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General Category => Ongoing Anim8or Development => Topic started by: Steve on January 19, 2016, 12:14:27 am
Changes to Older Releases [builds 1143 through 1159]
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January 19, 2016, 12:14:27 am
Build 1159 January 29, 2015: animcl1159.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1159.zip)
Build 1152 January 15, 2015: animcl1152.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1152.zip)
Build 1150 January 5, 2015: animcl1150.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1150.zip)
Build 1148 January 2, 2015: animcl1148.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1148.zip)
Build 1146 December 19, 2014: animcl1146.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1146.zip)
Build 1145 December 17, 2014: animcl1145.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1145.zip)
Build 1143 December 10, 2014: animcl1143.zip (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1143.zip)
Major changes for build 1159:
View->FrameSelected command ('F' hot key):
Frame selected points/edges/faces in Point Editor.
Improve uniformity of thickness in extruded parts.
add temporary additional glFlush() calls to try and fix Linux swapbuffer bug.
2D: Edge Intersect Command:
New command in Point Editor that creates new points when edged intersect. Works on a flattened mesh.
2D: Flatten Command:
Flattens all points in a mesh to a plane. Used in conjunction with Edge Intersect.
Mesh Extrustion:
Allow meshes to be extruded with the Build->Extrude command (in addition to the previous Splines and Text objects).
Arc Rotate MMB
Mouse Wheel:
In perspective, Camera and Spotlight views the Middle Mouse Button and Mouse Wheel dolly towards and away from the Point Of Interest (POI) without moving the POI. With the <Ctrl> key pressed the MMB and Mouse Wheel zooms the view. All changes to Cameras and Spotlight are recorded in the animation tracks. I.e. with the green
Animate Button
changes add a new key to the position/view angle controller, etc.
Major changes for build 1152:
Point, Edge, Face Buttons:
LMB clicking these buttons changes to Points-Only, Edges-Only and Faces-Only mode and automatically converts selections to Points, Edges or Faces. RMB clicking toggles each button independently without change any selections (the way the LMB use to work).
Highlight Objects/Bounding Boxes:
moving the mouse over an object highlights it in the Object Editor with Fast-Select.
new command in Point Editor builds splines for chains of selected edges.
Fix #098-057:
Opening a .obj by double clicking on an .obj file doesn't read the .mtl file.
Fix #098-058:
Isolated points don't rotate or scale. -- Now all isolated points are put into their own group for rotation and scaling.
Delete All Morph Targets:
new command.
Mouse Move Tolerance:
increased to 4 pixels.
Highlight Color:
changed to orange.
Major changes for build 1150:
'p', 'e' and 'g' hot keys
in Point Edit mode: change to closer match Wings3D selection semantics.
Text mode key strokes:
change to act like normal hot-keys if there isn't any selected Text object.
Mouse move tolerance:
add a small tolerance to mouse move detection to reduce accidentally moves.
Note: there are still a few tools that don't support this yet.
STL export/import:
convert coordinates between Anim8or and STL standards so models aren't rotated.
Spline editing:
now works with fast-select highlighting, etc.
Full Screen Start-up:
changed the way full screen windows are done when starting Anim8or. Seems to fix the crashes in Win 8, Vista, etc.
Clicking on nothing
in Object editor Move, Rotate, etc. deselects everything in fast-select mode bug fixed.
Fix #098-056
Double sided materials disappear when highlighted/selected using fast-select
Major changes for build 1148:
Not much here but I wanted to post a fix for #098-055.
New: Select only Points, Edged, Faces:
As requested by several people, the hot keys 'p', 'e' and 'g' now
switch to point-, edge- and face-only mode and select points, edges or faces of selected components. I have some questions about how this should work. See 'p', 'e' and 'g' hot keys (http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php/topic,5058.0.html) for details.
Fix #098-055
Enabled component types don't affect highlighting. Everything's highlighted.
Major changes for build 1146:
Object Editor:
Update to use fast-select rules proposed in topic New Fast Select Question (http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php/topic,5047.0.html)
Highlight Shape
pointed to by mouse in Object editor - note - not done for wireframe views yet.
Don't delete:
points/edges/faces in locked or hidden shapes.
Ctrl paint-select:
added to remaining Point Edit tools.
Fix #098-054
Add edge can crash when splitting a face.
Major changes for build 1145:
Point Editor:
Extend fast-select to more Point Edit Tools: Extrude, Extrude-Connected, Scale Faces, Peak Faces, Bevel, Inset, Bump, Point Slide, Extrude Edges.
Hidden Point/Edge Selection:
Don't select hidden points and edges in solid views. Used to happen when Faces were disabled.
Add Edges:
Automatically split faces when adding an edge connecting two points in the same face.
Remove Scale Faces and Rotate Faces tools:
These are redundant since teh regular Rotate and Scale tools do the same thing.
Fix #098-051
Fast Select crashes when mouse moves over spline knots.
Fix #098-052
Select Connected doesn't work for points when edges or faces isn't enabled.
Fix other minor Picking bugs.
Major changes for build 1143:
More changes in Point Editor:
Rotate now uses Fast Select properly.
Holding the <Crtl> key allows you to paint-select with your mouse in Select, Move, Rotate, Scale, and ScaleNonUniform, and in normal Object editor.
Rotate rotates around the middle of the selection, etc.
See the updated topic New Point Editing Rules (http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php/topic,5035.0.html) for more details.
Restore 't' hotkey
used for Edit->Select->SelectFaceEdges.
Select Edge's Points
as well when selecting an edge.
Memory Leaks:
Fixed some major memory leaks.
Don't select Locked or Hidden P/E/F
in Point Edit drag-select mode.
Disable <Ctrl>+RMB
as a substitute for MMB. The <Ctrl> key is too valuable to dedicate to this.
Re: Changes to Older Releases [builds 1143 through 1159]
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January 22, 2016, 02:14:59 pm
I'm having issues changing the active on cameras. Also, shadows don't seem to show after rendered.
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When it comes to juicer type choices, the price isn't always the only deciding factor. The most expensive juicer isn't necessarily the best one for you.
So how can you know what kind of juicer best suits you? Should you buy a centrifugal, masticating, or triturating juicer?
First of all, make sure you thoroughly understand the differences between the three kinds of juicers. Then find the exact answers for the following three questions, and the decision will be very easy for you.
What is your budget?
This is an important factor to consider before buying a juicer because they differ so vastly in prices.
While most centrifugal juicers stay at as low as a few dozen to a hundred dollars, a good masticating one usually costs more than $200. Twin-gears are the most expensive – the good ones are at least half a grand each.
Don't splurge on an expensive machine unless you know for sure you're going to make use of it. If you are serious about juicing, however, or have been spending a lot buying fresh juices from outside, it's best to invest in a good one. It will pay off over time.
How much time are you willing to spend on juicing?
Whatever people say, juicing is definitely going to take you some time.
You are going to do grocery shopping at least once a week. You will also have to wash and peel and chop and deseed the fruits and veggies, sometimes rolling them up or bunching them together. You will spend a few minutes on juicing itself. Finally, there's cleaning up to do – you'll have to clean the counter, brush the disc, and wash and rinse various parts of the juicer.
Good news is, you can pick a juicer to meet with how much time you are willing to spend on the job.
If your schedule is very tight, a fast juicer is the best gadget. It has a larger feeding chute so you don't have to chop everything beforehand. It works at amazingly fast speed, and has fewer parts to clean.
If you can spare about 15 minutes a day on juicing, you can go for a single-gear or a twin-gear masticating juicer. These two require materials to be pre-cut. They also take a little more time to make the juice and are slightly more difficult to clean. So if you're planning to juice every day, you may find them more time-consuming.
On the other hand, they make juices of much higher quality. You can even store the juice for a day or two, which means you don't have to spend all that time every day. That is, if you are not like me who has a paranoia with stored juices even when I know they're perfectly safe and nutritious.
Choosing your type of juicer: What do you intend to juice?
If you're planning to juice only hard, thick fruits and veggies, a centrifugal juicer would be sufficient. Apple, pear, carrot, guava, cucumber, watermelon, you name it. As HuffPost argues, it's much faster and simpler to use, which can make up for the alleged minor loss of some nutrients. Of course slow juicers are even better, but they also cost at least twice.
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Friday, 14 October 2011
Why we do what we do - a note of appreciation from a reader
Lately we've been feeling a bit frustrated by our situation as bloggers in the province. We seem to be in limbo on the journalism scene, with not many taking us seriously as reporters since we have no oversight body. It makes us wonder if we're most often seen as a joke instead of honestly trying to provide a community service, especially when the mainstream media doesn't often credit us for work they get from us. Complicating matters is this attitude towards bloggers comes from some of the very people who ask us to cover their events, or they thumb their noses at us completely. It is understood why this could happen as we are not established yet, but it damages the working relationship nonetheless because we are all striving to make our province better. Those who do support us are treasured.
So, last evening, as we perused our mountain of e-mail, this pearl jumped out at us. We we read it with gratitude and appreciation that someone we don't even know took the time to acknowledge our work.
"This message is certainly not one of urgency. I just want to send you a kudos. Prior to meeting your insightful reporter at the sidewalk protests against shale gas, I did not have much in the way of faith in this province. I now see this province is worth saving. Your publication has made me aware of many other issues in addition to shale gas that are of great importance; that receive very little coverage from mainstream media. Keep on doing what you're doing, it is well worth it."
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In the wake of tragedy this week in France, we already have seen loud media voices combating their perceived Islamaphobia. When Muslims are shooting magazine editors and cartoonists, it takes an especially warped mind to warn against intolerance toward Islam! Islam by itself may not be the problem, but there is something about Islam TODAY that breeds a certain fanaticism and terrorism.
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Earlier this week, TV star Kaley Cuoco Sweeting of The Big Bang Theory came out of the closet—as a conservative!—and was immediately forced to backpedal by Hollywood pooh-bahs. The paradox of liberal tolerance is that it extends to Marxists, transsexuals, and Islamic radicals—but NOT to conservatives or Christians.
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Lincoln Synopsis and Credits
Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln," a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln" is produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner, based in part on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox film, in association with Participant Media, releases in U.S. theaters exclusive on November 9, 2012, with expansion on November 16, 2012.
"Lincoln" stars Bruce McGill, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hal Holbrook, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, Jared Harris, John Hawkes, Joseph Cross, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Pace, Sally Field, Tim Blake Nelson, Tommy Lee Jones, and Walton Goggins.
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Written by John Logan, Paul Webb, and Tony Kushner.
Produced by Adam Somner, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg.
Production company/distributor: Touchstone Pictures.
Release Date: November 09, 2012
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An Amazing 250,000 Views On Flickr
Posted by Stuart Herbert on May 30th, 2010 in News.
Sometime on Friday, my Flickr account passed an amazing milestone: 250,000 views of my photos, sets, collections, and my photostream as a whole. In the scheme of things, I don't know how 250,000 views compares to others on Flickr, but it's certainly an achievement I never thought I'd reach when I posted my very first photo.
Here is that first photo (one of my favourites, I have to admit), uploaded on 30th June 2006, taken with my Nikon D100 on Machrie Moor, Arran, Scotland.
And one month short of four years later, here's the last photo uploaded before the 250,000 views milestone was reached. It's also one of my favourites, taken with my Nikon D300s at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
I was never considered artistic in school, and I'm sure that if you'd told any of my teachers that one day I'd produce photos viewed by many thousands of people (these 250,000 views can't all be my Dad), they would have laughed you out of the building. It certainly gives me the confidence to keep clicking away.
So "thank you" to all of my readers. I hope you've enjoyed looking at my photos to date as much as I've enjoyed taking them.Be the first to leave a comment »


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On International Women's Day Mama Life London launched the SISTERHOOD sweathshirt. A reminder that we need to raise each other up, empower and support.
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veski launches entrepreneur in residence program
Late 2009 saw the launch of veski's new Entrepreneur in Residence program. A short term, high-impact program aimed at providing Victorians with exposure to the latest thinking from global innovators.
Dr David Mills became veski's inaugural entrepreneur in residence.
Built upon veski's work fostering Victoria as a knowledge capital to attract and retain the brightest minds and create a place where new ideas and enterprises thrive.
Dr Mills founded solar company, Ausra, in 2006. In 2009 it opened a solar thermal factory in Las Vegas and a small-scale power plant in the desert north of Los Angeles. On home soil, Ausra was involved in developing solar thermal projects in Queensland and New South Wales and planned to develop a major project in central California to supply more than 120,000 homes with solar power.
Nine days of workshops, seminars, media and public lectures followed Dr Mills arrival in Melbourne from the United States. He addressed representatives of the Victorian investment, renewable energy, government and academic fraternities about climate change, renewable energy generation and demand management.
Dr Mills was welcomed to Melbourne with a casual barbecue hosted by veski Chairman, Professor Snow Barlow, at his home. In attendance were veski innovation fellows, directors and their families.
Dr Mills accepted an invitation to deliver a public lecture on photon-based technologies as part of the acclaimed Alfred Deakin Lectures series, held at BMW Edge at Federation Square, addressing more than 350 members of the community. The theme for 2009 was Climate and Innovation – Building the Low Carbon Economy Now, providing a thought provoking backdrop for lectures headed by leading global innovators who are embracing the challenge of climate change.
The Energy Research Institute (UOM) hosted an academic lecture, entitled Linear Fresnel Solar Power, a technology Dr Mills pioneered. The lecture, which was also open to the general public, outlined recent advances in solar technology and the impact these are having on solar's potential to replace fossil fuels. It also provided local Victorian researchers with the opportunity to challenge and discuss Dr Mills' technology.
Industry-specific lectures featuring Dr Mills also included the veski investment session held at the RACV Club before an audience of Victorian Superannuation and Investment Community members; Sustainability Victoria hosted a workshop for members of the Victorian Renewable Energy Sector; and a boardroom luncheon hosted by Ernst and Young featuring a select number of industry and business representatives.
To instigate further discussion and debate, veski hosted a private dinner at University House (UOM), inviting academics from across the Victorian energy, engineering and research sector to join Dr Mills in a round-table discussion on solar thermal solutions for Victoria.
Dr Mills joined the veski chairman Professor Snow Barlow at a wine awards night in the Strathbogie Ranges to conclude his hectic nine-day agenda as the first veski entrepreneur in residence.
Since visiting Melbourne in October 2009, Ausra has been sold to French power giant, Areva. Dr Mills now resides in Sydney, which is significant for Australia, as it reclaims one of its very own brightest scientific innovators.


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This is the first generation of BMW's 6 Series Gran Coupe and the model shown here represents the facelifted version of the car, presented as a world premiere in January 2015 at Detroit Motor Show. The model – a BMW 640d Gran Coupe xDrive – has a very low mileage and it has a top of the line configuration, with BMW Individual elements and M Sport package.
Make: BMW
Model: BMW 6 Series / BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe / BMW 640d Gran Coupe
Production: 2011- (with facelift starting 2015)
Body type: Sedan-Coupe, 5 seats
Price without VAT: 95,628 Euros
Engine: 3.0-litre (2,993 cc) 6-cylinder turbocharged engine; BMW TwinPower Turbo technology with two turbochargers, small charger with variable-geometry; common rail direct injection with piezo injectors; maximum injection pressure: 2,000 bar. The maximum output is 230 kW / 313 PS/hp at 4,400 rpm and peak torque is 630 Nm (approx. 464 lb-ft), available between 1,500 and 2,500 rpm.
Transmission: 8-speed automatic gearbox with Steptronic and xDrive (All Wheel Drive – AWD)
Tyres: Michelin Primacy HP 245/45 R19 94Y (front) and 275/35 R19 96Y (rear)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): 5.2 seconds
Top speed: 250 km/h
Declared average fuel consumption: 6.0 liters of diesel per 100 km
Emissions: EU6, 158 CO2/km
Fuel tank (l): 70
Dimensions (mm): L 5,007 / w 1,894 / h 1,392
Luggage compartment capacity (l): 460 / 1,265
Wheelbase (mm): 2,968
Weight (DIN/EU): 1,870 kg/1,945 kg
Cd: 0.29
Front suspension: Double track control arm with separate lower track arm level, aluminium, small steering roll radius, anti-dive.
Rear suspension: Integral-V multi-arm axle, aluminium, with steering function, anti-squat and anti-dive, double acoustic separation.
Main standard equipment
Sport Automatic Transmission with Steptronic; frontal airbags for driver and front passenger; side airbags for driver and front passenger; curtain airbags for front and rear seats; three-point inertia-reel seatbelts on all seats; Tyre Pressure Indicator; DSC, including ABS and DTC (Dynamic Traction Control); CBC (Cornering Brake Control); DBC (Dynamic Brake Control); Dry Braking function, Fading Compensation, Start-Off Assistant; automatic Start/Stop function; Brake Energy Regeneration; alarm system; floor mats in velour; interior and exterior mirrors with automatic anti-dazzle function; heated front seats; Driving Experience switch with ECO PRO mode; Park Distance Control (PDC) front and rear; Professional Navigation System; multifunctional instrument display; LED adaptive headlights; LED fog lights; High Beam Assistant; M steering wheel; M aerodynamics package; Head-Up Display.
Main optional equipment (price in Euros, without VAT)
Frozen Brilliant White Metallic Paint (4,074); Exclusive Leather Nappa with extended contents (1,307); Adaptive Drive (3,369); Active Seat Ventilation for front seats (1,010); Comfort Seats for front passengers (1,069); ceramic surround for controls (467); Harman Kardon Surround Sound System (1,095); BMW Individual sun protection glazing (441); Speed Limit Info (272); M Sport Edition (5,527) consisting 19-inch light alloy wheels, Comfort Access System, Soft Close for doors, rearview camera, M Sport Package, BMW Individual Exterior Line Aluminium Satined.
+ easy to drive
+ precise and silent suspension
+ precise steering
+ great engine sound
+ very good performance
+ fast transmission
+ good fuel economy
+ superb interior design
+ excellent LED headlights
+ roomy
– cheap reading lights design
– no surround view as parking aid
Driven by Adrian M. for 128 km, 12.2 l/100 km average fuel consumption, 11,286 km total mileage of the car.
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Calgary – Goodwill employees will showcase their talents at the Goodwill talent show marking International Day for Persons with Disabilities, November 30 at the Goodwill Chinook store at 10:30 am. The talent show is sponsored by the Alberta Government and the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
The Talent show includes musical performances, a comedy skit, sports demos by Special Olympic athletes, and an art exhibit. Participants will also take their pictures at a red carpet themed selfie booth. Goodwill Industries of Alberta is a non-profit dedicated to providing jobs for Calgarians with disabilities.
Zach Brady, a 21 year-old local singer/songwriter and a Goodwill donation attendant at the Varsity location, is performing at the talent show. "Every day I come back from work I want to write songs…performing is what I love," said Brady. You can watch Brady perform and his interview with Olympian and Goodwill ambassador Cheryl Bernard here.
Carol Rousch, an artist and Goodwill employee is excited to see her paintings featured at the talent show. "I've been drawing and painting since I was a kid… I spend the money I make on arts supplies, paint, and brushes," said Rousch.
International Day for Persons with Disabilities is on Sunday December 3rd. Goodwill is marking the occasion by hosting a talent show on Nov 30. Here are some of the participants taking part in the talent show


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The spring 2014 issue of Bicycle Quarterly features an article on creating schedules for long, timed rides. I must admit, this is not something I have done much—my approach to riding brevets has been to just do it, and if it takes me more than the time limit: whatevs. Schedules and goals sound too much like work and not fun. Yesterday, however, I found a new trail that I'd like to add to my collection and that because of its location will require me to do some more careful scheduling ahead of the ride.
Via someone's Twitter update I discovered the Corridor Aerobique, a new-to-me bike trail in the Lower Laurentians. It is 57 kilometers, connecting Morin Heights to Amherst mostly on a gravel surface away from car traffic, and soon the Corridor will be connected to the P'tit Train du Nord. Since I loved all of my previous rides through the Laurentians I really want to try this one, too. But Amherst's location at the end of the trail could be aptly described as "in the middle of nowhere," so how would I get back home?
To get a sense of the distances, I used GPSies to map a route starting at the de la Concorde metro in Laval, then taking the P'tit train du Nord to Saint-Sauveur, the Corridor to Amhert, and then heading south towards the Ottawa River and following the Route Verte through Oka back to the Deux-Montagnes commuter rail station.
Unfortunately, that is be a total distance of 285 kilometers—doable on my road bike, but probably not so much on my Cross-Check, which is all I have access to at the moment. My average speed on the CC tends to be about three kilometers per hour less than on the Gunnar, meaning that I'd have to spend about two additional hours in the saddle. In addition, I would have to time the start of the ride in a way that would get me back to Deux-Montagnes at a time when the trains are actually running and accept bikes on board.
Some 35 kilometers at the beginning of the ride could be shaved off by taking the train to Saint-Jérôme. But that further exacerbates the timing problems. The first weekday train to Saint-Jérôme would get me there at 8:20, leaving me with 14 hours and 40 minutes until the last Deux-Montagnes departure at 23:00, or an overall average of close to 18 km/h. With time off the bike limited to 3 hours I'd need a moving average of about 22.3 km/h; or 20.5 km/h with two hours off the bike. To assess how realistic those speeds are one would have to compare to data from other rides of similar distance, something which is mostly missing in this case, as usually I ride Gunnar on longer rides. From the data I have I would conclude that the plan is ambitious but probably doable.
So let's make a schedule roughly following the BQ method. Since this is not a brevet I had to come up with my own intermediate points, basing them on the elevation profile, the location of villages and towns, or major changes in direction. When entering the data into the spreadsheet it became clear the that plan with 3 hours off the bike probably was not going to work out, as it required moving averages too high on several sections. With the two-hour plan, however, things look more promising:
Unless I encounter major problems like detours, mechanical issues, or adverse weather, I think I can do this. Assuming the weather forecast doesn't change and I get through enough work over the weekend I might try it on Monday. To be continued.


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On my 'bucket list' of destinations to see and experience, Paris and the Eiffel Tower were big ones. I am in my 60s, and had only been to Paris on a stopover from Bosnia. I just never had the opportunity until Gate One offered this 6 day deal–airfare and hotel for about $700. Huh? How do they do it so cheap? A bunch of reasons: One was to offer the deal in the OFF SEASON. Not many people really want to go to Europe during cold weather, so this gives hotels and airlines the opportunity to fill seats. Keep in mind that hotels and airline seats are what they call 'perishable commodities'. You can't store them. Also, we had a window of about a week to decide. The tour operators need to know if there is interest.
I asked my friend, Gloria, to go with me. We spent four days in New York City, first. I had never been to NYC, either. We stayed at the Wellington, just across the street from Carnegie Hall, in Midtown. Perfect location. A really nice, elegant place, but breakfast did not come with the room. Just 4 blocks from Central Park and across the street from an L stop. Because I had never been to NYC, I got Big Bus ticket. I think this is a good value because they take you all over, and if you have a guide-book,you get to see for real what you read about. The thing about NYC, however, unless you go for a specific purpose—like to see plays or specific museum exhibits, you can see what you want to see in a day or 2. We did go to the Statue of Liberty and the really nice Ellis Island museum (which I am sure that if Trump knew what the museum was about…he'd shut down), and we went to an over priced comedy club. I wanted to go to the top of the Empire State Building, but not for $30! Indeed…everything is expensive in Manhattan (as it is in Paris), I guess I'm spoiled living in Chicago (I also don't buy anything in the Loop). We walked around Greenwich village but all the cute shops are gone. Real estate is just so expensive. We took a city bus back from the Village to Midtown & really saw a lot. The actual highlights of NYC? There is a subway food court off 58th ST. & 8th Ave, and we ate at a Japanese place, and the food was cheap and really good. We also ate at a place called "IndieKitch" on 8th ave off 57th st., which offered Indian fast food, and that was really good, too.
We then left for Paris via Icelandic Air. Read the online reviews. Bring snacks. They charge 6 euros for a cup of oatmeal! A brief stop over at the airport in Reykavik (we got in around 3:00a.m., so missed the northern lights), and on to Paris. We got into Orly at about 9:30a.m. We got our bags and….no immigration! Just walk out! We were a bit dismayed we didn't get stamps in our passport. This was, apparently, because we came from Iceland, where we DID get stamps. Oh well. A fellow tourist told us to take the Orly bus to the
Denfert-Rochereau metro stop, which would have taken us all the way to Gare de 'lest had we been better map readers—but we weren't, so we changed trains at Gare du Nord for no reason. A little disoriented, and because the sign was so hard to see, we walked around for about 20 minutes before we found the Holiday Inn, which was DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GAR DE L'EST!, In any case, we got settled in. Made arrangements for the Hop on/Hop off bus (there are 2 companies, both ok,tho we saw more red Big Busses), paid for the 'skip the line' to the Eiffel Tower for the next afternoon (I wanted to see the sunset over the city, but even at 5p.m. we were still too early ), and went to dinner at a local cafe, where I had a wonderful chicken in mushroom cream sauce for about 15 Euros.
The Holiday Inn came with an excellent breakfast buffet, which included cheese, bacon, sausage, yogurt, fresh fruit, and of course, croissants, so we scarfed some for late as we went around. Paris is expensive. From taking the bus, we got a feel for where everything was, and most places are easy to get to via the metro. However, there are at least 10 metro lines.They are by color & number on the map,but you really have to kinow the difference between pink, rouge, lavender, and magenta. No joke. But in any case, we got to see Notre Dame, which is falling apart, and lots of interesting sites, then went in the afternoon to the Eiffel Tower, which had huge long lines. Then, I reread our tickets, and we were to meet our guide at a souvenir shop 2 blocks east. That was fine, and she took about a dozen of us back to the tower where we had to pass through what they call 'airport style security'—where your bad is checked for metal (guide told us that no metal—knives, keys, locks, etc,. were allowed)& they wand you.
So, even with 'skip the line', it takes about 1/2 hour to get in. But it's worth paying an additional $30 or so. Really. The guide told us some interesting facts and then set us loose. I had wanted to eat at the tower, but a friend told me that the Jules Verne Restaurant was really over prices…and indeed…all the little restaurants were. A slice of pizza was 12 Euros (about $15). Gloria had wanted a glass of champagne—20 euros. Not worth it. So we took photos and walked around. It was the one sunny day we had in Paris…the rest were rainy. Just what you'd expect of Paris in the Springtime!
Another tourist told us the Louvre was actually free—it's the galleries that are 15 Euros each. The Louvre is open
until 9 on Friday nights. so, there was no line, and we did get it, but it was about 8 by then. Gloria looked into it, I went to the gift shop and got a s little view slide toy with the 'highlights of the Louvre'.
Gloria wanted to try a walking tour early Saturday, so we met up at Musee D'orsay late in the morning. This was where all the impressionist are. I could have easily spent a few more hours there. It was crowded (and I think about 15 euros to get in), but there was no line, and you could move around. We then went to l'Orangerie, where the Monet water lilies are. I didn't know that this building was built for Monet, and we've all seen those water lilies. Well, there are six giant murals in two rooms, and frankly, you can see that he could not see. Giant size blurs. His smaller paintings are better. We saw some great paintings in the rest of the museum. I bought water lily socks and an interesting book of paintings. Then we went back to the hotel and decided to walk to the canal, which is about 1/2 mile away from the hotel. There are cute shops there, too, but all expensive. We stopped at a small bistro and had crepes, which were wonderful. We then got a little lost, but got back to the hotel and had seen a lot of Paris.
On the first Sunday of the month, the museums are free. I wanted to go to the Rodin museum, which is not far from Musee D'Orsay, in a mansion. Riordan was really not that prolific You get to see the Thinker & The Kiss, and a few of his other works, but the museum is mostly his studies of what he planned to do, as well as what some of his students/apprentices did. Still, I felt it was worth seeing.
We had dinner at the Strassbourgiouse which was steps from he hotel, splitting a salad, crepe, and dessert. We left Monday morning, early.
Paris is just like you see in the photos: all old buildings seven stories or less, with wrought iron work, cobblestone streets, and rain.
Now, the trip got stressful. We got to Orly 3 hours early, and Icelandic did not have a check in desk—not until 11, for a flight at 1…and the people in front of us, well, 1 had to get rid of some of the junk in her luggage, as she was overweight, and another couple was at the wrong airport. We were lucky security is more 'relaxed' at Orly—we didn't have to take off our shoes. We got to Reykjavik, and Gloria was flagged for additional screening. it's apparently a statistical thing. We then went to the gate for our flight, were there weren't enough chairs, and the sign said B0ARDING NOW…but we actually stood in line for about 1/2 hour more until the FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS were boarded…and then, it was a free for all. it's as if Icelandic has never boarded a flight.
We returned from Europe to JFK, and, knowing there might be delays, as well has having to take a shuttle from JFK to LaGuardia, we booked the early March 6 flight –Tuesday morning…. back to Chicago. However, we got to LaGuardia about 7:30p.m.. on Monday, March 5. We attempted to fly 'stand-by' but were told—twice—that we would be charged an additional $99 each to change our booking. In fact, the 9:00 p.m. flight did not leave until after 10:00 p.m., We also attempted to check in our baggage and they would not let us do it. This does not make any sense. We were not only freeing up our seats for you to resell the next morning, your unsold seats on that Monday evening flight were wasted You can not recover that in any way. We ended up spending the night in arrivals sleeping on the floor. We ultimately, around 2:00 a.m. ,slept in wheel chairs & were chased out of those at 4:00 a.m. Not that anyone needed the chairs. Just policy. LaGuardia was under construction. We could have walked to another terminal, but we didn't want to do that & possibly miss the morning flight, and obviously it didn't make sense to go into the city for a room.
But it gets worse.
So…people started arriving to check in for morning flights about 4:00 a.m. There wasn't a line, so we, again, attempted to check in about 4:30. Your staff would not allow us to do this and made us wait an additional 10 minutes.
What I've seen happening more & more…due to 'policy'—is airline staff making people wait until they are 'ready', a long line happens, things get bogged down due to issues over luggage, then there is a crowd at TSA security screening, and everyone is frazzled & flights leave late. Makes no sense.
I've traveled internationally and have never had this happen even on an African airline. "It doesn't make any sense, it's just our policy," is why Northwest folded.
So, except for the airline travel, it was a great trip.


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Look So Good
[ CD - released 28/Oct/2016 ]
Just 12 short months after the success of their first album "Burning Fuse", Tim Stewart and Nick Atkinson have come up with something special for their second Hopetoun Brown album. They've pulled in dynamite guests and they've splashed more time in...
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
[ Sony Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ]
Leonard Cohen, acclaimed composer of 'Hallelujah', has released an album of haunting new songs at the age of 82. This great artist continues to astonish us. Uncompromising and urgent, "You Want It Darker" is the latest chapter in Leonard's...
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love
[ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ]
Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in...
Marlon Williams
Marlon Williams
[ Marlon Williams / CD - released 24/Apr/2015 ]
Marlon Williams was set on a musical path early by his parents. "My dad's definitely taught me a lot about music in all it's various forms; so has Mum. I sang a lot as a kid on the...
The Miltones
The Miltones
[ CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ]
The Miltones, West Auckland's favourite Americana rockers, release their debut self-titled album. Starting life as a duo centred around front woman Milly Tabak and lead guitarist Liam Pratt, the group has expanded to a five-piece over the years,...
Nadia Reid
[ Spunk / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ]
An ode to self-reflection and self-betterment, Nadia Reid's 'Preservation' is the sound of Nadia showing her true colours, taking back a bit of power, and learning more about herself. Deeply intellectual but felt by all, it punches harder than...
Neil & Liam Finn
[ CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ]
Neil Finn - he of Crowded House fame and the newest member of Fleetwood Mac - needs no introduction. After Liam Finn moved to London with his band Betchadupa, they split and he began a solo career, attracting worldwide acclaim with the I'll Be...
Norah Jones
Day Breaks (Deluxe) (Includes 4 live bonus tracks)
[ Blue Note / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ]
This is Norah Jones' stunning sixth solo album which is a kindred spirit to the singer's breakout debut Come Away With Me and finds the 9-time Grammy winner returning to the piano and her roots. The album features jazz luminaries including her Blue...
Paul Simon
Stranger To Stranger
[ Concord / CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ]
Full of thrilling, imaginative textures, Stranger to Stranger conjures a vivid and vital new context to Simon's well-established virtuosity as a singer and songwriter. The record - his first since 2011's acclaimed So Beautiful or So What - ushers the...


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Cherry Bars
Category: Desserts
posted by: kfaulkn
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
1 ¾ cups sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups all purpose flour
1 21-ounce can cherry pie filling (or substitute your favorite)
Powdered Sugar Icing:
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
2 to 3 tablespoons of milk (make a drizzle consistency)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour. Reserve 1 ½ cups of the dough. Press the remaining dough on to the bottom of an ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
2. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove, then spread pie filling over crust in pan. Spoon reserved dough into small mounds over pie filling.
3. Bake an additional 30 minutes or until top is light brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Drizzle with powdered sugar icing. Cut and serve.
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I went into town and did some shopping today. I ended up spending £1, but received stuff worth £13, which is not really typical for my shopping days! The explanation is that the last time I shopped at Victorias Secret, they gave me a complimentary voucher for £10. I had planned to use it to buy underwear, but the underwear they had was not my style and quite frankly not very nice-looking, so I used it to buy an £11 body lotion instead. I'm not sure if the girl in the register was impressed or embarrassed on my behalf, but hey, almost-free-stuff is awesome. I also used an O2-offer and got free chocolate from Hotel Chocolate. Sweet!
This is the body lotion I bought:
While in town, I walked past St James Park again. It's a very nice park but it was packed with tourists today, it was horrible. The pelicans had decided to lay down in the middle of the walk way. Eventually they stood up to stretch their wings, and no one dared to walk past in case they would lash out and bite. I got by fine. Google isn't really helpful on the topic of pelican bites. When I typed in "does pelican bites hurt" wikianswer replied with "maybe"… thanks.
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Just like most people, i downloaded and installed SharePoint 2010 last week. Unlike mentioned, I had no issues while installing on Windows 2008 R2 environment. It's been a week and still no issues.
Looks like it's going to take a while for me to get used to new ribbon interface. Definitely you get to see and do more with ribbon, but will take a some time to remember what is where.
Actually, main focus of this post is a lot mentioned new feature of SharePoint 2010. "Limitation on number of items stored in a list" problem seems to be solved – Now, SharePoint lists can handle millions of items.
In order to see this, I decided to do a little experiment. My aim is firstly to insert one million items in a list successfully. As I write this post items are still being inserted, 731371 and still counting… So far it's been 6 hours and still inserting.
I have to also mention that my experiment environment is done on a Win 2008 R2 with 2 GB Ram and using an external usb hdd. So this waiting time can be way less if you try with a powerful workstation. Anyhow, how do I insert 1 million items to a list? Of course using PowerShell script..
Here is a very simple PowerShell script which inserts items to a list. This script is just assigning 'Title' column values: Item – ItemNo
// Set site url
$siteurl = "http://yourservername"
// get site obj
$mysite=new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteurl)
// open root web
$spWeb = $mysite.OpenWeb()
// get test list obj
$spList = $spWeb.Lists["TestList"]
// Insert 1 million items
$i = 1001
do { Write-Host "Item – "$i
$spitem = $spList.Items.Add()
$spitem["Title"] = $i.tostring()
while ($i -le 1000000)
Will update this post once insert operation is completed…
(next morning)
Ok, now i see insert operation is completed. As you can see below, one million list items are inserted into a list using PowerShell.
At this point I'd like to do some test re item select/update/delete operations. Also wondering how filtering is going to work in such a large list. If you have suggestions for other tests or things to check, please let me know, i'll try to apply them as well. At the end, I'd like to have a some sort of comfort level while suggesting a client 'one million item is ok in a SharePoint 2010 list'.
… to be continued…


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Forcing amalgamation on democracies is undemocratic
A private member's bill that would have put more democracy back into local council amalgamations was voted down in Parliament last night, says Labour MP Stuart Nash.
"My private members bill Local Government Act 2002 (Greater Local Democracy) Amendment Bill failed to pass by one vote .
"The bill sought to return Local Government legislation back to how it was pre-2012, where for a council amalgamation to occur, there needed to be a majority in each jurisdiction, whereas now there only needs to be a majority across the region.
"For me, local government is about local communities having the ability to determine their own future, as opposed to having an amalgamation forced upon them, which can now happen due to the 2012 changes to the Local Government Act. I just don't think forcing amalgamation on any council is democratic.
"Labour, Greens, the Maori Party and NZ First voted for the Bill but unfortunately, Peter Dunne and David Seymour voted against it. It's a real shame because the Bill sought to legislate the official policy of Local Government New Zealand, which represents the nation's mayors and councillors.
"In fact, a number of the National speakers who opposed the Bill actually gave speeches which seemed, on the surface, to support the proposition, but it was plainly obvious that they hadn't spoken to their local mayors and councillors and were just following the party line. I suppose the disappointing thing is that either Act's David Seymour or Peter Dunne could have sent this to Select committee for the people of New Zealand to have their say on whether local democracy is important or not, but neither chose to take a stand against their National masters," says Stuart Nash.


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Eric Kelly '11
College for Design and Social Inquiry
Masters of Nonprofit Management
President at Quantum Foundation
Career Highlights:
As board chair of the Health Beginnings Systems in Palm Beach County, Kelly leads a legislatively formed delegation of community leaders in the implementation of a multi-pronged strategy to successfully reduce those infant mortality rates in Palm Beach County. As Regional Vice President of Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Kelly was the catalyst for the success of a public-private- nonprofit partnership to create a community health care center for a medically uninsured rural community in St.Lucie County. He has been awarded FAU's President's Talon Award, recognized by Palm Beach County Medical Society as a "Hero In Medicine Community Leader", and honored by the Nonprofit Chamber of Palm Beach County and Education Foundation of Palm Beach County.
Ashley is studying psychology with a minor in sociology. Her advice to students is to enjoy your time at FAU as much as you can and try to get involved. more
Jeron is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and is a member of Elite Owls and the Owls Racing Formula SAE Team. His advice to students is "Be willing to recognize your strengths and weaknesses, and then focus on your weaknesses." more
As an Instructional Designer, Hamm designs and develops training solutions for Southwest Airlines University. Her advice to students is to take advantage of all experiences FAU has to offer and make FAU home! more
Dr. Hinduja is recognized internationally for his groundbreaking work on the subjects of cyberbullying and safe social media use. more


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Our fleet consists of a diverse community of coaches ranging from 40 to 56 passenger vehicles featuring the Voyager Onboard GPS tracking system, Drive Cam Security System, and 24 hour reliable dispatch service. Add to this our many years of experience, outstanding service and Department of Defense certification, and you will understand why we are the premier charter motorcoach company you can rely on. What truly sets us apart at Flagship Trailways is our dedication to excellence and providing each and every customer with quality service. Just sit back relax and enjoy your ride as our friendly and professionally uniformed drivers proudly serve you.
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Solve problems
Troubleshooting: Clean the cache
For a correct use of the course and to prevent the videos from blocking we suggest to ALWAYS clean the cache and to delete the temporary files BEFORE each access to the training course. Cleaning the cache and deleting temporary files can also be done during the course of the course if there are problems with the movies.
Here's how to do this cleaning (either before starting the course, or at a course already underway):
- if you have already logged in to the e-learning platform, you need to log out as a user.
- with any open window of the browswer used to do the course, click on the keyboard the following keys at the same time: CTRL + SHIFT + DEL (the first key is at the bottom left, the second key is immediately above the first, while del is at the top right). Choose ALL as the time interval to delete and flag: Clear browsing history, Delete cookies and other data, Clear the cache.
- if for different reasons the keyboard commands do not work, use the top menus of the browser:
- For Microsoft Edge, go to OPTIONS, choose the SETTINGS tab and click on the "Delete browsing data" link >> DELETE to delete all current history.
- For Safari enter OPTIONS, choose the PRIVACY tab and click on the link that allows you to delete all the current history (practically, you open the same window that opens with keyboard commands).
- For Google Chrome, from the 'Customize and control' menu choose HISTORY, click on 'Clear browsing data'. It opens a window where you have to choose to delete the following items from ALL and flag: Clear browsing history, Delete cookies and other data, Clear the cache.
- For Internet Explorer, enter INSTRUMENTS and then choose INTERNET OPTIONS. In the 'General' tab, look for the 'Browsing history' section and click on delete. The window that lets you choose what to delete appears. Choose to delete: Temporary files, Cookies and History.
- After doing this, close and reopen the browser, go back to the e-learning platform, enter your username and password and log back in to the course you are taking.
At this point, you should be able to watch the videos completely and without interruption.
If it detects a problem in the advancement of teaching, or fails to access the educational content in the established order, verify that all learning objects ALREADY are properly "flagged" with a green check, and that the progress of the specification session is complete (for example 23/23 and not 22/23).
To allow the progress of the course it is MANDATORY that all the previous objects are linked. If some didactic content is not linked, we need to start from the beginning, so that at the end of the fruition the green flag appears.
ATTENTION: If you want to review an educational object already seen previously and already connected, you must reverb it completely so as not to lose the acquired flag. In other words, if you want to review only a specific piece of videolessions, it is mandatory to review the entire video-lesson for the whole in order to be able to keep the complete execution of the object. If the content is not seen in full, the object loses the flag and makes it impossible to continue with the course.


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Before Luna's first flight (our recent trip to Texas) I spent a lot of time planning what to pack for her. Husband and I have learned to be very light packers over our years of traveling. I even wrote a blog about it. We only bring carry-on's, even if it's a 3 week trip on the other side of the world. It's just so easy and fast, but is it possible to keep this up with a baby?
In typical me fashion, I made a list. I wrote down everything I thought baby needed and then tried to narrow that down to things she actually needs. Of course, I still had to make my own list of things to pack for myself. Sadly, I had to narrow down my own list even more than normal in order to fit in baby items.
After all of this planning and list-making Husband and I managed to each pack one carry-on suitcase, a backpack for him, a diaper bag for me, a car seat and that is it! We did not have to check a single thing. I was a little worried we didn't bring enough, but we were going to my parents house, not a third world country, so we could always run to Target if we needed something.
I chose not to bring our stroller because I thought it would be a pain in the airport and assumed we would have to check it. Turns out you do not have to check it. They will stow it for you as you board the plan. After towing around our chunky baby in a car seat through three airports I was DYING for a stroller, and I have one bicep that is much larger than the other. We also wanted to bring our "tote-a-tot", but the night before we left we discovered that it doesn't work for an infant car seat.
Luna had to come out of her car seat to go through security, but that was it. We were very fortunate that none of our flights were full and she could stay in her car seat next to us on all four flights without us having to pay for an extra seat. However, if they had been full we would have held her and the flight crew would have stowed the car seat for us. (BTW the attendants and flight crew on American Airlines were super nice about the baby, but sadly they no longer offer wings for first flights.)
Also, did you know that you can fly with liquids if they're for your baby!? I had 2 bottles of breast milk that weren't even questioned. Any medicine or food for a baby is allowed. You just have to show it to them as you go through security.
We learned a few "do's and don't" on this first trip, and I think it's worth sharing what I learned with you! Here's my list of Top 5 Tips for Traveling with a Newborn.
- Only pack the necessities. I brought:
-one outfit for each day, but they were mostly onesies. If she was older I'd bring less.
-2 blankets. I love the Aden & Anais brand best because they are very lightweight and breathable. I use them for EVERYTHING.
-one new pack of wipes
-diaper rash cream
-diapers for the plane. We were going to order a box of diapers from Amazon and have them sent to my parents ahead of time so we wouldn't have to pack a week's worth of diapers, but my Mom ended up picking up a box for us because she is awesome like that.
-a toy
-travel-sized baby bath products
-2 pacifiers
-breast-pump and bottles
-one bottle of breastmilk
-nursing cover (scarf from Marie Nohr!)
-a couple of zip-loc bags for dirty clothes or stinky diapers
-car seat
And here's what I wish I would have brought:
-my Moby wrap
-a stroller. However, if we end up traveling overseas this year (fingers crossed!) we still won't bring a stroller. I'm hoping a Moby wrap or Ergo Carrier will suffice.
-one of those little clips that attaches the pacifier to your bag or baby's clothes. I cannot tell you how many times we lost both pacifiers.
- Consider the final destination. If you are traveling to a place with a washer and dryer than you won't have to worry about having lots of extra outfits or blankets. If you have the address you can ship or order some things from Amazon ahead of time. Amazon is awesome! You can order diapers, wipes, formula, snacks, whatever you need and have it waiting for you when you arrive. Also, we did not have to pack a bed for Luna because my parents have a pack-n-play at their house. However, hotels should all offer pack-n-plays or bassinets as well. Just call ahead of time.
- Be prepared for a crying baby on the plane. Luckily, Luna only cried for 2 minutes before take off on one out of 4 flights. It was great. However, those two minute were absolute hell, and I can't even imagine having a screaming baby the whole flight, but it happens so the best you can do is be ready with a pacifier, a bottle or a boob! Also, do not look at the strangers sitting around you. Their glares will not make you feel any better or help in any way. (Best advice I've ever got!)
- Don't sweat it. Spit-up on your clothes? Dirty Diapers in the airport? Missing your ridiculous amount of baby gear? No big deal. Everyone feels gross in an airport already, so a little spit up isn't going to hurt your ensemble. Just throw a baby blanket over that mess. I actually had a stranger offer to hold Luna after I changed her so I could wash my hands. And, you know, you don't really need all that baby crap. We survived the week by swinging the baby in our arms, bathing her in the sink or with us and just listening for her cries when she went to bed before us.
- Tag team it. Thank God for awesome partners, right? We took turns holding her, calming her, rocking her, changing her and everything but feeding her. Let Daddy keep baby company while you grab some Starbucks. Have him check the flights, carry more bags or pick up a snack while you do the feeding. Whatever works for you, just make sure you do it together. We all love our babies more than anything, but sometimes you need a break…especially if you've been up and traveling since 3:45am.
That's it. Our first trip with Luna was smooth-sailing! Hope all future trips go this well!


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Coming Saturday, 02 February, is World Wetlands Day. This is part of World Wetland Week, which runs from 01-05 February.
Although these days every week seems to have been nominated for a particular theme, I nevertheless thought it important to draw your attention to this one. On this day 42 years ago the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, known as the Ramsar Convention was adopted. The Ramsar Convention has as its mission "the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world". The main aim for individual governments is to maintain the ecological character of designated wetlands and to plan for their "wise use", or sustainable use.
The Ouse Washes forms the majority of the Ouse Washes LP area, as can be seen in this map. The Ouse Washes (designated Ramsar site) forms one of the UK's most important wetland areas, so dramatically photographed as seen in my previous post.
The site is designated as it is one of the most extensive areas of seasonally-flooding washland of its type in Britain.The site also supports a diverse assemblage of nationally rare breeding waterfowl associated with seasonally-flooding wet grassland. In addition, the Ouse Washes holds relict fenland fauna, including the British Red Data Book species large darter dragonfly Libellula fulva and the rifle beetle Oulimnius major. The site also supports several nationally scarce plants. Further reasons why the Ouse Washes are designated can be found in this document.
The Ouse Washes is one of England's 71 internationally designated Ramsar sites. Look here for an overview of all Ramsar sites in England. Further information about the criteria to understand why these sites are designated can be found here.
So, what's happening on World Wetlands Day in the Ouse Washes? Of course, the RSPB reserves at Fen Drayton, Ouse Fen and Ouse Washes can always be visited, but a specific programme has been set up at the Wildfowl & Wetland's Trust's Welney Wetland Centre. For Welney's full-day programme for this Saturday, look here. Activities are planned throughout the day, and include wild swan feeds, walks with the warden to see brown hares, a sustainability tour of the visitor centre, and a wetland-themed poetry workshop. See you there!


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Aside from crazy family members offering to pay my father to dye his hair blue for the ceremony (nice try, uncles), the scariest part of the wedding process has been the dress. Being a 6-foot-tall curvy redhead with very pale skin, glaring white is never my color of choice, and being 33 years old now, I'm not really trying to look like Cinderella. I knew this after an ill-fated trip to the tacky taffeta nightmare that is David's Bridal, where the saleswomen had a hard time understanding I wanted something different (and a dressing room that didn't look like the ones at K-Mart). I even scoped out black Vera Wang gowns but decided they made me look like an evil queen in a fairy tale and cost about as much as a used car. Thankfully, I escaped nearly unscathed (fashion ego slightly bruised) and decided to skip chain stores entirely and commit my budget to the bridal heaven called L'Atelier Couture. It really was love at first sight. [caption id="attachment_1322" align="alignright" width="300" caption="L'Atelier Couture"]
[/caption] The bridal salon is directly across the street from my apartment downtown, a fact I used to conveniently justify more than doubling my dress budget. ("It's meant to be!") Walking into L'Atelier is any bride's dream; the North Loop warehouse is filled with delicate and devastatingly gorgeous couture gowns, the main loft area circled by private dressing/meeting rooms as big as any person's living room. They carry everyone from Oscar de la Renta to Elizabeth Fillmore to local designer Tara LaTour. The latter proved to be part of my dress destiny as Tara is designing from scratch the only piece of my wedding I've allowed to overtake my sense of reason. The dress is blue. [caption id="attachment_1270" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tara LaTour gowns at L'Atelier"]
[/caption] I'll just get that out of the way now seeing as though I've shown most of my friends the pictures and my future mother-in-law mistakenly spilled it to my fiance (it's not pictured here as I'd like to keep it a surprise overall until the date). I bee-lined for it at my first appointment last summer because it was so stunningly different from the sea of light white and cream colored gowns. Christina at L'Atelier has been a total delight, giving me a little extra attention as I'll be their very first LaTour bride. It's all very exciting as a fan of fashion to have a dress made couture. Unfortunately, I couldn't try the dress on—sample sizes are a thorn in every curvy girl's side. We put it on my size 0 sister and she nearly cried (of course). This was in July, and a few weeks ago in December I met with Tara for the second time to finally get fitted for the muslin, the part of the dress the designer uses to guide her to get the exact fit. I hadn't been measured since summer and lost at least two inches everywhere! It was a really great feeling. This won't continue if Christina keeps putting out amazing treats for our appointments, though: "Those are salted caramel macaroons and pumpkin cake pops," she said. "Do you want a Crispin?"
Of course I ate it all. : / Tara and I decided to change part of the dress to make it better fit my frame, so she'll be making a custom belt for the dress with some really nice embellishments. The next time we meet in March, I'll be able to finally try it on. I haven't cried yet. . . . Yet.
Photo by Photogen Related links: MORE PHOTOS: Tara LaTour Bridal fashion show at L'Atelier Tara LaTour L'Atelier Couture The Blithe Bride Jen Boyles on Twitter