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When I went to a book store, I came across a book with an interesting cover page.
As soon as I saw the book, I got interested in what the book was about. The title says, "Advertising Genius Lee Jae Suk"
The picture of a half of gun and the smoke amazingly matches together and creates a gun with a smoke coming out. As I skimmed the book, I saw many interesting advertisements that the artists created with everyday objects and buildings. I wanted to read the book more in depth, so I purchased the book. After finish reading it, I began to get interested in creative advertisements. I would like to show the interesting advertisements that I have found.
This advertisement of Ziploc shows how fresh it can keep the foods. While the other parts of the flower withered, the pulp remains fresh.
This advertisement of Windex shows how clean it can wipe the windows. It is interesting to see how some part of the glass makes the objects blurry, while the parts they wiped are clear.
This advertisement on the street shows how secure their glasses are. They put money in the glass to emphasize that no one can break the glass to take away the money.
This watch advertisement lets the bus passengers to try their watch every time they ride the bus.
This one shows that their pasta is the most delicious pasta. Whenever the rope comes down, it creates an image with a person eating a pasta.
This is one of my favorite advertisement. Done by IKEA, this shows how the store has every furniture that fits perfectly in your house. The furnitures represent Tetris, where everything needs to fit perfectly in order to win the game.
Usually the advertisements are used to advertise the companies' products, but it does not always need to be a product. Sometimes, these creative advertisements can be used to deliver a message to the people effectively.
This photo of a staircase with a Mt. Everest delivers an important message. It shows how in some places, there are still not enough handicap facilities provided for the handicaps. The advertisement shows how without these facilities, the stairs are like climbing up Mt. Everest to the handicaps.
These two advertisements are about global warming and how we should be aware of it. The advertisement on the left, done by WWF, shows a melting globe, representing heating Earth. The advertisement on the right is a globe candle. It melts every time you use it. By watching the globe melt every time when you light a fire draws more attention of global warming.
This advertisement discourages people from smoking. As you can see, the candles are made out of cigarettes and as people smoke more, the number of candle decreases. "The more you smoke, the less you celebrate" is their idea.
This is also one of my favorite advertisement. This discourages from people going to war. "What goes around comes around" When you put this poster around a poll, as you can see, the gun and the tank comes around to shoot at the same thing.
I think the creative advertisements are the best source to communicate with the people. Especially during these time where people are busy dealing with their own problems, these humorous, but clear advertisements grabs people's attentions easily. The weird, yet creative images linger in one's head and people get to think about them. The images remain in the head, since they are very unusual. It is easy to deliver a message and they clearly get the point across. I believe that these kind of creative advertisements will be most effect as people become more occupied with their own work.


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As the know how proportion of goods and services continues to rise, the economy is increasingly knowledge-based. Consider the opportunities open to you to make money by packaging and selling information and knowledge. Entrepreneurs need to understand how to access, share, work with and exploit information. Its use should result in the development and application of knowledge and understanding that creates intellectual capital and value for customers.
So much information is available in a variety of formats that busy people are overloaded. Much of it is dated and not relevant to contemporary priorities and concerns. There are therefore unprecedented opportunities to help people cope with the flow. Information needs to be sifted, screened and sorted — to be presented in ways that make it easier to absorb and understand. Increasingly, people demand tailored selections of information relevant to particular requirements, issues and decisions.
Emerging technologies represent additional channels of communication that can be very effective at reaching tightly defined target groups whose members are widely scattered. Enterprising individuals have already successfully launched many information and knowledge-based services.
My Consultancy–Asif J. Mir – Management Consultant–transforms organizations where people have the freedom to be creative, a place that brings out the best in everybody–an open, fair place where people have a sense that what they do matters. For details please contact Asif J. Mir.


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For most children, their first experience with grief comes with the death of a beloved family pet. When Zoe the eight-week old puppy dies of parvovirus or Tweety the budgie stops singing his morning song, a child experiences profound and lasting loss for the first time in their young lives.
Children want and need to know about death, yet we are often reluctant - even squeamish - when talking about it. Conversations with kids about death can be extremely difficult, but they are so important. Helping children understand the death of their pet may arm them with the skills they need to cope and grieve effectively when someone they love dies.
Everyone experiences a sense of shock when death occurs, and this is especially true for children. They have no prior experience, and usually no information to help them comprehend what "dead forever" means.
Death and grief are extremely difficult human emotions, therefore, there is no right or wrong way to deal with death. As adults, our reactions to death are a product of societal attitudes and the beliefs and culture of the family from which we came.
When a family member dies, children express their grief differently depending on their age. An infant may become irritable and fussy. A pre-schooler lives in a magical world, so death isn't permanent for them. They may alternate between seeing death as temporary and reversible to understanding that death is forever. Children ages six to 12 have a more mature understanding of death and teenagers have an adult understanding of death, but has fewer coping skills.
Let's look at Justin's first experience with death:
Justin's is 5 years old and lives with his mom and dad and brand new sister Sarah. One morning, Justin wakes up to mom's tears and runs to Sarah's room to find mommy and daddy crying. Daddy ushers Justin out of the room and tells him quietly that Sarah isn't going to wake up today.
Justin is scared and confused. Justin has never seen Daddy cry. Dad is his hero. He makes Justin feel safe. What could be so horrible that it would make Daddy cry? Daddy spends the morning talking to Justin while mom and Grandma Jane go in and out of the house, crying and Sarah is taken away by strange people that Justin does not know.
After lunch, Justin goes to Sarah's room to look for her. They always take an afternoon nap together. But Sarah isn't there. "When will Sarah be home?" Justin asks his daddy. Daddy holds Justin as he tells him "Sarah won't be coming home, honey, Sarah has died. She stopped breathing and her heart stopped beating. We're all so very sad. Why don't we sit together and remember some of the funny things she used to do." Justin turns his blue eyes to look at Daddy "No, it's okay Daddy. She'll be home later."
As the days go on from the time of Sarah's death, mom and dad are caught up in funeral preparations and Justin continues in his insistence that his sister will come home. As family gathers and the days get closer to the services his parents remain with growing concern for his belief.
Parents should be aware of normal childhood responses to a death in the family. It is normal during the weeks following the death for some children to feel immediate grief or persist in the belief that the family member is still alive. But long-term denial of the death or avoidance of grief is unhealthy and can later surface in more severe problems.
Once children accept the death, they are likely to display their feelings of sadness on and off over a long period of time, and often at unexpected moments. The surviving relatives should spend as much time as possible with the child, making it clear that the child has permission to show his or her feelings openly or freely.
Parents with children experiencing grief should:
Warning signs include:
Keep In Mind: Children need to be assured that death is not the end-that love never dies. Just because the person is no longer living, doesn't mean we don't still love them. You are the expert of your child and always reach for assistance from a professional if you have any questions.
Dr. Charles Sophy currently serves as Medical Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), which is responsible for the health, safety and welfare of nearly 40,000 foster children. He also has a private psychiatry practice in Beverly Hills, California. Dr. Sophy has lectured extensively and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles Neuro-Psychiatric Institute. His lectures and teachings are consistently ranked as among the best by those in attendance.
Dr. Charles Sophy, author of the "Keep 'Em Off My Couch" blog, provides real simple answers for solving life's biggest problems. He specializes in improving the mental health of children. To contact Dr. Sophy, visit his blog at http://drsophy.com


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Ilaria Urbinati, born in Rome and raised in Paris, acts as a stylist for a host of male stars, including Bradley Cooper, Armie Hammer, Chris Evans, and James McAvoy. She is the co-owner with Danny Masterston of the LA menswear boutique Confederacy.
A recent GQ article followed you for a week as you styled Armie Hammer for awards season. You're usually behind the scenes, so was it fun to suddenly be the subject of attention?
It was a little stressful, because it was during the busiest time possible, but I loved that Armie was involved too, and my husband shot the photos so that made me feel more comfortable. I think it is sort of awkward for stylists to be so in the spotlight these days. It sort of goes against what styling is all about, which is to have your clients not seem like they have a stylist, you know, more effortless. Especially when it comes to styling men.
Who are some other stylists –editorial or red carpet — whose work you admire?
I'm obsessed with Karla Welch. She is also a good friend of mine and she is one of the coolest stylists I know, not caught up at all. We met on this styling seminar we were asked to speak at, and both of us were like "If you're gonna become a stylist you have to realize that it is WAY less glamorous than you think!" Ha ha! We were a tad aggressive and I think we scared a bunch of aspiring stylists away. Karla and her partner Kemal do such an incredible job with Hailee Steinfeld and their other girls. I also love Cher Coulter's work with Kate Bosworth and Rosie Huntington. And Wendi & Nicole's work with Elizabeth Banks on the Hunger Games tour was so inspiring.
Do you prefer editorial or red carpet?
Red carpet. I love the immediacy of it and with the way the blogosphere is these days, a good outfit can have such an impact so fast. Some could argue that editorial is more creative but I love putting together looks for a press tour – trying to find that cohesiveness mixed with pushing boundaries but in a way that works on a real person going to an actual event. I work better within parameters. Also, there's no money in editorial and if I wanted to work for free I would go like doodle all day instead!
Where do you shop for yourself?
One of the advantages of having a store and being a stylist is that I tend to order all my clothes from the designers at wholesale. So I like to place personal orders with lines like Band of Outsiders, Shipley & Halmos, and Rag & Bone. I'm a Proenza Schouler fanatic so I buy that wherever I can get it. For good cheap stuff I go to Zara or Asos and for vintage I love The Way We Wore in LA and Edith Machinist in NY. My favorite store in the world is By George in Austin, Texas. They have the most impeccable selection of Celine, Stella, Givenchy, mixed with some cool other finds.
What's the optimal men's accessory?
I love a weathered old brown belt or a slim colored belt. It adds a pop to everything and, believe it or not, men need to show they have a waist as well. Just no belts with suits, because it adds bulk.
Do you harbor desires to become a designer yourself?
Never! I mean, I designed two seasons with Rebecca Minkoff on her ready to wear line, and then Albert Hammond Jr. and I did a line of men's suits for Confederacy that were very popular — Ryan Gosling wore them in Crazy Stupid Love, so the response was amazing and I was really proud of the quality and originality of the line. So it's fun to do collaborations here and there, and I love consulting. But being an actual designer is not for me. I would lose my mind.
How would you describe your own style?
I'm a little bit of a lazy dresser. It's not my fault though: because I dress people all day long, the last thing I wanna do is style myself. But I like things to be very simple. I'm sort of a 90s freak and I love minimalism mixed with a bit of grunge, which all works well with my laziness.
When did Confederacy open?
2008! It's been almost 4 years.
Is there a store with a similar aesthetic to Confederacy in NY?
I would say maybe Odin as far as the men's brands we carry, and as far as the vibe and design of the shop, I would say Billy Reid, RRL, Ernest Sewn — we are big on that Americana aesthetic.
Do you think you will ever add womenswear?
We had womenswear our first two years! But I just wanted to focus on mens wear. Womenswear is a huge pain in the ass and I loved the idea of having a niche with the menswear. There's just not that much great menswear in LA so that really worked out well for us because we're offering an East Coast aesthetic that's hard to find here.
What do you enjoy about styling men more than woman?
I love the timelessness of menswear. It's less trend driven then womens. Quality and fit is so crucial — you can do bells and whistles with a girl, put her in a cute dress and she looks great, but with mens wear you can't cheat because it's simpler, it's all about the details. I'm a psycho for fit and alterations. It appeases the OCD part of my personality.
Do you find some men are afraid of looking to put together?
Not so much these days, and not the guys that are hiring stylists. But, that said, they do want to look not too "done," more effortless, which I'm all for anyway. I think men should look iconic, to use a dumb word, but I mean really I want to look at the photo in 50 years and still think the dude looks awesome.


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Our essential brightening and soothing rice milk beauty polish gets a super boost with strawberries, for extra skin toning and balancing made for oily or combination skin types. Smells like a strawberry milkshake (mmm!) and can be used as a cleanser, exfoliant or mask.
- Strawberries work to balance and tone oily and combination skin, and aids in refining pores, brightening skin tone, and improving cell turnover
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- Rice, almonds, barley and French clay provide gentle yet effective all-natural, non-abrasive exfoliation
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The man, named in initial reports as Prayut Jiraksa, collapsed during the 14th Mai Khao Marine Turtle Fun Run and Half-Marathon and was taken to Thalang Hospital, where he was reported as pronounced dead.
However, all police contacted by The Phuket News today have either refused to reveal any details of Mr Pryaut's death – or claimed they knew nothing about it.
Tha Chatchai Police Inspector Lt Col Preecha Komgchu was willing to confirm to The Phuket News, "There was a man who taken to Thalang hospital urgently but I can't confirm his condition."
However, no other officers contacted by The Phuket News admitted to knowing anything about Mr Prayut's death.
Officers at Thalang Police Station said they "had no idea" about a man dying during the major running event yesterday.
Meanwhile, in accordance with privacy concerns Thalang Hospital declined to reveal any information about Mr Prayut, though PPHO Chief Tanit Sermkaew was more forthcoming.
"I have been informed that the man passed away at Thalang Hospital. His age was about 40 years, but I don't know much about the case yet," he said.
Witnesses at the scene yesterday told The Phuket News that Mr Prayut suffered a suspected heart attack during the run yesterday.
In light of the incident, Chief Tanit, who became PPHO Chief on Oct 1, today urged all runners to be aware of their own physical condition when taking part in such events.
"You have to check your health every time before deciding to join any major running event," he said.
"You need to know your heart rate; this is very important… If it feels uncomfortable to breathe while running or if you have chest pain, please slow down, stop and see emergency staff urgently," he urged.
The Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation, the charity that has for years organised the fun run for sea-turtle conservation, issued a statement today noting the sensitivity of Mr Pryaut's passing.
"We are deeply saddened to confirm the death of one of our runners following The 14th Mai Khao Marine Turtle Fun Run and Half Marathon on Sunday, 21st October morning," the statement read.
"We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family and friends. We fully respect the wishes of his family not to release any further details at this difficult time."


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Is your people-based marketing stacked for success?
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Customer obsession is one of those trends worth the hype. Who would argue the virtue of knowing your customer so well that you actually anticipate their interaction with your brand and outperform against their expectations?
And technology today is fast proliferating to enable this promise of customer-obsessed, people-based marketing at scale. Marketers can now realize the potential of serving customers the kind of meaningful interactions that used to only happen in real life. Like the nice couple at your neighborhood grocery store that know your name and the way you take your coffee, technology exists to facilitate experiences that are light on friction and rich with personalized surprise and delight.
Still, just like today's consumers are willing to pass up the big players for lesser-known brands that "get them" better, it's not enough to pick marketing technology based on name and familiarity alone. The big, well-known martech clouds have saturated the market with the promise of a fully integrated stack.
The problem is that when you choose these stacks, you also choose to sacrifice the ability to do effective people-based marketing. That's because these cloud-based stacks don't possess the foundational identity required or the customer analytics necessary to measure those efforts. Gartner's Martin Kihn got it right when he said: "Ad tech and martech are parallel universes, but they have points of convergence. And the big point is around identity; the marketing record. And the other is around analytics."
And on this front, the martech clouds miss the mark.
The Purpose of True Customer Identity
The basis for customer knowledge resides in two existing marketing technologies: the CRM (customer relationship management) database and the DMP (data management platform). It is within these technologies that we know which current customers are worth engaging, and what the most promising new customers look like. It tells us the best things to say to make this customer happy and when to say it. It tells us the kind of in-store experiences that resonate most and what this customer will expect when they phone a call center.
The CRM houses a wealth of valuable–some might say the best–customer data. But as great as it is, CRM data only goes so far. For one, its accuracy degrades over time and needs to be updated and verified. And since the typical customer also researches and engages with the brand online, that digital dimension is essential for a single customer view. This is where a DMP comes into play. A DMP can house all digital data, including first-party identified data as well as third-party data; it is also built to do segmentation and connect to online platforms such as DSPs (demand-side platforms) that enable advertising directly against those audiences, in near-real time. The DMP, therefore, not only offers an exceptionally robust view of the customer, it also helps form similar-looking prospects besides. This combination of CRM and DMP is the foundation for customer-obsessed marketing at scale.
The key that connects and unlocks enhanced CRM and DMP data: A customer identity system that links and unifies the data into a single profile. This system is:
- Authoritative: grounded in offline sources of consumer identity like physical address, phone number, etc.
- Persistent: constantly corroborated and updated
- Integrated: connected to all other customer data
- Privacy-friendly: in line with industry privacy standards
How are these different than what the clouds provide? First, the clouds don't have any experience in the offline world. Clouds rely on third-party vendors to provide a view of identity that is typically based on email address matching alone. As such, they have no ability to help brands enhance and correct CRM data, and then bridge that offline data with online data. And when the core data is faulty, imagine how difficult it is to build on that data with additional identity-based behaviors or characteristics.
Second, low-fidelity identity means your omnichannel customer view is flawed and inaccurate out of the gate. This impacts true, meaningful reach. For example, a cloud that uses an email-matching mechanism to assign customer identity may wrongly define a single customer who has a work and home email as two different people. That splinters marketing efforts across every single channel. And beyond weakening cross-channel accuracy, the efficiency of your marketing spend also falters.
A technology solution built with identity at its core, however — one containing linkages to offline (CRM) and online (DMP) data — can link to privacy-friendly, household and individual identity. This enables marketers who are trying to reach customers who make decisions at a household level: car purchases, insurance, banking, home improvement, and the like, to effectively target messaging without duplication.
The Power of Integrated Analytics
Imagine if you could measure all of your advertising and marketing efforts – all of your customer engagements – against that same customer identity key used to inform your efforts in the first place. So, not just measuring discrete website interactions or banner-ad ROI like some of the clouds provide, but more robust measurement that can, for example, tie in-store purchases to a host of other offline and online media engagements.
The ability to holistically understand and respond to interactions across channels puts marketers closer to customer omniscience. Individual, customer-level analytics enables the following:
- Measurement that reveals, among other things, propensity to respond to media. That means definitively knowing which customers to spend money against predicting in advance and knowing their likely response across media channels.
- Insights that propel decisions across all experiences, online and offline, and from messaging to creative to content type.
Putting It All Together
Building truly people-based marketing technology starts with a sound customer identity foundation. Is that what your current stack partner is providing? Ask questions about whether you're getting a true identity solution, one that connects CRM to DMP, and enables measurement against that single customer profile.
Because only once you've got an omnichannel, high-fidelity view of your customers can people-based marketing follow: the kind of marketing that will help your brand get better at identifying high-value customers, at calculating the true lifetime value of those customers, and at crafting superior, personalized experiences for those customers. In other words, don't rely on stacks just because they're familiar, or say they're simple. Pick a technology partner offering a solution that actually helps you become a better marketer.


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Academy manager Mark Smith reflected on the youth team's 2-2 draw with Scunthorpe United in a league match on Wednesday night.
George Milner struck Chesterfield's first in the opening 15 minutes before Scunthorpe pulled one back shortly after the break.
Jack Brownell then put the Spireites youth side back in front with 12 minutes remaining, but there was one last twist in the tale as the visitors equalised from a corner late on in the game.
Smith commented on his team's first half efforts: "The first 30 minutes were the best we've started so far this season. We were really bright, sharp and on the front foot winning the ball back nice and high, like we always try to do.
"We took the lead through a well worked and well finished goal from George but we didn't really kick on from there, I said to the lads at half-time that we'd gone sloppy and should've built on our lead."
Smith said he thought there were plenty more goals in the game, and he was proven to be right when the visitors drew level with five minutes of the second half gone.
He said: "It was a great goal that equalised for them. It was great control as the ball came over his shoulders and he then hit it on the volley across the face of goal."
The game turned into a tight contest after the leveller, with the Spireites creating a few half chances. They took the lead again when Brownell slotted home from close range after Milner drilled a cross into the area.
Smith added: "From that we were on top without being completely in control, I thought we looked the more likely side to score."
Talking about the Scunthorpe late equaliser, Smith commented: "Like so many times this season, we conceded off a set-piece, where we allowed the ball go to straight in from a corner. These things happen but that's how it turned out and it finished like that."
After the game, Smith spoke about the troubles that face his young side: "The pitch is really difficult up at Staveley at the minute, through the weather and the amount of games that Staveley have had, it's not really conducive to what we're trying to produce - but we are thankful of them helping us out through the season.
"We also have to play to the conditions rather than what we want to do, so it makes it slightly challenging but we've got to deal with it."
Chesterfield: Parkin (gk), Hudson, Daly, Smith, Marshall, Greaves, Brownell, Milner, German, Daswell, Keillor-Dunn
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2019 Call for Tutorials
ESL Track Submissions
DVCon China solicits detailed proposals for tutorials that are highly technical and reflect real life experiences in using languages, standards, methods and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.
The ESL track aims to accelerate the adoption of SystemC in the Semiconductor Industry. It provides a platform for the SystemC beginners, SystemC/TLM experts, ESL managers and ESL vendors to share their knowledge, experiences & best practices about SystemC usage. Submissions are encouraged in (but not restricted to) the following topics:
- Virtual-Platforms and System-Level Design
- Transaction-level modeling for system-level design
- Hardware/software/embedded co-design
- System-level design techniques, flows and methodologies
- High-level synthesis from ESL languages
- Power
- Low Power Design
- Power estimation techniques
- Power modeling
- Mixed-Signal (AMS)
- SystemC AMS usage for mixed-signal simulation
- AMS system-level and concept design
DV Track Submissions
In the DV Track we are soliciting detailed proposals for tutorials from industry leaders in the field of Design & Verification. The DV Track provides a platform for the wide Design-Verification community including beginners, intermediate and seniors to learn the latest concepts, techniques, etc. in their respective domains of interest. Submissions are encouraged in (but not restricted to) the following topics:
- UVM – Universal Verification Methodology
- Latest language developments in SystemVerilog including:
- New and enhanced constructs
- Assertion enhancements
- Advanced stimulus generation methods, reuse of stimulus across levels of verification (Portable Stimulus)
- Software-driven and reusable verification
- Formal Verification
- Coding styles, techniques for assertions for formal
- Model Checking techniques, target designs/blocks
- Debug automation through transaction-level debug, smart tricks to handle performance issues, faster time to debug techniques
- Low Power intent verification through standards such as UPF and related technologies
- Use of IPXACT, SystemRDL in design flow
- Digital and Analog Mixed Signal (AMS) techniques
- Emulation, Acceleration, Prototyping
Sponsored Tutorial
Cost is RMB 19,570
This opportunity includes:
Note: Tutorials will be reviewed and approved by the program committee with respect to technical depth and applicability. In case of multiple organizations coming together for a tutorial only 1 organization would get the sponsorship benefits mentioned above.
- A 1.5 hour technical tutorial prepared and presented by your company
- Your company logo will be displayed on the event venue (stage backdrop)
- Your company logo will be displayed on the conference website
- Includes 2 free registrations for speakers
- Your company mentioned in the Opening Session
Submission Guidelines
The following will be required in order to submit a proposal:
- A title.
- Name, affiliation, phone number and email addresses for all speakers.
- An introduction that specifies the context and motivation of the tutorial submission.
- A summary of the specific content of your tutorial and your intended audience. For each presentation, mention the title and a short paragraph description.
- Must be descriptive enough to see what this tutorial will address and what the attendees would learn from it
- Proposal should be approximately 500-1000 words (English or Chinese).
There is no template for the proposal
- December 10 - EXTENDED: Tutorial submission deadline
- December 11: Tutorial accept/reject notification
- January 10: Deadline to submit final tutorial description, title, and presenter information for DVCon China website and publications
- March 19: Draft Presentation Slides Due to Tutorial Chair for Review
- April 3: Final Presentations Slides Due for Proceedings
- April 17: DVCon China 2019 conference


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The Look Of Love - ABC
Friday, 1 November, 2019, 05:44 - Singles Of The 1980s, Single Covers, Safe For WorkWhilst we're in the mood for remixing cover artwork by ABC, it's time to get The Look Of Love. On the original we find the band members (this seems to be a common theme with this band) with their instruments. On the remix we find a babe who just has that look of love in her eyes. If it isn't the look of love that she has, then maybe it is some other kind of look, but does it really matter? Cashmere!
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Constant Knowledge
Constant Knowledge is Mercury's proprietary 'always on' survey / reporting system. Simply stated, Constant Knowledge studies run constantly, collecting sample at whatever frequency makes sense for each study – daily, weekly, any frequency appropriate for the project.
Data is always available in real-time at Mercury's Analytics Workbench, and custom reports, designed in collaboration with our client to provide the precise summary understanding of the collected data that they need, can be generated with the click of a button.
By way of example, a Constant Knowledge study could be setup to monitor a company's relationship with its customers. Rather than executing a study once every quarter or half-year, the Constant Knowledge study could interview approximately 50 customers every day, approximately 350 per week, or 1,500 per month. At the click of a button, reports could be generated:
- A Tracking Report that summarized and charted all key metrics on a trending basis
- A Snap-Shot Report that summarized in detail findings for a trailing 7 day period
- An Early Warning Report that called-out metrics that are dropping, to focus and sound the alarm
Protected by this Constant Knowledge system, a retailer would have an always current understanding of their relationship with customers, and they would have a watchdog system to alert them when negative trends are starting.
Contact us and find out more about Constant Knowledge.


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About Homeschool In New ZealandThursday, October 21st, 2010
I received a very interesting (and nice) letter from a mom in New Zealand that I'd like to share with you. (I'd like to thank her in advance!) She describes the homeschool situation at this time in New Zealand. Here, slightly abbreviated, is her letter.
I thought you might be interested in the current situation in New Zealand as it has recently become somewhat freer to home educate here since our new right wing government was elected and all is about making money and reducing costs now. In order to home educate here, it is necessary to apply for an exemption for each child before their 6th birthday in which you must cover in detail your curriculum plans and when this is approved the family receives a meager allowance from the government every six months – this is, of course, nothing close to the amount a school would receive for having the child enrolled with them but every little helps. This exemption application need never be updated unless the child goes to school and then returns home again. In the past, home educating families were also then subject to periodical review by the same governmental agency inspecting schools and it could make recommendations including rescinding their exemption certificate and requiring the child to go into school. The new government, however, has determined that home educating families will no longer be subject to inspection unless they are referred by someone who has a concern over the care and education of the children. They have done the math, apparently, and found that there were never any concerns about a child's education when families were reviewed as part of the ongoing periodical reviews so it is not a good use of their resources. They will continue to review families where concern is expressed by an outsider as it has only been in these cases in the past where the inspectors have found the education being received to be wanting.
So, even though the reason for the change is not pure in spirit, it is certainly a good outcome for those of us who wish to be free to educate our children in the way we see fit.
I appreciate her letter, and found it very interesting. Here are some thoughts:
First, how can a parent possibly know what their curriculum plans will be for a six-year old? That child is just starting his education. The parent has no idea what will or will not work for that child. The family may (and should) start with a certain approach, a certain curricula, but they may discover that it flat out does not work for their child.
This idea of determining in an inflexible manner the curricula and approach to be used, when applied to homeschooling, forces the parent into the same set of limitations that schools have! It locks the family into a specific approach. That's what schools are stuck with. Schools can't tailor their curricula or approach for each child, they'd never keep up. But why should a homeschooler have that problem!?
Homeschooling allows for the maximum in flexibility. That is except when government sticks its nose in. This restriction removes one of the most important advantages of homeschooling. And who reviews the curricula which a homeschooler may use, on behalf of the government. Um…probably someone familiar with what their schools are using, like a teacher in a school. What on Earth would qualify a teacher trained in school technologies to evaluate a homeschool situation. Simply put, they are the least qualified people to evaluate homeschooling. Such teachers and administrators are completely locked into doing things "as they are done" – in the schools. Again, the homeschooler is almost assuredly going to find themselves limited by the system.
Second, I'm not sure that I'd take any of the government's money. With money comes restrictions. Governments already control far too much regarding education, and with far too terrible results.
Third, I'd like to know more about what "referred by someone who has a concern" means. Can the "someone" be anyone? Because that could mean a pissed off neighbor who just longs to make trouble, a grandparent who believes in schools, even the local postman who, walking by one day, heard the child cry (because Little Johnny stubbed his toe). That's a dangerous situation. And since a report leads to investigation, it's also sort of "assumed guilty until proven innocent". I find that mentality pretty abhorrent.
I do like that the exemption is forever, barring a change in circumstances. I think government, as a whole, should have nothing at all to do with education, but at least this is a real step in the right direction. And I like the limit on inspections, though what gives a government the right to EVER inspect the private workings of a family eludes me. Like the very nice mom who wrote the letter, I agree that the government's motives are questionable, but I do appreciate that the results are moving in a laudable direction.
I guess the real question I have is why on Earth do we hand over control over our children and their education to any government?
I've recently completed writing a book about the woes and possible solutions of education today, and had to really look at this. I simply do not believe that a monolithic organization such as a government (national or local) can successfully do something as intimate and personal as educate a particular child. I don't even think a school, public or private, can do this very well.
Governments (like schools) work with numbers. Governments even assign people numbers. You have a bar code, trust me. Look at your driver's license. But to your government, you don't have a name or face. They don't know you or your children, not at all. So who made governments the "experts" in the educating of YOUR child?
You did. We all did. We relinquished both responsibility and control over our children's education. And having done that, we really can't complain about the lousy results, can we?
The answer, and the only answer to successfully educating our own children is to reassume both responsibility and control for them. This is exactly what homeschoolers like this terrific mom are trying to do! Given the utterly miserable results that public education has had now for many decades, governments should utter a loud sigh of relief and throw a parade each time a family takes the homeschool route.
Of course, that said, the two words I used were "responsibility" and "control". It's not enough to have control over what and how your children learn. You must also succeed at educating them, that's the "responsibility" part. And please note, education is not "indoctrination". Education is not religious or political in essence, though it can certainly include religion and politics as components. Knowing your Bible or Koran, knowing that you live in "your great country", is not the same thing as knowing your Algebra and your world history. The homeschooler has taken on the assignment of preparing a child for a good, productive, intelligent, moral life in a very complicated world. They must succeed where the schools have failed. If the homeschool family fails, then homeschooling has no value over schooling for that child.
It's up to us to more than simply homeschool our children. We must also succeed at the goals of education. If schools accomplished these goals, I'd have no complaints with schools. They don't succeed at these important goals. Neither does government.
As you probably know, I am an advocate for homeschooling. It's my belief that homeschooling potentially provides a student with a vastly superior education than schooling in any form. This is backed up by a lot of numbers and research. I've taught for public and private schools, at the University level, as a private instructor in thousands of workshops, and as a homeschool dad running a homeschool group. Homeschooling by far works best for most students- and most families.
But I understand that many parents do not believe they can effectively homeschool. They've been told that they "don't have degrees," and that they "aren't qualified." This is all nonsense, of course. You're legally not required to have any kind of a degree to homeschool your kids anywhere in the U.S. A lot of people who have degrees and who call themselves "professional teachers" are simply awful, and even destructive at what they do. A lot of parents…hundreds that I know of…have homeschooled their kids right into universities and careers.
In a serious effort to make homeschooling easier to do, and more commonly successful in terms of education received, I've authored my own curriculum. It took some 15,000 hours to write, over more than a decade of work, and is intended to replace the need for schooling a student from age 5-Adult Continuing Education. The curriculum is called Steps (or "CTT"). It has been used by over 20,000 students worldwide over the past 10 years. Hundreds of "success stories" attest to how well CTT works.
CTT courses are written in a way that gradually allows the student to take over his own education. Each course itself largely does the teaching, relieving mom and dad of that duty unless they wish to use our daily lesson plans in various subjects as springboards for family discussion and discovery – as many families do, every day. The parent has the job of making certain the student is working and has what they need to study. (And you'll need to find a good math program for homeschooling as we don't provide one. There are many.)
Below are links to our site discussing each level of curriculum, and every subject at that level that we offer. (You can start any level at any time. We don't have "semesters" that start at a certain time, and each course stands alone well.) You'll find free videos describing how every subject and each level works. You'll discover free samples of every course we offer. Our site offers many other services and surprises, including numerous free courses you can download and try out.
Starter is for ages 5-6, and for preliterate students of any age. It focuses on starting to develop literacy skills, while teaching about various subjects. Starter includes full two-year programs in Reading, History, Science, Creative Writing, and Living Your Life, courses that develop life and study skills for the youngest students. Every lesson plan at the Starter level works to develop literacy.
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Tumor level of resistance to cytotoxic medicines is among the primary obstructions to successful tumor therapy. tumor eradication. malignant cells as nonself. The sponsor response to chemotherapy-inflicted tumor damage is remarkably identical to that taking place during sepsis, persistent inflammation, and various other deviations from homeostasis. In every of these situations, the main web host receptor that senses and responds to injury can be Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) (8). Activation of TLR4 and identical receptors in immune system cells fulfills a number of important protection functions such as for example increased success, motility, and invasion of pathogen-fighting cells that permit them to quickly gain access to the affected site and damage the invaders. Among the essential features of TLR4 signaling can be to rebuild broken vasculature at the website of injury to be able to maintain constant communication using the web host. 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We're pleased today to introduce a NEW Design team member ... Here's her little bio....
My name is Paola ( pronounced Paula)
I am a mom to 4 awesome kids and wife to a very handsome man.
On the side, I am a certified copic instructor and dealer.
My passion is ART in any medium! I am very fortunate to be able to run an Art Studio in the heart of the Ottawa Valley where I teach card design, Copic coloring, mix-media and drawing.
Fan page is My Whimsical little World
And my blog ( a newbie) is mywhimsicallittleworld.blogspot.com
I'm Looking forward to seeing what Paola does with our Mad for Markers images :D
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Hi Paola!!Looking forward to see your creations..
Will check your blog..
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Hi Paola, welcome to the team. x
- August 21, 2013 at 8:52 AM
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Hi Blankina and Jac! Thank you :) I am super excited and looking forward to working with you :)
Paola :)
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For winter, Hash continued to pursue that personal obsession, but lightened it up by incorporating influences from Moroccan menswear. That meant using Western suiting fabrics to make baggy, ethnic pants, and replacing the formal shirt with diaphanous variations on the djellaba. For the first time, a sense of the female figure began to emerge from the cool androgyny. Hash found beautiful hand-loomed translucent silk, made traditionally in Morocco, and then had couture embroiderers Lesage decorate the borders with doodles and affectionate messages to the designer's friends. This was no frivolous, holiday-postcard collection, though: In Hash's hands, the conventional structure of garments is completely rethought. Jackets turn out to be made from pants, with the waistband and pocket linings ending up around the neckline and the legs turning into sleeves. A big Moroccan shirt becomes a skirt, with the collar at the waist and the arms knotted in back to make a sort of asymmetric bustle.


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Cycling is a great activity for all the family, it keeps you fit and healthy, lets you enjoy the fresh air, it's fun and it's environmentally friendly. With it's wild moorland, country lanes, parks and woodland, Burnley is an excellent place to explore by bike and over the last few years new cycle facilities and many new routes have been opened up, it has never been so easy to get around.
Burnley is now one of the best areas in the North of England to cycle in so why not get on your bike and explore the area.
For more information on visiting Burnley click here
Burnley & Padiham Greenways
The Greenways are pleasant and quiet off road routes which connect Burnley and Padiham town centres to the countryside around.
Padiham Greenway (2 miles/ 3 kms) – the route follows the old Padiham Loop Railway. There's easy access to many local attractions including Lowerhouse Lodge Nature Reserve with it's varied wildlife and facilities for the keen fisherman, and Gawthorpe Hall – a National Trust property. From the Greenway you can continue into the town centre along the canal.
River Calder Greenway (4 miles / 7 kms) – this route takes you over the River Calder via Ightenhill Bridge – an idyllic spot deep in the countryside – then along Grove Lane past the' Trail of Words' and into Padiham town centre.
Brun Valley Greenway (2 miles / 3 kms) – From Central Railway Station follow the Brun Valley Greenway through parks and wooded river valleys to Rowley Lake and Briercliffe.
Sweetclough Greenway ( 1 mile / 1.5 kms) – The Sweetclough Greenway goes through Habergham to Lowerhouse Lodges where it meets up with the Padiham Greenway.
Explore Further
For more experienced cyclists there are several longer routes through the borough and you can join both the Pennine Cycleway and the Lancashire Cycleway in Burnley.


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Jeweler Hannah Clark has created a beautiful assortment of handmade bohemian jewelry. Most of the hand crafting is done in her little gem of a shop located in the East Village. Along with her own designs, the shop has a carefully curated mix of both vintage and new jewelry. A great place if you want to get custom rings made or an original piece for your bridesmaids.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Hannah Clark
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Getting lag in playback while editing 4K footage in Adobe Premiere CC? Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. Let's find it out here.
With the continually emerging of 4K products such as 4K camcorders(Sony PMW-F5/F55, Red Epic, Blackmagic 4K, Panasonic GH4, etc) and 4K YouTube channel, we can obtain as many 4K video as we wish. Although Adobe claimed that Premiere Pro CC can handle (usually) 4K files without much problem, many people have found it a painful experience to edit 4K footage in Premiere Pro CC. And you will encounter laggy playback problems like this:
"I am trying to edit 4k footage from my phantom 4 drone in premiere and it WILL NOT stop lagging. The first few seconds of playback are okay then it goes to absolute garbage. Tried turning down the playback quality, no difference. I'm running it on a 2015 macbook pro with these specs:
Processor: 2.9ghz intel core i5 Memory: 16gb 1867 MHz DDR3 Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
I feel like it should be enough to handle it, but is my computer just not equipped enough to handle 4k? Any help would be greatly appreciated this is driving me insane."
Well, according to our multiple testing, we found we found two main basic reasons behind there. Most of the 4K videos are from cameras are highly-compressed, which are not ideal for editing in NLE system. What's more, Adobe PP CC can handle (usually) 4K files without much problem, but it is extremely hardware intensive. And below is Premiere Pro CC optimized 4K playback settings.
The list of 4k editing optimizations for Premiere Pro CC:
CPU: minimum Intel i7-5930K or equivalent. AMD lagging way behind.
RAM: minimum 16GB, better 32GB or more
GPU: dedicated graphics with minimum NVidia GTX 780Ti, or GTX 970 or the higher end Quadro M4000. AMD have currently unreliable drivers.
GPU: VRAM minimum 3GB with 256bit memory bus
HDD: at least 100MB/s read/write speed
Premiere Pro CC Settings
Disable High-Quality Playback, gets you apx. 5-10% performance (Player Window/Wrench Icon/High Qaulity Playback).
INFO: Mercury Engine Transmit to second monitor, takes away apx. 5-10% performance (Player Window/Wrench Icon/Enable Transmit).
RedCode/Cineform movie files: Set playback resolution to 1/2 or 1/4 size will increase performace apx. 10-20% (Player Window/Full-1/2-1/4,etc.)
Increase Playback Preroll and Postroll time to 3-8 seconds for smoother playback, especially with slower harddrives (Edit/Preferences/Playback/Preroll-Postroll).
Disable Lumetri Scopes if not needed. They have been optimized in PP 2015.3 but you loose 3-8% performance when enabled (Window/Lumetri Scopes).
What if you're getting lag in playback while editing 4K footage in Premiere CC? Thankfully you probably don't have to buy a new computer… In the professional world, 4K is a digital cinema standard that calls for a 4096 x 2160 pixel resolution. However, the majority of work is still being finished in 1080p. So before importing the 4K footage to Premiere for smooth editing without crashing your computer, you'd better downscale 4K footage to 1080p and transcode the 4K stuff (formatted/encoded in XAVC, XAVC S, MP4, MOV, MXF etc.) to a more-editing friendly format, such a Premiere's MPEG-2. In the following article, we will show you how to downscale and convert 4K to 1080p MPEG-2 videos so that you can edit 4K footage in Adobe Premiere without bogging down your computer. The process is surprisingly easy and can be done using EaseFab Video Converter for Mac, which is available for Mac and Windows users.
Developed with the most advanced converting technology, this 4K video converter truly and fully supports input and output videos at upto 4K resolution. With it, you can effortlessly convert your 4K videos formatted in MP4, XAVC, XAVC S, MXF to advanced encoders like MPEG-2, Apple Intermediate Codec, ProRes and DNxHD, ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc. If you're facing problems when editing 4K footage, just download it to convert the 4K stuff for smoothly importing and editing in your editing systems. Below are steps on converting 4K footage for Adobe Premiere Pro.
Guide: Downsacle & Convert 4K Video For Editing in Premiere
Step 1. Load your 4K videos
Launch the 4K to Adobe Premiere converter, then drag & drop the 4K files onto the main interface, or you can click the "Add Video" button to locate the videos from your local disk. Batch conversion is available here, so you are allowed to import several files at one time.
Step 2. Choose the optimized preset for Premiere
The program has three already optimized the video settings for Adobe Premiere. You can select MOV, WMV or MPEG-2 from "Editing Software" as the output format. All output videos will seamlessly fit Adobe Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, CS4 and more. Here we recommend you choose MPEG-2.
Tips: Click "Settings" button if you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.
Step 3: Start converting the 4K footage
When everything is ready, simply click the big "Convert" button and the program will start transcoding 4K videos to MPEG-2 files. Soon after the conversion, just click "Open" button to get the generated files for natively editing in your Adobe Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS4 or CS4.
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Tag Archives: Work
Import Alliance Atlanta 4/21/13 v.4: Cool stuff
Import Alliance Atlanta 4/21/13 v.3: The VIPS
Some of these are less than traditional, but all have a VIP flavor!
Acura CL painted Laguna blue from a E46 M3, rocking BMW 7 Series wheels:
Non traditional wheel color choice, but it works on this stanced Acura RL:
Luxury Abstract wheels work wonders on this blacked out toucan-beaked Acura TL:
This mask was on the dash of the red-wheeled Acura TL above!
Good looking Honda Accord on some wheels I don't know the name of:
Luxury Abstract mesh makes another appearance on this blacked out Honda Accord:
Black not your style? How about white on white like this Honda Accord?
The BMW 7 series wheels are very popular for VIP on a budget due to their availability and wide 19″ sizes, as shown in chrome on this Infiniti M45:
Some really nice custom work on the back bumper of this Infiniti M45:
Burgundy paint and bronze lips make this wheel choice pop on this G35:
Infiniti M45's are a staple in the VIP ethos of tuning, and it's not hard to see why!
G35's are making their mark too, as this example on Weds Kranze Bazreia proves!
The lighting wasn't very good in this shot, but BMW 7 series wheels make a third appearance. Check out the JDM front bumper on this Infiniti M45.
Another, with a ton of custom bodywork:
Mustang Cobra wheels work well on this Lexus GS300:
The blacked out accents make this Lexus GS430 look menacing:
Some rarely seen Work VS-MX on this Lexus SC300:
Simple styling and color matching sets this Lexus GS430 off!
BMW 7 series wheels on this Nissan 300ZX give it a little VIP style!
Still more to come from Import Alliance!
Import Alliance Atlanta 4/21/13 v.2: Honda Civics
The bread and butter of any good Import Alliance meet: the Honda Civics!
Clean and simple, a good example of the popular style right now.
Not quite sure why the fender is a different color, but I'm a big fan of color matched wheels!
Another simple Civic: Drop, stylish well fitted wheels, done!
I was digging the front bumper setup on this EG coupe!
Shaved bay, chromed components, white letter tires, and more.. tons of stuff going on here.
Another EG showing how a shaved bay should be done.
Enkei's new Apache wheel, well represented on this EF hatch.
More on the car this engine bay is attached to coming up soon!
I like this shade of blue, and the BBS RS's aren't bad either!
Some nice details on the EK Coupe: 5 lug swap, Prelude wheels (with the rears going the wrong way) Projectors, etc.
Stance done wrong: too much height and needs either more camber or a narrower tire.
I have a friend who just bought a Civic like this:
Anyone know what wheels are on this super-dumped EK sedan?
Not a fan of the hood bra or front camber, but otherwise really nice!
This thing had some seriously tiny tires on it! I think they were 165/45R15's!
Yet another example of the less-is-more style.
Mugen edition Civic looking mean!
Look, twins!
I know there's not much done, but I like how aggressive this one looks, I like the color and it was so clean!
Another set of wheels I can't identify! Also note the Civic RR style bumper.
The JDM converted rear looks so much better than ours!
K swap and J Line wheels set this Sunburst orange EK off right!
Some like it, some hate it, but either way the Rat look is making an impact on our scene.
Lower it! Drag DR27 low offsets on this one too.
It's amazing what a drop and a good set of wheels will do! Why don't more people mod beige cars?
Yep. Pennies.
I think this guy had the worst luck of anyone I'd seen at the show. Busted oil pan, cracked wheel, damaged quarter panel, and cracked windshield.
XXR 527's making an appearance on this gunmetal EK.
The stance on this thing is spot on. I love the color, the wheels, the fitment the whole package just works for me.
White on white Civic peeking out of the line of stanced hellaflush rides!
Got camber?
J lines again!
Gold on black, a timeless combo!
Like K swaps?
Pretty nice tuck going on here!
Much more to come!
Import Alliance Atlanta 4/21/13 v.1: Trucks
Certainly not the expected first post I'm sure, but considering I have a blogger following me called "Truck and Ute", I figured I'd post some for him! His blog below:
Slammed GMC Jimmy on sick wheels:
Not the biggest fan of the flares/fenders and bedside on this Datsun 620, but they are pretty well done:
This Datsun 620 has been all over the internet. I should do a post on this thing sometime! It's got a lot of neat design touches and engineering.
Lifted Ford F-250 cruised around for a while:
Should have taken more pics of this lowered CRV on Work Meister reps.
Another Honda SUV, the Element, this one was on some clean polished wheels:
Big whale of an Infiniti FX45 looking good lowered on some mesh wheels:
How about a dirty Toyota Land Cruiser?
Toyota Pickup, N50 chassis lowered on Mitsubishi Starion wheels:
This clown was trying to do donuts in this litfted Tacoma… open diff plus tall ride height does not a drift make.
Totoyta Pickup, N30 generation. This guy has been on Stanceworks with a lot of pics of this truck. I like these trucks a lot.
A few more Toyota Pickups, N40 chassis, and check out the turbo setup on the last one!
More pics from Import Alliance, comment if there's something you want to see!
Unusual cars to see stanced, v.4:
Nissan Primera/ Infiniti G20 on Work Equip:
Toyota Corolla/ Geo Prizm on XXR wheels:
Geo Storm on banded steels, cambered out and hellaflush, from Japan of all places!
Toyota Tacoma X-Runner on Varrstoen 2.2.2's. Definitely something I could see myself driving in a few years.
How about a slammed and blacked out Ford Flex?
Flatbed Mazda B-series pickup stanced on steelies!
Not something you see very often: a slammed, vintage, supercar: the Detomaso Pantera on air ride.
Tjin Edition Pontiac Solstice on One Lug wheels:
Well that's an interesting license plate frame on your Mercedes CLS:
When worlds collide: Work CR Kai on a Supercharged V6 Ford Thunderbird.
Volvo wagons
How about some Volvo wagons? Once a choice only for science teachers, Swedish soccer moms, and Top Gear hosts, these platforms are growing in popularity.
Volvo 240 on BBS RS (Looks like a photoshop, I know)
White on white Volvo 850 on 18″ Pegasus wheels:
Volvo V70R on Work VSXX:
Another potentially photoshopped 240 on BBS RS:
Volvo 960
East Coast Fitment Fitment Festival 11/03/12 v.1:
A collection of images from The East Coast Fitment Festival in Concord, NC.
This Pontiac looked slammed in more ways than one.
I love these fender flares, I would definitely use these if I had an E36!
Mustang Mach 1 wheels on this Nissan 300ZX looked good.
This paint was crazy, it had a ton of pearl or flake or something in it.
Not a fan of this paint job, but at least it was well executed.
Why orange grille and wheels? Because racecar.
The fitment this Evo was rocking was pretty impressive. I love these deep dish Work wheels.
JDM front bumper on this Infiniti M series looked good… I liked his flag too.
R32 Skyline wearing a Veilside kit was a treat.
More to come!


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Floral Flop
Flowers are moody little things. They require just the right amount of light and water and the perfect temperature to remain fresh and lovely from the time they're arranged to the time your ceremony begins. Since they're certainly not cheap to come by, many brides are opting to order them online and have them shipped immediately prior to their weddings.
Removing the florist from the equation can spell big trouble for your blooms if you're not extra careful. Susan Garcia of Atlanta learned that lesson the hard way when she and her helpers unpacked her wedding flowers the day before the ceremony.
"Some of the flowers were fine, but most wilted," said Susan. "It was probably a result of how they were handled post-arrival. We had to unpack them and keep them in water, and it was a challenge to find containers to hold them all."
Susan was blessed with a crafty maid of honor who used the remaining live flowers and other garden blooms to create lovely, last-minute bouquets and arrangements. If you find yourself in such a situation but without the artistic MOH to pull off any miracles, rest assured that many step-by-step floral arranging instructions are available online. If you're truly down to crunch time, buy some roses, lilies or sunflowers and have your attendants carry a single stem down the aisle.


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If you have a sweet tooth, the Sweet Walking Tour allows you to sample the city's finest chocolate in the best shops, cafés and bakeries. If you like beer, we also have a tour for you. Choose a daytime or night-time Beer Tour, and visit the most iconic places where beer is the star of the show.
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Hey Mocha Family!
So excited to be back on my deck!
Not much of a product junkie so my shopping tends to be about replenishing. This is true except when it comes to accessories.
Your girl loves accessories.
Shoes, bags, scarfs, jewelry...bring it!
When I really like something, like I do for the month of June, you'll definitely be hearing from me.
Check me out in the video and let me know if I went overboard down below. Lol!
I'm also sharing about my narrow escape from spiraling into burn out. I've done an entire series on homeschool burn out, but this one would have been bigger than homeschool.
My friend and I were talking about the pressures of always doing something and how counter cultural it is to sit quietly in your own home. I almost never have nothing to do, and boredom has been missing in my life for a long time. Yet, isn't creativity and self discovering often found in such moments?
I long to bring stillness back into my life, and to introduce it to my kids.
I want to say, "I won't do that, or I can't make it. No, there isn't a conflict".
I'd like it to be legitimate when I need a free day, weekend, week or month... just to be.
Remember when you could turn your ringer off, and be unavailable without offending anyone?
People left messages on answering machines and didn't expect an immediate response?
Counter cultural.
Be Blessed!


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Given my obsession with food, I think it's time to have a talk about lunch. In the oven, right now, a halved acorn squash is being roasted, along with some garlic. The plan is for forty minutes of roasting upside down in a pan with 1/4 inch water, followed by an additional five minutes of roasting, flipped, drizzled in olive oil with a hint of brown sugar. And then the garlic, soft and squishy, will be sqeezed into the inside for service.
As a side plate, mashed yukon gold potatoes with kale and a healthy dose of brown sugar. Roasted brussels sprouts may accompany. I haven't made a firm decision yet.
More people should eat good food, I say.


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Sunday, October 6, 2013
Blue Poppy Seedpods. Just Pictures
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Very interesting.
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Hi Lea and thank you!Delete
- John R.October 06, 2013
Tatyana, are you going to collect the seeds?ReplyDeleteReplies
Jonh, I don't collect them. Who knows, maybe they'll self seed!Delete
Tatyana, Wow enjoyed seeing this. Our neighbor has huge poppies, alway miss getting seeds.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Randy! I love poppies and got some new seeds from a friend. I'm looking forward to have some pink ones!Delete
Those are fun seed pods! I like the shape of Milkweed seed pods, too. I'm waiting for mine to grow out so I can collect them and give them to other people to plant. There's so much hope in seeds collected for the next season or left to self-sow on their own.ReplyDeleteReplies
PlantPostings, thank you! Milkweed is a great plant. I wish it'd bloom every year. Mine didn't bloomed this summer, and I missed its white flowers.Delete
So beautiful that blue poppy and the seedpods look beautiful too. I suppose you collect them to sow for the next season, or do you leave them to self-sow ? Here these poppies are rather difficult to grow.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Janneke! I just leave them on plants. Even very experienced gardeners have tough time growing blue poppy from seeds, so I don't even try. If they want, they will self seed, if they don't, I'm not going to spend my time forcing them.Delete
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Thanks, Donna! They look like hedgehog/centipede hybrid!Delete
Blue poppy seeds - just beautiful! I love the close-ups.ReplyDeleteReplies
Deb, thanks! Wouldn't it be great if there will be seedlings next year? LOLDelete
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Road to Miss Universe 2011
Vietnam's Ministry of Culture has approved permision to Vu Hoang My, 1st runner-up at the Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant, to represent the country in the 2011 Miss Universe competition in Sao Paulo, from August 20 to September 12.
The owners of the Miss Universe franchise in Vietnam submitted all the neccessary paperwork for approval at the beginning of May. Since 2009, all Vietnamese contestants abroad are subjected to the conditions stated by the Ministry of Culture, in order to control the number of beauty competitions that take place in Vietnam yearly.
Vu Hoang My is 23 years old and stands 1.71 m tall. She is a student at RMIT University.
Hoang My was supposed to represent Vietnam at the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant in Korea this June; after this contest got postponed -it was moved to October-, she will attend Miss Universe instead.
Special thanks and credits to globalbeauties.com


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The girls have been under the weather all week, so needless to say there has not been much "school" done. I, however, think that cuddles and picture books should be part of the core curriculum, so if you use that definition then we're right on schedule.
I wanted to post some pictures from the Critter Dinner at our church a few weeks ago. This is an annual event, but it's the first time we've been brave enough to attend.
Kate got right down to business munching away on rabbit...or is that squirrel?
Lily was a tad more delicate. I'm surprised she hadn't raised her pinky finger:
In the end, both girls decided that the watermelon was much better! Although I'm pretty sure that Lily ate a chunk out of this napkin at some point:
And just in case you're wondering why there are no pictures of Ben...well, he took one look at the food and whispered, "Mom, that's really gross! Can I go outside and play?" I couldn't think of a single argument that wouldn't require me actually having to eat squirrel to back it up.