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Rapper Kanye West suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction on the opening night of his North American tour after his pants split onstage.
The "Stronger" hitmaker kicked off his Yeezus trek in Seattle on Saturday with an energetic two-hour set, and courted controversy by bringing out a Jesus Christ look-a-like toward the end of his performance.
West also suffered a wardrobe malfunction. A pair of grey trousers he had donned ripped along the inner seam in the middle of a song, leaving him to press on with the show with a gaping hole at his crotch.
West, who also wore a jeweled black face mask during the show, later changed out of the damaged pants during a costume switch.
The rapper's stylist has a little extra time to replace the stage pants – he had to postpone a planned concert in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday due to "unforeseen circumstances" and will next perform in San Jose, California on Tuesday.


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United Nations "peacekeeping" troops deployed on a UN "peace" mission in the Central African Republic were systematically raping and sexually exploiting starving young children, according to a leaked internal report that the global organization was seeking to conceal. Because UN leadership failed to take action against their soldiers' widespread sexual abuse of children — some of whom were less than 10 years old — an aid worker with the organization in the war-torn African nation handed the document to French authorities. As has become the norm when UN military forces are exposed raping, abusing, and murdering the populations they are ostensibly supposed to "protect," the UN responded to the leak by suspending the whistleblower from his post and trying to cover it all up.
As many as 700 migrants are feared dead in the Mediterranean after a boatful of people trying to escape the violence and chaos in Libya capsized.
As Nigeria and the world reflects on the kidnapping of 329 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, on April 14, 2014, by militants from the radical jihadist group Boko Haram, the jihadists control large areas of northeastern Nigeria and reportedly killed at least 24 people on Easter Sunday in the Borno village of Kwajafa.
Africa's most populous nation appears to have achieved a peaceful, historic transfer of power, and averted — at least for now — bloody civil war. But the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram continues its attacks and Nigeria's tenuous peace faces many challenges.
Marxist-Leninist Arab terrorist Leila Khaled, most infamous for hijacking a European airliner, is on tour in South Africa promoting boycotts and sanctions against the State of Israel. Among other controversial stops on her schedule, Khaled will speak to the veterans of the ruling African National Congress' (ANC) terror wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, which was led by admitted Communist Party leader Nelson Mandela at the height of its bloody Soviet-backed terror spree across Southern Africa. The hijacker's tour has been well received among South Africa's ruling establishment, which includes the ANC in a ruling alliance with the Communist Party (SACP) and a communist-dominated coalition of labor unions known as COSATU. However, Jewish groups, anti-terrorism activists, and elements of the increasingly embattled European-descent minority are starting to speak out.

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August 29, 2012 | 1599 views
Health News
A new leader for Franklin Hospital
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Hospitals shouldn't be cold, impersonal places where patient and family relations take a back seat. That's the philosophy of Catherine Hottendorf, the new executive director of Franklin Hospital.
Hottendorf, a registered nurse, took the reigns of the North Valley Stream medical center two months ago. She comes with more than 40 years of experience in the health care field, including a prior stint at Franklin Hospital as the nursing executive.
"I came back," she said. "I love Franklin. It's really a community hospital."
Franklin is the primary hospital for much of the area including Valley Stream, Elmont, Franklin Square and Malverne. Hottendorf wants to reach out to these communities and beyond to let people know about the services the hospital has to offer. They should know, she said, that Franklin is consistently rated No. 1 in orthopedic surgery, including joint, hip and knee replacements.
The hospital is also known for its wound care and hyperbaric chamber, Hottendorf explained, and its hospice unit.
She also wants Franklin Hospital to be thought of as a warm and inviting facility, where patients feel cared for and their family members feel welcomed. "It's really all about customer service," Hottendorf said. "Patients come first. If you treat patients as you want to be treated, you can't go wrong."
This practice, she said, must start at the top with her setting the example. She said exemplary patient care is the philosophy of the entire North Shore-LIJ health system. Many people are frightened when the enter a hospital, Hottendorf explained, and the staff must do its best to make them feel comfortable.
Hottendorf is one of four registered nurses to be leading a hospital in the North Shore-LIJ system, which she said is a growing trend within the past decade. Nurses, she explained, are the largest of any group of employees in a hospital.
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Speaking on the opening day of testing of NASCAR's new "Gen 6" cars at Daytona International Speedway, Patrick said that her schedule also could include some Nationwide series events, although she has not yet signed a deal with a racing team or sponsor.
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|Wearing: GAP jeggings, Springfield blouse, Zara cardigan & flower brooch, Jonak boots
February 23, 2012
Friends who are good photographers
50 comments:
Purple is a great colour on you. It looks such a lovely day there we need a bit more sunshine!ReplyDelete
Lovely look! Love the soft colors!ReplyDelete
Leuke foto's! En nice shoes :)ReplyDelete
colour of this sweater is brilliant:)ReplyDelete
I LOVE the purple cardigan and brooch, the colour definitely flatters us redheads!ReplyDelete
Enjoy France ;)
Oh i love this outfit! I need boots like this. Oh how I wish I could hop on over to France!ReplyDelete
You look beautiful. I love your outfit and that pretty flower brooch.ReplyDelete
I almost always shoot with Matt but it's so much fun when one of my sisters or friend jumps in too! Love that cardi! Glad to see you're having such a fun time :)ReplyDelete
Alexandra xo
LOVE your purple cardi - and that big flower - so cute! Hope you had/have fun shopping :)ReplyDelete
The Other Side of Gray
What pretty colors on you. And your friend did a great job taking your pictures.ReplyDelete
I adore everything about this outfit!! I have been loving purple lately. And jealous, your time in France - sounds amazing, enjoy. xo veronikaReplyDelete
Love the purple cardigan and the flower! It's exactly like something I'd wear! :)ReplyDelete
Hope you had a great time in France! :)
i LOVE the purple cardigan and the big purple flower :) so fun and gets me so excited for spring!ReplyDelete
tiana of l'esthetique
Love your outfit!!ReplyDelete
You always have the cutest, cutest outfit pics...totally jealous! I'm also very envious of your time in France...wish I could be sipping coffee and shopping there. Bring me next time! LOVE the purple sweater, also your boots--they are really adorable.ReplyDelete
<3 Cambria
Don't you just LOVE bright cardigans? I recently bought a bright green one and I've been living in it too. Also, I wish I could just go to France for the day. Just sayin ;)ReplyDelete
i just found your blog and i love it! us redheads got to stick together :)ReplyDelete
You look lovely, the shirt is so pretty!ReplyDelete
wat mooi! het lijkt wel superwarm!ReplyDelete
Love how you look in purple! It's a great color for us redheads :)ReplyDelete
How fun that your friend took your pics for you! She must have had fun.
Have a great weekend!!
Love your outfit & the color of your hair!!!ReplyDelete
Waaw Nikki, leuke outfit! Vind die paarstinten echt super mooi :) ! En haha, iets vinden in de SALE bij Zara vind ik altijd ONMOGELIJK :p dat verpest mijn humeur altijd verschrikkelijk, maar des te leuker als je dan wél eens iets vindt ;)ReplyDelete
Erg leuke outfit en mooie foto's! LiefsReplyDelete
Oh that color is beautiful on you! I love the rosette too!ReplyDelete
Have a restful weekend ahead!
x, Anna
Purple looks so pretty on you! I love the polka dot blouse with your pretty cardigan. The flower pin is very cute too.ReplyDelete
So glad I found your blog because I adore it & your style! This purple cardigan looks lovely on you - such a good sale find! Now following you :)ReplyDelete
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Sounds like a fun time to go shopping in Lille! I love the sweater and it looks great with the shirt and shoes! I'm following you on bloglovin, GFC and pinterest. Thanks for your nice comment on my blog and I hope you'll follow back!ReplyDelete
I love this outfit :)ReplyDelete
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I love your pretty blouse! Such a perfect transitional piece into Spring!ReplyDelete
Wat een leuke outfit, die cardigan is zo leuk!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos, I love it!ReplyDelete
I love that patterned shirt and the flower pin - too fun!ReplyDelete
super cardigan, die kleur staat je echt echt fantastisch en zo een leuke fit!ReplyDelete
Nice blog! I'd be happy if you visited mine and became a follower! :)ReplyDelete
Wauw, super schattig vestje!ReplyDelete
Liefs, Charlie
Leukeoutfit. Vriendjes die foto's moeten maken das altijd moeilijk denk ik. Geweldig als vriendinnen het dan wel graag doen :).ReplyDelete
Liefs, Sarah
your boots are too cute! it looks like they go with everything and such a great color, too.ReplyDelete
You look cute! I wish I could get my friends to help take my photos, but I feel so awkward with them! haha many of them don't even know I have a blog ;)ReplyDelete
i haven't seen sunshine for like one week!wish i was there!pretty look!ReplyDelete
Love your outfit! Very elegant! =)ReplyDelete
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Daria, the Fashionsurfer
Ooh, your trip to France sounds so exciting! I hope you can find something good :) And yay for friends to take pictures! Jolien did a great job. And I love that purple cardigan!ReplyDelete
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you look great!ReplyDelete
Nikki that cardigan is killer! And yes I know those Zara sales. I sure do miss them :) xReplyDelete
Gorgeous cardigan! I love the ginormous flower :)ReplyDelete
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Cyclones Claim 3rd-Place at Big 12 Championships
AUSTIN, Texas – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (7-3-1, 2-1 Big 12) finished third at the Big 12 Conference Championships tonight at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center with a team score of 541.5. The top-three team performance marks this highest finish at a conference championship for Iowa State in the Big 12 era.
"It was a team goal, we talked about it and what it was going to take to get there. We wanted to be a top-three team," Iowa State head swimming coach Duane Sorenson said. "I'm just proud of our team and our seniors for going out this way."
Freshman Karyl Clarete led the charge for the Cyclones with a sixth-place time of 16:37.85 in the 1650 freestyle, a new school record. During her freshman campaign, Clarete tackled a total of three school records including the 500 freestyle (4:46.22), 1000 freestyle (10:11.15) and 800 freestyle relay (7:18.24).
No other freshman in Iowa State swimming and diving history has broken three individual school records.
"She has just been a solid rock throughout the year. Every meet that we go into, we can trust that she is going to come through for us," Sorenson said of his standout freshman. "This week she stood up big, and we ended up with three school records. I couldn't be more proud of her."
Cyclone divers Elyse Brouillette and Jessica Henderson recorded fourth and fifth-place finishes with scores of 251.25 and 218.45 respectively, in the platform event. Brouillette's performance moves her second all-time at Iowa State, putting her in the top-five in all three diving events.
Iowa State and Texas were the only two teams to have been represented in the finals in the one-meter, three-meter and platform events during the Big 12 Championships.
"For both Elyse and Jessica to make finals in all three events was fantastic. I couldn't have asked for more," Iowa State head diving coach Jeff Warrick said. "There were just a lot of great things that came out of this meet, from Jessica setting the school record on one-meter to the personal bests today on platform for both of them. It was just a fantastic meet from both of them."
School record holder in the 200 backstroke, junior Bre Loeschke, touched in a time of 1:59.10, earning her fifth career top-10 finish at a Big 12 Conference Championship. Sophomore Marissa Engel outpaced Loeschke with a time of 1:56.93, just 0.11-seconds off her teammates record, for a second-place finish.
"Marissa just did a tremendous job in the 400 IM and the 200 back. She just missed the school record (in the 200 back), but to get second-place and all-conference when she was in the consolation heat last year is just fantastic," Sorenson said.
In the 100 freestyle, Amanda Paulson claimed fifth-place, earning her 10th career top-5 finish at a Big 12 Conference Championship with a time of 0:50.33. Paulson's preliminary time of 0:50.01 moved her to second all-time in the Iowa State record books.
Brooke Evensen continued her impressive freshman campaign, finishing in 10th-place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 0:51.07. Both Paulson and Evensen earned NCAA B-cut qualifying times in the event.
Seniors Imelda Wistey and Emily Wiltsie finish 9th and 10th with times of 2:15.99 and 2:17.58, respectively, in the 200 butterfly. Wistey's performance earned her a second NCAA B-cut time – the other coming in the 100 breaststroke.
The Cyclones will be back in action tomorrow at 10 a.m. for the Last Chance Meet at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Final Team Standings:
1. Texas – 1109.5
2. Kansas – 617
3. Iowa State – 541.5
4. Texas Christian – 525
5. West Virginia – 480
200 Backstroke:
1. Tasija Karosas (Texas) – 1:53.49
2. Marissa Engel (Iowa State) – 1:56.93
3. Yuleya Kuchkarova (Kansas) – 1:57.14
4. Bre Loeschke (Iowa State) – 1:59.10
5. Rebecca Baxley (Texas) – 1:59.31
100 Freesstyle:
1. Ellen Lobb (Texas) – 0:48.83
2. Sam Tucker (Texas) – 0:48.84
3. Alex Hooper (Texas) – 0:49.17
4. Courtney Parenti (West Virginia) – 0:50.15
5. Amanda Paulson (Iowa State) – 0:50.33
1650 Freestyle:
1. Kaitlyn Pawlowicz (Texas) – 16:13.58
2. Kelsey Leneave (Texas) – 16:19. 62
3. Chelsie Miller (Kansas) – 16:22.44
4. Kimmy Phillips (Texas) – 16:29.67
6. Karyl Clarete (Iowa State) – 16:37.85
200 Breaststroke:
1. Gretchen Jaques (Texas) – 2:09.86
2. Madisyn Cox (Texas) – 2:10.33
3. Gabrijela Korac (Texas Christian) – 2:12.45
4. Alison Lusk (Kansas) – 2:13.70
5. Skylar Smith (Texas) – 2:14.23
200 Butterfly:
1. Victoria Cassidy (Texas) – 1:58.38
2. Julie Ogden (West Virginia) – 2:00.53
3. Hannelore Strash (Texas Christian) – 2:01.81
4. Natalie Johnsen (West Virignia) – 2:01.89
5. Ali Bleasdell (Texas Christian) – 2:02.37
400 Freestyle Relay:
1. Texas – 3:15.17
2. Kansas – 3:22.06
3. Texas Christian – 3:22.77
4. Iowa State – 3:23.62
5. West Virginia – 3:23.71
1. Murphy Bromberg (Texas) – 386.70
2. Emma Ivory-Ganja (Texas) – 350.60
3. Kristina Hoffman (Texas) – 262.65
4. Elysre Brouillette (Iowa State) – 251.25
5. Jessica Henderson (Iowa State) – 218.45


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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A Holiday Giveaway || Shannon Kirsten Paper
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I've been eyeing her shop for awhile. I love the conditions of this giveaway.... I live in Western NY, I'm a real estate agent/mommy/artist. And I LOVE stockings and all their stocking stuffed goodness.ReplyDelete
I live in Atlanta, GA, and I am an Accountant! My favorite Holiday is Thanksgiving because this is not a holiday I grew up with (I am from France), but I have come to truly enjoy its meaning over the years that I have lived in America!ReplyDelete
OoOo that calendar is sooo cute! everything is adorable!ReplyDelete
well, you know all about me already :) but a holiday tradition... we always watch Christmas Vacation & It's a Wonderful Life every year! We've also made it a tradition to spend Christmas Eve with my fam and Christmas morning with Corey's fam!
HI! Its Rebecca from Floridian Weddings. I live in Fort Lauderdale. I work for a corporate event planning company. I love weddings and creating pretty things. I love my family and our stocking exchange. We draw names at Thanksgiving and create some awesome gifts in the stockings we exchange!ReplyDelete
oh this is amazing! the calendar is adorable and so are the holiday cards...perfetto!ReplyDelete
I'm Megan and I live in Arlington, VA! I work at a small college in DC. My favorite Christmas tradition is going to Kraynak's in western Pa with my whole family on Christas Eve. They have a fun indoor Christmas Wonderland!ReplyDelete
I'm from Chicago and my favorite Christmas tradition is listening to Christmas music and baking with my mom and sister.ReplyDelete
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Well this is just perfect. I just got engaged a week ago (!!) and have been looking for adorable "Will you be my bridesmaids" cards!ReplyDelete
(Even if I don't win, I would love to purchase them)
I live in New England and I'm a science dork with a affinity for Cape Cod :)
My favorite holiday tradition is putting up my tree & my annual holiday christmas party with my best girlfriends (we always have the BEST secret santa presents!)
Hi! I'm Molly, a 23 year old grad student from outside of Chicago (soon to live in Washington, DC). I'm also an anthropologist by degree who loves people watching just about anywhere. Fun fact: I'm in the process of starting my own blog, and love looking to ones like yours for inspiration! My favorite holiday tradition is setting out a hand-made ceramic nativity scene that my great aunt made for my family. Thanks so much for posting this giveaway!ReplyDelete
I'm following Shannon's blog!ReplyDelete
I pinned the beautiful calendar.ReplyDelete
Favorited the shop on Etsy...ReplyDelete
beautiful stuff! goodness, you do have some talent surrounding you sarah (and plenty of your own!).ReplyDelete
i live in boston, i'm a SAHM, annnnnd fave holiday tradition??? the tree farm this year was pretty fun. but let's see... we always watch its a wonderful life together. i like that too.
mmm boring?
I am a follower of Shannon's Blog!ReplyDelete
... And following Emily on Twitter!ReplyDelete
I work in real estate here in Atlanta, GA. My favorite tradition has to be rice porridge the night before Chirstmas eve. This is a danish tradition. The portage is made into rice pudding for Christmas day dessert.ReplyDelete
I'm an engineer and live in St Pete FL. I love decorating the tree and listening to Christmas music!ReplyDelete
yay! those gift tags are so cute! i'm jen and i'm trying to make our arizona home as christmas-y as possible this season!ReplyDelete
i live in orange county, ca and do research in a lab as well as go to school. my fave tradition is opening presents early christmas morning. classic!ReplyDelete
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pinned! http://pinterest.com/pin/759044306/ReplyDelete
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I pinned the calendar!ReplyDelete
I favorited the shop on Etsy!ReplyDelete
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followed @ShannonKirsten on twitter!ReplyDelete
I'm Jordan and I'm from the bay area in northern California. I'm a senior in college and the thought of graduating next semester makes me want to crawl into a hole and hide forever. Real life?? No thank you!ReplyDelete
I have two younger sisters, and my mom always gives us matching pajamas on Christmas Eve. That is definitely my favorite tradition, one that I will carry on to my family someday (in the very, very distant future) :)
I live in Chicago but I just moved here several months ago from Seattle. I love decorating the christmas tree while listening to christmas music. email@example.com
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I live in Seattle, WA but am writing this from a cozy condo on the beaches of California. I am a full time student, fiance, and nanny anxiously awaiting my four home Christmas Eve spectacular in just a few days!ReplyDelete
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where you live, what you do, and your favorite holiday tradition.
I'm a Jersey girl, born and raised, now living in the nation's capital of Washington, DC. I have a corporate 9-5 marketing job but would love to pack up all my things and just travel the world. one can dream, right? :) My favorite holiday tradition is our feast of the 7 fishes on Christmas Eve!
(I'm a follower of Shannon's blog, I pinned the gorgeous calendar, i tweeted the giveaway, followed shannon on twitter and marked her shop as a favorite on etsy!)
Wonderful GIveaway! I'm Hanna. I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I just lost 110 pounds and am training for my first marathon:) I am nurse and a mom. I love baking cookies for xmas:)ReplyDelete
I am now following SHannon's lovely blog:)ReplyDelete
I am also following Shannon on twitterReplyDelete
And I favorited her shop on Etsy:) Thanks for the great giveaway!ReplyDelete
I'm Karlee, from Michigan, I'm a jeweler, and LOVE sitting by the fire with my family on Christmas Eve reading the Christmas Story.ReplyDelete
My favorite from her shop is the 2012 desk calendar! LOVE it.ReplyDelete
I'm Hillary, a senior getting a BA in ceramic art. I live in Michigan & I go to Michigan State University. My favorite holiday tradition is giving gifts and watching people's expressions as they open them!ReplyDelete
I am now a follower of Shannon's blog!ReplyDelete
I currently live in Mississippi with my man who is a pilot in the Air Force!ReplyDelete
I followed shannon's blog on gfc!ReplyDelete
I pinned an image of shannon's items to pinterest!ReplyDelete
I tweeted about this giveaway (@cheapandchicmag)ReplyDelete
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I live in Dallas, TX and my favorite Christmas tradition is having a "snack dinner" on Christmas Eve with my family. Chips, dip, pigs in blankets....all the best snack foods made into a dinner to munch on before reading the Christmas story. :)ReplyDelete
Hello there! I'm a new follower of the blog, your shop is now a favorite on Etsy, and I tweeted the giveaway. Everything is so lovely.ReplyDelete
My favorite holiday tradition is decorating Christmas cookies! :)
I am now following Shannon on Twitter!ReplyDelete
I favorited Shannon's shop on Etsy-such cute stuff!ReplyDelete
my fav holiday tradition...christmas movie marathons, christmas treat eat-a-thons....and, you know, hours and hours spent with family.ReplyDelete
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Her shop is SO cute! My favorite Christmas tradition is Christmas Eve. We go to Candlelight Church service and then come home for tamales and posole with our neighbors, followed by opening one gift!ReplyDelete
Living in Brisbane, Australia, my Christmas is going to be spent at the beach this year! Traditionally though, it's spent trying to survive the 40+ degree heat! I love that beautiful 2012 calendar :)ReplyDelete
Have pinned the Calendar on Pintrest :)ReplyDelete
Hey there, my name is Petchie and I live in Pennsylvania. I'm in my last year of college and planning my wedding for next June. My family has a lot of holiday traditions but I think my favorite one is Christmas night when we all go to church and then come home for a late family dinner, it is so nice to have everyone together.ReplyDelete
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Her shop is SO cute! Thanks so much for doing this fun giveaway. I visit your blog every day for inspiration and it always puts a smile on my face :)
I live in Dallas, TX, and work for the George W. Bush Presidential Center. My favorite Christmas tradition is on Christmas Eve... My family always goes to the Candlelight Church service and then we all gather for dinner at my parents house.
(I'm a follower of Shannon's blog, I pinned the gorgeous calendar, and liked her on FB)
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I love decorating the Christmas tree with my husband.
Hello Sarah! I live in Budapest, Hungary. I am an attorney turned calligrapher with two sweet babies. My favorite holiday tradition is watching old family movies and eat, eat, eating big holiday dinners. Thank you for hosting such a lovely giveaway.ReplyDelete
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i just moved to south carolina to go back to school for design. my favorite holiday traditions are.... ALL of them! (but especially putting up the tree and baking with my mom!)ReplyDelete
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Quick threadjack... You can also use Filters → Render → Pattern → Grid to render a grid of any size/colour
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(please carry on with the tutorial )
This short tutorial will use only basic Gimp skills and give you a map of the form of those classic TSR maps of the 80s such as The Palace of the Silver Princess, that can be found for free here. I will try to keep it as simple and straightforward as possible. If there are any steps - however small - that are unclear please say and I will amend the text.
Throughout this I will be using gimp version 2.4 - go to www.gimp.org to get hold of the latest stable (2.4.x) release.
In this post we'll go through the following steps:
1. Open a new canvas of the right size
2. Set up Gimps grid to be the right scale for the map
3. Import a new pattern (only ever needs to be done once)
4. Use the new pattern to lay a grid over the canvas to make our graph paper background.
So there are very few steps and they should be pretty straightforward. If you want to see the result of this section of the tutorial, skip to the bottom of the post.
Before we start we need to decide what size the canvas is going to be. This depends on two things - how large the map is in numbers of squares and how many pixels each of those squares will take up. Here I use 50px squares and a canvas of 1000px by 1000px. This means that there are 1000/50=20 squares to a side so its a pretty small map. I've chosen 50px because it's a good resolution for virtual tabletop programmes which are the area I play D&D in.
To get a larger map you can go to a larger overall canvas - ie a 2000px by 2000px map will hold 40 50px squares to a side which should hold a decent sized dungeon. The alternative is to go to smaller squares. If I had chosen a 25px square then I'd get 40 to a side on my 1000 by 1000px canvas. This second option has the advantage of keeping the filesize down. On the other hand, all the resources I'll post here will be sized to 50px
So that's enough talk about this. You should now have decided on the size of your canvas. I take 1000px by 1000px. Create a new canvas (File->New). In the following dialogue, make sure the measurements are in pixels that your width and height are both set to the value you have chosen.
You now have a blank white square!
Gimp has a grid built in. It's invisible at the moment so go to View->Show Grid. Note the View menu is in the window with the canvas on it, rather than the window with the tool palette on it. We'll be using the canvas menus for everything except for opening a new file (and that's already done).
Now with the grid showing you should have a load of cross-hairs across your white canvas. These will probably be at the default Gimp spacing of 32 pixels - which you don't want.
To change this go to Image->Configure Grid... and set the grid spacing to your chosen value. Here I set it to 50px. You should now have something that looks like this:
This grid just works as a guide for the Gimp tools - it won't show up in the final version. However that's no good for us as we will be needing a grid to form the basis of our map. We need to draw in a grid, but don't worry, you won't need to draw out every line by hand. We'll use a pattern fill.
This next step is a little tricky but you only have to do it once. I've got a couple of pattern (.pat) files that allow me to create a grid of any size with great ease. They are included in this zip file:
Download this zip file and unzip it in the following directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\<userName>\.gimp-2.4\patterns\
Now make sure that you have the patterns dialogue open somewhere (by default Gimp will open this in the combined layers and patterns dialogue). If you can't see it, go to Dialogs->Patterns or use ctrl-shift-P. That will bring it up, or highlight it if it is already open. Now at the bottom of the palettes dialogue is a pair of circling arrows. This allows you to refresh the seelction of patterns. The button is here:
Hit this and the palette will be updated with the new patterns you have just added. Your palette should now look like this:
The new patterns are there and ready to use. You will never have to do this again - those patterns will always be there (unless you delete the files from the directory at a later date). One will give a black grid and the other will give a TSR blue grid. I'll use blue throughout for that added nostalgia factor. Click on the pattern you want.
Now, click on the window with your canvas in it. Go to Select->All or hit ctrl-A to select the whole canvas. Now go to Edit->Fill with pattern, or hit ctrl-;. You will now have a lovely blue grid that fits beautifully over the Gimp grid we set up! This will form the basis for the map. It should look something like this:
Right, best to save it here. Save it in Gimp's native format - .xcf - as this maintains all of the information. So call it something like classicDungeon.xcf and you are good to go.
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Quick threadjack... You can also use Filters → Render → Pattern → Grid to render a grid of any size/colour
-Rob A>
(please carry on with the tutorial )
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In this post we'll do the following:
1. Add a new layer
2. Set up a brush of the right colour and size
3. Turn on snap to grid
4. Lay down the walls with the brush tool.
Right, now that we have out pretty graph paper, either made using my natty pattern files or through Rob's much easier method above (there's always a quicker way to do it ), we need to start laying down walls. I'm going to do a dungeon, so we are underground - this is a classic mapping tutorial after all, we should start with a dungeon.
Now it will be useful to make use of layers at this stage. The graph paper will be our background but we don't want to erase the graph if we make a mistake. Therefore we will do our drawing on a separate layer. To do this, make sure the layers dialogue is up - either by going to Dialogs->Layers, or ctrl-L. Now you'll see a thumbnail of your pretty graph paper called background. To create a new layer, hit the new layer button:
This brings up a New Layer dialogue. In here, give the layer a name (I'll call mine Walls) and select the fill type to be transparency. This means we can draw on this layer, but be able to see everything that has been drawn on layers further down the stack.
Right, with this layer selected, we want to draw some walls. First we want to have the walls in the same lovely blue as the rest. In the toolbox there are two blocks of colour, one is the foreground colour and the other is the background colour. You want to change the foreground colour as this is the one that all the tools use to draw with:
If you double click on the foreground colour box, you can change this. In this case I am using a blue with the code: 18769d If you enter this into the text field, you will have this colour too!
Now we want the tools to snap to the grid we set up. Go to View->Snap to Grid and make sure it is checked. Now select the paintbrush tool and pick a brush size of 3px circle:
Now pick a place to start drawing a wall and click once on a grid intersection. Now this will just make a single small circle appear. Now press shift and move the mouse to where you want the wall to go. You'll see a line connecting your current mouse position to that first dot. This is the line along which the 3px line will be painted. Move the mouse to the grid point where you want this section of wall to end and click again. A nic straight wall should appear. If you keep holding shift down and move the mouse again you can extend the wall further. This way it is very quick to lay down an outline of a dungeon that will look something like this:
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Okay, let's finish the walls and colour the rock around before we start putting in some furniture.
Finish laying down the lines for the wall outline as above so that your walls are a closed loop of lines, or until the lines reach the edge of the page. This will be important in a minute. You should have something that looks something like this:
Now it's quite hard to tell where the wall is and where the corridors are (okay, not too hard on this map, but on a larger map this would be tricky). We need to flood fill the wall areas to make this clearer. To do this pick the fuzzy select tool:
Make sure that sample merged is off. Now click within an area you want to fill. You should get a large area highlighted with a line of black and white 'marching ants' that should encompass the area you want to fill. If instead you get one square selected, then you've got the background layer selected rather than the Walls layer. Go to the layers dialogue and click the wals layer and try again. Now as we used the brush tool, our walls have a slightly soft edge to them. This means that the fuzzy select region doesn't quite go up to the wall lines. If we fill at this point then we'll get a thin line of white between the wall and the fill. So go to Select>Grow... and pick 2 pixels. This expands the selection to the middle of the wall lines.
Now go to Edit->Fill with foreground colour, or ctrl-, This should give you something like this:
This is starting to look a little better. Finish filling the walls in the same way.
Now we want to lay some internal walls that don't take up full 5' squares. Do this by switching back to the paintbrush tool and using the click, press-shift-and-drag, click method above to lay down internal walls. Don't worry about doors, we'll do that next.
Remember - if something goes wrong you can always hit ctrl-z to undo it.
This should give you something like this:
Right, I promised doors, and doors you shall have. In the original TSR maps the doors were squares. Here's an example door that I have knocked up for you:
Note that this is a 50px by 50px image so it fits the grid size I am using. You can get this for yourself by right-clicking the image->Save Image As... Place it somewhere you can find it easily.
Now when we start placing doors we'd best create a new layer. So go back to the new layer button again. Name the layer Doors and make sure it is selected.
Now go to File->Open... and find where you saved that door image that I posted above. Open this. Select all using Select->All or ctrl-A and copy using Edit->Copy or ctrl-C. Close the door image and click Don't Save when prompted - you haven't changed it anyway.
Now return to your map. Click the map window so that it has focus, and go to Edit->Paste or ctrl-V. Now you'll have a door image in the middle of your canvas. It will almost certainly be in the wring place. To move it, pick the selection tool from the toolbox:
Now if you hover the mouse over your pasted door, you'll get a little cross-hair with a little four-directional arrow on the bottom right. When you hover the mouse away from it you'll get an anchor on the bottom right. Make sure you don't have the anchor and click and drag the door image to the position you want. The grid will help to an extent, but you may need slightly finer control. If so, place it roughly, then move it into its final position using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Once it is in the right place, move the mouse until you get the anchor symbol and click to place it. You can also place it by clicking the Anchor layer button in the Layers dialogue.
Now the big square doors are all well and good, but they're not very realistic and they don't show which way the doors should open. Here's a different door that conveys that extra information. I know that's not really cricket, but it was requested in another thread, so here it is:
You can place this in just the same way as the other doors, though you will need to use the arrow keys to get the placement right.
Using these it is straightforward to do all the doors you need to place:
Note that you can rotate the images you want to lay down using the rotate tool from the toolbox. Just select the rotate tool and click the object before you anchor it. Equally you can use the Flip Tool to flip an image horizontally or vertically. I did this to get the double doors at the top of the map. Once you have manipulated the object into the orientation, go back to the selection tool to move it and anchor it.
You can add other items to the map in exactly the same way. Now I'm not going to draw a load of mapping icons for everyone here, but it is quite possible to find a large number of them on the dunjinni site here:
I couldn't find the basic Dungeoncrafter tiles anywhere, but if someone has a link, I'm sure they can post it here.
Now the dunjinni tiles are a bit large (sized for a 200px grid) so it's best to resize them. When you want to use one of those do the following. When you open it for the first time, go to Image->Scale Image. Change the units to percent and the magnitude to 25 on each axis:
This will scale the image down by 25%, from a 200px/grid size to a 50px/grid size. Now as before, select-all, copy and paste on to your map. Remember that it is probably worth setting up a new layer for each new set of furnishings.
This time when you close the image of your object, you do want to save. Go to File->Save As... before you close the file and save it as <objectName>Small.png or similar. That way you will quickly build up a library of objects that you can use that are at the right scale for your maps.
Equally, you can draw your own. This isn't too hard, but if/when you get stuck trying this, please ask around and people will be able to help you out.
Finally, you'll want to label your maps. Choose the trext tool (the large A) and start typing. If the label is in the wrong place, don't worry. Use the movement tool with the following settings:
If you click and drag on your text now you will be able to move it to wherever you like.
With these last tips you should end up with map something like this in no time:
If you want, you can add a scale in as well or you can leave those like toff guessing.
Save the .xcf version of your map again (ctrl-S), and then Save As... (ctrl-shift-S) OldSchool.jpg (or name of your choice of course), click okay on the two dialogues that come up and you have yourself a finished map!
Last edited by torstan; 07-11-2008 at 07:36 AM.
And here is the same map imported into maptool, given dynamic lighting and being explored by an adventurer who found a statue with ruby eyes and decided it would be a good idea to prise one out. The statue shudders to life, an infernal glow in those ruby eyes and the hapless adventurer wishes he'd had a bit more respect for those annals of D&D history.....
Now obviously the labels shouldn't be visible to the players. That's why we kept them on another layer, so that by switching off the visibility of the layer (the little eye symbol beside the layer icon) we can hide them all. If we then save the map we get just the player view without any of the traps or secret doors visible:
Now obviously this was a light hearted tutorial harking back to a more innocent time of D&D, but the basic principles you've seen here are the same basic principles that go into making far prettier maps. The core of this is getting a good selection and finding a nice way to fill it. Clearly instead of using blue for your flood fill, you could use one of Gimp's built in textures - such as the granite texture. Suddenly you have a very different type of map. Something in fact that looks a little more like this:
But something like that is really something for another tutorial - and one by someone else as I need to get some dinner. Please feel free to ask any questions, or make comments - I will endeavour to answer them as best I can, or someone else here who is better qualified will be able to. I notice a couple of people have already chipped in with some very pertinent hints further up the thread. Thanks guys!
Oh, one final thing. Please star rate this thread with an honest rating for how useful this was. This will help other users see which threads are useful and which are not.
Burgers and fries and cherry pies! Things were simple and good back then. (You know the song.)harking back to a more innocent time of D&D
Very nice tute. Makes me want to learn whether I can give out rep.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
I'm glad you liked it. And I did wonder who would jump on the diagonal corridors - they really are an aberration.


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Police found a 37-year-old victim with gunshot wounds to his hip when they arrived at the scene. An EMS crew took him to the hospital where's he's being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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In response to jerrycole's comment:
Karliost, there is a world of difference between disagreeing with someone's opinion and calling him/her a hater. As it has evolved in sports discussions, the word "hater" is used to describe someone who has an irrational or over-the-top dislike of a sports figure. Some of those who post here have criticisms of, for instance. Rondo - but by no means are they haters. As Celtics fans, they truly want Rondo to overcome the flaws they see in him and will root for him to do that as long as he is a Celtic.
Others, however, deserve that label "hater" because of the intensity of their dislike, their complete inability to see any positive aspect of the object of their dislike, their desire to get rid of that person without regard for what is offered in return, their need to concoct psychological diagnoses to support their opinions, etc.
It is my observation that, generally, those on this forum who hold favorable opinions of Rondo have not been the ones attacking other posters. (Note that I said "generally".) Those who are haters are the attackers, generally, and they attack unprovoked by anything other than another poster's disagreeing with them.
Let me suggest an experiment: make two lists of posters here: one of the Rondo supporters and the other of those who want to get rid of him. Now identify the ones who, generally, are quick to attack those who merely disagree with them, to call names, to resort to ridicule, etc. My bet is that there will a much higher percentage of such posters on the second list than on the first.
Jerry, instead of wasting time with your "Who done it" posts, why dont you cut to the chase and provide us your list of HATERS??? Doesnt that make a lot more sense and wouldnt it save many of us further brain damage from following your diatribe?
Also, are you suggesting that a certain "intensity" of dislike equates to hating? Wouldnt that just contradict the word dislike...sorta like.... I dislike you so much its actually hate but Im sticking with disliking you a whole bunch instead..
Also, I dont know anyone on this forum who doesnt recognize any positive aspect of Rondos game. None.. Many have issues with Rondo and his perceived greatness but certainly never dismissing every aspect of his game. I think youre really grasping for straws here trying to make a point.
The remained of your post regarding the HATERS are the ones on the attack of anyone in disagreement with them is ridiculous. The norm is people criticizing Rondo are generally attacked, usually with the word HATER just as you have done.


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This Game Requires Skill
When it comes to fantasy sports leagues, you've got to have some serious skill and know how about your game of choice. Manager will have to take into account a lot of facts, statistics and game theory knowledge in order to stand a chance. There are literally hundreds of magazines and websites that provide information on fantasy sports leagues in order to keep its players informed. Simply knowing your depth charts is not good enough to win this game. You must also take into account prospects, weather patterns, coaching styles and injuries. Don't forget about the away and home stats either. There are plenty of other pieces of information you need to have in order to be a successful fantasy sports manager.
Take the Fantasy Baseball Championship, for example. This is one of the highest levels of competition within fantasy sports. If you've been paying any attention at all, you will have noticed that it's mostly top players consistently winning these games. This is not what you would expect to see if it were based on random chance. Highly skilled players win much more frequently in order for it to be random chance.
Fantasy Sports Are Not Classified As Gambling By The Federal Government
Since 2006, the so called Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act declared fantasy sports to be perfectly legal. George W. Bush was President at the time, and he signed this act into law on October 13, 2006, right after it came through Congress. This act makes it illegal for banks to allow transactions to illegal gambling sites. But the notable exception to the rule was fantasy sports, horse racing and lotteries.
This bill has specifically excempted fantasy sports games and educational games. It literally says that any game whose winners reflect the knowledge and skill of the players, is legal. So that means that any game that you can consistently win by simply being really good at it (rather than having to rely on random chance), is legal. And fantasy sports are a great example of such a legal game, where the most proficient players mostly win.
Plenty Of Organizations Support Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sports is being backed up by organizations such as the National Football League and the Major League Baseball. These organizations are pretty sensitive to gambling scandals, and would never allow themselves to be caught in bed with illegal gambling practices. They are perfectly okay with fantasy sports leagues and (as a matter of factly) frequently host their own fantasy sports events. Visit their websites (mlb.com and nfl.com) to learn more.
The above two named organizations are by no means the only ones that support fantasy sports. Nascar, NHL, NBA and PGA also support these leagues. And then I've left out Sports Illustrated, CBS, ESPN, NBC and even Yahoo! There are even more organizations who couldn't possibly afford to be involved in illegal gambling practices, and yet they frequently dabble in the game of fantasy sports leagues. This goes to prove once and for all that fantasy sports simply does not count as gambling. It's a perfectly legal game of skill, just like poker.


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[Produced by No I.D.]
[Music Video]
[Chris Brown]
Hands up in the air
I just want the baddest bitch in the world right here on my lap
And I'mma hit this drink up like it's my last
I'mma hit this night up like it's my last
I'mma hit this ass up, like it's my last
Swear I'mma, swear I'mma do it like
Like I never had it at all
[Verse 1]
Ok, now where that alcohol? You ain't even got to ask
Cause I'mma drink it all like, like it's my last
She a 7 in the face, but a 10 in the ass
She even look better by the end of my glass
See I just walked in fresher than the Certs off in this muthafucka
I'mma need the baddest broad to twerk off in this muthafucka
I'mma go hard 'til it hurts off in this muthafucka
I'm a boss so you gotta work off in this muthafucka
The work, and I can get you anything you want
I could, I could, I could put you on
See you look like Beyoncé so do it like Beyon
Do it like Beyoncé and put it on Sean
Grind hard but a got a lot to show for it
Always had drive like I had to chauffeur it
My team's so true we should get a camera crew
To follow us around and make a show for us
[Verse 2]
Now, I'mma fill this glass up like it's my last
I'mma blow this bag up like it's my last
I'mma spend this cash up like it's my last
And I'mma make it last, like it's my last
And I'm gone, can't remember where I am
But she forget about her man when they tell her who I am
And they introduce my fan, now she all up in my space
All all up in my face like you remember who I am
Since I signed to Kan', I'm Louis Vuitton Sean
Up in Benny Han Han eating all the Wonton
Rosé rose over a little Chandon
Put her hands down my pants now she rocking Sean John
Man I just ended up on everybody guest list
I'm just doing better than what everyone projected
Knew that I'd be here so if you asked me how I feel
I'mma just tell you, its everything that I expected
Bitch, boi
[Chris Brown/Big Sean]
Hands up in the air
(I do it. One time for the West side, let me see them hands.[Boi Boi].)
Hands up in the air (boi)
(Two times if you love G.O.O.D Music)
Hands up in the air (boi boi boi boi)
(And 3 times for the baddest chick in the World who got her hands up in the air)
Hands up in the air (I do it)
Big ass bottles, Big Ice buckets
I work too hard to be ballin' on a budget
Me and my people do it big out in public cause
Cause if you don't do it big, bitch, you ain't doing nothing
D-Town. G.O.O.D
Big Sean's first single off of his debut album, Finally Famous
Sampled to great effect by Lil Wayne in the track "Hands Up" on his Sorry 4 The Wait mixtape


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I've got an 8.0.1 test server setup. One thing I've noticed is there now seems to be a requirement that the Java JRE be installed on the desktop to run the web client.
A coworker tested the Zimbra Web UI from his Mac and got this message.
"Please install Java 1.6 or higher in order to use secure email (S/MIME)."
Is Java really required to run the advanced web client or is it just required if S/MIME is enabled? I get the certificate warning popup from Java because there's no official cert installed on my test system...and the little JRE icon is definitely loading in the system tray on Windows when I go to the test server in my browser. There's nothing in the System Requirements doc that mentions anything about Java being needed on the client.
We had another product that had Java as a requirement and it was a major headache to support. Please tell me I can make this requirement go away...


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA)--As Chief of Breast Imaging for Sibley Memorial Hospital's Sullivan Center for Breast Health, Dr. Rebecca Zurrbier vehemently disagrees with the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force suggestion that many women in their forties can skip screening mammograms.
As a guest Wednesday of the Diane Rehm Show on WAMU 88.5 radio, Zurrbier says she was even more taken aback when one of the lead researchers, Dr. Diana Petitti, could not name one breast cancer treatment specialist on the task force panel.
"This is a group," Petitti explained on the Diane Rehm Show, "That has wide expertise on prevention and the uses of evidence to make prevention related recommendations."
9NEWS NOW reviewed the backgrounds of the task force, which is made up of doctors, nurses and scientists with experience in a variety of fields including preventative medicine and women's health. Some sit on cancer boards. But there is no one who treats breast cancer clinically, and there are three physicians on the task force with ties to insurance companies and HMO's.
"It begs the question," says Zurrbier, "Who really are the authorities and who is really making medical decisions that are patient based and not finance based?"
"These recommendations have nothing to do with any kind of analysis that addressed cost effectiveness. Cost effectiveness was not a part of the discussion. Cost was not uttered in the room," says Dr. Petitti.
Petitti also says the task force certainly doesn't want to influence insurance coverage of mammograms.
On the Diane Rehm Show Wednesday, Petitti said, "I can say that I am personally, and I think the members of the task force, are quite concerned about the way these recommendations are being misinterpreted and misrepresented. And certainly if the consequence were to deny women of any age a mammogram that they decided they wanted after weighing the risks and benefits it would be a negative. Again, it would be an unintended consequence."


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The shoe, which will be sold at OC's concept stores in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London as well as online at openingceremony.us,is a new take on Camper's iconic Himalaya shoe, known for it's distinctive zig-zag sole. The blue and grey OC-exclusive highlights the shoe's already distinct design, featuring a striking combination of materials and an ironically adorable print of dinosaurs playing in snow, a pattern featured in Willhelm's 2006 Spring/Summer collection. We're in love with the unapologetic cool and playful eccentricity that this shoe gives off, making it a sure-fire street style staple.
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First and foremost we would like to send out a huge
THANK YOU to the SLIMROM TEAM
THANK YOU to the SLIMROM TEAM
There are simply too many people working in the background and foreground to name. None the less THANK YOU for all your help, support and mostly for the good times!!!
Thanks to the SlimRom Team many users have started to create their own unofficial builds for personal use and for others to use, experience and enjoy with their respective unique setup. This thread will provide a compilation of a few SlimRom Unofficial Builds in one thread; in order to provide a quick glance of the various SlimRom updates and a forum to ask questions regarding builds or general question. If you are building some form or version which is based on SlimRom and you would like to be added pls just send me a pm.
Equip yourself with: Slim @Dankoman GAPPS and Slim F.A.Q
Here is a summary of all the SlimRoms we know about; If your rom is not included pls once again let me know:
@Hopper8 Thread Link
@mar5hal Thread Link The Candy Shop
@Minux31 Thread Link
@RobbieL811 Thread Link
@satyr007 Thread Link
@freak_97 Thread Link
@fusionjack Thread Link
@fusionjack Thread Link
Thank you to everyone for sharing your work and builds with the community!
The SBC Builders:
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I came from a 2009 1400 and am now a very happy owner of an 09 RT. The concours was far, far too hot and too heavy. The BMW is much more enjoyable, and relaxing. It all depends on your needs.
I came from a 2009 1400 and am now a very happy owner of an 09 RT. The concours was far, far too hot and too heavy. The BMW is much more enjoyable, and relaxing. It all depends on your needs.
I sat on once at the Long Beach show last year. I tried to tilt it up off the side stand and decided not to. They are VERY heavy. I wonder who the CHP is getting along with them.
1988 K75 Low Seat
2009 R1200R Roadster
If you prefer to ride the BMW, I don't see it being too hard of a choice. The other side to the argument, in my mind, is a question. How easily can you undo your decision if you decide you went the wrong way in the middle of next summer? How hard will it be to find another Connie with the same miles / in the same condition? How hard would it be to find another R1100RT with 7000 miles?
Another thing I would consider is service. If you do your own work, it is kind of a mute point. If not, how is your access to mechanics for each bike?
I guess the final straw may be the $. If you are cutting back to one bike for financial reasons, how much can you get out of each one vs. how much do you expect to spend on servicing them?
At the end of the day, each of us is different and or priorities are our own. I don't need the power of a C14 and I love the character of my RS. That siad, I was actually looking for a K1200RS when I stumbled onto my R1100RS. A friend that I ride with loves his ZX-10 and ride all day in a position that would kill my knees. Another guy has a C14 and is able to throw it around like a 600. Pick the bike that works for you, that makes you want to get out and ride. Just be sure you won't be without a bike because nobody in your area can fix it or because the decision of which one to keep left you unable to buy tires for it.


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Fine art print on bright white, fine poly-cotton blend, matte canvas using latest generation Epson archival inks. Individually trimmed and hand stretched museum wrap over 1-1/2" deep wood stretcher bars. Includes wall hanging hardware.
very nice!
Great work!
Beautiful work, Joy!
So lovely. If winter looked like this all the time I'd consider going home for a wintertime visit someday. (Or then again, perhaps not. After all, I was sitting out in the sun in just a long-sleeved t-shirt today ;).)
I'll go! This is where those teleporters would come in handy. Crikey, it's the future now, just like my Weekly Reader from grade school predicted. Where are they already?
oh...so chilly! if was me taking this picture will be out of focus...ha...
Love it Joy! I especially like the way you treated the phone.
lovely pic Joy!
so beautiful, Joy! let it snow..... :)
wonderful, and so seasonal!
I can't stand being in the snow but it sure is beautiful to look at.Gorgeous shot Joy :)
winter beauty
Thanks so much everyone! I loooove winter!
Crikey, you make me smile & laugh Geoffrey!
so beautiful!
So lovely!
I appreciate your comments, Lisa & Violet. xoxo
Aw, I wish I was there...
I wish you were, too Efi!
Thanks Patty. Xo
Thanks Patty. Xo
winter wonderland!
This is a very nice capture! I love it.
Thanks much, Robin & Misty. xoxo
So pretty, Joy! :)
Thanks Tricia! xo
You've managed the capture a bit of winter's beauty.... love this Joy ♥
So beautiful!
You have superbly re-created the obvious cold conditions at the time. Great work.
Thanks so much everyone! Happy Winter, Happy New Year! ♥
Beautiful Joy!
Love it!
I adore this!
Thanks so much!
This is a wonderful photo, Joy. My little boy said he wanted snow when he saw it.
Nice work
Wow! When I see captures like this it makes me wish I could be there. :)
Wow, thanks so much guys! Aiko, that is so sweet! Makes my heart warm!
Amazing beauty!
AAhhhh... beatiful!!! ♥
Thanks gothic & Carina! ♥
such peaceful atmosphere.
Thats a gorgeous shot.....
Magical image.
Thanks so much! ;)
very nice work here Joy... Love this!
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Very nicely done shivering looking at it lol
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Thanks Jean! xo
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Thank you! ;)
A truly beautiful winter scene.
Looks a little bit like my back yard actually. I love it.
Very beautiful
Beautiful and inspiring work
Aww! Thanks Tyler & Janet! I'm so glad you enjoy this! Xx
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Slowbro's not OU.
now that i think about it, blaze is already uber, so the final decision is made. in OU, its still a useful counter for the abundance of chlorophyllites and rain abuse sets (besides the occasional thunder, which wont OHKO it). not to mention that it works offensively and defensively and can be mixed in sweep strategies.
altaria is definitely MUCH more useful this gen, and i think it could be pushed to MU if we analyzed it :D
PS: i usually spin as a lead. its rare that i get more than 1 rocks user ;)
Maybe we should just leave it at that. Everyone has their opinions (and voice them quite strongly) and nothing we say is going to change the decision made by our Smogon overlords.
Also, after checking Altaria out, I can say it is quite definitely looking awesome. Cotton Guard + Roost? WIN!
cotton guard is probably the 2nd best booster in the game.
I'm assuming Quiver Dance is the best?
that or shell smash
I see Slowbro on about once or twice, every 10 teams I fight. Thats seems OU to me.
yo its used in OU
a lot
that makes is OVER USED
shadow, OU literally means "Over Used". it brings me back to a point i made months ago that usage vs. function is not a factor in ratings anymore because they dont know the difference.
they try and force using a set comprised of the 50-65 OU pokes, limiting the strategies and creating a league of finding which of those pokemon work the best on one another without taking any other outside factors into account.
they have yet to explore 80% of the eviolet pokes, and they definitely ignore cloud nine/Air Lock, even though weather rules OU/Ubers, no question.
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oh, and i still think clefable should be BL because of its overall usefulness and its over-abundance in UU. i see no reason why to keep it out with the current set MU/BL's around
Cefable was not overabundant in UU.
i saw it all the fucking time
Haha, Kirbx getting a taste of his own medicine.
Really? I doubt its that good, but I could be wrong.
And slowbro is OU moron, go away no one likes you and your facts.
You still haven't faces the Gyrados and Salamence.
Stone Edge. Even if they switch in on a High Jump Kick or something it's a 2HKO. A OHKO after certain boosts too. I would present the damage calcs, but the Smogon website seems to have taken a dump and impaled itself.
thank god
watch you be a mod or some shit there
Again, sorry for completely dismantling your argument and proving how powerful this fire chicken really is.
Haha. I liked watching this argument.
or the record, I really didn't know what I was talking about, excuse my moronicness
Latios this needs to be banned though, but I have bigger issues with the current tiers
-Wobuffet: switch into wobbuffet with your own wobuffet. have fun
-Garchomp: sure. evasion in OU sand plus its monstrous stats and genuinely hard to counter type give it too big of a nudge and throws it up on the uber shelf.
-Latios: draco meteor specs. do i even have to say more?
-Deoxys-D: really? this thing? this is countered by numerous UU's. why is it even being tested?
-Deoxys-S: again, countered by those same UU's. seriously deoxys. only your attack forme is uber at this point.
-Kyurem: stealth rocks. scizor. ferrothorn. forretress. volcarona. does this thing have any MORE checks that it needs to fill to be considered OU? it seems like its perfectly fine in OU and shouldn't me moved where its big bros kyurem white and black hang.
well, that's my take on it.
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Video: AudioQuest In-wall Speaker Cable
Dave Bar has worked for Crutchfield since 1981. After a brief 23 year stint in the sales department, he now writes about home audio gear and camera equipment for Crutchfield's catalog and website. Dave has been hooked on electronics ever since putting together a 5-tube AM radio in his high school shop class, and still enjoys tinkering with stereos in his spare time. His interests include gardening, cooking, fishing, photography, and music.
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Steve Kindig has been an electronics enthusiast for over 30 years. He has written extensively about home and car A/V gear for Crutchfield since 1985. Steve is also a volunteer DJ at community radio station WTJU, where he is a regular host of the American folk show "Atlantic Weekly," as well as the world music program "Radio Tropicale."
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Learn about AudioQuest's FLX series of in-wall speaker cable in this short Crutchfield video.
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Dave: AudioQuest has a reputation for designing and building high-quality cables and their FLX series is no exception. They sound good and they're extra rugged. They make a good choice for in-wall use or outdoor speaker systems.
Steve: And like any in-wall cable, these are CL3 rated, which means that they meet certain safety standards. And they also have a really smooth outer jacket which makes them a lot easier to pull through wall studs.
Dave: And the most rugged of the FLX series can actually be buried right in the ground, and that's great if you have a broad listening area and have to run wire across your yard to outdoor speakers.
Steve: When you're installing cables in these sorts of difficult-to-access locations, you definitely don't want to have to go back in and replace the wire every couple of years. So you want really durable cable like this that also has the kind of performance that you're going to be happy with for a long time.
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Steve: Yeah. And AudioQuest uses fewer and larger copper strands than other cables that you might have seen. And all these design details contribute to minimizing the potential sources of distortion. AudioQuest FLX cable comes in both 2- and 4-conductor varieties.
Dave: Right. And the 4-conductor version lets you run just one cable from your amp or receiver to a pair of speakers or an in-wall volume control. Of course that gives you the added advantage of having only one cable to pull.
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Channel Beam
Application ID: 8520
In this model, you build and solve a simple 3D beam model using the 3D Beam interface. This model calculates the deformation, section forces, and stresses in a cantilever beam, and compares the results with analytical solutions. The first few natural frequencies are also computed.
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The Empty Vessels
CIREL, Ferdinand (1884 - 1968)
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Johnny English Reborn
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Summary:In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere da... Full Summary >>
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Video: Jaz Ellington favourite for The Voice UK - plus guide to other London finalists
12:09 23 April 2012
London singing teacher Jaz Ellington, who made Will.i.am and Jessie J cry in his audition, has been made favourite to win BBC1's The Voice talent show.
He is one of nine artists from the capital to make it into the final 20 acts for the live TV stages of the competition.
Jaz leads the pack with bookmaker William Hill, putting him at 5-1 to take victory.
Over the weekend the coaches - Jessie J, Danny O'Donoghue, Sir Tom Jones and Will.i.am - had to choose half of their teams to go forward, and the rest were axed from the show.
Another Londoner, Joelle Moses, is the next most-fancied singer to win the contest.
Those who have made it through include Amy Winehouse's pal Tyler James.
On Saturday viewers begin to have their say as the public vote begins, whittling away one member from each of the coaches' teams of five.
These are the London hopefuls who have made it this far:
Team Jessie:
Cassius Henry, 32 - Cassius had his first bite of the cherry for a music career when he was just 16, but the loss of his brother led to his record deal slipping through his fingers. He attracted the attentions of both Jessie and Danny during the auditions when he sang Neyos Closer.
Ruth Ann St Luce, 18 - Ruth Ann, who works for retailer River Island, has been a keen singer for a decade and wrote her first song when she was just 13. She wowed the judges with Snow Patrols Run in her audition.
Vince Kidd, 22 - Vince has written songs for record labels and was a contestant on The X Factor in 2007 with boyband Futureproof under his real name Matthew Protheroe. His huge vocal range led Jessie to think he was a girl when he performed Madonnas Like A Virgin in the blind auditions.
Team Will:
Jaz Ellington, 27 - Jaz almost missed the audition after being treated in hospital for an asthma attack. He started singing in church and runs gospel workshops. His audition moved Will and Jessie to tears when he was invited to sing Ordinary People.
Joelle Moses, 21 - Joelle, who has flirted with the music industry before by recording demo vocals for the likes of Rihanna, Gabriella Cilmi and Toni Braxton. She united the judges who all wanted her on their team following her blind audition with Adeles Rolling in the Deep.
Tyler James, 30 - Tyler was a friend of Amy Winehouse and had his own record deal in 2001. He said Winehouses death was his wake-up call to get back into music. He performed Otis Reddings Sitting on the Dock of the Bay at the blind auditions.
Team Tom:
Ruth Brown, 20 - Ruth, who sings in a choir promised her music-loving father she would audition for the show before he died last year. She relaxes by writing songs and has for the Prime Minister. Her audition tune was David Guettas When Love Takes Over.
Sam Buttery, 20 - Sam once failed to get a part in a school play because was not thought to be strong enough. The student is known as Samarotti by his family for his performances of operatic tunes which he has enjoyed since he was four. He tackled Adeles Set Fire To The Rain at audition.
Team Danny:
Max Milner, 21 - Max and his girlfriend were left temporarily unable to work after a nasty motorbike accident last year. Both his parents are actors and he has starred in a UK tour of musical Footloose. His audition piece was a mash-up of Eminems Lose Yourself and The Beatles Come Together.


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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Not only are the Clippers the best team in Los
Angeles, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin showcased in front of the world why they
could be the best in the entire league.
Paul tallied 20 points and 15 assists, many of which went to Griffin for a
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by Leslie Barrie
Between your busy work schedule, taking care of the kids, running errands, and, oh, the hundred other things you have to do in a day, it's easy to forget the amount of stress you're actually under.
But your body is well aware. All that tension could start a chain reaction of health problems. "When you repeatedly get stressed, your nervous system stays keyed up, so even small amounts of stress can make you feel overwhelmed," says Henry Emmons, MD, author of The Chemistry of Calm.
That's why it's so important to build in a relaxation routine for those times when life goes haywire. Learn how to cultivate calm with these simple suggestions.
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