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National Geographic Video Wall Encapsulates 'Everything That's Beautiful'
With the world's deepest library of nature photography, National Geographic Museum set out to build a video wall worthy of its stunning content.
January 9, 2014 Tom LeBlanc
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Here's a good problem to have.
The National Geographic Society, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary, enjoys seemingly limitless high-definition video content of the natural world. It wanted to celebrate that universe of content with displays at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C.
The task, in a nutshell, for the video editor? "We said to her, 'Show us everything that's beautiful in the world,'" says Thomas Oelberger, one of the museum's exhibit designers.
Even with access to a ton of great content, there still remains the creative and technological challenge of how best to present it. A video wall that visitors encounter almost immediately upon entering the exhibit space seems to meet that challenge.
An unconventionally shaped Planar video wall designed by Sterling, Va.-based integration firm Avitecture, seems to meet that challenge.
The oddly configured video wall displays an animal-themed tribute to the work of the society's explorers, photographers and scientists. Much of the six-minute long content loop that greets visitors upon arrival at the exhibit is culled from the seven-episode "Great Migrations" nature miniseries that was originally broadcast on the National Geographic cable channel.
"We knew we had a huge range of content in-house to choose from, so very early on the issue became what form it would take," recalls Oelberger.
One existing shape offered a direction: The society's flag, whose three stripes represent earth, sky and sea, which would lend itself to a video wall that could portray some of that vast content. But the idea of a typically rectangular flag shape seemed too static to the design team.
"We're presenting nature, which never really happens in a square box. So it's about having the ability to present it in these more organic shapes," says Oelberger.
That led to the idea of a 12-panel video wall configured in a 4 X 3 arrangement but with the three horizontal "stripes" staggered rather than uniform.
"Everyone is used to seeing a rectangle, but when you take that," says Bill Apter, senior consultant for special projects for Avitecture, pointing as displays illuminate strategically to capture the movement of an animal, "you give the editor an incredible canvas to work with because she could develop this building block look."
The team chose a Planar Clarity Matrix MX46HD LCD video wall display whose mounts offered the ability to set each display in the video wall at the exact right position in relation to the others, so that the video would flow properly. "Accurate placement was exceedingly important but thanks to the well-designed mounts it ended up being quite simple," Oelberger notes.
National Geographic Museum exhibit designer Thomas Oelberger discusses the uniquely shaped video wall.
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Tom has been covering electronics integration since 2003. Prior to being named editorial director of CI, he was senior writer and managing editor of CE Pro. Before that, he wrote for the sports department of the Boston Herald. Migrating to magazines, he was a staff editor for a golf publication and an outdoor sports publication.
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Recently, my husband was the best man in a wedding of a longtime friend in beautiful Newport, RI. For their wedding cake, I made a red velvet cake with a cream cheese buttercream filling. I knew the bride wanted sea shells on the cake, so I decided to get every shell mold from here to Timbuktu and I started making white chocolate shells. They turned out great and really are pretty easy to create! I used edible pearl dust to add color accents to the shells. The shells looked wonderful, but the cake needed a pop of color, so I decided adding coral was the answer.
This technique is incredibly easy and really adds depth to any cake. Pipe royal icing on to parchment paper and let it dry overnight. Then, mix your edible dust with some vodka to make it easier to paint (the Vodka evaporates and leaves only the beautiful color!) Use the extra royal icing to "glue" the pieces of coral to the cake.


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Spill the Tea: The wasted potential of B.A.P
January 16, 2021 ~ Annie @ evening tea musings
B.A.P was a Kpop boy group formed by TS Entertainment back in 2012.
Their debut single and album, Warrior, was powerful and charismatic, different from the typical "pretty boy" image. Within two days of its release, Warrior sold over 10,000 copies in South Korea. The EP also entered Billboard's World Chart Albums at #10.
Back then, I was a huge EXO fan. I really didn't listen to any other Kpop groups besides those from SM Entertainment. But after listening to B.A.P, I became a huge fan of them. They were a strong all-rounder group. Their music and their MV quality were good.
I remember many comments saying that this group would be the group to break into the US market. But unfortunately, the group disbanded before they even had a chance.
The group filed a lawsuit in 2014 to nullify their contracts with TS Entertainment, claiming unfair working conditions and profit distribution. Apparently, the USD 9 million the group had earned over three years, each member was only paid USD 18,000.
Even after the lawsuit, they continued putting out music, which did really well. A year after the lawsuit, B.A.P got a music show win. In 2016, their second studio album, Noir, helped reclaimed their title as the K-Pop act with the most No.1 Albums on Billboard's World Album chart.
Their songs shifted their focus to talking about societal issues and their personal feelings about the lawsuit. "Wake Me Up" talked about mental health. "Dystopia" directly attacked the idea of living in "utopias," disregarding them all as illusions. They were one of the first groups to incorporate struggles into their songs.
This was all before Yongguk, the leader, and Zelo, the youngest member, left the group in 2018. And then it all went downhill from there.
I think B.A.P was one of the first groups to do something different from everyone else in the industry. I remember that Kpop songs back then heavily focused on romance, crushes, and breakups. B.A.P's music videos had interesting storylines, and they weren't afraid to try something musically different.
While the members have gone their own path after the group's disbandment, I really don't think they will get much individual success on a global scale. During their promotions, they were prevalent, but they were still building their global fanbase. People were just getting to know them as a group. The individual members didn't have a solid fanbase yet.
Sometimes, I still check to see what some of the members are up to every now and then.
Daehyun, the group's main vocalist, transitioned from an idol to an "all-rounder singer-songwriter." His first single album, Aight, debuted at number 15 on South Korea's national Gaon Album Chart. But internationally, there's very little news about him. I think he recently enlisted, so there'll also be a long wait if we get to hear some information about his projects.
Youngjae, the group's other main vocalist, also put out some music, but I don't think any of them charted. However, he seems to be going back and forth between a singer and an actor. He was cast in Mr. Queen, tVN's historical comedy-drama, in 2020.
Youngguk also has continued writing and producing music. Most of his songs focus on personal experiences or openly call out governments, companies, and more to take advantage of their power. He's serving in the military right now, so there's not much news about him.
B.A.P is a prime example of how vital management is. While the group has to work hard, I don't think a successful group could achieve a feat without good management. I think this could be said about many other groups. B.A.P is only one of the many.
There's a possibility of B.A.P reuniting in the future, and I am eagerly waiting for that day. They are indeed legends.
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Lauryn'sWorld says:
everytime I think of B.A.P i just get so annoyed at how they had so much wasted potential. Jongup's solo 'headache' is a favourite of mine , they're all so talented
Agreed. I'm glad the members still seem to keep in touch and cheer each other on
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gnanmien says:
Thank you very much. Gotta like how everyone in kpop is like "swag badass" now while acting as if BAP never existed
Preach. B.A.P always had such phenomenal music videos and an aura in general that was so different from what everyone else was doing at the time. I love their discography a lot and I really wish things were better for them, both then and now. Yongguk's solo career has been good so far considering different circumstances (Hikikomori is one of my favourite songs ever) so I'm looking forward to his discharge from the military and upcoming music! I like that they've stayed good friends even after the disbandment, seeing them together at solo fanmeets of certain members these past 2 years was fun, and I really think there's a possibility of them releasing something together again in the future, when the time comes! ♡
I love their discography too. One Shot will always be a favorite. ♡ I saw Daehyun post a photo from their debut days on IG. The caption was something like 'miss this' and my heart went ╥﹏╥. It was really nice to see them post stuff about each other's projects too. I don't have high hopes of them re-debuting as a group but hopefully they do get together for something when the time is right!

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The Uprising of AIs and Self-Driving Cars
Apr 15, 2022 | Motori | 0 commenti
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Years ago, advances in luxury cars largely revolved around ever-greater speed and ease of control. Then came the rise of electric vehicles (EVs), marketed as the cleaner way to get around and appealing to environmentally conscious drivers. However, in a world of increasingly short attentions spans, it wasn't long before consumers started looking for the next big thing in automotives. In the second decade of the 21st century, development of artificial intelligence (AI) saw great advances in many aspects such as computer vision, object recognition and game playing. These advances in AI technology led to what is probably the next thing to look out for in the automotive industry, autonomous or self-driving vehicles.
Before dive in, some clarifications are in order. While we say that self-driving cars are going to be the next big thing in the automotive industry, we aren't discounting the significance of fast cars or the environmental potential of EVs. The need for speed forms a primal link between man and machine, and EVs are simply the next evolution in how we power our cars.
Also, the terms autonomous and self-driving have been used interchangeably to describe two main categories of vehicles, cars made for retail and those made specifically for burgeoning autonomous delivery and ride-hailing services. For this article, we shall be referring primarily to the former.
Of late, self-driving vehicles are becoming an increasingly salient issue amongst automakers. Tesla has offered its Autopilot technology on its vehicles as a standard feature, with the option to upgrade to its "full self-driving" (FSD) system. Other makers are also getting into the game with notable examples being General Motor's (GM) driver-assist Super Cruise system and the BMW's Personal CoPilot. However, it should be noted that while these systems might be able to take control of the vehicle, freeing drivers' hands in certain circumstances, they aren't capable of fully autonomous driving yet.
According to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), there are 6 levels of driving automation, ranging from level 0 (no driving automation) to level 5 (full driving automation). Most of the technologies available today fall into level 1 or 2. In simple term, level 1 (driver assistance) technologies support the driver by adjusting factors like acceleration but do not take control of the car. Level 2 (partial driving automation) can take control of steering and acceleration but requires the driver to remain alert and responsible for vehicular operations.
Thus, despite how Elon Musk inflates the capabilities of Tesla's Autopilot and FSD technologies, at present, drivers may be able to hand over control to an automated system for limited periods under certain conditions, such as on a highway, but are still required to stay alert behind the wheel. There is still a long way to go before we can experience fully autonomous driving.
That brings us to the next question. In the 2010s many automakers and news outlets proclaimed that by 2020, we would be entering a world where we would be "permanent backseat driver(s)". Yet in 2021, it seems that we are no closer than when it was first predicted. Therefore, people are asking why don't we have fully autonomous driving features yet?
To answer this, we have to understand how self-driving cars work. As mentioned in our introduction, self-driving vehicles rely on AIs which utilise a system of cameras and sensors to monitor road conditions and track objects around the vehicle. This information is used by the onboard AI to determine the ideal route, acceleration and steering. However, before the AIs can make these decisions for themselves, it must be taught the rules of the road and how to react in different scenarios. This entails acquiring an extremely large amount of training data which would be equivalent to billions of hours of driving footage.
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Unfortunately, this data is hard to acquire and footage of specific events like vehicular accidents and road debris are even more so. Because of this, the going has been slow and that is why we have yet to see fully autonomous driving systems which can operate a car on the road with the required safety and reliability.
Given that virtually every marketing campaign involving cars talks about the link between man and machine and places emphasis on the experience of driving, it raises questions about why automakers are experimenting with technology which could potentially eliminate the need for a driver to be involved in vehicular operations. In our opinion, the answer might seem a little abstract, but it makes sense if you think about it.
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As our lives become increasingly hectic, we often find ourselves grasping for time to wherever we can find it to accomplish the goals we set for ourselves. With the traditional car, being behind the wheel demands our full attention. However, the self-driving vehicle would, in effect, allow us to own time. If we could hand over control for the duration if a trip to an onboard AI, we could free up more time for ourselves to do other things in the car like answer emails or maybe take a nap.
That being said, it is unlikely that the option for manual operation will be removed from automotives any time soon. Being able to drive a car, especially turbocharged beasts, is all part of the experience of ownership. Something primal is ignited when we get behind the wheel of a luxury sports car and feel that power at our fingertips.
Powerfully fast cars will never go out of fashion. The traditional car will simply continue to evolve, taking on new features such as cleaner electric power, integrating new operational capabilities like autonomous driving, giving owners the chance to become master of their own fates and time.
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FIFA Club World Cup: Cristiano Ronaldo Hits 500th Goal As Real Madrid Reach Final
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 500th club goal Thursday as Real Madrid eased past Mexico's Club America 2-0 to reach the Club World Cup final in Japan.
The Spanish giants will face shock finalists Kashima Antlers, the J-League champions, in Yokohama on Sunday as they look to capture their second world title in three years and fifth in total.
"Our sole aim was to reach the final — so it's job done," Real coach Zinedine Zidane told reporters after goals from Karim Benzema and Ronaldo extended his side's club record unbeaten run to 36 matches in all competitions.
"We didn't have a great rhythm in the first half, but in the second half we created more chances and Cristiano was able to kill the game off so I'm very happy," added the Frenchman.
"It was a long flight to Japan and we have very few days to rest and prepare for the final, but we have come here to win this Club World Cup."
His countryman Benzema said: "It was a hard game against a tough team. The conditions were difficult too with the long journey we've had, but we played well and won the game — now for the final."
With Ronaldo firing blanks until scoring with virtually the last kick of the game, Benzema struck in first-half stoppage time, finishing clinically with the outside of his right boot after a deft pass from Toni Kroos.
Ronaldo, who scooped his fourth Ballon d'Or earlier this week, had already squandered a gilt-edged opportunity by heading against the post.
The Portuguese superstar also saw two stinging efforts blocked by goalkeeper Moises Munoz but his dogged persistence paid off when he swept home from a tight angle deep into injury time.
Mexican protest
Confusion followed, however, when it appeared the goal could be ruled out using the video technology being trialled by FIFA in Japan.
Ronaldo's face turned to thunder as the Mexicans protested he had been offside — until Paraguayan referee Enrique Caceres finally indicated that the goal stood.
"It's a new invention but to be honest I don't like it," said man of the match Luka Modric when asked about video replays.
"It causes confusion. I hope they don't continue with this system because for me it is not football."
Zidane refused to criticise the technology, although his comments hardly amounted to a ringing endorsement either.
"If you ask my personal impression, it could cause problems," he said. "But if it's FIFA policy then we have to get used to it. We don't have the power to decide. Maybe it will help make things clear and transparent."
The 31-year-old Ronaldo has hit a remarkable 377 goals in 366 games for Real with 118 more in 292 games for Manchester United and five in 31 for Sporting before that.
Club America coach Ricardo La Volpe insisted his side had been unfortunate to lose.
"I think the luck was against," growled the firebrand Argentine.
"Real Madrid were not the better team. I told the players they can be proud of the way they fought," he added. "It was a very tight game which we dominated for periods, but we were not aggressive enough. We just couldn't find the final ball."
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«Невіруючі» () — назва документальної кінострічки з показом публічних промов відомих англомовних науковців та популяризаторів науки Лоуренса Краусса та Річарда Докінза на релігійні теми.

Посвята

Фільм мав посвяту англо-американському письменникові Крістоферу Гітченсу (1949—2011), полемісту  і журналісту, відомому як біографічними працями про колишнього президента США Томаса Джефферсона та письменника Джорджа Орвелла, так і полемічними працями атеїстичного спрямування.

Про фільм

Сюжетом фільму є подорожі світом, котрі здійснюють Річард Докінз та Лоуренс Краусс. Немолоді, але відчайдушні, вони закликають людей розглянути релігійні догми критично, позбавитись застарілих і ворожих настанов, особливо при розгляді болючих питань сьогодення.

До участі в фільмі залучене широке коло діячів, серед яких чимало авторитетних в різних колах. Серед них —

 Девід Сільверман
 Рікі Джервейс
 Камерон Діас
 Стівен Хокінг
 Білл Пуллман
 Сара Сілверман
 Вернет Герцог
 Тім Мінчін
 Едді Іззард
 Адам Севідж
 Айанн Гірсі
 Пенн Джиллет
 Сем Харріс
 Джеймс Ренді
 Вуді Аллен та інші.

Прем'єра фільму відбулася в Канаді, в місті Торонто 29 квітня 2013 року на кінофестивалі «Hot Docs». Квитки на документальну кінострічку та її чотири покази були всі розкуплені.

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Immediately after President Trump's inauguration, the former White House Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, issued a government wide regulatory freeze, putting the brakes on Department of Energy efficiency standards on a range of products that were already pending approval products including portable air conditioners and commercial boilers that were already pending approval.
On top of that, President Trump's budget for fiscal year 2018 picked out the Environmental Protection Agency's 'Energy Star' programme, a voluntary energy efficiency certification scheme, as one of the programmes to be 'eliminated'. Rumours abound that President Trump is also considering rolling back fuel efficiency standards on vehicles for 2022 to 2025.
But is cutting back environment and energy regulation justified by sound economic or environmental rationales? Do we have enough evidence to suggest that these standards are costly to consumers?
Why do we have energy efficiency standards?
Standards were introduced to encourage consumers to buy more energy efficient products and to encourage firms to produce more of these goods. There are two common economic reasons for imposing standards on energy-using goods.
The first is that using energy has unaccounted negative impacts on other people, for example by causing air pollution which damages health and costs money to manage (costs which might be recouped through taxation). This isn't factored into most energy prices so energy is cheap to use and there's no incentive to cut back. Energy efficiency standards could reduce energy usage and so decrease some of the negative impacts.
The second is that when there are no efficiency standards private consumers tend not to choose the most energy efficient durable goods like cars and washing machines even if they are cheaper to use in the long run. Take for example the use of light bulbs. Switching from incandescent light bulbs to LED could result in savings of up to £622 ($934) largely through greater energy efficiency. Nonetheless, incandescent and halogen bulbs still represent roughly 50% of recent shipments to the US.
For 100,000 hours of light LEDs could cost US$934* less than Halogen bulbs.
*Assuming that the lifetime of the LED bulb is 10 years using 100 kWh per year, and that savings in the future are worth 5.6% less per year than they are now, the switch would still generate $652 (£435).
Why do consumers buy bulbs which work out as more costly? It could be that risk-averse consumers don't know enough about the performance of the product or might be unwilling to make an investment if they will not benefit directly (for example a landlord might not buy an expensive bulb if they will not recoup savings from the electricity bill). Or it could be that the upfront cost is more noticeable and consumers are short-sighted about future costs like energy bills. Efficiency standards can help fix these 'market failures' by making sure the products sold are the ones that will save consumers the most.
However, not everyone is convinced that energy efficiency standards save consumers money. Public perception is that standards burden customers by limiting their choices and forcing them to buy expensive energy efficient products.
A new research paper in the Grantham Research Institute Working Paper series finds that contrary to common belief, energy efficiency standards could benefit consumers and their pockets.
Using data from sales of washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners and clothes dryers in the US between 2001 and 2011 we found that the average price of appliances regulated by energy efficiency standards (when the quality is held constant) declined over the period studied. For washing machines, the most regulated appliances in the study, average price fell by $464 over the study period. Average price (holding quality constant) also declines faster around the time of energy policy changes (about 1.5%) compared to unregulated products.
The average price of washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners of the same quality dropped between 2002 and 2011.
The solid vertical lines represent the effective date of simultaneous policy changes in the federal minimum energy efficiency standard and Energy Star certification threshold, while the dashed line is for the Energy Star threshold change that took effect in July 2009, all for washing machines. Refrigerators had changes in Energy Star certification thresholds in January 2004 and in May 2008 (represented by the dashed dotted vertical line). All prices are in December 2011 US dollars.
In addition, the data showed that quality increased over time, with appliances not just becoming more energy efficient, but also improvements in other attributes (e.g. number of wash cycle options). The rate of increase is also faster around the period where energy standards are changed.
Together, these observations indicate that manufacturers are introducing appliances that are more energy efficient appliances and of higher quality. At the same time, average prices of regulated products are becoming cheaper, with prices dropping at a faster rate around energy policy changes.
So energy efficiency standards unambiguously benefit consumers. They get better quality and also lower prices. But what's driving this trend?
Energy standards might make manufacturers compete more. Standards can make regulated appliances become more `similar' by making them all energy efficient. Consequently, standards can make targeting different customer niches difficult for manufacturers, forcing them to resort to more price competition. If this is the channel by which standards can influence price, then introduction of new models by other manufacturers should drive the price decline. In our study we did not find strong evidence supporting this channel.
However, we found that price declines were driven by the introduction of new models by the same manufacturers rather than by competitors. Instead of competition we found evidence that energy standards are accelerating innovation and deployment of technologies.
As more stringent energy efficiency standards are brought in they force firms to bring new products to market, which might otherwise have been delayed or spread over time. It might be more profitable for firms to bundle other innovations into the new models to make them novel compared to competitors – quieter washing machines for example. Consequently, older products face greater competition with newer ones, so firms cut the price of older models so they can continue to make sales on them.
We didn't look at what the impact is on manufacturers. Energy efficient products might be associated with increased production costs which could be detrimental for firms but greater innovation might also drive down production costs from lessons-learnt.
Given these observations, it's very difficult to assert that energy efficiency standards are 'burdensome' to consumers.
It is also important to emphasize that the benefits for consumers are in addition to the potential health and wellbeing benefits from the reduction in carbon emissions, both at the local and global scale, associated with energy use.
So is President Trump's cutting back of environment and energy regulation justified by sound economic or environmental rationales? Probably not!
This commentary is based on research published in the Grantham Research Institute working paper series. The paper, authored by Arlan Brucal (Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute LSE) and co-author Michael Roberts. The Working Paper has been submitted to a journal for publication.


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How The British Royal Family Has More Drama Than Any CW Show
Kathy Benjamin ·
For the past 20 years, I have had a fascination with the British monarchy. And by "fascination," I mean an obsession that more than one person has expressed serious concern about, and which should probably keep me from being allowed in that country ever again.
Creative CommonsI've plotted how to get on that balcony so many times.
One of the first things people ask me when they find out about my hobby / discover the secret altar where I perform blood sacrifices while chanting "God save the Queen" (hey, how do you think she's made it to 90?) is what the point is of having a royal family anymore. After all, this is the 21st century, and we don't need some stupid, unqualified person to automatically lead us just because they were born into wealth and power. We elect those people now. I usually answer by explaining the role of the monarchy in government, the importance of having a living connection to history, and their extensive charitable work.
But that's all just an excuse. I want the royal family to stick around because their drama puts every soap opera to shame. No, seriously, it's nuts ...
The Characters Are Crazy
Since I know some of you might not be familiar with the cast, so to speak, here's a really quick rundown of characters. Queen Elizabeth II is the head honcho, and she is married to a guy named Prince Philip, whom she fell in love with when she was 13 and who also happens to be her third cousin AND second cousin once removed, because royalty is gross like that. They have four children, Prince Charles being the most important, since he gets to be king next. He's the one who was married to Princess Diana, and they had William and Harry. Prince William married Kate Middleton, that bitch, breaking my heart into a thousand pieces, and now they have two children of their own, but whatever I hate them.
Tim Ireland/PA WireI didn't make this for this article. It already existed on my computer.
While the Queen has always behaved with the utmost decorum, some of her family members act a lot more like you would expect people to act when they have access to almost unlimited money, palaces, drugs, and sex. Her sister, Princess Margaret, smoked 60 cigarettes a day and drank so much that it killed her ... but don't worry too much; she was 71. Their mother, who lived to a ripe old 101, had a different addiction: the ponies. She was alleged to enjoy betting on horse races so much that an MP claimed she once used the pilot's radio to place wagers while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. In her honor, probably for all the business she gave them over the years, bookmakers closed on the day of her funeral.
Currently, the big party animal is Prince Harry. At the age of 16, he did what most teenagers do and decided to experiment with drugs and alcohol. The difference was when you did it and got caught, it didn't become national news, and your dad probably didn't make you do charity work at a rehab clinic to make up for it. Four years later, he made the front page again when he showed up at a friend's "colonials and natives"-themed costume party in a Nazi uniform. In 2004, he attacked a photographer outside a nightclub. Then in 2012, we were all gifted with shots of Harry showing everything but the crown jewels (NSFW) when he played strip billiards with some women he had just met in Vegas and didn't think to take their phones from them.
The SunThere are also topless photos of Kate, but you'll have to find those yourself.
Prince Philip is basically considered a national treasure because he is everyone's racist grandpa. At 95, he is old enough not to give any more fucks, but he's been like this forever. In 2002, he asked an Australian aboriginal businessman if they "still threw spears at each other." And he once asked a Scottish driving instructor how he managed to keep his pupils sober long enough to teach them. And he once pointed at a random child in a youth club and declared that he looked like he was on drugs. And ... you know what, we'll be here all day, just read them yourself.
Even the supporting characters get up to weird stuff. Princess Beatrice, a granddaughter of the Queen, was recently in the news because during a party she grabbed a sword to "knight" the singer James Blunt (as one does) and accidentally slashed singer Ed Sheeran across the face -- an event he later said he "wasn't allowed to talk about" (probably because of the kill squads I assume they have). Her father, Prince Andrew, was best buddies with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and was accused of having sex with an underage prostitute himself. This did not go to court and was never proven, but having "friend of sex-slaver" come up when your name is googled isn't great. Even Kate Middleton brought family baggage with her when she married, in the form of her thrice-divorced uncle who was caught on camera offering cocaine and prostitutes to a reporter and bragging about his friendship with Prince William.
The Daily MailHe also calls his house "La Maison de Bang Bang," because you can't buy class.
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Ah, soap opera love affairs. Has one ever worked out in the whole history of the medium? The same question could be asked of the royal family. Charles and Diana's disastrous union is obviously the most famous. They met when he was dating her older sister, so there's that. There's also the fact that his dad basically made him marry her since he was 32 and needed to settle down. She, on the other hand, was a 20-year-old sheltered virgin. It was doomed from the start. In their engagement interview, they were asked if they were in love, and Diana replied, "Of course!" Charles added, "Whatever 'in love' means." Yeah, try not to blow us away with the fairy-tale romance of it all, Charlie.
The problem, of course, was that he was infatuated with a woman who was already married. He is rumored to have had sex with Camilla Parker Bowles up to the night before he married Diana. He fully intended to give her up at that point, but we know by Diana's own admission that he was calling his mistress by the second day of their honeymoon. Years later, in a phone call that was leaked to the press, Charles would tell Camilla he wanted to be reincarnated as her tampon (that romance again!) After popping out the heir and the spare, Diana started having her own affairs. Honestly, it's amazing their relationship lasted as long as it did. And to throw a very soap opera twist into the works, there are people who think Harry isn't Charles' son, since one of the people we know for sure Diana was sleeping with looks whole lot like him.
Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesEveryone knows gingers are all related.
They weren't the only ones having affairs. Prince Andrew's wife "Fergie" was splashed across the papers when a photographer caught her laying by the pool, getting her toes sucked by a man who wasn't her husband (and for the record, was also not Quentin Tarantino). Despite their divorce, the two remain close friends, which was great, until she was caught in a sting operation offering access to her ex for 500,000 pounds. Princess Anne's marriage fell apart when she discovered her husband had fathered a child with his mistress. Princess Margaret stepped out on her husband constantly, sometimes with men decades younger than her. Even Prince Philip is rumored to have had numerous affairs, although if he has cheated on the Queen, he at least managed to be discreet about it.
Keystone/Getty ImagesHe probably had to beat them off with a scepter.
While Prince William and Kate Middleton were a love match, in true soap opera style, there is some evidence that William may have accidentally married his stalker (in which case, he could have just married me). According to friends at her boarding school, Kate had a poster of William on her wall (like I did!). She also attended the same gap year programs as him, and turned down a place at a better university for one at the school he went to. When they started dating, she began copying the distinctive style of one of his ex-girlfriends, whom he had once had a "pretend engagement" with. Oddly, he still goes on vacation with that ex-girlfriend sometimes ... without Kate.
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In your average soap opera, people are always angry. Someone is always screwing over someone else, and you get in a few good bitch-slaps an episode. While no one in the royal family has come to blows in public (yet), at least one member is feuding with another at any given time, usually about something ridiculously petty and using leaks to the press to make them look bad.
Currently, Prince Charles and Prince William are playing out their father-son drama for everyone to see. William has pretty much rejected his father and decided he likes his wife's commoner family better. It's gotten so bad that friends of Charles run to the media to tell them how he never sees his grandchildren. Meanwhile, William leaks back how he wants his kids to grow up differently than he did, openly calling his dad's parenting into question. Which is fair enough, considering Charles used to sell stories about his sons to the media if he thought they would make him look good.
The Daily ExpressThat ... would take some doing.
Not content with being involved in one fight at a time, Charles is also battling with his brother Prince Andrew over the role Andrew's daughters should play in the monarchy going forward. When he couldn't get anywhere with Charles, Andrew ran to mommy, and the Queen took his side (he is her favorite child, after all).
They aren't the only brothers who might be feuding. Prince William and Prince Harry share a press office, and royal watchers have noticed that every time William and Kate are called out by the media (usually for being unbelievably lazy), a negative story immediately leaks about Harry. The theory is that William might actually be ordering his employees to make his brother look bad to distract from his own increasingly terrible press.
It also doesn't help that this is an organization where in order for someone to move up, someone else has to literally die. Prince Charles loves his mother, but he wants to be king and she is showing all the signs of living forever. This also means there is added friction between himself and Prince William, whose family is more attractive and more popular. Some of you probably vaguely remember reading "somewhere" that the crown was going to skip Charles and go directly to William. It's not true, but the fact that you think it is drives Charles nuts.
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The Plotlines Can Get Ridiculous
Soap operas are unapologetic about how out-there their stories can get. It's like their own Rule 34: If you can dream it, it's probably happened on one of them. My own personal favorite was the now-canceled Passions, which included a monkey who had sexual fantasies about a human. But the royal family can give them a run for their money.
Pool/Getty ImagesMy thoughts exactly.
In 1974, Princess Anne and her husband were returning from a film premiere. A car forced theirs to stop, and a man jumped out, two guns drawn. The royal bodyguard stepped out to meet him and was shot in the shoulder. The bodyguard tried to return fire, but his gun jammed. Then the assailant shot the driver, a bystander who attempted to intervene, and the bodyguard two more times. He got the back door open and tried to pull Anne out of the car, telling her she had to come with him. Instead she kicked the would-be kidnapper away and replied, "[Not] bloody likely." He turned and fled. Living up to her reputation as the hardest-working royal, Anne was back on the job the next day.
The Queen was terrified by what had happened to her daughter, but when she had her own run-in with a nutcase, she stayed cool. In 1982, 33-year-old Michael Fagan climbed a 14-foot wall topped with barbed wire, shimmied up a drainpipe, and entered Buckingham Palace. The alarm went off, but it was ignored. Fagan wandered around until he found the Queen's bedroom and went inside. She woke up and chatted with him, wondering why the hell no one was showing up to remove the crazy man sitting on her bed. Finally he asked for a cigarette and she was able to ring for help. His mother later said her recently divorced son had probably just wanted to "discuss his problems" with the Queen, and really, isn't that what she's there for?
Joel Rouse/ Ministry of DefenceHead of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, licensed therapist.
Of course, if you want to throw reality to the wind, you can have a lot of fun with royal conspiracy theories. Like Harry not being Charles' son. Or the surprisingly prevalent opinion that Prince Philip had Princess Diana killed, even though a years-long inquiry found it was a combination of paparazzi, speed, and a drunk driver. Or you could go full-on David Icke and look for signs that the royal family are all shapeshifting lizard people.
But why bother making stuff up when the real news about them is so juicy?
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written by: Doug Brotherton
Krautrock is a music genre ripe with underground acts such as Amon Duul, Seesselberg, Necronomicon, and German Oak. Many of these bands performed together for such a short period of time that in most cases all that remains are a few incredible recordings. A cloud of mystery often surrounds these groups, causing rabid fans to blend together fact and fiction in order to create and propagate the band's legacy. Most fans would agree that one of the most sought after and fabled Krautrock albums is Zweistein's "Trip, Flip out, Meditation" (Phillips 1970). In this case I feel that it is the avant-garde nature of the music contained on the album mixed with conflicting stories about the band which have made the album so popular. It is also helped by the fact that the title is alleged to represent the three stages which one encounters while on a drug trip.
Over the years, Zweistein has garnered quite a cult following. The slightest mention of the group or its legendary triple-LP is enough to send any hard-core fan off on numerous tangents regarding the bands mysterious existence. After an hour or so of rabid rambling this fan is most likely to retreat to his computer where he performs his daily check of Ebay.com to see if anybody is auctioning their copy of the vinyl.
Musically, "Trip, Flip out, Meditation" is largely a sound collage containing massive amounts of studio effects wizardry. Listeners are bombarded with an hour and forty-six minutes (106 minutes) worth of
effects-laden voices, natural sounds, electronic effects, organ, guitar, drums and other instruments. The sidelong compositions are virtually strewn together avant-garde improvisations in which anything goes. It is this fact which acts as a catch 22 and splits the Krautrock fan base into two factions. First there are those who hail the album as a masterpiece due to its avant-garde nature, wild approach, and inherent reference to a drug trip. Then there are those who pass the album off as a complete timewaster due to its evident amateur musicianship, lack of direction and avant-garde nature.
As far as I am aware there are two stories in regards to Zweistein's legacy. The first and most common story involves a love affair between a Phillips record producer and a young woman from the band. According to legend, the producer was so mesmerized by the freuleins beauty that he allowed her and a couple of her friends to record in the studio after hours. Shortly after the albums release, Phillips quickly pulled it from the shelves and deleted it from their catalogues. In addition, the producer was given a pink slip for his troubles. The second story tells of a mysterious man known as Jacques Dorian who enlisted help from his wife, children, studio engineer Peter Kramper, and certain mind altering drugs to record the album.
It was my ever-growing interest in the genre coupled with the fantastic nature of these two stories which led me on my journey to track down the album. Incredibly, it wasn't that long before I found a vinyl copy listed on EBay. Having monitored the auction for six days I failed to enter a bid once the price had been jacked up to well over $200. My backup plan failed as well when my attempts to contact the winner in hopes of asking him to burn me a CDR copy failed. Two years went by and every so often I would search the internet only to come up empty. During this time I was able to locate a Near Mint copy of the group's equally rare single "I'm A Melody Maker" b/w "A Very Simple Song" for $30. I jumped at the chance to purchase this and I eagerly awaited its over-seas journey from the Netherlands to the USA. Upon my first listen I was somewhat shocked to find that the music was more in the folk vein whereas the album was noted for its avant-garde and experimental nature. Nevertheless, the single had quite a deal of charm, a "far-out" picture sleeve and a slight experimental edge, so it definitely was a keeper.
While doing a recent overview of the single for this website I decided to do a bit of research on Zweistein to see if I could dig up any additional information on the band. The single lists two names S. Doucet and P. Bruhn. While searching the internet, I located the website of New Age Music artist Suzanne Doucet, whom Keyboard Magazine states "has the most authoritative voice on New Age Music". Suzanne began her music career in 1963 as a pop singer in Germany. Her website lists her single discography and in it I was amazed to find that she had performed on the Zweistein single along with her sister Diane. I finally had a few names that went with the faces on the picture sleeve.
Things got even more interesting when I received a CDR copy of the legendary triple-LP. While doing an image search on Google for the original album cover to "Trip, Flip out, Meditation" I was again led to Suzanne's website. This time I found no direct link between her and the recording so I decided that I would email her to find out how much she could recall about Zweistein. Fully prepared to receive the "cold shoulder" treatment, I was knocked to the floor when I opened my inbox that evening and saw not one, but two emails in response.
I nearly flipped out when I opened Suzanne's first email and read what she had written.
"Hello Doug. I am absolutely amazed that the ZWEISTEIN LPs/ triple album became so much of a 'cult' item. But if I look back and think about how it all happened it was quite magical I have to say and it would probably fill many pages, if I would tell the whole story..."
Over the course of several emails, Suzanne provided me with a wealth of information about Zweistein and she even set the record straight in regards to the conflicting stories about the band. I was fascinated to learn that along with her younger sister Diane, Suzanne recorded the entire triple-LP over a four month period in various locations including Prague and Munich. After editing the material on Suzanne's tape-recorder, they brought the material to Munich and worked with recording engineer Peter Kramper on adding studio effects and mastering the recordings. Initially the sisters played their finished piece for friends, but it wasn't long before they decided to offer it to a record label. Deciding to call the 'group' Zweistein, Suzanne offered the production to Phonogram/Phillips who having recently inked Krautrock acts Kraftwerk and Cluster to recording deals eagerly accepted the album. Suzanne sold herself as the producer and maintained the appearance that Zweistein was a separate group. Being a very well known pop star and not wanting to harm her career by being attached to such an avant-garde project, Suzanne used the pseudonym Jacques Dorian to disguise her identity. As far as the rumors were concerned, there was no secret love affair between her and the producer as the popular legend insists. Furthermore, the Phillips producer, the late Wolfgang Kretschmar who was responsible for signing Kraftwerk, was not fired for his involvement. The album sold 6,000 copies and was pulled off the shelves a year after its release. The rights to the album returned to Suzanne in 1980 at which time she produced and sold 1500 cassette tapes of the album with a Zweistein fan located in Nuernberg, Germany.
In the end, Suzanne offered to write an official biography about the Zweistein project. This biography, "The Making of Zweistein" will be online within the coming weeks, so please come back again. I have arranged to do an email interview with Ms. Doucet, so if you have any questions you would like answered, please email them to webmaster@krautrockgroup.com
Suzanne is currently entertaining the idea of a CD reissue. For more information about a possible CD reissue, contact her at info@suzannedoucet.com
THE MAKING OF ZWEISTEIN
written by: Suzanne Doucet
In 1969 I got my first portable cassette recorder which was a revolution for anyone at the time who wanted to record while travelling without having to rent and "schlepp" expensive equipment such as a nagra tape recorder (which was widely used for professional field recordings.) This was not a walkman yet, the size was more like a lap top computer but for me it was the most exciting device besides my 8-mm film camera, which I took everywhere as well. Between 1962 - 1969 it was mostly my guitar that was a continuous companion but now the cassette recorder and camera went everywhere with me as well.
My half sister Diane, who had just moved from Switzerland to Munich and went to her last year of highschool (we graduate with a bachelor), and I experimented with psychedelics and went to see every avant garde band/group that came to Munich. I was a quite established pop star in Germany - hosting and moderating 2 popular TV shows with about 20 million viewers. I had several hit records under my belt and radio, TV and press coverage from all over Europe. But I was kind of fed up with the entire music industry, which was only interested in formula entertainment and not interested in real creative art. Since I was a child I was only interested in real art! Paintings, music, poems, literature, Theater, film, photography and technology that could be used to create new artforms were always in the foreground of my field of interest.
I was educated and trained in classical and modern music, had studied ballet and grew up with the best Theater and film actors and directors in Europe. My mother, a well known theater actress in Munich, was the daughter of a silent movie actress and my father, a writer, art and antique collector and para psychologist, had given me the opportunity to be educated in many artforms and since I was a multi talented person, I just soaked it all up and created as much as I could...
By accident I was discovered by a record producer who convinced me to do a pop single. The second single became a #1 hit in germany. At the same time I was also appearing in several TV shows as a singer, actress and also hostess. After 3 hit singles I produced my first own song album with sophisticated lyrics, arrangements and musicians. For that production I used one of the first studios that had 4-track recording!!! I became the youngest record producer in Germany! I received great reviews and found myself all of a sudden in TV shows next to Gilbert Becaud and Charles Aznavour or Hildegard Knef.
I played many Musicals (one with Rainer Werner Fassbinder!) appeared as an actress in TV plays, played Theater, did script writing, directory assistance and dubbing as well as song writing not just for myself but also for other well known artists.
But in 1969 I was not satisfied with my thirst for more revolutionary creations. I wanted to break free from all restrictions, rules, concepts, etc. Like modern painters and film makers, I wanted to create Avant Garde in Music: Sound Collages and Sound Paintings. With my sister, who had incredible ears and even if she did not really play any instruments she was very conscious and heard music in a very open and mind blowing way, I was able to record music I would have normally not paid attention to. When I would play for myself she said, Suzanne you should record this and - we did - I incorporated her in many ways in the creative process for a period of about 3-4 months, where we travelled a lot and recorded just everywhere - sound - music in non tradional ways, such as caroussel organs, children playing, people whispering and praying inside the Haradshin Kathedral of Prague and so on... We were also (like everyone at the time of course) pretty stoned and experimented a few times with LSD.
I was always into recording technology - starting when I was 14 to record songs with my first tape recorder... so I took all the recordings of ZWEISTEIN and transferred and edited them into a "piece" and it became 3 album length pieces. We took those to the studio to my favorite recording engineer Peter Kramper (who was also a producer and recording engineer for Liberty Records, I was signed to until 1970) and added effects and magically appearing sounds that came out of nowhere (you can hear those strange tones on the 3rd album in the beginning and end...) and they did fit perfectly with our 3rd album MEDITATION.
The 3 albums were called TRIP, FLIP OUT and MEDITATION because that was in our opinion the logical evolution our generation was going through. We all had experimented with psychadelics and the first album is such a recorded TRIP. As a result many of us went into a psychotic state of mind, i.e. FLIP OUT (the world upside down, reverse all concepts and rules were off) and if you ever came out of that your only salvation would be spirituality MEDITATION. Maybe ZWEISTEIN became such a "cult" recording because it reflected the evolution of the mind of a whole generation. And if we accomplished that I would call that art!
My sister and myself were huge fans of Einstein (of course) therefore the ZWEISTEIN pseudonym. My dear friend Christian Bruhn (who is now head of GEMA and CISAC) was a composer and (very successful) pop producer, I had worked with for years. We did a children's TV series and he produced 2 singles with me for Liberty Records in Germany. When I played ZWEISTEIN for him he was blown away and because we had that deal with Phonogram and they wanted a single he agreed to produce the single which should incorporate A VERY SIMPLE SONG but also a new song he and I would write together. We came up with MELODY MAKER. Because of the unusual and non traditional way of how the albums were recorded I convinced Christian not to use any traditional instruments in the studio. We invited a few friends to the studio (which you see on the cover of the single) which were NON musicians and had them stamp their feet on the ground, clap their hands and sing along with us and play whatever instruments they would be able to play like a little flute or mouth harmonica (which I believe was Christian). My sister was part of it of course and we all sang I'm a Melody Maker whereby Christian Bruhn sang the lead part and I sang the lead part in SIMPLE SONG. We produced the single in one night. There was of course lots of weed, nothing else though.
One of the men on the cover is Ishtwan von Barlog (he was a DJ for Radio Free Europe and a very good friend. I took my first LSD trip with him and my sister) the Chinese guy's name was Li(?) he was actually German (born in germany) a great guy, he was not a musician and I don't think he ever did another recording after... and the big blond guy had nothing to do with music, he was just a friend. I don't remember his name.
The cover shot was taken that night while we produced the single by a very famous music industry photographer. Christian like me was kind of shy to appear on the picture because he was well known as a pop producer and this was obviously not german pop! This is also the reason why my name does not appear on the LPs. Nobody would have imagined that I would do something like this. You know how people are, labeling and categorizing... I did not want to prevent the public from being able to experience something like ZWEISTEIN with a "concept" in their head of a german pop singer. The money we received as an advance from Phonogram for the single and LPs was used to finance a trip to the middle and Far East, which we started right after completing the single.
By the way George Harrison was one of the first people to receive a copy of all 3 albums which we delivered to him in England, he lived in a "castle" close to London. We hung out in his estate for 24 hours with the most incredible people (friends of George) and played ZWEISTEIN all night! (But that is a different story)
But lets go back to the actual record deal. After we had mastered the tapes we played the finished albums to many friends who all wanted copies. When we looked at the task to make 30 copies for friends we said - hm - maybe we should give this assignment to a record label. I called Phonogram in Hamburg from Switzerland/Lugano where I lived at the time because I knew they were a great label and always pushing the envelope. I knew the head of A&R;, Wolfram Kretschmar, since 1964 and he sounded interested in a meeting and we set a time for November Monday Morning 11AM with him the marketing director and head of distribution. Heavy duty meeting, and you can imagine 11am is not the best time to listen to such a far out project. But when we arrived my sister made some tea, we had a pipe with us, we closed the curtains, found somewhere a candle and listened for 2 hours to ZWEISTEIN. I had the masters in my guitar case (this was all strategy) and we signed a contract at 3PM at the Phonogram headquarters in Hamburg, got a check (Advance on royalties) designed the concept of the cover with the graphic people delivered the liner notes and took the train back at night to Lugano! I have never before and never after experienced a deal like this! It was magical.
But hey, the whole project was magical in many ways. For example we never found out where those mysterious tones came from that appeared on the 3rd album MEDITATION and several "mysterious inductions", you could call them, on the first album..
When I met Uri Geller in 1972 and ANDREA PUHARICH his professor who discovered him I played ZWEISTEIN for him in his house in Ossening, NY. He and his assistant were convinced that those mysterious tones were messages from aliens... You never know? Peter Kramper and I were always wondering how they appeared. He just said to me "push record" and I did. So, I guess Peter and the "aliens" are part of Zweistein as well...
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I spent some of the gains from YHOO on a MBP C2D. I ordered the 2.16GHz one with 2G memory and 160G drive. Too bad I couldn't just pick one up at my local (Palo Alto) Apple store. I'll get Apple Care through Amazon since they are cheaper. I didn't order MBP from Amazon because they are not offering rebate which means only reward for waiting (probably past X-mas) is no sales tax. Meh.
Essentially, I am betting that this major rev of MBP will reduce my chance of getting stuck with a lemon. C2D is also theoretically ready to take advantage of Leopard and Vista's 64-bit goodness. I prefer the look of MB but I'll have to wait again for C2D rev and it's pretty much as heavy as a MBP.
Anyway, these are all the devil had to offer from his inventory of excuses.


If you have a Cricut, you will love these fabric storage bins for all of those Cricut tools. Plus they are easy to make with your Cricut and the rotary blade! I am showing you how to make your own fabric storage bins using your Cricut Maker and some basic sewing techniques. You can change up the labels on these and use them to organize other areas of your home as well. I could see these fabric baskets in every room storing a variety of household supplies.
Some links below may be affiliate links which means that you do not pay anymore, however, a small commission from any purchase will go to this site.
I thought a video would be good here to show all of the steps to make these fabric storage bins. You can watch the entire process from start to finish below.
Last week we talked about the rotary blade and how great it is at cutting fabric. You can actually see 10 different fabrics I cut with it last week by clicking here. Today I am using it to cut the designer fabric from Cricut and make a project! Want to see even more fabrics it can cut? Try this video!
First, you will need to add your fabric right to the pink fabric mat. It doesn't need a backer or anything added and the Cricut fabric is already cut to 12 inches wide. The 12×24 mat works best with this project but you can use a 12×12. You will just have more scrap with the smaller mat. You can also use a brayer on your fabric after attaching it to the fabric mat to make sure it adheres well and to remove any bubbles.
Then cut your pieces from the fabric. The cut file for this project can be found by clicking here. You will also use this same method to cut your batting or stiffener that you use on the inside of your fabric storage bins. Just be sure to pick the correct fabric type of each mat before you start cutting.
TIP: If you use tweezers to remove the fabric from the fabric mat, you can extend its life. The oils from your fingers can cause the adhesive on this mat to breakdown.
You will also need to cut your iron-on. Be sure to turn the mirror on before cutting and cut with the shiny side down on the mat.
You will also need to weed your iron-on to remove any excess around the outside as well as the center of letters. Weeding tools make this a bit easier but are optional.
Start by folding the inner liner inside of the batting and sew down both short ends as shown below. The inner liner should be good sides together. Repeat this for the outer pieces as well. The outer pieces will not have any batting.
Fold the short ends in as shown below. Then measure and mark each one to the exact same dimension. I used 3 inches on the larger basket and 2 1/2 inches on the smaller one. This dimension determines the width of the bottom of your fabric basket and can be customized for your needs. Sew in between these marks then snip off the excess with your scissors. Repeat for all of your pieces.
You can then use the EasyPress to press the outer pieces so you can see where the front will be once sewn. Use these pressed markings to locate your organization tags. Put the first piece of the iron-on in place. Be sure to take into account that you still have to sew across the top of your basket.
Press the first piece by using the settings found here for your EasyPress. Be sure to look up the type of iron-on you are using as well as your base material. Then peel off the carrier sheet from the first iron-on and add the second right on top. Be sure to use the carrier sheet you removed to cover the entire thing before pressing a second time. You do not want your EasyPress to touch the iron-on without a protector.
Once you press a second time on the front and from the back, you can remove the carrier sheets.
Then put the outer piece inside of the inner lining. The fabrics should be with the good sides together. Sew around the top leaving a 3 – 4 inch opening for turning.
Use the opening to turn the bin right side out.
Now you just need to topstitch to finish the project. Top stitch around the top first making sure to turn your hole in and sew across to close it.
You can also top stitch the corners as well as the long edges along the bottom. This will give you a more finished basket. You can see this in the image below. The bin on the left is only topstitched on the top while the one on the right has been topstitched on all four corners as well as the long edges along the bottom.
Then just add in your Cricut tools or anything else that you want to organize in your fabric storage bins.
I love how the designer fabric from Cricut comes in coordinating colors! You can perfectly match your baskets without even really thinking about it.
Add these to your craft room to make sure that all of your Cricut tools and other craft supplies stay organized.
Change up the labels on the front to match whatever you need to store and make these for any room in your home.
The Cricut Maker makes cutting fabric so easy! It is simple to cut all of the pattern pieces you need for projects like this one.
I love the accuracy that I always get when using my Cricut Maker. That means that I don't have to worry about fabric pieces for projects like these being different. They are all exactly the same when I am layering up for sewing.
Don't want to use the Cricut fabric to make these fabric storage bins? No problem! The Maker cuts so many fabrics from the super delicate to heavy weight fabrics like denim and more. You can really make these bins in any fabric you can imagine!
I love these so much!! They are so perfect for storing all the little things that never have a proper home!
These are brilliant! My blades are all in a pile—this would help corral them.
how cute are these!! love them!!


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Xingtianosaurus ganqi es la única especie conocida del género extinto Xingtianosaurus de dinosaurio terópodo oviraptorosauriano, que a mediados del período Cretácico hace aproximadamente 125 millones de años durante el Aptiense, en lo que es hoy Asia. La especie tipo y única conocida, X. ganqi, fue nombrada y descrita en 2019. Fue clasificado en la familia Caudipteridae, junto con Caudipteryx y Similicaudipteryx.

El espécimen holotipo de Xingtianosaurus ganqi, IVPP V13390, fue recuperado en los Lechos Dakangpu de la Formación Yixian en la provincia de Liaoning en China. El nombre de Xingtianosaurus se refiere a Xingtian, una deidad china quien continuó batallando después de haber sido decapitado; su nombre por tanto hace referencia a que el holotipo fue hallado sin cráneo. El nombre de la especie, ganqi proviene del arma, concretamente un hacha de guerra, que blandía Xingtian. El espécimen holotipo está casi completo, faltándole tan solo el cráneo, varias vértebras y el coracoides.

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Oviraptorosauria
Dinosaurios de Asia
Dinosaurios del Cretácico


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No Brake Lights is a Big Problem for Nissan Sentra Drivers
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Nissan is recalling some 800,000 cars whose brake lights may stop working at any time.
The company wants another look at certain Sentra sedans from model years 2016-2019, according to Consumer Reports. Nissan says faulty brake light switches could mean the lights fail to illuminate, increasing the risk of a crash.
"The stop lamp switch may become contaminated with off-gassing from silicon-based grease used in surrounding components (HVAC and brake booster clevis pin) in close proximity," Nissan told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a defect notice. "Oxidation may occur at the switch contact surface due to electric arcing, resulting in silicon dioxide build-up. This build-up may lead to open circuit issues and an inoperative stop lamp switch."
"Rear stop lamps not illuminating could potentially increase the risk of a rear-end crash," the company added.
This is not the only problem that Nissan is having with faulty brake lights.
The company recently announced that it is recalling some 250,000 Pathfinder sport utility vehicles, citing a defect that could cause brake lights to be stuck in the "on" position. Nissan said the defect could also cause problems with the brake-shift interlock, which could make it harder to shift out of park or could result in the engine starting without depressing the brake.
Nissan told Consumer Reports that the company is not aware of any accidents caused by the Sentra defect. It began alerting owners of recalled cars in April and says it will have replacement parts available in the fall.
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Today on TAP: Who has the ear of the Democrats' 50th vote?
by Harold Meyerson
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) at a business meeting of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, August 3, 2022
As Democrats approach their moment of truth as to whether what's left of their agenda can be enacted, all eyes have turned to the black hole at the center of their uncertainty: the redoubtable Kyrsten Sinema. That's "redoubtable" as in we've doubted her before and we're doubting her again.
One reason why those doubts can't be dispelled is what little we know about whom Sinema is listening to as the vote on the Schumer-Manchin compromise looms. According to a story in today's New York Times, the senator is "hearing directly from voters, activists and local businesses in her state." But when the Times provides more specifics, here's what we learn:
Daniel Seiden, the president and chief executive of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said in an interview that he and several business and industry representatives spoke with Ms. Sinema about the legislation for about 20 minutes on Tuesday, after reaching out to her office. They expressed concerns with how a proposed 15 percent minimum tax on corporations was structured, he said.
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No such reports of meetings have been coming from Arizona's AFL-CIO, or from the hotel workers of UNITE HERE, whose precinct-walking in 2018 and 2020 was the largest such undertaking in the state—undertaken, I should add, on behalf of candidate Sinema in the former election and candidate Biden in the latter. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce, need I also add, neither walked for nor supported either. And yet UNITE HERE officials have long complained of not gaining access to Sinema once she was elected, and Democratic Party activists once had to corral her in a public bathroom because she'd refused their entreaties to meet with them.
The corporations' argument against the minimum tax is that it will limit their investments, though that's their argument against any tax at all. The proceeds from that tax will flow largely to a boost in funding for sustainable energy sources—presumably something that Sinema, as a onetime Green Party member, might remember is probably important. Then again, we also have no report of her meeting with climate activists as she deliberates on the fate of the Earth.
As a human black hole, Sinema herself emits no information as to whom she's meeting with or what she's thinking or plotting. As black holes extinguish both space and time, we can only hope that Sinema's blackholeness doesn't extend to dooming the planet, tempting though the seductive voices of Wall Street and the Chamber may be.
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I just bought this (Amazon Canada) but have yet to try it out.
Could this be what you are looking for?..or part of it?
What about a DVD player with USB input? There you can put your stick. Important: You need a display. I guess that's the cheapest and easiest way.


Well known European Bank based in London is seeking a Monitoring Controls Officer to execute reviews across various business lines.
2nd line monitoring position based at a well know European bank in London, seeking an Assistant Vice President to join the team and conduct reviews across various business lines.
Looking for someone that has an understanding of markets and banking (public & private side), appreciations for testing and controls frameworks and finally can execute.
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When it comes to getting from point A to B, most people prefer four wheels over two. But for 65-year old Curt Cryer, bicycles are his preferred form of travel, and he'll pedal his way about anywhere if he has the opportunity.
Like many of us, Curt, a senior engineer in Distribution Planning, started riding a bike as a child. A few years later, he was using his bike to make money, pedaling and throwing newspapers in his Houston neighborhood. Today, Curt uses his wheels to get to and from work, when his schedule and the weather allow.
Whether you're eight years old or middle-aged, "if you need to go someplace, a bike is mobility," Curt believes.
As Curt got older, it wasn't always easy for him to find time to ride. But 14 years ago while living in Oregon, his cousin challenged him with a 500-mile trek through the mountains. Curt borrowed a better bike and cycling shoes, and began the uphill battle of training for Cycle Oregon. He soon was riding nearly 100 miles a week to prepare for the week-long ride.
"I had the desire to finish without hurting. Fear was part of it – going almost 500 miles in the mountains was a great motivator," he remembers.
When it came to cycling, he never looked back (except to check for oncoming traffic).
Since then, he and a cousin have completed Cycle Oregon nine times.
Cryer has cycled many times through the Great Northwest and other challenging areas.
Curt loves to ride the Great Northwest. Last year, he and his cousin took a six-day excursion up and down the Oregon coast – 350 miles – for the pure joy of cycling. Next month, he plans to participate in the 360-mile Ride Idaho for a third time and one day he hopes to ride through Montana.
Back home, Curt has logged many miles across San Antonio and the Hill Country on weekend rides or with Team CPS Energy at Bike MS: Valero Ride to the River, Fiesta Wildflower Ride and Tour De Gruene.
"Pops" as many of his younger, fellow riders call him, believes cycling has been a key to his good health. He also lifts weights and does CrossFit to stay in shape.
Cycling is in Curt's blood and he likes to share his passion. When his kids were in Boy Scouts, he started a cycling merit badge. Today, he often sends out an email newsletter to coworkers and others to spark an interest in cycling. If you'd like to join Curt for a ride, let him know.
And, don't worry about the South Texas heat either.