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If you are decorating your living space and want to turn your house into a home, an important step not to overlook is the incorporation of accessories and art. A room can seem unfinished without these things, even if it looks great. Even people in days long past chose to decorate their cave walls with pictures and etchings. If you properly accessorize your home, you can make it look really amazing. One great tip is to use a set of lavish gold leaf picture frames. When you place them in just the right spot, they can really change the whole feel of the room.
Adding art into a room serves many purposes. Not only does it infuse a room with personality, but it can bring together a number of different elements of your decor. It can also be used to create a specific mood. The term "balance" is what you are trying to achieve if you want to have a room that appears professionally decorated. First you need to attain balance with your choice of furniture, colors, and patterns; you can then move on to add your art and accessories.
Types of Accessories and Art
There are many different categories of art and accessories. These may include items for the floor, items for the walls, items for table tops and other surfaces. There are also categories for collectibles and items placed on furnishings.
Items for tabletops can include vases, dishes, bowls, decorative boxes, candles, candlesticks or holders, lamps, picture frames, books, sculptures, trays, bottles, flowers/plants, urns, baskets, and clocks.
Items for the walls can include paintings, prints, sculptures, candleholders, sconces, photographs, fiber art, framed mirrors, picture frames, architectural elements (brackets, corbels...), dishes, and shelves.
Items for the floor can include area rugs, baskets, tall candles and holders, plants, sculptures, clocks, urns, lamps, and large mirrors.
Collectibles might include such things as shells, artifacts, gems and stones, figurines, porcelain, pins, pipes, letter openers, and more.
Items that you place on furnishings can include throw blankets, runners, and pillows.
Achieving a Certain Look with Accessories and Art
Two different looks that can be achieved with art and accessories are "crafty" and "artistic". What's the difference? Night and day, in terms of a professional looking room decor. Crafts have a handmade feel, whereas art looks like it could be in a gallery. Skilled artists create works of art that give a room and artistic look. Crafts, like hooked rugs or needlepoint are not necessarily the work of skilled artisans, but usually from a hobbyist or amateur. The goal is to create an artistic look.
If you or someone you love has crafted an item that you want to show off, that is great; the caution is to not overdo the craftiness. Too many examples of your craft can overwhelm a room. The goal should be to show off your creative side through your room decorating.
Affordable Art
No matter what your budget, you can find art and accessories that you can afford. Don't forget that you do not need to add much to a room to enhance it. One terrific idea to use to add affordable art to your room is through custom framing. You can make a piece of artwork look much more expensive quickly and cheaply by just adding some rich gold picture frames. If your artwork seems dwarfed by your wall, if you paint the wall a dark color it can make the artwork really stand out.
If you would like to maintain balance in your room, then purchase the larger accessories first. You can later fill in any other spaces later with smaller accessories.
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I can spend all day watching movies or writing blogs about making movies, but if I call myself a filmmaker, I think I am supposed to make movies. So I spent the last few days working on the film. Sturgis came over, helped with the lighting. Being in a theater for so many years makes him an expert to set the stage right. So, stage it is:
But stage alone doesn't make the film.
So I take camera and take a picture.
This is where Anna starts her journey. She takes the bag of money that her father rallied from his relatives and neighbors and goes to the big city of Riga to get education.
Nice panorama following Anna along to Riga.
And here's the famous Riga, with Art Nouveau buildings looking at Anna.
All I have to do now is to draw Anna.
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Here's one final project I'd like to share with you:
- Spray lace/net with Adirondack Butterscotch Colourwash, laying thin white card underneath to create a pattern on the card. Leave to dry.
- Stamp Flapper from The Stampsmith onto cream glossy cardstock.
- Tint with Distress Inks in Spiced Marmalade and Tea Dye.
- Gently spray Adirondack Espresso Colourwash onto image creating a mottled effect.
- Distress image by abrading the edges and use an emery board to distress further. Sponge ink onto edges.
- Layer a printed transparency onto the lace adding the stamped image on top.
- Add cream lace to the top of the panel.
- Attach three beads onto a florist's pin and attach this to the lace.
- Tear a piece of the prepared cardstock and stamp Au Revoir.
- Cut a thin strip of orange tulle and thread through a vintage button. Adhere to panel.
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"The best no if, ands, or buts!"
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The Iberostar Grand hotel is a five-star all-inclusive resort that sits directly on Playa Paraiso breathtaking beach, just a five minute cab ride from Playa del Carmen in Riviera Maya, Mexico.
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From a mid-age couple, that only goes to adult only 5 star plus resorts...Never had better...Every category.
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My parter and I(gay) stayed at the Iberostar Grand and had the best time of our lives.The room was ocean front 1st floor was amazing,bed,large tub(whirlpool)and double sinks were great.The food was good for AI as we have stayed in many about 10, from Iberostar Grand in DR to Riu hotels to Palace hotels all over Mexico.The long hallway to the rooms is to die for. You can take a golf card as it very long for walk to the ocean(10-15mins).The pools are nice but cold as there not heated.If you go to the Spa pool that is heated and no charge for using the pool.The staff are great and the Grey Goose never stops when you ask for a Vodka(which means water in russian true hehe)The place is always clean and the beach is one of the best in Cancun.Just enjoy and relax the Iberostar Grand will do the rest.


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[WARNING: Potential SPOILERS ahead for Suicide Squad.]
There's been a lot of buzz about Suicide Squad, with people who claim to have seen an early screening of the film giving it some positive word of mouth. Fans of Ben Affleck's portrayal of Batman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice have also been excited to hear that not only will the Caped Crusader appear in the movie, but he'll go up against more than one member of the Squad.
This has led to some speculation that Batman will face off against all of the Suicide Squad villains, but new rumors suggest this isn't the case. A new rumor purports that Batman will appear in three scenes, and will only interact with three characters onscreen.
This rumor comes from Batman News, which states that Batman won't face off against the entire Suicide Squad team. His first interaction in the film will be with Deadshot, followed by the car chase sequence involving Joker and Harley Quinn that's been seen in the trailer; it's said that there's very little interaction between Batman and the Joker, however. The third scene that Batman appears in is a flashback sequence, which will once again feature Deadshot.
This seems to go against what some fans expected after comments by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje suggested that Batman might tussle with most if not all of the squad. Though Akinnuoye-Agbaje refused to explicitly confirm or deny that his Killer Croc went up against Batman, he did point out that everyone in the squad has "a gripe to bear against the ol' Bat." Of course, if Deadshot, Joker and Harley Quinn are the only ones who interact with Batman in Suicide Squad, it doesn't preclude Akinnuoye-Agbaje and some of the others facing off against Batman in Suicide Squad 2 or having faced off against the hero at some point in their past.
Assuming that this rumor is true, it will be interesting to see exactly what Deadshot's connection with Batman is in the film. The first scene that they appear together in was described as "emotional," so it's possible that they have a deeper connection than what's been suggested so far by marketing materials. It's a little disappointing that Batman won't be facing off against the Joker, but it's safe to assume the studio is saving that conflict for a dedicated Batman film.
While it's possible that the rumor isn't quite accurate, there's little reason to believe that Batman has too much larger of a role in the film. After all, the focus of Suicide Squad should be the mission that the Squad is on, not on Batman. Some fans will probably wish that there was more of Batman in the movie, but that will have to wait for another film.
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Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is now playing in U.S. theaters. Suicide Squad will arrive on August 5, 2016, followed by Wonder Woman on June 2, 2017; Justice League Part One on November 17, 2017; The Flash on March 16, 2018; Aquaman on July 27, 2018; an untitled DC Film on October 5, 2018; Shazam on April 5, 2019; Justice League Part Two on June 14, 2019; an untitled DC film on November 1, 2019; Cyborg on April 3, 2020; and Green Lantern Corps on June 19, 2020.
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This property in Nueva Andalucías famous Golf Valley will suit a client who prefers more traditional architectural styles to the modern homes. Ideal for 2 couples or small family. This charming villa affords stunning views of the mountains and sea, as well as a small but mature garden where you can relax in private.
This 2 bed/3 bath villa within a secure gated community is filled with charm both indoors and outside. Property also offers 1 guest toilet. The inviting private pool is a good size and there is a delightful pergola-covered outdoor terrace and dining area. Indoors, the villa has terracotta floors and wood ceilings with beams in the downstairs living area. An open fireplace completes the cosy feel of the living room, which leads directly on to the terrace. There is a second living room with another open fireplace which can be used for work but it is spacious enough to have some guests over. The bedrooms are a substantial size with elegant fittings and the bathrooms have wood and marble fixtures. The fitted kitchen opens up to a double height ceiling overlooked by a minstrel gallery. It also offers fibre optic internet and 5 latest model TV's.
Other features include: alarm, A/C, sauna, under-floor heating and access to the community swimming pool. The mature garden has an automatic irrigation system and there is a stepped entrance to the villas front door. This is a residence of exceptional charm and quality.
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An affliction well-known to be incredibly common in even the healthiest of cats, a trial was recently conducted to determine whether specific herbal compounds might lower the risk of urinary tract diseases in healthy cats (1).
Taking a study group of six random spayed females, three different Chinese medicinal herbs (Alisma, Wei Ling Tang, and San Ren Tang) were administered in either a 500mg dose for most days during a two week period, twice daily. During these trials, all cats were given the same dry adult maintenance diet, at the recommended amount for their age and size.
After the end of every 24 hour trial period, urine samples were collected from each cat with the use of a specially designed litter box, ending with a 1 week washout period as the cats were transferred to another 2 week trial of the next herbal supplement. With each sample, the urine was tested for its volume, pH levels and levels of struvite along with oxate crystals.
While there were high hopes for results of the study, at its end, there was found to be no significant difference in any of the properties within the samples, and it was determined that the administered doses of each herbal compound proved to be ineffective in reducing saturation indices or diluting the urine.
As these tests were conducted on healthy cats, and no actual tests were performed on cats with lower urinary diseases, it cannot yet be entirely determined how effective these herbal compounds may be on lowering its risk. This is partially due to the fact that study was highly limited by the small group consisting of entirely spayed females.
Those that conducted the study believe that a higher dose or more prolonged period of herbal therapy might prove beneficial in reducing a cat's risk of developing a urinary disease, or that they might be more effective on those who are already afflicted, but at the current time, this had yet to be determined.
For the time being, it is not recommended to use any of the tested herbs for urinary treatment, as results are currently inconclusive (2).


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text: So I started using GV Voicemail after giving it a brief spin and ditching it a while back. I had a bit of a hiccup today with it (VM went to VZW VM, but I couldn't access it), but I think I have it set up correctly now. I've been really curious about GV + VOIP solutions. I followed the sipdroid + PBXes route, but now it looks like the way to go is either GrooveIP or Talkatone, which do almost all of the setting up on their own (versus sipdroid and pbxes). I don't have any real reason that I need to use the setup, but I like to play and I'd like to know how the system works in case I were to get some out of country work out of the blue or to offer advice to associates that travel a lot. So my question is, is there any kind of interference when you have GV + VOIP set up on your phone and you're also using GV as your voicemail provider for your cell phone number? Is there any special setting that needs to be done, or does it all just work normally on its own? Thanks!


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I always have the greatest time hiking through the woods with my brother. We grew up in the foothills of Mt Hood in Welches, and traipsing through the forest makes us feel like kids again. He is always one to spot cool little bits of nature and dub them with interesting descriptive names (such as Tennis Ball Lichen from a few years back). When we spotted these little mushrooms on a log last weekend, he remarked, "And people say that nacho cheese orange can't be found in nature".
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Residents' patience is running out with a High Street development which has been described as "hideous" and faces further problems.
The building work on the High Street frontage by McCarthy & Stone at its retirement home development at Templars Court is "very unlikely" to go ahead, regional managing director Jonathan Fair said this week.
It follows problems last year after work was forced to stop because the building firm faced an insurance issue with the neighbouring property.
The company had hoped to complete the remaining work – two retail units and five flats above – but ground investigations earlier this year revealed rock below ground which has put the original project in doubt.
Councillors Tom Conn and Tom Kerr are to meet officials today (Friday) to find out more about McCarthy & Stone's intentions.
Mr Conn said; "We've been invited to a meeting to update us so hopefully it will give us a clearer picture as to what they are planning.
"The feeling is that they have got to do something. I've heard complaints from residents saying it's not what they bought into.
"Money has been spent on the Burgh Halls and the new partnership centre but this is just a hideous site, it's been going on too long and people are fed up with it being in the heart of the town."
Regional managing director for McCarthy & Stone said: "Unfortunately the results of ground investigations have revealed that the conditions make it very unlikely that the original planned work can go ahead.
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I finally decided to spend a few minutes and re-familiarize myself with Drupal Views. I hadn't used the Views module since upgrading to to Drupal 6 last year when all of my views got blown away and I wanted to start rebuilding the views I had previously created. I had been putting it off because I was accustomed to using the old version of Views, and everything looked much different in the newer Views 2.x version.
The first custom view I had previously and wanted to re-create was on the tracker-page that lists what pages have been created and commented on recently. It was trivial to add a few fields and move things around, and I assumed it would be just as easy to add an additional tab-page. After messing with the View-tab settings for an hour and Google-bating with myself until my hands were chapped, I finally came across an old post at Drupal.org that sort-of explained the steps necessary to create an additional tab-page on a Views page. Since how to add a tab to Views page isn't really documented (or, if it is, it's not easy to find) I wanted to post it here to save anyone else the pain and frustration I went thru assuming they'll stumble across this post while madly Googling for info the same way I was.
How to add a tab to a Drupal Views page:
On the View that you want as the default tab: In the Views 'page settings', set the Menu Type as 'Default Menu Tab' then click the little setting 'gear' and set the 'parent menu item' to 'normal menu item'. Set the path as "/something/tab1"; for example, "/postlist/allposts"
On the View that you want as your second (or 3rd, etc) tab, set the Menu Item Type as 'Menu tab'. Set the path as "/something/tab2" for example, "/postlist/newposts"
The key to making the tabs show on the View page in Drupal is the path setting! All of the pages must have the same parent-path – in the examples above this is "/postlist". If the parent-paths are not the same, you will never get that damn tab to show up in the View.
Another note to avoid frustration:
If you are customizing your default Tracker page with Views, you must either use a different path-name (ie; NOT "tracker") OR, you must disable the Drupal core 'tracker' module. Otherwise you will get "page not found" errors on your custom tracker page, or when clicking the "my posts" tab.
If you stumbled across this post via Google, I hope I saved you some time and frustration. If I did, please take a second to post a comment and say thanks.


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In the absurdly popular game with no direct objective called Minecraft, lack of limitations are the norm and now with a new modification called qCraft it has been equipped with quantum mechanics. This would pit Minecraft versus string theory in the sense of gathering interest about the subject and introducing many to the theories of quantum mechanics that were previously completely unaware. This isn't to say that Minecraft will be able to simulate conditions on par with actual and verifiable experimental physics, but it will be able to illustrate concepts that could potentially be the first step in the door of pursuit in these actual sciences.
The qCraft mod was designed by an individual named Daniel Ratcliffe, but has received support from many reputable sources even including Google's Quantum AI Lab. Within the mod, players can create scientific phenomena and implement it into the actual gameplay. For example, quantum entanglement can be applied to a building causing it to appear completely invisible unless it is viewed from the precise angle allowing it to be visibly perceived. Quantum computing systems can also be created allowing players to transport matter from one area to another in a manner most commonly understood as teleportation.
Quantum physics, simply stated, is the study of how different particles interact with each other on an extremely miniscule level. It is so small that some of the interactions may seem magical or even impossible due to the fact that someone is not completely aware of what they are looking at when it is happening. The same way a magic trick can have a tremendous impact when someone has no idea how the performer was able to perform the trick in the natural world. Without a reference point in the natural world, an event appears supernatural to the observer.
String theory, and the all-encompassing bundle that lies above called M-Theory, seeks to explain the interaction between all particles, especially those which cannot be observed on the subatomic level. It supposes that their interaction is guided by something called "superstrings" which are able to bend and vibrate accordingly with both dimensional and spatial factors.
The qCraft modification is by no means a doctoral level course in quantum physics and mechanics, and may not be able to even broach upon an understanding of string theory in and of itself. But the mere fact that it can introduce myriad countless minds to the subjects surrounding the construction of these theories is a novel and brilliant approach to video game modification. It should not be overlooked how positive an impact a game such as Minecraft can have on the overall intelligence and creativity of the video game playing populous. Instead of gathering the most points or becoming superior to the other combatants within the virtual world, the player is encouraged to build, create, and further push the limits of what is possible. This kind of drive and creativity is what both art and scientific discovery are all about. Yes, Minecraft may not be directly related to solving the mysteries of string theory, but if it can inspire various people to further pursue the hard sciences that it has accomplished far more than the majority of video games could have ever hoped to do.
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In Reply to: The city for wealth, the country for heath posted by guinpin on October 10, 2004
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Let's assume you're thinking of health not heath.
There are jobs in the city that are very well paid, but they come with a lot of stress. The country is more relaxing, but jobs are less well paid. There's also more pollution and disease in the city.


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Are You Ready for a Houston Hard Money Loan?
Hard Money in Houston
As financial products evolve and change, there are many new terms that potential real estate investors may not be familiar with. Hard money lending is one of these terms that are really changing up the way the real estate market works. If you are interesting in real estate, understanding hard money loans is vital. Here are five instances when a hard money loan can help your real estate business.
You Need Capital for Your Real Estate Project
Starting a real estate business can be exciting and also daunting. In the past real estate investing was reserved only for the really wealthy or the really credit worthy. Hard money loans are making real estate business opportunities available to average people with big dreams. A loan for hard money in Houston can get money to you quickly for your first fix and flip real estate project.
You Do Not Have Perfect Credit
Although credit is checked for a hard money loan, your credit worthiness is not the end all of qualifiers for this type of financial product. Hard money loans are based on the collateral of the prospective property. This gives real estate business opportunities to individuals who may not have otherwise been able to pursue this type of business.
You Want To Fix and Flip Quickly
Hard money loans are not for properties which will be held for the long term. Hard money loans are usually established for 3-12 months. This is generally the amount of time that a real estate investor would need to re-sell a house or to fix and flip a property. The short terms of these loans allows investors to quickly get capital for their projects and turn a profit in a short amount of time.
You Can Pay Closing
Individuals who are looking to obtain a hard money loan in Houston usually do have enough cash on hand for a down payment and closing costs. If you do not have money on hand for these expenses it is an indicator that you are not ready for this type of investment. Closing costs will vary by hard money lenders. Doing a bit of research beforehand can help you determine which hard money lender will best serve your specific needs and real estate ambitions.
You Understand Interest Rates
Hard money lenders tend to have higher interest rates than traditional mortgage lenders. This is due to the fact that the loan is dependent on collateral instead of credit worthiness. It is also due in part to the short terms of the hard money loans. Because borrowers plan to re-sell properties within a short amount of time, interest rates can be higher without interfering with the ability to make a profit.
You Are Committed to Your Project
Hard money loans in the Houston area are available to individuals who are committed to their real estate projects. If there is any doubt you can see your real estate project through, then a hard money loan can be a risky endeavor. Because hard money can be obtained quickly and without extensive credit considerations, it can be very tempting to jump in without fully considering the scope of the project. In instances when many repairs must be made before the property can be flipped, potential investors must carefully evaluate their commitment to the project before obtaining a hard money loan. It is also helpful to carefully consider the housing market in the area you plan to purchase to ensure your chances of success.
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text: Meet the Maker: Elliot Holdstock As a woodworker, Elliot Holdstock has cultivated an impressive portfolio of unique fine furniture pieces comprised of tables, chairs and lamps. The level of skill involved to create these functional pieces is paralleled to his level of craftsmanship to create these seamless designs. With the fine attention to detail, his work boasts a personality that could only be associated with modern, unique styles. We asked him a few questions in regards to his work and being a fine furniture maker.Where did you make your start in woodworking?I started woodworking in high school, like most people, but from a young age I knew that that was what I wanted to do. After high school I studied at Sturt School for wood in NSW but it wasn't until a travelled to Japan a few years later that I decided to take the plunge and start it full-time.How would you describe your style?I always try to keep my furniture simple and clean. Are there any other woodworkers or designers that have inspired your work?Yes of course, one of my favourites is Truck Furniture. I was actually lucky enough to spend some time with him while I was in Osaka and he was a great inspiration for me.What are some tools you use on a daily basis?I always find myself cracking open my Festool routers. Those are good days.Favourite type of wood to work with and why?I love using Hard Rock Maple, its enjoyable to work with and has a wonderful colour. I also love working with American Black Walnut for its smell and lately I've been using a lot of Cambia Ash which is looks sensational once oiled.Lastly, is there any piece of advice for younger woodworkers interested in fine furniture making?I'd say to just go for it and work hard. See all of Elliot's work here. See our range of handplanes and handtools to help you get started in fine furniture making.To see all of Elliot's work, click here.To view our range of handtools, handplanes and other great tools for fine furniture, click here.


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Not to this ageing dinosaur it won't.
...and I'm still in my 20s.
The abbreviation 'PC' will soon no longer stand for 'Personal Computer', but 'Personal Cloud'. Come 2014, the latter will be where consumers keep their digital content, not the former. So says Gartner, a market watcher, reckons what you might call 'PC 2.0' will be ushered in by legions to tech-savvy punters already used to …
My reaction to if year > 2013 then PC != Personal Computer was "Will it fuck".
That's what companies want to steer you towards because control = power = harder to switch providors = a chance to regularly charge people to access their own stuff.
2013 or no, in Moiety Towers essential services will be as local as possible; using hardware that I control and can see from my comfy chair if at all possible. Remote companies with an off-switch to my essential services are not -and never will be- a viable option; and I don't care if looks cheaper initially.
...in 2014 and beyond there will continue to be large numbers of people who are not "tech-savvy punters" who do not define their existence by "operating online through social network tech" and remian militantly indifferent to the possibility of tweeting the colour of their new shirt/latest turd/*insert pointless bollocks here* 24/7 from every location on the planet.
And I will be happy to count myself one of them. And my PC will continue to be a physical box of standard components.
So, let me see I'm going to put my personal IPR, and content on someone elses servers, probably a US company who will not hesitate to hand it over to the US government, or another part of their organisation. The RIAA will vet your music, and Video content and then demand proof you actually own a copy.
Their T&Cs will naturally ensure that you have surrendered your ownership of anything vaugely useful to them.
By the time regulators catch up, it'll be too late.
This very tech savvy IT Strategist, Solutions Architect and Legally minded IT won't be putting his content on someone else's cloud. Do Gartner really believe that crap.
Indeed, anoher ideal world solution to a world that is far from ideal and proven by the fact that we all don't have the latest kit and we dont all have portable terabyte internets.
In many ways google wave highlighted the ideal/reality situation nicely.
As for "cloud" stuff, I see a birght future in the offsight backup market, eventualy. But until you can use external storage with the kind of garantee's that you can get to your data in so much assurance that there is some law that protects your data in the event the company goes tit's up or the like. But hey, accountants like to gamble over taking there inhouse IT advise I hear.
Also anybody who uses the term PC 2.0 as well as deserving a dry slap with a old X-Terminal, twice if they were around in the 80's and used the term synergy. In addition if they ever use the term paperless office, they should be given a ASBO for being within 10 feet of any toilet paper.
You would think that the Cloud would be a great thing to use for a secondary off-site backup. However, I recently had a bad experience with this that highlights the basic problem of the Cloud in general. A remote backup provider just "went away" quietly without sufficient notice and no clear indication from the local client component that the remote service had gone away.
Fortunately, someone was being diligent and double checked things. Otherwise a really nasty situation may have ensued.
Any form of outsourcing is a loss of control. An external service could be interrupted suddenly for a wide variety of reasons. 3rd parties (see Apple iCloud) also like to get in the way.
Everything gets smaller, comms get better, everyone has thier own IP address, loads and loads of redundant PC's at home -- the 'cloud gets smaller'.
You just have a 10TB mini-server at home and as most of the carrot for clouds is 'personal access and storage' (until phones and slabs get huge storage) then only thing you need for off-site is a daily or weekly dump.
I reckon that there is the 'panic now' sales pitch where the near future is not considered - or if it is then it's conveniently ignored. USB sticks are getting smaller and bigger at the same time.
I thought 'Tech Savvy' people were the sort that understood what all this technology really meant and wouldn't touch this idea with a bargepole. 'Gadget Junkies' might fall for it.
For my part, my digital content will remain where it is - on CD or DVD. Anything good enough to rip (that I own, of course) will stay local on my Personal Computer.
Fuck the cloud, I say.
I agree with several of the comments here, where it comes down to ownership of data and possession of the same. I host a private cloud of my own, based on VMWare ESXI & Ubuntu, and do have plans to expand its capabilities. However, I'm as tech savvy as they get, and I'm not about to host any of my private data or services on some other system outside of my complete & total control. While the OEMs are rushing to follow Gartner's lead, manufacturers of custom PC parts will continue doing business as usual for so long as there are customers. If that means harvesting PC scrapheaps to keep my network alive then so be it.
I'm no fan of tablets, nor all of the new under-powered so called PC replacement technologies. While I love my Zotac ZboxHD ID41, its only about 60% as capable as my primary workstation, which was custom built, in-house. No... I'm looking more toward server-room / datacenter equipment for my lab & network nowadays, even if that means buying refurbished systems from Ebay stores.
What happens if the cloud rains and your data goes by by? What if are working on some thing that has stay in country , how do you know which country it is in. What if you live in the UK and you upload some thing pro Nazis? Then it gets hosted on a German cloud server. Remember the Aussie that hosted a pro Nazis web site in Oz ? He land in the UK and Germany wanted him.
I challange that finding. I have never been impressed with the Gartner group.
"The cloud" is nothing more than a buzz word for the old idea of putting your data on somebody elses servers. One need look no further than Amazon, to see how seriously they take security / encryption, or at Megauploads.com to see what happens when some corporation or agency decides to put the hoster out of business. What happens to your valid and confidential data? Whos hands does it end up in?
...if by that, they mean a series of attached bulk storage that you set up to face the net under certain circumstances, then yes I can see this happening. Things like Dropbox and Box are handy for those little things you tend to pass back and forth (program files, unclassified data files, etc.), so it has its uses, too.
But as for the reason I used the icon, I'm going to lampoon it. "Won't someone think of the BANDWIDTH?" Especially with wireless providers who are mostly going tiered such that truly unlimited (lies--blocking tethering IS by definition a limit) is out of reach for most of us. The rest? Well, we start counting our kilobytes. How can more and more remote storage match up against less and less bandwidth with which to transfer it all?
It's not like our internet access could ever go down, temporarily denying us access to our stuff. Even if the unthinkable happened, nobody would mind not being able to access any of their stuff for a few hours or days.
We all have unlimited bandwidth, so there will be no problems handling the surge in content streaming (and there's no per-byte fee on mobile data either, so you can't go broke accessing cloud storage*).
Cloud companies have perfect security, so our content will be safe in the cloud - and there's no chance whatsoever that these companies could have financial problems and take our data with them into bankruptcy.
Our politicians are enlightened, and have already passed laws that will protect our rights to the data we put in the cloud, so we don't have to fear that it could be turned over to authorities without a warrant, and our privacy will likewise be safe, as it's enshrined in law.
The terms and conditions will be written in a clear and human**-readable format, too, so everyone will know exactly what they're getting into.
Oh, wait......
* This is why phones with small internal storage that come with large cloud storage services to make up for it are a joke.
** As opposed to lawyer-readable
Not gonna happen until you pry my cold deal hands from my personal property/computer.
Yeah sure I want to put my data and info out on a "public Cloud" where it's not protected by the laws of home and hearth, where anyone can just hack the cloud to get at it, where anyone with a take down order can kill the server it's on. Sure, that's reliable and safe.... NOT!
Here's my biggest issue with the idea of "Cloud Computing".
Clouds evaporate, easily. Just like Cloud Computing there is nothing physical to rely on, only smoke and vapor just like marketing speak from Gartner, Microsoft, Google, et al. All the promises about uptime and backup are just hot air when all of your info blows away in the night.
At least if it was on your PC and it disappears, there is no one to blame but your self.
In this case, the worlds greatest liars and prevaricators are blowing even more smoke than usual up our collective shorts, trying to make us rely on "THE CLOUD" so we have to "subscribe" to a service so we have storage that is "always accessible". I have hard drives in a computer at home for that.
Anyone remember when you had a photo album to show the grandparents? Now you gotta have "Facebook" 'cuz not even your phone holds enough pictures any longer?
between what Gartner calls 'tech savvy' and what the dyspeptic, asocial, arrogant and cynical crowd at El Reg call 'tech savvy'.
Granted the "I wouldn't do it so anybody who does do it is an idiot" stance might be self-comforting but it appears that it doesn't hold much sway with the rest of the world.
Yep. People here often (usually?) forget that they're a vanishingly small percentage of the market. Product designer don't say, "Wait, hardcore IT guys will think this is stupid; take it out". And hardcore IT guys don't seem to be capable of anknowledging that other people have different priorities or desires - or, remarkably, condemning them for at once wanting to do stupid-thing-A and condemning for choosing a product that will do stupid-thing-a instead of smart-thing-b.
That said, I thing Gartner is full of shit. They can file this next to "turbine cars are finally ready", "solar power is practical", and "rotating media is dead" in the "Yearly failed predictions" drawer.
I have to say, Reg commenters have the bizarre capabilty of saying things I agree with in a way that makes me want to disagree with them. I think that the 'cloud' is an obnoxious and useless buzzword, but the sheer personal venom against it here makes me want to go sign up for the first water-vapory service I can find.
I just hope to god there isn't a thread here full of people savaging Yanni albums.
How on earth can anyone ever think that I'd want to store stuff anywhere except under my absolute personal control?
How many of us are actually so desperate to get to our data on a moment's notice that we are simultaneously unable to remember to carry it with us and yet happy to pay someone else to carry it? I'm not even thinking about privacy/government issues - the whole concept is ridiculous.
But sadly the bosses will lap it up in their droves.
For us living in the realy world won't touch this load of crap with a bargepole.
We should take this time to work up our excuses for those very same bosses when your Cloud provider/Network provider/Jcb Driver messes up and suddenly your business had sod all access to your company data for hours or even days.
Total and utter failure that will become the next 'biggest thing since sliced bread'.
"your business had sod all access to your company data for hours or even days"
Which means that disaster recovery from cloud failures are going to become Big Busine$$ for slimy consultants in the next few years. Fools and their money, y'know.
"Hi, I'm Gavin, your personally assigned sector specialist for cloud disaster recovery. I'd like to present our strike team. Please say hello to Cipher, Droid, Pus-ball and Chancer. We're here today to workshop you through our Cloud Replication Assurance Program which will introduce the bleeding-edge approach to maintaining copies of your Intellectual Property on cloud infrastructure under your direct control..."
I must practise saying that with a straight face. I smell a business opportunity.
So the 'recovery' company takes your data and bungs it on (hopefully) another cloud 'Well sir, it was advertised as a separate cloud but it had been remnamed by various re-sellers as they placed thier own value-added to the product".
The more it's spread ,the less secure it gets.
Sod it - just hide it in a movie file and torrent the thing - pick it up later by downloading the torrent.
It's been kept safe in thousands of homes across the planet.
Some excellent input there. I'm thrilled to be working with you all.
The answer, er, Kane, is that although it comes with a dice, it's not 24-sided - it's infinitely-sided! Our new SphereDice (tm) has ben designed for seamless integration with our value-added services. It's shaped to reflect the nature of the cloud itself, where all sides are the same and however you look at it, you're presented with the same unified holisitic user experience. And it comes preloaded!
A great start there, thank you Cane. Right then, shall we proceed to look at the optimum resource model?
1) While my cable upload speed has been steadily increasing over the years and is now 3Mbps, most DSL plans in the area have 512kbps upload yet even on the high tier plans.
2) Bandwidth caps. Try having 3 or 4 kids with a strictly enforced monthly cap.
3) Data privacy. A few people still care.
There will be those who will continue to work when there is no network connection. These will use 'proper' computers with built-in software and storage! There will also be a few who require confidentiality.
Gartner can shove off into their own smelly little cloud.
...the /major/ negative impact MegaUpload has left on /legitimate users/.
Lets not kid ourselves; it wasn't all file trading; many people actually used MegaUpload to store their own private stuff; pictures, sound snippets, etc, etc. while thinking they were safe. This secure feeling was partially triggered by the fact that people actually paid to use the services of MegaUpload, thus providing a sense of security / reliability (that's how it works for some people).
Well, we all know what happened. Some people even lost important pictures and other material which they never bothered to put onto their own computer(s) or storage because why bother? It was always right there on the Net. And lets not forget the obvious: most (manual) backups usually happen "tomorrow".
And that incident has got a lot of people thinking, a lot more than the author gives them credit for I think. Storing your stuff in the cloud is nice and easy; until someone throws the switch and then the castle comes crumbling down.
Whereas your own "old fashioned" home PC will simply keep on running (provided that your HD doesn't give out).
The trouble is, cloud storage services are under attack right now from the RIAA/MPAA via the US Govt. so who's going to want to risk losing all their files if/when their choice of cloud service provider gets hijacked under the auspices of 'taking down teh piratz'?
If the current MegaUpload debacle should teach us one thing, it's to keep the main copy of our important files local and only use the cloud as a possible secondary backup to our usual local backups.
For now the 'cloud' (or rather 'third-party-controlled remote storage') is a non-starter for anyone serious about not losing their data as collateral damage in spurious DMCA takedowns.
So I don't know about post 2013, being a 'cloud' computing world. At the rate things are currently progressing with this corporate posturing over the control of information flow, post 2013 is more likely to be a world without even an open internet.
My data, the apps I use and the operating system stay here where they're not reliant on a shoddy internet connection, the whims of some remote unaccountable cloud company or the ability of the office tea boy to not un-initialise the logical volume on the SAN upon which they reside by accident.
That way I can pretty much guarantee 24x365 access.
"So says Gartner, a market watcher, reckons what you might call 'PC 2.0' will be ushered in by legions to gullible eejits who fancy themselves as tech-savvy punters because they can find the power switch nine times out of ten and who already used to operating online"
There, fixed it for 'em.
This is all very well but assumes connectivity. I've just returned from the States, and for me connectivity didn't exist. There was no WiFi in the state park I was in, data roaming is an eye watering £9 per MByte and when I looked around Walmart for data sims all I could find was sims that charged $15 per day for 1GB
The operators aren't in a rush to improve matters which makes it dangerous for a traveller to keep stuff in the Cloud. Since one of the selling points of cloudy access is that it allows you to get access to your data wherever you are, the lack of support from operators is a big minus, but of course Gartner, in their rather narrow minded blinkered crystal ball gaze probably haven't taken this into account.
I know it's been said, but Gartner, idiotic as they may be, are hardly foolish for focusing on the 99.999% of consumers who don't regularly travel to remote locales. In this context it's fairly clear that 'wherever you are' means 'NYC or Seattle or Las Vegas or Paris', not 'NYC or Lahore or Abuja or Kabul or that bit of Interstate 88 in upstate NY between exit 11 and exit 40'.
And, honestly, you can probably get on the net fairly easily in Lahore or Abuja. Kabul and I88 are a bit touchier, though.
We technical types will become elite again, as everyone puts their crap into the cloud and gets nothing done with it because all they have is a stupid bloody tablet to access it with and it can only do email, calendar, misunderstand your speech and angry birds and the other 50% of it only works in the USA.
No-one will know what applications actually are any more ;o)
Putting my rates up in 2013!
Nope - data will still be on my local hard drives.
So I am supposed to keep 100GB of pictures and nearly a terabyte of video material on a computer I have no control over?
Yes nearly a terabyte, and I have not finished.
Using DV compression, 1 hour is 14GB approx, so 2 hour 10 minute tapes from 1980s are about 30GB.
And I am not compressing more than that, until I need to.
I mean we already had a bit of such a bubble in 2000 when suddenly many free webmail providers burst. The same will happen with other companies.
Such things always come in waves. We are currently in a wave towards centralization of IT, but the next one will be in the other direction.
I am sick and tired of abbreviations being hijacked for the latest fad. We fought hard to establish our abbreviations. Many computer companies died for them ... Tandy, Tiny, others beginning with T.
It was bad enough when politicians stole it for Political Correctness, now our own industry is stealing it again.
Well no more! This is where we stand and fight for our abbreviations! We shall establish a standard set, and all others shall abide. Are you hearing me Reg? Don't think I haven't noticed your headlines awash with the latest abbrevicreations! You're on notice as well.
...half the people here are saying that people, being idiots, will undoubtedly lap up the Cloud PC 2.0 whatever the hell, and the marketers will clean house.
...and the other half are saying that Gartner are idiots, couldn't predict their way out of a wet paper bag, and nobody will ever possibly fall for this bogus cloud shit because nobody needs it (supplying as proof their personal edge case, natch).
...and sometimes both of these in one post.
So, which is it?
Is Gartner correctly predicting the lumbering of a clueless herd of consumer cows?
Or is Gartner losing the plot, because even lumbering clueless consumer cows are smart enough to not send their shit to someplace called Akamai and like where is that anyway the Cayman Islands or something, like a tax haven thing?
I'm genuinely curious.
You've nailed it. I'd go for the former; I think IT pros do lose sight of the fact that they're in a minority.
The cloud does sound seductive to the technically clueless, and even more so to characters who think they're technically switched on because they can write a macro in Excel and animate a PowerPoint slide.
On that basis, Gartner are correctly predicting the latest manifestation of human stupidity.
I think the answer is 'both' and we've been over-simplifying things. In my earlier post I was guilty of this when I referred to 'Gadget Junkies'.
The reality (as demonstrated to me by my own children) is that there are clueless consumer cows and clued-in consumers. My children are gadget junkies and are fully adapted to the modern world. They love it all and happily use multiple gadgets to access material and to socialise. But they are also well aware that they cannot trust external systems for long-term storage. They keep their stuff on their local PCs and back it up on external hard drives.
So Gartner will probably be right, but only up to a point. And we will be right, but only up to a point.


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Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Faith was raised in nearby Pineville. In high school, Faith acted in school plays and, in her senior year, was a finalist in Teen Magazine's annual model search. At 17, she was in New York, where she worked in commercials and did some modeling. Soon Faith had recurring roles in soap operas such as "Muffy" in One Life to Live (1968). In 1984, Faith made the move to Hollywood. Faith found prime time work as Janine, the fumbling secretary, on Thirtysomething (1987) as well as guest spots on other shows. Her big screen debut was in the seldom seen You Talkin' to Me? (1987). In 1988, after first turning down the role, she joined the cast of the television series Murphy Brown (1988) as Corky, the blond. Over the years, Faith has received 5 Emmy nominations for her character and has seen Corky mature from the beauty queen ditz to the lightweight fluff reporter. After nine seasons on Murphy Brown (1988), Faith tried to distance herself from Corky with the thriller Night Visitors (1996) and Her Desperate Choice (1996).
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Spouse (2)
|Campion Murphy
|(27 June 1998 - present)
|Robert Nottingham
|(15 July 1989 - 1996) ( divorced)


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July 21, 2018, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM @ Terra Park
Bring your yoga mat and join professional Power Life Yoga instructors on Saturday mornings - July 21 and August 4 for one hour of free yoga from 8 to 9 a.m. at Terra Lake Amphitheater.
Yoga helps build strength, activate core muscles and increase flexibility. All levels are welcome.
Visit www.cityofjohnston.com/Yogabythelake for more information.
July 21, 2018, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Terra Park
Join the Johnston-Grimes Metropolitan Fire Department (JGMFD) on Saturday, July 21 at Terra Lake for a family, fun fishing event. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. inside Crown Point. There will be fishing poles and tackle for those to use at the event. Residents under sixteen (16) years of age can fish without a license.
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DENVER —— Injuries test a team's mettle, turning roster depth into a game of truth or dare. Ineffectiveness invades a team's psyche. Before Wednesday's game against the Chicago White Sox, the Rockies sent a message that reverberated in the clubhouse, suggesting that the bid for a winning season was not just the glass-half-full optimism of owner Dick Monfort.
Manager Walt Weiss summoned Wilton Lopez to his office and demoted the maligned veteran reliever to Triple-A. Lopez left the team no choice after he dissolved before their eyes — again — in an embarrassing loss Tuesday night.
"It's hard. You try to put yourself in their position, and show compassion," Weiss said. "But it's a bottom-line business."
April games are never must-wins, but for a Rockies team off to a clumsy start, Wednesday's 10-4 victory came with a heightened sense of awareness with a week-long road trip through San Francisco and San Diego on deck.
"Wilton wasn't the same guy. He had lost his confidence. Hopefully he gets better. I am fine with the move, because it's time to win around here," said All-Star Carlos Gonzalez. "It's a reminder that we all have to do our jobs or they will find you a new home."
Second baseman DJ LeMahieu unclenched fists of anxious fans with a two-RBI single, triggering a six-run eighth inning, as the Rockies sprinted to victory at sun-splashed Coors Field.
With the score 4-4 and runners at second and third, LeMahieu smoked a line drive to center field, punishing Ronald Belisario's misplaced sinker. LeMahieu finished with three hits and three RBIs.
The Rockies sent 10 batters to the plate in the eighth, which included an RBI single from infielder Josh Rutledge, who took Lopez's roster spot. The Rockies are now going with seven relievers.
With starters Tyler Chatwood and Jhoulys Chacin sidelined to start the season, Colorado figured to be compromised in the season's first two weeks.


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Studio 8 is a purpose built, bright, air-conditioned fitness studio situated within the South Lincoln Physiotherapy & Sports Injuries Clinic on Mill Lane, North Hykeham. Our classes are run by hand-picked professional instructors from around the city of Lincoln.
Our aim is to provide high quality exercise classes for the whole community, and our ever increasing class list includes something for everyone:
Rehabilitation/wellness based classes such as Pilates, Harmony and Yoga, where the emphasis is on functional strength, flexibility and mobility.
Aerobic based classes include Clubbercise, Pound, Groove and Boxercise, where our main goal is to make you burn calories and melt away fat while having fun doing it.
Resistance based classes such as Total Tone, LBT and Kettlebells. All these classes will help improve strength and fitness levels of participants and will also help burn fat and tone up the whole body.
Bootcamp classes also run three days a week at 6am if you fancy getting your workout done early. Bootcamps mix cardio, resistance and core work in an anything goes type of workout to ensure you set your alarm for a good reason!
At Studio 8 we have 'no contract' monthly memberships and 'pay as you go' options, we also offer longer memberships if required.
Why not try your first class for free when you quote WEBOFFER and see what we are all about (booking is essential).
You can contact us on Lincoln (01522) 688699 or check out our website www.studio8lincoln.co.uk and Facebook page studio8lincoln for more details.


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Community Enrichment Through Cycling
Gears For Years is a Keep It Together Florida Inc. program that provides helmets and bicycles to children and teaches them life skills of how to assemble and maintain their equipment for years to come. We engage and challenge the local community to promote cycling, and safety. We accept donations including bicycles, and equipment. Drawing from the local community volunteers repair used equipment and promote active cycling activities and best safety practices.
We are accepting donations via Paypal, click the button below to make a donation.
We are a KITFL program, so your donation is tax deductible under 501c3 rules.
|We teach kids life skills about valuing equipment and pride of ownership,(they have to do a little work on the bike to get it going before we give it to them), how to use tools (under supervision of the volunteer of course), when something breaks you don't need to throw it away, you can fix it.
Bike assembly required (general guidelines)
|2-5 years oldup to 32" tall
4-9 years old
32 - 45" tall
8 - 12 years old
45 - 55" tall
Teen & adult
55" tall and up
|Bike Size
|12" wheel bike
|16 & 18 " wheel bike
|20" wheel bike
|24 & 26" wheel bike
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This QR code will bring your smartphone to the gears for years home page
Not all of us can give time as a volunteer. If you would like to make an impact and be involved consider donating some of the items we need or use the button below to make a cash donation.
How to donate:
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Celsius DG - Celsius DG provides branding, corporate identity development and multimedia services to companies and organizations. We help companies communicate visually what they stand for. Celsius DG created the identity (Logo, business cards, letterhead) for the YES! Circle.
TeraTech, Inc. - TeraTech provides quality database and dynamic website programming to federal agencies, associations and prominent local businesses. TeraTech enhanced several sections of the YES!Circle website to be more dynamic and self-sufficient.


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Janine Strecker, via the #MANiaa Diaries at the IAA Commercial Vehicles exhibition in Hanover, delivers fascinating insights into the world of MAN. The employee from the MAN Experience Marketing Team presents the product highlights from the MAN stand, where the truck manufacturer showcases its fleet as a forward-thinking, modern, colourful and cosmopolitan outfit.
A flurry of camera flashes and a round of applause: tension mounts as the curtain is drawn and MAN unveils one of the world premieres at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2016 in Hanover: the MAN TGE. The Transporter, the latest addition to the MAN family, is revealed to the public and to the cameras. This moment is captured on film for the #MANiaa Diaries, MAN's exhibition diary, which Janine is updating for the online community throughout the fair in Hanover.
'Our new vehicle may be small but it's still a proper MAN,' declares Janine as she welcomes the new MAN TGE. MAN has expanded its range with this latest addition to become a 'full-range' supplier, offering commercial vehicles of between three and 44 tonnes. With a permissible maximum weight of 3.0 to 5.5 tonnes, the MAN TGE presents itself as a lightweight, multipurpose commercial vehicle. Its variety can also be seen in the options available for drives and bodywork; front-wheel, rear-wheel and four-wheel drive – the possibilities are endless. And just like its bigger truck siblings, the smallest member of the MAN fleet also ensures the highest standards of safety thanks to the tried-and-trusted MAN assistance systems.
Of course, the strongest lion must also make an appearance in the #MANiaa Diaries. With 640 h.p. and 3,000 Nm, the MAN TGX PerformanceLine not only delivers performance for the big stage. Stylishly presented as part of a stunning light show, this powerhouse combines all of the product innovations that MAN brings to the market with its new TG series. An optimised engine program, a new exterior design, a new infotainment system. With the distinct interior design of the MAN TGX PerformanceLine, there is a strong emphasis on the lion, which is now also imprinted on the vehicle's seats. 'A limited-edition vehicle for real fans,' explains Janine.
The MAN TGX EfficientLine 3 also has its fair share of admirers. The third generation of the successful MAN EfficientLine series uses 6.35% less fuel than its predecessor, the MAN TGX EfficientLine 2.
Bags are packed and enthused bus fans get on board as Janine plays a clip and invites visitors along on a trip in the new NEOPLAN Tourliner. The best in its class, and thus the entry-level model in the premium coach segment, celebrates its world premiere in Hanover. The Tourliner combines perfect design, high-end comfort and state-of-the-art technology, and thus sets the ideal scene for climbing aboard, leaning back and relaxing.
'Welcome to the colourful world of RIO.' Janine steps on to the innovative platform for digital solutions that MAN dedicates to the new brand of Volkswagen Truck & Bus at the IAA. 'RIO' is Spanish for 'river'. Here one speaks of transport and logistics, and you get the ideal scenario when everything flows: goods, traffic and data. With the colourful world of RIO, MAN presents digital products and services that help to optimise logistics processes and efficiently control commodity flows by way of intelligent networking. From 2017 onwards, every new MAN truck will have the technical requirements for this. The course for the logistics of the future was set long ago, and not just in Hanover.
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Skip the Cake, Eat a Trifle
Trifles—the show-stopping desserts made with layers of spongey cake and creamy custard—are easy to make ahead of time and great for a crowd.
From chocolaty to fruity, here are six amazing trifles.
1. Gingerbread and White Chocolate Mousse Trifle
This trifle is three desserts in one: mousse, gingerbread and caramel.
2. Italian Trifle with Marsala Syrup
Chef Fabio Trabocchi's creamy trifle gets delicious cinnamon-spice flavor thanks to the Sicilian fortified wine, Marsala.
3. Blood Orange and Chocolate Trifle
What's the secret to this healthy dessert? Bittersweet chocolate that has at least 70 percent cocoa; it has a deeper flavor and is higher in antioxidants.
4. Caramel-Pear-Cheesecake Trifle
This decadent dessert is a great way to use slightly underripe pears.
5. Chocolate-Cookie Crunch Trifle
Any kind of cookie works as a layer in this decadent and super-chocolaty trifle from Washington, DC, pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac.
6. Caramelized Pumpkin Trifle
Make this fantastic dessert with pumpkin bread or gingerbread.


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Extended Grant Deadline for ARTS-SCIENCES-TECHNOLOGIES
Share Prize Competition is dedicated to contemporary art experimenting with technologies and sciences.
The competition is dedicated to artists that use contemporary tech society, in all its shapes and forms, and in combination with analogue technologies and other materials, as a language for creative expression. The competition is open to both Italian and foreign artists. Each artist, or artist collective, can enter a maximum of three works. Artists that are part of collectives may choose to enter the competition individually, with a maximum of three works.
The competition jury will award a prize of 2,500.00 Euro to the work, which best represents experimentation between arts and new technologies.
The candidates for the prize (a short list of 6 competitors) will be guests at the fourteenth edition of the Share Festival, taking place in Turin from 2nd to 5th May 2019.
The six nominations of candidates for the prize will be announced at the end of March 2019.
The deadline extended to 10th of February, 2019
Find more information on the application here
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Hacking design: novelty and diachronic emergence. (Article)The concept of emergence has had a significant effect on architectural theory, instigating a paradigmatic change in design and affecting the way buildings are perceived. In practice the practicalities of building procurement ...
Half-heard sounds in the summer air: Electroacoustic music in Wellington and the South Island of New Zealand. (Article)This article traces the evolution of electroacoustic music in Wellington and the South Island of New Zealand. Electroacoustic music has a well-established tradition in New Zealand, dating back to Douglas Lilburn's pioneering ...
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Hamlet 2000: Almereyda's city comedy (Book chapter)
Hamlet and the Politics of Individualism (Book chapter)
Hand Held Series (Powder Coated & 3D Printed) (Image, 3-D)Contemporary Applied Arts presents Colour Theory, a kaleidoscopic selection of exquisite decorative and functional hand-crafted objects to celebrate spring. A spectrum of colour and style fills the entire gallery and ...
Handle with Care (Other)Digging deep into their personal archives, Sally Doughty and Rachel Krische continue a four month process of collecting, collating and cataloguing their individual embodied collections. This endeavor to amass materials and ...
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Happy in the Mother Country: Liminality in Samuel Selvon's The Lonely Londoners (Article)Liminality theory remains underused in discussions of post World War II Caribbean writing in the UK. This essay re-considers Samuel Selvon's seminal 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners through the lens of liminality. In this ...
Haptic (Book chapter)Haptic is one of two short texts in the book of ideas by performance and endurance artist John Court published in 'an idea of performance a idea of art: By John Court' (Frame Contemporary Art, Finland 2017). This is a ...
Harmonious accordance of indoor-outdoor thermal comfort and building energy performance by ameliorating urban microclimate in different urban block types in tropical climate (Conference)This paper explores the effect of outdoor microclimatic environment upon indoor conditions for different urban block types in hot-humid climate. The main focus here is on courtyard patterns, considering its potentials for ...
Harry Potter and the fidelity debate (Book chapter)This chapter takes as example the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), and its film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), to show how a commitment to fidelity (in ...
'Hassan: Iraq on the British Stage' (Article)This article examines Basil Dean's 1923 version of James Elroy Flecker's 'Hassan'.
The Haunted (Book)Arriving in the Scottish Highlands, Martin and Sue decide to escape their luxury hotel, heading out for a night of back-to-basics living in an abandoned shack. When a storm strikes, they find themselves stranded in the ...
Haunting Legacies: Family and Archival Photographs in Aleksandra Garlicka's Taxonomy of Polish Society (1985–95) (Article)This article expands knowledge about photography's participation in pro-democratic socio-political processes in the years leading to the demise of the communist Polish People's Republic and during the creation of the ...


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Pupil unearths piece of Limerick history
A TINY piece of Limerick's history has been unearthed by a young pupil of Gaelscoil Sairseal on the grounds of the Hunt Museum.
Believed to be a musket shot, it was found by Siofre Nic Naois from Meelick as she and classmates helped Mayor Kathleen Leddin create a new habitat for insects.
Rooting around in the grounds, Siofre came upon the perfect sphere and Hunt Museum director Hugh Maguire was on the spot to view the find. Limerick City Council said it had now been reported to the Limerick City Museum.
Brian Hodkinson, curator of the museum, said: "it's great for kids to be able to find objects like this and for them to get a kick out of it".
Musket shots, he said, were not a particularly unusual find although - being smaller than the cannonballs that also occasionally turn up in the city - relatively hard to spot. If Siofre's find is indeed a musket ball, Mr Hodkinson said, it could date from any time from the 17th to the 19th century, taking in both sieges of Limerick.


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This week in Film Appreciation, Jay Burleson discusses the 2005 neo-noir film Brick.
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A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
I've only ever laid eyes on one film that felt like it was made for me. It's as if the filmmakers had crawled into my brain and crafted something from my own thoughts. The film is Brick, a 2005 film from writer/director Rian Johnson. A neo-noir set in a modern high school. The premise alone sounded perfect for me, and the film itself exceeded any expectations that I could have possibly had for it.
Brick is a wonderfully stylized modern day noir film that follows the journey of high school loner Brendan Frye as he's pulled into the underbelly of his school's social scene in an attempt to help his first true love. Once Brendan becomes involved, he can't turn back, and the audience is thrown into a pitch perfect mystery that takes an interesting look at high school politics while applying all of the normal characteristics of a classic detective story. The film is wound tight with stylish dialogue as well as engaging characters and never misses a beat as each layer of the story is revealed.
I didn't see Brick until November of 2008, but I remember that time in my life very vividly. I can see the dreary fall perfectly in my mind, the way the yard looked from our two story window of the home we occupied at the time. Our living room was basically vacant after two other roommates had moved out, and I watched Brick in our lonely living room, alone. I then watched it again, and again with my roommate, Bart, once he arrived home from work and I forced the film upon him. Since that time I have always jumped at the opportunity to share Brick with anyone who was interested, and I never grow tired of another viewing.
To say Brick is perfect would be unfair, but the film is everything that a great indie film should be. It's full of heart and determination, beating all the odds that were against its tiny budget, and it offers something original and awe-inspiring. Joseph Gordon-Levitt earned a ton of respect from me with his performance as Brendan, a hardheaded and determined teenager who becomes hellbent on getting to the bottom of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance. All of the characters are brought to life rather perfectly though, from Nora Zehetner's portrayal of the femme fatale, Laura, to Noah Segan's doped out Dode. Even Emilie de Ravin (Claire of Lost fame) shows up in a few scenes as Brendan's ex-girlfriend.
The film is played perfectly straight, no winks involved, and it pays off as anything else could easily turn into rubbish, and a lot of the praise must be put in the hands of Rian Johnson for holding it all together and pulling the strings so magnificently. Even more impressive is that Brick was Johnson's feature film debut. He may be more well known in the mainstream for his recent film, The Brothers Bloom.
The film conjures up many emotions for me, of high school and what I'd rather high school have been, and speaks to me like something I would have created myself-- had I enough talent and drive to do so. It's fitting that Rian Johnson was able to shoot the picture at his old high school. Johnson has been quoted as saying that he recommends everyone go back and shoot a film at their old school, and the idea of this is quite interesting. I'm not sure what it actually lends to the audience in terms of viewing experience, but I'm sure it only added to Johnson's fire and determination during the lensing process, and that likely lends itself to a much more interesting film overall.
I can't end this write up without mentioning the music provided by Nathan Johnson. The musical score is sweet sorrow and quite simple, but so haunting and perfect that it deserves a spot on your iPod to listen to when the mood strikes.


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iTouch Plus Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Touchscreen couples zero-bezel design with multi-touch functionality. iTouch Plus technology has passed the Microsoft Windows 7 Multi-touch additional qualification (AQ) testing requirements. It is the result of optimizing a trusted technology – SAW - to enhance industrial design, touch performance and reliability, ease of touchscreen system integration, and bill of material cost. The iTouch zero-bezel SAW offers the ability to realize a seamless, flat, frameless design that can be coupled with customization capabilities where logos, clear icons and other enhancements can be added during the design cycle. Industrial designers are no longer limited by a bezel or frames that are inherent in other touch technologies such as camera or optical touch.
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