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This post is here to inform and educate. Hopefully after reading this you will understand some of the basics of shape manipulation in Blender as well as how to generate a UV map suitable for uploading into Second Life as a sculpted prim. Your comments are welcome, so now on to the instructions.
In order to complete this tutorial you'll need a few things.
- Blender v2.44 or later
- Second Life v1.16 or later
So, go out, download those things and when you're done installing them, come back, I'll wait.
A Few Things Before We Begin
Blender is, at least to me, unlike any other user interface I've ever used. Most of the problems I had with it stem from my expectations of how I thought things should work. I will try to explain these unique concepts here at the beginning so as to help you, the clever reader. Also, I owe a great portion of what I learned based on the works of others, so, if this isn't clear or you just want to read more you might want to look at these pages.
- Know Where Your Mouse is At
Many of Blender's shortcut keys and operations are conditional based on where your mouse cursor is positioned.
- Blender Has a Lot of Shortcut Keys... Learn Them
I say this not because you'll be faster, but because finding things in Blender's menus sucks. Depending on the mode of the pane you're looking in and the fact that each pane has it's own set of menus, finding a menu item twice can be a small feat in and of itself. Also, as near as I can tell, some items simply don't exist on menus and are therefore only accessible by shortcut key.
- Blender's View Control System is Annoyingly Close to Second Life's
I phrase it that way because it's not exactly the same, and thus you (if you're like me) will experience many and frequent context shifts when switching back and forth. So be aware.
- Alt/Option and Mouse Drag — Used to rotate your view of the scene.
- Scroll Wheel or Alt/Option + Control and Mouse Drag — Used to zoom in/out of your scene.
- Alt/Option + Shift and Mouse Drag — Used to move your camera around the current visual plane.
- Number Pad keys — May also be used to navigate through your scene
- There are TWO ways to enter numbers in fields — This may be obvious to other people, but I only stumbled upon it. Benefit from my experience. Number fields have arrows which are inviting to click on and change the number in the field up or down like sliders, but you can also click on the number itself and type in what you want. Very helpful when you need to change a value from 256 to 64.
The Steps, Finally
Let's start by opening Blender.
At this point, depending on your installation and default settings, you may or may not have an object already created. So, with your mouse positioned over what we'll be calling the Edit/Object pane, press your A key a few times. If you see something flashing with a purple border you have an object that we'll need to delete before we get started. Hint: Purple means selected. So, with our object selected, press your delete key on your keyboard and confirm the deletion of your object.
I'm going to use as my example a NURBS sphere which we'll deform into our shape, but any closed NURBS surface that can be deformed to a sphere (ie. no donuts or other objects with holes) should be suitable (I think).
So, let's get started. Again, with your mouse positioned in the Edit/Object pane, press your spacebar, from the resulting menu navigate to the Add menu, Surface menu, and select NURBS sphere. A sphere should appear centered in your pane.
Let's take a moment to look at this sphere and the control points that surround and define it. We'll be manipulating these points and adding new ones in order to deform our sphere into whatever shape we desire (within reason of course). You'll notice two kinds of segments, yellow and purple. Where these two classes of segments cross are our control points. Initially, we have 29 control points defining and bounding our sphere. These points are adjustable and moving them alters the curve of the sphere. You should note that two of these points are special, the points created at the poles of the sphere by the crossing of solely yellow lines. If you try and manipulate these points directly you will create a new point, further deforming the sphere in a new way.
With that out of the way, we'll start abusing our sphere. I mean it's pretty and all, but we've got that in Second Life already, right? We want something new here. Let's try to build a simple symmetrical martini glass, because you'll need it after all the steps ahead. (Are you listening Linden Labs? This has to get easier...) The first thing we'll do is add more control points to our sphere so we can better define the curves of our object. To add points to our sphere we need to select a set of adjacent rings and subdivide the segments that connect them.
First things first, selection works in Blender by aiming at a point and clicking your Right Mouse Button. You should see the point light up and a circle with a local coordinate system indicator appear. We're going to start by selecting a point at one of the corners of our sphere's bounding box. Now, to select multiple points you may hold down your shift key and continue to select points to be manipulated in a group. Or, you can tell Blender to select all points in a ring containing the last selected point by pressing Shift R. Each time you use that shortcut the selection will alternate between the possible rings available to that point. We want the ring of purple segments to be selected, so cycle through until your screen looks similar to this. Now, moving down your sphere aim your mouse at a control point on the next concentric ring. Shift Right Click on that point and again press Shift R. You should now have two concentric rings selected. Do the same with the final ring so that all three rings are selected. Got them all selected? Good. Now press your W key and then the numeral 1 or select Subdivide from the resulting menu. You should see a new pair of concentric rings centered between each pair of previously selected rings. Let's subdivide this one more time, without clicking anywhere, press W and again select Subdivide. After this step you should have 9 purple rings stacked equidistant from one another around our previously spherical object.
NOTE: Be careful with the following steps because Blender will allow you to create surfaces that can not exist in the physical world, and while Second Life is about fantasy, surfaces that can't exist in the real world will exhibit strange behavior in SL as well.
Let's make the bowl of our glass. Press your A key a few times to deselect all of your selected control points. Select one of the control points in the second ring from the top and press Shift R to select that ring. If we look at our local coordinate system indicator, we'll see that there is a white circle and three colored arrows indicating the three axes of our system. Each component may be clicked on and each will result in slightly different semantics. Clicking on an arrow will allow you to manipulate your set of selected points in that axis alone. Clicking on the area within the circle will allow you to manipulate your set of points in an arbitrary fashion. In our example, we'll click on the blue arrow and pull our set of points up past the first ring, creating an initial bowl shape. If you make a mistake here, you can either press Escape to cancel the move or press Control Z to undo your last change. Now, select the ring at the bottom of our bowl (the one we just moved past) using the methods we've learned so far. With that ring selected, we'll scale it down to give our glass a little thickness and so we'll know where our bowl ends. Press your S key to start scaling your selected points. In scaling mode, moving your mouse will scale up or down the points preserving their relative positions. Let's scale it down just a bit. Again, be careful here because it's possible to create shapes that make no sense in the physical world. We're getting closer but it still doesn't look much like a martini glass, let's select the ring defining the lip of our glass and scale it out some to get the beginnings of our martini glass shape. You should have something like this after these steps.
Phew! Well, if you got this far without trouble you're well on your way to winning your battle against Blender. Most of the manipulations you make will involve moving control points, subdividing segments and scaling groups of points. Let's try to make our glass a little taller and give it a base. Select the bottom three rings and then rotate your object so that you can see the lower pole. You'll need to select the pole eight times in a row, doing so will make each segment emanating from it be selected. Now, move this group down away from your bowl to a comfortable distance, this should give you a fat stem down from your bowl. Select the middle ring of our three rings and scale it out to form a base for our glass. Orient your glass so that you can see the bottom ring and the pole of your glass and select the bottom-most ring and the segments connecting it to the pole. With those segments selected move that group up, just a bit, towards the bowl, to create a slightly concave bottom. You might also want to shrink it down to create a more gentle curve at the bottom of your glass. At this point, your glass should look similar to this.
Alright, we're two thirds of the way there with our model. Just a few more steps to slim down our stem and then we'll be ready to generate our texture map for Second Life. The goal is within our reach! We've got three rings left to define our stem with, so select them and begin by scaling them down to a more respectable size. Now, select the ring closest to the bottom and move it down closer to the base. At this point you should recognize the general shape we've been striving for. Look over your model. You may want to add more rings around your stem or in your bowl to give your model that special flair that only you can imagine. Or maybe you want a taller bowl for an extra special drink. Go wild, but remember, try to make shapes that can exist, otherwise be aware that it may not import into Second Life as beautifully as it renders in Blender.
Things to Check Over at This Point
It is my opinion that editing curves are much easier at this point using the NURBS control points. It is possible to make changes after this point to your shape, but then you will be modifying a mesh of vertices and the semantics change somewhat. Experiment, go wild with your imagination, but I suggest you save your model at this point at least, just in case. We all know how great we are and that we never screw things up, but hubris goeth before a fall, as they say.
- Look over your model, paying special attention to the poles — It's not strictly necessary to have a completely closed surface here, but it helps. I've made things that had small holes at the pole and not noticed problems, but others with larger holes have created visual discontinuities within Second Life. If you notice a hole, select the ring surrounding it and the vertex at the pole and subdivide it. That will usually close any hole without altering your shape too much.
- Be aware of where your poles are — Poles are where the texture you will apply within Second Life will be stretched the most, try and place them out of the way, or learn to use them effectively, whatever floats your boat. Just be aware.
And Now... The Tedium
Ok, so, we've got our glass, it's beautiful. But it's still stuck in Blender. The steps that follow are mind-numbingly dull. But they're necessary and if you don't do them right, chances are you will not get what you expect in Second Life. So, be careful, pay attention and try not to fall asleep.
You've saved it, right? Because this next step will take your beautiful object, in all of it's cubic spline curved glory and convert it to a mesh of angular faces. In fact, you might want to save two copies, pre- and post-mesh convert. So, switch your edit window into Object Mode by pressing your TAB key. All your control points will disappear and your object should be left behind. Select your object and press Alt C, from the resulting menu select Mesh. You may notice a subtle change in the shading of your object as it becomes a set of angular faces and vertices.
For the remaining steps we're going to create a split view in our editor. Move your mouse towards the upper menu bar, as you near the menu bar's border you should notice your mouse cursor change, right click on the border of the menu and select Split Area. Move your mouse to subdivide your view into two panes and click. You will then have two identical views of your object. In one pane (I chose the right, but do what feels right to you), click the window type button in the corner and choose UV/Image Editor. In the other pane, click the mode button and select UV Face Select. With your mouse over the UV Face Select pane, press your A key to select all faces. Use your numeric key pad and choose a side view by pressing your number key pads 1 or 3. Press your U key and select Project from View (Bounds). Then select a face in your UV Face Select pane to make it active, press your A key twice to select all faces again, and again press U, but this time select Follow Active (quads) and select None from the resulting menu. You will probably see a drastic change in the other pane, don't worry, yet.
Move your mouse over to your UV/Image Editor pane and from the UVs menu select Quads Constrained Rectangular. Press A to select all your faces and then press G to move them, you don't have to move them at all really, just click again, all this is done to force Blender to recalculate the faces. Switch back to your UV Face Select pane and press your U key again, select Follow Active (quads) and None again. Your view in the Image Editor should now be a nice grid of rectangles. Now, move your mouse back over the image editor and use the S and G keys to scale the grid down and move it so that it rests near the center of your image bounds. Just get it smaller than you need right now, in a moment we'll expand it to fill the image bounds. From the UVs menu select Layout Clipped to Image Size. Then use your S and G keys to stretch out the grid of faces to fit within the image boundaries. Make it fit the image bounds as close as you possibly can. Open the Image menu and select New, set the height and width to 64 and click Ok.
Oh, What's that? You thought the Tedium was over...
Now, if you thought that was bad... well, hold onto your hat, it only gets worse. We're getting closer, even if our brains are starting to turn to mush. All of the following steps take place in what is affectionately known as the Buttons pane at the bottom of our Blender window. We need to set up our texture mapping now. So, press F5 to select the Shading set of buttons. Click on the Material button and click on the Add New button under Links and Pipeline, obviously. When you do, don't jump away, it's supposed to look like it went into a seizure and threw up a thousand new buttons on your screen; learn it, love it, or something. Look for the TexFace button and click it.
Press your F6 key to switch to the other Texture page. Add three textures, setting each one's Texture Type to Blend. Go back to the Material buttons page by pressing F5 again. Select the first texture in the list on the right hand side and change to the Map Input tab. Make it look like this picture, paying special attention to the highlighted area. Switch to the Map To tab. Make it look like this picture, again, paying special attention to the highlighted areas. Switch back to the Texture tab and pick the next texture in the list. Switch to the Map Input tab and make it look like this picture. Switch to the Map To tab and make it look like this picture. Switch back to the Texture tab and pick the third texture in the list. Switch to the Map Input tab and make it look like this picture. Switch to the Map To tab and make it look like this picture.
Switch to the Scene button page by pressing F10. Pick the Bake tab and make sure that the Textures and Clear buttons are selected. Hit the BAKE button. You should see some pretty rainbow pattern appear in your image editor, it should have smooth color transitions, if it has some glitches, try adjusting the Margin setting on the Bake tab and re-bake your image (usually 1 or 2 is all you'll need to set). Now, go to the Image menu, click Save and save it as a Targa file somewhere where you'll find it later. Phew!
Voila! You're done! Now go to Second Life and upload your Targa image, apply it to an object as a sculpted texture and you should see the fruits of your labor.
Just in case you have problems or want to see the files I've generated using this tutorial, try these links martini-nurbs.blend, martini-final.blend and martini.tga.
Now go and enjoy your martini!
In Conclusion
I know, I know. I've been kind of hard on Blender in this post. Some people will tell me, "But Blender's so configurable it has to have all those buttons!" To those people, I say, "I don't care." I don't use Blender for anything more than this currently, and honestly, I don't know that I'll ever use it for more. Yes, it's certainly powerful, but it's a little overkill for what we're attempting here. I also believe that it could be made much simpler if someone took the time to learn how to write a script to do all the tedium for you, I mean, that's what computers are for, right?
In our next episode, if there is one, I'll see about painting textures onto our model in Blender and generating a map that can be applied directly in Second Life, we'll see how that goes...
So, you've read to the end of this increasingly long tutorial. Good for you! If you have comments, suggestions or just want to say Hi, leave me a comment. Now go make something worthwhile and better than my martini glass.


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Waste AwarenessPosted: August 18, 2014 Filed under: Environmental Issues | Tags: Construction, Demolition, Design Schools, Interior Design, LEED, Material Samples, Waste, Zero Waste Leave a comment
I really love that more people are becoming more and more aware about "waste" – their waste – the stuff that they need to get out of their space. In the old days, one just dumped it in the "trash" and let the sanitation department worry about it. That is thankfully what is changing.
Recently, in our email, we received news of the "Save A Sample – Design Sample Recycling Drive". Our business has incrementally moved away from the "business as usual" model of catalogs and samples sent out to every possible target. The nature of interior design seems to us to be changing and there is somewhat of a move away from a room full of "stuff" and someone to mind it in favor of "just in time specific samples". So, we are adapting to that mindset as well. Still, there is an abundance of the "stuff" out there in the field remaining and continuing to flow in. Two of the largest sources of continuous sample chain sets and brochures – Formica and Wilsonart – have invested significantly in this year's drive that now includes 8 cities in this it's 16th year.
So, what does "Save A Sample" do ? It transfers thousands of pounds of materials (unused brochures, fabrics, laminates, tiles and finish cards used within the interior and architectural professions) via the help of local furniture dealers and installers, to students at local design schools. This offers a relatively low cost method of supplying students with a richer set of resources for their studies during the educational year. For more information visit www.saveasample.com.
"Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water or air that are a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health." ~ 2004 statement of philosophy for the Zero Waste International Alliance. This organization continues to have annual conferences. The next one will be in Oct in Canada. More information here – http://zwia.org/events/
The construction and demolition industries have become more aware of the waste that these generate. Builder's Booksource offers a LEED-based toolkit for "Recycling Construction and Demolition Waste" that suggests that it is possible to recycle "as much as 95 percent of new construction and demolition waste, reuse existing materials, and comply with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED waste management guidelines". There is a Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA) that promotes and defends the environmentally sound recycling of the more than 325 million tons of recoverable construction and demolition (C&D) materials which are generated in the United States annually. These materials include aggregates such as concrete, asphalt, asphalt shingles (roofing), gypsum wallboard (drywall), wood and metals.
I know how moving into a business involved with recycling really began to affect our own perspectives. We recycle everything possible – plastic, paper including cardboard, glass and metal. We compost everything organic. Our landfill trash is the least significant of our wastes. I'd love to say we are Zero Waste – maybe someday. It is certainly a goal to strive for. Yet, we do live in a modern era and we depend upon those who design and develop products to continue doing what they do best and we are grateful that awareness about waste, has become an important component of such thinking.
~ Information Resources
Save A Sample – Design Sample Recycling Drive – http://www.saveasample.com
Zero Waste International Alliance – http://zwia.org/events/
Recycling Construction and Demolition Waste – A LEED-Based Toolkit – http://www.buildersbooksource.com/cgi-bin/booksite/25298.html
Construction & Demolition Recycling Assoc – http://www.cdrecycling.org/
Blog author ~ Deborah Hart Yemm is co-founder of
Yemm & Hart, a green materials producer

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Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral popular among builders of the past. It is inexpensive, fire-resistant, provides shock absorption, as well as electrical and building insulation. It is also highly toxic, carcinogenic and deadly. If you're in the market for a new home or renovation project, testing for asbestos before you move forward is a pro-active step that can save you money and potentially lethal health-related problems in the future.
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- Some roofing and siding shingles are made of asbestos cement.
- Houses built between 1930 and 1950 may have asbestos as insulation.
- Asbestos may be present in textured paint and in patching compounds used on wall and ceiling joints. Their use was banned in 1977.
- Artificial ashes and embers sold for use in gas-fired fireplaces may contain asbestos.
- Older products, such as stove-top pads, may have some asbestos compounds.
- Walls and floors around wood-burning stoves may be protected with asbestos paper, millboard or cement sheets.
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It is very difficult to identify the presence of asbestos just by looking at it. As a general rule, certain building materials installed before the late 1980s may contain asbestos. However, the only way to be certain is to have a sample of the material analyzed by a laboratory. Confirmation should be carried out before any general maintenance, renovation or demolition activities proceed.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
What to do when the silver price goes down
Firstly we need to look at why this is so. What is happening to the price of silver? The price of silver is not affected by industrial use despite it being the main use of silver, over 80 percent of all silver is used in industry and the medical field. This use is very stable and not subject to wild fluctuations in use daily or even weekly. Yet the price of silver changes not just daily but on an hourly basis. The balance is used in the manufacture of silver coins, rounds, jewellery and investment. Coins and jewellery are also a long term activity and would not explain such wild variations in the price. So that small amount of investment silver just be affecting the price of silver, but how could it?
The one answer that satisfies all criteria is if the price of silver were being manipulated.
According to Eric Sprott, chief executive officer of Sprott Asset Management LP, which oversees a $1-billion silver fund that was, incidentally, $327 million larger at the beginning of last week,
"the recent plunge in silver prices was a "bear raid" – where some investors band together to drive the price down. Silver dropped $6 late one Sunday and was immediately followed by a margin increase."
However, Sprott doesn't consider the raid will keep prices down for long as the silver market is just too small. He recently stated.
"One of the things we should look at is the trading of silver in the paper markets… the Comex and the SLV. Last week, it averaged 1.2 billion ounces per day. There is only 700 million ounces mined in a year. There is only 33 million ounces of physical silver that is available for delivery by the commercial shorters. If something like 3% of the people that were trading silver in one day demanded physical delivery, there would be no silver on the Comex. The key market is the physical market. I don't think this raid is going to work."
Avery Goodman, on Seeking Alpha, describing what he believes to be massive manipulation of the silver market, and Peter Grandich, in the Grandich Letter, wrote.
"I don't think (re the silver market manipulation) it's a coincidence that when you look at when silver really started to rise sharply and get into a parabolic stage was on the heels of the testimony that came before the US commodity commission last year by a trader who actually stepped up and made claims and supported claims of manipulation. I don't think that was coincidence. I do think that we are playing on perhaps the most un-level playing field the investment world has ever seen. The small investors and small-time players like me are at a distinct disadvantage. I know that's the case because hindsight has shown that the great financial crisis that we endured a few years ago came on the heels of some of the biggest players selling investments on one end and absolutely shorting those same investments on the other end for themselves. None of them have even gone to jail. They have nuclear weapons, and we have pea shooters. Any accusation or claim that silver went up and or down because of not just day-to-day fundamentals but because of people's abilities to manipulate is, I think, genuine."
Although there is evidence of consistent manipulation of the silver price over the years this only appears to affect the short term price. The long term price has shown, over the past ten years, a consistent rise, hindered perhaps to some degree, but a rise nevertheless which shows no signs of abating.
In view if this and the expectation from many fronts and analysts that the price will continue its upward spiral in answer to the question, what to do when the silver price goes down well the answer seems to buy silver Consistently and continually. The price and value of the silver you hold will balance out and the overall value of ones silver holding will increase regardless of any manipulation applied. Indeed it is an area one can take advantage of. When the price is pushed down. Buy silver. When the price goes back up again. Buy Silver. It may be "pushed down" again at sometime in the future but the inevitability of it is that it is eventually going to go up again.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Starting a business in a losing economy has its advantages. According to the article, "The Benefits of Starting a Business During a Recession" on the ventureneer.com website, some positives include that during downturns, the marketplace changes more quickly and dramatically and with change comes the possibility of opportunity. Author Geri Stengel also notes that in a bad economy, goods and services become more affordable.
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To attend the seminar, please mail the attached registration form to Pamela Free, South Carolina State University, Small Business Development Center, 300 College Street, NE, Orangeburg, S.C. 29117. You may also fax the attached form to (803) 536-8066.
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Even in a small space, the right vanity can tie a bathroom together and give you the room necessary to store a few items close at hand. With the multitude of options out there, it's easy these days to find a vanity that will perfectly compliment your bathroom, no matter your style.
- Bathroom vanities make a great area for hidden storage. I've seen some great storage ideas for vanities to keep things neat and tidy, and hidden from view of your visiting guests. Use baskets or bins for larger items or hygiene products, and use storage trays in your drawers to keep your smaller items including makeup organized and easy to find. A vanity is a wonderful way to hide the products you use every day that you don't necessarily want to display to the world.
- Your vanity can also serve as a fabulous decorative piece in a bathroom, like any other furniture. It can actually become the focal point and add a surprising punch of colour, or be fashioned from an antique that you just can't part with but have no other use for. Vanities have been made from old dressers and bed side tables, or even custom built out of old barn wood. You can also purchase a box store vanity and refurbish or paint it to make it entirely your own.
- Keeping clutter away from your sink and off the cupboard will enable you to maintain a bathroom that stays cleaner and is more welcoming to use. There's nothing worse than trying to get ready in the morning and having to clear space before you can even start your grooming. When you have a vanity available, you free up room for your morning routine and the sink area stays tidier.
- A well designed vanity can certainly add value to your home. A pedestal sink can certainly look nice, but one of the first things people ask when faced with one in a home they're thinking about buying is where bathroom items will be stored. Without a vanity it takes some creativity to figure out how to keep necessary products close at hand. Nobody wants to be stuck in the bathroom while the toilet paper is stored in a linen closet down the hall. Vanities have become an item that potential buyers expect and will make resale much more likely.
- A bathroom vanity can be the most versatile piece of furniture in the house and can easily reflect your personality. It can also be modified quickly and cost effectively; wood vanities can be painted or sanded down and re stained. A change of drawer fronts or even just the pulls or knobs can shift the look dramatically. A vanity becomes an easy way to change the entire feel of your bathroom without breaking the bank.
The benefits of a bathroom vanity are numerous, and adding one to your home can take a bathroom from mundane to marvellous.
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I love cooking. It makes me happy and I could spend a whole day in the kitchen and have a blast. Sometimes the hardest part of cooking is deciding what recipes I want to make! If you're in the same boat as me, here are some wonderful recipes with Tillamook Cheese that will get you inspired for the autumn cooking season.
Tillamook Smoked Cheddar Biscuits with Crisp Bacon & Apricots
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
5 tablespoons cold, Tillamook Unsalted Butter 5 slices bacon, cooked crisp and chopped/broken into bits
⅓ cup chopped dried apricots
¾ cup Tillamook Smoked Medium Cheddar Cheese, shredded and chilled
¾ cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 425°.
In food processor or mixer, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pepper. Add butter and pulse/mix until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Transfer flour mixture to a large bowl. Stir in bacon, apricots and smoked cheddar cheese until well combined. Add buttermilk and stir until mixture just forms a dough. Gather dough into a ball and on a lightly floured surface knead gently 8 times.
Roll or pat out dough to 1 inch thickness. Use a sharp, round cookie cutter to cut out biscuits from dough. Combine scraps and re-roll scraps and repeat process until you have used up the dough. Bake biscuits in middle of oven 15 minutes until tops are golden brown.
Makes 8-10 snack size portions
Tillamook Scalloped Potatoes
8 cups sliced potatoes (6-8 medium potatoes)
¼ cup Tillamook Salted Butter
¼ cup flour
2½ cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon pepper
1 cup Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese, shredded
½ cup Tillamook Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded
1 cup chopped onions
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
Preheat oven to 375°.
Thinly slice potatoes. Keep in cold water until sauce is ready. In a saucepan, melt butter, add onions and cook slightly. Stir in salt, pepper and flour. Blend until smooth. Blend in milk and cook over medium heat stirring constantly until thick and smooth.
In a lightly greased 3 quart casserole layer in half the potatoes and top with half of the cheese, half of the parsley and half of the sauce. Repeat with the top layer.
Bake covered for 45-50 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes or until potatoes are done.
Crab and Cheddar Bisque
3 tablespoons Tillamook Salted Butter
½ cup diced onions
⅓ cup diced carrots
⅓ cup diced celery
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 bay leaf
¼ cup flour
1- 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
1 cup clam juice
3 cups chicken broth
½ – 7 ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons fresh chopped tarragon, divided
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
3 cups (12 ounces) Tillamook Special Reserve Extra Sharp Cheddar
Dry sherry (optional)
9 ounces flaked crab meat
½ cup Tillamook Sour Cream
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onions, carrots, celery, garlic and bay leaf. Cook, stirring frequently until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. Add flour, and cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, clam juice and chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens, about 20 minutes.
Remove from heat, discard bay leaf and stir in chopped peppers.
In a blender, puree the soup in small batches until smooth. Pour bisque through a fine mesh strainer into a medium saucepan. Bring soup to a simmer and stir in cream, 1 tablespoon tarragon, black pepper and Tabasco Sauce. Remove from heat. Add cheese and stir until melted.
Serve hot and garnish each bowl with a splash of sherry, a dollop of sour cream, crab meat and remaining tarragon.
Serves 6
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Just wanted to thank you for the recipe. So tasty and so easy. I was so excited to see this recipe. Hope everyone else enjoys it too! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Deb,
Thanks so much for your comment! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the recipes!
~ Katy of the Tillamook Team


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So I rolled back the 393 build to the 372 build. Windows is smart enough to not re-update me to 393 when Windows check for updates. There should be a check box or something to allow the update.
So now I want to go to 393 again but WU is not seeing it. How do I force it ? Registry key ?
Here is a screenshot of my reg key. Trying to figure if I should change EnablePreviewBuilds to 1 or modify something else such as IsBuildFLighting enabled ?
Update: I need to reread my old posts , lol
I needed to delete the recovered from "folder" "key" "bnranch" "node" not sure of right terminology but I the left pane in the tree structure. Path in image below


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At a crucial point in Jesus' ministry he taught his disciples how to pray. In a simple prayer, he showed his closest friends what was most important about their heart motivation. He said, "Your kingdom come, Your will be done. On earth - as it is in heaven." In a moment Jesus dropped the mic for eternity on what he believed was the most important prayer of all: for God's kingdom to come and manifest HERE. As it is in heaven.
What God is calling us to is not for Him to bend His will around our lives and our dreams, but for US to bend OUR LIVES around HIS WILL and HIS DREAMS. God desires men and women who have a Kingdom Bend.
This call to bend our lives around His Kingdom will be the only way to truly find the most fulfillment in our life. God has created us to be co-laborers, and our truest joy is found in the middle of HIS dreams.
So what does God dream about? What keeps Him up at night? What fills his heart 24-hours a day?
His people. His wonderful kids. The lost, the hurting, the broken and the not-quite homers. THIS is His dream. And this is where his Kingdom is built. This ministry was birthed out of the desire to see believers ignited in their passions for the cause of His kingdom, and to empower this generation to bend and mold their lives around His ambitions, His people and His dreams.
Welcome to Kingdom Bend.


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The Buster memory foam dog bed provides ultimate comfort by reacting to body heat which allows the memory foam to mould to the shape of the body thus distributing the dogs weight evenly and reducing pressure points.
This is ideal for dogs that suffer from arthritis and other joint problems.
The cover is removable and machine washable.
Medium : 100cm x 70cmLarge: 120cm x 100cm
excellent service, item dispatched same day and arrived following day. When unpacked I was initially disappointed, the bed had been shrink-wrapped for packing and it was thin, hard and lumpy, and the cover appeared too loose. HOWEVER, laid it flat on the floor and within a few hours it expanded and filled out perfectly! My large lab can't believe his luck, its so comfy! I ordered the Large because the Medium size was smaller than his existing old bed, but the Large is very Large, its like upgrading him from a single bed to a double! I am expecting the memory foam will be good for his arthritic joints, just hope the bed keeps its shape and doesn't go flat and lumpy after a few months.
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There was a signpost at a corner of the southwestern part of Kathmandu's Durbar Square, near the Kasthamandap, that pointed towards Maru Tole. That name, Maru Tole, sounded really familiar. It was one of the starting points leading to Swayambuhnath from the square. For convenience, most opt for the taxi to get there but this time, with the rest of the morning and afternoon in hand, I'd decided to go on foot.
It's a 3 km walk, crossing the Vishnumati river and a highway, passing through villages and exploring the less commercialised side of Kathmandu. As I ventured deeper into the quiet suburb, the signposts reduced. Not that it mattered, really, as the map itself was no more than a few unnamed white lines. There was no clear indication that I was on the right track but since the holy stupa sits on a hill, I was only reassured by the fact that I was still ascending the uphill path. I looked up constantly, anticipating a golden arc or any feature of the stupa.
The steep, endless eastern stairway seems to serve as a test of faith of the believers. At the top, panting, I was rewarded with one of the most spectacular views of Kathmandu, only lower than the view from the eyes of the Buddha, drawn on the stupa, guarding the city. I retreated to a nearby bench to enjoy more of the view, accompanied by the familiar chants supplied by the nearby CD vendor. I must have stayed there for a good 30 minutes.
A Tibetan Buddhism site, the rituals observed were similar to those at Bodhnath, except that here, there were more deities and chaityas, an indication of the marriage of Buddhism and Hinduism that is quite uniquely Nepal.
Not forgetting the macaques...lots of them. But they were never a nuisance.
Worshippers upon reaching the hill and before turning to leave were seen touching the gilded vajra (a celestial thunderbolt representing enlightenment that stands at the eastern stairway entrance) as they muttered words of prayers, eyes closed. I followed suit, not so much for wanting to attain nirvana but to express gratefulness for an enlightening journey thus far.
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soda stream carbonators
i live in australia and am trying to get co2 for my cannon and i know that you can get co2 canisters from the super market to use in these things called soda stream carbonators but i dont know how to get an attachment for one of the co2 tanks to attach to a tire valve can anyone help me please.
You'll need a regulator & gauge assembly on the bottle to reduce the pressure at the jug. Then get yourself a short length of air hose with an air chuck installed on the end of it. It should be pretty simple.
Don't know what your tanks look like in Australia but here they look like this. (note this is a small tank)

Look for deals on regulators at eBay.
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make sure you use a regulator on your co2 tank. co2 tanks typically run around 800 psi. mcmaster.com sells co2 regulators but theyre kinda spendy, you're gonna spend at least $100 on one
im talkin its like a 12gram co2 tank but much bigger i think it is 330grams so i cant use it all in one go or some ones gonna die. so i need to put the 12gram co2 hook up with a gauge some where in there. i think
If it's a 12 gram this will this help.
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i said its like a 12gram end
but its 330grams so i need the 12gram attachment but with a regulator on it so my cannon does not blow up when i pressurize it
post us a pic of these 330 gram co2 containers.
it doesnt seem logical to make a disposable 330 gram co2 cartridge. the 12 gram co2 cartriges are made the way they are so they can be disposable, theyre cheap and easy to make. a 33o gram canister that must be pierced doesnt make sense. post some pics dude
Boilingleadbath thanks for the assist.
I noted the source code that you provided and will use it in future posts, I'm a quick learner.
i cant find a pic but i think the soda stream carbonator has a valve built in in the form of a button so you just stick your 330gram bottle in then you can use it in small amounts and im trying to ask where i can get one of these ""buttons""/valves so i can use the co2 in small amounts.
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Youthful enthusiasm and extensive experience
I am a Master of Laws graduate from Turku. I currently serve as a City Council Member and the Chair of Turku Urban Environment Committee. I work as an executive manager at Baltic Area Legal Studies.
I've been working for a sustainable Turku and a sustainable world for almost a decade. At the moment, on top of serving as a city council member and as the chair of Turku building board, I serve in the audit committee, in the county assembly, in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, as the vice-chair of the Cyclists of Turku (Turpo ry), and as the chair of the Green lawyers' network. My hobbies are playing the drums, singing, kickboxing, exercising at the gym and reading and watching Swedish detective stories.
I am involved in politics because I want to do my part in building a better world. On top of changing the world, I am driven by the simple things like a bike ride through the Kupittaa park during winter, a sauna after the gym, summer days in the sun and movie nights at home with my fiancé.
Turku of tomorrow is built today
Saara's platform for Municipal elections 2017
Be it our nature, history, culture, education, know-how or the brown river inhabited by art-ducks, we all love our city for different reasons.
I want to build a forward-looking and progressive Turku that values its history and where everyone has a chance to live an active and a sustainable life. This is done through sustainable construction and transport, as well as by investing into education, employment and preventative services. We need to make these decisions together and to safeguard equality within our decision-making!
Sustainable transportation and cozy neighborhoods
In sustainable Turku transportation and construction must to be ecological, comfortable and accessible. Let's make Turku the biking capital of Finland, let's implement a tramline and a one-hour train to Helsinki, and let's increase the number of pedestrian streets! Together we can carry our responsibility for climate change, our nearby nature and the Baltic Sea, while creating more opportunities for citizens. Let's build Turku to be attractive to people as well as employment in a sustainable way, while respecting the historical heritage of our city!
Welfare through prevention
We need to prevent marginalization and enhance employment. To this end, we should strengthen Turku as the city of quality education. Preventative services should be guaranteed especially to children, the youth, students and families. Lets focus on the attractiveness of our city, on job creation and on creating better-working lives for families!
Better decisions with better democracy
Residents of Turku can participate in municipal decision-making already in the preparation phase of policymaking. This way we can ultilize all of the know-how that our city has. Let's increase grassroots democracy, referendums, transparency and inclusive participation opportunities for citizens! We should especially focus on including city employees, students and the youth council.
Equal cities prosper
Nobody is discriminated against in Turku. We can tackle welfare differences and poverty with housing and employment policy as well as with free and easily accessible services. Gender and generational equality is central in decision-making and recruitment. We should advance women in leadership. Integrating immigrants can be achieved and there must be zero-tolerance for racism.


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Whats a Dosha?
In doing a bit of online exploring, I found this explanation of Dosha's and what the term represents. This comes from India Herbs, but I suppose it's available on other sites as well. I can't say it any better.
In Ayurveda the diagnosis of disease and individual constitutions is done in terms of three psycho-physical Doshas called Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Every individual has a unique combination of these three Doshas.
The Doshas are composed of five basic elements (Panchamahabhutas) that exhibit the properties of earth (Prithvi), water (Jala), fire (Tejas), wind (Vayu), and space (Akasha). The structural aspect of your body is made up of five elements, but the functional aspect of the body is governed by three biological humors. Ether and air together constitute Vata; fire and water together constitute Pitta; and water and earth together constitute Kapha.
If you go to the home page, there's a link to take a short quiz that will reveal your Dosha type. It's down the right side at the top, just under the header. I'd like to challenge everyone to check it out just to get to know yourself better.
Once you do, check out the others. It's almost like a quick checkup where you confess all your imperfections on the registration form before seeing the doctor. Try the Diet one and it will lead you into a suggested menu for healthy eating. Do the longevity and it will give you a good guess at how long you're going to be around if you don't change your life style a bit. It will make suggestions.
I find these most interesting and helpful. Try them. I suspect you might enjoy it too. http://www.12path.com/wtr1/Herb1/
Many people today are overweight or suffering from allergies, especially here in the United States. I see it among my co-workers, people I go to church with, people here in my neighborhood, the youth and especially among shoppers or drivers.
Every once in awhile I'll talk with some of them about their overall health, mostly because they bring it up, not because I ask. So I'll listen to their complains for a little while then ask them what they are doing about it? Most then tell me about this or that medicine the doctor put them on and how it does or doesn't work for them.
This gets old in a hurry so somewhere in the process I let them know I had some problems in the past and got on some herbs that have helped restore my health naturally. Most react a bit negatively to that, some almost going into panic mode because herbs are not 'doctor approved.'
I simply tell them they ought to try it before they buy it, doing a bit of research before they do. Most again are too busy or too afraid. But now, I've found a great herbal supplier I can truly believe in who stand behind their products 110% and even do online doctor reviewed diagnostics to help clients get the right products for their need.
It's India Herbs, people who have put together a superb nutritional program that standardizes quality and capitalizes on 5,000 years of herbal practice. If you'd like to check them out, just click on the below banner and bookmark the site so you can research all they have to offer. Personally I like their simple, straightforward manner and the professional quality of their service.

Just a quick question today for anyone who views this.
Are you planning on 'Going Green' or greener in 2011?
If so, in what way and to what degree? Write me a private comment and let me know. This is for my research & investigation only, will not be published unless you request it.
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"The roots of liberalism – and its associated madness – can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind," he says. "When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious."
from the book: Philosophy, who needs it. by
Ahn Ayn Rand
I think this is also why Michael Savage maintains that Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. This in itself is a fascinating topic. For more insight, read some of the new research finding books written and published by Dr. Daniel Amen http://www.amenclinics.com/
These principles also apply to the ultra conservatives as well, but in a different way as they are the flip side of the same coin, both parties and interests used to keep we the people poor. Read the book for additional insights!
Just a quick check in tonight. I listened to a great audio book today by Rajiv Chandrasekaran entitled: Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Inside Iraq's Green Zone). It's a very balanced view of our rebuild efforts the first year after we took over Iraq this last time, explaining in detail why it didn't work.
We made so many mistakes there, no wonder everyone is mad at Bush! I'd recommend this to everyone who wants to understand Iraqi responses better and what we should have done with these people who live in a culture so unlike our own. By fostering better understanding, maybe we can repair some of the damage done.
He doesn't say this, but now, several years after the facts and in light of where we [America] are today, I fear we've missed our opportunity to remain leaders of the free world. Unless we the people step up to the plate and gain control of our out of control government, our nation is going to be just as much disembowed as Iraq was.
Only in freedom and markets are we going to find salvation. We need to reign in all those pursuing some high and mighty political agenda. Comments anyone?
I'm the new kid on the block with so many radical ideas I don't know where to start. We really ought to rethink America in light of all the new technology that is out there and get people tuned into the foundations of freedom again so we pull ourselves up by the bootstraps like we've always done in the past instead of looking for government to solve all our problems.
In a nutshell, too much government is our problem and we need to tell them the era of big government capping and wasting our resources is OVER! It's time for some new, independent thinkers to step in, each one with their own personal baby to address and solve just one of our current problems. With the technology and information now available, competition and credibility should be opening up new markets and opportunities.
Instead of government doing the regulating, we the people could be doing a bit of it ourselves through markets and internet feedback. If the last election didn't send a clear enough message to entrenched government leaders who are going the wrong way, the next one surely will. But why should we wait for them to catch up? Opportunities are out there right now for many of us.
Smart people are using their unemployment checks to start new businesses, find niches in underserved markets and set up the next boom cycle. The trouble is, there's not yet enough of us catching the vision of this yet. Instead we're hunkering down, hoping the storm will pass by quickly instead of standing up, being brave and going at it proactively ourselves.
So look around you. Instead of doing business with the mega market, find the little guy with personal service and better products just around the corner from you. I'm finding these everywhere and they need our support! I'll be pulling in some examples in the near future. Share your ideas and help me know the direction I need to go with this blog.


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This blog is like my diary, in a sense. On a happier note, see this link: [link] It's really sweet and cute. Continuing...
So yesterday, 2/21/11, was President's Day, so we got a day off from school. I was hoping to sleep in for a very long time, but at around 7:00 a.m., I woke up from a nightmare.
Well, not so much a nightmare.
You see, as mentioned before, my grandfather died on 2/17/11. The first time I met him was when I was a baby, so I didn't remember that first visit at all. The second time I saw him was last year, 2010, during the summer break of my 6th grade year. I must say, I don't even know why he loved us so much when all I would do in his house was talk to Hikari or play on his computer all day when I could have bonded with him. That was the first and last time I remember seeing him alive, and I thought I could see him again and show him more respect and bond with him more. I couldn't, and this is my biggest regret.
So anyway, the dream was that I was really hungry, so my mother and I went to a restaurant and ate some sort of weird burrito. Anyway, I was full. My dead grandfather came along and asked us if we would eat some of his yellow rice porridge. We were full, so we said politely refused by lying that we would eat it later. He gave me this really sad smile, and I couldn't figure out why; until I remembered that he was dead, and I would never be able to refuse him again. I only realized later that it would be my last time to make amends. I woke up immediately after and cried. I believed that it was his soul, coming to maybe bond with me for one last time before he left to be reincarnated or something, and I refused it again like the not-wanting-to-bond teenager I was when I met him. It just so happened to be the very day my grandfather was cremated and buried in China when I dreamed this dream. I miss him so much, and he loved me so much, and I wish I could've showed him how much I loved him. I wish I could've stayed in that dream, to spend that one last chance with him again. But I didn't. And now I'm crying again by just remembering.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Memoir to my sweet, old Grandfather
This blog is like my diary, in a sense. On a happier note, see this link: [link] It's really sweet and cute. Continuing...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Oh, February.
It's kind of a gloomy sort of month.
On a side note, we finished Avatar.
It's really short and suicide rates skyrocket because of Valentine's Day. Fun, fun.
Valentine's Day. A weird day. I'm not a hater, really. I don't hate Justin Bieber or his music or his face; I just think he sounds like a girl. I don't hate pop music, I just would not listen to it voluntarily. I'm not a hater. I actually kinda like Valentine's Day. Everyone's happier and the entire day is more festive, even if you have no one special to celebrate it with. My friends are awesome enough themselves to compensate. And hey, free candy. Don't judge me. I want the childhood I rejected back.
We had to compose and original Valentine's Day poem in Lang. Arts for our warm-up. My went like this:
That much is true.
Outback was nice. It's food was great, and it's slightly cheaper than T.G.I. Friday's. Although the menu was very limited in variety. The lighting was strange though. Dim pinkish arcade-button-like lights, then low-hanging bright white light covered by a heavy bronze lampshade. Maybe it's an Aussie thing. I'm rambling. God, I'm so attention-deficit.
My grandfather died today at around 3 a.m. ET, but he died in China, so 3 p.m. maybe? He loved us so much... I have a picture to bring to your party now, Sunshine, when before I didn't. I'd like to assume you all offer your condolences. Please don't mention it if you decide to comment. Please, don't mention it. I feel kinda hollow and empty and drifting right now. Again, it's probably just sleep-deprivation and hormones talking.
On that morbid note, I will depart.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I'll let you judge.
So Hikari and I were scavenging for things to make our science homework model out of. We found our millions-of-years-old sidewalk chalk and we decided to have some fun with it.
There were fish. And Pokemon. And Pocky.
There were birds. And flowers with faces. And butterflies.
And Avatar: The Last Airbender elements symbols.
And clouds with faces and rainbows. And "Happy Chinese New Year" written in Chinese. With a bunny, since it's the year of the rabbit.
And the Star Orb. And Pokemon. And dinosaurs named Jeffery.
But I like this one the most.
Its name is Peggy.
EDIT: Peggy died 2/11/11. Peggy JR. will come soon.
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text: I was wondering if anybody is having this issue with the pinch-zoom in the browser of bugless beast (i have 7.4 right now). it is very irritating and makes browsing the web a headache!! usually while on forums, ill zoom in a lot to be able to click a certain link or go to the next page. if i zoom in a lot, then slide my finger around, the screen will "reset" and jump to a completely different part of the page. i usually have to zoom out to see where the hell this damn thing took me. even when zooming in, i find that if i dont wait about a second or two, the screen will "jerk" a little, causing me to click a different item than i intended. anybody else experiencing this. it is really pissing me off!!! and not to mention the characters on the screen get all fuzzy while scrolling, then come in focus when you stop scrolling. i just wish this scrolling/zooming/touch response was as good as the iphone. will we ever see that day???


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Sunday, September 15, 2013
The Tricorder Is Here, And I've Used It On Myself
This is a post in ReadWriteBody, an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self. Most of the gadgets and apps I've tested for ReadWriteBody are geared towards fitness: getting healthier, not detecting illness. That may be a result of the tech industry's bias towards the fit getting fitter—the kind of insular thinking that led to venture capitalists passing over nutrition-tracking site MyFitnessPal until it got too big to ignore. We have too many devices and services for runners and gym rats, and not enough for moms and dads worried about sick kids or aging parents. Scanadu, which ReadWrite recently named as one of 10 healthcare startups to watch this year, may have the answer.
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Here at Ragan.com, we've run many articles discussing body language and how our mannerisms, gestures and posture communicate subconscious messages to others.
However, there are also phrases that send corrosive messages—and many of us throw them around without much thought.
We say them out of habit or because we've heard other people use them, but these expressions could be tarnishing your reputation in the workplace.
An infographic from Headway Capital lists 12 of them and offers alternative expressions to try instead. Here are a few; do any look familiar?
"This will only take a minute." Tasks rarely ever only take a minute to accomplish. Rather than let someone down, give a realistic time in which you can take care of the issue-or ask a colleague to complete a given task.
"I may be wrong, but …" When you say this, you discount your idea before you even propose it. Instead, say, "Here's an idea …" It makes you sound more confident.
"There's nothing I can do." You might feel that you've exhausted all your options, but rather than give up, ask someone for help. A can-do attitude is much more attractive than a defeatist one.
Check out the infographic for more phrases to purge from your vocabulary. How many are you using?(View a larger image.)
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It's just about finals and paper time in "St. John's"-landia, which means it's time to start organizing my thoughts to write my oral final proposal and my preceptorial paper proposal. I haven't felt quite as challenged by the material in 'Politics and Society' this semester as I was with the 'Math and Natural Science' segment last semester, however, I also find that my interest was greater in the more challenging segment (thus lending credence to a long-time hypothesis that I perform better when challenged). So there are three assignments that I have to work on, which I guess I will post about in a yet-to-be-determined order. Maybe that will help get my mind going.
1) Short Paper on Hobbes' Leviathan for Tutorial
We throw around the words "political science" pretty easily these days, but it carries with it a suggestion of something more than what we usually mean by it. Leviathan is Hobbes' attempt to construct a reasoned understanding of the relationship between the nature of man and government. Reason is an essential principle for Hobbes, which is evident in the first few chapters of the treatise that discuss science rather than politics. It is by application of reason that we choose to leave the state of nature in which life is "nasty, brutish, and short" and form the commonwealth.
Our modern "liberal" minds rebel against Hobbesian government because it seems that it would fall into tyranny quite readily. For Hobbes the sovereign authority must be absolute and unquestioned. When we leave the state of nature to join together in a commonwealth we do so because we fear for our lives. Our natural state is one of war with every other person, struggling with equal strength over resources to which we all have an equal right. In this case, it seems that we are better off in ANY commonwealth than we are in the state of nature. The purpose of the commonwealth is, therefore, to protect the security of the subjects. Maintaining the commonwealth by any means seems therefore to be the essential function of the sovereign. It is through and by the authority of the subjects that the sovereign acts. The Leviathan in question is the body made up of all of the men who place their power in the hands of the sovereign.
For Hobbes, this authority is unquestionable, because the sovereign acts with the will of the subjects once he has their authority. He is empowered with the legislative, which allows him to construct law as he sees fit for the good of the commonwealth. He is the originator of all law, property, and action in the commonwealth as an agent of the subjects, and as such is unquestionable. There is no recourse against his actions or his laws, because anything he does carries the authority of the people. Thus he must act in such a way that protects his interests, as leader, and that protects the interests of the commonwealth so that the Leviathan remains strong and free of the diseases of seditious doctrines that undermine his absolute authority. The prevention of this, for Hobbes, involves educating the people on the laws of the commonwealth and, most importantly, reminding them that the original authority of those laws comes from them via the actor of the sovereign. This would show them that the absolute power of the sovereign authority is their will and is necessary to protect them from a return to the dangers of the state of nature.
Our strong reaction to this doctrine is probably something like an immediate cry of, "Tyranny!" However, as we saw in The Prince and continue to see in Leviathan, and Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government, the ideas are not recommending a specific form of government or governor. The only qualification, it seems, that the sovereign in Hobbes' Leviathan need posess is that he be competent to understand the best interests of himself and the commonwealth and recognize the need for absolute sovereignty. He allows that the government might take one of any number of forms. The goal of Hobbes' political science seems less like a kind of guide to running a commonwealth (how to build a government) and more like a commentary on the nature of governing (what governments should be like).
Hobbes is attempting to present us with an appeal to some essential quality of governance that supercedes the question of the particulars of government. Further investigation into what this essential character is seems like it might prove fruitful and interesting.


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We would love for you to come visit us this weekend. We are a multi-ethnic, multi-site, multi-generational church in Northern Virginia. We've worked hard to create an excellent Sunday experience for you. From our engaging children's ministry to music and messages that are relevant and inspiring, we want to help you and your family encounter God. The message you will hear at Grace Covenant applies to your everyday life. God's truth is real and it's as applicable today as it was in Bible days. Feel free to watch a message or two to get an idea of the topics and style we teach on and our Sunday look and feel.
We want all who come to GCC to encounter Jesus in a real way, through the worship, teaching, children's programs, and the people at GCC. Why? Because when we encounter Jesus, we are changed.
Church is more than just a gathering on Sunday morning. It is a community of believers following God. As such, we want to help all who come to GCC to experience life-giving, Christ -centered community.
We seek to carry out the Great Commission, going into all areas of the world and society with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is not a task just for church workers, but one that each person is called to help fulfill. And this is how we win the city.
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Unboxing: BDJ X Benefit Beauty Box March 2014
Leaving you with a feel- good quote from BDJ and Benefit!
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I haven't tried any of the beauty boxes available although I really really want to. I'm contemplating between the Glamour Box and the BDJ Box. Sayang I wasn't able to subscribe in time for this box. I haven't tried any Benefit products yet. :)ReplyDelete
I have the deluxe sample size of the foundation - I got it from one of the kits they have. I like it actually, give me a dewy finish.ReplyDelete
I have to agree with you on the sample size, it's hard for me to use sachets too. :(
I was really excited for your unboxing when I saw it was full of Benefit products, but I'm really disappointed upon seeing it's just full of sachet and deluxe samples. You're right, they should put one full-sized product at least. I would be really bummed out if I subscribed to this box.ReplyDelete
once i saw instagram posts that the march BDJ box was a benefit exclusive, i immediately regretted not getting one... i immediately texted my friend that the march box she got was gonna be a benefit box... she got super excited because she has not yet received her box... when she opened her box, she told me they were just samples, some good for one use... that got me thinking, maybe it was good that i didn't get the march box... i would have loved to try some benefit products, but probably deluxe samples would have been better... my friend used all the products the day after, following the instructions step by step... she got lots of compliments about how she looked that day... benefit really has some awesome products, the sample sizes were just disappointing... keeps me thinking if i should subscribe to BDJ or not...ReplyDelete
The deluxe foundation sample is pretty much the most valuable part of the box. Ditto on the disappointment of not having full-sized products or at least more deluxe samples. They've got some great new stuff in there, but I feel as though they weren't able to showcase the classics, so that users don't at least forget the fantastic cult-favorite staples they also sell.ReplyDelete
Aw..buti nalang i didn't subscribe this March. I also observed that that most brands of bdj give atleast one full size or atleast deluxe samples instead of sachets.. :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2014 at 8:55 PM
Was really disappointed with this months bdj box because of the sample sizes of the products and upon reading your post I discovered that the box that I received lacks 2 items from the one that you have...got more frustrated..ReplyDelete
Same here with Gellie, I have not tried subscribing to any beauty boxes. But based on the comments here, there should have more deluxe sample sizes in these boxes coz it's just right to enjoy the product for a few days. Diba? :)ReplyDelete
Anonymous: Awww, sorry to hear about that. :(ReplyDelete
Jesselle: Yup, I agree. BDJ has provided a lot of decent samples in their previous boxes so this one is forgivable. :)
Matromao: Agree! They could've included Benetint, at the ver least. :) That's one good lip and cheek tint!
Cat: Hmmm...if there's a way for you find out the contents of the next box, then check it out so you'll know if your subscription will be well worth. :)
Sunshinegirl: Hi and welcome to my blog! Yeah, same sentiments. Oh well, next box! :D
Gellie: BDJ is actually good naman. :) Hopefully, the next box is okay! :D


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This Sunday I will be back at The Guildhall Boutique Market! woohoo! It has taken a break over the summer but is coming back with a vengeance this weekend, with over 50 stalls selling some awesome handmade and vintage goodies it's set to be a great day.
I have been busy crafting some new bits and pieces including button rings and also felt and button flowers which I hope will prove to be a hit.
I have also been working on the look and image of my stall. It's so much harder than it looks! Some crafter's make it look so easy with their stalls looking effortlessly pretty and inviting, and it is something I always admire ( and envy!!) I have never been completely happy with the 'look' of my stall and so I have been playing around with new colours and display stands. I am always over critical of my work so will never be completely happy, but I think I am almost there…almost.
So if you are free Sunday I hope to see you there at The Guildhall in Portsmouth from 11am – 3pm. (it's FREE ENTRY!)


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Ear speaker doesnt work?
I dumped sauce on my iphone and it went on the ear speaker now it doesnt work. If i cover the top half of the phone during a call the backlight gos black so does this mean my proximity sensor is fine? What needs to be replaced?
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We've talked so much about Deadpool 2, but it feels like there's still so little we know about it, especially in terms of who's going to be in it. Obviously, Ryan Reynolds will be back as the Merc with the Mouth, and so will Colossus, and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead. It was also recently announced that Atlanta star Zazie Beetz will play Domino in the highly-anticipated sequel, but we keep futzing with the real casting announcement we've been desperate to hear about since the post-credits scene of Deadpool: Who the heck is playing Cable?! Well, that answer may be coming soon.
A new interview with Deadpool screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese shed some light on the subject. "An announcement will be coming very soon," Wernick told ComicBook.com. "We're gonna go into production in the next couple of months and cast announcements will be coming fast and furious."
Obviously the duo didn't tip there hand about who's being looking at, although it's a "short, short list," Reese said. They did, however, give up some details about why the role's so difficult to fill, and what the right mix of characteristics they need in someone to play Cable are.
"I think intimidating, scary, a great foil opposite the lunacy," Reese said. "Someone with a great deadpan thing where they can react to someone who's being crazy. Someone who also has a spark of a sense of humor. This person has to be funny because they're buddying up with Ryan [Reynolds] and Deadpool so they just themselves to be funny but in a more serious way, if that makes sense. Physically imposing and able to emote. There's real drama and real stakes. It's a tough one."
Of course, Cable also has a bright future in the X-Men film franchise. "They've got X-Force coming up. Cable is head of the X-Force so it's someone who can also command a movie franchise," Wernick added. "It's a tall task and we have been on the hunt for a very long time. I think once it's announced, as we get closer, people are gonna go crazy for it."
But the buck doesn't stop at Cable in terms of new characters appearing in Deadpool 2. Wernick and Reese promised that a cast of old favourites, and more obscure figures (like the aforementioned Negasonic) will be brought into the fold. "Yeah, Cable and Domino grabbed the headlines on Deadpool," Reese told LRM. "But there are definitely some more obscure characters that people know or that real diehards know that will be in there just by virtue of we need a new villain, and we need some new good guys to complement [Deadpool], but it is growing. Of course, it will be all about the lunacy that is Deadpool himself."
Deadpool 2 is expected to be in theatres everywhere sometime in 2018.
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Christmas week is always a whirlwind! This year it was almost an ice storm too! We were luckier than many families in Ontario, southeastern Quebec and the Maritimes who experienced a Christmas without power. Some are still waiting for repairs to bring light and heat back to their homes. Having "survived" the great Quebec ice storm of 1998 I sympathize with their plight. Although the storm in 98 was a terrible experience it at least had the decency to arrive after the holidays. I sincerely hope that the affected this holiday season were able to find warmth and food with family, friends, neighbours, or at shelters.
I remember another ice storm in that happened in the 60's. I was a kid and it was great fun! Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, grandparents and friends congregated at our house because we had the good fortune to have a fireplace. We, meaning the adults, cooked tons of food that would have otherwise spoilt directly on the fire and then we enjoyed our feast in front of the fire and camped out on the living room floor. School was cancelled for more than a week!
This year our family Christmas was a wonderful, crowded, three days of continuous eating, drinking, laughter and merriment. Parents, grandparents, great grandparent, children, grandchildren, friends and cats and dogs! One big fantastical zoo! I think the dishwasher is almost worn out and the fridge is still bursting with leftovers.
We may not be wealthy but we are fortunate. We have the love and warmth of family and friends! I feel blessed to have time to pursue my love of quilting and one quilt at a time, I am achieving my goal of making everyone cosy! The day our the power goes out everyone I know will have a cosy quilt to keep them warm!
Power or not, friends and families celebrating together is always special!
Happy New Year to all my quilty and non-quilty friends.