This is the matchbox I received from Natasha's Shabby Chic Matchbox Swap! I had seen it on Michele's page and was admiring her work and when i received it for the swap I was so thrilled!! I just love the paper too! This was a great swap!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
An Inconvenient truth!
An Inconvenient Truth
BY ROGER EBERT / June 2, 2006
Cast & CreditsParamount Classics presents a documentary featuring Al Gore. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated PG (for mild thematic elements).
I want to write this review so every reader will begin it and finish it. I am a liberal, but I do not intend this as a review reflecting any kind of politics. It reflects the truth as I understand it, and it represents, I believe, agreement among the world's experts.
Global warming is real.
It is caused by human activity.
Mankind and its governments must begin immediate action to halt and reverse it.
If we do nothing, in about 10 years the planet may reach a "tipping point" and begin a slide toward destruction of our civilization and most of the other species on this planet.
After that point is reached, it would be too late for any action.
These facts are stated by Al Gore in the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." Forget he ever ran for office. Consider him a concerned man speaking out on the approaching crisis. "There is no controversy about these facts," he says in the film. "Out of 925 recent articles in peer-review scientific journals about global warming, there was no disagreement. Zero."
He stands on a stage before a vast screen, in front of an audience. The documentary is based on a speech he has been developing for six years, and is supported by dramatic visuals. He shows the famous photograph "Earthrise," taken from space by the first American astronauts. Then he shows a series of later space photographs, clearly indicating that glaciers and lakes are shrinking, snows are melting, shorelines are retreating.
He provides statistics: The 10 warmest years in history were in the last 14 years. Last year South America experienced its first hurricane. Japan and the Pacific are setting records for typhoons. Hurricane Katrina passed over Florida, doubled back over the Gulf, picked up strength from unusually warm Gulf waters, and went from Category 3 to Category 5. There are changes in the Gulf Stream and the jet stream. Cores of polar ice show that carbon dioxide is much, much higher than ever before in a quarter of a million years. It was once thought that such things went in cycles. Gore stands in front of a graph showing the ups and downs of carbon dioxide over the centuries. Yes, there is a cyclical pattern. Then, in recent years, the graph turns up and keeps going up, higher and higher, off the chart.
The primary man-made cause of global warming is the burning of fossil fuels. We are taking energy stored over hundreds of millions of years in the form of coal, gas and oil, and releasing it suddenly. This causes global warming, and there is a pass-along effect. Since glaciers and snow reflect sunlight but sea water absorbs it, the more the ice melts, the more of the sun's energy is retained by the sea.
Gore says that although there is "100 percent agreement" among scientists, a database search of newspaper and magazine articles shows that 57 percent question the fact of global warming, while 43 percent support it. These figures are the result, he says, of a disinformation campaign started in the 1990s by the energy industries to "reposition global warming as a debate." It is the same strategy used for years by the defenders of tobacco. My father was a Luckys smoker who died of lung cancer in 1960, and 20 years later it was still "debatable" that there was a link between smoking and lung cancer. Now we are talking about the death of the future, starting in the lives of those now living.
"The world won't 'end' overnight in 10 years," Gore says. "But a point will have been passed, and there will be an irreversible slide into destruction."
In England, Sir James Lovelock, the scientist who proposed the Gaia hypothesis (that the planet functions like a living organism), has published a new book saying that in 100 years mankind will be reduced to "a few breeding couples at the Poles." Gore thinks "that's too pessimistic. We can turn this around just as we reversed the hole in the ozone layer. But it takes action right now, and politicians in every nation must have the courage to do what is necessary. It is not a political issue. It is a moral issue."
When I said I was going to a press screening of "An Inconvenient Truth," a friend said, "Al Gore talking about the environment! Bor...ing!" This is not a boring film. The director, Davis Guggenheim, uses words, images and Gore's concise litany of facts to build a film that is fascinating and relentless. In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to.
Am I acting as an advocate in this review? Yes, I am. I believe that to be "impartial" and "balanced" on global warming means one must take a position like Gore's. There is no other view that can be defended. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, has said, "Global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." I hope he takes his job seriously enough to see this film. I think he has a responsibility to do that.
What can we do? Switch to and encourage the development of alternative energy sources: Solar, wind, tidal, and, yes, nuclear. Move quickly toward hybrid and electric cars. Pour money into public transit, and subsidize the fares. Save energy in our houses. I did a funny thing when I came home after seeing "An Inconvenient Truth." I went around the house turning off the lights.
go to stopglobalwarming.org to see a lil bit of the movie
BY ROGER EBERT / June 2, 2006
Cast & CreditsParamount Classics presents a documentary featuring Al Gore. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated PG (for mild thematic elements).
I want to write this review so every reader will begin it and finish it. I am a liberal, but I do not intend this as a review reflecting any kind of politics. It reflects the truth as I understand it, and it represents, I believe, agreement among the world's experts.
Global warming is real.
It is caused by human activity.
Mankind and its governments must begin immediate action to halt and reverse it.
If we do nothing, in about 10 years the planet may reach a "tipping point" and begin a slide toward destruction of our civilization and most of the other species on this planet.
After that point is reached, it would be too late for any action.
These facts are stated by Al Gore in the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." Forget he ever ran for office. Consider him a concerned man speaking out on the approaching crisis. "There is no controversy about these facts," he says in the film. "Out of 925 recent articles in peer-review scientific journals about global warming, there was no disagreement. Zero."
He stands on a stage before a vast screen, in front of an audience. The documentary is based on a speech he has been developing for six years, and is supported by dramatic visuals. He shows the famous photograph "Earthrise," taken from space by the first American astronauts. Then he shows a series of later space photographs, clearly indicating that glaciers and lakes are shrinking, snows are melting, shorelines are retreating.
He provides statistics: The 10 warmest years in history were in the last 14 years. Last year South America experienced its first hurricane. Japan and the Pacific are setting records for typhoons. Hurricane Katrina passed over Florida, doubled back over the Gulf, picked up strength from unusually warm Gulf waters, and went from Category 3 to Category 5. There are changes in the Gulf Stream and the jet stream. Cores of polar ice show that carbon dioxide is much, much higher than ever before in a quarter of a million years. It was once thought that such things went in cycles. Gore stands in front of a graph showing the ups and downs of carbon dioxide over the centuries. Yes, there is a cyclical pattern. Then, in recent years, the graph turns up and keeps going up, higher and higher, off the chart.
The primary man-made cause of global warming is the burning of fossil fuels. We are taking energy stored over hundreds of millions of years in the form of coal, gas and oil, and releasing it suddenly. This causes global warming, and there is a pass-along effect. Since glaciers and snow reflect sunlight but sea water absorbs it, the more the ice melts, the more of the sun's energy is retained by the sea.
Gore says that although there is "100 percent agreement" among scientists, a database search of newspaper and magazine articles shows that 57 percent question the fact of global warming, while 43 percent support it. These figures are the result, he says, of a disinformation campaign started in the 1990s by the energy industries to "reposition global warming as a debate." It is the same strategy used for years by the defenders of tobacco. My father was a Luckys smoker who died of lung cancer in 1960, and 20 years later it was still "debatable" that there was a link between smoking and lung cancer. Now we are talking about the death of the future, starting in the lives of those now living.
"The world won't 'end' overnight in 10 years," Gore says. "But a point will have been passed, and there will be an irreversible slide into destruction."
In England, Sir James Lovelock, the scientist who proposed the Gaia hypothesis (that the planet functions like a living organism), has published a new book saying that in 100 years mankind will be reduced to "a few breeding couples at the Poles." Gore thinks "that's too pessimistic. We can turn this around just as we reversed the hole in the ozone layer. But it takes action right now, and politicians in every nation must have the courage to do what is necessary. It is not a political issue. It is a moral issue."
When I said I was going to a press screening of "An Inconvenient Truth," a friend said, "Al Gore talking about the environment! Bor...ing!" This is not a boring film. The director, Davis Guggenheim, uses words, images and Gore's concise litany of facts to build a film that is fascinating and relentless. In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to.
Am I acting as an advocate in this review? Yes, I am. I believe that to be "impartial" and "balanced" on global warming means one must take a position like Gore's. There is no other view that can be defended. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, has said, "Global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." I hope he takes his job seriously enough to see this film. I think he has a responsibility to do that.
What can we do? Switch to and encourage the development of alternative energy sources: Solar, wind, tidal, and, yes, nuclear. Move quickly toward hybrid and electric cars. Pour money into public transit, and subsidize the fares. Save energy in our houses. I did a funny thing when I came home after seeing "An Inconvenient Truth." I went around the house turning off the lights.
go to stopglobalwarming.org to see a lil bit of the movie
Global Warming Crisis
I won't normally post things that aren't related to my crafting life....But I think our world and the future of our world is super important to post about. I want to have another child....but how can i bring him/her into a world that is in a severe crisis......well here are some small things we can do to help global warming stop.
Go to liveearth.org for more details and how you can help spread the truth about Global warming.
Please read these things you can easily do every day to help save our planet...I copy and pasted each of them for you to read. A lot of people are ignoring this ugly truth about what we are doing to our planet. But can u imagine our children, or children's children not having a safe place to live because we were to lazy to do one simple thing?
Live Earth Climate Crisis Solution:
By planting trees, you can reduce home cooling costs by as much as 50%and grow yourself a little shade on a warm summer day.
Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) last up to 10 times longer than traditional bulbs and use only a fraction of the energy, saving you money over their lifespan.
You can make 20 new cans from recycled material with the same energy it takes to make 1 from scratch.
Wash your clothes in cold water and save yourself up to $400 a year in bills.
Every ton of recycled paper saves enough electricity to power a 3 bedroom house for an entire year.
1.5 million tons of plastic are used to make bottles every year, a waste that could instead power electricity in 250,000 homes.
If just 1 million people cut down their trash by 10%, we could reduce our yearly CO2 emissions by as much as 50,000 tons.
Consider bamboo the next time you’re landscaping your yard; bamboo stores more CO2 and generates 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees.
Computers use up to 70% less electricity when you put them to sleep instead of using a screensaver.
Paper represents more than 70% of office waste. Print and copy on both sides of the page before taking it to the recycling bin.
Globally, we use as many as 1 million new plastic bags every MINUTE at a cost of 2.2 billion gallons of oil a year. Go reusable whenever, wherever.
A 100-guestroom hotel can save an estimated 72,000 gallons of water a year through a linen and towel reuse program. You don’t wash your towel everyday at home, do you?
Purchasing 100% post-consumer recycled paper lightens your carbon footprint by 5 pounds of CO2 per ream.
If just 1 million people replaced a 5 mile car trip once a week with a bike ride, we could reduce CO2 emissions by about 100,000 tons a year.
I hope you consider doing at least one of these things, every little bit helps.
Go to liveearth.org for more details and how you can help spread the truth about Global warming.
Please read these things you can easily do every day to help save our planet...I copy and pasted each of them for you to read. A lot of people are ignoring this ugly truth about what we are doing to our planet. But can u imagine our children, or children's children not having a safe place to live because we were to lazy to do one simple thing?
Live Earth Climate Crisis Solution:
By planting trees, you can reduce home cooling costs by as much as 50%and grow yourself a little shade on a warm summer day.
Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) last up to 10 times longer than traditional bulbs and use only a fraction of the energy, saving you money over their lifespan.
You can make 20 new cans from recycled material with the same energy it takes to make 1 from scratch.
Wash your clothes in cold water and save yourself up to $400 a year in bills.
Every ton of recycled paper saves enough electricity to power a 3 bedroom house for an entire year.
1.5 million tons of plastic are used to make bottles every year, a waste that could instead power electricity in 250,000 homes.
If just 1 million people cut down their trash by 10%, we could reduce our yearly CO2 emissions by as much as 50,000 tons.
Consider bamboo the next time you’re landscaping your yard; bamboo stores more CO2 and generates 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees.
Computers use up to 70% less electricity when you put them to sleep instead of using a screensaver.
Paper represents more than 70% of office waste. Print and copy on both sides of the page before taking it to the recycling bin.
Globally, we use as many as 1 million new plastic bags every MINUTE at a cost of 2.2 billion gallons of oil a year. Go reusable whenever, wherever.
A 100-guestroom hotel can save an estimated 72,000 gallons of water a year through a linen and towel reuse program. You don’t wash your towel everyday at home, do you?
Purchasing 100% post-consumer recycled paper lightens your carbon footprint by 5 pounds of CO2 per ream.
If just 1 million people replaced a 5 mile car trip once a week with a bike ride, we could reduce CO2 emissions by about 100,000 tons a year.
I hope you consider doing at least one of these things, every little bit helps.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Shabby Chic Matchbox Swap
Here are the matchboxes I made for the swap....It was so fun, I made two more, but I sent those out before I took the picture, typical Amanda thing to do. I am now making 150 wedding favors that are matchboxes, purple, pink and creme.....I went to the store to buy 200 of them and I did, but I bought the books, not the boxes, once again typical Amanda thing to do.....Tell me what you think of my boxes, its my first time, dont be harsh LOL
Thursday, June 14, 2007
I got my BOX!!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
In an earlier post I showed of the box I made for my partner, well today i received my box!!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Crayon Resist
I learned about another way to make those cute cards Susan Wright showed us at the Stampin' Up meeting. U use crayons instead of a metallic pencil to outline your images. So here are the ones I made, I am ordering a flower stamp of some kind this week so we can use a flower on our cards we make at the July party.
Polymer clay charms.
Well I have never made any charms that actually have been used...or given away....They all need to be made into actual charms, with wire, fibers, what not. But when i made the ATC I had a few extra little pieces of the clay so I made some charms. What do u think of these?
Translucent ATC
One of the ATC below is made of translucent polymer clay. I went ahead and tried it, although my cards turned out a lot thicker than the example, I still like them. What do you think?
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Altered Playing Cards SWAP
Here is my first attempt at altering playing cards. I need feedback, good and bad!
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Downline Meeting
Stampin' Up encourages their demonstrators to get together and share ideas. I finally made it to a meeting. Arline and I learned a lot from Susan, who recruited Arline. She shared with us a new technique that I will be showing at my next party...It's called metallic resist. The purple card is an example of the metallic resist. The other card is just a simple little make and take from Susan's. The last two are ones i made earlier in the year. I learned how important it is to have current stamps, not retired ones, and that keeping in close contact with my customers can really help sales. This is all new to me, I just like to make cards! And other lil goofy things! I hope you enjoy the cards, there will be more!
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Box full of Embellishments SWAP
So I am all done! This was an international swap, and only 4 people signed up. Me, my mom, a woman from France and a woman from Australia. So exciting! So I am sending my box to France, but I am receiving a box from Australia, click here to see the ladies website and the actual box she made me, http://www.natashaburns.blogspot.com/ she made amazing things. So everyone pretty much had to make the same sized box and the same design, there were instructions thank goodness. I filled my box with brads, eyelets, things i cut from the cricut, the sizzix, fibers, ribbons, chipboard pieces, tags, and more. I love the way the box turned out and I had never made anything like this before. The next swap I am doing is an altered Playing Card swap!
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