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This is a photo of a snowman that I took using my iPhone5 on Saturday. By Sunday, it's gone. I wonder why anyone would want to destroy it. There was another bigger snowman nearby and its head was gone. Anyway, I think the detail on the photo looks pretty good considering that it was taken using a mobile phone camera. I actually uploaded this photo on my Facebook page and then saved it again to my laptop to be used here. When uploading the photo on my Facebook page, the size of the photo was resized to just around 10 – 15% of the original photo. Imagine how much better it will look if I use the original photo on my iPhone5? On another note, this snowman looked pretty cute.
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Loving Android again
I am starting to love my mobile phone again. Yes, the same old HTC Desire. As you may have already know, I have been complaining about the space. To solve that, I found an app call Simple2Ext. How it works is to move almost every single bits of an app or game from the internal memory to the external card. Sadly, it didn't work for me and it even damaged my sd card ext partition. In the end, I couldn't access my mobile as it needs the ext to work. I formatted my mobile and re-flashed it again with Cyanogenmod ROM. I was tempted to try MIUI ROM but I thought I am going to change the interface by using other apps anyway, hence the ROM shouldn't be too much of a factor especially Cyanogenmod is already well established. So, everything clean and I tried the Simple2Ext and it just won't work for me and my HTC Desire.
Another search and Link2SD came out. Well, it turns out to be what I needed and it's better than Firerat script which I used before this. It's been faultless so far and the formatting did my HTC Desire good as well. I manage to tidy up some of the apps which I haven't used a long time, in other words, not installing them again.I shall be posting my screen again some time later. Well, to summarise, I am using Go Launcher EX as the main app and WidgetLocker as the lock screen app. Yes, I paid to get WidgetLocker and it is the first and only paid app for my Android device.
Social network apps play an important part too. Facebook and twitter are almost the must install apps and there's a new addition, Instagram. I just find it a lot easier to capture photo and publish it online. Actually, it should be the same as using Facebook but I like the effects that you can use. However, I don't like how the Instagram app work. For example, the loading of the pages are slow, even when looking at my profile. Just the other day, I was looking at some popular photos and it just stuck on a picture with a wall mounted fireplace posted by someone from half way round the world. Anyway, I will just be using Instagram to take photos at the moment. Twitter, I hope to make more use of it but I just don't get the hang of it. Maybe I will install a widget right in the front screen of my HTC Desire and that way, I can post anything easily and immediately.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview …
I've done it. I now have a working Windows 8 Consumer Preview running on my MacBook Air. The installation was as quick as Windows 7. Hence, it didn't surprise me since I have installed Windows 7 numerous time. I just don't like the fish logo which replaces the Windows logo when booting up. During setup, I just chose the express settings and then logged in using my hotmail account. That reminded me that I haven't checked my hotmail account for months. I kind of just forgot that I still have a hotmail account!
As expected, I was greeted by the so called Metro UI style screen. I wasn't quite sure what to do at first and it certainly didn't look as user friendly as it could be. However, a few minutes of navigating around, Windows 8 is actually very fun to use. It's colorful and everything is laid out totally in front of me. It does look like using a giant 13.3″ mobile phone but I like it though. Whether or not it will bore me in the future is another story but I am quite sure I will be playing with it quite often. I am even playing with the thought of installing it on my netbook.
There is the Live Tile where you can see up-to-date weather forecast as well as latest emails. I hope that when Windows 8 is officially launched, it will allows users to customize their own Live Tile such as pointing to Facebook or any RSS feeds.
On the other hand, I just wish that Microsoft gets rid of the desktop totally. It's pointless in having a stylish UI yet keeping the rubbish desktop. Well, if you haven't seen Windows 8, let me give you some idea of it. You get the windows desktop but without the Start button, or shall I say invisible Start button. If you hover your mouse to the bottom left corner, a little start windows will appear. Click on it and it will bring you the Metro UI screen. So, the Metro UI screen is giving you list of boxes of pinned apps and by right clicking on it, you have the option to see all apps. Essentially, it's a fancy way of viewing all your apps or pinned apps in a restyled yet effective screen.
Some apps like calendar, email, settings, photos and etc have a totally revamped interface while some stuffs like control panel, device manager and the likes still have the same old windows standard box UI. Maybe some will disagree, but I certainly would like to see the final version of Windows 8 to be freed from desktop.
As I am using Parallel 7 for Mac to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview as a virtual copy, it didn't work as smooth as I thought it will be. The touchpad was sluggish and scrolling was a bit of a nightmare at times. However, it's fair to say that my version of Parallel 7 doesn't actually support Windows 8. There's a new update but I haven't got around to download and install it. The whole installation costs around 9GB of disk space which in my opinion is a lot. In addition, my copy of virtual Windows 8 Consumer Preview couldn't shut down properly.
As one of the tech blogs mentioned, the search is your friend, and it really is. Forget about the search in previous versions of windows though Windows 7 search is an improvement but it's nothing like Windows 8 search. Some things you have to try it to believe it.
In a sense, Windows 8 takes its ideas from Mac OSX. The Metro UI screen is like Mac OSX Launchpad except that it does more things; more like how Android home page compared to iOS home page. Mac OSX still keeps its "desktop" except that Mac's "desktop" is more useful compared to Windows 8's "desktop". The search in Windows 8 works as good as if not better than Mac OSX. Better yet, most of Windows 8 settings and apps are now being shown in full screen and everything is clear and easy to use.
Now, I can't wait for it to be launched. I might even be thinking of getting a Windows Phone!
Android Themes …
I have always said about Android themes and a while ago, I published my Android home screen with the title Almost Perfect Android Home Screen. In fact, it's the home screen that's keeping me intact with my HTC Desire. Looking at the screen from the previous post, it looks normal like everyone would have on their Android phone. However, I searched high and low recently and managed to put together a few widgets and themes to get the home screen. Well, this is the home screen that I consider to be stylish and elegant yet giving my all the information that I need in one screen. All the widgets and themes are totally free; nothing paid or cracked.
- Cyanogenmod Theme – Aerish GTX
- Go Launcher EX Theme – Aerish GTX
- Weather – 1Weather
- Clock – BobClockD3
- Calendar – Simple Calendar
- Go SMS – Aerish GTX
Now I just love to look at the home screen though the additional pages still look a bit rubbish. Anyway, my plan is to just have icons like iOS for other pages for quick access to apps and games. I do hope that someday, they will create an Aerish GTX theme for Go Locker. The closest match is Diva Theme Go Locker.
For Facebook fans, there's FaceDroid but I don't like the matching color; red and blue. I thought it would be better to have white and blue instead.
Apps that help
I have just been into Facebook. It's been quite a while since I last browsed through my friends' pictures. The fact is, there is so many information that gets updated these days and if I haven't been in Facebook for a day, I will be lost in the sea of news feed. Hence, I just take it easy and only login whenever I feel like it and browse anything which appears on my news feed. Anyway, I just saw some incredible candy apples pictures post by one of my Facebook friends. They look incredibly delicious and unique. I wonder if the pictures were taken in a shop or they were actually made by my friend. Some of her friends have already made some comments but she still hasn't replied yet. I can't wait to find out.
Talking about my approach on Facebook, I find that Flipboard really helps a lot. Flipboard is an iOS app that displays feeds from any sources like Facebook, twitter and RSS feeds. I just entered my Facebook account, Flipboard will then display my Facebook's news feed like a newspaper format. I can then flip through from the latest posts to the last posts that Flipboard allows. Using Flipboard, I can still make comments, likes as well as create new posts. Thanks to the app integration, I can view Youtube videos effortlessly and zoom pictures by pinching the screen. I used to like Pulse but Flipboard just take the feeds reading to a whole new level.


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Connecting the dots...
Human rights, illicit cultivation and alternative developmentMartin JelsmaTransnational Institue (TN)
October 2018
How can we resolve the tensions between current drug control policies and states' human rights obligations? The international human rights framework clearly establishes that, in the event of conflicts between obligations under the UN Charter and other international agreements, human rights obligations take precedence. As legally regulated cannabis markets start to grow, now is the time to secure a legitimate place for small farmers using alternative development, human rights and fair trade principles.
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Taking stock: A decade of drug policy
A civil society shadow reportInternational Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
October 2018
'Taking stock: A decade of drug policy' evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, using data from the United Nations (UN), complemented with peer-reviewed academic research and grey literature reports from civil society. The important role of civil society in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of global drug policies is recognised in the 2009 Political Declaration and Plan of Action on drugs, as well as in the Outcome Document of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs. It is in this spirit that the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) has produced this Shadow Report, to contribute constructively to high-level discussions on the next decade in global drug policy.
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Executive summary (PDF - outside link)
INCB hearing on the use of cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes
An inter se agreement on cannabis regulation would allow a group of countries to modify certain treaty provisions amongst themselvesINCB Civil Society Hearing
Monday, May 7, 2018
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) held a meeting with civil society representatives on the "the use of cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes". The meeting brought together a number of representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), selected by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC), and members of the Board. Transnational Institute associate fellow and director of the Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO) Prof. Dave Bewley-Taylor, delivered a statement on how states can reconcile treaty obligations with democratically mandated policy shifts at the national level to a legally regulated cannabis market, with due regard for international law, and what role can the Board play in this process?
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In bid to intimidate Canada on cannabis regulation, INCB is reckless and wrong
Canada should reject the Board's false claims and thinly veiled effort at intimidationJohn Walsh (WOLA) and Martin Jelsma (TNI)Friday, May 4, 2018
On May 1, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland appeared before the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (AEFA) to discuss the international dimensions of Bill C-45 to regulate cannabis. She acknowledged that regulating cannabis would entail "contravening certain obligations related to cannabis under the three UN drug conventions," adding that, "we have to be honest about that." Asked about the 'inter se' proposal, whereby like-minded nations can negotiate amongst themselves to contract out of certain provisions of the treaty, Minister Freeland replied that the government had discussed the 'inter se' concept and that it was worth thinking about: "We are definitely open to working with treaty partners to identify solutions that accommodate different approaches to cannabis within the international framework."READ MORE...
Hearing on Bill C-45 as it relates to Canada's international obligations
An inter se agreement on cannabis regulation would allow a group of countries to modify certain treaty provisions amongst themselves aloneStanding Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Meeting regarding Bill C-45 as it relates to Canada's international obligations
Thursday, April 19, 2018
The international dimensions of Bill C-45 are of utmost importance not only for Canada itself but for many countries around the world that are moving in the direction of legally regulating the cannabis market. The position Canada will take vis-à-vis the UN drug control conventions could well be a crucial moment in the long and troubled history of international drug control. Inter se modification appears as a legitimate safety valve, and perhaps under current circumstances the most elegant way out for a group of countries to collectively derogate from certain cannabis provisions.READ MORE...
Poppies, opium, and heroin
Production in Colombia and MexicoJorge Hernández Tinajero, Guillermo Andrés Ospina & Martin JelsmaTransnational Institute (TNI)
February 2018
Poppy cultivation in Mexico and Colombia is part of a local economy geared almost exclusively toward the illegal market abroad: it is driven by demand for heroin, primarily in the United States. North America, including Canada, is currently experiencing a major humanitarian crisis related to this use and the opioids circulating on this market. To understand the dynamics of this market and to evaluate whether political responses to the phenomenon are appropriate and effective, we present this report on opium poppy cultivation in Mexico and Colombia, which, together with Guatemala, are the poppy-producing countries of Latin America.
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Balancing Treaty Stability and Change
Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulationMartin Jelsma, Neil Boister, David Bewley-Taylor, Malgosia Fitzmaurice & John WalshGlobal Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO) / Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) / Transnational Institute (TNI)
March 2018
Legal tensions are growing within the international drug control regime as increasing numbers of member states move towards or seriously consider legal regulation of the cannabis market for non-medical purposes. Amongst reform options not requiring consensus, inter se modification appears to be the most 'elegant' approach and one that provides a useful safety valve for collective action to adjust a treaty regime arguably frozen in time.
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Regulating Cannabis in Accord with International Law: Options to Explore
CND side event on Friday, March 16, 2018: Conference Room M5, 13:10-14:00
As a growing number of countries move towards legal regulation for non-medical cannabis, governments are pushing the boundaries of the three UN drug control treaties. At the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in March 2018, TNI, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO) organised a side event to explore the issue, addressing the various challenges and opportunities involved. At the event a groundbreaking report on the issue was presented: Balancing Treaty Stability and Change: Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation.READ MORE...
What comes next?
Post-UNGASS options for 2019/2020 – Version 4IDPC Advocacy Note
January 2018
The 2016 UNGASS on drugs was hailed as an opportunity 'to conduct a wide-ranging and open debate that considers all options'. Although the UNGASS process had some challenges, it was nonetheless a critical moment for global drug policy reform. In June 2017, the UN Secretary General welcomed the UNGASS Outcome Document as a 'forward-looking blueprint for action' and called on governments to 'honour the unanimous commitments' made.
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Yes, legalizing marijuana breaks treaties. We can deal with thatJohn Walsh Dave Bewley-Taylor Martin Jelsma Tom BlickmanIpolitics (Canada)
Monday, December 11, 2017
Buzzing in the background of Canada's debate on cannabis legalization is the issue of the three UN drug control treaties, and what to do with them. The issue arose during the House of Commons' consideration of Bill C-45, and may well come up again now that the bill is coming under Senate scrutiny. There is no doubt that legalizing and regulating cannabis markets for non-medical use will mean Canada is no longer in compliance with the obligation under the treaties to restrict cannabis to "medical and scientific" purposes. And Canada will need to address those treaties — in due time.READ MORE...
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Usually when we write about jailbreaking iPods here at Cult of Mac, we're specifically talking about hacking your iPhone or iPod Touch to be able to run unsigned code… not iPods that are actually able to perform jailbreaks on other devices. That makes this story somewhat unique, because if you have an iPod Classic and a PlayStation 3, you can now use the former to perform a jailbreak on the latter.
The first PlayStation 3 jailbreaking solution was discovered earlier this month, and allows devices that can connect to a PS3 through the console's USB port to permanently hack the device to run unsigned code. What's so interesting about this jailbreak solution is that a wide range of devices can perform the hack, from a USB stick to an official controller to a Ti-84 calculator.
The latest variation of this jailbreak uses the iPod Classic family combined with the Rockbox open source media firmware. Right now, the jailbreak only works using select generations of the iPod Nano and iPod Classic, but given Rockbox's expandable nature, we wouldn't be surprised to see support creep to other clickwheel iPods — and media players support by Rockbox — sooner rather than later.


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Ever since Reddit abruptly fired Victoria Taylor, the company's popular director of talent, the community has been in revolt. Hundreds of popular subreddits were effectively shut down in protest, and thousands of redditors flocked to Voat, a Swiss-based Reddit clone that emphasizes its commitment to free speech. But tensions between Reddit and its community have been building for years. Now, a former Reddit engineer believes he can save the community experiment using one of the core technologies behind bitcoin.
Ryan X. Charles, who previously worked as Reddit's cryptocurrency engineer, is already working on a prototype of a Reddit spin-off that utilizes blockchain. Blockchain, a database which notably serves as bitcoin's distributed public ledger, is cryptographically secured against revisions. That hardening means no one can manipulate existing content within the system, which could be theoretically distributed across thousands of computers.
"I think there is a huge opportunity here," Charles told WIRED. "There is a social moment happening now where people are realizing that something like that would be awesome."
That opportunity comes from the struggles Reddit has had dealing with community criticisms. Many redditors believe the company behind the popular news aggregator and message board overreaches its authority by closing subreddits deemed illegal or harassing. Just this week, Ellen Pao stepped down as Reddit's CEO following controversy over Reddit banning at least five subreddits for violating the company's new anti-harassment policy. The move was seen by some members as censorship.
Under Charles's system, that would be impossible. By leveraging bitcoin's technology, a new blockchain-based system could ensure that content cannot be retroactively removed. Instead, it would simply be up to operators of nodes, or endpoints which display data from the distributed database, to choose which information they wish to hide. If any person was upset with which information that an operator was suppressing, they could merely switch to using another competing node or start their own.
Other developers have already repurposed bitcoin for applications beyond cryptocurrencies. Last year, a Brazilian developer released a decentralized, unsuppressible Twitter-like application called Twister. Much like Charles's project, Twister leverages blockchain, but additionally implemented BitTorrent's underlying technologies to ensure users would not have to maintain servers to distribute posts to other users. Another project, Ethereum, has raised roughly $15 million to create a platform for programmers to build distributed apps atop of. Ethereum, it is believed, could power everything from distributed ride-hailing apps like Uber to social media networks.
According to Charles, Reddit's centralized structure—as the company operates all the servers, code behind the site, money, and administration—is a major source of its current woes (though, to be clear, he made this comment before the news of Pao's resignation). Blockchain is the antidote.
"The turmoil highlights the moral hazard of having a company at the middle that owns the entire experience," Charles explains. "It's inevitable that the company and the users will come into conflict sometimes. But with a centralized experience, it's extremely difficult for the users to have a say in resolving any conflicts. A decentralized approach would give more power to the users."
Another motivation behind the currently unnamed project is money. Reddit is run largely by volunteer moderators, and some redditors feel exploited by a company that profits off their donated time and labor. In a decentralized system, Charles believes that moderators and contributors could be paid based on the quality of their work. On a post to Medium, which serves as a call to arms to build a new Reddit, Charles outlines exactly how a payment system could work.
Each user has an app, the Reddit app, which connects to the Reddit p2p network. For most users, the app is a normal web app. Each user funds their own app with a small amount of bitcoin. In order to download content, the user pays a very, very small amount of bitcoin to the peers on the network. This incentivizes people to keep the app open so as to keep servicing the other users. Furthermore, when a user upvotes content, that sends a small amount of bitcoin to the author of that content, thus incentivizing the production of good content.
Charles's vision has already received some indirect support from tech investors. On July 5, the same day Charles published his Medium article, prominent venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote a blog post analyzing Reddit's "growing pains," concluding that there is a "very interesting opportunity to build a truly decentralized media platform."
However, Charles has a long road to travel. Once the prototype is built, he will still have to enlist redditors to adopt the platform—not that there isn't precedent for such a community exodus. Much of Reddit's success can be traced to the demise of the original Digg, a similar aggregator service that alienated its userbase in 2010 following a widely-hated redesign of the product that the company would not walk back. But Charles is not sure Reddit is experiencing a Digg-like moment, saying he is "convinced the current leadership is competent and can repair the damage."
But even if Reddit regains the favor of its community, Charles is determined to move forward with the project.
"New technology has enabled new possibilities for users to be directly rewarded for their contributions. The opportunity is for something different. Not something that competes with Reddit, but something new that allows a community to have ownership over their content."


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(Pocket-lint) - Rumours of an all-new addition to Canon's DSLR camera line-up have been circulating for a few days now, and alleged specifications and price point have appeared on the US site for electronics retailer Best Buy for the model claimed to be going by the title Canon EOS 100D.
The camera, says site Canon Rumours, will cost around the $799 mark with the EF-S 18-55mm IS lens kit. That's about £500, so technically below the 650D in the range. And at 116.8 x 91.4 x 68.5mm it is also physically smaller than the 650D (aka Rebel T4i). It's even smaller that the entry-level EOS 1100D, if these leaked specs are to be believed.
Further specifications and features to appear on Best Buy include an 18-megapixel CMOS sensor, with an image resolution up to 5184 x 3456, 3-inch TFT LCD touchscreen, and ISO up to 26,500.
Face detection and burst modes are listed, along with a movie mode and a frames per second rating of up to four.
SD, SDHC and SDXC cards are all supported for memory, the site says, and it is believed the camera will be announced on 22 or 23 March, so at least we won't have to wait long to find out the final details.


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So, flights are booked. We leave soon. Like, really soon. In less than three weeks' time I will meet my husband and his family in Tirana and will be enveloped by a whole other life. I am so excited. In less than two weeks' time my husband will step off the plane in Tirana and into the arms of his family for the first time in 12 years.
This is my dream come true.
For complicated reasons we aren't travelling to Tirana together but I so wish I could be there to witness this family reunion. It has been so longed for by so many people. (I'm told a pig will be killed in celebration!)
What isn't going well is my London bucket-list. It's poorly populated with a few random places I haven't yet managed to tick off in the last decade. I suspect none of them will be visited and I will end up spending my last few days lurking around my favourite haunts.
In the meantime, cardboard boxes are taking over our living room and we have been marking the occasion of our departure with boozy nights in the pub with lovely friends. Leaving everyone is such a wrench. A huge part of what has made London my home for the last 10 years has been the quality of my friends! Surely evidence of a life well lived is in the quality of the people who've come along for the ride?! And you're all spectacular!


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When we started working on the tablescape project, we knew we had to try our hand at glass etching. The nice thing about having a Silhouette Cameo is that the projects you can create are endless. Did you know that you can actually use adhesive vinyl to create a stencil for use with glass etching? That's right, with just your Silhouette, etching cream, and OraCal 651, you can create a gorgeous etched design, that's permanent and dishwasher safe.
What I Used:
- Silhouette Cameo 3
- Silhouette Studio
- Sarcastic Font
- Silhouette Glass Etching Cream
- OraCal 651
- Weeder Tool
- Clear Application Tape
- Lil' Chizler Squeegee Tool
- Ikea Godis Glasses
- Painters Tape
When I was getting started, I had a font type in mind. Luckily, I had snagged this gorgeous Sarcastic font from the Hungry JPEG as a freebie. Every week, they list one of their fonts for free with commercial rights. I download each and every one because you never know, right?! The best part about this font is that it has so many alternative versions, unfortunately, it's not always easy to find those in Silhouette Studio.
You can easily get around that though. If you're using a Mac, you'll open Font Book, find the font, and then the actual version of the letter you want to use. Then you'll click on it to highlight it, press CMD + C to copy. Once you've copied your selection, you'll open Silhouette Studio, create a text, and paste it in. It's probably not going to look correct, but now all you have to do is highlight your letter, and choose the same font that you copied from your Font Book.
If you're using a PC, you'll want to open your character map. You can search for this if you're not familiar with it. You'll then change your character set to Unicode and change the group by to Unicode subrange. Then in the selection box, you'll select private characters. From here you'll be able to find your font, in this case Sarcastic. Again, you'll find the version of the letter or the glyph you want, copy it by using CNTRL + C, then paste it into Silhouette Studio and make sure you have the same font selected.
Once I had my character in Silhouette Studio, I did edit it a bit. I don't usually like to contort my font, but since these glasses were so skinny, I really wanted this letter H to be a bit thinner. After I was satisfied with the size, I duplicated the H so that I had enough for a full set. Now, I was ready to cut! Since I was using OraCal 651 for this glass etching project, I cut my designs at blade 1, speed 8, and thickness 9.
After cutting my designs, I weeded all the letters out. Since I was going to be creating a stencil, I had to weed out the areas I wanted to be etched. This meant I needed to remove the H and keep the border. Then, I applied my clear application tape by squeegeeing the tape with my Lil' Chizler. Then, I lined my H up on my glass and repeated this step for the entire set. Since I was using etching cream, I really focused on making sure these designs were applied to glasses. After using the Lil' Chizler and peeling the tape off, I went over the entire vinyl design with my hand to push the OraCal to the glass as much as possible. I focused on the edges. I also used painters tape to cover the edes of my design to give me some more wiggle room with the etching cream.
Now comes what some people may consider the scary part! Applying the etching cream! Believe it or not, you do not need much at all. I applied the etching cream to my glass with a popsicle stick. You can use a paintbrush, your Lil' Chizler, anything you'd like, but I had more success with a hard object. Once I fully covered my design, I moved the etching cream around a bit to get out any air bubbles in the cream. If you don't do this, you may see uneven areas in the etch. Then, I let it sit for 2 minutes.
At the 2-minute mark, I took the popsicle stick and very carefully wiped the extra etching cream off the glass and put it back in the jar. That's right, it can be reused so save as much of it as possible! Then, I rinsed the glass off before removing the vinyl. This helped to get any extra cream off to make sure it didn't get on areas I didn't want. It will be hard to see your design while the glass is wet. Make sure to dry it off to see the full etch.
I was able to cover all the designs at once instead of one glass at a time. That part is up to you. If you don't feel comfortable doing them all at once, one at a time is fine as well.
- Wear gloves! This stuff is potent. You don't want to get this on your hands.
- Run extra water down your sink after rinsing your glasses to make sure you get it all out of the sink.
- If you're worried about your design sticking to the glass surface, heat it up a bit with a hairdryer.
- Do some test runs of your design on a glass that isn't for a customer or important. I tested this design 2-3 times on a scrap bottle to make sure I understood the process before wasting my glasses.
- Use scraps of colors of vinyl that you don't use often. This is a perfect time to use any colors you think are ugly or you picked up on sale!


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When I found this recipe several years ago and saw the words "cherry cream cheese" in the same title, I was a gonner.
Then upon reading further, saw it had Crescent Rolls as the braid, and that's all she wrote.
I fell Hook-line-and-sinker.
Oh and pretty....my gosh this little Princess is so pretty!
1 (8 ounce) can Pillsbury Crescent Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
1/3 c. cream cheese (from an 8 ounce tub) room temperature
1/3 heaping cup cherry preserves
1/2 c. powdered sugar
3 teaspoons milk
1/4 tsp. almond extract
Heat oven to 375.
Unroll Crescent dough onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with Pam.
Pinch together all the little perforations until you create one rectangle.
Pinch Pinch Pinch.
See my little pinch marks:
Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature. Make it easier to spread that way.
Scoop out 1/3 cup and with the back of your spoon, spread down the middle of your rectangle, leaving about 2 inches on each side free of cream cheese. I like to swirl my cream cheese, don't ask me why, cause no one sees it.


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Friends, extended videos (about 10 minutes each, from all three days of the conference) are now available on YouTube. Check the following links:
Greetings and thanks to everyone
who has participated in the conference!
As we hear from multiple sources, it was a success, and we are grateful to each of you who has made it happen and who helped in all different ways. We are planning to post more conference clips and materials on the website and YouTube.
Please follow the announcements on this page and click on the pages below to watch the clips from days one through three.
First day of the conference
Second day of the conference
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August 22-25, 2018 in Seattle, Washington, USA
The updated conference program can be accessed by clicking HERE: Updated August 14
To conference participants from Dr. Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady,
Vice Chair of the Organizing Committee
The conference is almost upon us, and I am very excited to meet you soon in Seattle. While you are preparing for your trip, we are doing everything possible and… impossible to arrange for a memorable and exciting conference, and to make your stay in Seattle enjoyable. In the meantime, predicting some of your questions and imagining the rest of them, let me give you some advice based on my knowledge and experience. Read the rest of my letter here: A letter to the conference participants
ATTENTION: CONFERENCE PRESENTERS & ATTENDEES! Due to a very heavy traffic on Friday afternoon and construction work downtown, the Organizing Committee decided to switch the city sightseeing bus tour from Friday to Saturday morning (9:00 - 12:00) and consequently, all Saturday morning sessions -- to Friday afternoon and evening. The second (surcharge) bus tour remains at the same time - from 2:00 to 6:00 PM on August 25.
TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, PRINCIPALS & OTHER PROFESSIONALS! Don't miss a unique opportunity to spend the whole day, August 25, with local, national, and international researchers and practitioners on the SPU campus to learn more about Korczak's pedagogy and receive insights and... handouts to use them in your classrooms. Download the workshop agenda here: WORKSHOP Saturday August 25. You can find more details about the workshop registration by clicking the "Program" tab.
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From a collection of poems about Janusz Korczak composed and illustrated by the students of Julie Scott, 8th grade Language Arts teacher in Spokane, WA.
From a collection of poems about Janusz Korczak composed and illustrated by the students of Julie Scott, 8th grade Language Arts teacher in Spokane, WA.


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Global Petroleum Show 2019
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11 June 2019 - 13 June 2019
Global Petroleum Show (GPS) is North America's Leading Exhibition & Conference, where oil and gas professionals convene to engage in dialogue, create partnerships, do business and identify the solutions and strategies that will shape the industry for the years ahead.
GPS has grown exponentially to become the global meeting point for oil and gas professionals. Today, over $6 billion of business is concluded during the exhibition, placing GPS at the very heart of international business of the global energy sector. Over 50,000 trade professionals attend GPS, while 100+ industry leading experts share their knowledge and understanding across the event's expansive line-up of strategic and technical conference sessions.


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SAN LEANDRO, CA: Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter and the San Leandro City Council are pleased to announce this year's Cherry Festival on Saturday, June 1st, marking the 110th anniversary of this fun and exciting event. Honoring San Leandro's heritage as the former cherry-growing capital of the region, the Cherry Festival will take place along West Estudillo Avenue from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and around the downtown area.
The Cherry Festival Parade will kick off the day at 10:00 a.m. at the Boys and Girls Club rear parking lot located at 401 Marina Boulevard. The parade will proceed north along San Leandro Boulevard and concludes on Estudillo Avenue at the Cherry Festival. San Leandro residents and community groups are encouraged to take part either by entering as a participant or as a spectator. WHAT: City of San Leandro Cherry Festival 2019 WHEN: Saturday, June 1, 2019 Cherry Parade 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Cherry Festival 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. WHERE: Parade begins at Boys and Girls Club, 401 Marina Boulevard Festival along West Estudillo Avenue in Downtown San Leandro
Headline entertainment for the 2019 festival include the Jets and Sweet Sensation. The Jets have eight top 10 hits, and have sold more than 5 million albums worldwide with some of their hits including "Make It Real," and "You Got It All." Some of Sweet Sensation hits include "Hooked on You," "Sincerely Yours," and "Take It While It's Hot." Attendees are invited to explore the festival, which will feature activities for people of all ages including live music and entertainment, artisans, Bistro at the Casa highlighting wine and sangria, and PubPARC, which includes local craft beer and food trucks. Available food highlights include Taiyaki soft serve cones, pineapple whips, mocha donuts, hot dogs, shaved ice, cherry cabernet brownies, funnel cakes, and more. This year's event will also have an abundance of fresh cherries at the farmer's market. Visit the Cherry Festival website for information on sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, parade participation, and vendor information; Follow @SanLeandroCherryFestival on Facebook for latest updates. Download the San Leandro Cherry Festival App available in iTunes and Google Play stores for additional event details. For additional information, contact the Recreation and Human Services Department at 510-577-3462.