photos]

These pictures add meaning to the quote, “If there’s a will, there’s a way.”  Enjoy!

Source: forwarded in an email

Money DOES grow on trees in Ingleton, North Yorkshire! [photos]

This gives new meaning to the term “financial growth.”

Did your mother ever chastise you with the words ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’ in a possibly fruitless attempt to curb your profligate ways? Well, maybe – just maybe – she was wrong. There are places in England where money apparently does just that.

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(http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyjakeman/3482999725/)

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackham/240783599/)

The details are found here.

(30) Movies with the most mistakes

According to this website, the top 30 movies with the most audio, continuity, deliberate, factual, revealing and visible crew/equipment goofs are:

1. Apocalypse Now (391) – Continuity: After the helicopter attack when the chopper drops the patrol boat into the water, you can see the canopy and the radar type antenna break and collapse. When you see it again it’s in perfect condition.
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (296) – Factual error: In the scene immediately following Harry and Hermione’s travel back through time, she tells him, “It’s 7:30.” The clock, however, is striking the bells for an hour, not a half-hour.
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (288) – Visible crew/equipment: In the dueling scene, when Snape pulls Malfoy back onto his feet, a cameraman is visible on the far left of the screen.
4. Superman IV:  The Quest for Peace (267) – Continuity: While Superman walks with the kid to the UN, the sky changes from sunny to cloudy in a nano-second.
5. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (261) – Audio problem: When Bilbo is back at his house after the party, Gandalf asks him whether it is so hard to give up the Ring, and Bilbo says, “Well no,” though his mouth is very out of sync.
6. Star Wars (259)
7. The Wizard of Oz (259)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (257) – Deliberate mistake: When Merry is running away from the Orc in Fangorn Forest he has a big gash on the left side of his head, yet when he’s in Treebeard’s hands it has changed to his right side. Due to shot/scene flipping, this occurs numerous times.
9. Scary Movie 3 (254)
10. Beauty and the Beast (243)
11. The Pirates of the Caribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (240)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (225) – Visible equipment: In Shelob’s lair, when Frodo is caught in the web, in the first close-up while hanging there the camera pans down to his feet. Both ankles are wrapped and have foot supports and the wire cables attached to his ankle straps are visible, especially his left. In the next back shot, as Frodo turns around the wrist/arm support at his right arm, while he holds Sting, is seen too.
13. Jaws (214)
14. Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone (214)
15. Troy (212) Other: During the first shot of the 1000 ships, oarsmen can be seen rowing, but their oars are not disturbing the water. Yet as they approach the beach, the shot is from the same distance and now splashes can be seen.
16. The Big Sleep (204)
17. Titanic (201) – Continuity: When Rose is trying to rescue Jack she spies a fire axe. Smashing all the glass out from the holder she grabs the axe and turns round. The next camera shot shows Rose standing in front of the case with almost all of its glass intact.
18. The Goonies (198)
19. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (196)
20. Aladdin (193) – Factual error: The animators have clearly tried to make all the writing in the film look Arabic. However in one scene we see the faces of Jafar and the Sultan as they read a scroll. Their eyes move from left to right; Arabic is read right to left.
21. The Crow: Wicked Prayer (183)
22. Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (181)
23. Gladiator (178) – Visible equipment: In the “Battle of Carthage” in the Colosseum, one of the chariots is turned over. Once the dust settles you can see a gas cylinder in the back of the chariot.
24. Star Wars III – Revenge of the Sith (177)
25. Independence Day (171)
26. Peter Pan (165) – Continuity: Tinker Bell comes in through the window, zips around the nursery and flies to the bookcase, knocking the two statue bookends and all of the books in between onto the floor leaving an empty shelf. Yet moments later Peter enters the nursery, follows Tink towards the hallway, passes the bookcase on the way and now there are other books on the top shelf.
27. Pearl Harbor (164)
28. Labyrinth (162)
29. Spider-Man (161)
30. Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones (156)

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Inmates’ last statements and executed offender details

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What follows are quotations taken from inmates’ last statements in Texas.  The statements, delivered before family members, relatives of victims, friends and the press, are compiled out of chronological order.

– CLAIRE CAMERON, the author of “The Line Painter”

• Go ahead?
• Nothing I can say can change the past.
• I done lost my voice.
• I would like to say goodbye.
• My heart goes is going ba bump ba bump ba bump.
• Is the mike on?
• I don’t have anything to say. I am just sorry about what I did.
• I am nervous and it is hard to put my thoughts together. Sometimes you don’t know what to say.
• Man, there is a lot of people there.
• I have come here today to die, not make speeches.
• Where’s Mr. Marino’s mother? Did you get my letter?
• I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to.
• I wish I could die more than once to tell you how sorry I am.
• Could you please tell that lady right there — can I see her? She is not looking at me — I want you to understand something, hold no animosity toward me. I want you to understand. Please forgive me.
• I don’t think the world will be a better or safer place without me.
• I am sorry.
• I want to tell my mom that I love her.
• I caused her so much pain and my family and stuff. I hurt for the fact that they are going to be hurting.
• I am taking it like a man.
• Kick the tires and light the fire. I am going home.
• They may execute me but they can’t punish me because they can’t execute an innocent man.
• I couldn’t do a life sentence.
• I said I was going to tell a joke. Death has set me free. That’s the biggest joke.
• To my sweet Claudia, I love you.
• Cathy, you know I never meant to hurt you.
• I love you, Irene.
• Let my son know I love him.
• Tell everyone I got full on chicken and pork chops.
• I appreciate the hospitality that you guys have shown me and the respect, and the last meal was really good.
• The reason it took them so long is because they couldn’t find a vein. You know how I hate needles. … Tell the guys on Death Row that I’m not wearing a diaper.
• Lord, I lift your name on high.
• From Allah we came and to Allah we shall return.
• For everybody incarcerated, keep your heads up.
• Death row is full of isolated hearts and suppressed minds.
• Mistakes are made, but with God all things are possible.
• I am responsible for them losing their mother, their father and their grandmother. I never meant for them to be taken. I am sorry for what I did.
• I can’t take it back.
• Lord Jesus forgive of my sins. Please forgive me for the sins that I can remember.
• All my life I have been locked up.
• Give me my rights. Give me my rights. Give me my rights. Give me my life back.
• I am tired.
• I deserve this.
• A life for a life.
• It’s my hour. It’s my hour.
• I’m ready, Warden.

A version of this article appeared in print on September 20, 2009, on page WK10 of the New York edition.

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Executed offenders (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) – This reveals the offenders name, prior prison record, summary of the crime, and much more.

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“Fun theory” encourages exercise and trash reduction [video]

How cool is this?

“Piano Stairs” to encourage exercise…

“Deep Garbage Bins” to encourage trash reduction…

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Brilliant!  Brilliant!

How technology is changing the future of dressing rooms, ink, paper and more [videos]

These short videos explain the direction of new technologies and how they’ll affect the following products/industries…

The future of concierges [Microsoft Surface technology]

The future of dressing rooms [Responsive Mirrors]

The future of ink [Electronic Ink]

The future of paper [Photo-Grey technology]

The future of sticky notes [Quickies - Digital pens]

and more…