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Waterton Community Center
The summer sun is shining, the music is perfect, and everything is exactly how you envisioned it to be: months of planning, agonizing over every detail, and finally your wedding day is finally here! The gorgeous mountain backdrop adds to the magic, as the large green space at the Waterton Community Center provides the perfect location for your big day. After the outdoor ceremony, step through the rustic brickwork entrance way and into the reception of your dreams at the location of your dreams in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Conveniently located in the center of town, the Waterton Community Centre is the ideal setting for your wedding or event. Previously the community school, the building underwent extensive renovations and quickly became a favorite for weddings and other events in Waterton. Whether you need a space to host school and business retreats or need ample space for a family reunion, the Waterton Community Centre is the only venue in town that allows you to customize your experience from beginning to end and bring in your own service providers. If having your wedding or event at this in-demand venue is on your to-do list don't delay, peak season spots full up fast!


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In life, circumstances are always changing. What we think is good today may be a wrong for tomorrow. This is especially true when it comes to major decisions like getting a tattoo. However, in recent times, the available options for removing a tattoo are growing, and so are advancement in the methods used.
* Changing body types – Your weight is no longer what it used to be. You have either lost a lot or gained a lot. It can also be that you have been working out and put on a lot of muscle. On the other hand, perhaps you have just simply gotten older and your skin has loosened, wrinkled and/or sagged.
* Breakups – We all know someone, or a friend of a friend who tattooed "Jessica" on his shoulder only break up with her a month later.
* Changing views – Maybe you were a rebellious teen making a fearless statement on a positive issue, but since then you're older and have changed some of your views. That symbol you tattooed on you arm is no longer an issue.
* Bad tattoo design – Hopefully you are not one of the unlucky ones and the tattoo artist messed your tattoo up and left you with an unappealing design.
* Job or "society" issues – If you have a large or easily visible tattoo, certain jobs or even certain individuals may look down on you and deny you certain opportunities.
Should you find yourself in any of the above situations, don't panic; there are various options you can look into for tattoo removal. Let's begin with the cheapest methods then discuss some of the more costly procedures.
* Creams – When looking to remove a tattoo, you will hear about tattoo removal creams that are on the market today. While the cost of these creams are relatively low (about a hundred bucks), compared to other methods, you will probably get what you pay for. Some people claim that the creams worked for them. Others say the cream faded their tattoo over time and others say they saw no effect. If you're willing to roll the dice, tattoo removal creams may be worth looking into. Just keep in mind that results can vary.
* Cover-ups – A tattoo cover-up involves getting a new, fresh tattoo over your old tattoo. This is not always possible, and is not always done well. For example, you cannot expect to cover up a thick, black tattoo with light ink, or get rid of a large, intricate design, without getting a large, block-like design over it. Some tattoo artists are very good at doing cover-ups. However, you should consult a highly regarded artist to see if he thinks it would be successful. Here, the cost of tattoo removal (via cover-up) is just the cost of the new tattoo itself. Apart from those two options for tattoo removal there are several types of medical procedures.
* Salabrasion – Salabrasion is a rather old technique that actually involves sanding off your tattoo covered skin. Anesthetic is administered to the area and then salt water is applied while your skin is vigorously rubbed. Yes, this is as painful as it sounds and is likely to cause scarring.
* Dermabrasion – With dermabrasion you are again basically sanding off your skin. Anesthetic is also used in this type of tattoo removal. Following that, a solution is applied (or simple ice packs are applied) to the tattooed skin that freezes the area. A hand-held rotary instrument is then used to scrape away the top layers of skin on the area. Due to the nature of the procedure there will likely be bleeding as well as scarring.
* Excision – Excision is a procedure where the tattooed skin is cut off. This is easiest with small tattoos however it is a tattoo removal procedure that can be used for even larger tattoos. With larger tattoos, you may undergo several the procedure several times. First cutting away the center of the tattoo and then following up with the outer portions later. After cutting away the skin and the tattoo, your skin is brought back together; in some cases with large tattoos a skin graft is used to cover the removed area. Local anesthetics are also used in this tattoo removal procedure.
The most common form of tattoo removal today is the use of a laser to remove the tattoo. A focused laser is used to break apart the tattoo ink under the surface of your skin. The rest of your skin remains unharmed and there will not be scarring. Different wavelengths are used for different ink colors which means the more colorful your tattoo, the more complex and costly your laser tattoo removal will be. While laser tattoo removal is very successful (although not always completely), the cost of tattoo removal from laser procedures can be quite expensive and time consuming. For a small, single-color tattoo, the cost of tattoo removal may be one hundred to several hundred dollars.
For larger, thicker, more intricate and more colorful tattoos, you may have to have up to 10 sessions to get your tattoo completely removed. Sessions can range in cost anywhere from $100 to over $1,000, most likely falling in the $400-$500 range. With laser tattoo removal a numbing agent can be used beforehand if necessary, although most say it is a rather painless tattoo removal procedure. One downside to laser tattoo removal is obviously the cost of tattoo removal itself, as well as how long the complete process can take. Individual sessions need to be spaced out to allow proper time to heal.
As you can see there are various methods for getting your tattoo removed. You can find a method to suit your budget and tolerance to discomfort and pain. Just remember to do your research an make an informed decision.
There are many different forms of China Wholesale Accessories Sanskrit tattoo designs, ranging from calligraphic drawings of Sanskrit alphabets like Om.There is great flexibility and the only limit is your imagination and the skill of your Tattoo Tips artist.

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Lyft is seeking out Chicago residents to give up their cars for a month, and in return, will pay them $550 in credits for other forms of transportation, reports The Verge, including Lyft rides, bike-sharing, and public transportation.
Both Lyft and Uber are jockeying to position themselves as the formidable ride-hailing service for everything, with each gobbling up bike-sharing services in recent weeks and launching efforts to encourage people to consider anything but a car.
With each contributing to a swelling of congestion in major cities, these new efforts are, in theory, going to work toward reducing bottlenecks. For the 100 residents in Chicago who partake in Lyft's pilot, there's some catches to highlight, as The Verge notes:
To be sure, Lyft isn't handing over $550 checks to people and then sending them on their way. The money will come with strings attached. Those who accept the challenge to put away their car keys for 30 days will get $300 in Lyft shared ride credit (for use in carpool trips only), $45 for a monthly Divvy bike-share pass, $100 in Zipcar credit, and $105 for "L" train and bus service.
Don't assume you can get away with lying about your car ownership, either, if you happen to not own a ride. The Verge says Lyft will require some sort of proof that you own a vehicle to qualify.
Another catch? Lyft's not going to be doing anything to confirm whether or not participants actually give up their car, according to the news outlet. It's all on the honor system, with reaction interviews taken before and after the 30-day round.
If Lyft feels the pilot was a success, the company may expand it to the city of Portland later this year, The Verge says, and keep it ongoing for an entire year.


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Automotive visualisation specialist, ZeroLight, has been shortlisted for the Best in Mobile Cloud Solution award in the 2017-2018 Cloud Awards. The international awards program celebrates excellence in the high-growth cloud computing market, with this category focusing on the power of smartphone and tablet compatible cloud solutions.
The recognition comes as a result of ZeroLight's continued innovation in the online space, creating market-leading cloud configuration solutions for the automotive industry. ZeroLight's cloud platform enables its partners to deliver highly engaging online experiences to any connected device whilst remaining consistent with the quality of in-store deployments. ZeroLight's cloud tech is empowering new car-buying experiences for international brands such as VW, Pagani, and Audi.
"At ZeroLight, we continually strive to push the boundaries in our sector, and being shortlisted by the Cloud Awards in the Best in Mobile Cloud Solution category is clear recognition of our team's constant hard work and dedication to excellence and innovation." - François de Bodinat, CMO, ZeroLight.
Accepting applications from around the world, the awards house received submissions from over 300 organisations from across the Americas, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Organizations of any size are accepted for consideration in the program, including those from governmental bodies, start-ups, and established multinationals.
Cloud Awards organizer, Larry Johnson, said, "Again, we have seen an overwhelming level of engagement from organizations of all sizes, each showing their commitment to cloud-based technologies and leveraging them in their own unique way."
"A clear pattern has emerged, and that is that the global technology community is not playing catch-up to the US when addressing cloud innovation."
Winners will be announced on Tuesday 30th January 2018.
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About ZeroLight
ZeroLight is the market leading omnichannel visualization platform for the automotive industry. Pioneering real-time 3D solutions for retail, online, and asset creation, ZeroLight empowers OEMs and agencies to sell smarter and engage customers with interactive product experiences that enhance the buying process. For more information about the company, go to zerolight.com
About the Cloud Awards
The Cloud Awards is an international program which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing. The awards are open to large, small, established and start-up organizations from across the entire globe, with an aim to find and celebrate the pioneers who will shape the future of the Cloud as we move into 2018 and beyond. Categories include Most Promising Start-Up, Best SaaS, and "Best in Mobile" Cloud Solution. Finalists were selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards please visit www.cloud-awards.com.


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One of the hardest things for us to do in this age of technology is to watch and wait. When a website takes longer than usual to load, we mutter not-so-nice words under our breath. When the street light seems to take forever to change or the person in front of us does not notice it changed and move at a rate we expect, we get frantic. When we push a button a few times for the elevator, we continue to push it again if the elevator does not rush to our floor. We live a life of rush, of busyness, of frantic racing from place to place or task to task. But God's Word tells us that we were never meant to be zooming around everywhere like a chicken with its head cut off.
In Proverbs 8:34, it says that we will be blessed if we listen, watch, and wait. This seems simple. Listen. Watch. Wait. But to do these three things is not so easy. To listen, means we need to be intentional. You may have heard the phrase, "Put on your listening ears." For a child of God to have listening ears, it means we have ourselves ready to listen. The noise of the world isn't drowning out God's voice. We have made time to hear. We have found a place that will promote the stillness we need to hear the still small voice.
Not only are we to listen, but we are to watch. We watch God move with our eyes. We watch what He has for us. But we don't act. It says we watch and wait. This is not the typical sequence of action for us. We are accustomed to watching someone show us how to do it, and then start following the How-To video to accomplish the same project or cook the same meal. God wants us to listen and watch for Him, and only move when He wants us to move. To be in His will, to walk so closely to Him, following His instruction, requires us to listen, to watch, and to wait. This is what abiding in Him is all about—and living this way results in living a life that is blessed.
"Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors." – Proverbs 8:34 [ESV]


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Hi! I'm Raven, I'm a sewing, fashion and DIY lover based in Jackson, MS! I have lived in 5 states up and down the east coast from New York City and down to the Delta. In 2011, I graduated from Hampton University with a BA in Broadcast Journalism. Let's just say that my background in photography and writing definitely come in handy for this blogger life!
Before my mid-twenties I worked and interned in just about every aspect of Journalism and totally burned out. Now I work in Insurance as a total Girl Boss while I blog about sewing my own clothes. Yes, I make everything and offer tips for newbies right here and on Instagram (@ravenmaureen_)! I'm obsessed with prints (I like solids too) and eclectic classic fashion. I would describe my personal style somewhere at the crossroads of Zara, J.Crew, Madewell, Free People and Anthropologie. Let's just say if they all had a baby – it would be me!
My love for sewing started at a young age, but it wasn't until I took a clothing design class in high school that I learned a lot of technical details of sewing and garment construction. Since I started my blog, I've been sewing more consistently than ever before and my closet is about 80% handmade!
In my spare time I love watching documentaries, going on nature walks and taking Zumba classes. I also enjoy working in my community and giving back to kids who want to learn how to sew!
You can also find me hanging out with my cat, Nala and my fiance Joe!
I hope you enjoy my sewing corner of the world and say hello! You can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com, XO


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With a show like this, it's likely to be very popular, so don't miss getting yours:
See you there!
With a show like this, it's likely to be very popular, so don't miss getting yours:
See you there!
After a fortnight of auditions in April, the cast has been chosen for our upcoming production. The director Di Falloon has selected a very experienced group of actors, who came together for the first read through in late April.
The cast is:
The production team is:
After the recent read through, rehearsals will start in about a month.
Watch this space for more developments!
What a great show! And it's not just us saying so 🙂
Some personal thoughts from the folks involved.
Tickets are now available to purchase for Milton Follies' June 2017 production, Terry Pratchett's® Wyrd Sisters, adapted by Stephen Briggs.
Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketbooth.
Tickets will also be available for purchase from Splatters in Milton from Friday 24th March.
To read more about Wyrd Sisters, click here.
Wyrd Sisters 2017 Show Dates
Fridays 9th & 16th June: 8pm
Saturdays 10th & 17th June: 4pm
Sundays 11th & 18th June:2pm
Friday 4th at 7.00pm Saturday 5th at 8.00pm Sunday 6th at 2.00pm
Friday 11th at 7.00pm Saturday 12th at 8.00pm Sunday 13th at 2.00pm
A massive thank you to the wonderful sponsors of The Little Mermaid Junior 2016. And thank you also to our fantastic community that continues to support Milton Follies.


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The death toll has continued to grow since the outbreak of the fire, the causes of which have not yet been determined.
24 people were killed in Obour city this afternoon, after a fire broke out in a furniture factory. Officials have not released a statement as to the reason of the fire as it hasn't been investigated yet.
The fire has as well, injured 24 others who were transported to the hospitals, but some before they made it to the hospital died due to their severe injuries, Health Ministry official Mohamed Lashin, told Al-Ahram online.
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It's sad how the beautiful old silks have worn or crumbled away.
This photo shows how the quilt was actually done on foundation squares and then sewn together.
I wish I could have used this, but the background silk is in shreds.
I know that some "purist" feel that old quilts should not be cut up, but I decided the best way to "salvage" any of this quilt would be do do just that. I struggled to find areas with good fabric. Here is the beginning of my crazy quilt entry. Later I will show you the embroidery and embellishment that I added. The finished quilt will be 16 in X 16 in as the rules demand.


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One of our favourite desserts is creamed rice. It's so satisfying and fairly frugal too. You don't need any fancy equipment to make it, just a saucepan, and it doesn't need much work, a little stirring here and there and that's all.
We are a fairly large family so I make a big batch. This way there are leftover which Ethan loves to take to school. You can easily halve the recipe though.
Creamed Rice
2C medium grain or arborio rice
1.5-2Ltrs milk
1/2C sugar
1T good vanilla extract
Put the rice, sugar and about 1 Ltr of the milk into a medium sized saucepan.
Bring the milk to the simmer, turn down to just bubbling.
Give it a good stir ensuring that the rice doesn't stick to the bottom.
Let simmer for about 40 minutes or so stirring every couple of minutes to make sure the rice doesn't stick. Burn creamed rice is NOT very nice!
The rice will absorb the milk as it cooks so add more as necessary. Test the rice, once it's nice and soft it's cooked.
Depending on how you like your creamed rice add some more milk if you aren't serving straight away. The rice will continue to absorb the milk as it continues. We like ours fairly wet so I make sure I add a fair bit of milk so it's nice and saucy. Stir in the vanilla and then serve either hot or cold.
I usually use medium grain rice as it's cheaper. But I've used arborio rice the same way and it was fine.
We choose to use full cream milk to add those extra good dairy fats into our bodies.
I usually use white sugar but you can use what you like. I have used brown sugar before which adds a nice caramel flavour, you might not need as much though.
I'm sure coconut sugar or rapadura would would fine too. You can even choose to add honey or maple syrup at the end if you'd rather too.
As I said it's fairly easy, just needs some stirring. I try to make it while I'm busy in the kitchen, maybe doing dishes or some other cooking so it's easy to keep an eye on it.
Do you like Creamed Rice? How do you serve yours?
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बिना अंडे का टूटी फ्रूटी केक | Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe | Cake Without Condensed Milk & Milk Powder
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Hello friends, I am Shalini and welcome to my channel Nish Shreya. Today I am going to share with you a recipe of Eggless tutti frutti cake .Tutti frutti cake is a very popular Indian cake and the best part of this recipe is it doesn't require electric beater and it is made with very simple ingredients that are easily available at home. So if you like this recipe do give a big thumbs up and subscribe my channel for more wonderful recipes and don't forget to give your valuable comments and feedback in the comment section below. and before we begin, lets see what all ingredients we need for this recipe.
All purpose flour – 1 &1/4 cup
Corn Starch– 1/4 cup
Curd – 1 cup
Sugar – 3/4 cup
Oil – 1/4 cup
Butter – 1/4 cup
Baking powder – 1 and 1/4 tsp
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Tutti frutti – 1/2 cup
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Eminent Harvard symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia. Little does he know that he's about to embark on yet another adventure, one that will determine the fate of humanity.
No biggy then huh?
After the hospital Robert is staying in is surge he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones). She helps him put the pieces of his memory back together as they seek refuge from Robert's enemies.
He has unknowingly become embroiled in a deadly global plot to ruthlessly reduce the number of people on earth with a deadly virus. What's more he has the bullet graze on his head to prove it.
Robert must decode a mystery left by a maniacal visionary in order to save mankind. Brilliant yet utterly deranged scientist Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) plans to unleash a global plague that could wipe out the human race.
In a desperate bid to stop him, Robert races against time to solve a mystery that hinges on Dante's 14th century vision of hell. Can the professor tackle the most extraordinary puzzle of his career?
Inferno was beaten by The Girl On The Train at the UK box office this week, and that movie sucked. It just goes to show how disappointing this last entry to Dan Brown's trilogy is.
It's been a long seven year wait for the third adaptation of a Dan Brown bestseller. Let's recap the first two movies so you can understand how truly terrible Inferno is.
The Da Vinci Code showed us Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou running into dark rooms, pointing at things while we squinted and tried to figure out what was going off. They ran, stopped and explained the plot.
In Angels and Demons Hanks teamed up with Ayelet Zurer to run around the Vatican while explaining the plot. This time around the lights were kept on and we had the ridiculous parachuting pontiffs ending to reward us for sticking around for the car crash.
With Inferno director Ron Howard squeezes nine levels of hell into two hours and it's shocking. Every single thought and action is explained in full, all the time and it's utterly exhausting. It's as though internal monologue never existed.
"They've got a gun."
"What should we do?"
"Lets run away."
"What next?"
"Lets get in this car."
"Now what?"
"Let's hide out at your apartment."
For me the impending apocalypse could not come soon enough. The movie's plot twist, which they announce all guns blazing, will only surprise you if you sleep through the first two thirds of the film.
Tom Hanks constantly tells us throughout the movie that his head hurts, that he doesn't know what's going on. Neither do the audience. It's a nauseating experience in part to the constant high-speed cat and mouse chase them embark on, but also because it's just so terrible .
The storyline is Inferno's MacGuffin, it acts as the movie's crux, but is its major downfall. This movie may include works of art and magnificent religious building but it lacks substance. It's intergalactically stupid.
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Harry Kane might be scoring goals for fun in the Premier League but the Tottenham striker was still on the receiving end of some finishing advice from Argentina great Diego Maradona at the weekend.
Maradona was a guest at Wembley on Sunday and looked on alongside former international team-mate and ex-Spurs manager Ossie Ardiles as Mauricio Pochettino's team thrashed Liverpool 4-1, with Kane scoring twice.
England international Kane now has 17 goals for club and country this season but a video posted on Tottenham's official Twitter page showed Maradona cautioning the 24-year-old against becoming too predictable in front of goal.
"Wow, what a goalscorer," Maradona said, as he was introduced to England international Kane and Spurs goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris.
"Mauricio has a real backbone in the team. Hugo stops everything at one end and Harry puts everything in at the other."
After wishing both men good luck for the game, Maradona added: "Oh, and Harry, don't always go near post with your shots. Go across goal sometimes.
"You know why? Goalkeeper watch you on TV all the time. So next time… across!"
Kane had no need to put Maradona's tips into immediate practice as he rounded Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and kept his footing to steer home an early opener, while his second and Tottenham's fourth came on the rebound after Jan Vertonghen's 56th-minute effort was blocked.


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Back To Basic Stalking: Fringing
28 December 2015
At the moment I can't help but love a bit of fringing right now, what with it being all over the AW15 shows, with bohemian Burberry with it's tan suede fringed trenches and fringed ponchos, it's got me totally sucked in and rather loving the whole trend!!
I stalked this guy as on the streets of soho for this very reason…
One of my fringing crushes at the moment is the AW15 burberry fringe biker jacket… which has just gone into the sale .. <grabbing credit card as i type!> you can find it here.
I stopped this guy solely for the jacket but after talking to him for a little I found out that this fashionista also works in the industry and is a photographer similar to myself. I didn't catch his name but I thought he was rather cool!
Stalked: Krasimira Stoyneva, Emerging Fashion Designer
14 December 2015
Established in 2014, Krasimira Stoyneva's signature use of hair and fabrication in her designs have become globally recognised. Her highly commended debut collection 'Future Queens' merged her signature style, with innovation and confidence for an inspiring reinvention of designs for the fashion industry.
I caught up with her to find out more about her latest hairy collection...
Why did you decide to get into fashion?
I suppose it have always been present trough my family. I grew up watching my mum sew. My grandparents also were in the industry and I always aspired to be like them.
Stalked: Camilla Elphick, Shoe Designer
7 December 2015
My regular readers will remember that last year I first stalked the talented designer, Camilla Elphick, dubbed the next Sophia Webster. Not only does she design the most gorgeous shoes, she also has very subtle unique style, with temperatures dropping, I particularly love this look!
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Starting Up (again) - An Update
So now I don't have to run around with basins, buckets and umbrellas looking for leaks whenever it rains. I have also just managed to clean up and put things back in their proper places.Such a major disruption has made it difficult for me to get back to crochet sooner. During this time I have been busy drawing designs and plans for the renovation of the pigpens (a total of about 80 square meters). Currently, I have one boar (Pinky) and two sows (Brownie and Number 3). If Brownie is pregnant she is expected to farrow by the end of June. Hopefully, Number 3 is pregnant and is expected to farrow in September.
|The old Dirty Kitchen with nipa palm fronds for roofing material. Next to it is Number 3's pen.
|The new Dirty Kitchen in progress using leftover roofing material from the house.
|My plans for rebuilding the pigpens.
The rebuilding of the Dirty Kitchen started almost immediately after the roof renovation and I have been busy overseeing that as well. A "Dirty Kitchen" is an outside kitchen that uses a firewood stove. We also have the big clay oven in the Dirty Kitchen. The Dirty Kitchen is also often used when cooking for fiestas and parties. Since firewood is used for cooking, I would also like to use the Dirty Kitchen as a smoker --- fish, sausages and meat can be hung above the stove to smoke them.
Then yesterday, after numerous failed attempts, I was able to get back to crocheting.
I am trying to make an overdress - a lace garment meant to be worn over a light dress. It is based on a design I made some time ago. I am using a 3.5mm crochet hook and acrylic yarn called "Fettuccia" by Ice Yarns. This overdress is designed to be adjustable for a range of sizes. This will take some time but I hope to be able to write the pattern for this new crochet design.
I am doing reasonably well. Every week I go for acupuncture which works well for me. Later, I hope to be able to find some time to return to painting and writing poetry.


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Tebow good, bad and fugly for Patriots
Tim Tebow throws a pass Thursday night. Where it ends up is anyone's guess.
If Tim Tebow's NFL career is over, at least he can tell his grand children he went out on a heavenly note during his final play.
But before that, Tebow had something for everyone Thursday night.
He was booed.
He was cheered.
He was sacked.
And sacked.
And sacked.
And sacked again.
He ran for a first down.
He threw for a first down.
He threw a 52-yard TD pass to Quentin Sims. [His pass covered about 14 yards, with Sims scampering for the remaining 38.]
He threw a punt-like interception on his next possession.
He threw another 9-yard-TD pass to Sims with four seconds left on the clock after the Patriots had the game won.
And he did something in August that Tom Brady never could do during the month of February - he beat the Giants.
That was a sweet ball in the corner of the end zone from Tebow, especially if it turns out to the be final pass of his Patriots/NFL career.
Speaking of "The Things You'd Thought You'd Never See" department, Tebow found himself being accidentally referred to as "Peyton Manning" during the NFL Network telecast by analyst Mike Mayock. The slip-up came while Mayock was dissecting Tebow's post-TD interception and on the heels of a sideline interview with Eli.
If you want to get foolishly technical about it, the final TD was not smart football wise because the Patriots could have run out the clock had they just held the ball. The TD gave the Giants one last desperate shot at tying the game on the ensuing squib kick.
But we digress.
The good, the bad, and the [very handsome] ugly.
This was the fourth game of the preseason. Usually no one cares about these games unless you happen to be one of those players struggling to make the team or awaiting their latest child support payment.
But after Ryan Mallett eased some fears in with a strong first-half performance, the second-half was billed as Tebow's last-ditch effort to save his NFL career. Tebow's numbers: 6-11, 91 yards, two TDs, an interception and 30 yards rushing.
Another typical atypical Tebow performance. With Tebow, the perception of the man overwhelms the percentage of his passes. Any no-name third-stringer with those numbers would likely be seen from behind walking out the door at the end of "Hardknocks."
Not Tebow. Good or bad - you decide. When it was over, the results were too close to call. You can dwell on the lumbering stiff who refused to check off receivers and held the ball longer than Josh Beckett between pitches. Or you can focus on the scrappy hustler who ran hard, led a pair of scoring drives and got this reaction from Tom Brady:
Knowing the diabolical nature of Bill Belichick, after all he drove the getaway car after Odin Lloyd was killed from what I read on Rolling Stone's website this week, Thursday night's performance had little effect on Tebow's future with the Patriots one way or another.
His fate was sealed. What that fate is is anyone's guess. This is one thing we love about the Patriots, they add drama and intrigue to the NFL's most mundane routines, including roster cuts, signings and the ever-fictional injury report.
Tebow is not going to be a tight end or anything else in the NFL.
He's either going to be a quarterback or be an unemployed quarterback. Salvation, or that other thing, will arrive for Tebow at 6 p.m. Saturday, when every team has to reduce its roster to 53 players.
Even the truest of True Tebelievers saw just how badly he can be during the second half of Thursday's 28-20 victory over the Giants. Over one particularly brutal stretch, Tebow absorbed four sacks in a nine-play run. His offensive line at times looked disinterested. But who could blame them since they had to block for 45 seconds on each passing play.
Tebow kept things interesting and those who turned away at the last minute missed out on both his last ditch touchdown to Sims and his teammates' reaction to it.
Brady in particular appeared to have no idea what to make of Tebow, much like the rest of us. Following Tebow's first TD to Sims, he was caught by the NFL Network cameras yelling what amateur lip-readers could have interpreted as "What the f--k!" The real Patriots QB, who had the night off, seemed to be enjoying himself all night.
Tebow has been generating a similar reaction since his days throwing those awkward passes to Aaron Hernandez during their days with the Florida Gators.
And for most of the second half Thursday night, it looked like Tebow might need a few blunts himself after it was over.
Speaking of Brady and Tebow, how did we miss this:
Brady & Tebow #Hilarious pic.twitter.com/bIl4AESX5g— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) August 17, 2013
But Tebow left the field with his trademark, saintly smile in tact and stetched across his face after the final TD to Sims gave New England its eight-point margin.
High fives were flying all the way around and those four sacks were forgotten for the moment.
It was as if Tebow was heading directly from Foxborough straight to home to Florida.
"I'm going to Disney World, but only if they make Hannah Montana put her clothes back on."
That's as it should be. Tebow in his NFL Fantasyland. His own shiny magic kingdom in the dark sinister world of New England's hooded "grand wizard."
Who really wants to be the guy who has to cut him? Imagine telling Tim Tebow that his days with the Patriots, and likely the NFL, as a QB are over? That's the football equivalent of having to put the cat down. Some cuts are unkinder than others.
All of the buzz seems to be indicate Tebow is going to make the Patriots' final 53 man roster. That's the ultimate 6-5 against proposition. It can go either way and the house has to get its cut.
While the murder charges against Hernandez threatened to derail the Patriots' preseason, it was the presence of Tebow that kept things interesting and sparked a continual debate. And on a day when Jonathan Kraft, and fans of good journalism everywhere, debunked and disassembled the latest attempt by Rolling Stone to exonerate the most notorious Mass. murderers of 2013, it was Tebow's fate and his bipolar performance that swiped the spotlight.
After the game, Tebow said he was secure knowing his future securely rested in the hands of The Man Upstairs and the guy in the Hoodie.
"[I'll] ... wake up, come work out, watch the film. See what I did good, see what I did bad, try to learn from it and get better," he said. "I'm blessed, because of my faith, that I don't have to worry about the future because I know who holds my future," he added. "It's something I try to live by. It really gives you a lot of peace in whatever circumstance I'm in."
But it would be a lot more fun if that was with the Patriots.
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As news breaks that Mario Draghi's ECB is giving serious consideration to gold-backed eurobonds and a ban on gold ownership in the eurozone, respected English-language German site DW reports that Berlin is to ship 150 tons of gold from New York to Germany.
In the light of this revelation, the German Bundesbank stresses that it does not doubt 'the integrity, reputation and safety' of the foreign storage sites. But Folker Hellmeyer, the chief economist at Bremer Landesbank, observed that "…the shortcomings in monitoring our gold reserves have to be viewed quite critically. It makes sense that this issue has been taken up by the National Audit Office."
It makes sense alright Folker, but why now? As DW correctly observes, 'as the financial crisis has engulfed the European single currency zone, [gold] has shifted into the focus of politicians'. Indeed it has.
Germany has the second largest gold reserves in the world. While the US allegedly has 8,133 tons, Germany has nearly 4000 tons. Gold reserves are an important part of the reserves of national banks in the eurozone: according to the World Gold Council (WGC), the eurozone countries together hold over 10,787 tons of gold.
The European Central Bank holds only 502 tons of that – less than 5% of the total. Is Berlin quietly preparing to give support to the ECB's Last Redoubt plan for the euro? What will the public reaction there be if and when this scheme gains wider awareness in Germany?
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Netsky unveils release date and tracklisting of highly-anticipated third album '3'
One of Belgium's most brilliant musical exports, Netsky, has finally let his fans in on long-awaited details about the release of his third full-length album, 3. The official release date for 3 is Friday, May 20, coinciding with the beginning of what is shaping up to be an incredibly busy festival season for the young producer and musician.
Back in 2012, at the age of 23, Netsky released his platinum-selling second album and started touring with his live band for the first time. In the following years, he has taken the live band around the globe and back numerous times, gracing clubs and music festivals with a show that continues to push the envelope of how live electronic music is experienced.
Some amazing collaborations on 3, including "Work It Out" featuring Digital Farm Animals, "Forget What You Look Like" featuring Lowell, and "Higher" featuring Jauz, have already been released and met with great acclaim. The single "Rio," released last summer, marked the first, and has amassed over four million plays on SoundCloud since. As a further testament to Netsky's skill and artistry, the release of "Work It Out" was accompanied by an award-winning interactive music video. All four of these tracks are available for download immediately with the album pre-order.
Sure to be one of the more interesting tracks to hear is the as-yet-unreleased collaboration with the funk lords themselves, Chromeo, as their style boasts a solid foundation in their hugely successful live show. View the full tracklist for 3 below.
1 – Thunder Feat. Emeli Sandé
2 – Work it Out Feat. Digital Farm Animals
4 – Leave it Alone feat Saint Raymond
5 – Who Knows Feat. Paige
6 – GO 2 feat Digital Farm Animals
7 – High Alert Feat. Sara Hartman
8 – TNT feat Chromeo
9 – Stay Up With Me Feat. Arlissa
10 – Forget What You Look Like Feat. Lowell
11 – Bird of Paradise
12 – Jauz X Netsky – Higher
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Comedy Central has a new head of digital.
The cable network has tapped Above Average president Jennifer Danielson as senior vp digital.
In the new role, she will oversee all digital content creation, from shortform series to social videos. She will also work to align Comedy Central's digital strategy with parent company Viacom. Danielson, who will be based out of Comedy Central's SoHo offices, will report to executive vp marketing and creative Josh Line.
"We are thrilled to have Jen join Comedy Central," said Line. "She brings industry-leading experience in the digital space and possesses a creative vision that has led to longstanding success producing award-winning comedy across linear and digital platforms with Broadway Video and Above Average. Her passion for comedy matches ours and she shares the same appreciation for the sharp comedic voices, innovation and experimentation that have so successfully built the Comedy Central brand."
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Comedy Central president Kent Alterman added, "I am tempted to speak about Jen with superlative cliches, because in this case, they are totally true."
Danielson spent 16 years at Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video, serving as a producer on 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live. In 2012, she built out Above Average as a digital-centric subsidiary of the production company, which over the last five years has produced such shorts as 7 Minutes in Heaven, Alec Baldwin's Love Ride and YouTube Red special Jingle Ballin'. Above Average appointed digital veteran Marc Hustvedt as its CEO in June of this year.
Said Danielson, "I'm so excited to join such an amazing team at Comedy Central, and I am looking forward to the opportunity my new role provides to continue creating great comedy content."
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Give a touch of French luxury to the Citroën DS3 design
Citroën, one of the largest automobile manufacturers is looking for creative designs to uniquely customize and personalize the Citroën DS3 model.
Create stylish designs, inspired by French Luxury to personalize the Citroën DS3. Your designs will be applied to the roof (design and color), outside rear-view mirrors (color, design), dashboard (color and design) and wheel rim (design and color).
Format: Print or Illustration (2D).
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Citroën team thanks you all for the huge work that you have done for this contest. The entries were original, very fine and audacious. Most of them fit our expectations. But some of them went beyond our expectations and really surprised us. It has been very important for us to have fresh look from someone who doesn't belong to our team.
Jury Preis Gewinner
Auswahl nach Citroën
MOCKI010 #1 Preis
lewistso #2 Preis
jerom_goof #3 Preis
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#3 Preis von 2.000 €
The final winner has managed to use a very traditional French drawing – la toile de Jouy. This was also a surprise for us. Very audacious and unseen in auto-mobile design.


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Kanye West is serious about fashion. So serious, in fact, that the rap star turned fashion designer announced goals to helm the design at esteemed French ready-to-wear and accessories house Hermes.
West made the declaration at New York Fashion Week to a packed house at Madison Square Garden, whose audience was there to view his latest Yeezy collection as well hear songs from his new album. He told the crowd about this, referencing a conversation he had backstage with Conde Nast artistic director and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. "I told this to Anna [Wintour] backstage, my dream is to be the creative director of Hermès," West told the crowd, and an additional 20 million people watching the live stream of the event on Tidal. The crowed roared once again, spurring West to react asking, "Oh that's a bad idea?"
Nadége Vanhee-Cybulski is the current creative director of Hermès. The brand didn't respond to a request for comment by press time.
West narrated the Vanessa Beecroft-designed performance art piece, where models stood center stage at MSG (some taking breaks to sit in between songs and West's hour-plus oration). "I just want to bring as much beauty to the word as possible...I'm only 38 years old."
West also announced plans to reduce prices on his collection, "We're gonna lower prices," he said. "That's just learning curves [sic] whenever you start [a brand]."
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Toothpaste may become one of the most basic personal care which is available in everyone's bathroom. Everyday, people use toothpaste to brush their teeth. However, not many of them consider about the chemical containment in their toothpaste or other personal care products. Most of people decide to trust the manufacture and believe to its popular brand. As a customer, you have to start thinking about this matter and reading the chemical ingredients in your toothpaste.
Toothpaste, like other personal care & hygiene products, may contain the harmful chemical which will cause the adverse effect you your health. The harmful chemicals in toothpaste and other personal care products can possibly create the dreadful diseases and other long term health issues for human. In this article, we will cover the harmful chemicals in toothpaste you should know.
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- Dangerous Chemicals in Everyday Products
- Harmful Chemicals in the Environment
- List of Chemicals Used
1. Triclosan
Triclosan is one of the popular harmful chemicals in toothpaste. Triclosan is the anti-bacterial chemical having the ability to fight against gingivitis and plaque. The research has shown that triclosan has the positive benefit which can help us avoid gingivitis problem. However, this chemical also has the relation with the antibiotic resistance issue and endocrine problem. Disruption in endocrine system can create serious effects to human as it can lead to some health issues like cancer (breast, testicular, ovarian and prostate cancer), precocious girls' puberty, low birth weight in babies and testicles problems in boys.
The study has been conducted in animal to see the effect of triclosan. It showed that this chemical can cause the fetal bone malformation in the rats and mice. This can also lead to hormonal effects. This study also revealed that triclosan may cause other potential risks including disrupting some signaling cells in the brain, heart and other human cells. Another research showed that triclosan has the strong relation with the cancer disease. Triclosan may increase the risk of breast cancer progression. There has been one state in United State that banned the use of triclosan in any products.
However, you can still find the use of triclosan in many products such as toothpaste, makeup, hand soap and many other products. Toothpaste is great media for triclosan to affect human. The study in US shows that people who brushed their teeth with toothpaste having tricolosan chemical will have five times higher triclosan concentration in their urine than those who don't.
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2. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or SLS
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or SLS is included in the surfactants chemical category. Surfactants itself are the chemicals functioning the foaming action in the toothpaste. Most of the toothpaste contains the surfactant chemicals like sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) or sodium laureth sulfate. Even though this chemical has important role in the toothpaste, SLS also has the drawbacks to our taste ability. SLS can possibly break the phospholipids in our tongue.
The effect is we will feel more bitter taste than it supposed to be. This can be the reason why you taste everything bad after you brush your teeth using this kind of toothpaste. SLS also has the relation with the skin irritation problems and canker sores. A study showed that people with the recurring sores problems are advised to use the SLS-free toothpaste.
Moreover, the main problem of this chemical is actually in its manufacturing process. SLS can possibly get infected by 1,4 dioxane which is the carcinogenic product. The manufacturing process of SLS also can release the carcinogenic compound to the environment. If it infects the environment, SLS can bring the toxic effect to marine life like fish, crustaceans and also insects. SLS is included in the insecticide chemical. This kind of chemical has the risk to damage the environment.
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3. Artificial Sweeteners
Another chemical which is often used in the toothpaste product is artificial sweetener. One of the popular example of artificial sweetener is aspartame. This chemical has the containment of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. The phenylalanine is the chemical compound which has been synthetically modified to be able to carry methyl. This is the reason of the sweetness taste in the aspartame.
The chemical bond of phenylalanine methyl is called as methyl ester bond. This bond is vey weak which gives the opportunity for methyl group to break off and create the methanol form. As we know that methanol is the harmful chemical for human body. Even though methanol can be found in the fruits and veggies, methanol is still harmful to human. In the fruits and vegetables, methanol has the strong bond with the pectin which gives the allowance for this chemical to pass our digestive system. In the toothpaste case, the methanol is made by the aspartame and it has no bonding with anything. So humans will not be able to remove methanol in their body.
Unlike other mammal species, humans are not able to break down the methanol into harmless acid as we don't possess that specific braking down biological mechanism. In our body, methyl alcohol will move through our blood vessel to the sensitive areas like brain. In brain, the methanol can change its form to the formaldehyde. Since we have no catalase, this formaldehyde can freely damage human tissue. If you get infected by methanol, you will have some symptoms like headaches, dizziness, nausea, ear buzz issues, weakness, vertigo, numbness, neuritis and other disruption in your organs.
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4. Fluoride
We have been popularly known fluoride as one of the harmful chemicals in the toothpaste. Fluoride has been associated with the decaying teeth problems. Based on the recent study, fluoride actually has the beneficial effect to the teeth. It can form up the fluorapatite layer on human teeth with the thickness of six nanometer.
Even though, it's supposed to be beneficial, this fluorapatite layer is extremely thin which leads to the questions from the expert about its benefits. Scientists are not really sure whether this very thin layer can protect our enamel and provide the benefits. With its super thin form, this fluorapatite layer can easily be removed by the simple chewing. Toothpaste containing fluoride is the highest source of the fluoride intake in children. This chemical is the major cause of the dental fluorosis issue.
This happens because children tend to swallow the toothpaste which they take in to their mouth. Swallowing fluoride is not good for your health as it will lead to some serious disease. Fluoride is the toxic chemical which infects human tissues over the time, destructs the enzymes and causes health problems like neurological and endocrine diseases. Children has the highest risk of this harmful chemicals in toothpaste. As a recommendation, you should avoid the use of fluoride toothpaste for your children. For the adults, the use of fluoride toothpaste is also not advisable.
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- Chemicals in the Brain
5. Propylene Glycol
Propylene glycol is actually the mineral oils which extensively used in the paints, enamels, anti-freeze and airplane deicers in the industrial grade. While in its pharmaceutical grade, propylene glycol are found in many applications including personal care products like toothpaste.
In toothpaste, this chemical is used as the surfactant. As mentioned before, surfactant is the chemicals which has the role to form the foam in the toothpaste. This harmful chemical has the risk to cause the skin, lung and eye irritation. This chemical can possibly infect toxic to human organ. This is the harmful chemicals in toothpaste which you should avoid.
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6. Diethanolamine or DEA
Diethanolamine or DEA is the chemical known as the hormone disrupter. You can find this chemical in the many foaming products including toothpaste. DEA has the risk to make reaction with other substances to create the carcinogenic compound called N-nitrosodiethanolamine or NDEA. This NDEA can infect your skin and possibly cause dreadful diseases like stomach, liver, bladder and esophagus cancers.
Based on the scoring of EWG (Environmental Working Group), DEA has the score of 10 in the cosmetic list. This means that DEA has the highest toxic score which is very dangerous to human. It contains toxic which can attack human organs, cause irritation and cancer. It's also listed as the possible carcinogenic by the California Environmental Protection Agency. It's really not advisable to choose this harmful chemicals in toothpaste as your product.
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7. Microbeads
Microbeads is the next harmful chemicals in toothpaste. You can find this chemical in the many personal care products like body wash, facial scrubs and toothpaste. It's the tiny plastic pellets which can be dangerous for the environment. After you use your microbeads contained toothpaste, this chemical will go through the drain system till the waste water treatment plant.
This microbead can possibly absorb the toxin from the water. Then, in the environment, this toxic microbeads can contaminate the marine life which will further infect the human who consume contaminated fishes and other seafood. The toothpaste which contains microbeads can cause the gum disease.
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Indeed, toothpaste is daily product that we use everyday to clean our teeth. Thus, many toothpaste compounds by harmful chemicals which has drawbacks for mouth organs and more health risk. However, always be smart to choose the toothpaste products and may we better balance it with natural mouthwash.
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"The National Trails Guide is a must-have for anyone interested in exploring our nation's vast wealth of National Scenic and Historic Trails! This book is the first of its kind and it inspires the reader to get out and #FindYourTrail!"
– Steven Gonzales, Executive Director, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association
Bill Buck signing a copy of the National Trails Guide at a special event in the Presidio of San Francisco.
Now for the first time, readers can see all 30 routes of the National Trails System in one place.
The newly published National Trails Guide features:
- 30+ detailed color maps, over 70 photos and detailed ideas for visiting each trail
- Follow the exact routes of the West's most important explorers like Lewis & Clark
- Go on a journey through all 50 states and discover a broad network linking all of America
National parks are a destination and national trails provide a journey. Scenery and history merge here, as complex stories of transformation spread across America. The trails provide visceral examples of colliding cultures, a quest for livelihood in uncertain times, passionate stories of victory and defeat and the celebration of human achievement and possibility.
The National Trails Guide is the only book that features all 30 national trails. It includes specific suggestions for where to go and what to do, packed with interesting information for travelers. Even if you don't go on a long hike, you can still learn about these great places, with in-depth maps and photos.
The ultimate guide to the National Trails System—with its 30 trails as inspiration, choose an adventure and make it happen!
"Our public lands and wild places need protection more than ever. And it's easier to protect places we know and love. So get this guide, get a pack and boots, and get outside to fall in love with our country's natural wonders."
-Annie Leonard, Author, The Story of Stuff — or Executive Director, Greenpeace US


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She's just a lil' sweetie, she is.
I want to get some things straight here - I am not "chasing" anybody at this competition.
I'm worried only about me. Period. And you know what - I'm not even "worried" about me.
I'm going in looking the way I want to, the way I think I look best. And I WILL be prepared to show my best package, the Kate package. I've still got 3 weeks of work to do, but I'm doing it.
I have no idea what I'm looking at here - it was still early in the a.m. I think my eyes hadn't rolled back out of thier sockets yet. : )


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Moscow, Russia – March 19, 2013 - Luxoft, a global provider of advanced application and product development services, partnered with Sitecore, a leading web content and customer experience management software company, to help its clients create highly innovative and unique marketing instruments. By seamlessly integrating proven web content management with customer intelligence, Luxoft is now able to work with clients to generate a single view of a customer that drives more meaningful interactions, increases conversions, and builds loyalty.
"We are excited about our partnership with Sitecore, because joining forces will help us provide highly effective and cost-efficient products for our customers," - says Mikhail Bykov, Luxoft's Managing Director Manufacturing and Enterprise Solutions.
In December 2012 Luxoft completed the first in Russia integration project for one of the largest retail banks in Russia, Promsvyazbank. Using the ground-breaking Sitecore website platform, a team of Luxoft developers created a highly-innovative, high-load website that has become a new data aggregator and marketing instrument for the bank. This was accomplished by leveraging Sitecore's Customer Engagement Platform to deliver the most relevant content to customers at any point of interaction, through any communication channel – the web, email, mobile, social and offline.
Luxoft seamlessly integrated Promsvyazbank's web portal with several banking systems that provide exchange rates, real-time market data, and geo-location data for ATMs and the offices of partnering organizations. Additionally, Luxoft laid the groundwork for content targeting by storing visitor location and banking product preferences. This project has been honored a "Russia Outsourcing Award 2013" as the best project of the year in IT and Marketing.
"Sitecore has high growth ambitions for the Russian market. Our Customer Engagement Platform adds value to organizations by enabling them to engage in one-to-one conversations with their customers and provide a more relevant and personal experience across all channels," - says Søren Bak Jepsen, President of Sitecore International. "We are excited to partner with Luxoft to accelerate this growth even further. Luxoft's experienced and proven implementation capabilities allow companies in Russia to achieve the full potential from our technology."
About Luxoft
Luxoft is a provider of advanced application and software engineering outsourcing services for global and regional enterprises. Luxoft builds partnerships with its clients, such as Alstom, AMD, Atmel, Avaya, Boeing, Deutsche Bank, Harman, IBM, Sabre, and UBS, based on the culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and deep domain expertise. Luxoft offers international delivery capability through its network of state-of-the-art delivery centers in North America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Luxoft`s customers benefit from the right mix of technology skills, industry knowledge, proprietary processes and methodologies, and a choice of engagement models. For more information, please visit www.luxoft.com.
Luxoft is a partner of choice for world-class hardware design and embedded software development, helping semiconductor companies and device manufacturers create innovative products and solutions and dramatically increase their speed-to-market while improving their cost efficiency. For more information please visit www.luxoft.com/embedded.
About Sitecore
Sitecore is a global software company that creates products to deliver the most relevant experience and content to customers at any moment of interaction and via any communications channel – the web, email, mobile, social and offline. Our customer experience management platform combines proven web content management with customer intelligence to create a single view of a customer that drives meaningful interactions, increases conversions and builds lifetime customers. Global brands, including American Express, Carnival Cruise Lines, easyJet, Heineken, LEGO, Microsoft, and Nestle rely on Sitecore to get and keep loyal customers who engage more and drive revenue growth.


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In announcing his endorsement of Mayor Randy Voepel for the 71st Assembly District, Santee Councilmember Rob McNelis cited released data showing that Santee leads the region when it comes to fiscally responsible policies.
Specifically, the data show that Santee boasts the best business environment, highest citizen-to-employee ratio, and smallest pension liabilities in the region.
"Randy Voepel has proven that conservative government policies work," said McNelis. "His business-friendly policies have resulted in quality residential, commercial and industrial development that is the envy of our region. Randy's fiscal policies have ensured Santee is the most fiscally responsible city in the county. He has also been able to maintain high levels of service by contracting out certain city services. Randy's record and experience are sorely needed in Sacramento."
"Rob McNelis has been an effective public servant at the local level," said Voepel. "His vision and ability to get things done have ensured Santee maintains it's fiscally responsible record and approach. I am proud to have Rob as part of my team."
A business owner in Santee since 1997, McNelis was first elected to the City Council in 2010, and was re-elected in 2014.
Councilmember McNelis joins Assemblymember Brian Jones, El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells, El Cajon Councilmember Star Bales, El Cajon Councilmember Gary Kendrick, El Cajon Councilmember Bob McClellan, Santee Councilmember John Minto, and Santee Councilmember Ronn Hall among Voepel's early endorsers.
Originally elected to the Santee City Council in 1996, Voepel was elected Mayor in 2000. Voepel is a U.S. Navy veteran with two combat tours of duty in Vietnam. A graduate from Saint Leo University, he is a businessman in financial services specializing in corporate benefits. He and his wife Susan have two children and three grandchildren.


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Video Devices' PIX-E5 Is a Perfect Fit for 360 Designs' 4K Virtual Reality Rigs
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, JUNE 1, 2016 — Founder and CEO of the San Francisco-based 360 Designs, Alx Klive sees a lucrative future for Virtual Reality (VR). Although it is still in its infancy, Klive believes 360-degree live streaming of sports, concerts and other live events is the next advancement for the entertainment industry. Founded in 2015, 360 Designs manufactures high-end professional 360-degree cameras, rigs, and live streaming solutions for VR. The company serves top broadcasters, and Internet and production companies, and has recently had its cameras at Coachella, a range of music and film events at SXSW, and the OSCARS® capturing professional-quality VR video.
Klive's creative ventures also include web publishing, a "Create your own TV Channel" web application and an early crowdsourcing project to document the world in 24 hours at the turning of the Millennium. He has a background in reporting and videography, and turned to Video Devices and its PIX-E5 4K recording monitors when seeking a solution to help 360 Designs make VR production simpler and more reliable.
"We were already familiar with Sound Devices audio gear, and discovered the PIX-E Series while looking for a robust, portable 4K capture solution," says Klive. "We were attracted to the PIX-E5, in particular, because its small form factor can be integrated well with our high-end VR camera rigs."
360 Designs has been using large numbers of PIX-E5 recorders on its custom higher resolution VR rigs. "We're able to build the recorders directly into the rig, typically using cheese plates, and use SDI to capture the uncompressed output from the cameras," adds Klive. "We wanted reliable 4K Apple® ProRes 422 HQ recording. In a standard configuration, we're capturing one 4K camera per PIX-E recorder, and we build custom wiring looms to bring SDI and power to each recorder. We've also created a remote control system that allows us to trigger all of the recorders at once. We really appreciate the file naming options with the PIX-E5, and the ability to save and load settings across different devices has been a big time saver. We're typically using a lot of recorders at once, so this aspect was key for us."
Klive says the optional SpeedDrive™ mSATA USB drives for the PIX-E devices have proved to be lightning fast and highly practical. "We're now using them in our company as fast thumb drives, and have even used them for overnighting large files to clients and other team members."
Reliability, build-quality, and robust locking connections were what initially attracted 360 Designs to the PIX-E Series. "We've since grown to appreciate the depth of the user interface and features, such as having real buttons as opposed to touch sensitive ones," says Klive. "They are built really well. When you are running ten or more recorders at once, and every one is critical to your production, you really need that confidence. For field use, the
PIX-Es are a tough product to beat."
360 Designs recently had a client that wanted to achieve very high VR video resolutions through a custom VR camera rig, and deliver test footage in a short timeframe. "We employed a large number of Blackmagic Design Micro Studio 4K cameras, and by running the same number of PIX-E5 recorders, we achieved a perfect result without any trouble. We had used PIX-E5s before on smaller rigs, but configuring and running the number we did for this client was a challenge. I don't feel we could have done it reliably without the ability to save and load settings across the different recorders. The rig we used had to travel with all the recording monitors pre-mounted. We were very happy with how they performed on the project."
Beyond on-rig use, 360 Designs has also used its PIX-E5s in other applications, notably deploying them to record ISO feeds from each camera on a live 360 event production. The company also has used them for various monitoring applications.
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Since its 1956 opening as an affiliated school to Hangzhou University in China, Xuejun High School has evolved into an award-winning provincial model school in the city of Hangzhou, one of China's most important tourist venues about 120 miles southwest of Shanghai.
Testament to the school's growing international exchange is its 50th anniversary yearbook.
It includes a full-page, color photograph of the 2005 Georgia delegation of educators - of which I was a part - that visited Xuejun High to sign a partnership between the high school and Georgia's Griffin High School. Photographs of that signing hang on the school's entrance wall, along with those of partnership groups from France, Japan and other countries. In fact, a small contingent from Georgia was present at the 50th anniversary celebration last year.
The 1,800-plus students at Xuejun come to prepare to attend the best universities in the nation. They are selected for the school thru competitive exams and are the "most excellent" students in this city of 6.4 million.
Because it is a public-private school, the tuition costs are split between the government and parents. Teachers in the staff of more than 190 have at least a master's degree, and their salaries are higher than at other schools. The day at this school, renowned as an experimental school for education reform and scientific research as well as a teaching demonstration school, runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are no school buses, so students must use public transportation, cars or bicycles.
Students peppered the delegation with questions about U.S. universities. Many hope to study in America at some point, and Principal Ma Lisong, who has visited U.S. schools, believes students at his school can learn if he employs the American ability to promote students' creative skills.
While China is strong in the fundamentals of academic subjects, he says, an ever-changing world requires that students develop additional skills to adjust. And, as his school's motto indicates, the goal is "a learning paradise for students."
The principal talked about how burdened the students are and how very hard they work.
Their objective is to excel at the National College Entrance Exam, a simultaneous nationwide test taken over three days every June that is essentially the only criterion for college admission. As in the United States, competition is intense for entrance to the best universities.
Two outstanding students from Griffin High School in the Georgia delegation enthralled the Chinese students, who rarely have an opportunity to speak to foreign students in English.
The English language class of 52 students sang "Edelweiss" to end the class and say goodbye.
For the daily exercise break, the entire student body lined up in rows on the athletic field, with music booming as student teachers led synchronized rows. With impressive discipline, a student on a platform demonstrated each exercise.
The second school visited by the delegation was the Yangshuo Experimental School of Foreign Studies, a high school in the relatively tiny city of Yangshuo (pop. 300,000). The striking campus in southern China, built around a lake and surrounded by mountains, boards half its 3,000 students, drawing them from surrounding small towns and farming communities.
Focused on learning English, the students, ages 12-18, have a school day from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. that includes daily exercise. True to the school mission, even the teachers take English lessons daily. Classes are enormous by American standards, averaging about 70 students and some even up to 90 students. Two young English teachers from Germany were among the group welcoming the Georgians, highlighting this international linguistic community: Chinese students learning English with a German accent.
Most of the students' parents are farmers with little money; many students go to work immediately after graduation to help and repay their parents. Some attend university to study tourism, the leading growth industry in the region.
The delegation was impressed by the determination, drive and discipline of Chinese students.
They and their parents believe education is the road to success and that English is the language to be mastered. At both schools the message was reiterated: These students, teachers and principals want to foster strong partnerships and learn more about America.
Dr. Holly Robinson is senior vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, an independent think tank that proposes practical, market-oriented approaches to public policy to improve the lives of Georgians.


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Palo Alto Weekly 21st Annual Short Story
The Sweetgum Tree
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Mathew 6:21
"Them children needs shoes," Jonah's grandmother said, scraping grits off the inside of the pot with a snuff-stained finger. He watched her lick off the white glob, her small tongue flickering out of its cave mouth. Her black eyes, two raisins pressed into the sodden dough of her face, turned to his father. "Don't want none of them women at the school saying nothing, do you?"
Jonah felt a poke in his arm as his father paused the circular shoveling of food to his mouth. The older man pointed to the coffee tin sitting on a shelf behind the wood-burning stove next to a stack of newspapers with war news from the Pacific and Germany.
"Do something useful before you run out on me tomorrow," his father said.
Jonah stood and ate the last mouthful of eggs he had fried himself and placed the plate in the basin under the water pump. Looking out the window over the basin, he could see his brothers and sisters rough-housing on the edge of the bursting cotton field. A small pile of canvas bags lay near them with Georgia Cotton Merchants printed in fading red letters on the sides. White puffs bloomed from the craggy brown plants, and Jonah's hands ached with the memory of cuts and pricks on his fingers from past harvests. He clenched his hands in and out of fists, warding off the echo of stiffness and swollen joints. This was the first crop he had planted himself, pouring everything he knew into each furrow, feeling the sun rise and set over his shoulder every day as he tended to the fields. It pained him to be leaving now. But a draft notice had arrived, and tomorrow he would be on a bus headed for Fort Gordon. It would be the first harvest in his 18 years he would miss. For that, and most other things, his father was unforgiving.
Jonah reached for the broom standing behind the water pump and broke off six straws. From the back porch, he waved his brothers and sisters to him and they tumbled over each other, up the steps, and into the row of fishing poles lined up against the wall of the house.
"Hush up!" his grandmother cried, stuffing herself between the arms of the rocking chair on the porch, her mouth working a dip of tobacco around her gums. The chair creaked as she began to rock and for a moment, her swollen form blurred, and Jonah saw the sliver of a woman that was his mother, her head flung back with laughter as she rocked faster and faster in that chair he made for her. He had tried to convince his father to let him make more and sell them by the roadside. The older man never looked up from sharpening his axe as he said, "Your place is here. Don't you forget where you come from." Then Jonah's mother died, and his grandmother came, and there were children to dress and feed and teach how to care for the animals. Jonah never spoke of the chairs again.
The children crowded around Jonah and, one at a time, placed a dirt-crusted foot on a straw, toe at the end, while Jonah snapped the straw at their heel. Their feet had grown in a year, and he hoped he would be able to find shoes that would match the length of the straws. The smallest girl held on to his shoulder as she put her foot down, then rolled into his arms. "Carry me," she said, clamping his waist with her tiny legs and hooking her arms around his neck. She smelled like earth and soured milk and sun dried sheets, and he squeezed her to him. Jonah stood with some effort, he wasn't all that big himself, and carried her down the porch steps where her brothers and sisters hovered over a frog, pounding the ground around it, trying to get it to jump. Delighted with the frog, the wee girl quickly forgot him and joined the others. He would miss them, their squeals, the padding of their feet on the ground around the house. When his mother died, his grandmother had come to help care for them, but Jonah soon realized his father's mother was really looking to be cared for herself.
"Why the Army wants you is a mystery to me," she said to him. "You're a runt of a boy, and the Lord knows you ain't to got the sense God gave a goat. Can't hardly even say nothing."
Jonah stuffed his hands inside the bib of his overalls, narrowed his blue eyes at the bloated woman in his mother's chair, and scurried through the screen door, letting it slam behind him. She hated that. The Bible said to honor thy mother and father, Jonah thought. It said nothing of grandmothers. She was the one who decided to hold prayer meetings at home so he couldn't go to church anymore. No more bible study in the Fellowship Hall. No more Lily. Jonah had protested with the father, but the man just shook his head, weary from a lifetime of fighting his mother. "Resting on Sunday's for the rich," his father said and sent him out to the fields.
Inside the house, Jonah carefully folded the straws in a sheet of newspaper by the stove and reached for the coffee tin. He counted out nickels and dimes. There was paper money here when he had brought in last year's crop. But only coins rattled in the tin since his father took to bringing home canning jars full of corn liquor from his visits to the Dawson place. There had never been liquor in their house before. His mother had not allowed it. But everything was different since her death. When she lived, they had Bible stories at night, next to the warmth of the stove, and peppermint sticks on their birthdays. His mother had looked after them and protected them with her faith. She refused to let the father bring a telephone into the house because it was the Devil's box with voices coming from unnatural distances. And when Uncle Raymond gave Jonah a stack of cards with painted faces and numbers and bicycles on the back, the mother saved him from the Devil's grasp and threw them into the fire.
Without her careful watch, his father had succumbed to seduction. Jonah found him in the barn, two days after the funeral, drunk and naked with his arms around two women. "Pick whichever one you want, son," his father said, shaking the women gently by the shoulders. The one on his right, snoring, rolled over like a slaughtered pig, falling across his lap. Jonah's father looked down at her, his breath gasping with whiskey-soaked tears as he ran his fingers through her hair like it was a spiderweb. "It don't matter no more, son, your Mama done left us. You're a man now. You got to choose." Jonah turned from the smell of vomit and hay. He ran away from the barn and into the field. In the furrows, he fell forward to his knees, looking out at the long straight lines he had plowed as they stretched farther than he could see in the moonlight. He imagined them going on, beyond his father's land, wrapping themselves around the planet, making it all his. Beneath him the seeds he had planted waited for nature's law to tell them when to root and when to break the surface. Reaching down, he buried his hands in the moist, rich soil, then held them to his face, breathing in the ripeness of the earth. If the farm were his, he would send his grandmother away to live with other relations. He would raise his brothers and sisters himself. He would marry Lily. He thought of her in the house waiting for him at night, and he bent low over his knees trying to still the quivering in his chest, suddenly afraid of wanting more than his share of life.
Jonah pressed down on the lid of the coffee tin and returned it to its shelf behind the stove. It was an hour's walk into town. He would pass Lily's place on the way home, maybe catch her outside where her folks couldn't see. It would be his last chance to see her before getting on the bus for Fort Gordon the next day. He wished he could leave her with something more than his good-byes, a token of his intent, something that would say what he could not.
As he dropped the nickels and dimes into his pocket, his father grabbed his wrist with a stiff, calloused hand. The creaking from the chair outside stopped, and Jonah knew the grandmother was listening. The father looked down at his son with soft gray eyes that for the briefest moment seemed pleading before they hardened into the look of a farmer who was losing his best fieldhand.
"Stop by Dawson's on your way back," he said, slipping a few more coins into his son's hand. Jonah didn't ask why. It wasn't the first time he'd been sent for one of Dawson's canning jars full of spirits. "And don't be spending the rest on anything but shoes. That money's got nothing to do with you anymore."
Jonah patted the lump of coins in his pocket as he walked into the church basement. The room smelled of old men and stale perfume from the tables piled with discards from the town people. The tables were set up like stores, each with their own sorted wares, with a narrow path in between. A few women moved slowly around the tables, inspecting bits and pieces. Another woman, thin and crooked like she were made from tree branches, sat in the corner by the door behind a small table, her hands resting on the metal cash box and her eyes closed as if she were praying.
At the shoe table, Jonah pulled out the folded newspaper from his back pocket and measured soles against the straws until he found six pair that matched the six pair of feet at home. He walked back toward the front of the room, past the milling women, dangling the shoes by the laces like a fresh catch of fish. Facing the praying woman and the cash box, he saw someone had nailed a map to the wall behind her. It looked like one that had been used in the school before the last war and the countries all changed colors. He found the spot where he was fairly certain Georgia was and tapped it with his finger. Then he followed the straight lines east and north until he ran into England, France, Germany. Someone had stuck pins in the countries with little flags in them. He followed the lines west to the Pacific to find more pins with flags. To the side of the map, he saw a list, handwritten in the block print of Pastor Reeves. It was a list of dates, places, and names. They were names Jonah knew, names of boys he wouldn't see again. It had not occurred to him that he might not come home. He was small, but he was a crack shot. Surely that was enough to survive a war. But as he looked at the map again, the miles felt like a foot pressing down on his chest.
Upstairs, the organist began to play I'll Fly Away , practicing for Sunday morning worship. Jonah thought of Lily and how she hummed that song as he followed her into the woods that day after bible study, just as she had asked him in her note. He closed his eyes from the map, just as he would one day close his eyes from the blinding Pacific sun as his blood poured into the sand beneath him, and saw the world again through the tender green light under that sweetgum tree, its hand-shaped leaves brushing his face, Lily's body flowing like milk under her dress. She looked him in the eye as she pressed his hand into her breast. He felt as if he were melting into her, letting her wash over him, losing himself in her grace. He envisioned the two of them lying next to each other, his hand on her belly, round and full with his child. If my purpose is pure , he told himself, it is not a sin . He tried to kiss her, but she turned her head, and he burrowed into the dewy curls that hung over her neck. And in his ear, he felt her breath and heard her whispers of promises.
Jonah turned from the map, blinking away the vision of that day, when a flash of white on the book table caught his eye. The bible's lettering and pages were tipped in gold, and it felt like a river of angels in his hands. Lily did not have her own bible. She always looked in one of the battered books stacked on the end of the church benches with the hymnals and the fans with pictures of Jesus on the front. He thought of Lily walking into church on Sunday with the white bible pressed against her, folding her hands in prayer over this book that looked fit for the Queen of Sheba, who came to Solomon's kingdom to test his wisdom. And in return for her good will, Solomon gave her all that she desired.
Jonah slid his hand back in his pocket and pulled out the coins. He took the shoes and the bible to the woman at the cash box. He was not going to the Dawson place. If he were lucky, there would be a few pennies left over for peppermint sticks. Tomorrow, he knew, he would board the bus still stinging from his father's razor strap. But a woman he loved, with her white bible, would remember the sweetgum tree and pray for him in all ways.
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ESXi : Windows session credentials cannot be used to log into this server
For a remote (very remote – the other side of the world to where I was) ESXi host I recently had issues using the option to "Use Windows Session Credentials" in vSphere and it would complain that 'Windows session credentials cannot be used to log into this server'. The strange thing was this was working correctly before I shipped the Esxi server and it would accept the credentials if I manually entered domain/username and then password. First thing to check was there was a valid PTR record in DNS since vSphere checks the host by doing a ptr lookup. This was all correct so I had to do a bit more digging to find the problem. Logging in via SSH with a local account I discovered that Esxi uses Likewise Open to enable the host to join a windows domain. Looking at the config files and especially /etc/likewise/krb5-affinity.conf it had listed a stale Domain Controller entry. I therefore simply edited out the stale entry and ensured the local DC was first in the list:
vi /etc/likewise/krb5-affinity.conf
After editing and saving the file the likewise server needs restarted by the command
/etc/init.d/lsassd restart
After this I was able to use Windows Session Credentials again to connect to this remote ESXi host.


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Fossils Copulating for 65 Million Years
LUCKNOW, India – This was no one-night stand. Scientists in India say they have discovered two fossils fused together in sexual union for 65 million years.
The findings were published in the October edition of the Indian journal Current Science, which said it was the first time that sexual copulation (search) had been discovered in a fossil state, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
But voyeurs will need a microscope to view the eternal lovers.
The fossils are tiny swarm cells (search), a stage in the development of the fungus myxomycetes (search), also known as slime molds (search).
The cells reproduce by "fusing," Ranjeet Kar of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (search) in Lucknow reportedly told PTI. Once the cells fuse, long, threadlike appendages known as flagella, are lost, he said.
Finding the fossils in a fused position and with their flagella shed, is evidence that the two cells were having sex, Kar said.
"The sexual organs being delicate and the time of conjugation short lived, it is indeed rare to get this stage in the fossil state," the study said.
The cells were discovered in a 30-foot deep dry well in the state of Madhya Pradesh.


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Hotel Seville
Welcome to the 1929 Seville Hotel
1929 – 2016 ~ Celebrating 87 Years Of Truly Historic Elegance
Located in historic downtown Harrison, Arkansas with easy Highway 65 / 412 access, the full service historic lodging accommodations of the 1929 Hotel Seville place you in the heart of Harrison. It is conveniently located across from the L.G. Durand Conference Center and nearby Government and Banking Centers, North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Federal Courthouse and North Arkansas Community College.
Enjoy the views on a breathtaking drive or hike through the Buffalo River – National Park Region, Float the Buffalo or choose the hometown atmosphere of Harrison, Arkansas for your overnight stay in the Arkansas Ozarks.
Experience a gracious experience in fully renovated guest rooms. Well appointed guestrooms feature:
~Comfy beds with triple sheets
~Flat screen television
~Well lit desk and work space
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~Executive suites with a sitting room & King sleeping room
For celebrations, Hotel Seville is the perfect place for memorable events including wedding galas, showers, celebrating special life events, business meetings or reunions of all sorts.
Relax after a busy day on the road with a tall, cool drink in our in-house bar, 1929 Seville Bar, open Tuesday through Saturday, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm.
Complimentary Breakfast is included during your stay at Hotel Seville and is served from 6:30-9:30 a.m.. It includes a variety cereals and breads, yogurt with toppings, as well as eggs with biscuits and gravy.
1929 Hotel Seville
302 North Main Street
Harrison, Arkansas 72601
Tel: (870) 741-2321