I need a secretary. Or a shrink.
Oh man, where does all my time go! I spend my days panicking about all the things I've got to get done (my to-do-list stands at 15 items at the moment) and somehow manage to accomplish nothing. So frustrating.
So I did my nails in a weird way on Sunday and took a pic to put in the blog, but of course I never got around to writing an entry and now the nails are completely different so the pic is old news. But since I did take it, here it is. Black polish with sparkly polish on top. Kinda goth disco. Or something. Looks a bit messy in the picture but it's just because I had water on my nails from washing the apple. Erm. Yeah.
I seem to be in this constant state of stress and panic at the moment. Over time running out on the wedding arrangements, the wedding itself, the lack of money… uhh. At least we're going on Miikka's cabin over the midsummer weekend, I'm looking forward to just completely emptying my head for a couple of days. Bliss.
Saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End at the weekend. It was ok… very samey to the previous ones. Although a bit unnecessarily long-winded. I wonder how many of them they are planning to make. But still, it's probably the first series of movies since Indiana Jones that just has that 'pure entertainment' adventure movie vibe, which is nice in a way. And of course, Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow's dad was just pure genious.


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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is Up There with Arsenal's Best Ever Strikers
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As things stand, he is the Premier League's top scorer, the first player to reach double figures for the season. He has 20 goals in 27 league appearances since joining Arsenal in January, giving him a strike rate higher than any other player in the English game. Indeed, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has become quite the frontman for Arsenal.
Of course, the 29-year-old isn't always the Gunners' frontman, in the conventional sense of the term, sometimes playing on the left wing, but Aubameyang has become a defining talent at the Emirates Stadium in 2018. Most teams possess that one player who operates at a higher level to the rest – Chelsea have Eden Hazard, Liverpool have Mohamed Salah, Manchester United have David de Gea and Arsenal have Aubameyang.
Arsenal have always been a club defined by great strikers. Over the Arsene Wenger era alone, they had Denis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and latterly Robin Van Persie. Each one of these strikers represented something different at a different point of the club's history. Bergkamp, for instance, embodied the revolution Wenger sparked upon taking over. Henry was the reflection of Arsenal's evolution into efficiently ruthless winners and Van Persie reflected the return to something more conventional, something less rooted in Wenger's famed principles.
Aubameyang, like the company he is now starting to keep, represents something greater than just the goals he scores. The Gabonese striker presents the image of what Arsenal could become under Unai Emery. He is both stylish, but resourceful. Intense, but considered. In many ways, Aubameyang is a paradox of a player, possessing many contradictory traits, but they all combine to collectively make one of the most potent strikers in the European game right now.
—2 goals in the North London Derby
—First PL player to double-digit goals this season (10)
AUBAMEYANG.
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 2, 2018
This was on display in Arsenal's North London derby win over Spurs, in which Aubameyang bagged a brace and contributed an assist. The Gunners were relentless in their intensity and high press, and Aubameyang led the line perfectly. He was everywhere and Spurs couldn't cope with his movement and general forward play.
Alexandre Lacazette is another striker of high calibre currently at the Emirates Stadium, but Aubameyang is on a higher plane. His addition, for £56 million from Borussia Dortmund in January, could prove to be a real landmark moment for the Gunners, one that plays a significant role in the comprehensive overhaul of the club.
Arsenal are in a team and a club in transition at the moment. Aubameyang joined before Emery's appointment in the summer, but nobody embodies the Spaniard's masterplan better than the striker who leads the Premier League goalscoring chart at present. Just define Aubameyang purely by his goals.
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I loved the idea. I already maintain a gratitude journal and write in it whenever I feel like it, just making sure that I write in it every day.
It is true I always look for the positives in every situation – my Mom raised me that way. "If you can identify the problem, you can also arrive at the solution" she would say. And I believed her.In fact, when I feel low, I quickly set the timer for 3 minutes and list all the things I am grateful for. A variation is what makes me happy. As I've made gratitude a practice, a habit, it was easy to participate in the challenge.
As a rule, I don't hang around Facebook except to visit the couple of groups I am part of; but Joy's nudge was something I could not ignore. I accepted the challenge. Yesterday was Day 5 and I'd like to share my gratitude list from those five days with you.
The wonderful thing about gratitude – it just makes life better.
Here then, is my list.
1/ I was busy in the kitchen earlier than usual this morning, so I'd have lunch boxes ready before 7.15 am, as my son had to go for an early class. As I rolled out my rotis, I got a warm hug and kiss from my son telling me how lucky he is to have me. If that's not enough to make my life, tell me what is. I am grateful I am blessed with an affectionate, appreciative son!
2/ It is my friend Ranjit's birthday today and I felt inordinately pleased to wish him in the morning and that set me off reminiscing about our wonderful friendship – few people are blessed with friends like mine. We've been friends since 1987. Thank you, Ranjit, for enriching my life.
3/Right now, as I type this, I am enjoying my breakfast. I am looking forward to a day of getting lots of things done. As I look at my priority list for today, I am grateful for all I have and most of all, the flexible routine I can afford to set for myself.
2/ The fact that I work from home, so I could choose not to work today and do something else I needed to do.
3/ P G Wodehouse. I have a mother of a headache since yesterday that won't go away but I am glad I have humor to enjoy!
1/ My blood pressure is normal. I am grateful because i was worried.
3./A wonderful afternoon at my son's school at the PTA meeting. Fills my Mommy-heart with happiness to hear affectionate words about him.
4/(Just had to add a fourth, you know). A laughter-filled walk in the evening on our terrace with my husband and son, even as we enjoyed watching the glorious skies take on different hues.
2/ Completing a project on time – the satisfaction is wonderful!
3/ A cozy Sunday with my folks at home, eating together, laughing together, sharing bits of our day with each other and now, getting ready to step out for a walk.
1/ I was sitting and thinking how wonderful to look for and pick out the good moments every day when Shailaja mentioned the same thing to me. I felt a wonderful sense of "mission accomplished". I usually do look for the silver lining, but now, I am doing so even more consciously and what a difference it makes to the entire day – to look forward to good things! I am grateful!
2/ I am grateful for the good food I eat every day and the diet advice I get from my best friend. Yes, Life is good.
3/ I checked my weight and was delighted to see I had shed 6 pounds. So I like to think I didn't need to – but hey I am not complaining. All the vigorous dedicated daily walking is paying off. It means I am proactively working on maintaining good health so I can do all the things I want to do for my family, my friends and my welfare homes.
I am so grateful to all those I tagged for taking it forward and posting their own gratitude lists.
Do you write gratitude lists?
Do you maintain a gratitude journal?
What is the one thing you're thankful for?
Linking to the Gratitude Link up at Laurel Regan's Today's Gratitude List Linkup No.39.
And do add your link to this linky Aditi!
I think gratitude lists are so useful. First for appreciating what you have in your life. I've also used them as a way to reframe my thoughts. I'd turn things that I didn't like about myself or someone else into something I was grateful for and how I was learning from it.
An example is if I was jealous about something.
I'd write I'm grateful for this jealousy because in not reacting to it, it is teaching me to be more patient and less possessive.
I am grateful for you Vidya. A lady on the other side of the planet who I can interact with. Yeah to the internet!
This is fabulous! Loved reading your consolidated lists, Vidya!
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Get to Know: Cypress Price
Inside the life of the sophomore supermodel.
Photo courtesy of Cypress Price
Jaya Duckworth
At age 15, most of us are far from camera-ready. But that's not the case for sophomore Cypress Price, who has spent the last year of her life strutting down runways and working photo shoots.
Price was discovered during ninth grade while volunteering at a freelance modeling gig with her mom.
"A designer came up to me and asked me to model for her, and I was shocked," she said. Since then, Price has modeled at Seattle Fashion Week, juggled freelance jobs, and worked with a Portland agency. She is currently represented by local agency Heffner Management, one of the largest direct booking agencies on the west coast.
But Price appreciates her career for more than just the publicity.
"My favorite thing is meeting people" Price said, "There are so many cool, interesting people, and a lot of them don't treat me like a little kid or baby me, they're professional."
However, Price is also critical of the industry, as she mentions the hardships she has faced as a young black model.
"A lot of people don't know how to do curly hair, so they just end up making it look worse," Price said. She has also struggled with people urging her to smile more, even when she's off-camera. Nevertheless, she commends the strides the industry has made in the past five years.
"It's more diverse. A lot of black models used to straighten their hair and perm it or slick it back because people didn't know what to do with it, but now you see black models with their natural hair out."
Price is proud of her identity and sees modeling as an avenue to express herself and connect with others rather than just a way to sell products.
"A lot of models become just a mannequin, and that's just how the industry wants them to be," she said. Price hopes to combat this one-dimensionality by using her career to speak out on meaningful issues. Her favorite shoot was for a project in the Central District that combined activism, storytelling, and fashion.
"It was all about the black community and how Seattle is being gentrified," Price said. "[It] was really fun because I got to meet a lot of cool people."
Price plans on pursuing a fashion career in the future, but she recognizes the difficulty of making it as a model. Instead, she wants to be a fashion buyer, which would entail working with designers and sales representatives to select items for retail.
Both on and off camera, Price's warmth and sincerity shines bright: "I love the Garfield community," Price said with a smile. "I feel like people should spread love a little bit more here."
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It has been recently reported that convolutional networks show good performances in many image recognition tasks. They significantly outperform the previous approaches that are not based on neural networks particularly for object category recognition. These performances are arguably owing to their ability of discovering better image features for recognition tasks through learning, resulting in the acquisition of better internal representations of the inputs. However, in spite of the good performances, it remains an open question why the convolutional networks work so well and/or how they can learn such good representations. In this study, we conjecture that the learned representation can be interpreted as category-level attributes. We conducted several experiments by using the dataset AwA (Animals with Attributes) to examine this conjecture, and obtained promising results. We first report that in a convolutional network trained for category classification task, there automatically emerge a set of neurons that can predict some attributes fairly accurately. It is more natural to think that the trained convolutional network discovers attributes that are semantic or even non-semantic (or difficult to represent as a word). To explore this possibility, we perform zero-shot learning by regarding the output of a upper layer as attributes describing the categories. The result shows that it attains the state-of-the-art classification accuracy, which also confirm the correctness of the above conjecture.


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The Little Match Girl Passion
No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen…
David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, directed and designed by Josh Armstrong, returns by popular demand. Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's heart-breaking tale and J.S. Bach's St Matthews Passion, vocal ensemble and percussion bring the tragic story of the little match girl to life.
"The Little Match Girl Passion is a meditation on the loss of innocence. It would be easy to visualise the story as Anderson wrote it, but I fear the reality of the work would be lost. The Little Match Girl is the catalyst for the drama not in her action but in her tangible absence. At the heart of the work is a community dealing with loss – loss of life and loss of the self. It is not simple or straightforward. It is dirty and twisted and as confused as life." Josh Armstrong
"Artful, sobering… timely stuff." The Guardian
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Composer: David Lang
Director and Designer: Josh Armstrong
Singers: Nicola Corbishley, Clare Wilkinson, Chris Watson and James Holliday
Premiered in 2011 in Glasgow then Edinburgh
The Little Match Girl Passion returned by popular demand in 2015 with a UK tour including Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester and Kings Place, London
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Q: Is there a way to have Python function beeing called from C DLL? I have a commercial program that simulates some stuff. The program allows me to use a DLL so it can send me the simulation output at each time step so the DLL can calculate some stuff(using control theory) and send back to the simulation the input at t+1. My control functions are written in Python, so i would like to use the C DLL to: receive the program simulation output, call Python functions and send to the simulation the Python function output. Code workingdirectly in DLL, only returns to sim input 2 times the sim  output:
''// Variables:
  //      t: Time, passed from Program by value
  //   delt: Time step, passed from Program by value
  //     in: input array, passed from Program by reference
  //    out: output array, sent back to Program (Note: the values of out[*] can
  //         be modified in Program)
  // Because we used static/global variables in this example, the DLL
  // can only be used once per schematic file.
  #include <math.h>
  __declspec(dllexport) void simuser(double t, double delt, double* in,double*out)
   {
       out[0] = 2*in[0];
  }

''

A: I modified and commented the example from https://docs.python.org/3.7/extending/embedding.html#pure-embedding to help you get started. The function itself still does the same thing at the very last line (out[0] = 2*in[0];) because it'll be up to you to structure the data you're sending to the python function and then to unpack it to the output structure you want. What it does do is import a library called mymodule then call mymodule.myfunction(10,42) and recieves the result as a Long Here's the official reference for the rest of the python c api. I'm not really a c/c++ developer, so this probably has some glaring errors, but the structure should be there for you to get started.
#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
#include <Python.h>
#include <math.h>

__declspec(dllexport) void simuser(double t, double delt, double in, double* out) {
    //copied and modified from https://docs.python.org/3.7/extending/embedding.html#pure-embedding

    //typedefs
    PyObject *pName, *pModule, *pFunc;
    PyObject *pArgs, *pValue;
    int i;

    //spin up an interpreter
    Py_Initialize();

    //create a python string of the library you want to import
    pName = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault("mymodule");
    /* Error checking of pName left out */

    //import our library
    pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);

    //garbage collect module string which is no longer needed
    Py_DECREF(pName);

    //if we successfully loaded the library
    if (pModule != NULL) {
        //get a function from that library by name
        pFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(pModule, "myfunction");
        /* pFunc is a new reference */

        //check if we got anything, and that it's callable (a function)
        if (pFunc && PyCallable_Check(pFunc)) {
            //create a tuple where we'll put (2) arguments to the python funciton we want to call
            pArgs = PyTuple_New(2);

            //cast a string to Long then to PyLong
            pValue = PyLong_FromLong(atoi("10"));

            //set it as the first element of the tuple
            PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 0, pValue);

            //cast another string as second argument
            pValue = PyLong_FromLong(atoi("42"));

            //set it as the second element of the tuple
            PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 1, pValue);

            //call your function with the tuple of arguments we created
            pValue = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);

            //garbage collect arguments
            Py_DECREF(pArgs);

            //if call returned without error
            if (pValue != NULL) {

                //convert output of funciton to regular Long from PyLong and print
                printf("Result of call: %ld\n", PyLong_AsLong(pValue));
                //garbage collect
                Py_DECREF(pValue);
            }
            else {
                //garbage collect
                Py_DECREF(pFunc);
                //garbage collect
                Py_DECREF(pModule);
                //print a useful error message hopefully and exit nonzero
                PyErr_Print();
                fprintf(stderr,"Call failed\n");
                return 1;
            }
        }
        else {
            if (PyErr_Occurred())
                PyErr_Print();
            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find function \"myfunction\"\n");
        }
        //garbage collect
        Py_XDECREF(pFunc);
        //garbage collect
        Py_DECREF(pModule);
    }
    else {
        PyErr_Print();
        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load \"%s\"\n", argv[1]);
        return 1;
    }
    if (Py_FinalizeEx() < 0) {
        return 120;
    }
    return 0;

    out[0] = 2*in[0]; //actual function isn't changed because I don't know what your data looks like, but a python function is still called in the process
}

A: I have a code now that works fine as main.c; I'm now trying to embed this function main() inside my .dll file to make this available to my commercial program.
int main(int argc, const char** argv)
  {
//Inicializa
Py_SetPythonHome(pylibs);
Py_SetPath(pypath);
PyObject* pName, * pModule, * pFunc;
PyObject* pArgs, * pValue;
float resultPython;

Py_Initialize();
//printf("deu");

// Code para Wrappping

pName = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault("reverse");
pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);
Py_DECREF(pName);
if (pModule != NULL) {
    printf("pModule nao e null \n");
}
pFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(pModule, "abc");
if (pFunc == NULL)
{
    Py_DECREF(pFunc);
    printf("Couldn't call method");
}

if (pFunc && PyCallable_Check(pFunc)) {

    //int argumento = 1;
    pArgs = Py_BuildValue("(i)", 3);
    //pArgs = Py_BuildValue("bla bla");
    pValue = PyEval_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);
    PyErr_Print();
    if (pValue != NULL) {
        PyArg_Parse(pValue, "f", &resultPython);
        printf("Result of call: %f\n", resultPython);
        Py_DECREF(pValue);
    }
    else {
        printf("recebi NULL de pValue");
    }

}
else {
    printf("bla bla");
}

Py_Finalize();

return 0;
 }

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E-bikes and the impact on off-road cycling
By Neil 13/08/2019
While traditional bike technology is likely to continue to stabilise, the rapid emergence of the E-bike is likely to have a profound impact on off-road cycling. As technology improves the bikes will become a much more common feature on trails, making cycling activities more accessible to more people. Being able to cycle at higher average speeds, cover longer distances and ride up hills more easily makes e-bikes an attractive option for recreation and commuting.
The term 'e-bike' refers to bicycles that have a small electric motor and rechargeable batteries to assist the power provided by the rider. Other descriptions sometime used are pedelecs (from pedaled electric cycle) and EPAC (electric power-assisted cycles).
The electric bike first became popular in China, where the government made developing e-bikes an official technology goal in 1991 and is now finding growing acceptance in other parts of the world. The first electric bikes similar to current models were produced in the 1990s. By the first decade of the 21st century the e-bike market in China began to grow at an exponential rate. The demand for e-bikes in Europe and North America began to grow somewhat later than in China but is now a multi-billion-dollar market.
International destinations where mountain biking has been well established for the last 20 years, such as North America and Europe, participation levels in mountain biking range between 4-6% of the nation's population. This is significantly higher than reported participation in Australia which indicates there is further growth capacity. Regions such as America and Europe are also experience high growth in the use of E-bikes and places such as Australia can learn lessons from how management challenges are address.
The E-bike popularity growth kicked off in Australia around 2015 after all Australian states and territories legalised the use of E-bikes on roads and paths. Although legal, there are restrictions in place around stated power outputs of more than 200w without a pedal assist system, or 250w with a pedal assist system. The latter is also required to only have a pedal assist and limited to do 6km/h via a throttle or cruise control mechanism. In both cases the motor must be speed limited to 25km/h. If you are riding off road however, there are no legal limits which in turn changes what we need to consider when planning and managing trail networks.
Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) has jumped onto the E-bike popularity growth adding the E-MTB category to the 2019 National Championships which were held in April this year. Adding to that, The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships has also added E-MTB into the 2019 championships claiming E-MTB is accessible, understandable, and entertaining for both riders and spectators.
E-bikes make various forms of cycling more accessible to newer and less capable riders and increase the ride duration for more experienced riders. This is likely to increase rates of participation and trail usage. It is important for trail managers to consider how E-bikes might affect trail infrastructure, access, other trail users and the surrounding environments.
Adapting regulations to the requirements for this constantly evolving and increasingly popular technology will be an ongoing challenge for trail managers now and into the future.
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package org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.integration;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.pdfbox.io.IOUtils;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;

class TestIsartorValidation
{

    private static final String RESULTS_FILE = "results.file";

    private static final String EXPECTED_ERRORS = "isartor.errors";

    private static final String ISARTOR_FILES = "isartor.files";

    protected static final Log staticLogger = LogFactory.getLog("Test");

    private static InvalidFileTester tester;

    @BeforeAll
    static void setup() throws Exception
    {
        tester = new InvalidFileTester(RESULTS_FILE);
    }

    @AfterAll
    static void closeDown() throws Exception
    {
        tester.after();
    }

    @ParameterizedTest
	@MethodSource("initializeParameters")
    void validate(File path, String expectedError) throws Exception
    {
        tester.validate(path, expectedError);
    }

    protected static Collection<Arguments> stopIfExpected() throws Exception
    {
        List<Arguments> ret = new ArrayList<>();
        ret.add(Arguments.of(null, null));
        return ret;
    }

    public static Collection<Arguments> initializeParameters() throws Exception
    {
        // find isartor files
        String isartor = System.getProperty(ISARTOR_FILES);
        if (isartor == null)
        {
            staticLogger.warn(ISARTOR_FILES + " (where are isartor pdf files) is not defined.");
            return stopIfExpected();
        }
        File root = new File(isartor);
        // load expected errors
        String expectedPath = System.getProperty(EXPECTED_ERRORS);
        if (expectedPath == null)
        {
            staticLogger.warn("'expected.errors' not defined, so cannot execute tests");
            return stopIfExpected();
        }
        File expectedFile = new File(expectedPath);
        if (!expectedFile.exists() || !expectedFile.isFile())
        {
            staticLogger.warn("'expected.errors' does not reference valid file, so cannot execute tests : "
                    + expectedFile.getAbsolutePath());
            return stopIfExpected();
        }
        InputStream expected = new FileInputStream(expectedPath);
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.load(expected);
        IOUtils.closeQuietly(expected);
        // prepare config
        List<Arguments> data = new ArrayList<>();
        Collection<?> files = FileUtils.listFiles(root, new String[] { "pdf" }, true);

        for (Object object : files)
        {
            File file = (File) object;
            String fn = file.getName();
            if (props.getProperty(fn) != null)
            {
                String expectedError = new StringTokenizer(props.getProperty(fn), "//").nextToken().trim();
                data.add(Arguments.of(file, expectedError));
            }
            else
            {
                System.err.println("No expected result for this file, will not try to validate : "
                        + file.getAbsolutePath());
            }

        }
        return data;
    }
}

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In order to manage stress, it is important to recognize your personal limits and to take care of yourself. Here are ten ideas that may help you.
Take a break when you need one. Relax!
Learn to say no! You can't be everything to everyone.
If you feel stressed out, talk to someone.
Decide what is most important to you and set priorities accordingly. If it feels overwhelming, make a list.
Do not mask stress with the use of alcohol and other drugs - watch your intake of coffee and cigarettes.
Try and get a good night sleep.
Eat a balanced diet according to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating!
Take a break at work.
Develop your own stress management plan using some of the ideas listed above. If you are having difficulty developing a plan for yourself, ask someone for help. Professional assistance is available through Sunrise Health Region Mental Health Services. To set up and appointment, call the adult program intake worker at (306) 786-0558.


Maplewood Library is pleased to announce Classic and Contemporary, our new book discussion group. The group will be facilitated by Dennis Donahue, Ph.D., former director of the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT. Meetings are at 7 pm at Main Library. This month's title is Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.


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Inis Oírr (també Inis Oirthir «illa de l'est» o Inis Thiar «illa del darrere»; en anglès Inisheer) és una illa d'Irlanda, la més petita de l'arxipèlag de les Illes Aran, al comtat de Galway, a la província de Connacht. La seva població és de 297 habitants. La llengua habitual és el gaèlic irlandès i es troba a la Gaeltacht.

L'illa és comunicada amb ferri amb Ros an Mhíl a Conamara i amb Doolin (Comtat de Clare)

Toponímia
El nom oficial Inis Oírr, fou posat en ús pel Ordnance Survey Ireland. Pot tractar-se d'un compromís entre el nom tradicional de la zona Inis Thiar i el primer nom oficial Inis Oirthir. No hi ha una paraula irlandesa que correspongui al segon element del nom oficial. Pel que sembla als annals el nom de l'illa sempre conté l'element iarthar o thiar en el sentit «illa del darrere» i no occidental com és el sentit usual de la paraula. La forma Inis Oirthir, usada al  per l'erudit Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, sembla haver sorgit de la seva pròpia mala lectura dels annals.

Geologia i geografia
L'illa és una extensió de The Burren. El sòl de les illes és compost de paviments de pedra calcària amb esquerdaments coneguts com a grikes, deixant roques aïllades anomenades clints.

La pedra calcària data del període Viseà (baix carbonífer), formada com a sediments en un mar tropical fa aproximadament 350 milions d'anys, i es comprimeixen en estrats horitzontals amb fòssils corals, crinoïdeus, eriçons de mar i ammonites.

La glaciació posterior a la fase del namurià facilitat una major despulla. El resultat és que Inis Oírr és un dels millors exemples d'un paisatge glacio-Karst al món. Els efectes de l'últim període glacial (el Midlandià) són més evidents, amb l'illa envaïda pel gel durant aquesta glaciació. L'impacte de l'anterior carstificació (erosió solucional) ha estat eliminat pel últim període glacial, pel que qualsevol carstificació es veu des de fa aproximadament 10.000 anys i el karst de l'illa carst és recent.

Els processos solucionals han ampliat i aprofundit els grykes del paviment de pedra calcària. Les línies preexistents de debilitat a la roca (juntes verticals) contribueixen a la formació d'extenses fissures separades per clints (paviment pla com lloses). La carstificació de la roca facilita la formació de drenatge subterrani.

Clima i agricultura
L'illa té un clima inusualment temperat. Les temperatures mitjanes varien de 15 °C al juliol a 6 °C al gener. La temperatura del sòl no sol baixar dels 6 °C (a final de 2010 va registrar un període prolongat de neu, la primera que es recorda). La pastura creix una vegada que la temperatura s'eleva per sobre de 6 °C, cosa que significa que l'illa (com el veí Burren) té un dels estius més llargs d'Irlanda o la Gran Bretanya, i facilita una vegetació diversa i rica. A final de maig és l'època més assolellada, i també el millor moment per veure les flors, les gencianes i avens floreixen, però les espècies d'orquídies segueixen més tard.

Flora i fauna
A l'illa hi ha plantes d'origen àrtic, mediterrani i alpí, a causa del medi ambient inusual. Igual que al Burren, les illes Aran són reconeguts pel seu notable conjunt de plantes i animals. Els grikes (esquerdes) proporcionen refugi humit en facilita així l'existència d'una gran varietat de plantes, inclòs arbustos nans. Als endrets on la superfície del paviment es va trencar en grava es poden trobar moltes plantes alpines o àrtiques. Però quan el paviment de pedra calcària està cobert per una capa prima de terra, s'hi veuen pegats d'herba intercalats amb plantes com la genciana i orquídies. Insectes notables presents inclouen la papallona Boloria euphrosyne, Tecla betulae, Euphydryas aurinia i Leptidea sinapis, les arnes Calamia tridens, Odontognophos dumetata i Zygaena purpuralis, i el sírfid Doros profuges.

Història
Sant Caomhán, patró d'Inis Oírr, era el germà gran de Sant Kevin, fundador de Glendalough. L'illa té un castell medieval O'Brien construït damunt una antiga fortificació de pedra a la part superior del turó, i diverses ruïnes d'una església, incloent l'anomenada Teampall Chaomháin, que es troba descoberta anualment a mesura que el seu sòl és molt per sota del nivell de la sorra.

El vaixell de càrrega Plassey va naufragar davant Inis Oírr el 8 de març i va ser llançat per la marea alta a Carraig na Finise per les fortes onades de l'Atlàntic. Els illencs van rescatar tota la tripulació del vaixell sinistrat amb calçons boia —un esdeveniment capturat en una exhibició pictòrica al Museu Marítim Nacional de Dún Laoghaire al Comtat de Dublín.

Llogarets
 Baile Thiar (poble de l'oest)
 Baile an Lurgain (poble de la badia de Lurgan)
 Baile an tSéipéil (poble de l'església)
 Baile an Chaisleáin (poble del castell)
 Baile an Fhormna (poble de la Formna)

L'illa a les arts
L'illa va obtenir cert ressò a la televisió a la dècada del 1990 quan va aparèixer (junt amb el Plassey) als crèdits de la comèdia de situació Father Ted sota el nom fictici de Craggy Island. També és esmentada a la cançó 'The Return of Pan' del grup 'The Waterboys'.

Galeria d'imatges

Referències

Enllaços externs

Illes Aran

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ValueError: Attempted relative import in non-package (line 1)

Directory Structure:
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Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
MA in Speech-Language Pathology
AuD in Audiology
PhD in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
PhD applications are considered year-round, but all applicants seeking funding should meet the January 10, 2022 deadline. Do not submit an application unless you have first connected with a potential advisor.
University Fellowship
Eligible PhD applicants will be considered for the DOVE Fellowship. The fellowship is available for incoming graduate students in research-based programs and promotes a diversity of views, experiences, and ideas in pursuit of research, scholarship, and creative excellence.
Department Fellowship
Eligible PhD applicants will be considered for the SLHS Inclusive Cohort Program. Up to three fellowships are available for students beginning their program in fall of 2022.
Campus: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
College: Liberal Arts
Program: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences PhD
Admission to a UMN graduate program requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in the US or a comparable degree from outside the US.
The department does not require the GRE and test scores will not be reviewed.
English Language Proficiency
International and domestic applicants whose first language is not English must provide proof of English language proficiency. The department requires the TOEFL or IELTS exam.
Test scores are not required for applicants who have completed at least 16 semester credits or 24 quarter credits of post-secondary coursework (does not include ESL coursework) within the past 2 years in the United States, Canada (except Quebec), the United Kingdom/Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and most current and former British and US territories in the Caribbean/Central and South America. Applicants must have been living in one of the countries listed above while completing all of the credits.
Official TOEFL Scores
University of Minnesota Minimum TOEFL Scores for Admission
Score Category
Minimum Score
Total Score 79
Writing Subscore 21
Reading Subscore 19
Applicants must meet the University's requirements and the department expects a total score of 100 or higher.
The institution code is 6874.
Official IELTS Scores
University of Minnesota Minimum IELTS Scores for Admission
Total Score 6.5
Writing Subscore 6.5
Reading Subscore 6.5
Applicants must meet the University's requirements and the department expects a total score of 7.0 or higher.
Scores must be received directly from the test center. Please contact the test center where you took your test and request that your official test scores be sent to:
Account Name: University of Minnesota Twin Cities Graduate Admissions
Address: 309 Johnston Hall
Address: 101 Pleasant St SE
City: Minneapolis
Transcripts and Credentials - Academic History
Unofficial transcripts of all post-secondary coursework and degrees are required with your application (under the Academic History tab). Do not submit a grade audit or summary. All documentation must be in a transcript format. Please follow instructions on the Transcripts & Credentials page, as well as the specific information given on the International Student Resources page.
The application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and $95 for international applicants.
The department will provide application fee waivers for individuals who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color who apply to our programs.
The Graduate School offers application fee grants to McNair Scholars.
Address each of the following points in a single document (two single-spaced pages):
What are your research interests and goals? Why?
What research, academic, and/or personal experiences have led you to your interest in the PhD in SLHS?
List the faculty member(s) with whom you would like to work with, and why.
What are your long-term career objectives/professional plans after graduate school?
Why are you choosing the University of Minnesota to pursue your doctoral degree?
What experiences tell us about your character and preparation that are not reflected elsewhere in your application?
Helpful Hints for PhD Applicants
PhD applicants should contact individual faculty members within the University of Minnesota's Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences prior to submitting an application to help ensure a good fit.
We want to know how you can contribute to our graduate program; therefore, your statement should focus on how your undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional experiences have prepared you for our PhD program.
In your statement, be specific about how you fit into the program. Talk about the work of specific professors at the university with whom you would like to work.
Personal information is less helpful than your professional goals, which can convince the admissions committee that you are serious about doing graduate-level work. Providing anecdotes about how you got interested in the field is less helpful than demonstrating that you are prepared for scientific work.
Show an understanding that a PhD is a jumping-off point for a career that a PhD prepares you for.
All PhD applicants are required to submit a diversity statement following the University of Minnesota's prompt (no longer than two single-spaced pages).
Prompt: Supporting the development of a diverse student body is central to the University of Minnesota's mission. This mission is enacted by the inclusion of academically excellent students with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and/or a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Please write a statement that identifies the distinctive characteristics and/or life experiences, such as successfully overcoming obstacles or hardships, that you would bring to your graduate program and how that could contribute to the education and enhanced perspective of fellow students at the University of Minnesota.
Submit a 1-2 page resume or a professional CV that highlights your education, work, and volunteer experiences that are most pertinent to the profession.
Letters of Recommendation (2)
Two letters of recommendation must be submitted on your behalf from individuals who can speak specifically about your potential as a PhD student in speech-language-hearing sciences. Examples of such individuals include, but are not limited to, instructors, professionals in the field, and research supervisors.
Do not submit more than two letters of recommendation, only two letters will be reviewed by the department.
You may submit your application before all of your recommendations have been received. Do not wait for recommendations to submit your application.
Provide an academic paper or thesis for a previous course/program, or for publication, that incorporates existing research and/or original findings or ideas on an area of inquiry.
If you've been involved in published research, please provide a reprint of each published paper, and describe the nature of your contribution.
Possess a 2.8 or higher GPA in the last 60 semester credit hours of post-secondary education.
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
115 Shevlin Hall
164 Pillsbury Dr SE
slhs@umn.edu
Find information on ways to give to the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences


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Posted on February 28, 2019 by Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life.
It is award season, and whilst I may not be wearing a fancy designer dress with sparkles and borrowed jewelry from Tiffany's (or crippling Jimmy Choo Shoes!), I have dabbed a little Chanel No 5 behind my ears and at the wrists. After all is not everyday you get nominated for a Sunshine Blogger Award. In this instance courtesy of author and poet, Mary Smith of Mary Smith's Place to whom I am most grateful….
Before I embarrass myself answering Mary's questions on my personal life…. here are the rules.
via Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Sunshine Blogger #Award and personal questions.
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Sunshine Blogger #Award and personal questions.
Delighted to welcome a new guest writer to the blog. Sarah Calfee is an editor specialising in Romance novels. In her first post, she is demystifying the various elements of book editing, so that you can select the service that is most beneficial to you and your book.
Lauren is just like any other college student trying to juggle school and a social life.
While being bombarded by dead spirits vying for her time and attention.
And being stalked by hot werelocks with supernatural powers who keep showing up around campus.
It wouldn't be so bad if the battleground wasn't Lauren's mind.
And if werelocks weren't constantly erasing and altering her memories in order to hide their time in her head from their rivals.
But Lauren is no ordinary college student. She's the seer the supernatural world has been waiting for.
As word spreads of her existence, powerful forces will hunt her.
And a century-long celibate werelock will risk unleashing the darkness he spent four centuries suppressing in order to claim her.
Hettie Ivers is an accidental romance author who likes to escape the stress of her workweek with a good dirty book–preferably one that's also funny.
Auras and other Metaphysical choices in writing.
I have friends who see auras, although I do not myself. I spent many hours researching the occult, listening to hypnotists, mediums, Reiki masters, and many others in preparation for my novels. The reason why this all works well with The Master of Perceptions is the basic premise that Hunter perceives things differently that everyone else.
There are only really three "senses" from a strict perspective. Electromagnetic, tactile (which includes vibration, the actual definition of temperature) and chemical. All perceptions are the brain's interpretation of these sensed inputs. We all say "five senses" because Aristotle did many years ago. He was just plain wrong.
An individual's perceptions are much more numerous. Sight (light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum), sound (vibration of the tympanic membrane in the ear transduced), smell (chemical), taste (combines chemical and tactile) and feel (tactile) are simply the most common, thanks to a dead Greek thinker.
Consider others like proprioception (the location of your body in space), direction, equilibrium (balance), attraction, acceleration, moisture, agency (sense of having made a decision) familiarity (recognition) anticipation, or social awareness. These are all truly unique to the brain of the person doing to perceiving, and therefore cannot truly be understood by anyone else. After all, there is no actual "light" or "sound" in your brain, only your individual perception of these stimuli. Who knows for sure if what actually exists in the world matches what each of us perceives? My son is color blind and can't tell red from green. My mother cannot smell much of anything (which is why she was such a terrible cook). There are hundreds of similar examples.
If all perceptions are unique, what about auras? Maybe they give the perceiver unique perspective that others simply do not have. Might there also be ability to speak with the dead, or manipulate conscious thoughts, or anything else you might be able to imagine? Why not?
Hunter, as The Master of Perceptions, will gain control over many of these areas. His unique ability will hopefully give readers insights into their own potential.
5.0 out of 5 stars Master of Perception Series ramps up!
Like Rowling's Harry Potter, young Hunter is gaining maturity and skill in each new book of the "Master of Perceptions" series. The reader shares his increasing grasp of the unique ability to see people's auras and manipulate them, and in Book 2 Hunter has a mission. He must deal with the very adult issue of domestic abuse. The perpetrator is a policeman, and his victim is a teacher at Hunter's school. He can hear her aura screaming for help, but what can a sixth grader do against an officer of the law?
Dr. Darin Brown expertly builds the tension and leads us to understand this autistic young man's unique perspective. Imagine the power of seeing people's feelings and thoughts in their auras and also being able to manipulate the colors to affect their behavior. Hunter can already heal himself, but this skill comes at a price. It drains his energy, which can send him into the Void, if he is doesn't keep up his carbs and sugar. Believable – though fantastic – and engaging, I highly recommend the "Master of Perception" Series.
When a homeless war veteran is beaten to death by the police, stormy protests ensue, engulfing a small New Jersey town. Soon after, three cops are gunned down. A multi-state manhunt is underway for a cop killer on the loose. And Dr. Tessa Thorpe, a veteran's counselor, is caught up in the chase. Donald Darfield, an African-American Iraqi war vet, war-time buddy of the beaten man, and one of Tessa's patients, is holed up in a mountain cabin. Tessa, acting on instinct, sets off to find him, but the swarm of law enforcement officers get there first, leading to Darfield's dramatic capture. Now, the only people separating him from the lethal needle of state justice are Tessa and ageing blind lawyer, Nathaniel Bodine. Can they untangle the web tightening around Darfield in time, when the press and the justice system are baying for revenge? Justice Gone is the first in a series of psychological thrillers involving Dr Tessa Thorpe, wrapped in the divisive issues of modern American society including police brutality and disenfranchised returning war veterans.
The US justice system – does it work?
who may very well be innocent of the charges.
using excessive force are rare.
can play an unwelcome part.
justice system, from jury selection to the jury's verdict.
it took the jury only four hours to acquit.
i.e. did they acquit Simpson solely due to he being the same race as they?
it upheld the concept of reasonable doubt.
on death row (this was in Oklahoma, where the death penalty still exists).
Fortunately, these men were exonerated before they could be put to death.
US, justice is in the hands of ordinary citizens.
Nick maintains a website with content that spans most aspects of the novel: The Secret War, Laotian culture, Buddhism etc.


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A Ghost Story for Christmas – the real murder hidden in Dead of Night
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UK Poster for Dead of Night (1945)
I don't know about you, but Christmas is the time of year when there is nothing better but curling up warm and reading ghost stories. We have a tradition in our house of watching the Amicus compendium horror films written by Milton Sabotsky and directed by Freddie Francis starting with Tales from the Crypt (1972) – well, it's practically a Christmas movie judging by the Joan Collins story. However, great as they are Milton Sobotsky's brand of compendium won't do for this kind of blog post as none of the stories are based on real-life crimes – at least I hope they aren't.
So to keep in the spirit of my intermittent series of real-life crimes behind famous films I'm going back to the compendium film that started the sub-genre – the 1945 film Dead of Night. A rare example of horror from the first half of the 20th century, Dead of Night is about a group of strangers who find themselves together in a country house. One of the group, architect Walter Craig confesses that he has had a recurring dream of them all gathered together and the group start telling the stories of their own brushes with the supernatural. Now for the purposes of this blog post, I'm not interested in the most famous segments, including the ventriloquist's dummy story with Michael Redgrave which scares me to this day. The section I'm interested in is the actual Christmas ghost story that makes up the second segment. This story is linked to a very famous real-life crime and that's what I'm going to look at in this post.
The murder of little Francis Saville Kent at his father's house in Road in Wiltshire was a sensation in its day. The gruesomeness of the crime – the child was found stuffed down the privy with his throat cut – the middle-class status of the family, and the succession of suspects with a sensational reveal of a teenage killer after many years guaranteed column inches at the time and it was a case that stuck in the memory. We don't know why writer Angus McPhail picked the case for his Dead of Night segment. McPhail was a frequent scriptwriter for Ealing films and also worked with Alfred Hitchcock on Spellbound (also 1945) and The Wrong Man (1956) as well as the classic Whisky Galore! (1949). His segment Christmas Party involves a little boy who is afraid of his older sister because she wants to kill him. There is no doubt whatsoever that the Road murder is being referenced as there are name checks and a lot of biographical details are given. The fact that it's a real murder though is completely incidental, it just gives an extra dimension to the horror and this may well have been the intention in including the details.
The Road murder has been well explored in recent times thanks to Kate Summerscale's incredibly successful The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2009) so I won't go into too much detail about the ins and outs of the case. On Sunday 8th July 1860 Lloyds Weekly Newspaper quoted the Bath Chronicle to give its readers' the terrible details of the case. They were baffled by the mystery.
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, July 8th 1860
It wasn't long before a suspect emerged. Inspector Jonathan Whicher, who had been investigating the case was convinced from fairly early on that the murder had been committed by Saville's half-sister Constance. On Monday July 23rd 1860 The Standard reported on Constance's appearances in court with Inspector Whicher setting out the case against her.
The London Evening Standard, Monday July 23rd.
But Whicher's suspicions against Constance proved difficult to prove. Then someone else confessed to the crime. On Thursday, August 16th the London Daily News reported on the court appearance of a John Edmond Gagg who claimed he had killed the child. However, it soon became apparent that Gagg had not even been in the vicinity at the time of the murder and could not have committed the murder. The Daily News was not impressed.
London Daily News August 16th 1860Constance finally confessed to the murder in 1865. The London Daily News carried the story as did many other papers. The Road Hill House murder had certainly captured the public imagination.
London Daily News April 27 1865
The story of little Francis Saville Kent and his sister Constance still has a draw today and I would recommend a read of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for the full details. But for a Christmas ghost story take a look at Dead of Night – be scared by the ventriloquist's dummy but remember the sad, sordid tale behind that innocuously creepy Christmas party segment.
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We've all been there. There's a big event coming up, and you treat yourself to a last-minute fake tan session to make sure you're looking your best. It's all good… until you realise that your skin's now the same colour as your coral cocktail dress. Not exactly the look you were going for.
Soak a wet flannel in lemon juice – or lime, if you have that to hand instead – then microwave it for two minute. Check you're comfortable with the temperature, then rub over the offending tan to remove the colour. It should disappear instantly.
Here's another heat-based technique that effectively lifts fake tan: take some time out in a steam room (this has the side effect of calming you down a tad – handy, following a mega tanning fail). After ten minutes, wipe down the areas that need colour removing, and it should rub off easily.
If you've just got small errors to correct – say, tidemarks on your wrists or patches on your elbows or heels – try rubbing toothpaste over the offending areas. Make sure you choose white toothpaste, though – the coloured varieties won't have the same erasing effect.
Ended up with a tan that's even, but a few shades darker than you wanted? Try applying shaving foam in the shower to dial back the intensity.
Got cheetah-style blotches on your face? Stay calm: there are great masks out there designed to even out your complexion. We love this one, by the man himself, James Read – while it perfects your tan in just 20 minutes, it'll clear up blackheads and even your skin tone too. Ideal.
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Thank you for dropping by. I am so excited to show you a new card for Viva Las Vegastamps! I love this woman image, she looks so haughty, and the sentiment with her makes me giggle.
The lady is called Pretty Lady in Fancy Hat and she can be found here. The sentiment used is called American Express Called and can be found here. The image and sentiment were stamped on high gloss paper, then painted in with tombows using watercolour paintbrush and water. The card was assembled using Miracle Tape. There are so many widths of tapes to choose from and even sheets, and if you haven't tried it yet, you will NOT be disappointed!
Terri Sproul shows you how to make the 3-D flowers used in the cards, wreath and bouquets by Cheryl Lindsay using rubber stamps and materials available from Viva LasVegastamps!
come see more samples of Vivalasvegastamps! new 5 petal stamps on my blog.
you will be amazed at all the things you can do with this wonderful set.
This is what happens when you go crazy with Roses!!!
This entire set is on Special, check it out now!
Three videos on embossing techniques and how to make fancy embellishments with the new Viva Las Vegastamps! five-petal flower.
Jolly Elves will dance their way into into your heart.
As you'll see I love to stamp on printed paper, I love the feeling it gives the piece.
I love this little "dancing elf" There are so many ways to use this versatile little guy with his little out stretched hands to hold things and his little tip toe feet to stand on anything.
All stamps in this post are done with water color pencils.
"Holly Santa" item number 14721 (plate 1205) , "Dancing Elf" item number 10106 (Plate 975) and "Christmas ball " item number 9234 (plate 290) in many of these. All 3 of these stamps are very versatile.
I was thinking that elves have a great deal of down time between Christmas'. So I decided they needed a summer job, so why not 4th of July elves? That still gives them an awful lot of free time. We may have to find them other holidays to work?
Friendship, Flowers, and Fun - OH MY!
I'm so happy the weather is FINALLY getting warmer! I thought yellow and orange were perfect timing and so was this Sunflower with Ladybug Rubber Stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps!
I really wanted to keep it simple this week with a quick and easy card. I really like this stamp because it has it's own built-in boarder! I used Prismacolor Colored Pencils and cut around the edges and stuck it to some card stock. I also found some vellum phrases and 'there ya go' - a quick and easy card!
I found this to be one of those PERFECT Rubber Stamps to work with...you, see, for years I was intimidated by many rubber stamps because I didn't always get a nice, even ink on it but this worked really well and it's a smaller stamp but big enough to shade and blend a little too!
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Hiya Viva followers!! I am a huge fan of making my own embellishments; whether it's alphas, shapes, epoxy brads, rosettes... etc. etc! and today I'd like to share with you a huge rosette I made featuring a Viva Las Vegastamps! original!
I stamped the Dandelion onto a piece of cream cardstock in StazOn Saddle Brown and did a little bit of clipping as I cut it out, not being too fussy on purpose because I want it to stand out! I nabbed some vintage lace, a gorgeous pink and cream patterned paper and I started layering.
For the card base I used the same color cardstock and patterned paper, distressed both with TH Vintage photo distress ink and wrapped with a simple cream colored crochet thread to imitate bakers twine!
I topped off the rosette with an American Crafts pearl brad and strung some pink beads on a dark brown upholstery thread... secured everything with Miracle Tape and VIOLA!
A hint on making the pink rosette... use a scalloped scissor to cut your strip of paper.. scallop OUT on both sides (so that there are BUMPS on the outsides.. not cut IN) and then accordion fold where the scallops meet... make sure it's long enough to fold around and secure onto a piece of cardstock with miracle tape!
You can use all sorts of things to layer, I encourage you to experiment have fun making your own rosette style embellishments.. easier to match colors and you can do all sorts of amazing things with textures, patters and shapes. use feathers, old fabric swatches, recycled cardboard, magazines... they'll all provide amazing different styles to your work! And the stamps are so easy to customize that they are the perfect addition to making your own embelly!!
Here is a Christmas Card I just made for my Festive Friday blog Hop I have on my blog on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month. Check us out.
Gears - Viva Las Vegastamps!
1) Stamp tree image onto Post-it Note or any thin white paper (like typing paper) and White Cardstock. Cut out tree image on Post-it note. I stamped tree image using Green Dye ink onto my white cardstock.
2) Place Post-it note image over Image on White cardstock - Post it note will act as a mask to protect the Image on White Cardstock.
3) Ink up "Steampunk Background" stamp with "Cherry Red" dye ink and stamp over the Tree Image. Stamp until your background is covered. Then remove your Post-it note tree image and see how it protected the image on the white cardstock - cool!
4) Adhere Glossy Green Cardstock to cardbase using Miracle tape and then add Stamp image to the center of Cardbase - again using my Miracle Tape.
5) Start adding Viva Las Vegastamps! Gears to Tree Image... see sample.
Thanks for stopping by today and remember to stop by again as we have a new project on this Blog from our Design Team on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
I had so much fun creating this mixed media art card. I used a dog stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps to create the 3-D angel dog.
To create this mixed media artwork card, I stamped the dog image on white watercolor paper and shaded it with Copic markers. I punched a 2" circle of white paper, cut it in half, folded it and used a corner stamp to punch the design. I combined the dog and wings on three layers of handmade paper.
I painted dots around the circle with gold metallic acrylic. Then I added beads and metallic threads along one side.
Thank you for stopping by today. It's Kim here, with another project using the fabulous Viva Las Vegastamps! I decided to use the Sure I shot the Sheriff stamp, because I have a warped sense of humour! When I saw this stamp it just made me chuckle, and I knew I had to have it.
The image (Sure I shot the Sheriff - Image 15080) is stamped on vanilla cardstock with chocolate Ancient Page ink, and then cut out with deckle edged scissors. I then lightly distressed the edges of the stamped image as well as the patterned paper behind it. All layers are put together with Miracle Tape, and lastly the stamped image is pop dotted up.
Please click on any of the links above to be taken directly to the product used, and while you are there, stay and browse awhile at all the FANTASTIC images at Viva Las Vegastamps!
For this card I just simply stamped the image in black ink. I did no coloring. I used a punch to give my notebook paper the "notebook" look. I was lucky enough to find some fun number paper that goes perfect with this stamp. Then I added some bakers twine.
Make sure you go to Viva Las Vegastamps and get some stamps!! While you are there pick up some Miracle Tape!! LOVE this tape!!
I honestly couldn't wait to use these stamps from Viva Las Vegastamps! You, see, I've been accused more than once of being a hippie. It's almost a joke now.
I have been wanting to do more Door Hangers, too, so I thought it was PERFECT!
I just found a template online somewhere, printed it, cut it out, and started smearing my ink pad everywhere! I used Tim Holtz Ranger Ink - Distressed Ink. I then used Black ink for the stamps. I used a little bit of 3 different Stickles colors, too.
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Good morning blogland!! Viva Las Vegastamps! has so many gorgeous stamps to offer.. and in such great varieties that I've been trying to share lots with you.. they have great detailed stamps, cartoony stamps, phrases, pictures, drawings.. today I want to show you a great REALISTIC stamp.
And I can't get over the amazing amount of negative and positive space. It's the perfect "coloring" stamp!
I chose to stamp my stamp with Momento Tuxedo Black ink (Also available at Viva Las Vegastamps! just click the link!) which is a permanent waterproof ink in a very rich black. I colored it with Prismacolor Art markers... you could also color with chalks, copic markers, colored pencils, water color, or your favorite stamp pads!
My adhesive of choice was Miracle Tape - which holds ANYTHING to ANYTHING - including the plastic recycled netting to my card base!
Other supplies: KnCO paper, rhinestones, distress ink, stickles, and a 7gypsies stamp for the script.. a great substitute for the script would be Viva Las Vegastamps!'s Writing Background 4"x4" stamp #16207 or any of their other writing background stamps such as 14641.
item number 2265 which is 4 1/2" x 4 3/4"
Above is my very well love and used stamp! I love the versatility of this stamp. Here I have decided to use it for Christmas....but I have thought about how great it would be for New Years, Birthdays, Party invitations....the uses go on and on.
Since VLVS now carries Ecoartboard, Tsukineko embossing stamp pads and Miracle tape I decide to combine them in these combination cards. I have used my Jewelry making ideas and have incorporated them into cards.
moon in the first card.
layer of VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder. I heated the powder with a heat gun, and repeated this process several times to get a heavy, smooth, glaze over the top.
These pieces could easily be converted to jewelry pieces.
after lining up the ecoartboard with the design I adhered it down. (Miracle tape works great for this).
These cards were created with three of the beautiful women's face stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps. VLVS has over 75 images of women's faces available to you.
Being a digital mixed media artist, I love to combine traditional elements with digital. For this set of cards, I wanted to show stampers how easily it is to use the stamped images with digital elements. I also wanted to create three different cards using the same few design elements. It is important to note that you must respect the stamp manufacturer's copyright policies when creating anything.
I stamped each image on white paper and scanned them into PhotoShop. I created the card background elements in PhotoShop. The faces were colored and decorated digitally also.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. My project today features a beautiful woman's face, from Viva Las Vegastamps!, (#5908) on the front cover of a book I made! The book has chipboard covers, but the rest is patterned paper and envelopes. I had a blast making this, and will be making more for sure. This book was put together using Miracle Tape from Viva Las Vegastamps!, if you haven't used this product yet, it's awesome, and, it comes in many different sizes and even sheets.
Stop by Viva Las Vegastamps! and have a look at all the awesome stamps over there, you won't be disappointed.
Fun card by Rebecca Stiles using Viva Las Vegastamps!
So I hate doing housework!!
If I was rich I would have a maid for sure!!
When I bought my "pound o rubber" from Viva Las Vegastamps and found these 2 stamps I knew they just had to go together!!
I just used some random background papers here.
I used a punch on one of them to give it a "notebook" look.
Image is stamped in black ink and colored with Copic markers.
Make sure you go to Viva Las Vegastamps and buy some new stamps.
After all stamping is way more fun than housework!!
and see all the amazing projects we post.
Here is a fun and super easy video on how to make your own background paper using Miracle Sheet.
Great way to use up your scrap paper! Hope you enjoyed, I will have this Book on my blog as soon as I finish it.. Hope you stop by my blog and become a followers.


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Q: WCF netmsmq binding. Retry on client if MSMQ is not available I know that once a message has been delivered to the MSMQ by a WCF client, the netmsmqbinding provides retries out of the box in case the service faults.
But if my client fails to put the message in the MSMQ in the first place, is there an out of the box client retry available in WCF or do I have to implement a client queue and retry logic in my client code?
Thanks

A: It's a highly unlikely scenario that your messages sent to the service will not even be placed in the client queue in the first place, if you have MSMQ server running on the client station and the MSMQ listener service is up and running you should have nothing to worry about. I don't think MSMQ offers anything to check this for you, you should code some method on your client to periodically Peek() the local queue and send an acknowledgment receipt for every message that has reached the queue, this is feasible since you can easily access your local queues in code and also every message sent via MSMQ from a client to a service will always go trhough the local queue. You can also tell that the message reaches the queue if your Send() method desn't return an error. But I don't think you really need to worry about message son the client not reaching the local queue first.


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Therefore probably one of the youngest photographic company got the recognition from the world's oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, which organizes the iF DESIGN AWARD and starting from 2019 Irix is a part of winners' community.
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This catalog brings together all street products related to outdoor lighting.
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Selling the two smallest XG models, the XG 85(w) and 105(w), will be stopped in the middle of the year. With the XG 86(w) and the XG 106(w), Sophos is already introducing the successors, which can be pre-ordered from us today.
The XG 85 was almost unusable up to now. We could only approve the use of this hardware for a maximum of 3 users. But even then we would always have personally recommended the XG 105. From our point of view, the hardware of the XG 85 is simply too weak in terms of performance. If you take a quick look at the Sophos forums, you will see that this is not just our opinion.
Memory: Instead of 2 GB memory now 4 GB are installed.
eMMC storage: Instead of 8 GB of storage, 16 GB are now available.
According to Sophos, the new hardware will be available from 9 April 2019. However, experience has shown that it may take some time before these devices are shipped by Sophos and arrive at the warehouse. We don't expect it until mid-May at the earliest. However, you can still pre-order the new firewalls on our website. We will ship the new hardware models as soon as we receive them!
The new hardware is delivered with firmware version 17.5 MR3 and has become a bit more expensive compared to the predecessor models. Sophos mentions the double storage and the increased memory as the reason.
The new models replace the current XG 85(w) and 105(w) appliances. The end of sale date is June 1, 2019. Depending on how the remaining stock is, perhaps earlier.


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