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Friday, August 12, 2011
Japanese Futon
Futon ふとん is the traditional Japanese bedding. The Japanese version is very different from the North American version, the former being a bed, and the latter more of a sofa.
The Japanese futon consists of a mattress pad and a quilted cover, which can be easily folded and stored away during the day. In traditional Japanese homes, large rooms covered with tatami have various usages, therefore futons can be stored during the day and the room can be used as a living room. Large, deep closets can be used to store said futons.
I think futons are very comfortable. I slept on a futon my first year in Shikoku, and even though I opted for an actual bed later on, I have a few futons for guests use, and I equally love futons.
Futons require special care. Since they are laid out directly on the floor (most likely tatami mats), mold can develop, so it's important to fold the futon every morning and leave it in a corner of the room, or in the closet. And at least once a week, most Japanese people air out their futons on the balcony, securing them on the ledge with giant pegs. I think it's such a typical sight in the Japanese landscape.
Futons are very affordable. Mine are from MUJI, the quality is excellent and the quilt is stuffed with down feathers. Futons usually come with the traditional bean pillow, but most modern sets come with a regular, more comfortable pillow. I remember my first week in Japan, while training and sleeping in the company apartment, we were all so surprised and excited to sleep on futons. Now, they're so normal to me, and I'll probably have one shipped from Japan once I leave!
{My futon is coming to Tokyo, it will be shipped in its own special bag. Lucky it.}
{Futon being aired out in Japan. Secure it!!}
9 comments:
- Michelle {lovely little things} said...
surprisingly comfy!
- August 15, 2011 at 11:10 PM
- valfrid said...
Nice to read this post about the Futons...
- December 14, 2011 at 1:05 AM
- Tiago said...
I traveled the world and I didn´t like so much the Japanese furniture. I know that they are used to it, but I love having real walls and warm beds in winter. What I loved more was an apartment for rent in buenos aires flats are not big but argentineans have a very good taste!!
- May 21, 2013 at 5:53 AM
- Natural Living said...
Your post is very interesting and very useful about Japanese Futon for those who want to buy the futon. As you wrote Japanese futon consists of a mattress pad and a quilted cover, which can be easily folded and stored away during the day. It may be too helpful and nice at traveling time.
- March 29, 2014 at 3:06 AM
- Natural Living said...
I like this Japanese Futon because it is very comfortable and affordable to buy and manage at traveling time.
- April 28, 2014 at 3:39 AM
- Unknown said...
I have to sleep on a Japanese futon because beds hurt my back. They are super comfy but it is hard to get them cleaned and aired. Definitely need to find some of those pegs!
- July 11, 2016 at 1:31 PM
- My Positive Music said...
Dude I got a wabuton before coming to Japan and I love it... it' a queen sized and my wife and I can sleep on it. I actually did a bit bout it on my page here: http://nihonscope.com/japanese-culture/authentic-futons-from-japan/ ... but I think they are great for back issues. I just don't like them in small Japanese apartments, no where to put them other then roll them up. I'm looking for a bigger place right now.
- January 1, 2018 at 11:40 PM
- gina rios said...
Tudah Rbah (thank you very much). I will sew my own futon, and make my own mat for under the futon. Still deciding on mat materials. Before I leave, let me tell you, the real Name of the Creator is Hayah asher Hayah, as when He told Moses/Mose that. Also, we are to do the 7 appointed times, as in Leviticus 23. The Messiah, Who is the Son of Yah, is the only way to Everlasting Life. Receive Him as your personal Savior, today. HaLLUYaH means, the praise to Yah.
- April 2, 2018 at 9:14 AM
- Admin said...
Your post is good about the futon, and you make a big post about it. I like also these Japanese futon mattress as well
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Exposure: Micachu
- David Pollock
- 25 November 2008
It's iPop, but not as we know it. 21-year-old Mica Levi (lives in East London, grew up 'in a large mansion in Surrey' – her words) makes glitching, Nu Ravesque electronica, is mates with Jack Penate and Toddla T, and wears the highlighter-pen ensemble of a girl whose face is destined for the pages of NME. Yet her debut album Jewellery is being produced by avant-garde electronica bod Matthew Herbert.
Eh? How'd that happen?
Herbert discovered her, as it goes, and signed her to his label Accidental. She's studying composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and says her long term ambition is to actually be a composer. She's also had a piece commissioned for the London Philharmonic Orchestra which was played at the Royal Festival Hall. We don't think he found her busking.
So is 'Golden Phone' the future sound of the Proms?
We doubt progress moves that fast. Her last single, a skittering collision of jagged beats and smart melodies is more an exercise in clever pop composition than it is a party banger, but Micachu's still way too out there for the traditionalists – she even has a free-to-download grime mixtape up on her MySpace, for heaven's sake. Not in front of the neighbours!
What can we expect from these gigs?
The live show as Micachu and the Shapes – with keyboard player Raisa Khan and drummer Marc Pell – is reportedly unlike most others out there, although perhaps she's even a bit too scary for your average Late of the Pier fan. FACT magazine memorably described LV's remix of Micachu's 'Lips' as being 'like when you've got both iTunes and a MySpace open and playing music at the same time and you can't reach the volume control quickly enough'. The Wire readers will love her.
Micachu plays the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Thu 27 Nov; Captain's Rest, Glasgow, Fri 28 Nov.


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Hybrid Software Announces Agreement with Fujifilm to Bring Native PDF Editing to Packaging Segment
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Press release from the issuing company
LANGHORNE PA - Hybrid Software is pleased to announce that Fujifilm North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division has been named a distributor of Hybrid's award-winning PACKZ native PDF editor and related products.
"The benefits of a true native PDF workflow with no normalization or format conversion have been proven in the commercial printing industry for years, but it took a real commitment to innovation to bring native PDF to the packaging market," explains Guido Van der Schueren, Hybrid Software's Chairman. "Having a single file that contains all design elements, images, and fonts makes PDF an efficient format for production, and the ability to use the same native PDF file for hard & soft proofing, step & repeat, and output insures the integrity of the printed packaging. We are very pleased to be able to work with Fujifilm to bring the power of PACKZ to their XMF Workflow customers."
PACKZ provides tools for the complete packaging and label production workflow, but the functionality most important to Fujifilm includes the ability to create technical separations including spot varnishes, complex trapping and trap editing, and automatic step and repeat to CAD die structures for folding carton work.
"Fujifilm is committed to providing our customers with workflow tools to support their packaging needs, and PACKZ is a key part of our packaging workflow for offset and flexo customers. We will be featuring PACKZ with XMF Workflow in our booth at Graph Expo later this month, and look forward to unveiling it to our customers," said Jason Kammes, Business Development Manager – workflow solutions, Fujifilm North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division.
Visit Fujifilm in booth # 3213 and Hybrid Software in booth # 4620 at Graph Expo, September 28 – October 1, 2014, McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
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We are starting school up in a couple of days, so I thought I would share our curriculum plan for First Grade. This is what we have planned to start the year however, after the new year we might toss in a couple more items for unit studies... I am still deciding on that. This year I asked Holly about some ideas she would like to see with school and she mentioned she would enjoy more with nature, dinosaurs, body, rocks/minerals/gems and space. We started Nature Club to fulfill the need of more nature (we meet at least every other week, often times more) and I have a plan we (Bryan & I) are completing with the dinosaurs to start the year off. We will be studying the human body along with our health curriculum this year, taking our time versus rushing through it. As for a space unit and rocks/minerals/gems unit I will work on those some more before sharing them. I actually foresee those happening after the beginning of the year, a Winter/Spring unit.
For our core subjects we have decided to use Horizons curriculum: Math, Reading & Phonics and Spelling & Vocabulary. The Reading/Phonics and Spelling/Vocabulary work really well together. The math program seems to be pretty in tune with how Holly enjoys her math studies. I am not sure how challenging it will be for her though as I think she is past first grade - however, I would like to drill in some basic a bit more before advancing. I won't be surprised if we move up mid year with math. However, for now to augment math we will be starting a math journal with word problems and games. I will also be enjoying more game play and manipulative's with her.
For Geography we will be working completely through Evan Moore's Beginning Geography book in which she will review some mapping skills, learn about land forms, bodies of water, continents and oceans. I will build on this more as we continue through the program. We also have a really nice children's world atlas we will be using in conjunction with it. We will also tie in a 50 State Study and a United State atlas and some brief history along the way.
History will be using The Pioneer Sampler to read. Throughout reading this book we will take a closer look at pioneer life and try our hands at several projects along the way such as hand work/stitching, corn husk dolls, making butter, children's toys, creating a cabin from sticks or Popsicle sticks, felting wool balls to play with, trying natural dying, learning older measurement lingo and trying it out, weaving art, tin punching, making shadow puppets, etc... I have a load of ideas to enjoy with this history theme. I believe we will also rent the Pioneer Era history box from the Washington State History Museum once we get into the unit a ways to try some old toys and see some artifacts. We will also take at least one visit to Pioneer Farms... if not a couple throughout the year. I have a feeling this might also branch off into some Little House on the Prairie introduction (books/movie) and Native American introduction.
Health this year will be based from our current book collection and a new addition we have called Why Should I Bother To Keep Fit. We will be learning all about the human body, how it functions and how to keep it healthy. As well, we will be using this great site called KidsHealth.org - it is a wonderful site with a nice little curriculum for all educators.
Physical Education will include swimming two days a week, soccer until mid-November, daily outdoor time, park play and activities with our home school group such as kickball, basketball and more. Holly experiences a ton of physical play... I have no worries on this front at all!
We will be enjoying a few units from our Moving Beyond The Page curriculum as well. These are fun units that incorporate a lot of different avenues of learning that are project based.
Holly will be enjoying more poetry this year - this was a favorite last year and I am excited to continue with her this year. We will be using a couple a great books from Scholastic, this year introducing graphic organizers! I also own a wonderful selection of poetry guide sheets that she kept last year in a poetry notebook, we will continue this in a new notebook. And, I have a great list of poetry books we will be enjoying throughout the year. This was really one of her favorite lessons!
Dictionary work will be new this year. Last year we learned alphabetizing and this year she will be applying it. I will do small lessons with her dictionary as she learns how to use it. We will also be keeping a small notebook of new words/vocabulary building on great lesson sheets that walk her through using a dictionary: spelling, meaning, part of speech, other meanings/words, picture of word, prefix/suffix, etc. She is looking forward to this, as of now she just sits and randomly looks through and reads her dictionary.
Science for us will include a variety of items. We have an Evan Moore book we will work through, a few new books on introducing the concepts of physics and chemistry, an Usborne Science Encyclopedia we will read through slowly as it applies or strikes interest. However, our largest part of science will be through out Nature Club. We meet at least every other Friday and sometimes more for nature studies, lessons and journaling. This is outside of our own nature work we do. We will be reading through The Young Naturalist this year and really taking that book to heart within our approach to nature. We will also tie in any science studies or experiments that work well with other units or seasons.
Art this year will include a whole new art curriculum we decided upon called Atelier. This wonderful program has a great scope and sequence I am very happy with that looks at skills, creativity and some art history. It is a dvd based program in which Holly can watch a lesson, see how it is completed, witness other variations of the lesson and then apply that information to her own project. I hope to do some of these with some friends of ours. As well, we will work through more in our Art Treasury book taking a look at a few more artists and choosing fun projects from our Art Ideas book... we have a super long list of desires in this book and others I have found online. We are also fortunate enough to have some lessons available in our home school group, we will attend these as time allows.
Our first special unit study will be on dinosaurs. Holly adores... adores... adores dinosaurs! We are very lucky in that we own a lot of materials on dinosaurs. We did however find some new books to add to our collection that will also offer up new materials for our unit. DK has a great book she is really looking forward to that includes a workbook too - this is going to be great for her. We have a new poster for the wall (my eyes on others too) and the best part so far is we are going to create a timeline for her to work with. I am also toying with renting a learning box from the Burke Museum called Age Of The Dinosaurs. Really, there are a couple I'd love to rent from them... so many great choices!
Wow -- that is one big plan there!!! Wish us luck on the great year ahead!


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For those that know me there is no secret. If I could go back in time and be a pin up girl, Bettie Page, or Marilyn Monroe -- I would.
As today's "Rockabilly" culture is okay, It's not 1940. I've always wondered how to make 2010's pinup a little less phony, more fashion forward and FRESH. Well Katy Perry and her glam team figured it out. Though I was sad this was just a wig, it's a bright blue version of Bettie Page, with a dramatic winged eye, and a revamped retro bathing suit.
Stunning all the way around!
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I'm delighted to announce that you can now read my color vampire story "Krishna Blue" in the diverse speculative young adult anthology Kaleidoscope. An excerpt is available here.
Also, I did a guest post at Visibility Fiction on why I wrote the story. Here's a taste:
"A kaleidoscope is a thing that twists colors into beautiful mosaics, each one different and lasting only as long as the object chamber isn't turned again. Ephemeral but gorgeous. I've always loved them. I've also always loved colors themselves, always imagined being able to ingest them, to slice myself a piece of cerulean sky and crunch it between my teeth like rock candy, to gulp down the sweet-tart mango juice of a setting sun. So it only makes sense that I would eventually write a story about a color vampire.
But that ache for color isn't the only thing that led to this story. It's a tale about many types of hunger, one of them the desire to belong. You see, I grew up in a small farm town in the American Midwest where difference was not exactly welcome. A girl with brown skin and a name that wasn't Greek or Anglo in origin didn't belong, and my teenage insecurity and lack of self-esteem did nothing to help me fit in. In short, I was miserable."
Anyway, I hope if you check out the link and the story, you enjoy them!
Love and lotuses,
Shveta Thakrar is a writer of South Asian–flavored fantasy, social justice activist, active dreamer, devourer of books and tea and chocolate, occasional harpist, and part-time nagini. You can learn more at www.shvetathakrar.com.


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This week our share included:
Swiss Chard
Lacinato Kale
3 Kohlrabi
5 green/early Onions
3 heads of Lettuce
2 Zucchini
2 Cucumbers
a bunch of Carrots
large bag of Snap Peas & Snow Peas
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Toss broccoli (in a large bowl) with the olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic.
- Spread the broccoli out evenly on a baking sheet.
- Cook in the oven until broccoli is tender when poked with a fork or knife, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Squeeze lemon juice over broccoli


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LHVC provides prescription pet foods, accessories, quality pet products and plenty of helpful advice. Our staff know how important your pet is to you and your family, and you can rest assured they are in safe hands with us.


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|Some of my favorite designs created using Nunn products.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Teamwork. It Makes You Think, it Makes You Work--by Karen McGovern
4 comments:
- stacilouise said...
Design teams are wonderful! I love being challenged. What you do with her components is just amazing. little works of art, everytime!
- January 15, 2014 at 9:18 AM
- TesoriTrovati said...
Miss Becky is indeed a wonder. I do love her components and I was honored to be on that first team with you, Miss Karen! I loved your creations the most. So innovative and daring. Working in such a collaborative way is very exciting for me and I enjoyed the time I was with the Nunn Design team and the relationships that I fostered during that time. Looking forward to seeing what amazing things you come up with for the future! Enjoy the day. Erin
- January 15, 2014 at 10:09 AM
- sandi m said...
Nunn pieces and collections are beautiful and high quality. It's always fun to see your very innovative creations using them. Loved that baby tree under glass - genius!!
- January 15, 2014 at 11:08 AM
- Susan said...
Love Nunn products and love Becky. Great designs!
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Faux Tie Dye Card by Bridget Louw
Hi, it's Bridget here again with my first project for 2014. I am still exhausted from all the festivities but it was loads of fun.. The card I want to show case for you today is a faux tie dye technique using Distress paints. Once the paper has dried you can emboss it or cut dies from it using the amazing array of folders and dies from Couture Creations.
The card measures 7" high x 5" wide.
The first step is to cut the card base from white cardstock which measures 10" x 7" scored at 5".
The coloured layer measures 6 7/8" x 4 7/8".
Cut another piece of white smooth cardstock 4 ¾" x 6 ¾", this is the piece we will faux tie dye.
On a non stick craft match spread the Distress paints in the colours of your choice and mist lightly with water. Sweep your cardstock through it until it is completely covered and set aside to dry.
While it is drying die cut the second smallest die from C0723049 Nesting Dies: Victorian Rectangles and stamp your card sentiment on it. Create a bow with one or multiple loops and set aside.
Put the now dry cardstock through the Large Persuasion Blooms (C0723452) embossing folder and attach it to the piece of coloured cardstock.
Create faux stitching with the piercer from the C0721986 Handheld Essentials set. Fill in each hole with a white pen to simulate stitches.
Adhere to the front of the card, attach the sentiment and ribbon using C0721963 Foam mounting Tape.
Congrats, your card is done, easy as 1,2,3
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Always, it seems, there is the "enemy" beyond the walls, which may be of our own making, who wants to sneak in and take over our city, appropriating as his or her own the property and goods and people within. And those of us within know and fear this threat to our lives and, in turn, wall ourselves in for protection, even though the "enemy" may already be inside our walls, may in fact reside within our own walled-in hearts.
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How many times have you reached for one of the your makeup products from your case and wondered when the last time that you used it was? Many women do use items often and therefor they tend to sit longer then they should. A little known secret to many is that makeup products do go bad. Depending on the type of cosmetic that it is, the expiration date can vary from a couple of months to a year.
Taking the time to sort through your makeup products now to see what has gone bad is going to save you from many headaches down the road. As items go bad, the color starts to change and the coverage that you can get from it too. As the age of the formula continues to grow, you can also see it causes breakouts and irritation to your skin. So before any of these things happen to you, lets take a look to see which of your makeup products have gone bad?
When you open up the compact or bottle, the firs thing that you are going to notice is the color of the item. If any part of the container has started to change color, it is past its expiration date. You buy makeup products because they are a certain color. The moment that the hue begins to change, you should throw it out.
This check to see if your makeup products have gone bad is especially important for liquids. You can start to see a separation of the oil or other ingredients from each other in a bottle when something needs to be throw out. For powders, you will find them to be crumbly when it is time for them to go.
If something smells bad, do not put it any where near your skin. The bad smell from your makeup products is probably being caused by bacteria that could end up irritating your skin and causing it to break out.
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Any makeup products that you have had laying around for a year need to be thrown away immediately. There are almost no products out there that retain their quality past this time frame. If you love the color and formula, you can go out and replace it.
Cosmetics are there to help you to enhance the natural beauty that you already have. The last thing that you want to do is to apply makeup products that have gone bad to your skin and cause your skin to actually start to look bad when no beauty products are being worn.


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City mayors want share of stimulus dollars
Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido said today that mayors from across the country have reached an agreement with key members of Congress that will likely take as much as $150 billion of the federal economic stimulus package that would have gone to states and route it directly to city governments.
In his third lobbying trip since last month, Pulido joined a score of other mayors, including L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to lobby key members of Congress to give cities a share of the funding.
"We need immediate projects and local projects, and we need to be able to move quickly," Pulido said in a phone interview from the Phoenix airport, where he was on a stopover on his way back to California.
Pulido said he and other California politicians, including the mayors of Sacramento, San Jose, San Diego and Fresno, made last-minute appeals to express concern that because of the budget mess in Sacramento, state lawmakers would use the money to balance the state budget rather than start infrastructure projects.
"The intent of this money is to stimulate the economy to create jobs, not to balance budgets," Pulido said.
The state already has stalled projects from courthouse construction to transportation improvements, he said, and -- along with other mayors -- argues that cities are better positioned to put the federal money to good use.
"We want to make sure that the money is used for what it's intended for, and if we can make sure we have a large share of it, and we will, we'll make sure it is spent locally," he said. "Not to get in a battle with the governors, but we exist too, and we do things well."
A January report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors
Though a $789-billion compromise on the stimulus has been worked out by House and Senate negotiators, nothing is final before Congress casts final votes and President Obama signs the bill.
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January 20, 2019 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
30th April 2013
Sterling is crippling British industry and should be devalued by a third to boost the economy, says an independent think tank.
The strength of the pound is a key factor behind UK's huge trade deficit, which is in turn the root cause of most of the difficulties currently besetting the economy, argues Civitas as Philip Scott reports.
In 'An Exchange Rate Target: Why we need one', entrepreneur and economist John Mills says the pound should be reduced to about $1.05, or €0.80. It is currently about $1.50 or €1.17. The UK'S latest GDP figures showed that Britain's meagre growth in the last quarter was down to the services sector. Manufacturing, by contrast, has continued to decline, shrinking in three of the past four quarters.
Mills says: "Maintaining a strong pound over many years has sucked demand out of the economy because we buy more goods from abroad than vice versa. This causes high long-term unemployment and welfare dependency while driving up public and private debt as we have to borrow to finance our over-consumption. There are realistic alternative policies to those being pursued at present, and we very urgently need to adopt them."
He argues getting the exchange rate right is a more important goal than inflation-targeting. "There are no solutions to our current problems other than increasing our competitiveness and paying our way in the world," he writes.
Allowing the economy to operate at full capacity would help get the UK back into growth, tackle unemployment by creating jobs, reduce the welfare bill and help reduce inequalities in wealth, Mr Mills says.
The current account deficit is about £65 billion a year. The last trade surplus was in 1982. The only way to reverse that trade deficit, Mr Mills says, is to sell more goods to the rest of the world. There is a £100 billion deficit in manufactured goods because the strong pound means it costs much more to make almost anything here than in many parts of the world, he notes.
"The only policy which will remedy these problems is to get the UK cost base down to a level which will make it possible for us to re-establish enough manufacturing capacity to enable us to compete in the world," Mills says. "To do this, some fairly simple calculations show that we need to get the pound down by about a third from where it is now – to around $1.05 or €0.80. The UK balance of payments would be in much better shape following a devaluation although it would take two or three years for the full benefit to come through, because export volumes take longer to respond to price changes than imports."
Mills acknowledges the move would be a wrenching change for policymakers insists that such a move would not create more extra inflation, nor would it lower living standards and he believe it is very unlikely other countries would retaliate to such a strategy.
In the Civitas publication's foreword, Civitas director David Green backs the view that the pound should be allowed to fall in value. He says: "Demand for the pound has been kept artificially high because we have been selling off our businesses and high-end residential properties to overseas owners and selling government bonds to non-UK residents. This extra demand for our currency has tipped the balance against our manufacturers, despite the massive and sustained improvements in productivity they have achieved in recent years."


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My feet almost fell off. I dont think I have ever walked around so much!
My hats off to those women who wear heels around NY.
Heres some pics of our trip:
|The MET
|Statue of Liberty
|Brooklyn Bridge
|Even the manhole covers were cool!
|I love the homes here
|Amazing architecture
|The colors!
|First subway ride ever...just a little scary!
|Central Park
|Times Square
We did it all! Museums, shopping, toured Brooklyn, Patterson and Walkhill Bethel, saw Phantom of the Opera, ate lots of food, subway, and walked, and walked, and walked!!
It was a great trip, however it made me realize how my simple, slow life back here in Sedona, AZ suits me just fine. Country girl for sure!!


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I posted on Sunday after a very annoying day of feeling beyond exhausted despite having what in a normal person would be considered ""enough sleep"". Yesterday I felt the teeniest bit better and had a sofa day, made my way through a few easy watches, step up was among them. Today I arranged to meet a friend for coffee as I thought I should get out of the house and rejoin the world. She was a little late and I need some household items so I thought I'd have a nosey in ikea. Now I haven't been in ikea before and I just wanted to go up to the next level so I thought ""i'll just climb these stairs here"". What felt like 20 flights later(probably like 6-to get up one floor!) I reached the next floor very out of breathe. After a little wander round I left and went to meet my friend. Although I was OK, I was not by any standard my usual perky, laughing self. My lungs have been tetchy all day, I opened an old box before that a perfume came in (years ago-preasthma) and it set me off with another tight chest. (On another note- I don't often cough, does anyone else find this???)
Although my PF is fine, my chest feels tighter than it should be but not tight enough to just keep puffing my inhaler. All of today since IKEA I have felt annoyed and been a bit snappy with everyone but then I think ""you try having this slightly tight, niggling chest for 3 days straight combined with exhaustion and see how you feel!!"" of course I haven't actually said this. I don't have hayfever as far as I am aware and the weather seems to have calmed down now so I don't know if I've just picked up a bug that hasn't revealed itself. This summer is so much better than last winter as I was taking inhaler at least 6 times a day. However last summer I barely had any symptoms and I was looking forward to not feeling ill all the time only I am quite often. All in all feeling very frustrated and have plans tomorrow that I can't really cancel. Just feel like I'm plodding along, doing things but not enjoying them like I should.
A final note, the friend who I met today has known me since I was 6 and she mentioned how full of energy I used to be, always doing things, always busy. Since I have had asthma(around 17-18) everything feels like so much more effort than it used to be-even cleaning the house or going shop exhausts me.


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One of the more unique habitats I visited while in Gorongosa National Park this past summer was the Sand Forest, just a short drive from Chitengo camp. It was a strange place to be: the trees and plants were uniquely small and stunted, and the sandy soil was pale and infertile. Most interestingly of all, almost all the trees were covered in long trails and sheets of fine silk. This was not the work of spiders or even caterpillars, but webspinners. These are fascinating insects that have their own order (Embiidina), which is quite unfamiliar to most people. This is because these insects do not eat our crops, bite or sting us, or otherwise cause us irritation. They mostly spend their days hiding away in their silken tents, feeding on lichens and moss underneath. What makes them unique is their ability to spin silk from glands in their forelegs, which gives them their characteristic appearance. Webspinners are also semi-social and live together in small colonies.
I had only seen a webspinner once before (in Florida), so I was excited to try my hand at catching some. Adult females of the species, which is apparently an undescribed species of the genus Embia, are huge and jet black, while nymphs are slender and bright orange. Males have never been seen. Piotr had collected them before at the same locality, but little was known about their biology. What we did know is that they spent the daytime in detritus-filled cracks of branches, and that they were extremely fast and agile. These supercool insects were one of two reasons we came to the Sand Forest.
Our second reason for visiting the sand forest was to photograph an elusive lizard in the genus Cordylus. Harvard undergrad Max Prager, who was in Gorongosa with us at the time, was determined to find one. While Piotr and I scraped silk off branches and picked apart bits of debris lodged in tree branches, Max tore apart the fallen logs that studded the forest floor. Neither of our quarries revealed themselves…at first. We did manage to find a colony of bats high up in a hollow tree, and some termite mounds, one of which Piotr and I broke into with sticks to try and find the queen. She eluded us, but we managed to collect a good amount of workers and soldiers. We also took advantage of the horde of edible insects by eating a few. Although a bit grainy with dirt, I found them palatable, if a bit bland.
After over an hour of searching, we were getting tired. I had collected a few critters, but nothing particularly exciting. I picked at yet another bit of debris and silk in a nook of a tree branch, and suddenly the webspinners were there! About six bright orange nymphs wriggled out of the silk and threw themselves into the air, falling into the leaf litter and skittering in all directions. I frantically grabbed as many as I could, then went back for more, delighted to finally have found them. At the same time I heard an elated cry from a little ways away. Max, too, had captured his target: a beautiful Cordylus. After both lizard and webspinners had been wrangled, we gathered with Piotr to examine our finds. Piotr started talking and then abruptly stopped. His exact words were, "Holy shit. Bees".
We stopped in our tracks, and I heard the intimidating sound of an enormous swarm of honey bees approaching. "Stand still, they won't attack", Piotr told us. None of us moved as the swarm blew overhead, sounding like a supersonic jet. As Piotr had said, they did not attack us or even descend into the forest, but it was nonetheless a terrifying couple of seconds. The swarm passed, and we started to relax. Suddenly we heard movement in the bushes. We froze, hoping that it wasn't an elephant or a lion (both of which frequent the sand forest). It turned out to be something much more interesting and quite harmless: a duiker! We had been hoping to see one of these tiny antelopes and here there were two, just strolling by us. None of us had our cameras at the ready, but regardless it was a fascinating sight. After they disappeared into the brush, we photographed the heck out of the Cordylus before releasing it.
All in all it was an unbelievable day. We witnessed a special habitat, saw some beautiful, unique animals, had some excitement, and more importantly, simply had a fun day out in the field. What more could one ask for?


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Larger Kindle Fire Tablets
There's a lot of talk of a Kindle Fire 10 Inch tablet coming out soon. Probably in 2012, possibly in time for Christmas. Let's look at the latest news on the upcoming 10" Kindle Fire.
So should you wait and see if there's a new larger Kindle Fire coming in time for Christmas. Or is the 7" Kindle Fire actually the better choice for you?
Find the latest news and rumors about the bigger Amazon Kindle tablet to help you decide.
So should you wait and see if there's a new larger Kindle Fire coming in time for Christmas. Or is the 7" Kindle Fire actually the better choice for you?
Find the latest news and rumors about the bigger Amazon Kindle tablet to help you decide.
Kindle Fire 10" Tablet
Amazon have announced a 7" Kindle Fire tablet to ship on November 15th 2011. But even before it was released there were rumors that Amazon is also working on a larger 10" Kindle Fire tablet. It seems quite likely that this is the case, but it's currently unknown when it will ship. Possibly early 2012 or even in time for Christmas.
The Kindle Fire 10" will be good for bigger movies and magazines:
The Kindle Fire 10" will be good for bigger movies and magazines:
Kindle Fire 7" or 10" Tablet?So, should you choose a Kindle Fire 7" Tablet or wait for the (possible) 10" Tablet?
To me 7" and 10" tablets are quite different and serve different purposes so it will depend what you want to do with the tablet. Bigger is not necessarily better, but it might be for you. Some points to consider:
Portability: Yes, obviously the 7" tablet is smaller than a 10". I'd be much more likely to pop a 7" tablet into my bag when popping out to the park with my kids or to do some shopping. I'd only take a 10" tablet with me if I was sure I was going to get time to use it properly - otherwise it's not worth carrying it around.
Weight: Weight is also a concern when using the tablet, especially for reading. Holding up a larger tablet to read for long periods is not comfortable. Reading for extended periods is much more likely to be possible with a smaller tablet.
Screen size: Screen size is where a 10" Kindle Fire would be very nice. Watching movies is better on a larger screen, You can browse the web more easily and read detailed documents more clearly.
Features: Will a larger, more expensive Kindle fire have extra features like 3G. a camera or more storage? Possible, but we don't know yet. If you think you need a high end tablet then you might be better to wait for the Kindle Fire 10" spec.
Availability: A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush :-) For some people it will be more important to buy a tablet they know they can get their hands on and will use. Then they can think about an upgrade later. I think some households will end up with one of each for different purposes. What if you decide to wait for the 10" in the hope it is out for Christmas and it doesn't get released and the 7" Kindle Fires are out of stock? Tricky.
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Kindle Fire 10" Rumors
- Amazon likely to outsource 10.1-inch tablet PCs to Foxconn
- Digitimes think Kindle eReader and iPad manufacturer Foxconn will be making the 10" Kindle Fire. They think they might even be ready for Christmas 2011.
Kindle Fire 10 Inch Price
How much is the 10" Kindle Fire
So what will the Kindle Fire 10 inch price be? Well the Kindle Fire 7" is $199 at lauch so it will be more than that. An iPad 2 is around $499, so Amazon will be looking to come is well below that point. I'm guessing $299 - $350. But we'll have to wait and see.
Kindle Fire 10 Inch Release Date
When will the Kindle Fire 10" be released.
When is the Kindle Fire 10 inch release date? Well we have nothing official at this point. This TechCrunch article was quite accurate about the Kindle Fire 7" and claims that Amazon plan to release the Kindle Fire 10" in 1Q 2012. Other rumors are suggesting it may be here in time for Christmas. Honestly, we have no idea!
Kindle Fire 10 Inch SpecSo what will the Kindle Fire 10 Inch spec be? Pure speculation at this point, other than a bigger screen! Amazon could add extra features like 3G, though to me 3G makes more sense for a smaller more portable tablet and the same is true for a camera. More storage is possible.
They might choose to do the same as for the 7" version and keep the extras to a minimum to focus on speed and access to media at a low price.
Which Kindle Fire is Better?
Which size of Kindle Fire do you prefer?
Latest Kindle Fire 10 Inch News
- Apr 30, 2012 @ 2:20 pmKindle Fire sales stay strong, boost Android table... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- BraftonKindle Fire sales stay strong, boost Android tablet marketBraftonOwners of 10-inch devices average 125 different page views per month, while those using 7-inch tablets, including the Kindle Fir...
- Apr 29, 2012 @ 1:04 pmHow a Non-Tablet Changed the Tablet Market - PCWor... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- Irish IndependentHow a Non-Tablet Changed the Tablet MarketPCWorldKindle Fire's best feature is its ability as an e-book reader, according to reviewers. It is much more, however. For a list price...
- Apr 25, 2012 @ 6:17 amCan Synaptics Get a Lift From Kindle Fire? - Barro... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- Can Synaptics Get a Lift From Kindle Fire?Barron's... upcoming next-generation Kindle Fires. From our understanding, the plan is to release two-to-three new models, one that replaces the current versi...
- Apr 20, 2012 @ 9:39 amGet a 32GB Toshiba Thrive Android tablet for $259.... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- Get a 32GB Toshiba Thrive Android tablet for $259.99CNETMuch as I like 7-inch tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, I can definitely see the appeal of a 10-inch model -- especially when it'...
- Apr 20, 2012 @ 8:01 amRumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- The GuardianRumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detestedFox NewsThe result was the Kindle Fire, which sells for $199 -- basically, the cost of production. Amazon has sold millions of them.P Photo...
- Apr 20, 2012 @ 7:09 amTablet Sizes: Which One Fits You? - ABC News from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- ABC NewsTablet Sizes: Which One Fits You?ABC NewsGood for reading, everyday travel to work, etc. Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet has a 7-inch display making it easy to hold in one hand. Unlike the pha...
- Apr 19, 2012 @ 10:05 amXtex's $150 Android Tablet Takes Aim at Kindle Fir... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- The GuardianXtex's $150 Android Tablet Takes Aim at Kindle FirePCWorldBy Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Apr 19, 2012 7:05 AM The My Tablet 7, a 7-inch Android tablet from Xtex, is gunning for the Kindle...
- Apr 10, 2012 @ 9:06 amStorm8 on Kindle Fire With Amazon In-App Purchases... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- PanARMENIAN.NetStorm8 on Kindle Fire With Amazon In-App PurchasesMarketWatch (press release)Overall, Kindle Fire and the Amazon Appstore for Android make a powerful combination for social mobile gamin...
- Apr 6, 2012 @ 1:21 pmAmazon Kindle Fire 2; what are expected - Northern... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- Daily MailAmazon Kindle Fire 2; what are expectedNorthern Voices OnlineHere are a few rumored features expected to appear on the new Kindle Fire anyway. Two versions: There is a strong rumor that Amaz...
- Apr 4, 2012 @ 7:18 amTablets in Wonderland: Bigger Kindle Fire, smaller... from kindle fire 10 inch - Google News
- Telegraph.co.ukTablets in Wonderland: Bigger Kindle Fire, smaller iPad, stranger beastsLocal 10Many iPad users treasure the Apple gadget's approximately 10x7-inch expanse, and I've seen some b...
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Oxfordshire collapsed road repairs could take four months
A road that split in two after heavy rain could take up to four months to repair, a council has said.
The A4183 at Bagley Wood in Oxfordshire shut after collapsing in December and work to rebuild the embankment is only just due to start.
County councillor David Nimmo Smith said a "substantial amount of work" had been undertaken at the site including a detailed ground survey.
Works are expected to cost £1m. It is hoped the road will reopen in December.
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Cllr Nimmo Smith said: "The loss of this road has had a significant impact on people in the locality as well as those who used it to commute and I am pleased we are now in a position to put things right.
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Online advertisers face a host of challenges, ranging from data management to preventing piracy to ensuring consumer privacy.
Bloomberg BNA's Alexis Kramer posed questions to Dave Grimaldi, executive vice president of public policy at the Interactive Advertising Bureau, on the top issues facing the online advertising industry, what steps the IAB plans to take to address them in 2016 and his career path to his present position.Bloomberg BNA:
What is your professional background? How long have you worked in the online advertising space?Dave Grimaldi:
I've been in Washington D.C. and around politics for my entire career, both in and out of the federal government. Prior to IAB, I was at Pandora Media Inc., where I opened its Washington office and helped the company navigate a number of media, legal and political challenges. It's an incredible company filled with some of the smartest people I'll ever know.
Before that I was at the Federal Communications Commission, as chief of staff to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who was acting chairwoman for seven months in 2013. We tackled a number of merger reviews and other complex rulemakings, and it was fascinating to see the inner workings of a regulatory entity that is so crucial to the 21st century economy.
And, before the FCC, I was in the House of Representatives in a number of different positions, culminating in my role in Rep. Jim Clyburn's Majority Whip office. It was during a stretch when Democrats controlled the House, Senate and White House, and we executed on an ambitious agenda that included Wall Street reform, healthcare and climate change legislation.Bloomberg BNA:
What does the IAB do?Grimaldi:
We are involved in a number of different industry-facing initiatives, and the organization is rapidly growing. IAB empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy, and is comprised of nearly 800 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital advertising or marketing campaigns. Together, they account for 86 percent of online advertising in the U.S.
Working with our member companies, IAB develops technical standards and best practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising, while also educating brands, agencies, and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing.Bloomberg BNA:
What policy areas does the IAB focus on?Grimaldi:
Consumer privacy is always going to be at the top of the list. If the online advertising industry has learned anything in the last decade, it's that consumers put a premium on privacy, transparency and choice in the digital world. IAB's member companies take that seriously.
The responsibility we have to consumers is what led to our leadership in developing the Digital Advertising Alliance, which exists to provide consumers meaningful notice and choice about interest-based advertising in real time. That mission, in addition to other IAB-led initiatives, informs our policy positioning in Washington, as we strive to ensure that lawmakers and federal regulators understand our industry and what it provides to the overall economy.
Turning to international policy, the IAB is active around the world via our interconnected offices in 45 countries. Because of the inherently global nature of Internet-based businesses, IAB is coordinating a comprehensive policy strategy with our foreign counterparts to more effectively advocate for the digital advertising industry in international policymaking arenas.
We are also pushing for the modernization of trade agreements to better serve the needs of the industry. IAB supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will continue advocating for its expeditious passage through Congress.
There are a host of other topics in which we stay active on behalf of our members. Patent reform is one of them, and as publishers we care deeply about First Amendment issues. Further, by virtue of our companies working with data in a very significant way, data breach and ECPA are front and center. We also work with the Food and Drug Administration on certain issues, and get involved in state legislative action as needed.Bloomberg BNA:
What are the IAB's recent initiatives?Grimaldi:
We are very proud of two of new components of IAB that have recently blossomed—IAB's Technology Lab and the Data Center of Excellence.
IAB's Tech Lab is an independent, international, nonprofit research and development consortium charged with producing and helping companies implement global industry technical standards. It is comprised of digital publishers and ad technology firms, as well as marketers, agencies, and other companies with interests in the interactive marketing arena.
The Data Center of Excellence will help advertisers and marketers operationalize their data assets while maintaining quality, transparency, accountability, and consumer protection. It will fund industry research projects, provide benchmarks, create actionable insights on data management across platforms, host data-focused events, and develop industry best practices.
These two new entities come on the heels of another major expansion: the creation of the IAB Education Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) organization created to increase racial, gender, economic, and cultural diversity, as well as close the skills gap in the digital media and advertising industries. The foundation develops curricula and certification programs in fast-growing sectors of industry employment, including digital advertising sales, advertising operations and data analytics, and then provide the courses at little or no cost to qualified training partners, such as community colleges and workforce development programs.Bloomberg BNA:
Are there specific issues the IAB plans to work on this year?Grimaldi:
At the moment, a great amount of industry legal concern centers on issues that are under the purview of the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an accountability program created to fight intellectual property piracy, malware and fraud.
IAB is working closely with TAG to develop best practice guidelines that impact all sides of buy and sell equation, and we will work with the organization's leadership in lockstep as we take steps to eradicate these nefarious activities.
One way that our advocacy in Washington may evolve in 2016 is through the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order. Also, the FCC has indicated that it will embark on a privacy-related agenda this year, but it is too soon to know what Chairman Wheeler and the four commissioners are contemplating, and whether a rulemaking is part of any planning.
IAB is eager to serve as a resource for the FCC, as our knowledge of robust privacy protections and user controls is could prove useful as the Commission crafts a path forward.
If the online advertising industry has learned anything in the last decade, it's that consumers put a premium on privacy, transparency and choice in the digital world.Bloomberg BNA:
What's your view on industry self-regulation?Grimaldi:
Self-regulation is a guiding principle of IAB, and we are in a never-ending open dialogue with our members on how to improve the program and meet evolving consumer expectations.
In creating the Digital Advertising Alliance, we led the industry in bringing notice and choice out of the privacy policy and up front for consumers at a relevant moment in time. Our continued leadership and involvement with the DAA, and our new commitment to TAG, is emblematic of our ongoing belief that self-regulation is without a doubt the best way to accomplish change and guidance for our industry.Bloomberg BNA:
What's your view on the FTC's recent guidance on native advertising?Grimaldi:
We are engaged in a constructive dialogue with the FTC and are eager to continue watching how our members are implementing the Commission's guidance.
For more than two years, IAB has led the charge on ensuring that consumers get the disclosures they need to be able to distinguish between what is paid advertising and what is publisher editorial content. As our members implement the FTC's guidance, we will see how it impacts their ability to provide the disclosures we all agree are necessary.
There is some language in what the FTC released that could potentially do more harm than good by limiting our ability to provide consumers with the disclosures we all agree they deserve, but we are studying it closely and gathering feedback from our companies. We are eager to continue working closely with the Commission to find a long-lasting balance going forward.
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Donkey Kong Re-Imagined as 'Mr. Kong' in Fake Movie Trailer [VIDEO]
Video Game Cinema makes trailers for live-action movies based on famous video games. In their latest effort, they take on Donkey Kong, re-imagining him into 'Mr. Kong,' a disgruntaled office worker who goes ape and starts throwing barrels off the top of his building. Check it out below:
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Upcoming graphic novel – Apotheosis & Me!
It seems like just the other day I was evading a large pack of wild dogs as they nipped at my heels. And instead of the usual flashbacks of repentance, I wished for Apotheosis. At the time I assumed my monkey brain was making up nouns again in a hopeful attempt to survive, but lo-and-behold it was a real word! Once I recovered from the deadly jaws from the wall of sentient "woof woof", I looked up said word.
Apotheosis (from Greek), deification or divinization is the glorification of an individual to a divine level.
Wow. Wouldn't that be cool? To have God-like powers of your own choosing? Kind of crazy though. Unless maybe someone had – say – a choose your own adventure graphic novel in the works. Then it might be relevant. Hmm…
In unrelated mind rambling, the image above is from one of the few pages right now with Fil in it. What I find interesting is that Fil is simply more fun to write for, so he kind of needs to go away for you to invest yourself in Kirby. Here's hoping it works.
OH – and just to prove I have no idea what I'm doing – I went back and updated the last book sample. It looked a bit plain so I began to fuss with it. *emo comic artist sigh*
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Applications are sought from highly talented and practically gifted engineers to join a strong team working on the development of the Smart Internet Lab's infrastructure and platform for 5G experimentation.
Through various UK and EU funds recently awarded to architect, procure, deploy and trial 5G technologies, as well as, demonstrate exemplar end to end use cases, a unique opportunity exists for up to 5 engineers with various network solution expertise to join the Smart Internet Lab (www.bristol.ac.uk/smart) a world class hub for internet research, at the University of Bristol.
This is an opportunity to join a strong team working on the development of the infrastructure and platform for 5G experimentation. You will join an expanding project team working on innovative technology with a chance to use your engineering skills. This is a superb career opportunity to join the Smart Internet Lab (www.bristol.ac.uk/smart) a world class hub for internet research interfacing with various research groups in the University.
The team activities involve -
- Wired & Wireless Systems Engineering
- Cloud Network Design, Configuration, Deployment and Operation
- 5G Service creation on cloud networks and trials
As an expert in experimental trials of one or more 5G technology enablers, or advanced networking experimentation for 5G converged wired & wireless systems, you will work on systems and networks design defining the specifications for procurement, solution configuration, deployment of hardware and software for end to end testing of the selected technologies.
Wireless & Network Engineer
We are looking for experienced wired access, wireless access, network design and solution integration engineers to undertake a pivotal role in the network design, configuration, deployment and testing of a newly built 5G test network in the City of Bristol with a pre-commercial demonstration of end-to-end 5G applications.
The project requires network operation of the existing network as well as its expansion to new locations as well as keeping the network with the upcoming technologies defined through opensource forums or 3GPP / ETSI specifications. Specialisation on maintaining and designing wireless network solutions with experience on wireless service creation, cell site and network configuration is sought.
This post is being offered on a full time, fixed-term contract until 30 November 2019.
It is anticipated that interviews will take shortly after the closing date.
Informal enquiries can be made to: Maria Korea, Smart Internet Lab Manager, firstname.lastname@example.com or call +44 (0)117 33 14788
Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, Professor of High Performance Networks, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The University is committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive culture. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities.
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Does anybody know anything about Landmark Forum? (Perth)
A friend invited me to an introductory evening to Landmark Forum and I am skeptical (ie I have my doubts) about it and I wanted to hear from anybody that have completed their courses or know someone who has and what they thought about it.
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I received a set of rose gold flatware from West Elm last Christmas but sadly they were defective and I was really discouraged from buying another set elsewhere thinking that is just how they were. The rose gold had peeled off pretty bad, it was tragic. I'm sure that they are not all like that and now I'm obsessing over gold flatware. I just love the way they look, especially with white table setting.
There are so many options out there right now but of course, I always scope out Home Goods hoping that I will find a good deal on them. So I won't feel so guilty over my purchase. I also would love a set that look more vintage than modern. If you see a good deal on gold flatware, let your girl know! : )


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Crawley player Matt Harrold believes the players must take some of the blame for the departure of head coach Dermot Drummy.
He is calling for honesty among the playing staff that some of them were just not good enough.
The former Bristol Rovers forward has been put in charge of the team for the final game of the season at home to Mansfield Town tomorrow (Saturday).
Harrold, 32, said: "When a manager loses his job you've always got to look at the players.
"First and foremost we've won one game out of 13 and it's probably not good enough.
"The players have got to look at themselves, me, myself and each player, rather then always looking for an excuse and someone else to blame.
"There needs to be a bit of honesty and a realisation we haven't done enough and the manager's lost his job."
Harrold is asking for an investigation into what happened after a third successive season Reds have faded away after Christmas after decent starts.
He said: "It's hard for me to stand here and to really say to say very much about it.
"It seems to have happened each year I have been here to be honest.
"We always seem to start seasons well and then drop off.
"It's something maybe everyone needs to look at from a bigger picture like squad size, facilities, everything in order to find out a reason."
"On behalf of the players, we are gutted. It's not that the players weren't playing for the manager.
"The gaffer Dermot Drummy and Matt Gray have been great, they are really good people."
Harrold reckons not having a reserve team took its toll this week when Reds lost 3-0 after extra-time to Brighton U23s in the Sussex Senior Cup final.
He said: "Even the other night, I know the crowd got frustrated, but you have to realise we haven't got a reserve team.
"The players haven't played many games and they just ran out of steam.
"It wasn't a case of people not caring, we've still gone out and given everything for Dermot and Matty, we've just fallen short.
"It's disappointing and it's hard for everyone in the club when people lose their jobs but it's part and parcel of football."


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Two Challenges Individuals Do Definitely Not Comprehend About LASIK Eye Medical ProceduresThe eye can be examined with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A practical evaluation includes the capability to move in the orbit and the reaction of the pupil to light and lodging.
The function of the eye might be checked in several methods. The patient may be asked to recognize illuminated letter or items of differing sizes on what is known as the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye may be made in numerous ways. Tension within the eyeball is determined by a "tonometer." In certain illness, particularly in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased considerably.
It needs to be well remembered that a client with an eye problem might have other issues. Frequently other physical conditions are main and affect the eye as a effect. The appearance of the eye can alert the doctor and the client to difficulties in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other signs present themselves.
Subsequently, one's dependence on sight is stressed when one faces a temporary or possible irreversible loss of this vital sense. Thus, when restorative steps are sought, certain types of vision correction such as contact lenses or eyeglasses are prescribed.
On the other hand, some people are bothered with the fact that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgical operations were developed to encourage reduced utilization of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Essentially, LASIK eye surgical treatment is the brief term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its tangible counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another type of vision correction. The only difference is that with this kind of surgical treatment, one's vision is corrected permanently.
With LASIK eye surgical treatment, the refractive errors in the cornea are completely changed. This can be done using an "excimer laser."
The main function of this surgery is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade understood as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, permitting much better the eye to direct image source more light into the retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
In the middle of the growing appeal of LASIK eye surgical treatment, there are still disadvantages that people must understand. Probably, the main reason that this kind of eye surgery has actually become well accepted is because many of its cases had actually been successful.
Nevertheless, in spite of its success, there are still some downsides. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used to the most sensitive part of the eye
Since LASIK eye surgical treatment involves the operation of the retina, which is among the most delicate portions of the eye, the majority of people say that the operation can be extremely dangerous.
In other words, a easy mistake could almost cause an individual's life time my blog blindness. Thus, it is very important to think about numerous elements before choosing whether LASIK eye surgical treatment is the best restorative procedure one needs to go through.
2. It is not a best procedure
LASIK eye surgery might fix your vision however it does not necessarily mean that it can provide you a ideal vision. Even if analytical reports reveal that 70% of the patients might have 20/20 vision, this does not always imply they have perfect vision also.
Provided all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK might not always be the ideal eye surgical treatment the method the majority of people see it
On the other hand, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of methods. It should be well remembered that a patient with an eye issue may have other issues. Typically other physical conditions are primary and affect the eye as a repercussion. The appearance of the eye can inform the client and the doctor to difficulties in some disruptions of other parts of the body even prior to other signs provide themselves.
Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another kind of vision correction.


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Yesterday night I have downloaded the latest version of opera. The browser has great look (I mean the new cool UI), lots of goodies and is as reliable as its preceding versions. I was more inquisit to see how it will perform in Acid Test 3. FireFox 3.5 does really well with an impressive 93/100 score and I expect Opera 10 to perform similarly, but it stunned me with a 100/100 score.
O dear! that's why I Love Opera.
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The new Sonic Drive-In at the northeast corner of U.S. 49 and School Road in Brookland opened this morning.
I am amazed at how quickly the site went from a residential neighborhood with a couple of houses to a functioning drive-in. I guessed the franchisee had a Sept. 1 target date for opening.
They made it with a day to spare.


text: Pairing emotions with colors is nothing new to poetry (e.g., Mary O'Neill's Hailstones and Halibut Bones), but pairing impressionistic full-color paintings to the text of Dr. Seuss is a first. His formerly unpublished manuscript becomes the basis for a simple color concept book; children will easily identify primary colors and enter into the feeling and mood depicted by the creature in every spread: "On Bright Red Days/how good it feels/to be a horse/and kick my heels!" Broad strokes of thick paint on canvas create basic forms with texture, sometimes dark and weighty, sometimes bold and breezy. Those who can set aside preconceived expectations--there is no butter-side-up Seuss here--will find that some of the spreads gracefully elevate poetry that often has feet but no wings. (Picture book. 3-8)


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Top 2 lifters owe success to mates
NATIONAL weightlifting coach Jo Vueti has credited the local lifters for helping Manueli Tulo and Maria Liku qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
He said if it wasn't for the 10 local lifters, Tulo and Liku would not have qualified for the Olympics.
Vueti said the local lifters, despite training with limited resources in a village on a small island , managed to do what others with better resources were not able to do.
"On behalf of Manueli Tulo, Maria Liku and all of Fiji, I would like to thank all of the young local lifters for their efforts in the Oceania Championships in Samoa last week," he said.
"Seruwaia Malani (48kg), Arieta Mudunavoce (53kg), Teresa Ella Kula Tauwai (58kg), Julia Ana Timi (63kg), Isikeli Dau (56kg), Charlie Lolohea (69kg), Tevita Wanono Tawai (69kg), Paula Peniasi Taqua (77kg), Mesake Raivui (85kg), Josefa Atekini Vueti (94kg) and New Caledonia based Apolonia Vaivai (75kg) made this dream possible."
He said their achievements in Samoa were more than what was expected of the national team.
"Fiji won the Best Female competition, Best Male competition and Best Junior team awards at the Oceania Championship.
"This was something we did not expect because there were other teams there like Australia, New Zealand, Nauru and Guam that have better facilities to train and better resources.
"But we trained in Baba Village in Levuka on Ovalau that is a small island and we have a small gym with limited resources but we managed to win awards.
"This is quite a remarkable achievement for Fiji and its all thanks to our young lifters."
Vueti said nearly all the local lifters managed to set new personal bests at the meet and it was bonus for Fiji.
Meanwhile, Tulo, Liku and Vaivai will leave for New Caledonia tomorrow to train at the Oceania Weightlifting Institute in preparation for the Olympics.
"This is part of their final preparation for the Olympics and we know how important the next five weeks will be for these lifters."
Vaivai is the back-up for Liku in case she gets injured while Peni Taqua is the back-up for Tulo but will train in Baba Village in Levuka as he is also teaching there.
"The three that are going to New Caledonia know what to expect from the coaches there because they are have trained there before and so it should be ok for them," he said.
Fiji Times Online: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=204013
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Calgary, Alberta (January 29, 2013) - Encana Corporation (TSX, NYSE: ECA) today announced the commissioning of its Cavalier liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility located approximately 15 kilometres east of the town of Strathmore, Alberta. The Cavalier LNG facility will play a key role in providing an alternative fuel to diesel for heavy-duty transportation including rail and long-haul trucking. It demonstrates Encana's commitment to lead by example and build the necessary infrastructure to support a transportation future driven by natural gas.
"The Cavalier LNG facility represents a milestone as it will be the first ever in Alberta to offer LNG, a more affordable and cleaner fuel option for the transportation industry," said Eric Marsh, Executive Vice-President, Encana Corporation & Senior Vice-President, USA Division. "This project further demonstrates how Encana has progressed from the concept of a natural gas-based energy portfolio to a business model of safely and efficiently providing the fuel to new markets. There is a very strong value proposition for natural gas use in the transportation sector given that the fuel is 20 to 40 percent less expensive than gasoline or diesel in many regions. In addition to helping realize significant savings on fueling costs, the environmental benefits of using natural gas for transportation speak for themselves, with up to 30 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than oil and 90 percent less smog-causing particulate matter."
The Cavalier LNG facility receives its feedstock from Encana's neighbouring Cavalier gas plant. The natural gas is then treated to remove impurities such as water, carbon dioxide and Mercaptan, and thereafter directed into a cryogenic heat exchanger where liquid nitrogen (-196°C) cools the methane to a liquid state (-160°C). The LNG is stored in cryogenic tanks on-site for truck fueling or bulk tanker loading.
First customers of the Cavalier LNG facility include Calgary-based Ferus Inc., an energy services company specializing in delivering integrated solutions to the energy industry, as well as the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) which last year announced that it is testing two mainline diesel-electric locomotives fueled principally by natural gas. Encana is providing complete LNG fueling solutions to CN for this pilot project including the fuel, transportation and equipment.
The CN project is the first of its kind in Canada. The development of the Cavalier LNG facility allows Encana to continue to work closely with CN and other customers to deliver a more environmentally friendly, reliable and cost-effective fuel for their transportation needs.
"Natural gas is a viable transportation fuel for the rail sector, and CN's pilot project demonstrates the transportation industry's growing awareness of the economic and environmental benefits of natural gas," said David Hill, Encana's Vice-President, Operations, Natural Gas Economy. "There is significant growth potential for natural gas in the transportation sector when you consider the sheer abundance of this resource that has been unlocked in North America through huge technological advances in unconventional production. Combining the on-road trucking with the rail and oil and gas supply chain segments represents around 30 percent, or 22 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), of total North American transportation fuel consumption."
As part of Encana's ongoing efforts to commercially develop natural gas for transportation, the company owns and operates an LNG fueling station in Louisiana, 10 mobile LNG fueling stations and seven compressed natural gas (CNG) stations. In addition, the company is committed to converting its entire fleet of more than 1,300 trucks and passenger vehicles to natural gas. In 2011 alone, the company saved approximately $11 million in fuel costs by using natural gas instead of diesel in company trucks and has converted close to 40 percent of its drilling rigs.
Last month, Encana announced plans to build a 190,000 litre per day LNG production facility near Grande Prairie, Alberta to produce high-quality LNG fuel specifically designed to supply the growing high-horsepower (HHP) market used in drilling rigs, pressure pumping services, and heavy-duty highway and off-road trucks.
"Recent announcements by Westport Innovations and Caterpillar Inc. to jointly develop natural gas technology for off-road equipment validates that the HHP segment is gaining momentum and wide market acceptance across North America," added Hill.
Encana is a leading North American energy producer that is focused on growing its strong portfolio of diverse resource plays producing natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids. By partnering with employees, community organizations and other businesses, Encana contributes to the strength and sustainability of the communities where it operates. Encana common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol ECA.
For convenience, references in this news release to "Encana", the "company", "we", "us", "our" and "its" may, where applicable, refer only to or include any relevant direct and indirect subsidiary corporations and partnerships ("subsidiaries") of Encana Corporation, and the assets, activities and initiatives of such subsidiaries.
Further information on Encana Corporation is available on the company's website, www.encana.com.
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Outback Wife is the debut collection of Cathi Bessell-Browne, the hands and heart behind Gertrude Made.
Each fabric has been a labour of love and they have taken more than a year to complete.
Inspired by the beautiful floral barkcloth fabrics of the 1940s and 1950s, each detail of this collection has been meticulously and sincerely considered to create a range with an authentic vintage voice. The stunning hand-painted floral designs printed on an exclusive cotton barkcloth base, tell the story of four Australian rural women.
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Being at school is a world of good for Phelan, even if he is having a tough time adjusting. He's in the potty training classroom. Younger kids, but an easier transition for him plus the benefit of potty training. On Tuesday he pottied once successfully; same with Wednesday. Twice on Thursday, and then all day on Friday, excluding nap time.
We hadn't been able to get him to go at home, but it was only an hour before bed. But we sat him on the toilet and tried. He prefers to sit. One night he's on the toilet and we're with him in the bathroom and he's grunting with the effort of trying to produce pee. Then he says, "Mommy, it won't come out. It's broken. I can't fix it!" We about died laughing. He's all pulling at his penis trying to make the pee come out. Hysterical.
This weekend I was determined that we would not lose the progress we made during the week, so I took the diaper off and promised cookies in exchange for successful pottying. I had to go out and get more cookies. So yay! He hadn't pooped all day, which isn't surprising. They hold it for diaper time. But he didn't.
You know those bleachable moments commercials? Well, we had one. Phelan pooped, but not in the potty. He brought Hubby poop. On a lid from one of the pieces of his play kitchen set. "Here, Daddy." He was so proud of himself. I nearly peed myself laughing. Poop on a platter. I can't wait to tell his first date that story. BLACK. MAIL.
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ProAxion, an industrial IoT startup offering predictive maintenance hardware and monitoring service for rotating machines raised half a million dollars in seed capital. The funding was led by Triangle Angel Partners II (TAP II).
Named as Tactix, the ProAxion predictive maintenance solution consists of a mountable rugged sensor that can track vibration and temperature of a rotating machine, the ProAxion gateway having Wi-Fi, cellular, or Ethernet connectivity, and a browser-based cloud monitoring service. The service alerts are accessible via smartphone, tablet, and desktop computers.
The startup's website claims that its sensor has a rugged IP68 housing meaning that it can withstand dust, dirt, sand, and water under tough operating conditions. This makes it attractive for industrial customers whose machines often operate in excessive temperatures and under severe operating conditions. The sensor can withstand up to 250°F surface temperature.
The ProAxion sensor collects temperature and vibration data from rotating machines, such as motors, gearboxes, and pumps. Its gateway hardware then connects the sensors to ProAxion cloud via cellular, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi connection. The data is sent to the web-based cloud service where operations and IT managers can access a machine's historical and current vibration and temperature data. Managers can configure the system to send text and email alerts.
Commenting on the funding round, ProAxion's CEO & Co-Founder Justin Rothwell said "I am excited to have TAP, VentureSouth and existing investors participating in this round. It's a great vote of confidence not only in what we have already achieved but in the opportunity in front of us".
24/7 remote health monitoring of machines and plants is an attractive niche for new startups because the IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) systems in industrial companies have until now operated n silos. It leaves managers in a fix as it hampers their ability to access plant/machine data remotely. This is where the new startups see an opportunity to offer valuable products and services and hence build a business.
Solutions such as the one offered by ProAxion and ThingTrax offer data capturing devices, gateways, and cloud-based monitoring services to reduce machine downtime, improve operational efficiency, and remote monitoring of heavy assets.
The 'remote asset monitoring' niche is getting competitive as bigger and better- funded startups are poised to dominate the niche in coming years. A competitor in the space is Samsara, a Calif-based industrial IoT startup that raised a $40M Series C round in June this year.


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pH Paper
From Micro Essential Laboratory, this premium quality pH paper measures the pH of solutions such as saliva and urine in the range of 5.5 - 8.0. The paper is accurate to 0.2 to 0.3 pH units and is ideal for self-testing morning urine pH, an important indicator of the body's acid/alkaline balance.
Each dispenser holds 1 roll, 186" long and provides for approximately 100 tests. Recommended usage: Simply tear off a small strip of pH paper, dip into the test solution, then instantly compare the resulting color with the matching pH color chart.
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The first Buffalo Wild Wings in Southern Massachusetts recently opened at Dartmouth Mall. The 6,700-square-foot sports bar and restaurant, known for its signature selection of wings, offers made-to-order menu items including its namesake Buffalo-style chicken wings and 20 sauces and seasonings ranging from Sweet BBQ to Blazin'.
The Legal Center for Nonprofits, Inc.
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The Legal Center for Nonprofits, Inc. has opened its first office in the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford's historic building on County Street. The new site provides access to meeting space for public, educational programs focused on nonprofit issues including on Oct. 1, "Governance," looking at the role of boards of directors in nonprofits and Lobbying, Advocacy, and Political Activity, discussing what charities can and cannot do, on Oct. 10.
Formed in 2012 by Attorney Linnea Michel, LCN is a nonprofit corporation that provides affordable legal services to existing nonprofits and people who wish to start nonprofits and offers educational programming. Available legal services include nonprofit formation and bylaws, tax-exempt status applications, as well as other legal matters.
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Iron Horse Farm v2
For those times when you are perhaps seeking a moment of tranquillity and connecting with the environment just seems to work on bluebell island.
Farmland: 19 Fields .1 very old farm. sheep. cows. pigs and chickens and a BGA. Dealership.
== V2 changelog ==
- Added a windmill
- Added fences around the farm
- New silos at the main farm ( http://bit.ly/1jeY7G1 )
- Modification to some shed roofs and sheds
- Fixed the icons on the PDA
- Changed the clipDistances to 400
Warning : This is for higher-end PCs, with the higher clipDistances being more demanding.
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