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This spam's smaller than the previous one because I've bumped the spring LE shades out. I am still seeing some of the Flight Patterns and Citrus Twist shades at stores around me...but one of them still has Halloween '14 stuff, so...yeah. Spring's time as passed. Bring on the falloween!
click through the shade names to read my reviews
How awesome would it be if this sale became a monthly thing? We can dream, right?
Also...before I let you go, is Sinful Colors more than $2 at your local Target? It's something like $2.19 around here. Makes zero sense.
|All About You (new version, core) over Sally Hansen Green Thumb
|Amethyst (core)
|Anchors Away (summer LE)
|Bali Mist (core) over Inkwell (old LE)
|Berry Charm (core)
|Blue By You (repromote, formerly core)
|Blue Sensation (fall LE)
|Bright Lucite (summer repromote)
|Call You Later (core) over Happy Ending (core)
|Calypso (core)
|Charmed (core), over nude
|Cinderella (core) over Bright Lucite (repromote)
|Cloud 9 (LE repromote)
|Courtney Orange (core)
|Curry Up (summer LE repromote)
|Daredevil (newest version)
|Dream On (new version, core)
|Enchanted (core)
|Endless Blue (core)
|Energetic Red (core)
|Fig (core)
|GoGo Girl (core)
|Gold Medal (core)
|Green Ocean (core) over Black On Black (core)
|Happy Ending (core) - LED light
|Hot Spot (repromote)
|Hottie (core) over Endless Blue (core)
|Ice Blue (summer LE repromote) over Milani Blue Print
|Innocent (core)
|Late Night Haute (fall LE) over Blue Sensation
|Lavander/Lavender (summer LE repromote)
|Let Me Go (core, and its old LE damn-near dupe Rain Song) over nude and black
|Let's Meet (new version, core)
|Let's Talk (core, not color-accurate)
|Mauvelous (LE repromote)
|Midnight Blue (core)
|Navy I Do (spring LE)
|Out Of This World (core)
|Pink Ansen (summer LE) over Sally Hansen Leo In Rio
|Pistache (LE repromote)
|Pride (core) over Revlon Wild Violets
|Pull Over (summer LE repromote)
|Queen Of Beauty (core) over Sugar Sugar (core) - LED lighting
|Rise And Shine (core)
|Rise And Shine with Mint Apple accent (both core)
|Ruby Glisten (core)
|Ruby Ruby (core)
|Sail La Vie (LE repromote)
|Savage (core)
|Skylark (core)
|Snow Me White (core)
|Star Blast-Off (summer LE)
|Starry Night (core)
|Steel My Heart (LE repromote)
|Sugar Sugar (core) - LED lighting
|Tempest (core)
|Why Not (core)
|You Just Wait (core) over Mauve (old LE)
How awesome would it be if this sale became a monthly thing? We can dream, right?
Also...before I let you go, is Sinful Colors more than $2 at your local Target? It's something like $2.19 around here. Makes zero sense.
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A friend of mine gifted me an Arduino UNO starter kit a while ago. I didn't have the time and motivation back then to dabble in it.
Fast forwarding to this day, I watched Massimo Banzi's TED Talk in the morning, one of the guys who helped invent the Arduino. It was inspiring.
So, what is it anyway? Arduino is a credit-card sized micro-controlled board that can be be used for a whole lot of purposes, so much that one could dedicate his life on researching the everyday potential of it.


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The 5 Mental Phases of Starting a New Training Plan
You've registered for your next big race. You've looked up various training plan options (or had one created by a certified coach). You've pulled out the blank calendar, ready to put in all those training runs. That's right – it's time to start your new training plan!
For us everyday runners, a training plan signals a new beginning. The plan could focus on a time goal, pacing another runner or taking on a brand new distance. No matter what the ultimate goal is, there are many thoughts that go through our heads during a training cycle. Let's take a look:
1. Excitement
Your new training plan is in front of you and you smile as you think about the miles ahead. The goal has been set before you and excitement builds as you think about conquering it. Those first few weeks, your legs feel fresh. You look forward to each training run. This race will be yours!
To your co-workers and family members, they nod along as you excitedly tell them about your next race. You show them the paces you are looking to hit and how each run (tempo, interval, long, etc.) will help you achieve your goal. Deep down, you know they all think you are that crazy runner, but hey – you can't help yourself!
2. Focus
As the weeks go on, the excitement is still there, but you find that it has turned to more of a focus. You are pushing your legs and mind as the mileage and speed increase. For some of the training runs, you may not find it as easy to get out the door, but the focus remains on your goal ahead. Once on the pavement, you think about why you are running. Keep your eyes (and legs) on the prize!
Those same co-workers and family members now see a new look in your eye. You may still talk about your training plan, but it has become more of a schedule. "I'm sorry, I can't have a meeting at 5 PM – that is when I need to get in my weekly 6 mile tempo run." The eye of the tiger is in full force.
3. Exhaustion
After weeks and weeks of training runs, you have officially hit peak week. Along with the longest weekly runs, you also have your ultimate long run ahead. You drag yourself from place to place, fueling on pasta and gels to keep your energy up. Yes, you know it will all be worth it on race day, but you are definitely ready to just relax on the couch.
Your co-workers and family members believe there is something truly wrong with you. After all, you are walking around in compression gear, eating like there is no tomorrow and talking about running insane amounts of miles. It's possible they are just as ready for you to relax as well!
4. Anxiousness
It's officially taper time! Long gone are the high mileage days. After the exhaustion of peak week, you couldn't be more excited. Then it hits you, race day is just days away. Suddenly you are worried about every minor ache or pain. You stalk the weather every 30 minutes. The course map and elevation are viewed over and over.
Your co-workers and family members are more than a little concerned about you. Not only are you extremely anxious (and aren't able to run it off), you have gone through an entire bottle of hand sanitizer and chew on Airborne tablets like candy. "Crazy runner" doesn't even begin to describe it.
5. Eagerness
Before you know it, it's almost time to toe the line of the race you have been working toward for months. You've experienced all of the various emotions as you worked through your training plan. The mileage is in the tank, now it's time to enjoy your victory lap!
As for those co-workers and family members? They are rooting for you. Or maybe they are just ready for that "normal" person to return. Little do they know us crazy runners are far from normal. We enjoy every minute of our training plans.
And we already have a next race to start training for.


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Bengaluru-based company that offers optical and data networking products to telecom operators and Internet service providers, plans to make an initial public offer (IPO) of its equity shares this year and has already filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
"We will expand our global sales network in emerging and selected developed markets and intend to build customer relationships both in high-growth emerging markets and in few developed countries to have a significant competitive advantage," Tejas Networks chief executive Sanjay Nayak told ET.
Nayak added that the company proposes to raise nearly Rs 450 crores by way of fresh issuance and certain selling shareholders also plan to sell 12.7 million equity shares (approximately 18% of our pre-offer paid-up capital).
The company said that it will continue to invest through equity fund in sales efforts to increase market share in India and expand product portfolio to serve the existing and targeted customer base as well as in innovations focused on the high-growth optical networking segments.
"We aim to continue investing in research and development (R&D) and expand our product portfolio with a focus on the high growth segments of the optical communications market," Nayak said, adding that their IPO proceeds will also be used to meet capital expenditure towards payment of salaries of R&D team and to meet our working capital requirements.
Company's entire R&D workforce is based in India, and it expects to generate better returns on R&D investments, by leveraging the availability of highly qualified and cost-effective engineering talent in India. It has filed more than 300 patents.
With a 65% on-year growth, the firm's consolidated gross revenue from operations was Rs 674 crore in FY 2015-16 when compared to Rs 407 crores in FY 2014-15. Research firm Ovum ranked Tejas Networks as the second-largest company in the overall optical networking market for the year ended March 31, 2016.
The networking solutions company feels that government's Smart City, Make in India as well as BharatNet programs offers significant growth opportunities as it currently provides GPON equipment and Ethernet switching products for these mega projects.
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I hope my readers had a good Memorial Day weekend. I had a fabulous one, starting with Thursday evening, when Travalon and I brought Rodney to a doggie event at Mickey's Tavern. There was a costume show, and the lion won, followed by Princess Leia and Cher and maybe the shark. One dog (not in costume) did a bunch of clever tricks, including putting giant plastic coins into a piggy bank. I struck up a conversation with a girl sitting beside me, who was fascinated by my many musical ventures. "I want to follow you around and have your life!" she said. It is a good life, I'll agree. Music would be a terrible career in my opinion, but it is a wonderful hobby.
Friday evening the Northside Ukuleles had their usual fourth Friday jam, and then since it was the hostess's birthday, we had a party afterwards. I brought my balalaika, having practiced "Happy Birthday" in the key of A (what was I thinking??) but of course the ukuleles played it in C, so I had to scramble to figure it out. I must have fooled everyone – they said I sounded really good! After that Travalon and I went to Brix 340 for their Wine Day special, and he had an amazing Riesling by Schloss (?) – so tasty!
Saturday morning Travalon, Rodney, and I met OK Cap and Cali for coffee at Crema Café, then the boys and I hit the road and drove to Mill Bluff State Park for a hike. We got to Eau Claire just in time to go to the vigil Mass at Sacred Heart, and then we drove on to Chippewa Falls to visit the Leinie Lodge, since it is a stop in our book of 70 historic taverns. The last tour of the Leinenkugel's brewery was full, so we took a walk on a beautiful path along the river, and then we came back to the lodge and tried five samples of their various beers. We had dinner at a very brightly colored Mexican restaurant in town, then we headed back to Eau Claire and visited a tavern from the book called the Joynt, that had big name jazz acts playing there from 1974-90. The owner would snag them on weekdays when they were cheaper, as they traveled between Minneapolis and Chicago. Unfortunately the stage is now a back room, but they have photos on the walls of the acts that played there, like Dizzy Gillespie, and also some R. Crumb cartoons. They also had really cheap beer there, I think it was only $1 for a half-pint domestic tap.
Sunday we went to the free breakfast at our hotel, but it was pretty picked over, so we drove to Menomonie to see Travalon's old school (including a sculpture in front of the Union they call "Stout-henge"), and we found a café there. We drove on to River Falls and a third tavern from the book called Emma's, which was unusual in that it was owned by a woman back in the 50's. They had a canoe paddle on the wall that said: "YCJCYADITJB" so I asked what it was and was told, "Your curiosity just cost you a dollar in the jukebox," but they did let me choose the song, so I chose "Jump Around" by House of Pain. The bartender was really friendly, and when he found out we were planning to head to Kinnikinnic State Park, he said that one was really boring and we would be better off going to Willow River State Park. We heeded his advice and ended up on a long trail but were rewarded at the end with a very large, beautiful waterfall. I will post photos of this and all our adventures soon. Then Travalon and I headed down the River Road, stopping at a beautiful park on Douglas Point and at a restaurant in a historic building in Red Wing for dinner. We drove alongside Lake Pepin and got to Winona just as darkness was falling. Travalon stopped at one of the three Sinclair stations in town (two are right across from each other!) to see if they sold T-shirts with their dinosaur logo on them. The girl working there had one, but she said they were just for employees. However, I did take Travalon's photo with a big cardboard smiling green dinosaur. The girl working there said we were her favorite customers all day, even though we just bought a couple of drinks, and also she told us she is a Packer Backer. Since darkness had fallen by then, we just headed back on the interstate instead of trying to take a scenic route home, and we got home around midnight.
Yesterday Travalon and I had coffee on State Street before my adoration hour, then we went to the Monona Terrace Café for lunch, but it was closed, although the website had not indicated that it would be. We ended up getting tacos at Q-doba before meeting Kathbert for a long walk out onto Picnic Point and beyond, to Frauschi Point. In the evening Travalon and I went to the East Side Club because the Tiki Bar had opened for the season, but it began to rain as we headed there, and so they must have closed it just before we got there. At least we saw a rainbow. We had burgers and sundaes at Michael's and then stopped at the Nau-Ti-Gal before calling it a night, and the bartender there was very friendly. We had a conversation with him about the popularity of boys' names in different generations. He says all the guys his age are named Jacob, and they were all jealous of the one guy whose name was Jakob, because at least he was a little different. Interestingly, he had never heard of Toni as a girl's name, and he said he knew two guys his age named Casey and a bazillion girls with that name, though they generally spell it some weird way, like Kaysea. He didn't know a single girl his age named Stacy or Jenny, the two huge girls' names when I was in school. It's funny how much it has changed in just a generation.
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BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has come out with its recruitment of Junior Accounts Officer.It is one of the largest telecom company in the country which is owned completely by Govt. of India.BSNL provides various communication services such as telephone, broadband, mobile etc. through numerous offices across India.
Just like bank jobs, jobs in other government companies such as BSNL are also favorite among graduates.Those who are interested to apply for this can go through the details below & see if they are eligible to apply.
Note these Dates:
Last date for applying online: December 31, 2014
Examination on February 22, 2015
Junior Accounts Officer – 962 vacancies
While the payscale shall be Rs.16400-40,500, your total emoluments would be Rs.32,000 /month excluding perks, medical benefits etc.,
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- Should be a qualified chartered accountant OR company secretary OR Cost & works accountant OR M.Com degree holder as on 31.12.2014
Since vacancies exist in 25 different circles, candidates may opt for 5 circles in order of their preference.Depending on your position in the merit list, appointment shall be made.
Selection Process:
An all India written exam is scheduled in the month of February 2015 which has to be attended by all eligible candidates.This exam will consist of two papers such as:
It is necessary for you to secure minimum marks in each section & in aggregate to qualify for the merit list.
|Books: If you are preparing for BSNL JAO recruitment exam, then the following books would be helpful
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How to Apply:
Aspirants looking to apply for BSNL JAO recruitment 2015 should pay Rs.1000 through online as examination fee.SC/ST/PWD candidates are NOT required to pay this fee.
The online registration & online fee payment facility is available at externalexam.bsnl.co.in from Dec 1 – 31.
Candidates selected for appointment will have to execute bonds in the specified format agreeing to serve the company for a minimum of 5 years.
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Principal Kurt Becker and the staff at CRES were recently awarded with the 2018 STEM Innovation Award, presented by the Minnesota Elementary School Principal's Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota.
STEM stands for "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe- matics". CRES also includes "Arts" as part of their program, calling it a STEAM program. Since 2014, CRES's program has grown to include all 536 K-6 students during the school day, and well over 100 students in their after-school and summer programs.
Mr. Becker and Miss Larsen will be attending MESPA's annual conference on February 8 in Bloomington to accept the award. CRES students and staff will also receive free programming from the Science Museum!
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Kali Puja 2011
Kali Puja. will be celebrated on October 22, 2011. We have many exciting cultural items in store for you.
Date: October 22, 2011
Venue: Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, 420 Persian Dr, Sunnyvale, CA
- The Bangla Band, Bhoomi - Music of the Earth
The following is the schedule for Kali Puja 2011.
Schedule for Oct 22nd, 2011
Kali Pujo
|9.00 PM- Midnight
With Bhoomi's lyrics, one can paint visions in their thoughts, their souls and imagination while the music touches various chords in the heart. The music is simple yet evokes profound thoughts. Folk styles like baul, bhatiyali , moishaal, jhumur,saari gaan, qawaali forms the inspiration for Bhoomi's musical expression. Bhoomi has this unique feature of blending different styles of music. For example, Bhoomi has used a rock and roll arrangement with a typical bengali folk song (Rock and roll guitar playing for the song Sohaag Chand, in the album Paal Chhutechhe) or even used blues with a contemporary song (Song Bhasate Paarli Na from the album Dekhtey Dekhtey) , reggae (Song Kande Sudhu Mon from the album Jatra Shuru and Sonali Chander Alo from the album Udaan) rap (Song Picchu Picchu from the album Udaan), Goan folk tune (Song Kaam Sarse from the album Jatra Shuru), the famous lavani rhythm of Maharashtra (Song Chandni Raatey from the album Dekhtey Dekhtey) the typical 'toppa" inspired style of singing (Song Logen express from the album Udaan), Irish folk form (Song Tori Baorey in the album Udaan) and many such explorations where the blend and the brew seems ideal for the sound that is quintessentially BHOOMI .
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The school group must visit the park during the academic school year.
• March 18– June 10, 2019: Monday - Friday only.
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Folks, I was privileged to attend and also speak at this conference. Please take some time to look in on the many awesome presentations that were presented in Omaha. Dave Broadcast Recording Available from National Cover Crops Conference To meet some of today's biggest challenges in agriculture, including rising food demand, a shrinking land […]
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Kura Clover – The Perennial Cover Crop
Kura Clover is an interesting option for cover cropping no-till corn producers. Why? Because Kura Clover forms a "living mulch." I have been working with Dr. Ken Albrecht from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Kura Clover since the summer of 2000. During that summer as I traveled through eastern Iowa and NW Illinois I envisioned […]
Is it Ever Too Early to Plant Cover Crops?
Is it ever too early plant cover crops? YES. As many of you have figured out, I sell seed for a living. I also have been a farmer or involved on the farm since I was a little boy. But first and foremost I am an agronomist. The temptation of a seed salesman is to […]
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In late September of 2011 I was walking in our family corn field in central Indiana–in the pouring rain. Following the wettest spring in the eastern corn belt in 100 years we had a summertime drought that saw less than 2 inches in July and August combined. In that same time period we had 32 […]
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CISCO Seeds, Robison Farms, and Dougherty Fertilizer are sponsoring a Cover Crop Field Day and Root Dig at the Greenwood, Indiana farm. If you've not had an opportunity to see cover crops in a real life farm setting, this will be a great meeting for you . There will be multiple species available to look […]
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Planting Cover Crop Radishes with Wheat – A Growing Practice Cover crop radishes planted with wheat at seeding time? Last year I posted about how farmers in NW Ohio are seeing increases in wheat yields by 4-7 bu/acre by planting 2-4# of cover crop radishes in with their wheat seed. In the fall of 2010 […]
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Would you like to learn more about cover crops without leaving your office or home? If so, I have great news for you. There are three recorded webinars available from CISCO Seeds. These webinars were sponsored by N-Vest(R) Cover Crops and put on by Barry Fisher, Eileen Kladivko, and Mike Plumer. These are three of […]
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Are you a millionaire yet? Give it another 14 years. As house prices continue to rise, the number of UK homes worth £1 million or more is expected to more than triple by 2030, according to a report by Santander Mortgages, making one in four London homeowners into property millionaires. As it is, the proportion of million-pound homes is relatively small, the research found — less than 500,000 in the UK and only 1.77% of the nation's housing stock. By 2020 this will rise to 689,000, and 2.37%, and by 2030 it will be 1.6 million, and 5.14%. Of course, where you live makes all the difference. Less than 1% of properties in the northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, northwest, Scotland and the east Midlands will be worth more than £1 million in 2030. There are five counties or unitary authorities in the UK where not a single home is worth £1 million at present, including Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Torfaen and Bridgend. The Isles of Scilly has one. Professor Paul Cheshire, the LSE's professor of economic geography, who helped to compile the research, says: "By 2030 more owners will enjoy millionaire status, as homes that many would consider modest fetch seven-figure prices in the most sought-after areas." We ask the agents about the top ten most expensive counties in the UK.
1. Greater London
London tops the league with 8.9% of its stock worth more than £1 million. By 2030, this will rise to 24.8%. Some traditionally less pricey boroughs are filling up with property millionaires, such as Hackney, where, according to Land Registry statistics, the average price paid as of December 2015 was £638,284. "This means average property prices would need to increase by 56% between now and 2020, which is not inconceivable," says Noah Ellis, the head of acquisitions and research at Londonewcastle, the property developer. "City Road, a corridor to east London's silicon roundabout, is a hive of activity. Two-bedroom flats in developments here, such as Atlas, frequently exceed £1 million. A quick search on Rightmove would suggest that period houses around Hoxton, Shoreditch and London Fields are already worth considerably more than £1 million."
2. Windsor and Maidenhead
"Next to Windsor Great Park are some of the most expensive houses in the country," says Edward Heaton, of Heaton & Partners, a property search agency. Indeed, 6.6 per cent of the county's property stock is worth more than £1 million. According to research by Savills, property prices in the area have increased by 44% in the ten years up to 2015, while Hamptons International named Hurley, with its village pubs and shops, as the most expensive high street to live on outside London.
3. Surrey
Where are the million-pound homes in Surrey? "Where aren't they?" says Paul Frost, of Prime Purchase, a buying agency. "St George's Hill and Oxshott keep the prices well into the multimillions. Those looking for a more country feeling head for the 'Guildford villages' where a village green, local shops, nearby schools and the fact that it is less than an hour on the train to central London mean prices regularly stray into the £2 million and £3 million brackets." Bill Spreckley, a search agent at Stacks Property Search, says: "The more expensive areas follow the A3 and the railway line in a southwest direction heading out of London: Esher, Cobham, Guildford, Godalming and Haslemere."
4. Buckinghamshire
Top roads in Beaconsfield, such as Ledborough Lane, are the "millionaires' rows" of the area, with a £10 million house for sale there at the moment, says Mark Rimell, a partner at Strutt & Parker's country department. "A house sold for £6 million on nearby Penn Road, for £4 million on Burkes Road, and we have a house for sale at £4.725 million on the outskirts of these areas." In Gerrards Cross, where 50% of buyers have moved from London, the average property costs in excess of £1 million.
"Buyers come here in search of bigger houses with better proportions, larger gardens and commuter links into London," says Nick Pounce, the head of Savills' Amersham office. "Many buyers focus their search on the centres around Amersham and Beaconsfield so they're in easy reach of the train stations with fast services. The most coveted villages include The Chalfonts, Coleshill and Penn."
5. Hertfordshire
" 'Smartfordshire', as it's known by those who live outside its borders, has a history of affluent homeowners and a long list of super villages," says Harriett Brownell, of Private Property Search. "Waiting buyers may be holding out for one of the lovely red-brick Georgian houses Much Hadham is known for, or a sprawling early 20th-century mansion on several acres with a great view in Essendon." About 3.1% of the housing stock in Hertfordshire is worth more than £1 million, that is 14,976 homes. This number is predicted to rise to 56,374 by 2030. The priciest homes include Ashbourne Manor, a grade II listed Victorian country house in Widford, near Ware, with the coat of arms of its owners, Viscount and Viscountess Dangan, on the dining-room ceiling. It is on the market for £3.85 million.
6. Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire's million-pound count is not quite as high as Hertfordshire's, with 8,175 homes worth more than £1 million, but that is still 3% of its stock, a proportion expected to rise to 8.4% by 2030. Henley-on-Thames is a hotspot, where average detached houses sell for £1.19 million, though the most expensive property for sale in Oxfordshire is a £19 million, grade II listed Georgian house with 13 bedrooms and 257 acres in Kingstone Lisle, on the market with Strutt & Parker. In Oxford properties are a little cheaper, with the average detached home going for £806,526.
7. Dorset
There are parts of Poole, a unitary authority separate from Dorset, which, after London, Manhattan and Moscow, have been named the most expensive place in the world to live. Nevertheless, there are at the moment under 2,000 homes worth £1 million in the area. This number is expected to rise to just under 6,000 by 2030. Robin Gould, of Prime Purchase, a buying agency, says: "The obvious place in Poole for expensive homes is Sandbanks, where pretty much everything, including flats, is more than £1 million." Savills is selling a five-bedroom, architect-designed home in Branksome Park, Poole, for £2.75 million. It is located on the desirable side of one of the most sought-after roads and less than a mile from the beach.
8. West Berkshire
"West Berkshire has what I would describe as the first proper countryside west of London," Heaton says. "There is a perfect mix of pretty farmhouses and country homes in leafy, rural surrounds that don't have the suburban feel of counties like Surrey. Villages such as Inkpen and Kintbury are popular, and the Woodhays have the greatest draw, attracting prices to match. For £1 million you can buy a pretty, four-bedroom detached cottage in a good village." The most expensive areas are around Hungerford and villages such as Lambourn and Chaddleworth.
9. Bath and northeast Somerset
The proportion of £1 million properties in Bath and Somerset villages is 2.1%, and is expected to rise by 2030 to 6.3% as the city outperforms many areas in the UK. Claire Owen, the senior buying consultant at The Buying Solution, says: "The city is undergoing regeneration, which is likely to underpin demand. The cultural centre of Bath is becoming a popular destination for British and international property buyers."
10. Brighton and Hove
At the moment, Brighton and Hove has a slightly below-average proportion of £1 million-plus properties, at 1.4%, but this will change by 2030 when they increase to 6.9% — above the predicted UK average of 5.14%. Sally Fraser, of Stacks Property Search, says, "Three-bedroom Victorian terraced homes in the Clifton area, which is a close to the centre of Brighton, are just below the £1 million mark. In the Clifton and Montpelier areas prices range from £1.75 million to more than £2 million. "Roedean shouldn't be overlooked, where some of the new glass box-style houses command prices of £2 million to £3.5 million."
Next in line
The areas outside the south with the most £1 million homes
1. Cambridgeshire 1.1% of housing stock worth more than £1 million in 2015, rising to 4.3% by 2030
2. Cheshire East 1.1% in 2015, rising to 3.3% by 2030
3. Warwickshire 0.8%, rising to 3.1% by 2030
4. Rutland 0.8%, rising to 3.4% by 2030
5. York 0.7%, rising to 2.6% by 2030 This article originally appeared on The Times of London.


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What the Butler Saw (play)
|What the Butler Saw
original window card, Royal Court Theatre, 1975
|Written by
|Joe Orton
|Date premiered
|5 March 1969
|Place premiered
|Queen's Theatre
London, England
|Original language
|a couple succeed in extracurricular seductions and frantically try to hide their conquests
|an examination room in a private clinic
What the Butler Saw is a farce written by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was premièred at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1969. It was Orton's final play and the second to be performed after his death, following Funeral Games in 1968.
Plot summary[edit]
- Characters
- Dr. Prentice
- Geraldine Barclay
- Mrs. Prentice
- Nicholas Beckett
- Dr. Rance
- Sergeant Match
The play consists of two acts—though the action is continuous—and revolves around a Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist attempting to seduce his attractive prospective secretary, Geraldine Barclay. The play opens with the doctor examining Geraldine Barclay in a job interview. As part of the interview, he persuades her to undress. The situation becomes more intense during Dr. Prentice's supposed "interview" with Geraldine Barclay when Mrs Prentice enters. When his wife enters, he attempts to cover up his activity by hiding the girl behind a curtain. His wife, however, is also being seduced and blackmailed by a Nicholas Beckett. She, therefore, promises Nicholas the post as secretary, which adds further confusion, including Nicholas, Geraldine and a police officer dressing as a member of the opposite sex.
Dr. Prentice's clinic is also faced with a government inspection, led by Dr. Rance, which reveals the chaos in the clinic. Dr. Rance talks about how he will use the situation to develop a new book: "The final chapters of my book are knitting together: incest, buggery, outrageous women and strange love-cults catering for depraved appetites. All the fashionable bric-a-brac." A penis ("the missing parts of Sir Winston Churchill") is held aloft in the climactic scene.
The original production was staged at the Queen's Theatre by Lewenstein-Delfont Productions Ltd and H. M. Tennent Ltd and opened on 5 March 1969. The production was directed by Robert Chetwyn and designed by Hutchinson Scott.
- Cast
- Stanley Baxter – Dr. Prentice
- Julia Foster – Geraldine Barclay
- Coral Browne – Mrs Prentice
- Hayward Morse – Nicholas Beckett
- Ralph Richardson – Dr. Rance
- Peter Bayliss – Sergeant Match
The play was adapted for BBC2's Theatre Night series, first transmitted on 24 May 1987, produced by Shaun Sutton, and directed by Barry Davis.
- Cast
- Dinsdale Landen – Doctor Prentice
- Tessa Peake-Jones – Geraldine Barclay
- Prunella Scales – Mrs Prentice
- Tyler Butterworth – Nicholas Beckett
- Timothy West – Doctor Rance
- Bryan Pringle – Sergeant Match
Channel 4's Blow Your Mind – See a Show series included a short extract from the play. Featuring Brian Cox as Doctor Prentice, Frances Barber as Mrs Prentice, and Clive Owen as Nicholas Beckett, it was transmitted on 18 September 1995.
The play was revived in 1994 at The Royal Exchange Theatre, directed by Robert Delamere and run from 7 April to 7 May.[1][2]
- Cast
- David Horovitch – Doctor Prentice
- Trevor Baxter – Doctor Rance
- Kate Winslet – Geraldine Barclay
- Deborah Norton – Mrs Prentice
- Neil Stuke – Nicholas Beckett
- Billy Hartman – Sergeant Match
In the same year, a Royal National Theatre production of the play premiered at Theatre Royal, Bath. The production moved to the RNT′s Lyttelton Theatre stage in 1995. Phyllida Lloyd directed the play.[3]
- Cast
- John Alderton – Dr Prentice
- Richard Wilson – Dr Rance
- Debra Gillett – Geraldine Barclay
- Nicola Pagett – Mrs Prentice
- David Tennant – Nicholas Beckett
- Jeremy Swift – Sergeant Match
There was a further revival in 2012 at the Vaudeville Theatre, directed by Sean Foley, which ran from 16 May to 25 August.[4]
- Cast
- Tim McInnerny – Doctor Prentice
- Omid Djalili – Doctor Rance
- Georgia Moffett – Geraldine Barclay
- Samantha Bond – Mrs Prentice
- Nick Hendrix – Nicholas Beckett
- Jason Thorpe – Sergeant Match
There was a 2017 production directed by Nikolai Foster at the Curve Theatre in Leicester.
- Cast
- Rufus Hound – Doctor Prentice
- Jasper Britton – Doctor Rance
- Dakota Blue Richards – Geraldine Barclay
- Catherine Russell – Mrs Prentice
- Jack Holden – Nicholas Beckett
- Ravi Aujla – Sergeant Match
- Paul Taylor (26 July 2005). "Reviews: Theatre – What the Butler Saw Hampstead Theatre London HHH". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ "What the Butler Saw". Theatricalia. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "PROJECTS". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ https://theatricalia.com/play/4sc/what-the-butler-saw/production/day
- ^ https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/868/cast-announced-for-what-the-butler-saw-at-the-vaudeville-theatre.aspx
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Friday, September 09, 2011
The Sacred Page Podcast 2: The Bible Made Me Catholic (Guests: John Bergsma & Derry Connolly)
The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation, which was published by Brill. In this episode, he explains his journey from Dutch Calvinism to the Catholic Church.
In the second part of the show, Derry Connolly joined us. Derry is the founder and president of John Paul the Great Catholic University. Derry describes how learning to read Scripture as part of his daily prayer caused him to have a profound inner conversion--a conversion out of which emerged a whole new university, JP Catholic (short for "John Paul the Great Catholic University").
Both stories underscore our theme--the transformative power of Scripture study.
Hope you enjoy the show!
TSP Podcast 2: The Bible Made Me Catholic (Guests: John Bergsma & Derry Connolly) [right click to download]
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- Restless Pilgrim said...
Is there a feed for the podcast?
Also, have you registered with iTunes? I can't find it on there either.
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Restless Pilgrim--The feeds are in the upper left corner and the last post also had info. It sounds like they are working on getting onto iTunes--which will be great!
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Bob Smietana, in an article for Christianity Today, addresses copyright and the pastor's sermon. His article is entitled, "Who Owns the Pastor's Sermon? Church or pastor? When sermons become books that make millions in royalties, the answer is important." I've spoken with attorneys Curtis Yates and Frank Sommerville, as well as David Middlebrook and Matt Anthony on this issue. Bob's article delves into the issues and represents the positions quite well. I'm now at EvFree Fullerton, where Sealy Yates and Chuck Swindoll developed the intellectual property issues represented in the following article. ~David Fletcher
In the late 1970s, Sealy Yates was sitting in his California law office when Chuck Swindoll paid him a visit. Swindoll was then a relatively unknown pastor at First Evangelical Free Church in nearby Fullerton. He had run into some legal trouble and wanted Yates's advice. At issue: Who owned Swindoll's sermons—Swindoll or First Evangelical?
A few years earlier, Swindoll had allowed a friend to launch a radio program called New Standard for Living, which broadcast his sermons. The program had done well, and now Swindoll wanted to take a leadership role in the radio ministry. But his friend balked, and their dispute seemed headed for court. Swindoll wanted to avoid a lawsuit, and Yates asked if he could mediate the dispute.
You can access the rest of the article online at Christianity Today (paywall).


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Backgammon Pro is an advanced implementation of the classic board game Backgammon, for Windows and Windows Phone.
The game has the features you'd expect, like multiple play modes, fast or slow dice, and also has advance capabilities, like Crawford rule, Beavers, full Money play, advanced doubling AI, and more than 30 options!.
Backgammon Pro features:
- Multiple play modes: Play vs a friend or play vs the Phone.
- Money or Match play: Play single games, or matches (up to 25 points).
- Undo: Undo your last move before the opponent throws the dice.
- Statistical analysis to find out if the number of doubles, or the block percentage in the bar is higher or lower for the phone.
- Speed-up options: auto-throw dice, auto-pass, auto-move. All of these help the game be much faster.
- ELO scoring: Calculate your score based on the international statistically valid ELO formula
- Online high scores: compare your score vs people from all over the world
- Several levels of difficulty: from novice to advanced. The advance model uses an advance trained neural network to play.
- Fast play: game plays very quickly, even in advanced levels
- Graphic Themes: three different high resolution graphic themes
- Play variants: play backgammon, nackgammon (more strategic variant) or hypergammon (fast variant, 3 pieces).
- Achievements: tens of different achievements that require wit and luck to get
- Cube doubling: cube doubling.
- Sound: moves and dice have realistic sounds (can be disabled).
- Saves your game any time, even if you switch to another app, or end the game, and can resume the game.
The Paid version has no Ads.
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A fresco almost 2,000 years old discovered on a City building site has shed new light on the lives of the super-rich in Roman London.
The ornate artwork, measuring about 2.5 metres by 1.5 metres, dates to the 1st century. It was found during an archaeological dig at 21 Lime Street near Leadenhall Market and is likely to have been on the wall of a reception room in the house of a wealthy merchant or official.
It depicts an idyllic scene of deer nibbling fruit-bearing trees on which parakeets perch, and archaeologists believe it was hand-painted by master craftsmen for wealthy clients.
Ian Betts, building materials specialist for Museum of London Archaeology, spotted the fresco lying face down when he recognised distinctive marks on its back made during its construction.
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Gagged! UK government brings in full press censorship, pledges death to the internet
By Richard Cottrell
There is only one thing worse than gutter journalism, and that is gutter politics. The British Government has decided that it knows better what people should or shouldn't read in their newspapers or on the internet and thus becomes the first European government to endorse a system of full blown censorship.
In part, this is a fall-out from the massive phone-hacking scandal which wracked Rupert Murdoch's press empire in the UK, provoked the closure of his flagship red top called The News of the World and continues to take a heavy toll among the scribblers of what used to be called Fleet Street.
The other side of the coin is effectively shutting down the Net by imposing penurious penalties on bloggers and web sites that refuse to co-operate with the new word order.
The accounts for the miraculous silence of all but one of the major dailies published in London. With the sole exception of the Daily Mail, buttoned lips are the order of the day. The daily rags cannot believe their luck: their chief enemy leeching readers and influence either takes the proffered keep-out-of-jail co-operation card or face enormous fines.
David Cameron is not a man of exemplary judgment. He is a perfect example of dog-and-bone politics. Once he gets hold of something, he refuses to let go, even though a modicum of common sense would tell him to drop it.
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The past decade has had significant focus on the impact Gen Y is having on our workplaces. Since different generations are raised with different values, it's not surprising that we experience shifts in our workplace values as well. Simple value tensions like respecting authority (Baby Boomers) versus a distrust of hierarchy (Gen Y, aka Millennials) will cause workplace conflict. Overall, this increase in generational value preferences has been a healthy movement as it has given us the opportunity to understand our differences. However, the focus on Gen Y is shifting as Gen Z are now entering the workplace (generational age norms are provided below).
Barna Research has released data which helps us understand Gen Z (as well as their predecessors). While Gen Z may share some common ground with Millennials, we would be mistaken to treat them the same. Some of Barna's more notable Gen Z conclusions are as follows:
- A key characteristic of Gen Z is that their expectations are largely shaped around themes of academic and career success — more so than any other generation.
- However, nearly 40% want to spend their 20's enjoying life before they take on the responsibilities of being an adult—significantly higher than the 25% of Millennials who said this.
- Six out of the top 10 reasons teens look up to their role model are related to career or financial success.
- Personal achievement, whether educational or professional (43%), and hobbies and pastimes (42%) are the things most central to Gen Z's identity. Their responses stand out against those of their elders: Twice as many teens as Boomers strongly agree that these factors are important to their sense of self (22% and 24% in Boomers).
The charts below provide many other helpful insights. However, I encourage you to remember the principle behind this data. We are all created uniquely and for different purposes. The rise of generational awareness is simply a reflection of our desire to be treated as the unique people we are. In fact, you and I personify a microcosm of this same principle. This truth requires you to do more than just manage people. Identifying and maximizing the potential of each employee is the work of a gifted leader!
GEN Z were born 1999 to 2015 (only teens 13 to 18 are in this study) | MILLENNIALS were born 1984 to 1998 GEN X were born 1965 to 1983 | BOOMERS were born 1946 to 1964 | ELDERS were born before 1946
Dr. Jeff Suderman is a futurist, consultant, and professor who works in the field of organizational development. He partners with clients to improve culture, leadership, teamwork, organizational alignment, strategy and organizational future-readiness. He resides in Palm Desert, California. Contact him today to find out how he can help enhance your personal and organizational effectiveness – firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I am extremely excited to announce that the Swamped! campaign is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Bellwether Games and I have been working together to develop this game for a year and a half now. We feel we've honed this down to a fun, fast and easily replayable game with a price tag of just $12. We've taken my original concept and created a game that embodies a lot of what we love in larger board and card games and boils it down to just the fun bits. Cooperation, hidden agendas, cards with multiple uses and an always different play space in the form of the Swamp.
You've been hired to collect a rare herb found deep in the heart of one of the world's most deadly swamps. Together with your newly acquainted team, you must navigate this dangerous environment in a tiny boat to find the legendary plant before night falls or something more sinister finds you first…
In the game players take turns planning and executing movements for the boat in an attempt to collect lucrative natural treasures. As the game progresses, the boat drifts deeper and deeper in the swamp and players will suddenly discover they need to work together to get out of the swamp alive!
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Swamped is a game for 2-4 adventurers that plays in about 30 minutes and expands the vibrant world of Antidote. In addition to a one-of-a-kind theme, there are 6 core elements that make Swamped incredibly fun and a surprisingly unique gaming experience:
- Player-shared pieces: All players share ownership of the same tiny boat in the swamp, so the actions of any one player impact every other player directly.
- Secret and shared objectives: Everyone knows the main objective, but each player also has a hidden goal that might lead the whole expedition into deadly peril!
- Player controlled game-length: Players can speed-up or slow-down the game down depending on their preference. Some will try to get out of the swamp quickly, while others will delay until they've collected precisely the right combination of treasures.
- Surprise ending: It is unlikely that anyone can know with 100% certainty who has won the game before each player's secret objective is revealed, leading to an exciting reveal at the very end!
- Efficient use of physical components: Despite its small size (35 cards and 2 pieces), most cards have multiple uses and orientations leading to a surprisingly deep set of decisions each player can make.
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Note: The game components in the video are all prototype quality.
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Issue 42
July 26, 2009
This week… 1598 commits, in 174 projects, by 230 happy hackers (and 302 were translation commits).
- An example displaying geotagged photos from Flickr has been added to libchamplain.
- A "Share My Desktop" feature has been added to Empathy, it allows a contact to share his desktop over an IM stream . (GNOME bug 589091)
- The mousewheel action on Rhythmbox status icon has been made configurable, it can be made to switch to next/previous tracks, and to modify the audio volume . (GNOME bug 376863)
- Orca has been extended to prepend "mispelled" to the words marked as such in Mozilla text areas . (GNOME bug 588910)
- Anjuta Git support has been modified to show the active branch in the status bar, and to provide "git stash" features in the UI.
- gnome-power-manager removed the CanSuspend and CanHibernate D-Bus methods as there is now a patch available for gnome-session, to make it so it handles them directly via DeviceKit-power.
- Bastien Nocera added profile switching support to the volume control, and blogged about it.
- Zhang Sen, who is working on Telepathy Tubes support for the Sudoku game in his GSOC, added saving and undo/redo support.
- In another GSOC, to create a D-Bus mail service, Ian Marcinkowski commited his IMAP parser.
- GNote added a D-Bus interface mimicking the Tomboy one . (GNOME bug 581030)
- Eye of GNOME gained an option to have the detailed metadata list widget shown on its own notebook page in the properties dialog, so the dialog is smaller and fit on smaller displays . (GNOME bug 566810)
- Finally Matthew Barnes ported gnome-video-arcade from libglade to GtkBuilder, and Felix Riemann converted zenity . (GNOME bug 578393)
Issue 31
May 10, 2009
This week… 1980 commits, in 184 projects, by 244 happy hackers (and 281 were translation commits).
- Alacarte switched from libglade to gtkbuilder (GNOME bug 577911) and Trevor Watkins published his work on a vala rewrite in the vala+gdesktopmenu branch.
- Anjuta git plugin now features a "amend" option in its commit dialog . (GNOME bug 580340)
- Eog gained a "set as background" command in its image context menu . (GNOME bug 581180)
- Tomas Bzatek fixed the gvfs FTP backend to parse file sizes over 4 gigabytes correctly.
- Robert Carr added a D-Bus module to Seed, he wrote about it in DBus, sandboxes, REPLs, Life.
- Alexander Larsson went through the lowlevel part of gnio, fixing all the issues he pointed out in his initial review, making it work fully on win32, writing docs, plus fixing lots of other things he found. He posted a status report, with some open questions.
- Jonh Wendell started refactoring Vinagre to make it a generic viewer, not just for VNC anymore.
- Vino, XChat-GNOME, deskbar-applet, gnome-system-monitor and Evolution changed to use g_timeout_add_seconds instead of g_timeout_add where appropriate . (GNOME bug 581204, GNOME bug 581094, GNOME bug 581207, GNOME bug 591099, GNOME bug 573830)
Issue 28
April 19, 2009
This week… 1889 commits, in 207 projects, by 235 happy hackers (and 407 were translation commits).
- The Git migration happened, and 84 commits were about doap files, and 44 about .gitignore files.
- gnome-netstatus, empathy and gnome-dictionary (from gnome-utils , GNOME bug 577943) all switched to GtkBuilder.
- libgdata added support for ETags, to allow for versioning when querying, updating and deleting entries . (GNOME bug 578661)
- A new plugin has been added to eog, to order images randomly in slideshow mode . (GNOME bug 562135)
- Libchamplain got support for more advanced markers, allowing to set many properties on markers, allowing features such as attached image or text and how if should be displayed (wrapped, ellipsized, etc .). (GNOME bug 576055)
- Matthew Barnes updated gnome-video-arcade to make game play back work again with recent MAME releases.
- Sabayon was updated to use Xephyr instead of Xnest.
- Xan Lopez fixed backwards search in Epiphany Find Toolbar.
- Empathy got a new "join chatroom" dialog, which will only load the room list when the rooms are displayed.
- Seed imports system was changed to match the one in gjs, making it easier to port applications between them. Robert Carr posted details in some Seed updated.
Issue 27
April 12, 2009
This week… 1245 commits, in 160 projects, by 183 happy hackers (and 277 were translation commits).
- The 3.0 platform cleaning plan was announced and already beared a lot of results : baobab, hamster-applet, gcalctool and glchess got ported to GtkBuilder; brasero, the toolbar editor in libegg and yelp got rid of their glib and GTK+ deprecated symbols; gnome-mag migrated to gio/gvfs; and eog incorporated all it needef rom libart_lgpl, thus removing its dependency (GNOME bug 577940, GNOME bug 578219, GNOME bug 571868, GNOME bug 578304, GNOME bug 517732, GNOME bug 573023, GNOME bug 556808 and GNOME bug 556807, at least).
- Also Matthew Barnes killed the deprecated html-editor component from gtkhtml2, getting rid of bonobo (GNOME bug 571743).
- Several gnome-games (aisleriot, gnibbles, mahjongg, and iagno) were updated to use g_timeout_add_seconds where sensible . (GNOME bug 564202).
- Vincent Untz improved his gnome-session patch, and commited the fix so that reboot and shutdown also leave the session properly, by letting apps exist before doing the real reboot/shutdown.
- The GVFS FTP backend saw several fixes (including GNOME bug 520399, GNOME bug 573349).
- Ignacio Casal Quinteiro added source code completion to GtkSourceView.
- pygtk was changed to use numpy instead of Numeric, that was no longer maintained (GNOME bug 387544).
- Empathy added a new presence selector widget, that incorporates a text field for quick setting of custom messages (GNOME bug 569449).
Issue 20
February 22, 2009
This week… 2257 commits, in 200 projects, by 207 happy hackers (and 665 were translation commits).
- Again the translation teams do great in the commits top 10, taking five places; the teams are Basque, Swedish, Romanian, Danish and Finnish (Iñaki Larrañaga Murgoitio, Daniel Nylander, Jani Monoses and Ilkka Tuohela).
- gtk-doc got the possibility to link to struct members . (GNOME bug 565126)
- The deskbar-applet bookmark search will also look at epiphany topics . (GNOME bug 572291)
- In glib Alexander Larsson modified g_content_type_guess to never sniff desktop files when the filename is known. In other words, only allow desktop files with the .desktop extension and when the filename isn't known. This is a security precaution since desktop files can execute arbitrary code when launched and we don't want to allow them to try and hide as another type. There is no legit reason to not have the .desktop extension anyway. (the .desktop issue is also being discussed in desktop-devel-list)
- Tracker got support for IPTC metadata in jpeg and tiff files.
- Sven Neumann gave some love to the GTK+ directfb support, applying some patches, fixing some issues.
- Epiphany has a new option to open new windows in tabs (only available as a gconf key for now ). (GNOME bug 571593)
- Christian Persch killed the custom OBox widget from gnome-panel as GtkBox now supports changing the orientation.
- The balance bar in the new volume control will now instant-apply . (GNOME bug 566423)
- Metacity got totally rid of metacity-dialog, and will now use zenity to present dialogs . (GNOME bug 521914)
- Vinagre got updated to allow IPv6 address on the command line and in the connection dialog.
- Rygel is getting ready for a new release, several changes here, notably the response for seekable media request is now sent buffer by buffer so the whole file is not put into memory.
- And finally, a pythonconsole plugin, based on the gedit plugin, landed in eog.
Issue 14
January 11, 2009
This week… 1992 commits, in 182 projects, by 186 happy hackers (and 349 were translation commits).
- Lucas Rocha set his eyes on gnome-session, and started fixing bugs introduced in the 2.24 rewrite.
- A library, libbrasero-media, got extracted out of brasero, Philippe Rouquier tells more about it on desktop-devel-list.
- Lightsoff, which was started as an example shipped in the Seed module, has been imported in gnome-games.
- File Roller and Eye of GNOME removed their dependencies and libgnome and libgnomeui; and Anjuta removed its dependency on gnomevfs.
- GVFS got its SMB browsing authentication support much improved (GNOME bug 524485).
- Cosimo Cecchi added sound events support in Empathy (via libcanberra).
- In gnome-keyring-daemon, the new modular SSH agent has been integrated as the main SSH agent.
- Ignacio Casal Quinteiro added a new fullscreen mode to gedit, with a sliding toolbar . (GNOME bug 520749)
- A new plugin was added to nautilus-sendto, to send files over IM via Empathy.
Issue 2
October 19, 2008
This week… 1802 commits, in 171 projects, by 195 happy hackers (and 301 were translation commits).
A port of dasher in Java has been added to the dasher repository, it was done by Chris Smowton. Sébastien Granjoux implemented support for gdbserver in Anjuta. William Jon McCann worked a little bit on the user-switch-applet that is now part of gdm. Empathy gained a pidgin-accounts import dialog and finally got support for chatroom invitations. More modules were migrated away from libgnome (gnome-games, marlin, cheese) and to GtkBuilder (eog) and gio (tracker search tool).


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Following Sunday worship we have our Heavenly Perks! This is our fellowship time with refreshments and conversation, hosted by church members each Sunday. Other fellowship highlights include the Easter Breakfast, Sunday school Kick-Off Pancake Celebration (Sunday after Labor Day), Christmas Caroling and Soup Lunch (in December), Ice Cream Social (in July), and an inter-generational Vacation Bible School (evenings for one week in July, including dinner).
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First – I dedicate this post to my longtime friend K-Dub, she loves herself a good pumpkin beer!
I'm proud to say that I was born right here in San Diego. That said, I also have a co-hometown in the suburbs of Washington D.C. where my Father moved us shortly after he finished his term with the Navy. I spent a lot of time growing up on the east coast and many of my closest friends still reside there so I have never really left it behind, even after my most recent move back to San Diego. If there is one thing I miss about the east coast, not counting my friends and family there, it would have to be the fall season. Something about the cool crispness of the air, the changing of the leaves to shades of yellow and orange, it really does a lot to invigorate my spirit. I absolutely love this time of the year.
Which is why I've been holding this blog back several weeks as Southern California is mired in a brutal heat wave that doesn't really seem to be letting up. It's challenging to get in the fall spirit when you are standing in a cold shower trying to lower your body temperature after going for a six mile run. It would be pretty rad if I could break out a sweatshirt or something at night. Oh well. San Diegans who bitch about the weather are deservedly mocked so I'll shut-up now.
One of my favorite fall treats are pumpkin flavored items. Pumpkin bread, and pumpkin pie are clearly at the top of that list but I've been known to indulge in other snacks that have been amped up with pumpkin spice, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Obviously, my favorite thing in the whole wide world is drinking beers, so for me it's kinda fun to see what some breweries are able to come up with in the pumpkin beer area. I know it's something of a novelty and maybe that bugs you and maybe it doesn't. I'm pretty straight forward about what types of beers I like, but please allow me this one random indulgence. None, of these are what we would call "hoppy" beers, but as many beer drinkers will attest to, there are some that far outshine others. What we have in today's post is a tiny sampler of what is out there in the pumpkin beer market of Southern California. I was able to find most of these at the local BevMo if you decided to go looking. My other store of choice was K'nB Wine Cellars.
I'm also not the kind of person who likes to point out negative things but here is one – The pumpkin beer made by Blue Moon is one of the worst things I've ever had in my life. That includes asparagus and anchovies. Do not drink it, it is not good.
Let's start with Buffalo Bill's Brewery: Pumpkin Ale 5.2%ABV : This beer is refereed to as 'America's Original Pumpkin Ale'. It has a light pumpkin aroma to go with the light orange color. Tastes good, the pumpkin is a little too sublte for me, it does not overwhelm the palette. The little lady said she couldn't even taste the pumpkin.
Shipyard Brewing Co. : PumpkinHead Ale 4.7%ABV : Light, golden color with a fragrant pumpkin aroma and a more overt pumpkin flavor. Well balanced with the malts so it's no too sweet. The future Mrs. compares it to pumpkin bread. This one works well for my tastes.
Samuel Adams : Harvest Pumpkin Ale 5.7%ABV : Dark, golden color with a rich aroma. Deep malty flavor, tastes like a true autumn beer – I can almost see the leaves change color. Again, I find the pumpkin to be underplayed here. If you like the pumpkin to be subtle, you may find this beer right up your ally.
Dogfish Head: Punkin Ale 7%ABV : A brown ale with a strong pumpkin pie flavor to it.A very tasty beer from the boys in Delaware. It's slightly too sweet to my tastes but that's not from the pumpkin, it's from the brown sugar they dropped in this sucker. Enjoyable for sure.
Now we get to my two favorite mamajama's
Unita Brewing : Crooked Line Oaked Jacked Imperial Pumpkin 10.31%ABV : The gang from Utah sure knows how to brew a pumpkin beer that will whip your ass! Dark brown color, strong pumpkin aroma and one of the closest tasting beer to pumpkin pie you can imagine. Minus the crust. Taking a pumpkin ale and then aging it in oak barrels might be one of the most genious idea's I've heard in a while. You get a crisp yet boozy beverage that I found incredibly smooth and easy drinking. I also found it very hard to get off the couch after drinking the entire 22oz bottle by myself. Awesome beer!!
Shipyard Brewing Co : Smashed Pumpkin 9%ABV : This was my into to what pumpkin beers should aspire to taste like. It's pretty much the gold standard in my opinion. It has a nice orange color, strong aroma of pumpkin and an excellent flavor with a slightly boozy edge to it. Not as strong as the Unita. You also have wonderful, big flavors from the malts to offset too much sweet from the pumpkin. Shipyard is one of the best when it comes to having a well balanced beer and this is another example of that. Simply fantastic.
So there is my pumpkin beer drinking experience for the fall. Maybe you're not so much of a pumpkin beer guy, that's OK. I can't get mad at you. However, if the mood ever did strike for you to try one, this list is something that I hope will help.
Now if we could only figure out a beer that tastes like Thanksgiving Dinner…


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Neovia is a very complex and mysterious town, and it was very difficult to get any information about it, but after I spent many days in Fyora's Library, I managed to come up with the following:
The town consists of mostly middle to upper class. The weather is almost always foggy, and very few residents remember a time when it hasn't been. The town has been abandoned for many years and is located in the deepest and darkest part of the Haunted Woods.
You can find it just past the path right on the edge of the gypsy camp. You may want to bring a flashlight with you on your journey, though, because you never know what those Meepits are up to.
Once you actually find the town of Neovia, you may be tempted to ding-dong ditch every one of the houses. I strongly recommend that you control this urge, because the residents will not be too happy with you.
Now, after you sneak back into the town disguised as a mustachioed Elephante... I mean, uh... your regular non-mustachioed self, you should really check out "The Crumpetmonger."
She's not just a fashionably dressed baker... she's the creator of dreams. Between the Chocolate, Blueberry, and Cheese Scones, the Lemon Tarts, and the Cream Puffs... Oh, the Cream Puffs! Anyway, the Crumpetmonger is definitely one of the best bakers in town.
Her shop may be a bit hard to recognize at first. Actually, all the Neovian shops are, with all the fog floating around. Anyway, it has a red awning, with a little cupcake over it. Once you go there a few times, though, you will not need a description.
As I was licking my fingers of the delicious cupcake I'd just consumed, a pale red Techo approached me, and said, "Hello, I'm Alabaster Chesterdrawers and we are having a sale today. You wouldn't be interested, would you?"
I didn't actually know what he was selling, but hey, a sale's a sale, so I decided to follow him. It turned out he was selling antiques, and it also turns out that I have a severe allergy to dust and century-old vases. Most of the prices were extremely high, even for a sale, but some of the furniture was really nice. He's a very persuasive salesman, and eventually I bought a new lamp. Well, it was actually old, but I try, alright?
Printing Press
We have a newspaper, but do we actually have a newsstand? No, we don't. So this Pteri decided she needed to fix that. The Neovian Printing Press it one of the most prestigious and respected newsstands in all Neopia. They sell periodicals ranging from a magazine about how to be successful at the Battledome to the Shenkuu Bulletin, which is hand-written and made out of the finest bamboo stalks.
The miraculous Neopet in charge of this whole operation is a tall, slender, green, Pteri. She graduated Journalism Neoschool at the age of 25 and new she was destined to own her very own newsstand. She worked her way up in the world, starting as a mere columnist for the Neopian Times, then moving on to work in many worlds, for many newspapers. As she worked in all these different places, she began to gain knowledge about each of them. She took this knowledge, moved to Neovia, and became an inspiration to journalists everywhere. *sniffle*
Prigpants and Swolthy
Hmm... these guys seem familiar. One tall, mysterious man and one round, jolly man. Eh, doesn't ring a bell, does it? Prigpants and Swolthy make the most elegant and sophisticated clothes around. Nothing could bring out your features more than a long, ruffled dress or a dark black top hat. These clothes are definitely for the finer class. They are fairly expensive, though. I mean, if you want a truly amazing pair of bloomers, you are going to have to pay a price.
It would also be noted, that Neovia has won many awards on being one of the finest dressed cities in Neopia. Of course, these awards were made possible by Prigpants and Swolthy. Without them, Neovia would be running around in peasant clothes! No middle-upper class town can be dressing like that! The thought is even... ugh!
As I sat alone atop the misty hill overlooking the town, I leaned against a gravestone and thought, "I am sitting above a pile of dirt and a dead body." Once I repositioned myself, I began thinking about the town of Neovia. Remembering the plot days of October to December, I thought about how much Neovia had changed in the past months. They had gotten rid of their mayor and rebuilt practically the whole city, not to mention ridden themselves of a many year old long curse that had basically destroyed the whole town and many families. I thought of Ilere, Sophie, Bruno, and that one annoying little Usul... what was her name? Gilly, that's it. Neovia has certainly changed, my reader; it has certainly changed.
I decided it was time for me to go. Neovia was a great town and all, but I had to go home and make sure Lissadine hadn't been licking the jelly walls of our neohome... again. My mustachioed Elephante disguise was getting a little itchy too. I started picking at my mustache, and it fell off, right as Alabaster was handing me my free Neovia gift bag. "Hey," he exclaimed. "You don't have a mustache at all! And I bet you're not an Elephante either! I bet you are an underpaid journalist for the Neopian Times!"
"Umm... no, actually, I'm paid very well... heh heh... umm..."
Then, an alarm sounded, and trees, gravestones, and shadows emerged from a large building. At this point, I figured it was probably time to run, so I grabbed my gift bag and took off through the tall iron gate. They just don't make mustache glue like they used to.


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We?ll get right to the chase. Apple?s iPhone 3G is very similar to the original iPhone. In fact, first-generation iPhones can be updated to use the iPhone 2.0 software, which will give a lot of the software capabilities of iPhone 3G to its predecessor. However, that doesn?t mean that iPhone 3G isn?t worth the upgrade. If you were holding out on the original iPhone in hopes of iPhone 3G, this is your chance to grab one, assuming can get past the strict requirements of activating the phone in AT&T or Apple Stores. That?s of course to prevent a lot of folks from unlocking their iPhones.
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