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In a group course, you learn with like-minded students and benefit from particularly dynamic learning situations with a maximum of six participants. Your language trainer encourages active speaking, and teaches content and grammar on the basis of lively, realistic dialogues.
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You can book group lessons for English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and over 30 other languages at all levels. We consider your specific requirements in the selection of the ideal course material, and are happy to offer you additional supplementary materials beyond the standard package at your Berlitz Center.
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The women's lacrosse team coach who was killed in a bus crash on the Pennsylvania turnpike on Saturday was a Baltimore native.
Kristina Quigley, 30, was one of two people who died in the accident after a tour bus carrying the Seton Hill Women's lacrosse team to a game went off the Turnpike in Cumberland County and crashed into a tree. The driver of the bus, Anthony Gueaetta, 61, was also killed in the accident. Quigley, along with two injured passengers were flown by helicopter to Penn State Hershey Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Danielle Ran said. Quigley later died from her injuries.
Quigley was the coach of the team and was six months pregnant. Her unborn baby boy did not survive. Officials said all other passengers were taken to hospitals as a precaution. Four of the players on the team are from Maryland, according to the team website.
Quigley is survived by her husband, Glenn Quigley and her son, Gavin. According to the University, Quigley had just begun her second season with the Seton Hill women's lacrosse team after leading them to 11 victories in her first season. Quigley, a Baltimore, Maryland native, came to Seton Hill most recently from Erskine College in Due West, S.C., where she started the NCAA Division II program. Prior to that post, Quigley worked as the assistant lacrosse coach at Duquesne University, her alma mater.
The bus, which was carrying 23 players and three coaches, came to a stop upright on the side of the road with part of its left side shorn off, photos from the scene showed, though it's unclear whether that was from the impact or rescue operation.
The bus operator, Mlaker Charter & Tours, of Davidsville, Pa., sent investigators to the scene, company dispatcher Kelly Hay said. The company had no information yet from the investigators and could not comment, she said.
The company is up to date on its inspections, which include bus and driver safety checks, said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for the state Public Utility Commission, which regulates bus companies.
The agency's motor safety inspectors could think of no accidents or violations involving the company that would raise a red flag, she said, though complete safety records were not available Saturday
State environmental officials were also sent to the scene because of a diesel fuel spill from the bus.
Seton Hill is a Catholic school of about 2,500 students near Pittsburgh. The team was to play Saturday afternoon at Millersville University, about 50 miles from the crash site in central Pennsylvania.
The school will offer a memorial Mass for Quigley and pray for Gueaetta along with everyone who was injured in the accident. The Mass will take place on Sunday at 7 p.m. in Saint Joseph Chapel on the University's campus.
Seton Hill says it used texts, emails, and phone calls to notify students about the crash. School officials say counseling service will be provided for students and teachers. Students can call the Office of Student Life (724-838-4242 ), Campus Ministry and the University's Director of Campus Ministry (724-830-1075 ), the Counseling Center (724-838-4295 ) and the Seton Hill Center for Family Therapy (724-552-0339 ).
Last month, a bus carrying 42 high school students from the Philadelphia area and their chaperones slammed into an overpass in Boston, injuring 35. Authorities said the driver had directed the bus onto a road with a height limit.

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• Miami is a very talented team. They can rush the passer. We have to execute our game plan.
• The Dolphins corners are physical. And confident.
• The Bills offensive line has done a great job of creating holes. LeSean McCoy makes people miss.
• Tyrod feele he has managed the team in dealing with injuries. The team has found a way to win. Managed the coordinator change. Managed the game and found ways to help the team win games.
• I want to be here. I want to be the guy that brings this team back to the playoffs. I want to be the guy long-term. I want to put it on the field every game. It's good to have everybody back.
• The guys are fighting for each other. We are fighting for our coach. We love Rex (Ryan). He loves us. We're not a split locker room. We are more together.
What Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan said about Miami Dolphins Tuesday
Byron Maxwell, Jelani Jenkins work on side at Tuesday Miami Dolphins practice
Christian McCaffrey skips bowl, Miami Dolphins S Michael Thomas supportive
The tape don't lie: Miami Dolphins at New York Jets, a review
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The sellers of our house gave us this picture to point out us the work that they've done to replace the living room and hearth. Eradicating the bookshelf and tiling over the fireside gave the room a more open and trendy look. No matter the place your fire is positioned, nothing warms your property's cockles more than a crackling fireplace burning in a beautifully designed point of interest fireplace.
For this you'll both have to take away all the previous materials (reminiscent of stone or bricks), go directly over the brick (as long as it's flat) otherwise you'll wish to build a wooden body around it to attach your drywall to it. This is one of the dearer ways to transform a fire, but it's also top-of-the-line in the event you wish to totally remodel it. Drywall also means that you can then create your individual style and decorative contact.
To debate fire transformations as part of your whole-home redesign, call Hatfield Builders & Remodelers at 213-278-6261 or contact us on-line now ! I hoped that paint would be enough for me to perk up the fireside design, however no luck. Removed the fireplace hearth, boxed within the prime of the fireside with drywall, tiled over brick with travertine tiles and added travertine to the ground in entrance of the fireplace.
If you feel that your wooden-burning fire requires an excessive amount of upkeep, contemplate replacing it with a gasoline burning fireplace. There are plenty of remodeling tasks in your fireplace that may be easily be completed by the do-it-your self home-owner and at numerous budgets.
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Spring is a time for renewal and there's no better way to renew yourself than by sprucing up your surroundings. Although I love fuschia accessories and floral decorations for the home this Spring, there's no hotter color trend this year than tangerine.
Absolutely everything looks great in tangerine. I love this color in clothing and makeup, I won't lie, but it looks even better as a pillow spread out on my espresso-colored couch. Whatever you're looking for, tangerine home accessories are something to truly love right now.
Read more ¿Qué más? 8 Spring floral accessories to brighten up your home.
1. Skyline Furniture Cube Chair with Canary Tangerine Style: This eye-catching decoration for your living room would be a great addition in any home. Available on Wayfair.com, $344.
2. Tangerine Dip Bowls: Throw a very pretty gathering with these party-ready bowls, perfect for your salsa, guacamole and queso dips. Available on Target.com, $12.
3. Chloe Gauze Curtain in Tangerine: Shine a light through your decorated window with these sheer curtains that will give a soft glow to any room. Available on UrbanOutfitters.com, $20.
4. Wise Ol' Owl Canister: Where do you want to store those dulce de leche cookies you just made? Put them in this gorgeous kitchen canister that will always make you smile. Available on Anthropologie.com, $128.
5. Reims Tangerine Storage Ottoman: A perfect accessory for your family room, this ottoman will hold anything you need it to—movies, throws and anything else. Available on Overstock.com, $150.
6. Tangerine Watering Can: There's a right way to decorate your garden and it starts with this brightly-colored watering can that's perfect for your plants. Available on CrateandBarrel.com, $30.
7. Brinkley Tangerine Pillow: This solid-colored pillow is soft but made out of durable cotton, so it's an easy way to upgrade your couch or bed. Available on CrateanBarrel.com, $25.
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Joomla! and FileMaker Integration
As a fully fledged web development business in addition to our certified FileMaker developer core there's nothing more we like than merging the 2 together. And that's exactly what we did in a recent project.
As web developers we take advantage of a fantastic array of open source professional grade software for our web projects. Stuff like Wordpress, Joomla! or Drupal to name a just a few.
And it's when we start integrating these great web apps with FileMaker that we can start to provide unbelievable web front end functionality married to the flexible desktop environment that FileMaker providers - AND - at a price unthinkable (as in low!) even just a few years ago
Our latest project of this nature involved a Joomla and FileMaker Integration.
On the front end was a Joomla deployment, styled to look exactly like our client's current web site and installed in to that was an out-of-the-box form system (paid for) Joomla! extension that pumped live data into the local website MySQL database.
We then hooked in FileMaker using it's awesome ESS functionality and in a few hours the 2 independent systems were singing beautifully together.
For me, it's all about harnessing the right technologies. Yes, you could have built the same web app using the FM PHP API - and it wouldn't have been that tricky to do, or you could have built the form from scratch in HTML and PHP and connected in the MySQL database in he same way. But either method would have involved a huge amount of time consuming manual coding for even the most simplest of web-type things - things like field validation or adding captcha code to the submit.
Instead we used existing technologies that allowed us to build a highly functional fully featured form system at a fraction of the price that hard coding would have cost. Nice.
FileMaker and Joomla is a great combo, highly recommended!


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East, Lincoln Prep to settle the IL
By Toriano Porter PrepsKC Staff Writer
All season long, coaches at East and Lincoln Prep have spoken on building a reputation outside of the Interscholastic League.
Two-time defending IL champion Lincoln Prep (4-4 overall, 2-0 in the IL) and upstart East (4-4, 4-0) will square off tonight for the league title, but coaches od each team want more than league-wide respect.
Such is the quest for respectability, Lincoln scheduled of out-of-league foes such as undefeated Hogan Prep (7-0), Oak Grove (6-2), undefeated Center (8-0), University Academy (3-4) and Kansas 5A power St. James (6-0).
The Blue Tigers defeated University Academy and Pembroke Hill (3-5) in out-of-league play, while knocking off Kansas City Central (1-6, 1-2) and Northeast (1-7, 1-3) in league play.
"There is nobody that we are going to see (tonight) and when the playoffs start that is better than Oak Grove or Center," Lincoln head coach Henry Newell said. "Saint James is probably the best of them all."
The Blue Tigers have only played two games in the six-team IL. In addition to a season-opening bye due to Southwest Early College Campus' restriction to play due to a lack of players with enough practices, Lincoln purposely played more outside teams.
"Part of that is us wanting to play good people," Newell said. "If you don't play good people you won't get any better."
As for the disparity of three league games to five for East, Newell said the bottom line to a league title is a win tonight.
"If we beat them, it ain't gonna matter," he said.
For East, the Bears have ended a two-year struggle with a surprisingly undefeated start to league play.
The Bears haven't faced the out-of-league slate the Blue Tigers have faced, but they did have Hogan, West Platte (3-5), Schlagle (4-2) and Van Horn (4-4) on the schedule.
They've handled African Centered College Prep (1-6, 0-3), Central, Southwest (2-5, 1-1) and Northeast in IL play.
A win tonight for the Bears will displace Lincoln as the league's reigning champion.
"Everybody wants to talk about winning the IL (championship) and all of that, but I want to win a district (title)," Bears head coach Greg Smith said. "The only way the IL gets respect is if you beat teams outside of the league."
In other IL news, Northeast and Southwest will tangle Saturday to end the regular season on a positive note.
Northeast is on a seven-game losing streak, an obvious trend they hope to break heading into district play next week.
"It's the last chance for our seniors to get a win against a league opponent," Vikings head coach Kevin Bair said. "We need to make sure we're ready for 48 minutes of football."
The Indians will try to stop a three-game slide after a 2-2 start to the season.
"We have not played a complete game all season," head coach Roger Franks said. "As I stated early in the season, this is a very talented group, but talent that is not trained, committed, and discipline, will become raw material. That's where we are headed if we don't get it together.
"We only have two weeks to do it."
ACCP and Central will play Friday to end their league slates.
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UNIX is an operating system that embraces a multi-user environment. It was developed on a number of platforms. However, UNIX is not so much of a single, unified system, but more of a benchmark upon which organizations build their foundation. It is also an "open Source" application, which means that you can get it at a nominal cost or at no cost. One way of getting it is by downloading it from the Internet. The popularity of UNIX has largely been driven by the increasing prominence of other operating systems which have an element of UNIX in their make up, something almost all OS's have, with the exception of Microsoft Windows. Some of the platforms that are based on UNIX system include FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Fedora Linux, Debian Linux and Sun Solaris among others. Here's how to download some of these operating systems:
Downloading FreeBSD UNIX
This is an operating system that is a derivative of BSD. It was developed at UCLA, Berkeley and is mainly for x86 compatible (which also embraces Pentium and Athlon), amd64 compatible, Alpha/AXP, IA-64, PC-98 and Ultras ARC architecture. You can download this operating system by copying and pasting this link to your browser: Freebsd.org
Downloading OpenBSD UNIX
This system offers a free, multi-platform operating system that is 4.4BSD based. Correctness, portability, proactive security, standardization and integrated cryptography are some of the cross-cutting themes that underpin the system. OpenBSD also sustains binary emulation of systems like SVR4 Solaris, Linux, and Sun OS among others. You can easily download OpenBSD from the Internet by going to Openbsd.org and choosing your preferences.
Downloading Solaris UNIX
Sun's Solaris Operating System is considered by many as one of the top UNIX environment-based systems with a little over 600 features for the latest release, the Solaris 10 OS. Many Open Source disciples will be pleased to know that many applications are ready to run on Solaris platform and this saves time which would have been taken up by deployment. This amazing software can be downloaded from Sun.com
Downloading Fedora Linux
This is a system developed by Redhat which aims to develop a complete, general purpose operating system that is all done in a public platform. This system can be downloaded on Fedoraproject.org
Downloading Debian Linux
This is a free operating system that uses Linux Kernel (which is the core of the OS) but most of it's tools are from the GNU project, which is why it is also called Debian GNU/Linux. This OS comes with 8710 packages which are precompiled to facilitate easy installation. Debian Linux can be downloaded on this site: Debian.org
Downloading Ubuntu License
Ubuntu is a community-based open source operating system that can be used on desktops, notebooks and servers as well. It can be downloaded for free, and depending upon where you are located , you can apply for a copy of this free software to be shipped to you by Canonical, the company behind the project. You can also download Ubuntu by going to this site: Ubuntu.com


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- LizLemon
- 5 years ago
- Wedding: October 2012
I am of an ethnic background with a higher-than-average possibilty of passing on Tay-Sachs/cystic fibrosis and was wondering if anyone else did genetic testing before TTC. What was your experience?
I am of an ethnic background with a higher-than-average possibilty of passing on Tay-Sachs/cystic fibrosis and was wondering if anyone else did genetic testing before TTC. What was your experience?
I DID!!! We have a history of fragile x in our family so I got tested by myself – and I am not a carrier (luck of the draw) – I am a carrier for something else super rare though, so we are currently having my Fiance tested for that right now.
It was so informative and I really thought the process was very easy and low stress. I requested the testing through my doctor and we used Counsyl – who I highly reccomend. A genetic counselor calls you to go over your results after they come back and she was so great and answered all of my questions.
We did it! I'm Jewish, so we did the Jewish Panel (sounds like you might need the same one). I actually thought that I had done it years before TTC, but it turns out that my regular Dr ordered a bunch of random tests and charged me a boatload, but it wasn't actually the genetic screening I needed.
When I got pregnant, my OB asked if I had done the testing, and I had my regular Dr send over the results. That's when we realized that I needed to get it redone.
I did mine first because if I was negative for everything, Darling Husband wouldn't need to do one. Turns out I'm a carrier for Gaucher disease. So Darling Husband was tested for that alone, and he was negative, so we're all good.
It was a stressful wait, but I'm glad we did it. If our baby was at risk for carrying something, I would want to know as early as possible to become educated and prepared for when we had him.
LizLemon: i wasn't originally. i got all the information from my obgyn. then i discussed it with Darling Husband and we decided we didn't need the added stress (and I knew I am not a carrier of Tay-Sachs)
but then we didn't get pregnant right away and after 8 cycles, i went to the RE who suggested testing to make sure if we need help, we have a perfect baby. so i had the ashkenazi and general panel done and everything came back negative.
it cost $99.
Thanks guys. I go for my annual next week and wanted to talk to my gyno about it as this may be the last appointment I have before we TTC. I'm 100% Cajun, Darling Husband is a mutt of Hispanic and good-ole American Heinz 57 background. I think we should be ok, but I want to be extra careful.
We did but only because we had 3 consecutive miscarriages including one at 20 weeks. All was normal thank god but i was really worried we wouldnt be compatible or that one of us had something wrong with them
Yes! I did the carrier screening through my OBGYN. I was checking for muscular dystrophy because it runs in my family. The screening checked to see if I could be a carrier for over 150 genetic conditions. When the results came back they gave me a packet of the results to show me the chance of me being a carrier of each of those diseases/conditions. I found out the chances are VERY slim that I will pass along the gene for muscular dystrophy, but it did find that I have a gene mutation (MTHFR) that makes me deficient in follic acid. My body does not convert folic acid into the chemical that my body need to use it. They prescribed me a prenatal that gives me folic acid in the product form that my body can absorb and use. It was $99, but totally worth it to me! Now I can absorb folic acid! Which is HUGE when TTC and carrying a baby.
My OB suggested genetic testing for Fragile X. It didn't cost me a penny and brought me peace of mind.
I had genetic testing done after a year of TTC with no luck, first the general Ashkenazi panel, and then later the specific test for Fragile X. Ours was covered 100% by insurance so it was a no brainer for us. I would definitely get it done, just for peace of mind.
Unfortunately for us, it turns out that I am a carrier for Fragile X, passed down the male line (insanely rare) with no family history of Fragile X, Autism or any other developmental disorder. So now I know that I have a 50% chance of passing on the full mutation, and that explains my infertility. Darling Husband had more specific genetic testing done for his Y chromosome and it turns out he has am infertility related mutation too. Can't catch a break :/
This is going to probably sound like a really dumb question but… where does one go to get genetic testing? I am highly interested in getting it done before my husband and I start TTC.
I just requested the Counsyl test through my regular doctor/obgyn. Actually, you can request the test without even going in to your doctor if your doctor knows you and what's going down. For my Fiance, we just requested the test through the counsyl website, his doctor approved it, and they shipped it to the house. He didn't even have to go IN to the doctor.
I recently found out that cystic fibrosis runs on my maternal side of the family. So, before we TTC, I will get a genetic test done to see if I am a carrier. Since both parents have to carry the gene to pass on CF, if my test comes back negative, I don't think we have to bother testing Darling Husband. But if I am a carrier, then we have to get him tested as well. Although he doesn't think CF runs in his family.
I was thinking of getting a full genetic screen done ($199 here) just out of curiousity. Like mlb032488: discovered, you never know what your genes are hiding!
I was tested for BRCA1 & 2 gene mutuations. Both my mother and maternal grandfather tested positive for BRCA 2 during their breast cancer treatments (they're both suriviors). I didn't have to pay for the test ($600) as a participant in the genetic study. Now that I know I'm not a carrier we plan on using my eggs during our future IVF attempts.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Investigators from the F.B.I. continued Friday to question five Muslim American men who were arrested in Pakistan earlier this week, but it remained unclear whether the men would be deported to the United States, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.
"It all depends on the investigations, and things will be clear in a day or two," said the spokesman, Rashid Mazari.
Officials say the men, from the suburbs of Washington, were en route to North Waziristan for training with the Taliban and al Qaeda to fight American troops in Afghanistan. The police arrested them on Wednesday in Sargodha, a major city in Punjab Province that has become a growing center of militancy.
The F.B.I. said in a statement on Thursday that it wanted the men returned to the United States. The five have not been charged under Pakistani law and it is not clear what they would be charged with in the United States, American officials said.
The minister of law in Punjab, Rana Sanaullah, said Friday the Pakistani authorities wanted to complete their investigation into the links between Pakistani extremist groups and the Americans before granting extradition.Continue reading the main story
The young men had told investigators they planned to meet near the border between Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, with a person who would then take them to their destination in the tribal areas where the Taliban and al Qaeda are based, Mr. Sanaullah said.
He added that it was important for the Pakistanis to understand which militant groups the young men were in touch with before letting them return to the United States. A United States consular officer was scheduled to see the men on Friday, an American Embassy spokesman said, and they would be asked if they wanted a lawyer to represent them.
The questioning by the American investigators of the five men, aged from their late teens to mid twenties, started early Friday as each of the men was called separately into a room at the Sargodha police headquarters, a local police official said. The senior Pakistani police officials from the city were killing time outside the headquarters building as the Americans conducted their investigation, the local police official said.
On Friday, the Pakistani police also released photographs taken of the men at the police station. According to the police, three are of Pakistani origin, one is of Ethiopian descent and another is of Eritrean background.
The Pakistani police said all five were American citizens, but the American Embassy official said one of the five did not hold an American passport.
The police said Khalid Farooq, the father of Umer, one of the young men, had been arrested and was also being questioned Friday on the grounds that he knew the young men were wanted by the F.B.I. but had not reported their whereabouts.
Mr. Farooq and his wife, who run a computer business in northern Virginia, were in Sargodha when the young men turned up there after landing in Karachi on Nov. 20, police said. Mr. Farooq immigrated to the United States 20 years ago and is an American citizen, the American embassy said. Whether the men acted on a lark or were recruited as part of a larger militant outfit, the case has renewed concerns that American citizens, some with ethnic ties to Pakistan and other Muslim countries, are increasingly at the center of terrorist plots against the United States and other nations.
The youths, from Virginia, may end up being at least the fourth case prosecuted this year in which Muslim Americans traveled to Pakistan to link up with what remains a sprawling network of militant groups in the country.
Earlier this week, an American citizen of Pakistani background, David Coleman Headley, was charged in Chicago with helping plot the 2008 rampage in Mumbai, India, that killed more than 160 people.
In September, F.B.I. agents and police detectives arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Denver airport shuttle bus driver and former coffee-cart vendor, who prosecutors say had traveled to Pakistan for explosives training with two friends from New York. In January, Bryant Neal Vinas, a convert to Islam with family roots in South America, pleaded guilty to receiving training from Al Qaeda after traveling to Pakistan in 2008.
The five men in the current group all said on their visa applications that they were going to a wedding in Karachi, and all five gave the same address in Karachi for their stay in Pakistan, a Pakistani official said.
Their militant contact booked them into a hotel in Lahore, the official said. But once they got there, their contact went to ground and they were stranded.
They then went to Sargodha, home to the central command of Pakistan's air force, and a city known as a center for anti-India militant groups.
The men were arrested at a four-room home in a government housing complex belonging to an uncle of the eldest of the group, Umer Farooq, 25, according to Chief Anwar.
"We had tips from local people and work of field officers that some foreigners were residing in some area of the city," the chief said. "We watched them for a day or so and then arrested them."
Mr. Farooq's parents were staying at the house at the time, and his father, Khalid, was arrested as well. The police chief said the elder Mr. Farooq knew that his son and the other men were being hunted by the F.B.I., but had failed to inform the authorities of their presence.
Umer Farooq's mother, Sabria Farooq, who was wearing a traditional chador, was interviewed Thursday at the house. She said she and her husband emigrated to the United States 20 years ago from Sargodha and returned in September to start a computer business, similar to the one they have in the Virginia suburbs close to Washington.
The five men seemed to have plenty of money, according to the police. Mrs. Farooq said one of the men, Waqar Khan, had brought $25,000 from the United States for the trip. In Karachi, the men stayed in a "good local hotel" before moving to Hyderabad, Pakistan, to make contact with a religious school, the police said.
The police identified the others arrested in Sargodha as Ramy Zamzam, 22, a dental student of Egyptian background at Howard University, who was described as a sort of "ringleader"; Ahmed Abdullah Minni, 20, born in Eritrea; and Aman Hassan Yemer, 18, a native Ethiopian. Mr. Khan is of Pakistani background and was reported to have family connections in Karachi. The spellings of the men's names in various documents and provided by various officials have varied.
The five men bonded together in the jihadi cause, watching jihadist video clips on YouTube that showed attacks by the Taliban on allied forces in Afghanistan, he said. The group also maintained a common e-mail address, Chief Anwar said, employing a technique widely used among militants.
Before they left the United States, the men appeared to have come to the attention of an Islamic militant, identified as Saifullah, through their YouTube activities, the police chief said. Saifullah, who has links to Al Qaeda, traced their e-mail addresses through YouTube, Chief Anwar said.
After establishing the Internet connection with the militant, the men planned their journey to Pakistan and into North Waziristan, where they intended to train near Miram Shah, a headquarters of the Afghan Taliban, the police said.
The men were carrying laptops and maps of Miram Shah, and also of Kohat and Hangu, two major towns in the North-West Frontier Province that serve as the gateway to the tribal areas, the police said.
Sargodha is increasingly well traveled by Pakistani militants from Punjab who head to the Waziristan region for training in explosives and weapons conducted by Taliban and Qaeda operatives.
In the past six months, 24 militants have been arrested in Sargodha, all with ties to the Taliban and Waziristan, the police said recently. "They want to hit America," said one investigator, who requested anonymity while discussing security matters. "They were highly emotionally motivated."Continue reading the main story


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These books cover a broad range of types of foraging. Those foraging books that specialise on seashore and mushrooms are listed on other pages.
If you would like to buy any of the below books, click on the cover photo or order button and you will be taken to The Book Depository website where you can see the current price and place your order. The Book Depository is the world's leading specialist online bookstore. They offer over 12 million titles, at unbeatable prices with free delivery worldwide to over 100 countries.
Wild Food : A Complete Guide for Foragers – Roger Phillips
Wild food is all around us, growing in our hedgerows and fields, along river banks and seashores, even on inhospitable moorland. In this definitive book, hundreds of these plants are clearly identified, with colour photography and a detailed description. Roger Phillips also gives us fascinating information on how our ancestors would have used the plant as well as including over 100 more modern recipes for delicious food and drinks. From berries, herbs and mushrooms to wild vegetables, salad leaves, seaweed and even bark, this book will inspire you to start cooking with nature's free bounty. "I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It inspired me then and it inspires me now" Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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A Cook on the Wild Side – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
A cook-book which incorporates a tour of the British countryside in search of wild ingredients. The book presents all the recipes from both of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's television series of the same name, as well as new recipes. Guidance is included on where to find the ingredients. Includes chapters on spring greens, meat, fish, seashore, berries / fruit / nuts, drinks, mushrooms.
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Edible Wild Plants & Herbs : A Compendium of Recipes and Remedies – Pamela Michael
This is the perfect companion guide for every budding forager. Exquisitely illustrated with full-colour paintings of all the plants and herbs in the book, ranging from dandelion and sorrel to sea beet and samphire, "Edible Wild Plants and Herbs" is both a cookbook and field guide to the identification and use of foodstuffs from the wild. There are almost 400 recipes covering nearly 100 different plant varieties and the illustrations, drawn from life by one of the country's leading botanical artists, show the edible parts of the plants at their peak time for picking. In addition, there is a calendar indicating what plants to look for at each season of the year, information on where the plants are found and how to identify them. In the past, the home kitchen provided a family with all its medicines and cosmetics as well as its food, wine, pickles and preserves. Our ancestors were resourceful and imaginative and very much in tune with nature; this book recaptures their harmonious, sustainable way of life by setting down for the modern reader all that knowledge and lore.There are recipes for soups, sauces, main dishes, salads, pickles, jams, sorbets, as well as teas, syrups and lotions.
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Food for Free – Richard Mabey
The classic foraging guide to over 200 types of food that can be gathered and picked in the wild, Food for Free returns in its 40th year as a sumptuous, beautifully illustrated and fully updated anniversary edition. Originally published in 1972, Richard Mabey's classic foraging guide has never been out of print since. Food for Free is a complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artwork, field identification notes and recipes. In this stunning 40th anniversary edition, Richard Mabey's fully-revised text is accompanied by photographs, new recipes and a wealth of practical information on identifying, collecting, cooking and preparing, history and folklore. Informatively written, beautifully illustrated and produced in a new, larger format, Food for Free will inspire us to be more self-sufficient and make use of the natural resources around us to enhance our lives.
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Hedgerow – John Wright
Hedgerows, moors, meadows and woods – these hold a veritable feast for the forager. In this handbook, John Wright reveals the free and delicious ingredients to be found in the British countryside, and then how to prepare and cook them. After an introduction to conservation, safety, the law, and all the equipment that you may need, he guides us through the tasty edible species to be found covering identification, conservation status, habitat, distribution, season, taste, texture and cooking methods. Finally, there are 30 tempting recipes.
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Wildcook – ceps, shrubs & rock 'n' roll – Garry Eveleigh
This is not just a foraging field guide but also a great cookery book with lots of wonderful recipes for your foraged ingredients. Garry has concentrated on a selection of his favourites, highlighting what to look for on beaches and foreshores, hedgerows, fields and forests, giving the reader detailed information on where ingredients are found, how to identify them safely, with helpful picking tips and suggestions for their uses. James Golding, a leading chef, has provided the mouth-watering recipes.
Take a look at the accompanying web site to have a peek at the photos and recipes. A friend bought 10 copies for Christmas presents!
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Foraging for Health: Hedgerow Plants and Fruits Paperback – Georgina Starmer
Are you interested in the idea of foraging, but are not sure how to start? Or have you been wondering what you can actually cook with the wild foods you have gathered? Imagine being able to recognise wild foods, and enrich your diet for free! What if you knew the medicinal benefits of the plants around you, and were able to make healing remedies instead of relying on synthetic medications? With that knowledge in mind, taking an outdoor stroll would take on a whole new significance and meaning.For some, foraging can seem scary. But once you take the opportunity to learn about the wonders of plants, you open up a whole new world that brings many benefits to your health and well-being. Most of the plants in this book are native to the UK, and can be found growing across Europe, North America and other temperate climates. It's time to reconnect with the magic of everyday plants to benefit or health and well-being, and widen our connection with seasonal food. Let's see these plants for what they really are… Herbal Heroes!
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Booze – John Wright
Booze is divided up by alcohol type, from beer, cider and wine to herbal spirits and fruit liqueurs. A good number of recipes include foraged ingredients. While most of these are from the hedgerow, there are also some seashore ingredients. With an introduction from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and full-colour photographs as well as illustrations, Booze is a home-brewer's book with a kick.
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Booze for Free Hardback – Andy Hamilton
Home brewing and wine-making is fun, easy and hugely satisfying. If you garden or forage, can follow a recipe or make jam, and you enjoy a drink, this is the book for you. Andy's no-nonsense, easy-to-follow guide will enable the beginner and inspire the expert with over 100 recipes including beer made from hops and but also yarrow, mugwort, elder and other foraged plants, great tasting wines from fruit, vegetables and the hedgerows, cider and perry from apples and pears, cordials from the leaves of a range of trees, and teas and fizzy drinks from herbs and wayside flowers. - Discover the secret language of home brewing and drinks making. - Make cheap, wholesome drinks, to your preferred taste and strength. in little time, with minimum fuss and no need for expensive equipment. - Turn your garden into a drinkers' paradise. - Find where and how to forage for success. - Impress your friends with the weird, wonderful and just plain tasty. Try Carrot Whisky, Sloe and Damson Rum, Parsnip Sherry, Elderberry and Blackberry Wine, Pumpkin Beer, Broom Tonic, Meadowsweet tea as well as classics such as Elderflower champagne, sloe gin, prison brew...Cheers!
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Preserves – Pam Corbin
Preserving is a centuries-old way to make the most out of every season, stretching the more bountiful months into the sparser ones - and what's more, it is fun, rewarding and easy to learn. Explaining the history, science and basic processes of preserving, Pam Corbin guides us through a world of jams, jellies, butters, curds, pickles, chutneys, cordials, liqueurs, vinegars and sauces that can be made from local produce throughout the year. She includes 75 recipes, covering everything from traditional favourites such as raspberry jam, lemon curd, quince cheese and sloe gin, to fresh new combinations such as apple butter, cucumber pickle and nettle pesto. The handbook includes seasonable tables, regional maps, flow charts of all the preserving processes and full-colour photographs throughout, and is completed by a directory of equipment and useful addresses. With a textured hard cover and an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Preserves is a concise and inspiring guide to an age-old art for kitchen beginners and keen preservers alike.
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These excellent value, fold-out identification charts are produced by The Field Studies Council. They are waterproof and are great for adults, parents, teachers and children to use outdoors. If you would like to buy any of the below, click on the cover photo or order button and you will be taken to the publisher's website where you can see the current price and place your order.
Guide to foraging: top 25 edible plants – Field Studies Council
Foraging: what better way to enjoy the outdoors than to go and find your own food for free? This is an essential resource to take on a family walk or for Forest Schools. The guide covers the top 25 most common and tasty plants that can be found from just outside your front door. Beautiful colour illustrations by Lizzie Harper, as well as a detailed identification table, will give you confidence in identifying which species to eat.
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What to do in Oman in 3 days – A local's guide
Oman in the Middle East is one of the most naturally and culturally diverse countries. Still not very popular Middle Eastern destinations among the tourists, Oman is gradually making its mark on the world tourism map. There are a lot of different kinds of things to do in Oman. The country is home to a … Read moreWhat to do in Oman in 3 days – A local's guide


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Recently I was asked to implement a new feature for a service. Basically, a simple Circuit Breaker pattern to throttle users in case of abuse. The request was worded like this:
Now that technology is integrating so fully with our day-to-day lives, the concept of backing up data is more and more commonplace. People backup their phones with iCloud or Google Cloud. People use cloud file sharing services to have another copy of their pictures, documents, music and other personal data. Personal computer cloud backup services like Mozy and Carbonite are well-established brands. These trends are for very good reason—it's a fact that data loss isn't a matter of if, it's a matter of when. That's why in any conversation about data backups, it is often said that if data doesn't exist in at least two places, it may as well not exist. These solutions exist for that reason, and because the explosion of tech users over the last decade has coincided with an explosion in the need for backups.
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By now you've probably heard all about cryptocurrency or have even purchased some. I got really interested in the idea in early 2017 and have been keeping up with the feedback, trends, questions, and discussions ever since.
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It is always an adventure and somewhat overwhelming to step into the mind of an industry outside your own comfort level. But never the less, Springthrough's Kolt Ewing, Developer, and Kelsey Marr, Program Manager, ventured down to the Windy City to explore the world of NeoCon.
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A Little Bit of Basket Decor
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Love how that turned out! Adorable!ReplyDelete
Hi Cynthia. I have been scouring your blog and admiring your work. What an eye you have and a gift for making things lovely. I love your basket and if you have not yet found her, you might like to check out "the graphics fairy" she has many free transfers that remind me of the patch on your adorable basket. I am also a fellow Ontarian and noticed that you found CeCe Caldwell paint in St. Thomas. Can you tell me what store it was at? We are building and I have found a king sized ornate canopy bed that I would like to take from the reddish stain to a shabby chic white distressed look. I think it would cost me a small fortune to have somebody refinish it so I will attempt to invest my small fortune of time and love into it with a bit of fear and trepidation, but it seems that CeCe is easiest to work with from all the reading I've been doing. I would appreciate any help you could give me in finding this paint. Thanks so much ~ MicheleReplyDelete
Sorry!! Just in case you need it my email is email@example.com. Thanks again:)ReplyDelete
I think painting it is an excellent idea~ReplyDelete
Stopped in from Southern Lovely's Show and Tell.
This is beautiful! I hope you share it at our link party this week! :)ReplyDelete
Turned out so much prettier! So feminine, very beautiful.ReplyDelete
Saw you sharing at Transformation Thursdays
Debbie :)
It's gorgeous!!! Love how it turned out. Hope you have a great weekend:)ReplyDelete
For the life of me, I cannot remember how I found your blog yesterday, but I am crazy about it! I checked out your Etsy shop, as well. I am a new fan =)ReplyDelete
I agree with you, it's super cute:)ReplyDelete
I love the script ribbon, did you make it?
Me too, I just checked you Etsy shop, it's a candy store for vintage, handmade loving girls like us!
I simply LOVE this basket!!! You are surely so creative : ) hugs...ReplyDelete


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Sony E3 Press Release
Live from E3
Sony's E3 press release was extremely rocky from constant mic and audio issues to the live stream being interrupted, its clear that someone on the E3 crew is getting fired. Add to that the President of Sony's American branch telling horrible "jokes" that fell flat and just added more shame to the situation.
Sony's press release was not so much a showcase of their games as it was a "screw you" to Xbox Owners as Sony's main point was the "Exclusive content" and the things people that do not own the PS4 will not get to experience. However They did give us some more incites into games we had already seen and/or have been looking forward to.
Farcry 4:
Previously we only got to see the Trailer, Sony gave us our first hands on game play look. We get to see some of the many weapons, vehicles and new animals, as well as the huge and beautiful rendered mountain landscapes. They also take the time to show us some of the Co-op options including a new feature for the PSN, allowing friends to join in on your game eve if they do not own a copy of the game.
This is a game I have been looking forward too. After Bungie left the Halo series they dedicated themselves to making a whole new open world Scifi game that you can play with up to two friends. It looks great, and everything I have read or seen up til now makes me want to see how far Bungie can make it. Though Sony made a big deal about how PS4 owners would get exclusive missions, weapons and maps.
The Order 1886:
The trailer for The Order looked very interesting, however it didn't really tell anything about the game. Though granted I do want to know more about it having watched the trailer.
Little Big Planet 3:
Sony showed off the third installment of the Sackboy saga, this time he returns with three new friends, and the comedy only gets better as the game demonstrators, demonstrate how not to play their game. I have never been a fan of LBP because it relies heavily on "user created content" which is code for "we are lazy and rely on you to make our games for us".
Not sure what to say about this one other than you have to watch it to believe it.
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Another retread in the inFamous series, this time; spoiler, you play a girl
ROckstar is bringing GTA 5 to the next gen consoles, which judging by there last gene console release is going to be a exercise in controller snapping frustration. Though with the revamped graphics and extra kick of the new consoles it does look really pretty.
MGSV: The Phantom Pain:
Probably the number one game I am looking forward to next year is MGSV, I am a huge MGS fan. I have played the crap out of the MGS GZ, demo, and a itching for more. The trailer looks awesome but raises more questions than it answers, and shows no game play but it is only day 1 of E3 so maybe we will see more in the days to come.
The trailer for arkham knight shows off some great use of the new batmobile or maybe the new Bat-tank would be more apt description. We also get to see the city rendered beautiful, at night. Due to E3's poor camera work we miss most of the improtant part of the trailer, but we do get to see Scarecrow who looks awesome, considering how badly he got messed up in Arkham asylum.
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Hi Everyone,
This is the third and final mod of the season for me. I am currently waiting for my philips ambx to arrive for my "AIO AL" (a.k.a. "Nameless" mod also posted on here) and to get my hands dirty on finishing the remake of the horns and other details on "Diabolo" (also posted on here). All three will be on show at the MLP event in Murcia, Spain from the 6th to the 11th of December.
Fallout Cause SP (Slim & Passive) is the succesor to my fav mod of my own creation "Fallout Cause", it was just a paintjob yet it was before I got in to making worklogs and I´ve learnt so much since then that I want to do something new in the same style as FC was.
About the conditions, maybe some of you remember my previous "Mod in a Week" project (a.k.a. Acid Burn), the conditions are the same, Start to Finish happens within a week, starting to day, Saturday 26-11-11 so it will be finished by Saturday the 3rd of December as the latest.
All products needed have to be bought/ordered and received within this period. This of course puts limitations on what I can use but that´s also part of the fun in this kind of project.
I chose to start today as the products from the sponsors for this project arrived.
Informatica Outlets is simply the must go to website in Spain for great deals on hardware and all needed components to build a PC. So thank you very much Informaticaoutlets.com for your sponsorship on this project!
The products sponsored for this project are:
B-Move Slim II M-ATX low profile case
Intel Celeron Dual Core E3400
ASUS EN210 GeForce
Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT Motherboard
Other products sponsored include a memory card reader for the case, a 250gb seagate barracuda sata2 hard drive and an LG CD/DVD rewriter.
As the name of the project suggests, I am aiming for making the whole computer passive, i.e. no fans, which is why I´ve gone for the ASUS 210 low profile silent GPU, and the celeron intel cpu, as it´s a low end basic cpu, it should be the easiest socket 775 cpu to cool without fans, just a heatsink and decent thermal paste. Other products I´ve acquired today for this project are:
Thermaltake Mini-Typhoon CPU Cooler
2x2Gb Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz (I know this mobo supports up to 1333 but its fine, it will help keep the ram cool to underclock it plus I got a simply great deal on them).
[B]Let´s start then.[/B]
[B]1st Day – [/B][I][U][B]Saturday 26-11-2011[/B][/U][/I]
So I´ve done a quick bench-test to make sure all the hardware is working fine and in deed, no problems whatsoever.
Because the B-Move Slim II is a low profile m-atx case I pressume meant for an HTPC, most aftermarket heatsinks will not fit, but I can´t use the stock intel heatsink because it´s cooling power is virtually non-existant without a fan. So I´ve gone for the thermaltake mini-typhoon as I got a great deal on it and it has a decent copper surface that should keep the cpu cool enough without a fan. So I mounted it with Noctua NX-1 thermalpaste, and went on to do some temp testing without a mounted fan. On idle I get 54c, on stress testing, it doesn´t go over 76c now, this are high temps for such a cpu, but remember it´s being passive cooled and the temps are within safe boundaries so I can check that off the list.
Again because the case is low profile, the cooler will not fit even without a fan, I knew this, hell, I wanted this to happen so I could cut a hole on the side of the case to expose the copper which will add to the final look, if any of you have seen my original Fallout Cause, you´ll know exactly what I mean : )
So, 1st, let´s cut the hole:
Now to test it on the case:
Very nice fit! next issue, the cpu cooler´s mounting possition means that the ram doesn´t fit because of it´s cooler, thing is, I like the cooler and rather not have to shave the trimmings off, so, did some measurements, and it would seem cutting off one of the cpu cooler´s pipes is the way to go, so that´s what I did:
Now for mounting tests:
Now as you can see it fits fine but its in contact with the ram stick by very little, my question is, would this affect anything in any way? would it transfer heat to the ram heatsink or the other way round? Should I trim the ram heatsink?
That´s it for today, tomorrow I prep further modification to the case, I am planning on openings and signs of aging and damage caused by rust and the extreme conditions of a fallout post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Thanks for reading! : )
[B]2nd Day – [/B][B][I][U]Sunday 27-11-11[/U][/I][/B]
Today is destruction day, I will make all the destroyed sections of the case to give it that fallout rusted out/cannon´d out look. When I get to the painting part I will aid this look by giving a rust look to all the edges and adding epoxy to simulate edges fusing togueter due to rust (i.e. the grills).
First thing however, is to trim that last lip of the memory module heatsink that´s driving me mad due to it being in contact with the cpu cooler, so here we go:
Much better, it´s barely noticeable and it is no longer in contact with the cpu heatsink.
Now it´s dremel time, I have to say I´m surprised at how thick and strong the metal is on this case, specially having in mind it´s a low end case so it´s mostly made out of scrap metal as they tend to do, I went through 2 heavy duty dremel discs in order to complete all the cutting. Once done I plied them backwards for two reasons, first, be it bullets, blunt tools or other, the impact would always be towards the case so it makes sense it´s pushed inwards, the second reason being to prevent sharp edges on the outside.
Here we go:
And that about does it, I though of adding more as certain parts of the case looked to "clean" if you know what I mean, but I can always add imperfections and artificial damages when doing the paintjob and it´s effects. I think my fav one is the chunk missing from the side that lets you look right in to the cpu heatsink.
Tomorrow I will add similar effects on a small scale to the front of the case obviously very carefully, don´t want to brake any of the hooks that attach it to the rest of the case.
But for today that´s it. Thank you for reading!
[B]3rd Day – [/B][B][I][U]Monday 28-11-11[/U][/I][/B][B] – Update 1[/B]
Last night while I was in bed I started thinking about the things I should do today and if I should paint the philips ambx that arrived yesterday evening for the AIO AL project or leave that till I finished this one this saturday. While having the AIO AL project in my mind I though, hmm I wander if I could add a screen to this project, I know I cant integrate it on the side because there´s no extra sheet of metal, pretty much the side is what the mobo is attached too. I know I can´t use fiberglass to attach it to it because while it would look decent, it wouldn´t have air breathing, and it would just overheat, not to mention adding heat to the sheet and therefore to the mobo and cpu, so that was a no go, figured I´d scrap that idea and I went to sleep. This morning however while I was looking at the screen and the case it bothered me because I really liked the concept of adding a screen but couldn´t find a way to do it, but I had some spare time so I figured I´d take the screen apart and see if an idea popped in to my head, as I removed the bezel and platform I clicked, mounts! it´s so obvious, why on earth didn´t I think of that before!
So I took some measurements, did some screen hw mounting within the tower checked cable lenghts, everything checks out. So started to process.
First thing, a straight cut wide enough to pass cables through and use them as a grip for the mounting:
Now it was time to make the hole big enough for the bolt to go through, so figured I´d use the dremel to make a small starting hole, took forever to go through that, I hadn´t realised just how thick that sheet of metal was. Once done I took a drill, with the right drillbit on started, took me about 40 minutes to do both holes, mainly because I didn´t want to press to hard so not to go spoil the drillbit, eventually got there and installed the first mount:
added some washers and tightened it up:
Now the second one and a test mount:
Feels quite solid, I think I will add some feet on the opposite side so no stress is on the screwed in side, so I will look for some later on.
Now for a proper test mount of the screen´s psu and chipset:
And it fits perfectly:
That´s it for now, I will post a second update later today.
Thanks for reading!
[B]3rd Day – [/B][B][I][U]Monday 28-11-11[/U][/I][/B][B] – Update 2[/B]
Gave everything a final sand down, cleaned it up and gave it a coat of primer:
For some reason the image of the primed front part of the case was corrupted but eh, nothing important.
After waiting drying time I applied 2 coats of glossy black, now I have matt black but I used glossy in order to be able to sand it down so fragments will remain a bit shiny which will add further to that used and thrown about look.
For the devices mounting point since some will be seen through grills or holes I decided to try something new, I watered the paint down more than usual (added an extra part of water) in order to prevent it from being a solid color and included an acrilic brown compound normally used for plastic and metal surfaces that imitate wood (I guess you could call it an artificial wood barnish), I ended up quite liking it!
That´s it for today, tomorrow I will be going down to my local paint supplies shop to acquire the colors that I´ll be using and the rust effect compound.
Thanks for reading!
[B]4th Day – [/B][B][I][U]Tuesday 29-11-11[/U][/I][/B]
Today has been a bit slow, this is because I went to buy the yellow I wanted to use for this, and they didn´t have the exact one I wanted in the usual paint I use. So I bought the tone in a paint I´ve never used, it´s still acrilic and is completely fine and compatible with the primer and lacquer I use, it´s purely it´s water/paint/density rations that are different, no idea why. It has ups and downs, the up is that it´s much thicker than the paint I normally use, meaning two coats is enough for a solid color. The down is that it takes 4-5 times longer to dry, which is fine if you´re doing a solid colour, you just get it over with and leave it overnight to cure. But when you want to add other tones on top like I will be doing, it´s annoying because you waste a lot of time on it being ready for the next coat. But aniway doesn´t really matter. I covered the sections I dont want yellow and started painting.
First Coat:
Second and last yellow coat:
Have to wait till tomorrow but the process will be darkening it with a black paint mist so no area has the same tone, sanding it down first to prep for coating and further down to show usage and deterioration right in to the metal. Once done, rusting effects all over the place, more concentrated obviously where there are openings.
It´s easier to show you than to explain it, but you´ll see tomorrow!
Thanks for reading!
[B]5th Day – [/B][B][I][U]Wednesday 30-11-11[/U][/I][/B][B] – Update 1[/B]
It´s paint effects day!
First I took off all the masking tape used to make the lines and I descovered I didn´t totally cover one of the grates so paint leeched through to the inside of the case. At first I was like, easy fix, just repaint the inside, end of that. But as I looked at it further, I kind of like the effect, it gives the inside a bit of a glow, so for now I´m going to keep it:
What do you guys think? Keep it? or repaint the inside black as it was originally?
Aniway, now the the important part, here you have the outside with the exterior masking tape removed:
Now with the interior tape removed and the first two effects done, darkening of the colour in an irregular pattern and with copper dark red drops everywhere to simulate dirt and other paint degradation/damage:
While that is drying I went ahead and started sanding down all corners and curves in the other part of the case to simulate abuse:
and applied the rusting effect:
Repeated the process with the lcd panel´s frame:
Now that it´s dry, I started doing the rust effect to one of the openings on the side of the case, here´s the first layer:
And the second irregular layer with the second component, essentially giving the final look to the rust on that opening:
That´s it for now, a second update later today, thanks for reading!
[B]5th Day – [/B][B][I][U]Wednesday 30-11-11[/U][/I][/B][B] – Update 2[/B]
Cold cathodes and wirless keyboard/mouse arrived which I´ll be using (and in the case of k+m, modifying it) on this project.
I continued applying usage, abuse and rusting to the borders, openings and imperfections of the case:
Now the back of the case, which you wont eventually see much off since the screen will be mounted on it but still:
And finished with the front side:
And the top:
Tomorrow I will deal with the front:
Still haven´t decided what to do with it.
Once that is out of the way I will assemble the case to have a complete look to it and see if I feel like changing something or if I have to do any touch ups and so on.
I will also get started (and hopefully finish?) with the keyboard and mouse.
The day after that, which is the final day I will assemble the whole thing and take some final picks.
Thanks for reading!
[B]6th Day – [/B][B][I][U]Thursday 01-12-11[/U][/I][/B][B] – Update 1[/B]
1st of the month, white rabbits! 😀
cough*cough*ahem… aniway!
As I mentioned yesterday, the wireless keyboard and mouse arrived. I could´ve gone for something fancier but to be honest I really like the standard logitech oem combo, it´s cheap, great quality, sturdy and lasts just about forever. So here we go, keyboard sanded down, masked and ready for painting:
First layer done:
And the same process as with the rest, darkening, particles, and… rust! I´d never though I´d say this, but, I really really really like the whole rusty look it´s turning out to have (originally I planned for only a bit).
And now I´d like to thank everyone on every forum this is posted who helped me out with suggestions for the front of the case.
I ended up mixing two suggestions, one was rusted out front and the other one was olive green light coat with a light coat of the yellow I used on the rest of the case on top, so here you have the result:
More later today, thanks for reading!
[B]6th Day – [/B][B][I][U]Thursday 01-12-11[/U][/I][/B][B] – Update 2[/B]
This for me is quite simply, the cherry on top:
Took me about 2 and half to 3 hours to get it just right, to get that look like it´s been stamped on the case rather than painted (in my oppinion aniway), hope you guys like it!
Tomorrow starts the final day (ends mid-day saturday), and as of now, all the modifying and painting is finished so tomorrow I will be assembling it all togueter (ps: didn´t take pictures but the psu, dvd rw and hd have been painted black, it´s almost my signature thing to paint all possible components so… nothing fancy, just mainly so no ugly grey bits to see through the openings) and taking loads of pictures of the final look which will conclude succesfully the "Mod in a Week" challenge.
Thanks for reading : )
[B]7th Day – [/B][B][I][U]Friday 02-12-11[/U][/I][/B]
Assembly took longer than I thought it would but almost there, the following pictures are the process, because I had to remove the HDD cage from bellow to install the monitor´s hardware and hide cables I had to dismantle the memory card reader to take out the pcb and cut the frontal plastic part that goes with it. Once done and used silicone glue to put them togueter and again to attach it to the case (as you will see in one of the pictures), this allowed me to install the hdd where that would normally go (i.e. enough space to do so now). The cathodes are barely visible but are at the top and on the right side. Also due to popular demand, I replaced the cpu cooler with another exactly the same one, modified the 775 adaptor so I could shift it half a centimetre to right so I´d be able to rotate the cooler to a possition where the heatpipes are pointing up and down as opposed to the side so it doesn´t prevent me from installing both modules of ram:
Now I just have to mount the screen, make sure it works and I can take some sweet final pictures, all done by tomorrow at around 6-7pm gmt+1 in order to meet the one week challenge.
Thanks for reading!
Project is now completed however I have ran in to a problem with the mounted screen, it doesn´t seem to be getting power, I´ve checked the usual culprits to no avail and I dont currently own a voltimetre which is unconveniente. Going to dismantle the screen´s hw and test it on a wooden bench, maybe it´s shorting out. Because I want the final picks to show an image I will wait to upload them till I get this fixed between today and monday.
Fixed the screen, one of the cables must´ve cought somewhere and was damaged, severing the link between the screen´s psu and the lcd panel. So I cut that section off and soldered new cable to both ends, works fine now. Took me hours of looking and trying stuff till I saw the small brake in the cable and of course later I had to put it all togueter in the case again.
Aniway, I´m knakered and now I have to go some event to be social which I don´t really feel like but promised I would so… Aniway, I will set it all up for a shoot tomorrow to get a nice gallery of final pictures.
[B]Final Pictures – [/B][B][I][U]Set 1[/U][/I][/B]
Hi everyone!
Right, as promised, here is a first set of the final pictures. I say first set because I´m not happy with them, light conditions, the need to use flash and reflections on the case by nearby windows, the table (that was a dumb idea) and so on, make the project look different, they make it look shiny (which is not), they distort the colors, you can barely see the green glow, etc
The point is, because I´m out of time right now I give you these just as a preview of some nicer final pictures which I will take at the modding event starting tuesday. Regardless, I hope you enjoy them : )
That´s it for now, I´m going to get it ready (install the OS, drivers, and so on, and pack it so it´s ready for tuesday. Once that´s out of the way I will start the final stage on Project: AIO AL and Project: Diabolo in the hopes of having them ready for tuesday as well.
This concludes the "Mod in a Week" challenge (for the second time, anyone remember my first one or has it been forgotten already? :P) and I hope you enjoyed reading and watching as much as I did doing it.
Thanks for reading!
just thought I´d add that Fallout Cause SP won 1st price at the Future Arena Modding competition (casemod section)
As promised, set 2 of the final pictures, the ones I consider the true final pictures. As you´ll notice there´s a fan on the cpu cooler, this is because I have just gotten back from the modding event and because it was on 24h for 6 days, I didnt feel comftable leaving it with no cooling whatsoever being on for such a long time.
Thank you everyone for reading and I can now trully say this project is completed, enjoy:


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30 October 2007
Trick or Treat!
26 October 2007
Fair Play
Sister also discovered that our modest accommodations include wireless Internet service -- so we can share a few photos of our adventure along the way!
At 6.30am Mass, we were delighted (but not surprised) to find a chapel full of students and visiting religious. The Vocations Fair began at setting up at 9.00, welcomed students at 11.00 and ended a little after 5.00. Below is a picture of our table.
There were many interesting exhibits at the fair. The Salesians, (not picture in the photo, located directly to our left) were giving away yo-yos and the Benedictine monks of St. Vincent's Archabbey were spinning yarn (in addition to recruiting vocations!)
After the fair ended a number of vocation directors and students gathered for Adoration in the Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels. We should have a short video with highlights from the fair posted sometime next week. Stay tuned to see Sister Rosemarie try her hand at a yo-yo!
24 October 2007
I is for Infectious
"Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. The same Everlasting Father who takes care of you today, will take care of you tomorrow, and every day. He will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations."
Thirty-two years after graduating from Georgetown Visitation, I returned, this time as a postulant. Last December I made my solemn vows. I know much more about St. Francis de Sales now, and I try to live his practical spirituality every day: Live in the present moment, be aware of the presence of God in my every day ordinary life, offer Him each moment and action in my life. And I share it – with love- with my students.
20 October 2007
Mass Exodus!
To learn more about the FUS Vocation Fair, click here for their press release.
16 October 2007
Feast of St. Margaret Mary
"And so once, when I was before the Blessed Sacrament and had more leisure than usual, for the duties given me left very little, I found myself surrounded by this divine presence, but so powerfully that I forgot where I was and who I was, and I abandoned myself to this divine Spirit, surrendering my heart to the power of His love."
15 October 2007
It's Not Easy Being Green
Today has been designated "blog-action" day, to raise awareness about caring for the environment. We're not usually into the changing tides of trendy-blogging, but "green" is a worthy cause which is important to those of us who strive to live simply and waste as little as possible. This past Thursday our school celebrated Founders' Day and in her talk about "Thoughtful Concern for Others," Sister Mary Berchmans spoke about becoming more "green" in our daily life around school. At the first mention of it, a round of applause began.
A plug for Sister Mary Berchmans' "green-credibility": just about every memo or announcement that Sister posts on the monastery bulletin board is printed on the back of a recycled piece of paper. Sometimes the information on the back is more interesting than the information on the front (just kidding!) Sister used to use the back of the school bulletin for printer paper, but since the school bulletin went "green" last year, there are very few paper copies to be had. Please join us (and 15,000 other blogs) in encouraging others to talk about (and pray for) the preservation of the environment.