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Mortal Kombat Vita launch trailer hits as game releases in US
Mortal Kombat is out today in the US on PS Vita, and Warner has released the launch trailer which you will find below. Also, over on the US PS Blog, you'll find a list of some of the missions included in the game listed by its producer, Hector Sanchez. The game launches in the UK […]
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Mortal Kombat klassic skins trailer feature female kombatants
Warner has released a new Mortal Kombat Vita video which takes a look at some klassic skins for female warriors. Game's out May 1. The video is below, courtesy of CGItrailers.
New Mortal Kombat trailer reveals Vita exclusive Kostumes
GameTrailers has gone live with a trailer which features some of the klassic costumes which'll be available for the PlayStation Vita version of Mortal Kombat.
Mortal Kombat Mileena tease teases Mileena
Once again we enter the foetid realm of trailerception – check out this teaser for the live action Mileena trailer for Mortal Kombat Vita.
Mortal Kombat Vita launches in the US May 1, UK May 4 - Kitana goes live
Netherrealm has released the full length liver-action Kitana video for Mortal Kombat Vita along with reconfirming that the game will release in the US on May 1 and in the UK on May 4. Get in on the action below.
Mortal Kombat Vita goes live-action with Kitana teaser
Netherrealm and Warner have released a live-action video teaser showcasing Kitana in Mortal Kombat Vita. The full-length version of the trailer debuts later this month, while the game lands in stores on May 4.
Mortal Kombat Vita gets brutal new trailer
Warner's released a new trailer for Mortal Kombat Vita. Still looking like brutal old MK, as you'll see below the break. The video also shows how the touchscreen is implemented.The fighter's handheld version launches this spring.
Warner Bros. banked on Vita's screen to get Mortal Kombat to Oz
Mortal Kombat: Game of the Year Edition has been refused classification in Australia, despite Warner Bros.'s hopes for the portable fighter.
GameSpy Technology tools will be available to Vita developers in April
GameSpy Technology has signed a deal with Sony's tools and middleware licence program which would allow the firm to bring its API tools to Vita, and the first title to receive the online services is Mortal Kombat.
Mortal Kombat Vita video shows brawling in the palm of your hand
Warner and NetherRealm have released a new video for Mortal Kombat, highlighting some of the Vita-exclusive gameplay features. The handheld version comes with an all-new Challenge Tower mode and 150 new missions, including Touchscreen Fatalities, Xrays, and more when it releases in the spring. Check it out below.
First Mortal Kombat Vita footage is gory and thensome
The US PS Blog has posted a video featuring near two minutes of gameplay of Mortal Kombat for Vita, the first showing its gotten since it was announced. Proper button-bashing at its finest, but also wiping the obscuring blood with the touch-screen. That's your £230 put to work right there. Get the video below the […]
Mortal Kombat Vita has exclusive Challenge Tower, touchscreen fatalities
Ed Boon has said the development team really "went to town" with front touchscreen interaction in the Vita version of Mortal Kombat, but decided against making use of the system's reach touchscreen.
Warner confirms Mortal Kombat Vita for spring
Following intital chatter this morning, Warner's formally announced a Vita version of Mortal Kombat for a spring release.
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Mortal Kombat Vita launch trailer hits as game releases in US
Mortal Kombat klassic skins trailer feature female kombatants
Mortal Kombat Vita launches in the US May 1, UK May 4 – Kitana goes live
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GameSpy Technology tools will be available to Vita developers in April
Mortal Kombat Vita video shows brawling in the palm of your hand
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Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.The Romans took much of their medical knowledge from the Greeks and went on to use and improve the ability of aromatics. Rome became the bathing capital of the world. After bathing the Romans would be oiled and massaged. The Romans started to import new aromatic products from East India and Arabia through the opening up of trade routes. During the crusades the knowledge of aromatic oils and perfumes spread to the Far East and Arabia. It was a physician called Avicenna who lived from A.D 980 to AD 1037 who is understood to have first used the process known as distillation to distil essence of rose. It probably took many years to perfect the process . The Arabs also discovered how to distil alcohol around the same time making it possible to produce perfumes without a heavy oily base. There is a strong possibility that the ancient Chinese civilizations were using some form of aromatics at the same time as the Egyptians. Shen Nung's Herbal book is the oldest surviving medical book in China. It is dated about 2700 BC and contains information on over 300 plants. The Chinese used aromatic herbs and burned aromatic woods and incense to show respect to God. Traditional Indian medicine known as Ayurveda has been practiced for more than 3000 years and it incorporates aromatic massage as one of its main aspects. The invasions of South America by the conquistadores brought about the discovery of more medicinal plants and aromatic oils. The Aztecs were well known for their plant remedies and the Spanish were amazed at the wealth of medicinal plants found in Montezuma's botanical gardens. The North American Indians also used aromatic oils and produced their own herbal remedies. It wasn't until the 19th century that scientists in Europe and Great Britain began researching the effects of essential oils on bacteria in humans. A French chemist, René Maurice Gattefossé, began his research into the healing powers of essential oils after burning his hand in his laboratory and applying lavender oil. He was impressed by how quickly the burn healed. In 1937 he published the book Aromathérapie: Les Huiles Essentielles, Hormones Végétales, a book about the anti-microbial effects of the oils and coined the word Aromatherapy. He went on to set up a business producing oils for use in fragrances and cosmetics. Around the same time another Frenchman, Albert Couvreur, published a book on the medicinal uses of essential oils. A French medical doctor, Jean Valnet, discovered Gattefosse's research and began experimenting with essential oils. He realized the enormous potential of essential oils when he used them in treating wounds during the war. In 1964 he published his first book The Practice of Aromatherapy: A Classic Compendium of Plant Medicines and Their Healing Properties Around the same time, Margaret Maury, a French biochemist developed a unique method of applying these oils to the skin with massage. Micheline Arcier, now living in London, studied and worked with Maury and Valnet and their combined techniques created a form of Aromatherapy now used all over the world.
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Many of my students and clients ask me about the origins and background of aromatherapy. Is it new? How long has it been around us? Who discovered it? I thought this summary of the history of aromatherapy can give you a better idea on how old aromatherapy is and how long humanity has been using nature's aromatic plants. Aromatherapy is derived from two words: Aroma – meaning fragrance or smell and Therapy – meaning treatment. Aromatic plants were used by the most ancient civilizations, we could say that aromatherapy is at least 6000 years old. An Egyptian medical papyrus considered to date back to around 1555 BC contains remedies for all types of illnesses and the methods of application are similar to the ones used in Aromatherapy and Herbal medicine today. The Egyptians used a method known as infusion to extract the oils from aromatic plants and incense was probably one of the earliest ways of using aromatics. Frankincense was burned at sunrise as an offering to the sun god, Ra, while myrrh was offered to the moon. The Egyptians were experts at embalming using aromatics to help preserve flesh. The Egyptians used to be massaged with fragrant oils after bathing. The Greeks continued the use of aromatic oils and used them medicinally and cosmetically. A Greek physician, Pedacius Dioscorides, wrote Materia Media, a book about herbal medicine and for at least 1200 years it was used as the Western world's standard medical reference. Many of the remedies he mentions are still in use today in Aromatherapy. The Bible has several mentions to the use of aromatic substances, both in the Old and New Testaments:


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Robots of various shapes and sizes have been seen making their way through a number of cities in the United States without any apparent human oversight. Sightings have been reported in Pasadena, Los Angeles, and along Hollywood Boulevard, as well as some undisclosed subway stations and industrial parks. Now, while it's very possible that this marks the beginning of a full scale mechanized invasion, it's also possible that it's a part of a clever prank. Regardless, you can keep track of the ongoing situation by following the Brilliant Machines Tumblr.
And should you spot a robot in your neighborhood, be sure to tweet using the #brilliantmachines hashtag.
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It is market day in Ramallah, the West Bank. Shoppers are making their daily purchases. And as they shop, the Palestinian proposal to seek recognition at the United Nations is a major topic of discussion.
Palestinian Statehood Bid Breakdown
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Sabah Rajah, shopping for her family, says recognition is her wish in life.
She says recognition will change everything, the behavior of the people, the crossing points, the siege of Palestinian territories, and they will have a good life.
Shop owner Fareed Zaban says the Palestinians and Israelis have been negotiating for a long time but have little to show for it.
He says we want them to recognize us as a real state, not just a state in name. He says right now the Palestinian Authority is an illusion and that it has no control over anything, the crossings, the skies, the land.
Palestinian leaders say they are frustrated by the lack of progress in the peace negotiations with Israel. They hope U.N. recognition will add clout to their position.
But on the streets of Jerusalem, Israelis like Yaakov Hadani believe this will hurt the talks. He says negotiating requires two partners. He says the Palestinians cannot conduct negotiations through the world instead of directly with us.
Assaf Haber, 22, has friends in the Israeli army. He is afraid it will bring more violence.
Haber says it is time for the Palestinians to have a state. He says any people that were under foreign control for a long time deserve to have a country. But not this way, he says. There should be cooperation between the two parties, not unilateral moves.
Hebrew University Professor Yaakov Bar Siman-Tov says a U.N. resolution is not likely to bring change to the streets of the Palestinian territories.
"If there is this kind of frustration between expectations and outcomes, in a very short time they will realize that we didn't achieve anything actually," Siman-Tov said. "It was a very nice declaration, etc., and then what?"
He says this could lead to demonstrations and possibly violence. He says it could also lead to Israeli sanctions. Or, he says, it could lead to a return to negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government vehemently opposes the Palestinian push for U.N. recognition, urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to return to direct talks.
"I'm going to the U.N. And President Abbas, Abu Mazen, is going to the U.N. We could spare the trip. It's all of 10 minutes from here to Ramallah. Let's sit down and negotiate," Netanyahu said.
Palestinian leaders broke off direct talks a year ago after Israel's 10-month moratorium on settlement building in the West Bank expired.
Mr. Abbas, before heading to New York, indicated his willingness to resume negotiations but reiterated his desire for U.N. membership.
He says we will return to negotiate on all other issues but we want, God willing, to get a full membership from the U.N. Security Council.
Ramallah-based analyst Hani al-Masri says the Palestinian leader should be using other tactics.
He says this choice should be part of a new strategy and not the strategy itself. Those who advocate this tactic do not want Mr. Abbas to adopt the other tactics which, he says, are uniting the resistance, boycotting Israel and rebuilding Arab support throughout the region.
Palestinians are also split over the issue. The mainstream Fatah group backs recognition. Rival Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, opposes it saying it will legitimize Israel. And with Israel strongly opposed to U.N. recognition, tensions are rising in Israel as well as in the Palestinian territories.


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(RNS) An effort by Boston College administrators to shut down a student-run program to distribute condoms and provide information on safe sex could end up in court, according to Boston media outlets.
School officials sent a letter this month threatening disciplinary action to students behind "Safe Sites," the network of dorm rooms serving as outlets for condoms, lubricants and other material.
The students were told the effort conflicts with the "responsibility to protect the values and traditions of Boston College as a Jesuit, Catholic institution."
The letter was signed by Dean of Students Paul Chebator and George Arey, director of residence life.
"The students have repeatedly ignored warnings," BC spokesman Jack Dunn told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 on Wednesday (March 27). "The dean sent the letter to the students saying their actions were incongruent with the Jesuit Catholic values of Boston College and asked them to cease in this activity."
ACLU attorney Sarah Wunsch told WBZ the group may take legal action if the school presses the issue.
"Jack Dunn needs to think about the state's civil rights act and its applicability to private parties," Wunsch said. "They should not be threatening students with disciplinary action."
Dunn, however, was unmoved.
"I don't think the ACLU has standing in this matter," he told the radio station. "As a private institution we reserve the right to set our policies and to hold our students accountable to those policies."
Boston.com reports that Safe Sites are sponsored by the Boston College Students for Sexual Health, a group that works to improve sexual health education and resources. BCSSH is not recognized by the university.
Dunn told Boston.com that the students know the public distribution of condoms violates the university's policies and values.
"As a Jesuit, Catholic university, there are certain Catholic commitments that Boston College is called to uphold. We ask our students to respect these commitments, particularly as they pertain to Catholic social teaching on the sanctity of life," Dunn said in a statement.
"We recognize that, as a reflection of society at large, many students do not agree with the Church's position on these issues. However, we ask those who do not agree to be respectful of our position, and circumspect in their private affairs," the statement said.
Lizzie Jekanowski, chair of BCSSH, told Boston.com that the Safe Sites program fills a need that the university is not providing to its student body. Students who go to any of the 18 locations — all but one are in dorms — can pick up free male and female condoms, lubricant, and pamphlets about sexual health.
Jekanowski told Boston.com the administration has been aware of these sites for at least two years and never taken action. She said she was upset that BC officials did not reach out to BCSSH members before issuing the threatening letters.
"We've had a very open relationship and it's been very positive," she said. "This letter was very warmongering and threatening."
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*side note* This is part of a series in which I post images I've taken throughout the week using my Canon A1 (fancy talk for a film camera circa the 80's)
Here are a few other Film Fridays to peruse at your leisure.
All images were shot using Kodak Portra 400.
ok, continue. When in Seattle you must…
… have dinner at Delancey.
If we happen to not be there that night, which might not be likely considering we live right around the corner and frequent it quite often – we will let you sit at our corner table. If we are there, please join us. We are happy to share our pizza but you should be aware of the dining arrangements.
Baron cozies up to the window in the corner seat. Gabe, Ivy and I sit on the end while Roman, if he sits at all, takes the other window seat. In order to ensure a somewhat chaos-free dining experience we carry with us no less than two iPhones and one iPad. Now I know at some point we must bite the bullet and teach our children how to properly behave in restaurants without the aid of technological devices but not yet, please not yet.
A little tip on ordering… everything is great. You know of course that the pizza is amazing but don't just skim over the salads and starters. Some of my favorite tastes while dining at Delancey have come from this part of the menu. Also, never skip dessert and never, ever walk out with out a little to-go bag with a salted chocolate chip cookie tucked inside.
When in Seattle you must also picnic. What's that? Oh dear, it's raining?! That's odd.
No problem we can still picnic at Picnic. They have everything a good picnic requires. Lillet? Check. Pork Rillettes? Check. Dinah's Cheese with Ballard Bee honey? Check. Roasted beets with smokey blue cheese and hazelnuts? Check.
If by some chance you are in Seattle when it's not raining than I urge you to gather all your goods and take your picnic to the zoo which is conveniently located about ½ mile away from Picnic.
You should also note that picnicking in the midst of friends, new and old, makes everything much, much better.
Shauna giving Lu a sweet candid kiss. We mothers simply can NOT resist kissing the tops of our children's heads.


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BANGKOK (Reuters) - A former Thai magazine editor was jailed for 10 years on Wednesday for insulting the royal family under the country's draconian lese-majeste law, a sentence that drew condemnation from international rights groups and the European Union.
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was found guilty of publishing articles defaming King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2010 when he was editor of a magazine devoted to self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The articles criticized the role of a fictional character meant to represent the king, public prosecutors said in a July 2011 report. Discussions about the role of the monarchy are forbidden.
"The accused is a journalist who had a duty to check the facts in these articles before publishing them. He knew the content defamed the monarchy but allowed their publication anyway," a judge said in passing sentence.
The magazine, whose English title is Voice of Taksin, a play on words meaning "Voice of the Oppressed", was shut down shortly before Somyot's arrest, said Thida Thawornseth, a leader of the pro-Thaksin "red shirt" movement.
The European Union Delegation to Thailand said the verdict and sentence undermined the right to freedom of expression.
"At the same time, it affects Thailand's image as a free and democratic society," it said in a statement.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said the ruling was "more about Somyot's strong support for amending the lese-majeste law than about any harm incurred by the monarchy".
Rights groups say the lese-majeste law is used by Thailand's powerful elite to silence political opponents, including supporters of pro-Thaksin groups.
"The lese-majeste law works against the long-term interests of the Thai monarchy," said David Streckfuss, a Thailand-based independent scholar and lese-majeste expert. "To a society that is becoming ever more politically conscious, the holding and trying of defendants seems arbitrary, petty and a clear violation of human rights."
Somyot, who was jailed for an additional year on an unrelated defamation conviction, was arrested on the lese-majeste charge while Oxford-educated, pro-establishment Abhisit Vejjajiva was prime minister.
Current Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin's sister, promised to amend the law during her 2011 election campaign but has rowed back on that since coming to office, causing divisions among her supporters.
Websites accused of defaming the royal family are frequently shut down.
"Thailand's 2007 Computer Crimes Act effectively muzzles those who want to express an honest opinion and 75 percent of websites shut down since it came into force have been because of so-called anti-monarchy content," said Sawatree Suksri, a criminal law lecturer at Thammasart University in Bangkok.
Convictions under the law carry a maximum jail term of 15 years.
The 85-year-old king, who has been in hospital since 2009, is seen by many in Thailand as a unifying, semi-divine father figure.
National unease over what follows his reign has contributed to tensions in the country since before Thaksin was toppled by the military in 2006, leaving the country divided broadly between royalists and nationalists on the one side and Thaksin's mostly lower-class supporters on the other.
Additional reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat; Editing by Alan Raybould and Nick Macfie
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Issue 18: Spring 2011.
This March marked the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. To honour the occasion, The Globe and Mail's Margaret Wente got her hate on and wrote a scathing letter to Canadian feminists. The message: it's 2011 and feminism is irrelevant. Get over it!
Shameless blogger Emma Woolley fought back. On our newly re-launched and fresh-faced blog, she brought forth the kind of sass that does us proud – the smart, articulate kind – the kind that takes a pretty bogus argument and challenges it, point-by-point, until the only thing you can possibly do after reading it is take to the streets, rally, march and celebrate the 100th International Women's Day with more gumption than ever.
This year is Shameless's seventh anniversary, and my fifth year with the organization. Admittedly, it hasn't always been easy. Working for an independent magazine means a lot of deadlines and responsibilities. It means barrages of emails and lots of long days and late nights. But I re-discovered, after reading Wente's article and Woolley's response, that words are powerful. They have the ability to anger and to inspire. The words that we write, edit and publish here at Shameless have that potential as well. And, navigating that potential and doing my part to keep Shameless alive has grown to become my own act of feminist resistance.
The power of words, the power of language: that's what this issue is all about. In it, we learn the meaning of the word stud (see "Sexy. Sef-Assured. Stud," p. 28), and question the true meaning of justice (see "Justice for Girls Makes the Case," p. 24). And we explore the ways in which we use language to resist (See "The ABCs of Words: An Activist's Toolkit," p. 18), reclaim (see "What is a Bitch," by Shameless Wire grads, p. 10) and reflect (See "This is About Having an Accent," p. 48). With that, I leave you to eagerly await this issue, these words and this feminist act.
Yours shamelessly,


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After nearly a decade of wordsmithing, the south Manasota Key community once again has a development plan designed to protect green space and prevent high-rise condos.
The Charlotte County commissioners adopted the measure last week.
In short, the plan limits new building heights to three stories over parking, discourages the use of pile-driving during construction and keeps in place setbacks established during previous versions of the barrier island's zoning overlay.
It's not as restrictive as most residents would have preferred, but it does armor the county against Bert Harris claims, initiated when landowners feel government regulations have infringed on their private property rights.
Those concerns stalled the adoption of the plan in July. Afterward, land use attorney Rob Berntsson hashed out wording during a number of phone conversations with Manasota key advisory committee member Tina Bernd-Cohen, who was based at her second home in Montana.
The compromise allows more flexibility for the owners of 50-foot lots zoned multifamily and also clarifies the rights of property owners after a natural disaster.
"It really turned out very well," says Wayne Largent, who chairs the advisory committee. "The only thing lacking at the meeting was that no one was singing 'Kumbayah,'"
Compromise for the common good. Hmmmm. Maybe Washington and Tallahassee should take notice.
Solution ground out
No grinders, the protest signs said.
Turns out they were right, to an extent. The 216 homeowners who were scheduled for so-called grinder pumps as part of the Phillippi Creek central sewer project have earned a reprieve.
Utility staff has backed off the plan to bury the pumps in each yard. Instead, six to eight larger pumps will service all 216 homes from under roadways, where they will be accessible through manholes.
Residents feared that the pumps, which grind waste into a slurry before passing it along to a main line, would leave them in a lurch during a storm because they need electric power to operate.
They organized a protest, complete with signs in their yards and pleas to the county commissioners to come up with an alternative.
"When a few interested people go about it in the right way, they'll listen to you. That's how it worked out here," neighborhood organizer Mike Scarborough says.
The grinders remain, but in a form more centralized for maintenance.
Compromise again. Hmmm. See above.
Ballot bound, maybe
The Florida Supreme Court last week OK'd the ballot language for a constitutional amendment initiative that would guarantee funding for conservation land.
If passed, from 2015-2035, the amendment would provide $10 billion to $20 billion for buying and managing land for recreation and to protect drinking water sources.
The money would come from the existing excise tax on documents.
Environmental organizations, such as the Audubon Society, the Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy, support the amendment. Now all they have to do is collect the 683,317 signatures needed to get it on the ballot. They have about half, many compiled online at floridawaterlandlegacy.org.
Some state legislators, among then Rep. Ray Pilon, R-Sarasota, oppose the initiative in part because it would take spending power out of the hands of the Legislature.
That's hardly an unintended consequence.
Eric Ernst's column runs Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Contact him at email@example.com or (941) 486-3073.
Ernst: Manasota Key plan limits height of buildings
After nearly a decade of wordsmithing, the south Manasota Key community once again has a development plan designed to protect green space and prevent high-rise condos.


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The Draken-X21 concept titillated the visitors at the TVS exhibit during the 2014 Auto Expo, not just because of the beautiful model standing next to it, but also because of its radical design and the yummy engine specs claimed by the company. TVS Motor Company's R&D team calls the Draken a 'thoroughbred naked bike with aggression and attitude'. The Draken-X21 is supposedly powered by a 250CC short-stroke, liquid-cooled race derived engine that is expected to put out about 39hp of power and 23Nm of torque. The engine is expected to be mated to a 6 speed transmission.
The braking power will most likely be provided by front and rear disc brakes that would come equipped with ABS. The new motorcycle is also supposed to feature an under engine exhaust which, according to TVS, will provide better power figures without hampering the fuel efficiency. Other features that are likely to make it on the Drakex-X21 are aluminium trellis frame and mono suspension at the back in its production form – if hits the production line at all, that is.


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So, last week, having spent what I decided was an unreasonable amount of time cooped up indoors avoiding the snow, I decided to do something new. Crikey! So on Wednesday morning, I collected up the quilt I was working on and set off to a local town to do something I'd always meant to do but just never got round to. Do you know the feeling?
I was headed here, a crafty shop called Stag and Bow, which opened up a couple of years ago and I've previously dropped in for a natter now and then but never been to their open crafty morning on Wednesdays. Why not? I really do not know!
Well now I'm in the swing of things, so today I packed up my bag again, and my cake this time, and off I set.
Inside, the shop is lovely with a definite vintagey feel. There's a large table in the middle where crafty folks can sit and chat and well, craft, obviously.
A most inviting scene awaited, the tea warming in the pot with a hand knitted cosy atop, vintage china and cake and biscuits.
The surrounding walls are filled with lovely haberdashery and craft items and also, the work of talented local people which is for sale.
What a treat, to sit awhile with like minded folks, partake of a little Victoria Sponge, and chat and make all things crafty, whether your poison be knitting, beading, patchwork or quilting (and anything else besides). I've finished the quilt I was working on last week so I took my trusty hexys. The never ending project!
Once I'd eaten my cake (priorities and all that), I did manage quite a bit of sewing but I couldn't help looking at all the loveliness around me.
The owner, Pascale, is clearly a very capable crafty lady and the shop offers a whole array of workshops taught by various other talented individuals. As such, there is much on offer to buy here, from yarn to pom pom trim, fabric to bias binding, feathers to buttons. Bias binding was what I needed today and it was so nice to be able to buy it locally.
There's a shelf very high up which looks to be full of Liberty Tana lawn so I am saving that for a future visit.
I LOVE these old shop counters. Even more so when they are full of haberdashery, quite a bit of it vintage.
Around the shop, every available surface is attractively and thoughtfully decorated. Always something to inspire...
Beautifully made things...
Wednesdays shall never be the same again...
P.S. Charlie Boy was quite overwhelmed by all your lovely messages on his guest post, thank you so much. His furry head is really rather large now so fitting through the cat flap might pose a problem!


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After lunch, shopping! XD
Bought a shirt and heels. Yay shopping! I swear I'll earn more money so I could shop whenever and whatever I want happily. Lol
Oh yeah and we bought special Doraemon mooncakes! It's so cute I couldn't resist! It's Doraemon after all!
All this walking makes me so tired I could just faint. Lol. But I can't sleep coz a friend is coming over.
P/S: I DID NOT buy what I was wearing in the pic. AND that leg isn't mine.


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Sypnosis: Serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump in February 2009. The story is about this invincible delinquent who found this mysterious baby by accident and the baby became attached to him. It turns out the baby is in fact the next Demon King in line and now Oga Tatsumi (the main character) is chosen as his parent. Burdened with the responsibility to raise the kid while avoiding the kid to grow up to a demon that ends all mankind, what kind of trouble awaits the legendary Oga?
Only 3 chapters are out so far, but it's absolutely hilarious. I was sold from the first chapter and haven't been disappointed yet.
Also, there was apparently a one-shot version of this manga in one of last year's Jump Issue.
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|2009-03-16, 16:53
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Hilda hasn't fully acknowledged him yet. I think eventually there'll be times where she'll get flustered by his evilness...
Nothing more wins the heart of maiden than getting saved by a prince on his white horse or in her case, some sort of Dark Knight.
I think wait till the demon lord grow up a bit and he's able to talk, he might start calling her mama...
|2009-03-22, 23:47
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ch 5
I wonder if someone can confirm whether the demon lord wants Hilda to be the baby's "mother" or just his nanny. The translation says mother but I think it would have been better for it to be left as "parent". I checked ははおや and it can also mean female parent.
At first when I read it, I thought there's the implication that the demon lord wants Hilda to be the mom... as in a concubine.
The page in question,
Spoiler for raw:
I read a chinese scan and the demon lord said "Just think of yourself as his mother. I'm counting on you." whereas the english scan says "I've intended for you to be the mother. I'm counting on you." Obviously the word choice and tone is different, and hence a bit misleading. But what I gather is, he wants Hilda to care for the baby and nothing else.
Anyway, it was a fun chapter. I LOL'ed when the baby wet the bed, I mean room... and Oga went ahead and tie a knot to his little elephant hahaha... No diaper is able to absorb all those urine.
|2009-03-23, 14:19
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I'm loving this manga to death xD Boy, the manga I used to think as "funny" don't even come close to the extent this one continues to crack me up. Oga's narration...Rules soo hard! A must read!
Although, I was kind of disappointed that after avoiding being forced into accepting the kid in chapter 1 he still ends up having to accept it out of fear of being shocked by his crying in chap 2. I'm yet to see a manga hero who does NOT let himself to be scared into dubious contracts by his supernatural sidekicks. Damn it, Oga, and I really hoped that you'll be it, too.
|2009-03-23, 16:35
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Just decided to check this out as it was there on OM and HOLY CRAP its awesome!!
Only a few chapters out and already I think this could be a real fav of mine, I mean we got one real actually bad ass lead, a super lovely gothic gigaboobs lass, and a demon king baby!
just win!
|2009-03-23, 21:11
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The thing that got me was when they said that in the silence, only the demon lord's warcry is heard. ROFL, you would imagine something similar to warcraft orcs yelling but instead you have baby going Daa Baa DU...
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TAMPA — If this is what Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher meant from a team being "all over the place," it was entertaining.
It was also a good start to the Lightning's 20th National Hockey League season.
Martin St. Louis and Eric Brewer netted two goals apiece, with both netting one in a three-goal third period, as the Bolts beat Washington 6-3 Saturday night before a sellout crowd at the Times Forum.
The 19,204 Bolts backers got rewarded for their patience. Brewer had his second career two-goal game and Anders Lindback made 27 saves in his Lightning debut.
Steven Stamkos was one of six Lightning players with at least two points. He had two assists, but no goals. So for now, Brewer has more goals than Stamkos.
"I'll let him know about it," Brewer said. "And I'll buy a Powerball ticket."
Teddy Purcell had three assists, tying a career best. He and St. Louis had three-point nights as Tampa Bay ruined Adam Oates' head coaching debut with the Caps.
"People bought into these players and the organization," Boucher said. "It was our job to give it back to them (Saturday)."
Tampa Bay also got its power play in gear, converting three of seven chances. It was a far cry better then about one of every seven last season.
"We were a bit humbled about how it went last year," Brewer said.
The Lightning benefited from two Washington tripping penalties early in the third to snap a 3-3 tie. With the five-on-three advantage, St. Louis and Stamkos worked some give-and-go passing. St. Louis' one-timer from the slot beat Caps goalie Braden Holtby at 4:57.
It was the fourth one-goal lead of the game for the Bolts. They surrendered the lead after each of the first three goals, but this time it was for good.
"A little bit too much back and forth, but I thought we played a solid game," said Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier, who won 18 of his 24 faceoffs. "Everybody contributed and everybody played well defensively."
A rookie helped them get a two-goal lead. Teddy Purcell came off the bench to steal the puck, then waited to make the perfect pass to Cory Conacher, who netted his first career NHL goal with 6:36 left.
"You could see how much we had left in the tank," Conacher said. "That's what helped take us to the end. We outbattled them in the third period."
The Lightning got another power-play goal with 3:18 left. A Brewer shot went off Jason Chimera past Holtby.
Tampa Bay outshot Washington 34-30.
Meanwhile, Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had four shots, none in the final two periods, and was held off the scoresheet, save for a diving penalty late in the second.
Down 2-1 after one period, Washington tied it two minutes into the second with a good bounce. A Chimera shot went off the right skate of Joel Ward past Lindback.
Tampa Bay's stars restored the lead on its power play. St. Louis redirected Lecavalier's goalmouth feed past Holtby at 5:11.
The Caps tied it for the third time as the teams skated four a side. After a giveaway, Wojtek Wolski put home a rebound with 1:45 left in the period after Lindback stopped a Mike Ribiero shot.
The Capitals had the game's first seven shots, but missed on three early power plays.
"They realized they weren't smart penalties, but guys were pumped up to play," Stamkos said. "They didn't cost us, so we'll let those slide."
The Bolts got the first goal on their first shot. It took 6:24, but Brewer cleanly beat Holtby to get the crowd involved.
Washington tied it on its third power-play chance of the period as Ward put home a rebound of a Tom Poti shot at 8:25.
Tampa Bay regained the lead just 44 seconds later as Lecavalier put home a rebound after Holtby could not corral a shot from Keith Aulie.
"It was nice to get that out of the way," Lecavalier said. "After that, you want to keep it going. "
The Lightning can do that Monday on Long Island.
Brewer had gone 50 games without a goal. His last goal came Dec. 17, 2011 against Columbus.
Conacher got his first NHL point when he drew an assist on St. Louis' goal in the second period. He is the sixth Lightning player to score in his NHL debut. The other five are Alex Salivanov, Paul Mara, Jimmie Olvestad, Ryan Craig and Mike Angelidis.
The six goals were the second-most scored by the Lightning in a season-opener. The record is seven, set in the very first game in franchise history. Members of the inaugural Lightning squad were on hand for the opening faceoff. Brian Bradley, Pat Jablonski, Joe Reekie and Chris Kontos joined founder Phil Esposito for the ceremonial opening draw between the team's first two No. 1 overall picks -- Lecavalier and Roman Hamrlik, who is with the Caps.
Washington's scratches were D John Erskine and forwards Joey Crabb and Eric Fehr. The Lightning scratches were D Brendan Mikkelson and forwards Dana Tyrell and Pierre-Cedric Labrie, but they were allowed to skate with the team during the pre-game.
"That's the hardest thing -- telling a player that he's not playing," Boucher said.
Lightning open with a win
TAMPA — If this is what Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher meant from a team being "all over the place," it was entertaining.


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A new pressure cell invented by UC Davis researchers makes it possible to simulate chemical reactions deep in the Earth's crust. The cell allows researchers to perform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on as little as 10 microliters of liquid at pressures up to 20 kiloBar.
"NMR is our window into the chemical world," said Brent Pautler, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry at UC Davis and first author on the paper published July 2 in the online edition of the journal Angewandte Chemie. "It lets us see chemical reactions as they are happening."
The new device allows researchers for the first time to study chemical reactions in liquid water under pressure, without it freezing into a solid.
"We were able to get to the point where we could no longer ignore the compressibility of the water molecules," Pautler said. "This is the first time this has ever been reported."
Geochemists want to know what kind of chemistry is happening deep in the Earth's crust, beyond the reach of boreholes. These chemical reactions could affect water and minerals that eventually migrate to the surface, or the behavior of carbon cycling between the Earth's depths and the surface.
"Aqueous fluids deep in the Earth are the great unknown for geochemists," said Chris Colla, a graduate student in Earth & Physical Sciences at UC Davis and co-author on the paper. "By doing NMR we can get an inside view of what is occurring deep in the Earth's crust."
For example, Pautler, Colla and colleagues have already looked at calcium ions in solution. Dissolved calcium ions can be surrounded by four, six or eight water molecules. High pressure forces dissolved calcium into an eight-water state, they found.
The high-pressure measurements could also shed light on chemical processes involved in hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and the behavior of buried nuclear waste over long periods of time. Fracking is the process of extracting oil and gas by injecting liquids under high pressure into rocks.
The high-pressure NMR cell was built in the machine shop at the Crocker Nuclear Laboratory with the help of Peter Klavins, research specialist in the Department of Physics, and Steve Harley, a former UC Davis graduate student now at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Other coauthors on the paper are, at UC Davis: Prof. William Casey and Rene Johnson, Department of Chemistry; Jeffrey Walton, NMR Facility; André Ohlin, at Monash University, Australia and Dimitri Sverjensky at Johns Hopkins University and the Carnegie Institution of New York. The work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy.


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Wall Street Uneasy About Washington Shutdown Talk
The equity market reacts to what's going on in Washington. Paul Vigna joins the News Hub with the latest. (Photo: Getty)
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Man hits grandmother and torches her home
Investigators say a California man punched his grandmother and torched her home.
The 69-year-old woman didn't need hospitalization after the Wednesday afternoon incident in the Sacramento suburb of Rosemont.
The Sacramento Bee ( https://sacb.ee/11ZYTQV ) says her 24-year-old grandson, Donald Eugene Evans, is in jail without bail.
He was booked for investigation of arson, assault, elder abuse and threats of violence as well as a probation violation.
Sheriff's investigators say Evans and his grandmother were arguing when Evans struck her and set fire to the home. The nature of the dispute hasn't been disclosed.
Sacramento firefighters extinguished the flames. There is no damage estimate, but the home is uninhabitable.
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London's hacking community descended on the Barbican Centre last weekend for 24 hours of music-app speed-coding, marking the third London Music Hack Day in three years.
[partner id="wireduk"]What a difference a month makes. Back in November, during Boston's Music Hack Day, Spotify was nowhere to be seen – only two hacks out of 56 took advantage of the music streaming service's API. Since then, the company has thrown its doors wide open to developers. It announced an application platform on Nov. 30, complete with a selection of apps to start off with.
The result of that move? Sixteen of the 61 apps, more than one in four, created at the event on Saturday and Sunday took advantage of Spotify's new functionality. There were apps to turn Spotify into a jukebox, apps to share your Spotify listening with other people, apps to meet people with similar music taste through Spotify, and apps to create playlists in just about every different way under the sun.
That's not all, though. Elsewhere there was a helicopter crossed with a theremin, a quartet of iPhones singing "Bohemian Rhapsody," a distributed synthesiser, and a keyboard made of owls. You can find the full list right here, but for those starved of time, here are a few of our favourites.
DJing is pretty dull to watch. Whoever's standing behind the decks just fiddles with a series of buttons and knobs, occasionally bobbing their head along. CTRL changes all of that. It allows you to add glitchers, delays, filters and reverse effects, tempo-synced to any music that can be found on Spotify. You can also overlay a synthesiser matched to the key of the song and hook up stage lights to flash in time.
The method of interaction is a pair of iPhones running OSC apps. Making different motions with the iPhone, turning it upside down, swinging it through the air, and pressing various buttons on the screen will trigger the different effects, rather like a simpler version of Imogen Heap's famous gloves.
The result? Adding effects to music becomes a much more physical process, more akin to dance than playing Minesweeper. "The solo synthesiser will make even the most unmusical person sound like Hendrix," said creators Yuli Levtov and Ragnar Hrafkelsson on the hack's wiki entry.
Learning how to play a song on guitar used to mean working it out yourself, or learning it from a friend. Then it meant trawling through music stores for tab books. Then it meant looking up guitar tabs on a selection of increasingly dodgy-looking websites. The next Jimmy Page will have it easy, because he'll be able to use Chordify.
Chordify is a Spotify app that looks at what you're playing, and then attempts to find it on Chordie.com – a website that tracks guitar chords for a wide range of popular songs. If it finds a match that's valid, it'll send it to the app, which cleans it up, formats it nicely, and puts it into the Spotify window. All the user has to do is play the song, then open the app, and they'll be able to strum along to their heart's content.
Unfortunately, guitar tabs are in a murky area when it comes to copyright, and about half the popular songs' chords aren't available in the UK for legal reasons. Still, with a better, licensed source of data, Chordify could change how kids learn to play guitar.
Roderick Hodgson is the guy you're going to want to blame when, next Christmas morning, every remote-control helicopter is blaring out an inane noise while you're trying to get some valuable post-turkey nap time.
His hack, Helemin, crosses a helicopter with a theremin to produce what he describes as "the world's most irritating instrument". It tracks the helicopter with a webcam, works out where it is, and then generates music from the resulting x and y co-ordinates in the image. Hodgson's advice? "Consider wearing earplugs."
You can see it in action here.
Notorious Siri
Robb Böhnke took Apple's voice-activated assistant Siri as the inspiration for his hack, which allows your iPhone to spit lyrics from Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize." The lyrics are processed through the iPhone's speech synthesis, and are carefully synced to the beat using the Echo Nest's API.
Even more impressively, if you can get 4 iPhone 4Ss together, you can get them to harmonise along to an a cappella rendition of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which each phone taking its own role in the intricate four-part harmony.
Tastebuds.fm Spotify App
You might be familiar with Tastebuds.fm already. It's an online dating site that pulls in data about what you like to listen to from Last.fm, and then uses that to match you up with people who have similar music taste.
The Spotify app created by the Tastebuds.fm team at Music Hack Day doesn't too anything too complex – merely putting the website into the Spotify client and pulling in music from your library of playlists rather than your Last.fm profile – but it does it really smoothly, and looks almost finished. Expect to see it in the Spotify App Finder very soon.
One of the most compelling demos of Music Hack Day came from James Coglan in the form of Sinewav.es, which lets you broadcast music over the web to listeners, delivering different experiences to different people.
It's a multi-event hack, which began at San Francisco Music Hack Day and has been progressively developed since. That means that it's rather complicated, comprising of an interface for the musician that includes recording, playback, and loops, as well as a way of choosing what proportion of your audience get what samples. All the listener has to do is just point their browser at a website.
In the demo session, that meant the amazing sound of tens of laptops, mobile phones and tablets each squeaking out different bits of synthesiser at slightly different times, enveloping the room in a cloud of bleeps, bloops and whistles. We can't wait to see it in action at a concert.
Techno is the Word
Anthony Bowyer-Lowe also came up with a way of generating music and transmitting it over the web. Techno is the Word asks you to input a word, then generates a techno loop based on various parameters for the word, like its vowel ratio, scrabble score and its "hairyness". There's no random element – every time you put the same word in, you'll get the same loop.
It's a bit silly, of course, but it's good fun to play around with and the lo-fi aesthetic is very pretty. We particularly like the bassy results of putting in "Wired." Share your favourite word-loops in the comments below.
The Inhuman Microphone
At the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, megaphones are banned, so the protestors there have developed a Human Microphone – where people near the person who is speaking all yell the message together, allowing it to travel to a wider audience. Inspired by that, a group of coders at Music Hack Day built a way of spreading audio messages around crowds using a smartphone app instead.
The Inhuman Microphone lets you shout a message into your phone which is then uploaded to a server. All the other phones connected to a webpage are then triggered to play the message back at the same time. It's simple, but effective, and worked nicely with all the smartphones in the auditorium during the demo session.
If you want to try it out for yourself, you can do so right here, or there's a video of it in action here.
Normally, Hack Days are pretty egalitarian – most of the hacks on display could have been accomplished by anyone with a few coding skills. The emphasis is more on the ideas than the execution. But Ian Butterworth, Christian Baker and Rowan Gifford had access to a resource no-one else did – the use of the National Physical Laboratory's reverberation chamber.
Butterworth works at the laboratory, and he hooked up a computer than can play a sound into the chamber and record the amazing results. You can see an example, using Foals' Spanish Sahara, right here. During the on-stage demo, however, the SoundCloud recording process didn't go fast enough, so Butterworth instead dialed into the reverb chamber using Skype. What did he trial it with? Owl Octave.
Owl Octave
"Who doesn't need a keyboard made of owls?" asks the entry for Owl Octave in the Music Hack Day wiki. Hannah Donovan and Roel van der Ven sampled a selection of owls from across the world to create a keyboard. The samples are original – none have been pitch-shifted. It just so happens that there are owls out there whose screeches span an entire octave.
But why are you still reading this when you could be playing with it? Head on over to owloctave.com. For best results, use a modern browser. No owls, we're assured, were harmed during its creation.


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Pamper yourself and get ready for festival season with a selection of great beauty products, undies, and snacks introduced by BabbleBoxx. The theme for this feature is Festival Love List, and it is an entire festival for self-care! As an expectant mom as well as with the season in full-bloom, the products they have shared are really exciting because they cover everything I love! It has super cute clothes, beauty products to help me look my best, and even a snack! I'm so in love with each and every single item and very thrilled to discover new brands. I've been holding back my excitement for this post so I can finally share all the great stuff in it with you guys. Trust me, these must-have's are the perfect way to pamper yourself!
Pamper Yourself with an Eclectic Mix
Like all BabbleBoxx features, this has a wide variety of items. That's one reason I love partnering with them so much. You get a little of everything, and it's always something unexpected. So without further ado, let's talk about all the cool stuff that I got in the mail in my BabbleBoxx FESTIVAL!
P.J. Salvage Sleepwear
If you follow my Instagram, you know I love high fashion and being fierce. BUT I also love to be super comfy and cozy when it's time to relax on the couch and head off to bed. P.J. Salvage makes cozy, comfy sleepwear that gives me that cozy feel while being so much cuter than sweats. In fact, this gorgeous line is designed to be worn both in and out of the house. So I stay cute and on point no matter where I am! Yay!
- Tied Up – These bralettes and camis are all about comfort. They come in a variety of beautiful spring colors and prints so they can be mixed and matched for lifestyle perfect for any occasion.
- Wild Spirit – Don't just wear sweatpants, wear a statement. These grey heather pants with floral graphic leg prints which pair perfectly well with just about any bralette, cami or top.
Renpure: Black Label 100% Organic Coconut Hair Products
Renpure's Black Label Coconut Line of all-natural extra virgin oil and natural coconut water moisturize the hair, leaving it shiny, healthy, and beautiful. The light-weight coconut water molecules are rich in nutrients to nourish hair and hydrate it. Because great hair compliments a great look!
- Renpure Black Label Coconut Water Hydrating Shampoo – Coconut oil and bamboo fibers are infused into the shampoo to cleanse and restore moisture and nutrients.
- Renpure Black Label Coconut Water Hydrating Conditioner – Unrefined coconut oils and bamboo fibers work together to smooth even the wildest hair while restoring moisture, nutrients, and natural oils to leave your hair more radiant and beautiful than ever before.
Clear Eyes Pure Relief Multi-Symptom
One of the best ways to pamper yourself is to keep those eyes moisturized and healthy. Clear Eyes Pure Relief are Preservative Free eye drops. It relieves red eyes without added stuff for your to worry about. Like their other eye drops, Pure Relief comes in a multi-dose bottle and is available at retailers nationwide.
This bottle is unique. It allows the drops to be Preservative Free with a built-in purifying filter to keep out bacteria! However, being Preservative Free doesn't lessen its effectiveness. The unique formula relieves red, burning, itchy, dry, irritated, or watery eyes. I love these because I love to hit all the festivals in my area during the warm months, but my allergies make me look like I've been crying all day! Heads up! You can head over to the Clear Eyes website to save $3 right now on these drops!
Nad's Ultra Smoothing Exfoliating Wax Strips
Pamper yourself with these amazing wax strips! I already am, and they are amazing. I'm a waxer. I'll always be a waxer. It's faster and does a better job for me than shaving. So I am SUPER excited about these wax strips. That's because they do so much more than remove hair!
These specially created salon quality wax strips are infused with pomegranate and grapefruit extracts, making them perfect for sensitive skin. They're perfect for legs, arms, and bikini, and their 2 in 1 formula preps, exfoliates, and removes hair in one simple step!
Sour Punch Candy
What's just as much fun to pamper yourself with as great beauty products? That's right. CANDY! I'm a candy girl, and Sour Punch is one of my favorite brands. I love that sweet and sour mix, and I got two awesome flavors in my BabbleBoxx this month.
- Ragin' Reds – Ragin' Reds is candy Heaven! It has all of our favorite red Sour Punch flavors, including strawberry, watermelon, cherry, and their new raspberry. I got them in my BabbleBoxx, but you can also find them at Target.
- Pineapple Mango Chili – In the mood for a different kind of candy? Try this little bites of amazing. Bite into one of these, and you'll surely get a yummy blend of pineapple and mango and a kick of exactly the right amount of spice.
La Croix Water
You need to hydrate yourself to truly pamper yourself, and La Croix has some great flavored waters to help you do just that. My BabbleBoxx had some excellent flavors to choose from. La Croix is 100% natural sparkling water, with no added sodium, caffeine, calories, sweeteners, or fat! They're non-GMO, Kosher, Paleo, and Whole 30 friendly, as well. They're the ideal way to replace sugary drinks and get hydrated!
- Curate Mure Pepino – Sweet and sour blackberry combine with crisp cucumber to create a refreshing flavor combination.
- Curate Melon Pomelo – Cantaloupe and grapefruit make for a crisp, tangy flavor with the right amount of sweet. – my personal favorite!
- Curate Kiwi Sandia – Bright watermelon, tangy/sweet kiwi? Oh yeah. It's so tasty!
- Curate Pina Fraise – Pineapple and strawberry come together in La Croix's newest flavor.
Ready to get inspired? Check out what's inside my bag — all thanks to BabbleBoxx!
Festival season is coming, and this BabbleBoxx FESTIVAL offering is absolutely the best! It's the easiest way to pamper yourself on every level. I loved all the products I received, and I think you will, as well. With these must-have's, you can pamper yourself both inside and out. So make sure to check each item out and give it a try!
melissa major
Some great festival must-haves here, I have never been to festival before but will keep this list in mind in future
What a lovely selection of goodies! Festival season always gets me excited – music and sunshine is a winning combination!
Sarah Bailey
BabbleBoxx really does have such a wonderfully eclectic mix of products in their boxes! This festival themed box is really great. I love the sleepwear, it is so cute and looks very comfortable as well.
Never heard of this before, but it looks an extremley good quality box. Lots of useful items 🙂 x
Such a nice post. Perfect recommendations for a festival. Fashionable and comfortable outfits should really be worn. By the way I love your pillow case. 🙂
I like that BabbleBoxx offers you a diverse range of products themed for the festival season. A cute pajama is definitely a must, especially when you go to festivals like Glastonbury and sleep in a tent.
Baby Isabella
We've never heard of and this festival selection sounds fab. We're visiting load of festivals this year, so this would come in handy.
That coconut shampoo sounds really good, thanks for sharing
I love this box idea! It's very unique. A bit of pampering is most definitely needed after a festival!
danasia fantastic
I'm a huge fan of La Croix- they're super tasty!
Fashion and Style Police
Great post. Loving the organic hair products. They sound fab.
Megan at Lush to Blush
These are great must haves! That sleepwear looks sooo comfy.
Stephanie Merry
I love that BabbleBoxx has such a great mix of products in their boxes. And the festival theme is fab x
Harriet from Toby & Roo
Such great tips – my husband used to do a lot of festivals 🙂
Omg, those sour sweets look incredible. I have such a sweet tooth!
Lisa Lambert (mumdadplus4)
Some great festival must do's I loved going to one a few years ago and can't wait to take my daughter when she is old enough
Nayna Kanabar
What a lovely selection of products I really loke the sound of the blavk label coconut products.
Emmie Unsigned
I don't do festivals but I love what came in this box! I've never heard of it before but definitely going to be checking it out
Emmie xo
Leslie Hernandez
These are some great options for getting ready for festival season. I have to be honest I would go with the sweets anytime of the year (sweet tooth what can I say lol…). Love the PJs they look so cute and comfy.
Robin Rue
That sour punch candy sounds so good. I want to try some of that! Yum.
Girl – you had me at sleepwear! I am always about cute/chic loungewear or PJs. LOVING these and am totes checking them out asap. Because one can NOT have enough cozy items, right?
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh
I've never heard of such before, but those pj's are adorable and look super comfy! Plus sour patch kids, yum!
There's a lot of items that you mentioned I have not heard of before. I've always wanted to try the sparkling water but I hate to buy an entire case of it when I just want to try one can
Your end look is great! I love festivals this time of the year, but the ones near me get so hot. Packing oil absorbing sheets and water helps out so much.
Kristina Paché Ferency
Love this! The PJs look super cute! And I love La Croix water! My favorite flavor is the cherry limeade. This is so neat! Love all these little items put together.
These products sound amazing and those PJs are really cute! I love your festival outfit too; love the pop of yellow.
This box has some cute items in it! The pjs are cute and the candy looks delicious! Such a cute box to pamper ourselves! Never hurts to spoil yourself.
Amanda Love
It's really nice to be ready for the season! Especially since there will be plenty of festivals that you'd want to attend. These are great, it's nice to have all the things that you need to get ready!
Cindy Ingalls
I'm obsessed with the La Croix Pineapple and Strawberry water. It is so amazing and refreshing. I have one everyday. I'm also loving the pjs/loungewear. It looks super comfy and very chic.
Ana De- Jesus
That lounge wear looks super comfy and like you I like to be cozy as well. I love the sound of the sour candy as well 🙂 xx
Thanks for sharing these products! I love the fun colors and silky lotions. I hope you have a blast!
Reesa Lewandowski
Oh I am intrigued by the coconut water hair products! I feel like my hair would love that!!! I just had those sour straws this weekend, I loved the size!
Coconut water shampoo? I had no idea such a thing existed! These are all great picks.
Oooo so many essentials here!!! I'm obsessed with La Croix. I buy giant cases of it weekly!!!! So yummy!
Kit Stanwood
I'm just hearing about babbleboxx , sounds like a great way to try new things! I love the PJs that you got .
Krystel | Disney on a Budget
Oh I would love to try that water. The flavors sound super interesting. I would take the candy too!
Oh goodness those PJs are adorable and looks amazingly comfortable! Those are going to be great for pregnancy! <3
All the essentials, especially for festival season! I love comfy wear a bit too much these days haha but flowy options are a must from me!
I've never in my life tried Sour Punch – it's really hard to get around here in the UK! But would absolutely love to, it sounds so much fun! x
I totally need those PJs. I practically live in pajamas and I need some new summery ones. My husband would love the Sour candies, he eats that stuff like crazy.
Nikki Arnold
OMG I WANT YOUR BOX!!!! I am seriously going to the grocery store tonight to hunt for those candies!! Omg I hope they have them. Looks like I need to try out some new La Croix too, since I normally just get the grapefruit!! Everything you got looks awesome.
I love attending festivals, especially music festivals. These products are definite must-haves for being festival-ready!
Mango Pineapple Chili? Wow! What a flavor that's out there for a candy company. It sounds pretty good though!
I'm stuck on that sleepwear! Such a gorgeous print and they look so incredibly cozy!!
katrina gehman
those are awesome options. i have gone to a few and always have a "go bag" type of thing too
Those jammies look SO cute – and cozy! I love the print on them. Now you've got me wanting to go out and get some cute sleepwear!
Jennifer Pilgrim | Mom Skills
I love subscription boxes! If you don't want those pajamas, could you send them my way? Maybe the can of LaCroix too? 😉


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Ohio is a top supplier of guns used in crimes in other states
Critics say loopholes make sun trafficking easier
Gun-control advocates say less-restrictive laws in Ohio led to more than 1,600 weapons being used in crimes in three dozen other states last year.
Federal data released this week show that 1,601 guns legally bought in Ohio last year were linked to crimes such as robbery and murder in 36 other states.
Another 5,375 guns stayed in Ohio and were linked to crimes in 2012, according a story Friday in The Columbus Dispatch based on the data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The stats show Ohio also was a top contributor to gun-related crime in other states in 2011, with about 1,700 guns showing up in crimes in 38 other states.
Law enforcement and gun-control advocates say it's no surprise.
"People know they can come to Ohio, get a gun and take it someplace where there are tougher restrictions," Columbus Deputy Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said. "It happens at gun shows in the sticks and through underground schemes on city streets."
New York was the leader in imported Ohio guns being used in crimes last year with 183, according to the ATF stats. Michigan was next at 154, followed by Florida at 152.
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence says the state has too many loopholes for gun ownership that serve as a "beacon" for a gun-trafficking market. The law doesn't require background checks for all gun sales, and the state doesn't keep track of who buys them. Violent misdemeanors, such as domestic violence, don't disqualify someone from making a firearm purchase.
"When you make it easy to get a gun in a state, I mean, it's just common sense that people will go there to get a gun, especially in frequent and large amounts," said Laura Cutilletta, senior staff attorney for the law center.
But supporters of gun rights contend that there will always be criminals who break the laws, no matter how restrictive they are.


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The UFC 121 announcements are coming fast and furious, and a heavyweight matchup is the latest addition to the card.
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga (11-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) and "The Ultimate Fighter 10" blogger Brendan Schaub (6-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) have agreed to meet at the Oct. 23 event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has confirmed that bout agreements are expected to be finalized shortly. Sportsnet.ca first reported the contest.
Featuring a heavyweight title clash between champion Brock Lesnar and challenger Cain Velasquez, UFC 121 takes place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., and airs live on pay-per-view.
Gonzaga fights for the first time since a March loss to Junior dos Santos at UFC on Versus 1. The Brazilian heavyweight, who will always be remembered for his head-kick knockout of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, is just 1-2 in his past three outings, though the losses came to top prospect dos Santos and recent title challenger Shane Carwin.
A threat with his submission game as well as a strong striker, "Napao's" remaining career losses came in an August 2007 bid for the UFC title against Randy Couture and in a January 2008 fight with Fabricio Werdum, who recently defeated Fedor Emelianenko.
Meanwhile, Schaub returns to action for the third time in 2010 and a little more than three months removed from a 67-second destruction of Chris Tuchscherer.
Schaub also defeated Chase Gormley in March for his second-consecutive win following a disappointing knockout loss to Roy Nelson in the finals of "The Ultimate Fighter 10" tournament. An explosive competitor who fights out of Colorado's Grudge Training Center, "The Hybrid" has never fought beyond the first round and has averaged just 58 seconds of cage time in each of his six career wins.
For complete coverage of UFC 121, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Our government is being strangled by partisan politics. Youth employment is at a 60-year low [PDF]. Student loan debt is approaching $1 trillion (and default rates are rising quickly).
Yet young Americans are far more optimistic about our country's future than the pundits would have you believe—and they are demonstrating that optimism through entrepreneurship. According to a 2011 youth entrepreneurship survey by the Young Entrepreneur Council and Buzz Marketing Group, 23 percent of young people started a business as a result of being unemployed. Fifteen percent started a business in college. And let's not forget our veterans, who are twice as likely as other Americans to own businesses.
So why are so few pundits and politicians building on that entrepreneurial energy as a solution to joblessness and economic malaise? It's high time we funneled our collective energy toward rebuilding an entrepreneurial America.
This is not an abstract endeavor. The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) and its partners such as Junior Achievement, Babson College, Codecademy, Venture for America, and College Hunks Hauling Junk, have identified a handful of tried-and-true approaches that are already successfully fostering business creation by young people all over America as part of the #FixYoungAmerica movement. We are also spearheading an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign to support ongoing events and outreach nationwide, as well as the debut of the official #FixYoungAmerica book.
Below are five broad strategies that we believe need to be adopted to accelerate this vital movement.
1. Integrate Academia and the Real World
In the 2011 YEC/Buzz Marketing Group survey, 88 percent of young people said that entrepreneurship education is vitally important given the new economy—and yet 74 percent of college students had no access to entrepreneurship resources on campus. When resources were available, most students felt they were woefully inadequate.
This is not acceptable—in the 21st century, entrepreneurial thinking isn't just for entrepreneurs. Adaptability, creativity and financial literacy are core skills for American employees and so-called intrapreneurs—innovators within larger organizations—as well. They're also critical assets to our communities: Junior Achievement and the Aspen Institute found that youth entrepreneurship programs positively impacted dropout rates and community engagement, not to mention the development of risk-taking and opportunity recognition. But most employers today [PDF] think high school and college graduates are seriously deficient in skills like leadership and innovation, and we face a steep shortfall of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates.
If we actually want to change the way Americans work, then parents, K-12 schools, community colleges, four-year colleges and entrepreneurship-focused nonprofits must meet these challenges head-on. Junior Achievement, Babson, Cogswell College, the University of Colorado, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), among others, are leading the way.
2. Eliminate Government Barriers
Even our deadlocked Congress has found bi-partisan compromises in entrepreneurship-related legislation, including reforms to the patent process and student loan relief. But gridlock is preventing truly decisive action. From increasing states' self-employment assistance programs to removing regulations prohibiting startups from openly crowdsourcing capital, we need the U.S. government to do better.
One way we can demand a boldly pro-growth agenda is through the passing of acts and measures such as the Youth Entrepreneurship Act, which would defer or forgive student loan debt for young entrepreneurs using the precedent set by the Income-Based Repayment program. The VET Act of 2011 proposes a program to help returning vets use their GI benefits to start businesses.
An overwhelming 88 percent of young people feel the government does not support them. Holding our representatives accountable and asking them to stop restricting the youth-owned startups of tomorrow is a start.
3. Invest In and Mentor Young Entrepreneurs
Initiatives such as the Startup America Partnership and Dell's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program are models for the private sector. Business leaders can team up with accelerators, venture capitalists, campus groups, regional leadership and nonprofits to mentor, finance and train the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Or they can help pave the way for the next public software engineering school, as Union Square Ventures VC Fred Wilson did in New York. Franchisors can extend special financing to youth and veterans—after all, direct economic output in the franchise sector is projected to grow [PDF] 5 percent in 2012, and employment, 2.1 percent. By openly encouraging our youth to work in startups, which generate many new jobs—those companies can have a chance to grow, and in turn, help young people to thrive.
It's also important to start creating common-sense avenues for financial support. Microloan financiers like Kiva are easing global unemployment throughout the developing world—why not here? After all, improving access to capital doesn't necessarily start with banks—having non-financial support doubles the likelihood [PDF] that a young entrepreneur will be approved for a commercial loan.
4. Teach Technology Inside and Outside the Classroom
The Web has revolutionized the way we do business, creating a far more level playing field for young entrepreneurs—provided they have the skill set to take advantage of it.
One study found that small- to medium-sized businesses with strong Web presences grew twice as fast as those with only a minimal presence (or none at all) and created twice the number of jobs. We need to prepare all young people for this reality through sustainable technology programs that work in tandem with academics. In the classroom, this means teaching hands-on software engineering, not just computing basics—the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting an employment increase for software engineers of 32 percent by 2018. Outside the classroom, companies like Codecademy fill the gaps in K-12 and college education by creating peer-to-peer platforms where aspiring coders can learn by doing.
5. Foster Entrepreneurship at the Regional Level
Not all solutions fit all communities. For example, cities facing economic decline might be better off creating resource-rich networks so that young entrepreneurs can cut through the red tape at the local level instead of departing en masse. The Idea Village in New Orleans has sustained more than 1,000 jobs and $83 million in revenue by retaining and supporting the city's entrepreneurs.
Underserved regions can develop ecosystems in which idea exchange, growth, and financial support are readily available. From Silicon Prairie to New Orleans, entrepreneurs are bridging gaps between local government, investors and backyard entrepreneurs. These hyper-local networks can provide the momentum needed to get new businesses off the ground immediately.
Ways to Participate in #FixYoungAmerica
While these strategies only touch upon on some of the solutions in play right now, there are leaders in every sector—government, education, nonprofit and private—who can add to this list as we approach the 2012 elections. To really shift the national conversation for good, all solutions should be put on the table for decision-makers to see.
You can participate by:
Contributing to the Campaign: Your tax-deductible contributions to #FixYoungAmerica through IndieGoGo.com will help put a copy of the book, #FixYoungAmerica in the hands of every politician, thought leader and decision maker in America, and will fuel our efforts to transform innovative ideas into actionable solutions. YEC and #FixYoungAmerica is a 100 percent nonprofit effort, and part of your contribution will be donated to programs for young entrepreneurs.
Passing the Baby: Visit our website and click on the Pass the Baby button to share your own idea to reduce youth unemployment and underemployment. Then, share your idea (and our baby mascot) on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or on your website to show your support.
- Visiting FixYoungAmerica.com for even more ways to help.
Leading America Forward
This is not about making life easier for Millennials—it's about ensuring that, when they become the 30-, 40- and 50-something leaders of tomorrow, they will have the capacity and ability to lead America forward. From the Arab Spring to the Tea Party, from Occupy Wall Street to the SOPA and PIPA protests, we've seen the power of what like-minded individuals can achieve. You're invited to join the mission to do what no government or organization can do alone: #FixYoungAmerica.
This article was written and submitted by Scott Gerber of the Young Entrepreneurship Council. The views expressed herein are those of the author and not necessarily the views of LegalZoom.


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Roland Emmerich, who directed "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012" and "Independence Day", has bought the rights to "Emergence", a new heart warming coming of age story about a young boy's struggle to reconnect with his father. I'm kidding, it's an alien invasion flick that I'm sure will have all kind of crap blowing up and whatnot. Good old Roland doesn't care about kids! He doesn't care about love. He cares about people getting their faces blow up by giant ships and crap. I don't know where I'm going with this.
Well good for them! "The Purge", which was released this past weekend went ahead and earned back its budget this past Thursday night thanks to late night and midnight showings. The film was made for about $3 million and pulled in close to $3.4 million Thursday night, eventually bringing in over $36 million over the weekend. I can't do the math on what kind of profit that is but I'm pretty sure it's a lot.
No real surprise here folks, "Halloween" will get a special 35th Anniversary release later this year from the good folks at Anchor Bay. What is a surprise though is that director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis will reunite for a new commentary track to be included with the release. A special special edition will also be made available with signed yogurt that helps ladies go BM regularly. I made that last part up.
Christina Ricci has been hand selected by the folks at Lifetime to play Lizzie Borden in an upcoming made for TV movie about the famous ax wielding daughter. I assume this means Ricci is only a couple years away from battling giant snakes with fish heads or something on Syfy so that really should be the news here. I'm pretty excited.


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The Greater New Milford Chamber of Commerce annually sponsors the two-day Village Fair Days event on the Village Green.
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Fair details may be viewed at www.newmilford-chamber.com/vendors.


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Lobos coach misses out on contract incentives
Lobos losing streak hits Bob Davie's wallet
After his first year as head coach of the UNM football team, Bob Davie guided the Lobos to their best finish since 2008, winning more games than the last three seasons combined.
But ending the season at 4-9 meant Davie missed out on tens of thousands of dollars.
This year, the coach won't get thousands of dollars in cash incentives that are based upon the team's performance, a common practice in coaching contracts.
Davie would receive $50,000 for a conference title and $25,000 if the Lobos end the season in the top 25.
The Lobos were three wins shy of bowl game eligibility, worth $20,000 to the head coach. Davie was a field goal away from $10,000 when the Lobos nearly beat nationally ranked Boise State.
On the other hand, UNM is paying him $25,000 because of fan attendance. The program averaged more than 20,000 paying fans in each of its six home games.
In his first year Davie was guaranteed $700,000 and an additional $60,000 the next five seasons.