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"I absolutely love this pattern! Have used it use it many more times. Makes the most adorable little dresses."
Sizes 6 months - Size 8
Dolly sizes: 15-18"
You asked for it - a style that is wearable,versatile, and ADORABLE! This classic A-line can be made in top, shift, or dress lengths in sizes ranging from 6 months to 8 years, and is just perfect for customization with applique or embroidery.
With lots of photos and detailed illustrations, this eBook takes you through the steps of making a fully lined "couture-quality" garment. Surprisingly, this method is actually much easier than making an A-line with facings - there are less pieces to cut out, no seams to finish, and no hemming! Since all the loose threads and raw edges are hidden within the garment, you can even make an A-line that is reversible!
You may be wondering how Carla managed to fit full-sized patterns in the confines of letter-sized paper. This eBook actually contains a series of bodice templates that you will use to create your own pattern in the length you desire. You'll be amazed at how fun and easy it is! Best of all, you can make new patterns in different sizes as you need them!
In addition, this eBook contains important tips on fabric selection and finishing. Also provided are several different fastener options, including buttons, snaps, and ribbon ties. And, of course, patterns to make A-lines for dollies are included.
- 27 pages of instruction
- 32 full size pattern pieces and templates
- Over 100 detailed graphics and photos demonstrating each step
*Note: These are downloadable instructions for making a jumper. This Ebook includes pattern pieces. Since it is a download, you will receive this by email and it will also be located in the "My Library" section of your user account immediately after purchase.
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I absolutely love this pattern! Have used it use it many more times. Makes the most adorable little dresses.
Quick and easy pattern. Very well written. Have used it many times.
love this pattern!!!
Fantastic pattern!
Love this pattern
Great instructions - I love it.
Cute for all ages of girls!! EASY to stitch!!
Great pattern and easy to follow pattern! Thanks!
Very Easy to make and comes out adorable! My daughter loves the matching factor for her and her dolly!
Easy to make!
Love this dress with the matching doll pattern! Perfect ;0)
Very cute pattern.
This pattern is great! Simple and easy to follow. I have never sewed anything before and I managed to sew 8 dresses in a week! All with my three kids playing close by.
Great pattern!!
Awesome Pattern. I have used it over and over. Easy and clear instructions. Love it!!!!
I LOVE this pattern! I have used it a lot. I love the fact that you can have two totally different looks in one dress!
great pattern
This pattern is PERFECT! Great for appliques and is easily adjustable!
Love this pattern!!!!
my go to pattern for just about any occasion my daughter needs a new dress =) super easy and clear directions
Love this pattern. Used several times.
I love this pattern. The directions are very easy to follow. I have made this dress several times for my girls.
LOVE all as wish it went up to a size 10!!
this is one of my go to patterns for all my aline designs
Great Pattern! Will use again & again!
I make this all the time
I have made several of theses. The pattern is easy to read and the outcome is amazing! Worth the money and it is a great beginner pattern
Great pattern - easy to understand instructions w/ lots of clear pics!
I just adore all of Carla's patterns. The instructions are beautifully written, the illustrations and pictures are very descriptive and she has so many alternate ways to change up your final product, you really don't need many patterns to make an entire wardrobe.
Love it! Super quick and easy to sew! Love the many sizes. I bought one from another person and didn't like it :( The pattern pieces wouldn't fit together no matter how hard I tried! You make it super easy with few pieces! I am a advanced sewer and can't believe I couldn't figure the other one I will definitely being using this pattern a lot.
my go-to pattern for an special occasion!
I made my daughters matching dresses with this pattern and they get complements all the time. I love this pattern because it is so simple and easy plus it's reversible! YAY! Two dresses in one!
I bought this pattern in 2006 and started making dresses for my daughters who were 4 and 6 at the time. Well, we have added two more daughters and I still use this pattern for my go to dress for my youngest! Super easy!
Love this!!! So easy to make and so versatile. One of the few items that can be worn all year!!!
Carla C.'s patterns are easy and great for beginners. She always includes several options and the fit is pretty spot on. You will not be disappointed in her patterns. Love all the ones I have, which is quite a few.
Wonderful pattern and very clear directions! I made a top for one daughter and a dress for the other, was very easy even for a novice sewer like myself to get great results.
This is a classic!!! As a matter of fact, this was the first dress that I ever made:) The details in the ebook are extremely easy to follow and the pictures are It!!!
Super easy to put together. Great pattern
Easy to follow, adapt the sizes and make the dress yor own! Love it!
This pattern is so simple and goes together soo quickly. The bonus is that you are getting 2 dresses in one!! Carla's instructions are so detailed that a beginner can put this together in no time. Again, many options and variations make this pattern one that you will use again and again!
This is a staple in my daughters wardrobe. So cute and classic. Tutorial is super detailed questions are answered before you can ask them!
Very nice basic dress to make. I was able to whip this up quickly and embroidered the front with a really cute design.
You will not regret this puchase. I've made and sold more of these than I can count. Most popular has been my Christmas on one side and Thanksgiving on the other. So much fun to jazz these up with appliques. I love "Scientific Seamstress" patterns. She approaches sewing like I do.
Super easy to follow
What can I say that hasn't already been said? Perfect perfect pattern! It is the staple of my daughter's wardrobe.
So cute and easy to make!!
Another one of my "go-to" patterns from CarlaC. Super easy and sews up super fast. Thank you so much!
Loved this pattern! I finished it in one afternoon, from cutting it out to sewing on the buttons! Easy to follow directions! Can't wait to sew another!
This is an amazing dress! I made it at a 2T size and it grew with my girls. It was a dress and became a cute top when they got taller. This is another one of those patterns that you can make several of in a very short amount of time.
Love this pattern! Soo many possibilities!
I LOVE this pattern, so easy breezy. I cut several dresses at one time and whip them up!
This is one of my favorite patterns. I have another lined a-line dress pattern whose instructions pale in comparison to this one. I wish I'd found this first.
Carla's patterns are always amazing. I think this was the first one I bought and have since purchased MANY more. The instructions are easy to understand and the end result is too cute. I love that doll patterns are included with every Scientific Seamstress pattern.
This is an adorable pattern with wonderful instructions. I have made several of these for my daughter, most recently her birthday dress with a big 6 appliqued on it and a matching dress for her American Girl Doll that she got for her birthday. She wears the dress about once a week now.
Carla is a genious and her patterns are incredible. Even a new sewer could put together a fabulous outfit in no time. I love it as a dress or with Carla's easy fit pants as a top. I also love that it is reversible. I can either use two different fabrics or, use the same fabric but appliqué something on one side. This gives me a holiday outfit and then reverse to get more wear out.
Made this one a few years ago, matching for my 1st grader and her American Girl doll. She loved it. It was made especially for her Poodles in Paris birthday party. I wish the pattern went larger (10-12). I was fairly new to sewing, and was successful the first time. Excellent instructions. Thank you.
Fun and easy. A wonderful pattern.
Fantastic pattern! Easy to follow instructions and fabulous results!
Cute pattern! Love it lots!
I love this pattern! I've made it many times, and it's always different. I started by making dresses for my daughters, then tops, and now dresses and tops for their American Girl dolls! It's very easy, and there are options for the fasteners on the shoulders.
This pattern is the first dress pattern I ever used successfully. I had scoured the internet and pattern shops looking for a pattern to make a lined A Line Dress without success. I even tried to "wing it", not a good idea. Then I purchased this pattern not only was it easy to follow, it was my "ah ha" pattern when sewing just clicked. I've made around 100 garments with this pattern and my own variations. Absolutely, my hands down favorite. Carla is my hero!
Cute pattern . Love the closure options. I have made many of these. Love the fact it is reversible. Runs a bit small in the chest though.
This pattern is great. I loved that I had two dresses when I was done. We have fun deciding which dress my 4 year will wear each time she wears her dress. We get compliments every time she wears it. I plan to make more in the future. Thanks!
I have been making A-Line Dresses for awhile but I was heming the lining and the dress seperately. I bought this ebook last night and made a dress thie morning....... it cut my time in half! Super simple instructions and very graphic. Thanks so much for taking the time to help!
LOVE this pattern! Much easier than the traditional pattern on the market (you know, the one's with the thin brown paper...lol)! I can turn out an a-line in under 30 minutes now! I've purchased several of her other patterns, and Carla is a pattern WIZARD!! Thanks so much Carla!!
Wonderful and easy pattern. Thank you for all the good hints and tips on measurements. I can only highly recommend this pattern to everyone, especially beginners.
My daughter is getting her first Big Girl American Girl Doll for Christmas so I bought this pattern primarily to make doll clothes and it is SO EASY!!!! I have never been good at making clothes but I am an avid blanket and tote bag maker but this made clothes so easy!! I definitely recommend it!!!!!!
I was really surprised with how detail Carla was! Her ebooks are unique and extensive! This is such a versatile pattern, I've made many different sizes/length and gotten great complements on them. It was really easy to follow and make.
LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Super easy! This was the first thing that I started sewing over a year ago b/c a traditional pattern was just mind blowing! I can now turn one out in about 30 minutes! I have purchased several of Carla's patterns and they are all AWESOME!! Definitely worth it!
I am a total beginner at sewing. As a matter of fact, this was my first outfit. It turned out great!!!!! These are the easiest instructions to follow!
These patterns by Miss Carla are so easy! I mean I am a beginner (only sewing 2 yrs) !Her dialogue is very simple to understand and her sizing is very flexible,leaving nothing to chance.I am highly anticipating more from her!Sew many choices of finishing...the straps.I love it!!
I'm new to sewing and found the instructions for the adorable dress very easy to follow. I'm using a sewing machine that is 50+ years old, so I think most anyone can attempt this pattern and have a great outcome. My machine doesn't zigzag or do buttons, so I used the snap closure option. After sewing on 5 sets of snaps, I would recommend the button route. :)
I have made 4 of these dresses now and they are so easy!
This is a great set of instructions. Even a beginner like me could make this dress in one evening! I can't wait to go to the fabric store and find some more fun fabric!
You never fail to deliver CarlaC. I made two of these today and two mini's for the girls teddy bears. Great pattern with excellent instructions. I have suggested this to a few friends who are beginning sewers. I have received many nice comment on this dress. My only tip is to say if you are doing a reversible dress then hand stitch closed the seam on the least favourite fabric of the two.
This pattern is so easy...it took a little time to figure it out ( I just started sewing about a month ago), but I am so impressed with my very first two pieces of clothing!!
This is the best pattern I've seen in a long time! Easy to follow detailed instructions and a plethora of photos make this a fabulous purchase!
Hi Kim!! I can't tell you how addicting this site has become!! I love boutique, custom clothing, but with 3 little ones it's just too exspensive!! This site offers endless creative possibilities!! The instructions were super easy to follow! I look forward to more ebooks from this designer.


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3 oz. cooked and finely chopped skinless chicken breast
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In tight series, A's aiming to seize momentum
Oakland out to halt road playoff woes, grab lead in well-pitched ALDS
DETROIT -- When taking into consideration that teams that have gained a two-game lead in a Division Series have won it 38 out of 43 times, it would not be wrong to say Saturday's walk-off victory counted as a must-win game for the A's.
Their players weren't exactly buying into it after evening up the best-of-five American League Division Series with the Tigers -- "I don't think we saw it that way," said Josh Reddick, "but you're of course trying to win" -- but there's no denying the A's have positioned themselves well heading into Game 3 on Monday at 10 a.m. PT on MLB Network.
This is the 12th time in A's history they have split the first two games of a postseason series, including the third time in the ALDS, and they have gone on to win it six of the previous 11 times. They've taken a 2-1 lead 14 times and won 11 of those series, but they've never come back to win a series after trailing 1-2 in six previous tries.
To take the series lead, the A's will have to pull out a win on the road -- something they haven't done in the postseason since a 5-2 victory at Minnesota in Game 2 of the 2006 ALDS. All four road losses in the playoffs that have followed have come against Detroit.
But Motown is also where the A's outscored the Tigers, 32-20, in a four-game set less than two months ago. The A's won three of those contests and, though realistic in knowing such an outpouring of offense against the league's best staff was rare, they're hoping to channel some of that success Monday against AL ERA leader Anibal Sanchez.
Oakland will turn to right-hander Jarrod Parker, who lost Games 1 and 5 to Justin Verlander and the Tigers during last year's ALDS despite pitching well.
"There are still games left to be played, and both teams have the ability to put runs on the board," manager Bob Melvin said Sunday. "It could turn. It could stay in one direction, you never really know, but it seems like in the postseason, for whatever reason, the pitching rules the day a little bit more so and runs are tougher to come by."
The A's and Tigers have combined for six runs in the first two games. Elsewhere, the Red Sox and Rays combined for 25 runs in the first two games of their series, the Dodgers and Braves 14 and the Pirates and Cardinals 18.
Credit some pretty good pitching, which is responsible for 45 strikeouts this series.
"I'm not surprised whatsoever that it's been low scoring, kind of back and forth," said catcher Stephen Vogt, Saturday's walk-off hero. "A lot of strikeouts on both sides. This series features a lot of good pitching, whether it be starters, bullpen, you name it."
"Our pitchers have done a great job," Melvin said. "We do the best job we can as far as preparing them and balancing between what our strengths are as a staff and what potential weaknesses they have. And at this point, we've done a pretty good job of that, but they've done the same.
"It's tough to hold that lineup down. I know they were struggling a little bit toward the end of the season, but there really shouldn't be any carryover from that. You have the days off, the separation. It's a whole different feel once you get to the postseason."
"These have been two fantastic playoff games, they really have been," added Tigers manager Jim Leyland. "Two one-run games, nip and tuck. We haven't scored a run for 17 innings, and most of that's a credit to Oakland's pitching. Runs will be stingy. I don't care how good you think your offense is. Runs will always be normally stingy in postseason play."
That's why Melvin isn't concerned about running out a similar lineup for Game 3. Leyland will do the same, though he will start Jhonny Peralta in left field.
Both sets of offense are experienced when it comes to postseason play.
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Texarkana(tĕk'särkăn`ə), city (1990 pop.: in Tex., 31,656; in Ark., 22,631), Bowie co. (Tex.) and seat of Miller co. (Ark.), on the Tex.-Ark. line; inc. 1880. Physically one city, Texarkana is actually two separate municipalities. The state line runs through the center of the post office. Texarkana is a major railroad junction and a transportation and trade center for a large agricultural and pine forest area. Its many industries include cotton processing, lumbering, and the manufacture of tires, ammunition, paperboard, medical equipment, railroad ties, and cooking oil. The U.S. army has a huge depot there. Texarkana has a campus of Texas A&M Univ. and a junior college. Wright Patman Lake, a large reservoir to the southwest, serves as a resort area.
a city in the southern USA, in Texas. Population, 33,000 (1974; including the neighboring city of Texarkana, Ark., with which it has virtually merged, and their common suburbs, 75,000). Texarkana, a transportation junction, has metalworking, woodworking, chemical, and defense industries.


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Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday he has a vision of a new world order that would be absent of the "hegemony of arrogance."
Ahmadinejad, known for past fiery denunciations of the United States and Israel, addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday with typically fierce rhetoric, in his final speech at the gathering as head of state.
"The current world order is discriminatory and based on injustice," he said. "There is no doubt that the world is in need of a new order and a fresh way of thinking, an order in which man is recognized as God's supreme creation."
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He said the "continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality."
Ahmadinejad slammed the United States as well as Israel on its foreign policy, though its intended target was absent: A spokesman for the U.S. mission to the U.N. said the U.S. was boycotting the speech, as it usually does, because of Ahmadinejad's comments in recent days and because the speech was taking place on the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur.
"We've seen Mr. Ahmadinejad once again use his trip to the U.N. not to address the legitimate aspirations of the Iranian people but to instead spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against Israel. It's particularly unfortunate that Mr. Ahmadinejad will have the platform of the U.N. General Assembly on Yom Kippur, which is why the United States has decided not to attend," a spokesman said in a statement.
In his speech Wednesday, Ahmadinejad did not reference Iran's nuclear program. The United States, Israel and Western nations claim Tehran is using what it insists is a peaceful nuclear program as cover for building a weapon. Israel has threatened a military strike against Iranian nuclear installation, while President Barack Obama insists time remains to solve the dispute through diplomacy.
A day earlier, Ahmadinejad had said in an interview with The Associated Press that a new world order needs to emerge, away from years of what he called American bullying and domination.
He also discussed solutions for the Syrian civil war, dismissed the question of Iran's nuclear ambition and claimed that despite Western sanctions his country is better off than it was when he took office in 2005.
"I do believe the system of empires has reached the end of the road. The world can no longer see an emperor commanding it," Ahmadinejad said to the AP, speaking through a translator. He accused the U.S. of maintaining "an international policy of bullying."
President Barack Obama warned Iran earlier Tuesday that time is running out to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program. In a speech to the General Assembly, Obama said the United States could not tolerate an Iran with atomic weapons.
Ahmadinejad would not respond directly to the president's remarks in his AP interview, saying he did not want to influence the U.S. presidential election in November.
But he argued that the international outcry over Iran's nuclear enrichment program was just an excuse by the West to dominate his country. He claimed that the United States has never accepted Iran's choice of government after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"Everyone is aware the nuclear issue is the imposition of the will of the United States," he said. "I see the nuclear issue as a non-issue. It has become a form of one-upmanship."
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Iran has called for the U.S. and its European allies to ease the sanctions that have hit its critical oil exports and left it blackballed from key international banking networks.


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Zero Punctuation: Kinect
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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews the Kinect.
Wow. Yahtzee will have a LOT of work after this. Assuming he'll care at all and doesn't just ignore half the games. Which will probably end up being the case.
Another funny, incisive, witty, gently arousing video from the betrilby'd one.
I can honestly say that I didn't expect this one. I guess he might have been saving it for when he would need a break from another brown shooter.
Still funny, though.
Also, I have seen the entire thing, mods. Please don't polish the banhammer.
At least it has some other uses with the camera like not having to buy that stupid Xbox-Vision addon that failed after launch.
Unexpected, but I knew Ben had a problem with the Kinect for a while. I'm actually glad he made this, because I've always been wanting to see his thoughts in full on it.
It really does sound like gimmicky bullshit, but I don't get his problem with the lack of immersion or feedback. Not every game has to grab you by the scrotum and yank you into its world. I think the Wii and Kinect are supposed to keep you grounded in reality with the whole 'lol im playing a video game!' feel.
Then again, the idea of using a normal controller and some stuff that's motion control is a neat idea, but no developer will go for that because they would want to use and capitalize on the technology as much as possible.
That said, I wonder if BF3 or Arkham City will be next week?
Indeed I agree with your last thought about the use of Kinect. It will never be any good for games unless you have an easy way of moving around. So, sitting in your couch with a controller and from time to time doing some gestures seems more logical to me.
According to MS's advertising a subway station is recommended over a living room, that's probably why you had problems with its size requirement. I mean, who actual plays game in their living rooms today?
Combining ordinary controllers with Kinect? Let the controllers do all the moving and navigating, and leave Kinect with all the secondary movements? Now THAT'S a thought...
Okay, Batman A.C. is next week then.
Yahtzee doesn't like motion controls: Nothing new here.
Nominee for the next Pope: Yahtzee Croshaw.
Both the Kinect and the Move look awful, play awful, and are painful to use if you're taller than 6'1, or heavier than 250, or some weird combo. The Kinect refused to register half my movements because I'm 6'4 and 145 lbs. It thought I should either be wider or shorter, and adjusted things as such.
Wow nobody got banned this week, that's certainly a first
tee hee hee see what I did there
Yahtzee has pretty much summarized what I have always been saying about the Kinect:
"For gaming, the Kinect is nothing more than a gimmick. But for everything else (hand waving through interfaces and such) it is pretty awesome. At least it will be once they improve the recognition software."
Seriously, the Kinect's recognition software is crap unless you stand WITHIN THE DESIGNATED AREA!
Oh, how I love watching the comments that will inevitably result in Moderator wrath pile up at the start. you guys are like bloody lemmings, honestly.
Also, a dig at conservatives is always welcome.
And "riverdance down giant's causeway"? hillarious.
If you thought side-stepping was bad, try break-dancing =P
I loved "To turn you have to twist your shoulders like you're a passive aggressive person on the dance floor" really made me laugh.
I feel bad because the part that stuck out to me most is that Yahtzee spelled Kinect wrong in the opening sequence.
Well, that wasn't as harsh as I thought it would be.
A typo in the title screen? Lovely ;)
Awww, Child of Eden and Rise of Nightmares? What about Fruit Ninja Kinect? That sounds more like the kind of stuff Yahtzee would like.
Yahtzee is 6 foot 5, damn. I'm 6 foot 2 and I already tower over my friends.
More to the point, I kind of suspected that Yahtzee would eventually pick up a Kinect- but this still took a long time to materialize.
I cracked up at the "Well hello there, Councilor Troi" wanking scene (though I'm more of a Dr. Crusher fan myself).
I can't help thinking motion controls will be brilliant in five to ten years when developers have got he hang of them. I remember playing Doom with the keyboard and thinking mouselook was only for crazy people. Clearly the keyboard is faster and more precise and if you want to turn 180 degrees, the mouse is an absolute nightmare. And as for those useless little joysticks they tacked onto the PS controller... what was that all about?
Yahtzee is like the pope?
Well, from the way some fans treat him... :p
I knew he'd hate it, but still, it was funny. As always.
Using the controller for most the game and allowing you to use motion for secondary things that sounds a lot like what I've played on the Wii. And I've never that much trouble with the Kinect grated I've only played Kinect adventures but as long as I didn't cross my limbs over my body it read me fine.
at the end you were pretty much describing Steel battalion (the new one) mostly in this upcomeing game you use a proper hetrosexual controller but there are some moments where you need to use kinect to do certain actions.
I can see where Yahtzee is going with the lack of feedback, but that could be argued with games that rely on a traditional controller/keyboard+mouse. That big knife thing in "Silent Hill 2" is a good example of how it bounces off the wall and the only "feedback" you may get is a rumble of the controller.
However, one problem I do believe Yahtzee pointed out well is that these motion controls are not very accurate when compared to traditional controllers. I recently picked up "Lego Harry Potter" for the DS and I'm really frustrated with how inaccurate the game is with my touch-screen commands. The core mechanics of the game are appealing and fun, but I'm not having an enjoyable experience if I have to fight with the bloody controls to tell the game what I'm doing.
Plus this doesn't seem like its versatile for a variety of gamers. Yahtzee kind of hints that this might not be enjoyable for a gamer that isn't very healthy (or meant for long-term gaming that we're used too). In my case with that "Lego Harry Potter", tracing out the spells or working with the mini-games were difficult for me because I'm LEFT-HANDED, not RIGHT-HANDED. Yet I can't re-map the controls to let me move around with my right-hand, or even bypass the bloody stylus controls.
I know comparing stylus/touch-screen controls to motion controls may not be accurate ("see wat I did ther?"), but this video really reminded me of my experience with that "Harry Potter" game.
actually there is a game like that coming out. its the new steel battalion game.
This is what happens when you try and make sophisticated futuristic hardware for fifty bucks so you can run a profit off it.
"I don't know if you've ever tried standing off balance for however long it takes to drive a very slow forklift down a narrow corridor..."
The forklifts at work are standing ones... and you have to stand on a peddle in order to turn off the safety an drive... So Kinect is like my work, essentially.
Anyone else notice there was two n's in Kinect at the start?
The Only Time I found a Kinnect to be fun: At A party, where most people were in the kitchen/hall/lounge chatting, but the Main room (a massive 6x9m space) had a big BIG screen TV (like 2.5x1.5m) we put tape down on the floor where the kinnect zone was, and laughed at each other trying to play the different levels of some adventure game (white water rafting/cloud riding/fish bashing/roller coater riding)
Single player//small room// small TV = WASTE OF TIME.
Fun review, though unsurprising.
God I hope he trashes Arkham City next week...
Nice one, though.
I'm not good at detecting sarcasm on the internet, and therefore don't know what you're referring to or if you're not doing that (I can at least tell that the last sentence was purely sarcastic, I'm talking about the whole thing). That was the disclaimer. Now for my own sarcasm.
I agree, if only we has some sort of controller-based console that (when done right) saves motion control only for the areas for which it is suited. And maybe we could give it a hilarious name that starts with W, and only has three letters in it. Or starts with an M and has four. It's really too bad that no one has capitalized on this idea.
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November 29, 2012
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Superstorm Sandy won't stop Alicia Keys from staging her annual Black Ball.
The singer said the New York event will now be held Dec. 6. The fundraising gala for Keys' charity, Keep a Child Alive, was originally set for Nov. 1.
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The brain contains stem cells with a surprising capacity for repair, researchers report in recent issue of the journal Cell. The novel insight into the brain's natural ability to heal might ultimately have clinical implications for the treatment of brain damage, according to the researchers.
The researchers found that mice whose brains were severely damaged by loss of the genes "Numb" and "Numblike" in one region just after birth showed substantial mending within weeks. They attributed that repair to neural stem cell "escapees" that had somehow retained or restored the genes' activity and, with it, their regenerative potential.
"At two weeks, the knockout animals' brains had developed a big hole," said Yuh-Nung Jan, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of California, San Francisco. "We thought that the mice would not live long, but by four weeks, the hole was largely repaired and the animals survived.
"It was a big surprise. It was not known that the brain has this kind of ability to repair itself."
Jan and his colleagues first discovered Numb in the fruit fly Drosophila more than 10 years ago. The gene was found by them and others to play a role in determining the fate of neuroblasts, cells that develop into neurons or other support cells in the insects' brains. Later, researchers found two functionally related mammalian proteins, dubbed Numb and Numblike, to be critical in the development of neurons in embryonic mice.
To investigate the genes' role after birth, Jan's team developed mice in which Numb and Numblike could be turned off only in a portion of the brain termed the subventricular zone (SVZ) when they administered a particular drug. The SVZ is known to be a site, or niche, that contains neural stem cells after birth.
In newborn mice, loss of the genes left the SVZ "greatly disturbed," Jan said.
Their results indicated that Numb and Numblike have two important functions, namely a role in the survival of neuroblasts and an unexpected role in maintaining the cellular wall that lines the ventricular region of the brain in which the SVZ resides. Without the normal complement of genes, that wall "disintegrated," he said, leaving holes in the brain.
Surprisingly, they reported, the ventricular damage was eventually repaired. SVZ reconstitution and remodeling of the ventricular wall was driven by progenitor cells that escaped Numb deletion, they found.
"Although the exact mechanisms are still being worked upon, these observations raise the possibility that postnatal neurogenesis can one day be used to repair brain damage," the researchers concluded.
"Our results here show that self-repair and local remodeling can indeed happen along the brain's lateral ventricular wall, and further insights into this process should shed light on whether SVZ neural stem cells participate in stroke/trauma-induced brain remodeling and postnatal/adult brain tumor formation. Furthermore, understanding how the SVZ cells participate in local repair should help bring us closer to the goal of using neural stem cells as therapeutic agents in neurodegenerative diseases."
Source: Cell Press


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Effective Date: 01 May, 2016
This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") is designed to make important and transparent disclosures about how we collect, share and use our users' information. Our users' privacy is important to us. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy carefully and use it to make informed decisions.
This Privacy Policy governs the data collection practices by Iron Mountain Technology. ("Wajam", "us", "we" and "our") while you use our (i) www.http://technologiesaintlaurent.com.com site; OR (ii) browser extensions; OR (iii) our software product (if applicable) (collectively "Wajam Products").
By using the Wajam Products you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wajam Products constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is part of our End User License Agreement and the definitions herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the End User License Agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use the Wajam Products.
We collect two types of data and information from our users.
The first type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to a user(s), which may be made available or gathered via the user's use of the Service ("Non-Personal Information"). We are not aware of the identity of the User from which the Non-personal Information was collected.
Non-Personal Information which is being collected includes the user's aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by the user's device, including certain software and hardware information about the user's device (e.g. the type of browser and operating system) all in order to provide our Service as defined and detailed in the End User License Agreement.
We collect the following Non-Personal Information from you when you install or use the Wajam Products and Service:
We may disclose, share or sell to third parties this Non-Personally Identifiable collected information as specifies below and solely if applicable.
Wajam will also collect search engine logs data to improve your search results and to maintain the security of our systems. Analyzing logs data helps our engineers improve the relevancy of your social search results. Search engine logs are anonymized and do not contain any personal information.
The second type of information is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual ("Personal Information").
We collect the following Personal Information from you when you install or use the Wajam Products and Service:
Our Service uses Personal Information for the following purposes:
We also use Non-Personal Information, aggregated information or statistics regarding user behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, the Service or the Wajam Product in the form of aggregated data, such as overall patterns or demographic reports, which do not describe or identify any individual user.
We do not share the Personal Information with any of our partners, we may disclose Personal Information, or any information you submitted if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies (including our Agreement), including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud or security issues; (iv) to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our users, yourself or any third party; or (vi) for the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies and/or in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.
The Non-Personal Information may be used or shared in any of the above circumstances, as well as for the purpose of providing and improving our Services, marketing and advertising purposes and conduct business and marketing analysis, and enhance your experience. If we combine Personal Information with Non-Personal Information, the combined information will be treated as Personal Information for as long as it remains combined.
Information relating to aggregate statistics may be collected through the use of third-party cookies and other third party tracking devices.
We may share your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information, with our parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively "Affiliated Companies"). We may share Information, including Personal Information, in the event of a corporate transaction (e.g. sale of a substantial part of our business, merger, consolidation or asset sale). In the event of the above, our affiliated companies or acquiring company will assume the rights and obligations as described in this Privacy Policy.
When you use our Service or the Wajam Product, we will store cookies on your computer in order to facilitate and customize your use of our Service. A cookie is a small data text file, which a website stores on your computer's hard drive (if your web browser permits) that can later be retrieved to identify you to us. Our cookies may store information such as but not limited to the country where you are located. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our Service may not work properly in that case. We use cookies to provide you with customized content and to keep track of preferences you specify while you are using our Services; in addition we might use the cookies to assist in identifying possible fraudulent activities.
We also gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date and time stamp or clickstream data. We do link this automatically collected data to other information we collect about you. Some of our business partners (e.g., Google Analytics, Third Party Advertisers, etc.) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Wajam only and does not cover the use of cookies by any third-party.
Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by third parties on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store cookies, beacons, scripts and pixels. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on the Wajam Products or to display advertising based upon your web-browsing activity. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 LSOs. To manage Flash cookies, please click here.
Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties on our system or other sites throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals whom we do not employ or manage, including any of the third parties to which we may disclose information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
The Service may also enable you to interact (whether directly or through link) with third party websites and services that are not owned or controlled by us ("Third Party Services"). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any Third Party Services. Please be aware that the Third Party Services may collect Personal Information from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each Third Party Services that you choose to use or interact with.
You may view and manage your advertising preferences at any time by accessing your account settings available by clicking on the icons via the Wajam ads widget. You can choose to opt out of advertising at any time by visiting your account settings. We partner with a third party to either display advertising on the Wajam Product. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads. As long as your browser retains the Wajam opt-out cookie, Wajam won't serve ads to your browser.
We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time, provided that we have reason to believe that the information is not accurate or up to date, by emailing us at: firstname.lastname@example.com. If you have registered to our services through social network or platform account, you may also manage what information you decide to disclose by changing your privacy settings on such platform.
Wajam makes best efforts to use security methods and encryptions when handling sensitive data (i.e., handle the user data securely, including transmitting it via modern cryptography);
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through the Wajam Products cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party.
We forbid users under the age of 18 to use our Service. If you are under 18, please be sure to read this policy with your parents or legal guardians and ask questions about things you do not understand. Children under 13 (U13) are prohibited from using the Services provided by Wajam. In the event that we become aware that a user under the age of 18 has shared any information, we will discard such information. If you have any reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has shared any information with us, please contact us at: email@example.com.
As a registered user, you may post, submit and exchange content and information on areas of the Website that are accessible to other users (such as our blog page) if you decide so. You should exercise caution if you choose to disclose Personal Information in a publicly accessible area. You are solely responsible for any Personal Information that you disclose and disseminate on publicly accessible areas. To request removal of your Personal Information from these areas of our Website, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise the Privacy Policy; material changes will be effective immediately upon the display of the revised Privacy Policy. The last revision will be reflected in the "Last modified" heading. Your continued use of the Service, following the notification of such amendments on our website, constitutes your acknowledgement and consent of such amendments to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.
you may contact us at Wajam Room 1708, Kai Tak Commercial Building, 317-319 Des Voeux road, Central, Hong Kong or by email at: email@example.com. Instructions on how to uninstall Wajam can be found at our How to Uninstall Wajam page. If you need any additional information, you may contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bigjigs Rail - Rail Number 0
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Bigjigs Rail Name Number 0 is a cute addition to your wooden railway set. Bigjigs Rail Name carriages are loaded with a brightly colored wooden letter or number. Each letter or number is removable and can be interchanged with other wagons and carriages. The Bigjigs Rail Name collection is ideal to personalize a Bigjigs Rail network, or as a special birthday or baby shower gift. Magnetic couplings ensure compatibility with all other engines and carriages in the Bigjigs Rail collection. Most wooden railway sets are compatible with Bigjigs Rail, making Bigjigs the perfect choice for starting or extending your collection. Ages 3+
Part of the Bigjigs Rail WOODEN Railway system.
Measures approximately 2.5" H x 3" L inches
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Pushing HTML5-based technologies harder than most, QNX Software Systems has demonstrated its CAR 2 application platform for embedded automation software. The new solution is intended to spur interest in developers looking to produce in-car "infotainment" systems at a time when automotive companies are said to be embracing HTML5 with new fervor.
QNX (and others in this sector) have addressed the HTML5 opportunity from a "content delivery and refresh" perspective; i.e., the concept that with HTML5 powered technologies on board, a car's infotainment system can be updated more dynamically. For example, QNX CAR 2 allows developers to "re-skin" entire user interfaces across multiple lines or car models.
CAR 2 allows programmers to blend HTML5 applications with those created with Qt, OpenGL ES, and other user interface technologies, all on the same display and at the same time. Audi for one has backed QNX's efforts and says that cars have become the new mobile platform. Audi uses QNX software technology in its MIB High infotainment system, which is shipping in cars now.
According to Thilo Koslowski, automotive practice leader at Gartner, "Successful connected vehicle strategies will be based on the principle of 'controlled openness', which leverages existing standards and flexible architectures to create differentiated customer experiences. HTML5 in particular allows automotive companies to embrace this principle and to create connected vehicle solutions that are upgradeable and can evolve with overall software and technology advancements."
In addition to the new HTML framework, the QNX CAR 2 application platform pre-integrates technologies including the QNX Neutrino real-time operating system, a multimedia framework, an acoustic processing library for hands-free systems, and hundreds of software services and utilities.


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Developers and environmentalists each want to modify Sarasota 2050 to suit their goals.
Battle lines are drawn again over Sarasota 2050, a growth plan years in the making that was designed to protect large areas of Sarasota County east of Interstate 75 from urban sprawl.
Wednesday, the County Commission will consider revisions to Sarasota 2050 that developers, whose village plans have mostly stalled, insist will better enable them to achieve the growth management plan's goals.
Environmental and neighborhood group alliances oppose any changes they think will weaken the plan that is supposed to make self-contained villages a true alternative to the typical suburb fronting a highway, with a retail strip at its entrance.
Q: What is Sarasota 2050?
A: Finalized in 2005 after more than four years of public hearings and an extensive legal challenge, Sarasota 2050 — which cost the county more than $2 million to write and defend — is intended to give the county options for addressing growth as urban areas get built out and more developers look eastward.
Sarasota 2050 presents an alternative to rules that largely have been in place since 1972, when the county used the route announced for the coming southward extension of Interstate 75 to create an urban services boundary. That boundary still separates urban areas to the west that receive county services from rural land east of I-75, where homes can be built on 5-acre or larger lots and must rely on wells and septic tanks.
Sarasota 2050 gives rural developers another option.
Instead of building a big-lot suburb that consumes all of their property, they can transfer development rights for half or more of their land to the remaining part of their property. In exchange, they can put many more homes on the existing land than allowed under the 5-acre rule. In theory, developers benefit and at the same time preserve much larger portions of land for wetlands, wildlife corridors and other environmental benefits.
The 2050 plans calls for villages, creating a diversity of housing types clustered in a walkable setting with a street grid, neighborhood gathering spots and retail cores. The concept stems from New Urbanism, the basis for the design of well-known communities such as Seaside and Celebration.
Q: Where is Sarasota 2050 development allowed?
A: Lakewood Ranch south of University Parkway, Hi-Hat Ranch off State Road 72 and an area composed of properties owned by Palmer Ranch and others.
A scaled-down version of a village is allowed in what the county considers a "semi-rural" area within the urban service boundary and between North Port, Venice and Englewood.
Another scaled-down version, called a "hamlet," would be allowed closer to the Old Miakka area.
Q: Why do developers want to revise Sarasota 2050?
A: Developers such as Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, which has yet to start the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South that was approved three years ago, and various business groups such as the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange and Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce insist Sarasota 2050 needs to be thoroughly re-examined.
"Although the 2050 Plan may have been well-intended, times have changed and I believe Sarasota County government should and must revise and adjust the 2050 Plan, despite decisions made in good faith by others in the past," Nick Gladding, Chamber chairman, wrote the commissioners.
So far, the only Sarasota 2050 development to be underway is the 1,999-home Grand Palm by Neal Communities, which broke ground last fall. Grand Palm is a scaled-down version of the village concept at Center Road and River Road.
Q: What are the developers' concerns?
A: Sarasota 2050 comes with a myriad of precise rules pertaining to the layout of a community.
For example, developers want more flexibility in determining the size of "perimeter buffers" that keep villages from being visible from main roads.
They object that a required commercial district must be in a "village center" rather than near the development's periphery, where it could attract customers from outside the village.
They want to be able to offer market studies that show that a village is close enough to retail elsewhere that a village center is unnecessary.
They want required "greenways" of interconnected preserves to count toward "open space" requirements within a village.
They express concerns about the frequency of fiscal reports to prove that a village is "fiscally neutral" and not imposing a burden on existing taxpayers to help pay for its impact on schools, roads and other public services.
Q: Who opposes changes to Sarasota 2050?
A: The Council of Neighborhood Associations, Control Growth Now, Sarasota Audubon Society, Sierra Club, ManaSota-88, Sarasota County Public Interest Coalition and Sarasota Citizens for Responsible Government have formed a united front and jointly issued a position paper.
Point by point, they argue against the building industry's suggested revisions — which they describe as "an all-out assault on the public interest protections of Sarasota 2050."
Calling themselves "public interest advocates," the environmental and other groups instead are making their own suggestions.
For example, they want increases in the size of "greenbelt preserves" that are supposed to surround the villages. They insist those greenways should not be used for storm-water management.
They also want to prohibit golf courses from counting as "open space" and to get more extensive requirements for tree protection and for affordable housing that must be available for sale and for rent.
They suggest the village area near Palmer Ranch be eliminated, since there are no longer plans to build an I-75 interchange there or a Central Sarasota Parkway connection to the area.
Q: What is the County Commission likely to do?
A: The commission has several options.
It could leave Sarasota 2050 intact and see if developers largely abandon it in favor of the big-lot suburbs the plan is supposed to discourage.
The commissioners could make what they consider minor tweaks that probably would not be enough to satisfy any complaining faction.
County planners, the Planning Commission and the County Commission could engage in a lengthy process of dissecting each element of Sarasota 2050, conducting public hearings and perhaps making significant changes.
The commission could scrap 2050 in its entirety and work on a replacement policy.