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It seems like a lifetime ago we started our indiegogo campaign to sell 100 eMAKER Huxley 3D printer kits. To date, over 300 kits have been shipped, and many are now successfully printing in both PLA and ABS, in many different colours.
As mentioned in my last post, we are pleased to have joined forces with Adrian Bowyer and his company to form RepRapPro, and launch a new campaign on indiegogo. For this, we are offering 100 kits with delivery due in time for Christmas. The 100 unit limit was set since this is the number of sets we feel we can print in the time. Unlike our previous campaign, however, we will not wait until the end of the campaign to place orders for components, but instead invest up front in order to meet our delivery target.
The purpose of this post is to present a product which many eMAKER Huxley owners have enquired about: Huxley kits without printed parts*. One of the selling points of RepRap is that one can print parts for a friend, enabling potentially exponential growth. This is only feasible with the availability of hardware kits to go with the printed parts.
So if you know someone who wants one of these great little 3D printers, and you want to print the parts for them, then lead them to our indiegogo campaign here.
But we also want to give our beta customers a little something extra: a PCB heatbed upgrade (1 per customer) in return for referring a friend to our campaign, who then goes on to buy a kit. In order to claim one of these you will need to follow these simple steps:
1. Register with indiegogo
2. Navigate to our indiegogo campagin
3. Copy the 'Share this:' link and provide it to your friend.
4. By clicking the link, indiegogo will record the referral for us.
One final note, if not all of the 100 Christmas kits are sold, then the numbers shipped will be made up from the January batch of hardware kits.
*Hardware kit: a full kit of parts including all hardware, pre-assembled electronics with microSD support, motors, heatbed, belts, pulleys, power supply and cord, and sample printing material. The only thing missing is the printed parts.
Two of the biggest names in low-cost open-source 3D printing are getting together: eMaker Ltd and RepRap Ltd.
Jean-Marc Giacalone's company eMaker has already supplied over 300 RepRap self-replicating open-source 3D printers to the world. RepRap Ltd is Adrian Bowyer's family company. Adrian invented RepRap, and he is the person who started the global revolution in low-cost open-source 3D printing.
These two men, and their two companies, have pooled their resources to form a new joint enterprise: RepRapPro Ltd. The new company will be mass-marketing RepRap 3D printers, running a 3D print bureau using them, and organizing training and education in all things RepRap.
Sally Bowyer is the third member of the team. Under Sally's supervision as Production Manager, RepRap Ltd has printed over 250 sets of RepRap parts for sale to the community.
She said, "The two companies have been collaborating informally for some time. We have now decided to form a new bigger joint company so that we can expand more quickly. Open-source has been a solid business proposition in the software industry for years. The growth of RepRap shows that it works brilliantly for hardware too. RepRapPro and both its parent companies are dedicated to the idea of freely shared technical information that RepRap embodies."
In addition to being a director of RepRapPro, Adrian Bowyer is also a senior lecturer at Bath University in the UK. He said, "I started RepRap six years ago as pure academic research, just to see if the idea of a public free self-replicating manufacturing machine might work. It has succeeded far beyond any bounds that would have seemed reasonable at its inception, and so I now spend my whole research time on this one project. Indeed, I shall retire from the university next summer so that I can devote all my energies to RepRap worldwide and to RepRapPro Ltd."
The new company is running a RepRap 3D-printer campaign for Christmas on IndieGoGo.com. Jean-Marc Giacalone said, "We ran a similar campaign this summer to sell $30,000 worth of RepRaps. We ended up selling $159,000 worth of them. RepRap has a habit of growing exponentially…"
RepRap Professional Ltd, 106 Old England Way, Peasedown St John, Bath BA2 8SW, UK.
After two stressful weeks unable to ship, we have finally received the parts we've been waiting for and can now ship 40 more kits. These will go out on Monday, with another 60 soon after.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have been so patiently waiting for their eMAKER Huxley 3D printer kit. And if you're still wondering when we'll be contacting you regarding shipping, then you've missed the email! In which case, please contact us on email@example.com
Crowd funding campaign update
Since the end of our indiegogo crowd funding campaign at the end of June this year, we have been working flat out to deliver on our promise to ship 300+ eMAKER Huxley 3D printer kits. Despite some challenges, we have now shipped about half the kits, and are on track to complete all shipments by early October.
Last week saw us reach a record of 30 kits shipped in one day, so despite getting up to a week behind schedule, we have almost clawed that time back.
Plug'n'play RepRap
One of the aims of these RepRap 3D printer kits was to try and make 3D printing technology more accessible and affordable. The term plug'n'play RepRap has been bandied about, and I was initially reluctant to use that phrase myself, but the recent weeks have proven that the eMAKER Huxley is a big step towards that goal. Many of the beta Huxleys have now been assembled, and people have reported good quality with little to no tuning required. The instructions have required a number of updates, however that is one of the great things about running a beta program and empowering the community to contribute: the product is ever evolving and improving. Our forums provide a great communications channel for feedback, as well as recording a wealth of information about the assembly and use of the machine.
The beta program also enabled us to identify weaknesses in the design of the printed parts, and changes have been gradually incorporated into the official design.
Huxleys in the wild
We know of a handful of eMAKER Huxleys having been successfully commissioned, and we hope to soon see evidence of over 300 of them printing successfully. A youtube search for eMAKER Huxley yields the following (among others):
Users have also uploaded images of their prints in our forum, which you can find here. A selection is shown below
#55 smbell
#89 snille
#105 richgain
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who believed in this product and supported us by funding a kit, as well as getting involved with giving feedback and supporting others in our forums and through the #emaker IRC channel on freenode. It is so great to see people getting good prints from their eMAKER Huxley machine and getting so excited about what they can print.
We still have over 150 kits to ship, but we also have an aggressive development plan to keep improving the machine and process, so watch this space!
With only a few days to go before our first shipment, I'm sure many of you will be as excited as we are to soon be receiving your eMAKER Huxley 3D printer kit. We have faced many challenges over the last few weeks, dealing with suppliers from all over the world to bring together parts for over 300 3D printer kits.
Between sourcing, printing and packing, eMAKER Huxley 4 has finally been assembled and commissioned, built from the same bill of materials which will make up each of the 300+ kits. The only tuning required was to set the extruder steps per mm to suit the CNC manufactured hobbed stud, followed by printing something which is not a machine part: a whistle.
We are now in a position to publish the firmware which will be programmed into the Atmega 644p microcontrollers shipped with the kits. For those of you interested in having a look, you will find it on github here. The firmware is essentially the same as Sprinter, with a couple of minor additions to make it easier to finely adjust the bed height of the machine using software rather than mechanically moving the limit switch.
On the host side, we have a cosmetically different, but functionally very similar version of Pronterface, which you will find on github here.
All the design files for the printed parts have been available for some time on the eMAKER Huxley wiki page on the RepRap site, and now can be found on github here.
Assembly instructions have been slow in coming, but will be completed in the next few days. All of these have been published on wiki pages on this site. I'm sure that with so many people assembling from the same kit, new and better ways of assembling the machine will be discovered, and I hope that people will be keen to get involved and update these wiki pages for the benefit of future eMAKER Huxley users. I'm sure there will be people with better camera and lighting than we have used in the photos too.


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The Great Books of Pleasanton book club meets at 7:30 p.m. the fourth Monday monthly at Towne Center Books, 555 Main St. Call Sadie at 846-1658.
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recently moved out of the are but am curious as to what books you would recommend for our bookclub?
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While I am aware of the official Great Books, I don't know if your group discusses books outside of those official Books. If you do, then I have the following recommendation...
Regardless of one's political affiliation, I would highly recommend "Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark Levin. It has been a best seller on the NYT and Amazon lists this year. It is an absolutely eye-opening, educational and very memorable read.
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INDEX NEWS AROUND INDIAN COUNTRY 2 NEWS BRIEFS 3 COMMENTARY/EDITORIALS 4 CLASSIFIEDS 7 Burton "Luke' Wilson reponds page 4 Gambling partnership with State of Minnesota deeply womes me page 4 A Brief Look: Archie's ■Solutions" to Leech Lake's "Problems" page 4 What's up LLRBC? Got the Midas Touch? page 4 Anderson's departure a big loss for Indian country page 4 Famous Dave Resigns By Bill Lawrence Effective 2/12/05, Dave Anderson will step down as Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). In a letter to Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, Anderson outlined the Bureau's accomplishments of the last year and pledged to continue working "to promote the improved financial health of Indian Country." He stated his intention to continue working privately to find solutions to problems facing American Indians, specifically "to tap the experiences of other successful Indian entrepreneurs along with academic resources like the Harvard University Nation's Building Program, to develop innovative concepts to promote economic development in Indian Country." He then promised to share his thoughts and plans with the Secretary. Secretary Norton's reply acknowledged his accomplishments both as the Bureau's chief and as a private entrepreneur. She accepted his resignation regretfully but with understanding of his position. She expressed interest in reviewing his future plans. Anderson listed six area of accomplishment. They are as follows: An increase of $43 million in higher educa tion funding for BIA managed schools. Implementation of a pending final rule under the No Child Left Behind Act developed in "extensive consultation with Indian Country." Priority funding established for "a new Replacement School Construction List... for Indian Country schools that have critical health and safety concerns." Multiple safety and security improvements for Indian Country detention centers. Building of a new National Indian Programs Training Center. His resignation was a bit of a surprise. As recently as December 2004 he indicated he intended to stay through President Bush's second term. In an AP interview he said, "I think this is an incredible opportunity to get some things done. Oneof the reasons I'm here is to help create the change that's needed in the bureau." As is typical of Washington scutdebutt, there are many opinions as to what caused his change of heart. It is generally conceded that the Cobell v. Secretary of Interior lawsuit, and the trust reform issues that have arisen, have constrained the Department, robbed resources from other Indian programs and in general created strife and dissension. It's conceivable the VOICE OF THE PEOPLE DaveAnderson hasspentjustayearin his post as head ofthe Bureau of Indian Affairs. He resigned Monday, saying he could be more effective in helping Indians in the private sector. Photo: David Melmer, Indian Country Today administration's emphasis on trust reform lead to disillusionment and loss of faith in the ability to make progress on his own agenda items. A Star Tribune quote supports this idea, "I felt that my calling in life is that of an Indian businessman. I feel like I can do more in tlie private sector than I could do here basically having my hands tied." Tex Hall, president of the National Congress of American Indians, said, "Dave Anderson wanted to develop education, establish leadership academies, ... revamp die entire economic FAMOUS DAVE to page 5 Gambling interests' donations detailed Spokesman for group of Indian casinos predicts 2004 a record year By Patrick Sweeney Rachel E. Stassenberger Pioneer Press Seventy-three legislators or candidates for tlie Legislature accepted contributions from one or more of seven Indian political action committees. The contributions raged from $100 to multiple gifts that totaled up to $2,200, according to year-end reports filed over the past several days with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Minnesota Indian tribes, including some whose casinos would be most affected by Gov.. Tim Pawlenty's effort to cut the state in on a share of gaming profits, gave about $550,000 to legislative candidates and campaign committees last year, according to new reports. Most, but not all, of the money went to Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party groups and candidates. Seventy-three legislators or candidates for the Legislature accepted contributions from one or more of seven Indian political action committees. The contributions raged from $100 to multiple gifts that totaled up to $2,200, according to year-end reports filed over the past several days with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Final 2004 reports for several tribes with small casino operations had not been filed Tuesday. Other gaming interests — top executives and employees of Canterbury Park racetrack, which is seeking a casino, and executives of the casino company seeking a harness track and poker club in Anoka County — also made significant contributions to House and Senate campaign committees in 2004. That money, which was far less than the Indian contributions, went mostly to Republicans. John McCarthy, the executive director of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association, which represents the tribes operating the state's largest casinos, predicted last week that American Indian political donations for 2004 would be a record for the tribes. McCarthy, in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Dick Day last week, said the Indian donations to the Democrats were a response to actions by Pawlenty and legislative Republicans diat McCarthy characterized as "a very deliberate attack on tribal interests." Day, who in the past has charged that the tribes' big donations to Democrats bought legislative protection for the Indian NIGC wants to ensure tribes receive 'fair share' The National Indian Gaming Commission plans to continue its review of tribal casino deals with non-Indian investors despite a call to show restraint by the former leaders of a key Senate committee. At a tribal conference last week, top NIGC officials said they are examining various agreements that tribes have made with gaming vendors, developers and other backers. The goal is to find out whether the deals are fair to tribes and whether non-Indians are obtaining too much of a stake in casino projects. "Are we concerned that the tribes are not getting their fair share?" said Phil Hogen, chairman of the NIGC. "That's the perspective we are attempting to take. We sit in the shoes of the trustee." Hogen, a Bush administration appointee whose term is up at the end of this year, said the agency is not attempting to set any rules in stone. The comment appeared to be directed at a letter from retired Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) and Sen. Daniel Inouye (R-Hawaii) who questioned whether the NIGC was taking actions without tribal consultation or public comment. "We don't want to be to too intrusive [but] when a developer comes along to a penniless tribe and says, 'Boy have we got a deal for you,'" he noted, "we're supposed to be the trustee and keep an eye on it." Penny Coleman, the agency's top lawyer, elaborated on some of the issues being considered. She spoke of arrangements that call for tribes to share 30 percent of gross revenues from a third- party's casino machines rather than net profits, land "gifts" and other property-related transactions mat could tip the scales in favor of a non-Indian company. "In many places, that can be as much as 62 to 65 percent of the tribe's net profits," Coleman said of casino machine agreements common in Oklahoma. "But in the industry that we looked at at- large, we found that 30 percent is not tlie standard, that it's generally much lower." According to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, a tribe must maintain a "sole proprietary inr terest" in a casino. Coleman said the NIGC is trying to detennine if any of these agreements violate that standard, which Hogen acknowledged is "not terribly precise." The issue has gained prominence in Oklahoma as tribes there have engaged in a rapid expansion of their gaming facilities with the help of a non-Indian company that is the leading supplier of Class II casino machines. Multimedia Games (MGAM) requires the tribes to dedicate about 70 percent of floor spaces to its machines and share 30 percent of gross revenues from those machines under various lease agreements. "Has the company developed an ownership interest in this facility by ending up with a majority of the profit?" Coleman asked. Multimedia also has made donations of land to at least one tribe, the Chickasaw Nation. The property is aimed over to the tribe and held in trust but the company is maintaining a long- term stake in it, according to a NIGC to page 7 monopoly on casino gaming, repeated some of that criticism Tuesday. "They own the Legislature," Day said of the tribes. But Day, a big supporter of putting a casino at Canterbury, said the Indian donations were not so different from the Canterbury owners and employees, who have been seeking since 1997 to persuade lawmakers to approve-a so-called "racino" at the Shakopee track. "Canterbury has given, I guess, to people who want racino," Day said. "And tlie Native Americans have given to people who want to stop racino and keep their monopoly." Among the 73 legislators or legislative candidates who got donations from one or more tribes, all but eight were Democrats. Contributions to the eight Republicans totaled $3,600. Tribal donations to the 65 DFL candidates totaled $34,500. Together, tlie tribes donated $207,000 to the House DFL campaign committee, 9 percent of the committee's total receipts. House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, called tlie House DFL campaign committee DONATIONS to page 6 Competing Indian gaming initiatives were costly $107 million spent on losing measures By James P. Sweeney Copley News Service SACRAMENTO - Indian casinos, racetracks, card clubs, unions and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger burned tlirough more than $107 million last year in a fight over rival gambling expansion measures, both of wliich were crashed at tlie polls. Advertisement The lavish spending appeared to set a national record for competing initiatives on the same subject, but did not come close to the record $88.7 milhon spent on a single ballot measure, anotiier Indian gambling initiative, Proposition 5 in 1998. "Nobody anywhere else spends that kind of money on initiatives," said Samantha Sanchez of the National Instimte on Money in State Politics. "It is without a doubt a national record. No one else is in tlie ballpark." That's probably not what supporters of Propositions 68 and 70 had in mind at the outset, but it may be peihaps all that they accomplished, according to closing campaign statements filed yesterday. Proposition 68 would have given slot machines to 16 urban racetracks and cardrooms if all Indian casinos refused to increase the amount they pay the state to 25 percent of gambling revenues. The measure received just 16.2 percent of the vote. Proposition 70 offered unlimited gaining to tribes that agreed to INITIATIVE to page 7 web page: www.press-on.net Native **MSi American We Support Equal Opportunity For All People A weekly publication. Copyright, Native American Press, 2004 Founded in 1988 Volume 17 Issue 33 February 4, 2005 Shiloh Edsitty, left, receives a hand-carved Cherokee walking stick from Steve Rainbolt after a memorial service for his mother, Teresa Tilden, at Central Christian Church in Henderson, Nev., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005. The 13-year-old Navajo boy stabbed and orphaned in a knife attack is awaiting a court decision on whether he'll be raised by a university professor in upstate New York or on a reservation in Arizona. Edsitty was hospitalized during his mother's funeral. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, Ethan Miller) See story on page 6. Anderson leaves BIA after one year By Jean Pagano Famous DaveAnderson, the successful restaurant entrepreneur tunied Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, has resigned his post at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Anderson leaves liis post at BIA after serving just one year following his appointment by President Bush in late 2003. Anderson inherited an organization beset by troubles and notoriety stemming from tlie landmark Cobell V. Secretary of Interior case and the departure of his predecessor, Neal McCaleb. Famous Dave, a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe from Wisconsin, is well known for his successful chain of barbeque restaurants named 'Famous Dave's".' Assistant Secretary Anderson took tlie helm and found an organization in disarray: tlie Cobell v. Secretary of Interior lawsuit, now nine years old, was a prime reason for the departure of Iris predecessor, Neal McCaleb; the BIA computer system, long viewed as a security risk for the trust accounting system, had been disconnected from tlie internet for almost 3 years; tlie health care system on reservations was under funded and overwhelmed with numerous people waiting long periods of time for health care. Many of the staff members that Ander son found at BIA remained from tlie McCaleb tenure and were not supportive. As a man with no government experience, Anderson was surely at a disadvantage in a city where bureaucrats reign supreme. In his January 27th resignation letter, Anderson accentuated tlie positive accomplished during his stay at BIA, including: an additional $32.4 milhon funding for Native schools; a new Replacement School Construction List to prioritize fimds for Native schools with critical health and safety concerns; thousands of safety and security improvements in Native detention centers; a new .American Indian Records Repository to preserve trast records; and a ground breaking ceremony for a new National Indian Programs Training Center. Wliile these accomplishments provide some bragging rights for Anderson, the elusive conclusion of the Cobell litigation never came close to materializing. On February 25th, 2004, Anderson stated "A lot has happened because of Cobell", yet the ensuing 12 months have shown very little lias taken place to resolve tlie accounting for trust matters that stretches back to die passage of the Dawes Act in 1887. Anderson's optimistic statements concerning Cobell were never shared by the Bush Administration and the Department of Interior is no closer to resolution on this matter than they were on Anderson's arrival. Anderson's term was beset with difficulties among senior aides and those that remained from the McCaleb tenure. Anderson received little in the way of recognition or support from tlie Department of Interior and may have become frustrated by Hie Interior's tight grip on BIA. In Secretary Gale Norton's response to Anderson's resignation letter, she stated "You can take justifiable pride in your efforts to improve Indian education, law enforcement, and trast services. You have also been a terrific role model to young people in Indian Country." Famous Dave said "I have concluded that I can have the greatest impact to improve the future of Indian Country, not by managing tlie day-to-day operations of BIA programs, but by focusing my time on developing private sector economic opportunities for Indian entrepreneurs." Anderson brought a friendly face and enthusiasm to tlie office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs. With his departure, the Bureau is leaderless, faceless, and much in the same position as it was a year ago. Whereas the Department of Interior instituted a reorganizational plan for the BIA, one cannot help but wonder if Anderson's agenda was a casualty of the same plan. Ho-Chunk: No plans to pay state $30 million a year Associated Press MADISON, Wis.. - The Ho- Chunk Nation does not plan to make its payment of $30 milhon a year to the state, citing a court challenge that found the governor exceeded liis authority in making a similar gaining compact with anotiier tribe, a spokeswoman says. The development prompted Republican Rep. Dean Kaufert, co-chairman of the Legislature's budget committee, to call on Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle to do whatever necessary to get the payment or "shut down all the Ho-Chunk-operated casinos in tlie state" until the issue is resolved. Tracy Littlejohn, public relations officer for the Ho- Chunk, told tlie La Cross Tribune in a story published Tuesday that the tribe is not legally obligated to make tlie payments and would not make any under tlie terms of tlie compact. "That's why such a large amount was offered in the first place," she said, referring to the promise of allowing expanded games and making a deal with no expiration date. The payments were required under the agreement that the Ho- Chunk made with Doyle as part of renegotiating compacts with all of the state's tribes. Then the state Supreme Court raled in early 2004 that the governor exceeded his authority when he entered into a perpetual compact with the Potawatomi tribe that included allowing more games, such as craps, poker and roulette, in exchange for a much higher payment to the state. Republican leaders unhappy widi the compacts Doyle nego tiated with die Ho-Chunk and other tribes had mounted the legal challenge in court. The Supreme Court decision raised questions about the similar deals reached individually with other tribes, and it sent Doyle and the tribes back to the bargaining table. The Ho-Chunk were to pay the state $30 million last June 30 and another $30 million this coming June 30. State fiscal analysts told state officials last week diat they shouldn't count on the Ho- Chunk payments, which some had hoped would help the state offset a potential $ 1.3 billion deficit as officials prepare the 2005-07 state budget Doyle presents his budget bill to the Legislature next week. Other tribes have gone ahead HO-CHUNK to page 7
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Maxi Skirt / Dress with Slit
Great basic
Very comfy and versatile, while the slit gives it a subtle sexiness. Looks cute as a skirt as well as a dress. The band is a bit loose around the chest area so I'd recommend sizing down if you're between sizes and planning on wearing it as a dress.
Sizing: Larger than Expected
Posted March 22, 2011
Adia Kibur
Jumbo Hair Clips
True to the picture. Holds fairly well on my super thick hair. I prefer to use it to pull my hair into a ponytail.
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
Posted June 19, 2012
Club Monaco
Serena Pendant Necklace
Cheaply put together
The stone pendant is nice and the chain is okay, but only a cheap aluminum wire keeps the two together. The pendant fell off as soon as I took the necklace out of the bag. I bent the wire hook back in place but the stone is too heavy for that thin wire and it keeps pulling it loose again.
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
Posted June 19, 2012
alice + olivia
Floral Cady Cuff Shorts
Different from other Cady shorts
I have a couple pairs of Cady shorts in different colors/prints, all size 2 and fit perfectly. These were much smaller for some reason. I could barely zip them up! Also, the legs were uneven. Possibly a defective pair? One leg was noticeably shorter than the other.
Sizing: Smaller than Expected
Posted February 25, 2012
Get Real Long Sleeve Romper
Not flattering for me
Not sure if it's because I'm short (5'2") but the fit was a little off for me. I ordered a 2 and it fit well around the waist, but the sleeves and shorts were too long. Also, the gathered chest area felt like too much fabric. I agree with the other reviewer that the material felt stiff and a little cheap.
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J Brand
901 Coated Legging Jeans
They look great. The teal is a beautiful color and the coating gives it a leather look. The sizing is a bit inconsistent. I tried on two pairs of the same size and they fit slightly differently.
Sizing: Smaller than Expected
Posted November 04, 2011
David Lerner
Lightweight Basic Leggings
Best leggings
I never thought there could be much difference between cheap leggings and higher priced ones but I stand corrected. I will probably never buy another brand again.
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
Posted November 04, 2011
Nixie Blouse
Sexy yet classy
Great fit. Easy to style. Beautiful addition to any wardrobe.
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
Posted August 19, 2011
V Mini Dress
Comfy and sexy at the same time
I know this sounds unbelievable, but I think it actually looks better in person than in the picture. I have to resist not wearing it everyday. Wish they had other colors because I'd probably buy them all.
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
Posted August 19, 2011
Gingham Drawstring Shorts
Cute shorts, but poorly made. Material felt cheap and some of the seams were off. The cuff was uneven and the fit was larger than expected. In the end I chose to return rather than exchange for a smaller size. Just didn't seem worth it.
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Way Too Early | November 02, 2012
>>> top of the show the death toll from hurricane sandy stands at 94, one of the deadliest category 1 storm of a generation. more lives has been lost to hurricane sandy than any other category 1 hurricane since 1972 when hurricane agnes took 122 lives. the final death toll from hurricane sandy probably won't be known for weeks.
>>> as we've been talking about all morning, hurricane sandy has caused a computing nightmare for millions of new yorkers. how bad are things? steven colbert was forced to take public transportation .
>> mayor bloomberg 's letting only cars with three or more passengers cross the bridges and tunnels into manhattan. of course, normally it's just me and my driver hector. so this morning i had to -- sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. it's hard to get out. this morning -- instead of going in hector's audi a8l with heated leather seats, i had to take the bus. yes. a public bus with the public in it. i couldn't find the seat warmers. i kept pulling on that string to call the stewardess, but nobody came. they never even pulled out the drink cart. come on, bloomberg! i know this is a once in a lifetime storm, but it's been two days. what's the hold up? how hard is it to drain seawater from 20 miles of subway tunnels? throw a few shamwows down there. we have the technology. please. god, please. don't make me call that bus with those people again. they wear denim. everywhere.
>> oh, the horrors of public transportation . early voting , as you know, has been a critical component of the obama re-election strategy. last night vice president joe biden stopped by "the late show " with david letterman with his top ten reasons to cast a ballot before election day .
>> vice president biden, take it away. number ten.
>> i'm not saying each early voter gets a free cheeseburger, but i'm not saying they don't either.
>> yeah, see. not saying they do. not saying they don't. number six.
>> if you vote early, you don't have to pay taxes. i'm sorry. i'm being told that's not accurate.
>> that's not accurate. number five.
>> single and looking to mingle? find that special someone on early voting line.
>> yeah, that's right. number four.
>> of course, there's the open bar .
>> that's right. the open bar . number three.
>> not exercising your right to vote is malarky. it's literally malarky.
>> okay. whatever you say. number two.
>> early voters will receive a $5 million donation from donald trump .
>> wow. wow. now we're talking. and the number one good thing about voting early, ladies and gentlemen .
>> honestly, don't you want this election over with already?
>> yes, we do.
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2. Mindus, D. Behind the Neo-Prohibition Campaign: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Washington, DC: The Center for Consumer Freedom, 2003 (http://www.consumerfreedom.com/report_rwjf.cfm)
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I am really just needing a rant and hoping some of you can relate so I don't feel so alone!
The pressure of IVF and wanting another child so bad it feels like my heart is breaking as well as trying to make sure df is pandered to is driving me insane and I don't think I am strong enough to do this much longer. It has always been me who wanted another child more. He was happy to start TTC and with every failed month I would get the "oh we can have more fun trying" comment. Well guess what, I'm not having fun. I have almost completely gone off dtd and to him it is the end of the world.
Then we found out eventually we had MFI which of course was a big dent in his pride so yet again I had to be careful what I said and keep up his spirits. Who keeps up my spirits??
Df was never keen on the idea of IVF but I convinced him to try and now that we have had four failed transfers the strain is really starting to show emotionally and financially. I know I'm hard to live with, I know I'm moody and teary and all the rest but from what I have read I am normal. Other women feel the same way but I am expected to be happy and not get upset at friends pregnancy announcements. I apparently am obsessed and bordering pshycotic according to df and he can't take it anymore.
I just feel like he doesn't get how I'm feeling at all and even when I explain I still think he thinks I'm mad. Every now and then I get a little bit of support but mainly he seems so angry at me. I really think he just wants me to get over this! If only I could!
I am just feeling so alone and depressed and every day it's a battle just to get out of bed put a smile on my face for ds and get on with it. This is with me all the time. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about wanting another baby and what can I do to help it. I know I should probably see a councellor but I just wish I didn't have the strain of infertility and trying to hold a relationship together.
Just before I had a phone conversation with df and he said that I have to have a serious think about how I'm acting and treating him because he can't take it anymore and he's just about ready to walk out As if I don't have enough to worry about.


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"When my friend Dee gave me this recipe I was very skeptical. Who ever heard of cheesecake made with crescent dough? I made it one day when I had 3 back-up desserts and it was one of the first to go. So easy to make and a popular demand by my family, I make it all the time. Hey!! Even my no-impress mother-in-law asked for the recipe!!! Enjoy!" - by MELLISAR
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Original recipe yields 1 - 9x13 inch pan
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Flatten one tube of crescent roll dough, and press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese with 1 cup sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough in the pan. Unroll the remaining crescent roll dough, and place over the top of the cream cheese layer. Spread melted butter over the top, and sprinkle the top with a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top is lightly toasted. Cool, and refrigerate before serving.
Amount Per Serving (12 total)
- Calories
- 483 cal
- 24%
- Fat
- 30.7 g
- 47%
- Carbs
- 44.9 g
- 14%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Hey we are there at thirty! That sounds about right we lost our most dominate player, only finished in the top 32 schools in the NCAA tourney this year, and the only significant player being added to the team will be Kirk. Of course I expect to see the coaching staff to add a hidden gem in the next couple of weeks and the underclassmen we have already signed I believe are under the radar as well. By the time the season rolls around that preverbal chip will be squarely on the Lobos shoulder just like we like it!!!!!
It's not just the Drew was a dominant player - it's also that a lot of our offense was built around his presence - a lot of 3 pointers were set up by passing inside and having him kick it back out. AK has a better jump shot than Drew, but isn't (at least yet) anywhere close to him in posting up - we will likely have to change style, which takes quite a bit of adjusting.
No doubt, no matter if we go with what we have or we get a couple of new bigs will our game be the same as it was with Drew. However, Alford and his staff will make the adjustments. it isn't often that you have the kind of post player that Drew was. Even if we got Pelle, it would be different. I think that Alex could give us a dimension that if it is utilized would create an interesting and difficult to defend team.
I think we will change our style a bit but I guess I don't see Drew in the same way as you did. Most of his scoring was on put backs and dish and dunks. He didn't score THAT much on the block, at least not most of the year. I think Alex and Cam can make up for his low post scoring pretty easily. The issue will be rebounding. Drew grabbed EVERY rebound within his reach. This could be very difficult to replace...although...I did notice many times that players would defer to Drew in the rebounding department because he was such an animal. AJ even mentioned that they had to sometimes fight drew for rebounds. Perhaps his departure will really allow for others to step up and rebound and it won't be such a loss?
I think the key to our season is our guards willingness and ability to get into the lane. I have no doubt that we will be able to shoot the three but we really need consistant penetration by our guards. I think Kendall, Jamal (to an extent) and D. Walk are already there and will only improve on that but we need more out of Hugh and Tony. Tony showed flashes of driving brilliance but they were only flashes. While getting the ball into the post does open up outside shots, penetrating the defense does the same thing.
--Stand TALL or don't stand at all
5 years, three conference titles, one second and still so much doubt and so many inferiority complexes ???
Be it JR, Hobson, Drew, Coach aways finds a way/tactics to dominate the rebounding, and though no individual will likely get as many as Drew as a team we still will dominate rebounding. Drew a big big loss but we have more experienced high quality guard and perimeter play and still great depth, and now a lot more depth in size with at least 3 new additions there, plus a 4th in Kirk who many seem to have forgotten had some real quality play at times his freshman year and was a top 100 recruit himself. ( http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75...=1&nid=3926999 )
Drew a special irreplaceable Lobo and his explosiveness and heart won't be duplicated, this year anyway ;) but Kirk adds a different approach and range of offensive skills all his own, and some may mock my wild-eyed kool-aid drinking like last summer or after the first two conference games when they talked about UNLV and SDSU needing not to lose anymore conference games but I mixed my kool-aid with Tequila to celebrate the Conference title sweep by the way.
We will be very very good next season, we will be in the top 25 and we will win the regular season conference and go to the NCAA's again and I will enjoy again my kool-aid all year but more so in March.
[QUOTE=COLOLOBO;466723]the only significant player being added to the team will be Kirk. QUOTE]
wow, talk about a slap in the face to our incoming class.
[QUOTE=wowzers;466792]It is what it is these recruits are what they are and frankly with very few exceptions there isn't a lot of gloating regarding the recruiting class. Now as I said, I believe that this class may be a little under the radar and Alford's staff knows talent so only time will tell how successful this class will be.
It also seems that a lot of writers that write about the lobos tend to be a bit light on much about us. From what I have seen they are a bit light on most teams that are not BCS or storied.
Lobos will surprise many next year, much like SDSU did this year. With the emergence of Demetrius Walker and Kirk coming back you guys will be good. You guys have some size coming in with Aget and a few other guys..but I think the Lobos will be more of a guard oriented team next year. Snell showed flashes of a 1st-Team All-conference performer this year, just needs to step into the role as "the man"..Also Kendall will be better after his Sophomore slump. It also can't hurt that Greenwood will have another offseason to improve.
Call me crazy but I think SDSU won't be as good as many think. They played with a big chip on their shoulder this year, and way over their heads until they fell back to earth towards the end of the season. Franklin will be great, Tapley will be good..But they won't be anywhere near as hungry. Winston Shepard wants to be a "point forward" type at SDSU and while hes a lockdown defender, doesn't have those skills. He's got an average handle for a big-guy, but if anyone sees him lead a break/dribble through traffic he's staring at the floor slapping the ball and relies on his height and athleticism against inferior highschool athletes to get by..Not gonna happen in D-1 ball...If Fisher actually let him play "Point forward" UNM's defense would pick that apart..UNLV would have a field day with the fastbreaks off picking his pocket too. They also have a great recruiting classes on paper but WAY to many cooks in the kitchen at SF/PF.
I also think UNLV will improve, but not as much as many Rebel fans are expecting. Bryce Jones will be the best player on the team, and Moser coming back will be enough to keep them in the Top-25..But UNLV has problems at PG and you guys above all can see what happens after losing a 4-year starter at PG. UNLV will miss Bellfield, Massamba, and Stanback more than they realize now. Especially Bellfield. UNLV relying on a big recruiting class to fix all their woes of last year, whether it be shooting, toughness, or lackadaisical defense. Rice will need to improve as a head-coach..Can't let this team get-by on talent alone again..actually going to need to learn how to run a few halfcourt sets.
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One thing about SDSU next year is X Thames and James Rahon both played hurt all conference. X Thames injured his knee in late December and was never the same. Jame Rahon sprained his ankle and was much less the dead-eye shooter he was in the past. Rahon will be coming off the bench, most likely, next year and Franklin playing the 3rd guard instead of the 4th guard (PF). This will be real interesting to watch. How does Franklin adjust to playing SF and Rahon to coming off the bench to fill in at SG and SF. We could still see some 4 guard lineups but also some 3 big lineups. SDSU will have a lot of depth and be able to play lineups to create matchup problems. Fisher in the past also liked to press full court, full time, when he had the depth to do it. Next year I expect that too. It will be an interesting year. The Aztecs will win, if they do, mostly via defense.
New Mexico being next year's SDSU is a good call. They will have to change what they have been doing and come out as a different team - just like the Aztecs had to.
UNLV will be stacked. The only question is how the new pieces fit and can Bellfield be replaced.
All 3 teams will win with defense. That is the key for each.
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Kirk is going to be a lot more of a dominating presence in the post that he is being given credit for. His natural ability to hit the 3 and to post up makes him a lot like Dirk. With the rest of the team around him and the talent level this team has I can see us in the top 15 by the start of conference play and top ten when we reach the MWCtournamnet.
Eat 'em up! Eat 'em up!
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Like most of the kids in her school and on her block, 16 year old Josetta Adams used to listen to hip-hop music. But, when Josetta slipped into a depression, she started to listen to rock music that matched her mood. She also began painting her nails black and wearing t-shirts adorned with skulls. Her way of expressing her feelings went against the norms of her family and her community, quickly labeling her as different and even as far as calling her a "sell-out". Depression is an uncomfortable topic for anyone, but amongst an African-American family it can be taboo. Josetta is no longer depressed but she wants to figure out why her family, friends, and community have a difficult time understanding her way of expressing herself and why it's hard to talk about these feelings of sadness in her family and community.
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18 year old Caribbean American, Rayon Wright, who was born in Jamaica, West Indies and raised in Brooklyn. Though Rayon grew up surrounded with Jamaican culture and music, he wants more than anything to become a producer of Korean music and entertainment. A lot of non-Asian teenagers like Hello Kitty or Japanese Anime, but Rayon's love for Asian culture goes far beyond that.


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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to sig making
Posted 23 February 2006 - 10:48 AM
1. Ok first off, you create a new doc. The one I made was at 350x120px, but sizes dont really matter. Fill the background with black.
2. Now create a new layer and choose your brush tool, and pick...no, not those fancy grungy brushes you used to use, I want you to pick the default Circle (19) brush. Change the color to red . Brush a random blob shape in your sig. Like this:
3. After that change your color to yellow and create a smaller blob within the red one. And then change your color to white and make another blob within the yellow one. You should have this by now:
4. Looks odd? Yeah it should be. Now you open up the Gaussian Blur dialog (Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur). Change both of the Blur Radius to 85 or so (IIR) and apply it. Your image should look like this:
5. Aye, now make a new layer. You'd want to create some clouds now. You do so by using the Solid Noise filter (Filters>Render>Clouds>Solid Noise). Here's the setting I used, use a random seed as you may:
6. Make another layer and repeat step 5, remember to generate with a different seed. Now you set the blending mode of both cloud layer to "Burn" and reduce their opacity to 50%. Your image should now look like this:
7. Kewl, isn't it? Now to enhance the explosion a bit, you could add some stars. If you dont like using other people's brushes (yes I know some of you dont), you can use the pencil tool at different opacity to add every single stars :P . This is however, a very tedious and frustrating work and fortunately, we have an alternative. Crashdowngrrl of DeviantArt had made an awesome Night Sky brush set and thanks to Fencepost who converted them, a lot of time was saved. You can find the brush set for GIMP here:
Ok, make a new layer now and put it between the cloud layers and your explosion layer. Choose one of the brush, I used the one with many little stars in it, and brush over the edge of the explosion. Can't help you much on this, this depends on your brushing skill. This is what I got:
8. You can add more stars to the empty space on the right if you want. Now we should add a render (yay!). Since this is a spacescape scene, I think it's best to choose a spaceship render to add in. These are somewhat rare ^__^. Best I could find is this Homeworld render that luckily, matches the perspective of this sig.
Copy and paste the render on your sig, scale it down to your whatever the size that you think is right.
Note: make sure the 'Keep Transparency' option is unchecked. It's the little checkbox next to the blending mode drop down.
Duplicate the render, apply a simpe 5px Gaussian Blue and set blending mode to 'Overlay' or 'Soft light'. This'll help blending the render in and adding depth to the overall sig. Here's what I got so far:
9. Here's the sig has already gotten its general shape. Now you can go wild and do whatever you want, add text, add border, tweak the image etc. Don't have to follow me anymore. These final touches could make a difference to your sig, so do them good.
Ok now I'm gonna add some miscellaneous things. First, I'm gonna add extra explosion thingies to the ship. This is where I use a script-fu called 'Electricity'. I found this script at this post in Gimptalk:
Scroll down below to see Fencepost's attachment and get it. This script is usually used on text but in this case, an image as well. After you installed it, you can find it at Script-Fu>Alpha to Logo (MS)>Electricity.
In that Dialog I set Grow=-8 and Electricity=12, and an orangeish color (#ff7200). Then I apply it and got this (you may have to re-try a couple of time to get the result you want, since it's generated randomly, here I just use the first one I got so it looks crappy)
To improve it a little bit, on the electricity layer, take out your Smudge tool. I used the Circle Fuzzy (03). In the Smudge options, I have Opacity at 75%, with Fade Out checked at 92px. Rate = 88.1. Now start smudging the electricity layer, brush outward from the ship. Another step depends entirely on your skills and creativity. Here's what I have right now:
10. Now what's left is text and border. Everyone has their own text style and I won't dig into that. Borders tutorials are many too. Here I'm just gonna use the old border style that's been whored a millions time by PS users:
Just create 3 new layers and set them to 'Soft Light'. On the first layer, click on Select>All, and then Select>Shrink and shrink it by 1px. Then Select>Invert. Fill it white. On the second layer, go to Select>Grow by 1px and fill it black. Same for the 3rd layer, grow it by 1px and fill it white. In PS there's a 'Stroke' feature that makes it less time consuming but this is the GIMP way.
Here's my final tag (I think would look better on a lighter background :P)
That's it for my tutorial. I hope some of you may find it useful. Remember that tutorials aren't some sets of rule, it's a guideline and you should experiment as much as you like. Any step you think is unnecessary, feel free to omit it. Anything you think could make it better, don't hesitate to test it out.
Good luck, any comment/criticism/question/result are welcome.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 01:27 PM
All I need is that faded border that you used...
Posted 23 February 2006 - 02:45 PM
Btw I did give instructions to the border I used ;).
Posted 23 February 2006 - 03:55 PM
You're awesome at making tutorials! :l:
EDIT: Fine, I'll confess...I tried deleting (cutting) the extra black background on the right, but nothing happened...
EDIT 2: I have an idea! I'll add stars!
EDIT 3: The Finished product...
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This tut, is like AMAZING! Here is the signature I made:
(The text wasn't put on using gimp. Woot first gimp siggy EVER!)
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Love that last dress….that's hot!!!
She dresses so nice! a true inspiration! <3 thanks for sharing.