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How to Print From a PRN File
When you print to a file the program outputs whatever it would have sent to the printer you have attached to your computer to a file instead. The idea is that later you might want to send this file to a similar printer on a different computer. So, the main use for a .PRN file is to copy it to a printer in order to get the output. You can open a .PRN file in any text editor but what you'll likely see is your text surrounded by a whole bunch of "junk" which represents all the various printer codes necessary to set margins, special spacing, graphics, etc.
Printing this file successfully requires a few assumptions:
For this example, we'll assume that the .PRN file is named OUTPUT.PRN and is located on a floppy disk in the A: drive. Substitute the proper path for whatever filename and drive you are using. Here are the steps...
Assuming the printers are the same and the output printer is the default device the file should now print. What you've basically done is to tell Windows to copy the output file to the default printer using a binary copy (i.e., don't add any carriage returns or line feeds and ignore all control codes; just passing them through as they are in the file).
If connected via USB...
If your printer is connected via USB then the above command needs to be modified as follows:
To get the Computer_Name open the Control Panel and select System. In the dialog that opens select the Computer Name tab. There you will find the name associated with the computer (ignore any periods after the name if there are any). To get the Printer_Share_Name open the Control Panel and select Printers and Faxes. Select the printer you need to print to and then the Share link in the left menu. If the printer has no share name then you will need to assign one.
Shortcut: Instead of the \\Computer_Name you can use \\127.0.0.1 (every computer's local network loopback address) but you still need the printer name information (tested and confirmed on Win2k and Server2003, thanks to Brad M).
Once you have both the Computer_Name and Printer_Share_Name insert these in the command above. Note the double backslash in front of the Computer_Name and the single backslash that is between the two.
[Note: If the printer is a network computer then you would substitute \\Print_Server_Name (the name of the print server on the network) for \\Computer_Name in the above. Thanks to Tim S.]


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Redneck Eggs Benedict
Turkey sausage gravy is the highlight of these Eggs Benedict. Turkey ham on a buttermilk biscuit is topped with a cooked egg and the rich gravy. Hash browns on the side complete this filling breakfst dish.
1 lb. turkey sausage
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sweet onion, diced
2 cups red bell pepper, seeded and minced
3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 quarts milk
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
24 large eggs
12, 3-inch round buttermilk biscuits
24, 1-oz slices turkey ham, heated
Cooked hash-brown potatoes as needed
Fresh fruit as needed
- If required, remove turkey sausage from casing. Over medium heat, cook sausage, breaking into small pieces. Cook until sausage is no longer pink. Remove from pan and reserve.
- In same skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat, add onion and bell peppers. Saute until vegetables are tender. Remove from pan and reserve.
- Melt remaining butter over medium-low heat. Add flour; cook until mixture is golden brown, stirring frequently.
- Slowly whisk in milk. Continue stirring until gravy bubbles and is thick. Return cooked sausage and vegetables to gravy. Season with salt, black pepper and cayenne.
- Reserve for service.
- For each serving, fry two eggs per order. Split and warm each biscuit. Place on warmed dinner plate.
- Top each biscuit half with a 1-ounce slice heated turkey ham. Cover each with fried egg.
- Ladle 2 to 3 ounces Turkey Sausage Gravy atop eggs. Serve with hash-browned potatoes and garnish with fresh fruit.

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By Joel Kennedy
That's one hell of a name for a watch and a heart rate monitor, but with the tiny booklet that Timex includes in the package this product could theoretically live up to its name. The watch itself has all the standard Ironman features: time of day, date, chronograph, countdown timer, alarm and a setup for the not so standard heart monitor. For anyone who doesn't know, a heart rate monitor is a tool used to measure how many times your heart beats per minute, and how long it stays at a given level.The monitor is worn around your chest and digitally transmits information to the watch for you to read. There are five pre-set fitness zones on this particular monitor ranging from 1 (lite) to 5 (red). The booklet describes the different zones, and actually offers concise instructions on how to use the monitor to improve your fitness level. Also, you can fine tune your training by setting your own target zone. The readout has flashing arrows to indicate when you are above or below your target range and shows how much time you spent in the zone at the end of your ride/workout. Personally, I'm not the kind of person to wear one of these on a regular basis, but if you're training the same loop all the time and you want some concrete data on your performance, a heart monitor would be a relatively inexpensive asset. And remember, it's really simple; if your times goes down, and so does your heart rate, you're getting stronger. MSRP: $125.00. Color: Black and Grey with resin strap or Black and Blue with coolmax fast wrap strap. The monitor is black.
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I'm tired of seeing editorials and articles bashing the great Tesla electric car. In a time that big auto corporations are almost bankrupt, complaining that something inovative and with a reduced budget isn't doing as well as it could do, is really strange.
Yes these first models will be expensive, but buyers know that, the money they are paying will be invested in further development. And compare that with the cost of development of a regular model… they aren't spending as much if we compare it.
I really love that car, it's something people would like to buy, unlike those strange "futuristic" but horrible concepts that other brands launch. I don't care if they will be cheap, or have great mileage, I would never buy them!
Support innovation! I hope electric motors get more support than other giant companies that can't control their expenses.
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post over on The Art of Simple, outlining mine and Ben's weekly WIP. I was a little worried that it would be boring, but it turns out this is an idea that resonated with lots of readers so I thought it would be a good opportunity for Ben and I to look at another really practical thing we've implemented over the past year and a half of self-employment. Essentially it allows us to work together, be productive and actually like each other at the end of (almost) every day.
We look at the structure of our WIP, why they work and how we use them to give shape and direction to the rest of our week, as well as how we each manage when unexpected things pop up.
Interestingly, this also leads us in to a wider conversation around the issue of living a less-than-slow life right now, and how we find balance between building a business and maintaining a certain level of slow-ness in our home home and family life. It's not an easy one to strike and there are a few times in today's poggie where I admit to the toll it takes when advocating for slow while not being able to live it. But on the flipside, I also talk about how I've turned that from a guilt-ridden experience to one of learning and gaining a deeper understanding of what the mindset of slow living looks like – even when it's not slow-paced.
Ben and I also talk about some of the changes we're in the midst of making in our work and how we think it's going to impact the podcast and the ways in which we can help you live a slower, simpler life yourself.
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FOR me it was d vu as I watched TV news footage of Indonesian protesters climbing over the fence that protects the American Embassy in Jakarta and occupying the diplomatic compound.
It was 30 years ago that as a correspondent covering civil war I used to climb up and over that same embassy fence, sometimes going in to evade the communist mobs besieging the compound, sometimes going out, leaving a buttoned-up embassy to find out what was happening in the violence-wracked streets.
The situation then was different. In 1964 and early 1965, the rule of then-President Sukarno was rushing toward crisis. Although Sukarno had captured the support of his people by uniting them against their former Dutch colonial rulers, he had frittered away his young nation's heritage. His people were poor and sometimes hungry. As a diversion he railed against the West - the British, whose embassy in Jakarta he permitted to be burned, and then the Americans, whom he labeled the masterminds of an imagined imperialistic conspiracy.
Americans were harassed. One day in December 1964 I had stationed myself in the US embassy. The city was tense amid rumors of pending anti-American violence. The gates were locked, the compound was cleared, and US marines guarded the main doors. Suddenly a telephone call came from the lone American manning the US Information Service center a mile away. Above the sound of breaking glass and shouting, the American chief of the center, Jordan Tanner, reported: ``They [the anti-American mob] are smashing the windows. They're breaking in. They're burning the books.'' He had little time for more.
The marines were not about to open the gates to let me out. So over the famous fence I went, eventually to find Mr. Tanner shaken but unharmed in the smoking shambles of the center after a mob of 300 had sacked it.
As Indonesia under Sukarno lurched ever leftward, the Indonesian Communist Party made its bid for power. On Oct. 1, 1965, it tortured and brutally murdered key generals in the stalwartly anti-communist Indonesian Army.
A relatively obscure general named Suharto, then commander of the army's strategic reserve, played a key role in putting down the attempted communist coup. Allied with the Army were hundreds of thousands of Indonesian students who took to the streets demanding freedom from Sukarno's leftist dictatorship. After the subsequent fall of Sukarno, Suharto became president in 1967 and has ruled Indonesia till the present.
In the intervening years, much has changed for the better. Communism has been vanquished. Indonesia's oil and forests and other natural resources have been utilized for productive purposes. Its people are vastly better off economically. There is much less poverty.
But as leaders of Asian and Pacific nations met in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta this week for an economic summit, this progress was overshadowed by encroachments on the human rights of some Indonesian citizens.
Demonstrators who scaled the fence of the American embassy were not seeking to do harm, but to win the support of the US and other nations against Indonesian repression in East Timor, which Indonesia invaded and seized from Portugal. Indonesia has been heavy-handed in its subsequent rule over the territory. The action of the East Timorese embarrassed President Suharto as he sought to enhance Indonesia's image in the international arena. Coupled with a crackdown on the Indonesian press and emasculation of the Indonesian labor movement, it captured the negative attention of several thousand journalists reporting on the summit.
Thirty years ago, Indonesia's anticommunist military men and an army of brave young students allied themselves in the cause of liberty. That passion for freedom is still much alive.


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I want but cannot
Almost every day I want to return to a relationship I had three years ago. It deeply grieves me that to date that is impossible. You know why? The people involved in that relationship were terribly abusive to me. Yes I have forgiven them, but they refuse to even admit what they did much less apologize. I have learned both from experience and from learning from others experience in the same situation that if they do not apologize and stop this behavior if I return the abuse will only get worse. The foolishness of the heart say they can be reasoned with and then the relationship will be reconciled. The reality is that each of the three previous attempt ended in disaster for guess who?
So too it is with sin.
Maybe you have been on the wagon for years and run into an old drinking buddy who invites you for a drink for old times sake. You remember all the supposed good old days and want to return. What you forget is the damage done in your health, relationships and job because of the drinking. DON'T DO IT.
I recently read an article about a man who had just such an experience but he went for the drink. Seven days later he woke up in another country with his mind completely blank on what he did or how he got there.
How about gambling or watching porno's? Whatever your addiction, the devil will come and tempt you with supposed pleasant memories of the fun you had while leaving out the destruction that was left in the aftermath.
Isn't that the way all sin is? The fantasy never meets the reality and leaves a trail of destruction behind.
But there is an escape clause. His name is Jesus. When tempted call upon His mighty name, have Bible verses written out and carry them with you everywhere so that when temptation comes be like the old cowboys who would quick draw their pistols you quick draw your Bible verses and Jesus.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptationhas overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:12-14 New International Version
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Shalom (God of our peace) for giving me the wisdom and peace in Your strong arms when the waves of past temptations come ceaselessly at times crashing down upon me. I give thanks in the name of Him who lifted Peter out of the waves that night Christ Jesus. Amen.
May the sunshine of Jesus' sweet love bless you today and every day.
Thanks....teacherjoe52. My shift is not that bad, as I am often awakened at night to intercede for another....this way....I can accomplish a few things at once. I can pray as I work.....and, draw closer to my heavenly Father. I, too, do not want to imagine a moment without Him in my life! Be blessed and encouraged through your journey of life....knowing that when events become more than we can bare....He always makes a way of escape.....or, gives instruction to accomplish the solution. God's peace and joy be with you.
Good Evening teacherjoe52
Sorry for delays in responding....I work graves and between handling errands try to sleep. God is good all the time. I pray and receive His strength, provision and protection everyday....and am grateful and thankful for every blessing that presents itself....would not want to even think about what would come or happen in my life if God was not in it. Blessing and prosperity to you in all areas of life.
Thank you, life is often filled with trials and tribulations....but, the Holy Spirit will guide one through them all....one must be receptive to His leading and willing to act upon it. It is not always easy....but, our heavenly Father, God is always faithful and willing! Blessing to you....seek and you will find.
Occasionally, this type of temptation surfaces and when it does you sometimes find yourself off guard and fall prey to it. The more we keep anchored and build our faith, the better we are at discerning the danger and overcoming. Thanks for the inspiration and reminder of keeping our guard at all times. Blessings.
I really needed this message today. Thank you. I will read 1 corinthians 10: 12-14 today..Cheers.
Thanks for sharing. In my many experiences of trying to reconcile with my family and those I love and hold dear....I have faced very similar experiences. Simply, their perceptions of events are not my perception of the events....even though I have owned up to my mistakes....they do not own up to theirs. The thing that I have learned and held dear is that God does not go against one's own will....therefore, I have no right or privilege to do so either. My pray in these situations is that God will remove the scales from their eyes....deceptive thoughts and lies....and enlighten the eyes of their understanding. Too, I pray that my heavenly Father prepares me and my heart....that when they do return....I will not harbor bitterness, anger or resentment. The story of Joesph and his ten brothers gives great insight to this....the separation had occurred to prepare for an upcoming event in time. Stand firm....keep the faith....trust God, He knows what He is doing when we seem to have no clue why things have occurred as they have. Peace in Jesus name.
When we have found the Answer, it is very difficult to see people from the past who have not found Him yet. Sometimes it is best to "shake the dust off your feet" after 3 attempts. Remember Gal. 6:1. Wishing you the best!
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City cruised to a 4-0 half-time lead in the Premier League clash courtesy of a Bradley Johnson own goal, as well as efforts from David Silva, Matija Nastasic and Alvaro Negredo.
Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko completed the rout after the break, as pre-match speculation surrounding Joe Hart's eventual omission was quickly forgotten and Pellegrini was pleased that his players did not take their foot off the gas in the second half.
|Man City are 66/1 with BetVictor to beat Sunderland 4-0 on November 10
"I think the team continued playing exactly the same and that's very important for me. It was important to see the team play the way I want them to play.
"They are very good technical players and when they move the ball quickly, it's very difficult for our team not to score, so we must continue in the same way.
"I think Norwich is a very good team. I didn't expect to score seven goals, but I think the team played to do it so it's great for me."
Pellegrini benched Joe Hart for the game following a string of poor displays as Costel Pantilimon was handed his Premier League debut, but the Chilean believes that the England No.1 will be back to his best in due course.
He continued: "I was not thinking about team selection. My duty is to see which are the best players to play every game. For this game I think Joe needs a rest.
"He has played every game for over two years here and every player can have a bad moment. We will work behind Joe so we can return him to his normal performance as soon as possible."
Meanwhile Norwich boss Chris Hughton was understandably disappointed with his side and claimed that they had let down the travelling support from Norfolk.
"It's very tough to sit here on the back of that defeat," he said. "Apart from two goals they it was too easy for City to score. The early goals made us nervous and it showed the quality they have.
"You have to make sure you defend well and we weren't able to do that.
"We all let the club down. We've had a support that travelled to Manchester midweek then had to come back up again today, and we've let them down.
"I've always had confidence in my ability and the ability of the players. I know how a heavy defeat makes everyone feel but we have to bounce back from it. We now have to prove we are a good enough side to get up this league."


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Ablepharus kitaibelii
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Language: English
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|Ablepharus kitaibelii Bibron & Bory St-Vincent, 1833
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|Schmidtler (1997) raised the subspecies budaki, chernovi, and rueppellii to full species status, thus restricting Ablepharus kitaibelii to southeastern Europe and west and central Turkey. However, the taxonomy of this species is currently under review (P. Lymberakis pers. comm.). Ljubisvljevic et al. (2002) examined geographic variation in parts of the Balkan peninsula. Poulakakis et al. (2005) showed that A. kitaibelii is not monophyletic, and that the population on the Kastelorizo island group (Greece, off the Lycian coast of southwestern Turkey) is particularly distinct and deserves specific status. The remaining populations of A. kitaibelii consist of two clades, one comprising the populations inhabiting continental Greece and the west Aegean (Cyclades and Kithira) and Ionian (Leukada) islands, and the other comprising populations that inhabit the East Aegean islands (including "Crete") and Turkey.
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Haxhiu, I,, Sterijovski, B., Krecsák, L., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Avci, A. & Jelić, D.
|Cox, N.A. & Temple, H.J.
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species ranges from southern Slovakia and Hungary, through most of Serbia, the most eastern parts of continental Croatia (and newly discovered on Papuk Mountain in the central part of Croatia [Dušan Jelić, in press]), southern Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania (lowland areas), Greece (including many Ionian and Aegean islands) and Turkey (western and central ). There is a single record from eastern Bosnia Herzegovina. Populations of the species in Hungary and southern Slovakia are very fragmented. Records from Cyprus refer to Ablepharus budaki. It is found up to 2,000m asl (in Turkey).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Hungary; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Turkey
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|It is generally a common species, but it is notably rarer at the edges of its range.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found in dry areas including south facing slopes, meadows, scrubland and clearings in woodland (both deciduous and pine). It is generally found close to ground cover such as leaf-litter, dead wood, stones, bushes and other vegetation. The female lays a clutch of two to four eggs.
|Major Threat(s):
|This species is threatened by forest fires in Turkey. Overall, there appear to be no major threats to this species. In parts of its European range the species is threatened by afforestation, deforestation and conversion of suitable habitat to agricultural, forestry or industrial use (Gasc 1997; CoE, 2003).
|Conservation Actions:
|This species is listed on Annex II of the Bern Convention, and on Annex IV of the European Union Habitats Directive. It occurs in a number of protected areas. Further taxonomic studies are needed for a number of populations of this species.
|Amended reason:
|This amended version of the 2008 assessment was created to remove the old Research Action code 3 from the Classification Scheme codes. Also, the Author and reviewer information was updated to the correct format.
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Gasc, J.-P., Cabela, A., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Dolmen, D., Grossenbacher, K., Haffner, P., Lescure, J., Martens, H., Martínez-Rica, J.P., Maurin, H., Oliveira, M.E., Sofianidou, T.S., Veith, M. and Zuiderwijk, A. 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europaea Herpetologica and Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
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Members of the diplomatic community, parliamentarians, civil society activists and students attended the screening of the documentary which was followed by a penal discussion. The panelists included Kamran Michael, Federal Minister for Human Rights, Isabelle Gattiker, Director of International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Neil Buhne, United Nation's Resident Coordinator in Pakistan and Anne Marchal, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the EU to Pakistan.
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Weight gain?: I have gained 8 pounds.
Stretch marks?: Not yet. Lathering up the lotion.
Maternity clothes?: Still using the belly band with my normal clothes. I love leggings and yoga pants!
Food cravings?: I love this time of year because one of my favourite chocolates is available in stores - that's right, those scrumptious mini easter chocolates covered in hard candy.
Sleep?: Wow, I have been having some very intense dreams lately - what is this child doing to me?
Movement?: The little bean has been moving all around. Each day their kick gets stronger. I can't wait for Little Miss L. to feel her sibling kick.
Gender?: Coming soon...
Exercise?: Was a bit of a slacker this week, does packing boxes count?
What's been going on?: I am definitely feeling like a big balloon lately. I think back to my first pregnancy and remember not feeling this way until I was in my 9th month. I have been experiencing some lower back pain this week but all those back massages from the best hubby ever seem to be working.
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(1) To examine attitudes of respiratory care practitioners (RCPs) and RCP students toward pulmonary disease prevention behaviors and their role in promoting them. (2) To compare RCPs'attitudes regarding pulmonary prevention with existing medical student survey data.
Cross-sectional survey.
Three sites (Valhalla, NY ; Winston-Salem, NC ; Houston, TX), Participants : One hundred ninety RCPs and 164 RCP students compared with 5,744 medical students.
Subjects completed a 35-item RCP Preventive Pulmonary Attitude (PPA) Survey using a five-point scale (1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree).
A higher score indicates a more positive attitude toward prevention.
RCP total scores averaged 117.6 (SD, 15.7 ; range, 52 to 160).
RCP student total scores were significantly higher than RCP practitioners.
No significant differences were observed by gender or by type of patient served (pediatric vs adult).
RCPs with a history of tobacco smoking had significantly lower scores than RCPs who had never smoked.
Most, but not all, respondents acknowledged the importance of patients with chronic lung disease receiving a yearly influenza vaccination.
Total PPA scores for medical students were significantly lower than scores for both RCPs and RCP students.
Significant differences were noted for a number of individual items. (...)
Mots-clés BDSP : Pneumologie, Médecin, Spécialité médicale, Etudiant, Education santé, Médecine préventive, Enseignement, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal : Pneumologie, Médecin, Spécialité médicale, Etudiant, Education santé, Médecine préventive, Enseignement, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Pneumology, Physician, Medical specialty, Student, Health education, Preventive medicine, Teaching, Human
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Thank you for the updates Erica! Some great patterns, especially the corset.ReplyDelete
I didn't get excited about much but I'm DYING to try a corset. I didn't even look at that one. Def going on my list. I LOVED that jumpsuit you made. Gorgeous.ReplyDeleteReplies
I though the same thing with M7279 it would make an excellent shell pattern, once you alter it the combinations are endlessReplyDelete
Now you got me wondering how a front zip makes it easier to pee, unless I bring a Shepee or something with me; even then, I'd think the zipper would have to be lower for that to work. I seem to have to go the restroom every 5 minutes, so, that is definitely one reason I've been iffy about a jumpsuit.ReplyDeleteReplies
Erica, great minds think alike! Guess what I picked up at Hancock Fabrics? Simplicity pattern 1183 for $1, it a great corset pattern and it wasn't listed under no costume category. I showed my husband this pattern and he can't hardly wait for me to make it. He has never been interested in me sewing anything until I showed him this number! 👠👠 Check it out and let me know what you think of it.ReplyDelete
I've owned a few (RTW) and sewn a couple jumpsuits and am never quite certain over the whole bathroom issue. I don't know, maybe I have an iron bladder? HA!ReplyDelete
I didn't find much to like about this release, but that's okay...I actually do love the apron and if I choose to make some Christmas gifts this year, it may be a great go-to.
That corset illustration is so insane! But looks like a nice "basic" pattern (if that's your thing). The dress block also looks useful although easy enough to make your own.ReplyDelete
I taught of you when I saw Mccalls pattern release. You are so fashion forward, you have the pattern companies trying ti catch up to you 😁ReplyDelete
I loved your comments: "You can take McCall's 7279 and design it into any tailored dress you can think of. If you're into Frankenpatterning and see patterns differently than the average bear, this one is a must have. I may buy this one in all of the size ranges." Fun terminology. First I would fit the pattern to you, then use it as a sloper for designing. The pattern includes a ton of fit help in the guide and with alteration placement lines on the tissue. Also sizes 8-22 are all in the pattern with 4 sizes grouped on a sheet. Happy Fitting! Pati PalmerReplyDelete


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Our society we live in today ranges from instant breakfasts and beyond. Then gives way to instant messages being transmitted around the globe in less than seconds. We have become a society that demands everything to be fast and easy. For the most part this is a good possitive technological advancement. It should give us more time to pursue our goals and happiness as we journey through life.On the downside we are becoming a world of "I want it now." The same holds true with many nicotine addicts on the road to recovery or wanting to quit smoking and stop feeding their addiction. Many search for the easy way out. Others don't understand why comfort takes time to happen. Perhaps, to many of us have not had to struggle for much in our lives. Everything has come to us far too easy! We expect to dance without paying the fiddler. There is no free lunch that is worth while. For us addicts seeking comfort, the price of the fiddler is payed in........PatienceSo just what is patience? It is many things combined to form one thing. It is an elusive virtue we all have within ourselves but never learn how to use it or just simply don't want to learn how to harness it.Patience is the ability to:Sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension or frustration.Let go of your need or demand for instant gratification.Believe in the concepts of permanence and comittment.The ability to maintain your calmness and consideration as you handle your growth issues one at a time.Hang on to your quit when unexpected trouble arrises that may take 3 or 4 minutes to allow a crave or trigger to pass.Accept the non-enthusiastic reception of others to share in your new found truths you have learned at Freedom.See that overnight reformations are rarely long lasting in the begining and that gradual change and growth have a greater lasting durability.Accept the universal truth that your quit, like life itself, is a journey not an instant destination._______________________________________Moving on to the other side of the coin, there are negative impacts with being impatient.By being impatient you can:Waste your energy worrying aboout how slow things are changing instead of directing that energy towards the changes you desire.Ignore all the possitive gains accomplished on your road to your freedom, recovery and growth, allowing you to only concentrate on what you have not yet recieved or accomplished.Become pessimistic about your quit seeing only the "half empty cup" rather the "half filled cup."Become overwhelmed by your slower than anticipated progress and begin to lose the hope and motivation to keep on trying.________________________________A person can increase the level of their patience by doing the following.Pursue your quit one day at a time. Take baby steps.Consider each day a gift of life that will allow you one step closer to your goal of being a comfortable x-smoker.Confront your fears about attaining your goal. Remember the world was not created in a day. Beautiful symphonies, works of art, literary masterpieces and your control of your addiction will not be created in a day.Remember a lifetime is not lived in a day or week or month. It is a journey we should savor one day at a time.Always look for tomorrow to be the first day of the rest of your life.It is very important to realize to successfully quit smoking and gain control over your addiciton you don't need an immeasurable amount of patience or an impeccable possitive attitude. These personal traits will develop as your quit progresses. All you need is a desire to quit and a set time to do it. Once you have decided on the two, place them in motion, all you ever have to do to remain nicotine free is never violate the Law of Addiction....Never Take Another Puff!RogerFreedom's Gold Club


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Monday, March 20, 2017
Home At Last by Deborah Raney, with a giveaway
Why did their differences matter so much?
Link Whitman has settled into the role of bachelor without ever intending to. Now he's stuck in a dead-end job and, as the next Whitman wedding fast approaches, he is the last one standing. The pressure from his sisters' efforts to play matchmaker is getting hard to bear as Link pulls extra shifts at work, and helps his parents at the Chicory Inn.
All her life, Shayla Michaels has felt as if she straddled two worlds. Her mother's white family labeled her African American father with names Shayla didn't repeat in polite---well, in any company. Her father's family disapproved as well, though they eventually embraced Shayla as their own. After the death of her mother, and her brother Jerry's incarceration, life has left Shayla's father bitter, her niece, Portia, an orphan, and Shayla responsible for them all. She knows God loves them all, but why couldn't people accept each other for what was on the inside? For their hearts?
Everything changes one icy morning when a child runs into the street and Link nearly hits her with his pickup. Soon he is falling in love with the little girl's aunt, Shayla, the beautiful woman who runs Coffee's On, the bakery in Langhorne. Can Shayla and Link overcome society's view of their differences and find true love? Is there hope of changing the sometimes---ugly world around them into something better for them all?
My review:
This is a difficult book review for me to write. I am not a big romance reader, but I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. I loved the characters, the interaction between family members, and everything about the books. When this one came up for review, I didn't even read the blurb..... I just requested it.
Anything can get you labeled a racist today. Just not voting for a black president because you don't like his policies gets you labeled a racist. So to say I am not a fan of interracial relationships will definitely get me labeled by that some..... as if we do not have the freedom to feel that way. Anyway, once I found out what the book was about, I kept an open mind and read it. And I didn't care for it. Maybe it is partly because I am a single guy who will never marry, but I kept thinking Link was nuts for still pursuing a relationship with Shayla with all of the roadblocks and how her dad hated white people. (Yeah, I know it is fiction).
I know there is still racism, but I also know there are a lot of false accusations of racism and some people see it everywhere. It felt to me like the author was pushing the idea that we must all accept interracial marriages, all the while showing what a bad idea it can be. I honestly didn't care for the book, and was sad to see a great series end on this note. I do feel the subject could have been handled better, but the book was a turn off for me. It didn't help that the author referenced the Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin cases..... I am not sure if she agrees with the liberals on that, as she didn't say, but it bothered me that she used them as examples. I guess the whole book came across as an agenda to me.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
About the author:
Deborah Raney's novels have won numerous awards including the RITA, National Readers' Choice Award, HOLT Medallion, the Carol Award, and have three times been Christy Award finalists. She and her husband, Ken Raney have traded small-town life in Kansas-the setting of many of Deb's novels-for life in the city of Wichita.
Find out more about Deborah at http://deborahraney.com.
Home At Last, and the rest of the Chicory Inn Series is available from Abington Press.
Thanks to Litfuse Publicity for the review copy.
Conclude Deborah Raney's Chicory Inn novels with the final book, Home at Last, a story of acceptance, trying to overcome differences, and love. Everything changes for bachelor Link Whitman one icy morning when a child runs into the street and he nearly hits her with his pickup-and then the girl's aunt Shayla enters Link's life. Can Shayla and Link overcome society's view of their differences and find true love? Is there hope of changing the sometimes-ugly world around them into something better for them all?
Join Deborah on Thursday, March 23, for a live author chat party in her Facebook group with fun prizes to be won! Click the graphic below for more details and to RSVP. Hope to see you there-bring a friend or two who loves to read!
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Days are divided into Group 1 and 2 in the morning (8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) and Group 2 Solo and Group 3 afternoon (1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) sessions.
Groups 1 & 2 will include three 25-minute sessions on track with our instructor, plus two classroom sessions.
Group 2 Solo & Group 3's will consist of several run groups splitting up the different classes of cars from street cars, race prepared (closed wheel) & race prepared (open wheel). There will be 25 minute sessions, back to back, until 5:30 p.m.
PDE Group 2 Solo and Group 3 Daily Protocols:
- Registration begins at 12 noon, followed by a mandatory driver's meeting at 1 p.m. If you arrive after the drivers meeting you must see the lead instructor before you will be given access to the track.
- First track session within half hour of driver's meeting.
- Participants may enter the property at 7:00 a.m. but will not be permitted on track until driver's meeting has concluded for Group 2 Solo and Group 3.
- No race engines may be started before 8:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m.
- PDE on track sessions generally begin at 1:30 p.m. and run until 5:30 p.m., but any given PDE day is subject to adjustments and modifications.
- Cars are divided into three categories at Pitt Race Officials discretion.
- You will be required to sign the Pitt Race waiver upon arrival at the track gate. Driver check-in is typically at the Pitt Stop Pro Shop.


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Education should be useful to society. It should make citizens follow the path of morality and righteousness and make their lives happy.
The Institute of Sathya Sai Education Australia [ISSEA] has lofty goals and objectives in order to achieve its vision and mission.To make this world a better place for each one of us and for the ISSEA to be recognised as a key Centre of Excellence in human values education requires commitment and dedication. Much outstanding work has been done, and excellent results achieved, in the period from 1998 to 2014, whilst the ISSEA was directed by Dr Pal Dhall, with the assistance of Dr Tehseen Dhall and many other volunteers.
The ISSEA Board and directors, appointed in 2015, are committed to build on that strong foundation. We want to progress the vision of our founder that education, in particular character based education is the key to nation building. We see that the promotion and advancement of education in human values, Sathya Sai Education in Human Values [SSEHV] in particular, is much needed and therefore an important service to the Australian society.
We also continue to underpin our work with research; we will publish evidence-based papers and nurture links with universities and other research institutes.
Not only will the ISSEA provide EHV training and development to the teachers and staff of the Sathya Sai School in Murwillumbah, but also we are committed to achieve BOSTES accreditation in NSW for our SSEHV modules so we may provide accredited teacher training in EHV across NSW. We also want to work with partner schools to maximize the outreach of our model Sathya Sai School.
In order to achieve our goal to make SSEHV available to teachers around Australia we plan to become a Registered Training Organisation [RTO] and have the ability to provide nationally accredited teacher-training programs.
On our wish list also is the development of a residential Teacher Training Institute to be based at the Sathya Sai Secondary School Campus in Dungay [Murwillumbah], NSW.
Our commitment is to Love All and Serve All and to help people understand the transformational power of the five universal human values inherent in each one of us.
We are committed to develop initiatives that will overcome much human suffering. Many of the painful and often shocking human developments in our society are deeply rooted in misguided life choices and lifestyles that undermine the blossoming of human values and block human happiness.
Chapters of the ISSEA are being formed in the various Australian and ACT capital cities to allow local members of the Institute to come together to study, to plan and to develop appropriate community education initiatives based on SSEHV.
Bringing out and nurturing the human values in children during the formative years will result in caring and responible adults in the future.
Bringing out the human values in parents and other adults is an internal motivator that reinforces good character, morality and ethics, resulting in caring and responsible citizens.
Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.


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Other Western cities and several locations in Portland were considered before the company settled on a spot at Southwest 11th Avenue and Burnside, said company officials who plan to make an industrywide announcement Monday.
"Portland is a hub for some of the best talent in our industry," said Bill Berta, chief executive officer for Hi-Tec USA. "Few cities share our values and commitment to a healthy, outdoor lifestyle like Portland. We could not be happier to be here."
Initially, a dozen employees, primarily in administration, marketing and sales, will make the move from Modesto, Calif., Hi-Tec's U.S. headquarters the past three decades.
At 7,300 square feet, the Portland space will be able to accommodate growth. Berta said the staff could expand to as many as 20 employees in two years. Product design will continue to be handled at the world corporate headquarters outside of London.
"Hi-Tec's choice of our city for the company's U.S. headquarters reaffirms Portland's stature as the center of the active wear industry," Portland Mayor Sam Adams said in a statement.
Privately held Hi-Tec, which had sales of about $250 million in 2009, joins others in the industry with downtown headquarters, including Li-Ning Sports USA, Inc., the U.S. base for the Chinese sports footwear and apparel company; Icebreaker, the U.S office for the New Zealand maker of merino wool garments; and Keen, the rapidly growing maker of footwear and apparel. The metro area includes several other shoe and apparel players, including Adidas North America, Columbia Sportswear Co., LaCrosse Footwear Inc., and the giant, Nike.
Hi-Tec got its start in England making court shoes for squash players in the early 1970s and moved into outdoor footwear by the early 1980s. This year, it launched its first apparel line of jackets and vests.
Hi-Tec opened its U.S. headquarters at about the same time it expanded beyond squash shoes, settling in Modesto, Calif., where the U.S. shipping and distribution will remain.
The Sports Authority is the top retailer for the brand in the United States, Berta said, though its boots can be found in several shops in the Portland area.
The company's chief boot competitors are Timberland and Portland-area Columbia Sportswear Co., said Berta, an outdoor gear veteran who keeps a home near Vancouver, and who once served as general manager of Columbia's footwear division.
In announcing Berta's promotion to head of footwear in 2001, Columbia's chief executive Tim Boyle said, "Bill is one of the most knowledgeable, experienced people in the footwear industry."
Hi-Tec's executive core in Portland includes: Dennis Hochwender, outdoor product director; Kirk Nichols, vice president of sales; and Erika Bruhn, director of marketing.
Among them, team members have worked at Columbia, Keen, Danner and LaCrosse.
"We're excited about Hi-Tec's potential, our ability to innovate products and competing in a changing outdoor market," Berta said. "We couldn't be happier to write the next chapter of Hi-Tec's 30-year history."
The company will house its headquarters on the second floor of the Carson Building, 315 S.W. 11th Ave. Move-in could be as early as Dec. 1.
The four-level building was constructed in 1920 as one of many car dealerships in what was known as Portland's Auto Row. The building was remodeled in 2001. Other tenants include software companies Eleven Wireless and Panic Inc. on the third and fourth floors, and furniture company Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams on the ground floor.
People not already familiar with Hi-Tec's outdoor footwear might be familiar with a YouTube video of young men who take turns attempting to sprint as long as humanly possible on top of a body of water that could be mistaken for Scotland's Loch Ness.
The earnest wetsuited lads discuss their dedication to their pursuit and the importance of their anonymous, water-resistant footwear.
The ad was a hoax that debuted in April. Hi-Tec was later revealed as the creative force behind the curtain. The video has recorded 6.5 million views.


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Our Van
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Adam Jefferson Land
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Plans under way for the Community Garden
Mar 03, 2017
Today we locked ourselves in the van, got the table out (a rare event) and made ourselves a proper little office, to put the finishing touches to our plans for a community garden here at Oinofyta. As you can see Niaomh is very excited about the project... The idea is to turn part of the area around the warehouse into a beautiful community garden, where people can socialize and hangout, in what is at the moment a pretty bleak setting. As I mentioned previously it feels at the moment in the
The new addition to our family
Feb 27, 2017
We've got a massive bloody tiny little puppy... her name is Bagheera and she is the most beautiful pain in the arse I have ever had. She was brought into the camp in a veg crate, a tiny shivering ball of black fur with huge wide eyes and a head that smelt like fish. We had been talking about getting a dog for ages so when I went into the office to ask if I could play with the dog and got told "Yea if you take it out of the freakin' office", we did just that and took her right into our
Oinofyta Community Workshop
Feb 17, 2017
As well as doing general maintenance jobs around the camp, usually with one or two of the Afghan blokes who pop round each day to see what needs doing, I have been putting together a workshop space inside an old shipping container for residents of Oinofyta camp to use to practice and learn carpentry skills. It is still very much a work in process, neither the Afghans nor the Greeks are known for their haste... so the combination of the two has forced me to learn a little patience. This was
The Journey Down
Jan 17, 2017
We finally left cold, rainy England with smug grins on our faces setting sail for a couple of glorious weeks of winter sun before we started work at the Oinofyta camp. A few days later we were snowed in on the side of a mountain waiting for the sun and our own urine to melt the ice enough to get out... but I get ahead of myself. For the first part of the journey we were joined by my old mate Sam who was on his way to see his new lady in Marseille. This worked out excellently as he was just as


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All You Want to Know About Industrial Coatings
industrial coatings make for big business. More than 352 million gallons, worth $6.8 billion were sold to American consumer industries in 2014. There are a number of different sliding wear coatings that have been used in a number of industries from firearm manufacture to the automotive industry.
Industrial coatings and sliding wear coatings are products and materials that have been designed to protect various systems and products from wear and tear, the elements and from corrosion. They can also add a certain aesthetic to the items to which they are applied.
The majority of hard coatings are used on steel and concrete to prevent corrosion. They are versatile and can be used in a number of different industries. Some industries where they are most useful include:
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Twitter is the powerful tool in social media where you can generate leads, build your brand value. The problem is, if don't relevant followers you can't generate the leads. Having the active followers is not about the prestige and follower are not just number.
Twitter followers helps you generate the leads in Business point of view. 36% of the market says that, they have generate leads through Twitter followers.
In this article, let me explain how to increase your twitter followers and benefits of twitter.
- Tweeting the content which is informative and effective are mostly likely for retweet
- If you follow others then, others also follow you back
- The contain which you are tweeting also matters
- Promoting your twitter account effectively
Here few twitter tips helps you to increase your brand
- Follow, Follow …….. If you follow your relevant people than they will also follow you back. Correlation between the number of people followed and the number of followers, research says.
- To schedule the tweets use Hootsuite or SproutSocial tools to increase your regular engagement and visibility and as well as follower count.
- Use twiends tool where it helps to find relevant interest people and also you can follow them and gain followers also
- Use tweepi - gain more followers easy and fastly.
- Optimize your twitter Bio where its helps to find relevant people by Twitter Bio.Use Hashtags in Twitter Bio. Represent your job, business in professional way.
- To get more retweet use links in your tweets
- Use relevant keywords in your twitter bio, so you can rank in twitter search. Don't forget include location to engaged with local users.
- Use hashtags in your tweets. Where hashtags helps to reach more people and always try to use hashtags for keyword
- Try ask for retweets. If you use "Please retweet" in your text, then you will get 4x more retweets
- Find more people by uploading your email contacts to twitter. Mostly of people will follow you back when you know them in real life
- Include images in tweets, images helps you to get more engagement than texts or videos
- Promote your twitter account in all marketing materials such as business cards, brochures, signs, blogs and as well as your website
- Upload headshot in your profile photo. Nobody likes to follow faceless brand. So always try to personal profile. Don;t even upload logo.
- Tweets on weekend gain more engagement than week days.
- Use the tweet this WordPress plugin to embed content boxes on your blogs or website. It helps to get attract and reach new followers as well as new visitors to your tweet content
- Promote your twitter account in different social media accounts. Link your twitter accounts with facebook page, facebook profile and instagram.
- Replying to tweets with help of username helps to engage more.
- Use follow button on your blog or website. Where your website or blog visitors can follow on your twitter.
- Most of Tweet which are motivational or inspirational quotes will leads to retweet.
- Include a link to your @username in your author Bio while you're working with Guest posts
- Give response to public tweets which is helpful to others. Instead of sending direct messages to them share your knowledge with them by mentioning them with @username
- Twitter traffic will be to the peaks during the 1pm to 3pm
- Links your twitter account with other social media networks
- Add question in your tweets and increase your engagement.
- Share the relevant news where your followers like to retweet more.
- Make sure that your follow button must have to each and every post in your blog or website
- Don't focus on yourself while tweeting. Why because tweets won't reach to more if you focus on yourself
- Use these words like 'you', 'twitter', 'please' and 'retweet', which help you get more retweeted. Try to avoid these words such as 'Game', 'going', 'haha' and 'lol'.
- Listen to competitor conversations and analysic that how they are building brand value for their products or industry
- Pin eye catching tweets on your top of stream. When people check your profile, it would to attract them and follow you.
- Use twitter chats, where chats are effective way to engage with your customers. Follow the people who meet in your chats and they are mostly likely to follow you back.
- Ask your email subscribers to follow you on twitter.
- Don't buy fake followers. Its waste of money to buy fake followers and also never value your business brand value. No engaging will happen and also you can't boost your tweets.
If your looking to increase your followers then tweet with relevant content regularly. Following the above the steps helps you to reach more number of retweets, followers, clicks. Even every business also follows above steps.


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Based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the same name, Permanent Midnight offers a close-up, startling look at the underbelly of the American Dream. At the height of his success as a television writer living in Hollywood, Stahl was earning $5,000 a week, but supporting a $6,000 habit. This well-told and solidly acted story of his rise and fall is not a pretty sight, but, as with a car wreck, it is riveting nevertheless. It is almost impossible to look away.
Stahl (Ben Stiller) says he originally went to L.A. from the East Coast to get away from drugs. But, as he also states (in an echo of Bogart's famous 'I was misinformed' line about traveling to Casablanca for the waters), 'I miscalculated.' Unable to leave his propensity for self-destructive behavior behind, Stahl's professional rise is matched by a fast, personal, downward fall.
When Permanent Midnight opens, Stahl is working at a fast-food restaurant in Phoenix as part of his rehab program. When a woman named Kitty (Maria Bello), a former druggie herself, drives through, the attraction is instantaneous. Stahl narrates his life story to her from a cheap motel room, and the film alternates between their growing romance and flashbacks from his dismal past.
Enhanced by rapid, elliptical cutting and a driving rock 'n' roll soundtrack, the film's true momentum comes from Stiller's dynamic and commanding performance. His Stahl is at once poignant and repulsive, and his portrayal of a man smart enough to know better but who is unable to help himself provides Permanent Midnight with an electric energy. This film will almost certainly be seen as a milestone in Stiller's rapidly evolving, increasingly illustrious career.
Veloz, who co-wrote Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, makes an assured directing debut. His intelligent, darkly funny script brings to life the wildly divergent aspects and characters of Stahl's L.A. existence. These range from his personal relationship with Sandra (Elizabeth Hurley), who he marries to help get her a green card and with whom he becomes emotionally and physically involved, to his professional life as a writer for a TV show featuring a life-size alien puppet, to the East L.A. housewife who provides him with his fix.
Permanent Midnight contains some hauntingly effective scenes which vividly convey Stahl's failure to come to terms with his dependency. In particular, an episode in which he drives around L.A. in search of his next score with his young baby in the car beside him is nothing short of horrifying.
Although he eventually turned his life around, it was not before Stahl lost everything he had and alienated all of those around him. Permanent Midnight is a well-produced, well-acted but grim anti-fairy tale.
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With nearly five months to go until Election Day, Republican hopes of retaking the Senate have dimmed and they're privately lamenting their lost opportunity. Until just a few weeks ago, Republicans considered winning a Senate majority a long shot but by no means out of reach. But the euphoria over Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts in January seems a distant memory now, especially after the latest round of primary results last week.
Primary victories by Carly Fiorina in California and Sharron Angle in Nevada bolstered a growing national narrative that Republican candidates are lightweights, or too outside the mainstream, to survive in the fall, and that could harm even top tier Republicans.
"There's now a path to 'acceptable losses' for Democrats," notes one cautiously optimistic Democratic strategist.
"I totally see how the number stops at five to seven [Republican pickups]" says a Republican consultant, speaking of an optimistic scenario for the GOP.
"Nevada is the one place that fundamentally changed," says a top GOP consultant, who now predicts Harry Reid will be re-elected. "I don't think Angle can win personally." Professional GOPers are split over whether California Republicans elected the best possible candidate in Carly Fiorina, but broadly speaking there's little thought given any longer to the idea that Barbara Boxer's seat is still in play.
The Republicans still have obvious pick ups. Barring a major shakeup, North Dakota, Indiana, and Arkansas all lean strongly Republican. In Delaware, Rep. Mike Castle (R) has a commanding lead over Democrat Chris Coons. But Coons is a tireless campaigner, and will soon be drawing out the big guns, including a forthcoming fundraising visit from Vice President, and former Delaware Senator, Joe Biden.
A tier below that, though, and the picture becomes murky. Colorado is anybody's guess, as is Pennsylvania. The top Republican strategist worries about what happens if Pennsylvania "becomes a race between a decorated Navy Admiral [Democrat Joe Sestak] and a Wall Street guy [Republican Pat Toomey]."
Colorado still has a primary to resolve, but if Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet defeats his challenger Andrew Romanoff, polls show him closing in on Republican rival Jane Norton.
Illinois features a race between a flawed Republican candidate--Mark Kirk, who's been caught exaggerating his military record repeatedly--and a flawed Democratic candidate--Alexi Giannoulias, whose family owns a bank that was recently seized by the Feds. But Kirk's missteps have acutely harmed him, according to recent polls, leading the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling to conclude "It's hard to see this race as anything but a pure tossup at this juncture but in Illinois a race between a flawed Democrat and a flawed Republican is probably going to end up in the Democratic column, and Giannoulias' 5 point gain relative to Kirk in the 10 weeks reflects that."
Democrats in Washington state (Murray), Wisconsin (Feingold), and Connecticut (Blumenthal) are safe for now. And Republicans have a couple vulnerabilities of their own.
Popular Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running an increasingly liberal campaign in Florida as an independent against Republican Senate hopeful Marco Rubio and Democrat Kendrick Meek.
And then there's Louisiana, where for the first time since a major sex scandal, Sen. David Vitter (R) will have to face the voters. For the time being, he remains solidly ahead. If you believe the Republican firm Magellan strategies, he leads Democrat Charlie Melancon by 20 points. But a Democratic PPP poll due out tomorrow has Vitter up by only 9 (46-37). And that's before the Democrats have taken aim at Vitter's troubled past.
In a sneak preview for TPM of the Democrats' strategy, a Louisiana strategist says Dems and their surrogates will both directly remind voters of Vitter's transgressions, and use that history, along with his voting record, to dominate the female vote.
"I think you'll see Democrats and outside groups, including disaffected Republicans, members of the Tea Party movement, reminding folks about Vitter's scandal," the Democratic strategist told me.
The revelation that Vitter had frequented prostitutes came at the best (or least harmful) possible time for him, years before his next election. But once voters are reminded of the details, Democrats hope they'll be able to capitalize, particularly with women.
"[T]here will be devastating television ads and mailers pointing out that Vitter voted against equal pay for women, he voted against a law designed to help rape victims, to make sure rape victims get their day in court, he voted against SCHIP--in Louisiana called LACHIP--and consistently voted against female nominees," the strategist added.
Add to that the fact that the general election field is likely to be peppered with conservative underdogs--including a libertarian candidate and a Tea Party-backed independent--all of whom should take votes away from Vitter, and it's not hard to imagine that race becoming competitive in the end.


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Thavisha Peiris murder: Pizza delivery driver 'killed for phone'
A pizza delivery driver was killed in a "frenzied" knife attack by two men trying to steal his phone, a court heard.
Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25, "bled to death" in his car in Southey Crescent in Sheffield on 27 October.
Shamraze Khan, 26, of Southey Crescent, pleaded not guilty to Mr Peiris' murder at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday.
Kasim Ahmed, 18, of Main Road, Darnall, pleaded guilty to murder and will be sentenced later this month.
Mr Peiris was working as a Domino's Pizza delivery driver after graduating in IT from Sheffield Hallam University and was due to start his "dream job" shortly after he was stabbed in the chest and killed.
The court heard the defendants carried out a knife robbery at Castle Market in Sheffield earlier that day, where they had stolen two mobile phones.
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The men attacked Mr Peiris that evening to steal his phone, the court was told.
"They took the keys of his car and and left him to bleed to death in the driver's seat," the prosecution said.
After his arrest, Mr Khan told police he saw Mr Ahmed pull out a knife and stab Mr Peiris in a "frenzied attack", but claimed he did not know he was carrying a weapon.
He said he was unable to stop him, but did not encourage or take part in the attack.
But the prosecution claimed both men were carrying knives that night and were jointly responsible for the attack and guilty of murder.
Mr Peiris, originally from Sri Lanka, was described as "friendly and gentle" by his family.
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Ok, I'm think I'm in trouble already for not going to sleep yet, but I think "WaheGuru" wills it to be. Hahaha. Wait!…maybe that is me who is willing it and I just think it is God/Waheguru. I guess I'm part of God too, right? Oh well, so much for justifying myself. Hahaha… As long as you all enjoy, it's all worth it.
The problem with having lots of cool stuff to share is that I want to just keep sharing it all, but the reality is that it is too much to share all at once so I have to be patient and just post things over time so people have the time to enjoy and take it in.
I was browsing through the SikhNet mp3 archive and I just happened upon this track. The "problem" with having so much music is you may not even know or have heard of all of it. This was one of those tracks that I had under "Classical Indian" but was in fact all Gurbani shabads by Chand Afzaal Qawwal which I'm sure you guessed by the name is Qawalli music. I love the Qawalli style of music which is very spirited and up-beat. If you are new to the blog you can hear another good Qawalli style shabd that I posted back in Aug.
Musician: Chand Afzaal Qawwal
Shabad: Aise Gur Ko Bal Bal Jayiye (Size: 17MB)
Ps. This one is for you Prabhu! I know you really liked the last one.


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October 12, 2010 - 7:30am
This is a bag that you will use all the time and won't break the bank making it...so make it in all the colors you can think of! It's very durable, washable and it makes a great gift! When you carry them around, you'll get lots of compliments!
February 20, 2008 - 7:00am
Here's a little tutorial for paper piecing. This adds a whole lot of dimension to your cards and really ties in the image and the pattern paper you may be using.
December 27, 2007 - 6:06pm
These are perfect for giving a little bag of goodies to someone. They can be made for any occasion and they look so professional when they are done!
December 13, 2007 - 6:23pm
Everyone loves getting gift cards. So why not make them a little more special with a handmade holder for them!
December 12, 2007 - 11:52am
These are wonderful ornaments to give as gifts. And they are fun for all ages...Just try it....You'll see! I bet you can't resist shaking it!
November 15, 2007 - 9:41am
This is a great way to dress up an ordinary candle with items you probably have around your house!
November 5, 2007 - 10:06pm
This simple project makes a wonderful gift! These pens are very easy to make, but look like a million bucks!
October 11, 2007 - 4:57pm
Decorating Nuggets Candies can be so much fun and there are endless possibilities to what can go on them! This is just one simple example of what can be done with these versatile candies.
October 4, 2007 - 12:11pm
This is a fun twist on creating stamped flowers. You can make them in countless ways. This is just one example. It's fun, easy and has a huge impact. I hope you like it and even give it a try!
June 25, 2007 - 8:04am
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Never throw away another pop top can. You can reuse them, decorate them and give them as gifts. I like to use the small cans fruit come in. Maybe this is a good excuse to start eating more fruit...to make decorated pop top cans!