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This is a required series for the Certificate in Fundraising & Development. Please note, this is four days of back-to-back training.
Prepare your organization for long-term fundraising success. This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the fundraising process using ethical, reliable methods that will give your organization the resilience to weather economic ups and downs. While designed for those at beginner or intermediate levels of fundraising experience, it is also required for those working to earn their Certificate in Fundraising and Development.
Participants will learn the basic questions and answers of fundraising:
Q: When are you ready to fundraise?
A: Institutional readiness, planning, & the case for support
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A: Operations, endowment, special projects, & capital
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A: Individuals, foundations, corporations, & other organizations
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A: Overview of the various strategies and methods used: from annual giving & e-philanthropy to major gifts & comprehensive campaigns
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This program was rescheduled from September 11-14, 2017 due to Hurricane Irma.
Instructor: Karen Revels, Senior Manager of Philanthropy. Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership
Karen Revels is the Senior Manager of Philanthropy at the Edyth Bush Institute overseeing the Annual Philanthropy Conference, symposiums, research projects, and The Donors Forum of Central Florida. In addition, she oversees the Leadership Certificate and executive transition and advanced fundraising programs and is an instructor for many Institute workshops.
Karen has more than 17 years of nonprofit management and fundraising experience in roles as Executive Director with The American Cancer Society and the International Fibrodisplaysia Ossificans Progressiva Association; and as Development Director with The Jewish Community Center and the Institute of Internal Auditors. In addition, she currently serves as President of the Lake Eola Charter School PTSA and founded the Howard Middle School Foundation, most recently serving as President; served as a foster parent; and regularly volunteers with Trinity Lutheran School, and First Presbyterian Orlando.
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Clean and store speakers
Beats speakers were designed to deliver deep, powerful sound in small packages. Take care of them and they'll keep your parties going for nights on end.
So fresh and so clean
- Keep your Beats speakers shiny and fingerprint free – always use the dry cleaning cloth to wipe away dust and oil build-up.
- Keep moisture away from the grill or speaker area. If any liquids spill on the device, dry them immediately and clean all surfaces with your cleaning cloth.
Play nice
- Don't pinch or walk on the wires, especially at the plugs and inputs.
- To completely disconnect your speaker, unplug the AC adapter from the unit and the wall.
- Only use your speakers with the AC voltages listed on the back panel – using with other voltages may cause irreversible damage and void your product's warranty.
- Don't try to repair, modify or disassemble your speakers – they don't contain any user-serviceable parts. Contact Consumer Support instead.
Treat them right
- Keep away from exposure to humidity, rain and from extended exposure to direct sunlight.
- Don't block any ventilation openings.
- Unplug your speakers during lightning storms or when you're away for extended periods of time.
- Only use attachments and accessories specified by the manufacturer.

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Tap into adventure with the 'Happy Feet 4-D Experience.' Join the journey in amazing 3-D with added special effects as Mumble realizes that his toe-tapping talent isn't a burden, but a gift to be treasured--and that his dancing feet may ultimately save his endangered colony.
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text: MIA double degree Within the framework of our Master's in "International Affairs and Governance" you will have the option to take part in one of our four double degree programmes (DDP). Participation in a DDP is competitive. The Master of Arts in International Affairs and Governance (MIA) offers double degree programmes with the following four universities: Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris, France Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford near Boston, USA Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul, South Korea Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia Detailed information More detailed information on the MIA double degree programmes is provided directly with the degree course information for the MIA Master's programme.


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Shane Butler – Vocals, Guitar, and Sampler
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Pete Wagner – Bass and Vocals
Dan Drohan – Drums
noisy psychedelic music blog
Embracing new and established sounds
A love affair with alternative & DIY MUSIC
Enthusing about records
Dope Blog For Music Junkies And Gig Addicts
for all of the albums you should have heard
Arts. Culture. News. Community.
For all those who support putting women on stage, and turning up the volume
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An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture
new day, new music
new music, videos and reviews. Copyright Popped Music
Sharing music discoveries every 2 weeks
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Wittering from an old indie kid whether it's c86, indiepop, jangle pop, post-punk, coldwave, shoegaze or dreampop!
Notes on the weird, challenging, thoughtful, chaotic and nebulous.
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The deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Show on Resonance 104.4 FM
Marc Bolan: A Megastar Remembered
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Well, I'm dyslexic so writing about something I love: Music, might help but it's most likely just full of mistakes. That title is also lyrics from The Drones song called I Don't Want To Change. Oh, my name is William and thanks for having a look.


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A woman walking her dog Friday morning in Stoughton, Mass., stumbled across what appeared to be a human backbone jutting through a plastic trash bag.
A woman walking her dog on Friday morning in Stoughton woods came across what appeared to be a horrific discovery – a mangled, maggot-filled trash bag on the ground, with what appeared to be human vertebrate protruding from the bottom.
She called police, who set up a perimeter to investigate.
While police thought and hoped the remains came from an animal, they took no chances.
"The vertebrae did not look fishlike. You couldn't be sure," saide Stoughton Police Executive Officer Robert Devine.
"If we had swept it aside (and the remains were human), we would have been in a world of hurt," Devine said.
Officials from the state medical examiner's office took the remains to a Boston lab, where it was confirmed the bones came from a fish. Police are not sure what kind of fish it was; they just know it was big.
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The Phone Call of Shame
The Phone Call of Shame
I was really looking forward to my ride last Saturday. It was the first time in several weeks I'd be able to ditch my fenderized, light-laden, geared bike —in favor of my fixie, my current favorite bike.
When all your riding has been your commute, you start to forget how free a bike can feel. You forget that bike rides don't have to go anywhere. You forget what it's like to just carry what you need for the ride, instead of having to pack clothes and food for the day. You forget what it feels like to go riding without a messenger bag slung over your shoulder. You forget what it's like to ride in daylight, if you live far enough north.
So, around 10:00a.m., I checked my air pressure, stuffed a Clif bar into my left jersey pocket (the one I can get into most easily), a phone into the right (I have a tough time getting into that pocket; I've separated my shoulder so many times it's ruined my range of motion), and a water bottle in the middle pocket. I loaded up the new seat bag I got for this bike (thanks, Banjo Brothers) with a tube and a 16g CO2 cartridge and a twist-on valve. I had everything I needed for my ride.
Or so I thought.
Raise your hand if you already know what I was missing.
OK, put it down. I was just kidding. You look silly with your hand in the air like that.
That said, you for sure don't look as silly as I was about to feel.
The Joy of Riding in Solitude
Not everyone likes riding alone. I do. Riding's when good ideas come to me, or, when I'm lucky, when I stop having ideas at all. I don't have an MP3 player; for me riding and music don't mix.
So after a quick couple miles of descending from the Sammamish plateau, I was in farmland, riding the quiet country roads of Sammamish, Carnation, Fall City and Snoqualmie. It's perfect terrain for fixies: fairly flat, with occasional climbs and descents to keep things interesting. The requirement of keeping a smooth cadence occupies you just enough that you start spinning smoothly, and soon you stop having the cranks reminding you that coasting is strictly against the rules.
Bliss, Interrupted
I was enjoying the independence of riding alone — exploring the area, picking turns at random, going where I wanted to go at the pace that felt right for the moment — when the rear wheel went flat.
"I need to change out these tires for Armadillos," I thought, as I rolled to a stop. There's so much debris on the road this time of year. I unzipped my bag and got out the tube, air cartridge, and valve.
I wasn't upset; changing out a tube on a road bike is a quick, easy task.
Except there was one slight problem: I didn't have a wrench.
As a rider who has never had anything but quick release skewers, making a wrench a part of my tube-change kit hadn't even occurred to me.
In short, I had a flat, in the middle of nowhere, without any way to fix the flat.
To the Rescue
I just stood there for a minute, unable to believe my stupidity. Here I was in a beautiful place to go ride, at a beautiful time to ride, with a beautiful bike for riding. And I could not ride my bike.
That just seemed wrong.
And also, I hated myself.
Not having a MacGuyver gene, though, I couldn't see a way around it. My ride was done, just as it was getting good. I got out my phone and called my wife.
Now, I should say that I normally really enjoy talking to my wife on the phone. We have plenty to say to each other. But whenever I've had to call to say I need rescuing, she knows the conversation is not going to contain lots of cheerful banter, because I am simultaneously doing the following:
- Admitting I have not prepared adequately
- Confessing I am a poor mechanic
- Showing that I am not the self-sufficient, independent soul I like to imagine myself being while I am on the bike
- Losing brownie points by the truckload, because not only am I not contributing to the care and feeding of the children at that moment, I am being yet another needy child who needs her help.
Suffice it to say: making the call for help is not my favorite thing to do.
Imagine my joy, then, when as I was talking with my wife — trying to explain the complex series of turns I had made to get onto this particular farm road — another cyclist rolled to a stop beside me and asked if I needed any help.
"Do you have a wrench?" I asked doubtfully, pointing toward my rear wheel's axle.
He did. He did!
"I'll call you back in a minute," I told my wife.
Thanks, Alex
The helpful cyclist's name is Alex, from the Netherlands. As we both worked on my first fixie tube change — which went smoothly, to my relief — he told me he's getting ready to do an IronMan in New Zealand this March. It'll be his first non-sprint-length tri. Good luck, Alex, and thanks for use of the wrench.
Once the tire was on, I inflated it in 2.2 seconds — I really, really love CO2 — and he took off in the other direction. I called my wife and told her that my ride had been salvaged.
It was starting to rain, but not hard: more like a humidifier set on super-duper-high. The nice thing about the flat I just had was that it happened at the highest point of the ride; I was able to get up to speed and into a biking groove fairly quickly. I cruised through farmland, spun through the town of Carnation and then through Carnation Marsh, looking for the bald eagle I sometimes see there. Not today.
Finally, I got back to Highway 202. I could turn left and head toward Snoqualmie Falls; that's a beautiful ride. Or I could go straight and ride along Issaquah/Fall City Road. That's steep, but another great ride. Or I could turn right and head home. I turned left; I wasn't sure I wanted to do that much climbing in a fixie today.
And that's when I got my second flat.
With no wrench, no CO2 cartridge, and no tube, this time my ride was over.
I could see no way out of it. It was time to make The Phone Call of Shame. I called my wife and told her I was stranded. She told me she was out shopping with the kids, but would cut it short and come get me. Which means that in addition to the other things I hate about making this call, I now got to deal with the fact that I was actually making her rejigger her schedule stop doing something productive (well, technically it was more consumptive than productive, but it needed doing) to come and rescue my sorry, helpless self.
The Theory
It would be about 45 minutes 'til my wife would get from where she was to where I was, during which I had time to think: I haven't always had a mobile phone. What would I have done with this situation if I didn't have the mobile phone crutch? Walk all the way home? Maybe. Knock on a door and call my wife from there? Maybe, but it wouldn't have done any good — in the pre-mobile phone scenario, my wife would have still been out shopping.
Or would I, perhaps, maybe been better prepared? I mean, it's not like this was some crazy, impossible-to-anticipate emergency. A double flat on scree-rich roads is not unheard of.
Yeah, that's probably the answer. I've replaced bike tools with a phone, and now I was dealing with the consequences: instead of riding, I was taking my bike for a walk. It's not a dignified picture: a middle-aged guy in tights, walking beside his bike awkwardly because of his stiff-soled shoes and monster-sized cleats (I use Speedplays on my road bike, which are great when you're riding and terrible when you're walking).
The Resolution and Questions
Today, I'm buying a toolkit (including a wrench) and Armadillos for the track bike. I don't want to have to make The Phone Call of Shame again anytime soon.
I'm sure, of course, that I'm the only one who's had to make The Phone Call of Shame, and doubly certain that I'm the only one who's had to make it for such a lame reason. And I'm absolutely sure that I'm the only one who has seriously mixed feelings about having a phone along for the ride at all.
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In MySQL (5.5) which status var reflects the current number of connection errors that are compared against
max_connect_errors by the server? I thought it was
Aborted_connects but in my testing I can still connect to server after driving aborted_connects (in succession) well above
Asked differently, does mysql server check
aborted_connects against any threshold variable? Is any behavior dependent on value of that status variable (or is just FYI for DBAs)?
to clarify, I am less interested in how to reach
max_connect_errors, and more in whether having a high
aborted_connects will have any negative consequences.
For context:
we're using a layer 4 (TCP) load balancer to distribute JDBC connections of appservers' db connection pools across a cluster of MySQL read-only slaves. The load balancer (AWS ELB) has a TCP-based health check feature - it periodically checks health of the db servers by establishing a TCP connection with db server's mysql port. Since the LB does not speak 'JDBC', literally all it does is create a TCP connection and immediately disconnect. Each of these connections, however, increment
aborted_connects on mysqld. I see no other side-effects, but wonder whether running up
aborted_connects will eventually have negative consequences (for example, mysqld will ban the LB's IP, thus causing health check failures)
Thank you, -nikita


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White House hails CBO report on health care
David Jackson
Two weeks after hitting its goal of more than 7 million health care sign-ups, the Obama administration trumpeted a new Congressional Budget Office report Monday showing lower costs.
"This report demonstrates the Affordable Care Act is working," said White House spokesman Jay Carney. "It shows that marketplace health care costs have gone down because premium estimates have gone down. Additionally, the effort to constrain health care costs more broadly is showing continued momentum, as evidenced by the further deduction in projected Medicare spending."
Carney also noted that the CBO estimated that "about 5 million people will enroll in plans that meet the (health care law) standards outside the marketplace."


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Prevent Frozen Pipes This WinterJanuary 29, 2019 12:00 am
When outdoor temperatures begin to fall, the risk of freezing and bursting pipes rises dramatically. In fact, according to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, busted pipes are one of the most common causes of property damage in the winter months. The highest-risk pipes are generally ones in unheated spaces such as basements, attics and garages. However, homeowners should take precautions with all pipes. Here are a few tips for avoiding a hefty repair bill and preventing your pipes from freezing during a cold spell this winter:
- Close garages – If there are pipes in your garage, make sure to keep the door closed to conserve heat.
- Open cabinets – Opening kitchen and bathroom cabinets will allow warmer air to circulate to the pipes.
- Let water drip – Let cold water drip from any faucets that are served by exposed pipes.
- Leave the heat on – If you plan on being out of town, make sure you do not turn the heat down.
- Insulate – As a long-term solution, add insulation to attics, basements, crawl spaces and other areas with housing pipes that are not climate-controlled.
If a pipe manages to freeze and burst despite all your efforts, be cautious when thawing, as water will begin to drip from the broken area. Additionally, turn off the water at the main shutoff valve before thawing broken pipes. Here are a few ways to thaw frozen pipes quickly:
- Turn on the faucet – As cold as it may be, running water through the pipe will help it thaw.
- Apply heat – Using small handheld appliances such as a hairdryer, electric heating pad or portable space heater, apply gentle heat to the frozen pipes. You can also wrap pipes with towels soaked in warm water.
- Call a plumber – If you are unable to identify the frozen area, it is best to call a professional. A licensed plumber will be able to find the frozen area, fix any bursts, and thaw the pipes.
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The first celeb-packed panel did not disappoint for those fans packed inside Hall H at San Diego's Comic-Con 2010 Thursday morning.
Stars of the soon-to-be-released "Megamind" treated the audience to more than enough wackiness as well as offering breakfast for the group (as long as everyone didn't mind sharing a jug of OJ and a box of pastries).
Will Ferrell didn't miss the chance to show up in character – with blue face paint and an enormously large headpiece – as the lead character.
U.S. & World
"SNL" and "30 Rock" star Tina Fey appeared on stage carrying a life-sized cutout of Brad Pitt who had been rumored as a possible "surprise guest" at Comic-Con this year.
Pitt and Fey both deliver as Metro Man and Roxanne Ritchi, respectively.
Fey described Ritchi as a Lois Lane or Princess Lea type of character. "She's a damsel who turns out to be really strong and doesn't need to be saved," said Fey.
Jonah Hill initially announced his full support of Mel Gibson while flipping off the audience as he left the stage, then returned and said he supports only a quarter of what Gibson had said.
Hill, who as Titan has the best line in the trailer, told the audience how relieved he was to be promoting a movie that's not R-rated.
"It's nice. I can show my children one day or nephews wthout going to prison," Hill said.
The trailer puts the rivalry between Metro Man and Megamind at the center of the story. Megamind kills Metro Man but realizes achieving his life's ambition is the worst thing to happen. He then creates Titan who promises to be bigger, better and stronger than Metro Man ever was. Titan however doesn't just want to rule the world, he wants to destroy it.
"Now, Megamind must decide: can he defeat his own diabolical creation? Can the world's smartest man make the smart decision for once? Can the evil genius become the unlikely hero of his own story?"
After the clip was shown, Ferrell said, "I didn't see the effect either because I huffed so much paint I actually had triple the effect."
Check out all our Comic-Con 2010 coverage including video, images and articles.


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Mint Aero Traybake
100g butter
200g milk chocolate
3 tablespoons Golden Syrup
225g finely crushed digestive biscuits
225g Mint Aero Bubbles or Maltesers
Melt together the butter, chocolate and syrup then add the crushed biscuits and the mint aero bubbles or maltesers. Mix together quickly then pour into a lined swiss roll tin, level with a spoon and chill till set. For a special occasion drizzle with some melted white chocolate. Once chilled, cut into squares.


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Archival Resources
Beth Din of Casablanca
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) .
Archives diplomatiques de Nantes ,17 rue du Casterneau, 44000, Nantes, France
Alliance Israelite Universelle Archives , 45 Rue la Bruyere, 75009, Paris
The Bension Collection of Sephardic Manuscripts at Alberta University Library, Canada.
Internet resources
Local Articles of interest
Other webpagesBibliography
By far the most useful books for the genealogist researching Morocco are
Laredo, Abraham
Les Noms des Juifs du Maroc.
Institut Montano, Madrid, 1978.
However there are
many others
that are of interest to a researcher of Moroccan Jewry. For a more complete
list go to my
"Book" section
Missing resources
Missing resources
Records of Jewish special taxes paid
There were special dhimmi taxes imposed on Jews and records of this must exist. It would be very useful if these records could be located. Probably in arabic or Berber, these records would have to contain much valuable information concerning names, properties owned, and probably names of family members and should therefore be a very fruitful area of research. The first step is to identify where these records exist.
Jewish cemeteries
Most Jewish cemeteries in Morocco have not been studied and their gravestones photographed. Visiters to Morocco are encouraged to help where they can. Photographing all the gravestones for later study would be a good start.
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PONTIAC (AP) - An auction of thousands of items from the decrepit Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan is back on.
The online sell-off had been scheduled to get underway last month but was delayed.
RJM Auctions official Jim Passeno said Tuesday that the auction will run now through June 18-19.
The Silverdome is the former home of the NFL's Detroit Lions and the NBA's Detroit Pistons. The 80,000-seat venue north of Detroit has fallen into disrepair. Its current owner is determined to cash in before it's too late.
Among the items available are pretzel warmers, a boxing ring, a soccer field, flat-screen televisions and scoreboards.
Auction site: http://bit.ly/1uSShCe.
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City of Keller, TXHome Menu
City Calendar
The City Calendar offers information on upcoming meetings, regular programs and special events organized by the City of Keller. To see additional events going on in Keller hosted by nonprofit and other community organizations, please visit the
Tabletop Gaming Club
for ages 11-17
- Date: 12/18/2019 5:00 PM
- Location: Keller Public Library
640 Johnson Road
Keller, Texas 76248
Looking for others to game with? Join us and play a wide variety of board games and card games every Wednesday night! Play some of ours or bring your own. This event is intended for teens and adults.


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For the 4.5 of you that follow my blog, by now you've become familiar with my pattern. I have little bursts of productivity lasting anywhere from a few days to a few months and then things die down, life or fatigue step in, and I disappear from the blogosphere for a while. Various things have roused me out of my previous genealogy hibernations, usually family trips and/or overwhelming, crippling, self-inflicted guilt. This time it's different.
Another genealogist on the other side of the country came across my blog when he was researching his own ancestral ties to Martinique (you can see the comments from Luis here and here). Luckily for me, genealogists, like all researchers (and like all humans, really) are curious people. He did a little hunting around to see if he could track down my great-grandmother Adele "Josephine" Cadignan…and he did!
Now, as a reminder, Adele was the Martinican-born mother of my maternal grandfather, Hilarion Vallee Cadignan. The clues about her identity started to come together over the last few years. You can see the following blog entries for a quick refresher:
The clues I had gathered up to this point allowed me to guesstimate that she was born around 1891 and it turns out that was pretty close. So how do I know this? The French National Archives has made many vital records from former and present territories available online. Luis looked through birth registers for Martinique and found an Adele – my Adele – that was born in 1893. This register was specifically for the region of Francois, the same part of Martinique all things Cadignan have taken me. Adele Cadignan's birth record can be found on the French National Archives website here on the top of page 40.The record states that Adele Cadignan's father was named Joseph, just as Cadignan oral history had reported.
As you'll notice, the record is written very carefully (and cryptically, as far as I'm concerned) in a lovely 1800s French script. All the zooming and squinting in the world was not enough for me to even begin to figure out what all of this said.
Enter Sylvine, my Parisian ex-roommate who has offered her help whenever I hit my head upon the brick wall that is her native tongue. She transcribed and translated the text, which I have reproduced below.
Transcription (minus accent marks, for now):
France, ile Martinique; est comparu le sieur Cadignan Joseph, age de vingt-neuf ans, cultivateur, domicile en cette commune au quartier dit Morue Acajou; lequel nous a presente un enfant de sexe feminin, ne le quatre avril dernier, a huit heure du matin, de lui comparant, en la demeure susdite, et de dame Lubin-Rose Rose, son epouse, agee de trente-trois ans, cultrivatrice, ayant meme domicile, et auquel il a declare vouloir donner le prenom de Adele; les dites presentation et declaration faites en presence des sieurs Cadignan Augustin surnomme Auguste, age de cinquante quatre ans, cultivateur proprietaire, grand pere de l enfant, et Dimbour Pierre Felix, age de vingt-neuf ans, brigadier de police non parent ni allie de l enfant, tous deux domicilies en cette commune, temons choisis par le comparant, et a le second temoin seul signe avec nous le present acte, le pere de l enfant et le premier temoin ont declares ne savoir le faire, apres lecture.
Translation: France, island of Martinique; Mr. Joseph Cadignan, twenty nine years old, farmer, living in this city in the district known as Morue Acajou, has appeared before us and presented a child of the female sex, born on April 4th of this year to him and his wife Mrs. Rose Lubin-Rose, thirty three years old, farmer, residing at the same house, whom he wishes to name Adele. The presentation and declaration was performed in the presence of witnesses both living in this city selected by the appearing party, Mr. Augustin Cadignan, also called Auguste, fifty four years old, farm owner, grandfather of the child and Pierre Felix Dimbour, twenty nine years old, police officer, no relation to either parent or child; only the second witness has signed the present document after reading the above, the father and first witness not having the capacity to do so.
That's it. That's her. That's our Adele! Thank goodness for strangers on the internet (how often can we say that?!) and old roommates from those grad school years on the east coast.
**Stay tuned for a discussion of what this birth record tells us about Adele, her parents, and grandfather in future posts.**


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In the Arab Spring, whose side is America on?
That question arose as the US backed – hesitatingly, at first – pro-democracy protesters in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, yet seemed to go soft on the dictators of Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen.
President Obama answered that question clearly in his speech on the Middle East today: "It will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support transitions to democracy."
As in his Cairo speech to the Muslim world in 2009, the president flew high on the rhetoric of freedom, saying that the US will speak out for core principles, such as nonviolence, universal rights, and political and economic reform. This had to be done, given the suspicions of demonstrators in the Middle East and North Africa about American motives, as well as criticisms in the US.
Mr. Obama backed up his endorsement with a $2 billion financial package to a democratic Egypt, and trade and economic incentives to encourage countries to transition to democracy. And he tried to move forward the related issue of a two-state solution to the Palestinian question by suggesting that negotiations start with a plan based on the pre-1967 borders and Israel's security. That's a welcome, definitive step.
And yet, ambiguities about American policy remain, born of the situation on the ground and of US interests that compete with the overall goal of helping a region slip from the grasp of autocrats.
The president spelled out America's interests in the region, which is a helpful review for an overview speech like this. Those interests are to keep terrorism and nuclear weapons at bay (think of countries such as Iran and Yemen), while advancing regional security and free commerce (he's talking oil, here), and Israeli security and Israeli-Palestinian peace.
These interests, he maintained, "are not hostile to people's hopes." And indeed, a democratic Middle East and North Africa would not be served by a nuclear arms race with Iran or a sudden cut off in oil supplies.
But in the short term, those questions do present policy challenges and choices. A prime example involves the autocratic rulers in the Gulf states, which are also America's allies against Iran. Push democracy in Bahrain? Or choose to keep a US naval base there that keeps Iran in check and ensures that oil tankers can move about?
An immediate concern, too, is the US budget and an overextended military. Go all the way in Libya and topple Muammar Qaddafi? Or play merely a supportive role in the NATO military operation there, skirt Congress and the War Powers Resolution, and hope for a tightening against Qaddafi that eventually forces him out
The president acknowledged, "we cannot prevent every injustice perpetrated by a regime against its people" – and then warned of the costly Iraq example of imposing regime change.
How much should the US be concerned with mounting deaths – by the hundreds – in Syria? Ally Israel prefers the devil in Damascus that it knows compared with the one that might take his place
Obama advanced the answer when he slapped sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this week, and said today that Syria's president can lead a democratic transition "or get out of the way.
It's remarkable that a country such as the US was even in the position of having to remind the world that "we are the democracy backers, remember?" This speech may have served to do that, but that was the easy part. It did not come close to helping Americans or the Arab world grapple with the trade-offs between often-competing aims and very hard decisions on the road to an "Arab summer."
That's a discussion that the administration must have not only with itself and its partners around the world, but with Congress and the American people. Obama said candidly that there is no "straight line" to progress in the region. Merely warning generally about that, though, is not enough.


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The S-IVB rocket stage played several important roles in NASA's 1960s and 1970s manned space programs. The 58.4-foot-long, 21.7-foot-wide stage, which comprised a single restartable J-2 rocket engine, a forward liquid hydrogen tank, and an aft liquid oxygen tank, served as the second stage of the two-stage Apollo Saturn IB rocket and the third stage of the three-stage Apollo Saturn V.
The Saturn IB S-IVB's J-2 engine would ignite at an altitude of about 42 miles and burn until it placed a roughly 23-ton payload into low-Earth orbit. After that, it would shut down and the spent stage would separate. The Saturn V S-IVB's J-2, on the other hand, would ignite twice to accelerate the stage and its payload: once for 2.5 minutes at an altitude of about 109 miles and again for six minutes about two and a half hours later. The first burn would place the S-IVB and payload into a low parking orbit between 93 and 120 miles above the Earth; the second would place the S-IVB and payload onto a path that would intersect the moon, about 238,000 miles away, about three days after Earth launch. Departure for the moon was called Translunar Injection (TLI).
During Apollo moon landing missions, the payload was a three-man Command and Service Module (CSM) and a Lunar Module (LM) moon lander. The astronauts would separate the CSM from the four-segment shroud linking it to the S-IVB about 40 minutes after TLI. They would then maneuver it clear of the S-IVB and turn it end for end so that its nose pointed back at the top of the stage. The shroud segments, meanwhile, would hinge back and separate to reveal the LM spacecraft mounted atop the S-IVB. The crew would guide the CSM to a docking with the LM; then, about 50 minutes after docking, the joined CSM and LM would move away from the S-IVB. The stage would then vent residual propellants and ignite auxiliary rocket motors to place itself on a course away from the CSM-LM combination.
Roughly 60 hours after launch from Earth, the docked CSM and LM would enter the moon's gravitational sphere of influence. About 12 hours later, they would pass behind the moon over Farside, the lunar hemisphere turned always away from Earth. There, out of visual, radar, and radio contact with Earth, the CSM would ignite its Service Propulsion System (SPS) main engine to slow itself and the LM so that the moon's gravity could capture them into lunar orbit. This critical maneuver was called Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI). Orbital mechanics dictated that LOI should occur over the center of Farside.
A few hours later, two astronauts would separate from the CSM in the LM. They would fire the moon lander's throttleable descent stage engine - again over Farside, as dictated by orbital mechanics - to begin their descent toward their pre-selected landing site on Nearside, the lunar hemisphere turned always toward Earth. Following a safe landing and a period of surface exploration (less than one Earth day for the earliest Apollo landing missions), the LM ascent stage would lift off. About two hours later - again over the moon's hidden hemisphere - the CSM would rendezvous and dock with the LM. The lunar landing crew would rejoin the CSM pilot, the astronauts would cast off the LM ascent stage, and preparations would begin to ignite the SPS to depart lunar orbit for Earth. The critical lunar-orbit departure maneuver, also carried out over Farside, was called Trans-Earth Injection (TEI).
The S-IVB stage would, meanwhile, swing past the moon and enter orbit around the Sun. Although it would travel to the moon and beyond, as of early 1963 no one had identified any further role for the S-IVB after the CSM and LM cast it loose.
For six months in 1963, engineers at The Bissett-Berman Corporation in Santa Monica, California, working on contract to NASA Headquarters, studied another use for the Apollo-Saturn V S-IVB stage. In a series of "Apollo Notes" beginning in March of that year, they identified a need for a relay satellite to enable Earth-based radar tracking of the Apollo CSM and LM while they carried out crucial maneuvers over Farside. They then proposed that the spent S-IVB be outfitted to serve as that relay satellite.
The first note, authored by H. Epstein and based on a concept suggested by L. Lustick, proposed a radar relay satellite for tracking the Apollo CSM during LOI and CSM rendezvous and docking with the LM ascent stage. Epstein and Lustick's satellite would include an omnidirectional antenna for near-lunar operations and, for "deeper phase operation," a steerable four-foot parabolic dish antenna.
The relay satellite, Epstein wrote, would separate from the Apollo spacecraft before LOI, then would fly past the moon on a path that would keep both Earth and most of Farside in view during LOI and CSM-LM rendezvous and docking. The omni antenna would relay radar from Earth until the satellite was 40,000 kilometers from the moon, then the dish would take over.
The second Bissett-Berman Apollo Note, dated April 16, 1963, raised the possibility of placing a "special purpose relay package" on the S-IVB stage. The package would either remain attached to the stage or would eject from it when activated. The Apollo Note's author, L. Lustick, attributed the S-IVB relay concept to one Dr. Yarymovych, whose affiliation was not stated.
For his analysis, Lustick assumed that the S-IVB would retain enough propellants for its J-2 engine to restart a third time shortly after CSM-LM separation, raising its speed by 160 feet per second. He calculated that, at the time of LOI, the S-IVB or relay package would have in view simultaneously both Earth and more than three-quarters of Farside. At the time of CSM docking with the LM ascent stage, about 100 hours after Earth launch, the relay would have in view Earth and a little more than two-thirds of Farside. Throughout the approximately 28-hour period between LOI and CSM rendezvous with the LM ascent stage, the S-IVB would remain within 143,000 miles of the moon.
The S-IVB would rely for attitude control on the ring-shaped Instrument Unit (IU), the Saturn V's "electronic brain." The IU, located at the front of the S-IVB, was not intended to operate for more than a few hours, so would need modifications to ensure that it could reliably stabilize the S-IVB throughout the relay period. In an addendum to Lustick's Apollo Note dated April 18, 1963, H. Epstein looked at simplifying the S-IVB Farside Relay concept by assuming that the S-IVB would lack attitude control while it acted as a data relay.
Replacing steerable dish antennas - one for Earth-S-IVB communication and one for S-IVB-Apollo CSM communication - with two passive omnidirectional antennas would permit data relay no matter how the spent S-IVB became oriented, Epstein wrote. The use of relatively low-power omni antennas would produce few problems as far as Earth-S-IVB communication was concerned, for NASA could call into play larger antennas on Earth to ensure reception of the weakened signal. Epstein proposed increasing from four feet to five feet the planned diameter of the dish antenna on the CSM to enable it to receive data from Earth relayed through the S-IVB-CSM omni antenna. He noted, however, that, even with a larger CSM dish antenna, radio interference from the Sun might stymie the omni antenna relay concept.
An undated Apollo Note by Lustick and C. Siska explored the S-IVB Farside Relay concept in yet greater detail, and included evidence of NASA interest in the scheme: for the first time, the authors cited constraints imposed by NASA Headquarters, which managed the Bessitt-Berman contract. The space agency told Bissett-Berman to assume that the S-IVB could increase its speed by up to 1000 feet per second for up to about seven hours after TLI, and that the maximum range between the S-IVB Farside Relay and the CSM should not exceed 40,000 nautical miles throughout the relay period.
NASA, Lustick and Ciska explained, sought to learn whether relay of voice (not only data or radar) would be possible using an S-IVB Farside Relay during the roughly 30-hour period between LOI (a "particularly important" time to have voice relay capability, NASA asserted) and CSM-LM ascent stage rendezvous and docking. The authors found that boosting the S-IVB's speed by 1000 feet per second 7.6 hours after TLI would place it on a path to relay voice between Earth and Farside from 72 hours after Earth launch until 102 hours after launch, at which time the S-IVB would reach NASA's 40,000-nautical-mile limit. In fact, they found that the S-IVB would have Farside in view as early as 60 hours after Earth launch, though this was of purely academic interest, since no spacecraft would be over the moon's hidden hemisphere at that time.
Lustick and Ciska also noted that the S-IVB would pass out of sight behind the moon (that is, become occulted by the moon) as viewed from Earth 102 hours after Earth launch. They added, however, that slight adjustments in S-IVB boost direction would postpone loss of Earth contact with the S-IVB Farside Relay for long enough to ensure that voice communication could continue during CSM rendezvous with the LM ascent stage.
In Bissett-Berman's penultimate examination of the S-IVB Farside Relay concept, author Ciska noted that a 1000-foot-per-second boost could occur as early as TLI. This would, however, leave no propellant margin for later correction of S-IVB boost aim errors. On the other hand, S-IVB attitude control was expected to "drift" over time, making accurate boost pointing later than TLI increasingly unlikely. Furthermore, boil-off of liquid hydrogen from the S-IVB stage would rapidly reduce the amount available to fuel a later boost. Both of these factors gave weight to the concept of an "all-or-nothing" early boost.
Ciska noted also that, regardless of the S-IVB boost aim point selected, the stage would pass out of sight behind the moon as viewed from Earth for roughly half an hour at some point along its curved path during the voice relay period. For a 1000-foot-per-second boost applied 7.6 hours after TLI with an aim point slanted 100° relative to a line linking the Earth and moon, for example, the half-hour occultation would occur about 99 hours after Earth launch.
The last Bissett-Berman Apollo Note devoted to the S-IVB Farside Relay concept, also by Ciska and dated August 20, 1963, was an extension of his earlier note. In it, he examined an S-IVB boost 4.15 hours after TLI and additional effects of boost direction. Ciska did not attempt to plot S-IVB attitude drift or liquid hydrogen boiloff rates; nevertheless, he proposed as realistic a 700-foot-per-second boost 4.15 hours after TLI with an aim point slanted 100° relative to the Earth-moon line. Following this maneuver, the S-IVB Farside Relay would pass out of view of Earth for about 30 minutes a little more than 83 hours after Earth launch and would pass beyond NASA's 40,000-nautical-mile limit about 103 hours after launch.
Though the Bissett-Berman scheme was not taken up, S-IVB stages did play key non-propulsive roles in NASA's manned space program. NASA converted Saturn IB S-IVB 212 into the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop. Skylab was launched into low-Earth orbit on the last Saturn V to fly and staffed by three three-man crews in 1973-1974. Saturn V S-IVB 515, originally intended to boost the Apollo 20 mission to the moon, was converted into the Skylab B workshop, but was not launched and wound up on display in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Of the 10 Apollo Saturn V S-IVBs that departed low-Earth orbit between 1968 and 1972, half reached orbit about the Sun and half were intentionally crashed into the moon. The Apollo 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 S-IVBs departed the Earth-moon system, while those that boosted Apollo 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 out of low-Earth orbit toward the moon were intentionally impacted on the moon's Nearside. The impacts were part of a science experiment: the seismic waves their impacts generated registered for hours on seismometers left behind on the lunar surface by earlier Apollo crews, helping to reveal to scientists the structure of the moon's deep interior. In early 2010, NASA's automated Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft imaged the crater left by the Apollo 13 S-IVB impact.
The Apollo 12 S-IVB, launched on November 14, 1969, flew past the moon too fast to receive a gravity-assist boost into orbit about the Sun, so circled the Earth in a loosely bound distant orbit until 1971, when, through gravitational perturbations from Earth, Sun, and moon, it finally escaped into solar orbit. It orbited the Earth again for about a year in 2002-2003, during which time it was observed and mistakenly identified for a time as a near-Earth asteroid.
Apollo Note No. 35, Lunar Far Side Relay Technique - Some Basic Radar Considerations, H. Epstein, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, March 21, 1963.
Apollo Note No. 44, Back of Moon Relay Trajectories, L. Lustick, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, April 16, 1963.
Addendum to Apollo Note No. 44, Communications Capability of Unstabilized S-4-B Satellite Relay System, H. Epstein, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, April 18, 1963.
Apollo Note No. 87, Section 7, Far-Side Relay, L. Lustick and C. Ciska, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, no date.
Apollo Note No. 90, Further Examination of Far-Side Relay Trajectories, C. Ciska, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, August 6, 1963.
Apollo Note No. 97, Minimum Boost Velocity Requirement for Far-Side Relay, C. Ciska, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, August 20, 1963.
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For example, larger exhaust turbochargers and piezo injectors are used for the first time. Exhaust manifolds derived from the 911 GT2 RS improve responsiveness and efficiency, thanks to optimised flow ratios.
Charge-air cooling and engine air intake have been completely redesigned. Previously, air for the intercooler was supplied via side air intakes in the rear wings and the aspirated engine air via a tailgate grille. This principle has been swapped over in the new 911
The result: impressive. Extremely sporty. In the 911
The completely redeveloped 8-speed
PASM is an electronic damping control system that actively and continuously adjusts the damping force on each wheel, based on current road conditions and driving style – for reduced body roll and thus for improved comfort and increased dynamics.
For the first time in the 911
The system has been continuously enhanced. It is now more robust and offers improved control. The result: increased precision and resilience.
This system enhances vehicle dynamics and stability by applying brake pressure to the rear wheels, in conjunction with a rear differential lock. When the car is driven assertively into a corner, moderate brake pressure is applied to the inside rear wheel. Consequently, a greater amount of drive force is distributed to the outside rear wheel, inducing an additional rotational pulse (yaw movement) around the vehicle's vertical axis.
Rear-axle steering enhances performance and suitability for everyday use in equal measure. The advantage for day-to-day driving: at low speeds, the system steers the rear wheels in the opposite direction to that of the front wheels. This leads to a virtual shortening of the wheelbase. The advantage for sporty driving: at high speeds, the system steers the rear wheels in the same direction as that of the front wheels.
The further development of the lift system on the front axle allows more ground clearance at the front of the new 911
PDCC is an active roll stabilisation system. It suppresses the vehicle's lateral body movement during dynamic cornering manoeuvres. A permanently controlled rolling torque distribution between the front and rear axles ensures that the handling is ideally adjusted for every driving conditions. For improved dynamic performance, even more neutral handling and increased ride comfort – whatever the speed.
The new active air intake flaps in the front air intakes, the pneumatically extendible front spoiler made of flexible elastomer and the variable rear wing are pivotal here. Both the front spoiler and the rear wing are extended and retracted synchronously in several positions.
Also new: the Airbrake function. During emergency braking from high speeds, it has – depending on the selected driving programme – a positive influence on the braking distance by automatically (additionally) extending the front spoiler and rear wing.
Designed to reduce fuel consumption during everyday trips and achieve superlative performance on sporty drives: the new active air intake flaps in the front air intakes. The flaps close automatically while the car is in motion, thereby reducing drag. On demand or in Sport, Sport Plus or PSM Sport mode, the flaps open, helping to provide optimum engine cooling. This means that cooling air is supplied only to the extent that it is actually needed. That's efficiency. Of the intelligent kind.
The seamless, one-piece light strip including 'PORSCHE' logo at the rear connects the three-dimensional LED taillights.
The variable front spoiler can be extended lower than the previous model, further optimising the aerodynamics.
The new 911
Tangible motorsport emotion: the GT sports steering wheel is fitted as standard in the new 911
¹Race-Tex is a race-track-approved microfibre material with a high-quality look and feel, similar to suede. It has a comfortable, soft grip and offers good hold. It is durable and easy to care for.
The optional light design package is both practical and aesthetically appealing. It includes dimmable LEDs in the centre console, around the door handles, door storage compartments, front footwells and rear seats. You have the choice between seven lighting colours.
The fully electric Sports seats (14-way) have been completely redesigned. Seat height and backrest adjustment can be adjusted electrically, as can the fore/aft position, the lumbar support and the seat squab angle and depth. A comprehensive memory function is also included. The headrests are embossed with the 'turbo' or 'turbo S' logo. The seat backrests have quilted seat centres and backrests in leather.
The new adaptive Sports seats Plus (18-way) are standard in the 911
The optionally available full bucket seats are made completely of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) with a carbon-weave finish. This provides especially good lateral support at minimal weight. The fore/aft adjustment is manual, the height adjustment is electric. The seat is covered in black leather - the seat centres in perforated Race-Tex. Perfect finishing: the embossed
The standard BOSE® Surround Sound System of the 911
Together with
LED main headlights with
In the new 911
LED main headlights with matrix beam including
The main headlight with matrix beam strategically deactivates specific segments of the permanent main-beam cone. 84 individually controlled LEDs can be adjusted to the situation by switching off or dimming accordingly. Vehicles in front of you or on the opposite side of the road are dimmed, while the areas in between and next to them are still fully illuminated.
Using sensors in the front wheel housing, the system detects swirled-up water spray, thereby assessing wet road surfaces. If it detects a noticeably wet road surface, the response behaviour of PSM and PTM is prepared accordingly. The system informs the driver of detected wetness and recommends that they switch manually to Wet mode. If the driver activates this, PSM, PTM, aerodynamics, PTV Plus and the responsiveness of the drivetrain are adjusted.
¹The 'Wet' driving programme is not a substitute for adopting appropriate driving in different road and weather conditions, and is, at the most, an aid for the driver.
The standard Collision and Brake Assist can reduce the risk of collisions with vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists within the limits of the system. In the first stage, the system uses the front camera to alert the driver both audibly and visually when it detects vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists in the collision area.
Where system limitations allow, the system regulates the speed of your 911
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¹The assistance provided by
Lane Keeping Assist uses a camera to detect the divider line markings where system limitations allow. The system supports the driver with steering assistance when the vehicle approaches a detected divider line marking and threatens to leave the lane, thus helping to keep the car on track. Integrated traffic sign recognition uses camera images and navigation data to detect speed limits, 'no overtaking' zones and indirect information, such as boundary signs, and displays these in the instrument cluster.
Within system limits, Lane Change Assist uses radar-based technology to monitor the area behind your 911
Night Vision Assist provides you with information when driving at night, even beyond the range of the headlights. An infrared camera detects pedestrians or large wildlife before they are illuminated. A thermal image in the instrument cluster warns you: the detected person or animal is highlighted in yellow – or in red and accompanied by an audible signal if within the critical range in front of the vehicle. At the same time, the stopping distance control is activated.
The standard reversing camera facilitates precise reverse parking and manoeuvring. Help is provided in the form of the camera image and dynamic guidelines on the PCM screen, which illustrate the predicted course of the vehicle given the current position of the steering wheel.
Surround View supplements the reversing camera with three more high-resolution cameras in the front apron and exterior mirror lower trims. Based on the information supplied by all four cameras, the system generates a virtual bird's eye view of the car and displays this on the PCM screen. It is also possible to switch between various camera views to improve visibility, e.g. at narrow exits.
|Number of cylinders
|Fuel grade
|102.0 mm
|76.4 mm
|3,745 cm³
|Power (kW)
|478 kW
|Power (PS)
|RPM point maximum power
|6,750 1/min
|Maximum engine speed
|7,200 1/min
|Max. torque
|800 Nm
|RPM range maximum torque
|2,500 - 4,000 1/min
|Max. output per liter (kW/l)
|128.00 kW/l
|Max. output per liter (PS/l)
|174.00 PS/l
|Top speed
|330 km/h
|Acceleration 0 - 60 mph with Sport Chrono Package
|2.6 s
|Acceleration 0 - 100 km/h with Sport Chrono Package
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|How do people redistribute their scoops?
I've seen it happen a couple times now, and I don't know which card does that. Any help?
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 7:53PM
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Spoony J Posted:
switcheroo.. it's probably got something on the wiki about the cards.
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 7:54PM
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Also, Modest Improvement lets you essentially trade four scoops from one flavor for two of another. Wiki article: http://www.forumwarz.com/spoilers/wiki/Domination_Cards
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 7:55PM
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No it's like the guy has 150 in one flava, then redistributes it so that it's 50 in 3 flavas.
EDIT: yeah I checked the wiki and was still confused because none of the descriptions matched what I've seen.Spoony J edited this message on 02/04/2009 7:57PM
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 7:56PM
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Spoony J Posted:
If he bought 25 Modest Improvements and then earned another 50 scoops in a third flavor… I have no idea. Never heard of this happening.
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 8:00PM
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I've seen it 2 or 3 times now. I don't think the dude bought that many cards. Most I'd seen him with in the last 20-30 min was 13. Used a peeping tom and saw he had 3 shields, 6 bumholes and a few shotguns or something. I thought it was something common.
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 8:04PM
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You are just missing in between steps. The person likely had cards to start with, had some visits to use and had the option to gamble.
Math-wise dumping 150 scoops grabs 37 cards, so even with the luckiest card draws you couldn't ever get enough modests. Cards cost a minimum of 50% of your scoops. They are doing last minute visits.scully edited this message on 02/04/2009 8:08PM
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 8:06PM
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That's weird, if he's turning 150 of one Flava into 50 of three in that short amount of time, something fishy might be going on. Unless ET implements some new theme or something, the only way to split Scoops among multiple Flavas like that is Modest Improvements. If you're absolutely certain he didn't use Cards and it wasn't a different person you looked at or anything, you might want to report that.
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 8:10PM
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scullyangel Posted:
You might be right, I might've missed something.
I don't wanna go around accusing somebody of something fishy, because like I said I'd seen it a few times. Maybe if I break it down it'd make more sense.
I finish all my visits and everything and I have about 475. I buy a few cards and I have 465. Other dude had 300 something, now he has 280 and 50-something in each flava. Is that plausible with modest improvements?
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 8:15PM
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Spoony J Posted:
No.. thats hax.
Can you prove it?
|Posted On: 02/04/2009 9:05PM
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It's easy.
He might've been using cards on someone else, used up a bunch of scoops to get one stack to 50, switcheroo'd, done a pistachio streak to get 50 there, and meanwhile using extra cards + speed run scoops to build that stack to 50.
It looks like redistribution, but I guarantee he's just running visits.
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Shii and Scully are correct.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Bah, humbug!
Welcome back to another day of Tickled Pink previews for the September release. In case you missed it, we have the gorgeous new Vintage Christmas Lads and Lolitas spreading holiday cheer... or maybe not. ;)
As always they are illustrated by Christina Dee and this collection also comes with a Christmas sentiment release designed by the talented Ann.
Talk about Dickensian... Lil Lad Damon has transformed into the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge don'tcha think? I totally think so and he has quickly become my 'go-to' stamp for cheeky "Bah Humbug" type Christmas cards, which are always fun to make. ;)
And yet again, I've used the 25 Days of Christmas kit by Simple Stories... hope you all aren't getting tired of seeing it yet, LOL! Even though all of my cards from this set fall into the same color palette because of this, I still think that each card came out with it's own unique look in the end.
Now as always it wouldn't be a Tickled Pink Stamps preview without a prize, so head on over to the Tickled Pink blog and leave a comment on today's post for a chance at winning your very own Vintage Christmas Ebenezer, oops I mean Damon, rubber stamp! And while you are there be sure to check out all of the amazing cards that my fellow Pink Ladies have created too.
Oh and I've also made my card for this week's challenge over on the Tickled Pink challenge blog which is to USE CHIPBOARD on your card or project. I actually had some pre-printed Christmas themed chipboard buttons by Jenni Bowlin that were not only a quick and easy way to play but they really do make for a great finishing touch to this card.
If you would like a chance at winning your choice of 1 rubber or 2 digi stamps then why not play along this week? Don't forget that your card must feature a Tickled Pink stamp in order to qualify for the prize... these include: Lil Lolitas and Lads, Pinkettes, Pink Pets and Cherries. All of which can be found in the Tickled Pink store.
Good luck!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper/alpha stickers- Simple Stories (25 Days of Christmas)
stamps- Tickled Pink (Vintage Christmas Damon)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Jenni Bowlin chipboard buttons
EK Success gold pen
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Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- W3, W5, W7
eyes- E57, E79
clothes- C5, C7, C9, T1, T5, T7, T9, YG63, YG67, G29, R05, R08, E19, E81, 0, E74, E77, E79, G20, Y21, Y26, Y28, Y15, E40, E70, 0
candle light- Y02
22 comments:
- angie ashuk said...
So far this is by far my favorite card. I LOVE it!!!!
- September 8, 2011 at 6:07 AM
- Creations by Shirl said...
Oooh Amy~
This one is stylish! I like this vintage christmas damon, he looks pretty cool... luv the way you did the layout on the background too!
A very pretty christmas card indeed..
hugs 2 u :)
- September 8, 2011 at 6:26 AM
- Hlora said...
It is so nice to prepare the Christmas cards already now - very good idea. Amy, the card is so cute!
- September 8, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- corryskaart said...
hoi amy
hier ben ik nog een keer want dit is echt een super mooie kerstkaart
groetjes van corry
- September 8, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- RiNNE said...
He does look like Ebenezeer Scrooge!! Wonderful coloring and placement of papers. Love the houndstooth one!
- September 8, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Cindy H. said...
Fabulous card, awesome coloring!! I love how the candlelight shines on him, too!
- September 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Danni said...
He looks like he has an agenda for sure! Great card!!
- September 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Maria Therese said...
Gorgeous details on the card and your coloring is perfect ♥
- September 8, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Crafty Loops said...
Ohhhh, whats he been up to? Having a sneaky peek in Santa's toy cupboard?? Lovely card and fab image Amy. Lee x
- September 8, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Stamping Cafe said...
What an awesome card, Amy! Love all the amazing elements, you are a master of creating scene!! Perfect coloring as always!! Hugs!!
- September 8, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- Regan said...
Amy,this is delightful! I love your papers! You always have THE GREATEST cards! How does it feel to be so freakin' talented!? :p
- September 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- kris said...
Fantastic take on the scrooge look alike! this is so cool!!
- September 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Rachel G said...
Love him! Your card is fabulous...love your DP choices!
- September 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- yvon said...
Ooh my, look at him, he's gorgeous. Stunning card, super.
- September 8, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Kelly Booth said...
You are such a busy lady Amy...not sure how you keep up!! Love these new cards on your blog...all so perfectly cute!! Hugs....
- September 8, 2011 at 3:23 PM
- Craftdee said...
Great card Amy. This is def my favourite image of the new release (so far!) and I LOVE the way you've presented him, Dee
- September 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- Cor* said...
I KNOW< I KNOW. He's totally almost my fave too at the mo! Great layout and of course that chipboard is perfect! I love this release so far !
- September 8, 2011 at 10:54 PM
- Isa said...
I LOVE ALL your cards !!!!!!!!
Thank Youuuuuuuuu so much because I can see them :D
Isa of Spain
- September 9, 2011 at 3:32 AM
- Iverova said...
Wow, what a cool card! Buttons have no words! I like the paper, beautiful!
- September 9, 2011 at 3:41 AM
- Nancy Thomas said...
This card looks like a page right out of a Dickens novel! Beautiful and I'm so jealous you are getting such a jumpstart on your Christmas cards!
- September 9, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Vikysik said...
Вау!!! Просто великолепно!
- September 9, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Leanne said...
hahaha!!! love ur Scrooge card! Yes, he definitely looks like a younger version of the old geezer! His outfit is fantastic, love the red and white scarf with the green jacket. Those buttons are pretty cool tood. Love the layout. ;)
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fundamentaly i just have fun with the public and juggle with chainsaws.
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