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I don't want a mac anymore!
I'm cured!
In the past, I've griped about my Windows XP machine and how I sat and stared with envy at those with their sleek Apple iMacs, but I think that's over. For a while. Until I get sick of Windows again.
Yesterday, I was fed up. Last year, I spent some decent coin on a Dell so that I could edit videos. Nothing fancy, just stuff for YouTube. You know, messin' around.
My experience with my Dell has been less than stellar. There was a problem where I couldn't play back DVDs because it shipped with an outdated or screwed up video codec. I'm not sure which, because even after 20 hours on the phone with some dude in India named "Larry", we never got to the bottom of the problem. In fact, it sorta fixed itself, but I have no idea how.
This has not been the only problem (of course). My DVD drive likes to disappear sometimes. That's right. It uninstalls itself. Then it comes back. Perhaps it is moonlighting as someone else's DVD drive for extra cash? I don't know.
It's pointless for me to list all the annoying things about living with a Windows machine, we already know what they are. Needless to say, I've looked to people with Macs, with their great hardware/software integration, with a mixture of awe and jealousy.
So this takes me to yesterday. Frustrated at the lack of control in Windows Movie Maker, I dreamed lazily about the blissful nirvana of iMovie. It looked so easy and elegant!
"Screw it, I'll get one!", I thought.
Luckily, cooler heads prevailed and I realized I should probably try one out first, before plunking down all that money on something I would be stuck with for years. I asked around and my friend Jake was nice enough to lend me his black MacBook for a very reasonable sum.
I went over and got it and instantly started playing around on it.
"This is great!", was my reaction. Everything was so shiny and new. You moved the mouse around and things popped up and animated themselves. I was impressed.
I took it home and jumped right in. I plugged in my video camera, fired up iMovie and voila! It started digitizing right away!
I was very impressed with this. My camera is a little tricky. It's a cheaper Sony Handycam and it does not play well with most video editing software. Getting it to work well with Movie Maker was no easy task. iMovie was another story.
As I began to work with my video clips within the program, I started to have vague recollections of my brief Mac experiences from the past. I hate the way the mouse moves.
Please don't send me an angry letter explaining how I am an idiot and that acceleration lets users have more precise control of the mouse, blah blah blah. I don't like it. In fact, I hate it. It might seem like a nitpicky point, but it's the way you interact with the computer. Everything else starts with that. If you're not happy at the start, how can anything after that be any good?
I called my friend and asked him how to turn off the acceleration. The short answer is: you can't. You used to be able to, I remember it. The nice folks at Apple have decided that you shouldn't, so that's that. Which leads me to my big gripe: They know what's best for you.
Just like every Mac FanBoy who is penning his hatemail right now while you read this sentence, Apple is so convinced that they have "the right way" to do things, they remove your choice to disagree.
Now, Jake was nice enough to find me an application on a website that would turn off the acceleration, except that it didn't. It added a layer of software to the mouse's own way of doing things that emulated non-accelerated movement. What?? As you can guess, it didn't work too well.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me explain: On a PC, when you move your mouse, the movement on the screen is roughly equivalent to this in a linear fashion. If I move my mouse 1 inch, my cursor on screen it moves about 5. If I move it two, then the cursor moves 10. This does not change with the speed of my movement, it just takes less time to do it.
On a Mac, if you move your mouse slowly 1 inch, it will only move maybe 1 or 2 inches. But, if you move your mouse quickly over that same 1 inch, it will cover much more ground because it has been accelerated. I am told that this is helpful for people who need precise control over small details, people who edit photos professionally, for example.
I like the PC way. On my computer, if I want my mouse to accelerate, I can turn that feature on. Why isn't it the other way around?
So I was already frustrated when I started getting a headache. I don't have the greatest vision and the MacBook comes with a pretty high resolution on a smallish 13 inch screen. This means text appears pretty small.
I opened a help window in iMovie and had to struggle to read it. The window was very small. I tried to resize it, but the little policeman inside wouldn't let me do it. I went to change the font size and this worked; the letters got bigger. But the window stayed the same size and I had to scroll back and forth to read each sentence.
This is when I gave up!
Yes, I am a baby. But I spend a lot of time on my computer and I like things to be the way I want them. My friend has offered to come over and help me customize things to my liking, but I think it's gonna take me a few days before I can even look at that thing again (the computer, not my friend).
It gives me knots in my stomach. Does anyone have any advice for living with a Mac? I don't want to give up on this thing. Am I going to have to pay 20 dollars to buy some shareware to "fix" this problem with the mouse? Is there a way to resize the help window that I don't know about? I would have looked in the help files, but as I had no way to resize them, the thought of all that frustration sent me back to my Dell.
I have a sinking feeling that this kind of "we know what's best for you" control that they exercise over you at every step of the way is exactly what makes them work so well.
They don't let hardware manufacturers do what they want either, everything has to be to their exact specifications, which is why when you plug in a camcorder, your clips download into your computer perfectly. But does it really screw anything up if they just let me use my mouse in a normal, intuitive fashion? Can't I have a program take up the whole screen if I want to?
Am I just wildly ignorant of how these things work? Is there a simple solution for all these (admittedly minor) quibbles?
I want a computer that has useful software that works well and can get things done right out of the box. That is what drew me to the Mac. But I also need a computer I can live with, that doesn't drive me crazy with its quirks, which is why, for now, I am sticking with my PC.


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A former Colwyn Bay school pupil has been selected for the Wales U20 squad for the upcoming Six Nations.
Tom Williams, who now plays his rugby for Swansea and the Ospreys, was part of Jason Strange's 31-man squad for the tournament, which kicks off next month.
The ex-Rydal Penrhos pupil will get the chance to showcase his skills in Colwyn Bay once again, with Parc Eirias once again playing host to Wales U20 home matches throughout the tournament.
Wales travel to Dublin to play Ireland at Donnybrook on Friday, February 5 (7.35pm), before welcoming Scotland to Parc Eirias on Friday, February 12 (6.30pm) and then France on Saturday 27 (7.45pm).
The Wales U20 head coach, said: "We get a huge boost from the crowd and the welcome we receive at Parc Eirias and we will be looking forward to returning there for the following two games against Scotland and France, and for the final game against Italy after playing England in Bristol.
"We will look to expose as many players as possible to this level of rugby during the Six Nations tournament, with one eye firmly fixed on the World Rugby U20 Championship in England in June.
"There are a number of players ruled out through injury at the moment who could bolster the squad for that tournament."
Williams will now be looking to impress strange further as he looks for a place in the starting 15 for what looks to be a strong Welsh squad, which also features three players from Rydal Penrhos Rugby Academy partners RGC.


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Pricefalls Marketplace is a relatively new and somewhat overlooked 3rd party catalog style marketplace where online retailers can list their products. Although it is fairly straight forward with a $19.99 dollar fee monthly and then a percentage of every sale much like the Amazon system we can happily say that this marketplace is indeed different than some others so not a complete "cookie cutter" approach as it were. For those looking into the catalog formula and maybe less and less into the cost per click advertising platforms available this really does appear to have a fully self contained shopping environment such as Amazon where the customer completes the entire transaction from beginning to end through the Pricefalls marketplace website however the actual payment goes directly and immediately to the retailer. Side note: Seems to date that fees are NOT taken out until monthly bill arrives from Pricefalls team. Lets Lay out the basic Pros and Cons to Pricefalls...
ASIN stands for "Amazon Standard Identification Number" and acts very much like a UPC except that it is unique to Amazon and not unique to an actual product but really is unique to an actual Amazon AD. This is a crucial difference and one of the most overlooked opportunities on Amazon. Let 's just break it down simply. Lets say we have a particular toaster oven. It will have a UPC that is a unique identifier to that actual toaster. If you goto multiple appliance stores and look at that same toaster as you're shopping around the prices and description from multiple stores may vary however the UPC should still be unique. Now an ASIN is for the ad and not the product. This is the equivalent of going store to store and there is the same price, same description, and yes the same product. The ASIN is generated by an Amazon seller for a particular product. There are in many cases if not most multiple ASINS per UPC. Yes this means that for that toaster oven there maybe 5 or 6 different ads for
Restoring mysql from the command line
If you're restoring a database from a file that's over a few megabytes in data uploading the file directly to Mysql can stall. You can zip or tarball the file which may solve this however at some point you really just need to do the restore from the command line which is simple enough;
mysql -u username -pdatabase_name < /path/to/file/file.sql
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Doba is a middleman company that offers an amazing assortment of products ( over two million and over an amazing array of categories) and will either wholesale or drop ship to you or directly to your customers. The technical and customer service support is unparalleled in the industry and the software is completely user friendly. The only downside is that Doba is a complete and utter waste of time and money with the absolute minimum cost yearly of about $700 dollars and the actual cost provided on products at least that we have compared (and yes we have) are certainly not wholesale prices .
We've all heard of snake oil salesmen and flim flam artist and the like. Doba is not a scam but certainly a company that is not setup to make any of their clients profitable in contrast to other wholesellers and drop shippers. They have aligned themselves up as a middleman to multiple distributers and offer to basically dropship your orders offerring the software and service for a
Integrate Buyseasons aka buyseasonsdirect datafeed directly into your Magento store. Automatically update inventory several times daily, remove outdated products and integrate new items.
Buyseasons is a large online wholeseller and drop shipper that has approximately 20,000 products at any given moment mostly pertaining to costumes and novelty products.
With a Magento store allow us to fully integrate their product feed directly into your database including everyrhing form Images to size charts and match those to your specific categories.
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2) Choose Vendors Category.
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How to secure Plesk 12 admin using Let's Encrypt
For those unfamiliar with "Let's Encrypt" its an addon that comes integrated with newer versions of Plesk allowing one to encrypt any site and/ or subdomain with SSL for free. So of course lets start with taking the opportunity to secure your Plesk panel which should only take a few minutes if that.
1) Log into Plesk. *
If you're logging in under the IP address ie 123.123.133/etc you're doing it wrong. Instead choose the domain and port https://mydomain.com:8443
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Manually adding Magento 2 to 1and1 Linux box with Plesk
Added a Magento 2.0 template from Templatemonster of all places and ran into substantial problems even after making sure we were in full compliance with Magento 2's prerequisites. If your planning on this venture there are a few things you need to know.
Basics for Magento 2
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- PHP 5.6.+ but NOT some of the 7+ packages so be cautious
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These are for the basics for specifics please go to Magentos requirement page. If it caught you by suprise that some later packages as of this date are not compatable you're certainly not alone. As we delve into this it becomes increasingly more resemblant of a beta and not a full fledged final software package.
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The Newest Online Dater, LoveConnection launches alongside the much anticipated Game Show "Love Connection" on Thursday, May 25th. Love Connection was one of the biggest game show hits of the 80's and 90's which also revived Chuck Woolery's career in the process.
The show debuted on September 19, 1983, and ended on July 1, 1994, totaling 2120 shows! With the current "me too" online dating options available, i.e. eharmony, Match, etc., Loveconnection is attempting to provide a newer more exciting approach to the online space while coinciding with the excitment and relaunch of the game show.
The new show brings a modern day twist, pushing the boundaries with same gender and different ethnicities intermingling. Like Love Connection, the show, the online Dater, Loveconnection also provides a free zone to Love whomever one chooses to Love or to just meet new friends and hangout. The Show has been picked up for 15 episodes and now has a "Love or Money" twist at the end which provides another level of excitement and intrigue for the viewers.
Andy Cohen is the new host of the Love Connection who you may know from the BRAVO channel and the "Real Housewives" Brand. Online dating has really changed the way "busy people' meet one another. Online dating also allows potential mates to window shop without being intrusive, in a sense, the same way online shopping does. Dating in the past was normally limited to geographical areas but online dating creates a much further reach and provides many more options. The LoveConnection online dating option, provides not only national, but international possiblities.
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There has been a torrent of problems with Adobe products over the last several months. My XP machine informed me of yet another Update from Adobe which I applied successfully, about 15 minutes later I get a notice from my Secunia software that Adobe reader needs an update. Having just installed a new security patch from Adobe I was a little surprised. So I fired up Adobe Reader and had it check for updates, there weren't any, so I took a closer look at the version of Adobe Reader that I had, it was version 184.108.40.206.
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Chiefs laud Hydro One sale
The Ontario government's completion of the sale of nearly 14.4 million common shares of Hydro One Ltd. stock to a corporation held by 129 First Nations represents another step in the province's reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, says Six Nations elected Chief Ava Hill.
"This is a benefit for future generations. It's another sign of a new relationship in this era of reconciliation," Hill said in an interview Thursday.
The government completed on Dec. 29 the promised sale of shares representing 2.4 per cent of the outstanding common shares to OFN Power Holdings LP, a limited partnership wholly-owned by Ontario First Nations Sovereign Wealth LP, which is in turn owned by 129 First Nations in Ontario at a purchase price of $18 per share for a little more than $259 million.
The transaction was quietly announced Wednesday in a news release from the Ministry of Energy.
"The transaction fulfills the province's commitment in its agreement-in-principle with the Chiefs-in-Assembly on behalf of the First Nations in Ontario, which was previously announced on July 12, 2016, the ministry's statement says.
"This transaction demonstrates the goodwill envisioned by the political accord to promote stronger economic relations and is one of the many steps in Ontario's journey of healing and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
"It will provide meaningful opportunities to First Nations for collective wealth creation and to advance economic development initiatives."
The government's initiative is designed to broaden the ownership base of Hydro One. The purchase is financed through a 25-year term loan from the province with a principal amount of $259 million. The interest rate for the loan is at the province's borrowing rate, plus 15 basis points.
The shares sold in the transaction have been pledged as security for the term loan.
The annual dividends from the shares will be shared by the First Nations partners in the corporation.
Six Nations is one of the partners. The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation did not sign onto the deal.
The province has also provided seed capital of about $29 million in cash to a new investment fund wholly-owned by Ontario First Nations Sovereign Wealth.
The annual dividends from the shares will be shared by the First Nations partners in the corporation.
The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by several chiefs, including Hill, who advised that the sale is meant to provide dividend income and economic ownership in the long term.
"We won't see revenue for at least five years, but we have to think of our future generations," she said.
"We have smart young people coming up behind us who will know what to do with the income when the time comes."
Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day with the Chiefs of Ontario said he's "quite thrilled" with the deal.
"It allows us to have a seat at the table with Hydro One. We negotiated a low-interest loan from the Ontario government that did not see First Nations having to contribute anything," he said.
"This is an opportunity of long-term investment."


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Our current 1998 charter belies a shared history that goes back to 1969, when the California Graduate School of Theology (Cal Grad), was founded, by Dr. William Steuart McBirnie, operating from campuses in Glendale, and Rosemead, CA.
At the time of Dr. McBirnie's departure in 1987, a Korean interest purchased the school, relocating to Garden Grove, California where it continues to operate as Cal Grad to this day. It was the sale of the school that prompted a group of former Cal Grad administrators and faculty members to come together and establish a new institution, California Center for Theological Studies (CCTS). Under the leadership of Dr. I.D.E. Thomas, CCTS shared facilities with First Baptist Church in Maywood, California where Dr. Thomas served as senior pastor.
In 1997, following his retirement at First Baptist Church, Dr. Thomas was again looking to relocate the school, and the opportunity to move back to its original founding location was taken up. In 1998 CCTS was rechartered in Glendale, California under the new corporate name, "California Pacific School Of Theology."
Many of those who served on the faculty of Cal Grad, and CCTS, made the move to United Community Church in Glendale and continued to teach while other alumni of the school have been added to the teaching roster and staff. This facilities use arrangement continued until the fall of 2008 at which time it became necessary to relocate the School once again.
Since then, classes have been offered at a couple of different locations on a short term basis. We have also initiated online/directed study; distance learning type classes, which we have made our focus, pending the procurement of suitable facilities arrangements, at which time we will resume physical classes.


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What ? Can I watch Taxi Driver movie on IBMi via Netflix ?
No, but using only RPG and SQL UDF HTTPGETBLOB now you can call an IBM Watson API and transform a generic text (in different languages) in a wav/flac file and play it with a simple STRPCCMD.
Let's start from the beginning.
I have always been fashinated by IBM Watson and machine learning so, when I see something about IBMi and IBM Watson I have to understand and try.
Some days ago I found an interesting Paul Tuohy's post (RPG Talk to Watson ) and immediately I downloaded source code and test it on my IBMi … Awsome !, I can translate from different languages a text or a document only with a simple procedure and SQL.
But what IBM Watson can offer to me ? Reading Watson Services page we can find some other interesting services, someone free other for a fee :
- Document Conversion to convert PDF, Word, HTML into HTML, Plain Text or JSON Answer Unit, very interesting
- Speech to Text or Text to Speech
- Visual Recognition to understand content of images ..
We can start with something simple … from text to speech, only with RPG, SQL and a PC to play sounds.
You can download source file here:towatso2d_dspf, towatso2_sqlrpgle
Let's we dig into the code to understand this simple program:
1 – Blob_file SQL Type : is a kind of variables to store a documents or a files (Blob type) but automatically save date in an IFS file : when you declare a xxx variable as a Blob_File SQL type you can use xxx_Name variable for Path & File name on IFS where content of the variable will be stored. You can choose also if Overwrite or not this IFS file with xxx_FO variable
dcl-s FileWave SQLType(BLOB_FILE);
FileWave_FO=SQFOVR; // Overwrite
2 – Urlencode : when you deal with URLs you must remember to UrlEncode strings of text, here we use another good SQL UDF:
exec SQL
values trim(systools.urlencode(:str1, '')) into :str2;
3 – HTTPGETBLOB : Now the core of the program … call Watson Api with HTTPGETBLOB SQL function … we get the result in FileWave variable, is a Blob_file variable so we have our file on IFS-
exec SQL
select systools.httpgetblob(:str1, '') xx
into :FileWave
from sysibm.sysdummy1;
4 – STRPCCMD: Now we have got our wav file on IFS … let's we play it from our PC
Cmd='STRPCCMD PCCMD(''start'+%trim(FileWavePC)+''') PAUSE(*NO)';
Conclusion: here's another example on HTTPGETCLOB / HTTPGETBLOB functions to be added to other example here in Faq400.com
- IBMi and IFTTT integration with HTTPGETBLOB (Monitor QSYSOPR Messages and send them to our Iphone)
- Bitcoin and IBMi with HTTPGETCLOB
- Getting Euro Exchange Rates from BCE/ECB with HTTPGETBLOB


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Factors that correlate with teachers' perceptions of student outcomes of children with autism included in general education
This study investigated the factors that correlate with how 30 elementary school children with autism responded in the general education setting known as inclusion. The primary purpose of the study was to determine whether the teachers' attitudes toward inclusion were related to their perceptions of the progress made by the students over the period of the study. Nine special education and 21 general education teachers rated the students at the beginning and end of approximately a 5-month period. The students were rated on the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the Vineland socialization subscales. The teachers completed a 17-item attitude questionnaire, a teachers' demographic survey, and a students' demographic survey. Some of the teachers were also interviewed to determine their views on inclusion. The analysis of the data suggests that the students in the study made no significant change either positively or negatively in their social skills. There was, however, a decrease in symptoms of autism as indicated by the general education teachers ratings on the CARS. In neither teachers' group was there a significant correlation between attitude toward inclusion and pretreatment to posttreatment changes on the CARS. The findings suggest that teachers' favorable or unfavorable attitude toward inclusion does not have an effect on a teachers' ability to accurately rate children's social skills. They also suggest that negative teacher attitudes toward inclusion do not necessarily mean that the students with autism who are included will not improve. The general education and the special education teachers felt that the included students' behavior was the most crucial characteristic to be considered when deciding which students would be included. They felt that only those students with mild forms of stereotypical behavior attributed to students with autism should be included. Generally speaking, the primary focus of the special educators was on socialization. The primary focus of the general education teachers was the students' academics.
Subject Area
Special education
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Myra, "Factors that correlate with teachers' perceptions of student outcomes of children with autism included in general education" (2004). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI3137015.


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Lil' Mixer
austinLs posted a topic in Model Carsi just picked this up over the weekend and finished putting it together today. this is probably one of my favorite kits and when i first saw it at the hobby shop i knew i had to have it. i really hope you like it as much as i do!
1968 Pontiac GTO
austinLs replied to Car Crazy 81's topic in Model Carsvery nice, clean build. i like it alot. nice color choice!
Rattlin Bones: Paleontological Boom Truck
austinLs replied to gowjobs's topic in Model Carswow thats definitly the coolest build ive ever seen! great job and keep the creativity flowing!
austinLs replied to austinLs's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)thanks alot george they have alot of great stuff. if anyone else know s of anything dont hesitate to add!
25 t bucket
austinLs replied to austinLs's topic in Model Carslol no the kit came like that i just threw it together. the headers were already colored and everything. have the kit is held together with screws and honestly this kit is a bit junky imo. all i did was paint the body and frame. as for the car club goes, i dont really have much time for such a thing, however i may try to make it out sometime just to see what its all about. i already got 2 invites from the Kerns!
austinLs posted a topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)alright so im really having a hard time find stores online that carry 1:24 wheels. ive found a few on ebay but other than that i cant find much of anything. so if you know of any store that carry custom wheels and tires for 1:24 models that be much appreciated. ive seen quite a few models on here with some pretty sweet wheels. and i have a few up coming projects that imm really trying to pull out all the stops and i cant really do that with out the right wheels and stance. thanks again for your help!
custom new beetle/and big brother
austinLs replied to customsrus's topic in Model Carssick bug! and that bus looks cool, id like to see a few more shots from different angles. i really like what you've done with these two! huge vw fan here!
Custom 60 Chevy Truck
austinLs replied to customsrus's topic in Model CarsWOW that is awesome, i like this alot!
68 firebird
austinLs replied to austinLs's topic in Model Carswell i did some of this foiling!! first try and i think it came out pretty nice, i had some trouble around the wipers on the front but i dont think its too bad. here are a few more pics for your enjoyment!
25 t bucket
austinLs posted a topic in Model Carsthis was an easy project, i just got it b/c i love t buckets and this was the last one left at the craft store so i got it. the body and frame are diecast and came in bright red, i wasnt a big fan so i resprayed it flat black in the classic ratrod style. this is the Testor kit and it only took a few hours to throw together.
BMW 320i
austinLs replied to austinLs's topic in Model Carsno i dont live in germany. my heritage is primarily german, alittle french and native american. but i was born in and live in pennsylvania. i love germany and everything about it though, especially audi! thanks for the comments about that car, im glad you all like it. i originally was going to paint it white, but as i began to spray it the paint wasnt sitting nice and the can was acting up. so i went with the black and i think it looks much better that way.
austinLs replied to RadRidesByDan's topic in Model Carswow, very impressive! i would love to see the interior!
BMW 320i
austinLs posted a topic in Model Carsthis is my second build and probably my favorite one. semi-flat black, gold wheels and tinted windows. this is the fujimi kit and i really liked it alot. i hope you like it.
ferrari enzo...MORE PICS!
austinLs posted a topic in WIP: Model Carsthis is my 4th build and its taken quite a bit of time. im very excited for this one to be finished one days worth of work, probably 7 hours or more. i didnt really keep track of time. what i have done on the second day. a few more pics! dark green body just threw the body on quick for a few pics, not nearly done yet!
68 firebird
austinLs posted a topic in Model Carsthis is my first build since i was a young boy. its painted volkswagen porcelian blue. haha i had alot of fun and there are many more of these to come. i hope you like it.


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The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities (TCDD) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund up to three organizations to support a person with a developmental disability (DD) to participate as a researcher in a study that could impact the lives of people with DD. Through this RFP, Texas-based teaching or research entities can include people with DD in either new or existing participatory research projects. The deadline to submit a proposal is May 18, 2018.
Information collected from research studies may improve the understanding of complex issues, aid in the design of innovative practices, and ultimately contribute to the improvement of people's lives. Participatory research is a partnership approach to research that equitably involves multiple people in all aspects of the research process. With this approach, all partners contribute expertise, participate in decision-making, and share ownership of the research project. For example, a participatory research project could include members of the community, organizational representatives, and researchers, and everyone would have the same level of commitment and accountability.
Research studies that focus on how people with DD are affected by certain issues or practices often don?t include people with DD on the research team. If people with DD are included as researchers in studies, they can provide a valuable perspective that may influence the direction and design of the study. Also, a person with DD could add an extra dimension to the interpretation of the data. Although there appears to be an increase in the use of participatory research, people with DD have not traditionally been involved as researchers in studies that focus on their experiences.
About the RFP
TCDD intends to provide funds to assist up to three teaching and/or research entities located in Texas to support at least one person with DD to participate as a researcher in a nonclinical study. The study should emphasize full participation and action. The project must be coordinated by someone who is qualified to oversee the research. TCDD encourages the involvement of student researchers in addition to the person with DD. This may be a class project.
The participatory research studies, which will include perspectives of people with DD, will inform TCDD's future activities on a wide range of topics. Funding can be used to conduct a new project or to include people with DD in existing research projects.
Listed below are some examples of the methods that could be used to gather and/or present data for this project:
- focus groups
- statewide surveys
- literature review
- class projects
- student led research or evaluation
- analysis of existing data sets from the perspective of a person with DD
- photography to document information
- personal stories on a topic
The primary requirements are that the project (A) involves a person with DD as a researcher; (B) is supervised by a qualified individual or individuals; and (C) be related to a topic in TCDD's FY 2017 to FY 2021 State Plan.
Public agencies, not-for-profit organizations, secondary schools and post-secondary institutions, faith-based institutions, technical and/or professional schools, and for-profit businesses may apply if they can meet the requirements noted elsewhere in this RFP. The entity that applies for this grant must be the entity that will administer the grant and receive, disburse, and account for grant funds. Individuals are not eligible.
Grant Funds Available
TCDD has made available up to $25,000 per year, for up to five years, for up to three organizations. Applicants may choose to do a one-year project or a project for more than one year, for up to five years. Funding for the second through fifth years is not automatic.
Key Dates
Proposals are due to TCDD by 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, May 18, 2018. Late proposals will not be accepted. TCDD will notify proposers of decisions within 30 days following TCDD's August 2018 Council Meeting. The earliest expected project start date is November 1, 2018 (this date may change).
If fewer than three projects are awarded funding at TCDD's August 2018 Council Meeting, proposals received after May 18, 2018, may be considered at a future TCDD Council Meeting.
Learn More and Submit a Proposal
For more information, the complete RFP is available on the Notice of Funds Available 2018-3 Disability-Related Participatory Research webpage on the DD Suite website. Proposals for this RFP and all forms must be submitted using DD Suite.
If you have questions after reviewing the complete RFP, listed below are additional opportunities for you to ask questions and get more information:
Bidders' conference:
TCDD will hold a bidders' teleconference call at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2018. During the call, TCDD will provide more information about the proposal review and grant award processes. You are not required to attend in order to apply.
Submit questions:
If you have questions about the RFP or the application, submit your questions via email to Joanna Cordry at email@example.com. The deadline to submit questions is 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. TCDD will not answer questions about the RFP or the application after the deadline. Questions and answers will be posted on the DD Suite website as an attachment to this RFP by 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.


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Imagine a (contrived) world where airline travel wasn't as advanced as it is here today. Imagine further that you live in Sydney, which is only served by Air Canada, and you wanted to fly to Moncton, which is only served by Westjet. For some reason you can only transfer from one airline to the other in Toronto. That would be a lengthy, expensive trip, and it would be obvious to anyone that there should be a better solution.
Then someone in Halifax realizes that both Air Canada and Westjet service their airport, but they are at different terminals and transfers are not possible. The airport authority sees an opportunity and adds a new service between their terminal buildings that allows passengers to transfer from the Air Canada flight from Sydney to the Westjet flight to Moncton. The airlines are happy because they don't have to burn fuel carrying the passengers half way to Winnipeg and back, and the passengers are delighted that they will get where they are going faster and for less money.
Everyone wins.
The Internet situation today is somewhat like that contrived airline scenario. Internet traffic often travels thousands of kilometres, sometimes through foreign countries, in order to cross the street. It was obvious there was a better solution in the airline case, and there is a better solution for the Internet as well.
The Halifax Internet Exchange allows Internet traffic to stay within the region just as the new airport facility in the above scenario allowed travellers to stay within the region. Different Internet carriers, major customers, and content providers can now interconnect locally rather than have to buy expensive, slower connections through Toronto or elsewhere. Businesses save money, consumers get better service, and everyone wins.
We can stretch the analogy a bit further. Suppose the only Tim Horton's around was at the Toronto airport and the traffic at the two Halifax terminals didn't justify an outlet in each of them (I warned you this would be a stretch). The only way to get your coffee would be to make the trip to Toronto and back. But when the Halifax airport opens its new facility allowing Air Canada and Westjet passengers to co-mingle, suddenly Tim's sees increased foot traffic and a business opportunity and sets up shop in the common area. Less travel, less cost, and fresher coffee; everyone wins.
As the volume at the Halifax Internet Exchange increases, major content and Internet providers will be attracted to the facility because of the new business opportunities. Just as travellers could get their caffeine fix faster and cheaper as soon as Tim's opened their Halifax location, so too will Internet users be able to get their streaming and other content from Halifax-based servers. Performance will be better and costs to businesses (and ultimately consumers) will be reduced.
Everyone wins.


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Sometimes, Breitbart is the only medium of any kind that comes up with a way to support Donald Trump. Part of that is probably due to Steve Bannon, although Bannon has been noticeably demoted of late. However, in the matter of Donald J. Trump vs. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, even Breitbart is condemning Trump, while supporting Sessions.
This is the headline: Jeff Sessions: A Man Who Embodies the Movement That Elected Donald Trump President.
Sessions is a critical part of the Trump administration—and before there was a Trump administration, Sessions was a critical part of the "movement" that elected Trump to the presidency. Losing Sessions could endanger the administration and the split the critical coalition that helped Trump to the presidency. Doing that is something Trump supporters nationwide do not want to see—and in fact, with all the reports of Trump being upset after he fired Gen. Mike Flynn earlier this year, it might be wise for the president to slow down and think about this one before he fires away too harshly and quickly.
Getting someone through Senate confirmation who agrees with Trump on anything to be the next Attorney General will be next to impossible at this juncture, at least before the midterms. There are only 52 Republicans and there is basically no way that any Democrat is going to vote for a cloture for a new Justice chief at this stage of the game. But even if they would, why turn on Sessions? It doesn't make much sense politically to turn on the guy who burned his own bridges to help win the presidency.
Sessions, of course, was the first major politician to get upon the Trump train—when it looked a lot like a clown train. But Trump even ridicules Sessions for that.
Trump's questioning of Sessions hit a new level on Tuesday when, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the president said of the then-senator's endorsement of him that it was not that big of a deal.
"When they say he endorsed me, I went to Alabama," Trump told the Journal. "I had 40,000 people. He was a senator from Alabama. I won the state by a lot, massive numbers. A lot of the states I won by massive numbers. But he was a senator, he looks at 40,000 people and he probably says, 'What do I have to lose?' And he endorsed me. So it's not like a great loyal thing about the endorsement."
Breitbart says Trump is not being honest or truthful about that.
That's not entirely true. It was actually a major decision for Sessions to step up and endorse Trump at a time when Trump's own chief of staff Reince Priebus—then the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC)—was trying to prevent him from winning the nomination. About two weeks before the Sessions endorsement, Trump told me at a press conference in Hanahan, South Carolina—when he was joined by now Gov. Henry McMaster, then the Lieutenant Governor—that Priebus's RNC "was in default."
And even Steve Bannon disputes Trump on this, saying Sessions gambled his whole career on that endorsement.
The new book Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency also includes critical details about how Sessions knew that endorsing Trump was a critical moment in his career. If he failed to succeed in getting Trump not only the nomination but into the Oval Office past Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the November 2016 general election, he would not have a future at all in GOP politics. Sessions bet it all on Trump, and they won.
Furthermore, Breitbart says NO endorsement would have meant as much as Sessions'.
As we reported live from Madison at the rally where Sessions endorsed Trump, it was "the most significant endorsement any presidential candidate in the GOP can get." I wrote from Madison after the rally:
"Sessions, the intellectual leader of the future of the conservative movement, has provided the brainpower behind the populist nationalist revolt against political elites that's been emerging since at least 2013."
And Sessions' endorsement wasn't painless.
The hate Sessions endured from even one-time allies for breaking ranks with national Republicans to back Trump for president was immense, surpassed only by the hate Trump himself and his family have been subjected to. For instance, Sessions was called a "prostitute" by National Review—a conservative magazine—for endorsing Trump. That was hardly the worst, but it stung. Sessions stood by Trump through it all.
Of course, this may all be part of a new "communications" approach by Anthony Scaramucci: attack by innuendo—whip people into line through public criticism. Breitbart provided quotes from Trump's new communications "Godfather."
The president's decision to undermine Sessions suggests that he wants the attorney general to resign. His attacks against his attorney general, one of Trump's earliest and most influential supporters, has worried prominent conservatives.
"[I]t's also kind of, you know, a little bit discomforting, unseemly for Trump to go after such a loyal supporter this way," talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said on Monday. "Especially when Sessions made it obvious he's not gonna resign."
Speaking to reporters, White House director of communications admitted that it was likely that Trump wanted Sessions to resign.
"They need to either get together or separate," he said.
Meanwhile, there is already speculation about Sessions' replacement according to The Hill.
Trump is reportedly considering replacing Sessions with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) or Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), but both have denied that they are being considered for the position.
Like no other president—ever—Trump holds a grudge. First, he went after Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, even though recent reports suggest Sessions had a lot of reason for recusing. That morphed into an attack that Sessions hasn't investigated Hillary Clinton. Wasn't one of the first things Trump said after the election, that he wouldn't further bother Hillary about that—water under the bridge—bygones be bygones—move on. . .
Breitbart says Trump's hypocrisy is to blame. Here's the headline: "Trump's Attack on Sessions over Clinton Prosecution Highlights His Own 'Weak' Stance."
President Trump's decision Tuesday to attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions over Sessions' "position" on Hillary Clinton's various scandals only serves to highlight Trump's own hypocrisy on the issue. . .
"Lock her up" was a common chant on the Trump campaign trail, but in less than a month of Trump's longshot victory, that promise was shredded by the president-elect. In an interview with the New York Times two weeks after Election Day, Trump expressed concern about how much Hillary Clinton had suffered.
"I don't want to hurt the Clintons, I really don't," Trump said. "She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways, and I am not looking to hurt them at all. The campaign was vicious."
When asked what he would say to his disappointed supporters, he said: "I think I will explain it that we in many ways will save our country."
Breitbart News criticized Trump's U-turn at the time, calling it a "Broken Promise" on the site's front-page.
Most of all, conservatives fear losing Sessions' tough stance on immigration.
Trump's base reasoned that they would rather have a border wall than Hillary Clinton prosecuted. But now they may end up with neither.
For Sessions represents one of the vital pillars of Trump's immigration agenda. Sessions has fought in the trenches for a tough line on immigration for years, back when Trump was pouring money into the .
campaign coffers of Democrats who wanted to open up America's borders. . .
Sessions has also spooked liberal mayors with his promise to push hard against sanctuary cities, forcing cities such as New York City to outline how they are (or are not) in compliance with federal immigration law or else lose their much-needed federal funding.
Meanwhile, CNN-MONEY says Breitbart is not alone, with this headline: "Pro-Trump media furious over Trump's treatment of Sessions."
Breitbart is incensed. Rush Limbaugh hates to see it. And Fox News host Tucker Carlson thinks President Donald Trump is engaged in a "self-destructive act."
Trump's recent attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions has touched off a firestorm of outrage inside the pro-Trump media universe where the Alabama Republican is revered as a conservative icon.
And perfectly in character, Trump is more worried about his own image than in substance:
The reaction from conservative media could factor into whether Trump chooses to fire Sessions, according to a report in The Washington Post. The newspaper reported on Tuesday morning that Trump had asked a person close to him how axing the attorney general "would play in the conservative media."
Meanwhile, Vox—the left's answer to Fox—explains the situation, with this headline: "Why President Trump suddenly hates his attorney general."
The Trump-Sessions feud isn't about personalities. It's about whether the AG should protect him and go after his opponents.
President Donald Trump has been furious at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for months because Sessions recused himself from overseeing the Russia probe. And in recent days, that criticism has spilled into public view as the president has publicly mocked and criticized Sessions in an apparent effort to force him to quit.
But this isn't just a dust-up about personalities — it's reportedly part of a larger effort by Trump's team to exert more political control over the Justice Department, with an eye toward potentially shutting down special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump associates' Russia ties. . .
If Trump can actually manage to make this happen — by installing cronies at the Justice Department who will shut down investigations he doesn't like and start up ones he wants — it would mean a remarkable slide into illiberalism, and it violate decades' worth of norms in American government and the rule of law.
But Vox suggests that Sessions has supporters who would make his firing difficult for Trump.
Though Republicans control the majority, several Republican senators, like Lindsey Graham and Richard Shelby, have already made clear that they would not take Sessions's ouster kindly. Others, like John McCain, have made clear that they want a full investigation of the Russia scandal. Any three GOP defections could kill any Trump nominee (if Democrats unite in opposition to him or her).
So finding someone who's enough of a Trump crony to win Senate confirmation for this post could be very difficult. It's such a challenge that rumors swirled this week that Trump would try and circumvent that process completely. There was chatter that Sessions could be fired while the Senate was on recess in August — and that Trump could use the president's recess appointment power to appoint a replacement who could serve until early 2019.
If Sessions refuses to resign, things will be very complicated, indeed.


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That's Taj in the backdrop of Gateway of India! Lemme tell you about the caves in my next post. I guess that's gonna call for 2 parts.
India Gate was constructed to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. Pretty new, rather very very new in terms of Indian history. The building is 26m high and was built by the then Indian Govt under the English rule. This is a mix of Indian and Mughal architectures.
The Hotel Taj is located just beside Gateway of India. This has 2 wings. The heritage and the new one. The heritage one was built in 1903. This building is a perfect blend of European, Indian and Mughalay architectures. Being next to the Gateway of India, this provides the perfect views of the sea from within the hotel. Wish I could go inside atleast once and get myself lost in the architectural beauty and charm of the hotel.
This is a different angle of Taj from the behind.
This is the same old Taj rebuilt after the destruction of Terrorists.
Nearest station: Churchgate and CST
Can take a cab from the station. Mumbai taxis run in metre charges.
Dedicated to Rathish.
P.S. May God hold the ones who were preyed upon by this blast close to him and may God take care of the survivors and the friends and relatives of the deceased ones to heal their scars physically and mentally. More than them, may God cure the psychiatric mental illness of terrorists and make them quit terrorism!!!


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Konami has released a trial edition for its acclaimed soccer title, PES 2017, today. PlayStation 3/PS4 players in Europe and Steam users around the world can access the free version today. The Xbox One version launches globally tomorrow, with Americas getting the PS3/PS4 version on Monday, November 28.
Players will have access to "key" game modes alongside full access to this year's official PES LEAGUE competition starting from December. In a press release, the publisher wrote:
The Trial Edition allows the user to play matches with nine fully licensed teams from both club and national competitions. FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC, and Club Atlético de Madrid represent the cream of Europe, while Boca Juniors, Club Atlético River Plate, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Clube de Regatas do Flamengo showcase the South American talent in the full game. The German and French national teams are also available, giving a spectacular cross section of talent and playing styles to the novice PES player.
Matches are played within stunning recreations of the Camp Nou and Neu Sonne Arena, and the PES 2017 Trial Edition also allows full access to the Skills Training section, as well as access to the new dedicated PES LEAGUE mode. The in-game PES LEAGUE mode has been created to make accessing the Official PES eSport competition much simpler. Beginning December, players simply register via www.pesleague.com and enter their details into the game, whereupon they will be able to play against their peers as they vie for a place in this season's PES World Finals which will be held in June 2017.
Any of our readers planning to download the Trial Edition?


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Marley snuggled close to Rob. "You can see the stars so much better outside the city. It looks like they're so close you could reach up and touch them."
"I'll get one for you if you like," Rob offered. He put his arm around her and nuzzled his face against her hair.
Marley pretended to consider it.


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Bored last night, so I selected a random war movie and got a nice treat...I do advise to turn on the caption (like I did) to be able to understand what they were saying, often things was a bit quiet and hard to hear which is my only complaint. I think that was part of the "art" of the movie.
The plot is pretty simple, 4 Airborne POWs managed to avoid getting killed when they get captured and things go wrong. They managed to rescue a downed British pilot that has intel that must get back to command. A medic, sarge, sniper and grunt escort the downed British flyboy to safety. There is a small tone of religion to the movie as the sniper is a Mormon and the medic an atheist that has an interesting character development in the movie. It's not a high action movie, but rather several quiet scenes with a few action/combat elements mixed in.


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Virginia "Ding Dong" Bell (born 1932 in Montrose, California) is a topless model and actress. She started her career in the 1950s as a burlesque dancer.
* Bell, Bare and Beautiful, 1963
* Lullaby of Bareland, 1964
Aside from feature films, Virginia appeared in many nudie loops, which can be found in the video series, Reel Classics, and in the Big Bust Loops and Super Boobs series from Something Weird Video.


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Ca$h Money
I have been staying up late working on projects as long as I can remember and to date, this has by far been my favorite late night project...
We stayed up late putting together this awesome tattoo for Adam's work party, where they committed him to sitting on the dunk tank.
{It's also been a running joke that he had a huge dollar sign tattoo on his back, we used this temporaty tattoo solution + contact paper}
Is it possible that after six years of marriage, this guy still surprises me??
So Long Sweet Summer
I found these pictures the other night and they kinda sorta broke my heart because Summer is over.
The pregnant me is thankful because the heat is deadly, but I love the long Summer days and I will miss my kids!
Bergen is currently my only child but I babysit {in the Summer} 10-12 kids, and so today that number has dwindled and I'm a bit BORED.
But maybe, just maybe, I can get caught up on some projects and share some fun baby tutorials I am working on.
But first I need a snow cone, because you know, they won't be around much longer and I've had about 500 of those this Summer.
The Maternity Pumpkin
Don't know if you have anything fun planned this weekend, but we have been gearing up for one heck of a Garage Sale.
I mean just look at the gem I found...
Who knew this lovely pumpkin costume would also double as Maternity??
Too bad I'll have {hopefully} this baby by then...plus, I'm not gonna lie it was kinda hard to get off.
Have a ginormous-ly fun filled weekend!
The Cover
As part of my nesting, aka mad dash to get things done before Baby CHICKA comes, I made a carseat cover.
I know these aren't NEW TO THE SCENE...I just didn't get around to finishing Bergen's cover until the time she could reach up and grab it...the sure sign that she didn't really need one anymore.
So as proof to getting things done in an orderly fashion this time around I wanted to show off my finished product...
Plus I really looove the fabric!!!
I made the cover using a yard of two fabrics and sewing them together {36" x 42"} with rounded corners.
I really loved this stripey ribbon I had laying around and so I sewed to strips (18") long midway to tie the cover onto the seat.
Seems like I've been wondering where time has gone a lot lately, just look at Bergen at 1 month compared to now at about 2 1/2 yr.
P.S. She hasn't left the car seat alone since I got it out to wash it...anyone else thinking I'm gonna have my hands FULL???!!!
{P.S. Ignore the mismatch PJ's, this pregnant lady is behind on her laundry....don't judge.}
Guest Posting Over @ See Kate Sew
It's been Pleat Weeks over at See Kate Sew and I'm excited to share with you my Pleated Project.
{I saw on Pinterest and couldn't remember where I found it...but thanks to a reader I found out it's from West Elm...!!}
Here's a sneak peek...
The Closet
Sorry for the lack of tutorials and blogging in general...
We are busily preparing for baby #2 and I'm proud to show off one of our biggest accomplishments...
Since we live in a very cozy 2 bedroom house, it has been noted that our girls will share a room. This will leave no room for a dresser. Boo, so so many clothes.
So my handy Donnie built shelves to hopefully help fix the dilemma of where to put all of our the girl stuff, x2.
I will admit I am so excited with out it has turned out {and functioned} thus far!
I COULD NOT HAVE done it without the help of my talented and very organized sister in law, who found all the bins and basically organized everything.
**The vinyl labels say "Toys" on the blueish bins and "Bergen" on the white ones for her clothes, baby #2 will get her name on the other 6 bins once it has be determined!**
{P.S. The cute Creer Family could use a few prayers and good vibes their way}
To be continued...
Craft Lake City 2011
Craft Lake City came and went and I had a fabulous time with my sister-in-law, Ashley!! It's always a blast to have such good company (especially someone who shares my love of snowcones).
This was one of the few shows I've done outside of my happy little valley and it was fun to run into some old friends as well as make some new ones.
I think if they'll have me, there's a good chance I'll be back again next year...
We, We So Excited
I am out of town for a work conference and I miss my Don and Bergs...apparently I'm not used to getting a good nights sleep if I'm not woken up by a toddler once or twice!
Anyways I have some other exciting events coming up to share...
I am really excited to be apart of Craft Lake City...there are so many crafters there that I look up to, so it will be fun to see (and if I'm brave enought MEET) some of them!!
Plus I am sharing a booth with my cute SIL, Ash...so what more could I want?
Do you remember the talented and Oh, so lovely Kate over at See Kate Sew? I swooned over her ruffle weeks and I am stoked to be apart of her Pleat Weeks.
Catch me over there near the end of August (per usual I will keep you posted on when it happens)...
And lastly, one last horray before the baby...I will be apart of Oh Sweet Sadie the first of Sepetember...
Again, I am in awe and so excited to be among such talented crafters.
Again, I am in awe and so excited to be among such talented crafters.
Another one of my cute SIL's, Jill will be there too! Yah for crafty family members!
Once I have completed ALL OF THE ABOVE I will have a baby...ha ha, wishful thinking! :)
SYTYC Upcycle - Pinkalicious Chandelier {TUTORIAL}
{I am finally getting around to posting this due to the troubling time I had and my reason for leaving SYTYC...but here it is a few months later! :)}
I typically love sewing projects and found myself stumped for the Upcycled Challenge, so I decided to come up with a craft for my sewing table.
I typically love sewing projects and found myself stumped for the Upcycled Challenge, so I decided to come up with a craft for my sewing table.
I took a drab, old, and dingy flower basket and turned it into a Pinkalicious Chandelier!
Not only did this turn out to be stunning and elegant, it is actually functional!
Can't wait to start sewing up some PRETTY things to match my new lighting fixture!
I bought about 10 bags of mardi gras beads from the dollars store. I used some floral wire I had on hand to wire the beads to the hanging basket holder in three places.
I attached the top level first and then the second before hanging it from the ceiling to attach the underneath.
After that I spray painted it like crazy. I have to admit this was the challenging part because I thought I was done and then a hint of gold or silver would appear.
Be patient, paint lots.
Overall I really love the chandelier and how perfectly it fits in with my cute [super} little sewing space!
Read more about my SYTYC Projects HERE.
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Beer Rescue Puts Landfill Employees in Hot Water
Image via TreeHugger.com, who will not stand idly by while beer goes to waste.
Save the Beers!
File this story under, "That Ain't Right!" Two employees of the Columbia, Missouri Solid Waste Division and beer rescuing heroes, Beer Heroes or Beeroes, if you will, have made headlines for rescuing some 50-odd cases of beer from being needlessly destroyed at the landfill, at which they work. Sadly, the headline wasn't "Beer Heroes Save The Day!" Rather, they are that these men may lose their jobs and face criminal charges. This injustice must not be allowed to stand!
Here's what happened...According to the story in the Columbia Tribune, which includes what is arguably one of the biggest understatements in human history (more on that in a bit), on April 1, 2010 some 1,500 cases (CASES!) of beer were dumped in the landfill. After 700 of the 1,500 cases were destroyed (Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!) these two American heroes did the only thing patriotic, sensible humans could do: they loaded up as much beer as they could possibly carry and called it a victory for The Good Guys. And it was a victory, one to be celebrated with say a couple truck loads of free beer, even, that is until word got back to the fun haters in the main office who are going by the book on this one and calling the beer salvaging rescue effort, which some are now calling Operation Safe Suds, a theft and possibly a matter for the police. See, because anything left at the landfill officially becomes city property, these city employees were technically stealing this beer. One of the employees has already resigned from his position and both may face criminal charges.
Well, you don't need me to tell you how dumb this is. But I will. It's so dumb! And freaking wasteful! The blogosphere took note when H&M; and a Wal-Mart distributor got busted destroying and throwing out perfectly good clothes and TreeHugger followed up on wasteful practices at Urban Outfitters who were throwing out even more products. Readers were rightly outraged. And that was just clothes and toy phones! We're talking about beer here, people! If you saw a couple pallets-worth of beer just sitting there waiting to be destroyed, wouldn't you rescue a few bottles? And if you had access to some trucks wouldn't you take 50 cases? Okay, well maybe we wouldn't all take 50 cases, but you've got to admit you can see where these guys were coming from. I've never been in this situation, but I can certainly see how these guys, tired & dirty from a hard day's work of moving trash around and all of a sudden seeing cases and cases of beer tempting you like a damn mirage in the middle of the desert. If we were in that situation, we'd all be eating sand and hauling off cases before you know it.
Biggest Beer-Related Understatement In History
When explaining the motives behind why one would want to take some free beer, the evil man responsible for dumping the beer, Joe Priesmeyer said, "Beer is a popular product."
It sure is, Joe. It sure as hell is. Which is why it's a damn shame that two hard working employees find themselves out of work and possibly facing criminal charges for rescuing some of that popular product.
Save the Beers! Uniting America With a Common Cause
America, we cannot allow this injustice to stand! If there's one thing that can bring America together it is a love of beer. We've got problems when we criminalize attempts to reduce waste...even more so when we're talking about rescuing beer! It's time we do something about it! I hereby am launching the Save the Beers Campaign. This is an effort to bring attention to Beer-related waste. Share this story with your friends, family and elected representatives. Post our "Save the Beers!" image on your blog, Facebook profile or any spare billboards you have access to as a sign of solidarity. And don't waste ANY beer yourself. One drop wasted is one drop too many! And if you think beer is precious (obvious), think about everything else that gets thrown out and wasted and try and figure out how to recycle (and maybe earn some cash in the process) or reuse those items.
There are so many ways to have put this beer to use besides wastefully dumping it in the landfill. Just to give you an idea of what possibilities weren't realized, I present...
8 Ways To Use Beer, Because Only A Crazy Person Would Throw it In the Landfill, Right?1. First, it's beer! Drink it! T'is beer, people! BEER! Add some ice to that and you have ICE COLD BEER! Call some friends and throw a party. Ideally all of the empty bottles are recycled.
2. Donate the beer! Give a case or two to your employees or take some down to the VA as a treat for the veterans.
3. Compost the beer! If you just can't bring yourself to drink it, you can compost beer.
4. Feed the beer to pigs! Pigs can help us get rid of lots of food waste, beer included.
5. Cook with the beer! From beer brat sauce to beer bread, beer can be used in a number of recipes. Beer can chicken is something I have enjoyed cooking in the past and find is a good way to put a few cans of beer you may not want to drink to use. For the omnivores that haven't tried this, here is a good recipe for Beer Can Chicken on Planet Green and another Beer Can Chicken from Cookstr.
6. Pour it on your head! Beer apparently does good things for your hair, so if you can't drink it or cook with it, you might as well take a beer shower. You'll save money on expensive hair products, look good and smell like a night on the town. Win Win Win!
7. Build a beer bottle temple! Now, I wouldn't expect this company in Missouri to build a temple, but you can build a temple out of beer bottles, but the fact there is a temple made from beer bottles goes to show the lost potential in tossing these 1,500 cases into the landfill.
8. Recycle the packaging, at least! While we'd certainly rather see the beer enjoyed and the fruits of the energy and labor used to produce it put to good use, at least they could save the recyclable materials from the landfill. Crush the bottles or cans, remove the liquid and recycle the glass or aluminum.
In short, just don't waste so much stuff. Especially if it's beer. ICE COLD BEER, yall!
Note: 50 Cases of Beer is Drop in the Bucket of Waste
Now, it's worth mentioning that in the grand scheme of things these 1,500 cases are a drop in a proverbial bucket of wasted food in this country and around the world. We recently posted about the £12+ billion in food waste in the U.K., GOOD Magazine informed us the average American wastes half a pound of food a DAY and that's just the start of disturbing facts about how much food we collectively waste. This story is a good opportunity to stop and think about the policies and practices that exist and whether those help to solve or perpetuate our wastefulness. Sadly, It's cheaper or less work for this distributor to just throw away this beer. You know those glass beer bottles would never have been left for destruction in the landfill if we still had refillable beer bottles and redeemable deposits for every bottle.
More on Beer
Green Beer: TreeHugger Tested, Planet Approved
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CSFI Booth at the event
CSFI had the honor to run a workshop at the Cyber Resilience for National Security event at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, VA. The event was organized by Marcus Evans North America. I was impressed with the great turn out and the open nature of this event. The event focus was on how our military, intelligence community, and homeland security efforts will collaborate, share knowledge, and integrate in order to safeguard our national interests in cyberspace.
The CSFI workshop was presented by:
*Nick Andersen*
Senior Information Assurance Officer
Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI)
*Christopher Taylor*
Forensics Instructor/Senior Digital Forensics Examiner
Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI)/CyTech
*Darin Andersen*
Malware Research
Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI)/Norman
We also had an eye opening presentation by:
*USAF Colonel Marc Jamison (Ret)*
Director of Strategic Ventures
L-3 Communications
Colonel Jamison also serves as our CSFI-CWD (Cyber Warfare Division) Forum Manager.
Key Speakers:
*Ira Gus Hunt*
Chief Technology Officer, Central Intelligence Agency
*Kenneth Brodie*
Chief Information Security Officer, US Air Force
*Dr. Ronald Ross*
Chief Computer Scientist and Info Security Researcher, National
Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
*Dawn Meyerriecks*
Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology
and Facilities, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
I would like to congratulate Angela Evans (Conference Producer, North America) on the well-organized event. I have the opportunity to participate in events worldwide, and the organizational skills and logistics foresight shown by Angela are bar to none. I recommend their events as one of the best resources for cyber security professionals to stay updated in this ever changing domain.
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Use Multiple Strategies to Make Training Stick
The research on training transfer seems to get more and more complicated. In the most recent "meta-study" (a summary and analysis of all recent research), the authors commented that due to the multi-faceted nature of transfer – context, topic, environment, trainee characteristics, training design, etc. – workplace learning professionals should expect to use multiple strategies specific to their organizations that will work together to enhance training transfer.
A few months ago I surveyed you readers of Sticky Notes, asking what strategies and techniques you use to make your training stick. I received some interesting replies, but not one of the replies mentioned using more than one strategy or technique. Maybe if I'd asked the question differently those who responded would have shared multiple techniques, but I doubt it. Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted to hear about the use of ANY techniques to increase transfer! But as this new meta-study research is now telling us – and common sense would also dictate – using just one strategy or technique for training transfer, no matter how good it is, is probably not enough.
Further, adopting techniques without carefully considering participants and the culture doesn't work for training transfer techniques any more than it does for most other HR and HRD practices including recruiting, performance management, and coaching, to name a few.
Here's a way to organize your training transfer strategies. Mary Broad and John Newstrom in their book, Transfer of Training, (unfortunately no longer in print) identified 3 key time periods that are important for training transfer: before, during, and after the training. They also identified 3 key roles: the manager of the trainee, the trainer, and the trainee. They put these time periods and roles on a matrix and went on to identify the most powerful time/role combinations for training transfer, as well as the most frequently used time/role combinations. For more information on the matrix and this research, please download my research report: Time Periods and Roles That Make Training Stick.
These time periods and roles can be helpful for you to plan multiple strategies and techniques to make training stick. Previous Sticky Notes have included specific techniques for each time period and each role. My books include detailed step-by-step instructions for many techniques to make training stick. Choose from them or develop your own, as you plan the best things to make your training stick:
What can you do before the learning event, to build positive expectations and help participants understand what they will learn and how they can use it in their jobs?
What can you do during the learning event, to make sure they focus on applying what they are learning?
What can you do after the learning event, to reinforce what they have learned, and help them with application?
What can you do to encourage the manager of the trainee, to help participants be accountable for using what they learn?
Which training techniques can you be sure to use in the training to help participants apply the learning, in the classroom and back on the job?
If you ask all five of these questions each time you design or plan a training program, coaching, or other learning event, you will greatly increase the effectiveness of your training, and it will be much more likely to stick.
Until next time…..


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As told to Anney Sam
I was born in the '60s – a lot of importance was placed on being a virgin until marriage. It was referred to as 'the first night' in hushed tones. I was a curious girl and though I got all my information from my school library, I soon realised that this is a matter of practical experience and I wasn't waiting for TFN – the first night. In 1975, I got through the tenth standard board exams with flying colours. What else could you be in those days except good at studies or sport? I was also a terrific sprinter and my coach wanted me to train for state-level running.
My school library had also fattened my imagination with all the fairy tales that I could have asked for. Then there were the Mills and Boon romances, Georgette Heyer, and page 98 from The Godfather with Sonny having raucously aggressive sex with the heroine. Every convent schooled girl thought she would find her TDH – Tall, Dark and Handsome – man to sweep her off her feet and they would live happily ever after.
Suppose I never have sex?!
The year was 1976, I was 16 and the bubble burst – my brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and I knew no respectable family among the Syrian Christian community would come forward with a marriage proposal. That I was brilliant and beautiful did not count, and my father did not have the monies to make up for the stigma of mental illness in the family.
My biggest worry was that I would never experience sex, and die a spinster.
I must say I was never indoctrinated enough by the church or society to follow the rules, and smart enough to not let on. Then, I came upon the book Memoirs of a Geisha; the hymen or mizuage gave way to the next stage of training, the senior maiko. Mineko Iwasaki, a geisha who Arthur Golden met while writing Memoirs of a Geisha described mizuage in her autobiography as being an initiation party, symbolised on the geisha-to-be by a change in hairstyle rather than the loss of virginity.
I decided that I was not about to pay a dowry to marry a Malayali Syrian Christian to take away my virginity and continue slaving for him the rest of my life. In Fergusson College I did not find anyone worth my mizuage among the Maharashtrian mama's boys; fair and cute, but no spark.
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Ripe for the event
So here I was 17 years old, wore saris, and ready-made blouses from Calcutta where my folks were transferred. I lived in the 100-year-old stone hostel building – I was lucky to have a single room. I was studying Chemistry – I was studious, earned good grades, quiet, radically independent – though no one would guess that from the outside…
Then the universe conspired to give me a gift. It came in the form of a selection to the first-ever admission to 5 girls from Poona into the Air Wing NCC. Parades were on Sunday at Wadia College's immense grounds. On the first day, I took the first bus from Deccan Gymkhana at 6:45 am. Not a soul on the grounds, but a grey overalled man waving at me from the far end of the grounds.
I had on my blue uniform and smart topi-like cap and shoes and stood transfixed on the spot, with my eyes locked on this figure running nimbly down the steps of the C-shaped stadium. By the time he reached me, my heart was galloping, my ears turned red and I stammered a 'Good Morning, Sir'.
Tall and handsome, oh my!
Out went the D off the TDH, standing in front of me was a God – towering over me at 6 feet 2 inches, blue-green-grey eyes, and a shade better looking than George Clooney. He owed his stunning looks to be a second-generation Jew and his fitness to be an ex-NDA cadet and graduate. An Air Force officer, he trained cadets in flying and was CO of the NCC HQ in Senapati Bapat Road. This place was walking distance from my hostel.
I like to think that he seduced me intellectually – he gave me a book on Gestalt by Fritz Perls, and we discussed matters of psychological interest, and Transactional Analysis. Thirty-seven, married and with an 11-year-old son, he taught me to fly – in the NDA campus. He initiated me to much more – when on one Sunday afternoon he looked me up in the hostel. I failed to show up at parade and he was concerned. I was recovering from a fever. "Hop on," he said, Come and have lunch with us."
By then, I had built a trust that you can have only with a good teacher.
"My wife is away…"
From Fergusson to Hadapsar where he lived was about 10 km, and halfway through the ride on his grey Vespa, he said, "My wife and my son have gone to Bombay to her parents." My heart skipped a beat. I said nothing. He said "Do you realise what that means?" And in my mind I thought, "Yes I shall give this man my mizuage." A mixture of dread and excitement filled me. Never once did I think I was doing wrong. This was my moment – and I grabbed it – it was not a conscious decision, but in my mind the jackpot was won. He met all the criteria to be the recipient of my virginity. If nothing else, he had 12 years' experience of making love.
To cut the story short, after a warm shower that we took together, he stood me in front of the full-length mirror at the dressing table and the memory of this gorgeous man holding this superbly ethereal girl in the nude was etched into my mind for eternity.
The deed was done… So what?
We did 'it' on his study table, after long foreplay – for me, everything was a 'so this is it'. I suppose his choice of study table was to eliminate the possibility of red stains on his marital bed. As an aside I may add, his wife was a doctor who taught at AFMC, looked like Venus and held many a medical student in a trance with her serene beauty.
He dropped me back at the hostel after sunset, and I ran up to my room and stared at my reflection in my mirror – searching for some earth-shattering difference in my visage. Nada. Hm, so much for virginity and sex. What a let-down! People kill for this! Don't get me wrong – I learnt how to enjoy the beauty of sex – but that is again another story. No wonder the geishas changed their hairstyle!
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