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Cessily lived a completely normal life and was a beloved only child, until her mutation developed. Her body changed to a metallic, mercury-like substance. Her parents did not know how to deal with this change. While they did not reject her outright, they shipped her off to Xavier's, hoping the neighbors would never know about their mutant daughter.
Xavier Institute and the Hellions
Cessily eventually made her first friend at Xavier´s in resident bad boy Hellion, who has been like an older brother to her ever since. When Cessily met Wither, who was an outcast at the school due to his death touch, she formed a crush on him, and eventually she discovered she was immune to his powers. This forged a connection between them. She stood up for Wither and got Hellion to welcome him into their Hellions clique and training squad.
The Hellions met a mutant powerbroker called the Kingmaker. When granted one wish by Kingmaker, Cessily asked to have her parents accept her. She journeyed to Portland and found her parents as open and loving as before she got her powers. When Cessily and the Hellions realized Kingmaker´s gift came with a price, they tricked him and backed out of the deal. It was only then that Cessily realized her parent's love had been forced - they had been mind-controlled. Free of Kingmaker's influence, the Kincaids blamed Cessily and disowned her.
Soon thereafter, the events of M-Day left only 27 students with their powers, Cessily included, though she would have preferred to lose her powers. The depowered students and staff were sent to their homes. One bus was bombed by anti-mutant religious zealot Reverend William Stryker, and Cessily's former teammate and friend Tag was among those killed. The X-Men held a funeral for those students whose parents would not accept them, and Cessily's anguish was very visible.
All of the remaining students were placed by Emma Frost into an all-out brawl, and the ones deemed to be the best were to be assigned to become a group of in-training New X-Men. Cessily made the team and began training to become an X-Man.
Cessily and the New X-Men defeated Stryker, Elixir killing him. Shortly afterwards the team went to help Forge who had been sought out by Nimrod for repair. During the skirmish X-23 was forced to sever a piece of Mercury's hand to separate her from Nimrod. She later commented she'd "always wanted to lose a few pounds." The team successfully defeated the robot due to a group effort. Nimrod was sent back in time.
Predator X and Limbo
After learning of Emma Frost's plan to have X-23 leave the school, Cessily took Laura to Salem Center for coffee to cool Laura down. Just as Cessily realized that Laura had feelings for Hellion, the coffee shop exploded. Facility agents led by Laura's former handler, Kimura came for one of them. Laura, believing it was her, begged Cessily to leave, but not before Kimura shot Cessily with an electric bullet, stopping Cessily from doing anything, and stating that they were actually there for Cessily. After capturing Cessily, Kimura left before Laura could recuperate from a grenade blast.
At the lab, Cessily questioned who they were and what they wanted but is given no answers. When she replied that her friends would come for her, Kimura informed her that "The Elephant" (Mammomax) said the same thing while showing a picture of his corpse in a cell. Apparently Stryker, before dying, had requested a living weapon, a huge beast called the "Predator X", and Mercury's metal skin was needed to give him more durability and powers. Gruesome experiments partly stripped the girl of the needed bio-metal, granting the beast her powers and leaving her in extreme pain. The experiments left her physically and mentally traumatized, and she went into recovery at the institute.
Mercury was recovering in bed when the students were teleported to Limbo. She was being held captive by Belasco but broke free after he 'killed' X-23. She and Dust went up against Belaco and kept getting beaten down but refused to give up, as both their mutant bodies were resistant to his magic.
World War Hulk
During World War Hulk, Mercury teamed up with her fellow New X-Men to face the Hulk when he came to capture Xavier. Even though their initial attacks failed, Mercury attacked one last time and knocked the Hulk into the graveyard of deceased mutants who died on M-Day. When the Hulk heard about what happened to them, he realized that his anger was wrongly directed at Xavier and left.
Mercury has also been deeply affected by the events of Decimation.[1] She is distraught by the death of a teenage civilian mutant and is one of the students at the institute trying to determine the youngest mutant, as she believes that the youngest mutant always tends to be killed.
Messiah Complex
Mercury is one of the New X-Men led by Surge that launch a strike against the Purifiers to incapacitate them and rescue the mutant baby. After Hellion is critically wounded by Lady Deathstrike, Pixie panics and blindly teleports the entire team out of the Purifiers' base, spreading them out between Washington and New York. It does not appear that Cessily suffered any lasting injuries as a result. She helps to stabilize Hellion in the X-Men Blackbird on the way back to the mansion. Later, she goes with Dust and Rockslide to visit the graveyard, and they discover that Predator X has entered the mansion grounds. Mercury battles the monster with the rest of the students and is transported by Pixie, along with the other New X-Men, to the battle between the X-Teams and Mister Sinister's forces on Muir Island.
San Francisco
Mercury joined the X-men in San Francisco upon Cyclops' call to all mutants. She fought alongside X-23, Emma Frost and Dust against the Skrull Secret Invasion.
Following The Invasion, Norman Osborn established his own task-force, H.A.M.M.E.R., and taking advantage of anti-mutant riot publicly vilified the X-men as threats to the American people. In response the X-men established their own island nation of Utopia. Not to be outdone, Osborn made one more play to discredit them and tracked down Cessily's father, half bribing/half-threatening him to lie to the media that the X-men were dangerous criminals holding his daughter captive. The situation was resolved to everyone's surprise by Deadpool, who initially attempted to assassinate Cessily's father as a misguided means of gaining X-men membership. At gunpoint, and on live television her father's lie is revealed and Osborn is discredited, furthermore by allowing the X-men to defeat him, Deadpool further boots their own media profile as heroes.
Cessily joined the rest of the X-men as a resident of Utopia, but following attacks from a pack of Preadator X, a confrontation with the U-Men, a Necromorph invasion led by Selene and Wither, Bastion's forces during Second Coming, Legion's reality warping Age of X, Fear Itself and finally Schism, she decides that life on Utopia simply wasn't safe and joined Wolverine's side in returning to a school in Westchester alongside classmates Hellion, Rockslide and Blindfold.
Powers and Abilities
|Power Grid [9]
|Energy Projection
|Fighting Skills
Malleable Bio-Mercury Form: She is composed of a non-toxic liquid mercury. Her form allows her to alter her shape by collapsing into a featureless mass, extending blades from her skin, or molding herself into different forms. Her ability to shape shift extends to the most basic of rudimentary weapons. Her liquid mercury form is non-Organic.
- Self-Sustenance: She is no longer a carbon-based life form and does not eat or breathe the same way as normal humans. Still, she consumes food out of habit and has not realized the scope of her change.
- Telepathic Resistance: She is very hard to telepathically detect or influence while in her mercury form.
- Molecular Adhesion: This gives her the ability to cling to solid surfaces and move her body at will even without overt locomotive features.
- Enhanced Durability: Her skin, bone and muscle transformed into liquid mercury to make it stronger and harder than human; impervious to injury to a certain extent.
- Magical Resistance: Due to her transient body, its harder to magically detect, influence, or harm her than other humans and mutants, but her resistance is far from infinite and can be overwhelmed by more skilled magicians like Belasco and Magik.
Mercury was considered a Significant Threat by the O*N*E, at the time of the M-Day.[2] Nimrod later classified her as a Threat Level: Medium.[3]
Strength level
Normal human female with moderate regular exercise.
Electricity stuns Mercury and causes her to lose control over her form, as well as causing pain.
- The use of her powers can sometimes be embarrassing for Cessily: with her ability to re-shape any part of her body, she is able to "melt" herself and turn into a living puddle of mercury. When she does this, however, she is unable to keep her clothes on. Therefore, when she shapes herself back into her humanoid form, she will be nude.[4]
- Cessily's is disappointed about not losing her powers due to M-Day, as she was seen looking into a mirror and while saying: Why not me? Why not me?.[5]
- Her creators stated that she is Irish-American. In her first appearance, she was sixteen-years-old.[6]
- Cessily and Bling! (Roxy Washington) appear to be dating.[7]
- A previous male character with the same name and similar powers was introduced as a part of Cerebro's X-Men.
- It has also been said by her creators that she can potentially do anything the T-1000 (Terminator 2) can.[8]
Links and References
- 155 Appearances of Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616)
- 1 Minor Appearances of Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616)
- Media Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616) was Mentioned in
- 115 Images featuring Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616)
- 5 Quotations by or about Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616)
- Character Gallery: Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616)
Discover and Discuss
- Search this site for: Mercury · Cessily Kincaid · Cessily Kincaid (Earth-616)
- ↑ depicted in the "Endangered Species" miniseries
- ↑ X-Men: The 198 Files #1
- ↑ New X-Men Vol 2 #31
- ↑ New Mutants Vol 2 #7
- ↑ New X-Men Vol 2 #20
- ↑ According to statements made on DeFillipis and Weir's creators forum on comixfan.net, now defunct.
- ↑ Generation X #87
- ↑ According to statements made on DeFillipis and Weir's creators forum on comixfan.net, now defunct.
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcover Vol. 7
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5 common scholarship myths busted!
You know that college is expensive, right? So, why haven't you started applying for scholarships? Let us guess — you don't think you're eligible or will be able to win one. Or, maybe you think you're all that and colleges will be throwing money at you. Thousands of students miss out on free money for college every year because they mistakenly believe some silly scholarship myths that are still floating around or they have unrealistic expectations. So, we're here to set the record straight in a little game we like to call Bust-a-Scholarship-Myth!
Myth #1: My GPA is way too low to qualify
Courtesy of missliterati.com.
BS! Not all scholarships are merit-based (grades or test scores). In fact, many programs reward students for talent, athletics, creativity, or other non-academic skills. Even if your GPA is hovering below a 3.0, plenty of scholarship programs are still open to you — like our $10,000 RESIST THE IST: DEFY STEREOTYPES Scholarship.
Myth #2: My family makes too much money
Is there such a thing as too much money? Courtesy of pixgood.com.
Guess again! Unless you are applying for a need-based scholarship, most providers will not even ask about your family's income. And, what you may think is "too much" income may actually qualify for some need-based aid at certain private colleges. Never assume you're not eligible until you've read ALL the scholarship program details.
Myth #3: I'm on the varsity team so I'll get a fat scholarship
Even your cool moves may not help. Courtesy of survivingcollege.com.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the odds are not in your favor. Only two percent of high school athletes actually receive an athletic scholarship. And of those who do, very few receive enough aid to cover all their expenses. In fact, most athletic scholarships range between $342 and $14,660 a year, depending on the sport and the division.
Myth #4: I have a 4.0 so I'll get a full-ride scholarship
Courtesy of Perez Hilton.
Don't count your dollars just yet. While we commend you on your awesomeness, less than 20,000 students receive a full-ride scholarship each year. Even if you have a perfect GPA and a stellar résumé to boot, you shouldn't expect colleges to throw large sums of money at you. But, if you want to increase your chances of winning one, think outside the box and look into smaller, lesser-known private schools where you may still be a big fish in a little pond.
Myth #5: I can't apply until senior year
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Wrong! If you wait until senior year to start searching and applying for scholarships, you're already three years behind the curve. Many scholarships are actually open to students 13 years and older (and some even younger!), which means you could have been building fat stacks in your college fund by the time you reached senior year. When it comes to scholarships, there's only one thing you really need to remember — the more often you apply, the more chances you have to win. And we can help you. Check out our free scholarship search tool, and we'll match you to scholarships that are perfect for you!

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Hello, oldies fans,
After a rather long hiatus (which was mainly spent on launching various new websites and online communities as well as dealing with personal issues and a demanding day job), the Oldies Connection blog is back in action! The Oldies Connection website, which this blog supports, has never gone away; it is continually being updated with news and content. In addition, there is now an Oldies Connection Page on Facebook. The Facebook Page is mainly for posting links to videos and related sites as well as news on updates and additions to the main site. Please check it out and, if you're a Facebook member, feel free to become a fan of the page.
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What Is a Green Smoothie?
You don't have to be on a strict vegan, vegetarian, or even raw food diet to enjoy the health benefits of green smoothies. And you don't have to eliminate any foods that you're already eating or enjoying. The idea behind green smoothies is to drink one smoothie a day as a complement to your current diet. With just that change alone, you should start to see results. Here are a few things to know about green smoothies:
You make green smoothies in a blender by using three main ingredients: leafy green veggies, fruits, and a liquid base, such as water, almond milk, or coconut water.
Green smoothies take less than five minutes to make. They're truly the fastest and easiest way to start improving your diet. You don't need any special culinary skills to make green smoothies.
Green smoothies will keep in the fridge for up to two days. That means you can make them in advance the night before school or work and in the morning be ready to leave the house on time with a healthy drink in hand!
Green smoothies are affordable. You don't need any expensive equipment or ingredients to make green smoothies.
Unlike green juice made in a juicer, green smoothies keep all the fiber in the fruits and veggies intact. The fiber keeps you fuller longer, helps regulate blood sugars, and reduces food cravings, making losing weight and keeping it off easier.
Green smoothies are full of minerals, such as calcium, zinc, potassium, manganese, magnesium, and selenium and are loaded with vitamins C, A, E, and B complex.
The high amounts of antioxidants in green smoothies make them a perfect anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory food.
Dark leafy greens are the star ingredient in green smoothies because most people today simply aren't eating enough greens. Adding fruits hides the bitter taste of the greens.
Because green smoothies are blended into liquid form, they're easy to digest and absorb.
Green smoothies are great for breakfast, before or after workouts, or as an afternoon snack to give you a healthy boost of natural energy. They're wonderful for kids and adults. Your whole family can get in on the healthy fun!
By having a green smoothie once a day, you can naturally start to "crowd out" refined and processed foods with natural, whole, pure foods.
You can use green smoothies to do a mini-detox at home for one, two, or three days, or try a once-a-week detox.


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The issue of Palestine doesn't matter to Al Khalifah
Press Shia Agency – The senior member of the Assembly of Bahraini Scholars stated that the issue of Palestine is not important to Al Khalifah regime and said that the revolution of the Bahraini people will continue until the people's demands are completely met.
Press Shia Agency – In an exclusive interview with Press Shia Agency News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Muhammad Khojesteh, a member of the Assembly of Islamic Scholars of Bahrain, referred to the latest developments in Bahrain, saying, "Unfortunately, a critical situation in the country has prevailed and due to the intensification of the security conditions in the country, the Al Khalifah regime has suppressed the people's peaceful demonstrations in different regions of the country. By resorting to the judiciary, the Al Khalifah regime has issued oppressive verdicts, including imprisonment, executions and the denial of citizenship."
Describing the increased pressure on Bahraini Shi'ah leader, Ayatollah Isa Qasim, and the intensification of his house arrest by the regime, the senior member of the Assembly of Bahraini Scholars said, "The Bahraini people will continue to pursue their legitimate demands. The revolutionary atmosphere in Bahrain is the same as it was in the past and the wave of protests has not calmed down. However, we sometimes see relative calm but this calm is like fire under the ashes. Night rallies and revolutionary and legal activities will continue until the revolutionaries fully achieve their rightful demands."
In another part of the interview, Hujjat al-Islam Khojesteh also explained the goals of the Al Khalifah regime in normalizing relations with Israel in the shadow of the Palestinian people's intifadah, said, "The policy of normalizing relations with Israel is not a new issue but Al Khalifah has removed the mask from its real face and taken this path along with some Arab countries because they have received such a command from their leader, the United States. The Al Khalifah and Al Saud regimes are marionettes and playthings for the Americans and agents of the foreigners in the region."
The Bahraini Shi'ah scholar added, "Today, Bahrain's rulers explicitly reveal their relationship with Israel because, in my belief, they never paid attention to the problems and pain of the Islamic ummah. Al Khalifah never believed in the Palestinian issue as the primary issue of the Islamic world. They only think about securing their own personal interests and staying in power. Thus, for the Al Khalifah, the continuation of the intifadah and the martyrdom of the Palestinian people and the escalation of the crisis in Jerusalem al-Quds isn't important."
Referring to the position and approach of the Bahraini people towards the issue of Palestine, he stated, "The views of the Bahraini people, like other nations in the region, are in contrast to the views of the government. The people of Bahrain remember Palestine every moment and every second. Even as the oppressed Bahraini people are severely suppressed these days, there is no demonstration in Bahrain where a Palestinian personality isn't named and this is a message to our Palestinian brothers that we are still addressing the issue of Palestine as the first issue of the Islamic world."
In conclusion, His Eminence emphasized on explaining the future of the Bahraini Revolution and said, "Although it is impossible to talk about the future definitively, the Bahraini people will not give up their demonstrations until their demands are met. Today, the issue of Bahrain, just like Iraq, Palestine, Syria and Yemen, is a major issue in the region and any positive or negative events in Bahrain will affect the entire region. It is our duty to act far beyond the result of our duty and the Bahraini people will continue on this path."
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By Riley Fink
This morning our group went out to eat brunch, a necessary component of every D.C. native's lifestyle. After taking the metro, we arrived at Annie's Paramount Steakhouse, located in the area of Dupont Circle. This location is known for its strong connection to the LGBT community.
Whenever I eat at a new place that offers breakfast foods, I always get the Eggs Benedict. I gotta say, this meal did not disappoint in the slightest. Served under Hollondaise sauce with breakfast potatoes and a cup of fruit, the Eggs Benedict found at Annie's is some of the best I've had. All aspects of the meal came together to create something great. While other students now have their own recommendations of what to order for brunch in D.C., I would definitely suggest the Eggs Benedict to gauge the all-around quality of the food at a location.


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Jaylen's smile is crazy contagious and after this little photo-sesh of him, I was looking through all the pictures and I saw this little chip in his tooth. I'm not bummed because it doesn't seem to bother him right now. I will definitely get it fixed once he gets all his baby teeth in considering he will have them for some time before they all fall out. But for now my little man has a chipped tooth that's kinda cute and suits him.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
DIY Oneies
So I had a bunch of white oneies that I bought on clearance for like 50c...of course I had to get them. So the other day I decided to do something with them besides let them collect dust. And I came up with this! I did two others but he hasn't worn them yet but when he does I'll post about them and link them back here. So this was really simple, I already had the paint and I just used some fabric paint and a paint brush and I love chevrons so I made it kid friendly and here it is :) Do try it yourself it's super easy and really fun to do.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Hand Eye Coordination
This fun little activity I came up with ended up not going to well and Jaylen just wanted to knock it down but what can I expect. So basically I put some spaghetti in a sponge and fruit loops and cheerios in a basket. I showed him how to do it and he caught on and did really good, so this is a really simple and fun activity to do with your toddler and it's a great snack for them too!
Monday, September 17, 2012
TV time.
How much TV time should or shouldn't a toddler be watching?? This will forever be a debate, I honestly did'n't want Jaylen watching any TV until the age of 3 but how can I expect him to never see it if I watch it. So I've come to the decision to let him watch select shows. Although it's mainly this show above "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" he loves it too and we had yogurt that day to go with it after his nap.
I've also come up with a good schedule for him to be able to watch TV so that it's not constantly on. He watches Mickey Mouse in the morning and after his nap. So just twice a day but not everyday and most of the time it's on he doesn't sit there the whole time and watch it, he mostly likes the songs. In a way I'm doing good with him not watching as much all in all. In between breakfast and nap and nap and bed time I will have this music channel on, which I love because it's just a description of the song and a black screen so there is no action going on, on the TV. If I'm not listening to music, which is usually between nap and bed time I'll watch one or two of my own shows.
So as far as TV goes I'm doing pretty good with keeping it at a minimal compared to other kids these days where the TV is the baby sitter and I'm glad that I can't get Jay to cuddle up with me and watch more than 10 minutes of a movie...well some times :)
Friday, September 14, 2012
The Big Move.
So I've been planning this move for some time now and I've definitely made a final decision on where and when I want to move. I'm officially moving to beautiful Syracuse, New York right in the heart of the city. I decided on NY because of many reasons, one it's still on the east cost so I'll be a short train and a super short plane ride away from my family still here in Florida. Also I've always wanted to live in NY but when I was little I always thought of just the big city in NY and no other parts of it. Now that I'm slightly older and wiser I know there's more to NY than just Manhattan. I mainly miss the seasons, ha living in Florida there are none and it's so hot all the time and I feel it sort of limits the things I want to do with Jay especially outdoor play. And I just love the feel of Syracuse and the historic aspect of it, I just feel it defines how and want to live and I get the vibe that it's just me when I look at videos and pictures of that city...I hope that makes sense. It's just that feeling that the boot fits there better than it does for me in FL.
So now as far as when I know it will be next year I don't have exact dates or months right now but I do know it will be, between August thru. October. I'll be posting here and there about home decor inspiration because I of course already have that planned out because I know the apt. I want and I can visualize everything I want in there and where.. a little weird and obsessive you might say but I call it dreaming! Stay tuned folks!
The Apt. I'm going to be staying in!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Getting a Toddler to eat...
More than just that pizza in his hand, hot dogs, nuggets and other not so substance filled foods. Now this isn't easy to do trust me because sometimes you'll still have to give those foods to get to another and much better alternative. For example I gave Jay that pizza but after it I gave him peaches which had been sitting in the fridge for quite sometime because he didn't ever want to try them.
Also another great way to introduce foods if your toddler understands rewards and responds to praise well is to have the favorite treat in sight but let them know they have to eat what's in front of them first. This might seem a little advanced for a toddler Jaylen's age but he loves rewards and praise. Example we had soft tacos the other night and he was adamant on not eating it but I had his juice in sight and he wanted that first, but I just simply told him he wouldn't get it if he didn't eat. Yes, these took a few minutes and some whining but he eventually ate it and as soon as he did I praised him with claps and smiles and good jobs and he loves that. Therefore getting him excited to eat to receive praise and after a few bites he got a sip of juice and then right back to the food.
So it really works and I've added 6 news food to his diet and along with all the praise he really likes the food too, so I know he's not just eating for the reward. Try it and see! Good luck :)
Monday, September 10, 2012
Cluster Feeding?
At almost a year and a half of age Jaylen is still breastfed exclusively on the left boob, along with many other big kids foods, he's just never had cows milk. Now I'd love to keep this up until age 2 at the max and 18 months at min. Just really depending on him because he'll sometimes want to feed constantly hints the title of this post or barely at all. So I'm picking up on the vibes of him completely not wanting to at all anymore these days.
Back to the "cluster feeding" topic, now I really didn't know much about it myself until I saw a post about it on an FB mom page I follow and she mentioned it in the post. So curious ole me went to google and looked it up. It was a simple explanation that simply said something along the lines of when a child constantly wanted to be on the boob, hungry or not. (not word for word, so don't quote me) But at first I was like oh...nah my son doesn't do that. Then the next day it hit me! Jaylen totally does that, duh! Just as depicted ever so cutely in this photo :)
Friday, September 7, 2012
Jay's New Look
I will immediately say all of the clothes in these mini collections can be found here. All though I will be purchasing some of these things many of them are for just an idea of what I want to get for him and not all are linked to a store site but maybe a personal blog or tumblr page or the item isn't available anymore. That's why the above link is provided so you can explore everything I've pinned here and more at once. Enjoy my mini idea book!
Jackets & Assecories + 1 Shirt :)
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Forward Facing
Jaylen made it to 16 months 1 week rear facing in this car seat. I'm very proud of myself for keeping him rear facing for so long but I do wish they had seats that could safely go for longer. I had originally planned on 2 years max 18 months min but only if he didn't grow so fast :(
I definitely had a bitter sweet feeling in turning him around because I really wanted to keep him rear facing for my estimated ages. At the same time he loves it and so do I and this really shows how much he's growing up... another bitter sweet moment there.
Overall I'm happy because although he's forward facing earlier than I wanted, I still know he's safe because this car seat is amazing as I mentioned before.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Happy Labor Day!
Our day started off slow but it ended up picking up and went really well. As you can see we went to the park, I hunted for somewhere to go as soon as I woke up. I found this park called Dr. Phillips Community Park and it's one of my face out of the other two he's been to. The equipment is so modern and funky and so different... I mean nothing compared to what I had growing up and they do such a great job sectioning off the little kids and older kids. But we still got on the big kid stuff! They also had this run through water park area that I was most excited to take him to but I guess earlier some kid pooped in it and they shut it down for the day :( & =P
Then after that we headed to the movies to see Brave which still happened to be out 2 months later.. but hey I won't question it. But he really enjoyed that and I just love taking him to the movies because he loves them so much. And Lastly for the day was the beaut of a sunset that I just had to capture...it just makes you want to say ahh :) I hope you all had a great Labor Day and many more to come!
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What if We Took the Lead?
I've hinted about some conversations, opportunities and new thoughts that are shaking my world right now. I truly believe--in 5 years Granger won't look anything like it does today. You may not even recognize it as being the same. God is prepping myself, Mark Beeson, Rob Wegner, our entire senior team, and many of our staff and volunteers for something that we have a hard time explaining. How can we go somewhere when we have an idea of the destination but can't adequately explain how we will get there? Dee Hock explains it this way:
One need not know and be able to prove in advance what could be accomplished. One need not have a precise plan about how to get there. In a complex, rapidly changing world, a clear sense of direction, a compelling purpose and powerful beliefs about conduct in pursuit of it, seemed to me infinitely more sensible and robust than mechanical plans, detailed objectives, and predetermined outcomes. (Pg 169, One From Many, Dee Hock)
I wonder often--what would happen if we'd just get out of the way? If the structure, systems, restraints, obligations, debt, connections--what if none of that held us back? What could be accomplished? What would the future look like?
What if those with the greatest power, wealth, and position were to open their minds to new possibilities, loosen their tenacious grasp on the old order of things, abandon the palliative of cosmetic change, open their eyes to new forms of organization, seriously question and change their internal model of reality? What if they were to cage the four beasts that devour their keeper--ego, envy, avarice, and ambition--and take the lead in a new order of things? What if they were to go before and show the way? (Pg 203, One From Many, Dee Hock)
What if? We are on a path to figuring it out. It's one of the reasons we've put the Innovate Conference on the shelf for 2010 and instead are inviting people to a conversation about this new future.
But don't wait until November--you probably have thoughts now. Please share!


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Matt and Kim are set to kickoff Hangout Music Festival 2016 with a set this Thursday at 10pm. The duo known for infectious, beat-driven anthems and explosive live shows return to Hangout on the heels of two weekends of Coachella domination and the digital release of their new EP WE WERE THE WEIRDOS out now on FADER Label.
The four-song EP was recorded between the two weekends of madness and Matt and Kim surprised fans and critics alike by releasing it during their weekend 2 mainstage performance at Coachella. The band announced the surprise release right before launching into brand new EP track "Please No More" for the first time ever. WE WERE THE WEIRDOS is now available to stream and download on all digital music services.
In addition to multiple album releases, Matt and Kim have become the go-to live band for raw exuberance and dance-ready anthems. The band has performed sold-out headlining tours across North America and wowed fans around the globe. They've performed to thousands upon thousands at many major music festivals including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Firefly, Summerfest, Big Day Out, Fuji, V, Pukkelpop and Ultra. This summer, Matt and Kim will be hitting summer festivals and touring with Ellie Goulding.
"truly one of the funniest writers around" – Tom Papa
"a warm and witty storyteller" – Andy Richter
Comedian Dave Hill releases his new book "Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore" today via Blue Rider Press. A follow up to Dave's critically acclaimed debut "Tasteful Nudes" which is currently in development with Comedy Central, the book is painfully funny collection of nonfiction personal essays centered around the relationship between Dave and his dad, in the wake of his mother's death, as father and son redefine their relationship. Stories include: going to prison in Mexico, the mean streets of Cleveland, OH, Dave's hometown, male bonding in a big rig, an unexpected "message in a bottle" on a NYC subway platform, working with Donald Trump, and much more.
"Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is available in hardcover, ebook and audiobook forms. Go to: http://bit.ly/1T76MCz
Dave will be on a book tour in support with reading & signing events in NY, Boston, Cleveland, Austin, Denver, Portland, LA, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Chicago.
Comedian, writer, actor and musician Dave Hill grew up in Cleveland and has been on-scene in NYC since moving there in 2003. Currently, he hosts The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU, performs stand up all over NY, on tour with Janeane Garofalo and everywhere in between, and plays guitar with his band Valley Lodge whose song, "Go!" is the theme song on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Dave has appeared on Comedy Central, BBC America, MTV and Adult Swim, is a regular host on HBO and Cinemax, a regular contributor to "This American Life" and starred in his own TV series, "The King of Miami" on the MOJO Network. He has written for The New York Times, Salon, Huffington Post, NY Daily News, and Guitar World among others. His debut comedy album 'Let Me Turn You On' is available on aspecialthing Records.
Dave Hill has been lauded by Malcolm Gladwell as his "idol," Dick Cavett as "hilarious," and John Hodgman as a "mad genius."
"It's completely insane and hilarious." – Simon Doonan
"He's one of today's most skilled purveyors of walking the line between hilarious and heartbreaking." – Kelly Oxford
"In this time of cynical sarcasm, Dave Hill's magical humor shines like a light. If you love David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore belongs on your shelf." – Damien Echols
"Dave Hill is the real deal; a genuine character in a world full of posers, and his book is one of the smartest, funniest, most original collections of fucked-up-guy essays I've ever read." – Adam Resnick
"The next president's first official act should be to declare Dave Hill a living national treasure. He is a major figure among American comic writers, past and present. When reading his stuff, I laugh so loud the neighbors complain." – Dick Cavett
"Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore will smack you straight across your stupid funny bone, but then turn around and stroke your wretched heart with such gentle grace and goodwill that you may find yourself, as I did, choking back both laughter and tears." – Michael Ian Black
Dave and his dad Bob Hill made a special video to celebrate the book release and their mutual love of "Stairway To Heaven". Watch it here: https://youtu.be/tZXYrr_d3Jw
Comedian and host of CNN's "United Shades Of America," W. Kamau Bell explains what it was like to go to a cross burning and answers every black person's favorite question. Watch his Colbert appearance: https://youtu.be/rnHg4NWnpZI
Kamau's new Morgan Spurlock-directed stand-up special "Semi-Prominent Negro" is now available on Showtime. Kamau also performs a benefit show for Housing Forward on Friday, May 20 in Chicago.
FRIDAY MAY 20, 7pm
A Benefit for Housing Forward (100% proceeds) with Hari Kondabolu
Tickets and more info: http://www.housingforward.org/events/housing-forward-presents-w-kamau-bell-and-hari-kondabolu
"For comedy nerds like me, it's essential reading" – "Weird Al" Yankovic
"One of the undisputed heavyweights of televised sketch comedy, right up there with greats like Mr. Show with Bob and David, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and The Kids in the Hall, is The State" – Brooklynvegan
"THE UNION OF THE STATE", the oral biography of THE STATE, is one of the most-unique, untold tales in the history of show business. It's the story of eleven teenagers who met in college and formed one of the most prolific and impactful comedy troupes of all-time as told by members of The State, their collaborators and colleagues. The 600-page book chronicles The State from NYU to MTV and beyond and features never-before published stories and photosfrom the entire group including Kevin Allison, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter, David Wain, Robert Ben Garant, Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Todd Holoubek and Michael Patrick Jann.
"The Union Of The State" is available today in hardcover, softcover or digital plusbook events announced in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Maplewood, MO – dates below.
Order your copy of "The Union Of The State" in hardcover, softcover or digital or find it at a bookstore near you, go to: http://www.coreystulce.com/
"The Union Of The State" follows the members of The State from their time as classmates at New York University in the late 1980s to their quick ascent to fame via their three-season, sketch-comedy TV series on MTV and through their post-MTV projects. It also includes histories of the movie-turned-Netflix-series, "Wet Hot American Summer;" the Comedy Central hit, "Reno 911!;" and cult favorite comedy show/series, Stella.
"The Union Of The State" also includes commentary from State collaborators including Keegan Michael-Key, Chris Meloni, Janeane Garofalo, Mo Willems, Rob Corddry, A.D. Miles, Doug Herzog, James Dixo, Craig Wedren, the cast and crew of "Wet Hot American Summer," "Reno 911!" and more.
"The Union of The State" will appeal not only to The State's extensive fan base but also to comedy aficionados, showbiz biography fans and those who love an underdog success tale. Read a book excerpt via Vulture: http://bit.ly/1W4Eg5f
"The members of The State are my heroes, my peers and my friends. Individually and collectively they are responsible for an impressively large percentage of everything funny that currently exists in the world." – "Weird Al" Yankovic
"I have to tip my cap to "The State" because when I was in graduate school, they were what I watched. They were the thing." – Keegan Michael-Key
"It takes some pretty spectacular people to form a comedy group in college, eleven people strong, and still want to work together and still [remain] friends. It tells you something about their grace. I'm sure they have their own inner challenges, like anybody, but they legitimately enjoy each other's company. They legitimately make each other laugh, and every single one of them are just awesome people." – Paul Rudd
May 7 – LA, CA: A Evening With The States at UCB Sunset, 7pm – SOLD OUT
May 20 – Brooklyn NY: RISK! The State Book Release Show at The Bell House, 9pm, with Kerri Kenney-Silver, Kevin Allison, Janeane Garofalo and more. Tickets and more info: http://bit.ly/risktixhttp://bit.ly/risktix
June 25 – Maplewood, MO @ Planet Score Records: Book signing with author Corey Stulce and Kevin Allison (The State, Risk!), 4pm. More info: http://bit.ly/planetscore


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Most people are becoming more conscious of the effects human activity is having on the environment. So, many of us are attempting to live a 'greener' life and the truth of the matter is, small changes really can make a big difference. One such change is to choose an eco-friendly garage door, but what are eco-friendly garage doors?
What is an Eco-Friendly Garage Door?
Eco-friendly garage doors are often made from recycled or recyclable materials, which are resistant to weather damage and aging. In addition, the goal of a 'green' garage door is to help insulate your home. As you may already know, the garage door is likely to be the largest opening to your house and, if not properly insulated, can lead to increased energy use.
The doors are made from a variety of materials, so homeowners do not have to compromise the style of their home. For example, some eco-friendly garage doors are made from recycled wood fibres. On the other hand, there are many doors made from steel, which is considered 'green', because it has longevity and is recyclable.
Why Choose an Eco-Friendly Garage Door?
The most obvious reason to choose an environmentally friendly garage door is to do your bit to save the planet. However, if you need more of an incentive, there are many other reasons. For example, as mentioned above, the improved insulation of a 'green' garage door will dramatically improve the energy efficiency of your home, thereby reducing fuel costs.
Moreover, if you select a garage door that is made from composite materials, which will not warp or rot, it will not require the annual garage door repair or maintenance, such as painting or staining, that some older ones do.
In addition, it is worth mentioning the curb appeal of an attractive garage door. In these uncertain financial times, the housing market is a tough nut to crack, so if you want to ensure that your home stands out from the crowd, it is wise to consider the external appeal of your home.
How to Find an Eco-Friendly Garage Door
As with any purchase, it is essential to do some research and shop around for your new garage door. The internet is a great resource for this, as most all manufacturers list the details of their eco-friendly garage door and instructions on how to purchase. Which manufacturer to choose really depends on your location and your own personal preference.
Disposal of Your Old Door
One last thing to keep in mind when making your eco-friendly garage door purchase is what will happen to your old door. While many installers will take your old garage door away for recycling, some will just end up in a landfill, so be sure to ask them what they will do with it. Or, if you are feeling creative, there are a number of clever ways you can recycle and reuse your old garage door.


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Helping change the lives of former street boys takes more than our team here in Quito: it takes people willing to be a part of this ministry by giving, praying, and coming in person.
Spiritual family
:: Commitment to pray for a specific boy in the training process
:: Correspondence back and forth through letters/emails/Facebook messages
:: Establish lifelong friendship and spiritual encouragement
- Contact us for more information!
Monthly sponsorship
:: Monthly financial contribution makes leadership possible
:: Any monthly commitment amount makes a big difference!
:: Check out our "Contact Us and Donate" page
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:: If you prefer to give annually instead of monthly – thank you!
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:: Fund a specific one time project or need for CG
:: Project needs are shared through our monthly newsletter
:: Check out our "Current Projects" page
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:: Experience a ministry outreach together with the Casa Gabriel boys
:: Participate in renovation or building projects
:: Bring items on our wish list (including school supplies, clothes, gift items for the boys, and more). Contact us for the current list!
:: Contact us about organizing a team!
:: 6-12 month commitment
:: Intermediate level of Spanish required
:: Living in community with the boys – male required
:: Areas of focus: activities, discipleship, life skills, English acquisition, nutrition, art, counseling, job skills, etc.
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:: Be a part of the Casa Gabriel team
:: Minimum 2 year commitment
:: Intermediate level of Spanish required
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Living Stones Church is a registered charity, so we can issue charitable tax receipts to those who choose to support us financially.
There are many ways in which you can give at Living Stones Church.
Cash or Cheque during the offering portion of our Sunday Services.
Online Giving
You can donate online by using your credit card by clicking here and following the prompts to log in to MyLSC. You also have the option of setting up recurring donations.
You can donate by texting GIVE to 587-206-0339 and following the prompts (credit card only).
Monthly Pre-Authorized Gifts
MyLSC cannot process Pre-Authorized payments from Canadian chequing accounts. If you prefer to give monthly through automatic withdrawals from your bank account, you can click here to download the forms. Please return the forms to Kathy at the church office.
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If you prefer to use your debit or credit card in person, you can give at the Information Centre in the Church foyer on Sundays or at the Church office during the week.
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Dinner Theatre Fundraiser, sponsored by the Delaware Ecumenical Youth Group, 6 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Delaware Hayes High School, 289 Euclid Ave. Proceeds will offset various activities, including EYG Workcamp. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at Beehive Books, 25 N. Sandusky St., or by calling Anna Travis at 363-5770.
Williams Institute Lectures, sponsored by the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 7 p.m. March 7 and 11:30 a.m. March 8 in the Alford Centrum, 3081 U.S. Route 23. Luis Pedraja will present lectures on "Liberating Our Future: Social Justice, Praxis and the Dynamics of Change in the 21st Century."
Family to Family Education Program, sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Delaware and Morrow Counties, 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, at Safe Harbor, 325 S. Sandusky St., Suite 301. Free 12-week series for family members and caregivers of those with mental illness. To register, call Beth Lauer at (740) 251-3766.


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This proposal will address the following specific aims: (1) Determine the role(s) of central GRK5 in the regulation of AT1R (Angiotensin II type 1 Receptor) expression under normal conditions and during Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). (2) Identify the mechanism(s) of modulation of central AT1R and GRK5 following Exercise Training (ExT) in CHF animals. (3) Determine the role of cytosolic and nuclear GRK5 in the transcriptional regulation of AT1R by I?B? and NF-?B.
In Specific Aim 1 we will induce CHF by coronary artery ligation. Overexpression of GRK5 will be targeted to the RVLM or PVN by lentiviral injection. To determine the effects of GRK5 knockdown on AT1R expression and changes in sympatho-excitation, we will utilize both commercially available GRK5 KO mice and lentiviral packaged siRNA against GRK5 that will be injected into the RVLM or PVN. Urinary excretion of norepinephrine (NE), plasma NE and Ang II will be measured in all animal groups. Arterial pressure and heart rate will be continuously recorded in order to derive additional indices of sympatho-excitation and to determine arterial baroreflex function. Sympathetic nerve activity will be directly recorded under anesthesia in terminal experiments. In all animals cardiac function will be evaluated serially by high-frequency echocardiography.
In Specific Aim 2, we will induce CHF in GRK5KO mice that are either sedentary or ExT as well as utilize CHF rats in which GRK5 has been silenced in the PVN or RVLM using siRNA lentivirus. Following ExT, sympathetic and baroreflex function will be evaluated in a similar fashion as in Specific Aim 1. We will test Specific Aim 3 in CATH.a neurons, utilizing both overexpression and silencing techniques with a GRK5 plasmid and siRNA to examine the subcellular localization of AT1R, I?B?, NF-?B, and GRK5 following Ang II stimulation. We will also perform parallel studies using a K215R dominant negative GRK5 construct to determine if the GRK5/AT1R/I?B?/NF-?B interaction is kinase-dependent.
Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States (600,000 new diagnoses each year), and is characterized in part by increased sympathetic nerve activity mediated in part by upregulation of the Angiotensin II type 1 Receptor (AT1R). Exercise training is an accepted therapy in patients with CHF and can increase survival, decrease complications, and abrogate increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity. Gaining a greater understanding of the regulation of AT1R both during CHF and following ExT may lead to development of therapeutics and more effective treatment of this disease.
|Pellegrino, Peter R; Schiller, Alicia M; Haack, Karla K V et al. (2016) Central Angiotensin-II Increases Blood Pressure and Sympathetic Outflow via Rho Kinase Activation in Conscious Rabbits. Hypertension 68:1271-1280
|Haack, Karla K V; Zucker, Irving H (2015) Central mechanisms for exercise training-induced reduction in sympatho-excitation in chronic heart failure. Auton Neurosci 188:44-50
|Zucker, Irving H; Schultz, Harold D; Patel, Kaushik P et al. (2015) Modulation of angiotensin II signaling following exercise training in heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 308:H781-91
|Haack, Karla K V; Marcus, Noah J; Del Rio, Rodrigo et al. (2014) Simvastatin treatment attenuates increased respiratory variability and apnea/hypopnea index in rats with chronic heart failure. Hypertension 63:1041-9
|Zucker, Irving H; Xiao, Liang; Haack, Karla K V (2014) The central renin-angiotensin system and sympathetic nerve activity in chronic heart failure. Clin Sci (Lond) 126:695-706
|Haack, Karla K V; Gao, Lie; Schiller, Alicia M et al. (2013) Central Rho kinase inhibition restores baroreflex sensitivity and angiotensin II type 1 receptor protein imbalance in conscious rabbits with chronic heart failure. Hypertension 61:723-9
|Xiao, Liang; Haack, Karla K V; Zucker, Irving H (2013) Angiotensin II regulates ACE and ACE2 in neurons through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 signaling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 304:C1073-9
|Haack, Karla K V; Engler, Christopher W; Papoutsi, Evlampia et al. (2012) Parallel changes in neuronal AT1R and GRK5 expression following exercise training in heart failure. Hypertension 60:354-61


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We discuss some of the focuses of CPET's Youth Inc. initiative, including our work on Rikers Island, the school-to-prison pipeline, carceral education, and steps we can take going forward. Courtney Brown & Greg Benoit share their personal accounts of working within the school system on Rikers Island, and enumerate the challenges of education in our current carceral system.
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Emperor Karl – a man of God, family, country, and peace.
Karl ascended the throne as the last emperor of Austria-Hungrary during the tumult of the first world war in 1916. He saw his office as a commission from God and duty to follow and imitate Christ, the one true King. While he died in exile just six years later at the age of 35, Karl led a heroic and saintly life, praying at his death, "Thy Holy Will be done. Jesus, Jesus, come! Yes—yes. My Jesus as Thou willst it—Jesus." Today, The League of Prayer advances the cause of canonization for Blessed Karl.
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Baby Dedications
A baby dedication is a ceremony in which parents make a commitment before the Lord to raise their child according to God's Word and God's ways (1 Samuel 1:11, 26–28).
Our desire is to create an event that is personal and memorable. For this purpose, we ask you to identify someone (i.e., grandparent, godparent, aunt, uncle, or Gateway Group leader) who will represent the body of Christ and hold your baby during the dedication ceremony as the pastor prays over the babies. During the registration process, you'll be asked to identify this person. Please confirm their availability for the service date and time before you register. If for any reason you do not have someone to fill this role, Gateway Kids will be happy to assist you in identifying someone.
Register your child today!
Registration for family and friends attending the dedication is not required.
In July 2019, baby dedications will be happening on the same weekend across all DFW campuses, during all weekend services.
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My work begins with a drive to turn my inward questions outward. Because the questions change, the media and modes by which I answer them do as well. Markmaking is at the core of my work (I was trained as an etcher and printmaker) and at the source is the notion that a hand and a tool create, stroke by stroke and moment by moment. The whole that I achieve is dependent upon those accumulated marks both as mass and as individual. In all of my painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramic vessels, I have a reverence for the mark as time and body's residue, as both cause of the whole and preserved, memorable instant.
My painting is, in the main, figurative, and portrays the individual with concern not only for its physical iconography but also for its emotional identity- never delivered too directly, and sometimes approached with an intentional slant. I come from a school (institutionally and intellectually) that sees printmaking less of a material discipline, per se, than a conceptual field of the multiple. In my most recent body of work, I am using traditional drawing as a means to create ceramic multiples. Although the marks are made mechanically, they are physical, and constitute traces of my own autographic marks.
In my collaborations with Blake Larsen, as Edsen Luters to his Frysch Dutson, it has been my duty to join him in a dance. I take his given figure and try to pry something peculiar out of its brightly colored austerity. I use patterns in reaction to the pose, the person, and the individual shape; this allows me to explore an idea, a sense of depth or even accentuated flatness, a cultural association, or simply to shape the eye's walk along the painting's surface. It feels like a dance; not like formal or choreographed movement, but an improvisation linked to Blake's vision and to the unfolding steps of my own rhythm. Together we unchain the nude by transforming an old and pared-down form into something new and intentionally strange.
In my most recent body of paintings, the blockheads, I am responding to a set of self-imposed constraints: the format is square. The subject is a human head. The color is non-local. The marks are quiet- all blocks of color and thin lines. The end result is an interpretation of the portrait as defined by discrete transitions and fields of single color rather than controlled gradations. Within those constraints, I am pursuing a mode of portraiture that is rooted in Chicago-style Imagism.
While these differing bodies of work vary nearly as much in tone as in medium, each arises from a desire to make art that is real and alive, built mark by mark.
About Alex Costantino:
Alex Costantino grew up in the Greater Baltimore area and holds a BFA in printmaking from Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the University of South Florida in Studio Art. In addition to creating art, he teaches art at Enosburg Elementary School, Champlain College, and Burlington City Arts, and volunteers at Generator, a makerspace in Burlington, VT.


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Accepted into Craft Lake City
I received the good news this week that I was accepted into the Craft Lake City craft fair & DIY festival in Downtown Salt Lake City. It will take place on August 9th & 10th at the Gallivan Center and will feature over 200 different vendors. This is the 5th year that they have held the festival and it keeps getting bigger and better every year. I'm sure this year will not be an exception to the rule.
There will be a wide variety of local artisans, DIY engineers, craft foodies, vintage vendors, and performance artists performing, showing off their stuff and displaying their wares.
I'll be hard at work all summer preparing for it. Be sure to mark your calendars–this is going to be a good one.


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The stories featured on this page have been collected as part of the Collaborative Doctoral Award research between Queen Mary University of London and the V&A Museum of Childhood.
For other stories about child migration, from anywhere or to anywhere in the world, go to the special section of our blog – Worldwide Stories. You can submit your own here.
What age did children come to East London, from where, when, with whom and why? What are their memories or their first impressions? Find out more by clicking one of the portraits taken either as a child or as an adult. Each person's story and experiences shared will be developed over time.


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What Bless Online Can Learn From Elder Scrolls Online and FFXIV We are now into the third week since Bless Online's Steam launch, and while things are still heated between Neowiz and the player base, there have been improvements. Over the past seven days, developers Neowiz have been patching and updating the game constantly. Among the things they've fixed are damage nerfs, localization (translation) issues and revamping the low level experience. The latter is very much welcome, as mob and monster health pools have been reduced to offer a smoother leveling and questing experience. The XP rewards are also adjusted to ensure that progression from quest to quest feels natural. As for players with Founders Packs, they've now u-turned on their decision to make these exclusive items go from per character to account wide and reclaimable. On the surface, these are great improvements based on player feedback but lets be honest, these things should have been done before launch. … [Read more...] about What Bless Online Can Learn From Elder Scrolls Online and FFXIV
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Tamriel Infinium: With Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset, more of the same is a good thing
Play Elder Scrolls OnlineToday is the formal launch day for Summerset! My goal during the PC early access was to finish the main storyline, and I'm happy to say that I did it and some of the side quests as well. And I was also able to do a bit of exploring around the island just to see what was there. As an Elder Scrolls Online fan, I have to say that I'm satisfied with what ZeniMax delivered. If you are a fan of the game and really enjoy what the team has given so far in the game, then you will also like the Summerset chapter. I strongly believe that ZeniMax over-delivered with Morrowind, so when making a direct comparison between the two different chapters, I will, unfortunately, have to admit that Morrowind was the stronger chapter. But that's not to say that Summerset was a bad expansion to the game. In fact, it's quite the opposite. There are some very strong characters, glorious set pieces, and fun Easter eggs. As I talk about the story of the next … [Read more...] about Tamriel Infinium: With Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset, more of the same is a good thing
MMO Week in Review: Fallout 76, Bless Online, and Elder Scrolls Online
Support Massively OP on PatreonWere you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! How do you pick one big story in a week like this? You don't: You just roll with all the big ones. This week, we learned Bethsoft is working on a new Fallout game, Fallout 76, with a rumored online and/or MMO component, which set the internet on fire. ZeniMax then freaked its community out when players discovered spyware had been patched into Elder Scrolls Online; the studio apologized, saying it was added in error and will be removed this week, never having been activated or used. And then there was Bless Online, which soft launched into early access with server outages, downtime, dupes, and refunds from folks upset over the game's lack of endgame content. Stay tuned for our own hands-on with the game's first week, and then read on for the very best of this week's MMO news and … [Read more...] about MMO Week in Review: Fallout 76, Bless Online, and Elder Scrolls Online
Tamriel Infinium: First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset (mostly without spoilers!)
Play Elder Scrolls OnlineOver the years, I suspect I've made it well known what I find most important in my Elder Scrolls Online gameplay. I enjoy the environments and the quest storylines. I play most of the game solo with very little interaction with any other players. It's not that I don't like other players; it's just that when I started playing ESO, the main storylines in the game where not very group friendly, so that kind of gameplay is what I expected and enjoyed. Of course, that means my primary focus, when playing through the Summerset Chapter for ESO, was story and single-player gameplay. There are many things added with Summerset that aren't single-player focused, like the new Cloudrest trial and the Abyssal Geysers, but I'd hardly call myself an expert in those areas. But we solo players do have many things to look forward to in Summerset besides the story quests, like jewelry crafting, a new skill line, and daily login rewards. For … [Read more...] about Tamriel Infinium: First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset (mostly without spoilers!)
Elder Scrolls Online Impressions
Feels Good To Talk This is one of those posts that I have been waiting to make for quite a long while now. Over the last few months there have been various naysayers, and with the lift of the press beta there was quite a bit of negativity towards The Elder Scrolls Online. As usual when someone has something bad to say, they seem to be willing to defy all the rules to do it. However those of us who have been anxiously awaiting the release of the game and been abiding by the rather strict NDA have had to sit and watch silently as all the negativity circulated. Finally this morning they announced that we were free to talk about any experiences from the Beta Weekend content. This means I can now talk as much as I would like about the 1-17 game as it stands which is quite a bit of content. The Conundrum Firstly let me start off by saying, that The Elder Scrolls genre is a really difficult one to make into an MMO. Over the course of the beta while … [Read more...] about Elder Scrolls Online Impressions


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Holiday Cookbook Guide
Holiday Cookbook Gift Guide
By deeann on December 10, 2014
I love cookbooks. However, I'm very particular about selecting cookbooks to purchase – I only buy what I know I'll put to use and have around a long time. I feel the same way about giving books. I want them to be read and used. Here are 3 cookbooks that will resonate with the foodie and foodie […] [more]
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Autumn Cape
I have a beautiful piece of Cashmere that would be great made up in this pattern! Who'd like to make something similar?
I like the collared version, with the welts. Smart enough for days out-warm enough to cover a jumper on an autumn walk.
This make is suitable for Improvers and Confident Makers, it's a great way to learn coat finishes, without the complexity of sleeves and linings.
Methods learnt will be collar preparation and attachment, welt pocket edge and bias bound seam finishing.
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Simplicity Patterns are 25% Off!
I decided to buy a versatile shirt pattern today, and Simplicity Patterns were 25% off!
I think this will make a great 2 Day Studio Make Class, and would be suitable for Improvers and Confident Makers.
For this garment to be successfully sewn, the maker will learn, cutting, interfacing, underpressing, top stitching and buttonholing.
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Don't forgot my Open Studio Day, next Friday 28th October.
I'm holding a Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Please come along, and ask about all the new Sewing Tuition Classes starting in October!
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I am starting to put Class dates in the calendar.
This has taken some time, because website coding is not my strength - if I can't sew something , it baffles me! Please have a look at the Classes link, I'd love to know if it's working!
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Hi! My name is Cédric Bozzi, I make websites and iOS apps, and this is my blog about technology (mostly a Twitter archive, really).
This is pretty cool. I've always been fascinated by these round holes (apparently, they're called "grommet holes," and it's the first time I ever read that word) — they're made to run cables through, but I've never found them to be convenient at all. Well, now there's an interesting use for those: just transform them into USB hubs and iPod docks. That's very nice design.
Vilcus plug dactyloadapter [via]. All the other writeups on the web are littered with warnings about using that product — thank God for Russia.
CrunchGear [via]. Ah, good old CSS fun that you don't see if you don't click through from your aggregator (and that I could do, too, if my layouts were 100% CSS).
Damn, my MacBook is slow now that I use to run NetNewsWire, and I can't afford the 1GB RAM stick right now.
I can't believe this wasn't an April Fools joke: the EMI catalog goes DRM-free on the iTunes Store. Well, actually, it's going DRM-free on every online store — and for a premium, which shouldn't really be deserved just for the lack of DRM, but is acceptable considering the tracks will also be bumped to 256kbps instead of 128.
The one important question left unanswered now (because I couldn't care less of whenever the Beatles will finally be available) is, how about all the little publishers who had been asking for their songs to be sold DRM-free on the iTunes Store for a while now? I don't find it particularly unacceptable that Apple would have refused for so long to make an exception for those small labels, but would implement a premium system when the first major publisher gets a clue (especially considering the separation isn't just warranted by the presence of DRM or not, but also the bitrate), but they better allow their other, smaller partners to join the fray without delay.
I love Jobs's answer when asked if Disney videos will go DRM-free, though: it's not the same, because movies have never really been available without DRM anyway (even videotapes have been protected for ages). Right. Nevermind that you can get a TV guide appointment to record them on DVD from a digital cable or satellite feed (I'm not mentioning Tivo because that isn't quite unprotected); the point that DRM doesn't matter in itself, it's just that consumers aren't used to it for music, is ludicrous, and I'm impressed (but not that surprised) Jobs could say that and keep a straight face after the whole piece he blogged.
Mr. Clean's Really Magic Erasers
Ever heard about the MacBook's palm rests' propensity to absorb grit and fat and whatnot? For some reason, my MacBook stains pink — it might be that my wrists pick up my cheap desk's varnish, or maybe the laptop just absorbs my blood through my skin, but in any case the keyboard was beginning to get ugly on both sides of the trackpad and on the Cmd keys.
Ever heard, also, that Mr. Clean's Magic Erasers were an amazingly effective, almost magical remedy for MacBook stains? Well, they actually are.
It's hard to make a good picture of a pale stain on white plastic (especially in semi-artificial light) but what you're looking at is a big roundish pink stain whose left half has been erased (because I'm a leftie).
Here's how it works: buy a box of Magic Erasers (not the variety that includes detergent), turn off your MacBook (you might even want to unplug it and remove the battery, but it's not like you're going to use huge amounts of water), dampen the "eraser" very slightly (I simply used a mineral water spray), rub. There you go, clean MacBook!
I have no idea what the magic actually is, but the scary part is on the box: "
If you use the Magic Eraser on dishes, make sure to abundantly rinse with water." Wonder what this thing is made of.
Thanks to Procellus for having a Monoprix that sells them.
Replace your notebook's drive with two CompactFlash cards. Ooh. Not very useful as long as the OS and/or the case design don't take advantage of it (especially considering that intensive usage will reportedly kill current flash memory cards way too fast), but it's so sexy. Just for the heck of it.
Yum yum. Imagine a 30-inch Cinema Display surrounded by two vertical 23-inchers on VESA mounts. You need an extra video card on your Mac Pro for that, don't you? [via]
An UMPC bag that doubles as an external keyboard [via]. That's quite clever — it's a pity nobody cares for UMPCs in real life. If Apple ever releases a small MacTablet, that will be the ultimate companion.
Twitter-based contests. Heh, nice. (It's easy for Iconfactory, as every Twitterific user subscribes to that feed.)
Bubble Guru [via] lets you record a message with your webcam and display it in a bubble over your web page — a welcome message, or a quick tip or… an advertisment, that pops up, plays and disappears.
You could certainly do it yourself for free (the service will be free during beta plus the first three months after launch), but it would be more complicated. Or you could most definitely do without it, too. I'm not sure professionals should want to sign up for this (if you really want to have videos on your site, you should produce them yourself, integrate them into your layout, and have 'play' and 'rewind' buttons), and individuals will not want to pay for that novelty, but as long as it's free it's just a perfect fit for your MySpace profile.
Ah, wait — it's JavaScript, so it wouldn't work on MySpace, would it? There goes the only potential market.
I should keep more up to date on Apple TV hacks: Back Row can be extended with plugins [via]. Wow. The plugins don't seem to be able to do much for now, but now that the door is even more widely open than I imagined, enterprising minds will find interesting applications — for starters, automatically detecting DivX movies in remote libraries and generating the necessary QuickTime reference files (as long as they are still necessary despite the existence of plugins).
Search and Replace in MySQL / phpMyAdmin
Live to learn. I just managed to fix an import mistake I made in WordPress with a simple SQL search and replace (I skipped the SQL classes in school, always hated that crap):
UPDATE tablename SET fieldname = REPLACE(fieldname, "searchstring", "replacestring");
I wonder how much time I've wasted in my past developments by not knowing about this.
TVShows [via] subscribes to torrent feeds and automatically launches your BitTorrent client to download new TV show episodes as soon as they are available (it's an OS X alternative to the cross-platform, but windowsy, ted).
It's got a simple, convenient interface (just type the title of a show you're interested in, select in and click "subscribe," then choose whether you want to start downloading an episode from the list or just wait until a new one is released — clever) and one of the most puzzling designs I've ever seen in such a simple app: even though there's a green bubble saying "Enabled" in the status bar, you've got to quit the application in order for the daemon to start working and downloading stuff. I only realized that after 24 hours.
Reminder: management recommends Transmission as a companion BitTorrent client.
How scalable is Ruby on Rails?
5 questions to one of the Twitter developers [via]:
Running on Rails has forced us to deal with scaling issues —
issues that any growing site eventually contends with — far sooner
than I think we would on another framework. […]
All the convenience methods and syntactical sugar that makes Rails such a pleasure for coders ends up being absolutely punishing, performance-wise. Once you hit a certain threshold of traffic, either you need to strip out all the costly neat stuff that Rails does for you (RJS, ActiveRecord, ActiveSupport, etc.) or move the slow parts of your application out of Rails, or both. [There] shouldn't be doubt in anybody's mind at this point that Ruby itself is slow.
I can't remember who I had a conversation with, a few days ago, regarding the scalability of a high-level framework like Ruby on Rails versus coding and optimizing the exact features you need yourself. And I think we both used Twitter as an example — that you could make a huge Rails website, and that it would be a resource hog.
Or was it an argument I had with a podcast I was listening to? In either case, I'm vindicated. (But, in the latter, I'm also psychotic.)
The official announcement lays the blame so plainly on the iPhone you might be tempted to think it's written by a disgruntled employee who wishes they were still working at Apple Computer, Inc.
I guess this gives credence to the theory that the iPhone trumps everything else for Apple right now.
Who laughed when I wrote that I was scared for the Mac because of how much Steve was in love with his new baby? And who's crying now? (No, not me, since I expected it.)
Lifehacker has an interesting writeup of Tumblr, the tumblelog equivalent to Blogger that I've known for a while — it inspired my personal blog's latest redesign (because I've been blogging for so long now, I don't have it in me to write long articles about my life anymore, and the tumblelog format is a perfect fit for burned-out bloggers).
I knew what a Tumblr page looks like, but I never registered and had no idea how the interface worked; I like the screenshots. And next time I want to push someone to create a blog I'll just point them to Tumblr instead: it's true, the way it's structured puts much less pressure on you, and it also has more of a sense of purpose (since it's essentially coming back to the original, etymological meaning of web-log, which you can interest people in by saying: Hey, every time you've got something to share or show off or that you find remotely interesting, you should post it there for all your friends and acquaintances and soon-to-be fans to see!).
"I don't have the time to keep it up."
"I don't have that much to say that often."
These are the reasons most people abandon their personal weblog or never start one. But we all come across interesting tidbits online every day that we want to remember and share — links, photos, videos, even that side-splitting IM session you had with your co-worker. A new blog format, called a "tumblelog," is a no-hassle, no-writing-required way to share those bits and maintain a personal site with the least possible commitment.
The only limitation I think isn't quite right is the absence of comments — I think by now any publication system needs comments (and that also includes Twitter).
Screenshots from Leopard 9A410 [update]
Speaking of Leopard annoucements, MacRumors links to a bunch of new screenshots, which will probably have vanished by the time you get there: in short, they look just like "Uno shade," only with sq… uh, sq… nah, I can't say it. You know, the window corners, at the top? Well, they're (almost) not rounded.
Past the initial shock, though, and assuming the screenshots are legit (which I'm willing to believe), that means two things: first, brushed metal is definitely out the window (at last); second, they're still extensively working on the new Aqua theme — because there's no chance in hell it's going to stay that way. No. Chance. Hear me, Apple? I have no idea why one of your programmers would spend some time coding this new look, but it is not staying.
If you're keeping score, it also looks like Leopard finally auto-generates thumbnail icons for document and image files.
[+8h] Another bunch of screenshots [via] has been posted afterwards, and they don't have square corners (go figure — apparently making a Shift-4 screenshot of a window somehow unrounds the corners).
Interestingly, it appears that (as of this version at least) all windows are styled the same way: they get the UNO shade look when they're active, and normal unified (or even paler than that) when they're in the background. If it stays (and I hope it does), it'll take a bit of time to get used to, but it's a huge improvement on two growing flaws of the Aqua interface: the confusion as to which window is active (the distinction got ever more blurry since they removed 10.0's title bar transparency), and the unjustifiable different looks of different apps.
The Mail capsules look ridiculous on the dark background, though, but I figure they've got to know that, and they'll change them. Especially if the current trend in Apple design is to finally make all apps look similar again — could it be they're on the right track? (Could it be they're free to fix OS X inconsistencies because Steve is busy somewhere else?)
I completely missed that one — why didn't anybody tell me? Google Talk has been able to store messages to offline contacts since last November (it only works if chat history is enabled in your Gmail account — which I think it is by default).
Would everyone please, please abandon all those crappy IM networks and switch to Gmail now?
Out of, say, 1,000 people who are on the Internet, only a small percentage read a lot of feeds. Let's say it's 10%. That means only 100 out of any 1,000 people will read feeds and of those 100 people only a small fraction will bother with [partial text] feeds.
The thing that partial texters are forgetting is that the other 900 people will find out about you from an influencer. Someone who will tell them. So, your traffic growth will be far slower if you only offer partial text feeds. Many of my friends who are journalists or bloggers just won't deal with partial text feeds anymore.
That's a very good point: with full-text feeds, you lose a very small portion of your advertising revenue (even smaller considering RSS users are more tech-savvy and less likely to click ads); with partial feeds, you risk losing the most important category of blog readers.
I haven't tested the demo, because I don't like to install demos and betas of programs that I might like but won't be able to buy right away, so I don't know how it manages ISO-8859-1 files (the editor is based on SubEthaEdit, which seems to handle them — I've never liked SubEthaEdit, but I'm willing to admit that the engine is worthy if Panic chose it), but there's just one reason Coda is probably not for me:
What is Coda? The easiest way to sum it up is this: One Window Web Development.
That's exactly what I don't want.
First, I make extensive use of the spatial Finder. That was one of the Mac's biggest strengths from the start, and Apple was rightly pressured into reinstating it in OS X. All my web development folders are in single-window tree view; the most important subfolders open out of the tree into separate windows, and so on — while image folders use thumbnails icons, of course.
Why would I want to go back to a single, fixed list? With no thumbnails and no labels, as far as I can see?
Second, I like Exposé a lot. I don't get people's obsession with tabs — it's not what works best on the Mac. Okay, it makes sense in Safari (especially with the option to open bookmark folders in a set of tabs) or NetNewsWire (where I routinely have thirty pages open at once, that I intend to read when I get the time), but I don't see the point of generalizing them to every app. I don't use tabs in Adium; I do in iTerm, but only because I like its bookmark functionality, and I don't think there's an easy way to deactivate tabs.
The Mac is all about separate windows; why would you want to restrict yourself to tabs and view splitters when you could arrange windows freely and see them all at a glance in Exposé? Remember when you used to laugh at Windows' MDI (Multiple Document Interface) windows, before someone invented tabs to alleviate that system's flaws.
I can't find the quote where either Cabel or Stevenf (yeah, I realize Stevenf isn't his name) says that Coda is aimed at web developers who use a text editor plus Transmit.
But that's the point. Between AppleScript and the BSD core, OS X has the great advantage over Windows of being able to implement the Unix philosophy: you can be most efficient by tailoring your own workflow from separate, specialized apps.
All I have to do is hit a hotkey in TextWrangler and Transmit starts uploading in the background the file I was editing. Then I can use Exposé to locate Safari and hit Cmd-R. That might be one or two mouse presses more than with Coda (although I'm not sure it is), but using a one-window environment would mean losing too much functionality.
Plus, if I wanted to, I could modify my AppleScript to automatically switch to Safari and refresh the frontmost window when upload is complete.
I could have two separate shortcuts — one that only uploads, one that uploads and refreshes Safari once the Transmit queue is empty.
Hmm, I have to look into that.
And that's the power of OS X. (And, yes, a great deal of it is thanks to Panic's Transmit.)
The single big disadvantage of using OS X to develop websites is that it's based on Unix and, as such, considers the same files hidden as your production webserver does. If you're editing local copies of your websites and then uploading them (which you should be doing, as I've already written several times), then you've got a problem: you need to edit .htaccess files, but the Finder hides them.
There are several solutions, but none of them is satisfactory: You could configure your Apache server to look for htaccess.txt files instead of .htaccess — but that requires control over your web host, and it also means you have to change all your existing sites. You could use some tweaking software to set the Finder's hidden preference to show hidden files — but then your whole OS X system will look like a complete mess, starting with the desktop. You could use Path Finder instead of the Finder to manage your local development files, which I did for a while — but Path Finder is bloated crap and I hate it. You could use your FTP client to navigate your folders and display hidden files — but, for all its flaws, the Finder has great functionality and using an FTP client instead just sucks. Ideally, you could instruct Transmit to automatically rename local htaccess.txt to .htaccess when they're uploaded, but… there's no such option.
Just as I was wondering whether Panic had thought of that problem when designing Coda (I only realized later that was irrelevant, since Coda has its own file browser), I figured: there's got to be a way to solve this in AppleScript or Automator! And today, after a good night's sleep, I bring you an Automator miracle: Open Htaccess Here.workflow.
How to use it, in a nutshell: download it, open it, use Automator's "Save As Plug-in" option to create a Finder contextual menu item; now you can right-click any file or folder and select the item you just created from the Automator submenu to open an .htaccess file in TextEdit (if you've got a favorite text editor, look for "TextEdit" at the very end of the AppleScript action and substitute it with your choice). If there's no .htaccess file at this location yet, it will be created.
If you want more details, here's what the workflow looks like (yes, it's pretty simple — once you make sense of all the idiosyncracies of working with Finder items in AppleScript):
And here's the AppleScript (I'm not posting code often, so I don't have CSS rules for it, sorry):
on run {input, parameters}
if input is {} then tell application "Finder" to set input to the target of Finder window 1 as alias
set input to input as alias
set thePath to POSIX path of input
set {folder:isFolder} to (info for input)
if not (isFolder) then
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "/"
set itemCount to (count text items of thePath)
set lastItem to the last text item of thePath
if lastItem = "" then
set itemCount to itemCount - 2
set itemCount to itemCount - 1
end if
set thePath to text 1 thru text item itemCount of thePath & "/"
end if
set thePath to thePath & ".htaccess"
do shell script "touch "" & thePath & """
do shell script "open -a TextEdit "" & thePath & """
return thePath
end run
Bill Crow, Program Manager for Microsoft's HD Photo format, is on This Week In Media #51, and he's almost managed to convince me that HD Photo is an interesting format, and a selfless endeavor beneficial to everyone.
It's worth a listen if you can handle a two-hour podcast by and for graphics geeks.
While I'm giving workflow optimization tricks for webmasters, I guess I might as well explain the most important one of all: editing a local copy of my website in TextWrangler, and uploading it to the remote server by pressing just a single keyboard shortcut.
I already alluded to it a couple of times, but I wanted to wait until I had a camcorder or decent webcam to do a screencast plus video and show how efficient it is; I just realized I could just describe it to you now, and make that video whenever.
So, here's how it goes: I open a file in, say, ~/WWW/ff00aa, modify it, and press Cmd-& (that's Cmd-1 on an azerty keyboard); voilà, the file is saved and uploaded and all I have to do now is Cmd-Tab to Safari and hit Cmd-R to reload.
First step: the keyboard shortcut. Open TextWrangler; go to the Scripts menu (that's the little scroll icon) and choose "Open Scripts Folder." That's where you have to put the "Upload Using Transmit" script — you can just download and unzip it, or create it yourself with these contents:
set fileName to ""
tell application "TextWrangler"
save document 1 of window 1
set fileName to (file of document 1 of window 1)
end tell
ignoring application responses
tell application "Transmit"
open fileName
end tell
end ignoring
Now, go to Window / Palettes / Scripts and use the palette to set a hotkey for your script. Make it simple — you're going to use it a lot.
(If you're using BBEdit, the setup is exactly the same but you have to modify the script to say "BBEdit" instead of "TextWrangler." If you're using TextMate, open the Bundle Editor and use this screenshot as a reference — the command is open -a Transmit $TM FILEPATH.)
Now, onto the real cool part (I feel like I've described that before, but can't find anything in my archives — weird): how is Transmit going to know what to do with the file you just edited? That's terribly simple.
Here's what the definition of my #FF00AA favorite looks like in Transmit (there's no password because I use FTP over ssh with a passphrase-less key — I finally ramped up security when I opened a wifi access point for my MacBook — but that's irrelevant):
The magic comes from the "Use DockSend" checkbox, and matching "Local Path" (where the local copy of your website resides) with "Remote Path" (where the files are on your server). Now, whenever you drag a local file to the Transmit icon in the dock (or in the Applications folder — or if you run Transmit on a file, as we do in the AppleScript above), it looks for a favorite whose local path matches that of your file.
Let's say I'm sending ~/WWW/ff00aa/WWW/_php/_.php to Transmit (by pressing Cmd-& in TextWrangler after modifying it); Transmit will look through its favorites, find that the #FF00AA favorite has ~/WWW/ff00aa/WWW as a local path and /home/ff00aa/www as a remote path, and automatically upload the file to its rightful place of /home/ff00aa/www/_php/_.php. All of which, just by pressing a hotkey — and it also works by dragging and dropping files and folders (the images you just exported from Photoshop, for instance) onto Transmit's icon.
Just make sure you have Growl installed, and maybe enable the Transmit confirmation sound, so that you know when your file is done uploading without having to switch to the progress window.
And… that's why I love the Mac. (For the record, I worked the same way in Windows. Only I had to program my own FTP mini-client for that. You can try it, it works — but configuration is done by editing two XML files, and the FTP library I used displays an error message every so often.)
Tim O'Reilly: We'd Love To Hear Your S3 Stories…And Numbers. Wow. I had even no idea Amazon EC2 existed. Exciting.
Transmit to handle Amazon S3: "
We just threw the file up on Amazon S3 (possibly using a certain development build of a certain file transfer client)." Not as good as a directly mountable filesystem, but still huge.
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