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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Do Tell!
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Great questions...and I love that photo! Reminds me of SUMMER!!!!
~Chymere A.
- March 6, 2013 at 8:22 AM
- shuzluva said...
1. If I wasn't doing what I am, I'd go back to school and get my design degree to follow in my dad's footsteps (he was an interior decorator).
2. Bond No. 9 Union Square.
3. A. Nail polish. I love changing it up frequently and my twins love it when I give them manis. 2. I'm a reality TV addict as well! There is nothing quite like Schaudenfreude to get you through a tough day.
4. Don't really have one.
5. That it's going to be spring! I am over winter already!
6. (Added) Thank you for inviting us in to share. I love chit chat.
- March 6, 2013 at 8:46 AM
- Joyce Duncan said...
I'm currently a real estate investor, and I love it, but wish I had carried on with ballet and theater. I would have ADORED to be on Broadway! I'm always trying to find the spotlight even now.
Insolence by Guerlain. At least one person has said that they know I'm in the room when they smell it.
Really, really long baths.
The blogger Mrs. Lillian. I wish I had half of her style and creativity.
The charity ball I'm chairing and have been planning since June is Saturday. I can't wait til Sunday :)
- March 6, 2013 at 8:51 AM
1. If you weren't doing your current job, what would you like to do/be?
I'd love to go back to school and get a masters in design management. I love the design world, but realize I don't have tht talent to create - but I really feel the need to be involved somehow! Much better than my current telecom gig.
2. What is your signature scent?
It's been Ralph by Ralph Lauren for a long time. I'm looking around for something new and more age appropriate.
3. What is your current guilty pleasure?
Too much good food and drink and no gym visits!
4. Who is your current girl crush?
Jenna Lyons. I'm an awkwardly tall girl, too. I love to see her fashion choices because she's not afraid to stand out.
5. What are you most excited about this month?
A quick trip down to Tampa for a girlfriend's wedding shower. She's been waiting a long time, and she finally found her guy! :)
- March 6, 2013 at 9:17 AM
I'm a full time mixed media artist and very happy but would love to delve into textiles somehow?
COCO perfume
Project Runway, Downton Abbey, Nashville(the tv show), Smash, Rachel Zoe, Pinterst and Instagram
girl crush: all actresses on Nashville - so talented!
Excited this month to be getting a new front porch on my house, just found perfect porch lantern from Atlanta.
- March 6, 2013 at 9:41 AM
- Yolonda | Style Fragment said...
1. If you weren't doing your current job, what would you like to do/be?
I would be working for a publishing house, like Conde Nast. I would want to assist with it all, page layouts, styling of shoots any and eveything gorgeous!
2. What is your signature scent?
I have none, I change it with the season, but I adore Gucci Guilty, Chloe, Flowerbomb and anything with tuberose and jasmine.
3.What is your current guilty pleasure? Love Sex & The City and Rach! (Rachel Zoe)
4. Who is your current girl crush?
Hmmmm...don't currently have one. Maybe I need to get one?!
5. What are you most excited about this month?
Potentially more time with my honey! My dog KOSPI 8th birthday!
And having an extra day off from work!
- March 6, 2013 at 9:58 AM
- Studio One Design said...
1- If you weren't doing your current job, what would you like to do/be?
As a single mom, I have always balanced 2 careers. During the day, I manage a law firm on the east coast in order to have a guaranteed income. In the evening, I do small project décor and design work.
I learned to sew at four years old and began sewing clothes for my dolls, and then for my friends' dolls. If I were to make the big switch in careers, I would become a full blown fashion designer with the New York offices and make my home in a Soho loft – during the daytime hours. At night, when my creative juices refuse to calm, I would write novels.
2. What is your signature scent?
Chanel No. 5 – my mother wore it and used to place a dot behind my ears and on my wrists every morning before we could properly consider ourselves 'dressed'. I would regard it a betrayal to Coco to wear anything else…
3. What is your current guilty pleasure?
I write short stories. I find a shot of a lovely female and another of an interesting looking guy – or perhaps a shot of a couple together – and I weave a story of their chance meeting, the slowly woven story of how their relationship developed – something of their background that brought them to this place and in this cross-section of time. I develop these elements in my head all day long and then pour them onto electronic paper at the end of the day. It takes several weeks and sometimes months to fully develop each element of their story.
4. Who is your current girl crush?
No contest – Jennifer Lawrence. She is simply delightful.
5. What are you most excited about this month?
I am extremely excited for my younger brother. He has wanted to visit the west coast (we are east coasters) and then travel up into Lake Tahoe to pursue a recently extended job offer as a chef. This was a long awaited opportunity. Cross your fingers for him!
- March 6, 2013 at 11:08 AM
- Squeak said...
1. Either a best-selling novelist or an interior designer.
2. Chance by Chanel.
3. Watching hockey games on TV.
4. Wendie Malick.
5. After many, many months of being unemployed, I'm excited about having a job.
- March 6, 2013 at 11:22 AM
I currently wear Amyris by Francis Kurkdjian, my girl crush is Olivia Palermo, she always looks pulled together and chic. If I had it my way I would be beauty blogging for a living. My guilty pleasures are watching The Following, Nashville, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire....and General Hospital.
I'm excited I guess just to have people like my work.
- March 6, 2013 at 11:32 AM
- Dawna Jones Design said...
I love all the answers!
1.) I have been a interior painter, designer, and building homes for 17 years alongside my hubby. I have a passion though for fitness and would love to a a instructor or personal trainer, good health is everything!
2.Island Living by India Hicks. I smell like the ocean.
3.Anything ebay, I am a junky for bidding, I've been known to get up in the middle of the night just to bid on something! LOL.
4.I adore Kelly Wearstler, she has worked so hard at creating an empire, yet still carves out time for her family and fans. She is everything Girl Power is!
5. The prospect of my 4th home selling, so that I get to start and design a new one, with the person who inspires me every day... my husband!
- March 6, 2013 at 11:34 AM
- Jenna said...
Love your site!
1. Like you, I would delve full-time into interior design. I am a freelance copywriter, so I do get a creative outlet, but I would love to design people's home for a living. It totally wouldn't feel like "a job."
2. Pure Grace by Philosophy
3. General Hospital! It's been my favorite soap for as long as I can remember but it's fallen off the last few years. Now they are bringing back all of the legacy characters and have new writers and it feels like the old days. I love it!
4. Amy Poehler. I love Parks and Rec and she killed it on the Globes.
5. I am most excited about the warmer weather coming. In Cincinnati, March is usually the turning point. I can't wait to get outside and work on my yard!
- March 6, 2013 at 11:34 AM
- Lorraine Robain said...
1. I used to think Landscape Architect, now - I'd be just a country gardener off the grid somewhere PLUS a schoolteacher.
2.Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche
3. Blogging and photography.
4. Its a tie: Lily (The Persian Barbie)and Golnessa (GiGi)- both from 'Shahs of Sunset'. Lily is airbrushed on the outside, but has old fashioned values and a very steady head on her; GiGi is a mercurial beauty - almost a train-wreck of emotions. I really love the contrast of their two personalities in one show.
5. Bryant Park's (NYC) garden design for Spring 2013. The Citi Pond skating rink is coming down and the park is back. There was a lot of construction and new plantings done last fall, and today they're working on new flagstones around the fountain. Can't wait to see it all come together!
- March 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM
- LifeLoveLuxe said...
1) If I wasn't a designer/blogger, I'd a luxury travel writer -- imagine jet setting around the world to write about spas and champagne! Le sigh.
2) Allure by Chanel
3) No joke: the brussel sprouts at Ilili (a restaurant in NYC). You haven't lived until you've popped one of these little lovelies in your mouth.
4) I'm currently obsessed with Gayla Darling - she's so spunky, fun, and inspiring!
5) This month, I'm going skydiving (!); celebrating my birthday; and cooking up some brand new features on my blog.
Shameless plug: www.lifeloveandluxury.com
Best of luck to all pursuing their dreams this month!!
- March 6, 2013 at 3:45 PM
- dervla @ The Curator said...
1. If i wasn't a book editor, I'd be an archaeologist. I started and stopped grad school twice but couldn't quite pull the trigger. I sometimes dream about it.
2. Just a little coconut oil and some rose scented moisturizer.
3. My guilty pleasure is reality tv for sure. Cept i don't even feel that guilty about it!
4. I pretty much want to be Alexa Chung. Jennifer Lawrence is a good one too.
5. Hmmm, this month I'm looking forward to spring and some warmer weather.
- March 6, 2013 at 11:17 PM
- Unknown said...
1. I would love to return to the fashion industry as a vendor representative. I was a rep for a line of women's footwear many years back and loved it. The travel was extensive so with a young family it would be too crazy but I seriously would love to return to that some day. I loved going to market, the big shoe shows.
2. I seriously use this body spray from Victoria's secret that my girlfriend gave me for my birthday. It is light and fresh.
3. Homeland and Downton Abbey are my guilty pleasures.
4. I recently interviewed Susie Crippen, the co-founder and former Creative Director of J Brand. She started a new line and when she shared one of her favorite things was her Ford F-150 yet she adores the style of Phoebe Philo and Diane Kruger at the same time, I decided I love this girl. She also loves Game of Thrones like me. Had a girl crush moment, she is just soo cool!
5. Josh Krajcik, he was on the X-Factor a few years back, is playing at this small venue in Chicago called Schubas in a few weeks. My hubby and I are going to see him, he totally rocks!
Best, Beth
- March 7, 2013 at 6:16 AM
- Nanette Baker said...
Hi Paloma, thanks for asking!
1. At the present time I own my own interior decoration and design business, but if I wasn't doing that, I would love to be a "successful" real estate broker selling houses.
2. My signature scent is Victor & Rolf Flowerbomb -- so delicious.
3. My guilty pleasure has to be watching the reruns of Sex and the City every day at lunchtime even though I have seen every episode at least 1000 times, but I never get tired of those ladies, the show is perfection.
4. My girl crush is Melissa Rycroft, I have loved her ever since Jason Mesnick dumped her on national television and then she went on to be a STAR (he did her a huge favor), so glad she won DWTS. She deserved it and is so graceful and beautiful!
5. This month I am looking forward to a very nice vacation to Arizona with my husband and 2 sweet kids, and I'm also enjoying working on great design projects for the nicest clients! Good stuff! Thanks, Nanette
- March 7, 2013 at 8:37 AM
- sbab said...
1. I'm a full-time copmmercial nterior designer, which I love. However, if time and money were no object, I'd love to buy and restore older homes, keeping some of their original style while giving it a modern edge and conveniences.
2. I've worn Cabotine by Gres for years, but I've rediscovered Chanel N. 5. An oldie but a goodie.
3. Totally adore "What Not to Wear." Wouldn't I love for someone to come in, throw away my old wardrobe (well, some of it) and give me $5k to replace it.
4. Love Olivia Palermo. Such great style!
5. Going on a camping trip with my family over Spring Break. No phone, no computer, no meetings, no baseball practice. I need a break from the hustle and bustle!
- March 7, 2013 at 8:54 AM
1. I would become a well know design blogger like you, Paloma.
I am an ASID residential interior designer and love my work but I am planning on eventually having a
design blog that I can do "forever."
2. Tobacco Flower essential oil by The Body shop.
3. Romantic fiction like The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. Almost anything by Isabel Allende- and~ gasp~ the gruesome Deadly Women TV series.
4.Jennifer Anniston.
5. A new design/remodel project. Hopefully getting some recent work published.Finishing my decluttering project. Last but not least,celebrating my 16th wedding anniversary.
- March 7, 2013 at 10:18 AM
- K said...
1. I am art teacher right now, but love to work in a magazine or be a film director. Or do something completely different like be a police woman or a bond girl.
2.mademoiselle coco by chanel
3.buying brand new magazines like red or vogue, splurging out on a sofa with scented candles, fresh cut flowers and coffee. I swoon every time.
4. girl crush: Jessica Chastin for her amazing talent, I can not get enough!
5.this month: upcoming holidays 2 weeks term break of fresh air, good food and maybe a trip out of town. Maybe I get a chance to paint!
- March 7, 2013 at 12:12 PM
- Kaity said...
1. Although I am a snow bird and can manage my own time, I still manage to over commit myself keeping me from art time. I love the fiber arts and have projects going. Someday I hope to learn to say no bette and to manage my own time more mindfully
2. Guerlin
3. Ice Cream at night.
4. Iris Apfel. I want a wardrobe overhaul!
5. Our new Goldendoodle puppy- he's the cutest little nugget ever!
- March 8, 2013 at 5:58 AM
- yasemin said...
I wish I was an international model. I would love walking on the catwalk to the rhythm of the music and carrying the clothes of the most famous designers.
My signature scent is Chanel No.5.
My currently guilty pleasure is living in bed :)
- March 9, 2013 at 5:25 PM
- Kelsey said...
Thank you so much for all of the fantastic inspiration you bring to our lives! You are truly spectacular.
1. If I weren't currently teaching in Korea, I would like to be teaching somewhere else - Thailand, the U.A.E., Turkey - wherever! :-) I love travel, and I love teaching, so I've got a pretty great gig here. One thing I'd like to do later on is to go to art school. I gave up going to art school after high school to pursue a (much) more academic route (that I don't regret for a second), but I've realized that just because I didn't do it then doesn't mean I can't do it later!
2. My signature scent is Burberry Brit - it's popular for a reason! I also love Miss Dior Cherie and Dolce & Gabbana's The One for nighttime.
3. My current guilty pleasure is trying new international cuisines on the weekends. It's pricey, but definitely rewarding! The world is filled with so many delicious things!
4. My current (and long-term) girl crush is Amy Adams. She's just so bright in every way.
5. I'm most excited for the end of this month - my boyfriend and I will be heading down south for a weekend getaway to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We'll be visiting a spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site & enjoying some budding cherry blossoms as well!
Enjoy your trip to Los Angeles - may it bring more peace and happiness than you can hold inside. :-)
- March 10, 2013 at 6:28 AM
- Kelsey said...
Thank you so much for all of the fantastic inspiration you bring to our lives! You are truly spectacular.
1. If I weren't currently teaching in Korea, I would like to be teaching somewhere else - Thailand, the U.A.E., Turkey - wherever! :-) I love travel, and I love teaching, so I've got a pretty great gig here. One thing I'd like to do later on is to go to art school. I gave up going to art school after high school to pursue a (much) more academic route (that I don't regret for a second), but I've realized that just because I didn't do it then doesn't mean I can't do it later!
2. My signature scent is Burberry Brit - it's popular for a reason! I also love Miss Dior Cherie and Dolce & Gabbana's The One for nighttime.
3. My current guilty pleasure is trying new international cuisines on the weekends. It's pricey, but definitely rewarding! The world is filled with so many delicious things!
4. My current (and long-term) girl crush is Amy Adams. She's just so bright in every way.
5. I'm most excited for the end of this month - my boyfriend and I will be heading down south for a weekend getaway to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We'll be visiting a spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site & enjoying some budding cherry blossoms as well!
Enjoy your trip to Los Angeles - may it bring more peace and happiness than you can hold inside. :-)
- March 10, 2013 at 6:30 AM
1. If you weren't doing your current job, what would you like to do/be?
My current job is doing a master in Madrid and teaching English, so life is pretty good. But I'd love to go back to teaching and making art!
2. What is your signature scent?
Florence by Tocca. I got it at Anthropologie, but I'm almost out of it and I'm sure I won't be able to find it here. :-(
3. What is your current guilty pleasure?
Watching Call The Midwife. It's fascinating!
4. Who is your current girl crush?
Garance Doré
5. What are you most excited about this month?
Four days in Santiago de Compostela, Spain during Holy Week!
- March 15, 2013 at 3:50 PM


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SEO Tips for Frame Based Websites
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As a provisional, adding this to the top of each page included in a frame will result in having that page identify that it is being loaded outside of the frame and it will reset up the frame around this page:
<!– Hide script from older browsers
function changePage() {
if (self.parent.frames.length == 0) self.parent.location="http://yourdomain/index.html";
// end hiding contents –>
2. Since search engines hold up much of their ranking algorithms on link popularity measures (like Google's Page Rank), a website's main page is usually the strongest. But on many framed websites, the main page consists solely of the <frameset> layout and the ubiquitous "Your browser doesn't support frames." message in the <noframes> section. This is an enormous mistake when it comes to search engine ranking because such <frameset> pages have no relevant text content for the search engines to use for ranking purposes.
Your <noframes> section should include a scaled-down version of the main or default document's content so that search engines will have more text to index than simply the page title. Use an <h1> tag to display an appropriate headline, along with a paragraph of two of keyword-rich text – what I call a mission statement – to give your frame-based website's strongest page a fighting chance to compete with conventional designs. You should also include regular HTML links to the most important pages in the website. If you make your <noframes> section like a normal webpage, it can rank as high as any normal webpage.
3. When using frames, always offer meaningful NOFRAMES content for those people who cannot read framed information. Use NOFRAMES properly – "upgrade your browser" is of no help to someone using (through choice or necessity) the most up-to-date version of a browser that simply doesn't handle frames. The NOFRAMES section should contain meaningful content with links to the other pages in your site, so that they can be accessed without frames.
Multilingual SEO
What is Multilingual SEO
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Multilingual SEO services
– Country competitor analysis
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Importance of Multilingual SEO
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Things to remember in Multilingual SEO
When getting ready for multilingual search engine submissions, it takes much more than just translating a page and its Meta tags.
In fact, when elaborating a multilingual page we take in account all the search engines ranking criteria according to each specific language.
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The Meta tags must respect various rules and regulations pertinent to each language. For example, the ranking algorithms in French are different from the ones in Spanish. Guidelines are not the same for optimizing a German page versus a Russian page…
The amount of keywords allowed varies from one language to the other, and the same applies for the length of the description & title in the meta tags. With some languages, it is not a matter of "keywords" but rather "character" allowance. Once again, the optimization rules and regulations vary for each foreign market. Ranking algorithms have to be adapted according to the specifics of each language: different accents, symbols, alphabets, etc.

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Border police on Sunday confiscated 54,000 illegal eggs that were being smuggled into Jerusalem by an Arab driver from Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. The eggs were inside a non-marked truck that is usually used to transport dirt.
The border police officers stopped the truck after noticing that the driver was behaving in a suspicious manner. The driver and his companion, noticing the officers massing, attempted to speed up and escape, but police were able to stop him.
Surrounding the truck, the officers demanded that the driver open the back of the vehicle. After initial resistance, the driver did so, and the officers discovered the eggs. The eggs were not stamped with an inspection mark or with a fake one, indicating that they had not passed a veterinary health check. It is illegal to sell eggs without such a stamp in Israel.
"The egg business is a lucrative one, and it tempts smugglers to attempt to break through all barriers and supply eggs to grocery stores and markets. Stores too want these eggs in order to reduce costs," the statement added.
The two smugglers, Jerusalem residents, are being held in the case.


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Friday, November 21, 2014
5th Edition Aquatic Builds (Sorcerer)
Sorcerous Origins (Oceanic)
Sorcerers draw their power from a variety of sources. Some powers are the result of an unusual bloodline (draconic), while others tap into powerful arcane or divine forces (wild magic). Sorcerers who manifest powers from an oceanic origin may have had their bloodline affected by a powerful creature such as an aboleth, bronze dragon, elemental, hag, or kraken, or may have learned to tap into the primal energy inherent to the most fundamental element of life.
Special Effects: In addition to the mechanics listed below, the special effects of numerous spells can be altered to appear watery in origin. For example, burning hands can instead be superheated steam. Shield may be a solidified disk of water. With the DM's permission, you could also alter the damage type of a spell to reflect this origin. For example, the waterwhip cantrip below is simply the thornwhip druid cantrip with the piercing damage changed to bludgeoning. Bludgeoning and cold are appropriate damage exchanges, but oceanic sorcerers also control weather, so wind-like effects, lightning and thunder are also appropriate. A cleric of Poseidon in my game altered the sacred flame cantrip to sacred lightning with little alteration. By taking the Magic Initiate feat and selecting sacred flame (lightning), a human oceanic sorcerer could start at 1st level with the same effect.
5th Edition D&D Subraces: Halfling (Kender)
|Oh, Tasselhoff. What did you start?
Unlike other halfling races, kender are childlike and naive to the extreme. This childish innocence gets many kender out of trouble, though more often gets them into it.
ADDENDUM: I've recently been informed that though kender are effectively halflings, they have an odd origin in the Dragonlance universe (gnomes affected by the passing of the "grey stone"?). As such, they are technically not halflings. This doesn't appear in any of the research I read for this post. I will make a few adjustments when I get time. Thanks for letting me know.
ADDENDUM 2: From reader, Ben Eastman: "It would appear that there are three possible explanations for kender, although the third came very late in the Dragonlance cycle (a novel from 2009). I think that designing kender as a halfling subrace makes perfect sense outside of Krynn, since they are halflings-but-not-hobbits. In Krynn, they would just be their own standalone race." I agree. Thanks, Ben, and others for letting me know.
From the Kender Wiki:
"Within the game world, kender names are chosen from a wide range of sources such as recent events, an existing relative, or from items found in kender pouches, such as Bearchase, Lockpick, and Fruitthrow. As children, they constantly ask questions and come to rely on family and friends for needs, and they begin to take part in community activities. As they age, kender children gain education by hearing stories, desiring to acquire new skills, and playing games. They also begin handling and wandering. As kender reach the adolescent and teen-aged years, they become more active participants in Kender Moots, social gatherings where the youth can show off their newly found skills in games and demonstrations. As they near adulthood, kender experience intense wanderlust and leave home.
"Most kender spend their entire adult lives wandering around the world. Most of the population of Krynn has been exposed to the adult variety of kender, and as such have adapted the word kender to mean thief, rogue, or cutpurse. Kender take great offense to these epithets, especially the last. The Annotated Chronicles cites the Dragonlance Adventures, which states, "Most Kender are encountered during wanderlust, a particular phase in a kender's life that occurs for most kender during their early 20s. Wanderlust may happen for many years ... and is responsible for spreading kender communities across the continent of Ansalon."
Monday, November 17, 2014
5th Edition Builds: New Feats (Advanced Healer, Martial Arts Training, Survivalist)
|Artwork drawn from the Danish gaming site Mythtonia.
As always, please link over and check it out.
Advanced Healer
The Healer feat includes some basic skills that I feel should be included as a part of every healer's kit. As a house rule, any individual can use a healer's kit to stabilize a companion without medical training. If you have training in the Medicine skill, you gain the benefits listed under the current Healer feat (a stabilized character also regains 1hp; as an action you may expend one use of a healer's kit to heal 1d6+4hp, though I would remove the extra healing equal to HD). The Advanced Healer feat replaces the standard Healer feat.
If you do not wish to use this house rule, you may include the current Healer feat as a prerequisite to the Advanced Healer feat with no additional changes.
Behind the Screen: Talking 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons
I'm not the only one out there converting his little heart out. Check out these great sites for more thoughts on fluff and crunch for the newest version of the world's first roleplaying game.
Doug Easterly may be the most impressive, well-read and experienced gaming scholar I know. Check out his work over at www.swordsofathanor.blogspot.com.
Greg Johnston has graced my games since 1989--everything from D&D to Hero to WOD. Check out his stuff over at www.xhuul.blogspot.com.
I net-met Brandes Stoddard last year and have been following his fun and intriguing posts on Pathfinder, 5th Edition and the history of D&D, including a brilliant 3-parter on the evolution of the Ranger class from 1st ed to 5th. Check him out at www.harbinger-of-doom.blogspot.com. Brandes' wife also blogs on both tabletop and video gaming as well over at the awesomely named: www.deck-of-many-things.blogspot.com.
Love gaming with your kids? You should. Check out this older post including links to two of my favorite kid-friendly gaming blogs: Gaming with your Kids
I'll add more as I come across them.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
5th Edition Builds: The Eldritch Archer
|Original artwork by the incredible Jason Engle
The eldritch knight archetype for the 5th edition fighter can technically be used to create a version of the arcane archer, though its powers are more suitable to melee weapons than ranged. With a few tweaks, the eldritch knight can become an impressive ranged combatant, while still allowing the knight's melee advantages.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
On the Table with 5th edition D&D: The Return of the King
For the past few weeks I've been a player in a 5th edition D&D game run by friend, colleague and designer, Doug Easterly. The game takes place in his fictional city of Estarion. The game is centered around a rat cult rising in a city that has been run by invading "Romans", known as the Aquilans, for nearly 100 years.
I wanted to play around with the new 5th ed system, but couldn't decide what PC to play. It's a rare occasion that someone else runs games in my group, so I wanted to make this PC worth the time. Of course, my friends joked I should play Aquaman (because I'm one of the 5 people in the world who freakin' loves him), so I set out to make that happen.
I wanted to play around with the new 5th ed system, but couldn't decide what PC to play. It's a rare occasion that someone else runs games in my group, so I wanted to make this PC worth the time. Of course, my friends joked I should play Aquaman (because I'm one of the 5 people in the world who freakin' loves him), so I set out to make that happen.
|No way I could pass up the chance to wear armor like this!
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Zero emission electric vehicles utilize electricity to power the motor, instead of using conventional vehicle fuels like gasoline and diesel. The electricity is stored inside a battery, which must be periodically recharged by plugging in the vehicle to an outside power source, or through methods of capturing energy that is normally lost in braking, known as regenerative braking.
There are three different categories of electric vehicles : PEV/BEV all-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles.
PEV/BEV All-Electric Vehicles (EVs) use only electrical energy stored in a battery to power their motors. The battery is charged by plugging the vehicle into the grid at a charging station, or through regenerative braking. EVs do not produce any tailpipe emissions. The typically driving range is 70-300 miles based on vehicle model before Recharging is needed.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) use both a battery to power an electric motor and a conventional fuel to power an internal combustion engine (ICE). The batteries of PHEVs can be charged from plugging in to the grid, from regenerative braking, or from the ICE. PHEVs primarily rely on the battery, and the ICE is used only when battery is mostly depleted, during rapid acceleration or high speeds, or for climate control. Typically, the battery of a PHEV has a driving range of 10 to 40 miles before the ICE. When relying solely on the battery, the PHEV produces no tailpipe emissions. The ICE of a PHEV also produces less emissions than conventional vehicles, and is more efficient in its fuel usage.
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) use a battery that powers an electric motor, and an internal combustion engine. The electricity in the battery is generated by the ICE and regenerative braking. HEVs cannot be plugged into the grid to be charged. The battery allows for improved efficiency, and can reduce engine idling.
When an electric vehicle is plugged into an recharging source, it receives electricity from the power grid, or from stationary renewable energy resources. Although fossil fuel-burning methods of electricity production may contribute to air pollution, electric vehicles themselves are considered zero-emission vehicles because the motors produce no exhaust or tailpipe emissions. When an electric vehicle is paired with a non-polluting method of electricity generation, the entire electrification process can be considered zero-emission.


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Nur in den folgenden Ländern erhältlich: Europa und im Mittelmeerraum. Wir bedauern, dass eine Lieferung in andere Länder derzeit nicht möglich ist. Fehlerhafte Bestellungen werden nicht versendet.
Clavier-Übung III is considered Johann Sebastian Bach's most important and most complete organ work, containing some of his pieces for the instrument that are the most complex musically and the most demanding technically. Formally, it takes its inspiration from the religious music of the masters of the stile antico. But, at the same time, Bach was an innovator and here incorporated modern Baroque musical forms, such as the chorale à la française and the gallant style. The aim of the collection was manifold: an ideal organ programme; a practical translation of Lutheran doctrine in musical terms for devotional use at church or in the home; a collection of organ music in all possible styles and idioms, old and modern; and a didactic work presenting examples of all possible forms of contrapuntal composition, going well beyond earlier treatises of musical theory. Léon Berben gives us his interpretation, a new and fresh view of this milestone in organ music, using the exceptional sound colours of an organ contemporary with Bach and largely preserved in its original state: the Christoph Treutmann organ in Grauhof (Germany).


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How to reduce the number of inodes my account uses?
The number of inodes equals the total number of files and folders on your web hosting account. Therefore, to reduce your inode count, you would have to reduce the number of files and folders in your hosting account. Most commonly this is done by:
1. Removing all files and folders you don't need
There may be some backup files and folders on your account, which could be generated by an extension or plugin installed on your website application. If you need some of these files you can download them locally on your computer through FTP and after that remove them from your hosting account.
2. Check the number of cache files you have
Modern web applications by default usually use file caching, which means that they might be generating a high amount of cache files inside your account, thus adding to its total inode. You should regularly check your website's 'cache' folder and reduce the number of cached files you keep. Most web applications which store cache include an option to purge the cache from within their administrative area.
If you have a large number of files and folders and reducing their number is not a suitable option for you, you may consider upgrading your account to a higher hosting plan with a higher inodes quota.
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Cloud Computing – the Big Question is WHY?
Other than a vague feeling that cloud computing is the future, do you really know why your next server should be cloud-based? Sure, it is meant to make your infrastructure resilient to Famine, War, Death and Conquest or something like that, but how does that work? Maybe you're not asking the right questions…
Let's address the elephant in the room first: cloud computing only works if you have good connectivity. Then again, how well would your business work, as it is now, if your connectivity was turned right down or switched off? Connectivity is at the core of most modern business practices in any case, so taking this next step is not really quite such a big thing from that point of view. Imagine, if whilst digging up the road outside your offices, the council severs your digital connection to the outside world, you can just up-sticks and work from somewhere else if you are cloud-based. The local server-based version of events is far more devastating.
Let's examine some plus points and see why businesses are migrating to cloud:
Scale. How much power, storage and speed do you really need? In the version of events where you have your large humming room-heater of a server, the tradition is to aim high, which is expensive. Usually, you'll wind up with a rapidly depreciating asset which is massively under-worked to ensure that you have some future-proofing built in. Hopefully. With the cloud version, you only specify what you need at that point and that is all. If you need more as you go along, you just change the specification and it is up and running in moments.
Capital costs versus ongoing costs. Your FD is already going bald and looks a shadow of his former self so why stress him further with such a large capital cost? Cloud is paid for monthly and you only pay for what you use: that and a can of Regaine and the old boy might yet live to see his retirement.
Dynamic changes need not be an IT nightmare. Let's say that you want to use a contractor in another location for some specialist task or other and it is vital that this contractor has access to your live data. With a cloud server, this is not a problem as it does not matter what locations you want to work from, the access to your server will be quick and reliable. Also, if you need to beef-up the server's capability for a few months to cope with the contractor's extra demands placed upon it, a cloud server can quickly and easily be upscaled and then downscaled again as required.
Reliability. I know that you think that the three-year-old, pretty 19" rack-mounted server is bulletproof, with its RAID 5 disk drives and its twin Xeon configuration, but it is not. There is one constant with all computer components and that is that, eventually, they will fail. It may not be now or next week but at some point, something fundamental will pack in and your server will go offline until it is repaired. The cloud version will not suffer hardware failure like this as it is virtualised in at least one datacentre with the kind of hardware redundancy that you can only imagine: any component could fail, and another system would pick up the slack without you even noticing that anything had occurred. Maybe if the datacentre was nuked it would be a different story but that is the kind of level of destruction required to slow down your cloud server.
Hopefully, you now see exactly WHY businesses are moving to the cloud.
Brigantia is the UK distributor for the Egenera Xterity platform. There are many reasons for choosing this platform over the usual suspects and if you would like to hear what they are, why not get in touch? Call Brigantia on 020 3358 0090 or email email@example.com to find out more and to be put in touch with a participating Brigantia Partner to help you with your migration to the cloud.


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Failure in love is a heartbreaking experience especially when a person has to go through it so many times in his life. Some people got so hurt that they dread falling in love again in order to avoid another traumatic experience. The following are some suggestions how to overcome love failure and become a better you:
Step 1
Surround yourself with people who love and care for you. You can get depressed after a love failure but it gets better when you reach out to others who will sympathize and lift you up. Their presence and support can help you heal faster.
Step 2
Reprogram your mind. When you went through several relationships and all of them ended, chances are you had a big influence for their demise. Examine your beliefs about love and correct any wrong misconceptions. You attract what you believe and what you fear most. If your mind constantly thinks you will always be a failure in love, you will be. Change your thought patterns and expect happiness and rewarding experience when love knocks at your door again.
Step 3
Guard your heart. Most heartache is caused by impulsive decisions. A quote in the bible aptly instructs, "Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires". Jumping from one romantic relationship to another is not only exhaustive. Every time you involve yourself in a love relationship, you give a part of yourself which you can never take back. So be wiser in your choices to save yourself from more disappointments.
Step 4
Examine your inner need for love. Can you honestly say to yourself that you love yourself and receive love from others who care for you? You can draw strength from these sources to help you overcome the failure that is currently hurting you. Else, if your need is not met in this area, you have to work harder to heal from the inside before you can be truly healed from love failure.
Step 5
Pray for the one who is truly meant for you and be prepared. Doing things your own without guidance often leads to regrets especially involvement in romantic relationships. Connect yourself with God and let Him guide and lead you to the right person. You may have to wait longer, but if your faith is strong, you will receive what you asked in time and when you have it, you will never fail in love again.


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When Lynn Wood at Unity Health System in Rochester used to help patients rehabilitating from strokes and traumatic brain injuries to improve their walking gait, she paid a physical price.
"The work was taxing on our bodies," says Wood of her team of physical therapists. "We're bent way over and have to lift the limb, and we could only do it for a short time."
So when Amy Lerner and Scott Seidman, associate professors of biomedical engineering, asked if the therapists might have a project for Rochester's senior design course, the answer was an emphatic yes.
The students—supervised by Seidman—went to work, consulting with Wood over six months as they proposed solutions, developed designs, and manufactured prototypes for a chair that today is in constant use at Unity Health.
"I love it," says Wood. "We use it for rehabilitation, but it could also be useful for older people, or for gardening."
The chair also caught the attention of a local company, which is in the process of licensing the students' design.
"It was a lot of fun—to have this thing that worked, that did what we wanted it to do, and that people would pay for," says Brian Flynn '09, a member of the team, called Therassist.
Flynn's experience is what a yearlong, capstone course required of all biomedical engineering majors aims to provide. Senior Design is built around hands-on experience in designing medical devices or research instruments. "Our goal is for students to apply as much as they can of what they've learned in biomedical engineering to a real-world problem," says Lerner.
"We try to make it a realistic experience for them," Seidman says. "What's not real is the nine-month time frame. These things can take years. But the frustrations they encounter are very real."
Students collaborate in 15 four-member teams, and apply to work on specific projects by demonstrating the skills and experiences that they bring to the group.
Collaboration is a critical skill, says Kevin Staton '09, a Therassist team member and now a research specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. "When you're interviewing for biomedical engineering jobs, one of the questions employers will ask is, are you comfortable working on a team?"
Ideal projects, Lerner says, are "backburner" ideas that need brainstorming, significant improvements, or a fresh look.
"For some projects, they just have a need," she says. "Other times, there's an existing device that needs to be refined. And it's open-ended. The customers aren't married to a solution. The students create the solution."
Customers typically come from the Medical Center, the community, local industry, and area hospitals. But they needn't be based in Rochester. This year's projects include three carried out with students and faculty at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima, Peru.
Among this year's other projects are a portable and cost-effective E. Coli detector, a dynamic brace to extend chronically contracted arm and wrist muscles in patients with traumatic brain injuries, a radiation exposure detection system for urban populations, and improvements to a childbirth simulator for training medical professionals.
"We're thinking about real people and how our project will affect them," says Nicholas Vavalle '10, from Binghamton, N.Y. He's on one of this year's design teams, called Lens Metrix, which has created a device for Bausch & Lomb to test the material properties of soft contact lenses.
Renea Faulknor '10, from New York City, and her teammates met with representatives of Becton, Dickinson and Co.—a New Jersey–based medical supply, device, and technology company—to compare ideas on an injection test device that nurses and EMTs could use to learn how to draw blood.
Faulknor and members of Injector Perfectors designed a simulator that reproduces the challenges medical technicians and others often encounter.
"We're trying to model venous system complications such as collapsible veins and small or fragile veins," Faulknor says.
Students are treated in the same manner as faculty and staff with respect to intellectual property, and "the University is very supportive of their being inventors and holding patents," Seidman says.
Corine Farewell, the director of the University's Office of Technology Transfer, meets with the students to discuss intellectual property, confidentiality issues, and the disclosure process for commercially viable projects.
The course also covers what Lerner and Seidman call "realistic constraints" on the design process, including economic, social, political, ethical, regulatory, environmental, safety, and manufacturing issues.
Ten years in, Senior Design is a signature element of Rochester's biomedical engineering curriculum.
This year, Lerner and Seidman had so many interested customers they had to turn projects away.
"The community is realizing how valuable it is having a team of students working towards their goals," Lerner says.
"Our students are interested in solving problems with a global impact."


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Apple just released iOS 7.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which includes interface refinements, bug fixes, improvements, and new features.
You can follow these simple instructions to install the iOS 7.1 update on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Warning for Jailbreakers
Apple has patched number of vulnerabilities in iOS 7.1 that was used by evasi0n7 jailbreak, so jailbreakers should avoid upgrading to iOS 7.1 until further notice as you will lose the jailbreak and won't be able to jailbreak your device.
Install iOS 7.1 update wirelessly Over the Air (OTA):
Before you start the download, plug in your device so the battery doesn't drain during the update process. It can take anywhere from 15 mins to an hour for the update to download and install, depending on how Apple's servers are handling the load and your internet connection. You may also want to connect your iPhone to your local WiFi network, so you don't get charged for downloading the update over your cellular connection.
Once you are plugged in and connected via Wi-Fi, open the Settings app and tap on General > Software Update. iOS will automatically check for available updates and will inform you that iOS 7.1 software update is available.
Tap Download to download the update. Wait for the download to complete and then tap Install to apply the update. If you get tired of waiting for the download to finish (it could take a while) then go do something else. Your iPhone or iPad will continue to download the update and will send you a notification when the update is ready. Go back to Settings > General > Software Update and then tap Install Now to install the now downloaded iOS update file.
A note to Jailbreakers: If you've used evasi0n, OTA updates will be disabled, which is convenient if you plan to delay updating. If do want to upgrade, you'll have to restore your device via iTunes as described below.
Install iOS 7.1 update via iTunes
Some folks prefer to physically connect their iOS device to a computer via a USB cable and update their phone via iTunes. Since you are not dealing with Wi-FI signal, there is less chance of an error occurring during the download and install process. Before you plug in your iOS device. take a moment to make sure you are using the latest version of iTunes. Click on iTunes in the menu bar and then click on "Check for updates." You can also go directly to Apple's iTunes download page, which is now allowing you to download iTunes 11.1.5, the most recent version of the media manager.
Once iTunes is all squared away, it's time to turn your attention to your phone. Connect your iOS device to your computer using an USB cable. Wait for iTunes to open and connect to your device. Click on your device in iTunes and then click the "Check for Update" or "Update" button as you can see above in the Summary pane. If an update is available, iTunes will prompt you to download and install the update. Wait patiently and do not disconnect your device until the update has finished.
Install iOS 7.1 update using firmware file via iTunes
If for some reason, the iOS 7.1 update isn't available via OTA update or via iTunes then you need to follow these instructions.
- Download the appropriate iOS firmware file for your device.
Note: If you need help in identify which iOS firmware file to download based on your iPhone's model number, check this link and for iPad check this link. After you have figured out which iOS firmware file to download, click on the appropriate link below to download the file.
- iPad Air (Model A1474)
- iPad Air (Model A1475)
- iPad mini (Model A1489)
- iPad mini (Model A1490)
- iPad (4th generation Model A1458)
- iPad (4th generation Model A1459)
- iPad (4th generation Model A1460)
- iPad mini (Model A1432)
- iPad mini (Model A1454)
- iPad mini (Model A1455)
- iPad Wi-Fi 3rd generation
- iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (model for ATT)
- iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (model for Verizon)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Rev A)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
- iPhone 5s (Model A1453, A1533)
- iPhone 5s (Model A1457, A1518, A1528, A1530)
- iPhone 5c (Model A1456, A1532)
- iPhone 5c (Model A1507, A1516, A1526, A1529)
- iPhone 5 (Model A1428)
- iPhone 5 (Model A1429)
- iPhone 4s
- iPhone 4 (GSM)
- iPhone 4 (GSM Rev A)
- iPhone 4 (CDMA)
iPod touch:
- Connect your iOS device to your computer using an USB cable. Wait for iTunes to open and connect to your device.
- Click on device button to the left of the iTunes Store button in the top right corner in iTunes.
- Hold down on the option key (Mac) or the shift key (Windows) and click the "Check for Update" button in the Summary pane. Browse to the .ipsw file you downloaded and select it.
- Do not disconnect your device until the update has finished.
- If necessary, restore your device from the previous backup and sync with iTunes.
Let us know how it goes in the comments. Hope this helped and feel free to drop us a line in the comments below.


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Off the top of my head, retrofitting a VTC onto the exhaust positions would require:1) a rethink of driving the CAS2) Intake cams could be used on all positions3) dedicated oil pressure supply to front cam bearing4) welding tabs onto rear of heads to mount VTC solenoids5) machining valve covers to clear the solenoids6) ECU to control it all :)
I personally view the variable intake as an 80/20 or 90/10 scenario which gives the biggest bang for the buck. If you want to reach for the last little bit of variable cam timing power potential, it will cost substantially to make it possible to test, and with no guarantee it will be worth it.
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Intense Cyles is selling 2 of their custom F1 inspired M9 downhill showbikes. These bikes were shown at Interbike a few years ago. They come fully built out with some of the best components available. The price is quite steep but they are both one of a kind.
- Fork: Fox 40 w/ custom paint
- Rear Shock: Fox DHX RC4
- Wheelset: Mavic Dee Max UST
- Cranks: Shimano Saint M15
- Rear Derailleur: Shimano Saint M810, short cage, 9 speed
- Shifter: Shimano Saint M810
- Brake set: Shimano Saint M810
- Handle Bars: SunLine 745
- Seatpost: Carbotec
- Saddle: Fizik
- Tires: Schwalbe Muddy Mary
- Chainguide: MRP G2
- Fork: Manitou Dorado Carbon
- Rear Shock: Manitou Revox w/ Ti Spring
- Wheelset: ENVE carbon DH
- Cranks: Shimano Saint M 815
- Rear Derailleur: SRAM X0 Carbon, 9 speed
- Shifter: SRAM X9
- Brake set: Avid Elixir Carbon
- Handle bars: SunLine 745
- Seatpost: Easton EC90 Carbon
- Saddle: Fizik
- Tires: Schwalbe Muddy Mary DH


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Artwork by ReNédesFlammes
For this year's compilation, the name of the game was "collaboration", in opposition to last year's solo works only.
This is to expand each participant's approach to modular synthesis by putting together his own and other people's methods, to explore new creational paths and bring together people with sometimes different mindsets for a common project. We wanted to develop plurality over individuality.
Strong artistic personalities sometimes clash but also sometimes can create beautiful things in joining forces for an even stronger output.
Mainly two different approaches were used for these creations.
One method is physical, very intuitive, where the performers meet physically for instantaneous, spontaneous and common output. Working towards that "magical" moment when it all fits together, generating happy accidents whilst freely improvising, without any frame or prepared basis. This can be hazardous when in a live performance context but here it was done in a familiar environment with only the other party as audience. Improvisation on modular synthesizers is a very demanding affair in terms of concentration (as it is the case with all types of instruments) and discipline, especially when there's more than one player... One has to pay attention to what he's doing but also needs to listen very carefully to what the other(s) is/are doing. It helps when the players know each-other well but it can be interesting to discover new or unknown aspects in each player's output.
The other method is virtual and differed in the sense that individual tracks are exchanged and that the pieces are built up gradually, layer by layer. Each one providing material that can be reworked and/or complemented by the other. This way of working obviously relies less on immediacy but is in no way less valid. Time is taken to refine details and to explore all available options. Validation of the material by all implied parties is essential. Results of this methodology are obviously more controlled, perhaps but not necessarily less intuitive and also very interesting. This production technique is more natural to artists that are geographically set apart or have differing schedules.
All in all, I think the pieces for this year's compilation are a little "wilder", more loose and more adventurous than the ones on the previous set. I guess this is inherent to the creational processes described earlier and in that respect I think the initial goals are reached.
The pieces on this compilation are not copyrighted and are free for you to enjoy. Please don't make any commercial use of these pieces without explicit consent of their creators.
No normalization or mastering has been applied to this compilation, so there are some significant differences in average output levels of the individual tracks.
You can download or listen to it on Bandcamp, here
Track listing :
1. Zeitdehner Vs ReNédesFlammes : Nonexistent colours surrounding the subject
2. Yohda Vs MechaSeb : Under the lightning wall
3. Zeitdehner Vs Phisynth : A machine, made entirely from ice, still detecting the remnants of galaxies
4. Phisynth Vs Trap&Zoid : Smells like a Burned Pizzeria
5. Trap&Zoid Vs RenéDesFlammes : Les Zombelges
6. Zeitdehner Vs Trap&Zoid : Sponge
7. Protofrangiste Vs Fréquence absurde : ProtoZap
8. [Djo] Vs MechaSeb : Recitify the parallax


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Maria Sharapova and American comedian Chelsea Handler, host of The Chelsea Lately Show on E!, seem to be new best friends. Sharapova visited Chelsea's TV show in February and Chelsea was giving back during the Olympics by cheering for Sharapova, despite raising some eyebrows for supporting a Russian athlete.
After getting decorated with an Olympic silver, working a floral blazer, orange blouse and black mini skirt, Masha was spotted with Chelsea outside the Zuma restaurant in London.
Following her first-round match against Shahar Peer, Sharapova commented on Chelsea's visit: "Chelsea called me last night and asked if she could come. I was just worried about what she was going to do once she was in the box!" (sources: Hollywire, Slice)


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joanna mullins necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 47 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
the name of the product is Figue essence
I own a hair and beauty salon called house of seasons hair and beauty. I started to make my own skin care line which is natural and affordable. My main essential oil ingredient is Fig. It is unique because i have not seen Fig as an ingredient in skin care. I have been a beauty therapist for 26 years and still enjoy what i do. My product range is 100% natural, i do try to buy australian ingredients, and its custom made and personal. i would also like the words used in my logo .... get some of nature's gifts
I am trying to target label readers and those who want to try something different
The name is Figue essence pure skin logic. I want the word Fig in larger print and essence in smaller print. colours in green and red- brown, if it is possible to have the fruit FIG on the logo with the words ... get some of nature's gifts.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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The much publicised expansion work on the 13.5 kilometre Mile12 to Ikorodu Road project has begun as Lagos State government mobilised the contractor- Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation, CCECC, to site. The project is estimated to cost N30 billion.
This came as affected property owners appealed to the state government to ensure adequate compensation for the structures to be demolished. The 59-year-old dual carriageway is to be expanded into six lanes with Bus Rapid Transit, BRT route in the middle.
Other features of the multi-million naira road project include 15 BRT bus stations, three terminals –to be located at Mile 12, Agric and Ikorodu, nine new bridges, seven pedestrian bridges to access BRT stations, nine pedestrian crossing points, 12 new U-turns to allow for traffic going towards Lagos and Ikorodu, lane markings and streetlights.
The project is scheduled to be completed within two years.
As expected, however, leaders of the Ikorodu community, including Ayodele Elesho, a former Commissioner for Information in Lagos, at a stakeholders' forum, yesterday, organised by Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority, LAMATA, expressed total support for the project, but called on the state government to consider compensation to owners of properties that must give way for the road expansion.
However, the consideration for compensation, it was gathered, is already being worked out by the government, as a source from the state Land Bureau advised those whose properties had been marked for demolition to send in relevant documents inclusive of Certificate of Occupancy, CofO, Approved Building Plans and related papers for assessment, and possible compensation.
The reality is that those without relevant documents may not benefit from the compensation.


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What's in the Window this week at Bella…peplum dress by Charlie Jade, sequin jacket by Addison, black dress by Bobi, blouse by Bella Dahl, print denim by Hudson, embroidered top by Free People, colored denim by 7 for all Mankind. Shoes by BCBGeneration, Melissa, Seychelles and Jessica Simpson. Jewelry by Jules.
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What's in the Window this week at Bella…faux fur cardigan by Michael by Michael Kors, blouse by Bella Dahl, denim by Hudson, tie top by Bobi, colorblock skirt by BCBGeneration, maxi dress by Heather, lurex hi low dress by BCBGeneration. Handbag by Rebecca Minkoff. Shoes by Melissa and BCBGeneration. Jewelry by Jules.
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RPG Maker Web
We handle the English version of the RPG Maker product line.
We need a box designed for our latest product, RPG Maker VX Ace. The box is going to be 7.5" x 5.25" x 1.5"
The box needs to stand out, as it will be in many retail outlets. Creativity is more than welcome.
On the back of the box, we would like screenshots, with a description of the software and it's features.
The software allows our users to easily create their own unique RPGs (Role Playing Games) for PC.
You're more than welcome to use place holders on the box, and we can fill in the screenshots, and text.
Please include on the front, the logo, as well as the artwork, being included.
An example of an unfinished box template, not being used, is included to give you a rough idea of what we're looking for.
We of course, require proper bleeds.
Have fun with the project, and make it stand out with the best of your ability!
Target audience is ages 10-105 years old. Make it look fun, yet professional to stick out to even the professional developers. :)


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Please note the L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program has been postponed until further notice, in order to assist with reducing the coronavirus impact.
The L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program is a community based program providing on road driving experience to learner drivers who would otherwise find it difficult to accrue the minimum amount of experience required.
With the assistance of volunteer mentor driving supervisors, Council helps coordinate this program in Frankston City for young people who may otherwise have no access to a supervising driver or vehicle. This is a free service of eligible young people to help them gain the necessary skills to obtain their Probationary Licence.
To join the L2P program, you:
The program does not substitute for professional driving lessons, and L2P does not pay for the probationary driving test itself.
Help young people in the local community by being a driving mentor one hour a week in the L2P program. The L2P learner driver mentor program is funded by the TAC and managed by VicRoads. Training, insurance and car provided.
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So I need a little help with the numbers on this - I'm only a humble googlexpert on rocketry, and I just couldn't find a lot of the propellant facts. Still:
In 2016, Voyager 1 is about 11.7 billion miles or 18.8 billion kilometers from Earth.
It was launched by a Titan IIIE consisting of two UA1205 sold fuel boosters (about 192,000 kg of propellant), a first stage powered by a LR87-11 engine (guessing from the apparent size of its fuel tank 100,000kg of propellant and oxidizer) and 2nd stage LR91-11 engine (guessing another 100,000 kg), a 3rd stage Centaur-D (20,830 kg of propellant) and a little-known 4th stage Star-37E (about 1000 kg of propellant) for a total propellant load of about 606,700 kg.
Now you can fairly object to comparing rocket propellant to the fuel for a jet turbine or internal combustion engine, since rockets have to carry their own oxidizer with them. Also, those various propellants all had different weights per unit volumes.
But accepting those objections as not actually changing the ultimate conclusion:
18.8 billion kilometers travelled on 606,700 kg of propellant works out (according to my calculator) to 29702 kilometers per kg of propellant, or (assuming on liter weighs on kilogram) something like 11.7 billion (11,700,000,000) miles on 160,273 gallons of propellant, or around 73,000 miles per gallon.
This makes Voyager 1 the most fuel-efficient powered vehicle in history.
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My first blog post: Why does it feel like a blind date? I'm here, on time, I'm wearing the "good" underwear… Now if only someone shows up…
My stats: I'm a married mom of two, Kathleen and Derek, ages 11 and 7. My awesome husband is Bill and I have been a high school English and Anthropology teacher for 20 years. I have a dog, Ginger, and two cats, Spot and Fiona. I have lived with PTSD for 24 years, GAD for most of my life, and MDD since experiencing PPD after my daughter was born. Mental illness is serious, but you can't take it seriously all the time. You'd go crazy.
Why a blog: Honestly, Jenny Lawson, the Bloggess was a huge inspiration. She is the first one to make mental illness feel like a superpower. Secondly, J.R. Moehringer, who stopped being afraid to fail and just wrote.
Spell check wanted to change it to "Mothringer". Is that a thing? I hope not.
What you can expect: Mostly funny stories about parenting, working and living with with my various mental illnesses. I wrote in my bio that I'm a runner, but that's mainly for me. I have run half marathons, but have lately been a couch potato. I figure that if it's on my bio, I'll try to live up to your expectations more than my own.
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I just stumbled across the bino pouch and am interested, can I find any more details on it anywhere?
It does come with everything needed to attach to the Kit Bag. I apologize about the pictures. I will hopefully have some more up soon.
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That bino pouch looks fantastic. However, will you have additional sizes? My binos are six and a quarter 6 and 1/4 inches tall?
The optimal set up is on the standard recon, but should'nt be terrible on the Heavy.
Ok I did that
Yes, you weave the straps through the PALS, and back into the pouch, for every space there is not webbing on the Kit Bag. When there is no more webbing to weave through, you will tuck the remaing end back into the Bino Pouch. The pouch will not come off if done correctly. There is good reason the military adopted this standard.


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Fruits, Danish, and Parfaits.
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Items in buffet: fresh scrambled eggs, omelets made to order, crisp bacon strips, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, fresh fruit, fruit yogurts, assorted cereals, breakfast pastries, fresh fruit preserves, assorted chilled juices and coffee.
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Seafood gumbo, seafood salad, fried catfish, seafood pasta, boiled shrimp or crawfish, crab cakes, fried shrimp, dirty rice, corn on the cob and fruit cobbler.
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Catfish filet filled with shrimp & crab meat stuffing, baked in lemon & wine and served with brandy crawfish sauce.
Pecan Crusted Amberjack
Deep water Gulf fish encrusted with pecans and baked to perfection, then topped with a lemon creme sauce.
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8oz. Filet Mignon aged to perfection. Served with our very own three peppercorn sauce, accompanied by garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
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Words to Change Prize winner, Imbolo Mbue
A poetry reading might not be what comes to mind when the words "festival season" begin floating around.
Embedded into Montreal's literary community is Blue Metropolis: a not-for-profit organization that seeks to embrace and enhance the city's cultural and linguistic diversity. For 19 years they've been running the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival. This year's line-up includes series like Gaming and Literature, Women and Words, LGBTQ Series, multilingual events and a children's program.
A major part of the festival are the prestigious literary prizes, the most notable being the Blue Metropolis Grand Literary Prize, which (since 2000) has drawn names like Paul Auster, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Carson, Norman Mailer and Margaret Atwood to the city. This year, internationally acclaimed Indian author Anita Desai accepts the honour at a gala event.
Other prizes to be awarded during the festival are the Azul Prize for a work that explores Spanish-language culture (Francisco Goldman), the First Peoples Literary Prize (David Treuer), the Words to Change Prize (Imbolo Mbue) and the Literary Diversity Prize for a First Publication (Xue Yiwei).
There is also a light focus on Montreal's 375th festivities, with series like the Concordia Effect, and discussions on the city's influence on literature over the years.
While the official festival starts April 24, there are a handful of events organized by Blue Met that run before and after the main weekend. Here are our picks:
Thursday, April 20: Graphic Storytelling with Matt Forsythe. This year's Mordechai Richler writer-in-residence at Concordia is illustrator Matt Forsythe. The Montrealer's nature-inspired imagery is captivating. He worked on Adventure Time and with Lemony Snicket, and his latest book The Gold Leaf comes out in May. D.B. Clarke Theatre (1455 Maisonneuve W.), 7 p.m., free
Friday, April 28: Denise Donlon: Fearless Feminist and a Force for Good. Underrepresentation of women in the music industry is rampant. From the author's days touring with Whitesnake, to rising through the ranks to become president of Sony Music Canada, this conversation with Denise about her critically acclaimed memoir As Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances) is a vital one. Hôtel 10 (10 Sherbrooke W., Salle Jardin), 7 p.m., $10
Friday April 28: Violet Hour Reading Series. The LGBTQ Series curator Christopher DiRaddo hosts this reading event with authors Harry Giles, Sky Gilbert, Kai Cheng Thom, Peter Dubé and Catherine Hernandez at Stock Bar in the Village. 1171 Ste-Catherine E., 7 p.m., free
Friday, April 28: China Now: Barreling Into the 21st Century. Join authors Michèle Plomer (Étincelle, Dragonville), Xue Yiwei (Shenzheners) and Alexandre Trudeau (Barbarian Lost) as they explore China through their work. Hôtel 10 (10 Sherbrooke W., Salle St-Laurent), 8:30 p.m., $10
Saturday, April 29: The Purple Labyrinth. David Calvo hosts a workshop exploring the evolution of textual games and human experience, and the technical aspects and market challenges of interactive narration. Hôtel 10 (10 Sherbrooke W., Salle Exécutive), 2:30 p.m., $20
Saturday, April 29: Little Sister: Barbara Gowdy in conversation with Kathleen Winter. It's not often that we get a chance to see one of Canada's premiere authors in such an intimate venue. With seminal works like Mister Sandman and story collection We So Seldom Look on Love, this event featuring Gowdy is not to be missed. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (211 Bernard W.), 7 p.m., free
Sunday April 30: Words to Change Awards Ceremony: Imbolo Mbue. The author receives this honour for her debut novel, Behold the Dreamers, a story of a young couple who emigrated from Cameroon to New York City amid the 2007-2008 financial crisis. McCord Museum (690 Sherbrooke W.), 1 p.m., free
Sunday April 30: Tacopedia. If ever you've wondered what the intersection and influence of Mexican cuisine and literature might be, then this is the event for you. We could not confirm whether tacos themselves might be present. Mexican Consulate (2055 Peel), 12:30 p.m., free
Sunday, April 30: Atelier Manga. Geared to kids aged 9–12, Mangue A fanzine founders Stéphanie Philibert and Josiane Sansregret run a workshop to design your own manga character. (In French.) Bibliotheque Georges-Vanier (2450 Workman), 3 p.m., free ■
The Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival runs from April 24–30, various locations, $60 festival pass/$20-free per event
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The Industrial Era
Microsoft's monumental error: 640Kb (see discussion)
IBM brings out an early version of an office computer. The first portable computer from Osborne. And he famous Commodore Vic 20 that sold over 20 million pieces.
The first adventure game Zork appeared a fore runner of Dungeons and Dragons.
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Microsoft reorganizes into Microsoft Incorporated, with Bill Gates as President and Chairman, and Paul Allen as Executive Vice President.
Later in the year the company is renamed into Microsoft Corporation.
In July Microsoft bought all rights to 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products (system) then called QDOS - assumingly meaning Quick and Dirty Operating System, and the name PC-DOS is adopted. Soon thereafter, in August, Microsoft released their version: MS-DOS version 1 operating system. This OS used 160 Kb memory and read single sided floppy discs.(25)
When Microsoft DOS 1.0 was released the program consisted of about 4000 lines assembler. And three programs were forming the base: command, sys, iosys. With some supplementary programs like Format(43) and Edlin(44). This tandem setup - IBM-PC en MSDOS - will soon become the international standard for micro computers.
See 2005 for more on Q-DOS
In these early years Microsoft and IBM engineers thought that a program of some ten's of kilo bytes was a big one. Later experience showed that the memory hunger of software would be unimaginable and that the 640 K barrier caused enormous problems.
Another Famous "He could not be wrong more":
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
Bill Gates, 1981 (see discussion)
IBM did not expect financial wonders of this PC. And the experts foretold an early death. How could they be wrong more! The concept of the PC was a gigantic success but one of the most important factors was that IBM published the technical specifications.
IBM selected the 8088 CPU of Intel for its platform, this decision was primarily influenced by the high price of Motorola's 16-bits 68000 processor. (40)
IBM introduced its first desktop computer, the Datamaster. It uses a 16-bit 8085, and was a dedicated data processing machine. Initial costs 3000U$.
Apple Computer introduced its first hard drive, the 5MB ProFile, costing USD 3500.
Novell Data Systems shiped the Novell Data Management Computer, with the ability to share its hard drive space with other computers through software control and network cards.
College professor James Clark founded Silicon Graphics
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices agreed to collaborate on the design and production of new products.
Apple Computer prohibited mail-order sales of Apple computers, claiming there is no provision for customer education or services.
The first IBM PCs rolled off the assembly lines.
12th of August, IBM showed its IBM 5150 PC (personal computer) that is based on the 4.77 MHz 8 bit 8088 CPU of Intel 64KB RAM, 40KB ROM, one 5.25-inch floppy drive (160KB capacity)
At the same time IBM introduced Microsoft's DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (MS-DOS) called PC DOS 1.0 by IBM. This program would operate the new IBM PC.
The sales price of the IBM PC was high: from 3000 to 6000 USD, depending on the configuration.
It was particular for this PC that it has been build from 'off the shelve' parts. Parts that could have different origins. Here the term OEM was introduced: meaning Original Equipment Manufacturer. In the machine could be disk drives from Japan, the CPU from Intel and memory from Samsung (Korea)
The first PC's were sold with 64Kb RAM (64.000 characters) with the option to expand to 256Kb, a very limiting memory as will be clear later. The first model of the IBM PC had a tape recorder as external memory. Only later to be replaced by 180Kb 5.25" diskdrives for an exorbitant price of 800 dollar. At left you see a 256Kb model "fully loaded". The color monitor was introduced a few years later.
The development of the IBM PC took just about a year mainly because of the spin-off of other (failed) projects.
IBM published all technical data on the ROM BIOS(45) and Operating system, choosing for a so called open architecture for their micro's. This would make it possible for other manufacturers to create"standard" MS-DOS compatible machines. These were the so called "clones". Thart this rised the question of compatibility, a big problem at that timem, left no doubt. Incompatibility was caused off course in part by patents held by different companies, such as IBM, but also by other (export) restrictions.
RANK-XEROX - Intel and Digital released (in combination) the Xerox Star (8010), nick named "The Office".
"This was the system that launched a thousand innovations" will be said later on.
It is the first commercial computer with Windows, Icons, Mouse and Pull-down menu's - the so called WIMP interface. Later the term GUI(46) replaced that name
This machine meant an enormous leap forward in terms of user friendliness and the interaction of Human-Machine. The concept was good, but elements like: marketing, an extreme high price (from 18,000 US$ and up), the dependence on a network and the size of the machine (an office refrigerator) made the Xerox 8010 unwieldy for the individual user.
Again Xerox was far ahead of its time, but the consumer did not want a refrigerator (office) size machine in his office or work room
The best brains worked on the design at the now legendary laboratories of Xerox PARC(47). many of their inventions are now used on all GUI oriented machines. But the STAR did not become a success simply because of its price and size. Later on the Apple Lisa and MacIntosh interfaces would contain many of the innovations invented at Xerox's PARC.(41)
From Japan Matsushita (known by Technics and Panasonic) released a Magnetron with a six inch screen and a tapedrive.
All kind of recipes were stored and pronounced via a voice synthesizer. One could also give commands by voice. The cooking progress could be tracked via the six inch screen. The innovation on itself was very advanced but apart from being exotically expensive, the machine was also very inept in recognizing one's voice. Many technical problems were not fully solved. It will have to wait until 2000 before a fully functional "kitchen machine" will be introduced by Siemens. (also see Honeywell'd kitchen computer in the 60's)
Flight Simulator is developed by SubLogic (FS-0) and in this year licenced to Microsoft via BAO (= Bruce Artwick Organization - the original designer).
courtesy Microsoft, digitaly enhanced by thocp
Microsoft ports the simulator to IBM PCs (and compatibles). This version will be released in November 1982 as Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.00.
The developers of CP/M reacted to MS-DOS with CP/M 86. A 16 bit system and backward compatible with the 8 bit CP/M version.
The USCD Pascal p-system is introduced.
Called an interactive Pascal interpreter that offered excellent portability for software development. Meaning that the code could be recompiled on other machines and presumingly do the same thing.
Warner Anex., Atari and CompuServe announced the cable TV information service.
IBM's Color Graphic Adapter (CGA) video card was introduced.
Creative Technology was founded in Singapore, and will become a leading manufacturer of sound-cards.
Sony introduced the 3.5" diskette with a capacity of app. 800 Kb.
This format could not be read on a micro computer with an MS-DOS system. But it soon was the world standard storage medium for Apple and Hewlett Packard machines.
Memory chips were getting cheaper and a 64Kb RAM chip became the defacto norm.
The first Portable Computer of Adam Osborne, the Osborne I, is introduced.
This computer weighed only 12 kilo and it ran on the CP/M OS. It included a Z-80 microprocessor, a 5" display, 64 Kb RAM, a keyboard, two serial ports, two 5.25" Disk Drives. The machine was relatively cheap: 1795 US$. The most important thing was that Osborne was the first to offer his machine bundled with software that valued almost 1500 US$. The package contained WordStar, Supercalc, BASIC and a lot of CP/M utility programs.
But Osborne made one crucial error in marketing: he announced the second model the Osborne II when there was still a huge stock of Osborne I types. Sales dropped dramatically and Osborne filed for bankruptcy soon after.(42)
The famous VIC20 was released by Commodore with a full-sized 61-key plus four function keys keyboard, 5KB RAM expandable to 32KB, 6502A CPU, 22 character by 23 line text display, and color graphics.
The first color computer that is affordable costed only 300 US$. The production peaked at 9000 units per day. Phenomenal for this time! It became the first million-seller model in history.
The first adventure game "Zork" was published.
Though the openings screen raised a big expectation the game was completely text (character) based.
It played like:
You are standing in front of a closed door. Next to it you will find a letterbox. What will you do.>_
The player had to type in his or her answer and press enter. Then the next question or suggestion came from the computer and the player typed and typed...
The fantasy of the player had to be a vivid one. But is was sure a lot more fun than Pong and Spacewar.(48)
The original 'Zork' was written in 1977-79 at the MIT (USA) by a group including Marc Blank and Dave Lebling. It was programmed in MDL but ported (translated) to FORTRAN (and renamed 'Dungeon') by Bob Supnik in 1979/80. This is a TADS port of the FORTRAN port (based on Dungeon v3.1)(49).
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|Marian Bozdoc, Auckland NZ; www.bozdoc.f2s.com (dead link)
|DOS 12/1988 p86
|BYTE September 1995 p 55
|Byte September 1995 p 55
|Format is used to format diskettes and provide it with indexed tracks so the system can write date to it and find it back.
|Edlin is a primitive line editor, as said it could only edit line by line. And to edit one you had to type in the line number before you could get to edit that text.
|ROM BIOS memory that can not be over written by the user and contains micro programs to operate peripherals like (printer) ports, memory, and keyboard input.
|GUI = Graphical User Interface
|PARC = Palo Alto Research Center
|ComputerIdee 12/2000 pp 55-56; VNU publishers Amsterdam the Netherlands
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Battle Over Net Sales Tax Heats Up
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The battle over sales taxes on e-commerce transactions is shaping up, with many of the nation's governors pushing Congress for relief on perceived lost revenues, while e-tailing companies and industry associations assert that such taxes would cripple their nascent businesses.
In fact, more than 40 state governors are expected to sign a letter this week to all members of Congress urging them to reject a flat-out moratorium.
The governors want a chance to develop a mechanism that would allow for collection of online sales taxes, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Bipartisan legislation was introduced last month that would permanently extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes and electronic commerce taxes. The original moratorium stems from the Internet Tax Freedom Act, passed by Congress in October 1998. The act imposed a three-year moratorium on Internet access taxes and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
One of the difficulties with online commerce and sales taxes is that there are so many state and local jurisdictions (an estimated 7,500) with the power to levy sales taxes.
Currently, Internet sales are handled in the same way as catalog and telephone sales: If the retailer has a store in the purchaser's state, a sales tax is supposed to be added to the bill. But the Supreme Court has ruled that companies cannot be required to collect taxes in states where they have no physical presence.
Spending in many states for education and other services is dependent on sales taxes, especially those states with no income tax. The loss from not collecting Net taxes "could be large enough to compel many states to choose between reducing spending, or seeking new revenues through higher tax rates or (other) new taxes," G. Thomas Woodward of the Congressional Budget Office reportedly told a recent Senate hearing.
"What we're deciding is whether or not transactional taxes are going to be viable in the 21st century," the Post quoted Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt as saying. "They may not be, but if they are not, policymakers have to start wrestling with alternatives."


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Anutra contains highest safest essential Omega-3s and other clinically proven ingredients that work, absolutely necessary to regenerate healthiest cells maximizing energy, strength, endurance, alertness and longevity.
A recent Harvard study attributes 96,000 U.S. deaths every year to Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency, making it the 6th leading cause of mortality in the U.S. More and more studies are confirming that a diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids is essential for good health. Anutra is the highest and safest natural source of Omega-3s. It is so nutrient dense you'd have to eat two pounds of Atlantic Salmon to get the same amount of Omega-3s contained in 3.5 ounces of Anutra!
Anutra contains the only two essential fatty acids, alpha linolenic acid Omega-3 and linolenic acid Omega-6 with healthy ratios that are naturally converted into DHA and EPA, tailor-made for your good health. DHA and EPA found in fish oil and algae are not essential because the body makes what it needs. Due to the possible negative effects caused by over consumption of flax, fish and algae-derived DHA and EPA, health professionals and the FDA have limiting recommendations.
Clinical studies on Anutra's properties show positive results in lowering blood pressure, body inflammation (CRP Levels) and blood thinning ("aspirin effect") and in reducing the risks of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis and more.