text: DigitalAnother Facebook App Acquisition: Slide buys Favorite Peeps for $60kBy Adweek Staff|June 25, 2007ShareBy Adweek Staff|June 25, 2007Share Following on the heels of last week's acquisition of Extended Info by SideStep, I received a tip today that widget maker Slide has acquired Facebook application Favorite Peeps for a reported $60,000.Favorite Peeps is the 14th most popular application on Facebook with approximately 1.3 million users and is growing at about 2.3% (30,000 users) per day. The reported acquisition price values each user of the Facebook app at about $0.046, or a low 4.6 cents US. By comparison, gaming social network and utility Xfire was acquired by Viacom last year for $102 million, or about $25 US for each of its 4 million users at the time. In 2005, Fox Interactive Media acquired MySpace for $580 million, or about $36 per each of its 16 million users at the time of the acquisition. Favorite Peeps' acquisition price pegs the value of a Facebook application user at between roughly 0.1% and 0.2% of the value of MySpace and Xfire users when those companies were acquired. Favorite Peeps is the creation of Dennis Rakhamimov, a software engineer at Peter Thiel-funded Palantir Technologies. (Thiel is also an investor and director of Facebook. Also, Slide founder and CEO Max Levchin co-founded Paypal with Thiel and Luke Nosek.) Before joining Panantir, Rakhaminov was a software developer at Microsoft for 3 years after graduating from Columbia in 2004.Favorite Peeps is a lot like Slide's own Top Friends application with a tagline or comment for each "BFF" you list. You can also see what your friends have said about you. Another very simple app that got to market early and spread quickly. Not bad for a month's work, Dennis![tags]facebook,apps,applications,acquisition,slide,favoritepeeps[/tags] Sharehttp://adweek.it/2k6XdER copy Adweek Adweek


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About Hewlett's death, FOUR months ago, The Sun finishes the article with a: "He was in Portugal when Maddie was snatched and left for Morocco three weeks later. And he told a pal he knew gipsies who sold children to perverts. Hewlett's German second wife Mariana, 35, refused to comment."
From what I was told from a reliable source, a pal of a pal, who knew the pal that spoke with the referred paper, what The Sun didn't do was to print the rest of Mariana's statement: "And why don't you f*ck off out of here, and go find some other poor b*gger for your fabricated stories?"
As I see it, that's censorship.

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here's our summer tour schedule as it currently stands… mostly regional stuff but we will be doing a week of shows with BUILT TO SPILL in August starting out in North Carolina. hope to see you at one or some of these! starts this week!!
6/17 BOISE, ID @ The Linen Building w/ Hosannas + Empty Space Orchestra
6/18 BEND, OR @ Rise Up International Warehouse w/ Hosannas + Empty Space Orchestra
6/19 PORTLAND, OR @ Mississippi Studios w/ Hosannas + Empty Space Orchestra
6/20 OLYMPIA, WA @ Northern w/ Shellshag
6/25 YAKIMA, WA @ Yakima Sports Center w/ Red Jacket Mine
6/26 SEATTLE, WA @ Georgetown Music Festival
6/27 BOISE, ID @ Boise Rec Fest in Ann Morrison Park
7/2 EL CERRITO, CA @ I Am We House
7/3 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest
7/9 POCATELLO, ID @ Flipside Lounge w/ Dolman
7/10 VICTOR, ID @ Knotty Pine w/ Dolman
7/14 BOISE, ID @ The Warehouse at 5115
7/15 KETCHUM, ID @ Whiskey Jacques
7/22 SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ The Woodshed w/ Vile Blue Shades
7/23 BOULDER, CO @ Boulder Draft House
7/24 DENVER, CO @ The Underground Music Showcase
7/25 GRAND JUNCTION, CO @ KAFM Radio Room
8/8 ASHEVILLE, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/9 ATLANTA, GA @ Buckhead Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/10 LITTLE ROCK, AR @ The Village w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/11 DALLAS, TX @ Granada Theater w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Telegraph Canyon
8/12 AMARILLO, TX @ The 806
8/13 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ The Black Sheep w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/14 BELLEVUE, CO @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/19 BOISE, ID @ Terrapin w/ Symmetry/Symmetry
8/20 MCCALL, ID @ Salmon River Brewery
8/25 HAILEY, ID @ Wicked Spud Back Alley Concert Series


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You ever watch Dateline or 20/20 when they're doing stories on real-life murder mysteries? Many times when they're investigating the prime suspect, some of the most compelling evidence turns out to be the person's search history on their computer. Wife dies from what looks like an apparent overdose, but then, lo and behold, dear husband has been researching that drug on the internet.
Well, as I was researching things for the climactic scenes of the suspense portion of my WIP this week, I realized my google history would be quite damning if anyone were ever to look. I tweeted about this, but here is a sampling of topics in my google search this week:
Effects of heroin on the system
Tranquilizer guns
Leather restraints
How big the trunks of certain cars are
Um, yeah. So I look like a serial killer-to be, lol. I wonder what authors who are writing about terrorist plots do when researching--they could land themselves on a no-fly list right quick.
So anyway, I thought it would be fun to ask you guys...what's on your google history? What would people think you were up to if they saw what you'd been researching?
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Aniela Sobieski
Aniela Sobieski grew up in the Twin Cities and received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She creates small scale oil paintings of surreal, dream-like situations. These paintings operate as visual poetry, weaving together personal and archetypal symbols through a language inspired by classical painting. She currently lives in Syracuse, NY, where she is pursuing an MFA in painting.
2014 M.F.A candidate, Syracuse University
2008 B.F.A University of Wisconsin-Madison
Syracuse University Creative Opportunity Grant (2012)
Syracuse University Tuition Scholarship (2011,2012)
Syracuse University Teaching Assistantship (2011,2012)
Brown and Kaentje Award for an Undergraduate Painter (2008)
Professional Experience
Instructor of Drawing and Painting for Non-Majors, Syracuse University (2011,2012)
Tarnish & Gold Gallery Research Internship (2011)
UW Children's Hospital Environmental Enhancement Volunteer (2006-2007)
Daily Cardinal Graphics Editorship (2005-2006)


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You were given a written warning claiming that you imported or offered counterfeited products?
Such a warning, which is very often supported by trademark or design rights, should be considered serious. We are more than happy to advise you of legal possibilities in order to fend off the claims and to keep the costs as low as possible for you.
An effective instrument to combat trademark and product piracy is to engage customs and, thus, prevent counterfeited products from being imported into and offered in the European Union.
Exceptions might be made by customs if the counterfeited products were found in the travelling bag of a passenger and were only intended for private use. The value of those goods, however, should not exceed the customs-exemption limit. There is only a very fine line between acting for private purposes only and the assumption that somebody has an intention to use imported goods for business. Once that line is crossed, it is hard to prove wrong the assumption of acting commercially.


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Oh, reached into the ol' thesaurus for that one! Still fighting a cold so let's be linky today.
According to EarlyWord, sales of Richard Blanco's poetry books have zoomed up the Amazon ranks. Yesterday Looking for the Gulf Motel went from 1255 to #34. I just checked and it has now slipped to #74. Still, how awesome is that? The number of holds at my public library have also increased from three, when I put in a request for the book a couple weeks ago, to twenty today. Woo! If only things like this were a regular occurrence with poetry titles.
Blanco is forty-four and has been writing since he was a young man. You have to start young, right? Now and then we hear of people past sixty publishing their first book and it somehow seems cute. But seventy-five-year-old Natsuko Kuroda isn't going to take any guff. She won the Akutagawa Prize for her story "ab Sango." She is the oldest person to ever win the prize. Upon receiving her award she said, " 'Thank you for discovering me while I am still alive.' " Using age as an excuse for why I can't become a writer is no longer valid. I'll have to try to think up some new and more creative reason.
But then, maybe if I take writing lessons from W.G. Sebald (via) I will zoom onto the bestseller lists. Not likely since I don't think Sebald was a bestseller. He is highly regarded though (if you have not read him he really is marvelous) and isn't that what we want more than the money? Who am I kidding, I want the money too! Why does it need to be an either/or proposition?
Maybe it's because so many children's books are sexist, portraying females as indoor passive observers that has stinted me. Granted, the study was of Malayasian children's books but I don't doubt a similar result would be found in a study of my childhood reading or even current children's books in the U.S. Then if you are a science fiction or fantasy fan, there are the sexist books covers to contend with. But fantasy writer Jim Hines has started replicating the poses of the sexed up women on book covers to pointed and hilarious effect. Then there is The Hawkeye Initiative which challenges the portrayal of women in comics by swapping male and female characters usually substituting Hawkeye from the Avengers for the female. The idea being that if Hawkeye doesn't look stupid in the female pose then it probably isn't sexist. The website will get your blood boiling and make you laugh at the same time.
Ok, that's should do it for this evening. Hopefully my brain will be up for more coherent thoughts tomorrow. Assuming, that is, my brain had coherent thoughts to begin with.


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A decade-long cyber-espionage campaign against governments and businesses in Southeast Asia is likely of Chinese origin, says internet security firm FireEye.
A report released by the company today said the operations dated back to at least 2005 and "focused on targets - government and commercial – who hold key political, economic and military information about the region."
Bryce Boland, Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific at FireEye and co-author of the report, said the campaign differs from other such operations mostly in its scale and longevity.
The attacks are ongoing, he added, noting that servers used by the attackers were still operational and that FireEye continued to see attacks against its customers, who number among the targets.
"Such a sustained, planned development effort, coupled with the [hacking] group's regional targets and mission, lead us to believe that this activity is state-sponsored – most likely the Chinese government," the report's authors said.
He said the group behind the campaign appeared to include at least two software developers, though the report did not offer other indications of the possible size of the group or where it might be based.
Efforts to gain access mostly focused on sending phishing emails to targets, purporting to come from colleagues or trusted sources and containing documents relevant to their interests.
According to Boland, the fact the group was undetected for so long meant it was able to re-use methods and malware dating back to 2005. It had even developed a system for managing and prioritising attacks, as well as a shift system to help it cope with the workload and different languages of its targets.
As well as attacking individual governments in Southeast Asia, the attackers also went after the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Corporations and journalists interested in China were also targeted, as were various Indian and Southeast Asian companies in sectors like construction, energy, transport, telecommunications and aviation, the report said.
The potential damage could be "massive" according to Boladn, but it is hard to gauge as it had taken place over such a long period. "Without being able to detect it, there's no way these agencies can work out what the impacts are. They don't know what has been stolen," he said.
Asked about the FireEye report, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said: "I want to stress that the Chinese government resolutely bans and cracks down on any hacking acts. This position is clear and consistent. Hacking attacks are a joint problem faced by the international community and need to be dealt with cooperatively rather than via mutual censure."
China has been accused before of targeting countries in South and Southeast Asia before. In 2011, researchers from McAfee reported a campaign dubbed Shady Rat which attacked Asian governments and institutions, among other targets. Singapore has also reported sophisticated cyber-espionage attacks on civil servants in several ministries dating back to 2004.
China has always denied accusations that it uses the Internet to spy on governments, organisations and companies.


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2017 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings: An Early Look
The tight end position remains top heavy with the most talented option a risk of his own due to injury history. Whether you are checking out new betting sites or trying to figure out which keepers you should hold on to, a little research is needed. Here's a look at the tight end landscape
The Elite
Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots – When healthy and not making White House press briefing appearances, he is in a league of his own. Gronk was limited to eight games last year, finishing with 540 yards and three touchdowns. Every season that he plays in at least ten games he has had double-digit touchdowns. He has to be the first tight end to come off the board, but he is accompanied by a massive risk.
The Next Tier
Jimmy Graham, Seattle Seahawks – Returned to form with 65 catches for 923 yards and six scores. Graham is capable of even more.
Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs – Led all tight ends with 1,125 yards and finished second with 85 receptions. A little light on the touchdowns (4) to share a spot with Gronk in the elite status.
Greg Olsen, Carolina Panthers – Like Kelce he was light on the TD front (3), but caught 80 passes for 1,073 yards. This while Cam Newton was not at his best.
Jordan Reed, Washington Redskins – 66 catches for 686 yards and 6 touchdowns. Limited to 12 games. Has never played a full season. Huge talent with health risks.
Strong Options
Martellus Bennett, Green Bay Packers – 55 catches for 701 yards and seven TDs. Going from Brady to Rodgers won't hurt his value.
Tyler Eifert, Cincinnati Bengals – Limited to 8 games. Finished with 394 yards and five TDs. Strong bet for double-digit scores if he stays healthy.
Zach Ertz, Philadelphia Eagles – 78 catches for 816 yards and four touchdowns. Should continue to be on the rise.
Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota Vikings – Jived with Sam Bradford to the tune of 83 catches for 840 yards and seven scores.
Delanie Walker, Tennessee Titans – 65 catches for 800 yards and seven scores.
Up and Coming
Dwayne Allen, New England Patriots – Just 35 catches for 406 yards and 6 TDs. Brady will likely make him a star.
Cameron Brate, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 57 catches for 660 yards and eight TDs.
Eric Ebron, Detroit Lions – 61 catches for 711 yards and a touchdown.
Ladarius Green, Pittsburgh Steelers – 18 catches for 304 yards and a touchdown in six games.
Hunter Henry, Los Angeles Chargers – 36 catches for 478 yards and eight scores. Ready to surpass Antonio Gates.
Coby Fleener, New Orleans Saints – 50 catches for 631 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Antonio Gates, Los Angeles Chargers – 53 catches for 548 yards and seven TDs.
Dennis Pitta, Baltimore Ravens – Quietly led all TEs with 86 receptions to go along with 729 yards and a pair of TDs.
Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboys – 69 catches for 673 yards and three TDs.
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I've finally finished taking pics for this tutorial yesterday, but was interrupted by dinner plans and catch up sesh with my cousins last night I couldn't write up the tutorial!
So this look is from T-Ara Hyomin's Roly Poly look below...
Her eye make up close up (left), Her comeback performance - the picture flushed out her red lipstick (right)
When I first saw their first Roly Poly comeback performance, I was mesmerized by how gorgeous she looked and how her make up was so simple made her look like a goddess (totally girl crushing).
So let's get on with the tutorial shall we?
Please note that I'll only be showing you how to do her eye makeup.
♥ Olive (Wings) Brown Circle Lens (GEO)
♥ Apricot Frost Creme Shadow (no brand)
♥ Anaconda Super Silky Shadow (no brand)
♥ 425 Dawning Gold (Max Factor)
♥ Killer Black Pen Liner (CLIO)
♥ Zero Black 24/7 Glide-on Pencil (Urban Decay)
♥ 071 Pure White Soft Kohl Eye Liner (Rimmel)
♥ Black Super Dolly Powerful Mascara (SASA)
♥ Ultra Black The Max VolumeFlash Mascara (Rimmel)
♥ Blaze Red Lipstick (no brand)
CLIO Killer Black Pen Liner (left), Drawing the wing about 2.5cm towards eyebrow ends (right)
Your line should look long (above)
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on eye liner pencil (left), 0.5cm from wing towards middle of eye - follow the red line (right)
7. Take your gold eye shadow again, and smudge below your lashes from your inner corners towards the center and blend it out.
SASA branded mascara (left), My crappy diagram of the lower lashes (right)
Super happy that I've finished my eyes!!!
My result!!!
A close up - looks silver I know, but it's hard to capture the right colour on camera
Closer pic of my eye - see the lower lashes? :D
Used this as my sneak pic on Twitter :P FOLLOW ME PLEASE :D
And that's it! I hope you like the tutorial! Please let me know your thoughts and suggestions, I would really love to hear from you - pretty much give me comments.. I ♥ Comments!
This look is just an inspired look - this most likely not the exact way of how Hyomin's make up artist applied her make up or even the colours used. I'm just improvising with what I have to create a similar look.


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Maja Blanca
Maja Blanca Recipe
Maja Dessert
4 cups coconut milk
¾ cup cornstarch
14 ounces condensed milk
¾ cup fresh milk
¾ cup granulated sugar
15 ounces whole sweet kernel corn
5 tbsp toasted grated coconut
1. Pour the coconut milk in a cooking pot and bring to a boil.
2. Add the sugar, condensed milk, and whole sweet kernel corn then stir until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
3. Simmer for 8 minutes
4. Combine the milk and cornstarch then whisk until the cornstarch is diluted
5. Pour the fresh milk and cornstarch mixture in the cooking pot and stir thoroughly.
6. Allow to cook while stirring until the mixture reaches your desired thickness
7. Pour the mixture in a serving tray then arrange and flatten the top using a flat tool such as a wooden spatula
8. Allow to cool down then refrigerate for at least 1 hour
9. Garnish with toasted grated coconut (or latik if available)
10. Serve cold. Share and enjoy!
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Happy Monday Crafty Friends!
Today I have a treat bag topper to share with you using some Top Dog Dies!!
Today I have a treat bag topper to share with you using some Top Dog Dies!!
The holidays are near!! I am so excited!
There are so many things I would like to do yet, but this last week has set me back a little bit, unfortunately. I wasn't feeling good last week, so I went in and ended up needing surgery! They removed my appendix! So hopefully I will be feeling better soon.
Anyway, usually I use my Cricut to cut out treat bag toppers, but sometimes it is just inconvenient to turn on my PC and find the topper, etc.
Well problem solved!!
I just recently got the Frame Front Card Die from Top Dog Dies!
As soon as I seen it, I knew exactly what my first project was going to be!
I was going to use the card die to create a bag topper!
I just LOVE the many possibilities each die from Top Dog Dies has!!
Here's a look at my folded cardstock on the steel die:
The beautiful die cut ornament is from the Ornament & Tags Die Set #1, another lovely set!
Here's a look at the entire gift package:
I added some of our handmade caramels!
Makes for a nice added gift for a teacher, friend, or anyone else special!
And the best part, simple to make!!
Dies used:
Frame Front Card Die
Ornament & Tags Die Set #1
Frame Front Card Die
Ornament & Tags Die Set #1
Check out the Top Dog Dies Blog for some more wonderful inspiration!!
And be sure to check out the Top Dog Dies site to see all their amazing dies!!
Sweet Stampin': Last Minute Christmas
Pumpkin Spice: Ribbons or Bows
Little Claire's Designs: Make a Gift
Hiding in My Craft Room: Use Your Scraps (All pieces of paper were from my scrap bin)


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* Caterpillar, Biogen climb after earnings
* Dollar slumps after Draghi comments
* Futures up: Dow 126 pts, S&P 11.25 pts, Nasdaq 51.25 pts (Updates prices, adds earnings reports)
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were poised for a higher open on Thursday, buoyed by solid earnings reports and a decline in the dollar after comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
Caterpillar Inc shares surged 3.51 percent in premarket trading after the world's largest heavy duty equipment maker trounced profit forecasts for a seventh quarter. Buoyant global demand and a recovery in commodities markets drove a 35 percent surge in sales of its construction and mining equipment.
Biogen Inc gained 3.32 percent before the opening bell after the drugmaker reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat Wall Street estimates on higher sales of its recently launched drug Spinraza.
"It's more of the same, it's more investor optimism with regard to the economy, with regard to earnings," said Andre Bakhos, managing director at New Vines Capital LLC in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
"The optimism is there that people don't want to miss this."
Robust quarterly earnings reports and economic data have helped propel major Wall Street indexes to a strong start this year, with each on track for a fourth week of gains.
According to Thomson Reuters data through Wednesday morning, earnings growth for the benchmark S&P 500 is expected at 12.4 percent. Of the 88 companies in the index that have posted results, 78.4 percent have topped expectations, while 72 percent had done so on average for the previous four quarters.
S&P 500 e-minis were up 11.25 points, or 0.4 percent, with 177,432 contracts changing hands.
Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 51.25 points, or 0.74 percent, in volume of 48,177 contracts.
Dow e-minis were up 126 points, or 0.48 percent, with 41,538 contracts changing hands.
The European Central Bank kept its ultra-easy policy firmly on hold but weakness in the U.S. dollar accelerated as Draghi talked up the euro zone economy.
The dollar fell 0.52 percent against a basket of major currencies and held near three-year lows. A weaker dollar tends to benefit large U.S. multinational companies.
The greenback suffered its biggest daily percentage drop in seven months on Wednesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he welcomed a weaker currency.
On Thursday, Mnuchin said a weaker dollar benefited U.S. trade balances in the short term but that he believed in the long-term strength of the currency.
Weekly initial jobless claims rose to 233,000 from a downwardly revised 216,000 in the prior month, but were less than the 240,000 forecast, indicating the labor market continues to tighten.
December new home sales data is expected at 10 a.m. ET (1500 GMT).
Ford Motor Co shares fell 1.00 percent in premarket trading after the automaker posted a lower-than-expected quarterly net profit. The company's bottomline was hurt by rising commodity costs and unfavorable currency exchange rates, and it expected more pain to come from higher raw material prices in 2018.
After the close of trading on Thursday, results are expected from Intel Corp and Starbucks Corp. (Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Bernadette Baum)


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Zero turn lawn mowers operate unlike any other lawn mower type. They are larger and heavier than lawn tractors, and the mower decks are available in larger sizes. The wheels on the left side of the machine work independently from the right side of the machine. It will take a little while to get used to running a zero turn lawn mower. But because you can turn such a large lawn machine around on a dime, you will get your yard work done in a shorter period of time compared to using a lawn tractor.
Check the fluid levels, including engine oil, transaxle oil and fuel, the air filter, and the muffler.
Mount the mower by stepping onto the foot plate on the front end of the machine. Turn around and sit on the seat. Adjust the forward or rearward position of the seat using the pull lever.
Place the motion control bars in the start/shutdown position. (This position may vary depending on the zero-turn lawn mower model.) Turn the mower engine on using the ignition key.
Move the mower forward by pushing both of the motion control bars forward slowly. The transaxle allows the left and the right side wheels to move independently of each other. Pushing the motion control bars forward different amounts will cause the machine to turn in one direction or the other.
Turn to the left by pushing the right motion control bar forward. Turn to the right by pushing the left motion control bar forward.
Reverse the machine straight by pulling both motion control bars backwards at the same time.
Reverse and turn to the left by pulling the left motion control bar backwards.
Reverse and turn to the right by pulling the right motion control bar backwards.
Complete a 180-degree turn by pushing the left motion control bar forward and the right motion control bar backward. To turn the opposite direction, reverse the directions of the motion control bars.
Engage the mowing deck by adjusting the deck to the correct cutting height using the deck height adjustment lever. Engage the mower blades by either pushing or pulling the engaging switch on the control panel.
Move the mower manually (without the engine running) by disengaging the transmission. This is done by pulling out a bypass valve lever on each side of the rear end of the machine. These levers are typically level with each rear axle.
Clean the mower deck by attaching a garden hose to the cleaning port on the deck. Turn the water on and start the mower engine. Engage the mower blades and turn the throttle up to full power. Run the engine at full power for one minute. Then decrease the throttle, turn the engine off, turn the water off, and unhook the garden hose.


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Friday, 1 June 2012
Luftwaffe modelling - Junkers Ju 88 'Experten' and 'Bomber' 72nd scale decal sheets from AIMS (John McIllmurray)
Those modellers looking for inspiration and a suitable colour scheme and markings for the new Revell Ju 88 A-4 have John McIllmurray and AIMs to thank for two timely new Ju 88 decal sheets in 1:72 scale. As far as I can tell the colourful Revell box-art scheme is conjecture, while the second option in the kit is a rather bland Sandbraun LG 1 aircraft, so the new AIMs Ju 88 'Bomber' and Ju 88 'Experten' sheets are recommended if you wish to build a rather more 'accurate' & 'named' Ju 88 based on some in-depth research. On the 'Experten' sheet John gives us the option of building loco Experte Lt. Udo Cordes 9.(Eis)/ KG 3 machine- including rudder markings for 81 locos and two aircraft destroyed - and the A-4 of 4./KG 3 Staffelkapitän Oblt. Kohnke, one of the first bomber 'ace in a day' crews after their exploits in May 1940 over France. The Kohnke rudder score also features an additional four Russian fighters. Kohnke was wounded in action on 27 September 1942 while serving as Kommandeur of II./KG 54. You get no fewer than ten individual Ju 88 markings on each sheet - other aces on the 'Experten' sheet include Knud Gmelin of V./KG 40 (and ZG 1) and a trio of G-6 Nachtjagd aces, Samrau, Briegleb and Oblt. Herbert Koch of 1./ NJG 3. The Ju 88 'Bomber' sheets also features some nice subjects - a white Russian Front KG 76 A-4, the A-4 of II./KG 77's Kommandeur Hptm. Heinrich Paepcke who was lost over Malta on 17 October 1942 and a very nice Ju 88 S-3 of KG 66 in a squiggle scheme.
As you can see here all markings options on these sheets are presented via a series of accurate and well-drawn fully referenced colour side view profiles and detailed text. John even provides a critique of the Kagero photos on which a number of these options are based - the photo captions of the Kagero Ju 88 monographs being the weak point of these particular references. Other interesting subjects are drawn from AirDoc, Luftwaffe in Focus and the Stipdonk/Meyer volumes. The painting guide also features a generic upper and lower surface view of the RLM 70/71 splinter pattern so that you don't have go hunting through a pile of references. The decals by 'Fantasy Printshop' are thin, perfectly in register and have minimal carrier film and will of course require a certain amount of care to apply. I fully intend to select one of these options for my own build as it nears completion so stay tuned for more on these superb sheets. These sheets and much more for the Ju 88 fan are available directly from John at http://www.aimsmodels.co.uk/index.html
John is an enthusiast (and very skilled) modeller himself and provides us lesser mortals with a fantastic product at a reasonable price so please do support him!
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The intellijel 4U x 104HP is an unpowered Eurorack case that weighs 2.6 kg and has dimensions of 18 x 9 x 54 cm.
After a year of prototyping and exhaustive design exploration, intellijel are excited to present their first line of cases for Eurorack modular systems. They've worked hard to strike a balance between smart functionality and elegant form to create.
- Super strong extruded aluminum design
- Highly resilient surface finish that has been anodized and sandblasted
- Threaded inserts allow for modules to be mounted with standard M3 screws (no sliding nuts!)
- Pairs of slots run along the three sides of the case. Each slot is sized to allow for M3 nuts or M3 Hex Head bolts to slide in the space. Perfect for attaching all sorts of interesting accessories and linking together multiple cases (both coming soon!)
- A pair of custom extruded rubber "feet" come fitted on the bottom slots of the case. This rubber can be slid out when you remove an end cheek and then positioned on the front side of the case so that you can stand the cases vertically.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This listing is for the unpowered case although the image is for the powered case.
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House of the Week: Harcourts Busselton - 4 Riedle Close, Geographe | Grand living with a view
House of the Week
- Address: 4 Riedle Close, Geographe
- Price: $1,295,000
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 2
- Car spades: 2
- Agent: Harcourts Busselton
- Call: Denham Harvey 0408 159 731 and Neil Honey 0419 837 960
- Inspect: By appointment
Now is the time to get your family into the right home that suits all your needs.
This superbly designed two-storey Plunkett-built home was built with the modern family in mind and is packed full of features.
Built on a 780sqm block and just footsteps to the beach, this property will tick all the boxes.
Or you could have your very own bed and breakfast.
This compatible property is licensed for two bed and breakfast rooms downstairs and a private residence upstairs.
This property will be sold on a walk-in walk-out basis.
All of the furniture which is new and the fittings are included.
The ground floor features three big bedrooms all with double built-in robes, a big family/games room with direct access to the outdoor kitchen/entertaining area, a big study and a modern bathroom with a separate bath and shower.
There is split-system reverse cycle airconditioning, laminate bamboo flooring, a big two car lockup garage, an 8x8m powered shed and rear access to shed from a separate driveway.
The second floor features a big modern chef's kitchen with stone bench tops and quality appliances, an open-plan family dining area with direct access to the balcony and a big master bedroom with a walk-in robe that leads into an ensuite.
There are sensational unrestricted ocean views from the balcony.
Rarely does a property offering so much and in this price range and position come to the market.
For more information or to book an inspection call Denham Harvey or Neil Honey from Harcourts Busselton on 0408 159 731 or 0419 837 960.


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February 22, 2008 at 7:34 am
I was folding my laundry last night, and I've eithered gained a TON of weight in my hands, or my running mittens shrunk:
They really weren't kidding about that "line dry" stuff in the garment tag, eh? I know "My pants must have shrunk!" is a popular excuse for weight-gain denial, but I don't think I've ever had a pair of pants shrink in the dryer. I wear a lot of space-age, artificial fibers, which are cheap and make me fire proof. They also don't typically shrink on me. I actually giggled when I pulled the tiny black hand out of a pile of socks. It's amazing how small they've gotten. These mittens look like they belong to a 7-year-old. I suppose that's what you get for $5.00. Thankfully I was smart enough not to throw any of my new sweat-wicking activewear in the dryer, or else I'd probably be outfitting an entire kindergarten class by now.
Mental note: buy new mittens for running by Saturday morning. Mental note 2: read the garment tag before washing and drying new clothes.
Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn't Go Away
Earlier: With a headache like this, I'm considering decapitation
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Mary • February 22, 2008 at 9:47 am
I buy the cheap stretchy $1 gloves for running. I always buy black and get abour 4-5 pairs each winter. Then when my hands get hot I tuck them in my waistband. If I lose one,no big deal because I have 8-10 more just like it at home. In a race you can just toss them.
Danielle • February 22, 2008 at 10:23 am
Literally not 10 minutes ago I was turning the house upside down and screeching at my 6 year old because we couldn't find her other black mitten, and I sent her to school with one black, and one blue striped.
Well, now we know where the other one went!
Hope your headache went away!
TOWR • February 22, 2008 at 12:20 pm
No, I SWEAR that my pants shrink the dryer. Even skinny people tell me their pants shrink. You have pants that fit perfectly when you put them in, and then you pull them out and you have to do squats in them to make them fit again! Grrr!
But my pants that fit five months ago that don't fit now? Yeah, that's just my butt growing…
Cindy • February 22, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Smart Wool makes a great thin glove (they sell them as glove liners, I believe). They're about $14 a pair, but so worth the money. I have a couple of pairs—one for every jacket. In the really cold weather, I wear them under my big mitts, that way, when I need to take my hand out (say for a tissue…) I still have a warm glove on, and yet can move easily. And they are wool, but washable! Good luck! And you might try more wool and less microfibers (some are highly flammable, you know!).
anonymous boxer • February 22, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I'm impressed you washed them. I won't even tell you the last time I cleaned my hand wraps. TMI?
I thought so.
Lea Burnside • February 22, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Not dryer drying things may fix your issue, but what do you do when you have dye run onto other items? Got any wise suggestions for that so that I can salvage a couple of favorite items from my teensy wardrobe? Any help is appreciated! LOL
rbell • February 22, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Long time listener, first time caller. I love your blog! I also love the picture of your hand right next to the picture of you when you first started your journey. Your hand looks so lean now, whereas before, it looked swollen. The reason I noticed this is because my hands are so swollen that my fingers look short and stubby and I can't get my rings on. I want my hands to look like the lean ones in your photo. I seriously do not have a hand fetish, even though it probably sounds like I do! I live in West Lafayette, btw, and the weather has been playing with my, my children and husbands health. Hope the headaches pass soon.
PQ – I really wish I'd taken progress photos of just my hands, face, and feet during this process. It's AMAZING how much smaller they've gotten. I've gone down 6 notches on my wrist watch and rings that used to fit on my ring finger now fit on my thumb.
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Unite says 'reckless folly of RBS management' and lax regulation cost 30,000 jobs and four years of constant attacks on staff pay, conditions and pensions.
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Ryanair flights to become casinos, may also fly some place
The day of the week has a "y" in it, so it must be time for more Ryanair news, courtesy of Sky Captain O'Leary. What more could the man possibly do to strip passenger pockets bare? He could let them play Blackjack, obviously. The chief executive has said that the budget airline will soon be offering passengers in-air gambling on some flights.
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What do you think? Would you welcome the chance to play a few hands of poker on your way to Barcelona*?
* Girona or Salou, not actually Barcelona
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- dunfyboyMaybe if they weren't so shite more people would use them. There's a radical idea to raise revenue.
- pauskiIf the girls in the photo is a sign of the new company uniform, well I could not refuse. I see why the toilet payment idea might be needed.
- no,I'mspartacusWhy doesn't he just turn off all the lights on the boarding alleyway and have his staff mug the passengers as they board.
- anonymousI got to say I have stop using ryanair as they allways seem to rip me off with hidden costs... Last time I needed to fly I booked with BA, probably paid a bit more then I would have with Ryanair but at least I did not got stressed trying to figure if I would be robbed during the booking due to hidden costs, plus I did not have to worry about weird luggage limitations/costs with BA. I find With BA what you see advertised is what you pay. Search a bit in advance with BA and you will find fairly low cost flights. With regards to allow gambling in planes... that sounds like troubles to me, has anyone actually asked what would happen if someone loses it after losing their money in gambling? I dont think I would personally feel very safe as a passenger in such electrified atmosphere...
- Masood S.I travel a lot and always give this airline a wide berth if at all possible. I have turned down work in Europe where they are the only airline flying there from my local airport (Stansted). That Space Cadet that owns Ryanair deserves a slap in the chops for the monstrosity he has created. With all the add-ons and such, they are not actually cheap.
- PaddyI can't stand the cunt but I'm flying from Bristol to Dublin in August for £2 return including all taxes. Obviously that is hand luggage only but having endured the ordeal of waiting for a fucking hour to drop off my bag at Ryanair's 'bag drop' on Monday in Dublin Airport (1 person to check in bags, sorry, drop off bags), I won't fly with Ryanair again if I have to bring luggage. However, for a short weekend away, £2 is pretty impressive when you consider that you'll pay 4 or 5 times that price just for an inflight meal with a charter airline. Go to Halifax, get a basic electron card and use it only for booking Ryanair flights-that's what I do with it. It took very little time to get one of the cards as well as they're usually for pikey unemployed people with poor credit ratings. BTW, did I mention that I can't stand the cunt?
- Johnny T.i hate you all
- Theresa M.We flew with Ryanair in March the return fare for the both of us was £163 (quite reasonable) Birmingham to Murcia (spain). My dad became serously ill back in England and had to return home the day before we were supposed to. For single fare home for the two of us Ryanair charged us £700. Says it all, they have no heart.


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I'm jealous. I just feel like I've be stagnating lately. I need to get out more and do more, stop turning people down and start making new connections. Maybe today is the day!ReplyDelete
I find myself so much in your post, lovely reading!ReplyDelete
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You're such a good friend, Niken. Being a 'yes' person is really rare. And being a 'doer' is refreshing. Good on you!ReplyDelete
haha, i wish i could say (or do) the same. i might be like you dring the summer, because thats when my mood is lifted lol, but other than that.. in the winter... my answers are all no Ha!ReplyDelete
xo, Brikena
"Season of doing." I love that! Especially with it being winter here right now, and a really nasty one at that...I can't wait to reach a "season of doing", like you! Just have to wait until until all of this snow & ice is melted and gone, along with the bitter cold... Until then, I'll just be inspired through you :)ReplyDelete
I've been avoiding outdoors because of my laziness, I don't even wanna budge!ReplyDelete
this encourages me. more yes, less no.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2014 at 12:48 AM
Really inspiring post. More people should say yes and be more of a go-getter!!ReplyDelete
wow. i love your enthusiasm. i always wanted to be like this but i could never get myself to do it. i always had an excuse.. being tired and overloaded toping that excuse list. good for you! hope you get to do everything you want!ReplyDelete
I wish I felt like this! I only want to do nothing hahah!! I haven't even been reading this week and I feel so guilty about it!! I'm glad you are motivated and I hope you have a big supply off coffee!ReplyDelete
Sounds great! I hope you can do a lot of fantastic things! I wish I would feel like that right now! :)ReplyDelete
Great blog my dear :)ReplyDelete
Do take care of yourself though, don't get yourself too tired!ReplyDelete
sounds like you are truly sinking into life and i find that to be beautiful :)ReplyDelete
the days are about to get longer here and the extra few hrs of sunlight will make me SO HAPPY, to get out and do things! i cannot wait. this post just fired me up a bit. xoxReplyDelete
I can sense such happy vibes from this post. And yes!! It's good to just do. Do lots of things while you're young and still have the energy!!!ReplyDelete
Great post and lovely photos!ReplyDelete
Saying yes is sometimes the best answer to break free and create excitement! I love when that phase is of current for me. And your post is inspiring me to move into that phase once again! I did it all the time in college, and it couldn't have been more fun!ReplyDelete
Do it while you can! There are so many things I wish I had said Yes to in my past.ReplyDelete
Continues as long as you can and you want it! :)ReplyDelete
Good for you! DO IT ALL!!!!!ReplyDelete
such a pretty photo. i am so excited for spring to be here and the weather to get a bit nicer, because i "do" a lot more and say "yes" a lot more when it's nice outside. when it's cold and rainy i'd rather just stay in and work, or read, or watch movies.ReplyDelete
Yes!!! If not now, then when??!!ReplyDelete
Your zest for life, being open to new things, to whatever comes your way, is exhilarating.
You know, it's true, the saying 'life is short'.
Say yes to everything!
Have fun on your wanderings and ramblings, and don't forget to stop and smell the coffee!! ;)
I am sometimes in this kind of phase saying yes to everything, which is a lot more fun than the "no phase".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2014 at 5:02 AM
Thanks you for your lovely comments on my blog, they made me smile :)ReplyDelete
Bisous !
I like doing something all the time too. When I' m sitting I feel terrible. I' ve got headache... so I totally understand you!ReplyDelete
I can totally relate to this. MUST. DO. MORE. STUFF.ReplyDelete
I wishi I have all your energy!ReplyDelete
I'm in the exact same mood! ;) I want to do. I also make it a point to get out of my comfort zone every once in a while; I usually regret it at some point, but it's really rewarding when I accomplish goals that seemed impossible.ReplyDelete
All the best of luck! ;D
Love this. yes yes yes. Saying yes to life is what it's all about, no?ReplyDelete
It seems like a great state of mind :DReplyDelete
I'm so happy for you you're having such an inspiring phase! We need those phases to experience new things, to motivate ourselves and to enjoy life to its fullest :)ReplyDelete
Can't wait to hear about the things you got to do :D
Amen to that- I'm right there with you. :)ReplyDelete
That sounds wonderful! I feel like I go through pushes of doing and then pushes of stepping back and breathing. The ebb and flow of the seasons is so important for the balance within!ReplyDelete


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We do enjoy a creative challenge here. Lately we have been putting our shape stickers to good use to inspire creative thinking.
For this creative experience you need paper (we used A3 paper), shapes (we had stickers on hand, but you could simply draw some shapes onto the paper) and pens or pencils.
I folded the A3 paper into quarters to create four distinct sections. Within each section I placed one or two shape stickers.
The aim of the activity is to use the stickers to inspire different pictures (the focus is on creating as many different pictures as you can using the shapes, not on creating masterpieces).
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Often when we are waiting (doctor's surgery or restaurant) we recreate this activity – all you need is paper and a pen. Draw whatever shape you desire (draw more shapes for older children) and challenge children to come up with as many different pictures as they can that incorporate the shape drawn.
A while ago I made a set of count and create cards – which also relied on our collection of shape stickers and encourages children to think in creative ways.
Our count and create cards:
At the time I made two sets of these cards – one featuring a number followed by coloured shape for my oldest as she was able to recognise numerals. For my little boy I had a set of stars for him to count as he did not recognise numbers and then a coloured shape)
This activity involved gathering the number of coloured shape stickers on the card (it might be two blue oval stickers, one yellow triangle and four pink green rectangles) and then use the selection of stickers to create a picture.
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Raising awareness and understanding of hidden difficulties and mental health and celebrating neurodiversity.
Monday, 26 October 2015
As a lot of my blogs have been focusing a lot on raising awareness recently I thought I would do a more general blog but nevertheless about an issue very close to me-acceptance. In my blogs I talk a lot about understanding, but as valuable as understanding is what many people want is acceptance for who they are. As you are reading this blog my blog will have reached 70,000 views which is such an achievement for me, and I just want to say a huge thank you for taking the time to take a read it means a lot to me.
In life there will always be things we have no control about having, whether it be a learning difficulty or disability, a mental illness, medical condition, sexuality to name a few, or just the little things which make us who we are, the music we like, our hobbies and interests to what food and drink we like, they are things which we don't choose to have. I get so many messages from friends saying "but why can't I be normal?" To me there is no such thing as normal we are all unique in our own way. However the journey of self acceptance can be quite a difficult one which I'm on myself. Accepting my dyspraxia has been a long journey as has the associated mental health difficulties which has come with it. But the journey of accepting the dyslexic side of things has been less so, I put that down to dyslexia being more recognised in society.
As mentioned in a lot of my blogs growing up I was very self conscious about being different and standing out and how dyspraxia could just appear from no where in the most embarrassing of situations which the latter still happens today but having understanding people around me like my boyfriend makes things easier.
It meant I was prone and still am prone to beating myself up, often over things which I have no control over. I've always struggled with my confidence and self esteem and know that that is a huge factor in my anxiety other mental health issues and experiences of bullying left me feeling very negative about myself and myself worth. But also determined to help others feel accepted and not feel alone in what they're going through.
But gradually over time I am learning to accept dyspraxia as a part of me and it's going to be a part of me for life. It might cause chaos, day to day tasks more tricky and make me struggle in social situations, and make life more overwhelming sometimes but it's part of who I am there nothing I can do about it. A few years ago I pretended not to have dyspraxia and the end result was disastrous and a lot more chaotic and I realised by the it was doing me more harm then good by hiding it. I've also found the strengths which have come from my experiences, being dyspaxic has made me very accepting and understanding of others and see the bigger picture when it comes to others and think outside of the box. Which I'm able to use in day to day life and in my job as a learning support.
Even though I am still on that journey myself I'm a lot further on than I was when I started this blog and I've realised for other people to accept you at first you need to accept yourself. I've also began to stop beating myself up as much and accept that nobody is perfect, we all make mistakes, we all have strengths and weaknesses just some of us have a label or a few labels to explain it.
Having acceptance from the people around you can also have a huge impact on confidence and self esteem. Nobody can fully understand 100% what someone is going through apart from the person themselves and there will always be things others will never get, but to accept someone for who they are, what they enjoy in life can be so beneficial to someone. By acceptance someone for who they are and who they are as a person you at are helping them on their own journey of self acceptance. Whilst you might never understand everything, ask why, try and find out more don't make assumptions.
Difference is nothing to be scared of and the world would be such a boring place if we were all the same, but if there was a little bit more acceptance there would be a knock on effect on happiness. Thank you again for helping me spread the word a little bit more by reading these blogs.
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The first thing is to design the board properly.
For this, we use ExpressPCB. It's not Eagle. It's easier to use than Eagle. But it does a lot of things differently. If you must use Eagle, then use Eagle. But there are a couple of things to pay particular attention to - and very few people do, so play close attention!
First up, avoid square corners.
It's amazing the number of designs available online that use "square" corners.
When performing the toner transfer, you could end up with "weak points" across square corners - this is where the toner might easily flake off during etching, making the traces very thin at the square corner points. It's also easier to under-cut on a square corner than one "rounded-off" with a 45-degree section.
Secondly, use large pads and thick traces.
Those nasty "lozenge" shaped pads in Eagle might look cool - but drill one out of a homebrew board and it's very easy to separate the two parts of a pad with the hole. Make your pads big and round.
We use 2.03mm pads with a 0.89mm hole. Even if we have to go up to a 1mm drill bit, this still leaves plenty of copper around the entire hole once it's been drilled.
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Also, use "copper pour" or "fill plane" where available.
Your finished board might look cool with just the traces on it, but that leaves an awful lot of exposed copper on your board for the ferric chloride to have to etch away. More copper not only means a longer etching time, it also means you're using up your ferric chloride much more quickly than you need to.
A filled plane or copper pour with clearance of around 0.8mm not only gives your board a nice finish, it means far less copper actually has be etched away. Which in turn means faster etching - and in the longer term, your etchant lasts much, much longer.
When making boards for through-hole components, we print our single-sided designs directly from ExpressPCB. This means that when the design is copied onto the copper clad board, it arrives "flipped". But since the design is for the underside of the board, not the top, this is exactly what we want anyway.
When making boards for SMT components, we want the final board to look exactly as it does on-screen. To achieve this, we print our designs from inside Robot Room's Copper Connection software. This does a great job of flipping the design before sending it to the printer - which means after the toner transfer stage, the flipped design appears the right-way-around on the copper clad board.


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At various sites around Colorado Springs, political-minded people were mostly celebrating Tuesday night. There was some commiserating, too, because that's always the case on election nights.
But few were looking at the big picture of this municipal election. Not with a happy winner or a stubbornly not-ready-to-concede loser lurking nearby.
So let's take the longer look.
Congratulations, Colorado Springs voters. You did your job well. Many of you waited a long time to fill out your ballots, but it's hard to criticize the outcomes.
You made some easy choices and some very hard decisions. You weren't fooled by those lacking substance, or those who would have decimated our city.
We needed a new chemistry, a new outlook, at City Hall. And we're getting it. In one swoop, we go from one woman to four on Council. And instead of everyone being between 50 and 70, we have rookies who are just 32 and 40, plus a much better cross-section.
We needed to send a strong message to Douglas Bruce and his so-called Reform Team that their draconian ideas weren't the answer to rebuilding trust and stability in local government.
So the voters came through, not just embarrassing Bruce and his disciples, but even giving the Dougster a harsher, in-your-face reality check, as teammate Ed Bircham picked up 2,000 more votes than Bruce himself. In other words, Bruce didn't even carry the Reform Team. He dragged everyone else down with him.
Yes, some good candidates lost. This new City Council could have benefited greatly from the expertise that Bill Murray and Tony Exum had to offer, not to mention Michael Merrifield's immense legislative experience. They fell short for different reasons — Murray and Exum in part because we had too many good candidates with only five at-large spots available. In fact, let's hope Council and the new mayor will be smart enough to remember them in moving forward.
Oh yeah, the mayor.
So many folks believed we had a large group of strong challengers. Actually, we didn't. We had a few who should have been running for Council (Dave Munger for sure, Buddy Gilmore maybe), and at least one pretender — Brian Bahr — who wasn't getting good advice. Bahr's handlers wanted us to believe they had polls showing their guy running neck-and-neck with Richard Skorman and well ahead of Steve Bach. Not on this planet.
My guess was that the voters would have a tough time with this mayoral race, with Bahr openly pandering to Republicans, Tom Gallagher hoping to milk his previous Council successes, and Munger boasting credibility from his activism. Instead, those guys must have been everybody's second or third choices.
So here we are, waiting six weeks for the first strong mayor, but with a new-look Council set, bringing fresh ideas. Brandy Williams and Tim Leigh already look ready. And with Scott Hente as the best option for Council president, and Jan Martin as the other leading presence with a clear mandate (she got more than 50 percent of the possible vote), that transition should be smooth.
There is one problem, one unintended consequence. As feared, two very strong newcomers — wouldn't you know, Williams and Leigh — placed fourth and fifth, meaning they only get two-year terms instead of four years, because the hastily conceived Issue 1A also passed. So we get six district Council seats and three at-large, starting in 2013, meaning Williams and Leigh have to hope they will fall into new districts without a sitting incumbent already in office. (This is precisely why the Independent urged a "no" vote on 1A.)
Williams says she will ask the city attorney to make sure 1A has no holes. But, showing her upbeat attitude, she adds, "If we have to live with 1A, we'll just do this again in two years."
First, we have Skorman vs. Bach. Both have work to do, and not much time to get it done. It may come down to whether Skorman can convince enough eligible voters who sat out this first round to participate in the runoff.
Those are stories for the next few weeks. But the voters definitely are paying attention. And the real suspense is yet to come.
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A few weeks back a friend told me about a 12 year old who had a fashion blog, and had gained so much recognition that she has since been featured in magazines, given clothes from designers all over the world, used as inspiration for countless designs, and obtained exclusive invites to high fashion shows and events. And yes, she is 12.
I soon found this blog, and... wow. That is all I can say. This little girl is amazing. She is not afraid of fashion and embracing it as her own unique expression. She confidently puts her own spin on everything she wears, and you can tell she takes the time to think about it. Each piece is specially and specifically picked to match the mood/style/inspiration/color she wants to portray. I read this blog with my jaw dropped the entire time. I am 23 and working in retail and I could never have this fashion sense. And at 12, I was playing with barbies and wearing cut off jeans.
Now, many of you may go to her blog and think... "wow... definitely does not look like a 12 year old, but really... that is impressive?? What is she wearing?" And that is what makes it so fantastic. In my humble opinion, the best type of fashion is that which you could only find in your own head. The idea that you did not just copy what you saw on the mannequin at a store, but instead put odd and unique pieces together in a confident way that many may not understand screams FASHION. This young girl is not afraid to express herself, and I could only wish to have her closet. What I love is that she is 12 and is wearing outfits you would only see on runways.... those outfits you would never think of, but look at in awe. And what is the best is that her style extends to every part of her... her hair, accessories, writing, eclectic yet messy room.
If you cannot already tell, this little girl plain ol' amazes me. I hope that even if you don't fully understand her, you are just as impressed. Meet Tavi Williams.
I am now going to go and stand in my closet, and look at my clothes, and tell them I wish they could be as cool as Tavi's. I hope I do not hurt their feelings too badly........


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Those studying reward and punishment in animals and humans often use very simple methods, which turn out to be remarkably effective. In studies of reward and punishment, the subject is instructed to take some action. If the "correct" action (as determined by the experimenter) is taken, there is a small reward – in the form of a peanut or a sugar pellet or a reinforcing sound. If the "wrong" action is taken, a mild electric shock or a disturbing noise is applied. Perhaps as important is this: that when a "wrong" action is taken, often nothing happens – there is simply no reward. That is all. The absence of a reward is itself a punishment.
These are simple but important lessons that those designing public buildings such as airports might wish to learn. The entire design of Terminal 5 at Heathrow shows an abysmal ignorance of the brain's reward system. Consider this: that when you enter the building, you are ushered to lifts, which have no call buttons. So you cannot even take an action, either rewarding or punishing. If a lift goes by without stopping (punishment), there is nothing you can do – like pressing a button and watching a light come on (reward).
The sign-posting is about the most inept you can imagine. When you arrive and try to make your way to Heathrow Express, there is one arrow pointing forward. You proceed down the hall until you get to the end, and find nothing (punishment). You turn back and, after some searching, find that it was on your left, but there is no filter arrow to indicate it (punishment). Once you get the right direction, a sign tells you that the quickest way to Heathrow Express is by the lift, not the escalator (reward – but read on). So you take the lift and go to the Heathrow Express hall only to find that there are no ticket machines and no ticket counter (punishment) or, if there is one, it is extremely well hidden (Recall that, as a punishment, you would have to pay more to buy your ticket on board the Heathrow Express). So now, you take the escalator back up (remember, lifts have no call buttons, at least on the outside) and go to the arrivals halls, where the automatic ticket machines are located, and then back down again.
This disgrace even permeates the BA lounge. If you follow the sign to access it, you are told to go back to the escalator, retrace your steps one floor down, where you will find the lounge located below. Once you get there, you are ushered upstairs again, where you end up where you started from! I have seen many bewildered passengers wondering what this is all about. The reason is simple. Apparently BAA wants you to visit the shops through this detour! That this is punishment is implied by the fact that premium passengers (those paying upwards of £5000 for a flight) are allowed in without having to retrace their steps, although one would have imagined that they might have more money to squander on shops. In fact, much of the internal architecture of the terminal – emphasizing space – is lost because it is cluttered with shops. Indeed, one gets the impression that the airport is more of a shopping mall than an airport, with passengers a nuisance to be tolerated provided they shop.
The huge new BA lounges are inviting at first. But then, if you want to go to the champagne bar and also have a nibble or two, you will find no food there (punishment). To get the food, you have to back-track some distance – greater or lesser depending on whether you want hot or cold snacks. The best of all is that there are no announcements (punishment) – not that there isn't an intercom system. There is, but I suppose that they don't want to be bothered with it. So you have to rely on the electronic notice boards. But these are not everywhere (punishment). There is none (punishment) in the champagne bar, where the tycoons and tycoonettes congregate. I saw one tycoonette who was outraged when informed casually by another passenger that there are no announcements, and she had to walk a good distance to find a board which announced that her flight to Istanbul was closing – in a satellite building which takes some 10 minutes to get to. The poor old dear, she had to gulp her champagne quickly and rush cursing to the nearest exit.
We are told that this is the biggest free standing building in Europe, perhaps the world. You would imagine that such a building – a gateway to the world – would have an inviting and aesthetically pleasing entrance, which could be viewed and admired. Forget it! The front is covered by concrete buildings and fly-overs to deliver those lucky enough or rich enough to use taxis and limousines (at about £80 for a taxi ride to central London, this makes even Heathrow Express – the most expensive railway route in the world – seem reasonable). The only way you can admire the building – if indeed you want to after these punishing experiences – is from the runway, providing you are sitting in the correct position in the plane.
It seems to me, then, that BAA and architects could learn a thing or two by making a greater effort to study the reward and punishment systems of the brain. There is even an Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, founded by John Eberhard, from which they could get some help. There are of course some architects who do this already. Philippe Rahm, in Paris, actually studies papers in neuroscience and incorporates the lessons he derives into his designs. He sets a good example.
This of course will take time. Meanwhile, Heathrow remains the worst airport in the developed world (though you would be forgiven to think that you have arrived in the non-developed world). It is a puzzle that so many want to use it – with its long delays, its inept and rude staff, its designs that are wholly removed from human needs, one would have thought that most would by now have abandoned it or at least protested vigorously enough for something to be done. But I suppose actually getting to London (or getting away from it) must be a bigger reward, worth all these punishments. Terminal 5 is bad, very bad. But it could be worse. You could end up in Terminal 3 or Terminal 4! There are clamours for the monopoly of BAA over British airports to be broken up. I would advocate going a step further – break up the monopoly over Heathrow, and let different companies run the different terminals. That will introduce more competition, which will be a good thing.


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Finley is obsessed with ladybugs. She talks about them all the time. She has a beloved Skiphop ladybug backpack. And a few months ago a small wooden craft ladybug fell on the floor in my bedroom beside my desk. I didn't have the heart to pick it up, because it became Finley's muse. She would visit it every day before her nap, just to say hi. So a ladybug party for her was inevitable.
The party was pretty low-budget, which meant I had to get creative. I decided to not go crazy with ladybug motifs, but to decorate mainly with polka dots in red, black and white, and kraft paper for that gardeny feel.
I designed the invitations and had them printed at Staples (note they are available as a DIY printable in my Etsy shop). I love the look of the clean, stark polkadots with the rough brown kraft envelope.
Our porch decor just happened to match!
Jumbo flowers were made out of tissue paper. Easy decor and very effective! The picket fence was cut out of white card stock, and some inexpensive letters from Michael's were spray painted gold.
Grass cupcake liners held chocolate cuppies, topped with 'dirt' (cookie crumbs) and cute edible ladybug toppers from Sweet Sarah's Boutique.
One more look at the paper flowers because they are just so pretty!
This large 'Finley at 2' poster was printed in black and white at Staples for $8! You just have to ask for an 'engineer print'.
Instead of flowers, I opted for cat grass in dollar store pots. Vinyl (wipeable!) polkadot tablecloth fabric is from IKEA.
I was able to reuse a lot of decor items from Sage's first Picnic Party. I love being able to reuse! And I of course love paper straws.
Washi tape purties up some plain old cups.
Polkadots on the wall.
Remember the little wooden craft ladybugs that Finley fell in love with? I had a bunch of them, and some mini terracotta pots hanging around too. I wasn't sure what to do with them so I made some of these weird wee things.
Favourite photos from the year posted on our chalkboard door.
Lootbags, the best part! I love putting these together. This is the girl's version - the boy's version swapped out the hair clips for a creepy crawly bug toy.
I had plans for the kids to make a ladybug craft, and to play pin the dot on the ladybug. But they were all having such a blast just playing with toys in our basement. We just went with the flow, and didn't push any of the activities. Still we all had tons of fun!
Thanks for checking out Finley's Ladybug Garden Party! Up next - Sage's 4th freezing cold Frozen Party next month, in what is usually the hottest week of the year. Stay tuned.


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How an annuity works
"According to a 2004 government report, Social Security payments currently cover just 39 percent of the income you'll need for retirement – and probably less in the future." - Great American
Well, since the above statement has been made by the government, we dare not question its veracity. However, the above statement paints quite a scary picture, especially for those who are about to retire. So, how does one tackle this situation? Well, investment seems to be your best bet.
Today, the investor has many options at his disposal. Annuities, CDs, bonds, money market funds are some of the popular options. But before investing in any instrument, one has to carefully analyze one's risk appetite. For instance, annuity is the best option for a cautious investor like you and me.
Annuity is a financial contract between an individual and an insurance company, wherein the individual pays a single premium or a series of premiums to the insurance company in return for an assured income.
Working of Annuity
- The individual enters into contract with an insurance company. The insurance company allows to choose:
- Premium payment frequency: Here you define whether the premiums will be paid in installments or in a single lump sum.
- Receipt of Payments: You have to specify whether you would like to receive the payment for a fixed period or for life. You also choose the frequency of the payment i.e. whether you would like to receive the payment on a monthly, quarterly or on an annual basis. You also choose the date from when you would like to start receiving the payments.
- Fixed or variable: Here you have to define as to whether you would like to see fixed or variable interest rates.
- Once the insurance company receives your contributions, they start investing it in mutual funds, bonds, fixed interest securities etc. In case of an equity-indexed annuity, the funds are invested in a stock index.
- Your annuity policy starts receiving interest on a tax-deferred basis. Tax deferred means that the income from the annuity cannot be taxed until it is withdrawn or received as payment.
You start receiving the payment from the date stipulated by you.Source: www.annuityadviceonline.com
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