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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LS9, Inc., a technology leader in the development of renewable and sustainable chemicals and fuels, today announced that the The Wall Street Journal selected the Company as one of the 2012 Top 10 Venture-Backed Green Companies. The online version of the article can be found here, along with a link to the Top 10 list of companies.
Earlier this month, LS9 was also named to the 2012 Global Cleantech 100, a list of the top 100 private companies in clean technology. The list is generated by The Cleantech Group, a leading global research and advisory firm focused on innovation in energy and the environment. The list represents the most innovative and promising ideas in cleantech: the companies that are best positioned to solve tomorrow's clean technology challenges. The list is compiled by combining proprietary Cleantech Group research data, with over 6,000 nominations and specific input from an expert panel. This is the fourth consecutive year that LS9 has received this honor. The full report is available for download here.
"We are honored to be named to these two distinguished lists from both the The Wall Street Journal and the Cleantech Group," said Ed Dineen, President and Chief Executive Officer of LS9. "These awards are recognition for the diligence and hard work by all LS9 employees over the past year, and for the continued advancements of our technology platform and business plan."
About LS9, Inc.
LS9, Inc. is a technology leader in the commercial development of a growing portfolio of sustainable products to meet the needs of chemical and fuel markets worldwide. Its unique technology platform enables low costs, feedstock flexibility and process simplicity across a diversity of fermentation-derived products ranging from vehicle-ready fuels to chemicals for lubricants, detergents and personal care products. In 2010, LS9 was awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's highest environmental honor for its revolutionary technology. The Company's investors include Flagship Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures and BlackRock. LS9 is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Further information can be found at www.ls9.com.
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Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share with you a couple of my very first designs I created. I cannot believe it has been as long as six and a half years since these samples were produced. The funny thing is I find myself still wearing these pieces and often think of recreating them in different fabrics for future collections. I always feel extremely feminine whenever I wear them, especially the 'Bows Bows Bows' suit. I have always been heavily inspired by the 1960's and you will see the reference in these designs.
I'd love to know what you think!
Also check out the winner of the 'Ruffle Me Up Dress' competition at the bottom of this post!
'Bows, Bows, Bows Suit.'
I'm wearing 'Robert Robert' shoes with my Bows Bows Bows suit.
My Sunday Suit
Below I have accessorised with Nine West shoes and a vintage bag from Friperie Vintage.
Lydia Cooke
Congratulations Lydia!!! You will receive an email shortly to confirm your details.
I hope you enjoy your 'Ruffle Me Up Dress.'
Thank you so much for all of you who entered.
See you next time!

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Cell Phones for Soldiers Program started in Rhinelander
Submitted: 04/01/2013
- You know technology moves fast. That means you probably have old cell phones laying around. Now, you can put them to good use.The Cell Phones for Soldiers program started today in Rhinelander. It's one of many ways the Oneida County Military Support Group continues help troops overseas."The last Saturday of every month, we gather up the items that we are going to ship and then we pack them and ship them. This Saturday we had, I think there was ten girl scouts here helping us pack, which was really nice," says Ray Zastrow, Onieda County Military Support Group. Now the group teamed up with AT&T to get cell phones to soldiers. Many people were there to support the program, including State Representative Rob Swearingen and State Senator Tom Tiffany."If you have phones at home that you are not using, cell phones, there's several collection spots in Rhinelander right now that you can drop off the phones," says Ray Zastrow.You can take your old cell phones to Trig's, Nicolet College, the Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce, the V. F. W. Club House, the American Legion Building, and Wal-Mart.
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Charted: 17 March 1973
Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) Speak to Me / Breathe / On the Run / Time (live – 12/10/88, #34 AR) / Breathe Reprise / The Great Gig in the Sky / Money (5/19/73, #13 US, #37 AR) / Us and Them / Any Colour You Like / Brain Damage / Eclipse
Sales (in millions): 18.0 US, 3.91 UK, 45 world (includes US and UK)
Peak: 11 US, 2 UK
Review: Dark Side of the Moon is that rare album to garner astronomical sales (45 million worldwide, making it one of the top three best-selling albums of all time), staggering chart success (a record-setting 14 years+ on the Billboard album chart and 294 weeks on the UK album chart), CA and near-reverential critical acclaim.
No one could have predicted Pink Floyd's success based on their first five years. They burst out of the gates with 1967's Piper at the Gates of Dawn, an album spearheaded by then-leader Syd Barrett. When he was overcome by psychedelic drugs and mental instability, the band struggled to find its identity, ironically finding commercial success with "an album whose central theme is madness," CRS tackling topics like "death, violence, and paranoia" SM as well as "alienation, insanity and the tragedy of the human condition." RV
It "isn't as much a concept album as a continuous, masterful" RV suite. While bassist and chief songwriter Roger Waters possesses an "almost peerless genius for writing profoundly evocative, yet unforced lyrical metaphors," RV Dark Side also "exemplifies Pink Floyd's musical range and technical virtuosity." RV "The sound is lush and multi-layered" RS but "the songs are mainly slow to mid-tempo" AZ "creating its own dark, haunting world." AMG
Moon became "one of the great headphone albums;" SM "copies…could always be found in hi-fi stores." CA The album was loaded with special effects like "stereophonically-projected footsteps and planes flying overhead (On the Run)." AZ
Other highlights include Time, whose ringing clocks "leap out and grab your ears and tear them from the side of your head." AD On Money, "cash registers rattle and coins chink from left speaker to right speaker on the introduction." CA The latter became the group's breakthrough single in the U.S.
Resources and Related Links:
- Pink Floyd's DMDB Encyclopedia entry
- album page on DMDB website (even more in-depth look at album)
- AMG All Music Guide review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- AZ Amazon.com essential recording; review by Genevieve Williams
- BN Barnes & Noble review by Bill Wyman
- CD CD Universe
- RC Robert Christgau
- CA ClassicAlbums.co.uk
- DD Darryl Denham, Virgin Radio's "Great Albums You Really Should Own"
- AD Adrian Denning
- SM Stuart Maconie, BBC2's "Critical List."
- CRS Tim Morse (1998). Classic Rock Stories: The Stories Behind the Greatest Rock Songs of All Time. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin.
- PK Pop Kulcher 50 Greatest Rock & Roll Albums of All Time
- Q Q4music.com review by Dave Henderson. No longer posted online.
- RV The Review "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" by Clarke Speicher (October – November 2001; Vol. 128: numbers 12-23).
- RS Rolling Stone review by Loyd Grossman. Originally from RS 135 print issue.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Our Relationship Comes of Age
In some countries, states, and jurisdictions, the relationship I have with Chris officially comes of age today. That is, this being June 13, 2013, Chris and I celebrate our twenty-first anniversary. I will not be at home with him to share our special day, as I happen to be in Kelowna, on my annual visit with my mother. But I'm scheduled to return home tomorrow, and we'll mark the occasion then.
What's so remarkable to me is that, twenty-one years ago, I would never have thought I'd be where I am today–in a monogamous relationship, for twenty-one years, with one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met, and still madly in love. I am blessed, no question about that, and I couldn't be more grateful. I have what a good many other gay men confide in me they wish they had.
I know you've heard this before, particularly on televised awards shows, but it's true: If this can happen to me, it can happen to you too. I am all the proof you need of that. In other words, if an ordinary, nothing-special, mostly uptight, and not particularly easy to live with, gay man like me can find a wonderful human being to cherish and love for over two decades, I know for a fact it can happen to you too.
I hope when you look at me, you see someone very much like you. I hope you see how much we have in common: the belief that love (not sex) is the only reason we're here, love can happen to any of us at any time, and the degree to which you love yourself suggests the degree to which you're able to accept love from someone else.
For all of you seeking real and true love, let this be your year. That is my sincere wish for you.
Happy Anniversary, Sweetheart. I love you so much.
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- LorettaJune 14, 2013 at 8:05 AM
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Thanks for sharing the picture! You guys looks great!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Loretta. You are very sweet.Delete
The picture is about five years old, but for the most part, we look the same, just a little older.
Belated congratulations! Of course, I am sure that you and Chris continue to celebrate your relationship beyond the anniversary marker. I suspect that it is the daily recognition of what you both have that makes the relationship continue to be so strong.ReplyDelete
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Thank you so much, RG, for your kind wishes. I appreciate them.Delete
I know you haven't heard from me in a while. That's because I decided to pull back from commenting on almost every post you wrote and allow other readers, and fans, to take the lead. But I continue to read everything you publish and to follow what's going on with you.
And, it's true, Chris and I don't need an anniversary date to appreciate what we have. I know how fortunate I am to share my life with him, and I like to think that, in so many ways, we celebrate our enduring love for each other.
Thanks again.
Happy belated anniversary to you both! I stumbled across your blog and it really warmed my heart! You write with such love and I admire that greatly. Looking forward to following your posts. Thank you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your kind anniversary wishes, Jeff. And I sincerely appreciate your interest in my blog and in what I have to say.Delete
Since I changed the focus of my blog in January 2011 (to one of helping other gay people with the most important relationship they'll ever have–the one with themselves), every time I sit down to write, it's as though I'm writing to my younger self, hoping I share something with him that will make a difference in how he sees himself. I suppose that's where the love you mention in your comment comes from (although it's taken me a very long time to feel that way about myself). I'm just grateful other gay and lesbian people are able to relate to my words.
I see you've become my sixty-sixth follower. Glad to have you on board. I hope you'll continue to find something here that is worth your time.
(I've taken a brief look at your blog, but I plan to spend more time there. I love what you say in the preamble. I can relate to it so much.)
I hope to hear from you again.
- Ningko80August 1, 2013 at 4:56 AM
So glad to come across your blog... Happy anniversary!! I look fward to your posts..ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm happy you came across my blog too, Ningko80. I hope you find something here to keep you coming back.Delete
And thanks for the anniversary wishes. I appreciate your kindness.


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Meet The It Girls Booking It To The Spotlight.
From Young Adult novels to fairytales and everything in between, these young actresses--many of them already Oscar-nominated!--are poised to inherit the red carpet mantle from their stylish, screen-savvy sisters Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan) and Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen). Check out our favorite franchise muses and their fashion-forward leading-ladies-in-training. Kristen Stewart
The star of the Twilight Saga has gone from Converse on the red carpet to the face of Balenciaga. She might shun the spotlight, but it seems to find her wherever she goes. Next up for Stewart is Snow White and the Huntsman 2; we imagine she'll be a little franchised-out after that and can't wait to see her alongside Jim Sturgess in indie The Big Shoe.
1/10The Hunger Games may call her "the girl on fire" but Lawrence's career was hot hot hot even before she agreed to play Katniss. With a best actress Academy Award nomination for Silver Linings Playbook--her second, the first was for the gritty Winter's Bone--this star is at the top of her game.
2/10Starring alongside real-life boyfriend Jamie Campbell Bower in the first of the Mortal Instruments books-to-screen (and maybe the next...), Collins has already cultivated stunning red carpet style. This Mirror Mirror star's career is certain to have a fairytale ending. Twitter: @lilycollins
3/10This style maven was just cast as the sassy lead of the TV pilot of Delirium--based on the Hunger Games-esque YA novel--putting her in the running for the next dystopian princess crown. Twitter: @RobertsEmma
4/10After earning an Oscar nom and an Independent Spirit Award for The Descendants, this Secret Life of the American Teenager star has a head-spinning number of projects on her dance card. She'll play Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spiderman 2 (and 3, likely) reboot, Tris in the film adaptation of dystopian novel Divergent, and maybe (fingers crossed, although we'd be happy with Hailee Steinfeld, too) the lead in the big screen version of heart-breaking The Fault in Our Stars. Twitter: @shailenewoodley
5/10The Vampire Diaries star already anchors a CW cult classic, but it was her blood red Donna Karan gown at the 2011 Emmy Awards that made insiders take notice. From soft and sweet to glam and polished, Dobrev's style evolution has taken a bite out of the fashion world. Twitter: @ninadobrev
6/10This 16-year-old anchors this fall's Ender's Game alongside Abigail Breslin and is in the running--along with Shailene Woodley--for the lead in the film adaptation of John Green's tearjerker The Fault in our Stars. But her busy schedule (and Oscar nomination for True Grit) hasn't stopped her from experimenting with fashion-forward looks on the red carpet. Twitter: @HaileeSteinfeld
7/10This Irish beauty blew us away in The Lovely Bones and Hanna, and she's set to do the same opposite Diane Kruger in science fiction romance The Host (the first non-YA novel from Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer). With a slew of new projects on the horizon, the 18-year-old is just minutes away from a franchise movie offer. (If she could only find the time!) Twitter: @saoirse_ronan
8/10Ender's Game marks the big franchise debut for the Little Miss Sunshine actress--and Oscar nominee. We're excited to see what she'll bring to the red carpet with what's bound to be an insane press tour. Twitter: @yoabbaabba
9/10The gothic drama Beautiful Creatures introduced us to this Aussie babe (who's also the daughter of The Piano director Jane Campion), but she'll quickly prove her indie cred with March's Ginger and Rosa, starring alongside Elle Fanning.
10/10This blue-eyed beauty was perfectly-cast as Aphrodite's daughter Annabeth in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Next up is the second movie in the series, Sea of Monsters. More press tours means more opportunities to build up her glam mythology; sign us up! Twitter: @AADaddario


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It is difficult to know the precise meaning of the of the phrase without more context.
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I read a piece of information of the U.S president's election, and i found out the phrase "weigh in on Obama's win".
I have searched the phrase of WEIGH IN, which was defined as "to argue st forcefully". i know, the phrase "weigh in on" has different meaning, but i would like to know the precise meaning of the phrase.
thank you so much!
It is difficult to know the precise meaning of the of the phrase without more context.
I agree with 5jj that more context is needed to be certain, but my initial response is that it means to join in with a discussion about something. It can mean that the person is expressing particularly forceful argument.
John: All foxes are red.
Jane: No, they're not. Some are white.
John: Don't be ridiculous. They're red. I've seen them.
Jane: You haven't seen all foxes.
John: I've seen the ones in my garden.
Jane: But what about the ones in the Arctic?
John: I've never been to the Arctic, but I'm sure all foxes are red.
Susan: Stop arguing, you two! There are foxes of many different colours.
John: Oh, now you're weighing in on the subject, are you? Great, two women arguing against me!
In the above dialogue, Susan suddenly "weighed in" on the argument about foxes. She gave her opinion on an ongoing subject.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
It could also mean to introduce an opinion or a statement into an argument/discussion.
I disagree that "weighing in" must be done forcefully. Simply offering an opinion is weighing in.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.


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Next week, Bike Hugger is back in Vegas to blog the Consumer Electronics Show. We're there on the cycling tip and looking for relevant technology from Intel and others. Mobile Internet Devices are expected to dominate the show, like we talked about in the Ultra Mobile Bike Devices and Bicycle Hi Fi posts.
Any bike-related technologies that you readers are interested in seeing? Like messengers monitoring air pollution with cellphones and cargo bikes … .


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COLUMBIA -- Attorneys for Hampton County EMS faced skeptical judges on Tuesday.
Marshall Waldron pressed a three-judge panel of the South Carolina Court of Appeals to reverse Circuit Court Judge Perry Buckner's decision, which favored Maria and Martin Curiel.
The dispute comes down to whether Emergency Medical Technicians Jason Schroyer and his supervisor are covered under the law that protects government workers from liability when they're providing fire protection.
But far from training hoses at a blaze, the EMTs were traveling to help a burn victim when their ambulance hit Maria Curiel's minivan. She injured her back, neck and abdomen suffers with a permanent disability.
Buckner's 2011 decision rested on the position that on the day of the wreck, Nov. 22, 2008, Schroyer was not traveling to the site to put out the fire, nor was he representing a fire department. He was acting only as an EMT Basic.
On Tuesday, S.C. Court of Appeals Judge Aphrodite Konduros seemed to share Buckner's thinking.
"The plain and ordinary meaning of fire protection is to protect from fire. And I'm having trouble," she told Waldron.
"I need you to really talk about why what they're doing has anything to do with fire, I mean they'd do the same exact thing for a car wreck.
Waldron pointed out that medical personnel are part and parcel of emergency response and are always expected to be at the scene of a fire.
On the day of the accident, Maria Curiel was driving on Browning Gate Road in Estill when she slowed down to turn left into her driveway. Schroyer and his supervisor were behind Curiel traveling by ambulance to a house fire on Grant Hill Road to pick up a burn victim.
Schroyer, who said he was driving 45 mph in the 55-mph-zone, said he changed the tone of the siren, sounded the horn and put on flashing lights, before trying to around around Curiel. During a deposition in 2010, Schroyer was 21 years old.
On Tuesday, the Curiels' attorney, John Nichols, urged the panel to support the trial court's decision, arguing that what Schroyer and his supervisor were doing at the time wasn't inherent to fire protection.
Nichols emphasized that the pair's own testimony made clear they were driving to the scene to provide support for the firemen, but while they were en route, they received word that there was a burn victim.
Judges also wrestled with what exactly laws shielding first responders were intended to do.
Judge James Lockemy suggested to Waldron the law he's leaning on might be aimed at allowing rescue workers to break down doors and damage people's property during an emergency.
"Don't you really think the statute is designed for that situation, of making sure firemen and fire people can use their discretion and not be worried about getting sued?" said Lockemy.
Waldron said responders of various stripes should be given room to make decisions in those situations.
"We have to shield our firefighters and our police when they make a decision in one of those gray areas," he argued. "They just don't have time to stop and consider all the factors. We're going to grant them immunity for making the best decision they can under the circumstances. That's what we have here."
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Studying celiac's infancy
Maureen Leonard, MD, is looking for 500 newborns at risk for celiac disease. The third-year Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) Pediatric Gastroenterology fellow is working with Alessio Fasano, MD, director of the Center for Celiac Research and division chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at MGHfC. They are part of a team that has designed a prospective, five-year study to understand the factors that contribute to the development of celiac disease. The multi-center, international study – Celiac Disease Genomic Environmental Microbiome and Metabolomic Study (CDGEMM) – is supported by the Celiac Program at Harvard Medical School, which includes MGHfC, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital.
What is the goal of the study?
We have several goals, but our primary goal is to identify and validate specific intestinal bacteria and metabolic profiles that might predict the onset of celiac disease in at-risk infants. By identifying these biomarkers, our long-term goal is to implement early interventions to prevent not only celiac disease, but also other autoimmune disorders that arise in childhood.
You are studying and recruiting infants. What are the benefits of researching babies?
By enrolling infants from zero to 6 months of age, we can examine factors occurring during gestation as well as early environmental exposures such as natural versus cesarean delivery, breastfeeding versus bottle, and antibiotic use. During an infant's first few years of life, the intestinal microbiome – the vast collection of bacteria that live in our gut – develops alongside the immune system. By looking at the earliest development of an infant's microbiome, we hope to eliminate many of the confounding factors that are present in an adult's microbiome.
By following these infants for five years, we expect to learn which environmental factors – along with the infant's specific genetic makeup – contribute to the development of a specific type of intestinal microbiome. Add this to the metabolites that the babies produce along with environmental factors, and we are looking at the total picture of what causes one infant to develop an autoimmune disorder, while another infant does not.
Why is this important now?
Similar to other autoimmune diseases, the prevalence of celiac disease, which can affect individuals at any age, has been rapidly increasing. Approximately 1 in 100 people have celiac disease, but many are undiagnosed due to varying clinical presentations with nonspecific symptoms. Celiac disease is a unique model to study autoimmunity. Not only have we identified the genetic markers, we can also measure the auto antibodies produced – but most important of all we know that the triggering factor is gluten. We also have sophisticated tools to study the genomic and microbiotic factors that might contribute to its development. Finally, the study results could be applicable to autoimmune disease in general.
How does the study work?
The infants eligible for enrollment must have a first-degree relative (mother, father or sibling) with celiac disease. They must be exclusively bottle or breastfed with no solid food. Since this is such a demanding time for new parents, we have designed the study to make it easy to participate. Parents can return questionnaires via email; send stool samples in the mail; and blood can be drawn at the infant's primary care physician visits. All the materials are mailed to the participant at no cost. This means that the participants could live anywhere in U.S. or around the world and be a part of this extremely valuable study.
For more information about the CDGEMM study, visit www.cdgemm.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A San Jose woman who with her husband won a $289,471 state lottery jackpot Sunday said she thought it was another one of his pranks when he started screaming they had won, lottery officials said.
"I didn't believe him, he does this all the time," said Marina Olegue about her spouse, who was not being named, according to a California Lottery announcement Wednesday.
Once Olegue was convinced they had won, they yelled so loudly that a neighbor 10 houses away came to their home to ask what happened, lottery officials said.
The couple bought their winning ticket at a 7-Eleven at 2440 Alamden Expressway in San Jose.
To win a Fantasy Five jackpot, a player must choose five numbers from 1 to 39 and then match all of the five drawn by lottery officials.
The Olegues selected 32, 25, 1, 20 and 13.
She said they would focus first on using some of the prize money to pay off their car loans.
(Copyright 2013 by CBS San Francisco and Bay City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Lately I've been thinking that it's a shame I'm not more outgoing or gifted in the vein of performing and acting, because most of the time I'd really like to wear some sort of costume and pretend all day. I'm just shy of twenty-five so full-out costume dressing doesn't really click these days, although that hasn't stopped me from trying at least a little bit. My habits of dress usually coincide with a movie or book I've seen or read and if you've seen my last post I'm sure you can guess the sorts of things I've been trying to channel as far as the costume for the day goes. I've been forgoing my usual eyeliner (partly because my allergies were so bad that I was starting to despise applying any makeup at all) and keeping my mascara to a minimum. Despite my penchant for lace and old oddities of dress, I don't really have much that would work when it comes to 19thc. corsets and calico dresses. I've also been sorely lamenting my chopped hair, wondering why I ever did such a thing, and trying my very best to will the stuff to grow faster.
In the meantime though, I'm making do. I had a white dress I snagged on sale at Anthropologie last year, but had hardly worn. The thing about white dresses is they always seem like a crisp, cool idea at the time, and then I hardly wear them.. For a while a few years ago I couldn't get enough of the things, but that was mostly paired with tights and strange boots, rather than in summer. I have a little pile of white dresses that I bought on impulse, thinking that yes, they are white, but I can always dye them (this is also my justification for buying vintage that is stained so much I'm unsure if I could actually get it out). Assuming I ever get around to that task. My need for at least one Jane Eyre inspired outfit was enough to push me to try such a thing, and so I started with this dress:
Consequently you cannot see it very clearly because it is white. Helpful.
I don't generally like shirt-dresses. In theory I think they're lovely, and then I put one on and can't stand it, so they hardly get worn. But something about the lines of this dress reminded me of the costumes in the movie. Originally I had visions of a mint-green thing, with a little lace jacket (I have procured on from Forever21, which is not in this post, but it was originally planned to be) that I imagined I might dye with tea, and a pair of triple strap flats ordered from golden ponies (I've ordered them, and they're on their way but not here yet). As it turns out, the color green I wanted has been discontinued. I didn't really trust myself to adjust the shades of green in the store, and anyway my favorite dress in the aforementioned film is a very pale blueish grey. After a first dye, using less than a quarter of what the dye instructions called for, I had a dress in a pleasing shade of light blue. I was thrilled with it, but in my heart it was not the color I wanted. It was a little more Alice in Wonderland blue rather than faded dress grey blue. I opted to try a grey dye over the blue for a short amount of time. The resulting color was exactly what I had hoped for.
After that I threw some snaps on the collar to close it up the shirt-ness of it, and after adding a little lace collar and some ribbon, I was quite pleased at my vaguely Eyre-esque outfit to be worn traipsing to historic sites and wandering grounds.
Olana, a place I remembered visiting when I was a kid, so we headed back!
I have a small collection of lace cuffs that I buy for no reason. I love the idea of them, how period they look, how delicate and strange they are. A lot of them are on their own and appalling cheap because they are missing mates or stained, so I've started wearing one by itself as a kind of bracelet. For the purposes of this costumed outfit I wore it alone, but I've been enjoying it layered with some shiny bracelets for more regular days.
I'm trying my best with my hair! I used to be able to do so much with it when it was long, all these romantic hairstyles! Now I'm limited, and this length doesn't hold curl very well, but I'm making do until I get some lengthy locks again.
Dress: Anthropologie, altered
Collar: Vintage, thrifted
Cuff: Vintage, antiqued
Shoes: Urban Outfitters
(For reference, I used RIT liquid dye in Evening blue for the first dye, and used RIT pearl grey in powder form for the second dye)
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wordless Wednesday - Felix the Garden Kitten
Posted by Janice Tracy at Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Labels: Felix the Kitten, Summer Garden
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Felix is precious, Janice! He looks one of my daughter's black kittens that she had when she was a child. His name was Mittens! Then she had another solid black cat that NO-ONE could get close to except her. It was amazing how that cat loved only her. The cosmos in your garden are also pretty.ReplyDelete
Felix also looks like our Boo-Boo when he was a kitten. Boo-Boo is the love sponge of our cats. And I see that Felix loves to perch and show off!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I have two cats and this Wordless Wed. makes me giggle. What a precious little kitty! I found your blog via Patricia Neely Dorsey.ReplyDelete
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DarinPope needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
PlanetPope is a software development consulting company. We are currently focusing on web and mobile development using open source technologies. However, we also do internal client staff development and are preparing to start public training classes on a variety of technology topics.
Companies looking for help in implementing their mobile and web strategies.
The kinds of companies we work with have very large budgets. However, we are hoping to find something that is not too corporate looking.
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Limitations in DOD's Evaluation Plan for EEO Complaint Pilot Program Hinder Determination of Pilot Results
GAO-08-387R: Published: Feb 22, 2008. Publicly Released: Feb 22, 2008.
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In August 2004, pursuant to Section 1111 of the fiscal year 2001 Department of Defense authorization act, the Secretary of Defense authorized components of the United States Air Force (USAF), the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) to implement an equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint pilot program to reengineer the EEO complaint process to, among other things, reduce complaint processing time and reinforce management accountability. The program was exempt from the procedural requirements of 29 C.F.R. Part 1614 and other regulations, directives, or regulatory restrictions prescribed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As required by the legislation, in May 2006, GAO reported on the implementation of the pilot programs and found that two of the three pilot initiatives operated consistent with existing EEOC requirements, with a specific emphasis on alternative dispute resolution (ADR). USAF's pilot operated outside of EEOC regulations, as authorized under the legislation. We identified limitations in the Department of Defense's (DOD) evaluation plan for the pilot program that, if not addressed, would limit the likelihood that the evaluation would yield sound results. For example, the plan did not have well-defined or clear objectives or set criteria for determining if the pilots had met objectives. Accordingly, we made recommendations to DOD on ways to develop a sound evaluation plan that would more accurately and reliably assess the pilot programs' results and thereby support effective program and policy decisions. DOD made some changes to the evaluation plan based on our recommendations. USAF and DeCA's pilot programs ended on September 30, 2007; DLA ended its pilot on September 30, 2006. As required by the legislation, GAO evaluated the pilots at the conclusion of the program. Our objectives were to (1) describe the key aspects of the EEO process that were tested by the pilot program, (2) present data DOD reported from the pilot program, (3) evaluate improvements DOD made to its evaluation plan, (4) describe ADR processes used in the pilot programs compared to other ADR processes reported by federal agencies, and (5) provide lessons learned from the pilot program that can inform future EEO complaint process reform initiatives.
In summary, DeCA and DLA tested the informal stage of the EEO complaint process, primarily by increased use of ADR to informally settle disputes before they became formal complaints. DeCA developed a toll-free call line which they indicated was to enable employees to "vent" their grievances and DLA required management and new hires to attend training on ADR and offered it to all employees. USAF made substantive changes to the formal stage of the complaint process--combining the investigative and hearing phases--with a goal of reducing complaint processing times to an average of 127 days or less. At the end of their program, USAF officials reported that the average processing time for pilot cases was approximately 108 days. USAF's program officers informed us that they plan to seek approval to continue their program and have drafted legislation that would authorize them to do so. We have not obtained a copy of this draft legislation. Data reported by DOD showed that rates of participation in the pilot programs varied widely. As specified in the legislation, claimants had the option of participating in the pilot program or staying with the traditional process within their respective organizations. Further, DOD afforded those opting to participate in the pilot program the opportunity to opt out and go back to the traditional process at any time. USAF's participation rate was about 16 percent of those offered the pilot, but 76 percent of the pilot cases were resolved and another 9 percent, which were still pending as of September 30, 2007, will remain under the pilot. USAF officials generally attributed the relatively low number of complainants who opted to participate in the pilot to a lack of familiarity and trust in a new EEO complaint procedure. DeCA had 100 percent of those eligible accept the pilot and 51 percent (44 of 87 complaints) completing it with resolution. Over 95 percent of those eligible accepted DLA's pilot with 75 percent (12 of 15 complaints) completing it with resolution. During our briefings, we received several questions from congressional committee staff about what was meant by "completed the pilot with resolution," especially for USAF cases since these could be appealed to EEOC. USAF described as "resolved" those cases that received a decision on the merits or were settled during the USAF's process. Since DLA's and DeCA's pilot programs focused on the informal stage of the process, these agencies considered a case "resolved" when it did not proceed to a formal complaint under the traditional EEO complaint process.
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Diversity in the Technology Sector:Federal Agencies Could Improve Oversight of Equal Employment Opportunity RequirementsGAO-18-69: Published: Nov 16, 2017. Publicly Released: Nov 30, 2017.
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:Management Improvements Are Needed to Better Achieve Its MissionGAO-15-92: Published: Feb 3, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 3, 2015.
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Diversity Management:Trends and Practices in the Financial Services Industry and Agencies after the Recent Financial CrisisGAO-13-238: Published: Apr 16, 2013. Publicly Released: May 16, 2013.
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COVENTRY - Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President of John F. Kennedy. To mark that historic event, a Coventry man is traveling to Boston to have close to 800 envelopes with JFK stamps hand canceled.Yesterday, James Brasseur said he planned to leave his home at 3 a.m. today to be at the Dorchester Street post office at opening time. He is going to that specific post office because it has the longest hours, 6 a.m. until midnight.Brasseur started collecting Kennedy stamps three years ago after lower back pain made him disabled."My grandfather gave me a book that had a FDC," said Brasseur. "I was always curious to what it was and when I did, that peaked my interest."FDC means first day cover. Brasseur explained on the first day a stamp comes out, the post office puts it on a pictured envelope, and cancels it. In Brasseur's case, the post office released the first day Kennedy cover in 1964,Please see The Newport Daily Express Friday for the complete story.


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Lipscomb fell behind early and never could quite recover against ETSU in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Tournament in Allen Arena on Thursday night. The Bisons needed to win in order to advance to the semifinals to face Belmont tomorrow night, but the Buccaneers made plays down the stretch to overcome Lipscomb 81-74.
With 1:20 left in the first half, ETSU secured their largest lead of the game at 15 points. However, the Bisons went on a 6-0 run to close the half and cut the lead to 46-37. The Bisons never could take the lead throughout the game but managed to tie the game twice.
The last six games between these two schools have been decided by 7 points or less.
"All of them have been close games down to the wire," said head coach Scott Sanderson. "They have made the plays in the last three or four minutes. They have played well, they have had guys that have stepped up."
The game was one in which the senior leadership for both teams played a major role. Seniors Travis Strong and Kenyona Swader both made a significant impact for ETSU. Strong led the team with 16 points, while Swader had a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
The Bisons had two seniors step up with great leadership as well. LaKory Daniels finished the night with 5 three-pointers for 15 points. He also had two assists and one steal. Eddie Ard was tremendous in his last game as a Bison. He finished with a game high 19 points to go along with 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Ard will finish his Lipscomb career as the 16th all time scorer with 1,624 total points.
"It's been a nice 5 years, and I appreciate everything that I've learned here," said Ard. "It's been a nice run."
The second half started out better for the Bisons, as they stretched their 6-0 run that closed the first half into a 15-2 run. With 16:29 left in the game, Lipscomb cut ETSU's lead to 48-46. However, the Bucs fought back to extend their lead to 59-48 with 12:54 left in the second half.
The Bisons showed tremendous heart, and did not go down easily. They battled back to tie the game at 71 with 2:08 to play. However, the Buccaneers held the Bisons off with a 10-3 run to close the game.
The Buccaneers shot 28-58 from the field (48.3%), including 6-19 from behind the three point line (31.6%). The Bisons shot 27-69 from the field (39.1%). Lipscomb was 15-32 from behind the three point line (46.9%).
The free-throw line made a big difference for ETSU. The Bucs were 19-25 from the charity stripe (76%). Lipscomb was 5-11 from the stripe (45.5%).
ETSU will advance to play Belmont at 8:15 in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament in Allen Arena tomorrow night. They improved to 19-12 on the year with their first round win over Lipscomb. The Bisons fell to 15-16 on the year after Thursday night's A-Sun tournament loss.
"These two guys are great guys (Daniels and Ard). They are both going to graduate in May. The rest of our team can look at their model of how they have been. Not just on the floor, but seeing them off the floor and how they conduct themselves," said Sanderson. "They are always doing the right thing. They will be very successful when they leave here in May."


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Los Altos Hills Property Available at Full Price
Yesterday we featured a humongous three and a half million dollar spread on half an acre in San Jose. It was a block from the actual Rose Garden that gives the Rosegarden district its name, but still, San Jose. For three and a half million. Yeah, we don't think it computes either, unless we want to talk Bay Area Bubble 4.0 some more.
Now, today's property and its pricing won't make your eyes pop out because it's in the Real Bay Area! Let's find out why it won't sell! Thanks very much to Burbed reader nomadic for sending in this Real Realty Reject.
11860 FRANCEMONT Ave
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6 Beds
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$762 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 2006
Lot Size: 1 Acre
On Redfin: 387 days
Property Type: Detached Single Family
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County: Santa Clara
Property available at full price. Fabulous nearly new 5250 square foot home in a quiet cul-de-sac location on 1 acre with easy access and outstanding quality. Excellent floorplan with a huge kitchen/breakfast/family "Great Room" opening to a beautiful backyard. Luxurious master suite. Guest suite on main floor. Excellent Los Altos schools. 6 bedrooms, 6 baths.
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I sent this to a friend a few minutes ago before taking a good look at the listing copy and history. This should go on burbed. "Available at full price." It's been on the market since November 2010 and went pending twice, failing to close both times. The price has been raised at least twice in the past year – now up $700k from last April.
The icing? It's an REO.
Well, it doesn't say it's an REO in the listing, but the history admits to a foreclosure back in June. June, 2010. But still, compare this property to yesterday's! It's on a full acre instead of a half, it's got an extra bed and bath, and it's in the RBA! All this for just "not a lot of money" more! Yet it's been a languishing listing for at least a year, and that doesn't even cover all that time before it went pending twice.
Why didn't this place sell? There are definitely homes in this price range on this street. Maybe this comment on short sales from a local Realtor might explain things:
The only active short sale in Los Altos Hills, located on Francemont, has been on and off the market since 2006. While it's a nice house, it has had many offers and still seems to be having trouble closing. It's unusual for any home to remain on the market so long. In my opinion this is an issue with the bank and not the home.
And the owner of the home is… BAC Home Loans Servicing, through ReconTrust! Thanks a lot, B of A! We all know it really stands for Bunch of A-holes.
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Nishijima Sensei's Health, Tassajara and c.
Lots of people are asking me about how Nishijima Sensei is doing. For those who don't know, he posted a message on his blog saying he was going to the hospital and would not be posting for a while.
I'm as much in the dark as anyone else about this. Apparently not even his Japanese students have a clue. The only person I know of who would know is his daughter. But I don't even know her name, nor have I ever met her. She doesn't much care for her dad's Zen activities anyway and isn't likely to take kindly to calls from strangers about him even if I could find her. So I'm just sitting tight hoping somebody will contact me.
Also, I noticed a few people don't seem to get that my most recent post on Suicide Girls listed only Zen centers I'd had personal contact with. It's not intended as a comprehensive list. I'm reluctant to recommend any place I haven't actually been to or at least know the person who runs it. Which doesn't mean places I don't know that well are bad or anything. I just don't know them. For example, my guess is that lots of the places run by Kobun Chino's dharma heirs -- like Jikoji near Santa Cruz -- are very good. But I've never gone to any of them.
Also, I'm going to be staying at Tassajara for two weeks in early April, trying out one of their work practice periods. Go to their website for info on that. It sounds like a fun and relatively painless way to see Tassajara as it actually functions. There's no Internet service up there. But maybe I can find a way to write blog entires on paper and mail them to someone in the surface world to type up and post.
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Ike Taylor's skin the figurative kind has grown thick over a decade developing a reputation as one of the NFL's better cover guys.
The veteran Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback is relying on that mental toughness to get him through the most difficult stretch of his career.
Following a brutal night in which the most experienced member of Pittsburgh's secondary was beaten relentlessly in a stunning 26-23 loss to Tennessee last week surrendering the game-tying touchdown in the fourth quarter chief among his missteps Taylor understands teams no longer fear throwing his way.
"They're going to try me," Taylor said. "Why wouldn't you? I've got 10 years of tape. I know going into the game that's going to happen."
Only it seems to be happening with more regularity for Taylor. Typically charged with covering an opponent's No. 1 receiver, Taylor has found himself on the wrong end of pass completions in critical situations through the season's first month for the Steelers (2-3), who play at Cincinnati (3-3) on Sunday night.
Even Taylor allows his performance isn't quite up to the level. Then again, neither is the rest of the defense for a team that hasn't gotten off to its usual fast start under coach Mike Tomlin.
Pittsburgh is fifth in the league in yards allowed and fifth against the pass. Good numbers, yes, but it's the ones on the scoreboard at the end of games that are causing some early season angst.
The Steelers are allowing 23 points a game more than a touchdown than the 14.2 they surrendered a year ago and opponents have already thrown for nine scores, putting Pittsburgh on pace to give up the most passing touchdowns in team history.
"It's all correctable," Taylor said.
It's a refrain the team has issued repeatedly since a season-opening 31-19 loss at Denver, when Peyton Manning engineered a second-half comeback in his first game in more than a year. It resurfaced two weeks later when Carson Palmer and the Oakland Raiders put up 34 points to cap another late rally.
And it's back yet again after the Titans rolled up 113 yards and 10 points on its final two possessions, including a 4-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck to Kenny Britt in which Taylor couldn't close in time to knock the ball out of Britt's hands.
It was the final gash in one of the roughest games of Taylor's otherwise solid career. He was flagged for pass interference twice and defensive holding once in addition to grasping at air rather than a receiver in critical situations.
His teammates have rallied to Taylor's defense while at the same time insisting the last thing he needs is a pep talk.
"There were tons of plays that a lot of us didn't make," safety Ryan Clark said. "What you don't do is create a problem. You don't start to panic and try to give him all these solutions and 'Oh, I'm in your corner and I want to help you.' This is not a situation to where he is putting the team in position to lose."
Defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau believes there is plenty of heat to go around. The Steelers aren't putting much pressure on the quarterback they're averaging a so-so 2.2 sacks per game and have spent the first portion of the year dealing with injuries to safety Troy Polamalu and linebackers James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley among others.
Given time to work, Manning, Palmer and Hasselbeck were all able to play like guys in the middle of their prime, not ones well on the other side of their careers.
"It's not the line, it's not the linebacker, it's not the defensive backs and it's not the defensive plays that are called, but it's a combination thereof," LeBeau said. "All these players are one-play games and we have to be the ones that make the play at the end of the game to make things swing our way."
It's something Taylor flourished at last fall when he put together a Pro Bowl-caliber season, one that ended with him chasing Denver's Demaryius Thomas into the end zone on the first play of overtime as the Broncos pulled off a stunning 29-23 wild card victory.
Taylor insisted all summer the play didn't haunt him, that he was over it. Still, he allows the 80-yard catch-and-run may have shown he was vulnerable.
"Every season ain't going to be the same season," Taylor said. "What I have is 11 more games left."
True, though the Steelers need to get better quickly if they want to emerge from the murky waters of the AFC. On Sunday they face one of the top quarterback-receiver combinations in the league in Andy Dalton and A.J. Green.
It will be Taylor's primary responsibility to keep the 6-foot-4 Green in check. LeBeau doesn't expect Taylor to win every battle, just enough of them.
"It's not a question of if they catch one on you here and there but when and how you respond," LeBeau said. "Ike's a veteran corner and he'll respond and he'll come out fighting."
NOTES: Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger left practice early Thursday after rolling his right ankle but said afterward he was "fine." ... Polamalu (calf), running backs Rashard Mendenhall (Achilles) and Isaac Redman (ankle), right tackle Marcus Gilbert (ankle) and linebacker Chris Carter (hamstring) did not practice ... Center Maurkice Pouncey returned to practice and is optimistic his right knee will be good enough to play ... Linebacker Lawrence Timmons also practiced on Thursday. He sat out Wednesday with a previously undisclosed foot problem.


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Kenjun Games have developed a location-based services platform and create games and tools that let you explore the environment around you in fun and interesting ways.
The first application built using the Kenjun platform is WalkExplorer.
WalkExplorer will be used by people with smartphones (initially iPhone users) that want to explore a town on a Walk and find out fun and interesting things around them.
The audience will be people who enjoy going on walks, like to find out fun and interesting information relevant to where they are, and have an iPhone.
We are wanting a logo which can be used to represent WalkExplorer across a variety of platforms. These are:
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57 x 57 pixel icon
512 x 512 pixel icon that is a "rich" version of the icon above
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You will need to submit an initial logo design for the contest. The winner will then need to provide the various sizes during the design handover in order to receive the prize.
It will be the same logo but at different scales so perhaps submit the initial logo using one of the higher resolutions - e.g. 512 x 512 pixels.
We would advise you to join the WalkExplorer Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/WalkE…8117609391) to get all the latest information and updates.
Note, please don't feel you have to stick to the iPhone colour scheme - this is something we can change if necessary.
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On 8 October, the National Statistician launched a consultation inviting views on options for amending the way the RPI is constructed at the lowest level of aggregation. The consultation also includes a proposal to change the way private housing rental prices are measured in the RPI and CPI through the use of a new data source. The consultation closes on 30 November. For more details (including how to respond) see the consultation page
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What's News: The Justice Department formally files its lawsuit against Lance Armstrong to recoup its sponsorship money. Wal-Mart and Warner Brothers strike deal to promote 'Man of Steel' Superman movie. Italy names Enrico Letta as its new prime minister. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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While you may not be relishing the end of summer, it's now time to get the garden ready, writes Justin Newcombe.
Unbelievably, it's time to get things set up for the winter garden. Actually I'm running late again. Some crops have already required a lot of work and some forethought I've yet to possess in any great measure. Obviously prepping the soil is important but you've got to have something to put in it. For some of this winter veg stuff, if you get really behind, then you can pick up some punnets, but with some things that's just not possible.
Late sowings of coriander, basil and peas may prove productive if the weather holds out. If you do decide to have a go at some late herbs, I would think about using pots. It's easier to move them around, which means you can follow the sun and if need be give your young plants protection from any erratic temperature fluctuations as the weather cools. You can even plant micro-greens which are plants grown to an early stage (secondary leaves) and then harvested. All sorts of things make for very tasty salad treats including juvenile peashoots. Because the time taken to grow these is much shorter, the plants are smaller so are planted much closer together.
Some of our winter favourites like carrots, parsnip and beetroot are best sown straight into the ground or direct sown, as they cannot be transplanted. It's right on the cusp of being too late to plant parsnip but it's well worth the effort. The seed can be temperamental so fresh is definitely best and make sure the soil has a good tilth to a good depth. Pouring boiling water over the seed once you've planted it will help break down the seed coat and aid germinating. Carrots are much simpler and come in many different colours. I've found spreading seed-raising mix on the ground, sowing the carrot seed and then covering with a bit of windbreak cloth, a good way to get a good uptake. Beets can be started off in a seed tray if it's really cold, but planted in the ground is best if possible. For a tasty salad option, beets also make great micro-greens too.
Brassicas are usually the big star in the winter garden around our way and with most of them taking up a lot of space, propagating these in pots then planting them on makes sense. These are easy to propagate from seed especially if you have a cold frame. I use seed-raising mix and fresh seed. Make sure they're watered regularly and kept in a warm place. Initially brassicas can grow very quickly but will slow down once the ground temperature drops. Make sure you plant them in a nitrogen-depleted part of your garden, otherwise you'll have a lot of impressive foliage, encouraged by excessive nitrogen and not a lot of head, which is the part you want to eat.
A good insurance policy to get you through winter if all else fails, is the New Zealand spinach or tetragonia tetragonioides: the only species of edible plant originating here that is propagated around the world. If you're just planning on taking a break this winter, then plant a green crop. Mustard or lupin are the easiest, just make sure you dig them in before they flower to get a good start on spring.


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Monday, 2 April 2012
sunny, mild, temps 14
The very hot spell seems to be over, but it is still lovely and mild. Trees are just beginning to move from bud to leaf. That really wondrous few days when there seems a cloud of bright green around each tree.
We've moved from the cotswolds into London - renting a flat on Basil Street, between Harrods and Harvey Nichols...a shoppers paradise. But since I'm not much of a shopper, it is also a foodie paradise. The photos you see are from yesterday. I wrote in the morning, trying to get back into the story...It's really a matter of submerging again into the world. Seeing and feeling it. When that happens, it's more like transcribing than writing. Absolute bliss. But having been out of it for a week, it does take some fighting to get back....like hitting a soft wall, over and over, trying to break through to the other side.
All this to say, I spent Saturday, Sunday and this morning writing. Some great periods and some pretty difficult ones, when I felt I was just meandering around Three Pines, trying to find the plot! Happily, it's a fun place to just wander....and my books really do come together in the second and third and fourth drafts. I keep telling myself not to worry....that long passage I wrote about Eggs Benedict probably won't make the final cut - but just savour the breakfast and move on.
So - did that yesterday, then Michael and I headed out. Walked to Walton Street and stopped for lunch at Scalini's - one of our favorite italian restaurants in the world. It was bedlam...it being sunday there were loads of families...but lots of fun and life - and great food. I had the chef's special spaghetti - simple sauteed vegetables with a tomato sauce. Michael had spaghetti and lobster.
Then we walked to Chelsea green, and back up to the old brompton road....that photo with the gray church is of the Brompton Oratory....a block or so behind it is Hyde Park. From there we headed to the right. The other photo is of Harrods. You can see how empty the streets were yesterday. Not sure I'd ever seen London so quiet. I guess people took off to the country.
We picked up some pastries and sunday papers and headed home for tea and a read.
Finished writing for today - off to Harrods to check out afternoon tea.
Tomorrow we have breakfast at the Wolseley Hotel, then run across Picadilly to the Royal Academy where we have tickets for the David Hockney show. Then I'm having lunch with my literary agent, Teresa Chris. She's made reservations at Kensington Garden Hotel - which apparently has a spectacular view over the gardens and to Kensington Palace.
Dinner tomorrow night with Michael's sister Carol and her husband David, who live in London.
Wednesday I'm having lunch with Dan Mallory, my UK editor at Little, Brown/Sphere.
It's a good thing we do so much walking here - you can't imagine the food intake! Well, off we go again....
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I am so jealous! Have you had any Dover sole? When I was there I found it to be absolutely delicious. Regards from CT,
- 2 April 2012 at 07:17
- Barbara said...
The zigzag lines in the street in the first photo made me laugh. Someone must have had a pint or two before putting them down. :) I'm so glad you're making a good combination of writing and enjoying all London has to offer. I think Kensington is my favorite area.
- 2 April 2012 at 07:53
I just read a quote on another blog that said "Not all who wander are lost." I can think of few things as pleasant as wandering around Three Pines with you!
- 2 April 2012 at 10:15
- lil Gluckstern said...
Sounds delicious, and lovely!
- 2 April 2012 at 11:13
- darlene said...
Sounds like a dream come true. What a journey life is. Lovely.
- 2 April 2012 at 16:42
- genagirl said...
I love London. It's probably my favorite city even over Rome. I can't wait to get my sister over there for her 50th in Sept. She will love it as much as I do. Wish we could stay for a while but I have to pack a months worth of sightseeing into a week and a half.
- 2 April 2012 at 17:27
- Colombine said...
Bonjour Louise,
London is marvelous!
And, you're right, Scalini's is the best italian restaurant. I wen't there twice.
If you want to have a beautiful breakfast, you have to go to Aubaine. I give you the Internet site.
It's nearby your place and you beleive you are in Outremont.
I think I will travel by the Costwolds in June. Vous m'avez donné envie!
Bon séjour!
- 3 April 2012 at 05:43
- Candice said...
You're in my very favorite city -- have a wonderful time!
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