text:
The Internet as we know it is at risk. While the statement, at first glance, may appear to be very clickbait-y, nothing is closer to the truth. For the past couple of years, companies ranging from Google to Facebook has been scratching their heads, trying new methods, newer ways to fight an ever more powerful enemy- Mobile Ad Blockers. However, till now there has been one saving grace, or so we thought. As many previous reports had shown, desktop users had been considered the primary source of ad blocking. While this had raised some cause for concern, companies that depend on ad revenue were happy in the knowledge that as we migrated to a smartphone-centric Internet, the menace of Ad Blocker would be faced with a steep adoption curve. But a new report by PageFair has shed some stark new light into the world of mobile ad blocking that will force everyone to rethink their strategy on going mobile.
An earlier report had pegged the total number of desktop users who use Ad Block at the north of 200 million. And while everyone agreed that it was a gigantic number, the common consensus of people was that the adoption rate of Ad Blockers in mobile was slower. This idea was further fuelled by research that took into account public opinions and surveyed small sample sizes instead of working on raw empirical data. That's why the startling revelation by PageFair that more than 419 million smartphone users are using an ad blocker currently has caught the Internet off guard. With 1 out of every 5 smartphone users out there having an ad blocker installed on their phone, where does the mobile Internet and it's content creators go for revenue? We try to answer that question and take a deep look at the Internet's grim future in today's article.
The Rise of The Ad Blocking Mobile Browser
Ad Blockers have grown stealthily and at a rapid pace in the realm of smart devices. By March of 2016, the mobile ad blocking Industry with 408 million active users has far surpassed their desktop counterparts. Putting those numbers into perspective, that means that now 22% of the world's smartphone population of 1.9 billion devices use some sort of Ad block. And this rapid growth rate of almost 90% YoY has been fuelled by a number of geographical as well as technical reasons which has led to the dominance of Ad Block enabled browsers in smartphones across the world.
Taking a quick look at the distribution of ad blocking browsers by region, we find that the highest concentration of users comes from the Asia Pacific region. What is even more worrying is the fact that two of the world's biggest smartphone markets contribute the most to the list of ad blocking individuals.
Before we take a look at the data for the individual countries, it is important to understand the conditions of cellular connectivity and mobile data in the Asia Pacific region that has led to 93% of the Ad Blocking browsers to be used from this region.
This is a frightening revelation for not only the users from this region but also worldwide as 55% of the world's smartphone population hails from this region, with the percentage only set to increase in the future years.
As the APAC is a region where the smartphone markets are just hitting a semblance of maturity, data prices remain relatively high, and mobile data is at a premium. This is why we see that in evolving countries like India and Pakistan, people prefer to use browsers like UC Browser and Opera Mini to circumnavigate the data hungry nature of Internet Ads. And as we shall see in our rundown of Ad Block enabled browsers below, speed, loading times as well as small footprint, are deciding factors in who takes the crown among the Ad Block enabled mobile browsers.
Among the various sort of browsers that are sometimes bundled by first party OEMs like Samsung to third party ones like UC browsers, there is a total of 45 different browsers that have Ad Blocking capabilities in iOS and Android combined. Leading the pack by a quite healthy margin is UC browser with 4 variants of the browser taking up the top 4 spots in the list.
Looking towards the OEM side of things, Apple had set the precedent with Safari supporting Ad blocking via the inbuilt API. Ad Block Plus, Crystal Ad Block, and 1Blocker are the forerunners among the 225 other apps and plugins that have been made available for supported iOS devices.
On the Android side of things, Samsung was the first to follow in Apple's footsteps, and we have seen that they've enabled Ad Blocking by default in their own Android browser. Following the lead of Samsung, Asus has coined a deal with Ad Block Plus that will see 30 million Asus handsets released in 2016 being shipped with Ad Blocking capable browsers by default.
With regional offices in China, India, Vietnam, Russia and Indonesia, UC Browser is racing ahead from its competitors in the 3rd party Ad Blocking browser space. But while Ad Blockers in Internet Browsers have been terrorising the Media and content creators in the East, the Mobile Internet on the West have a very different type of Ad Blocking to contend with!
In-App Ad Blockers And Content Blockers Make Their Presence Felt
While 36% of smartphone users in the APAC use mobile browsers for ad blocking purposes, there is a new form of ad blocking that is on the rise that seeks to threaten in-app advertising as well as ads from content providers such as social media giants, Facebook, and Instagram. Available on both iOS and Android, these apps use HTTP proxy servers and more recently VPNs to cut off the ads traffic from various apps that depend on in-app advertisement as a source of revenue. While previously being banned from the Android Play Store, some of the new ones have managed to utilize the loopholes in the law to skid by for now.
Next up are content blockers. Making their debut in September 2015 with iOS 9, content blockers have the ability to selectively block the content be it normal ads like banners to rich media ads on web pages using Apple's Webview API.
During the seven months since their launch, there have been 229 of such apps that have made their way to the Apple App Store, and yet the download numbers have stayed at 4.5 million globally.
Among these apps, Ad Block Plus and Crystal Blocker lead the pack with market shares of 22% and 12% respectively, with 1Blcoker, Shield, and Adblock for Mobile claiming the remaining three spots in the top 5 list.
The growth of content blocking apps from Apple has been slow in most markets as we find that in the western markets where there is a higher concentration of iPhone users, the affordable prices of data packs have stifled the growth of Ad Blocking practices. In fact, the US with 1.9 million of downloads is one of the places with the lowest number of mobile ad blockers. We look at the state of ad-blocking in the west in our following segment.
Ad Blockers on Mobile In Mature Smartphone Markets
While we did see that only 2% of iPhone users in the US used the content blocking services, looking at just that data doesn't give us a clear picture as we have seen in the past that North America has been one of the major adapters for Ad Blocking in the desktop arena.
Ad Blocking Browsers is more popular in Europe as compared to NA with over double the number of people using the services at 27.4 per 1000 phones in EU compared to 12.4 in NA. However, the tables are turned when we glance on over to the content blocking side of things with NA taking the lead with nearly three times more in terms of users. In-app blocking services remain negligibly low in both these places compared to the rest of the world.
However one of the most recent trends in the UK has been one where one of the major mobile carriers 3 has implemented a form of ad blocking at the end of the carrier itself, and while this has not been very widespread across the world yet, the implications of such a service can be more far-reaching than is immediately apparent. This forms the perfect segway into our final segment where we predict the future of Ad Blocking, and it's devastating effects on the Internet in general.
Final Thoughts on the Future of Mobile Ad Blockers
With the next billion smartphones scheduled to come from the emerging markets like India and Brazil, the growth of ad blockers in these regions means that advertisers on the Internet may never be able to tap into this huge potential market. 66% and 61% of mobile users in Indonesia and India are using some form of Ad Blocking Browsers, and that is a scary statistic for any Internet content creator.
What's even more frightening is that we have seen in our previous analysis that one of the major deterrents to people using an Ad Blocker had been the technical know-how required in getting one set up. However, with the influx of apps that have it on by default, Ad Blocking is getting as easy as clicking a button. Sometimes, it is easier than that as we find in places like the Carribean, carriers like Digicel has been blocking ads on their network since September 2015. While this is a blatant breach of net neutrality laws, we fear that more and more carriers may tread this path to save bandwidth as well as provide a better end user experience for their customers.
Not only, carriers, the smartphone consumers preference for Ad Block enabled browsers have all but forced the hands of most browser makers on mobile to put some sort of ad blocking capability into their browser to remain relevant.
Firefox for Android with an estimated user base of around 173 million has around 17.6% of their user base use some sort of ad blocking add on along with their browsers. Recently, another major player in the field, Opera Mini has also rolled out similar services in May of this year. Marathon browser, another alternative with an install base of around 15-20 million has jumped into the boat as well.
These three browsers alone contribute nearly 30 million and 24 million users to the Ad Blocking pie. And with mounting pressure, we expect that other browser makers will follow suit as well.
Taking inspiration from the popularity of Ad Blockers on Browsers, content aggregator apps with inbuilt Ad Blocker capabilities have sprung up as well. One of the most advanced among them is an app called Friendly Social on iOS that seeks to accumulate all of the users Facebook and Instagram feed into one cohesive app.
In an attempt to stand out from the competition, Friendly Social goes one step further. In the premium version of this app, the app scrutinizes the data in your feed and even blocks sponsored posts from the Social Media, a feat yet not possible for most Ad Blockers. With this new generation of Ad Blocking even Rich Media and User preference based Sponsored ads have been shown the door, thus, there is little to wonder why even the Internet giant Facebook is quaking at its knees at the mention of Ad Blocker.
As David Chavern, CEO, Newspaper Association of America puts it ,"The public is not inherently hostile to advertising. There are magazines (like Vogue) and TV programs (like the Super Bowl), where people's primary interest is the ads. What people hate are bad ads."
This what the Internet content creators and publishers must realize. That the way forward is not to use anti-ad blockers or restrict content behind paywalls so high that the common man denied access to the news. The way forward is to make ads interesting and worthwhile for the consumers again, and there are several companies like InMobi that are working towards just that. We can only hope they can get their fast enough to save the free Internet and the millions of people that depend on it for their livelihood.


text:
Saturday, December 3, 2011
"Seasons Greeting" Mitten Card
16 comments:
This looks fantastic love and your felt mittens so cute Good Luck this month and thanks for playing Limited Runs challengeReplyDelete
hugs Nikki
Such a great card and love those big mittens! Thank you for joining in at Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge – hope you can join us again for the next challenge! Jellypark ChallengesReplyDelete
Wonderful card, love those mittens with the snowflakes on. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.ReplyDelete
This is adorable! Love the red felt mittens and the snowflakes are perfect..ReplyDelete
lovely card with gorgeous mittensReplyDelete
thanks for joining our challenge this week
Oh those mittens are so cute! great card, thanks for joining us at pollycraft. Joey xReplyDelete
Cute card. Thanks for sharing at Sweet Stampin this week, Wedgie xxxReplyDelete
Adorable!!! Great job!!! Thanks for playing along with this weeks challenge at SSCB!!!!ReplyDelete
Loving the mittens!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining in at Sweet Stampin this week.
Susan x
Super cute! TFS!!!ReplyDelete
Those mittens rock! What a fun card! Thanks for joining us at DYSU.ReplyDelete
I love felt - it's so much funReplyDelete
kitten - DYSU team
Very cute card I love the felt mittens I could do with them right now, I'm freezing lol. Thanks for sharing with us over at Jellypark Friends for our Felt challenge. Mel :o)ReplyDelete
Oh how cute!! I love those little felt mittens and the image on top is so festive!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog.
xoxo, Christine
this is so cute! I can't believe this is your first time with felt. you did a fabby job with it!ReplyDelete
thank you so much for joining our 'Fa La La Felt' challenge at Jellypark Friends. :) thanks also for playing along at The Stamping Boutique.
What a darling card - I love that you made your felt items the main focus of your card - those mittens are just perfect xReplyDelete
Thanks for playing along with us at jellypark friends friday challenges & good luck x
((hugs)) Suzie xoxo

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Mar 2011
Use the Mail App on Your iDevice Guide
UNC Charlotte - English 4181: Writing User Documents
Summary: This document was intended to help novice users set up their mail account in iOS' Mail application.
Description: This document is an introduction to using Mail on an iOS device (i.e., iPhone, iPod touch) running iOS 4. The goal of the project was to create a how-to guide that helped a lay user with a technology or technologies. This article was particularly relevant, as I knew many people (myself included) who had difficulty adding the university email address to their iOS devices.


text:
Nintendo's new home console, Switch, is going to be pretty special. Outside of the console's trailer and release window, all we know about it is that it's a console-handheld hybrid that can be easily morphed from living room device to on-the-go gaming portable. Nintendo says that while the trailer primarily focused on that portability, the Switch is a home console first and foremost.
So, sure, there's a little bit of confusion there, especially with the games showcased in the trailer not being representative of actual Switch games, but there's no denying the console's innovative design and fascinating functionality.
The big question has been related to price. Back in September, industry analyst Michael Pachter said that the Switch could be dead in the water if it were priced too high. The $399 USD price, common for higher-end consoles of the Xbox and PlayStation variety, is a price point Nintendo can't compete with, according to Pachter.
It's hard to disagree: Nintendo has to find that pricing sweet spot, or the Switch could struggle right out of the gates.
Interestingly, the Switch's launch price might sit nicely in that appealing affordability bracket. A product placeholder on Toys 'R Us Canada's official website (via Twinfinite) listed the Switch at $329.99 CAD. That comes to around $330 AUD, or, importantly, $250 USD. Generally, a straight conversion on pricing is a rough estimate, as it doesn't factor in a country's logistic and labour costs. In Australia, for example, the $330 price is probably a little low, perhaps by around 5-10%. In the US, however, it could drop to as low as $199. Historically, prices outside of the US for gaming hardware is a direct currency conversion, plus anywhere between an additional 5-10% in local currency. A price of $199 in the US converts to around $270 in Australia, plus $15-$30 and you have your $299.99 console.
Regardless of whether the placeholder is a legit representation of the price in Canada or not is irrelevant: Nintendo absolutely has to hit that $250 USD benchmark as an absolute maximum launch price. The $199 USD price mark seems too cheap, so at $250 USD, plus conversion and general cost increases, $359.99 AUD seems more likely.
What price do you think the Nintendo Switch will be at launch? Sound off in the comments below!


text:
Author: Rebecca Bischoff
Publication Date: December 6th, 2016
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Thanks for hosting today!ReplyDelete
The book description and excerpt sounds intriguing. Thanks for sharing. Love the cover too.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this with us ! This book looks very interesting and I love the cover ! :)ReplyDelete
I bet a lot of people can relate to this book!ReplyDelete
Awesome! Thanks!ReplyDelete
I know at 15 I really wanted to be an exchange student. growing up a Army Brat I always loved traveling. Still do but I dont' get to as often as I would like.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chanceReplyDelete
Very cute cover.ReplyDelete
I liked the excerpt, thank you.ReplyDelete
This looks like such a great book! Love the cover!ReplyDelete
This book sounds good.ReplyDelete
Thank you for hosting such a great giveaway :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for the excerpt & giveaway.ReplyDelete
Thank you for a amazing giveawayReplyDelete
Oooo macaroons!ReplyDelete
An exchange program to France would be amazing.ReplyDelete
I really enjoyed the excerptReplyDelete
Even though she is telling lies this story seems to me to be inspirational. Intrigued.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the release of your book.I love the excerpt and the great cover.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great book!ReplyDelete
I love the plot of this book, and it sounds like the main character is one I could connect with. Thanks for sharing with us.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the book and the tour. This sounds like a great young adult read!ReplyDelete
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. :)ReplyDelete
Keeping my fingers crossed. Thank youReplyDelete
Evocative, you captured the essence of starting an artistic project and then determining that it's not exactly going to turn out the way you thought. The teen drama and thinking adds to the mix and makes this story an engaging one. I can see what see's painting brush stroke by brush stroke, plus the mixing of colors is always an experiment.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chanceReplyDelete
Love that cover, it looks very retro.ReplyDelete
i love the cover thank you for sharingReplyDelete


text:
Pierre SD 68 beta
Des Moines IA under review
Kansas City 0 beta
Bismark NK 56 beta
Detroit MI 0 beta
Duluth MN 0 beta
Albuquerque NM 87 beta
Hi, I'm wondering the same thing?? I'm in the Mpls/St Paul area and our readings have been really high on the EPA lately. On July 23 CPM spiked to 224. It seems really bad on the hot humid days (which we've had a lot of). I've also been wondering if it's Fukushima or something more local? OR maybe both??ReplyDelete
224 is very, very high.
Hopefully there was some sort of contamination and that this level is not actually occurring...
If levels are indeed spiking that high, they could be from Fukushima
and/or any releases from South Dakota's nuclear lab (which is probably flooded and is outside of Pierre--see my post http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-is-source-of-high-radiation.html)
and/or Fort Calhoun's emissions, which I believe are happening every 2 or 3 days.
I personally think all are implicated based on the radnet data patterns I'm seeing...
Thanks for all your great posts! I've been checking the EPA since March. Since they have changed their site I now go in thru the radnet data exchange and look at the hourly CPM counts. It is not getting any better & we are not being told, of course. It just blows my mind!ReplyDelete


text:
OK guys, have fun
BTW - my vote goes to Angelina... that bitch...
OK guys, have fun
BTW - my vote goes to Angelina... that bitch...
My vote is on Heather Graham!!!!
Thanks for the poll, NikkiD! B)
Also Angelina Jolie .
Wish there were more options though.
What about Dolly Parton or Jeri Ryan?
Catherine Zeta-Jones.....I do not know how many kittens I have killed over that women.
cannot vote. it is such a hard decision, so i NEED MORE INFORMATION about what i have to vote B)
so give me some pictures of these ladies where i can see about what i have to vote
waiting ...........................
What noone for Halle but me
"8-ball Corner Pocket"
I voted Angelina Jolie. But only because the creator of this poll forgot (jealousy?) to include Sandra Bullock in the list.......
Sandra Bullock would be completely wiped out by any other of the current candidates.
If that was the case then she would be disqualified for cheating.


text:
Veggie Grill, a plant-based restaurant, will be coming this summer to the location formerly occupied by Copy Central at 48 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley.
The restaurant is planned to open in the summer, but the opening date still depends on permitting and construction, according to Veggie Grill CEO Steve Heeley. Veggie Grill is a plant-based restaurant that serves food free of animal products, antibiotics and hormones.
Berkeley was an attractive place to open a restaurant, Heeley said in an emailed statement, because Veggie Grill knows that the student population in Berkeley is looking for plant-based options. According to Heeley, Berkeley is also known for being the center of the "veggie centric movement."
"We chose Berkeley because we believe that there are a lot of Veggie positive people that live in the area," Heeley said in the statement. "We have received a lot of location requests from Berkeley. Berkeley was an early center for the veggie centric movement, starting with small co-ops and with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse."
According to its website, the restaurant serves meat-free protein options such as the "Beyond Burger" by Beyond Meat — a plant-based burger that mimics the look and taste of ground beef without genetically modified organisms, soy or gluten. The restaurant's website also states that it caters to people who do not eat gluten and that it only uses monounsaturated fats that are rich in antioxidants and reduce bad cholesterol.
Suzannah Smith, a campus freshman who is vegan, said there are a lot of vegan options in Berkeley. With regard to vegan eating around campus, Smith said she enjoys going to The Butcher's Son but also frequents Café 3, Chipotle, La Burrita, Famous Bao and Thai Basil, which have vegetarian or vegan options.
Smith said the way she will decide whether to frequent Veggie Grill will probably be how expensive it is.
"I'm actually from south of Nashville. There were maybe two vegetarian (or) vegan restaurants — there are a lot more here," Smith said. "The community is really nice here, and it's really cool to have a lot more inclusivity than in Nashville."


text:
Dynamic Therapy Solutions (DTS) provides quality evaluations, therapy, and training to clients of all ages in the following areas:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Assistive Technology
Language-Learning Disabilities
Speech and Language Disorders
Reading and Written Expression
Over 40 years of combined experience between the two owners.
Over 20 staff members including Speech Language Pathologists, AT Specialists, Behaviorists and Wilson Reading Program Specialists.
Providing services, in school districts, private residences and/or onsite at one of our two Southern California office locations.
Specializing in AT and AAC.
Bilingual services available.
Now offering Virtual Services!
Please contact us for immediate help with your request.
Outside of business hours? You will be contacted as soon as we are open.
To choose a new speech therapist, please contact us.
Outside of business hours? You will be contacted as soon as we are open.
You can reschedule your appointments anytime. We ask that you give us at least 24 hours notice to avoid any unnecessary fees or complications. You will not be charged for any of your sessions until the day of that appointment.
Your speech therapist likely gave you a recommended treatment plan in your first session. If not, make your best guess – you can always modify your package later.
Your message has been sent,to view your messages, or close this window to continue.
Your discount code will be sent to your email shortly.
Your discount code will be sent to your email shortly.
Learn about tools and services for your child.
Learn about tools and services for your students and clients.
Learn about tools and services for your child.
Learn about tools and services for your students and clients.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the services offered by Speech Buddies, Inc.
Speech Buddies Connect and Speech Buddies Games allow users to communicate with other users on the platform. We define users as "speech-language pathologists," or "speech therapists," and "parents." The intention of Speech Buddies Connect is to allow parents looking for speech therapy services for their children to contact and communicate with licensed Speech-Language Pathologists who provide speech services. Speech Buddies Games allows students to practice online exercises that can help improve their speech and articulation. Speech Buddies Games can be used by Students, Parents, and Speech-Language Pathologists.


text:
Get Fast Pizza & Food Delivery Near Groton, MA
Craving something that's crispy-crunchy or salty-sweet? Get it from Domino's near Groton! Order delicious pizzas, chocolatey desserts, and more. Find a Domino's pizza place near Groton and have your favorite foods delivered fast. Order online, through the Domino's app, or call now!
Fast Pizza Delivery Starts with Domino's Near Groton, MA
Groton is an amazing city, made even more amazing thanks to its abundance of pizza places. Next time your stomach rumbles for a meat-laden, cheese-covered slice of handcrafted pizza, contact Domino's for pizza delivery or carryout near Groton. Domino's put in decades of work to fine tune our recipe for quick pizza delivery near Groton. Domino's commitment to crafting and delivering consistently delicious pizza begins with selecting ingredients that are bursting with flavor and following a solid pizza-making process. As soon as you place your order for pizza carryout or delivery near Groton, Domino's starts cooking. Your crunchy thin crust, hand-tossed, fluffy Brooklyn-style, or gluten-free pizza crust is readied for the oven and doused in a sauce of your choosing. You can play it cool with a traditional marinara or kick things up a notch with Alfredo sauce, BBQ sauce, or garlic parmesan white sauce!
Then comes your toppings, the morsels that make every bite of pizza perfect. Domino's specialty pizzas deliver perfectly balanced flavor profiles for whatever makes your tastebuds happy. Kookoo for Memphis BBQ Chicken? Yum to the yum! Prefer a little pineapple on your pizza? Try the Honolulu Hawaiian Pizza with pineapple, smoked and crispy bacon, sliced ham, and more! Going meat-free? Domino's has vegetarian pizzas just for you. Get the Pacific Veggie or the Spinach & Feta! Domino's pizzas can be made 34 million different ways (and we've tried them all!), which means there's always a reason to order Domino's near Groton!
You can design a one-of-a-kind pizza, too. The Pizza Builder puts you in the chef's shoes! Pick the pizza, size, crust type, cheese amount, and all the toppings you crave. The possibilities are endless. After all, pizza is good any way you slice it! Add on dipping sauces, bread twists, desserts, and drinks to make it a complete meal. Wrap up your order and get out the plates. It's alright if your mouth literally starts watering. Deliciousness is in the oven and about to head your way for takeout or delivery near Groton!
More Than Pizza Near Groton: Pasta, Sandwich & Wing Delivery, Too
Pizza lovers know: Domino's makes some of the best pizza in the Groton-area. You can also order salads, chicken wings, pasta, and oven-baked sandwiches! Domino's began offering non-pizza options in 2008 and has grown to be one of the largest sandwich delivery restaurants near Groton. Bite into Domino's oven-baked Buffalo Chicken, Chicken Habanero, or Chicken Bacon Ranch sandwich and you'll see why Domino's sandwiches are so popular! In 2009, they added Chocolate Lava Crunch Cake and baked pasta, along with an entirely new pizza recipe for crust, cheese, and sauce. Chicken wings flew onto the menu in 2011, plus dreamy desserts like Domino's indulgent Marbled Cookie Brownie™. For food delivery near Groton that doesn't disappoint, choose Domino's. Your neighborhood Domino's can't wait to curb your hunger with a handcrafted pizza, sandwich, salad, or bowl of pasta!
Yes, You Can Get Pizza Delivery Near Groton From Almost Anywhere You Are
It's Domino's goal to be the go-to pizza delivery company, in Massachusetts and beyond, and everything they do reflects this commitment. The Domino's TrackerⓇ will keep you in the loop as soon as your sandwich, pizza, or pasta leaves your local Domino's. You can track your order right to your front door or somewhere else if you're not at home. Yup, you heard us. You don't have to be at home to enjoy hot and delicious pizza delivery near Groton! Thanks to Domino's Delivery Hotspots® you can have Domino's food delivered wherever you like to hang out in the Groton area — park, beach, lake, sports field, or music festival. Just submit an order online, select Delivery Hotspot, and allow Dominos.com to access your location. Pick a Domino's Hotspot® near you, then complete your order. You'll receive a few more instructions, but really all you'll need to do from there is get ready to enjoy your made-to-order pizza! But you can also have your tastebuds fav Domino's picks delivered to your car with Domino's Carside Delivery™. We've dubbed it carryout, delivered. Place your carryout order as you normally would and head our way. When you pull up, a helpful team member will bring your hot delicious food and place it in your car. It's super easy and 100% contact-free.
More to Love About Domino's Pizza Near Groton, MA
When you catch that first look at your Domino's pizza box, you want to be 100% sure that you're going to bite into a made-to-order pizza that's all yours, one with a lightly toasted crust, blankets of hot melty cheese, and mounds of delicious veggies and savory meats. It feels good to know you're getting more than that, though. Sign up for Domino's Rewards and get ready to earn points towards a free pizza when you order. You'll also get access to special member pizza promos and offers! But you don't have to join a program to win big. Every pizza lover deserves to save on the thing they love most. That's why in addition to hot, yummy pizza, Domino's offers budget-winning pizza coupons near Groton. Find a Domino's pizza restaurant near Groton to view the most up-to-date local pizza deals. Pick from a combo deal, mix and match deal, carryout offer, and more! Pizza offers at your local store are updated all the time. Domino's near Groton is your pizza place for saving money and getting the food you want, when and how you want it. So, is it time to turn your hunger into happiness? Order finger-licking wings, sandwiches, pizza, or pasta today! Delivery and carryout options are available from Domino's pizza store near Groton!


text:
Swan Art - Terecas Green | Framed Print
Add to Wishlist
Product Details
Our elegant swan artwork is designed to sit beautifully in any heirloom / vintage style child's bedroom or nursery. Decorate with shades of Farrow & Ball, and pretty floral bed linens in Liberty fabric, for quintessentially British interior design. If you like our mood board, you can shop the look here:
Available in; Oval Room Blue, Camomile Pink, Strong White, Ammonite, Studio Green, Terecas Green and Pavillion Blue
Created from high-quality wood, milled with simple clean lines and presented with a satin finish. - Simple, elegant design - Premium, fine art paper with a gently textured surface -Handmade by specialist picture framers -Delivered ready for hanging
Sizing & Frames (important)
All sizes are shown in inches (")
Only UK unframed orders are printed in cm (all other countries are in inches), see below for the conversion:
6x8" / 15x20cm
8x10" / 20x25cm
12x12" / 30x30cm
11x14" / 28x35.5cm
12x16" / 30x40cm
16x20" / 40x50cm
18x24" / 45x60cm
20x20" / 50x50cm
20x28" / 50x70cm
24x32" / 60x80cm
24x36" / 60x90cm
28x28" / 70x70cm
28x40" / 70x100cm
Click here for further Sizing info
Any products labelled "Framed Print" will arrive with a frame colour of your choosing.
Please tap here for more information on our frames and close up imagery
Poster hangers / holders are only shipped to customers in the UK, USA and EU. Customers from outside of these countries will not be able to check out if they have a poster hanger product in their cart. Remove to proceed.
- Shipping
Due to orders being automatically processed immediately after placing your order - we therefore, cannot cancel or amend an order once it has been placed.


text:
192.168.62.10 Login Admin (Username & Password)
Login on 192.168.62.10
You need to click on the LOGIN Button below to Access to your Admin PanelLogin
What is 192.168.62.10?
If you are on a private network, only you should be able to connect to the Internet at 192.168.62.10. Modems, routers, and other network devices can utilize this IP address. This is a unique IP address reserved for modems and other wireless routers. TRENDnet is the primary user of this IP address (192.168.62.10). Routers do not always utilize the same IP address. Many IP addresses have been used to obtain access to your Wireless Bridge, bridge, or control panel, including 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1, and 192.168.2.1. This fixed IP address is known as the "Default Gateway IP." You must have the login information for your router right now. You have come to the correct place.
List of Router Usernames and Passwords for 192.168.62.10
Good! The old username and password for your router are still valid. The default credentials are listed below. Select your router from the list below:
For Linksys routers and other brands of network hardware, the default gateway IP address is 192.168.62.10. 192.168.62.10 is the IP address for router admin access. Typically, network administrators configure router admin access to this IP address. It is possible to handle IP Quality of Service (QoS), Domain Name System (DNS), Proxies, Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WLAN), DSL, ADSL, MAC, and WPS Block.
How to Easily Login to 192.168.62.10
There are steps for easy login to 192.168.62.10:
- You can access the software's settings and adjustments by entering the IP address 192.168.62.10 into your router's administrative interface.
- Click here or type 192.168.62.10 into the browser's address bar.
- If you still have problems, your router's IP address is not 192.168.62.10.
- When you have found the IP address for your router, you should enter it into the address bar of your web browser.
- After that, the login screen will load and request that the user log in.
- Enter both the username and password for the router.
I Forgot the Username and Password for My Router's 192.168.62.10 IP Address (How Should I Do?
You Never changed it? Try to find them in the list, otherwise to turn the router back to factory settings, you need to hold on the button for 10 seconds using a needle or toothpick then you will be able to find the defaults credentials for 192.168 in the list :)
- It is as simple as restarting your modem. Simply pressing the reset button (usually located on the base or back of the modem) will achieve this.
- Pressing and holding this small button for approximately 20 seconds will return your modem to its original factory settings (you might need a toothpick for this).
- In case of forgetting your login or password, you can recover it by using the information from our default router usernames and passwords if you have not changed the username and password factory-set on your router.
- This applies only if you have not modified these settings.
- You will have complete access to all network settings after you log into the router's control panel.
The login information for 192.168.62.10 is listed below.
Router Username and Password List
Suppose you are still using the router's default login and password. The basic login information is shown below. Select your device from the list to view the appropriate router setup page.
admin - admin
|Router Company
|Login IP
|Username Password
|2Wire 2071-A
|10.0.0.138 192.168.1.1 192.168.0.1
|2Wire 2700HG-D vQT04-188.8.131.52
|2Wire 2700HG-E
|2Wire 2701HG
|126.96.36.199 188.8.131.52 192.168.1.0
|2Wire 2701HG-D Qwest
|188.8.131.52 188.8.131.52 192.168.1.0
|2Wire 2701HG-G
|126.96.36.199 126.96.36.199 192.168.1.0
|2Wire 2701HG-G Qwest
|192.168.0.1 192.168.1.0 10.0.0.0
|(none) | Wireless
|2Wire 2701HGV-W
|192.168.1.64 192.168.1.253 192.168.1.0
|2Wire 3600HGV
|192.168.1.64 192.168.1.253 192.168.1.0
|2Wire 3800HGV-B
|192.168.1.33 192.168.1.250 192.168.1.0
|2Wire 3801HGV
|192.168.1.0 10.0.0.0
|2Wire 5012NV-002
|192.168.1.0 10.0.0.0
|2Wire i3812V
How to Find the IP Address of Your Router?
If you cannot connect to your router at 192.168.62.10, your network may use a different address, such as 192.168.0.1, 10.0.0.1, or 192.168.2.1. (slow loading or no loading at all). Check out our IP address list for routers if that is the case. If you need more assistance, visit our article on determining your router's IP address.
Go to 192.168.62.10
|IP Information
|Decimal Value
|Hexadecimal Value
|Binary value
|IP Expanded
|IP Range


text:
Major kit conveyor bearings
Major kit conveyor bearings
- Everything you need for a major conveyor bearings service in one box
- Making maintenance faster and easier with the same high-quality performance
- A complete set of parts for the major services described in the manual
- Fast delivery with one order number for the whole kit
Our most comprehensive kit for conveyor bearing service, the Major kit conveyor bearing contains conveyor bearings, seals and gaskets, and a kit drawing. This is everything you need to complete a service and extend your equipment lifetime, including the latest spare parts for your specific equipment and operations. And, as our service kits are all sent in one shipment, you can be assured that the right parts are in the right packaging, are the right fit, and have the right instructions. Don't forget to Add our Major Kit main bearings to this kit if you want to complete a full overhaul service.
Datos Técnicos
Service kit typeMajor kit
Bowl diameter510
Seal gasket materialEPDM
Kit description (specification)Including: Intermediate kit with O-rings, Bearings, Kit drawing


text:
More theology by Dr. Seuss…
I Am I Am
Exodus 3:14, in the style of "Dr. Seuss" by W. Alan Froggatt
Dr. Seuss Learns Greek
Got this from Tyler Williams who got it from someone at Regent College
And finally, James W. Kemp's The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss. Kemp finds parallels between the actions of cats in hats, Grinches, Snitches, Sneetches, and other Creachas and lessons found in Scripture. Thus, as the author shares his enthusiasm for the creativity and wisdom of Dr. Seuss, both the meaning and the relevance of many Bible passages come to life.


text: On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 15:55, Owen Taylor wrote: > Thought I'd sit down and try to write down what needs doing on the > clipboard situation, with an emphasis on GTK+. Additions appreciated. One addition: Create a registry of existing _and_ used (ie throw out prehistoric ICCCM crap) clipboard target types on freedesktop.org; align it with dnd target types. Matthias


text:
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
I Ain't One To Gossip, But ....
See, last week Bynes went off on a photographer. The struggle began with Bynes walking down Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, shielding her face when she realized she was being photographed. Apparently the star didn't like the way she looked—you know, with a coat thrown over her head—and she tried to reason with the paparazzo and flatter him into deleting the pictures, by agreeing to pose for him. But then she tried to grab the camera—I guess she wanted to take his picture—and the photographer begins shouting that Bynes hurt him.
Bynes calmly says, "I didn't touch you."
Now, she should know better; she's become a paparazzi darling ever since her first DUI, and her fist arrest and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth car accident. So why she decides to pose is kinda weird. Except that seems to be Amanda Bynes these days. Talking to herself in dressing rooms for hours and then taking a spin class at the gym and stripped down to her bra and used the time to fix her makeup in the wall of mirrors.
She's a target.
And it only gets worse. Her team of lawyers, agents, managers, wranglers, have all dropped her as a client, and now her family seems poised to go all Britney Conservatorship on her.
Which means she'll be crazy for a couple of months, make a disastrous appearance on an awards show, and then end up judging a TV talent show for millions a year.
Sounds like a good plan.
Trashy and drunk Rihanna. Trashy, drunk, and Tweeting love to the man who beat her senseless.
Now, we can add puking in public to trashy, drunk, and Tweeting to a beater.
See, after her performance at the iHeart Radio concert over the weekend, Rihanna went out to party and ALLEGEDLY barfed all over her VIP table in front of everybody at a Vegas nightclub.
According to a source—and you know it's Chris Brown's new girlfriend: "[Rihanna] was partying with pals at the 1 OAK nightspot …. when the celebrations became too much for her and she struggled to control herself before throwing up…. She threw up in a napkin. The guy with her handed her a white towel to clean up."
Funny, he should'a just taken her to the parking lot and hosed her off. She'd probably think she was a water park, throw her hands in the air and start screaming.
But she soldiers on. After puking and then having her team clean her up, Rihanna kept on and was later spotted heading to notorious strip club Spearmint Rhino.
I get it. I've been there. Once after performing at Burning Man I went out to a club and got rip-roaring drink and, while most people think it's a sign that you ought to stop drinking, Rihanna and I think of it more as making room in your stomach for more booze.
Party on.
Matt Lauer used to be the news guy on The Today Show until he took over from Bryant Gumbel and then proceeded to have Katie Couric pack her knives and go and then have Ann Curry voted off the island, so he could be surrounded by a bevy of beauties he no doubt calls Lauer's Lovelies.
Much to his wife's chagrin, I'm guessing.
Nowadays, with Lauer is said to be The Today Show Demon. He insists on "making all editorial decisions" and is "running the show and he's not listening to anyone … it's a huge problem."
And all because of a little something I call GMA, mixed in with BMS. Now, we all know GMA is Good Morning America, which has been stomping The Today Show into the ground, but Matty also suffers the dreaded BMS, Balding Man Syndrome; and those two things have made him a super-bitch.
I mean, the viewers are tired of him, the staffers loathe him, his wife threatens divorce if he so much as let's another woman cross his path.
It's hard.
And he deserves it, and, best of all, falling ratings mean that Matt will soon be asked to take a "significant" pay cut. He deserves it.
Karma is a bitch and it's all over the Today Show.
After her car was impounded and she was court ordered not to drive, what does an LA girl do? Move to New York, silly, and see if she can commandeer a subway car and train-drive-drunk. So, it's all good, no?
No. See, also in La Grande Apple with Lohan 2.0™ is Original Recipe Lohan™--sidenote: New Yorkers? RUN!!!!--and we all remember that it was just a week ago that serial criminal, drug addict, kidnapper and jewel thief, Lohan, Tweeted that Bynes gets off easy for being a drunk driving Texter because she was a child star.
Pot. Kettle.Psychotic Moron.
And so, as the battle of the bitches moves East Coast, Bynes has ALLEGEDGLY been telling people that Lindsay's latest run-in—and it was an actual run-in as she ALLEGEDLY hit someone—is Karma.
In an effort to avoid Lindsay, because drunks and addicts and crazy folks don't like to be seen together, Bynes has been calling stores, restaurants and especially hotels, to make sure that Lindsay isn't there. Maybe she ain't so crazy after all?
Park Avenue's Hair Party 24 Hours is, as the name suggests, open all night, and one night a young woman—oaky, it was Bynes—fell in around 2:30 AM, muttering to herself.
"It took a while for us to realize it was Amanda Bynes," says a worker at the NYC shop. "She was staring in the mirrors around the room, completely on her own."
But she didn't get her mani-pedi on, she just talked to herself and left.
The next day she showed up at beauty store C.O. Bigelow downtown. "She was talking to the light fixtures and singing loudly," a source—and you know it's Lohan, Dina or Lindsay. "And she tripped on the way out…"
At the gym she spent an hour in a locker room attaching false eyelashes while belting out Usher's "Without You." Dolled up, she then sat down on a treadmill with her small mirror to apply what an onlooker—again, one of the Lohans—called "way too much lipstick."
Yeah, it really sounds like she's switching from Lohan 2.0™ to Spears 2.0™.
Put away the hair shears NYC.
Just sayin'.
Is the fight between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey nothing more than a ploy by American Idol producers to get us to watch their sinking show?
Insiders say all that talk about Carey and Minaj not getting along on set has been drummed up by producers of the Fox hit. "It's totally spun for publicity," says one insider.
But AI needs the drama because last May's finale, when someone we'll never hear from again won, drew the smallest audience in AI history, and producers hope they can restore the roar by creating a fight where there isn't one.
A source—and you know it's Paul Abdul since she's still out of work—says, "[Executive producer] Nigel Lythgoe would love it if 'Idol' did better than 'X Factor' [and the] whole Mariah and Nicki beef is completely untrue. It's just a desperate attempt to boost ratings."
Trouble is, Mariah is just crazy enough to hear about a feud and believe it and actually start a fight with Minaj.
And that would make Must See……no, it would still be AI going down in flames.
See, after Tom Cruise's team of Scientology minions bitched and moaned about Katie Holmes going all media on Tommy's ass, following her role in Escape From Crazy, now Tommy's peeps are doing the same thing.
Only they're trying to paint him as Little Tommy Lost. Poor Tommy.
But it's not quite working because, well, everyone has been made aware that Tommy hasn't seen his beloved daughter in two months, though his lawyer actually released s statement that Tommy talks to her via phone every day.
Loving father, no?
But Tom has been busy working in London on yet another formulaic movie, and, well, going out and partying most nights, so he's too busy to see his child; or any of his children, I'm guessing. But it's not all work and partying, folks, Tommy also went yachting for several days rather than see his child.
Poor lonely Tom. Partying in London and sailing around, um, Croatia. It's a lonely life.
A lot of this "partying" has taken place during weekends when he could have easily opted to take his private jet and visit Suri instead. But he's playing the victim: "I've got to see her," an emotional Cruise told a friend recently. "I miss her."
Um, then maybe stop making movies every five seconds and stop partying and yachting and hop on your magic plane and go visit her.
Seems simple, but when your long on ego and short on, well, everything else, you forget things like children.
After her d-i-sastrous sit-down with "Dr." Phil, when she was drunk and high and stupid, you'd think Dina Lohan would shut her Chardonnay Hole.
Nope, Dina sat down with Entertainment Tonight, though this time she managed to appear sober and lucid. Though she kept spinning the same lies she always spins.
Lindsay's just a kid! I'm a single working Mom! It's hard being drunk all the time!
On the "Dr." Phil Phiasco, Dina says: "I was absolutely not under, intoxicated, or on any kind of medication. I was extremely upset."
Yes, because you realized you were drunk, high and stupid, AND on tape.
But the best part of the interview, and the only part that truly made me laugh out loud, was when Dina said, with a straight-cracked-out-alcohol-puffy face, "I've never partied with my daughter in my life!"
Pictures say a thousand words, and all of them are Liar!
She skipped out on another hotel bill.
She is refusing to pay her tab at the W in Atlanta—where she stayed filming her latest role, a ten-second cameo in Scary Movie 47—though the $1,000 tab for minibar, mani-pedi's and massages way shy of the $46,000 tab she left for the Chateau Marmont to cover.
In fact, she was so adamant about not paying the bill that Lindsay pulled a sit-in of sorts and refused to leave the hotel until movie producers paid her tab.
And they did. But, and I love this, rumor has it the producers will be deducting the hotel tab from Lindsay's paycheck.
Which means she'll get a negative amount?
We all breathed a collective sigh of relief when she climbed down a rope of sheets and hitchhiked on a turnip truck from LA to NYC just to get away from Casa Crazy and its matriarch, Tommy Cruise. And Katie seemed to be the picture of responsible parenting every time we saw her and daughter Suri on the streets of La Grande Apple, going to zoos and not buying a dog, and enrolling in school. It seemed Katie really is a nice normal girl.
But then she began reaching out to old friends, er, old boyfriends in her newly single state, which isn't a bad thing, and most folks don't really mind.
Except one.
Diane Kruger minds. And she minds because Katie has been reaching out to Joshua Jackson—Katie's old Dawson's Creek boy-too—and current boyfriend of one….Diane Kruger.
Katie and Joshua were a couple on-screen and off while filming The Creek, and Jackson is saying that Katie reached out to him after divorcing superstar Tom Cruise, and Kruger isn't happy. I mean, Joshua's old, maybe new, girlfriend, gets $400 million a year in child support. How does a boy ignore that bankroll?
"Diane has been dating Joshua since 2006—just around the same time Katie married Tom," an insider known as the Church of Scientology—says. "Even though Joshua's relationship with Katie only lasted a year, Diane knows that it burned red-hot. I think that bothers Diane deeply."
And Joshua isn't helping by saying things like, "Katie told me I was her first love and she would treasure it forever."
And that won't sit well with Diane. "That kind of talk will have Diane green-eyed with jealousy," revealed the insider. "I think she wants Katie as far away from her man as possible so she doesn't get a chance to steal him back!"
Okay, sounds plausible, yes, but, show of hands, who doesn't think this is all a bunch of hooey drummed up by Tommy's minions to make Katie look bad? I mean, Daddy doesn't see daughter and Mommy wants to schtup her old boyfriend.
Sounds like a good movie plot, although Tom is too busy running around Europe and Katie's too bust texting her old love.
I mean, I think if you cross her she'll have you killed. By thugs. In haute couture, sure, but you'll still be dead. Yet there is one thing I love about Anna and that is how she loathes Kim Kash Kow Kardashian as much as I.
According to In Touch, at an event at New York's Fashion Week, Kanye West brought KKKK, his latest piece, and that when coming upon Wintour she greeted Kanye warmly, and then snubbed the Kash Kow.
And Kanye said nothing because Anna would have him killed and he knows it.
"Anna wouldn't even looks at her; it was obvious Anna doesn't like her in the least," says an eyewitness named Paris Hilton—who also was snubbed by AW. "Meanwhile, Anna was kissy-kissy with Kanye. It couldn't have been funnier."
And this isn't the first time Anna shunned Kim: Wintour reportedly banned Kim from her annual star-studded Met Gala this year, though KKKK says she was never even going because she had to work in LA.
Anyone see this as a high-0larious lie? KKKK missing a big time event with movie stars because she had to restock the shelves at her "store"?
And Anna's not the only person who finds the Kash Kow undesirable.
George Clooney loathes her, too, and ALLAGEDLY told his girlfriend, Stacy Keibler to "stop hanging out" with Kim.
A source—and you know it's George Clooney—says, "George feels like the Kardashians are famous for nothing – they have no talent and are looked down on in the industry. He thinks Stacy being friends with Kim could hurt possible career opportunities for her."
Now that's funny in itself because Stacey's "career" while it last is that of George Clooney's girlfriend. Still, anyone who snubs Kash Kow is fine with me; especially if they're packing heat like Anna Wintour.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Good News Friday: Town Turns The Tables On High School Prank
Whitney Kropp is a sophomore at Ogemaw Heights High, in West Branch, Michigan, was in class last month when the results of the homecoming vote were announced over the PA system. It was the usual suspects; popular kids and cheerleaders, jocks. But Whitney then heard her name among the nominees and was stunned that this could happen.
And that alone should have made her suspicious. See, Whitney's one of "those" kids; the different ones who don't wear the same clothes as everyone else, and doesn't the same hair and goosestep along with the other students. She stood out in the crowd; she wore black clothes and had strange hair colors, but, hearing her name among the others made her happy.
Until….She began hearing that other classes erupted in laughter when her name was mentioned. And then, popular football player, Josh Awrey, also a sophomore who would have been paired with Whitney, withdrew from the court.
Still, Whitney saw this as a bright light in her high school experience: "In the Homecoming Court! :)" she wrote on Facebook. "Little nervous but this is going to be fun :D"
Another girl wrote back: "Probably not with Josh though."
Whitney responded: "He couldnt do it cause of football plus he never goes to homecoming."
"That's not what he told everybody."
See, just like the movie, Carrie, the whole thing had been planned as a joke by students at the school. How funny it would be to have one of the unpopular girls be part of the homecoming court. How funny, indeed.
"I thought I wasn't worthy," Kropp said. "I was this big old joke."
But the joke didn't last long once the story got out. Whitney lives in a small town where news spreads fast; her sister told her friends, who told their parents, and suddenly a Facebook page, in support of Whitney Kropp, was created. The page has more likes—some 3,500—than there are people in town—just 2,100.
A bank account was opened for Whitney's homecoming expenses but the money that poured in was unnecessary; town businesses began donating whatever Whitney needed.
Shannon Champagne, a beauty salon employee, said, "It really touched me. I can't believe that kids can be so mean and ruthless. In high school, everything means everything to you. You don't realize that none of it will matter after you leave."
So she and another salon worker offered their services and asked other businesses to do the same. Businesses in West Branch will be buying her dinner, and talking her photos; some even purchased a gown, the shoes and a tiara for Whitney to wear.
And even better than that, when the homecoming game comes around, and the homecoming court is brought onto the field, the entire town plans on turning out to cheer for Whitney Kropp. Clutching posters and wearing T-shirts that say "Team Whitney," they will cheer that girl, the butt of the joke, but now the star of the show, and wearing a brand new red dress, circles the field in a convertible.
And some of those coming to the game are former graduates who haven't been back in decades.
"We want to make this the best homecoming ever," said Rebecka Vigus, who has never gone back for the homecoming game, but changed her mind when she heard about Whitney.
And she isn't the only one; one football player has changed his mind, too.
After all the online uproar, Josh Awrey, elected alongside Kropp to represent the sophomore class, has decided to remain in the court. On his own Facebook page he wrote, "Im sick of everyone blaming me. I had nothing to do with this. I think what they did is rlly rude and immature."
And not at all funny.
So, Friday night, the strange girl, the one who has colored hair and always wears black, will be the most popular girl in town.
Funny, how that worked out.
PS The school is investigating the "joke".
PR 10 EP 11: You've Simply Got To See The Baby!
Okay, we're getting down to the wire here—in fact, next week's challenge will determine who goes to The Tents—so let's make this a fabulous event: design for Babies!
Three Men and a Baby say what?
Seriously. But then we learn that the designtestants will create a look for baby that will be incorporated into Heidi Klum's Truly Scrumptious line at Babies R Us and suddenly it all makes sense. Cross promotion for Heidi, the PR and babies R Us. But, in the first of three twists, there will be two winners, one for a baby boy outfit and one for a baby girl outfit: Christopher, Elena and Melissa designed for the girls while Fabio, Dmitry, and Sonjia created looks for the boys.
But man oh man is this gonna be hard. Your "client" doesn't so much talk as they spit up on themselves and crap their pants. It could get ugly. And the moms are also a problem, especially Christopher's, who likes haute couture baby-wear and is very taste specific. I thought maybe Christopher would go all Ven on Mama but he pulled it together.
The second twist was the most annoying twist ever; since Heidi loves to torture the designtestants, she opted to send a bunch of fake babies to the workroom to help bridge the designers' knowledge gap. It sounds cute, right? But then the babies cry and need to be rocked, fed, or changed to make them stop. Now, had I been there, I would have taken my baby into the Singer Sewing room and top-stitched the lips closed.
Crisis averted.
Luckily Auntie Tim came in to take the babies to "the park" which I thought of as code for "storage bin" and the crying stopped; at least from the babies.
So, let's rip…….but first, Twist Three; Heidi came in the workroom with that Heidi Smile and told the designers they would also create a companion piece for Mom, although only the baby clothes would guarantee a win or an Aufing…..
Right off the bat he made us aware that the challenge came from Heidi because she has "like 105 kids" but then he also noted that designing for children was akin to designing for a cat.
I beg to differ. I design clothes for Tuxedo all the time and it's a snap.
His, um, for lack of a better word, "design" was a little like pajamas that, um, maybe, um, Satan's Son might wear. Fire engine red with a pointy red hat; all that was missing was a tail and pitchfork.
But then he showed us that the hap unzips and form a cape which means….
Satan's Son can fly!
The fit was too tight and the leggings too short. Kors liked the graphic nature of the design with the little car on the front, although Nina thought that, graphically, at least, it looked more like a walking crayon—especially with Satan's hood up. It was dubbed a little too costume-y also by Kors, though the three moms on the panel—guest judge Hilary Duff has a small child—reminded him that kids love capes and pointy hats.
And tails and pitchforks?
Heidi thought it was modern, but not at all commercial, and since this was a design for her line it wouldn't make the cut because she'd make no money on it.
And she has those 105 mouths to feed, y'all.
In the end, Dmitry was saved.
Fabio rose to the challenge of Fake Baby Daddy because he wants to be a Real Baby Daddy one day. And I think that gave him a leg up in the competition this week since none of the other designers have children—and none of them seem to want children…and one of them, Elena, should be banned from reproducing.
His look was one-piece—easy on, easy off; and a little retro looking. But, um, he put a pocket on the baby's back. Now, I know kids are bendy and stuff, but how is that little boy going to get his cigarettes outta that weird pocket?
Kors liked that it was nautical—and retro—but done with a modern twist; he also noted the practicality of having it be one piece. Heidi loved it, with all the detail from her own line. Nina noted that it wasn't so baby-ish because the, you know, children grow, and stuff. He won't be 423 days old forever after all. Hilary Duff loved the retro aspect, and thought Fabio was one of the designers who thought about the ease of getting a squirming, crying, wriggling, snot-nosed little brat in and out of his clothes.
Okay, maybe that was me. At any rate, Fabio also gets a save.
She opted to make a suit, you know, for Banker Baby Boy. But then she got all wild and made it a SweatSuit, you know, for Banker Baby Boy at the Gym.
But she gets lucky because her model is, and this is coming from me, y'all, a guy that likes his kids with whiskers and a tail, and the ability to use a litter box, the Cutest.Baby.Ever.
Seriously. That kid waving and smiling was Pia Z-adorable; what wasn't so adorable, was seeing Kors wave back with that Grinch looking face of his. I thought I heard him say to Nina: "I love babies. Deep fried with a side of Ranch dressing."
I could be wrong.
Back to Sonia: it's gotta be hard to make a kid look stylish and she managed to do it. The only fault I could find was that the T-shirt, or tank top, beneath Baby Banker Blazer looked like a little something from Steven Tyler's Dude Looks Like A Baby Collection.
But maybe Banker Baby is also Banker Baby in a Boy Band.
Yeah, I'll stop with that.
Heidi called him a sharp looking little man, but still fun, while Hilary Duff liked that the baby could move in it—cuz babies move, or so I've been told. Kors dubbed it faaaaabulous and modern and polished, while Nina loved that it was separates and a kind of No-Fuss look. Smart and sporty.
He's still annoying me with all the voices, but, well, as a big old Judy Garland, Liza loving, boa wearing, showtune singing, homo, I loved it when he said—in a sea of crying Fake Babies--"Now I know why Judy went off the deep end with Liza."
Too bad this isn't Project One Liner.
And Christopher had quite the challenge. His Baby Client Mama was a true diva. She dresses her kid in Dior, for goddess' sake. And she had all kinds of idea; well, not so much ideas, as orders. White denim jacket! Three quarter sleeves.
Oy. And then, when Mom comes into the workroom, and sees what he's done, she nearly Pinking Sheared his man bits off. She was not happy; well, to use her words, she "hates" it. The kid's dress and even the simple dress Christopher made for her. I kinda wished he'd gone all Ven on her ass and made her cry.
Mom. Not the baby. I'd had it with crying babies at this point.
But he stuck to his guns when Sonjia reminded him that he didn't need to please the Baby Client, or her Mama, because the real client was Heidi.
Nice save; and Sonjia deserves a muffin basket for saying so.
Now, his dress. It was cute. It was Spring. It was very Special Occasion Specific. Easter Sunday Brunch. Babies First Wedding. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was pretty, but any kid—even with a diva mom—would get that thing dirty in two seconds flat and with all those flowers and leaves sewn into it, it would have been a bitch to get the maid to wash it.
Still, Nina thought it was adorable, though impractical, while Heidi loved it but felt it too special occasion—wait, Nina and Heidi agree with me? I.Could.Die! Kors, on the other hand, wasn't a fan of the jean jacket because it looked like it would be hard to get on and off, but he did like the dress. Hilary Duff loved both pieces and I worry, because she has a son, and I think she might put him in a Flower Eater Dress.
In the end, Christopher gets the Girl Win—for the outfit and for being kind of a girl.
Once again she has time management issues.
And, well, some taste issues. Or, as Heidi kind of suggested, when she saw the tights Melissa made that looked just like the ones already in the collections, some plagiarism issues.
So, once again Melissa starts over, and made that fatal mistake: she decided to create a Baby Girl version of an adult dress. And a cocktail dress, no less.
Now, to be fair, she did make a nice vest to wear over the cocktail dress, but then the dress was more fitted to a Tiny Adult and not a baby; as I said earlier, Babies are bendy, but Melissa needed a Rubber Child in order to get that tight dress on. Plus, and usually Heidi likes this, it was so short that the diaper was in full view. And no one likes that look unless it's Betty White.
Yeah. I went there.
Heidi thought the white dress was too structured for toddler and not at all practical; also, she noted that metal zippers aren't the best against Baby Soft Skin. Heidi did give her props for the jacket, but, well, unless you're Baby Paris Hilton, you need to go out wearing more than just a coat.
Hilary also made mention of the zipper shredding baby skin, while Kors blasted Melissa for her fabric choices. Nina hated the exposed zipper and the exposed dirty diaper and thought the whole thing was too serious.
Seriously bad, she means.
But, as happened on the PR, Something Uglier This Way Comes…..
Elena proved she should not have kids, the minute she named her Fake Baby "A**hole." And so she proceeded to design a look that screamed Made By An A**hole.
She used everything she could muster. Denim. Ruffles. Elastic. Snaps. Pinks. Green. Blue. Appliqués. It was a Symphony Of Too Much. Too harsh? Look again.
But Elena also gets points for once again stepping out of her comforts zone; as Tim noted during the critique, "No shoulder pads?" Yes, I thought she might go for Baby Linebacker jacket, too.
The jacket was way too busy—and kind of stiff looking—with ruffles and flowers and pockets and lions and tigers and bears. Oh my. Plus she went crazy with fabrics—the green t-shirt and the pink pants. Heidi thought it looked hand-me-down; as in, "Hand me down that kids outfit, I'm on my way to the incinerator."
Now, Kors liked the jacket but didn't think it worked with the rest of the look. Heidi dubbed the pants a throwaway, and the cam onto the runway, ripped them off the kid and proved her point by throwing them away. Nina dubbed the whole thing impractical—at which point Elena muttered something like, "Thanks for the input" and Nina said, "That's my opinion."
Oh Elena. You never sass Nina when you've made something ugly because then….
Project Runway is not for kids. If the challenge had been to make a great dress for mom, and then throw in the twist of creating a baby outfit, it might have worked better.
Note to producers: never work with kids and animals…unless you want to do a special design challenge for Tuxedo and then, well, we'll be right there.
After the good one-liners from Dmitry and Christopher this week, I was stunned to hear the line of the night come out of Tim Gunn's mouth as he sent Elena packing: "What are we going to do without fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck?"
Loved it.
Next week is the avant-garde challenge, which ends up being either fabulous of tragic.
But it does determine who gets to The Tents.
What did YOU think?
Posted by Bob at 1:00 PM 7 comments:
Labels: Bob, Lifetime, Project Runway, Rant, Reality TV, TV
I Didn't Say It ....
Rupert Everett, on his gay dads comment:
"The good news on this is I'm not applying for any sort of public office. I'm just an individual with my own life and the things I want to do myself. I'm not against anybody doing anything... I'm not one of those people who wants to say, 'Oh no, you can't do that, you have got to pull the clocks back'. Just I, personally, feel like that... I have loads of friends, gay friends, with children... I am not big into marriage, straight or gay, to be honest. I am very out of kilter with the rest of the world, I realise."
But then let the rest of the world do as we please. No one said you had to get married, Rupert, or become a father. We're just fighting for the right to choose to get married, or not, and choose to become parents, or not.
Bill Graves, Oklahoma District Judge, using the Bible and DNA to deny transgender people a legal name change:
"A so-called sex-change surgery can make one appear to be the opposite sex, but in fact they are nothing more than an imitation of the opposite sex . . . To grant a name change in this case would be to assist that which is fraudulent. "It is notable that Genesis 1:27-28 states: 'So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth …' The DNA code shows God meant for them to stay male and female."
First off, it isn't a "so-called" sex change; it's an actual gender reassignment surgery, so get that straight.
And if you want to use God and the Bible to run your daily life, go for it, but don't impose your own limited world-view on others.
Judge not, lest ye be judged, Judge.
Herndon Graddick, GLAAD President, on having Intel coming out against the BSA antigay stance:
"Intel joins current Boy Scouts of America Board Members, President Obama, Mitt Romney and hundreds of thousands of Americans in speaking out against the BSA's practice of unfairly kicking out gay scouts and scout leaders simply because of who they are. All of the great work that the BSA does to help young people will continue to be overshadowed by their blatant discrimination until they join other inclusive national organizations like the Girl Scouts of the USA and the 4-H Club. The time is now for the BSA to side with fairness, otherwise they will continue to see sponsors and scouting families drop their support."
You can't teach character when you have none, and that's what the BSA is doing.
Madonna, um, "clarifying" her "black Muslim in the White House" comment:
"I was being ironic on stage. Yes I know Obama is not a Muslim (though I know that plenty of people in this country think he is.) And what if he were? The point I was making is that a good man is a good man no matter who he prays to. I don't care what religion Obama is – nor should anyone else in America."
You weren't being ironic; you were trying to garner publicity, which is why you showed your tits and ass onstage earlier this year, and why you carried a gun onstage after that, and why you put a swastika over someone's photo after that.
You're desperate and you're pandering, two signs that you're also over.
Dan Savage, on Mitt Romney's brand of homophobia:
"I don't make a distinction between an honest bigot and a dishonest bigot...Whether someone punches you in the nose because they really hate you, or they punch you in the nose because they want to impress people who hate you, you still have a broken goddamn nose. I'm not going to look into Mitt Romney's stony little heart, I'm not going to bust open that bank vault in the Cayman Islands and retrieve his heart to look at it. What I care about is policy. And his policies are homophobic and by my estimation, that man is a homophobe."
Can't be any clearer. Mittsy can couch his views as being traditional, or Biblical, or Mormon, but they're homophobic none-the-less. But, can we really expect him to be open to gay folks when he assaulted a gay classmate years ago because he didn't like the boy's hair?
Once a bigot, almost always a bigot.
Paris Hilton, backtracking from her "all gays have AIDS" moronic-ness:
"As anyone close to me knows, I always have been and always will be a huge supporter of the gay community. I am so sorry and so upset that I caused pain to my gay friends, fans and their families with the comments heard this morning. I was having this private conversation with a friend of mine who is gay and our conversation was in no way towards the entire gay community. It is the last thing that I would ever want to do and I cannot put into words how much I wish I could take back every word. HIV/AIDS can hurt anyone, gay and straight, men and women. It's something I take very seriously and should not have been thrown around in conversation."
First off, you cocaine smuggling moron, even in a private conversation what you said was wrong and disgusting and anti-gay.
Second off, you no talent drug mule, you are trying to get your name back in the press because whatever little career you had, being the party girl, is over. You're old, Paris, and you're still stupid, and you should simply stop talking forever.
Tony Perkins, of the FRC, on DADT and the anniversary of its repeal:
"Has America's military completely collapsed in the first year after repeal? Of course not--our service members are too professional to let that to happen. But these challenges are only a non-story because the media won't tell the story. We need only look at no-fault divorce in the 1970s to recognize that radical shifts in public policy take decades to fully manifest. No one can honestly deny the impact that no-fault divorce has had on children and the institution of the family. Within 20 years of the introduction of no-fault divorce, we saw the acceleration of cohabitation, single-parent homes, and unintended pregnancies. By the time Americans recognized their mistake, it was too late. Let's hope the same isn't true for our brave men and women in uniform."
It's funny that it was just a year ago that Tony weans saying the end of DADT would bring about the collapse of our military, and now he's saying it'll take twenty years.
See, in twenty years, when it doesn't happen, no one will even remember who Tony Perkins was or his special brand of hate.
And, Tony, if you really are against divorce, fight that fight, don't fight people who want to be married, fight those that marry and then divorce because marriage is hard
Lady Gaga, on the Pope's opinion of marriage equality.
"I think that gay marriage is going to happen. It must. We are not actually equal—humanity—if we are not allowed to freely love one another... What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope... It is not a reflection of all religious people."
It's a reflection of bigotry and intolerance, and homophobia and hate.
But, then, that's the Catholic Church.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Hey, I'm Chloe
a Designer for beauty brands
all over the world
Since graduating with a BA in Graphic Design, I've worked as an in-house designer for a start-up, freelanced for a bunch of design agencies and worked 1-to-1 with tons of amazing businesses on their branding, websites and packaging.
Turns out most of those businesses had one thing in common… they were beauty, skincare or cosmetic brands. So in 2020 I had my a-ha! moment, and realised I needed to focus on offering my services exclusively to the beauty industry. And that's what I do now!
Why beauty?
I've been a fan of makeup ever since I got my first shimmery blue eyeshadow back in the '90s, but now I'm obsessed with beauty website and product design. The beauty industry is one of the most exciting and forward-thinking industries to be in, and I love being part of the narrative of self-love and confidence that's spearheading new trends today. It's for this reason I'm only passionate about working with positive beauty brands that are in line with my own morals.
It's for this reason I'm only passionate about working with positive beauty brands that are in line with my own morals.
I stand for
results driven / Empowering female founders / helping people reach their goals / body confidence and self love / being kind to others and the planet / reliability, positivity and a high quality service / creating experiences for your customer