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12 May 2004
Stéphane Lemarchand
Court of Appeals of Paris, 1st Chamber, 12 February 2004, NMPP/MLP
While we were calmly preparing our Christmas Eve, the Competition Council, while always working, rendered a decision on 22 December 2003, which is of important interest for the future of intellectual property law as applied to software.
In effect, for the first time to our knowledge, software, covered by intellectual property rights, was qualified as an "essential facility" under competition law. Although it is not a decision based on merits (since the Competition Council ruled in the context of a procedure made available by Article 464-1 of the Commercial Code which permits it to adjudicate protective measures related to a case on merits), this decision was confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Paris on 12 February 2004 which rejected the appeal against the decision of the Competition Council.
In particular, after having noted that the Competition Council had correctly held that the software concerned qualified as essential infrastructures, the Court ruled that: "…the complaint formulated by the appealing party of an unfair prejudice with respect to property rights…cannot be sustained insofar as the holder of an essential facility is required to offer to its competitors access to infrastructures that it owns or controls at fair and in non-discriminatory conditions…."
This being said, the Court of Appeal imposed a limit on software copyright under the aegis of competition law.
The facts of the case are as follows. The software concerned is called Presse 2000. Central depositaries use it for press distribution, with the distributors or retailers of newspapers and with the Nouvelles Messageries de Presse Parisienne (NMPP) (Note: The NMPP delivers and distributes press in France). This software was developed by NMPP which granted a licence to the depositories to permit them in their relationships with the distributors of newspaper titles to prepare the distribution and manage unsold copies, the retailers and the distributors' claim. This software also permits the depositories to create accounting documents linked to their operations. For these "depositary/distributor" functions, the depositary uses only Presse 2000, regardless of the origin of the titles and whether or not NMPP or its principle competitor, the Messageries Lyonnaise de Presse (MLP), distributes them.
On the other hand, in their relation with the NMPP or with the MLP, the depositaries use, in connection with the NMPP, other functions of Presse 2000, and with respect to MLP, the TID software that was developed by MLP.
The competition law dispute between MLP and NMPP is broad and covers several aspects. This article is limited to the complaint of MLP concerning access to the Presse 2000 software to the extent that the request consisted of obstructing the rights of NMPP in respect of its own software. The complaint of MLP is as follows: the information that it transmits to its depositaries by way of its TID software must be manually replicated by the depositaries in Presse 2000 so that they can manage their relationship with the distributors. This technical constraint is, in fact, imposed by NMPP which refuses to have a computer link or "indirect access" between Presse 2000 and TID to permit a single reading and processing in Presse 2000 of the data coming from TID. The MLP considered that such a refusal would cause serious prejudice to their position in the market if asserted. On the one hand the press publishers would use this as an element in their decision to give their titles to NMPP because the management is facilitated for the depositaries by virtue of the integrated nature of Presse 2000, and on the other hand, that the NMPP would use this technical advantage in their commercial advertising with respect to the press publishers. The MLP added that in any event the depositaries refused the idea of having to use two systems to communicate with the distributors.
It is in this context that the Competition Council ordered NMPP "to grant to MLP within a period of four months, and on fair conditions, direct access to the common line of the Presse 2000 software, by putting into place – for each warehouse which requested it and in accordance with terms and conditions which should be the subject of a common agreement between the parties concerned – an automatic transfer of files between the computer systems of MLP, TID or an equivalent, and Presse 2000".
The reasoning of the Competition Council is quite simple (subject to the decision on the merits):
- the NMPP are in a dominant position in their market;
- nothing prevents the qualification of software as an essential facility, to the extent that the defining criteria are fulfilled; and
- by refusing direct access to this facility, the NMPP abuse their dominant position in the market.
This reasoning is not a surprise if one looks at the evolution of EU community case law and domestic case law on competition in the area of "utilitarian creations" protected by property law. This reasoning does, however, constitute a new step in expressly recognising that a creation, the protection of which is not disputed, can constitute an essential infrastructure. Such reasoning seems to highlight other consequences for the computer market. One can, on the other hand, in this case ask oneself why the legal exceptions to the law protecting the software creator, instituted precisely to guarantee competition.
1. Software: Creative Work "and" essential Infrastructure?
When one looks at EU and national case law over several decades, which is limited to the intellectual property rights in the name of an alleged superior principle of free competition, it is not inexact to note that copyright finally remains preserved. Thus, until recently, when a limit was fixed by a judge on the exercise of a right of requiring free competition and thus in the general interest, either, the right concerned related to a peripheral right of copyright (for example neighbouring rights which had to co-exist, to its detriment, with the notion of exhaustion of rights), or, it is the manner of managing the right which was targeted and not the right itself (this is the case in collective rights societies), or, finally, the right related to objects whose ability to be protected by copyright was doubtful or non-existent (information, program schedules[1], directories[2], basic structure of data[3]).
However, in spite of this reassuring vision, most of the authors/creators continue to exclaim loudly that their copyrights are in danger, or that they are subject to the tyranny of competition law, as soon as a new decision appears and that it sanctions the owner of the rights who invokes his ownership right to refuse access to his creation.
In truth, the intervention of competition law is, in fact, felt strongly today since copyright includes the protection of creations deemed "useful", and in doing so has lost some of its purpose. In making the choice of useful as opposed to beautiful, copyright has included a protection of the investment[4]. It is this situation that some can qualify as departing from the essential and can explain the presence of the intervention of competition law.
In expressing an opinion in respect of the software sector, and not making much of a case with respect to ownership rights and related rights, the Competition Council reached another stage. This is because, for the first time, a creation protected without any possible ambiguity by literary and artistic proprietary law, is qualified by an essential element and the author of such work, in a dominant position in its relevant market, is ordered to provide the work to a third party. However, this is not very surprising as the software raises evidence about the category of useful works.
2. A new stage but not a surprise
The retained solution was, in reality, already formed pursuant to an opinion given by the Competition Council on 22 May 2002[5], notably and justly supporting the computer system which tracks the distribution of press by the depositaries.
This opinion shows a particularly strong motivation in respect of the notion of an essential facility, that software can be perfectly restored from this category as soon as the conditions fixed by law are fulfilled, i.e.:
- the infrastructure is owned by a company in a dominant position;
- access to the infrastructure is strictly necessary in order to exercise an activity which is firstly competitive in the market, and secondly, or in addition to that which the owner of the infrastructure has a monopoly; and
- the infrastructure cannot be reproduced in reasonable economic conditions by competitors of the company who is managing it.
More precisely, the Competition Council expressly indicates in this opinion that, on the one hand, an intellectual property right can be perfectly raised from this definition (also by reference to the Magill decision, which is disputable because we know that in this case the information concerned did not seem to raise any intellectual property rights), and on the other hand, that software can constitute an essential facility in the context of any given economic activity "…if it is established that the use of such program is strictly necessary for undertaking such economic activity and that a competitor of the company which developed the software cannot develop software which competes with the former software company".
In the case in point, after having revealed that the depositaries did not agree to use two different pieces of software in order to exchange information with the distributor, the Competition Council presumed that the MLP did not have any other choices with respect to exercising their messaging activity than to communicate their TID software with Presse 2000. We can consider that this consists of a matter of a slightly extensive interpretation of the criteria according to which the infrastructure "…cannot be reproduced in reasonable economic conditions…" because in truth in this case, nothing can prevent the MLP from developing functions which are comparable to those which have been implemented by Presse 2000 for the messaging/depositaries relationship. The Competition Council draws out the "non reproducible" nature of the software, from the analysis of the conduct of the depositaries which, by refusing the implementation of additional software to manage their relationship with MLP, have weakened the position of the NMPP. From a theoretical point of view, the solution is open to criticism because it changes the sense of the criteria construed by the case law. In requiring that the technical feasibility and economical elaboration of a substitution "facility" be examined, the competition law searches for the application of objective conditions in order to determine the cases in which a challenge to the proprietary law would be acceptable or not. It seems to us that in reasoning this way, the Competition Council in the case in point and through a purely subjective appreciation, leaves it to the "goodwill" of the depositaries[6].
However, this solution, if it can be confirmed, announces new consequences for the technology sector. In particular, for example, in the software maintenance market. If there are no more legal hurdles for a piece of software to become the object of a legal license through the intervention of the competition law, what would prevent a computer service company from claiming source codes from an editor in a dominant position in the market in order to compete in the maintenance market for example? In effect, the current situation is such that all software package editors preserve their position in the maintenance market by very legitimately highlighting that all maintenance (which supposes an intervention on the sources of the software package) realised by a third party constitutes a challenge to their intellectual property rights. Provided that the maintenance market can be distinguished from the supply of software packages, and if we consider that the editor is by definition in a dominant position in the maintenance market relevant to its software package, it would not be impossible, by applying the theory of the essential facilities from then on applicable to the software world, to require the communication of the source codes.
This problem may arise one day, together with all the financial consequences attached to the obligations of complying with the essential facilities. In particular, as soon as an order is made permitting access to essential infrastructures, the financial regime that applies, would be that of the tariffs adjusted towards the costs. It is a matter of prohibiting the acting holder of the facility to apply a tariff for access to a superior facility with costs strictly linked to this infrastructure.
3. What about the decompilation exception?
In the form of a conclusion we can ask about the opportunity to have had, in the case in point, recourse to the Competition Council even when the regime relating to software protection offers an adapted exception at its core.
We understand that the objective of the MLP was not to use Presse 2000, nor to market it, but simply to implement a technical communication between its TID software and Presse 2000 so that the depositaries do not have to recover possession of the information in Presse 2000 because only this software is used in the depositary/distributor relationship.
Yet, should we be reminded that such an objective is the sought after effect of the exception in article L. 122-6-1-IV of the Intellectual Property Code, i.e. the decompilation exception? Therefore, in relation to this article, a software creator cannot prevent the reproduction and decompilation of its work as soon as such act has the object of permitting the interoperability of the software thus reproduced and decompiled, together with other software created independently. Construed on the foundation of competitionlaw, this exception therefore prevents a software creator, through exercising its intellectual property rights, from preventing access to a rising market it has created.
Is this not exactly the case in relation to the NMPP/MLP proceedings?
[1] CJCE, 6 April 1995, Radio Telefis Eirann and others c/ Commission and Magill TV Guide, Rec CJCE, p.I-737, concl. Gulmann
[2] Cass. Com.(Commercial Branch of the Supreme Court), 4 December 2001, France Telecom c/Lecitiel and Groupadress, according to which "the list of subscribers to the expurgated telephones of the subscribers to the orange list constituted an essential resource for the operators to intervene in the market of prospective mailing lists"., Intellectual Property, April 2002, No. 3, p.62, obs. A. Lucas; also see S. Leriche and H. de Boisse, the sui generis rule on data protection frustrated by the law on essential resources: Expertises 2002, No.259, p.216
[3] Commission, 3 July 2001, President of TPICE, summary proceedings order, 26 October 2001, NDC Health c/ IMS Health: Intellectual Property, April 2002, No.3, p.117, obs. V-L Bénabou; Expertises 2002, No.258, p.139, obs. S. Lemarchand
[4] O. Frégét, S. Lemarchand and F. Sardain, Informational Goods: Between intellectual rights and competition rights, Intellectual Property, [ref.]
[5] Opinion No. 02-A-08 of 22 May 2002 with respect to the submission to the court of a case in relation to the promotion of the distribution of the press
[6] In this sense, the solution retained here resembles that which was retained in the IMS matter which drew on the non reproducible nature of the data structure by the refusal of the "users" concerned to see a new structure emerging from that developed by IMS.


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CHANGE. That is the common theme when Limerick people speak about their city's music scene. Though it has spawned acts as diverse as The Cranberries and The Rubberbandits, in the past few years the closure of the High Stool, the Boat Club and more has robbed the city of quality venues.
But despite this, and the fact that mooted projects such as the Opera Centre have not come to fruition, and that a number of city-centre shops are closing down, there is still a hunger for progress. It seems that no matter what is thrown their way, Limerick's musicians, DJs, venues and promoters will keep on keeping on. Less than a decade ago, the volunteer-led Aspersion Music Collective (AMC) had a transformative effect on Limerick's live music scene. And out of its ashes came individuals who took AMC's DIY spirit to heart.
Now, big events planned in the coming months, such as the Siege of Limerick festival this weekend, and the Make a Move hip hop and street art festival in July, show that Limerick is neither down, nor out.
One word that almost always crops up in the same sentence as Limerick and music is Dolan's, the venue that opened on the Dock Road in 1998.
When it opened its upstairs floor, Sean Harrold stepped in to look after sound, production and booking. What was initially meant to be an acoustic room evolved once it became clear how many bands wanted to play there, says Harrold. "I started here back when there were lots of tribute bands and that whole kind of thing."
Harrold wanted to get the venue on the same circuit as Whelan's, and succeeded. Today, it caters for everyone from trad fans to jazz clubs, and acts such as Will Oldham have also played there.
"There are lots of good young bands here," says Harrold. "When I played in bands 10 or 12 years ago, they just didn't have the same confidence as they have now. Limerick seems much more self-assured. Maybe it's because of bands like giveamanakick that are up there with the best of them."
Actor and musician Mark O'Connor has been active on the city's music scene for more than a decade. He is a solo musician and member of Dolan's fun Quentin Tarantino House Band. "In a blink of an eye lots of new things can open up or close down," he says . "At the moment things are good," he said. "Economically Limerick is hurting; everyone will tell you it's hurting quite a bit. But the creative [side] is blossoming."
Since John Hennessy's return to Limerick after years as a booker for Dublin venue Whelan's, he has brought the likes of Tieranniesaur and Jape to Bourke's pub at 72 Catherine St.
Hennessy was encouraged to book bands by pub owner Lorcan Bourke. "If you want to do this, we'll do it properly," Hennessy told Bourke, and the first show was held in November 2011.
"The whole idea was that we'd do free shows, we'd pay bands but we'd pay them less than other places pay because the space is limited. It would be free, it would sound really good, we'd treat them with respect, just make sure everybody has a good night," says Hennessy.
At first, he was reluctant to put on any Limerick acts for fear they wouldn't really make the grade but stellar sets by the likes of Moscow Metro showed him that there were quality bands out there, and the reaction to the nights has been "really positive". Hennessy describes it as an exciting time for Irish bands.
Sean Hurson and John Slattery of Economics Bookings used to think nothing of travelling miles to a gig – but now they bring bands to Limerick themselves. "Dublin-centred stuff doesn't always make its way out of there, so we're trying to drag them out, the ones that we really want to see," says Hurson.
They work with Baker Place, putting on gigs on by bands such as Alarmist and Eaten by Bears.
"We thought it would be like hunting people down, and dragging them to Limerick, but everybody always seems really up for it," says Slattery. Limerick's music scene is "very personal", says Hurson.
"If you're at some gig it feels like you're watching a band in a room with friends, rather than going to this big event that's organised by some faceless thing."
Out On A Limb Records was founded in 2003 by Richard Bourke and Albert Twomey, with Ciarán Ryan coming on board soon after it released giveamanakick's debut, Is It OK To Be Loud, Jesus?
There wasn't a master plan, but the fast-growing label went on to sign bands such as Waiting Room, Ten Past Seven, Crayonsmith, windings, and, most recently, Elk. However, after a two-year period without any releases, the label questioned its future.
A meeting in 2009 showed that there were good reasons to keep going. "The bands were very supportive," remembers Bourke. Ryan nods: "They were just like, 'no, no we need to keep this going', and they started generating ideas." These included the successful split 7" singles the label has since released. Bourke and Ryan say that the enterprise "is like a family", and they have a busy year ahead of them, including making the most of what Ryan terms the "positive turn" of the Limerick music scene.
There wouldn't be an OOALR without Steve Ryan and Keith Lawler of abrasive rock duo giveamanakick. Windings is now Ryan's focus – they will release their third album on OOAL this year.
Giveamanakick formed in 2001, when the Limerick music scene was "as vibrant as it has ever been".
"I took it for granted at the time that that was just the way it is. It was insane. But Limerick is cyclical," says Steve Ryan, who also notes that Dolan's has been a constant support to bands.
"Bands are much more clued in than I was when we started off," adds Ryan. "There are just so many things going on now [in Limerick] that it makes it enticing to come into town."
Love Supreme
A shared love of vinyl and a yearning for a place to unwind with friends on Sundays led John Lillis, Peter Curtin, Ursula Decampos and Liam D'Arcy to start A Love Supreme at Leddin's Pub on Hartstonge St every fortnight.
A Love Supreme began in October 2011, running from 4pm to 8pm. And you're as likely to come across jubilant Jenga players and families as you are vinyl aficionados.
Its organisers were inspired by events such as Cork's Sunday Times and the Hobo Convention, but wanted to give things their own spin, so guests have included Cork's Shape Note Singers.
"In Limerick, one year it might be electronic music that is exploding and the next year it's live music," enthuses Lillis. He says that though the consistency may not always be dependable, "there's loads of stuff happening".
So, overall, for people involved in music it seems Limerick is a supportive place to be.
"I think everyone actually wants everyone else to do well," says Curtin. "It literally is people [saying], 'Limerick is not the most beautiful city in the world, but let's try and create a good, positive atmosphere about the place'." alovesupremesunday.wordpress.com
Electronic music is buzzing in Limerick, and one of the many events that is part of the scene is Macronite at Dolan's.
It brings together promoters Dan Sykes, Nikki Kiely, Ruan Flood, Eoin Aherne, Eanna Byrt, Adrian Flynn, Eoin Greaney, Don Simms and others including Sol Barnes, Matty Organ, Tristian Greaney and Dawn Clery.
Sykes explains that in January 2011, like-minded promoters came together after some found themselves without venues, and decided to combine forces under the name Macronite. "It gave us a lot more freedom in terms of who to book," he explains.
Their music policy runs the gamut from techno to jungle to drum and bass. "The scene down here at the moment is very good, very interesting," says Sykes. "There are a lot of young people into it."
Sykes started running gigs in 2000. "Since 2004 things have picked up a bit," he notes. "You often find that in times of economic downturn people have more time and [they can] chase their dreams a small bit more."
Another venue getting a new lease of life in Limerick is The Wicked Chicken in Tait Square, which is run by gig promoter Dave O'Donovan of the company Eightball.
O'Donovan describes running the three-room venue as a "constant project". Its music policy includes soul, funk, hip hop, house, techno and breaks, and it works with as many local groups as possible."There's a lot of people around doing different things , which is great," says O'Donovan.
"It's always been a really, really creative scene in terms of live music but the DJ thing in particular in the past two or three years has really come to the fore."
For those about to rock, Niall Dempsey and Rocky O'Shea have created a new home for Limerick rock and metal fans in the Blind Pig, located on Foxes Bow. O'Shea – who says "creativity is just bouncing off everyone" in Limerick – felt he and Dempsey could take a niche and give it a commercial edge. They aim to "do everything different", so you can sup on craft beers while checking out the regular live gigs.
"The support we've gotten has shown how much Limerick and the Munster area needs this," says O'Shea. "The bands have supported each other and in turn they have really supported the venue."
Shardborne are one of Limerick's prominent metal bands. Ciaran Culhane, who formed the band with his brother Eoin, Cormac O'Farrell and Ben Wanders, say Limerick was a "no-man's land" after certain venues closed, but now things are looking good.
"You see the same faces at rock gigs as at metal shows," says Culhane. "Lately the people are starting to see there's something cool happening, but it wasn't always that way."
The Siege of Limerick began as an accidental over-booking and soon became a biannual festival, run by Bad Reputation promotions and catering to hundreds of metal fans at Dolan's. The next Siege takes place on April 8th and includes Ireland's Altar of Plagues.
One metal fan who has seen things change is Trevor Meehan, who founded the now defunct fanzine Unfit for Consumption in 1999. "It's always in fits and starts in Limerick," says Meehan. "No matter what kind of music you're into now, there seems to be someone catering for it, even if it's in a small way."
Softly-spoken Limerick man Peter Delaney crafts his own delicate yet punchy songs on the ukulele, so it's fitting that he is bringing folk bands to play in his hometown.
The musician and filmmaker is behind Wireless Folk, which since May has brought folk artists to strum in venues such as second-hand bookshops, galleries and cafés.
"It's really intimate, you're up close to the audience and just sitting around, and you're hearing [acoustic] music the way it's naturally supposed to be heard," explains Delaney.
Delaney started the event partly "because there weren't really many places for that kind of music in Limerick". So far, he has utilised venues such as Sean's Bookstore, the Raggle Taggle Consortium gallery and even the Franciscan Church (run by Limerick City Rehearsal Studios) to host gigs by performers including Robert Sarzin Blake, Yawning Chasm and Sharon Krauss.
The idea harks back to the folk revival in the 1950s, when café gigs were common in New York, Delaney says. He plays vinyl records between artists, and keeps the atmosphere relaxed.
"It's as much about providing some place for people to play, who are on tour, as it is about introducing music to people who wouldn't normally get to hear it."
Delaney says the scene in Limerick "ebbs and flows", and as for the future, things are looking up. "
The great thing about the Limerick scene is even when things were quiet, there's always been a great sense of community." peter-delaney.com
What else is on in Limerick?
Ormston House – this venue brings unusual events to an unused former office in the city centre
Wav Mastering – this city centre recording studio has been open for five years
Limerick City Rehearsal Studios – based in a former Franciscan church, this is another space for musicians and gigs
Flip It TV – based in Limerick and focusing on local and national music
Raggle Taggle Consortium Studios – gallery and exhibition space
Occupy Space – an artist-led, non-profit gallery and project space

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* Just under a month to go to Sept. 18 independence vote
* Key second televised debate to be held on Aug. 25
* Salmond focuses on health, social issues to broaden campaign
* Latest polls: link.reuters.com/dyw42w (Updates with details from parliament)
By Alistair Smout
EDINBURGH, Aug 21 (Reuters) - With less than a month to go until Scotland votes on independence, nationalists are seeking to broaden the debate away from a difficult focus on what currency would be used after breaking from the United Kingdom.
Health care and other social issues such as justice and equality are likely to get a bigger airing if pro-independence First Minister Alex Salmond has his way in a second televised debate on Aug 25.
The question of whether Scotland could keep the pound if it voted on Sept. 18 to leave the United Kingdom has hampered independence campaigners. The British government has said no and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has warned of difficulties in monetary union.
As a result, uncertainty over the currency dogged the normally fiery Salmond in the first TV debate two weeks ago when he was unexpectedly outshone by the more reserved head of the campaign to keep Scotland in the UK, former finance minister Alistair Darling.
But disappointment over Salmond's performance following the first debate was pushed aside last weekend when two polls showed the gap in support narrowing with a two-point swing to the independence camp.
An ICM poll had support for independence at 38 percent versus 47 percent opposition, while a Panelbase survey put backing for independence at 42 percent compared to 46 percent.
The pro-independence vote continues to lag in all major polls, but Salmond has been trying to leverage the latest swing in support by blitzing the media on topics that might sway undecided voters.
He warned, for example, that the publicly funded free health service might be at risk if Scotland stays in the union, but that it could be enshrined in the constitution of an independent Scotland.
The current devolved Scottish parliament, led by Salmond's Scottish National Party (SNP), controls health policy. But Salmond says the dependence of Scotland's budget on an allowance from politicians in London makes it vulnerable.
"If we stay in our current circumstances ... we will find it progressively more difficult to keep a health service free at the point of need," Salmond told a public meeting this week at Arbroath on the east coast where Scotland signed an historic declaration of independence in 1320.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, who opposes independence, described the argument as "desperate", arguing that UK spending on health care had been protected during the term of his coalition government, which came to power in 2010.
Britain's three major political parties have united against a breakaway Scotland, issuing pleas for unity and warning about the economic costs of independence to the four million Scottish residents over the age of 16 who can vote on Sept. 18.
Oil-rich Scotland accounts for about one-tenth of the UK's gross domestic product, and opponents of independence fear a split would weaken all sides and could damage British diplomatic clout, even raising questions over the UK's permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
The debate over how much oil is left in the North Sea dominated the last session of Scottish parliamentary question time for Salmond before a break for the referendum.
He said there was plenty of the resource left after industry expert Sir Ian Wood said the SNP was overstating the revenues from oil that are remaining.
Salmond said that industry figures showed "the extraordinary potential that remains in the waters around Scotland, if indeed the policies are pursued and the stewardship is correct to make sure that these resources work for the Scottish people."
Salmond, a veteran political campaigner who has driven the SNP to be Scotland's dominant party, is banking on voter fatigue with the political stalemate over currency to bring new life to the debate in the final weeks before the vote.
The position on the currency has remained unchanged for months, with UK parties ruling out a deal but Salmond insisting they would negotiate if Scotland voted for independence. He has also said no one could stop Scotland using the pound informally.
But while Salmond may be trying to broaden the discussion, the Better Together campaign led by Darling has vowed to continuing pressing him on the issue of the currency.
Darling, a Scot who served as a finance minister in the last British Labour government, has been on the front foot with the currency debate and is unlikely to step back.
Other pro-unionists have chimed in.
"We urgently need clarity from the first minister about his Plan B for currency," Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said in a statement on Wednesday, highlighting an admission from the "Yes" to independence campaign that any informal currency union would be temporary.
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Songwriter Michael McCormick assembled the band in 2008 with drummer/guitarist Chris Parker, mandolinist/vocalist Lee Hintenlang, and bassist Matt Booth. The group learned several of McCormick's original compositions, which grew out of an infatuation with the work of artists such as Neil Young, Ryan Adams, and the Band. After time and personal discovery between the players, the group's unique blend of country, bluegrass, indie-rock, and psychedelia evolved into a sound that clearly indicated their connection with the heart, hands, and hips. And people have taken notice — the band's 2009 EP and 2010 debut full-length album received critical praise and airplay from many prominent outlets including NPR stations like WYEP (Pittsburgh) and WXPN (Philadelphia).
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They Irish lads with sky-high quiffs have just proved that they are no longer lads...
They were the Marmite twins on X Factor - you either loved them or you hated them. With their ridiculously identical appearance and their bonkers, sky-high, quiffs, the controversial brothers of 2008, John and Edward Grimes, were somewhat of a joke act.
At the time of the show, Jedward were mere 17-year-olds, chancing their luck on one of the biggest talent competitions on our telly.
Read more: Watch Jedward Awkwardly Gatecrash Unsuspecting Carol Singers!
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Now 25, it looks like these lads have been hitting the gym hard and are totally RIPPED, and we're not sure where to look.
At the time of writing, John's (we think) black and white snaps have received a good hundred less likes than Edwards.
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The Irish boys - we mean men now - have been showing off their toned torsos on social media and causing a meltdown amongst their fandom.
@planetjedward pic.twitter.com/S45OqY8oLx— Becky (@whyitsbecky) December 12, 2016
@planetjedward waking up to everyone freaking out like... pic.twitter.com/NQLIIbRXHA— GERBEAR (@Gerri4Jedward) December 12, 2016
@Jedtastic_Loren @planetjedward can we unwrap you— Martina (@MartinaByrneeee) December 12, 2016
Last week, it emerged that Jedward will be returning to Celebrity Big Brother, which will undoubtedly help them through some financial troubles. Their entertainment firm, Planet Jedward, has made a significant loss over the past two years.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor has received a new trailer, showing off the powers you'll possess when utilising your wraith abilities.
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Accessing your Wraith powers grants you the ability to dominate and terrorise your enemies. If you opt for domination, you can enter the minds of your opponents, identify their strengths and fears, which you can then exploit. Alternatively, turn them against each other to create chaos among Sauron's ranks.
The hope is the flexibility of the wraith powers combined with the Nemesis system we've already talked about will enable every player to have a unique experience during their time in Middle-earth.
We'll have much more on the game soon but for now you can check out our preview in which Talion hunts down Ratbag, a goblin slaver, and also read about why Lord of the Rings fans would be mistaken to write it off.
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In case you missed it, on Tuesday Brian Windhorst suggested on the Lowe Post that it would make sense for the Cleveland Cavaliers to trade Kevin Love for Avery Bradley & Jae crowder. Windhorst pointed out that the Cavaliers likely would have no interest in draft picks, and that the Boston Celtics lack exceptionally talented players.
I documented why I didn't think it'd be wise for the Celtics. Essentially, it's extremely difficult to find the right kind of talent to compliment Love, and banking on being able to acquire the kinds of players to support him is too unlikely of a task to want to take on.
But there is one team in the league that seems nearly perfect for Love. A team that can provide him with both the shot blocking and play making that could allow Love to return to form: And that gets us to our trade idea:
Boston Celtics receive: Blake Griffin
Cleveland Cavaliers receive: Jae Crowder, Avery Bradley, Jonas Jerebko
Los Angeles Clippers receive: Kevin Love, #16 overall pick, future Cleveland first
While Love & two firsts might not scream out with the kind of value that the Clippers could get for a former MVP candidate, is there any question that they'd be undoubtedly a significantly better team (while allowing them to get away from the health concerns circling Blake). The Clippers are nearly perfect for Love - a team that's able to hide his weaknesses, and capitalize on his strengths. Love provides the spacing the team needs to get the most out of CP3 & Deandre, while allowing them to become downright menacing on the glass. Both of these things, by the way, could create gigantic issues for the Golden State Warriors in a potential match up.
Conventional thinking dictates the Celtics would need to surrender the #3 pick and more to land Blake, but the Cavs present a wrinkle. They don't want draft picks. They've no use for them. They want to win now, and what they need are guys who can compliment Lebron James. And while Crowder & Bradley aren't superstars, they're exceptionally equipped to compliment a star like Lebron.
Long term, that's great for the Celtics - who'll likely only have to compete with Lebron for a few more years (and still would be able to with Blake), and who'd make out like bandits on the trade based on the Cavs' unique circumstance. MattDotRich 6/08/2016 01:40:00 PM Tweet Edit
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Yesterday Tim Heuer published a blog post titled "Top issues for Silverlight" where he summarizes reported Silverlight issues. Apparently number one issue is "WPF and Silverlight feature (dis)parity". Tim writes:
It's a little weird to call this one an issue with Silverlight, but this was seen requested more often in these areas that it is worth calling attention to. Some of the genesis of this angst comes from an expectation that WPF applications 'just work' in Silverlight and not understanding the areas of the subset in both XAML and the .NET base class libraries (BCL).
It's a little weird to call this one an issue with Silverlight, but this was seen requested more often in these areas that it is worth calling attention to. Some of the genesis of this angst comes from an expectation that WPF applications 'just work' in Silverlight and not understanding the areas of the subset in both XAML and the .NET base class libraries (BCL).
Now this is true but one has to wonder where this expectation comes from.
The root of this problem (at least how I see it) is the initial marketing message of Silverlight for developers was that it is a subset of WPF. Now Microsoft is a serious and cautious company and you would hardly find any direct evidence of this but this is what gets stuck in minds of developers who know about WPF and/or Silverlight from various presentations before they dig deeply into development.
It's hard for Microsoft insider to realize this. That is not that obvious even for someone who is working with both WPF and Silverlight. But if you take someone who does some real work with either WPF or Silverlight but not both and ask them what's the relation between WPF and Silverlight, most of the time you are going to hear the mantra – "Silverlight is a subset of WPF". I've heard developers, project managers, etc. with no experience in WPF and/or Silverlight repeat this numerous times. And that was exactly as I saw things before I started coding with both. This is encrusted deeply in the minds of developers and is the main source of frustration when they realize that this is not exactly the case.
I guess with all the advances in Silverlight over the recent years this disparity became a little more expected than before but the "subset" idea is pretty much still alive. Now I don't know what needs to be done to kill this mantra and I'm not even sure Microsoft's business departments want to kill it but I think this is the main source of this "issue" being number one.
This subtitle is a little too drastic on my part but I'll explain what I mean in the next few paragraphs.
One might think that WPF vs. Silverlight case was one of it's kind but just this spring during MIX10 conference while unveiling Silverlight as one of the main developer platforms for Windows Phone 7 Scott Guthrie said this: "It's not Silverlight Lite. It's not Silverlight Mobile. It's Silverlight." (watch MIX10 Day 1 Keynote).
Now the wording is really clever. And later he explained that it's Silverlight 3 with some parts of Silverlight 4 and phone specific stuff. He never said that you can run exactly the same code on the phone as you can on desktops and those who were interested in WP7 development understood that. But majority of the folks who just listened to this as high level overview have this notion stuck deeply in their minds. They believe that they can continue working on their Silverlight apps as they did before and then if they decide to move the app to WP7 they will only have to shuffle the UI a little to fit the smaller screen.
Do you think they are going to be frustrated when they find out that this is not the case? What do you think is going to be the top issue for Silverlight for Windows Phone 7? My guess is "Silverlight and Silverlight for WP7 (dis)parity".
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New Book Released – Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook
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Hi everyone.
I released my first book in 2012 and it was a great success for my surprise. I was then invite to help on the updated version for Hyper-V 2016 now written by Charbel Nemnom and Patrick Lownds.
This new release covers almost all features of Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, including Nano Server, In-Place Upgrade, Shielded VM and much more.
Here is the full list of chapters and topics:
Chapter 1: Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server
- Verifying Hyper-V requirements
- Enabling the Hyper-V role
- Installing Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016, and Nano Server
- Managing a Server Core installation using sconfig
- Remotely managing a Nano Server installation
- Managing Nano Server using PowerShell
- Managing Nano Server using Server Management Tools – SMT
- Configuring Hyper-V post-installation settings
- Performing an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016
- Exporting and importing virtual machines
- Migrating virtual machines and updating their Integration Services
- Migrating virtual machine using Cross Version Shared Nothing Live Migration
- Migrating virtual machine storage using Storage Migration
- Converting VHD files to VHDX
- Upgrading the VM configuration version
- Converting physical computers to virtual machines
- Creating and adding virtual hard disks
- Configuring IDE and SCSI controllers
- Configuring the Storage Quality of Service
- Configuring and adding Virtual Fibre Channel storage
- Creating resource pools
- Enabling and adding NIC teaming
- Creating and managing virtual switches
- Using advanced virtual machine network settings
- Adding and removing vmNICs
- Creating virtual machine templates
- Learning and utilizing basic commands in PowerShell
- Using PowerShell commands for daily tasks
- Enabling and working with remote connection and administration through PowerShell
- Managing virtual machines with PowerShell Direct
- Hyper-V management and PowerShell improvements
- Using the Hyper-V best practices analyzer
- Optimizing virtual machines' resources
- Enabling nested virtualization
- Graphics virtualization in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
- Installing and configuring anti-virus for the host and virtual machines
- Configuring Windows Update for Hyper-V
- Delegating control in Hyper-V
- Configuring Port ACLs
- Installing and configuring BitLocker for data protection
- Configuring Hyper-V auditing
- Virtual Machine Secure boot
- VM protection (vTPM)
- Shielded VM
- Host Resource Protection
- Installing and configuring block and file storage in Windows Server 2016
- Installing and configuring the Windows Failover Clustering feature
- Enabling cluster shared volumes
- Rolling cluster upgrades
- Configuring Cluster-Aware Updating for cluster nodes
- Using Live Migration in a cluster environment
- Configuring VM Priority for clustered virtual machines
- VM Load Balancing
- VM Compute Resiliency
- Backing up Hyper-V and VMs using Windows Server Backup
- Restoring Hyper-V and VMs using Windows Server Backup
- Configuring Hyper-V Replica between three Hyper-V hosts using HTTP authentication
- Configuring Hyper-V Replica Broker for a Failover Cluster
- Configuring Hyper-V Replica to use certificate-based authentication using an Enterprise CA
- Using checkpoints in VMs
- Using real-time monitoring tools
- Using Perfmon for logged monitoring
- Using VM monitoring
- Monitoring Hyper-V Replica
- Using resource metering
- Tuning your Hyper-V server
- Using event viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting
10: Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V
- Using real-time monitoring tools
- Using Perfmon for logged monitoring
- Using VM monitoring
- Monitoring Hyper-V Replica
- Using resource metering
- Tuning your Hyper-V server
- Using event viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting
You can order the book from the publisher website and most of the online bookshops out there.
A special thanks to Patrick and Charbel for all the work they've put in the book.
Leandro Carvalho.


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Benefit - counter experience and Brow Zings
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I want to buy a brow kit- I think that nice brows make such a difference to a look!ReplyDelete
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I've had BrowZings in medium for about two and half years and it's still going strong other than the clippy bit on the compact breaking. It looks like they've changed the packaging though so hopefully they'll have sorted that.ReplyDelete
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Emma :)
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You're positively glowing in those photos! I love that look. Benefit stuff always makes me so happy. Also surprise that brow kits can make such a difference, I've been scared of them but maybe should invest after seeing this post.ReplyDelete
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Limbaugh Lampooned by Letterman
Propaganda Pig
The GOP Has Been Limbaugh-tomized!
A new word entered the English language this morning in Charles Blow's op-ed in the New York Times--"Limbaugh-tomized." His column is entitled "Three Blind Mice," referring to Limbaugh, Jindal and Steele, the current leaders of the GOP.
Referring to Steele's abject apology for criticizing Limbaugh, Blow comments "The whole sorry episode reeked of the same cowardice that the entire party is showing in the face of this howler, afraid of offending his Limbaugh-tomized minions of the far-far right."
He goes on "the Democrats know the Republicans are afraid to confront and disavow Limbaugh, so they keep poking him, and he keeps snapping like a rabid dog....The past two weeks perfectly illustrate why the Republican ranks are withering--the mindless bickering with the left and spineless groveling to the right...The future of the GOP is in the hands of some mighty small men. Jindal should bring back Mickey Mouse ears for them all. It'd be suitable."
Here's a link to Blow's column--
Three Blind Mice by Charles M. Blow, NYTimes 3-7-09
Limbaugh on Letterman
Rush Limbaugh's Big Fat Mistake
Rush Limbaugh may have just made the biggest mistake yesterday in this election campaign when he claimed Michael J. Fox was faking or exaggerating the effects of Parkinson's in a TV ad advocating stem cell research on behalf of Claire McCaskill, Senator Jim Talent's opponent in the Missouri Senate campaign. Limbaugh mocked Fox's Parkinson's symptons.
Limbaugh may just have sunk Talent's ship in the very close campaign. Today Limbaugh backed off a bit but but didn't apologize and repeated his tasteless charge. Moreover, others have pointed out that Michael J. Fox made a similar election commerical for Republican Senator Arlen Specter in the last election. Specter supports embryonic stem cell research.save
[McCaskill defeated Talent and is now Senator McCaskill.]
Senator McCaskill Website
Michael J. Fox TV Ad on Stem Cell Research
- Michael J. Fox AD
Watch the Michael J. Fox Ad for Yourself Here.
Limbaugh Attacks Michael J. Fox
Ralphie, This is just a stupid piece, no matter which side you're on. Since things have taken a turn to the right, (with the House) many have taken to writing things like this. Why not write about the Pesident's overseas trip. H
Fats Limbaugh is as slovenly stupid as he is fat. This nut is dangerous and so dumb it is unreal that idiots listen to his diatribe
I'm Sorry, Rush
(An all-purpose apology for Republicans--sung, abjectly, to the tune of "Who's Sorry Now?"
I'm sorry, Rush.
It makes me blush,
Thinking of how come I just didn't hush.
I was a rat
Saying you're fat.
You're not as fat as all that.
Rush, I repent.
My words were bent.
"Rush is a racist" is not what I meant.
"Rush is well bred,"
I would have said.
"Addict" just slipped out instead.
You wear the crown
With great renown.
I didn't mean to imply you're a clown.
My brain was mush.
If I may gush,
You're godlike. I'm sorry, Rush.
Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet in "The Nation" March 30, 2009.
Thanks Ralph, here's another more sinister one . . .
If you haven't read "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot," by Al Franken I guarantee that you will like it. I did!
what you just said
Rush is a joke, and a hypocrite. Here's just one example:
"Marriage is about raising children. That's the purpose of the institution." (July 31, 2003) Rush has been married three times and has no kids.


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Dexcom g4
I am a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic (under 1 year ago) and I use the omnipod insulin pump. I am considering using the Dexcom G4 CGM but I really really don't like needles and I don't like the idea of inserting it myself (as opposed to the spring loaded omnipod automatic insertion). Anyone who uses a Dexcom, how big is the needle and does it hurt to insert? Do you recommend it? Thank you!
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A Tale of Two Sluggers
When the MLB trade rumors start up this summer, Todd Frazier will be one of the biggest names bandied about. The established All-Star, power-hitter, and good clubhouse guy will be a free agent after the 2017 season. In contrast, Chris Carter feels fortunate to even be on any Major League team right now after the Milwaukee Brewers released him in early December and he sat without a contract for six weeks.
Frazier is a player that, in theory, every team wants. He's a former first-round draft pick (34th overall selection in 2007), while Carter waited until the White Sox finally selected him in the 15th round two years earlier. By contrast, Carter has struggled to find a permanent home despite hitting a home run every 15.2 at-bats. A large part of the reason is that Carter strikes out every 2.6 at-bats. But, if you look more closely, there really isn't too much of a difference between the 2017 versions of the two players.
Frazier made $8.25MM last season and will earn $12MM this season. Though the market has changed for some players, Frazier is likely to land a multi-year deal with an average salary higher than what he'll earn this year.
Carter, meanwhile, will be arbitration-eligible for the first time after this season and hopes to land a long-term deal when he's eligible for free agency in 2019. He settled for a one-year $3.5MM deal with the Yankees in early February. With the Yankees relying on Greg Bird at first base and Matt Holliday at DH, there is no guaranteed playing time for Carter.
Chicks Don't Dig the Long Ball as Much
Part of the misconception between the pair has been caused by the evolution of the game in the last 20 years. During the steroid-fueled home run era from the mid-1990's to the mid-2000's, the home run was king. In 1998, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa battled to break Roger Maris' single-season home run record. Three years later, Barry Bonds eclipsed McGwire's 70 home runs with 73. Guys were hitting 40-50 home runs a year like they were playing a video game.
It appeared like Commissioner Bud Selig ignored the steroid issue since the fans that had walked away from the game as a result of the 1994 players strike and World Series cancellation were returning. MLB and Nike promoted the hell out of home runs, including the famous Greg Maddux–Tom Glavine commercial that was all about how "chicks dig the long ball."
But, the game of baseball has changed in the last decade. As far as power hitters go, it hasn't totally changed for the better. Gone are the muscle-bound 50-home run, 130-RBI per year batters. In their place came players who hit 35-40 home runs, but struck out 180-210 times a year. This was the opposite strategy of the high on-base percentage "Moneyball" approach; teams placed a premium on players that hit home runs and made less contact with the baseball.
More recently, baseball has started to move away from the all-or-nothing approach to hitting. Players like Carter and Mark Reynolds are bouncing around the league due to their lack of contact.
I'm Not a Home Run Hitter
"I'm not really a home run hitter" or "I'm not a true slugger." How many times have we heard a home run hitter tell that to a member of the media in the last five years? Curtis Granderson immediately comes to mind. You are a bona fide home run hitter/slugger when you put together back-to-back 40-home run seasons as Granderson did in 2011 – 2012 with the Yankees.
Earlier in his career, Frazier was thought of as a well-rounded hitter, but he's always had a power bat. He spent his first five Major League seasons with the Cincinnati Reds before a trade sent him to the Chicago White Sox prior to last season. In his final two seasons in the Great American (Bandbox) Ballpark in Cincy, he averaged 32 home runs. Last season, his first with the White Sox, he blasted a career-high 40 home runs. He also won the 2015 Home Run Derby at the All-Star game and was the runner-up to Giancarlo Stanton last year.
The price for the increase in his power has been steep. He hit a career-low .225 (with a .302 on-base pct.) in 2016 and struck out a career-high 163 times. When Frazier didn't hit a home run, his Isolated Power (Slugging pct. minus batting average) was just .239. A hitter should also drive in more than 98 runs (Frazier's output last year) when he knocks 40 out of the park. This has also been a growing trend in baseball – more home runs, less RBI per HR.
Frazier's rookie season in 2012 and his 2016 season can be seen in the spray charts that follow. The third baseman's 2016 spray chart on the right shows that all but one of his home runs and his hardest hit baseballs are predominantly to the left side of the field. When he tries to hit to the opposite field it usually turns into a pop out/fly out. While I wouldn't classify him as a dead pull hitter, he's very close to being one.
By comparing Frazier's rookie season (the spray chart on the left), to last season, you can see the change in Frazier's approach. Granted, it was in a different ballpark, but he used the entire field much more than he does today. As a result, his slash line in 2012 (.273/.331/.498) was much better than it was last year (.225/.302/.464).
Source: FanGraphs
Source: FanGraphs
Carter's breakout year came in 2009 when, after a trade to Oakland (via another offseason deal to Arizona), he belted 39 home runs for Class-A Stockton. After 16 home runs in 67 games in 2012, Carter got the chance to play full-time in 2013. But, not before yet another offseason deal, this time to Houston.
Despite the potential he showed for the Astros with 29 home runs and 82 RBI, his numbers were dwarfed by a league-leading 212 strikeouts and a nothing-special .770 OPS. Carter improved the next year with a 37-HR, .799 OPS, 182-K follow up, but his rollercoaster ride continued in 2014.
In 391 at-bats, Carter was limited to 24 home runs and batted just .199. His saving grace was the free passes that put his on-base percentage over .300. He was non-tendered by the Astros and signed with the Brewers for 2016. And, this is where the Frazier – Carter convergence is most clear.
Before looking at that, let's take a quick look at Carter's spray charts from his first full year in 2013 on the left and his 2016 season on the right. The first thing that jumps right out at you is that Carter used much more of the field than Frazier. Carter also had the disadvantage of playing in Oakland, a pitcher's park with a ton of foul territory that turns pop-ups that normally land in the seats into outs. Unlike Frazier, Carter's home runs were to all parts of the field when he got a chance to play regularly. Last year, he still hit the ball out, ranging from right-center field to the
Unlike Frazier, Carter's home runs were to all parts of the field when he got a chance to play regularly. Last year, he still hit the ball out, ranging from right-center field to the left field line. Carter's slash line was slightly better in 2016, but that was only because of his increase in slugging percentage.
Source: FanGraphs
Source: FanGraphs
In the first chart below you can see just how similar Frazier's and Carter's 2016 offensive seasons were when it came to power numbers, RBI, and strikeouts.
In this second chart, you can see that Carter's numbers were very similar to Frazier's, and in some case, actually better. Specifically, his OPS, ISO, and batting average on balls in play (baBIP) topped Frazier's numbers.
So, what happens this season? Barring injuries and/or ineffectiveness by Bird or Holliday, Carter won't get anywhere near the number of at-bats he's averaged in the last four years. Frazier, who is currently battling an oblique injury, will likely get dealt to a contender down the stretch.
And, after the season? Frazier will get his big money deal and Carter will probably have another long wait looking for a one-year deal. This despite the fact that right now they are basically the same player when they step into the batter's box.


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Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Soldier On Girl!
Here is a quick card I made:
Just a strip of ribbon on a piece of card and a little bit of stamping with my often neglected alphabet stamps...
I had two soldiers left over so I stapled them to then back of the envelope :)
Hopefully it brings a smile when it arrives.
Entering in to
Creative Craft Challenges 2
Allsorts Challenge
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Lone Ranger Gets Teaser Poster, More Photos On Eve of Trailer
On the eve of the trailer premiere for director Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, Disney has released a teaser poster and three more images for the big-budget Western that stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. The photos showcase Depp's much-discussed new take on Tonto as a painted Native American spirit warrior — it's inspired by a painting — while the poster gives a clever nod to both his crow headdress and the Lone Ranger's trademark mask.
Opening July 3, 2013, The Lone Ranger is described as "a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice — taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption."
The film also stars Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter.
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Have you ever heard about celebrities? Yep you are right! We are talking about those important people who remain in spotlight throughout the year. People love to know every latest happening about these celebrities. But have you ever heard about celebrity dogs? No! Then just a look at these 12 dogs with most instagram followers than you and you are definitely going to fall in love with these celebrities. These celebrity dogs are truly more famous than any other human celebrity.
Nacho is the famous dog from Boston. This bulldog is basically French and he has a whole calendar based on him. It has 93.5k Instagram followers.
This cutie pie tends to upload some cameos of him on the pug pal. Due to his adorable cameos, he has a high number of followers. It has 20.4k Instagram followers.
Sir Harvard Dangerfield
This fluffy, 12 year dog is very famous due to his therapy skills. Belonging to Wayland, this dog is around 62% according to his personal website. It has 19.8k Instagram followers.
If you take one look at Sophie, you are definitely going to drool over the beauty of this little doggy. Being a celebrity, she rarely gets the time to meet the common people but recently she socialized with some fans in Boston. Currently she dwells in the Peninsula. It has 18.3k Instagram followers.
A Cairn terrier belonging to the Massachusetts, Maggie is one of the sweetest thing on the social media. Due to its adorable and unique get ups, its receiving more than thousand followers at the time. It has 9,811 Instagram followers.
Brandy and Moose
This cute duo is also getting a lot of attention on internet. A colorful bland of Bernese mountain dog and a lab mix dog, Moose and Brandy look truly great together. It has 8,250 Instagram followers.
Fergus or Fergulicious has a great interest in ball games but he truly loves it when his mom is playing with him. It has 2,881 Instagram followers.
A shepherd basically belonging to the Berger Blanc Sussie breed, Ueli originated from Switzerland. Due to the fact that Ueli belongs to a very rare breed, he gets lot of attention on social media. It has 2,611 Instagram followers.
Rosie is a bulldog and just at the age of 2 years, he is extremely famous on the social media. Rosie loves to hop around on the stunning landscapes of South Shore and upload his pictures. It has 1,924 Instagram followers.
This cutie, nutty and fluffy piece of wool is the most amazing creature on social media. Widely loved by its followers due to it toy-like looks, Theo loves to pose for his pictures on various locations around the city. It has 1,637 Instagram followers.
This 13 year old doggy belongs to the Corgi breed and is enjoying the life of a princess. She is extremely loved and cared-for by her family. She is leading a very rich and relaxed life. It has 1,247 Instagram followers.
Kobe and Maya
Kobe belongs to Shiba Inu breed while his sister, Maya belongs to the Maltipoo breed.
Not only are they loved by the followers on social media but they are also loved and adored by the common people when they are wandering around the city. It has 995 Instagram followers.