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I'm excited to share a quick video I made about quilting the back panel of the Range Backpack pattern. Just to hopefully make things super clear, I suggest this option only for when you choose to use quilting cotton for the exterior fabric requirement. Got it? Great! In the pattern I suggest a few options for the exterior fabric choice: waxed canvas, canvas, or quilting cotton. So if you're going the quilting cotton route there are a few additional steps that you'll need to take, and quilting the back panel is one of them.
If you've never quilted before, this is a great time to give it a try! A small project like the back panel of a backpack is a great place to learn while also being manageable to get through your machine. There are a few items that I mention in the video so go grab them at your local quilt shop (and because I can't link to everyone's local shop, I've linked to a few online sources here as well).
- Quilter's Spray Baste 505
- Clover Hera Marker
- Curved basting pins
- painter's tape
- Quilter's Dream Cotton Batting
- Cotton canvas (used as stabilizer)
- Walking foot
Click here to watch the video!
It's just about ten minutes long and make hope is that it'll be easy to understand and help you feel confident when making your own Range Backpack! I'm trying to make an effort to get better at video, so I'm working on it! My hope is that it'll still be worth viewing even though I'm so not an expert at video and editing.
Your backpack is about to get fancy!
Pattern: Range Backpack, hardware kits available
Fabrics: Cotton + Steel Double Dots Dark Grey, Waxed Canvas for Contrast Bottom (black) from AL Frances Textiles, Lining is Robert Kaufman Canyon Colored Denim in black (6 oz. weight)


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Hardship is, unfortunately, a part of life. Whether it's an economic downturn, losing a job, or the loss of a loved one, how we handle these situations can change our lives forever.
We know the gravity of what it's like to be hit with adversity. Even though we tackle some serious subjects in this episode, Brian wanted to title it "Victory from the Jaws of Defeat!" Let's talk through personal stories and tried-and-true strategies for persevering through a negative situation and coming out stronger on the other side.
For more information, visit: https://www.moneyguy.com/2020/04/overcome-financial-adversity-during-a-pandemic/
The Netflix documentary "Tiger King" is more than just a hilariously captivating hot mess. It's a perfect example of what NOT to do with your personal finances. If Joe Exotic (and the whole cast) had followed the advice from this episode, their lives would have looked wildly different than they do today! Let's have some fun and break down 7 fantastic personal finance lessons you can learn from this crazy show.
Warning: There are "Tiger King" spoilers in this episode!
For more information, visit: https://www.moneyguy.com/2020/04/financial-lessons-from-tiger-king/
This one investment could change your entire financial life! (We're, talking about Index Funds!) Instead of beating the market, this episode teaches you to grow with the market.
For more information, visit: https://www.moneyguy.com/2020/04/every-investor-should-own-this-fund/
How can you maximize the money available to you through the CARES Act? This legislation is a fluid situation, but through lots of research, we broke down exactly how you can take advantage of these new benefits. Whether you're an individual or a small business, there are provisions you need to be aware of and instructions you need to keep in the forefront of your mind. We walk through every detail we could uncover in this episode.
For more information, visit: https://www.moneyguy.com/2020/04/stimulus-checks-how-to-maximize-your-money/
A huge legislation just passed called the CARES Act. This new stimulus bill promises to ease the extra financial burden brought on by the coronavirus. In case you don't have time to read and decode a 335 page bill, we did it for you! Let's unpack what you need to know about the CARES Act and how it affects your personal finances.
For more information, visit: https://www.moneyguy.com/2020/03/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-what-you-need-to-know/

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Hi friends! It's been a busy week and weekend...I wanted to share with you some of my CHA pics but I have so many things to share with you that I've got to break it up into more than one post...so we'll start with a sample of Basic Grey...this layout says it all for me
beautiful Kaiser Craft artwork full of their bling, a fav of mine
Angela always sets the bar so high with her amazing booth for Unity. What a beautiful and amazing woman she is.
Oh Cosmo, how I love you so...
Hambly offerings that make me smile
Oh soo yummy :)
Meeting Michele and her hubby Jesse was one of the best things about CHA!
I worked the show for the first time with Jong. He's a really amazing guy with a fantastic product and I know you're going to be hearing much much more about Love My Tapes
I was really excited to see Ms. Robyn again this year. Last year was the first time we met and I am constantly inspired by her talent! Look for her work at the Bo Bunny blog where she designs :)
I was thrilled that Tim is doing some work with Imaginisce. What a great collaberation and a great opportunity to meet this amazing crafty guy! Also he is so genuine and nice...love that!
something new from making memories, a vintage jewelry line...yummy
Ok this gal is my hero...and not because she works for Hero Arts...but because she inspires me to create not just good cards but great cards! I would never have become the card maker I am today if it weren't for her videos and amazing inspiration on the Hero blog
I want one of everything from Lizzy's new line at American Crafts and the bike to boot!
and my absolute favorite thing of the show, a shower of butterflies cut with the making memories Slice...if only i could have gotten them to listen and give this to me to take home...
I'll be back later this week with more pics. Thanks for stopping by today.
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There are a plethora of different types of makeup setting sprays on the market these days, all promising to do different things for your skin and makeup. If your goal is to hide the fact that you went a little too hard on the setting powder or give the layers of makeup a seamlessly blended, skin-like look, just about any setting spray will do the trick. However, if you're looking for matte finish, dewy glow, or locked-in-place long-lasting option, you'll have to be more selective.
While makeup-sealing sprays promise to extend the life of your makeup –some even swear they're waterproof — we've learned that some of these products don't always quite live up to their lofty promises. However, we've rounded up a few affordable finishing sprays that actually do keep oil at bay and help your makeup stay in place significantly longer — even in the sweltering heat or on long nights out.
Our mission at STYLECASTER is to bring style to the people, and we only feature products we think you'll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.
STYLECASTER's mantra is 'Style To The People'— and our mission is to be an accessible, inclusive, ahead-of-the-trend destination for millennial and Gen Z women who want to live with style and substance. Our fashion, beauty and lifestyle coverage is equal parts informative and inspiring, and at once aspirational yet attainable. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission.
1. Skindinavia The Makeup Setting Spray
Before setting sprays became so widely available, this spray was one of the most affordable and effective options you could find. It has an excellent spray nozzle with super fine mist that won't drench your face, so you won't risk looking like you've escaped a water balloon fight. However, it will extend your makeup up to 12 hours of additional wear time. It has a semi-matte finish to help prevent humidity from destroying your full coverage foundation, while also keeping natural oils at bay throughout the day.
2. Model in a Bottle Makeup Setting Spray
While we're fairly certain this finishing spray won't turn you into model, we can safely say that it will help extend your makeup's wear time significantly. While it dries down to a matte finish, it won't cause your skin too feel overly dry or tight thanks to the addition of aloe vera extract and more importantly, it won't interfere with the effectiveness of your SPF. The only downside is that some reviewers complain that it can start feel sticky throughout the day.
3. ArtNaturals Makeup Setting Spray
This organic spray extends makeup wear time and keeps skin matte without irritating even the most sensitive skin or causing a tight feeling. It's effective at preventing all different types of makeup mishaps, including combating caking, smudging, cracking and settling into fine lines. It's also infused with a slew of skin care ingredients, including aloe vera, zinc, copper and magnesium extracts to shield skin from the sun's damaging UV rays and to prevent photoaging. This multi-tasker has also been called a dupe for the iconic All Nighter Setting Spray by Urban Decay.


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The Audio-Technica ATH-M50x is a popular pair of over-ear headphones, and is widely considered the best headset at under Rs. 10,000. It's also been around for many years now, but continues to sell thanks to its being critically praised by users and experts alike. Fans of the original wired version as well as new buyers now have the option to buy the wireless version. Audio-Technica has launched the ATH-M50x BT in India, which will be available to buy on Amazon for Rs. 18,490.
The new headphones are the wireless version of the, which were launched globally in January 2014. The wireless ATH-M50x BT was launched globally back in October 2018, but has now been made available in India. For now, the product is available exclusively on Amazon India, and comes with a USB charging cable, a 3.9-foot stereo audio cable for wired use and a carrying pouch.
Thehas 45mm dynamic drivers and a frequency response range of 15-28,000Hz. For connectivity, the headset uses Bluetooth 5.0 and is also compatible with the aptX codec for better audio data transmission over Bluetooth. Battery life is claimed by Audio-Technica to run for 40 hours on a full charge.
The headphones can also be used with the Audio-Technica Connect app for Android and iOS, which lets users control various settings on the headphones. The original wired ATH-M50x has been known for its neutral sonic signature and sound quality, and it will be interesting to see if Audio-Technica can replicate the quality with its wireless version.
Is Samsung Galaxy S10+ the best Android flagship overall? Are Samsung Galaxy Buds the best truly wireless headphones in India? We discussed these things on, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to viaor,, or just hit the play button below.for details.


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The Office of the Vice-President and Principal oversees all campus initiatives and works closely with our local community and our partners in government.
The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer oversees the effective and efficient operation of the University of Toronto Mississauga.
For academic matters, including appeals, please visit the Office of the Vice-Principal, Academic & Dean. This includes the Office of the Vice-Dean, Graduate.
The Office of Communications supports UTM's academic and administrative departments with communications projects. The Office of Advancement supports the university's role in making a meaningful contribution to the global community.
For admissions or registrarial information, please go to the Office of the Registrar. The Research Office oversees areas including grants, collaborations and ethics. The Equity & Diversity Office promotes an equitable and inclusive campus faculty, staff and students at UTM. The tri-campus Office of the Ombudsperson ensures fairness and the protection of individual rights at U of T, while the Sustainability Office ensures the campus' commitment to sustainability is met.
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New York City hopes to fully reopen July 1 and lift COVID business restrictions
ALBANY - The Big Apple is coming back.
New York City hopes to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and stores by July 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
"Our plan is to fully reopen New York City on July 1," the mayor said on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
"We are ready – for stores to open, for businesses to open; offices, theaters full strength. Because look, what we are seeing is people have gotten vaccinated."
What a full reopening in the largest city in the nation would look like was unclear, and the city would likely still keep in place certain restrictions, such as mask wearing in crowded places and in indoor facilities and social distancing where possible.
But with more than 6 million of its 8.5 million residents already vaccinated, de Blasio said he hopes by July 1 that number would be higher and enough to return to some normalcy in the city.
New York City was the epicenter of the virus in its early months last year, and it has has had 32,461 confirmed and presumed COVID deaths, the most of any city in the U.S.
The lifting of restrictions in the city would need approval of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been resistant to letting the city move forward with COVID rules without his blessing.
Still, Cuomo has continued to loosen state restrictions as COVID rates drop across New York.
Later Thursday in Buffalo, Cuomo stressed that reopening the city would be part of the statewide management plans for New York, saying he is hesitant to predict any reopening in two months.
But he said he would like the city to reopen earlier than July 1.
"There will also be some safety precautions in the near term," Cuomo said.
On Wednesday, he announced he would repeal curfews for bars and restaurants, allowing them to remain open beyond midnight beginning May 17 for outdoor service and May 31 for indoor.
De Blasio spoke optimistically about having a strong summer in the city, where Broadway and other attractions were closed for more than a year and have slowly been able to open with limited capacity.
"This is going to be the summer of New York City," he declared. "You're going to see amazing activities, cultural activities coming back. I think people are going to flock to New York City because they want to live again."
The mayor said Broadway may take until September to be fully open, but he said he would expect some shows to open in July and August.
The city's economy has been crippled during the pandemic, both from a lack of visitors and few office buildings being open.
Tourists dropped by more than 43 million visitors in 2020, costing businesses as much as two-thirds of their total tourism revenue, a report this week by the state Comptroller's Office found.
More:Tourism spending plummeted in New York City last year. COVID is to blame.
More:NY's food-with-alcohol rule has been repealed; Cuomo to lift restaurant, bar curfew
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Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab (BLI), the world's leading independent evaluator of document imaging software, hardware, and services, today announced the winners of its BLI PaceSetter awards in the Higher Education arena. These awards recognize the document imaging OEMs that offer the most impressive portfolios of hardware devices, software solutions, and technical and professional services for Education customers in the college/university market segment.
The winners for 2019–2020, based on research conducted for the North American market, are:
BLI PaceSetter 2019–2020 for Education: Higher Education
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
BLI PaceSetter 2019–2020 for Education: Higher Education
"Colleges and universities are expected to deliver much more than classroom education," said Jamie Bsales, Director of Solutions Analysis at Keypoint Intelligence. "These institutions need to prepare students for the wider world beyond, which means immersing them in experiences and technologies at every opportunity. Every vendor needs to be a partner that supports these initiatives, and our PaceSetter winners have proven they can be exactly that."
For this study, Keypoint Intelligence invited all leading document imaging OEMs to complete an exhaustive questionnaire detailing their education-relevant offerings in key areas including hardware and software portfolios, service and support offerings, professional services capabilities, security offerings in the space, and demonstrated market leadership. OEMs that opted to participate were also asked to make key personnel available for in-depth interviews with the Keypoint Intelligence analyst team to give a more complete picture of their strategies for the education market. After gathering all the data, the analysts used a proprietary rating scale to calculate point totals in the areas evaluated.
"Canon brings much more to the table than just world-class document imaging equipment, which of course it has in spades," noted Bsales. "Beyond its imageRUNNER ADVANCE, imageCLASS, and production print equipment, the company can furnish both its award-winning still and video camera equipment to university sports programs and art departments. It also offers proven and wide-ranging facilities management services, which help colleges and universities in areas like mailroom management, intra- and inter-campus transport, and more. And all of Canon's abilities are supported by a Higher Education Advisory Team to uncover sector-specific needs, as well as guide value-added initiatives to meet those needs."
In the analysis, Konica Minolta stood out not only for its document imaging hardware and software portfolios, but also for the wide range of education-specific IT capabilities (including IT infrastructure assessments and deployments) delivered through its All Covered services division. The company also leverages all corners of its parent company's vast portfolio to expand students' horizons—literally: Its Telescope Live program gives students access to the images generated by Konica-quipped telescopes around the globe, while its Double2 Robot technology supports remote learning initiatives. "In addition to all these strengths, Konica Minolta further impressed us with its CampusWatch security offerings that address the all-important and multifaceted physical security needs of colleges today," said Bsales. "By combining Mobotix intelligent security cameras, visitor-management kiosks, classroom door barriers, and the ability to have them all work in concert, Konica Minolta can bring some peace of mind to educators, students and their families."
About Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab
Keypoint Intelligence is a one-stop shop for the digital imaging industry. With our unparalleled tools and unmatched depth of knowledge, we cut through the noise of data to offer clients the unbiased insights and responsive tools they need in those mission-critical moments that define their products and empower their sales.
For over 50 years, Buyers Lab has been the global document imaging industry's resource for unbiased and reliable information, test data, and competitive selling tools. What started out as a consumer-based publication about office equipment has become an all-encompassing industry resource. In a landscape that's ever evolving, we change with it.
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Based on exhaustive questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and a proprietary rating scale, Buyers Lab PaceSetter awards recognize those document imaging OEMs that have shown market leadership in a variety of categories, including with technologies, services, and key vertical markets.
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Sooner or later, you may have to deal with a frozen pipe; be careful when you do because first thoughts about how to thaw it out may not be the best ones. Be patient and safe.
Most often, pipes that freeze up are outside and exposed directly to winter cold or are inside exterior walls that don't have enough insulation. But they likely also are near materials that can catch fire. So don't use a blow torch or any other such open flame device; the risk simply is too great for igniting some combustible such as insulation, wood joists or flooring.
Rather, first open a faucet at the end of the pipe. Then, being more conservative and safe, work back from the faucet toward the frozen area with a warming device such as a heat lamp, hair dryer or heat gun to open up the frozen pipe. Be sure the warming device is grounded; never hold the pipe in your hand while operating an electrical device.
As always, an ounce of prevention is always worth a pound of cure. So check out your piping now for those most susceptible to freezing – such as those in unheated areas and in or near outer walls. Many insulating products are readily available for such piping.
Disconnect all outside hoses and drain outside faucets for winter. Open cabinet doors under sinks on exterior walls to keep the sink pipes warm. When it is very cold outside, let hot and cold water faucets near outside walls drip slowly overnight. Never leave open faucets unattended.
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Professional On Time Breakdown Recovery in Kilskeer
Breakdown on the side of the road or the need for a breakdown recovery or involved in an accident in this area can be a stressful experience, and also one of the most frustrating situations that motorists can encounter within Kilskeer area, calling us means a safe and reliable motors recovery.
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We are here in Kilskeer, we have wheel lift tow trucks and flat bed trucks. We can provide high quality breakdown recovery services in Kilskeer, {county} area ranging from car transportation, vehicle breakdown recovery services and roadside assistance. We are fully insured, certified and bonded.
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Emergency breakdown recovery in Kilskeer:
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We can jump start Car, Bike, Machinery Plant and commercial vehicle requiring 12 – 24 volt battery. Whether you are at home or on the road and your battery failed, call Fast Recovery team.
Do not let an inexperienced person jump start the battery of your car. If you or a friend tries to do a car jump start, there is a very high possibility that it can cause some injury. This is because the car batteries is highly inflammable and even a small spark can cause a serious fire. Our professionals make sure that proper care is taken to ensure that before your car jump start procedure is started the likelihood of your car battery exploding is eliminated. If the jump start does not work for your vehicle, we then offer you vehicle recovery to a destination of your choice.
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Fast Recovery provides breakdown recovery Services for Car, Van, Caravan and Motorcycle in Kilskeer. We can also recover almost every vehicle up to 3.5t without key including LWB, High Top and Luton Van. Here at Fast Recovery we offer safe scooter and motorcycle recovery in Kilskeer ranging from 50cc to 1400cc and as well as custom made tricycle recovery in Kilskeer. Our recovery team are available to assist customers for breakdown recovery in Kilskeer area, we can jump start car and also truck and bus requiring 24 volt battery.
We provide fast response time and speedy solutions to your vehicle problems in the most effective and convenient way possible, we offer an accident, breakdown, recovery service from a simple jumpstart or wheel changing service just to get you moving again to full total lift transportation towing service. No matter what your vehicle needs are, you can count on us to be there.
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Considering recycling your old car, van, or 4×4, all you need to do is call FAST Recovery team and we'll take care of all the requirement so there's nothing for you to worry about.
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Towing Safety Absolutely Critical
Let's face it, there's a great reason that there are so many SUV's and pick-up trucks available on the roads today– basically, we are towing more than ever. Owners of jet-skis, bikes, pull-behind RV's, watercrafts– you call it– they all should tow once in a while. While towing is a reasonably simple operation, safety should be utilized or it can become dangerous or even dangerous to other motorists when driving.
The appropriate use of security chains is one method to ensure that the tow vehicle never ever obtains separated from the trailer. Of course, security chains are required by legislation so using them not just maintains everybody secure, it also maintains you legal.
When utilizing security chains during towing, it is essential that the chains go across under the tongue of the trailer. If for any kind of factor the trailer were to become detached from the hitch, those chains will certainly prevent the trailer from dropping to the ground and away from the tow vehicle.
While towing, it is extremely important for the vehicles behind you to recognize when you are braking, turning, or utilizing your fronts lights. It is required by legislation that any type of trailer have brake lights, turn signals, and tail lights that operate in unison with the lights on the tow vehicle. The individuals behind you could obtain overwhelmed or not be aware that you are transforming or braking and an accident is likely if they do not. Special circuitry harnesses are typically supplied with a trailer that needs to hook into the electrical wiring of the tow vehicle. If your trailer does not have such a circuitry harness, they may be acquired separately at most auto parts stores.
You additionally never intend to be towing anything that exceeds the optimum tow capability of your vehicle. There are actually 2 great reasons for this. When towing trailers beyond the towing capacity, the initial is that you will harm your vehicle's drive train. The second reason is connected to the initial: should your drive train fail and you are towing something up a slope– well, you get the picture!
Ultimately, be sure that whatever you occur to be towing is protected properly. Moving lots could trigger serious handling troubles while towing. And in the most awful situation circumstance, an unsafe lots might merely fall off and trigger you genuine headaches while threatening vehicle drivers.
By adhering to the simple safety pointers detailed above, you need to securely transport freight from point A to factor B without incident. Towing is a reasonably straightforward procedure but it need to only be done when security is made priority one.
If for any kind of reason the trailer were to end up being removed from the hitch, those chains will stop the trailer from dropping to the ground and away from the tow vehicle. It is required by regulation that any kind of trailer have brake lights, turn signals, and tail lights that function in unison with the lights on the tow vehicle. You likewise never want to be towing anything that surpasses the optimum tow ability of your vehicle. The very first is that you will certainly damage your vehicle's drive train when towing trailers past the towing capacity.


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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Congresswoman Jackie Speier has been a longtime advocate for women's rights, and has been outspoken about sexual assault and harassment.
RELATED: Who is Christine Blasey Ford? The woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault
She stopped by ABC7 News to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and an accusation by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party years ago.
Speier says that Kavanaugh should be subpoenaed and properly investigated for the accusations.
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For those that want to get a good look at the beast in WWE 2K16, 2K has now unleashed the full WWE 2K16 Brock Lesnar entrance video, along with Paul Heyman acting as his manager.
It looks pretty good, but perhaps nothing that will blow you away graphically. Some may say that the graphics could have been better in terms of realistic likeness – but it's not bad.
Now you can see the whole thing for yourself in full thanks to IGN, and decide for yourself whether Brock Lesnar looks just as fearsome on screen as he will on your PS4 or Xbox One.
It's nice to see Paul Heyman having a heavy input in Lesnar's entrance too and the facial features are pretty good as well.
If we were to say one thing though, the WWE 2K16 arenas look like they could do some work as we can't help but feel that they look a little uninspiring.
Watch the video and let us know what you think. Do you agree that the graphics could have been better in all honesty?
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The latest statistic for a method of delivery is that 32% of mothers delivered through cesarean section and the other 68% were vaginal deliveries, more commonly referred to as natural birth. It might be interesting for people to know that doctors would only recommend a c-section if vaginal delivery really isn't possible.
Some of the main reasons why more people prefer having a natural delivery are that first; it's less costly. A c-section is essentially a surgery and a lot more procedures come with it. Second, natural births are less prone to complications that c-section delivery makes mothers more vulnerable to. Lastly, natural childbirth is just a more straightforward overall process in the sense that it keeps you in bed for a much shorter period than c-section.
Explained in this article are a few tips on preparing for natural childbirth:
Mentally Prepare
"Pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting can be one of the most emotionally, physically, and challenging times in a woman's life. Although it is also a special time, sometimes it is hard to see that at the moment," wrote Siobhan Hart, Psy.D. However, there are numerous doctor-recommended ways that natural delivery could be made easier. A lot of information and advice from mothers who have already experienced it prove as essential tools in preparing for natural childbirth.
There's science to specific practices that can make childbirth easier for expectant mothers like how spending time in the water and learning breathing techniques make delivery easier. Some classes and workshops offer professional advice on assuring the safest and smoothest natural delivery possible, especially for first-time mothers.
Childbirth is complicated, so it's best to stock up on as much knowledge as possible.
Physically Prepare
It has been said that mothers who are overweight or gained more weight than what is recommended tend to have more complicated pregnancies. Doctors recommend controlling weight gain well enough for the benefit of both the mother and the baby.
Getting checked by the doctor in advance for the mother's physical condition is also crucial. It will determine if a natural delivery will be safe, or there's a need for the mother to schedule a c-section. A good amount of exercise and healthy eating is always advised. In addition to that, "Regular exercise can help pregnant women better manage stress, promote good quality sleep, and improve psychological well-being," wrote Abbey Kruper, Psy.D., and co-authors.
Emotionally Prepare
Lastly, what will help the most, emotionally, is to surround yourself with people who will put you at ease.
"There's no need to express how stressful being a new mother can be. Albeit a joyful time, taking care of a child and recovering physically from childbirth can be emotionally draining." says Darcia F. Narvaez Ph.D.
It might be a given but having the mother's significant other in the room during delivery is one of the most important elements to preparing for natural childbirth. It provides the maximum comfort that can be given to the expectant mother. An immediate family member or close friend would also serve the same purpose.
Another thing would be to make sure that the doctor, nurses, and assistants are well trained to do natural deliveries. Though this might not always be under the control of the mother and her family, it will ease worries for the mother to know she's, quite literally, in good hands.
Fortunately and unfortunately, childbirth is a painful experience exclusively burdened to women everywhere. The best thing that the mother's significant other can do for her is to lighten that burden to the farthest extent and prepare well for the screaming and cursing. Life is a beautiful thing that requires a painful experience, and that's precisely what makes mothers heroes.


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SPORTSIDE is all about teamwork.
Partnerships are at the heart of what we do.
We look out for those who share our ethos:
Those who share a conviction in the power of sport and the values it can teach communities and the individual. Those who are passionate about creating opportunities, breaking down barriers and encouraging good habits.
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If you are someone who has been suffering from a lot of back aches and pains lately or have been for a very long time, chances are you might have some kind of chronic health problem which might be causing the pain. This can be a problem for you in the longer run which is why we would highly recommend that you seek out medical help for it. If medicine and surgery is something you want to avoid taking then the best thing you can do right now for yourself is seek out a chiropractic treatment. Although we know chiropractors have been controversial and something not everyone might be comfortable with but you should know that there is enough empirical evidence on their treatment that it might work out in the end.
If you are still very double minded about this, we would like to let you know that there are some very legitimate reasons for people seeking this type of treatment. We will try to state a few of them here, following are a couple of reasons as to why people opt for chiropractic treatment, check them out below.
Help in Treating The Root Cause
Essentially chiropractic treatments tend to focus on reaching the root cause of your problem. The treatment is never symptomatic although they do help the clients out in alleviating the pain but in the longer run they always look for the root causes. This way you are able to get rid of your chronic pain once and for all which in our opinion is so much better than relying on medication and surgery for the rest of your life.
Improves Sleep Cycle
If you are someone who has never undergone any kind of physiotherapy, chiropractic treatment or manipulation therapy then you should know that they also offer treatments for improvement of blood circulation which helps in improving their client's sleep cycle.


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The bird is also giving pose for photography. His eyes are hunting for someone!
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The bird is also giving pose for photography. His eyes are hunting for someone!
Beautiful flower it is! Nice flower macro shot! The tiny descriptive seen on the petals are great!
Awesome! The texture applied is awesome. Especially, the eye color of the bird.
The wind is blowing fast. The camels are going for drinking water.
Amazing photo captured! The tiger is giving his wild pose!
The image is little blackish or else focus is not done properly. You should focus more on Bird. But the scene is good! By, the way which bird it is?
The Bear is looking like tierd. He is tierd and need some rest and food.
Nice one! The relaxing pose and yawning tiger is looking so cute. :)
Nice one! The tiger's eyes in between the plants is great one. Like it. :)
Nice portrait of winter morning. Loved it. The horizontal one is quite preferrable than vertical one.
WoW! Such a beautiful bonding they are having. Lovely Siblings. It will help them to get more strength in the future.
Quite Interesting one. The closeup shows each and every species on the flower. It's color, texture, etc. Loved the Shot.:)
From viewing it can be analyzed that it is helping you to give good pose for the click!
WoW! Beautiful Bird. Nice capture. Its feathers are colorful. Loved to see Rockthrush.
It's a very sad moment that bird gets killed. #Save Birds.
WoW! Such a beautiful bird! Its white color feather is looking so beautiful.
The squirrel is looking so cute. Its eyes are finding to see someone. Such a beautiful shot.
Nice capture! The manas shade is amazing. The clarity of the image is superb!
Nice capture. It's having great clarity.
WoW! Awesome shot it is! You had captured it very perfectly. But I think it appears in Monsoon season.
Nice shot of Francolin! it is a beautiful bird that you have captured.
Great One! The elephant's long tusk are sharp and pointed. Great Job Man!
I like this one! It's very cute. Its eyes are very beautiful.
The elephant's long tusk are so sharp and tint. But nice click one!Keep it up.
Nice one! Beautiful environmental Composition. Thanks for sharing.


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Star Track, Initiated by Max Polyakov, As A New Push of Noosphere Engineering
Image credit: Noosphere Engineering School via Facebook
This winter, young Ukrainian scientists had another chance to present their projects and innovative ideas at the Star Track Competition, hosted by Max Polyakov and Noosphere Engineering School. On December 2, Dnipro once again confirmed its reputation as a place where innovations are born.
The collaboration between Association Noosphere and Oles Honchar Dnipro National University created a platform where unique developments were required. The main idea of the event was for teams to solve modern aerospace problems. Participants overviewed where the space industry was at and familiarized themselves with existing types of suborbital rockets. The hot topics were Advanced Rocket System, Open Topics and CanSats.
According to Max Polyakov, 7 teams with 28 participants took part in the Star Track competition this year, and at the end of the event 5 teams were chosen as winners. Organizers provided winners with 5000 UAH to test their innovative solutions in the field and present them by April 12, 2018.
Image credit: Noosphere Engineering School via Facebook
- The Team CLASNARocket demonstrated their project of a single-stage rocket that can measure any meteorological changes. This rocket was made with a dual mode mover to make the rocket faster when it launches.The idea of young entrepreneurs was highly appreciated by experts including Max Polyakov.
- The guys from RocchettaSpaceVehicle added their idea of using a hybrid jet-motor instead of the regular type of the rocket.
- The participants of the DniproSkyLAB team were unsettled by the fact that there are no CanSat launch vehicles in Ukraine, so they created one. According to their project, DniproSkyLAB's vehicle can carry 4 CanSats to a height of 6 km. Their innovative idea was to use lighter materials, like three-layer structures made of CFRP and GRP. Thereby, they can reduce costs of missile design and the weight of the final rocket.
- Members of the UniversalRocket Team also pitched their project based about the international CanSat program. They tried to find new innovative and technological solutions for missile design for CanSat, its launching site and payload systems.
- The team DH designed a dron-hunter, an unmanned device which can serve as a defender of national borders.
Max Polyakov and Association Noosphere will continue to organize and support events like these to give the next generation the opportunity to make their own impact on space technologies and exploration issues. We hope to meet again at the next Star Track competition!


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It is a cliché to say that we are obsessed with the weather, so I am not going to do that. So… erm… moving swiftly on, Bright Weather is a weather app that gives you plenty of information on which to base your decision about what to wear and whether or not you need a brolly.
There are versions for Windows Phone, iPhone and Android. Go on, call me biased, but I prefer the latter which gives Yahoo Weather a run for its money in the looks and features department.
On Android you get: A full hourly 24 hour forecast with temperature and symbol based sun/rain/cloudy indications, a six day forecast, phases of the moon, UV index, rather nice weather maps showing clouds, rain, snow, pressure, temperature and wind using data from OpenWeatherMap, the absolutely vital weather widgets, and even notifications that can be customised to alert you to temperature changes.
The iPhone and Windows Phone apps vary a little in their features, and Windows Phone users can have dynamically updating tiles and info showing on the lock screen.
Click here to download Bright Weather for Android, or here for iOS, or here for Windows Phone.
Product: Bright Weather
OS: Android, iOS, Windows Phone
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Bell melts Olympic fans with the Ice Cube
Built in the heart of the action, Bell's on-site activation has fans fully immersed in the brand experience.
It's early afternoon in Vancouver on Sunday, Feb 15. The sun is shining, the Games are just days old and hundreds of people are lined up in front of the Bell Ice Cube to get a part of the action.
Situated on Robson St. at the foot of BC Place stadium, Bell's cube is one of the most interactive, large-scale consumer-facing sponsorship activations at the Games. A glass-fronted structure meant to invoke the eponymous ice cube, the venue was developed in concept by Bell, with execution by BC-based Fireworks Marketing Group and branding and collateral handled by Toronto's Zulu Alpha Kilo. Admission is free and open to the public.
Over 10,000 people went through the cube in the first two full days (Feb. 13 and 14) and when we caught up with Loring Phinney, Bell's VP of corporate and Olympic marketing, he said the Cube has been everything they hoped it would be: a showcase for the brand and the products it represents.
'It's a brand experience,' he says. 'I've had people come up to me and say 'I didn't know that Bell was so cool.' There are lots of people with tickets in the city and lots of people who don't. And they see this and go 'Now there's a place where I can watch, where I can hang out.'
The Cube is being promoted to fans with an OOH buy, handled by Cossette, that includes bus shelters all over the downtown core and street teams handing out promotional cards inviting people to the cube.
Inside the structure – which is actually a tent but doesn't look like it – the walls are decked in flat-screen TVs, showing French and English feeds from the Consortium and live feeds from various venues. The screens are silent, but visitors can plug into each screen via an alien-like cord dangling from the ceiling (kind of like the Na'vi's tails in Avatar, see foreground of photo) with Bell headphones provided when they walk in. When we were first there, a speed skating event had the packed house riveted and jostling for cord space.
The middle of the venue features about eight interactive motion-activated kiosks (or 'cubes') featuring various video stories, such as athlete profiles or historical Games footage, and the back features internet-enabled flat screens and keyboards where people can really do whatever they want, although the VANOC site (which Bell hosts) and Sympatico.ca are left on the screens for people to peruse.
At the front is a stage, where past and present Olympic athletes and celebrities are interviewed daily by five-time Olympian (and Bell-sponsored spokesperson) Charmaine Crooks.
At the back of the venue is a fully staffed Bell store, where people exiting the Cube can see Bell products, interact with them, and purchase them if they wish.
'I believe this is almost a perfect manifestation of our brand,' Phinney continues. 'To me this is exactly what our brand stands for: it's youthful, it's energetic and clean and it puts the products and services up front. We've done lots of great work over the years but you can see the hero in this space is the product.'


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02: Jahanbakhsh switches the ball to March - his volley is saved and Albion win the first corner of the game.
16: Fairly quiet opening to the game - Jahanbakhsh and March have now swapped wings - the latter is now on the right.
Looks like Alireza is number 8.. although if anyone wants to know for buying a shirt purposes, I'd say hold off until the club confirm numbers.
Will the coach completely swap out the first team at half time?
We play Nantes at the Amex on Friday in our last pre-season game and if he wants to give the other players minutes you'd guess the line up will be:
Button; Bruno, White, Dunk, Bernardo; Knockaert, Propper, Stephens, Izquierdo; Gross; Murray.
However as he may want to play the team that will play Watford I would guess Ryan may start in goal and Duffy instead of White.
That would be close to the team to start the season I think. Possibly March rather than Izquierdo on the left.
Manager essentially subbed out entire team that started. Jahanbakhsh is also subbed off.


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Mobi's eMarketplace
Work has continued apace on my eBay website, and I am learning as I go.
One thing I should have known before I started is that new sellers are severely limited in how much they can sell until such time as they build up a 'good reputation'. I knew that I needed a fair amount of positive feedback before people would have confidence to buy from me, but I hadn't appreciated that in the meantime, I will be restricted to selling a maximum of only ten items at any one time. This maximum includes 'sold items', so if I managed to sell say, 8 items, I could only sell another 2 items until the selling restricted is relaxed.
I have also learnt that my account is an eBay dot com account based in Thailand, and my items are be visible on eBay USA, but they will not be visible on eBay UK unless I re-list them again on the UK eBay website.
In other words, if I want to sell in the USA and UK, I have to list the same item twice, and both of these listings of an identical item count towards my selling limit of only ten items.
So in the initial stages, I am extremely limited in what I can sell and it is clearly going to take several months before I can start to make any money out if this – if at all.
Anyway, I am soldiering on, and now have a few items for sale on both eBay.com and on eBay.UK.
After Songkran I plan to spend a few days in Nong Khai with Noo and her family and while I am up there I will try to source more Thai products to sell on my website.
In the meantime, if any of you feel like helping me in getting my 'approval ratings' up and running, please take a look at what I have for sale. Maybe your wife or girlfriend might be interested in a lovely hand made handbag or Thai silk cushion covers?
My stuff for sale can be found on:
Also, please don't forget that my two eBooks are still for sale as a download on:
Lust For Life – Amazon USA/Global


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Minnie Mouse Wet Combo
- Actual Size: 15 x 20
- Setup Area: 20 x 22
- Circuits: 1
- Age Group: All Ages
- Attendants: 1
- $275.00starting at
The licensed Minnie Mouse Bounce House Combo inflatable rental is a perfect addition to any little girl's birthday party. What little girl doesn't love Minnie Mouse? This is a combo unit that is a bounce house complete with a wet or dry slide inside. These are super fun for the younger children as they can bounce and slide the day away. This is a fun little unit that works well with larger groups too. Combine this bounce house rental with some of our other inflatable rentals and have yourself a bounce house carnival. You know this unit will draw the little girls for miles! This unit has screened in sides, to allow for proper airflow.


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That jumble of clothes in your closet or stack of mail in your mudroom isn't just an eyesore. According to organization expert Melissa Michaels, all of that clutter could also be draining happiness from your home.
"Clutter is a stealer of joy and an enemy to our contentment," says the mother of three. This Seattle resident started out decluttering her friends' homes, and word of her organizational powers spread from there. She launched her blog The Inspired Room, followed in 2015 by her first book, "Love the Home You Have," which became a New York Times best-seller.
Her new book, "Make Room for What You Love," came out this month with a slew of new ways to cut clutter and breathe more happiness into your home. Here are her best tips.
Question: What are the biggest mistakes people make when trying to organize their homes?
Melissa Michaels: The biggest mistake people tend to make is trying to get organized before they take the time to declutter. When you start with attempting to organize the excess, you will tend to get overwhelmed or overspend on bins and baskets to corral unnecessary clutter. Pare down to what you really need and have room for before you attempt to organize it.
Q: Organizing can be so overwhelming. Where is the simplest place to start?
MM: Start at the door where the family usually enters, and create places for the clutter to land before it reaches the rest of the house. Set up a paper recycling center and specific places to put mail, backpacks, shoes, and homework. Then work your way around the house, decluttering and creating designated destinations within each space for everyday necessities.
Q: Are there methods for making an entryway more warm and inviting?
MM: Fresh paint on the door will make a dramatic difference in the feel of the entry. Find a fun new rug or seasonal doormat. Add creative storage organizers for everyday and seasonal items, like crates, old suitcases, rows of hooks, and closed freestanding cabinets that can keep necessities and activities organized. A lamp will warm up the ambiance of the room, making the space feel inviting and welcoming.


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Today saw the launch of WritePad 3.1 for iPhone and the iPod Touch. Developed by California based PhatWare corporation, this app is a text editor that includes an advanced handwriting recognition software for text entry.
WritePad 3.1 recognizes cursive, print, and mixed handwriting styles. To enter text users can simply write with their finger on the iPhone screen, using the persons own handwriting style.
The built in HTTP server allows users to exchange WritePad documents between two or more iPhone devices, and to download files onto a pc or laptop using the Internet browser. The app also has the ability to translate documents into 13 supported languages using the Bing Translator Interface.
Some of the new features include: New spell checker options, which include the option to ignore words containing numbers and in uppercase, new option to hide toolbar in landscape screen orientation, and recognition of some special characters in international mode.
WritePad 3.1 is priced at $1.99-exclusively through the App Store, for users of iPhone/iPod Touch with OS 3.0 or later.
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Tips for safe driving on topography
Sponsored by Toyota of Clermont
Toyota of Clermont is talking topography!
If you're taking your Clermont Toyota up north, you may want to prepare for driving on different types of topography. Traveling north from Central Florida, you run into higher and higher elevations that you may not have experienced before. If you're unfamiliar with driving on hills and mountains, Toyota of Clermont has some safe driving tips to share with you!
Handle hills with tips from Toyota of Clermont
Have you ever driven through a landscape of rolling hills? While it's not as intimidating as mountains, it can be different than sea-level city driving. When taking on hilly roads, make sure that you:
Pass with care. Make sure the lane is clear before you change lanes or pass vehicles.
Keep your car in a low gear. Allow your engine to do to the shift and braking for you by keeping it in the lowest gear possible.
Use your headlights at night. Make sure you can see other cars on the road and other drivers can see YOU while driving through hills.
Maintain your speed. To put less strain on your engine and save your gas, try to maintain your speed on both the ups and downs of the hills.
Safe driving tips for mountains
Moving from intermediate to expert, safe driving on and through mountains requires a bit more caution than driving on hills. When tackling tough topography like mountains, keep in mind these safe driving tips:
Don't hug the center line. Maintain your line. There are a lot of blind turns on mountains that prohibit your visibility of oncoming traffic. Avoid driving in the center or on the center line when wrapping around mountains.
Don't use cruise control. Remain in manual control of your car at all times.
Don't ride your brakes. Use the pulse braking method so you don't wear out and overheat your brakes.
Give cars driving up the mountain the right of way. Allow plenty of room for cars driving up the mountain.
Before you drive on hills or mountains, you should make your Clermont Toyota is up for the job! Topography isn't easy on your car like driving on flat ground is. If you're going to be driving up and downhill, and up and down mountains, it's important that your car is in its best shape.
If you bring your Clermont Toyota to our Toyota Service Center, our auto service experts can inspect your car from bumper to bumper. They will fully examine your engine, transmission and brakes to make sure they'll ready to handle hills and mountains.
You should also only start mountain and hill driving with a full tank of gas! Before you start your ascent, stop and fill up your fuel tank. In rural hill and mountain areas, you could drive for over a hundred miles without passing a gas pump. Make sure you have enough gas to make it to where you need to go!
For more safe driving tips, visit Toyota of Clermont today! We're located at 16851 State Road 50, between the Florida Turnpike and Highway 27!
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Mexican graphic artist. His enormous output was largely devoted to political and social issues, attacking, for example, President Porfirio Díaz, and revealing the dreadful conditions in which the poor lived. From 1890 he made his studio in Mexico City an open shop fronting the street, and turned out sensational broadsheets and cheap cartoons that spread among the illiterate throughout the country. His work had the vigour and spontaneity of genuinely popular art, with the inborn Mexican taste for the more gruesome aspects of death—one of his recurring motifs is the calavera or animated skeleton. He made a lasting impression on both Orozco and Rivera during their student days.
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It's official: CodeNext is dead
With a unanimous vote Thursday, the Austin City Council killed off the ambitious rewrite of Austin's land-development code known as CodeNext.
The controversial project's demise came with minimal debate as several of council members laid the blame for its failure on a convoluted process that generated widespread skepticism and criticism that ultimately doomed the years-long project.
The final cost to Austin taxpayers for outside consultants' work on CodeNext rings up at $8,466,520, according to documents from the city's Planning and Zoning Department.
Even as the council shuttered CodeNext, which aimed to address many of Austin's most vexing problems, including housing affordability, gentrification and traffic, council members looked for assurances that they had not wasted taxpayer money on the project.
"From my perspective, what we are talking about is a reboot," said Council Member Ann Kitchen.
City Manager Spencer Cronk has been placed in charge of picking up the pieces of CodeNext and crafting them into a new approach to zoning issues. Cronk should come back to the council with his idea about how to move forward in early 2019.


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Raanjhanaa (2013) Hindi Movie Mp3 Songs
Raanjhanaa (2013) Hindi Movie Mp3 Songs
Lyricst: Irshad Kamil
Music Director: A.R Rahman
Director: Aanand Rai
Stars: Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol
Synopsis: Raanjhanaa is an upcoming 2013 Hindi romance film, directed by Anand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. The music of the film is composed by double Academy Award Winner, A. R. Rahman. The film is produced by Krishika Lulla under the banner Eros International. The film stars Tamil film actor Dhanush in his Bollywood debut and Sonam Kapoor in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to release on June 21, 2013 along with a dubbed Tamil version called Ambikapathy.
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05. Nazar Laaye – Rashid Ali & Neeti Mohan
06. Tu Mun Shudi – A.R. Rahman & Rabbi Shergill
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Miscellany: Mediohombre
It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and I thought it'd be fun to feature a real-life pirate hunter here at Shangrila Towers - the legendary Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta, or "Mediohombre":
Blas de Lezo was one-armed, one-eyed, and one-legged - injuries that were all sustained during countless battles and sieges for the Spanish navy. Despite being a "half man," he crushed pirates across the Spanish Main and the Barbary Coast (and threatened Genoa when it failed to pay the Spanish Crown - even "civilized" sailors acted like pirates in those days).
Blas de Lezo would be immortalized by his spirited defense of Cartagena de Indias, where his forces fended off an assault from a British force that outnumbered him by at least five to one. To this day, his statues adorn the city of Cartagena, Colombia:


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Dear Members,
Please support the East Hills Business Associations Golf Tournament!
This will be held Monday, September 17, 2012 at Ebensburg Country Club.
If you're not a golfer spread the word to someone who is, volunteer and/or donate a give-away or door prize!
The golf tournament is EHBA's only fundraiser for the year and the money raised is put back into the community to support local organizations in their fund-raising efforts!
For more information click the link below.


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After the Deluge
We had a lot of rain early this morning, enough that yards were flooded, even mine, which is uncommon. Lights were down all over the city, most of them working but on a blinking red light.
Tonight the frogs are just singing their little amphibious hearts out. I can hear them where I sit, with no window open, the tv on, and a window unit A/C running not six feet from me. It's amazing that something so small I haven't even seen them yet this year can be that loud.
A few years ago we had cicadas. They were one of the 17-year varieties, and it was a BIG crop of them. They were everywhere in the entire region.
The zoo keepers in Cincinnati couldn't get the animals to do tricks for their shows because they animals didn't care about the treats anymore, there were little cicada treats everywhere.
Belle would come in with cicada carcasses in her muzzle, smacking her lips. To avoid stepping on them was rather a challenge.
Our area of the city was particularly infested. They don't really do any harm other than being everywhere for a couple weeks, it's not scary or potentially dangerous to your person or property, but my God, we had a LOT of them.
You could go out in the driveway and stand under the big white ash tree in the front yard, and the noise was nearly deafening. It was a low, steady, whirring hum. When you came inside, your ears almost vibrated from the sound.
For the next few years, I'd find occasional carcasses when I was planting in the garden. It always reminded me of a news story from an area of upstate New York, near where I lived. Two men had robbed a diner by threatening to throw a cicada in the hair of the waitress. She turned the money over to them.
They're ugly and rather unworldly looking creatures, but totally harmless and less than an inch long, to be clear.
Last year, we had a rainy evening not long after we had opened the pool. We had dozens of frogs in the yard, probably hundreds, and there were a half dozen around the perimeter of the pool, hopping in the pool, hanging out on the side of the pool, generally cavorting at their own little froggie pool party.
I wanted to let the dogs out, but didn't want them to bother the frogs, so I went out first to "chase" the frogs away. Mostly I just wanted them not to be hanging right on the apron around the pool. One frog, about the size of a walnut, was sitting on the edge, so I stepped towards it, thinking it would hop off.
It did not.
I took another step.
He didn't move.
Finally I had to nudge him gently with my toe so he'd jump INTO to pool. I took about four steps and looked back and he had crawled back on the edge of the pool, in his former location.
At some point one says, all right, you all just sort this out yourself.
I let the dogs out. The puppies, being younger and generally more bent on getting to the farthest edge of the yard as quickly as possible, ran out past the frog, paying it and any other frogs no attention whatsoever.
Belle was behind them, and tends to poke her way out more than the pups, and she noticed the frog, but clearly didn't know what it was.
She approached the frog, who didn't move.
Imagine, if you will, a particularly charming illustration in a children's book. There is the cute little Scottie with her eyebrows and beard, the upright tail and ears tilted in an angle of curiosity, approaching the little frog, on the edge of the water.
Belle got closer and closer, and the frog stayed stone still.
Until Belle actually touched it with her nose, gently, at which point the frog jumped in the pool.
Belle's expression was one of surprise and a little bit of playfulness. The frog, thankfully, stayed in the water until the coast was clear, then went back to his prior post.
Belle had the same expression when, years ago, she was given a large balloon. She'd never seen a balloon before and I wasn't thrilled that it had happened, I expected that the explosion when it burst would scare her.
I was quite wrong. She chased it around the room, thinking it was a ball, until it got caught somewhere and she went to bite it.
The look of surprise and delight was very similar, and she immediately went after the other balloons she was given, popping each one as quickly as she could.
Thank God she didn't pop the frog.


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Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.
Running it back:
Tuesday's game in Boston was rained out, so Orioles rookie pitcher Zach Britton will get the start at Camden Yards Wednesday against the Yankees. ... First baseman Derrek Lee and shortstop Cesar Izturis are likely headed to the disabled list. ... Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon will go to trial, a judge has ruled, according to an Associated Press report. Meanwhile, Simon is nearing a return to the team. ... Mark Turgeon finalized his coaching staff and got more good news when Nick Faust reaffirmed his commitment to the Terps. ... Despite the rain, Animal Kingdom had another strong workout, perhaps his most focused since arriving in Maryland.
Hitting the links:
1. Matt Wieters takes pride in throwing out runners [MLB.com]
2. Wieters delivers when it counts [PressBox]
3. Adjusting expectations for Wieters [The Outside Corner]
4. Ranking the pitchers in the Orioles Hall of Fame [Dempsey's Army]
5. Taking a closer look at Mark Reynolds' stats [MASN]
6. The Ravens' website is starting to rank the best players in team history [Ravens.com]
7. The proliferation of 3-4 defenses has led to changes in philosophy at running back [ESPN]
8. They're ranking NFL helmets now [ESPN]
9. Looking back on the XFL ... why not? [Sports Business Journal]
10. Hines Ward sent his dance partner for "Dancing with the Stars" to the hospital [Deadspin]
11. Ramon Dominguez, who got his start here, hopes to ride Dance City to his first Preakness win [Baltimore Sun]
12. One year for Alexander Semin is a smart move [Russian Machine Never Breaks]
13. How the Thrashers' rumored move to Winnipeg would affect the Capitals [SB Nation]
You said it:
"O's Lose to Red Sox as Bullpen Melts Down" -- reader Fanger predicts a Baltimore Sun sports headline 174 years from now
Video of the morning:
Some guy playing beer pong tried to pull a Blake Griffin, jump over a car and dunk on a Solo cup. Predictably, there is one instance of profanity after he hits the pavement, so beware:
Send me your funny and/or interesting links, photos, YouTube videos, blogs, Tweets, comments, emails, ideas, leads, etc. If I deem them to be worthy for the blog, I'll give you a plug. You can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com and twitter.com/mattvensel.


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333 Moo 2 T.Dhammasala A.Muang, Nakhon Pathom 73000
Just 35 kilometers west of Bangkok, Nikanti is perhaps Asia's first 18-hole, par-72 course comprising three six-hole layouts, each individual layout consisting of two par threes, two par fours and two par fives. The design allows for starts at three different points on the course in addition to flexibility in number of holes played.
Measuring 6,789 yards from the back tees, Nikanti is certainly challenging even for scratch golfers. Yet whatever a golfer's handicap, everyone will enjoy Nikanti's comprehensive approach to golfing pleasure.
All-inclusive rates include: green fee; golf cart with GPS technology; caddie fee; and meals before, during and after each round. Golfers also enjoy unparalleled service and convenience every step of the way.
A smooth flow is ensured from moment of arrival, to check-in at the Pro Shop, within spacious and fully equipped changing rooms, at the staging/waiting area, and then on to tee-off for the start of a thoroughly enjoyable round.


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This is totally my favorite cover from my Samhain collection. I hope you guys dig it as much as I do. Blood and Rain is about a mad puppy…or a werewolf. 🙂 Fun trivia for you here: ROLFE–This unusual and interesting English surname derives ultimately from the Old Scandanavian and Germanic pre 5th century personal name "Hrodwulf". This was composed of the elements "hrod", meaning "renown", and "wulf",a wolf. Blood and Rain will be my first full-length novel with Samhain. It's set to come out in October. Perfect timing, right?
The werewolf is a monster near and dear to my heart. Growing up, my older brother, Greg, introduced me to the beast through movies like Silver Bullet and The Howling. He passed away in 2010, before I'd even started writing.I wish he could have been around to see this. Blood and Rain is dedicated to him.
You will hear plenty more about this book when the summer winds down and the cool nights of fall come creeping back to us. Until then…
Feel free to grab my latest novella, Boom Town.
- "Boom Town is an alien invasion novel with teeth…blue, gelatinous teeth, the be exact. Rolfe weaves a wonderful tale of big, bad things happening to a small, good town. A sure winner!" -Hunter Shea, Author of The Montauk Monster and Tortures of the Damned
- "Glenn Rolfe's writing is a breath of fresh air, followed by a jolt of adrenaline." – Iain Rob Wright, author of The Final Winter


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Data management plays a key role in helping organizations make strategic sense of their data and how to best use it. Based on a recent survey by IDG Research Services, this CIO Market Pulse report gives a clear picture of how organizations are capitalizing on data management today, as well as what challenges and opportunities remain.
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Thank you for being here!
I'm Ramona, a graphic designer from Romania. I love what I'm doing and my goal is to explore art through photography, graphics or illustrations. I like clean designs with bursts of color, simple creations combining retro features. I am detail oriented, and when I work my mantra is "the devil is in the details".


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Pre-Departure Sequencing supported by Route Planning
- SJU reference # 53 /Release 4
- Status Available for industrialisation/deployment
A row of aircraft lined up ready to depart might deliver maximum runway efficiency, but contributes little to efficient fuel use and reducing noise and emissions. While all departures are carefully planned, SESAR is looking at ways to enhance the process and introduce efficiencies right from push-back.
Pre-departure management delivers optimal traffic flow to the runway by factoring in accurate taxi time forecasts and route planning derived from static data. This can help to reduce waiting time at runway holding points, and improve take-off time predictability. Accuracy can be improved if the departure manager (DMAN) takes into consideration data provided by the advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS). This can account for where the aircraft is parked, taxi route length and tactical adjustments such as temporary restrictions. Just how much current operations - which rely on collaborative decision making to estimate taxi times - can be enhanced by access to dynamic data depends upon the individual airport and the quality of data available.


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Latest semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending forecast for next 5 year by Gartner is as below:
2013: 5.5% decline from 2012 spending of $37.8 billion.
2014: Growth of 14.2%
2015: Growth of 10.1%
2016: fall by 3.5%
2017: Growth but no exact figure
"Weak semiconductor market conditions, which continued into the first quarter of 2013, generated downward pressure on new equipment purchases," said Bob Johnson, research vice president at Gartner. "However, semiconductor equipment quarterly revenues are beginning to improve and positive movement in the book-to-bill ratio indicates that spending for equipment will pick up later in the year. Looking beyond 2013, we expect that the current economic malaise will have worked its way through the industry and spending will follow a generally increasing pattern in all sectors throughout the rest of the forecast period."
Source: Gartner (June 2013)
The other market findings and analysis disclosed by Gartner:
1. Although capital spending for all products will decline in 2013, logic spending will be the strongest segment, declining only 2 percent compared with a 3.5 percent decline for the total market. This is driven by aggressive investment of the few top players, which are ramping up production at the sub-30-nanometer (nm) nodes. Memory will continue to be weak through 2013, with maintenance-level investments for DRAM and a slightly down NAND market until supply and demand balance returns. For 2014, Gartner sees capital expenditure (capex) returning to growth with an increase of 14.2 percent over 2013. The foundry segment will see an increase in spending of about 14.3 percent this year, while both integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), and semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) providers will show spending declines. Beyond 2013, memory surges in 2014 and 2015 and a cyclical decline in 2016, while logic returns to a steady growth pattern.
2. The wafer fab equipment (WFE) market is seeing continuous quarter-over-quarter growth in 2013, as major manufacturers come out of a period of high inventories and a generally weak semiconductor market. Early in the year the book-to-bill ratio passed 1:1 for the first time in months, signaling that the need for new equipment is strengthening as demand for leading-edge devices is improving. Looking beyond 2013, Gartner sees growth returning to the WFE market with double-digit growth in 2014 and 2015, before a modest cyclical downturn in 2016.
3. The capital spending forecast estimates total capital spending from all forms of semiconductor manufacturers, including foundries and back-end assembly and test services companies. This is based on the industry's requirements for new and upgraded facilities to meet the forecast demand for semiconductor production. Capital spending represents the total amount spent by the industry for equipment and new facilities.
To give you further inputs on this industry, SEMI has reported the North American semiconductor equipment Industry's three-month average of worldwide bookings in May 2013 was $1.32 billion. The bookings figure is 12.5 percent higher than the final April 2013 level of $1.17 billion, and is 18.1 percent lower than the May 2012 order level of $1.61 billion.
"The SEMI Book-to-Bill continues to show steady improvement as the ratio remains at or above parity for the fifth consecutive month," said Daniel P. Tracy, senior director of Industry Research and Statistics at SEMI. "The spending outlook for the year is improving as foundries continue to invest in advanced technologies and NAND manufacturers plan to increase spending on equipment."


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Wall Street Attempting To Anticipate Appropriate Level Of Inevitable Disappointment In Uber's First Earnings Report
Later today, Uber will report its first-ever quarterly earnings and we await with bated breath to see how investors digest the bad numbers that they have been promised for literally years now.
We're guessing they will be faux "shocked" and partially genuinely "baffled."
The first-quarter net loss is expected to be $1.0 billion to $1.11 billion on revenue of $3.04 billion to $3.10 billion, the company said in a regulatory filing on May 13. With preliminary results already disclosed, investors will be watching for commentary and forecasts, although there's some confusion about which metrics the San Francisco-based company will project.
Basically, it will be a fun game of "Which shovel have you selected to throw bullshit at us?"
"It remains unclear to us what type of forward guidance Uber plans to regularly give," wrote D.A. Davidson analyst Tom White. Any weakness in revenue growth over the next few quarters will probably intensify questions around the "true size" of the total addressable market, he said.
Hahahaha, no one knows anything about this $67 billion monster we all just created with actual money.
At least we're almost certain that Uber's chief underwriter Morgan Stanley is already short. So, that's...good.
Uber's First Earnings Will Test How Well It Manages Expectations [Bloomberg]


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Enable right click and desktop folder in Gnome 3
Posted 07-02-2011 at 04:59 AM by dEnDrOn
In Fedora 15, nautilus does not handle the desktop by default, nor can you right click on the desktop to bring up the menu. To enable this, installby using Add/Remove Software. Then, launch it and click on File Manager and then change to on
Have File Manager handle the Desktop
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What's really needed is some plug-ins to add a home folder and desktop folder to the overview mode.
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Speak and Act Self-Confidently Even Without Feeling It
Your feelings determine whether you are experiencing happiness and joy or sadness and misery. Your thoughts, words, and actions create your feelings.
When your thoughts, words, and actions are at their best, you will experience great feelings. Right now and every moment of your life, you have the free will to choose your thoughts, words, and actions.
Regardless of how you actually feel, you can choose to speak and act the way you would if you were feeling very self-confident.
Feelings are very important. But they are not the main thing. What you say and do with your life will make the greatest difference in who you are and what you accomplish. You can still speak and act self-confidently, even if you are not currently feeling self-confident.
Don't be limited by a down mood or a negative state of mind. It's possible to feel insecure yet act and speak with self-confidence. In my experience, when people consistently speak and act with self-confident patterns, they usually internalize the awareness that they are more self-confident than they feel.


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For as ridiculously cheap as e.l.f. Cosmetics is, they have some outstanding products. Right now, they're even cheaper because the code SUMMER gets you, well, half off orders of $30+ (excluding new and sale items). I recently fell in love with their Hydrating Bubble Mask and the Liquid Highlighter (aka Highlighting Dewy Drops), which I highly recommend.
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It's about time I did a write-up of the 2012 Doctor Who Christmas Special "The Snowmen." Well, it snowed here in NYC last night, so that's as good a reason as any.
Written by Steven Moffat, "The Snowmen" follows on from the events of "The Angels Take Manhattan," which witnessed Amy & Rory being lost in time, with the Doctor fated to never see them again. At the end of that story, River Song urged the Doctor not to travel alone, to find new friends to share his adventures with. Well, in "The Snowmen" we find that the Doctor has ignored his wife's advice, much to his detriment. Alone, bitter over the loss of Amy, the Doctor has retired to London in the year 1892. Consumed by melancholy, angry at the universe for continually taking away everything that matters from him, the Doctor refuses to become involved in events once again.
Clara, a barmaid who moonlights as a governess, discovers that something mysterious is going on, that the snow in London is beginning to behave in strange ways. Encountering the Doctor, she is immediately intrigued by him. She attempts to convince him to investigate the snow, but he will have nothing to do with it. As Clara later tries to contact the Doctor again, she attracts the attention of the Silurian samurai detective Madame Vastra and her human companion Jenny Flint. The pair has also been futilely working to shake the Doctor out of his brooding, and they come to realize that the intelligent, fiery Clara is just the person to finally drive some sense into the Time Lord.
It turns out the snow is being animated by a mysterious disembodied alien mentality. This force first made contact with a lonely, emotionally isolated child half a century before. The now adult Dr. Simeon is in collusion with the alien entity to wipe out humanity and replace it with a species of beings that are a hybrid of ice creatures and human DNA. Finally roused from his lethargy by Clara, the Doctor sets out to thwart Simeon and his unearthly ally.
"The Snowmen" was, on the whole, a good episode. It was certainly an improvement over the previous two Christmas stories, both of which were too saccharine. The ending of "The Snowmen" did veer into this territory, with a rather sappy resolution hinging on the power of human emotion. Admittedly Moffat did set this up early on when the Doctor explained to Clara that human mental energies are able to affect the properties of the snow. But it did still feel rather like a deus ex machina.
I felt that the strongest aspect of "The Snowmen" was the return of Vastra and Jenny, previously seen in "A Good Man Goes To War." The pair must have become instant fan favorites with that episode. I was certainly happy to see them back. The previously implied romantic relationship between the two is now elaborated upon as their having married. I appreciate that Moffat did a fair job showing them as a loving couple, rather than tossing in perhaps the more obvious gay jokes (such as those which seem to follow around Captain Jack Harkness when he pops up). After all, when you have the union of a human being and a prehistoric reptile woman, the fact that both are of the same gender is probably the least unusual aspect of their relationship.
Returning with Vastra and Jenny is the exiled Sontaran warrior Strax, now working as the couple's manservant. When we last saw Strax, he was dead. But sci-fi is no barrier to overcoming the afterlife, and in a throw-away line of dialogue the Doctor explains Strax has been resurrected. Unfortunately for our Sontaran, he lost a number of brain cells in the process, and is now quite dim. Moffat uses the character for comic relief here. I think he was a joke that rather soon wore out his welcome, at least for me.
That said, it bears repeating that Vastra and Jenny are awesome, and I really look forward to seeing Neve McIntosh and Catrin Stewart reprise their roles again. Others have already suggested giving them their own spin-off. I do not know if they are ready to get an ongoing series, but definitely give them a miniseries or one-off special, at the very least.
(We are told by Simeon that many in Victorian London suspect Vastra and Jenny have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. I would like to see an encounter between the author and the Sapphic detectives. If anything, it would officially bring Conan Doyle into the Doctor Who television universe, as the novel Evolution by John Peel showed him meeting the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.)
I was also impressed with Matt Smith's performance in "The Snowmen." We have become so familiar with the character of the Doctor over the decades that it can be easy to forget that he is an alien being with certain negative qualities, and has the capacity to be quite unlikable. The aloof, disinterested figure we see in "The Snowmen" really brings to mind William Hartnell's initial characterization of the Doctor when we first met him back in the first season of Doctor Who. Smith ably channels this darker aspect of the Doctor's side. It really ties in well with some of the other things done with the Eleventh Doctor, such as in "A Town Called Mercy," where Amy pointed out how detrimental it is for him to travel alone for too long.
Jenna-Louise Coleman makes her debut as the Doctor's new traveling companion Clara… sort of. Viewers, but not the Doctor, saw that Clara is seemingly the same person as Oswin Oswald, the woman whose voice he heard throughout "Asylum of the Daleks," and who sacrificed herself in the far future to defeat the Doctor's arch-enemies. Spoiler alert: Clara dies again, this time in 1892. The Doctor, seeing her full name on her tombstone, realizes the two were one and the same. It seems Clara somehow exists in multiple points throughout time & space, and the Doctor resolves to find her again. Once again, as with "Asylum," there is obviously so much more to Clara than she appears to be, and it looks like this is going to be a thread running through the remainder of the season in 2013.
Along with the rather convenient resolution that I mentioned above, I felt the weakest aspect of "The Snowmen" was Dr. Simeon. The casting Richard E. Grant, a really fantastic actor, was a missed opportunity. He does little more than stand around looking morose and ominous as Simeon. There were the occasional hints that there was more to the character than just that, but Grant was unfortunately never given the opportunity to develop any of them.
Oh, yes, one last thing. Throughout "The Snowmen" we see that Simeon is in charge of some sort of institute with the initials G.I. It's never explained what that stands for until the very end, when the Doctor looks at one of Simeon's business cards. G.I. = Great Intelligence. I think I must have blurted out a "Holy shit" when that came on the screen. The Great Intelligence was the villain from a pair of Patrick Troughton Doctor Who serials aired in the late 1960s, "The Abominable Snowmen" and "The Web of Fear." Suddenly it all made sense: the alien consciousness controlling events, the obsession with snowman-related servants, the wildly impractical plan to invade Earth. Yes, all the earmarks of the Second Doctor's old foe from those two stories. I really should have seen it coming!
Anyway, while it was not an unqualified success by any means (I think Moffat was attempting to juggle too many balls at once) "The Snowman" was still quite good. It effectively sets up some intriguing subplots for the next several episodes, gives us a look at a different side of the Doctor, and reintroduces Madame Vastra & Jenny. On that last note, the pair is apparently going to be back in at least one more episode in 2013, if not more. Looking forward to it.


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At the Guardian:
Blyton wrote 21 Famous Five books, the first, Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942. As Dr Joan Ransley, honorary lecturer in human nutrition at the University of Leeds, notes: "The food eaten in the books anchors the Famous Five to a definite period in dietary history. During and immediately after the second world war British children ate well but austerely and Blyton is true to this." In other words, they ate healthily but not heartily. Well over half of the books were written during food rationing. Perhaps Blyton is consciously enticing her readers with elaborate descriptions of foods way beyond the ration book allowance.
I'd like, very much, for someone (not me, because I'm lazy) to take a similar look at the food served up in the Nancy Drew books.
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Church Talk
The life of the church in many ways is a web of ongoing conversations. It begins with the ongoing conversation of worship, as we sing and pray, listen and discern. It is the audible sound of the calling to "follow me," which takes place in community, leading us forward as a congregation. The conversation stretches from worship into prayerful conversations for one another and for the world. The discussion about the love of God that takes place in worship unfolds into a conversation about the love of neighbor, pouring forth from the walls of the church into God's world.
These types of conversations then spread outward in multiple directions like a spider web, becoming the ministry of the church. They bring people together to study, and they send people out to serve. They become the topics of committee meetings, and they guide the work of the church both locally and globally. All the while, these discussions reach back to those first conversations about the love of God and about the love of neighbor.
A web is created through these conversations that foster the connections between us. All that we say and do forms who we are, as a community of faith. It is why we speak carefully, mindful of others. In our conversations, we do not whisper, for they are for the community to hear, but we do not shout either, so as to respect everyone. We are mindful to speak with one another and to one another, never at one another, and we listen as much as we speak.
The interconnections between us throughout the church are part of our strength. They hold us together, and they form us as a community of faith. The ongoing conversations of the church remain ongoing. At times, it might feel as if the conversations of the church move in circles, more meeting than doing, which is why we try and anchor each conversation in those first conversations about the love of God and the love of neighbor.
As we talk, we continue to meet in worship, and we continue to reach out to serve. Committees continue to come together to discuss, and the congregation continues to do its work as well. We continue to talk the talk, not as a way to avoid walking the walk, but as a way to act well towards one another, building more than we see and removing more than we know.
With our words, we build trust and hope, leading us to act out of our love for God and our love for neighbor. We also remove more than we know, softening our edges, removing despair and disappointment, resentment and misjudgment, nurturing the community among us, as we are committed to our calling together.
We give thanks for all the ways we are connected through the life of the church, spinning a web of conversations that draw us closer to one another and to God. These conversations do remain ongoing, but we find strength in working together.


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Hello, hello my friends! Happy Wednesday. Today I have a cute little smile to share with you. A fun watercolor smile card I made this week for the Sizzix blog using new Doodlebug Designs stamps, embossing folders, and dies.
I am really excited that Sizzix has been coming out with more and more coordinating stamp and die sets lately. This month, Sizzix is releasing several new sets from Doodlebug Designs, which I couldn't wait to play with. Isn't this little birdie just adorable?
The bird is from the new A Little Birdy Told Me Framelits stamp and die set. I have been crushing on watercoloring lately, so that is what I did here, using a variety of Distress ink pads.
I nestled a few tags shapes for some framework for my birdie. Added a new Sizzix stamp sentiment and a bit of Tim Holtz greenery, too. The papers are from BasicGrey's beautiful new Tea Garden collection.
The background is another fun new product from Doodlebug that Sizzix is releasing this month. A woodgrain embossing folder, done up in a bit more watercolor Distress. I've got a full tutorial up on the Sizzix blog, if you'd like to learn more.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Wishing you all a wonderful day!


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Adobe and Zend Technologies, the PHP distribution company, are announcing Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP software, a new integrated product aimed at helping PHP developers create rich Internet applications for mobile, Web and desktop leveraging the Flash Platform.
Zend, which has been working with Adobe since 2008, offers its own distribution of PHP, the popular open-source scripting language for Web applications, and sells software and support services around the language.
The Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP gives developers a single code base for applications for Android, Blackberry Tablet OS and iOS while sharing code from Web applications. Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP includes an integrated copy of Zend Studio 8, which allows developers to develop Flash based applications within a single environment. Specifically, the integrated software offers a single UI framework to create Flex and PHP projects for desktop and mobile and the ability to connect to PHP services and generate ActionScript value objects.
The combination of the two frameworks in one suite is powerful, says Zend CEO Andi Gutmans. Adobe says that more than 131 million smartphones are expected to have Flash Player installed by the end of the year. And PHP is the leading language for public facing web applications, says Gutmans.
It's good to see Zend back on the mend, after a rough patch a few years ago.


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We all liked to get dressed up for special occasions, everyone has a different level (or meaning) to the phrase dressing up. For some reason I feel that Christmas is a day where you can really be adventurous and push the boat out. Im not sure whether this is because you will never be able to compete with the rife decor of Christmas so you never have to be afraid of sticking out like a sore thumb, or better yet, looking like a Christmas tree 😉
Mix and match your prints, wear a minimum of 3 colours (I dare you), wear sparkle, two chunky necklaces if you feel the need, fun shoes, you name it, put it on!
Plaid Shirt // Metallic Trousers // Lace top // Statement earrings // Silver Shoes (as seen in previous post here)
Text print jumper // Fleece Jacket // Sequinned Skirt // Ankle Boots
Skirt // Boxy Jumper // Bag // Short Velvet Jacket // Ankle Boots
Checked Shirt // Tassel earrings // Fringed skirt // Shoes (as before here)
Wool Jacket// Turtleneck jumper // Jeans (as before) // Necklace previous post here // Feather Shoes
Tassel earrings as before //Checked Shirt // Jeans // Scarf // Cable jumper
Jumper with buttons // Tartan Shoes // Leopard print clutch // Jeans as before
This last outfit has to be my favourite for Christmas lunch, I love the obvious touch of red, the tartan shoes with the touch of silver sparkle and of course the leopard clutch which just finishes off the look perfectly!
Merry Christmas all my lovely readers


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The Future of National Security
A brand system that is both relevant in the 21st century marketplace and true to the organization.
A brand system that is both relevant in the 21st century marketplace and true to the organization.
LAW FIRM: Hausfeld
A living and growing brand system for a global antitrust firm keeps up with their evolving innovation and leadership.
UNIVERSITY: George Washington University
One of the nation's best has partnered with Moiré for over a decade to create digital experiences, videos, recruiting campaigns, view books, progress reports and alumni magazines.
LAW FIRM: Miller Starr Regalia
Reposition, rebrand and redesign. A dynamic website and a brand promise that units the firm who writes THE BOOK on real estate law.
Thoughts, insights, news, blogs, tips, and other cool stuff.
If you ever built a house, you understand the importance of designing the structure or floor plan with an architect before laying the foundation.
Most potential clients' first interaction with a lawyer is through the law firm's website and their individual bio page.
Your website is the single most important component to your law firm's marketing communications efforts. Period.
Think about the last time you asked someone for advice. What was it about the situation or person that caused you to seek advice?
Like your finances, your firm's marketing efforts should be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that your short- and long-term plans are in order.
Do users even care about web design? That's easy. A recent study in showed that 75% of your web visitors will judge your credibility based on web design. So yes, staying on top of web design trends is important.
Let us add your logo, and we'll make you proud too!


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Education and social action organization to improve the status of women. A meeting is held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in the basement of Eastman Church.
The Words Train 450-297-9907
The Words Train is a non-profit organization that supports adults aged 16 and over in learning to read, write and calculate. It offers its users an INDIVIDUAL, FREE and CONFIDENTIAL service. The Words Train serves the municipalities of Eastman, St-Etienne-de-Bolton, Stukely-Sud, East Bolton, Austin and Potton.
Eastman Golden Age Club 450-297-4541 25 Missisquoi Street Telephone number of the person in charge: 450-297-0962
The room is open on Wednesday afternoons for activities (cards, weaving, short-tails, etc …). In addition, the Club organizes a bingo on Saturday every 2 weeks and a brunch on the 3rd Sunday of each month.
Housing Cooperative La Villa d'Argent 450-297-1017 34 des Pins Street Community Development Corporation To be aware of what is happening in the community and to have a list of community organizations that cover the municipality, visit this site. website: www.cdcmemphremagog.com