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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The place of now brings my monthly Pandora news roundup, featuring all of the important points on what is coming up for July 2015! Included are some updates to the Pandora Pre-Autumn 2015 set, some information on forthcoming promotions and a few of AW15 live pictures.: D

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The highlight is going to be the start of the next group of Pandora in the end of the month, however there are a few interesting promotions. Read on for some Jurassic World inspiration, and a summary of the key dates of this month also.

Pandora Pre-Autumn 2015 Set Release

The largest occasion of July is definitely the launch of the Pandora Pre-Autumn 2015 group, which will be due out on the 30th global! It features pets two primary topics and traveling, each of which are certain to be popular with collectors.

Nevertheless, it's not recorded in the North American catalog, therefore I guess it'll not be released there for whatever motive. I've seen it listed in catalogs for other areas, including those for Russia, Asia and Europe.

I'd have favored this charm with perhaps some soft pastel enamel detailing or simply something a bit more colourful while it is adorable!

Eventually, we've got a live picture of the newest Pre Autumn pet charms to whet your appetite from the fab charm for the group, courtesy of Jahndra. Take a look at her post here for a fantastically in-depth review of the newest Pre Autumn pieces plus some close up photos of all the newest charms pictured below! : D
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While the food bowls may also be quite adorable, I especially adore the design of the Dedicated Dog portrait charms as well as the Curious Cat!

Pandora Fall/Winter 2015 Live Photos

For in-depth previews of a few of the newest pieces please the Winter 2015 set here as well as see my place on the Fall 2015 selection here.

In this one, it is possible to get a feel for a few of the lovely rings coming out in the very best half of the image for AW15; the newest Winter 2015 pieces, while the second half showcases.
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This image, in contrast, shows a few of the newest Fall 2015 pieces off; alongside a number of the new 14kt gold and purple-coloured jewellery, you are able to view the newest Bewitching Rouge murano in the base of the image.
pandora fall winter 2015

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Eventually, this live opportunity provides an excellent sneak peek in the brand new feather sections in the Fall 2015 group - the ring is especially stunning!
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A 3-for-2 rings promo will probably be running in the 2nd -1 2th July - I 'll post additional information on that tomorrow!: D

I'll tell you if/when I hear anything definite on this!

You can find additionally Pandora summer sales running in various areas now - it is worth checking your variant of to find out what your state is offering. :)

Lastly, I believed it was worth saying Pandora's recent association using the Jurassic World film that was very popular. A post lately appeared about the Jurassic World website promotion a Pandora shop that appears in the film, which tantalisingly suggests at 'one of a kind' Pandora items.

Unfortunately, these pieces are completely fictional and only portion of the PR accompanying the movie. ;) My OH, on the other hand, did not even see! The time to maintain your eye out is correct in the conclusion of the movie in the ultimate climactic battle.

pandora jewellery jurassic world tie in

While the 'Mosasaurus pendant' may not be real, there's definitely the adorable retired Pandora Dinosaur charm rather. It had been discontinued back in 2011 and continues to be a pretty sought after bit ever since. I shot these images a number of years ago (over annually!) It appears to be a suitable stage to trot them out, although to get a post that I never got finished. I 'd definitely recommend it, if you're able to get hold of one -the Dinosaur is just one of the classic in-depth silver charms, down to his huge feet and spiny tail of Pandora. He is really adorable as well as a good little cuddlier in relation to the dinosaurs in the movie. ;)

Dinosaur symbol was retired by pandora

My Opinion

Therefore, while July is another more quiet month in the Pandora world, I'm still becoming excited by the end of July only for the start of the Pre Autumn set! I especially enjoy the portrait pet that is sweet charms, as well as some excellent detailing is offered by the newest black enamel Sentimental Shots.

Have you been excited for the start of the Pandora Pre-Autumn 2015 set?

So, using the coming of the UK, as well as the US leather bracelet promo underway, I thought now could be an excellent time to print my ideas on the leather bracelets! I've never got around to really reviewing the leather bracelets before, although I formerly printed a report on the Pandora bangle.

This review encompasses the braided leather bracelets, rather than the -discontinued smooth leather bracelets.

The Pandora leather bracelets feature a fine, slender leather weave as opposed to a silver snake chain, but nonetheless possess the conventional Pandora silver barrel clasp. They are flexible and really light, and consider a good deal less compared to standard silver or gold Pandora bracelets! You can buy them in a variety of interesting colours, or choose for more neutral tones in black, gray and pearl.

Each one of those is obtainable in three sizes: big, medium and small. I possess just one wrapping bracelet, in silver, in pink, as well as a triple wrapping bracelet:

Both of them have a very stunning semi-metallic finish to them, making them virtually shimmer in the light.

The leathers are not considerably stronger compared to silver bracelets, as well as the join of the silver clasp together with the leather twine is very prone to breakage. Therefore, you should not place more than nine charms.

Yet, I would rather wear my leather bracelets with a much more minimal amount of charms. One reason for this can be the charms can not be divided up into segments, as they can on the metal charm bracelets that are regular.

The leather bracelets just have clothing unlike the standard silver or gold bracelets, by the clasp. What this means is that, while you'll still have to screw on and off your charms, the entire bracelet will slip across as you will not be able to use clips. Nevertheless, silicone stoppers can be purchased by you from websites like Amazon, which is often put to hold them.

However, I do actually like the design of a few of the double and triple wrapping bracelets with an increase of charms, as may be observed in designs like the one below!

My favourite approach is in combination with my regular silver bracelets while I do like the design of the leather bracelets by themselves. That is particularly true of summer time seasons, when develop a more casual appearance and I like to pile my bracelets.

This stack, utilising only the single pink leather, is less complex and provides a good solution to accentuate the pinks within my silver bracelet design.

Nevertheless, for any scenarios where I need something a bit lighter, including when I am working or when I am on vacation, I prefer to pile a leather using the Pandora bangle. When you layer them upward, I actually like the design of the leathers, as well as the bangle is ideal because of this.

I have possessed the silver leather for nearly a year, as well as the pink leather for 2 years now - thus, I Have had plenty of time to find out how well they have worn. I've learned that some folks have located the leathers durable than their equivalents that were silver, reporting the separation of the leather in the silver clasp problems including stretching, as well as a susceptibility to collecting filth. Yet, mine, as it is possible to observe, seem much as they did on the day. I envision this is because I don't wear my bracelets with quite many charms whatsoever, and I wear them perhaps one or two times every fourteen days. Therefore, I do not just set lots of pressure on them!

Should you wear lots of charms together, or wear your leather bracelets a lot, then I'd anticipate you will see more wear and tear. Personally, I automatically do not need to set tons of charms as I can only expect them weighing down the fragile leather and grouping.

Much such as the Pandora bangle, I do not consider them an option to the Pandora silver bracelet, but although I really like my leather bracelets. I think of these as complementary. I recall that, when I saw leathers, I was disappointed to learn that you could not fill up them correctly - yet, I enjoy them only for their potential to change an appearance up, and inject some colour and variety into your group.

Lastly, I'll notice that I've never really purchased a leather bracelet - I got both of mine in the leather bracelet promotions of the UK. I do find them a tad pricey for the things they're, using the bracelets that are single beginning from GBP40 in great britain. I am not certain that I enjoy them enough to go and buy one on its own, although I really like the ones I possess that I 've them - I Had always await a promotion.

Are you currently a fanatic? I would like to know for those who have some questions!

Pandora bracelets are adored world with significant charms, as interchangable bracelets or necklaces. Here's why.

Pandora bracelets accessorize superbly.
Have you been wearing? Need to wear silver watch and your gold? Change your enamel charms out for a few silver and gold ones. There are possibilities that are endless!

Pandora charms are pretty significant and enjoyment.
There is commencement hat, heart, children, an angel, birthstone charms, soccer ball, critters galore and hundreds more. Many beads are just amazing designs that compliment the beads that are significant.

All charms are handcrafted in gold, either solid sterling, or a mixture of the two. They're not plated.

Pandora beads do not hang at the underside of your wrist.
You'll find two beads that do not move; they stay put, keeping the beads and clamp on.

Pandora beads can be altered.
Most Pandora beads twist the bracelet on and off, which makes it a snap to change your bracelet to fit your fashion or your mood up! This characteristic allows to get a bead set to grow with time.

Pandora charms make necklaces that are stylish.
Place on a twine or a string and make your own personal necklace! We've got fun also!

Pandora charms make excellent gifts.
Unsure what things to get her? Begin her! Select her favorite color, actions she adores, or beads that remind her of you or birthstone. The options are endless. And so is the total amount spent. You will get a special and unique present at any given cost! And, it is possible to keep adding over time to her Pandora bracelet!

How can you begin a Pandora bracelet?

1. Pick your bracelet.
A bracelet is built by you beginning with all the bracelet. A lot of people pick the popular and classic sterling silver bracelet using the clasp that is patented. This clasp is extremely safe and simple to put on on your own. Leather bracelets will also be accessible, in a variety of colours.

You will have to decide on a span that is bracelet. Be sure to leave room as your group grows! More room is preferred by a lot of people. At Fox Fine Jewelry, we are specialists in bracelets that are fitting and will also be happy to assist you. We'll make our best approximation if that is to get a present, and we'll change it for you personally in case a different size is required.

2. Pick your clips.
Clips will be the beads that do not transfer, that keep the beads broken up into three sections. You will pick two clips, from various designs in gold or silver, with or with out rocks.

3. Pick your beads.
Start with a complete bracelet, or one! So you will locate a complete collection we take every bead that Pandora makes. Gold beads start at $90.

You are done! You have just started your venture to the entire world of Pandora. Love!
With everybody receiving gifts for that vacations there might be some newcomers which are simply getting into towards the Pandora charm bracelet point. I understand it may be frustrating — you will find countless bracelets to select from of numerous kinds, plus a lot of components as you are able to get aswell. For almost any beginners on a few of the conditions you'll notice online, here’s a fast explanation towards the interest as well as in some tips about how to proceed when you’re getting started, and the shop. I created a movie that was quick to-go in addition to this article that demonstrates several of those factors:

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1.) Videos

Pandora bracelets operate like messing a fan on the mess on a program. You will find two towards the middle, one at each finish and 4 posts about the band. This really is therefore the band separates into thirds. The videos maintain them within their own area for balance and assist room out the bracelets. But they’re not only for looks, the videos help to keep your bracelet from extending because the fat of the bracelets spreads out; your charms are also kept by them from twisting the band and getting captured about the posts. The videos really should not transfer and must shut about the posts in the centre having a “snap”. The threading about the stops of the band therefore are really heavier compared to types within the middle , you CAn't place videos in it and aren't intended for videos. Using the Drop 2011 selection, Pandora launched some bracelets to be used and two bracelets solely using the fresh clips to display the videos. The bracelets are a multiple-string gold band having a simple cut, along with a single-strand band with room for 5 videos. A is in November 2011, supplying a free multiple- five cut band or string . I acquired the multiple-string simple cut band, using the fresh two-tone silver rose hang,. It’s it plus so fairly makes a pleasant tinkling sound.

2.) Spacers

Average atleast 5 bracelets can be held on by each portion of the band. Nevertheless, a few of the bracelets are available in different thicknesses, especially you often will place over 5 in each area if you receive a hang. Where there's insufficient space to place a complete sized appeal, this way you won’t have any uncomfortable spaces, the spacers are often used-to complete vacant room in your band. Additionally, it may help maintain bracelets rubbing against each other. You will find two types of spacers – all of the spacers are 1/3 the thickness of the regular appeal therefore don't possess the posts inside them, to help you simply slip these on; the 2nd type is heavier, about 50% the thickness of the regular appeal so that they may have the threading.

3.) Security stores

I'm an enormous supporter of the security organizations. These stores affix to the bracelet's stops, plus they assist maintain your bracelet therefore it doesn’t drop on the ground on whenever you go off your arm. When you have costly bracelets or Murano drops you certainly don’t need them hitting the ground and break, processor, or damage. One more thing the security string assists with is the fact that it will help from getting captured about the threading on either end-of the band maintain your bracelets. I came across since I'd usually discover among my bracelets captured about the stops after I simply needed them to drift in the centre, this extremely frustrating after I got my Pandora band. This issue is solved by the security string! You will find two types of stores: one kind would be the types that you simply pose onto the posts that are band, and also the additional kind may be the clip on string. Equally supply the same safety but my choice is for that types since the additional kind CAn't be cut onto the particular posts of the band that you simply bond on; you've to cut them onto the primary string itself which occupies valuable appeal property! Why do this when you are able possess the security string threaded onto two additional bracelets AND the stops in your band?

4.) Hang charms

Pandora provides a number of hanging bracelets; you will find types with gems, twotone types with gold threader and silver hang, types with pearls, types with cameos, etc. my personal favorite dangle may be the twopiece “Friends Forever” butterflies, you are able to provide someone to your absolute best buddy or member of the family, or you are able to separate them in your bracelet, or my choice – maintain them together in your bracelet. They therefore are just-so quite and create a fantastic tinkling noise! For my weighs that's one side-up, since truly you’re the main one looking at everything evening not I love to possess it facing me someone. If you want a stream-lined obviously you may also have no weighs search. They are able to enter just how and undoubtedly there’s usually the chance that they’re fall-off if you’re writing all day long in a pc or get caught on anything.

5.) Murano beads

Murano bracelets are italian-made glass drops which come in a number of styles and colors. Pandora going old versions and is continually picking out fresh ones. If you’re seeking to perform a shade-crafted band, the Muranos would be the greatest spot to begin. Presently, I’ve got a lime-green a teal band along with bracelet. The thing you've to become alert to when determining to use Muranos is the fact that you need to obtain a band that’s one-size up since should you wind up having over 3 Muranos, it surely begins to create your band tight whilst the Muranos retains the bracelets more on your arm (as you can’t truly begin to see the difference, you are able to feel the difference). I wound up needing since all of the Muranos I set on my band managed to get nearly too-tight to put up to obtain a larger band.

6.) Hold types

Pandora provides two kinds of bracelets, types having a “barrel” clasp (that we think these were the very first dealers to create this) and also the “lobster” hold. I like the barrel hold since you can put it with one-hand and on on your own! This really is extremely difficult related to a lobster clasp band. The barrel clasp bracelets are available in silver, oxidized silver (dim gray shade), two tone with gold barrel hold and sterling silver bracelet, along with a 14K gold bracelet. I've all-but the platinum band (the costs for silver bracelets is difficult to belly).

7.) Retired bracelets

Pandora does an excellent work of producing unique bracelets and biking out their selection. They've existed for nearly 30 years therefore obviously they've created lots of various styles. They retire a few of the present charms to create space for charms. They don't offer something straight because Pandora is just a custom point. Businesses are operated as by the idea shops, as well as like a custom point they simply bring the Pandora jewelry in normal jewelry shops. For many shops, their headquarters may purchase them to come back all the bracelets that are outdated, along with other times let till they’ve offered all of them them maintain their stock. This causes it to be unknown regarding whether you’ll have the ability to discover the appeal if it's recently been retired, you would like. Therefore if there’s an attraction the salesman lets you know it’s retired, and also you prefer, click it-up!

8.) Nation bracelets that are unique

Like Pandora bracelets are a lot more common within the Western countries than in america therefore there been some very awesome bracelets which were just obtainable in particular nations, it seems. From my study, probably the most unique of those bracelets (so as) would be the Family Connections appeal (UK only), Orange Primrose Path (Germany only), Elegant Wedding Appeal (UK and Australia) and also the Jesus appeal (only 1000 were commissioned for Jesus Jewelers in Philippines due to their 100-year Wedding). The main one we've in america may be the Night Minds appeal, that we have. This is a listing of unusual bracelets and country-specific charms.


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Friday, June 29, 2012

If I Am A Gay

Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Five years in a single sex school (Malay College Kuala Kangsar) was enough to make me a man so frightened of a girl.

2. I mean, I am shy.

This guy is shy, but obviously this is not me ;-)
3. But here's my story.

4. Because of my fear and shyness towards girls, I always resort to selective smiles.

5. I mean, I believe (as taught in Islam) that smile is a form of charity (sodaqoh in Arabic).

6. So I make it a habit to smile when I see people in the public. But not all people. That's why I call it a selective smile.

7. Hence, selectively, I only smile to men, because again, I don't dare to flirt, most of the time thinking that if I smile at girls randomly- they would've thought that I can beat Justin Bieber and they'll collapse! Err, I mean they would have thought that I am interested in them. =p

8. So I generally seldom smile to a girl. Girls like to smile at me instead! (errr...)

9. But here's a bigger issue. Things change. So do the way we think and the way we do things. They all change.

10. Nowadays, even to guys in the public I hesitate to smile! I mean, seriously. I hesitate many times!

11. You know why? Because they may also have thought that I am interested in them!

12. This is what we nowadays call gayism.

13. First thing first- I am not gay. In fact, I want to marry a girl and I want to wait until that right time comes so that I can meet the parents of that 'someone'- a girl of course (I mean, someone old like me la, not a 5 year old girl). ;-)

14. It's this thing that I want to highlight in this post actually.

15. Few generations in the past, people of the same gender, had no problems to hold hands when they were in school. In fact, that was exactly what their teachers told them to do- to queue before entering class, and hold hands- for that is the true form of love and friendship.

16. On the contrary, nowadays, I doubt that even young people at school can do that as comfortably as people at their age used to do before!

17. Put it simply, people in the past may have not even heard of the word gay or lesbian, let alone to think of being one!

18. This is what I would have termed as the "benefit of ignorance".

19. It means, there are certain things in life that we'd better not know, because all they do is things like what I've just mentioned above. Knowing about gayism and lesbianism give the thought of becoming one- to some of us! Nauzubillah! May Allah safeguard us!

20. But a bigger point is this. Ignorance, despite the benefit that it has, like what I propose above, is a benefit that is definitely transitory. I mean, it lasts only for a short period of time.

21. It is the benefit of knowledge that will in the end, last forever.

22. What I am saying is that, when it comes to the issue of gayism and lesbianism, it only benefits us (in terms of not thinking to be one of them) when people do not even know what they mean. But when people start to know what gayism or lesbianism is, the benefits just fly away- giving rise to a growing number of gays and lesbians in the community- O Allah protect us! Ameen ameen ameen.

23. However, the people of knowledge, are able to reap the benefit of that knowledge even since the time of previous prophets such as prophet Luth AS.

24. And the knowledge that I refer to now is the knowledge that homosexuality is not good, against out innate nature and most important of all, forbidden by God the Creator!

25. So no matter in what age we are living, including until the last age we are in right now, with knowledge, we shall enjoy the benefit of keeping ourselves away from such a social and psychological 'defect'- homosexuality.

26. Which brings me to the conclusion of my sharing this time- that I will quote a real story of the past, the story of our prophets.

27. We all know full well that the first three prophets sent down to earth was Prophet Adam, Idris and Noah, may peace be upon them all.

28. Since the time of prophet Adam until Prophet Idris AS, there was no such thing called shirk which means associating partner with Allah SWT- the greatest form of sin in Islam.

29. However, quite interestingly, the first sin of shirk was committed by the people who lived few generations after the lifetime of Prophet Idris AS. And it has something to do with ignorance!

30. After Prophet Idris passed away, he had among his people, a group of 5 very pious followers.

31. To cut this short, after some time, these 5 pious followers passed away too.

32. So people were very sad, and they wanted to make something to remind them of these pious people.

33. Therefore they created an idol (for each of the followers) that resembled all these 5 pious people, not to worship them, but only as a memory of them- which was not wrong, because no problem arised yet during this time.

34. Until the next generation came, these people started to do something more, such as they made sacrifice for the idols.

35. And then that generation ended too, while a new generation came. Unfortunately, out of ignorance, these new generation of people, without any knowledge of why their parents and grandparents built the idols in the first place, made the idols as an object of worship instead!

35. Hence, history has now been made, that for the first time ever, the sin of shirk took place on earth.

36. And it is for this reason that Prophet Noah (who came after Prophet Idris AS), was the first Messenger given the task to fight against shirk.

37. Two quick points here. First, from this story, it simply opens our eyes of how detrimental ignorance can be to our life and faith.

38. Secondly is that, we have to always make some reflection or muhasabah, that we are now Muslims not because we blindly follow our family or the majority of people we are living with around us.

39. Instead, we are all Muslims, because we chose to become one- out of knowledge, not ignorance.

40. To conclude, let us love 'ilm (knowledge) more and be a very true knowledge-seeker, also a person who have high respect upon the ulama' (the people with great knowledge).

41. Allahuaklam and thanks very much for your visit. You see, as knowledge literally means to know about something, please know that I am not gay ok? It's a true knowledge, really ;-)

Alhamdulillah, time to take some rest ;-)
1. Alhamdulillah, please do not forget your Al-Kahfi recitation today, in case you are reading this on Friday insya Allah.

2. Just few weeks ago, my dakwah page (IH.DE.NA) only had about 200 plus followers, but alhamdulillah I am quite not sure what happened, maybe someone just kindly made a very wonderful promotion that now the page has grown to nearly 750 followers (true at the time of this writing) alhamdulillah!

My page, IH.DE.NA
Jazakallahu khair for those who have been supporting me since day one, and it's not the number, but the prayers of you guys that matter the most to me insya Allah ameen!

Qistina Sumaiya...(^_^) said...

haish, tajuk yang menyeramkan.. =.=

petite girl said...

I watched one video by Halaqah on TV9.

very interesting that covers the topic. Have a look Am:)

Dont be surprised of what type of schools lead the list. haha. what type of job?:p

Thumbs up for the post!

Amirul Asyraf said...

Qist: "Hook" je tu sebenarnya ;-)

Dr Farah: Thanks very much. Visiting the link now hehe =D

Anonymous said...

wow~nice article..mohon share

Amirul Asyraf said...

Alhamdulillah. Please go ahead and kindly pray for me and family. May Allah grant His redha and rahmat upon us all ameen ;-)

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"Ode to the Cantabric Sea"

The Voice
of the World
speaks to Me,
in wondrous places
by the Sea

Seductive distraction
of water’s lull,
briefly resting
on sand clad shores,
arriving in concert
with salted wind,
echoing lyrics
already past.

The Seaglass Memories
of Poems,
yet to be written,
of sacred places
by the Sea.

Santander, Spain 2004

  1. I read this listening to "Broken Line" and was transported to those golden days when we all got together once a month to share our work. I still love this...thanks for posting.

  2. So why don't all of you get together again? There was great inspiration there. Bring the group together. I know others would like to as well.


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Posted by Vanessa Wilson in Lifestyle | Nov. 8, 2012 | 53 Comments

Apk file size: 14.0 MB

This is the official Crafty Gemini application!

About the Crafty Gemini

Vanessa Wilson is the founder and proprietor of Crafty Gemini, LLC, a sewing, quilting,cooking and crafting video tutorial business that showcases her many talents via her YouTube channel - TheCraftyGemini.

After graduating from law school and getting married in 2008, Vanessa (with the help of her husband) decided to turn her passion for creativity and teaching others into a business.

She loves teaching practical and functional skills to anyone willing to learn. Vanessa is a wife, mother, law professor, quilt and pattern designer, long arm quilter, and YouTube Partner, among other things.

She was recently selected to be a part of YouTube's Next Up initiative which is helping rising online video stars maximize their potential.

Vanessa lives with her family in Gainesville, Florida.

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A virus has stopped me loving this. I loved this app from when I first had it. Now I can't go into tutorials without a virus warning coming up :( please fix this!

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I love diy I love the fact that I can view this so if I want to make a project I can easily open the app to get measurements instead of trying to find a single video on youtubethat would be time consuming.

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Frozen on Samsung tablet 10 I was very excited to install this. Unfortunately, it seems tobe frozen with home page labels overlapping each other. After several attempts to access it, I was unsuccessful so unistalled it!

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Stupid I can't find sewing patterns, even when I specifically searched on the Market for "Sewing Patterns"!!!

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Just like the web site, but better because you can watch anywhere. Vanessa shows you how to make recipes and all kinds of projects.

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Clean app with easy to use interface. I love being able to access everything Crafty Gemini on the go in one place.

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Love it! I'm sewing, I'm quilting now I'm trying my hand at gardening.Sge explains things so well.Love her tutorials.

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So sad This app kept freezing on me. It kept restarting then would freeze. I would be glad to download the app again if this problem gets fixed.

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Smili Osorio

Did not launch any of the 20 times I tried.

Teresa Cramer

Crashed my phone When I tried to open the app it says it needs to restart in an unending loop. I have to restart my phone every time. I'm using a HTC one M8.

Teresa Hollingsworth

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Horrible! I follow Crafty Gemini on you tube, pintrest, and Facebook so I was excited about this app. .. Major bug! Wouldn't let me open app, error came up saying needed to restart app and it wouldn't let me close out to home page without restating phone. Uninstalling!

Joshua Aydelott

Running issues Downloaded app but would not run. Keps show application restart required and locked up my phone.

Holly Foss

Won't open I was excited about this app. I love the video tutorials and such. I down loaded it, not only will it not open. But it also makes me shut my phone down is order to get rid of the message telling me the app needs a restar

kristen taylor

Yuk Doesn't work on note 5

Claudette Marinez

Love your video , can I print the lesson

Tiffany Ramirez

Restart required Downloaded but won't open keeps asking to restart please fix

Taylor Gomes

Won't run Keeps telling me to restart application. I was really looking forward to this app.

Emma Kubic

Major bug! Keeps bringing up the message "Application Restart Required" in a never ending loop. Please fix.

Luz Barrett

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Won't open Have to reboot phone

Sharon Hampton

Will not open

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Crafty Gemini aka Vanessa Excellent human and excellent teacher!! :)

Kim Comeau

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C Byrd

Couldn't even start it!

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Disappointed I had this app before on a different phone it worked awesome. Just downloaded it for the Galaxy s5, and it did a continous loop of app has to restart. I have uninstalled the app. Which makes me sad i love many of the tutorials and projects and loved the idea of having access to them right at my finger tips.

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The xmas show was ok, I did a duet with Will of Oasis' Wonderwall, which was fun, and John Lennon's Imagine.

That was the last performance of cover songs by me.

I still need to write up the spain songs, research recording equipment and make time to play as well as studies.

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Big Mr. Moon

As I look up at the sky
There I see it up so high
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within its clear visibility

Big, yellow and shapely round
Reflecting itself directly on the ground

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Leading us through the darkness of night

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Blogging A-Z - April Challenge - B is for.....

B is for.....birthdays

April 26th would have been the birthday of two of my Great Aunts.

Both were incredible women, true inspirations and it is to them that I owe my love of history and in particular my interest and obsession with my own family history.

Rose (picture right) was born on 26th April 1900 and passed away aged 94 years in 1994.

Ellen was born on 26th April 1910 and passed away just one week short of her 99th birthday in 2009

  1. Sounds like some great genetics for long lives in your family. I hope you inherited it all.

  2. I love this A-Z post, especially with the photo's.

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    So, how's your Family History research - hit the brick walls yet?

    I have a few 'dead ends, myself - including a man of mystery who appears on 1841 census, married, fathered 10 kids and then dissappears......darn him, my 2xG-Grandad!!!

    SueH I refuse to go quietly!

  4. Thanks for stopping by SueH. I have hit several brick walls and every now and again revisit and hit my head on them!

    Thanks Debra & Susan for your kind words.

  5. Birthdays, great post for the letter B and I love the photo!!
    Found you from the A-Z Challenge, looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun, with maybe with a little bit of stress thrown in!! I’m now following you on GFC and I hope you have a chance to check out my blog!

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Book of Me, Written by You, Prompt 65

Today is week 65 of what is going to be a 15 month project. Each Saturday, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that week's Book of Me, Written by You.

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This week's prompt is - Colleges & University

  • Did you go to college and / or University
    • if not, did you want to or did you not want to?
    • did you perhaps change your mind at a later date?
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  • Was your studying vocational or a step on the ladder to another profession?
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Everyone’s been talking about this video of octopi picking up coconut shells off the ocean floor, cleaning them out, then using them as an armored hiding place.

It’s an impressive feat, but it’s not the first. There’s a small genre of videos of octopi evasive manuevers. They hide in other things we’ve thrown out on the ocean floor, like decaying shampoo bottles or beer bottles. They even got through this octopus obstacle course set up by National Geographic. They have been taped escaping fish markets in Tokyo and South Korea.

Many researchers have reported that octopi left in the lab at night will escape their tank, go eat another fish, then go back home to cover their tracks. Apparently they’re not smart enough to catch onto security cameras. Yet.

The Independent report that Portobello Aquarium in New Zealand had many such incidents and in one case just decided to release an escape artist octopus named Sid. Matthew Crane, Portobello’s senior aquarist,  explained that people are just starting to realize how clever octopi are. “Some people compare them with dogs, because you can train them to open a jar, for instance, particularly if it’s got a crab in it.”

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Daniel of writes "Last year, at Anime Expo 2014, the English dub voice cast was announced. It is now a year later and the English dub is already deep into Sailor Moon R. This can only mean one thing. More Sailor Scouts!

Before I get into who will voice the Outer Scouts, I would like to point out that Keith Silverstein, the voice for Usagi’s father, will also voice Professor Tomoe.

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Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh I am Jagmeet kaur I need help, I am engejed and my fioncy plays gambling a lot he earn money and he lost everything in gambling, we both were in relation for past 8 years and he was not like that before but 1 year ago he started playing gambling and now we are going to get married in October but i am confused how can I handle him I had try everything but he is not leaving that. We both take Amrit and I told him that you are not allowed to do that but still he is going and he is not wearing his kirpan. What can I do I don't understand he told me that he want to quit that but he said he can't do that because now he is addictive can anyone tell me what can I do to recover him coz I don't wanna leave him in this situation I love him so much he need help please tell me what can I do

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I’m sorry about your situation. I don’t know if any of this advice will help, but here’s some ideas. Firstly, he needs to recognize his problem. It sounds like he does because he wants to quit, but perhaps he might not realize the full extent of his problem and the impact its having on your relationship and it sounds like your wellbeing as well. It sounds like he started gambling a year ago and has stopped wearing his kirpan, etc. What changed in this year for him? What is driving this change? Try to help him figure that out for himself. Is he depressed? Is he stressed out? Ultimately I mean it’s his problem and he really needs to have the motivation to be able to make this change to work on his problem, but you can try to help by having those conversations with him. Gambling can go really really bad- like he could start stealing if he runs out of money to gamble with, or when you get married he could use up all of your money/savings, and you could lose your house, etc. If he wants to get over this he needs to have some support, but also target where this is coming from. If he’s depressed for example he needs to learn other ways of coping. He might benefit from counseling. He can surround himself with sangat that uplifts him, and supports him in staying away from this. He can give up using his credit cards and have someone help with finances.

I think you seriously need to think about this before you get married!! Remember, you have the right to choose to delay your wedding or to walk away at all times. You don’t want to be trapped and unhappy. You need to focus on what you need and the life ahead of you.

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waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguruji ki fateh

Jagmeet Kaur Ji, I am fully agree with Strong Kaur. Help him as a friend, But for marriage think millions of time. Marrying with such person means you will be gamble your life and chances of winning is very less.

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Regular gambling is an addiction. You can't "recover him." He has to realize his situation and truly want to come out of it. It has to come from within him. If he sincerely does not want to stop, then nothing you do will make him stop. If he truly wants to get out of it, then he should contact Gambler's Anonymous There is also support for families and loved ones in relationship with gamblers at Gam-Anon.

Even though you are engaged, you may want to put off marriage until this situation is completely resolved.

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An Inside Look into 70's Biker Culture by Photographer/Biker Doug Barber (AKA Q-Ball)

These striking images exemplify the renegade alienation and freewheeling machismo that became trademarks of the 'biker' culture. Photographer Doug Barber's keen eye focused on his fellow riders while on the road with the modern-day cowboys. His book "Living the Life" is an insiders look into 70's biker culture. Throw on "Born to Be Wild" via your iTunes and have a look...

"For years I have been encouraged to compile a book of these images....‘Living the Life’ is a personal view of a biker’s existence. ” –Doug Barber (AKA Q-Ball)

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Monday, September 5, 2011

A Cornucopia of Primitives and our very own Harvest Moon Candles!

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Just over the border from MA, in the southern NH town of Brookline, there is a wonderful old New England home lovingly cared for by Maria Cardillo and John Nealon.  Attached to their primitive décor store, Country Culture, the home houses their  collections of antiques and prims. Each fall, Maria adds to it’s charm when she totally transforms their home with fall and Halloween décor. Every single shelf and surface was just a photo-op waiting to happen. Here are a few more photos of their home for your enjoyment!
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You can see Maria and John’s home in person on Saturday September 10th and Sunday the 11th from 10am  – 4pm during their annual Fall Open House weekend. They will also host Audrey and I for a magazine signing on Saturday from 10-2 PM. Please join us and see this year’s fall transformation for yourself!  For directions and info just click ~HERE~. We hope to see you there!
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I so just want to curl up and read a scary novel by the fire in that house! Thanks for the photos and inspiration, even in the 100+ degree temps in AZ, it's time to think about Fall!

Sandy said...

WOW...breath taking!
Wish I could see in person...I may have to plan a trip next year down that way :)

Anonymous said...

Wow...great pictures! I'd love to see what the house looks like on the outside, too! I wish I lived closer so that I could go to the open house and see it in person!

Heather said...

This is such a gorgeous home! I LOVE the decorative painting on the wall, and that trunk is amazing too. So wish I were close by, I'd love to pop in for a visit! lovely place!~

adsgram said...

Will one of you gals have the APP candle at Maria's to 'scent sample'?

I am really looking forward to seeing the house and that mural. Can't wait!! I will see you there at some point...

Tallulah's Antique Closet said...

We luv it all! Thanks for sharing such beautiful photos.....TALLULAH'S

TheCrankyCrow said...

Are Maria and John into adoption by any chance??? I'm housetrained, and have been known by some to be a pretty good cook....Oh MY HECK!!! I love everything I see!!! Those fall and Halloween decorations are just too, too ME!!! LOVE this!! Ok....I'm better to check out the new candle....Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin

primitives by maria said...

hopefully this message gets to you all! everyone knows MARIA has officially flunked "blog school" for right now lol! BUT she hasnt flunked in the decorating department!!! Shop and Home has transformed to fall and we cant WAIT to have you all!!! See you soon! Thank you A Primitive Place Magazine! :)

Deppen homestead 1862 said...

Yep, I am inspired!! Wonderful photos~
I can smell them candles~yum!

Y1M said...

So inspiring!!! Love these warm tones and placement of everything, but the chest is to die for. Such a fabulous piece. Would love to attend this event.

I can not wait to get the APP&CJ Candle. I LOVE Star Mills Candles, they are absolutely wonderful with Excellent Fragrant and Throw.

Have a fun time ladies at the Fall Open House.

Warm Hugs, :)

Liz said...

What a lovely place to just sit and relax while looking at all there lovely items. I am so close I should take a drive there.

Karen/My Colonial Home said...

Goodness what a gorgeous Prim/Colonial home - just what all of us out there try to emulate but I guess you need the resources to achieve it....I try but am so far behind something like this.
Their home is picture perfect in every way.
Thanks for sharing and GOOD LUCK AT THE SIGNING...and also congratulation on the candle with your name/logo on wonderful is that.
I want to congratulate you also on the success of your magazine! Fantastic job.

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Nev. deputy killed: Nevada Sheriff Deputy Shot, A Nevada sheriff’s deputy was killed moments after responding to a domestic violence call, authorities said.

The deputy and other officers arrived at the home in East Carson City at 2:18 a.m. Saturday, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office said.

Soon afterward, the male suspect came out of the house and opened fire, killing the deputy. Other officers evacuated three children, ages 8 to 13, and one adult from the house, the sheriff’s office said.

Authorities said the suspect was found dead at the scene, but did not say how he died.

The sheriff’s office has not released the names of the slain deputy nor the suspect. It has turned the investigation over to the nearby Reno Police Department.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval issued a statement Saturday mourning the loss of the deputy.

“I was deeply saddened to hear the news of the untimely death of a Carson City Sheriff’s Deputy and pray for strength and peace for his family and fellow officers during this time of tragedy,” Sandoval said, according to CNN affiliate KOLO.

“The death of this dedicated officer is a sobering reminder of the sacrifices our men and women in uniform courageously make each and every day as they protect our communities.”

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Friday, January 25, 2008

Jaafari talks to the resistance

Ibrahim Jaafari, the former Prime Minister, is in Cairo as part of a tour of Arab capitals. Jaafari is a member of the Dawa Party, but the wing of the party he heads (Dawa Party--Iraq Organization) has split from the wing headed by current PM Maliki and has signed an agreement with the Sadrists, some Sunni parties, and others (the famous "12-party understanding") espousing a "nationalist" program particularly insofar as it opposes Kurdistan-only oil contracts, and in effect declares Clause 140 of the Constitution a dead letter, meaning there can be no further dickering over the status of Kirkuk. Other "nationalist" principles are expressed too, although a little more vaguely.

In an interview with Radio Sawa on Friday, Jaafari said the following (according to the radio's website):
As to the parties with whom he had discussions in Cairo on ways for implementing national reconciliation, Jaafari said he met with Iraqi factions that bear arms and that have a nationalist program, in order to hear their points of view and discuss ways of bringing them into the political process in the interests of the nation, although he does not agree with them, in his words.

Jaafari stressed the importance of hanging on to the recent improvements in security and using that to promote the national reconciliation project, so that this doesn't turn out to be the calm before the storm.

Jaafari said his project is not that of a substitute for that of the government, and he does not intend the creation of an oppositional movement to the government of Nuri al-Maliki. The front he intends to create will not differ in anything that concerns the good of the country, as he put it.
Jaafari concluded by saying that "the political support I have obtained in Cairo" is something that will be to the benefit of the Maliki government.

This is the first I have ever heard of a Shiite party leader having discussions with any of the armed Sunni resistance groups, and I think the news is noteworthy for that reason. Which in turn suggests something else (something pointed out to me already a couple of times in the comments, and only now starting to sink in), and that is that there probably is some degree actual nationalist and "democratic" influence going on in the GreenZone, for instance why else would the US have been stymied so far in getting its Oil and Gas Law enacted; and how else can you explain Sunni parties signing on with the Sadrists and the Jaafari wing of the Dawa to any memo of agreement, no matter how vague.

Naturally this has to be disentangled from those activities that reflect the American effort to produce a broader-based GreenZone government mainly for the purpose of legitimizing the new bi-lateral security agreement, so in the coming period of time it may be a little more difficult than usual to sort this out.

(Thanks to the omniscient roadstoiraq for calling attention to the Radio Sawa item).

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the Green Zone "nationalists" are only people who realize the occupation will be gone in a while, and they better find another horse to ride.

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Blogger badger said...

That's one point. But if you're the resistance rep talking to Jaafari, I don't think that's necessarily your main point. If a person comes to espouse national positions, like opposition to the Oil Law and to Kurds-only oil contracts, so much the better, no matter how long it took them to come around. They're both Iraqis, and they have some common ground, so they can talk. But they disagree on the prior need to drive out the occupier by force. Because the the crucial point is always: Whether you can talk about institutionalizing national affairs without a withdrawal of the foreign forces, or at least an iron-clad commitment to their withdrawal. Forcing commitment to US withdrawal is the key, and that means armed resistance. I think that's where Jaafari means he talked to them but he doesn't agree with them.

So from the long-term good of Iraq, having a Shiite leader sit with Sunni resistance people, on the basis of some areas of policy agreement, is a good thing, and it would be hard to say it isn't. But if you're in the resistance, it's also a bad thing and a dangerous thing, if it implies that you're ready to discuss institutional arrangements without having first driven out the occupier. (And the fact that your interlocutor is a johnny-come-lately to his nationalist positions may well, as you suggest, factor in).

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

343 South Dearborn Street
The Chicago Loop

Lucius Fisher

ARCHITECT (Original Structure)  1896
D.H. Burnham and Company
Charles Atwood, Partner-in-Charge of Design
E.C. Shankland, Engineer

ARCHITECT (Addition)  1907
Peter Weber with E.C. and R.M. Shankland Engineers

ARCHITECT (Lobby Renovation) 1920 (unconfirmed)

Pioneer Fireproof Construction Company
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company
Rittenhouse & Embree Company
Evans Marble Comopany
Frank L. Davis
Winslow Brothers Company
L.H. Prentice Company
Grimshaw Company and General Electric
Alfred Barker
P. F. Corbin

Chicago Landmarks
Historic American Buildings Survey.
Charles Bowler Atwood
Village Green

The Village Green

The credits are just the beginning.  Each has a story.  Over the next few weeks we will be looking at the Fisher's structural innovations, its fireproofing, elevators, and interior finishes.  It's expression of the Chicago School of Architecture.  And its personal stories.  But today, we celebrate the FISH.....

Lucius Fisher, I think,  must have had quite a sense of humor.  Fish... Fisher....  Get it ??

For more photographs of CHARLES ATWOOD's work in Chicago,

Monday, May 2, 2011

Summarizing Daniel Burnham's move toward, and education in Architecture --1) At Chicago's Central High he learns he can draw (thank you Miss Starr for noticing). 2) At the New Church Academy in Waltham, Mass, he is taught by  young Swedenborgian Harvard graduate Joseph Worcester (who, later, becomes central to the Arts and Crafts Movement in San Fransisco. 3) In Cambridge, he is tutored by Hayward Brown Tilley who introduces him to the philosophies of William Morris, John Ruskin and WPP Longfellow. 4) In Chicago, he works for Sanford Loring (terra cotta expert and later, president of Chicago Terra Cotta) and William LeBaron Jenney (structural innovator and classmate at the Ecole Centrale of Gustave Eiffel. 5) He works for John van Osdel (Chicago's first architect) and W.B. Wheelock (Chicago old school architect and sometime partner of W. W. Boyington). 6) He works for Asher Carter (architect of Old St. Pat's) William Drake and Peter B. Wight (inventor of multiple advanced fire proofing systems.)

Art. Inspiration. Philosphy.  Building Materials. Structural Engineering.  A grounding in Chicago's Culture of Architecture.  And a course in advanced Fire Proofing.

If this is attributable to his luck, Daniel Burnham was a lucky man. And if to his Faith, its time to learn to spell (correctly) Emanuel Swedenborg!  And there was more good fortune to follow:  Margaret Sherman and John Wellborn Root --- and that elusive Harvard Degree.

I've spent some weeks researching Daniel Burnham's early life and education --   Next week I'll begin again with his Architecture -- and a discussion of the FISHER BUILDING.
Chicago School vs. a Classic renovaton.  Structural Innovations and Fireproofing Systems.  Elevators.  Handcrafted ornament.  The amazing kindness of Daniel Burnham.  Lucius Fisher. Misplaced credits.....and rumors of a Hookah Pipe.

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As the Christchurch rebuild gathers momentum industry professionals are worried substandard assessments of quake-damaged houses are a ticking time bomb akin to the leaky building saga.

Add in growing dissatisfaction with the Fletcher EQR contracting system, and the picture is an unhappy one.

Architects, builders, engineers and homeowners are not short of horror stories about serious earthquake damage missed in EQC assessments. Take the resident told to move out for six weeks while his large tilt slab house underwent cosmetic repairs.

Dubious about the thoroughness of the EQC inspection, he acted on the advice of builder friend Daryl Hewitt and asked an architect to take laser levels. They revealed sections of the house had dropped by more than 60 mm, something confirmed by a further $7000 worth of sophisticated testing. The ridge in the lounge, dismissed by the EQC assessor as “carpet bunching,” was where the thick concrete slab foundation had split.

Hewitt has personally checked about 100 homes for clients. Eight of those destined for superficial “scrape, stop and paint” fixes turned into rebuilds, and others were later found to need more extensive repairs. “A lot of those are coming down now too.” Almost two years after the first major quake struck Canterbury, the bulk of repair work is yet to be done on more than 80,000 homes.

That’s all the more reason to get the system sorted says Dave Sturman, a building consultant and southern chapter president of the New Zealand Institute of Building. He warns that failure to uncover the true extent of residential damage means Christchurch faces a potential “earthquake pandemic” in years to come.

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Fletcher EQR is managing repairs for residential properties that come in under the EQC cap of $100,000 plus GST and trumpets the fact that it is completing work on about 100 homes a day.

Sturman worries there is too much emphasis on speed and cost-cutting and not enough emphasis on quality, so minor tell-tale signs that could point to major issues are overlooked. By way of example he says painters are being appointed as principal contractors on repair jobs (something EQR says is very unlikely) when they are the least qualified of all tradesmen.

“I’ll give you a simple scenario,” says Sturman. “A painter is painting a room and he comes to an almighty bulge in the skirting. He wouldn’t have a clue why that bulge has occurred, whereas a builder would say, ‘gee we’d better take that skirting off, there’s been damage here,’ and all of a sudden you find that the studs and bottom plate have parted from one another which have issues around structural loads, so minor ailments lead to major stuff.”

Engineer Warren Lewis agrees inexperienced assessors are missing signs of damage. “Ripped paint” on weatherboards is evidence of racking which causes nails to “slot” gib board so it loses strength. That damage is then exacerbated by strong winds and continued earth tremors. Owners of a house scheduled for cosmetic EQC repairs called him because they were anxious about the way it lurched in the wind post-quake and weatherboards removed for work on an extension revealed widespread slotting of wall board.

“So I calculated how much gib board we needed to brace the house and it was about twice the amount they had.” Lewis says cracking of plaster around the first floor level of multi-storey homes warrants a closer look. “You’ve got to take the thing apart and investigate it. You don’t just scrape, stop and paint which seems to be the favoured thing with EQC.”

At a hill home the nozzle of a hose lying on a first floor deck was found jammed under nearby weatherboards and Hill says this was the only initial sign that the 2G of vertical acceleration exerted by the quake had lifted the upper level off the ground floor. The true extent of the damage was revealed when the owners removed gib inside. “The nails holding the top floor to the bottom floor had all come out and when it came down, all the nails were bent over … there was nothing to stop the top floor sliding off,” says Lewis.

Christchurch architect Colin Hill was involved in formulating changes to bracing standards and he is far from satisfied with the current residential inspection and repair regime. Since the late 1970s he says homes have relied heavily on wallboard as a bracing element, but the quakes stressed essential hold down fixings required to transfer the load to the floor and foundations. These fixings are hidden, so they need to be opened up, and replaced or re-fixed, says Hill.

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Failure to do this means weakened houses are no longer code compliant. This could potentially lead to significant structural failures causing loss of life, particularly in homes with heavy concrete tile roofs and brick chimneys removed to roof or ceiling level. EQC, EQR and PMOs are not addressing the problem he says and there are numerous cases of cracks opening up again after cosmetic fixes.

“It’s similar to those makeover programmes that featured on TV a few years ago: a quick fix that looks good on the day but fails again the next week or under close scrutiny.” EQC national operations manager Reid Stiven responded to Progressive Building questions via email through a communications person. He defended EQC’s standards and says laser, zip or pneumatic levels and spirit levels are used “as needed” in inspections.

Just over 1300 properties have been partially or fully re-inspected for damage but he could not say with any certainty how many went over cap as a result. “Our best estimate is between 20 and 120 properties.” There would have to be good reason for more invasive checks such as removing wall linings, says Stiven, “particularly as cracking in wall linings is usually due to improper installation.

“This is not an indicator that wall lining should be removed to check for structural damage and we don’t do additional damage where it’s not warranted.” Stiven adds that if homeowners choose to strip wall linings, they have to meet the cost of reinstatement if no earthquake damage is found.

BRANZ principal structural engineer Graeme Beattie is aware of criticism that EQC is “a bit blasé” in its approach to some repairs and says his organisation is trying to help EQR get an understanding of what to look for and what to do in terms of repairs.

But Beattie says houses differ so much that “it’s pretty hard to have a nice clean crisp guide that says ‘you see this, you do that’.” He has inspected many damaged Christchurch homes and says larger hill properties that step down slopes and have large open plan areas often fared worse than traditional box or L-shaped homes on the flat.

Which is why architect John Chaplin believes it is vital that anyone scoping repairs to these more complicated dwellings has architectural building experience and checks the original drawings to identify the location of structural steel beams.

“In a lot of cases these are fixed with coach bolts and screws into timber and if a wall racks, those bolts loosen and that’s a significant weakness.” Concrete slabs poured on gravel “tailings” are another area of concern because the stones settled in some places, leaving voids under floors which now sound “drummy”. Chaplin says the leaky homes issue is rearing its head because some homes will go through three winters before repairs are done, and that long delay is causing further damage as rain gets in.

Just over 200 “leaky homes” registered with the Weathertight Homes resolution service pre-quakes are the subject of EQC claims. EQC offers cash settlements for such properties based on the average cost of replacing or repairing earthquake damaged parts of an equivalent weathertight home.

Chaplin, who is a quality assurance reviewer for the Weathertight Homes Tribunal, says that is a sensible approach. But determining whether a home is “leaky” or just quake-damaged could be open to dispute, and he points out the definition of a leaky home also covers defects that could be capable of leaking in the future.

“Now there are thousands of earthquake damaged homes that are leaking like sieves, and are slowly deteriorating into major leaky homes with large consequential damage.” Management of the repair process is also under attack and a Christchurch company has laid a complaint with the Commerce Commission accusing EQC and EQR of price fixing and anti-competitive behaviour. Fix It Building Services has done repairs for 150 householders who opted out of the EQR system.

Managing director Russell Poole says EQC makes opting out unnecessarily complicated and some homeowners are scared off by the prospect of having to pay contractors themselves if EQC reimbursement cheques are slow to arrive. “There’s an awful lot they don’t pay on time, so for the homeowner that’s not viable. We’re not asking homeowners to pay, we’re waiting for the money to come through, but small contractors would struggle to fund that cash flow difference. They need to have about $250,000 of funding available … that’s the amount we’d have in the system [waiting] for payment from EQC on any given day.”

Poole says his complaint also covered the lack of a proper disputes process for damage assessments. However, EQC says a mediation service provided by the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute will be launched in August and expects it to deal with between five and 10 cases a week. EQC will pay for mediation and if the customer agrees with the mediator’s decision it will be binding. EQR’s pricing policy is another major bone of contention.

A June memo to EQR contractors listed 11 preliminary and general (P&G) costs as no longer claimable. They included vehicle expenses, health and safety, and office and administration costs. The memo went on to say the contractor’s margin had to be included within the unit rate. EQR says some contractors are finding the ‘business as usual’ costs standard for good business these days are more than they wish to absorb, but “those companies who have invested in their own future as regards these system costs are finding the work profitable”.

This is disputed by a builder who describes Fletcher EQR as the most bullying outfit he has ever worked for. “Good businesses charge out what a job costs … it is a play on words to say costs are absorbed. What they really mean is ‘do them for nothing or go away’.”

He says the edict on margins had a huge impact. “We used to write down our material cost, then add a margin of 7.5 percent. That memo now says the margin will be shown in the costs.

“Do you think Winstones will sell me gib board 7.5 percent cheaper or PlaceMakers [will sell me] a tin of paint cheaper? No, of course not. Therefore this really means ‘Mr Builder you will give us a 7.5 percent reduction on every job’.”

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Like most of the builders interviewed for this story he declined to be named for fear of being blacklisted by EQR or insurance company PMOs. (Until several months ago EQR contracts expressly forbade builders talking to the media, and they now have a standard confidentiality clause banning discussion of projects with other parties.)

And like many builders I talked to he is avoiding EQR work, focusing instead on opt out jobs and work for insurance companies. Carl Taylor, owner of Carl Taylor Homes, was one of the first contractors employed by EQR in 2010, but quit six months ago to set up Rebuild Me, a company specialising in opt out quake repairs. “[With EQR] the amount of paperwork is absolutely ridiculous.

“We have no problem doing normal paperwork but this is out of control and it slows the jobs down.” So far only 1800 homeowners have opted out of the EQR queue, but Taylor says enquiries are growing as people get sick of waiting. He employs 39 staff and about 150 contractors, and his phone is running hot with calls from industry colleagues wanting to work for him so they too can quit EQR.

“Many of them are relatively well known local contractors. The good guys are leaving.” Dave Sturman believes EQR is being unreasonable and says its “formulaic, tick box system” doesn’t work in a residential context. “They don’t take economies of scale into account. A builder’s fixed cost of business for doing a small job is far greater than it is over a large job where it can be spread.”

And if the exodus of tradespeople from EQR continues, Sturman fears the owners of quake-damaged homes will be the real losers.

“The consequence of that is that people needing work done by Fletchers will be getting the dregs of the builders out there.”

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VisionTek 900338 Radeon HD 6870 Video Card E-mail
Reviews - Featured Reviews: Video Cards
Written by Olin Coles
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Table of Contents: Page Index
VisionTek 900338 Radeon HD 6870 Video Card
VisionTek 6870 Closer Look
Features and Specifications
Video Card Testing Methodology
DX10: 3DMark Vantage
DX10: Crysis Warhead
DX11: Aliens vs Predator
DX11: Battlefield Bad Company 2
DX11: BattleForge
DX9 SSAO: Mafia II
DX11: Metro 2033
DX11: Unigine Heaven 2.1
Overclocking and Temperatures
VGA Power Consumption
VisionTek 900338 Conclusion

AMD Barts GPU Overclocking

AMD's Cypress GPU was well-known for accepting massively overclocked speeds. The new Barts GPU is based on Cypress, and should in theory yield a similar overclock. This presumes that AMD hasn't already stretched the Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 as far as they could go. For this project, we used MSI's free Afterburner program to overclock the video cards.

The MSI Afterburner "Graphics Card Performance Booster" application offers several adjustable variables to reach the desired overclock. Afterburner allows for voltage changes (increase/decrease), but this project aimed to stretch the AMD Barts GPU as far as it could go without any extra power applied. Beginning with the maximum stable GPU clock speed, I slowly increased the settings until I began to see tearing or the driver crashed. Once I reached the most stable speeds for both GPU and GDDR5, I put the video card back into action with high-demand video games for additional benchmark tests. Here are the results:

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Overclocking Results

Test Item Standard Overclocked Improvement
Radeon HD 6850 775/1000 MHz 850/1075 MHz 75/75 MHz
DX10: Crysis Warhead 22 24 9.0%
DX11: Aliens vs Predator 23.1 25.0 8.2%
DX11: BattleForge 30.1 32.4 7.6%
DX11: Heaven 2.1 22.5 23.6 4.9%
DX11: Lost Planet 2 25.5 28.1 10.2%
DX9+SSAO: Mafia II 39.9 43.2 8.3%

AMD Radeon HD 6870 Overclocking Results

Test Item Standard Overclocked Improvement
Radeon HD 6870 900/1050 MHz 950/1200 MHz 50/150 MHz
DX10: Crysis Warhead 25 27 8.0%
DX11: Aliens vs Predator 27.0 29.5 9.3%
DX11: BattleForge 34.3 37.4 9.0%
DX11: Heaven 2.1 26.5 28.6 7.9%
DX11: Lost Planet 2 31.0 33.0 6.5%
DX9+SSAO: Mafia II 47.5 50.7 6.7%

Radeon HD 6870 Temperatures

Benchmark tests are always nice, so long as you care about comparing one product to another. But when you're an overclocker, gamer, or merely a PC hardware enthusiast who likes to tweak things on occasion, there's no substitute for good information. Benchmark Reviews has a very popular guide written on Overclocking Video Cards, which gives detailed instruction on how to tweak a graphics cards for better performance. Of course, not every video card has overclocking head room. Some products run so hot that they can't suffer any higher temperatures than they already do. This is why we measure the operating temperature of the video card products we test.

To begin my testing, I use GPU-Z to measure the temperature at idle as reported by the GPU. Next I use FurMark's "Torture Test" to generate maximum thermal load and record GPU temperatures at high-power 3D mode. The ambient room temperature remained at a stable 20°C throughout testing, while the inner-case temperature hovered around 37°C.

FurMark does two things extremely well: drive the thermal output of any graphics processor higher than applications of video games realistically could, and it does so with consistency every time. Furmark works great for testing the stability of a GPU as the temperature rises to the highest possible output. The temperatures discussed below are absolute maximum values, and not representative of real-world performance.

Video Card Idle Temp Loaded Temp Ambient
ATI Radeon HD 5850 39°C 73°C 20°C
AMD Radeon HD 6850 42°C 77°C 20°C
AMD Radeon HD 6870 39°C 74°C 20°C
ATI Radeon HD 5870 33°C 78°C 20°C

# Overclocking SWServando Silva 2010-10-30 17:54
Hi Olin, I know MSI's doesn't support GPU over-voltage, but have you tried the newest version of Sapphire Trixx? Maybe you could get a pre-release version from them, as I've seen those cards overclock a lot with some extra-voltage.
Thanks for the Review.
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# Waiting a whileRealNeil 2010-10-31 20:13
Had planned to but two GTX-460's in December, but now I'm not sure. These don't do CUDA & Phys-X do they? I wonder how they scale with two on-board?
Is the CUDA and Phys-X features enough to shoot these down?
Gonna have to wait to see what develops. Can only afford an VERY occasional buy, so I want to get the best bang for the buck when I do.
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# RE: Waiting a whileOlin Coles 2010-10-31 20:19
Some people really enjoy PhysX effects in their games, and use CUDA for encoding media files. Others don't, and so it becomes a point of preference.

Keep in mind that you can buy two 1GB GTX 460's for around $340, while two Radeon HD 6870's will costs $480. This doesn't exactly put them in the same price segment, so cost becomes a major factor.
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# RE: RE: Waiting a whilechris 2010-11-01 17:35
460 1G seriously is not in the same league in terms of performance with 6870.

and where do you get 1G 460 for $170?
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# RE: RE: RE: Waiting a whileOlin Coles 2010-11-01 17:59
Thank you for reiterating the point I made over and over in this article: it takes a lightly overclocked GTX 460 to compete with the Radeon HD 6870. A heavily overclocked EVGA GTX 460 FTW puts the 6870 to shame, however.

You can buy 1GB GeForce GTX 460's at NewEgg for $170, although some now also offer rebates.
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# RE: Waiting a whileFranck 2010-11-01 08:18
I really don t see why someone should buy this card over a gtx 460 1gb hawk for example. In a price performance POV. It cost most and the diference ain t worth it.
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# Great cardRudaxx 2010-11-01 12:24
Yes i bought two of these Amd 6870 and put them in crossfire. These are great cards, With Amd you can have and use a card effectively for more than two years, but with nVidia up to one year and you become obsolete, they are hot and very loud and who cares about cuda and physix i prefer Havok. Besides 90% of games are Havoc and they work great, not like physix in mafia 2 where you need an extra card to make it slightly more stable, with one it lags. I've never had problems with ati cards or their driver but with nvidia its a whole other story. By the way if you type "nvidia driver problems" on google you get 8 million results.
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# RE: Great cardJack 2010-11-01 12:43
You're right that the 6870 does seem like a great card and a worthy successor to the HD5770. Every benchmark I have seen shows the 6870 performing with and in some cases outperforming the GTX 460. Although, I game with a single Gigabyte GTX 470 SOC and haven't noticed any of the issues with PhysX you mentioned. By the way, if you type "ATI Driver Problems" into Google you will get nearly just as many results (7.2 million when I checked). You say that after one year nVidia cards become obsolete but I was still using my old BFG 8800GT 512MB card I got back in the summer of 08 until I upgraded to the Gigabyte GTX 470. That's 2+ years of great use and 0 driver problems. Either way, both sets of cards, AMD and nVidia, are impressive. Anyone, looking to buy either the HD6870 or the HD6850 should also consider the GTX 460 1GB, and look at performance benchmarks, heat, and power usage before coming to an informed decision. BTW, I am really interested in the GTX 580 vs HD69XX cards.
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# RE: VisionTek 900338 Radeon HD 6870 Video CardNick 2010-11-18 20:29
What are the physical w/h/d dimensions of the 6870?
I am looking to put this into my case, and need specs.
Sorry, I can't find specs anywhere online.
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# Same as it ever was....BruceBruce 2010-11-18 20:36
...with apologies to David Byrne. This is a reference card, and will be the same size as many of the other cards released at the AMD launch.

Height: 115 mm
Length: 245 mm
Width: 35 mm (Dual-slot)
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# RE: RE: VisionTek 900338 Radeon HD 6870 Video CardOlin Coles 2010-11-18 21:19
They're right there in the middle of page two. I even included the Radeon HD 6850 dimensions. If you read the article, you can't miss it.
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