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In 'Untitled #396' 1995 (AGNSW collection) the canvas is split between a dark landscape of fields and trees, the grass wildly moving as the storm brewing overhead makes its way across the expanse of sky. The storm, however, brings with it a figure rolling across the landscape as if entering our field of vision through a time warp or parallel universe, the earth lifting up to cradle the head. In 'Untitled #395' a single tree is lit by an unseen light source drawing the viewer into what may commence as an innocent journey into the woods but quickly becomes sinister. A bald, dark head peers over the top of the trees and behind, a darkened, moody sky declares itself as a foreboding vision as other heads and faces appear to shift in and out in a visual aporia.
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People often paste stamps to send postcards to share their feelings with friends in some other places.
Let's transform the stamp to a piece of soil contented with seeds. The seeds sprout on the way to the destination. Receiving the postcard, receivers get a piece of grass, which can be taken out of the card and replanted into flowerpot.
In this way, our friends can smell the earth where the postcard sent from. So, we will have more fun sending and receiving postcards.


Ask fellow campers about "Edgewater Inn and RV Park" and nearby attractions.
Very disappointed. For what here at you get rate is $10-15 to high. They have 7 pull through sites and 6-8 back ins. Sites are so close together that we would almost hit the neighbor's slide outs with ours. The picnic table had broken seat boards. Dogs running loose and the owners did not pick up their mess. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
Good for an overnight stay. Sites located behind the motel so no road noises. Large shade trees between sites. Only 1 other RV parked for the night. Laundry was clean and all machines in good working order. Train track was very close but no horns sounded so we slept good. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
Gas station located right across the street and the town of Malta just a few blocks away.
The hook ups are all placed well. Sites are mostly level. We did have to level front to back so had to unhook. We do not have slides, so sites were not too narrow for us.
I can understand that many people would be turned off by the train noise, but I am a train enthusiast. (My grandparents lived in a 'train town' and I have fond memories of hearing the trains. There was a roundhouse in their town so lots of activity day and night.) You mostly hear the trains here at the campground just passing through, even if the trains are very close to the campground. I saw both a passenger train go through as well as a few freight haulers. The whistle blows a distance from here so it is not disturbing.
All in all: I enjoyed my camping here. Even though I did not use the baths/showers, I did check them out and they seemed very clean. I definitely would have used them if I was not self contained.
The staff was very welcoming and I enjoyed talking with them - GO VIKINGS. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Travel Trailer.
Perfect for the train enthusiast!
Extremely friendly and helpful people! Large sites with easy hookup. Like most RV Parks in this part of the country the sites were gravel but there was a very nice grass area at south side of park. The site was very level and required almost no leveling! Train track is close by which my wife loved and when I fell asleep I never heard it. Due to high wind my large awning was messed up and the owner got a ladder and fixed it for this old man at no charge! We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
great bar and restaurant at the golf course @ 1 mile S of town with good food and reasonable prices.
We stayed here one night on our way through Montana to Glacier National Park. $34 is a bit pricey for a spot behind the motel, but it does have full hookups. The person at the front desk was very careful to caution me about the train bridge next to campsites and the 6:00 siren every night. If you want to use the pool it's an extra $3. The sites are very narrow, but shady and we took one of the six pull-throughs available to avoid unhooking the car. It was adequate for our needs but I would not look forward to spending more than a night here. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
More than overnighting would be too much. The train runs through the night. What makes it so loud is that it's crossing a bridge adjacent to the camp. Good power, good Wi-Fi, good cable. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
If you are sensitive to noise, don't stay here. Between the trains (which do indeed shake your rig, if you're in one of the sites that back up to the river) and the semi's that idle near the motel, it's loud. However, if you can sleep through anything, it's not a bad place to spend the night. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
This park is adequate as long as you get one of the pull-thru, full hook-ups with cable. It has little to offer other than a place to spend the night while traveling on US 2 across northern MT. The bath/laundry facility was small, dated, and a bit dirty. Next time I'll try one of the parks in Havre or Glasgow. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
Very expensive for what is basically a vacant lot under a railroad trestle. Did I mention the mosquitoes? Great honking hoards of bloodsuckers breeding like mad in the Milk River (hence the name "Edgewater"), a sluggish brown slough that meanders through the town of Malta. My legs were covered within ten seconds of exiting the vehicle. My wife kept them off while I made the hookups. The cable connection's threads were stripped, which made for much merriment. During the five seconds it took us to re-enter the motorhome, at least 20 made it inside, making life unpleasant at 2:00 a.m. when the two we didn't find earlier came a-calling. The evening's entertainment was made complete by the freight trains that came barreling across the trestle at all hours. Despite the other comment, our motorhome did indeed shake, and the noise was deafening. All in all, a most unpleasant stay, and we would not camp there again. On the plus side, the dinosaur museum in Malta, Montana, is tops. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
Full hookups with cable was nice. The spots are too narrow and to make it even more difficult to get into your compartments, there are rail fences on both sides of the site. Frequent trains right at the campground - stones throw from your campsite. Expensive for what it is. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
If you love trains, you'll love this place!! It's behind a motel, right on Hwy 2, about 200 yards from a r/r trestle. Not quite close enough to shake the motorhome, but close enough that you definitely hear them!! Wi-fi works great--best of the year so far! Front desk people very friendly. Don't plan to getting a satellite signal for your TV, but a few sites have cable. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Motorhome.
Nice for the area. Frequent trains run just 200 feet away. Strong, free wi-fi and cable TV. Long, shady sites behind the motel. Clean and safe feeling here. Indoor heated pool. We camped at Edgewater Inn and RV Park in a Fifth Wheel.
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Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961 in Zurich) is a Swiss jazz reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music.

Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur. He has recorded for Enja Records and composes pieces which meld jazz and classical music. His work has been published by Hal Leonard, Universal Edition, and Edition Kunzelmann; he has been commissioned by Vienna Art Orchestra, , Opera Philadelphia, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic. Sidemen on his albums include Michael Philip Mossman, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Kenny Drew Jr., Dave Taylor, Adam Taubitz, Michael Formanek, and Mark Feldman. He has also worked with Flavio Ambrosetti, Lee Konitz, and Abdullah Ibrahim.

Discography
 Secret Cosmos (Enja, 1988)
 The City (Enja, 1989)
 Decoding the Message (Enja, 1990)
 Mythen (Koch, 1991)
 Mythology (Enja 1991)
 Granulat with Mossman (Red, 1991)
 Nucleus (Enja, 1995)
 Tarantula (Enja, 1996)
 Words Within Music (Enja, 1999)
 Jazz Meets Weill and Gershwin with Kurt Weill, David Taylor, Kenny Drew Jr. (Koch, 2000)
 Songbook with Kenny Drew Jr., Kristjan Jaervi, Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera (CCn'C, 2002)
 Zoom In (Universal/EmArcy, 2003)
 Da Skale with Kenny Drew Jr. (TCB, 2003)
 Colossus of Sound with NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, Reinhold Friedrich, Kathrin Rabus (Enja, 2004)
 Just Follow Instructions with Adam Unsworth (Block M, 2009)
 Manhattanite (Neuklang, 2010)
 Around the World with Stefan Schulz (BIS, 2011)
 Daniel Schnyder (Migros-Kulturprozent, 2011)

As sideman
 Franco Ambrosetti, Music for Symphony and Jazz Band (Enja, 1991)

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1961 births
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Swiss jazz flautists
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I truly believe that every person is an artist. I welcome all students into my classroom with the expectation that they will work hard to become better artists, and the assurance that I will support, inspire and challenge them in their creative endeavors. I love to teach, I love art, and more importantly than anything, I genuinely love my students.


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Hong Kong protesters 'thankful' to President Trump
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by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2019 Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, many draped in American flags and singing the Star Spangled Banner, held a Thanksgiving rally to convey their appreciation to U.S. President Donald Trump for signing two bills supporting their cause. "The rationale for us having this rally is to show our gratitude and […]
'Bones ground to powder,' Xi warns; Hong Kong protesters don Xi masks
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by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2019 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping issued a stark warning when it comes to "territorial integrity," one of the communist state's "core interests." "Anyone who attempts to split any region from China will perish, with their bodies smashed and bones ground to powder," the Chinese Foreign Ministry quoted Xi as […]
Hong Kong leader caves; Independence activist issues global appeal to 'end communism'
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by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2019 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Sept. 4 that the government would withdraw an extradition bill which sparked massive pro-democracy protests which have continued daily for three months. However, the leader's acquiescence to one of protest organizers' demands is "too little, too late," and the demonstrations will […]
Media quiet about massive Hong Kong protests which are continuing
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by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2019 The Chinese and international media have largely ignored mass demonstrations in Hong Kong, which started as opposition to an extradition bill but have evolved into ongoing, full-fledged protests against Beijing's increasingly heavy-handed rule over the autonomous territory. While hundreds of thousands of protesters routinely jam the former British colony's […]
Hong Kong's 'Umbrella movement' against Chinese Communist Party refuses to die
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by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2018 Three leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement vowed to continue their fight after their sentences were reversed by the Chinese-ruled city's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 6. In a unanimous decision, a panel of five judges cleared Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow. The three activists had […]

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So who's right? I'm not here to try to settle that debate. The reality is that both articles speak truths about why millenials and older workers are oftentimes pulled in the direction of the gig economy rather than the more traditional workforce. And for readers interested in the factors cited by each author, you are encouraged to read directly from the articles.
The underlying theme that I found more interesting within the divergent headlines and the points discussed in the articles is that while the different sets of workers might be attracted to the gig economy for differing reasons, they nevertheless are both attracted to the model.
That means that businesses who are utilizing contingent workers must be cognizant of the likely reality that they are missing the boat if they assume that one age demographic is more their target than another. While that reality would impact recruitment methods, it should also be top of mind once gig workers are in the fold. In other words, just as the "one-size-fits-all" treatment of employees – regardless of their ages – usually doesn't work in the traditional employment model, it is not difficult to argue that it will likewise not be the most productive strategy with the contingent workforce. So good luck keeping everyone happy … the young and the more seasoned!


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Q: SQL Script To Generate a Database Dictionary **With Linked Fields** I would like to generate a Data Dictionary for a SQL Server 2008 database that has one row for each field, and the following columns:
table_name
field_name
data_type
link_table (for when the field in question is a foreign key)
link_field (for when the field in question is a foreign key)
I can get the first 3 columns with something like the SQL script below...but I don't know how to get the last two columns of foreign key information. INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS gets close, but doesn't have the data I'm looking for. Can someone help with this point?
 SELECT TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME,DATA_TYPE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS

Secondarily if anyone has any suggestions on additional fields which would be helpful please post.

A: The following query will duplicate a column if it is involved in more than one relationship.
Select C.TABLE_SCHEMA, C.TABLE_NAME, C.COLUMN_NAME, C.DATA_TYPE
    , PKCol.TABLE_SCHEMA, PKCol.TABLE_NAME, PKCol.COLUMN_NAME
From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS As C
    Left Join (INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE As FKCol
        Join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS As FK
            On FK.CONSTRAINT_NAME = FKCol.CONSTRAINT_NAME
        Join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE As PKCol
            On PKCol.CONSTRAINT_NAME = FK.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME)
        On FKCol.TABLE_SCHEMA = C.TABLE_SCHEMA
            And FKCol.TABLE_NAME = C.TABLE_NAME
            ANd FKCol.COLUMN_NAME = C.COLUMN_NAME

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Down a stroke heading into the final day of play at the District 5-5A boys golf championships, Centennial's Blue team fired a combined 301 to catch and pass Granbury's Gold team for second place.
Centennial's golf program hosted a pair of tournament recently in Grand Prairie and Willow Park.
Burleson golf coach Ted Tomchesson said he was surprised by an email he received Monday regarding the closing of Burleson's Southern Oaks Golf Club.
Burleson's boys golf team won the Arlington Seguin Cougar Open at Tangle Ridge Golf Club Oct. 11. Cody Kidd led the Elks by finishing first.
Burleson's Pierson Farnell recently signed a letter of intent to play men's golf at Midwestern State. Shown are seated, from left, Kyle Farnell (father), Pierson Farnell and Tina Farnell (mother).


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Women on boards: the uphill grind
Beverley Head
Forty-three per cent of appointments to ASX 200 boards in January were female. It's an encouraging statistic, but the rebalancing still has a long, long way to go.
The 43 per cent headline figure masks the fact that only seven people were appointed to ASX 200 boards in January – so just three women. It has however nudged up to 21.9 per cent the percentage of female directorships in that group of companies. In 2009 the figure was a lowly 8.3 per cent, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
For companies focused on innovation and transformation, having diversity at board level is particularly important as it broadens the conversations and challenges the status quo.
Fiona Balfour: "You don't get strutting egos" on boards with gender diversity
David Spence has been a director of technology companies since the early 1980s. Until five years ago he had never sat on a board with a woman.
Today he's a director of PayPal in Australia (two out of five board members are women, including the CEO); Hills Ltd (two out of five); SAI Global (two out of seven); and Vocus Communications (one out of eight when it's merged with M2).
Mr Spence said that; "Gender diversity broadens the viewpoint…and the options you look at."
"It wasn't all rough behavior and swearing before. I don't think that there has been a change in tone, but there is more listening to viewpoints and less 'my way or the highway'. It adds to the broadening of perspective."
Mr Spence believes that focusing on boards' gender diversity can however mask the importance of diversity of skills and experience, which are equally important.
Introducing a woman to the board does change the conversation, but has even greater impact if the skills and experience that she brings augment the board's understanding, he said.
Fiona Balfour agrees on all counts. A former chief information officer of giants such as Qantas and Telstra, Balfour now sits on several boards including Metcash, TAL, Salmat and Air Services Australia and also chairs a range of technology and innovation initiatives in those organisations.
"I've been on boards where I am the only woman and boards that are 50:50." She said that gender diverse boards mean "You don't get strutting egos and you tend to have more dynamic relaxed conversations.
"That dynamic suits the innovation landscape very well."
But just as companies don't benefit from cookie cutter male board members, she agrees with Spence that there needs to be a diversity of skills and experience across the board regardless of gender.
"The nuance is that if you have people out of the same discipline, then you don't get the range of opinion.
"The diversity question for me is broader than gender. To get rich change you need a variety of backgrounds and a variety of disciplines."
Ms Balfour also said that it was important to also recognise that not everyone with a so-called 'technology background' would bring the same skills and experience to a board. People with a pure infrastructure background tended to be risk averse, she said, and were not good at innovation compared to people who had developed architectures, solutions and information strategies.
That, she said, was not well understood. "And there are a couple of very large Australian companies that have hired people with technology skills – but from software sales. They have great commercial skills, but they are not innovators," Ms Balfour said.
Innovation needed an understanding of how to apply technology, execute against a strategy and implement at scale, she said.
Diversity wins
The AICD's target for gender diversity is 30 per cent board representation by 2018 for all ASX 200 companies.
Listed technology companies have a mixed report card when it comes to gender diversity.
TechnologyOne has an all-male board, though it has signalled that it wants to appoint women directors this year; Freelancer has a board composed of three men; Atlassian was all male until last November when it hired two women ahead of its December Nasdaq float; Gail Pemberton (another former CIO) has been the sole woman on the UXC board ahead of its sale to CSC; while SMS Technology has a 50/50 split.
Perth based iWebGate which focusses on secure networking technologies, has recently appointed former Microsoft executive Kathryn Foster to its board where she sits alongside four male directors. Ms Foster is also a director of cloud software company Class Ltd.
Having worked as a global executive for Microsoft for over 15 years, Ms Foster also brings much broader corporate experience to the table, having managed P&Ls of over $US1 billion.
Ms Foster believes that having women on the board is important simply "because women think differently. You get a multifaceted conversation that allows a richer solution.
"Women do more multitasking. Women tend to see the bigger picture before they drill down.
"Men tend to be 'this is the problem, let's focus in on that'."
By encouraging both broad and deep conversations companies get a more comprehensive analysis of a business issue, she said.
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Jessica Soles recently became licensed in South Carolina after passing the South Carolina bar exam. Jessica has been practicing in South Carolina pursuant to pro hac vice orders with supervision by H. Mark Hamlet, but more than a year of preparation and hard work have now enabled Jessica to practice in South Carolina under her own license. Jessica has been licensed in North Carolina since 2012 and has practiced in North Carolina and South Carolina since that time.


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Set a new direction and enjoy the freedom, choice and sheer pleasure that goes hand-in-hand with the design and construction of a brand-new home. This is a truly rare opportunity to secure this sizeable allotment at a sought-after address with high-impact appeal.
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Copy your channels.conf file into ~/.xine or ~/.mplayer then start the player with gxine "dvb://TV CHANNEL" or mplayer "dvb://TV CHANNEL" This should get you going.
You could also try a far more manual approach shown here Cron is my TiVo Freevo.
Second, make sure the channels.conf file exists in the ~/.xine/ directory of the user running freevo. I was sudoing to run freevo, so of course I had to copy my channels.conf file to the freevo user's directory.


Canonical wants to build a smartphone unlike anything on the market, and the company wants your help to do it. Last week the company announced plans to raise $32 million for the project through crowd-funding site Indiegogo.
That's more money than anyone's ever raised for any crowd-funded project. But the Ubuntu Edge project got off to a very strong start, raising millions of dollars in less than a day.
A week later, the tally is at over $7 million, which is pretty impressive when you consider that no other project on Indiegogo has raised more than $2 million.
But there's still a long way to go — Canonical wants to raise $32 million by August 21st. And that means that one week in, the fund-raising is running behind schedule.
If Canonical meets its goal, the plan is to ship the Ubuntu Edge smartphone in the first half of 2014. It would have a 4.5 inch, 720p display, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. The phone would dual boot Ubuntu and Android software.
Ubuntu would give users access to Canonical's smartphone-friendly version of the open source operating system. When you connect the phone to a docking station, you'll also be able to use a keyboard, mouse and monitor to run full-blown desktop apps such as Firefox, GIMP, AbiWord or LibreOffice. Essentially, the Ubuntu Edge might be the only device you need, combining the functions of a smartphone and a desktop computer (assuming you don't need a super-speedy desktop PC).
The ability to boot Android on the phone, on the other hand, would help make up for the fact that there probably won't be very many high quality Ubuntu phone apps available by the time the device ships (if it ships). Since odds are that someone would figure out how to load Android on the device anyway, shipping the Ubuntu Edge with both Android and Ubuntu preloaded seems like a smart move.
Thousands of people have pledged to the project already, claiming some of the lower-priced rewards such as early bird prices for the smartphone. But at this point you need to spend $775 or more to reserve a phone which may or may not ever actually hit the streets, which makes the Ubuntu Edge project a bit of a tough sell.
It's not that the phones aren't worth the asking price of up to $830. No other phone released to date has 128GB of built-in storage, for instance. But it's a lot of money to ask for an untested device — especially because of the way crowd-funding works. If Canonical doesn't raise $32 million, the project will be scrapped. But even if the company does meet its goal, there's no guarantee that it will success in bringing the Ubuntu Edge phone to market.
Still, it's an interesting time for folks keeping an eye on the Ubuntu space. Not only is Canonical already trying to expand its popular GNU/Linux operating system to run on phones and tablets as well as PCs, but now the company's considering getting into hardware — and this ambitious crowd-funding campaign is an interest test of the strength of the Ubuntu community, the interest in this sort of device, and people's willingness to put their money where their mouths are.
I would love the Edge. AT&T just rolled out 4G LTE in my town, and I would love a phone that comes preloaded with Ubuntu Touch and Android, plus a full desktop version in docking (I know this is part of Ubuntu Touch). The screen is a very decent size, 720p is a decent resolution, and having 128 GB of storage is just fantastic. Especially if the screen is sapphire. Hopefully a decent chip, like a Rockchip 8 core processor, Tegra 4, or new Snapdragon. This would wipe the floor with any modern smartphone, and unlike most phone owners, I won't have to worry about my screen breaking if I drop it.
Will it have an SD card slot? I know it'll have a 128 GB SSD but I like the option to expand it when I eventually run out of space. Also, a cheaper 32 GB with SD card slot model would likely get more backers (ie. pre-orders).
Too bad a lot of people in the Linux community are hating on Canonical right now for what they are/have been doing on the Linux desktop side of things. Otherwise, Canonical might get more backers.
I want a Linux phone with out of the box root access and where I can run bash scripts and some simple command line C++ software (the same exact ones I run on my desktop and home servers) but only if it's already out. Too bad the initial release is going to be pretty buggy like most things (the G1 with Android was pretty bad as well).
They should focus on their bread and butter, not trying to chase golden gooses.
They would reach their target of $32 Million if they had an affordable tier for the Phone , say ~ $695. It was proven early in the project that there was enough momentum at roughly this price to make it to the target.
The thing is , they could have offered it at that price and still made their profit/unit of $780-$800 by offering premium perks so that the average works out to what they want. Just like every other Crowd Funded project does.
$695 affordable? That's 3 phones for me.
Also they have a history of screwing up projects and producing terrible products so I don't know why anybody sane would invest in them.
Are you talking about subsidzed phone pricing or non-high end phones?
Anyway, I agree that Canonical isn't going about this the right way. For an already established company they should develop their phone with their own money and maybe get investors like how other companies do.
I'd prefer if Conanical gets their OS working on existing hardware though. Maybe even partner up with the OEM of that hardware to officially offer an Ubuntu variant of the phone/tablet. Also, I'd like the hardware they use to have an SD card slot and an optional exended battery like the Samsung Galaxy phones. So no Nexuses/Nexii for me which seems to be their current reference platform.
I have the same opinion. Canonical is pointing to high for a start. They should have started with ONE good-resonable price hw device (not an very-expensive-futuristic-SF-one) and try to polish Ubuntu OS for phone and create a stable user base.
After that, when they will have market share, they could do whatever they want.
It is a pitty, because they raised an impressive amount of money, for a futuristic device, when they could (maybe) have raised the same amount for a reality-based product, wich the average Joe Geek (like myself) would buy.
It's either you want your phone to be your computer or not. Mid and low end phones simply can't act as a fully functional linux desktop. Even currently top processors like Tegra 4 or Snapdragon 800 will have hard time running full desktop OS.
BTW, there is nothing SF about the Edge… It's OK if you don't want to fund an initiative, It's not OK to spread nonsense when you are lacking some basic understanding.
……..that's sound like SF to me…..
If you had read my post and not beeing preocupied by my "basic understanding", you knew that i was not against the ideea of a "desktop in your poket – smartphone" – wich in my opinion, at this time can't be replaced.
Canonical should not have entered this business wich such as bold ideea.
Canonical is pointing to high for a start.
I'm sorry for them, because they have reliable software products.
Well I actually think this campaign is demonstrating that the crowd is ignorant.
1. Its hard for the crowd to understand a new concept until they actually see the product.
2. The crowd is brainwashed (mostly in the USA) that a top tier phone cost about $200… They even call it subsidized… When the truth is that they pay more than $1000 for it!
Don't need a super speedy PC? Have you ever used a linux os? Usually light. I am on a 1.6ghz cpu 1gb ram machine now, and it's as fast as any quad core Windows machine all full of startup applications and crap.
This phone would probably have a quad-core well over a few ghz cpu, and 4gb ram, And and even lighter os. That is not slow.
Canonical WILL NOT commit to including an SD Card slot.
That's why this is a big fail.
Apple, Google, Amazon, etc., etc., all driving you to their "Cloud" to store your media – and control you in the process. Now add Canonical to the list.
it has 128 gig of storage…… I hardly ever use my SD card in my 16GB phone now as it is..


The songwriter of Schoolhouse Rock, Bob Dorough, 94.
I should've worn my SHR t-shirt... 'cause knowledge is power!
I didn't know anything about the person who co-founded the Burning Man festival: Larry Harvey, at 70. And movie director Michael Anderson, at 98.
Former NFL coach Chuck Knox, at 86.
Actress Margot Kidder, at 69.
I was just going to post about Chuck Knox. Guess I wasn't getting notifications for this thread. Knox coached the Seahawks to their first playoff appearance. I was excited when he was hired because I remembered him as the coach of the Rams when they were one of the best teams of the 70's, and he helped turn around things in Buffalo.
Read yesterday that Dean Stefan, a writer for the early 2000s reboot of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, passed.
Tom Wolfe, author of 'Bonfire of the Vanities', at 88.
Alan LaVern Bean, NASA Astronaut (fourth man on the moon) and artist, at 86.
NFL player Dwight Clark, at 61. I didn't recall he was diagnosed with ALS last year.
Another pro player: oldest MLB HOF Red Schoendienst at 95.
And the last remaining Wizard of Oz munchkin, Jerry Maren at 98.
Chef Anthony Bourdain, at 61.
Koko, the gorilla who learned sign language, at 46.
Political commentator Charles Krauthammer at 68.
Richard "Old Man" Harrison, of Pawn Stars TV fame, at 77.
I didn't want to just keep being the only one here, so I've been editing/adding to my last post. But, Jackson family father Joe Jackson, at 89.
Sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison, at 84.
Comic creator Steve Ditko, at 90 (apparently, his date of death was about a week ago, but he wasn't found until days later ), and former NBA player Clifford Rozier at 45.
Was just about to post about Dikto. I didn't know he'd never married and lived alone until the end. Sad.
Actor Tab Hunter, at 86.
I hope this isn't the start of another Big 3, but actress Charlotte Rea at 92 and NHL HOFer Stan Mikita at 78.
I have forgotten some of the names who passed, in this past month-plus, but Aretha Franklin and John McCain and Burt Reynolds come to mind.
Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, 78.
Marvel comic book legend Stan Lee at 95.
I was shocked to hear that. But in some ways, maybe he'll be a peace now. Who will be the MCU cameo now?
 Is musician Roy Clark going to be #2 of the 3?
[edit, deux] Maybe NASCAR racer David Pearson, at 83, or actress Katherine MacGregor at 93?


The operator of Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has started to release 11,500 tons of water containing radioactive materials into the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reports.
The company says it is a necessary move to free space for all the contaminated water that is still leaking from the damaged reactor 2.
Japan's Atomic Energy Agency claims the water released into the ocean does not present any threat to people, with the radiation concentration exceeding the norm by only 100 times, which is a relatively low level.
It is an attempt to speed up the repair works that have been seriously impeded by the highly radioactive water inside the reactor.
Meanwhile, the head of the UN's atomic watchdog Yukiya Amano warned the Japanese nuclear crisis is far from over and poses a major threat to the environment.
Amano called on the international community to strengthen the safety of power plants to avoid a repeat of Fukushima.
Shaun Burnie, an independent nuclear energy consultant, thinks that the Japanese government's permission to pour radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean is an admission that they have still not gotten the situation under control.
On Saturday, the Japanese officials admitted the radioactive water was leaking from the plant into the ocean.
However, the exact place of the leak has not been discovered. In an effort to detect it, the emergency team has poured a coloring agent into the reservoir of reactor 2.
Attempts to fill in a crack in reactor 2, which could be one of the possible leak spots, failed as the concrete that was supposed to seal it could not harden.
The plant operator also poured special chemicals around the reactor that would prevent soil from absorbing the leaking water.
According to Japanese officials, it may take several months to repair the plant's cooling system. Even after the situation has been stabilized, efforts to deal with the disaster will not be fully completed for several years.
The trouble at the Fukushima nuclear plant was caused by the tsunami that hit the eastern coast of Japan, following the massive earthquake. After the station was left without electricity, its cooling systems failed which led to a number of explosions at its reactors.
Later, radiation leakage was detected. Radiation levels in seawater and groundwater surrounding the plant were many thousands of times over the legal limit.


A marketing plan helps you define your company's target market. It puts a strategy in place for attracting customers and anticipating change. Marketing is more than putting an advertisement in the paper to attract customers. The key to marketing your business is developing a plan that will serve as a road map to help you achieve your company's goals.
Review all of your marketing activities. Evaluate your marketing activities by looking at your business performance versus prior planned objectives. For example, you will review all ads, brochures and flyers and assess which ones were successful, and which ones didn't hit the mark.
The market overview is a summary of the strategy you used. For example, summarize if you were successful in your sales strategy by using your sales figures and by how many new clients you gained.
Look at your business from the customers' viewpoint. What are the similarities in your business and what are the differences from your competitors? Is there a service that no other company offers but yours? Your competitive edge may be that you may go the extra mile and offer your clients a wide range of services. For example, if you operate a day care, you could highlight that you offer parents a bus service that picks up kids in the morning and drops them off at home.
Analyze your strengths by asking yourself what does your company do well? What do you see as your company's weaknesses? For example, is there a problem with customer service, or returned products?
Set your business goals. This includes your marketing objectives. What are your sales goals? For example, you may have a goal of 20 more new sales a month. Are you on target with your goals or can you do better? What are the strategies that you can use to better meet the goals that you are trying to meet?
Examine your financial information to come up with a marketing budget. Determine what marketing strategies you want to implement and how much you are willing to spend. For example, radio and television spots have a higher end in cost than ads and brochures. Evaluate the process of your marketing plan's effectiveness by measuring your results against the standards that you set when you made or set your goals.
Blunt, Lanee'. "Briefly Outline the Major Steps in a Marketing Plan." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/briefly-outline-major-steps-marketing-plan-20605.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.


Brainstorming is great, but after the meeting the ideas often languish on someone's hard drive or notepad and no one ever acts on them. From now on, assign a point person to every good idea -- someone who will see it through from the idea phase to implementation.
Beat procrastination by being publicly accountable.
Begin challenging your successor now.
To thrive as a networking-adverse introvert, arrive early to parties.
Keep in touch with holiday customers throughout the coming year.


In October 2014 Andrew and I planned a trip to Seattle, WA. Originally we were supposed to meet up with my oldest brother, but that plan fell through, nonetheless we decided to go forth with the trip. Plus, we had a credit that needed to be used for a cancelled NYC trip we planned prior to knowing about my pregnancy.
This was going to be my first plane ride EVER! Can you believe it took me 25 years to ride a plane?! Our daughter wasn't even a year old for hers haha. I was nervous about it, you know being six months pregnant and all, but it was a smooth ride and I absolutely loved the customer service we received from Southwest.
Oh Seattle, what can I say other than that we were in awe of your beauty. It's no wonder they call you the Emerald City. Everything is so lush and green!
This was a short but packed trip. We technically only spent two full days there. We arrived early, about 8am if I'm not mistaken and quickly picked up our rental and drove out to Bellevue. We checked into our hotel, took a quick selfie, and then headed out to explore the city of Seattle.
Our first stop though was the most touristy thing you can do while in Seattle, the Space Needle.
The best part of getting the CityPASS is that you are allotted both a day/night admission to the Space Needle. Seattle is just as beautiful at night as it is during the day and I love how with every turn the landscape is different.
After our view from the top we walked on over to the MoPOP (formerly the EMP Museum) and guys, this place was extremely cool. If you have a love for music and movies this is the place to see! They had several movie sections ranging from Sci-Fi to Horror to Fantasy.
If music is your thing or you're a musician they have plenty for you too! Galleries galore with Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix content in them, if you're into that. I could never get into Nirvana, haha And there is an area where you can actually play musical instruments and even record your own piece.
Our last stop for the day was the Museum of Flight. If you like aviation, space, and history this is a great place to go! But keep in mind there is SO MUCH TO SEE. We literally arrived an hour before it closed and the attendant told us people typically spend 4-6 hours there. We thought it was a little excessive until we started wandering around and realized how huge it was. At that point we had to pick and choose what we really wanted to see.
After our jam packed day, we had some dinner at Tilikum Place Cafe. A cute restaurant downtown with a lot of charm! Then went back to our hotel and apparently slept through the worst storm they had seen in a while. haha.
The photo doesn't do our window seat justice. It added so much charm to our dining experience. I also ordered the Rabbit Ravioli, that was a first for both of us.


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Magic Fan Wakes Up From Dental Surgery, Talks About Dwight Howard Leaving (Video)
This is Marshall Coleman. He is a huge Orlando Magic fan. After emerging from surgery to get his wisdom teeth removed and in a slightly drug-induced stupor and sounding somewhat like Mushmouth from Fat Albert, all he apparently wanted to discuss was Dwight Howard's imminent departure from his beloved team. Among the things young Marshall had to say about the situation: he loves Dwight Howard — a lot. So much so, in fact, that after Marshall gets married in August (?) and after doing so, he and his wife are going to "adopt Dwight Howard as my first child." Also: Dwight Howard is "the best basketball player in the seven-foot race," although I'm not sure we should really hold him accountable for that statement. The kid is loosey-goosey, people.
Towards the end of the video, Marshall says he wants to give Dwight Howard a hug — beat him in H-O-R-S-E, too, but mainly a hug. If he could, Marshall would say the following to the Magic center: "Good luck, man. Jesus loves you…and I love you too, man."
And in the end, Marshall realizes that Howard can go wherever he wants, just so long as "God leads him there…because he's such a good guy…such a good guy."
Oh, one last nugget: during the ride home, he announces that he loves "Bhhhinnghhh Crawwwsby!" Awesome. "David After Dentist" doesn't have anything on Marshall Coleman. At least Marshall has a message.
[H/T Ball Don't Lie]
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Last week I was determined that I was going to actually achieve something in the zone – the Dining Room.
One day I cleared off the mantel that's above our dining table (the table is pushed up against a fireplace that has been closed over). This was a dumping ground for things that were on the table that needed to be moved so we could eat, or things that needed to be put up out of the way. It didn't take me long to clear off and put everything back in it's place then give it a quick wipe over.
Lily's scooter and skateboard had been sitting beside the dining table, just before the kitchen. When we have the clothes rack inside they are normally in front of this area so the whole area just looks messy. So I took out anything that didn't belong in that area and tidied everything up. I also moved Lily's bike back to there that had been left on the other side of the room.
I didn't get much more done in there, beside just some general tidying. But I had planned to spend Sunday (Mr Monkey's day off) clearing off the computer table.
As you can see from the photo above it really needed work. We had gotten rid of our PC desktop computer awhile ago because it stopped working. We didn't replace it because we didn't use it; we both have Mac laptops and no real need for a desktop. That may change when Lily starts school but we'll see. We still use the printer as it's connected to our wifi. There is also a wifi extender on there somewhere too but it doesn't work very well.
The computer table had become a dumping ground. I haven't done any filing in over a year and had just been dumping it all on there. There were a few of Lily's board games and toys that had been moved off the dining table just before dinner and never put in the right spot. There were my folders of the units I have completed for my course. There was a box of stationery that had fallen on it's side and never been picked up. The piles of paperwork had overflowed and fallen off the desk and had just been pushed under instead of being picked up.
All in all, it was a complete mess. And it was embarrassing. You can see this area from the front door and you have to walk past it to get anywhere in the house. It needed to be done.
Lily had spent the weekend at my parents' place and Mum caught the train back with her on Sunday morning. I had planned to get up and go for a run before they got here but Mr Monkey didn't get home until late the night before and I didn't get to sleep until very late. So I didn't actually get out of bed until they got here!
Mum distracted the girls and made sure we were fed as Mr Monkey and I started clearing. We went through the piles of paperwork, getting rid of anything we didn't need and piling the rest up to be filed. We cleared out anything that didn't belong and put it all away. It really doesn't sound like much but it took us the better part of the day.
It's already made a massive difference to the feel of the room, although there is still a lot to be done. All of that filing needs to be done, we need to decide how we're going to get rid of the table and what we're going to do in the space and then I need to attack the piles that have grown beside the table.
I didn't get around to the piles next to the dining room or organising the bookshelf but I am happy that we achieved something!
This week is the kitchen. I've been pretty good at keeping on top of the dishes and wiping the benches lately but the kitchen needs a good deep clean.
I cleaned underneath the fruit and vegetable drawer in the fridge the other day as I put our delivery away as it was terrible! But I need to clean the rest of the fridge as well.
Everything needs a good wipe down and the floor really needs a good mop. Mopping is hard as I can only do it when the girls are asleep.
The stove top is fairly clean but could probably use a wipe and the oven… well I tend not to look in the oven too closely. So I should probably clean that!


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Q: Using Advanced Custom Fields with Wordpress and Lightbox I am using the ACF Plugin. I want to have a field where I can upload an image, and the result will display the full image in the Lightbox and then then full image will be resized into a thumbnail from that field (like a normal Lightbox).
So far I have the script here, and this is where I am at:

<a href="<?php echo the_field('image_gallery'); ?>" rel="lightbox" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">

<?php
$main_car_pic = addslashes(the_repeater_field('image_gallery'));
$reg_ext = "#.jpg#i";
$thumb_ext = "-150x150.jpg";
$car_thumb = preg_replace($reg_ext, $thumb_ext, $main_car_pic);

echo $car_thumb
?>

The ACF Repeater field isn't working properly and I cannot work why, does anybody have any experience with ACF and resizing images for thumbnails.. Hope what code I have done helps and I'll be really appreciate it, if nto comment and I can supply anything that might help.

A: There's a lot going on here. First off, you should store the repeater field image as an ID (that probably requires changing how the subfield's setting and possibly re-uploading some of your images) and then use all the WordPress Core API functions to handle it. (You'll probably cross paths with wp_get_attachment_image_src.) That gets rid of your regex-ing, makes your image sizing take advantage of add_image_size, etc.
Second, you need to follow the repeater field's code example on the page you linked to. get_repeater_field() returns an object you can iterate through with a loop-like while statement and get_sub_field(). (As an aside: get_field( 'a_repeater_field' ) returns an array you can iterate through with a foreach statement.)
Your final code will look something like this:
<?php if( get_field('image_gallery') ) {
    while( the_repeater_field('image_gallery') ) {
        $large_img_src = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_subfield('an_image_subfield'), 'large' );
        echo '' . wp_get_attachment_image( get_sub_field('an_image_subfield'), 'thumbnail' ) . '';
    }
} ?>

You can replace 'thumbnail' and 'large' with an array or a custom image size.


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Crazy Rich Asians co-writer leaves sequel over pay disparity
Crazy Rich Asians co-screenwriter Adele Lim reportedly left the forthcoming sequel when she found she was making nearly eight to 10 times less than her fellow co-writer, Peter Chiarelli, a white man.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adele Lim, a co-writer for Crazy Rich Asians, has left the sequel after being offered a substantially lower salary than the other co-writer, Peter Chiarelli, a white man.
The Crazy Rich Asians sequel has stalled after co-writer Adele Lim exits because of a massive pay parity issue. (Warner Bros.' starting offers were $800,000 to $1 million for Chiarelli and $110,000-plus for Lim.)
This is a fascinating issue. Yes, the old system for writers' rates is based on quotes, which are based on experience. But Lim, the film's only Asian writer, brought an authenticity to this project that it would have failed without.
"If I couldn't get pay equity after Crazy Rich Asians, I can't imagine what it would be like for anyone else, given that the standard for how much you're worth is having established quotes from previous movies, which women of color would never have been [hired for]." -Adele Lim
It's absolutely blasphemous that after that incredible box office response from Asian Americans, Warner Brothers tried to pay the Asian-American screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians about 9 times less than her white male counterpart for the sequel.
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I made a foot of beautiful dark soil the year before last, and this is how: I piled four feet of leaves up into a wooden frame style compost bin. The leaves were maple, poplar, and a few cherry leaves with some other bits such as lilac, plum, grass rakings and so on, mixed in. It was at least 4 feet high when I first piled all the leaves in there. I had to hose them with water and squish them down to get them all to fit.
Next, I piled on about 4 to 6 inches of rotted cow manure. I figured the manure would help compost the leaves quicker. Then, my cousin came over with a bag of seed potatoes he had left over from his planting. I thought "what the heck" and buried the seed potatoes about an inch or two down in the rotted manure. I had heard that potatoes will condition bad soil so I thought maybe there is a little magic in potatoe roots. I watered the whole pile occasionally when it didn't rain, but pretty much left it alone. The potatoe plants grew 2 to 3 feet high! I thought "wow, I wonder if we will get any potatoes".
So, I can't be 100% certain, but I think the potatoe roots did a magical thing and sped up the composting process. The spuds and leaves were free, the cow manure was cheap, and the result was priceless. I'm going to repeat that again this year for comparison purposes. I'll let you know how it turns out.


It's about that time again, eh? Let's take a little peek at what was most popular on FaveCrafts during the month of May, including some new projects you might not have seen before. But first, refresh your memory by catching up on the Top 5 Crafts of April, and don't miss the FaveCrafts Most Popular Craft Projects: May 2011, where you'll also see what was HOT on AllFreeCrochet, AllFreeKnitting, and AllFreeSewing last month!
Who doesn't have a bunch of empty water bottles lying around? Relieve your guilt by recycling them into fun craft projects–we've got a whopping 14 in this collection! If you use reusable water bottles, you can still try these fun ideas by using other kinds of plastic bottles and bottle caps. You won't believe some of the stuff you can make with bottles!
We added a bunch of new sewing patterns for girls' dresses recently, and this was one of my favorites. It was one of your favorites in May too! I know what you're thinking–this doesn't look like it only takes 20 minutes to make. But the secret is in the pre-ruffled fabric. All that's left for you to do is cut and sew.
I'm so glad that this project made it into the top 5 last month. Why? Because it's mine! You may recall that I showed you how to make it during National Craft Month in March. The popularity of the petal skirt, which is both easy and thrifty, really shot up when I featured it in a newsletter in May. This skirt may not be for everyone, but it sure is fun to look at (and you really won't believe how cheap it was!).
If there's one thing I've learned this spring, it's that you guys LOVE birdhouses! This collection features 11 of our favorites, some of which can be made with plastic bottles (your other favorite)!
Among the runners up were the Net Stitch Camisole, the White and Cream Ruffle Dress, and the Crochet Angel Shawl. Which was your favorite? Don't forget to check out the full collection of May's heavy hitters in FaveCrafts Most Popular Craft Projects: May 2011!
I don't know about you but I love trying out new trends. Blame it on the day job but sewing trends are no exception. That's why I often seek what's "trendy" in the sewing world. From spending hours (8 a day, 5 days a week to be exact) absorbing all things sewing, I see a lot of what's out there. Here, I'll share my findings with you!
I found this helpful round-up on Sew Mama Sew and was off to add more trendy projects to our site.
For Women: Seems like everyone is going for the pretty, effortless look. Try longer, flowing skirts this spring.
What do you think is trendy this season?
The inspiration for this skirt came when Rose Mary was visiting friends in the Santa Fe mountains. She fell in love with the Artist's colony and thinks most of New Mexico is an artist's vision of heaven.
We're giving one away to a lucky winner!
Learn more and enter for a chance to win!
Contest ends May 6, 2011.
I'm a huge fan of homemade kids' clothes, probably because I would dress like a child if I could get away with it. Kids get to wear the best stuff: Ruffles! Cartoon characters! Bright colors! Plus, their clothing is so much faster to make (and cheaper too!). If I had kids I'd spend even more time behind my sewing machine. Here's some inspiration for ya!
Winter Wonderland Baby Couture from Kojo Designs.
20-Minute Ruffle Dress from Me Sew Crazy.
Tiered Toddler Dress from Obsessively Stitching.
Bustle Skirt from Sun Scholars.
Braided Little Girl's Dress from Me Sew Crazy at The Girl Creative.
Avalanche Skirt from No Big Dill at Project Run and Play.
Springtime Ruffles Dresses from Morning by Morning Productions.
Scribble Shirt from Schwin and Schwin.
Sewing with t-shirts seems to be all the rage these days. If I had a nickel for every sewing project I've ever stumbled across that calls for an old t-shirt or two, I'd probably have enough money to discard my sewing hobby completely and just buy couture from now on!
But it makes sense that t-shirt sewing continues to dominate the sewing and crafting blogosphere; t-shirts are made out of knit fabric, which is the most comfortable and ubiquitous fabric in clothing, so why not sew with it? Plus, if you buy a huge, oversize t-shirt (or steal one from your Uncle Bernie), all you have to do is cut it below the arm pits and you've got a pretty large piece of jersey, all for a few pennies (if anything).
We've all got loads of free t-shirts lying around (or hanging around, if you're more of a closet person). They give free t-shirts away at just about every school event or activity, fund-raisers, 21st birthdays, sporting events…Basically I have more t-shirts than I know what to do with. And if you've somehow managed to evade the t-shirt collecting frenzy, you can always purchase a pack of men's under shirts in bulk for a couple of bucks.
I decided to round up some of the best t-shirt sewing patterns I've discovered in my blog-browsing time and turn it into a free eBook for all of you wonderful blog readers to download. You can download it and save it right on your own computer, or even print out the patterns you like best. I've included some t-shirt embellishing projects, home decor, and accessories, all sewn from old t-shirts that would otherwise be relegated to the back of your closet or stuffed into a forgotten drawer somewhere. You can download the book here.
To save time, use the bottom of your t-shirt as the edge of your project, so you have one less hem to make.
If you're making a project that requires stability, make sure you use fusible interfacing or stabilizer with stretchy fabrics like t-shirts.
If you don't have a large t-shirt collection at home and you're scouring thrift stores for cheapies, look in the plus size or men's department. They're more fabric for the same price!
T-shirt fabric can be ruffled just as easily as non-stretch fabric, as you can see in this fabulous pillow project.
Save your t-shirt scraps (sleeves, neckline, etc.) and make t-shirt accessories from them, like this T-shirt headband or a T-shirt necklace. Knit fabric will roll and stretch nicely if you pull it tight, creating these gorgeous necklaces.
Don't put t-shirt projects in the dryer, especially if you've made ruffles, pleats, flowers, or other embellishments out of your t-shirts.
Step 1: Measure out and mark your scarf dimensions on piece of fleece. The size is up to you, depending on if you want a long, skinny scarf, a wrap scarf, or a short cowl. A good rule of thumb is to use a scarf you already own as a template and measure according to that.
Step 2: Make sure the length of your scarf is parallel with the stretch of your fabric, and then cut it out. You don't need to finish the edges of your scarf if you're working with fleece. Bonus!
Step 3: Embellish to your heart's desire. You can cut fringe in the ends of your scarf for a traditional look (just cut strips about 6 inches long into the ends. Again, no need to worry about fraying). You can also sew on embellishments to personalize your scarf.
The All the Trimmings Scarf from Ruffles and Stuff is a great way to use up any leftover trimming remnants you have in your stash, and depending on what kind of trimming you use, it can look vintage, funky, trendy, or eclectic. All you have to do is measure whatever trimming you want to use and cut it the same length as your fleece piece. Then pin it down the length of the scarf and sew it down. That is such an easy way to embellish a scarf, and I'm definitely putting this on my list of things to make this winter!
Another fun, trendy way to embellish a plain scarf is to sew on a few ruffles. The Winter Ruffle Scarf from Blue Cricket Design is a good example of this, with tiers of ruffles along the ends. You can also sew ruffles perpendicular to the grain of the fleece, or along the entire length of the scarf. When it comes to ruffles, anything goes!
Buttons, pom-poms, ric-rac, scrap fabric, ribbons, and other notions can also spice up a plain fleece scarf. Or you can play with different fleece color combinations to make a striped scarf to match your winter coat or mittens!
Making a fleece scarf is such a fun, easy winter project because the scarf is as easy as cutting out a rectangle of material, and you can embellish them to your heart's desire. Make a fleece scarf this winter to ensure that neither your neck nor your sewing machine ever gets cold.
A homemade apron is usually the first project for those learning how to sew. I remember sewing two reversible aprons in high school home-ec, which I still wear. For this round-up, we'd like to share our 14 favorite free projects for making an apron. Many recycle old jeans or pillow cases to create a handy craft apron!
This quick and easy apron from A Feathered Nest is quite adorable. I love the wrap around tie.
This ruffled beauty comes to us from One More Moore. The coordinating fabrics are superb.
Bari J shares a tutorial for making a simple apron. She creates the most beautiful fabrics! Please visit her blog and click on the apron tutorial in the right column.
Turn a pillow case into a apron with this tutorial from raina on Craftster.
Create two aprons in one with a reversible, frilly pattern from Quamut.
Create a full-coverage apron perfect for bakers with this tutorial from Still Dottie.
A very extensive step-by-step tutorial for making a pocketed apron is provided by J Caroline Creative.
I love the girly design on this apron, shared by Happy to be Called Mommy!
This full length apron from My Byrd House is a clever way to recycle old jeans. You can certainly create your own appliqué like her adorable bird.
This no-sew apron tutorial from Kleas creates a crafty apron from a pair of old jeans.
This denim Chef Apron (pdf) features pockets for quick access to cooking utensils.
This apron from the cottage at frog creek is used for gathering eggs, harvesting vegetables or collecting berries or wildflowers. Unbuttoned, the full length apron is perfect for kneeling in the garden.
This vintage clothespin apron is a handy tool for those who hang clothes on a line.
This apron from Creative Little Daisy has five pockets for the organized crafter or seamstress.


Industry analyst firm Canalys estimates that worldwide cybersecurity technology spending reached US$37 billion in 2018, up 9.1% from 2017. The standout segment was network security, which was up 12.6% year on year, thanks to the creation of hybrid and complex environments.
Web and email security products grew 8.2%, followed by endpoint security, and vulnerability and security management solutions, both growing 7.3%. Growth rates within the different regions were similar, ranging from 7.0% in APAC to 10.5% in EMEA, with Latin America at 9.2% and North America 8.9%.
Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, all with a strong focus on network security products, outperformed the market, recording strong double-digit growth. "The fast adoption of multiple cloud services by enterprises, which often keep on-premises infrastructure as well, has created hybrid environments, complex to define and protect. This is driving growth for network security products, especially those solutions that enable the creation of a perimeterless architecture, favoring vendors with a wide array of tools in their portfolios," said Canalys Research Analyst Claudio Stahnke.
Check Point was in third place, growing 5% thanks to its cloud security offering, which was recently expanded in identity management and web security with the acquisitions of Dome9 and ForceNock respectively. Finally, Symantec is expected to rebound this year after declining 12% in 2018, closing a difficult period after the fallout from an internal probe affected sales.
Cybersecurity quarterly estimate data is taken from Canalys' Cybersecurity Analysis service. Estimates include technologies across network security, endpoint security, web and email security, data security, and vulnerability and analytics security.
The subscription service tracks the transition of deployment options from hardware and software to services, public cloud workloads and virtual appliances/agents by channel and end-user size.


In 2013, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission found Pom made "false or misleading" claims about its products, saying they could treat or prevent heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction. The company's legal team was involved to make sure representations of the brand's current claims -- about memory and muscle strength recovery -- met the necessary standards. The 90-second spot, in particular, plays up those claims.