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By: Linda Peterson for Amaco
Due to the nature of this project and individual taste, each pendant and earring will be unique in itself. Feel free to experiment and let your creativity flow! This is a fool-proof project from AMACO!!!
- Fimo® Soft Polymer Clay: Sahara, Caramel, Tropical Green, Black
- Fimo® Classic Polymer Clay: Translucent
- FUN WIRE™: Copper; 22 gauge and 26 gauge
- Miscellaneous beads and findings of interest
- PearlEx Powder: Copper and Gold
- Small Twig; approximately 3"
- Black cording for pendant
- Earring backs for earrings
- Quick grab glue adhesive
- Acrylic Clay Roller or Pasta
- Machine
- AMACO® PolyBlade Worksurface
- Rubber Stamp(s) of choice
- Pigment Ink in color(s) of choice
- Pliers
Condition all clay with roller or pasta machine until it is soft and pliable.
- To create the olive green base of the pendant, mix together all colors except translucent, in small varying amounts until desired marble or solid color is achieved. It is not necessary to mix the colors completely if you have achieved a pattern or texture you like.
If color is too gray — add sahara and small amount of brown
If color is too brown — add small amount of green
- Flatten green marbled mixture to 1/8" with roller and tear out an asymmetrical square approximately 21/2 to 3 inches.
- Begin tearing off pieces of the square until you get the shape you like. Determine the top and poke one hole on each side with needle tool.
- Texture base with a crunched piece of discarded Fimo® wrapper.
- Flatten translucent clay to approximately 1/8" thick. Stamp image. Allow to dry for a few seconds before touching. You may lay an extremely thin sheet of translucent over the top of the image to prevent distortion of the image.
- Tear out the image and place it on the base where desired. Add other asymmetrical shapes of color or translucent clay to the base and texture if desired.
- Roll logs and curl into filigree shapes or add flattened balls of clay to add additional interest to piece. Embellish with beads and found objects if desired. Highlight desired areas with PearlEx powders.
- When the final look is achieved, bake at 265 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
- For earrings, use the same technique only creating smaller versions to coordinate with pendant.
Pendant Assembly:
- Trim twig to size. Cut a 12" piece of 22 gauge copper wire and wrap several times around each end of twig. Poke remaining end of wire through hole of pendant and twist to secure.
- Cut jewelry cord to size, approximately 36 inches long. Wrap jewelry cord around twig and secure ends by wrapping with 26 gauge copper colored wire.
- Glue earring backs to earrings with Quick Grab glue adhesive.
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I bought my MVP second-hand and I think the guy who supplied it just threw in a general-purpose adapter as it doesn't have a Hauppauge label on it. The output is rated as 6.0-7.5V.
Can anyone with an 'off-the-shelf' MVP tell me what the output voltage rating for their MVP adapter is? I wan't to replace the one I have as I think it is the cause of a nasty mains hum when playing music through my hi-fi. I've got a quality 9V adapter which I could try but I don't want to push my luck until I know the offical Hauppauge adapter voltage.

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Kim Kardashian Delays Honeymoon Until 2012Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:45 PMKim Kardashian won't be able to honeymoon until next year. The reality TV beauty is set to wed basketball star Kris Humphries in a star-studded ceremony on Saturday (20.08.11) but the couple will have to wait until summer 2012 for their romantic getaway because of Kim's work schedule. A source said: "With her work schedule it's the earliest she can get away. Kris is not over the moon." The couple are to tie the knot at a $20 million mansion in Santa Barbara, California, which is owned by one of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. However, they have had to cut 50 guests from the invite list because of space restrictions at the stunning property, which sits on 20 acres. A source told Life & Style magazine: "The fire marshal got involved. Once the fire department learned about all the TV equipment that's going to be inside the space – the lights, the cameras and the production crew – Kim was told she had to cut the guest list by 50 people!" For those lucky enough to still be invited, they have been asked to wear white to the nuptials, because it will make Kim feel more comfortable. She said: "I get really uncomfortable when it's all about me, so I kind of want to share that experience with everyone so that there aren't like, all eyes on me." Visit Celebrity Photos at ExpoSay! Follow us on Twitter, Friend us on Facebook |
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Happy Saturday to all. Since I am in a sorority and recruitment week starts soon, today marks the end of my Christmas break. Although my break was only two weeks long, it was a good time filled with strange encounters. Let's discuss and review them, shall we? Please note: I will be scoring each experience on a scale of 1 to 5 chocolate bars; 1 being the worst, and 5 being the best.
Work: As I mentioned in a previous post, I worked a lot over break. Almost every day to be exact. Although it would have been nice to have some more down time, work was pretty good. I got to see my work BFF, Erma, and got hit on by a 17-year-old boy. Weird. Highlight: I used my store discount to buy some socks.
Rank: 3 out of 5 chocolate bars.
The eye doctor: I went to the eye doctor for my yearly check up over break. Super exciting, I know. My prescription remained the same and I ordered some more contacts, as well as a super cute pair of glasses (I know you were curious about how it turned out). Highlight: the ladies who work there didn't talk about how great my brothers are like the usually do.
Rank: 4 out of 5 chocolate bars.
Christmas: Christmas was really nice because I just spent the day bumming around my house with my family. As I mentioned here, my younger brother recorded a cd of himself singing songs and gave that to me as a present, so that was something else. Also, I received a 4 foot by 5 foot canvas from the rents. SCORE!
Rank: 5 out of 5 chocolate bars.
Friend time: I love spending time with my friends when I'm at home, but I always feel like the initial encounter when we're all together is a tad awkward because we haven't fallen back into our groove yet. Since I saw all of my buds three weeks ago at Thanksgiving, the awkwardness was not there. Also, my friend Alexis and I finally filmed a vlog together, and I made a few new friends. Yippie skippie!
Rank: 5 out of 5 chocolate bars.
Spending time in coffee shops: I spent a lot of time in coffee shops over break and actively tried to fulfill my bucket list goal of working in one by applying to hopefully work at one over the summer. I sipped some joe, people watched, worked on my memoir, and surfed the net. Ahhh, paradise.
Rank: 5 out of 5.
New Year's Eve: Usually I feel like New Year's Eve is super anticlimactic, but this year was so fun. My friends and I went to a party together, and there were a lot of people there I hadn't met before, so of course I made some new friends. I also had a solo dance party for a while, which is Classic Bekah. The highlight of the evening, however, was when an 18-year-old boy told me how philosophical and punk rock he was, and then repeatedly asked if he could kiss me, despite me abruptly power walking away from him and consistently saying no. As weird as that was, it just made sense that something slightly uncomfortable would happen to me. My friends and I all got a good laugh out of it, and luckily I made it out without a smooch.
Rank: 5 out of 5 chocolate bars.
Shaving my legs: As most of my friends know, I hate shaving my legs. It's not really a feminist thing, but more of a I'm lazy thing. I shaved my legs for the first time in a long time (too much info? #SorryNotSorry), and I don't feel too good about it. I shaved them because my legs will likely be exposed poking out of dresses and skirts during recruitment week, but it just felt really wrong.
Rank: 1 out of 5 chocolate bars.
As you can see, my Christmas break got pretty crazy. The main thing I learned from being home is that whether I want to or not, I seem to have a knack for unwillingly attracting high school boys. Can I add that to my resumé?
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading


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Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. Musical notation of folk songs and descriptions of folk music culture are occasionally encountered in historical records, but these tend to reflect primarily the literate classes' indifference or even hostility. As Christianity expanded in medieval Europe, attempts were made to suppress folk music because of its association with heathen rites and customs, and uncultivated singing styles were denigrated. During the Renaissance, new humanistic attitudes encouraged acceptance of folk music as a genre of rustic antique song, and composers made extensive use of the music; folk tunes were often used as raw material for motets and masses, and Protestant hymns borrowed from folk music. In the 17th century folk music gradually receded from the consciousness of the literate classes, but in the late 18th century it again became important to art music. In the 19th century, folk songs came to be considered a "national treasure," on a par with cultivated poetry and song. National and regional collections were published, and the music became a means of promoting nationalistic ideologies. Since the 1890s, folk music has been collected and preserved by mechanical recordings. Publications and recordings have promoted wide interest, making possible the revival of folk music where traditional folk life and folklore are moribund. After World War II, archives of field recordings were developed throughout the world. While research has usually dealt with "authentic" (i.e., older) material not heavily influenced by urban popular music and the mass media, the influence of singer-songwriters such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan expanded the genre to include original music that largely retains the form and simplicity of traditional compositions.
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Dance that has developed without a choreographer and that reflects the traditional life of the common people of a country or region. The term was coined in the 18th century and is sometimes used to distinguish between dances of the people and those of the aristocracy. Courtly and formal dances of the 16th–20th centuries often developed from folk dances; these include the gavotte, gigue, mazurka, minuet, polka, samba, tango, and waltz. Seealso country dance; hula; morris dance; square dance; sword dance; tap dance.
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Art produced in a traditional fashion by peasants, seamen, country artisans, or tradespeople with no formal training, or by members of a social or ethnic group that has preserved its traditional culture. It is predominantly functional, typically produced by hand for use by the maker or by a small group or community. Paintings are usually incorporated as decorative features on clock faces, chests, chairs, and interior and exterior walls. Sculptural objects in wood, stone, and metal include toys, spoons, candlesticks, and religious items. Folk architecture may include public and residential buildings, such as eastern European wooden churches and U.S. frontier log cabins. Other examples of visual folk arts are woodcuts, scrimshaw, pottery, textiles, and traditional clothing.
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The music sub-genre known as anti-folk (or antifolk) takes the earnestness of politically charged 1960s music and subverts it into something else. It is still highly debated what exactly the defining characteristics of this sub-genre are, as they vary from one artist to the next. Nonetheless, it is fairly accepted that the music tends to sound raw or experimental; it also generally mocks the seriousness and pretension of the established mainstream music scene in addition to mocking itself.
Singer-songwriter Lach started an after-hours club – the Fort – on the Lower East Side, after a booker at Folk City told him his music was "too punk". The Fort's opening coincided with the New York Folk Festival, so Lach dubbed his own event the New York Antifolk Festival. The Big Bang became The Fort house band when needed. Other players included Irving Louis Lattin, Billy Syndrome, Ross Owen and his RoarSharks, Zane Campbell, Michael America.
The original Fort was shut down in 1985 and moved from location to location, including East Village bars Sophie's and Chameleon, before winding up in the back room of the Sidewalk Café in 1993 where it has stayed to this day. The Antifolk Festival continues to be held semi-annually in the East Village (outlasting the original Folk Festival). Events have also taken place in the bandshells in Tompkins Square Park and Central Park.
A number of notable music artists spent time in the New York anti-folk scene, including Beck, Ani DiFranco, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Paleface, Regina Spektor, Kirk Kelly, Joie/Dead Blonde Girlfriend, Hamell on Trial, Diane Cluck, Jeffrey Lewis, Major Matt Mason USA, Dufus, Adam Green, Brenda Kahn, Michelle Shocked, Grey Revell, Nellie McKay, Krusty Dz, Kimya Dawson, Antsy Pants, and The Moldy Peaches.
Anti-folk-influenced acts such as the Bobby McGee's have begun to pick up regular national radio airplay and media coverag. In August 2006, Timeout Magazine called anti-folk "One of London's hottest subcultures". The first anti-folk UK compilation album, Up the Anti, was released in 2007, mastered by Mark Kramer (producer of Jeffrey Lewis, Galaxie 500, Butthole Surfers). Anti-folk has also taken off in Wales, following the rise to national (Wales) fame of Mr Duke.


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Reserved Layaway for Anna - Alexandra Cherry Quartz, Citrine & Pearls Necklace with Hand Painted Mother of Pearl Goddess Pendant This item is a reserved layaway for Anna. Please do not purchase unless it is intended for you. When I came across this unique and magnificently executed Russian hand painted Mother of Pearl pendant, I simply had to add it to my collection for its stunning beauty. I would take it out periodically and think about the design but, wanted to make certain that the format was rich yet not overwhelming to the pendant. I finally decided that rather than the predictable creamy pearls, a more unusual combination of stones should accompany this exquisite pendant. A gorgeous profusion of generous cherry quartz nuggets, briolettes and rondelles are juxtaposed with the rich golden colors of citrine rondelles and briolettes to perfectly compliment the pendants sublime hand painted background and drape. This rich cacophony of colors is briefly separated by the addition of 24K gold vermeil beads before transposing into a nest of rich champagne colored freshwater pearls in an assortment of shapes surrounding this one-of-a-kind, work-of-art pendant. A unique embossed rectangular toggle clasp with a beautifully faceted citrine briolette drop adds a parting elegance to this modern heirloom necklace. Reference: 11772
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J. Patrick Biddix, Ph.D.
J. Patrick Biddix is Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He teaches courses related to college student personnel, higher education administration, and research methodology. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (Higher Education Concentration) from the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 2006, as well as a graduate certificate in Institutional Research, a credential supported by the Association of Institutional Researchers (AIR) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 2005. He also holds an M.A. in Higher Education (University of Mississippi, 2003) and a B.A. in Classical Civilization (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2001).
Prior to coming to back to Knoxville, Dr. Biddix was Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator for Higher Education and Student Affairs at Valdosta State University (VSU). While at VSU, he secured over $400,000 in grant funding to create and a sustain master's program. He was the College of Education's Faculty Excellence in Professional Service Award recipient in 2010 and 2011, served on the Institutional Review Board for four years (Vice Chair, 2010), and was selected as an AERA Division J Emerging Scholar in 2008. His student affairs experience prior to the professorate includes work at Washington University in St. Louis in fraternity/sorority affairs and student housing, a graduate assistantship in financial aid at the University of Mississippi, and service as a leadership consultant for Beta Theta Pi Fraternity in Oxford, Ohio.
Dr. Biddix's research specializations include civic engagement and campus activism, technology and higher education, research methodology in education, and career development in student affairs. He regularly attends and presents findings from his research at the annual conferences of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). His published work has appeared in the Journal of College Student Development, the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Innovative Higher Education, the Journal About Women in Higher Education. He has also published research in interdisciplinary journals on topics related to college students and technology use including New Media and Society and Internet and Higher Education. He has been a member of the editorial board for Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors since 2006 and current serves as Editor.
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Our four-wheeler adventures are also very exciting and can be as rugged or as smooth as you desire. The areas we visit on our ATV adventures are Old San Miguel and the shores and hillsides surrounding the lake named Presa Allende. You will have the opportunity to visit chapels and colonial ruins as old as four-hundred and fifty years.
OPTION 1: 2.5 to 3 hour guided tour for $110 USD / rider. Including: vehicles; guides & technical assistance; bandana; protection glasses.
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Points of interest: San Miguel Viejo, Presa Allende, historical ex Haciendas, Atotonilco sanctuary, Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Arroyo Seco, etc.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 1:35pm
EL PASO - On Thursday, a UTEP student organization will spend their day with children at the Lee & Beulah Moor Children's Home.
Members of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority will help the children carve pumpkins. We're told around 60 UTEP students will supply the pumpkins and carving kits during the event.
"These children don't really get the chance to go out on Halloween night, so we come to them to carve pumpkins and give candy, but most of all we spend time getting to know them," Valerie Lerma said in a press release.
We're told the Lee & Beulah Moor Children's home was established in 1959, and it supports children and families who are experiencing difficulty in their lives.


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Video Codecs and the Free World
Whether you are encoding video you have produced and want to distribute or are taking video from one source and transcoding it into a format more friendly to your system, there are handy open-source encoders that generate video files playable by many popular consumer content players. The most effective is the FFmpeg program—sometimes wrapped in a GUI and sometimes used strictly on the command line. The FFmpeg man page is extensive but fairly easily to use.
Video encoding is best learned by doing, and although there are many important variables when encoding video, there are no magic settings; they change in relation to the target size of the video as well as the actual content (for example, how frequently pixels change chroma or luma values from one video frame to another).
To encode a video, first make sure you have FFmpeg installed on your system. If not, add it via the command line (sudo apt-get install ffmpeg on Debian systems), or use your distribution's package manager.
The command to encode looks like this:
ffmpeg -i [filename] -vcodec [codec to use] -s [target frame size] ↪-b [target bit rate in kbps] -r [target frames per second] ↪-acodec [audio codec to use] -pass 2 -ar [target audio sample rate] ↪-ab [audio bit rate in kbps] -f [target file format] [output filename]
For example:
ffmpeg -i bigmovie.m4v -vcodec xvid -s 720x480 -b 3000k -r 24 ↪-acodec libfaac -pass 2 -ar 128k -f .mp4 freemovie.mp4
The example above transcodes a video from a proprietary MPEG-4 format into the open-source codec of Xvid with libfaac sound, in a standard definition frame size and a fairly high video quality.
The important variables are frame size (-s), as it determines scalability of the video, and bit rate (-b for video and -ar for audio), which determines how much information is being sent per video frame—the higher the bit rate, the sharper and nicer the image will be but also the file size will be larger. Finally, the -pass variable determines how much preprocessing the encoder will do to the video. In one-pass mode, the encoding is done fairly quickly and not always optimally. With two-pass encoding, FFmpeg reviews the video file once, gathers necessary data, and then does the actual encoding on the second pass. The end result is a higher quality compression, but you can expect double or triple the encoding time.
The other popular way of transcoding video is with GUI programs that rip video from encoded DVDs, making them viewable in an unrestricted codec. This also is ideal for creating a home media server, with your entire movie collection digitized and ready to play at any moment. Obviously, the legality of this varies from day to day and from country to country. However, the GUI programs are plentiful and utilize the same variables as FFmpeg. You will need to set the video codec to which you want to save your video, the audio codec, the bit rates of each, frame size and so on.
The great codecs of the Free Software movement, Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora, are obviously very well supported on GNU/Linux. Generating them is done easily with ffmpeg2theora. The command-line variables for ffmpeg2theora are similar to those for FFmpeg:
ffmpeg2theora [filename] -x [target horizontal pixel count] ↪-y [target vertical pixel count] -V [target bi trate in kbps] ↪-A [audio bit rate] -c [audio channels] -H [audio sample rate] ↪-o [output filename]
When it became clear to the Open Source movement that video codecs were doomed to remain proprietary and counter-productive, the Ogg format was born. Open to all and freely available to any system, Ogg Vorbis (for sound) and Ogg Theora (for video) are advanced and fully featured codecs.
A common argument against using Ogg is that it requires users of Microsoft and Apple products (or, the majority of computer users) to seek out a suitable player. Yet, it's clear by now that requiring users to download a media player or media plugin is not at all uncommon and will quite probably become even more common as content delivery becomes more Internet-reliant and computer-centric. People today expect to have to download a video player to watch certain video content. The real problem with Ogg is that there is no ubiquitous media player for the format; RealPlayer has Real Media, QuickTime has QuickTime Player, Windows Media has Windows Media Player, Flash has Flash Player and so on. People easily can find those, but where do they go for Ogg playback?
Promote both free software and free codecs by promoting Ogg formats, but don't fail to promote a player that easily and effectively plays media on all major platforms. One of the better players for this job is VLC player, which installs on Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, BSD, BeOS and Solaris. Another is miro, an iTunes-like aggregator of video podcasts, IP TV and YouTube, as well as media on your local machine. Both play Ogg, so send a link to the player along with the Ogg clips you distribute.
In later version of ffmpeg
In later version of ffmpeg you need to prefix
the video codec with lib
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great explanation
This whole codecs business always felt like a big scam to me, and now I know why- because it is! Thanks for a detailed and helpful article.
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Yes i agree! I would be also happy, if you have explained which kind of video codec is best in current scenario. e.g H.264, MPEG-4, xvid etc
for instance i came across to one blog called: video codecs :pros & Cons
Video codecs
Video codecs in linux and windows have always been a hassle for me. I go so far as to not even bother unless the video format is flash. As far as DVDs I'll put it in a regular DVD player thank you.
As far as DVDs I'll put it
As far as DVDs I'll put it in a regular DVD player thank you.
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9. Cameron Sinclair - Founder, Architecture for Humanity
1. The rhetoric of the 2012 election will force US-based sustainability advocates to decouple themselves from the political process and seek support elsewhere.2. The price of solar lows to a tipping point to create huge opportunity for off-grid living both in the US and abroad.
3. The decision over Keystone XL will be one of the main deciders for independents and could swing the election.
4. Architecture for Humanity will be part of a coalition of the willing to implement a 100 sustainable classrooms in North and South America.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With the start of the Daytona 500 just hours away, NASCAR officials still have some cleaning up to do amid growing questions about fan safety.
The season opener will go off as planned today (7 a.m., Fox) less than 24 hours after at least 33 people were injured when a car flew into the fence during a NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway, sending a tire and large pieces of debris sailing into the stands.
"Just seeing the carnage on the racetrack, it was truly unbelievable," driver Justin Allgaier said.
The final-lap accident Saturday marred the second-tier Nationwide Series race on the eve of a spectacle often called the Super Bowl of motorsports. Late into the night, track workers were scrambling to repair a huge section of fence that separates fans from the high-speed track.
Speedway President Joie Chitwood III has a news conference scheduled for this morning to give the latest update on repairs and any safety changes that could be made before the "Great American Race."
The 12-car crash began about 200 feet from the start-finish line as the front-runners approached the checkered flag. Leader Regan Smith attempted to block Brad Keselowski for the win, triggering a horrific pileup that could have been much worse.
The front end of Larson's No. 32 car was sheared off, and his burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence. Parts and pieces of his car sprayed into the stands, including a tire that cleared the top of the fence and landed midway up the spectator section closest to the track.
The 20-year-old Larson stood in shock a few feet from his car as fans in the stands waved frantically for help. Smoke from the burning engine briefly clouded the area, and emergency vehicles descended on the scene.
Ambulance sirens could be heard wailing behind the grandstands at a time the race winner would typically be doing celebratory burnouts.
"It was freaky. When I looked to my right, the accident happened," Rick Harpster of Orange Park said. "I looked over and I saw a tire fly straight over the fence into the stands, but after that I didn't see anything else. That was the worst thing I have seen, seeing that tire fly into the stands. I knew it was going to be severe."
Shannan Devine of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., was sitting about 250 feet from where the car smashed into the fence and could see plumes of smoke directly in front of her.
"I didn't know if there was a car on top of people. I didn't know what to think," she said. "I'm an emotional person and I immediately started to cry. It was very scary. Absolutely scary. I love the speed of the sport. But it's so dangerous."
Chitwood said 14 fans were treated on site and 14 others were taken to hospitals. Local officials said 19 people were taken to neighboring hospitals, including two who were in critical but stable condition.
Because of potential injuries, race winner Tony Stewart skipped the traditional victory celebration.
Stewart, who won for the 19th time at Daytona and seventh time in the last nine season-opening Nationwide races, was in no mood to celebrate.
"The important thing is what is going on on the frontstretch right now," said Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion. "We've always known, and since racing started, this is a dangerous sport. But it's hard. We assume that risk, but it's hard when the fans get caught up in it.
"So as much as we want to celebrate right now and as much as this is a big deal to us, I'm more worried about the drivers and the fans that are in the stands right now because that was … I could see it all in my mirror, and it didn't look good from where I was at."
There were at least five stretchers carrying injured people out of the stands, and a helicopter flew overhead.
Officials turned their attention to the track and the wreckage after injured were treated.
A forklift plucked Larson's engine out of the fence, and workers carried the tire out of the stands.
It was a chaotic finish to a race that was stopped for nearly 20 minutes five laps from the finish by a 13-car accident that sent driver Michael Annett to a hospital. His Richard Petty Motorsports team said he would be held overnight with bruising to his chest.
The race resumed with three laps to go, and the final accident occurred with Smith trying to hold off Keselowski through the final turn.
"It's Daytona. You want to go for the win here," Smith said. "I don't know how you can play it any different, other than concede second place, and I wasn't willing to do that today. Our job is to put them in position to win, and it was, and it didn't work out."
As the cars began wrecking all around Smith and Keselowski, Stewart slid through for the win, but Larson plowed into Keselowski and his car was sent airborne into the fence. When Larson's car came to a stop, it was missing its entire front end. Larson, who made his Daytona debut this week, stood with his hands on his hips before finally making the mandatory trip to the care center.
"I took a couple big hits there and saw my engine was gone," Larson said. "Just hope everybody's all right."
It appeared fans were lined up along the fence when Larson's car got airborne. But Chitwood said there was a buffer, adding there would be no changes to the seating before the Daytona 500.
"We don't anticipate moving any of our fans," Chitwood said. "We had our safety protocols in place. Our security maintained a buffer that separates the fans from the fencing area. With the fencing being prepared tonight to our safety protocols, we expect to go racing tomorrow with no changes."
Keselowski watched a replay of the accident and said it could cast a pall on the Daytona 500.
"I think until we know exactly the statuses of everyone involved, it's hard to lock yourself into the 500," Keselowski said. "Hopefully, we'll know soon and hopefully everyone's OK. And if that's the case, we'll staring focusing on Sunday."
Today's Daytona 500 lineup
Lap length: 2.5 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 196.434 mph.
2. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 196.292.
3. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 194.742.
4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.767.
5. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.729.
6. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 195.852.
7. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 195.508.
8. (33) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 195.385.
9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 195.084.
10. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 195.228.
11. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 193.657.
12. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 195.725.
13. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 195.925.
14. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 194.683.
15. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 194.961.
16. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 195.503.
17. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 195.495.
18. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 195.156.
19. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 195.584.
20. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 195.042.
21. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 195.767.
22. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 194.616.
23. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 192.563.
24. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194.793.
25. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 194.654.
26. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 194.742.
27. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 190.046.
28. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 195.537.
29. (26) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 194.313.
30. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 192.996.
31. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 193.54.
32. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, 194.254.
33. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 195.976.
34. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 195.946.
35. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 195.771.
36. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 195.24.
37. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 195.207.
38. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 193.544.
39. (32) Terry Labonte, Ford, 193.515.
40. (51) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 193.096.
41. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 192.094.
42. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 190.339.
43. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 190.142.


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If you are using the Comcast page building tool and want to click to add, yes, you have to add them to the Photo Gallery. You can leave them where they are, click on their names (yes, individually), and choose Add to Photo Gallery. Despite the message you see, the files stay put. But unfortunately, that isn't enough to get them available in the web page building tool to click to add.
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I thought that the original poster didn't want to put the photos in the gallery. They wanted to link to them. Using the direct URL in HTML as described above will do that. The Comcast page-building tool allows that even though that tool is picky about what HTML it allows. That HTML will also work with other page-building tools.
If you are looking to build a photo album, there are many options. Many people here suggest jAlbum (http://jalbum.net/).
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While nobody wants to be "that" parent, the one who gushes unnecessarily about her child, it is important that your child be properly introduced to her teacher. Pam Wolf, M. Ed, and a ten-year year kindergarten veteran, is the Reading Specialist for Castro Valley Unified School District in California. She says that knowing a child is the first step to teaching her effectively. "Anything that is going to affect a child's learning process is imperative for a teacher to know," says Wolf.
"Many times teachers will ask parents to fill out a questionnaire about their child so that the teacher has some information about the child ahead of time. It might ask what motivates their child, what upsets them, what they like to be called, what their strengths and weaknesses are, etc." explains Wolf. Some kindergarten teachers will even ask to meet parents and students before the school year starts in order to make introductions.
If your child's teacher doesn't ask for information, don't fret. Often the beginning of the year is a hectic time for teachers, and just because they don't solicit information from you doesn't mean they don't want it. Wolf suggests arranging a time with the teacher, either before the start of the school year or soon after it begins, to introduce yourself and your child.
Here are three rules of thumb when it comes to informing a new teacher about your child:
1. Spill It! While your child's everyday characteristics are important for you to convey to the teacher, more important are the pieces of information that have to do with her physical or emotional health. Allergies, injuries, and long-terms illnesses need to be communicated before the first day of school to insure your child's safety and happiness. Events in your child's life that could be traumatic should also be discussed with the teacher, such as a divorce or death in the family, or even a new brother or sister on the way. While things of that nature are often difficult to divulge to a stranger, "great teachers will work hard to build your trust and keep confidentiality," Wolf says. "Knowing what a child is dealing with outside of the classroom is a key factor in determining how the teacher should best respond to a student's needs and behaviors."
2. Put It in Writing! In the first days of school, teachers aren't always able to connect a parent's face with their child, or a name with a student's face, so if you have important information that you'd like the teacher to know about your child, put it in writing. A teacher can look at it during a time when she can devote all of her attention to it. She'll also be able to refer back to it once she gets to know all her students and parents a little better.
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Police officer, firefighter receive medal of valor
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:02 p.m.
Updated Jan. 9, 2013 at 7:10 p.m.
Distinguished Service Award: Diana Rhodes and BJ Kloesel from the Civilian Police Academy
Police Commendation: Telecommunicator Pat Cantu
Police Commendation: Telecommunicator Morgan Hill
Unit Commendation: Special Crimes Unit, made up of Lt. Mark Jameson, Sgt. Clay Fetters, Senior Patrol Officer Dennis Paine, Senior Patrol Officer Jimmy McDonald, K-9 Officer Kelly Gibbs and K-9 Officer Jason Stover.
Lifesaving Award: Heather Rodriguez
Telecommunicator of the Year: Pat Cantu
Civilian Employee of the Year: Crime Scene Unit Supervisor Holly Jedlicka
Chief's Leadership Award: Lt. Mark Jameson
Officer of the Year: Senior Patrol Officer Jason Stover
Chief's Letter of Commendation: Telecommunicator Crewleader Katie Moore
Firefighter of the Year: Eric Lebedeff
Medic of the Year: Kyle Pantel and Dana Woodward
Officer of the Year: Ryan Keller
Rookie of the Year: Skylar Byers
Member of the Year: Jimmie Lou Edwards
Special Recognition for Outstanding Service: Kyle Pantel
Daniel Teinert Scholarship: Michael Wallace Bell
Certificates of Merit: Frank Naranjo, Michael Wallace Bell, Johnathan Myers, Joshua Torres
Lifesaving Award: Chad Strauss and Aaron Janssen
Citizens Certificate of Merit: Randy Boyd and John Sullivan
Billy Bernard and Adam Luther were driving north on Nursery Drive, on their way to Turkeyfest on Oct. 12.
Friends, the Victoria police officer and firefighter, were looking forward to the evening off from jobs that demand they put the lives of others before their own.
But when they saw smoke coming from U.S. Highway 87, they immediately pulled their vehicle over, leaving it running and the doors open as they ran across the ditch.
As a three-vehicle accident came into view, the men did not hesitate to crawl into a burning SUV to rescue an unconscious man - and then crawl back into the car to make sure no one else was inside.
"I don't even remember getting into the car. The fire was right there," said Luther, a firefighter, holding his hand next to his face to demonstrate. "A few more seconds and I wouldn't be standing here."
When Fire Chief Taner Drake heard later that night how the off-duty men acted, he said he got goosebumps.
"First responders, they do that on a daily basis, but usually they have the protection of their equipment, their uniforms ... these guys were like civilians in this thing," Drake said. "But they still took those actions they would have any other day."
Both he and Police Chief J.J. Craig knew the men had to be recognized, which is why the departments awarded Bernard and Luther Medals of Valor - one of the highest honors in law enforcement - Thursday night at the Second Annual Public Safety Banquet for police and firefighters.
Neither department has awarded the medal since the floods of 1998.
"There is no doubt that William Bernard and Capt. Adam Luther, their actions directly saved the life of that young man. He was unconscious, the car was on fire, and if they would not have taken action, there would have been a fatality that night," Drake said.
Drake and Craig said advisory boards in each department unanimously approved the awards.
"That says a lot because most of those same folks who are making those decisions, they tend to think they are just doing their job," Drake said.
And that is just what they were doing.
"I don't remember being scared or nervous," Bernard, a five-year veteran of the police department, said.
The men also pulled a woman from a second vehicle before it caught on fire.
"I just felt joy and excitement, and am honored to be a wife of someone who isn't afraid to help others," his wife, Kristi Bernard, said about the award.
The departments also honored civilians, officers, firefighters and dispatchers during the banquet.


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Ok so my last post sorta bummed me out so let's talk about creative handpainted gold leaf baked goods before the weekend hits. I don't want to end my blog this week talking about dead birds! Downer! I decided to launch a new column on decor8 that I believe I can actually stick to called Instagram Fave Friday because I find a bevy of great stuff on IG and I feel so limited when trying to share great IGers. And trust me, I find some amazing IG peeps because I have a baby and my iPhone is my best friend when he's asleep in my arms – so I surf and save constantly. I'm an IG machine. So I figured to just devote a weekly column that you can visit on Friday to end each week looking at beautiful things from talented people. Sounds like a plan.
I was thinking this morning that IG doesn't have a real way to share, does it? I mean, you can see some stuff in that News feed but it's not that great if you follow say, more than 50 people. You miss stuff unless you are refreshing the News feed every 10 seconds and I'm just not into that. Sure, you can fave images but no one can see your faves (which in all honestly I sorta like) but on the other side, when you WANT to share stuff you can either repost or regram it, which I just don't like, or you have to tweet it but still a tweet doesn't have much reach these days like a blog post. I still find that my blog posts go the distance when it comes to shares.
Yeah, so I'm going off topic slightly… But I'm going to take you on a little Instagram Fave Friday, my debut installment, right now. Today I'm highlighting IG extraordinaire, Nectar and Stone, who is Donna-Caroline Khoo a Dessert Designer with dreams to open a cakery someday in Melbourne. All I can say is MY GOD SHE SHOULD. Support this woman, people. If you live down there and have some leads for her, or ideas, or whatever she is someone that I believe could do beautiful things with a brick and mortar bakery. What talent. And hello publishers… Book deal alert!
On IG Caroline shares the things she makes and bakes, chocolate with gold leaf! Cupcakes! Girly Smoothies! Zebra cookies! Mini ice cream cakes in cones! Ice cream-shaped cookies! I know, I'm really living it up with these exclamation marks but oh! my! so! cute!
I love what she says about her growing brand, "Nectar and Stone – it's who I am, what I love, my passion and creativity. I tell a story each day with my designs, colours, photography, flowers and style – it's a collection of things from my past, present and future. I'm not here to make a quick dollar – my brand is about building loyal followers who love what I do and believe in me. I encourage people to find new ideas and concepts… " So nicely stated. Makes me want to support her even more.
To view her instagram click here, and to check out her website, visit this link.
Yeah, this post is going to blow my diet too.
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Hey guys, its Kelly Brown and Holly asked me to stop in from time to time to post tours of beautiful spaces that I shoot professionally so you get to see them first. This is my debut post on decor8 so I hope that you enjoy it! I am so excited to share with you a shoot I did recently at Gracias Madre, a plant-based (vegetarian & vegan) Mexican-inspired restaurant in sunny West Hollywood, California. In my opinion, the only thing better than eating a really, really great meal, is eating it in a beautiful atmosphere. Wendy Haworth and her design team along with patio designer, Scott Shrader, have created just that at Gracias Madre. By the way, you can click on any image below for super large views to ohhh and ahhh over the details and to pin!
I visited the restaurant during a recent trip to LA and immediately fell in love with the space, not to mention the food! I couldn't help myself but to walk around the entire restaurant checking out every inch of the space and noting all the amazing design features. Lets just say its on my "must go to" list in LA. The plantain fritters and the sopes, so delicious! Oh, and the drinks! Small batch mescals and tequila with housemade syrups, shrubs, tinctures, and bitters! Yep, I had myself a good time!
With a Mexican flare, the interior is fresh and bright, perfectly utilizing color and pattern to balance out the large space. Cozy corner nooks and an amazing outdoor patio makes you want to stay there eating and drinking all night. Its no surprise that Gracias Madre received the People's Choice Award from The American Institute of Architect's 10th Annual Restaurant Design Awards in Los Angeles.
Executive Chef, Chandra Gilbert and Beverage Director, Jason Eisner go above and beyond to create beautifully distinct dishes from local and organic ingredients. Here's what they say about the restaurant: "We first conceived the idea of Gracias Madre while visiting the families of our employees in Mexico. We wanted to both; offer organic Mexican food to the communities we serve as well as honor the mothers who work tirelessly in the kitchens of Mexico and often live without their husbands and children while they work side by side with us in California. Inspired by some of the recipes of these families and the love of their mothers, Gracias Madre serves organic, farm fresh, locally sourced food, full of flavor and love." So, what do you think? Wouldn't you love to eat (and drink!) in this beautiful space?! I know I can't wait to go back! -Kelly
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Would you like to make some Strawberry-Layered Chocolate Cookies with me today? Hello, it's Liz from Liz & Jewels with another episode of Food in Motion for decor8. I've been longing for strawberry season, and am SO happy it's now on! My picky 4-year-old daughter happens to love them too, so we share a passion for the little sweet & red fruit. We started planting our own strawberry plants a few weeks ago in our greenhouse and it's so much fun seeing how their pretty blossoms come out, then produce the fruit and turn into these delicous red berries. It's even more fun to see my daughter's eyes light up when she discovered the first berries. It was obvious we should bake something this time using our strawberries. I opted for an easy and child-friendly chocolate cookie recipe, filled with cream and strawberries and topped with a second cookie. These little delicious stacks were devoured in no time!
While I was working on the little film, I was also negotiating with a girl in California named Taylor, wrapping up the deal that she would come visit us this summer to be our AuPair for two months. We were emailing and talking through our summer plans when she told me that she was also a musician and songwriter. I asked her if she would send me some of her music, and she sent me her song "home"! I listened to it and really liked Taylor's music! The song fit in with the theme of my film perfectly because that is exactly what I felt filming my daughter in the greenhouse and baking with me. These small things make me feel 'home'!
Strawberry-Layered Chocolate Cookies (makes 10)
1 cup of butter
1 cup powdered sugar
pinch of salt
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
2 oz semi-sweet chocolate
whipping cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, beat the butter and sift in the sugar and salt. Add flour, baking powder, vanilla extract and cocoa and mix with the electric mixer. Chop the chocolate into little pieces and add to the dough. Knead with hands, form a ball and place it on a lightly floured work surface. Roll it out to 1/6 inches thickness. Use a round cookie cutter (approx. 3 inches diameter) and cut dough into rounds. Transfer cookies to baking sheets, bake for 10-12 minutes and let cool.
Beat the cream into whip cream and put a dollop onto half of the cookies. Cut the strawberries in small pieces and place them on top of the cream. Assemble a second cookie on top, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
What makes you feel 'home'? Please feel free to comment below. – See you next month! – Liz
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It's Liz from Liz & Jewels with another episode of Food in Motion for decor8. Last week nature exploded and brought with it a flurry of yellow flowers. All this spring air made me feel active and I decided to combine this Food in Motion episode with a recipe from my latest book and an easy pre-Easter DIY packaging idea. My daughter helped (as always!) and was eager to glue the yellow dots on the string. (Although she asked why we couldn't use red, green and blue dots as well!) The Apricot-Marzipan-Cakes recipe seemed tailor-made for this burst of activity. They're easy to make and when baked in little cake forms make ideal presents. Just place them in a cardboard box, wrap the dotted string around it and decorate it with some colorful feathers. And your homemade present is ready to go!
And aren't homemade presents just the best? I think it's great to receive gifts from friends and know that they took their precious time and prepared something just for me. That's why my co-author Lars Wentrup and I created a book just with that topic. "Grüße aus meiner Küche" (Greetings from my kitchen) was published this January and includes photographs by Jewels (Julia Cawley) and me. We were double-happy because we were also responsible for the complete design package and the illustrations. The book includes easy recipes, DIY-ideas and ready to copy labels. Why not welcome spring with some creativity of your own?
Apricot-Marzipan-Cakes (makes 6 little cakes)
1 cup dried apricots
1/3 cup brown rum
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/8 cup ground almonds
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup marzipan (4.4 oz)
Cut apricots into small pieces and pour the rum over the apricots. Cover with foil and stand for a few hours or over night in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 C). Mix butter and sugar with the electric mixer until well combined. Add an egg, the almonds and flour and mix. Cut the marzipan into small pieces. Add marzipan and apricots to the dough and combine with a spoon. Grease pans (or use silicone pans) and fill in the dough. Place the pans in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes.
Yummy! Enjoy and we'll see you again in April! – Liz
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Hodge leads Leewards fight back
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A keen battle was developing between the Leeward Islands and Guyana on the third day of their regional Four-day Championship match yesterday.
A half century from Montcin Hodge led a Leeward Islands attempt to recapture the initiative after Guyana had seized first innings advantage on the second day.
Hodge scored 52 runs as the Leewards erased a 97 run deficit after Guyana added only 11 runs to their overnight first innings score of 268 for nine.
At stumps, the Leeward Islands were 240 for six wickets, leading by 143 runs with a whole day of play remaining.
Hodge, batting at a crucial stage for Leewards, has so far spearheaded efforts to consolidate his side's position hitting nine fours in his 186 minutes at the crease until he was trapped lbw to Davendra Bishoo.
Jahmar Hamilton, who has been playing a major supporting role as well, is unbeaten on 41 after counting five boundaries.
Also featuring in the Leewards rescue mission was the captain Sylvester Joseph who played a fairly aggressive innings to score 39.
Joseph lofted a six and five fours facing 83 balls in 104 minutes at the crease as the Leewards gradually reasserted themselves.
Leewards had slumped to 86 for the loss of two wickets as batsmen struggled to contend with the bowling of the Guyanese captain Veerasammy Permaul.
But Hodge, Hamilton, Joseph and Orlando Peters, who contributed 24 before he was caught, aided the recovery as the Leewards attempt to hand Guyana an insurmountable target.
Permaul is so far the leading Guyanese wicket taker with three for 48.
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Recently got into Supercell's other huge hit, Hay Day and could do with some advice on what to do? We've got you covered with some helpful trips and tricks to bear in mind!
Ticking Along
One of the key things to keep in mind while building up that farm is the importance of the different currencies available. Everything to do with Hay Day depends on one of three things – experience, coins, and diamonds.
- Experience is gained by things such as selling goods and harvesting crops. Following the order board is the fastest way to level up, but it's not always wise to level too fast (more on that later).
- Coins are used for purchasing buildings, animals, and items from shops. You can earn coins from completing truck orders, selling stuff, and profiteering from visiting customers.
- Diamonds are the premium currency here but they can be gained via a few different ways. You earn diamonds every time you level up, if you sync the game with your Facebook account, and also when completing one of the many achievements on offer. As a final tip, look for purple tickets that appear near your newspaper and watch a clip to gain more diamonds. Also, try not to use them too often as you're better off saving them for more expensive things.
The Importance of Crops
- Every crop you plant will double its yield upon harvest. That's an important fact to remember. Don't use up all the seeds in your silo, no matter how tempting it might be, in order to complete an objective. Instead, plant those seeds but make sure there's enough spare for later on. Otherwise you'll have to use diamonds to buy more, which is such a waste.
- Always have a good, steady supply of the basics such as wheat, corn, soybeans, and other simple feed for your animals. It'll keep your livestock happy and keep the symmetry of the Hay Day life stable.
- It's an important lesson that we all need to remember with these kind of games – TIME WHAT YOU PLANT. Yes, it's that important that it needed capital letters. Plant slow growing stuff overnight or when you're away from the game for a while. It'll keep you sane while still feeling like you're progressing without wasting those all-important diamonds.
- Remember: wheat, corn, and carrots take mere minutes to grow, while pumpkins and indigo can take hours. Plan accordingly.
- Use the roadside stand to sell spare goods. It's a quick way to make a few bucks. Check the newspaper to see what your friends are selling at the moment and work around that.
- Remember that most crafted goods will sell relatively quickly because other players want them to fill their orders. Go for the maximum price then pull it back by about 10% so that you sell quickly but for a good price.
- The board fills up with order requests but don't be afraid to skip some. It'll take a few minutes for a new order to show up, but it's worth it. Some orders pay a pittance or simply take too long to complete. Focus on what's easiest to achieve for maximum profit.
Money, Money, Money
- There's a pretty easy but dull way to make money fast: plant wheat everywhere. If you constantly harvest and sell off the surplus, you'll gain some valuable rare items along the way. It's dull though, so only do it if you're exceptionally determined.
- With that money, you can buy building materials that can then be used to upgrade your various storage places, as well as buy new land plots. It'll be worth it in the long run.
- Find those materials through newspaper ads but remember to decide quickly as things change fast. Don't like the ads? Quit the game completely (right down to double tapping the home screen and swiping up on the game to clear Hay Day from running in the background) and go back in. The ads will all be new!
Most importantly of all, balance your aims to make money alongside gaining experience. It'll ensure you don't end up too unbalanced but it's also a heck of a lot more fun that way! After all, developing that farm is a marathon, not a sprint.


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Scholar: ´Allâmah ´Abdul-Karîm bin ´Abdillâh al-Khudhayr
Source: khudheir.com/audio/2596, Reference: Darulhadith.com, http://aFatwa.com
Question: Does the one who says that the Qur'ân is created apostate?
Shaykh al-Khudhayr:
Salaf did Takfîr upon the one who says that the speech of Allâh is created. This however, is Takfîr upon a kind and not upon an individual. It is for example not said that az-Zamakhsharî was a disbeliever because of him being a Mu'tazilî and Mu'tazilah say that the Qur'ân is created. The opinion [that it is created] is nevertheless disbelief. There is a difference between Takfîr upon a kind and attribute and [the Takfîr] upon an individual. To make Takfîr upon an individual, it is required that the conditions are met while the obstacles are removed.
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- The Distinction between Doing an Action of Disbelief and Being a Disbeliever quoting from Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
- Warning against the Fitnah of Takfir – Shaykh Al Albanee [PDF]
- The Fitnah of Takfeer – by Saleh asSaleh [PDF]
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ASHLAND, Ore. — After only two hears as executive director, the Ashland Independent Film Festival's leader is stepping down.
Anne Ashbey says she'll end her run with AIFF after the 13th annual festival. She says the decision was difficult and was made because of personal circumstances.
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Regional Council of Mayors
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The nationally recognized Regional Council of Mayors was formed in 2005 and is supported by the Urban Land Institute Minnesota. It includes Minneapolis, St. Paul and 48 municipalities in the developed and developing suburbs. This collaborative partnership provides a non-partisan platform focused on building action strategies to raise the region's overall economic competitiveness, innovation and quality of life. Learn more…
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By Mary Jane Smetanka | Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
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Regional Council of Mayors: A Vacation From Bitter Partisanship
By Steve Berg | Monday, Feb. 28, 2011
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Mayor Kautz takes the lead at the US Conference of Mayors (USCM)
RCM co-chair Mayor Elizabeth Kautz (Burnsville) serves as the 68th president of the USCM.
Read or watch Mayor Kautz's inaugural address or read the USCM press release.
The RCM is one of five projects featured in ULI's new report,
"Leadership and Innovation for Change: Five Years of Community Action Grants."
by Katie Humphrey
RCM Contacts
Caren Dewar
Executive Director
Aubrey Austin