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May 10, 2008: The day Slashdot died.
Once again, Twitter, Slashdot's most maniacal anti-Microsoft troll, beats on the truthout.org dead horse. Of course, Twitter and Marc Ash are cut from the same cloth. They both believe that they are so noble, and their causes so righteous, that they can freely stoop to any depth, and engage in whatever underhanded behavior they please.
Marc Ash was caught spamming totally unrelated Yahoo! Groups by joining and blasting emails through group addresses.
Twitter threadjacks a story, then shills his comment with three of his army of sockpuppets, including two accounts that are impostors of his critics.
And Slashdot does nothing.
Instead, Rob Malda posts this gem to the front page, claiming that Microsoft "prefers" Flash to Silverlight because Microsoft doesn't have some super-special-secret transmogrifier that could spontaneously transform each and every Flash animation on each and every web site Microsoft owns into Silverlight content, and didn't use it the very minute Silverlight 1.0 was released to the public.
Slashdot has turned reason and common sense and honesty against its own readers.
Delete your bookmarks, people. Redirect slashdot.org to 127.0.0.1 in your hosts file, in case you get the urge to go back. There's no point.
There are plenty of places where advocacy of Free and Open Source software is done without the community being exploited. Slashdot is no longer one of those places. Their hatred of Microsoft has become all-consuming, and they're proud of it. Time to leave them shouting into empty space.
How Not To Manage A Software Project In Public
Back in February, I picked up a link to Cairo, an Explorer replacement for Windows that appeared to be heavily influenced by Mac OS X Finder. The screen mockups looked good, and I'd love to have a column browser-style file manager for Windows, so I subscribed to their feed to keep an eye on their progress.
Progress that came to a halt in March.


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I just finished the three hour PBS biography of Richard Nixon. I felt this did justice to this complex figure of American presidential history. Nixon, in some moments, is great, while in others, he is contemptible. Nixon's problems all started in his head as he was very paranoid and simply had to win, no matter what the cost. He was a hard campaigner because he wanted to ensure victory.
I found the information on Nixon's political background to be fascinating as well. Nixon started out on the House Un-American Activities Committee and was part of the Alger Hiss case. He then served as Eisenhower's Vice President. I think this position often gets overlooked since he lost the 1960 election to Kennedy and disappeared off the radar for a few years before reemerging in 1968 to win the presidency.
Looking at Nixon's international politics, he really managed to do a lot of and was a good politician. He was willing to work with Communist China, even though he had fought communism with a vengeance in his early career. Why then did he end up in such disgrace? The key always seemed to be himself. He taped all his White House conversation because of his paranoia and that would later be used against him. In addition, he won the 1972 election by a wide margin – he didn't need to be poking into the Democratic National Headquarters, but again, he couldn't seem to stay out of it. He also got into the cover up in a major way and probably made the problem worse. For a man with his accomplishments, he seemed very insecure.
There are a number of fun pieces to explore on PBS's website, including a "Vote on the Issues" where you pick what you would have agreed with and see which candidate you would have chosen (I would have picked McGovern according to this little poll). As usual there is also a teacher's guide. This is definitely a worthwhile piece to watch.
Monday, December 01, 2008
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In the Early Childhood Centre, the three, four and five year old children are taught in separate classes called Primary 1, 2 and 3. By the age of six, students move to grade one where parallel classes take them through to grade five. In class years 1 to 5 the class size does not exceed 24 students.
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Over the weekend we were made aware of several issues that some players are experiencing in relation to purchases from the Total War: ARENA Premium Shop. We are currently investigating these issues, and we are hard at work on identifying and rectifying the source of the issues.
The following issues have been identified:
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- Players purchasing a pack but not receiving goodies in-game.
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We hope to have news to share on solutions for these issues very soon. In the meantime, please submit a ticket to our support team to let us know if you are affected by these issues, or any other technical issues relating to Total War: ARENA.
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Edit (06/09/2017) - The "Failed to Authenticate" issue has been fixed for players who were banned in one of our other games. (Any bans in one of our other games would create this error message when you tried logging in.)
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Not disagreeing with your conclusion per se but one question. Does either 'spill to disk' approach have any other possible future use? Perhaps for implementing any other features or functionality on anyone's 'nice to have' list? Or would either btree or hash implementations be useful for only this one purpose? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Klebanoff" <email@example.com> To: "Derby Development" <email@example.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: Re: BackingStoreHashtable > The optimizer decides when to implement a join using hash joins. If it > estimates that one side of the join is small enough to fit in memory it > may choose a hash join. > > The nature of estimates is that sometimes they are wrong. This is true > for the optimizer's size estimates. Therefore, sometimes the hash table > created for a hash join does not fit in memory. Currently the result is > that the JVM terminates with an OutOfMemoryError, or it thrashes. See > http://nagoya.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-106. > > I think that Derby should handle underestimates more gracefully. > > When a hash join is executed a BackingStoreHashtable object is > constructed to implement the join. One of its constructor parameters is > "max_inmemory_rowcnt", the maximum number of rows to insert into the > in-memory hash table before overflowing to disk. Despite this > constructor parameter (and the class name) the current implementation of > BackingStoreHashtable never spills to disk. Hence Jira 106. > > I propose that we change BackingStoreHashtable to spill to disk. > > The goals of the change are as follows: > > 1. Allow hash joins to work on any input size, up to the amount of > available disk. > > 2. The execution time for hash joins should be reasonable even if the > size estimates prove to be low. > > 3. Have at most a moderate impact on Derby's size. > > 4. Use a low amount of development effort. > > > The basic idea is as follows. When the number of rows in a > BackingStoreHashtable exceeds max_inmemory_rowcnt a disk based > associative data structure will be created and all new rows will be > inserted into the disk structure. Existing rows will be left in memory. > When BackingStoreHashtable is asked to find rows with a given key it > will first look in the in memory Hashtable, then in the disk structure. > If duplicate keys are allowed in the BackingStoreHashtable then it must > look in both places. > > (There are several reasonable variations on this scheme dealing with the > movement of rows between the in-memory hash table and the disk > structure. They will be discussed later. However, I think that the > simplest scheme is best). > > There are two main alternatives for implementing the disk based > associative data structure. One is to use Btrees, the other is to > implement a dynamic hash table. > > Btree Implementation > -------------------- > > In the Btree implementation we essentially create a temporary table, a > HeapConglomerate, to hold the overflow rows and create a Btree index on > the key columns. The only hitch is that our Btree implementation has a > limit on the total size of a key. Therefore, instead of indexing on the > key columns we will index on the key hash code. > > In order to search for all the rows with a given key we compute the key > hash code and scan the Btree for the locations of all the rows with that > hash code. We then fetch the candidate rows from the HeapConglomerate > and return those with matching keys. > > This implementation can use the existing heap and Btree conglomerate > implementations, so it should not increase the Derby footprint by much, > nor should it take much development time. > > Hash Table Implementation > ------------------------- > > In the hash table implementation we write a new conglomerate type that > implements a dynamic hash table on disk. I would use the dynamic hash > algorithm of P.-A. Larson, "Dynamic Hash Tables", Communications of the > ACM, 31(1988). With this algorithm a hash table of N rows is built in > time O(N*log(N)) and only one disk access is needed to find a row if all > the rows of its hash bucket fit on one page. Furthermore it grows the > hash table by one bucket at a time, as needed, so it does not waste very > much space. > > The hash conglomerate would be implemented using two containers: one for > the first page of each bucket and the second for overflow pages. Two > containers are necessary so that we can use the hash code as a page > number to find the first page of a bucket. We cannot put overflow pages > in the primary container because this mapping would break if we had to > increase the number of buckets after creating an overflow page. > > The overflow container is used when a bucket has too many rows to fit on > one page and when a row is too large to fit comfortably in a page. A > long row is represented as a (big) hash code and a pointer to the > overflow page holding the long row. Access to a long row will always > take at least two disk accesses, unless one of the pages is in the cache. > > Note that there are two related hash functions in use, a big one and a > small one. The big hash function produces a 32 bit hash code, the one > used by the standard in memory hash table. The small hash code is the > low order n bits of the big hash code. The small hash code is used to > index the disk buckets. Under the Larson algorithm there are between > 2**(n-1)+1 and 2**n buckets. > > > Comparison > ---------- > > We are interested in 4 measures: > 1. the time required to get all the rows with a given key, > 2. the time required to build the data structure, > 3. the disk space used by the data structure, and > 4. the amount of new code (this impacts both development time and Derby > footprint). > > Access Time > ---------- > > In order to find rows using the Btree implementation we first traverse > the Btree to get a list of all rows with the same big hash code. Then we > access the heap pages referenced by the Btree and discard the rows whose > keys do not match. The rows will probably not be clustered in the heap, > so there is likely to be one disk access per reference. Some number of > Btree nodes will be accessed, though the top nodes are likely to be in > the page cache. So the number of disk accesses is likely to be about 1 + > N(K), where N(K) is the number of rows with the same big hash code value > as key K. > > In order to find rows using the disk hash implementation we just > traverse the pages in the bucket corresponding to key K. The number of > page accesses is ceil(n(K)/b), where n(K) is the number of rows with the > same small hash code as key K and b is the number of rows per page. > > So the disk hash implementation will access rows more quickly when > n(K)/N(K) < b. That is, the disk hash implementation does better when > the row size is small relative to the page size, or when the small hash > function doesn't give up too much selectivity over the big hash function. > > Build Time > ---------- > > Both implementations take O(N*log(N)) time to build in the worst case. > However there are some differences in the build times. > > The Btree implementation will split Btree nodes as the structure is > built up. However, since the Btree is keyed on an integer hash code this > is not as expensive as shuffling the full rows. The Btree implementation > does not move the actual rows as the data structure is populated. > > If the hash implementation's initial estimate of the number of buckets > is good or high then it does not shuffle rows around as the data > structure is populated and the build time is O(N), which is quite good. > If the initial bucket count estimate is low then the hash implementation > shuffles rows around as buckets are split. I expect that most rows are > be long enough so that this is more expensive than splitting Btree nodes. > > So the build time of the hash implementation is better if the initial > size estimate is good, but it is probably worse than the Btree > implementation when the size estimate is bad. > > Data Structure Size > ------------------- > > In the Btree implementation all the "waste" space is in the Btree > conglomerate. Its heap conglomerate is about as compact as it can be. > Because the Btree keys on the hash code it is smaller than the heap > conglomerate, unless the rows are quite small. > > The hash implementation wastes space when some of the buckets and/or > overflow pages are not full. This happens because we initially > overestimate the number of buckets required, because the small hash > function distributes the rows poorly, and/or because we choose a load > factor less than one. > > So, sometimes the hash implementation uses less disk space for the data > structure and sometimes the Btree implementation uses less space. I > suspect that the Btree implementation is better in most cases. > > Code Size > --------- > > The Btree implementation can use the existing Btree and heap > conglomerate code while the hash implementation must work at a lower > level to implement a new conglomerate class. So I suspect that the hash > implementation will require more new code. I don't think that it either > implementation requires an enormous amount of new code. > > > Moving Rows Between Memory and Disk > ----------------------------------- > > BackingStoreHashtable starts off with a purely RAM based structure and, > under this proposal, spills to disk when it exceeds a size threshold. I > have proposed that once a row is placed in the RAM portion of the > structure it never be moved to disk; only new rows be placed on disk. > This has the virtue of simplicity. However, there are several reasonable > options that I will discuss for the sake of completeness. > > When the disk structure is created we could move some or all of the rows > to disk. Mike Matrigali suggested moving all the rows to disk to reduce > Derby's RAM usage, reducing the likelihood of thrashing or an > OutOfMemoryError particularly in a multi-thread environment. However it > would also increase the hash table build time and the row fetch time. > Since Derby's BackingStoreHashtables are transient the data structure > build time is important. It sometimes be better in terms of memory usage > to build and use the hash table quickly so that it can be deleted quickly. > > Keeping or eliminating duplicates is a BackingStoreHashtable constructor > option. When there are multiple rows with the same key > BackingStoreHashtable.get returns a Vector of all the rows. If > BackingStoreHashtable has started to spill to disk and we insert a row > with a key that duplicates the key of one or more rows in RAM we could > move all of the rows to disk. Then the BackingStoreHashtable.get method > would not have to look on disk when it finds a row in RAM. This would > improve the average get() time, at the cost of slowing down the > BackingStoreHashtable build time. > > > Conclusion > ----------- > > I recommend that we implement spilling using the Btree implementation > because it offers a clear advantage over the disk hash implementation in > footprint and development time while there is no clear advantage for > either implementation in terms of access time, build time, or data > structure size. The hash implementation has some advantage in access > time, build time, and space when the rows have a moderate size and our > initial size estimate is good. However we only spill to disk when our > size estimate is bad. >
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Recently, those of us waiting on
Blizzard's newest game; Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, got a little
taste of the good stuff. Poster Zeriyah treated us to an inside look
at the essentials of the Area, Hearthstone's build and battle mode.
We also gave our own rendition of this information in our post Hearthstone:
Heroes of Warcraft - The Arena. This
new information got our blood pumping and we found ourselves
wondering, what exactly is going on with Hearthstone and when will we
be able to finally get our chance to check out the beta?
Apparently, we weren't the only ones
feeling this way and so we were treated to another Blizzard blog post
from Jason Chayes. This post updates us on the state of Hearthstone
and gives us some insight on what exactly Blizzard has been up to
since the announcement of the game. Check out the information we have
plucked from the blog post below:
Feature Development = Finished
We've been seeing previews of cards,
heroes, and keys for months now. All these little goodies are great
for wetting our appetites and giving us the impression that a lot has
been complete in Hearthstone. However, that impression might not be
exactly the right one. Jason tells us that while they are all working
overtime to complete Hearthstone and meet the end of summer deadline
previously given, they aren't quite done yet.
Don't let that bit of news get you
down. The team has completed a major milestone and completed the
feature development portion of the game, which is pretty important.
Jason lists things like the Arena, quest tuning, and UI updates as
examples of all that has been completed as the feature development
portion of the game design ends.
Call the Exterminator!
Unfortunately, feature development is
only a small portion of what needs to be done before Hearthstone is
ready for release. One of the things that stands in the way and needs
addressed by the team is a slew of those nasty bugs that always
plague new and sometimes old games. Hearthstone, like most new games,
has plenty of them and they will all need to be addressed before the
game will ever be ready for beta testing. While beta testing is
considered the place for players to discover bugs, the team feels the
big bugs, the ones that will take away from the core experience of
the game need to be removed before testing.
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Europe, Korea, and Taiwan
So far, discussion has centered around
the North American beta, which will be the first beta of Hearthstone
released. Jason tosses out a little nod to the other locations that
will be seeing the game beta sometime soon letting them know that
their input is important too. So important that a dedicated game beta
will be released for each of these locations with fully localized
builds. These betas are set to launch shortly after the North
American release.
Spend Cash, Get Gifts
If you haven't gotten the memo yet,
players will be able to spend real cash inside Hearthstone. This is,
of course, no surprise after the Diablo III real money auction house
and the virtual items in the Blizzard Store. Typically we would
expect to wait until the release of the game proper to actually
purchase items, especially since nothing in the beta will carry over
to the actual game, but Hearthstone will be an exception.
Players will be able to spend real cash
on the Hearthstone beta to purchase card packs but also gain entry to
the Arena. Of course, some things won't work right and, as mentioned
above, none of these stuff will likely transfer to the actual game
and spending money kind of seems unappealing. The team recognized
this and in order to encourage players to test out the real money
purchase feature they will offer a reward for making a real-money
purchase during the beta test. The gift will be a golden version of
Gelbin Mekkatorque and will be available in both closed and open
testing. This card is extra special because it will not be available
through crafting or a lucky hit inside a card pack. While the details
are sketchy if this card will carry over to the game once it is
officially released, changes are high that this will be the case.
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Hearthstone Beta Prognosis
So will the beta be released by the end
of summer date previously given? We can't really say. Ultimately, as
with all Blizzard games, it will be done when it is done. What we can
say is that it looks like the Hearthstone team is working hard to
give us a beta that we will all enjoy testing.
Jason notes in the blog that even once
the beta is released they want to keep the initial number of invites
small, so many of us won't be seeing any Hearthstone action for some
time. However, it is not all bad news here. Eventually more invites
will roll out and when Hearthstone goes into open testing everyone
who signs up will get a chance to play. As long as they have created
a Battle.net account and downloaded the client of course.
Even players who use iPad aren't being
forgotten here. Jason reveals that just recently two team members,
one on an iPad and the other on a PC, went to the mattresses in an
exciting cross-platform duel. So, even though Blizzard might not get
the Hearthstone beta out by the end of summer, it is coming and if
you are like me, you are more than willing to wait.
When do you thinking the Hearthstone
beta will be released? Have you already signed up to be chosen for
testing? Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below!
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: EAC/Lame THE ANSWER !!!
From: Johan Vromans (jvromans_at_squirrel.nl)
Date: 2003-12-20
"Fred Maxwell" <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org> writes:
> Stop with the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). EAC is distributed
You want me to believe this on _your_ word?
> The guy who distributes it is one of the nicest, most decent people
What's keeping him from open sourcing it?
> It simply works better than anything else.
It does not work for me, since I don't run Windows.
> There are no comparable open source tools of which I am aware. EAC
Tools like cdparanoia[1] are well-known for the extreme amount of
> It doesn't automatically invoke the MP3 encoder. It does not do
Although all this is undisputably an advantage, it is minor. E.g.,
% rip
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Yulia & Joe | Estes Park Wedding Elopement | Lily Lake & Sprague Lake
Joe called one day from an RV, in Iowa. "Hey, we're driving across America in an RV and was wondering if you'd meet us in Estes Park and take photos while we exchange vows — we threw the wedding dress in the back before we left." Great! Sounds like fun. "Oh, and could you help us find an officiant?"
A quick call to Carolyn Carpenter filled the missing officiant slot, and in a couple of days we had an instant wedding on the banks of Lily Lake near Estes. This sort of adventure might seem odd to some, but it's almost like another normal day to Y & J. Since an internet dating site brought them together, it's been one adventure after another. Jumping out of airplanes, mountain biking, and walking after sunset in the streets of Manhattan (kidding). The Summer adventure was perfect timing as Joe is inbetween passing the Bar Exam and starting his first legal job waiting for him this Fall. Yulia's between semesters getting her Masters' in Economics for a second time (guess the Russian degree doesn't have the same weight over here).
After signing the license on the side of the eBay RV ("Cheaper than renting" comments Joe), we scuttled about Rocky Mountain National Park looking for picture sites — dodging the raindrops and keeping the dress clean (almost).
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A newly elected Prince George's County school board member said Sunday that she strongly supports County Executive Rushern L. Baker III's plan to take over the county's struggling school system, saying the board is hampering the schools and is averse to accountability.
Carletta Fellows (District 7), whom the board recently censured for her outspoken criticism, said in an e-mail that she endorses Baker's proposal, which would put him directly in charge of the superintendent of schools and the school system's $1.7 billion budget while limiting the role of the county's elected Board of Education.
"I regret that I have to say this, but we simply can't afford for this same body to, in coming weeks, commit $1.7 billion of our tax dollars and hire the next superintendent," Fellows said. "Our children, our parents and our community deserve better. We can no longer afford to sit around and passively accept the further degradation and deterioration of our schools. Therefore, I join County Executive Baker in his efforts to bring results and accountability to what I see as an urban school system in crisis."
Fellows said her decision is based on her three months on the board, a body she found "hostile to independent review, transparency or accountability."
"Significant decisions about millions in spending, major personnel, school security and curriculum issues were routinely made with embarrassingly limited information," Fellows said.
Baker's proposal, a dramatic move that would be akin to school takeovers in cities such as the District and New York, drew strong responses Sunday from county residents, community leaders and other elected officials. Some praised Baker for his attempt to turn around the county's struggling school system, while others denounced him for what they described as a power grab.
Board member Edward Burroughs III (District 8) said he was disappointed by Baker's decision to release his plan days before three school superintendent finalists from Durham, Chicago and Prince George's are scheduled to attend community forums. Baker said it is unclear whether any of the three finalists would become superintendent under his proposal, and he didn't rule out expanding the search beyond them.
"Time after time, [Baker] assured the people he had no desire to take over the school system, but today those suspicions have been confirmed," Burroughs said. "This sounds to me more about power and control than student achievement. That's the conversation we should be having."
Carolyn M. Boston (District 6) said she could not comment because the school board was planning to meet on Monday. Other board members, including Chairman Verjeana M. Jacobs, did not respond to requests for comment.
Del. Jolene Ivey (D-Prince George's), the chairman of the county's House delegation, applauded Baker for addressing what she called the "final and most important piece in our county's renaissance."
Ivey said she has attended numerous public forums in the county where residents have criticized Baker for the school system's shortcomings.
"People think the county executive is running the schools, but all he can do is send money," Ivey said. "If he is going to be judged on our schools, he needs to do more."
Should Baker's plan meet approval in Annapolis, the county executive would gain control of school system operations, with the schools superintendent becoming a member of his cabinet and gaining significantly more power. The County Council would confirm Baker's choice for schools chief and have oversight of the schools' budget.
The Board of Education would gain six new members, three of whom would be appointed and have voting powers. But its function would be diminished, focusing almost entirely on academics and parental engagement.
State Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Prince George's) said he plans to support Baker's proposed state legislation, which likely will be added as amendments to a bill that Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D-Prince George's) proposed months ago to form a task force to review the operations of the school board.
"I think he is going in the right direction," Currie said, describing the school system as the "weak link" in the county's ability to move forward. Baker has long said the schools — which rank toward the bottom of Maryland's school systems in terms of achievement — are a hurdle to economic growth.
Bob Ross, president of the county branch of the NAACP, said his members would mobilize to oppose Baker's proposal. Ross questioned Baker's strategy of adding late amendments to a bill designed to examine the Board of Education's future.
"They told us the bill would form an exploratory committee to look at making the school board accountable. Now all of a sudden they want to put an amendment in," Ross said.
Tonya Lawson, president of the Oxon Hill High School Parent Teacher Student Association, said she plans to work with Baker to make his plan become a reality.
"This is a time for radical change to happen," Lawson said. "What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing and expecting a different result? We can't continue like that. . . . There has to be a new way of thinking in order for us to move forward."


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What I like the most about Awesome Note is that you can set up different folders for your personal life and work life. My folders are set up with a to-do list for work, a folder with all my accounts and their information, a personal to-do list, a daily journal, a shopping list, a list for my ideas, a folder for my band, a folder for lyrics and a folder for quick notes. You can put a password lock on any folder and change the color of the tabs, the icons, the background for the notes inside the folder and the font.
There is a calender view for each folder individually or for all of your folders at the same time. You can set due dates, change creation dates, color code everything and sync with google docs or evernote. This is my number one organizational tool on my iPhone right now. I got rid of all my other note taking apps with the exception of Evernote, which I sync with Awesome Note and frequently use the PC software on my computer. I got rid of all my journal apps, with the exception of a dream journal app called DreamLoggr because I like the interface and have hundreds of dreams logged in it already.Another application that I've started using to organize my contacts is called Groups 2: Contact Management with Style by Guided Ways Technologies Ltd. It is an intuitive way to organize your phone numbers, emails and physical addressing and other contact information stored in your phone. The user interface and graphics are good and work similar to Awesome Note, even though this app is made by a competitor who has a great app called 2Do: A Stunning To Do List with Push and Sync that would be worth checking out if you don't like Awesome Note.
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In Groups 2, I have split up my 400+ phone numbers, emails, addresses, etc. into several folders. Once again I've separated my personal life from my work life. One great thing is that you can add any contact to any folder, so someone you work with that is also a friend can be under two different groups. There are also Smart Groups in this app which allow you to use filters to create a group, but I don't use them. You can send group emails and the developer claims that when the new iPhone OS comes out, you will be able to send group SMS messages as well. Groups 2 can sync with your contacts on the iPhone, in Yahoo, Google and other places. At $2.99 I found it to be well worth the price.The last app I want to mention is called Mint.com. Mint is software used for online money management and budgeting. Organizing your financial life can relieve a lot of daily stress and Mint does a great job of bringing all your accounts into the same place and showing you the data in an easy to understand way. The user interface looks good and is easy to navigate. I had some trouble adding my bank when I first signed up but their tech support was very helpful and in less than a week they solved the problem.
Mint.com lets you set a monthly budget and track your expenses and income. It also lets you look at your bank account, credit cards, loans, investments and all of your transactions. Mint.com will warn you if you go over budget or get a late fee on a credit card. The website is very helpful and can show you exactly where you money is going. Mint is free so it's worth checking out if you want a digital way to keep track of all these things. I do still keep a checkbook but now I can easily look at how much I spend on food, entertainment or my car each month.If you want to move files acroI don't like have a dozen apps when I could use one to get the same job done. When trying to organize my personal and work life, I am looking for four main functions; a to-do list views, a calender view, a quick note option and a journal. I tried a bunch of other apps that seemed to work well enough but a couple of months ago I spent $3.99 on Awesome Note (+Todo) by BRID. Since then, I've been able to delete several other applications that did their job just fine but cluttered up my iPhone. There is a lite version as well if you want to see if the user interface works for you before shelling out the cash. It definitely has nice graphics and is very easy to use.


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During a break in the rain, we walked to Kitano Tenmangu shrine (about 30 mins) for the huge monthly market there. It was great fun to browse around the stalls - loads of second hand kimono and fabric, yum! I even worked up the courage to negotiate a couple of discounts, and it worked. Result! I remember this old lady from 3 years ago when I came to this market. She is so sweet, we had a good natter while I bought stuff from her.
At the workshop, a table had been prepared for us.
We each made 3 pieces of otabe, and could choose flavours; matcha (green tea powder) or cinnamon. The large jar held `kinako` flour to coat the dough in so it didn`t stick (same as warabe mochi, above).
We could choose our fillings too - sakura, adzuki bean or black sesame. Mmm.


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BURBANK — It has been a successful season for the four area high school softball teams.
Not only did two schools — Burroughs High and Bellarmine-Jefferson — capture titles in their respective leagues, but all four — including Providence and Burbank — qualified for the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
Because they placed first in their leagues, the Indians and Guards earned first-round home games, while the Pioneers are on the road for their opener. The Bulldogs were relegated to play a wild-card game and they took on host Quartz Hill on Tuesday.


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After giving the bench a good scrub, I painted it with a satin black paint I had left over from another project. I like to use a satin paint to decoupage over because the decoupage "goop" is shiny too so a satin paint helps hide any mistakes.
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Like I said, I am always on the look out for cigar boxes and tins when I am out junking, so you can just imagine the happy dance going on in my head when I found this a couple of years ago at an estate sale.
A wonderful little cabinet of drawers made out of ..... you guessed it... cigar boxes! Each drawer has a red celluloid pull, and a little tin "holder" so the maker would know what was in each drawer. A couple of them still have a nail in them . There are black glass drawer pulls on each side to carry the chest with , and it is all edged with galvanized tin held in place with lots and lots of tacks.
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Samsung showed off its first OLED TV this year in January at the Consumer Electrics Show in Las Vegas, much to the delight of OLED fans awaiting a bigger 55 inch OLED TV to be released that would improve upon SONY's 11 inch model. OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diodes and is the next new technology to rival and improve upon LCD flat-screen televisions. The Samsung model, called the ES9500 OLED TV, claims to have revolutionary picture quality and is to be released in the second half of 2018. This new technology will not come cheap however. The model is to be released first in South Korea where it will be marketed at a Korean price of 10 million won (around $8,760).


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Rox Shake Off Rain To Shut Out Rochester Monday
The Rox shut out the Rochester Honkers 2-0 at Joe Faber Field Monday night. Rain delayed both the start of the game and also the fourth inning in the Rox win.
Kade Scivicque went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI for St. Cloud to pace the offense to victory. Nick Jensen-Clagg threw four shutout innings before being removed from the game due to the rain delay, and Trevor Charpie picked up the win with three scoreless innings of relief.
The Rox host the Mankato MoonDogs tonight at Joe Faber Field, and it is Eric Decker bobble head night. The first 360 fans through the gate will receive a token to be redeemed in the sixth inning for a statue of the former ROCORI standout. Gates open at 6:05 pm.


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Texas Governor Perry vows to fight indictment
Gov. Rick Perry says an indictment against him for abuse of power was itself an abuse of power and vows to fight it. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Texas Governor Rick Perry said an indictment against him for abuse of power was itself an abuse of power and vowed to fight it at a press conference on Saturday in which he fiercely defended the veto that lead to the legal action. Perry was indicted on Friday by a grand jury in Texas on two counts of abuse of power and coercion over a funding veto he made last year that was seen as being intended to force a local prosecutor to resign. "This indictment amounts to nothing more than an abuse of power and I cannot and I will not allow that to happen," Perry told reporters in Austin, Texas. Perry, a possible Republican candidate in the 2016 presidential race, was indicted by a grand jury in Travis County with abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, and coercion of a public official, a third-degree felony. A probe was launched last year after Perry vetoed $7.5 million in funding for an integrity unit that is part of the Travis County District Attorney's office. The move was seen as hardball politics to force out county District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, a Democrat, after she pleaded guilty to drunken driving. Special prosecutor Michael McCrum said a conviction on the first-degree felony charge could bring between 5 to 99 years in prison. Perry will be arraigned next week, he added. Perry in recent months has been traveling to Republican battleground states and party gatherings in what analysts said were visits that have helped him scout the political landscape for a possible presidential run. Perry, the longest-serving governor in the state's history, was forced to exit the 2012 Republican presidential race after several gaffes including when he lost his train of thought during a debate and could not recall which government departments he wanted to abolish. He is not seeking re-election as governor and will step down next year.


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A total of 23,342 Jewish immigrants arrived in Israel in May, it was officially announced today. Of this total, 5,000 came from Turkey. A group of 870 new arrivals landed at Haifa today. They sailed from Bari, Italy, aboard the Israeli transport Galila. Yesterday, 1,800 immigrants–most of them from Germany and Austria–arrived in Haifa from Bari on the liner Atzmaut.
The Jewish Agency announced today that it will establish 13 new reception centers to accommodate 27,000 newly-arriving immigrants.
Delegations of the Jewish Labor Committee and the Gewerkschaften campaign in the U.S. were received by Premier David Ben Gurion last night prior to their leaving Israel for Europe on their return to the United States. The J.L.C. delegation was headed by Adolph Held and Jacob Pat.
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After the talk Fiona took control and I had a very quick trip to Prestonpans in the chair whilst Fi tried to prove that no matter how fast she went around left handers the chair wouldn't lift due to my weight!! We then parked up the chair and rode our 800 Honda we bought a while ago back to our house, now that the chair wasn't in the garage there's room for the Norton, Guzzi and Honda. Bike chess, all you need is multiple bikes stored in multiple garages, great fun......not
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The Lee County is located in the state of Texas. This county occupies 635 square miles, with 6 square miles being water areas. There are 16.612 inhabitants living in the county according to the 2010 Census. As for the racial makeup of Lee County citizens, the 3 largest groups are White (78.86%), followed by Black or African American (10.88%) and Some Other Race (7.25%). There are 6.151 households in the county, while 72,26% of them are family households and 27,74% represent non family households. There are 2 cities and towns in Lee County. The most populated city is Giddings city and the smallest town or village is Lexington town.


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Mulu Caves 2015 was the 23rd Anglo-Sarawak Expedition to Gunung Mulu National Park and operated in the field between 2nd October and 5th November 2015. The expedition had three main components:
1) A small reconnaissance team based in the Hidden Valley area on Gunung Api, searching for new entrances observed from helicopter video footage.
2) A larger group based at Camp 5 in the Melinau gorge, continuing exploration of Whiterock cave (part of the Clearwater Cave system) and other sites under Gunung Api and Gunung Benarat.
3) A small group carrying out high resolution 3D laser scanning and further scientific study of the geomorphology of Sarawak chamber and Api chambers.
1) Hidden Valley
A five man team spent 17 days in the Hidden Valley. The main objective was a cave entrance 200m up on the north side of the valley, which was named Conviction Cave. This cave subsequently connected with Wonder Cave which had been explored on expeditions in the 1980's and 1990's. Extensions were then made in a northerly direction under the summit of Gunung Api, with over 1.5km of new passages surveyed. The length of the Wonder/Conviction Cave system is now close to 7 km. The Conviction entrance is also the highest in the park at 680m above sea level. The cave is now the deepest underground from the surface at -1.3km.
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Teams followed up leads from previous expeditions; exploring, surveying and photographing a significant number of new passages in existing caves and locating some new entrances from surface searching. In total the team surveyed 8.2km of new passages. The survey work was carried out in a very accurate and detailed manner, as numerous interconnections from known passages were found. Some use was made of the digital DistoX devices and "in cave" drawing on a Personal Digital Assistant device via "Pocket topo" software.
Most of the newly explored and surveyed passage was in Whiterock Cave, part of the Clearwater system in Gunung Api.
A technical climb from The Apprenticeship on the western flank of Whiterock Cave entered a horizontal level 100m higher than anything previously found in Whiterock, named Firestorm Passage. Unfortunately, surface erosional features were found to break into this new passage in numerous places, limiting its extent. Passages at high level further east, where there is a greater height of limestone above, may hold more potential for high level discoveries. Another significant extension was made in the central northern area of Whiterock; the Dirty Little Secret Series, leading on from the Strong Hint of Bigness Passage, first explored in 2007. In the southern part of Whiterock, various areas of surveying created a more complete picture of the cave layout around the Bigness South and Big Issue passages. The team also assisted the 3D laser scanning team with accessing Api Chamber, at the extreme southern end of the Whiterock System.
The total added to Whiterock was 8km, which has increased the total length of the Clearwater system to 214km. Clearwater remains at 8th place in the World's longest cave rankings.
Whiterock total length before 2015 expedition 88621m
Whiterock 2015 expedition total 8079m
New Whiterock Cave total 96700m
New Clearwater System total 214972m
*NB – the lengths will be confirmed in the final expedition report.
Other sites
Some high level passages in Red Tip Racer Cave, which is in an interesting location further east than Whiterock Cave, were climbed into, but only a short extension was found.
Numerous surface forays were made on both sides of the Melinau gorge, looking for new entrances, but nothing of speleological significance was entered on this occasion.
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Preliminary Report of Scientific Activities inc 3D laser scanning
The main emphasis of this years field work has been on photographic and laser survey of Api and Sarawak Cave chambers, and on cavern stability and breakdown. The photographic work provides visual images for co-location and scientific interpretation, and also for colour rendering of laser models, for instance for 'fly through' visualisation.
Additional survey and cross-section measurements and some local laser scans have been undertaken in Lagangs Cave. Speleothem were collected on bedding plane failure debris to supplement the previous samples which were to date the main passage roof failure. In addition, the Dream Pool series was visited and a high level notch identified which must be earlier than those in Fast Lane and Main Passage. A stalagmite was collected from above gravels in this passage for comparative dating with those previously sampled and analysed from Fast Lane. The latter range in age from 15.7±1.1 to 43.0±1.2 ka. A complete revised survey will now be prepared for this cave.
High resolution laser scanning and large scale photography was undertaken in Sarawak Chamber, Nasib Bagus Cave. A total of 101 stations were surveyed (compared to only 9 in the previous laser survey), greatly improving coverage in prior 'shadow areas' including the Prediction Cave and Stream Inlet passages. The new survey increases the area of the main chamber to 163 x 103 m2compared to the previous estimate of 154 x 103 m2, and increases the overall volume to 9.81 x 106 m3. The survey also covered the outlet passage from the chamber portal to the streamway, which if included as part of the chamber would increase the volume to 10.5 x 106 m3. This figure is however still just less that that of Miao Chamber, China, currently recognised as the World's largest cave chamber by volume. Figures are all preliminary estimates and subject to revision.
The high resolution of the new survey substantially improves the resolution of roof and floor features compared to the previous laser scanning. For instance it will enable reliable mapping of the floor material, and particularly differentiation of shale and limestone dominated areas of the cave floor. Previously this was only possible by direct manual survey of the chamber floor (see Mulu Caves Project Report for 2014). The survey also allows identification of areas of wall instability, and indicates that much of the eastern wall is detached at roof level, and as a result is subject to active slab failure. This occurs because of the low angle of the roof arch at this point which reduces to zero the compressive stress on material below the Voussoir arch.
Samples of speleothem were collected with a wide distribution in the chamber, and supplement previous limited samples. These included flowstone coating boulders, stalactites and flowstone from rotated floor blocks and fallen stalactites from the roof. There is a general increase in speleothem abundance from the south to the north of the chamber. The latter may show spatial patterns in the timing of roof failure. Remarkably breakage of encrusting flowstone and toppling of larger stalagmites is extremely rare, suggesting a high stability. The latter is of course increased by the cementing effects of the secondary calcite on the breakdown boulder floor. This contrasts markedly with the southern parts of the chamber where active evacuation of shale debris is occurring.
High resolution laser scanning and photography was also undertaken in Api Chamber, Whiterock Cave. A total of 81 stations were surveyed, including 10 in the approach passage. The latter give an indication of the size of the boulder pile which underlies the chamber and also the much smaller size of the passages which on amalgamation have formed the chamber. The laser survey shows that the roof in the central part of Api Chamber is over 200 m from the floor, much greater than previous estimates. The chamber volume is thus rather larger than had been previously assumed, our preliminary estimates suggesting a volume of 2.6 x 106 m3, which would place Api Chamber 8th in the World list by volume. The floor area is 56.7 x 103 m2. This is considerably larger than the previous estimate of 38 x 103 m2. Figures are all preliminary estimates and subject to revision.
The Api Chamber laser scans are of very high quality with excellent coverage and high spatial resolution. They reveal roof detail and geological structure which have previously not been seen because of the great height of the roof. Most notable is the very straight vertical facet which separates the lower and higher parts of the roof. This may well be a fault line, a suggestion supported by the presence of breakdown blocks with large calcite veins and brecciation. There is also a strong influence of the dip of the beds, particularly in the eastern corner of the cave, where bedding planes define remarkable steeply inclined benches in the south wall of the cave.
Detailed inspection indicate remnants of previous cave passages both at the end of Janets Way, which previously ran across the eastern wall of the chamber and at the low point on the floor debris in the south-west corner. Here, now inactive flowstone forms a thick coverage on the wall, but has been broken by later roof fall which is marked by many impacts. Dating of this material will indicate the timing of roof failure. At many places in the western part of the chamber distinctive coarse crystalline orange brown speleothem is depositing on boulders. Dating of this will give an indication of the duration of chamber stability since the last major collapse phase.
Laser scanning was also undertaken along Daydream Believer one of the main passages in Whiterock Cave (18 stations). This was to test estimates of cave volume derived from conventional cave survey techniques, which measure passage cross section only at individual survey stations using left and right wall distances and passage height. This will enable more reliable estimates of the total volume of Clearwater Cave to be derived, and confirm the provisional placing of the cave as first in the World by volume (see Mulu Caves Website).
Prof Peter L Smart, Andrew Eavis, Carsten Peters and Richard Walters
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The Hidden Valley exploits have proved that cave extends NE from Wonder Cave, under Gunung Api, at a higher altitude than any other cave in Mulu. This extension is into a large area of limestone, with no previously known cave passage. The discovery suggests passages could go right under the summit of G. Api, through this area, to the Melinau gorge. If the eastern part of Gunung Api is eventually found to have the same density of cave passages as the Clearwater Cave area, then several hundreds of kilometres of cave exploration and surveying could await the next generation.
The Camp Five team explored and accurately surveyed numerous cave passages in the complex Whiterock Cave, to further extend the world class Clearwater System.
The scanning team produced a highly detailed scan of Sarawak and Api Chambers, giving volumes that prove their rankings in the top ten largest chambers in the world. The scans also provide a wealth of information on the structure and geomorphology of the chambers and potential new sites for exploration.
The scientific work will continue to provide new information on the geomorphology and ages of the caves, past climate reconstruction, and geochemistry of the sediments.
The teams also identified and recorded a good number of underground and surface leads for future expeditions to continue with.
Mark Brown, November 2015
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From Sarawak:
The Chief Minister of Sarawak
The Sarawak State Secretary
The Director of Forests, Sarawak
Protected Areas & Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Sarawak Forestry Corporation
Alison Pritchard and G.Mulu National Park Management & Staff
Local organisers and assistants
Oswald Braken Tisen
Rambli Ahmad
Veno Enar
Richard Hi (Tropical Adventure)
The expedition is very grateful for the support of the following sponsors and organisations.
FiveTen Ltd.
Ghar Parau Foundation
Leica Geosystems Ltd
Mark Wright Training Ltd
Commendium Ltd.
Andy Eavis
A full list of acknowledgements will be published in the final report


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Film review: The movie version of Cirque Du Soleil comes alive when the troupe are showing off their stunts – it's just a shame about the bits in between.
'Heaps cheaper than watching it live' is the sole USP for this filmed version of seven of the Cirque's Las Vegas stage shows.
The dazzling displays of body bending are truly awesome, yet you'll still doze off between them thanks to patchy editing and a cringeworthy romance plot wherein a boy woos a drippy girl by dreamily twirling around inside a cube.
'Visionary filmmaker James Cameron' may top the bill but he's only the executive producer.
For the truly 'enhanced' 3D experience, you still can't beat going the Knocked Up route and seeing it on magic mushrooms – one imagines.


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Debbie Sath is many things. Typical is not one of them. Australian born from Cambodian and El Salvadorian parents, and a banker by day, it's Debbie's flawless physique and refreshingly natural presence that she's fast becoming known for the world over. But what you might not suspect having never met her is that beneath her beauty is a down-to-earth, laidback chick who's as comfortable with jokes and crass language (sexy) as she is in front of the camera (sexier still). The best part: we may be getting her full time. If only she can break the news to her parents.
[2NR]: I read on your Facebook that you've been on the road now for quite a while, and our shoot is your last gig before you hop a 15hr flight back home. What else have you been up to?
[DS]: So much! I was up in Toronto for a while before coming down to SoCal, hanging out with my cousin and doing a shoot for Heaven and Hell magazine. I was in Miami before that, then just kicked back at some resorts in South America for a while on holiday.
Did you have fun?
Oh yes! Well . . . other than getting food poisoning the other day. That was awful. But I love it here. I always go back home talking about how I want to move to the States after I've been here.
So you like it here?
I wanna move here!! I love Australia, but you all have it made in California.
As long as you don't plan to buy a house, pay for gas, or get a job. But Aus has a little bit of everything, too, right?
Yes, good dining and nightlife in Melbourne, good sightseeing in Sydney. We have Mount Buller for skiing and snowboarding, Surfers Paradise in Queensland, lots of bungee jumping, hiking, extreme sports . . .
And what are you into most?
Of those? Nothing. [laughs] I've gone canoeing, but I really hated it. I hate water; it makes me think I'm going to die. I'm glad I did it, though. I'll stick to the clubs in Melbourne!
Word? Melbourne is the spot?
Oh yes. Hot clubs, hot Asian girls . . . they're all just terrible dancers. You Americans have us beat there. [laughs]
Yeah, but you've been in a dance crew for years, right? You're bound to be a little more critical than most . . .
Yes, but the chicks out here are just bad. [laughs] They try, and they have fun, so I guess that's all that counts, right?
You're talking to a gearhead white boy from the East Coastnot the biggest dance authority.
Where else is hot? You're always on the go, right?
I go to Malaysia and Cambodia a lot to visit the fam. I have a cousin in France–that's an awesome place. We can fly to most of Asia for $250 out of Avalon airport in Melbourne on Jetstar–kind of like JetBlue here.
So Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbanethey're all on the east coast of Aus. What happens on the other 9/10ths of the continent?
Nothing. [laughs] It's pretty much all kangaroos and open land until Perth on the west coast.
But with photo radar.
Yes! I hate those damned things. I actually got two fines on the way home from the airport after dropping Steve (Bitanga) off the last time he came down here. I had no idea I was even speeding until I got them in the mail. Like $400 each.
It's bad over there for a car owner, huh?
Terrible. I think in Cali you have what's called a referee station, where the cops send you if they think your car is illegally modified? Well, over there they can just take your car and auction it off if they want to.
Damn. And you guys have some pretty badass cars over there, too, huh?
Yeah. Skylines in Aus are like Civics here.
What are you driving these days?
[laughs] A Holden Barina. I wanted a Silvia, but I got stuck with that. I always wanted a Nissan Micra convertible. They're so cute, but I've only ever seen them in England.
Except for these. [grabs boobs] They're Ds. I want Es.
You're awesome. What's the one thing you look forward to after coming home from traveling?
My puppy!! She's a Pomeranian. I haven't seen her in over a month and I just got her. [sad panda face] That and good food. California has some good fast food, though.
We have the best fast food. El Pollo Loco, Jack in the Box . . . have you had In-N-Out yet?
No, what's that?
[long silence] What kind of places do you have down under?
Well, we have McDonald's, but we call it Macca. And we don't have Taco Bell, but we do have Taco Bill.
Hi-larious! That's better than China's "Robert Cop" Robocop knock-off. What's this mango chili business we read about on your Facebook wall?
Oh my god! It's the best! So good! Green mangoes, salt, chili–or corn paste if you do it the Filipino way. Love it! I haven't had it in a month either. more sad panda
Corny mango chili. Sounds kinda dirty, but we'd try it. We hear you're dating a triplet. Ever gotten "The Switch?"
No, but they try all the time! [laughs] Kinda funny, but it pisses me off.
What do you like in a guy, other than shenanigans?
Muscles, clean hands, and he's gotta be able to eat because I love to cook.
Clean-cut and lame or dirty and cool?
[laughs] Clean-cut and lame. My boyfriend spends more time looking in the mirror than I do! laughs. And I can't stand pessimism. You gotta be upbeat and outgoing for us to have fun together!
Your deep, dark, dirty little secret. Go:
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What? How is that possible? You're on, like, six continents with it.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Top Ten Summer Sewing Patterns
To celebrate the official beginning of summer vacation, I've rounded up 10 awesome patterns, perfect for summer sewing.
10.Luggage Tags. Get those bags ready for summer travel.
9.Quilted Casserole Carriers. Because you know you are going to get invited to a potluck or five.
8. Car Seat Canopy. A great way to give baby some shade.
7.Bow Tie. Get your little man ready for all those summer weddings.
6.Art Smock Apron. Because they'll be finger painting at home for three months.
5.Sew Cool dress. Breezy sundresses for hot days.
4.Clutter Catchers. Add a touch of sanity to your summer road trip.
3.Reversible Bucket Hat. Stylish sun protection.
2. Boho Shoulder Bag. Carry your beach essentials in style.
1.Terrific Teepees. Because this is just awesome.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Embellished tabs. Finally!
I FINALLY finished the embellished tabs tutorial! Download the tutorial and template PDF!
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Wonder Woman!
I've entered my Wonder Woman costume in the Bernina Halloween costume contest! To vote for me, and check out more awesome pictures click here. Voting starts 10/25. :)
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
I made super cute pandan flavored macarons using this recipe. They were WAY easier, and turned out much better than I expected. You know you want to make some!
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Alleusion won the custom diaper giveaway!
I can't wait to see which fabrics she chooses!
I also popped over to her blog and found a really cool tutorial on dyeing wool yarn in the crock pot! You know how I love dyeing yarn, dontcha? Muuuusssstt ttttrrrryyyy! (That's my yarn dyeing zombie impersonation...)
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Here's one thing that was different for Ryan Wright when he arrived at UCLA from Loyola Catholic High in Mississauga, Canada:
"At UCLA we watch a lot of film of practice," Wright said. "I had been on teams that watched film before. But never of practice."
Wright, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound sophomore forward, was more highly ranked than UCLA's other three sophomores by high school recruiting services two years ago. Darren Collison, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and Alfred Aboya were less highly regarded but, it turns out, better coached in the basketball fundamentals.
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Hi there! Hopefully you have just arrived from Nichol's blog! What amazing inspiration on this blog hop! When we were away at our crafty weekend last month, we were so lucky to have several stamp companies donate goodies for all of us! Laura of Lil' Inkers was so generous and gave us all a new stamp and now we all get to play along with a mini release blog hop! The stamps are absolutely stunning so I decided to play along with the stamp twice.
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It feels like FOREVER since I sat and typed up a favourites post, just on the basis so much has been going on so I haven't had time to try out new products but then I thought this is the last favourites post I can write before my annual yearly round up of faves like WHAT?! This year has flown by without even feeling like I have taken a breath, however, I best get onto the reason you clicked this post and begin.
My first favourite I have actually been using for well over a month and instantly fell in love, L'Oreal True Match Foundation is the perfect shade for my skin which is its main selling point however my skin is incredibly hard to match so still amazed me at its accuracy, it also feels very lightweight and looks like skin as if I'm not even wearing anything but the coverage is high and creates a flawless base. It's no wonder everyone hypes about it as I don't think I will ever find one so affordable that could be any better. I have relatively oily/ combination so I'm not sure how this would work on dry skin.
I hinted towards my love for this in my Autumn Essentials (link HERE) about a month ago, its only £2 from Boots which I picked up on a whim despite not knowing the brand 'makeup obsession' just because of the price and I didn't own a burnt orange shadow plus I didn't know if it would suit me. However, the pigmentation is stunning and lasts all day without the use of a primer, I usually put this in the outer corner and crease with MAC's Amber lights all over the lid and a matte brown subtly in the crease.
I recently started getting the AVON catalogue through my door and I always had the impression the stuff really wasn't that good, but my Mom made an order of a few bit and curiosity got the better of me when I saw loads of brushes for around £3 each. The Blending brush is great for a winged out makeup look and just all round blending out darker colours in the crease, it is so comparable to the MAC 217 which I have been eyeing up for a very long time but the price was a bit off-putting, whilst the fan brush is great for a subtle highlight. Both brushes are also incredibly soft and do a brilliant job.
Every so often I get really into hair products and trying out new ones and different concepts and these too are by far miracle products. The Tresemme Split End Remedy I have been using after every time I wash my hair and I can really see a reduction in the appearance of split ends and far less appear when I use heat which is surprising as I find split end 'removers' have never ever worked before and have a reputation for being a bit useless however I really recommend giving this a try if you find you have damaged hair. On to the L'Oreal Mousse I had very high expectations as the Elnett range has all my favourite hair products and this was no disappointment, I chose the volume one from the range as thats what I always want and I have never had as much volume in my hair after blow drying as with this I am obsessed! It also gives great hold to curls and texture to styles.
I rarely have a fashion favourite but I have been living in A- Line skirts, previously I thought they didnt suit me but they are perfect for Autumn with tights and boots I love them. This one is from Primark and has served me well throughout Autumn
Onto the music I have of course been loving Olly Murs - its just an obsession if you hadn't guessed however his new album came out called '24hrs' and I love it, my favourite tracks are probably Unpredictable, Back Around, Private, Flaws and ok I can't pick a favourite I just love it! Whilst for TV I, like everyone else in Britian, have been obsessed with I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and also The Missing which is about finding two girls who have been kidnapped, its so gripping and to catch up I think its on iPlayer if you fancy watching it.
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