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With fall here in full force, and winter to soon arrive, who doesn't want some comfy lounge pants?
I know my little ones sure love them.. so if you are ready here we go with my first ever tutorial!!
First I started with an old men's T-shirt! Knit can be hard to find and this is the easiest way for me to get my hands on some comfy knit fabric.
You then need to trace your pants, or use a pattern (if you have one) I grabbed an old pair and began to cut. You can trace with a fabric marker, but I like to make it quick and just cut right around my pants.
These pants are too short for my daughter. Therefore I don't have them lined up at the bottom of the shirt. You also want to leave a seam allowance, so don't cut right against the old pair.
Both front and back of pants are cut here.
You then want to sew the crotch on both the front and back pieces. I also serge my seam after, but you can zig zag or leave raw especially since knit won't fray.
Dont mind the dishes drying on the counter :) Someday I will have a craft room, someday!!
Then I line my front and back together and sew, then serge the inside leg.
Repeat the same steps to the outside leg. Now your pants are almost complete. Time to add the elastic waist band
This picture shows that you want to cut the front of the pant a little lower then the back. I just eye ball it.
Next you want to measure the waist of the person you are making the pants for. These are for my 4 year old daughter. Her waist is about 20in. I cut the wide elastic 21" so you have 1" to over lap and sew together.
This next step is my favorite. I hate when my comfy pants have elastic in the waistband and it get's twisted inside the casing. With these pants you won't have that issue. Find the back seam and line up your elastic seam with it, and pin in place. Do the same thing with the front seam and approx. the front of the elastic.
Then you sew around the elastic and pant. I like to serge my elastic to my pants all in one step, but you can always sew close to the edge with your normal sewing machine. Make sure as you are sewing you pull the elastic taunt. This is why you pin the back and front of the pants and elastic together. You pull the elastic and pants at the same time while you sew. Once you get to your pin remove it and continue to stretch your elastic as you finish sewing.
The finished product will gather slightly, which means you did it correctly!! good job
You are almost done.. fold over the elastic
Make sure you fold it over nice and tight. You don't want any extra fabric on the top. See in the picture below how my elastic is right up against the fold? From here you can sew around the casing and call it good, or you can follow the next step to add a tie in the waistband.
Once you have folded over the fabric find the front and approx 1"-2" from the center seam create a button hole. (FYI- my machine is very old and passed down from my mom. The manual has been lost and I have not been able to figure out how to use the button hole feature) My 'buttonholes' are actually just cut's I made in the fabric with sharp scissors. I then stitched around the hole, just to give it a little extra strength. Either way works just fine in this case.
Once your 'buttonholes' are made, fold the elastic back over and sew all the way around your waistband, pulling the elastic taunt while you go.
I did a double stitch on these pants. I first sew around the waistband with the inside facing me. Then flip them over and sew around again approx. 1/4" from your first stitch line.
Completed pants. I then cut 3 thin strips. (if you dont have enough fabric to make long strips, then cut multiple strips and sew them together)
Once my strips are cut I tie them in a knot and begin to braid the fabric. Once you are down at the bottom tie another knot.
Then attached a safety pin to your braided tie and pull through your casing. Sew a label on the bum and you are DONE!!! Wahoo bring on the comfy pants and hot chocolate


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This paper clipping of the TELEPGRAPH covers three stories of July 31 and August 01, 2010:
- £7 billion a year skimmed off our savings
- Osborne's warning to banks over £8bn profits
- Fees 'con' at the heart of finance industry.
Is it about unfair trading of banks?
Is it about the Rule of Money instead of the Rule of Law?
Is it about "money" having become the "product" that only banks can produce – from thin air – but at the price of interest?
Is this about politics in the hand of bankers?
Is this about central bankers as the government behind the governments?

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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Deceptive Friday
As the evening went on, Everett and I decided to start a little marshmallow roasting fire in back of my parents. We had a short little s'mores date, just the two of us, and it was perfect and sugar filled. A few of our friends and family came over later to sit around the fire and eventually my oldest brother and SIL who are traveling though. We stayed up way too late, ate way too much sugar, and saw my amazing family.
As I walked down stairs and turned on the kitchen light, I noticed some vintage (never been used) pots from my great Grandpa sitting over by our sliding back door. I turned my head as I followed a trail of broken glass all the way across my kitchen to two kitchen shelves fallen and splintered off the wall and ALL my precious dished scattered everywhere. I could list all the amazing things that were shattered into a million pieces, but I won't bore you with that. The dishes I had, I knew were priceless, and the emotions I felt seeing all the little pieces across the floor was unexplainable. I know it might sound silly that I would be so emotional about a few dishes, but I am attached to my dishes. It took me so, so long to collect the small amount I have, and I wondered how much more vintage dish estate sale hunting I'd have to do before I could somewhat replace what had been broken. They meant so much to me that I felt like part of my heart shattered with some of those dishes and was swept up into the trash with them. My sister came over that night, mostly for encouragement, she knew how I felt and helped me clean up the disaster. It meant a lot to me and I'm so glad she understood what I was feeling. I stayed up until almost 2 a.m. that night trying to glue some things, but mostly in vein.
After all the frustration and tears, though, the more I think about it, it kinda taught me a lesson. I put a lot of time and effort into some of my hobbies especially hunting for rare vintage things for cheap. It's a big part of my heart, but after all the emotions, I stepped back and knew that even though it's a part of me, it's just not enough to compare to what I still have. A small part of me broke, but it just makes the majority even better. So, I'm feeling thankful. More thankful now for what I have than what I had before. Sometimes life has to teach you some things in ways you hate.
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There's no real need to rehash US General David Petraeus's media web. His message has spread across the world: July 2011 is a transfer date, not a withdrawal date, and remains conditions based rather than absolute. Redeployments will be few, if any. As Petraeus began his campaign in June, giving numerous Congressional panels the same "conditions based" pitch - even prompting White House officials to deny Petraeus's statements - this doesn't qualify as news.
But three overriding actions, all involving mixed messages, demand a closer look.
For starters: who's actually in charge of Afghanistan, the White House or Pentagon? Because the horses are running away from the carriage. More specifically is Petraeus's claim that President Barack Obama has been clear about July 2011, when in fact no one is sure what July 2011 means, possibly not even the White House. Whether Democrat or Republican, in the US media or between American people, everyone is seeking clarification.
A big reason why is not because Obama intentionally left the deadline vague, so as to more easily delay it, but because he rarely speaks on Afghanistan and Pakistan at all.
Obama's campaign policy was never developed to begin with. His first "White Paper" and 17,000 troop deployment passed in the glow of his ascendancy and the fury of Wall Street and health care. A televised address in December 2009 followed months of blackout only for Obama to go silent again, as if he intended to last between reviews without comment. Obama meets once a month on Afghanistan, reinforcing the "set it and forget it" mentality that both creates and robs him of flexibility. Now, instead of answering the US public's concerns and salvaging support, Petraeus has been deployed to explain Obama's war.
This could put even more distance between the US people and Washington.
A proactive strategy would lead with Obama to maintain support. That Petraeus and Secretary Robert Gates are out doing his dirty work suggests the White House's information will continue in limited quantity, and that Obama isn't comfortable speaking on Afghanistan or counterinsurgency in general. It's hard selling a war without a president, but just as hard selling a war without the proper expertise. Obama may also wish to disassociate himself with Afghanistan until the war visibly improves, another display of insecurity.
Ultimately Petraeus's media blitz shows an ironic disregard for counterinsurgency - specifically the political aspect. All things considered, the White House still stands a better chance of marketing its war without the generals leading the war-cry. But it appears to believe the surer course is deploying generals to provide political cover before watering down July 2011. If Petraeus says so then it must be so, even though he told Obama in late November that 18 months would be enough time.
The Pentagon will buy time in the short term, but will US opinion compromise its long-term ambition?
Petraeus and the Pentagon may also be committing a second mistake based on mixed messages. In an interview with The New York Times, Petraeus testifies, "Clearly the enemy is fighting back, sees this as a very pivotal moment, believes that all he has to do is outlast us through this fighting season. That is just not the case."
Hopefully Petraeus is up to his usual propaganda, because misreading the Taliban's intentions would be a strategic error.
The Taliban does use July 2011 for their own propaganda towards Afghans that America isn't staying in the long run, but this isn't their plan or message for America. They realized that July 2011 was a gimmick to justify escalation, to be postponed as US officials see fit. They welcomed the surge for bringing more targets and used it as motivation for their own surge, gaining recruits through 2010. And they've been listening to Petraeus backtrack from July 2011 since the transcripts hit the Internet. Now they know for sure.
The Taliban would be fools to believe America will quit after this year, and the reverse is every bit as true. The Taliban always expected America's timeline to surpass Russia's and stand ready for a long war to outlast America - forever if they have to.


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April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second- largest U.S. natural-gas producer, announced three separate deals for its oil and gas assets, raising about $2.6 billion to help fund development and cut debt.
The company sold shares in a new subsidiary to an investment group led by a Blackstone Group LP affiliate and including TPG Capital and EIG Global Energy Partners LLC, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake said in a statement today. The agreement gives the buyers a share of royalties from wells in the Cleveland and Tonkawa plays in Oklahoma.
The company also agreed to sell to Morgan Stanley future production from wells in the Anadarko Basin Granite Wash for about $745 million. In a separate agreement, it will sell Exxon Mobil Corp. 58,400 net acres of land in Oklahoma's Texoma Woodford play for about $590 million in cash before certain costs and adjustments.
Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon plans to sell $17.5 billion in assets by the end of 2013 to plug a cash-flow gap aggravated by a North American gas glut that drove prices for the fuel to a 10-year low. Chesapeake also is shifting its focus from gas to crude oil, which commands higher prices.
McClendon visited potential investors from South Korea, India, Japan, China and Singapore last month to tout the company's access to gas that is 85 percent cheaper than competing supplies from the Middle East. In a March 6 interview in Oklahoma City, McClendon said he sensed no unease among potential investors about Chesapeake's $10.3 billion in net debt, more than twice Exxon Mobil's burden.
McClendon told a New Orleans energy conference on March 26 that he expects gas prices to begin rebounding by the end of this year as momentum for U.S. gas exports gathers among commodity traders.
Exxon, based in Irving, Texas, is the largest U.S. gas producer, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association, a Washington-based industry group whose members produce about one- third of the nation's gas.
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The United Peoples Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has strongly refuted the claim of KLNLF on the death of two lady cadre belonging the KLNLF. Expressing its concern over the published news item on Wednesday, the UPDS leaders said the brutal assassination of the two female cadres of KLNLF, 'Sgt' Serdihun Ingtipi of Panjan and 'Pt' Marigold Hansepi of Langlokso is a matter of outmost concern.The UPDS through its press statement Thursday charged the KLNLF of leveling baseless accusations against dragging the name of an UPDS cadre 'Sgt' Terang in the murder case. The UPDS has challenged the KLNLF leadership to prove its involvement in the issueand also to publish the mobile number with call details and existence of 'Sgt' Terang within three days.The UPDS leaders claimed that one of the deceased girl was loyal to the KLNLF, while the other had her share of trust with the UPDS, "this might have went against the rule of the KLNLF, resulting into the silent disappearance and ultimate death of the two lady activists within the KLNLF". The UPDS while condemning the shocking crime has restrained itself from playing the blame game, "at this point of time we are not interested to enter into any controversy" mentioned the release. The UPDS has urged responsible persons, particularly the women organizations to vent their protest against the heinous butchery of the two girl, the apex leaders of UPDS has also demanded before the authority for setting up a judicial enquiry to unearth the matter and make arrangement for immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the incident.
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Starting in 2015, TierraCast launched a Button of the Month program! Use these high-quality, cast metal buttons to make stylish DIY bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and more. Buttons pair up perfectly with TierraCast's YOU Collection since they include symbols and themes of sacred geometry, spirituality, and more. Express yourself with buttons you can use as clasps, links, embellishments, focal elements, and more.
TierraCast buttons are made in the USA. Cast from lead-free Britannia pewter, they come in several platings to fit your style and mood, including antiqued silver, antiqued brass, antiqued copper, antiqued pewter, and black gunmetal. Choose from buttons with a shank and buttons with holes.


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Discover infinite beauty as you follow in the historic footsteps of writers and explorers such as Ernest Hemingway and David Livingstone to Tanzania, where little has changed throughout the centuries. Discover the thrill of spotting wildlife in the wild in Tarangire, Ngorongo Crater and the Serengeti: elephant, zebra, giraffe, black rhino, wildebeest and hippo, all under the watchful eyes of leopard, lion, cheetah and hyena. Each evening, share the day's events while relaxing in luxurious lodges and tented camps. A magical crater, ancient baobab trees, the footsteps of early modern man, herds of beasts and graceful creatures set the scene for an exotic adventure with unforgettable memories.
Slightly Active. May involve some walking and climbing.
Tanzania is located close to the Equator. The temperature, therefore, does not vary too much. During our summer months (June through August) it is about 10 degrees cooler, but days will be warm and can reach 80's and evenings can be cool and can drop to the 40's in the higher elevations. The program includes some high elevation spots – the rim of the crater is at 7,500 feet. The rainy season is in April/May (long rains) and November (short rains). However, it does not rain every day, or all day, and rainstorms are quickly followed by brilliant sunshine which makes for incredible photographic opportunities. Wildlife viewing is good year-round, however the migration of zebra and wildebeest follows the following cycle:
Zanzibar follows a similar pattern with rains (longer rains in April & May with short rains in November) but it does not rain every day and all day, rather short showers. Being so near the equator, Zanzibar is tropical year round, but in summer (December/January) it's usually windy, so there are pleasant sea breezes.
Begin your journey and board your overnight flight to Addis Ababa, then on to Arusha, Tanzania. Your naturalist guide will greet you with a cheerful 'jambo' (hello) when you arrive, then escort you to your historic hotel, located in the heart of Arusha since 1894, an oasis of tranquility in its own tropical garden. Enjoy a welcome dinner tonight. ARUSHA HOTEL. (Meals Aloft,D)
Wake up feeling refreshed and eager to begin your safari adventure. Start with a drive to Tarangire National Park, where the gently rolling countryside is dotted with the majestic baobab trees which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them. This stretch of Africa is spectacular in the dry season when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of Tarangire River. Huge herds of wildebeest, zebra, eland and oryx gather to stay until the onset of the rains when they migrate again to good grazing areas. Tarangire is a birdwatcher's dream with over 300 bird species. But in addition to all those magnificent trees, birds and beasts, Tarangire is known to house the largest population of elephants in northern Tanzania, now numbering close to 2,500. Your permanent safari camp is comprised of spacious tents and is built in a wildlife rich area within a 60,000-acre concession set aside for conservation by the local Maasai Community. MARAMBOI TENTED CAMP. (B,L,D Daily)
Your drive takes you through the Rift Valley and spectacular scenery to the Serengeti – the crown jewel of Tanzania's protected areas and host to the annual centuries-old migration of over a million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebra. Watch as cheetah, lion, leopard, and hyena keep a keen eye on the herds. Explore the open plains for giraffe, topi, buffalo, and Thomson's and Grant's gazelle. Look for elephants and hippo pools inhabited with scores of water birds. Soar through the skies on a balloon safari for exhilarating views (at additional cost). Also a World Biosphere Reserve, visit the Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre to learn more about the park's diverse ecosystems. Your semipermanent mobile tented camp is strategically located in the wildlife-rich Central Serengeti and is comprised of ten cozy mess tents with en suite facilities. KATI KATI CAMP. (B,L,D Daily)
Discover Olduvai Gorge, the 'Cradle of Mankind' where Louis and Mary Leaky uncovered the early origins of modern man. Tour the museum to learn about their paleoanthropological methods and remarkable finds. Stop at a Maasai Village to see how this semi-nomadic tribe lives and continue to the Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage site, an extinct volcano and the world's largest unbroken caldera. Watch as Maasai protect their cattle herds on your descent 2,000 feet through misty clouds to the crater's floor for a treasure trove of wildlife and scenery. Swaggering prides of black-mane lion roam the grasslands, home to large herds of wildebeest, buffalo, hartebeest, eland and zebra, with hyena close behind. Protected around the clock, this is the best area to see the rare black rhino. Colorful flamingo inhabit the shores of the soda lake, and Hildebrandt's Francolin lurk in the forest while Verreaux's Eagle soar high above. Bull elephant with massive tusks charge the plains while their female counterparts, and the solitary leopard, meander through the forests. Located on a coffee farm and facing the Oldeani Volcano, your home provides an experience reminiscent of the atmosphere of old times, and is comprised of three separate and intimate camps of 9 comfortable bungalows attractively built in the style of an old colonial farm and rustically decorated with local materials. You will enjoy excellent homemade cuisine prepared using the dairy and fresh vegetables produced by the farm all year around. NGORONGORO FARMHOUSE. (B,L,D Daily)
Drive back to Arusha and transfer to the airport for your flights home, eager to share your memories and photos with family and friends. (B; Meals Aloft)
Finish your adventure on the exotic spice island of Zanzibar beginning in Stonetown – a place of winding alleys, bustling bazaars and unique wooden doors. Stay at the ZANZIBAR SERENA INN on the Indian Ocean – a haven of tranquility and old-world opulence. Dazzle your senses at a spice plantation and watch rare, red colobus monkeys frolic overhead in Jozani Forest. Or take an optional excursion (at additional cost) to Mangapwani to dip your toes in the Indian Ocean.
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Star type
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Distance from Earth
g 45.91 ly
Star Service No.
g NA
g Older than Sol
Diameter/Mass/Temp (xSol)
g NA; 115%; NA
Brightness (xSol)
g 167.9%
g NA
Comparison to Sol
g The star is sun-like, though hotter and brighter.
Picture of star
g NA
Star system features
g Target star of Cosmic Call 2003
Known planets
g 47 Ursae Majoris b: The inner of two gas giants is a bit farther from the star than Mars is from our Sun and about 2.5 times as massive as Jupiter. It could hold a Titan-sized moon.
g 47 Ursae Majoris c: The outer of two gas giants is probably about the size of Jupiter. It could hold a Titan-sized moon.
Habitable zone
g A little further out than the region around our Sun that's considered able to support life, as we know it.
Orbital map
g NA
View from star
g NA
Nearby stars
(Star systems with 10 light years)
g NA
Map locating star system
g NA
Location in Earth sky
g In constellation Ursae Majoris
Other names
g HIP 53721, Gl 407, HD 95128, BD +41° 2147, YPC 2556.00, 47 UMa
Sci-fi mentions
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Mort by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Death takes on an apprentice then takes some time off vacation that results in some interesting events on the Disc in the fourth book of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. The idea of having the Disc's Grim Reaper as a major character who is interested in experiencing the "fleshy" side of things could have turned into disaster if not handled right, but Pratchett just uses it to create more laughs and hilarious situations for not only Death but his apprentice Mort, daughter Ysabell, and servant Albert. The mistakes of Mort as he tries to properly fulfill the role of his boss and his resulting continual screw ups in trying to fix his mistakes without informing Death while dealing with two other living occupants of Death's timeless domain.
Ever since watching the miniseries based on Hogfather, I have been waiting to read a Discworld book in which Death was the central character and I wasn't disappointed. After finishing this book I can't wait to see what else Pratchett has up his sleeve for Discworld.
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This site was started in honor our daughter Heaven who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Nov. 29, 2011.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Blessed today.....
Today, my family and I received a call from another family member and they informed us that my husbands mother had a stroke and was being air lifted to Roanoke Memorial. After we arrived,i decided to go and visit one of the oncology kids that were in PICU...while there, I was escorted to meet one of the parents of a child who had received a pillow...they were so thankful and continued to tell me how their daughter just kept smiling after she received it. That is what its all about!!! The smiles that these pillows put on the faces of children, they also bring color to the rooms and make them more cheery. Well, after that I had left and went outside to my vehicle and upon coming back in I was stopped by a NA that was escorting a parent and her son outside and she also wanted to meet me and her son came up and told me "Thank You", so sweet to hear the kids say this. Thank you all who help make this possible because they are not only thanking me, they are also thanking all of you. Lord, if it be your Will, this will continue on.
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How to delete and import own Themes from CP\...\Personalization?
Meanwhile I have a couple of Themes created.
They appear all in
Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization
Under "My Themes".
How can I delete one of theme?
The right-click-context menu does not offer a delete.
Where are they stored?
Assume I save a Theme and want to import it on another Win7 computer.
How can I import such a Theme?
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Win 10 Pro x64
Sounds like this should answer most of those,
Theme Pack - Create, Save, Install, and Delete
This is where saved themes are, C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
That is a hidden folder by default, Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide
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WASHINGTON — The five key real-estate pieces of this year's biggest Capitol Hill puzzle - the 1990 deficit-reduction and federal-tax bill - are now on the table. All five would have significant effects on home buyers, tenants, investors, builders and real-estate brokers.
Here's the lineup and their individual outlooks for passage as Congress begins work on the big bill. Kickoff for the process was the May 6 budget deficit "mini-summit" at the White House. The odds for final enactment are drawn from a series of discussions with congressional staff members and trade-group lobbyists.


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I know that Robbie is still reading what I post here, because the other night he brought up tit-fucking. He once told me that it never particularly interested him, but I supposed something I wrote, said, or wore managed to attract his attention.
So when he mentioned it as we were lying in bed a few nights ago, I didn't waste a lot of time responding. "When you were titty-fucked in the past," he whispered, heavily, "did you lick up the cum or rub it in?"
"Lick it up," I promptly answered.
"Good girl," he purred, and straddled my chest.
I covered his cock and my chest with a liberal coating of saliva; I pushed my breasts up and over his body as he fucked my cleavage. It was interesting (and far more submissive) trying to figure out how to correctly control my boob-pressure to provide a good experience for him, rather than having him moosh my chest himself. And when he came I did, as promised, lick up every available, sweet-tasting drop. (Robbie smells and tastes better than any man I have ever met.)
Today, in a fit of non-submissive pique, I picked a fight with him about how I haven't felt I've been getting the kind of sexual attention I want lately. After he managed to dial my nasty temper back from a flame to a small sizzle, he said, mostly (?) jokingly, "Anyway, I don't know what you're so upset about. You got tit-fucked the other night; you should be glad!"
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1. Be very specific when describing the bug. Don't let there be any room for interpretation. More concise means less ambiguous, so less clarification will be needed later on.
2. Calling windows by their correct names (by the name displayed on the title bar) will eliminate some ambiguity.
3. Don't be repetitive. Don't repeat yourself. Also, don't say things twice or three times.
4. Try to limit the number of steps to recreate the problem. A bug that is written with 7 or more steps can usually become hard to read. It is usually possible to shorten that list.
5. Start describing with where the bug begins, not before. For example, you don't have to describe how to load and launch the application if the application crashes on exit.
6. Proofreading the bug report is very important. Send it through a spell checker before submitting it.
7. Make sure that all step numbers are sequenced. (No missing step numbers and no duplicates.)
8. Please make sure that you use sentences. This is a sentence. This not sentence.
9. Don't use a condescending or negative tone in your bug reports. Don't say things like "It's still broken", or "It is completely wrong".
10. Don't use vague terms like "It doesn't work" or "not working properly"
11. If there is an error message involved, be sure to include the exact wording of the text in the bug report. If there is a GPF (General Protection Fault) be sure to include the name of the module and address of the crash.
12. Once the text of the report is entered, you don't know whose eyes will see it. You might think that it will go to your manager and the developer and that's it, but it could show up in other documents that you are not aware of, such as reports to senior management or clients, to the company intranet, to future test scripts or test plans. The point is that the bug report is your work product, and you should take pride in your work.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Eating gives me a headache
Eating can be a pain- I know this very well. There's the I'm-writing-and-in-the-groove-and-don't-want-to-stop part that I think most writers know well. Then there's the I-have-an-ED-and-eating-SUCKS part that I think most people with eating disorders know well.
Thankfully, Tylenol has a cure for this.
That's right- who needs food when there's Tylenol? Because eating regular meals is, I dunno, so last year. If white is the new black, then is Tylenol the new food? I just need to ask my dietitian whether Tylenol is a grain or a vegetable...
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It's not a special anniversary Earth Day, but with things like the continued delay in a Keystone XL decision by Team Obama, even as Dear Leader continues to push the Trans Pacific Partnership, I'll put a few thoughts on blogging paper.
First, though, a look back at my life at a few of those special anniversaries.
For me, 1995 was the first Earth Day special anniversary I really remember. At 25, it was a big one. Sure, Newt Gingrich and gang had just taken over the House. However, the CFC accord to protect the ozone layer was good news and global warming was not yet even a small cloud on most of our horizons. So, things were looking good then.
Next, on to 2000. Global warming was at least a small cloud on more horizons by then. Bill Clinton had negotiated the Kyoto Accords to address this. Unfortunately, he had not submitted them to the Senate. Doubly unfortunately, it was clear they would fail if he did, and that probably no more than half of Democrats, even those not up for re-election in 2000, would support them.
Then things got worse.
In 2005, for the 35th anniversary, we had President Bush having officially rejected Kyoto. After talking about carbon dioxide as a pollutant on the 2000 campaign trail, he had totally ditched that. He had also ditched EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman for actually taking him at his 2000 campaign word. Meanwhile, evidence for global warming and broader climate change, and its potential severity, continue to mount.
Then, 2010. Things seemed better with a Democrat in the White House, even though the economy was distracting from too many environmental concerns.
And now, today.
First, Keystone XL. President Obama is clearly, in my book, going to delay a decision until after the midterm elections, then approve it. If you deeply believe otherwise, I've got a sub-95 day in July in Phoenix to sell you.
Second, the Trans Pacific Partnership. How does this relate to climate change?
Simple. "Free" trade treaties that encourage additional international trade without the carbon tariffs to have the globe pay the environmental cost of all the shipping involved are inherently anti-environmental, as well as the labor issues they cause, and the environmental issues in countries such as China with low environmental regulatory standards. And, like the original NAFTA and WTO deals, transnational companies would have a shot at overriding US environmental regulations. Much more here.
Things have changed since 2005, or even 2010, in other ways. We're continuing to improve our degree of certainty on how much human activity is going to affect mean temperature increases across our planet. We're starting to figure out more of how climate change is related to large but sub-global seasonal weather issues, such as the "clipper" that gave the US Northeast a snow-heavy winter while exacerbating drought in California.
There's a third issue which I've briefly blogged about before.
The National Park Service's centennial is in 2016, and so far, I've heard very little "noise" from the White House about the run-up to this, celebratory plans, etc.
I'm afraid that what eventually gets wheeled out will be corporate heavy, too.
I'm not a James Kunstler, but I do sometimes have my degree of despair over the future of our planet. Climate change, as we mark another Earth Day, is one of the main drivers of such, though not the only one.
Add in the deniers, minimizers and skeptics. Add in the fact that Obama seems to have the least amount of focus on environmental issues of any Democratic president since Harry Truman. None of this helps.
Add in that minimizers and skeptics, to the degree they accept anthropogenic climate change, then switch gears to what I have previously called "salvific technologism." That's the belief in technology's saving (salvific) power, so much so that said belief in technology becomes an "-ism."
Well, the human ability to adapt is constrained by something that didn't exist in the Younger Dryas, or even, for the most part, in the Little Ice Age, or its predecessor, the Medieval Warm Period (which is still a bit cooler than we are today), and that's the modern big city, let alone the megacity. It's hard to "pack up and move" 20 million people in greater New York City, London, Los Angeles, Shanghai or other spots. And, all but L.A. of those four cities face definite worries over rising sea levels.
Meanwhile, "Earth Day" isn't even on Google News' list of top "trending" items, as of 1:30 p.m. Central Time.
Add to it the "gang green" environmental groups deciding at the start of the Clinton Administration that cozying up to Democrats for political "access" was more important than being firmer on stances. Then, we have the topper, several years ago, of Sierra Club selling the rights to its name, for branding and marketing, to Clorox. There were certainly a few questions about Clorox's environmental commitment, and a boatload of unquestionable facts on its low standards on labor issues. I blogged more here and here about how this exposed authoritarian tactics of Sierra's national board and then-CEO Carl Pope.
But, when a big, rich (yes, relatively) environmental group pays just $33K a year for copy editors for its magazine, with a job based in downtown San Francisco, we know which "green" is speaking. That's even more true with the made-in-China tchotchkes combined with the wasteful amount of mail, snail mail, not email, sent for solicitation efforts.
I'll stop now before I get into the territory of a new blog post, which I will soon enough anyway.
Perry has a few related thoughts.
As for those other issues of despair? It seems like racial issues in America have slowed to about the same glacial rate of progress.
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Note: Labels can help describe people but should never be used to pin them to an anthill.
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April 22, 2014
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2008: A Year in Review
I've been enjoying other crafty blogger review posts this last week, so I decided to join the fun! A photo retrospective of 2008, chez K&W (in the order and manner that Blogger put them there, because it's too much work to rearrange them...). Not a bad haul - but a very strange mix, if I do say so myself!


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Sunday, November 28, 2010
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I was Inspired by the 2d animation series avatar-the last airbender. so started modeling in 3d with the same feel of 2d. Its a nurbs patch model modeled in maya 2009. i wil be modeling full body in nurbs later on i ll convert to poly for texturing purposes. ll be finishing the model very soon... hope u like it..
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This was my first success car model i modeled wen i started my 1st 3d career after several attempt. "old is gold" cheers
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This model was done when a challenge was organize by our modeling supervisor Anand P.G within our modeling dept. It was very challenging b'coz we were given one month to finish the model starting from scratch,modeling,texturing, lighting til compositing stage... i was a little bit new to texturing at that time... texturing was not that much good.....nways i enjoyd the modeling side very much.... the concept was inspired by my friend in short we call him KD. He is a concept artist. From his karna concept i modified abit and model this karna.. nways Thanks kd and one important person i would like to thank personally is Anand P.G, Thanks Anand for your supporttive,encouragement and worthy advice. I 'll always remember ... and ya we miss you.BTW i ll be texturing this model again so 'll finish this model with full texture and Compositing soon.
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1. Crawling
He is doing that rocking thing, and is flailing around on his tummy and kicking his feet.
2. Pulling Up
He just needs me for balance now, he really almost has it.
3. Flying
If he would just flap his arms a little faster, or maybe he just needs to lift his head a bit more.
Signs That Scott is Still Pretty OCD:
1. There are rules for loading the dishwasher.
He should probably make a laminated layout so that we can attach it to the front for guests.
It would look something like this:
2. Even hobbies should be quanitifiable. What makes a hobby even more fun? Oh, ya. Spreadsheets and graphs. Don't you think? His latest is BrewPal, the app for my iTouch:
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Looks fun, right? Well, maybe to some of you it does. Looks more like a buzzkill than a hobby to the wife.
3. Once something belongs somewhere, it needs to stay there.
|Gargantuan clock
He has decided it is illegal to re-arrange. Specifically, the two things I have ever moved are: the paper towel roll and one of the three clocks we have in the living room. Three, people. Three. One of them is gargantuan and hangs over the fireplace. You can figure out the time from anywhere in here. But, still, both of us check the new picture frame for the time before we leave.
Frustrating Baby Things:
1. Baby wipes
They don't wipe anything, more often it just looks like I'm trying to paper mache Ben's little baby butt.
2. Formula
DIS. GUSS. TANG. Lumpy, sticks to everything from the microwave to the floor but avoids water or the inside of the bottle. Smells horrid. On the up side, Ben seems to like it.
3. Bottles.
Making them, and cleaning them, specifically. I have nothing more witty to say on the subject other than this is CONSTANT and BOOBS ARE WAY EASIER!
Random Bonus Funniness:
Scott wrote me a program to title my pictures with the time and date. He named it Autosave. Recently I found a bug that prevents it from working with more than 100 items at a time. Worse, it will randomly choose those items, which makes the result confusing. To make a living, he works on a huge launch program for the Air Force. Thats a simplified way to explain what he does. So, when I came to him with my fix-it needs, he told me I should fill out a bug report. This is how it looked when I was through with it:


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Comic Book Gift Guide 2014
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
And it wouldn't be a Collected Editions gift list if I didn't offer some pairing suggestions that'll make you a hit for the holidays and also come with free shipping. Win-win!
Don't miss my 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 lists for more great ideas. Shop easy!
• Captain Marvel Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More
This "Volume 1" is actually the first volume of Marvel's newly-relaunched Captain Marvel series, which had two previous volumes also with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist David Lopez. But this new first volume is, as they say, a great place to jump in to the adventures of one of Marvel's most popular heroines, recently announced for her own movie in the next couple years. And fans of Marvel's cinematic universe who may not necessarily be comics readers should feel comfortable with this one, which features appearances by the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Pair with Greg Rucka's Lazarus for free shipping right off the bat; or with other Marvel titles Ms. Marvel and Moon Knight; or with Hellblazer Vol. 1, Fun Home, and a Golden Book and get three or four books plus free shipping.
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal
Collected Editions contributor Doug Glassman recommends this one for readers old and also young, saying "Kamala Khan is one of the most realistic teenagers in comics." In the spirit of books like Ultimate Spider-Man and Blue Beetle, this one would be right for the young adult reader on your gift list and established comics fan alike.
Pair with Captain Marvel and Moon Knight for a Marvel gift basket, or with Teen Titans: Earth One and the deluxe Superman for All Seasons to make an all-ages comics gift for under $50.
• Moon Knight Vol. 1: From the Dead
Another of Doug's recommendations, which he recently reviewed and called one of "the best comic of the year." Not only is the new Marvel NOW! rendition of cult favorite Moon Knight written by legendary comics creator Warren Ellis, but as one of Marvel's prominent Jewish superheroes, Doug says this makes a great Hanukkah gift ("even," he adds, "if Moon Knight is possessed by an Egyptian god"). A psychedelic, supernatural superhero comic, consider this one if it's been under your favorite comics fan's radar.
Pair with the other Marvel books for free shipping, or add in the weirdness of Prophet: Remission, the reality of Fun Home, and a couple Golden Books to get five titles with free shipping.
• Prophet Vol. 1: Remission
Prophet is Image Comics's unlikely revival of a 1990s Rob Liefeld character that used to interact with Youngblood. The new series by Brandon Graham, with art by Simon Roy, is a futuristic tale of alien civilizations that Graham has said has a Conan-like spirit. Doug recommends it "because not only is it unique, but I also want to figure out what the hell is going on and might want to start up a reading group."
Pair this one with Wake for sci-fi fun; add any other book to that (Saga is another space adventure, and you can't go wrong with a Star Wars book) for free shipping.
• Archer & Armstrong Deluxe Edition Book 1
Just as Image recently revived a couple of their '90s properties with modern-day sensibilities, so too did Valiant Comics, now Valiant Entertainment. If you or your favorite comics fan have been hearing good things about Valiant's new (old) universe in the run up to Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt's The Valiant miniseries, this deluxe collection of the buddy action comedy Archer & Armstrong is a good place to start (one a cult assassin, one his immortal target, teamed up against the mystic cult masters). The deluxe edition collects the first three trades of the series.
Pair with Fun Home and you're already at free shipping; basically anything on this list plus Archer & Armstrong will net you the shipping gratis.
• Saga Deluxe Vol. 1
Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples's space opera is ribald, hilarious, suspenseful, and heartfelt — it's a Rated R Star Wars that can't be missed. I've mentioned Saga on these gift lists before, but the new deluxe edition just released collects the first three trades of the series. If your favorite comics fan is the kind to laugh off the nursing baby on the deluxe cover, Saga is a book sure to please.
As with Archer & Armstrong, anything you pair Saga with on this list (or anything else that you pair with Saga) will earn free shipping. Lazarus plus Saga, in my opinion, equals some good reading.
• Lazarus Book 1
I suggested the first trade paperback of Lazarus last year, having just enjoyed immensely Greg Rucka and Michael Lark's introductory collection. But I'd be remiss, having now also enjoyed the second trade, if I didn't mention this new edition, just released, which collects both the first and second trades into one stellar hardcover. Rucka and Lark are part of the noted team behind Gotham Central, and Rucka brings his talent both for strong characterization and strong female protagonists to this tale of family politics and invincible ninjas. I've described it as a post-apocalyptic Downton Abbey, and I'm sticking with that.
Lazarus and Saga, as I've mentioned, would be a blockbuster gift combination with free shipping, but you could also pair Lazarus with The Wake and get free shipping or with the first volume of John Constantine, Hellblazer. Lazarus plus Ms. Marvel is also an affordable free shipping package.
• The Wake
I recently reviewed Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy's The Wake, a Vertigo miniseries that translates seamlessly to hardcover "graphic novel" format. Wake starts out as a monster movie horror story, but it transforms as it goes into speculative, uplifting sci-fi of the kind you might expect from a Robert Heinlein book or a Steven Spielberg movie. There's nothing you have to read before this and no series to commit to, so this is a perfect gateway for a sci-fi but not necessarily comics fan.
Pair with Fun Home and Prophet Vol. 1: Remission for three books with free shipping. The strong female protagonists in Lazarus and Wake would also make a good pairing and net you free shipping.
• John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 1: Original Sins
Send your brickbats now; yes, I have never read an issue of the original Hellblazer series. But with Constantine on TV, I recognize it's well beyond time I started, and maybe you and yours, too. This recent reissue collects the first nine issues of the book plus John Constantine's early Swamp Thing appearances, so you can get in on the ground floor with it.
The comics horror of Hellblazer would pair well with The Wake, plus two Golden Books or a copy of Fun Home and you'd have free shipping to go!
• Here
Richard McGuire's short comic Here, published in the late 1980s in Raw magazine, challenged the genre through a nonlinear depiction of a certain corner of a house from the dawn of time to the far future. Now, 25 years later, McGuire has expanded Here into a full-length, full-color graphic novel, still in study of one location throughout time. Here will be released early next month, so your favorite fan of the comics genre is sure not to have it yet, and this seems sure to become an integral part of any collection.
Pair Here with Fun Home for two "serious" graphic novels with free shipping, or pair anything else on this list with Here also to get free shipping.
• Fun Home
Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir Fun Home deserves to be on every gift list this year after the South Carolina legislature cut the College of Charleston's funding in response to their assigning Fun Home for freshman reading (though this is hardly the first attempt to ban the book). Controversies aside, Fun Home is a well-written memoir and a coming of age story dealing with sexuality and gender. For your comics fan who might only read superheroes, or a non-comics fan who reads "serious" fiction, Fun Home is a window into the greater possibilities of graphic novels.
Fun Home is also the cheapest book on this list, so it pairs well when you need a little extra for free shipping. Consider Fun Home, Prophet Vol. 1: Remission, Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal, and Hellblazer Vol. 1, and get a great, varied package of four comics with shipping free.
• Teen Titans: Earth One Vol. 1
We're a couple weeks away from the official release of Jeff Lemire's Teen Titans: Earth One, but these self-contained Earth One books have consistently made great gifts. Also, it's written by Lemire, who's knocked it out of the park on Animal Man, Green Arrow, and Justice League Dark, so there's no reason to think he won't do the same here. For a potential comics fan who can't handle all the continuity (and might be already familiar with the Titans from their animated incarnations), this is a safe bet.
Pair with DC's Superman For All Seasons deluxe edition for free shipping straightaway, or go for Titans, Fun Home, Prophet: Remission, and some Golden Books for a good comics package.
• Superman for All Seasons Deluxe Edition
Before Superman: Earth One, before the New 52, one of my favorite "young Clark Kent" stories was Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's heartfelt Superman for All Seasons. Time and again this is the book I've given to non-comics reading friends and family, because it's an enjoyable, approachable, and just plain good Superman story. Superman for All Seasons has been out for a while, but this deluxe edition arrives just in time for the holidays, and the larger deluxe format should be impressive all wrapped up.
Superman For All Seasons can pair with just about any book on this list for free shipping. Consider again Superman for All Seasons and Teen Titans: Earth One, or even Superman for All Seasons and one of the Saga or Lazarus collections.
• Absolute Batman: Haunted Knight
Also by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Absolute Batman: Haunted Knight is the perfect gift for your fan of Loeb and Sale's Batman: Long Halloween and Dark Victory. This new Absolute edition serves as both prelude and epilogue to those well-known books — it collects the Loeb/Sale Batman holiday specials that preceded and inspired Long Halloween, but then also the Catwoman: When in Rome miniseries that followed Long Halloween and Dark Victory. A Loeb/Sale Batman collection isn't complete without it.
This book will run you a bit, but the good news is that it ships free on its own, and anything else you pair with it gets to ride along for no extra dough.
• Star Wars: Darth Maul, Son of Dathomir
• Star Wars: A New Dawn
Admittedly I'm on a bit of a Star Wars kick lately, watching the new Star Wars Rebels and also the final "Lost Missions" episodes of Clone Wars. So, these "cartoon-verse," canon Star Wars books have me excited — the Darth Maul, Son of Dathomir collection, written from unproduced Clone Wars scripts, and Star Wars: A New Dawn, a prose novel that serves as a prequel to Rebels. If you've got a Star Wars fan at home (or you're trying to create one), these two books plus anything else on this list will guarantee free shipping and the Force to be with you.
• DC Super Friends: Big Heroes!
• DC Super Friends: Flower Power!
• DC Super Friends: Superman!
• DC Super Friends: Batman!
• Mighty Avengers
Every year I scope out a couple of low-priced children's books to add to this list, and lately the superhero-themed Golden Books have been a great bargain. From a practical standpoint, these are great filler if you just need a couple extra dollars to put you at free shipping, not to mention they make a great gift for your favorite young reader or you can donate them to your local Goodwill to make someone else's holidays a little brighter.
That's my list for 2014. Please tell me what you're getting, too. (Special thanks to contributor Doug Glassman of '80s Marvel Rocks! for his suggestions.) It's the ninth year of Collected Editions, and thanks to everyone who visits, comments, and participates on our Facebook page — it wouldn't be the same without you. Happy holidays!
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It would be remiss of me, as a renowned cheapskate, to not mention that Barnes and Noble's "Buy 2 Get 1 Free For Marvel and DC Trades" is back. So you can, for instance, buy the Captain and Ms. Marvel trades and get a free Moon Knight trade. I just wish they could expand this to other companies--a nearby BN has some Star Wars omnibuses that I've been eyeing.ReplyDelete
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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Now Professor Cohen is a neo-con who was all in for the Iraq War, so that fact that the Trump team did now welcome him with open arms should not worry us too much.After exchange w Trump transition team, changed my recommendation: stay away. They're angry, arrogant, screaming "you LOST!" Will be ugly.— Eliot A Cohen (@EliotACohen) November 15, 2016
However we are also hearing that Trump is essentially rejecting advice from EVERYBODY who was not with him since the beginning, and that does not exactly leave a lot of people left who know what it takes to do that job.
We knew this was going to be bad, and we were right.
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First Chair
We are currently four days into 2015 and my brother is already logging a busy year. I'm proud of him, so I'm going to indulge for a moment and brag. On New Year's Eve, he played a show with his band Brother Hawk, supporting Blackberry Smoke in Chattanooga. Here they are doing the same a month before at the Tabernacle in Atlanta:
Two days later, he went from those loftier gigs to pounding drums on the beer-soaked stage of the Star Bar in the band we're in together, Mice in Cars. Olivia Kieffer of the Clibber Jones Ensemble caught some of that mess on video:
And just today, the 4th, he was back at his straight job, working as music director at a church in Atlanta, where he recorded this beautiful duet:
All this is not to say that my brother is far more talented than you or I (okay, not entirely to say that), but his busy week is illustrative of a number of things. 1) Figure out what you're good at and fucking do that. Being well-rounded doesn't necessarily mean joining every club in the damn yearbook. 2) Music education programs (which we sorely need more of and more money for) produce, surprise! educated musicians who can rock the socks right off of your stupid feet in one moment and bring you to crippling, ugly tears with beauty the very next. And we can all agree that we could use a few more folks capable of that among us.
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Chris Boughton's golf column: Nurse's stunning round
It was a mild winter's day for Bury Golf Club's February weekend stableford competition, with little wind and the leading golfers took full advantage of the favourable conditions.
There were seven scores of 40 or more, which must be close to a winter golf Stableford-scoring record at the club.
Traditionally, low handicap golfers do not tend to make their best scores in the winter, but 3 handicapper (now 2hcp) Craig Nurse blew that theory right off the course with a stunning Stableford score of 45 points.
Club professional Matt Alderton said: "Craig's score included six birdies in a row from holes 4 to 9, which is pretty impressive golf."
In total, his amazing round included eight birdies, eight pars and two bogeys, with 10 single putts and only 26 putts over the 18 holes. Apparently, he also had four lip-outs.
Thomas Brough (11hcp) and Stephen Duffety (5hcp) will both be pleased with their 40-point scores for second and third places, despite being five points adrift of the leader in Division One.
Robert Alderman (17hcp) will be happy with his 45pts and first place in Division Two, followed by Shaun Talbot (16hcp) 41pts. Ray Coleman took third place on countback from Daniel Bright in fourth, both scoring 40pts.
The leading scorers in Division Three were Benjamin Hyett (39pts) and Martin Crack (38pts).
Craig's score, while exceptional, was nearly eclipsed by Elaine Bonney and Clare Sykes, who took on storm Doris last Thursday, on the Bury course.
By the time they reached the 17th, as the sole participants in the Ladies' Mid-Week Stableford, Elaine said: "Doris was really starting to blow."
But they were unstoppable and both scored a remarkable 33 points (Clare won on countback).
After three of the four rounds of the Seniors' Glasswell Cup, Simon Howe is in a strong position at the top of the leader board with 112 points. Current runner-up Steve Clark needs 39pts in the last round to overhaul Howe and will hope his opponent scores less than 37pts.
The format is an 18-hole Stableford with the points scored in each round contributing to the overall best three from four score. The final round is on March 6.
The Suffolk
There were also a couple of scores in the 40s on the same weekend, down the road at The Suffolk Golf Club, in their February Stableford competition. Ivan Snelling (11hcp) returned to form with 42pts, ahead of runner-up Pete Cocksedge (19hcp) who carded 40. Third place was taken by Alf Sandford with 38.
After two rounds of the second quarter weekend order of merit, Snelling leads the table with 18pts. Dave King lies second with 10pts.
Mick Davey is back on top of the mid-week order of merit table after a convincing win in the latest Wednesday competition. In difficult conditions, his net medal score of 68 was five shots ahead of Chris Tate in second place. Steve Thorp took third with net 75.
Ron Hazell also had a convincing win in the club's annual Three Clubs and a Putter social competition on Sunday.
His 43pts was an exceptional score considering he only had four clubs to select from. Countback (38pts) placed Bob Stevens second ahead of Glen Barker.
Jack Yule scored 36 points off his handicap of Plus 3 but finished out of the prizes in Thetford Golf Club's February Midweek Stableford. Yule began badly with three putts on the first green, but had eagles at the sixth and 13th, as well as two birdies in a round of 69.
He finished behind a trio of players with 37pts, with 15-handicap Wayne Prigg taking top spot on countback from Steve Cobb (10hcp) and Ian Ramsay (12hcp).
The fifth round of the club's Winter League was won by Michael Gutherson and Ian Ramsay with 40pts. They finished ahead of Robert Taylor and Iain Yule (38pts) and Norrie Dickson and Brian Youngs (35pts).
With just one round to play, Taylor and Yule have opened up a convincing lead at the top. They have a total of 144pts, with Burridge/Smith on 137pts, Hensby/Murgolo on 134pts, Gutherson/Ramsay on 133pts and Henfield/Pearce on 132pts.
Suffolk Winter Alliance
On a mild day, 80 players including three professionals played a Brett Vale course in good winter condition.
The professional prize was won, once again, by Sam Forgan (Stowmarket) with a two over par 72. Dean Fairweather (Breckland Pines) was runner-up with 74.
The Fourball Betterball Stableford was won by David Yates (Braintree) and Steve Tree (Stoke-by-Nayland) with 48pts.
Brian Castle and Mike Moore came second with 45pts and moved up to joint second place in the Order of Merit table, six points behind long-time leader Ian Benson. All three are Stoke-by-Nayland golfers.
Alan Garrett and Chris Whyatt (Bury St Edmunds) were third in the Fourball with
The next meeting is also a Fourball Betterball competition and is at Diss Golf Club.


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Play Me a Love Song
May 21, 2012 § Leave a comment
She inserts the disc into the player before easing down into one of the impeccable, rarely-sat-in armchairs to watch the piano keys sink on their own, creating deep reverberative melodies with each string of depressions.
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Baptized by Holi Powder
April 21, 2012 § Leave a comment
So, today my university celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival where people throw colored powder at one another and just have a wild time.
Of Water, Wombs, and Woods
March 22, 2012 § Leave a comment
Ever wonder what's it like to float in the formless wetness of the pre-beginning? To dream formless intuitions and sensations in that slumber before the first waking? To have form but be formless, to exist before actually existing, to be before you are?
In other words, I've found a new hobby.
(Hint: It involves a pool.)


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Points to Ponder
- Keep Gadget Away from An Open, Airy or Bright Window.
- Bright Light of any kind, not to fall on Gadget, only Reflected or diffused.
- Keep Electrical-Magnetic Objects Like speakers, inverters far from Gadget.
- If Monitor Loses Color at few places, clear all objects around Monitor.
- No water, sunlight, moisture or strong air draft to hit back of Gadget.
- Store Equipment in a Cool Dry place, sealed from insects and pests.
- Prevent unpredictable events like a fragile Glass screen hits hard Object.
- Do not Take your Coffee near Monitor, Do not drop Pins in back of Monitor.
- Wipe gadgets and appliance with moist cloth after removing plug or battery.
- Do not drop the gadgets on hard floor. Avoid keeping it in lofty places.
- Dust, Grime, Wetness are things that degrade an equipment's life.
- Do not operate appliance or equipment crudely or roughly.
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It's one of my favorite places. EVER. the old city.
|Levi's jeans - Ligo tank top - Yellow Arena Milano bag - Michael Kors sandals - Matryoshka necklace - Panama hat
I spent Sunday morning here.
Had a nice and healthy buffet breakfast
(and it was free!) - restaurant's courtesy.
Then we walked the plaza, in which there was a small
The day was bright and sunny with some breeze.
I have loved coming to this place since I was a little girl.
I have an uncle who lives here and we would always come and visit.
To me the place is magical.
Starting with the brick and cobblestone streets.
There is something special about it.
Maybe it's just part of me loving everything old.


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When the Shins' James Mercer announced how happy he was to play Coachella for the first time, I really thought he was joking. After all, his band was the apple of the collective indie eye at the dawn of the new millennium. I suppose due to the fact that they'd been rumored to play the festival since its inception, I simply figured they'd played before (and I duly figured that I'd likely seen them on the Polo Field before).
The current incarnation of the Shins is Mercer's most road-ready outfit yet-where the band as a quartet previously sounded on the hollow side when performing live, this five-piece (plus two backup singers on a couple songs) sounded much fuller on the main stage on Saturday night. (It's also worth mentioning that the sound on the main stage is vastly improved over last year, when a number of acts simply needed to be turned up.)
Mercer offered Coachellans a solid set of Shins favorites ("New Slang," "Phantom Limb"), cuts from the band's 2012 release, Port of Morrow ("Simple Song," "Bait and Switch") and even an extremely faithful take on Pink Floyd's "Breathe" featuring organ and lap steel. A guy standing next to me was crazy impressed with the last, claiming that if he "turned around, he wouldn't know it wasn't Pink Floyd." While I wouldn't necessarily go that far, it was a fairly inspired choice.
"Thank you," Mercer offered after the set-closing "Sleeping Lessons," "and see you next week!" Fitting that after playing exactly zero Coachellas in the past decade, he now gets to play two in one week.
Coachella 2012: the Shins breathe it all in is a post from: Soundcheck


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A 50-year-old Colorado man has reportedly confessed to authorities that he attacked a pair of raccoons in a bid for revenge for the death of his cat years ago.
KCNC-TV reported on Tuesday that Richard Moller told police he suffered a 10-minute "glitch" of anger on Monday that caused him to jump into a trash bin and use a piece of wood to hit the animals. He also reportedly said to officers that did not intend to use the nails protuding from the board to stab them, but instead wanted to cause "blunt force trauma."
Though Moller faces two counts of felony animal cruelty, one of his co-workers at a Boulder, Colorado liquor store defended his character to KCNC, saying he was well-liked by customers.
"He's a good person," Moller's unidentified colleague told KCNC. "I just hope this doesn't get missed in all of this, 'cause he really is a good guy."
The Boulder Daily Camera reported that one of the raccoons was found dead in the bin, while the other ran away injured. According to court records, Moller told a witness during the attack that "all raccoons must die" before fleeing the scene. He is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
Watch KCNC's report on the alleged revenge killing, aired Tuesday, below.


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Monday, June 22, 2015 at 07:37AM
I'm really enjoying John Stott's book The Cross of Christ. One of the things I like about it is that because he comes from a different generation than the current popular Christian writers, he refers to other commentators and writers which I may be unfamiliar with. In his chapter called "The Self-Substitution of God," he quotes C.E.B. Cranfield, who made a succinct statement about the substution of God:
God, because in his mercy he willed to forgive sinful men, and being truly merciful, willed to forgive them righteously, that is, without any way condoning their sin, purposed to direct against his very own self in the person of Son the full weight of that righteous wrath which they deserved.
That's a reality to rejoice in.
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
it's a sad day in my book world
Two sad pieces of news hit my book world today. The first was a headline I read when opening my new app this morning about Alan Rickman. He will always be Colonel Brandon from Sense and Sensibility to me (and Prof. Snape to my daughter). His voice was just something to bask in, wasn't it? Turns out, he recorded Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native, so that will be my next audio book. And Sense and Sensibility may just be the movie of the night.
The other piece of sad news hit my email inbox regarding my local independent bookshop. They've been struggling for quite some time, and apparently the holiday sales weren't enough of a boost to keep them rolling. (Neither were all of my book purchases apparently!) It saddens me that my city of nearly a half million people is unable to support a single independent bookstore. We have a couple used book stores and two branches of Barnes & Noble, but it just isn't quite the same. Some day I'd love to live in a literary city. For now, I'm in the process of deciding which neighboring store will be my new local/mail order store.
Sigh. Sad day.
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He was such a great actor. I didn't know he read an audio book! You'll have to let us know how it is. That is a bummer about your local bookstore. We have several used book stores, but it's not the same. I love those crisp new books. Our Barnes and Noble is not doing well either. The state of book sales is really awful. Why, why, why are used books so cheap? Why do they not hold their value? It is beyond me. People are dumping their books and there is a glut on the market of used ones. Why buy them if you can carry around an entire bookshelf on a Kindle. (I have a Kindle, too.) But...crisp, delicious books are such a comfort.ReplyDeleteReplies
I feel like a lot of people around here use Amazon because of the discounted prices. Our used books stores seem to do all right too. I'm hoping that Barnes and Noble hangs in there!Delete
Sorry to hear about Apostrophe! With so many students in Boston we've got quite a few independent bookstores that have stood the test of time (better than even the box stores!).ReplyDeleteReplies
good point about the number of students - I know that there are a number of large independent book stores in Los Angeles. I'll bet the proximity of USC and UCLA have something to do with their success.Delete
You need to have a wealthy, famous-ish person to own your independent. Common Good Books is owned by Garrison Keillor in my neighborhood. Also, you know Ann Patchett is having some good luck with hers.ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't think I even realized Ann Patchett had a book store. What kind of literary rock have I been living under??Delete