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It's a shame, because what's-it-called is an ambitious, exciting, and atypical action/adventure game. IN SPAAAAAACE.
Fusion: Genesis is smart and self-aware from the start, a subtle hint that it isn't your typical twin-stick shooter. To start, collecting and couriering goods -- for science! -- was mundane, borderline boring. Naturally, civil war struck, my cranky boss got killed, and I was forced into the hard life of a mercenary. I became Han Solo pew-pew-pewing my way through rescue, collection, and exploration oddjobs.
I'd been psychologically duped. I'd been trained to expect a slow, simple space sim. The scope and ambition in Fusion: Genesis extends far beyond this straightforward setup. The tutorial is a hilarious, deliberately mindless metaphor for the simplicity of video game hand-holding, complete with condescending commentary from an impatient instructor. The funny writing permeates the game's entirety. The enemy pilot dialogue, which is written and unspoken, was hysterical every time I happened to glance up at it.
Every so often I started seeing human players invading my game. (The innate, always-on online multiplayer explained my inability to pause at any time.) I'd run into others fighting for the opposing side during Warzone objectives, which pit players against each other as they try to take down enemy mother ships while capturing control points. Within the massive hub world, human pilots either ignored me and went about their business or formed a squadron to join my cause.
Encountering low-level players made me jealous. They still had so much to learn and discover about this massive world, the missions they'd go on, and the allegiances they'd make. That envy was cyclical. I saw players of a higher level than me and wondered when I'd get a ship as huge and weapons as powerful. I got excited about my past and future just seeing these people play, and it kept me playing (with or without 'em).
This is a gigantic game with more carrots on sticks than I knew what to do with. There's an extensive depth to each aspect of Fusion: Genesis. Stocking up on spacecrafts is useful, too, because each is advantageous in specific situations -- this is my speed vessel, and it'll be gone before you notice it's been there; that is my badass war machine, and it will eviscerate and embarrass you in front of your friends. I struggled to settle on loadouts for each ship, too, because each has so many attachment options with varying benefits. I grew fond of replacing crummy cannon with Sentients, robo-buddies who level up based on mined materials I could either feed 'em or sell to shops. On the other hand, sometimes a boat loaded with homing missiles and lasers is more effective than a healing assistant. If there's one thing Fusion: Genesis isn't lacking, it's layers upon layers of things to manipulate and balance.
This is a complex game. It took time to learn my way around its interface and unlockable abilities, and after hours absorbed by such intricacies, I still don't know if I fully understand Fusion: Genesis. The story, with its five ideologically disparate parties fighting to gain space-ground, is a convoluted mess. Why did that matriarchal authority invade a warzone, tell us to cut the crap, and send fighting forces on their cease-firing way? Not sure, but it was a crazy surprise to a losing battle. I don't understand my political espionage from the cockpit of a starship, but maintaining cover in the thick of enemy territory was tense and dangerous.
These kind of interesting (and often unpredictable) objectives come after the wearying exploration, retrieval, and hunting side-quests. I found myself bouncing from one faction to another when I tired of a given team's uninspired to-do list. There's some potent political commentary there, I'm sure -- something about allegiance breeding betrayal, maybe, or something to do with mindlessly obeying your overlords. After 10 hours of the same, seemingly endless pattern, though, I wanted to tell 'em all to go fly a kite while I explored the universe on my own terms.
Fusion: Genesis is a game that resonates hard with my sci-fi nerd obsessions. It's the kind of stuff I imagine Han Solo was doing before bumping into Luke at the cantina, with a bit of a Battlestar Galactica pace and a Firefly tone. It's the kind of game that doesn't look like much, but is deceptively deep, thoughtful in unexpected ways, and has the right amount of new and different ideas to sustain itself as a strong original IP. Don't let one of Xbox Live Arcade's greatest games go unnoticed and forgotten. Play, fall in love with, and obsess over Fusion: Genesis as soon as possible.
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Have I mentioned recently that I like dragons? Or that after reading this book I would love to be half dragon? (Partially because it would be cool, and partly because it would be fantastic for my songwriting–read the book and this comment will make significantly more sense.)
Hartman's fantastic world-building drew me into a world that I can't wait to get back to.
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Mad Men Season 4 Episode 9: "The Beautiful Girls" Quotes
Don: What's on this?
Sally: Mrs. Butterworth's.
Don: Go get it...That's rum, read labels.
Sally: Is it bad?
Don: Not really.
Every time I think back, all the good stuff was with you.Roger (to Joan)
Joan: Poor Ida.
Roger: She died like she lived: Surrounded by people she answered phones for.
Faye: Hello. My name is Faye.
Sally: I know. My dad just said that.
Faye: Are you sure?
Don: I would have my secretary do it, but she's dead.
That's not a strategy, that's two strategies connected by the word and. I can do "where the pros go" or I can do "everyone's welcome," not both.Don
I have to say, most of the things Negroes can't do, I can't to either...and nobody seems to care.Peggy


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My approach to homeopathy, and life
I live and work as a homeopath in Leeds LS6.
In short I believe that there is always more to learn and change is always possible.
Working as a volunteer homeopath at Solace I learnt very different ways of working, including on the spot prescribing, using interpreters, PTSD symptoms, working with chronic problems and heavy medication.
Patients whose health I've seen improve after using homeopathy have had a wide range of conditions, including toothache, asthma, PMT, migraines, anxiety and depression.
See examples on the testimonials page.
How I came to homeopathy
Other life experience
I've done many things in my life, as I like variety (and people). You can read about them here if you're interested.
I occasionally provide freelance admin work and am currently the administrator at Artlink West Yorks an arts/health charity in Leeds. My personal twitter is @magicpillsJC23. I also run @leedshomeopaths and @THChomeopaths
As a member of Travelling Homeopaths Collective I work at festivals in the summer, mostly in the north. I also belong to Leeds Homeopaths and am a member of Commoners Choir.


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Sure to be a scorching matter for rather a while is the brand new UAC (User Account Control) – a safety measure new with Vista that generates popup safety dialogs for movements that can impact device integrity. Put that merely it sounds nice, everybody desires a extra safe pc.
The worth: Program installs and uninstalls want approval. Deleting a shortcut or deleting a report wishes approval. Want to do one thing with the registry, approval. Moving a report from one location to some other can take two approvals, one for 'Admin Permission' and one for 'Windows Permission'.
I ran Sysinternals Process Explorer the opposite day, two approvals wanted, one asking "Do you want to run this file?" and the secondating 'A program wishes your permission to proceed'. Now granted, this merely way clicking at the conversation to 'proceed', however relying on how you employ your pc, the clicks upload up. And, not like firewalls that keep in mind the permissions granted, UAC requests each time.
Sad to mention, I believe an even selection of customers will merely flip UAC off. But right here's my first tip in this matter, earlier than you curse UAC and switch it off for just right. Look at UAC within the browser context of total pc safety. UAC is one element, the others being a firewall, anti-spyware, anti-virus, automated updates, and Internet Security Settings.
Each of this stuff is detailed within the Windows Security Center – inexperienced bars point out right kind safety features, whilst purple bars point out settings wish to be checked. If you could have your individual anti-virus put in, the safety heart acknowledges it and comprises it in it's file. Interestingly sufficient, many customers will stay safety features in position merely to haven't any purple bars.
So right here's my tip: move to the keep an eye on panel, vintage view, and drag the 'Security Center' and the 'User Accounts' icons for your desktop. This will create shortcuts. You can then re-name the shortcuts for your liking.
Now clicking at the Security Center Shield icon takes you immediately for your Security Center the place you'll track all options of your pc safety. For example, you'll be certain that your firewall and anti-virus are on, and that Windows Update is became on. You can track UAC. Further you'll click on to be told extra about safety. And it's multi functional neat field.
The 'User Accounts' icon offers you get admission to to the site to show off UAC, whenever you flip it off, one of the crucial bars within the Security heart will move purple, and a button will move lively within the Security Center that lets you flip UAC again on.
I've discovered that having those two shortcuts at the desktop, so that you can get admission to these things immediately, somewhat than looking for them within the keep an eye on panel, supplies a consumer with fast and entire keep an eye on over safety, together with UAC. A consumer who could also be susceptible to show UAC off completely has a tendency as an alternative to show it off for short classes. Plus a consumer will have a tendency to carry his safety degree as much as par in all spaces indexed within the Security Center.
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Talking to Ourselves
In an amazing conversation, MODA's Curator of Connectivity, Maria Cramer, reminded me that organizations are often so busy surveying the people they serve, i.e. looking from the inside out, that they often forget to gather the thoughts and opinions of those charged with moving the organization's mission forward — the staff.
It was an enlightening moment that got us started thinking about how we could take the pulse of the MODA staff on a daily basis, in order to find out what they're thinking and feeling and in order to learn from the ideas and observations that come out of the everyday practice of working in our museum. Because it's never enough to talk at MODA — why not get your hands dirty and start making a prototype? — we imagined creating a wall in the MODA office with a series of sassy questions (that's how we roll here) that staff could answer at will, using magnets to respond to inquiries that pertain to our everyday efforts to be radically friendly, to work as a high-performance team, to build friendships, to share knowledge, and to make the world a better place.
Now we want to take this up a level! Can we put the questions on a wall and use an abacus-style sliding scale to respond to them? Can we build an internal app for use on our phones that lets us register responses at any given time and notifies others that a teammate has done something remarkable or needs a bit of encouragement? How do we record this data and learn more about the answers registered? How do we use this as a tool to get better?
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Three people are believed to still be trapped inside a Shosholoza Meyl passenger train in Blaney, Eastern Cape, after it collided with a goods train around noon on Wednesday.
The cause of the collision, which occurred between East London and King William's Town, was not yet clear and subject to investigation, Dynamic emergency medical services spokesperson Rudy Robson told News24.
More than 20 passengers had sustained minor to critical injuries during the crash and were treated on the scene before being transported to nearby hospitals for further treatment.
Both drivers were part of the group taken to hospital. One driver was critically injured and the other had sustained minor injuries, Robson said.
It was not immediately clear whether any children had been on board either of the trains.
No fatalities had been reported, Robson said.
The DA's Marshall von Buchenroder has called for a full investigation by Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) into the accident saying; "The increase in the train accidents around the country is a matter of concern especially if such accidents are caused due to a lack of maintenance of commuter rail services. I will be writing to the chairperson of Eastern Cape Legislature's portfolio committee on transport, Ntombizodwa Xhanti and Transport MEC Weziwe Tikana to request that Transnet and Prasa tables a report before the committee regarding the cause of today's accident as well as the general state of rail infrastructure in the Eastern Cape."
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My personality traits are loving, caring, and patience I love taking care of the elderly. I have my own ministry called the Forgotten One's! A lot of times we forget they still do exist. I enjoy taking care of the elderly, you never know when you may need someone help, and you want to be treated with kindness, and love. My personal achievement is doing the best I can do each and everyday!
i worked as a special needs caregiver for 3 and a half years. the home closed and i began looking for another job. there wasnt anything in that area available. at home health care called me and asked if i would be willing to work with the elderly. i have worked for 1 and a half years with the elderly. it has been awesome. it is hard to lose people you have been caring for. however, i am so blessed to have known them and help care for them. i am down to one client and need more work. i am looking forward to to meeting new friends. i specialize in the nastiest homes and the most difficult people. i look forward to hearing from you.
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What makes me a great caregiver is because this is my God given Gift to care for His love ones. We each have a Gift that God has given us before we were born, and mines is to be able to care for the Elderly. At the end of the day, I get to go home knowing that I was given an opportunity, and the challenge and the blessing of being able to care for the Elderly. I think that's why I was put on this earth, and I think its' my calling like I said earlier in this statement. This is my purpose in life, and I am fulfilled by doing so. Below is a prayer I wrote. Our father, as I enter into the Homes of your love ones, I bring your presence with me. I speak your Peace, your Grace, your Mercy and your Perfect Order as I, the caregiver do your will. I acknowledge your power over all that will be spoken, though, decided, and done within these walls. Lord, I thank you for the Gifts that you have blessed me with. I commit to using them responsibly in your Honor. Give me a fresh supply of strength to do your will. Anoint my projects, and ideas, so that even my smallest accomplishment may bring you Glory. Our Heavenly Father, when I as your Servant am confused; guide, and lead me. When I am burned out, infuse me with the Light of the Holy Spirit. May the work that I do, and the way that I do it, bring Faith, Joy, and a Smile to all of your love ones that I come in contact with each and every day. Thank you Heavenly Father for given me, the Caregiver an opportunity, and the challenge, and the Blessings of being able to care for, and to help your love ones, the ELDERLY. In Jesus name, I pray, AMEN So you see, this is who I am, and my Character, and who God created me to be! Thank you!
I am a great caregiver because I am pationate about helping others with daily life task caring for some one comes natural to me. When I work with people I always have them tell me that I'm special and that they look forward to seeing me when I'm at work I make their day and they make my day. I am really proud of myself with completing the spots in people's lives that can't be filled by some people.
I love working with children and the elderly and having a job that you love is so important! The is nothing mire satisfying then putting a smile on someone's face by helping them and i always try my hardest to put a smile on a sweet little face by helping them around the house or caring for them or simply being a companion for them!!!
My grandmother and I have a very close relationship. I love going and visiting her as much as I can. My mom used to work in a senior home and I loved to go up there and bring her dinner and get to talk to the elderly she was watching at the time. If you choose me, you won't regret it. I'm here for support, companionship, and any needs to be taken care of.


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"My fiancé and I had our engagement photos taken by Bodhi a couple weeks ago, and we are so happy with the way our pictures turned out! I contacted Bodhi via email a week before our vacation to Oahu and he responded immediately with his availability. He suggested meeting at 8:30 a.m., so then I asked if we could meet in the afternoon instead, since I'm not an early bird ;P He advised us that the best time to have our photos taken would be in the morning because it's cooler outside, not as many people out, and the sun won't be in our eyes. I really appreciated his feedback, because it was sooo true!
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Koko Crater Trail is a short but nasty beast of a hike at the best of times - ie; in the daytime - with over 1000 double height stair steps made from old, crumbling railroad ties. As I stood at the bottom of the steep WWII relic tramway at 3:45am, shrugging my camera backpack into position and looking up at the dark shadow of a the peak looming over me, I wondered yet again what the hell I was thinking when I agreed to do a sunrise surprise proposal at the top.
Posing for couples portraits is like having sex - there are really only so many ways two human bodies can fit together. So it's HOW you fit together that's really the important part. The trick to natural looking romantic photos is to choose a basic pose you like and then make it your own.
Minto initially contacted me a month before his vacation in Oahu with his girlfriend, Elda. He wanted to surprise her with his marriage proposal somewhere with an epic view. The two of them loved hiking he said, so I suggested Makapu'u Lighthouse Trail in east Oahu. When I sent him photos of another couples surprise proposal I had done at the top of Makapu'u, he was sold.
Today, when I found myself suddenly at loose ends with no photos to edit and no elopement, engagement or family photo session scheduled, I suddenly realized I had never written a blog post about engagement sessions! Huh. Well, the good news is that there are really only a couple things I like to cover with couples before - and during - their engagement session. So here goes...
Or, The Surprise Proposal I Almost Ruined!
Embarrassingly true story: Agustin spent two months planning his surprise marriage proposal to long time girlfriend, Alondra, and 15 minutes before he pops the question I nearly ruined it.
Yep. Even just writing this is making me cringe again in horror.
Boy Meets Girl, Falls In Love, Proposes, Girl Says Yes!
The photography request I'm always the most excited to get is the super secret surprise proposal! Arranging the secret plans, the code words and then getting to see it all fall into place and capturing the special moments as they happen is just, well, so...romantic!
He suddenly drops to one knee during photo session...
I'm a little embarrassed to admit I'm a closet romantic. I love working with couples in love and I especially love when I get to help a guy capture that romantic special moment when he proposes and asks his girlfriend for her hand in marriage! How sweet.
A Couples Session that became a Surprise Proposal
Analise booked a couples photo session with me 6 months before their vacation to Oahu Hawaii. She knew where and when she wanted her portrait session too: Lanikai Beach at sunrise. As the day drew near, we texted back and forth a few times to confirm where we'd meet and what time. Then, the night before we were to shoot, I received a text from her long time boyfriend, Michael. After sneaking a peak at her cell to get my number he texted to let me know he planned to propose to Analise during the session.
On Halloween morning, 2016, I got a call from Damien asking if I was possibly available that evening. After a month of setting up several vendors for his surprise marriage proposal to his girlfriend, Janine, every one of the vendors, including the photographer, had cancelled at the last minute!


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A little on our Church History
March 5, 1993 St. Rose of Lima was declared a mission of St. Ann .
Father J. Fernando Gil served as the parish pastor for nine years. There were two Masses in English, two in Spanish and one in French. September 2003, Father Gil was transferred to Saint Isaac Jogues in Orlando
Father R. Alfredo Ortiz was then appointed to St. Rose of Lima effective October 15, 2003. He came to us from Saint Peter's in Deland, Florida. He served at St. Rose for nine years.
Father Hector Vazquez Saad was appointed to St. Rose of Lima, as parochial administrator, effective May 21, 2012 until July 31, 2014. He came to St. Rose from Most Precious Blood in Oviedo, Fl.
Father Timothy P. LaBo was appointed to St. Rose of Lima, effective August 1, 2014 to the present.
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One of Apple's marketing brains is leaving the company on her own accord.
Allison Johnson, who reported directly to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is leaving the Cupertino-based company after six years to start her own marketing firm with a former public relations executive at Facebook.
Brandee Barker left Facebook last November after returning to the company from maternity leave.
She said at the time she realized what she valued about her career was doing marketing for young startups and she wanted to get back to it.
Johnson and Barker will join forces to launch their own firm.
The former Apple executive had a hand in the company's clever campaigns pushing its popular line of products.


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I recently heard several times the phrase "this is a goat rope" - The context of the phrase meant a big screw-up or huge mistake. Nobody seemed to know where this phrase came from etc. It was used in a military field setting int eh same sentence as FUBAR etc., but I'm not sure if it is military in origin - Anyone know?


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The Art In Science
Art is a diverse range of human activities in building visual, auditory or performing artifacts ( artworks ), expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional energy. Art therapy integrates the fields of human development, visual art (drawing, painting, sculpture, and other art types), and the inventive process with models of counseling and psychotherapy. With three complete-time faculty members and 3 adjunct faculty, students receive individualized interest and are exposed to a variety of approaches to art therapy. A crucial target in art therapy is to enhance or restore the client's functioning and his/her sense of personal properly becoming.
The inventive arts (art as discipline) are a collection of disciplines which generate artworks (art as objects) that are compelled by a individual drive (art as activity) and convey a message, mood, or symbolism for the perceiver to interpret (art as encounter). Art therapy is an successful treatment for persons experiencing developmental, health-related, educational, social or psychological impairment. Most modern day public museums and art education programs for kids in schools can be traced back to this impulse to have art out there to everybody.
Minimum educational and expert standards are established by the American Art Therapy Association, Inc. The creating now occupied by the Prado in Madrid was constructed prior to the French Revolution for the public display of parts of the royal art collection, and equivalent royal galleries open to the public existed in Vienna , Munich and other capitals. Art therapy is growing and the professional, academic and analysis foundation is expanding. These events offer art therapy students and location art therapists an opportunity to discover existing topics in the field with noted art therapists.
A lot art has been disliked purely mainly because it depicted or otherwise stood for unpopular rulers, parties or other groups. The art therapy counseling program invites nationally known speakers to the campus each and every spring for the annual Art Therapy Counseling Conference and each fall for the Fall Workshop. In person or group Art Therapy sessions, residents make a tangible item to reflect a permanent record of individual meanings, experiences, and feelings. In Italy the art tourism of the Grand Tour became a big industry from the Renaissance onwards, and governments and cities made efforts to make their key functions accessible.
The second, and additional current, sense of the word art as an abbreviation for inventive art or fine art emerged in the early 17th century. Art therapy counselors operate with people today of all ages: youngsters, adolescents, adults, couples, families, groups, and communities. Art is also made use of by art therapists, psychotherapists and clinical psychologists as art therapy The Diagnostic Drawing Series , for example, is applied to identify the character and emotional functioning of a patient. It has been a important element in the history of Islamic art , exactly where depictions of Muhammad remain especially controversial.


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It is such a fun time of year with planning for the holidays, large meals with the family followed by cozy naps from too much turkey and pie, and shopping for all of the special people in your life! It's also the time when you look around your home and want to decorate, add twinkle light, and make changes to the decor to match the season while preparing for guests. Just remember there is no need for all of these projects to mean a lot of money spent (another thing to add a smile to your face during the season!). Projects can be cost efficient and lovely at the same time and as you will see with this project you can make a total change to your bedroom with less than $90 spent and we carry all of the tools to make it happen! 😉
Now, when I give the $90 spent mark it's important to note that this was for my king-sized bed to receive a total makeover and that is a great gift to yourself as the holidays approach! This kind of project cost could allow all kinds of opportunities for the holidays.
Materials needed:
*Pallets – 4 for one layer or 8 if you want a second layer for more height
*Plywood – you can choose to purchase in solid larger sheet form or sometimes they come in pre-cut squares at your local hardware stores that will match the measurements you need
*Batting – optional in this project (explained below)
*Nice thick fabric
Tools needed: (All available on our website at great prices!)
*Staple gun
*Mini pry-bar staple remover
*Circular saw
*Electric Screwdriver
*Spray Paint Gun or Paint brush
I am so excited about this project! Details are included for a beautiful DIY headboard, platform bed concept from up-cycled pallets, and a bed skirt! Really a total overhaul of our master bed! Now remember we chose to redo our bedroom, but you could easily be redoing guest bedrooms with a festive holiday theme for upcoming visitors as well!!
For the bed frame you need four pallets to make the king-sized base or eight if you want a second layer to add more height. Be sure to secure the top stack of pallets to the bottom four pallets if you want that extra height to make sure that they are sturdy and in no way wobbly or dangerous. Just ensure your dimensions are the same or super close on all four pallets, especially the height!
Regarding the color of the pallets – we debated between staining the pallets or painting them white. White paint won because I really liked the bright color and we already had that at the house. 🙂 We just put the pallets outside and used an electric spray painter (love these!) and before you knew it two beautiful layers of white paint were on all four pallets. As soon as they were dry they were in the bedroom and set out to the dimensions of the box spring. We secured the pallets together with lag bolts and the base of bed is done! Cost…… FREE. (Often your local hardware stores or anywhere that receives large amounts of palletized shipments will just give these away if you ask. That is what I did.)
Box springs and mattresses were put in place and now we move on to the upholstered headboard! I decided I wanted an odd number of square upholstered boards set side by side as a floating headboard. I had seen various ideas and decided I loved the odd number of three large squares best. The size of each square needed to be between 24" – 26″ to extend the full width of the king-sized mattress. I found pre-cut boards already measuring 24×24 for $6.00.
I purchased a roll of foam (pictures below with dimensions) from Hobby Lobby along with my fabric. I used a 40% off coupon and the fabric was $47.00. The foam was $11 total.
I did not get batting after a talk with the lady in fabric. I chose nice thick fabric and I cut the foam to slightly overlap the boards for a more soft / less straight lined look so we felt batting was not needed. The roll of foam was 2 x 27 x 76 and I cut three pieces of foam to the measurement of 25×25 to overlap the 24×24 boards.
When cutting my fabric I allowed 6″ of length beyond the 25×25 measurement so that I had no issues getting a sufficient amount of fabric to staple to my board.
I folded my ends under and stapled in to that to give more support for the fabric under the staples.
It took me a few hours to upholster all three boards and then it was done!!!
I made a couple of pillows with the left over fabric from the headboard as you can see in pictures below. Also, I plan to find a few more throw pillows to set on the bed for added color. When you choose a neutral color for your base and headboard you can alternate throw pillows and totally change your color scheme with ease. Add Christmas throws for example! I plan to find some festive pillows for the holidays and sew some bells on them for fun!
I purchased hardware to attach my upholstered boards to my wall and screws with anchors in case I had to mount them to the wall in between studs in some places. The hardware total was about $6.00.
Total cost of new headboard $82.00!!!! I'm very happy with this project and the price! Also, this was my first upholstery project so it's not a gorgeous picture from the back of the upholstered headboard pieces, but it is not awful for my first time either. 🙂 I hope this was helpful and inspires you to remake a space in your home as well!! Please continue to shop our website for more tools and project ideas!! Thanks and Happy Holidays!!
For more DIY projects for the home and family I would love to have you visit and post your thoughts at: mommamiamoments.blogspot.com
*Maria (Momma Mia) handles our A/P and A/R department here at Workshop Tools as well as multiple other crises that randomly occur throughout the operation. She has been an exemplary employee for 10+ years and is a leading figure in the Workshop Tools family. She was nice enough to document her project and give us a write up about it on her own time. We appreciate her time and dedication with the highest affections.


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Style Watch: Two chances to shop in support of great causes
Some find fashion a frivolous affair, but two events this week prove stylish pursuits aren't so silly, after all.
▪ "WALK: The Runway Series" returns to North Hills on Thursday with Models for Charity members strutting in fall looks from boutiques such as Scout & Molly's, Uniquities, Madison, Vineyard Vines and Jarrett Bay, among others. Drinks and light fare will be served. The party starts at 7 p.m. at the Dalek Exhibit area next door to Ruth's Chris Steak House. Tickets are $25 and a portion of proceeds from the event benefit The Food Drive Kid, a non-profit supporting Backpack Buddies, which assists children from food-insecure homes. Go to visitnorthhills.com to purchase tickets.
▪ Shoppers can score deals on new and gently-used designer handbags while supporting a good cause at the Assistance League of the Triangle's Baubles and Bags sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Held at the organization's A-Z Thrift Shop at 1621 N. Market St., Raleigh, the event benefits the league's philanthropic programs, such as Operation School Bell, which provides new clothing to elementary school-aged children in need and A Kid's Place, supporting kids in the Pediatric Emergency Department at WakeMed. Call 919-875-8901 for details.
Girls' Night Out
Local Belk stores have something just for the ladies this week during Girls' Night Out, 5-8:30 p.m. Thursday. Women can shop the latest looks for fall, enjoy wine, food, music and giveaways, as well as 20 percent discounts on women's apparel, accessories and more. For full details, contact your local Belk store.
Patchwork Market Expands
Building on the success of its annual holiday sale and monthly markets, the Durham Patchwork Market launches a fall event, Saturday at the Durham Armory. From noon to 5 p.m., shoppers can peruse clothing, jewelry, art, home goods, gifts and more from more than 60 local designers, artisans and vintage vendors. Admission to the market is free. To learn more, visit facebook.com/ThePatchworkMarket.
Trunk Shows
▪ Bailey's Fine Jewelry in Raleigh's Cameron Village will have new pieces from designer Charles Krypell in store for a trunk show Wednesday and Thursday. New necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more will be available. Call 919-829-7337 for details.
▪ The fall trunk show series at Dovecote boutique in Pittsboro's Fearrington Village continues this weekend with dresses, pants and more from Italian label Peserico Collections, Saturday and Sunday. The family-owned company is known for its detailed tailoring and handmade pieces. Call 919-542-1145 to make an appointment.
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Outer Envelope: Formal
Your guests' names written out fully with no nicknames or initials. Married couple will be addressed as "Mr. and Mrs."—unless they have different professional titles—and all states and street abbreviations will be spelled out. House numbers below 20 will also spelled out:
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Kirkpatrick Nineteen Village Drive Chickasha, Oklahoma 73018
But wait, what if Mr. Kirkpatrick is actually Dr. Kirkpatrick? Then the first line is now:
Doctor and Mrs. Jerald Kirkpatrick
And if Mrs. Kirkpatrick is the doctor?
Doctor Brenda Kirkpatrick and Mr. Jerald Kirkpatrick
What if they're both doctors? (Who knew your guests were so fancy?)
The Doctors Kirkpatrick
What if they have different professional titles? Then it's ladies first:
Captain Brenda Kirkpatrick, U.S. Army and The Honorable Jerald Kirkpatrick
And what if Brenda just kept her maiden name? Then again, ladies first:
Mrs. Brenda Jones and Mr. Jerald Kirkpatrick
What if Brenda and Jerald live together, but aren't married?
Ms. Brenda Jones Mr. Jerald Kirkpatrick
What about Brenda and Jerald's kids? Even if you want to invite them, their names do not appear on the outer envelope. Why? Because Emily Post and Martha Stewart said so.
Outer Envelope: Informal
Does omitting the wives' first name seem a bit old fashioned? Informal addressing uses the woman's first name and doesn't bother with writing out house numbers under 20:
Brenda and Jerald Kirkpatrick 19 Village Drive Chickasha, Oklahoma 73018
Inner Envelopes: Formal
Barring all the confusing title issues covered above, it will read:
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Still want to invite their children? Then a boy under the age of 13 is called "Master," a boy over the age of 13 is called "Mr." and a girl under the age of 18 is called "Miss":
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick Mr. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Miss Courtney Kirkpatrick, Master Edward Kirkpatrick
Inner Envelopes: Informal
Everyone is addressed by their first name or nickname:
Aunt Brenda and Uncle Jerry Andrew, Courtney, Edward
Inviting a single person, but giving them the option of a guest?
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Imagine that you have just finished a job interview, a debate, a presentation, or a sales pitch and afterwards, you come up with what you could have said or done that would have made it better. Sound familiar? Most of us have experienced those feelings of regret before.
Amy Cuddy, who has a Ph.D. in social psychology from Princeton University, wrote Presence to present her research about how we can manipulate our body to "trick" in order to feel more confident and to bring out the best versions of ourselves. The nonverbal communication tactics include power posing and breathing management.
One of the power poses has affectionally been nicknamed "Wonder Woman" from her TED Talk, "Your body language shapes who you are." (The TED Talk is at the end of this post.)
Cuddy shares a personal story where she suffered a brain injury from a car accident while she was in college, and the accident lowered her IQ. Because of the injury, it took her another four years to finish college, but she went on to graduate school. She discusses how she felt the dreadful "imposter syndrome" and how she overcame it over time by using nonverbal communication tactics along the way.
I found Presence to be insightful. Cuddy supplies both qualitative and quantitative studies to provide evidence for her argument that your body can communicate to your mind before you communicate to your body. So to all the women out there: no more slouching and hunching over – sit up straight and expand your body to show confidence!
Cuddy provides a plethora of anecdotes and studies with statistical findings to support her argument that you can "fake it until you become it." She also discussed a study where veterans slowly overcame powerful symptoms of PTSD with yoga sessions, which is a combination of poses and breathing that help us feel calm and confident.
Although her findings illuminated the theory, some chapters were long and dense, but the read was worth it. If you've read Presence or have seen her TED Talk, what do you think? Have you tried power posing before going into high-pressure situations?


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The Empty Page
Dropping the anchor,
To try to find the middle ground.
Down into the "I don't know" rather than the forms.
There is a hesitation.
In the chest, a question is uncovered.
Is it true?
Grounded in my abdomen,
I see that this turning inward, is just as vast and nebulous
As launching outward.
Opening to where I am, now
At this table writing, and listening.
The weight of this body sitting here on the chair changes
and a fragile silence appears
that is louder than me or you.
Breathing in and out,
in profound exchange.
Of emptying and filling
Silence and sound.
While navigating varieties of lost.
The light in the room shifts and
Something changes.
My abdomen is trying to tell me something
But the language is lost in the process
Of trying to find the right words.
–Luke Storms


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So, I've been tagged for this by Lee Carlon, oddly enough. Actually, I have to state a public apology to Lee for my complete idiocy. A long while back I had stated that I had added his blog to my blogroll, when in actuality his blog was meant to go up there but somehow eluded me and was left out. I feel like a complete turd for having said "it's on there" when it really wasn't. So, for that I apologize.
Now for this Meme of Eight. Here are the rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged write their own blog post about their 8 things and post these rules.
3. At the end choose 8 people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged and to read your blog.
(Note: I'm breaking rule four because I don't feel like leaving comments…yes, I'm that lazy)
1. I am continuously upset with myself for throwing away my high school education as if it was worth less than the cost of an apple. Thankfully I have fixed the mistake and am going to college, but I still kick myself over my stupidity and lack of respect for how important an education can be. (I graduated HS, I just didn't go to real college because I couldn't)
2. I used to hate Coca-Cola when I was kid and drank only Pepsi. Now I hate Pepsi and drink only Coca-Cola.
3. I once tricked a friend who hated fish into eating some fried croppy (or crappy?) by telling him it was chicken. He ate three full pieces before his sister ratted me out. Needless to say his hatred of fish went away.
4. I'm afraid and not afraid of spiders and other insects. I don't instantly freak out when I see a spider, but at the same time I'm not one to sit there when one is crawling on me and go "well look how cute he is". Generally I'm fascinated by them if they aren't touching me.
5. During senior year of high school my English teacher gave the class a project to come up with our own poetic version of Beowulf. (Sit back, this is a bit of a story). My friend and I got together, did research on ancient England, came up with a plot, etc. and spent a good week and a half coming up with all the necessary information to do it properly. When it came to names, though, we hadn't a clue what to do. It came down to me telling my friend that he needed to come up with a name for the monster. I pestered him until he finally I just said "let's just call it penis", this being because penis is a comical word among fellow high school kids and had come up numerous times in class. My friend had a spark of genius and cried out "Sipen!" And so it was that all the characters, except for one, were named by scrambling names of genital-related objects (Navagi, Doldi, Umscrot, Teprosta Dalgn, etc.). Then I started working on the story. I made considerable effort to, I thought, keep it very old sounding. The teacher had the expectation of about 5-10 pages from each person or group. We turned in 33, including a title page. It might also go to note that on that title page we indicated that the names were inspired by a fellow classmate and the teacher for a moment thought that we were making fun of her, when in fact she was a great help in coming up with the names. Honestly it is one of the best projects I have ever had and am still proud of it to this day!
6. Whenever I remember a dream it is 99% of the time about zombies. For some reason I am having visions of a future where I must lead mankind to survival from an invasion of zombies.
7. My zombie dreams are some of the most amazing and vivid dreams ever. I actually love them to death and wake up smiling after I have one.
8. I have more pets than most people. (Fish don't count as pets). I have 11 leopard geckos (Angel, Cheese, And, Grim, Not Yet Named, Hubert, Humphry, Noodles, Melly, Taj, and Majal), three common musk turtles (Larry, Curly, and Mo), a beard dragon (CheChe), and a crested gecko (Tim).
Now for who I am going to tag! (If you have already done this ignore the tag).
Dane Bramage, Andrew, Lindsey, Heather Harper, and Eric (of Quantum Storytelling).


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What a crazy week/weekend!
This past weekend I competed at the IFSC Toronto World Cup for bouldering in Hamilton, Ontario, saw Niagara Falls, and then flew to Colorado for two photo shoots!
To start my trip off, on Thursday I flew into Buffalo, NY, with my parents. From Buffalo, we drove to Hamilton. After checking into our hotel and grabbing some dinner, we were exhausted!
The next morning we wandered around downtown Hamilton until registration began in the afternoon. After registration, I grabbed dinner with my other US teammates, Alex Puccio and Meagan Martin. It was so much fun to have a girls dinner and wind down before the competition.
Qualifiers began on Saturday morning with 5 problems, following the standard insight format of 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off. While the problems were tough, I topped the first one, putting me in 19th place heading into semi-finals. Meagan qualified for semi-finals in 20th and Alex in 3rd. Ian Dory had a stellar showing as well, placing 24th on the male side.
Semi-finals took place early Sunday morning. Meagan and I were some of the first competitors out of iso. Once again, I topped the first problem, securing my 17th place. Meagan topped two problems, putting her in 13th place. Alex, topping all the problems, went into finals tied for first.
Between semi-finals and finals. I was able to go to lunch with my parents in Burlington, about 20 minutes north of Hamilton. Burlington is a beautiful town that resides on the waterfront. The views were breathtaking. After lunch, we went to Kelly's Bake Shoppe, which is a vegan, gluten free, soy free, all natural bakery. It was such a great treat being able to eat so many desserts!
Watching finals was a lot of fun! Anna Stohr ended up winning, with Akiyo Noguchi in 2nd place, and Alex in 3rd. The problems were crazy hard as always, the girls did a great job!
The next day, I visited Niagara Falls for the first time. It was beautiful! It it crazy to think that nature can make something so amazing. We even at lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Falls, it was seriously so cool!
After out trip to the Falls, it was time to get back on another plane, heading to Denver this time! In Denver, I attended 2 photo shoots. The first was for Climbers Against Cancer, a great organization. I cannot wait to see how all of the photos turn out!
On to the next adventure...


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You See The Headlines.
Boston Strong: What's Driving Wage and Job Growth in the Nation's Original Tech Hub.
NYC Tech Growth Outpacing Silicon Valley [Infographic] | Built In NYC
Bay Area Can't Keep Up With Job, Income Growth In Silicon Valley.
Chicago's tech job growth near the top of U.S. cities.
Austin Ranks Number 1 in Cities With Most Tech Job Growth.
And according to CBRE there are quite a few more cities doing quite well. (Even my hometown INDY made the list.)
Nothing but positives. Job growth and "the right kind of jobs" being created all over the country.
Yea for us and the awesome #CRE Market.
Tech growth or the sector that is tech is by all accounts driving the economy and the #CRE Market.
I'm not sure what the actual numbers are BUT it would be an easy assumption that there are quite a few brokerages and brokers makeing one hell of a lot of money in these markets.
Yea for them. Yea for "the business."
The growth of these markets and the companies that fuel them are targeting many legacy industries.
Healthcare, Insurance, Finance, Banking, Energy, Law and Transportation just to name just a few.
Just Google Startups and Law and what do you get? Legal Startups – AngelList If you take a quick look there are 1,185 companies.
Google Transportation Startups and what do you get? Transportation Startups – AngelList 1,190 companies listed.
Just for fun let's do Commercial Real Estate and Startups. Commercial Real Estate Startups – AngelList 1,016 companies listed.
Every major industry in the world is now and will be even more affected by…….Startups and the software products they are providing.
Wait, hold on. Every major industry accept commercial real estate.
It's a given. We are different.
Our system and the way we are structured cannot and will not change.
It works.
It works now so why screw it up?
Now, by all means, the other major industries in the world will change.
They need to change to make the world, in general, a better place.
Just look at healthcare. There has got to be better ways of caring for the human race. $12 for an aspirin? Ridiculous!
Transportation. Where is my driverless car? Come on hurry up. Take me from Chicago to Indy while I "sleep" and then arrive safe and sound.
How about energy? Give me my solar panels and battery pack for my house. Let me help save the planet!
Think about the children! What kind of world are we going to leave them?
Doing our part.
Think of the deals.
Think of the companies and the people they employ.
Think about the economic impact that you are helping create.
Tell me you haven't driven your kids by that new deal you put together and say " look what I helped create."
And why not. It's what we do.
It's how we contribute.
All of those diverse and amazing companies going out and taking on the world.
And you just doing your part.
Except one small thing
You have no issues whatsoever helping these companies tear down and completely reconstruct any and all industries.
Any and all industries except YOUR INDUSTRY.
The Commercial Real Estate Industry.
You have a mobile phone and a database of past and potential clients. That's all you need.
What's the point of technology for commercial real estate anyway?
Your right there is no point.
Don't you feel just a bit conflicted?
No, not at all?
Doing deals and cashing checks. It's what you do.
It's obvious that everyone else certainly, needs to change.
And I applaud you for that or maybe not.
That attitude towards the world in general takes some BALLS.
Arrogant doing it just for you BALLS.
Fuck the rest of the world as long as you are making bank!
Fuck the commercial real estate business.
Let it fucking change as much as it wants just as long as it doesn't fuck with you.
Again Big Balls. (If this is too gender specific for you then insert your preferred feminist friendly phrase.)
Why feel conflicted at all?
Tech Companies Are Booming And Fueling Your Commercial Real Estate Market. BUT!
You could give a flying fuck about your industry.
I hear it and see it every day.
When was the last time somebody looked you right in the face and called you out?
Again just remember.
Tech Companies Are Booming And Fueling Your Commercial Real Estate Market.


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Oh, sweetheart. *hugs*ReplyDelete
It must be so hard with such a large family. I'm the opposite, I'm an only child so I get ALL the attention and EVERYONE has an opinion about what I should be doing with my life, and I'm sure planning my wedding is going to be a disaster because I'm the only one in the family that they can fuss over.
Try not to take it personally, and if it's really getting to you, you must speak to your mum about it. Perhaps she has no idea just how upset you are. Share these special moments with people that will be excited for you and don't let anyone ruin this time for you. I bet you looked gorgeous in those dresses. <3
It is so heartbreaking when people who are meant to care about you don't seem to be interested, for me it's sort of the opposite, my family is small and tend to take an interest but my friends barely ever seem to listen to me. I wait my turn to speak and half the time I'll end up being spoken over by someone else who clearly wasn't listening. I've even had someone ask me a question, only for them to completely tune out during my (short!) answer and start talking over me?! I listen to all their work stories, let them complain about stuff to me, I feel as though I shoulder such burdens sometimes with all the things people pile onto me, but when it's my turn no one seems to want to be around to listen. It really makes you think about who your friends really are. We still have fun but I do feel very invisible sometimes, but on the flip-side it makes me glad I do have people who will genuinely listen, people I've met online and people who seem to respect me and my opinions and want to hear what I have to say. It's a tough situation and I don't know if this comment is very encouraging at all, but I do know somewhat how it feels! xReplyDelete
It matters to know that you matter. And I'm sure you do, very much, to your family. Have a quiet word with your Mum about how you're feeling, I'm sure it'll make all the difference. And next time they seem uninterested in your bridal adventures (or anything you gave to say) ask 'why is this not important to you?' It'll give them pause for thought. Time to speak up and make yourself heard, you deserve it, because you matter.ReplyDelete
I can sympathise with you totally Charlotte. It is so incredibly hard, I'm getting married in just under 3 months and while by best friend and mums family have been fantastic, since my dad has his 'new' family he barely seems interested. Ordinarily I am a door mat and just do as I'm asked or whatever will make everyone else happy but I've started standing up for myself. My younger brother will walk me down the aisle instead. It makes you feel so sad when people don't share in your excitement, but the thing to hold onto is the people that are excited. Have a word with your mum and try and get her involved. If she doesn't then get your girlfriends and papa involved in all your lovely plans. I am sure you looked utterly beautiful in the dresses and if your wedding is half as beautiful as this blog, it will be a truly magical day. ♡ frankie xReplyDelete
You know, if you want to run away and come back married, why don't you? I was so ecstatic when my partner proposed to me, and I thought we'd have a few years to save up and have the most perfect day. We told my parents and they were really excited, but when we told his family, they didn't really seem to happy about the idea but kept suggesting we get married within months. We did end up getting married quite soon, and although I love being married and who I am married to, I wish I'd done it in my own terms. That might be incredibly selfish, but if you can't have the biggest day of your life go the way you want it to, then how can it be your biggest day?ReplyDelete
I hope your family come round for you, maybe invite them to go dress shopping/viewing with you so they can experience it that way? xx
- Anonymous18 January 2014 at 11:35
Awww my lovely that does suck. Thank goodness for your chosen family, your friends who can get excited with you and celebrate every details big or small. xxReplyDelete
Darling charlotte, I know exactly how you feel right now; I'm one of five but the only girl, I expected being showered with happiness but not a single member of my family batted an eyelid to the news, my dad even shook his head! Sometimes it feels like its the youngest children that get overlooked in a large family because parents tend to have a 'been there done that' attitude, however I'm the oldest and noone cares! just surround yourself with happy people who are also excited for you, often being that little bit selfish is the way forward, eventually they'll feel left out and join in your excitement! hope you're okay xxxReplyDelete
Oh sweetie. I am so sorry ;( Just try and think about how this is the start of your most wonderful adventure together. I know it is going to be tough and i wish i had more advice for you but i am so happy for you darling xReplyDelete
I just found your blog, and instantly loved it. This first post made me feel so sad, I'm sorry you don't get the attention and moments of feeling special, it must be quite tough being one of nine children. Just from the bit I've read now you seem wonderful, so I just wanted to send you a thought and wish you all the best for your wedding preparations and life as married:-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January 2014 at 19:33
We're all looking forward to hearing more about your wedding, so don't be sad! :D I do understand though, for my part I am the oldest, but my younger brother was a complete attention-seeker when he was growing up. Pretty difficult to get used to sharing your parent's attention!ReplyDelete
Awwww muffin, this made me so sad. I hope the family starts getting excited as the date comes closer!ReplyDelete
So sorry you felt sad. Do the wedding the way you want it. Make yourself and Sebastian happy.ReplyDelete
I only have one child and feel a meanie that she doesn't have brothers and sisters. It is interesting to hear your perspective. Perhaps they are interested but rubbish at showing it.
Families can be very difficult and sometimes making your own family will heal the hurts. Hope you're alright. I'm a quiet one too and we get taken for granted sometimes.
Tracy xxx
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That is so sad as it really is such a special time for you. I'm feeling sad for you just thinking about it. It must be quite tough being one of so many children but trust me sometimes being an only child can be equally harsh. When I was getting married I couldn't think of anything else and was surprised at times when my parents wanted to think of anything else but the wedding and at times where they wanted it to be completely as they had imagined. I just had to grit my teeth and get on and in the end I was so glad to have them involved and part of such an important time. I think you have to just stand firm and know that you are doing what is best for you. It's a very special time for you - don't let anyone spoil it. Make sure you spend lots of times with friends and loved ones who do care and are going to support you. Don't forget to enjoy it as well! xxReplyDelete
I just found your blog and came across this post and felt a pang of sadness. Not pity, don't worry - nobody wants or needs that - but more a feeling that I understand. Firstly, I can't believe you're one of 9. That blows my mind. Secondly, families aren't perfect and although the laws of probability say you probably should have better luck with all those siblings (!) I think you just have to take great comfort in the fact that you have a lovely fiance and a wonderful best friend who knows you inside and out. Some people have none of the above and while I understand that pointing out what others dont have isn't helpful, when I feel awful I do have to shake myself up and remind myself of all the blessings that I do have. However, I'm so sorry you don't feel as if you have your family's support. That feeling is awful and I would say try talking to one of two of them, but perhaps you already have. It's usually something as small and silly as they're too busy taken up with their own worlds (aren't we all?) but that doesn't make it hurt any less.ReplyDelete
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Air pollution causes 50,000 early deaths and £27.5bn in costs every year. Failure to address the issue nationally is nothing short of ridiculous.
It is the second time ClientEarth has sued the government over air pollution, which has broken EU legal limits since 2010 in many parts of the country. ClientEarth won in the supreme court in 2015 and ministers were ordered to draw up an action plan, but ClientEarth argues even the new plan is illegal and has gone back to court. Government lawyers will put forward their defence on Wednesday, with the judgment expected in the following weeks or months. ClientEarth's lawyers have used government documents released as part of the legal process to bolster their arguments. One document shows the environment and transport departments wanted diesel cars, a major source of pollution, included the government's proposed Clean Air Zones. But the Treasury blocked the move, with officials arguing it "would be politically very difficult, especially given the impacts on motorists".


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Free Online Booking for Meetings, Demos & Appointments
Bookafy is a SaaS based scheduling platform targeting small and medium level enterprises.
Bookafy automates scheduling, confirmations and reminders to help get its customers to be as productive as possible.
Noteable Challanges
Users' feedback pushed Bookafy towards an evolution. We had to retain our users by incorporating their feedback quickly, still keeping all feedback inline with core idea of software.
Supporting and managing different time zones
As Bookafy was launched globally, it had user base in different time zones and people using Bookafy were using it to book their appointments across the globe in different time zones. Bookafy needed to offload users from taking care of time zones while booking their appointments.
Supporting live users while developing new features
Adding new features at an early stage, while keeping workflow of existing users untouched was a tricky job.Using limited resources of an early stage startup to support live users' issues and adding new features required great micromanagement.
As Bookafy evolved over past 4 years, its user base has also increase enormously. We got thousands of new users a single day, after we launched a campaign, few months back. To handle enormous traffic with zero down time and frequent feature additions, we had to design a robust and highly scalable architectural infrastructure for Bookafy.
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From the beginning, users' feedback was top priority of Bookafy. We restructured our design, changed workflow and provided customized user experience for non-paid customers, still keeping pace of enhancements steady.
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Supporting live users while developing new features
Our project management process helped us establishing proper L1 and L2 support for existing users. Fixing any issues faced by users remained our top priority, along the course. Issues were reported via different channels like emails and calls and our experienced project managers were always busy analyzing issues, their depth in user's workflow and all possible outcomes of their fixes.
Bookafy has around 3000 paid users now out of 5000 total active users. Its evolving with new features like more and its growth indicators are pointing towards a great success.
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An Opportunity Assessment by Paul Maurer
Introhub was an idea hatched by founders experienced in B2B sales and enterprise software start-ups. Paul Maurer, a proven entrepreneur in Chicago, joined two partners and helped launch Introhub to disrupt the $8B B2B complex sale, appointment setting market. For the first time, Introhub allowed sales professionals to pay for introductions to qualified decision makers.
Decision: Go
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Home is Where the Heart Is
In the 2000's, Venus Williams and Centre Court have become intricately intertwined like few athletes and venues in any sport.
Justine Henin and Roland Garros will walk hand-in-hand through the history books, but no one will ever be inspired to write poetry about Court Chatrier. Centre Court Wimbledon, though, even without the customary intimacy providing by the currently-M.I.A. overhanging roof, is the subject of crushes and curtsies the sport over. Just stepping onto it can bring a tennis immortal to tears at the memories it invokes, and weaken the knees of a newbie... and, sometimes, once in a generation or so, it can make the "special ones," the ones who know how to whisper ever-so-softly into Centre Court's ear in the middle of the night, play at a level that makes them untouchable.
Martina. Pete. Roger. And now Venus can add her name to the list, if it wasn't there already.
Even though she's lost twice there to her sister, Wimbledon is Venus' "home," not Serena's. With four titles (and counting) this decade, the relationship between the 27-year old from Compton and the ages-old-but-forever-ageless court will likely be the longest-lasting one in her life... it'll last long past the day that Venus is no more. For this alliance, much like that of the two sisters, will never cease to breathe. Even as the All-England Club's nasty cousins -- Court 2, take that -- were pushing little Venus around for a week and a half, Centre Court was always there waiting for the opportunity to offer a supportive shoulder. All Venus had to do was stick around long enough for the rendezvous to take place. Once it did on the second day of her Round of 16 meeting with Maria Sharapova, Venus found her center and never looked back.
Forgive it for being so for Marion Bartoli, but Saturday's final felt like a mere formality going in, and it turned out to be just that. The 22-year old Frenchwoman played well, but it didn't matter against the woman she dubbed the "world's #1 on grass." The 6-4/6-1 final scoreline was respectable, and with Venus' game in the zone it'd been in for the last half-week, that was really all that Bartoli could have realistically hoped for.
Of course, Bartoli's first-ever appearance on Centre Court was her upset of Henin in the semifinals. Not a bad introduction, even if the pair's "second date" didn't have the ending she'd wished. If she never returns there for another big occasion during her career, she will have left an indelible impression... and not just with that one huge win, either.
After SOME people (whistle... and walk on by) had a difficult time differentiating her from the women's field as recently as a few weeks ago, "La Trufflette" will have no such stigma from here on out. From the Selesian groundstrokes and jitterbugging pre-point hops to the father perched in the Friends Box like a bird on a limb, keeping close watch over its fledgling as it takes its first flight. From the tales of odd training techniques (tennis balls taped to the bottom of her shoes?) and promises of candy rewards for good shots in practice to her good-natured participation in the "wave" going around Centre Court even as her dream of a Wimbledon title was likely slipping away. From the sweet personality she displayed side-by-side with a tenacious desire to succeed in these final days of Wimbledon '07, Bartoli has earned her place on the WTA landscape. (And Backspin's, too.)
She may not yet be a "Bond Girl," but she's at lesat got Pierce Brosnan's eye. Now she'll have to work on getting the attention of Daniel Craig, huh?
Who knows if Venus would recognize the latest 007 is she saw him in the stands, but what does it matter now? You don't need "Q" or anyone else when you've got Serena to spur you on, Oracene to keep you grounded, and Richard the Greek -- yes, he picked Venus and not Serena to win this title at the beginning of the fortnight -- to cover the rest of the bases. Especially not when, for two weeks every year, you've got Centre Court on your side. Serena will end up with the flashier career, but Venus may have the longer one. Serena might win more slam titles, but Venus will always have Wimbledon. Even her little sister's many accomplishments and far-reaching aura can't take that away.
In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first African-American to win a grand slam title at Wimbledon. Fifty years later, Venus and the All-England Club's most famous patch of grass are bonded together like a bride and groom. I hear they'll be picking out floral arrangements soon.
Ah, there's no place like home... especially when it's Centre Court Wimbledon.
Love-Love... Williams wobble, but they don't fall down. Well, of course they do... sometimes, as Serena showed in the Round of 16, they do so quite literally, actually. But if they hover on the edge of oblivion but live to tell about it? Well, then everyone had better look out. In recent years, Venus has gone out early at Wimbleton to Karolina Sprem and Jelena Jankovic, but remember when Lindsay Davenport had a match point against her in the 2005 final? Davenport didn't put her away, and Venus ended up being the first SW19 champion since 1933 to come back from match point to win the title. In Melbourne in January, Serena saw both Nadia Petrova and Shahar Peer serve for the match. We know what happened after they failed to win when they had the chance.
At this Wimbledon, Venus was two points from a 1st Round defeat against Alla Kudryavtseva. She pulled it out. In the 3rd Round, Akiko Morigami served for the match at 5-3 in the deciding set. Venus got herself together, and on Saturday we found out how big her survival there turned out to be. Morigami was not going to win Wimbledon, so who WOULD have been in the final and/or holding up the big plate? Maria Sharapova? Svetlana Kuznetsova? Ana Ivanovic? Maybe Marion Bartoli?
Hey, zombies CAN win grand slams. But it helps if their names are Venus or Serena.
5...Justine Henin
4...Jelena Jankovic
2...Serena Williams
2...Anna Chakvetadze
8...Serena Williams
6...Justine Henin
5...Martina Hingis
2...Maria Sharapova
2...Amelie Mauresmo
2...Mary Pierce
1...Svetlana Kuznetsova
1...Anastasia Myskina
12..Martina Hingis (5-7)
10..Serena Williams (8-2)
10..Justine Henin (6-4)
6...Mary Pierce (2-4)
3...Maria Sharapova (2-1)
3...Amelie Mauresmo (2-1)
2...Svetlana Kuznetsova (1-1)
2...Elena Dementieva (0-2)
1...Anastasia Myskina (1-0)
1...Ana Ivanovic (0-1)
1...Marion Bartoli (0-1)
16..Serena Williams [8/8]
15..Martina Hingis [5/10]
9....Lisa Raymond [0/9]
9....Virginia Ruano-Pascual [0/9]
2...Serena Williams (2002-03)
1...Amelie Mauresmo (2006)
1...Maria Sharapova (2004)
1...Martina Hingis (1997)
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9...Martina Navratilova [1978-90]
8...Helen Wills-Moodey [1927-38]
7...Steffi Graf [1988-96]
7...Dorothea Douglass-Lambert Chambers [1903-14]
6...Blanche Bingley-Hillyard [1886-00]
6...Billie Jean King [1966-75]
5...Suzanne Lenglen [1919-25]
5...Charlotte Cooper-Sterry [1895-08]
5...Lottie Dodd [1887-93]
4...Louise Brough [1948-55]
AO: Serena Williams/USA d. Maria Sharapova/RUS
RG: Justine Henin/BEL d. Ana Ivanovic/SRB
W: Venus Williams/USA d. Marion Bartoli/FRA
Notice anything interesting. Yep, after three slams there have been six different finalists. You know, Tennisrulz Head Honcho Pierre Cantin predicted LAST YEAR that there'd be eight different slam singles finalists... then Justine Henin went and reached all four of them. Whoops. Maybe he was just a year off? The last time there were no repeat finalists at any slam in a calendar year was 1977, when there were ten different finalists (ten, not eight, because that year there was an Australian Open played in both January '77 and December '77).
SCORELINE-OF-NOTE #1: Girls Singles SF - #7 Madison Brengle/USA d. Katarzyna Piter/POL - 7-5/7-6.
...could the USA actually win BOTH the Ladies' and Girls' singles titles? As it is, Brenglefly is the only junior to reach the final of more than one slam singles tournament this season, having been RU in Melbourne.
SCORELINE-OF-NOTE #2: Boys Junior SF - #3 Donald Young/USA d. #6 Greg Jones/AUS - 6-4/7-5.
...could the USA actually win BOTH the Ladies' and Girls' titles, PLUS the Boys' singles title, too? 2005 Oz Junior champ Young next faces Vladimir Ignatic, who just won the Roland Garros Junior title last month.
SCORELINE-OF-NOTE #3: Girls Singles SF - #3 Urszula Radwanska/POL d. Anna Fitzpatrick/GBR - 7-6/6-3.
...Agnieszka, U-Rad's big sis, won the Wimbledon Girls title in 2005. Hmmm, Venus in '05... a Radwanska in '05? Sensing a pattern?
SCORELINE-OF-NOTE #4: Women's Doubles SF - #4 Katarina Srebotnik/Ai Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. #1 Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur (USA/AUS) - 1-6/6-3/6-2.
...Srebotnik was 0-2 at Roland Garros in Doubles and Mixed finals. She gets a shot to get one to make up (a little) for that shutout in Paris.
#1 Roger Federer/SUI vs. #2 Rafael Nadal/ESP
#1 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA/USA) vs. #10 Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (FRA/FRA)
#4 Katarina Srebotnik/Ai Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) vs. #2 Cara Black/Liezel Huber (ZIM/RSA)
Jamie Murray/Jelena Jankovic (GBR/SRB) vs. #5 Alicia Molik/Jonas Bjorkman (AUS/SWE) or Fabrice Santoro/Severine Bremond (FRA/FRA)
#6 Urszula Radwanska/POL vs. #7 Madison Brengle/USA
#1 Vladimir Ignatic/BLR vs. #3 Donald Young/USA
Misaki Doi/Kurumi Nara (JPN/JPN) vs. TBD
Roman Jebavy/Martin Klizan (CZE/SVK) vs. TBD
Deuce... so, Mr.Fantastic isn't Superman... but one has to wonder what Novak Djokovic would have done if he was STILL able to take the 1st set off Rafael Nadal, who was fresh off the six greatest grass court sets of his life, even with his body falling apart after nine hours of tennis in the previous two days. In the end, the Serb finally retired in the 3rd set.
Oh, but he'll be back. Thing is, while Roger Federer has that 53-match grass court winning streak going, Nadal is a "modest" 12-1 at SW19 the last two years in his own right. Djokovic is going to have to act like water and find a way through stone... only he'll have to do it MUCH quicker. He doesn't have a million years to wait around for erosion to finally remove Roger and Rafa from the scene.
Ad... Roger vs. Rafa. Rafa vs. Roger. This is becoming the most dependable rivalry in sports, isn't it? While everyone is talking about Federer's ninth straight appearance in a slam final, and his bid for a fifth consecutive Wimbledon title -- still not a record, but a "first since" situation that goes back to Bjorn Borg from 1976-80, what sort of marks is Rafa chasing? Well, just like last year, he's trying to become the first player since Borg (who'll be watching from the Royal Box) to sweep both Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season since the Swede completed his three-years-running combo from 1978-80.
So, I guess no matter what happens Borg will be on the wrong end of an accomplishment, huh? Oh, and speaking of guests in the Royal Box, was that REALLY Margaret Thatcher there on Saturday or one of those wax statues from the museum? After all these years, it's hard to tell, you know?
MATCH, "Look out, Martina & Chrissie, Roger & Rafa are breathing down your necks"... with Federer and Nadal facing off in yet another slam final, that assures that they'll share their tenth straight slam title. Navratilova and Evert divided up fifteen straight slams from 1981-85. They also won 19 of 20. Roger and Rafa will have won 12 of 13. Yeah, Djokovic really has his work cut out for him.
TOP QUALIFIERS: Su-Wei Hsieh/TPE & Olga Govortsova/BLR
TOP EARLY ROUND (1r-2r): Amelie Mauresmo/FRA
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): Justine Henin/BEL
TOP LATE ROUND (SF-F): Venus Williams/USA
FIRST SEED OUT: #30 Olga Poutchkova/RUS (1r-E.Vesnina/RUS)
UPSET QUEENS: Austrians (Paszek & Meusburger)
REVELATION LADIES: French (Bartoli & Rezai to 3rd Rd.)
LAST QUALIFIERS STANDING: Olga Govortsova/BLR, Nika Ozegovic/CRO, Tatiana Perebiynis/UKR, Hana Sromova/CZE & Agnes Szavay/HUN (2nd Rd.)
IT GIRL: Ana Ivanovic/SRB
MISS OPPORTUNITY: Marion Bartoli/FRA
COMEBACK PLAYER: Venus Williams/USA
DOUBLES STAR: (vacant)
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: (vacant)
All for Day 12.


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NZD/JPY: Current Price: 83.550
Again on strong resistance level(83.50), technically we plan to sell this pair for long term better to make sell position at 83.30. In another scenario, if the market breaks 84.20 level then we might make buy trade with 83.80 SL. One thing my signal is not 100% perfect so always use stop loss that I share with you. I recommend you take 1.5% risks per trade.


text: But while a few people are making headlines through acts of evil, there are armies of people who are working together toward a greater good — toward a peaceful, abundant future. We're living in an age of advancement that is both exciting and hopeful and it's good for us to dream about the possibilities. Given 10 years, technological innovations will disrupt energy, healthcare, shopping, manufacturing, exploration, transportation, communication and virtually every area of our lives. We're just on the cusp and I want to show you a few glimpses into what our future holds:Read More


text: Before maple syrup is maple syrup, it is sap, and in the not too distant past, almost all sap was collected like this, with a tap into a hanging bucket, seen here at Goss' Sugar House in Barnet, Vermont. It's a pretty fascinating and tasty process. Look for more photos from this series soon! Also, a larger size for purchase will be available this weekend.


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The Casper Dog Bed
Engineered by the same team behind the Casper mattress, our durable dog bed is a perfect sleep environment designed around dog behavior.
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Designed by the same engineering team behind all of Casper's sleep products, the dog bed is a universally comfortable sleep surface for our four-legged friends. We combined our mattress-making know-how with extensive dog-centered research to create a sleep environment that caters to canines' natural behaviors.
Let sleeping dogs lie on foam
Pups spend more than half their lives sleeping. If any species deserves an outrageously comfortable sleep surface, it's dogs. So we combined pressure-relieving memory foam and durable support foam to create a bed that loves Fido back. Sounds just like another mattress we know...
Dogs will dig it
Dogs scratch or dig before laying down. That's an instinct they inherited from their wild ancestors, who would kick up dirt to find cooler ground and brush away debris before turning in for the night. Our surface features excess material on top to mimic the sensation of pawing at loose earth. So dig in, doggies.
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There's a reason pups like to squeeze into tight spaces. They've learned to seek refuge from predators, so they feel safest in enclosed areas. The supportive foam bolsters of the mattress create a safe space for dogs to lay their heads — literally and figuratively.
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Even the most well-behaved dogs have bad days. But no matter how rough they play, most dogs can't rip through our durable cover material — it's made with one of the strongest bonded microfibers available. It's so tough, similar materials are used in performance footwear designed to withstand years of abuse.
Perfect for humans, too
Removable cover
The durable cover is easy to remove and machine wash.
Keeps its shape
The fortified construction won't sink, slump, or sag over time.
Easy to clean
The nylon fibers in the cover are heat bonded, creating a slick barrier that's practically impenetrable to fur.
Hidden zippers
Sewn-in pockets hide the metal zippers, so they won't scratch your floors.
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Cacheability 04 Feb, 2003
Now this is fairly techie, so forgive me if you were looking for some Domino stuff. I will post some soon, promise!
Anyway, I was reading Russell's site today and he had an interesting post all about caching one's website. You can read it here. In a round-about way, this blog entry led me to an excellent caching tutorial written by Mark Nottingham. For example, did you know that meta tags are pretty feeble when it comes to controlling your site's refresh rate?
Meta tags are easy to use, but aren't very effective. That's because they're usually only honored by browser caches (which actually read the HTML), not proxy caches (which almost never read the HTML in the document). While it may be tempting to slap a
Pragma: no-cache meta tag on a home page, it won't necessarily cause it to be kept fresh, if it goes through a shared cache.
Russell's particular issue related to JSP sessions being switched on by default. This is so easy to do… I've done it myself. So, if you're coding some JSP stuff ask yourself this: do I need sessions enabled? If not, check that they're switched off in your page directive:
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We joined BeOriginal. Committed to initiating discussion on the importance of preserving original design across North America through information, education and influence. GWdesign is proud to be a member of BeOriginal Americas, in the fight against counterfeit design.
When I met you in the Summer . . .
Discover the video of our recent project in Los Angeles, California
Tri-Blend Media Productions Video by Blake Richards Song: "Summer" by Calvin Harris Realtor: Housed Realty, Inc. Harry Dheedene
Art Storage
This is an interesting place in Jersey City, NJ. A massive warehouse complex of gallery spaces, artist studios, and few shops run by this organization. Essentially a storage facility for art. They are the archivist for Pritzker Winning architect Richard Meier. The model of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the project for the new World Trade Center are in a permanent showcase, which house most if not all his archives.
Metal Work made in Brooklyn
State of Art Metal work company with technical experience. Serett, founded by Joshua Young and masterfully managed by Zach Cooper provide us with exquisite craftsmanship to suit our design theme and budget. They ship for us all across the country.
Real Estate
A Real Estate Broker who not only knows his field, but has the talent and gift to understand clients needs and requests. It's a great sense that identifies a real professional. Meet Bryce Lowe.
Paris Photo
The incredible BMW 850csi Art Car designed by David Hockney at the Paris Photo International Art Fair. On the fantastic Paramount Studio in Los Angeles, such a wonderful piece of art & design.
Now in Los Angeles
On January 6th 2014, GWdesign is proud to announce the official opening of their Los Angeles Office in West Hollywood. Now from the East to the West Coast, we work on projects ranging from Residential to Retail, Restaurant and Corporate.
Work in Progress . . .
While finishing our recent restaurant project in New York City, we followed Miami native, Artist Wallace Lebrun putting the last touch on this giant painting. All the work was done in his Brooklyn Studio, with the last details executed on site. It was amazing to see some visitors and people walking by, curious to discover a master piece being finished "live" in front of their eyes. So meticulous, it's a real pleasure working with this extremely talented artist, and feel the love he has for his passion.
With brilliant photographer Dana Meilijson and her crew from the German publishing house teNeue, we start the photoshoot at one of our latest projects in New York City. A wonderful duplex in the charming neighborhood of Gramercy Park.
Green Wall
Under the heat wave hitting New York City, Landscaper and designer Billy Diggs keep his cool working on the vertical garden. This large piece was a focal point of this East side balcony overlooking Gramercy Park. The green wall includes a waterfall and a small pond.


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Just a quick update: the family crisis was partially abated and we made it to Orange County, California. The hotel is very nice, with a partial ocean view. Speaking of oceans...the beach is great! It's our first full day here and we managed to get a good spot on the beach. Unfortunately, the hotel was all sold out of umbrellas so we had to get one from a different store. The sun was merciless!
More after the trip.
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