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Do you have some .alac files that you want to convert to AIFF files so you can listen to them on your phone? Maybe you can only get your favorite song or lecture in the alac format. Fortunately for you, we've put together a simple guide for converting ALAC files into AIFF. With ALAC to AIFF file converter, you can turn those ALAC files into AIFFs and be on your way. ALAC to AIFF Converter offers you an easy and fast way to convert ALAC to AIFF audio with high quality. Audio Transcoder is an advanced ALAC to AIFF Converter and Audio CD Ripper with support of various popular audio formats and encoders. It currently converts between MP3, MP2, M4A/M4B/MP4/M4R/ALAC, AIFF, WMA, AC3, Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WAV and APE formats. People often search for "alac to aiff converter online" or "how to convert alac to aiff online" without realizing that uncompressed audio files are large in size and by the time you upload, convert and download the files you are better off downloading ALAC to AIFF converter on your PC and perform convention locally = 0 second waiting for uploading and downloading. With ALAC to AIFF Converter you easily rip your audio CDs to AIFF, FLAC or WMA files for use with your hardware player or convert files that do not play with other audio software. You can even convert whole music libraries retaining the folder and filename structure. The integrated CD ripper supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database. It will automatically query song information and write it to ID3v2 or other title information tags. Have any questions regarding ALAC to AIFF Converter? See the below Frequently Asked Questions.
Free download ALAC to AIFF Converter, install it and launch it. Then follow the three steps to convert ALAC to AIFF.
The first step is to select the files to convert alac to aiff. Run ALAC to AIFF Convertor and use the Folder Explorer to browse to the files you want to convert. Then select the file in the File List, drag it to the Drop Zone and drop it there. Optionally, the ALAC to AIFF Converter allows you to edit the audio tags of any selected file in the Drop Zone.
Once the files are selected, the next step is to select the output settings in ALAC to AIFF Converter.
The second step is to select the output settings. To begin, select the folder to save the output file to and choose the action to be executed if the output file already exists - create a new file, overwrite or skip the existing file.
You can also set the ALAC to AIFF Converter to delete a source file after conversion and preserve the the original folder structure, when doing batch conversion.
Finally, you should select the output format and audio quality. In the AIFF dialog box, choose the format settings for the final AIFF files. Depending on quality you need, select the bitrate of the file, sample rate and the number of channels. You will probably lose some audio content if you choose the mono option. You can choose what sample rate you want to use. 44.1 kHz (or 44100 Hz) is the sample rate used by audio CDs. Less than that and you'll start to hear the loss in quality.
Once the output settings are customized, you go to the final step - alac to aiff conversion.
Click Convert button to start to convert ALAC to AIFF or other audio format you desired. A conversion dialog will appear to show the progress of alac to aiff conversion. If you want to stop the process, please click Stop button. After the conversion, you can click the Output Folder button to get the converted files and transfer to your iPod, iPad, iPhone, mp3 player or hard driver.
During the turning alac into aiff, you can change the priority of the process or set an automatic event to be executed when the conversion is over. After the conversion of alac to aiff has finished, you can find the aiff files in the output folder you specified.
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A: You can convert your ALAC files to the popular AIFF format.
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A: The ALAC to AIFF Converter download for PC works on most current Windows operating systems.
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A: Input File Formats: 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, AAC, AC3, DTS, AIF, AIFF, AMR, APE, CDA, FLAC, M4A, M4B, M4R, MO3, MOD, MP+, MP1, MAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, SHN, SPX, TAK, TTA, WAV, WAVE64, WMA, WV, IT, XM, PLS, OFR, OFS, S3M, M3U and CUE. Output File Formats: 3G2 (audio track), 3GP (audio track), AAC, AAC for iPod/iPhone/iPad/iTunes, AC3, AIFF, ALAC (Apple Lossless), FLAC, M4A (MPEG-4 audio), M4B (MPEG-4 audiobook), M4R (iPhone ringtone), MP2, MPC, MP3, MP4 (audio track), APE, OGG, WAV, WMA and any ACM Encoder.
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A: People Convert ALAC files To AIFF format for various purpose, however, most of them Convert ALAC for the two common ones, first the ALAC files are too large, they want to save some space, second their portable Apple devices do not recognize ALAC format at all, but these devices are capable of playing AIFF files without any compatibility issues.
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A: No. Since AIFF is a lossless audio format, converting any audio formats (e.g. ALAC) to AIFF is a quality-lossless process.
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A: ALAC Apple Lossless, also known as Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC), or Apple Lossless Encoder (ALE), is an audio coding format, and its reference audio codec implementation, developed by by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music and playback on iTunes and QuickTime and on Apple iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPods. The ALAC data compression method is "lossless", meaning it reduces the size of audio files with no loss of information. Apple Lossless supports up to 8 channels of audio at 16, 20, 24 and 32 bit depth with a maximum sample rate of 384kHz. Apple Lossless data is stored within an MP4 container with the filename extension .m4a. This extension is also used by Apple for lossy AAC audio data in an MP4 container (same container, different audio encoding). However, Apple Lossless is not a variant of AAC (which is a lossy format), but rather a distinct lossless format that uses linear prediction similar to other lossless codecs. Its compression isn't quite as efficient as FLAC, so your files may be a bit bigger, but it's fully supported by iTunes and iOS (while FLAC is not). These other lossless codecs, such as FLAC and Shorten, are not natively supported by Apple's iTunes software (either the Mac OS or Windows versions) or by iOS devices, so users of iTunes software who want to use a lossless format which allows the addition of metadata (unlike WAV/AIFF or other PCM-type formats, where metadata is usually ignored) have to use ALAC. All current iOS devices can play ALAC–encoded files. ALAC also does not use any DRM scheme; but by the nature of the MP4 container, it is feasible that DRM could be applied to ALAC much in the same way it is applied to files in other QuickTime containers. According to Apple, audio files compressed with its lossless codec will use up "about half the storage space" that the uncompressed data would require. Testers using a selection of music have found that compressed files are about 40% to 60% the size of the originals depending on the kind of music, which is similar to other lossless formats. Furthermore, compared to some other formats, it is not as difficult to decode, making it practical for a limited-power device, such as older iOS devices. Partly because of the use of an MP4 container, Apple Lossless does not contain integrated error checking. When decoded, the ALAC stream is identical to the original uncompressed audio file, bit-for-bit. The Apple Lossless Audio Codec sources are available under the Apache license.
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A: Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices. The file extension for the standard AIFF format is .aiff or .aif. For the compressed variants it is supposed to be .aifc, but .aiff or .aif are accepted as well by audio applications supporting the format. The format initially created by Apple Computer for storing and transmitting high-quality sampled audio data in 1988 based on Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format (IFF, widely used on Amiga systems) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems. An AIFF file contains the raw audio data, channel information (monophonic orstereophonic), bit depth, sample rate, and application-specific data areas. The application-specific data areas let different applications add informationto the file header that remains there even if the file is opened andprocessed by another application. For example, a file could retaininformation about selected regions of the audio data used for recallingzoom levels not used by other applications. The audio data in most AIFF files is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM). It supports a variety of bit resolutions, sample rates, and channels of audio. This type of AIFF files uses much more disk space than lossy formats like MP3—about 10 MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits. There is also a compressed variant of AIFF known as AIFF-C or AIFC, with various defined compression codecs. In addition to audio data, AIFF can include loop point data and the musical note of a sample, for use by hardware samplers and musical applications. AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is one of the two most-used audio file formats used in the Apple Macintosh operating system. The other is Sound Designer II (SDII). Most CD writers can accept AIFF or SDII files interchangeably when writing a Red Book audio CD. AIFF is sometimes referred to as "Apple Interchange File Format."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An administration official says President Barack Obama plans to submit his 2014 budget plan to Congress in mid-March.
The budget was supposed to have been released last week but the White House says it's been delayed by passage of legislation last month to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. That legislation extended most of the Bush-era tax cuts but boosted the top tax rate on upper-bracket income from 35 percent to 39.6 percent.
The official required anonymity because the decision has not been announced publicly.
Republicans have slammed Obama for repeatedly missing the early February deadline for submitting his budgets.
Republicans controlling the House and Democrats in charge of the Senate are both expected to begin drafting their budget blueprints before they receive Obama's budget, with floor votes likely in March.

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Winds, dry weather are perfect ingredients for NH brush firesBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
October 28. 2013 8:43PM
NASHUA — Fire officials are warning citizens to be extra vigilant as the dry weather and heavy winds are creating the perfect storm for brush fires, which have plagued southern New Hampshire in recent days.
"No open burning is allowed at least for a few days. This is definitely common sense stuff but still just as important," said Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Kerrigan.
This past weekend, city fire crews responded to Mine Falls Park and Lincoln Park for separate brush fires. The blaze at Mine Falls Park on Sunday spanned about three to four acres, according to Kerrigan, who said the Lincoln Park fire damaged less than one acre of property.
Nashua Fire Rescue returned to both of those locations on Monday morning where they found additional hot spots that needed attention.
"Some of these fires are already in the ground. We have to use foam to penetrate the fire, as it is not just on the surface," Kerrigan said.
Both areas of the city are heavily traveled by bicyclists and pedestrians. While the official cause of both fires has not been determined, Kerrigan said they likely started from improperly disposed cigarettes.
"There is no other reason for a fire to start out there," he said, reminding citizens to be extra cautious when disposing of cigarette butts — especially in wooded areas that are currently very dry.
In addition to Nashua, Hudson had its own brush fire on Sunday night. Shortly before 10 p.m. a fire was reported in the area of Shingle Mill Road and Oliver Drive.
There have been very few red flag condition days in southern New Hampshire in recent months, according to Litchfield Fire Chief Frank Fraitzl, who said there were only two red flag days this past summer compared to the summer of 2012 when there were close to eight.
"The air is drying out, the leaves are dry and this creates tender conditions with little rain," said Fraitzl. "We are always urging caution."
While most fire pits have seasonal permits, it is the unplanned camp fires in the woods that are causing worry for fire officials in southern New Hampshire, he said.
The fire danger for most of the state was listed as high on Monday, mostly because of the dry conditions and gusty winds. However, Fraitzl said rain is in the forecast for later this week.
Kerrigan said rain would be helpful, but a good soaking of the wet stuff is really necessary to help make the fire conditions safer.


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Terrell Suggs said back in June that he would "shock a lot of people" by returning early this season. He left out the part about how well he would perform in his return. Back in June, a month after he underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon his right leg, Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs sounded like a guy who had taken a few too many painkillers. In an interview with my colleague Mike Preston, Suggs vowed to "shock a lot of people" by returning to the football field way ahead of schedule. It sounded like crazy talk -- the ramblings of a highly confident or highly medicated man -- when Suggs said that he would return, at the latest, in late November, which was approximately seven months after he partially tore the tendon while working out in Arizona. That would represent a remarkable comeback from an injury that takes mere mortals about one year to overcome. But in a stunning turn of events, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year returned to practice this week, was activated to the 53-man roster Saturday and started in Sunday's 43-13 loss to the Houston Texans. His return came about five and a half months after he underwent surgery. And despite Suggs, Ravens coach John Harbaugh and some of his teammates cautioning us to not expect too much too soon from the star pass rusher and edge setter, Suggs was the team's best player Sunday, making a major impact even though he was on the field for only about half of the Texans' many offensive snaps. The Texans ran right at him on their first two plays of the game. He appeared to trip up Texans running back Arian Foster on the first one and held the edge firmly on the second, too. Later in the first quarter, Suggs didn't bite on a play-action fake and barreled into Texans quarterback Matt Schaub for a sack (he is now tied for fourth on the team in that category). By the time the game was mercifully over for the Ravens, Suggs had recorded four tackles and that sack, hit Schaub twice and knocked down a pass that he could have snatched for an interception. His sparkling return doesn't come close to putting a shine on yet another ugly performance by the reeling Ravens defense, but it was the silver lining nonetheless. I love it when athletes say they are going to shock the world -- and I'm not saying that Suggs ever said that publicly -- as if a young woman in Rwanda or some middle-aged ice fisherman in Northern Siberia is frantically checking their mobile phones to see if the wild prediction came true. But consider the football world -- and maybe the medical community -- sufficiently shocked by what Suggs was able to do. It wasn't just that he played so soon; it was that he played so well. It seemed like the best-case scenario for the Ravens would be that Suggs would be a shadow of himself by the time the playoffs rolled around. But based on how Suggs played against a good Texans offensive line, and on how hard the 30-year-old linebacker is now willing to work to become a truly great player, the NFL better make sure his name is printed on the Pro Bowl ballots. That may sound like crazy talk, too, but Suggs, barring a setback, will get nine more games to build his resume.
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|MLB Career Stats
|April 11, 2017
|Olmecas de Tabasco released SS Jonathan Herrera.
|January 24, 2017
|Olmecas de Tabasco signed free agent SS Jonathan Herrera.
|December 31, 2016
|SS Jonathan Herrera elected free agency.
|May 30, 2016
|Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz placed SS Jonathan Herrera on the reserve list.
|May 11, 2016
|Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz signed free agent 2B Jonathan Herrera.
|October 29, 2015
|2B Jonathan Herrera elected free agency.
|October 22, 2015
|Chicago Cubs activated 2B Jonathan Herrera.
|October 7, 2015
|Chicago Cubs reassigned 2B Jonathan Herrera to the minor leagues.
|April 5, 2015
|Chicago Cubs selected the contract of 2B Jonathan Herrera from Iowa Cubs.
|December 2, 2014
|2B Jonathan Herrera assigned to Iowa Cubs.
|November 24, 2014
|Chicago Cubs signed free agent 2B Jonathan Herrera to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|November 3, 2014
|Boston Red Sox sent 2B Jonathan Herrera outright to Pawtucket Red Sox.
|September 29, 2014
|Boston Red Sox recalled 2B Jonathan Herrera from Pawtucket Red Sox.
|September 19, 2014
|Pawtucket Red Sox activated 2B Jonathan Herrera from the 7-day disabled list.
|July 31, 2014
|Pawtucket Red Sox placed 2B Jonathan Herrera on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to July 29, 2014. right elbow inflammation
|July 17, 2014
|Pawtucket Red Sox activated 2B Jonathan Herrera from the temporarily inactive list.
|July 13, 2014
|Pawtucket Red Sox placed 3B Jonathan Herrera on the temporarily inactive list.
|July 7, 2014
|Boston Red Sox optioned 3B Jonathan Herrera to Pawtucket Red Sox.
|December 18, 2013
|Colorado Rockies traded 3B Jonathan Herrera to Boston Red Sox for LHP Franklin Morales and RHP Chris Martin.
|July 31, 2012
|Jonathan Herrera roster status changed by Colorado Rockies.
|July 27, 2012
|sent 2B Jonathan Herrera on a rehab assignment to Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
|July 17, 2012
|Colorado Rockies placed 2B Jonathan Herrera on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 16, 2012. infection in left wrist
|June 22, 2012
|Colorado Rockies activated 2B Jonathan Herrera from the 15-day disabled list.
|June 6, 2012
|sent 2B Jonathan Herrera on a rehab assignment to Tulsa Drillers.
|May 23, 2012
|Colorado Rockies placed 2B Jonathan Herrera on the 15-day disabled list. Right hamstring strain.
|October 31, 2011
|Colorado Rockies activated 2B Jonathan Herrera from the 60-day disabled list.
|September 6, 2011
|Colorado Rockies placed 2B Jonathan Herrera on the 60-day disabled list. Right index finger fracture.
|August 20, 2010
|Colorado Rockies recalled Jonathan Herrera from Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
|August 3, 2010
|Colorado Rockies optioned Jonathan Herrera to Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
|May 31, 2010
|Colorado Rockies selected the contract of Jonathan Herrera from Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
|February 12, 2010
|Colorado Rockies invited non-roster 2B Jonathan Herrera to spring training.
|December 12, 2008
|2B Jonathan Herrera elected free agency.
Attended Manuel Segundo Sanchez school in Venezuela.2013
Posted a single-season career-high .292 AVG (57-for-195) in 81 games with the Rockies. Also had a career-best .364 SLG and .701 OPS. Batted .317 (46-for-145) from the left side of the plate and hit .220 (11-for-50) against left-handed pitching. Made 45 starts, including 28 at SS, 16 at 2B, and 1 at 3B…Also appeared in 2 games in LF, his first OF experience in the majors. Hit .293 on the road and .291 at home. Posted a .351 AVG (13-for-37) in games he did not start…Went 7-for-15 (.467) as a pinch-hitter. Had single-month highs with 17 games and 52 PA in June, and hit .292 (14-for-48) in the month. Batted .312 (44-for-141) over his final 57 games of the year beginning on 6/4, including a .314 clip (22-for-70) after the All-Star break.2012 Was a member of the Rockies Major League roster for all of 2012, the second-straight season he spent the full season in the Majors...has now been a member of the Rox Opening Day roster twice (2011-12). Saw playing time at multiple positions, including second base (19 games, 12 starts), third base (13 games, 9 starts) and shortstop (42 games, 34 starts) for the third-straight season. Herrera saw his most extended time at shortstop in the Majors in 2012, as he had appeared in just nine games at short prior to this season. Started and finished the season strong...hit .290 (9-for-31) with 1 double, 1 home run and 6 runs in April...then hit .325 (13-for-40) with 3 doubles in September/October. Hit .330 (31-for-94) against the NL West and just .214 (28-for-131) against the rest of the league. The switch-hitter batted .272 (47-for-173) from the left side and .231 (12-for-52) from the right side in 2012...in his career owns a slightly higher average from the left side (.260), than the right side (.255). Spent time on the disabled list twice in 2012, from 5/23-6/22 with a strained right hamstring and 7/17-31 with a left wrist infection...has spent over a month on the DL in each of the last two seasons. 2011 Spent the entire 2011 season in the Majors with Colorado for the first time in his career...however, spent the final month on the disabled list after suffering a fractured right index finger on 9/6...Saw time at second base, third base and shortstop for the Rockies in 2011, though he received 55 of his 62 starts in 2011 at second base...in his Major League career, Herrera has now played 140 games at second base, 25 games at third base and 30 games at shortstop...Received the majority of the Rockies starts at second base in the season's first two months and batted a combined .273 (43-for-157) with 5 doubles, a triple, 2 home runs, 9 RBI and 17 runs scored through May...was relegated to more of a utility role following the Rockies acquisition of Mark Ellis on 6/30...Herrera posted a .992 fielding percentage in his 62 games at second base this season, committing just 2 errors in 247 total chances...committed just three errors between the three positions he played in 2011...Three home runs in 2011 are new career-high...two of the home runs came against the New York Mets (3-run shot 4/14 at NYM, solo shot 5/12 vs. NYM)...third home run of 2011 came 156 at-bats after his second home run (8/23 vs. HOU)...Was more productive on the road than at Coors Field this season, as he batted .286 (46-for-161) away from Denver and .183 (22-for-120) at home...six of Herrera's nine extra-base hits in 2011 came on the road...The switch-hitter batter .250 (17-for-68) from the right side of the plate and .239 (51-for-213) from the left side...is a career .263 hitter (42-for-160) from the right side and a .255 hitter (103-for-404) hitter from the left side...Filled in for Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop for five games 7/4-8 at ATL and WAS and was 8-for-17 (.429) with 3 walks and 2 runs scored in five games...Had a season-long nine-game hitting streak 4/8-17, which were his second through 10th games played in 2011...the streak was still four games shy of matching his career-best streak of 13 games 6/30-7/17/10 2010 The versatile infielder split his 2010 season between Triple-A Colorado Springs and the Rockies...was a member of the Rockies active roster from 5/31-8/3, then from 8/20-through the end of the season...Received playing time at second base (57 games), third base (16) and shortstop (7) while batting .284 (63-for-222) in first MLB action since 2008...Played 58 games for the Sky Sox as one of the club's regular infielders...hit .261 (58-for-222) with nearly as many walks (27) as strikeouts (29)...Originally had contract purchased from Triple-A on 5/31 and took active roster spot of Dexter Fowler...Played in all 33 Rockies games during the month-plus that Troy Tulowitzki missed from 6/18-7/26...started 32 of the games at second base and one at shortstop...batted .321 (42-for-131) with 14 RBI and 18 runs scored during the 33 games...Batted .300 (18-for-60) in 29 games after his return from Triple-A from 8/21 through the end of the season... also hit .315 (17-for-54) with nine walks and 10 runs scored in 15 starts after his recall in late August...Tied for the club lead with seven sacrifice hits this season (also Dexter Fowler)...also had three sacrifice flys...his 10 total sacrifices were the most among Rockies players...Seven of Herrera's 21 RBI were go-ahead RBI, while four his RBI were game-winning RBI...his four goahead RBI in 2010 were tied for the seventh-most on the club with Smith, Stewart, Iannetta and Hawpe...The switch-hitter batted .292 (21-for-72) from the right side and .280 (42-for-150) from the left side...Batted in either first or second spot in Rockies lineup for 48 of his 76 games...combined to bat .296 (56- for-189) with 14 RBI and 30 runs in his 48 games hitting in the top two spots of the Rockies order...Finished the season with a .985 fielding percentage while seeing time at second base, third base and shortstop...the only errors he made were at second base, as he had just four miscues in 57 games at the position...Set a career-high with 4 hits, going 4-for-5, 6/19 vs. MIL...drove in the club's 8th run of the game in the 8th inning, which ended up being the winning run in the Rockies 8-7 victory...Set a career-high with three RBI 7/2 vs. SF...had an RBI single in the 5th, a sacrifice fly in the 6th and wrapped up his night by successfully laying down a squeeze in the 8th. 2009 Played the entire season with Triple-A Colorado Springs as the club's regular shortstop...hit .268 (102-for-381) with 33 RBI and 63 runs scored in 119 games for the Sky Sox...was his second season as the Sky Sox regular shortstop...the switch-hitter batted .286 (30-for-105) against lefties, and .261 (72- for-276) against righties...was more effective at the plate following the All-Star break, as he hit .286 (40- for-140) after the break and .257 (62-for-241) prior to the break...hit just .100 (2-for-20) in 6 games in the month of September to see his average drop from .277 to .268 to end the season...had nearly as many walks (49) and strikeouts (51), and had an on-base percentage (.353) nearly 90 points higher than his batting average...connected on just 18 extra-base hits in his 119 games, which led to his .339 sluging percentage... made just 71 at bats as the club's second baseman, but hit .296 (21-for-71) while playing second base, compared to .261 (80-for-307) as a shortstop. 2008 Began the season with Triple-A Colorado Springs before getting called up 4/30 by the big league club...made his Major League debut that day at San Francisco, going 0-for-2 with a walk while starting at second base...hit .230 (14-for-61) in 28 games with the Rockies from 4/30-6/12...the switch-hitter hit .200 (4-for-20) vs. left-handed pitching and .244 (10-for-41) vs. right-handers...hit .313 (5-for-16) with runners in scoring position...had his 2nd career multi-hit game 5/30 at CHC, including his only triple of the season... was optioned back to Colorado Springs 6/15 and would spend the rest of the season there...finished the season hitting .310 (70-for-226) with three homers and 31 RBI in 66 games for the Sky Sox...recorded 20 multi-hit games...twice recorded a season-high, nine-game hit streak...from July 7-18, he hit .333 (11- for-33)...recorded a second nine-game hit streak by hitting safely in five straight contests from April 25-29 before being called-up to the Rockies on April 30... Continued the streak after being optioned to Colorado Springs, as he recorded hits in his first four games back with the Sky Sox...led the Sky Sox with 15 stolen bases...hit .378 (14-for-37) and drove in 14 runs with two outs and runners in scoring position...hit .364 (16-for-44) with three doubles, a home run and an RBI when leading off an inning...hit two home runs on opening day at Tucson, one from each side of the plate...hit all three home runs against Tucson (two on April 3, one on August 25). 2007 Tulsa's everyday shortstop, Herrera batted .257 (131-for-509) with 24 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 40 RBI and 65 runs scored in 131 games in his first full season at the Double-A level...also went 18- for-20 in stolen base attempts and recorded a team-high 17 sacrifice hits...posted a .964 fielding percentage (22 e/614 tc)...was named to the Texas mid-season All-Star team...started at shortstop and batted leadoff for the Texas All-Stars on June 26 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas...went 0-for-2 in the game...batted .337 (33-for-98) in the month of April...his average never reached the .300 mark in any other month...recorded 33 multi-hit games, including a season-high four hits on four occasions...went 4-for-4 with three doubles and three runs scored on June 6 at Springfield...played for Caribes in the Venezuelan Winter League. 2006 In his first full season at the High-A level, batted .310 with eight triples, seven homers, and 77 RBI in 127 games for Modesto in the Cal League...established career highs in nearly every category......ranked among league leaders in average (7th), stolen bases (3rd, 34), and triples (4th)...finished among organizational leaders in average (4th) and steals (5th)...led all Nuts with 87 runs scored and 171 hits, ranking among club leaders in total bases (2nd, 208), RBI (T2nd), sacrifice hits (2nd, 13), and walks (2nd, 58)...had 603 total chances at shortstop, second-highest total in the league...majority of at-bats came in top three spots in Modesto lineup...his RBI total increased every month during the season...named organization Player of the Month for June...hit .317 (116-for-366) vs. right-handers, .289 (35-for-121) vs. lefties...hit .329 (54-for-164) with RISP, including .400 (8-for-20) with bases loaded...did not hit first homer until June 12, then hit long balls in consecutive games June 20-21 at Lancaster...starting with beginning of July, hit .343 (73-for-213) over final two months of the season...that included a 17-game stretch July 21-Aug. 7 in which he batted .483 (28-for-58) to raise season mark from .282 to .312...posted three steals on July 18 vs. Visalia...had seasonhigh four RBI on three occasions, including twice in August...on Aug. 24 vs. Visalia, went 5-for-5 with a double, solo homer, and three runs scored...played for Oriente in Venezuelan Winter League. 2005 Split season between Asheville and Modesto...combined to hit .270 with 2 HR and 35 RBI in 92 contests...batted .310 with 5 RBI for Asheville in 19 games...started the season on the DL after spraining his right hand on March 27...hit safely in each of his first 11 games, going 20-for-54 (.370)...promoted to Modesto on June 11 and hit .258 with 2 HR and 30 RBI in 73 games...hit safely in 16 of 17 games at a .384 clip to rise average from .221 to .289...posted season-high 4 hits and 3 RBI on August 21 at San Jose...2004: Was Asheville's primary second baseman in his first full pro season, playing 95 games at SS...missed over a week of action from May 13-20 due to a strained right hamstring. 2003: Despite appearing in just 39 games, still ranked 4th on club with .308 batting average. 2002: Spent first professional season in Rockies Dominican Summer League...hit .300 with 10 doubles and 22 RBI in 61 games. 2004 Was Asheville's primary shortstop in his first full pro season...missed over a week of action from May 13-20 due to a strained right hamstring...beginning Aug. 9, batted .326 (29-for-89) over final 24 games to raise final average from .265 to .279. 2003 In his first season in the States, hit .308 in 39 games for Casper...batted .339 (40-for-118) over first 30 games through July 21...did not play for a month after going 1-for-2 on July 21 at Ogden, then went just 9-for-41 (.220) in nine games after return in late August...was successful in each of final nine steal attempts. 2002 After signing with the Rockies in April, spent first professional season in the Dominican Summer League...hit .300 with 10 doubles and 22 RBI in 61 games...posted 23 steals in 29 attempts.


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We've known all of the Wii U retail launch titles that will come out on November 18th for quite some time, but the eShop titles have remained a mystery.
I'm getting Mighty Switch Force HD. :)
Very good choice, it's awesome.
I remember that game I believe it is also on the 3DS? I need to get that. I also wonder if they will have Shantae later on for the WiiU. Given that Wayforward also did that series so it would be rather interesting.
The next Shantae on Wii U and 3DS would be a good move for Wayforward.
great launch games! cant wait to play almost all of them
its Little inferno and Trine 2 for me day one.
absolutely, and I am going to look at Nano Assault Neo as well.
not picking that one up just yet but itsdefiantly on my list. it was one for me (Trine) and one for the missis(little inferno)
Mighty Switch Force and Nano Assault Neo to start off. I'll definitely check out some of the other ones as well.
Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition looks kinda sick
Yep, they made a very impressive list day 1.
Trine 2 for me but a few of those look interesting.
Momiji is a dlc character coming in december to ninja gaiden RE. It is also FREE dlc. http://www.siliconera.com/2...
Momiji for free? I was going to get this anyway but now this just motivates me more. Is Rachel with that as well. That way we get all 6 boo... er all 3 girls accounted for.
Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition looks pretty fun.
Honestly all the eShop games look really good imo. It's going to be tough deciding which ones to buy. But Trine 2 and Little Inferno for sure.
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- Aerosol: Treatment consisting of breathing in an air saturated with seawater micro-drops. It stimulates the respiratory tracts, unblocks nasal mucosa, has a calming and sedative effect and strengthens the immune system.
- Algotherapy: Treatment consisting of the application of a mix of finely crushed hot algae, either as a complete body wrap or on the back or certain joints only. Effects: relaxation, pain relief, anti-inflammatory effect, nourishes the body with minerals, helps to eliminate toxins by sweating, stimulates lymphatic circulation.
- Aqua gymnastics: gymnastics in a heated seawater pool under the supervision of an instructor, for a gentle treatment of joints and muscles. Tones up and refines your figure.
- Boiling algae bath: seawater bath heated to 34°C, in an individual tub, with added micronized algae. Effects: nourishes the body with minerals, "battery recharge" effect, relaxation.
- Micro-bubble bath: Gentle hydro-massage through the effect of bubbles.
- Relaxing effect
- Improves venous circulation
- Enables the absorption of mineral salts and trace elements via the skin
- Multi-jet bath: Bath in a seawater tub, heated to 34, in an individual tub with dynamic massaging micro-jets, from the sole of the foot to the solar plexus. Effect: lymphatic drainage, tackling water retention; eliminating toxins.
- Self-heating sea mud: Applied as a cataplasm on the area to be treated; the mud heats up through skin contact. Effect: immediate relaxation and distance anti-inflammatory effect.
- Bermuda mud: Application as a wrap, from the waistline to the knee. Effects: slimming, draining/tackling water retention and cellulite.
- Cascade: hot seawater cascade that, falling on neck and shoulders, helps to relieve stress-related muscle tension.
- Chromotherapy: In certain booths, colour-lighting equipment will reinforce the effect of a bath and help to bring relaxation or a revitalising atmosphere.
- Cryotherapy: Refrigerating gel releasing trace elements, toning up veins and protecting the vascular system. Effects: tackling heavy legs, varix, varicosities; capillary protection.
- Manual lymph drainage: Technique consisting of manually stimulating the entire lymph system by applying very gentle pressure, starting from the legs, then gradually moving up the legs, from the pelvis and the belly to the diaphragm. Effects: stimulates circulatory return; comfort and relaxation.
- Jet shower: In standing posture, drainage of the entire body using a high-pressure shower. Treatment dispensed by a hydro-therapist. Effects: energizing, revitalising, helps to dispel both physical and mental fatigue. Toning and slimming effects.
- Le Do-In: Ancient traditional oriental therapies applied in combination to promote physical health as well as mental serenity. This treatment is made up of a series of energizing techniques based on stretching, massage and breathing exercises. Effects: stress relief, tackling tension and fatigue; stimulates the energy circulating in the organs and strengthens the immune system.
- Relaxing shower: The patient will be lying under a ramp of seawater micro-jets, brushing from the soles of the feet up to the cervical parts. Effects: relaxation, stress relief, regulating sleep, as well as diuretic and micro-circulatory effects.
- Underwater Jet massage: Treatment in a tub dispensed by a hydro-therapist; massage using an underwater jet, starting from the hands and feet, to the solar plexus. Effects: lymphatic drainage, tackling water retention.
- Wellness algae wrap: Application of sea tangle on the entire body, then you will be wrapped in a heating blanket; the heat will then enable the algae to release trace elements and mineral salts that will revitalise the body by penetrating through the skin. Effects: improved wellbeing, enhanced resistance to fatigue, physical recovery from exercise, immune defence by nourishing the body with minerals throughout.
- Slimming algae wrap: Application of fucus on the entire body, then you will be wrapped in a heating blanket. Effects: slimming down of specific parts of the body, and drainage.
- Wellness gel wrap: Application of a wellness gel on the entire body; then you will be wrapped in a heating blanket. Can be used for patients with allergies or showing counter-indications to algae. Effect: nourishes the body with minerals.
- Slimming gel wrap: Application of a slimming gel on the entire body, then you will be wrapped in a heating blanket. Effects: slimming down specific parts of the body and drainage.
- Hydrating body wrap: Application of karité butter, bees' wax and honey on the entire body, then you will be wrapped in a heating blanket. Effects: hydrating and protective, nourishing the skin.
- Ergotherapy: Form of rehabilitation, with the treatment of the body as a whole, not just one particular organ.
- Fangotherapy: therapeutic use of sea mud, seawater sediments or peloids. The patient is wrapped in algae and then in a heating blanket. Helps to eliminate toxins and to capture trace elements.
- Hammam: humid heat at around 50°C, bringing relaxation; also helps to eliminate toxins through deep cleansing of the skin.
- Sensorial hydromassage: Relaxation break for a toning massage. Enjoy the relaxing effects of massage jets, lying stretched out on a hot-water bed. Cocooning atmosphere and dry treatment.
- Hydrojets: During the treatment, the patient will be lying on a hot-water bed. Inside the mattress, there are strong water jets that will deep-massage the body. Hydro-jet therapy is known for its relaxing effects.
- Hydrotherapy: Therapeutic use of seawater in all its forms – baths, showers, etc...
- Kinesi-balneotherapy: treatment combining exercise movements and various forms of massages in a seawater pool, under the supervision of a kinesitherapist.
- "Palpating – rolling" massage: skin massage through real detachment of the skin, in order to bring stress relief and to drain the tissues of excess water.
- Shower massage: Massage under a heated seawater shower, for perfect relaxation.
- Ayurvedic massage: Indian massage with sesame oil, recommended for persons suffering stress; this technique cleanses the 4 neuralgic tension areas: belly, back, plexus, feet. Effect: improves blood and lymphatic circulation, reduces nervous stress.
- Chocolate massage: This massage with very encircling movements helps to relieve tension and hydrates the skin with cacao butter.
- Californian massage: Massage with all gentle movements, using essential oils; leg and back massage. Effects: immediate calming, soothing effect and relaxation.
- Aroma-draining massage: Relaxing and draining massage with essential oils, applied on belly and legs. Relaxing and draining effect.
- Chiyang massage: Massage using gold particles regulating cell function.
- Leg bath: Leg bath with massaging micro-jets applied to strategic points of the venous return, with an alternating hot and cold water jets. Effects: on the deep venous return, tackling heavy legs, cramps, restless legs.
- Pressotherapy: Treatment with inflatable boots up to the groin; the boots are inflated as successive pressures are applied from the feet up to the centre of the body. Effects: tackling heavy legs and/or water retention; lymphatic drainage; also helps to tackle cellulite.
- Foot sole reflexology: Massage and manipulation of reflexes of specific areas on the sole of the foot in direct connection with the different metabolic systems. Effects: relaxation, pain relief.
- Sauna: dry heat bath, around 80°C. Effects: eliminating toxins and relaxation.
- Shiatsu: Real manual therapy that consists of applying rigorously adapted pressures along the energy or meridian trajectories. Effects: balances and strengthens the functions and the general state, pain relief...
- Facial shiatsu: Brings abundant vitality to skin and muscles as well as the general condition of organs, such as eyes, ears, nose, sinuses. Improves brain circulation as well as irrigation and exchange in the tissues, their toning, relaxation and softness.
- Specific shiatsu for the legs: entirely dedicated to the improvement of energy, joints and circulation in legs and feet.
- Sophrology: Mental and/or respiratory relaxation exercises in order to reduce stress or even release the patient from all sorts of dependencies. These exercises are performed under the supervision of a sophrologist. They require no physical contact; sophrology is based on verbal instructions only to guide the patients through their exercises.
- Stretching: gentle exercise based on the stretching of muscles and breathing. Brings physical relaxation, as well as relaxation for the muscles.
- Thalassotherapy: consists of utilizing the different benefits of the marine environment, such as:
- the maritime air and maritime climate with its stimulating and relaxing effects;
- seawater, with extracts such as mud or algae.
- This treatment is dispensed under medical supervision and used either for curative or a preventive purposes.


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Myra Taylor, 98 - September 25, 2013Myra Matilda Taylor, 98, originally of Gothenburg, passed away and went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Cozad.
Services will be conducted at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Larry Viter officiating. Interment will be at the Lindberg Cemetery at Gothenburg.
A visitation will take place at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg on Friday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 8 p.m., with family present from 5 to 7 p.m.
Taylor was born to Andrew P. and Sophia Bergstrom Shostrom on Aug. 8, 1915, on a farm in Custer County. She attended rural elementary school at District 161, the "Shostrom School" near her home. She graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1933.
In 1955, she married Ralph Taylor. The couple were later divorced. She often fondly talked about the families for whom she did housekeeping during those years, the family said.
She resided at Gothenburg most of her adult life, and she fondly talked about doing housekeeping for several families during those years, family members said. For many years, she was a caretaker for her brother, and during that time she enjoyed other family members joining them for birthday dinners.
Taylor loved music and played clarinet in the Gothenburg High School band in the early 1930s. Her entire life she loved to play the piano so much that the black keys on her piano were all worn down. She enjoyed watching Husker football. She liked having a beautiful lawn and many people remember seeing her still raking leaves and sweeping her sidewalks when she was in her 90s, the family said.
She enjoyed reading and had many books. When she was no longer able to read her Bible she asked other family members to read to her.
Taylor was preceded in death by: her parents, Andrew and Sophia; her brother, Elmer; sisters—Bessie (Henry) Kuhlman and Lillian Shostrom.
Survivors include: two nephews—Willard (Marjorie) Kuhlman of Gothenburg and Brian Kuhlman of DeFuniack Springs, FL; a niece, Joan Johnson of Aurora, CO; grand-nephews—Jeff and Terry Johnson, Kirk, Phil and Daniel Kuhlman; a grandniece, Marsha Herlevi; three great-great-grand-nephews and four great-grand-nieces; numerous other relatives.
Memorials are suggested to the Faith Chapel, 520 Ninth St., Gothenburg, NE 69138, or donor's choice.
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Finally Arcanum Syndicate and Scrying Eye Games have joined forces to release Pray for Dawn: Roads to Nowhere. From the psychotic minds of me, myself, and I; Pray for Dawn is a post apocalyptic, survival, horror module for use within the Chaos 6010 A.D. RPG. That doesn't mean you have to play Chaos to use it though. It was built for novice GMs and professionals alike. The module is 145 pages that describe an entire city (necropolis), from every street, to every house the details are laid out for every room with descriptions for the GM to read to the players. This bundle has been created with the revised edition of P4D which is less horrifying than the adult version so.. (fun for the whole family).
The players awaken on a pile of dead bodies with their memory wiped of how they got there or the events that led up to this moment. A storm is coming and plague hounds are howling a call for the hunt. Anyone knows that the bite of a plague hound means certain death. So the crew (party) must seek shelter as fast as possible and that old ghost town seems to be the only shelter from the acid rains that are about to fall. The players wether good or evil quickly realize that they need each other to survive with what little they have. They must survive one night in this ancient city that seems barren of life. Night is coming and once that swollen sun fades over the horizon, all hell is going to awaken.
What is great about this campaign setting is that it can be played several times with many different outcomes. It really depends on where the characters choose to run and hide for the night. Each building has its very own story, and its very own nemesis. In this nightmare it is filled with a great cast of characters, an entire chapter of horrible monsters, a new list of narcotics, a random encounter generator for travelling the streets, and maps for the entire city as well as the sewers.
Scrying Eye Games has done a great job with their Roads to Nowhere addition that gives you some post apocalyptic maps for placing your miniatures on. They create great projects with dry erase maps for all types of genres of gaming. Many thanks to all their hard work. This version is a PDF but for a price Drivethrurpg makes hard copies as well.
The best thing about all of this is that you can get it in PDF format for only $10.00 which is rediculous and we really should charge more cause I'm sick of feeding my family Ramen noodles every night!!! Don't get me wrong they are good throw some boiled onions in there and... okay anyway check this product out at drivethrurpg and rpgnow.com
As well if you are interested in other Arcanum Syndicate products simply follow the link above we have free downloads like the Sevatus Atlas that describes the different realms of the Chaos 6010 A.D. galaxy.
If you would like to check out some of the cool gaming maps from Scrying Eye Games just follow this link. http://www.scryingeye.com/store.htm
Thank you for your time all I hope you enjoy and good luck to you in all of your struggles my friends.


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Scientists have solved a timeless question that has divided Andrew and myself, more than once leading us to come to blows…And as it turns out, only one species of giant wombat roamed the planet between 2 million and 10,000 years ago, despite evidence that they varied significantly in size. Boo hoo, Andrew. You lose again!…


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The state would be banned from collecting fines from motorists who failed to pay to use the Crescent City Connection between Jan. 1 and May 4 under a bill approved Wednesday morning by the Senate Transportation Committee.
The measure, Senate Bill 218, won approval without objection. It next faces action in the full Senate.
A Nov. 6 election on whether to continue the tolls was nullified by 19th Judicial District Court Judge William Morvant, of Baton Rouge. A new election is set for May 4.
State Sen. J. P. Morrell, D-New Orleans and sponsor of SB218, said toll collections should have ended on Dec. 31.
However, violations issued between Jan. 1 and March 4 total $482,869 and about $48,000 of that has been paid to the state Department of Transportation and Development.
The bill would make the remaining $434,844 null and void. It does not address how to handle the $48,000 in penalties already paid.
Even without the bill, Morrell said, it would be difficult for the state to collect the fines. "There is definitely a serious legal issue," he said.
DOTD's website says how the state will decide how to handle fines between Jan. 1 and when collections were stopped on March 4 will be decided after the May 4 election.


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Midsummer Fire Festival 2016 (http://www.goldgoblin.net/en/guides/..._fire_festival)
While the Midsummer Fire Festival we are able to farm 3 pets and sell them for about 5-40k Gold through the year. But where do we get these pets?
Blazing Cindercrawler
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Ice Chip
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Captured Flame
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Where do we get these Burning Blossom ?
Part 1:
In Eastern Kingdom, Kalimdor, Outland, Nordend and Pandaria are many places where we can find tents of the Midsummer Fire Festival. It is about 50/50 Horde/Alliance but we can use the camps of both fractions.
! Quest: Honor the flame (48 x 5 Alliance / 46 x 5 Horde / 9 x 15 both fractions)
Every Camp has one fire we could honor. There is a NPC near the fire with this quests. We are able to start and end it there.
Wowhead: http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=Honor+the+Flame#quests
Rewards: 5x Burning Blossom + 7,70g
In Pandaria and Cataclysm Zones the reward is 15x Burning Blossom
! Quest: Desecrate the Fire (46 x 10 Alliance / 48 x 10 Horde)
You have to desecrate the fire of the enemy fraction camps. There is a NPC near the fire with this quests. We are able to start and end it there.
Wowhead: http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=Dese...is+Fire#quests
Reward: 10x Burning Blossom + 15g40s
Where do we find these places?
I would recommend to use HandyNote_SummerFestival and TomTom. With these two addons you will see all camps of both factions on your map.
Map: https://gyazo.com/080c0aeb13486f25f6b47f4fcd32fd7f
Download: HandyNotes_SummerFestival and TomTomOpens
With all spawn spoints you should have about 835 Burning Blossom in your bag.
Part 2:
! Stealing X´s Flame (4x25 Burning Blossom (A/H))
In Orgrimmar, Silvermoon, Exodar, Undercity, Ironforge, Stormwind, Darnasus and Thunder Bluff are big green-blue fireplaces near the Midsummer Suppliers. You have to steal the fire of the enemy capital city.
Every fraction is able to steal 4 flames and you will get 25 Burning Blossom each flame.
Part 3: Eventboss Lord Ahune
Ahune can be queued by selecting "The Frost Lord Ahune" in the Dungeon Finder tool, or by speaking to the Earthen Ring Elder located in any main Midsummer camp. Upon defeating Ahune for the first time per day, you will receive gold and a Satchel of Chilled Goods which contains a few Burning Blossom (about 5-15) and has a chance of 3% containing the frost chip (Pet 2.000-6.000g).
This will be 70-210 Burning Blossom in 14 days.
Conclusion: As you can see, it is very easy and fast to farm these Burning Blossom. Theoretically we can get about 1.500 Burning Blossom with one charakter including Dailys. One charakter is able to buy 4 pets (4x350 Burning Blossom).
I think 700 Burning Blossom is the best and fastest way to farm with each charakter.
During the event the offer will increase and the price will decrease. So if you don´t need the gold i would recommend to sell these pets 3-4 months after this event.
This Guide is also on my webside: http://www.goldgoblin.net/en/guides/..._fire_festival


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Texas-town comedy is student directed
Peers, others in play to debut at Sun Theatre this weekend
Patrick Reeves and Zac Franzen have spent plenty of time on stage in school theatrical productions, community plays and in front of speech audiences.
This time, the Gothenburg High School seniors are behind the scenes directing "The Hitchin' Post" which hits the stage Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Sun Theatre.
It's a role that's been an adjustment for both of them.
"I like being on stage, I'm more comfortable on stage," said Reeves who directs the production. "But it's interesting to see it from a different point of view."
Franzen, his assistant, said it's difficult to watch others on stage when he wants to up there acting too.
"I don't like it as well," he said.
Through their involvement in the Sun Theatre Youth Committee, the friends said they got the idea to direct a play.
The committee, Reeves explained, help out at the Sun by showing movies, cleaning the theatre and other things.
"It was Zac's idea to do a play and Jill and Keri encouraged us," he said.
Jill Rubenthaler and Keri Dudley manage the theatre and help teach youths in the community about acting and theatre.
The comedy centers around Hurley Squonk's general store which carries everything and also attracts "some mighty strange folks," Dudley said.
The boys chose "The Hitchin' Post" because their oral interpretation of drama group had performed a shortened version of the comedy two years ago in speech and earned a trip to state.
"We were familiar with the script and enjoyed doing it," Reeves said.
For Reeves, he said learning what a director does has been tough at times.
"Sometimes you get overwhelmed," Reeves said. "I didn't think telling people what to do would be so hard to do."
Franzen said he's been challenged by allowing the cast to establish their own characters different from what the OID team did.
"Because we had our characters, sometimes it's hard seeing it done a different way," he said.
Fortunately, Keri and Jill have helped Reeves and Franzen with their new roles.
Dudley said Reeves has been great with taking responsibility and getting things accomplished.
"I don't think that either Pat or Zac realized how much more work it is to actually direct than to be on stage," she said. "I'm extremely proud of them and hope that they will want to direct another play in the future."
With help from the crew, Kelly France in particular, Dudley said they were able to create a great set.
"He volunteered to help us out with the set construction and he delivered in a big way," she explained. "We were able to finish the set in one evening instead of two."
In addition, Dudley said France built a door and window that can be used in future sets.
When the curtain opens Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, Reeves said audience members will be glad they're there.
"It's a very hilarious, comical play with new talent," the director said. "If you come, you'll have a good time."
Dudley said six of the eleven actors are new to the Gothenburg Community Playhouse stage and three of the six have never been on any stage before.
Franzen described the production as very entertaining.
"We've put a lot of work into it so when show time starts, it's really going to be worth it."
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The Placer County Local Agency Formation Commission is soliciting bids for preparation of a Municipal Service Review for 17 special districts that serve the North Lake Tahoe and Martis Valley areas of eastern Placer County.
The Municipal Service Review (MSR) will:
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A veteran police officer from Pontiac and his service dog were killed in a crash on I-55 Wednesday night.
29-year-old Casey Kohlmeier had been with the department for six years.
He and his K-9 partner, Draco, worked together for five years.
Kohlmeier was on-duty Wednesday night and parked in the median of I-55 near Pontiac.
Police say another driver struck his vehicle killing the officer and his service dog.
The driver of the second car is hospitalized today.
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As France begins collecting its financial-transactions tax this month, it is becoming evident that President Francois Hollande's levy is hitting all but the people it was aimed at: speculators.
Hollande, who called finance his "main adversary" during his election campaign, pushed through in August a 0.2 percent transaction tax on share purchases, making France the first and only country so far in Europe to have such a levy. Many investors have been escaping the tax using so-called contracts for difference, or CFDs, offered by prime brokers that let them bet on a stock's gain or loss without owning the shares.
"The target was supposed to be finance with a capital F, which is sort of a black box," said Jacques Porta, who helps manage $627 million at Ofi Patrimoine in Paris. "Instead, we are punishing small investors who aren't to blame and already are frightened off by losses in the market."
On Nov. 1, the state started collecting the levy on the purchase of 109 French stocks with market values of more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), including Sanofi SA and Vivendi SA. While the government expects the tax to add 530 million euros to its budget in 2012 and 1.6 billion euros next year, the finance ministry says it's too early to say if these estimates are realistic.
The ministry concurred with traders' and analysts' assessment that market players will use a range of derivatives to skirt the tax, leaving small investors bearing the burden.
'Modest' Blow
Hollande himself this week conceded that the tax was only a "modest" blow to the finance sector.
His other plan to fight "speculators" includes splitting French banks' retail and investment activities and increasing taxes on lenders' salaries and speculative operations. A bank bill will be unveiled on Dec. 19, Hollande said last week.
The French finance ministry official charged with crafting the transaction-tax bill said it was impossible to impose a levy on CFDs, or on any derivative not related to a territory. He cannot be named according to government ground rules.
While the tax's impact on curbing speculation is limited, it has helped Hollande gain political capital with his base and burnished his Socialist credentials.
"This tax sends a strong political message, even if it's too early to evaluate its impact on markets," Gerard Rameix, the head of France's independent Market Authority Regulator, said in an interview.
Rameix says the tax's efficiency will improve if its basis is "broadened technically and geographically," with more than one country imposing it and more products covered.
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The tax needs to be accepted internationally for it to be effective and carry a bite, said Matthieu Giuliani, a fund manager at Banque Palatine SA in Paris, which oversees $5.1 billion.
"The idea isn't bad," he said. "Governments have been raising taxes in general so why should the financial community be sheltered? But it must be done on an international level. If just a few countries do it, volumes there will decline more than the tax itself, making the tax counterproductive."
Hollande said he expects 11 other European countries to join France in imposing the tax, including The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Slovenia, Austria, Greece, Italy and Spain. These nations may sign off on the tax as soon as December at the EU Council meeting and start imposing it early next year, Hollande said at a press conference Nov. 13.
The U.K., home to Europe's biggest financial center, has a stamp duty while opposing a transaction tax.
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Rameix called on Hollande and other countries to include all derivatives to make the tax more effective.
"If we tax one financial product, we have to tax all of them," said Pierre-Alexis Dumont, a fund manager at Groupama Asset Management in Paris. The tax currently "makes the market less stable," he said. "CFDs carry credit risk."
The new tax is being applied to transactions resulting in "a transfer of property" of companies trading in Paris, regardless of where the buyer or seller is based. The tax has begun to skew investment plans, Dumont said.
"We're limiting our buying and selling orders to keep down our clients' costs," he said. "Taxation enters into our investment decisions."
The levy, first mooted at 0.1 percent by former President Nicolas Sarkozy, was doubled to 0.2 percent by Hollande, who is seeking to keep his pledge to cut the French budget deficit to 4.5 percent of gross domestic product this year and 3 percent in 2013.
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The NHL season, which often has the aura of a forced march during the regular year, is a just a week away at most from being complete. Where the hell did the time go? It just seemed like yesterday when people were questioning Roberto Luongo and wondering if Ryan Kesler would start scoring like he had earlier in the year. Oh, wait, that was yesterday. Silly me. At any rate, it's time again for a review of NHL news local and otherwise. This week, the Flames sign a young defender, the Finals head back to B.C. and some hockey team sold some tickets.
The Flames, although still reeling a bit from their inability to ink their best prospect last Wednesday, remain in business, and business today consisted of signing Brett Carson to a perfectly acceptable contract for a 6th-7th D. Like Kent, I think the real news of the signing was the fact the club posted the salary the former Hitman agreed to right on their official web page. NHL teams don't do that as a rule, leaving the messy details to be confirmed by one of the members of the Raccoon Lodge (pace Dellow). Of course, the fact that Carson appears to skate faster than 2.7 MPH should be news in and of itself, given the defence he'll play on.
Off-ice, Craig Hartsburg will join his old World Junior bud behind the Flames' bench next year. As I mentioned last time around, the effect of assistant coaches seems like it's fairly marginal in terms of game results, so there's every chance that the only impact will be on Brent Sutter himself. The club is also still in search of a goalie coach, with Roger Millions dropping a couple of names yesterday.
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The Canucks laid a couple of massive eggs in Boston, getting two pretty comprehensive thrashings from the B's as the series head west all square. Tyler has posited that history doesn't suggest that the trouncings mean all that much, and if the Canuck PP can get out of the dumper, that's likely so. Jonathan Willis slaps those narratives around as well, just for good measure.
That hasn't stopped the bigfoot media types from engaging in their favourite pastime of tangential emotional analysis, although based on the analysis of actual game play we've heard from the likes of Glenn Healy during this playoff season, maybe that's for the best. As an aside, I chose to watch the first half of last night's NBA game with City and Colour's Coachella set playing in the background rather than suffer through the mewlings of Mark Jackson. I suspect I did the right thing, so that could be a plan for tonight's NHL G5.
Moving on, the obvious on-ice matter for Vancouver to overcome is the absence of Dan Hamhuis. Kevin Bieksa looks off the pace without his partner, and the injury to Hamhuis has also forced the Canucks into dressing the Keith Ballard Experience, which returned roughly the results any sensible person might have predicted.
Hamhuis isn't the only Canuck that's badly nicked, and a team that appeared impervious during the regular year even as they weathered one injury after another might be seeing its depth sorely tested. The Dys don't miss Mikael Samuelsson at EV very often but he did give them an extra option on the PP, and he's not available either. I don't really have the sense that's it's psychology messing up the Canucks as much as fatigue and injury undoing them. Home cooking fixes a lot of problems, though, and Alain Vigneault dictating matchups might be the juice Vancouver requires to get back on the beam.
The Bruins are riding the opposite sort of wave at the moment, but it's worthwhile to mention that they've only held serve and still have to win in Vancouver without Nathan Horton. His absence and the action that sent him to the sideline are the biggest story of the series, but it's the tone deaf decision asking the conflicted Brian Burke to advise the disciplinary process that amuses me most. As you might expect, Burke reacted in his normal understated manner when the subject was broached. Recusing oneself from a clear conflict of interest must just be for the unwashed.
I will say that no matter who wins the Cup, we likely won't hear loons fetishizing either team's construction as if it were some sort of holy grail. Vancouver has drafted one decent roster player since the lockout and the Bruins traded the best player they'd had in a half a generation for 50 cents on the dollar just five years ago, so encomiums that glorify the Canuck way or the Boston way should be in short supply, and thank heavens for that.
As the non-finalists prep for the draft and free agency, moves are afoot. Chris Drury will get the golden handshake from the Rangers in a week or so, as New York buys him out from the last year of his terrible contract. His chronic knee issues might mean the end on the line for the most famous Little Leaguer this side of Danny Almonte, and it's a lousy way to go for any player. If he can still play at all, he might not find a buyer even if he takes a multi-million dollar haircut.
Earlier in the day, there were rumours that the Rags were ready to pull the plug on Wojtek Wolski as well. Larry Brooks says it isn't on, but if the Rangers really clean house, he'd look good for about half of his current 3.8M. Do it, Slats 😉
The Habs secured the services of Andrei Kostitsyn for another year at exactly the same wage as last year. It's only a one year deal, so he'll be free to walk next summer, and it's the sort of gamble most teams don't take, even with middling talents. He's skilled, but Montreal is a demanding place, and he's just been OK since his rookie year.
James Reimer is Toronto's newest saviour between the pipes, and he'll get a few years to prove his legitimacy after signing on for three years. It's a very nice contract for a guy with all of 37 NHL games under his belt, is all I'll say. If nothing else, should the Leafs stink in net again, at least they'll do it cheaply. Wonder if Jay Feaster is paying attention.
On the other end of the pay spectrum, Ilya Bryzgalov told the Coyotes to take a walk, and the Desert Dogs sent his rights to Philly as a result. The noted lover of parks won't come cheap, although that 70M rumour that was going around seems pretty fishy, because even Rich Winter must know that the goalie market isn't booming these days, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where Bryzgalov would have signed with Phoenix because of the risk that the franchise might bugger off when the City of Glendale shakes its current stupor. He doesn't strike me as the type that would relish Quebec City.
The Flyers may or may not sign Bryzgalov, of course, since Dan Hamhuis and Evgeni Nabokov were both Flyer property last spring, but should they ink the Russian goaltender that might mean the end days for a high priced player on the current roster, and Jeff Carter's name has been mentioned in connection with Columbus.
That seems off to me, frankly, because Jeff Carter is very good right now, and Philly's window if they acquire a 30+ goaltender would be over the next few seasons. As Kevin Allen notes, there are other ways to get under the cap, like selling Versteeg for peanuts. They should also likely let Ville Leino seek his fortune elsewhere. He's a serviceable soft minutes guy, but 3M or thereabouts for his services is likely a bad gamble.
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Apparently, some nameless outfit based about 10 miles from my chateau sold its entire set of season tickets over the course of a few days, with the last 5,800 or so moving in roughly the length of an intermission, all while fielding about 40 times that number of inquiries. Means nothing, of course, since the whole enterprise is doomed to failure in 5, 10, 20 years. #extremesarcasmfont
In all seriousness, I read some of James Mirtle's Twitter back and forth earlier in the week with a Moonie-paper employee in the way one might have observed a debate between a sane person and a worthy resident of Bedlam. James' point that the league's primary concern needs to center on the teams in the U.S. that need a fix right now is noteworthy, and blatantly obvious to the sentient among us. Those issues are a hell of a lot more relevant to the BOG than theoretical problems Winnipeg may or may not have when the first major wave of season ticket renewals comes due in a few years.
One other point that should be noted more often is that Winnipeg really might only have to survive for one year in the current environment. The impending CBA negotiations might not have the apocalyptic foreboding present in 2003/04, but I keep thinking back to this bit in a Jeremy Rutherford story concerning the Blues' search for new ownership last summer. Here's the nut graph:
"It's not healthy in the NHL right now," said Jim Lites, former president of the Dallas Stars and now president of the Hicks Sports Marketing Group, which is owned by Stars and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks. "I just think it's a tough economic model. We're spending 55-56 percent of our revenue on player payroll, and that makes it a tough go, particularly in the small- and medium-size U.S. markets."
As I mentioned at the time that story was published, if you want know where the next battles will be on the CBA front, don't just look at the player-owner relationship, but also consider the potential for significant rifts forming between clubs. Small and mid-market U.S. teams are under the gun not only because the current CBA will force them to spend a minimum of roughly 47 million on players next year, but because they're also dealing with the ongoing fallout of a shaky U.S. economy. Those clubs need something to give in the next labour deal, or a variation of the Atlanta situation might be replayed in a few cities not named Phoenix.
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Venice, November 5 - 12, 2017
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It seems only fitting to hold a workshop to experience a fusion of these two calligraphic traditions in the city where Marco Polo ventured forth to explore the east. After a two year hiatus, Monica and Kaz come together again to create this life altering inspirational workshop. Practitioners of either or both traditions are welcome, but no previous experience in those traditions are necessary to attend. Instruction will be given in English. Please contact Christine, workshop facilitator, if you think you would need a translator.
To sign up please contact Christine at email@example.com to be placed on the list. Early registration for the workshop is 930 Euros or $1000 USD (this is the exchange rate as of 11/16, but might need to be adjusted in September when the final payment is due). Early registration ends June 1st and deposits (1/2 of the workshop fee) should be made by then. Sign ups after June 1st are 1000 Euros or $1,100 USD. All materials are included in the price of the workshop. To ensure accurate communication it would be helpful to make your email communication in English.
Palazzo Minotto, Venice - Italy
Palazzo Minotto is a Venetian palace situated at ten minutes walk from Piazzale Roma and the train station, in the Gaffaro section of Dorsoduro, a less turistic area with small café and trattorias. The workshop will be held in the "piano nobile", the main central largest room.
November is the start of low season in Venice, when the weather can still be very good and accommodations are more affordable. Christine has general information on Venice, nearby accommodations, vaporetto passes, etc. Most of it will be posted on her website zenbrush.net
November 5 - 12, 2017.
The workshop starts at 3pm on Nov. 5 and ends at 11 am on Nov. 12. Daily activities will start at 9:00 am and go until 5:30 pm.
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Marvel and Barnes & Noble Bring Graphic Novels to the Nook [Review]
Whether comic book publishers and retailers are ready to admit it or not, a robust digital subscription service is the industry's only hope of retaining a sustainable base of consumers that purchase serialized content. Comics, like other forms of art, are a medium that will never go the way of the dinosaur, even if they someday go the way of poetry. The comics industry, however, is similar to other entertainment markets in that it needs to tailor its distribution system in order to reach a diverse, and often changing, group of customers.
It makes sense that Marvel Comics is partnering with Barnes & Noble to offer what the company says is the largest collection of its titles on any tablet device. With Amazon touting that millions of Kindle devices sold during the holiday season and that earlier in the year it sold more eBooks than printed editions, Marvel is smart to try and convert some of those B&N customers into Marvel fans with the Nook Tablet.
Keep reading to find out how well the new device presents Marvel material and whether it's worth checking out for yourself.The Good
To start, at around $250 the Nook Tablet is about $50 more than Amazon's Kindle Fire, but has twice the storage space, faster processing capabilities, and a longer battery life. Plus, running off Android software, the B&N device looks more like a true tablet than a simple eReader. The latest Nook is almost as smooth of a user experience as working with an iPad. Compared to the iPad, the new Nook is noticeably smaller and less all-purpose, yet still a competitive piece of technology at about half the price of Apple's device. Additionally, B&N, unlike Apple, isn't being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for their eBook practices. At least not yet, anyway.
The screen resolution of the Nook Tablet is standard when compared to the Kindle Fire, but it's a high bar that was set at 1024 x 600, making the tablet's built-in Netflix application shockingly crisp; even most YouTube videos exceeded expectations. (Read more about technical specifications on Ars Technica.)
Websites load fairly quickly on the Nook and look as good as they would on your laptop or desktop. Employing the "pinch" and "swipe" finger-navigation system, it's easy to pull up a browser, switch to reading a book, or launch an application quickly when using the Nook.
[Marvel's Ryan Penagos shows off his device.]
The device powers down and starts up nicely, and doesn't take too long to charge. The backside speakers aren't anything to brag about, but are decent given the Nook's size.
Marvel is offering some of its best titles in the B&N store with books like Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's Captain America run, Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's epic crossover Civil War, Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca's fast-paced take on The Invincible Iron Man, and many more. My personal favorites were The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Skottie Young's art and Jean-Francious Beauliue's colors burst from the bright screen) and Joss Whedon and John Cassady's Astonishing X-Men series.
Prices on single graphic novels range from around $7 to $10, which is certainly not bad compared to brand-new print release prices. However, experienced comics fans probably know of other places, either online sales or local comic shop discounts, where some of the titles in the B&N store can be purchased in print for less.
The Bad
While the Nook says it has 16GB of storage, which seems nice compared to the 8GB of storage on the Kindle, it comes at a very heavy price. The Kindle only really allows for 6GB of storage, but the Nook is even more misleading. Out of the real 13GB available on the Nook, 12GB is reserved for B&N content only. For those not wanting to any math, that leaves you with 1GB for uploading your own content, and that's bull$^*#.
Imagine if you bought an 8GB iPod, but 7GB was reserved for songs that had to be purchased in the iTunes Store. It sets a terrible precedent for distribution companies looking to partner with technology producers, and makes it seem as if B&N isn't serious about longevity in the device market. Luckily for all of us, there are smart people with free time who can show you how to crack the device to open up some more features.
The only redeeming part of the storage space on the Nook is that it comes with space for a 32GB memory card. Still, that adds another $30 to $40 to the total price if you're looking to upload even a small portion of your entertainment files. Most of the Marvel Comics trades from the B&N store are around 80MB, so there's plenty of room for hours of reading, but definitely not an unlimited amount.
Although the screen resolution is very nice, the screen size is too small to read most comics like you would a floppy or trade paperback. Comics are still drawn and designed for a very specific page size, and shrinking it down doesn't work very well. The iPad is actually the perfect size to read digital comics, but the smaller Nook and Kindle Fire make it necessary for the reader to zoom-in to catch text-dense word balloons.
I was puzzled to find that searching for Marvel comics was a difficult task on the Nook. Instead of having linkable or feature publisher menu, I eventually had to search for "Marvel Enterprises Inc" to find all of the comics I wanted to check out. It wouldn't make sense to have a featured publisher section for everyone, but with as much both companies seem to be hyping the partnership, I would have thought Marvel comics would be somehow easier to browse. To the B&N store's credit, a recommend list of titles is available in a book's info section if you're looking to purchase a subsequent volume.
Should I Buy It?
If you're looking for an iPad for entertainment purposes only, and wanting to save around $200, then yes. The Nook Tablet is light-weight, easy to use device that looks and feels great. You'll probably want to spring for the 32GB memory card, as that single gigabyte of space is shamefully too little.
Overall, reading Marvel comics on the Nook Tablet was a very pleasant experience, but it still wasn't as enjoyable as reading a physical book. Wanting to see a full comic page all at once, I would strain my eyes to read word ballons without having to zoom-in.
Titles like Astonishing X-Men and The Wonderful World of Oz were fine to read in the single-page because of their limited dialogue and larger lettering, but get into something Brain Michael Bendis-penned and it's game over, man.
Zooming-in on the pages tended to distract from the art (which otherwise looked fantastic) and caused me to notice that the files were rather low in quality. If nearly all of the device's storage space is only going to be for proprietary content, then I'd like to be able to see the brush-strokes on comic pages if I so choose. Turning the device horizontally for the double-page view made zooming-in a bit nicer, but still not entirely comfortable.
The somewhat awkward reading position readers may find themselves in isn't B&N's issue though - it's Marvel's. Turning pages, going back to your library of material, and generally getting around inside the Nook was comfortable. The issue is that no one seems to be designing comics with the digital space in mind.
The pace of comics is set by a variety of factors, but most important is panel layout. Updating older material into the digital space would likely take far too long if someone had to isolate each panel of the thousands and thousands of single issues Marvel has published over decades. But it would be great to see new titles designed in a way that each panel could be framed nicely alone on the screen, in addition to having a the ability for single-page or double-page layout and zooming functions. Perhaps someday we'll see digital comics offered in the same manner as print material, one at lower quality and price point, and one that gives a more polished experience.
Until the industry decides to start designing intelligently for digital comics, Marvel's offering on the Nook Tablet is still some of the best available, even if falling a little short. You can read other comics on Nook besides Marvel, like titles from Devil's Due. The problem is that you probably don't want to read most of them outside some older Hack/Slash issues. IDW recently announced some of their titles are on device, offering some number one volumes for under $5, which what looks to be similar reading experience.
How the Nook factors into the digital comics market is uncertain at this point. Last year CA's David Brothers did a great piece on how digital readers are different from comic shop readers, and recently reminded us that downloads do not equal sales. It will likely be another year before enough data is available to project how digital comics will directly impact the wider industry, but a large selection of Marvel graphic novels on the B&N device is a telling step in which direction we could be heading.
If you're a die-hard Marvel reader with a few hundred bucks to spend, and especially if you're looking to travel with a good amount of comic material, the Nook Tablet might be a good purchase for you in 2012. Plus, cleanly designed websites like Achewood.com look great in the browser, giving you even more potential reading in the wide and wonderful world of webcomics.


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I made this using the Burda 3/4 length sleeve jacket pattern, and a scrap of vintage 1970s interior fabric I found at a thrift store. I lined it with a nice soft orange fabric.
At the time that I originally purchased this pattern (4 weeks ago) I had been watching the entire series of the show "Life On Mars" and was incredibly inspired by the 1970s fashion. So, that probably influenced my fabric choices quite a bit.
This pattern was really hard. I had a hard time understanding how the pattern pieced fit together, but eventually got the hang of it after about two weeks working on it. The only thing I changed on the original pattern was the snaps. I didn't really see the point for the look I was going for.
Also, the jacket is very very wrinkly in the photos. Its much nicer when it's all pressed (as in the last photo). It has almost a swing style fit (I must have cut the size much too largel). But it still works overall.
I think if I tried this pattern again I would definitely use a much lighter weight fabric (the fabric I chose is very stiff and thick) and cut it in a smaller size so I'm not overwhelmed by jacket.
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Jun 16, 2011, 10.02 PMby debilovessewing
Great jacket! Your photos are stunning as well!
Jun 15, 2011, 12.31 AMby pumpkinpatches
very beautiful! great job
Jun 14, 2011, 05.57 PMby laceumbrella
This is great!
Jun 14, 2011, 10.02 AMby daisylynn
You did very well! I really love the jacket style with that print. And your photos are fabulous! <3
Jun 14, 2011, 08.37 AMby zaarissima
a beautiful jacket! I love the colors!
Jun 14, 2011, 07.12 AMby Natasha Venzke
I'm glad you figured it out, it's a very cool jacket
Jun 14, 2011, 06.35 AMby Irina Schwab
Spooky, I made this jacket last week to go with mother in law's dress. Both are from satin, the dress is blue and the jacket is white with blue lace and beads applied (I haven't posted them yet). I love you jacket, it is absolutely stunning, not to mention the photo!
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Jun 15, 2011, 03.20 AMby tinybows
I can't wait to see how yours turned out! Did you also have a hard time understanding how the whole thing worked? It seemed very very vague.
Jun 14, 2011, 02.15 AMby leahfranqui
Oh this is lovely, I love the material, it's excellent!
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