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Leopard Print Bikini
Added Jul 1, 2011
By burdastyle
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Have you ventured into making or designing swimwear yet? Mixing and matching tops to bottoms seems to be a method of choice for those who wish to personalize their swimming costume. We chose a string bikini top, made a slight variation on it, and paired it with a free bikini brief pattern. With these two pattern downloads and tutorials you may find that constructing swimwear is not as challenging as you may think! Follow this link for more swimwear patterns and DIY swimwear tips.
*Note: The bottoms pattern for this bikini has been updated.
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1/2 yard of lightweight knit, jersey, swimwear fabric, spandex, lycra.
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Aug 30, 2011, 04.48 PMby amybarickman
How cool! I did a post around the same time on making your own swimsuit: http://ow.ly/6gL1k It's exciting to see new options like this.
Jul 7, 2011, 09.44 AMby postmodest
what's wrong with her sunglasses? it looks so photoshopped :/
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Jul 7, 2011, 05.26 PMby mrosemarie
I think this girl is beautiful. I miss you Tara!!!
Jul 6, 2011, 01.13 PMby sewingida
How do you download the free pattern? I tried yesterday and today but all that's available is the instructions.
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Jul 6, 2011, 12.10 PMby hcb024
I'm thinking the folks at Burda just dug out an old pattern from 1992 and put it on a cute, hip model. Those bottoms are seriously dated and unflattering. Too bad! It would have been a fun project.
Jul 6, 2011, 11.50 AMby skwarynia
I think the bikini is OK, the pattern not bad, but with this model it doesn't look flattering or beautiful. Honestly I think that the panties are too high, and too deeply cut, and the bust part in the case ot this model have too much fabric.
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Jul 6, 2011, 07.51 PMby Olivia Anne
I was thinking the same thing
Jul 5, 2011, 09.36 PMby ichigogirl
I love the versatility of bikinis. A couple of different tops and a couple of different bottoms, and voila: a whole set of bikini-opportunities. Thank you for posting the link to the free brief undies. There's also a link to a nice free bikini-top in the recent blog post about swimwear, if anyone's interested!
Jul 5, 2011, 08.33 PMby cbsheff
I think this girl is beautiful. I miss you Tara!!!
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Jul 6, 2011, 09.08 AMby ichigogirl
I agree. And she's perfectly normal weight-wise. I do think this bikini and her are not the perfect match though (which doesn't mean there's anything wrong with either the model or the bikini, it's just a bad match).
Jul 5, 2011, 07.37 PMby hstorm799
The link in the Description goes to CMS Login & says "You are not authorized to access this system." Can you fix?
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Jul 5, 2011, 08.20 PMby mynameisdavid
Thanks for pointing that out. I've just edited it :)
- David
Jul 5, 2011, 08.47 PMby hstorm799
Thanks David!
Jul 4, 2011, 06.56 PMby Anna Nguyen
Good job on the fit!
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I seem to have a really big problem with religious trigger words. Especially of the bad variety. I've been coming on this site for a few months now and it's been really helpful. I've found a lot of rational arguments so that I am not as terrified as I was before. But it seems like scary religious words like devil and hell are all over the place. Anything from listening to music, to watching TV/Film, reading articles/newspapers, going on Facebook, or just simply having everyday conversations with people.
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It just really bugs me that I can be doing really well and feeling safe and then I read an article that's not even about religion, but they'll compare someone to the devil and it sets me off again with my terror of the devil.
I've read different website articles and books to get rid of the fear. What-the-hell-is-hell is a good website to refute the concept of hell even from a christian perspective. And I've even read a site that says satan was just a tool of god, that god used, there is no evidence in the bible that satan is the devil or the serpent, etc. also that the name Lucifer wasn't referring to the devil.
I've found good sites that talk about how the concept of hell is BS, that the Hebrew word literally meant the grave Gehenna.
But because devils supposedly "exist" in other religions, not just Christianity, it's so hard for me to deal with this fear of the devil. If the Christians just incorporated the good vs. evil concept from Zoroastrianism, then how do we know Zoroastrianism is false?
Most religions I've ever read about all have some concept of evil forces, spirits, demons, devils, etc. It's so hard to let go of that fear that there is something evil in the world that can hurt me and punish me.
I've stopped believing in the supernatural. But then why am I still afraid of it? Why do I still get triggered? How can I still have the fear when I don't have the faith?
I think I know the answer, is that these religions are so insidious. They use fear because it is the most basic primal emotion, because self-preservation is the strongest drive of humans and other animals. We have an overactive fear, an overactive imagination, we are tormented by the things preached to us as real when we were so little.
But that doesn't help to kick the fear out of my brain. Leaving religion is like a supernatural horror story. A psychological thriller. It's not real, but it seems so real. I can't stand to watch that stuff, it really validates the fear of the supernatural.
I feel so lost, so helpless, so ashamed of myself for feeling this way, but I need to get better so I have to say it.
There is no devil.
There is no hell.
There is no punishment.
There is no retribution.
I don't have to believe in it. It isn't true anyway. I don't have to have faith. It isn't true anyway. I don't need to have fear. It isn't true anyway. I'm still a good person.
Anything in my head is just imagination, fed by religion, occult, spirituality, film, books, TV, and any bad things that have happened in my life. It's all rolled up into one big thing in my head. One big fear image. And when I hear those words, I think of the big fear image. And it feels threatening. But I need to know that it's not. Nothing can harm me. Nothing supernatural can harm me. It's made up. It's make believe. It's simply not real.
I can convince myself of this. I know I can do it. One day I will achieve freedom for real.
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Grinning Cat, these are great sites. Thanks
My religious father used to (and probably still does) say, "Hell is hot, even if you don't believe in it." It's inaccurate, of course, but a darn clever word-weapon when you're battling a little person you've raised to believe as she's told. That got to me for years.
Then I realized that hell is as real as Marmalade, East Dakota. Somehow, substituting something equally silly takes all the venom right out of it. It takes time to repair years upon years of negative programming, but it can be done. Most of us have been through it.
I've had to remap a lot of my word associations. I can still courteously 'bless' someone when they sneeze... but it's now a personal wish of wellness for a person directly from me, not a plea to the empty skies to cram the person's ghostie back into their body :D
I've gotten this far, despite the fact that I still cringe at the thought of picking up a found penny that's tails-up; I promise that it does get better :)
What about "cold as hell?"
Here's a list of words and phrases that will set my teeth on edge and makes me want to pick up a baseball bat and go upside their heads.
1) anoint
2) anointing
3) He's got that anointing.
4) Just pray on it or is it prey on it?
5) God is good all of the time?.
#5 - if G-d is good all of the time, then why does he take things from people that they work for? I have been told that he will provide you with a home and job because it is his and he will take that away anytime he sees fit.
I have a major problem trying to figure that out.
Devil is another word. People blame the devil on everything gone wrong. Idiots give the devil too much credit for their bad decisions.
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HOUSTON – Missing a star forward of the caliber of Houston Dynamo veteran Brian Ching for most the early season would typically prove to be a devastating blow for any MLS team. However, thus far in 2011, strikers Cam Weaver and Will Bruin have ensured the Dynamo have not missed Ching.
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I guess the Model-S isn't "green" enough...
I guess the Model-S isn't "green" enough...
Yeah, but a hybrid is? But these things are biased and lame anyway. Of course, I would have not only expected the Model S to be on this list but win it hands down and be the Poster-child for all Green cars. But I'm not biased at all! ;)
Being Tesla wan't at the LA Auto Show, might explain this outcome.
IMO, Tesla is better off without such "accolades". That title would make the car seem more like an item exclusively for the eco-fringe. And while (as opined earlier) that is actually the case for most early adopters, I suspect Elon, George et al eventually want the mainstream to also consider buying the car.
Green car of the year really is not viewed as exclusively for the "eco-fringe". They have picked many main stream cars and SUVs in the past. The fact that Tesla did not attend the LA car show is why they were not even considered. For Tesla this makes no difference at all.
Better to become Car of the Year!
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Eco nuts prefer their Eco Car of the Year because it's more virtuous and stuff. Much higher Righteousness Quotient.
Right on, +inf. It is an totally invalid reason to buy something. There are good reasons and bad reasons to buy. That is how capitalism is supposed to work!
Which organization chose those cars? I bet it was the same that chose this years cars, and if the reasoning has not changed Ford wins again (because they are sponsored by Ford AFAIK). Only time Ford doesn't win is when they don't participate to the competition.
OTOH if the "green value" is the only point of consideration, then there are other cars that beat Model S. Model S is best, but not the greenest, of all BEV:s out there.
"...there are other cars that beat Model S. Model S is best, but not the greenest, of all BEV:s out there."
How do you figure? Just curious.
"Green" meaning energy saving, least energy used to travel. Model S is just too heavy for that, you end up having lower mpge than your competition, Leaf and iMiEV have better figures there. If you count in people moved with max load, then I think price goes to some electric train. You need to actually set the criteria correct to get Model S as winner. It is best car IMO, but it is not greenest or cheapest (meaning less will be sold than its competition).
If the competition would be "the most practical clean vehicle" (clean as in no tailpipe, not green) then Model S would win. Nothing else would come even close to it.
tesla.mrspaghetti, I don't know Timo's reasoning behind the statement, but the Model S certainly has worse MPG(e) than, e.g., a Leaf or i-MiEV (within the speed and range that a Leaf/i-MiEV can offer), and very likely also has accumulated a far greater "eco-debt" than these before it even hits the road, in part due to its all-aluminum body.
Timo, you beat me to it, posting at the same time.
"I think prize goes ..."
Price is what you pay; prize is what you win!
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Ok, I see what you mean. Thanks for the explanation.
BTW, it seems that this competition was created by Green Car Journal, the same website that failed to recognize Tesla motors as real competition last year too. I then asked them at which criteria you choose the winner and it apparently was all about the company, not about the car: IE capability to produce huge number of cars using same platform. It's not about the how clean the car is, not about the practicality or even actual impact on general pollution caused by cars because the actual sales is not measured (how could it, it's the next year car, not this year).
It is entirely arbitrary selection, not based on anything else than Journal writers opinions and preferences. From the answer I got I actually got a feeling that they get paid to select the "right" winner.
This means that winner is one of the Fords (again).
Unfortunately it seems like awards in many fields/industries are similarly arbitrary and/or predetermined. The entertainment industry awards (Oscars, Grammies, Emmies, etc) come to mind, as do the lists of "Top Colleges", "Top Places to Work in IT/HR/etc" put out by Fortune/Forbes/Time or whatever.
Not that I'm alleging a conspiracy theory, but there have been many times where the winner of a given award just seemed to have no correlation with reality.
It's sad that even athletic competitions are no longer trustworthy. You can be pretty sure who crossed the finish line first, but not about whether drugs were used to do it.
mrspaghet -- You can be pretty sure who crossed the finish line first, but not about whether drugs were used to do it.
I think you can be pretty sure drugs were used.
A small electric motorcycle would have the lowest MPGe. Does it mean it's the greenest? You have to look at the utility and the category. Sure the Leaf and i-MiEV have lower MPGe, but how many passengers and luggage can they carry? Even for ICE cars the fuel economy is compared per category.
I think you mean higher. MilesPerGallon Equivalent; less is worse, more is better.
Brian H: correct. Switched brain circuitry. Thanks for the correction.
Screw green. The driving experience with this tech is unbelievable. Any savings on the green side is simply a point of discussion. Compared to burning fuel, the feel of burning kwatts is wildly different and guilt-free. It is fun not having to take the time to stop at the gas station. The 50 cent equivalent plug in when I get home is my moment of green, but more on the money saving side of the term. If you really want green, get a leaf.


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This superbly crafted set consists of two pieces; an Ark that looks like a children's illustration brought to life and a wooden box containing the carved animals that go with it. The Ark is painted in mellow cream with ochre accents. It has a deep, curved hull, on top of which sits a little house for a cabin, with carved doors and windows and a steeply pitched roof.
The wooden box which accompanies the ark is painted in matching soft tones of cream and ochre, the lid fits snugly and has a pattern of pale polka dots and a cream-painted plaque, which is carved with the words Two by Two and a tiny heart. The lid lifts off to reveal a partitioned interior, with shredded brown paper to emulate the straw which the animals are using for bedding. There are elephants, giraffes, cows, leopards, geese, pigs, cats and crocodiles, turtles, sheep and horses, all nestled together and all carved and painted in an endearing naïve style with soft colours and simple contours. Noah himself is carved with the simplicity of a Nordic sculpture, with a pointed beard and a hint of indentation suggesting a moustache, above which two dots for eyes give him a slightly bemused expression. The final piece is a primitive A-frame ladder, by which the animal passengers enter the Ark, Two by Two.
This set would be a wonderful christening or naming gift, but it should be played with under supervision as it is a piece of craftwork with some small pieces and not intended as a toy.
Almost every culture has a flood myth, from the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh through Hindu mythology which is very similar to the Biblical Genesis, and Bergelmir of Norse folklore. It seems likely that these myths arose due to real cataclysmic events following rises in sea level after the last Ice Age or Tsunamis resulting from meteor strikes and high levels of rainfall because of climate change. Whatever their origin, the ingenuity and tenacity of mankind in surviving these events is commemorated by the inspirational story of Noah's Ark, which is frequently retold to this day, not only in a religious context but also in popular culture via film and TV.
Box measurements: 26cm wide x 31cm long x 5.5 cm high
Ark measurements: 34cm long x 25cm high x 11.5cm wide
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East of India remains one of the most popular brands on our website, sourcing gifts from across the globe that are beautiful, authentic, and unique.
In 1989, founders Anne Spratling and John Ayris went travelling around the world, meeting a talented family of craftsmen while making their way through Asia.
These artisans hand-made the most charming items out of paper, wood and other natural materials found near their village. And so after some close work and friendly bargaining, a selection of products was created, a small collection was bought, and the seed of an idea was sown.
Early in 1991, the Prince's Trust forwarded a small loan to help transport that first consignment back to England and East of India was born.
Today, East of India still works closely with those original artisans, who now employ numerous other family members and friends to satisfy the increasing demand. They design all their products around the extensive range of traditional skills that these craftspeople possess, and the products you see are the result of this close working relationship. Many of the artisans live and work together as family groups, passing down their skills through the generations.
The team in Folkestone has also evolved and grown, with many members of staff having been with East of India since those early days. They continue to respond with energy and enthusiasm to the ever-changing requirements of what is now a hugely successful business, generating much needed wealth for some of the poorest communities in the world.
The success of East of India lies in the personal touch of every single item they create. Products are developed in-house by a team of talented designers, with everything being hand-made or hand-finished to create unique and beautiful products with that instantly recognisable East of India style.
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Our mission is simple..., to provide you with practical first hand objective advice, from "real" paying visitors to the resorts, hotels and attractions that Mallorca has to offer.
This web site can only be maintained with feed back from your comments. So, if you've already visited the island in the last few months, any help, comments or contributions would be greatly appreciated.
Majorca or Mallorca, whatever way you prefer to spell it, and whatever way you wish to pronounce it, is the largest of Balearic Islands, and along with its sister islands of Menorca and Ibiza, lies in the Mediterranean Sea off the south east coast of mainland Spain. Flying time from most UK airports is around 2 - 2.1/2 hours and on arrival local time is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Once you have cleared Customs Control and collected your luggage, there are always large numbers of taxi waiting outside of the arrivals hall, although during busy periods you should also be prepared to stand and wait your turn in a queue for the next one to become available. Taxis on Majorca do represent good value for money by European standards, and can instantly be recognised as being the large eggshell/white cars with a green light on the roof.
One thing that you should be aware of is a standard taxi on the island is only licenced to carry a maximum of 4 passengers plus a "reasonable" amount of luggage, so for larger groups of travellers, or those with special needs, it is our recommendation to make provision for a pre-booked taxi to be waiting for you at the airport, and clearly specify at the time of booking that a larger, or specially adapted, vehicle is needed for the journey.
Since the onset of mass tourism in the 1960's, Mallorca has without doubt, been one of the most popular holiday destinations for all nationalities, offering a wide range of attractions to suit all tastes. However, as a generalisation, the resorts on the islands south coast are the more lively and perhaps more suited for groups of young singles, or those seeking an active nightlife.
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Okay, so you've got yourself a new laptop, and decided a netbook rather than a full size notebook is more your style. They make a great substitute (I recently purchased the Asus 1000HE 10″ model), but they lack an optical drive for reading CDs or DVDs. So what happens when you need to install a piece of software that you have only on CD?
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For my example, I was attempting to install the Adobe Creative Suite 2 package, which uses 4 CDs for installation. What we need to do first is pull the image of each CD into an ISO. We'll do that with the ISO Recorder software. After you have finished the installation of ISO Recorder, insert the CD you wish to convert, and open up My Computer. Simply right-click on the optical drive icon, and you should see an option for "Create Image from CD/DVD".
Click this, and ISO Recorder will load, and ask for a location to save the ISO. Once you pick a location, simply click next and allow it to finish processing (it should take around one or two minutes).
Once you have the ISO files for all the installation discs, now transfer them to the laptop by whatever means you have. I prefer to use a USB drive, but you can transfer them through a network if you have one set up.
Now we're going to move to the Virtual CD Control Panel. Open virtualcd file you downloaded, and it will again bring up a dialog asking where to extract the files. I recommend saving it in a folder in your Documents file, or on your Desktop. Navigate to the place you extracted the files, and open the file VCdControlTool.exe. Click "Driver Control…"
and you will see an option to "Install Driver…". Click that, and you should see the file VCdRom.sys. Double click to open it. Now click the "Start" option underneath, and then click OK.
Now we're going to add a Virtual Drive. Click the "Add Drive" button. You can do multiple drives, but we'll only need one right now, typically it will start with Z:\.
This will work fine. If you open My Computer, you will see that you have a new Removable Disc for Drive Z. Go back to the Virtual CD Control Panel, and select Mount.
Here we're going to tell it where the ISO is that will be acting as the CD. Navigate to where you stored your ISO files, and select the one you wish to mount. Click "Open", and you'll be presented with the Special Mount Options dialog.
These three options you won't need to select for now. Suppress UDF, and Suppress Joliet I am not entirely certain what purpose they serve, but the Persistent Mount option allows the ISO to stay mounted even after rebooting the computer (which is useful when a software requires a reboot in between portions of the install process, such as a Windows installation). Now click OK, and you'll see that your ISO has been mapped as drive Z:\. You're ready to go!
You can now use this just as you would a normal optical drive, but the last thing we're going to do is "swap" discs. Partially through the installation, Adobe asks to insert Disc 2. We're going to go and mount the second disc, but the important step to remember first is to eject the drive before mounting the second disc. If you simply mount the new ISO without first ejecting the original ISO, the installation will not recognize the new ISO, and leads to several other problems (through my own experience!).
I hope that this information is able to help some of you out there. Please share your experiences if you wish in the comments!


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Nicole Kidman is gorgeous on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter's Sundance issue.
Here's what the 45-year-old actress had to share with the mag:
On turning down big studio movies: "I come from Australia, I was trained in indie movies. It's an unconscious decision — it's who I am. As an actor, you live and die by your choices. I don't associate with mainstream films anymore. I don't do so well in them, either. I guess I have a foot in both worlds. I've been offered some studio films this year and turned them down. They just didn't align with who I am."
On urinating in The Paperboy: "I just don't find urination shocking. I think I peed in the beginning of Eyes Wide Shut, too. But then, I don't find a lot of things shocking! Violence is a lot more shocking than sex – sex is primal."
On her relationship with directors: "I do develop very powerful relationships with most of my directors. Gus Van Sant changed my career with To Die For. I'll definitely work with Lars von Trier again. And [The Hours director] Stephen Daldry is like a soulmate. He was so kind to me when I was pregnant, even when I couldn't do The Reader."
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(Reuters) - A beauty pageant winner who was stripped of her Miss Delaware crown for being a few months too old is suing the Miss America organization, saying officials knew her age and disqualified her unfairly, court documents filed on Wednesday show.
The lawsuit filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery by Amanda Longacre seeks $3 million in damages and her reinstatement as Miss Delaware so she can compete in the Miss America pageant in September.
She said she did nothing wrong and was honest when she applied to take part in the pageant, providing her birth certificate, driver's license and other documents.
Rules for the pageant, the state preliminary for Miss America, require that Miss Delaware contestants be no older than 24, and say they cannot turn 25 before the end of the year. Longacre's 25th birthday will be on Oct. 22.
Sam Haskell, chief executive and board chairman of the Miss America pageant, said Longacre would get the $9,000 scholarship given to the winner, as would the new Miss Delaware.
Longacre won the title on June 14, but was replaced in late June by the first runner-up, 23-year-old Brittany Lewis of Wilmington, Delaware.
When pageant officials initially told Longacre she would lose the scholarship money and her title, a senior official at the Miss Delaware Scholarship Organization offered to make it up to her by hosting a wine and cheese pajama party, according to the court documents.
Reporting by John Clarke in Annapolis, Md.; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Peter Cooney


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Simon Cowell has put a Britain's Got Talent finalist through to the boot camp round of this year's X Factor.
Steph Edwards was signed to Sony Records after making it to the BGT final in 2013 with group Luminites.
According to The Sun, Simon was full of praise for Steph in the X Factor arena auditions and she got four yeses from the judges after proving a hit with the live audience.
Luminites split earlier this year after their debut single Do Something flopped at number 65 in the UK charts.
But X Factor producers reportedly encouraged Steph to try and go it alone on X Factor.
Simon – a high-powered executive at Steph's former record label – apparently told her she was brave to pick herself up after a knock and said she could be a star.
Meanwhile, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini was apparently booed by the audience as she tried to fill in for Simon when he was taken ill.
TV's Mr Nasty had to miss part of the Wembley auditions as he was suffering from a migraine, so Cheryl tried to take his place by sitting in his seat on the panel, cutting songs short with dismissive hand gestures and being the toughest judge.
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According to The Sun her harsh criticism went a bit too far when she told one aspiring singer she'd be better off trying her hand at stand-up comedy – and reduced her to tears – earning Cheryl a chorus of boos from the audience.
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Selena Gomez is making headlines every where right now, from singing Britney Spears' classic Baby One More Time at the South by Southwest Conference to her role in the new movie Spring Breakers. Above all this, we've just been admiring her beauty and fashion lately.
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Boston lockdown: The new normal?
The unprecedented manhunt in Boston that concluded successfully Friday night earned law enforcement authorities the gratitude of the nation.
But as relief replaces fear, the debate about what this episode means for the future is already beginning. And one of the most unsettling questions is whether the violence-related lockdown of a major U.S. city — an extraordinary moment in American history — sets a life-altering precedent.
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There are already worries that the effort to protect the people of Boston contained an element of overreaction. Local authorities told the city and nearby suburbs to "shelter in place" throughout the day and into the evening. They closed businesses, shuttered government buildings and suspended all public transportation in the metro area.
That decision concerned some political leaders and policy experts.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama praises arrest in Boston blasts)
Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said it is "hard to imagine what could justify directing the entire population of the city to 'shelter in place.'"
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, stopped short of directly criticizing the decision, but he lamented the development as a win of sorts for terrorists.
"When you have lives at stake, it's up to law enforcement," Ruppersberger said. "But it's an accomplishment when someone shuts down an entire community and people can't go outside and are told to stay away. We have to stand up as Americans to this. … We've got to continue to go to baseball games, continue to go to events. We can't allow these people to shut us down."
Michael Cohen, a former speechwriter for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, said authorities reacted too strongly.
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"I just think it's insane what's going on here," Cohen said. "I understand the need to be cautious and tell people to be cautious, but to tell people to stay inside because one guy is loose is just crazy."
"If there was some serial killer on the loose, no one would suggest that we do a lockdown of a whole city," said Cohen, now a fellow at the Century Foundation. "To me, it just plays on our outsized fears of terrorism. … Part of it is just cover your ass business by public officials."
Liberal blogger Marcy Wheeler noted a tension between the shelter-in-place order in Boston and President George W. Bush's speeches after Sept. 11 urging Americans to stimulate the economy and to visit Disney World.
"Total lockdown to catch one remaining culprit? Or 'go shopping'?" Wheeler asked on Twitter. (Bush never used that precise phrase.)
At mid-afternoon Friday, a Boston city emergency official went before cameras to say that those who were at work when the order to get off the streets came could now drive home. But he acknowledged that would be difficult for those who use public transportation. He suggested taking taxis.
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At a news conference Friday evening — before police captured suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) rescinded the stay-indoors order after hours of door-to-door searching and announced the reopening of the city's mass transit system. He said it was time to "return to living our lives." In response to a question, the governor defended what he acknowledged was an extraordinary request to the public.


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A winner was selected from 54 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Hi, I need a logo for a new townhome community. It is located in the suburbs. We are looking for something contemporary, clean, and easily printable.
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Pyburn Mews needs a logo. Ideally, it would say "Pyburn Mews" with "Lynnfield" below (this is the town that the townhomes are located in). It is one of the greenest projects in the area, which we are proud to market.
The logo should be contemporary (as opposed to real modern or country), clean looking, and easily printable on letterheads and made into a sign. If there is a way to incorporate a feel for green living or environmentally responsible then that would be great.
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U.S. Weighs Iraq Rescue Mission to Save Yazidis
Proposal Under Development Could Put Americans in Direct Confrontation With Islamic State Militants
WASHINGTON—The U.S. is weighing a military mission in Iraq to rescue thousands of Yazidi refugees, a move that risks putting American forces in direct confrontation with Sunni fighters for the Islamic State.
The proposal is still under development and hasn't been approved by President Barack Obama. U.S. officials said the rescue mission is one of many options the U.S. military is weighing after dropping food and water to dying refugees over the past six days....


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Click the link above to find more details, but essentially at the beginning of the game each player gets a number. Whenever that number is rolled they move 1 space on the track (or 2 if they roll their own number).
Well, yes but then there are the cards - if a players number is rolled more than once, then they get to draw either a rat or a mouse card. Rat cards are negative cards that can be played on other players, whilst mouse cards are beneficial and can be played by the player drawing the card.
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Your calls have been answered, well sorta. Microsoft today announced that a new, recently redesigned Facebook app (beta) for Windows Phone 8 is now available for you to try out and provide feedback. Yes, you can go and download it right now.
The app features "…new support for high-res photos, post sharing, and Facebook Timeline", which should go a long way in making users happy--though being beta means it won't be 100% stable, solid nor feature complete, so take it with caution.
But hey, Microsoft has finally redesigned the official Facebook app (or at least started to), answering many of your calls to overhaul the app for the popular social network. While the current version of Facebook for Windows Phone will continue to remain on the Store, it has garnered many complaints from users even despite the numerous updates it has received over the last few months.
The question for you, die-hard Facebook users, is this redesign and new feature set to your liking or not? Sound off in comments.
Grab the official Facebook Beta version 220.127.116.11 right here in the Store.
Source: Windows Phone Blog


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Exercise on head and face in Italian - Fill in the blanks
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"The reality is that there very little 3D code inside the player, at least native code. Whenever you export a movie that uses the new "3D" features, you'll notice that about 13KB of AS3 code is attached to it. This code is responsible for the pseudo 3D rendering using same old tricks used by earlier 3D renderers. You see degradation in rendering because those vector objects are transformed into cached bitmaps and handled as texture over triangles. Bitmap resampling algorithms inside the player are pretty good, but not good enough in several situations like this one. The Flash IDE, however, does a good job by making completely transparent to the user that this 3D manipulation is not native to the player itself but rather to silently attached code."
(here comes the snark)
How then am I able to paste one line of code into FlashDevelop and get a perspective-correct 3D rotation?
myMovieClip['rotationX'] = 60;
And my SWF isn't 13 KB, it's 1 KB. So apparently Flash Player 10 doesn't need any "pseudo 3D tricks". Sorry to be Mr. Snarky McSnarksalot, but saying "3D manipulation is not native to the player itself" is just asking for it.
So what is that extra code injected by Flash CS4 actually doing? If you have ASV, you don't have to guess; you can just decompile the SWF and take a look. You won't find any secret calls to drawTriangles(), or even the word "triangle" anywhere (sorry Keith).
What you will find are fl.motion classes. Remember those from Flash CS3? I wrote those to implement the Copy Motion as AS3 feature. For CS4, Rebecca Sun updated them to support 3D properties like rotationX, etc. What happens is that when a CS4 motion tween uses 3D, all of the tween properties are controlled with the Animator3D class. This includes the simple ones like x and y. However, if you don't use 3D, the tween is implemented with SWF tags as it has been for a decade.
Why the dramatic change in tween implementation when you use 3D? It boils down to Adobe deciding not to define new SWF tags for 3D features. I'm not going to comment here on the pros and cons of that decision. The practical result, though, is that 3D motion must be scripted, whether by you or by IDE-generated code. And apparently it's still the case that a movie clip is controlled either by the timeline (i.e. with SWF tags) or by ActionScript. I remember being surprised by this in Flash 4, when one tellTarget to _xscale would break a timeline tween permanently.
The Animator3D class may look complex, but it's not doing any rendering per se; it's doing motion. The rendering code is merely a few assignments to:
There are a lot of Matrix3D manipulations going on. But they are mainly to convert friendly properties like rotationX to coefficients, and to interpolate between matrices. The Animator and Animator3D classes also have to make all scaling and rotation relative to the transformation point, not the origin. This is trickier than you might think.
I hope this helps explain what's going on with that extra 3D code. The moral of this story could also be a nice tagline for ActionScript Viewer:
ASV: Don't guess what's in your SWF. Know it.


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Exterior view of Constitution Hall with Col. Edwin Vose Sumner dispersing the Free-State Legislature, Topeka, Kansas Territory, July 4, 1856. Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 26, 1856.
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Anatomy of a shutdown
House Speaker John Boehner just wanted to sneak out of the White House for a smoke.
But President Barack Obama pulled him aside for a grilling. Obama wanted to know why they were in the second day of a government shutdown that the speaker had repeatedly and publicly pledged to avoid.
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"John, what happened?" Obama asked, according to people briefed on the Oct. 2 conversation.
"I got overrun, that's what happened," Boehner said.
( WATCH: Who won the shutdown? Top 5 quotes)
It may be the most concise explanation of a chaotic, 16-day standoff that prompted the first government shutdown in nearly two decades and ended only hours before the world's largest economy nearly exhausted its ability to pay the bills. The fiscal drama turned on a series of complicated relationships, internecine Republican warfare and rare Democratic unity.
The House Republican conference ran roughshod over Boehner, a 22-year veteran of Washington who started the fight demanding to strip funds for Obamacare but settled in the end for the reaffirmation of a minor provision already in the law.
( PHOTOS: The government reopens)
He was overtaken by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who swept in near the end to forge a bipartisan agreement, part of an attempt to shield Republicans from further damage and salvage his party's chances of winning back the Senate next year.
A particular low point came Oct. 1 when Democrats released private emails to POLITICO aimed at making Boehner look like a hypocrite. The emails showed that Boehner had actually been deeply engaged in fixing an Obamacare glitch that would have cost lawmakers and their staff thousands of extra dollars. Hill veterans weren't quite as shocked by the flip-flop as the utter breakdown of decorum between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Boehner.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's latest push features a familiar strategy)
Above all, Republicans never believed Obama would hold firm on his refusal to negotiate and Democrats would maintain an unusual level of cohesion — united by a visceral desire to put the tea party in its place and an almost mama grizzly instinct to protect Obamacare.
"It was not a smart play," McConnell said Thursday of the GOP's Obamacare strategy. "It had no chance of success."
Obama and Reid stuck together, emerging as the political victors. Their hard-ball tactics were designed to "break the fever" brought on by the tea party, but it also helped drive the country to the edge of default.
Republicans cycled through every option possible during the three-week standoff to save face. Their Obamacare demands devolved from repeal and defund to a delay of the individual mandate. They revived the idea of a "grand bargain" on taxes and government spending but Reid openly laughed when Boehner raised it during a White House meeting. They offered a more narrow proposal to replace the sequester cuts for two years. Then, they went back to Obamacare.
( PHOTOS: Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid's friendship)
Nothing worked.
When things were at their worst, some Republican senators urged Vice President Joe Biden to get more involved. But he told each of them it wasn't his call. Biden participated in meetings at the White House but Reid, still angry about the vice president's concessions during the fiscal cliff talks last December, had shut him out of direct negotiations with lawmakers this time around.
By Wednesday, Republicans just needed a way out, agreeing to a bill that looked almost identical to what they rejected three weeks earlier: a debt-limit increase until Feb. 7, an extension of federal funding through Jan. 15 and no binding strings attached.
( Also on POLTICO: Shutdown aftermath: John Harris, Todd Purdum assess damage)
This account of the behind-the-scenes drama was drawn from dozens of interviews with key players in Congress and at the White House. The look back reveals how Republicans waged a fight on Obamacare that their leaders knew they would probably lose but pushed anyways because many in their ranks truly believed that Democrats, like they've done so often before, would fold — especially under the threat of an historic default on U.S. debt.
McConnell told his colleagues this week that his party should "never" be put in the same political position again.
"We fought the good fight," Boehner told WLW radio on Wednesday. "We just didn't win."
( PHOTOS: John Boehner's life and career)
The buildup to shutdown
Any hope of an easy debt limit extension was dashed in late August when Boehner promised a "whale of a fight."
Obama and Reid got on the same page early on, agreeing during strategy sessions over the summer that they wouldn't give up anything until Republicans renewed the debt limit and government funding.
Democrats never believed that Boehner could deliver the 217 House votes he needed to cut a deal. He could shut down the government and risk default, but because of hard-line conservatives, Boehner couldn't pass anything. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Obama and Reid this privately, and she repeated it publicly. This belief drove the Democrats throughout the crisis: stand firm and Boehner will be forced to fold.
( WATCH: Nancy Pelosi blasts GOP for budget saga)
But they had to keep each other in check.
Reid nixed an idea in mid-September to invite the congressional leaders over to the White House for a talk. It sends the wrong message, Reid argued to Obama in a call. We shouldn't even create the appearance of a negotiation, Reid said.
The meeting never happened.
In the House, Boehner and his leadership team ran through a spate of options — none of which his conference would accept. First, the Ohio Republican proposed keeping the debt limit and government-funding discussions separate, which Democrats were privately hoping would happen. He suggested passing a budget bill that completely funded the Affordable Care Act. A resolution would be passed alongside that defunded the law, but it could've been stripped out by the Senate and sent to Obama's desk.
The proposal was dubbed the "Cantor plan," after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who came up with the idea. Then, Boehner would've had Republicans fight hard on the debt ceiling, using the sequester as a bargaining chip against Obama.
( Also on POLITICO: Mitch McConnell defends deal, slams Obamacare tactics)
But that's where Boehner miscalculated: he assumed House Republicans only wanted a show vote. Instead, they wanted so much more, determined to nullify the health care law and use a government shutdown and threat of a debt-limit default to get there.
Boehner's rank-and-file were being egged on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a populist freshman who was quickly gaining followers in the House as quickly as he was alienating his fellow Republicans senators.
In the run-up to the shutdown, Obama was weak politically; his Syria strategy was panned by both parties; Obamacare was suffering poor poll numbers; and Republicans thought they had him on the ropes.
( WATCH: Timeline of Ted Cruz's Obamacare crusade)
Yet Cruz's anti-Obamacare drive played right into Democratic hands.
"The president gets up every day and reads the newspaper and thanks God that Ted Cruz is in the United States Senate," a Republican senator pointedly told Cruz at a closed-door meeting.
Even amiable and soft-spoken Republicans like John Boozman of Arkansas tore apart Cruz in a private GOP meeting, saying he was making GOP senators seem like they were for Obamacare when they had fought so hard to torpedo it. Boozman pointedly told Cruz he hadn't been bullied since middle school, and he wouldn't be bullied now.


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For Immediate Release
June 16, 2014
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BOSTON – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today proclaimed June 2014 as "Immigrant Heritage Month" in the City of Boston. The effort is part of a nationwide initiative organized by Welcome.us to gather and share inspirational stories of immigration in America. Welcome.us is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating a United States that is fueled by immigrants from around the world.
"Generations of immigrants from every corner of the world, including my own parents, have made Boston their home. And it is this diversity that make us a unique city," said Mayor Walsh. "We are a welcoming city, and I want all our immigrants to know that they don't have to leave their cultures behind to become American in Boston."
As part of a month-long celebration honoring the role immigrants continue to play in our city, the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians in partnership with Welcome.us and various community organizations are hosting two events to encourage residents to share their inspirational stories. The events schedule is as follows:
Immigrant Heritage Celebration
Saturday, June 21, 2014, 12:00 PM- 2:00 PM | Boston Public Library, Central Library Launch of the first-ever Immigrant Heritage Month in the City of Boston. Come for live music, fun activities and enjoy the exhibit "City of Neighborhoods: The Changing Face of Boston."
Screening of "Documented: A Film by an Undocumented American"
Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Boston Public Library, Central Library Special one night screening of the critically-acclaimed DOCUMENTED, a biographical film that explores the personal journey of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas. The film will be followed by a panel and Q&A discussion with writer/director and guests.
"We are thrilled that elected leaders across the U.S. have recognized the importance of Immigrant Heritage Month," said Tolu Olubunmi, executive director of Welcome.us. "America is a great nation with a rich culture because of the unique experiences each of us has had. Immigrant Heritage Month is a time to celebrate that diversity and to honor the experiences that unite us. We are proud to be joined in this effort by Americans from all walks of life including elected officials, celebrities, business leaders and influential social organizations that will help carry our message forward."
Throughout the month, the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians and Welcome.us are encouraging citizens to share their immigration stories through social media and the Welcome.us website. Residents can help celebrate the month by sharing their stories using the hashtag #welcomeus on social media streams, including: Facebook:www.facebook.com/newbostonians, www.facebook.com/welcomeus; Twitter: @NewBostonians, @Welcome_us; and YouTube: www.youtube.com/WelcomeIHM.
About the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians
The Mayor's Office of New Bostonians was created to ensure that immigrants have full access to the civic, economic, social and cultural life of Boston. MONB has established a nationally-recognized model for assisting newcomers in overcoming the barriers and challenges of immigration. For more information, please visit www.cityofboston.gov/newbostonians.
About Welcome.us Welcome.us, a new non-profit organization, is dedicated to celebrating a United States that is fueled by immigrants from around the world. Welcome.us is supported by FWD.us, which was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Marissa Mayer, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Padmasree Warrior, and other tech leaders. Learn more about the campaign and Immigrant Heritage Month by visiting Welcome.us.