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As government spending continues to come under scrutiny and the axe begins to fall in the public sector, the ripple effect on consumer confidence is already being seen. In early November, research by Nielsen for the British Retail Consortium found a six per cent increase in people who thought the outlook for their personal finances was "not so good", and in people who thought job prospects would be "bad".
As household budgets come under more pressure and consumers become more careful about their spending, businesses will need to apply exactly the same scrutiny.
It was John Wanamaker who famously said some years ago, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half". The great thing about online marketing is that you can find out fairly easily where money is being wasted; the data is available. But how well do we use it?
Most companies will have some kind of web analytics in place – Google Analytics is particularly popular with SMEs because it's free, yet relatively powerful. Some ecommerce applications such as SellerDeck, from the company I work for, provide deep integrations that can be set up in a few mouse clicks, yet provide a tremendously rich set of data. For example, it's possible to see how much revenue is generated from individual phrases via search engines.
Often, though, there is a flurry of effort in setting up the analytics; but examination of the data becomes more cursory over time, under pressure from other things. Now is the time to revisit those stats and look in more detail at which investments are generating the best return. Here are a few things that are specifically worth checking.
Do you include tracking codes in every clickable link, whether it be on your website, on social media sites, or in emails or other campaigns?
Do you regularly check the results from each online marketing medium?
Do you have a monthly report on your key stats, and do you study it in depth?
Do you check your website for the worst performing pages? E.g. the top exit pages, the least visited pages, and pages with the shortest average visits.
Do you look at revenues and not just visitor numbers?
Do you have the courage to invest more where you are seeing the best return, as well as cutting activities that don't justify themselves economically?
The businesses that invest their marketing spend most wisely will gain a significant competitive advantage as economic pressures continue to bite. For some, pruning out ineffective spending could mean the difference between life and death.
Bruce Townsend is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and online marketing specialist at SellerDeck.
I'll be honest, getting 20-30 people to put their hands in their pockets and book on your workshop isn't easy. In addition to persuading people that it's a good idea, and that it'll be a good investment of their time and money, those people also have to be available on the day you've chosen to run your workshop. And it's that third dimension that adds a certain extra pressure to marketing workshops.
You need to market to an even wider net of people than you might if you were selling a product or service (which could be enjoyed at any time), because a good proportion of people that think it's a good idea, and are even willing to spend the money, will find that they can't make the date you've picked (for whatever reason). So just how do you market your workshop or seminar in a way that will help it sell out without causing you an embolism in the lead up to the event?
Your database is your goldmine when it comes to booking workshops and seminars. If you've been marketing your business properly (you have been sending out emails and newsletters haven't you?) then these people already know who you are, they know that you know what you're talking about, and they probably know that they'd enjoy your workshop. You can then use this list of warm leads to market your workshops to. "Buying one in" by the way doesn't count. They need to be warm leads. Don't have one? Run a competition with some friendly people in your industry to give away a place on the next workshop and get building yourself one. There are still plenty of other things you can do in the absence of a database.
Buddy up with people in your industry who will help you market the event – either just for the love of it, or in return for some cold, hard cash. We recently worked with a wedding planner who didn't have a database as her business was only a couple of months old. We recommended she ask wedding dress shops, wedding bloggers and her twitter friends to help her promote the event along with any friendly media.
Use your PR charms to get your event published – online blogs, forums and event sites are great; newspapers and magazines even better. And after the event try and get a write up – why not invite a journo along for free?
Tweet it, put it on LinkedIn as an event and invite your contacts, add it to social networking forums, your Facebook fan page and sites like Ecademy.
In June, I ran a Blogging Workshop with Tom Evans. Between us we managed to get 28 paying bums on seats. That's much harder than it sounds. It was a huge help to have two of us promoting the same workshop but the other thing that really helped was my "blog campaign". About six weeks before the event, I started blogging about blogging – how it benefits your business, how to generate comments, how to gain readers and so on. It raised peoples' awareness and meant they were much more receptive to the workshop.
If I'm running a Marketing Planning Workshop in December (which I am, by the way, spot the shameless plug!) then I'll start blogging marketing planning type stories now (ooops! note to self) and I'll also ensure that this is the topic of my newsletter for November.
That's in my experience anyway. So I email six weeks before, four weeks before and two weeks before. You might find it takes more or less time depending on the size of your database, the number of workshops you're offering and the subject of the workshop.
Write to people, call them, invite them and tell people about it at networking events. Use the feedback from people to improve your copy and make sure you've answered all their worries and reservations.
Now there must be more tricks to it than that. What other tricks do you employ to get your workshops sold?
Fiona Humberstone is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and runs her own creative consultancy.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has become increasingly popular in recent years and many businesses funnel large proportions of their expenditure into this discipline. CRM campaigns that specifically focus on customer interaction and consumer confidence have become an integral area of operation for many businesses.
But there is another discipline that many businesses overlook and it is one that can provide improved long-term profits if implemented correctly – Product Relationship Management (PRM).
PRM's primary focus is the product and how it will provide continuous long-term profit. Yes, a business needs to persuade consumers to make that initial purchase, but once it makes a sale a business should not be chasing customers for further business — it should make the customer do the chasing. This is where PRM has an advantage over CRM.
CRM promotes the benefit of a healthy customer base and the importance of maintaining contact with these customers. Whether this is by email, post, or phone, the emphasis is on continuous promotion. After all, if a customer bought the last product they may well show interest in other products a business has to offer.
The problem with this system is the unpredictability of human behaviour. People move house, change their email address, and get a different phone number. So as efficient as a business's CRM may be, there is no factoring for personal detail changes by customers.
So are businesses blowing their budgets hiring CRM experts, when they should be channeling their efforts towards supplying products that offer the potential of a continuous long-term revenue stream? CRM may not be the definitive answer to long-term financial profit, but PRM may well be.
One of the biggest advantages with adopting a PRM strategy is that is allows a product to encourage its own future sales. This could be from something as simple as new must-have product accessories. However, the most profitable and successful PRM techniques are based around products that:
If a business implements PRM into its marketing strategy, it should be looking to sell products that fit one or more of the examples above and ensure that it stocks and promotes any related products that consumers will require in the future.
For example, inkjet printers need ink. Many printer models will only accept replacement ink cartridges from their respective manufacturers and this means owners of a particular printer are forced to buy specific ink cartridges. The original printer sale may not have yielded a high profit margin but the continued sale of replacement ink encourages numerous profitable future transactions.
The same applies to replacement parts for products. Many products will use unique parts that can only be supplied via a manufacturer. These will be sold at premium cost. Customers are forced to buy these products when required, especially if they wish to ensure a warranty is not invalidated.
CRM drives businesses to chase customers and keep them informed through interaction and correspondence. PRM can force customers to return to a business because they need it. This is the main difference between PRM and CRM.
The simple answer is yes. A smart business will integrate the two principles into one plan, increasing efficiency and long-term profit generation.
CRM can be used to attract new customers and keep them satisfied. PRM will supplement this strategy by ensuring those customers keep returning for future purchases and transactions. Every time a customer returns, his or her contact details can be verified and updated.
Businesses may lose contact with customers through CRM alone, but PRM can help drag them back. Lost customers become contactable once again and a new CRM process can begin. It is almost a perpetual cycle: CRM encourages a purchase, PRM encourages continued transactions, customer contact details can be confirmed, and CRM continues unhindered by a loss of contact.
Daniel Offer is a partner in the Facebook messaging application Chit Chat for Facebook
There seems to be a lot of noise about social media just now but let's not forget that it is just a tool to help you market your business.
It is your window to the world – a much bigger world than was available before. But caution. With increasing use of social media comes the increased risk of committing one of the seven deadly social media sins.
Too often I see posts on Twitter, blogs or forums that are antagonistic, overly opinionated, inaccurate and just plain rude! Many of these are from business owners who are using social media to attract new clients or customers and who seem to have forgotten that professional ethics still apply in the social media world. What these posters seem to forget is that most people will view such social media content with the contempt that it deserves!
Social media can be over-consumed. Whilst it is easy to get carried away and get drawn into a social media conversation or debate — don't over indulge in it. You still have a job to do! Manage your time using the age-old time management techniques.
Having a high opinion of one's own importance via your social media streams is not recommended. However having pride in your social media content, behaviour and professionalism should be actively encouraged. Pride can be a double-edged sword — make sure that you pick the right side of that sword!
Over-promoting yourself or your services on social media can be very off-putting. In fact it could have the opposite effect of leading to a loss of interest rather than the desired effect of generating marketing interest. Keep your social media content relevant, topical, interesting, helpful and not self-promoting.
Being lazy with your social media content just will not do. New ideas are required all of the time. Keep up to date with the latest news items, forthcoming events or deadlines and write content that incorporates these. Never copy anyone else's content unless as a reference and with their agreement.
Professional envy is often evident via social media. Expressing your envy of others via your social media stream is something to be avoided. Why not learn from what is making them successful and apply it to your business — a much better and more fulfilling use of your time.
Needless to say, as in any workplace conversations, your social media behaviour should be above reproach. However to show a healthy lust or hunger for your subject matter, by demonstrating your enthusiasm, is to be encouraged. Being positive and motivated will draw people to your content and help to get your marketing messages across via your social media content.
Hopefully you will manage to avoid these sins but if not, you will need to visit the Social Media Confessional!
Elaine Clark is an expert contributor to Start Up Donut and is the managing director of CheapAccounting.co.uk, an online accountancy practice aimed at small businesses with big ambitions.
It's Global Entrepreneurship Week this week and, now in its third year, the event is bigger than ever.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is all about inspiring and galvanizing would-be entrepreneurs and supporting them with training and mentors.
Here in the UK, we do need a bit of a kick up the backside it seems. While research show that over fifty per cent of us think we've got what it takes to run a business, only 5.8 per cent of us are in the process of setting up in business right now. That might sound a lot – it does to me – but compare that to eight per cent in the United States and a whopping 19 per cent in China.
So what's stopping us?
The organisers of Global Entrepreneurship Week believe that five myths about setting up in business create significant stumbling blocks for would-be entrepreneurs. They are hoping to blow these myths wide open this week:
These so-called myths are part of the age-old debate about what makes an entrepreneur. But the fact is that, like it or not, the very word does conjour up a stereotype – the maverick inventor like James Dyson, the business pioneer like Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the empire builder like Richard Branson.
Sadly, there seems to be a consensus that you can't be called an entrepreneur unless you've proved yourself by making your millions. And increasingly, you have to be famous too. In other words, you have to be a business A-lister.
And yet it is the continual innovating, risk-taking and sheer grafting of anyone that sets up a business that should earn them the title entrepreneur.
Like many such events, Global Entrepreneurship Week is being supported by a host of entrepreneurial A-listers, headed by Dragon Peter Jones. But what's great is that it is also very much on the ground, with 36,000 events in the UK alone and business people of all kinds offering their services as mentors.
So let's hope this week does kick-start a new era of entrepreneurship – one that embraces businesses of all shapes and sizes.
A digital brand is the collective impression of all that is online about a person or a business, including your own, and it is important in establishing and building customer trust and loyalty. Increasingly, businesses are using popular social networking sites such as Twitter to encompass their digital brand.
Unfortunately, many businesses rush to set up Twitter accounts without recognising that a digital brand communicates your quality, professionalism and standing, and that everything posted on Twitter (or online elsewhere) will contribute to your brand.
Furthermore, companies are letting their employees, who may be untrained and unaware of brand values, manage these accounts on a day-to-day basis. As a business, you should be aware of this, and make an effort to protect yourself on Twitter.
Just one misplaced Tweet by an employee could have a negative impact on your company. Earlier this year Vodafone was forced to issue an apology to thousands of followers on Twitter after one of its customer service staff broadcast an obscene message. Despite Vodafone deleting the message from its Twitterfeed, users of the service saved a copy of the Tweet and sent it across the internet.
The episode damaged Vodafone's digital brand, and the company was forced to apologise to hundreds of individual followers.
The Vodafone case highlights the importance of choosing carefully which employees manage your businesses Twitter account. Those entrusted with the responsibility should be well aware of the tone, language and brand values you wish the business to express through its Tweets.
It's not just existing employees that can bring damage to your business's digital brand through Twitter misuse. Individuals associated with your company in any way, such as ex-employees, can bring harm through disparaging remarks made on their personal Twitter accounts.
Don't shy away from Twitter, embrace it, but have a solid strategy in place. Make sure your business is proactive, and you can deliberately build a positive digital brand that is protected against Twitter, and which extends your ability to achieve awareness and create lasting customer loyalty.
Howard Scott is digital marketing director at agency, Sequence Digital.


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STEUBENVILLE - The Franciscan University of Steubenville volleyball team won its first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoff game with a 25-22, 26-24, 25-14 conquest over Hilbert College Wednesday inside the Finnegan Fieldhouse.
The Lady Barons will take on Medaille College at 7 p.m. Friday at the University of Pittsburgh-Behrend.
"This is the strongest team we have ever had," said FUS head coach Kelly Herrmann, "which is amazing when you consider that we have eight freshmen."
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SERVING A WINNER — Christina Bair hits a serve for Franciscan University of Steubevnille during Wednesday's 25-22, 26-24, 25-14 victory over Hilbert College in a playoff game.
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Herrmann attributed her team's success to their ability to not commit errors. As a whole, the Lady Barons had 33 kills and only eight errors.
"I really feel like we are where we want to be," Herrmann said. "Our hitting percentage is higher than it's ever been. Our serving is better than it's ever been. In almost every stat, we are stronger than we have ever been.
"I keep telling my team to have fun. Sometimes our biggest enemy is ourselves. We can take ourselves too seriously sometimes. When we play relaxed and loose, we typically play better volleyball."
Senior Anna Cain highlighted the Lady Barons' offense by earning her 1,000th kill of her career, finishing with 14. Dani Link contributed 11 kills and setter Amy O'Keefe doled out 26 assists.
Christina Lawrence had 18 digs, while O'Keefe and Sam Kelly each had 10 digs.
Herrmann talked about a new winning tradition she wants to introduce back to Franciscan.
"We don't ever want to take success for granted," Herrmann said. "We want to build a tradition where this isn't new. Where this is expected. We want to demand more of ourselves."

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A friend of mine mentioned that he had read somewhere that Autotune is actually not a vocoder. Is this true? If so, what is the difference?
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Your friend is right; Autotune is not a vocoder.
A vocoder works by taking a musical sound input (typically a synthesizer tone with a lot of harmonics), and passing it through a multi-band dynamic EQ filter, where the setting of each EQ frequency band is based on the relative spectral volume of sonic content in your voice within each frequency band at any given moment in time. In other words, if you say "aaaah", that sound has a predominant frequency; it is that frequency that is emphasized in the synthesizer's output.
Autotune works by pitch-shifting the audio signal to tones that you specify with a musical keyboard, while holding the formant information steady. This prevents the "mickey-mouse" or "kidnapper" effect that can occur with an ordinary pitch shifter.
A vocoder is a specific effect: you pass the signal through a multi-band filter, each band to an envelope follower, and then the output from the envelope follower is used to perform filter control and additional synthesis. "It turns an analog audio signal in to something that can control a synthesis engine" is a simplified way of saying that.
Where as "autotune" is really more a process and it may employ a vocoder to that end. But not all autotune algorithms use vocoder-based techniques to do their thing. Example: Melodyne.


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Virtual Easter egg hunt
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Easter egg hunts are a wonderful tradition that takes place around Easter. Try our virtual egg hunt game to see how many eggs you can find!
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$10 for $20 Worth of Toys R Us Toys for $10 + free shipping
$10 for $20 Worth of All Toys, Games, Electronics, and Kids' ClothingWith the hottest toys at Toys"R"Us this holiday season. Groupon will honor the amount paid for this voucher ($10) if not used by December 24, 2012, by crediting purchaser's Groupon account in Groupon Bucks. The promotional value expires December 24, 2012 and the voucher is not redeemable at Toys"R"Us after that date.
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Cool deal, and you can use it for any physical product in the store, but not for services or gift cards or rentals.
Since it doesn't exclude food or diapers, this is a GREAT deal.
The code on the groupon is 20 digits. Anyone figure out which 16 are the card number and which 4 are the pin? I want to try and force it to work online if it will let me.
Does this work with online purchases?
@brandonmclain - doubt it'll work for online purchases. "The Fine Print" on the Groupon page says In-Store Only.
@brandonmcclain: "Limit 1 per person. In-store only. Not valid outside USA."
This is great, thank you. My wife wants to buy my son all the new Ninja Turtles for Christmas so this will essentially make them buy one get one free.
I saw a guy on the news say that Toys R Us / Target / Walmart toy prices are high now because there is an extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas - He said that toy prices will be lower after Dec 15th, and to wait it out if you think your toy will still in-stock
@omnichad: i can only guess its either the first 4 or the last 4... let me know if it works
If it is a "in store only deal", then why does it say free shipping?
@largemarge1: "free shipping" on the groupon certificate :)
@angelbabi523: No luck. I really hoped to order the Wii Remote Plus with FlingSmash for $22 ($12 total after Groupon deal). Too bad the stores are all sold out and won't match the deal anyway.
I bought my Groupon on Thursday and used it during the Black Friday sale and the sales clerk was so surprised that is scanned effortlessly.
Why does it say "free shipping" if it's for "on location" only?
It sounds like free shipping only if I go pick it up!
it says Albany and the Capital region will it work in other toys r us like orange county
No one else has a problem with the wording of this deal? I know that it's a good deal, but the phrasing suggests that it's $10 to buy a certificate to spend $10 on $20 of merch so you would spend $20 to get $20 of toys. I did a headspin after reading this one.
I'm amused that this is still here, as it's a duplicate of a duplicate:
@okham: I was going to say that too..
But hey, check this out.. They deleted the original. Wow. Woot FTW.
@ksapp82: Congrats, your deal got popular!
@drchops: I wish, my deal is now gone too...
@drchops: And the original original got expired. Not fair, not fair at all.
@okham: I guess the all mighty Woot has their favorites!
I purchased this deal plus have $8 in TRU rewards, plan on using them this weekend. Good deal except for TRU sucks with their LEGO pricing.
toys r us is owned by bain capital........ they will get none of my business.
Does anyone know if these stack? For instance, could I buy two and use them on one purchase?
@turtletitan: Limit one per person. Sorry.
Just make sure you use it before it expires. I'm fighting with Groupon now to get the face value of a groupon I bought and forgot to use. Even though they say all over their site that the face value never expires, they have a very different idea on what the face value is. In this case, if the groupon expires, they will probably say that you get $10 off a total purchase of $20.


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I'm not looking for an emulator. I would like to install Windows from within Ubuntu so that I can boot into Windows when I restart my computer. I would install Windows normally but my USB ports are shot and I don't have any optical drives. I'd appreciate any help.
How can I install Windows from within Ubuntu so that I can boot into it Windows when I start my computer?
If you install Windows, after installing Linux, the windows installation will wipe out your MBR (Master boot record). I think which ever way of install windows (after installing linux) by using a CD, USB, or PXE boot, you wont be able to restore your MBR... Which mean you will not get a ubuntu boot menu (grub or grub2 depends on your version of ubuntu), to select the OS you wish to boot into.
But since you donot have USB or CD support. I think the only way is, if you motherboard supports PXE boot. So back to your question, to install windows without USB or CD room, follow link A, link B, link C. Then boot into linux using PXE boot again, restore grub. All the best, it looks too much of tricky work to me.
The crazy vmware idea should be doable using raw hard disk access. I did the opposite thing (installing Ubuntu on HDD partition while running Windows using Virtualbox). It was crazy, highly dangerous, yet worked. Even to the point of installing grub on the linux
I will try this out, and let you know of the results. But for starters, this is how it should work :
I will be using Windows xp for my tests, so it might vary.
Also another option would be find a way to insert an ISO boot menu into GRUB. I've been looking around for this but it seems that BURG has that option. So, you can boot into the Windows ISO file, and install Windows from there. (Again this is untested, but it is a possibility)
Hm. To begin with, you aren't getting anywhere without a windows iso. Hope you backed up that windows cd.
Here's a long shot possibility. Use a virtualization method that claims to be able to go from vm to physical. I think vmware offers a paid version of their software that will do this. The rest is obvious. Install windows, copy to real partition using vmware.
What will not work is using any ole vm software (like VirtualBox) and just copying the files over. For starters, I think ntldr will be broken. Secondly, a lot of the drivers will be specific to the vm, and will break once exposed to your hardware.
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You could connect an external (optical) drive via USB (try to use an extension card to provide you with an additional USB port).


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How to fix "The system is running in low-graphics mode" error?
I am totally new to Linux, and Ubuntu.
I bought ASUS X53E Notebook, erased Windows and installed Ubuntu. First it worked ok.
Then when I started working with it, i opened the terminal, entered
sudo chmod 666 usr and then all the icons from the main panel disappeared + the whole system stopped responding.
I decided to restart the system. When restarted, a message appears:
the system is running in low graphics mode
and below it:
Your screen, graphics card and input device setting could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure it yourself.
But the "OK" button is disabled and if I press any buttons nothing happens.
If I enter
Ctrl-Alt-F2 it opens the bash terminal. But there commands
sudo or
apt-get are not found and it says that
permission denied if i try to enter any folder like
cd /usr
If I enter the
su command it asks for the password I don't know.
When encountering this problem first, I reinstalled the whole Ubuntu. but today it happened again just the same.
What shall I do? maybe there is something wrong with the hardware? If I need to install another distribution of Linux could you recommend one? but I'd rather stick to Debian releases like Ubuntu. so how do I fix the problem?
PS: Please give answers in simple terms because am a newbie so i don't know what goes where yet.


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June 28, 2012
Cape Town's Tjing Tjing makes 10 Hottest New Bars Around the World list
Leon Jamarie
With a passion for travel, tourism and social media, Cape Town is the quintessential backdrop for Media Developer Leon Jamarie and his cape adventures.
With the City as his canvass Leon paints the town red covering a range of events and activities in the peninsular while staying true to the traditional culture the mother city offers it's children,
Originally from Durban, Leon is still an accidental tourist in the city he now calls home and as such is on the line between resident and local tourist able to provide inside knowledge and flavour to the average mundane travel blog.
He is always on the look out for that hidden gem or typical CT party. If it's fun, relevant, he will cover it.
Cape Town offers more than just beaches, gourmet food and wine farms – it also has a busy nightlife. The city provides those who want to let their hair down a chance to do so in one of the best locations in the world, and clearly the Mother City has some of the best places to do it.
Tjing Tjing Bar in Cape Town has made the list of The 10 Hottest New Bars Around The World by Conde Nast Traveler. The list profiles the best new drinking and dancing hotspots in the world with Tjing Tjing, in Cape Town, coming in at number four.
Food blogger Dax Villanueva (@RelaxWithDax) tweeted, "Impressed that Tjing Tjing has been selected as one of the world's top 10 hottest new bars in the world!"
Other venues that made the list include:
Los Angeles: Harvard & Stone
Bogota: El Bembe
London: Worship Street Whistling Shop
Istanbul: Ca'd'Oro
Buenos Aires: Oasis Clubhouse
Berlin: Kater Holzig
Hong Kong: Butler
Bangkok: WTF
Beijing: Zajia
Tjing Tjing, located in Longmarket Street in the city centre is a rooftop bar housed in a 181-year-old building. The decor has a heavy asian influence, is mainly Japanese inspired and the atmosphere is relaxed and unpretentious.
The bar is also well known for its "good vibrations", playing a mixture of electronic and indie music. As @iwantcupcake tweeted, "Best playlist I've heard in a long time. Seriously! You should consider publishing a Tjing Tjing anthology."
Tjing Tjing rooftop bar serves tapas, beers and cocktails.
For more information, visit tjingtjing.co.za or follow them on twitter.
Check out our list of top nightlife venues in Cape Town.


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Check out the VIP Fan Experience package for Martha Wainwright HERE!
Coming from a family of musical royalty (most notably Kate McGarrigle and brother Rufus Wainwright) Martha has returned to Canada to support her critically acclaimed record 'Come Home To Mama' which was released in October of last year. The album was recorded predominately at Sean Lennon's New York City home and produced by Yuka C. Honda (Cibo Matto, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon). The record has the passionate angst of her previous efforts, as well as the crafty pop of 'I Know Your Married But I've Got Feelings Too.'
This past February Martha also released 'Trauma: Chansons de la Serie Tele #04.' The record was recorded entirely in French and is the emotional backdrop for the hit Radio-Canada television show, Trauma. Filmed in Quebec and created by Fabienne Larouche, Trauma transports the viewers into the lives of those who work in the Trauma Hospital Saint-Arsene. Fans can expect to hear songs from both releases during this tour.
This new tour has Martha partaking in Fan Experience. Fan Experience is a VIP ticket package and ticket pre-sale provider that works with a wide range of artists to offer fans a premium ticket combined with unique encounters with their favourite musicians. The Martha "experience" includes one reserved ticket in the first 5 rows, or one general admission ticket with VIP early entry, a post show meet-and-greet with a photo-op, a Trauma digital download, and an exclusive 7-inch vinyl and tour laminate. More dates and packages will be announced over the coming weeks.
Martha Wainwright Canadian Tour Dates 2013/2014
*Fan Experience shows are bolded
Jul 4 – Montréal, QC – Théâtre Maisonneuve (Montreal Jazz Fest)
Jul 27/28 – Guelph, ON – Hillside Festival
Oct 16 – Gatineau, QC – Salle Jean-Despréz
Oct 17 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre- Studio Hall
Oct 19 – Meaford, ON – Meaford Arts and Cultural Centre
Oct 23 – Mont-Laurier, QC – L'Auditorium de la Polyvalente St-Joseph
Oct 24 – Saint-Therese, Église Sacré-Coeur
Oct 25 – Châteauguay, QC – Pavillon de l'île
Oct 27- Saint-Jérôme, QC – Salle Antony-Lessard
Nov 4 – Whitehorse, YK – Oddfellows Ballroom
Nov 5 – Dawson City, YK – Klondike Institute of the Arts
Nov 13 – Victoriaville, QC – Pavillon Arthabaska
Nov 14 – L'Assomption,QC – Théâtre Hector-Charland
Nov 15 – Beloeil, QC- Centre Culturel de Beloeil
Nov 16 – Sainte-Geneviève,QC – Salle Pauline-Julien
Nov 20 – Sherbrooke, QC – Centennial Theatre Université de Bishop
Nov 21- Trois-Rivières, QC- Salle Anaïs-Allard-Rousseau
Nov 22- Quebec City,QC- Palais Montcalm
Feb 7 – Saint-Hyacinthe, QC – L'Espace RONA
Feb 8 – Montmagny, QC – Salle Edwin-Bélanger
Feb 28 – Alma, QC – Salle Michel Côté
Mar 1 – Shawinigan, QC – Salle Philippe-Filion
Mar 4 – Waterloo, QC – Maison de la Culture de Waterloo
Mar 6 – Drummondville, QC – Centre Culturel de Drummondville
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Ich freue mich, dass es Wochenende ist.
Or should I say:
Ich freue mich, dass es das Wochenende ist.
With or without the article? I have definitely heard the first, but I am not sure if it is informal/slang.
Is this correct?
Or should I say:
With or without the article? I have definitely heard the first, but I am not sure if it is informal/slang.
In your example it is absolutely correct to leave out the article. The pronoun "es" is used here as a placeholder to further specify a following condition. We can better see the grammatical construction if we split the subordinate clause:
In this case "Wochenende" is the condition for "es" as it would also be the case with other conditions like e.g.
Note that in case we further elaborate the condition (e.g. by using an adjective) we then need an article:
"Ich freue mich, dass es Wochenende ist" is correct, but the most idiomatic form is without "es": "Ich freue mich, dass Wochenende ist".
"Das Wochenende" in this context would always refer to a specific weekend (e.g., the first weekend in April), never to weekends (or whatever happens to be the current weekend) in general.
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The Pop Idell Tournament, first introduced in 1912 and considered to be the first volleyball championship played, turned one hundred years old on April 2, 2011, celebrating a century of revolutionizing the game.
Germantown, Pa., YMCA physical director A. Provost "Pop" Idell was only twenty-three years old when he established the "Philadelphia Open" (later renamed in honor of Idell) in 1912. Idell ran the tournament for forty-four more years before handing the torch to colleague George Berger. Through the years, the tournament has continued to grow, especially after a women's tournament was added in 1992 (men's and women's became a single tournament in 1998).
Though Idell is not a well-known name connected with the birth of the sport, recent research suggests that Idell was instrumental in making volleyball what it is today. Idell was the inventor of the doubles game and encouraged minorities and women to play volleyball. He is also credited with most of the rule changes in the early stages of volleyball and created the first Spalding "balanced twelve-piece bladder volleyball." He also helped to create USA Volleyball.
Idell's tradition continued this year as fifteen men's and fifteen women's teams, hailing from ten different states, competed in the tournament on April 2. Women's team pool play winners included Lehigh University, New York City's Whoosh and Boston's Trouble. As for the men, pool play winners included New York City's Creole and Hustle & Flow, along with Legion of southern New England, Whoosh and Legion were victorious in the finals.
The Pop Idell Tournament will head into its second century in 2012.
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Dodge City residents woke up to a surprise on Friday, with snow blanketing the ground across town. The National Weather Service station next to the airport reported 2.7 inches of snowfall and received reports of 3.5 inches in Jetmore. At the height of the fall, visibility was reduced to one-quarter of a mile. The weather service alerted the Kansas Department of Transportation, but latent heat in the ground kept the roads relatively clear. The storm quickly moved east and by 1:30 p.m. the snow had started to dissolve into slush. Slush accumulated on the roads and the weather service sent a notice to the department of transportation, but since the ground was still warm the snow didn't last long. While not the earliest snowfall on record, which happened on Sept. 21, 1995, snow in October is still uncommon, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Larry Ruthi, occurring about once every six years. The early snowfall isn't necessarily an omen of things to come, though Ruthi predicts we may have a slightly above-average snowfall this winter. Typically, Dodge sees around 21 inches of snow per year, with the first flurries developing in mid to late November. Significant precipitation isn't expected until the end of the month, Ruthi said. By Saturday, the temperature should be reliably in the sixties, as if the snow never happened. "Western Kansas is always exciting because of the extremes," Ruthi said. After all these years the fast-talking, 35-year veteran meteorologist says he still loves the trade. Perhaps it is because of the peculiar nature of Kansas weather: Kansas sees pretty much every type of weather with the exception of tropical cyclones, he said. Sitting in the weather office, Ruthi is surrounded by flat screens displaying a jumble of organized chaos. Satellites provide the majority of the data used to predict the weather, about 80 percent, but the agency gets some of its most reliable information from weather balloons and residents trained as observers. The balloons are launched concurrently around the world at 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. GMT, or 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. locally, and quickly rise to altitudes of more than 80,000 ft. where they collect and transmit their findings to the forecasting center. In addition to the 24 employees at the weather station, Ruthi said local observers are key components to the weather prediction process, and for providing timely warnings. "Knowing what's going on out in the real world by spotters remains important, even with all this technology," Ruthi said. The Dodge City station serves an area between the borders of Colorado and Oklahoma, to I-70 and east beyond Pratt. Most of the 10 forecasters have between 15-20 years of local experience, providing an edge when making predictions essential to the agriculture industry. The station is also set up to provide life-saving information in times of calamity. If needed, the office can operate on backup power for up to a week, and provide alerts over radio, emergency channels and broadband. Ruthi urges everyone to have an emergency weather radio, which can be activated remotely by the station in case of severe weather events or chemical spills. * Globe staff writer Christopher Guinn contributed reporting.
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I am just learning to cook. It was simple to follow and the best part was that is was delicious. My husband and my daughter ate it, both of whom are very picky.
Beef & Bean Chile Verde
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Chile Verde, usually a slow-cooked stew of pork, jalapeños and tomatillos, becomes an easy weeknight meal with quick-cooking ground beef and store-bought green salsa. Make it a Meal: Serve with fresh cilantro, red onion and Monterey Jack. Add your favorite hot sauce.
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I would have to say this was AWESOME! I made it more as a soup, added a little more enchilada sauce, added cheese and sour cream to the top and then used a spoon and tortilla chips to eat it. Really good!
Good flavor. Had to add extra chili powder, some jalapeno and scotch bonnets. I used Desert Pepper rio salsa which has a great flavor. If you're wanting to eat it as chili and not taco filling I'd recommend adding another can of beans though. Also threw in some fresh corn.
Fantastic! Husband and kids loved it. They've asked me to make it a weekly meal. Used Trader Joe's Green Salsa, topped with cilantro and cheddar and served with warm tortillas.
this was delish! made just as the recipe states and added a can of black beans as well. herdez salsa verde is the best green salsa for the dish. don't listen to those negative reviews where they don't follow the recipe!
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I have always been curious about the practice of making a 3 gallon wort and then topping it off with water to make 5 gallons to ferment. I might be doing it wrong, but I add my cold, filtered water into my primary and then add the chilled wort into that. I have always been curious why this is done this way, it seems like regular filtered tap water, might effect the taste or worse yet add unwanted bacteria into the mixture. Am I doing this wrong, or why is this not a concern?
Bacteria typically isn't an issue as there shouldn't be anything terribly nasty in your tap water, and once the yeast take off they tend to take over. That said, I know a lot of people use bottled spring water instead of their tap water, due to taste issues.
I think one of the big reasons for brewing smaller amounts and topping off with water is due to equipment. People are more likely to buy kits if they can brew them on their stove with a stock pot they already have rather than having to invest in a full 10G pot which they may not be able to bring to a boil on their stove, or which they can't cool in their sink.
I buy two gallons of distilled water at the store and freeze it. When it's time cut it open and put the ice in the primary and poor the wort over it. Thats how I chill the wort down before pitching the yeast.
This one might be of interest Ice the wort for fast cooling
I wouldn't use tap water, personally, but I know people who do and they don't seem to have an issue.
Although bacteria is a concern - the bigger issue is chlorine. You can solve that problem by just leaving the water uncovered overnight. The chlorine will dissipate naturally and you're good to go.
However, if it's only 2 gallons that you're adding, why not just boil that amount the night before so it has time to cool and use that? Marginally more work but you won't have to worry about bacteria OR chlorine that way.


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What are the differences between the "line ahead" and "line abreast" formations in naval warfare? Which is more likely to lead to the (advantageous) of "crossing the opponents' T" (or being crossed)?
Line abreast is sailing side by side, the line being perpendicular to direction of the motion (it's not an exclusively naval term - the formation exists for land forces and aviation as well).
Line ahead is a regular naval line of battle - ships sailing head-to-tail in a single line.
The comparison tactics wise depends somewhat on what kind of ships you have - e.g. latter-day-age-of-sail ships of the line, galleys, or "modern" battleships/dreadnaughts.
I'm going to answer for oared warships, such as dominated the Mediterranean from early times until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 and afterward.
Early warships had, as their primary method of fighting, going alongside each other and fighting hand-to-hand. In this case, the line abreast was the right thing to do, as it would be easy for a line abreast to start doubling up against a line ahead.
Later on, methods of attack were developed that used the bow primarily. These include the ram, the Roman corvus, and guns on Renaissance galleys. In this case, line abreast is even more important, as this would cover the vulnerable sides and present the offensive bows to the enemy. There was a limit as to how many ships could be in a formation, though, as the galleys would try to stay side-to-side with neighbors. As the center ship moved slightly, the ships next to it would move a touch more, and this would propagate like cracking a whip so the end ships would have to make drastic movements.
The Battle of Lepanto is a good illustration of this. Since a line of galleys could be only so long, both the Christians and Muslims divided their fleets into three lines and a reserve. with the exception that the Muslim left (on the seaward flank) was deliberately overlong, accepting a disordered formation for a chance at outflanking the Christian right wing. (That did actually work, but the Christian victories in the center and their left meant that they won the battle.)


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8 Movies Made Possible by Incompetent Background Characters
#4. The Terrorists Allow Tony Stark to Build the Iron Man Suit
In the beginning of Iron Man, genius billionaire/shithead Tony Stark is captured by terrorists and ordered to construct a state-of-the-art missile. Stark agrees, but cunningly builds a gigantic robot suit instead. He then uses said robot suit to escape, blowing up or otherwise immolating most of the terrorists in the process.
"Dickhammers, I should've seen this coming."
The thing is, Tony is under continuous heavy surveillance -- his cell/workshop is lined with video cameras that are monitored even while he sleeps. The frowny terrorist leader comes in to make progress checks, and there are always guards just down the hall, if not right outside the door. There is at least one pair of eyes watching Tony work at all times.
And he is clearly not building a missile.
"Does anything about this seem ... off to you guys?"
The cameras only have one or two very small blind spots -- not enough to conceal a big metal suit. Stark even draws detailed schematics of the robot armor and leaves it out on a table for the leader to see, and CEO McTerrorist looks them over long enough to determine that they are in no way drawings of a missile. He implies that he understands this when he tells Tony to quit fucking around and finish his missile in the next 24 hours, but then just kind of leaves the room and trusts that everything will go as planned. Furthermore, the guys watching the camera feed comment that what Tony is building looks nothing like a missile, as they are looking at pictures and blueprints of the missile in question.
And stubbornly rationalizing his obvious betrayal.
They allow Tony to keep working, right up until he finishes his mechanized armor, climbs inside it and turns it on, all in plain view. Only then do they try to shoot him. But it's too late, gentlemen. Far too late.
#3. The IT Team in Mission: Impossible Forgets Everything About Network Security
Be it Mission: Impossible or any other '90s movie involving hacking, it's always a matter of breaking into some superbase to reach a master computer. Once you're at the computer, everything's fine -- just log in, copy the files or install the virus or whatever, say stuff like "I'm in!" and "rerouting the server" a few times, then log back out and leave. Getting to the computer is the hard part. The computer itself is about as secure as the break room refrigerator. Tom Cruise demonstrates this beautifully in M:I by spending 30 minutes sneaking into a top secret facility and then ransacking their prime computer in about 20 seconds.
He's wearing glasses now, so you know computer stuff is about to happen.
Now think about your job. Can you just slide over to a co-worker's terminal and start clacking away on the keyboard? Can you install unauthorized software on your computer? Can you even open emails with attachments? No, not at all. You probably can't even change the clock without two or three IT guys materializing over your shoulder. That's because pretty much any modern workplace has every computer on an internal network -- usually, IT can monitor any desktop and take remote access any time they want. If someone starts fiddling with your station while you're away, every tech guy in the building will know about it in less than a minute. Likewise, if you get a virus or if some program isn't working correctly, they step through a wrinkle in time and appear beside you, sometimes before you even realize anything is wrong.
So, how in the hell is Tom Cruise able to rappel in and steal files from a restricted computer in a CIA complex by sweatily mashing the keyboard? There is one authorized user for this computer. That user has to log in and out of the room where the computer is located, so IT knows he isn't in the room when Tom starts his master hack. Why don't the tech guys, upon seeing activity in a supposedly empty room on the most sensitive terminal in the building, sprint down the hall, hitting every alarm that comes into punching distance? Why don't they remote access the computer and shut it down, or at least click "view desktop" so they can see what's being done?
"Huh. That's probably not OK."
Either the entire IT team decided that the computer was haunted or there was a carbon monoxide leak in their office.
#2. The Imperials Don't Scan the Millennium Falcon for Passengers in Star Wars
In Star Wars, R2-D2 and C-3PO are spared from vaporization when the officer on duty in the Star Destroyer tells the gunner not to fire on the droids' escape pod because a scanner reading showed no life forms aboard. Later, when the Imperials catch the Millennium Falcon in a tractor beam and tow it aboard the Death Star, they rely on the Falcon's logs to tell them that the crew abandoned ship (when Han, Luke, Obi-Wan and Chewbacca are actually just hiding under some floor panels). The good guys then sneak out and rescue Princess Leia, which costs the Galactic Empire their prized battle station and pretty much the entire war.
Farewell, sweet Tarkin. May flights of TIE fighters shriek thee to thy rest.
Hey, what happened to that life scan, fellas? We already know that the Empire has the technology to scan a small object for life forms as it moves rapidly through space in a matter of seconds. With a ship the size of the Millennium Falcon being dragged slowly into one of their hangars over several miles of interstellar void, they should've been able to run that scan about 70 times, which is enough to read Chewbacca's future, let alone find everyone hidden on board.
"I sense many clogged shower drains in you."
Furthermore, they know that the Falcon blasted its way through an Imperial checkpoint, and Darth Vader immediately realizes that it's carrying the stolen Death Star plans. Vader even senses Obi-Wan's presence, which is the biggest red flag in history. Yet instead of scanning it, he sends a couple of entry-level Stormtroopers inside to read the fucking log (and get knocked out by Han Solo).
Also, does anyone actually believe that these guys could read?
If Vader had just run the goddamned scan, he would've captured and executed the future leaders of the Rebellion right there. Boom, the Empire wins forever. Instead, Luke and Han save Leia and bring the Rebel Alliance the Death Star plans, which are then shoved directly up Vader's ass.
#1. Every Programmer in WarGames Is Dangerously Careless
In WarGames, teenage hacker David Lightman inadvertently triggers WOPR (an AI that controls America's nuclear arsenal) into running a thermonuclear war scenario against NORAD, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction. He does this by guessing WOPR's secret backdoor password, put in place by the AI's creator, Professor Falken (the password is "Joshua," the name of Falken's dead son).
Here's a quick breakdown of why everyone involved in WOPR's creation is a cosmic retard:
First, for reasons that cannot be explained, the AI that controls all of the world-ending weapons in the United States can just be dialed up by any antisocial kid searching for games to play on his adorable floppy disk microcomputer. Beyond that, the different war programs WOPR can run are kept in a list alongside actual computer games like chess and backgammon, just waiting for someone to accidentally start them.
"We don't want anyone getting bored in the middle of a war, do we?"
Why does WOPR even have games? It's designed to simulate nuclear war scenarios, and has the ability to launch actual nuclear weapons (for some reason). What military engineer decided that it would be a good idea to throw checkers into the mix? There shouldn't be any bullshit at all on that computer, and moreover all the war scenarios should be labeled with the most unappealing names in the universe so no plucky teenage computer whiz would ever mistakenly run one.
Second, in that list of games and global death exercises, Professor Falken includes a program named after himself ("Falken's Maze"). This is how David figures out that Falken created WOPR, which leads him to discover the password that nearly coats the Earth in white-hot nuclear fire -- Joshua, the source of the password, is Falken's dead son, and the most important figure in his life. Anyone who reads a few articles about Falken would learn this almost immediately, which is exactly what David does. So David very correctly guesses the obvious and types in "Joshua" as a password and is rewarded with access to the most dangerous machine ever built.
You'd expect a computer that can murder the world to require letters AND numbers in the password.
Falken, a computer genius, created the most guessable password in history (short of "password" itself), then attached said password to a remorseless nuke-wielding robot and left a trail of breadcrumbs for anyone to follow.
"I could change that password, but I'm far too busy not giving one boiling shit."
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I have the Samsung CLX-3185 printer/scanner. The printer-part works fine using 3175 drivers found by (Xubuntu/XFCE) printer setup wizard. However it does not seem to recognize the scanner part. Xsane does not find the scanner. Is there a setup HOWTO for this anywhere that I could use?
Instructions how to set-up samsung CLX-3185FW.
Source: baltas125@ubuntuforums. Originally taken from: bchemnet.
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After executing instructions I have successfully installed CLX-3185FW over the network. It prints and scans over the network. I have made it on Ubuntu 11.10, 32bit.
Before installing you MUST REMOVE any other previously installed drivers for Samsung.
Step 1 (edit sources):
Add lines:
Step 2 (install authentication key) :
Step 3 (update sources):
Step 4 (install packages):
Open ubuntu software center and install one by one all packaged that start with " samsungmfp-", excepting:
Step 5a (check if you are in lp group). Run in Terminal: cat /etc/group | grep lp
If your account name is next to lp, everything is ok, else add yourself to lp group, e.g. execute Step 5b.
Step 5b (add yourself into lp group if needed):0 sudo usermod -a -G lp USERNAME
( more information about groups: http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/10/...iric-ocelot-2/)
That's it! Now you can search for your printer in network and add it as clx-3180 series and it will work.
P.S. Previously I have made some changes to some files. But I do not know if it has any impact. If you have executed the five step above and still no luck, try making those changes:
lines added
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here's some feedback:
now the mfp works fine. thank you for the solution(s)!
btw: I'm with a CLX-3185 -> no netdiscovery required.
I had the "Samsung Unified Linux Driver" and "Xsane" installed already and the printer worked well. Only the scanner was not found. After adding following entry in
#Samsung CLX-3180 tcp 10.0.0.11
PS: I got that hint from http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Samsung-Laserdrucker#Installation-CLX-3170-als-Netzwerkdrucker-und-Netzwerk-Scanner
The model number Samsung CLX-3185.
Method 1:
You may refer to the below links and use the troubleshooters. Check if it lists and helps resolve any issues: Open the Printer troubleshooter:
Method 2:
You may check if you have the latest drivers installed for the device. You may refer to the below link for getting the latest drivers and check.
Now there is great installations in Samsungs website;
Use this install and everything works OK!
Verify that you have permission to the sane group as well and after change please logout!
WHOA HAUS!!! Check it out. You don't need all that stuff. Add the repo, apt-get update, and install these 2 bits... samsungmfp-scanner samsungmfp-netdiscovery
That's all you need.. at least for Ubuntu 12.04 that is all you need. I successfully printed a test page and scanned a document.


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Guts and Glory; or Blood, Sweat, and Tears? With sports, it always depends on if your side is winning or losing, or the level of violence involved. This is the perfect weekend to experience the highs and lows of organized sports; there is something for everyone! Some of the options are the Stanley Cup playoffs (Go Canucks!!), UFC, and the Roller Derby.
If you are not into the agony and ecstasy of organized sports, maybe you want to check out all things Turkish at the Turkish Festival, or visit the Tour de Farm event, which showcases Northeast Florida farmers, free food, and more.
Whatever you choose to do, make sure you enjoy the penultimate weekend before finals.


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How To Install Board and Batten
I have had a few pretty major room makeovers using Board and Batten. It is my FAVORITE way to bring white walls into a room and still give it visual interest. I wasn't planning on doing a tutorial on this but I have had SO many emails about it I thought I would share a quick tutorial. This is the cheapest, easiest way I have found to do Board and Batten. And cheap and easy are a pretty great combo…
The pictures are going to be a collection of the last 3 Board and Batten projects that I have done, so if they don't match that is why! This is also a great case of do as I say not as I do.
Head to your local Lowes or Home Depot. In the lumber section they have big 4×8 sheets of MDF. MDF is a really dense particle board that has a flat smooth finish. I have encountered 2 different types; one has a little bit larger pieces of wood in it (like you can actually see the particles) and the second looks really similar to cardboard. The first one is the one that I prefer. It takes a cut cleaner and doesn't seem to soak in the paint as badly on the cut edges.
There are quite a few different thicknesses of MDF. I usually get the 1/2" but in Hailee's Room Makeover we used 3/4" and it looked awesome. Its just going to be a personal preference yo.
Ok so now that you have your giant sheet of MDF you need it cut. Home Depot and Lowes have huge saws that will rip cut it into pretty perfect pieces. Just tell them the thickness that you want it to be. I prefer something between 3-4". So you will end up with a bunch of pieces of MDF that are 4"x8'.
Now the order that you put everything together is what is hard sometimes. I have tried it 5 different ways and this is the way I prefer to do it.
Start by painting your wall the color you want it to be. It is MUCH easier to roll on the color without a bazillion corners. Because we were going to have someone come and spray Hailee's we didn't do this but you an see how we took the top wall color down far enough that we didn't have to go back and touch it up.
When you are figuring out the measurements for your Board and Batten take the width of your wall and subtract the total width of your boards, then divide it by the # of sections that you want That will give you your spacing between boards.
For example:
Lets say our wall is 5 feet (60 inches) and you want 4 sections in your Board and Batten. You had your pieces cut to 3"wide strips and you are using 4 so that is 12" total width , your math would look like this: (60-12)/4. Each of the spaces between your boards is going to be 12".
So the next step is to cut a guide piece that is 12" long. That way you can perfectly space your boards all across the wall.
Start by putting your cross board (or boards depending on the length of the wall) up first. If you are doing an entire wall floor to ceiling then place it right against the ceiling. If you are starting the B&B partway down the wall use a laser level to place your board.
Once your cross piece is up you will start putting your first board up. This would be the board right against the edge of your wall. Make sure that it is level ALL THE WAY DOWN. The easiest way to level it is to start in the middle with one nail then go down and level and nail the bottom. Then go up to the top and do the same. Then secure it more with a few nails in between. And don't be surprised if your walls aren't level, just make sure your boards are. You can go back and fill the gaps with putty.
Continue this for the entire wall.
If you are doing cross boards now is when those are installed. Cut a guide piece and do it the same way you did before but this time it will measure vertically instead of horizontally. The white board in this picture is my guide.
Now I am going to tell you a little secret. Some of you might hate me for life but, you gotta do what you gotta do.
At Hailee's house there was NO WAY the boards were going to wrap perfectly from her hallway entrance over to her kitchen entrance. I mean that is like a 1 in a million chance. So we started at the hallway entrance and went 1/2 way across the windows and stopped. Then we went to the kitchen entrance and went the opposite way and stopped 1/2 way across the windows again. The reason is because of the curtains and the couch were always going to be there (yes, even if she moves the couch you can't tell that a board is missing) That way it looks perfect and the wonky is hidden! (You can see where we skipped the board in the picture below)
Once all of your boards are up it is time to putty. I prefer to use drywall spackle. There is a special kind that you can get that starts pink and turns white when it dries. Fill in all of your seams and nail holes.
While that is drying its time to caulk. If you want it to look legit you wont skip this step. It makes such a big difference.
You can buy white or clear caulk, it doesn't matter, just make sure its paintable. I like to use the smaller squeeze bottles of caulk because the caulking gun hurts my hand… Cut the tip at an angle, there is a guide on the tip of the caulk on where to cut it. With the long tip on the top gently squeeze a line of caulk into the corner where your board meets your wall. Then with a damp rag over your fingertip wipe all the way down the caulk line. This will get off all of the excess.
This next step is extra fast if you have a palm sander. Take a piece of fine grit sandpaper to the drywall putty once it is dry to smooth it out. I also run it along the edges of all of the boards to soften them just a hair.
Take a damp washcloth or a piece of tack cloth and wipe off all of the dust. You need a clean surface to paint.
If your board and batten ends on an exposed corner and the corners of you wall are rounded you will need to fill in the huge gap. Just use the same drywall putty as before and know that it will take a while to dry. It doesn't have to be perfectly smooth but just make sure that it doesn't dip below where your edge is. You will lightly sand it when its dry and it will be seamless!
We also had to do that on this corner because of the curve in the wall.
Now its time to paint! I 100% recommend using a Purdy White Dove Roller. It will give you a much smoother texture than a regular roller and last for SO much longer.
You can prime the MDF if you want, but I usually don't. I just use a paint and primer in one. You will probably have to do a couple of coats on the edges of your boards because the MDF soaks it up. Especially if you got the MDF that I hate. I use a Purdy brush for this because it holds a lot of paint and lets face it, Purdy brushes make you look like a better painter than you really are.
So which style do you like better? The full wall or the partial wall?
And you can check out the full before and afters by clicking the pictures!
If you have any questions let me know!


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Art Brushed by Stormy Hand
John Gordon Gauld was working on a commission in the art studio that has been his home and workspace for more than two years when water started to seep beneath the front door.
It was the night of Sandy's arrival, and still two hours before high tide would swamp his neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn. Mr. Gauld, 35 years old, moved his work to the highest corners in his studio, situated in a Van Brunt Street storefront blocks from the shoreline. Then he turned off the circuit breaker and left his paintings behind.
It remains unclear exactly how many studios were affected by the storm, which sent floodwaters rushing through former industrial neighborhoods along Brooklyn's waterfront—including Greenpoint, Gowanus and Red Hook—that are now home to many working artists. More than 200 have already sought relief from an arts-support group, and two dozen have joined together to raise money by showing their storm-damaged works.
Some of Mr. Gauld's once-soaked pieces will be on display in Red Hook on Saturday night at the Flooded Art Party, an exhibition and fundraiser for artists affected by Sandy. Admission to the show is free, with sales proceeds going to the artists and donations collected for the Red Hook Initiative, which has been leading neighborhood recovery efforts.
The organizer, 27-year-old artist Z Behl, will host the unusual exhibition in her own storm-wrecked studio at 133 Imlay St., which has been gutted.
"It seemed like a way to get everyone a moment and then move on, let go," she said.
Starting with her own work, including a series of flood-washed underwater photographs, Ms. Behl noticed how the art in the show seems damaged in eerie ways.
Busts by sculptor Antonio Bilotta mingle with unfired clay swirled by the flood. Moon-colored mold spores dot a dreamy canvas by Rachel Bullock, looking like dabs of paint. Mr. Gauld's water-stained drawing of a boat has taken on an unexpected postdiluvian poignancy.
"It really feels like the flood had an artistic hand," Ms. Behl said. "At least, that's what you want to believe. It somehow makes what happened feel more acceptable because at least there was also something beautiful that came out of it."
Beyond the Red Hook show, organizations are mobilizing resources on behalf of artists.
Michael Royce, executive director of New York Foundation for the Arts, said his nonprofit group had already received more than 200 applications to an emergency-relief fund for artists announced last week. He expected that number to increase "tenfold" in the weeks ahead.
"We really won't know the extent of this until three or four months down the road," Mr. Royce said. "Right now artists are in survival mode. They're trying to find a new place to live, they're on the phone with their insurance companies and they're grieving over the loss of their work."
His group is planning its own February show of Sandy-damaged works as well as new pieces inspired by the storm.
Some of the hardest-hit artists have already found ways to return to their work.
Ray Smith, a sculptor participating in Saturday's exhibition, suffered severe damage to his studio in a 19th-century ice house near the Gowanus Canal. He lost more than 200 sculptures, including a series of massive plywood trees that had been readied for an upcoming show.
Sounding bereft in a phone interview from Texas, where he has gone to continue working, Mr. Smith said he wanted to participate in Saturday's show because it demonstrated the resourcefulness and creativity of New York City's art community.
For weeks after the storm, he sifted through the wreckage with his assistants, attempting to salvage what they could.
"It's like an instant triage, and then you're battling mold, drying the place out," Mr. Smith explained. "No one wants to be a victim here, but after a certain period, you kind of collapse and realize you're pretty screwed."
Still, he said the flooded exhibition was an affirmation that "artists create resources from nothing."
Mr. Gauld, the inundated painter, is busy looking for a new place to live and work. But he agreed that in the long run, he would find that "hardship was inspiration."
When he was able to wade home on the morning after the storm, he found furniture and appliances upended, oil paintings floating in the muck, books and implements strewed about. "More like there had been earthquake than a flood," he recalled.
Much of Mr. Gauld's most recent work was spared by fortunate timing: Some had just been sold, others were safe at a Chelsea gallery. But he counted a number of pieces as lost, as well as thousands of dollars in computer equipment, materials and tools used in his painting.
Like Mr. Smith, he has started working again, concentrating on a new still life that incorporates relics from his battered studio. The subjects, which he has posed against a peeling wall, include tools corroded by saltwater and a ruined 1848 book about wildflowers. The book, which belonged to his grandmother, has come apart at the binding and grown moldy.
"The flowers in it are real," Mr. Gauld said, "and they survived the storm."


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Argentina Debates Pope's Political Past
BUENOS AIRES—After the initial national euphoria over the election of an Argentine pope, a debate over Pope Francis' actions during the 1970s military dictatorship has brought old scars to the surface of Argentina's society.
At issue is what the new pope did, or didn't, do to oppose the brutal juntas that ruled from 1976 and 1983, and, more specifically, what he did in the case of two priests from his order who were arrested and held for months in a torture center.
A prominent leftist journalist, with close ties to the current populist government, has denounced the pontiff for complicity in the case and for a broader failure to take a more vocal role in opposing abuses of the era. But in an authorized biography, published three years ago, the pope denied betraying the priests and said he "moved like crazy" to win their release.
The accusations have created a cloud over Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio's election as pope, which otherwise has been well-received for its tone of humility and spontaneity. On Friday, the Vatican said that the "campaign against Cardinal Bergoglio is well-known and goes back to many years ago," adding that the accusations against him were "firmly and clearly denied."
The issue is politically charged in Argentina. The leftist government of President Cristina Kirchner has championed the legacy of victims of the dictatorship, while often feuding with Cardinal Bergoglio on issues such as her government's support for gay marriage.
The case also resonates with individuals, as it underscores the question of collective guilt in the so-called dirty war in which at least 10,000 people, perhaps thousands more, were killed by a ruthless dictatorship.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, who won the Nobel Prize in 1980 for his work defending human rights during the dictatorship, suggested on his website that the pope occupied a middle ground during Argentina's dark years. "I don't consider Bergoglio an accomplice of the dictatorship, but I think he lacked courage to accompany our fight and that of [human rights]," he wrote.
Other Argentines said critics of the pontiff may be holding him to an unrealistic standard. Political scientist Rosendo Fraga said: "In this country, the accusation of having denounced or failed to denounce violations of human rights is used politically and selectively." He added that some appointees of the Kirchner era had ties to past military governments, such as a former economy minister who became an ambassador under the Kirchners.
Bergoglio: A Man for the Church
Review key events in his life and career.
A 1976 military coup unfolded while Pope Francis, then 39 years old, was provincial superior of Argentine Jesuits. Thousands of people thought to have links to leftist guerrilla groups were rounded up. Two Jesuit priests, Orlando Yorio and Franz Jalics, were kidnapped from the slum where they worked, held for five months in an army torture center, then dumped, drugged and disoriented, in a barrio outside the capital. The case fell out of the public eye until 1999, long after Argentina's return to democracy, and not long after Father Bergoglio had been named archbishop of Buenos Aires. A former leftist guerrilla who had become a prominent journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, published an article questioning the cleric's role in the case, under the headline, "What did you do during the Dirty War, Father?"
The article quoted Father Yorio, who died in 2000, as saying the future pope "didn't warn us of the danger" and ostracized the two due to their work in slums, seen as hotbeds of subversion. Father Yorio was quoted saying he had no "reason to think that [Bergoglio] did anything to win our liberty, rather quite the opposite."
The role of the Catholic Church and other institutions during the dictatorship took on greater weight when Mrs. Kirchner's late husband, Néstor, became president in 2003. He revoked a previous government's amnesty for officials from the dictatorship, and began prosecuting long dormant human- rights cases.
The then-cardinal mostly avoided addressing his actions during the junta until publication of his authorized biography, El Jesuita, in 2010. In that book, he said he took high-risk, but secretive, measures to help victims of persecution.
In the case of the kidnapped priests, Cardinal Bergoglio said in his book that he did warn them of the dangers before their arrest. The cardinal also said he pulled strings to try to win the priests' release, convincing a military chaplain who celebrated Mass for the then-head of the junta, Gen. Jorge Videla, to call in sick, so that he himself could preside over the Mass and intercede on behalf of the kidnapped priests.
After the cardinal's ascension to pope, Mr. Verbitsky stepped up attacks, dubbing Pope Francis a "conservative populist." He published another column Thursday quoting an email he said he received from Graciela Yorio, the sister of one of the kidnapped priests, who had died in 2000. "He's the right person to cover up the rot" [in the Catholic Church], the column quoted her as writing. "He's an expert in covering things up."
Ms. Yorio and Mr. Verbitsky weren't available to comment Friday.
Father Jalics, the other kidnapped priest, issued a statement from Germany, where he lives: "I have nothing to say about the role of Father Bergoglio in these events."
He said after his release, he and Father Bergoglio once celebrated Mass together and "formally embraced each other. "I have found my peace with these events and, as far as I am concerned, have closed this chapter."
—John Stoll in Rome, Ken Parks in Argentina and William Boston in Berlin contributed to this article.
Write to Matt Moffett at firstname.lastname@example.com
Corrections & Amplifications
Jesuit priest Orlando Yorio died in 2000. An earlier version of this article didn't indicate that he was deceased.


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Expert: Mobile commerce changing the way consumers look at money
Speaking at a recent MoneyLife Foundation seminar, Dewang Neralla, director of Atom Technologies and co-founder of Financial Technologies, told audiences mcommerce is becoming a primary method of performing monetary transactions. He said mcommerce is growing by 100 percent annually and anticipates exponential expansion for the industry in coming years.
As mcommerce technologies become more pervasive, they will change the way consumers look at money and manage their finances, Neralla explained. This will alter the way consumers approach money transfers and payments, especially as new systems for security are developed. Neralla said mobile technology is shaping the world's future because users are able to leverage complex applications through advanced smartphones. As a result, security systems will be developed and traditional systems for financial transactions will be overthrown by mobile devices, he said.
"From the era of cash-based transactions, we moved into a period where checks replaced cash, and then credit and debit card payments took over. Now, mobile phone transactions seem set to change everything. It is ubiquitous, has multi-purpose functionality with low adoption hurdles, is highly interactive and provides security as well," Neralla said.
According to Neralla, consumer interest in fast, convenient and intuitive shopping, banking and payment systems are creating demand for mcommerce. By using smartphones, consumers can deploy simple, but powerful commerce tools to manage their finances. This is giving the customer more freedom to purchase goods and services at their convenience, thus improving efficiency for merchants, banks and other businesses, he explained.
Currently, mcommerce is growing fast, but still on the brink of an explosion in adoptions. Neralla explained consumers are still working to change their mindset to seriously consider mcommerce options. The unfamiliarity with the technology creates a perception of security issues and unreliability, making it difficult for mcommerce to achieve mainstream adoption. However, Nerall said technological and security improvements are combining with the pervasive deployment of smartphones to bring consumers closer to mcommerce acceptance. As a result, the quick, consistent rate of growth is likely to be disrupted by an mcommerce boom within the next few years.
Mcommerce systems could be close to that sudden boom, as eBay recently reported the greatest day of mcommerce sales in its company history. Recently, eBay celebrated its Mobile Sunday shopping holiday, in which the organization generated 38 percent more revenue than in its previous record-holding date, this year's Cyber Monday event. Overall, eBay generated more than $13 million in mcommerce revenue on Mobile Sunday.


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Though Cate Dermody (C. E. Murphy) lives in Alaska, she has never watched a single episode of Northern Exposure or helped a film crew simulate terrorist attacks on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. She has, though, been forced to convince people that she neither lives in an igloo, rides a polar bear, nor has a penguin for a pet. She's married to a chef, has two small cats, and a large dog who is afraid of everything.
According to one source, Catie began her writing career when she ran away from home at age five to write copy for the circus that'd come to town. You would think she'd remember this, but her own earliest memory regarding writing is from age six, when she submitted three poems to a school publication. The teacher producing the magazine selected (inevitably) the one she thought was by far the worst, but also told her -- a six-year-old kid -- to keep writing.
It's likely she would have, anyway, but she took the advice to heart. And a good thing, too: far more people after that (some of them famous authors!) told her to do anything other than write, if she possibly could.
It turns out she couldn't.
Her hobbies include swimming, walking, traveling, drawing and moose-wrestling.


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Which learning path would you recommend to be able to create complete application from requirement analysis, design (with various diagrams) to coding and testing?
It's not easy to get this knowledge when man does not work for a software company. Is there on the internet some example of this process from requirements to complete application?
It won't need to be very complex, something for a beginner who knows UML, database design and a few programming languages (intermediate level). I prefer the resulting application in Python or C (but in C there aren't classes, so maybe here will be less design). I don't like C++ much. Java is acceptable too.
This is rather easier example of what I'm looking for. The emphasis should be more on design, there don't need to be complex algorithms but show rather putting some working system (e.g. information system with 3 layer architecture) together.


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I have an Android application which, among other things, also publishes updates on Facebook.
I created my code according to this example and it works perfectly fine. The only difference in my code and the one in the link above is that I also extended onActivityResult as mentioned on the official Facebook SDK for Android page.
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
facebookClient.authorizeCallback(requestCode, resultCode, data);
Sometimes however, I get a null pointer exception on the line where I call the "facebook.authorizeCallback()" within the onActivityResult() method.
This has never occurred on any of my mobile phones or emulators. However, I keep getting user crash reports, mostly from Droid and T-Mobile myTouch 3G phones. I tried a lot but was unable to reproduce the problem. Any body have any idea what could be wrong ?


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As one of America's most anticipated and celebrated sporting events, the Super Bowl brings together families, friends and fans each year to enjoy the excitement of the big game.
The Kentucky State Police encourages fans to enjoy the game, but to make smart choices where alcohol is involved.
The agency will participate in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) campaign called Fans Don't Let Fans Drive Drunk by increasing patrols before, during and after the game.
"Before choosing to drink, choose a sober designated driver. Avoid the unsportsmanlike conduct of driving drunk by handing off your keys so that you, your passengers and everyone on our roads can safely arrive home," says Tpr. Michael Webb. "Drunk driving is always preventable, and life is too precious to be lost in a senseless tragedy that causes indescribable hardship."