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Transporting and accumulating unit handling conveyor systems, such as heavy containers, pallets or steel containers. Suitable for implementing buffer sections.
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Sorry, ScarJo fans: Scarlett Johansson is engaged to journalist Romain Dauriac, People reports.
Dauriac reportedly proposed to The Avengers star last month. Johansson was spotted wearing an engagement ring at the Venice Film Festival earlier this week.
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What's happened in the business of video games this past week ...
QUOTE | "We don't think that there are enough games for mature, adult players."—Adam Badowski, head of CD Projekt, talking about developing Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and other PC games.
QUOTE | "Video games are not all they can be... most of them are the same formula in a constantly updated skin."—Adrian Chmielarz, developer of Bulletstorm, talking about why his new team The Astronauts is trying to create different games.
STAT | 78%—Percentage of core gamers who regularly buy used games, according to an NPD survey; this compares to 88% who say they regularly buy new retail copies, and 70% who buy digital games.
STAT | 3 million—Number of units of BioShock Infinite predicted to ship in the first month, according to analyst Arvind Bhatia; the $150 limited edition version appears to have already sold out in most places.
QUOTE | "We really want to deliver more like a Monday Night Football experience."—Whalen Rozelle, senior eSports manager for Riot Games, talking about how the company is changing League of Legends tournaments and livestreaming.
QUOTE | "It's not getting any easier."—Cie Games' CEO Dennis Suggs, explaining why better quality games are making it harder for smaller developers to find an audience for mobile games.
STAT | 8%—Amount that Nintendo's stock jumped on Friday, thanks to a combination of a weakening yen and an improving U.S. job market.
STAT | 50 million—Number of copies of Temple Run 2 that were downloaded for iOS in the game's first two weeks; the Temple Run game is also the #4 game on Android.
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Viewers got to see a different side ofNicole "Snooki" Polizzion this season ofDancing with the Stars. TheJersey Shorealum demonstrated a work ethic and a sharp sense of humor that came as a shock to many viewers and competitors (includingBill Engvall) ...
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The Band of the Grenadier Guards is one of the world's premiere military bands and has a long and distinguished history.The first mention of music in the Regiment is a Royal Warrant issued by King Charles II in 1685, the year of the birth of Bach and Handel, authorising the maintenance of twelve Hautbois in the King's Regiment of Foot Guards in London.
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In the 19th Century many notable changes took place as new instruments and techniques were invented; in 1848 the Band listed two Flutes, one Piccolo, three Eb Clarinets, eight Bb Clarinets, three Bassoons, four French Horns, a family of Trumpets, one Althorn, three Tambourines, two Ophicleides and Drums. Still later were added Cornets, Bass, Euphonium, Flugel Horn and Saxophones and by 1858 the Band must have sounded much as it does today.
During its long history the Band has made many tours abroad including: USA and Canada, France, Italy and North Africa, Gibraltar, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and many short visits to France and Belgium.
The Band is permanently based at Wellington Barracks, London, from where its established strength of 49 Musicians are able to provide musical support to the British Army primarily through participation in State and Ceremonial occasions.
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The Band shares these duties with the Bands of the other Foot Guards Regiments - and together these form the 'Massed Bands' for The Queen's Birthday Parade and other ceremonial occasions on Horse Guards Parade in London.
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"With the decline of Western civilization comes a new pilgrimage of musicians looking to carve out their fates from the wreckage of the past. ÆGES are the new breed of California's creative drifters. ÆGES was founded by Chicago-raised Larry Herweg (Pelican, San Angelus), former Seattleite Mark Holcomb (Undertow, Shift, San Angelus), multi-continent Kemble Walters (The Rise, The Blank Faces, Juliette and the Licks), and the sole California native Tony Baumeister (16, Cutthroats 9).
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The White House has issued a formal response to the petition to deport British television host Piers Morgan for his outspoken views on gun control, chiding Second Amendment supporters to keep the First Amendment in mind too.
"The Constitution not only guarantees an individual right to bear arms, but also enshrines the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press -- fundamental principles that are essential to our democracy," wrote Press Secretary Jay Carney. "Americans may disagree on matters of public policy and express those disagreements vigorously, but no one should be punished by the government simply because he or she expressed a view on the Second Amendment -- or any other matter of public concern."
The petition was created December 21 on the White House "We the People" petition site. It quickly passed the 25,000 signature threshold required for an official response from the Obama Administration, ultimately garnering more than 100,000 signatures.
Morgan, who hosts the news show Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, originally earned the ire of Second Amendment activists when he called the Gun Owners of America executive director Larry Pratt an "incredibly stupid man" during an on-air interview. And earlier this week, Morgan was on the receiving end of a nasty rant, again by a guest, the prominent gun rights supporter and radio host Alex Jones, who swore "1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms!"
It is worth noting that the Supreme Court has generally held that non-citizens, including both legal and illegal immigrants and residents, are covered under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment.
Their conclusion almost always comes from the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause: "...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Here's the original video that sparked the petition:
The full White House response:
OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO "Deport British Citizen Piers Morgan for Attacking 2nd Amendment" When Discussing the Second Amendment, Keep the First in Mind Too By Jay Carney
Thank you for participating in We the People to speak out on an issue that matters to you.
Let's not let arguments over the Constitution's Second Amendment violate the spirit of its First. President Obama believes that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. However, the Constitution not only guarantees an individual right to bear arms, but also enshrines the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press -- fundamental principles that are essential to our democracy. Americans may disagree on matters of public policy and express those disagreements vigorously, but no one should be punished by the government simply because he or she expressed a view on the Second Amendment -- or any other matter of public concern.Advertisement
We recognize that the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, sparked an intense, and at times emotional, national conversation about the steps we can take as a country to reduce gun violence. In fact, your petition is one of many on the issue, and President Obama personally responded by sharing his views on this important issue.
In a recent press conference, President Obama also addressed the Second Amendment and the important perspective that law-abiding gun owners bring to the public conversation on this issue:
Look, like the majority of Americans, I believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. This country has a strong tradition of gun ownership that's been handed down from generation to generation. Obviously across the country there are regional differences. There are differences between how people feel in urban areas and rural areas. And the fact is the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible -- they buy their guns legally and they use them safely, whether for hunting or sport shooting, collection or protection.
But you know what, I am also betting that the majority -- the vast majority -- of responsible, law-abiding gun owners would be some of the first to say that we should be able to keep an irresponsible, law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war. I'm willing to bet that they don't think that using a gun and using common sense are incompatible ideas -- that an unbalanced man shouldn't be able to get his hands on a military-style assault rifle so easily; that in this age of technology, we should be able to check someone's criminal records before he or she can check out at a gun show; that if we work harder to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be fewer atrocities like the one in Newtown -- or any of the lesser-known tragedies that visit small towns and big cities all across America every day.
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WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Deport British Citizen Piers Morgan for Attacking 2nd Amendment British Citizen and CNN television host Piers Morgan is engaged in a hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution by targeting the Second Amendment. We demand that Mr. Morgan be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights and for exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens.


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Slow jazz? Check. Disheveled office? Check. Intimations that someone will walk through the door at any moment? Check. All the signs of a classic film noir-inspired game are well in play.
Except our detective seems awfully young. And grabby. And in fact not detective-like at all. Really, the whole opening of the game is a set-up: he'll con anyone, even the player. There's a reason the game's called Hoodwink.
Our world-weary protagonist is Michael Bezzle, "acquisitions expert." And yet playing an actual thief doesn't feel all that different from playing a character in any other adventure game, to be honest; the genre has a way of playing fast and loose with any property that isn't nailed down.
Every word from Michael's mouth is carefully placed, the vowels stretched out juuuuust enough to make him seem as if he might actually be laid-back, older, and burned out. But the art and the style of the game betray him: he is young and reckless, affecting a tone beyond his years. It could be annoying, but the game is funny enough to pull it off and make it work.
Humor, in fact, is one of the two main assets Hoodwink has. All the narration, all of the character reactions, all of the observations are delivered with wry, dry sarcasm and perfect timing. Sinister Uni-Corp's advertising is particularly delightful, in kind of a Fallout sort of way.
The other main asset of Hoodwink is its art. The world of Global-01 is gorgeous. It's wrecked and slummish and stunning. On high resolutions, every tile in its Asian-inspired mosaics shows and every shadow on its cel-shaded garbage holds multitudes. The studio behind the game, E-One, is based in Malaysia and it shows, with every environment showing a decidedly Asian approach to the city. The red lacquered non-wood is particularly nice.
The play can be clunky. The interface is not necessarily intuitive and while "left click" really is the be-all, end-all, one-fit solution to every single circumstance the game has to offer, sometimes that's just not quite enough. Hitting escape does, as one would expect, bring up the in-game menu, but it doesn't actually pause any of the action going on behind that menu. I also couldn't find any way to skip over repeat dialogue. By the fourth drawer in a row that was "jammed," with an unskippable two-sentence explanation about the shoddy materials from which it was constructed, I dearly missed that option. I also ran into an issue where after quitting the game, it forgot all of my settings and kept trying to run full-screen in 640x480. (Windows didn't like that.) But that happened once, as a seeming fluke, out of several starts and stops.
But even with the flaws, the art and voice acting are delightfully fun, and the post-apocalyptic noir-ridiculous setting is one after my own heart. In the end, for an adventure game lover or anyone who doesn't mind poking some gentle, sideways fun at all the tropes and conventions from the long-gone era of Raymond Chandler, Hoodwink may be worth a look.
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The big picture: SWTG introduces the comprehensive training environment
By Maj. Gregory A. Parkins and Maj. Ed Williams
Originally published in the March-April 2011 edition of Special Warfare
Change is a constant factor of the Special Forces Qualification Course, or SFQC, because the trainers at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, or SWCS, are always striving to improve the training process and its product, the SF Soldier.
One part of the SFQC that has remained constant throughout the years is Robin Sage, the SFQC's two-week culmination exercise, or CULEX. The training area for the CULEX, the fictional country of Pineland, stretches across 8,000 square miles of central North Carolina. While the physical training area is as complex and difficult as it is vast, the real value is in the human terrain in Pineland.
The Pineland scenario makes use of the services of thousands of North Carolina civilians who volunteer to assist in the exercise as role players representing guerrilla leaders and members of the Pineland populace. The exercise also uses military role players who act as guerrillas.
During the scenario, SFQC students work to assist the government of Pineland, which is facing an insurgency. Following a coup that deposes the legitimate government, the SF students work with role players to raise and train a guerrilla force that will fight the usurpers and attempt to restore the Pineland government. The unique training area and unconventional-warfare, or UW, training environment allow instructors to stress the SF candidates, assessing their ability to think on their feet and accomplish their team's missions.
While Pineland is a wonderful training environment, the students are immersed in it for only two of the 52 weeks that the average Soldier spends in the SFQC: That is not quite 4 percent of their training. In order to improve the quality of training, SWCS leaders asked: How can SWCS bring this kind of training and environment to the other 50 weeks that students are in the SFQC? How can we create a similar environment for SWCS's other two qualification courses: the Civil Affairs Qualification Course, or CAQC, and the Military Information Support Operations Qualification Course, or MISOQC? How can we inject that environment in our training for advanced skills, such as sensitive-site-exploitation courses, the Special Forces Target Interdiction Course and the Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant Course?
The 1st Special Warfare Training Group, or 1SWTG, is taking steps to create a comprehensive training environment, or CTE, using three lines of operation, which are under concurrent development. The first line is to update the UW scenario used throughout the SFQC and incorporate it into the CAQC, MISOQC and advanced-skills courses. The updated UW training will provide a common UW basis for all training conducted at SWCS.
The second line, complementary to the first, is to reorganize and consolidate the major resources used in all three qualification courses and all advanced-skills courses. The third line is to establish a cell in 1SWTG to support all its battalions in executing and maintaining their parts of the UW scenario, manage contracts and role players and build objectives, etc. The cell will also support specialized training outside SWCS's standard courses, if it is requested by units of the U.S. Special Operations Command or interagency partners.
The 1st Battalion has begun standardizing the UW curriculum within the SFQC in support of the CTE initiative in order to improve overall training. The CTE initiative will introduce UW concepts earlier in the SFQC and build upon UW instruction throughout thOSE course in order to better inculcate UW concepts. That will allow 1SWTG to introduce more advanced UW instruction during the CULEX (e.g., operational UW planning and UW as the strategic response) and provide the students a more realistic and relevant UW experience.
The initiative will take place in four parts. First, students will be introduced to UW at the beginning of the SFQC by participating in Robin Sage as guerrillas. Second, formal UW instruction will begin earlier in the SFQC, primarily using a distributed-learning methodology, and the cadre will build upon thST instruction progressively throughout the course. Third, trainers will introduce and develop more advanced UW concepts during the CULEX. Fourth, trainers will interweave the Pineland strategic scenario throughout the entire SFQC, so that graduates will better understand the role of UW in the contemporary operating environment.
The Robin Sage guerrilla training will expose students to the overall learning objectives and outcomes of the SFQC, and it will train them in tactical guerrilla warfare (basic small-unit tactics, sabotage operations, employment of homemade explosives, etc.). Most importantly, it will provide them with the operational and strategic context under which they will train for the remainder of the SFQC. Under the supervision of the Robin Sage cadre and mentorship of the guerrilla chiefs, the students will gain an understanding of what will be expected of them throughout the remainder of the SFQC, as well as OF the importance of UW in the SF mission set.
Although they receive no formal UW training during Phase II (language) and Phase III (tactical combat skills), students will gain a good understanding of the importance of language and culture. They will more readily acquire tactical skills during Phase III based on their guerrilla experience during Phase I.
The next formal UW training will occur in Phase IV (military occupational specialty, or MOS). Fifteen hours of UW instruction that were previously taught during Robin Sage will be offered through distributed learning and monitored by Robin Sage cadre through Blackboard. Students' knowledge of that instruction will be tested through a comprehensive UW exam that will be a "hard" gate for advancement to the next phase, Robin Sage. In addition, each MOS course is transforming its field training exercises, or FTXs, to incorporate the use of guerrillas. During Phase IV, students training in each MOS will have not only to master their particular specialty but also to develop a plan for teaching it to guerrilla role-players in a field environment. The SFQC officer course goes a step further by conducting a UW FTX in central North Carolina, where students conduct UW pilot-team operations in a denied environment (in preparation for Robin Sage) to determine the area's suitability for UW operations.
The benefits of progressive and incremental UW training will become most apparent during Phase V, Robin Sage. Students will begin the phase with a strong foundation in UW fundamentals and operations. That will give the Robin Sage cadre the latitude to teach more advanced UW concepts and further develop a more holistic and complex UW scenario. Examples include providing targeted language-training opportunities, integrating interagency and joint assets into the training, and expanding the strategic scenario to include UW as a strategic option rather than as support to the introduction of conventional forces.
The Pineland scenario is the thread that holds the CTE initiative together and allows the total integration of UW instruction throughout the SFQC. Once SWCS has updated and revised the scenario, it will be introduced at the beginning of the SFQC. It will then provide operational and strategic context for SFQC students throughout the course and ensure gradual exposure to the operational environment during training.
For example, during Phase III (tactical combat skills), the scenario will place the students in pre-coup Pineland, conducting counterinsurgency at the request of the government, including the integration of partner-nation forces into the plan. The coup will occur during students' training in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Course, triggering the evasion exercise, and the environment will begin to transition from foreign internal defense to UW. During Phase IV (MOS training), students will conduct pre-mission training in a friendly neighboring country, including the limited training of guerrillas who will be reintroduced into their country after they complete training.
Other initiatives under development support the UW curriculum realignment. The 1SWTG is updating training objectives to properly represent the contemporary operating environment. That will give trainers the ability to provide regional targets during all phases of training and, in concert with the modification of the current support contract to include more language-qualified role players, further regionalizing Robin Sage. That will give the cadre the latitude to include foreign refugees as part of the resistance, place foreign detainees on the targets or introduce foreign nongovernment organizations into the scenario. This is in addition to the current language role-playing that occurs between the SF detachments and the members of the resistance (Montagnards, foreign representation during area command meetings, etc.), propaganda written in targeted languages and the interaction with coalition partners.
These changes will support all three qualification courses. For example, role players on a specific objective will have several roles to play, depending on which element of Army Special Operations Forces, or ARSOF, is training there (CA, MISO or SF). That process will also aid in developing joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational relationships to improve the training. Robin Sage has developed a good working relationship with other government agencies that provide classes and contract air assets that support the exercise. With the potential expansion of the CULEX, the CA cadre is also looking to develop the transition phase of the operation, incorporating representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development/State Department or role-players who act as their representatives. Finally, the SFQC Allied Program allows foreign military personnel to participate in various phases of training. SWCS continues to refine that program in order to determine the best method of integrating allied military students into the training, particularly into Robin Sage.
The outcome of all these refinements will be an ARSOF Soldier who is completely grounded in the fundamentals of UW; has been fully exposed to the complexity and nuances that UW operations pose at the tactical, operational and strategic levels; and is able to apply those acquired UW-related skills in contemporary operating environments and in support of future national-security objectives. Upon graduation, those ARSOF Soldiers will now be better prepared for advanced UW training, including operational design and the application of UW as a strategic response.
Major Gregory A. Parkins was commissioned to the Infantry from ROTC in 1995 and assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y. He completed the SFQC in 2002 and was assigned to the 1st Special Forces Group, Okinawa, Japan, after which he served at the JRTC and completed ILE at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He is currently the executive officer for the 1st SWTG.
Major Ed Williams was commissioned to the Infantry from West Point in 1998 and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. He completed the SFQC in 2003 and was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group, after which he served at JRTC and completed ILE at the Naval Post Graduate School. He is currently the operations officer for the 1st Battalion, 1st SWTG.


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Community Dialogue on Student Discipline at McLean High
The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Ad Hoc Community Committee on Students Rights and Responsibilities will host five meetings in February to discuss student discipline. The purpose of the meetings will be to obtain input and feedback on current FCPS disciplinary practices and discuss the committee's preliminary recommendations to the FCPS School Board for changes to the Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook.
The following meeting is scheduled in the Dranesville District:
*Thursday, Feb. 7, 7 to 9 p.m.—McLean High School Cafeteria, 1633 Davidson Road, McLean
Anyone who is not able to attend a meeting is welcome to email comments to firstname.lastname@example.com or send by U.S. Mail to: FCPS Office of Intervention and Prevention Services, ATTN: SR&R, 3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030.
Spanish and Korean interpreters will be available at each meeting. To register for this service and to indicate a preferred language, visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/CommunityDialogue.
For more information or for dates and times for other meetings in Fairfax County please visit www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/srr/committee/dialogue-meetings.shtml.
Discussing Health Care Legislation
The McLean Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Saturday, Feb. 16, meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the McLean Community Center. The invited guest speaker, Aryanna Abouzari, has been asked to speak on health care legislation. She serves as the Affordable Care Act outreach specialist for the United States Department of Health & Human Services in Region III.
Several issues will be discussed at the Branch business meeting, including the make-up and functions of the branch board, the formula for allocation of net book sale profits and proposed changes to the branch's three governing documents: by-laws; policy statement; and, standing rules. An opportunity to help at a school project at Kent Gardens Elementary School will also be discussed. Contact Mary Ellen at 703-790-5550.
Sheriff's Office Announces Scholarship Opportunity
If you are currently enrolled in a Virginia college or university and are pursuing a degree in the field of criminal justice then you are eligible to apply for a college scholarship from the Virginia Sheriff's Institute (VSI) Scholarship program. Scholarships are available to both full and part-time students.
As part of the application process, Fairfax County Sheriff Stan Berry must submit a letter of recommendation on behalf of the applicant. A letter can be obtained by contacting Lieutenant Steve Elbert at email@example.com or by calling 703-246-3250.
Founded in 1981, the Virginia Sheriff's Institute is a non-profit professional and educational organization. In May 2012, the VSI Scholarship Committee awarded 63 scholarships for a total of more than $30,000. There are $500 scholarships available for full-time students and $250 scholarships available for part-time students. The number and amount of scholarships awarded each year varies depending on the number of eligible students and the amount of money that is raised.
For more information on the VSI Scholarship Program or to download an application, visit vasheriffsinstitute.org/scholarship/.


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This tutorial teaches you how you can load Active settings modules into your app, and create your own modules.
Active Settings is an app, much like Plasma Desktop's kcmshell that shows and loads configuration modules. These configuration modules are plugins providing a QML package and an optional C++-plugin which exports custom-written configuration objects as QObject to the declarative environment.
You can query available modules using the --list argument to active-settings:
$ active-settings --list org.kde.active.settings.web Settings for history, caching, etc. org.kde.active.settings.configtest Test Module for the Config Bindings org.kde.active.settings.time Settings for timezone and date display
You can load an individual module by supplying its plugin name as argument to active-settings:
active-settings org.kde.active.settings.time
will open the active-settings app and load the "Time and Date" module on startup.
The Active Settings app consists of a number of parts, an Active App, which loads a QML package providing the chrome for active-settings, a set of Declarative components which encapsulate loading settings modules and a set of settings modules, which provide the UI and backend code for a specific settings domain (i.e. Time and Date, Browser settings, etc.).
Integrating a Settings Module into an App
In order to integrate a settings module "inline" into your app, you can use the SettingsItem component, which comes with the ActiveSettings declarative plugin. SettingsItem provides a PageStack (from PlasmaComponents) with a bit of additional API, the module property. Creating an Item with a settings module is as easy as:
import org.kde.active.settings 0.1 as ActiveSettings [...] ActiveSettings.SettingsItem { id: webSettingsItem module: "org.kde.active.settings.time" anchors { ... } }
In order to speed up loading your app, you will want to lazy-load the settings module. This is very easy by using the PageStack features that SettingsItem encapsulates:
import org.kde.active.settings 0.1 as ActiveSettings [...] ActiveSettings.SettingsItem { id: settingsItem initialPage: someOtherItem anchors { [...] } } PlasmaComponents.Button { // This button toggles the settings item and someOtherPage [...] onClicked: { if (settingsItem.module != "org.kde.active.settings.web") { settingsItem.module = "org.kde.active.settings.web" } else { // Switching back... settingsItem.replace(someOtherItem); } } } Item { id: someOtherItem /* this guy is shown before any module is loaded */ }
Creating Your Own Settings Module
Simple, QML-only Module
Writing a basic ActiveSettings configuration module is as simple as creating a Plasma Package, using the X-KDE-ServiceTypes "Active/SettingsModule". The service type registers your package as settings module, so active-settings will find (and list) it, and so it can be loaded using the SettingsItem QML binding. A simple active settings package will look like this:
├── CMakeLists.txt ├── contents │ └── ui │ └── Web.qml └── metadata.desktop
The metadata.desktop file holds the plugin information, which script to load from the plugin initially, and a bunch of metadata, just like normal Plasma Packages. A simple metadata.desktop file will look like this:
[Desktop Entry] Name=Web and Browser Comment=Settings for history, caching, etc. Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Service Icon=preferences-system-network X-KDE-ServiceTypes=Active/SettingsModule X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Sebastian Kügler [email protected] X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=org.kde.active.settings.web X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=1.0 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=http://plasma-active.org X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=Online Services X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/Web.qml
The interesting bits, specific to active-settings are the plugin name, the package name and the mainscript. The plugin name is used to find the package, and will translates to the "module" property of SettingsItem. Web.qml points to a normal Item { [...] } in a file, normal rules apply here.
The CMakeLists.txt file takes care of proper installation and will be needed in order to install and package your settings module. It looks like this:
install(DIRECTORY web/ DESTINATION \ ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/plasma/packages/org.kde.active.settings.web) install(FILES web/metadata.desktop \ DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR} RENAME plasma-package-org.kde.active.settings.web.desktop)
Make sure the names of the .desktop files in CMakeLists.txt are correct, since incorrect names lead to problems finding and loading your package, or even to conflicts between different modules. In case of doubt check active-settings --list for already installed modules. After you installed the plugin (or changed its metadata) you'll need to run "kbuildsycoca4" in order to update the plugin metainformation cache.


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Anne Wojcicki has captured Silicon Valley's attention with her marriage to a co-founder of Google, and with a biotech company she recently co-founded.
Sometimes good fortune arrives in fairytale-like flurries.
Consider Anne Wojcicki, the 33-year-old former health care investment analyst who this month married a handsome young computer scientist, who just happens to be one of America's richest men.
As if the swirl of excitement around the Silicon Valley pairing of Ms. Wojcicki and Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, were not enough, Ms. Wojcicki has captured still more attention with a biotech company she recently co-founded, 23andMe. And her husband's company is an investor.
Google disclosed last week in a regulatory filing that it has invested $3.9 million in 23andMe, a start-up that, according to its Web site, is developing ways "to help you make sense of your own genetic information." The company's name refers to the number of paired chromosomes in human DNA.
In an interview, Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, declined to comment about 23andMe's business or its future products, but he said that in the course of evaluating the potential investment, the company had instituted an array of checks and balances to ensure objectivity, including the recusal of Mr. Brin from any discussions.
"That was all done by the book beyond belief," Mr. Schmidt said.
Google has invested in a handful of other start-ups, including FON and Meraki, both Wi-Fi start-ups, and Current, a company that delivers high-speed Internet access using existing power outlets.
Jon Murchinson, a Google spokesman, said that aside from 23andMe, none of the investments involved companies owned by a close relative of a senior Google executive.
Mr. Schmidt said that the Google investment in 23andMe would eventually benefit Google and its users.
Ms. Wojcicki (pronounced Wo-JIT-skee), and her 23andMe co-founder, Linda Avey, 47, declined to be interviewed at this stage in the company's development.
23andMe, with headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., is based on the concept of individualized genetic mapping. "What used to cost billions now costs only $1,000," Martin Varsavsky, an entrepreneur who has invested in the company, wrote recently in his blog. "So for the price of a laptop you can now learn the most intimate details of your genetic self."
Mr. Varsavsky wrote that as medicine advanced, those who have had their genes mapped could be notified of developments concerning their own genes, including news of relevant drug discoveries.
Then there is the networking aspect.
"And what about relatives?" Mr. Varsavsky wrote. "If people are joining so many social sites to find out what they have in common, why not find out who the person who is closest to you in the genetic sense is?"
Even without a bit of mapping, Ms. Wojcicki's own distinguished genetic heritage is evident. She comes from a family of intellectual high achievers. Her father, Stanley, is the chairman of the physics department at Stanford University; her mother, Esther, is a journalism teacher at Palo Alto High School. Ms. Wojcicki, the youngest of three daughters, attended Yale University, graduating in 1996 with a degree in biology.
The couple met after Ms. Wojcicki's older sister, Susan, now a Google vice president, sublet the garage of her house in Menlo Park to Mr. Brin and his partner, Larry Page, 34, for their search-engine start-up.
Google has declined to disclose any details of the wedding, but according to various news reports, the location was such a closely guarded secret that wedding guests boarded the jet owned by Mr. Brin and Mr. Page unaware of their exact destination until they arrived on a private island in the Bahamas.
Guests who attended said the bride wore a white swimsuit, the groom a black one. Some guests took a boat while others — including the bride and groom — swam to a nearby sandbar, where the couple exchanged vows.
Ms. Wojcicki is known for her high energy and approachable, easygoing, personal style. People who knew her in high school in Palo Alto said that she was studious but far from isolated. While at Yale, her mother said, Ms. Wojcicki was a competitive ice skater and played on the varsity ice hockey team. She also had a job as an activities coordinator in her dormitory.
Esther Wojcicki, who has worked at Google as an educational consultant, described her daughter as "an idea factory." In the past, she said, her daughter has had various health care related business ideas, and 23andMe is the first to come to fruition. Ms. Avey, her partner, has been involved with several start-ups in the past.
Ms. Wojcicki said that she was surprised when her daughter told her of the unusual wedding she had planned.
"She said, 'Mom, I'm going to swim to my wedding,' " said Ms. Wojcicki. "And she pulled it off."
Spurning some of the usual trappings of great wealth, Mr. Brin, who is worth some $14 billion, and Ms. Wojcicki live in a quiet residential neighborhood in Palo Alto.
In addition to Google, a handful of venture firms have invested in 23andMe as well. The total investment is estimated at around $10 million, part of which is being used to repay a $2.6 million personal loan from Mr. Brin.
"This is a completely new thing, and that's exactly why we invested," said Patrick Chung, a partner with New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif. "Everyone can relate to this. Everyone has a genetic blueprint."
Mr. Chung said that he was particularly impressed by Ms. Wojcicki's ability to discuss the scientific aspects of her new company without losing her audience. "She's really, really smart and still completely accessible," he said. "And that is a gift."


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My name is Wendy and I'm a Daveaholic
Common sense says you don't meet people you've known only through the Internet. But in total defiance of that dictum, Wendy Loo will rendezvous with strangers all over the country for the next eight weeks. The only connection these strangers have is that they're all Dave Matthews Band fans who frequent nancies.org, the VH-1 award-winning fan website created by Charlottesville's own Waldo Jaquith.
In the grand tradition of Grateful Dead and Phish fans, Loo, 33, will devote this year to traveling around the country to attend every DMB concert on the band's tour schedule. She quit her job and hit the road from California for DMB's first show in Washington on April 4. First stop: Charlottesville.
Here, she stayed with her first stranger, Diane Lahue. But Loo insists Lahue is not a stranger. She already knew Lahue as Tinigirl, just as Lahue knew Loo by her nancies screen name, Daveaholic.
Loo met Jaquith in the flesh when she invited him and 20 other nancies to stay at her dad's house in Malibu last fall for the VH1 music awards. Her guideline for meeting other nancies? "If Waldo says it's okay, this person is okay."
What makes a grown woman— whom Waldo insists is quite sane— quit her prestigious job as an attorney to follow a touring rock band?
"After September 11," she answers, "I realized life was too short to do something that didn't make me happy."
What did make her happy was listening to DMB and chatting with the folks at nancies.org. And with no mortgage, love interest, or kids, "I thought it would be the perfect time for an adventure." She adds, "I'm as much a fan of the nancies as of the band."
During April and May, Loo will see 33 shows. Then between July and September, another 34 shows are scheduled. At around $50 a pop (she's getting all tickets at face value), that's about $3,300 Loo will spend on tickets. Loo thinks that's pretty reasonable. "It's my entertainment for the next six months," she justifies. And by staying with all those nancies, Loo expects her hotel costs to be low.
The worst that could happen— besides running out of money? "I'm worried that by concert number four I'll be sick of them," she answers. But she doesn't think that's likely.
This isn't an Almost Famous type of adventure— Loo's not that kind of girl. Although she has copped a hug from Matthews, she quotes Penny Lane from the movie: "It's not about sleeping with the band; it's the music."
While in Charlottesville, the mecca for DMB fans, Loo saw the pink warehouse and met other fans at Miller's. And she plans to document her journey on her own website, HYPERLINK "http://www.travelingnancy.org" www.travelingnancy.org— if she's not too tired after all those concerts and if she doesn't run into the psycho nancies.


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I love the way I say I'm going to do something and then fail to do it. I did warn at the beginning in of the "I Love..." blog request that I'm a bad follow-througher.
I love how dramatic I can make a simple situation. For example, when Blaine (the fun frog) was found dead in the filter, my neighbors probably thought I found a dead baby. And...Anne and I know how traumatic it can be if you suspect a dead baby.
I love that I'm not going to be at work at all next week, minus Saturday.
I love going to Bear Lake with my family and staying in the Bear Bottom Cabin.
I love that although I have a variety of expenses coming my way, I have recently invested in a Nintendo DS. I really need it for my trip.
That is all.
Please keep in mind that I will be a neglectful "I Love..." blogger next week as I will be out of town, brother.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
I love....
I love the way I say I'm going to do something and then fail to do it. I did warn at the beginning in of the "I Love..." blog request that I'm a bad follow-througher.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
I love....
1. my bed
2. my frogs and fish
3. the frogs' and fish's personalities
4. family parties
5. Marlie's a girl after my own heart - a list maker
KWC made a request that I blog EVERY DAY about one thing I love for the rest of the month. Although I love stuff, I'm just not a good follow-through-er.
Let's see how it goes.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Skip-Bo. I love it.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
What do you want from me?
I understand that June 2009 has now left us. I've been aware of that fact for some time now. I just have no idea what you want me to write about. All I did for the whole month was go to Lowe's. Then I went to Lowe's again. And again. What do want from me? I will respond to all requests (pretty much).
p.s. I have a funny story but I can't blog it and I don't really want to talk about it. Maybe some other time.
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Read About Pink Wedding Theme
Giving up the temptation of tried-and-tested, pink wedding theme is a nice change. Consider some fresh pink hues: blush, salmon, flamingo, pearl, and petal. Pink satisfies your cravings of splurging on girly wedding romance. Pink paints perfect for brides, bridesmaids, flower girls, mothers, guests, etc. From bouquets to bridesmaids dresses, centerpieces to the cake, combine hints of pink, gold, and ivory for a shabby chic and feminine inspired look. Or shades of coral, peach, mint green with accents of pewter blue will not conflict but complements for your wedding dress and decors.


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A woman was killed and four other people were wounded early this morning in a drive-by shooting in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
Around 2:30 a.m., a car carrying five people was near the intersection of 73rd Street and King Drive when another car pulled alongside, said Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli, citing preliminary information.
A person inside the second car opened fire, striking the five in the other car, Mirabelli said.
Marissa Boyd-Stangley, 19, of the 7400 block of South Eberhart Avenue, suffered wounds to her head and body and was pronounced dead at 6:05 a.m. at the morgue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A 20-year-old man suffered wounds to his chest and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition.
Another 20-year-old man suffered a wound to his shoulder and was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, where his condition was stabilized, Mirabelli said.
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An 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were both shot in the hand and were taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, he said.
A neighbor said he was awaken by the shots, then heard someone at his door.
"A woman was shot in the hand," he said. "She walked up to our door and asked us for help."
The neighbor said the woman was calm, but one of the men who was wounded was jumping up and down and yelling about a gang. The woman who died was lying on the ground outside of the car, he said.
"Whoever the shooter or shooters were, they caught (the victims) by surprise," the neighbor said. "It appeared as if they followed the victims and caught them at a stop light.
"I don't know if it's related but there were large groups, a lot of people, hanging out on both sides of 74th Street and Vernon yesterday."
He said police removed bullets from the driver's side door, trunk and back windows of the car.
No description of the gunman or the car was available.
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Princess Diana, Dodi Al Fayed's Deaths: Scotland Yard Investigates New Information
Officials stress that they are not reopening the case.
Aug. 17, 2013 -- British police are looking into new information that has surfaced in connection with the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Al Fayed, Scotland Yard said today.
"The Metropolitan Police Service is scoping information that has recently been received in relation to the deaths and assessing its relevance and credibility," Scotland Yard officials said today in a statement. "The assessment will be carried out by officers from the specialist crime and operations command.
"This is not a re-investigation and does not come under Operation Paget," the statement said.
Princess Diana Through The Years: See the Photos
Operation Paget looked into conspiracy theories surrounding Diana's and Al Fayed's death in 1997.
The car carrying the couple was traveling more than 85 miles per hour when it hit a concrete pillar head-on in the Place D'Alma underpass, in Paris, on Aug. 31, 1997.
Both were killed, along with the driver, Henri Paul who was later proven to have been under the influence of alcohol at the time.
6 Things We Miss About Princess Diana
The main probe into Diana's death was conducted in 2007-08, and ended up with a verdict of "unlawful killing" and "grossly negligent driving" by Paul and also cited the pursuit of the limo the couple was riding in by photographers contributed to the princess of Wales and Al Fayed's deaths.
Scotland Yard said it was not releasing any more information at the moment.
ABC News' Susan Donaldson James contributed to this report.


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DENTON, Texas (AP) Tony Mitchell had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead North Texas to an 83-65 win over Jackson State, snapping a four-game losing streak.
Christian Williams scored 24 points for Jackson State (0-5).
Mitchell was 6 of 9 from the field, leading five players in double figures. Alzee Williams scored 14 points, and Roger Franklin had 13 and seven rebounds. Chris Jones and Jordan Williams had 11 apiece.
Jackson State, which led at halftime 33-32, was out in front 56-52 with 11:55 to play. But the Mean Green gained control, outscoring the Tigers 31-9. The Tigers drew even at 59, but Alzee Williams made a free throw, and North Texas (4-6) took the lead for good.
Christian Williams was 6 of 11 from the field for the Tigers. Dundrecous Nelson scored 11 points. Willie Readus and Raymond Gregory had five rebounds apiece.


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Fund-flow data tracker Lipper looks back at the week ended Wednesday and sees a broad-based rout for bond funds. reporting net redemptions of $8.6 billion for taxable bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
"Although not a weekly record, the aggregate outflows from this group over the past four weeks (-$23.7 billion net) was the heaviest seen since the end of October 2008," writes Lipper's Matthew Lemieux.
Within taxable bonds, junk bonds saw $3.1 billion of net redemptions, their fifth straight week of net outflows for a four-week net-outflow record of $11.4 billion. Corporate investment-grade debt saw $2.3 billion of net outflows, their second-largest weekly outflow since October 2008. On the tax-exempt side muni funds reported a record $4.5 billion weekly net outflow, in a week when the average municipal debt fund lost 2.28%.
To be fair, it wasn't just bond funds getting hit with withdrawals. Lipper reports that investors pulled roughly $20 billion out of all mutual funds and ETFs in the week, marking the largest weekly net outflows since the week ending August 10, 2011, when markets were in turmoil over Greece's burgeoning debt crisis.
The winners? Money market funds added roughly $5 billion net to their accounts, while Lipper says bank loans continued to be the bright spot for the income fund industry, extending their inflow streak to 54 weeks with $1.1 billion net inflow.
Checking on some loan ETFs early Friday, the PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio (BKLN) is marginally lower at $24.71, the Pyxis/iBoxx Senior Loan ETF (SNLN) is down 3 cents to $19.92 and the Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund (BSL) is unchanged at $20.16.


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Tornado survivors give advice about severe weather
What to be mindful of when preparing for severe weather
With severe weather heading our direction, 40/29 News is hoping for the best but making sure everyone is prepared for the worst.
So we revisited an area that knows all too well how powerful Mother Nature can be.
On New Years' Eve 2010, an EF-3 tornado touched down in Cincinnati, Ark.
Four people lost their lives, and much of the area saw mass devastation.
The survivors who still live in Cincinnati say just being aware of the severe weather threat is very important.
"You'll never know that feeling when you see total devastation and people crying and looking for other people. You'll never understand that unless you've experienced it, and you'll never be the same again," Cincinnati resident Sharon Davis said.
She said the tornado that ripped through her town changed her outlook on things.
"I've never had a fear of tornadoes and storms until two years ago," Davis said. "There's not a storm that goes through that I don't check the weather. My sleeping habits are much different. If there's a storm coming, you don't sleep as well as you used to."
"When the electricity went off, I went out the back door, and I heard it coming. I just didn't know where it was," John Randolph, a Cincinnati firefighter, said.
He said their fire station was leveled by the tornado, but it's since been rebuilt, and all of the supplies were donated.
That's just one of many examples of how this tragedy brought the community together.
"We see each other in passing, but they needed more than that," Randolph said.
Like many towns, there are no sirens to warn people in Cincinnati.
If the power goes out, your television will be of no use.
Weather radios and cellphones might be your only way of knowing when and where severe weather will hit.
The folks of Cincinnati said you need to have a plan in place, know where to go in the event of a tornado and be mindful of the fact that Mother Nature can be very powerful.


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With a mini flashlight in hand, Justin is ready to take charge and fulfill his duty as keeper of the Point Wilson Lighthouse.
Justin's mom used to live in a lighthouse and hearing her stories he would always imagine the adventures of a lighthouse keeper - in control and brave. As this young boy struggled to stay in control of his immotile-cilia syndrome – a rare life-threatening lung disease, the Make-A-Wish® team knew his lighthouse dreams was a wish experience they needed to grant. With the help of the U.S. Coast Guard, the wish team created an experience that far exceeded Justin's expectations.
The U.S. Coast Guard welcomes Justin as one of its own presenting him with an official flight suit. He is later inducted by the district admiral as an official member of the U.S. Coast Guard while his mom becomes overjoyed with tears.
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How to Get Online Away From Home or Work
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Ever since the days of the fax machine and clamshell PC, I've delighted in the concept of working away from home or office.
I have fond memories of lugging those clunkers from the back of my car in and out of motel rooms through bone-chilling blizzards and driving rain -- adding to the carry-load, certainly, but bringing freedom.
With many of us now accumulating multiple connected mobile devices, including laptops, tablets, cameras and phones -- all of which can accompany us on sojourns out of the workspace and home -- one might ask: What's the most efficient and cost-effective way to keep online while away from the economical, unlimited Internet pipes available at our fixed locations?
Here's what you need to know.
Step 1: Determine how much Web browsing and email data you use in a month.
If all you have is one smartphone that you use to check email and social networks, you can survive on a domestic data add-on from your smartphone wireless carrier, which will be a good combination of always-available convenience an arguably reasonable price.
For example, one hour of navigation directions per day and 1,500 Web pages and 1,500 text-only e-mails per month will often add up to less than 1 GB, which is often an entry-level phone plan offering.
Tip: Data counter apps are available in app stores. 3G Watchdog for Android, for example, will let you calculate real-time usage.
Step 2: Determine how much video or multimedia you use.
One hour of streaming video per day can add up to 7 GB per month. This is often more than wireless carriers allow before throttling, or than they will sell you at a reasonable price.
Two hours of streamed music per day requires 4 GB of data a month; 15 minutes of video calling per day requires 1 GB of data a month.
If you don't look at video, you'd be surprised at how little data you use. However, if you do, or you want to, and want to do it without being gouged, you need to improvise a bit.
Step 3: Look for free WiFi hotspots.
Use your wireless mobile network for non-data-intensive Internet, like email and Web only, and then find free hotspots for media downloads.
Free hotspots can include hotel lobbies; bars; Starbucks; McDonald's; and your cable company -- look for the CableWiFi identifier.
Tip: Boingo is a WiFi on-the-go service that provides access to free and paid hotspots for a monthly subscription.
Step 4: Pool resources with others.
If you, your coworkers or your family use multiple smartphones, tablets, e-readers, iPods and so on, you can avoid multiple payments to wireless carriers, or hotels and the like, by creating one connection that everyone hooks up to.
Look for the term "MiFi," or Mobile Hotspot, from your wireless carrier.
Tip: Verizon will sell you a prepay Jetpack Prepaid LTE hotspot for US$99.99 and then pay-in-advance service of $90 for 10GB valid for one month.
Step 5: Tether your devices to your phone.
Mobile phone networks offer a tethering option by which you can purchase a tethering add-on that lets you connect tablets and PCs to your smartphone wirelessly. The phone acts as modem.
Tip: Sprint offers mobile hotspot add-ons that range up to 6GB of shared data for $49.95 over and above your existing plan.
Step 6: Use your laptop as connection.
I've written about this recently: Your PC connects to the hotspot and the brood connects to the PC, saving configuration time and money.
Step 7: Choose satellite services in remote areas or at sea.If all you want is your Twitter feed and there aren't any hotspots or mobile service where you spend time, Inmarsat's IsatPhone Pro is easily configured with free incoming tweets in an SMS text-like readout on the phone's handset.
Prepay SIM cards, newly available in the U.S., start at around $90 and last two years. The phone itself costs $660 on Amazon.
More data-intensive broadband solutions are available from Inmarsat's BGAN service. If you need to ask the price on that one, you can't afford it.
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Winter Fashion – 6 Must Have Pieces
Winter is the time of the year when you get the least chance to express your fashion taste. We all tend to be warm and comfortable and don't pay enough attention to fashion. Sometimes it can be hard to combine your look during the winter, especially if you want to feel trendy. Here are the pieces of clothes you need to have and which will fulfill your winter look, making you feel sophisticated and elegant.
Good coat
Today you can find all sorts of coats, different materials, designs, and colors, from cheap to more expensive. It is important to find the one that will give your look an elegant appeal and make you chicer. Chose coats that are made of luxurious fabrics, such as wool or high-quality cotton. Black color never gets out of fashion, but you can also try different colors, such as gray, beige or red.
Warm jacket
Apart from a coat, you will also need a warm jacket. While coats tend to give you an elegant look, you need something that will keep you warm during the wither months. Nowadays, jackets are trying to replace the coats. We have them in various designs, colors, and lengths. And they don't represent sports fashion anymore. Women tend to wear them in any situations. When choosing a jacket, keep in mind that less is more, choose a simple design and one color, the length is up to you.
Knee and ankle boots
Boots are really important part of your winter look. You can combine them with any piece of clothes, and they will give you special and elegant look. When buying new boots, pay attention to details and for what occasion you are buying them. They should be made of leader, but some models with a fake leader can look nice. Shorter girls should wear knee boots because visually they will appear higher. As for higher girls, both models will work just fine.
The warm sweater is just a necessity during the winter, but now you can buy sweaters that have a trendy design. Wool sweaters are the best, but cotton will be good as well. Combined with different patterns and colors they are excellent winter accessorize for you. Apart from being very fashionable, you will make you really warm. When buying a sweater, just try to select quality materials, and you won't make a mistake.
Hat and scarf
During the winter, you need something that will protect you from the wind, but in the same time complete your look. Hat and scarf are excellent accessories that will make you appear more fashionable. Combine them with the rest of your clothes to get the more elegant design. They don't have to be made of wool, nowadays, you can buy almost any shape of the material.
Good bag
Now is time to try bolder designed and colors, when everything is so gray outside. A good bag is a crucial thing for your winter fashion. Experiment with shapes and colors, but match them to your clothes. Make sure to choose quality bags, and if you are out on everyday errands, a backpack can be a handy solution.
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