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KC, 7 Feb 2011 @ 4:54am
Try Before You BuyWhich is why, where possible, I try to include a link to the official DVD release in my video descriptions at YouTube. It would be a LOT easier to do if they weren't region encoded or "only available in [X] country" (or deleted for that matter!) - If people like something enough, they usually buy it! I've got a small legion of fans of one show dying for a DVD release so they can buy it.
Chronno S. Trigger (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 4:55am
Japan != USThat's Japan. This is the US, the home of 1 download = 3 lost sales. Won't someone think of the damn corn farmers?
RikuoAmero (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:00am
I don't really buy thisAt least in my case...I've never really bought anime dvds. When I first started working, I was like "Gee, I've got money now", so the first thing I did was pop round to Forbidden Planet and buy the Platinum DVDs of Evangelion. They weren't good value, FP was selling a 3 episode disc for 30 euro. Ended up spending over 240 euro to get the entire series. After that, I got my first internet connection and discovered the joys of torrenting and cyberlockers.
I did watch one thing on Youtube a couple years ago that actually sounded like a great idea to make money from downloaded shows. I can't find the link, otherwise I'd post it, but what the guy said was, just put an advertisement logo in the corner. Something small and unobtrusive, but it would work. He put in the Nike swoosh logo on an episode of a popular tv show. Get the advertisers to pay for the show: the more popular it is, the more it is downloaded, the more the show's producers could then charge for advertising. And all of that without the end users worrying about litigation or their conscience getting in the way.
I feel like Lawrence Lessig covered this in "Free Culture"...or was that manga, not anime?
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:36am
Re:Manga is a comic book.
Sean T Henry (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:06am
Re: Re:Anime is normally based on a manga.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:27am
Re: Re: Re:While anime's based on manga more often than not closely follow the manga... there are a handful of divergent animes that seemed to only pull likenesses and names from the source material.
Typically the anime will still have plenty of "filler" episodes that are completely original if they start catching up to the manga series.
Also plenty of anime out there that had manga made afterwards.
Greg G (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 8:22am
Re: Re: Re: Re:there are a handful of divergent animes that seemed to only pull likenesses and names from the source material.
What?? You mean they're stealing the work of others and profiting from it?? How dare they make something that people want to view that's based on someone elses hard work. Ohh, the horror!
Why is this allowed to go on? Quick, someone call the copyright police to send out the C&D letters to these damn infringers!
RikuoAmero (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:05am
And let us not forgetThat is was piracy that started the anime craze in the US in the first place. People were bringing in bootlegged VHS tapes of anime from Japan, someone saw there was an emerging market and decided to convert these goddawful evil bloodsucking pirates into customers, thus spawning the age of the English dubbed Anime. Strange, how an idea like this is never tried these days...must be against the copyright religion's Commandments or something.
Call me Al, 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:22amI've spent quite a lot of money on Anime in the last few years. With one exception it was all on shows that I discovered through piracy, I would never have found them otherwise.
I am careful where I buy it from though, Forbidden Planet has the best selection of any High Street shop but the prices are frankly ridiculous.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:29amWith Winny, the impact wasn't as strong, and could decrease rental income, but did not decrease DVD sales
this study (which is similar to other studies we've seen) certainly suggests that having the video widely available doesn't kill off sales, as many industry folks insist.
One of these things, is not like the other. One of these things...
Mike, don't you think if rental income drops that it won't lead to diminished sales and income? Let's say it's the old plastic disk rental thing. If they make less income, perhaps they buy less copies, right? If it's the more futuristic "PPV", would it not decrease the licensing fees?
If money is moving away from a business model because of piracy, is that not decreased sales?
Yes, there is some upside for the companies on youtube from out of market buyers, as they have no other way to be aware of the content. But the same results could be obtained with trailers, teasers, or other content hosting by the anime companies themselves. No need to put tons of full episodes out there, right? After all, as RikuoAmero mentions, as soon as he was able to download and not pay, there was little reason to pay the high price for imported discs.
RikuoAmero (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:39am
Re:The high price was the only reason I don't buy anime dvds: if I downloaded the show, I got exactly what was on the DVD for no cost: hell, I even downloaded ISO DVD rips of Haruhi Suzumiya, that were a complete recreation of the actual DVD.
But don't think I'm a cheapskate by any reason. I buy tons of other content legally. I buy books, dvds, movies, games. I torrented Dragon Age Origins as soon as it came out, then went ahead and bought it once the expansion Awakening was released.
The point I was trying to make is that the goods are priced so high that no one wants to buy them. For example, I was at a computer store yesterday, and I saw copies of Adobe Flash and Photoshop CS5 going for literally ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE EURO. I paid 1100 for my entire computer. Here, I saw a product that is in high demand (when was the last time you were on a website that didn't make use of Flash in some way?) and basically infinite supply (its 1's and 0's, easy to reproduce), and yet, they're charging 1199? A clear case of not understanding the most basic principles of supply and demand.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:55am
Re:If you read it again, it was not saying a complete decrease in sales or income, it simply stated "DVD sales" does nto decrease which is only a part of the entire income schema.
Please read before you slam Mike :)
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:06am
Re: Re:I am not implying a "complete decrease in sales or income", rather that this study seems to suggest that inside the Japanese market, sharing (on Winny) has a negative impact on at least the rental market.
When put against the title of the piece, " Anime 'Piracy' Could Boosts Sales", it seems like actual facts are being ignored.
fogbugzd (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:15am
Re: Re: Re:The rental market for video is declining in general as rental outlets in the US fall victim to Netflix and streaming services. The decline in the rental income seen in the study may actually reflect the evaporation of the rental distribution channel.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:25am
Re: Re: Re: Re:Umm, Japan, not the US.
fogbugzd (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:53am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:The report talks about and rentals overall. The US is a significant part of the market, and a decline in the US rental market is going to leave a mark.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 9:50am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:rentals... of anime... in japan.
David Liu (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 2:00pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:But does this even matter? Unless the anime industry is also in the rental industry, the anime companies have zero responsibility to care about the bottom line of rental shops. Pointing out the diminished sales of rental shops when it doesn't affect the bottom line of the anime industry in the slightest means nothing.
Black Patriot (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 3:23pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:Actually the anime industry should be happy, since they get far less revenue from the rental industry than they do from selling at retail. Most video stores would have at most a dozen copies of the latest films, so the studio would only get a dozen sales, but the rental store would rent out those copies potentially hundreds of times over the lifetime of the disk.
A decrease in the rental industry and an increase in DVD sales is a win for the anime industry.
mirradric, 10 Feb 2011 @ 9:03pm
Re: Re: Re:Actually it makes sense. Those people who only rent are those who would probably have watched it only once anyway. These people have their needs met by piracy. A portion of those who buy in the first place are die hard fans that simply have to own. You can throw the pirated copies in their faces and they'll consume it readily but will still want to buy even then. Piracy in this case cannot meet all their needs. Stupid irrational fans.
I know because I'm one of them.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:01am
Re:Like president Bush Jr. said "I'm not going to lie to you, those jobs are gone, they are not coming back"
If money is moving away from a business model because of piracy, is that not decreased sales?
If they go up because of it is that not increased sales?
Japanese government study on the impact of unauthorized file sharing of anime has concluded that unauthorized copies of anime often appear to increase DVD sales.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 8:39am
Re:If you have 100 people and each of them rent the same copy of "X" movie, and then instead of renting "Y" movie they all see it on YouTube, then BUY the box set of "Y" movie, which movie has a greater sales volume?
Because of this you can say that sales are up even though rentals are down.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 9:51am
Re: Re:Read the quote carefully:
"ith Winny, the impact wasn't as strong, and could decrease rental income, but did not decrease DVD sales"
A non-decrease isn't an increase, is it?
RadialSkid (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 3:20pm
Re: Re: Re:Nor does "could" mean "will."
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 5:37am>The study found a very strong impact from YouTube -- even >saying that it appears many people learn about potential >anime DVDs by watching the videos on YouTube first. With >Winny, the impact wasn't as strong, and could decrease >rental income, but did not decrease DVD sales.
im probably not a reference but that makes sense to me, i still buy DVDs as a matter of fact id rather buy than download (if its a good movie and available for sale in my country).
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:03amIt is worth pointing out that most anime DVDs/Blu ray discs in Japan these days comes with tons of extras. At the very least you are usually looking at several pieces of merchandise, such as figures, art books, OSTs, etc. If rentals are down and sales are up as a result of piracy, the most likely explanation is that people want the physical extras that come with these releases. The sales are likely up because you have more people seeing the show thanks to piracy, and later deciding to buy thanks to all the extras. If you are renting though you aren't renting for extras and instead just to watch, so it makes sense that piracy would decrease the revenue created through rentals because piracy is a more effective replacement.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:05amIt is worth pointing out that most anime DVDs/Blu ray discs in Japan these days comes with tons of extras. At the very least you are usually looking at several pieces of merchandise, such as figures, art books, OSTs, etc. If rentals are down and sales are up as a result of piracy, the most likely explanation is that people want the physical extras that come with these releases. The sales are likely up because you have more people seeing the show thanks to piracy, and later deciding to buy thanks to all the extras. If you are renting though you aren't renting for extras and instead just to watch, so it makes sense that piracy would decrease the revenue created through rentals because piracy is a more effective replacement.
PrimeSonic, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:23am
DVDs aren't the only things to sellSomething these studios should also check is how well their sales of licensed merchandise aside from DVDs. Sure, in Japan DVD box sets can come with some other stuff like art books and the like, but these companies also license their characters and IP for any number of additional merchandise.
We must look into this franchise on its own terms. I find it to be all too common that many who pirate the DVD content will still purchase alternative merchandise later on if they enjoyed the show enough.
I would love to see a study done comparing the DVD sales and the piracy of the content compared to sales of non-DVD merchandise. That could be very telling of what other media industries might want to do for a new business model in the future.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:30am
Re: DVDs aren't the only things to sellI would love to see a study done comparing the DVD sales and the piracy of the content compared to sales of non-DVD merchandise. That could be very telling of what other media industries might want to do for a new business model in the future
I think that is a short term way to look at things. Merchandising is taking a "want product" and replacing it with a "want want product" (you have to want the dvd, and then also want the merchandise to go with it). As a bonus as part of buying the DVD (the original want product), it is a good way to continue to encourage the sort of consumer behavior you want without burning down your DVD sales market. But it should always be in support of your goal, and not counter to it.
Breakfast cereal companies has done this for years, with all sorts of give aways and promotions "inside the box", with the continued goal of encouraging people to buy their productions. You don't see free cereal if you buy a t-shirt, right? ;)
It always pays to pay attention to what consumers as a whole truly desire, not just what a few of them may buy.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:31am"The study looked at both videos showing up on YouTube as well as those that appeared on Winny, the super popular file sharing platform in Japan."
Something of interest is that Winny, along with it's successors Share and Perfect Dark, give a sneak preview where other countries are going as penalties for copyright infringement become steeper. While it is true that in Japan, downloading content was legal, uploading of content has been illegal for quite some time. Furthermore, it's not just a civil matter, dozens of casual uploaders of TV shows have been arrested. In response, Winny was originally created to be a secured P2P file sharing system, where file sharing would take place without exposing your ip to the internet at large. This was cracked by law officials, and later the more secured Share was created in response. Years later, as Share was cracked for the first time, yet another new system, Perfect Dark was created and is replacing Share's role. Rather than halting piracy, the steeper penalties for copyright infringement in Japan have instead lead to an arms race between those using P2P and those enforcing stronger copyright laws.
Dark Helmet (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 6:51am
Re:"Rather than halting piracy, the steeper penalties for copyright infringement in Japan have instead lead to an arms race between those using P2P and those enforcing stronger copyright laws."
Huh. And just like real life arms races, it's a fantastic waste of time, energy, and resources....
freak (profile), 7 Feb 2011 @ 8:13amThe benefit of piracy to anime is something most of us anime-watchers have known for many, many years.
And no, I'm not just being a freetard, anime studios in Japan have actually come out and said "Thanks" before to piraters.
I just watched it, so it comes to mind, and in Battle Programmer Shirase, in the last episode, the main character actually thanks, "All the people who watched, all the people who took special efforts to watch outside of the original broadcast zone or time, and all of the people watching it subtitled overseas without permission".
And, of course, as someone mentioned, the only reason we have anime over here in the US at all, (or an anime market worth, y'know, many many millions every year), is because of piracy.
Transbot9, 7 Feb 2011 @ 8:29am
On a related note...Online piracy of the manga (and anime) of the show Naruto greatly increased the fanbase and actually lead to a rapid increase in the release schedule for translated volumes of the comic a few years back.
Funimation, a major importer of anime in the US, has partnered with Hulu to display a sizable chunk of their catalog online, with links to where people can buy it if they like it.
KC, 7 Feb 2011 @ 8:49am
ValueOff the top of my head, I can think of almost a dozen cartoons from Nickelodeon (owned by Viacom) that are blocked from YouTube, not readily available on DVD and are not on TV. So the value of those cartoons is zero.
Now if those same cartoons were on YouTube (which in itself can make Viacom a little bit more money from YouTube advertisements) and available on DVD, somebody could think "Oh, I'd like to see [X] show again", find it on YouTube, watch it (for free), enjoy it, spot the link to the DVD release in the video description and buy it. The value of those cartoons would be more than zero.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 8:59amThe important part about the fan subtitles (fansubs) is that it is introducing the product (anime) to new markets and creating a fanbase (demand) for it before it is even available. What business person turns down measureable, free, demand in a new market. This differs from the scenario of file sharing the same product in Japan where it is available. Since the fansub groups can churn out a subtitled download of a new episode within the day of airing, there is demand to keep up to date with the series so people download it. What they need to do is coordinate to air a dubbed within a week of airing in japan to cut down downloading by meeting the desire of their consumer. I used to watch fansubs of anime ALL the time when I was in college. Now I have money, and a fianc� who doesn't want to read subtitles, so I have a wall of anime series. The thing is I refuse to pay $40 for 6 episodes or $100 a season, but a few companies are finding the right price point. There has a been a large increase in complete series ( usually 2 season ~24/26 episodes) for $30-$40 dollars. I mean really, your not fooling anybody that came from fansubs that your just licensing and then usually but not always, hiring some voice actors to read a translated script(which with fansubs is already given to you). Really, how brilliant do you have to be to work with that business model, your not even dealing with real content creation. License + translator + random voice actor = money!(if you don't get full of yourself and charge to much)
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 9:19amAs for funimation, that company sided with quantity over quality, which with the large demand and for a long time, very little competition, worked out well for them. I am certainly glad to see more competition especially siding with quality and decreased prices. Quality being alot of things such as good voice actors (that are not recycled for every series), proper translations (really, don't market a show with loads swearing and rewrite it for a children's network), and being timely in releases. My largest problem with funimation is they licence a series, do not release a product for years, meanwhile strongarm fan groups with legal threats and C&D's to crush their fanbase of a future product. Way to build resentment toward your company, you should give whoever thought of that one a bonus. Oh, and because the demand doesn't go away, fangroups that the won't listen to funimation spring up, provide fansubs, and the fans hate the company so they refuse to support the official product when it comes out. For awhile, funimation was sending C&D's on behalf of japanese companies they work with, not even for material funimation licenced. Really now? Why try harder to get rid of customers and at that, those with the highest demand and created the market for your product.
Transbot9, 7 Feb 2011 @ 10:41am
Re:The company has made at least some adjustments. Some of their newer products are at least a little better in quality than some of the older stuff.
Bryan Beals, 7 Feb 2011 @ 9:55am
Works for me.I don't get cable anymore but when I heard there was a new FMA reboot i went looking on the net for info. I found FA had put the 1st few episodes online. I like what i saw so i started buying the blue rays (3 so far). its comes out to be about 2.70 an show so about the same as HD itunes or amazon. And I have a disk I can resell if i get sick of it.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2011 @ 11:05amAnime fans tend to have a "Real fans don't bootleg" attitude. Not all, but many. I've seen it at many of the conventions I've been to.
mimikun1, 8 Jan 2014 @ 1:45amas i expected form japan... x_x
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Stephen Kerrigan, chief executive of the Democratic National Convention, firmly denied reports on Tuesday that the party's efforts to stage its end-of-summer extravaganza in Charlotte, N.C., was in funding trouble and would have to be curtailed.
"We are right on track with the fundraising we are doing," Kerrigan told National Journal by telephone. He said a report by Bloomberg that the convention effort was well short of its budget of $36.65 million for the event was "inaccurate," and added: "I don't know where they're getting their numbers from."
Amid reports of disappointing fundraising totals for the Obama campaign nationwide, Bloomberg reported that the convention planners were "grappling with a fundraising deficit of roughly $27 million, according to two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss internal party politics."
The story also noted that the Charlotte host committee announced on Monday that it was moving a planned Labor Day event kicking off convention week from the Charlotte Motor Speedway to uptown Charlotte. The Democrats had trimmed the convention program from four days to three to make room for a "CarolinaFest" Labor Day festival, which was previously described by Kerrigan as "a day to organize and celebrate the Carolinas, Virginia, and the South."
Democrats are hoping for a repeat of President Obama's thin 14,000-vote victory in North Carolina in 2008 and for a win in Virginia as well--which along with Florida are the only Southern battleground states that Democrats have a realistic chance of competing in this fall. Even Republican pundits agree that Democratic victories in any of these states could seriously damage Mitt Romney's effort to garner the 270 electoral votes he needs.
As part of that effort, Democratic organizers are combing the state of North Carolina for supporters to pack the 72,000 seats in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, where the NFL's Carolina Panthers play, for Obama's Sept. 6 acceptance speech, which is intended to be reminiscent of Obama's rousing address at Denver's Invesco Field in 2008.
Kerrigan would not say how much the convention effort has raised so far but insisted: "We have the resources we need. You're never fully funded until the last check is in and the last bill is paid." He said that the Bloomberg story confuses "apples and oranges" by suggesting that the Labor Day event was moved because of funding shortfalls. The Labor Day event is funded separately by Charlotte's local host committee, he said, and does not come out of the $36.65 million being raised for the national-convention events.
Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the host committee, said its funding arm, the New American Cities Fund, does accept corporate cash, unlike the Democratic convention organization, and "we're doing just fine." She would not be more specific.
Rob Lockwood, a spokesman for the North Carolina Republican Party, said that the Democrats have repeatedly said they're getting enough money in for the convention, but "they refuse to provide any documentation."
Kerrigan added that there was no plan to cancel the Labor Day event, as the Bloomberg story suggested was being considered. "It made more sense to have it in uptown Charlotte, right where the heart of city is," he said.
The Charlotte Observer reported that the speedway festival, which would have taken place about 20 miles from uptown, was attracting little interest among journalists planning to cover the convention.


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When your patients die, everyone knows that too. What happened to so-and-so? Where's the patient who was in that room? What's with the blood and paper all over the floor? Why's your attending so gloomy today (in fact why is the entire service colored grey)?
You also can't hide in the sense of withdrawing from the life of the hospital. Just because one person died, there are still a dozen others needing help, even others with the same problem. That's what's really getting to me right now. One person died, and there's another patient with an extremely similar problem, whom we simply have to operate on. It would be irresponsible not to – and yet it feels irresponsible to go ahead. Statistics say there was a 1% mortality rate, and that patient bought it – so really the next hundred ought to do great; but I don't want us to do that same operation again so soon. It seems like tempting fate. I can tell the attending doesn't want to, either. For a guy who doesn't talk much anyway, the main way he shows emotion is by talking even less, and more inaudibly than usual (which is harder to deal with than another attending cursing and swearing). But he has to take the case. There's no one else who can do it, and the other patient can't wait.
I guess it would be more accurate to say there's no room for denial. Errors, and inevitable complications, occur. The big thing is not to hide from them. You can't be so insistent that there were no technical errors that you refuse to go back to the OR for postop bleeding. You can't ignore an enterotomy and hope it goes away without you stitching it up, and admitting to yourself and the scrub and the circulator that something slipped. You can't pretend that the patient didn't die, and that if you don't even think about a patient with that disease for a month, it will somehow undo their death.
(Which is why I hate euphemisms, especially at M&M: "The patient CTB (ceased to breathe)." Come on guys, we're surgeons. The patient died, is what they did. They're dead. That's why we're discussing it.)
I hate it when my patients die. Somehow it feels worse when I wasn't there at the time, as though in addition to generally having let them die, I also failed to be with them when it mattered. At least I didn't have to see the family. . . I can't even think about them. I can say to myself, the person I was talking to yesterday is dead and gone. . . but I can't bring myself to even imagine the family, how they received the news . . .


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Ughhh! I just cannot stand Kail! And I cannot stand Dustin either! I want Nick to stay and kick some serious ass. I want Jen, Kail, and Dustin, or Amber to walk out the door. Dustin's smugness is irritating. Yes, I am getting sick of dick but I have to admit that I lmao at some of the stuff he says. He is rude, crude, and unbearable. But it would make for an interesting few weeks if Zach, Dick, Dani, and Nick teamed up to take down a few people. Ohhhh the drama.
so Kail wants to go to the DR during the live show so she can go home?
Don't you think if she was going to leave she would have left right then? I just know that if that were me I would've walked outta the house with my crap. I wouldn't have came out to the kitchen and sat there.
Maybe if she really IS going to DOR, they are making her wait till the live show and will drop the bomb on us and the HGs. That would definitely make for better TV, ya know?
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Brendan Johnson, 19, and Cassandra Rieb, 18, are both facing first degree murder charges for the deaths of the Sterling couple. Logan County District Court Judge Michael Singer told them the charges carry a possible sentence of death or life without parole.
Johnson is also facing two counts of felony forgery, which can carry a sentence of 1 to 3 years. Both teens could be charged with aggravated robbery and theft. Formal charges have not yet been filed with the court; a hearing was set for June 18 to review any changes to the charges listed.
Singer also reviewed the defendants' rights, and noted that the attorney appointed for Rieb was reviewing his files for any conflicts of interest. The attorney was not in court today due to a prior commitment, according to Singer.
Singer issued protection orders barring the teens from "harassing or retaliating against witnesses." Later, at the suggestion of District Attorney Brittny Lewton, he also banned them from contacting each other at least for now; he said that until Rieb's attorney is involved, he wanted to ensure her rights are preserved.
No bond was set for either defendant due to the nature of the charges; it may be considered during a proof evident hearing later, Singer said.
During the hearing, Singer also dealt with several related motions.
Johnson's attorney, Rachel Lanzen, objected to a request for expanded media coverage in the courtroom. Singer said that, in part because Rieb was not represented by an attorney, he was denying the motion without prejudice, meaning a similar motion could be brought again later in the court process.
There were several motions from the defense, including one to allow a confidential defense expert to be present for all testing of evidence. Lewton said that the testing is being done by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, and it would be against their policy to have the defense present for all tests. However, if the test will be "consumptive" -- using up all of the sample -- the defense would be notified and given the opportunity to be present. Lanzen then requested that the defense be notified prior to all testing; Lewton called that task "impossible," because the CBI performs the tests on their own schedule. Singer noted that he doesn't have the power to give orders to the CBI, but directed Lewton to notify the defense if the DA's office requests any particular tests.
Lanzen also requested that all of the investigators' notes be preserved; Lewton said she has already directed the Sterling Police Department officers not to destroy any notes. The defense also file a motion to limit pre-trial publicity.
Lanzen said she wanted the record to show that any waivers of rights that Johnson had signed before she became his attorney are now revoked; however, she then waived his right to have a preliminary hearing within 35 days.
Singer said that he would like to hold the hearings for both defendants at the same time, but that he would not ask Rieb to waive her rights without an attorney. Lewton noted that discovery would be "voluminous" and could take 30 days to complete.
The preliminary hearing was set for 1:30 p.m. July 15; a proof evident hearing will be held at the same time.


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Have you ever done any of the following things to your hair?
- Held the blow-dryer directly against your hair while styling?
- Colored it at home, and then gone to a stylist to 'fix' it without telling them about your do-it-yourself attempt?
- Colored your permed hair, or permed your colored hair?
- Left a relaxer on too long?
- Gone several months without a haircut?
These are just a few of the most common mistakes that can lead to a doctor visit or a trip to the salon for repair work. Top hairstylists say they see these frequent mistakes at their salons -- mistakes that can damage your hair and leave you in desperate need of an emergency fix in the stylist's chair. How can you avoid wreaking havoc on your hair? Here are some key dos and don'ts from a doctor and leading hair experts.
Don't Get Overheated
Many women like to "blow out" their hair at home by straightening and styling it with a brush and blow dryer. But that direct heat can actually burn your hair, says George Gonzalez, owner of George - The Salon in Chicago and a former stylist for many of Oprah Winfrey's celebrity guests. "People put the dryer directly against the hair because they think that's the way to get it straight. Especially with a metal brush, that can do real damage. If it's not too bad, you can repair the damage with conditioners, but once hair is too overstressed and chemically dried out from heat, there's nothing to do but cut it and let new hair grow in."
Even if you think it takes too long to style your hair this way, pull the blow dryer a bit away from the brush and don't let it touch the hair directly.
Flat irons can also overheat the hair, but Gonzalez notes that most women move flat irons through the hair, as opposed to holding them at one spot for awhile as they do with blow dryers. But take care with over-ironing as well.
In addition to burns from a blow dryer, you can also burn your hair or scalp with chemicals used in hair processing. That's a common problem, says Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, who directs the Skin of Color Center at St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. "I often see chemical relaxers left on too long, to the point of burning or irritation of the scalp."
He advises patients to have chemical processing applied by a trained professional who takes appropriate care to avoid injury to the scalp or excessive hair damage. Alexis suggests protecting the scalp with a petrolatum-based ointment, like petroleum jelly, that is applied before the relaxer, a step called "basing the scalp."
Chemically treating hair and then exposing it to high heat -- for example, from a curling iron -- inflicts a double whammy of damage, says Alexis. "The hair is already weakened by the relaxer, and then damaged further by the intense heat exposure. This can cause hair to break very easily. With this in mind, I advise my patients to minimize the intensity and frequency of thermal hair styling techniques and to use conditioning shampoos to protect-strengthen the hair." Alexis says that hair loss from traction alopecia and scalp burns due to chemical relaxers would usually be temporary, but if the damage is longstanding or severe enough, it can be permanent.
Be Realistic
Know what your hair can and can't do. If you have very curly hair, it will need some layers -- but not too much, says Scott Buchanan, owner of Scott J Salons and Spas in New York and vice president of the Professional Beauty Association's Salon/Spa Leadership Council. "If you layer the heck out of it, it will become too round," he says. "On the other hand, you do need to have some graduation or layers to let the curl form. If you leave it all one length, it just becomes a big pyramid frizz ball."
Be mindful of what hairstyle you're willing to maintain. If you get your hair heavily colored, that means you'll need to be back in the salon every few weeks. If you don't have time for that, you'll be walking around a lot of the time with half-grown roots. "You'll look good for the first three weeks, and the next nine you'll look awful," Buchanan says.
Don't Go Solo With Color
Don't Overcolor
You got your hair lightened for summer, and you really liked it. You liked it so much that you thought you'd go a little lighter. And then a little lighter still. "Every time you take a permanent color that's lighter and pull it through somebody's ends, you're removing a lot of the natural oils and condition that's already there," says Yeager. "Over time, the hair will get drier and drier, and lose its luster." As with heat-damaged hair, you may be able to fix some of the problem with oils and conditioners, but the only real remedy is to cut and grow out the straw-like strands.
Don't Overbraid
You may like tight braids or cornrows, but your hair and scalp may not. If you regularly wear your hair in this style, it can lead to a form of hair loss known as traction alopecia. "I treat many women, especially those of African descent, with thinning hairlines due to excessive tension from hairstyles associated with traction," says Alexis.
Get Regular Trims
Yeager still remembers a friend she had in fourth grade, a girl with waist-length locks. The girl moved away, and then came back in sixth grade, with hair only halfway down her back. "You got your hair cut?" Yeager asked the girl. "No, Mom will never let me cut it," she replied.
Yeager realized that the girl's hair had simply become so ridden with split ends that it had broken off on its own. "It was really tattered and torn and brittle-looking," she says. "Split ends are nature's way of trimming. Especially as we get older and our hair has gone through years of blow drying, flat irons, curling irons, and wear and tear in the sun, we need regular trims. The maximum time between cuts should really be 8 weeks, especially if you blow dry and go out in the sun regularly."
Don't Lie to Your Stylist
"People will come in to have their hair colored, and they won't tell us that they've already tried coloring at home and been to two beauty salons," says Buchanan. "They keep trying to change their fabric -- hair is basically fabric. You can create what you want with it, but after awhile the fabric gets overworked, and you have to give it a break. We can't help you if we don't know what you've been doing to your hair."


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Cincinnati Councilman Christopher Smitherman wants nearly a half mile
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Smitherman filed a motion set to be introduced at Wednesdays City
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That portion of the bikeway passes in front of Findlay Market, and on
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I remain concerned about safety issues related to the bike lanes in
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"The location of the Federal (sic) Order of Police building (1900
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traffic to one lane in each direction," Schwartz wrote. "That mile
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Pro-Medicaid GOP govs well-placed
Conservative activists threatened revenge for Republican governors who boosted Obamacare. Now it looks like they were mostly blowing smoke.
Around the country, Republicans who defied the base and embraced Obamacare's massive expansion of Medicaid are better positioned for reelection than those who did not. None has garnered a serious primary challenge so far, and even Democrats have struggled to field strong contenders to take them on.
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Govs. Rick Snyder in Michigan, John Kasich in Ohio, Susana Martinez in New Mexico, Bill Haslam in Tennessee and Terry Branstad in Iowa each embraced some form of Medicaid expansion, accepting federal Obamacare cash to cover their low-income population. Each of those governors is now considered the front-runner for reelection this year.
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In Nevada, Gov. Brian Sandoval may not face a significant challenge from the left or the right, even though he's the sole Republican governor to back both the Medicaid expansion and a new state-run health insurance exchange.
In contrast, several governors who have stood in the way of expansion have found themselves skewered by the left.
To some conservatives, it's the establishment going soft once again, running counter to the intense anti-Obamacare message at the heart of the national GOP's drive to keep the majority in the House and win control of the Senate.
But to those governors who broke ranks — many of whom talked about the dynamics over the weekend as they attended the National Governors Association meeting in Washington — it's a sign that their constituents care less about the political rhetoric than the opportunity to take a big pile of federal cash to cover their state's poor.
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"There's still some people upset, but you put it in context," said Michigan's Snyder, who characterized his relationship with the base as reasonably good. "The Affordable Care Act was probably among the most polarizing issues you could find in the last decade. What you found is people both went to their corners and said either 'I hate it' or 'I embrace it,' rather than saying, 'It's the law, so … how do we have to address it?'"
The 2010 law initially envisioned expansion nationwide, but the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that states must have a choice. Some Republican governors balked, worrying that the feds would slash funding down the road, leaving states with the bill. Others could not resist the infusion of federal cash. A few, like Kasich, talked about covering the poor as not just a fiscal, but moral, imperative.
Conservatives are still furious at these governors for lending a bipartisan sheen to even a piece of Obamacare, particularly while it's still such a red-hot issue in so many Senate races. But they're not taking a throw-the-bums-out approach to the wayward governors.
Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips quoted Ronald Reagan's old saying: An 80 percent ally isn't a 20 percent traitor.
"It means we don't write them off when they've done a lot of good things," he said.
In Nevada, Sandoval has butted heads with leaders of the state Republican Party, which is dominated by libertarians loyal to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The governor has refused to participate in a reelection endorsement process that would be controlled by party activists, confident he will easily prevail in a June 10 primary. The vast majority of Nevada Republicans approve of his job performance, and his work on health care has expanded his appeal to independents and moderate Democrats.
"The decision came down to the fact that the number of uninsured individuals we had, this was an opportunity to get them insured," said Sandoval. "There are some that aren't happy with that."
In Ohio, tea party groups promised to field a primary challenger against Kasich,whom they supported four years ago. They recruited an activist who declared that Medicaid would be a defining issue — and then withdrew a couple of days into his campaign. The filing deadline passed without even token opposition. Some of Kasich's antagonists now hope Libertarian candidate Charlie Earl, a former GOP state representative, will siphon off votes. But polls show Kasich well positioned to win a second term. And his determination to get the expansion despite strong opposition in the state legislature softened his image with independents.
Haslam is considered a shoo-in for reelection in Tennessee this year even though he's still trying to get some kind of Medicaid expansion compromise through his resistant, GOP-controlled Legislature. He's looking at something along the line of the Arkansas "private option," which uses federal dollars to buy Medicaid-eligible people private health plans in the Obamacare health insurance exchange.
"There are days when I think we can get it done and days when I feel like we're miles apart," he said, "but I think it's too important to give up on."
Iowa's Branstad, also considered a heavy favorite for reelection, passed what he calls "a reasonable compromise" through a divided Legislature. He too championed an Arkansas-style system.
"It's an uneasy compromise, and we've got to be able to prove that it works," Branstad said.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, another Republican who recently announced support for some form of Medicaid expansion, said his detractors "don't understand the issue" but predicted they will eventually come around.
It doesn't hurt that Republicans embracing Medicaid expansion have twisted themselves into pretzels to separate their efforts from Obamacare, even though the expansion is a key plank of the federal health law. They routinely insist that their plans aren't connected to the health care law, which they say they despise, but rather are a reflection of local priorities and unique circumstances. Each state has policy nuances that set them apart and titles that distance them from the president's legislation.
In Michigan, Snyder calls Medicaid expansion "Healthy Michigan." In Iowa, it's the "Iowa Health and Wellness Plan." Indiana Gov. Mike Pence supports expanding Medicaid through his state's existing "Healthy Indiana Plan." Gov. Tom Corbett recently proposed "Healthy Pennsylvania," a Medicaid expansion plan still awaiting federal approval. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who is not seeking another term, calls it a "restoration" of Medicaid eligibility to levels that Arizona had previously approved.
There's also safety in numbers. A few prominent governors who backed Medicaid last year, specifically New Jersey's Chris Christie and Florida Gov. Rick Scott, set a precedent and made it a little easier for others to follow.


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Rihanna Goes Bottomless in New Photos
Rihanna must have been bored with all those topless photos, which she sends out into cyberspace on a daily basis. Heck, it could be hourly at this point. With her recent Diamonds tour poster featuring the pop diva topless, she changed directions, as two bottomless shots of the sexpot singer surfaced online, courtesy of the Instagram account of her friend Melissa Forde. It's not as NSFW as it may sound.
RiRi is wearing a fur cap, a bra and that's about it. You can't see any of her lady business because of how she is positioned in one and how she is seated with her legs underneath her in another, but she appears to be pants-free with a glass of wine in one hand and a blunt in her mouth.
The singer is certainly indulging her hedonistic side as of late, which she is well within her rights to do. But she's also going softcore with all these clothes-free shots. There is a fine line -- we're talking almost invisible to the naked eye, no pun intended -- between sexy and trashy and she's toeing it. Ri's not leaving much to the imagination and is using Instagram to give it all away. Hold back a little, girl. Leave 'em wanting more.
There isn't much artistic about these shots, as RiRi seems to be hanging out with friends in some exotic locale. It seems like when they get bored, they get naked and share photos with the world. Could full on nudes of her and Breezy be on the horizon? At this point, anything is possible.
Like we get it, badgirlriri (her Instagram handle). You don't want to be a role model. You have a rad body. You like showing it off. You refuse to conform to pop music mainstream standards. But dang. Why don't you just call Hugh Hefner up and ask for a Playboy cover? He'd give it to you!
PopCrushers, has Rihanna crossed the line with all the nakey nakes yet?
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In addition to teaching Dibenni computer programming, Fundación Entreculturas helped Dibenni understand how to work with a team, be assertive and take responsibility. These new skills helped her find a job implementing human resources programs for large companies in Mexico.
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Joseline Idalia, heard about Fe y Alegria and enrolled in a welder training course. "My experience here in Fe y Alegria has been very nice. I never thought I could be in a professional training center, learning what I really like to do".
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Video: Opening Governments, Boosting Shared ProsperityOn a rainy Friday morning during the first week of this month, a young woman got on the stage of the auditorium in Queen Elizabeth Conference Center in Central London to talk about open government.
Even though it was windy and dark outside, Vivien Suerte-Cortez was smiling and full of energy on the stage. Suerte-Cortez is an accountability and transparency expert from the Philippines. Dressed in her gray jacket, she started to talk about Citizen Participatory Audit (CPA), a project in the Philippines that encourages citizens to participate in the audit process for government projects and explores how to ensure efficient use of public resources by the government.
She stood in front of the stage that read "Open Government Partnership Summit," a gathering to celebrate the success of the programs and projects that are opening up governments around the world. Suerte-Cortez was one of the seven "Bright Spot Finalists" at the summit — all of them talked about what they have done in their countries to make their government more accountable and open. Bright Spot Finalists are a group of young people who are pioneering open government movement worldwide.
As I was listening to Suerte-Cortez speak about how she worked to open up her government, I couldn't help but think about my own country, Nepal. In 2011, I went to a government office in Nepal to pay land taxes on behalf of my family. After looking at my papers, the officer with a potbelly said they were not filled out properly. Surprised, I asked him what was wrong. He stood up and asked me to follow him. Outside his office, he politely offered help to fill out my "papers properly" if I gave him some cash.
I refused and threatened to contact his manager. Unexpectedly, he said that if I brought my updated papers the next day, he could process my application. Cases like this happen every day in Nepal. My landlocked country just overcame civil war and is one of the poorest on the planet. It is also, unfortunately, one of the most corrupt countries. This year Transparency International ranked Nepal 139th out of 176 in its Corruption Index report.
As a traditionally feudal society, we are working to establish a stable democracy. The idea of transparency is new but gaining traction in the populace. The World Bank recently supported the launch of the Open Nepal initiative. Making sure government records are accessible and comprehensible can be a key to combating corruption.
Young people like Suerte-Cortez are going to be one of the main drivers of open governments globally. At the end of the Open Government Summit in London, Suerte-Cortez's project won the Bright Spot award for engaging citizens to hold their leaders accountable.
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Rhonda Woodsmall,
The inventor of the
Boston Block piecing method
Today, I would like to feature a new piecing technique called Boston Blocks by one of our message board users -- Rhonda Woodsmall (board user name Rhonda).
What is Boston Block all about?
Here is a simple explanation Rhonda gives about her method, in her own words:
Most people look at what I do and say:
"Oh! I could never do that!"
"It amazes me what you can do with some of these "blocks."
And I always say:
"With the right tricks of the trade you can! It is an optical illusion, and you can do it easier than it looks."
That's what it's all about: an easy method to create complex-looking quilt blocks.
In short, traditional piecing is basically cutting pieces of fabric and then sewing them together. This forces you to mess around with tiny pieces of fabric. Having to deal with tiny scraps is the primary reason why a lot of new quilters get frustrated with anything but the most basic designs.
But with Boston Blocks, you cut swatches of fabric, sew swatches together, cut out a square, and you end up with a "block" that has small pieces already joined within the square. The cool thing about this method is that you can make quilt blocks with a lot of intricate divisions inside the block. To do it in a normal piecing manner would take a lot of skill and time, but with Boston Blocks, you can make some amazingly-looking blocks in just a few easy steps. I'll show you pictures with some examples below.
When making Boston Blocks, you don't have to cut out any triangles and don't have to fiddle with sewing them together. You also don't have to spend all that time cutting out each and every little piece using different size templates, like you do with traditional piecing. Here, you seam two pieces of fabric, add the third one and cut -- you have a Boston Block. And any leftovers you end up with can be recycled into the next "blocks".
Rhonda is an active quilting message board user. If you frequent the board, I'm sure you've seen some of her work. But if not, here are some pictures showing what you can accomplish by using this technique:
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These blocks look pretty complex, don't they? Well, the Boston Blocks method makes it easy to create complex looking quilt blocks! That's the main benefit. It will take you minutes, not hours to make blocks like that! Even if you are a newbie!
Here are some pictures of finished items. You'll be able to make stuff like that!
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Rhonda created a tutorial explaining how to make Boston Blocks, and now she has expanded that idea into an e-book that includes a lot more of the possibilities of how to use those blocks in your own quilting adventures! The e-book is called Playing With Boston Blocks, and you can download it instantly.
It's fully illustrated. Lots of images. So if you are a visual person, you'll be surprised by the great amount of pictures that accompany the directions.
The e-book contains three parts. First, it explains the actual technique of making the Boston Block. The second part walks you through the process of creation of a complete project using this method. You'll learn to make hot pads. It's a simple item that lets you practice the technique, so that you can quickly master it and make any item you want.
And the third part of the e-book contains a gallery of pictures showing different designs for hot pads, purses, eyeglass cases, billets, checkbook covers, and tote bags. So not only will you master this technique, you'll also gain some inspiration for your future projects.
Playing With Boston Blocks also includes a full-page diagram for Boston Blocks and Half-Square Triangles, so you can print it out and be on your way to creating blocks right away.
Here is what you will be able to achieve once you read Playing With Boston Blocks:
⢠You'll discover a completely new piecing method.
⢠Boston Blocks method is great both for beginners and for experts. It's easy enough for a beginner, but let's you create designs that not even every expert can match.
⢠So if you are a seasoned quilter, you'll add Boston Blocks to your arsenal of techniques. And if you are a newbie, you'll be able to start making truly amazing blocks right away, because it's so easy.
⢠You'll be able to make miniature blocks with amazing level of precision without having to spend a lot of time and effort messing around with tiny scraps of fabric.
⢠It works not just for miniatures, you'll piece blocks of any size -- from miniatures to a 12" quilt block.
⢠Such projects don't take a lot of time to do -- fit them in when you want something to do in between those big quilts.
⢠Great way to use up all those pesky scraps that are hiding in your closet storage bins. So absolutely no fabric is wasted. Any scrap that is left over from other projects will go to good use.
⢠You'll get original designs with quick and easy shortcuts.
⢠Any time you need to make a small gift for someone (especially if it needs to be done quickly), you'll know exactly what to make. And it will be a truly unique gift (since not many people know this technique yet).
⢠If you've already made a lot of quilts for your friends and close ones, you might surprise them with a few miniatures. They might expect you to make them more quilts, but miniature items would really make an unexpected gift.
⢠If you are a professional quilter or make quilts for sale at mall stands or flea markets. Make some of these projects for your next craft fair! The small piecing is an attention getter! It's unique. It helps attract people to you. And then, you can sell them larger quilts. Just price the miniatures at $7-$10 each and watch them sell!
⢠You'll learn to make blocks with perfect alignment of detail the easy way. Your work will look as if you've spent days perfectly fitting each piece of fabric, but in reality, you'll be able to make such blocks in minutes.
⢠You will "wow!" your friends. You can be the one saying: "it's easy, no really!"
Playing With Boston Blocks is made available exclusively to the members of this community and not offered anywhere else. So you'll be the first one in your quilt guild to use this technique. You'll simply "wow" all your quilting buddies with the level of skill you'll be able to demonstrate. Since they won't know just how easy it is to do. And imagine if later on, after showing them your work, you'll actually teach them how to do it. You'll be the star!
Every time I recommend something to my subscribers -- I try to make it special. And this time is no exception. Right now, this e-book is only offered to people who frequent the QuiltingBoard.com forum and read the Quilted Paradise newsletter. It's going to be offered to other quilting communities at a much later date. But you can get it today for only $29.95.
$29.95 is really a great deal for all this information. If you were to hire an instructor, it would take at least 3 classes for you to cover this material. With each class costing up to $25.00, you would end up paying up to $75.00. But more importantly, you wouldn't be able to hire an instructor for this technique. Even if you wanted to. Because Rhonda invented Boston Blocks, and no one else teaches this way of piecing yet.
Normally, Rhonda would charge $60.00 to $80.00 for the lessons, but she agreed to help anyone who orders Playing With Boston Blocks for free. So if you have any questions, you know that you'll always be able to get help straight from the source.
Think about it, when was the last time you ordered a book and were able to talk to the author directly? It doesn't get any better than this. And you get to learn all that for only 1/3rd of what it would normally cost you. Not to mention that making and selling just a few of such miniatures would pay for this e-book. Or if you make some items to give away as gifts, it would save you the money you'll have paid for Playing With Boston Blocks just as quickly.
And unlike a quilting class, with this e-book you can study the technique in a comfort of your own home at your own pace. So you can go over the material and try out each step as slowly (and thoroughly) or as quickly (and lightly) as you want. But if you ever have a question or if something is unclear, Rhonda is right here on the message board to help you out.
Another important point to keep in mind is that a part of the revenue from the sales of this e-book goes to the author, while another part goes towards covering the maintenance of this newsletter and the message board. So by ordering, you not only get to learn an amazing new technique, but you also help this quilting community grow!
Please order below and show your support for our quilting community.
Because it's an electronic book (e-book), you will download it right away -- there is no shipping cost and no need to wait for it to be delivered.
Once you download the e-book onto your computer, you can read it on the screen or print it out. It's all up to you.
But the important thing is that you can be reading it and learning a new technique in just minutes from now.
Click the order button below to get your copy of Playing With Boston Blocks, and you'll be on your way to creating amazing blocks the easy way.
Order Playing With Boston Blocks on a secure server and download instantly for only $29.95!
As with anything I recommend, I always offer a 100% money-back guarantee, just to make sure you are completely satisfied with what you buy. The guarantee is valid for two months.
When you order, you have 60 days to try out the techniques Rhonda teaches. That gives you plenty of time, not only to simply read it, but to completely master Boston Blocks. You'll be able to give it a full try and experiment all you want before you have to decide if it's worth your money.
And if for some reason you don't like this e-book, just contact me, and I'll refund your money right away without any questions. You have absolutely nothing to worry about when ordering Playing With Boston Blocks.
So click here to order your copy today for only $29.95. Learn this amazing technique that will make you a better quilter, and at the same time help this quilting community grow!
Treat yourself. You deserve it. Especially since ordering this e-book will cost you much less than taking lessons, and the items you'll be able to create will provide great value.


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Today's Song: Hortlax Cobra 'Berlin'
Hortlax Cobra is the dance project from Peter Bjorn and John's John Eriksson (not to be confused with Smile, the new side project from Peter Bjorn and John's Björn Yttling). Here's a perfect example of the reach of "I Feel Love": the way the arpeggiated bass line propels and steers this track is pure Moroder and unmistakably so no matter how mumbly the indie vocals get. Stylistically, this is nicely balanced.