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Eminem, Taylor Swift and Sam Smith fans won't have to wait too much longer for new music, according to a new rumored report from the music industry trade publication HitsDailyDouble. All three artists are expected to debut their new album by the end of the year.
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Analyst: Square Enix's Problem Is Their Lack Of Multiplayer
We've already learned that a trio of Square Enix's biggest games didn't hit internal sales expectations.
However, in looking at the list, one wonders what the company would've considered a success. After all, the recently released and critically acclaimed Tomb Raider has sold 3.4 million copies...isn't that not enough?
No, said independent games analyst Billy Pidgeon, who says the game needed to sell 5 million copies just to be "successful." Furthermore, as he told GamesIndustry International, Square Enix's focus on single-player adventures is a problem.
"The AAA market is extremely competitive. Most of Square Enix's franchises are single player games, which are less popular than multiplayer. Square Enix has been a leader in that sector, but now faces stronger competition from multiple publishers, both large and small, including Bethesda, Capcom, Xseed, Atlus and Level 5.
Square Enix's franchises are well established and require ever-higher production budgets to match and surpass past performance. The latest Hitman and Tomb Raider sold in the three million unit range and got Metacritic ratings above 8. Those numbers would rate as successful for JRPGs that earn more from vendors as exclusives and have manageable budgets. But for games with development budgets approaching $100 million to be truly profitable, ratings have to be above 8.5 and sales need to be in the five to ten million unit range."
All right, sounds like business practices aren't where they should be for Square Enix. However, the idea that single-player focus is the culprit doesn't really make much sense at all. Call of Duty may be the biggest name in the industry today and it's all about multiplayer, but the second-biggest franchise this generation (sales-wise, anyway) has been Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, which certainly doesn't focus on multiplayer. If you eliminated it entirely, I doubt sales would suffer. And let's not forget that nobody is going to buy Grand Theft Auto V specifically for the multiplayer, either, and that's projected to sell over 20 million copies.
Then you've got the well-performing Uncharted series, along with almost the entire RPG genre (The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, The Witcher, etc.). No, I'm sorry, Mr. Pidgeon, that's really not Square Enix's issue. If you've got a shooter and there's no multiplayer, that's a problem. But many will say Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs didn't need multiplayer, nor did many gamers refuse to buy such games because they didn't have multiplayer. That's just wrong.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 12:28:05 PM
What it comes down to is devs/publishers who own or create a particular product need to communicate with gamers or at the least fans and see what is lacking, what they would like to see. Sony did it with devs which as lead to the PS4. I realize some are reluctant to show a game in development and see what gamers think, but a number do and it works. Might not save the game, but its a start.
Oh and I am not talking about sampling the market. You don't take a game that lacks multiplayer to a multiplayer gaming community. Of course they would say.... it lacks multiplayer. Some game MP works and is appropriate, co-op works in some others, and some just don't work.
I hope they do research. Geez, I have design small games for kids of all ages and the first thing I look at is... the target audience. Then you sample that audience to see what they think of the game. Take the feedback and incorporate it if possible in to further dev.
No wonder indie games are becoming more popular. The small time dev I think for the most part is more in tune.
Well, if they big guys have the money and they want to experiment blindly ... I guess... bring it on. It just might be fun for the gamers. But please no more excuses. This is just all getting old... as am I. Ah time to hit the arcade. :)
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 1:23:40 PM
You're right. Games should be retailing at about $80 by now. That way, companies don't have to sell such massive numbers to make back profit.
Granted, this won't go over well with the gaming populace, which is why companies hide extra costs behind DLC.
I know what you're saying, by the way. And I agree with it. It's just that, from the publisher's point of view, that ("$60 is too much") only makes things harder for them to stay in business. Factoring inflation and the increase in cost of living, the average price per game has been lower than it's EVER been.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 1:29:55 PM
And no $80 would be dumb. The number of potential customers goes up as cost goes up.
Noe a days low budget Indie games sell better than AAA games used to
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 1:30:22 PM
Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ 7:59:42 PM
A lot of people THINK games were cheaper but a lot of them are thinking about late gen games, which traditionally see a dip in prices, but at the begining and in the middle of each gen game prices have stayed pretty much the same.
I have absolutely ZERO complaint about games being $60 today, I plan ahead and save my money, if I can't afford I either let it pass on by or wait until a later date to pick it up, it's really just that simple.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 1:19:00 PM
Square's (console) development process has been awful this gen, almost non-existent. But that's a managerial issue. "Lack of multi-player" is a design choice, one that doesn't necessarily make or break a game.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 1:52:27 PM
The reason, simple. Before Final Fantasy 13 i used to buy anything Square regardless if it had Final Fantasy in its name. To their credit Tomb Raider is their second biggest franchise to date but that took two iterations to figure out and yet still lacked some depth. Anyone remember Tomb Raider - Underworld, i sure do; its the only game i didn't finish. Wanna know why? Because it was so buggy i couldn't beat a boss to advance any further and effectively after waiting many months gave up waiting for a patch.
It took years and a whole lot of shady and stupid practices to degrade its fan base to the point we are at today. Sqaure finally might be figuring out that the only way forward is backwards. Looking back at what was sure, what was guaranteed. They wanted the world, if they are smart, they will settle for us their fans. One guaranteed way to get them all back...... Final Fantasy 7 on the PS4.
On a side note i may be secretly hoping they go the way of THQ and have to sell their IP's. I mean could it be any worse? I am willing to take a gamble for the sake of my franchise who i lost my gaming virginity too. Only time will tell!
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 5:59:15 PM
I can't afford to buy all the games I would like. But if I wait awhile the games drop in price very quickly.....probably even faster now that the PS4 is coming.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 7:54:58 PM
I remember, i'm actually almost possitive, that everyone who bought a FF game had a ps1, and a ps2. Hm.... If they released a FF game or any game for the ps3 i would have thought people would have been hyped for it. instead we get 13, -2, and now -3. The couple thousand fans on the 360 don't compare to the 100's of thousands that SE used to have on the PS. they've been losing those fans, and i am most certainly in that group. If MP was the problem, they wouldn't have been dead to me 4 years ago.
Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ 7:51:28 AM
SquareEnix has been trying to copy the EA path to success, by absorbing companies making worthwhile games and then trying to tell them how to run their ****. Trouble is, this hasn't worked out too well for EA in the long run, either; and their EverythingMustHaveMultiplayer strategy is held high and proud. So, no, the problem isn't lack of MP.
The SquareEnix brand had value when SquareEnix made games. They don't make games any more. They have other people make games for them. Their fan base and reputation were their biggest assets, and they've screwed over both of those.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ 12:25:27 AM
That certainly runs counter to the perception that SP games are dying out.
Square's problems are systemic. Production is down. FF14 was a disaster when it launched, and it still hasn't came to the PS3. FF13 sold well but Square followed that up with a direct sequel that gamers weren't asking for. Next FF game is yet another sequel. Not very smart at all. Don't forget about FFvs13 which has been stuck in development hell for ages.
Think back to Square's goldenage. They had more than FF franchise to rely on. There were games like Parasite Eve, Einhander, and Vagrant Story. There was Kingdom Hearts. My point is they have struggled with both production and quality on the HD consoles like most Japanese developers. I know they bought Eidos but they just published those games. Square of Japan has its issues with production. Hard to make money when you don't make any games and have your resources tied up in cleaning up the FF14 disaster and working on vaporware FFvs13.
3.4 million copies isn't enough to make a profit? I don't buy that for a second!!! At $60 a pop that adds up to almost $200 million in sales. If you make a game and can't get a profit from that then something went horribly wrong.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ 11:13:50 AM
Ben already pointed out several successful SP games that sell great and some of them haven't the slightest multiplayer offerings, which others have multiplayer that most people don't buy the game for.
No Square failed because they lost touch with what made them great in the first place. They chased the CoD cake and failed because that isn't what they do well. The tried to streamline and dumb down everything in Final Fantasy in hopes that more people would play their game, but that failed too because in the end it was just a shallow RPG, that was still too confusing for people not interested in RPGs and a bit too shallow for aged Final Fantasy fans.
If square goes back to their roots and makes smaller budget games that are more indy but harken back to the PSX era I think they will come out of this.
There is a market for games like the Final Fantasys that were on the PSX, they just need to make a game that is new and fresh but follows those formulas that worked so well in the past.
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When I was in college, I listened to vocations speakers frequently. Every talk I heard emphasized how God calls people to their vocations because he cares about our happiness and our ability to use our gifts to serve the world around us. The speakers stressed how vocational discernment shouldn't be terrifying since God is speaking to our hearts, and all we need to do is listen and obey. Since vocations are gifts given by God, they emphasized, there is no need to be frightened by the prospect of discerning vocation.
Lately, I've been reflecting on that time in my life. I remember how terrified I was of discerning vocation despite all of those reassurances. What would happen if I made the wrong decision? Surely there were people who were supposed to have been married but who entered monasteries. Likewise, I thought, there must be married people who have experienced a call to monasticism, but chose marriage instead. What would happen if I turned out to be one of those people who would make the wrong choice? Would I be miserable because I hadn't properly discerned God's will for my life? The vocations speakers that I heard sounded so incredibly peaceful and full of joy when talking about what God had called them to. I thought, "If they are so happy, then they must have properly and perfectly discerned God's call. They are so lucky to have discerned their vocations correctly." As I recall these thoughts now, I see that I had an underdeveloped view of vocation and discernment at the time. I'd assumed that if a person was happy in his/her vocation and had discerned what God's will truly was, then he/she would never experience any grief over what might have been if things had turned out differently. I was naive enough to think that once I figured out what God was calling me to, he would remove any inkling of desires for a different way of life. While I'm absolutely confident that doing your best to follow where God leads will ultimately lead you to joy and union with God, I believe now that grief along the way is frequently part of the process.
I've heard people suggest that because there is a significant part of me that desires to be a mother and to have children, that it would be better for me to leave the committed celibate relationship I have with Lindsey and seek out a heterosexual marriage. Sometimes it's even been suggested that Lindsey is selfish for preventing me from finding a husband and marrying. I find these notions ludicrous for several reasons, but two in particular. For one, the people who make such comments are not considering the likelihood that, as a lesbian, I would be miserable in a heterosexual marriage even if that marriage did provide me a way to become a biological mother. However, there's a deeper reason that I find these comments troubling. They imply that vocations should be able to meet all of our desires for every good and holy thing. If you desire something and it is a holy desire, this line of thinking asserts an automatic belief that God is calling you to it. I think this idea is hugely problematic.
No matter what vocational pathways we take, following Christ costs us something. We all make choices that prevent us from making other choices. [Economists are able to talk about "opportunity cost" with good reason.] When a person decides to pursue a vocation to marriage, that person is giving up the possibility of entering any kind of celibate vocation (unless his/her spouse reposes and their children have become adults). When a person decides to enter a monastery, he or she is giving up the possibility of being married and raising a family. We make choices and do our best to allow God to lead us rightly. That's the nature of discernment. Both celibacy and marriage are good ways of life, but neither enables a person to do everything. At this point, the question is, "Is it okay for a person to grieve what his or her vocation is not?" Is it acceptable for a married person to grieve aspects of the celibate life that he/she will never know fully in this lifetime? Is there something wrong with a celibate person who is experiencing sadness over not being married or having children? I would argue that not only is this sort of grief okay, but that it's entirely normal.
I think one of the reasons I didn't settle into a celibate vocation earlier than my late twenties is that I spent years pondering how God could be calling me to a way of life that would bring me grief as well as joy. In having to choose just one way of life, I'd certainly miss out on something great found in a different vocation. If any one of those vocational pathways would involve sadness over aspects that were not a part of that particular pathway, how was I supposed to experience the deep and profound joy all of the different vocations speakers referenced in their talks? I came to see that taking the plunge into any vocation has its risks. Once you give a vocation a try, you risk finding out that it fits…or that it doesn't. It was a huge risk for me to say that I was committing to celibacy, especially after having been in non-celibate relationships. It was an even greater risk when I decided that I was going to commit the rest of my life to a celibate partnership with Lindsey. I can't get over how much we experience joy, both as individuals and together.
Nonetheless, I have to be real about the fact my vocation is not just joyous moment after joyous moment after joyous moment. There are times when I feel the emotional pangs associated with sensing that God is not calling me to certain things I've felt somewhat drawn to in the past. For me, the one that is especially trying is knowing that I will never be a biological mother. There is a part of me that absolutely aches with desire to carry a child in my womb. Some days it's very hard to cope with that reality. But I've realized that not all of my desires — even for good things– are what God is actually calling me to. I don't think it's bad that I have a strong desire for motherhood. It's not a problem to be remedied. The fact that intuition tells me I would make a good mother does not mean that my call to celibacy is less real. It also does not mean that my relationship with Lindsey is going to end because I'm not getting everything I could possibly want out of life, or that Lindsey and I should try to brainstorm solutions for me to become a mother.
I believe that if you experience this kind of sadness, it's healthy to sit with the feeling and allow it to be. Another lesson I learned in my 20s is that life isn't about being happy. It's about seeking union with God, and that search involves the entire spectrum of emotions. Sorrow, frustration, anger, and grief are not maladies to be cured. When I find myself feeling a bit overwhelmed because of what my vocation is not, it's beneficial to pray about what it is and can be as Lindsey and I continue discerning throughout our lives together. It's also helpful to be thinking about other ways I can direct my desire for motherhood. My greatest comfort is in knowing that Christ and His Holy Mother are here waiting to embrace me anytime I'm grieving over anything at all…and knowing it's okay to let them do just that.
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If a gruesome murder occurred close to where you live/work and you had the opportunity to sneak a souvenir, would you? Why?
My Answer: I never could understand why people have this compulsion to take "souvenirs" from a crime scene. It's like they don't have any compassion for the victims. You take something from the crime scene and possibly mess up the police's investigation. Why would someone do that? I'm sure this has happened quite often but I have heard about this twice: Villisca Axe Murder House and when Bonnie and Clyde's bodies and car was paraded through the middle of town.
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Humans won't be the only ones in church on Sunday, at least at Turlock's St. Francis Episcopal Church.
The church is holding a Celebration of Animals this weekend in honor of its namesake's saint day, and as a special homecoming. The congregation recently returned to its original church building at 915 E. Main St. in Turlock.
Events include presentations from a dog trainer, veterinarian author and local 4-H club, all set for today. On Sunday, pets will then be welcomed at church for an official blessing.
Rev. Kathie Galicia said St. Francis Episcopal has been celebrating St. Francis Day with special animal blessing ceremonies for many years.
"Saint Francis is one of the most popular saints in the world; and now that the Pope took his name, even more people know about him," said Galicia.
Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and founder of the Franciscan Order. He was pronounced a saint by Pope Gregory IX 1228. He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment, and is one of the two patron saints of Italy.
The events will begin today with a dog training demonstration by Augusta Farley at 1 p.m. Farley specializes in training canines for law enforcement agencies. Sacred Heart 4-H will do a presentation of animals (including guinea pigs, chickens, goats and rabbits) at 2 p.m. Gilroy veterinarian and author Greg Martinez will talk about pet care and nutrition and his book, "Feed Your Pet and Avoid the Vet!," at 3 p.m.
On Sunday, a special blessing of the animals church service will be held at 10 a.m.
Rev. Galicia will lead the service, and Bishop Chet Talton of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, and the Friars of San Damiano Friary in San Francisco will be present for this special service.
Also on Sunday, St. Francis will welcome featured organist David H. Douma.
Douma will be featured in a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church and he will also be the guest organist at the parish's 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist. All are welcome to attend both the morning liturgy and the afternoon recital.
Douma is Minister of Music and Organist of Saint Giles' Episcopal Church, Moraga. A former resident of Stanislaus County, he was Organist and Choirmaster of Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Turlock, from 1991 to 2000, and for 15 years prior to his ministry in Turlock he was Organist of College Avenue Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in Modesto.
He will be performing unusual and seldom-heard works by Gaston Bélier, Michel Corrette, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Purvis, Félix-Alexandre Guilmant, Vicenzo Bellini, Robert Lau, Louis Vierne and Franz Liszt.
Saint Francis Parish's unique 1952 Schoenstein pipe organ was rebuilt 13 years ago to specifications designed by Douma, and his recital is in celebration of the Episcopalians' recent return to their church property.


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A recent New York Times article reports on the upward trend propelling the stock market today, with the effervescence said to be seen even on some sideline investors who have become optimistic enough to buy stocks, according to the fund flow data. While business and financial experts are debating whether the growth is just a passing trend or a direction that should be expected to continue for a long time, this new development has once again reinforced the importance of using a reputable and transparent trading platform so traders will become more confident and can contribute more in boosting positive market activity.
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To trade binary options, traders just have to anticipate the price of the underlying asset over time, and if the prediction is right, they get a predetermined payout – the process can be simple and easy. In addition to that, binary options trading also give traders or investors a better chance of managing their risks as well as diversifying their portfolio.
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This means that if the price change moves in the said direction by a dollar, the binary options profit payout would be the same, that is, up to 75% or more – this would depend greatly upon the broker chosen for the transaction.
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SMUGGLERS & SCONES (Moorehaven Mysteries, #1) by Morgan C. Talbot is a wonderful new cozy mystery that introduces us to a special B&B in Seacrest on the Oregon coast and a cast of intelligent and quirky characters.
World famous mystery writer, A. Raymond Moore left his huge home, Moorehaven, on the Oregon coast in trust to his friend Hilt, the town's former chief of police with the stipulation that it become a B&B for mystery writers only. Now that Hilt is older, he has hired his niece, Pippa Winterbourne to run the B&B. Pippa has modernized the advertising and recipes in her six years at Moorehaven and now has a large group of famous, new and want-to-be mystery authors rotating through Moorhaven's doors.
When a small tourist fishing boat crashes in the middle of the night, Pippa rushes to help and saves the handsome Lakyn "Lake" Ivens. They both find out the next day that there was also a dead man on the boat. Lake has no memories of the accident or what happened to the dead owner of the boat. Pippa, with the help of Lake, the visiting authors and a cast of fun characters from Seacrest become tangled in a deadly plot that incorporates the town's Prohibition history with the present.
Pippa is a strong and intelligent lead character. She loves Moorehaven, her job, the writers who stay at the B&B and all the characters that populate Seacrest. Her Uncle Hilt keeps the old mansion in working order, while also taking care of his old friend's journals, papers and books for future writers and scholars to study. At a few places in the book, it does slow down a bit, but I feel this is because there is so much to set up and characters to introduce for the series. Overall though, the world-building was entertaining and interesting.
Characters make a cozy for me and this book is full of many that I can't wait to revisit. Pippa is a great choice as a lead. The "Glaze and Gossip" group she is invited to join had me laughing out loud. Tyleen with her binoculars and Wallis the gloomy florist all add to the town's cast of unique characters. This is a wonderful story and I love that there will always be mystery writers and their books involved in each story.
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At least I won't have to look at Santorum's weird daughter Elizabeth smiling in the background anymore.
Thank you..... I thought I was the only one who thought she was beyond creepy, always lurking in the background with that mannequin face
Originally Posted by ClubDirt: santorum was never thriving anywhere except the most inbred, meth-addicted, bible thumping, bestiality tolerating, santa claus believing, food stamp dependent, pseudoephedrine hoarding small rural communities. and even there, i would hope some of the women would have enough sense to vote newt instead.
for the most part, inbred, meth addicted, bestiality tolerating, pseudoephedrine hoarding constituents don't vote, unless of course they are properly compensated. Food stamp dependent constituents would favor obama, imo anyway. And women from these states we are speaking of, wouldn't vote for newt because of his transgressions against his ex-wives, even if said women were whoring on every day but sunday. The bible thumping brought home a +160, and who in the hell doesn't believe in santa claus?? damn almighty .............


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Mavs force Game 7 with Spurs
May 2, 2014 at 12:02 a.m.
DALLAS (AP) - Monta Ellis scored 12 of his 29 points to lead a fourth-quarter comeback, Dirk Nowitzki added 22, and the Dallas Mavericks forced a seventh game in their first-round series with top-seeded San Antonio, beating the Spurs 113-111 on Friday night.
The eighth-seeded Mavericks bounced back from consecutive losses by handing the Spurs their first road defeat when leading after three quarters this season.
Tony Parker scored 22 to lead the heavily favored Spurs, who are stuck in a toss-up series after they won all four games against Dallas during the regular season.
San Antonio took a nine-game winning streak against the Texas rival into the sixth postseason meeting between the teams, but now the second Game 7 between these teams is Sunday in San Antonio. The Mavericks won the other one there in 2006.
The Mavericks kept the series alive on the same floor where Vince Carter had given them a 2-1 series lead and sent the crowd into hysterics with an improbable winning 3-pointer.
Fans were standing the entire fourth quarter this time, when the Mavericks trailed by five points to start the final 12 minutes before a 14-2 run for an eight-point lead. Parker got the Spurs close again and had a duel of driving layups with Ellis in the final two minutes.
Parker, who had 13 of his points in the fourth and added six assists, spun through the lane before shoveling one up over Nowitzki with his left hand to get the Spurs within 106-105.
The Mavericks pushed the lead back to six before the Spurs made it interesting again with 3-pointers from Danny Green and Patty Mills. It wasn't over until a shot by Mills on an inbound play with 0.4 seconds left was ruled to have been late. It was short anyway.
Dallas' DeJuan Blair had 10 points and 14 rebounds after missing Game 5 against his former team when he was suspended for kicking Tiago Splitter in the head.
Both teams had six players in double figures, with Splitter making 11 of 12 free throws for a playoff career-high 19 points. Danny Green had 17, matching his total for the first five games of the series combined, and Tim Duncan had 16 points and nine rebounds.
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The Harding High School Class of 1973 is having their 40th reunion on July 26 and 27, 2013. Friday night will be at Bluefusion beginning at 7:30pm with a cash bar.
Saturday night is at the Palace Theatre's May Pavilion beginning at 5:00pm. Cocktails with dinner will begin at 6:30pm and music starts at 8:00pm. Cost is $25 per person and all reservations must be in by July 10, 2013.
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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti warned Mario Balotelli "absolutely must remain at Milan."
There have been reports the striker could consider an exit from San Siro, but Ancelotti feels that would be a bad move for everyone involved.
"He absolutely must remain at Milan because he is a great talent," the Coach told Radio Capital.
"Great players are always resources, but everyone has to take responsibility for their own place in the club, whether they are players or Coaches.
"As for Milan, you win with champions. You win a race with horses, not donkeys."
Ancelotti was also drawn on the battle for the Ballon d'Or between Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Leo Messi.
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As the countdown to Election Day 2012 continues, a new poll suggests that a strong majority of Latinas favor President Barack Obama over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. According to a poll developed by impreMedia/Latino Decisions, 74 percent of Latinas plan to vote for Obama verses 21 percent who favor Romney, with a marginal gap of 53 percent.
The poll also analyzes the gender gap between political differences between Latinas and Latino men. Among Latinos, 61 percent reveal that they plan to vote for Obama, while 32 percent say they prefer Romney. Between genders, 27 percent of Latinos support Romney, 5 percent higher compared to Latinas.
The support differential may have something to do with how each party addresses issues concerning women, including abortion politics and health care. 78 percent of women trust the Democratic Party to make the right decisions concerning women's issues verses 13 percent who sway Republican. In addition, 59 percent of Latinas say they are enthusiastic about the upcoming elections (51 percent for Latinos) and 88 percent say they are "certain to vote" (84 percent for Latinos).
Overall, Obama holds 68 percent of the Latino support verses 26 percent for Romney.
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Looking for free iPad magazines? You're in luck! Just wanted to share the results of my latest project, Location360°, a new travel magazine for people interested in Slow Travel and the Digital nomad lifestyle.
I've always wanted to launch an iPad magazine around the slow travel concept, so I'm thrilled I've got this first one out the door.
Like the last book I released, Living in Antigua Guatemala, this magazine will also be released in PDF format. Plans are to release future editions of this Slow Travel Magazine on iTunes, price to be decided later.
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Our home, Purple Gables, first appears on the town map in 1826 when two small cottages were cobbled together. Additions have accrued through the years shaping our eclectic home into the cozy haven it is today. For many years, students from all over the world have lived with us, each bringing new ideas, new foods, and new memories. They often proudly return with a spouse and children to revisit the time that they spent here. We cherish those visits. Recently, the suite has undergone renovation and redecorating and is available to you for making your own special memories as our bed & breakfast guests.
Purple Gables provides an ideal, smoke-free setting for enjoying the beauty and culture of New England. The lush gardens showcase the best of each season. Enjoy the morning sun beneath the blooming dogwood during early May, sit shaded on the porch with a good book and frosty beverage in July, rustle through the leaves as you begin an autumn walk to town, or watch the dogs frolic in the new fallen winter's snow.
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Try this vital balancing act
Managing the different priorities of life is challenging and doing it wrong can destroy relationships. Here's some ideas on making it all work
Imagine a typical two-career couple facing all the challenges that success creates. Let's call them Winnie and Benson, both in their 40s.
He is a new partner at an international consulting firm; she is the chief consultant in the paediatrics department of a major teaching hospital.
He is on track to be made a managing partner of the Hong Kong office, and she is the leading candidate to replace her boss in four years as the department head.
Despite demanding careers, both are committed to ensuring their son and daughter, say eight and 11, experience growing up in a supportive family with two caring parents.
In addition, Benson's widowed mother lives with them and regularly shares her strong opinions on raising successful children.
Of course, when both partners are deeply absorbed by their careers, committed to being effective parents and supporting Benson's mother, something has to give.
And typically it is the couple's relationship, friends and time for themselves.
The time has clearly come to step back - to think, plan and act for a better life balance.
However, managing a healthy and effective life balance can at times start to feel like playing a zero-sum game.
The time spent at work seems like time taken from the family. But this leads to the most common mistake, which is to think that balancing work and family demands is the answer.
Unfortunately, this model fails to acknowledge that we have one life with many competing demands on it. And we need to think systematically about all of them. Ignoring friends or not getting any exercise eliminates two powerful resources that can be critical: emotional support and physical health.
If you are serious about living a more satisfying life, you need to ask yourself how you are managing the seven different and interrelated priorities that, according to our research, are created by modern "having it all" living.
They are family relationships, work and professional issues, financial and legal concerns, health and wellness, personal relationships, personal environment and spirituality.
One common problem is reacting to whatever pressing need comes up in the moment, rather than carefully planning for often-conflicting priorities. There is no set formula for maintaining a rewarding life balance, but one sound approach is to align activities around your values, dreams and the people closest to you.
An authentic life demands that your values allocate your time and energy. For example, if work is a financial means to enhancing your family life, then you should prioritise family needs first, while being flexible enough to accommodate work needs on an emergency basis.
If, on the other hand, your work is your central life driver, then you need to negotiate your family life around your professional goals.
Another important consideration is alignment with the significant people in your life, especially your spouse and children.
Family alignment was simple when there were clear family roles: women stayed at home and raised the children and men worked outside. Shifting social values and economic demands have changed all that.
Life balance now usually involves aligning two equal and related sets of personal needs and career aspirations with a shared family. Again, there is no answer other than talking about your values with your significant others - and then working to appreciate and meet shared expectations.
So, what can Winnie and Benson do today to achieve a better sense of balance in their lives?
They can start by recognising that real change comes from small steps that lead to new behaviours and habits. Changing one thing about the way they manage work, family, health or personal relationships will have a ripple effect throughout other aspects to create an improved sense of well-being. One sure-fire way to fail is making and revising "to do" lists, because concrete action is always the starting point.
Here are seven suggestions to get you going.
- Family relationships require communications, so start by having scheduled family dinners at least twice a week. Spending regular time together is a powerful relationship builder and creates an opportunity to talk about family needs and expectations.
- Work and professional obligations require a significant time commitment, so learning to delegate to others is your low-hanging fruit. Teaching and empowering subordinates builds trust - and it frees more of your time for other activities.
- Finances and taxes, if a source of stress, should be thoroughly reviewed six months into the tax year to update your plans and help you sleep better at night.
- Health and wellness are critical, especially as you get older. Never forget that taking care of your emotional and physical health enables you to support your family. Exercising a minimum of four times a week has obvious medical benefits, but it also represents a commitment to think about you.
- Personal relationships with friends offer unconditional social support that is critical during challenging periods of your life. Make a commitment to a minimum of two activities with a friend or friends each month (someone outside work or family who cares about you). Simple things like taking a walk or having coffee create more interpersonal interaction than a formal dinner or running a 10-kilometre race.
- Personal environment is an important factor. Simple improvements like painting a room, adding plants or improving the lighting all contribute to a more positive living space and doing it as a family creates an opportunity to engage with others.
Spirituality answers the question: What would you want your family's last memory of you to be? If you want to be a better parent, ensure you have unstructured time each week with your children. But if your reason for being on this earth is to be the best widget sales person in the world, then you may not need to make any changes.
Randel Carlock is Berghmans Lhoist chaired professor in entrepreneurial leadership at INSEAD business school, which has campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
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Cooking With The Bible: Biblical Food, Feasts, and Lore.
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Greenwood Press, 2006. 386pp. $75.
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We are so drawn to things Biblical. I remember reading Anita Diamant's The Red Tent a few years ago and becoming absorbed in the long ago lives of Sarah, Rachel, Dinah and the other Old Testament women. I hated to let Diamant's novel go and for a while afterwards, I searched for similar books that would connect me with the time that is the touchstone for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Cooking with the Bible is such a book.
Highly original and comprehensive, it is the second book Anthony Chiffolo and Rayner Hesse have written together. Chiffolo is the editorial director of Praegar Books and has studied the classics and written books about the saints. Hesse is an Episcopal priest, a theologian, and, lucky for us, an accomplished chef.
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SIGNA Returns: SIGNA Creator and SIGNA Explorer designed for improved patient comfort and productivity
GE Healthcare's new MRI systems launched at RSNA 2014 aim to address clinicians' pain points
Dec 02, 2014, 12:00 ET from GE Healthcare
CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at #RSNA14, GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) introduced two new 510(k) pending 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, SIGNA* Creator^ and SIGNA Explorer^. Built on the proven SIGNA platform, the world's first high-field MRI system introduced by GE at RSNA in 1983, these innovative systems were designed to help clinicians improve workflow, lower cost of ownership and impact patient comfort – all at the same time.
"GE Healthcare is proud to bring SIGNA back," said Eric Stahre, president and CEO of GE Healthcare MRI. "With over 30 years of experience in MRI innovation and refinement, SIGNA Creator and SIGNA Explorer are built on the high-definition MRI platform our customers trust. These systems are designed to cover virtually all patient types and clinical areas while delivering excellent image quality. Both systems have intuitive plug-and-play features, advanced capabilities, and are designed for lower cost of ownership."
Both SIGNA Creator and Explorer – designed to lower total cost of ownership – use 34 percent less power than previous generation MRI systems and require a smaller footprint for installation.
SIGNA Creator covers an impressive range of productivity-enhancing applications: "eyes to thighs" coverage, neuro performance with automated motion correction, MSK performance with cartilage mapping, multi-planar body imaging with quantitative capabilities and vascular performance with non-contrast and automated time-resolved imaging. SIGNA Creator also helps clinicians save time with an automated workflow – including volumetric imaging acquisitions like Cube, automated brain exams via READY Brain, and simplified whole body diffusion imaging. OpTix Optical RF technology also can help boost image quality with premium analog to digital signal conversion that can provide a gain in SNR of up to 27 percent over conventional analog signal receivers.
SIGNA Explorer offers clinicians the same workflow as SIGNA Creator with an added patient-comfort touch: SilentScan neuro exam and MAVRIC SL. SilentScan, GE Healthcare's revolutionary quiet technology, takes patient comfort to a new level. Conventional MRI scanners can generate noise in excess of 110 decibels (dBA), the equivalent of rock concert or jackhammer levels. The Silenz pulse sequence dramatically reduces the scan to just three dBA above ambient noise for neuro exams, a major differentiator for patient comfort. MAVRIC SL brings the power of MRI to patients with metal implants by enabling visualization of soft tissue and bone near the implant.
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^SIGNA Creator and SIGNA Explorer are 510(k) pending at the FDA and not available for sale In the U.S. They are not yet CE marked and cannot be placed on the market or put into service until they have been made to comply with the Medical Device Directive requirements for CE marking. Not available for sale in all regions.
GE Healthcare at #RSNA14 Each year in Chicago, the conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) provides a forum for showcasing the latest innovations in medical imaging. If you are attending the conference, please visit GE Healthcare at booth number 4039 in McCormick Place south hall. Throughout the week of the event, GE Healthcare will distribute news and information using these digital platforms:
- Digital Press Kit: http://invent.ge/RSNA14
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- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/gehealthcare
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- YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/gehealthcare
About GE Healthcare GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable healthcare around the world. GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter - great people and technologies taking on tough challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their patients. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
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Porsche stops production of diesel cars
Today 10:00am - Porsche has announced that it is putting an end to diesel engines in its cars.
Minister mum on future of electric trains
Friday - Theres no word yet on whether KiwiRails plans to replace electric engines with diesel will go ahead.
Mazda gets busy phasing-in fossil fuels
Thursday - Mazda is saying what everyone knows: the internal combustion engine is going to power the vast majority of cars for the next 50 years.
Climate change brings turbulent times to air travel
Wednesday - From rising temperatures preventing take-off to rising seas flooding runways, aviation needs to adapt to changes already grounding flights around the world.
Yoogo is a-go-go in Christchurch
16 Feb 18 - The Southern Hemispheres biggest deployment of pure-battery electric cars has been launched in Christchurch.
Hydrogen could be the fuel to finish off the fossils
14 Feb 18 - The surplus electricity from solar and wind power gives hydrogen the chance to replace oil and gas.
Drones deliver the goods ... and clean the atmosphere
14 Feb 18 - Delivering parcels by drone could help to cut carbon emissions.
Electric flying taxi has lots of engines ... and lots of money
5 Feb 18 - A California company developing a multi-engined electric air taxi has just received $100 million in venture funding from several major outfits, including Toyota.
These cargo ships will draw power from solid solar sails
2 Feb 18 - A Japanese company is moving ahead with plans to equip ocean-going cargo ships with rigid sails embedded with solar panels.
Ryanair makes pledge to become plastics free
2 Feb 18 - Irish airline Ryanair has vowed to eliminate use of nonrecyclable plastics on aircraft and at head offices and bases.
HOT NEWS: Mustard seeds help to power breakthrough flight
1 Feb 18 - A Qantas aircraft powered partly by mustard seeds has made the first biofuel flight between Australia and the United States.
First electric barges prepare to sail from European ports
26 Jan 18 - The worlds first fully electric, emission-free and potentially crewless container barges are to operate from European ports this northern summer.
EV projects win $3m in Government funding
23 Jan 18 - Twenty new electric vehicle projects, including a 58-tonne truck to carry dairy products and developing a qualification for EV technicians, are to receive government funding.
SWITCHED ON: Norway wants short electric flights by 2040
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Starter returns after stint with Canadian Cup team comes to early end
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Andre Hainault's disappointment was still quite fresh when he landed back in Houston on Wednesday morning. Although he's been one of the Dynamo's most valuable players this season, none of his teammates would blame him for wanting to be away from the Bayou City another week.
Until stoppage time Tuesday night against Panama, Hainault and the Canadian national team had all but assured themselves a spot in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. But they were bounced after giving up a late equalizer.
"It's slowly settling in," Hainault said. "Obviously, the way it happened was a big shock. We felt we had done enough to get through. So to have it in the last minute taken away is tough."
Hainault was one of three Dynamo players called up by their respective national teams for the Gold Cup. Center back Jermaine Taylor and midfielder Je-Vaughn Watson helped lead Jamaica to first place in Group B, earning a quarterfinal match Sunday against Group C runner-up the United States for a spot to play in the semifinals Wednesday at Reliant Stadium.
Hainault returned home after a disappointing draw in which the final goal came as a Panamanian practically kicked the ball out of Canada's goalkeeper's hands after a sequence in which Canada had several chances to clear the ball out of danger.
"You feel a little bit bad for Canada for being ever so close to advancing," Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear said. "But on the Dynamo side of it, knowing Andre is coming back is a big boost for us."
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The late goal left Hainault and his teammates dejected in a solemn locker room afterward.
"You don't really talk about it," he said. "Everyone's nerves are shot. They're so frustrated.
"You don't sit there and talk about it, because everybody is so gutted from the way it happened."
At training and in games, Hainault is one of the more intense competitors. Teammates and opponents know he's going to fight every 50-50 ball as though the World Cup were riding on it, much to Kinnear's delight.
Of the three players the Dynamo lost during the group stage of the Gold Cup, Hainault was the only starter. When with the team, he has been in the starting lineup for each game. He shifted from left back to center back after Taylor joined the Jamaican national team for a friendly following the MLS season opener.
Taylor returned from national team duty with an injury, and Hainault never relinquished the starting spot when Taylor was healthy enough to play. Hainault has played so well that Taylor has now started more games for the Jamaican nationals at the 2011 Gold Cup (three) than he has for the Dynamo (two).
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To compensate for Hainault and Taylor's absence, Kinnear shifted central midfielder Geoff Cameron to center back in the June 4 loss to San Jose. Desperate to instill toughness that had been missing, Kinnear gave veteran Eddie Robinson a start at his old center back spot in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Chivas USA.
Robinson played well and elevated the team's intensity but had to leave in the 55th minute with a left MCL strain that will keep him out at least one game. If Canada had advanced, Kinnear likely would have shifted Cameron back from the midfield.
By tying Canada late to win Group C, Panama did more than just finish ahead of the tournament co-favorite Americans. Panama also sent the Dynamo's most dominant defender back home to prepare for Saturday night's contest against the Columbus Crew in a matchup of teams tied for third in the Eastern Conference.
"Physically, I think I should be fine," Hainault said. "I think we're on that fence where we need things to click and we can go on a run and get some wins. We're showing good intensity. We need to clean up some things on the goals, but I think the defense is jelling."


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before + after: bedroom furniture
10th December, 2010
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I don't think I will ever look at a piece of old furniture the same again!
very creative! I love all the white you decorate with. I have a white kitchen. It used to be dull dark yellow, but now its so fresh and bright and clean feeling. I love it!
Definitely inspired! You're so creative!
xo Chelsey
- Lauren
Both of these are so chic! You have great taste, and these DIYs are very inspiring!! Thanks ♥
Wow, they turned out great… Love the dramatic black and white contrast!
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I have to say I think I like the foot stool best in it's natural wood form, but I think you did a great job painting it and it does go with your decor. I love what you did to the dresser than one did need the paint to work.
Wow! You completely transformed those!!!
I love how a new paint coat can completely change a piece of furniture.
visit me 😉 xoxo Summer
Awesome DIY! I especially love that footstool… I need to find one of those for my pup.
WHAT??!!!! Your transformations are INCREDIBLE!!! I would have thought you paid a pretty penny for those things!! That step stool was one of my favorite shots from your home post.
zomg, kelly. i do not have a creative bone in my body – i am truly jealous!!!! AMAZING!
- ansi
When I saw your feature on Apartment Therapy, your design-oriented "open mind" is exactly what struck me as the most vital part of your taste! Thanks so much for showing these before and afters – they're going to be my inspiration for looking for the potential in items from now on.
- Biaa
Wow1 That's amazing! I especially love the beside table!!
Wow, these pieces look so good! Well done on the job! They look spanking brand new & very expensive to buy!
Love your ability of creativeness, I wish I had the patience to do something like this!
Great finds! You did a great job pimpin' them up! I love it! 😀
The black and white is amazing! How creative. I love it.
wow those were such great finds! i never get so lucky when i check out craigslist – you did such an awesome job sprucing them up too!
- ejb
Wow these are beautiful DIY creations! I am loving the shape of the dresser especially, such a great Craigslist find! This is very inspiring!
Amazing transformations!xx
I am speechless. I never thought something like this was possible. Amazing work!
Oh my God. I love it!!
I am amazed and now fully converted into embracing furniture without restricting it to color. Wow. Incredible job!
both great DIYs. I love projects like this but at my current apartment i no longer have outdoor space for projects. where do you do big painting projects like this?
what a creative girls.. i love your taste of white….
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- anna
absolutely stunning!!! this is amazing and i am sooo inspired. lovelovelove black+white!
anna t.
wow…You have great talent in decorating!Love love love!
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Amazing transformations….truly:) Both pieces rock!
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I wish i have your creative imagination. Can't take my eyes off the step stool!
this transformation is amazing!
greetings from Berlin,
- Anonymous
please explain the whole work on the dresser including the colors infos… i have stuff that i would like to transform but i never know what kind of paint i need to buy since the last time i ve mistaken!!!
Gorgeous!! I am def inspired! I'm in luck because tomorrow we're going hunting:)
Wow, you did an incredible job! You need your own show or something!
beautiful job. i love that you're enlightening folks to the ease and dramatics of DIY transformations!
amazeballs! =)
you need to do some dyi tutorials!! amazing the way you transformed these two pieces!!
Those makeovers were a success! I thought you'd add crystal knobs to the dresser, but it's beautiful anyways. Have a great weekend!Besos!
Wow I am very impressed it looks great!!!
wow what great ideas. i love both items. what kind of paint did you use?
Wow, you really have such an eye for things! I never would've given those beat up pieces a 2nd glance, but you breathed new life into them so beautifully!
Lovely, the black & white is so modern & goes with your whole apartment 🙂 Great projects!
XoXO-Kelli K
That's incredible– DIY opens up so many options! When I saw your apartment pics, my initial thought was, "I could never afford that," but you prove creativity trumps affluence:)
oh my..
it's amazing how different it looks after painting..
so modern..
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These are so fabulous! I love your eye for color-blocking! Perfection!
It looks amazing! Great job
Love the black and white swatches, they look truly beautiful. I'm so glad you shared how to recycle furniture and make them look glamorous. Thanks for the creative inspirations.
Looks fab! If you did these yourself boy do you have a lot of patience! Stunning!!
Really cool:)
Impressive! Kelly, you've got a great eye for spotting potential!
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wow, what a transformation! i love finding old furniture and fixing it up! your dresser looks a lot like mine, love that style.
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Amazing. I'm moving in to a new place as well, and trolling the classifieds/craigslist for stuff. I also saw the apartment tour you mentioned in a previous post. Your apartment is great!
That stepping stool is too cute – I absolutely love it!! I have an old dresser lying around too and I think you may have inspired me not to throw it away 🙂
love the pieces! the thing i love is the thrill of the hunt when finding pieces.
- Anonymous
Looks fabulous!! Much more elegant than the cardboard box full of books I used for my dog when he was a pup! He doesn't need one now (lab/collie mix) but I did have to get a new, higher bed so that he could still sleep under it. 😉
I'm impressed! It looks really good, very trendy. I probably would fail terribly if I attempted to do this, I have no patience for these things 🙂 Or it takes me five times as long!
Great lines + Paint= Inspirational
Two fantastic projects, that retro dresser is amazing!
- Anonymous
This is amazing !
- adenaDesigns
Great job! I'm sure the pup appreciates the step stool. One note of caution for you though, when using the step stool. I had one like that once to access the tippy top of my closet. Because it doesn't have anything on the back side to stabilize it, it's very easy to tip over if you're standing on the top step (I know because it happened to me!) But it looks great!
dang, adding to the list of things i want to hire you for: 1. purging my closet, 2. decorating my apt, 3. doing some DIY to my shabby (non)-chic furniture. these transformations are amazing! ~joelle
- Anonymous
looks amazing!! do you think you could tell us what paint colors you used for the furniture?
- Anonymous
Beautiful! I hope you will consider posting a video tutorial to youtube. I would love to know more about techniques/type of paint used, etc.
Wow so beautiful! Love the remakes!
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Incredible! wow! Beautiful transformations! xx
- cindyla
Wow, you did an amazing job with these pieces. Love it!!!
That's just brilliant! great job and I'm definitely inspired.
Oh wow! I'm super inspired. I took some time last weekend to paint some frames bought at a thrift store. I'm looking for a night stand and think that I will use your two tone approach. Thanks!
- valerie
Kelly I'm curious what paint you use??? I have repainted things and I've had it chip which does not look so cute- I was not going for shabby chic!
and I just want to say that I have been dreaming about that dresser since you posted the original apt therapy post and I CAN'T believe you had DIY'ed it! thought for sure you had paid quite a bit for it! I am officially inspired!!
I love these furniture makeovers! Brilliant!
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Muy buen ojo, y sobretodo buen gusto tenes!!!
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i love DIY furniture restorations (as long as it doesn't involve carpentry..). i'm impressed by your two-tone paint skills! i've only done one color, but this has inspired me to use two paint colors in the future!
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So very inspired to tackle an Edwardian dresser and a Vaudville-esque mirrored room divider this weekend. Merci!
oh my efing God!!! you transformed two hideous pieces of furniture into two of the best i have seen!!! you are a DIY queen!!!! esp the first one i could never imagine such a thing actually having prospects of being so fantastic! i see stuff like that in the trash all the time! maybe i should take a closer look i guess…
OMG, how perfect is that ?!
It looks like you spend thousand for these pieces!
- Anonymous
You have the best DIY's! I just inherited some wood furniture that I was going to sell – Not after seeing this post! So inspiring! xo!
wow i love the black and white contrast on these pieces!
Beautiful DIYs, but I would expect nothing less 🙂
Last night as I was in bed waiting for sleep, I finally got around to viewing your home tour on apartment therapy. When sleep came, I found myself visiting you and your home. I woke up very impressed with not only your decorating skills, but the warmth and hospitality that you and Greg showed me. Thank you for the lovely dream visit. 🙂
I think you're a genius!
amazing job. i would not have known that these were refurbished by you.
have a great weekend.
both look fantastic! i admire your great sense in style and an eye for interior design!
these transformations are beautiful, kelly! love, love, love them! 🙂
Wow–those are some amazing before & after projects! I love your apartment and have been using your photos as inspiration for decorating our bedroom, so thank you for sharing!
Woah!!! amazing! I want to re-do all my furniture now!!
Great DIY projects. I'm always amazed at the power of paint and imagination.
First off, I fricken love your apartment and upon seeing the pics wanted to immediately go home, throw everything out and start over.
I've tried to paint furniture myself but have never felt it to be an easy process! Is there something wrong with me? I've tried spray paint AND latex paint and don't like either. Am I just not cut out for it? Would you share your method with us?
This is probably my first comment here but I am a huge fan of your blog! I've seen the picts of your apartment and I must say it's sooooo inspiring! You did a great job with these pieces!
- MsGolightly
Ms Glamourai, thoroughtly enjoying catching up on your recent posts. Your new apartment looks divine. I've recently revamped a dressing table too, but I used black flock wallpaper to cover the drawers. Really easy-peasy project and my boudoir is now complete…except I'm now eyeing up a chest of drawer to re-love!
MsGolightly xoxo
PS Brass reindeer/gazelle..I want one too. Can you share where you found him, but just with me!!!
i'm feeling inspired!! :D:D:D:D:D
Looks amazing Kelly! I feel like doing some DIY projects myself after this post.
I love the black and white! It's so ingenious!
They look amazing! I love it. I'd love to have those feautured in my house!
BEAUTIFUL transformation. Atta girl.
cool! –very inspiring.
best before / after i have ever seen. brills!
that dresser is simply amazing.
Absolutely fantastic examples of DIY! I love both pieces! They just looking stunning! Congratulations on such fabulous make overs!
wow, just wow. you made these pieces so chic! i love the black and white theme, and now will keep my eyes open for opportunity. thanks for posting!
ABSOLUTELY wonderful transformations. Been putting some projects on the back burner that I'm so eager to finish. This was just the boost I needed! Great work.
You are in fact a DIY genius! Props!
You make an amazing job!!!!
Tell us your tips!
Excellent blog, definitely coming back 😉
wow, this is amazing! i had to look twice to see that it really is the SAME dresser/bedside stool!
xoxo F
you know the finish on that dresser? it's not woodgrain. it's an old early 20th century technique to use paint – yes, paint, by hand – to simulate woodgrain. it's a gorgeous thing, and today it's next to impossible to find anyone who can do that. and now it's gone.
you are so patient with the creative painting! i need a step like that for my little charlie
stunned by the transformation! thanks for sharing.
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love your blog! you're so elegantly chic! such an inspiration!
My dear, where do you find the time?
I am so jealous of your craftiness…..the outcome is beautiful. I am more into classic/rustic decor, but this post is beautiful and inspiring none the less…maybe I will slow down when I pass the next yard sale…..C
Wow, love the before and after transformations!
There transformations truly are outstanding. Well done Kelly. Thanks for the inspiration.
xo Mish
Wow, what great DIY projects. I'm currently in the process of renovating my apartment on a budget and these tips are going down a treat.
- Anonymous
Wow, the art work is very inspiring! I bet the owners now regret having let go of these! You have a Midas touch…everything you touch turns into a treasure!
You are an inspiration – yes, yes to seeing the potential in great furniture!
Amazing!! It looks so pretty!!
soooo beautiful, love it :))))
Honestly, your DIY projects always turn out amazing!! I love the black and white theme.
Fantastic! Love what you the work you did with these furnitures!
- gone
I'm so doing that to my night stand
WOW You are SO amazing. I couldn't have ever thought to change a piece of furniture so dramatically yet so successfully. Truly inspirational.
Also, your apartment looks sooo beautiful a few posts down. Like something out of a catalogue.
Nikki xx
Hi! What type of paint do you use? did you use primer first? can you give us some tips about this?
hi kelly,
i admire your personal style and i'm simply in love with your apartment. simply gorgeous!
much love
Absolutely fantastic!
Oh My God! I envy your DIY-ing skills! really love all the outcomes! =)))
- Anonymous
hi i love how your furniture was transformed into something so chic with just a coat of paint.
what kind of paint did you use?
AMAZING,looks like a brand new things
I really love this post
That is amazing! You did that all by yourself? Great idea!
you got the style babe!!
love them!! you surely saved a lot of money!!
i follow you!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing, I have a dresser from Craigslist that I want to paint black with white trim and I found a door at a garage sale for three bucks that I sanded and painted red and I use that as a headboard. Most people don't like DIY but I'm a sucker for a good one!
I love this, great work! You have inspired me, thank you!
How fabulous! You make being chic look so easy and effortless. Thanks for sharing because you've definitely inspired me to do more DIY projects.
I love these! Do you mind post DIY references? I have some pieces that I'd like to spruce up.
i want those shoes!
what a pretty bedroom…wish I had the same creativity drive as you!
That furniture and you included seem to have been designed by Chanel! PERFECTION
I love the black and white contrast! Now I know what to do with a pair of night stands I was going to sell. Cheers!
You are such a natural at interior design and decoration…the pad looks fantastic and your taste is certainly very elegant…Love the transformation- Props!
Haute Khuuture
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I think I'm looking forward to the next rainy day! I'm going to black and white everything I own. Thanks for the inspirations Ms. Glamourai!
Gorgeous! I was just looking at a furniture piece like this one on craigslist but wasn't sure how to make it look better. Love it!
Oh wow I love your creativity. I always plan on doing DIY projects but am never sure where to start, I'm definitely using some of your ideas for inspiration. I love the B&W; blocking, totally my style. Now I want to hit up some yard sales and try to find some gems to work on!
Furniture restoration and re purposing is my passion! You did a great job with these… although I would have left the shoe rack as is… It has stunning wood work.
Holy smokes! You do amazing work! I've just found you via a friend here in Charlotte, NC, Laura Casey… I'm now a new follower! I'm also brand new to the world of blogging. Come visit sometime, please!
Regards, Whitley Adkins Hamlin
- Laura
fantastic re-dos…very inspiring!