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I am a front end developer on Mozilla F1, a sharing extension in Firefox, and this is some technical background on it. Note that any opinions in here are from my personal perspective, you should not treat this as official Mozilla policy, etc...
F1 consists of a few components:
1) Firefox browser extension
2) HTML/JS/CSS share UI served from from the F1 web server
3) API server written in Python that lives on the F1 server
The extension (#1) is responsible for the share button in the toolbar, injecting navigator.mozilla.labs.share(), and for managing a browser instance that is inserted above the main web browser area. This browser area makes a call to the F1 server to server up the main share UI (#2).
The share UI uses the API server (#3) to do the actual sharing. The API server also manages the complications of the OAuth dance.
If you are curious about the implementation, all the code is open. You can download it/fork it at the Mozilla Labs F1 GitHub repository. There is a README.md file with setup instructions.
The great thing about this? You can run your own share server that you control. If you want the F1 browser extension to use your server for the share UI and API server, set the following F1 configuration in the about:config Firefox preferences:
firstname.lastname@example.com_url = 'http://your.server.com/share/'
Ideally that would be an https URL, but if you are setting up your own server, hopefully you know the risks involved. Be sure to restart the browser so the extension will use this new config value.
If you think this is really cool and want to help contribute code/ideas/submit pull requests, be aware that we are still in the early stages of F1. We expect to make many changes as we refine it. Mozilla is also new to GitHub, so we appreciate your patience as we try out different work flows.
I will close out this post with a couple developer bikeshed questions and answers. Again, these are my personal perspectives, and other people on the team may have different ones.
Why is the share UI served from a web server and not from the extension?
This is an experiment. More things are moving to the cloud/server, and some of the auth APIs, like OAuth, are better suited to server use. While Mozilla already runs some non-trivial server-based services, it is good to get experience with varying types of server-based services.
I like the flexibility and ease of updates a server solution provides. Also, it is easier to debug web code that is served from content space vs. browser chrome space.
It may allow us to support mobile and even other browsers easier. I played around with doing a Google Chrome extension that served up the share UI. Unfortunately, the Google Chrome extension model is not as flexible as what we can do in Firefox, so it does not really work.
In particular, I was looking at a Chrome extension Browser Action that served up the UI in an iframe in a Popup, but I could not get the popup wide enough to show the UI, and it closes as soon as an OAuth window jump occurs. We would have to do some rethinking on UI to support that, and it is not clear how beneficial that is at this early development stage.
All that said, the UI could be burned in to the extension at some point. It is still too early to tell where this will go.
Why did you use Python for the server?
Ease of setup, combined with some knowledge of real services built with it, and the mix of developer skills of the F1 team.
Ideally I would like to see the server running JavaScript via Node, but that is because I am an irrational JavaScript zealot. However, the JS libraries for Node are still young, and at the end of the day we want to solve real user problems, not debug other people's code.
That could change in the future. But for now, it is more important to get something up quickly that works well so we can test our designer's usability theories for solving real user problems.
Friday, November 12, 2010
The Open Source of Mozilla F1
Posted by James Burke at 2:29 PM
Labels: mozilla
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- Mike Macgirvin said...
Any chance of an API to allow posting to other services besides the top 3/4? For instance I'd like to be able to post links to Friendika or identi.ca. They aren't huge services, but if there were a general purpose post api we'd gladly build engines for the networks that matter to us.
- James Burke said...
Mike Macgirvin: yes, we want it to be extensible. We are just starting that process though, so it may take a while to sort out the path. We do understand that we need to have a scalable way to add other services to the extension.
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Yes, there are multiple pink Ferraris. This one just happens to be the worst. UPDATE!
At first this looks like some generic-if-ugly "high-performance" car, possibly a cheap homebuilt from some ambitious backyard fabricator. And it's Hello Kitty pink, which never helps. Look closer: That perfectly-fitted top and buttresses? Those triangular door releases? The engine cover? That is, we fear, a Ferrari 360 under all that.
Generically tasteless just jumped to fully offensive.
Most of the body panels have been replaced, but some are still original under the coat of Pepto pink and a few dress pieces: the hood looks right even with that tongue (sorry, no other way to describe it) lying on top of it. The doors are likewise probably stock aside from the trim strips, complete with mirrors. The rest? If boring can be vile, this is it; it's all about the most predictable signifiers, from the too-smooth nose to the blocky air intakes to that absurd wing.
Somewhere under there, though, lives a serious sports car (Not according to Juan Pablo Montoya — Ed.). And somewhere walking around out there is a person who knows no shame.
UPDATE: Reader Organiczero, who clearly both knows his stuff and has a high mental pain threshold, call this correctly as the Sbarro GT 8. It is indeed based on a Ferrari 360 that was thoroughly molested by the famously bizarre Swiss house back in 2006. Even knowing the source, we are still deeply troubled by the twisted sense of style that produced this monstrosity.
(Hat tip to Anthony!)

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In the digital age, it becomes easier and easier to build your business with virtual toolkits filled with software and apps that can help your small business function like big business.
But at the same time, we know that the same technology can change in the blink of an eye and unveil a whole new toolbox of resources that can grow your business.
With 63 million Americans telecommuting by 2016 (Global Workplace), it makes sense to evaluate if your own business is providing the necessary technology to keep current employees happy and prospective employees knocking as the typical workday shifts from office to home.


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SOURCE: Prana Biotechnology
September 12, 2011 09:27 ET
Prana Provides Gold Sponsorship to Congress
Prana Provides Gold Sponsorship to Congress
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Sep 12, 2011) - Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT) announced today that researchers are planning recruitment for a phase II clinical trial of the experimental drug PBT2 in Huntington's patients. There are currently no treatments for the genetic, neurodegenerative disease; Australia is increasingly seen as a leader in the development of therapies for neurologic disorders. Huntington's often affects young adults and progressively impacts the body, mind and emotions. The disease causes incapacitation and death about 15-25 years after onset.
"Compared to other diseases, there are relatively few researchers working on treatments for Huntington's, so we are very pleased to be conducting this trial," said Mental Health Research Institute Associate Professor Robert Cherny, who is also Prana's Head of Research. "PBT2 initially showed great results in patients with Alzheimer's, which attracted the attention of many leading scientists working in the Huntington's field around the world because the two diseases have quite a few similarities. This treatment, developed in Melbourne, has demonstrated both the ability to protect and restore function to damaged brain cells, which is very promising for those with Huntington's."
In human clinical trials of Alzheimer's patients, the experimental drug improved the cognition of patients which is the most important aspect of behavior to be affected by Huntington's. Scientists believe the drug affects the distribution of naturally occurring, biological metals in the brain which appear to play a role in protein aggregation. This protein aggregation is believed to be the cause of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases. This research on biological metals is led by Australian scientists but has generated international attention and is strongly featured at the World Congress on Huntington's Disease being held currently in Melbourne.
Professor of Neurology Rudolph E. Tanzi from Harvard Medical School, who worked on the team that discovered the Huntington's Disease gene and is a frequent advisor to the US Congress on neurological disease, research and treatment, says, "I believe PBT2 has a very high chance among all current candidate therapies to be the first effective disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's Disease and we are very hopeful we will see similar results with Huntington's Disease, a terribly devastating disease in dire need of a cure."
Researchers conducting the trial will need to recruit approximately 100 people with early stages of the disease across Australia and the United States, at 14-16 sites. Patients will be followed over 6 months. Researchers will assess safety, tolerability and efficacy of PBT2. Final results are expected in 2013.
Prana will also soon hold clinical trials for PBT2 in Alzheimer's and the company is developing another drug, PBT434, for Parkinson's, which recently received research funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Patients with Huntington's interested in more information on the trial may contact Prana at +61 3 9349 4906
About Prana Biotechnology Limited
Prana Biotechnology was established to commercialise research into Alzheimer's Disease and other major age-related neurodegenerative disorders. The Company was incorporated in 1997 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in March 2000 and listed on NASDAQ in September 2002. Researchers at prominent international institutions including The University of Melbourne, The Mental Health Research Institute (Melbourne) and Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, contributed to the discovery of Prana's technology.
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Louise and I were just talking about her recent trip to the class reunion in Powell. Cheryl and Lynn took her over Dead Indian into Sunlight, where our great-aunt Elsie (Krajicek) and her husband, Dewey Riddle, had one of the first dude ranches in the area. Dad worked on that ranch, and it was there one summer that Mother came to work as a cabin girl, in between teaching school. Mail was received at a little post office called Paint Creek. I thought that I had posted this website on the blog before, but couldn't find it - goodness, we have a lot of postings!
Anyway, if you will go to this website, you will find the picture of the present-day area; then click on "history", and you will find a brief history of the ranch.
Monday, June 29, 2009
The Old Dewey Riddle Ranch in Sunlight, Wyoming
Posted by Elizabeth at 12:34 PM
Labels: Sunlight Era
2 comments:
- Dwight said...
We have many postings, and at Judy's insistence, and following her meticulous instructions, I categorized the blog. She said she would collapse the categories but I have seen no evidence of this even though I promptly put the categories in there. The Sunlight link brings the years Dad spent there and the place where Mom met Dad to life.
- June 30, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Judy said...
I'll have you know that I have edited the labels on several. All 600+???? Not quite.
- June 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM
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I feel like a lucky guy these days. Although I'm a bit of a late bloomer in this whole MMA thing, I've come in at a pretty fucking exciting time. Not only is the sport becoming more mainstream; local smaller promotions are starting to put on shows that can often rival the bigger players in quality and production value. XMMA, a promotion based in Montreal, had a show this past weekend attended by your favorite crusty bloggers, and we weren't disappointed.
Friday morning was not an easy wake up call. I had spent the previous night partying (for reasons a gentlemen will not discuss), and Ryan and I had to get up early to try and figure out our plans for the weigh-ins. We took down a few notes, and some general ideas for shit to shoot if we had the chance, but considering how tired and hung over I was, we headed out with our camera equipment and not much else.
The actual weigh-in was in the back of a bar, which was fortunate for my splitting headache. Two more beers and I was feeling no pain. Ryan noticed that Joe "Daddy" Stevenson was there, and in my haze, I had no idea who he was. I just said "wow, that's cool", trying to dig deeper in my broken brain for a face to match the name. The only fighter I could picture was Dan Severn. Yeah, I was that fucked up.
Joe and the fighter he was cornering, Aaron Riley, sat next to us, and we started chatting it up with them. Aaron seemed to be in a good mood, despite the fact that they were extremely behind schedule, and the lack of food/water in his system was no doubt making him fantasize about eating drywall. Quebec being the mecca of socialism, lazy boxing commissioners were sleepily doing the very minimum to help things move along.
Everyone was about ready to lose their minds, but then they brought out the ring girls for some photo ops, and the only thing you could hear from the crowd was the rustling of pants and everyone shifted their boners to the left. If nothing else, I had to give XMMA props for not cheaping out on just any old Montreal stripper. These were escort level beauties, complete with great boob jobs and 200 dollar haircuts with very little semen in it.
Before the action started, we were trying our best to befriend Joe and Aaron, and we managed to convince them to do an interview the next day before the fights. When shit finally got underway, we had already traded plenty of stories, cards, and insults.
Our favorite Glam rocker Robin Black was there, doing the introductions of the fighters. I was taking photos of all of them, but truth be told, more than half of them were first timers, and none of them knew how to pose worth a fuck. Some of them were too busy looking down at the floor, in supposed disbelief that they made weight rather than work the cameras. It reminded me of high school gym class where all the fat kids would be staring down at the ground to prepare for the embarrassment of being picked last.
After waiting forever for them to finish, the head commissioner started reading out all the rules of the fight (which, it seems from the several illegal strikes during the actual event, some people did not listen to). One of the projectors that was showing XMMA highlights caught fire, and I was shitting my pants worrying that the sprinkler system would go off and soak us all.
After all that was done, we sat down with Robin who was there to break his announcer cherry with The Fight Network. Him, John Ramdeen, and Chris Horodecki had come down from Toronto to cover the event live. Robin was excited and visibly nervous, and we teased him mercilessly that he was going to be the Goldberg of the group. In tow was Nicky Ryann, who also has a show on The Fight Network called "Rough", which should have inspired me to do some tasteless joke, but my head was elsewhere. Chris was a bit wary of us, but John warmed up to us as soon as he saw our human cockfighting shirts. We loosely arranged to meet up later, but considering our piece of shit budget, it was pretty doubtful, unless they had planned on hanging out at the homeless shelter or bus stop.
After another night of personal debauchery, we woke up on the late side of the day. Having only a few hours to prepare for Aaron's interview, we scrambled to find highlight videos on the web. After finding some choice shit, we headed off to the hotel to track him and Joe Daddy down. The lobby itself was bustling with a troop of hard core Evangelicals, which was throwing me way off my fucking game. We had expected to see more fighters in the restaurant and bar, but the religious nutjobs had scared them away.
We decided to go to a bar close by to get a little liquid courage. Since this was our interview cherry being popped, we wanted to make sure it was more "16 Candles" and less "Gang Bang Bitches part 5". My confidence was running pretty high, and I was hitting enough on the waitress that she asked me to promise that I would come back and visit her. I lied and said I would.
Now a little tipsy, we went up to the 4th floor looking for Aaron. We ran into Joe, who luckily enough recognized us, and said he'd be back shortly to also get interviewed too. When we knocked on his room door, we tried our best to pretend we were the RCMP (that's our police), but clever Aaron didn't fall for it. The room was a mess from the food and clothes lying around, and it smelled like a gym in there.
We had brought presents for everyone. On the Friday, Joe was going on about how shafted he felt when Loiseau had chilled out with his for a few weeks and gave him a crappy copy of some Rocco porn, so we had burned him some. We gave Aaron a human cockfighting shirt, and with spirits running high, it was interview time.
I won't go too much into details about interview, since we'll be posting it up soon anyways. What was hilarious was the fact that the whole time, Joe was acting like a jackass trying to throw Aaron off his game. He was even about to moon us before I had to tell him to cut it out. Just as we were getting to our last question, Joe had to stop us cold since they needed to head out to get their ride organized to the event. I slowly cursed the heavens for not giving enough time to get Joe on film, and it was made even more tragic by the fact that their ride ended up being 30 minutes late. Shitballs.
We took the subway over to the arena, which was still in the midst of preparations. There were no greeters for the press, so instead we tried in vain to find our passes. For a while, no one cared that we were wandering around without credentials, but after a couple stink eyes, Ryan left to go track down someone that could help us. I hung around with the Fight Network guys, just in case they needed any French translation. Everyone they interviewed spoke almost perfect English, so I generally felt fucking useless the whole time.
After wondering aimlessly, stealing the occasional 'free' energy drink, everyone was beginning to take their seats, and we managed to switch ours around to get a much better view. We were behind the horn guy, who turned out to be incompetent, sounding it off before the ref gave his approval and making everyone confused in the process. We were calling him names, but he kept his cool (or maybe he couldn't hear shit from years of blowing a horn next to his ears).
The Fights
The problem with some of these smaller shows is that it's difficult for them to find two opponents that have similar skill levels. Often, it'll be a blowout, with one fighter being leagues above the competition. Most of the fights of the weekend were over in the first few minutes of the first round. Although it was entertaining, there's a part of me that would have felt a little miffed had I paid to see a war, rather than a slaughter.
Since we had already interviewed Aaron Riley and liked him, we were rooting for him pretty hard. It also helped that everyone else was picking on the other local fighter, since I always love a good upset. The fight itself was great; although Aaron had the upper hand in every round, his opponent (Steve Claveau) was dangerous even after he had lost a gallon of blood. Everyone in the audience recognized it as fight of the night, so with Riley's victory (via decision), we felt like fucking champions having backed the right horse for once.
The Crow's fight was a bit different. After the first round, David just kept eating punches from Solomon Hucherson the whole time. Ryan was convinced it was some kind of possum strategy, but by the end of the 3rd round, things didn't look too good for Loiseau. But halfway through the 5th round, the Crow suddenly awakened and threw kneed after subsequent knee into Solomon's face. When the ref stopped the fight, the arena (and myself, I must admit) was ablaze with cheer. I suppose after the other home town favorite had lost to an American, such insult could not have been tolerated for long.
Two fans of Fightlinker actually came down for the show, and we had promised we'd hang out after. The only problem was that they were kicking everyone out of he arena, despite the fact that there were ample amounts of beer cans lying around in ice cold buckets. Ryan, the consummate thief that he is, made the rounds and collected as many as he could, and we convinced the staff that we were part of the Fight Network in order to stick around and keep drinking. Ryan headed back to the parking lot to grab the Jackals, and managed to sneak them in so they could partake in the fun.
After the show was over, we headed back with Olivier and Dave for a ride downtown (I think his name was Dave. Truth be told, I was fucking drunk at the time of our noisy introductions. Hope he's not too mad reading this). We headed to a McDonald's, thinking we would eat and head over to the club that John, Chris, and Robin were going to. Unfortunately, we ended up going to the slowest fucking burger joint in the world, and it took so long to get our food that by the end, we decided against going to the club.
Since we had made them drive us around, we figured it would be rude to send these Jackals away. They instead crashed at Fightlinker HQ. After watching some old K-1 highlights, it was off to bed (all separate ones, I swear). In the morning, we took pictures of them, and we gave them both a free t-shirt as a thank you for giving us a ride home. We parted ways, and I headed back to bed, content that the wild weekend of fun was over.
The whole thing is still a little surreal to me. It's one of those things that will begin to be more common as time goes on, and we attend more events. Still, I hope that it never gets to the point where it feels like work. And if that happens, I'll just start doing coke or something. Yeah, I'm sure that'll be fine.


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IN RE AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATIONv.American Medical Systems, Inc. THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO Steffi Nuckols Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-26080
before the court is defendant, American Medical Systems,
Inc.'s, ("AMS") Motion to Dismiss with
Prejudice. [ECF No. 12]. The plaintiff, who is pro se, has
not responded, and the deadline for responding has expired.
Thus, this matter is ripe for my review. For the reasons
stated below, AMS's Motion is DENIED.
case resides in one of seven MDLs assigned to me by the
Judicial Panel on Multi district Litigation concerning the
use of transvaginal surgical mesh to treat pelvic organ
prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. In the seven MDLs,
there are approximately 50, 000 cases currently pending,
approximately 2, 500 of which are in the AMS MDL, MDL 2325.
Managing multidistrict litigation requires the court to
streamline certain litigation procedures in order to improve
efficiency for the parties and the court. Some of these
management techniques simplify the parties' discovery
Order Number 223 ("PTO # 223") provides that
plaintiffs in 517 cases in this MDL, including this case,
were required to submit a Plaintiff Fact Sheet
("PFS") to act as interrogatory answers under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33 and responses to requests
for production under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34.
See PTO # 223 at ¶ B, No. 2:12-md-2325, entered
Oct. 21, 2016 [ECF No. 3216]. Here, the plaintiff failed to
submit a completed PFS and AMS now moves for sanctions
against the plaintiff for failure to comply with PTO # 223.
Specifically, AMS seeks dismissal of the plaintiff's case
with prejudice.
Legal Standard
Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2) allows a court to sanction a
party for failing to comply with discovery orders.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2) (stating that a court
"may issue further just orders" when a party
"fails to obey an order to provide or permit
discovery"). Before levying a harsh sanction under Rule
37, such as dismissal or default, a court must first consider
the following four Wilson factors identified by the
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals:
(1) Whether the noncomplying party acted in bad faith; (2)
the amount of prejudice his noncompliance caused his
adversary, which necessarily includes an inquiry into the
materiality of the evidence he failed to produce; (3) the
need for deterrence of the particular sort of noncompliance;
and (4) the effectiveness of less drastic sanctions.
Mut. Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Richards &
Assocs., Inc., 872 F.2d 88, 92 (4th Cir. 1989) (citing
Wilson v. Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 561 F.2d 494,
503-06 (4th Cir. 1977)).
applying these factors to this case, I must be particularly
cognizant of the realities of multi district litigation and
the unique problems an MDL judge faces. Specifically, when
handling seven MDLs containing thousands of individual cases,
case management becomes of utmost importance. See In re
Phenylpropanolamine Prods. Liab. Litig., 460 F.3d 1217,
1231 (9th Cir. 2006) (emphasizing the "enormous"
task of an MDL court in "figur[ing] out a way to move
thousands of cases toward resolution on the merits while at
the same time respecting their individuality"). I must
define rules for discovery and then strictly adhere to those
rules, with the purpose of ensuring that pretrial litigation
flows as smoothly and efficiently as possible. See
Id. at 1232 ("[T]he district judge must establish
schedules with firm cutoff dates if the coordinated cases are
to move in a diligent fashion toward resolution by motion,
settlement, or trial."); see also Fed. R. Civ.
P. 1 (stating that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
"should be construed, administered, and employed by the
court and the parties to secure the just, speedy, and
inexpensive determination of every action and
proceeding"). In turn, counsel must collaborate with
the court "in fashioning workable programmatic
procedures" and cooperate with these procedures
thereafter. In re Phenylpropanolamine, 460 F.3d at
1231-32. Pretrial orders-and the parties' compliance with
those orders and the deadlines set forth therein-"are
the engine that drives disposition on the merits."
Id. at 1232. A "willingness to resort to
sanctions" in the event of noncompliance can ensure
that the engine remains in tune, resulting in better
administration of the vehicle of multi district litigation.
Id.; see also Freeman v. Wyeth, 764 F.3d
806, 810 (8th Cir. 2014) ("The MDL judge must be given
'greater discretion' to create and enforce
deadlines in order to administrate the litigation
effectively. This necessarily includes the power to dismiss
cases where litigants do not follow the court's
to PTO # 223, the plaintiff was required to submit a
completed PFS by November 21, 2016. The purpose of the PFS,
as was the case in In re Phenylpropanolamine, is
"to give each defendant the specific information
necessary to defend the case against it . . . [because]
without this device, a defendant [is] unable to mount its
defense because it [has] no information about the plaintiff
or the plaintiff's injuries outside the allegations of
the complaint." 460 F.3d at 1234. To this end, PTO #
223 provided that "[a]ny plaintiff who fails to comply
with this PTO may be subject to a substantial sanction,
including dismissal with prejudice." PTO # 223 at
¶ E. As of the date of this Order, the plaintiff has not
submitted a PFS, making it 259 days late.
I am
cognizant of the difficulties presented by the plaintiff not
being represented by counsel at this time. The pro se
litigant, however, is not immune from sanctions for failing
to comply with court orders. "Pro se litigants are
entitled to some deference from courts . . . . But they as
well as other litigants are subject to the time requirements
and respect for court orders without which effective judicial
administration would be impossible." Ballard v.
Carlson, 882 F.2d 93, 96 (4th Cir. 1989) (internal
citations omitted).
asks the court to dismiss the plaintiff's case with
prejudice. The plaintiff did not respond to AMS's motion
to dismiss. Applying the Wilson factors to these
facts, and bearing in mind the unique context of multi
district litigation, I conclude that although recourse under
Rule 37 is justified, the plaintiff should ...
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A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
We need help developing a logo for our internal ERP system. The application is based on an open source foundation so we named it Icebird (a.k.a. Penguin)
Our employees are the only target audience. We want a logo that helps them remember the name (Icebird). And represent the cutting edge nature our application.
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Shanhai Pass old main item sea temple: bright, the clear two generations, Shanhai Pass was the military commander land that must fight for, the stone river inside the mouth wharf village once was the transportation army, the grain salt important moist river port; Is also the place which the Great Wall enteres the sea. The mountain sea is grand, the king, the poet arrive in this the view sea to express feelings frequently. Passes the marine transportation from the beginning of Ming dynasty to start, constructs 4 sea temples successively the old main item to the stone river mouth. In the old main item place, calls "the sea temple", in stone river mouth calling "day harem". These broad in scale , the style different ancient architecture, destroyed mostly in clear Guangxu 26 (1900) hand of the Eight Power Expeditionary Force armed forces, but ruins. in 1987, when the clear base investigates had discovered the Chinese full two kind of language comparison engraves "imperial batch of " and memorial ceremony oration great tablet 1. 1988 year, Shanhai Pass area government to develop the tourist resources, the rich old main item's scenic spot content, gathers capital 4,500,000 Yuan, resumed the sea temple construction according to the original condition. After the construction sea temple, east is apart from Great Wall old the main item 350 meters, the main body construction extends in entering the sea 124 meters, north the place Southern Dynasty. Thing width 22 meters, three surrounded by water. According to the north and south axle symmetrical layout, has the double-eaved roof to rest in turn from south to north the summit rear palace (day harem), left the right volume ceiling tablet porch (veranda), to rest the summit main hall (sea temple), the left bell tower, the right drumtower, the hard mountain salute the side room entrance, about the flagpole, Wukongqiao, constructions and so on four column three building decorative archways. In addition in every direction the temple , the useful granite material vulture chisels the stone fence board which becomes, between the fence board the hopeful column.
Hebei located at Beijing, the Tianjin two city's periphery, was the national capital important place since old times. As the Qing Dynasty imperial family "the picnic" the place, northeast Hebei Province's Chengde is one which of historical cities our country names most early, here has the Qing Dynasty biggest imperial family historic garden Chengde summer resort, the Chinese biggest imperial family temple group - - "Waibamiao", Qing Dynasty imperial family You Lie place - - Lily magnolia yard. Hebei is China's cultural relic big province, has country key Cultural relic preservation organ 58, is the national first place, famous also has Handan Zhao Wangcheng the ruins, the She County Wa imperial palace, the sound hall mountain rock cave, Baoding Chihli governor bureau, the ancient lotus pond, clear Xiling, Tangshan clear Dongling, the Cangzhou iron lion, the Dingzhou tower, Zhaozhou Bridge, the Zhengding Longxing Temple and so on. In the long historic monuments' behind, Hebei Province also many have the scenery beauty the natural landscape: Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao Nadaihe and the Tangshan coast's natural seashore scenery, on the vast sublime dam the prairie, the rural feeling day becomes the Laishui Yesanpo, precipitous does not lose elegant Zhangshiyan ......The mountain, the water, prairie each kind of view serve as contrast to become, was "Land of Yan and Zhao" has increased many colors. Some areas ancient are Jizhou, therefore is called Hebei. Hebei is situated at shore of North China, the Bohai Sea, around capital Beijing, suburb Tianjin. When Spring and Autumn Period Warring States for swallow, the Zhao place, when Chinese, Jin sets at Hebei, quiet two states, Tang Shuhe the Beidao, the Yuan is the secretariat, clearly is the national capital, clear is Chihli, in 1928 the beginning called Hebei Province. Presently governs 11 locally administered levels, 22 county-level cities, 109 counties, 6 autonomous counties. more than 60 city county opening to the outside world. Entire province area 187693 square kilometers. Has nationalities and so on Han Nationality, Hui tribe, Manchu nationality.


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5 on August 19, 2018
My husband and I stayed here for our honeymoon in 2014 and we loved it SO MUCH, we decided to come back every year on our anniversary. It is the ONLY time of the year, my husband and I completely unplug from absolutely everything. We adore Mandy, Steve and Gabby so much and their hospitality and welcoming home is something we look forward to all year long. Our 4 year anniversary is coming up and we are booked! If you need a place to rest, want to enjoy a nice home cooked southern meal and enjoy beautiful country scenery along the river, I would highly recommend visiting here!
5 on September 28, 2015
We had my daughters wedding at the lylewood inn may 28 2015, what can I say everything was perfect. Mandy is great she even sews up pant when someone splits them right before the wedding ha ha I just love it there you will not be disappointed if you choose this for your wedding venue
5 on February 20, 2015
My husband and I was gifted this experience for Valentines day and it was amazing. There is nothing more that I can think of that would have made our stay better. The food was great, the owners were amazing people, and the home made goodies made for a great personal touch. We felt right at home but lovingly catered to. We stayed in the cooks cottage and will definitely return soon!
5 on February 16, 2014
We reserved the Lyle Room for the Valentine Special and was the dinner ever special as well as the room? Mandy goes all out to cook what ever you order off the menu with plentiful helpings and little extras that make it a feast to remember. We were fascinated by the history of this house and Mandy's effort to preserve the history while rehabilitating the structure. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to Mandy's stories as she made herself available for a house tour. We found our room comfortable and the king size bed with a good mattress. We highly recommend this inn and the experience of meeting Mandy. Van Burens
5 on October 06, 2013
A very beautiful setting for a weekend getaway or any occasion. Mandy treated us like family and took care of our every need. The rooms were spacious and the beds were comfortable. The meals that Mandy prepared were excellent and brought back memories of my mothers cooking. I would strongly recommend Lylewood to anyone looking for a relaxing getaway or a special occasion.
5 on June 10, 2013
This was the most wonderful place! Mandy and Steve are awesome! We stayed in Zanie's Room. It was so nice and clean. The food was wonderful and we felt like we lived there. They treated us like we were family. If you are looking for a great place to stay in the country with an awesome view, this is it. You'll even get a concert at night from the crickets, frogs, birds, and God's other creatures.
5 on May 24, 2013
I am a little late in writing this review as I stayed here in March. The two nights stay was amazing. We arrived and were the only guests for both nights. We enjoyed hearing about the history of the house and property. The room was beautiful and very comfortable. In the morning a wonderful breakfast was prepared. Mandy is an incredible owner and is very welcoming. We have already planned another trip in August, and I cannot wait!! Definitely recommend this B&B if you are in the area and need an affordable, comfortable place to stay.
4.8 on February 10, 2013
We were fortunate to stay at the Lylewood Inn. What a beautiful place to spend the night. The home with the history, food, rooms and wonderful owner made it a great night. Well worth the drive out to see it and stay the night!
4.8 on October 17, 2012
Although travel weary when we arrived, you welcomed the five of us to your beautifully restored home of a bygone era. Your large array of prepared from scratch dishes that you served for both dinner and breakfast exceeded our expectations. How you can garden, can, bake and continually care for this early 1800's home and continually welcome new guests is amazing. I'd recommend this experience to anyone interested in stepping back in time, wanting genuine hospitality as you showed us, and wholesome food in a quiet, country setting. You greeted us like family. Thank you Mandy. Perhaps we'll come that way again some day.
5 on September 24, 2012
Mandy~ You are amazing, my husband and I had the best time with you and your family, also winny is so loving.....We will see you again. You are a wonderful lady, I wish I could have spent a week there... Our 15th Annivesary we will soon not forget....Thank you for all the LOVE you put into everything you do!!!!!!!!! Love Alex & Tracy
4.2 on September 08, 2012
My sister and I stayed for 4 days and we loved it. I have never felt more comforable in someone else's home since my visits to grandma's house. Thank you!
4.6 on September 04, 2012
I needed some rest and relaxation for the weekend. I was able to get it at the Lylewood Inn. The service was great and they treated you like family. The food was great!! I will recommend it to anyone needing to get away.
5 on June 03, 2012
We love this B&B. It was our second time here. Lylewood Inn, a gracious southern home is relaxing. Mandy is very accommodating and a wonderful cook I love it here, its soooo peaceful. Enjoyed the new touches and improvements added since last time we stayed. Purchased Jams & Jelly to share with family and co-workers. Delicious! Excellent value, worth the drive off the main highway. Love the Peacock! Will be back God Willing
5 on April 30, 2012
This B&B is absolutely the BEST! Mandy makes you feel right at home the moment you step foot inside. The historic home is full of character and the view is stunning. And the FOOD!!!!!! WOW!!! The food is out of this world! She is a great cook and hostess! This is a must and we are already planning our next trip!
4.6 on April 22, 2012
We stayed there is past weekend during a house hunting trip. Very nice family run place, made us feel welcome. I don't think you will ever find a more pet friendly place, would be a great place to bring the kids along too! Haven't had home style country cooking that good for years.
4.8 on February 14, 2012
As a surprise, my husband took me to dinner for Valentine's Day at the Lylewood Inn and it definitely was a wonderful surprise! Our hostess, Mandy and her daughter served us a delicious meal that exceeded anything I was expecting and we enjoyed hearing about the history of the house. We would definitely put this on our list of "must come again" places--thanks for a truly delightful experience! Lynn & Gene Watson, Clarksville TN
4.6 on November 29, 2011
My wife and I have stayed at many B&B's that were impressive for their architecture and polish, but run like a hotel / business. Lylewood Inn is a "home" that welcomes you with Southern charm and genuine hospitality. The owner lives on-site and invites you in as if you were a part of her family. Mandy not only prepared us a wonderful breakfast, she sat down and ate with us and shared the history of the home and the surrounding region. She was the best hostess we have ever had at a B&B. We look forward to returning on future trips to Northern Tennessee. Be sure to pick up one of her cookbooks when you stay or are just passing by!
4.4 on November 27, 2011
Wes and I stayed on 11-11-11 after getting married. We had a wonderful time with Mandy and Steve. The food was excellent and the service was very personable. The Lyle Room was very comfy and the fire made it very cozy. Very interesting history and remote place. Thank you for making our special day extra special!
4.8 on November 02, 2011
This is definitely a MUST STAY!!! Mandy and Steve are great! Food is fantastic and we certainly left there with new friends. They went above and beyond to make our stay enjoyable. I would recommend this place to anyone!
4.0 on September 03, 2011
We had such a great time, and the food was fabulous! Good ol-home cookin'! will go back!
4.4 on August 31, 2011
Mandy and Steve are wonderful hosts. Don't be afraid to kick off your shoes and feel right at home. Don't miss the sunrise or sunset from the front porch. The food is delicious! Bring your appetite, you won't be disappointed. Make friends with Coco, Aggie and Mr P while you're there. It's a step back in time, an experience to be remembered and it is sure to be a blessing to you.
4.4 on June 24, 2011
Great place to stay! Really enjoyed our stay. Dinner and breakfast was 7 stars. Mandy is a GREAT country cook! Makes you feel right at home. Mandy and staff are a pleasure to visit with. Please try them out!
4.8 on March 13, 2011
We could not have asked for a better stay!! We celebrated a very special occasion with our family at the Lylewood and Mandy took such care in overseeing details and making sure our visit was perfect. She made us feel as though we were part of her own family and a forever friendship was formed. If you are looking for that "special" place give Mandy a call and she will take great care of you while you visit. Thanks Mandy and Steve and Coco for a perfect visit. Plan on seeing you again soon. Kirby, Kate and Becca
5 on February 16, 2011
Staying at Lylewood Inn was an awesome experience!! The inn itself is incredible. If you love history it's a must stay!! The food was great!! Everybody was extremely accommodating and made you really feel at home! we will definitely be back!!! THANKS TO MANDY & the GANG!!!
5 on January 18, 2011
A true slice of heaven! What a fantastic week! The house was awesome and our room, "Sailors Rest" was too cool! Mandy was the greatest! She made us feel like family and we were very comfortable around her. Her helpers, Arlene and Steve were wonderful as well. Such a fun group of people to be around. We came and went as we pleased and Mandy presented a very relaxing and informal setting we enjoyed thoroughly. Mandy's meals, snacks and canned goods were to die for! I gained 4 pounds the week we were there! FANTASTIC FOOD! We found the history associated with the house very interesting and it added to the rich feeling of the soroundings. WE WILL BE BACK!
4.8 on August 07, 2010
My husband and I had the pleasure of staying at Lylewood and simply fell in love with the place. This home is one of the most charming I have ever seen and the hostess of the home was so gracious and accomadating. You really feel like you're at home. We are already planning our next visit!
4.0 on March 31, 2010
This is a great place to get away to, it is very peaceful and Mandy is a great cook. Her place is very lovely and the history is wonderful. I can't wait to go for another visit soon. Keep up the great work
3.8 on December 14, 2009
beautiful view of the Cumberland River. Food is delicious. Treated as an old friend. Relaxful stay.
4.0 on December 02, 2009
I was looking to escape from reality for a while and found this charming home on Bed and Breakfast.com and decided to give it a try. This beautiful old home sits high on a hill overlooking the river and is WAY out in the country. It was the seclusion I needed and the hostess was ablsolutely wonderful. She was kind and became a friend to me over that weekend. The food she served was wonderful, and she would allow me to sit in the kitchen and chat with her as she prepared my breakfast. She is simply adorable, and I really enjoyed my stay.
4.8 on September 16, 2009
Wonderful destination, very quiet, relaxing, outstanding service and superb country cooking from a special hostess, her personal touch can not be equalled!
4.2 on July 31, 2009
I loved being able to stay at the B&B it was a great place to just go and get away from everything! It was very peaceful and quiet -- all you could here was the crickets chirping and the frogs going at night. There was never anyone there to bother us, no one knocking our door -- the inn keeper made us feel like family and like it was our own home. I would go back there in a heartbeat if I'm ever traveling in that area again!
4.4 on August 12, 2008
Our stay was a gift and a great introduction to a jewel, practically in our back yard. We look forward to another opportunity to take out of town guests for good home cooking and a relaxing, family style stay.
4.6 on February 27, 2008
We want to express our thanks to our wonderful hostess. The food was excellent & abundant, the rooms quite & clean and the beds very comfortable! I totally enjoyed getting the back ground on the house. We will be back!!
4.4 on September 20, 2007
Home like atmosphere. A very relaxed setting. The hosts are make you feel like your part of the family.


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PHOENIX — A's reliever Grant Balfour's vow to be pitching within four weeks of his meniscus surgery still has two weeks to run.
As is often the case with Balfour, he seems to be ahead of schedule.
The hard-charging Oakland closer is scheduled to see team medics on Thursday to see if he can get clearance to get back to throwing off a mound. He's been throwing on flat ground for a few days now with no evident pain.
A's trainer Nick Paparesta confirmed the meeting with the doctors, which if it goes as Balfour hopes, could have him back on the mound in a matter of days.
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All That Tech: We're Hooked
A few months back you might remember a column written by yours truly about me forgetting my cell phone at home when I went to town. You might recall my expressed feelings of helplessness, angstness and discombobulationness fearing I might miss a call from someone … anyone. It didn't really matter that I wasn't expecting anyone to call in the first place. It was just "what if someone calls and I miss it"?
The column was meant to be on the lighter side, humorous and maybe just a little thought-provoking about the fix we are letting ourselves in for with all the electronic gadgetry that we feel we "must have" in order to keep up in today's electronics laden world. And therein lies the Vicks Vapo Rub.
Let me explain.
You younger folks can't remember a day when there were just the three network TV channels and we received them via antenna. My Washington family lived 60 miles from the broadcast tower and reception was often, at best "fuzzy." To aid reception we bought what was called "rabbit ears," an antenna that sat on the TV and when reception was bad if you moved the ears a little bit left or right maybe the picture would clear up … or maybe not. But it was what we had, and we knew no other.
Service was free.
Back then, my grannie's phone number in Havre was 1112W. There were no area codes. If you wanted to make a long distance call you had to go through an operator You told the operator the state you wanted to call and then the number. Our number was GArfield 5-4532. And we used a rotary dial phone. Locally the phone bill was about 4 or 5 bucks a month. Long distance was extra.
I remember going to the library and marveling over the thousands upon thousands of books on the shelves and thinking I could even get smarter than my sister Vicki if I had all that knowledge stored in my head. But who could read all those books? When we took car trips Granny always had us take along a book or two. OK, but what if the book you brought wasn't any good or boring or you just lost interest? You were out of luck and had to play "count the license plates" for amusement.
You had to have a library card and the books were checked out free.
Today an Apple iPhone 5 could cost nearly 700 simoleans – which includes several "apps," but the more popular apps will cost you extra.. Ultimately, your hand held portable telephone could cost upwards of $1,200, depending on how many apps you want.
Don't forget, the cost of "coverage" could cost between $30 and $60 dollars ... per month.
As for reading a book, well now you folks have hundreds of books literally at your fingertips if you have a Kindle or the ever popular Asus Google Nexus 7 tablet with 32gb quad-core Tegra 3 Android 3.1. (Uh, could you run that one by me again?) That particular "book" can be had for just $189.99. There again, you get a few standard books with the purchase of the thingie, but you have to purchase any additional books you might want to read. A virtual library right there in your fanny pack.
My point is that we are being brainwashed into thinking we need these gadgets for our very societal survival. We're hooked … just as surely as a druggie gets hooked. Slowly and incrementally.
Every time Dish Network, Direct TV, or other cable and satellite services raise their prices, we moan and complain but we pay it because we're hooked. Your BFF says she got this phone that does every thing but attract a boyfriend, only cost $300 last month but when you go to buy one just like it the price has risen 30%. But you're hooked. You have to have it. You shell out the cash.
Back in my day, "bundling" was something you did with your special friend when out on a winter hayride. Todays it's when you have one bill for your TV, your iPhone and your PC. My bundling was far more funner.
Could we survive if we eschew these "comforts of life?" You bet your sweet bippy we could. But will we? Nope. No matter how high corporate America jacks up the prices, they know we're hooked and will buy their goods and services at any cost. We gotta' have it!!!
I remember just six short years ago, Dish Network basic service (now there's a real definition of oxymoronism) was $8.99 per month. Basic service is now over 38 bucks and the recorder box and the local channels are extra.
One hundred and 20 channels! Many are religious channels and home shopping channels. The service providers load up their packages with those channels because they get them free and it makes their deal sound so much better. We fall for it because we're hooked.
Can we survive without? Surely we can. Will we? Nope. We're hooked.
That's it for now folks. Thanks for listening.
Virgil Vaupel is The Courier's Hinsdale correspondent.


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With the announcers booming, the riders cheering, and the crowd chanting over and again, Torstein Horgmo hopped onto the sled for one more ride to the top. Despite having fallen hard on his two previous attempts (yet both times managing to rise to his feet and ride away), there was never a doubt in regards to what was about to go down. As the cameras began to converge, Tor leans down, gives one last click to the bindings, and prepares to drop—but then yields. Hands folded and head bent low, it was time for the injured Norwegian to focus.
Friday night at Winter X Games 15 debuted new events, refreshed competition, and one very special NBD into the Aspen/Snowmass night. Beginning with the first-ever Best Method event, riders took to the Big Air jump to pay their homage to Brushie, Terje, Jamie Lynn, and more by showcasing the loftiest Grassers in their arsenal. Jack Mitrani went as far as to hyper one-piece the contest, harking to the days of hardboot ankle-tweakage with a class only J-Town could afford. Not to be outdone, Chas Guldemond pulled the ultimate 'Text Voting Is BS' wardrobe malfunction, kicking out his strongest between-the-bindings tweaker while somehow misplacing his shirt (and chest hair, for that matter). But the kids with the truest grab-style? None other than 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Powers and 2010 Bronze Medalist Scotty Lago. The comeback of ages, Ross was boning out nose methods like never before, giving the crowds a much-appreciated incognito darkhorse to cheer for throughout. But in the end, Scott Robert kicked 'em out harder, held 'em longer, and tweaked 'em stonger than the rest, resulting in respect from the field and cheers from the crowd en route to his first X Games Best Method Gold Medal.
The lights dimmed, the sounds grew, and it became obvious to the engaged crows that the stage was finally set—prime-time snowboarding was about to begin. X Games Big Air has long been a standout event of the annual gathering, with names such as Halldór, Torstein, Travis, and many more earning the recent titles. But the times, well, they have been a-changing. With the Big Air competitors sharing an average age of 19.6, it was clear the torch was ready to be passed—if odds-favorite Torstein Horgmo could finally be beat. Coming off a spectacular showing in Slopestyle Prelims where he posted a 97 (the highest Slope score in X Games history, in fact), all eyes were on Sebastién Toutant going into the night's ender session. The 18-year old Quebecoise has been showing signs of greatness since he first stepped on the international stage at 13, and after coming back from a leg injury that sidelined him for most of last season, has been set on finding his way to the top. One of the first riders to land a back double ten a few years ago, his flawless and almost casual (and actually "double corked"…) 10s, 12s, and Cab 12s are something to see, and would earn the young Canadian a Silver Medal in X Games Big Air. As Seb would later say, "Big Air is pushing progession so much. Right now, all the tricks in Big Air are making their way to Slopestyle. All of those double cork variations are going to be here on Sunday, and it's great to see. I'm stoked, for sure!"
Keeping things young, 17-year Sage Kotsenburg rounded out the Big Air podium, gaining a bit of satisfaction for his questionable snubbing in the Slopestyle Prelims earlier that day. The Park City kid was ecstatic with his place: "Being up with Tor and Seb is great! They've been killing it all year, and it's sick to be up with them."
So there he was. Torstein's head was leaned slightly forward, contemplating what was about to come. As the rounds of "Triple Cork, Triple Cork" rocked the slopes, he looked up, fixed his gear, and began to slid down the runway—and then came the drop. As a collective inhale silenced the masses, all watched, unblinking, as 1, 2, and 3 times around Tor would go. The Triple Cork, as so many had hope to see, had finally been brought to X!! Or wait … was it? The "Media" rushed to claim it immediately, but we're not so sure—and even Tor himself disagrees. "No, it's not. I wanted to come around fakie, but had to put down a little hand drag. It was probably the stupidest move I've ever done in my whole life. [Laughs] These guys [Seb and Sage] looked like they had a better time doing their tricks than me!" Regardless of whether or not "The Triple" has been put down at X, once thing's for sure: anyone sending three flips over an 85-footer on live TV—while suffering from broken ribs and a possible concussion—is a boss.
With Superpipe, Slopestyle, Best Method, Real Snow, and Big Air Finals all on the schedule, this year's X Games at Aspen/Snowmass promises to tear the roof off. Stay up on all Winter X Games 15 coverage atFacebook.com/TWSnow, Twitter.com/TWSnow, and right here at TWSnow.com.


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- Manufacturer/Brand; Making Memories Slice
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- RRP at time of writing: Around £30
Reason For Buying
My primary reason for buying this kit, is because I have limited dexterity, getting hold of small things isn't easy. I figured the tools would help me remove die cut shapes from the adhesive mat, with less chance of ripping them. Also given the cost of replacement blades and a spatula tool that was included it wasn't a great deal extra to pay to get something to keep them all in too.
- Keeps all your tools needed at hand.
- Easy to find the tool you are looking for
- The dense foam lining keeps everything in place
- Handy if you travel with your Slice machine
I haven't got any issues with this kit, it has some quality tools, well laid out and a superb quality case.
My only request if they ever do a redesign, is a request for a little space to put the wrench that comes with The Slice. I have put mine lose in the little gap in the case where the handles of the scissors sit. This is one of those fiddly little tools that is far too easy to lose! That wrench is not included with the tool kit, it comes with the Slice machine itself. But there is nowhere on The Slice itself to store it and its something I didn't want to lose.
Build Quality
Excellent, everything is well made and finished. The case is well padded and everything stays in place. I was impressed that the case itself is made of a denim/twill type fabric which is beautifully lined and the zip works well too. The case also features a pull tape with the word 'Tools' on it. Great if you have several similar kits on your shelf and especially handy in this case as the case for the design cards looks identical on the shelf.
Value for Money
Good. It is an investment but for keeping everything together and for quality tools it is well worth it. I've had Making Memories tools in the past and they last well.
Would I buy it Again?
Summing up
Some would say this in an unnecessary add-on, but if you have limited dexterity or are good at loosing small tools, then having a case with everything together makes life much easier. It also takes up very little space on your work top.
Although this tool kit and The Slice, are made by Making Memories, all information about it are on the Why Slice website.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Elegant Blue and Green
I have an elegant card tonight. At first I didn't think I liked the card but I think it's growing on me.
Doodle Pantry and the image is Doodle Pantry Blue Bonnets. Don't forget to check out Doodle Pantry's challenge. If you participate you receive the new Quirky Bunny set.
This card is for Joan's Garden Challenge. The challenge must have corner embellishments, a color theme of blue and green, some kind of flowers, and an oval background. That's it for tonight. I have to go work on my online class. I decided to take a class about my Cricut. I wanted to use it more but didn't know how. So I'm working on learning something new. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!
16 comments:
- Lorie said...
Oh, how lovely Donna!
- March 6, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- Barb said...
Donna - it's beautiful!
- March 6, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- AllisonG said...
Donna, I love the bluebonnets. They should be blooming here in Texas soon!
- March 6, 2012 at 10:42 PM
- The Stamper's Touch said...
Wowza, you weren't kidding when you said elegant!! It is that and a whole lot more! Gorgeous die cuts. Can't wait to hear about your Cricut class too.
- March 6, 2012 at 11:49 PM
- Marsha said...
Beautiful way to use the die cuts.
- March 7, 2012 at 12:03 AM
- Lorianna said...
This is so beautiful!!
They look like they are blooming off the paper!!
- March 7, 2012 at 12:07 AM
- Dawn Frost said...
Donna I love how you've used the blue and green and framed the blue bonnets!With the pearls it adds so much elegance, very nice!
- March 7, 2012 at 12:54 AM
- Carolina Girl (Cely) said...
WEll.....let it grow, let it grow....it's beautifullllllll.
- March 7, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- auntbeespickles said...
Hi Donna, ouch girl! Hope your arms have recovered from all the poking!! Your card is beautiful. Love those colors together. Very springy!!
Hugs, Sarah
- March 7, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Pat (mspfd) said...
Gosh, this is beautiful. Love the vibrant coloring and how you used the dies to frame your image.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Elizabeth Hart said...
These flowers are SO blooming beautiful and those die cuts framing the image are gorgeous.
- March 7, 2012 at 5:04 PM
- Jerusha said...
Wow, this is so pretty. It just jumps right off the card. Lovely!!
- March 7, 2012 at 6:04 PM
- Georgia Ehrmann said...
It is beautiful Donna! I too like those pearls that you have added!
- March 7, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Glenda Atkins said...
I think your bluebonnets are quite grand and love how you framed them!
- March 8, 2012 at 5:50 AM
- Georgei said...
very beautiful card that you did
- March 8, 2012 at 7:36 AM
- Patti P. said...
Donna, hope you are feeling better. We have both had the crud for a week and it is no fun. I love your card. The layering of the dies reminds me of the image in the paper. So beautiful.
- March 9, 2012 at 12:01 PM


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The Denver Broncos Hail Mary attempt to reverse the events leading to the release of defensive end Elvis Dumervil last week has fallen incomplete.
The Broncos and Dumervil's new agents, Tom Condon and Ben Dogra of CAA, appealed to the league to honor the verbal agreement between the two sides over the restructuring of Dumervil's contract last Friday. The parties couldn't get the new deal into the league office in time and the Broncos were forced to release Dumervil in order to avoid guaranteeing all $12 million of his contract for next year.
Dumervil then fired his previous agent Marty Magid over the fiasco. The Broncos hoped the league would overlook the snafu and allowed the agreement to stand. According to Bill Williamson of ESPN.com, the league denied the appeal.
It was a longshot to begin with. Granting the appeal would have likely caused issues across the league as other teams would have complained over the Broncos getting special consideration. Meanwhile, Dumervil is talking with the Baltimore Ravens in addition to his hope to remain with the Broncos. Both sides want Dumervil to remain in Denver, but there were several salary cap issues created by the situation that complicate the Broncos ability to re-sign him now that he's a free agent.


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Reviewed by J. R. (age 8)
In the beginning of the story the phone rang early in the morning. It was Amy's best friend Allie. They had a list of things to do together in the summer.
In the middle, Allie found out she was going to camp, but she did not want to go without Amy. They tied their legs together so they won't get separated. Their plan does not work. Amy and Allie have to finish their list before Allie goes to camp.
In the end, they finshed everything on their list in one day. They are sad to be separated. They don't want to be separated for the whole summer. Will Amy get to go to camp with Allie?
I liked this book because it is funny. My favorite part was when Allie threw a pebble in Marvin's cotton candy and he fell down. It was my favorite part because it was funny. Allie teases Marvin and Allie reminds me of my brother because he teases me too.
I think it is a good book because it is about two girls having fun. If you like Frog and Toad books should read The Gator Girls. The Gator Girls are like the book Frog and Toad, because in both books the characters work together.


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Veteran Democratic US Representative Edward J. Markey beat back a challenge from Republican businessman Gabriel E. Gomez today in a special election for US Senate in Massachusetts that was marked by its brevity and by low voter turnout.
Markey garnered 55 percent of the votes, compared with 45 percent for Gomez, with 99 percent of precincts reporting late this evening. Markey, 66, and Gomez, 47, were vying to fill the seat that Democrat John F. Kerry left vacant when President Obama picked him to be US secretary of state in December.
"I am going to the US Senate to build a bold and bright future filled with optimism and opportunity for every family in the state of Massachusetts and across our great country," Markey proclaimed in his victory speech at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.
He pledged that when he joins the Senate, "I will seek consensus wherever possible. Like you, I am tired of gridlock. But I will never compromise on our principles."
Markey spoke about issues he would promote as a senator, including increased gun control regulation, protecting "a woman's right to choose," and a focus on rebuilding transportation infrastructure.
He also repeatedly touched on environmental issues. "I want to lead the effort to launch a clean energy revolution in our country," he said.
Gomez said in his concession speech, "Sometimes you face overpowering force. I mean, we were massively overspent. We went up against literally the whole national Democratic party and all its allies." At the same time, he said, "I offer absolutely no excuse for coming up short."
"I'm proud to be an American, and tonight, even in defeat, I've never been prouder to be a citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," he said at the Seaport Boston Hotel.
At the Park Plaza, the room broke into applause, first scattered and then sustained and joined by cheers, as NECN-TV announced that Markey was the winner.
The loudest yell came from Lisa Rajczyk, who organized for the Markey campaign in Lawrence. "Yessss!" she screamed, as the results came in. She held her hands in the air in victory for a few seconds, a huge smile on her face.
At the Seaport Boston, Arate Pascucci, who worked for two Republican administrations in Massachusetts, said, "He did the best he could in the time frame he had."
"He worked it," she said. "I think he's a very, very good candidate. He has a future."
The National Republican Senatorial Committee appeared to agree, issuing a statement encouraging Gomez to run again, saying he was "well prepared to win that marathon over the next 16 months," apparently referring to November 2014, when Markey will have to defend his seat in a regular election.
Markey, who has served nearly 37 years in Congress, sought to portray Gomez as too conservative for Massachusetts. Gomez, who has never held elected office, described himself as a "new kind of Republican" who would reach across the aisle in a hyperpartisan Washington.
Gomez had a compelling personal story as the son of Colombian immigrants who grew up to be a Navy pilot and SEAL and went to Harvard Business School before going into business. But his only previous political experience had been a run for selectman in Cohasset, in which he came in third out of three candidates.
From the outset, Gomez faced an uphill battle in the traditionally blue Bay State against a formidable Democratic political operation. Party leaders had vowed never to be beaten again after the humiliating defeat in January 2010 when little-known Republican Scott Brown won the US Senate seat left vacant by the death of liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
The Markey-Gomez race was an anomaly for Massachusetts, which has a rich history of spirited Senate races with big, clashing personalities and sharp arguments about the issues.
The race struggled to gain public attention. First, several high-profile names declined to run, including Brown, who lost a reelection battle in November to Democrat Elizabeth Warren. Then, other news events grabbed the media's attention, including the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15.
Some observers even suggested Bay State voters had a case of election fatigue, with tonight's election the third US Senate race in just over three years.
Not surprisingly, given the challenges, turnout was lackluster today as voters slogged to the polls in the third day of a heat wave. Turnout statewide was approximately 27 percent, apparently a record low, and well below the 54 percent turnout in the 2010 special election that propelled Brown to prominence.
In Ward 3, Precinct 3, in Somerville earlier in the day, Adena Schutzberg, a 49-year-old consultant leaving the polls on her bicycle, said, "The election was really annoying. Neither of these gentlemen said anything that changed my plan to vote. I really want this to be over."
She voted for Markey, favoring his record and political alignment, if not exactly electrified by his vision or personality. "I'm a Democrat through and through," she said.
Jim Dolan, a rare Republican in the precinct, wore a GOP elephant-print tie that he had picked up, incongruously, at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta.
"I'm nervous. I'm supporting Gabriel Gomez today. Polls don't look good, but I'm hoping for a late surge," said Dolan, a 29-year-old economic development executive. "Ed Markey's been in Congress for 37 years. It's time for a change."Eric Moskowitz, Stephanie Ebbert and Joshua Miller of the Globe staff contributed to this report.


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I'd like to suggest, that when the user clears the playqueue, the right frame should vanish too.
until now, the right frame keeps up using space and also survived a logout/login of the user.
I logged out and came back and the right frame was already there (after clearing the browsers cache as well), although no music was in the playqueue.
I need to restart the madsonic service to get rid of the right frame.


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Difference between revisions of "Talk:Timeline of Orthodoxy in the British Isles"
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:* '''Early British Kingdoms: Era of Celtic Missionaries (410-597)'''
:* '''Early British Kingdoms: Era of Celtic Missionaries (410-597)'''
:* '''Anglo-Saxon England: Foundation of the English Church (597-1066)'''
:* '''Anglo-Saxon England: Foundation of the English Church (597-1066)'''
::* Viking Age (793-1066)
::* Viking Age (793-1066)
Revision as of 03:54, May 26, 2009
Please keep this timeline strictly to those matter that directly relate to ORTHODOXY and NOT the "Church of England" or the "Roman Catholic Church" - unless, those actions are directly classified as Orthodox pre-Schism.
Suggested "Table of Contents"
The existing headings for the periods in the Table of Contents do not really apply that well for this subject here; I think it would give better perspective to frame the Timeline of Orthodoxy in Britain under the major periods native to British history as such. I have put together this suggested format for the eras:
- Roman Britian (43-410)
- Medieval Period (410-1485)
- Early British Kingdoms: Era of Celtic Missionaries (410-597)
- Anglo-Saxon England: Foundation of the English Orthodox Church (597-1066)
- Viking Age (793-1066)
- Anglo-Norman Britain: Latin Continental Ecclesiology (1066-1154)
- High Middle Ages: Plantaganet Era (1154-1485)
- Early Modern Era (1485-1707)
- Tudor Era (1485-1603)
- Elizabethan Era (1558-1603)
- Stuart Age: Civil War and Revolution (1603-1714)
- Jacobean Era (1603-1625)
- Caroline Era (1625-1642)
- Interregnum: Commonwealth of England (1649-1660)
- English (Stuart) Restoration (1660-1689)
- United Kingdom of Great Britian (1707-1801)
- Georgian Era (1714-1837)
- Modern Era
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1927)
- Victorian Era (1837-1901)
- Edwardian Era (1901-1910)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927-Present)
Some of the sub-era may be omitted perhaps, but all are recognized validly recognized names for periods in British history. I think doing it this way would provide a better historical context. Cheers, Angellight 888 18:15, May 25, 2009 (UTC)


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
People Send Me Stuff: Part 2
With Kim's permission, I am very pleased to share a few examples of WAS's magnificent work from that catalogue with you today.
We will very certainly be revisiting the life and work of William A. Smith in the future. Kim, her brother Rick, and her mom, Ferol, have all been relating some great anecdotes that you will eventually get to read here. And I have been scanning more of Smith's art from my magazine collection to accompany those stories.
But that's for another time. For now, enjoy these images at full size in my William A. Smith Flickr set.
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Power, majesty and grace, all elements of these beautiful pieces.ReplyDelete
I'm currently reading a fantasy novel set in New Orleans and that last painting of the actor seated in the alley just blows me away. Everything from composition to the humorous
use of color here just captures the feel of Mardi Gras via one lonely soul. Amazing.
The link seems to be broken. Here's the URL of the set:ReplyDelete
The boxing picture and the man with the white paint are both really striking.
Thanks for the heads up, Colin - I have fixed the link. ( must stop blogging while talking on the phone ).ReplyDelete
Ron; thanks for that terrific comment - I'm very happy you found that piece as powerful as I did.
The comment by Ron Fortier makes me see and appreciate the painting of the black actor in whitefaceReplyDelete
even more than I did before. The painting was one of the most memorable ones from my childhood. I always wondered why he had white all over his head!
The boxing painting I believe to be one of the best he ever did, and the Michener Museum purchased it from the show for their permanent collection.
Thanks yet again, Leif.
thanks for this, leif....i didn't know this exhibition catalog even existed....so,i checked online and located a copy!.....i've always admired william smith's work......btw,i also found a bunch of great stuff on austin briggs, which i will be sending you some scans of soon....best,brian...ReplyDelete


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rsandhu needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
I develop iPhone applications, but started a new project on my own several months ago out of my home office in Vancouver, BC. I am a Software Engineer that is starting out with design, but my skills are not at the professional level yet. I enjoy following and viewing excellent design on Twitter and Dribbble.
Foursquare users (trendy hipster types).
The app is a Foursquare client for the iPhone that provides a clean and fast user experience for Foursquare users.
The app icon should be recognizable to any Foursquare user, but should not in any way resemble elements of the Foursquare icon for the iPhone.
A distinct shape should convey the focus of the application to the user. No text should be used at all in the icon design. I expect Apple-esque design for the icon.
The icon should be made available in the following sizes:
PSD file (RGB)
Feel free to be creative, even if that means moving away from the description above.
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seanfee needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Lookandtaste (http://www.lookandtaste.com)
We're a food video website with over 300 video recipes, a bi-weekly food show and a recently released iPhone app.
We are targeting the food and tech audience who visit the itunes app store. The box needs to be attractive, eye-catching and appealing for foodies and techies.
The background should have food in it, or simply be a nice shot of food.
The tagline should say 'Video cookbook on your phone' but also be big enough to see as per requirements
Other elements:
Title Treatment
The title treatment / logo for the application should be simple and easy to read when scaled down to a small size. Please limit tag or bylines if they are not legible at small scale.
Vector .eps, .ai or minimum 600 x 600 px transparent .psd or .tif
Background Image
The background image, texture, color or gradient should correspond to the application or compliment the title treatment. It may include elements of the application itself, but should not be or include screenshots.
900 x 530 px layered .psd


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Kurt Sanderling, who led the Leningrad Philharmonic and the East Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Soviet rule and won admirers in the West later in his career as a guest conductor for orchestras in London, Los Angeles and elsewhere, has died. He was 98.
Sanderling, who would have turned 99 Monday, died Saturday in Berlin of causes related to old age, said his son, Stefan.
Kurt Sanderling: The obituary of conductor Kurt Sanderling in the Sept. 19 LATExtra section said his son Stefan is music director of the Florida Orchestra in Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is not a city. The orchestra is based in St. Petersburg. —
Sanderling won...


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|July 11, 2014
|July 13, 2014
CMHC July Club Fun Fly
When: July 11th, 12th, 13th 2014
Where: Snohomish, Washington
This event is for CMHC members and their guest. Mike Kometz and Dawson Copper will be doing a potluck style dinner Saturday evening and the club will be providing the meat. Camping is encouraged.


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No Alex Burrows, or his eyebrows, for tonight's game (Image via some dudes over at the Sun)
Things could be going better for the Vancouver Canucks right about now. After a less-than-stellar debut performance against the Sharks a few nights ago, they return home to the friendly confines of Rogers Arena without a key piece of the puzzle, as Alex Burrows has been ruled out.
The Edmonton Oilers – who lost their opener at home to the Jets – come into town, and will probably be looking to exact some corporal punishment after the whole Kassian-Gagner fiasco from the preseason. Premedidated fights and goonery. Good times. But hey, at least we have Elliotte Friedman saying interesting things during intermission to look forward to. Plus, Henrik Sedin will be a guest on After Hours tonight (or will it be Daniel? Who really knows?).
I guess we should talk about the game, and the fight, for a bit. Read on past the jump for the preview of tonight's home opener.
Broadcast Info
Puck Drop: 7 PM PST
Obviously the biggest news of the day is the updated status of Alex Burrows, who got hurt in Thursday night's opener while blocking a shot. According to John Tortorella, "he'll be out for a couple of weeks"..
It's no doubt a big blow to the Canucks, who rely on Burrows in a huge way. The team's forward depth – or better yet, lack thereof – was a hot topic of discussion all throughout the summer and preseason, and it reared its ugly head in Game #1 as the 3rd and 4th lines were seriously exposed. Obviously this hurts even that much more with Kassian still out for another 4 games as he serves his suspension. We don't really have any indication of what the team plans to do, but they're not calling up another forward for now, so we're expecting a 7th defenseman to be dressed for the time being. Get well soon, Burr.
So what will the lineup look like then? I'd expect either Booth (who was moved up to the top line in the 3rd period of the opener, anyways) or Hansen (who spent time with the twins last season) to get a look on the top line. Beyond that, it's hard to even guess what happens because that decision will determine how the rest shakes out. We can assume that whoever doesn't get bumped up to the top line will probably play with Kesler and Higgins on the 2nd line. Which is scary, because the Santorelli/Richardson pairing was brutal before having Hansen given to them as a life raft in the opener. This could be Zac Dalpe's chance to move up and play with some more skilled players, but we'll see.
I've seen people speculating that Yannick Weber will be the 7th defenseman the Canucks dress, since he played some forward with the Canadiens over the past few years. I'd personally dress Andrew Alberts, and have him flank Sestito and Weise on the 4th line. I think it's safe to say that the Oilers will be coming over Weise, so you may as well at least prepare for that. They'll almost certainly play less than 5 minutes anyways, so it's probably weise (heh, see what I did there!) not to overthink it.
It's funny that after all of the buzz and outrage surrounding the Oilers claiming face puncher Steve MacIntyre that he won't even play in this game (knee injury). Don't you worry though, you fight enthusiasts, because Edmonton will still be sending out Mike Brown and Luke Gazdic. Speaking of Gazdic.. good god. I'd be terrified if I were Weise or Sestito, and knew that I likely had to face the music tonight.
Few more housekeeping notes:
- Roberto Luongo, no surprise, gets the start again tonight.
- We'll have our "numbers" section of the preview back up and running soon enough.
- I'm out of commission tonight, but as far as I know Cam Charron will still be covering this game, and will have a recap up not too long after it concludes. I'd recommend that you have some drinks on hand for tonight's festivities.
Our friends over at PlayNow.com after offering two specials for tonight's game:
LOVE FROM LOU – If you think that Roberto Luongo is up to the task tonight, and will shut the door (to the tune of 1 goal against or less in a win), then you're getting 4.15-to-1 odds on it.
DEKING DANIEL – If you think the Canucks will find a way to win tonight, and Daniel Sedin will score a goal, you're getting $3.8 dollars for every dollar you bet. I prefer this one, personally.
Gameday Links:
- The tale of the tape for tonight's game. [via CDC]
- If you're looking to get familiar with the Oilers heading into this one, go to our friends over at Oilers Nation. They've got a good preview of tonight's affair up as well. [via Oilers Nation]
- Don't you dare ask John Tortorella a question about shot blocking. So what if he himself made a big deal of it in the summer? [via Steve Ewen]
- That's probably because he's too busy focusing on the trainwreck that are the team's 3rd and 4th line. [via Brad Ziemer]
- As I mentioned above, Dale Weise could be in line for a meet-and-greet with Oilers tough guy Luke Gazdic [via Elliott Pap]
Hey, have you signed up for Streakcred yet? If not, what are you waiting for? It's pretty easy. You sign up, guess the winners of games, and if you're really good at it, you'll get some prizes coming your way.


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flashman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We need an exciting logo for Dubailander.com a news, reviews and discussion site about the Dubailand project currently being constructed in Dubai.
We need a logo for Dubailander.com a new website about the Dubailand project in Dubai - please see http://www.dubailand.ae.. This project is a mixture of hotels, leisure facilities, sports facilities and theme parks. The website will provide news,reviews and a community to discuss travelling to this new destination. The existing website http://www.dubailander.com is just a place holder so no direction need be taken from the current website design.
- Inspiration can be taken from the official Dubailand logo in terms of style (but we do not want a copy of this logo)
- Logo should say "Dubailander" or "dubailander.com"
- May include the Tag line "News, Reviews and Discussion" but does not have to.
- Clean
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- Obvious Travel images
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The Relay For Life of Lewiston/Niagara is looking for passionate volunteers to join its 2014 planning committee.
This year's Relay For Life event will be held Friday, June 21, starting at 3 p.m. It will continue to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Reservoir State Park.
Relay spokesperson Jen McArdle reports Lewiston/Niagara organizers will host a committee interest drop-in at the Town of Niagara Town Hall, 7105 Lockport Road, Niagara Falls, on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
"Please feel free to stop in to the (Town Hall) conference room any time between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. that evening to receive information about Relay For Life and join our committee!" McArdle says.
She describes Relay For Life as a "life-changing experience where teams of friends, families, co-workers, and communities come together for one night to join in the fight against cancer. ... This event is an amazing opportunity to honor those we have lost to cancer, celebrate those who have survived, and show appreciation to those who have acted as caregivers to someone with the disease. The money raised at a Relay For Life event is used toward research, treatments, and programs that improve the quality of life of current cancer patients.
"No matter what skills, experience, and amount of time that you have to offer, we would love to have you join our committee. We can offer you camaraderie, and the satisfaction in knowing that your contribution will make a difference."
Those who are unable to drop in on Wednesday night, but would still like to join the committee, can contact McArdle at 716-689-6982, ext. 62545, or email [email protected].
For more information regarding the Relay For Life of Lewiston/Niagara, call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345, or visit www.cancer.org.