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DAYM! Yesterday was really long, but busy and fun at the same time.
I wanted to see how tC's were rolling in SoCal, so I participated at the Unlock the tC Finale event. Not too many tC's, but tons of people. I've noticed that the Toyota family create these events with a lot of thought and money. Seriously, they serve some good food and run expensive events within the event. Last time when I went to their revealing of the 2011 tC show, they were serving some weird looking bottled drinks that I never heard of. So I went home and did some research and found out these drinks cost about $7 per bottle :/
Yea..that's how Toyota roll. Took some shots of only stance tC's so i'll upload those with the NESEI event.
Anyways! Enough with the tC event and now let's talk about NISEI.
I have to say NISEI was one of the best shows I've attended.
This show was purely about cars rather than models.
Tons of fixed up cars from stance to straight up performance builds.
The location wasn't bad either because there were restaurants all around the area, but the weather was HOT! Props to all the supporters @ the event who stayed till the end.
I don't know where and how to start this, so let's see how this goes :D
*If ya don't feel like reading this long coverage, just check out my Flickr
So I walk in and see these cars that I've never seen at events. Some were familiar but still looking sick like always.
TL? Iunno, but took a photo of it b/c it was the first car there.
You guys have probably seen this xB couple of times. I saw him at the event by Revoluscion and the interior was full of stuff, but seems like he was slowly taking things out because I've seen his car at It's JDM Yo's first meet and greet and a lot of the items were gone. Still a unique xB.
Hell yea~ check this one out :D
VIP Lexus. I'm into the VIP thing now and thought only Junction Produce was the only luxurious company out there. Found out about Bellezza and this company looks sick!!!!!!! Well all the luxurious items look sick.
VIP Scion tC? Who knows?? (-_-)v
Widebody Z
Didn't recognize this was the car from It's JDM Yo. One of the best looking IS's. Did a complete graphic design all around. Not as clean as before but still a beast! This car is MONEY!
I'll get back to these later on :)
Supra FTW
I've fell in love with this color after I saw this car. If you went to Toyotafest, JDM Yo's Meet & Greet, and all those JDM events, you've probably seen it. Sexy color car on Gold Work Meisters.
Honda Fit on SSR's
VIP cars
Really sexy finish to these BBS RS's
White on White. Hot? YES!
Never seen this s2k. Looks great with the Mugen wheels
What you guys see right now is an option for my BBS Impul's. Gold bolts all around. I have another choice, which I'll mention later on.
Engine bay was clean as ffffffffff
Line of some serious VIP cars.
Some hellaflush xB's
Concave XXR's on an Evo. I think these are XXR 552's? Iunno but a unique design that differs from Rota Grids.
Sexy rims that look good on Honda's.
Old School!!!
Back was clean so I had to take a shot.
Some Evo's that are on CCW's (I think)
Very unique looking Civic Si. The color looks awesome and matches perfectly with the wheel finish.
I put a lot of Vibrance into this, but it's suppose to be metallic grey. Love those BBS LM's.
From Team Praxis. Looking good like always.
Front looking good!
So after walking one way, which was longgg and felt like I've seen enough, I realized I wasn't even half way done! A lot of cars came to this event, and of course, you can't miss It's JDM Yo! Dropped by the booth and had to say sup to Tony. Iunno if he knew who I was but introduced myself that I was from Just Stance and bought a sticker to represent their crew. The new design looks hella sexy.
The model for It's JDM Yo. Sorry for uploading a pic when her eyes were closed but this was the only one I had. Still hot!
Seems like these guys are in a same team or work in the same company. Seen the first car at events but not the s2k. Both lookin JDM style~
Now I've been checking Team Supastar's forums for awhile and these guys are awesome. Haven't met them personally so I didn't want to show up and say "hi!" and make myself look like a jerk. Most of you guys know Emerson (Emu) and he's in this team as well. Mad respect to Emu for his awesome photography and his activeness at various events. This team rolled BIG! I think Emu told me more than 30 cars came to the event, which was amazing.
RSX on CCW's. WIN!!
Love the color. Sick looking xB.
Work Meister 350z
CLEAN! I want to know the owner of this car.
mmMM~ VIP
Very simple and clean
dam...so many clean cars...can't stop saying clean. My guess is Volks on a Prelude
RPF1's on a red S2k. The girl at the left seemed like a judge. Saw her couple of times back and forth.
This car was amazing. More like a freakin HP monster. Corvette engine in a RX7.
White on Black looking fabulous.
ARC fan. Loving the engine bay.
Definitely a time attack car. Loving the exterior look.
Let's go back to the early 1900's. These are CLASSIC cars that look amazing in person. I think i've seen some at Toyotafest. Check them out.
Back to super modded cars..
I love Mothers products. Works like a charm.
If you went to RPM, you've probably seen these high-end cars. I've been saying "these cars are high-end modded cars" to myself and noticed their company name was really called "high-end performance." Team name is Auto Concept Elite. When I look into these cars, I hate my life not having enough money :(
A look into Team Hybrid
Classic Racing Harts 3-piece wheels. The car would look MUCH cleaner without the design, but still a great car.
Seen this guy and his crew @ RPM. Same display like last time. He was sweating like crazy and his face was burning too. I was trying to find his friend who did a Farm-like display but seems like he wasn't there.
Not your everyday 350z
Ok, i'll shut up for a bit and my fingers are getting tired so some pics without description. Don't worry, your car is still special :D
OK! I'm back. Now to writing again. If you hate reading, then just check out my flickr
Never seen these. Unique Mugen wheels.
Me like!
Most of the Honda cars had some clean a$$ engine bays.
Yes. Clean engine bays. Carbon Fiber wrapped on some performance and exterior parts. Love it!
Dam I love white on white.
From crew High-End with the same display as last time. SICK!
Seems like Mothers is a product to use now because I didn't see a single
Meguiar's detailer or watever that was holding the hood.
Green? It's a G35 so I don't care :D
Clean and Slammed!
First time ever seeing a widebody BMW
Another Mothers detailer. I need to go out and buy one right now.
Yaris coupe that pulls 357HP. Owner is Garm and he is the president of his car team, Micro Image. Awesome guy who owns this car and a custom widebody tC that is for sale.
One of the best combos for Bride seats. Bride Cuga for the driver and Bride Vorga for passengers. The difference? Bride Vorga has a smaller height of where it supports your butt so passengers won't have a difficult time going in and out.
Some clean engine bays of Honda's again.
If you're the owner or know the owner of this car, contact me!!
I was going to look for this owner, but was running out of time because I had to go back to the tC event.
OK! So here's my second choice for an option to do on my BBS Impul's.
Mad camber! Guy at the back smiling as a pose.
I don't know if this girl was the owner of the car but seems like she had a hard time walking for a long time. Yoga time!!!!
Took a pic of this because I like VS-XX
Back to some S2k's.
My favorite.
I'm gonna finish this off with some 350Z' and a clean a$$ hatchback Civic.
You guys know who the owner of this car is..right? Winner of the Best Stance @ RPM and known for his clean 350z on Gold VS-XX's. Planning to do a photoshoot of his car, so I'm looking forward to seeing his ride and a model on top of it :)
Seems like a friend of Milt's. Mean looking 350Z on DPE's.
Money shot!
Now back to Hondas. I'm not going to say much about these two cars, so you guys check them out. Be amazed!
I'm DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dam! I had a hard time trying to edit these pics and uploading them on Flickr because my laptop SUCKS to the max. I need to invest my money for a new laptop rather than parts for my car. Anyways, thx for reading and looking. See ya guys at the next event with my camera rockin a "juststance" sticker!!


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Andrew Long - December 31 '03- 5:37 Eastern Standard Time
AS MERE HOURS REMAIN BEFORE 2003 DIES the ignominous death it deserves, stabbed by a bum for its lunch money in the seedy parks of Midnight, December 31st, I bring you a new and wonderful tale of woe for your general enjoyment, if indeed you take joy in the misery of others as I so sometimes do. My (a term i use loosely, since I've been borrowing it from my friend for about seven years now) FFIV cart has become rather waspish in recent years, going through little psychotic episodes such as the time it randomly erased all my save files, only to bring them back upon resetting, or the time I played all the way to Tower of Bab-il only to be met by a glitch that locked the front door on me, forcing a restart. Ironically enough, I was on the fourth floor of the Tower of Bab-il when our current tale of woe occurred.
You see, the best working controller I have is this Super Famicom dealie my friend brought me back from Japan, along with a 12 dollar SFC and Yoshi's Island. It has just one fatal flaw: the cord, apparently designed for the walk-in closets that pass for rooms in Tokyo, was a mere two feet long. So anyway, I make do, hugging my SNES close to my breast and all that jazz, praying devoutly that something doesn't go horribly wrong as has been increasingly the case in recent years as my faithful and eleven-year old SNES reminds me that it was, in fact, made by the same people who churned out the abysmally faulty NES console. It still works, mind you; it's just the games that have started to sport a variety of strange quirks, particularly older ones like FFIV.
Moving along, then, I was on the fourth floor of the Tower of Bab-il. For all you kids out there, that's about a third or halfway through the game (I can't quite remember as the last time I actually managed to complete an actual playthrough of FFIV was 1993) and represents about ten hours of gameplay for me, the newfound completionist that I am. At any rate, while tooling about in search of fun and Rubicant, I kind of moved the wrong way and jerked my controller upwards as I stretched. Being so terribly short-corded, this naturally meant that the console came with it, and when it went back down it was with considerable force, or at least enough to jazz my crappy SNES into fux0red mode. So, being familiar with such things, I reset it, only to find that all four of my save files were gone, including my friend's 52 hours of level 99 characters.
Fortunately, he no longer really cares much about video games, but I must still weep as I am now forced back to Toroia and that stupid magnetic cave. Actually, I appreciate the stupid magnetic cave because games never try crap like that anymore. I guess what I'm saying, at any rate, is happy New Year's, and may 2003 never recur in some bizarre science fiction setup that forces me into an infinite loop of forever reliving the flu that has so waylaid me recently.
I really thought that the opening video to FFX-2 was ridiculous.. you wrote: Call me grouchy, but that concert makes me want to build a gingerbread house, lure Yuna inside, and then push her into a stove. However, did you actually play the game? It's not Yuna in the concert, its an imposter. I dont know if that eases your pains, it probably doesn't.
1.) Purchase limited edition Game Cube Bundle (Triforce Sticker) 2.) Previous Game Cube Owner and Purchase 2 Featured Games (Mario Party 5, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Kart Double Dash, or 1080 Avalanche) 3.) Subscribe to Nintendo Power Magazine
On an altogether different matter what flavor of creamsicles are we talking about to accompany the afore mentioned discussion? I do so love creamsicles....
- Essence Knight
I was bored yesterday and went back to read some of the news for Final Fantasy, which sparked a thought, which brought on a 3-way phone conversation after which ensued a gathering at the local McDonalds...you get the idea. We had a discussion about whether FFXII might be the last great fling of the series, with FFXIII (having only been hinted at) possibly ending it. We decided it not only depended on sales of the upcoming Final Fantasies, but also with the success of Advent Children. If that tanks, though with the amount of fandom it's not likely it will, we thought that FFXII might be the end of the series. My question is: what do you think? Is FFXII the end? Will Advent Children signal the end of FF if it does indeed flop? Are we all crazy? What?
S. Netzach "You keep nasty chips!"
On another note entirely, FF7: AC doesn't hold quite the same importance to S-E as FF:tSW did to Square. For one, the infrastructure for producing high-quality animated video is already in place, Square having blown the hundreds of millions of dollars required back in its fiscally irresponsible heyday. For another thing, FF7: AC is not a theatrical release, but will rather be an exclusively DVD affair. Since this probably means significantly reduced production costs, it won't be nearly as critical to Square Enix as a fullblown theatrical release would be, and thus, even if it does happen to flop miserably (which seems much less likely than tSW's failure since it deals with an existing group of characters that people are, to say the least, deeply attached to) it won't cost the company as much as a tanked film release might. As such, I don't think it holds any huge importance in the overall FF scheme of things, except perhaps as a deterrent to Square Enix's moviemaking division in the event it fails.
All this said, I encourage you to continue your FF discussions at local McDonald's, because if the world needs more of anything, it's three-way action in public.
1)If I was an RPG villain, here is how I would go about taking over the world. I would start by going around and stealing all the magical crystals/amulets/whatever in order to open the portal to the evil world of evil demons. If there are any crystals/amulets/whatever that I can't get to myself, I'd just let the heroes find a way to get it, then I'll kick their ass as they're leaving and steal it for myself. I'd also have to have a stupid sidekick that would always get his ass kicked by the heroes, but in doing so buy me enough time to do my evil deeds without having to worry about the heroes interfering. Then, once I'm about half an inch from fulfilling my evil plans, I'd sit and wait in a really big castle, and wait for the heroes to come kill me. I pride myself in coming up with such an original scenario.
2)What do I want for Christmas? Well, since it's technically 1:48 in the morning on Christmas as I write this, I guess I can still get this in before I really get anything. The answer is that I want the Ultimate Ric Flair DVD Collection put out by the WWF. Not that that probably means much to anybody reading this.
2a)Okay, since it is now a 1:14 PM three days after Christmas, I got the Flair DVD set (yay!), and I also got Final Fantasy Ecks Two and Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter, because I'm sure my brother knows how much I loved the other Breath of Fire games. Actually, just my looking at the packaging, it doesn't look all that bad, and I've played a bit of FFX2, and it's...interesting.
3)My great Christmas videogame gift and tale of woe actually happened the same year. One year, I got both TMNT and Narc for the NES. Of course, being a rabid TMNT fanboy, I immediately opened up TMNT and started playing it, but it was nothing like the arcade game, so in my opinion it totally sucked and I was completely disappointed. It didn't even have any characters from the cartoon except for the Turtles, Splinter, April, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady. No Krang, no Rat King, no Baxter Stockman. But we DID get Metalhead, which was no consolation. So then I somewhat disappointedly started playing Narc, and was instantly hooked. There's nothing like recovering from a complete disappointment than by sitting there killing drug dealers like "Hypo Man." Fighting the big floating head than exploded and turned into a floating skull was just an added bonus. How could I not love a game as bizarre as that?
4)Does kupomogli really bug you every time you sign on MSN? That SUCKS, dude. He kind of reminds me of this guy I know named Ryan that lives in town here in NY, all the EVER talks about is cars, and if he sees your car parked somewhere, he WILL stop and come in to talk to you. We've even made a joke out of it, that whenever we see him walking up to us, we'll do the "ch-ch-ch-ah-ah-ah" noise from whenever Jason's around in the Friday the 13th movies. His ineptitude with chicks is legendary, and some of the stories about stuff he does have become timeless legends. Like one time, he comes up to me and says "Stu, I met this chick last night and got her number!" So I said "That's great, Ryan! What is it?" So he says something like "BFR-1641". It turns out he got the girl's license plate number, and then told me he was going to get his dad (a town cop) to run the license plate so he can find out where she lives.
Well, I think that's everything...hope you had a Merry Christmas, and have a great new year. All you other guys out there in RPGamerland have a good new year, too. Robust Stu
I agree with what you said the other day about FFTA being made to play in short bursts. However, I believe it is also lacking one other extremely important thing: A PLOT. The plot it has is so extremely simplistic and dimensionless. The characters who are supposed to be important, including Marche, say a line or two here and there and that's all. I don't empathize with them because they aren't developed. It's very uncharacteristic of a Square game, especially a "sequel" to the first Final Fantasy Tactics. That game had a plot so confusing most humans couldn't quite comprehend what was going on. There's got to be a happy medium between excessive story and no story at all. The gameplay is FFTA's redeeming grace... it's really good at that. Still, I could never stand to play it in a car (especially if I was driving). That screen is just too small.
On another note... sorry if I came across as excessively rude in my rebuke of Kupomogli the other day. I actually wasn't expecting you to print that letter... it was more of a "For Andrew Only" sort of thing, rather than to be put in the column. But regardless... I meant what I said, but I'm not a jerk. It's just that I was so frustrated after reading his last letter that I couldn't help myself. There's rambling with a point, and there's rambling that's just plain annoying. I'm sure he might be a fine guy, but his rantings are meaningless. He needs to start up a blog out there somewhere. Just like every other weblog in existence, no one will read it or care about it, but at least he'll feel important... and the loyal readers to RPGamer Q&A won't have to put up with it.
Other than that, I really don't have anything to complain about with your column. So yeah, rock on. Hope you had a great Christmas, and have a Happy New Year. Or in politically correct terms, I hope you had a satisfactory non-demoninational gift-giving holiday and urge you to responsibly enjoy the ringing-in of the new year represented by the Western calendar but which does not reflect the New Year of other cultures or religions. Man, it's hard to talk in the world today.
I did have a whole page, like usual, written for today's column. But, because the internet is a bitch, I lost it all. Your letter was erased because of the damned thing. But since I'm an insomniac, I'll write you another one. Is it hypocritical if someone plays a game that they despised two weeks ago? Septerra Core has beckoned me to dig into it's dark core filled with darkness and lollipops. Sweet, SWEET lollipops. How I would love to just lick thy...HEY! Don't steal those!! We need them to get aboard the Good Ship Lollipop, where we'll search for the missing crown jewel of civilization as we know it. Then the gravity field will lift, and we'll sail all the way to the moon. On said moon, we'll find Dubya's future ranch, complete with Dick Cheney operating room! I knew that you have been harboring cows up in your room, I KNEW it! You have played your hand very well, my sometimes evil friend, stealing a dairy farmer's identity and forcing Grandmama to churn the butter. O.o Regardless, it seems kupomogli has gotten unpopular lately. Poor, poor kupo. Why would anyone want to stab..I mean, try to belittle him for all his hard charity work with the nuns? The things that boy comes up with.. Enough about kupo, I hereby declare that Thursday's topic will be Shroudie, and only Shroudie!! Send your love letters, fanfics, and all your money to Cast, to appease The Great One!
Yes, I am that shexy,
O' Shrouded One
Remember a few days back when I wrote in and proclaimed my new-found hatred for Yuna from only seeing the opening movie? Well, let's just say I've gained a tiny bit of respect back after playing it a bit further. You might too, given the chance.
But then I played further, and that's why I only said "a tiny bit". I don't wanna spoil the exciting and detailed plot (Pffft!), so I'll just say that's not her only performance...
And now to FF:AC. Oh yummy yummy. Ahem, anyhow, I'm glad their actually giving us some plot info, so we're not all going "Gee golly! He's fightin' that guy who SO is Sephiroth! Or maybe he's not. No, wait..." and so on and so forth.
- Quistis Chick
P.S. OMG! u told us whut sexx G00gle iz yezterdai!!!!!! OMG!!1!!!!!!! FAINT!!!! ^_^
(FF Anthology and FF Chronicles: available now at Best Buy! Or at least the one in Salem, NH.)
There were some FF7 character goods, most notably a Shinra logo wallet that I saw at Animate when I was in Japan last semester. It would be so cool if they put out UFO dolls of the minor characters. I'd take my Onii-sama to bed and run over the rest of them with my car. (I'll let everyone guess who my Onii-sama is.)
Bucket Mouse
Andrew: Well, here's somebody who RIAA won't be targetting, unless he has KaZaa and doesn't even know what type of program it is. To you, my clueless friend, P2P stands for "peer-to-peer", which is the method through which programs such as the aforementioned KaZaa allow users to exchange files.
Andrew: I'm afraid I'm not the person to ask this question. I suggest asking Google, who is a big fan of Shadow Hearts and probably knows more about this game than any lousy FAQ could tell you.
Andrew: Here's a piece of advice you should always call to mind when you don't know what a word means: look at the word. In this case, we have "non-linear". Now, "non" means "not", and linear means "like a line". Thus, if you take it literally, it means the game is not like a line. Since this is an abstract term, you can probably guess what part of the game is being referred to, but just in case you can't, it's the plot. Therefore, Fable does not follow a set series of quests or events, but instead leaves it up to you, the player, to decide what order in which to complete events. Other examples of non-linear games include Legend of Mana and Star Ocean: the Second Story. A linear game, meanwhile, would be something like FFX.
Andrew: Well, perhaps if you keep praying to Snoor, your wish will be granted and FFX-2 will suddenly turn into the uber-easy RPG you want it to become. Then again, you're the first person to make this complaint, so maybe you should either just cut the whining and suck it up, or go play another game, since nobody's forcing you to play this one.
Wow. That miserable pack of quickies has completely soured me on 2003. Bring on the new year, and make it snappy! As for me, I will indeed be coming at you, live tomorrow, and while I may be drunk as a skunk, or hung over as a... drunken skunk, I promise to give you all the best and maybe a breath mint too. I can smell you from here, you know. Wait a second... that's me! Ugh. Well, Shroudie may or may not be along, so be sure to title your letters accordingly. For tomorrow, let us share tales of New Yearses past. Bonus points if they involve RPGs or burning your house down!
Andrew Long has to dress up like a penguin tonight thanks to his troublesome friends.
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Rodent of the Week: Another advantage to nursing the baby
Newborn mice who receive their mother's milk experience a biological process that boosts their metabolism, possibly lowering the risk of obesity and diabetes in adulthood, according to a new study.
Breast-feeding confers several protective benefits in human babies. Some research suggests, for example, that breast-fed babies have a lower risk of obesity and diabetes later in life. The new study sheds light on a little-known process that takes place just after birth in mice. Researchers in Spain found that suckling the mother's milk prompts the newborn's liver to produce a molecule that then turns on heat-generating brown fat. That process helps the baby's body adapt to a lower environmental temperature than it experienced inside the mother's womb.
The protein that is released in response to suckling, called FGF21, also appears to be important in regulating metabolism. In the study, researchers injected the protein into fasting newborn mice and found that the treatment prompted heat generation within brown fat and boosted body temperature. These brown fat cells burned more energy and glucose. Recent studies in humans have found that greater activity in brown fat appears to protect against obesity.
"There are many evidences that alterations of dietary, genetic, environmental, or other origin in the metabolic performance during the fetal and early neonatal life can make an individual prone to develop diabetes and obesity in adulthood," the lead author of the study, Francesc Villarroya, of the University of Barcelona, said in a news release. "It will be important to know whether any disturbance in this naturally occurring event [the burst of FGF21] may have negative consequences in adulthood."
Researchers still don't know yet if this process observed in mice is similar in human newborns. The study is published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
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When Danny Boyle made the National Health Service a centrepiece of his vision for London's Olympic opening ceremony, it left many unsuspecting international commentators perplexed.
As the Los Angeles Times sports writer Diane Pucin put it: "For the life of me I am still baffled by the NHS tribute."
But even though Mr Boyle and the millions who watched his homage didn't know at the time, the world is about to hear a lot more about Britain's favourite acronym. If the Government succeeds in its new mission, branches of famous NHS hospitals will be set up around the world – paid for either by their host governments or fee-paying patients, and providing revenues to bolster finances back home. It is certainly a clever idea. Already the NHS trains doctors from all over the world and the organisation has a good reputation, generally. Hospital "brands" such at Great Ormond Street, Imperial and Moorfields have international recognition and some have already dipped a toe in the water of expansion.
But the devil will be in the detail – and in any such endeavour there will be a lot of it. Not only will the hospitals need to find finance – or partner with a private company prepared to put up cash – but they will also need to negotiate their way round local medical regulations, laws and find customers who want to be treated by them.
Unless the private sector comes in as partners there will also be an element of risk – which in a time of tight budgets back home may give hospital trust boards reason for caution.
But that is not to say they should not try. And as well as full-blown hospitals and treatment centres there are other areas of expertise that the NHS can utilise to make money.
One of the few benefits of PFI is that we know how to build new hospitals and have the expertise in place that can be exported.
Our system of GP surgeries is admired and can easily be copied. And NHS training can easily be replicated abroad. But it may be a while before we see Scarborough General (Oman) opening its doors.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Duetto Books $21M For Hotel Pricing Software
San Francisco-based Duetto, which develops software to help hotels optimize the pricing of their rooms, has raised $21M in a funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Leland Pillsbury (Thayer Lodging) and Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com). Duetto is led by Patrick Bosworth and develops software to optimize the pricing and booking of hotel rooms. More information »


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Currently it looks like Spurs were right to keep Modric and tell Roman to keep his money. That was an ace strike from Modric.
His confidence is crushed, but it is too early to tell him to hang up his boots and buy a pub. He was one of Chelsea's best players yesterday. We will talk about the miss, but other than that he had a good game. He also had a good game against Bayer Lev.
The link below is to an article that is very harsh on Torres (it is the "Torres is sinking into private hell" article that has been getting a lot of attention). The comments from fans of many teams rip into it and basically echo what I said above. I am not going too far out on a limb here.


text: 1974 Oldsmobile Omega S has "a little wallop"Tom Joslin4/03/11 11:00amFiled to: RetroCar and TrackC&TBud LindemannOldsmobileOmega350V821EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink By 1974 the cars being sold were a lot different than the fire breathing "Super Cars" being sold in the late 60s. As is evidenced by this vintage road test, although Car and Track did it's best to change with the times, it was never quite the same. This is fairly apparent throughout this 1974 Oldsmobile Omega S road test. As host Bud Lindemann points out, the S in the Omega's name signifies sport options and a higher price tag. Advertisement The days of four wheel drifting around the test track were also a distant memory by this point. The most impressive statistic Lindemann can summon about the optional 350 V8 in the Omega is the fact it has a 4 barrel carburetor. During straight line acceleration testing Lindemann quipped "the third time off the line I think there was actually a squeal of rubber, which is rather rare today with all the clean air plumbing". It was the clean air plumbing that could be blamed for the Omega's dismal 18.1 second quarter mile time.Perhaps most interesting about this vintage road test is how the Omega is classified. According to the host "The Omega, Like Buick's Apollo, we call a 'Mini-mediate', meaning that the size falls somewhere between a mini and an intermediate." Although the Omega is not a huge car, mini is not the word you would use to describe a modern car of similar proportions. Advertisement Although it couldn't compare to the cars of a few years earlier performance wise, for 1974 the Omega wasn't bad. Even if the Omega is "a re-run" Lindemann points out "Compared to most of the 1974 models, it's got a little wallop". Ultimately the host gives a hesitant endorsement pointing out "If you've been bitten by the small car bug, but claustrophobia is still a factor you might try this one on for size"Reply21 repliesLeave a reply


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SHEFFIELD — Mabel Eleanor Kidd, 77, a resident of Royal Oaks Care Center in Kewanee, formerly of Sheffield, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at the care center.
Born March 26, 1935, in Princeton to Henry D. and Mabel Florence (Giesenhagen) Whited, she married James H. Kidd Sr. He died Feb. 15, 2006.
She had worked at Barcol Overdoor in Sheffield.
Surviving are three granddaughters, Brandi (fiancķ Jimmy Bryan) Aber of Sheffield, and Michelle and Jacquelyn of Oklahoma; one grandson, Cody (fiancķe Jessika Benson) Kidd of Sheffield; several great-grandchildren; one brother, David Whited of Princeton; and one sister, Sandra Doan of Princeton.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Joe and James Jr.; and one sister, Shirley Velker.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, Sheffield. Following the visitation, cremation rites will be accorded and inurnment services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Floral Hill Cemetery, Neponset.
Memorials may be directed to the Mabel Kidd Memorial Fund.


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"I've always been a big proponent of 'KISS: Keep it simple, stupid' … [because] if it's simpler, it's easier to troubleshoot and it's easier to maintain," said Bob Branski, systems administrator at Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin (SEW) and Metropolitan Chicago. "[But] PCI doesn't mean you can always keep it simple. You have to add more complexity to the environment, and as you add more complexity, you have to add more change control."
Created in 2004 by four major credit-card companies -- Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express -- the PCI DSS lays out a dozen standardized policies and procedures for organizations to safeguard credit, debit and cash card transactions that traverse or are recorded on their networks.
The board of directors for Goodwill SEW, the largest Goodwill worldwide in terms of revenue and employees, handed down the order last year that the network connecting its 56 retail and corporate locations would need to be PCI-compliant, Branski said.
"We've always had certain levels of security in place," he said. "Before PCI came along, it was up to each individual company to determine what [it] felt was a secure method of storing or protecting data."
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As a nonprofit, Goodwill receives software grants from Microsoft and hopes to get more mileage out of its Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) server software to reach PCI compliance, Branski said. As alternatives, he is also evaluating security software from Check Point, Blue Coat and Barracuda, but he expects to tip toward Microsoft, in part for its savings.
"Every dollar I don't spend on my infrastructure is a dollar that is going to support a program or function for the community," he said. "We're even more cost-conscious [than the private sector]."
But the nitty-gritty of PCI compliance has physical and technical challenges for Goodwill SEW's small networking team, according to Branski, who heads up most networking responsibilities for the nonprofit.
Although there are just two servers in his data center that process credit-card transactions, the trouble lies in looking at and modifying every server, switch and router that any credit-card data may touch.
Branski expects to have to add at least one more virtual LAN (VLAN) for each store for point-of-sale devices, in addition to software upgrades. PCI network segmentation will also mean isolating those VLANs and isolating six to eight servers at corporate headquarters.
"If all of the devices function on the same networking structure, we have to make sure [they have different routing rules]," Branski said. He will be responsible for nearly all of the PCI network segmentation and changes over the next six to eight months.
The standard is also somewhat ambiguous about what is "in scope" or "out of scope" for planning PCI network segmentation, he added. A router that never sees credit-card transactions, for example, is likely to be connected to a switch that does.
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A confusing attribute of tea is that many of the beverages that are called "tea" are actually not tea. Herbal teas, which tea experts term Tisanes (a French word for "herbal infusion"), are usually dried flowers, fruits or herbs steeped in boiling water (no actual tea leaves are included). Historically consumed for medicinal reasons or as a caffeine-free alternative, many Tisanes are beginning to find their own popularity outside the tea world.
Virtually any flower, fruit or herb that can be steeped in water and ingested can become a Tisane. Just take a trip to your local health food store and you'll find dozens of "medicinal herbal teas" boasting a variety of benefits from relaxation to rejuvenation.
Herbal "teas"
The arguably most famous Herbal tea finds its roots in ancient Egypt. The first recorded mention of Chamomile being enjoyed was in a document known as the Ebers Papyrus, dating back to 1550 BC. Used to honor the gods, embalm the dead and cure the sick, Chamomile has endured a lasting fame. This light, sweet, apple-like beverage is still revered for its uncanny (caffeine-free) calming effect.Peppermint has been used as a caffeine-free home remedy aiding digestion and soothing the stomach for millennia, dating back to the Greeks. During these times, tables were rubbed with Peppermint to make dining more pleasant.
Fruit "teas"
Fruit teas or tisanes are caffeine free blends containing a range of fruits, spices and herbs. The most common ingredient in fruit teas is Hibiscus, a crimson flower that yields a deep red color to the cup and a powerful tart sweetness. Hibiscus is naturally high in Vitamin C. Tea blenders use dried fruits, fruit peel, fruit oils, blossoms and spices to achieve just the right blend of visual appeal and flavor profile.
A relative newcomer to the Tisane scene here in the United States, Rooibos, is skyrocketing in popularity. Also known as "Red Bush Tea" or simply "Red Tea," Rooibos was introduced as a substitute for black tea. During World War II, virtually all supplies of Japanese and Chinese teas suddenly became unavailable. The tea-addicted Western culture scoured the world for an alternative, finally discovering caffeine-free Rooibos. Rooibos has a rich, slightly sweet flavor that is excellent alone and blends extremely well with a variety of flavors.
Yerba Mate
Finally, the newest drink to say "holá" to the herbal market is called Yerba Mate. This South American botanical from the holly family is consumed throughout much of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Far East. Yerba Mate, or simply "Mate", has been lauded as a cultural phenomenon that both energizes and remedies the body. Mate is one of the few plants on earth (along with coffee, cocoa and tea) that contain caffeine. While the taste tends to be quite unusual to newcomers, many folks overlook its unique character to receive the benefits. Originally stranded in the obscurity of the niche cultural market, it has now been introduced to the US as a substitute for coffee and is attracting wider attention.Herbal blends - mixtures of these herbs mentioned and many more - are also growing in popularity. The wide diversity of tisanes available makes the combination possibilities virtually unlimited.
No longer a drink merely for the pregnant, caffeine-sensitive or those trying to catch some z's, Herbals have found a new place in the market. Tisanes are beginning to infuse culture with a wide range of tastes and astounding array of benefits. They have now parted ways with bigger brothers Coffee and Tea and their independence should be recognized.


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Professor Baugh will discuss the many roles of Joseph Smith. In the decade of the 1830s and early 40s, many who knew or associated with Joseph Smith, but who were not affiliated with the Church, considered him to be a religious innovator at best, and an imposter at worst. And while some of his contemporaries respected both him and the church he organized, larger numbers opposed Mormonism. But to believing Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith was a modern day seer, translator, revelator, and prophet
If you miss Professor Baugh's remarks, the devotional will be streamed on demand at BYUtv.org and will be available on speeches.byu.edu.
Professor Baugh has been a full-time professor at BYU since 1995. Before that he served as director of the LDS Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of South Carolina in Columbia and taught at Bountiful Viewmont Seminary.
Professor Baugh is the author/editor of five books and has written numerous historical essays, chapters and historical articles in professional journal publications and periodicals. He received the Reese History Award from the Mormon History Association in 1998 for the most scholarly dissertation in the field of Mormon History.


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Three examples: 1. NASA Astronauts pen: Russian solution to NASA multi million Dollar 'works in zero gravity' pen - the pencil. 2. The second Gulf War. 3. In IT brute force and ignorance is a design technique adopted by many software houses; brute force coding that ignores (retrievable) knowledge of how problems have been solved before in more elegant ways.
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The United Kingdom Pavilion, designed to look like a typical British village, looks like 1/100 villages that are in the UK, although it could be argued that it is more stereotypical, with buildings based on different periods of British architecture. There are British gardens (including a hedge maze). The shops sell British items, such as tea, toys, clothing and The Beatles merchandise. There is also a band called "The British Invasion" that performs hits from acts such as The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Blur and Led Zeppelin, daily in the Pavilion. The Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room serves traditional British food, as well as beer and ale. There is also a quick-service counter serving Fish and Chips. There is also a sport shop selling British sport equipment, including Chelsea F.C. and Liverpool F.C. shirts.
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Conventions for organization:
- Moves are organized in a directory-like structure.
- Moves from a given position are referenced as relative links from the current position. Thus, from the opening position at Chess_Opening_Theory, the position reached after 1. e4 is addressed as /1. e4. The position reached after 1. e4 e5 is addressed from the page at Chess_Opening_Theory as /1. e4/1...e5.
- White moves are referenced as move number, period, space, move (in short algebraic). The space prevents an unbroken string of characters in the page title becoming too wide for the page.
- Black moves are referenced as move number, 3 periods, move (in short algebraic). No spaces are used.
- Indications of check (+) or checkmate (#) are not included in the reference link because of Wikibooks restrictions on page titles, but should be indicated in the displayed text.
- Theory tables are optional, but very useful. The best way to include these is by copying the table from another position.
- Board diagrams should be included on each page -- again, best copied from the previous position.
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Logic Theorist is a computer program written in 1955 and 1956 by Alan Newell, Herbert Simon and J. C. Shaw. It was the first program deliberately engineered to mimic the problem solving skills of a human being and is called "the first artificial intelligence program."[1] It would eventually prove 38 of the first 52 theorems in Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica, and find new and more elegant proofs for some.
History Edit
In 1955, when Newell and Simon began to work on the Logic Theorist, the field of artificial intelligence did not yet exist. Even the term itself ("artificial intelligence") would not be coined until the following summer.[2]
Herbert Simon was a political scientist by training and had already produced classic work in the study of how bureaucracies function as well as developed his theory of bounded rationality (for which he would later win a Nobel prize). The study of business organizations may seem, on the surface, to be very different from artificial intelligence, but it requires the same insight into the nature of human problem solving and decision making. Simon remembers consulting at RAND in the early 1950s and seeing a printer typing out a map, using ordinary letters and punctuation as symbols. He realized that a machine that could manipulate symbols could just as well simulate decision making and possibly even the process of human thought.[3]
The program that printed the map had been written by Alan Newell, a RAND Corporation scientist studying logistics and organization theory. For Newell, the decisive moment was in 1954 when Oliver Selfridge came to RAND to describe his work on pattern matching. Watching the presentation, Newell suddenly understood how the interaction of simple, programmable units could accomplish complex behavior, including the intelligent behavior of human beings. "It all happened in one afternoon," he would later say.[4] It was a rare moment of scientific epiphany.
I had such a sense of clarity that this was a new path, and one I was going to go down. I haven't had that sensation very many times. I'm pretty skeptical, and so I don't normally go off on a toot, but I did on that one. Completely absorbed in it—without existing with the two or three levels consciousness so that you're working, and aware that you're working, and aware of the consequences and implications, the normal mode of thought. No. Completely absorbed for ten to twelve hours.[5]
Newell and Simon began to talk about the possibility of teaching machines to think. Their first project was a program that could prove mathematical theorems like the ones used in Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead's Principia Mathematica. They enlisted the help of computer programmer J. C. Shaw, also from RAND, to develop the program. (Newell says "Cliff was the genuine computer scientist of the three"[6]).
The first version was hand-simulated: they wrote the program onto 3x5 cards and, as Simon recalled:
In January 1956, we assembled my wife and three children together with some graduate students. To each member of the group, we gave one of the cards, so that each one became, in effect, a component of the computer program ... Here was nature imitating art imitating nature.[7]They succeeded in showing that the program could successfully prove theorems as well as a talented mathematician. Eventually Shaw was able to run the program on the computer at RAND's Santa Monica facility.
In the summer of 1956, John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Claude Shannon and Nathan Rochester organized a conference on the subject of what they called "artificial intelligence" (a term coined by McCarthy for the occasion). Newell and Simon proudly presented the group with the Logic Theorist and were somewhat surprised when the program received a lukewarm reception. Pamela McCorduck writes "the evidence is that nobody save Newell and Simon themselves sensed the long-range significance of what they were doing."[8] Simon confides that "we were probably fairly arrogant about it all"[9] and adds:
They didn't want to hear from us, and we sure didn't want to hear from them: we had something to show them! ... In a way it was ironic because we already had done the first example of what they were after; and second, they didn't pay much attention to it.[10]
Logic Theorist soon proved 38 of the first 52 theorems in chapter 2 of the Principia Mathematica. The proof of theorem 2.85 was actually more elegant than the proof produced laboriously by hand by Russell and Whitehead. Simon was able to show the new proof to Bertrand Russell himself who "responded with delight."[11] They attempted to publish the new proof in The Journal of Symbolic Logic but it was rejected on the grounds that a new proof of an elementary mathematical theorem was not notable, apparently overlooking the fact that one of the authors was a computer program.[12] It also found an elegant proof for the isosceles triangle theorem.
Newell and Simon formed a lasting partnership, founding one of the first AI laboratories at Carnegie Tech and developing a series of influential artificial intelligence programs and ideas, including GPS, Soar, and their unified theory of cognition.
Logic Theorist's influence on AI Edit
Logic Theorist introduced several concepts that would be central to AI research:
- Reasoning as search
- Logic Theorist explored a search tree: the root was the initial hypothesis, each branch was a deduction based on the rules of logic. Somewhere "up" the tree was the goal: the proposition the program intended to prove. The pathway along the branches that led to the goal was a proof -- a series of statements, each deduced using the rules of logic, that led from the hypothesis to the proposition to be proved.
- Heuristics
- Newell and Simon realized that the search tree would grow exponentially and that they needed to "trim" some branches, using "rules of thumb" to determine which pathways were unlikely to lead to a solution. They called these ad-hoc rules "heuristics", using a term introduced by George Polya in his classic book on mathematical proof, How to Solve It. (Alan Newell had taken courses from Polya at Stanford)[13] Heuristics would become an important area of research in artificial intelligence and remains an important method to overcome the intractable combinatorial explosion of exponentially growing searches.
- List processing
- To implement Logic Theorist on a computer, the three researchers developed a programming language, IPL, which used the same form of symbolic list processing that would later form the basis of John McCarthy's Lisp programming language, an important language still used by AI researchers.[14]
Philosophical implications Edit
Pamela McCorduck writes that the Logic Theorist was "proof positive that a machine could perform tasks heretofor considered intelligent, creative and uniquely human."[15] And, as such, it represents a milestone in the development of artificial intelligence and our understanding of intelligence in general.
Simon famously told a graduate class in January 1956, "Over Christmas, Al Newell and I invented a thinking machine",[16] and would write:
[We] invented a computer program capable of thinking non-numerically, and thereby solved the venerable mind-body problem, explaining how system composed of a matter can have the properties of mind.[17]This statement, that machines can have minds just as people do, would be later named "Strong AI" by philosopher John Searle. It remains a serious subject of debate up to the present day.
Pamela McCorduck also sees in the Logic Theorist the debut of a new theory of the mind, the information processing model (sometimes called computationalism). She writes that "this view would come to be central to their later work, and in their opinion, as central to understanding mind in the twentieth century as Darwin's principle of natural selection had been to understanding biology in the nineteenth century."[18] Newell and Simon would later formalize this proposal as the physical symbol systems hypothesis.
External links Edit
- Newell and Simon's RAND Corporation report on the Logic Theorist
- CMU Libraries: Human and Machine Minds
Notes Edit
- ↑ Crevier 1993, p. 44, although some consider Arthur Samuel's checkers program to be earlier. Christopher Strachey also wrote a checkers program in 1951.
- ↑ The term "artificial intelligence" was coined by John McCarthy in the proposal for the 1956 Dartmouth Conference. The conference is "generally recognized as the official birthdate of the new science." (Crevier 1993, pp. 49-50)
- ↑ Crevier 1993, p. 41-44, McCorduck 2004, p. 148
- ↑ Crevier 1993, p. 44, McCorduck 2004, pp. 157-158
- ↑ Quoted in McCorduck (2004, pp. 158-159)
- ↑ McCorduck 2004, p. 169
- ↑ Quoted in Crevier 1993, p. 45. Also see McCorduck 2004, p. 168
- ↑ McCorduck 2004, p. 124
- ↑ Quoted in Crevier 1993, p. 48
- ↑ Quoted in Crevier 1993, p. 49
- ↑ McCorduck 2004, p. 167
- ↑ Crevier 1993, p. 146, McCorduck 2004, p. 167
- ↑ Crevier 1993, p. 43
- ↑ Crevier 1993, pp. 46-48, McCorduck 2004, pp. 167-168
- ↑ McCorduck 2004, p. 167
- ↑ Quoted in McCorduck (2004, p. 138) and at CMU Libraries: Problem Solving Research
- ↑ Quoted in Crevier 1993, p. 46
- ↑ McCorduck 2004, p. 127
References Edit
- Crevier, D 1993, pp. 44–46.
- McCorduck, P 2004, pp. 161–170.
- Russell, S.J. & Norvig, P. 2003, p. 17.
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- Change the hardware. Changing out the hardware in the kitchen or bathroom is a another easy way to test out colors or just update the look of the space without spending a lot of money.
- Hang art. Nail holes can be patched — just get it up on the walls.
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love the sailor squares pillow in the top pic (also love the clickable pictures!)
Love the yellow + white striped cushion and exposed industrial bulb light fixture. Yay for easy decor fixes
i love those vertical planters! they look like they could be dog proof…
Ohhh, I so want the ferm Living Remix Blanket – love the colors and pattern!! {And I'm loving the clickable pictures, by the way!!} :)
Hanging art is definitely my number one thing to do…then again we did own a small gallery for 5 yrs…so I may be biased!
When moving into an older apartment with less than stellar cupboards I also like to put in new liners…just freshens everything up!
oooh! Angie, you're totally right! New liners! That's something that my mom always does. Great tip! – AmyA
this whole clicking right on the image thing is DANGEROUS! For my credit card at least…:) -
i lean art work around the walls until i work out the furniture layout. then i have pretty things around but they are not set in stone. and rugs have helped instantly brighten past spaces and can be changed easily! enjoy your new space grace!
Beautiful finds. I totally agree with fresh flowers. I love picking up two dozen bunches of any sort of sale flower at my local market and sprinkling them in my milk glass vases around my house.
We got the keys to our new place on Friday and are now moved in and surrounded by boxes, so this article is so apt for me!
One thing I have unpacked already is the vases and you guys have inspired me to head to the florist on my way home :D
Oh, stunning pendant lamp slash mobile, and all of these pillows — eeps !
I concur clickable photos are so very dangerous (yet great!) -
Before the jump, I cannot click on the images! email me if you need more details about it.
But it works fine AFTER the jump! Love it!! :)
Grace, I'm moving to DC next week (from Kansas City) so I'm in sync with you on the moving thing! Can't turn my brain off!
I love the imagemaps! Much easier than having to hunt down which images goes with with link. I also love the first pillow cover in the first image, but sadly, not at $47 (pillow not included)!
My mom always told me to bake bread or cookies or to put a pot of spiced cider on the stove to make it smell home-y.
Hanging artwork instantly warms up a home…
Sending this post over to my best friend that's about to move into a new home.
That bouquet of anemones, garden roses and peonies is beautiful. I might have to stop by my flower shop on the way home :)
Loving this post Grace and Amy, thanks so much!
I really feel at home when I've put up my grandmothers kitchen utensil rack :) Makes the space 'mine'. Same with artwork, but that usually takes me a bit longer to find the perfect spot for everything.
Loving all the color in this collection! Great post.
Timely post! We just moved a week ago and it already feels like we've been there for years. Everyone who's visited has said the same thing. We actually had a vase of flowers in the house before anything else, and the previous owners left hooks on the walls so the wallhangings have a home (even if it's teporary and not exactly where we want it).
Ultimately, though, I think it comes down to how enthusiastic you are about getting the house set up to live in. Last week we were up until 1 or 2 every night, simply because we couldn't sleep knowing there were things left to unpack and arrange and organize in our wonderful new home. Some people are such slow unpackers, and I think they just get used to having all those boxes around.
Megan– weird coincidence but the previous owners of our house in DC just moved to Kansas City. Welcome!
Is it just me or is the floral knob from anthropologie (first group) a total ripoff of this woman's work on etsy?
I realize this is different in that it is a knob but it still makes me uncomfortable!
Actually, I think the ring on Etsy is beautiful but the knob from Athropologie is … well it isn't beautiful ;) I'm trying to be nicer so I won't say what I really think about it :)
The links don't work for me either. I am on the mobile site on iPod touch. I would go to full site but it loops me back to mobile. And I'm curios about that first pillow. :)
I'm in love with the Splash Pillow Case :0)
Hi Jenny – So sorry it didn't work on your iPod touch. We're looking into it. Here's the link to the first pillow http://finelittleshop.bigcartel.com/product/pillow-case-tusch
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Whoa image mapping! Pretty cool, girls. Although I do kind of miss having the pricing listed. That was always a convenient way of stopping me from clicking on too many of the products, haha.
We've been in our first home for a year and we still have very, very little on the walls! What am I waiting for? Inspiration I suppose – I'm hoping this article does the trick!
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I'm moving this weekend and I can't wait to get everything unpacked! For me, a new place feels more like home after I've put curtains up. I have a few sets that I've kept with me through a few moves, and even if they aren't perfect for the space, hang them to help warm-up the space. That way, the rod is already there, alll I need to do is switch out the panels! Art on the wall is great, too, but I have trouble committing before everything is unpacked.
Throw a party! Nothing makes a new place feel like home when you have it filled with friends, flowers and music. Plus it forces you to get everything out of the boxes.
I agree on the image mapping – it's nice, but I'd still like to see the prices listed so I don't have to click on every image
Great ideas! I'd also go with some artwork, but don't forget about flowers and plants – they're the key to making your home full of life!
Aw, such a great post. I've just moved too and I wholeheartedly agree with getting fresh flowers in and artwork up on walls. Instant pick-me-ups!
I love love LOVE that western-style pillow in the 2nd image above the yellow stripe pillow. Please let us know where you found it!!
I LOVE that triangle blanket! Definitely something to save for, but so worth it!
The first thing I did when I moved was to put my favorite linens, blankets and pillows on my bed. I also set up and organized my nightstand! It just felt instantly comfortable and liveable while I messed with all of my boxes!
Great post! I live outside of Richmond and my lease is up in June, so I've been researching gorgeous lofts in downtown Richmond. Super psyched to move! These tips will definitely help me out. :)
I think lots of blankets and pillows will work instantly. And photo frames :)
We're in the process of moving, now. We're owned our house for five months and have been doing lots of work getting ready for move-in. Here's the link to my photo album documenting our progress so far!
The clock and the flower design seems awesome !
This is a wonderful idea for my new built room , iam gonna decorate it your way! share pics soon!


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