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Barbara Perry is a board member of the Watch.
Since we all drink water and eat plants grown in our county, this is an organization with an important watchful duty to keep people healthy. Who is on the Whatcom Conservation District Board of Commissioners could have an effect on us all.
An election to fill one seat on the district's board of commissioners will be held this spring."There are three elected, three-year term positions to the board and two appointed by the state. There is one elected seat on the ballot in the upcoming election for the 2014-15 term. The Washington State Conservation Commission will also appoint a new member.
Here's what you need to know: All registered voters in Whatcom County may vote. The last day to request ballots is Feb. 9 by 4 p.m. The return due date is not yet known.
Ballots must be requested by email and mailed back or a voter may go to the district's office to vote. That address is: 6975 Hannegan Rd., Lynden. Call (360) 354-2035 x5 for more information. You can visit their website at: http://www.whatcomcd.org.
Anyone interested in running for the commission position take note: there is not a land ownership requirement, but a candidate must have management knowledge for working on a farm. Qualifications for candidates are set by the state conservation commission, which you can find at: http://www.governor.wa.gov/boards/default.aspo "
The WCD preamble reads: " 1 That the lands of the state of Washington are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of its people ….2 On the WCD website: "[the] mission is to assist land managers with their conservation choices." 3
In June 2012, Whatcom Watch published two articles about the district election held that year: "Minute Portion of Eligible Voters Determine Election" and "What Is the Whatcom Conservation District" 4 Readers may find these articles on Whatcom Watch On-line.
See the above sidebar for the 2012 election results.
A major question for we voters is: how are the Nooksack River, creeks, lakes, ground water and our drinking water being affected by pesticides, chemicals and GMO crops used on agricultural land in this county?
Many sources, including the Environmental Protection Agency, confirm that many contaminates, including nitrates from manure, do not get filtered out by dirt that otherwise filters water. WCD Executive Director, George Boggs, said that it is true some "poisons" do not get filtered by ground water, but some do.
So our stewards need to be aware of what poisons contaminate our drinking water and the plants we eat.
1. http://scc.wa.gov/about-the-commission
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Washington
3. http://www.whatcomcd.org
4. Perry, Barbara. "Minute Portion of Eligible Voters Determine Election" and "What Is the Whatcom Conservation District" Whatcom Watch. June 2012.
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Relabel Button plugin for Sketch
The Relabel Button plug-in for Sketch.app prompts for a button's new label then applies the text, resizes the button background and repositions any other interior elements while maintaining the existing padding.
- Select any group or symbol that contains a text layer and one or more other layers (dividers, icons, drop-arrows, etc)
- Press Cmd+J and enter the new text for the button (or Cmd+Ctrl+J for right aligned resize)
That's it! The text and other objects will be updated maintaining the button's original padding and relative layout.
- nested groups not supported
- for symbols, elements SHOULD NOT be placed within a group
- for symbols, child elements should have Resizing set to Pin To Corner so they do not get shrunk/stretched
- see the Relabel Button Guidelines Sketch file for example buttons
Changing the Default Keyboard Shortcut
- Choose "Reveal Plugins Folder..." from Sketch's Plugins menu.
- Open the file "Relabel Button.sketchplugin" in a text editor.
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Many thanks to Alexander Kudymov, who wrote the Dynamic Button plugin which I modified.
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ISP replied to Savage2Day's topic in MusicThere are many AMAZING videos out there, I have a whole list! Let's try BOB on for size ;)
Podcasts you watch
ISP replied to Veera's topic in MultimediaUnfilter - Some guys from the Seattle area that work in local news that host a no bullshit news recap, these guys are great and I can't recommend them enough Stuff You Should Know - An oldie but a goodie. The Dick Show - It's like a good and less gross Howard Stern The Joe Rogan Experience - Cool interviews with interesting people
Introduce Yourself
ISP replied to RustyShackleford's topic in Otherim new here but been posting a little. found phil cuz of dead space 2 tho i think i actually watched some of his stuff on youtube over the years, been having a lot of fun watching the streams so i figured id check out what else phil was doing and found everyone here. very cool! edit: oh and im from the pacific northwest, i game on a 7700k @ 4.8ghz with a GTX 1070 but also own a PS4 and XboneS and Switch and 3DS. I collect all sorts of video gaming stuff, my best find i think is a sealed pokemon snap for the n64 LOL but i have tons of old stuff too even if i cant figure out how to make it all work on my LCD TV
Worst band name you ever heard of?
ISP replied to Starman171's topic in MusicMethods of Mayhem
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
ISP replied to sateler96's topic in Movies / TVI just can't find it in me to care about yet another Star Wars flick. I'm not trying to be a dick here but I think they're already wearing out there welcome and not to mention that this is a Disney movie at this point which means I know I'll never sit down and see something exciting or challenging. It's going to be a by the numbers affair and I'm not spending anything north of 2 bucks on that kind of experience. Just my two cents, I know others will disagree. Like I said not trying to be a dick here I just wanted to say what I know at least a few other people are thinking.
What Do You Think Is The Best Free To Play Game?
ISP replied to LackOfMercy's topic in PCDepends on what you are after in all honesty. One that sticks out for me is Lord of The Rings Online. Granted not for everyone but it's a ton of content and for a LOTRO fan it's a HUGE thing. I like to play a bit of MMO every few months and that one really scratched that WoW itch. Tho... I would play WoW but after all these years something happened and my account got hacked and banned, I'll never go back to that game if support won't help me get my OG character. I spent so much time on that when I was younger. Really grinds my gears, lol. Fortnite is something really awesome right now if you like shooters. Path of Exile is pretty good, lots of friends love it. Smite is another one I've had a lot of fun with. Planetside 2 is good. I'm all out but yeah, LOTRO is the "best" content and offering wise. Fortnite is the most fun and exciting. PoE and Smite both offer really compelling experiences in their genres and Planetside 2 is just some mindless shooty fun.
Phil should check out joel!I got into streaming and stuff after finding Vargskelethor (Joel) who is part of the Vinesauce, team? network? I dunno but after I found Joel I found DSP and I was dicking around on Twitter I saw that Joel is following DSP! That is super awesome. It didn't look, as far as my newb eyes can tell, that DSP is following Joel tho. I think DSP would get a big kick out of Joel and man wouldn't a collab be amazing!??
Nintendo Switch Thoughts & Discussion
ISP replied to SilentWarrior25's topic in GamingWii U was awesome as a piece of hardware and potential ecosystem, it was third party support that killed it.
DSP should get his groceries delivered.Doesn't Amazon do this in Seattle? I think they did it before they bought Whole Foods, tho I may be mistaken, surely with the WF acquisition they should be really doing some cool stuff by now.


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i have been thinking of baking the Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes for a while but have been putting this off … because.. because i couldn't find any strawberries in Beijing … and my maid finally managed to grab 3 boxes as she had to pre-order…. of course, they didn't taste good… sour…. ヽ(´~`;).. oh well, the chinese said strawberries are not in season so…. anyways…
Recipe adapted from Dreamers Loft (makes 9 cupcakes)
3 egg yolks
1/8 tsp salt
24g corn oil
24g milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
32g cake flour
1/8 tsp baking powder (sift together with cake flour)
3 egg white
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
50g caster sugar
30g custard powder
– Preheat oven to 175℃
– In a bowl, whisk egg yolks with salt. Then add oil, milk and vanilla extract, whisk till well-blended
– Fold in flour mixture and set aside
– In another bowl, beat egg whites , sugar and cream of tartar to stiff peak
– Scoop 1/3 of the egg white mixture to the yolk batter, fold well, then pour batter back to the remaining egg whites. Fold lightly till well-mixed
– Fill baking cases with about 30-32g of batter. Bake for 20 mins, then leave to cool
– In a separate bowl, mix milk, instant custard powder, vanilla paste and icing sugar till mixture is smooth
– Pour in whipping cream and beat till the thickness desired
– Using a piping tip, insert tip into the cake and pipe for 5 seconds. 3 to 4 seconds if you prefer less cream
– Sieve snow powder on top (optional) and chill cake before serving
Personal notes:
– i hand whisked the egg yolks with salt and then added the oil. Both of these are well incorporated before adding milk and vanilla extract
– i suggest adding the icing sugar (probably a bit more ~ maybe 65-70g) if you like the cream to be sweeter
– the cupcakes will sink a little when removed from oven so i piped cream into the cupcakes till they puffed up again
– i used the remaining whipping cream (a carton of whipping cream being 200ml, so i had 65ml remaining), added 8g icing sugar and whipped till very stick peak. I then used 2 spoons to shape the olive-shaped whipped cream that is used to top the cupcake
– i mixed 1/2 tsp cocoa powder with 1/2 icing sugar, and sifted this on top of the whipped cream and cupcake
this cupcake is indeed very soft… i will use this as a base again ✖‿✖
Pollution index: 14 (excellent.. and hope Beijing continues this way)


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Today we're going to have our first review about the oldest cryptocurrency news aggregator – Coinspectator. For those of you who don't know what a news aggregator is – it's a website that gathers a lot of respectable websites from an industry domain or more and they present the headlines for all of those websites in an interface created so the user can read what he will find interesting. Long story short – a website that presents you the latest news from a special niche so you can know everything that it moves in that area.
Coinspectator's Biggest Benefits
The first thing you will notice when you enter on the website is how clean and compact is everything. The website is extremely easy to read, making it accessible even for the people who are not familiar with these types of website. You can sort out the news based on 'Latest news' or 'Top News' – where the 'Top News' are the most interesting news that appear that day according to their community of readers. As a member of Coinspectator, you can also vote the news based on your preferences – just remember to be unbiased about your opinion and don't upvote good articles about a cryptocurrency that you hate.
You can also rate a news based on how you think it will influence the market. A good one might be bullish for the market while a bad one can be bearish – its your call to decide how you think an article will impact the market. You can also mark an article as 'Shilling' or 'FUD' – so you fellow cryptocurrency enthusiasts would know that those news aren't worth reading. This section is called 'community sentiment' and its created so that you can express your opinion about those news.
Besides the news, CoinSpectator also have a list with ICOs – and you can also sort them by: Hot, Active, Upcoming, Ended and Scams. Any ICO have its name and a short description about that ICO plus a ton of links to their social media channels, ICO website, ICO subreddit and many more things. Its extremely usefull if you want an elegant way to search for an upcoming ICO to invest in or check which ICOs were scam and learn not to invest in those. And who knows – maybe based on their websites you can found one of the next most profitable ICOs.
Their stats are impressive. With a history in the cryptocurrency news industry since 2013 – CoinSpectator become a well-known name in this industry distributing over 66,000 news pieces 48,000 project updates and having over 19,000 influencer comments. Moreover, they also have the CoinSpectator blog where they post news about the upcoming ICOs, Exchange listing news and many other interesting articles.
One of the greatest thing about CoinSpectator is that the news are almost in real time. So, if you want to stay in touch with the latest news from the industry – CoinSpectator is one of the best cryptocurrencies news aggregators to use in this case.
In case you're looking to stay in touch with the latest cryptocurrnecy news, CoinSpectator is among the best cryptocurrency news aggregators there is. Their clean and mobile responsive website makes it safe to use and a great way to read the latest news or see what are the most appreciated websites by their community. You can also follow them on Twitter to stay in touch with their updates.
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Archive for June 15, 2015
Is Social Media Actually Effective for B2B SEO Marketing Campaigns?
B2B SEO marketing has definitely evolved quite a bit in recent years, especially as social media websites like LinkedIn and Twitter have become more acceptable — and profitable — for B2B lead generation and usability testing analysis.
The trouble with B2B SEO marketing and social media lead generation strategies, as many B2B online marketing companies have already discovered, is the fact that it's difficult to see social media in action; it's hard to evaluate how effective it is for B2B lead generation because social media activity doesn't really convert well into numbers, making it difficult to analyze the success of a campaign until after it's all over.
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Us. Here. Now.
To commemorate Black History Month, the photography and digital art exhibit Us. Here. Now. launches inside Union Station on Tuesday February 5th and runs until the end of the month. Us. Here. Now. is a group photography exhibit in the West Wing of Union Station that features original photography by SoTeeOh, Gillian Mapp, and Brianna Roye, showcasing notable Black Torontonians from different neighbourhoods throughout the GTA. Each subject's photo was taken in a place that holds special meaning to them and their
Time to shine the spotlight on contemporary Black-Canadian art by Ashley McKenzie-Barnes
It's a long-standing and heavily discussed fact that opportunities for Black art and artists have lacked in the elite world of contemporary art, galleries and art dealing. So, when I was recently asked what I'm most excited about for my upcoming projects, the answer was easy: making space for and raising the profile of Black-Canadian art. While sitting through various social events and creative team brainstorms,
The Nuit Blanche Toronto 2019 curators and event theme have been announced! Open Calls due Feb 4.
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2019 will feature two City-produced exhibitions led by curators Ashley McKenzie-Barnes with "Queens and Kings of Scarborough" and Layne Hinton and Rui Pimenta with "Creation: Destruction". 2019 curators and artists will reflect on the event-wide theme of "Continuum". In a world that feels increasingly polarized, the theme of "Continuum" responds to the interconnected and often contradictory paradoxes of life in the changing


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The Center for Social Innovation educates the future leaders of social and environmental change.
Our mission is to bring social and environmental change to the world. Through research, education, and experiential learning, we strengthen the capacity of individuals and organizations to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
We envision a networked community of leaders actively working across sectors, frontiers, and disciplines to build a more just, sustainable, and prosperous world.
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Through its social innovation curriculum, experiential learning opportunities, and fellowships, CSI strengthens the capacity of MBA and MSx students to develop innovative solutions to complex social and environmental problems.
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In the heart of the Mission District, this alley has been for over 20 years the passageway that takes pedestrians for a trip though colorful, mesmerizing street art.
The Clarion Alley Mural Project was created in 1992 by the CAMP group and it's been a space were artists share and express their take on social issues through images and graffitti.
This past Saturday, October 20th was the big celebration of it's 20th anniversary: the Clarion Alley Block Party 2012.
Ana Aranda and myself were invited to collaborate and we did a live painting mural during the event!
Don't forget to stop by and take a picture with DIVERSIDAD, a piece inspired by nature, animals, totems and living in harmony!
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Man City blow the title race wide open
EPL and rest of the world roundup | Episode 21 | Season 18-19 |
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Stel is joined by Joe Ucello and Roberto Rojas from the superb Low Limit Futbol podcast to review the latest Premier League results and transfer rumours.
On the agenda:
– City loosen Liverpool's grip on the title.
– Aguero is world class.
– Klopp's midfield plan backfires.
– Spurs are back in the race.
– Arsenal and Utd turn up the heat on Chelsea.
– Fabregas and Naldo to Monaco
– Pulisic's transfer to Chelsea suits all parties involved in the deal.
– Gabigol to the Prem?
– Pablo Perez could be MLS bound
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Introduction: Cheap DIY Dremel-compatible Router
I am currently working on building myself a small CNC router, to be able to manufacture my own solid parts designed on my PC. Well, looking around online, there are lots of projects that are great inspiration, but many of these rely on expensive components.
One of the most commonly incorporated parts to be found in these designs are Dremel-brand handheld tools, using router bits, attached to the Z-Axis. Well, I took a look at Dremel tools, at my local hardware store, Wal-Mart store, Target store, and a few other places, but I've found that they're all very expensive, for use in my upcoming project.
Well, I tackled this problem today. I built my "router" on an arm that will be attached to the Z-Axis on my CNC machine. Hopefully, others could use a similar tool, and will find this interesting.
Step 1: Tools Required
Handheld Drill, 3/8" or larger chuck.
1/8" Steel-Cutting Drill Bit
3/32" Steel-Cutting Drill Bit
#4-40 SAE Tap
#1 Philips Screwdriver
#2 Philips Screwdriver
Needle-Nose Pliers
Pipe Cutter
Tin Snips
Step 2: Parts List
2 Timing Pulleys, and 1 Timing Belt of the same tooth pitch. (I found my set in a PC Printer from a dumpster)
1 Solid Metal Rod, 3/8" diameter (or 1/4", if 3/8" is not available).
1 #4-40 SAE Screw, to act as a Chuck
1 Dremel-Brand 1/8" or smaller Router bit
2 flanged bearings, with I/D the same as the diameter of the solid metal rod.
1 pipe, with I/D the same as the O/D of the bearing.
1 electric motor, AC or DC, high RPM, medium Torque. (I got mine from a broken cordless drill)
Brass hobby tubing, with I/D the same as the diameter of the solid metal rod.
Scrap wood.
Scrap sheet metal.
A handful of Wood Screws.
Step 3: Prepare the Rod
First, I drilled a 3/32" hole through the bolt, about 1/4" up from the end. Then, tap this hole.
Next, I drilled a 3/32" hole into the tip of the bolt, right in the center. I found it very difficult to drill right down the center of the bolt, not skewed to either side, but it was possible. This could be easier, if you have a heavy-duty drill press to use. After drilling this pilot hole, drill it back out to 1/8". Drill past the set-screw's hole, by about another 1/4". Clean up the threads for the set-screw after drilling.
Drill the center of the bigger timing pulley out to the diameter of the bolt. Slide the pulley all the way to the head of the bolt.
Cut a short (about 1/4") section of hobby tubing, using a pipe cutter, and Slide this on Next.
Slide one of the Bearings on next.
Next, cut some more of your Hobby Tubing. This has to be cut to a very exact length, so that there is a very tiny amount of slack between the bearings and the outer pipe, when fully assembled. I actually cut mine twice, to make sure I could get it exactly right. There is about 3 thousandths of vertical play, which is about exactly right. This fits between the two bearings, so that tightening down the assembly doesn't put stress on the ball bearings or the bearing races.Cut the outer pipe to length, and put the assembly into it, then slide on the other bearing, and tighten the whole thing down with the hex nut. Make sure that the rod spins freely, even when everything is tightened down securely, but, also ensure that the vertical play in the mounting of the bearings in the outser pipe is very minimal.
Now, insert the 1/8" dremel router bit into the end of the bolt, and install and tighten the set-screw.
Step 4: Prepare the Motor
The motor that I had that was closest to the right characteristics had a brass 9-toothed gear on its output shaft, originally. I used needlenosed pliers to gently pry this gear from the shaft, then pressed on the smaller of the two timing pulleys.
If your timing pulley is not a good fit, you might use epoxy to affix it to the output shaft of your motor. This has worked for me, on other projects, in the past, but centering the pulley is important.
Step 5: Screw the Assembly and the Motor to Something
Use your sheet metal to screw the outer pipe of the assembly down tightly to a chunk of wood. When you tighten it down, make certain that the assembly is exactly perpendicular to the wood. When preparing to put the screws in, pre-drill the sheet metal with the 1/8" bit and the wood with the 3/32" bit, so that the wood doesn't crack.
Attach the timing belt between the assembly and the motor, and pull the belt tight, then anchor the motor down, in the same way as you anchored the assembly.
Step 6: Wire Up the Motor and Test It Out.
Since I used a DC motor that was designed to run at 9.6V, I connected the alligator clips from my car battery charger to the leads of the motor, to test it.
Everything moved freely for me, and the router cut very readily, both plunging and cutting sideways.
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Thanks psymansays. Just now I'm making a cnc router but just now my project is only a nice Blender drawing and assorted plumbing material from my junk box. I'm waiting for more details on your router. Have a nice 2012!
May I ask you a question? Where is the router? What you have here is only a drill...
Well... it has a router bit in it, and it can cut sideways, not just straight in and out. You're right, though, that nothing makes this more of a router than a drill.
enter the dremel contest
nice screw driver i have one like that, flat and phlips lol they are good to freak ppl, like when my friend asked to borrow a screw driver, i handed him that and he went why do i need a b... , oh it is a screw driver
Yeah, they seem to work pretty well, too. :)
Nicely done.
Looks like it'll be for a gantry style mill/router?
Consider using a Set screw like this instead.
Although it's small, having that large setscrew sticking off the side is gonna cause imbalance(leading to early bearing failure).
Also, one day, you WILL catch yourself on that screw, and are gonna wish it had been a flush set screw. Go ahead and ask me how I know, I dare you :-)
Thanks. I do plan to build a simple gantry router, yes.
I was going to use an inset set screw, like you're suggesting, but since I used a 1/4" diameter bolt, there's only 1/16" of threads there, and I'm not sure I have the 1/16" allen wrench in my set, for the set screw that I have, either. I just used what I already had sitting out, that was easy to tighten down on the fly.
You do have a good point about the imbalance potentially damaging the bearings, though. I may have to switch to a normal set-screw soon.
routers are generally meant for cutting sideways, not just plunging like a drill, therefore I suspect the bearings suffer quite enough from these sideways forces to not mind an out of balance shaft much.
That's a good point. Thanks!
Real nice but what a waste of wood
Very nice! I LOVE seeing people make tools with simpler tools, and for those who happen to have this stuff lying around (like me) this could be zero-cost! In fairness I would point out you can get cheap routers for $30 these days, so this probably wouldn't be worth the effort if you needed to buy too many of the pieces (particularly the motor), but for junkhounds like me this is a great idea.
I hope you do an Instructable on making an inexpensive CNC router too!
Thank you. I am thinking about documenting the build of my CNC router, so I may post an 'ible on the subject, once I get further along.
You know, you're right that there are Dremel clones out there for fairly cheap, but, I had these parts around, too, so, like you, this was a $0 build for me. I think that most people who're interested in building a CNC mill at home probably do have a similar junk pile to salvage through.
Definitely post the build!
This seems interesting.
Maybe you can exhibit a work maked with it.
Thanks for your interest. I'll try to post a video of this tool in use, as soon as I get time to shoot one in the daylight.


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Outfy allows you to create post templates, which you can use to spice up your captions on social media posts. Templates are nothing but use your product and store information and make a caption for your post, which is most relevant and still not monotonous.
Usually when you post on your social media, you try to put a catchy caption to make your post attractive to your potential buyers. However, when you want to automate your posts, using a template is the best way to go for.
You can define a separate template for each of your connected social media network. Each template set can contain a template each for your connected social network.
Also, you can define as many templates as you want.
When you sign up, Outfy creates a set of default templates for you. Default template set contains a default template for each of your connected networks. If you connect more networks, the default template for that network gets automatically added to your default template set.
Templates, Post Templates or Caption templates refer to the same thing in Outfy.
Click on Templates from your left panel to start working with your templates.
Clicking on templates gives you a list of templates you have setup for your posts. You should see a default template in the list, if you haven't created new templates on your own.
There is a link to edit and delete your templates. If you have only default template, you will not get the button to delete that template.
There is a link on the top to create a new template. Creating a new template or editing an existing one takes you to the same page.
Outfy requires at least on template to create captions for your posts.
Give a meaningful name to your template set. This name is used when you see list of your templates. It can be anything. Please avoid using special characters like @, #, !, coma, etc.
Under template name, there are separate tabs for each of your network connected to Outfy. Each network has it own preview and save button as well.
Template consists of placeholders. Each placeholder is actually replaced by the actual information of the product. There are many placeholders defined by Outfy corresponding to different product and store attributes. Each placeholder has its specific name prefixed by << and suffixed by >>. The placeholders work in the following way:
Outfy converts <<product_title>> with actual name of the product while preparing the caption of your post. For example, if you template is:
Buy <<product_title>> exclusively from us with free shipping!
And your product name is Solid Black Shirt
Then the caption of your post will become Buy Solid Black Shirt exclusively from us with free shipping!
Same applies to the following placeholders:
<<product_description>>, <<product_price>>, <<product_tags>> <<product_url>> is replaced by the URL of product page of your store.
If your store provider allows you to define product tags and you have actually setup product tags on your store, then only <<product_tags>> will be replaced by the actual tags of your products.
<<store_url>> is replaced by the domain name of your store. For example, if your store name is https://www.example.com and your template is
Buy <<product_title>> exclusively from us at <<store_url>>
And your product name is Solid Black Shirt Then caption of your post will be Buy Solid Black Shirt exclusively from us at https://www.example.com
Sometimes, based on other settings, your product and store URLs may be shortened using google shortner or bit.ly. See the user guide for settings for further details.
<<tag_cloud>> is replaced by the tags defined by you at Outfy's hashtags section. Please note that not all tags are included in each post, depending upon your settings and network limitations, we choose few hashtags randomly.
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It's so great to finally meet this little man! We did his maternity session way back in July at the Noosa Botanical Gardens, so I was really looking forward to his newborn photography session, and getting to know who the little person was inside.
And what a fantastic time we had at the newborn photography session! Big brother Gino was fabulously behaved and we managed to get lots of him loving on his new little brother Theo.
Theo was also a superstar for his modelling debut. His handsome little face, and curious eyes I could easily soak in for hours. Such a beautiful baby boy to photograph, and a beautiful family to work with.


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These towns have the worst conditions for hair. Is it time for you to call the movers?
We all have bad hair days, but instead of cursing the mighty hair gods and calling in sick, you might want to consider packing your bags. There are a number of factors contributing to frustrating frizz and dried out strands, but as it turns out it, they could all be due to the city you call home. From looking at national averages of humidity/wind/rain/sun, water-hardness, pollution levels and even the number of salons in the area, Totalbeauty.com has located the worst cities for your 'do. Did your city make the list?
Beauty Bubble: The 13 Worst Cities for Hair!
Posted by eye4style on Friday, April 10, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Labels: Beauty, Total_Beauty
1 comments:
- Cafe Fashionista said...
What a clever idea for an article. Luckily, my city didn't make the list!


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Welcome to the Valentine's Heart Hop!
Hosted By: MPM Network Bloggers
MPM Blogging Network has joined together to make your Valentine's Day a little lovelier! Each participating blog below is hosting their very own unique giveaway. So make sure to stop by them all and enter to win including the Grand Prize: 2 Dozen Rainbow Roses Giveaway.
The Valentine's Heart Hop ends 2/10 at 11:59pm. So don't let your heart float away!
Here at A Medic's World, I am giving away a $25 GameStop E-Gift Card, you have to use it online, but hey, who doesn't love shopping for Video Games? Open to the US only, and it ends on my birthday! Woo Hoo!
Check out all the other great prizes you can win below! Each blog has it's own prize, and while I am just the start, definitely you are not done, if you want more chances to win stuff!


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Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird says she's gay, opens up about dating Megan Rapinoe
Thu., July 20, 2017
SEATTLE – Seattle Storm star Sue Bird announced that she is gay and is dating Seattle Reign and USWNT star soccer player Megan Rapinoe in an article from Mechelle Voepel of ESPNW.
"I'm gay. Megan's my girlfriend. … These aren't secrets to people who know me," Bird told ESPNW.
"I don't feel like I've not lived my life. I think people have this assumption that if you're not talking about it, you must be hiding it, like it's this secret. That was never the case for me."
The timing of the announcement coincides with Bird, 36, who is making her league record-tying 10th appearance in the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday at KeyArena.
"It's happening when it's happening because that's what feels right," Bird said. "So even though I understand there are people who think I should have done it sooner, it wasn't right for me at the time. I have to be true to that. It's my journey."
Bird said she realized she was gay in college when she was a star at Connecticut. The Storm selected her No. 1 overall in the 2002 WNBA draft.
In her 15th season, Bird is averaging 10.8 points and 6.9 assists. For her career, she's averaged 12.3 points and 5.5 assists.
Last year Bird began a relationship with Rapinoe, who is five years younger and began playing professional soccer in Seattle in 2012.
"We have a lot in common and just sort of clicked," Rapinoe told ESPNW. "I joke she is my No. 1 go-to-for-advice person. She's just so level-headed."
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I don't agree with the UBI for all
I don't agree with the idea of all families with very young children (under 3, or under 6 if adopted or fostered) - $200 per family per week. This incentivises people who cannot support a family to breed for money, much like the current domestic purposes benefit.
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Declarative AI 2020
Rules, Reasoning, Decisions, and Explanations
24 June - 1 July 2020
co-located virtual events
The 4th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2020)
DecisionCAMP 2020
The 16th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2020)
Declarative AI 2020 goes virtual by keeping the planned dates and extending the submission deadlines!
The registration is free of charge.
Declarative AI 2020
Declarative AI 2020 brings together the 4th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2020), DecisionCAMP 2020, and the 16th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2020). It will take place virtually during 24 June - 1 July, 2020.
With its general topic "Declarative AI", the event aims at presenting the latest advancements in AI and rules, reasoning, decisions, and explanations and their adoption in IT systems towards improving key fields such as environment, health and societies.
Declarative AI 2020 is co-organised by SINTEF AS, University of Oslo, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, under the umbrella of the SIRIUS Centre for Scalable Data Access.
RuleML+RR 2020
The leading conference in rule-based reasoning, devoted to theoretical advancements, novel technologies, and innovative applications of knowledge representation and reasoning with rules.
DecisionCamp 2020
It brings together leading decision management authorities, vendors, and practitioners, to discuss the current state of the Decision Management practice, the use of the DMN standard, real-world cases and their solutions supported by various DM tools.
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The Reasoning Web Summer School disseminates recent advancements in Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. It is primarily intended for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students, postdocs, young researchers, and senior researchers.
- Registration deadline is extended to 27th of June!
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Ridgeway Deliver The New Baking Mad Website, A Digital Baking Utopia For Silver Spoon
Tue 1st Aug
At Ridgeway, we are delighted to have delivered the new Baking Mad website for The Silver Spoon Company. The website is a truly immersive digital experience where bakers can indulge and explore their passion with rich content including recipes, tips and insights for bakers with varying levels of experience.
The website – which currently claims over 400,000 users per month – provides the user with fully integrated engaging content with new and innovative features and functionality to make baking an easy and enjoyable experience.
The solution, which has been built on the Kentico EMS platform, offers content management and marketing capabilities. As well as offering an improved user experience, the site has increased flexibility of site maintenance and promotional activity management for the Baking Mad team.
The deal marks part of The Silver Spoon Company's wider strategy to increase the brand's digital visibility in the baking space and offer an enjoyable baking experience through innovative functionality that is tailored to the contexts in which users are baking.
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"We want Baking Mad to be the go-to website for bakers to find the perfect recipes for their occasions. The new website will elevate the brand from both a visual and technical perspective to create fun baking experiences for our users. Ridgeway's digital expertise and impressive client portfolio made the agency an obvious choice to help us create an excellent digital experience for the members of our baking community." Kylie Shepherd, The Silver Spoon Company
The Silver Spoon Company selected Ridgeway as it valued the agency's technical skill and its leadership position as a top Kentico Gold Partner. The company also recognised the agency's award-winning delivery of a number of large projects for leading brands including Twinings and HMV, as well as the agency's recent partnership with The De Beers Group of Companies.
We will continue to work with The Silver Spoon Company as part of a long-term partnership and are excited about what is next for the Baking Mad site.
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Public Comment
Response to "Laura's Law in A Nutshell"
Court-ordered, intensive, outpatient treatment. What would this look like in practice? Well, a couple of beefy guys would restrain a psychiatric patient, and a nurse would shoot antipsychotic medication into the person's ass. It would not be a pretty sight. The side effects of the medication come later. Will the workers have the time to remain on site for the next twelve hours to monitor side effects? Doubtful. If the person is having muscle spasms or rigidity, or perhaps neuroleptic malignant syndrome, who do they call for help? Who will answer when they call?
What would it look like if we tried to "help" the homeless people that way? Well, a group of enforcers would have to go out on the streets to find homeless people, or maybe they would be found at the soup kitchens, these people would be pinned down, and they would be shot in the ass with a big dose of antipsychotic medication. By the way, the person might not also be given food, shelter and medical attention, urgently needed by homeless people. Instead they can go hungry and cold while the antipsychotic medication is going to work on them. Side effects won't bother them, will they? Is the term; "rational decisions" defined in this law? Who decides if someone is making "rational decisions"? Is it a "rational decision" to join the Army and fight for your country? Is it a "rational decision" to marry your high school sweetheart? Maybe those people should get treatment. Is the only possible "rational decision" under this law: "Yes I need medication and I will submit to any treatment passively that you want to give me"? That's a fairly limited definition of rational decision making.
180 days isn't a very long time, is it? Well, that works out to six months. That's a half a year of being physically restrained and shot up with medication, which will likely be on a weekly basis. What legal offenses are there that provide six months in jail? Or maybe six months of house arrest? Such a sentence is usually reserved for significant crimes. What "crime" is this person guilty of? Not taking their medication?
What about us mentally ill people who are behaving well? Is there any guarantee that we will be left alone by the medication enforcers? Or will we be required to pass a "wellness check" every week? What if we have some type of ambitions in life, and don't have time to do the wellness check every week? What if we are not complying exactly to all prescriptions because one of them is creating undue discomfort, and we haven't yet met with our doctor to get it changed? What if us "well" mentally ill people don't need a mental health social worker on our backs on a constant basis? Sometimes we like to forget that we are a mental patient. Just for a day maybe.
How else will the people be found to shoot up with medications, other than with such a monitoring system? And what about Laura Wilcox? My heart goes out to her family. Restraining the lives of all mentally ill persons will not bring her back. Far more people get shot in Oakland or Richmond, or New York City on a constant basis by criminals who are not mentally ill. Mentally ill people are responsible for relatively few deaths, and the lives that are taken are often our own. When hope is taken away by Laura's Law, there may be more suicides.
Before Laura's Law, laws were already in place to help mentally ill people who have deteriorated. These laws protected our civil rights while allowing timely intervention. In fact, when someone is in crisis and wants to go to the hospital, often there is not sufficient bed space or the person may not have adequate health coverage. Implementation of this law would take essential money away from programs that empower mentally ill people who are doing well, such as help with getting jobs or with meeting our daily needs, or perhaps a drop in center that gives people hope that there is something more than being medicated for us on the horizon.
A correspondent of my column says the following:
"The legal ability to force medical treatment exists. When that medical treatment involves physical health, it is rarely employed, and highly protected from misuse. When it involves mental health treatment force has evolved to almost the prevailing model, and few if any protections exist against it.
"When the two models coincide, are equal in every legal aspect, I will support them, so long as they are not, I cannot.
…"The greatest fear I have is the absence of protections against force in the area of mental health. The offer to "choose" voluntary over involuntary is itself an act of force: "You choose voluntary, or I force involuntary" is force."
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Told one of my Xbox friends I wouldn't be online much because my controller wasn't working very well and I couldn't afford a new one right now. He asked for my address and this just arrived today.(i.redd.it)
What the Frick*
What else could wtf stand for?
What the Friday. Obviously this is a Christian server.
Or the classic Wednesday, Thursday, Friday special.
Wow That's Funny
"I convinced my little brother that WTF stands for 'Wow that's funny', so everytime he thinks something is hilarious he says WTF!"
--Stolen from the internet circa 2006-7
"Wtf mom"
With the friends
This is so weird. All these answers...I always assumed it was fuck! It's fuck, right guys? Fuck!?
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Iowa QB Rudock transfers to Michigan and is eligible in 2015
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Former Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock is joining Michigan as a graduate transfer and is expected to compete for a starting job this season.
Rudock immediately becomes the most experienced quarterback on coach Jim Harbaugh's roster. Rudock made 25 starts at Iowa and the Hawkeyes were 15-10 in those games. Last season, he passed for 2,436 yards, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions, but he was listed behind C.J. Beathard on the depth chart in January.
Rudock received a waiver from the Big Ten, which normally requires transfers within conference to sit out a season.
After Michigan held its spring game on Saturday, Harbaugh said quarterback Shane Morris was the leading candidate to start. Morris served as Devin Gardner's backup the last two seasons, making two starts.


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On my recent trip to Akron to visit my Aunt and Uncle and Ohio cousins, my kindred spirit Nicolette graciously took me around town on a photo safari. We got to the Goodyear blimp hanger just as a Midwest summer thunderstorm was traveling across the vista. This was a brave moment for me because I'm afraid to be out in lightening, but the moment won out over my fear. It was also a chance operation because I had to hold the camera above my head to clear the barbed wire fence. In photography, as in life, you have to override the voice inside your head that tells you why you can't do something you want to do. I often have to override it when it tells me not to lug my camera (or the monopod) on the plane. Just who is it in my head offering this sage "advice?"
What amuses me about the actual photo is how blimp-like the cloud looks. What amazes me is the shaft of rain in the distance and how the cloud tapers down to this one point. What I am glad about is that it was only a thundercloud and not a funnel cloud as I began to wonder as it morphed across the sky.
Many are wishing for autumn's return and it's cooler temps, including me. But with it, the drama of the afternoon skies will dry up and fade away just as this cloud did after it dispersed its cargo.


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Today's the day. Gamers can finally get their hands on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, the latest entry in a franchise that's been blending killer combos with killer soundtracks since 1999. But before you strap on those virtual wrist guards, check out the latest trailer. For the first time in franchise history, the Tony Hawk series is jumping off the couch and heading for the cloud. The powerful online capabilities of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are the foundation for THPS5's drop-in/drop-out multiplayer mode, allowing the developers at Robomodo and Disruptive Games to bring a life-like skate park experience to the digital world. The 20-person multiplayer component lets gamers crash their friends' online sessions for a little head-to-head competition or a few cooperative missions. But if you'd rather spend a little quality time perfecting your tricks in private, THPS5 has you covered there, as well.
Watch the new launch trailer.
Pro Skater 5 also includes a brand new collection of parks that draws inspiration from the franchise's most beloved maps, but they've been reimagined for the modern gamer. Players will ollie, grind, kickflip, and noseslide their way through eight levels, but this barely scratches the surface of THPS5's skate park collection. Additional levels and characters will be added to your library (free of charge) in future updates. And players will have the ability to build their own twisted skate parks, using the same ramps, rails, and curbs that Robomodo created for its own levels. With an arsenal of more than 250 usable objects, the Hawk community will finally have the tools to flex its creative muscles.
Once the parks are finished, gamers can upload their creations to the cloud, sharing them with the entire THPS5 fanbase and giving skaters an endless supply of player-curated content.
"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 emulates the social element of skateboarding," said Tony Hawk. "Skating with your friends online is a blast, and doing it in a skatepark of your own design is even better. The possibilities are limited only by the community's creativity."
Even though THPS5 specializes in over-the-top, arcade gameplay, the title features some of the sport's top real-life athletes. Nyjah Huston, Riley Hawk, Aaron "Jaws" Homoki, Lizzie Armanto, Leticia Bufoni, Chris Cole, David Gonzalez, Andrew Reynolds, Ishod Wair, and (of course) Tony Hawk represent a cross section of the skateboarding community. Robomodo spent a lot of time trying to capture each skater's distinctive techniques, giving the athletes a unique in-game style that mirrors their real-world swagger.
Long time fans will also be happy to hear that the game's sound track lives up to the franchise's notoriously high standards. Tony Hawk himself hand picked many of the artists and songs with an ear for diversity and originality. It includes hits from Ratatat, Death from Above 1979, and dozens more.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is now available on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but if you're still rocking an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, don't worry. THPS5 is expected to hit your console in November. For the latest news and updates, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


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Yeh mausam ka jaadoo hai mitwa..
Posted by Pepper on September 9, 2014
I feel very sorry for people who dislike the rains in Mumbai. I really do. Because those poor folk have no means to escape them. The rains in this city are relentless. They offer no respite. Couple this unstoppable rain with high tide and the city is a mess. The tracks get flooded and trains either slow down or come to a complete halt. The roads begin to overflow. There is pandemonium and the rain haters are busy cursing the weather and feeling sorry for their very difficult lives.
But the rain? It goes on. Thunder booms. Crackling bolts of lightning rip apart the skies. It pours. On and on. I LOVE it. I see magic in the rains. And despite the mayhem, I see that the enthusiasm level of the people in this city remains unaffected.
One monsoon, many years ago, I was passing through Linking Road with my California bred cousin in tow. It had been raining endlessly for 24 hours. The two of us had stepped out to enjoy some street food in Bandra. It was our last chance before she flew back to the US the next day. Given the weather conditions, she thought the streets would be deserted and we would be the only two nutcases out on the roads.
To say she was surprised by what she say would be an understatement. People in Bandra were busy shopping despite the flooded streets. They were walking around, examining the clothes on sale, bargaining with the vendors and all this while being completely unaffected by the stream of water that was running by their feet. It was like walking through a gushing river. And nobody seemed to care.
How do they do it, she asked me. I just laughed. Rains never deterred the people in this city. Life goes on. And no, I am not talking about mandatory things like going to work, running important errands and the likes. We have no choice but to comply at such times. I am talking about the times we the choice of staying in the safe confines of our homes, but choose to venture out and live our life instead. So people shop while it pours, they make dinner plans and travel to the other end of the city to meet their friends despite the pelting rain. I love the enthusiasm.
So while the rain haters are busy cursing everything around them because of their disrupted schedules, the slow traffic, the muck stains that are hard to scrub off, the clothes that never seem to dry, the rain lovers are occupied with only one thing – keeping their spirits high. You obviously know which category I belong to. I love the rains. The sudden burst of freshness and the vibrant greenery after each shower only add to my joy. I believe we've reached almost the end of the season now. That makes me a little sad. But never mind. Let me just say a thank you to the Lord for a happy and bountiful monsoon.
Here are some pictures I took with my rickety cell phone camera. They obviously do not do justice to the actual images, but nevertheless..
It continued to pour one Saturday afternoon. After feeling a little listless at home, I stepped down for a breath of fresh air. My plan was to sit in our lobby area and watch the rain. Instead, I had the added fortune of watching kids play. They ran in the rain with such abandon and glee! Just watching them made my day.
And this time.. I was just happy to see big, fat rain drops fall on the windshield of my car. I was waiting at a red light, so I used the opportunity to take a quick pic before I was forced to use the wipers.
I took this pic from the corner seat of a McDonald's outlet. I was sipping on my coffee as I waited for Mint to arrive. We were both meeting after work to make a few purchases for our new home. Mint was running late, as usual. So I used the extra time to grab a coffee. When I looked up from my table, I saw an uneven layer of mist covering the glass. I paused for a second to think of how beautiful that moment was. A good cup of coffee in solitude. Mad, pounding rain outside. Misty glass walls. How lovely!
I was driving back from work early one evening when I noticed how dark it was at 5 pm. Traffic was slow and it looked like the sky would burst any minute. It happened, quite predictably. Thunder rolled and the rain began to descend in torrents just as I was clicking this picture.
And this one time when the sister and I ran downstairs to play on the swings just after the rains stopped. The air smelt sweet. We took crazy pictures of each other. We played some of our favourite childhood games. Such happiness!
PS – The title of the post is a Hindi song which actually means, 'This is the magic of the season'
43 Responses to "Yeh mausam ka jaadoo hai mitwa.."
September 9, 2014 at 11:16 am
Gah! you can go ahead and romanticize it as much as you want (which you did superbly and I dont like you for that!) But I continue, I hate rains, I hate rains, I hate rains and I hate rains in Bombay..go on and pity me..but also feed me some awesome vada pav :):)
September 9, 2014 at 11:58 am
I am one of the rain haters, stuck in Mumbai. I have written so any posts in my head about how much I hate this and how much I would love to be anywhere but Mumbai right now. Why am I being so frank? Because I know that majority of people in Mumbai are like you and it felt nice to read your point of view, despite not agreeing with it! 🙂
September 9, 2014 at 12:22 pm
What refreshing pictures! I love the rain, but the muck..well. That misty glass at mcdonalds…did you feel like writing something on the glass? 🙂
September 9, 2014 at 9:50 pm
Rubbing it in ma to all your CA readers. The drought here is scary. So so longing for the rains…
Loved the pics…..enjoy your jadoo with a special dose of pakoda and masala Chai :-))
September 9, 2014 at 10:03 pm
i simply lovveee the rains!! esp back home in delhi!!
I love to get soaked in rains while i m at home !
and i can never understand how ppl can hate rains! its one of the most beautiful things nature has to offer!!
September 10, 2014 at 12:29 pm
You live in such a beautiful complex pepper. It took my breath away to see those tall trees in the background where the kids are running. Yup, me too. Love the rains. In the bay area we have been getting a sorry-excuse for rains and hence terrible drought but the monsoons of my memories(and fantasies) belong to Goa- lush, lusty and relentless.
You're such an optimistic person and it shows in this post:-)
September 10, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Forgot to add- chai or bhajji ho jaye, kya bolti tu? 🙂
September 11, 2014 at 9:45 am
loved the candid photos pepper..
Despite all the problems associated, I too love rains…and this year I enjoyed fully, getting drenched and then shivering in cold air and then, getting drenched again during waterfall rapelling, weekend trips to nearby places, riding a two wheeler and obviously corn & chai pakoda…simply loved the rains of 2014.


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Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Fringe Trade (Jun 13)
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Kings moved to reacquire goaltender Peter Budaj in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning, sending forward Andy Andreoff the other way. Budaj was a hockey pool worthy goalie in the 2017 season, when he took a good portion of the load, when Jonathan Quick went down, posting some very good numbers that year. The Kings later traded Budaj to the Lightning, since the season was somewhat of a bust and they needed the space.
Last season, the 35-year old Slovak keeper only appeared in eight games for the Lightning, posting 3 wins and 6 points. The move to Los Angeles makes him the number two guy there, again behind Quick, and a Quick-Budaj 1-2 combo could go a long ways, in theory. This will be a good combo to watch and possibly snag late on in the draft, if you still need a goalie.
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We don't go out to eat very often. We prefer to prepare food at home so that we can know what ingredients are (and are not) in our food. Plus, it's always delicious and much less expensive. Tonight, was the exception. We ate dinner at Pizza Hut. I know - not the most spectacular place to eat for a rare outing, but it was nearby the fuel station and the grocery store. Our waitress was young, … [Read more...]
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It's a quiet spot in the Koptyaki Forest. The breeze carries a soothing earthy aroma, the calm of the clearing punctuated by the calls of magpies. But beneath the stillness, the forest is haunted by a dark memory.
Hours after midnight on July 17, 1918, a Fiat truck pulled over here, in the murky recesses of this Ural forest. Seven blood-soaked bodies were offloaded, doused in acid, and dumped down a mine shaft. It's a gruesome fate, and even more shocking when you realise this misfortune befell those who were, not too long ago, the most powerful family in Russia—the Romanovs. Today, Ganina Yama, where the mine shaft used to be, is a lily-dusted monastery complex with seven onion-domed Orthodox-style wooden chapels, one dedicated to each member of the imperial family. This includes the last Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children: Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and their youngest daughter Anastasia Romanov. It is no secret that Anastasia's rumoured escape has inspired movies, musicals, books, and documentaries for over 101 years, but (spoiler alert!) Anastasia did not escape the Bolshevik execution squad. This did nothing to discourage a trail of conspiracy theories, which has sent many, including me, down the Romanov rabbit hole.
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As more of us are cultivating an image of being personal brands and thereby seeking ways to standout, seeing our names on our personal possessions beyond official sources of identification has become attractive to us.
And no, I also don't mean in the way we had our names sellotaped on everything during our playground days - pens, rulers, scissors and school shirts. We want to be subtle about the way we make this statement now.
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This is done mostly in the form of initials or just a first name.
For example, I have an Old Khaki moleskin notebook with the letters "ALJ" embossed on it in gold - those are my initials.
I also have a Typo metal phone ring with the letter "J" on it for my surname (there were no more "A" rings available). I then bought a Poetry tan leather phone cover with the intention of getting "ALJ" monogrammed on that too because Victoria Beckham and Mon Purse taught me.
Like Mon Purse above, Leathorology also offers handbag/phone case/luggage customisation services and one of their top-selling items is the monogrammed Belmont tote loved by celebrities and their fans.
READ MORE: Thousands of online shoppers are on a waiting list for this R2 900 bag loved by celebrities
Adidas, Nike and Levi's have also been doing merchandise customisation for years now, where shoppers can modify colourways on various sneaker styles and add their initials or birth dates too.
For example, I did a quick iD customisation of the Nike Classic Cortez:
If I check this pair out my cart, it will cost me R1679,95, which is a pretty decent investment for a bespoke Nike product that only I will own. And yes, I added my initials on the tongue.
Brazilian flip-flop brand Havaianas, which is loved for its eccentric colourful designs (such as the pair below) also once opened a 'Make Your Own' pop-up in South Africa circa 2013 and the service is still available on their Australian website.
Our favourite always en vogue fast fashion retailer Zara, will also soon be cashing in on this trend with their denims.
According to Business of Fashion, Zara will be launching a "service to embroider names onto denim clothing in Europe this month."
"Pop-up customisation corners in three Zara stores in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Milan will embroider words on 13 different denim designs from a €19.95 (R326) pair of shorts to a €39.95 (R650) jacket from March 27," they reported.
The customisation will be offered online - like Adidas, Nike and Louis Vuitton - where customers will have the option of either picking up in-store or waiting for delivery.
BoF adds that "customisation ranges from smaller adaptations such as embroidery in-store to products designed almost totally by the customer like Adidas's 'Knit for You' pop-up stores that create bespoke sweaters in a matter of hours."
When Tshepo The JeanMaker launched his denim collection, South Africans prematurely remarked that they would never wear another person's name on their clothing, perhaps not yet realising how fast the 'names on things' trend would take flight.
While Tshepo's jeans aren't made with other people's names on them, I have good word from one of his clients that the experience is very much personalised, similar to the personal shopper experience Topshop once offered here in SA.
Zara has not indicated that their customisation service will be available in South Africa, but I guess in the meantime we can all enjoy local Sunday flea-markets where we can get our small items monogrammed.
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Humans are comforted by the organization of information. After all, the sturdy Tupperware provided by clear definitions, typologies, rubrics, and classifications are intended to allay that most human of emotions: doubt. Our love of knowledge organization explains the enduring popularity of texts like Pliny the Elder's Natural History or perhaps Isidore of Seville's Etymologies, but it also goes a long way toward explaining the enduring obsession with defining what, exactly, the field of digital humanities is or is not. In 2012, when Digital_Humanities was first published by MIT Press, the authors sought to provide a definition and exploration of the digital humanities (henceforth DH) that could, in their opinion, serve as a guidebook, a field report, a harangue, a vision statement, and a tool with which to position new scholarship. To their minds, such a book was an imperative as we continue to experience "one of those rare moments of opportunity in the humanities" (vii). The unrevised paperback edition of the book—published in February of 2016—is the volume currently under review. While we may still be experiencing the aforementioned "rare moment" in humanities research four years later, it must be said that the landscape and arguments surrounding DH have changed since the book was first published. Still, the book still has value in its ability to conceptualize the role of both the humanities and the digital in the modern world.
Digital_Humanities begins with a preface (vii–x) that lays out the goals for the book before it moves on to its four chapters titled: "Humanities to Digital Humanities," "Emerging Methods and Genres," "The Social Life of the Digital Humanities," and "Provocations." From the beginning, the authors warn that this is not a "standard-format" academic book, nor is it conceived of as a textbook (though, earlier, it is referred to as a guidebook). The fonts and page layouts change frequently; the aesthetics apparently attempting to resemble a digital interface. In large bold letters, the first chapter shouts: "Digital humanities is born of the encounter between traditional humanities and computational methods" (3). Throughout the opening chapter, the authors stress the fact that, unlike most academic publications in the humanities, DH tends to be a collaborative endeavor. This assertion stands in contrast to publications in fields like History, Classics, or Religious Studies, where monographs are often written by one author and edited volumes usually have stand-alone chapters. The first chapter also successfully argues for a need to pay attention to other issues not typically placed at the fore in academic projects: design, protoyping, testing, and reworking. Here, DH projects are presented as opportunities to listen to user feedback, to go back and edit, and—most importantly—to learn from failure.
The chapter on emerging methods and genres makes several connections between past and present forms of knowledge organization, concerned as it is with the "recognizable form" that "humanities knowledge used to have" (29). It also points out something that committees evaluating DH projects for the sake of tenure and promotion have long struggled with: assessment. Humanities publications have, up until now, had a familiar, standardized form in print that was formulated over centuries. Because DH deviates from the enduring model of what humanities scholarship looks like, many would-be reviewers encounter confusion or skepticism in the face of alternative publishing formats. While the authors explore many methods in this chapter, classicists and patristics scholars will want to home in on new advances in the area of critical editions. As the authors point out, some of the earliest critical editions were created for the New Testament and Hebrew Bible, and the movement of such a genre to a digital environment now allows the display of multiple manuscripts, the tracking of textual changes, the noting of variants, and the tagging of various entities (e.g., place, person, date) when creating a digital transcription of a text. Medievalists and classicists were in fact some of the first digital humanists; in the late 1980s and 1990s, the development of XML markup standards for manuscripts like TEI (the Text Encoding Initiative) helped to standardize the movement of texts from a physical to a digital form that was machine-readable. Another relevant portion of the book discusses the merits of close readings of texts emphasized in traditional philological approaches, versus distant reading methods described by people like Franco Moretti.1 Not much energy is placed into explaining these approaches, but a recently-released book, Ancient Worlds in Digital Culture, explores how many of the methods briefly mentioned in Digital_Humanities could be applied to antiquity.2
In an arguable enactment of the issues mentioned above, the authors include a portfolio of case studies, the articulation of which is considerably hindered by the print format. The case studies do helpfully walk the reader through the project management involved in DH projects: setting up a mapping project, the publication of a textual corpus, the critical curation of heritage objects, virtual reconstructions, or the development of an application for tablet users. However, the incredible amount of DH jargon in these case studies and the book's lack of a glossary will present some tough sledding for beginners. By contrast, the section on the social life of DH provides some splendid reflection, abstraction, and explanation of how the humanities in the 20th century divided itself between knowledge and analysis on the one hand, and practice and application on the other, and the ways in which DH reunites the "how" with the "what." Additionally, the development of networks and the de-siloing of knowledge—through open-source tools, the sharing of data, and the dissemination of code—receive due credit for bringing more people into the DH fold. An updated version of this book would likely point to the current import of code repositories like GitHub.
The authors do a great amount of theorizing on the social life of the humanities, with a high degree of success. Their ideal vision of a university that is not an ivory tower, but rather a "nodal point within a fluid, porous, and dynamic landscape" (82) certainly seems increasingly achievable, though, as they point out, it will require us to revise what authorship and intellectual ownership truly mean today. This manifesto-like portion of the book provides an encouraging look at the ways in which the digital holds the potential for revitalizing the cultural record, creating new networks of knowledge, and giving academics a way to more successfully engage with the public. The most useful section of the "provocations" section explores how to evaluate digital scholarship (128-129). In June of 2015, the American Historical Association went to great lengths to articulate and answer this question in their freely-available and widely used, "Guidelines for the Professional Evaluation of Digital Scholarship by Historians." The creation of standardized assessment models by professional associations in order to review digital work brings us a step toward broader acceptance of DH projects within the academy, but also provides a manual of "best practices" for the field in general.
Like most DH projects (and, we would point out, this book review), Digital_Humanities was crafted as a collaborative project. The book's five authors come from various areas of the humanities, though it must be said that each of the writers serve, in their respective institutions, as faculty members rather than as librarians, technicians, or graduate students. Despite claiming that part of DH's promise lies in its ability to bring in marginalized communities, the writers of this book are distinctly academic, despite the fact that librarians, graduate students, and developers all facilitate, publish within, contribute to, and strengthen the field. This array of intellectuals often allows the ideas of faculty members to become navigable digital projects.
Back in 2008, digital humanist Cathy Davidson noted the continued import of the humanities in today's culture: "In a time of paradigm shifts, moral and political treachery, historical amnesia, and psychic and spiritual turmoil, humanistic issues are central—if only funding agencies, media interests, and we humanists ourselves will recognize the momentousness of this era for our discipline and take seriously the need for our intellectual centrality."3 Nine years later, we can see that funding institutions such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have indeed taken more notice and invested heavily in creating a brighter, more stable future for DH. During that same period, some have taken issue with such expansion by criticizing the strong institutional focus on DH as the "facilitation of the neoliberal takeover of the university." In the end, no single, satisfying definition of the field of digital humanities exists nor does any one way to "do" it stand out as optimal. Digital_Humanities offers us an expansive view of the field as "the digitization of the world's knowledge and its movement across global networks" (26). However, continued criticism, experimentation, and institutional acceptance are necessary if this work is to continue.