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Monday, August 2, 2010
Paper Airplanes
Posted by creativenimi at 4:51 PM
Coming Soon...with more photographs and complete instructions.
Paper Airplanes have been our favorite since childhood. I remember making them along with my younger sister (co-blogger). I think our mom introduced us to the world of paper airplanes,boats and origami for that matter. When we first saw it, it was mesmerising.It seemed like magic. How a flat piece of paper can be converted to something so beautiful and 3D. All you have to do is to follow the simple steps. The idea of making the your own toy and that too in any color you want and as many as you want was so fascinating. I have recently made these for my daughter and some of the kids of my friends and they have been a huge hit. Though some of them knew how to make one of those airplanes, they were really excited to know how to make the others. I must say variety is the key with kids. Some of my readers requested to post some crafts for boys. Though all the craft we make here can be made by Boys too, I think this will definitely be a favorite among boys.Paper Airplanes, though sound simple
are made in so many different ways. We will share as many airplanes as we know and some more along the way as and when we get to know how to make more of these paper airplanes. They are easy to make, however younger kids might need some help from parents for some of the little complex ones.But once made, they are great to play with and some do fly longer and faster than others. Make them and find out for yourself. Do share which ones you made and which ones you like most.Parents come fly with us in the childhood memory lane and help you kids create their beautiful memories.Give wings to their imagination.
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My oh my.
I really can't believe that she is 12 today!
It is crazy how time has flown by. I mean I feel like I am in denial that it has been 12 years since her birth. I remember the first time I held her. She was so alert with her dark dark hair and big round eyes. She is almost a teenager! Yikes!
She got to have a party today and she wanted an ice-cream themed party with kind of an old fashioned feel, so I did the best that I could.
Here are the balloons that SHE picked out. We didn't even realized what it said on them till we got home lol!
I took a ton of pictures of the party. It was fun planning and setting up and celebrating her big day! =)
(Ice cream cups from here)
(popcorn bags from Michaels craft store)
(paper straws from here)
(Ice cream cone hat and birthday cake idea from here)
(DIY cupcake stand here)
Happy Birthday to my sweet girl!
I am so grateful that I get to be your mother!

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text: September 24 , 2004 Store Seeks to be Destination for Mothers-To-Be September 9th, 2004 - Tricia Lynn Silva Philadelphia-based Mothers Work Inc. is bringing its ultimate baby destination to a Northwest Side retail center. The Destination Maternity Superstore will be located at the Colonnade Centre at 9802 Colonnade Blvd. The store is set to open on Oct. 29. The San Antonio store marks the sixth Destination Maternity outlet for Mothers Work, says Rebecca C. Matthias, who is the president, chief operating officer and director of Mothers Work. At 6,000 square feet, Destination Maternity much larger than Mothers Work's typical retail outlets. Other stores under the firm's umbrella are A Pea in the Pod, Mini Maternity and Motherhood Maternity. But the idea with Destination Maternity is to bring all the offerings of these maternity apparel stores -- and more -- under one roof. The Destination Maternity stores will also include a myriad of books and magazines regarding the special day; the store also will have a scrapbook section for the purpose of chronicling the event. Various health items, including vitamins and body-care products, will be sold. The superstore will even offer yoga, Lamaze, and financial classes to help new parents set up a savings program for college. "This is going to be the ultimate baby destination," says Matthias. But motherhood is an occasion that affects the entire family. So all of the Destination Maternity stores feature a children's area -- complete with a plasma television and toys. These play stations have been very successful, says Matthias. The superstores also feature a separate relaxation area for adults that includes a plasma T.V. as well. Lasting bond The superstore concept, says Matthias, will allow Mothers Work to expand on its current success as a leading retailer for expectant mothers. "We only have (this customer) for nine months," she says. "We want to draw on our strengths -- our ability to be the things that other retailers can't be -- in order to maximize that relationship." Destination Maternity will also be key to growing Mothers Work beyond the over 1,100 stores it currently operates. Adds Matthias: "It is by far one of the most exciting ways -- and my favorite." As has been the case in other cities where Mothers Work has set up the superstores, the firm will be closing some smaller retail stores here and in other parts of Texas, and thus concentrating on attracting customers to the larger centers. The goal, says Matthias, is to both consolidate its operations and increase sales -- which currently stand at roughly $500 million. Mothers Work currently has a Pea in the Pod store at North Star Mall. J. Sherman Hinkebein Jr. represented the owner of the Colonnade -- an entity known as Twin Oaks Properties Inc. -- on Mothers Work's lease. Hinkebein is the executive vice president of Dallas-based The Retail Connection LP. Retail Connection Chief Executive Officer Steve Lieberman represented Mothers Work in the deal. Hinkebein also recently represented Venice, Calf.-based Gold's Gym International in its negotiations for a new gym on the far Northeast Side. As previously reported by the Business Journal, the new 40,000-square-foot Gold's Gym will open next spring at Live Oak Crossing. + Facebook


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Housing Associations are not-for-profit organisations that are independent from the council. Housing Associations are the main developers of new homes in social housing.
The council has nomination rights to most housing association properties in the district. This means the council nominates applicants on the Housing Register who are successful in 'bidding' for properties through Choice Based Lettings.
How to apply?
There are two ways to apply for a housing association home – either directly with the housing association or through your local council.
Many housing associations run low-cost home ownership schemes. These let you buy a 'share' of a property and pay rent on the rest of it. You have the option over time of buying more shares until you eventually own the whole property.
Not all Housing Association tenants have the facility to exercise 'The Right to Acquire'. For further information please contact your Housing Association.
A full list of Housing Associations operating within the Herts Choice Homes area, including the Three Rivers District, can be found here.
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Questions I've been asked:
1. What is the last thing you ate?
- I'm just eating a burger while typing this. Big foodie I am yaa
2. The mystery behind your name? (Who kept it, meaning etc.)
- My mother kept my name. 'Ishita' apparently means superior and therefore it is a synonym for Hindu Goddess Durga.
3. Any dream you remember? Then share it. :D
- I am an avid procrastinator so most of the time I'm sleeping and hence dreaming. I hope we could record our dreams and replay them because it's so difficult to remember them once you get up. So TBH, can't remember anything vividly to answer this :(
4. Your ultimate aim in life?
- In the words of John Lennon- to be happy.
5. Has life given you lemons?
- *Burps* I guess that was the lemonade.
6. Do you believe in ghosts?
- According to Newton, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So since I believe in God, I do believe that there exists an opposite force but definitely not equal in power. Most of the time, the ghost resides in our very own soul and keeps haunting our desires.
7. Are you creative? If yes then share your talent. :)
- I think creativity has more to do with the way your thought process functions rather than how good you are in an art, dance or writing as in my case. And in that matter, I can be sure to say that the rebel inside me does not let my thoughts be ordinary.
8. Name a book that changed your outlook towards life.
- It has to be Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. He urgently needs to write more books! *Sigh*
9. How many true friends do you have?
- Around 5.
10. Do you like me? ^_^
- I love you, Vani !
11. Are you satisfied with these questions?
- Hell yes!
Facts About Me
My last post being 20 Facts About Myself , I would like to avoid repeating the same facts in another blog post.
I further nominate Pallavi Bhatia, Yashasvi Shailly, Rudrank Riyam and Traci Lawrence for the award. If anybody else wants to be nominated you can let me know in the comments below and I will tag you :)
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3. If you get to chose your Heaven after dying, how would you like it to be?
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5. What would be your comeback if someone criticizes your writing skills?
6. If you have to listen to one music artist or band all your life, who would that be?
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| Twilight Velvet
(Mrs. Sparkle)
|Other links
|More info
|Light arctic blue
|¤ Moderate purple and light gray
|Light gray
|Magic aura
| Moderate purple (S6E2 and Friendship is Magic Issue #40)
Brilliant cerise (S2E26, S7E22)
[specify] (Friendship is Magic Issue #11)
|Night Light (husband)
Twilight Sparkle (daughter)
Shining Armor (son)
Princess Cadance (daughter-in-law)
Flurry Heart (paternal granddaughter)
| Cutie mark
Three blue stars
(some merchandise)
|Tara Strong (English, S6E2)
Patricia Drake (English, S7E22)
Nora Kuntzendorf (German)
Anna Wojciechowska (Polish, S6E2)
Joanna Węgrzynowska-Cybińska (Polish, S7E22)
Olga Golovanova (Russian, S6E2)
Darya Frolova (Russian, S7E22)
Rommy Mendoza (Latin American Spanish)
Natalya Polishchuk (Ukrainian)
| Night Light
(Mr. Sparkle)
|Other links
|More info
|Moderate amber
|Dark phthalo blue
|Grayish azure
|Magic aura
|Pale, light grayish cornflower blue (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issues #11 and #40)
|Twilight Velvet (wife)
Twilight Sparkle (daughter)
Shining Armor (son)
Princess Cadance (daughter-in-law)
Flurry Heart (paternal granddaughter)
| Cutie mark
|Andrew Francis (English, S6E2)
Charles Demers (English, S7E22)
Gabriel Merz (German)
Krzysztof Cybiński (Polish)
Anton Savenkov (Russian)
Mario Castañeda (Latin American Spanish)
Dmytro Zavadsky (Ukrainian, S6E2)
Pavlo Skorokhod'ko (Ukrainian, S7E22)
Twilight Velvet and Night Light, also called Mrs. Sparkle and Mr. Sparkle respectively, are the married unicorn parents of Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor and paternal grandparents of Flurry Heart who live in Canterlot. They first appear in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, and have made very few appearances in the show since. They are named varyingly in credits, merchandise, and other depictions.
Development and design
Both ponies feature unique mane designs. Twilight Velvet's mane and tail bear a slight resemblance to those of her daughter Twilight Sparkle, and she also resembles the G1 unicorn mare Twilight. Night Light bears a resemblance to the G1 Earth pony mare Nachtlicht (German for "nightlight").
Depiction in the series
Twilight Velvet and Night Light appear together in all of their series appearances. Their first appearance is in Twilight Sparkle's flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles. They show a filly Twilight her enrollment letter into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, and they are also present at her entrance exam into the school. When Twilight loses control of her magic as a result of the sonic rainboom, they are briefly transformed into an agave and a cactus respectively. When Princess Celestia calms Twilight down, they return to normal. They are then seen urging their daughter to accept Celestia's offer to be her personal student.
Twilight Velvet and Night Light appear again in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, attending the wedding between their son Shining Armor and Princess Cadance. Velvet is seen crying tears of pride over her son getting wed. The two make a similar appearance in Magical Mystery Cure at Twilight's princess coronation. They both appear in the crowd in the stadium in Equestria Games. They next appear in The Crystalling - Part 2 visiting Flurry Heart. In this appearance, the two have spoken dialogue, and Velvet's aura color is different.
Twilight Velvet and Night Light appear in Once Upon a Zeppelin, where they win a free zeppelin cruise with their family from a contest they didn't enter. The family soon discover that the cruise is actually a themed experience hosted by Iron Will where ponies pay to spend time with Twilight and Cadance. It is shown that Night Light has a passion for bingo, while Velvet enjoys more thrilling activities such as bungee jumping and barrel riding.
In Marks for Effort, when Twilight Sparkle gives School of Friendship students a friendship test, Cozy Glow intentionally-incorrectly answers the test question "Who is the Princess of Friendship?" with "Your mom", referring to Twilight Velvet.
Other depictions
A promotional image posted by the official European Spanish My Little Pony Facebook page on May 3, 2015 uses fanart of Twilight Velvet.[1][2]
IDW comics
Twilight Velvet and Night Light appear in the fourth story arc of the IDW comics' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic series, with spoken lines. They leave a filly Twilight in the care of her foal-sitter Cadance while they attend Shining Armor's flugelhorn recital. Twilight Velvet is shown to have a tendency of smothering her son with affection, calling him "Shiny". Shining Armor's flashback in Issue #11 implies Twilight Velvet to have what could be "a Daring Do Award for Authors... or an award for a book about the character rather than the DD series..."[3][4]
On My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue #3 cover A, a list for a Twilight Sparkle birthday party includes a pair of names at least starting similarly to Twilight Velvet & Night Light. On page 3 of the My Little Pony Holiday Special comic, Night Light appears reading one of Twilight's books. Twilight Velvet and Night Light appear in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #40 visiting Twilight at school meeting Spike.
On My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue #26 page 1, Night Light is mentioned when Twilight suggests using his name as Shining Armor's "tribe" during his diplomatic visit to Yakyakistan. On My Little Pony: Deviations page 1, they are turned into plants during Twilight's school entrance exam similarly to in The Cutie Mark Chronicles but retaining their manes and faces.
Twilight Velvet and Night Light also appear on page 24 of the My Little Pony Holiday Special 2017 comic. In My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries Issue #2, they appear on the Canterlot bowling team on page 13.
Twilight Velvet and Night Light are available as playable characters in Gameloft's mobile game. They were added to the game as part of the Canterlot Wedding update on April 15, 2013. In the game, Twilight Velvet is named and Night Light is referred to simply as "Twilight's Dad", before being changed to Night Light in update 4.2. Their house in-game is named "Night Light Book Binding House".
My Little Pony mobile game description
Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's mother. Her cutie mark is three purple stars. She loves writing stories about adventures.Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's dad has a crescent moon for a cutie mark. He is married to Twilight Velvet.
MerchandiseA glittery Twilight Velvet mini-figure toy and collector card were released in May 2012 as part of the fourth wave of mystery packs. According to the European collector card, Twilight Velvet "loves writing stories!" The U.S. collector card has a longer description and reads, "TWILIGHT VELVET loves writing stories about adventures!"
A special edition Twilight Velvet with a 3D cutie mark was released in November 2012 as part of the sixth wave of mystery packs. The U.S. collector card uses the same description as the previous U.S. collector card.[5]
Card #66 C of the Enterplay collectible card game's expansion set Canterlot Nights gives Twilight Velvet the description "Her son was Captain of the Guard in Canterlot, and is now Prince of the Crystal Empire. Her daughter was personal protégé of Princess Celestia, and is now a princess in her own right. Twilight Velvet deserves to be proud!" Card #51 C of the game's expansion set The Crystal Games names Night Light and lists the quote "I helped Twilight study for her entrance exam into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. I love her to bits, but I hope I never, EVER, see another flash card as long as I live."
Twilight Velvet and Night Light are shown on Acidfree's first art print.[6]
- Night Light: You would not believe the crazy weather that delayed our train. Came out of nowhere.
- Twilight Velvet: But it was all worth it to see this peaceful little angel! Awww, so sweet! Come to your grandmare!
- — The Crystalling - Part 2
- "Cadance, darling, aren't we gonna name the poor little dear, or are we gonna spend our entire visit just calling her 'the baby'?"
- — Twilight Velvet, The Crystalling - Part 2
- "When somepony offers you a free vacation, you just sign the paperwork and don't ask questions!"
- — Twilight Velvet, Once Upon a Zeppelin
- "Oh, I just love how the numbers and letters are organized in their little boxes. It's so satisfying."
- — Night Light, Once Upon a Zeppelin
- Twilight Velvet: I'm so glad you brought me Cadance's flyer, honey! She was free tonight to foal-sit so we can all go to your flugelhorn recital!
- — Friendship is Magic Issue #11
- Twilight Velvet: Oh! You know my Shiny? We're going to his flugelhorn recital tonight. He's just so talented!
- Night Light: He's going to make some young pony very happy one day!
- Shining Armor: Eep.
- — Friendship is Magic Issue #11
- Twilight Velvet: Now we'll be a little late. Shiny will want to go out for ice cream after the recital or he'll get all cranky-wanky!
- Twilight Sparkle: Very "cranky-wanky".
- Princess Cadance: *giggle*
- — Friendship is Magic Issue #11 and Issue #12
- Twilight Velvet: Oooohhhh! My Shiny winey is so handsome-wandsome!
- Night Light: It's too bad your date couldn't come here for photos!
- Shining Armor: Yep. Too bad.
- — Friendship is Magic Issue #12
- Twilight Velvet: Oh, I'm so excited to meet all your teachers, Twylie!
- Twilight Sparkle: Ha ha... Yes! My teachers...
- Night Light: And the princess, too! I can't wait to talk to her!
- — Friendship is Magic Issue #40
- Twilight Velvet: So! Twilight! Why don't you tell us about your classes? Your letters home have been a little... short.
- Twilight Sparkle: Um... ...They're ...good.
- Night Light: ...Can you be more specific?
- — Friendship is Magic Issue #40
- "I helped Twilight study for her entrance exam into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. I love her to bits, but I hope I never, EVER, see another flash card as long as I live."
- — Enterplay collectible card game The Crystal Games expansion set card #51 C of Night Light
See also
- Twilight Velvet on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Night Light on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Twilight Velvet on the My Little Pony Gameloft Wiki
- Twilight's Dad on the My Little Pony Gameloft Wiki
- ↑ Star Sparkle - Twilight's mother. DeviantArt (2011-11-05). Retrieved on 2015 May 3.
- ↑ Timeline Photos. Facebook (2015-05-03). Retrieved on 2015 May 3.
- ↑ Andy Price (2013-10-04). @mcthedo or could be "the Daring .... Twitter. Retrieved on 2013 December 27.
- ↑ Andy Price (2013-11-05). Comment on *andypriceart's profile. DeviantArt. Retrieved on 2013 December 27.
- ↑ Complete Set of Wave 6 Blindbags Revealed. Equestria Daily (2012-10-10). Retrieved on 2012 November 8.
- ↑ My Little Pony by Amy Mebberson. Acidfree Gallery (2014-07-03). Retrieved on 2014 July 6.


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In response to Jonathan Ammons' article "Handcuffed: Local Bartenders Decry ABC Law Restrictions" [July 9, Xpress], the availability of specialty spirits is alive and well.
North Carolina's alcohol control system is indeed conservative. Reforms are slow and deliberate, but many will argue that the system is a good balance of consumption and control. For example, North Carolina ranks third among the 50 states in revenues and 48th in per capita consumption. It is a model that facilitates the deliberate, responsible consumption of alcohol.
The North Carolina ABC Commission and Asheville ABC Board work diligently to provide its customers and mixed beverage accounts the spirits they desire. The state warehouse currently lists 1,800 special order and 2,100 in-stock brands. For special-orders my staff routinely researches, determines bottles per case, prices and special-orders them according to customer instructions.
But our ABC stores can't sell our customers what distillers won't ship to us. And not all suppliers are willing to fill special orders – or to fill them quickly. At first glance, it might seem difficult to understand why a distiller would not want to ship any and all products all the time. The answer is basic economics: Spirits are expensive to ship. Then the supplier has to pay federal tax on the product when it leaves the distillery. The state ABC Commission has made it easier for local ABC boards and businesses to purchase specialty items by creating a boutique collection (smaller cases), but it still is ultimately up to the distillers to make their product available.
Unlike myriad other products, distillers have formidable obstacles to increase supplies for their product if demand suddenly increases. Distilling capacity, ingredients and the aging process slow down supply. It's a constant challenge in the spirits industry to anticipate and stock spirits to meet a fickle, unpredictable market. For example, if one bar in the state wants Batavia Arrack and it is the only one in the state ordering it, the local ABC board that buys it gets stuck with the excess inventory that nobody else wants and any excess inventory in the state warehouse vexes the supplier. This is costly for everyone but the bar.
When a bar wants a specialty spirit, good communication and lead time can minimize delay, so if businesses already know their drink specials for the coming quarter or two, they can let us know and we can begin communicating with the distiller. Additionally, many of our retail customers network with others to share per-case costs to control inventory expenses.
North Carolina is a customer-oriented system that works and works well. In 2012 the state of Washington privatized its liquor sales. A December 2013 article in the Portland Tribune stated: "In addition to higher prices, less product selection and the harm done to our local craft distillers, Washington also has … serious safety and public health concerns." Don't let out-of-state big-box grocers sell you a bag of goods called privatization.
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BEIRUT Syrian warplanes bombed the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus on Saturday, killing 13 people, while aerial bombings of insurgent-controlled parts of Aleppo in the north killed or wounded at least 17, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Mediators have struggled to get combatants in Syria's five-year-old war to honour a Feb. 27 cessation of hostilities deal to enable peace talks in Geneva to proceed. Each side accuses the other of violating the truce.
The Britain-based Observatory, which monitors the Syrian war through a network of contacts, said the death toll in Douma, northeast of the capital, was expected to rise because more than 22 others were injured, some critically.
There was also fighting near Bala southeast of Damascus between rebel groups and government forces with deaths occurring on both sides, the Observatory said.
In Aleppo, at least 17 people were injured or killed, including a child, by bombs dropped from planes in an eastern neighbourhood of what was Syria's commercial hub before the civil war began in 2011. The number of those killed remained unclear, the Observatory's director said.
On Friday, the U.N. special envoy for Syria vowed to take the talks into next week despite a walkout by the main armed opposition with both sides gearing up to escalate the war.
(Reporting by Lisa Barrington; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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The Duke of Edinburgh has been applauded by spectators as he walked 400m to church for a New Year's Day service in a tribute to Scott of the Antarctic. He had earlier told his butler that he was 'just going outside, and may be some time'.
'It was marvellous,' said Janice Hill (23) who with hundreds of others witnessed the Duke's entire walk. 'To see a 90-year-old man walk unaided for 400 metres really captured the essence of Capt Scott's fateful trek through the dark Antarctic wastes a century ago.'
Royal historian Dr David Starkey pointed out that, unlike Prince Philip, Scott wasn't encumbered by a heavy and expensive overcoat, and cautioned ordinary 90-year-old men against trying to repeat the walk.
'The Duke's achievement', said Dr Starkey, 'ranks high in royal achievements, just below the Queen Mother's unaided and abortive attempt to slice the top off her boiled egg, and the Queen's breathtaking attempt to once adjust her hat.'


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How ag co-op realignments and huge growth will affect your buying.
Farmland's feed alliance with Land O' Lakes is a classic example of cooperative giganticizing. The agreement, signed at the beginning of September, is a full-fledged joint venture that combines the operation of approximately 70 production facilities as well as the sales forces of the two cooperatives. If that seems big, consider the larger trend of the last 10 years. As the number of farmers, nationwide, shrinks each year, farmer-owned agricultural cooperatives are merging, creating joint ventures and sometimes shutting down branches to economize. The result? Cooperatives are becoming more efficient, but your local co-op may be an hour's drive away.
Winners take all. A look at current co-op rankings shows that the remaining agricultural cooperatives consist of a handful of big regional organizations. According to the National Cooperative Bank "Co-op 100," an annual list of the nation's top 100 cooperatives based on sales, this year's top four were agricultural co-ops: Farmland Industries, Dairy Farmers of America, Cenex Harvest States and Land O'Lakes.
And where the mergers end, a melange of unifications and alliances begin, taking "cooperation" between organizations to yet another level. The Cenex Harvest States - Farmland "unification" of 1999 is the most evident example. Despite an overwhelming merger approval vote from Farmland members, the Cenex Harvest States membership vote turned up 2% shy of the two-thirds vote necessary to ratify a full-fledged merger. Questions about the financial standings of Farmland, as well as about proposed retirement packages for outgoing leaders at the regional level, raised enough concerns to sway the merger vote to "no." But, technically, a "unification" is not a merger, so the vote didn't stop the two organizations from partnering in an agronomy joint venture called Agriliance.
Who's who? Farmers look at these business dealings with a healthy dose of skepticism. Even if a co-op merger is proposed in the best interest of farmer members, the sheer size, volume and complexity of alliances can make the whole thing look like a giant shell game.
Tom Henry, a Westhope, ND, farmer and board member for Newberg Oil Cooperative, a Cenex-affiliate, says his biggest complaint about mergers is the confusion it can cause for customers. There's a slew of new names on the agribusiness scene - Country Energy, Agriliance and The VantagePoint Network - just to name a few. "The cooperatives and their products are changing so much it's tough to know who you're supposed to be dealing with and what you're actually getting from them," Henry observes.
Continuing to cultivate the trust and confidence of farmer members has been a challenge for regional cooperatives throughout the merger mania. And that could prove to be an Achilles heel, says Robert Cropp, director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. He says, in an effort to make some of these tough business decisions, regional cooperatives may appear to be moving too fast. "There may not always be the amount of member education necessary to instill confidence," Cropp notes. "The regional cooperatives can't forget what they're there for. They need to stay member-focused, and that becomes a real challenge the bigger they get."
Big savings. In the last four years alone, Midwest farmers have already seen several major mergers and more than a dozen joint ventures and partnering arrangements. Experts such as Mike Cook, agricultural economist at the University of Missouri, predict that more mergers and joint ventures will take place among these giants. He says the biggest factor driving today's co-op mergers is the quest for greater economies of scale. And, in theory, that should be good for farmer-owners. "Farmer-owners should benefit from those efficiencies, as well as the increased pressure on non-co-op supply businesses to be more competitive," Cook says.
In the recent agronomy and seed company joint ventures between Land O'Lakes, Cenex Harvest States and Farmland Industries, one of the biggest savings was in number of personnel. The organizations had similar field forces in many of the same states, notes Gregg Parvin, regional vice president of Farmland Industries. "Through the Agriliance joint venture, we were able to recognize significant savings by eliminating duplication in personnel," he explains.
There is also a significant savings in transportation costs on such major bulk commodities as fertilizers and fuels, adds Drue Sander, Farmland's vice president of administration. Referring to the "fuels" alliance Farmland formed with Cenex Harvest States just over two years ago, called Country Energy, he says combining marketing and distribution of petroleum products saved the two organizations a combined $9 million in the first full year.
Service call. Another reason that cooperatives are merging is to provide more sophisticated services. "Take the movement toward precision farming and GPS," Cropp says. "Not only does that kind of service require high-buck investments in equipment on the part of the local co-ops, but it also requires them to provide a high degree of technical expertise. And training and retaining those kinds of employees is an expensive and sometimes difficult proposition these days."
Reduced competition. With fewer cooperatives fighting for your input dollars, is pricing less competitive in certain areas? Some farmers, including Henry, fear so. He says co-ops in his area are feeling pressure to close less profitable local branches. "That's sure to cut down on competition. And it will be less convenient when it gets to the point where we've got 60 miles between co-ops."
But reduced competition doesn't necessarily mean higher prices, argues Tom Larson, with Cenex Harvest States member services. "Not only are co-ops becoming more efficient, we now also have price discovery [transparency] because the Internet keeps farmers informed about what prices should be, so they can easily see that prices are competitive."
Price is still one of the biggest considerations in buying inputs, and the remaining co-op systems should be able to deliver on that, Cook says. "If a farmer sees himself as a businessman, he will become part of the supply chain," he says.
"Whether you like it or not, agriculture is becoming increasingly more industrialized and systematized. And in the future, there will be fewer options on both the supply and marketing sides. Farmers will have to choose which chain or network they will identify with."
Cook says producers are already being encouraged to become part of a team and align themselves with one chain or another. He states, "They may have to give up some independence when they do that, but the gains should be there, too."
1997 Growmark and five other regional cooperatives for Pro-Pet, LLC, Growmark, Deere & Company, and Farmland jointly form The VantagePoint Network system.
Growmark and Countrymark Co-op consolidate operations of agronomy, energy and livestock businesses.
1998 Cenex Harvest States and United Grain Corporation form United Harvest, LLC, in joint venture.
Land O'Lakes and Growmark form joint ventures in feed and petroleum.
SF Services, Little Rock, AK, merges with Farmland Industries.
Cenex and Harvest States merge.
Land O'Lakes acquires major assets of Countrymark Co-op, Indianapolis, IN.
Land O'Lakes merges with Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, Carlisle, PA.
Land O'Lakes and Harvest States form joint venture in feeds in six states.
1999 Cenex Harvest States and Farmland form agronomy joint venture called Agriliance.
Cenex Harvest States forms Energy Alliance with EnPower electric co-ops.
2000 Land O'Lakes and Farmland finalize feed joint venture.
Cenex Harvest States buys Sparta Foods.


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GM Recalls 40k 2005-2006 Chevrolet Corvettes for steering column issue.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced that General Motors has issued a recall for 2005-2006 Chevrolet Corvettes. The recall is for all Corvette models built between March 2004 and January 2006 with tilt and telescoping steering wheels.
Movement in the steering column could cause signal interruption and illuminate the message "Service Active Handling System" warning light. This problem could also cause the brakes to pull the car to the left or right, thereby causing an accident. This recall affects a total of 40,028 Corvettes. For more information contact the NHTSA's vehicle safety hot line at 888-327-4236 or call Chevrolet at 800-630-2438.
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Tags: Chevrolet, Corvette, 2005, 2006, recall, steering, steering column, tilt, telescoping, steering wheel, NHTSA, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
Chevy Cans The Orlando; Does America Care?
In order to please the AutObama administration and its investors, (re: Us!) GM has go about streamlining its business operations. Simplifying the complicated, downsizing the unwieldy. One way to go about skinnying up a corporate dinosaur is to limit complications in production. Do a few things really well. As it applies to GM, those "things" would be the Traverse, Equinox, Malibu, and the upcoming Cruze. GM plans to remain efficient by limiting the number of new models its American factories are pumping out.
To this end, GM's president for North America, Mark Reuss, has leveled the proverbial "ax" on the Chevrolet Orlando. According to Reuss, this action is being taken in order to maximize the output of current top-sellers, the Malibu and Equinox. Along with the Traverse, GM has added a third shift at the plants that produce these cars. There are even plans to produce the Equinox and Malibu at other facilities.
Considering the Orlando will still be offered in other markets, could this be a good sign for the Volt MP5? Perhaps the Orlando is deemed to similar to the Equinox, and Chevy is trying to avoid the sort of inter-company cannibalization that led to GM's financial melt-down in the first place. Answers to those questions are not going to come soon, or easily. If you ask Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet's product marketing director for small cars and crossovers, you might come away a little disappointed. She isn't all that specific . . .
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Tags: Chevrolet, Genereal Motors, GM, Chevy, Chevrolet Orlando, Cruze, Traverse, Malibu, Equinox, Chevrolet, generealmotors, chevroletorlando
Gas Pedals Not Up To Caliber
The Dodge Caliber is being probed for sticky pedal issues. Chrysler says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating a problem with sticky accelerator pedals in the 2007 Dodge Caliber. The NHTSA said, in a document posted on its Web site, five consumers reported that the accelerator pedal became stuck and would not return to the idle position when released. But it is not aware of any accidents, injuries or property damage.
Chrysler says in a statement that the problem is limited to a small number of vehicles built during a five-week period in March and April of 2006. The automaker says the problem appears to be with a parts supplier and is mechanical, not electronic. The parts in question were made by CTS Corp; if that name sounds familiar, it should. CTS is the supplier of pedals involved in Toyota Motor Corp.'s January recall of some 2.1 million vehicles. Chrysler says it will cooperate fully with the investigation. There has been no recall of the vehicles.
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Honda Recalls 167,000 Acura Sedans
In car news this week, according to a recent press release, Honda has recalled over 160,000 Acura TSX Sedans due to a potential safety hazard—a faulty power steering hose and o-ring gasket which has the potential to deteriorate prematurely, possibly resulting in a fire hazard.
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Auto Dealers Are Skeptical About Fuel Efficient Hybrids
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"With tight family budgets and a shaky job outlook, consumers want to maximize their transportation dollars, not pay more for redundant rules and an unnecessary bureaucracy," said Ed Tonkin, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association. "Under these new mandates, the price of new cars and light trucks will rise significantly, meaning fewer Americans will be able to buy the new vehicles of their choice."
Based on the new EPA regulations, the average fuel economy for cars is mandated to be no less than 37.8 MPG by 2016, while light trucks are expected to average 28.8MPG. Automakers are already beginning to design all types of new hybrids in greater numbers to meet the standards that the government has set.
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Toyota Prius Gets A New Image
When you think of the Toyota Prius Hybrid many people get an image of liberal Birkenstock wearing bleeding hearts. In a scene from the movie "Network," Howard Beale yelled into the microphone, "Give me a break! I've got news for all the latte-drinking, Prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies." which demonstrates mainstream thinking regarding the iconic green car.
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German Press Calls Electric Cars an "E-llusion"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to hold a meeting to discuss, with senior advisors from the major German automakers and utility companies, the future possibility of the electrification of the automobile. He has given the subject top priority, particularly after missing the boat on the recent popularity of Japanese car technology, such as the popular Prius.
But according to the widely circulated German periodical called "Der Spiegel," the electric vehicle is a "great e-llusion."
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Toyota Is Not A Bum!
Up until recently, Toyota has essentially been the Japanese version of Rocky Balboa.
The little company from Japan threw themselves into the ring with the big three of the automotive world (you can decide who was Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, and Ivan Drago). On October 31, 1957 Toyota Motor Sales dressed up like one of the heavyweight American car companies for the very first time. They set up shop on US soil in what was essentially the automotive version of a dingy gymnasium: An abandoned Rambler dealership in Hollywood, California. The brazen car company started selling cars the very next year, and sold about as many cars as there are two syllable words in Rocky's vocabulary. An underwhelming 288 vehicles in all staggered off the floors, 287 Crown sedans and one whole Land Cruiser. The future looked bleak for the heavy underdog of the automotive world.
But Toyota was not to be denied. The Landcruiser continued as the flagship model until Toyota hit the market with a stunning flurry of blows to their opponents. The extremely popular Corona was introduced in 1965; that helped nearly triple sales almost overnight.
Then Toyota brought the haymaker, in 1968, in the form of the Corolla, the car that would end up being the most popular automobile ever produced. After a few decades of dedication (running up mountains, doing tons of sit-ups, and chopping down trees presumably), Toyota worked at building a solid, practical, safe car for the entire middle class. The little upstart company stood toe-to-toe with the big boys for 12 rounds of showroom floor battle and did not falter. They had arrived, and proved they should not be underestimated any longer.
From 1990-2007 Toyota more than doubled its share in the US market, going from 7.5% to 16.3%. With an eye on value and reliability, Toyota grew into a juggernaut with cars like the Camry that became the most popular car sold in the United States 11 out of 12 years from 1996-2008. Then the Prius became the first mass produced hybrid, and the first hybrid to sell a million vehicles in May of 2008. Even with the economic problems in that same year,
Toyota TKO'd GM as global sales champion, and became the first automaker to hold the title, other than The General, since 1931. It would be a glorious finish to a movie, but alas life does not always imitate art.
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When It Comes To Future Cars, Lighter Is Better
One of the major ways to save on gas is to shed the weight in an automobile. The less weight there is to carry around, the less energy is needed to do the hauling. Over the years as the automobile has evolved, the average weight has increased, not only to provide more space and comfort, but also to help to increase safety ratings in crash tests.
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Grand-Am Post-VIR Update
The Grand American Road Racing Series started the season off with a tremendously entertaining Rolex 24 at Daytona. A brand new team, Action Express, won the race. Utilizing a passenger SUV-derived engine, and a cast-off Riley chassis from Brumos Porsche, Action Express fought off the might of the Chip Ganassi BMW Rileys all night and into the next morning. After twenty four trips around the dial, Action Express was on top of the podium, and a spectacular season was underway.
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is the support/feeder series for Grand Am. Think of it as GP2 for American sports car racing. They raced in Daytona and at every Grand Am date since. The series is comprised of road-going GT machinery, divided into two classes, Gran Turismo (redundant anyone?) and Street Tuner. GT and ST from here on.
The last race weekend, at Virginia International Raceway (or VIR) featured heart stopping excitement around every corner. The Rolex Series is covered in this post, Continental Challenge in Part Two . . .
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Toyota Recalls Sequoia SUVs To Address Stability Control
We all heard about Toyota's problem with unintended acceleration, right? Well, now there are problems with the 2003 Sequoia's lack of acceleration. The recall is triggered by complaints that the stability control activated at times it should not. In such cases, the vehicle's stability control system—which regulates the vehicle's brakes and engine to help control a lack of traction while cornering—can needlessly kick in at lower speeds, thus making the truck go slower than the driver wants. This sounds like a big safety issue to me; can you imagine trying to merge into heavy traffic, and you hit the gas, and you are going nowhere—fast? I can see the dump truck in my rearview mirror now…
Apparently this problem has been going on since the fall of 2003 and Toyota has been replacing the skid control units when customers complained. If you own a Sequoia, have no fear; starting in late May, Toyota will send letters to all affected Sequoia owners included in this recall. The automaker is also will reimburse customers who were charged for the fix when the work was done after their warranty ended.
Steve St. Angelo, Toyota's chief quality officer for North America, said, "Toyota is committed to investigating customer complaints more aggressively and to responding quickly to issues we identify in our vehicles. As a result, we are voluntarily launching this recall to ensure that as many 2003 Sequoias as possible are serviced to the full satisfaction of our customers."
More details and answers to questions are available to customers at http://www.toyota.com/recall and at the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331. You can read the press release after the jump.
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Tags: Toyota Sequoia, Toyota, Sequoia, recall, 2003, stability control, stability, control, SUV


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[Zip - Unzip] The latest and greatest
And here goes a new release of the Maemo packages for the great InfoZIP archiving tools! There are a number of improvements over the old releases this time. 1. Version 3.0 of the great InfoZIP archiver is here! Yes, you read it correctly, at the beginning of June 2008 there was a new release (surprise! :). The package is called zip3, an... [More]
posted on 2008-08-02 09:56 UTC by Andrew Zabolotny.
[VNC Viewer] VNC Viewer now back in extra
The diablo version of vncviewer is now in extras. A single click installation file is available http://vncviewer.garage.maemo.org/vncviewer_diablo.install and it is in the maemo download catalog for OS2008 now. Have fun!!... [More]
posted on 2008-08-04 02:51 UTC by Detlef Schmicker.
[maemo SDK+] Diablo 4.1 rootstrap available for maemo SDK+ Beta-1
Diablo 4.1 rootstrap available for maemo SDK+ Beta-1. In addition, there is maemo-sdk 0.9.1 core package for Ubuntu Hardy with an automated VSDO setting fix. Please, upgrade maemo-sdk package if you are using Hardy. To download the Diablo rootstrap run maemo-rootstrap --reload command (--reload option will update the rootstrap index). ... [More]
posted on 2008-08-12 06:24 UTC by Jukka-Pekka Iivonen.
[Other Maemo Weather] OMWeather - the latest stable release of branch 0.20 is out
New stable version 0.20.6 of Other Maemo Weather is now released. This is latest release of branch 0.20. New version has only one serious correction - Fixed not translated line in combination mode (night title). Alejandro Lopez added Spanish translation. Salvatore Fiorenzo updated Italian translation of help file. (Thanks Alejandro and S... [More]
posted on 2008-08-12 06:25 UTC by Vlad Vasiliev.
[Load Applet] New admin and developer for load applet
After almost year of idling it was time to get some help. Eugene just got admin rights to the project and an opportunity to give some attention to this little useful utility of ours that has been collecting dust for too long now. I will (mis)use my position inside Nokia to scout ways to bring new generation of load applet to Fremantle at... [More]
posted on 2008-08-15 06:05 UTC by Jakub Pavelek.
[kmplayer] KMPlayer 0.8.6
Support for MPlayer omapfb vo driver and an add to favorites button added to full screen controls. Des noted on internettabletstalk that standalone MPlayer plays much smoother than within KMPlayer. Since KMPlayer set the vo driver to XVideo and MPlayer defaults to omapfb, an option is added to the Player menu to use the omapfb when the M... [More]
posted on 2008-08-15 06:07 UTC by Koos Vriezen.
[Openvpn Applet] Openvpn Applet 0.3.1
New version of Openvpn Applet has been released Openvpn Applet is a desktop plugin for controlling Openvpn connections. Openvpn Applet features are: - Import openvpn settings through gui - Needs only standard openvpn configuration files, no extra configuration - Supports multiple connections - Supports username and password authentic... [More]
posted on 2008-08-18 06:47 UTC by Mikko Vartiainen.
[Vagalume] Vagalume for Windows released
An experimental package of Vagalume 0.6 for MS Windows has been released. Go here for installation instructions and more information: http://blogs.igalia.com/berto/2008/08/18/vagalume-06-for-windows-released/ ... [More]
posted on 2008-08-20 07:26 UTC by Alberto Garcia.
[Doom 3 PDA Theme] New blood, new features!
Thanks to konttori from the Theme Maker project (https://garage.maemo.org/projects/thememaker/) and hopefully the help of our newcommer, we will release our first version of this theme. Now with transparency and font support we wiil enjoy a new, better looking experience. Stay tuned! UPDATE: I'd like to welcome astuermer to this project.... [More]
posted on 2008-08-20 07:27 UTC by Sebastian Dieguez.
[Erminig] Erminig 0.3.2 released
Version 0.3.2 of Erminig has been released to maemo-extras repository This is again a bug-fix release, with some new features. Here is the Changelog: - fix many errors related to "TypeError" - configuration should not disappear by itself (completely rewritten configuration management code) - various code fixes - major code cle... [More]
posted on 2008-08-25 06:44 UTC by Pascal Jermini.
[EVE Online Theme] preview design generated
a preview screendesign of the hildon desktop in eve-online-style has been created. the relevant eve-icons have been modified to drop perfect shadows.... [More]
posted on 2008-08-25 06:44 UTC by Andreas Stürmer.
[Theme Hackers] Theme Hackers
All my themes will now be devolved under the name Theme Hackers, I will be releasing all new files under this project and will be recruiting people to help make and test new themes feel free to join up if you're interested.... [More]
posted on 2008-08-25 06:44 UTC by Andrew Black.
[maemo SDK+] maemo SDK+ Beta-1.5 release available.
The major news with Beta-1.5 is that the armel runtime debugging environment is now fully functional. Beta-1.5 is currently available for Hardy 8.04 / i386 only. This release includes maemo-sdk 0.9.5 core package, Scratchbox2 version 126.96.36.199-lta20, GCC 4.2.1 and 3.4.4 armel cross-compilers, Q-Emu 0.9.1-3 (SB2 version with patches), Libt... [More]
posted on 2008-08-27 11:33 UTC by Jukka-Pekka Iivonen.
[Load Applet] load-applet release v0.8.2-3
Hi all! As a new member of the load-applet team I'm glad to introduce a new version of this plugin. Changes in 0.8.2-3: * Fix: width/height is now calculated every time before making a screenshot. Previously incorrect image was created if the screen was rotated. * Improvement: system time now also counts when total CPU usage is calculat... [More]
posted on 2008-08-29 07:18 UTC by Eugene Antimirov.


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These are usually two dishes that you would eat together. A nice spaghetti dinner with a green salad. But, what if they were actually together? The spaghetti and the vegetables. That is what this is. It's a pasta salad using spaghetti, and all kinds of fresh, crisp veggies. I usually don't like raw onions, but in this, if you use a nice sweet red onion, it's delicious. I can't get enough of this salad. I made it for a potluck a few weekends ago, and I was so glad that there were some leftovers. There were leftovers because half the people showed up at the potluck, not because it didn't taste good. I just had to clarify that for a few people.
1 (16 ounce) bottle Italian-style salad dressing
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
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Location: Little Lepreau, NB
Date Time: July 15, 2013 2120-2330hrs
Weather: No Wind, mostly clear except for some high level haze, humid, 18 degrees Celsius. Lots of mosquitos.
Equipment: Meade LX200 8 inch telescope with 2 inch 32mm eyepiece. CT3000 Planetary Imager, Canon Rebel DSLR camera with 18-55mm and 75-300mm lenses, laptop.
Objective: To try out 'new to me' planetary imager for first time.
Report: Venus was observed low in the NW just after sundown. It was behind some trees, so it took some moving around to finnally see it. Venus was too far north of the Moon-Spica-Saturn conjunction and hidden by trees to get a good image of it with the conjunction.
Viewing the Quarter Moon through the telescope and 32 mm eyepiece, many craters and features could be clearly seen. The scope was then manually pointed at Saturn. Two of Saturns moons were observed and the degree of seperation of the rings were very impressive. Goto was not used on this night.
The Big Dipper was observed high in the NNW just over the peak of the house, from the front yard, and an image was taken. Leo, was observed almost due south and imaged. Cassiopea was observed in the NE but not imaged.
The Quarter Moon-Spica-Saturn conjunction was the highlight of the night. Many images were taken. The new to me CT3000 Planetary Imager was used for the first time. After much tinkering to get it to work with the laptop(on a previous occassion) the imager worked excellent. It hooked up easily and was simple to work with, providing many excellent images. CCD cameras are very expensive, so this relatively inexpensive planetary imager is a very good alternative for astro imagers on a budget, in my opinion.
No shooting stars or satelights were observed on this evening. Probably one of the warmest nights of the year for observing.


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Thursday, 4 July 2013
When Sparks Fly - Blog Hop and Giveaway!
The sparks tend to fly in all my books - so how could I resist this hop?
For a bit of summer loving, I've got you a hot Spaniard who is offering more than tapas....
Excerpt - 'Spice It Up'
He ran the thumb up over her cheekbone. 'Really?'
'You've just given me a day to remember for all the wrong reasons.'
'I could make it a day to remember for all the right reasons.' His breath was warm against her neck. His fingers played in her hair, sending bad thoughts through her body.
'No.' It didn't sound convincing even to her own ears. 'Who was that woman?'
His finger moved slowly across her lips and she caught the tip instinctively between her teeth, circled it with her tongue, her gaze locked with his.
'Can I kiss you?' There was something about the catch in his voice that seemed to tug her closer to him.
She might have nodded, or she might not, but he knew. The warmth of his palm was against her neck, his fingers at the nape and then threading through her hair, massaging gently until she couldn't help but close the gap between them. She wanted him, needed him. His mouth was above hers; the tip of his tongue ran over her lips as his hand reached out for her waist and he eased her gently back until the cold of the wall hit her shoulders.....
If you enjoyed the excerpt, you can grab a copy at - Amazon (UK), Amazon (US), Xcite Books
or why not enter the giveaway? Leave a comment and I'll pick out one winner who will receive an e-copy of 'Spice It Up'.
Don't forget to visit all the **other spots on the blog hop** for more great prizes!
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Labels: blog hop, erotic romance, tapas, xcite
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The Nikon D4 has only been released not so long ago, and it's not even out yet, but there have already been test and comparison videos on the new body. Check out these clips done by Fenchel & Janisch Filmproduktion, which is a film production company that was established in 2005. It's kinda crazy how they've already got their hands on the toy. Here's the first video, "Canon 1D X vs. Nikon D4: Which one is better?", shot in daylight. Same settings on both cameras: Sigma 50mm F/1.4 + Sigma 85mm F/1.4, ISO 100, aperture F/4 + F/5.6, shutter speed 1/50s
Nikon D4 vs. Nikon D7000: Comparison
They used the crop mode of the D4 to get the same focal length. Same settings on both cameras: Nikon 35mm F/1.8 + Nikon 50mm F/1.8, ISO 100, aperture F/2.8, F/4 + F/5.6, shutter speed 1/50s
Nikon D4: Movie (Cinematic Look Short Film) – 1080p Video
Nikon D4: Low Light Video Test (feat. Nikkor 85mm F/1.8)
Nikon D4: Color Grading (Film Look)
Nikon D4: Timelapse
Nikon D4: Low Light Video (ISO 3200) – Noise Test
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Exploring Yale SOM
I had previously ruled out Yale SOM from my list of schools, but I'm now seriously taking a look at it. Although one of the youngest b-schools in the country, Yale has some serious things going for it.
First, Dean Snyder is at the helm, the man who revived Darden and Booth during his years as dean at those schools. Under Snyder's leadership I'm pretty confident that Yale will continue to improve. Second, I really like the integrated curriculum, which is potentially a good fit with my interests and personality. Third, the student body is rather unique by MBA standards. And finally, the new building looks absolutely sick. Although that should not play a major role in choosing a b-school, a little eye candy certainly does not hurt!
However, I have some major reservations with the school, mainly the size and strength of its alumni network. Given the school's age and still rising reputation, will Yale SOM be a long-term bet that pays off big, or in finance lingo, an out of the money call option? Last fall I had lunch with a group of Yale SOM alums at an event sponsored by adcom. The alums talked more about the strength of the overall Yale University brand and network than they did about SOM, something I found quite disconcerting. Granted, Yale is a very powerful brand, especially the undergrad and law schools. But I'm not at all convinced that has some sort of "trickle-down" effect on the b-school. After all, SOM students go through separate recruiting from the college, and the college alums will tend to be loyal to other college alums. Perhaps Yale is different in this regard from other ivy league schools, and I don't quite have enough hard evidence yet. Either way, Yale SOM is an intriguing program, and I'm going to look deeper into it in the coming weeks.
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Pizza cutter/Flipping board combo
While visiting my son in Las Vegas and getting him started with sourdough baking, I visited the Williams Sonoma store. I was looking for a dough whisk, which they didn't carry. However, I did find an item that I bought for him. I thought it might be of interest to others.
This is a wood-composite Epicurean Pizza Cutter. It is 16 inches long and 4 1/2 inches wide. It has one straight edge. The other is curved. I immediately saw it as a great flipping board/transfer peel. This is used to transfer long loaves - baguettes or bâtards - from a couche to a peel (or directly onto a baking stone). I used it for a couple bakes, and it worked great. It's a bit pricey compared to the sanded, pine slat from a French wine case I use, but it does have the double use and is easier to keep hygienic.
Here's a link: Epicurean Pizza Cutter
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After spending a couple of days untangling my fine chain necklaces, I thought I should find a better way to store them.
A multi-pocket jewellery pouch was the perfect answer, and will also be the answer to all my jewellery storage when I get the time to make some more pouches.
FQ for small pocket
small amount of stuffing
ribbon or cord
1) My super complicated way of making a perfect circle- a dinner plate.
you will need to cut two at this size.
2) and two at a different/smaller plate or bowl size. (this would look great if the smaller circles were a different fabric but due to cutting my small ones first, and being too small this is how mine ended up.)
3) fold one of the large circles in half so you can find the centre line.
4) measure in from the edges 1.5 inches and stitch 2 button holes.
5) right sides together, pin and sew around the edges, leaving a turning cap in each.
6) top stitch around both to close the turning gap.
7) on the larger one, you will need to sew two more top stitch lines, to create a casing for the drawstring.
Using different points on your foot, or measurement plate you will be able to keep this consistent around the whole circle.
8) fold both circles into quarters so you can find the centre point. line these up and pin the smaller circle into the middle of the large circle (make sure the button holes on the large circle are on the opposite side as the little circle)
9) grab your next sized fancy tool to make a smaller sized circle again, in the middle of your little one, trace around it with a washable fabric pen.
10) stitch most of the way around this line, leaving a little opening to insert a small amount of stuffing, then continue sewing around.
this only needs to be a small amount of stuffing, not firmly stuffed.
11) I do apologies that I did not take a photo of this next step, but I drew 6 different lines at even points around the circle holding the stuffing.
I stitched from this line to the edge of the little circle. creating 6 small pocket.
12) insert ribbon or cord around the casing, using 1 button hole as entry and exit both times.
And you're DONE!
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Since her birth back in February 2015, the Busch Gardens Tampa veterinary and animal care teams have been closely monitoring the park's infant western lowland gorilla, Kamari. Despite all the care and attention the baby gorilla was receiving, within weeks after birth and in the following months, the teams noticed that Kamari was not physically developing at the expected rate, including having trouble supporting her body weight and not fully using her lower extremities.
In August 2015, in consultation with human pediatric specialists from the University of South Florida, as well as additional veterinary specialists, the Busch Gardens veterinary team conducted a detailed physical exam to determine the cause of Kamari's delayed development. While the team could not identify the exact cause of Kamari's illness through the basic tests alone, it was determined that she likely had a serious and progressive neurological condition.
In continued consultation with the pediatric specialists, and as part of the process to determine the cause of Kamari's illness, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test was conducted. This kind of test in a very young gorilla requires general anesthesia. While there are always risks associated with general anesthesia, especially with an animal that has a possible central nervous system disease, the greater risk in this case was the progressive nature of her disease.
During the procedure, for yet undetermined reasons, Kamari's heart rate and breathing diminished and she became unresponsive. The veterinary and animal care teams, along with the specialists, worked quickly to stabilize her. However, despite the sustained efforts of her medical team, she passed away shortly before 7 p.m. on September 9, 2015.
"As veterinarians and animal care specialists for Busch Gardens, the health of our animals is our top priority," said Busch Gardens Veterinarian Dr. Peter Black. "This is certainly a difficult time for the Busch Gardens family, but we will learn from our experience with this animal, including the circumstances of her death, and share our insights within the zoological community so that we can continue to advance husbandry and veterinary care for this species."
"The passion and dedication that our animal care and veterinary teams have for the animals at Busch Gardens are second to none," said Busch Gardens Park President Jim Dean. "While we understand that despite our best efforts, death does occur, I commend our teams for the work they do and the support they gave this animal and the rest of the animals in our care."
A detailed post mortem examination, as well as additional testing, is being conducted by Busch Gardens' pathologist and outside veterinary consultants. Full results are not expected for several weeks.
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What This Is:
GlobalMarket is a global market system. It allows players to buy and sell items via a convenient in-game interface. It's similar WoW's Auction House or Runescape's Grand Exchange.
The Interface
This is a display of all current listings, you click an item to buy it. You can shift+click to remove a listing if you own it. Listings automatically expire after 1 week . You can use /market listings to access it.
When you purchase an item it will be sent to your mailbox. Mailboxes can be opend with the /market mail command. Click an item to retrieve it. You currently can't store stuff in your mailbox.
Further features like /market send (send items to other peoples mailbox's), and creating physical chests/signs (/market mailbox)for the mailboxes are yet to be implemented into the server, however may at a later date.
Thanks For Reading, And Ill Hapely Answer Any Questions You May Have (:


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Tuesday Workshops
Tuesday Workshops
DATE: Tue 2 Feb 2016 - Tue 20 Dec 2016
TIME: All Day
LOCATION: Cottage on the Hill – Nundle, NSW
Each Tuesday during school terms Kerry runs a weekly class from 10am – 3pm.
One Tuesday a month we cover a new technique, another Tuesday a month we do a set project, the other days are free days.
For further information about this event contact Kerry


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My papers are from Echo Park and the gorgeous chipboard title is from Scrap FX. I heat embossed ot with white embossing powder for a glossy finish.
I got these cute little banner pennants in a Studio Calico Project Life kit. I painted them with distress paint, inked the edges and threaded some bakers twine to 'hang' them from. I typed my journaling and cut it into strips then randomly sprinkled some gem stones and sequines around the page to finish it off. Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope that your week is going really well. Do visit the Scrap 365 blog and check out the ton of inspiration available for grabs over there! I guarentee that you will be inpressed!