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I'm loving…
and dreaming, about a project with this group of fabrics. I'm loving the deep purples that have been popping up the last 6 months.
What about you? Are you a fan of purple?
Here's the entire group, I like that the girly fabrics are balanced with grey, green and white. The group is Pink Dazzled by AdornIt.
A few of my favorites.
I did get a little sewing done over the weekend! Hopefully I can take some pictures today, and share it with you!
Owen was treated to a pile of Pirate fabrics, which clearly he loved, just not enough to smile for a stranger for – haha! He spotted the pirate ships, and skulls in the bolts at Riley Blake, and claimed the floor space just in front of them while I chatted about Sewing Summit with Jina and Cindy. I'm told these rambunctious fabrics, are nearly sold out – if you want some, better hunt now!
Owen enjoyed pulling out all the fat quarters and finding the matches. Then selecting the fabrics for his new scooter bag!
He likes to carry his matchbox cars outside and take them for a ride, and the left over birthday goodie bag he had been using was shredded. A new bag seemed like the perfect solution, especially with skull fabric!
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Mug Rug Madness
Have you been following along with Erin and her holiday edition of Mug Rug Madness? If not you should go check it out! There's tons of inspiration, and tutorials so you can make your very own mug rugs. And maybe a few extra for gifts!
Along with all the inspiration and instruction, there's also prizes to be won. Be sure to find the giveaway post, and enjoy!
I'm running all over Salt Lake today before my girls get out of school. I'm happy to say that details for the Sewing Summit are coming together and we are excited to have fun with blog friends in person!
I'll be back with more soon!
You Might be a Fabric Stash-er…
If –
1 – You tend to stalk your favorite stores for new fabric groups.
2 – You always have fabric sitting in a shopping cart, (or two!).
3 – You purchase fabric, before making plans to use it.
4 – You squeal with delight over a stuffed mailer in your mailbox.
Sound familiar? My stash is not as big as some of the pictures I've seen, but I think I'm ready to admit that I'm a stash-er!
These beautiful pieces needed to be mine, especially when I saw them go on sale.
Here's a group I can't wait to add to my stash later this winter. I'm sure there will be a few more purchases before that one though!
So, are you a stash-er?
Links for You & First Day of School!
We made it to the first day of school, and everyone was on time! Yay! It always feels like a big accomplishment the first few days of school. To simplify the process, everyone was excited, so they popped out of bed and rushed downstairs to begin the day. It's so hard (as mom) to realize that they are growing up, and becoming so independent. So I try to focus on today, and not think about Ella driving in 5 years, or Owen starting Kindergarten next year. Just today. Praying that they all have a good day, and ready to do it all over again tomorrow!
This was their one serious picture, here's a more animated one :
Told you they were excited!
Links for you –
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New Additions!
While I'm usually not a stasher –
I've recently found a few deals that I could not pass up! These are good basics, and a few favorites that I hadn't been able to pick up yet.
What have you been shopping for lately?
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Pretty {little} Pouch Swap — Inspiration
I recently caught the swapping bug again, and signed myself up for three, yes THREE, swaps! It's a fun way to get to know people, and take on a small project for a friend. If you haven't done a swap yet, join flickr and start posting photos there regularly, and find some fun groups to join!
Today, I'm sharing some favorite pouches that I've found on flickr, to hopefully inspire my partner. Really, I'm not hard to please, just needs to be pretty!
Click the photo, to see credits.
Looking at these fave's, I realize how much I'm drawn to linen and patchwork, and patchwork in general. So simple, yet so appealing! And those frames are really fun too, but I don't expect that of anyone. Like I said before, I'm not hard to please!
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My Wonderland
I've had this little collection of Wonderland for a couple of years now.
I've had an idea for a while now, but yesterday in the shower it all clicked, and now I KNOW exactly what I want to do.
Be on the lookout for progress here in the next few weeks – I'm excited to get started!
I'm also excited about this being our last week of school, relaxed days home with my kiddos – should be a blast!
Happy Quilting ~ Amy
Inspiration :: Texture
I took a tons of pictures in Washington while we were visiting over Christmas. Looking through them again, I came across a few that I thought I would share! Check out this texture :
I think I feel a mossy green quilt coming soon, just need to find a way to add texture like some of these!
Any ideas?
Happy quilting ~ Amy
As I was working on a project last week, I forced my self to stop and take a picture.
I love the lines and the movement in these pieces.
Kona Solids
Good Morning!
How's your challenge week going? I hope you are making progress!
I think I'm finally kicking this cold – my head is feeling clear once again.
I have this fabulous pile of Kona solids, and I was trying to decide why I love working with solids so much.
My conclusions, so far:
I love being able to select my own palette.
I love the simple, clean lines of a quilt made with solids.
I love the subtlety of shades available, especially with Kona – over 200 colors – that's like the biggest box of crayons times 2!
This stack of solids will be worked into a quilt in the coming weeks.
I'll have a few sneak peeks for you as I work!
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Piles of them! And I have no definite plans yet, just the simple love of hand sewing.
Originally I purchased 1 1/4″ templates, based on my quick twitter research, but as I started cutting scraps, I cut 2″ instead of 3″ squares…so! I decided to buy the 3/4″ templates as well. I had cut a ton of squares already!
Turns out – I like the 3/4″ better! There's less wiggle room, and they sew up fast!
An example of my basting stitches, just in case you are curious.
These little buggers are addicting! I tend to sew them while waiting in the carpool line at school, or while relaxing in the evenings. The key to being able to enjoy it, is having pieces prepped and ready. … Read More »


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In 1873 Don Sami Flichman, a Jewish immigrant, planted the first vines in the stony soil of a former riverbed in the barrancas (ravines) next to the Mendoza River. His son Isaac acquired the property during the 1930s Depression and had the foresight to produce only high-quality grapes. In 1983 the Wertheim family bought the winery, introduced new technology, and added another winery, installing stainless-steel tanks and computerized temperature controls in the underground cellars.
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Nevertheless, if a receiving-line photo of President Bush and Jack Abramoff proves that there was a relationship, then we have much more solid indications that many Democrats had "relationships" with Jack Abramoff as well.
Several Democrats have participated in trips paid for and/or accompanied by Abramoff, including Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY), and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY). Do they all have relationships with Jack Abramoff?
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Max Baucus (D-MO) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) each held fundraisers in Jack Abramoff's skybox at Washington's MCI Center, and have also received thousands of dollars from Abramoff's tribal clients. Do they all have relationships with Jack Abramoff?
Charlie Rangel (D-NY) also must know Jack Abramoff. He received more Abramoff-connected cash than former Rep. Tom DeLay (D-TX) or George W. Bush.
But, our new Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV), must know Jack Abramoff better than all of them. A former top aide to Senator Reid, Edward "Eddie" Ayoob, also worked for Abramoff and was allegedly a part of Abramoff's influence-buying scheme with the American Indian tribes he lobbied for. In fact, Reid only started receiving thousands of dollars in donations from various American Indian tribes after Jack Abramoff started representing them. Reid also wrote a total of four letters helpful to Abramoff's tribal clients over a period of three years, and received $68,000 in donations from Abramoff's firm, partners, and clients in return. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but Harry's Reid's connections to Abramoff are apparently worth $68,000.
Despite these examples of "relationships" between Jack Abramoff and a few select Democrats, the MSM continues to play the Abramoff story as entirely one of Republican corruption. Americans should want the book thrown at anyone who attempts to corrupt our political process; the plain fact of the matter is that only one side – the Republican side – ever faces any serious scrutiny over the matter of political corruption. For the general health of our political system, the burning light of truth must be turned on everyone who is betraying the public trust.
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Isles men's distance medley relay finishes second
HOUSTON - The distance medley relay of Luis Garcia, Placido Madera, Grant Bassford, and Shadrack Songok posted the best finish of the day for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi placing second at the Southland Conference Indoors Championship.
The foursome finished second with a time of 10:07.87 further lowering the school record in the event and crossing the line just four tenths of a second behind the Lamar relay unit which won in 10:07.43. The Islander relay lowered the school record by nearly 11 seconds from the mark it set earlier this season to 10:18.25.
The performance in the final event of the day gave the men 10 points on the afternoon and placed them ninth. Stephen F. Austin leads the men's standings with 46.5 points while Texas-Arlington has 38.
The Islander women scored three points on the opening day scoring all three points with a sixth-place finish in the women's DMR. The group of Cynthia Santaella, Valerie Stewart, Jessica Alexander and Lydia Kimeli stopped the clock in 12:30.05. The time was the fastest of the season.
With the three points, the women currently stand eighth while Stephen F. Austin leads the way with 56 points. Sam Houston State and Texas State are a distant second with 42 points.
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Samsung starts mass producing 8 Gb GDDR5
16GB+ graphic cards possible
Samsung has announced that is has started the mass production of its 8 Gb GDDR5 chips in 20nm.
NUC getting Core i7, Skylake too
Next Unit of Computing growing up
Last week we had a chance to chat with Intel people in charge of NUC (Next Unit of Computing) small barebones desktop systems and we learned a bit about the future of this exciting concept.
Meizu MX 4 now scores 53409
MediaTek MT6595 does even better in AnTuTu 5.6
We have created a lot of noise with Meizu MX 4 phone powered by MediaTek MT6595, a big.LITTLE SoC part with quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex A17 and quad-core 1.7GHz Cortex A7.
MediaTek powered Sony Android TV in action
Lollipop Android 5.0 on a TV
Last week we saw a great smart TV powered by a MediaTek Quad Core SoC running Android 5.0.
Intel shows Broadwell NUC barebones
Core i3, Core i5 now Core i7 in Q2
Intel gained quite a bit of traction with its NUC series mini-PCs. NUC stands for Next Unit of Computing and is in reality a small barebone PC with a lot of performance in top-end SKUs. The new series should be available in etail and retail in February, slightly later than what we originaly reported.
USB 3.1 Type C demonstrated
810 MB/s speeds and up - and it flips
It feels frustrating that Apple comes out with so many great technologies and one of the last ones is the Lightning connector. You would expect that this technology would be fast, but Apple is using USB 2.0 speeds. However, it uses a reversible connector that can be plugged in from either side.
AMD has Kaveri refresh for desktops
DeKaveri we heard
We have learned yet another thing about AMD in 2015. The publicly discussed the Carrizo APU that is coming to All-in-Ones and notebooks in the second half of 2015, but many punters have been wondering what is happening on the desktop front.
AMD executive reshuffle raises questions
As chipmaker looks forward to 2016
Just weeks after he made a splashing video and comments about the upcoming Carrizo APU, John Byrne is leaving AMD. He has been working as Senior Vice President and new General Manager of AMD Computing & Graphics Business Unit, reporting directly to the Lisa Su, the new CEO.
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We want to make sure that you realize that 20nm GPUs won't be coming at all. Despite the fact that Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung and Apple are doing 20nm SoCs, there won't be any 20nm GPUs.
2015 is all about 4K and VR
This is where the graphics industry is going
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Police slang for a drunk driver.
Unit 51 ... I have a possible duce traveling East on State Route 2.
di Dr-J 30 gennaio 2010
To Leave
Similar to "dip"
Similar to "dip"
I forgot I have to be somewhere at 3 I better duce
di pr_papi 08 gennaio 2009
Two people sharing a smokeable item, most often a cigarette.
If one person is smoking a cigarette, his/her friend might say, "Gimme the duce", meaning, "Share that with me?"
di Eli 5 Stone 12 ottobre 2006
to leave or say good-bye
peace out my niggy, iight duce wid it.
peace out my niggy, iight duce wid it.
di tHiiZ Or dIE!!! 05 maggio 2006
street gang found in the almaden valley, very tough, not to be messed with
u see dem duce roll up on that treysie?
di rob 21 aprile 2004
Short form for introduce. Can also be used to mean anything.
Tess: Benji, check out the new kid.
Benji: Do you think I should duce myself?
Ilana: Totally!
Benji: Do you think I should duce myself?
Ilana: Totally!
di Benji Finestone 06 settembre 2007
to leave a location to go to another place
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Sydney Harbour Sky Deck Gold Dinner Cruise
Treat yourself to a six star dining experience on Sydney Harbour. Cruise in luxury while dining on a six-course degustation dinner complimented by premium Australian wines. All this to the backdrop of world-famous Sydney Harbour.
- Evening cruise of Sydney Harbour aboard the luxurious MV Sydney 2000
- Combined dinner and Sydney Harbour sightseeing cruise
- Enjoy premium six-star dining and an evening of dancing with a pianist and lounge singer
- Deluxe six-course degustation menu
- Full open bar including vintage Australian wines
- Star gazing from the upper deck
- Photo opportunities of floodlit Sydney Harbour
- Optional upgrade to Sky Deck Gold guaranteed window
Why Our Insiders Chose This Tour
The ultimate Sydney dinner cruise! Indulge in a divine six-course tasting menu with vegetarian options and unlimited drinks, and then dance the night away. I recommend upgrading to a guaranteed window seat for the most breathtaking views. A night to remember.
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The six star personalized service commences from the moment you arrive with priority boarding and a welcome cocktail reception. Dinner is served on the Sky Deck. The degustation menu consists of six superb courses with accompanying wines from Australia's premier vineyards, and a full open bar. Sophisticated lounge entertainment and million dollar views complete the ultimate dining experience on Sydney Harbour.
Sydney Harbour, the cradle of Australian history, has been renowned for its spectacular beauty since the early days, when Captain James Cook, in 1770, first discovered the safe anchorage and named it Port Jackson. Enjoy the charm of the many unspoiled foreshores, the sparkling waters, the well known landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Fort Denison, and other sites that reflect the Australian past.
Why not upgrade with the option to secure a guaranteed window seat and take advantage of Sydney's spectacular sights.
Please note: During the winter season MV Sydney 2000 vessel will be replaced with the John Cadman III or Captain Cook III.
Sydney Harbour dinner cruise sample menu:
A selection of canapés served on Star Deck on arrival with welcome drink
- Southern ocean scallops served on shell with pancetta, parsley&red pepper sauce
- Vegetarian - Warm asparagus with lemon butter
- Served with 'Vasse Felix Extra Bruit Non Vintage' wine (Margaret River, Western Australia wine region)
Salad Course
- A tiny salad of rocket and endive with truss cherry tomato and virgin olive oil dressing
First Main
- Roast Tasmanian baby lobster tail with ruby citrus beurre blanc, frizzled leeks and gremolata sprinkle
- Vegetarian - Champagne risotto, wilted spinach and oyster mushroom ragout
- Served with 'Tyrrell's Moon Mountain Chardonnay' wine (Hunter Valley, New South Wales wine region)
- Melon ice sorbet with a splash of vodka
Second Main
- Grilled aged Angus fillet of beef wrapped in prosciutto, served with truffle infused field mushroom and a shiraz cabernet enriched jus
- Vegetarian - Leak and blue cheese tart
- Served with 'Mount View Estate Cabernet Sauvignon' red wine (McClaren Vale, South Australian wine region)
- Chocolate box with Cointreau infused berries
- Served with 'Brown Bros Orange Muscat Flora' (Victorian wine region)
- Coffee served with chocolates
Customer Reviews
July 2015
This tour was just absolutely amazing.
We enjoyed a six course meal with great wine and live music. The music was a enchanting enhancement as we were served each course and watched the beautiful lights of Sydney from the ship. I can't recommend this tour enough!
May 2015
Fabulous tour! Decided to pay the extra for the Sky Deck Gold dinner cruise with a guaranteed window seat as we were celebrating a special occasion. We were seated on the exclusive Sky Deck on the evening cruise, with our own chefs, wait staff and entertainment. There was nearly too much food on the 7 course menu! All servings were generous and the food was superbly cooked to order, then presented. The staff and service were excellent Hi Eilika, sorry if i misspelled your name, worthy of any fine dining restaurant. The music was great and we slow danced for a while, before heading up to the top deck for a romantic walk while we sailed around Sydney harbour. Well worth the money for the cruise, and we would definitely recommend paying the extra for the Sky Deck Gold for the exceptional menu, drinks and service.


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Scott Sterling Death Ruling: Death Was Accidental, Drug-related
Scott Sterling death ruling: Investigators are calling the death accidental, from an injected drug.
LOS ANGELES—Coroner's investigators say the death of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's son was a drug-related accident.
Los Angeles County Coroner's officials said in a statement Monday that Scott Ashley Sterling died from a pulmonary embolism after injecting narcotic medication meant to be taken orally.
The report did not say with certainty what drug Scott Sterling injected, but said the painkiller oxycodone was found in his system.
It also listed diabetes as a significant condition in his death.
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Mark Karpeles, chief executive officer of Mt. Gox, attends a news conference at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy in Japan, focusing attention on the digital currency's risks. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg
The UpTake: At some level finding this many lost bitcoins can never really be a bad thing. But what the loss says about the company in the first place, is a different story.
You'd think it would be a relief to find 200,000 lost bitcoins in a long-forgotten wallet. But when Mark Karpeles, chief executive of the bankrupt Mt Gox bitcoin exchange posted that he found the money in one of his own wallets, on his website yesterday, all it really revealed was even more widespread incompetence.
"The reasons for their disappearance and the exact number of bitcoins which disappeared is still under investigation," Karpeles wrote of the suddenly rediscovered funds. "The above figures may still change depending on the results of the investigation."
Last month the 28-year-old French CEO, living in Japan, admitted to losing 750,000 of his customers' bitcoins, then valued at nearly $500 million and 100,000 of his own company's encrypted currency.
But on March 7, in the process of rescanning "old-format wallets" digital ways to store the currency, as part of the bankruptcy proceedings, Karpeles wrote that his company discovered the 199,999.99 bitcoins, according to the statement.
Karpeles has become a symbol of first generation bitcoin companies that helped build the currency into a global industry, but failed to adapt to concerns of its increasingly mainstream applications.
The exchange was originally called Magic the Gathering Online Exchange (an online site for trading game supplies), and from what we know as a result of recently filed bankruptcy paperwork (not to mention the suddenly reappearing bitcoins), the company may have never totally grown up.
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TPM Base Services
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Base Services (TBS) feature centralizes TPM access across applications. The TBS feature uses priorities specified by calling applications to cooperatively schedule TPM access.
The TBS feature runs as a system service in the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista operating systems. It provides services as an API exposed through remote procedure calls (RPC).
Developer audience
TBS is intended for use by developers of applications based on the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista operating systems. Developers should be familiar with the C and C++ programming languages and the Microsoft Windows programming environment.
Run-time requirements
The TBS feature requires either the Windows Server 2008 or the Windows Vista operating system. For information about run-time requirements for a particular programming element, see the Requirements section of the reference page for that element.
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Key concepts and a high-level view of the TBS feature.
TBS processes and procedures for using the TBS API.
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This is the best shaker out there! It is BPA free! This is important as you will probably be using it daily. With regards to the blending ability, I would say that it works well for 80-90% of the powder available in the market. Some powder products have a tendency to lump together the moment it is interacted with the water. In such cases, you can easily shake it and break the lump into small lumps. The only problem is that the small lumps will probably stay that way unless s you don't mind shaking for a long time. The best way to use is always to add the water, then the powder and finally the ball mixer. It is to allow the ball mixer to separate and disperse the powder before shaking. The ball mixer will perform best when the water level is about 1/3 to 2/3 full. Too much water and it gets too heavy and you find it hard to shake the ball mixer along the length of the bottle. I find that the 12 oz bottle is too small. The good side is that it is easier to clean than the 28 oz version. The 28 oz is just nice if you use it for protein or meal replacement powder. The 20 oz is just nice for the lighter content such as gras ses and vegetables juice. Check out my page for more reviews!
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If you need a protein shacker, make sure you get the ball version. No more clumps, no matter what type of protein you mix. Easy to clean. Also works well for making Omlets.
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I've used a few other bottles for protein powder drinks. Online the others, this one doesn't have the tiny cracks or grooves in the cup where powder can settle. The cap does have a groove, but it's easy enough to clean out with a toothpick or butter knife. The blender ball does help mix powders, but as a warning: it's a little loud.
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Victory bumps Robstown past Bluff in district
ROBSTOWN -- It's been a while since the Robstown baseball team faced the prospect of missing the playoffs.
Tuesday night's 14-3 triumph over Flour Bluff improved the perennial contender's position in the District 31-4A standings. It also gave the Cotton Pickers a much needed boost with only three games left in the regular season.
"We put the ball in play and took advantage of some errors," said Steve Castro, whose team lost to rival Calallen 10-0 on Saturday. "I'm hoping this will start a turnaround."
Robstown improved to 3-4 in district and assumed sole possession of third place behind Calallen (7-0) and Alice (5-2). The Wildcats defeated Tuloso-Midway 11-0, while the Coyotes outlasted Kingsville for a 5-4 victory.
The Hornets, meanwhile, dropped to 2-5 and are tied with the Brahmas and Warriors for fourth place in district. Flour Bluff isn't out of the picture just yet, but coach Ron Weikum knows time is running out.
"The way things have been it's not going to be over until the last game," Weikum said. "We've told the players over and over again that the chance is there. We just have to bounce back and get our heads up."
The Hornets (14-11 overall) close out the season against T-M, Kingsville and Calallen. The Cotton Pickers (15-10) finish up with Alice, T-M and Kingsville.
Flour Bluff took a 1-0 advantage in the top of the first when Nico Gomez drove in leadoff hitter Trevor Brumley with a base hit to center. The Hornets tagged Contreras for three hits, including infield singles by Brumley and Greg Belew.
The lead didn't last long.
Robstown sent 15 batters to the plate in the bottom of the inning, scoring 10 runs on four hits. The Cotton Pickers also took advantage of three Flour Bluff errors, all three of which allowed a run to score.
David Rodriguez walked on four pitches to lead off and went to second when James LaNoue hit Smiley Gonzalez. Ruben Elizondo followed with a bunt single to load the bases.
Consecutive walks to Chris Contreras and Michael Velasquez scored Rodriguez and Gonzalez and kept the bases loaded. Brandon Gallegos went down swinging for the first out, but a single by Ryan Velasquez drove in Elizondo to give Robstown a 3-0 lead.
It only got worse.
After Joshua Rivera struck out, Felipe Rios -- the No. 9 hitter -- reached on an infield single that scored courtesy runner Steven Charles, in for Contreras. With the top of the order back up, two straight fielding errors added two more runs to the total.
The at-bat finally ended, but not before Michael Velasquez smacked two-run single that put the Cotton Pickers in front 10-1.
Flour Bluff managed a run in the top of the third when LaNoue scored on a fielding error. Once again, the Cotton Pickers answered.
Robstown scored three more runs in the bottom of the third, two of those on a base hit by Rivera. Rios then drove in Ryan Velasquez with his third hit of the game, resulting in a 13-2 lead.
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We all love Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Well, we don't, but it seems most of the media do, and have started warming to the shamelessly attention-seeking reality star and the big-jawed rapper. So it makes perfect sense for MTV to include them in a minute-long trailer in anticipation of the Mtv VMA Awards. The pair make an appearance alongside the host for the event, funny man Kevin Hart.
The, erm, comedy skit sees Hart trying to get his outfit right for the event, and he goes through to another bedroom in the hotel to see what Ye and Kim are wearing. They're just back from the gym though, and haven't had time or the inclination to get themselves sorted for the event. But why is a big problem? Because, it's the coming out of the hottest new partners in Hollywood. Here's the twist though, Hart has included himself with them! Oh my, what a comedic twist. To their bemused faces he tries to fashion a name for them including all three of their names. Doesn't he see? It's all about Ye and Kim, not him!
The whole thing is painfully unfunny, but it seems to be going down rather well with a lot of people, especially on Twitter.


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The Greeks had a word for it, at least classical Greeks like Plato did. Translating the idea into English, however, has always posed a difficulty, since we don't have one word that summarises his ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind combined in one well-balanced individual. He defined it as "the agreement of the passions that Reason should rule".
Sophrosyne is usually translated as temperance, moderation, prudence, self-control, or self-restraint. The idea of this harmonious balance is the basis of two famous Greek sayings: "nothing in excess" and "know thyself" — it's the exact opposite of arrogant self-assertion or hubris.
The word has only appeared in English within the past sixty years (W H Auden used it in 1944) but it has resonated with some moderns because the idea is quite close to that of wholeness. Note the word has four syllables, not three. It derives from Greek sophron, of sound mind, prudent.
Your field of battle will be constricted, and the ranks of spectators will confuse and disorient you. Ignore all of that. Remember the one rule: do not die. Keep your focus. Know thy way, warrior; know thy balance and strength. Sophrosyne. That is how you will prevail.
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Security breaches averaged more than $5.2 million per event in 2011. Implementing a proactive, preventative approach to privacy and security is a practical strategy that healthcare organizations can use to manage risk. In this video, David Houlding, Healthcare Privacy & Security Lead Architect at Intel, and Nancy Vuckovic, Senior Health Researcher, Health Strategies and Solutions at Intel, review how cumbersome security solutions often get in the way of healthcare workers and drive them to use technology in non-secure ways. Hear everyday examples of how clinicians use technology in ways that are not authorized, and how to mitigate those risks.
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Report: Kate Middleton Wedding Dress Designer Chosen
** OFFICIAL UPDATE Visit AOL Royal Wedding for photos of Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress designed by Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton **
Kate Middleton's wedding dress designer is Alexander McQueen creative director, Sarah Burton, according to reports in British newspapers.
While McQueen officials are issuing denials -- which they would be obliged to do, even if it were true -- sources told the UK's Telegraph that Burton has been chosen for her discretion, talent and quirky, feminine take on elegance.
The 36-year-old was promoted to the top design job after McQueen himself committed suicide last year. First Lady Michelle Obama caused a stir when she wore one of Burton's McQueen designs to a State Dinner for Chinese president Hu Jintao in January.
London's Sunday Times is also reporting McQueen's CEO Jonathan Akeroyd gushed to a colleague that the fashion house had won the coveted commission for Middleton's April 29 wedding to longtime love, Prince William.
Burton's work first caught the royal bride-to-be's eye in 2005 when she created an off-the-shoulder wedding dress for Sara Buys, a fashion journalist married to Tom Parker-Bowles, the son of her future stepmother-in-law, the Duchess of Cornwall, according to the Telegraph.
Burton denied the reports regarding her involvement to Vogue UK: "I'm not doing it." Akeroyd also denied the rumors, saying: "No, not at all. I'm the CEO, I would know if we were doing it."
The commission has also been rumored to belong to Bruce Oldfield, a favorite of the late Princess Diana and designer of Queen Rania of Jordan's wedding dress.
Even if the latest rumors are true, Burton and company wouldn't want to have the exalted McQueen name stepping on a future queen's well-shod toes.
The designers of Princess Diana's 1981 wedding dress, David and Elizabeth Emanuel, repeatedly denied their role as royal couturier.
Middleton has made it clear her dress designer is to remain a closely guarded state secret until her wedding day, so she can surprise her fiancé as she walks down the long, dramatic Westminster Abbey aisle.
Last week, St. James Palace announced the highly anticipated dress details would be released first on its own website, The Royal Wedding.
Daily Telegraph Fashion Editor Hilary Alexander told London's Daily Mail if the Burton/McQueen news is true, it's a welcome relief for fashion: "It's desperately in need of an injection of fabulousness in the wake of the whole John Galliano scandal."
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I thought she was getting her dress at Costco.
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I hope it is not god awful huge like Dianas, Kate is pretty, i hope it is at least flattering, the queen mum probably wants her in a sack with a 50 foot train!
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I don't consider myself a "royal watcher" but Kate's so lovely. I think she'll have something rather simple and elegant.
- Thursday 31 MarchBy Merri Anna
Well, just read an article which stated the wedding would definitely be watched by aliens aboard a UFO, as it said aliens always were hovering above watching any important event. So why not don your aluminum hat and ask them? I'm sure they'll know.
- Thursday 31 MarchBy Merri Anna
She certainly is beautiful. In this photo I believe she bears a striking resemblance to a young Delta Burke, anyone else agree?
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After weeks of infighting and boardroom intrigue over a controversial $2.5 billion stock buyback plan, Tribune Co. announced Tuesday that it will repurchase 45 million of its shares for $32.50 each.
That number, which represents 15 percent of the shares outstanding, is 8 million fewer than Tribune Chairman and Chief Executive Dennis FitzSimons had hoped to retire in a Dutch auction that closed late Monday night.
the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.
Some large holders speculated that the Chandlers are likely to seek partners in an effort to push harder for an eventual breakup. Analysts also warned that the real work is just beginning in FitzSimons' battle with his second-largest shareholder for control of the company's future.
"Now it is back to business as usual, and business as usual in the newspaper business is not that good," said Alexia Quadrani, an analyst at Bear Stearns in New York.
Said FitzSimons in a statement: "This leveraged recapitalization represents a very meaningful step in our plan to enhance value for shareholders. Our priority now is revenue growth and improving the company's operating performance through a combination of top-line growth initiatives and additional cost savings. We'll also continue to move forward on the dispositions of non-core assets."
With a raft of Wall Street analysts pricing Tribune assets as high as $46 a share in various breakup scenarios, many of the company's largest shareholders appear to be anticipating a bigger catalyst to drive the stock price higher. Speculation has run the gamut from a spin-off of the company's 24 television stations to a sale of one or more of its 11 daily newspapers. A source close to the Chandlers said recently that the family has discussed its options with various cash-rich private-equity firms possibly interested in financing a deal.
"I don't view $32.50 as a fair price for the company, so I wasn't going to sell into the auction," said Brian Rogers, chief investment officer of T. Rowe Price, among Tribune's top shareholders, with 15 million shares. Rogers, in fact, said he boosted the holdings in his Equity Income Fund by 15 percent on Tuesday, joining a buying binge that drove the shares 5 percent higher, to close at $32.47, a smidgen under the tender price.
"All the ingredients are in place for more excitement," Rogers said.
The main ingredient for change at this point is the Chandler family, which adamantly opposed the buyback plan for tax reasons and has been publicly agitating for a breakup.
"We, like many other non-tendering stockholders, believe there is greater value to be realized through prompt and meaningful strategic action," a representative of the family's interests said in a statement Tuesday.
Although the family lost its bid to halt the tender offer, the Chandlers' potential influence--and wealth--is only growing as a result of the buyback plan.
Since mid-May, the family's 12.2 percent stake in the company has grown in value by more than 17 percent, to $1.2 billion. And having withheld their shares from the tender offer, two Chandler family trusts are set to emerge as Tribune's largest shareholder bloc once Tribune completes the final two stages of the buyback.
In mid-July, the company will repurchase 10 million shares from the McCormick family foundation at $32.50 a share and will commence the buyback of 20 million additional shares on the open market. If all goes as planned, the Chandlers will control 15.4 percent of the stock, compared to the McCormick foundation's 13.1 percent.
But in the six years since Tribune paid $8.3 billion for Times Mirror Co., which the Chandlers controlled, their investment has languished, prompting calls for more aggressive action. Moreover, the tender offer tends to erode the value of various assets held in two controversial partnerships worth $3.5 billion co-owned by the family and Tribune.
So far, the non-Chandler members of Tribune's board have stood firmly by FitzSimons in the dispute with the Chandlers, voting unanimously to support the buyback and backing him in response to the family's attacks.
But one major shareholder, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation, said that the board's support is not unconditional and that several directors have been unhappy with the slide in the stock since FitzSimons became CEO in 2003. They rode to his support publicly after the Chandlers forced them to choose sides.
These board members don't want to be dictated to by the Chandlers, the shareholder said. But "the board wasn't just saying, `Let's just cut a few headcount and everything is fine.' This is a mess."
As part of the buyback announcement, Tribune said it would cut $200 million in costs and sell $500 million in assets.


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The Apple Watch, that fancy new high-tech product, had a XXE vulnerability. That's a security flaw in XML parsers that dates back to at least 2002. It keeps popping up in new products because apparently safe XML parsing is too hard for anyone to get right.
It's common for tech industry employees to be compensated with stock options. Stock options are complicated and many engineers I know are terribly naïve about how they work. But options are often the most valuable part of an employee's compensation! This engineer's guide to stock options is good reading.
Here are some basic questions every owner of stock options should ask their employer. With these answers an accountant can work out the value of the option package and plan a tax strategy.
Many companies are reluctant to answer #2 and #3 (they are equivalent). Trying to keep an employee in ignorance about this is bullshit. Knowing what percentage of the company you own is the only way to evaluate your option package. Companies will generally answer this question if you press hard enough; if they refuse, it is a very bad sign.
Tax strategy is important for several reasons. Early exercising could save you ~20% in taxes later on. But even more importantly, early exercising could save you 100% should you leave the company. Most option agreements include a clause where your options disappear 30 or 90 days after you stop being an employee. If you quit and can't afford the taxes to exercise those options, you can lose everything. Planning ahead matters.
I've been doing some fiddly coding for the OpenAddresses project. It reminds me of one of my favorite engineering interview questions. "How do you know your code works?"
The arrogant candidate says "I'm smart so I know my code is good". That's certainly a bad sign, although sometimes they're right. Slightly wiser responses are "I run it and look closely" or "I trace the code and make sure it works like I expect". Better, but too manual. The truly enlightened say "I have an automated test suite" and then you're off to the real questions about how to test code properly.
I have a deep distrust of code. Software is organic, unpredictable, chaotically complex. It's difficult enough to understand what the code you write now is likely to do right now with expected inputs. But hostile inputs, or a weird environment, or the same code a year from now, or the slightly modified open source contribution in some fork somewhere? Forget it. That's why automated tests are so valuable. It's a way to demonstrate the code is doing what you expect it to.
Writing good tests is hard, almost as hard as writing good code. Modern environments have a lot of testing tools you should learn. From language unit test frameworks to mock objects for servers to fuzz testing to various continuous integration systems for functional tests. GitHub projects have the miracle which is Travis CI, free no-fuss continuous build and test for any open source project. It's amazing.
So until software correctness proofs become a real tool we can use in real production code, ask yourself how you know your code is going to work. If you're honest, you probably don't. But some testing will certainly help give you at least a little confidence.
I love the Internet service I get from Astound, but not so much their online account system. The billing login is pretty screwed up. Things to know:
Astound is a good ISP. I started getting Internet from them a few months ago, upgrading from a $50 6Mbps DSL link to a $70 100Mbps cable link. And it's like I can see through time. The difference in usability is astonishing. Equally importantly, Astound has been entirely reliable and trouble-free.
The key thing is Astound is not Comcast. Comcast is an evil company with a long history of breaking TCP/IP in various ways that harm customers. Astound just provides pure, sweet, clean bits. Installation requires they bring their own coaxial from the pole to your house. They also offer phone and TV packages. The customer experience is a bit squirrely, I wouldn't count on them for email hosting or tech support. But the basic Internet service is terrific.
I'd previously been a very happy Sonic DSL customer. They are also a terrific independent ISP with fantastic service. Unfortunately DSL is limited by the technology, the best they could deliver to my house is 12Mbps and that would have been significantly more expensive than Astound. Sonic is now working on fiber-to-the-house, including San Francisco, which should be terrific if they can do it.
We're very lucky in SF to have a competitive ISP market. We have two DSL providers, two cable providers, and a surprisingly robust fixed wireless provider in MonkeyBrains. Most of the urban US only has two options and large parts of the rural US don't even have that. The Sonic CEO's 2011 blog post about broadband duopoly is fantastic background for how we got to have such crummy service in the US.
Ancestry.com is a good web site. It's a tool for researching and maintaining family history, genealogy. It's also a remarkably sophisticated database, data repository, and user interface with a lot of lessons for people who design webapps. I'm particularly fascinated that their target market is older people, your grandma who's not so good with computers but has gotten interested in family history. But in no way is Ancestry dumbed down.
The web UI is great. The primary view is a visual family tree, a refocusable graph view that's not much like a web page but works great in the browser. You then click through on a name to get to a person's profile page that's more like a normal document view. From there you do extra research, add information, etc.
The facts and sources tab on a person's profile is my favorite part of Ancestry. They don't just track a fact like "Born on 29 May 1917", they also track the source of that fact, like "birth certificate" or "census record". With a link right to a scan of the source document with the relevant information highlighted. Most people's genealogy is full of bad data. (No, you're probably not related to that 16th century king.) Ancestry provides a model for establishing the veracity of the data you record. Crowdsourced databases like OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia would benefit from more explicit attribution.
Ancestry is particularly useful because they have a fantastic collection of American genealogical records. The census records are the ones I use most frequently. Meticulously transcribed images of 100+ year old handwritten pages, completely searchable on fields like name, address, age, etc. They've collected all sorts of other data too: immigration records, social registers, railroad payrolls.. All this diverse hand written data, presented in a uniform computer search interface. They even proactively find hints for your family members for you to review and add to your data.
The app has some problems. Most of their data collections are only useful for researching Americans. Grassroots genealogists complain about Ancestry being too commercial and proprietary (see GEDCOM). Some people snark about the site being so grounded in Mormonism, although that criticism seems unfair to me. I've enjoyed doing a bit of family research in Ancestry. Mostly I'm impressed with the usability of the web app given how complex the data is.


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The Coyotes were livid at the end of Game 5 -- about what they saw as a brutal hit by Kings captain Dustin Brown that sent defenseman Michal Rozsival out of the game with a knee injury, and about the goal by Dustin Penner seconds later that ended their season. "It's very disappointing," Coyotes captain Shane Doan said. "I've been knocked out in the first round a lot, and you think that it's going to feel better when you get to the next round. But I don't care when you get knocked out; it feels awful and you don't want to be part of it." When asked about the Brown play, Doan, who said he has held his tongue during the series, lashed out at the officiating during the entire series. He said he has yet to see any of the penalties called on him in the series, yet a knee-on-knee hit from Brown after the whistle went unpunished. "Honestly, I can't understand how you miss that," Doan said. "How do you miss that? (Rozsival's) knee is blown out. How do you miss that when it's after the ...
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Back in 1948, Eterna astonished the watchmaking world with its ball baring-mounted low-friction rotor system for self-winding movements, known as the "Eterna Matic".
Between 2007 and 2009, a team of engineers, designing engineers and watchmakers buckled down to make news with the same principle, this time involving a ball bearing-mounted barrel.
This dual ball bearing represents a quantum leap in the quality of the gear train mechanism.
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At the heart of every mechanical movement lies its energy storage and delivery system, called the barrel. It contains and controls the mainspring whose winding and slow unwinding drives the movement, generating extreme friction and tension in the process. This centuries-old system has
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Space planning involves much more than sketching a preliminary floor plan. A designer must take a client's programming needs into account and must also consider how other factors such as building codes and environmental factors affect a spatial composition. Space Planning Basics, now in its Third Edition, offers a highly visual, step-by-step approach to developing preliminary floor plans for commercial spaces. The book provides tools for visualizing space and walks the designer through other considerations such as building code requirements and environmental control needs. Specific programming techniques covered include matrices, bubble diagrams, CAD templates, block plans, and more. New to this edition are coverage of the basics of stair design, an essential aspect for planning spaces.
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3. Melt the butter and add the flour, stirring well. Stir in the cream, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Chop the hard-boiled eggs and add to the sauce with the crabmeat. Spoon into the clean shells, sprinkle lightly with breadcrumbs and drizzle with melted butter.
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Halfway down Lee Drive, a little more than a half mile beyond its intersection with Lansdowne Road, begins one of the newest and least-known trails on the Fredericksburg Battlefield. To read about the cabins and fighting that occurred in this area, click here.
The trail starts at the road and winds through the woods for half a mile before emerging into a large plowed field overlooking Shannon Airport and the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (now CSX). It terminates at Bernard's Cabins, the site of a small slave community.


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CHILDREN can help raise cash to fight the battle against leukaemia through the Greenwich Blue Peter Bikeathon.
Set to take place on May 5, on the Greenwich peninsula, the event will be fully marshalled and away from traffic.
Youngsters will be able to complete as many laps as they want within the two-hour time limit.
Cyclists will join thousands of others from across the country taking part in events. Last year cyclists in Greenwich raised £14,810.92.
Entry details are available on www.bbc.co.uk/bluepeter/ or by sending an SAE to Greenwich Blue Peter Bikeathon, PO Box 1234, London, WC1R 4XA.


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Plosser has been a persistent but respectful critic of Fed intervention. He will rotate onto the Fed's top board as a voting member early next year.
With criticism of the Fed growing, is Plosser preparing to raise his profile as a Bernanke critic? He's planning a speech Thursday afternoon at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, titled "Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: A Dangerous Brew for Monetary Policy." More in my column in today's Inquirer here.


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Excuse the word fanboy but this is a trend I have been noticing recently only because of the radical increase in its severity. I don't remember this being much of a problem more than 2 years back but recent releases in the video game industry have created a very vitriolic atmosphere for game critics.
I first witnessed this with Journey which was hailed as one of the most profound games of this generation. Any criticism was likely to be met with shock outrage and this continued with Telltale's The Walking Dead. But the two most extreme examples have been Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us.
What's more intriguing is that I'm not seeing much variation in reviews from the major review websites. Considering Assassin's Creed got anything between 6-10 from a variety of websites, I am surprised that more and more games have started getting perfect or near perfect scores in nearly ALL reviews. This further creates an atmosphere in which the hype has convinced buyers of these titles that these are indeed the best games they have ever played. And this zealotry is the reason for the intolerance to views to the contrary.
I know the Amazon review system is exploited on a routine basis (one just needs to check the Dance with Dragons' (book) fabulous one line 5 star reviews) but the hate that 3 star reviews get for the recent games and even 4 star reviews in some cases is astounding.
Are review sites doing this in tandem with publishers to give a push to game sales regardless of system or game? It is in their interest that games sell well so that the 'industry survives' but it is creating an atmosphere of militant fanboy-ism that used to be a thing around 06-07.