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Nah, he will have a suitcase full of blag tshirts smellies and 2000 ciggies
Been here many times - striker scored loads of goals in some foreign league - signs and does fuck all in the Prem.Hope Tosun isnt another but I'd bet he will.Quality proven PL strikers should be our target... even older ones.
One thing I would like to say is, how well Besiktas fans have come across during this possible transfer, both on here and on twitter.We all know how passionate and devoted Turkish football fans are generally but I think the comments and goodwill that I've seen towards Tosun and Everton reflects really well on Besiktas and their supporters.
Let's hear them then. Let's hear about all these proven strikers who are currently banging them in every week in the Premier League who are itching to come to Everton.
Think you have read the thread wrong mate
Turkey is a really nice place just too hot tbh went to Antalya a couple of years ago and spent 2 weeks under a parasol and in the pool
Can we stop talking Turkey and just concentrate on the transfer ?
Never get ciggies from Turkey, awful
And if we are gonna talk about Turkey, let's not just talk about knock off ciggies. We're talking about an ancient country with an illustrious history, and I'm conscious that quite a few Besiktas fans might be reading this forum. Bit embarrassing tbh.
Anyway Cenk Tosun.... Any further news?
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From state fragility to hybrid warfare, contemporary national security challenges require us to leverage defense, diplomacy, and development — often all at the same time. Traditionally, the U.S. Department of State has developed and implemented our foreign policy, while the Department of Defense (DoD) managed our nation's military and national defense. The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) serves as the principal link between both departments, ensuring that our military operations and defense strategy support our foreign policy — and vice versa.
While they share the same mission, warriors and diplomats each bring unique perspectives and skillsets to the table. PM's new Office of State-Defense Integration administers two programs that build mutual understanding and strengthen relationships. Through the Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) Program, the Department of State sends approximately 90 diplomats to every Geographic Combatant Command and several Component Commands around the world, where they provide foreign policy expertise to our generals and admirals. Meanwhile, a similar number of Department of Defense Military Advisors (MILADs) support the regional and functional bureaus here in Foggy Bottom.
In the profiles below, State and DoD detailees highlight their unique experiences on the frontlines of interagency collaboration. Whether helping to craft policy in Washington or to implementing it at an embassy or military command overseas, each participant is building the relationships and shared expertise we need to solve today's most difficult national security problems.
Lt. Col. David Bartley, U.S. Air Force
Peacekeeping Capacity Building Operations Division
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
I have been assigned to the Department of State for seven months. I work in the Peacekeeping Capacity Building Operations Division, which is primarily responsible for supplying equipment and providing training to peacekeeping partners around the world. In addition, the division builds each partner's capacity to self-sustain various peacekeeping capabilities so they can support United Nations and regional peacekeeping missions. I am the military advisor for the division and my current focus is on creating a Metrics and Evaluations Framework to assess the effectiveness of our newest peacekeeping program, the Africa Peacekeeping Rapid Response Program.
One of my most memorable experiences has been my trip to Mongolia for the KHAAN QUEST 2016 peacekeeping exercise, which was an annual capstone event for countries in U.S. Pacific Command's area of responsibility. Approximately 2000 personnel from over 40 countries participated in this two week event, which included staff, field, and command and control exercises.
I participated as an observer and evaluator for both the staff and field exercises. The staff exercise featured classroom instruction and breakout sessions for small groups to work through real world scenarios, and the field exercise incorporated several different training activities covering checkpoint operations, protection of civilians, medical first response, site protection, patrolling, counter-IED awareness and convoy operations. Overall, KHAAN QUEST was well organized, met or exceeded all of the objectives, and was impressive to see.
Ms. Robin Smith
Political Advisor to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Africa (USARAF)
"I have the best seat in the house," I recall saying to a colleague, as I discussed working with African partners, in tandem with the USARAF Army Strong team, to advance mutual security sector goals. USARAF, or U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force as it is formally known, is based in Vicenza, Italy. As the Foreign Policy Advisor to Commanding General, Major General J.P. Harrington, I provide an interagency perspective valued by the Command on political-military, security, and national or regional issues relevant to the Command's activities and responsibilities. USARAF, a service component command of U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), engages our African partners through a long-term regionally focused approach. The overarching goals are to build sustainable capacity; support the joint force to disrupt transnational threats; and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity in Africa.
In the last year, USARAF conducted more than 120 partner engagements with more than 19 African nations. On the road for days or a week at a time, I have traveled to nine of these partner nations, as the Commanding General engaged senior leaders from our African military partners. I also observed a series of military exercises and attended keystone "relationship-building" events, such as the African Land Forces Summit held in Arusha, Tanzania this year.
My job also entails working closely with ambassadors and Embassy Country Teams throughout Africa and supporting USARAF activities like defense institution building. The interagency collaboration is truly in line with high-level, strategic goals and the emphasis on strengthening partner nations' peacekeeping capabilities through a whole-of-government approach.
USARAF's long-term efforts are expanding the global land power network in Africa by advancing U.S. strategic objectives. My return to a job that takes me to a continent where I first got my start as a Foreign Service Officer 30 years ago — to contribute to strategic security goals in a complex and dynamic environment — is a great capstone to an extensive career in diplomacy.
YN1 Victor Rosado, U.S. Navy
State Defense Exchange Team
Bureau of Political Military-Affairs
I'm one of two enlisted detailees at State and an active duty U.S. Navy Sailor with 16 years of service to our great nation. For the majority of my career (13 years) I've either been deployed to the desert or on a ship, so being selected to work stateside in Washington has been a breath of fresh air. Being here gave me the opportunity to see how the State Department works with the Defense Department to meet our nation's goals.
I've spent a little over two years in the Bureau of Political Military Affairs' office of International Security Operations and work in the State Defense Exchange Team (SDET). I must admit, even though it's not like being deployed at sea or the desert, working at the State Department holds its own unique challenges. Specifically, State requires you to be knowledgeable not only in your military specialty but other fields that military personnel are normally not accustomed to encountering. Luckily, our office has a good team, making any and all challenges easy to manage and overcome.
As part of my duties, I provide administrative assistance to over 100 personnel. I assist with screening, vetting, and welcoming all projected inbound military detailees. Once they arrive, I handle guidance and requirements regarding upcoming Periodic Reports, physical training exams, urinalysis notifications, retirement packages, separation packages, correcting military records, and many other military administrative items. I generated monthly reports used to properly track military personnel assigned to the State Department, a difficult task since we have had 60 percent turnover this year, and help update the Memorandum of Understanding that allows for DoD personnel to be here. I also created and help maintain a website for all State-assigned and visiting military detailees, providing them with resources to assist with their assignments. I even helped coordinate the military events for the Department's annual "Take Your Child to Work Day" event with the U.S. Army Fife and Drum Corps.
On top of my routine duties, I am very flexible and assist with whatever is needed in my office. As we like to say in the military — "One Team, One Fight!"
We in the Bureau of Political Military Affairs are proud to be at the center of State and DoD interagency collaboration. We are continuing to learn from the diplomats and warriors like those above who are cross-training and working alongside each to advance U.S. national security at home and abroad.
About the Author: David McKeeby serves as a Public Affairs Specialist in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Editor's Note: This entry also appears in the U.S. Department of State's publication on Medium.com.

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Black Hat is a stick figure character in xkcd. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat. In his earliest appearances, Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, that quickly evolved to have the current shape and style of a pork pie hat. Judging by 1139: Rubber and Glue, he has worn the hat since he was a child. That strip also gave him the nickname "Hatboy". Black Hat seems to have short hair, as shown in "Journal" series, 412: Startled and 1401: New. He is revealed to be a blogger in the Secretary series, when Cory Doctorow referred to him as "one of our own".
As stated in the title text of 29: Hitler, "the hat guy" is based on a character named Aram from the now-defunct webcomic Men in Hats. Like Black Hat, Aram seems to have frequently made judgmental, insulting or controversial comments in a very emotionless manner. This may also have been the comic where Black Hat truly comes into existence for the first time. He appears earlier in numbering with 12: Poisson, but that was actually first released more than a month later, and put up onto xkcd together with all the old LiveJournal comics when they were re-released on the new xkcd site. Then there is also 24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey, which were released a good month earlier (and drawn during an 'unending Nasa lecture'), so the oldest with a possible Black Hat. But here Black Hat does not really resemble his later appearances.
Black Hat does not appear to have originally been a reference to Black hat hacking. However, the character has evolved to have very similar motivation, hatching evil schemes often for no reason other than to cause chaos or go against the societal norms. He has found a female counterpart and partner in Danish.
Black Hat's hat appears white in 1005: SOPA due to the colours being inverted. (Black Hat is only visible by manipulating brightness and contrast.)
In his talk at Dartmouth [1] Randall discusses his reasoning behind creating a separate "asshole" character in his comics.
He may also be a reference to the black hat/white hat hacker dichotomy.
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The whole Galley-la is with the warlord.
The whole Galley-la is with the warlord.
His sig is made up of all the characters in the 4th round... It's been updated every round since the beginning to include everyone.
Jimbei at Buggy:
Round four already here you came,
to take my honour, to take my fame
Small you midget, that you are
without a single battle scar!
Not a warrior, just a clown
you fall in water and you ll drown
I ll took you under like many before
I ll woop your ass more and more
You say you were on Rogers ship ,
that must have been amazing trip...
More like vacation, was that for you,
no fighting skills, all your talk is poo!
Escape from prison, even then you strike a pose...
Thats all you"re good for,... YOU BIG RED NOSE!!!
Buggy at Jimbei:
Yes round four, you man, you fish
Before we start better make a wish!
You make sure you make a big one too
Cause captain Buggy will come for you!
Want to drown me, so you say...
but can you even catch your pray
Fatty fishman where"s your fin?
I bet you dont know, how to swim!
You say you want to save old man,
your looking pale...
You sure they wont be saving a whale?
The Strawhats need 100 million beli, the Galley-La company pool, and a massive guest list that consists of Galley-La, the Franky Family, and the entire population of Water 7 to even be compared to one of Buggy's parites thrown on his floating party-house with a budget of not finding treasure.
I bet Roger threw some killer parties, himself.
Jinbei throws giant Fishman Island parties where the mermaids dont wear panties...
vote for him:
because he is pure ownage =)
PS: i did not draw the picture
Buggy! As he's the closest thing I've had to an Usopp substitute these last 8 months or so.
A vote for Jinbei is a vote for Aquaman!
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Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In October, we read Ekaterina Sedia's novel Heart of Iron. Jump into comments to get started talking about it!
For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here's how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the meeting is in session. That would be the post you're reading right now. Then everybody talks about the book in comments for a few days, starting right now.
We've confirmed that Sedia will drop by and speak to us about the novel on Friday. I'll post a call for questions for her on Thursday morning — keep an eye out for it!
So, what did you think of the book?
Want to get a head start on our next book? We're taking December off, so let's fill those two months with something long. When we return on January 24, we're meeting to discuss Neal Stephenson's novel Reamde. (Here's io9's review of the book.)


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Southwest Airlines agrees to pay for Hobby expansion
But United plans to keep fighting global-flights plan
Southwest Airlines will pay the $100 million cost to add five international gates and a customs facility to Hobby Airport, under an agreement announced by Mayor Annise Parker and Southwest CEO Gary Kelly on Wednesday.
According to the memorandum of understanding, Southwest will make all the debt payments and assume the risk if expansion is not a money maker. It will cede control of one of the gates to competitors. There is no increase to the city's ticket surcharge to pay for construction, which means the city can put a surcharge increase to other uses. And Southwest hands over the keys to the city of Houston when it is done paying off the expansion.
The agreement is likely to appear on next week's City Council agenda. Assuming council's approval to build and the Federal Aviation Administration's green light of the routes, Southwest proposes to start international flights out of Hobby in 2015 with plans to ramp up to 25 daily departures to Mexico, the Caribbean and other short-hop Latin American destinations.
The deal negotiated over the past 10 days between the city and the airline already appears to have the support of a majority of City Council, after seven members ascended to the news conference podium in response to Parker's exhortation to "stand with me as Southwest has." The seven, combined with Parker and an absent eighth council member who also announced his support for Southwest on Wednesday, constitutes the majority needed to pass the item.
It will not be without a fight from United Airlines, however.
United, which flies out of Bush Intercontinental and has a virtual lock on the Latin American markets that Southwest seeks to enter, continues to oppose Hobby expansion.
"We haven't seen the proposal, but there is no funding plan that makes this proposal good for Houston. Splitting the city's international air service will harm the city's competitive advantage and cost jobs. We will continue to advocate that maintaining a single international airport is the best policy for Houston's future," United spokeswoman Mary Clark said.
Celebration at Hobby
Parker and Kelly basked in the atmosphere of a pep rally as they made their announcement in the airport's lobby near the security checkpoint.
"This is one of those deals where I don't have to spend the next 20 minutes explaining what's in the deal. Southwest has agreed to pay for all the expenses associated with building the expansion," she said before the crowd of city staffers, business leaders and airline employees interrupted her with cheering. When the applause died down, she deadpanned: "That's it," drawing a round of laughter.
That is not it, of course.
First, Southwest will not have to pay rent on the four gates or for the customs facility.
Southwest officials acknowledged Wednesday that exempting it from rent but assuming the debt payments is, essentially, a wash, though they said an apples-to-apples comparison was nearly impossible because there are so many ways to structure a deal.
Southwest also qualifies for an annual rebate of as much as $3.9 million based on the growth in passengers once the international addition opens. Southwest would get roughly $1.43 back for each additional passenger over the previous year's total.
Andy Icken, the city's chief development officer and one of the negotiators on the deal, estimated that Southwest would have to increase its passenger total by roughly 50 percent in a single year for it to earn the maximum rebate.
A city study projects that the number of Hobby passengers would grow far less than that.
Southwest gets a key concession of near total control of the international section of the terminal at Hobby. While Southwest has touted the benefits of competition its entry into the Latin American market would bring, Southwest's competition within Hobby will be limited to the flights that can squeeze out of one gate.
It's called a 'duopoly'
"It's certainly not the windfall benefit to consumers if, instead of having just one choice, we have two, instead of multiple choices," said Darren Bush, professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and an expert who testified before Congress against the merger of United and Continental Airlines.
"It's better than having Aeroflot, the Soviet monopoly airline, but it's still going to be what we call a duopoly" with Southwest and United dominating air traffic to Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Posh Dining
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, iheartslFeed, new releases on Sunday, June 30, 2013
If you think back a month -- yes it DOES seem much longer ago, I agree -- the San Marino House from La Galleria was one of the hot spots at the Home and Garden Expo. Well there is new furniture out with it in mind. Some sets are casual and while that is often my personal preference, I chose the Dinner Party Dining Set for 4: Travertine & Linen Mesh (wow, that's a long name *wink*) for its elegance. This is one fancy abode and I wanted to match that.
The table comes with dining options for two or four folks. Choose from many meals of very realistic looking foods. There is even cheesecake as a dessert option. I only eat it once a year in our corporeal world, but here it is calorie free! Can't beat that. Touch the food to get forks, cups and the like. There are choices of placemat fabrics and tinting can get you many, many colors.
My outfit is from Ducknipple and comes with value-packed huds (2) for either striped or plain sweaters. Look for the Cowl Dress. My Summer Heels are also from Ducknipple. Rigged mesh they move beautifully with your feet. My shoe inventory needs a slash and burn purge really soon. Some older items definitely need to go. Happily there are some great replacements. The Summer Heels come with a color change hud and of course polish and skin picker.
Hair: Vanity Hair: Valentina-Nova
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Poses by: Diesel Works
Sunlight and Lace
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, iheartslFeed, new releases, sneak peak on Saturday, June 29, 2013
IHundred has a new bodysuit (complete with Lolas for those of you who wear them) out at Cleavage, a Lubbly Jubblies Exclusive Release. With six pretty colors to choose from you are bound to find a favorite. I went with nude to coordinate with .....
My hand-tinted release set from .:UR:., a full perm store, is for The Challenge starting as the month begins. This month the GARDEN is in theme with a pergola and outdoor bed featured. Again, this is a full perm item complete with ambient maps so you could add textures as well as tint, your choice. The lovely painting in the background is also from The Challenge and can be found at The Viewing Room - Whiskey Monday's Gallery.
Hair: W&Y HAIR New 28 (NLA but fondly remembered)
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Poses by: BehaviorBody
On the Horizon
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases, sneak peak on Friday, June 28, 2013
The month is coming to an end and that means both deadlines and newness.
Today is the last day for the Hair Fair photo contest. Add your photo to the pool and you might win some goodness.
Coming soon is a new month for The Challenge, a very fun event where designers build to theme. This month it is GARDEN with some really nice items that will appear on these pages as the week progresses.
First up on my personal love it list is this :{MV}: Arcadia Pergola with textures to die for (well not literally; we wouldn't want that -- but very pretty). The event starts with the new month, so mark your calendars and get ready to revel in some outdoor goodness.
Hair: W&Y HAIR New 28 (NLA but fondly remembered)
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Poses by: aDORKable
Short Bytes
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, iheartslFeed, new releases, skins on Thursday, June 27, 2013
Akeruka has a new skin tone out for summer, Chocolate. Twiggy, Meg 2 and Manuela (shown) are now available for sun-lovin' gals.
Releasing SATURDAY from EMO-tions, this pretty jewelry set (there are bracelets that didn't make it into the head shot :D). Look for SALOME.
A little late to the party but I "did" tell you to check out all the specials at StoraxTree so I don't feel too guilty -- these were the Secret Wednesday specials. I just checked and they are still available, so hurry over.
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Chocolate MK4
Poses by: Helamiyo
Digits-Digits Times Three
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment, iheartslFeed on Monday, June 24, 2013
Here is the link to the previous digit posts which include measurements. I am pretty much a standard small.
Do you try and keep your avatar's body proportionate and similar to the "average" proportions pictured above? – No
What do you dislike the most about the SL avatar mesh? – The hands and feet have always been bad and that area near your crotch that is about one pixel and stretches horribly in texture clothes (or skin for that matter but not as noticeable).
Does it bother you when you see other avatars that are not proportionate at all? – No, but I do smile when I am over in the Brazilian area of the Realms and see the very hippy gals.
Even though this is a virtual world and people can be anything they want to be, do you feel when they are in human form, they should try to keep their proportions close to average? No! We are definitely not all the same in real life, no reason to be that way in SL -- even less so as we have more options.
Very Berry
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, iheartslFeed, new releases, sneak peak
Ducknipple has released new skirts and shoes. Now two of the skirts are very very tiny *grin* but this one, also on the tiny side, was just too cute to pass up. Tons of colors to choose from via hud and a darling little built in belt for accent. Look for "Kyra".
Searching for a top to go with this faced me with the hard truth; it is once again time for an inventory purge. Even though I had another (count that as numba five) database loss a month or so ago, my carefully whittled down count of 15,000 is up past 31,000. Now I have a lot of stuff. I wear a lot of hats. Builder, blogger, designer, filmmaker -- all come with their baggage (literally). But I have some really old and outdated items in my inventory that really don't need to be there. So -- housecleaning is on my list.
StoraxTree has lots of new releases and sales coming up. The easiest way to find the bargains is to visit the main shop and see the ads. Here I have picked out a couple of outfit coordinating items to show you. The Native African Abstracts 3 Set (linked, no mod but with a resize script) will be a PURE CONTAGION item at the sales room SOON (not out yet). The Antique Forest Flower Elegant Shelf will be out for 55L Thursday.
Click for a full sized photo
My top is antique :D
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Hair: EMO-tions Naomi
Poses by: Diesel Works
The End of the Story
Lots of research and searching tells me that
The Long Walk folks dropped the Machinma Open Studios Project gift off at my neighbor's plot, the Sky-view Lounge. I am not terribly happy about that since I made new gifts for the event and had no control over the hiding etc.
Mistakes do happen and I guess if I had been on the ball and doing a word search of their posts daily for "Machinima" earlier in my quest, I might have found the error.
Anyway, there may be a very nice gift over at the Sky-View Lounge courtesy of moi. Or it might be on my plot, I know not.
Monday mid morning note: The gift is currently sitting in the middle of the MOSP plot (I just checked) and the incorrect blog post entry is being corrected. So go forth and find. Here is the CORRECT link to get there. Bonus points to anyone who already found it *wink*.
I tried going on the hunt earlier but it was beyond my searching skills anyway. So you diehards can journey over. You have another week. Something less complex would have most likely been a better plan. There were many parts of the SL10B exhibit that I enjoyed. This may be my swansong though :D -- at least as an exhibitor.
I did enjoy the interview the other day. It was taped and should be available for viewing but I doubt any of you would be terribly interested. Still the process was enjoyable and a learning experience.
Deep Blue Fantasy
I took a lot of photos tonight over at the new Deep Blue Fantasy build. So very pretty. So very magical. My outfit of the eve is of course from Chandra at deviousMind, the Layali silks and chains. Lots of pretty colors and amazingly not quite as many tough decisions as sometimes. Honestly I just picked one and it was lovely. My hair is from eXxEsS : WENDA chocolate. High rez photo here.
You can see the lovely fountain from the Under the Sea hunt in the top photo. I built a mini world around it using many plants from Cerridwen's Cauldron Creations, the home of the fountain. These are so lovely and vary in prim count from one for the grasses to 17 for the double pitcher plant -- which can be huge; your choice. The plant packs come with color change menus giving you a many options. They are mod for size. The grasses are also resizable with a big variety of color combos in one set.
Be sure and visit. Bring your silks and take some photos *wink*.
Pose by: Diesel Works
Fast Cars - Faster Women
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases on Saturday, June 22, 2013
New 3rd Anniversary unisex group gift hair is out at Dura. A big pack of colors awaits you.
Photo taken here in my new pink Hucci convertible from The Arcade.
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Pose by: the car
The Materials Viewer - Impressions
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment, design, iheartslFeed, new releases
This is really a post about the new Materials Viewer which apparently includes project Sunshine (the new avatar baking project). This post is partially brought to you by Cheeky Pea who sent out a product not long ago which contained both regular and materials versions. Before I get to the story of my evening, I wanted to show you my favorite new release from The Garden, the Cheeky Pea Abbotsford Hanging Shelf. It weighs in at 7 which is pretty phenomenal for all these items. In the old prim days something similar -- and of course not as impressive -- would have cost 18 JUST for the pillows! Yeah mesh.
Back to my story which I am writing a second time as I lost my first post in a fit of editing and a fight with Blogger :(. So last eve I installed the official linden viewer, one that I only rarely use out on the beta grid when it is the only viewer that uploads that day. The process of using the unfamiliar viewer was a bit daunting, but I wanted to see what materials were all about. This was how the materials viewer saw the Cheeky Pea Chomper Shelf -- available at the Mens Dept. I thought it a bit odd, and this morning by accident discovered that it was my FACELIGHT (made with SL lighting on the build menu) that was the issue. Ah-Ha!
There IS a difference. My first impression with the new viewer, whether I looked at a materials build or not, was that it seemed to be in higher resolution, like my 96dpi photo had become a 300 dpi one -- or perhaps a new monitor had appeared on my desk courtesy of the computer upgrade fairy. Another thing that I noticed was that some older items with smaller textures looked really outdated. So super clear, high resolution (and possibly bigger graphics) will be ruling the world soon -- for those that want things the best that they can be anyway.
There has been some talk on the mesh board that the final release materials viewer was light years away from the beta release that people had been using to build with. I am not sure if this is part of the shine with projected lights issue, but I do know that several of the "materials viewer" examples that I had collected for testing don't look at all like they should. I feel sorry for the builders who put in the time, effort and lindens to bring items in that don't work properly. It will take some time before we are moving along smoothly, but I have seen some examples of how materials can add detail and that will be great to see.
Meanwhile this Cheeky Pea Abbotsford Bed looks fantastic. I am guessing it has materials added but it look great in my everyday Firestorm viewer too. Find it too a The Garden.
You should know my outfit by heart now, Ducknipple -- and new hair from Vanity Hair, The Meadow. This was my final outfit for my filmed interview yesterday at SL10B. It went well.
Poses by Diesel Works and LAP (nla).
Under The Sea Hunting
Posted by Chic Aeon in hunts, iheartslFeed, places on Friday, June 21, 2013
I finished the Under the Sea Hunt this morning. See the previous post for what you are looking for and more information. This is a great hunt, not too hard and fun locations. There are some stellar prizes too. You can pick up a red version of my wetsuit (no tanks) at NDiver, a blue orca pet at Cetological Museum and the swimming kitty from KittyCats -- all shown in yesterday's post. Two other prizes of note -- for me anyway -- is this cute top and skirt set from :{MV}: and this lovely seahorse fountain from Cerridwen's Cauldron.
Quick notes: You MUST do the hunt in order to obtain the prizes as you go along. Click on the HUNT poster on any of the teleport boards to get started. You CAN return to the hunt after a period of time and continue (I was a little worried about this when I quit last night). All the hunt pearls are out and working as I type this. Only a few are hard to find.
My new hair releases SATURDAY, from EMO-tions, "Dream".
Pose by: fri.day
Under the Sea Expo
The Under the Sea Expo is opening as I type this. I spent most all of the day at the event and then later making my own little place "under the sea" *wink*. Much fun. Here's the scoop.
The venue is pretty magical with that Lost Continent of Atlantis look. You don't need to wear underwater or fantasy gear of course to attend. It will be difficult to leave without some in your inventory though as there is so much to see and buy. There is also a hunt going on. I am not exactly sure how that will work this time. It HAS apparently started and each shop should have a prize (some not quite yet apparently).
This morning it was press time; this cute little orca a special gift from CETOLOGICAL MUSEUM where you can find some outstanding looking denizens of the deep to enhance your underwater area. Many of the bloggers were already in mermaid attire so I am guessing those that love tails will be giving you a complete rundown of all the shopping options. Tomboy that I am, the second I opened the scuba gear from NDiver, I had my outfit for the day. I actually wore it all the hours I spent terraforming and decorating.
My plantings include the Botanical Kelp Forest and Underwater Rocks Diorama as well as underwater flora and animated fish schools from meadowWorks. I dug into the Linden Library and found some useful filler plants, added a few of my own designs and I was set. So very pretty. You can see my new underwater grotto here.
With lots of variety and photo ops abounding you will want to explore the Expo fully. My best hint is to wander first if you want and then check the teleporter boards to see who you have missed -- trust me it is easy to get turned around and with so many interesting and niche items you don't see often, you don't want to miss a shop.
I got to the press junket a little late this morning, but it didn't take me long to see the cluster of green dots in front of the Kittycats building. My new little friend here (not named yet) is a swimming kitty. So cute! And happily he (or she) doesn't need much attention, just lots of water to swim in. The log that you see in the background is the one in the top photo. It comes with a variety of mer animations with legs tightly together. A sign, static bubbles and a super cute crab add to the ambiance. Find it at FantaSea.
My brief research shows that there is a cost involved (well of course) and that after solving one of the puzzles, you get a pet.
There is MUCH more to it all, and if this sounds like you, read more here.
Poses by: Diesel Works, the log
Hair by Discord Designs (Leah)
The next spot on the tour comes up when you click on the
I more or less finished the hunt and was at what I think was the "endgame" but had no idea where the sun temple might be. OH. I bet it was where we started! Will try that in the morning and report on some goodies.
official blog for updates.
Blog posts will be listed there.
A Flickr group is here:
Have fun!
Cobblestone Streets
Posted by Chic Aeon in iheartslFeed, new releases, places on Wednesday, June 19, 2013
If you love Victorian England... If you are addicted to mesh... If you appreciate the subtle play of light on well made textures ... you will want to visit Rougham. It is a gorgeous spot where attention to detail is queen.
AD Creations, Dorian Gray.
Now I remember that Picture of Dorian Gray movie. I was very young and it may have already been very old, but it impressed itself forever in my memory -- especially the scene when the painting was revealed. At least that's how I recall the plot.
The outfit comes complete with waistcoat, vest and hat. You only need some appropriate footwear to move backwards in time.
I enjoyed my time in Victoria, made a landmark and rushed back to share with you. I am guessing this outfit will one day make it into a movie. It photographs very well!
Poses by: Diesel Works and LAP (nla)
Dudded Up
Posted by Chic Aeon in iheartslFeed, new releases on Tuesday, June 18, 2013
I have an interview coming up on Friday at SL10B. Actually, when I agreed, I thought we would just be talking at my plot -- but no, it is at the auditorium (oh my!). It is also going to use voice which I am nervous about, not the talking -- the techie part as I don't use it much.
And then there is the script and rendering naggers at the event. It isn't that I am against those, I am happy to fly around hairless at Hair Fair and the like. But when you are supposed to be the main event you do sorta need to look OK.
I knew that I had a choice between older textured clothes or new UNSCRIPTED mesh ones. Since many of my favorites are scripted, my list of options was getting smaller. Lots of putting on and checking script count -- tping over to the event to see if the nagger still hated me etc. Eventually I got completely naked and started out at .01 which I am guessing may be the integrated AO in Firestorm.
I came up with this lovely outfit which includes some new and UNSCRIPTED ( you don't know how happy I was to see that word) jewelry from Eclectica for Genre. The theme is deco which I love. The set is called rhapsody and includes a necklace, ring and matching bangle. You can purchase separately.
I am also wearing a jumpsuit from Hucci that I purchased (it was for a contest but I do love it) and Blossom sandals from lassitude and ennui. Hair can be an issue and so I went with mesh, a new very classy style from Vanity Hair, The Meadow. I currently count at .04 with no scripts (I so don't understand how that works) using the Top Scripts counter of the viewer. And I just got back from 10SLB with no nasty message, so here's hoping.
Now I have to admit that while this is a lovely outfit, it is way fancier than I wanted to be. So I might find something more casual to wear before Friday. But it is always good to have something posh AND low lag in your outfit folder *wink*.
My fitting backdrop is the new barnesworth anubis south beach penthouse skybox available at COLLABOR88.
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Pose by: Diesel Works (from current gift set)
Monday Meme
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment, iheartslFeed on Monday, June 17, 2013
I forgot it was Monday until I was wandering through the feed and found a mention. Yeah!
- Which was the last sim you visited? (Other than your home) Demondrille where I was taking down a hunt prize and putting it in the $10 area :D. Before THAT I actually went to several LEA AIR sims (much more impressive but trying to be honest).
- Does your avatar look like the real you? Not even close.
- Do you wear underwear/panties underneath your clothing when out and about on the grid? Very seldom. With mesh I have a tendency to a bit more but normally I am wearing pants so not a big issue. I seldom wear those short short dress where you actually NEED panties.
- If you won a million linden dollars, what would be the first thing you buy inworld? Probably another sim ( I don't actually OWN mine except on paper) to create a new environment in.
- Have you ever bought something in SL and then realized afterwards that you had already owned it from before? I can't remember doing this. I buy so little. I have uploaded a texture for a build twice, forgetting that I had already uploaded. That's as close as I can get.
- Have you ever done anything in Second Life that would be considered illegal in real life? No. Very boring and rule following in both worlds. Sigh.
- If you could go out on a date with any other avatar, who would it be? Maybe Marcus Inkpen as I truly enjoy his work.
- Who, in your opinion, was the greatest avatar to ever slive? No clue or opinion. I am not much for measuring folks against each other.
- What is the most embarrassing thing you've ever done inworld? Maybe not paying attention and walking on top of two folks who called me a noob (naturally) when I was not. Oh my!
- If your avatar had a mind of its own, what do you think it would say to you? "You really need to get out and play more, girl!"
Collecting Memories
The Garden opened for a new round on the 15th and I was there in the very early morning hours. It was quiet then, but it didn't take long for the crowds to appear. There are many great beachy items to be had plus some that could do double or triple duty -- on or off the beach.
From Trompe Loeil there are a variety of photo holders. Low to modest land impact they come with areas you can add your textures to. They even come with a "everyone" option (more on that later). Of the room sized decor items my favorite is shown here, complete with festive lights and a plug for authenticity. This weigh in at 6 li at this size.
My comfy sweatshirt is a new release from Ducknipple, Anita. LOTS of color choices in this hud. There is a similar solid color version also. I have been in a purple mood for the last week so I am continuing the trend. My hair is Kimberly from EMO-tions, a new favorite (obviously).
There is more to this story and here it is. One of the styles of photo holders is a curvy fence background. It is small in its default size, perfect for bedrooms and such. I got to thinking that this would make a great photo wall -- especially when I spied the "anyone" version of the item. I stretched that puppy big. And you know what? It was still only 13 land impact.
That worked for me. 16 photos, shadows and a nice backdrop. I put two together and spanned a wall in the gallery. Now folks can come and add their MOSP photos easily. There are instructions included in the pack and I made a poster for the visitors explaining how it is done.
You can adjust the parameters of each photo space individually in the build menu. They are more or less 2 to 1 in nature, but are cropped as is. So depending on your photos you may want to change things some. I made most of mine to take a whole picture and made some closely cropped. We will see how that works.
Poses by: the bed and Vista Animations
That Long Walk Thing
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Sunday, June 16, 2013
I was going to add info to my previous post and then figured many of you would miss it. So here is my comment, rewritten this morning but still in a state of confusion.
From the first blog post on The Long Walk which was deeply publicized, I am disappointed. No mention of how to tag along on the walk, when the next one will be; no links to the places mentioned. Really not much at all. Sorry, dear readers if I lead you down a yellow brick road going nowhere.
Rereading the journey logs again it seems like the plan changed. I don't see any hunting here and it would have really been nice to have a few landmark SLURLs along the way. SL10B is a very vast place -- one that I have been exploring from the beginning -- and it is still very easy to get lost.
You can follow along with all the journaling here. Perhaps there will be some clues later on.
I wish you luck on the journey.
Later update. There are NOW links within the posts. Yeah!
SL10B is Open!
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, hunts, iheartslFeed, places
The 14th was press day for SL10B with a tour including many of the larger builds plus a bit of info in the "good to know" vein. First up, here is a bit more news on The Long Walk Hunt with David Abbot.
Scroll back through the last posts if you missed them.
The Long Walk is a special guided tour of the Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebrations - with extraordinary gifts to find along the way.This tenth birthday celebration territory consists of 22 sims with 2 being donated by Linden Labs (the Cornfield previously mentioned and Bear Island). Now as a good reporter I feel I need to say that on my arrival at Mesmerize (one of the 20) the land was in the name of a Linden. And I thought, "Cool! The Lab decided to support the birthday this year". The land is currently listed as group owned. The official word is that an anonymous person donated many of the sims. There is nothing to say that anonymous person couldn't be a Linden. If so, many of us thank you (and yes, I forgot WHICH Linden but that is probably a good thing). Individuals count in many processes and this is one. And true, it may have been a change of hands thing -- I know not.
Over the Birthday Week, David Abbot will be making a complete circuit of all the sims, posting an account of that day's Walk on the blog, describing some of the things he sees as fun, whimsical, beautiful and sometimes very moving. You can follow in his footsteps, and along the way you will discover one or two amazing gifts - not in every location he mentions, but in very special places where X will mark the spot!
The walk will continue throughout the week from June 16 - 23rd and, after David's gone off to soak his feet, you will still be able to follow the Long Walk and find the special gifts while the sims remain open until June 29th.
Keep reading the SL10B Community Celebration blog at http://slcommunitycelebration.com/blog/ to find out more about The Long Walk!
I really didn't know about Linden Bear Island so it was fun to get a bit of the history. Here's the scoop.
According to Saffia Widdershins, one of the press guides -- In the old days it was traditional for each new Linden to make a bear that expressed his or her personality and residents who met a Linden could ask for their bear. Some people tried hard to collect as many as possible.
That was so new to me and fun to learn. At bear island you can pick up many historical bears to add to your collection. I am not sure where to get this year's bear; it was in my press pack. A cutie.
There are many impressive large builds at SL10B and the press junket took the tour of them all. Being a minimalist, my favorite was the nuclear reactor which spans two sims. Now I should warn you that all of the stages (dance and presentation) monitor scripts. Mine was pretty low at 21 according to my counter - 25 according to theirs -- and I still got a blue screen warning. So drop all the scripts you can if you are planning on partaking in the entertainment.
I watched the reactor being built but hadn't seen it finished. It is impressive with the stage down inside the largest cone. It is rumored that there are dangerous and foreboding tunnels under the installation; explore at your own risk *wink*. The builder was KT Syakumi.
This is my wrap up of the event. Much to see, it is open for two weeks to let you have plenty of time to explore.
Posted by Chic Aeon in hair, new releases on Saturday, June 15, 2013
Before anyone does the "oh my" thing, I actually have on a body suit that happily comes with this set *wink*. All that shine isn't my toned skin!
Chandra has been working hard on these chains for some time. Happily they are out and quite impressive. They are rigged mesh so they move beautifully and unrealistically with your body. Well, chains "might" move with your body -- I have no personal experience in that regard.
The release is called ChainedLust and there are various metal textures available. I chose rough metal as it seemed fitting for the MOSP dungeon. Find this set (which you can of course wear without the body suit if that is more to your liking) at !deviousMind.
My hair is a new release that from EMO-tions, premiering today -- NADINE.
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Poses by: Pffiou! (very old)
Apples and Apples and Apples - Oh My!
Posted by Chic Aeon in hunts, iheartslFeed
Head on over to Apple May Designs where there is a great hunt going on. Find the apples (8 for gals, 8 for guys) and reap the rewards. At a linden an apple you can't go wrong. Shown here are some of the goodies to be had. There are also tanks and shorts. Most of the apples are easy to spot. Of course there ARE plenty of apples around too. Still, not too hard a hunting.
There was a problem with the sim earlier but things are working again now and you can buy.
High rez photo here.
Poses by: Diesel Works, Lap, AKEYO
My hair is Kimberly by EMO-tions
SL10B Gifts
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, iheartslFeed, places, sneak peak
One of the biggest draws to the SL birthday bashes are the gifts. There are plenty to be had and I am sure that I only found a few of those available, but here are my picks from this year's event.
High rez version of photo here.
Two horses, one rideable and one rezable, are the stars of the show for me. The riding horse (78 prims to rez) is from Carriage Trade which has a nice through the years exhibit, A Glance Back: Shenlei Flasheart.
The static horse is part of a historical horse pack from Rodeo Horses, not far from my plot. It was fun to see the horses of old. The new mesh ones are indeed lovely and the lower prim one (24) will be hanging out in Peaceful Valley for awhile.
SL10B Sneak Peak 2
Posted by Chic Aeon in iheartslFeed, new releases, places, sneak peak on Friday, June 14, 2013
While there are several impressive multi-sim builds this year, there doesn't seem to be as many artists as in 2012. The Artists for SL are represented in a nice gallery you can find here. I found this calm spot amidst the cacophony of buildings when I flew over and spied a photo taken at MOSP. It is indeed in the MOSP gallery. That led me to stop and venture in.
I am sure you will see many photos of the big builds, and honestly you really need to be there with your draw distance way up to see them well, but what I did find flying around Tuesday morning was this sight:
If you don't recognize it instantly, it is the Cornfield -- a place where bad boys and girls were sent in the early days of SL. Now I know I visited the cornfield and posted on it sometime in the past, not the actual one -- but at a time when it was resurrected for historical purposes. I even picked up some free cornstalks (now long gone in a database debacle). But, memory will have to serve as my blog's search function isn't finding anything. It was fun seeing it again.
Now there are places at the celebration that have signs posted asking folks not to take photos and I followed those instructions. I did find a truly interesting set of sign boards with pictures as a chronicle of SL history. When the event opens on the 16th, you can find the Second Life History Walk here. I remembered a lot, wasn't there for some, and puzzled over what was included and left out now and then. A great trip down memory lane.
Apple Tank by Ducknipple, hair (old group gift) by EMO-tions, cute bracelet antique.
Pose by: Diesel Works
Who's That Girl?
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases, skins
Tuli (new shop) has a Sara 2 skin out. Three skin tones are available with this being the darkest. Choose from two versions of eye makeups; I went with the more everyday "elementary" pack which includes several shadings. Lip tattoos make it a mix and match affair which is always fun. Cleavage layers and nail concealers are included.
If you are a Tuli group member, there is a free nude lip and teal shadow version of this skin (3 skin tones) on the group gift wall of the shop. Just put on your tag and click.
My hair of the morn is a new release from Vanity Hair, Collision; this is the Noisette tone.
Just in time for warm weather, a new short tiered halter dress with "short shorts" (yeah) built in. A variety of colors can be had with a click of a hud button. This is part of a full outfit called appropriately - SUMMER from SLX.
Skin and nail changing hud comes with. Manual mod for size.
Click the photo for a larger version.
Poses by: aDORKable
For Love
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, iheartslFeed, places on Thursday, June 13, 2013
Photo taken on the brand new dock at MOSP.
Hair by EMO-tions
Pose by aDORKable
SL10B Sneak Peak
Posted by Chic Aeon in iheartslFeed, new releases, places, sneak peak
SL10B opens on the 16th. With lots to see and do you will definitely want to journey over. I have been doing some early exploring and wanted to share a bit. This is the MOSP plot, as far away from the center of things that you can get -- but there is a nice water view and I appreciate that. While much of the event centers around who can build the biggest and most noticeable edifice, I went for minimalism with a simple park and some gifts. Pick up a multi-scene photo frame with owner controls for timing and on off as well as some film huds.
The MOSP plot will also be part of the The Long Walk: Led by David Abbot which features even more goodies to find -- and let's be honest, it won't be too difficult to find them in this park!
There are pods you can ride in again this year. Flying hasn't been that good lately with that going off into the ether happening often, so running or the pods may be your best bet. I have lots to show you over the coming days, so you'll have a lay of the land and some spots to visit if you choose. There are gifts too of course and we all like those.
My top which you will see throughout these posts as the photos were all taken in a couple of days is a new release from Ducknipple, the Apple Tank. I added an undershirt as while very cute (and color change) it is a bit too revealing for my personal tastes. My hair is an older group gift from EMO-tions.
Pose by: Diesel Works
Living in a Silver Cloud
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, iheartslFeed, new releases on Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Barnesworth Anubis has a new skybox out for COLLABOR88. It is always fun to see what he comes up with each month. For June it is a south beach penthouse and comes with optional 3D surround buildings on the sides. The skybox is spacious with an open plan and has some lovely detailing including an elevator door (who would have guessed that?), glass block balcony trim and an impressive spiral staircase.
My outfit is the .:pure:. Amira Harem Pants & Wrap Top. It is both silver and posh and fitting attire for this upscale home or shop. My hair is one of my favorites from Vanity Hair, The Hamptons (not too awfully far from South Beach -- at least in attitude). Shoes by Baiastice, old but still one of my go to sandals.
Poses by: Diesel Works from the Julie set
A Little Romance
Posted by Chic Aeon in hair, iheartslFeed on Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Now and then we can all use a little romance. Here in the Orangery at the end of the day, I find myself in the .:pure:. Christine Sashed Gown - Floral Coral available at The Wash Beach Party Event.
Hair is Vanity Hair's The Meadow in Hot Tea (really like this one).
Poses by: Diesel Works
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases
I am more of a hard edged gal -- design wise anyway. I like boldness and contrasts -- even with my morning tea.
In this photo --
*The new Barrel Stool and Tables (two other colors and a short backless stool can be had as well) from Trompe Loeil at COLLABOR88.
* Grunge artwork from CIRCA for The Thrift Shop in June.
* SLC Mesh Dress Stella in green (many colors available)
I journeyed back over to the great free hair event (see Sunday's post) in the late night hours and picked up a few more hairs. Still crashing continuously for some reason (unusual for me), but it was fun to go and know that I had been there. All gone now. History.
This is one of my favorite hairs. Earrings from Bliensen + MaiTai (Fugen)
Skin: Akeruka Manuela Tan MK4
Poses by: Diesel Works


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A year ago, I was celebrating my very first lantern festival in Northern Thailand. Didn't know the Thai also celebrate Lantern Festival like the Chinese.
Had a lot of good food, made plenty of new Thai friends.
And of course visited plenty of places where not many Malaysian would ever thought of visiting.
Happy Lantern Festival to all my Chinese friends no matter where you are. I am missing Thailand & looking forward to my a week break in November, celebrating Loy Kra Thong.


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Charis Crouch (née Black) (1919 - 1973) was a pure-blood witch and the third daughter of Arcturus Black and Lysandra Yaxley; their youngest child. She was married to Caspar Crouch, and produced three children: a son and two daughters.[1]
Charis is likely the mother of Bartemius Crouch Sr, although this has not been confirmed. Through her disowned sister Cedrella, she is a maternal aunt of Arthur Weasley[2] and a relative of the Weasley family, and through her other sister Callidora, she is related to the Longbottom family.
Behind the scenes
- Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Charis may have been a member of the Slytherin House.
- On the left side of the family tree, were are decipted ancient ancestors, we can see Phoebe Black, whose face is similar to Charis. The production team simply recycled Charis's face to save time, as they did with Elladora and Callidora.
Charis may take her name from the Greek kharisma, meaning grace and charm. In Greek mythology, a Charis is one of the Three Graces, the goddesses of beauty, nature, charm, and fertility. It could also be a play on the French term for darling, cheri, or cherry, cerise (pr. cher-ees). Charis is also a butterfly of the Riodinini class. The name of Charis' sister Callidora is also conectted with beauty, and their names possibly means that they are beautiful.
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Black family tree
- ↑ Although it has never been confirmed that Septimus and Cedrella are Arthur's parents, this can be inferred based on Sirius Black's statement in Ch. 6 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that Arthur was "something like [his] second cousin once removed." The Black family tree establishes Cedrella as a first cousin once removed of both Orion and Walburga Black, Sirius's parents. Thus, any children she had would be their second cousins, and second cousins once removed of their sons Sirius and Regulus. Also, almost all of Sirius's relatives can be seen on the Black family tree because both his parents were born into the House of Black, making it unlikely that he could be related to Arthur in a way not shown. See also this talk page and an HPL essay at for more information.


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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Reporter Throws Shoes at Senator Spaz
Here's a spoof I just created that riffs on the George Bush being attack by a pair of shoes incident. There are also two other versions that can be found on the Lunawebs YouTube channel. Let me know what you think--comment below!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Embedding YouTube's HD Video
The blog lives! Yes, I know it has been forever (over a month) since my last post, but my new job has been taking a lot of my creative juices. Rightly so, as they are paying me to be the video guy. They even have me blog once a week, which had me using posts I'd normally put up here, there.
The good news is that Lunawebs is more interested in short blog posts that take 10-15 minutes to put up and come from the week's experience. My stuff is usually way too bloated for work (it takes about an hour to typically post something here) so I can actually blog in two places without stepping on anyone's toes.
Anyway, since one of my jobs is to create a YouTube presence for Lunawebs, I've been learning some cool stuff. One thing is that The Tube has recently supported HD video, complete with a widescreen player. All you have to do is upload in 1280 x 720 and YouTube will automagically give you a "play in HD" option to click on.
You can also embed in HD (see the giraffe above) by attaching the mystic "&ap=%2526fmt%3D22" onto the end of your video's URL. It's a great way to make your clips look great. We shoot with consumer-level HD Canon HF100s and they are the perfect camera (read: very affordable at $530) for uploading HD content to the web.
Judge for yourself. Then do it!
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Another repair to an old tin type in my collection. Doesn't look like too much work, but it was lots of little white dots to remove and an eye to repair. The corners that were cut, well they aren't perfect. You can tell that it's a repair when comparing it to the rocks in the corners of the first picture, but not too bad when see alone.
Need to dive into the instructions for my Serif Photo Plus X2 software again. I figured out that I can adjust a portion of the photo by drawing a line separating where I want to adjust the image, but it only adjusts the bottom portion. Sadly I was hoping to adjust the contrast to the TOP portion of the photo. Oh well. For now this is what I've got!


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Johann Olav Koss, the Olympic speed skater from Norway and founder of the nonprofit Right To Play, will visit Claremont McKenna College on Thursday and Friday, April 18-19, for activities surrounding the Kravis Prize.
Events throughout the day, including Thursday's Global Leaders Forum––hosted by KLI and featuring previous Kravis Prize recipients–– as well as the Kravis Prize Award dinner, will be live-streamed at this address: http://www.cmc.edu/livestream.
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• #KravisPrize
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Koss is the recipient of the 2013 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership, presented by Claremont McKenna College. During an Athenaeum luncheon on Thursday, the Olympic athlete-turned-philanthropist will share his story with students, faculty, and staff, and discuss how Right To Play is using sports and play to empower and educate children around the world facing poverty, conflict, and disease. Right To Play's impact is focused on four areas: education, health, peace building, and community development, and now reaches more than one million children in more than 20 countries.
The decorated athlete has utilized an impressive network of trained volunteers, including 300-plus Athlete Ambassadors, to help youth across the world––including girls, disabled people, children affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as former combatants and refugees. Right To Play's work is currently expanding into the U.S., with the recent launch of its signature, play-based curriculum in more than 30 classrooms in the Bronx, New York, to help close achievement gaps in grade schools.
Koss was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, and was featured on its cover with U.S. Olympic speed skater Bonnie Blair. In 2010, acclaimed producer Frank Marshall directed Right To Play as part of a series of documentaries for ESPN. The film captures the remarkable story behind the founding of Right To Play. Watch the trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auTe3N36vAE
The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership was established in 2006 and recognizes and celebrates extraordinary accomplishment and bold leadership in the nonprofit sector. The Kravis Prize is presented and administered by Claremont McKenna College and Marie-Josée Kravis and Henry Kravis. Mrs. Kravis, an economist, is a senior fellow of the Hudson Institute; Mr. Kravis, founding partner, co-chairman and co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an alumnus and trustee of Claremont McKenna College.
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to the following events–––
Kravis Prize Luncheon with Johann Koss: Thurs., April 18
Claremont McKenna College/Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
11:30 a.m.: Luncheon Begins
12:05 p.m.: Johann Koss remarks, followed by audience Q&A
1 p.m.: Lunch concludes
** Limited seating still available. Reserve online.
Global Leader's Forum, Thurs., April 18
1:15–2:30 p.m., Freeberg Forum, Kravis Center
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Antique Japanese ink and wash calligraphy art on hard-backed rectangular shikishi paper. This form of art is also sometimes called simply 'wash' painting and in Japanese is called sumi-e or suibokuga painting. Using only brush-applied black ink on paper this type of painting was introduced into Japan in the 14th century by Zen Buddhist monks visiting from China. This type of art is especially well suited to Japanese tastes which tend toward subtle depictions of life and nature often accented with poetry written in beautiful calligraphy.
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Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006, 09:50
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battery use remaining on laptop (solved)
Is there a way to monitor battery use when running Puppy on a laptop?
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Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006, 10:52
Post subject: should have it
Well when I boot puppy on my lappy it has the little power plug in the "system tray" as they would call it in Windows an i can just click on the and it should show it if it doesnt come up on your just try browsing around for it in the utilities or sumthing if not just try lookin at the extra software on the site here but it should already have it if you're running 2.02
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What? I've never seen a power plug in the system tray on several systems.
Try the utility wmpower, just type it into a console. You might also have to modprobe battery before you do that.
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type in wmpower into rxvt and you will get a program for monitoring your battery.
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Trust me violetdream, if you are running on a laptop just about any OS you use will have the battery information in the systray. You may have over-looked it is all. It may not be an icon such as a power plug but it will have something there presenting battery information, like in XP it has a lil tiny battery
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runemaster: im on a ibm thinkpad. There is NO battery icon. It may just be your laptop.
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Thank you! That's better than I was expecting..a little iconlike window you can keep in the corner all the time, just the thing.
This would be a good item to put in the sticky index of howtos at the top of this forum--most laptop users would want to know this.
(I don't have anything in the tray either!)
I did have to type "modprobe battery" first in the terminal to get things started, as you said.
You can right-click on the window and choose Layer, then Top and it will stay on top of everything. Or you can put it on a second desktop and switch over when you want to check, or right click and choose 'sticky' to make it appear in either desktop. The terminal window has to be minimized in the taskbar.
I found the manual at
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A few followup questions:
I don't have a readout for fan or PC temperature--is there a way to get wmpower to recognize these? (I figure the answer is likely to be no since I was never able to find a fan/temp monitor that worked for my old failing desktop).
It takes at least three steps to set up wmpower: modprobing, making the window sticky or whatever and moving the terminal window, and positioning it on the screen. Is there some way to automate all or some of that, or even have appear automatically on boot in the corner I want it?
I haven't looked into desktop icon making, but can it be run without having a terminal window open?
What exactly is the countdown timer timing? I thought it was time left on the battery but now I'm not so sure...
Thanks again for the help.
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Post subject: Modprobe battery
Hmmm. I tried modprobe battery and it said that it couldn't find a battery to insert. Strange I think. I am already using the battery. I tried wmpower as well, and also got an error. I brought this up a long time ago on the forum and nobody responded, but I figured out how to use the battery monitor in my ThinkPad 570E to keep me up to date with an LED on the base of the monitor. It took a little getting used to and it isn't as fancy but it works.
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Sry guys I forgot that i go back and forth between knoppix and puppy sry it was knoppix that i was talking about, it atoumatically recognizes that you're on a laptop. sry for the false info.
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Ah, now it begins to make sense.
I have a Thinkpad A21m. I too have to "modprobe battery" first to get wmpower to work, and it also does not give fan or temp readings. I'm guessing I need ACPI working in the kernel to get this.
I was reading the
linux Thinkpad wiki
for my machine, and it looks as if to get ACPI running I need to have compiled the driver for it ("ibm-acpi") into the kernel. Of course it is unlikely ibm-acpi is compiled into the Puppy kernel
and indeed when I tried doing a "force" of ACPI with a boot flag it acted as if it had no idea what I was talking about.
I may be interpreting this incorrectly, but I wouldn't be surprised if very few of us will be able to see such things as fan and temp values, unless there exists a generic driver that 1)
compiled into the kernel and 2) a significant percentage of manufacturers used. But us Thinkpad guys will have to live without, it seems.
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John Doe posted this:
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Try this:
modprobe ac
modprobe battery
modprobe fan
modprobe processor
modprobe thermal
wmpower -no-meddling &
if you need a more complex utility and know how to compile it for puppy try this:
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Thank you for the script--but I'll need some help running it or setting it to run at boot.
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You can put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local - that script is generally where you add things you want at boot. I think.
Thanks for pointing that out EZ. It got me the temp at least. The fan still says "-" (I suppose if working it's supposed to say "0" or "1"). But, I guess I really don't need this application to tell me if the fan is on. I can just use my ears.
I suppose this means there is a generic ACPI driver in Puppy, and it supports at least some Thinkpad ACPI functions.
I think the countdown timer is the time left on the battery, but sometimes you are not going to get meaningful numbers (later revisions of wmpower say that it is calculated "directly" - whatever that means - if not available otherwise). BTW this is a pretty old revision of wmpower, 0.3.1. The latest is 0.4.2, which has for example a -geometry argument. Although I was not able to find details on it, this might give control over applet placement and layer when invoked.
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Well I have one week left of school!! Holllla! Then it's two months of being a stay at home mama!
On the agenda for the summer:
Play at the pool with Kingston
Take Kingston on walks
Take Kingston to the park
Go to Target
Family reunion lake side in Michigan :)
It's gonna be grand! Oh, I cut my hair! Love it, thanks Katie!!!
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Well I have one week left of school!! Holllla! Then it's two months of being a stay at home mama!
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Well life just keeps rolling on! I have told myself to blog every night this week, but things like Kingston being covered in food all the time, or Jon wanting me to watch some weird basketball documentary has gotten in my way.
Anyway, two more weeks of school for me and those little deviled angels. I love my job I love my job I love my job. 11 days. I can do it!
Ally and Dan are married! Their wedding was perfect. They are currently gallivanting around Texas sleeping until 11am and eating tex mex, the best kind of mex!
I won May I when my parents were here!!!!
Kingston turned one! I have a toddler. He is getting so old it's weird. He laughs whenever I say no. He is my favorite.
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Great info, guys.
I am very glad to see technical discussion going on around here (along with people explaining these things so others can learn, instead of bashing those who are not @s into this @s some of us).
Custom subnetting can be very effective for:
- creating smaller collision domains
- increasing security (smaller broadcast domains)
- organization, optimization, and to some extent, more efficient use of your network (though some ip addresses are lost, as the HOST portion of each subnet is a -2 to the total addressable valid ip addresses (because all 1's and all 0's may not be used).
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Q&A: Tunisia elections
Tunisian voters head to the polls on 23 October to vote in the first comprehensive general election to emerge from the "Arab Spring" - this year's pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Middle East.
The elections follow the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) this January, after 23 years in power.
Voters will choose representatives for the new Constituent Assembly which will draw up a new constitution and appoint a new transitional government until further elections return a permanent government.
Why are these elections significant?
The elections are hugely significant in Tunisia because of the almost unfettered remit of the Assembly and the influence this will have on Tunisia's political future.
It is also of huge interest to outside observers and other Arab states with democratic ambitions of their own. A free, fair and peaceful election is likely to further encourage democratic movements in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and elsewhere.
External powers will also be keeping a keen eye on Tunisia's future political make-up, particularly the performance of Islamist parties. Tunisia has been run by a transitional government since the overthrow of Mr Ben Ali.
What will the Assembly do?
The Constituent Assembly will have a one-year mandate to draft a constitution.
It is free to decide how it goes about drafting the constitution and whether it will subject it to a referendum.
The original constitution, dating from 1959, was heavily weighted in favour of the president.
The Assembly is also expected to appoint the transitional government of the country for the duration of its term.
How do the elections work?
Voters are choosing 217 members for the Constituent Assembly.
Of these, 199 seats will be contested in 27 constituencies in Tunisia and 18 seats will be marked for Tunisians abroad voting in six overseas constituencies.
Under the system of proportional representation, individual parties have already stated in which order their candidates will take up the party's share of the seats in each constituency. Half the candidates on each list must be women.
What are the main parties?
Ennahdha (The Renaissance) is an Islamist party which is widely acknowledged as having the largest support network and public profile of all the Tunisian parties. It is expected to win the largest number of seats.
Ennahdha was previously banned under Mr Ben Ali, and its leader, Rached Ghannouchi, recently returned home from 20 years in exile in the UK. Mr Ghannouchi has said that his party would "respect democracy and modernity", adding that his movement was one that could "find a balance between modernity and Islam".
He also promised to show tolerance towards "women's equality and liberal moral attitudes". Tunisia is considered one of the most liberal Arab countries, with high levels of female participation in public and political life.
The Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) is the most well-established secular party and was one of the few that were legal under Mr Ben Ali. Its founder and spiritual leader, Naguib Chebbi, has been Tunisia's regional development minister since January.
He had been barred from running in the 2009 presidential elections. The party, which describes itself as social-democratic, has been less than enthusiastic about the prospect of sharing power with Ennahdha but has not rejected it outright.
The Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties, or Ettakatol, is a social democratic party which has been gaining ground in recent weeks and is now almost level with the PDP in the opinion polls. Its leader, Mustafa Ben Jafar, was briefly health minister this year.
Ettakatol was founded in 1994 but did not become a legally registered party until 2002. Its stated core values are transparency and openness and the party has said it is willing to form coalitions with other democratic parties.
How have the media covered the elections?
The Higher Independent Authority for the Elections (ISIE) has banned "comments and journalistic analyses directly or indirectly related to the elections" although political commentary is still appearing in Tunisian papers. The commission said the ban was due to the "lack of a legal framework regulating the running of opinion polls of a political nature".
Tunisia's independent media reform body, the National Council for Media and Communication Reform, pushed the interim government to pass two new decrees before the election to guarantee free and fair coverage. Political advertising has been banned since 12 September.
Who is monitoring the elections?
Because of the significance of these elections and the widespread belief that transgressions occurred in previous ones, there will be a large internal and external observer presence.
Formal Tunisian observation efforts will be organised by the Higher Independent Authority for the Elections (ISIE) but a number of civil society-led initiatives have also emerged. International elections observers include an EU mission as well as two US organizations, the Carter Centre and the Republican Institute.
Both organizations were considered controversial by Tunisians as both oversaw elections in Iraq and Afghanistan where wide irregularities were reported. ISIE chief Kamel Jendoubi says there will be about 5,000 election observers in total, with over 1,000 of them being foreigners.
Have the elections gone smoothly so far?
The elections were delayed by three months because of voter registration issues which saw 400,000 Tunisians with outdated ID cards unable to register in time.
Voter registration turnout for the October election has still been lower than expected. After the initial registration period was extended, 3,882,727 Tunisians - around 55% of the total number of Tunisians eligible to vote - were registered.
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As the battle over intellectual property and online piracy heats up, Web titan Google is announcing some significant changes to the way it deals with copyright infringement on its ubiquitous search engine. In making the changes, Google appears to want to send a message that Google is a good citizen when it comes to online copyright infringement, and it's taking some very tangible steps to demonstrate that.
The big picture is that Google just got quite a bit more inhospitable for people and websites that violate digital copyright law.
"There are more than 1 trillion unique URLs on the Web and more than 35 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute," Kent Walker, General Counsel at Google, said in a blog post. "It's some pretty fantastic stuff—content that makes us think, laugh, and learn new things. Services we couldn't have imagined ten years ago—iTunes, NetFlix, YouTube, and many others—help us access this content and let traditional and emerging creators profit from and share their work with the world."
"But along with this new wave of creators come some bad apples who use the Internet to infringe copyright," Walker wrote. "As the Web has grown, we have seen a growing number of issues relating to infringing content. We respond expeditiously to requests to remove such content from our services, and have been improving our procedures over time. But as the Web grows, and the number of requests grows with it, we are working to develop new ways to better address the underlying problem."
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"We'll act on reliable copyright takedown requests within 24 hours," Walker wrote. "We will build tools to improve the submission process to make it easier for rightsholders to submit DMCA takedown requests for Google products (starting with Blogger and Web Search). And for copyright owners who use the tools responsibly, we'll reduce our average response time to 24 hours or less. At the same time, we'll improve our 'counter-notice' tools for those who believe their content was wrongly removed and enable public searching of takedown requests.
Google says that it will also "prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete," the search engine's tool that fills in the query box as you type.
Additionally, the company says it will work with rightsholders to "expel violators" from its AdSense ad serving product. Google has always prohibited AdSense on sites that provide infringing materials. Here again the company's goal is to work with rightsholders to make the process faster and more efficient.
Finally, Google says it will "experiment to make authorized preview content more readily accessible in search results." In other words, the company will now actively be trying to make sites with legitimate content "easier to index and find." While the details of this initiative are still somewhat vague here, one can see what Google is trying to do—create incentives for good behavior and disincentives for bad behavior.
In other words, play by the rules and Google wants to make your site "more readily accessible." Don't play by the rules and say sayonara the world's biggest search engine.
The changes will be rolled out over the next several months.