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Welcome to the IceChat Web site. IceChat is a popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Client that can be used in Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7 and Windows 8. It has been tested on 64bit versions of XP, Vista, Windows 7 and now Windows 8.
IceChat 7.8 has been released to deal with the problems with Windows 8.
IceChat is a very user friendly program that can be setup in a matter of minutes. IceChat is capable of connecting to multiple servers and channels all at once, with ease, so you can easily chat with your friends in your favorite channels.
For those people that wish to do more then just chat with IceChat, there are numerous different ways to customize the look and feel of IceChat. It starts with simply changing a theme, to writing your own scripts and making your own custom popups, using the IceChat Editor. The built-in VBS (Visual Basic Scripting) script engine is powerful and can be made to do just about anything, and even allowing users to create their own activeX dll's for advanced scripting solutions.
IceChat has some unique features that set it apart from other similar programs. Most users truly enjoy the built in Emoticons. But for those select few that do not, this feature can be disabled. The Favorite Server Tree is truly fantastic, and because IceChat is built around its multi-server capabilities, it is an essential part of IceChat that makes it that much easier to use.
IceChat was first being developed in 2000, and has gone through many changes in its interface, design, and of course its many features. It is currently in the stage of a total re-write and a Release Candidate version was made available in early 2011. As of today, we are very close to releasing IceChat 9, bringing it out of the Release Candidate(Beta) stage. More testing is still required.
IceChat is FreeWare, meaning anyone can use it, at no cost.
The main IceChat Support channel is located on Quakenet (irc.quakenet.org) in the #icechat channel. The IceChat 9 Support channel is located on Freenode in the #icechat channel.
This web site was started November 11, 2003.
IceChat 7 Changelog -- A list of all the updates for the IceChat 7 life cycleLatest news for IceChat
New IRC Indexer started today - January 8, 2015
Today a new IRC Indexer service was started at www.ircindexer.net. The project has been worked on for the past year, and was launched today, trying to make an acceptable remake of the popular SearchIRC website, which has been taken offline.
IceChat 7.8 released - December 13, 2014
IceChat 7 has been updated to 7.8. The main issue fixed is proper Windows 8 compatibility, with a couple other minor bug fixes.
IceChat 9.0 - September 25, 2014
IceChat 9.0 is released today. There have been a lot of updates, additions and fixes since RC8.3. We felt it was about time IceChat 9 was released as a 'stable' version, and here it is. You can read the change log for all the updates.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 8.3 - March 23, 2014
IceChat 9 has bveen updated to RC 8.3. Windowed mode is still disabled. Fixed an issue when IceChat was minimized, the channel windows would not scroll properly. More IRCv3 capabilities added and options added to the Server Editor. Other additions and fixes as well, will be added to the IceChat 9 Change log.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 8.2 - February 9, 2014
IceChat 9 has bveen updated to RC 8.2. Windowed mode is still currently disabled, as the problems just continue to haunt us. Some issues with wrapped URL's still being broken when clicked on, should be fixed. Also, when the debug window is open, right clicking on the Debug on the Channel bar allows your to select which servers show in the debug window, for multiple connections. The plugin framework has also been expanded to allow for disabling of certain events. A new DisableEvents plugin will be added to allow this to be on a per channel/network basis.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 8.11 - January 26, 2014
IceChat 9 has been updated it RC8.11. This is our second release for 2014, as we did release 8.1, but it had a few nasty little bugs, so 8.11 was released quickly to fix those. One big feature that is new to IceChat, is that the color palette can now be customized with the ColorPalette.xml file in the data folder. Windowed mode has been temporarily disabled, until we can resolve some serious issues with it. Look for it to be re-enabled in the next release. Thank you again for all your support!
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 8 - December 27, 2013
IceChat 9 has been updated it RC8. A lot more little fixes and updates added. Started windowed mode, which is an option in display settings. We are nearing the end of 2013, and this update brings us that much closer to fully releasing IceChat 9. Update today.
IceChat 7 and Windows 8 - December 5, 2013
There are known issues with IceChat 7 and Windows 8. And now with the release of Windows 8.1, the problems continue. We have found a fix for this problem. We are just testing it to make sure it works, and then making a few other changes, for the release of IceChat 7.80. Sorry for the inconvenience.
IceChat 9 Video Added - October 17, 2013
We had asked our Facebook users on our Fan Page, if anyone could make a video on the basics of IceChat 9, and someone made a great one. Check out the help page to view it.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 7.3 - September 20 2013
RC7.3 has been released. Side panel positions are now saved, and we have fixed the fuzzy text issue. Text selection is still an issue, but a lot of improvement has come in this newest build.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 7 - August 31 2013
RC7 has finally been released, after a long wait. Development has been a little slow lately, but here we are with the latest build for IceChat 9. More little fixes and additions. Check out the change log for the latest changes since RC 6.5.
IceChat is 13 years old, August 2013
August 2013, and this year marks the 13th anniversary since IceChat was started. It certainly has been a long journey. With IceChat 9 still in development, IceChat continues to supply its users with a unique program.
Check out our history here.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 6.5 - March 23, 2013
RC6.5 has been released, a minor update for fixing ping replies and allowing to still use the editbox when having settings/options windows open.
IceChat 9 - Chat Window issues - February 25, 2013
One of the main issues haunting the project is the control for displaying the console/channel/query text. It has been a custom control, but mainly the problems lie with the framework not properly rendering and measuring text, so the text selection has just been a nightmare. This is even more so a problem with bold text. We may very well just switch to an Extended Richtext Control, which will of course require more testing and debugging, on its own.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 6.3 - February 14, 2013
RC6.3 has been released, with some fixes for plugins, and users not be able to connect to Hybrid servers.
There were also reported many problems with the IceChat Updater, so some changes were made for this as well. The updater should start working better after the 6.3 update, but a manual update will need to be applied for now.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 6.1 - February 9, 2013
RC6.1 has been released, with a minor fix.
There were some reports that an error box showed on startup, so this is a minor update to fix this problem.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 6 - February 3, 2013
RC6 has been released, with more minor fixes and updates.
This brings us another step closer to releasing a non-beta version of IceChat 9. More plugins are in development as well, and script plugin to allow use of older icechat7 vbs type scripts is in development as well. We have also added more ircv3 compatability to this release. Thank you again to all our users.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 4 - July 1, 2012
RC4 has been released, adding more stability and bug fixes from RC3.
The channel bar has returned, but the tabs are not currently draggable, until a fix is found.
Plugin functionality has been enhanced as well, so look to see more IceChat 9 Plugins added to the downloads section.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 3 - February 9, 2012
RC3 has been released, with many updates and fixes from RC2.
There are some major changes to RC3, mainly that the channel bar is now gone.
There is now a Theme Importer to import color themes from IceChat 7, and you can also on initial install, import the majority of your IceChat 7 settings. Not every setting could be imported, just the majority of them.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 2 - August 12, 2011
RC2 has been released, with many updates and fixed from RC1. The plugin framework has finally reached a stage of stability, and more plugins can finally be made.
Because if the major changes to the plugin engine, no actual update will be available internally to IceChat 9, the full install will need to be downloaded to update to this version. Further releases should not have this problem.
We would like to thank everyone for submitting any bug reports and testing out RC1 to help make RC2 more stable.
Stayed tuned for Plugin Additions, and thank you all again, for trying out IceChat 9.
IceChat 9 Release Candidate 1 - July 1, 2011
IceChat 9, formally known as IceChat 2009, has released its first truly stable releas, as release candidate 1.
There have been huge improvements to the plugin engine, and that is still currently being refined. The next few upcoming versions should have the core of the plugin engine completed. The plugins folder has been moved from the AppData folder to the Program Files\IceChat\Plugins folder to allow unloading and reloading of plugins on the fly.
To download IceChat 9 RC1, click on the Downloads button on the top menu, and select the IceChat 9 section.
IceChat 2009 Beta 6 Released - June 11, 2011
Some more minor fixes added for the Nick list, where it was losing host's at times.
Also, channel modes should behave better now on some networks.
Other then those 2 main fixes, just some minor updates for stability.
IceChat 2009 Beta 5.2 released - May 25, 2011
IceChat 2009 Beta 5.2 was released with mainly changes to the Plugin Engine. This will allow for greater flexibility to the Plugin Engine. We should start seeing more Plugins created for IceChat 2009, and a download section will be added to the website for Plugins.


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I was pointed to a recent blog post by Chase Jarvis a few minutes ago, which talked about Digital Photography. I thought it would be beneficial to share it with you!
I heard it again yesterday for the billionth time: "Digital Photography". Isn't it time we drop the word 'digital'?
Seems we've managed to drop the "electric" from "electric guitar" in common parlance.
We found it easy to drop the word "acrylic" from "acrylic painting" when that came on the scene with oils.
We quickly ditched the "digital" from "digital music" when it took the lead over records and tapes and CDs.
I suppose by-and-large our industry has dropped the word, but given that digital and analog photography are fundamentally the same thing, isn't it time we implore the rest of the world to assimilate the term "digital photography" back into "photography" as a whole?
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Neighborhood House Center a Second Home for High Point Families
We are a nation of immigrants, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the Seattle Housing Authority's public housing communities at High Point, Rainier Vista, NewHolly and Yesler Terrace.
Neighborhood House fits right in. The independent nonprofit agency has its roots in 1906 as a settlement house for Jewish immigrants from Turkey, Greece and other European countries. Now it operates in the four public housing communities and other locations in King County, helping 13,500 adults and children a year. Eighty percent of the low-income clients are immigrants and refugees from around the world.
At the three-year-old state-of-the-art Neighborhood House High Point Center in West Seattle, about 4,000 clients from the surrounding community speak 19 languages and dialects. To the people who live in High Point, the center is the starting point for finding security and an education in an unfamiliar country.
"It's like a gift to us," High Point resident Hibo Samatar says of the center. "Anything we need, we come here first."
Her path to Seattle is a common one. She fled the savagery of Somalia's long civil war by herself in 2000. "Anyone who could leave, did," she remembers. An older cousin helped her come to America, and she arrived in Seattle, via Virginia and Ohio, to visit her extended family. She loved the area – including the rain – and settled in Renton, moving to the new mixed-income High Point community in 2009, the same year Neighborhood House built its new center. She describes the community as "clean, beautiful and safe," and a great place to bring up her three children.
The Neighborhood House Center, a few steps from her house, is a big part of her enthusiasm in living at High Point.
The day I met Samatar, her two sons, 9-year-old Shire and 7-year-old Warsame (Same, pronounced "Sammy"), bounded into the Family Center room and found magnetic toys to play with and books to read. "They think this is their second home," Samatar says. The family used the center to access computers before they got their own; Samatar comes for the women-only exercise classes; and the boys have tutoring two evenings a week. It's not that they're behind at school, their mother says, but the tutoring keeps them focused on their homework in a nondistracting place, and the tutors can share knowledge she may not have.
The family is most enthusiastic about the free summer camp. The previous summer, Samatar felt bad that some of her children's friends talked about camp when she could not afford it for her boys. She scraped up enough money for one week at a private camp, but it turned out to be mostly childcare with no activities. This past summer, she was delighted to find the free camp at the center, so that the boys "had fun and did not lose all they'd learned in the school year." (The boys' sister, 11-year-old Fathi, is involved in Rainier Scholars, an intensive college-preparatory program for children of color, and so had her own lessons and homework for the summer.)
"I learned how to play a game about animals. I learned about (musical) beats. I learned how sound goes from one place to another," Same recounts breathlessly. "We went to the lake and you put stuff in the water in a tube and you shake it and it turns different colors to show how dirty it is." Shire's similar field trip was to Longfellow Creek, where campers looked for fish and measured water quality. He enthusiastically shares all he's learned about polygons and geometric shapes.
A Promise for the Future
Shire and Same's joy and confidence in learning is a part of the new, developing culture of High Point.
"Our core mission is poverty alleviation," says Neighborhood House Executive Director Mark Okazaki, who grew up in south Seattle, attending John Muir Elementary School, Mercer Middle School, Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. "Our ultimate goal is to work with our partners to do wrap-around services, especially for children. We want to have a change in culture: That High Point students will succeed."
That goal is embodied in a strategy called the High Point Promise Initiative – "to ensure that every child at High Point receives the support and quality education necessary to go to college." The initiative is not a program, Okazaki says. It's a multi-year, multi-million-dollar strategy to do the most with existing resources and look for more funding to follow High Point's 1,200 schoolage children, plus babies, toddlers and preschoolers, from birth through entrance into college or other post-secondary education.
The initiative is inspired by the work of Geoffrey Canada in the Harlem Children's Zone in New York. Canada and his colleagues are dedicated to ensuring that all 10,000 children in a 97-block area of Harlem go to college. Beyond education in highquality charter schools, parents and students in the "Zone" receive help with physical and mental health, early learning, social issues, food and shelter and anything else that supports students so that they can learn. (Read more about it at www.seattleschild.com/article/a-chat-with-geoffrey-canada.)
Some staff members at Neighborhood House brought Canada's ideas forward before he became well known, when the High Point Center was in the planning stages, Okazaki remembers. "We wondered, 'Could we replicate it at High Point?'"
Neighborhood House received some funding from the Gates Foundation, Chase Bank and others to do research and planning for the initiative and to begin implementing changes. Okazaki describes the High Point Promise Initiative as an "incremental, organic march" toward all High Point children's success.
Children and Family Programs
And success starts early: Two colorful, fully equipped Head Start preschool classrooms for children ages 3 to 5 are housed in the High Point Center's lower floor, with the community park and playground just outside.
Muna Mohamed, also a refugee from Somalia, is most appreciative of Head Start for her 4-year-old daughter, Azhar. "She loves it – the teacher, the classroom, everything," Mohamed says. "She's like a big girl, going to school. She learns her ABC's, her colors. She just learned the colors of traffic lights, and was explaining what they meant to me while I was driving." Although Azhar is bilingual, her mother says, "If she's feeling shy or quiet, it's nice to have an adult at school who can speak to her in her own language."
Research conclusively shows that children who go to a high-quality preschool start kindergarten prepared to succeed. Mohamed saw the influence of the Head Start program on her older daughter, Ashwak, now 8, even though she was only able to attend the preschool for a year. "She learned sharing and making friends. When she went to school, it was not so scary. I know I could try to do the teaching at home, but it wouldn't be the same – there wouldn't be the school routine or the friends."
Experts in early learning also know that the most critical time to reach a child is before age 3. Mohamed is planning to enroll her 1-year-old son, Amir, in Early Head Start. Child development professionals come to the homes of children from birth to age 3 once a week to support and encourage parents and share information about how children develop and activities to help them learn. Five years ago, United Way began funding the Parent-Child Home Program at Neighborhood House. Trained visitors come to the homes of 2-and 3-year-old children with books and educational toys and help parents build their kids' language and literacy skills.
Parents and caregivers can also drop in to the High Point Center for free weekly Play and Learn sessions with a variety of toys and manipulatives. Family nights, parenting support, help for kinship caregivers (grandparents and other relatives raising children), homework help and tutoring for school-age children and art programs for families are also offered.
Educators know that middle school can be a critical transition point for young people, and at-risk children need support all through high school. Neighborhood House offers youth tutoring and resource centers at all of its facilities as well as family nights and workshops at local schools to help parents, especially non-English-speaking ones, advocate for their children. Some of the agency's most intensive youth education programs are based in Kent and Auburn, including substance abuse prevention for middle school students in Auburn and White Center and an out-of-school program at West Auburn High School for students who are dropping out of traditional classrooms.
At High Point, young people ages 13 to 18 can also participate in YELS (Youth Empowered with Leadership Strengths). The leadership program for those in grades 5 through 8 focuses on the environment, science and technology. Workshops for high school students emphasize community engagement. On Wednesday evenings students can help grow their own food, cook it and share a meal, while learning about the politics of food production. For fun, there's also Youth Game Nights, CHILL Snowboard in the winter, Skate Like a Girl year round, a spring break arts camp and college and career workshops.
The center also rents space to other organizations serving youth, children and families, including the Seattle Housing Authority, High Point Neighborhood Association and Catholic Community Services. Seattle Public Schools' Middle College High School moved to the center this school year.
A Community 'Living Room'
While Samatar's English is good, she recognizes that many of her neighbors, Somali or otherwise, have a more difficult time finding the help they need. "I send everyone here (to the center). They help you out or give you a reference to where you can get help – if you can't pay your electricity bill or you need eviction prevention or anything else. They don't say, 'We don't do that here.' They make the calls for people and fi nd where they can get the services."
Indeed, Neighborhood House High Point Center staff members speak a variety of languages, and offer bilingual, one-on-one case managers for family and social services. They provide health care, including HIV-AIDS and substance abuse prevention and "Breathe Easy" homes for families with children with asthma. Help is available for adult education and employment assistance, ESL (English as a Second Language), computer skills and even a sewing class to prepare immigrant women to work in small local garment businesses. A fleet of vans provides door-to-door transportation for people to get to necessary appointments. As the "community living room," the center is used for town meetings, art nights and potluck dinners.
There is much more to do, without question. And in only three years, Neighborhood House has made a phenomenal start. The community would be lost without its living room.
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Ways to Help
Although Neighborhood House does not have any holiday-specific giving programs, families with children can always raise money to donate to the organization to help low-income families with their needs. For example, $25 helps a newly-arrived refugee pay for English classes or ensures that an infant receives his yearly developmental and behavioral screenings. A gift of $35 buys an assortment of games, such as Uno, Monopoly and chess, for the Family Center or ensures that one child receives nutritious snacks after school for one year. To donate, call 206-461-8430, Ext. 230 or visit www.nhwa.org/makeadifference.
Volunteers are always welcome, and the volunteer program is flexible so that Neighborhood House staff members can create opportunities for families to do a project together. Currently, volunteers are needed to assist with client services, work with teens in the YELS gardening/cooking program or tutor students at a variety of locations. To learn more, call Volunteer Coordinator Courtney Jacob at 206-461-8430, Ext. 255 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Goals of the High Point Promise Initiative
A big goal is "saturation," Okazaki says. This means that all eligible low-income children are served.
But the two Head Start Preschools can only serve a total of 40 High Point children – last year there was a 60-child waiting list for 26 open slots created when 5-year-olds graduated. Okazaki said, "We know that the achievement gap starts from children not being ready for kindergarten, and yet we had to turn so many children away. We asked ourselves, 'Are there other kinds of quality preschool services we can provide, in addition to our Head Start classes?'"
Neighborhood House recently won a grant from the City of Seattle to bring a free Step Ahead Preschool class to the High Point Center. It operates much like the Head Start classes, but will serve an additional 20 preschoolers. The United Way grant to expand the Parent-Child Home Program to High Point was another step toward saturation, as are summer youth enrichment programs. Neighborhood House is hoping to work with the College Success Foundation to help high school students plan and prepare for college.
Another goal is continuity. "A lot of funding is categorical," Okazaki says – meaning that a grant is given for a certain program for a certain period of time, and then it ends or the child ages out. "A hard nut to crack is the connective tissue. We are wondering if we can create a system to track a child from birth through preschool, school and college."
One idea is "education navigators" who would follow one child through the whole education system for as long as he lives at High Point. In middle and upper income families, the "navigator" is usually a parent who advocates for their child all through school. Often immigrant families working several jobs don't have the time, the resources or the understanding to carry out that role. Some families manage well, while others may struggle.
While Neighborhood House continues to apply for federal and local philanthropic grants, a big part of the initiative is working with partners. "Our question is, 'How can we be more effi cient in the use of resources we already have? How can we re-align them to serve the most children? How can we cobble together new resources and connections? And can we take the lessons we learn to other public housing communities?'" Okazaki says. Neighborhood House is working hard to forge the way.


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Storage Awareness
Storage vendors can use the VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness (VASA) to provide vSphere with information about specific disk arrays for tighter integration between storage and the virtual infrastructure. The shared information includes details on storage virtualization, including health status, configuration, capacity and thin provisioning. This level of detail can now be passed up through VMware® vCenter Server™ to the user.
- Gather information around specific disk array features (such as snapshot, deduplication, replication state, RAID levels, and thin or thick provisioned) and status (health, troubleshooting and so on).
- Make it easy for administrators to select the most appropriate storage resources when a virtual machine is created based on high-level details around capacity, performance and capabilities of the underlying disk.
- Integrate with other vSphere features, like VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and Profile-Driven Storage.
- Array Integration APIs are included with the VMware vSphere® Enterprise Plus Edition™.
Array Integration
vSphere offers an API to offload specific storage operations to supported disk arrays for unparalleled performance and efficiency. With the vSphere API for Array Integration (VAAI), vSphere can perform key operations faster and consume less CPU, memory and storage bandwidth.
- Offload block copy and block zeroing to the array.
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- Fully support NAS as well as block-based storage.
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- Modular storage architecture allows storage partners to write a plug in for their specific capabilities.
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Achieve scalable backup without disrupting applications and users with backup software that leverages the VMware vSphere® Storage APIs - Data Protection. vSphere Storage APIs - Data Protection enables backup software to perform centralized virtual machine backups without the disruption and overhead of running backup tasks from inside each virtual machine.
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- Perform file-level virtual machine backup using supported Windows and Linux operating systems.
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Two member churches of the World Council of Churches from Reformed and Lutheran traditions have united to become the United Protestant Church of France.
Church leaders across the world have expressed sadness over the death of the Rev Dr Toshitsugu Arai, a renowned Asian ecumenical Christian leader.
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i'm new to hardy kiwi. i just got 4 very very small plants from hirt's garden. they are very small, but healthy. i have anna female, meader male, and arctic beauty male and female.
i have read that hardy kiwi needs to use trellis and plant in ground. however, if there are any possible way to grow them in continer, i would rather grow them in container. maybe in 20 gal container with support and round ring on top to have the vain drapped over the side. is that possible? i'm not looking for big crop. i just want enough to taste. i'm more into figs and have too many fig trees to care for. but i want to try kiwi in small scale. don't have much of space for anything else. might consider mango next. thanks,
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Hi Pete, my brother purchased one plant of "Issai" this year. it was potted in a 20cm vase, and was 60cm tall and full of flowers. it has produced about 30 ripe fruits, and still in the same pot. (Issai is self fertile). So, do try and good luck! Luigi |
pete: I haven't had the hardy kiwi but have grown most everything else in pots 15 gal and smaller. So yours should work at that size. I have done the trellis thing in a pot. For Kiwi the trellis would need to be pretty sturdy. I can visualize one with 3-4 legs and a circle about 4ft up. |
thanks guys. i think i'll try it next spring. have 4 hardy kiwi that i just purchased. if they survive the winter, they will go in bigger pot to grow and when they are tall enough, will go into 20 gal pot with support and a circle. |
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btw Anna and 49er are in my opinion much better tasting than the rest. Issai tastes the most eh to me and is only partially self fertile. Also males can pollinate several females and the male can be kept small since it won't bear you fruit. also will need very strong support, think3x strength of grape vines. good luck and enjoy the potted adventure! |
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The record-setting music video entitled 'Everything Changes' by Eytan & The Embassy is comprised of 18 outfits in under four minutes.
This Brooklyn-based band finds a clever way to showcase their song, which talks about how people shouldn't "find themselves," but rather "create themselves." It's a one-take music video without any edits or cuts. The costumes are depictions of various artists ranging from John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Lady Gaga, Prince, the Beastie Boys and more.
Eytan & The Embassy is hoping others will attempt to break the record by doing their own music video, but with more costume changes. The entire video took a full day to complete and a total of 30 takes to perfect.


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- Color: Brown/Chocolate - With Tan
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A couple of days back I went down to my local hardware store to see if they had any sphagnum moss that I could use as a medium dressing for my plants. They said that they didn't so I tried to see if they had alternatives. I found this moss that was used particularly for orchids and it looked distinctly similar to sphagnum...same coloration, similar texture. The package it was in also said that it was imported directly from New Zealand so I just assumed it to be sphagnum.
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There is New Zealand Sphagnum moss sold for orchids. Read the package carefully, if it doesn't say sphagnum moss anywhere in the package, better to err in the side of caution & don't buy it. There are some companies selling decorative moss that will kill your plants if you use it. It has to read sphagnum moss somewhere. |
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I read it and on the back of the package it says that it's organic sphagnum. I've put it on my plants' soils and they look a lot more...satisfying : D |
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Hmmm… Wonder why it has to add the word "organic" since sphagnum moss is obviously organic? Make sure that it doesn't have some fertilizer additives or wetting agents, these chemicals may be good for regular plants but are deadly for carnivorous plants. Sorry if I sound somewhat paranoid. But I had bad experience with buying material for my plants, so hopefully the organic part doesn't mean it has some additives. If has no additives and is pure sphagnum moss, then it should be all right. Good luck & happy growing! :-D |
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Maybe by using "organic" they mean it's completely pure. I don't see anything on the package about any additives, just directions on how to use the moss. |
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I love the colored lipglass. And I would probably love this too, but the packaging always gets so messy. I never have a problem with the colors, just this tube. And it leaked all over my purse one day...that was a huge mess. So the product is fine, the packaging is bad.
While I do love the variety of colors the Lipglass comes in, I can't get over how sticky and thick it is, almost heavy on your lips.
I like the colors and how shiny/glossy is made my lips, but it's completley impossible to do anything with it on without having to reapply it a dozen times.
I purchased this several years ago so I don't know if the formula has changed. The packaging is great. The tube is see through and you're also able to squeeze out just the right amount of product. It gives the lips a wonderful shine but because it's sooo sticky and thick, I hardly ever wore it. I eventually threw it away. Wish MAC would come out with less sticky and thick lipglasses. =(
I tried this a week or two ago at MAC when I was debating over what to trade my 6 empties in for. I tried this first because I had heard such good things about how shiney and long-wearing it was. It was fairly shiney (about as shiney as any thicker clear gloss), but it was STICKY, STICKY, STICKY! I painted on a very thin layer and still, I had little threads of lip gloss goop stretching between my lips whenever I opened my mouth. Not attractive! I didn't leave it on long enough to test it's staying power, but it didn't really matter because it still wasn't worth wearing (being that sticky), even if it could have somehow lasted all day (which I seriously doubt). I thought my Caboodles gloss (which I still really like) was on the thicker, stickier side until I tried this... but this is much, much worse. Just not worth it! I went with a Lipgelee in Jellybabe instead, which isn't sticky at all and looks just as wet and shiney. I still gave this product 2 lippies just because it was just as shiney as I had expected and it was so thick that I really can't see it migrating. For clear gloss, I'm sticking with Rimmel's Vinyl Lip in clear (not at all sticky).
An absolutely lovely gloss that does precisely what it says. The product comes in a squeeze tube with a rounded tip and as a slightly thickish texture which applies best with a lip brush. Can be worn on its own or on top of your fav lip colour. The gloss itself is slightly sticky so you'll want to keep your hair away from your face. I didnt notice any particular scent or taste with this product, which suits me just fine. It gives a gorgeous glass-like shine to lips and blends well with other lip products (I mix mine with my tinted lip conditioner for a tinted-moisturizing-glossy effect as well as with other lipsticks.) The lipglass lasts quite long compared to most other glosses that I've tried (Elizabeth Arden, Clinique, Loreal, Almay,Sally Hansen,etc..) I would definitley repurchase.
This was just okay for me. While it does look nice on, I also found the tacky consistency to be irritating. I usually use Elizabeth Arden clear gloss and I will be going back to that next time I buy.
I do wish this had an applicator tip or brush, rather than the rounded tip. It's not bad though. This is a lip glass, but it's no where near as sticky as colored lip glass. Mine doesn't have any scent or flavor at all. Compare this to a Wet 'n' Wild gloss or drugstore gloss, are you kidding me? This gloss is very moisturizing. It's thick, but not sticky, and lets my lips slide over each other with ease (I have a bad habit of rubbing them together). My hair actually doesn't stick to this gloss. I'm going to have a hard time choosing a colored lipglass over this beautiful shiny one!!
I wanted to like this, I really did, but it was WAY TOO STICKY!!!
No mater what I did my hair got in it and left streaks all over my face and sunglasses. I prefer Kiehls clear gloss 10 to 1 over this stuff. Plus it smells better. Since the average women eats 11 tubes of lip gloss in her lifetime, I prefer something organic to this. Wouldn't you?


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William H. Cossaboon of Marlton passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014. He was 83.
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I got inspired yesterday and made up a couple of new terrain types for homebrew games of Battlelore. They're simply Memoir '44 terrain tiles that I got images of from the Boardgamegeek site. I cut and resized them, hopefully they will print out the right size. (If not, ask and I'll post what I sized them to.)
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Partners Adam Mullen and Bobby Lester didn't know what kind of return to expect after shelling out big bucks to man a booth at the Great Big Home & Garden Show at Cleveland's massive I-X center this past winter. The approximately $10,000 they invested in the show is a sizable chunk of cash for their 7-person firm.
Not surprisingly, when Turf magazine, attracted by the company's name and the activity at its display, visited the two young men, we found them energetically engaged with prospects. They were working the show and, from appearances, enjoying it immensely.
"We're still following up on leads," says Lester, 29, contacted a month later. "We probably won't find out how much business we got from the show for another 60 days or so."
Mullen, 25, adds that he's not looking at the company's participation in the show in a strictly dollars-and-sense perspective. "In terms of positive exposure the show couldn't have been better," says Mullen. "I don't know how else we could have gotten in front of a better audience." He sees the experience of participating in the show as another step in establishing their company's brand within its market.
Adds Lester, "I think we were told that about 100,000 people attend the show. We went out into the aisle and brought them into our booth. We were shaking as many hands as we could. If you wait for people to find you, you will be waiting a long time."
Lester and Mullen started their company in 2009 after working together for several years for another local landscape company. They started Greener Cleveland Landscapes "from the ground up," says Lester. They didn't have much to start with other than a willingness to work hard to please their clients. They bought equipment a piece at a time as they acquired clients and could afford it.
"Before I met Bobby I had never worked with anyone who had the same passion I had for making landscaping a career rather than just a job," says Mullen, who had cut his teeth in the industry as an intern with TruGreen while pursuing a degree at Ohio State ATI, Wooster, Ohio. The two men agreed from Day One to build a company based on a "positive environment, employing employees with positive attitudes and seeking greener solutions" for landscape services. He admits the process of incorporating "greener" practices into their operations is an ongoing process, and the partners are taking it one step at a time.
Adds Lester, "As green technology improves and becomes more operationally efficient and effective we will reduce our carbon footprint by increasing our use of electric, battery and propane-powered tools and vehicles."
To this point in the growth of their small business, Mullen has taken on the responsibilities related to landscape design and construction, while Lester enjoys heading the company's maintenance operation. Both men say they're heavily engaged in selling. Greener Cleveland Landscapes provides a full range of landscape services in a radius of about 45 miles from its South Euclid office, just east of Cleveland.
"The biggest challenge facing the company right now is just getting our name out there as a business. We love what we do and we want to grow," says Lester, adding that one of their goals is to eventually establish a location on the west side of Cleveland. "Our growth has been amazing so far and just keeping it going is the goal in mind for this and upcoming seasons."
Mullen anticipates a good season as the Recession fades from people's consciousness. "People are definitely spending more money now than they did a few years ago. Construction is starting to pick up again," he says, referencing a particularly large job the company was in the process of closing.
And, what do the partners enjoy most of what they've accomplished so far with Greener Cleveland Landscapes? Says Mullen: "Once a job has been completed and we know that the customer is happy with the work we've done, that gives us the greatest sense of satisfaction. We give personal service to all of our customers, from the beginning of the job to its completion.
"It's a great to get to know your customers and share in their excitement when we make their lawn look beautiful or we build them a new patio. We've been hugged on more than one occasion. We love what we do, so when our customers love what we do, too, we go home happy."
The partners realize that they will encounter more than a few challenges in building their brand in the competitive Cleveland market with its large number of established, well-run competitors.
"We know that there will mountains to climb in building this company and making it successful, and we're committed to keep climbing," says Lester. "We're both young and we have the energy to keep growing this company even though we realize that sometimes it's not going to be comfortable."
Ron Hall is editor-in-chief of Turf magazine and has been an editor, researcher and writer in the green industry for more than 28 years. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- 3 12-inch par-baked pizza crusts
- Thai Pizza Marinade (see adjacent recipe)
- 24 ounces pork tenderloin, raw
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- Mozzarella cheese
Instructions Brush bottom of the crust liberally with Thai Pizza Marinade.
Trim pork tenderloin and marinate in Thai Pizza Marinade. Place on a baking sheet and roast at 375 F until internal temperature reaches 150 F. Cool and slice thinly.
Mix ginger into pizza sauce and spread onto the pizza crust.
Arrange the pork slices on the top and cover with mozzarella.
Bake for 7 to 10 minutes in a 375 F oven, or until cheese is melted and crust is a golden brown.
Thai Pizza Marinade
- 1 cup sesame oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons onion
- 4 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl; mix thoroughly.


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Yes, I am serious and that it=s some freaky stuff. I get scared thinking about it its just wrong, dont tamper with the dead.
Now, I did a search of the forum and I found this topic in the archive. I have had this topic posted on another forum and got quite the turn out for it. So, let's see if it will make it here.
Now for the topic it's self. What are your thoughts about reincarnation? And what if there was a way to prove if it exists or not?
Yes, I am serious and that it=s some freaky stuff. I get scared thinking about it its just wrong, dont tamper with the dead.
Don't tamper with the dead? LOL The proof does not lay with the dead themselves. But after some time thinging about it, I think I came up with a way of finding out if reincarnation exists. But I shall hold of on telling it til I get some more post here from others.
Why would you want to know, adn then we would prove as well that there is a higher being. If there is there is, but I don't want to know. In bible ways it is said that it is true, but just for Jesus. i don't know.Originally Posted by therebel
i believe it does exist. it's just that i have nothin to prove it with... sorry. i mean, what is there to do after life?? oops, did i answer a question with a question?? lol. i cant help it
When you die you can reincarnate. I've astral projected before. I've asked spirits these questions, and, though reluctant for some reason, they have answer them. The only way I could prove it is to train all of you in astral projection so you can ask the spirits yourself (which I can't because I've only projected a few time spontaneously while lucid dreaming).
Anyway, I say /can/ because you don't really have to if you don't want to. The spiritual realm is very shapeable, so whatever you believe happens when you die, will happen. If you believe you will go to heaven, you will, and it will be exactly as you picture heaven to be like in your mind. If you believe you will be tortured in hell, then you will. If you're agnostic or atheist then you'll just die, and then you'll be in the spiritual. Once you realize that your physical self is dead, or once someone tells you, then you can do whatever you like.
Heaven: If you have created a haven-like heaven for yourself, then most all spirits will just leave you to enjoy yourself and won't bother you at all. After a few thousand years, though, if you start to look tired of your heaven or bored, a spirit will wonder up to you and tell you what's ACTUALLY what.
Hell: Most people that create hells for themselves (rhyme) are the ones who were murderers and rapists and generally nasty people in the physical realm. And that's all well and good because they generally deserve it, so they'll stay for a while until some spirit tells them that they aren't bound to the hell they've made. But some people are just wierd and, for whatever reason, think they deserve to go to hell when they really don't. Those people are the ones that are rescued immediately.
Anyway, yeah, so, you can reincarnate if you want, or not. Eventually most spirits do, just out of boredom.
Of course, there is always the possibility that the whole astral/spiritual realm I've been to many times and all the information I've taken from it was just a massive manifestation of my own mind. However, it would be a pretty big coincidence that I shared the sames manifestations as millions of other people.
Keep eating so many dogs and you're bound to be Communist
I think such things should be left untouched. But the fact remains we will die someday, and we should cherish our moment now... rather wait till we die.
I believe it does exist,,, and we have a way to find out for sure. There are things in this world we know to be fact, but there other things we are told we are suppost to believe in. I prefer to only believe in facts alone.


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Very good deep red-ruby. Sweet, highly expressive aromas of redcurrant, hot stones, roasted plum, woodsmoke and tobacco. Fuller and more textured in the middle palate, with a chewy, tactile mouth feel that suggests strong extract and a wonderfully pliant texture. A firm mineral underpinning and sound acids frame the fruit. Expansive and seductively sweet in the mouth. Finishes very long and ripe, with thoroughly civilized tannins.
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48% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon. Very firm and dense and voluptuous on the nose. Sleek and slimline and elegant. All tannins shed. Lovely density of fruit and the fruit dominates – the tannins are definitely in retreat but they are there. Very polished but still quite youthful. Firm!
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This wine has been brilliant on every occasion I have tasted it. More accessible and forward than the 1996, it possesses a saturated ruby/purple color, as well as a beautiful, knock-out set of aromatics, consisting of black fruits, vanillin, spice, and wood-fire smoke. Multidimensional and rich, with layers of ripe fruit, and beautifully integrated tannin and acidity, this medium to full-bodied wine is a graceful, seamless, exceptional Haut-Brion that should drink surprisingly well young.
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A splendid Haut-Brion with wonderful elegance. Refined tannins. Dark-colored, with beautiful ripe berry, cherry and very smoky nuances. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, plush texture on the finish.
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Assemblyman Cameron Smyth will field questions from local school
On Thursday afternoon at 4:00
p.m., KHTS AM-1220 will broadcast a live installment of "Stump the
The program, sponsored by the Southern California Gas
Company, brings elected officials face to face with local school children who
try to stump them with their pre-conjured questions.
On Thursday, Santa Clarita's representative in the state Assembly Cameron Smyth will be the target of questions ranging from; "What's the
best part of your job," to "How tall is the state capitol building?"
The students posing the questions will hail from Sulphur
Springs School District's
Golden Oak
Community School.
Stump the Politician will air for one hour on AM-1220 KHTS,
from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., however it will be made available as a podcast on
hometownstation.com shortly afterwards.
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Spring Cocktail Recipes
From Daniel Bouluds Sensational Spring Dishes
By Daniel Boulud
Apricot Julep
3 to 5 sprigs of mint leaves, torn into small pieces
2 oz. apricot puree or nectar
1 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
1½ oz. bourbon
½ oz. apricot brandy
½ oz. simple syrup
Club soda
Combine all ingredients except the club soda in a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously, strain into a cocktail glass, and top with a splash of club soda. Garnish with another sprig of mint. Makes 1 cocktail.
Buena Vista Margarita
4 medium dried chipotle peppers
4 T grenadine syrup
¾ cup sugar
Zest of 1 lime, finely chopped
6 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
8 oz. reposado tequila
4 oz. Cointreau
4 oz. strawberry puree
2 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
Combine the peppers, grenadine syrup, and ½ cup sugar with 1 cup water and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, let cool, and then strain the chipotle syrup. Mix together the remaining sugar and lime zest. Rub the rims of 4 chilled cocktail glasses with lime, then dip them into the sugar/lime zest mixture. Combine the remaining ingredients with 2 ounces of chipotle syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into the prepared glasses. Makes 4 cocktails.


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The Ball State Whitewater Excursion Team visits ACE Adventure Resort in West Virginia for whitewater rafting and team-building. The crew's adventures on the High Challenge Ropes Course was captured on video. Continue reading
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Miley Sets The Record Straight About The Justin Bieber Hookup Rumors
Rumors were swirling earlier this month that Selena Gomez was teaming up with BFFs Demi Lovato & Taylor Swift to get back at Miley Cyrus for apparently hooking up with her ex Justin Bieber at Pharell's birthday party. Even though it seemed pretty obvi that those were just rumors, Miley took to Twitter to clear her name from the whole situation.
Btw this is photoshopped. Biebs wasn't at Pharrels bday party," Miley tweeted to her fans along with the pic behind all the rumors.
Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 24, 2014
But that's not the only rumor Miley cleared up. After seeing yet another lie in a tabloid that claimed she was auditioning for the role of Tinker Bell in an upcoming Peter Pan musical, Miley had this to say:
I would rather choke on my own tongue pic.twitter.com/fVUQTCwrb9
Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 24, 2014
So, there you have it! Now we can all breathe easier knowing that Miley, Selena, Demi, and Taylor can all go back to being friends, and we won't be seeing Miley in a Tinker Bell costume anytime soon!
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Remove all the excess chains and bulk on the frame of a bike and you get the stripped down, simplified version that is the Bicymple. With its lighter and thinner frame, freewheeling hub and minimized design, this new take on the classic bicycle is simpler to use and can be taken to places many bikes won't go.
The back wheel is free to turn on its own separately from the front wheel, which allows you to make much tighter and sharper turns, while the minimized frame lets you squeeze in closer as you pass through narrow pathways that normal bikes can't travel through. The sleek and modern frame has a stylish design with basic black and white coloring.
Without all the extra bulk and fuss, the Bicymple further simplifies the concept of a bicycle.