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At this weeks Telematics Update in Detroit our team will be showing a demonstration with our partner Arnyga of updating software for automotive infotainment systems over the air (OTA). CarySync(TM) from Arynga and Automotive Technology Platform from Mentor Provide OTA Update Solution There are many uses cases, some obvious and some a little more hidden, that OTA updates. Having purchased a car recently … Read More
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I have been to Embedded World in Nuremberg for the past 5 years, and this was the busiest I have seen it. New themes such as IoT (Internet of Things) were very evident, and it was clear that many software and hardware suppliers attending Embedded World are building their market strategies around these themes. In reality though, engineers want the detail. How does it actually work, what do I … Read More
Subaru of America recently announced that Harman's Aha Radio will be a standard feature in all Subaru models and trims, starting with the 2015 Legacy. Smartphone-savvy vehicle owners can use Aha to access more than 100,000 channels of Web-based content. That led me to wonder about Pandora, but not for long. Within days, Subaru announced that Pandora smartphone integration will be part of the … Read More
Porsche, Pandora, smartphone integration, Acura, Chrysler, 2015 Legacy, Subaru of America, Honda, Web-based content, Infotainment, Ford, Harman's Aha Radio
At Embedded World in Nuremberg from Feb 25-27 we will have a number of demos to show off at the Mentor Embedded Booth. Come join us in Hall 4, Booth 4-422 to see and learn more about: Delivering Powerful IoT Systems Connected devices range from wearables, to smart meters, to smart appliances, to connected vehicles. Design of these IoT devices requires minimizing memory footprint, seamlessly connecting … Read More
Multicore, low energy, Texas Instruments, TI, Android, internet-of-things, automotive linux, IoT, jacinto 6, am335x, Linux, connected vehicles, heterogeneous, Connectivity, hypervisor, i.mx6, Bluetooth, Infotainment, Freescale, Embedded World, GENIVI, stability, nanoblue, smart meter, SoC, sitara, smart appliances, nanopower, Nucleus
Thursday 2/27 at Embedded World in Nuremberg: MCAPI, Android and Infotainment, and Automotive Connectivity
Are you attending Embedded World in Nuremberg this year? Before you take a walking tour of Old Town, be sure to stop by the Mentor Embedded booth at Hall 4/4-422. We have presentations by Colin Walls & Andrew Patterson focusing on interprocessor communications & automotive: Challenges in Automotive Connectivity: Devices, Technologies, and the Connected Car, by Andrew Patterson, 09:30 If the … Read More
Linux, Interprocessor Communication, MCAPI, automotive connectivity, Android, Embedded World, Infotainment, automotive linux, connected car
Implementing inter-processor communication on emerging heterogenous multicore SoCs
There are a number of heterogeneous multicore SoCs being introduced including the Vybrid platform from Freescale and the Jacinto 6 platform from Texas Instruments. At CES in January 2014 we demonstrated how the communication between Cortex M4 and Cortex A15 cores on the TI Jacinto 6 can be implemented using rpmsg. The two videos below show this demonstration in action. The first video illustrates how … Read More
rpmsg, Multicore, Texas Instruments, heterogenous, Infotainment, IPC, jacinto 6, instrument cluster, inter-processor communication
Our team has been busy working a new demonstration based on the TI Jacinto 6 automotive processor. If you're interested in seeing it in person, your first chance will be next week at CES in Las Vegas at the GENIVI demonstration showcase. The Jacinto 6 platform is an interesting SoC that brings together a dual core Cortex™ A15 and two dual core Cortex™ M4 processors. The demonstration we're … Read More
Texas Instruments, CES, instrument cluster, jacinto 6, GENIVI, Infotainment
Automotive electronics firms of various kinds are teaming up with partners in China. During 2013: Airbiquity and China Unicom announced a partnership to provide telematics services for the Chinese automotive market, leveraging Airbiquity's Choreo connected vehicle service delivery platform and China Unicom's telecom infrastructure and service provider capabilities. Geely Automobile Group and Detroit … Read More
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The consumer electronics show has turned into a hotbed of automotive activity in recent years. January in Las Vegas for CES 2014 looks to promise even more for those interested in cars and the automotive industry. Our own team and our partners will be on hand as well. I hope you'l be able to join us. If you plan to be there and would like to meet up with me or members of our team feel free to … Read More
Texas Instruments, CES, Android, Infotainment, jacinto 6, Freescale, html 5
You may, as I did, think of Nuance Communications primarily as a developer of voice technology in cars and wherever else, like voice-to-text. But this week the company launched a new version of its Dragon Drive platform for connected cars, and it added two new services – Dragon Drive Connect and Dragon Drive Link. Connect and Link, plus Dragon Drive Speech, enable what Nuance describes as customizable … Read More
West World Media's Cinema-Source, Twitter, connected car, STATS, Deezer, Strategy Analytics, TomTom, Tunein Radio, AccuWeather, OPIS/ Gas Buddy, Infogroup, Rdio, Infotainment, Reuters, Dragon Drive, Slacker Radio, Facebook, MovieTickets.com, INRIX, Nuance, Xignite, Yelp
A very good turnout at the webinar I have recently hosted on the topic of Enabling Multi-OS Embedded Systems with Hypervisor Technology. During webinar, I talked a bit about trends in the embedded industry, the way hardware and software vendors are dealing with these trends, walked through the most popular Operating Systems configurations – SMP, AMP and sAMP, highlighted the benefits of embedded virtualization, … Read More
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Enabling external connectivity for Infotainment Systems is a very hot topic in the automotive industry. At the Telematics Update conference in Munich this week, over 1000 attendees are learning about the latest developments in vehicle connectivity solutions. Most agree that all cars will have both internal and external connectivity by the end of the decade, enabling a wide range of safety features, … Read More
connected car, Infotainment, Bluetooth, Vehicle HotSpot, WiFi
I am very excited to post my first entry to the embedded blog and share the announcement for the product that I am managing. As some of you are aware, on October 24th 2013, Mentor Graphics officially launched Mentor Embedded Hypervisor via announcement found here – http://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/news/mentor-embedded-hypervisor. The upcoming product release will contain support for Multicore … Read More
Linux, instrument cluster, multi-core, ARM, Android, Multi-OS, hypervisor, TrustZone, Infotainment, Cortex, Virtual Machine, Freescale
New software aids the development of robust, secure systems; supports multiple OS consolidation and ARM® TrustZone® secure system architecture If you've watched television or read a magazine within the past several months it's likely that you've seen ads for new cars touting the benefits of electronic systems such as lane departure warning or adaptive cruise control. Cars these days are loaded with … Read More
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At IESF – great new venue this year, by the way – Paul Hansen (www.hansenreport.com) talked about tightening competition in automotive electronics, especially for infotainment; slimmer margins on new car sales, and a rush to offer connectivity to the cloud. He also outlined other problems for infotainment suppliers: Carmakers are taking systems integration in house, they are separating hardware sourcing … Read More
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Here is video of the GOP Senate Minority Leader – Mitch McConnell – on ABC News' "This Week" where he said today that moving forward, there will be no further tax increases as part of the Debt-Ceiling Battle with President Obama. McConnell said the Fiscal Cliff deal just passed raised tax rates on the top earners, but that now "the tax issue is finished, over, completed." What now must be worked out are spending cuts and reform of entitlements:
"Oh, yeah, the tax, the revenue, the tax issue is finished – over – completed. That's behind us. Now the question is, what are we going to do about the biggest problem confronting our country and our future? And that's our spending addiction. It's time to confront it. The President surely knows that. I mean, he has mentioned it both publicly and privately. The time to confront it is now."
This is the line they need to hold.
GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Says No Further Tax Increases; It's Time to Confront "our Spending Addiction" – Video 1/6/13
The Drudge Headline this morning, linking to this Breitbart story, pretty well says it all about the "Deal" passed by the U.S. Senate (89-8) last night to supposedly avoid the "Fiscal Cliff." But the real "Cliff" of mounting debt and out-of-control spending by the Federal Government is still out there. It's interesting to note that Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rand Paul voted "No" on the deal. Both are possible GOP Presidential Candidates for 2016.
The House of Representatives has not yet voted on the "Deal," and conservative House Republicans are not happy about the increase in taxes and almost complete lack of spending cuts in the deal worked out by Vice-President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
UPDATE 11:30 AM ET: Over at Hot Air, Ed Morrissey thinks the House Republicans will "grudgingly" go along with this deal. But Ed sees a possible "silver lining" in the deal for Republicans:
"The deal did not include any resolution on either the sequester or the debt limit. If there is a silver lining for Republicans, it's that they have successfully delinked tax rates and spending issues in this fight. The next round of bargaining will deal only with government spending, and House Republicans will have the debt ceiling as a powerful card to play.
With the Senate voting 89-8 in favor of the bill, I'd guess that House Republicans will grudgingly go along with the deal, with a big assist from House Democrats this time around. They have until tomorrow to get the deal done in this session of Congress, though, so expect to hear plenty of debate first. . . ."
"No" Votes: Bennet D-CO, Carper D-DE, Grassley R-IA, Harkin D-IA, Lee R-UT, Paul R-KY, Shelby R-AL, Rubio R-FL #fiscalcliff
— Casey Kelley (@policygal) January 1, 2013
Hard to evaluate who "won" the fiscal deal because it's not actually all that clear what either side's goals were.
— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) January 1, 2013
Better Q for @speakerboehner? RT @dcdude1776 @markknoller @jaketapper Q for Carney: What's balanced about $620B in hikes & $15B in cuts?
— Ed Henry (@edhenryTV) January 1, 2013
Mitch McConnell did a very good job in getting package.It is in fact a big win in many ways, with the spending battle postponed 60 days
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) January 1, 2013
House GOP aide says while R's may not like the #fiscalcliff bill, says they're "handcuffed" because of the overwhelming Senate vote.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 1, 2013
Rand Paul and Marco Rubio both voted no.How will Paul Ryan vote? #2016
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 1, 2013
How can @barackobama call his proposal a #deficit reduction package if it uses #taxincrease to fund more spending & it increases the #debt.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 31, 2012
Maybe Boehner will stop this one sided deal in the House…I hope so!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2013

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I have Adobe Acrobat Standard, but I can't seem to figure out how to edit the resoultion.
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In order to do this for PDF, you need Adobe Acrobat or another tool capable of editing PDF files.
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Thanks John!...I'll give it a try
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Call of Cthulhu LCG | Published 10 February 2010 |
"I could give you a lift, if you'd like. I have the van tonight." I can see it now, as I think back. The ominous glint in his eyes that suggested all was not quite right. But honestly? What experience did I have with men?
"OK…" my voice trailed off. He started away, and I hurried to catch up as he walked towards the lot.
I did not even realize I was being kidnapped until we were in the cave.
-From Eye Contact, part two of The Yuggoth Contract by Nate French
Erin Morai, a troubled but dedicated biology student, found herself strangely attracted to Tyler Scindere... which is why she agreed to follow him in the first place. Now, lured into darkness, will she retain her composure, and her very sanity, long enough to save herself?
Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the second Asylum Pack in The Yuggoth Contract cycle for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game!
Murmurs of Evil is a fixed 60 card Asylum Pack that contains 20 different never-before-seen cards based on the dark mythos of master horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, designed to augment existing decks and add variety to the Call of Cthulhu metagame.
And remember, Murmurs of Evil is the second LCG™ monthly release to adopt the versatile new collation format, meaning you'll receive three copies each of all twenty cards in one convenient purchase! If you're not yet familiar with this recent and exciting change, check out "The Best Just Got Better," an article explaining the details, then get ready to enjoy Call of Cthulhu even more!
Also included in this cycle is part two of a gripping new short story by Nate French. In the last installment, Tyler Scindere found himself trapped in perpetual darkness and suffering. Now, we meet Erin Morai, a brilliant college student. Erin might be Tyler's greatest enemy... and his only hope.
This spring, continue your journey into the shadows of your own mind...
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This is it !!
This card is really interesting and should be a nice defense against someone who want his character to be exhausted (Silver key anyone ??)
Keep on giving us those informations about the packs, I'm so interested by those spoils I'll visit the site every morning...
Now I AM enjoying Call of Cthulhu LCG even more! Thanks FFG!


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Administration drafts new proposal for education reform through
constitutional change.
On Tuesday, President SebastiA!n PiA+-era adhered to student leadersa**
demands for increased focus on education reform from the executive branch.
The president met with Education Minister Felipe Bulnes throughout the day
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last Thursday to discuss their demands. Student leaders insisted that any
future proposals for reform come from the president.
a**Congress is ineffective without the Executive [branch],a** student
leader Camila Vallejo told El Mercurio of last weeka**s offer. a**The
government needs to make a commitment to stop outsourcing their
Tuesday, it seems, the government demonstrated its commitment to the
issue. Vallejo, accompanied by her fellow student leaders, agreed to meet
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The first of the presidenta**s proposals, formalized by Bulnes during a
morning meeting with the Chamber of Deputies Education Commission,
increases federal scholarships for low-income students.
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levels in the lowest 40 percent. The new proposal expands eligibility to
the poorest 60 percent of the population.
Student leaders have petitioned for scholarships and financial aid to be
extended even more a** insisting on free education for at least 70 percent
of Chilean students.
Bulnes also announced plans during the meeting for a second proposal to
a**reprogram college credita** and aid 110,000 students who have defaulted
on government-issued student loans.
This second plan proposes that the government fully or partially waive a
studenta**s accrued penal interest - a penalty affecting students who did
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five percent of their loan and set up installment plans to pay back the
rest. If the down payment is 50 percent or more of a studenta**s overall
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The student debt proposal also seeks to amend laws surrounding federal
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a**It is a first step,a** Sen. Juan Pablo Letelier told El Mercurio
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hello everyone.
good to know other people are artsy. i am starting a new hobby. mosaics. bought vitreous glass and some kind of smalti and the MDF (18mmthick, i guess that's 3/4" but not sure) and well... gonna start SOON... i have a few q's and i hope someone will be kind and answer them. my biggest one, that i'm gonna start with is a mirror. mirror will be 40x60cm, and the mosaic around 20 cm, making it a total 80x100cm. which is pretty heavy (the thick MDF, and the mosaics and grout...)...
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, May 13, 09 at 9:52
Sounds very heavy. To start, I'm not sure your D rings w/be sturdy enough to hold that much weight. I buy them from a glass company - the ones w/metal strips down them for holding heavy mirrors. The hangers require three screws each. I usually put them about 2" down and about 18" apart. My placement is pure eyeballing, not scientific. I've never had anything to fall. My PV Project was so heavy, I could barely lift it onto the hooks. Put the hangers on BEFORE you mosaic. In my haste to start a project, sometimes I don't do that. Believe me, you'll be glad you did. You w/smooth the edges of your grout on your outside border along the edge of the MDF by hand w/a teensy bit of moisture. Just dip your GLOVED hand in water and smooth it out. Hope this helps, and welcome to the forum. Pictures of your WIP are always appreciated. |
Slow told you everything just right. I do not mosaic right up to the edge on anything, I generally leave about 1/8" so I can grout between the edge pieces and then smooth out the sides, this leaves a small angle of grout that wont break off or chip. I think you would want to mosaic and grout the "frame" for your mirror and then glue your mirror on. You could do it the other way and cover your mirror while working on the outside. This is what I have done as I have only done old mirrors and never done a new one from scratch. Hope this helps. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Thu, May 14, 09 at 2:40
thank you guys. well, i bought the D-rings from a painting-framing-shop, so the guys was pretty sure two rings with 2 screws each would bwe more than enough... let's hope so :) should i put.... 4 D-rings? two on each side very close to each other? would that help? well... they were pretty cheap and i bought 6. i can always buy more. today i should get started... really excited. been focused on this for MONTHS! well... this is my mirror design and another one - to be hung like this(the second one i'm gonna start when the mirror is finished) the mirror will be done in vitreous glass and the eye in some kind of smalti, but thin and square shaped. well... gonna start work this evening!!! calin |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Thu, May 14, 09 at 8:36
Ooooooohh - I LOVE your designs. This w/be very interesting to watch. Keep us posted on your progress. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Thu, May 14, 09 at 9:20
thanks slow, means a lot coming from you. checked all your art. u seem to have mosaicked pretty much everything you could!!! love some of your stuff!!! i hope to become good at it. today when i go home... in about an hour,. i will start !!! first i will lay the yellow and orange and red tiles to see if i've got enough. cause i have made some changes to the way i place them on the frame!!! took me a while to figure out WIP means work in progress... LOL not my mother tongue so i have to figure things out... LOL byeee |
- Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on Thu, May 14, 09 at 9:57
Ohhh, am excited to see these!!!! Go Go Go!!! |
We're here rooting for you! Go! Go! Go! |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Tue, Jun 2, 09 at 7:04
done the "suns", done the green "leaves" ... now i am at the blue background. so in 1-2 days i will post pics with all the steps. and will be asking u a few questions... hehehe |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Tue, Jun 2, 09 at 9:06
Now, is that nice, I ask you? You KNOW how impatient we are when someone teases us w/promises of pictures. HUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY!!! |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 2:00
hahaha.... well u slow me down!!! hehehe ok. here it is. finished it last nite. [URL=http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2680877360104010362OQUNpR][IMG]http://thumb2.webshots.net/t/62/762/8/77/36/2680877360104010362OQUNpR_th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] the whole album where u can see details and steps of this WIP: I HAVE AN URGENT QUESTION: (or maybe a few...) and as the mirror is glued... how do i avoid putting grout on it? or it doesn't matter, it comes off? THANKS! i know there is a time difference... but i am planning to go shopping for the grout when i am off work. i really wanna finish it soon so i can hang it on the wall. don't have the nails in the wall yet... my brother will do that I HOPE! calin |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 2:11
i guess i can't post thumbnails in this forum. if the pic link doesn't work... just go to the album and it's there. or here it is... the pic itself: |
Here is a link that might be useful: my morror
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 7:16
Well, if you don't beat ALL. This little beauty makes me want to hang it UP - scuz the pun, but I mean, REALLY - it makes me wanna quit mosaicing. You call yourself a beginner. Don't believe a word of it. THIS, my dear, is a professional jobber! Talk about perfection!!!!!!!! I don't like to advise on grout color, cuz if you don't like the results, you'd blame me. I use charcoal for everything, by mixing half gray and half black. This decision is yours. You shouldn't have a problem deciding - you're the pro, girlie. Spectacular job - gallery quality. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 7:36
hey... i am a ... man :) well... a guy, anyway. Calin is my name. common romanian name for... boys LOL slowmedown... u have no idea how great i feel reading your reply. anyway... i will still wait till tomorrow and see what others have to say. been writing emails to people with experience, sites, shops... to get a clue. THANKS !!! |
Hey Calin the Guy! You have done such a beautiful job on this that it does look professional. It is absolutely beautiful. I love the colors and the way they all go together. I have to agree with Slow and tell you to use charcoal or a dark grey. This color will let those colors continue to POP. Cover your mirror with brown paper and masking tape so as not to get the grout on it. It will come off, but may scratch the mirror. Just to be safe, cover it. Keep up the good work and start something else so we can see it too. Love the eye candy. Carol |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 8:00
THANKS CAROL.... i am also on a romanian gardening site...and they went... what? dark gray? black? nooo.... but i think i'd like that idea... don't worry. not gonna stop now!!! eye candy? what would that BEEEE ??? :) |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 8:25
OH, Carol... THE EYE!!! yes... not telling you, but it's my favorite of the 4 designs i have so far. gonna start that when i see this mirror hanging on the wall ! and also... different material. a kind of smalti. but regular shaped (squares) and thinner than smalti. :) |
Keep on keeping on, great work...show us your other designs. Are you creating the designs from your head? Eye candy is something to look at and DROOL! Yummy |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 11:29
hahaha... so carol wasn't referring to my other design way above??? there is an ... EYE.... got now the idea. candy for the eye. yummy indeed. thanks flagtruck! |
Welcome Calin to this fun site...personally I would do the grout in terra cotta, my fav! Your work is really nice... |
- Posted by cathyscache (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 13:37
Very gorgeous..I can tell you my first piece was not nearly as beautiful as this!!! Wonderful....Go dark grout....keep postings...can't wait to see the next piece.. |
- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 23:09
That is just GREAT!! Just love it !! I can not beleave it is your first!!! GREAT work ! |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Thu, Jun 4, 09 at 2:26
thanks guys! think i'm gonna go for medium to dark gray... close to black. but not quite. today latest tomorrow i will go to a store and buy the grout. any idea... how much i'd need? we use meters and cms for measurements. the mosaicked frame is 0.2 m wide. total size is 0,8x1 m. so 0,2 m mosaicked margin is total 0.56 m. converted it. looks like i have a bit over 6 sqft. How do you go about when you figure out how much grout to get??? :) |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Thu, Jun 4, 09 at 6:13
AhHaaaa - that explains it - it's a guy thang. Reason I say that is: In the late '80s, while posted in Brazil, on Saturdays for over a year, I held an open house quilting class, and there were three guys in the class. I tell you, their quilts were so perfect, you wouldn't believe. Guys are such perfectionsists in these things. Where was I? I never measure; I just estimate, so can't help you on amounts, but glad you've chosen to go the darkish route. I use darkish for everything. Got tired of grout decisions, and I like the look I get from mixing half/half gray/black, so use it for inside and outside projects. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Thu, Jun 4, 09 at 6:32
yes SMD. we guys are good at what we do... "yea, right" i can hear you... LOL yes.. dark. have had lots of pros and cons to dark grey/black. so what... i feel i'm gonna love it with some dark in it. in a couple of days i hope i can show u the final result... and start on my next one :) |
Calin- I am not good at converting our cups to your measurements but maybe you can do it. The ratio that works for me on grout is one cup dry grout for every square foot of area. This gets it pretty close...If you can convert that to your meters and centimeters go for it. One sq ft if 12" x 12" or 144 sq". Good luck From looking at the size of yours I would estimate about 4 cups of grout, get a 5 or 10 lb bag and you will have plenty |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Fri, Jun 5, 09 at 1:58
thanks flagtruck. also got about 3 or 4 lbs. for the whole. so i figured 6 sqft. so... 6 cups. LOL... what cup? tea? coffee? mug? just kidding... but then... another one... what's this sanded / unsanded grout??? which should i use? no idea what our romanian store selection looks like... or even if this is mentioned on the packages... never done any grouting. well, did... on my tiles on the balcony. but that was JUST grout... didn't care what kind. LOL |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Fri, Jun 5, 09 at 7:31
Most of us use sanded grout, CALIN. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Fri, Jun 5, 09 at 7:45
THANK YOU. won't bother u again... unless it's with pics of the finished work :) |
WOW, this mirror is SUPERB! gorgeous work, I can't beleive you are a beginner at all! lol can't wait to see it finish |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sat, Jun 6, 09 at 8:32
Bother us any time, CALIN. This is a helful group, and any time we can drag another one into our sickness, it pleases us. |
- Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on Sat, Jun 6, 09 at 10:06
Very Nice Calin!!! Good job! Pleasing to look at...That's Eye Candy!!! I am a BIG fan od Black grout! I am known here...(when I actually make stuff!lol) to usually use black grout, I buy it from a tile/flooring store as they usually have a better selection of grout and usually help me decide on how best to do some of my projects. I Always use sanded grout as the non sanded grout is very mucky and I get it everywhere. Sanded grout is more dense and I like the results better, and it is so much easier...for me...to work with. I LOVE the orange wall it will hang on!!! Lovely!! Inspiring! |
That is lovely! I love the colors. What a work of art! |
- Posted by fiddlekate (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 15:16
Welcome, Calin! Love your mirror! Looking forward to seeing the grouted picture. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 3:25
hello friends. yesterday we were off work. we celebrated the Pentecost (i guess this would be the english name, the romanian one is Rusalii) and well. it was a long weekend (in case you are wondering, we are mostly orthodox here and our church celebrates some holidays a week after or before the catholics)... anyway. i what i mean is... i had plenty of time to have it finished and also start my second piece. here is the mirror... with almost-black grout (the color was "granite") http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2805436090104010362RCQPki you can see details on other pics in the album. like it? :) |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 5:27
Man, you sure nailed that one! Couldn't have picked a better grout color. You got it, CALIN. Congratulations on a superb project. Beginner hmmmmmm - let's see you top this one. |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 6:35
thanks...SMD. started the new one... as i see it... i am getting better... but you guys tell me. i will post pics when i have a few steps so you can see what i am "wasting" my evenings with. LOL |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jun 10, 09 at 8:08
Wash your mouth w/soap, young man!!! Mosaics - wasting time? N.O.T. My Mother thinks I've gone a little bit wacky w/mosaics, but I don't care. She just doesn't GET it - it's what we DO, and once we start, there's no turning back. It grabs you, and holds on for LIFE. What a way to live!!! |
- Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on Wed, Jun 10, 09 at 10:51
Excellent Job!! Love the grout color! Glad you joined/found us on this forum! Jane |
- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Wed, Jun 10, 09 at 23:07
That turned out so neet !!!!!!!!!!!! |
- Posted by calinromania (My Page) on Thu, Jun 11, 09 at 3:11
thank you guys... my second one is soo cool... just love it. still a secret for you! hehehe...wanna finish it up to the grouting part... and will ask you again if the black grout will work again. SMD... u know... the " ... " means i don't really mean it... for me it's def. not a waste of time. wish i had more. but sometimes other things come in between. by this weekend i hope to finish the eye. byeee |
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Cataclysm Post-Mortem: Uldum, page 2 {WoW}
Dec 12th 2011 6:05PM Personally I don't get all the Harrison Jones hate, the questline itself was fun; it's just the overbogging crappy cutscenes at almost every moment that really makes it less fun.
Also you're pretty damn overreaching and overinterpreting if you're seriously trying to grab racism out of it...I mean wow, is that all some of you people can think of, how best to interpret racism in the game for the sake of political correctness or something? Yeesh...as for me, I see no racism whatsoever.
Artwise of course, the area is beautiful, always loved the Egyptian motif. And for what it's worth, Deepholm is the shittiest zone, that crap is just overly large and boring; could've easily streamlined that and shortened the zone. No FPs there also made it kinda stupid.
Two Bosses Enter: Aethas Sunreaver vs. Roanauk Icemist {WoW}
Dec 5th 2011 8:05PM Anyone else still a bit annoyed Horde got essentially a new sub faction to join them with the Taunka, whereas Alliance dealt with walrus men...who were neutral to both sides.
Watch Cataclysm's ending cinematic {WoW}
Dec 1st 2011 3:55AM Right...strikes me as dumb/stupid. I mean, you're telling me they lost all of their power fighting one batshit insane brother, and now there are no more aspects with power? Despite the fact they themselves are imbued with the Titan's power? Give me a break...sure it's their lore, they can do whatever they want with it, but it doesn't mean that quite a few of us will think of it as rather stupid (much like the whole "there must always be a lich king" bid).
Aggra pregnant, meh, weak attempt to give a 2 bit minor character importance. Thrall/Jaina was better anyways.
Enter to win a World of Warcraft iPhone clip case {WoW}
Nov 23rd 2011 3:35PM FOR THE HORDE!
Pandaria to eschew capital cities for scattered vendors, separate faction hubs {WoW}
Oct 27th 2011 9:01PM Personally...I really don't give a damn about world pvp and pvp in general (hence why I play on a pve server), though I guess if you're on a pvp server, it'd be nice.
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Oct 27th 2011 7:15PM Razer Nostromo, want.
Patch 4.3: Raid Finder loot rules updated {WoW}
Oct 7th 2011 4:26PM In all honesty? It still doesn't solve anything within tank-dps (and for some, healer-dps sets) sets unless they're now specifically trying to itemize stuff and the fact for the whole expansion they've been trying to homogenize everything.
Consider the following: most tanks now like mastery. Most DPS like mastery. Items with Mastery can have hit, crit, haste, etc etc right? Guess what? Both classes are going to need on them. The only "tanking" relics these days are items with Dodge and Parry, which are still being avoided as suboptimal by tanks unless they have Mastery; give a tank a choice between Mastery/Crit and Dodge/Crit, I'm willing to bet they're going to want the Mastery/Crit item more, which in a broadly more traditional sense, would otherwise be a DPS item. So depending on how they classify "epic tanking item", it could end up just leading to more infighting since tanks will want the item with mastery since it's more attractive than dodge/parry, and dps want it obviously for the better stats, but at the same time don't want/can't take the tanking item anyways because of the very unfriendly stats of dodge and parry. In yet another example, this rule does nothing for bear tanks either, as Dodge-bearing leather obviously doesn't exist anymore, so they're screwed no matter what in having to roll evenly against DPS specs of feral (cat) and rogue.
And let's not even get started on how Boomkins and Ele shammys both desire Spirit now (normally a healer only stats) for hit; how can you possibly do that without blatant favoritism of healers, assuming healers would get the extra +100 to their roll on items with Spirit. So in a roll off, this is basically telling Boom and Ele to go screw themselves?
Finally, what this system doesn't address obviously is main spec/off spec either; to give an example, if I'm a moonchicken (and thus flagged as dps) and I have a feral offspec, I can roll Need on both agil and int leather and probably get +100 to my roll by the sound of it since it only differentiates by role, not spec. Sure, I might be kicked, but as there's no lockout for raid finder, I can just queue up again with no penalty and be up one item and ready to ninja more.
Really I guess no matter what, everyone's going to be complaining on any end as this really does end up yet being another Blizz fault; homgenization of stats to make them good for everyone and a poor loot system will do that. I really don't see Raid Finder becoming good for anything except the desperate who will want to put up somehow with the rather sickening amounts of problems that can happen, not just limited to gear; you're far more likely to also get idiots who stand in fire and such, so unless every fight in raid finder is literally nerfed to tank and spank, so many wipes are gonna happen...
Patch 4.3: Worgen racial mounts {WoW}
Sep 1st 2011 8:21PM Definitely pretty boring, and yet another example of how lazy/unmotivated Blizz is. Horse just in general are pretty damn boring; unless you're a Paladin with their chargers, I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding a horse mount, let alone go out of their way to grind rep to ride one. Even the armored ones given out for like ToC and the RBGs and such are kinda lame, when you consider the Horde equivalent (Orcs and wolves) are much neater.
Seriously, why not dig up those "war hogs" from the concept are and let worgen ride them? Granted, I thought they were a tad silly, but it's still something different and fun. I mean, Goblin trikes, those are fun and worth grinding if non-goblin as (from purely a looks perspective) they're far cheaper to get for a motorcycle feel than a mechano-hog, whose only benefit is seating someone else (which given this day and age of flying and summoning anywhere, is almost near useless).
Regardless, meh. My worgen looks badass enough riding his ZG raptor mount; now werewolves on raptors? That's badass. Werewolves riding horses bareback? That's pretty damn lame.
Drama Mamas: Should guilds mandate courtesy? {WoW}
Aug 29th 2011 5:03PM I too disagree with this article for the most part; while in the person's case it could be true there's a clique problem or people avoiding gchat (for whatever odd reason), but the letter writer definitely fails to outline anything beyond officer complaining. And to be honest, is not saying "grats" really that upsetting to people? I mean, I personally do it, but most of the time it just feels like an automated response when I type it, there's no meaning behind it (and I secretly think it's pretty damn pointless unless they've actually achieved something significant, like a first ding to 85, not some stupid exploration achieve or one of the many other numerous stupid ones). Hell, there are even addons out there that will specifically throw in a grats message of your choosing if you're that lazy.
So yeah, to me the notion that stuff like grats, hellos, etc are wasted unless you actually mean it; getting a standard faux reply just because someone feels obligated is dumb. I'll say hello to people I know within the guild, not every random I don't know who happens to be a part. And grats when they actually do something worth congratulating.
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Jul 23rd 2011 1:13AM @ Eregos ftw!
Remind me, if your analysis is soooo accurate, why does spirit plate exist again noob? Last time I check, exactly ONE spec of ONE class could use it, whereas Spirit Cloth is useful for at least 2 specs of one class, and I'll take a well optimized, geared healer over another generic DPS cloth-wearer any day.
Personally, I think the question should be, why aren't they considering making Spirit either useful for DPS specs in adding hit or something, like what Ele and Moonkin are forced to talent into for the benefit, otherwise your statement of spirit on Leather and Mail armor being useful for those caster classes is incorrect.


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With the goal of narrowing the gender gap by getting more women in the saddle, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) is launching an innovative new program this spring called Women & Bicycles.
This interactive program will focus on peer-to-peer learning with bike-savvy women providing encouragement to women tentative of riding through social gatherings and skill sharing. For six months, ten "Roll Models" will mentor women in their friend, family, church, or work groups during a series of dinner parties, workshops, and group rides. The aim is to provide casual, comfortable environments where women can feel at ease while discovering how to incorporate cycling into their lives. The various get-togethers will address gear essentials, bike maintenance, and the misconceptions about both the dangers of cycling and the inability to be fashionable while riding. Road safety, etiquette, and use of public transit with bicycles will be practiced on group rides.
The spark for this fresh idea came from Jesse Cohn, WABA's Women's Outreach and Advocacy Intern. In December 2011, Cohn organized and moderated a women's bicycling forum. Nine female panelists, ranging from advocate to businesswoman, and nearly 80 attendees put their heads together in a collective brainstorm about the obstacles and solutions to getting more women on bikes.
The launch party, open to participants and supporters alike, will take place on March 3, 2013, the night before the National Women's Bicycling Forum and the National Bike Summit. With bike riding, food, beer, and wine promised, the event shares the theme of the program itself. "Our objectives with the launch are to bring together participants of the National Women's Cycling Forum as well WABA's local supporters, to continue conversations, sharing ideas, and getting to know one another in an informal setting," said Nelle Pierson, the Outreach Programs Coordinator of WABA. To add to the fun, cycling advocate and author, Elly Blue, will be making a short presentation.
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Minnie earrings and my mickey ring
mm watch, Italian braclet, and MM shirt.
My new Mickey t-shirt .... now that it is finally warm enough to wear it!
I'm still in my pajamas....so my Mickey Mouse Pajamas!
Minnie earrings and a Minnie T-Shirt
Tinkerbell Earings that my Mom got me!
My Tink pin! I should get a new one next visit.
MM earrings, Italian bracelet, new MM T-shirt, and my new MM flip-flops from the liquidation sale. (I'm kicking myself for not buying two pair of flip-flops because this the first pair I've ever had that feel comfortable between my toes.)
Lavender MM polo shirt
tink fuzzy socks around the house!!
My new t-shirt I bought yesterday! It's gray with a big picture of Dopey on the front pointing to the right and it says "I'm with Grumpy"
One of my Goofy T-Shirts
At the moment....Mickey PJ's.


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Nothing Connotes Ennui Like an Ecuadorian Poncho
A new book by Elizabeth Kendall (Where She Danced, American Daughter, The Runaway Bride) is always a welcome event (as opposed to the latest Rorschach pigeon spatter from Joyce Carol Oates, just to pick a name wildly at random), and her latest, Autobiography of a Wardrobe, opens like an origami flower, revealing its confidences with a delicacy of perception and expression that never lapses into preciosity, i.e., Fancy Writin'.
Narrated by Kendall's wardrobe (which, like its wearer, experiences both upbeat highs--a Geoffrey Beene suit--and why-bother lows: "I can barely remember Myself in those days: a motley mix of the old bell-bottoms and parka, the threadbare velours pants, the Ecuadorian poncho, the Appalachian dress, some hacked-off jean shorts..., and a long blue woolen Salvation Army cape"), this memoir weaves fashion, sexuality, social change, career movement, and personal history into a seamless whole rendered in brief reader-friendly chapters and vignettes. Like James Salter's fiction, it's a mosaic that reconstitutes a past still present in the map of the skin and the worn texture and diminished shine of one's possessions.
As Laura Jacobs (hey, I know her) writes in her review of Autobiography of a Wardrobe in today's New York Sun:
One turns these pages with anticipation and pleasure, as if going chronologically through a photo album with a worldly companion at one's side. Spanning the last 50 years or so, Ms. Kendall's wardrobe brims with collectible perceptions. For instance, "Grandmother liked coats," she writes. "People do, I think, who have itinerant childhoods."She's wonderful when analyzing status clothes--Shetland sweaters, for example--whose "precise and peculiar Anglophilia" seems to answer a pervasive social anxiety. And when she puts on boy's pants to go falconing with her father, it is her first freedom from "the smug obedience that belonged to wardrobes then."
Funny how someone else's memories resurrects your own. In Autobiography, Kendall recounts meeting Mademoiselle editor Mary Cantwell, wrapped in a cranberry shawl and stationed before a minatory photograph of Colette ("the old Colette..., with the sharp black eyes of a bird of prey"), and it reminded me that I had once had lunch with Cantwell, can't remember how it came about or why, a wistful interlude in which she seemed to be in the midst of a murmuring monologue that began before we met and continued long after we parted company on the sidewalk. I wonder what I was wearing that day. Something nondescript, no doubt. If my wardrobe wrote its autobiography, it would make for one awfully lusterless leaflet, at least in the chapterettes covering my Early Years.


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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
The other day I decided to treat myself to some cupcakes from Sweet here in Hoboken. It's one of my favorite new spots. They make amazing cupcakes in regular or mini size. I prefer the mini because I can get a wider sampling of all the flavors. So far, I've tasted the red velvet, coconut, chocolate coconut and chocolate. Yum!
If you're ever in Hoboken, check them out! They're at the corner of Garden and 4th, just a few blocks off of Washington.
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- House of 3 said...
simple. gorgeous... looks delish!! mmmm would be such a great midnight snack!! LOVE the brush element! nice work!
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Come Thanksgiving, I always feel like I cannot have too many pot holders. Great for using both as makeshift trivets or for keeping safe, an attractive set of matching pot holders is always appreciated. So whether you are looking for a useful craft to do, or for a great gift idea for someone on your Christmas list, consider making a set of fun pot holders with quilting fabric. The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. has some great fabrics whether you are looking for kitchen patterns floral designs, or Christmas patterns.
vintage fabric potholders
here's what you'll need:
-two 8″ squares of thick fabric, such as canvas or bark cloth. (no flammable synthetics!)
-8″ square piece of cotton batting (which you can double for extra thickness)
-36″ piece of extra-wide double fold seam binding
-matching thread
-steam iron
-sewing machine
1. cut out fabric and batting, and sandwich them together with the batting in the middle.
2. pin your seam binding around the raw edges of the fabric, easing the corners into shape with the steam iron (this takes a little patience, but the corners will eventually lie flat when pressed.) the tail end of the seam binding will be 4″ longer than the perimeter of the potholder.3. stitch around the potholder close to the edge of the seam binding, making sure to catch the bottom layer. stitch all the way up the tail.
4. fold under the raw edge of the tail end of the seam binding 1/2″ and press. fold the tail down to create a loop. pin and stitch into place.


text: Beth Cullinane, soprano, is a founding member of Machicoti, and has sung with Piffaro, Ex Umbris, Bachworks, Concert Royal, Infiorare, and Musica Antiqua. She directs the early music ensemble City of Ladies and has performed frequently with Early Music New York, including EMNY's recording Medieval Love. Stage credits include Henry Purcell's The Indian Queen, Manfred Gurlit's Wozzeck with Long Beach Opera, and Patricia Burgess's Watermoon at Merkin Hall. Beth has sung and played baroque guitar with the New York Continuo Collective in Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo and in Francesca Caccini'sLiberazione di Ruggiero dal Isola d'Alcina. In 2009, Beth received a faculty development grant from the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York to create musical reconstructions of Anglo-Saxon poetry from the Exeter Book, a program she coached with Benjamin Bagby and performed at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and at the Amherst Early Music Festival in Connecticut. Beth is a faculty member of LaGuardia Community College, and holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Hunter College. She is currently enrolled in the Master Pro Pratique de Musique médiévale, Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV. Upcoming projects in 2010 include performances ofLes Oriflammes de Pierre le Vénérable in Bourgogne and Paris.


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photo by Romulo Yanes
Makes about 5 dozen
active time
30 min
total time
1 hr
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup dried tart cherries
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer until blended and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture on low speed until blended well, then mix in chocolate chips and cherries with a wooden spoon.
Put level tablespoons of dough 1' inches apart on greased baking sheets and bake in batches in middle of oven until golden around edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on sheets 2 minutes before transferring to a rack to cool completely.
Cooks' note: Cookies keep, in an airtight container, 5 days.
my notes
- Calories84
- Carbohydrates12 g (4%)
- Fat4 g (6%)
- Protein1 g (2%)
- Saturated Fat3 g (13%)
- Sodium49 mg (2%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber1 g (2%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol12 mg (4%)
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type: Kid-Friendly, Entertaining, Cookie
main ingredients: Cherry, Chocolate, Fruit
holiday/celebration: Back to School, Picnic, Winter