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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: I bought these shoes two weeks before my marathon, hoping that they would be the perfect race day shoe. I wore them on all of my training runs leading up to the race with no problems. They are very versatile, as I wore them on the track, trails and on easy road runs.
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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: I haven't had these shoes for very long. So far I like them a lot, very comfortable. I'm not very athletic though. I use these for walking everywhere, pavement, trails etc.. And for working in, I stand on my feet all day at work.
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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: The shoe strings are specially designed from the inside of the shoe on the sides (they are still lace ups) so the support over the entire foot is great. These shoes are so comfortable to me, really my perfect fit!
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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: I've recently had a lot of trouble finding a pair of running shoes that work for me. I was running in the Nike Lunar Elite +2 until they stopped making them. Also I have orthotics, but have transitioned over to forefoot running and developed tendonitis at the end of last year.
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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: So happy I tried this shoe, thanks to RRS VIP 90 day policy! I ran in Nike Air Pegasus 26 & 27's then when the 28's came out I hated them. I tried a lot of shoes in between and could not find a shoe that felt good on my feet. I decided to try these with little hope I would like them. I was wrong. Nike Zoom Elite +6 is an amazing shoe. I have narrow feet and orthotics, this is the first pair of shoes I've ever ran in that wasn't a narrow, but because of the flywire tech wrapping this shoe fits perfect and it works great with my orthotics. They feel like your running on a cloud, light but very supportive. I love this shoe so much I just ordered 2 more pairs.
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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: I used to run in the Nike Pegasus Air 26 and 27 and loved them. Then when the 28 and 29's came out I hated them. I have been looking for the right shoe ever since and believe me I have had many in between. I ordered these on a whim and thought why not I've tried about everything else. I was concerned because I always wear a narrow shoe and these were not but they had the fly-wire which I thought may hug my foot better. Well, long story short I love them! They are everything the description said and more. Finally I have found a running shoe again and I can put my custom orthotic in them and they feel great! Thank you Nike and RRS!
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Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: These sneakers were felt really nice in the store and for the first week of having them everything was fine. Two weeks later I noticed that my feet would start to cramp right by my arches which isn't a good thing. I'm a athlete and play mostly on turf, running on pavement seems to be fine but if you are planning to use these on turf I would not recommend these sneakers. The Adidas zoom would have been my second choice they feel great and you also get a propelling force with every step. Check them out in stores they are a really cool shoe. As for the Nike shoe I would have to say it is a average shoe.
Cons Best Uses Comments about Womens Nike Zoom Elite+ 6 Running Shoe: I finally found a shoe that is light and yet doesnt bother my bunion too much. I push my daughter and I was looking for a shoe that didnt add to the heavness that i felt pushing her....I think I tired somewhere around 4 different pairs till i found the right fit. These dont feel too narrow since I do have a bunion on one foot and give me some support. I am so in love with these shoes.
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Storage car insurance isn't widely available. It's really meant for vehicles that are located in an actual storage facility.
Deployed military members and those that travel out of the country for many months, or years, and leave their vehicle stored use this type of coverage because the vehicle won't be used at all, but they want registration and insurance on it, or are required to keep insurance on it by a lienholder.
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There are several car insurance companies that will rate your barely used truck as an occasional use vehicle, so you will pay less for its coverage than your daily driver.
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Lateral medullary syndrome presenting with acute central stridor secondary to bilateral vocal cord palsy Ajay Mishra, Nikhil Dave, Manan Mehta Department of Medicine, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India
Correspondence Address:Ajay MishraDepartment of Medicine, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat IndiaDOI: 10.4103/2231-0738.114835
Lateral medullary syndrome is a conglomeration of symptoms suggestive of tract involvement at the level of lateral medulla, with classic clinical findings. We report an 82-year-old male with lateral medullary syndrome who developed acute stridor secondary to bilateral vocal cord palsy.
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When it comes to planning race strategy, a key component is factoring in the probability of a safety-car deployment. This is dependent on factors such as circuit layout, the ease of clearing an incident and predicted weather conditions. In Singapore, these factors come together to produce something close to a perfect storm: the safety car has appeared five times in the three races held there since 2008. That means that the Mercedes SLS AMG is almost certain to make an appearance again this coming weekend, as the Mercedes team explain...
Q: Which races have the highest probability of safety car deployment?
A: Calculated in historical terms over the past ten years, both Singapore and Korea have a 100 percent record of safety car deployment - although, in the case of Korea, this is calculated on the basis of a single race. Every one of the three Singapore races so far has seen the safety car deployed, for a total of 20 laps. Indeed, this total means that only Ferraris Fernando Alonso (93 laps) and McLarens Lewis Hamilton (57 laps) have led more laps than safety car driver Bernd Maylander since the first Singapore Grand Prix in 2008. After Singapore, the races with the highest historical probability of safety-car deployment, during the past ten races, are Brazil, Monaco and Canada (all at 70 percent).
Q: How much has the safety car been used so far in 2011?
A: After 13 races in the current season, just four have featured safety-car deployments - Monaco, Canada, Belgium and Italy. In total, there have been nine deployments, of which five occurred during the Canadian event, for a total of 5.5 percent of the racing laps. By way of comparison, after 13 races in 2010, there had been a total of 12 deployments in seven different races, accounting for 5.1 percent of the racing laps. The reduction in the number of safety-car deployments, and the significant reduction in the number of races at which it has been deployed, are perhaps surprising given the increase in wheel-to-wheel racing that has occurred this year. Indeed, the safety car wasnt used at all in the first five races of the 2011 season - the first time this had occurred since 2004, and only the second time in the past ten years. Furthermore, the 2011 season has seen two wet-dry races in which the safety car has not appeared at all - Britain and Hungary.
Q: How many laps has the safety car led in total this year?
A: So far, the safety car has led a total of 49 laps, equivalent to 218.3 km. Of these, 140 km were accounted for by the Canadian race. Indeed, the five safety-car deployments during this race lasted for 45.7 percent of the race distance - the longest safety car total laps recorded in the past ten years. The next longest deployments were at the 2010 Korean Grand Prix (26 laps, 146 km) and the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix (26 laps, 119 km). The race with the most individual safety-car deployments was the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix.
Q: Which season saw the most safety car use in the past decade?
A: Since the start of the 2001 season, the safety car has led almost 2,500 km - equivalent to approximately eight Grand Prix distances. 75 races have seen the safety car deployed a total of 117 times for 510 laps. The season which saw the most safety-car deployments was 2010, when it appeared 21 times at 12 races, for a total of 7.8 percent of the racing laps; in total, the Mercedes SLS AMG led a total of 87 laps for 452.3 km, equivalent to one-and-a-half race distances.
Q: Which seasons saw the least safety car usage?
A: The seasons with the fewest deployments were 2001 and 2002, both of which saw just five safety-car periods. In 2001, safety-car periods accounted for 2.6 percent of all racing laps, while in 2002 this figure decreased to 2.3 percent. Overall, between 2001 and 2010, safety-car deployments accounted for an average of 4.2 percent of all racing laps. This means that the 2011 season has seen above-average safety-car usage; however, if one does not include the Canadian Grand Prix, safety-car deployments would account for just 2 percent of racing laps in 2011, well below the ten-year average.
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Love the mix of bracelets and the men (Mickey Mouse!) watch...
Friday, July 9, 2010
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- DIANA DYE said...
This mix is definitely chic!! I love mixing masculine items with organic items wow! I love that it makes me feel more adventurous hahah! funny how this works huh?
Amazing post thanks for sharing♥ - July 9, 2010 at 2:27 PM
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agreed- it's perfect.
- July 11, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- sara said...
Really cool-anyone know where to get those bracelets? They remind me of ones I use to make with those kits at home ;-)
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- Megan said...
Love this. I lost one of the pair of my beaded earrings and I am bummed! Maybe it's time to get some beaded bracelets.
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text: The Kennedy Meadows Resort has burned down. They have stated they will be rebuilding and will be open in 2008. All reservations have been lost. The Tahoe Yosemite trail isn't an official trail such as the Pacific Crest Trail or the Appalachian Trail. Its existence is due to a book written to describe a route in the Sierras. The Tahoe Yosemite Trail book is written by Thomas Winnett and is available at hiking stores or over the internet. The trail receives no funding for maintenance except what any other trail would receive. The fact that this isn't an official trail is illustrated by the fact that there are two cross country routes, one of which will take you to over 10,000 feet. The northern most route is fairly easy, but the second higher one is more difficult just because the elevation makes it harder to breath. This past summer I was in this area and I noticed that the Forest Service map showed a trail for this higher cross country route from Clark Fork Meadow connecting with St Marys Pass above Highway 108. I wrote the Forest Service to inquire about this section and their reply was that this is not a trail and that this segment will be removed from future maps. Their map is the only one I've seen that shows this trail. That said, this is a trail I'd like to hike again. The trail starts at Meeks Bay at Lake Tahoe and ends 185 miles later at Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite. There is one trail option that I recommend. The second cross country route takes you over the crest from Clark Fork Meadow to highway 108. From there you must travel 10 miles along the highway to Kennedy Meadows before you get back on a trail. I recommend that when you reach the highway you go up the road half a mile to Sonora Pass where you can join the Pacific Crest Trail. The Pacific Crest Trail rejoins the Tahoe Yosemite Trail shortly after entering Yosemite. This is the route I chose and I think its very scenic. FOOD: There is one post office along this route at Echo Lakes near Lake Tahoe. You can mail a package to yourself General Delivery. Make sure to put an expected arrival date. I've also heard that you can deliver packages to Kennedy Meadows and they'll hold them. I don't know if they charge a fee. I do know that the Lake Alpine Lodge accepts packages for no fee. Another method is to have someone drive up and meet you at one of the road crossings. NOTE: Food Canisters are required when you enter Yosemite National Park when hiking above 9,000 feet. This trail goes through some areas that are known for bears so be prepared to chase bears off. Make sure you leave nothing in your pack that smells, even your tooth brush! If you don't they might rip your pack apart. Leave all pockets open at night on your pack. Be prepared for bears along the rest of the route, but you're less likely to see them. PERMITS: Permits from the north end of the trail can be obtained from the Lake Tahoe Visitors Center as its the closest to the trailhead. If you start your hike from Yosemite you'll want to visit their Wilderness pages. GETTING TO AND FROM THE TRAILHEAD: Tahoe's Best: has good links to Tahoe including transportation and hiking. I'm not too sure how close they'd drop you to the trailhead but I'm sure you could probably convince the bus driver to drop you off. Just tell the driver you're going to walk to Yosemite from Meeks bay and they'll probably be more than willing to save you some walking. YARTS: Yarts connects to Merced where you can take Amtrak to cities with air travel. They go past the trailhead in Yosemite. |


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In November 2006, a feistier and more economically progressive Democratic Party re-took the House of Representatives, most statehouses, and the US Senate from the gop. Pundits started declaring the death of "neoliberalism," that strain of liberal commentary first championed at Charles Peters's Washington Monthly in the early 1970s, in which the primary target was well-intentioned Democratic governance that had gone wrong in practice.
The Village was becoming a friendlier place, not just to the type of return-to-form liberalism Klein preferred, but to the emerging blogger-journalist hybrid he represented. At the beginning of the decade, only a couple of opinion magazines had blogs; by the end, nearly all did. In March 2008, The New York Times took notice of all these Beltway blogger kids, profiling not just one but three DC blogger houses, with such wince-inducing details as an Iron Chef-style cooking contest between Team Liberal (including Klein) and Team Libertarian, duly broadcast on BloggingHeads.tv.
But not everyone was a fan. Washington Times writer Eli Lake dubbed the whole crowd "the Juicebox Mafia." Blogger Mickey Kaus accused Klein at various points of "hectoring naïveté" and "spout[ing] the party line," and I once mocked Klein on Reason.com as an "omniscient child pundit."
Klein managed to irritate even as he inspired awe. In nine months, he was able to go from admitting that he had "little-to-no expertise in labor issues" to writing op-eds for the Los Angeles Times on the subject, with smarty-pants lines like "Before we get into all that, a bit of background." Conservatives still mock him for saying on MSNBC in 2010 that "the issue with the Constitution is that the text is confusing because it was written more than a hundred years ago." (He continues to defend this sentiment, if not the wording.) Older colleagues grumble with grudging admiration about Klein's ability to burnish his intellectual credentials by plucking policy papers from obscurity and wielding them in his arguments. With Klein, the line between clever and too-clever-by-half gets blurry sometimes. "President Obama, if you look closely at his positions," he wrote in 2011, "is a moderate Republican from the early 1990s."
Trailblazers or Juiceboxers or both, the liberal side of The Village blogging world found itself in a new position after November 2008: Not only had it poked holes in the media bubble, but the Democratic Party swept into power after a long and vigorous campaign talking about universal healthcare. It was a moment tailor-made for Ezra Klein.
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In early 2009, Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein was alerted by a friend to Klein's work at the Prospect. "I was blown away by how good he was—how much the kid wrote—on so many subjects," Pearlstein later told Washingtonian. Within weeks, Klein was hired as an economics/politics blogger. Within months, his stuff—policy breakdowns, political musings, Q&As with everyone from labor heavy Andy Stern to tax-cut obsessive Grover Norquist—was the most popular on the paper's website. And with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Klein had a subject as big and complicated as his journalistic appetite.
Then, just as Klein was taking off, he stumbled. In June 2010, The Daily Caller, Tucker Carlson's website, published leaked emails from a private listserv of 400 or so left-of-center reporters, commentators, academics, and policy wonks, called "JournoList," that Klein had run since 2007. Klein drew plenty of snickers with his activist/wonk-straddling explanation that "the emphasis is on empiricism, not ideology." But the idea that a former critic of The Village had organized a salon of politically simpatico professionals, in true DC-establishment fashion, barely raised an eyebrow. If anything, his professional rise has only accelerated in the wake of this kerfuffle. (Klein defended, and still defends, JournoList but pulled the plug anyway. "Insofar as people's careers are now at stake, it has to die," he said at the time.)
The great war correspondent Martha Gellhorn had a memorable line about "that usual tedious trajectory from left to right" as writers grow older. One might include in that sentiment the equally predictable earlier-life journey from outsider to insider, from critic to actor. In his 20s, Walter Lippman went from junior Socialist Party agitator to senior Woodrow Wilson functionary. Klein (who says of his early 20s that he "was more liberal then than I am now") originated from much further outside the bubble, using the disintermediation of technology to vault himself up the totem pole in ways not conceivable a century, or even a decade, ago.


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The number of mobile devices now outnumbers the number of people in the world. Mass mobilization calls for next-generation security tools and some forward thinking on the part of CIOs.
A new technology called runtime application self-protection is being touted as a next big thing in application security. But not everyone is singing its praises.
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Medical device security is a growing concern. Expert Mike Villegas shares how to make sense of the new FDA cybersecurity guidelines for medical device manufacturers.
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Google's Project Zero has added more leeway to its vulnerability disclosure policy, but industry observers are split on whether 90 days is enough time to fix software flaws, or not enough time to manage a sensitive, resource-intensive process.
IBM and Juniper say they will work together to deliver customer intelligence to cloud and communications service providers.
Midokura has refreshed MidoNet with features that provide a bridge for VMware customers looking to move to OpenStack without using proprietary virtual networking technology.
The second wave of 802.11ac will usher in speeds of up to 7 Gbps. Expert Lisa Phifer explains what you need to do to get ready.
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Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum did not take a photo WITH Lindsay Lohan last night -- but sources at the White House Correspondents' Dinner tell TMZ... he took one OF her. According to our sources inside the party, LiLo was sitting…
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Category Description Editor
If you are organizing your blog by category and perhaps using the "Categories" menu for navigation, this plugin will help you make nice category descriptions that appear at the top of each category page. It enables the WordPress visual editor (TinyMCE) on the Edit Category admin page and lets you add or edit the descriptions the same way you write posts. It lets you add images, links, lists, font colours, headings, etc.
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News ReleasesMarch 15, 2001 The Department of Parks and Recreation, in cooperation with the Department of Education, is conducting the "Sew a Lei For Memorial Day" Poster Contest in classrooms throughout Hawaii. All students in Grades K-12 are encouraged to submit entries depicting lei-making activities or ceremonial actions at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific to help prepare for this year's Memorial Day Observance. The deadline for submitting posters is March 22. First, second and third place winners will be chosen in three categories: Grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. All winners will receive a round-trip air travel for two to a neighbor island courtesy of Aloha Airlines. The first place entries from each category will be used to create Memorial Day posters that will be distributed statewide. |
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An Ohio man who started as a freshman at a university in southern Ohio more than 50 years ago is about to achieve his ambition of earning a college degree.
Eighty-nine-year-old Clell Elliott of Franklin Furnace in Scioto County will join 398 other graduates Saturday to receive his diploma at the University of Rio Grande. His three children will be cheering him on.
The Kentucky native was able to complete the college education he started in 1958 and earn a bachelor's degree in business management through the university's adult studies program.
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Ferrie Bodde has bid an emotional farewell to Swansea City following the expiry of his contract with the Welsh club.
Ferrie Bodde is hopeful he will be ready to return to action for pre-season training and is looking for an English club, Sky Sports can reveal.
Swansea are to hold contract negotiations with Scott Sinclair's agent while separate discussions will take place over Ferrie Bodde's future.
Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers feels Ferrie Bodde has to be 'one of the unluckiest players alive' following his latest injury setback.
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Ferrie Bodde has insisted that he has not suffered a serious setback after undergoing further knee surgery.
Swansea midfielder Ferrie Bodde has undergone a third knee operation as he bids to return to full fitness.
Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel is on the verge of signing a contract.
Brendan Rodgers says Ferrie Bodde is still struggling with injury and remains unsure of when he will return.
Ferrie Bodde has signed a new one-year contract with Swansea despite missing last season through injury.
Swansea director John van Zweden says the club are planning a bid for Middlesbrough forward Marvin Emnes.
Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has revealed Ferrie Bodde is close to agreeing a contract extension.
Ferrie Bodde expects to sign a new contract at Swansea as he steps up his recovery from a knee injury.
Ferrie Bodde is hoping to leave his injury nightmare in the past and earn a new contract at Swansea.
Ferrie Bodde remains hopeful he can overcome his latest injury misery and get back on the pitch.
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Made famous during the California Gold Rush, you can still pan for gold in the region's many streams and rivers, though water sports such as kayaking and rafting are modern treasures for today's visitor. You can still explore many smaller mining villages too, like in Nevada City, which has preserved many 19th-century buildings and landmarks.
With the days of the gold rush passed, the region has shifted towards "liquid gold" and is now a major wine destination. The region's climate is similar to that of Spain or Italy, and there are more than 100 wineries between Sacramento and Lodi valleys and around Amador and Calaveras. Wine bars are popping up all over Sacramento and other cities within Gold Country.
Many of the best golf courses in Gold Country make use of foothills terrain, like Saddle Creek Resort, DarkHorse Golf Club and The Ridge Golf Course, while Haggin Oaks is a historic play in the capital city.
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Copyright 2012 Author: Sharon Ojala - Amigurumi To Go, All rights reserved
This pattern is not to be sold. Furthermore this pattern and all the images contained inside this pattern are not authorized to be sold as a cross stitch pattern or shared in full on any cross stitch site
sl st = slip stitch
*Remember if you use safety eyes to put them in before closing up the head.
4) 3sc in first st, 1sc in next 8st, 3sc in next st, 1sc in last 8st (22)
5) 1sc in each st (22)
6) 2sc in first st, 1sc in next 10st, 2sc in next st, 1sc in last 10st (24)
7-10) 1sc in each st for 4 rows (24)
11) 1sc in next 2st then 2tog (18)
12)1sc then 2tog (12)
*** stuff head using a stuffing stick, try to stuff to the sides of the head and shape head as you stuff
13) 2tog 6times (6)
Finish off and hide thread tail inside the head
1) magic circle or adjustable loop with 5st (5)
2-9) 1sc in each st for 8 rows (5)
10) 2sc then 1sc in next st (8)
11) sl st into next st and finish off. Leave long tail for sewing.
*** bring tail through and weave in and out along the length of the trunk then pull until you have the shape you want for the trunk. Knot off the end to hold shape.
BASE for TRUNK:
1) magic circle or adjustable loop with 7st
2) sl st into next st and finish off.
This is optional. You can sew the trunk as is to the face but I made a little base for the end of the trunk which I sewed on the base of the trunk then sewed the entire thing to the face. I found it looked better with the base on it.
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8) 1sc in next 2st then 2tog (18)
9) 1sc in each st (18)
10) 1sc then 2tog (12)
***stuff body
11) 2tog 6 times , sl st into next st and finish off (6) leave long tail for sewing. Sew head and body together
4-6) 1sc in each for 3 rows (18)
7) 2tog 4 times, 1sc in next 10st (14)
8) 2tog 5 times, 1sc in last 4st (9)
*** stuff foot and shape foot as you stuff. No need to stuff legs
9-13) 1sc in each for 5 rows (9)
sl st into next st and finish off. Leave long tail for sewing
3-4) 1sc in each st for 2 rows (12)
6) 2tog 3 times, 1sc in last 3st (6)
***stuff hand
7-11) 1sc in each st for 5 rows. No need to stuff arms. sl st into next st and finish off, leave long tail for sewing. Sew to body just under the head
1) magic circle or adjustable loop with 6st (6)
2) ch1 turn, 2sc in next 5st (10)
3) ch1 turn, 2sc in next 10st (20)
4) ch1 turn, 2sc in next 20st (40)
5) ch1 turn, 1sc in each st (40)
finish off, leave long tail for sewing.
I show how to do the ears in a video tutorial for a larger, different colored elephant. But I'll try to explain here. (If you still have troubles watch this video and fast forward to 5:15) Take the open ends of the ear (half circle) and point the ends away from the front side of the ear. Sew the edges of those ends together. Thread the tail of the yarn from the middle of the ear and out through the side and pull. This will shrink up the ear and give it some shape. Continue to shape ear until you are happy with it. Sew edge piece that you just sewed together to the head. Use a long pin to hold it in place while you get a couple stitches in. See pictures below.
Now you can add in a mouth if you want. I used black embroidery thread for mine and went in through the back of the head and out through front, created the mouth and brought the thread back out through the same hole in the back of the head, knotted the ends off and hid the knot in the back of the head.
I found my tiny elephant was in need of a dress but I'm no seamstress so decided just to wing it with some scrap fabric. I cut a piece as pictured and then folded the fabric to get a clean edge. I weaved sewing thread in and out, close together along the top edge of the fold. I then slid the fabric down towards one end of the thread until I got a nice pleated look... this ended up being the bottom part of the dress and I sewed it right to the body of the elephant. I did something similar for the top part. I added gold string around the middle to finish off the look. It ended up looking pretty good and my daughter *Gracie* LOVES her tiny elephant and the tiny dress!
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Beyoncé Pays Tribute to Paul Walker
bittersweet memoriesMolly Sims and Christopher Gorham take us inside Beyoncé's L.A. concert.
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They don't call her "Queen Bey" for nothing. The chart-topping singer's concert, which took place last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, was full of A-list celebs including Molly Sims and "Covert Affairs" actor Christopher Gorham, who gave us an up-close look inside the special event. Beyoncé, with some help from the crowd, paid tribute to Paul Walker with a heart-wrenching performance of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." Check out Christopher's video and pictures below and leave us your thoughts in the comments.
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WASHINGTON - Chet Edwards and other Democrats passed a bill that will be sending some money to Central Texas.
The money is planned to go to 22 different projects in the district adding up to more than $22 million.
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The AmBX tech of immersive hardware to spruce up your games have been around for years now, albeit with very limited marketing. The hardware challenges to take the immersive aspect of video games out of the limits of your screen bezel and add a few extra elements to it with their shiny light projection effects. But do they achieve their desired effect?
The Mad Catz Cyborg gaming lights are the only set of AmBx products to be licensed outside of tech giant, Phillips. Packaged in an average box, the products themselves are anything but. Inside are the twin spotlights in their closed clamshell design along with twin USB-miniUSB plugs, the power adapter and your usual host of papers and driver discs. Unpackaging the lights, you'll quickly notice just how well built they are. Sturdy and slightly weighted, the Cyborg lights shine with a cold brushed metal feel and manage to sit anywhere along your setup to kick its coolness level up that much more before they even do their job.
Set-up isn't exactly a breeze however. You'll be shifting things around for while to experiment with their effects. The idea is to place each light a few inches to either side of your computer monitor facing a painted wall – preferably white. The connections on the hardware itself can be a little awkward to hit and do in fact get in the way with some placement choices, but look at the hardware itself and you'll notice there probably wasn't a whole load of other options the designers could have worked with anyway.
Repositioning will take a hour or two of you're time in order to get the best effect, but once you find that sweet spot, you'll undoubtedly fall in love. The Cyborg lights take the experience of all kinds of computer usage to the outside of your screen. They'll react to light sources in-game, brightening the walls as your left flank gets hit with explosives or just flash in sync to your gun muzzle. They'll dim to dark areas and flare up in the sun. But for the first few hours, you're guaranteed to stare and watch as they change rather than actually focusing on your game and letting them do their work just from pure awe. The below video will demonstrate how the lights react to MMO game, Age of Conan.
Once you get past the initial "new tech syndrome" they'll become one of those beloved and unique little additions to your set up. You'll forget they're there but defiantly notice a toned down experience when they're not. At which point you'll really appreciate their other uses. Within the included amBX software you're able to customise exactly how the lights react to just about anything. They'll auto-detect any game mentioned on the compatibility list meaning any tweaks are unessential but still possible. Windows Media Player will auto-detect the lights and strobe vividly to your music filling your room with the colours of your sound or react to movies much like how they react to your games. What's best is that you can adjust anything from their intensity, virtual compass positioning and their colours through the included software to make just about anything more immersive and flashy – including Windows itself.
We kept our tests to a very "Gaming" centred focus. Music tested came from the soundtrack of Sega's beat heavy title, Jet Set Radio, with games such as Resident Evil 5 and Dirt 2 being our main gameplay test titles whilst we stuck to the theatrical version of Max Payne for our movie test due to it's dark noir style and heavy gun fire – We were not dissapointed by any. Games work flawlessly in time with the lighting effects being taken from anything from lens flare, muzzle flash and even menu effects whereas music was a little trickier to work through. The lights reacted with far deeper colour variety but seemed a little delayed or just somewhat random at times. Our test movie also showed a slight delay but nothing serious enough to affect the experience negatively.
Through the use of unofficial software mods – those unsupported by Mad Catz themselves – you can enhance the usage of the lights to work in conjunction with services like YouTube with its millions of videos or even the positioning of your windows on-screen or set them to flicker and glow with relaxing colours to wind you down after a long day. What's best is if you've got the cash (and the USB ports) you can set up a total of 24 lights to cover your room in flashy ambient effects and effectively turn your room into a completely immersive virtual experience paired with your sound system and fancy OLED screens.
While the set-up procedure wasn't exactly pain free, we settled to blame most of the issues on our unprepared corner desk station. Once the lights were up and running we could see instantly the amount of joy these things can bring just from the coolness factor alone. They certainly kick the immersion efforts of your games up a notch and act as another way to show off to your console cramming friends. While movies are not really designed for multiple viewers on a computer monitor, you'll be able to appreciate their effects on your own just fine. Just a single set of two lights will be enough to get you hooked on these, just make sure you have enough USB and power sockets before you go buying more and you won't regret a thing.
Final Score: 4/5
One Comment to " Mad Catz Cyborg AmBX Gaming Lights Review "
Please, get these released in Australia!