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Now that my latest design, Miss Daisy, is available in my Ravelry, Craftsy and Etsy stores, I thought I'd share a few of my test-knitters' versions. This round of test-knitting was a real treat, and I'm so pleased with how the pattern works out in all different sizes! (all photos are used with permission. Clicking on photographs will take you to each project page on Ravelry).
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Name that shrug contest!
EDIT: Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I have selected MISS DAISY to be the name of this new pattern, after a suggestion I got on my Facebook page. Congratulations to the winner!
Ta-da!! Look what just fell off my needles. Do you want to help me find a name for it?
If I select your suggestion, you win a copy of this pattern AND any other one of my patterns!!
Here's how to participate: either follow this blog, "Like" my Facebook page, join my group on Ravelry, or follow me on Instagram, and leave me your suggestion in any of these places.
If I select your idea, you win a copy of this pattern AND any other one of my patterns!!
Contest closes on Friday, Feb.7th.
(Please allow until the end of the month for this pattern to be written up, edited and tested)
Défi 13: Entrechat
Ah les jolies petites choses toutes roses des petites filles… J'espère que mon fils me pardonnera quand il sera plus grand de lui avoir mis des trucs de fille sur le dos pour les besoins de la cause… Ceci dit… Il est pas mignonne??
Je voulais essayer une nouvelle construction (enfin nouvelle pour moi!) et tricoter le corps de ce boléro d'une pièce en relevant les mailles des raglans pour former les pans du devant. Et je voulais aussi utiliser une bordure au point mousse verticalement pour former l'encolure parce que je trouve que ça change un peu. Pour bien marquer le mouvement, j'ai placé une bande contenant un joli point texturé — facile cette fois!! le point de vannerie utilisé dans mon Latte Baby Coat serait joli aussi, mais je voulais quelque chose vraiment simple pour les tricoteuses moins expérimentées.
Enfin, un petit effet volanté dans le dos, et zou! Tricoté en deux temps trois mouvements avec même pas un écheveau de Malabrigo Merino Worsted (pour la taille 12-18 mois). Le pattern est écrit et 8 tailles seront disponibles, du 0-3mois au 5-6 ans. Je l'envoie illico chez mon "tech editor" pour contrôle… Donc je pense qu'il sera publié (en Anglais pour le moment… promis la traduction de mes patterns c'est pour bientôt) pour la nouvelle année!
Pour voir les autres défis (thème du mois: techniques jamais utilisées en tricot et couture) c'est par ici!!
The Défi'13 challenge is a monthly knitting or sewing project in the French blogosphere. The challenge's theme this month was "new techniques in knitting and sewing", so I thought I would introduce my latest prototype, whose construction is a bit different — I also used a new stitch in it, which I think is so neat (and VERY easy which never hurts!) ; the pattern will include 8 sizes and should be published around the New Year!
I hope you like it
Trico'13: J'fais des trous, des petits trous…
… encore des petits trous!
Voici mon projet pour ce mois-ci, c'est le Cloud Bolero par Ysolda Teague. Le modèle est gratuit, ici (en Anglais, et attention, la mise en page est un peu brouillonne, ça m'a causé quelques déboires!)
Je suis très contente du résultat! Je le trouve mignon comme tout. Et j'ai essayé deux configurations:
Ruban en haut:
Ruban en bas:
Un détail des petits trous:
Voilà! Allez zou je vais voir vos trous-trous à vous!
Sorry about the vanishing English paragraphs, guys! This is my project for the Trico'13 challenge of this month: lace. I'm very happy with the result, I think it's rather adorable. I could see this working really well for a little girl, too.
The pattern is Cloud Bolero, by Ysolda Teague. I used 3 skeins of Patons Classic Woold in Heathered Jade. I held 2 strands together to approximate the gauge. I highly recommend this pattern. Once you get the hang of it, it's not too hard, even for a lace semi-novice like myself!
Pattern for the Mohair Shrug/Bolero
A few people have contacted me to ask for the pattern for the Mohair Shrug/Bolero (blogged here a while back).
I've now translated the instructions from Flemmish and thought I should share it with you guys since this is such a simple project. I might also put it on Ravelry at some point.
Please let me know if you have questions or suggestions to make the pattern instructions clearer. If you make this, please let me know! I'd love to see your versions!
Voici les instructions pour le boléro en mohair que j'ai réalisé il y a quelque temps. Pour l'instant je n'ai pas encore fait de version française. Si vous avez trop de mal avec l'anglais, je tenterai une VF!
Yarn: The yarn I used is Gedifra Belisana, a 70% mohair yarn , knit on 6mm needles (US size 10) – I used about 5 balls I think? If forget exactly. I don't think the gauge is hugely important, but you might want to find an alternate that produces roughly a gauge of 15st/4in.
It might be interesting to experiment with other yarns besides mohair, but I don't know if it would produce the same kind of drape and cozy-ness.
Size: this is a pretty stretchy garment, so I think it should fit a lot of people, but as a reference, I'm a size M, US 8-10, French size 40.
Stitches used:
Single ribstitch (1×1 rib): *k1, p1, repeat from * until end of row
Double ribstitch (2×2 rib): *k2, p2, repeat from * until end of row
Cast on 90 st.
Knit in Double ribstitch until work measures 60 cm (about 24 inches).
At that point, double the total number of stitches over 1 row with the m1 increase (i.e. knit in the front and in the back of each stitch): at the end of this row you should have 180 st on your needle. You don't need to make additional increases past this one row: the knit fabric will flare out gradually on its own. Magic!
Switch to Single ribstitch. Knit 20 cm (about 8 inches)
Bind off loosely.
Sew top and bottom ends of vertical edges of work together (along 8″ on each side) to make armholes
NOTE: at this point it's best to try on the shrug and position the seams using safety needles first to insure proper fit. I didn't want a slouchy fit, so I placed the seam pretty high on each edge. . Look at the drawing: if you want a slouchy fit, sew A to "B slouchy." If you want a snug fit, sew A a bit higher ("B snug"). Do this on both sides.
FO: Nob Hill
I've finally finished Nob Hill, which until a couple days ago had been a sad-looking, unloved black rag full of holes (I was afraid of running out of yarn, so I changed balls of yarn mid-row several times, a big no-no, of course).
I couldn't decide what to do about the contrasting color for the longest time… Spending money on yarn in order to finish this seemingly doomed project was an unappealing proposition. The main reason I even started this pattern is that I wanted to use up this big pile of semi-acrylic fat black yarn that my mom had given me (my little brother had picked it out, requesting a scarf, but then decided he wasn't into it.)
So the yarn was definitely not anybody's favorite, and there is a reason for that. It's really unpleasant to knit – maybe this is just me, I really dislike knitting with huge needles in general. But this yarn also seems to attract all kinds of cat hairs, fuzz and crumbs (I suppose my house hasn't been the cleanest lately). Fortunately for everybody else, it appears to be discontinued (I checked just because I came really close to running out).
Anyway, I finally decided it was worth purchasing a ball of Thick & Quick Wool-Ease at Joann's, and I'm happy I didn't give up on Nob Hill, because now that I see it in photos, I think it looks decent, maybe I'll wear it, we'll see.
- Pattern: Knitty Spring 2008's Nob Hill
- Yarn: MC: Lang La Paz, in black, maybe 8 balls? I forget. CC: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick, 1 ball.
- Needles: US 13 circulars
- Time to complete: about 3 weeks, but could have been done in a few hours.
- Modifications: The main modification was that I used the reverse stockinette as the right side, just because stockinette knit this big didn't look good to me. I saw on example of this on Ravelry and I really liked the idea. Of course, the shrug tends to curve inward instead of outward, which I don't like as much ,but it still works.
- Bottom Line: I'm not sure I know what to say about this pattern. I messed up a few times. I think I forgot one of the * to * repetition on the front sides, I also didn't pick up the right number of stitches for the sleeves, but I thought that since my fit was meant to be approximative anyway, it wouldn't matter too much. In general, there was something about the way the pattern was written that confused me a bit, or maybe I was annoyed by the yarn and I'm taking it out on the pattern.
- I may change the button, it's the only one I had that was big enough, but I think I'll try to find a more interesting one. What else to say… I like the two colors together, and I really like how the collar sits on the neckline. The sleeves are ok, a bit like an outerspace costume, but not too bad.
- As you may had guessed from the photos I totally bypassed blocking this. Just the thought of this big soggy shrug…
Finished Mohair shrug/bolero! – EDIT: LINK TO PATTERN
Is it a shrug? Is it a bolero? Not sure what the difference is, to be honest.
This pattern is real easy, basically it's a 2×2 rib rectangle, then you double the number of stitches you started with over one row, and then continue in 1×1 rib. At which point you get this.
Then you just sew the thing together to make a shrug. I actually strayed from the Belgian Lady's instructions a bit ; i thought the fit was more flattering if i positioned the seams where I ended up putting them. In the original pattern, the seams are lower on each side, more shrug-like, but then the armholes are way bigger and gape a bit around the shoulders, the fit is more slouchy. A matter of taste, in the end.
Overall, I'm really happy with this mohair adventure, it was ok to knit, a bit boring especially toward the end when you have about 200 stitches on your needles, but then it's quick enough to finish it without getting frustrated. And so little seaming, which is always a bonus!


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Baywood-Los Osos, California
|Baywood-Los Osos, California
|Unincorporated community
Location in San Luis Obispo County and the state of California
|Coordinates: 35°19′0″N 120°50′8″W / 35.31667°N 120.83556°WCoordinates: 35°19′0″N 120°50′8″W / 35.31667°N 120.83556°W
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Baywood-Los Osos (locally known as Los Osos-Baywood Park) is an Unincorporated community located in western San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S., near the city of San Luis Obispo.[1] The population was 14,351 at the 2000 census. It includes separate unincorporated communities of Los Osos, which is located near Morro Bay, Baywood Park, and the original community of Cuesta-by-the-Sea.
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Baywood-Los Osos is located at 35°19′0″N 120°50′8″W / 35.31667°N 120.83556°W (35.316795, -120.835605).[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 7.6 square miles (20 km2), of which, 7.6 square miles (20 km2) of it was land and 0.13% was water.
This locale was settled originally by Chumash peoples who developed habitation sites and exploited marine resources for food.[3]
Founder, Richard S. Otto, who named and developed Baywood Park was for years its most colorful and controversial resident. A widely known engineer, he ran unsuccessfully for U. S. Senator from California in a 1940 primary against the late Sen. Hiram Johnson. Six years earlier, he managed Upton Sinclair's famous but un successful End Poverty in California campaign for governor.
Mr. Otto moved to Montecito in 1964 after residing permanently in Baywood Park for 15 years. But he had developed the community many years before, and had grown many of its Monterey Pines from seed in a Los Angeles apartment box-window.
Son of a wealthy Eastern family, Mr. Otto was born 24 March 1897 in East Orange, N. J. He was educated in private schools in this country and in France, Germany and Switzerland.
During World War I, he worked with noted military inventor Carl Norden and later helped engineer the Norden Bombsight. It was considered one of the most significant Allied secrets and technical masterpieces of World War II.
About 1920, Otto was sent by his father, a New York banker, on a month-long mission to the court of Chinese warlord Wu Pei Fu, to discuss a huge loan. He decided against granting it.
In 1921, realtor-historian Walter Redfield, long of Baywood Park, sold Otto his first Baywood Park lot for $165. Otto became interested in the San Luis Obispo County and became sales manager of Redfield's Los Angeles office. Then Otto, with financial backing from his father, purchased all the remaining lots in the townsite. Because of a conflict in the names El Moro and Morro Bay, Otto changed the name to Baywood Park and began development in 1924. At one time, he owned about 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) in the community, but over the years had sold most of them. He still owned the Baywood Lodge and Restaurant, and the Cambria Quicksilver Mine.
In the early 1930s, Otto met Socialist Upton Sinclair—noted muckraking novelist and author—at a meeting of the Bellamy Society. He, Sinclair and others conceived the idea of the EPIC campaign, and all registered as Democrats. Sinclair was defeated in 1934 by Frank Merriam in one of the most famous gubernatorial campaigns in California history.
When it was over, Otto bought an 85-foot (26 m) yacht, the Coquet, and lived on it four years, making several trips to the South Seas.
As a Democrat, he was one of several unsuccessful candidates for U. S. Senator against Sen. Hiram Johnson in 1940.
Over the years, Otto published a newspaper ("spasmodically", in his words), the Baywood Observer.
He died in Santa Barbara in 1966 at the age of 68.
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Baywood-Los Osos was a census-designated place (CDP) through the 2000 census, but the CDP was abolished before the 2010 census. As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 14,351 persons, 5,892 households, and 3,876 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,883.5 people per square mile (727.2/km²). There were 6,214 housing units at an average density of 815.6 per square mile (314.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.27% White, 0.64% African American, 0.69% Native American, 4.56% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 2.49% from other races, and 3.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.00% of the population.
There were 5,892 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,558, and the median income for a family was $55,838. Males had a median income of $39,311 versus $31,450 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,838. About 5.0% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
In the state legislature Baywood-Los Osos is located in the 15th Senate District, represented by Republican Abel Maldonado, and in the 33rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Sam Blakeslee.
In the United States House of Representatives, Baywood-Los Osos is in California's 24th congressional district, represented by Democrat Lois Capps.[6]
See also[edit]
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. , Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham
- San Luis Obispo County, California Planning Department. 1969. Preliminary Master Plan for the Baywood-Los Osos Area
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- ^ San Luis Obispo County, California Planning Department. 1969
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
- ^ "CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "California's 24th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
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I told the family we were having a formal dinner. They looked at me like I was crazy. The smiles came when they saw it was a "Bow Tie" casserole.
4 cup FRENCH'S® Cheddar French Fried Onions
2 cup chunky salsa (your choice mild, medium, or hot)
2 cup milk
3 cup shredded Mexican Blend cheese, divided
3 cup Faralle (Bow Tie) Pasta cooked al Dente (see package directions) (1 1/2 cups uncooked)
1 lb fully cooked Chicken Fajita Strips, cut in 1/2 to 3/4 inch pieces
16 oz canned refried beans
8.8 oz Uncle Ben's Spanish Style Ready Rice
Preheat the oven 375 degrees.
Place the French's Cheddar French Fried Onions in a medium size bowl. Gently blend in the salsa.
Pour the milk in medium sauce pan. Place on medium heat, add 2 1/2 cups cheese, and stir often until melted.
In a large bowl blend the cooked pasta, chicken Fajita cut in 1/2 inch pieces, refried beans, rice, 1/2 of the French's Cheddar French Fried Onions/ salsa mixture, and the melted cheese together. Spoon into a 3-quart prepared casserole dish.
Cover and bake 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Stir the casserole, spread the remaining onions/salsa mixture on top, sprinkle on the remaining cheese, and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.
Serve with warmed flour tortillas, chips, guacamole, and dips.


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Dr. Tom Britt has received a grant for 1.15 million dollars (over 3 years) to study why military personnel do not get needed treatment for psychological problems after combat. The title of the grant is "Facilitating soldier receipt of needed mental health treatment", and the funding source is the U.S. Army. The three-year grant will determine the reasons military veterans do not seek needed mental health treatment to do deal with problems resulting from combat exposure, and will result in the development of an intervention to encourage veterans to get necessary treatment. Early receipt of treatment for mental health problems will prevent the costs associated with chronic mental health and associated physical health problems, and has the potential to reduce the public health burden of mental illness among the military community.
Co-investigators on the grant are Cynthia Pury and Heidi Zinzow from Psychology, and Mary Anne Raymond from marketing.
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Washington State is smack dab in the middle of a race for several recruits. For the most part that's great news, the Cougs have garnered several commitments recently. It hasn't been all positive though, as the Cougs lost K Tristan Vizcaino to the Dawgs yesterday.
On one hand the news that we've had no less than six recanted commitments hurts immensely…
On the other hand, we're not totally out of it with two of those six (4-star recruits DT Marcus Griffin, OLB Chandler Leniu) and the fact that these guys are highly sought in itself is actually quite encouraging. Before Leach came into the program, really for the past decade before that, Washington State had been fighting off the Idaho's, Army's, New Mexico State's, Montana's and San Jose State's of the world.
Now we are fighting off legitimate offer sheets from a lot of highly regarded FBS schools. In at least a few instances, we are fighting off or right in the mix for recruits with offers from multiple SEC, Big Ten, AAC and Pac-12 schools.
Vizcaino wasn't the only potential negative recruiting movement going on Monday however, as the aforementioned Griffin found himself having an interesting day. Two pluses jump out, WSU visited and he still loves coach Joe and Washington apparently isn't interested in him anymore for whatever reason. That looked to be infinitely good news for WSU. But now Notre Dame seems to have jumped in the mix to steal some major thunder.
Had Washington State Come By. Always Good To See @CoachJsalavea! That Man Looks Like He Can Still Play In The NFL!!! #GoCougs
— Marcus Griffin (@TheRealMG96) January 20, 2014
This Is For All Those Husky Fans Who Want Me To Go To UW. The New Staff Is Going Another Direction, And Has No Interest In Recruiting Me.
— Marcus Griffin (@TheRealMG96) January 20, 2014
Notre Dame Came For A In Home Visit Tonight @CoachMikeElston! Looks Like I Will Be Heading To SouthBend This Weekend For A Visit #GoIrish
— Marcus Griffin (@TheRealMG96) January 21, 2014
With the Michigan State visit going down next weekend, WSU is in a serious dog fight for Griffin's services. It's not looking super great, but they are still there in the thick of it and if the Cougs were to win out, what a win it would be for coach Joe and the Washington State staff! Regardless of what anyone will tell you about their feelings towards Griffin after his decommit a while back, this kid would seriously increase the depth and talent of the defensive line for years to come in Pullman.
As for Leniu, he has been kind of hush-hush since his decommit from WSU and our feelings are he will end up in Berkeley over Fresno and WSU. But his family loves Pullman and WSU as a school so if it comes down to that we could see a surprise recommit on signing day. I wouldn't bet on it though, especially if we hear good news from either one or both of the interested LB's in the next week or two. And WSU would be none the worse for it. One would think that DE/OLB Austin Maloata's decision over the weekend puts him in the WSU coaching staff's limelight and he says he's open to anyone who will recruit him. His top 3 are WSU, ASU and UCLA, in no particular order:
Report: Austin Maloata De-Commits from #USC http://t.co/C4UPRqIvrW
— Reign of Troy (@ReignofTroy) January 19, 2014
"I'm just disappointed how slowly I left the picture after I was committed since the first day #USC offered me." -Austin Maloata
— #19 USC Trojans (@USCTrojansFO) January 19, 2014
A few other tweets gave us a look at what a few recruits would look like in a WSU uni; recent Fresno State decommit OL/ATH Jalen Canty and DE/OLB Patrick Choudja (another of those possible OLB's). Neither are a sure thing at this point, but Choudja is very interested and Canty is taking other visits. Also, RB/WR Keith Harrington is pictured below, he is "for sure" coming to Washington State, fresh off a 300 yard, 4 touchdown performance in the blue/gray all star game in Florida:
@PatChoudja_89 pic.twitter.com/PYfnMpd8iv — Jalen Canty (@Mr_Nodaysoff23) January 20, 2014
#wazzu pic.twitter.com/cHpyN5wr37 — keith harrington (@keithy_rice21) January 20, 2014
Meanwhile, verbal commit Kevin Griffin seems solid right now. The corner was blowing up Twitter with WSU Swag these last couple days:
S/O to @Vince_Mayle , watch him and all of us do our thing in the Pac12 this up coming season! — Kevin Griffin (@lilcatchemm3) January 21, 2014
We are building something special at Washington State. Get on board or get passed up #Wazzu
— Kevin Griffin (@lilcatchemm3) January 20, 2014
Coach Leach in the house #Wazzupic.twitter.com/DT75Eh1buj
— Kevin Griffin (@lilcatchemm3) January 20, 2014
Speaking of K. Griffin, he may have given us a little inside scoop recently…
@Barryware2 welcome to the family
— Kevin Griffin (@lilcatchemm3) January 20, 2014
What you see there may be that former UCLA commit Barry Ware is now headed to WSU! He would be an unreal addition to this receiving class and the thought was that he was very close to committing heading into the weekend among WSU recruiting gurus. Nothing's official yet, but we'll get you the quickest info we can when we find out on this.
Excitement is building folks! You can find all of the verbal commits and decommits of Washington State for 2014, plus a few notes in our new "Wazzu Recruiting Notebook".
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your seating chart is so small it is very hard to read and cannot be printed. also the website says your boxoffice is open til 5PM yet when you call the message says it is only open til 2PM.
you make it difficult for a person to take advantage of your events.
Hi Tony, thank you for your helpful comments. Our box office hours are slightly different during the summer months and have since been changed on our website, thank you for bringing that to our attention. Starting August 18th hours will be back to 10-5. If you go to our sales page, the seating chart their is very easy to read, and we are working on updating the other seating chart. thank you, The Grand Staff
I need help getting two tickets for the Willie Nelson show. My boyfriend has an issue with his left leg and must be able to straighten it out during performance. He cannot bend the leg sufficiently to tuck it into a seat for the entire show. I have been unable to get any tickets from the other ticket agencies and I'm praying that you can help me out. We would greatly appreciate it. If I can get his seat on the aisle, I would be more than willing to be in a seat in front or in back of where he is sitting. Thank you.
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well done farah
she deserves. Why such drama man she doesn't even need to ask her collegues to vote for her or not. Its up to them . Hemani is in wrong show, she shouldn't be in singing show she should be in drama show.
himani is the best
himani is absolutely rite. god is watching her. and gud she got out coz she needs a better stage where there are gud ppl to judge(pointing farah)
for farah khan, they say,KULHAADI MEIN GAR LAKDI KA DASTA NA HOTA, TO LAKDI KE KATNE KA RASTA NA HOTA!
naari hi naari ki sabse badi dushman hoti hai....i have enuff guts to say this being a female.
if a woman enters a happy family, the happiness vanishes soon.
she has problem with evry female on the show except prajakta(coz she is since II1? dont knw) but has been dominating to all rest....specially to himani which was totally unfair....u are sitting there to comment on their singin not their chracters...
and if u all notice she is the only girl with a perfect soul....which absolutely comes out in her singing....i say this with 10,000% no doubts...
i dunt like her. She is overhyoed.
awww thts bad...i like her alot, as in she is very bubbly nd sweet nd her singing is g0od too but its kinda wrong of her to tell her fella contestants to not vote for her..i mean its deir decision, dey get to decide, nd i personally thnk tht amey date was a more deserved contestant..but neways..thnkxx
I have a question why champions were listening to Himani.Any body has clue about who is out this week?Himani or IShmeet?
great drama..
I personally like Himani a lot and also shes a very good singer, but somehw she is going thru a bad time now.Also what she has done this time is wrong & abhijit also shud not have asked her whether she is willing to come or not.This is not a show.Its only high drama
I don't watch the show, so I'm not sure what the situation was. But based on the tiny clip I saw, I really didn't like Himani saying the she was perhaps the ONLY one with a saaf dil. It seemed a bit arrogant and disrespectful. I'm not sure if she has been playing games or not though.
Aw, I didn;t like the way Farah reacted at all! All the best Himani!
cut the crap....
more drama hear now....
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Imagine the most frighteningly cool gals of rock reincarnated in a young, fresh faced Brit who goes by the name of Tigs – a little bit of Siouxsie Sioux, PJ Harvey, Peaches, Karen O, Nikki Colk (Kaito), Katie Sketch (The Organ) all wrapped up into ONE person! Yeah, THAT good. And oh, she's only 22! What had I accomplished at 22? Oh yeah, absolutely nothing.
Even though Tigs' upcoming single is "Something New", I've become hopelessly hooked on "Mind Invader" (you can check out both on her MySpace page). I dare you to have a listen and not fall instantly in love! I'm proud to say I've probably contributed almost 100 of the thousands of listens on MySpace already – I just can't get enough of the song. I actually feel cooler for having heard it.
Now go cry because she doesn't have any immediate plans to tour North America. This is the kind of gold that you NEED to hear in a rowdy setting. I expect big things.
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Texting for 911 starts 4-month trial in VermontThe Associated Press | December 03,2012MONTPELIER — As part of a four-month trial period, Sprint Wireless customers in Vermont can send a text message to 911 for emergency help.
The service is starting Monday. Sprint Wireless customers must have mobile phones that are capable of sending text messages. It's part of an experimental trial to evaluate the technology.
David Tucker, executive director of the Enhanced 911 Board in Vermont, said this is the second such trial launched during the year.
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Great news. Where exactly did you hear this again and is there any proof on the net for it yet? I don't want my hopes up for this then get crushed cuz its just a rumor!
hope they'll continue with the story, i dont like the chimera arc of the manga, seems they're fighting some cell(dbz) clone. the insects are also gross! hope they'll show kurapika and leorio, i miss those guys,they're not included in the manga arc anymore!!!!
whoa really i'll look forward to that... its been a long time... can't wait
I can't wait for the manga continue. The story was just getting exciting and it stopped
If this is true then this is Great News! I've almost given up on HxH since I've heard that Togashi is stopping already(stupid rumors...). I hope I get to finally see Killua's new move!!


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A soothing collection of melodic, instrumental tunes for bedtime and relaxation.
Putumayo Kids Instrumental Dreamland is a collection of soothing tunes for relaxation and bedtime. The first all-instrumental album from the label, it is the 6th release in the award-winning, best-selling Dreamland series, which has long helped parents around the world ease their children to sleep.
Instrumental Dreamland features exceptional renditions of such classics as "Brahms' Lullaby," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "What a Wonderful World." Putumayo scoured the world for music that incorporates relaxing instruments such as the harp, piano, acoustic guitar and kora. Artists include Malian griot and kora master, Balla Tounkara, Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, Brazilian guitarist, Reginaldo Frazatto, Jr., Irish multi-instrumentalist Seamus Egan and American pianist Michael Allen Harrison. As Putumayo Founder Dan Storper explains, "These selections were chosen for their calming effect and appeal to children and adults alike. An instrumental lullaby CD has been the most requested children's album since we began the label."
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Stacey Grenrock-Woods (born November 22, 1968, in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer, actress, and former correspondent on The Daily Show. Her correspondent reports included an investigation of self-proclaimed "ass psychics" who were in the business of giving people psychic readings based on their rear ends.
Grenrock-Woods is also a sex columnist in Esquire magazine and co-editor of L.A. Innuendo magazine. After leaving The Daily Show in 2003, she had a recurring role as Fox News reporter "Trisha Thoon" on Arrested Development.
The July 2007 issue of Playboy magazine featured a picture from her 1989 Playmate test, which was shot by Richard Fegley and written about in Woods's memoir, I California (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2007). The accompanying text revealed that she had listed Mexican as her favorite kind of food, David Bowie as her favorite musician and rudeness as her pet peeve.
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Social Justice Ireland report claims 700,000 Irish live in povertyFriday, April 13th, 2012
A new report published this week by Social Justice Ireland (SJI) has claimed that one sixth of the population in Ireland is living in poverty.
The report says that the government and policy makers should acknowledge that Ireland has an ongoing poverty problem and that the social welfare system is not fit for purpose.
The report recommends that the Government should move towards increasing the total tax take to 34.9% of GDP by broadening the tax base.
The report, entitled, Shaping Ireland's Future, analyses the economic factors facing the Irish public and current Government's policies. It finds that more than 700,000 people are living in poverty in Ireland, 200,000 of whom are children, and that having a job is not a guarantee that one lives in a poverty free household.
The report found that the poorest 10% of households in Ireland have an average disposable income of 210 a week compared to an average disposable income of 2,276 a week for the richest 10% of households.
It claims that Ireland can increase its tax take and remain a low tax economy. Third level fees and student loans based on salary after graduation are also proposed in the report.
Commenting on the report, the Director of Social Justice Ireland Fr Sean Healy said, The government needs to adopt a strategy of making large scale job-creation interventions into the labour market to help combat the problem of 30% youth and 14% national unemployment.
The report also points out that emigration from Ireland has tripled since 2008 with 40,200 people leaving in the past 12 months alone.
According to Fr Healy, The austerity programme is contributing to Irelands loss of young people, the implications of which are stark as their loss will pose significant problems for economic recovery. The emigration brain drain which is been heralded perversely in some quarters as a safety valve is in fact a serious problem for Ireland any may well lead to a skills deficit in the long-term.
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Students were eager to learn about the 'Love Tree and Reduce Global Warming' project held at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden.
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden Pattaya recently began their new project 'Love Trees and Reduce Global Warming' with the purpose of educating the local youth about the importance of the environment. The project included members from the government and private sectors.
This project was first implemented in Chonburi and will expand to other provinces early next year.
Mr. Manijh Narintaruk, Vice President of the project said, "The Nong Nooch Botanical Garden Foundation recognizes the current situation of global warming that is affecting the world. This is why we have created the 'Love Trees and Reduce Global Warming' project. We also want to dedicate this project to His Majesty the Kings 82nd Birthday."
"The project included an exhibition and other educational activities concerning reducing global warming. The highlight was the 10-station reducing global warming game which consisted of stations such as reducing water usage, preserve natural habitats, and how to grow vegetables using less water," added Mr. Manijh.
The project was attended by children from over 100 schools across Thailand as well as other exhibitors amounting to more than 20,000 people.
Mr. Manijh continued, "The project is intended on educating Thai youth about the correct knowledge Students were eager to learn about the 'Love Tree and Reduce Global Warming' project held at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden. and understanding while at the same time creating a right perspective towards loving the trees and help to reduce global warming. Students from both public and private schools can take part in this event."
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Concern turned to action for many teachers, parents and students in Western New York as they head to Albany to fight against proposed budget cuts.
"Everyone says New York State cannot handle one more cut to education. This is the biggest cut ever to us as a state," protest organizer Chy'Nel Lee said.
They are protesting the $1.5 billion dollars Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing to cut from school districts across the state. They are also demanding that the governor reinstate a tax on the wealthy when it expires at the end of the year.
"The 'millionaires tax' is set to sunset and what we're saying is the way to offset these cuts is to tax the wealthiest New Yorkers," Lee said.
Irene Hawkesworth has five kids in the Buffalo School District where hundreds of teachers could be laid off because of the cuts. She is worried about the quality of her children's education.
"It's just ridiculous! I think they could find something else to cut," Hawkesworth said.
Governor Cuomo said these cuts are necessary to bridge the $10 billion gap in funding across the state. He said he does not plan to cut services within the classroom but said the money will come from other areas including transportation and food services.
Parents and teachers agree that with this large of a cut in funding, the students will be negatively affected.
"We need to be seen and heard. You can write a letter and it will go to the secretary, she will stamp it. If we go there, they know we mean business," Hawkesworth said.
Trisha Nabaroli is not only a parent in the Buffalo schools but she is also a teacher.
"I think we're all in this together and I'm just trying to support my peers and my children and others. Those who can't be here I want to be a voice," Nabaroli
Many of these people said they understand schools will have to sacrifice but they say now, too much is on the line.


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As a Dallas-based music blog it is our fiduciary responsibility to give props to local acts. And as far as Denton goes, it's a pretty small place in comparison to Dallas and Fort Worth. But it's a university town, and the university has a Jim Dandy of a music program, so this sleepy little town churns out some of the greatest acts that Texas has to offer. To wit, newer acts like Andrew Tinker, Midlake and Neon Indian, as well as grandpa's favorites, such as Roy Orbison, Don Henley and Sly Stone.
It's about time to add The Primary to that list. The band's newest album, Days Among Giants, plays out like a veteran's greatest hits box set, mapping out ten, fifteen, twenty years of evolution in under an hour (the early, bar-room days; the initial successes, the platinum record sales and tell-all biographies; and the experimental finale). "Get Out" is a simple, surf guitar tune that gets to the point quickly and doesn't mince words. "The Trial of the Knave of Hearts" finds the band trading the guitars in for synthesizer and drum machine.
From here the album shifts gears completely, opting for a more jazz-fusion vibe. "Too Tired To Care" sounds as though it could have fit nicely into a Doors album and "All In Time" fries the circuits on a Chorus pedal or two. This is by far the best track on the album. Days Among Giants closes with "Experiment;" it is a bit reminiscent of Pink Floyd's "Money" (same white rabbit, same white rabbit hole) opting for heavily reverberating guitars before breaking form about halfway through to produce a clean, slow jam session.
If you're in the Fort Worth area, or even if you're not, you should make your way over to The Moon Bar on Nov. 4th 5th and catch the band live.


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Now, it looks like he's looking for greatness elsewhere, too.
According to the NY Post, White was seen at a NY club, anxiously waiting on a woman who ended up being supermodel Bar Refaeli.
"He was distracted," a witness said. "He was pacing, going outside and checking his cell."
It soon became clear why, when stunning model Refaeli arrived to meet White at about 1:30 a.m.
The half-pipe hero and the Israeli ex of Leonardo DiCaprio promptly hit the dance floor, where they were going for the gold in the canoodle-a-thon. "They were all over each other," our spy said. "They were dancing, hugging, kissing — you name it."
Refaeli was seen leaving Sway at "around 3 a.m.," and White gallantly walked her out and let her take his car home.
In case you're wondering what he sees in Refaeli, check out Sports Illustrated's galleries and it might jog your memory. Here are a few examples:


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Picture this: You're away from L.A. for a few days, visiting friends and family in Florida; you're about to walk into a restaurant to have dinner with your parents, when suddenly your phone rings. The caller ID says it's Mark, the editor of a magazine you write for. But when you answer, Sam is on the line. Sam Jackson, that is.
"Scott! This is Samuel L. Jackson," barks that unmistakable baritone.
Holy shit!
"Now, you may know me from my roles in movies like Pulp Fiction, Star Wars and The Incredibles . . ."
Know you? You're Sam Motherfucking Jackson. Everyone knows who you are!
". . . but I'm here today to make sure you go see a movie that holds a special place in my heart. That's right: I'm talking about Snakes on a Plane. I know that sounds crazy, but I don't give a damn, because Snakes on a Plane just might be the best motion picture ever made!"
I have no trouble believing that.
"So, listen up: Forget about your regular job working in the media."
Hey, how did you . . .
"Just hop in that tin can you call a car."
Well, it does have over 100,000 miles on it, but . . .
"Go get your homeboy, Mark. And go see Snakes on a Plane — the one summer blockbuster that will take a nasty bite out of your butt."
Dude, say no more. I am so there.
As you've probably already guessed, among the many glamorous perks that come with this job, access to Sam Jackson's inner friendship circle isn't one of them. I've never so much as met the man, and as intimate as our 50 or so seconds of phone time were, it wasn't exactly a personal call. Rather, I was the victim of one of the more ingenious weapons in the arsenal of what was arguably the summer's most ingeniously (albeit unsuccessfully) marketed movie. Log on to the official Snakes on a Plane Web site, choose some personal details from a series of menus, and, before you can say "Kool and the Gang," your own customized Sam-o-gram will be making its way to the "homeboy" or "homegirl" of your choice. It's partly because of such gimmicks that people in the industry expected so much of Snakes: It was the one movie out there that seemed to have it all figured out, to have broken across that perilous old-media/new-media divide, to have become a certifiable cult classic before anyone had seen so much as a frame of it. And here's the kicker: Snakes on a Plane turned out to be one of the best studio movies of the summer — exuberantly crude and unpretentious and driven by a vaudevillian sense of giving you the most possible bang for your buck. No wonder many reviews of the film — none of which broke until midway through opening day as a result of New Line's decision not to hold advance press screenings — spent as much or more time reviewing the enthusiastic audience response to the film, which, at the show I attended, included deafening anticipatory cheers starting with the first few flickers of the studio logo upon the darkened screen. As the L.A. Weekly's own Chuck Wilson reported in an e-mail sent a few hours after attending an opening-night Snakes screening, "I haven't seen an audience that excited in years.When it felt like time for another snake attack, they'd start hissing, 'Ssssssssssssss.' Afterward, they stood outside, laughing and grinning to beat the band. People will see it more than once, not just because it's a kick-ass thrill ride but because they'll be hoping to feel again that almost joyous sense of having had a shared experience, which is a bit of movie magic that not even the fanciest home theater system can duplicate. Think of these as the snakes who saved Hollywood."
Well, by now you've likely heard that Snakes' hiss turned out to be far worse than its bite. As the so-called "industry experts" performed their ritualistic Monday-morning quarterback routine on the movie's opening-weekend number, the collective sigh of disappointment was practically audible. And by the time a curious little news item (later discounted as a hoax) surfaced, reporting of a multiplex in Phoenix where some merry prankster released a couple of diamondback rattlers into an audience full of Snakes viewers, I imagine that there were those at New Line slapping their palms to their foreheads and wondering, "Why didn't we think of that?"
So, what went wrong? The theories quickly proliferated: Some said that the movie's target audience of teenage and 20-something males simply stayed home downloading bootleg copies of Snakes from the Web. Others, like online columnist David Poland, reasoned that the "key demo" did turn out en masse, but that the film failed to appeal to a wider audience. (My mother, for one, still hasn't heard of it.) Certainly, if you did find yourself among a Thursday-night late-show crowd somewhere in L.A., it was hard to imagine that Snakes would prove to be anything short of a phenomenon. But what I wonder about are the folks in Phoenix, and Topeka, and Nashville, and all those other places on the map where not everybody knows somebody in "the industry," and where the billboards and bus benches advertise things other than movies: Were they as stoked to see Snakes as those of us who live inside the major-market mass-media bubble? In Greensboro, was the film perceived as the ne plus ultra of post-postmodern in-jokiness or just another low-budget horror flick? And in Fort Lauderdale, where the geriatric crowd-pleaser Boynton Beach Club (a movie my mother has heard of) turned into a massive local hit, did a movie called Snakes on a Plane exude the same innate appeal as, say, one called Yentas on a Yacht?


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Screening women once for postpartum depression in the first couple of weeks
after childbirth may yield false-positive scores and may not be sufficient to
confirm a diagnosis of postpartum depression, researchers report in the April
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
Initial positive results on a screening instrument such as the Edinburgh
Postnatal Depression Scale should be followed by a second screening a week or
two later, as well as a thorough assessment of whether new mothers have the
risk factors associated with postpartum depression, according to the study's
Cindy-Lee Dennis, Ph.D., and colleagues recruited 594 new mothers receiving
health services near Vancouver, British Columbia, between April 2001 and
January 2002 to participate in the study.
The women were recruited through a large group of family physician,
obstetrician, and midwifery offices that agreed to be part of the study.
Dennis is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Toronto
and an investigator at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Each of the mothers received a postpartum questionnaire at one, four, and
eight weeks after giving birth.
Dennis assessed her subjects for postpartum depression using the Edinburgh
Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), in which scores range from 0 to 30.
In the study, women who had a score greater than 9 were defined as
exhibiting depressive symptoms.
The first questionnaire at the one-week mark also assessed risk factors for
postpartum depression, including psychiatric, sociodemographic, biological,
psychological, and items related to life stressors.
After getting those data, Dennis compared two groups of women—those
who tested positive for depression at one week and remained symptomatic at the
eight-week mark, and those who tested positive for depression at one week but
were not symptomatic at eight weeks.
At one week after giving birth, 175 women (29.5 percent) exhibited
depressive symptoms. Of those, 54.8 percent, or 80 women, exhibited depressive
symptoms as measured by the EPDS at eight weeks postpartum.
"Mothers who continued to exhibit depressive symptomatology at eight
weeks postpartum had significantly higher levels of perceived stress in the
past year, were more likely to have a partner with a drug or alcohol problem,
and were more likely to have been sexually abused as a child," the
authors wrote.
Women who were depressed at eight weeks were also more likely to have
immigrated to Canada recently and perceived having less emotional support from
others, including close family members.
Eight weeks after giving birth, 101 of 498 mothers who returned a follow-up
survey (20.3 percent) were depressed, according to the findings. Of those 101
women, about 80 percent were also depressed at one week postpartum.
Mothers who exhibited depressive symptoms at one week and at eight weeks
had higher levels of perceived stress and a number of stressful life events in
the past year as compared with those who were not depressed at one week
postpartum. In addition, they had higher reported levels of conflict with
their partners.
According to Dennis, asking the women about certain risk factors is one way
for physicians to predict more reliably whether mothers who report depressive
symptoms at one week will go on to have symptoms months later.
"If the mother's first EPDS score is over 9 and she says she is
fighting with her husband, feeling lonely, and perhaps one of her parents
recently passed away, her depression will probably continue" if she is
not treated, Dennis told Psychiatric News.
Dennis suggested that if physicians screen new mothers early in the
postpartum period, they "implement a two-phase screening process"
in which they screen new mothers twice using the EPDS.
"Based on the results of the second test, you'd implement some type
of treatment protocol" appropriate for the severity of the new mother's
depression, ranging from support groups to psychotherapy and medications.
Dennis said. Screening without treatment is pointless, she noted.
"You must have appropriate and timely treatment in place" for
women with postpartum depression.
An abstract of "Depressive Symptomatology in the Immediate
Postnatal Period: Identifying Maternal Characteristics Related to True- and
False-Positive Screening Scores" is posted at<www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/cjpHome.asp>.▪
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|Introduction and Specifications
|Falcon Northwest is a big name in a very niche market of luxury PCs. The company is known for special touches like custom cases (think FragBox) and mind-blowing, artist-rendered panel images. The company has also built the rest of its reputation on blazing PC performance. Falcon Northwest recently shipped its Tiki to take on the other small form factor rigs we've tested of late.
The Tiki is small enough and light enough that it could be your next LAN-party rig, but it's really meant for your desk. And although it's much, much smaller than your old full- or mid-tower system, it's going to draw a lot more attention, by virtue of its statuesque design. The Tiki has a clean, dark chassis with hard lines and a laser-cut, backlit logo that shines bright even when the room's lights are on. But the most striking aspect of the system's exterior is the granite base. The Tiki certainly makes a statement.
We'll take a closer look at the Tiki's design on the next page, but we'll start with the most important part of any high-end system: its guts. The Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell processor, which launched in the second quarter of the year, features four cores at 3.5GHz, a 3.9GHz Turbo capabilities. The CPU is a solid choice for a high-end gamer and Falcon keeps it humming with a custom closed-loop cooling system.
Graphics come courtesy of a single EVGA GeForce GTX Titan card. Fitting such a powerhouse into a mini tower requires plenty of consideration for heat dissipation, not to mention decent spatial organization skills. We recently reviewed the AVADirect Mini Gaming PC, which also included a Titan and Core i7-4770K, so that system is likely to be the Tiki's biggest competition among the SFFs in our benchmark charts on the following pages.
Falcon Northwest rounded out the major components in this system with two 8GB DDR3 DIMMs and three drives. The 3TB Western Digital hard drive gives the system plenty of storage, but the primary OS drives caught our attention: two 480GB Crucial M500 SSDs in RAID-0. Putting the drives in a striped array gives the Tiki and extra performance bump, which ought to help in the benchmarks.
Other components of note include the 450W Tiki-specific SilverStone power supply and the Asus Z87 Maximus VI Impact, which is a mini-ITX style motherboard that provides Gigabit LAN and plenty of USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. All this will run you $3,857 (if you configure an identical system to our review unit), so let's take a look at the design features that make up some of that lofty price tag.
|Design and Layout
|The Falcon Northwest Tiki is remarkably tough-looking, considering its size. The system stands only 13 inches tall, and it's a mere 4 inches wide, but the granite base gives it a very solid look. The base holds the Tiki firmly upright; you won't knock it over unintentionally, and it doesn't rock or sway when you bump your desk.
The only lighting you'll see from the outside is the Falcon Northwest logo, which is a backlit cutout of a falcon. The rest of the front panel is completely free of ports or drives, which are at the top of the system, instead. There, you'll find two USB 3.0 ports, headphone and mic ports, the power and reset buttons, and a slot-loading DVDRW. Putting the ports and buttons up top makes sense, but it's also the source of one our very few complaints about the Tiki: the reset button is too easy to press. During the review process, we accidentally reset the system a couple times by inadvertently touching the button while attaching USB devices. As complaints go, this is pretty minor, but a recessed reset button would have made more sense here.
Unlike typical towers, the Tiki has only one removable side panel. Pull it off, and you'll find that the radiator for the Asetek cooling system is attached to it. The system's tubes are long enough to allow the panel to lie flat while you're working on the interior, but it would be tricky to actually lie the Tiki flat and work inside it.
Inside the Tiki, the layout looks nothing like an ordinary desktop. For one thing, the power supply is at the front of the system, with an extender cord providing the PSU power port at the back of the rig. The motherboard sits at the bottom of the system, putting the memory in reach for upgrades. (You won't be upgrading the memory if you opt for 16GB, as that's the motherboard's max.) That upgrade would require some fancy finger work – you'll likely have to unplug a few SATA cables to make it happen, but the DIMMS are far better exposed than we've seen in many other systems, particularly SFFs.
Both of the SSDs and the hard drive are easy to reach. Falcon Northwest glued the SATA and power connectors in place, which is helpful both for the ride to your door and any traveling you do with the Tiki down the road, if you decide to leave it intact. Of course you can easily pull it off if you're the kind that wants quick access and removal of components. The DVD-RW drive sports a sticker with the customer's name, the date of manufacture, and the product number, which is a nice touch that will help with support calls.
That said, just about everything you'd need for a support call is in your binder. Falcon Northwest ships the Tiki with an oversized, zippered binder that includes extra cables and connectors, as well as detailed setup and troubleshooting instructions. It also features your build checklist, complete with benchmark numbers that were taken shortly before the Tiki went out the door. Falcon Northwest also gives your purchase a luxury touch by sending a separate care package that includes coffee, a mug, a T-shirt, and a mouse pad, all of which are branded.
Of course, none of this luxury matters if the system isn't smokin' fast. Let's dig into the Tiki's benchmarks.
|PCMark and 3DMark Tests
|We kicked off our testing with the venerable PCMark system benchmark, as well as the more game-oriented 3DMark 11 and the newest test by Futuremark: 3DMark Fire Strike. Over the years, Futuremark has made a name for itself with intense benchmarks that provide consistent results for comparing granular and big-picture performance.
For comparison purposes, we lined the Falcon Northwest Tiki against other SFFs that we have tested recently, including AVADirect's Mini Gaming PC and Maingear's Potenza Super Stock. We also added some larger desktop systems to the mix, like the Digital Storm VIRTUE and CyberPower's Gamer Xtreme 5200, to give you a sense of how the small form factor Tiki stacks up against bigger rigs. As you'll see, the Tiki handles itself just fine.
The Tiki's PCMark 7 score was untouchable. It bested even the larger standard desktop systems. The score suggests that the Tiki is likely to be more than capable of handling your day-to-day computing needs. And given the GTX Titan in the system, general usage probably isn't your priority – gaming is. So, onwards to the gaming tests.
With 3DMark 11, the Tiki finds a few competitors, but it's still near the top of the chart. The rig pulls nearly even with the similarly-configured AVADirect Mini Gaming PC and is only decisively bested by CyberPower's full-sized gaming rig.
This time around, the Tiki pulled ahead of the AVA Mini PC, providing slightly better frame rates and a noticeably better overall score. The Fire Strike test is designed specifically for Windows 8 and for modern cards, so it's an important test for current gaming systems.
|Unigine Heaven and Valley Tests
|Based on the Unigine game engine, the Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmarks dramatic 3D tours of exotic environments, complete with dynamic skies, tessellation, and SSAO (screen-space ambient occlusion).
With the Unigine tests, the Falcon Northwest Tiki returned to battling the AVADirect Mini PC, landing just behind it in most cases. The frame rates in Valley test are particularly close between the two; both system pummel rigs that were tested with (slightly) older NVIDIA graphics cards.
|SiSoft SANDRA and Cinebench
|Before we fired up the game demos, we ran the Tiki through SiSoft SANDRA and Cinebench. These tests are designed to test particular components, including the processor, memory, graphics card, and the computer's main storage device.
Here, those striped SSDs really come into play. The Tiki blew past other systems with the fastest drive read times by far. Putting two M500s into as PC isn't cheap, and configuring them in RAID-0 means that your OS drive is dang fast. The playing field leveled out in the Arithmetic and Multimedia tests, but even here, the Tiki scored well.
The Falcon Northwest Tiki is the clear winner here, which isn't too surprising, given the Core i7-4770K processor and the liquid cooler, which pulls heat to the radiator and exhausts it from the side of the system with a fan. The Tiki bested even the desktops in these benchmarks.
|Gaming Benchmarks: Far Cry 2 and Lost Planet 2
|With synthetic benchmarks completed, we dove into some of the best-known and graphics-intensive games in the market. We started with Far Cry 2, which won't strain a modern system, but will give us a look at the rig's DX10 capabilities. Then we took a look at Lost Planet 2, which boasts DX11, tessellation, and some stunning water effects.
Although the Falcon Northwest Tiki and AVADirect Mini Gaming PC provided identical frame rates in Far Cry 2 at 1280 x 1024, the Mini Gaming PC eked out a lead of a couple fps in our other two test resolutions. The remaining systems weren't able to keep up.
Here, the Falcon Northwest Tiki left the other SFFs behind and even offered better frame rates that CyberPower's Gamer Xtreme 5200. The action was fluid and the explosions looked impressive.
|Gaming Benchmarks: Metro 2033 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
By now, the Tiki/ Mini Gaming PC rivalry has been well established, so it's a little surprising to see the Tiki break away in Metro. It had notably better frame rates in the higher two resolutions that we tested.
Interestingly, the Tiki didn't perform as well as we expected in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. test, though it still managed to outscore most of the other systems. Still, AVADirect's Mini Gaming PC took the crown, here.
|Gaming Benchmarks: Batman: Arkham City and Hitman: Absolution
|To wrap up the game benchmarks, we ran Batman: Arkham City and Hitman: Absolution. Both games offer DX11 gaming modes and advanced graphics technologies, including tessellation.
The Falcon Northwest Tiki handled Batman without trouble, putting up the highest frame rates we've received from an SFF, though it tied with the AVA Direct Mini Gaming PC at 1280 x 1024. At 1920 x 1080, it posted 112 fps, which is speedy.
Hitman: Absolution can bring a lesser gaming system to its knees, but the Falcon Northwest Tiki blazed through it, posting 67.84 fps at 1920 x 1080. Weirdly, its performance dropped a bit at the lowest resolution in our test.
|Power Consumption and Noise
|Small form-factor PCs typically aren't power hogs compared to mid- and full-tower gaming systems. Size and heat constraints play a role, as do the other components in the rig. SFFs generally have only one discrete graphics card and don't require the big, bulky radiators and system fans that bigger desktops do. To test the Falcon Northwest Tiki's power consumption, we used a power meter at the outlet to measure the system at idle. Then, we ran Prime 95 and FurMark, to engage the Tiki's resources and recorded the wattage again.
The Tiki proved to have a fairly low draw, even under load. Chances are, this isn't news that will affect your buying decision, but it's worth keeping in mind. Noise, on the other hand, is an important issue for many buyers. When it comes to noise, the Tiki is as stealthy as it looks. Even under load, there was no significantly annoying output to speak of.
|Performance Summary and Conclusion
|Whether you're planning to buy a full-size gaming PC or an SFF, many of your considerations will be the same. Performance is critical, of course. And, if you're looking at luxury rigs, then unique features and extras are important, too. You're paying for a system that stands out.
The Falcon Northwest Tiki nails the luxury SFF category. With its granite base and backlit logo, the Tiki is striking. Every inch of the system shows Falcon Northwest's attention to detail, and even the littlest things get some love - a prime example being that the side panel's two screws include tiny washers. The glue that secures the cable connectors to the Tiki's components is another nice touch. These aren't hugely significant things, to be sure, but that's the point of buying a luxury rig – everything is handled expertly. No part of the system should look like it was just thrown together. It's about attention to detail.
That luxury extends to the buying and ownership experience, as well. The Tiki arrived in custom packaging and its accessories (the binder and care package) are excellent. The Tiki's warranty includes overnight shipping for repairs for the first year, which is above and beyond most typical warranties.
On the performance side, the Tiki is at the top of its class, providing real firepower and plenty of storage for a typical gamer. The RAID-0 SSD setup is a standout feature here, giving your OS subsystem some extra oomph. Given that the scale is tipped so much more toward the pros than the cons for the Tiki, we feel very comfortable recommending it. If PC lux is your gig, the Tiki is a solid bet.


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If you are experiencing a medical emergency please dial 911 immediately
Emergency medicine specialists, commonly called ER doctors, are medical doctors who specialize in emergency care. They can diagnose and treat many medical emergencies and can refer people to other health professionals for further treatment.
Emergency medicine specialists may further specialize in one area of medicine, such as sports medicine, or they may only treat children (pediatric emergency medicine specialists).
Emergency medicine doctors can be board-certified through the Board of Emergency Medicine, which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
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