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Even after Facebook goes public later this month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will retain the majority of the company, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.
Facebook is looking to sell 337.4 million shares of the company at between $28 to $35 a share. The sell-off would give the company a value between $85 to $95 billion.
The amended S-1 filing shows that Zuckerberg plans to sell 30.2 million shares, which will leave him retaining 57.3 percent of the Menlo Park-based startup.
The filing also says that Zuckerberg will sell of the shares mostly to pay off an enormous tax bill that he will be facing when the company goes public.
Facebook plans to sell about 180 million shares of Class A common stock when it goes public on the NASDAQ under the symbol FB.

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Battery range in winter or during very cold periods
Battery range in winter or during very cold periods
You will find a lot of detail in the fora of the Teslamotorsclub: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/
There is considerable experience around from driving in very cold weather in the US, Canada as well as northern Europe.
The battery of the roadster is climatized, but you will experience still some loss of range due the increased rolling resistance of winter tires and heating. If you use 1 kW to heat the cabin, after 3 hours of driving you will have 3 kWh less in your battery and that corresponds to a reduction in range of about 17 km. If in Summer you have with your driving habits a range of say 340 km, at -10°C that might drop to about 260km. Of course always very much depending on circumstances. If e.g. there is snow, you will drive more slowly and your range increases again, compensating for some of the losses due to heating.
- Alfred
I heard that Tesla owners don't experience that dramatic a range drop because of the climate controlled battery. Three hundred forty to two hundred sixty is a dramatic drop and I don't quite believe that. Then again, I would never drive my expensive Tesla for long when it's wretchedly cold or snowy outside. It's a sports car! If you had a Porsche 911 Turbo, would you drive it in adverse weather conditions? Absolutely not! Sports cars are not even meant to be driven long distances. That's not the point. They are for fun: for soaking up the pure delight of the gut-wrenching seamless acceleration from zero to whatever you feel like in seconds.
What do you want from the Tesla Roadster? This car is very capable, but don't expect it to be able to do anything, because no car can.
Alfred says there that "after three hours of driving...reduction..17km). Not 80km. There is reduction to range, but it is mostly caused by increased rolling resistance and heating, not battery getting weaker.
We drive our Tesla Sport in the mountains of Colorado all year in all weather, through snow, mud, hail, whatever. With good snow tires, it is a great snow car, until the snow is over four inches deep when it becomes a snow plow :-). We see minimal change in range in cold weather. It's just not a concern. And, yes, we would drive a Porsche 911 the same way -- already drive our 1999 BMW m-coupe all year, too.
Then, come summer, we put extreme performance tires on them and go autocrossing. It's a great car. You can drive it anywhere, anytime.


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October 13, 2011
Celebrating excellence: College of Human Ecology honoring seven for outstanding contributions
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
A 1948 graduate, a textile researcher and a chef are among those who will receive Kansas State University College of Human Ecology awards at the Celebration of Excellence.
Each year the college selects individuals who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and to the college. The annual Celebration of Excellence will kick off with a reception at the K-State Alumni Center at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, followed by the recognition and awards program at 5:45 p.m.
The seven to be honored:
* Ruth Wells, Manhattan, a former nutrition specialist with K-State Research and Extension, will receive the Distinguished Service Award;
* Marc C. Shaffer, principle in Searcy Financial Services in Olathe and a 2005 graduate of the college, has been selected to receive the Entrepreneur Award;
* Janet Helm, Chicago, executive vice president with Weber Shandwick, will be Public Advocacy Award recipient. She received a bachelor's degree in human ecology and mass communication in 1979 and a master of science in institutional management in 1984;
* Sara Kadolph, Hubbard, Iowa, a retired professor from Iowa State University who received a master of science in clothing and textiles from K-State, is being honored for distinguished research;
* Chef Jet Tila, executive chef with Wazuzu Encore/Wynn in Las Vegas, will receive the Friend of the College Award;
* Courtney Lair, New York City, 2006 graduate in apparel and textiles and associate buyer for Bloomingdale's, receives the Young Professional Award; and
* Partner to the College recognition goes to the sports medicine department of intercollegiate athletics, which will be represented by John Currie, K-State athletics director.
Wells earned a bachelor's degree in vocational home economics from Central Missouri University in Warrensburg, Mo. Following graduation, she joined the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve and served during World War II. She continued her education at K-State, receiving her master's degree in nutrition in 1948. She also studied at Columbia University in New York, University of Wisconsin and University of Arizona. She taught vocational high school home economics in Missouri and in 1952 joined the extension service as a home economist in Neosho and Jefferson counties. She was a district agent and then a nutrition specialist at K-State, where she helped start the Expanded Foods and Nutrition Education Program in Kansas. She retired in 1980.
She is a life member of Epsilon Sigma Phi, a professional organization for extension, and the Kansas and American Home Economics associations. She travels extensively, most recently in Peru in January. She volunteers with Homecare and Hospice in Manhattan.
Shaffer, a certified financial planner professional and an accredited investment fiduciary designee, has been with Searcy Financial Services since 2006. His K-State degree is in personal financial planning with a minor in business and economics. He is also an enrolled agent -- a federally authorized tax practitioner -- and a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents and the Investment Management Consultants Association. He serves as the career chair of the Kansas City chapter of the Financial Planning Association and was chosen by KC Magazine as a member of the 2010 class of "Rising Stars," individuals under 40 years of age making a difference in their community and business. Philanthropic endeavors include Jazz in the Woods festival at Corporate Woods, the Kansas City K-State Alumni Planning Committee and the MS150 Bike Ride that raised money for multiple sclerosis research.
Helm is a registered dietitian who has combined degrees in journalism and dietetics to create a career as a nutrition communicator. She wears multiple hats -- as a public relations executive, blogger and nutrition journalist. She is the chief food and nutrition strategist in North America for Weber Shandwick, a global public relations firm providing strategic counsel to a variety of food and beverage clients, including the award-winning Got Milk? milk mustache campaign. Helm is the author of the popular blog Nutrition Unplugged and the founder of Nutrition Blog Network, a site that features blogs written by registered dietitians. She is a regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune and Cooking Light magazine, and is currently writing a book with Cooking Light titled "The Food Lover's Healthy Habits Cookbook," which will be published in April 2012. A former media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, she has appeared on "Today," "Good Morning America" and CNN. For three years, she helped lead media training sessions for registered dietitians at the ADA Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo.
Kadolph's career encompasses more than 35 years of teaching, research and leadership. She recently retired after a 30-year career at Iowa State University, where she was named the Donna Danielson Professor of Textiles and Clothing in 2009. Kadolph also is a fellow of the International Textiles and Apparel Association. She is the author of several textbooks that focus on textiles and quality assurance in the textiles and apparel industry: "Textiles," now in its 11th edition, is used at more than 200 universities in the U.S. and internationally, and has been translated into Korean; "Quality Assurance for Textiles and Apparel" is now in its second edition; and "Textiles: Basics" will be published later this year. Kadolph earned a master's degree from K-State in 1973; she received a doctorate from the University of Minnesota in textiles and clothing. Her early research focused on clothing safety and product performance. Later she became interested in sustainability issues and developed a passion for natural dye research. Her main focus as a university faculty member was on teaching. She received the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Agriculture Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award for the North Central Region in 2002, and the Bobbin Educator of the Year Award from the International Textiles and Apparel Association in 2000. Her research has been published in several journals related to college teaching, textile science, consumer education and research.
Tila, a Los Angeles native with no ties to Kansas, is a nationally known chef specializing in Asian cuisine. He learned the ancient traditions of classical Asian cuisine in family restaurants and at Bangkok Market. He is a frequent guest on NPR's "Good Food with Evan Kleiman" and has appeared on such food shows as "The Best Of," "Food Finds," "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations," and "Smart Solutions." Recently he was on "Iron Chef America." In 2009, Jet unveiled Wazuzu, a Pan-Asian restaurant at the Encore resort in Las Vegas. He has a signature line of Asian dishes in Schwan's Home Delivery Service catalog. The chef has used his time and talents to help K-State's dining services and the department of hospitality management and dietetics create and execute the Culinary Enhancement Workshop series for students, alumni and food service professionals. Tila helped recruit high-profile chefs to present the workshop for a nominal professional fee in four of the last seven years.
Lair is a third-generation K-State graduate. For Bloomingdale's, she buys women's ready-to-wear brands, including Calvin Klein, DKNY and Michael Kors, and she has full buying responsibility for Lauren by Ralph Lauren. In New York she has worked as an assistant merchandise manager for Saks Fifth Avenue's online business responsible for product placement, editorial assortments and the execution of online promotions; merchant assistant in women's shoes at Bloomingdales.com; and assistant buyer at Bloomingdales.com where she was a member of the Best Merchant Team for both fall 2009 and spring 2010. Lair helps K-State students and young graduates with career guidance. She is a member of the New York Junior League and the Tri Delt New York alumni chapter. For Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, she has helped six high school seniors from underprivileged inner-city schools receive scholarships and admission to competitive colleges. She also mentors fifth-grade students through Bloomingdale's Mentor America program.
The long-running partnership between the department of intercollegiate athletics and the athletic training education program in the department of human nutrition is an example of athletics and academics working together for a common goal: education of our students. The relationship, nourished under the leadership of John Currie, director of athletics, has opened many doors for fundraising, internship opportunities and work experience for the undergraduate athletic training degree program. Sports medicine's athletic trainers provide supervision for students during their clinical experiences as well as classroom instruction. By using their facilities and trainers, students gain real-world experience at a first-rate athletic program in the U.S., and athletics benefits from additional assistance with injured athletes and in prevention of injuries.
For information about the Celebration of Excellence, visit http://www.he.k-state.edu/excellence or contact Jennifer Rettele-Thomas at 800-432-1578 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Tickets to the reception are $20.


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CatEye's Go Kit gives you what humans have been searching for since the Paleolithic: light and knowledge - all at an affordable price! For seeing the road and staying safe, you get CatEye's fine EL135 headlight and Omni 3 taillight, plus for tracking all your key riding stats, CatEye includes their 7-function Velo 7 computer. To light the way, the compact headlight with its no-tools universal quick-release handlebar mount boasts 3 super-bright LEDs and a wide beam. Meanwhile, for the back, CatEye's Omni 3 with their FlexTight mount and included clothing clip can be placed almost anywhere and it uses their Omni Directional Technology for 360 degrees of visibility and boasts 3 ultra-bright LEDs plus 3 modes. Then, making every ride even more fun is CatEye's Velo 7 computer that displays your speed, distance, ride time and more on its easy-to-see screen. Like their lights it's easy to mount (to the stem or handlebars) and simple to operate. You'll love the large, bright display, and single large button for easily and quickly changing modes to see how your rides are going.
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Watching F/A-18E fighters launching from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln—a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier part of the US 5th Fleet—is always impressive. Watching them catapulted into the nothingness of night makes it beautiful, and a tad scary.
The birds above are assigned to the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.
This one—part of the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147—is getting onto the catapult on board the supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan.
I never get tired of watching these, but I'm not worried. At least I'm not naked in my white underpants, clacking my teeth in front of a poster of Val Kilmer. Yet. [Flickr via Flickr]


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A few months back I began experimentation within the previously unexplored realm of Nootropics, particularly the sometimes Alzheimer's medication known as "Piracetam." Piracetam creates an amazing sense of clarity, heightened awareness and enhanced sensory experience by accelerating the brain's consumption of the neurochemical acetyl-choline, increasing cognitive activity in general, but, most interestingly, increasing communication between the brain's right and left hemispheres; research even suggests that within as little as two weeks of regular use (750 - 1500 mg per day) it can actually increase the number of acetyl-choline receptors in the human brain by up to 40%!!! (At least, we know that it's done this in the brains of biopsied rats)
The toxicity of the drug is practically nonexistent, and so Piracetam's side effects, even when taking megadoses (2500 - 4500 mgs: the "attack dose" suggested by some for first time users) are also mild to nonexistent; however, from what I've learned in my research, and from the close observation of those whom I've personally supplied with the drug, it seems to be important to provide one's body with the proper nutritional support it will need in order to replenish, and to meet the increased demands for, acetyl-choline.
For this reason I supplemented my own Piracetam usage from the start with a steady regimen of pure choline citrate (which is an easily absorbed form of the nutrient the body needs in order to make acetyl-choline), but there's a long list of common enough foods that will also provide a more natural source of choline, such as: soybeans and soybean products, egg yolk, butter, peanuts and peanut butter, potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, banana, milk, oranges, lentils, oats, barley, corn, sesame seeds, flax seeds, and whole wheat bread.
Piracetam users may even find that these foods will actually induce some of the same mental effects as the drug itself since they will all feed into the growing cycle of heightened acetyl-choline demand that's been kicked-off by the drug. I think the importance of choline supplementation is something that should not be ignored since failure to provide such nutrients should hypothetically cause one to burn out and "crash" in much the same way that doing too much molly has a negative effect on one's serotonin levels (Incidentally, tryptophan, 5-HTP or melatonin are all said to act upon depleted serotonin levels in much the same way that choline helps to restore acetyl-choline.)
Having experimented and done enough research to be satisfied that the effects are very, very, real, and that any potential dangers are nonexistent or, at the most, negligible, this holiday season I gave out almost 500 grams of pure, high-grade Piracetam in the form of Solstice presents, often paired with an equal amount of choline citrate, to over a dozen friends and loved ones. Whenever and wherever my dwindling supplies of choline were unable to keep pace with my enormous out pouring of this potent little smart drug, I have at least been careful to provide all of the vital dietary information included above. The initial results, so far at least, appear to be mostly positive, and I can only hope that everyone will have the same fantastic results that I've obtained for myself in this ongoing experiment in cognitive enhancement via Nootropics. Good luck and Namaste.


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Change Ups: Bowers new dean of Davenport's College of Business
Davenport University announced it has named Michael R. Bowers dean of the Donald W. Maine College of Business. Bowers previously was academic director for the Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., where he served as professor of entrepreneurship and marketing in the Crummer Graduate School of Business. In his new role, which he assumes Jan. 7, Bowers will lead the development of new programs while overseeing the operations and budget for the College of Business.
Kaptein, Dykstra & Co. PC announced the addition of Bruce M. Haveman, CPA.
Lon L. Morrisson has joined Progressive AE as health care practice leader. Morrisson previously was director of facility planning, design and construction for Spectrum Health.
Gary Vandenberg of Real Estate Solutions/1031 INC. was elected president of the Society of Exchange Counselors for 2013. He has served on its executive committee the last three years.
Cascade Engineering announced it is the recipient of the Credentialed Partner designation for its anti-racism efforts by the Partners for a Racism-Free Community Partners.
Woodland Creek Apartments announced it was named Best Overall Community of 451-plus units; criteria include customer service, fiscal responsibility, curb appeal and employee retention. It also received the Outstanding Leasing Team of the Year award for the second consecutive year. Employee Tim Boelman received Outstanding Leasing Consultant of the Year from the Great Lakes Area Star Awards.
Chemical Bank announced the appointment of Jason M. Alexander to branch manager of the Dutton office, 3205 68th St. SE. He will be responsible for building and maintaining customer relationships in the Dutton area, as well as overseeing daily office operations.
Lake Michigan Credit Union announced the promotion of Nicholas Groulx to district manager of retail operations for Ottawa County.
Pioneer Construction and Concept Design Group are the recipients of a 2012 Construction Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors of West Michigan. The category is Recognizing Excellence in Merit Shop Construction in Renovation Under $5 million for Ruth's Chris Steak House.
Grand Rapids Community College announced eight finalists for its annual Armen Awards. The competition is designed to inspire innovation within best practices for teaching and learning. Finalists: Mobile Device Security and Development course partnering with student Collegiate newspaper; Child Psychology course partnering with Family Promise; Community Transcultural Nursing course partnering with American Red Cross; Community Dental Health course partnering with Salvation Army-Booth Family Services; College Writing course partnering with Grand Rapids Public Library; Consulting with Writers partnering with GRCC's Writing Lab; Community Transcultural Nursing course partnering with North End Community Ministry; and Principles of Physical Education course partnering with East Leonard Elementary.
Custer HealthWorks announced the addition of Jeremy Erard as director of its health care division. Erard's background in health care includes sales, management and business unit development within the furniture industry as well as other industries serving the health care vertical market including technology-related products.
Consumers Energy Foundation has awarded a $125,000 grant to support the Muskegon Retail Incubator. It is the 10th and final $125,000 grant it has made during 2012 to celebrate the company's 125th anniversary.
AvaSure, a division of AvaSure Holdings Inc., announced its advisory board: chair, David W. Benfer, former CEO of Saint Raphael Health System; William M. Kelley, former chair/CEO of Hill-Rom; Charles S. Lauer, former publisher of Modern Healthcare magazine; Samuel L. Odle, former CEO of the University of Indiana Hospitals; William D. Petasnick, former CEO of Froedtert Health System; Andrea Amalfitano, chief clinical officer of AvaSure; and Connie R. Curran, president of Curran Associates.
Metro Health Hospital has received an "A" Hospital Safety Score from the national independent nonprofit The Leapfrog Group. Scores are assigned to U.S. hospitals based on preventable medical errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
The Leapfrog Group has designated Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital, Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Hospital and Spectrum Health United Hospital with an "A" Hospital Safety Score.
West Michigan Miracle League, which provides children with mental and physical disabilities an opportunity to enjoy baseball and softball, announced it received a $130,000 donation from the Hurwitz and Berkowitz families. The contribution was made in memory of Nate Hurwitz, a junior at Forest Hills Eastern High School who died of the degenerative muscle disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. announced the appointments of Timothy Bremer, CIO, and Bill Gregor, vice president of insurance operations.
Ellen L. Nendorf has joined the firm of Kreis, Enderle, Hudgins & Borsos PC as an associate. Her practice primarily focuses on insurance law, litigation and family law.
Classic Transportation & Warehousing announced it is Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism certified with U.S. Customs as a Third Party Logistics Company and also is a certified transportation company.
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Holland's The Stow Co. Inc. announced Frank Newman has been appointed president/CEO. Newman's background is in international and domestic marketing and manufacturing. Prior to joining Stow in May 2012 as interim president/CEO, Newman was chairman/CEO of Medical Nutrition USA Inc.; president then chairman/CEO of Eckerd Corp.; president/CEO of F&M Distributors Inc.; and director of Jabil Circuit Inc.
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes announced it ended the 2011-12 fiscal year with a budget surplus and extended its classroom presence with more than 1,200 volunteers serving 2,300 classes across Michigan. It reached nearly 60,000 students, marking a 6.7 percent increase over the previous year.
Literacy Center of West Michigan announced officers and members of its board: chair, Rick Adamy, founder of Adamy Valuation Advisors; vice chair, Mark Peters, CEO of Butterball Farms Inc.; treasurer, Katie Ferris of BDO USA LLP; secretary, Jesse Herstein of Amway; and past chair, Lisa Buffin of PNC. Other board members: Stephanie Setterington, Varnum; Kim Large, Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones; Micki Benz, Saint Mary's Health Care, Ken Jansen, Lake Michigan Insurance Agency; Caralee Witteveen-Lane, Grand Rapids Public Library; Sandy Sefton, Metro Heath (retired); and Win Irwin, Irwin Seating.
U.S. Retail, a Muskegon-based group, has purchased six Pet Supplies Plus stores in the Grand Rapids/Holland area. Steve Adams is CEO of the group, with partners Chad Bush and Aaron Young. Three of the stores are in Grand Rapids, one is in Grandville, one in Wyoming and one in Holland.
Service Express Inc. has hired Jessie Sprotte, marketing and lead generation specialist.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
OOTD: It's Black + White
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- AnonymousNovember 14, 2012 at 10:46 AM
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Love the casual look. I especially love the last pic!!
blue week. I love it :)ReplyDelete
blue week. I love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM
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Ps: did you ever get my email about doing a wedding attire how to??
Im not sure honey, I get so many emails I could have missed it. Ill do a search for it.Delete
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You are so inspiring...I've got similar items already in my closet, can't wait to put together the look this weekend. You Rock Mimi!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2012 at 12:17 PM
U r truly inspiring to many. Amazing how u touch so many thru pictures and blogs. And u even take time to respond. AwesomeReplyDeleteReplies
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FIVB Level II Coaches Course in Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana, July 23, 2013 – The Botswana Volleyball Federation in conjunction with Botswana National Olympic Committee hosted the FIVB Level II Coaches Course from July 9 to 21.
The course was conducted at the Botswana College of Agriculture and was led by the renowned FIVB Instructor Mr. Athanasios Papageorgiou as the Course Director and Mr. Cengiz Akarcesme, Course Instructor.
Twenty five participants from primary, secondary and tertiary schools and clubs enrolled in the two week long course. A similar course was held in 2006 to help upgrade the skills of coaches in the country.
Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the course, the BNOC President Mr. Kgosietsile, challenged the Botswana Volleyball Federation to up the game to the next level to ensure volleyball grows in the country. He applauded the Federation for its visionary leadership. For his part the President of Botswana Volleyball Federation welcomed the instructors and urged the participants to take advantage of them to get more knowledge.
The course was officially closed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana National Olympic Committee, Mr. Serufho' who hailed the course for paving the way for trained coaches ahead of the 2014 African Youth Games that would be hosted by Botswana. Of the twenty five participants, 19 passed with flying colours.


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In Armenia, energy efficiency is heating homes and warming lives
Arev Shirikchyan used to come home to a cold and dark apartment after working two shifts to support her family. In winter, getting proper heat was an ongoing battle for the residents of Avan, the Yerevan neighborhood where she lives.
Two decades ago, the boiler house supplying heat and hot water to her apartment building was abandoned. Shirikchyan was forced to turn to readily available alternatives, like electricity, kerosene or wood, which came with serious drawbacks: widespread harvesting of trees and environmental damage,
At one point, 90 percent of Armenia's apartment and public buildings used district or centralized systems for heat and hot water. But in the post-Soviet transition period, these mostly collapsed, leaving people like Shirikchyan to find their own solutions.
- Thirty large apartment buildings now receive steady supplies of heat and hot water, along with a school and two kindergartens, and 46 more will be connected in 2014.
- Energy companies have used new guidelines on testing and safety to improve and scale up services.
- New and replicated projects could save over 4,000 gigawatt hours of fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 886,000 tons within the economic lifetime of the projects.
The daily struggle for heat was among the reasons Shirikchyan dreamed of a better life outside Armenia for her two children. She and her husband often spoke of migrating to Germany.
And then, a new district heating system came to Avan, made possible by a partnership between the private sector and the Government, and supported by UNDP. Shirikchyan and her husband abandoned plans to move.
"We would not have dreamed of this a few years ago," she says. "Our children live in safe and warm apartments, and the memories of the cold and dark days are behind us. … We would like each and every citizen of Armenia to have similar living conditions."
In 2005, UNDP began working with the Government, drawing on financing from the Global Environment Facility to see what energy solutions might be sustainable over the long term.
As requested by national authorities and private investors, UNDP conducted 15 feasibility studies on different options for heating buildings. The findings showed that those powered by gas and supplying heat alone were too expensive. The more environmentally friendly and modern co-generation systems, which also use gas but provide both electricity and heat, could be ideal in compact urban areas.
Avan became the site for constructing the first system. UNDP helped bring together the private sector, municipal authorities and the national Public Services Regulatory Commission to agree on a way forward.
Construction began in early 2007. By 2009, the system was partially operational. Thirty large apartment buildings now receive steady supplies of heat and hot water, along with a school and two kindergartens; 46 more buildings are in the process of being connected in 2014. Residents have been happy to discover that the price for heat is about 20 percent less than for gas heaters in individual apartments.
As the Avan initiative progressed, UNDP also worked with authorities in several smaller municipalities, including the towns of Spitak and Aparan, to see how they too could improve energy supplies and cut costs. Both Spitak and Aparan now participate in the European Union's MODEL project, aimed at helping localities across Central and Eastern Europe to improve the capacities of local authorities to better manage energy issues.
Altogether, new and replicated projects are expected to save over 4,000 gigawatt hours of fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 886,000 tons over their lifetimes.
To Shirikchyan and thousands of people like her who now live, work and study in more comfortable places for lower costs, the benefits are obvious. In their communities and beyond, they can testify to the need for change.


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AMERICUS - The third inning was a big inning. It was big once for Georgia Southwestern, it was big once for North Georgia in the split of a Peach Belt Conference baseball doubleheader at Hurricane Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
GSW scored five runs in the third inning of Game 1 en route to a 6-3 victory. Michel Coffey belted a two-run home run and, five batters later, Gabby Ramirez added a three-run bomb.
Not to be outdone, North Georgia posted eight runs in the third inning of Game 2 and cruised to a 15-2 win.
The two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
GAME 1: GSW 6, North Georgia 3
Michel Coffey drove in three runs for the Hurricanes and Gabby Ramirez drove in the remaining three as Southwestern took the opener, 6-3.
Sparked by a five-run, five-hit third inning, the Hurricanes were able to keep a comfortable cushion the rest of the way. The two-run home run from Coffey was his team-leading fourth shot of the year. Ramirez hit his first home run as a member of the Hurricanes.
GSW added a run, its final run of the game, in the fourth when Coffey doubled to right to score Zach Moss, who had singled to open the inning and stole second.
North Georgia cut the GSW lead in half in the sixth behind RBI doubles from Travis Naraine and Matthew Black and an RBI single from Dustin Carpenter.
Coffey posted his second three-hit performance of 2012 to lead GSW at the plate in the opener. He went 3-for-5 and was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Moss, Randall Sheffield and Chase Young added two hits apiece.
Andrew Gordon led NGCSU batters with a 3-for-4 effort.
Frank Ambrosino (1-2) pitched the 'Canes second complete game of the spring. Ambrosino scattered seven hits, did not walk a batter and struck out five.
North Georgia starter Taylor Keinat (1-3) allowed six runs - two earned - in three innings of work to take the loss. Davis Patrick and Cody Clickner combined for five innings of scoreless relief. Patrick struck out two in his 3 1/3 innings on the mound.
GAME 2: GSW 2, North Georgia 15
The runs came early and often for North Georgia in the nightcap as the Saints rolled to a 15-2 victory.
North Georgia jumped to a lead in the first as cleanup hitter Matthew Black delivered a three-run shot to left center to give the Saints a 3-0 advantage.
While those runs would prove to be enough, the Saints added eight more in the third behind a seven-hit, four-double frame. NGCSU pounded the left-field line as Black smacked an RBI double down the line, Andrew Gordon cleared the bases with a three-run double in the corner and Eason Spivey added a two-base shot to that same area of the field to plate a run.
The Saints scored two more in the fifth and their final two in the seventh. North Georgia finished with 22 hits in Game 2.
GSW snapped the shutout in the ninth when Gabby Ramirez singled in Corey Benson who had doubled one at bat earlier. Chase Young delivered an RBI single to score Ramirez.
Zach Moss was the only GSW batter with multiple hits in the nightcap (2-for-3).
Jordan Erisman collected five hits to lead the North Georgia attack. Erisman went 5-for-6 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Kenny Bellavance was 4-for-5 with a double, a triple and three RBIs. Black and Derek Hooper had three-hit performances.
GSW starter Matt Weaver (1-5) was roughed up for eight runs - seven earned - in two innings. Trent Franzago allowed three runs in his inning on the hill. Cameron Blinn pitched four innings and surrendered four runs on nine hits. Gray Carden tossed a scoreless eighth and a scoreless ninth.
Jacob Beauchamp (3-0) threw eight scoreless innings in only his second start of 2012. He walked three and struck out five while scattering four hits. Chip Fleming pitched the ninth and allowed two runs - one earned - on three hits while striking out a batter.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 8, No. 1 Spring 1981 Vahé Baladouni UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS THE ACCOUNTING RECORDS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY Abstract: The rather extensive and complex collection of accounting and related materials of the East India Company may be viewed in four distinct periods. Para-doxically, the first period (1600-1663) is marked by an absence of account books. The second period (1664-1697), however, provides us with a near-complete set of books. The maintenance of three separate sets of accounting records distinguish-es the third period (1698-1712) when three East India Companies (London, Eng-lish, United) were operating simultaneously. From around 1712 until final liquid-ation of the Company in 1858—fourth and last archival period—record keeping assumed certain features of modern accounting. Some 8,600 volumes of accounting records which span a period of nearly three centuries (1664-1955) are in the charge of the India Office Library and Records in London. They constitute the archives of the East India Company (1664-1858) and its successor, the India Office (1858-1955). These records are designated L/AG, Accoun-tant General. This rather extensive collection covers a wide variety of account-ing and related subjects, ranging from ledgers and journals to ready reckoners, registers of stock transfers, bullion records, actuarial materials, income tax papers, private trade journals, and accounts compiled for Parliament and the Treasury. Altogether there are fifty-two major, self-contained subject areas each of which is di-vided into several subsections. From an archival standpoint, this collection of materials is very complex; efforts, however, are being made to improve its present arrangement.* The accounting records of the East India Company may be viewed in four distinct periods. Even though there are no surviving This report is a by-product of a research project made possible by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. * Mr. S. J. McNally, who was for many years employed in the Accountant Gen-eral's Department of the India Office, has prepared a guide to this collection. The guide is now being edited and may in part be revised by Mrs. Sally Hofmann, formerly assistant keeper at the India Office Records.


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Ever wonder why your laptop computer, handheld data device, or even pocket calculator has that FCC compliance label on the back? It reads something like this, "This unit complies with Part 15, FCC Rules." What does the Federal Communication Commission have to do with your $15 calculator?
It all comes down to switching devices. Whenever you switch or oscillate a circuit fast enough (10 kHz and higher), it becomes a transmitter of EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) now known as RFI (Radio Frequency Interference). Any handheld device that uses diodes and transistors, which turn on and off at such a high rate, radiate electromagnetic waves.
Here is a good way to demonstrate this fact and check your TV remote control at the same time. Take an AM pocket radio and tune it to a dead part of the AM band (where you don't pick up any radio station, but you do hear a small hissing sound). Now, put it next to your TV's remote control and press one of the buttons on the remote. The digital pulse train you hear is the diodes switching current to the infrared LED on the remote control. As you press different buttons, you get different pulsing sounds. By the way, a $5 AM pocket radio makes for a pretty valuable troubleshooting tool. I always carry one in my troubleshooting kit.
With the advent of high-speed switching power supplies used in just about every electronic piece of equipment on the market today, you can see how this phenomenon becomes a serious problem. Unwanted noise in a process or control system can cause major upsets, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost production and wasted product.
A large enough RFI signal can cause misfiring of SCRs in drives and actually destroy the equipment itself. Now you know why it's important to keep those doors closed on the drives while they're operating. The metal acts as a shield against unwanted interference. Try to imagine what would happen if you triggered your 5W handy-talkie next to an open drive cabinet!
Okay, RFI is a fact of life. But what can you do to minimize its impact on your equipment? It's a matter of degrees. How much noise determines how much we have to do. In many cases, you just need a twisted pair of wires to solve the problem. When this just isn't enough, consider the following methods:
Shielded cabling. Shielding helps break down the coupling effect between the noise and the signal. Coax cables are a good example of this. Often, you'll find sprayed copper shielding or a thin film of aluminum foil on the inside of the plastic covers of a PLC used for shielding the electronics inside the PLC.
Balanced circuits. By using a twisted pair, you don't keep the noise out, but you do couple the noise into both conductors (signal and return), which then becomes subtracted as common-mode noise. The balanced circuit creates a high impedance for the coupled noise.
RF chokes. As a high impedance, you can effectively use these chokes with data and power cables. Look at some of your portable equipment line cords. You'll most likely see a split core choke installed close to the line side input of that equipment.
Fiber optic cable. For severe noise contamination areas, nothing beats a fiber optic setup. Although there's a higher initial cost, fiber optic cable is immune to all electrical noise, period!
If you think you have operational problems as a result of RFI, use some common sense troubleshooting techniques. First, walk around your facility. Do you see anything new or changed? Did someone forget to put covers back on a transformer or close a door to a piece of equipment? Then, take out your pocket AM radio and start listening for static in the environment as you walk around. The stronger the static, the closer you are to the source. Good troubleshooting!
Turkel is a senior instructor, ATMS Technical Training Co., Owings Mills, Md.
Sidebar: RFI -- Then and Now
You may think radio frequency interference is a relatively new problem, but think back. Do you remember your family's car from the 1960s? Sometimes, when you pressed down on the accelerator you would get this whining sound on the radio's AM stations. To get rid of this problem, you'd have to go out and get a choke for the distributor to filter out the noise from the switching of the points on the distributor. The same problem happens today. In fact, auto manufactures have a lot to worry about nowadays. Just think about those ABS brakes that use switching devices and a trunk-mounted cellular phone in the same proximity!


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Dave Dye
Commissioning editor, DHM
It's 2013, and price-comparison sites have lost the plot.
Firstly, the meerkat people. They don't want to be the meerkat people any more. To paraphrase their ad: "It's not MEERKAT, it's MARKET. Compare the MARKET. They're completely different words, THICKO!"
Well, you started it. Don't get arsey with me, you're the ones who have spent the past five years and gazillions of pounds telling me it was meerkat in the first place!
Secondly, the annoying opera singer people. They no longer want to be the annoying opera singer people. Gocompare.com is killing fattie. You'd think they could find another role for him in their now famous company but, nope, they want him dead.
I don't want to appear as though I'm applying ruthless logic to a Road Runner cartoon, but is killing a person campaignable? Shouldn't he be dead by now? Is he now a zombie?
The latest murderer is, I kid you not, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Stephen Hawking. Yes, Stephen Hawking. He has worked out a way of creating a black hole to kill fattie.
A black hole? Now, you'd think someone that smart would realise that's over-engineering to a ridiculous degree – talk about using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Maybe he's just showing off?
I don't get it: what are these two virtual companies without their very famous public personas?
The persona of William Hill has had a makeover – out go nicotine-stained fingers, bloodshot eyes and world-weary expressions, in come skinny jeans, designer stubble and ironic Shoreditch smirks.
This ad starts with a bloke riding a horse on to an office floor. He shouts: "Can you smell it?" Lots of hip people shout and crack jokes back. "You can now gamble online and by app."
It's cool, but I have to confess I'm none the wiser about Mr Hill – betting online or by app isn't new, is it? I can only imagine that giving him a different personality is the goal. In which case, they succeed – he's now much less blokey than his mates Paddy Power, Victor Chandler or Ray Winstone.
In The Sun ad, a street urchin sings about how rubbish January is. It's for the "Big Smile Giveaway", whatever that is.
It's well-written and directed; the urchin is particularly good. The producer on the production side also deserves credit for not only suggesting that the director lend the urchin his jumper (it's pure serendipity that it fitted), but also for negotiating with the urchin's parents to wiggle out those two front teeth (they were only milk teeth – they'll grow back). Combined, they give the ad a real charm.
In the Virgin Atlantic ad, we see various children demonstrate their supernatural powers. Cut to them today as Virgin employees: "Virgin. Fly in the face of ordinary."
It's very tongue-in-cheek, almost like a Saturday Night Live spoof ad. The style makes it entertaining, but by being so ironic and admitting it's complete nonsense, it leaves me unsure what exactly the underlying message is.
In the Department of Health ad, we watch a man smoke a cigarette in his back garden. As he smokes, we see a "mutation" grow from the cigarette: "Mutations are how cancer starts. Every 15 cigarettes you smoke will cause a mutation."
Someone has done a great job finding this new, scary piece of information. But using the same creative device as the previous campaign (where fat came out of the cigarette) means it feels familiar, not like new news.
Various nutters talk to their Cadbury Cream Eggs as if they were lovers. I guess it's playing off their seasonality.
Erm… anyway, did you spot the deliberate spelling mistake? Cream Eggs is actually spelt Creme Eggs, so they should be pronounced "Crem Eggs" – French. When the hell did that happen and why wasn't I copied in?
Giles Hedger
Group managing director and chief strategy officer, Leo Burnett
It was suggested to me over Boxing Day lunch that most of what is wrong with society is also wrong with the advertising it produces. I think I spluttered something about "cherished bellwether of all that is culturally vigorous".
What I should have done, of course, it being Christmas and this being Britain, is calm things down with a parlour game. Into one bucket goes anything that is remotely degenerate or societally implicating. If, even for a moment, you think "what the fuck have we become?", the work goes into the Bucket of Civic Breakdown.
Into a second bucket goes anything remotely affirmative of a society that is on track. Players must interpret this generously.
Even the faintest wholesome indicator can qualify work for the Big Bucket of Togetherness.
Gocompare.com thinks that Gio Compario deserves to be sucked into a black hole. I think this is too kind a fate for the twizzle-tached impresario, but that's because I don't inhabit the vortex of self-reference into which price-comparison advertising has been sucked. "Salience at any cost" is a pact in which freedom is gained and dignity lost. Price-comparison brands have converged on the Horizon of Inanity, and one of the greatest minds on the planet has chosen to join them there.
Stephen Hawking's vengeful grin is a moment of succinct perfection. But as I watch a tuxedoed tenor enter a galactic hoover on the streets of East Sheen, I ask myself: whatever happened to the power of the unseen? Did society abandon subtlety, or did advertising? Will the world end in the daytime or in the night-time? Was this commercial the first tremor of the Mayan apocalypse? Perhaps we're already dead and this is the view from the Inferno.
No, I must still be alive because The Sun is still as disingenuously upbeat as ever. This time, a toothless child wants me to get involved in a beat-the-January-blues singalong. The film is thoughtfully planned, wittily written and convincingly directed but, greater still, it is a perfect tableau of Broken Britain, effortlessly uniting big themes such as the commercialisation of childhood, the dumbing down of absolutely everything and the rank hypocrisy of the media. This unwitting minor and her premature worldliness is the grain of sand in which can be seen an entire universe of metaphysical failure. In it goes.
Adding to the Tower of Turpitude, a campaign that explores the ways in which the young adults of this proud nation can indulge in no-strings sexual relations with Cadbury Creme Eggs. I admire the planner for eking out some uninhabited space in the world of infrequent confectionery indulgence, but the work itself is joyless and dead-eyed, and whatever resonance it promised with the disenfranchised, I can't believe it will sell much chocolate. Pling.
Good news, though, for those who worry that we are a nation of gamblers. It turns out William Hill is passionate about the sport we bet on and routinely engage in synesthetic banter behind the scenes. It wants us to get closer to the feel of the game too, which is why it has generously arranged for us to access William Hill on the go. There is more than a whiff of the peerless Blackcurrant Tango, but this is good, bold start-up work that helps us forget gambling is probably bad. I consult the rulebook. Between two buckets.
The Bucket of Togetherness is not empty, though. Virgin Atlantic has peacocked its way to Happy with a mock-portentous celebration of all that is high-Pantone-superhuman about Virgin staff. This will work wonders internally, and while some may wonder why the nation's super-gifted choose to become cabin stewards, the whole exercise is a charismatic net positive.
I will say far less about the Department of Health work because it is by far the best. Substantiation like this is gold dust and the film has all the focus and restraint that society and advertising together have unlearned.


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WHITTIER, Calif. – The defense forced five turnovers and Braden Foley threw for three TDs while running for another as the Puget Sound football team defeated the Whittier Poets 42-33 on Saturday. The win snapped a 20-game losing for the Logger football program.
Saturday's win was the Loggers first since Oct. 30, 2010 when they beat Pacific 42-31 in Baker Stadium. The win also ended a 20-game losing streak on the road that stretches back to 2008. Their last road win came on Sep. 13, 2008 in a 37-7 win at Pomona-Pitzer.
The key to victory for the Loggers (1-1) came in the turnover battle as the Loggers had five takeaways in the game. Jacob Wuesthoff and Connor Savage each picked off a pass in key moments for the Loggers. Savage, Joe Cerne and Hayden Keefe all fell on fumbles. Meanwhile the Loggers took care of the ball all game long – notturning it over once.
Foley was 16-of-31 in the passing game with 233 yards and three TDs. He also rushed for the Loggers' first score of the game. He hit seven different receivers in the game, three of which he found in the end zone.
Tight End Josh Gilbert led all Logger receivers with four grabs for 63 yards and a touchdouwn. Bryson Calma also reeled in a touchdown for one of his three receptions in the game. Peter Bell helped seal the Poets (0-2) fate with a fourth quarter touchdown grab.
Whittier took the initial lead on their first drive as Anthony Walker ran in from two yards out to cap a 10-play, 71-yard drive. The Loggers responded with an 11-play drive that went 75 yards over the next 6:14. Foley scampered in on third and goal from the three and things were all tied up at 7-7 after Sawyer Petre's kick.
The Logger defense stepped up in big ways to end the Poets' next two drives with turnovers. First, Keefe jumped on Steven Rivera's fumble in the backfield. With the score still tied, Savage picked off Rivera on the first play of the second quarter to halt the driving Poets.
This time, the Loggers used 12 plays to go 71 yards and Foley capped it with a TD strike to Gilbert from three yards out again. The TD was the first of three unanswered scores to end the half.
Another Poet drive came to a screeching stop as Nasser Abdelrasul jarred out a fumble and Savage was there to recover it. Foley hit Gilbert for a 35-yard gain on the first play and had the Loggers again knocking on the door. Kupono Park muscled his way in from the one on the next play at the Loggers were up 21-7.
Whittier scored on their first drive of the second half when Chris Lopez hit Cody Mucino for a 13-yard TD pass. Leading 21-14, the Poets forced a Logger punt. However, Wuesthoff came away with his second interception of the young season and returned it all the way into the red zone to set up the Logger offense.
The offense took just two plays to cash in as Foley found Calma for a 19-yard TD pass and the lead was back to 14.
A Poet field goal and another TD pass from Chris Lopez bought Whittier right back into the game and trimmed the Logger lead to 28-25 with 11:38 to go in the fourth quarter.
The teams traded three-and-outs over the next two drives and after another three-and-out, Jeff Walton came back on to punt. He boomed a 74-yard punt down to the 15-yard line and the Loggers coverage brought down the return at the 11 to completely change the field possession game.
The defense fed off the momentum change and forced the fourth three-and-out in a row. On third and eight, Foley broke the string as he found Calma for a 33-yard pass that set the Loggers up with 1st and goal. Park charged in two plays later to makeit a two-score game again.
The ensuing kickoff was fumbled and Cerne jumped on it to set the Loggers up on Whittier's 15 yard line. It took just two plays for Foley to hit Bell in the end zone and all but seal Whittier's fate with 3:27 remaining.
Whittier scored once late but the Loggers converted a 4th-and-2 to set up in victory formation and wind out the clock.
The Loggers' five takeaway helped them overcome Whittier's 481-278 advantage in total offense. Wuesthoff had 17 tackles to go along with his interception to lead the Logger defense. Max Mirande had 15 tackles and Keefe had 13. Mike Raub had two sacks and the Loggers got to the quarterback five times in the game.
The Loggers are off next week but return to the gridiron on Oct. 5 when they travel down to Lewis & Clark for their Northwest Conference opener.


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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 8: During The Battle…
Greetings from Ice Station Zebra. For all you people out there who check the spines of your comics to make sure they don't have creases or whatever it is you are looking for please note that Forbidden Planet is now refrigerated to ensure that your books stay extra fresh. No more rotten book smell! Anyway, about my column this week; I don't know how many of you have peaked early in life but it is a terrible feeling. I'm pretty sure that last week's column is as good as this column is ever going to get. I don't know if you saw it but it was pretty great. There was a whole Choose Your Own Adventure type thing and I made lots of jokes about killing you. I don't think I can top it and I am coming to terms with that. This is my Godfather III. I am just going through the motions here. But there is a ray of hope in this trainwreck of a column.
Well, that's not necessarily true. Wednesday January 30th is my birthday. If you are reading this on another day then today is not, in fact, my birthday. But if you are reading this on Wednesday then HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Feel free to order yourself a piece of cake at dinner, sing me a song, and then eat it (the cake, not the song). So while I clearly have nothing to talk about in this column I thought, "I have done enough for my readers so far. Maybe too much. It's time they do something for me." So that is the theme of this week's column. Stuff you can get me. A birthday wish list. Just so you know what you are up against, Forbidden Planet's Tech Wizard/Actual Wizard Tyler got me a self portrait he painted. It's 10'x10′, based on Botticelli's "The Birth Of Venus", and creepy as hell. I am hanging it above my bed so I remember to never sleep. But you should feel free to get me stuff that isn't nightmare stuff.
For starters I always like cash. Any amount is fine, but if it's under $10 it's kind of rude. Feel free to stop by Forbidden Planet and leave cash with any of the register jockeys for me. There is a 50/50 shot I will get it. They aren't the most trustworthy lot. I would also take Forbidden Planet gift cards. That isn't going to pay my rent or buy me chocolate milk but it doesn't hurt. RIYL: Capitalism. Buying stuff. Goods and services.
You know what you could get me? GLOBAL FREQUENCY. Warren Ellis & a team of great artists come together to do single issue standalone sci-fi spy stories. A 21st century reimagining of stuff like Bond or Mission: Impossible, these stories focus more on fast paced and sometimes socially conscious thriller than they do on things like character. Originally released by Wildstorm in 2004, this book is finally back in print now. Ellis is a comic writing genius, but if you have never read his stuff this isn't where I would start. Luckily for us, I already read Transmetropolitan, The Authority, & Nextwave so feel free to buy me this. RIYL: Queen & Country, Channel Zero, or 80's and 90's Bond films.
I don't think I would be causing much controversy among those paying attention if I pointed out that Matt Fraction & David Aja's HAWKEYE is the best book at Marvel right now. Sure Thor, and All New X-Men, and Punisher War Zone, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Daredevil are all putting up a good fight, but it's sort of hopeless. Hawkguy feels fresh and relevant, smart and fun in a way that most comics don't begin to approach. It is style AND substance. I hope every single person at Marvel (and DC) is noticing the bar is being raised each month. Issue #7 gives it an extra nudge. With 2 short stories about a massive hurricane hitting the Northeast, Hawkeye #7 manages to be topical while still being a book about everybody's 6th favorite Avenger. On top of all this, Mr. Fraction is donating his salary from this issue to hurricane Sandy relief efforts. If you don't know how comics tend to work, his salary is based on royalties from sales. Meaning that each issue you buy helps Sandy victims who are still desperately in need. So yes, by all means go give money to Occupy Sandy, but reward yourself with a copy of this book and keep the charity going. (And while you are at it, reward Mr. Fraction for being a class act by picking up his other series like Casanova or Five Fists Of Science.) And since it's my birthday go ahead and buy me an issue as well. RIYL: helping people in need, near perfect superhero comics, Immortal Iron Fist, the idea of a Bryan Lee O'Malley and Chris Ware teaming up on an action book.
First an anecdote. At a comic convention last year I bought an issue of TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE from Michael Kupperman and he signed it to me. I later gave the issue to my lovely ladyfriend, Alethea, as a gift. Giving someone else your stuff and acting like you got it for them is considered "not proper gift giving etiquette" by squares, teachers, and cops. Now, Matthew and Alethea contain some of the same letters but she can recognize that they are not the same name. It took her a whole 6+ months to notice that the book was inscribed to me instead of her but when she did… whoo boy was that fun. Anyway, in terms of funny comics going on right now there are not a ton of great options. Even if there were though, TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE Vol. 2 would stand head and shoulders above the competition. Volume 1 of TDTR was among the funniest things I have ever read. I easily put it alongside works like The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy or Calvin & Hobbes in terms of books I can revisit and still completely lose myself in over and over again. Michael Kupperman's absurdest strips that range from the adventures of historical figures Twain & Einstein, to buddy cop duo Snake N' Bacon, and the history of sex blimps, all peppered with old timey fake comic ads for odd products are nothing if not bafflingly weird and compelling. If you are at all a fan of the absurd in any form I would urge you to read this book. And since I only have volume 1 you can get me this as a great gift. RIYL: The anything goes spirit of old Mad Magazine, the fast paced boundary pushing humor of stuff like Monty Python, Kids In The Hall, Airplane! or Amazon Women On The Moon.
7 MILES A SECOND. Painter, musician, photographer, filmmaker, writer, and activist, David Wojnarowicz was a key figure in the underground New York City art scene of the 1980's. Often times having strong homo-erotic subtext, his work pushed cultural boundaries, continues to inspire new generations of artists today, and invoked the wrath of the christian right. After a lengthy court case, Mr. Wojnarawicz earned a hard fought victory against the loathsome Donald Wildmon and the American Family Association who sought to defund the National Endowment for the Arts. This single legal struggle did more for artists and artist rights in this country than most people can comprehend. By 1992 Mr. Wojnarowicz sadly lost his battle with AIDS. 7 Miles A Second was completed by his collaborator on the book, James Romberger, and published by Vertigo posthumously in 1996. Now it is back in print for the first time and is well worth your attention. Wojnarowicz autobiographical tales start you with his life as a child prostitute, onto his teenage years on the street, through his time has an HIV+ man, and onto his inevitable (at the time) conclusion. The stories serve as beautiful and brutal snapshots of a brilliant life lived too hard and extinguished too soon. It is not too much to say that we all owe a great cultural debt to Mr. Wojnarowicz and picking up this book and trying to understanding his life is a good first step toward understanding that debt. RIYL: Maus, American Splendor, or artists having the right and the ability to make a living in this country.
Well, that was a super depressing note to end on. Sorry about that. Anyway, I'm going to go because there are a lot of good books to read this week and you are still freaking out from all that sugar in the birthday cake. Even if you don't want to buy me these or any other books you can still get me a present; you can go look at the comics on the shelves and promise to try something new.
Awww. What a sweet moment. Now if you excuse me I am going to go warm up by Tauntaun-ing one of Forbidden Planet's managers and sleeping nestled in their gross guts.


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I'm trying to get the HTTP Response header out of a WebBrowser control so I can figure out what type of document it is, specifically RSS versus HTML.
I tried using WebBrowser.DocumentType, but the return value of that seems dependent on your default program settings (as HTML documents show up as "Firefox Document" for me), and I also do not want to just assume that all "XML Document"s are RSS feeds.
I also tried using the XML parser to parse the document to see if the root tag was <html> or <rss> but the "DocumentText" and "DocumentStream" properties return the formatted data, which is a HTML document regardless because of the way IE formats XML documents.
Lastly, I tried manually using a HttpWebRequest object to download the response manually, and then copying the response stream in to the "DocumentText" property, but the browser was still on "about:blank" so that screwed up all of the relative linking on sites.
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Some days it just seems too hard to come up with a post; and I haven't posted in so long it looks like that's most days I guess! Plus, I stay on facebook playing games that seem to suck me in. It's easier to come up with a line or two for fb status rather than an entire post, so I'll post a few together for today.
my name…..
*new white shirt plus tomato sauce for meatballs, not good!
*audio books for car trips are a very good thing!
*Wicked was awesome! I loved it
*when does exercise ever become fun?
*I am SO tired of mosquitoes
*I should be old enough to not break out on my face! What is up with that?
*ok, who called at 4 in the morning on my cell phone asking me to go shopping! Ms. private number you should wait until at least 6 please.
*enjoyed my first shopping trip to Ikea!
*mint dark chocolate 3 musketeers, mmmmm!
* I'm sorta tired of spam comments, that is all.


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Chronicle Craft: Make Your Own Paper Deer Head
It is possible to transform a simple room into something special—with your own hands. Dorm Decor offers a wide range of simple projects to spiff up drab dorm rooms. Beyond your dorm days? This craft can invigorate any living space in a hurry.
There are tons of ideas to choose from—bedding, rugs, lampshades, pillows, desktop organizers, and more. Reversible projects maximize your design options, while hanging projects free up valuable floor and desk space. And of course, there are organizing projects to keep your room (and life!) clutter-free. Personally, I'm trying to come up with an excuse to make the Deer Head project below. Who doesn't want a faux deer head on their wall?!
Oh Dear, Deer Head
Excerpted from Dorm Decor
For the animal lover, activist, or simply anyone with a sense of humor, this faux buck will make any dorm-room dweller proud. Hang a scarf or hat on his antlers, keeping floors free and clear, or use him as witty wall art.
You'll Need
Deer templates
1 20″ x 30″ piece (3/16″-thick) foam core
1 6″ x 7″ piece (1/2″-thick) foam core
60″ length (30″-wide) wrapping paper
1 6″ x 7″ piece of contrasting paper
Craft knife
Cutting board
Spray adhesive
Picture-frame hanging wire
1. Make the pieces
Using the deer templates:
From the 3/16″ thick foam core, cut:
2 deer heads
1 deer body
1 deer nose
1 deer antler
From the 1/2″ thick foam core, cut:
1 mounting board
2. Cover the pieces
Using spray adhesive, spray one side of the nose piece and adhere it to the wrong side of the wrapping paper. Use the craft knife and the cutting board and cut out the nose piece. Repeat for the other side of the nose.
Repeat to cover both sides of the two deer heads, the deer body, and the deer antler pieces.
Using spray adhesive, adhere the contrasting paper to one side of the mounting board. Cut it out using the craft knife and cutting board.
3. Hang the deer head
On each deer head piece, cut a hole 1″ below the top edge and 3/8″ inside the back edge with the awl.
Assemble the deer head as shown in the photograph.
Thread wire through both holes several times and end by wrapping the wire around itself for a hanger.
Click here to download the below images. They are formatted to 8x10in layouts. So, when printing on 8.5x11in paper, select (when printing through Windows Print Wizard) "8x10in cutout print" in the layout selection. It should print perfectly.
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sarah February 20, 2009 at 11:48 am
I'm past my dorm room days, but I keep my little apartment interesting by incorporating color and patterns. Since I can't paint the stark, white walls, I create areas of interest: a giant silk scarf from a vacation covers my kitchen table and small gifts and a collection of wind-up toys look interesting and a little bit (perhaps a VERY little bit) more grown-up when all grouped together on top of an armoire.
For me, a small space and plain walls creates the opportunity to make a big impact with little details.
Thom February 20, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hardly original, but always effective. Choose a wall. Paint the shadow outline of a tree on the wall. Place hooks on branches. Hang items.
justin February 20, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Buy as many frames as you can. Spray paint them a bright color. Add your favorite pictures. And hang them on a wall.
This adds a pop of color and personality to any blank room.
Cakespy February 20, 2009 at 12:35 pm
This is awesome!
I have found two things for brightening up a room that are quirky and easy. One is hanging cookie cutters (lots of them) on the wall. It's space efficient and nice if you bake a lot because you can see them all lined up. Also I purchased some fake donuts from a fake-food company a while back and hung those up in an alternating pattern, and people love it.
mirabelle February 20, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Past my dorm room days but used to do something simple…flowers. I would buy one every Friday.
Megan February 20, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I'm in a super small house and people who visit are always surprised at just how tiny it is when I tell them. I think its partly because we take advantage of all the natural light we can and we try to bring the outdoors in, often in unexpected ways. Beyond houseplants, we have seeds, cut branches, and other found objects throughout the house.
Thanks for the giveaway!
guinevere February 20, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Gorgeous bed linens will definitely liven up a tiny studio space. It was an investment, but my Denyse Schmidt quilt is a work of art.
Phaedra February 20, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I am ALL about Oil CLoth! Cut a large piece to fit your kitchen table for instance, staple it all around underneath the table and you have a bright and lively surface.
Use it to make place-mats, or coasters, you can line a tray with oil cloth to spruce it up, you can skin a cork board with it and hang it on your wall, you can skin a three ring binder with it and use that to store papers- literally endless uses! All perfect for renters or short term living situations! I am so excited to read the book!
james February 20, 2009 at 5:11 pm
for the ladies…
brighten up your walls by getting old clothes patterns and wallpaper glue (or similiar paste) and start pasting them up on the wall. your girlfriends will think you design your own clothes and you will be the talk of the dorm!
for the guys…
same thing dudes but go to an architect firm and ask for any old architectural drawings (some firms have a spring clean every so often and they have digital backups now anyway). get the glue and cover your wall with whatever plans you got. when you invite the girls over to see your wall they will think you are more intelligent than you actually are and a good study partner (well, we can dream).
(this comment is an idea. any promise of picking up girls or become the designer dorm girl is purely speculative. the writer will not be responsible for any inconsistencies in the above comments.)
have fun…
Laura Stewart February 20, 2009 at 5:34 pm
definitely some bright curtains
Lolly February 20, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I love my paper garlands! Brightly colored two-inch circles are sewn into simple chains. They make for a merry spot of color anywhere. Also, pillows, artwork, plants, and bells. My wee little apartment is cheery!
Debbie February 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I'm past dorm days but my children are not. One of them bought 12″ square canvases and had her roommates each paint one. They them made a collage on the wall with them. It looked great.
Jesselyn February 20, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Use liquid starch to put fabric up on your walls – any fabric will do, even the cheapest stuff from Wal-Mart works great for this. You'll have a contrast wall in no time, and when you move out, just spray with water and the fabric peels right off!
~PS I did not come up with this idea, but I do use it myself and love it!
Katie February 20, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Two ideas to use fabric scraps on your walls:
-Cut interesting shapes out of different pieces of fabric and put them on the wall using liquid fabric starch. Just place them on the wall where you want them and brush a coat of starch over the fabric, brushing out the bubbles as you go. It is quick, cheap, and most important (for a dorm room), not permanent!
-Buy several cheap square canvas panels from your local craft store (I bought 20 of the 6×6 canvas panels from Dick Blick for less than $20) and wrap each one in a different fabric. Arrange them in a grid and use the Command velcro strips to attach them to the wall. That way, you can rearrange them whenever you want and when you move out, the strips pull off the wall without leaving any damage!
stacy February 20, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Since we had to keep the dorm room walls white, we added lots of color to the room by hanging fun pictures and lots and lots of pillows (with coordinating bedspreads, etc.)
Rhiannon February 21, 2009 at 5:51 am
When my bed is the centerpiece of my room, I try to cover it in lots of quilts and pillows. It just makes everything bright and comfy.
andrea from the fishbowl February 21, 2009 at 7:45 am
I love that deer head! It is amazing.
I'm really into vintage toys. Vintage bowling pins, gumball machines filled with old marbles, wooden toys … most of these things were bought at garage sales and in secondhand shops. And I like to think that my personality really shows through.
anne February 21, 2009 at 7:45 am
Repeated single color: group of picture frames, large floor pillow, swath of fabric tacked to the ceiling in an interesting way, colored paper (or fabric) on the front of your binders. When that color is dominant, add splashes of another color that looks good with it.
Anna February 21, 2009 at 11:09 am
Back when I was living in the dorm, I used a rasterization program online (you can find several ones out there, and they're free!) to make an enlargement of one of my favorite paintings (you just print the rasterized version out page by page on a printer) and framed each sheet separately in cheap IKEA frames. When hung up in a collage style, it was a great way to put a modern pop spin on a High Renaissance image!
Liz Ramsey February 21, 2009 at 12:08 pm
The book looks awesome! I'm a big fan of papercuts so if I went back to college now, I'd probably get busy with some scissors and old newspapers (ones in other languages looks particularly good)and make my own papel picado to string up. And I can't WAIT to try making the deer head!
anneli February 21, 2009 at 11:49 pm
organize books by colour and add vintage quilts
Izzy February 22, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I like the idea of using contact paper to make wall decorations. Simply cut out the shape you want from the contact paper, peel off the backing and stick it to your wall. They're really easy to remove too so you don't have to worry about marking your walls. It gives you freedom to create any sort of design you want in any size and in any colour.
Joanna February 22, 2009 at 8:07 pm
A real quick and relatively cheap fix to perk up any room is to add wall decals. You can find them in any color and lots of designs.
Dee February 22, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I really like this, I never lived in a dorm, but have lived in an apartment MANY yrs ago when I first got married, I didn't put alot of things on the walls due to the whole renting thing, but I used color on our bed which could be seen through french doors from our tiny living room, and for christmas we just put up the bows from some of our wedding gifts from the month before as decorations… we were living on love at the time LOL
Now I buy cheap pictures if I see a picture i like and it's cheap i reframe it in a nicer frame… or make my own, saves money… and i get a great picture.. always look for sales in the oddest places in your local wallyworld, the corners of the building, or at odd endcap areas… i find great buys on linens to use on the walls, pillows, etc …
as for the Deer head pictured, i love it because my husband hunts, and we are waiting on his antlers to come back from the taxidermist, he got a deer this year, meat is in the freezer and this is the first one he has antlers to brag about… maybe ill do this as a sort of.. homage to the whole thing !
didn't post for the book, but i always love anything crafty or sewing… so i hope i get one. 🙂
Little Miss S. February 23, 2009 at 2:49 am
In my tiny flat everything has to be really tidy to have room for myself. As I am not allowed to change anything in the room, I try to hang personal tiny paintings everywhere and make sure that my bed is always covered with my big home quilted blanket – and then I have baskets hanging all over with crafting projects to let it shine through what I like to spend my time doing. It shows off my flat as creative and personal – or at least I hope it does…
Korie February 23, 2009 at 7:24 am
Can't wait to get my hands on this book. My nieces are going to college in the next couple years and they can't believe how bland dorms are.
When I lived in the dorms, lo those many years ago, we did a few things to spice up our room. My father sews, so we had him make some cute, colorful curtains for the one window we had. We had a couple plants to green up the room as well. We had a couple cute "art posters" that we hung as well.
Catalina February 23, 2009 at 9:18 am
I added Vancouver city banners (Nick Bantock ones!) to all my appartment
Great blog and thanks for the patterns! I will try that for sure
A. Robinson February 23, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Easy–make artwork out of some styrofoam board and scrapbooking paper.
Buy some 1″ thick styrofoam board at your local craft store (these pieces are normally 12″ by 24″-36″, perfect for this project). Select some 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper that you like. I personally like using coordinating papers.
Cut the styrofoam into 12″ x 12″ squares.
Take some hodge podge glue (used for decoupaging) (or any glue, really, so long as it doesn't bleed through paper) and apply it liberally on the styrofoam. Do not use aerosol adhesives, for it will melt the foam!
Affix the paper onto the foam and let it dry.
Pick out some coordinating fabric ribbon. Glue it around the edges of the foam to mask any icky edges or unclean cuts.
Hang on wall! A project for a few bucks!
Joyce February 23, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I love adding fun pillows (ie skinnylaminx covers), pictures/art (ie etsy finds) and making sure things are organized in totes. Organization always makes tings look better/bigger, as there's no clutter!
Jeanne Crockett February 24, 2009 at 5:05 am
Love this! I can see it in a little boy's room, or as a Christmas/winter decoration.
Stephanie February 24, 2009 at 10:54 am
I like to frame sentimental objects, like my great grandma's vintage handkerchiefs. Command Adhesive is awesome for hanging pictures without leaving marks or holes on the walls.
Stephanie Fillmore February 24, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Covered the cork board on the wall with fabric and ribbon to match the bedding. much prettier. Hung patterned paper stars from the ceiling too! Inexpensive decor for a student's budget.
Annie February 24, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I love this idea, my bf is a hunter but I'm a total tree hugger. maybe this is a fun happy medium!
Crystal February 24, 2009 at 8:10 pm
When I was in a dorm, I chose items with tons of highly saturate primary and secondary (mostly…I wasn't very picky) colors. That way everything always matched! Everyone always commented on how fun and cheery my room was.
Nan February 24, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I'm pretty sure I had the smallest dorm room on my campus. Since space was at such a premium I used removable 3M hooks to hang all of my handbags on the wall. This kept my nice bags from being smushed in the closet and made it a snap to change out my bag in a hurry.
jennifer ramos February 25, 2009 at 12:34 am
And i just bought one already made.wooden one, but its not wrapped in wrapping paper. I may just do that…NICE!!
Jen Ramos
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Shawna February 25, 2009 at 7:45 am
The deer would look good in our spare bedroom. Maybe I'll find time to create it!
jennifer ramos February 25, 2009 at 3:35 pm
HERE IS a great way to brighten up a dorm room. It's a DO IT YOURSELF Inspiration board. Made from corkboard, frame and fabric.
chelsea a February 25, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I'm so glad I found your blog!
I was lucky enough to have huge bulletin boards above my standard-issue dorm room bed. The rest of the room was painted brick – no nails or tacks allowed (not that they would work, though). Simple solution? Colored butcher paper. It was just a few dollars a yard and my craft/art supply store had about a dozen colors they carried. I could change the entire look of my half of the room for each month, season, or just when the mood hit for less than $5. I didn't even have to tape the paper up. Because it was a bulletin board, I used your run-of-the-mill stapler and just did the edges, then used cardstock and other patterned paper to make adornments. That was back in fall of 2000…there are SO many paper options and cute fabric options available now. Were I to do it again, I'd invest in some fabric and sew myself a ton of differently sized throw pillows and probably still cover the bulletin board in butcher paper – it's less expensive and gives the same dramatic effect!
hourto February 27, 2009 at 9:15 am
My roommates and I would draw on the white walls with pencil to create a mural that we could wash off, and add colour with coloured paper taped on for leaves etc.
Julie H February 27, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Fabric covered canvases (or cheaply framed paper) hung with Command strips is a easy and fresh way to go.
Lisa C February 28, 2009 at 7:53 pm
What a cool book! I could sure use it!
Cami March 1, 2009 at 12:03 am
Fabric was the key to making a dorm room look more homey. I had tapestries, bright silks, and patterned calicos brightening up the neutral walls.
Crystal March 7, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I've found hanging nice, bright pictures does pretty well – anything from a canvas you painted, a poster you love, to a calendar photo you've framed (these look remarkably expensive when in a frame, even if it's just a dollar-store frame you spray painted) or a piece of cute fabric stretched over canvas or an embroidery hoop. Or make a photo collage of friends and events! Bright bedclothes help, too. Mix prints, solids, and patterns. Curtains are important in a dorm room – they can really add a homey feeling. I am a color person and tend to feel down when stuck in dull, drab rooms so I did a lot of this in my dorms (and indeed, still do now). You'd be surprised how much color you can get in a room without overdoing it.
Courtney Rippy June 1, 2009 at 8:07 pm
A great way to brighten up a dorm room is with a colorful hanging paper lantern lamp. Cost Plus World Market has great ones on sale for $10- $15 dollars. So chic!
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agne nananai March 22, 2010 at 7:49 am
WOW! Thanks a lot for this! It's ver cool and so simple 🙂 I haven't tried, but sure I will!
Shannon June 3, 2010 at 10:03 pm
This deer has moose/caribou antlers :/ cute idea though.
blythe hill July 10, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I recently hung a string of paper cranes in my room, which added instant cheer! :] http://blythehill.blogspot.com/2010/06/in-flight….
firstname.lastname@example.com September 3, 2010 at 2:25 am
neat man! I gave this to my wife to use in her kindergarten (I hope you don't mind?) It goes great in any decor setting I'm sure, but I think ids would especially love putting this thig together and hanging it up.
mari February 25, 2011 at 12:39 pm
are those inches?
what does 1 20″ means… im used to centimeters…im sorry
Aurana Books March 2, 2011 at 7:24 am
Good idea and the color looks good.. The best place where to put this decor is in childrens room.
Please, oh Please! Can you make a template for an elephant? My friend is buying a house and since elephants are his Fav. animal I think a Faux Taxidermy elephant would be perfect for his man-cave; the problem is I can't find where to buy the elephants in the USA. I figure maybe I could make him one!
micaela November 23, 2011 at 8:52 pm
what are the dimensions of the final deer?
aartyparty January 1, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Awesome!! I was going to buy one but thought making one would be more fun! I was right! I want to make more.
See my DIY on http://thesecondparty.blogspot.com/2012/01/diy-de…
j Elsa January 12, 2012 at 1:14 am
For anyone interested, I found a template of a different deer head: http://imgur.com/gcrZv It seems a bit more complicated than I want though. Either way, thank you for sharing your idea and your template! I'll make both.. eventually..
aagdad February 13, 2012 at 2:53 am
I've did it too, if you want to see a french version : http://aa.gheerbrant.com/2010/02/19/cartonnage/fe…
Thanks !
Eric April 26, 2012 at 5:23 am
I love this amazing deer head! It looks rather stylish and it doesn't seem like you're a hunter if you have one. Perfect solution for girls.
Lucille Gitto May 18, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Great information 🙂
Dianne November 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm
did you know someone is selling these made? obviously using this free template
@blanc_oiseau December 21, 2012 at 12:59 pm
hello, I really love this design, I wonder if you know of any place where find more, and I saw the links you mention but have no parts.
debbie December 17, 2013 at 10:45 am
could you please send or repost the deer head templates. I tried to download and they are corrupt. Thanks!
Joyce Catoe March 11, 2016 at 5:38 pm
I am trying to make your paper deer head and am having trouble getting clean cuts on the foam core board. How did you do this?
Joyce Catoe March 21, 2016 at 1:13 pm
I am trying to make the paper deer head. I've cut out all the pieces, put adhesive and wrapping paper on both sides but am now struggling with the "Assemble the deer head as shown in the photograph" part. Could you be a littler clearer?
MoboMarket February 15, 2017 at 2:35 am
When my bed is the centerpiece of my bedroom, I try to cover it in lots of quilts .
It makes everything bright and comfy ^__^


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