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Born in Minneapolis, Minn., Simone Messmer began studying dance at the age of nine at Ballet Arts Minnesota. At 14, she continued her training at The HARID Conservatory in Boca Raton, Fla., and was awarded the Jeannot B. Cerrone Award for Excellence in Dance. At 16, she resumed her training at Ballet Arts Minnesota under the direction of Bonnie Mathis. Messmer participated in American Ballet Theatre's Summer Intensive Program in 2001 and joined ABT Studio Company in that same year.
Messmer danced with ABT for over a decade, rising to the rank of soloist in 2010. While in the company, Messmer originated major roles in new works by Alexei Ratmansky such as Firebird, Symphony #9, On the Dnieper, as well as by Christopher Wheeldon and Benjamin Millepied. Her extraordinary range extends from Twyla Tharp's Baker's Dozen to Giselle's Myrtha.
Her other repertoire with ABT included The Bright Stream, Le Corsaire, Raymonda, Ballo della Regina, Birthday Offering, Company B, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, In The Upper Room, Overgrown Path, Petite Mort, Sinfonietta, and Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison.
Messmer joined San Francisco Ballet in 2013 performing principal roles in Balanchine's Agon and Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, and Ratmansky's From Foreign Lands and Chamber Symphony. Other major roles included "The Man I Love" in Balanchine's Who Cares?, The Firebird in Passokov's The Firebird, and appearances in works by Mark Morris and Liam Scarlett.
Messmer was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship in 2010.
She joined Miami City Ballet as a principal in 2015.


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The Hand (1981)
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Thoroughly forgettable experiment in the genre by Oliver Stone. - mfd
Directed by: Oliver Stone
The cast includes: Michael Caine (Jon Lansdale), Andrea Marcovicci (Anne Lansdale), Annie McEnroe (Stella Roche), Bruce McGill (Brian Ferguson)
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Related titles: Hands of Orlac, The (1961), Crawling Hand, The (1963)
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Hello everyone: I just finish this card in the nick of time to enter it on the Inspired by All the Little Things challenge, this time the guest stamper is Amy Tsuruta and the theme is Tea. Here is my card.
I combined several old stamp sets with a brand new one from SU called Bordering Blooms, it arrived the day before yesterday and I love it. The other images are from Flourishes and SU retired sets, I will show you the pictures of this pretty images at the end of this post.
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A Microsoft Website indicates an online storage service for businesses worldwide has "recovered to over 99% availability across all sub-regions."
The problems Friday afternoon were triggered by Microsoft's failure to renew a security certificate which expired.
The outage affected an online service that stores data for a wide range of business customers. The service is called Azure. Microsoft has apologized for the lapse. The Website for the service known as Azure says Microsoft will monitor the systems for another 24 hours and that some customers may still encounter intermittent failures.
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All Union Bank Of India (ubi) branches in Kolkata District with IFSC Code
Find IFSC Code using the Lists below...
First select your bank, select the state, now select your district and finally select the branch of your bank to find IFSC Code. If you need to change any search list term, please use menu or search.
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Branch wise list of Union Bank of India (UBI) in Kolkata
- Andul Road
- Arb Kolkata
- Ashokgarh Kolkata
- Bagh Bazar Kolkata
- Bagnan
- Baguiati
- Bakhrahat
- Ballyganj Kolkata
- Barackpur
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- Behala
- Belgachia Branch
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- Canning Street Kolkata
- Chowringhee Road Camac Street
- Dhaniakhali
- Dharamtolla Kolkata
- Dumdum
- Ezra Street Kolkata
- Fgmo Kolkata
- Garia
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- Madurdaha
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Kolkata
- Maniktolla Kolkata
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- Naihati
- New Alipore Kolkata
- New Townrajarhat Gopalpur
- R N Mukherjee Road Kolkata
- R O Kolkatta
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road North Kolkata
- Rajarhat Township Branch
- Rajpur Sonarpur
- Retail Asset Branch Kolkata
- Salt Lake City
- Santoshpur Survey Park
- Sarat Bose Road Kolkata
- Sealdah Kolkata
- South Sinthee
- Staff Training Centre Kolkata
- Strand Road Kolkata
- Sundari Mohan Avenue Kolkata
- Taltolla Kolkata
- Thakurpukur Branch
- Tollygunge Karunamoyee
- Topsia Road South Kolkata
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Branches in Kolkata District
Union Bank of India has the following branches in Kolkata district. List as follows Andul Road, Arb Kolkata, Ashokgarh Kolkata, Bagh Bazar Kolkata, Bagnan, Baguiati, Bakhrahat, Ballyganj Kolkata, Barackpur, Baruipur, Behala, Belgachia Branch, Belgharia, Bhavanipur, Bidhan Nagar, Burra Bazar Kolkata, Canning Street Kolkata, Chowringhee Road Camac Street , Dhaniakhali, Dharamtolla Kolkata, Dumdum, Ezra Street Kolkata, Fgmo Kolkata, Garia, Habra, Icchapur, India Exchange Place Kolkata, Jadavpur Branch, Jorasanko, Kankurgachi, Kidderpore Kolkata, Kolkata Ifb, Kolkata Overseas, Kolkata Service Branch, Kolkatta, Kolkatta Cms, Lake Town Kolkata, Madurdaha, Mahatma Gandhi Road Kolkata, Maniktolla Kolkata, Mid Corporate Branch, Naihati, New Alipore Kolkata, New Townrajarhat Gopalpur, R N Mukherjee Road Kolkata, R O Kolkatta, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road North Kolkata, Rajarhat Township Branch, Rajpur Sonarpur, Retail Asset Branch Kolkata, Salt Lake City, Santoshpur Survey Park, Sarat Bose Road Kolkata, Sealdah Kolkata, South Sinthee, Staff Training Centre Kolkata, Strand Road Kolkata, Sundari Mohan Avenue Kolkata, Taltolla Kolkata, Thakurpukur Branch, Tollygunge Karunamoyee, Topsia Road South Kolkata and Uluberia. You can find bank codes using the branch links.


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PELHAM, N.Y. -- After a 47-6 win over Yonkers last weekend, junior Anthony Terraciano was named Pelham Memorial High School's Athlete of the Week.
In the rout, Terraciano had four rushes for 104 yards as the Pelicans improved to 3-0 for the first time in years. Terraciano also had 1 solo takcle for a loss and was second on the team with 7 tackles.
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The MechanicDVD - 2011
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I liked this movie. Statham doing hitman things!
I much preferred the Charles Bronson film from 1972. This one is 2011 and did absolutely nothing for me in any scenes at all. I am so happy not to have spent any money in the theater. Jason Stathan seems likeable enough but Ben Foster is a loser in all his roles.
As good or possibly better than the original 1972 film. Was surprised at the quality of Jason Statham's and Ben Foster's performances. Liked everything about it.
Have to second commenter, PearlyKayAm1, terrible remake!
Jason's ultramodern home in the swamp (bayou) was not only incongruous; I can't believe such a house actually exists, having stayed in that area for a short time after boot camp with an old military buddy [will never return, that's for certain!].
The original wasn't superb, but it was superior.
Now the recently released movie, The Accountant, was original in a number of respects - - quit making lousy remakes, entertainment industry people!
Terrible remake. Very few things are the same as the original and the remake suffers greatly by comparison.
Jason Statham does a pretty good job. However, no one can beat Charles Bronson in this role.
A week ago, I saw a new copy of "The Mechanic" with Charles Bronson on the library shelves so I thought I would see it again. I did not realize at the time that the new copy of the old movie was probably being rereleased because a new film of the story starring new school Jason Statham and Ben Foster were starring in the main roles. I liked this film, but I believe the previous film contained a more full depiction of the isolation of the life of a hitman. So I rank the original "The Mechanic" as being the better version of the two.
An above average action movie. Another remake, which I am starting to loath. Good action. Ok story. Forgettable dialogue with the best acting coming from Ben Foster. Worth seeing as a pure action movie.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Challenge--or the Perfectionist's Math Test
Just as a follow up to my last post, I did have the surgery to remove the skin cancer today, and so far, I feel pretty good. I suspect there will be some pain tomorrow, but the doctor assures me that this will probably be the end of the skin cancer. Now I just have to be hyper-vigilant in making sure I don't get any more. There's a challenge, no?
So on to today's challenge....T2 is a bright second grader whose teacher talks about her glowingly at our conferences. "She's always working hard and trying to learn as much as she can." She loves school and is completely challenged by every single opportunity, however mundane it may seem. She finds a challenge in every boring homework worksheet and creates curriculum for fantasy classes that she teaches to her stuffed animals, always simultaneously reinforcing her own learning.
Today, she came home crestfallen with a timed math paper on which she received a 2 out of 15. Apparently, she "got stuck" on a problem, she says, and did not finish the test. T1, of course, was announcing this all over the house, soliciting glances of ire from T2's eyes. If she could have "Superman-heat-vision-ed" him, she would have. The problem she got stuck on was this word problem:
"Mrs. Tan has 23 stickers. She will give 5 children an equal numbers of stickers. How many stickers will each child get? 5? 4? 3? or 6?"
T2 took the problem to mean that there was an even number of stickers overall, not just an even number to each child. On her paper, she grouped the stickers into 5s and couldn't for the life of her figure out what to do with the other 3 stickers. She never moved on. In her note, the teacher said, "remember--don't spend all of your time on one problem--move on!"
Here is the challenge. Clearly T2 is a perfectionist. In this age of high achieving children in a "Race to Nowhere," T2 is starting from a very young age to see herself as exceptional. She is perpetually the highest scorer in the class. When frustrations like this trip her up, she is working with what psychologist Carol Dweck calls in her book "Mindset," a "fixed mindset" that if she can't figure out what frustrates her, she is no longer smart. How can I let my highly self-critical daughter know that mistakes are part of the learning process? And that messing up this timed math test is exactly what she needed to do in this moment to learn how to be a test taker? And how can I assure her that tests are not a measure of her intelligence or ability to solve the problems?
What DG and I did do was reflect back her feelings of disappointment in her paper. Not a judgment of her work, but rather a comforting, "Yeah, that probably felt extremely frustrating when you couldn't get that answer" kind of way. Then DG asked her the rest of the questions on the test, to show her that she did know the material. He explained "remainder," so that she would have a logical explanation for why there were extra in the problem. Her self deprecation was assuaged for the time being.
But what about the next time? I praised her effort, not her intelligence, like Dweck says, and crossed my fingers that this will be what she takes with her to the next test.
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- Making It Work Mom said...
Oh that is a hard one. I love the quotes and theories you were using.
My oldest is a perfectionist and always refuses help!!!
My son is not a perfectionist, but takes every not so good grade so hard that it breaks my heart. He starts standardized testing tomorrow and I am so worried for him. Not that he will do badly on the testing, but that he will feel badly about it.
I think you guys did a great job with her.
- March 29, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- MomAgain@40 said...
You are handling it perfectly/exceptionally! It is a great lesson to her... Maybe just tell her to go on in test, and while her (very intelligent) mind is busy working at that problem, she can finish the rest and come back to it! So, always give her mind some time to "process" and then come back...
- March 29, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- notmytree said...
Oh man. I was exactly like that, all throughout high school too. I beat myself up over B grades. But now that I'm in college, that's definitely changed.
You can't freak out anymore when you get anything less than a 3.9 or 4.0, because it happens a lot. I still do well, never below a 3.3 in a class (and that's only happened twice), but it's just not worth feeling bad about if I honestly did the best I could with the time and resources available.
I'd love to talk to T2 about school when you guys come up to visit. It sounds like she and I have a lot in common.
- March 30, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- clueless but hopeful mama said...
OY. I can see pieces of this in my four year old and I wonder how to handle it. We talk ALL THE TIME about how making mistakes IS learning. That it's actually hard to learn if you don't make mistakes. So when I make a 'mistake' (a term we apply loosely) I talk out loud all about it ("Oh look! I spilled a little water because I was trying to hold too many cups at once! I guess next time I'll chose to hold only one cup at a time!")
I'm pretty sure, though, that this technique won't fly with an older, wiser kid! :-)
- April 1, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Cafe Pasadena said...
How are you doing Twin Mom? Haven't been blogging regularly. Pray things are looking up for you since the cancer scare.
- June 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Yasmin @ alittlelessfluff said...
Its tough. My daughter is rather a perfectionist and very independant. Her brother on the other hand (twins) is the total opposite. They are two years old, but I can see now already how schooling could work out. *sigh*
Just came across your blog and love it. :)
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Mr. Eckert opened Dell Online last summer, and by March, the division topped $1 million in daily sales. By June, it neared $2 million a day in sales, Mr. Eckert said. And that's before managers there aggressively tapped the company's otherwise mainstay corporate market, he added.
However, how many Web sales were a pilfering of customers from telephone or mail order sales? It's hard to say, Mr. Eckert said. Some certainly would have come via other means, but customer surveys report buying on the Web is the preferred method of learning about the product.
Even before Dell Online launched, Mr. Eckert realized the power the Internet could bring to its customer base. Corporate customers log on to review system configurations, receive quotes, check orders or download technical support identical to what Dell service reps provide.
Part of the online division's success can be attributed to Mr. Eckert refocusing Dell management on how the customers can benefit from online buying.
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Web commerce naysayers take note: Mr. Eckert is seriously bullish on Dell Online's potential for Web sales. Dell rang up $7.8 billion in 1996 sales; first-quarter 1997 revenues topped $2.6 billion. While non-corporate consumers ac- count for 10% of the company's typical transactions, they account for 45% of Dell Online's business. Today, the company is gearing up to aggressively go after corporate customers such as Boeing Co. and MCI Communications Corp., as well as government clients.
"We're only just now starting to tap into what is the majority of Dell's customer base," he said. "There is no reason why we can't be doing 50% of business transactions on the Web within a couple of years."
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Here's today's elixir of health -- two cucumbers, two organic gala apples and five stalks of kale. I wish I could show you the lovely pile of plantfoods before they were processed, but while I was photographing a lovely pile of veggies and fruits, my camera was seeing something else. The resulting photos turned out to be, um, not fit for general audiences. I'll be more aware of my food styling in the future.
I digress . . . This combination is more pleasing to my palate than yesterday's which was too sweet for my taste with three apples instead of two. I believe the organic apples are much sweeter. I like to taste a bit of green. My husband asked for some of this elixir, and grimaced a tad, but then he asked for seconds! He asked if it would dye his teeth green -- isn't this funny? I think we are programmed from childhood that saturated color will leave a permanent mark. There is no green dye number 7 here, and, aside from the odd bit of pulp between the teeth, he has little to worry about.
I've received a comment about wasting the pulp from the juicing process, and I'll be addressing that in the future as I try a couple of options. There are definitely copious amounts of pulp that result from the juicing process. Until I decide how to best utilize the pulp, I will be saving it in the freezer. I'll keep you posted.


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Before & After: Farmhouse Kitchen in a Bungalow
In a comment on yesterday's Farmhouse Kitchen Style post, a reader shared the link to this gorgeous kitchen renovation from the cleverly named blog Bungalow Bungahigh. This kitchen's a perfect example of using thoughtful details to create the feel of a farmhouse kitchen at home.
We love the vintage-style Schoolhouse Electric light fixtures; the café curtains, which feel a little bit "country" but are graphic enough not to read as cutesy or overly sweet; and the beautiful butcher block counter. So many renovated kitchens have a cookie-cutter look, but this one has so many nice personal touches.
Mason jars on the windowsill contribute to the farmhouse aesthetic, and the red stepstool is a nice pop of color. Sleek industrial-style shelving adds a bit of a modern edge.
What a fabulous bungalow-farmhouse hybrid! Check out Bungalow Bungahigh for more images and inspiration.
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The design of the latest S-series camera does not depart from the S2 in any significant way. The body is still durable and weather-sealed, and it's practically identical to the S2 in size and shape. The only major control changes are the addition of a rear rubber joystick that improves menu navigation, and a softer rubber coating across the body.
The S-series Type 006 is designed around the concept of "less is more," according to Leica's marketing, and they're not kidding. Almost all of the controls are without labels, leaving you little to do other than frame your shot, set the aperture and shutter speed, and snap away—beginners with $22,000 to spare need not apply.
The components are slightly improved, though, with an upgraded viewfinder (98% coverage on the Type 006 vs. 96% on the S2) and a 3-inch 920k-dot rear LCD. The secondary top-plate LCD looks the same as it did on the S2, though it may offer improved contrast in bright conditions—something we were unable to discern indoors. Leica also claims the Type 006 offers improved predictive autofocus, tracking moving subjects faster and with greater accuracy. But let's be real, you just don't buy a medium format camera for its superb autofocus system.
The latest S-series Leica may not look much different from the S2, but it does offer improved internal components that could greatly improve its flexibility. The new 37.5-megapixel medium format sensor and its attendant processor now offer an ISO range of 100-1600, up from the 1250 max on the S2. The Type 006 can fire shots at the same burst rate of up to 1.5 frames per second, but its expanded internal buffer can capture 32 consecutive RAW files (and unlimited JPEGs), up from 10 RAW shots on the S2.
As with the S2, the new S-series camera captures images in the industry-standard DNG file type, allowing the files to be quickly integrated into digital workflows. The camera comes with dual card slots—one for SD/SDHC/SDXC and one for Compact Flash—allowing users to capture RAW files to Compact Flash while sending JPEG images to the SD card for immediate review.
Leica also announced three new S-series lenses to go with the new body, including their first S-series zoom lens. In addition, they've released an H-S adapter allowing for the use of Hasselblad lenses on S-series bodies. The three new lenses bring the S-series family to a total of eight optics, with five offered in "central shutter" variants. These CS lenses offer shutters integrated into the lenses themselves, offering faster flash sync speeds. The new S-series body can use flash sync speeds of up to 1/1000th of a second with CS lenses, compared to 1/500th on the S2.
While full-frame image sensors are all the rage at Photokina 2012, Leica's medium format S-series update provides a new body for the niche professional photographers willing to plunk down the $21,950 asking price. With its massive updated sensor, the new S-series Type 006 should offer improved image quality over 2008's S2.
In addition, Leica's enhancement of the S-series family with three new lenses will help tide over this particular group of shooters. Medium format photography has certainly seen a boost in the last few years, but cameras like Nikon's 36.3-megapixel D800 threaten the relevance of such large bodies.
The trade-offs are obvious. While the new S-series body isn't much bigger than the D800, it's seven times the price, slower, and doesn't afford the same level of control or lens selection. Similarly, it's more than twice as expensive as the Pentax 645D, another digital medium format camera that offers a much larger lens ecosystem. While the new S-series body is indeed an improvement over the S2, this remains another camera in a niche category for the ultra-rich or the ultra-dedicated only. If that's your bag, then the Leica S Type 006 is a subtle improvement in many ways over its predecessor, and maintains the clean, elegant, compact design of the S2.
The Leica S-series has always been on the lunatic fringe of professional digital photography. The S1 was a revolutionary mid-90s camera with a digital scanning back that produced incredible, incredibly large images. 2008's S2 continued the tradition with a host of special S-series lenses designed to take advantage of the camera's massive 45mm x 30mm digital sensor.
Here at Photokina 2012, Leica has dropped the numeric naming convention and released a brand-new S-series camera. With a new 37.5-megapixel image sensor and processor, the S (Type 006) offers plenty of incremental improvements over the S2 for the low, low price of just $21,950 body-only.
What can you get for that price? Access to some of the most expensive, sharpest medium format lenses in the world; an ISO range that now extends from 100-1600; and double the internal buffer of the S2. In addition, Leica will provide a three-year repair and replacement plan that includes access to loaner cameras while yours is in the shop.


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The latest trailer for The Muppets will put a smile on your face
It's almost here-- the release of THE MUPPETS movie!
Soon you will get to see all of your favorite felt friends like Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and so many more. A new and most likely final trailer for the film has debuted. Note: If you are having a bad day this will make everything better. I noticed that every time I see something Muppet related I get this huge stupid grin stuck on my face.
I think if I ever saw Gonzo in real life I would probably cry tears of joy.
Check out the trailer below. THE MUPPETS will be released on November 23rd.
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Backwards is the way my brain works most of the time. I do things only later to find out I skipped a very important step. I say things and then realize I did not make any sense at all. It made sense in my backwards mind before I said it. Sometimes I wish my mind wasn't so backwards all the time and sometimes I am thankful for my backwards mind because it gives me yet another reason why I am nothing apart from God. Having a backwards mind can be a challenge, but it can be fun too. Just think of all the things that I have said and have given a good laugh. It is like walking backwards, it is different and sometimes it is good to do things a little different. It gives a new perspective and brings diversity to what would otherwise be a very boring day.
Sometimes going backwards in time can be a good thing. Reflecting on the good times of the past. Where we have come from and all God has done in our lives. Just remember don't get stuck in backwards time. Don't remember what God has forgotten. And always remember to go forward after going backwards!


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Happy Reading,
Happy Reading,
I've always wondered. For some reason, I always thought this book was just erotica. You make it seem more deeper. I will look for a copy. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
It has been eons since I read this one, but I remember how shocking and wonderful it seemed back then, when I was young. I should reread it at my older age and see how it seems...LOL
Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
I just realized I've never read this book! It's one of those books that were whispered about among my girlfriends in high school. I'm curious as to how it compares with what's out there nowadays.
Here's the link to my Friday post: INTERIOR DESIGNS.
I read it some 20 years back!
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I've never read this either. Banned books almost always make my TBR just because I need to find out why it was banned :)ReplyDelete
I have never read this one though I really want too! Somehow I missed this in my reading but I love all the scandal it caused!ReplyDelete
I have never read this book either. Wonder why it was banned? Romance??
Thanks for sharing.
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At the stroke of midnight tonight, Friday 9 March NZT, the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will get underway in South Korea, played out live on TVNZ DUKE. It will kick off 9 days of live and free-to-air competition, with livestreaming and OnDemand highlights at tvnz.co.nz.
Led by flag-bearer, Corey Peters, the New Zealand Paralympic Team will march into the stadium hoping to pick up the baton of success from the double bronze medal-winning New Zealand Olympic Team. The Team will be chasing a target of two medals in Para alpine skiing and Para snowboarding, hoping to add to the 28 Paralympic Winter Games medals New Zealand Paralympians have brought home since 1980, a total so far including 15 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze. New Zealand will compete in two of the six Para sports being contested in South Korea by more than 670 athletes from 45 countries between 9-18 March.
Whilst small, the New Zealand Team is composed of three very experienced Paralympians. Vancouver 2010 gold medallist, Adam Hall, will compete in his fourth Paralympics, entering PyeongChang 2018 ranked 3rd and 8th in the world in Men's Downhill Standing and Slalom Standing respectively. The Dunedin local will contest four Men's Standing events, including Downhill, Slalom, Super-G and Super Combined. Hall's Spina bifida sees him race in sport class LW1, for athletes with significant leg muscle weakness.
Sochi 2014 silver medallist, Corey Peters, will start PyeongChang 2018 ranked 3rd and 8th in the world for Men's Super-G Sitting and Downhill Sitting respectively. The New Plymouth native will contest both these events, along with two additional, the Men's Super Combined and Giant Slalom Sitting. Following a spinal cord injury in a motocross accident in 2009, Peters' impairment will see him race in Sport Class LW12-1.
Wanaka based Carl Murphy, the only Para snowboarder to ever represent New Zealand at a Paralympic Winter Games, finished fourth on debut at Sochi 2014. Murphy comes into PyeongChang 2018 with a world ranking of 7th in Men's Snowboard Cross and 9th and Men's Banked Slalom. Murphy was born with a lower leg deficiency and wears a custom-built carbon fibre prosthetic; he races in sport class SB LL.
New Zealand has a long and proud history at the Paralympic Winter Games, making its debut 38 years ago at the Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games. Four years later at Innsbruck 1984, New Zealand picked up its first Paralympic winter medals and has now medalled at every Games since, barring once in 2006. Today, Patrick Cooper remains New Zealand's most decorated winter Paralympian, with 6 medals across 3 Games and Mathew Butson holds the title for the most medals at a single Games, 4 at Nagano 1998.
Watch the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games live on DUKE and TVNZ.co.nz from midnight on 9 March. In addition, tune into TV On Demand to watch "Slick as Ice", a behind the scenes documentary by Attitude Pictures exploring the dedication and determination of our winter Paralympians.
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N8: Swype, notifications, widgets, and more
Thanks to Chanse's feedback I posted on how to make your N8 keyboard experience better and I admit I have been pretty happy with that setup. However, I love using Swype on my Android devices and was pleased to see it coming to the Nokia N8. You can actually now go and download the beta of Swype for yourself. Search the Ovi Store with a C7 as your device. I posted the video below of Swype in use on my N8.
As discussed before, Swype cannot work in portrait because Nokia has some kind of limitation is place and Swype won't work until Nokia provides an update. That said, it is still quite good in landscape orientation.
I also posted the video below to show some of the widgets I like and a couple other tricks I use on my own Nokia N8.
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October 19, 2010
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October 19, 2010
Swype looks really nice and promising on N8.I hope Internet Radio is coming soon cause I use it A LOT.I'd like to say that overall I really like the N8.I had to return mine yesterday because of the unlock button but I will definately get a new one,this time a different colour.I'm glad I have my trusty N900 to keep me company for a while Even though I did have some software issues on the first day I am really looking forward to getting a new N8.LOVE the hardware and I also love Symbian's multitasking.and the camera..WOW! One thing that bothers me is the autobrightness sensor that overrides the manual screen brightness setting.That is really annoying.What is your opinion on that?Do you like it? I know it's great for saving battery life but C'mon Nokia I want to enjoy my screen.The only way to turn it off is to turn off all sensors including autorotation.Hope they do something about that in an update.Kinda reminds me of N82's maximum screen brightness was so low-limited by the software.Again annoying.Oh well compromises compromises.Oh and one more question for you Matt:are you gonna stick with the black N8 or are you thinking about changing color too?
October 19, 2010
Oh one more thing Did you or the guys reading this use HyperX's 30 FPS Mod? If so what did you think of it? Is it worth it?..any major downsides?
October 20, 2010
If Swype on the N8 is the same as on Android, Matt, instead of clicking "shift" before Swyping, you can just drag from the letter you want to capitalize, up above the keyboard (on top of screen) and back down to the next letter in the word.
For example, you want to Swype, "Matt." Start at the "m" and drag up to the top of the screen where the text is being displayed, then back down to the "a" and so forth.
If you want to capitalize and entire word, start at the first letter, drag above the keyboard, swirl around (similar to double letter in word) and back down to the word to be inputed.
Of course, that is assuming Swype on N8 is just like Android.
October 20, 2010
Also, forgot to add that if you wanted to enter punctuation, like a question mark at the end of a sentence, just drag your finger from the key that the question mark is on, to the space bar. Same goes for exclamation marks, periods, and commas.
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October 24, 2010
Would just like to point out that once you install Swype on your N8, you'll not be able to uninstall or remove it without a hard reset. There's no way to switch back to the default keyboard either.
Just thought I'd point this out as the article doesn't mention it at all.
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Thanks Matt, really appreciate it. Quick question, how did you install that Gravity Tweet widget ? I haven't been able to figure it out.
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this is for everyone
here is the link for a direct download, unzip the file and go install reboot activate reboot
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This is my cutting board that I had to make in my wood shop class. I used different types of wood cherry, maple and roasted oak. I used a edge gluing method of keeping them together. Then I used a table saw to cut it into 1and 3/8th strips. I put them on the edge and glued them back together. I also used a bees wax oil to seal the wood, it took a lot because it is end grain.
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#1 posted 10-07-2015 09:55 AM
Nice job. Wish I had taken a woodshop class when I was in school. My son did and he had some nice projects like these.
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#2 posted 10-07-2015 09:56 AM
nice work Jake, i really like the checker board pattern. What are the overall dimensions?
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Hang Gliding in Interlaken
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Today is one of those days... not bad, just one of those. We have our annual Halloween potluck at work today, I made a 3 bean casserole that reminds me of being a kid, my mom always used to make it for our sports potlucks (and I totally love this dish, yum!).
Natalee was awake when I got out of the shower, so I went into her room to visit with her before getting up since it was nice and early. She climbed up in my lap and felt like a little inferno. She went potty and I took her temperature. After I took it she said "Perfect!" (obviously, I take her temperature a lot and it is usually perfect), it was 103. I told Sean and then took her to snuggle. I decided I should stay home with her and took her back to our bed. She fell asleep and Sean told me it was silly to take off work when he was already home. But, I really just wanted to stay there. I wanted to leave the TV off and listen to the rain and snuggle with my daughter and smell my casserole and just relax and be a mom. But alas, I went to work... but at least I can still smell my casserole in the crock pot here.
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Stuck in an endless installation loop !
I'm attempting to do a clean 64 install. It seems great for a while, it "checks off" Coping files, then Expanding windows files, then, Installing features and finally checks off Installing updates, then next it states it must restart (before it goes to the "Complete installation"). So it restarts,,,, but goes into the install process again... asks me what language, do I accept the terms, which drive - all of this again, then goes into Copying files, expanding windows files...everything all over again...just like "Groundhog Day" How do I escape this? I have an intel DP35DP mb, 2 duo core proc. Does anyone know how to help with this issue?
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Couple of things I can think of...
Maybe it's having issues copying a file during installing updates and setup fails. Though I would presume you would get some type of error message if this is the case.
Try doing it with "Do not get the latest updates for installation".
If you're installing from a DVD, maybe it didn't burn correctly and its causing setup to fail when it tries to read something off the disk at that point. Again, I would presume some type of error message.
Maybe it's getting it's drives mixed up. It installs it on partition A then tries to boot off B, see's that Windows 7 is not there and runs setup again.
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Try changing your bios boot order to Hard disk 1st boot device.
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I don't get an error message. I copied @ 4x speed on a dvd, 2 different times and verified data.
I'll change the bios, to see what happens.
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Gloucester in Gloucester County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
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Restored, remodeled and clerks office building added 1956.
Carl M. Lindner & Son A.I.A. Architects, Richmond, Virginia
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Location. 37° 24.892′ N, 76° 31.762′ W. Marker is in Gloucester, Virginia, in Gloucester County. Marker can be reached from Gloucester Courthouse Grounds. Touch for map. Business US 17 and Blair Road. Marker is in this post office area: Gloucester VA 23061, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. In Memoriam John Clayton (here, next to this marker); Gloucester in the Civil War (here, next to this marker); Pvt. James Daniel Gardner (a few steps from this marker); To the Confederate Dead of Gloucester (a few steps from this marker); Werowocomoco (within shouting distance of this marker); The Birdsall Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Calhoun Walker (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cappahosic (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gloucester.
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A precocious vintage – only the sixth time on record that harvesting began in August – for the record (ex BIVB) the other vintages were: 1719, 1822, 1893, 2003 and 2007.
Such was the vigour of growth in the vineyards that it was nigh-on impossible to visit some domaines in May and even into June; people were trimming, training, spraying – just about everything except mollycoddling visitors. The last couple of days of June were so hot that they literally roasted some grapes, July cooled a little and the first half of August cooled a little more. There was mix of sun and rain, and at temperatures where you might expect the rot to bloom, but either through meticulous spraying or just a case of downright luck, rare was the parcel that became infested with rot.
Producers of 'named village' whites started harvesting generics and villages wines around the 25th August; Côte de Beaune red producers in Pommard and Volnay were only a day or two later, but ripeness varied so there was quite a spread. Many domaines in the Côte de Nuits started around the 1st of September and most were finished by the 10th – last of the late pickers (usually) Mr Laurent Ponsot finished on the 16th of September. It seemed there was no value to waiting; the berry size after on-off rain in July and August was little 'fuller' than the average and so, not surprisingly the sugars were correct but modest, many will add a little sugar to add perhaps half to one degree of potential alcohol.
The first two weeks of the harvest were conducted in glorious weather – if anything a little too warm. The best domaines picked early in the morning and put the grapes straight into refrigerated vans, otherwise there was a quickly developing acetic smell in any waste grapes left in the 26-30°C heat – this can be the bane of hot harvests and bring a certain volatility to the wines too – so cool grapes and good housekeeping were the pre-requisites at all the assiduous domaines.
And what of those raw materials? Apart from a few hailed parcels of whites which were hard to triage, this is a vintage of uncommonly clean fruit; perhaps the average 'waste' from a well-maintained vineyard was about 5% at the triage table, but more than half of that will have been the removal of 'over-fulsome' fat bunches with a questionable ripeness. Only 2005 and maybe 2009 have been cleaner since 2004, but triage was still necessary to remove recalcitrant green grapes from otherwise perfect bunches of pinot noir.
The basic raw materials are there for very good wines, but I urge a note of caution. There were a lot of coccinella stripped from our clean fruit this year – seemingly much more than in 2004 – maybe the relative lack of rot versus 2004 made them easier to remove, but some still made it into the fermentation tanks. Nobody reported the 2004 character until well after bottling – if you are sensitive to that trait it makes sense to keep your options open for now. Who knows, the prices of the 2010s might mean that you've less money for the 2011s anyway 😉
You can find a little more background information here.
I have to say that it was with some concern I started to taste the 2010 whites; you may remember about one week before everyone expected to begin their chardonnay harvest a massive electrical storm cut a swathe through Santenay, stopping just at the border with Chassagne. In less than 36 hours the fruit that had looked so good began to turn brown – early harvests were mandated for many – those bunches with less advanced maturity were not affected. Given the tendency for blowsy, overblown white wines in recent vintages, this may have actually played into the hands of consumers (like me) who crave a baseline of acidity in a Bourgogne Blanc – I'm sure there might have been the balancing hand of Monsieur Chaptal in some cellars, but that will have taken nothing away from the acidity. Of-course this early picking was largely in Santenay and some of the vines in Chassagne that lie on the border with Santenay; the producers of St.Aubin, Puligny and Meursault say they were not affected so we should bear in mind that not everyone picked early!
But what of those whites? Some of the regionals have already been bottled but villages and above will probably be imprisoned in glass between February and April 2010, but from what I've tasted so-far – I'm in love! The vintage is defined by fine acidity – not unlike the reds – and with a clarity of focus (fruit or minerality) that is striking; even when you compare 09 and 10 at the very best addresses, the difference is palpable. My benchmark for the top wines is 2007, and broader through the crus 2008; it is just a little too early to call whether one or both of those benchmarks will be replaced by 2010!
The reds. Well let's get this out of the way; yields were down by about one-third; 20-30hl/ha was the norm – there will be a push to increase prices, but it seems that this may only hold for 'oversubscribed' domaines, for others 5-10% price softening could be seen, returning to 2008 levels. Such yields were not particularly due to rot or hail – though there was a bit of both, but rather to the bunches themselves – very often they were smaller than usual with very small berries, these are called millerandes. Appraisal of the reds was complicated; not just because of the higher and higher incidence (every year) of reductive winemaking, but also because some malos were very late – finishing only in September 2011 – wines were often far too gassy to appraise. I think this turned around only towards the end of October.
The low juice, high solids of the millerandes has bestowed an über-classic purity and intensity to the best wines – like the best of 2008, only better. Indeed in profile there are many similarities between the best of 08 and 10; the average 2010 has more balance, reserve and intensity, but there are still mouth-puckering wines out there so you need to exercise caution!
Although I consider the reds a notch below 2005, potentially 20/20 for both colours(?) – It's a possibility!
2009s, in the main, are selling like hot cakes. Their 'quality' was hyped on bulletin boards and by merchants, but frankly this was just what many in Burgundy needed – sales of the less lauded 2007s and 2008s had met a trough in the cycle of global economics – and many remain available.
For the first time, it also seemed like large parcels of wines traditionally reserved for a particular market were earmarked instead for the consumers of south-east Asia. Not surprisingly it was easy to justify higher prices in traditional markets with such a tightening of supply in those same markets.
But how good were the wines?
The whites are typically fuller and rounder than the two vintages that preceded it, but can be very tasty indeed – the knife-edge between overblown and classic seems sharper every year – some producers are choosing to pick at the moment the grapes reach 12.5° and avoid completely anything over 13°. These producers made consistently fine wines that were commendably fresh, other producers delivered something considerably more variable.
From a standpoint of 'how classic?' The reds are all over the place. It's fair to say that they are all eminently drinkable, but they vary from prodigious to ponderous. At the base of the classification (regional and villages wines) there are some lovely bottles that deliver ripe fresh pinot fruit that talk with a Burgundian accent – these are the overachievers of the vintage. Particularly it is worth looking at the reds of Ladoix, Auxey and Monthélie in this vintage – they offer unbridled, undiluted pleasure.
The premier crus and grand crus have more variability for my taste. All are ripe for sure, and generous to a fault, but there are many wines that seem a little ponderous – at least after the virtuoso performances of the best 2008s. Yet some producers sailed serenely through to deliver beautiful, classy bottles of wine that (whether you can afford them or not) probably justify the higher tariffs they achieved in this vintage. For all the hype, I find the average wine from this vintage not to the level of its siblings from 2005, and for a number of producers I would rather fill my cellar with their 2006 and 2008s – at a considerable cash saving – or even wait for 2010s; that said, neither 06, 08 nor 10 can come close the average quality delivered by 2009 – in that respect, the vintage was an unmitigated success.
I try to remain consistent, so the generalisations above are in-line with the same ones each year. It's about looking at how the good, better, best producers fared in the vintage – nothing more…


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"I have always had a love of beautiful interiors," Scott tells PEOPLE. "I always say that if I weren't designing jewelry, I would want to be an interior designer. To me, the interiors in the home say as much about your personality as the jewelry you choose."
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Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Challenge Day 74 - Bleugh Again!
I've finished painting the eight artillery crews this evening, and made a good start on the next two infantry regiments. I should be able to get another step done (the hair) tonight; They should get finished tomorrow evening. I'll then do a quick paint up of two strips of skirmishers (I have two strips that were painted alongside the cavalry last week) and call it a job lot on these for this week. Although the four infantry regiments and eight artillery bases will only net me 80 points, I'm happy with that for the week. I've got a game booked for Thursday evening, so I might start basing the infantry and artillery on Wednesday.
Instead, with just over 4 weeks to go, I need to get some big prep done for a serious points bomb. It's time to put together a load of billmen, foot knights and mounted men at arms for my WotR army. I've got a week off work in March when they'll be painted.
So, how is my painting schedule looking?
Week 12 (next week) - hover vehicles and other reinforcements for my NSL force; possibly the ESU spaceships if enough time
Week 13 - WotR points bomb
Week 14 - ESU spaceships
Week 15 - Curtgeld and some other bits
I'll continue painting up the 6mm ACW alongside all of these for a final submission.
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You are definetly a painting machine, despite not feeling 100%. I'm coming to the belief that you don't in fact sleep and any talk of sleep is a cover-upReplyDelete
Yes, I agree with Zabadak. You're a painting machine.ReplyDelete
Sorry about the bug though.
Get better soon Tamsin!ReplyDelete
You've chained the Paint monkey to your desk! Also you never sleep.ReplyDelete
Keep pluggin' away Tamsin!!!ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear that you've not been well Tamsin, but looks like you got plenty to keep your spirits up here.ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you're still sick, or sick again. I wish I could be half as productive as you. Lots of good stuff done and more interesting along the way. I haven't dipped my toe into airbrushing yet but I'm curious about it. How are the Noch puffer bottles working for you? I've been wondering if that wold help me with my static grass issues.ReplyDelete
I AM NOT A MACHINE, MONKEY OR ROBOT!!!!!ReplyDelete
*and breathe*
@ Joe - I do sleep, but have trained myself to paint while doing so ;)
@ Whisk - it's that time of year I guess. Lots of nasty bugs going around :(
@ Paul - cheers! :)
@ Robert - I respectfully refer you to my response to Joe ;)
@ Ray - will do old bean! :)
@ Michael A - last week's bug was bad; this one is just annoying ;)
@ Sean - I've been using the Noch bottles for a couple of years and they do work a treat for short static grass The ones I got recently were extras for different mixes. I have since read that model railway folk have been using empty washing up liquid bottle for the same effect which would be a lot cheaper.


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Visited 15th September 2002: It was the end of one of those September days when it feels like July. After an afternoon on the beach, William was asleep in the car, and Louise was about ready to join him. Instead of doing the decent thing and driving straight home, I insisted on paying a visit to the Disgwylfa Fach stone (it was on the way!).
I thought I'd seen the stone from the road on a previous visit, and it turned out that I had. There's no footpath to the stone, but there are also no boundaries between the stone and the road, so I chanced it and walked. Between the road and the stone is a stream and lots of reeds, but I found a crossing point and got over without getting wet (possibly not the case if you visit in the winter).
Approaching the stone this way you head up-hill, and cross a disused medieval leat that looks like an old cart track. Then you pass a number of rocky outcrops before you reach the stone itself.
The Disgwylfa Fach Stone leans approximately east, and has an interesting grain to it, so that the 'top' is roughly indented. There are some packing stones visible at the base of the stone, and another small stone lies to the north (possibly a dislodged packing stone).
The views from the stone are beautiful, mainly because there is so little to see (just upland pasture). It took me about 30 minutes to make the journey from the road to the stone and back (Louise was sat in the car waiting, so I rushed it a bit) and in that time only one car came past.
I should mention that, while I had a relatively easy walk to the stone (I'm no Indiana Jones), I wouldn't recommend my route to anyone who might have difficulties with jumping the stream or navigating tall reeds and uneven ground.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Do liberals pay taxes?
Wait 'till after lunch to read this next bit. It's revolting. Today, I champion the cause of the turkey vulture. Unlike eagles and hawks, vultures wait a couple of days until the varmint's soul has truly departed. (It says so in Slate.) And that's where the public slander begins. The big birds are ugly. They can't sing – unless you count hisses, grunts and rattles. But they do a great job. Would you rather have putrefying carcasses or nice, clean bones lying around?
The Pueblo people enjoyed liquid chocolate in early New Mexico even though they lived more than 1,200 miles from the nearest cacao trees. Yup. Yup. Trade routes. We know that the Maya were dipping into chocolate as early as 600 B.C. And we can date the chocolate residue in shards of drinking pots and pitchers from 1000 to 1125.
Media critic Nicholas Carlson says it costs the NY Times twice as much to print and deliver the newspaper as it would if they just gave every subscriber the new Amazon Kindle. If not the Kindle, no matter. The technology is there. And newsprint is inefficient in this e-age.
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- Escaped Waco Alive said...
"[N]ewsprint is inefficient." Gee, George. For that matter democracy is inefficient compared to autocracy. Spending large sums of capital keeping old people alive past age 55 is inefficient (just ask any of my 18-21 year old students). Books are inefficient (according to Kindle-lovers.) While I understand that Nazi Germany was the most efficient government of the 20th century, I do not, however, approve of it.
Efficiency is not necessarily at the top of my list of values. I'll keep my books, my old folks (I turn 56 next month so that's rather self-serving, I admit), my democracy, and my newspapers. Maybe not the most efficient position, but I prefer to savor the intrinsic worth of these things of value "in this e-age."
[Speaking of efficiency, the blog site ate my original comment and I had to re-write what originally was a truly profound statement in a state of frustration thanks to the "efficiency" of this e-age tool. But we take the good with the bad, I suppose.]
- February 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Those Pueblos, Mayas, Aztecs all drank their chocolate straight. The Spanish had the idea of adding milk and sugar, which was a good one.
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So sorry I haven't been blogging as much. I promise I'll get back to it after the holidays are over.
Today I have some peppermint nails using the dry marble/drag art technique. These were originally inspired by Karen from pishposhpolish.com. I got out my polishes to recreate her candy cane design, which you can see here, but then I remembered seeing some peppermint cookies on Pinterest and did that instead.
Take a look at the final result.
|Marbled peppermint nails
Polish pictured OPI Solitaire
Not every nail came out the same but I loved these! I wore them to my daughter's holiday party.
|Seche Vite top coat, OPI Pussy Galore, OPI Solitaire, Zoya Chyna
Here are the polishes I used:
OPI Solitaire
OPI Pussy Galore
Zoya Chyna
Seche Vite top coat
Nail art striper brush from BPS
I did one coat of OPI Solitaire and let it dry. Then I went back and did a second coat. I added some drops of the red and pink polish to my DRK Mat and with the striper brush I quickly drew some vertical lines on my nail. I cleaned off my brush and alternated some horizontal lines to make the marbled look. I let everything dry for a bit and then did one coat of Seche Vite top coat.
You have to do one nail at a time and work quickly or else your polish will dry. You don't want it to dry while you're working or you'll pull the polish too much.
Here's a macro of one nail so you can see the design a bit better.
|macro of ring fingernail
And here is the inspiration photo. Don't these look yummy?!!
|Peppermint cookies
What do you guys think of this look? I hope you guys like these like I do!
I think I'll be trying to make those cookies as well!
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I used to host quite a few dinner parties, football day events, holiday dinners, and other food centric shindigs throughout the year. Nowadays, I don't entertain as often, but when I do, I still enjoy making some of the old favorite recipes and will pull out the recipe boxes and start searching for the ones that were always a hit with guests when planning a menu.
One recipe that was always sure to please is Bacon-Wrapped Sausage Balls (or Bacon Roll-Ups). These were especially popular during game day get-togethers in the fall or winter when the weather was cooler and people craved hearty fare. Of course, I'm sure the previously consumed brewskis might also have had a thing or two to do with the cravings for heavy food.


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PETALING JAYA, Jan 28 — A Malaysian is among four believed to have been killed in a military operation in Butig town in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao. The identity of the Malaysia has yet to established is reported to have ties to Islamic-State.
According to the Star Online, the aerial assaults in Mindanao was between the Philippines military and Islamic State-linked Abu Sayaf members which resulted in four deaths including that of the Malaysian national.
The assault also brought about injuries to the leader, Isnilon Hapilon, the Maute group gunmen, and several other Hapilon's members
Hapsilon, is reported to be on a one-man mission to establish an Islamic State (IS) caliphate in Mindanao after leaving his base in Basilan island in Sulu this month.
Actual body counts had yet to be determined as ground troops were in the process of penetrating the area at the time of report.
According to the report, the Philippines military used its newly acquired FA-50 jets in the assault that were part of the 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the Philippines Air Force.
The commander of the military's Western Mindanao Command, Maj. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., was reported to have confirmed the bomb run by the Army's 103rd infantry Brigade as a 'surgical operation' to indicate attack operation on specific targets in the location of [Abu Sayyaf] leader, Insilon Hapilon, his select group, and the brother Abdullah, Omar and Otto Maute, including other foreigners in their notorious group
Philippines Defence-Secretary, Delfin Lorenzana confirmed Hapilon as the leaders of IS in the Philippines and have allegedly moved to Central Mindanao at the behest of the IS in the Middle East to unify extremist groups like the Maute and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Hapilon, who is on the US Department of Justice list of most-wanted terrorists worldwide with up to US$5mil (RM22.16mil) bounty for his capture, moved to Butig from his stronghold on southern Basilan island a month ago to look for a base for his new militant alliance.
Maj Gen. Galvez denied US military presence in Butig, but confirmed obtaining intelligence and other forms of assistance from the American troops stationed at the Westmincom.
In Cotabato City, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ordered its men in Central Mindanao and in Lanao del Sur to help pursue Hapilon and the other terror suspects.
Mohagher Iqbal, MILF chief negotiator, said the MILF was invoking the provisions set for the Ad hoc Joint Action Group, an anticriminal body tasked "to interdict and isolate" criminal groups, such as kidnappers and terrorists.


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Whenever we feel blue we like to hop on our chocobos and have a good old-fashioned choco-hoedown. In our dreams, at least.
Check out the a capella Chocobo Theme song and then spend the next five minutes trying to scrub the image of that baby from your mind.
Alternately, you could watch Geekapella's other recent a capella video game song, also from Final Fantasy VII, which has some equally tantalizing imagery involving these two talented fellows.
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I'm so pleased with what I found, especially the Au Maison rosebud fleece (this is one of the things I had stocked), I had completely forgotten I had this. I just love the ceramic rose draw knobs too, but the best bit was the vintage linen, I love it! I had forgotten what I had collected.
Now back to the room. As I'd got side tracked after finding these things and sorting away all the mess I had created in the Attic room, I have yet to finish the bedroom. I need to make some/lots of cushion covers for the day bed. I have collected a variety of different shaped/sized pads over the years, but never got around to making the cushion covers as I wasn't sure what colour scheme to go with, erm I still cant. I will post you some picture of the room once finished :) Other than this our weekend has been very relaxed! Oh and its still raining constantly.


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Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts. –Wendell Berry
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Struggle is what it means to be alive and free. –David Budbill
The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay begins to impinge on their consciousness and subtly erode their joie de vivre, their idealism – and their assumption of immortality. As a child matures, he sees death and pain everywhere about him, and begins to lose faith in the ultimate goodness of man. But, if he's reasonably strong – and lucky – he can emerge from this twilight of the soul…
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The Sour Cream Coffee cake from the Cake Bible was the very first cake recipe by Rose Levy Beranbaum that I baked. I haven't made it for a while but it's still one of my favourites. This party cake (Blueberry Crumb Party Coffee Cake) is very similar to the Cake Bible recipe except for the berries.
The party cake met with universal acclaim at work so I think this one is a winner too. It's a moist sour cream cake layered with crumble mixture and, in my case, raspberries and blueberries. It has everything I love in a cake - I'm a sucker for anything 'crumbled'. If you do happen to take this cake to a party you will definitely have a hit on your hands.
Being part of the Alpha Bakers has seen my regular procurement and consumption of sour cream rocket up about 1000%. Not that there's anything wrong with that :)
Probably the key to the success of this cake (and the Sour Cream Coffee cake) is the sandwiching of crumble between layers of cake mix. Plus the fact that it's extremely moist.
Once again I chose raspberries over blueberries for my cake. Then, because I have some frozen blueberries to use up, I added a few of them. The mix of berries was nice and I must say the (relatively) tiny blueberries always look pretty.
I had to cook this cake for 20-30 minutes over the stated baking time, although my oven is a bit unreliable so I wouldn't take that as a rule of thumb. Because I halved the recipe I wasn't sure about adjusting the baking times. I over-cooked my first Sour Cream Coffee cake (it was still delicious) many years ago so I'm always cautious about repeating the mistake.
My fears were groundless however as the cake turned out moist and delicious. I served it with runny cream which was perfect.
Next week we're baking Perfect Savory Cream Puffs. I'm not sure how they're going to go in the humidity but I'll probably try them anyway.


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Publicity is never bad. Everyone knows that. That's why shame and sex sells - it brings in the punters. So off come the clothes and up go the ratings. The more outrageous, the better it is.
But away from the cameras of sinetron, Indonesia's top models are also working wonders - but mostly without the public approval they deserve. Alannys Weber? Who the heck is she?


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