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State and local governments saw a big jump in tax revenues in the final three months of 2017, due in large part to an increase in the prepayment of income and property taxes as some high-income residents sought to take advantage of deductions that will be sharply reduced in 2018.
The Rockefeller Institute of Government, which released a new state revenue report on Monday, said that "The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in late December 2017, created strong incentives for some high-income taxpayers to act fast and prepay their state and local income and property taxes to take advantage of the expiring tax breaks, namely the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018."
As a result, personal income tax revenues grew at a 15.1 percent rate in the fourth quarter of 2017, well above the 3.2 percent average rate of the previous four quarters. Similarly, local property tax revenues grew at a 9.2 percent rate in Q4, compared to a 3.5 percent average rate previously.
Other state and local tax revenues increased as well, though at a lesser pace.
The outlook for the remainder of 2018 and 2019, however, is uncertain, Rockefeller Institute's Lucy Dadayan said, in the wake of the many new rules laid out in the Republican tax bill passed late last year. "State and local tax revenues will likely continue to fluctuate in the coming quarters as various entities, including states, high-income taxpayers, pass-through entities, corporations, and tax professionals are examining the new rules of the game, exploring loopholes, and looking into ways to minimize tax liability in light of the new provisions of the TCJA," Daydan wrote.


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You may have many changes in your breasts as a teen and young adult. Some changes are linked to your period. Others are linked to birth control pills, or to other hormonal forms of birth control. In some cases, changes may happen at any time for no clear reason. Most breast conditions are not cancer. These are called noncancer, or benign conditions. But it is important for you to know about correct breast health. This will help you to find any problems. Some of the breast conditions you may have include cyclical breast pain, cysts, fibroadenomas, and fibrocystic breast changes.
The most common type of breast pain is linked to your menstrual cycle. This is called cyclical breast pain. It is nearly always hormonal. You may have pain around the time that you ovulate. This pain may last until your period starts. The pain may be very minor. Or it may be so severe that you can't wear tight-fitting clothes or have close contact of any kind. The pain may be felt in only one breast. Or it may be spread over the whole underarm area.
It may be helpful for you to chart your breast pain. This will help you see if your pain is cyclical or not. After a few months, you will be able to see if there is any link between your menstrual cycle and your breast pain.
Hormones would likely affect both breasts equally. But cyclical breast pain is often more severe in one breast than the other. For this reason, hormones may not be the only cause. Many health experts believe that the pain is due to both hormonal activity and something in the breast that responds to this activity. More research is needed.
A cyst is a fluid-filled sac that develops in the breast tissue. Cysts often get bigger and become sore and painful just before your period. They may seem to appear overnight. They are the most common reason for breast lumps in teens. In most cases, cysts are benign. It is rare that they are cancer. They may be caused by a blocked breast gland.
Cysts can feel either soft or hard. A cyst that is close to the surface of your breast can feel like a large blister. It may be smooth on the outside, but fluid-filled on the inside. When a cyst is deep in your breast tissue, it will feel like a hard lump. This is because it is covered with tissue.
Fibroadenomas are solid, smooth, firm, benign lumps. They are most often found in women in their late teens and early twenties. But they can occur in women of any age. They are the second most common type of benign lump in women.
Fibroadenomas occur twice as often in African-American women as in other women. The painless lump feels rubbery and moves around freely. It very often is found by the woman herself. These lumps vary in size. They can grow anywhere in your breast tissue.
In some cases, with very young women, the fibroadenoma is not removed. But these lumps may grow larger with pregnancy and breastfeeding. For this reason, your healthcare provider may recommend having surgery to remove a fibroadenoma.
Fibrocystic breast changes are symptoms you may feel in your breasts right before your period. Your breasts may feel lumpy, swollen, or sore. This is a very common condition. It is not a disease, and it is not cancer. Changes in hormone levels during your menstrual cycle affect your breasts. Your healthcare provider can rule out problems and help ease your symptoms.
Women with lumpy breasts may have other benign breast conditions.
Breast lumpiness may make it harder to tell if you have actual lumps. Breast self-awareness is key to caring for your breasts. If you have lumpy breasts, it is important to learn what your breasts normally look and feel like. This will help you find any breast changes more easily. If you notice any changes, report them to your healthcare provider as soon as possible.
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San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy hasn't announced that he'll send his starter in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series to the mound with a bag over his head, but it's coming to that.
Matt Cain will be on the hill for the Giants in Wednesday's Game 3 against the St. Louis Cardinals' Kyle Lohse. As for Game 4, only the Shadow and Bochy knows.
And neither are tipping their hand.
Pretty well everybody believes that Bochy will settle on Tim Lincecum, but Bochy wants to keep his two-time NL Cy Young Award winner on the shelf and available for bullpen duty in case Cain implodes early in Game 3.
If that happens, he can turn the ball over to Lincecum on Wednesday and go with Barry Zito for Game 4.
But that's just speculation.
Bochy? He's keeping mum.
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He was then asked if there is any reason why he hasn't named his Game 4 starter yet.
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Why does an electric generator slow down when you begin to use the power it is generating? – WV, Waverley, South Africa
An ordinary electric generator produces electric power by spinning a strong magnet inside a set of wire coils. As the magnet spins, its magnetic field sweeps across the coils and gives rise to electric fields in those coils. This effect, in which changing or moving magnetic fields produce electric fields, is a fundamental piece of electromagnetic theory, and allows the spinning magnet to push on electric charges that exist within the wire coils.
But if the generator's power isn't being used, its coils carry no electric current. The fields from the spinning magnet are pushing charges around, but those charges have nowhere to go. It isn't until you begin using the generated power that current can flow through the coils. When that happens, something new appears: magnetic fields around the coils themselves. As current flows through the coils, the coils become electromagnets.
In accordance with a property known as Lenz's law, each coil's magnetism pushes against the spinning magnet's motion, first to slow the magnet's approach and then to delay its departure. By fighting the spinning magnet's rotation, the coils are making it do work on them and extracting energy from its spinning motion. To keep the magnet spinning, something must continuously restore this rotational energy and that something is usually an engine. You can hear the engine begin working hard when you start using power from the generator. And if you're turning the generator by hand, you have no problem noticing when its power is being consumed: its crank suddenly becomes much harder to turn. Generating just 100 watts of power is quite a challenge and you'll find yourself sweating after a minute or two. Many exercise machines use this phenomenon to provide variable resistances. As you exercise, you power a generator and the machine's computer varies your workout by adjusting how much of your electric power it consumes. Unfortunately, a typical workout generates less than 1¢ worth of electricity, so you'd better not plan on earning your way through college as a power company.
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If you want meat in your sauce, brown 1 pound of ground beef (I usually add Mrs. Dash to the ground beef), drain the fat and add the meat to your sauce.
Simmer the sauce until the fresh tomatoes are cooked.
Voila. Sauce is done.
As for the pasta, just follow the instructions on the package. I'm not thrilled about pasta that's all mushy (overcooked, chances are someone is not following the directions). After draining the pasta, I like to coat mine with margerine. Add margerine to the hot pasta; as the margerine melts, toss the pasta to coat. I'm sure there are healthier ways to keep pasta from clumping (olive oil, maybe?). I'm ok with margerine.


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Calcium 1.3% min
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L-Carnitine* 100 mg/kg min
Omega 3 Fatty Acids* 0.40% min
Omega 6 Fatty Acids* 1.80% min
Beta Carotene* 5.0 mg/kg min
Glucosamine* 400 mg/kg max
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First two ingredients are named meat products, uses good quality grains and whole vegetables
Minimum acceptable meat content, some filler
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat product, as is the second. Since the first is lamb inclusive of its water content (about 80%) and once that is removed it is likely that this ingredient would be more accurately placed somewhat further down the ingredient list (ingredients are listed in order of weight). Note that this is an example of the practice of splitting (see note on main page), but in this case serves to increase our level of confidence in the amount of meat product in the food.
The next four ingredients are all grains. All are quality grains. Potato is further carbohydrate; tomato pomace is filler. Fish meal is the 7th ingredient in the food, and a further meat ingredient although this is a little too far down the ingredient list to make up a substantial portion of the food. We note that the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
We appreciate the use of whole vegetables in the food. There is a good range of probiotics also. Overall this product appears to contain good quality ingredients, but it makes heavy use of grains and the meat content is not that high. Adding meat to this diet would be beneficial in most cases.
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Now you're just being mean, Matt.
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The videos had ADS????
Why is there no paypal option? Don't you want my money?
Done and done.
You guys are wussing out. I can't believe you're ignoring my suggesting to make non-subscribers view the site in 8pt Comic Sans. On a lime background.
More seriously, congrats.
I subscribed 15 minutes ago. I haven't gotten any reply yet.
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And I've just subscribed. Figured I've been using this site for long enough time for me to give something back.
I could live without the the new high quality videos but I am so grateful that articles now can be shown in one piece. That alone was worth the price of admission for this escapist.
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So, in other words, you're implementing a premium service like IGN did... And IGN lost a bunch of it's users... So you're trying to lose users then I take it? Well, whatever, game news can be had for free elsewhere. Will be a shame to miss out on Rebecca Mayes and Yahtzee though.
You're not losing anything you currently have, as stated in previous posts. You're only gaining new things by purchasing a subscription. If you don't purchase one, you get the same version of Escapist Magazine that you normally see, for free.
Yes, but that's still extremely insulting. Paying for high quality when LRR released theirs for free. Merchandise is the real answer, not gimmicks and marketing ploys like a shiny custom title and access to a secret forum. LRR also does that for free, it's called the LoadingReadyRunners. You EARN access through contests. Merely paying is just a sell-out.
So, how far back does the HQ video go? I'm assuming you haven't gone all the way back to the classic ZPs...
Also, I must say, the big blank space where the ads use the be is kind of noticeable.
Well, go look and find out. What was the first ZP to be published on the Escapist?
I won't be getting this. There aren't even that many ads on this site, and I'm fine with watching stuff in standard def.
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Do you loose the badge when you unsubscribe?
Aaaaand I'll probably think up some more questions later
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Great idea, and I hope it works out for the best. I won't be signing up myself as the benefits don't particularly appeal to me (and assuming the promise is kept that not being a paying member doesn't screw you out of something good).
Wow, you're an ridiculously awesome contributor!
Well deserved, I must say.
OT: You had me at "membership", Escapist.
Havta be honest, three months ago or earlier and this wouldn't even have been a question for me, I'd already be signed up.. now, though? I have to think on it. I've seen too many changes that seem to indicate to me that the Escapist no longer pursues its core mission as an end to itself, but rather sees it as the means that it's profitable. That you think an audience panel would be a good idea just seems to add weight to this thought, and recent offerings suggest an increased focus toward the lowest common denominator so as to increase flow-through, and frankly, I tend not to like that sort of coverage.
That said, getting *on* that audience panel might be useful to bring the focus back, so that's tempting. Most of the other stuff though really doesn't hold any significant appeal for me.
So... I'll think about it. Who knows, maybe the audience panel will make good enough changes without me that I'll become more interested in supporting the Escapist again.
Of course, throw in a PDF magazine like used to be done.. even if it's only done monthly.. and I'd pay double.
Paying money to get rid of ads that otherwise generate money in a similar fashion is a sell-out? I guess it's more of a BUY out really. I'm still firmly of the opinion that anyone who uses the phrase "sell out" to mean something other than "We are out of stock because we sold it all" is naive in the extreme.
Some people just want to be mad about things. There's a great item from SA where a Sim City advisor says, "I'm angry! Angry about cities!" That's basically it in a nutshell. You're angry because one group of people did one thing and one other group of people did another, both acting out of what they think is their best interest.
Is high quality video even a big deal? I bought this for no ads and to support the site. I suspect few people were complaining about the video quality before it was offered to them at a premium. It's the same gripe with DLC.
Things aren't free, except for, of course, the 99% of everything on the Escapist that you're still getting for free. This is an optional convenience fee, and I LOVE convenience.
I'm sure as hell not doing this, mostly because I'm not an especially active member over here, but partly because it seems like profiteering with some of the recent moves on the Escapist and comes across as downright insulting to be asked to pay for quality and full RSS. At least to me.
But I can predict a big problem: Bannings.
I've glanced at users getting banned for rather small infractions. But if they're paying for a service and their account is banned from access, that's a pretty big liability train you're standing in front of. Sure, the users could not be douches, but asking someone on an internet forum to not be a douche is like asking the sun not to rise.
And you can't always expect all mods to be 100% fair. People are people.
Yikes... Worst wording ever.
Ah, I was wondering why all the people with special titles had gotten them italicised recently...
As for suggestions, well... If you let premium members view site traffic figures I would sign up right now. It's just something I've always been overly curious about, and I know it isn't going to happen.
Although, to be honest, I'm a little concerned about long-term effects on the community. Will this result in a slew of posts saying "Well, you're not an Eeebity Bleebity Bleeb, therefore your opinion is invalid" months down the line? I'm not sure I like the idea of a clique you have to pay in order to join.
Yes, I'm going to join this as soon as my credit card clears in a couple of days. I've always wanted to contribute somehow to this site, and as an offer, this is really cheap.
To those complaining about it, you don't have to join it you know.
I'm happy to contribute to such a fantastic website. Hell, I might even donate more, if I have any spare cash handy.
Dammit Nim, I'm the token Irish guy!
Ah, never mind. It wasn't the title I wanted anyway. You'll all see that one soon.
A note to subscribers, don't be too certain that you'll be using the Audience Panel for getting LRR ideas out there. That's what THEIR forums is for. Video Suggestions go here. Be prepared.
What is this, Loading Ready La Reistance?
The banning thing mentioned by another poster is an interesting question, I suppose, but doesn't a ban just affect the forums. Wouldn't all the features remain intact? I haven't a clue, I've never been in that situation.
Just joined ;)
Talking from experience here. Not. Fun.
Yes, I donated (a small amount) to an online game podcast in the past. It gave -limited- benefits like an added forum to get unedited podcasts ("in the raw", etc). Just some neat added bonuses.. But then the admins became extreme jerks. Quite a few people, who happened to be "Starbreakers" (the name for the contributors) ended up being pushed back, some choosing to leave, their Starbreaker status still intact, but just not caring.. And some were lead to some rather fierce arguments and subsequent bannings.
Have fun, anyone who gets a ban as a subscriber. Just because you paid money, doesn't mean you'll be treated as a god. Besides, $5 was a minimum where I was. $20? For some gimmicks?
@Eudaemonian, no, not quite a "Resistance", but at least there are websites that DO good things. Merchandise is a perfect way to contribute to a community site, you're getting something from it! Other things shouldn't have to be paid for. Several places have high quality as STANDARD.
You have to understand one of the main gripes coming from the Runners base right now; LRR offered their videos in high resolution video for a long time before the migration over to the Escapist, and now several of the loyal and long-time fans are feeling cheated because they're being put into a position where they pretty much have to pay for something that they've been getting free for years.
While the "you don't lose anything you already have" argument is valid and does hold up, you guys have to understand that in the eyes of the LRR fans they did lose something here, and they aren't happy about it. And understandably so.
You know what I don't need more of? Coffee cups, t-shirts that don't come in tall, and nicknacks to junk up my desk!
Merchandise is one way to go, but if you read the article here, no one's really sure how to finance this kind of content. The web isn't a place where one size fits all. Opening new revenue streams is a good idea.
As for high quality video being standard on some sites, I'm sure it is. Should all sites have what some sites have? The logic just doesn't hold up. High quality video costs money. You're already getting the content of the video for free, and now you're angry that it isn't shinier?
Get real. Internet media producers need food badly. I see no reason to fault them for trying to make a living.
Er, I mean absolutely no offense to the LRR crew (who is awesome) or their fanbase, but it doesn't seem that hard to recognize that the Escapist puts out a lot more content than LRR did back in the day, for a much bigger audience. Putting out high quality streams of one video a week costs a hell of a lot less than putting out many videos every week for hundreds of thousands of viewers.
My thoughts exactly.
They're trying to make it seem as though very little will change as a result of this, yet making a 'walled garden'?
And they call The Escapist pretentious...
I'm probably not going to join. I'll just buy merchandise instead to support the Escapist.
How does Warcry stay up with ads being the only source of revenue?
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We visited her from our home, which is about thirty miles south of Indianapolis, a couple of weeks ago. My mother is experiencing some memory loss, especially when she is really tired and nothing tires her out more than a road trip. By the second day of being away from mom's home, our drive conversation went like this.
Five minutes after leaving daughter's home, and with another 3 hours plus to go, mom apparently recognized something and said, "Oh, that drive was shorter than I thought, we're almost home."
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Mom: "Someone's barbecuing. Can you smell it? Which house is it?"
Five heads crane around looking at a field and a gas station, and wondering why anyone really cares which house is barbecuing. But, a minute later there is a house with smoke coming from the yard. The woman has a super sniffer.
Mom: "What's that noise? What's wrong with the car?"
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Next time we go over a different surface.
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Mom, "We have an Arbys?"
Mom, "This road is like the Dan Ryan."
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Chairman King, Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans Condemn Latest Bombing by Boko Haram in Nigeria
Sunday's bombing at Saint John's Catholic Church in Bauchi is the latest in ongoing, coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on Catholic and other Christian churches in Nigeria
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Pastor Laolu Akande, Executive Director of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN), issued the following joint statement in response to Sunday's Boko Haram bombing of a Catholic church in northern Nigeria, which killed a woman and a child and injured 48:
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the latest atrocity waged by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria. Sunday's bombing at Saint John's Catholic Church in Bauchi is the latest in ongoing, coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on Catholic and other Christian churches in Nigeria, including the 2011 Christmas Day and 2012 Easter Day bombings. Since January 2011, these terrorist attacks have killed over 1,500 Nigerian Christians.
"Boko Haram is closely tied to al-Qaeda's regional affiliates in North and East Africa, and presents a potential threat to our Homeland and citizens. With a renewed sense of urgency, we once again call upon the U.S. Department of State to formally designate Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organization."
Twice this year, King and Rep. Patrick Meehan, Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, have requested that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton designate Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Their most recent letter to Clinton is available HERE. Last year, under the leadership of Subcommittee Chairman Meehan, the Committee released a bipartisan report entitled "Boko Haram - Emerging Threat to the U.S. Homeland" and convened a related hearing.
Pastor Akande and other Nigerian-American Christians established CANAN on September 11, 2012, to address the Boko Haram terrorist killings in Nigeria and other broader issues related to Nigerian-Americans.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Brad Winchester took advantage of his first chance to play with Joe Thornton, one of the NHL's best playmakers.
Ryane Clowe, Winchester and Torrey Mitchell scored in a six-minute span of the second period to rally the San Jose Sharks past the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Thursday night.
"There's not too much of an adjustment," Winchester said. "Obviously, they are very good with the puck, especially 'Jumbo.' You know he's going to make plays."
Logan Couture and Jamie McGinn also scored for the Sharks, who had lost four of five.
For an offence that had been struggling recently, the performance of the top line was a welcome relief. The Sharks averaged 1.83 goals over their previous six games before breaking out against the Stars, whom they have outscored 9-3 in two meetings this season.
"Sometimes when you move the lines around everybody gets a bit of a wake-up call and people get mad," San Jose coach Todd McLellan said. "Those people who got mad had good nights."
Mike Ribeiro and Brandon Morrow had goals for Dallas, which opened a season-high, five-game, 10-day trip with its second straight loss.
Antii Niemi made 18 saves for his second win over the Stars this season and sixth in 10 games overall.
"I just tried to be around the net as much as possible and create room," Winchester said. "We were able to establish a good momentum right away, and that kind of carried us."
Andrew Raycroft fell to 1-7 against the Sharks after allowing five goals on 24 shots through two periods. Rookie Richard Bachman replaced Raycroft in the third period, and made 12 saves in his second NHL appearance.
"It's never easy to go into any game cold," Bachman said. "But I had the intermission to get stretched out."
The teams combined for 34 penalty minutes, a handful of scrums, and one misconduct. That was a big change from the 100 penalty minutes, four misconducts and three fights the last time they met on Nov. 19.
The Sharks, who have a four-game winning streak over the Stars, scored twice in the first 1:22—just 15 seconds apart. Clowe created an odd-man rush and brought the puck up along the left wing boards. He fed a pass in the middle to Couture, who wristed a shot past Raycroft.
McGinn scored moments later from the side after getting to a rebound.
Ribeiro redirected a shot by Morrow off his chest and into the net to cut the lead in half.
"I thought we played pretty good," Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said. "I think we lost some lustre. I wish we could have mustered a little more in the third."
The Stars tied it early in the second period when Morrow, playing for the first time in seven games, scored a power-play goal. He one-timed a nice crossing pass from Ribeiro.
"It felt good to be part of it again, though a loss still feels the same," Morrow said. "The third, fourth and fifth goals were tough to overcome. The ice titled the other way a little bit, and they got a couple of quick ones."
Clowe scored with 8:07 left in the second, with an assist from Thornton. Less than two minutes later, Winchester redirected in Thornton's shot and earned praise from his coach.
"He was good all over the boards and got to the net," McLellan said. "I like him there."
Mitchell scored with just under three minutes to play in the period, knocking in the puck after it glanced off McGinn's skate.
NOTES: The Sharks outshot Dallas 14-5 in the second period. ... Stars D Mark Fistric began serving a three-game NHL suspension for charging New York Islanders RW Nino Niederreiter. ... The Stars were 2-of-30 on power plays before Morrow's goal. ... The Sharks scored five or more goals for the second time this season. ... The Sharks scored twice in the first 47 seconds of a game in 1998. ... Stars D Alex Goligoski returned after missing 11 games with a thumb injury. D Trevor Daley (back) came back after sitting out three games. ... Thornton had two assists, giving him 713 to rank 47th on the NHL career list.


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By now, most of you would have tried out the pin board styled social photo sharing site Pinterest, which was launched last year. Pinterest allows its users to create and manage collections of images based on a theme and share the same with their followers as well as their friends on Facebook.
Pinterest aims to "connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting." The newly added networking site is picking up and gaining popularity tremendously.
However, with this success, scammers have already taken advantage of the popularity of the site to spread scam messages and bogus links in order to trick users by asking them to enter their personal information or financial details.
Just like how scams are spreading on the popular social networking site Facebook, Pinterest too is now affected by these scams.
TrendLabs and various other sources have notified their readers about a recent scam that broke out on Pinterest and has been spreading across the network like wildfire.
The logo of Starbucks along with the message – "Starbucks is giving away free gift cards to all Pinterest users!" has been spreading across the new social networking site. Users are asked to click on a link, which will lead them to a bogus site where they are asked to answer a set of online surveys. Users are also asked to "Pin it" in order to be qualify for the giveaway contest.
As I mentioned earlier, this is simply a scam message and there are no gift cards given away for free. Scammers are only trying to trick users by asking them to answer the online surveys. It is highly recommended that you avoid clicking the Starbucks giveaway message link and do not waste your time by answering any online surveys.
We recommend that you avoid clicking on such messages if you come across on Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter. We always keep our readers updated with the latest scams spreading on Facebook. We will make sure to keep you updated on the scams spreading on Pinterest as well. Bookmark our Techie Buzz Scams page. Alternatively, you can follow our dedicated scams page on Facebook – Techie Buzz Scam Monitor.


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I don't know why, but I had troubles trying to decide what I wanted to do for the borders. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go exactly how the pattern had the borders. I decided to do something a little different than the pattern. After MUCH auditioning last night, this is what I decided on. I love it. I'm very happy with how this project looks! I have temporarily added a little prim star button on the top to see how I like it. What do you think? I'm going to see if it grows on me and if it does, I'll attach it after I quilt it. Yippee, I have another project waiting to be quilted on my A-1!! I'm so excited. I'm counting down the days until next Wednesday when Jamie Wallen is coming over to set everything up!!
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After day one of competition at the Northeast Conference Championships, the Central Connecticut swimming and diving team is in second place behind defending champion, Saint Francis (PA). The Red Flash won the first event of the evening, the 200 yard medley relay however, the Blue Devils responded with a gold in the 800 yard freestyle relay to pull within four points on the leaderboard.
The Blue Devil 200 yard medley relay team, consisting of juniors Kristina Gulia, Kellen Power, Erin Massey and senior Hannah Packer, came in fourth in the event, touching the wall in 1:46.47. Saint Francis (PA) paced the group, earning the victory in 1:42.79. Bryant nabbed the silver in a time of 1:43.78 and was followed by Wagner in 1:46.17.
In the 800 yard freestyle relay, Central took the gold in a time of 7:26.30 after trailing Saint Francis (PA) for most of the race. The team consisted of seniors Allison Rasile, Katie Lang, Taylor Friedmann and junior Helene Neuhaus. It was Rasile who made the huge push in the final 50 yards of the race to pull ahead and secure the win for the Blue Devils.
WATCH the Blue Devils pull from third to first in the final leg.
The standings after day one are:
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3. Bryant University 64
3. Wagner College 64
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After four weeks of basic training, today is the day of my first proper flight as a cabin crew member! You can surely imagine how excited I am and also a bit nervous at the same time.
For the past three weeks we have worked exclusively on reacting to crisis scenarios: fire on board, loss of pressure in the cabin, medical emergencies. After the second week I dreamed about airplane crashes and internalised the commands "Emergency! Open Seat Belt! Evacuate!" Contrary to general opinion, cabin crew members are on board primarily for safety reasons, rather than just to serve orange juice, coffee and meals. We spent only one week learning the service routines.
Today and during the introductory flights ahead I will still have a lot to learn and try out. The layout of a galley, for example, still puzzles me. And many more challenges may well arise in connection with passenger wishes, language difficulties and cultural differences. Dealing with such situations will require a great deal of sensitivity and empathy. I'm looking forward to experiencing these challenges and know my abilities will be really tested in the process. The claim could be made that a lack of practical skills and experience with direct customer contact is due to my life up to this point as a student. After all, students tend to be engaged with rather theoretical and abstract issues. But like most of my colleagues, I also had a job during my student years. But there is no doubt that providing smooth service at an altitude of 10,000 metres will certainly be a challenge for me and all the other new cabin crew members. I look forward not only to these on-board experiences but also to sharing them with you here!
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Ardres is a nice old town about 10 miles from Calais. We visited the town in June on our way to Guines so it was just a quick visit.
We liked the place so much we decided to come back in December to see the Christmas Market
Ardres has many things to see and do its public gardens. The old houses built with chalk stone and sand bricks. A street of lime trees planted in 1766 A local market on Thursday morning on the main car park It makes a good base to tour the Hem valley a place we visited for the first time.
The old town has a good choice of shops and cafes to walk round. In the centre there is a good tourist office where you can pick up info on the area.There is plenty of free parking we visited on market day which is on the main car park.You can still park in the nearby streets.
Ardres centre
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This large 2-bedroom apartment is a delight to come home to after a long days sightseeing and window shopping. Located on the first floor (2nd floor for North Americans), with a lift, the apartment overlooks rue Custine, one of the most interesting street in Paris to walk through.
Though facing the street, the double-glazed windows give you excellent insulation against any daily passerby.
The apartment has been tastefully decorated in vibrant colors, which catch the natural light streaming into the apartment. As the view is not obstructed closely by another building in front, you benefit from the sunlight and can enjoy your morning breakfast a the wooden dinning table which extends to seat 6.
In the living room you will find a sofa bed that sleeps two. We also have installed a flat screen TV with cable (as well as a dvd player and some dvd's) and have high speed internet access for your laptop computers so you can remain in touch. We also provide you with a Mac Computer in the apartment, a free Phone during your stay and a Bose bluetooth station.
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Pretty 3 bedrooms house of 90 m2 With a separate garage of 40 m2 on a closed parcel on slope of 1700 m2 including a well. Ground floor includes an
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Software Downloads for "Wacky Sentence Maker"
- Sentence Maker Lite
- License: Freeware
Sentence Maker makes sentence learning fun. Simply select a word, press the button, and instantly a sample sentence(s) appears. Have access to many sentences from your word searches. Have a good time learning sentences with Sentence Maker.
v1.2 Fixes:
-Repaired Word Response.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Driveframe LLC
- Date:
- Size: 1024 KB
- StoryMaker
- License: Shareware
StoryMaker takes a simple and fun concept and makes it into a surprisingly addictive and engaging grammar practice game. Students are asked to type in various parts of speech, then the program plugs their choices into a story with hilarious results. Teachers can also instantly print one-or-two player printed game pages! Elementary students will love the new "Wacky Sentence Maker" that combines random words into hysterical sentences!.
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher: Gepeto Software
- Date: 16-10-2002
- Size: 3200 KB
- All4 Audio MP3 Maker
- License: Shareware
Do you want to copy your music CD tracks to MP3 or wav files? Now you can use All4 Audio MP3 Maker to do it more easily.Include a CD ripper a WAV to MP3 encoder and a MP3/CD player. Features: -Convert Audio CD to MP3 files goal with ease. -Play cd with Audio MP3 Maker -Supports the multi-threaded operation of copying a cd and generating mp3 files at the same time -Easy to use and intuitional interface.
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher: Allformp3 Co., Ltd.
- Date: 07-12-2001
- Size: 1216 KB
- Easy Icon Maker
- License: Shareware
ICON Maker is a small and easy-to-use icon editing program. It allows you editing a transparent or opaque icon. The sizes may be 16 X 16, 32 X 32, 48 X 48, 64 X 64 or custom it as you like. The colors may be Monochrome(1 bit), 16 colors(4 bits), 256 colors(8 bits) or true colors(24 bits). With this software, you may edit your own professional icons easily and quickly with the built-in editor. You may also extract an icon from an EXE or DLL file..
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher: Icon-maker.com
- Date: 15-08-2002
- Size: 641 KB
- PDF417 Barcode Maker
- License: Shareware
PDF417 Barcode Maker creates PDF417 2D format barcodes, Easily output barcode to printer and supports import various codes data from files. Powerful preview function help you output barcode to printer very easily. Templates manager can save your custom style barcode. Support project save & open, So you can very quickly get your expected barcode. PDF417 Barcode Maker also can output a barcode to a picture file..
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher: CyanoSoft
- Date: 10-03-2003
- Size: 1256 KB
- Maxicode Barcode Maker
- License: Shareware
WYSWYG barcode printing software! Maxicode Barcode Maker creates Maxicdoe 2D format barcodes, Easily output barcode to printer and supports import various codes data from files. Powerful preview function help you output barcode to printer very easily. Templates manager can save your custom style barcode. Support project save & open, So you can very quickly get your expected barcode. Maxicode Barcode Maker also can output a barcode to a picture file..
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher: CyanoSoft
- Date: 10-03-2003
- Size: 1256 KB
- Loy Music-Card Maker
- License: Shareware
Loy Music-Card Maker is a powerful tool to create music greeting card. You can easily creat your own professional music greeting card with this program. Main function: 1.The style figure interface of Windows XP shows noble's elegance; 2.According to the need, Choose the cards you like and preview them(support *.JPG, *.GIF or *.etc); 3.Add or design the style of message box yourself(using *.JPG, *.GIF,etc.); 4.Append and pick the screen picture of the wanton size and other pictures automatically, the convenient one sets up the picture liked as the frame of the speech of message box and greeting card; 5.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Loy Soft Corp
- Date: 22-06-2004
- Size: 3881 KB
- Pictures Presentation Maker
- License: Shareware
Pictures Presentation Maker (PPM) allows you to create 3D dynamic visual presentations of your photos. In just a few minutes you can make a professional-grade slideshow presentation for sending it out to all of your friends and family. And you don't have to be an expert to do it. Wizard will guide you through the process of creating your slideshow. You can burn your created executable file to a CD or DVD to create a digital slideshow of your old family photos. All of your pictures and audio are built in single EXE or SCR file.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Pictures Software, Inc
- Date: 21-06-2004
- Size: 2070 KB
- MP3-CD-Maker
- License: Shareware
MP3 CD Maker was first released back in 1999 and continues to get better. Over that time the dedication of the developers has now made this program even more accessible with multilingual support for 42 languages and compatability with over 1200 CD-RW drives. Drag and drop features makes this program a snap to use along with a normalization option that ensure that your songs are burned at a consistent volume. The software has also been optimized for use with Windows-XP. As an added bonus, you can convert MP3 to WAV files just by right clicking the mouse and you can also print CD covers.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: MP3TOWAV.ORG
- Date: 30-10-2004
- Size: 1283 KB
- Photo Screensaver Maker
- License: Shareware
Photo Screensaver Maker is a tool to help you make your own slide-show screensavers with photos, music and text captures. You can add any pictures (.jpg,.gif,.bmp,.png,.tif,.tga or .pcx ) and import audio files(.mp3,.midi or .wav) as background music to your creation. You can also add caption for each picture and select various transition effects for your screensaver. Then make a windows standard screensaver(.scr) or self installing screensaver(.exe).Additional customization features include the option to preview screensaver at any time, choose background colors, set the slide-transition time,turn sound on or off etc as you like.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Aone Software
- Date: 05-12-2004
- Size: 1384 KB
- Abee CHM Maker freeware
- License: Freeware
Abee Chm Maker is program for making chm-files. Program has a simple and comprehensible interface and allow to make CHM-files(with contents) easily and quickly..
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: AbeeTech
- Date: 31-01-2004
- Size: 1448 KB
- Page Popup Maker
- License: Shareware
Page Popup Maker generates all the code needed to create several types of popup windows. It takes the guess work and drudgery out of creating popup windows. No more endlessly revising and fiddling with your popup window code to get the fit and features just right! With this popup genertor, anyone can create popup scripts without any programming skills, all you need is a couple of minutes to add popups to your web site. Use PagePopupMaker to keep your visitors on your page, link to other sites and web pages or just to give helpful hints and information.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Devicode Technology
- Date: 20-09-2004
- Size: 1367 KB
- Belltech Label Maker With Data Merge
- License: Shareware
Belltech Label Maker With Data Merge, a feature rich professional quality business printing software to print address labels, letterheads, flyers, postcards, business cards, envelopes, brochures and more from your database files. It comes with many design templates and supports all standard paper stocks including Avery papers. This is perfectly suited for business printing. Product Highlights 1)Create labels, letterheads, envelopes and more. 2)Link to your Microsoft Excel files, Microsoft Access databases or delimited files, csv, tab, txt.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Belltech Systems
- Date: 01-01-2005
- Size: 5841 KB
- Advanced CD Label Maker
- License: Shareware
Advanced CD Label Maker is a easy to use tool for creating CD/DVD labels and jewel cases.With a great art gallery includes clip art images,background images and layouts you are able to create professional-looking labels with several clicks.Stunning features including:Built-in art gallery,Supports all popular brands of CD labels ,Query album information from remote cddb server.Cool circular text.Full support of vector image.built-in 10 image effects and Unlimited undo/redo..
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: maskbit
- Date: 09-07-2004
- Size: 3877 KB
- ScreenXP-Screensaver Maker
- License: Shareware
Screensaver Maker lets you create screensaver based on Shockwave Flash (no limit to your imagination!), Image Slide Show (display your favorite photos) and Movie (Quick Time, Mpeg, AVI...). Several options are available: More Files Support; MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA Background music support; Transition Effect support; Masking Effect support ; Customizable screen saver Dialog box, sell your screen saver option, and more....
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: ScreenXP Networks
- Date: 10-01-2005
- Size: 3110 KB
- Photo Frame Maker
- License: Shareware
Photo Frame Maker is easy to use photo frame software. You can add cool frames to your photos, very quickly and easily. Resize, rotate, adjust collor and add text to your photos. These can be finished in batches! You can print or mail to your friend. Photo Frame Maker makes working with your digital photos as easy as possible!.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: ZeallSoft
- Date: 01-07-2005
- Size: 4699 KB
- Fun Photo Maker
- License: Shareware
Fun Photo Maker has released, a fun-filled Windows application that lets you blend your family portraits with well known artwork to create comical images. With a few short steps, you can add your face to the carved granite US Presidents on Mount Rushmore, put your portrait on a $100 bill, or create all sorts of gag gifts for your friends..
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: ZeallSoft
- Date: 12-07-2005
- Size: 5752 KB
- Folder Maker
- License: Shareware
Folder Maker is a batch tool that allows you to create dozens of folders effortlessly and easily. Enumeration allows you to number your folders, while prefix and postfix options allow total customisation of folder names to aid in categorisation of your files. Enhanced CSV support allows creation of custom folder names, provided in a delimited text file..
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Skyjuice Software
- Date: 01-04-2005
- Size: 694 KB
- Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker
- License: Shareware
Acoustica CD / DVD Label Maker is an easy to use CD label maker and DVD label maker which allows you to create and print your own CD label or DVD label and jewel case with the ultimate in ease and flexibility! Acoustica CD DVD Label Maker offers a wizard or you can create CD label or DVD label yourself. It includes built-in artwork for holidays, events and generic labels. You can import your own images and automatically import song information from your MP3 playlist files. You can layout text in multiple ways.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: com-http.com
- Date: 26-07-2005
- Size: 3678 KB
- Pictures Slideshow Maker
- License: Shareware
Have you ever wanted to turn your photos into a dynamic presentation. If so, try Pictures Slideshow Maker. In just a few minutes you can make a professional-grade slideshow presentation for sending it out to all of your friends and family. You can make MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 video files, standalone executable files and screensavers and then burn them on CD or DVD. Created slideshow can be viewed on DVD video player and computers. You can create a digital slideshow of your old family photos. This is a great way to document your family history.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Pictures Software, Inc
- Date: 04-11-2005
- Size: 4156 KB


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Samsung is a new player in the U.S. all-in-one desktop market, and its first effort, the Series 7, shows what can happen when an experienced consumer electronics vendor brings fresh eyes to a product category. The striking Series 7 all-in-one has a unique appearance as well as a strong assortment of common-sense touch software and general usability features. Samsung is not targeting performance-driven customers with this system, but with its reasonable $1,199 price tag, the Samsung Series 7 provides the most accessible, family-friendly touch experience we've seen to date.
We found ourselves immediately struck by the Samsung's design, which is nearly perfect. The crisp, angular brushed aluminum lining the sides of the display and forming the majority of the lower body suggests that Samsung was determined to give the Series 7 a clean appearance. Uniformly aligned ports on the back of the case, the slot-loading optical drive, and the touch capacitive buttons on the protruding edge all work to maintain the look.
The system is so clean-looking that the two most significant design missteps, however minor, stand out. The protruding optical drive, for one, interrupts the plane of the front panel, and makes for awkward placement of the mouse and keyboard. When you lay the screen down flat--have we mentioned that the screen folds back a full 90 degrees?--both the optical drive and the placement of the hinge are arranged such that the screen feels out of alignment with the base unit.
Those objections are admittedly subjective, and almost entirely cosmetic, and overall the Samsung Series 7 is second only to the iMac in terms of its visual appeal.
The ability to lay the screen entirely flat, reclining farther than any previous all-in-one, also sets the Series 7 apart from its competition. Desktops from other vendors, notably Hewlett-Packard's TouchSmart 610 series, have offered some flexibility, but not one has followed the adjustable display concept through to its obvious extreme. We can imagine Samsung offering the same flexibility the other way, wherein the base would swing down a full 90 degrees to create a flat, wall-mountable design, but the Series 7 is not there yet.
What you'll do with a screen that lies flat, like the Microsoft Surface concept, is another question. Using Google Maps (or the included Bing Maps application) is satisfying, and makes you feel like you're planning a military operation. We can also see drawing programs and at least basic games like chess, checkers, board games, and air hockey mapping well to the Samsung's flat screen. More passive applications, like Web browsers, image viewers, and media players, seem less well-suited.
Another difficulty with Series 7's fully reclining screen is that to take advantage of it you need to put the system in a place where it's comfortable to use in such a manner, especially if multiple people will be using it simultaneously. A typical desk or office environment doesn't seem ideal, but a kitchen counter, a coffee table, or some other locale with multidirectional access makes more sense. You don't need to ever lay the system back like that, of course, but if you do use it that way you'll want to consider its physical placement carefully depending on the programs you intend to use.
That brings us to the Samsung's touch screen and the accompanying applications. Rather than capacitive touch, Samsung uses surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology to track your finger movements on the screen. The screen can detect two input points at once, and in general we found it suitably responsive, although it does need a bit more consistent pressure than touch devices generally do.
Though the touch input works well, the real star of Samsung's touch show is the Touch Launcher software environment. Touch Launcher is reminiscent of older incarnations of HP's TouchSmart Suite. Touch Launcher acts as a separate environment within Windows 7, offering apps and a general interface designed specifically for touch input. In execution Samsung's environment is closer to that of Apple's iOS and Google's Android than HP's more complex TouchSmart Suite.
Samsung's bundled applications are simpler than HP's, and fewer in number, but the experience is more welcoming thanks to the cleaner design. The Touch Launcher environment consists of a sidebar with the time, weather, and a to-do list, and the main field consists of large app shortcut icons. Samsung includes typical applications that have a specific touch-responsive design, for example a clock, a movie file player, and a picture viewer. You can also drag any standard Windows icon to the Touch Launcher. The main Touch Launcher page holds 20 icons, and you can easily create a second page via a drag-and-drop process similar to that of a smartphone.
The last significantly distinctive feature of the Samsung Series 7 is the row of seven touch capacitive buttons that dot the top of the optical drive protrusion. The buttons perform core multimedia and interface functions. You get buttons for optical drive eject, brightness and volume control, display menu, source toggling between the PC and the HDMI input, display power, and to start the Touch Launcher environment. That last one is important (although not unique to Samsung), because it means that you don't have to use the mouse and keyboard at any point between powering the system on and launching the touch software. The Samsung's buttons are almost as good as a similar set on the Lenovo IdeaCentre B520. The Lenovo's advantage is that they light up when you touch them, whereas the Series 7's buttons would be hard to use in a dark room.
|Samsung Series 7
|HP TouchSmart 520
|Lenovo IdeaCentre B520
|Display size/resolution
|23-inch, 1,920x1,080 pixels
|23-inch, 1,920x1,080 pixels
|23-inch, 1,920x1,080 pixels
|2.7GHz Intel Core i5-2390T
|2.8GHz Intel Core i7-2600s
|3.4GHz Intel Core i7-2600
|8GB 1,33MHz DDR3 SDRAM
|8GB 1,33MHz DDR3 SDRAM
|64MB Intel HD Graphics 1000
|1GB AMD Radeon HD 6450A
|2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 555M
|Hard drives
|1TB 7,200rpm
|2TB, 5,400rpm
|2TB, 7,200rpm
|Optical drive
|dual-layer DVD burner
|Blu-ray RW burner
|Blu-ray/DVD burner combo drive
|Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wireless
|Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wireless
|Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wireless
|Operating system
|Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
|Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
|Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Compared with recent all-in-ones such as the HP TouchSmart 520 and Lenovo IdeaCentre B520, the Samsung Series 7 for the most part offers the value we expect for its price. The primary sacrifices are that is has a Core i5 CPU, only a 1TB hard drive, no discrete graphics card, and only a standard-definition DVD burner instead of a Blu-ray drive. The absent Blu-ray drive hurts the most since we've seen Blu-ray in plenty of sub-$1,000 all-in-ones. Otherwise, the Series 7 is fairly priced, particularly when you consider its unique, attractive design and excellent touch software.
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Sandals and Slippers354 results
Sandals & Slippers For All Year Round
There is nothing better than sliding on a pair of open sandals on a warm summer day or a cozy pair of slippers to warm up your feet at night. Birkenstock is a very popular German brand that has been around for a long time. They provide great support for your feet and are made out of cork. The Swedish brand Shepherd makes warm slippers with suede soles and have many styles to choose from. Crocs are great for warmer days when you need something functional and easy to wear. They are useful around the house and in the garden but also for a quick walk with your dog.
Care Advise For Sandals & Slippers
Taking good care of your sandals or slippers is essential if you want to extend their wear. There is nothing more frustrating than when you have to throw away your favourite most comfortable pair. This is exactly why it is important to wipe off dirt and try to avoid getting them too wet. Remember to let your slippers breathe and if they are made out of suede use a specific brush to clean them. Avoid leaving your sandals in direct sunlight for too long and if you ever want to freshen them up you can spray the footbed with a cleaner/refresher and wipe off with a cloth.
Tips On How To Style Sandals & Slippers
Sandals go with most outfits and styles. Be creative when it comes to colours and prints. Wear a flowy dress or some nice trousers and a cool summer hat and add a couple of accessories. There are no limits when it comes to finding a good outfit to match your sandals. When putting on a pair of slippers comfort is usually the first thing on most people's minds. This is why the best outfit to wear is anything that will make you feel relaxed. You can wear a pair of stretchy sweatpants and a large jumper or workout shorts and a t-shirt with a nice print.
Sandals & Slippers Online At Footway
At Footway we do not want to make you wait too long before your new items arrive and this is exactly why we offer fast delivery on all orders and to all our customers. Shopping online is supposed to be fun and hassle free from the comfort of your own home. Select your favourite pair without stress, using our handy filtering system to help you narrow down the selection. Our huge range is sure to have something for everyone, and if you run into any problems while ordering, you only have to get in touch by phone or email.


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Dear Ina, We Are Happy to House-Sit
Ina Garten has the reverse schedule of the average Manhattan apartment owner with a Hamptons summer estate—she spends most of her year "summering" on Long Island, while occasionally visiting the downtown duplex. On the Barefoot Contessa, we're so used to watching her shoe-less, strolling along the sand, but hardly get to see her urbanite side. House Beautiful magazine interviewed Garten and toured her 1920s one-bedroom apartment.
Inside, the ceilings are high, the kitchen is "tiny," and the Belgian couches have just the right amount of cushiness. "I'm short, so if a sofa is too deep I feel like a little girl with my feet sticking out. These are comfortable, but not too cushy," explained Garten. [Via Food Network Addict]
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This earring is appealing and very stylish. It is an amalgamation of conventional style with modern fashion trends. Wear it with traditional attire or match it up with a western dress only to jazz it up in a trending manner. It is handmade by tribal artisans having exemplary artistic and handicraft skills. This is a perfect choice for a modern day woman. This piece is from Himachal Pradesh.
- Brand : Tribes India
- State : Himachal Pradesh
- Material : Metal
- Metal Type : Base Metal
- Color : White
- Shape : Dangle & Drop
- Package Content : 1 Piece
- Care Instruction : Apply perfume before wearing it.
Note : Although, an artisan does take care to maintain pattern and colour scheme however to create identical products a little variation could be seen against the image shown here being hand made products.
Disclaimer : There might be little shade variation between actual product and image shown on the screen due to photography effect.
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Fun, comfortable and light
The Tour umbrella stroller is stylish, practical, comfortable and ideal for vacations and days out.
Tour has a soft padded seat and reversable liner witht a multi-position adjustable back and leg rest to allow your little one to enjoy the journey in comfort, whilst the canopy window will allow you to peek through and check your baby is resting comfortably. A protective canopy and a rain cover have been added so that you have everything you need to keep your baby comfortable in any weather, with a shopping basket to help keep your hands free while you're out and about. .
The Tour lightweight stroller comes with a shoulder strap to make transportation easy, umbrella folding design means that it is easy to place in and out of the trunk and reversable stroller liner for added comfort. If you are looking for an everyday, long lasting stroller which is ideal for daily usage, then Tour has everything you need with great value for money - suitable from 6 months to approximately 50lbs.
- Adjustable back and leg rest with canopy window and pockets
- Soft padded seat for baby
- Lightweight (14lbs) and easy to carry with shoulder strap
- Compact umbrella fold
- Easy to maneuver with lockable front swivel wheels
- Foam handles for a comfortable push
- Five point fixed safety harness
- Adjustable harness height to three positions
- Suitable from 6 months
- Locks in place when folded
- Toy loop in the canopy for your babies entertainment
Age Guideline: Birth – 50lbs
Tour Weighs: 14lbs
Size: H: 42"W: 19"D: 31" approx
Folded Size H: 11"W: 9"D: 31" approx
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