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Surreal Collages by Eugenia Loli
It's been some time since we've last seen some crazy good collages here. Eugenia Loli is an artist dedicated to the making of awesome surreal collages! Here are some examples of her fantastic artworks. For more of it, please visit her portfolio/store at Society6! I hope you enjoy these. Cheers! ;)
Surreal Photo-Manipulations by Norvz Austria
Norvz Austria aka Xetobyte is a digital artist from Philippines with passion for surrealism. Take a step away from reality and take a look at these photo-manipulations characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery. Check it out! For more from Norvz Austria visit xetobyte.deviantart.com/.
Digital Artworks of Jie Ma
Jie Ma is a digital artist from Shanghai, China with a very intriguing style. Surreal moods with heavy architecture are part of the style Jie Ma uses in his art. Check it out! For more from Jie Ma visit jiema.artp.cc/ and behance.net/jiema37.
Surreal Illustrations by Norman Duenas
Norman Duenas is an illustrator & designer from California. His style is very clean and surreal with great execution and soft colors. Check it out! For more from Norman Duenas visit normanduenas.com.
Super Detailed Hand Drawing
Davit Yukhanyan is an artist from Armenia and he created one of the most detailed drawings I've ever seen. The entire piece is made up of smaller details that you can only see once you get closer. This is just amazing, checking out is a must! For more from Davit Yukhanyan visit behance.net/yukhanyan. Technical pen on paper, 70 X 100 cm
Outstanding Surreal Sculptures by Ellen June
Surreal artworks are pretty impressive, whether it's a painting or even a sculpture. Artists gotta be super creative to come up with crazy, yet beautiful designs and pieces, such as these sculptures by Canadian artist Ellen June! Here you can see her fantastic surreal sculptures. I really enjoy seeing each one of these... it's all so creative and beautiful. For more of her work, please visit her portfolio at DeviantART. She'll definitely enjoy it. I hope you like these as much as I did! Cheers. ;)
Surreal Photography by Oleg Oprisco
You would expect for any surreal photographer to step out of the box, clearly. But I think that there are few of them out there that have a sense of delicacy in their work. Ukrainian photographer has an excellent eye for tasteful, delicate pieces as you can se here. There are only a selection of his works... you may find much more of these at his portfolio at DeviantART, so please don't forget to visit it. Also, tell us which of his pieces you like the most. I really enjoy the one with the red haired girl blending in with all those blueish leafs. I hope you enjoy these! Cheers. ;)
Inspiring Artworks by Takeshi
We here over at Abduzeedo are always trying to help people to promote their work. We are always open to suggestions and are more than welcome to feature designers, digital artists and photographers. Today we feature the recent work of Takeshi, a New York based illustrator and artist from Saint Etienne, France. Takeshi's illustrative work is renowned for its surreal feel, the quality of its photomontages as well as the light treatments and colourful compositions. His work has been featured in numerous publications such as Taschen: Illustration Now, Computer Arts: Book of Inspiration, Design & Design.com's: Book of the Year, and Fashionize 2: Illustration Will Rule The World. Takeshi is also a regular contributor to the international digital illustration magazines Computer Arts and Advanced Photoshop. For more information visit http://cargocollective.com/stillontherun
Surreal Compositions by Redmer Hoekstra
I am a huge fan of surrealism, especially the unreal compositions mixing objects in ways that challenge our imagination. Redmer Hoekstra shared on his Behance page some incredible drawings exploring some of these ideas. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality." Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself and/or an idea/concept. - Wikipedia For more information and to check out Redmer's full portfolio visit http://www.redmerhoekstra.nl/
The Magical World of Jacek Yerka
Jacek Yerka is an amazing painter from Poland. His subject matter ranges from odd beasts to whimsical landscapes incorporating extraordinary architecture, and includes imagery gleaned from his childhood. I handpicked a few of his pieces so we can take a close look at his world of painting. For more from Jacek Yerka visit yerkaland.com.
Digital Surrealism by Marcel Caram
Marcel Caram is an amazing digital artist from Brazil who is fascinated with creating Surreal Art. His surrealism styles reminds me a lot of dali for the landscape where most pieces take place but it has this amazing definition and sharpness that comes from the digital art which makes it even better. Enjoy! For more from Marcel visit flickr.com/photos/marcarambr and facebook.com/marcel.caram.1. For more from Marcel visit flickr.com/photos/marcarambr and facebook.com/marcel.caram.1.
Fantastic Landscape Illustrations by Sebastian Wagner
Landscape and environment illustrations have been by far my favorite subject when it comes to digital art or even traditional art. I simply love how digital artists are able to come up with illustrations with sometimes surreal, other times futuristic landscapes that are so creative and are able to make us imagine how it would be if one of those were real. I know, this might not make sense, but that's exactly how I feel when I look at the illustrations that Sebastian Wagner created and we're featuring on this post. Sebastian Wagner is a designer, illustrator and digital artist from Germany. You can find out more about his work at http://www.sebastianwagner-art.com/ crash site distance - environment sketch strange canyon environment sketch sea creature environment week7 environment week 6 desert - sci fi environment Caves Floating Islands upper city street scene green
Surreal World of Igor Morski
Igor Morski is a Polish illustrator & graphic artist with quite a style. I love surreal style artwork and nn this post you will see some pieces from his Nature collection and also his portrait collection. His work is very detailed and very intriguing like most of surreal work, but his art looks so real it's almost like a magical photograph. For more from Igor Morski visit igor.morski.pl and behance.net/IgorMorski
The Art of Imagination by Ignacio Nazabal
Jorge Ignacio Nazábal is a famous painter from Havana, Cuba. The surreal style of Nazabal took him on exhibitions all over the world where he showed his amazing art of imagination. Check it out!
Surreal Photo Manipulations
I'm a big fan of the surrealism, since the days of the master of surrealism Dali in which his work still inspire us till this day. Surrealism is very big in the photo manipulation and digital art world and today I selected some great work to display here. Enjoy!
The Surreal Work of Martin Wittfooth
We've seen some pretty amazing surreal work here at Abduzeedo, but we never really can get enough of it. Surrealism is the language of dreams, visions and prophecies. It speaks in riddles and leaves us restless finding meanings for it. Martin Wittfooth presents us his stunning work. It is a complete set of surreal imagery, full of hidden meanings and absolutely lovely and scary elements. Would you there tell us what these mean? Maybe that's the fun of it... a Life of Pi feel. The reality behind these might be ugly, but these illustrations are full of beauty. Anyways, these are only a handful of Martin's works. For more of it, please visit his personal portfolio. He'll definitely enjoy if you show him some love. Cheers! ;)
Surreal Manipulations by Alexis Persani
Alexis Persani is a French photo illustrator specialized in surreal manipulations. In this post you can see a great selection of his work and be intrigued by the surrealism he created. As a big fan of surrealism and photo manipulations and very inspired by this work. For more from Alexis Persani visit behance.net/alexis-persani


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Voltron V2 is the latest version of the Mark Webb signature frame, we spent a lot of time discussing with Mark how we could improve the original frame further as the current version had been an awesome frame. Firstly we added a tapered down tube to the to V2, this allowed us to have a larger weld surface area at the head tube junction, this is an area which is under high stress from BMX riding so adding even more strength is great. Next up we changed the brake pivots so that when used brakeless the frame will look neater and the pivot mountings less visible, along with the new Laser cut Total stay bridge and extra Tyre clearance for fat tyres.
In a nutshell, it is stronger, cleaner and the best Voltron to date.
• Head angle -75.2
• Stand over height 8.5″ (measured from centre of BB- Centre of TT)
• Mid BB 11.75″ height (Heat treated)
• Rear length 13.2″ slammed-13.4″ centred
• Tapered Down tube/ seat tube/ seat stays/ chain stays
• Offset tubing thickness, thicker in the areas of high stress
• Integrated Head tube (Heat Treated)
• Removable brake lugs and tabs
• 5mm thick Heat treated dropouts
• Extra clearance for FAT tyres
• Laser cut stay bridge with Total Logo
• Anti rust treatment inside and out prior to painting
• Highest quality materials used throughout
• TT Lengths 20.3/ 20.6/ 21″
• Weight- 4.85lbs/ 2.2kg for the 20.6″TT
• (1) years warranty (Check website for details)
• Colours: Black ED, Green Metallic, Chrome.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Let's have afternoon tea! Winnie Sweater set
Monday, November 29, 2010
Phoebie Feather Wrap
The pink Phoebie is a special edition.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Announcement of My Precious Queen Finalists 2010
It has been nearly a year: The last 6 finalists were selected yesterday in the semi final. In the first round of the semi final, Mely Gibbs has got the most votes from the public and won as the Best Styling of Royal Princess (Jul - Nov). Here are her winning pictures which will be published in the coming AVENUE magazine.
It was a very tough contest as semi finalists had to style up dresses with different styles. They all did a very good job. Here are the name of the finalists:
More pictures can be found:
On the left:
(July-Nov) Natasja Schumann, Imani Enzo, Jamee Sandalwood, Mely Gibbs, Jade Spectre, Genevieve Kamala
On the right
(Jan-June) Xandrah Sciavo, Serene Faith, Pure Nikoladis, Ladykath Avon, Cieleste Magic, Enchanteddreams Bebb.
Queen Arden - A great dress for winter
Thursday, November 25, 2010
My Precious Queen Semi Final Show
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Agnes%20Finney/111/27/22
Join us this Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 5 P.M. SLT to help support the fourteen gorgeous ladies who made it all the way to the semi finals.
Jamee Sandalwood, Viola Rookswood, Suzie Marewolf, Flora Fegte, Jade Spectre, Draakje Dailey, caoimhe Lionheart, Federica Galtier, Lightbluex Denver, Mely Gibbs, Imani Enzo, Bodza Mubble, Livia Mastroianni, and Natasja Schumann.
Judges for the show will be Agnes Finney, Alienbear Gupte (Owner of Alienbear's Design), Dancer Dallagio (Representative of Stiletto Moody Shoes), Mui Mukerji (CMO of Alienbear's Design and My Precious Model Group Style Consultant), and Sykao Adamski (Designer of Entre Mares).
This will be an exciting and highly anticipated event as we see each beautiful contestant styled at their very best in My Precious gowns and Alienbear jewelry. See you there!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Joyce Lace Collection - A wonderful winter gift for her
Monday, November 22, 2010
November Royal Princess (3) Natasja Schurmann
The lovely Natasja Schurmann shows off her exquisite curves in the form fitting gown and gloves hugging her alabaster skin tightly and helped along with feathers and a flowing skirt and a twinkle in her eye. (Text by Will Finney)
Dress: Vivienne Black
Hat: My Precious Eileen Hat
Accessories: Alienbear's Kriscar Set White
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Lady Grainne Cocktail dresses - Black and Blue :)
If you are thinking about what to wear tonight , here are two suggestions. Lady Grainne blue and black. Let your charm shine with the sparkling cocktail dress. They are offered for 10L til 8p.m. at My Precious Garden. They will be sold at original price after that. Be sure to grab it and enjoy a nice show with us at 5p.m. :)
SLUR: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Agnes%20Finney/99/30/22
Saturday, November 20, 2010
My Precoius Nov Fashion Show - Press Release
October and November Royal Princesses will also be invited to the show. This is a knock-out collection of glamorous and exquisite designs. From Intricate, graceful styles to playful and elegant couture. A must see event that you will not want to miss.
When: 20 NOVEMBER 2010, SATURDAY, 5 PM SLT
**Agnes Finney has been creating My Precious designs for nearly 3 years now in SL. She strives to create high fashion clothing at its finest. Her passion for beautiful inspiring pieces shows in every piece. **
(Text by Augusta Carver)
Websites: http://agnesfinneymyprecious.blogspot.com/ http://mypreciousqueen.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
November Royal Princess (2) Livia Mastroianni
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
November Royal Princess (1) Caoimhe Lionheart
Be yourself --Princess Paige
Be yourself, Be precious. This Princess Paige is now ready for My Precious VIP members. Come visit the store to get it.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Lu - Romantic Floral Baby Doll (Nov Show Promo)
Lovely isn't it? This is specially created for November Fashion Show. It's marked down to 10L til the show. Don't miss it. Agnes Finney (61, 102, 27)
Feena--A good choice for styling events
Looking for a gown for styling contest or award ceremony? Feena is the choice for you. Sexy and sophisticated are the words to describe Feena. Both skirts hightlighted by roses are meant to reveal your long and sexy legs. Anything could go well with Feena. But if you have not made up your mind, the Annette feather collar and the Eternity Black rose hat are recommended. They can be found near the Feena vendors. Hope you like it! Click here to visit our mainstore.
To buy as gift, you may visit: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/26176


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ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 97-123
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Ottawa, 27 March 1997
Decision CRTC 97-123
Big West Communications Corp.
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta - 199610556
New FM radio programming undertaking
Following a Public Hearing in Montréal beginning on 24 February 1997, the Commission approves the application for a broadcasting licence for an English -language FM radio programming undertaking at Rocky Mountain House, on the frequency 94.5 MHz, channel 233 A, with an effective radiated power of 720 watts.
Subject to the requirements of this decision, the Commission will issue a licence expiring 31 August 2000. This licence will be subject to the conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
The licence term granted herein, while less than the maximum of seven years permitted under the Broadcasting Act (the Act), will enable the Commission to consider the renewal of this licence at the same time as that of CIBW-FM Drayton Valley.
Upon implementation, the FM station will operate in a single-station market as defined in Public Notice CRTC 1993-121 entitled "Local programming Policy for FM Radio - Definition of a Single-Station Market". In accordance with the policy outlined in the above-noted public notice, the new FM station is excluded from the policy requirements respecting local programming and advertising for commercial FM stations operating in markets served by more than one private commercial station, as outlined in Public Notice CRTC 1993-38 dated 19 April 1993. Consequently, the FM station may solicit and accept local advertising, irrespective of the amount of local programming that it broadcasts.
The proposed station will produce and broadcast 15 hours of local programming and rebroadcast 111 hours of programming from CIBW-FM Drayton Valley.
The Commission reaffirms the particular importance it attaches to the development of Canadian talent. As part of its application, the applicant indicated that it was unable to make a commitment in direct expenditures to Canadian talent development other than the commitment already made with respect to CIBW-FM Drayton Valley. While the new station will broadcast very limited amounts of local programming, the Commission's policy for Canadian talent development, as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196 generally provides that all radio stations make a direct contribution to Canadian talent development. It is noted further that the level of contribution expected of stations in smaller markets is quite low. The Commission, therefore, encourages the licensee to make a direct contribution to Canadian talent development. It will explore this matter further when it considers the licence renewal of this station and of CIBW-FM Drayton Valley.
In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled "Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In this regard, the Commission encourages the applicant to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
It is a condition of licence that this station not be operated within the Specialty format as defined in Public Notice CRTC 1995-60, or as amended from time to time by the Commission.
It is also a condition of licence that the licensee adhere to the guidelines on gender portrayal set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) "Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming", as amended from time to time and accepted by the Commission. The application of the foregoing condition of licence will be suspended as long as the licensee remains a member in good standing of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
It is a further condition of licence that the licensee adhere to the provisions of the CAB's "Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children", as amended from time to time and accepted by the Commission.
This authority will only be effective and the licence will only be issued at such time as construction of the undertaking is completed and it is prepared to commence operation. If the construction is not completed within twelve months of the date of this decision or, where the applicant applies to the Commission within this period and satisfies the Commission that it cannot complete construction and commence operation before the expiry of this period, and that an extension of time is in the public interest, within such further periods of time as are approved in writing by the Commission, the licence will not be issued. The applicant is required to advise the Commission (before the expiry of the twelve-month period or any extension thereof) in writing, once it has completed construction and is prepared to commence operation.
The Department of Industry has advised the Commission that this application is conditionally technically acceptable, and that a Broadcasting Certificate will only be issued once it has been determined that the proposed technical parameters will not create any unacceptable interference with aeronautical NAV/COM services.
In accordance with subsection 22(1) of the Act, the Commission will only issue the licence and the authority will only be granted at such time as written notification is received from the Department of Industry that its technical requirements have been met, and that a Broadcasting Certificate will be issued.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
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Presidential Power
History tells the story of the delicate balance of power envisioned by our founders. The executive branch of our government was designed to be the method through which federal work got done. The legislative branch was intended to be the branch that defined and authorized that work, and the judicial branch was created to adjudicate the differences.
Sure, that's an abbreviation of a much more complex system design, but it generally conveys the point.
Since the founding, though, presidents have seen fit to test these limits, employing the media to communicate with voters in order to bypass Congress, and often resorting to lawyers to redefine the whole mess when that seemed the only option.
President Barack Obama, once an ardent opponent of expansive presidential power, now has seen the light. The question is like a chicken/egg debate. Which came first, his decision to boldly exercise independence, or the realization that the GOP majority in the House of Representatives would stymie his progressive policy initiatives?
While serving as the junior senator from Illinois, President Obama excoriated then-President George W. Bush for acting independent of the Congress and its constitutional obligation to "check" the power of the executive branch. He mentioned his past experience as a constitutional law professor as the basis of his passionate assertion, even suggesting that he could teach Mr. Bush a thing or two about the balance of power.
No doubt he could, but who's going to teach him?
President Obama has developed a political strategy to circumvent the Republican-led House of Representatives. He and his advisors make clear that in every case they can, they intend to manage the federal government and policies through Executive Order.
Sound familiar? It ought to, as dating back to President Abraham Lincoln, chief executives have sought to bypass the Congress instead of seeing their agenda die a slow and painful death through congressional inaction led by their political opposites.
Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman called the Congress the "do-nothings." Again, it was a Republican majority that sought to undermine the progressive Democratic presidents. Decades later, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush fought similar battles against obstructionist Democratic congressional leaders.
The issue isn't whether Republican or Democratic presidents regularly use circuitous and potentially extra-constitutional processes to jam their agenda into the public discourse, it's that our national political system is so badly bankrupt that they have to!
So, instead of the non-stop campaign rhetoric, how about a little honesty and common sense for a change? Wouldn't it be great for President Obama to hold a press conference to admit that his past statements about President Bush were inaccurate, that once he became a president with a divided Congress he understood what Mr. Bush had gone through?
That wouldn't excuse this tilting of the power balance, but it would at least explain why this continues to happen, and why they find it necessary to use the U.S. Constitution like a piece of political toilet paper.
And if President Obama really wants to exercise his past academic position to teach someone about our founding document, why doesn't he call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid?
Senator Reid seems to have forgotten that the U.S. Senate actually has a role to play in this government, other than political posterior coverage for Senate Democrats and the White House, that is.
Now that would be a worthwhile exercise of presidential power.


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|By Andy Jones, Debi Ashenden
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About this ArticleThis article is an excerpt from Risk Management for Computer Security: Protecting Your Network & Information Assets. Printed with permission from Butterworth-Heinemann, a division of Elsevier. Copyright 2005. For more information about this book and other similar titles, please visit www.books.elsevier.com.
In this excerpt we examine the role of threat assessment and its importance in the accurate and effective assessment of risk.
ThreatIt seems appropriate to start this chapter by explaining what is meant by a threat assessment. In information security, this is probably one of the most abused and misunderstood terms and is often used interchangeably with the term "vulnerability." In this book, the word "threat" is used to describe those "things" that may pose a danger to the information systems, and for clarity, the term "threat agents" is used. What we are actually referring to is those agents, either intentional or accidental, that have the opportunity and that may exploit a vulnerability in the security of information systems.
The Internet Request For Comments (RFC) Glossary of terms describes threat in the following ways to cover differing environments:
- Internet usage: A potential for violation of security, which exists when there is a circumstance, capability, action, or event that could breach security and cause harm. That is, a threat is a possible danger that might exploit a vulnerability. A threat can be either "intentional" (i.e., intelligent; e.g., an individual cracker or a criminal) or "accidental" (e.g., the possibility of a computer malfunctioning, or the possibility of an "act of God" such as an earthquake, a fire, or a tornado).
- U.S. government usage: The technical and operational capability of a hostile entity to detect, exploit, or subvert friendly information systems and the demonstrated, presumed, or inferred intent of that entity to conduct such activity.
- Threats are anything that could cause harm to your assets, and vulnerabilities are weaknesses in your security arrangements that make it easy for these threats to occur. For example, if you have no backup of your data you are vulnerable and make the threat "loss of data" likely to occur.
- Risks describe the probability that a damaging incident is happening (when a threat occurs because of a vulnerability), as well as the possible damage if this incident takes place
- Assets are something that has value to your company and how it is carrying out its business operations.
- Confidentiality of information: Ensuring that it is accessible only to those authorized to have access.
- Integrity of information: Safeguarding its accuracy and completeness.
- Availability of information: Ensuring that authorized users have access to it when required.
Threat AssessmentA threat assessment is an integral and essential element of the risk assessment and risk management processes. If an organization wants to undertake an effective risk assessment for its information systems to enable rational and considered decisions to be taken, then it is essential that an accurate picture of the threats to the organization are understood. It must be clearly understood that risk assessment is a business process. The need to carry out these assessments of the risks to information assets or to other assets of an organization has been brought about as a result of the proliferation in the use of information and communications technologies and the convergence of these technologies over the last three decades. This massive increase in the use of these systems and the subsequent dependence on them has resulted in significant changes in the level and type of threat to the information environment that we have, whether knowingly or in ignorance, come to rely on.
The way in which we assess the threat that is posed to an information environment has not developed at a pace that has matched the rate of change and adoption of the technologies, with the result that we are still using tools and techniques from a previous environment. It is also a reality that the way in which we assess threat has not yet transitioned from art to science. As a result of using tools and techniques that were developed for non-technology-based systems, there is currently no way in which the threats, as opposed to the vulnerabilities, to information systems can be either modeled or quantified in any meaningful or repeatable manner that will allow the decision makers to take informed decisions.
In this heavily dependent and rapidly changing environment, where technology is offering new opportunities and the matching problems, all types of organizations, from governments to commerce to academia, are increasingly needing to produce meaningful risk assessments on which they can make decisions on the appropriate level of investment required to establish and ensure that they maintain the appropriate levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability to their information. This is not possible without assessing threats as well as vulnerabilities.


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June 16, 2011
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept. 14, 2016 /CNW/ - The Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA) would like to commend Premier Kathleen Wynne and Minister of Infrastructure Bob Chiarelli for their efforts to reach an agreement with the federal government on the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund. The funding commitments announced today will go a long way towards helping municipalities address a portion of the backlog of project work and maintenance on their water and wastewater infrastructure.
"Water and waste-water infrastructure has been particularly underfunded in previous decades and has fallen into a state of disrepair in many municipalities across the province. We applaud the Wynne government's recognition of this fact and its commitment to begin closing this municipal water and wastewater infrastructure deficit," said OSWCA Executive Director Giovanni Cautillo. "We look forward to continuing our work with the Government, maintaining and expanding water and waste-water infrastructure to ensure clean water continues to flow to Ontario residents and waste-water is appropriately taken care of."
Dedicating funds specifically to sewer and watermain infrastructure has been a focal point of OSWCA's advocacy efforts, particularly following the Spring launch of its updated water study, Bringing Sustainability to Ontario's Water Systems: A quarter-century of progress with much left to do.
"OSWCA has been working to inform federal, provincial, and municipal decision-makers about the significant water and wastewater infrastructure deficit in the province and the risks that come with allowing this deficit to continue to grow," said OSWCA President Sam Morra. "Today's funding announcement demonstrates that our message is being heard at all levels of government, as they come together to begin addressing this critical deficit."
OSWCA will continue to work with the government and other stakeholder groups to address water and waste-water infrastructure issues, particularly those related to standardizing how municipalities grade the condition of their infrastructure assets and moving municipal water and wastewater systems on to more sustainable financial footing through the implementation of full-cost recovery pricing.
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Bill O'Reilly: The truth about Obamacare and global warming
By Bill O'Reilly
Tonight is the deadline to sign up for Obamacare but it's really not. There is no deadline -- the rollout of the affordable healthcare law complete chaos. So sign up when you want, just tell the IRS you had trouble with the Web site, everybody does. That's all you've got to do.
Now, that doesn't mean mandatory national health insurance will not work eventually. It might. But for now, nobody knows. Republicans despise Obamacare because it expands big government and forces people to buy insurance they may not want. Democrats love it because it subsidizes health insurance for the poor.
But there is no question that after four years the Obama administration has not been able to sell the affordable healthcare law.
SEN. JOHN BARRASSO (R), WYOMING: I think they are cooking the books on this. People want to know the answers to that.
JAY CARNEY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: If we were cooking the books, don't you think we've got to cooked them in October and November? We could have saved ourselves a lot of pain.
O'REILLY: Well, they could have saved themselves a lot of pain by hiring private sector companies to run the machinery and sending Kathleen Sebelius back to Kansas where she can do little harm.
President Obama's entire historical legacy is riding on Obamacare. If it's running smoothly and costs are under control by the time he leaves office, he'll get credit for courage and innovation. If it's a chaotic disaster, he'll go down in history as a poor President. That's it. So we, the people, have to wait because, again, we will not know the facts for a while.
Now, on to the global warming. Big front page article in the "New York Times" that says "The earth is in peril, grave danger, especially for the poor who are apparently are going to be harmed by manmade climate change more than others". A U.N. report says that. But again, nobody really knows whether it's true. Nobody that is, except Brian Williams.
BRIAN WILLIAMS, NBC NEWS ANCHOR: We've never been warned like this before, all of us, about climate change. Unless the world changes course quickly and dramatically, the fundamental systems that supports human civilization are at risk.
O'REILLY: Scary lead-ins aside, you cannot destroy your economy or allow villains like Putin to blackmail people with his fossil fuels while embracing some kind of phantom global warming theory even if that theory might someday be valid. But I'll give me one concrete thing that all responsible people should be rooting for.
On "60 Minutes" last night the report on the Tesla electric car which is a game changer. The car runs extremely well, looks good, it doesn't use gas, no gas at all. Now that car in the next few years could be available to millions at a decent price.
So everybody on the planet should be rooting for Tesla. I mean everybody even the traditional car companies that will have to compete. If Tesla can make a clean car, the entire automotive industry can. Therefore, the air would be cleaner everywhere and our wallets thicker. So let's get on it, people. But there will be resistance. Many conservatives don't believe in global warming and oppose alternative energy. I hope you guys rethink the energy part.
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Vasudev Krishna gives start of episode moral gyaan. Shakuni discusses his plan how to protect Jaydrath. Drona discusses his plan next and shows how he will form traps and protect Jaydrath.
War starts in the morning. Kauravs and Pandavs stand opposite to each other. Kauravs laughs and say today Arjun will be finished. Duryodhan plays shank. Bheem plays shank from Pandav's side and warns that whoever comes in Arjun's way.
Arjun picks arrow and starts killing Kauravs. Bheem starts brutally smashing Kaurav army. Drona confronts Arjun. Arjun takes oath on his teachings and asks him to move aside. Drona says Kaurav's army chief is standing in front of him and he should fight with him. Their fight starts. Ashwathama is tied by Pandav's magical arrowa
Karn enters battlefield and stands in front of Arjun. Their fight starts. Karn over powers Arjun. Sanjay informs Dhritarasta and Gandhari that Karn has taken over and is fighting with Arjun. Dhritarasta gets happy and says now their win is for sure, Arjun cannot kill Jaydrath and will have to sacrifice himself. Soldier on the other side informs Draupadi that Arjun has taken over and Kaurav's are stronger now. She gets worried that Arjun cannot fulfill his promise and will sacrifice his life. She prays devi maa to protect her husband.
Karn shoots sunset arrow. Arjun gets tired fighting wit Karn. Krishna says Arjun he is standing in front of a warrior who knows to bring sunset. Arjun's fight continues and sun sets. He stands helplessly. Duryodhan thanks Karn for protecting Jaydrath and confronting Arjun.
Shakuni then starts laughing on Arjun and says t is time to fulfill his promise and shows him wooden logs and asks to go and sleep on them. He then laughs on 4 pandavs and gives him fire stick to set Arjun on fire. Pandavs stand helplessly crying.
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100 days of the I&B Ministry
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi led NDA government has completed 100 successful days in power. And in these days, the Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has done its bit to woo the Media and Entertainment industry.
Listing the achievements was I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, through a press meet in Delhi.
The government is launching a new 24x7 channel for the northeast called Arun Prabha in order to provide a strong platform for expression of cultural identities and for creating greater awareness regarding the region.
Even as a Task Force has been constituted to steer the remaining two phases i.e. phase III and phase IV of digitisation in India, the government has made efforts towards fulfilling the long pending demand of domestic manufacturers of Set Top Boxes to get tax concession (C Form benefit) in order to compete with imported STBs.
He said this will pave the way for implementation of digitisation initiative in India and see digitisation of about 80 million Cable TV homes in India. It is also a step towards the Prime Minister?s dream of a Digital India as digitisation will enable quick penetration of broadband connectivity in India.
The Minister talked of initiatives taken in different sectors aimed at enhancing the outreach of policies and programmes across platforms. Some of the initiatives undertaken have been innovative involving people?s participation, enhancing government?s presence on the social media platforms and strengthening communication at the grassroots.
He said Rs 100 crore had been allocated to Kisan Channel, which will disseminate real time information to the farmers regarding new farming techniques, water conservation, organic farming etc.
In order to facilitate Ministries/Departments in registering their presence on social media the Ministry had organised a half day training workshop on 11 July.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has on the request of the Ministry given recommendations on migration of FM Radio Broadcasters from phase-II to phase-III which is under examination.
Goa has been declared the permanent destination for the International Films Festival of India to develop the ?Brand IFFI" on the lines of other International Film Festivals. Although the decision to move IFFI to Goa was taken in 2004 when the National Democratic Alliance was in power, a fresh Memorandum of Understanding was being signed year-to-year for the Festival.
The three-day North East Film Festival held in Delhi recently will henceforth be an annual feature organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals.
The Film and Television Institute of India and the Satyajit Ray Film and TV Institute are to be institutes of National Importance and an Act of Parliament will be passed for this. The proposed Bill would enable both the Institutes to award its own degrees and diplomas and start new activities on the lines of IITs and IIMs.
The office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) has streamlined its Single Window Public dealing mechanism at its office. RNI has achieved 100 per cent success in online e-filing of annual statements by publishers for 2013-14.
Under the Rs 100 crore set aside for ?Supporting Community Radio Movement in India,? 600 community radio stations will be set up across the country in the 12th Five Year Plan. This major initiative of the new government will strengthen the link with the population living in rural and marginalized areas.
The Home Ministry has agreed to the proposal of the Ministry for not seeking security clearance for such channels whose security clearance have already been sought earlier along with the Board of Directors. This decision has paved the way for speedy clearance of additional television channel permissions, which will benefit the broadcast industry in a big way. After the decision was taken, 23 TV channels have already been permitted by the Ministry.
The proposal has been cleared for Rs.600 crore National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) to preserve India?s film legacy by the Expenditure Finance Committee in the Finance Ministry. The draft Cabinet Note has been circulated to the concerned Ministries and the Note will shortly be submitted for approval of the Cabinet.
To ensure people?s participation in Government Advertising through Crowd-Sourcing of Advertisements, the advertisement for important events are to be designed by the people. The Independence Day advertisement designed on these lines and DAVP has invited suggestions for the proposed advertisement to be brought out on 5 September to observe ?Teachers Day?.
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Yvette Burton, a social scientist with IBM's Institute for Knowledge Management in New York, managed to stay awake and online through about two-thirds of the three-day WorldJam forum she facilitated. The topic was making rapid decisions with less-than-optimal information. As an example of the issues it dealt with, she cites an IBM employee in Latin America who described a problem she was having with a client. Some comments that followed this entry picked up on her theme, but others went off on tangents.
It was the job of Burton and her moderators to comb through the postings in the online forum and connect people who might have insight into the problem. Some of the most useful ideas, she reports, came from participants in Asia, where other employees had similar experiences but could apply different cultural perspectives to solve the problem.
"The employee who initiated this discussion just happened to participate in the event and put out this information that was on her mind," Burton says. "stepping out of a Latin American business culture to leverage an idea that had been successful in Asia, and having a moderator in the U.S. doing a conceptual map to connect these folks in a real-time way, was very effective."
"One of the most common reasons for failure in initiatives like WorldJam has been a lack of attention to KM," Burton asserts. "We want to follow up diligently to outline for our corporate members the roles they need, the variables to consider and the strategic implications to designing an event like this."
Much of the groundwork for WorldJam depended on IBM's social computing laboratory in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. For example, the lab developed the chat technology that moderators and facilitators used as a back channel to share what they were learning as the event progressed. Devoted to studying how people collaborate in electronic space, the social computing laboratory will go on to survey participants, text-mine the forums, analyze data and interview moderators and facilitators in focus groups and one-on-one meetings.


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Warning: This article contains description of extreme gun violence.
Cameras rushed outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14 with news anchors trailing behind. Less than an hour before, a young man had walked into the school with a Bushmaster rifle shooting both teachers and students, particularly in two first-grade classrooms. Some students heard the gunshots over the morning announcements. Before second-bell, 27 people, mostly children, were dead.
The story is well-known to the public now: images, interviews, and footage were quickly made ubiquitous in all forms of media. Most people have heard first-hand accounts. A little girl hugged the ground until it was quiet. She snuck out of the building covered in blood and ran to her mom, and said, "Mommy, I'm okay, but all my friends are dead."
How is one supposed to react to a massacre?
Six hours after the shooting, the media coverage of the scene took a break to allow President Barack Obama to speak to the nation. "We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this," he said, "regardless of the politics."
A month later, the president ordered Vice President Joe Biden to form a task force that could prevent such events in the future.
The appropriate response to a massacre is to take measures against them.
On January 11, Biden's task force, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services, met with leading executives of the video game industry to discuss violence in the wake of the Newtown shooting. This meeting was one of many with the various strands of the American entertainment industry. Biden told the Wall Street Journal that he would "come to this meeting with no judgement"; his intent was simply to begin the dialogue about violence.
Five days later, Obama announced 23 executive orders to Congress, including one that asked Congress to investigate the societal effects of violence in video games.
Popular discourse often questions the role of video games in the context of violence within society. However, some in the industry feel like the topic should be put to bed. "I don't see this as any sort of turning point in the discussion," said Dan Stapleton, editor-in-chief of GameSpy. He referred to the persistence of this discussion as a "performance to placate" those who blame video games for real-world violence instead of taking action against the violence itself.
Currently, there are more than thirty studies on such a topic, conducted at a variety of institutions, from University of Georgia to Iowa State among others. Most of the results of these studies suggest that video games did not increase violent behaviour, but could – as a study by Albert Einstein College observed – calm children. The study by Iowa State suggested that factors like familial violence and poverty contribute the most to violent behaviour.
The facts pile on: violent crime in the United States peaked in 1991, and the sales of violent video games have increased exponentially since then.
To gamers and game journalists, the meeting with Biden represents nothing new. Ian Bogost, a prolific scholar on video games and Georgia Tech professor, wrote in 2008, "Games are cogs in someone's favourite discourse machine." A day after the meeting, he echoed his earlier statement: "The function of this meeting was political and had little if anything to do with the actual content and use of video games."
To Bogost, and others who work in the games industry, this meeting is a classic example of misdirection; by directing the attention at video games, it gives politicians another reason to not take gun control seriously.
Though many have identified this investigation as fallacious in the aftermath of shooting tragedies like Newtown, there is another, more sinister side to its obfuscation of the truth: in fact, few have addressed its hypocrisy within a nation embroiled in war. Just a day prior to Biden's meeting, the CIA bombarded Pakistan with drone strikes.
Video game violence is worth talking about, because the real video game violence is perpetuated by the United States military.
Predator (or Reaper) drones are unmanned robots deployed in warzone, piloted by joystick, hundreds of miles outside their kill-zones. Drone pilots are trained using virtual-simulations – what William Gibson, the science fiction novelist best known for his book Neuromancer, called video games. Since 2008, drone use has been on the rise, and the Federal Aviation Administration is pushing for 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drones patrolling the American skies by the decade's end.
A new study by Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute estimates that for every suspected terrorist killed, there are fifty civilian deaths. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that the CIA targets people surrounding the attack, in a "double-tap" method reminiscent of organizations like Hamas. These lives, and these crimes, are the true cost of "video games."
How is one supposed to react against a massacre?
The appropriate response to a massacre is to take measures against them, and those who perpetuate them.


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Travel from Rieti to Colleferro and discover Lazio city of 20.7 Thousand inhabitants. The distance from Rieti to Colleferro is 77.6 kilometers; with Wanderio you can compare the available treno so that you can organize your trip choosing the fastest route, the most comfortable or the cheapest one. For example, by choosing a treno from Rieti to Colleferro, you'll get to your destination in about 4 hours on average; the average treno ticket prices are 12 €.
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You can get from Rieti to Colleferro by train, thanks to the 9 daily routes provided by Regionale, Regionale Veloce, Intercity. The train ride from Rieti to Colleferro takes about 4 hours on average and the average train ticket is 12.3 €. Travelling Italy by train can often be cheap.


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Several events are hosted at the Inner Harbor, and there are several activities to be enjoyed there. As you stroll along the waterfront, you might see street performers including musicians, jugglers, and artists. Look at your view which might include yachts, legislature buildings, and the Fairmont Empress Hotel.
You can also visit the cafes, pubs, and restaurants at the Inner Harbor as well as enjoy activities such as whale watching, kayaking, and more.


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Sleepwell's news
« GET OUT » by Jordan Pelle, Thriller, USA, 2017, 104'
When ? Wednesday 21/03/2018 at 8PM
Where: Sleep Well Youth Hostel. 23, rue du Damier, 1000 Brussels
The movie
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
"A Films Ouverts" festival
"A Films ouvert" take place in the frame of the UN International Day for the fight against racial discrimination. On the menu: short film contest, film festival, exchanges, meetings and creative expressions contribute to overturning prejudices and motivate for more citizen expression.
Organized by the association Media Animation, "A Films ouvert" is a decentralized festival that offers fifty activities around twenty feature films in Wallonia and Brussels.
Check out the full program on www.afilmsouverts.be
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« Fruitvale Station » by Ryan Coogler, Drama, USA, 2014, 85'
Free screening + debate in the frame of the festival "« À films ouverts »
When ? Thursday 12/03/2015 at 8PM
Where: Sleep Well Youth Hostel. 23, rue du Damier, 1000 Brussels
The movie
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air.
Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends, family and strangers, Oscar starts out well, as the day goes on, he realizes that changes are not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year's Day. Oscar's life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area - and the entire nation - to its very core.
"A Films Ouverts" festival
"A Films ouvert" take place in the frame of the UN International Day for the fight against racial discrimination. On the menu: short film contest, film festival, exchanges, meetings and creative expressions contribute to overturning prejudices and motivate for more citizen expression.
Organized by the association Media Animation, "A Films ouvert" is a decentralized festival that offers fifty activities around twenty feature films in Wallonia and Brussels.
Check out the full program on www.afilmsouverts.be
Give - away market wednesday 26/11/2014
Within the framework of the European Week for Waste Reduction, Sleep Well organize a market where everything is free !
Come with things you don't need anymore, or with nothing, and leave with what can be usefull for you.
If you have items in good condition ( clothes, books, cd..) you don't need anymore, you can bring it for the market ! You don't have to give an item to receive another one.Give-away Market allows to practice the solidarity, to give a second life to your objects and to fight against overconsumption. The things that will remain at the end will be made available to customers and staff trough the give the box. Give the box was installed in the courtyard of Sleep Well during the SERD 2013 and allows customers and staff to drop what they no longer need and take what they want throughout the year .
When ? Wednesday 26/11/2014 from 11AM till 3PM.
Sleep Well Youth Hostel
23, rue du Damier
1000 Brussels
Contact: 02 226.57.25
The " European Week for Waste Reduction" is an initiative aiming to promote the implementation of awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week.
The actions implemented in the EWWR address the "3Rs": Reduce waste, Reuse products, Recycle material. Hundreds of projected will be held in Europe from 22 till 30 of November,
More info: www.ewwr.eu
OXFAM'S breakfast @ Sleep Well on saturday 11 & sunday 12/10/2014
For this edition of the breakfasts, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Oxfam in Belgium, Oxfam choose to put in the spotlight a product we consume daily and often for breakfast: orange juice. Behind the juice of this fruit that we love so much, there is a whole particularly affected by the malfunctioning of the system of international commerce. The campaign, presented as early as September in the World Shops-Oxfam and on their website, will be mainly driven by BREAKFAST and 200 teams of volunteers who organize them.
For the sixth time, the Sleep Well joins the event. This year, we organized two fair breakfast for our customers and partners on Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 10am. If you want to join us you can register by calling us at 02 226 57 25
Find an Oxfam breakfast near your place
TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel site, announced the 2014 Certificate of Excellence award recipients. Winners of the Certificate of Excellence are located all over the world and represent the upper echelon of businesses listed on the website, with only the top 10 percent receiving the prestigious award.
The Certificate of Excellence award is given to outstanding hospitality businesses that have received praise and recognition in reviews by TripAdvisor travellers.
"The Certificate of Excellence award provides top performing establishments the recognition they deserve, based on feedback from those who matter most – their customers."said Stephen Kaufer, President and CEO, TripAdvisor
To qualify for the Certificate of Excellence, businesses must maintain an overall rating of four or higher, out of a possible five, as reviewed by travellers on TripAdvisor. Additional criteria include the volume of reviews received within the last 12 months.
More info on Havelaar: http://www.fairtradeatwork.be/fr/l-havelaar
Bike Rental
Sleep Well is all about making your mobility easier. Therefore, we have bikes available to rent which will allow you to discover our city at your own pace and in a sustainable way.
Price: 7,50 euros/day


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Welcome to our Budget Gift Guide for pet lovers. Shopping online is the easiest thing to do in the crazy run up to Christmas. Our budget guide is the perfect way to find something to thank a friend for a good deed, or someone for help received in the past year.
You can shop by 'phone, tablet or desktop computer! From our review you can jump off to a variety of sites for further fun and shopping, and don't forget our book recommendations here!
What You will Find in Our Budget Gift Guide for Pet Lovers!
We have searched for low–cost items that will make the perfect small Christmas present. Our remit was treasures of handmade quality as much as we can, or of local manufacture. Our shopping budget is £20/$25US/23€ and we are including gifts from the USA, Canada and Great Britain.
Scrooge Tip 😉 Don't waste money buying gifts for people who will certainly 'regift' them. Buy those folks a clothing voucher so they have something to wear!
Colorado Catnip
A longtime supporter of Dash Kitten, Jana at Colorado Catnip is a skilled sewer and creates gorgeous and colourful gifts for your pets. Her fun and cosy 'fish' mats are perfect for your sofa, or wherever your pet wants to lounge. The second budget item at Colorado Catnip is their fun catnip toys, robust, inexpensive and with organic catnip they are the perfect small gift for cats and kittens.
Although her pet beds are outside this budget post they are worth a look, words like cosy, warm, and comfortable all come to mind. If she doesn't have your favourite colour Jana can create one to match your decor!
Arm The Animals Accessories – America
Mum is the proud owner of an Arm the Animals sweatshirt of a kitten brandishing a light sabre, she got it especially to wear at BlogPaws®. ATA (also on FB) make edgy, witty and sometimes directly confrontational tshirts, sweatshirts and accessories. Smaller gifts include beanies, vinyl decals, mouse mats, gift cards and practical bags. Prices for these range from $5.00 to $25.00US
Their byline is Fashion, Activism, Attitude and their wearables are perfect for any animal lover (male or female) who wants to make a bold statement. You cannot fail to find something for the committed animal lover in your life at ATA.
Crazy Cat Man Mug, Canada
At last, a Cat mug for a Man, we love it! There is a mug for everyone at artRuss in Canada. Wisecracks and witty sayings across a range of holidays from Christmas, to weddings and pet people. Their last Christmas dates are on the front page of their Etsy shop but we recommend early ordering as closer to Christmas postage all over the world suddenly starts to creak under the strain of so many parcels. Price $17.77US
Miniature Pet Portrait – Ormskirk, Great Britain
1) This is irresistible and the perfect gift or memorial for a pet owner BUT 2) the waiting list is 7 months for a portrait as oil paints take a long time to dry. We know, what's it doing here? We felt you would like to see this as the entire proceeds (£20) go to the Cinnamon Trust who help the elderly and terminally ill with their pets. Each portrait is a miniature, 6.3 x 8.9 cms or 2.5 x 3.5 inches, maybe the size of a business card and hand painted in oils. Price £20. (Plan ahead for special Birthdays and Anniversaries next year. )
Stephanie Guy also does a range of other portraits and prints that make perfect little thank you gifts to slip in an envelope.
Cat Scarf from The Tiniest Tiger – USA Ships worldwide
The perfect gift for someone who does not want to scream out 'crazy cat lady' but state her support for felines in elegant shades of black, beige or light pink. The chiffon scarf is soft and very lightweight. It measures 70 x 160 cm and, hand on heart Mum says she would NOt be without hers.
For cooler evenings, at the end of a warm day, or to wrap under your winter coat, This. Is. Perfect! We like ours so much mom is going to model it for you!
Hare Medium Journal, Great Britain
This gorgeous journal by Clare Ashton is a true work of handmade art. Not only does she handmake the superb felt, she screen prints her own drawings onto the journals. Each journal is then lined with organic cotton. Luxury at this price? You bet!
The 'journal' itself is Seawhite from Brighton, in the UK. These are the same sketch books that Mum uses, so we can verify that the paper are of good quality for notes, sketches and capturing that inspirational moment. Price £20
We hope our budget gift guide for pets allows you to check out handmade arts and crafts on sites such as Folksy (UK) and Etsy (worldwide gifts). You can set your budet on these sites and then filter out what you don't want to see, search terms include 'pet lovers', 'gifts for dogs', 'gifts for cats'.
We also aim to post a guide focusing on the individual shops of animal friends worldwide later this week.
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If you haven't cleaned out your cosmetic bag in a year or so, how many makeup brushes do you think you have? Have the begun to accumulate? Are you using the right one for the right product? TCL Makeup Artist Julie Martin stopped by with a handful of her favorites she says are the only ones you need.
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The iPad Mini may soon hit the market as a recent report from Fortune indicates. The report indicates that the invitations for the launch event will be sent out on Wednesday, October 10. The report mentions an anonymous Apple investor who claims to have heard the news from "multiple sources." This new development backs earlier rumors of an iPad mini launch event in October.
On October 10, we will finally learn the truth regarding the event invitations. If Apple does indeed send out invites, we could expect the event to be the following week, on October 17.
Albeit the mid-October announcement date, the smaller-sized tablet would not hit the market until early November, notably on Friday, November 2. Currently the exact pricing is left hidden; past reports have indicated a base-price of around $299 though.
If Apple is able to release a smaller-sized tablet, it would definitely fit in the market perfectly. Its Android counterparts, the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire, both boast lower price-points than Apple's current iPad. Apple dominates in both the larger-tablet market and smartphone market; they shouldn't have any issues taking over the smaller-tablet market either.
Source: Fortune
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