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Hearts and Flowers: Valentines inspiration for You!
Happy (almost) Valentines Day! I've been itching to work on some fun Valentines projects the last couple of weeks, but my weekends have been taken up with a more daunting project: we're building a chicken coop! Of course, I thought that project would take only the last Saturday in January, but instead it's dragged on and taken up the better part of the last few weekends. Still, it's been fun, and it's going to be an awesome chicken palace for our girls. (Photos coming soon… :)) So instead, I'm going to mine the blog and revive some oldie but goodie project ideas for you.
Last year, I came across a tutorial for this little bag on Gingercake, and stitched it up using a variety of pink organic fabric scraps from our Bloom and Haiku collections. It's quick and easy, and makes a super cute Valentines gift for little girls. You can get our Valentines 2018 bundle with these fabrics and more on our website here.
Several years ago, I got crafty with the Valentines and made these little fabric cards. They are really fun to make, and can be as simple or as intricate as you like (or, in my case, have time for). Anabelle was just little when she got this one, and I still find it on her bookcase or in with her dolls, and it's nice to have an enduring sentiment. My husband like his, too. You can see the tutorial on the blog here.
When I was a kid, my mom would always make these amazing Petit Cherry Cheese Tarts for Valentines Day. They were one of the highlights of my childhood. Apparently, my grandmother was the one who made them originally, and the recipe calls for tart Michigan cherries, which were easy to come by in Michigan, where she lived. I've found them to be more elusive in the Bay Area, so this year I tried to make them with Oregon Dark Sweet Cherries. They're still delicious, but the color came out more purple, and lacked the bright flavor of the tart cherries. I'm going to continue my search for a source, but I realized I could get the right cherries on Amazon, so now I know where to go if I can't find them locally next year. The full recipe is on the blog here.


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Help coming on blocking scam calls for robocall-plagued US
by: TALI ARBEL, Associated Press
Posted: May 15, 2019 / 09:46 AM EDT / Updated: May 16, 2019 / 06:03 AM EDT
FILE – In this May 4, 2018, file photo a man talks on the phone in a hallway adorned with the palm tree-printed wallpaper at a hotel near the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. U.S. regulators are proposing new measures intended to thwart billions of annoying robocalls received by Americans each year. The rising volume of unwanted calls in the last few years has created pressure on Congress, regulators and phone companies to do something to act. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — New measures by U.S. regulators could help thwart some of the billions of robocalls received in the U.S.
The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that it will vote in June on whether to let wireless carriers block spam calls by default, which should mean that more spam calls are blocked. Right now, customers have to take the extra step of requesting tools from their carriers or downloading apps from other companies to help them weed out most unwanted calls.
The rising volume of calls in the last few years, driven by how cheap and easy it is for scammers to call millions of people as well as weak enforcement, has created pressure on Congress, regulators and phone companies to act. The volume of calls has risen to roughly 5 billion per month, according to call-blocker YouMail, from 2.7 billion in November 2017. That's when the government gave carriers explicit, although narrow, permission to block certain types of calls.
Many robocalls are not scam calls, though, but calls from debt collectors and telemarketers selling insurance, cruises and the like. It's not clear if carriers would automatically block those calls, too, said Margot Saunders, senior counsel for the National Consumer Law Center and an expert on robocalls.
Under the proposed rules, the agency won't require carriers to provide such services or mandate that the tools offered are free. Today, some of these apps cost extra money; others are free.
"We certainly are encouraging companies to offer this for free," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. He said he anticipates that companies won't charge extra because it would cost less than the headache of dealing with robocalls and customer complaints about them today. He raised the threat of regulatory action "if the companies do not take the steps necessary to protect consumers."
The agency also said Wednesday it's making clear that carriers can let customers come up with lists of numbers that they will permit to call them. That means customers could tell phone companies that any number not on their list be automatically blocked.
"There is no doubt that this can only help, that it's a good thing. My questions go to how much it helps," Saunders said, referring to whether consumers would be protected from unwanted debt-collector and telemarketing calls as well as scams.
Phone-industry group USTelecom said Pai's proposal was "big and bold" and would help stop unwanted calls from reaching consumers.
There are also bills in Congress addressing the robocall problem. A widely supported, bipartisan Senate bill would require carriers to verify that a number popping up on your caller ID is real. A big problem with robocalls is that many are "spoofed," or faked to look like they're coming from a number that matches your area code and the next three digits of your number, so you think it's a neighbor and are more likely to pick up. The industry is working on deploying this long-in-the-works system, but it's been a slow process. Pai has threatened regulatory action if it's not done this year.
The Senate bill would also give the FCC more power to fine the people responsible for spam calls and puts together federal agencies and state officials to figure out ways to pursue criminal cases against robocall scammers, not just civil ones.
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by MAE ANDERSON, Associated Press / Jul 15, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon's Prime Day is coming with a wave of deals — and protests.
The company's fifth annual Prime Day now stretches two days, Monday and Tuesday, invented as an effort to try to drum up sales during sluggish summer months and sign up more users for its Prime loyalty program.
by TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press / Jul 15, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's message was clear: The state was taking a big step to keep its elections from being hacked in 2020. Last April, its top election official told counties they had to update their systems. So far, nearly 60% have taken action, with $14.15 million of mostly federal funds helping counties buy brand-new electoral systems.
But there's a problem: Many of these new systems still run on old software that will soon be outdated and more vulnerable to hackers.
Police test lighting in probe of Uber self-driving crash
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police outside Phoenix recently closed part of a street to conduct a lighting test as an investigation continues into the 2018 death of a woman who was struck and killed by an Uber self-driving SUV.
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office says prosecutors asked for more investigation before making a decision about whether to charge backup driver Rafaela Vasquez who was supposed to take control in an emergency. Another prosecutor's office decided in March not to charge Uber.

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Q: SVCHOST.EXE is taking 90% of RAM My friend's laptop always get crushed, caused by svchost.exe that take large percent of memory to work. Almost 90% RAM is used while it working. Many friends said that caused by Viruses. How to solve the problem without reinstalling Windows? because so many applications were installed and no backup already made.

A: SVCHost is NOT taking up 90% of the RAM.
I recognize that you may have some software saying that it is.  However, I assure you, it is NOT.
SVCHost is basically a fancy (documented) trick that Microsoft uses to have multiple "services" look like a single process.  The real source of the problem is almost never actually SVCHost, but it is one of the processes that gets disguised as SVCHost.  Yeah, this complicates troubleshooting.  However, there are some speed benefits, so combining multiple software into a single "process" does have some legitimate purpose.  (So this is not necessarily indicating a virus.)
Try:
TASKLIST /SVC
Then you can match the PID to some services.
Or, try Resource Monitor (Task Manager, Performance tab), CPU.  In the "services" section (which you may need to expand), you can sort by PID to see what services are using it.
I've found that in the business world, common culprits were software that heavily use the disk (e.g., backup software).  I guess that such software often works with drivers that may handle things at a low level, and so such actions may often involve software that is designed for speed rather than user-interactivity (like showing a proper "process" name).
All this said, viruses can also cause problems like high CPU usage, and have been known to hide as SVCHost.exe.  So, you might be dealing with a virus.  However, you also might not be.  In my experience troubleshooting many computers (for multiple businesses that were professionally managed), malicious software was the less common case.  Thorough troubleshooting generally found a fixable cause other than viral activity.

A: This memory usage may be caused by Windows Update which scans for new updates. Microsoft released an Updates which lower the memory usage.
Windows Update Client for Windows 7: June 2015
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3050265

Fixes included in this update
This update addresses an issue in which system performance can be decreased during scans. This issue has the greatest effect on
  computers that have a small amount of physical memory.

Download and install the update.
32Bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47352
64Bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47351

A: Try using svchost viewer. https://svchostviewer.codeplex.com/
And from another website (can't remember where):
Applications Are Accessing The Internet From Your Windows Computer
There are plenty of third party tools that help you in achieving this. A popular example of such tool can be CurrPorts by Nirsoft, which is a portable application, displaying all open connections and listening ports.
But what if you want to check this natively without using any third-party option? To do this, you can either use Windows PowerShell or the very popular and easy to use Command Prompt. The following steps will help you detect applications that are using your Internet bandwidth with Command Prompt. This is one of the simplest and easiest way to keep track of your connections.
Step 1: Hit the Windows key on your keyboard, and search for cmd.exe by typing it in.
Step 2: You need to run cmd.exe as an administrator. To do that, Right-click on it, and select 'Run as administrator'.
Step 3: Type the following command and hit enter:
netstat -bona

This will give you a list of all your active connections. Use that list to match up with svchost viewer and you can eliminate items by due process.
This is the best method I have found to validate the legitimacy of all those svchost.exe items in Task Manager
Good luck

A: This can cause by some crack or USB dongle that run constantly to make sure the software you use is legally licensed, or some type of virus that run as service to consume the CPU resources.

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The ancient city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand has been a major Hindu pilgrimage site for centuries. Located where the sacred River Ganga emerges from the base of the Himalayas, it's considered one of the 7 Sapta Puri. The Kumbh Mela, which is held every 12 years, is also celebrated here. The sacred city of Haridwar offers a colourful and fascinating blend of culture and offers the best tourist places in Haridwar. Being one of the seven holiest cities in India, Haridwar often bustles with devotees. It propitious location near the holy River Ganga has made it gain more popularity.
With the passage of time, it has become more than just a religious city, where people thronged to perform immersion of the ashes or took a dip in the water to wash away their sins. It has in fact evolved into Yoga, cultural and spiritual centre and has also become a prime hub for learning Sanskrit language The modern day, Haridwar is the reflection of the culture of India and thus offer much to its visitors. Here is the list of best 12 places that one must see in this holy city.
While religion plays an important role in Haridwar – many visitors are pilgrims and devotees – there's more to this holy city. The cuisine is excellent and food lovers eager to try authentic Indian fare will find their palates satiated many times over. Travelers in search of yoga ashrams and centers hoping to improve their physical and mental health won't be left wanting either. If you're eager to experience the tourist places in Haridwar, read on to know the best time to visit, how to get here and where to stay.
Mansa Devi Temple is one of the most revered religious spots in Haridwar, pulling tourists and devotees from different parts of the country. Since Haridwar is one of the holiest cities for the followers of Hinduism, it naturally houses a great number of temples. However, the significance of this temple located on the top of Bilwa Parvat is unique.
The temple is dedicated to goddess Mansa Devi. It is believed that the wishes of every sincere devotee are fulfilled here. There is an interesting folk tale concerning the inception of this temple. Since the temple is located atop a hill, you can reach here by either trekking or by taking a ropeway ride.
If you are looking for a break from temple visits while you are in Haridwar, Crystal World is the best option for you and your family. Renowned as one of the major entertainment parks in the state of Uttarakhand, Crystal World has attractions for people belonging to all age groups.
The park features a wide range of rides and slides that will please the adventure junkie in your, giving you a wholesome dose of thrill and fun. The park spans over a large area, so there is a lot of space for leisure and adventure. The park is also a great place to organize all kinds of events at.
One of the most sacred spots in the town, Har Ki Pauri holds an unmatched significance in the divine aura of Haridwar. It is a holy ghat located on the bank of river Ganges. Devotees from all over the country come to this ghat to take a dip in the river, seeking absolution of their sins as it is believed that the holy waters of the river wash away sins.
For the best experience, visit this ghat during sunset when you can catch the famous evening aarti that is held here every day. Har Ki Pauri is, owing to its popularity among pilgrims visiting Haridwar, counted among the major places to visit in Haridwar.
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The temples and ghats in Haridwar are usually crowded and hence, there are chances of thefts and pickpocketing. Hence, do not wear expensive jewelry or carry a lot of cash with you.
There are a lot of scammers in Haridwar who would sell you gems, sacred items claiming them to be of holy importance. Stay away from such marketers.
There are a lot of tour guides who offer to take you on a day excursion all over the city. Do not pay them a large sum of money. If you need a guide, hire one through an authorized travel agency.
As Haridwar is a holy city, consumption of alcohol and non-vegetarian food is prohibited here. Hence, refrain from doing so and respect the prescribed ethos.
There are a lot of Dharamshalas, resorts and Hotels which claim to provide best stay services but turn out to be in a deteriorated condition when you actually visit there. Hence, review your accommodation properly before visiting.
Do not make advance payments for any tourist facility unless you are getting a proper receipt for it.
As it is a holy city of religious importance, it is not advisable to wear clothes which are body showing and overly exposing.
As Haridwar is a pilgrimage place and is regarded as holy and sacred, it is not legal to consume alcohol in the city of Haridwar.
This is one of the most popular ghats in Haridwar. It was built by king Vikramaditya and this place is crowded by devotees in mornings and evenings. The evening aarti is organized here every evening and no matter what, you should definitely not miss out on witnessing it as it is one of the most important things to do!
This is a temple of Goddess Chandi and to reach here, you can either trek for 3 km if you love adventure or take a cable car ride. Once you reach at the top, you will get a really mesmerizing landscape view of the blue waters of Ganga gushing with force, surrounded by mountains.
This is a popular shopping place where you can buy souvenirs, Rudraksha seeds, Ayurvedic herbs and medicines and items of religious worship. There are also some authentic sweet shops and street food stalls in the area. You can enjoy an evening at Bara Bazar with your family and friends.
This is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Goddess Mansa Devi and people crowd here from all over the country, especially during Navratri.
If you are a nature lover, this place is a true paradise for you. It is situated in between the green mountain forests and is a perfect hide for people who want to spend some time in peace and solace and seek relaxation. It is a getaway for those who want to just spend some time by themselves, in the lap of nature.
It is one of the most famous spiritual organization in India. This place is visited by a lot of people who are seeking spiritual guidance. This place mainly works of ideals like Social reforms, Psychological Engineering, Self-reliant development, Revival of Vedic Culture and literature and different Methods of Sadhana, You should pay a visit here to understand life in a better way and seek some positive and inspirational guidance.
Apart from visiting the temples and holy places, you should also not miss having a creamy Lassi at Prakash Lok, which is famous being perfectly cold, flavored and served in tin cups. You will relish this taste for long and hence, you really cannot afford to miss it.
Even if you are not a religious person, the entire aura and vibe of the place will make you feel very positive and serene. The whole environment is filled with devotion of pilgrims and so, you are ought to feel very positive and calm.
You will experience an entirely different tranquility during evenings in Haridwar, especially when the Ganga aarti takes place. The aarti takes place every evening and the view of oil lamps in the darkness of dawn is a mesmerizing and breathtaking view.
The local vegetarian food served in Haridwar is made with authentic Indian spices. You can try simple lunch plates, Dal Makhnis, Parathas and Paneer delicacies in Haridwar, along with some Indian sweets like laddus and Halwa.
Unlike other places where people worship river Ganga, the river waters in Haridwar are very clean and pure. This is one specialty about the place as you can go and get a dip in the fresh cold water of the Himalayan River, which is not at all polluted.
Q. What is the best time to visit Haridwar?
Haridwar witnesses climate extremes of sorts.
The summer months from March to June can get very hot during the day with temperatures sometimes touching 40 degrees Celsius.
Winter is a lot more pleasant, ranging from 30 to a chilly 10 degrees Celsius.
The best time to visit is February to March and August to October when the weather is pleasant during the day and night. Try to avoid traveling in July when the Savan festival is held as it becomes very crowded and roads can get blocked.
Q. How to reach Haridwar?
Haridwar is connected to cities within and outside the state by road, air and rail.
Road: Most travelers coming from Delhi go by road via NH 45.
Air: The nearest airport is Jolly Grant Airport located in Dehradun and is about 20 kms away. Visitors coming in from abroad will land at Delhi Airport, which is about 5 hours away and is the nearest international airport.
Rail: Haridwar Railway Station is the point of entry if traveling by train. It's linked to major cities in India including Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Indore.
Q. Which are some best resorts to stay in Haridwar?
Q. Which are the best places to experience local cuisine in Haridwar?
Q. What are the best public transport modes to commute around Haridwar?
Local buses, taxis and autos are the commonest modes of transport to explore Haridwar. However, hiring a taxi or an auto is a better option as you can take your time and reach out-of-the-way destinations easily. Keep in mind that taxis and autos are more expensive than buses.
Q. What are the best places of shopping in Haridwar?
Q. Which is the best place and time to experience Ganga Aarti in Haridwar?
The best time to experience Ganga Aarti is in the morning and evening, particularly sunrise and sunset, as the light from the wicks is brightly illuminated.
The most popular place to witness and participate in Ganga Aarti in the ghats of Har Ki Pauri. It's accessible by bus from Haridwar bus stand and by taxis and autos. If you're traveling by train, Haridwar Railway Station is the nearest stop and is only 3 kms away.
Q. Which are the best yoga ashrams in Haridwar?


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Genesis/Mega Drive
bad hardware or bad programation?
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RedAngel
We know that our genesis has some weak points but in my opinion many games could have been a lot better.
For example our console displays 64 colours in a normal way, and more with special technics (128 in Ranger X) so programers (at least from the own Sega) could have made more games with more colours.
If we talk about special effects we have the awesome games from Treasure. Some musics were great and even some of them included samples with a good result and in some games digitised voices were more or less decent.
If you look well into the long catalogue you find lots of games that can make you think "our console could really do more things that I imagined", the main problem is that most of genesis games were traditional technically speaking, and the few with went further only do in one or two aspects it was difficult to find a complete game.
IceDigger
the "enhanced" games came out pretty much towards the end of the system, and often had to drop other stuff or take performance hits to achieve those effects.
Fancy hardware is nice (and remember, the Genesis came out in what, 1989?) but I think it all comes down to the gameplay, really.
Let me pick a non-Sega game (to be fair):
Look at Dracula X: Rondo Of Blood for the PCE cd. It has a very limited pallette if you look closely, yet I doubt those that do notice seem to mind if they're enjoying the game.
ExCyber
Yeah, there are any number of tricks you can pull with limited hardware, but there are only so many clock cycles in a second on any given platform, and only so many ports the programmer's allowed to poke at. The sorts of tricks needed to double color palettes, get more sprites on the screen at once, etc. often come with a performance price as Arakon mentioned. Also, the underlying hardware properties that allow them generally aren't very flexible, which limits the types of situations in which such tricks can be used.
I agree with all of you but there are some games that were really bad and very far from the typical limits of our console. Some famous games of very famous companies
were not as good as they should, for example, Castlevania, I love the game, musics are very good, playability is very high but those graphics and colours look as a beta version of a game and not a full version.
I think many programmers had to release their games before finishing them and in other systems this event was not as common as in our console.
The great Chrono Trigger of SNES were very good because Akira Toriyama drew the characters, Yuji Horii (write the story of Dragon quest games) wrote the plot, and Square worked for more than two years in the game
can someone tell me a similar effort and dream team in genesis games?
eatpenguin
hmm.. i thought castlevania looked amazing on genesis. maybe its just me
Some famous games of very famous companies
I'm with eatpenguin on this one - Bloodlines looks fine to me. I think you underestimate the difficulty of making good-looking graphics at limited resolution *and* with a severely limited palette (MD/Genesis only allows specifying a total of 512 different colors). Also, if you're looking at the graphics on an emulator, turn on interpolation or something, because most console graphics look like crap on a PC monitor.
This happens all over the place, it's just that some developers end up hiding it better than others. Just to follow the example, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was released unfinished on PSX - if you don't think the extra stuff in the Saturn version is evidence enough, there's a fairly well-known bug that can be exploited to see evidence that was left in the PSX version, or you could just use an XA stream player and notice that there's quite a bit of dialogue recorded on the disc that never gets used...
In the game industry (and when developing software in general), it's often the case that a game has a ridiculous number of bugs during its development, and the developers get in as many features as they can before the "feature freeze", which is the point in development when no new features are allowed to be added and the developers must concentrate solely on bugfixes. Fixing bugs is not what developers generally like to do, so it's sometimes up to the publisher to say something along the lines of "Be done by Thanksgiving, or else you don't get paid.", at which point some developers tend to start working 16-hour days and sleeping at the office in order to meet the deadline (or so I'm told).
Well, perhaps I'm too strict with games. The best of the genesis version of Castlevania comparing to Castlevania 4 is that enemies were not stupid.
Good colours and good graphics:
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In my opinion some companies worked very well in our system: Electronic Arts, Virgin, Treasure, Sega (not always!) and others dedicate more resources to other platforms: Konami, Capcom etc.
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Quote: from eatpenguin on 1:54 pm on Mar. 2, 2002
Actually Castlevania Bloodlines *did* use many "special effects" of the Genesis VDP - most notably mid frame raster effects, which allowed for the cool reflective surfaces on that one level (forgot which one it was).


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