text:
Before I begin with today's topic I would like to point out that I am to art and video editing what Jedward are to music.
During the past 2 weeks I have found myself delving into screencasting and video editing.
I recently wrote a review for Point Linux 2.2 and whilst writing the review I decided to do something that I had never done before and create a video review of Point Linux.
My plan for this week was to install and review SparkyLinux but due to other commitments I have not had the time to complete the review.
My daughter and her friend had a joint birthday party yesterday in the local village hall and the equipment in the village hall is pretty good including audio equipment and a video projector.
For the party, we created a playlist of music from my son's Samsung Galaxy S3 to play through the sound system and we had a few disco lights as well.
To make things more interesting for the kids I was asked to create a video loop to play on the projector which would loop through whilst the music was playing.
This article highlights the tools I used to create the Youtube video and also the
tools I used to create the video loop for the projector.
A quick rant about the Ubuntu Software Centre
I wanted to use the Dell Inspiron 15 laptop for the video loop because it is currently dual booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu and I wanted to be sure that if I couldn't get the video to work on Ubuntu (I was short of time and didn't have much time to play) then I would have Windows 8 as a backup.
I don't think the Ubuntu Software Centre is fit for purpose.
Whilst searching for screen casting software the "Ubuntu Software Centre" returned 1 response.
Whilst searching for video editing software Ubuntu returned the above results.
I know that the repositories have a lot more available than the results returned by the Software Centre and it appears to me that the Software Centre is more interested in trying to sell stuff than it is to returning quality results.
This brings me to the first piece of software that you should install.
Fortunately the Ubuntu Software Centre does have Synaptic available when you search for it.
Install Synaptic and then run it by pressing pulling up the dash and searching for Synaptic.
To make sure the repositories are up to date click the "Reload" button. When you search for "screencast" in Synaptic a much better set of results is returned.
I would always recommend Synaptic over the Ubuntu Software Centre. It may not have the glitz but it is fully functional and returns everything and that is key.
Within Synaptic search for "screencast" and then mark the item called "gtk-recordmydesktop".
Click "Apply" to install the software.
To run "RecordMyDesktop" open the dash and type "recordmydesktop".
The "RecordMyDesktop" application records all your keystrokes and movements.
This tool is very good for creating instructional videos and also for recording a review of a piece of software or indeed an entire operating system.
To get started press the "Select Window" button. This can be the window of an individual application or you can press the entire desktop.
Pressing "Record" starts the recording process. You will notice in the system tray a small red dot when "RecordMyDesktop" starts. This changes to a small red square when recording is in progress.
Do whatever you need to do for the purpose of recording and then press the square and select stop to end the recording process.
The "Save As" button enables you to save the recording. The default video format is "OGV" which is an open video format.
You can adjust the quality of the video and the sound prior to recording by adjusting the sliders.
You will also notice a button called "Advanced" which lets you set the directory where the temporary video file is stored before saving, the frames per second and various other settings.
Whilst recording the "Point Linux" review I used a HP headset as this provided a better quality than using the built in microphone as it eliminated background noise. (And in a house with 3 children, a dog and five cats there is a lot of background noise).
To edit the "Point Linux" video and for creating a video loop for the children's party I needed an easy to use video editing suite.
The Ubuntu Software Centre came up with a program called "LIVES" and I tried this for about 30 minutes before I realised that it was too cumbersome for my needs.
"LIVES" took absolutely ages to load in a short video ("The 60 second Point Linux" review). I also found it really hard to actually get stuff done.
I therefore used Synaptic and found "Openshot".
Openshot is very easy to use even for somebody who is artistically challenged.
For the "Point Linux" review all I wanted to do was take the video created using "RecordMyDesktop" and add a title at the beginning and a credits section at the end.
All I had to do in Openshot to achieve this was to import the video and then drag it down to the timeline.
You can add either an animated title or a static title. Whichever option you choose requires another piece of software to be installed.
To create still title frames you have to install "ImageMagick" and to create animated titles you need to install "Blender".
There are a whole host of static themes to choose from.
Simply select the theme you wish to use and press "Create Title".
This bring up another window where you actually have to enter the titles you wish to use.
The preview pane shows you how the titles will appear when applied.
The "Use Advanced Editor" option actually opens "ImageMagick".
The "Animated Title Editor" also comes with a number of themes.
To get a preview of each theme simply select it from the list.
A new dialog will appear where you can enter the text that you wish to be displayed.
Note that you will need "Blender" to be installed before you can use this function.
After creating the title you can add it to the final video by dragging it down to the timeline.
For creating the montage of videos for the video loop I imported 4 different video clips (which I downloaded from Youtube).
I then dragged the videos down to the timeline so that they were set to play consecutively.
The only other thing that I needed to do was remove the credits before and after each video clip so that there was only video and no credits.
To do this I played the video and when the credits displayed I pressed the pause button. I then clicked the cut icon (pair of scissors) and clicked on the timeline. This cuts the video in to 2 segments. I then right clicked on the section which had the credits and removed it from the final video.
To join each of the videos together I added a few transitions. You can add transitions by clicking on the "Transitions" tab.
To add the transition you wish to use all you have to do is drag it down to the video timeline.
There are also various effects that you can add to the video.
To do this click the "Effects" tab and drag the effect to each section of the video you wish to apply the effect to.
When you have finished editing the video you can save the project so that you can edit it again later on.
To create a final clip though you select "File" and then "Export Video".
Give the file a name and then choose where you want the video to be stored.
There are various profiles available for storing the video. Storing to the web makes the final video outputs smaller in size.
As you can see by the screenshot to the right you can choose the target such as Youtube or Flickr.
Other profiles include "Blueray", "DVD" and "Device".
The export process doesn't take very long and you can choose to save in a number of different formats such as AVI, MPEG2 etc.
For the creation of the video loops I needed videos that were child friendly which could run during the disco.
I knew that I wouldn't need many videos as the kids would dip in and out of watching the movie in between dancing, playing games and eating party food.
I searched Youtube and found a number of short videos from the PIXAR movies.
To download video I used Synaptic to install "Youtube-dl".
"Youtube-dl" is a command line tool and so to run it you have to open a terminal.
To run "Youtube-dl" simply type: youtube-dl path-to-video
To find the path to the video press the share button underneath the video in Youtube. A link URL will be displayed. Copy and paste this URL into the terminal window and the file will be downloaded.
Now I have to admit that on the day of the party itself I had some issues. The most notable issue was that Ubuntu wouldn't recognise the presence of the projector for audio output. The video ran fine but the music which was loaded into Rhythmbox only played through the laptop speakers and not the audio system within the hall.
I therefore turned to the darkside and booted into Windows 8. This time I was able to play the audio through the speakers but the Videos application in Windows 8 refused to recognise a number of different formats (I tried various options within Openshot).
In the end everything worked out however as I was able to play the audio through Windows Media Player and the video through PowerDVD. Windows Media Player refused to recognise the videos and the XBOX Videos function said I would need to download different codecs in order to play the video files.
I would like to have spent time getting Ubuntu to play the audio properly through the hall's speakers but I would have had 30+ bored kids running riot. I also didn't have an internet connection to troubleshoot or download any necessary drivers that may or may not have been required.
This article has been somewhat of a personal tale about my past week but hopefully some of you will have picked up on some applications that you have never used before.
"RecordMyDesktop" is great for recording screencasts. If you want to create a tutorial then it is definitely recommended. Just get yourself a good quality headset.
"Youtube-dl" is great for downloading Youtube videos. Now you might want to use it for a different purpose to me such as downloading for when you don't have a decent internet connection.
"Openshot" is great for editing videos especially if you are using it for basic video editing and you aren't trying to emulate Spielberg or Lucas.
Thankyou for reading.


text:
Euro zone finance ministers will decide on Thursday when and how their bailout fund can invest in a bank to save it from failure, laying a cornerstone of the banking union seen as vital to restore economic growth.
Ministers from the 17 countries using the euro will also set guidelines for how much a government would have to contribute to such a bank rescue, which banks would be eligible, and who would lose money in the process.
Continue Reading Below
"We will reach a decision on all aspects of direct recapitalization," a senior European Union official involved in preparations for the meeting said.
Euro zone leaders want the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund to be able to become a shareholder in a systemically important bank so that the expense of saving the institution does not fall just on the shoulders of a government that may already be struggling with huge debts.
The possibility of such direct recapitalization should help boost confidence among euro zone banks, encouraging them to lend to the real economy and so boost growth.
The discussions are closely linked to talks on Friday, when the euro zone ministers will be joined by colleagues from other European Union countries, on a broader law to rescue or close down a failing bank.
The bank recovery and resolution directive covers some similar ground to the ESM direct recapitalization guidelines, for example who loses money, and when, if a bank is rescued or wound down.
That is why guidelines for ESM, while expected to be agreed in principle on Thursday, will only be finalized in a legal form once the European Parliament votes through the directive.
The ministers will have to decide if they want the ESM rules to match EU state aid law that comes into force in August and foresees losses only for shareholders and junior bondholders, or the still-not-finalized directive, under which also senior bondholders and even large bank depositors could take a hit.
The ESM will be able to become a shareholder in a failing, but systemically important euro zone bank only in the second half of the 2014, the senior EU official said.
This is in line with a decision by EU leaders that the European Central Bank must first establish itself as the supervisor of euro zone banks, which is now expected to take place in September 2014.
On Thursday, the ministers will also decide exactly how much money from the ESM's 500 billion euro war chest they want to earmark for potential investment in banks. The range penciled in now is 50 to 70 billion euros.
To deal with banks that need recapitalizing because of bad assets accumulated earlier, or legacy assets, the guidelines will say that before the ESM can invest, its national government must top up the bank's capital so that it meets the legal minimum of common equity Tier 1 ratio of 4.5 percent.
If a bank already meets that minimum requirement, the government would still have to provide between 10 and 20 percent of the needed capital increase so as to make sure that it is in the sovereign's interest to keep the bank healthy.
On Thursday, the ministers are to decide more specifically what number from the 10-20 percent range to pick.
They will also set a general rule on whether the ESM can take a decision in the second half of 2014 to become a shareholder in a bank that got into trouble before that date - what EU policy-makers call retroactivity.
The options include all banks being eligible or none, or that they be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Ireland may be interested in the ESM buying stakes in its banks, as might Greece, Cyprus and Portugal, but Spain has said it would not seek such an option so as not to send a signal to the markets that the sovereign cannot cope on its own.
(Additional reporting by Robin Emmott; Editing by Catherine Evans)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
We offer a wide variety of coatings and primers tailored to the demanding requirements of many industrial applications.
Our product line includes acrylics, epoxies, urethanes, and silicones.Typical uses include graffiti protection, corrosion protection, high chemical resistance, extreme wear and weather durability. Urethabond and Wearcoat products can be applied to many types of substrates including concrete, wood, and metal.
ALSEAL® coatings are used by the majority of manufacturers of gas and steam turbines. Our robust products and inorganic ceramic binders endure the extreme temperatures and corrosive environments that exist in gas turbines.
ALSEAL® coatings are offered in a variety of specialty applications that include; dry film lubricants, corrosion resistant basecoats, colored topcoats, and touch-ups.
Don't see a product for your specific application? Our R&D staff can assist you by tailoring a formulation to meet your requirements. We manufacture products for the medical, automotive, highway, printing, building and many more industries. We offer coatings from graffiti protection to high temperature and corrosion protection.
ALSEAL® 220i (patent pending) is a 0 VOC, non-hazardous, high temperature coating for application on engine blocks, exhaust manifolds, and headers which can be polished to a chrome like finish.
We manufacture a complete line of floor products including crack filling, primers, broadcasts, and topcoats. Contractor installed, our products will provide the home owner with trouble free and aesthetically pleasing floors for many years. Wearcoat topcoats will not tire mark or hot tire pick-up and have high chemical resistance to fuels and oils.
Uses for our professional coatings include; Garage floors, basements, porches, patios, laundry rooms, and others. For over 40 years, we have proven to be superior in performance and durability.


text:
No sooner did the bull market turn two years old, did a world of worry hit the markets, as revolution in the Middle East and catastrophe Japan illustrated the negative impact of uncertainty.
Lost in the blur of current events, however, is that the first quarter is typically one of the best-performing ones for stocks, with March the strongest of the three months.
Don't despair. April is even better.
Click ahead for some lessons about the market tumult of March and how they relate to core investing principles and the year ahead.
By Albert BozzoPosted 1 April 2011


text:
Bob Brookmeyer taught at NEC from 1997 to 2007, and created NEC's Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra. Brookmeyer died December 15, 2011, a few weeks before what would have been his 82nd birthday.
Brookmeyer's career in jazz began when he arrived in New York in 1952 and played with Claude Thornhill, Woody Herman, Teddy Charles, and Charles Mingus. In 1953 he joined Stan Getz, followed by a long stay with Gerry Mulligan, and then by the Jimmy Giuffre Three and his own quintet with Clark Terry. He played and composed for the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra beginning with its founding in 1965, and after ten years in California returned as musical director for Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra. Beginning in 1981 he became very active as a composer, conductor, teacher, and performer in Europe, working in both classical and jazz idioms. His work as a composer was recognized with a succession of NEA jazz composition grants, and in 2006 he was named an NEC Jazz Master. In 1994 he was appointed musical director of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Big Band, a worldwide jazz-based ensemble dedicated to new music. This ensemble has become the New Art Orchestra, which recorded an award-winning CD and, after completing a second one, began concert touring in 2001. He was commissioned by The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic to write a piece for an EMI CD, featuring the German trumpet player, Till Broenner.
Studies, Kansas City Conservatory; hon. D.M., University of Missouri/Kansas City. Recordings on ACT, ArtistShare, Columbia, Gryphon, Mainstream, Mercury, Solid State, Storyville, United Artists, Verve, Vogue, EMI. Also musical director of the BMI Composers Workshop (New York), and similar workshops in Cologne and Copenhagen. Former faculty of Manhattan School of Music and the Rotterdam Conservatory.
photo by Paul Foley


text:
Funding Level--The Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant numbers are subject to the availability of federally-appropriated funds. The United States Department of State reserves the right to alter, without notice, participating countries, numbers of awards, terms of agreement, and allowances.
Grant benefits for all Fulbright U.S. Student grants include:
In some countries, grants may also include:
*Grantees with projects that require extensive research support, in-country travel, study materials, or equipment should explore additional funding from other sources to supplement the Fulbright funding.
Please review the relevant Country Summary for specific details.
Funds from Other Sources--If awarded a Fulbright grant, a grantee is required to report all funds received from other sources. Funds from other scholarships, fellowships, or grants in dollars or foreign currencies received concurrently with a Fulbright grant that duplicate Fulbright benefits will be deducted. But, if such grants are for assistance in meeting family expenses of grantees or other expenses not covered by the Fulbright grant, no deduction will be made. Fulbrighters may not accept remunerative work abroad during the grant period without prior approval of the supervising agency in the host country and/or IIE.
NB: If you receive an NSF award, be sure to inform your future graduate school that you have received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant enabling you to spend the next academic year abroad and that you have also received an NSF Graduate Fellowship. Your graduate institution may have an NSF coordinator. Find out who this is and speak to this person also. You must do this before entering your status on the NSF website.
The NSF website has added a "reserve status" on the list of tenure options, which is available after you accept the fellowship and which defers your drawing funds from the fellowship. Officially, the NSF will consider you a graduate student at your U.S. institution, even though you will be abroad.
Early Terminations - Acceptance of a grant by a candidate constitutes an agreement between the grantee and the sponsor involved. It is expected that, barring unforeseen emergencies, grantees will remain in the host country for the full tenure of the award. Grantees who leave the host country or resigns from the grant at an earlier date than that specified in the grant authorization may be required to reimburse the supervising agency for any expenditures made on their behalf, including allowances for orientation or round-trip travel.


text:
The Indian Voter's Guide to U.S. Election Day
Many Indians are following the U.S. presidential election with keen interest. But America's system can be confusing, with breathless talk about "swing states," the "Electoral College" and the "ground wars" over who can bring more voters to the polls.
Here's India Real Time's guide to the election, including a cheat-sheet on what to watch for when the returns start coming in on Wednesday morning India-time. It is shaping up to be one of the closest presidential contests ever.
1. The Magic Number is 270, not 50.1%: India's parliamentary system of picking prime ministers looks relatively simple compared to the U.S. approach to electing presidents. Voters technically won't be voting for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney when they go to the polls Tuesday, but instead will be casting a vote for a candidate's "electors" – that is, a slate of representatives in states who will cast votes later on their behalf.
This Electoral College was built into the U.S. Constitution because the country's founders were skeptical about having elections determined by direct popular will and also wanted to ensure small states had a voice in national affairs. There are 538 total electors, with each state having a share equal to its number of representatives and senators in Congress. So, Florida has 29 electoral votes, Iowa has six, and so on. In nearly all states the winner is awarded all the state's electoral votes (except Nebraska and Maine, which have other methods of allocating votes).
Whoever gets a majority of electoral votes on Election Night, 270 or more, will win. (See this link for more on the process, including when electors actually meet and vote for the President and Vice President. )
Note that how a candidate performs in the overall national tally – the popular vote, as it is known – is not what determines who gets elected. In practice, whoever wins the Electoral College generally wins the national vote too. But three times (the last in 2000), the winner of the popular vote has lost the Electoral College vote and therefore the presidency.
Mr. Obama won 365 electoral votes and 53% of the popular vote in 2008. Many polls show this contest to be a dead heat. (The latest WSJ/NBC News poll gives Mr. Obama a 48% to 47% lead nationally.) Here's a Wall Street Journal story showing just how close it is.
India's parliamentary system has an indirect way of picking prime ministers too, of course. Voters elect Members of Parliament and the party with the most strength generally forms the government and chooses the PM. But it's arguably a lot more straightforward than the Electoral College.
2. Why New York Doesn't Matter But Ohio Does: It might seem peculiar to Indians watching this from afar why the candidates aren't really fighting over voters in the three most populous states in the U.S. – New York, Texas, and California. It would be like Indian candidates not campaigning in New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
The reason for this: The winner-take-all Electoral College system in most states discourages candidates from campaigning anywhere they can't win a plurality of votes. Since Texas is considered a "safe" Republican state (Mr. Romney is way ahead in polls) and New York is a "safe" Democratic state (Mr. Obama is way ahead in polls) the candidates are investing their time and resources elsewhere. Over time, each side has racked up several safe states, leaving a fight over a small number of so-called "Battleground States."
This year, the states to watch closely – the ones that will likely determine the outcome – include Ohio (18 electoral votes), Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), North Carolina (15), Virginia (13), Wisconsin (10), Colorado (9), Iowa (6), Nevada (6) and New Hampshire (4).
Each side is plotting the various combinations of states they could win to get 270 electoral votes.
3. When India Will Start Seeing Results: Election results will start trickling in on Wednesday morning in India. CNN is broadcasting the returns in Asia. You'll have to be an early bird if you want to catch all the key action: the polls in Florida and Virginia close at 5:30 a.m. IST, while Ohio and North Carolina are among those that close at 6:00 a.m., and Pennsylvania and Michigan are in the 6:30 a.m. batch. As mentioned above, those are many of the states that are going to decide this election.
Once polls close, the vote counting starts and the TV anchors will inform the public of whether they can make a "projection" or call on who is going to win. It's possible that at least a few states will be "too close to call," meaning the media number-crunchers have to gather more data before they can make a projection. Some of the pundits will read a lot into this. If one candidate was thought to be far behind in a given state and the initial read is "too close to call" that could be a positive sign for that candidate.
Polls in Colorado, another state that could play a major role in deciding the outcome, close at 7:30 a.m. IST.
4. Inside the Demographics: Even before the outcome of the election is known, there will be a lot of very specific analysis on TV of the demographic breakdowns of each candidate's supporters based on the "exit polls" with voters. Who is winning college-educated whites? Who is winning single women? Who is winning people making more than a certain amount of money? Based on that data, the commentators will make some guesses as to who is having a better night. Operatives in American political parties are paid a lot of money to target individual demographic groups.
The changing ethnic demographics of the U.S. have been much discussed in the lead-up to the election. As Ron Brownstein of the National Journal noted this week, whites made up 90% of the voting population in 1980 but just 74% in 2008. That year, Mr. Obama won the White House partly because he dominated the growing minority vote, winning 95% of African-Americans and two-thirds of Hispanics.
A recent Wall Street Journal story said that "Rapid population growth means that Hispanics carry more weight this election than ever before," noting a poll that showed Mr. Obama may again need a big boost from Latino voters to make up for a disadvantage with white voters.
5. The Turnout Game: There's one thing all big democracies have in common. Getting voters to "turn out" at the polls is a huge part of winning a campaign. In India's 2009 Parliamentary election, nationwide voter turnout was 58.2%, though in some state elections participation rates have been far higher than that. In the U.S., voter turnout was 64% in 2008, with especially high levels of voting by young people, blacks and Hispanics.
In the U.S., the conventional wisdom among political analysts is that in a close election like this whichever side mobilizes its "base" of support and gets them out to vote in greater numbers will be victorious. Most polls show results of "likely voters" – people considered a strong bet to come out and vote.
Both of the major political parties have sophisticated "get-out-the-vote operations," with armies of young people going door-to-door to persuade tepid supporters and strong supporters alike to get to the polls and cast a vote. Indeed, in the states that allow early voting, they've been knocking on doors and calling voters for weeks. Here's a great WSJ story that tracks how this ground war is playing out in three crucial counties.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204707104578093250914927498.html
6. If It's Too Close to Call: Don't be surprised if the election isn't over on Wednesday. If it's very, very close and one side or the other contests the outcome of one or more states, there could be a drawn out legal process to determine the winner. Several key states provide for automatic recounts if the margin is within 0.5%.
Amol Sharma is an India Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Follow him and India Real Time on Twitter @AmolSharmaWsj and @indiarealtime.


text:
Panel Will Help Search for New School of Mines President
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The state Board of Regents has appointed a dozen people to a committee that will help search for the next president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City.
Those on the committee will include students, faculty and business executives.
Regent Terry Baloun (Ba-LOON) will chair the search committee. Other regents on the panel include Dean Krogman (KROHG-man), Randy Morris and Kathryn Johnson.
Baloun says input from campus and community leaders is valuable in the effort to find a new president for the school.
The new president will succeed Robert Wharton, who died in September from complications from earlier cancer treatments.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed.


text:
Dear Debt Adviser,
Continue Reading Below
I'd like to pay off about $5,000 in credit card debt over the next one to two years. This is an old debt, and I will not be incurring other charges in that time. I have recently received offers for a zero percent credit card balance transfer as well as a personal loan from my bank at 10% interest. The bank loan is a fixed rate, and the credit card interest would increase to about 18% at the end of 12 months. I have done the math, and it would cost about the same to use either the balance transfer or bank loan to pay off this debt. However, I hope to begin shopping for my first home once this is paid off, and I am wondering which of these options would be a better choice for improving my credit score.
-- Lyn
Dear Lyn, I want you to do more than just the math! Interest rates are just one of many factors that must be considered when trying to get the most out of a debt repayment plan. Consider also that you are within two years of applying for the granddaddy of credit: a mortgage. Items 2 years old or newer tend to count for much more than older trade lines when figuring your score. So getting the most out of this exercise over the next 24 months will be especially important.
Your FICO score is made up of five components. You have the chance to improve your performance in all of them by reducing what you owe, lengthening your credit history, getting new credit, having a variety of credit and showing a strong payment history. The personal loan from your bank would be classified as an installment loan. This is one in which you pay back the same amount each month for the term of the loan. The credit card account would be listed as a revolving account. This type of credit offers the option to pay what you can each month as long as you pay a minimum amount. It gives you flexibility on how quickly you pay off the balance, not to mention that you have the option to add to the balance if you want or need.
My recommendation is to take advantage of what both can offer you, particularly if you do not have any other installment loans on your credit reports. I suggest that you transfer only what you can pay off in 12 months to the zero-interest card, and roll the remaining amount into a personal loan.
To earn a top-tier credit score and qualify for the lowest interest rate mortgage loans, you must illustrate that you can manage both types of credit lines. You'll need a FICO score of 760 to 850 to qualify for the best mortgage rates. If you haven't already, be sure to get a copy of each of your credit reports. I'd also recommend looking up your credit scores so you know where you stand. Do this again in 12 months and then again before you apply for your mortgage loan. Be sure to challenge any negative items you find on your reports, so they can be taken care of with time to spare. If you do all of those things, you'll have an excellent chance of improving your credit score.
Along with saving for a down payment on your home and paying down your debt, I recommend you save as much as you can over the next two years in an emergency savings account. With savings in place, you will be insulated from any of life's surprises that can sink your credit. Plus, you will be in a more secure financial position when you buy your new place and go looking for furniture, appliances and the hundreds other things new homeowners need.
Good luck!
Bankrate's content, including the guidance of its advice-and-expert columns and this website, is intended only to assist you with financial decisions. The content is broad in scope and does not consider your personal financial situation. Bankrate recommends that you seek the advice of advisers who are fully aware of your individual circumstances before making any final decisions or implementing any financial strategy. Please remember that your use of this website is governed by Bankrate's Terms of Use.
Copyright 2013, Bankrate Inc.


text:
01 - John Henry
02 - Walkin' The Dawg
03 - Highway Of Regret
04 - Save It! Save It!
05 - A Good Woman's Love
06 - Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
07 - The Hit Parade Of Love
08 - The Tennessee Waltz
09 - Come Back To Me Little Darlin'
10 - I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling
11 - Unwanted Love
12 - We Can't Be Darlings Anymore
13 - Cabin Of Love
14 - Country Boy Rock & Roll
15 - 20/20 Vision
16 - I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
Del and Dawg - Harcore Bluegrass in the Dawg House
Del McCoury & David Grisman
David Grisman met Del McCoury at the first show Del ever played (on banjo)
with Bill Monroe in the spring of 1963 at New York University in Greenwich
Village. Three years later, Del & Dawg played their first gig together
in Troy, NY at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They both celebrated
the arrival of first-born sons, Monroe Grisman and Ronnie McCoury, within
a month of each other.
This unique collection of bluegrass classics, made at two Dawg studio jam sessions in the 1990s, celebrates the nearly 50-year bluegrass friendship that these two legendary musicians have shared.


text:
cherylstea needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 182 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Cheryl's Tea
I am an avid drinker of green tea. Two years ago, I started Tea Burst to sell my Sencha green tea powder called Cheryl's Tea. I have personally experienced the positive health benefits of drinking green tea on a daily basis, and am excited to expand Tea Burst and provide that experience to others.
Individuals interested in health and wellness are the main target audience of Tea Burst, but all tea drinkers should be targeted. Specifically, Cheryl's Tea will be sold in various health food stores, supermarkets and health-related websites.
The initial packaging is a 4oz cylindrical tin can, 2.5" diameter and 2" in height. The packaging design will be silk screening so the entire can can be covered.
Silk screening gets more expensive as colors are added, so we prefer to have two colors max. The tin can is silver in color, so if a third colors is necessary, you can allow the silver to show through.
We would like this design to really "pop" on the shelves and stand out from the other teas. At the same time, it should be modern, simple and sharp.
Please include the following literature on the package:
Name of product: Cheryl's Tea (with copyright symbol)
Space for UPC Code
"Original" (flavor)
"Sencha Green Tea Powder"
"Bursting with flavor & health benefits"
"A product of Japan"
"Distributed by: Tea Burst, LLC Somerset, NJ"
"Refrigeration recommended after opening"
"Questions or Comments? Please visit http://www.cherylstea.com
"Makes 75 cups"
"Net wt. 0.7oz"
Ingredients: Organic Sencha Green Tea Powder
Directions: Add one level scoop to hot or cold water. Powder dissolves immediately with very little stirring. In cold water, it is normal for small beads of undissolved powder to float to the top. These beads are not bitter tasting, and are in fact very healthy! If not consumed shortly thereafter, some of the powder will settle to the bottom of your cup - so simply stir again if desired and enjoy!
EPS file please!


text:
Brown ADD Rating Scales for Children, Adolescents and Adults
Dr. Brown has developed and published assessment tools to help assess executive function impairments associated with ADD/ADHD and related problems. These tools are designed for easy use by psychologists, physicians, psychiatrists, school psychologists and other educational, medical or mental health professionals.
His rating scales, normed for each age group across the lifespan, elicit valuable data about executive function impairments for persons aged 3 years through adult. The scales are useful for:
- screening individuals who might benefit from assessment for ADD/ADHD
- as one component of a comprehensive assessment of persons for possible ADD/ADHD
- for monitoring effectiveness of ongoing treatment for ADD/ADHD
These scales are widely used by schools and clinicians in paper and pencil or clinical interview format; they have also been utilized in research for many clinical trials of ADHD medications.
Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales (BADDS)
- for Children (3 to 7 yrs)
- for Children (8 to 12 yrs)
- for Adolescents (12 to 18 yrs)
- for Adults (18 yrs and up)
by PsychCorp/Pearson: San Antonio, TX., 1996, 2001
The Brown ADD Scales are based on Dr. Brown's clinical research and his model of ADD/ADHD as developmental impairment of executive functions. This model is described in detail in his recent book, Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults. Click here for more information about this book.
The Brown ADD Scales help to assess a wide range of symptoms of executive function impairments associated with ADHD/ADD. These normed rating scales are available to elicit parent report and teacher report for children ages 3 to 7 yrs and 8 to 12 yrs. For 8 to 12 year olds, a normed self-report version is also available. For adolescents (12-18 yrs) and for adults, normed rating scales elicit self-report and collateral report on a single form.
One manual for the Brown ADD Scales for Children and Adolescents and another for the Brown ADD Scales for Adolescents and Adults provide age-based norms and detailed information about how to administer and interpret the Brown ADD Scales and the Brown ADD Diagnostic Forms. A software program is available to assist in scoring the Brown ADD Scales and to produce a printed report with age-based scores that can be shared with patients, their families and their clinicians.
The Brown ADD Scales for Adolescents and Adults include 40 items that assess five clusters of ADHD-related executive function impairments. Versions for children ages 3 to 12 yrs also include a sixth cluster to assess problems in monitoring and self-regulating action.
- Organizing, Prioritizing and Activating to Work
- Focusing, Sustaining and Shifting Attention to Tasks
- Regulating Alertness, Sustaining Effort and Processing Speed
- Managing Frustration and Modulating Emotions
- Utilizing Working Memory and Accessing Recall
- Monitoring and Self-Regulating Action
Brown ADD Scales Scoring Assistant
This software program provides an easy and convenient way to record an individual's responses to any of the Brown ADD Scales and instantly generate an individualized narrative and graphic report. This report describes Brown ADD Scales and the clusters of executive function impairments associated with ADD. A graph shows the patient's scores and how much impairment has been reported for each specific cluster of ADD-related executive function impairments relative to the normative sample. Up to five administrations of the scale can be entered in each file; this allows comparison of scores from various respondents, e.g. self-report, parent, teachers, etc. It also can be used to track progress of treatment by comparing scores over multiple time points.
Click here for link to PsychCorp/Pearson for more information or to order the Brown ADD Scales, Diagnostic Forms and computerized Scoring Assistant.


text:
Red Snapper Cocktail
If you dig into the often confusing history of the Bloody Mary, you will encounter references to it first being served in 1934 at the St. Regis hotel in New York by Fernand Petiot who brought the recipe with him from Paris (where some accounts claim he invented it). Since the name "Bloody Mary" was deemed to be a little to vulgar for the establishment, it was re-christened the "Red Snapper", it is also said that since vodka wasn't yet easily available here in the US, gin was used instead. Eventually the original name was returned to the drink, but the Red Snapper continued to be made with gin instead of vodka.
2 ounces Martin Miller's Gin
4 ounces tomato juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 pinch salt
1 pinch black pepper
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2 dashes Tabasco sauce
Add all ingredients to a mixing tin.
Roll ingredients back and forth into a second tin and the first until combined.
Strain over ice in a Collins glass.
Ghoulie 22 May 2012
9:17 am
Sounds really good. I made a drink, which I called the Spanish Mary. Instead of tomato juice, I used gazpacho soup, then added Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco chipotle sauce, and vodka. It was really good.
Trevor 22 May 2012
10:45 am
I sometimes like to use gin as well. More garnish ideas:
pickled okra
pickled green bean
cocktail onion
I put all the the above on a long wooden skewer, along with 2 or 3 jumbo Spanish Queen olives. It can bit to be a bit much for the glass, so I usually end up putting it on a small plate off to the side. Mmmmm— meal in a glass!
Stephen Botting 22 May 2012
11:36 am
I am not a massive fan of the bloody Mary but…one with gin sounds rather appealing Robert, I'll give it a go.
On another note Robert, inspired by you I have started producing my own cocktail videos and I'm lovin it. Check them out if you can no where on the excellent level of yours but see what you think.
blair frodelius 22 May 2012
2:48 pm
The best flavor I've ever had in a Bloody Mary/Red Snapper is homemade tomato water. It's not really a labor intensive process, as it does take some preparation beforehand. Not only that, but you will end up with a uniquely clear version that is bright and fresh in character. Most canned tomato juices have a thick "slurry-like" quality which can be off-putting. Here's a recipe to make your own tomato water at home.
In food processor, purée 4 large quartered beefsteak tomatoes, 1/2 roughly chopped Serrano chile, 1/4 roughly chopped red onion, one roughly chopped 3-inch piece of lemongrass, small pinch sugar & a large pinch salt until smooth. Line a sieve with cheesecloth and set sieve over plastic bowl. Pour purée into center of cheesecloth and refrigerate overnight. The next morning, gather sides of cheesecloth up over purée to form large sack and squeeze gently to extract last bits of water. Discard sack and its contents and transfer tomato water to bowl. Set strainer over bowl and squeeze in lime, lemon, and orange juice. Stir well. Makes about 20 ounces tomato water, enough for roughly 5 drinks.
SteveG 22 May 2012
2:55 pm
I agree, gin is the way to go. Even changing styles can move the drink in different directions. Hendrick's calls for lighter spice and sweeter veg, where a bruiser like Junipero will stand up to things like fresh horseradish. I've been playing with dried Bergamot peels left over from winter season here in CA. So why not in a Red Snapper? I started by dropping a couple in the tin with the gin and muddling them a bit to incorporate their flavor before the build. Toss & strain. Wow. That's a nice extra dimension. A fresh burst of oil may be too much, but I'm going to try next winter when they're available. A bit of Hum Botanical is also an interesting addition, inspired by my use of it in Sangrita. It's nice to hear people say mmm…what's in that?
TimL 29 May 2012
3:24 pm
I've always ordered my Bloody Mary's with gin when I could. Tequila is another interesting spirit to try as well. You have to be a bit tactful with it but we have a restaurant here in Kansas City that offers a Smoked Bloody Mary with your choice of vodka, gin, or tequila. As a 'What the Hell' experiment I ordered one with tequila and it was surprisingly good.


text:
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The saying refers to the ability of a picture to take a complex idea and make it so much simpler. The point is to make it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly. Knowing this, perhaps we can use a visual aid to better understand the complex inflation versus deflation debate. Dollar Bulls Back in February in our Technical Forecast published on 2/10, I laid the groundwork for why the US dollar is currently a good buy. I wrote: "The U.S. Dollar has already broken out of its downtrend channel and provides a buy signal for aggressive traders in the PowerShares DB Bullish Fund (NYSEARCA:UUP) or in the PowerShares DB 3x Levered long (NYSEARCA:UUPT)." This was in spite of media and Wall Street's negativity toward the greenback (NYSEARCA:UDN) and bullishness toward gold (NYSEARCA:IAU) and silver (NYSEARCA:AGQ). That trade worked out well as the dollar rallied from below 80 to over 82.50 in a month. The PowerShares DB 3X levered long was a similar story and rose over 10% from its low of $19.29 on 2/01 to over $22 in March where we advised taking profits. The dollar chart below from our 3/17 Technical Forecast shows the setup and progress of that trade, but there is also something much larger going on with the dollar.
The Big PictureUsing a picture helped us stay bullish the U.S. Dollar and bearish the Euro (NYSEARCA:FXE) over the shorter term even as countless arguments were made by "experts" to the contrary. There are many negative fundamentals cited for a bearish outlook for the dollar. Unlimited money printing, growing debt burdens, and hyperinflation are just a few. But, most of these theories are incomplete and misinterpreting the core meaning of inflation, which is simply the decline of your purchasing power. All of this may eventually come to fruition, but that debate is left for another time. For now, I trust my eyes, and glancing at the next chart tells me perhaps there are other factors that are mitigating real inflation and proving the decline in purchasing power (NYSEARCA:TIP) thus far is an overblown facade. Looking Beyond the Surface The trade weighted dollar bottomed in 2008, formed higher lows, and is in an uptrend (or at worse a sideways consolidation). Would you believe the dollar is actually higher today than it was five years ago, before Mr. Bernanke ever started any QEs? Don't believe me, just look at the picture below. Thus far, all the money printing isn't causing your dollar purchasing power to decline. The chart shows that so far the inflationist is wrong. It seems there are larger underlying factors counteracting any inflationary policies by the Federal Reserve. Perhaps too, this is why it continues its QE programs "indefinitely"? Perhaps the deflationary risk is larger than many actually believe, and it is showing up in the dollar's picture. This theory as I outlined in the latest issue of our ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter is supported by other pictures as well. If inflation was such an issue then why is it that the precious metals are the only main commodity group up in price since 2008? Agricultural goods (NYSEARCA:DBA), energy commodities (NYSEARCA:DBE), and industrial metals (NYSEARCA:DBB) are all down in price, some greatly, since 2008. Their facts show their prices are deflating, not inflating. The short dollar/long gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) trade is a crowd favorite, and when trades get popular they're often wrong. This bearish dollar stance has been the pundit status quo for years even though the pictures tell us otherwise. This is similar to the sell Treasuries (NYSEARCA:TLT) status quo which has been wrong for five+ years and counting.The dollar picture paints a thousand words, and shows that the status quo dollar bear crowd has been wrong. In the meantime, we will continue to use the charts and common sense to help find high probability trading setups. The ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter monitors global events and formulates profit strategies based on fundamental, technical, and sentiment research so that investors can stay ahead of market trends.
Continue Reading Below


text:
wu-tang clan
Killah Priest & Wu-Tang Corp. Statement
- 2004-01-05 12:11:57
© The Wu-Tang Corp.
- 2004-01-05
Hereby our official statement regarding the Killah Priest issue which has been circulating over the net for a couple of days now.
We have spoken to Priest directly regarding this matter and solved it the day after the confusion sparked up.
Killah Priest did not know this site was an official one until one of our staff members informed him. This website www.wutangcorp.com is an official website funded directly by RZA and was also mentioned as the official website in the CD booklet of RZA's latest release 'Birth Of A Prince'. We strongly deny any other accusations regarding our official status.
During our direct talks with Priest a few days ago, he stated that he was dissatisfied with some websites for posting the news as if he in person was in need of financial aid, while our ad clearly stated that the company interested in this project was asking financial support from the fans to bring this project to life, a project by fans for the fans. One of Priest's spokesmen then contacted the websites and expressed a statement, which was according to Priest himself as told to us, exaggerated in the way they wrote it down. Priest claims never to have said those words like that.
With all this confusion and drama aside, it did bring in potential investors and some are already in talks with Priest to realize this project. We thank all of our true Wu-Tang supporters who have supported this project out of loyalty and love for the music, something Wu-Tang Clan and Corporation will be proud of forever.
Response to: AllHipHop.com's article '
Killah Priest Clears Album Confusion
News Archive
RZA announces new album 'Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues'
Wu-Tang Clan on the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight
Common to star in RZA's 'Black Samurai' reboot
Boombotix Speaker Comes With Unreleased ODB Track
GZA Earns The 1st Platinum Album For The Clan In 20 Years
Proof, that the Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to mess with
Unpublished 'Ya'll be warned' video unearthed after 13 years
Wu-Tang Brand Unveils Winter 'Iron Flag' Collection
NuHo Online Film Festival presents an epic ODB Memorial
Masta Killa releases Selling My Soul on Dec 11th
Get the Original Sound Track from The Man with the Iron Fist
First official single from Black Knights´ new project
Join the Wu Fest tour 2011/2012
Get an awesome piece of Wu-tang memorabilia
check older news
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Wu-Tang Corp.
Copyright ©2000 - 2019 The Wu-Tang Corp.


text:
June 1, 2012
The incidence and transmission rate reduction goals of the two-year old National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) will not be achieved unless there is a timely expansion of testing and prevention services for people living with HIV/AIDS. This, according to a recently-published paper called "Costs, Consequences and Feasibility of Strategies for Achieving the Goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy in the United States: A Closing Window for Success?" which appeared on May 19 in the AIDS and Behavior journal. In their paper, authors David R. Holtgrave, H. Irene Hall, Laura Wehrmeyer and Cathy Maulsby explore three key policy questions:
Click here to access the publication.
NHAS was introduced by President Obama in July of 2010 as our nation's first ever comprehensive plan to combat HIV/AIDS. The Strategy set a number of ambitious goals to be reached by 2015, including:
No comments have been made.
The content on this page is free of advertiser influence and was produced by our editorial team. See our content and advertising policies.


text:
Arsene Wenger was unhappy with Arsenal's 'lack of creativity' at Southampton
Arsene Wenger was disappointed that his Arsenal side failed to create many chances in their 1-1 draw at St Mary's.
Last Updated: 02/01/13 9:18am
Gaston Ramirez opened the scoring for Saints while the Gunners levelled matters shortly before half-time when Guly turned Theo Walcott's free-kick into his own net.
This result and performance was in sharp contrast to Arsenal's 7-3 triumph over Newcastle three days ago.
The hosts more than held their own, particularly in the second half, and Wenger was frank in his assessment.
He said: "We were not very good offensively, we didn't create enough.
"Defensively, we were not too many times under threat but we didn't create enough chances.
"Considering our performance and the result of the game, I don't think we deserved anymore today.
"It is two points lost if you look at the overall target we had for Christmas. It is frustrating and disappointing as we didn't create a lot today.
"Our game lacked purpose, penetration and speed, all qualities we have usually but we didn't see that tonight.
"Maybe we thought we scored seven against Newcastle, we thought we would score again today.
"I felt that we lacked purpose in our game and it was more mental than physical.
"We prepared normally, we prepared well, and Southampton deserved some credit.
"They fought for every ball and were on their toes. They were fighting until the last second for every single ball.
"We did not have enough quality to take them out of position and take advantage of that."


text:
Pets Can Stay may perform onsite verifications of member properties following completion of the certification process. Onsite verifications are performed for a variety of reasons, ranging from follow-up on traveler feedback on the property, to research for a feature piece in the Pets Can Stay Travel Services newsletter. In certain regions, where Pets Can Stay works with the provincial/state tourism or hotel/lodging association to identify PCS Certified properties in that province/state's accommodation guide, Pets Can Stay onsite verifications may be performed by an existing regulatory body and are incorporated into that regulatory body's existing inspection cycle.
Maintaining the standards for certification is a critical element of every verification, by ensuring that the property's pet-related policies and services continue to meet the requirements of their certification designation. In order to continue driving return business to each certified establishment, Pets Can Stay and its accommodation provider partners need to assure the traveler that we are collectively committed to meeting their needs.
In general, the verification will examine the establishment's overall environment, pet-designated rooms, available products and services, and written documentation of policies and local pet service providers that must be made available to guests. The results of the verification will be compared against the program's minimum requirements and the documentation filed by the property for certification in the Pets Can Stay program. Regardless of onsite verification, each property must sign a declaration that states they are in full compliance with the Pets Can Stay program, and that they will continue to maintain such standards, in order to become Certified with Pets Can Stay.
Aside from physical verifications, Pets Can Stay maintains regular contact with all certified properties to assist in ongoing maintenance of the program and ensure that locations receive support in servicing the needs of patrons with pets. Consumers who have questions concerning a property's delivery of the Pets Can Stay standards are encouraged to contact the Pets Can Stay Compliance Officer at the contact information below. All reports and enquiries are held in strict confidence and will not be released to the property in question or any other third party. All enquiries are investigated by Pets Can Stay.
All complaints are investigated by Pets Can Stay. Although there are many factors that might contribute to a complaint, should a property receive multiple complaints that are subsequently validated through investigation, their certification may be suspended or revoked. In such instances, any third-party organizations that are currently recognizing the certified status of such a property will be notified of the change in the property's certification status. Pets Can Stay endeavors to approach any complaints against a property with a fair and balanced analysis. In the event that a suspension or revocation is determined by the Compliance Officer to be the best course of action, all certified properties will be given an opportunity to appeal to the certification board during a Period of Notice. The Period of Notice is a period in which a property is notified that a suspension or revocation is imminent; however, during this period no action will be taken in order to provide the property the opportunity to appeal the decision.


text:
Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
An international law expert has explained that even from a secular point of view, Israel has every right to settle Jews in Judea and Samaria, those territories that the world calls the "West Bank" and which the Palestinian Arabs claim as their sovereign homeland.
Dr. Alan Baker pointed out that numerous international documents, most especially the Balfour Agreement and the original British Mandate for Palestine, unequivocally grant Jews the legal right to settle all of the territories in question. Those documents have never been rescinded or amended.
There is also the question of history. It is painfully obvious to anyone willing to even glance at the archeological evidence that the Jews have a long history in these territories. Should centuries of forced exile preclude their right to return and settle the land?
For Bible believers the issue is much simpler, of course. God in His Word granted this land to the children of Israel, and declared through his prophets that following their punishments, the Jews would return. And so they have.
Earlier this week, the head of a small break-away Catholic sect declared that the Jews are the enemies of the Christian Church. Not an unsurprising position coming from the Catholic Church, though rarely are such positions expressed so brashly in today's world.
The pronouncement elicited widespread condemnation from Jews and many Christians.
On Wednesday, a representative of Pope Benedict XVI denounced the anti-Semitic remark, and noted that it was impossible for the Jews to be the enemies of the Church since the Messiah and all scripture holy to Christians came from Israel and the Jews.
The head of the Israel pro-life group Efrat was awarded a prize by the tenth annual Jerusalem Conference this week, but was surprised to find that a number of women had gathered outside the convention center to protest his being honored.
Efrat does not fight against those seeking or performing abortions, but rather tries to provide alternatives to those women who believe they have none.
Efrat noted that the protests had only increased awareness of and interest in its work, and even more women were now seeking assistance in order to avoid doing abortions.
Want more news from Israel?
Click Here to sign up for our FREE daily email updates
For Information & Reservations:
E-Mail: email@example.com
Israel Today
Free to Your Inbox


text:
Lil Hype - I Stay Smokin [Unsigned Hype]
I Stay Smokin" off of Lil Hype's new mixtape
"HOODSTAR which features
2 Chainz, Young Buck, Alley Boy & more! Download 4
free at www.lilhype.com & check me out at
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Ah, so it is a series of 6 again. Dale?
Okay, I have seen these things before in the past. What is the story with these? Are these actually released to the general public in Japan? Are they customs? What? I am ignorant American that does not know
I love how Medicom appears to be slowly working it's way through the characters from the beginning of ANH right now. I'm guessing they threw the Bounty Hunter set out there initially just to get the line off to a great start (excellent idea). Gotta wonder where the hell Vader is though... Most assuredly in Series 3, I'd imagine. Maybe an all Imperial set, with Vader, Stormtrooper, Tarkin, Death Star Gunner, Tie Pilot, and... Death Star Trooper (they seem to come in sets of 6)? How sweet would that be?!? Of course, that would leave poor C-3PO sitting out in the cold all by his lonesome...
Page created in 0.063 seconds with 18 queries.


text:
About .FIT domains
Physical fitness is more than just a trend for millions of people: it's a way of life. The .fit domain creates an online epicenter for all fitness lovers, whether amateur or professional. The .fit extension is ideal for featuring sports equipment, nutrition advice, workout tips or guidance for healthier living overall.
Registration Phases
The .fit launch is divided into two registration phases: Trademark Holder (Sunrise) and Pre-Registration (General Availability.) Each phase has specific application requirements:
Pre-registration gives you the best possible chance of securing a domain name before it's available to the general public, but it doesn't guarantee you will get it. You can only pre-register for General Availability, and we'll submit your registration application when the phase begins.
Multiple applications with different registrars are resolved on a first-come, first-served basis during General Availability. If you aren't able to secure the domain name, we'll refund the registration fee.
Trademark Holders Registration - Sunrise
From February 18, 2015 at 16:00 UTC to April 20, 2015 at 16:00 UTC, trademark holders can submit an application to register a .fit domain containing their owned mark, before it's available to the public.
Trademark validation goes through the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), which is an ICANN global repository for trademark data. Visit the TMCH website for information on registering a trademark.
Bulk .fit registration is not supported during Sunrise.
If you aren't able to secure the domain name, we cannot refund the application fee.
Note: You cannot cancel your pre-registration application. If you are awarded the domain name, you have 5 days to cancel your domain name and get a refund of the registration fee.
Pre-Registration - General Availability
Beginning April 29, 2015 at 16:00 UTC, customers can register .fit domain names on a first-come, first-served basis.
Bulk .fit registration is supported during General Availability.
Multiple applications with different registrars are resolved on a first-come, first-served basis during General Availability. If you aren't able to secure the domain name, we'll refund the registration fee.
Note: If you are awarded the domain name, you have 5 days to cancel your domain name and get a refund of the registration fee.
Registration Information
Who can register .fit domain names?
Anyone can register .fit domain names on a first-come, first-served basis.
These domain names can only support 3-63 characters (with a minimum of 3 characters), and can contain letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (except as the first or last characters of the domain name). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as & and #. The .fit domain supports IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) in the following languages: French, German, and Spanish.
Which registry controls .fit domain names?
Minds + Machines is the sponsor and Nominet is the backend provider for these domains.
For how long can I register .fit domain names?
You can register a .fit domain name for a minimum of one year and a maximum of 10 years.
When do .fit domain names renew?
We'll attempt to auto-renew your .fit domain name on its expiration date. We will park .fit domain names after the first failed billing attempt. If the domain name isn't renewed within 40 days following expiration, the domain name will be cancelled and removed from your account.
Can I transfer .fit domain names to my account with you?
Yes. See Transfer my domain to GoDaddy for details on the transfer process.
Can I transfer .fit domain names from you to another registrar?
Yes. See Transfer my domain away from GoDaddy for details on the transfer process for these domain names.
Can I add privacy and protection to .fit domain names?
Private Registration is offered for .fit domain names, but Protected Registration is not available.
Can I backorder .fit domain names?
No. We currently do not support the backorder of .fit domain names.
Can I move .fit domain names to another account with you?
Yes. See Move my domain to another GoDaddy account to start the account move process.
Can I update the contact information for .fit domain names?
Yes. See Change domain contact information for details on making these changes.
Are there nameserver requirements for my .fit domain names?
One nameserver is required for .fit domain to resolve, and a maximum of 13 nameservers is allowed. IPv4, IPv6, and ICANN are supported.


text:
Allen Making Most of Opportunityby Louie Korac / St. Louis Blues
ST. LOUIS -- When Jake Allen was a teenager, he had quite the dilemma on his hands.
Allen was faced with the prospect of sticking with hockey or trying to become the next great golfing sensation.
As it turned out, becoming the next Tiger Woods only was a dream, apparently.
"I wish," Allen told NHL.com. "I love golf. I absolutely love it, but you finally have to pick one sport and go with it. I think I finally realized when I was like 15, I sort of stuck with hockey and it's worked out."
Worked out may be understating it a bit for the Fredericton, New Brunswick native, who not only has stabilized the St. Louis Blues' goaltending situation, but has become somewhat of a sensation in the Gateway City.
And to think Allen nearly gave up a shot at seeing where his hockey life would take him after initially not being selected in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft.
"I was pretty small. I never really grew," Allen said. "I was late, so once I got drafted (by the St. John's Fog Devils), I sort of went there. I think if I didn't make that team that year, it would have changed my whole outcome on a hockey career."
From the time Allen made his first National Hockey League start Feb. 13 in Detroit, all he's done is put up an 8-1-0 record with a 2.18 goals-against average and .920 save percentage.
It's become quite the unexpected story for a Blues team that brought back a pair of netminders in Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott, who last season shared the William M. Jennings Trophy.
"It's sort of a whirlwind the last month or so," Allen said. "I'm still taking it in stride. I'm really pleased with the way I've played. I couldn't have asked for a better start, but I try to stay even-keeled, stay ready for the next game. Just take things one day at a time.
"Once the season is over, I can sit back and reflect and think of the good things and some of the bad things that happened throughout the year. Right now, I'm just trying to stick with it. Whatever they need me to do, I'm going to do."
With the way Halak and Elliott were stopping pucks for the Blues last season en route to a 109-point season and Central Division title, it was difficult to imagine the dynamics changing heading into 2013.
But when the new season finally started, although the Blues got off to a solid 6-1-0 start, something was missing between the pipes.
Halak's numbers haven't been poor [5-3-1, 2.38 GAA, .881 save percentage], but they haven't typical, and a groin injury sustained in Detroit on Feb. 1 derailed him for three weeks. Elliott, on the other hand, won three of his first four starts, then struggled.
Enter Allen, the Blues' 2008 second-round pick. When coach Ken Hitchcock threw him into the fire at Joe Louis Arena, saying he had never done anything like that before, Allen overcame a sluggish start to help the Blues snap a five-game winless drought (0-4-1). His parents, Susan and Kurt -- his father is the athletic director and hockey coach at Leo Hayes High School in Fredericton -- bought the NHL Center Ice package just in time so they could watch their son from the town of roughly 60,000 Montreal- and Boston-clad fans, as Allen claims.
"They don't miss too many games," Allen said of his parents. "They didn't get to watch me a whole lot [in the minors], but [now] they do when they can."
Allen played four games during his initial call-up from the Rivermen, and after suffering his only loss, a 2-1 home defeat against the San Jose Sharks, the Blues sent him back to the AHL when Halak was healthy enough to play the following night at the Colorado Avalanche. However, when the Blues blew a 4-1 lead en route to a 6-4 defeat at the Los Angeles Kings on March 5, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong felt strongly that Allen needed to be back with the team. He wasted little time and made the announcement an hour after the game.
"When you referred back to the way Jake played in those three road games [in Detroit, Calgary and Vancouver], it seemed like the proper thing to do to try and spark the team," Armstrong told NHL.com. "This was a lot deeper than just the goaltending situation, but we had to do something to try and grab everyone's attention."
Allen was with the Rivermen at Lake Erie, got on a plane to Phoenix the next day and has been in goal for five of the last six games. Included are the last two wins, a 3-0 shutout of the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday -- his first NHL shutout -- and a 2-1 overtime defeat of the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.
"He just plays," Hitchcock said of Allen, describing him as an old-school goalie. "He doesn't get into much discussion about anything other than, 'Am I playing? Am I not playing?' He has a real focus that he doesn't allow adversity to bother him. He's got a mechanism in place that he can distribute adversity in a different direction. That's the old-school guys. You used to see them skate around all the time to get rid of the anxiety or the anxiousness. He's found a way to do that in a good way that I think helps calm him down in critical situations."
Allen is next in a line of recent Blues netminders that have opened eyes. Along with trading for Halak and signing Elliott as a free agent, the team has developed Allen, Ben Bishop and now draft picks Jordan Binnington and Niklas Lundstrom through the system. Allen's stock and a fear of losing Bishop through free agency forced Armstrong to deal Bishop to Ottawa for a 2013 second-round pick. Allen and Bishop have remained close friends.
"Ben was going to be an unrestricted free agent because of the way Elliott had played," Armstrong said regarding Bishop's contract situation. "We were excited that we had Jake coming, but the parts were more based on Elliott and Jaro were playing so well, and Ben wasn't going to get enough games to stay as a restricted free agent.
"Right now we're in a good spot, but we have to ultimately play well in front of them."
Allen's numbers with the Rivermen -- 51-58-7 with a 2.76 GAA and .915 save percentage -- wouldn't appear to warrant a call-up by the parent club. But once given a chance, Allen, who credits David Alexander, the goaltending coach at the University of Maine, for his development, said he was going to make the most of it.
"It's just taken a lot of doubts away from myself and a lot of other people," Allen said. "You're always a prospect and you're in the minors for a couple years -- three years [in his case] -- and people never know what you can really do unless you get a chance.
"I told myself I worked extremely hard last summer and I said if I ever got an opportunity, I wasn't going to let it slide. This is what everyone wants to do when you come up through the minors. You want a chance, and you want to take it and run with it. That's what I'm trying to do right now."


text: On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Mark Hahn wrote: > > >> PS Pentium 4 sustained performance from memory is about > > >> 5% of peak (stream triad). > > > > > >that should be 50%, I think. > > > > Nope ... not "from memory". > > > > A 2.8 GHz P4 using SSE2 instructions can deliver two > > 64-bit floating point results per clock or 5.6 Gflops > > peak performance at this clock. The stream triad (a > > from-memory, multiply-add operation) for a 2.8 GHz > > P4 produces only 200 Mflops (see stream website). The > > arithmetic is then: > > > > 200/5600 = .0357 or 3.57% (so 5% is a gift) > > oh, I see. to me, that's a strange definition of "peak", > since stream is, by intention, always bottlenecked on > memory bandwidth, since its FSB is either 3.2 or 4.3 GB/s. > it'll deliver roughly 50% of that to stream. Stream also generally does not deliver worst case memory bandwidth -- far from it. A "streaming" pass through memory allows all sorts of prefetch optimizations to be done that partially parallelize the memory access times, as does e.g. SDRAM's basic architecture (which accomplishes similar parallelization on a smaller scale). Worst case performance comes when doing a stream-like test on numbers stored at randomly selected locations in memory, defeating all such optimizations and parallelizations, and maybe even adding in additional penalties as systems don't LIKE for their predictions to all be wrong and might make you pay extra for flushing all their prefilled/prefilling cache buffers that on average same them time for on average streaming memory access. This makes a BIG BIG difference. I measure (note "measure" as opposed to theoretically estimate according to CPU manufacturer's best case design specifications:-) a factor of 58 difference, from around 1.2 nanoseconds on an 800 MHz machine, roughly the inverse of the clock to repeatedly access a single int on a Celeron on a laptop out to about 68 nanoseconds to repeatedly grab a random int from "anywhere" in a vector of 1000000 ints. I may yet introduce another degree of indirect addressing into the implementation of stream in my benchmarking tool so that I can do a real "random stream" test, although one will have to be very careful not to compare apples to oranges in the numbers it returns because the system will definitely implement a straight iteration of sequential accesses to vector addresses allocated permanently in the data segment of a program differently from an indirectly indexed (one needs a shufflable indexing vector to provide the next index in the loop) vector address in memory malloc'd (to permit tests with variable length vectors) in the dynamic portion of memory, with an extra step of pointer resolution required per access. If/when I do, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that the best measured bandwidth for a single triad on a vector of length 1 (per access) is well over 100 times slower than random access triads on a vector of length 10^8. P4's are likely to be even worse in this regard than a Celeron because there is just plain more to flush, more to fill... > > > As you suggest, the P4 will (as does the Cray X1) do > > significantly better when cache use/re-use is a > > significant factor. > > no, it's not a matter of reuse, but what you consider "peak". > > I think the real take-home message is that this sort of > fraction-of-theoretical-peak is useless, and you need to look > at the actual numbers, possibly scaled by price. Absolutely, dead-on-right, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And the actual measured numbers that MATTER are YOUR APPLICATION, compiled with the compiler you're going to use, hand optimized or not as you're going to hand optimized, implemented the way you're going to implement it. Sure, if you rewrote it, used the right compiler, hand tuned it with the right assembler, and sacrificed a chicken on the head node keyboard it might run 10 times as fast -- or not. If you're not going to do that -- and who really does? -- why worry about whether or not THIS processor, which perhaps costs twice as much as THAT processor, "justifies" the additional cost by theoretically executing much faster at peak if in >>your code<< you aren't ever going to see the difference? > as a matter of fact, I'm always slightly puzzled by this sort > of conversation. yes, crays and vector computers in general > are big/wide memory systems with a light scattering of ALU's. > a much different ratio than the "cache-based" computing world. > > but if your data is huge and uniform, don't you win big by > partitioning (data or work grows as dim^2, but communication > at partitions scaling much slower)? that would argue, for instance, > that you should run on a cluster of e7205 machines, where each node > delivers a bit more than the 200 Gflops above under $2k, and should > scale quite nicely until your interconnect runs out of steam, > say, several hundred CPUs. the point is really that stream-like > codes are almost embarassingly parallel. > > so what's the cost per stream-triad gflop from Cray? ...and, how many people are running code for which the stream-triad is a fair and accurate measure of their expected performance? Lots, I'm sure (seriously), but not a majority -- maybe not even a plurality. The whole reason CPU clock is such a driving factor in system design is that for a lot of folks, "cache works" and their completion time is CPU clock linked, not (directly or obviously) memory subsystem linked. I'm certainly one of them. Although I just LOVE running microbenchmarks and trying to figure out system speeds, my favorite research application scales almost perfectly with CPU clock over the entire P6 family, spanning EDO, SDRAM, RDRAM, and DDR. If anything, RDR and the P4 suffer a modest hit in performance relative to clock, probably because its geometry is a poor match for prefetch algorithms so it has to do a lot of flushing... rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


text:
Select your departure city
Select your arrival city
Lion Air flies to more than 36 destinations, to find out more on our top destination, click here and let us take you there.
Beat the queue and check-in with our web, mobile and kiosk check-in facilities.
Now you can book your flight with Lion Air with convenient e-payments options.
Prepaid Baggage is a special service offered by Lion Air Group
Grab the latest deals and promotions here, enjoy the best fares with Lion Air. Don't miss out!
A one stop centre - Lion Facility village.
Our latest addition of Boeing 737-900ER will enable us to offer more non-stop flights.
Our commitment to these attributes has resulted in our airline's success.
We're always on the look out for highly motivated and service oriented people who are ready to make their mark on our operations.
Take a read of our in-flight magazine where you will be updated with exciting destinations, latest trends and happenings.
We take extra precautions to ensure the safety and well being of you and your loved ones.
Start enjoying the benefits of membership by earning miles and redeem free flights whenever you fly with us.
The best online shopping experiance.
Check out our Latest fares, more non-stop flights at low fares to more destinations.
Subscribe to receive the latest promotional fares and news of Lion Air.
Lion Air flies to more than 36 destinations, Select from a growing-range of exciting destination here.
A convenient gateway for you to pay for add-ons, booking reference and more.
Get flight + hotel with Lion Holidays, Plan for a holiday or business trip now at www.lionairholiday.com
Check and view the status of your reservation, amend passengers details and add extras.
Beat the queue and check-in with our web, easy and fuss-free online check-in.
Be covered your journey with insurance for domestic and international travel.
Enter the departure/arrival city and other details to view our latest flight timetable.
Now you can book your flight with Lion Air and many convenient e-payment options.
Relaxing escapades, shopping heaven or simply a new adventure, Explore and discover the wide-range of destination we have offer.
Here's what our network looks like, and you can be sure it's gonna be exciting.
Browse through our archive of press releases and other latest news.
About Us | Contact Us | Careers | Terms & Conditions | Help Centre | User Guide
© Copyright by Lion Air. All Rights Reserved. / This website is owned and operated by Lion Air


text:
You put what Im trying to say in a nice way. Well done.rafjaf wrote:I have to say that in some way I agree with Experimental Player,
I started kitesurfing with C kites and my progression was really slow for 6 months. I then bought bow kites and rode them for a year. I absolutely loved them, thought that they were the future of the sport and the best thing out there. I progressed at such a speed compare to my previous experience with the C kites. However in the space of 1 year I had :
- 1 selflaunch were thebridle got tangled on the wingtip resulting in death spiral : Fair enough you can say it was my fault I should have double checked properly when I selflaunched.
- 1 line breaking on me on the bar pulley : honestly you really couldn't see that the line was weared off.
- 5 front pulley broke while flying resulting in death spiral: for 4 of them it happened while riding or at landing so nothing bad really happened, for one of them i was boosting on high wind and the front pulley broke on the top of the jump which must have been easily 20 feet high. The kite looped 2 times before i was smacked and winded out on the water, thank god the water was waist deep and i was able to stand up.
Since then I've never trusted any kites with pulleys anymore and I'm back to C kite and fifth line.
Now I have to add that I've always ride in suicide mode or freesstyle mode as they call it because there was no 5th line system in those bow kite. And to be honest I might have been beggining but there was no way I was riding a kite i just bought and not be able to unspin the bar after rotation.
So i suppose my example is a bit specific, if your bow kite does have a fifth line that's a big plus because at least you can totally depower the kite and do rotation and don't have to sacrifice one for another.
However you still have the problem of the pulleys and they should definitely do something about it. You can't sell a product knowing that the weakest point in it result in a death spiral.
How often a line break on a C kite honestly? Not as often as a pulley on a bow.
At least Cabrinha seems to be innovativing in this one with the IDS, from what they say, if the front line pulley brake you can still totally depower the kite. That's great.
And I just want to finish by saying that in no way i hate bow kite or people riding it, honestly i couldn't care less what kite people are using. It's just that, from my experience, I don't feel safe riding kite with pulleys anymore and no-one can go on the water throwing jumps and tricks not trusting his equipment.
No crap, this is not the kiteable wind range of a kite we are talking about, this is purely surviving. Even with the kite at the edge of the window (past the stopper) there was enough pull for me to ride my board to shore (cross winds made it easy). When I hit shore i had to keep my hand on the QR in case someone couldn't get to the kite before I got dragged to the edge of the beach. Some guy on a 9m crossbow dumped his kite because the winds were too strong.Experimental player wrote:rafjaf wrote: Missionary man dont fill people full of crap. 12m in 45 knots. You really are a complete dumbow.
I suppose that's fair enough, even if you made it sound a bit dramatic about the 45knots gustMissionMan wrote:You can use that argument in other areas too though. I was hit by a 45knot gust while out on my 12m bow. I was able to safely get through it and get back to land. I don't want to know what would have happened if i had been on a c kite.
Just one question: when you say it flags on a front line, are you talking on release of QR or with a OSH?MissionMan wrote:Somebody caught it and my kite flags out on one of the front lines so I can flag it in strong wind.
That actually works against the bow, in 45kts your going to be over powered on your 12m "100% depower" Bow. Maybe you'll have an early bow kite with a let go of the bar safety but no leash. In that situation your fcuked! Or you could leash out to rear line safety and death spirl with no chance of a reride.MissionMan wrote:You can use that argument in other areas too though. I was hit by a 45knot gust while out on my 12m bow. I was able to safely get through it and get back to land. I don't want to know what would have happened if i had been on a c kite.
Users browsing this forum: Baidu [Spider], Google [Bot], longwhitecloud and 12 guests


text:
lighttpd: Install a certificate
After your certificate request is approved, you can download your SSL and intermediate certificates from the SSL application. For more information see Downloading Your SSL Certificate. These files must be installed on your Web server.
You can also download the intermediate certificate bundle from the repository.
To Install SSL and Intermediate Certificates
- Copy your SSL certificate file and the certificate bundle file to your lighttpd server.
- You should already have a key file on the server from when you generated your certificate request.
- Edit your lighttpd configuration to reference these files. The exact configuration file you edit depends on your version of lighttpd, your OS platform, or the method used to install lighttpd.
Your SSL Certificate is installed. If you have problems, please see Test your SSL's configuration to help diagnose issues.


text:
Bob Balkow
Plainville, Connecticut
1932 Ford
Bob Balkow tells us that although he used to run a homebuilt, low-buck '32 roadster, when his kids were small they always wanted to go places with him and his wife. Though the Balkows also owned a '34 Tudor sedan that the family would take trips in, Bob wanted an open car so the kids could enjoy riding with the top down. The body, top, and framerails of the car you see here turned up for sale, so Bob had them shipped from California to Connecticut. At the time his son and daughter were 3 and 5 years old. Between working, raising the family, and helping friends build cars, it would be 15 years before the '32 was finished. Now his 18-year-old son accompanies him to shows, but his daughter and wife, though they sometimes go along, do "girl things together".
Bob handled all the fabrication, body, and paintwork in his garage, only farming out the interior, undertaken by Dave's Upholstery in Oakville, Connecticut. The frame was stretched 4 inches, and the hood a further 2 inches. Bob thinned the grille shell by 2 inches to match, as well as narrowing it and the insert. Drivetrain? A 355 Chevy with four chrome and gold-plated Webers, TH350, and 9-inch rear. Bob fabbed the A/C and alternator brackets to mount them low in the chassis. We're glad we can see heater plumbing in that engine bay pic too, as it looks a tad chilly there Bob!
We cannot return submitted material.
Please include your phone number.
Mail vintage photos of you and your hot rod, along with detailed info to: Rod & Custom Magazine, Attn: Kev Elliott/Yesterday's Young Guns, 1733 Alton Pkwy., Ste. 100, Irvine, CA 92606
Send recent photos of your current ride to Kev Elliott/Readers' Rods at the same address.
Send digital images (500 KB or larger) to firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.Classified ads are not allowed on the forum.
Oh,Here's another........I have several on that date! I probably have more original stampings for components than anyone as I created a data base on parts many years ago from on-site inspections and parts that come to us for restoration. Call or e-mail me for any questions. If I didn't see these anomalies on this date, I would be concerned.CRG has several master judges on the team here so please know that just about any technical questions can be answered here with confidence.Hope this helps.Jerry


text:
Nick Nolte
Actor | Producer | Soundtrack
STARmeterTop 5000
Up 140 this week
Nick Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Helen (King) and Franklin Arthur Nolte, who worked in irrigation pump sales. He has German and British Isles ancestry. Nolte began his career on stage at the Pasadena (California) Playhouse and in regional theatre productions. His breakthrough role was in the TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), ... See full bio »
Born:in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
More at IMDbPro » Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro


text:
Nearby there's a faded yellow apartment house, the one on the corner trimmed with white fluted pilasters and creeping dark ivy. A small tree grows in the side yard, casting a spray of spindly branches up over the tall hedge that hems it in against the street. I've measured nearly two years by those branches, passing under them en route to campus. Looking up to see their barren silhouette against the gray chill of December. Watching them alight with five-petaled buds in the cloudless blue of late spring.Now, those branches are dusted with petals in the slightest shade of pink and the season is fully fledged. Today I bring you an appropriately springtime craft that I created for Janie's wonderful site The Bride's Cafe. I hope you'll head on over to see more photos and complete instructions for making your own crepe paper bouquet.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Crepe Bouquet
28 comments:
- Marsha said...
It's beautiful.
- May 6, 2010 at 4:08 AM
- Sarah Knight said...
Very lovely, & light, & airy : )
- May 6, 2010 at 5:40 AM
- Cate Tuten said...
These flowers are AMAZING! Beautiful!! I love your art and writing, Livy! And your name. Blessings, Cate
- May 6, 2010 at 6:45 AM
- MayaLee Photography said...
They look so real! Beautiful!
- May 6, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- Robin said...
- May 6, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- q-bella said...
Everything you do is perfect. I love your stuff.
- May 6, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- cindy said...
they are just beautiful, livy!
- May 6, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Kat said...
Breathtaking is an understatement. I thought they were real. I love you vase and your writing brings such life to your paper flowers!
- May 6, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- Jas. said...
oh my how lovely!
- May 6, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Kelly said...
If only my crepe paper flowers look .99999 percent as lovely.
- May 6, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Shannon.Doran. said...
Stunning! I love how realistic the petals look. I will have to look into making some crepe flowers! But I have to say my favorite part is the cascading leaves - how were those made??
- May 6, 2010 at 8:05 PM
- moonrox said...
So beautiful! I really had to look twice to see that they were crepe paper! You did an amazing job!
- May 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- Livy said...
Hi Shannon - the leaves are made with basically the same technique (floral tape and wire). I just cut out a bunch of small leaves free hand and attached them to a wire using floral tape.
- May 6, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Barbara said...
So so beautful
- May 7, 2010 at 2:09 AM
- S.L.North said...
I'm so excited that you posted a how-to on these flowers!! :)
I saw one that was similar in a previous post (the gilded garland) and loved it, and was in the process of trying to figure them out.
Brilliant use of the glass bead stuff, they are so beautiful in those flower centers.
Lovely, lovely work. :D
- May 7, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- noella said...
wooow gorgeous!! would look lovely in a tea party and wouldnt break the bank! thaaanks for the diy, just what I needed on a sunny sunday morning..
- May 9, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- Kelly said...
Hi Livy,
I love these flowers so much! I got all of the materials to make them but I am having the hardest time when I actually go to start rolling them. They end up like tight buds with a huge bulge at the bottom. How do get your flowers to look like they have bloomed? Thanks Livy!!
- May 12, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Livy said...
Hi Kelly!
The first few flowers can be tricky. I definitely had a pile of duds when I was figuring out how to cut and assemble these, and it took some practice to get the rolling/taping thing down. Here are some tips to keep in mind:
1. The key thing is to make sure you are gathering the crepe paper as you're taping it. Think of it like gathering the fabric of a full skirt before you attach it to a waistband. This will really ensure that the flowers get the ruffly look. The hardest part is then making sure that you get a secure hold with the tape. I had to redo a few of my flowers because in my attempt to make sure they were really gathered, some segments of the crepe paper didn't make contact with the tape. This aspect takes the most practice.
2. It's ok to move down the stem a little as you're turning and taping. Especially as you get toward the outer petals of the flower you can start to taper down the stem just a bit.
3. Fluff and style the petals at the end. Be sure that you've cut the crepe paper so that the grain runs vertically on the petals (see instructions for more clarity). You'll then be able to gently stretch the petals once the flower is made for a more realistic look.
I hope this is helpful :)
- May 12, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Tessa Marie said...
Simply gorgeous! I absolutely thought they were real flowers at first glance. Hope to try my hand at them soon! All of your projects are so lovely.
- May 17, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Madera Design said...
i love adding a bit of nature to my designs as well. right now i have planter boxes in my studio with living plants, but unfortunately, the plants have some sort of disease on them. i think I'm going to make me some fake plants and flowers and i won't have to worry about all these cacti and flowers dying on me. i'll keep you posted! this was a great idea.
- May 20, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- {beth} said...
these are gorgeous.
- May 31, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- On A Lark said...
I am without words! These are so pretty, can't wait to try my hand at it.
- June 2, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Sweet Daisy-May said...
Absolutely beautiful!
I just wanted to let you know that I added a link on my blog to this tutorial as I am in the midst of a 'ruffle' theme and this fit perfectly! I hope it drives even more traffic to your site to see this incredible work of art...
- June 3, 2010 at 6:03 AM
- lana @ make a house a home said...
these are just perfect!
- June 8, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- Beth said...
I thought they were real! So lovely!
- July 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Liz V. said...
oh no! the link to the tutorial is broken!
these really are stunning.
- November 30, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Liz V. said...
oh no! the link to the tutorial is broken... is it still available?
these really are stunning.
- November 30, 2010 at 9:56 PM
- decor8 Holly said...
This is beautiful, I love it! My mother always made these growing up and did some for my bridal shower but I'd forgotten about them as actual arrangements in vases. Yours are stunning.
- February 6, 2011 at 5:21 AM


text:
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in November between IUCN WESCANA Regional Office and its state member in Iran, Department of Environment (DOE) to hold The 6th Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) in Tehran during the period of May 22-25, 2007. This forum will provide a platform for all the experts, NGOs and governments in the region to participate and exchange knowledge to provide a secure living for a just and healthy environment in line with IUCN's vision. The forum theme is Community-Centered Conservation: Linking Local and Global Knowledge.
The RCF aims at providing the members and partners of IUCN, as well as the wider conservation community, with an opportunity to prepare for an effective regional participation in the Barcelona World Conservation Congress which will be held during Oct. 5-14, 2007, and to strengthen knowledge and networking for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in the region. More specifically, the RCF will enable a substantive debate and exchange of learning on issues of sustainable development focusing in particular on 'Community Centred Conservation: Linking Local & Global Knowledge'. It will provide IUCN members and stakeholders an update on the IUCN WESCANA Programme 2005-2008 and assist them in considering draft motions they might wish to propose to the Barcelona Congress.
An extensive debate will be devoted during the forum on issues of community based conservation that are of particular importance to the region. The debate will be structured around conservation-centred development along with other critical issues in the region, mainly environmental security and human well-being, nature-based tourism and sustainable development, poverty alleviation and local actions, business and biodiversity.
Professionals and experts in those issues from across the region will be invited to participate in the forum. The event will feature plenary sessions, group discussions and exhibitions.
For more information, please contact Rania Faouri at: [email protected]


text:
Virus Protection for Student-Owned Computers on Campus
Students have the responsibility to prevent the propagation of viruses on the campus network.
- Keeping computers virus-free is accomplished by running up-to-date anti-virus software.
- Students are required to run anti-virus software.
- Students who are propagating viruses will be disconnected from the campus network as stated in the Terms and Conditions for the Use of Information Technology Resources.
Important: Reinstatement of student network connections are subject to a $50 reconnection fee.
CSB/SJU does not promote, endorse or provide technical support for any personal anti-virus software. Below you will find a variety of anti-virus products to choose from, which are free for personal or limited use. If you choose to use one of these products, you are responsible for ensuring you comply with their terms of service.
For Windows
Note: Windows 8 and Windows 10 includes Windows Defender, which helps protect against viruses and malware. You do not need to download any additional virus software if your computer has Windows 8 or Windows 10.
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
- avast! Free Antivirus
- Avira AntiVir Personal
For Macintoshes
Note: All CSB/SJU-owned computers must run Symantec EndPoint Protection. The above products are not acceptable for use on CSB/SJU-owned computers.
Please direct any questions related to the information on this page to the IT Services Help Desk at 320-363-2228 or [email protected].