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How to Make a Gorgeous Photo Book - Softcover
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Beautiful photo books don't happen by accident. Talented people invest time and intent using proven design tenets, and the results can be spectacular.
To help you up your bookmaking game, we've tapped our network of photographers and book designers and collected their best advice on everything from sequencing and layouts to typography and cover design. "How to Make a Gorgeous Photo Book" includes plenty of tips, tricks, and information to push your creative edge and help you design beautiful books that showcase your best work.
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- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
80 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación dic. 02, 2009
- Etiquetas design advice, How to, photography book, Gorgeous Photo Book, blurb, design, photobook
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When we're not working or making books, we are all over the map. Literally and figuratively. The Blurberati are world travelers, musicians, writers, photographers, brides, parents, cyclists, vegetarians, carnivores, readers, massage therapists, martial artists, newlyweds, art teachers, grad students, dancers, volunteers, activists, bloggers, all over Flickr, pundits, wii freaks, artists, swimmers, animal lovers, stuffed animal lovers, good friends, foosball warriors, arm wrestlers, and we indulge in cocktails and beer, on occasion. Blurb is where we converge.
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mousebirds I would like to buy the softcover version of your book but the checkout is not working on this site. I checked Amazon.com and they have the hardcover version which is too expensive, especially since there is a soft cover version. I submitted an email to Blurb about the checkout, and am awaiting on a reply....but if I don't get a response do you have a copy you can send me? My email is: email@example.com
Mark Jenkins To expand on my comment - the background for the chapter headers were images created in Photoshop. You can use this technique in BookSmart by just importing the image as you would any photograph.
Mark Jenkins Sorry – somehow i missed your comment. Because of the amount of text, this book was designed using Adobe InDesign.
randmm jeez; i can't believe the staff hasn't answered your question and you posted this question months ago!
UCIAlum85 Sorry if this is a dumb questions, but was this book created with booksmart? I have used booksmart to create a few books, but nothing with different colored backgrounds like in this book. Is this possible in booksmart?


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Lisa Solberg's NIGHT RIDER
Lisa Solberg's NIGHT RIDER
A snowcat turned mountaintop art installation in Eden, Utah
When Lisa Solberg commits to a new project, she thinks big—whether it's the size of the giant chrome panels in her "24HR Psychic" show, the large tree trunks in "Cry Wolf," or floor-to-ceiling insulation panels for "Stalker." Now, she's taken big to another level—by working with a piste machine at Powder Mountain in Eden, Utah. The yearly Summit Series there has become known as a forum to discuss high-profile innovation and creativity. Solberg—who is based in Los Angeles—was asked to create "NIGHT RIDER" for their Artist in Residency program.
"When Summit approached me to do a project with a snowcat, the first thing I thought of was to turn it into a dekotora. I knew it would be the first thing of its kind," Solberg tells CH. The artist shares her love for the elaborately ornamented Japanese vehicles with a name derived from an abbreviation for decorated truck, "They are the coolest things. At a core level, I am inspired by Japanese culture."
Solberg spent many hours planning and preparing for the project, and she admits it was both energizing and also exhausting. She painted the interior gold first, then began to layer text and images with brushes used for pin-striping. Much of her time was spent inside Powder Mountain's hilltop maintenance shop at an elevation of 8,900 feet.
Painting with pin-striping brushes, which have very small handles and extra long brush bristles, proved to be one of the many new skills Solberg needed to master. "They are incredibly challenging to get used to and to get them to do what you want them to do. By the end—now I feel great with them," she says. Another hurdle was shielding herself from the fumes on the 1 Shot pin-striping paint: "I had to have the mask on the whole time. It was fucking horrible."
Solberg describes her works in the interiors of "NIGHT RIDER" as an amalgamation of the inner-self of the snowcat and herself: delicate and raw. The text and imagery depict a subconscious stream of vignettes, haikus and mottos—all layered with enamel paint, etchings and china marker. The project evolved to become a kind of spin-off of "Stalker." Solberg explains, "I have been wanting to do a 'Stalker' show with all gold instead of silver, and this is what happened. It's the same stream of consciousness." The snowcat's interior is lit with red lights, while the exterior is wrapped in gold chrome vinyl and the windows are also tinted gold. "I love the color on such a crazy level," she notes.
"My favorite part of the day was driving up from the canyon, up to the shop at the top of the mountain with the sunrise and driving down with the sunset... Overall it has been amazing, but taxing. I am starting to feel normal again," Solberg explains. As she keeps working, somewhat venturing into the unknown, Solberg says she wonders how the whole thing will come together. The majesty of the mountain and the generosity of the people who live and work there keep her motivated. (She feels especially thankful for the the guys in the shop headed up by Roger "RV" Arave.) "The beauty of the mountain is humbling and amazing. Roger taught me how to drive the snowcat, which is the coolest thing I have ever done," she says.
As her time at the Summmit Series came to an end, much of which was spent inside the snowcat, Solberg began the process of recovering from her labors. "I do love the physical work, but being in that space scrunched up in weird seated, standing, leaning positions at all times, it was physically taxing." Phase two of "NIGHT RIDER" involves planning and installing the exterior embellishments of dekotora, to ultimately create a spectacle on the mountain that transports explorers and entrepreneurs of Summit to the beautiful natural playground, the backcountry of Powder Mountain.
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So much moisture!I was shocked that this ultra-rich cream didn't break me out. Although the texture is light and airy on the fingertips, it felt a little heavy on my face. Once you feel it on, you'll see what I mean. It applied velvety and smooth on my skin. I could feel the super hydration at once - my skin was drinking it up! This was designed for ALL skin types - and I believe it, because even for my combo/...read moreoily/confused skin, it worked. My skin looks more vibrant and healthy. Too bad for the big price tag - 1 star off for that. — 9 years, 4 months agocalicokitty | 162 reviews
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Front/Center: CC creams
Sephora Head Skincare Merchant Priya Venkatesh introduces CC creams—a whole new way to set the tone.
Here at Sephora, we're super excited about CC creams: the best way to prime, hydrate, perfect, protect, and color correct. Our brainy skincare team sees zillions of new products, and it takes a lot to impress them. "When we first saw CC creams at the Cosmoprof trade show in Bologne, we almost thought it was a joke," says Priya Venkatesh, Sephora's Head Merchant for Skincare. "But then we tested the formulations and really liked the idea of bringing brightening and complexion-enhancing properties to an all-in-one product." These multitasking formulas take care of many daily skincare needs, like sun protection and hydration, while enhancing radiance.
And about those comparisons to BB creams? "BB creams are great alone for high coverage or as a base for foundation, while CC creams are a little lighter in texture, with a true focus on color correction," says Venkatesh, adding that there is room for both in any routine. "CC creams tend to have stronger treatment benefits and a bit less priming benefits."
So what's the next double-letter score? CC creams for hair. "We're really excited to launch our first CC for hair from Alterna," divulges Venkatesh. "I've tried it and it's an immense time saver—it's a leave-in and a styler. It's the first time hair products are infusing so much skincare technology, with antioxidants, UV protection, enzyme therapy, and of course, color-hold technology!"


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Bobby Ray wrote:Cigamodnalro wrote:Bobby Ray wrote:Me personally i've always respected Vince's talent but one thing i never understood from Otis. Why didn't he go get Vince when he wanted to come here when he was young? instead waited until he was old and out of shape?
Otis publicly called him "fool's gold" in an interview on the Orlando Magic website
oh god seriously? If he was fool's gold when he was young then what the hell was he when we got him when he was old?
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/200 ... -fool-gold
So the man who once called Vince Carter "fool's gold" now wants us to believe the all-star guard is what the Magic need to win the NBA Finals. That is pretty laughable.
On Feb. 22, 2007, Smith said: "I'm not going to take a step back and fall for what I call fool's gold. It shines and it glitters, but it just doesn't stick or pass the test."
So if Carter was fool's gold then, has he somehow polished himself up and turned into solid gold now despite two more years of wear and tear on his body?


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THOUSANDS of records held by the Wiltshire Family History Society will be available when it holds an open day in Wilton for the first time on Saturday, June 15.
The records, normally accessible at the society's resource centre in Devizes, include indexes of births, marriages and deaths in most parishes in the county in the last 400 years, as well as inscriptions on monuments and gravestones, and the names of people who appeared as defendants and witnesses at Quarter Sessions cases.
There will also be two talks – one on understanding census records, from 11am to noon, and one on ways to overcome stumbling blocks in research, from 1pm to 2pm.
Specialist organisations covering Dorset and Hampshire, surname studies and the census will be available, and there will be a free advice desk for beginners.
Society chairman David Weaver said: "It is an open day in every sense, and we welcome anyone with an interest in family or social history to look in to see the wealth of information we have gathered, find out what we are working on, and perhaps take a first step in tracing their own family tree."
The free event is at Wilton Community Centre in West Street, Wilton from 10am to 3.30pm.
Founded in 1981, Wiltshire Family History Society has a membership of around 2,000 throughout the world. Its aim is to encourage the study of family history, including both Wiltshire ancestry of people worldwide and worldwide ancestry of Wiltshire residents. It also provides opportunities for members to make contact and share information.
The society has seven branches around the county; Salisbury branch meets at Wilton Community Centre on the third Wednesday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm.


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There are 3 trained naturalist guides on-board to ensure small groups. In addition there is a crew of 24. The sun deck is comprised of a bar with ample outdoor seating, an observation area for whale and dolphin watching, a Jacuzzi and a solarium. Isabella also has a glass-bottom boat as an alternative to snorkeling to observe diverse Galapagos marine life. Snorkeling equipment is available. All cabins have a private bathroom. 16 cabins have twin beds, 2 cabins have double beds for either single or double occupancy, 2 cabins have double beds plus a single bed for double or triple use, and 1 owners cabin with double bed. The vessel`s bar and lounge is a popular gathering place; drinks are set out there for passengers as they return from excursions in the islands. The cuisine is a delicious combination of Ecuadorian and continental specialties. There is a large comfortable lounge, and a resident physician.
Independent Vacation (min 2 people):
Day 1: Morning arrival to Baltra Island by Tame flight and immediate transfer to the dock to board the Isabella II. Welcome introductory briefing and lunch. After lunch Isabella II will cruise to North Seymour Island, upon arrival disembark (dry landing) for a walk along the coast and the interior of the island, observing bird colonies of blue footed boobies, frigate birds, swallow tailed gulls and also sea lions and marine iguanas. A shorter walk is also available. Welcome Cocktail offered by the Captain. Naturalist`s briefing on the next day`s activities and dinner.
Day 2: After breakfast, you will disembark at Gardner Bay (Hood Island) at a white coral beach where you can take a short walk and watch the sea lions, mockingbirds, finches or enjoy the beach.. There is great snorkeling in this area (snorkeling equipment is available for passengers at no extra cost), or ride the glass-bottom boat around Gardner or Tortuga islets.In the afternoon arrive at Punta Suarez (Hood Island) for an exciting walk on lava terrain to visit its unique sea bird colonies, including the Waved Albatrosses (May - December) and the famous blowhole. A shorter walk is also available. For those not planning to walk there will be panga (dinghy) ride along the coastline of Punta Su?rez. Naturalist`s briefing and dinner.
Day 3: After breakfast, disembark at Point Cormorant for an easy walk to see the flamingos that inhabit a brackish-water lagoon, and other birds like ducks, stilts, sandpipers, etc. There is great snorkeling from the beach or near by, at the Devil`s Crown. Those who do not snorkel can enjoy a ride on the glass-bottom boat. Lunch will be served on board. In the afternoon disembark at the historical Post Office Bay to learn about the human side of the islands, its early inhabitants and the adventures of pirates and whalers. Then, a panga ride will take you to nearby islets to observe sea lions, rays and sea turtles, boobies and possibly the Galapagos penguin. Naturalist`s briefing and dinner.
Day 4: After breakfast, disembark at Santa Cruz Island to visit the Charles Darwin Research Station and the giant tortoise pens, an impressive giant prickly-pear cactus forest and many land birds. Then a stroll along the main street of Puerto Ayora before driving to the highlands for lunch at a farm. The afternoon will be spent in the highlands, visiting the Scalesia forest and the twin pit craters Los Gemelos. From December to mid-April a visit to see the giant tortoises in the wild may be included, if weather conditions are good. Naturalist`s briefing and dinner.
Day 5: Today will be spent at Tower Island. The morning you will land at Darwin Bay for an easy stroll observing thousands of bird life, mainly frigate birds, red footed and masked boobies, gulls, herons, finches and mockingbirds. If you wish you can continue walking over sharp lava and uneven terrain, or just go back to the beach to enjoy swimming and snorkeling at this beautiful natural harbor. Those most adventurous can look for Hammerhead sharks, snorkeling along the cliffs. Lunch will be served on board. This afternoon will be spent at Prince Philip`s Stepsstarts with a very interesting panga ride along the cliffs and then disembark (dry landing) on rocks for a steep climb (90 feet) and then a leveled walk for about a mile to the other side of this small island observing large colonies of masked boobies, frigate birds, storm petrels and the short-eared owl. Naturalist`s briefing and dinner.
Day 6: On the northwest of Isabella, secluded Tagus Cove was in past centuries a favorite anchor for pirates and whalers. Old graffiti is still found on its walls. The vegetation in the area includes the unusual Palo Santo trees. These white-barked trees are leafless and look dead most of the year. They leaf out and spring back to life in the short wet season, which usually begins in March or April. An uphill hike through palo santo forest takes guests to the back of Darwin Crater, filled with salt water. The view at the end of the trail is worth the climb. Darwin is one of Isabella's six volcanoes, a remarkable contrast to the lower islands to the east of the archipelago. Lunch on board. The afternoon brings us to the youngest island, Fernandina. Disembark (dry landing) for a one-mile walk. Punta Espinoza has an amazing combination of barrenness with lots of wildlife. Having no introduced mammals, Fernandina has a very unique environment with the highest density of marine iguanas, sharing their space with sea lions, sally-light foot crabs, hawks, penguins and the flightless cormorant. Naturalist?s briefing and dinner.
Day 7: This morning, landing at Puerto Egas (James Island) for a mid-length walk. Most of the landscape is tuff-stone layers and lava flows. This is a great opportunity to see land and marine birds. At low tide, marine iguanas graze upon the algae beds and there is a colony of fur-sea lions. Good snorkeling and swimming from the beach after the walk. Lunch will be served on board.After lunch disembark at Bartolome Island (dry landing) for a hike to the summit. This is a steep climb aided by a wooden staircase; the view from the top is worth the effort. There will be time for a panga ride around Pinnacle Rock to observe penguins, to enjoy the beach (wet landing), snorkeling and swimming from the beach, or a ride on the glass-bottom boat. Farewell cocktail and departure briefing.
Day 8: After breakfast, departure to the port and airport to take the flight back to the continent or perhaps stay on in the Galapagos at the Finch Bay Resort for an extra few nights to reflect on your unique experience aboard the Isabella II.
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Pianos damaged in the James J. Whalen Center
The Office of Public Safety is investigating the report of a burglary that occurred in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. At this time, the investigation reveals that person(s) entered and/or remained unlawfully in the building between 1:00 AM and 7:40 AM on 12/13/09 and damaged or tampered with numerous pianos.
Anyone having information pertaining to this incident is encouraged to contact the Office of Public Safety at 607-274-3333, or to leave an anonymous voice mail message at 607-274-1060.
Members of the campus community are reminded to report suspicious people or activity to the Office of Public Safety immediately.
To aid in the prevention of crime and to keep the campus community informed about safety and security issues on an ongoing basis, an institution must alert the campus community of certain crimes in a manner that is timely and will aid in the prevention of similar crimes.
As required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act [20 USC 1092 (f)], Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, and subsequent amendments, the crimes reported that mandate a "timely warning notice" are in the categories of aggravated assault, arson, burglary, murder and non-negligent homicide, robbery, sexual offenses (forcible and non-forcible), and motor vehicle theft.
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Two years has passed - Boris and Zhenya\'s one year- old son\'s bring friends to the psychiatric hospital on the New Year\'s eve. Little Nastya, whose parents separated two beloved dogs from one another, tries to help them .
Director: Levan Gabriadze, Aleksandr Karpilovskiy
Cast: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Tatyana Dogileva, Elena Plaksina, Irina Arkhipova, Anna Chipovskaya, Pyotr Fyodorov, Lera Strelyaeva, Vera Strokova, Valentin Gaft, Ivan Ivashkin, Anton Bogdanov, Mariya Lugovaya, Yuriy Kutsenko
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June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step. By chance, she meets a touring French actress and pleads for help. She also takes a young swimmer under her wing, and several years later, he makes a bold attempt to escape. Meanwhile, the KGB is suspicious, and hope for freedom is dim. Patience, her husband's self control, and her good looks may be their only assets.
Director: Régis Wargnier
Cast: Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Sergey Bodrov Jr., Ruben Tapiero, Erwan Baynaud, Grigori Manoukov, Tatyana Dogileva, Bogdan Stupka, Meglena Karalambova, Atanass Atanassov, Tania Massalitinova, Valentin Ganev, Nikolai Binev, René Féret
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Stories from the lives of the tennants of the Moscow's communal apatment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiance. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
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Boss of the Sauce Returns Tonight!
Another excuse not to cook dinner tonight? Sounds good to me!
Our sister station 105.7 the Hawk presents the 11th Annual Boss of the Sauce competition tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant Beach.
$10 gets you in to the event where you can sample food from 12 different restaurants:
- Joey D's Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant
- Bambino's of Brooklyn Pizzeria
- Jimmy's Cucina Pizza, Subs & Grill
- MonAlyssa Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria
- Nonno Bruno's Pizza & Restaurant
- River Watch Restaurant and Lounge
- Yolanda's River House
- Brick Oven Restaurant
- Eagle Ridge Golf Club
- The Grenville Hotel and Restaurant
- Black Pearl Restaurant and Grille
- Mangia Oven Brick Pizza
- Ferraro's
They'll have plenty of great grub to offer, but ultimately it comes down to the red sauce…and you get to vote to name the People's Choice winner!
There's also a Judges' Choice winner, and I was lucky enough to score a spot on the judging panel (tough job, I know)!
Boss of the Sauce is always a lot of fun, and it's for a good cause, as a portion of tonight's proceeds will go to Ocean County Hunger Relief!
Tickets are available at the door, so bring the family, and join us tonight at Jenks! We'll see you there!


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Don't worry, no mothers read this. Honestly.
Tell me your deepest darkest secret.
I've never really done anything bad. I didn't tell my mother that I cut the cat's whiskers off the time I told her that the neighbour did it. The neighbour took her punishment like a trooper.
your bed can't talk...
Strikingly similar... I took my dad's electric razor and shaved a racing stripe down the back of the family dog - a boxer. I denied having anything to do with it and my brother took the heat. It was my word against his and I guess I just did a better job. (:
That I'm adopted. (She's a blonde.)
That I do adult site jobs from time to time :o
Well, I kept from my mom that I was hit by a car in high school. I kept that secret from her for 6-7 years before I told her. And I didn't tell her back than because the day after the accident happened I supposed to go on a trip with my school class and I knew she wouldn't let me. :sick:
Weird, I know.
well,i usually do not tell my parents all my secrets. because i do not tell them if there is anything wrong i have done. but yes,if it is good,i may tell.
I'm more concerned about what isn't telling me.
A surprise holiday after her 50th Birthday Party, that was a hard job because she has to know everything
ps: :confused2 I was referring to my mam ^^!
the pregnancy of my gf...they are not ready for this :lol:
For years it was the fact that I smoked. Now after having given up (for 6 months+ now) it seems that all the worrying was in vain. :rolleyes:
Moral of the story? Don't worry about a thing.
Something like this:
Many, many years agoWhen I was twenty three,I got married to a widow,Pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughterWith flowing hair of red.My father fell in love with her,And soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-lawAnd changed my very life.Now my daughter was my mother,For she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,Although it brought me joy.I soon became the fatherOf a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then becameA brother-in-law to dad.And so became my uncle,Though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,Then that also made him brotherTo the widow's grown-up-daughterWho, of course, was my step-mother.
Father's wife then had a son,Who kept them on the run.And he became my grandson,For he was my daughter's son,
My wife is now my mother's motherAnd it makes me blue.Because, although she is my wife,She's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,Then I am her grandchild.And every time I think of it,It simply drives me wild.
For now I have becomeThe strangest case you ever saw.As the husband of my grandmother,I am my own grandpa!
C'mon... I haven't told my mother and you expect me to tell you?
This is a trick question, you can't hide anything from your mother !
That made me laugh so hard I would have had a stroke if I was 30 years older.
I keep plenty of secrets, my mum has no idea what kind of shenanigans I get up to on this forum (she's a technophobic person like everyone else in my family)... I can't work out how I managed to be "good" with computers since infancy yet my parent's can't work the TV well
As my mom says... "that's why we fed you and let you sleep inside- so you could fix our computers and program our electronics"
Jeff: I have a rule, never work for family. I've seen too many posts here and elsewhere where people stopped talking to their relatives due to "helping" them out
IMO, working for family is not that bad thing. Sometimes helping our loved one gives you more satisfaction than by getting highly paid from client.


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AIDS: The Challenge : Understanding, Education and Care
AIDS is a dynamic, evolving epidemic, numerically, socially and geographically. Ignorance, denial and prejudice have been dominant features of our response. But the epidemic has also prompted new ways of thinking about how we understand the interface between illness, society and the individual. In this study, the author locates the AIDS epidemic in the context of changing times and of a changing world. Focusing on the experience of the epidemic in the UK and USA, he looks at how we have talked about the epidemic and how we have sought, through research, to understand its social meaning. He considers the way prevention, through health education, has developed, and looks at the complex way caring about and caring for people with AIDS is manifest. AIDS presents huge challenges, medically and socially. But the response to AIDS has included much that we can learn from and emulate.
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Jagan has forgotten his father`s Telangana commitment: Ramesh
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said YSRCP chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has "forgotten" the commitment on formation of Telangana given to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly by his father and then chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on behalf of Congress.
Hyderabad: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said YSRCP chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has "forgotten" the commitment on formation of Telangana given to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly by his father and then chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on behalf of Congress.
"On 12th February, 2009, Rajasekhara Reddy reiterated the commitment of the Congress party on Telangana in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly," Ramesh told reporters at the district headquarters town of Mahabubnagar.
"It`s a different matter today that his son has floated a new party--YSRCP--in the name of his father, but the son has forgotten his father," Ramesh said.
The Union minister is the part of Group of Ministers (GoM) who drafted the Telangana bill.
Jagan is against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and is reportedly gaining traction in Seemandhra where passions are running high over the division of the state.
Ramesh also sought to downplay the spate of defection of party leaders and legislators from Seemandhra, where Congress is projected to be staring at a huge loss in elections.
"People who want to protect their business interests are leaving Congress, but people whose political interests are with Congress are remaining with it," Ramesh said.
Congress is virtually isolated in Telangana--slated to officially become the 29th state of the country on June 2-- after TRS refused to merge or to have any electoral alliance with the national party.
Ramesh also took on the TRS, saying the Congress had raised its voice for a separate state much before the regional outfit had come into existence.
"Congress raised its voice for creation of Telangana state in September 2000 at Mahbubnagar. The TRS was not even born at that time," Ramesh said.
The Union minister addressed a meeting of families of the youths who were said to have ended their lives for the cause of Telangana.
"It was the Congress that eventually delivered Telangana," he said.
Promising that Congress would stand by the families of the youths who "sacrificed" their lives for Telangana, Ramesh said, "The party`s manifesto would incorporate measures for providing pensions and employment opportunities to families of victims."
He also announced that a memorial park would be built in Hyderabad in honour of those who lost their lives.
Telangana Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah also attacked TRS over the latter`s claim of "re-constructing" Telangana.
"Re-construction is a misnomer. The TRS is only trying to hoodwink people of the region," Ponnala alleged.
TPCC working president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Congress would win 12 Lok Sabha and 75 Assembly seats on its own in the region.
"It will only be a family and feudalistic rule if TRS comes to power," he said.
Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao organised the event in which many MPs and senior leaders took part.
Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held simultaneously in Andhra Pradesh.


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Recent controversy over "extreme breastfeeding" distracts from the fact that Human Breast Milk is vital for all children. It is not only critical for the survival and wellbeing of premature infants but is in short supply at human milk banks.
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"[Yet] …only 33 percent of infants [in the United States] are breastfed by the time they reach four months, and the figure continues to decrease after that. By the time they are six months old, only 14 percent of infants have been breastfed exclusively. Given the research mentioned previously, might this be one of the reasons we are now facing a growing obesity epidemic?"
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Chicks' Picks Come Home to Roost
The Chicks have laid an egg. And I have egg on my face. On Oct. 6, 2000, I wrote in this column about Chicks Laying Nest Eggs--10 far-flung female friends and relatives who used cyberspace to organize what turned out to be a successful investment club. Their 10-stock portfolio handily beat the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by 30 percentage points from October, 1998, through September, 2000. That led them to launch a Web site (www.chickslayingnesteggs.com) a year ago. The group's founder, Karin Housley of St. Paul, Minn., even wrote a book imparting the women's wisdom, Chicks Laying Nest Eggs: How 10 Skirts Beat the Pants off Wall Street...And How You Can, Too, published by Random House earlier this year. These Chicks, I wrote, "have proved to be no financial birdbrains."
Today I'm thinking that I am the birdbrain. "Everyone is a great investor with great returns during a bull market," notes Russell Kinnel, head equity analyst at Morningstar Inc. It's after the bull has had its run that investing prowess is determined. The Chicks' portfolio--which includes Yahoo!, Coca-Cola, and General Electric--has lost 35% from its inception nearly three years ago through Sept. 17, vs. a loss of 16% for the S&P 500.
CRAVING AOL. So what went wrong? For starters, the Chicks had 12 rules, gleaned from the teachings of such investment lions as Peter Lynch and Warren Buffett. But they ignored some of them. For instance, the Chicks' first and second rules--"Buy what you know" and "Be able to easily explain the company's industry and product"--were overlooked in the purchase of Sun Microsystems and EMC, down 78% and 70%, respectively, since their purchase. Housley admits that "maybe we should have understood a little better what they did."
Another rule--"Buy only when the stock price is lower than its 52-week average"--also was broken. "When we bought AOL, we were so hungry to get our hands on it, we didn't care what the price was," writes Housley in the book.
While they might have had a well-defined, if sometimes ignored, buy strategy, their sell strategy was murky. When a stock fails to meet the Chicks' performance requirements for two quarters--such as gross margins of 50% and net margins of 8%--the rules said the group should consider selling it. A year ago, that rule put the Chicks' 34 shares of Gap on the table. They voted, but never came up with the six votes needed to sell. Margins continue to decline, and the stock is off 72% from when they bought it in June, 1999.
TECH-HEAVY. Granted, even many investors who are savvy buyers trip up on the sell side. "Selling is often the harder part to execute because people fall in love with their stocks," says Morningstar's Kinnel. "That's why professional investors have stringent sell disciplines." In her own defense, Housley says: "We've been using the club as a learning tool, not to make us rich." Housley takes comfort in the fact that many portfolio managers, more experienced and financially astute than any of the Chicks, have been pummeled in today's markets. She believes that when the market comes back, the Chicks' portfolio will bounce back even stronger.
For my part, I managed to overlook the fact that risk and asset allocation were not mentioned at all, either in the Chicks' investment strategy or on their Web site. It turns out that a robust 56% of the Chicks' portfolio is now invested in technology stocks; the S&P, meanwhile, has only 20% in tech companies. The women chose stocks with little regard to portfolio diversification.
Humbled by my experience, I now recall an old Wall Street bromide: "Don't confuse brains with a bull market." Had I remembered that saying a year ago, I might have thought differently of the Chicks.
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U.S. Open Pressure-Tiger Woods persevered, Phil Mickelson collapsed and Rocco Mediate had fun with it. Adidas, "golf equipment for your eyes" and Stacy sings the sand trap blues
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Poor Tiger Woods! Yes, he has won his third U.S. Open but was it at the expense of his knee? Is winning a trophy more important that your health? The answer? Season-ending knee surgery with the rest of the field clamoring for their opportunity to win a tournament.
Tiger's message to his adoring fans let on that his injury was more aggravated than he made it look this week.
"I think I need to shut it down for a little bit. I pushed it pretty hard this week and I just want to enjoy it. And we're going to reevaluate after this event and see what happens," claimed a tightlipped Woods who may have been grimacing from the inside but, with his elevated mental focus, it was anyone's guess as to what was really going on after twisting his knee on several occasions this past week.
That focus and determination to not allow any distractions was best related by Tiger's dad, Earl, during a Nike commercial that aired for Father's Day weekend in which dad related to both his son and the audience, "I promise you that you will never meet another person as mentally tough as you your entire life. And he hasn't, and he never will."
This week's Golf for Beginners podcast wonders how Tiger Woods can remain so steadfast in his determination to win a golf tournament while Phil Mickelson, who mentally and physically prepared for this event, fell apart. Other players such as Rocco Mediate and Lee Westwood didn't feel the pressure as much believing that they were "long shots" in the event.
This week's show also reviews the latest advances in golf-specific eyewear from Adidas. The new Adivista sunglasses for men and Adilibria Shield for women should be viewed as necessary golf equipment rather than just fashion-forward apparel, although the fact that Natalie Gulbis had input into the design of the women's glasses truly make them hotter than the average eyewear!
Both Adivista and Adilibria Shield are super-comfortable to wear and protect your eyes from the sun's damaging rays with UV protection, offering scratch and fog-resistant polycarbonate lenses. Listen to this week's show to hear why we recommend these new Adidas sunglasses and why you should try them too!
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Arts festivals heat up the winter calendar
Unless you've been in complete hibernation, you know by now that festival season in Vancouver isn't just limited to the summertime.
For the next couple of months, everything from world dance extravaganzas to elaborate lantern installations is competing to pull you out of your winter slumber. Here are a bunch worth getting off the sofa for.
PuSH International Performing Arts Festival
(Until February 3 at venues around town)
As the boundary-pushing interdisciplinary festival enters its final week, there's still a lot to check out, from dance to experimental theatre.
The Big Attraction: Don't miss the festival's two warped twists on Shakespeare: I, Malvolio, a look at Twelfth Night through its fun-hating steward by England's inimitable Tim Crouch; and King Lear, a blend of Peking Opera techniques and western theatre from Taiwan's Contemporary Legend Theater.
Info: pushfestival.ca/
Talking Stick Festival
(February 19 to March 3 at various venues)
Full Circle Performance celebrates 20 years with a festival that spans ancient, traditional, and cutting-edge contemporary aboriginal work. Shows run the gamut of music, theatre, dance, and more, with everything from jigging and fiddling to spoken-word jams and powwow dances.
The Big Attraction: There's an especially strong theatre component this year, with works like Café Daughter, a one-woman show about a young girl growing up in Saskatchewan during the '50s and '60s; Agokwe, a queer love story about two teenage boys from neighbouring reserves; and The Great Mountain, a family-oriented eco-adventure story about a girl who starts hearing the spirits of rivers and soaring mountains.
Info: fullcircleperformance.ca/
(February 22 to 24 on Granville Island)
Granville Island comes alive in the dead of winter with this almost-all-free music, dance, food, and visual-art extravaganza. While art studios and Emily Carr University of Art and Design open up for behind-the-scenes tours, the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society keeps the music going all weekend long at Performance Works, thanks to afternoon and evening shows by the likes of the Tyson Naylor Trio, Jen Hodge All Stars, and Bend Sinister.
The Big Attraction: Join [ART]ifacts: The Granville Island Story in its tour around this creative hub, and don't forget to peek inside the Arts Club Theatre Company's costume and production shops.
Info: granvilleisland.com/
CIBC Lunarfest
(February 15 to 17 at the Vancouver Art Gallery plaza)
Launched to celebrate the lunar new year, this colourful annual event celebrates all Asian arts and culture, and the myriad ways people celebrate the Year of the Snake. Taiwanese visual artists and pop stars will show their stuff, alongside Korean folk dance, lion dancing, and Dharma drumming. And did we mention the dumpling tastings?
The Big Attraction: Every year the fest offers an immersive art installation that families can walk through at the VAG plaza, and this year's Lantern Jungle writhes with hundreds of snake lanterns made by kids during the 2012 Vancouver International Children's Festival.
Info: lunarfest.org/
Chutzpah Festival
(February 7 to March 3 at the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre and other venues)
The celebration of Jewish culture brings in high-calibre music, theatre, comedy, film, and dance acts from here and around the globe. Highlights include the cool world sounds of Yemen Blues; the live, multimedia concert called the Yellow Ticket, set to the same-titled silent film; and the return of the red-hot Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company.
The Big Attraction: Unmissables include Touchstone Theatre's new play called Haunted; the slick, high-intensity choreography of New York City's Sidra Bell Dance; and Klezmerata Fiorentina's intoxicating chamber-klezmer music.
Info: chutzpahfestival.com/
Vancouver International Dance Festival
(March 2 to 23 at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, the Scotiabank Dance Centre, and the Vancouver Playhouse)
The international fest truly lives up to its name here, with acts that represent cultures from the far corners of the map. The talent doesn't just hail from places like New Zealand, Zimbabwe, and Mexico; there's also a world of different styles on view as well, from butoh (organizers Kokoro Dance and the haunting Jocelyne Montpetit Danse) to First Nations (Dancers of Damelahamid). Anchoring the program are a host of local contemporary works, including Joe Ink's 25th-anniversary retrospective (March 6 to 9 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre).
The Big Attraction: Anyone who caught the Kiwi troupe Black Grace in 2010 will be back for more of its explosive, Samoan-charged contemporary dance (on March 12 and 13 at the Playhouse). And you can't miss a legend like Margie Gillis, the Canadian dance icon who's created a new work with painter-sculptor Randal Newman (March 16 at the Playhouse).
Info: www.vidf.ca/
Festival Du Bois
(March 1 to 3 at Mackin Park in Maillardville/Coquitlam)
Alongside popular Québécois groups like Genticorum and Dentdelion, head out to Maillardville's heated tents in the park for famille-friendly acts like world-champion hoop dancer Dallas Arcand, musician-storyteller-dancer-puppeteer Roger Dallaire, and the comedic acrobats of Acme Circus.
The Big Attraction: Maple taffy, tourtière, and poutine.
Info: festivaldubois.ca/
Still itching for ways to escape the cold glare of your TV set? Here are five more shows to warm a winter's night:
• DanceHouse presents the acclaimed BJM (formerly Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal), including a piece by Natalie Portman squeeze, Black Swan choreographer, and newly named 2014 Paris Opera Ballet boss Benjamin Millepied, on February 15 and 16 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
• Cult-favourite comic artist Art Spiegelman sees his first retrospective exhibition in CO-MIX: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics and Scraps, at the Vancouver Art Gallery starting February 16.
• The National Ballet of China brings its sparkling rendition of Swan Lake here from February 27 to March 2, in its first tour to Canada in more than five decades.
• Theatre Conspiracy premieres its ambitious new "bilingual documentary-theatre" project Extraction, which jumps between the traffic jams of Beijing and the tar sands of Alberta, using nonactors who know those territories intimately, from March 5 to 9 at the Cultch.
• Vancouver Opera brings its opulently staged, First Nations–flavoured version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute back to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on March 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 17.
Think of them as hot toddies for your brain.
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Jan 31, 2013 at 10:35am
Where is CelticFest on your list??
Miranda Nelson
Jan 31, 2013 at 10:50am
It's listed with our winter music events, which you can find here: <a href="http://www.straight.com/music/347206/chase-winter-away-rocking-your-ass-... winter away by rocking your ass off at these concerts
Feb 2, 2013 at 9:18am
Having all these festivals is great, but what about simply making all of this "regular programming"? Strange that we need all these "festivals" to have culture. Here's to culture and NO festivals.


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Robin Givens is pictured with her sons, Buddy, 13, and Billy, 7, in NYC on, August 9. She adopted Buddy in 1993, and Billy is her son with ex-boyfriend Murphy Jensen. I'm happy to see Robin looking so good, her boys are good looking kids too! For another picture click here.
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February 13: What Are We Wearing Today?
Just another Monday at The Frisky's offices. You know, I got some lube in the mail, there's a big bag of gumballs and we've eaten half of them, and, oh yeah, Ronnie from "Jersey Shore" was just here. Not to see us — to do an interview with another site in our office. But we forced him into photobombing a few of our photos. Without his knowledge. Click on to see what we're wearing today!


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The Astros' Five Greatest Games
September 25, 1986: Great Scott!
The Astros were on a roll heading toward the finish line and their second National League West title in club history, and they put the exclamation point on the race when they sent eventual Cy Young Award winner Mike Scott to the mound before 33,000 Astrodome fans against the San Francisco Giants and their manager, Roger Craig—who two years earlier as Detroit pitching coach had set Scott aside in the offseason and taught him the magic of the split-finger fastball.
The day before, Nolan Ryan took on the Giants and no-hit them into the seventh inning. A day before that, Jim Deshaies had struck out the first eight Los Angeles Dodgers, on his way to a two-hit shutout. And now, with the magic number down to one, Scott was about to raise the ante on sensationalism and show Craig, the teacher, just what an exceptional pupil he had been.
Scott hit the first batter of the game and walked the leadoff batter in the second, but the Giants couldn't take advantage of the gifts and he began to find his groove. The Astros scratched single runs in the fifth and seventh innings, with Denny Walling scoring both runs—one on a Jose Cruz single, the other on a solo home run. But the buzz centered around Scott, who became utterly dominant as the game wore on. In one stretch he struck out five straight batters (on his way to 13 K's for the night) and wrapped up the no-hitter when Will Clark, who homered off of Ryan in his first major league at-bat back on Opening Day, essentially closed the NL West for business by grounding out and giving Scott and the Astros a memorable clinching of the division.
April 9, 1965: Behold, the Eight Wonder of the World
After three years of writhing in the mosquito-infested heat and humidity of hastily-built Colt Stadium as the Colt .45s, the rebranded Astros feverishly welcomed their home debut at the Houston Astrodome, the world's first indoor stadium, and upped the spectacle by bringing in the New York Yankees for an exhibition just prior to their first regular season home game.
The Astrodome was as modern as Colt Stadium was archaic. "We'll build a stadium that will make Emperor Titus's playhouse look like an abandoned brickyard," Houston owner Judge Roy Hofheinz told Look Magazine. The $35 million facility gave birth to the modern luxury box and cushy theatre-type seating, was said to have a bowling alley, spa, shooting gallery and chapel among many other perks; people arriving in the parking lot could take advantage of drive-thru ticket booths. And, oh yes—it had a baseball field.
As for the game, Mickey Mantle was given the rare assignment of leading off because Yankee manager Johnny Keane wanted him to have the honor of being the first batter at the Astrodome. It would be a good night for Mantle, who later described the Astrodome as something that "reminds me of what I imagine my first ride would be like in a flying saucer"; he singled in his first at-bat, and later became the first player to hit a home run in the new stadium with a sixth-inning blast to center field off Turk Farrell. It was Mantle, not the Astros, but the fans cheered anyway.
Houston tied the game in the bottom half of the sixth, and it stayed scoreless through to the 11th inning when veteran second baseman and future Hall of Famer Nellie Fox, by now a Houston coach who pinch-hit now and then, entered the game and knocked home Jim Wynn on a two-out single to win the game. The only thing the Astros couldn't give on the evening was a home run of their own—but Hofheinz ordered for the exploding electrical scoreboard, which dominated the wall behind the outfield seating, to go into action in the ninth before the game's guest of honors, President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, left early.
The Astrodome remained the Astros' home for 35 years until it fell behind the times and was replaced by the more cutting-edge Minute Maid Park (nee Enron Field) in 2000.
October 9, 2005: Two Games to Win One
The Astros made their one and only World Series appearance to date in 2005, but they might not have gotten there without an exhaustive marathon in Game Three of the NLDS against Atlanta that would become the longest postseason game in major league history.
Before this game, you could approach diehard Astros fans, utter the words "extra innings" and "postseason" in the same sentence and watch them turn instantly pale, tortured by the memory of numerous overtime losses in past playoff games.
Leading the series two games to one, the Astros were trying to clinch at home and avoid a decisive Game Five back at Atlanta. Things didn't look promising early on when the Braves' Adam LaRoche pegged a two-out grand slam off Houston starter Brandon Backe, who had loaded the bags by walking two and hitting another. For seven innings, the Astros had little fight, and entered the bottom of the eighth trailing, 6-1. Then they exploded; Lance Berkman matched LaRoche with a grand slam of his own into the Crawford Boxes behind Minute Maid Park's left-field fence. The Astros still needed a run to tie, and they got it from an unlikely source in the ninth when veteran catcher Brad Ausmus, who'd hit three homers all year long, barely cleared the yellow line in left-center field with two outs.
For the next nine innings, no one could break the 6-6 tie; Roger Clemens, making only the second relief appearance of his career in the 16th when the Astros ran out of relievers, made sure the Braves didn't strike by hurling three shutout innings while striking out four. After Clemens struck out batting to lead off the bottom of the 18th, rookie Chris Burke, who had entered the game in the tenth as a pinch-runner for Berkman, launched a solo shot to win the game—five hours and 50 minutes after it had begun—and the series.
October 6, 1980: Feels Like the Very First Time
Heading into the final weekend of the regular season, The Astros took a three-game lead to second-place Los Angeles needing just one win to secure their first-ever trip to the playoffs. They lost all three—each by a run, two in which they led going into the bottom of the eighth inning. The weekend collapse forced a one-game tiebreaker to determine the NL West champion, right back at Dodger Stadium.
The Astros sent Joe Niekro, using the 163rd game as a chance to win his 20th of the year, to the mound. In the other dugout, Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda seriously considered starting 19-year-old September call-up Fernando Valenzuela—who had pitched 15.2 innings of relief without allowing a run and had yet to start a game—but instead leaned on experience and chose 31-year-old Dave Goltz, owner of a 7-10 record. Lasorda quickly realized he had made a bad choice by putting Fernandomania on hold for six months, as the Astros knocked Goltz out of the box after three innings, tagging him for four runs on eight hits; two first-inning Dodger errors that led to two of the runs didn't help. The Astros then quickly piled it on the Dodger bullpen, adding three more runs in the fourth, two of them driven in by infielder (and future Houston manager) Art Howe. Given a major cushion, Niekro eased into cruise control and repelled any chance for a Dodger comeback, scattering a run on six hits in a complete game effort to lift the Astros to a 7-1 win and their first postseason date.
October 15, 1986: Their Destiny is Better Than Ours
Even though it was Game Six of a raucous NLCS between the upstart Astros and the brash, heavily favored New York Mets, both teams took on the mindset that it was now or never; the Astros needed the win to stay alive and extend the series, while the Mets knew that a loss would force them to face the indomitable Mike Scott in Game Seven as decided underdogs.
Both teams played with such intensity and purpose, it was a shame that one of them had to lose.
The Astros ripped New York starter Bobby Ojeda for three runs in the first, and when Houston starter Bob Knepper silenced the Mets all the way to the ninth to keep it at 3-0, it appeared that Scott would get that Game Seven assignment. But the Mets scratched and clawed back to tie in the ninth, fighting back from 0-2 counts and dodging questionable non-strike calls that infuriated the Astros. In overtime, neither team could mount a threat until the 14th, when the Mets pulled ahead with a single run—but left the bases loaded. The Astros matched the tally to keep the game moving in the bottom half of the inning when light-hitting Billy Hatcher hit the left-field foul pole for a solo home run.
The Mets rebounded in the 16th, scoring not once but three times; undeterred, the Astros didn't give up, getting two runs back and spotting the tying and winning runs on base for the tough Kevin Bass. But Mets reliever Jesse Orosco struck him out to finally end what was, at that time, the longest postseason game in major league history. The Mets avoided Game Seven and Scott and moved on to their fateful World Series with the Boston Red Sox; the Astros grimaced in frustration as to how close they came to nabbing their first NL flag.
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Edit: After half day, my wife's Mac started having the same problem. I have then applied the solution that I found in the Apple
How to watch or Record TV on your iMAC
Technology has been immensely diversified in the recent years. A lot of products in this era have become a reality, which looked wonder at one time. The Apple Inc. is known for producing such classics. The iMAC itself is a great machine, which can now be used for watching and recording TV at the same time.
In order to watch TV on your iMAC system, you need some kind of hardware to catch the digital signals of TV. Further, you may also need software, which can decode the signals and enable them to watch in the computer's window. Following text will elaborate the procedure:
The Hardware
The hardware you need is a TV Tuner USB stick. Its one end connects in to the USB port of your iMAC machine, while the other end has the antenna to catch the digital TV signals. Your USB drive will act as a connection between your computer and your roof top antenna making your computer act as a TV.
In Australia, Europe and Asia, the TV tuner stick standard is DTT, while in USA its Cable TV and ISDB in Japan and South America. So, you need to buy the USB Tuner stick compatible to your area.
The Software
After connecting the TV Tuner USB stick, you need to download the software. For this, the EyeTV software is the most preferred one in the market. With the help of software assistant in this software, you will easily be able to tune up the channels on your iMAC computer.
Installing the hardware and software properly would then enable you to watch Live TV on your iMAC computer. EyeTV is the optimum solution for both your software and hardware. It can record TV shows, which you can watch later as per your convenience.
Moreover, it also has the feature of skipping advertisements for you. The EyeTV also has its own remote control, but it can also connect with the Apple's remote. The versions of EyeTV are different for UK, USA and Australia.
It has some more excellent features like you can set fast forward a program by 30 second skip. So, by pressing the fast forward each time will skip 30 seconds forward as set by you and you can also go 2 or 3 seconds behind, in case you miss some part of a program that you were watching.
The iMAC automatically wakes up from the sleep position, if you set it up to record a program and after completion, the system again goes to sleep automatically. That is a WoW feature of EyeTV. This software could also switch on the computer from off state, if you want it to do so.
The IceTV has a subscription for just $99, which you can use to have perfectly up-to-date and detailed information. Further, its package also has an iPhone application that can instruct your computer as when to record a program.
This is just one out of the many exciting features of the Apple machines. For more such articles entailing Apple's products and features, please log on to http://www.mac-reviews.net to get a closer to accurate insight of the Apple's world.
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What am I still doing looking at this website.. Theres not going to be a jailbreak anytime soon! Im returning my iPhone and getting a galaxy note 2!! **** this waiting for a jailbreak cant even see apps in 4" full screen lol!!!!!!!
Why would you allow Apple to "purchase" your engineers-your intellectual engine but not force them to acquire the company? Am I missing something here? This seems moronic. The company would seem to be worthless without them. How are they going to develop their products?
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A survey of secondary market pricing for dozens of smartphone and tablet models recently found that the iPhone and iPad carry significant resale premiums over their competitors. Such information is expected to bode well for Apple among customers looking to upgrade to the companys latest devices.
Analyst Timothy Acuri of Cowen and Company looked into resale values of 40 different smartphone models and 23 different premium tablets released over the last four years. His data found that the iPhone carries an average premium of $128 over competitors while the iPad is on average worth roughly $67 more. Acuri said the following regarding the matter:
Our data suggests this is largely independent of the duration the product has been on the market, even (3 to 4 years) out when virtually all other competing values have virtually no value. Given an extremely thriving secondary market, this premium is effectively a subsidy for consumers.
Although trade-in services offer a quick convenience, Acuri noted that listing products on eBay or Craigslist will unsurprisingly yield the highest return on electronics, given the lack of an intermediary party.
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This accessible and engaging text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, urban designs and settlements. Describing the progressive development of green architecture from 1960 to 2010, it illustrates how it is ever evolving and ameliorated through alterations in form, technology, materials and use and it examines different places worldwide that represent a diversity of cultural and climatic contexts.
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Recently, sneakers have been having a major comeback. With the help of the athletic trend, sneakers are cropping up everywhere from trend-based stores to the most anticipated runway shows of the season. Chanel, whose creative director Karl Lagerfeld always finds a way to renew and develop trends through the classic French label, also joined the sneaker bandwagon when pairing every look from the spring 2014 couture collection with a pair of trainers. Of course, they were bedazzled and embellished in true Chanel fashion, but every ensemble seemed extra cool and on-trend when the models strutted down the runway in these rubber-soled cleats.
When climbing the hills and mountains of Rocky Top, sneakers are the easiest and most comfortable choice of footwear. Whether you're climbing The Hill or walking from Hodges Library to TRECS, sneakers have long been the most sensible choice of footwear on UT's campus. Although, the trouble comes when attempting to pair sneakers with a comfortable outfit that is appropriate for both work and play.
I love sneakers and Converse are my favorite kind. I paired my crisp white high-tops with a fitted black dress, working off the classic black and white color combination. I paired my look with a floral bomber jacket that is light yet keeps me warm at night when the summer breeze rolls in. I accessorized with some gold jewelry, including a gold chain bracelet and a long gold tassel necklace.
The athletic style is not for everyone. When considering the ease and comfort that comes with sneakers, it's hard to deny their efficiency in any Fashionista/o's closet. Whether they're classic Converse or a pair of embellished versions from Chanel, sneakers are any easy addition to anyone's wardrobe that are sure to keep your style comfortable and on-trend.
Get My Look: 1. A pair of cool sneakers like this floral pair. 2. A light, floral bomber jacket. 3. A basic fitted black dress that's easy to wear in the summer.


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Yesterday afternoon the wife and I cleaned up the used Harman Mark II I got off Craig's list. Scotch brited it and gave it a coat of rattle can stove paint. Looks like brand new.
Replaced the gaskets on both doors.
Installed it in place of our stoker and fired it up last night for my first ever hand fed coal fire.
No problems getting the pea coal burning, had a good bed of wood coals going, put about 2" of pea in and it lit within minutes. Let that go about 1/2 hour, emptied the ash tray and loaded up the coal.
After the fresh paint stink let up we shut the windows and got toasty.
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A risk assessment of mill capacity, and an analysis of structural panel demand, supply and prices.
North American structural panel producers are facing a period of extreme uncertainty in light of the recent rulings on MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology). Already facing an extended downturn in the housing markets and increased competition from lower cost products, many producers will now be forced to spend millions to meet these new requirements -- or close.
How many mills will eventually need to close and for how long? Will pressure from new, low-cost capacity scheduled to come online through 2010 result in more substitution of OSB for plywood and the closure of older, smaller-capacity plywood and OSB mills? RISI examines these issues and many others impacting softwood plywood and OSB producers in the North American Structural Panel Risk Study.
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The Daily Inter Lake: "Boys reel in 5-foot, 60-pound alligator in Kalispell pond
Some birthdays stand out as exceptionally memorable; 16 and 21 usually make the list.
Josh Bryant will never forget his 11th birthday, when he came nose to snout with a 5-foot alligator in Kalispell.
On Monday afternoon, Josh and his mother, Lynn, were trying out the new fishing pole she'd given him for his birthday. The Shady Lane fishing pond near the old Steel Bridge, where he spends three or four days a week during the summer, seemed the perfect place to test the rod.
It was about 4 p.m. when Lynn Bryant spotted something swimming toward them.
"I thought it was a muskrat," she said.
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sadly you've fallen into the same trap as many others discovering ebooks. pdf is not a good format for reading on a dedicated device, unless it has been formatted specifically for that screen size
You'd think they would take the time to format it to the screen size of your reader? All it takes is to ask you what reader you have, and then convert the eBook (on the fly or pre-convert) to suit that device's screen.
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the best format to get is epub ; it will "reflow" (adapt to the size of the screen while preserving layout and document styles) which means you can zoom or read your book on any device you have available.
Right, I shall keep this in mind. I have had a look around the sites I know of and the sites your have suggested and it seems no one offers books in ePub format. I assume this is because of the lack of DRM ePub offers publishers/authors?
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i don't have any experience personally with ebooks.com but you might try contacting their customer support. explain your problem, and if the book is available in another format, ask to exchange it. if it's not available you can try requesting a refund. i don't promise this will work, but it's worth a try.
Yes, I suppose I could try that. I'll see if they can, perhaps, offer me an ePub version; it's not likely though.
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if the book is not available in epub format, other formats can much more easily be converted to epub, including .lit (MS Reader) and .mobi / .prc (Mobipocket).
They are the three options I've seen: PDF, MS Reader and Mobi Pocket. I'll see if they will give me one of those versions instead.
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1. try calibre (free download, see the "calibre" forum here) ; you'll have to remove the drm first (google)
Calibre is incredibly annoying. It does a good job though, when it moves its backside
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feel free to take a look around and ask any more questions. we've got some very knowledeable people here who can help you with anything. welcome to the forum !
Thanks for your help! You've supplied me with enough knowledge to now do some research and come to a resolution to this issue.
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A quick and dirty remedy is to use the Reader in lansdcape.
Press and hold the size button and the book will display in landscape so the characters on that unfortunate pdf are a little bit bigger. Not an ideal solution, but ...
This worked very well, actually. I didn't think to try this. Landscape mode makes the reader about annoying to hold in bed, but it means I can read the book now, so not a complete waste.
Thank you both for your suggestions and tips. I shall go away and do some research and return with my findings and share the results (good or bad).
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text: Curriculum Our residents rotate through a wide range of clinical services including obstetrics, gynecology, perinatology, reproductive endocrinology, gynecologic oncology, urogynecology, the SICU, inpatient medicine, surgery, and emergency medicine. Additionally, throughout the four years of residency, all residents spend a half day every two weeks at The Women's Center (ambulatory clinic) seeing their continuity patients. Residents are also scheduled for Elective time during the third year where they can select to experience a month rotation in an area of obstetrics and gynecology that is of interest to them. On-call schedule Residents in our program do not have a call schedule and instead follow a night float schedule. Please check the rotation schedule for details. Scholarly activity Our Residents are expected to develop and carry out a scholarly project during the course of the residency program. Many of our residents work on more than one project while a resident here. Our third year residents present their work to their peers and faculty during Resident Academic Day, an event held every May, where the third year projects are judged by a selected group of attending physicians. The resident whose work is judged to exceed the judges' criteria for subject matter, methodology, presentation, poster quality, and relevance of topic is given an Award Certificate at the annual Graduation Banquet and a gift. Weekly didactics schedule Resident didactic time is protected time. By our department's use of physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and faculty attending physicians, our residents are able to enjoy uninterrupted education time for various academic activities every Wednesday from 8 am to 1 pm and for Grand Rounds on Thursdays from 7:30 am to 8:30 am. Didactics is not just lectures, but also includes interactive learning, CREOG quizzes, lab simulations, animal labs, and resident retreats. Animal lab / simulation lab / hands-on surgical training Our Residents graduate with very high levels of surgical experience. Their experience includes the latest DaVinci robotic surgery, open and closed cases and urogynecology. Our residents get the opportunity to improve surgical skills through various animal labs, simulation training and hands on surgical training. There are three laparoscopic training simulators for the residents to learn and brush up their laparoscopic skills. The hospital is proud of its Sahler Animal lab where residents and physicians alike practice open, laparoscopic and laser surgical techniques. Our Residents are trained on robotic surgical techniques through web based and hands on training provided in our surgical simulation lab and on our robotic simulator. Supervision A faculty supervisory attending physician and a certified nurse midwife are immediately available to the residents 24-hours/7 days a week on the floor, in the resident clinic in The Women's Center and in the operating room. Junior residents are directly responsible to senior residents, and, in turn, junior and senior residents are responsible to the supervisory attending physician. All residents consult with the attending physician regarding the assessment and treatment of patients. Vacations and meetings All residents receive four weeks of vacation per year scheduled at the discretion of the Program Director. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology sponsors each chief resident for one conference a year. The department will also sponsor a resident for meetings or conferences at which the resident is presenting a paper. Third year residents are sent to the CREOG Leadership Workshops in the Spring and our Chiefs are sent to board preparation classes in late Winter/early Spring. Books When they begin their residency, Interns are provided with Williams Obstetrics, Comprehensive Gynecology and Zheng. Each year at holiday time, our residents are encouraged to request another book that will enhance their knowledge. Additional books throughout are provided as the Curriculum warrants.


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A steady supply of clean water is ensuring that Fiji continues to export fish, while the Water Authority of Fiji repairs leakages to guarantee future supplies.
LAMI, FIJI - Fiji Fish Managing Director Graham Southwick needs two kinds of water to keep business running - the seawater that supplies tuna for export and freshwater for the ice that refrigerates the fish.
"Having that water running in our taps is crucial for the company," says Southwick of the 98-ton tank that provides the factory's supply of ice. "Water shortages literally shut down the factory and jeopardize our chilled fish exports."
Water shortages could also disrupt the livelihoods of some 700 workers that Southwick employs at his fish factory in Lami, a small seaside town about 10 minutes' drive from central Suva, Fiji's capital city.
Those workers include factory hands and the fishing crews behind the company's exports of yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore tuna to markets in Japan, Samoa, and the United States, as well as in Europe.
Fortunately, and thanks to Asian Development Bank (ADB) loans, those jobs now appear to be safe, with water shortages a thing of the past. The $70 million Suva-Nausori Water Supply and Sewerage Project has laid new water mains and has installed state-of-the-art computer systems at the Tamavua and Waila water treatment plants to monitor water quality and treat it.
"I must say that I have seen a major improvement in the supply of piped water to our factory over the past 6 months. We no longer experience the water cuts that used to be a regular occurrence in the past."
Watering a peninsula
The Tamavua plant, which sits on the ridge overlooking Suva City and Lami Town, supplies water to Fiji Fish. But it also provides water for hundreds of other businesses in the two municipalities.
Combined, the two plants in Tamavua and the bigger one at Waila, near Nausori Town, serve some 332,000 people living in the Suva-Nausori Corridor, a large swath of the peninsula that includes the four municipalities of the capital and three towns on its periphery - Lami to the south, Nasinu at the center, and Nausori to the north.
Water Authority of Fiji (WAF) Consultant Engineer Roly Hayes says the corridor's population needs 40 million gallons of freshwater a day.
Tamavua can handle 15.9 million gallons of water a day, while the plant at Waila has a capacity of almost double that at 26.4 million gallons. As Hayes points out, that means the two plants can handle demand.
But only barely, he adds, and "at a huge cost."
About 35% of our annual budget goes to electricity use, or about $11.5 million a year."
For Hayes, the solution is for the WAF to have its own dam and not only be able to use hydropower for its water pumps but also be able to sell excess power to the Electricity Authority.
"That means we would not only save $11.5 million from not having to pay for electricity, but would be able to make some money, too," says Hayes.
Plugging the leaks
In the meantime, much of the ADB funding has gone into water quality and leak detection, while contributions of the Government of Fiji have financed the laying of additional water mains for both the Tamavua and Waila plants.
Treating water with chlorine is also now computerized in both plants, a big step in killing pathogens that cause diseases, such as typhoid and polio.
But leakages remain a problem and, recently, a huge one was discovered at Kalekana Village, where many of the workers at Fiji Fish live.
Unaccounted water losses at the treatment plants still run at a very high 55%, and most of the losses are believed to be due to leakages like the one at Kalekana Village.
Rectifying this situation is essential, says Hayes, if the treatment plants are to keep up with water demand in Suva and its adjacent three towns.
"With ADB funding, we plan to purchase four sets of highly sophisticated water leak-detecting equipment," says Hayes. "When we manage to limit our losses to 25% - a normal industry standard - we will have adequate capacity for at least 15 years."
Workers at the Waila Plant need no reminder of future water needs. All around the complex, construction work has begun in earnest of what has been described as Fiji's largest ever residential project.
The Waila City housing project plans to build 5,000 homes for 25,000 people on some 700 acres of land. Two other similar housing projects are planned for the Suva-Nausori corridor.
Meanwhile, significant progress has been made in supplying current demand, as Mosese Sorovi, head of the Suvavou Village, attests.
He and the other 560 villagers at Suvavou are Suva's traditional landowners, and constant water cuts in the past forced the village council to purchase three 2,600-gallon water tanks. They are hardly used today.
"Water supply has been regular since the beginning of the year, and water cuts rarely happen these days," says Mosese. "Our wives and children no longer need to take buckets down to the main road to wait for the water trucks."
The same story applies for people living along the coast of Lami.
"I no longer need to keep an empty drum here at home to store water," says Lal Mohammed, a resident of Wailekutu, less than 2 kilometers from the Fiji Fish factory.Stay up to date Subscribe to our newsletter and get the latest issues, news, events, jobs and data in your e-mail inbox.


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Hello! A website is under development for Evie, Ello and friends... in the meantime, I've left the changeable eye tutorial so it will be available in the interim.
Tutorial: How to turn your Wilde Imagination and Tonner Dolls into changeable eye dolls.
Tutorial: How to remove the hands of your resin doll for dressing
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Mid 1500s gown for Evangeline (silk with embroidered and plain netting):
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