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The store bought cranberry sauce was awful, it was like a jello paste and I didn't like it at all. I looked up recipes and found the Pioneer Woman's cranberry sauce recipe very interesting. It was so simple and when I tried it out, it was amazing. I made a slight change to the recipe by replacing the tartness of the cranberry juice with the sweetness of orange juice. I also added a blob of butter to give it a glaze and buttery flavour. We all licked the bowl clean, it was tongue tingling, tangy, sweet and so yummy. Here's the link to Ree Drummond's recipe: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/homemade-cranberry-sauce/
Here's my recipe:
Fresh Cranberries - 1 pack
Orange juice - 1 cup
Lemon juice - 1 tbs
Maple syrup - 1 cup
Orange zest - 1 tbs
Butter - 1 tbs
1. Rinse the fresh cranberries in cool water after picking the bad ones out, drain and put them in a pot.
2. Add the orange juice, lemon juice and maple syrup and bring to boil. Skim off the froth that floats on top.
3. The berries start popping out when the maximum heat is reached. Stir on and off and let the sauce thicken.
4. Add the blob of butter and orange zest, simmer a bit to get the right jelly like consistency and remove.
5. Allow it to cool before transferring to a serving bowl or jar.
6. Enjoy with turkey or chicken.


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Time is money. This is true in all walks of life and it's no different in hiring. As we've written before, the cost of hiring a new employee can be very high, and one of the biggest reasons is the time it takes. With that in mind, there is a hiring metric that deserves your full attention: time to fill.
Time to Fill: A Key Recruitment Metric
Let's dive deep into the time to fill metric; what it is, how it differs from its cousin – time to hire, how it impacts your recruitment process, and what you can do to improve it.
What is time to fill?
Simply put, time to fill is the total number of days that it takes to fill an open position in a company. There is no strict time point when the measuring begins, so you can choose from:
– The moment you put out a job ad
– The moment HR approves your job opening
– The moment you officially submit a request for a job opening
On the other hand, the end date is usually just one – the moment when a candidate accepts your job offer. It doesn't matter which starting date you choose. However, it does matter that you measure your time to fill consistently for all of your open roles.
For example, if you announced a job opening and it took 30 days to get a candidate that accepts your offer, your time to fill is 30 days. If you want to calculate your average time to fill, just add up the number of days and divide them by the number of positions. Let's say that you filled three roles, at 30, 40 and 50 days each. Your average time to fill is 30+40+50/3, or in other words, it's 40 days.
What's a good time to fill?
Given that this is an important hiring metric, there are lots of companies that keep close track of it. A good time to fill for you will depend on lots of factors, mostly the industry that you're in and the position that you're hiring for.
The average time to fill across all industries is 42 days. However, it can go anywhere from 14 to 63 days, depending on a variety of factors. Needless to say, you need to aim to be on the lower end of that scale – we'll explain why in a second..
Depending on your source, you'll see different data. According to this research, the shortest time to hire is in the hospitality industry, with 10.2 days to fill a position. On the opposite side of the spectrum, it took 53.8 days to fill a position in government.
Time to fill vs. time to hire
These two hiring metrics are often mixed up because they are seemingly similar. Time to hire is the time from the first moment your best candidate(s) enters your hiring pipeline until the moment they accept your job offer. For example, your time to fill may be 40 days, but your time to hire could be 30 days because on day 10, your best candidate entered the pipeline.
With this in mind, your time to fill and time to hire will usually be different numbers. Of course, you could get lucky and spot your best candidate on day one. It's important to identify your best applicants as early as possible, which is why you should aim to make your time to hire as short as possible, like we did with Monese (it dropped by 86%!).
Why is it important to have a short time to fill?
Every day that a position is open costs more money. It doesn't matter if you're running ads on LinkedIn, Facebook or some kind of job board, you have to pay for your job ad to stay up.
Secondly, you have to work without an important role in your team. Imagine a SaaS company that's left without a developer for two months – that's a serious setback in time and money. The sooner a position is filled, the less money and productivity the company loses in the long run.
Thirdly, 70% of candidates lose interest in a position if they don't hear back from a company one week after applying. In other words, a long hiring process means that you may lose your best candidates.
Finally, for those companies that outsource their HR, every day a position stays open incurs extra HR agency costs.
One thing that's important to bear in mind is that many companies calculate their time to fill differently because they may choose different starting points.
How to improve your time to fill
As mentioned, reducing time to fill is crucial for any company in any industry. From saving money to saving time and grabbing the best talent off the job market quickly, the benefits of a short time to fill are numerous. Here is how you can improve yours.
1. Analyze your hiring process
Break down your entire hiring process by length to find out which step takes the most time. For example, you may find out that it takes too long to source your candidates or that your interview process could be significantly shorter.
2. Reduce the time spent on screening
If you're using resumes for hiring, you'll want to know that resumes spend 23% of the hiring process in the screening stage. One of the easiest ways to reduce the time you spend on screening is to simply eliminate resumes as a hiring tool. Instead, we suggest using pre-employment assessment tools such as Toggl Hire. Instead of wasting time going through resumes and grading them, automate the way you test and score your candidates.
3. Tap into your previous applicant pool
If you've been around for some time, you probably hired for a few positions before. In addition to searching for new candidates, reach out to those that did great in the past but didn't make the final cut. You may find some great opportunities and the candidates will have had more time to get even more experience.
4. Introduce more touchpoints
One of the easiest ways to get more candidates to apply is to open up your communication. Besides the applications that you get, you'll also get lots of questions from interested applicants. Invest your time in answering them through email, your website chatbox, social media or whatever other channels the candidates may prefer.
5. Be smart about your interviews
The coronavirus pandemic taught us some pretty difficult lessons, but it also did one great thing. It showed us that all job interviews can be held online, regardless of the position. Even if you insist on working from the office, always try to have interviews online. Not only does it take less time for everyone involved, but it's also far more convenient from the candidate.
6. Reach out to passive candidates
Sometimes, it's much quicker to hire someone who's already employed and looking to make a switch, instead of putting out a job ad and starting from scratch. As you look for new candidates in a traditional way, reach out to great performers that you would want on your team. This can be the quicker way of filling a position and you'll make sure you get the best person for the job. As we mentioned more times on our blog, the best talent on the job market is gone in 10 days, which is why you have to look into hiring passive candidates if you want the absolute best the market has to offer.
Moreover, you can set up your favorite hiring software to automatically schedule interviews based on vacant slots on your calendar.
Average Time to Fill Metrics by Industry
Below are the average time to fill metrics by industry in the US, according to data from Workable, and DHI Group's Hiring Indicators September 2017 report – which is itself compiled from data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).
Financial Services
Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Logistics & Supply Chain
Professional & Business Services
Staffing & Recruiting
Warehouse, Transport & Utilities
Wholesale & Retail
Average Time To Fill (days)
Time to fill is one of the most important hiring metrics because neglecting it will cost you time and money. Even if you're willing to wait months for your best candidate to show up, a longer time to fill will hurt your wallet and productivity.
By the way, one of the easiest ways to reduce your time to hire is to cut down your time on screening. Sign up for Toggl Hire today and find out how to replace resumes with skills tests, saving time and money!

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Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination Arriving in Tennessee, Next Steps Announced – Supplies Expected to Arrive at Select Tennessee Hospitals Thursday.
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination Arriving in Tennessee, Next Steps Announced
The Tennessee Department of Health today announced the state has received its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ahead of statewide shipment on Thursday. The state obtained an early shipment of 975 doses to hold as an emergency backup supply should any receiving hospital's supply be damaged.
With the Emergency Use Authorization issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and recommendations released by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices or ACIP, Tennessee anticipates receipt of 56,550 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week. Vaccines should be shipped on Wednesday for delivery to 28 sites covering 74 Tennessee hospitals on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Tennessee expects a second shipment of 56,500 doses of this
vaccine approximately three weeks later.
"We have been preparing for months to distribute approved vaccines and we believe this will be a safe and effective tool in the fight against COVID-19, Our initial supplies of this vaccine are limited, but we are in constant contact with hospitals to prepare administration for our front-line health care workers and long-term care facility residents and staff who choose to receive it."Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP.
The first and second Pfizer vaccine shipments will be used to provide first and second vaccine doses to individuals qualifying for Phase 1a1, as detailed in the COVID-19 Vaccination Plan for Tennessee. This plan was last updated December 2, 2020 and will be modified as more is learned about the vaccines Tennessee will receive.
The mission of the Tennessee Department of Health is to protect, promote and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee. Learn more about TDH services and programs at www.tn.gov/health.
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One of Scotland's foremost singers, Siobhan Miller is an exceptional talent, renowned for her unique vocal style paired with her evocative song-writing. Miller creates music with detail and rich melodies that combine the sounds of indie and alternative music with sounds from her roots in folk music.
Growing up in a musical family, she was immersed in traditional song and learned from many of Scotland's finest source singers in her early years as a performer. Miller won the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, whilst also nominated for Folk Singer of the Year, and is the only ever three-time winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards.
Her three solo albums have received widespread critical acclaim, whilst her hotly anticipated fourth release is due in Spring 2019. Mercury (2018) is Miller's first album of entirely original material, and was recorded in Glasgow with many of her frequent collaborators, including producer Euan Burton. It also features songs co-written with Lau's Kris Drever and Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott. Flight of Time (2015) and Strata (2017), were both nominated for Album of the Year at the Scots Trad Awards, highlighting her extensive range through traditional, contemporary and self-penned material, as well as her "delicate, nourishing vocals and lyrically rich compositions" (The List).
Miller releases her fourth album in spring 2020 - following three critically acclaimed solo releases - touring with Innes White (guitar/mandolin), Charlie Stewart (fiddle) and Euan Burton (double bass).


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Dec. 17, 2008
Seeing the quantum world
Quantum physics is both mysterious and difficult to grasp. Barry Sanders, director of the U of C's Institute for Quantum Information Science, is hoping to change that.
For the first time, a detailed description on the making of Sanders' animation—Solid State Quantum Computer in Silicon—was published this month in the New Journal of Physics. This issue is devoted to the leading uses of visualization in astrophysics, biophysics, geophysics, medical physics and quantum physics and Sanders is one the guest editors for this issue.
"The goal of our animated movie about the quantum computer is to convey to a non-expert audience the nature of quantum computation: its power, how it would work, what it would look like," says Sanders, who also has an article published in the December issue of Physics World on the making of his four-minute animation.
Quantum computers harness the power of atoms and molecules and have the potential to calculate significantly faster than any existing computer could. Some hard computational problems that can't be solved ever by foreseeable computers become easily solved on quantum computers, which could make today's secure communication obsolete. Basic quantum computers that can perform certain calculations exist; but a practical quantum computer is still years away.
"There is a history of simple visualization over the last century to convey quantum concepts," says Sanders. He notes that Erwin Schrödinger introduced his eponymous cat, which is left in a tragic state of being in a superposition of life and death, an illustration of the strangeness of quantum theory. And the uncertainty principle associated with Werner Heisenberg and his fictional gamma ray microscope, has found its way into common English parlance.
"The imagery of the early days of quantum mechanics played a crucial role in understanding and accepting quantum theory. Our work takes this imagery a quantum leap forward by using the state-of-the-art animation techniques to explain clearly and quickly the nature of quantum computing which is, by its very nature, counterintuitive."
Sanders's film will not be released to the public in its entirety, but segments can be viewed freely viewed in the December 2008 issue of the New Journal of Physics.


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Daniel and I are terrible at Valentine's Day. Just the absolute worst. I think the last time we actually planned something for it was the first year we were dating (2003?) and what we planned was watching Disney's Robin Hood. So…yeah…not great at Valentine's.
We've tried to plan a date night for Valentine's, but with three little ones it gets tricky. And then fancy dinner plus paying a babysitter is rough on a tight budget. Inevitably, one of the kids will spike a fever right before the babysitter comes over and the plans are shot.
Then I start to think, perhaps we lived the lives of landed British nobility, romance could be more accessible.
If I could have Nanny bring in the children for hugs and a pat on their heads before sending them off for a stroll around the extensive grounds while Daniel, or in this case, Lord Stewart, Earl of Bearman (is that how titles work?) and I packed our bags for a romantic getaway to London for the weekend.
"What's a weekend? Romantic getaways to London are not for the likes of you."
You are so right, Dame Maggie Smith.
So while I always get inspired when writers like Hallie Lord emphasize the importance of nurturing romance in your marriage, I usually draw a blank when brainstorming practical ways to do so in our season of life. But I think giving up is a mistake.
While I firmly believe the definition of sexy post-kids changes from romantic date to waking up with the baby so your spouse can sleep in, I think there has to be room for romance. Like, something beyond putting the kids to bed early so you can eat soup on the couch while watching Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime.<–actual recent date night of ours. I mean, it was enjoyable, but I think we can step up our game. The question is how to make it happen?
And y'all, I think I found something that will work. I'd seen a few of my friends recommend the videos by Melt: Massage for Couples. Hold up. Did you just say, COUPLES MASSAGE, HALEY? I know, I know, couple massage sounded weird to me, too, so it took me forever to try out the videos.
I knew the videos were short so it wasn't a huge time commitment but I was a little hesitant because I wasn't sure if they would be awkward or make me uncomfortable. So I watched a few without Daniel just in case they were totally weird. But they were decidedly not weird! The tutorials were simple. Nothing was awkward. Everyone was fully clothed and respectable and the techniques were simple.
In my opinion, Melt strikes the perfect balance of promoting romance and intimacy with your spouse without being uncomfortable/weird or going a step beyond sexy to gross or tacky.
So, I pitched the idea to Daniel and we tried it, following the advice about where to set up your massage (not where I expected!), how to set up the room for a massage, how to use massage oil, and how to give your spouse a back massage. It was the best massage Daniel has ever given me! It was so nice and it really was romantic. It's just hard not to turn your face to kiss your spouse when you're cheek to cheek and they're giving you an amazing massage. It think it's a great way to spend time together, talk, and connect on an intimate level (even when you're in the middle of that month's bummer phase of NFP.)
Honestly it can be hard to find resources on romance that don't get all weird on you or cross the line into stuff that is against Church teaching. Because these videos aren't about sex, they're about massage, you don't really have to worry about getting illicit sex advice. (The video about which massage oil to use does mention condoms but only to say, "hey when you use massage oil you it might not be safe for condoms so keep that in mind if your massage turns into something else." And I'm all like, we're Catholic! We can't even use condoms! TMI? Just keeping it real in line with Church teaching.
MOVING ON. What I'm trying to say is I realized that for our season of life, maybe the perfect way to spend Valentine's Day isn't going out but staying in with romantic plans that are a step above soup and Amazon Prime. (We set the bar high.)
So if you're in the same boat, busy lives, young kids in the house, no family in town for childcare, that sort of thing, I think Melt is a great resource to use on date nights. We've only made it through the basic back massage and the neck massage videos so there's plenty to go (and a foot massage series that we haven't started yet). So it should get us through date nights for awhile (and you get lifetime access, so there's no rush).
And they even have a Valentine's Day deal right now if you want to give your spouse Melt as a Valentine's gift! But before I go into that, this is a cute story: the professional massage therapist who created Melt, Denis, actually used the techniques he shares when he was wooing his now wife, Emma. And Denis has a great Australian accent so they're just an adorable couple in the videos! (And the videos are really high quality and beautifully filmed. They taught over 20,000 couples in more than 50 countries.)
I did spend a significant amount of time trying to figure out how to braid my hair in an updo like Emma's. But that's neither here nor there.
Here's the series overview from Denis at Melt:
The Basic Series This series starts with correcting some of the most common massage mistakes and showing you the foundations of your massage with long, sweeping strokes. You watch the short videos with a technique or tip in each, and it ends with a 5 minute follow-along massage routine.
The Highlights Series This is where things start to get really good! You learn to look for the sore spots on each other's bodies and how to work them. The neck, shoulders, lower back, arms, head… you'll find places you didn't even know that were sore! After you learn the 9 techniques from this series, there's a 15-minute massage routine to follow along to. Hands still don't hurt!
The Deep Tissue Series So many people, myself included, love Deep Tissue stuff but it shouldn't by over-emphasized. Denis leaves these tips to the very end for good reason, but they are such good techniques. It ends with an epic 30-minute massage follow along massage routine.
Valentine's Day Special…
This special promo is for Carrots readers! You'll get lifetime unlimited access to the ENTIRE Melt video series AND they're bundling the series with free access to the foot rub videos (usually $72!) Through February 14th, you get both for $99 instead of $171.
If you're on a budget like us and looking for something special that will still make date night affordable, just think, if you split up the videos over three date nights at home, it works out to about $29/night. There's no way we could get babysitting and dinner for that! Or $7.41 a night if you set up a massage date once a month.
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It's a great option for sparking some romance. We celebrated our 10th anniversary last year. I'm really proud of us and grateful for our marriage. But as we begin edging toward "old married couple" I don't want to leave passion behind. I want to keep prioritizing us because I think nurturing a strong marriage is the best things we can do for our whole family. (Also, I just saw La La Land so classic romance is on my mind.) It doesn't have to be anything wildly complicated. It can be as simple as learning to give your spouse a really awesome back massage and committing to making your relationship a priority.
Grab the Melt deal or find out more here before the sale ends on Valentine's Day and treat your spouse to a great gift!
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Ululani's Hawaiian Shave Ice
26 Sep
We knew that the one thing we had to try in Hawaii was shave ice. As we generally do when visiting somewhere new, the first thing we did was research TripAdvisor and Yelp to find tips on where to eat in Maui. To our surprise, the top ranking for the island wasn't a fancy restaurant like Mama's Fish House, but rather Ululani's Shave Ice. Considering the number of shave ice establishments in Maui, we knew we had to check them out for ourselves.
If you are not familiar with shave ice, it is literally what it sounds like: ice that is shaved from a block and then topped with flavored syrup. What makes it a completely decadent treat is when the ice is topped over a scoop of ice cream.
Ululani's says it stands out by using pure cane sugar, purified filtered water, and flavors made from premium purees or extracts. They have countless flavors to choose from as well as several interesting toppings that range from homemade Azuki beans to fresh Mochi balls.
Needless to say, we were fairly overwhelmed by our choices and decided to go with a set combination of red velvet, root beer, and vanilla topped with a "snow cap", all over a scoop of macadamia nut ice cream. A snow cap is a sweet cream mixture which makes the flavors meld together, and all in all, it was heavenly. We were fairly full from dinner so we ordered a mini size, which was perfect as it was still a substantial portion in our eyes.
From that point on, we definitely weren't sure if any shave ice place could top Ululani's. Not only was it excellent, but the staff was extremely helpful and friendly. The only one that was even comparable was the Wishing Well Shave Ice truck in Kauai, but we know we only scratched the surface in terms of shave ice delicacies throughout the islands of Hawaii.


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Happy Friday! Things slowed down a little for me this week and I was able to catch up on life and start working on crossing things off my to do list for my next big project. I also worked on being grateful and happy with all the little things we take for granted in life like the time, energy and health to be able to accomplish everything, while also being kind to myself and accepting my limitations. Even though I never fully finish my to do list for the day, by rolling it over to the next, I'm ensured that I'll always have something productive to look forward to accomplishing.
I realized that it's not the circumstances in our lives that create our happiness, but the glasses which we choose to wear, that will determine how we view our circumstances. I like to see everything in a pretty light and I try to be imaginative when it comes turning seemingly annoying things into something positive. It's a good mental exercise and it's really conducive to feeling content and satisfied. So here are some of my favorite things from the week:
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- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2012 at 9:10 AM
yummm im super hungry now that look so deliciousReplyDelete
have a great friday ;-)
such a fun post! loved the tips and that dish looks so yummy!ReplyDelete
Sharon you're so cute you know that? I thought my lashes needed help a few weeks ago and tried some false lashes that won't be happening again! I glued my eye shut and scared the husband!ReplyDelete
Happy Friday!
Yummy! Lovely collection!ReplyDelete
Is this what we are eating tonight?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip on knock out lashes! It's actually quite simple. I so have to try that now. Happy weekend Sharon!ReplyDelete
The food looks amaaazing!ReplyDelete
That cheat dish looks fabulous- I could never imagine spending more than 2 hours in the kitchen either!ReplyDelete
LOOOVED the video tutorial, you should do more!
XX Kathryn
This Alberta Ferretti look is absolutely stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! loving the (oh so mean) fur pieces!ReplyDelete
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- Karen Itkin RoeFebruary 24, 2012 at 4:58 PM
What a fun post - perfect for the end of a hectic week. I am SO trying that chicken recipe for another Shabbat dinner...when the urge to cook strikes me (I've been on cooking strike lately :-)ReplyDelete
Alberta Ferretti is one of my favorites! I have an AF cocktail dress I absolutely cherish. These looks are an amazing continuation of the wonderful looks we've been seeing lately.
Love your makeup tips and also the music! You so need your own show!!!
Looks yummy! The food as well as the fashion and beauty collection ;)ReplyDelete
Thank u for being such a lovely follower...I love sharing comments!
xxx Lizzy from Fashion-BlaBla
Love those knock out eye lashes! My daughter is an NFL cheerleader (Seattle Seahawks) and sooo I have the inside scoop too ;) and wear them every now and then. Your method of "layering" worked well!ReplyDelete
The chicken dish looks yummy and cheers to enjoying and appreciating those little things in life.
Have a fun weekend!
My husband would die for that Moroccan dish. Might be worth giving it a shot (although I'm not much of a cook)!ReplyDelete
That recipe looks delish AND easy - perfect!ReplyDelete
The Ferretti line is gorgeous! I get teased for wearing so much black, but nothing beats it for an elegant, chic look.
So glad big lashes are making a comeback; great video!
neat post, hope u are having a great weekend! I am heading to the city tomorrow for the Coffee and Tea Festival. Be sure to check out my blog around March 5th for a great jewelry giveaway!! :)ReplyDelete
That chicken looks amazing! Thanks for stopping by my blog, Sharon. Hope you will visit often - you've got a terrific blog, too. Have a great weekend.ReplyDelete
Good lighting is key and I love candles ;)ReplyDelete
I love your Friday Favorites ;)Good for the stomach and closet!ReplyDelete
I loved your video tutorial!! so much fun--I've tried false eyelashes for a few black tie events--they look fantastic but I couldn't do it all the time. Have a great weekend, barbaraReplyDelete
I loved your video!! So fun to hear your voice and learn some tips! I have long, but not so thick lashes. I'm going to give this a try on my next night out!!!
And, regarding meals....I have been in a rut for a while and recently tried some new things. What a difference it made for my family!!!
Hope you've had a wonderful weekend!
xoxo Elizabeth
is that blue mascara photo from refinery 29? i love it, is it ysl right? really wanna get one of the colored mascaras even though i always rub the stuff off.ReplyDelete


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Mayoral candidates debate on campus
Three Pittsburgh mayoral candidates aired their platforms on campus this week at the Mayoral Candidates Forum in McConomy Auditorium.
Itkowitz, Godbole look back on year of service
The administration of Jared Itkowitz and Pooja Godbole has come to an end as they pass the torch of student leadership and service on to Rotimi Abimbola and Adam Klein.
Crime surges within campus community
The recent string of thefts and robberies on campus and throughout Oakland has resulted in heightened awareness and a flood of security alerts in every student's inbox.
Students re-evaluate next step after finals
In 2009, entering the real world for college graduates might not be the world they initially envisioned for themselves.
Independently run station WRCT celebrates 60-year history
One of Carnegie Mellon's largest and most successful media organizations celebrates not one, but two anniversaries this year.
CFA offers music and technology major
Carnegie Mellon's strengths of music, computer science, and technology will be combined to offer new joint degrees next year.
stats speaking
With the end of the school year approaching, many students are bound to celebrate with parties and alcohol.
Campus News in Brief
The Carnegie Mellon community gives feedback to help administrators and the student body leaders, as well as giving funds to charity.
Lecture Preview
McMichael "gets the right sign" Monday in the Adamson Wing.
crime and incident
A Carnegie Mellon student was walking around Morewood Ave., attempting to gain entrance into vehicles waiting at the red light.


text: Volume: CBÉ 0467 Date 1934–1935Location Bun Duibhe, Co. Liatroma List Browse Titles (72) 1. Saint Patrick's Well Lore 2. St Naail's Well, Fanaghan, Inver, Co. Donegal Lore 3. Tobar Dá Bhaddóg Lore 4. St Patrick's Well (Called by the Older People Tobar na Bachalla or the Well of the Staff) Lore 5. Tobar Shannon Lore 6. Tober Patrick Lore 7. Tobar na bhFaithní, Cnoc Ghort an Choirce, Co. Dhún na nGall Lore 8. Father Peter's Well Lore 9. Holy Well at Massinass, Creeslough, Co. Donegal - Turas Colm Cille Lore 10. Ague Well at Ards., Cashelmore P.O., Co. Donegal Lore 11. Conwall Holy Well Lore 12. Holy Wells on Iniskeel Island, Parish of Ardara, Co. Donegal Lore 13. Leck Holy Well Lore 14. Turas Colm Cille Lore 15. The Ague Well Lore 16. St Colm Cille's Well Lore 17. Glan or Glenarn Well in Cormaddyduff Lore 18. St Patrick's Well Lore 19. St Patrick's Well Lore 20. St Patrick's Well, Cornapaste Lore 21. The Jandy or Jaundice Well Lore 22. "In replay to your communication re Holy Wells I beg leave to inform you that..." Lore 23. "In connection with the circular re Holy Wells received..." Lore 24. Tobarkill Lore 25. Tubber Cuna Lore 26. St Patrick's Well in Townland of Polenister, Parish of Templetogher (Williamstown), Co. Galway Lore 27. Dough-Coona, Bunnatubber Lore 28. St Catherine's Well Lore 29. St Commodan's Well Lore 30. St Patrick's Well Lore 31. St Ronan's Well, Taghmaconnell Lore 32. Saint Feichín's Well Lore 33. Tobar Maimín Lore 34. Tobar Chiaráin Naofa Lore 35. St Augustine's Well in Townland of Kill Lore 36. "Tá mé ag sgríobh dhá fhocal chugat ag súil go bhfuair tú..." Lore 37. Tobar Mac Duagh Lore 38. St Kerril's Well Lore 39. Tobar na hAltóra Lore 40. St Anne's Well at Ahanass (Áth an Easa) Lore 41. Tobar Cholm Cille Lore 42. St Connell's Well Lore 43. "There is no Holy Well in this district." Lore 44. Tobar Ár Naomh Lore 45. Tamnach Blessed Well Lore 46. An Tobar Beannaithe ar Oileán Dubhlainne ar Chósta an Mhuirthid, Co. Mhaigh Eo - Tobar na Mallacht - Tobar Naoimh Bréandháin Lore 47. Tobar Naoimh Bréandháin Lore 48. Tobar an Chairn Lore 49. Tobar Naoimh Céidhe nó Géidhe ar Inis Céidhe Lore 50. Tobar an Athar Mánuis Lore 51. Tobar Naoimh Damhnait Lore 52. Tobar Phádraig (Turlough) Lore 53. St Patrick's Well - Carracaol Lore 54. Tobar Phádraig (Lack) Lore 55. As far as I can find out there is no holy well or stream in the locality; none nearer than Temple, Charlestown,... Lore 56. Loch Murcáin Lore 57. St Attracta's Well Lore 58. "I have asked the pupils to make enquiries..." Lore 59. Tobar na Cathail Dall Lore 60. Toberpatrick Lore 61. Tubbervunane (Tobar Adhamhnáin) or Saint Adamnan's Well Lore 62. Tobar na nGealt - Tobernault Lore 63. Tobar Naoimh Athtracht Lore 64. St Brigid's Well in the Townland of Ballinphuill, Co. Sligo Lore 65. St Muireadach's Well Lore 66. "No holy well in School District." Lore 67. St Patrick's Well in the Townland of Redbrae, Co. Leitrim Lore 68. Wart Well at Drumshanbo S. Lore 69. Mass Hole Well Lore 70. Tobar Muire Lore 71. Hollywell, Came from Holywell - St Brigid's Well Lore 72. Tobar Pádraig Lore Mode: Magnify Zoom Jump to page / 0222 Archival Reference The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0467, Page 0203 Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD. See copyright details. Download On this page (no title) "No holy well in School District." Share Share Post Item type LoreLanguage Béarla Writing mode Handwritten Writing script Roman script Location An Chorr Dhubh Theas, Co. Liatroma Collector James Dooner Informant James Dooner


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During Hacker School, I wanted to understand networking better, and I decided to write a miniature TCP stack as part of that. I was much more comfortable with Python than C and I'd recently discovered the scapy networking library which made sending packets really easy.
So I started writing teeceepee!
The basic idea was
- open a raw network socket that lets me send TCP packets
- send a HTTP request to
- get and parse a response
- celebrate!
I didn't care much about proper error handling or anything; I just wanted to get one webpage and declare victory :)
Step 1: the TCP handshake
I started out by doing a TCP handshake with Google! (this won't necessarily run correctly, but illustrates the principles). I've commented each line.
The way a TCP handshake works is:
- me: SYN
- google: SYNACK!
- me: ACK!!!
Pretty simple, right? Let's put it in code.
# My local network IP
src_ip = "192.168.0.11"
# Google's IP
dest_ip = "126.96.36.199"
# IP header: this is coming from me, and going to Google
ip_header = IP(dst=dest_ip, src=src_ip)
# Specify a large random port number for myself (59333),
# and port 80 for Google The "S" flag means this is
# a SYN packet
syn = TCP(dport=80, sport=59333,
ack=0, flags="S")
# Send the SYN packet to Google
# scapy uses '/' to combine packets with headers
response = srp(ip_header / syn)
# Add the sequence number
ack = TCP(dport=80, sport=self.src_port,
ack=response.seq, flags="A")
# Reply with the ACK
srp(ip_header / ack)
Wait, sequence numbers?
What's all this about sequence numbers? The whole point of TCP is to make sure you can resend packets if some of them go missing. Sequence numbers are a way to check if you've missed packets. So let's say that Google sends me 4 packets, size 110, 120, 200, and 500 bytes. Let's pretend the initial sequence number is 0. Then those packets will have sequence numbers 0, 110, 230, and 430.
So if I suddenly got a 100-byte packet with a sequence number of 2000, that would mean I missed a packet! The next sequence number should be 930!
How can Google know that I missed the packet? Every time I receive a packet from Google, I need to send an ACK ("I got the packet with sequence number 230, thanks!"). If the Google server notices I haven't ACKed a packet, then it can resend it!
The TCP protocol is extremely complicated and has all kinds of rate limiting logic in it, but we're not going to talk about any of that. This is all you'll need to know about TCP for this post!
For a more in-depth explanation, including how SYN packets affect sequence numbers, I found Understanding TCP sequence numbers very clear.
Step 2: OH NO I already have a TCP stack
So I ran the code above, and I had a problem. IT DIDN'T WORK.
But in a kind of funny way! I just didn't get any responses. I looked in Wireshark (a wonderful tool for spying on your packets) and it looked like this:
me: SYN
google: SYNACK
me: RST
Wait, what? I never sent a
RST packet?!
RST means STOP THE
CONNECTION IT'S OVER. That is not in my code at all!
This is when I remembered that I already have a TCP stack on my computer, in my kernel. So what was actually happening was:
my Python program: SYN
google: SYNACK
my kernel: lol wtf I never asked for this! RST!
my Python program: ... :(
So how do we bypass the kernel? I talked to the delightful
Jari Takkala about this, and he
suggested using
ARP spoofing
to pretend I had a different IP address (like
The new exchange was like this:
me: hey router! send packets for 192.168.0.129 to my MAC address
router: (does it silently)
my Python program: SYN (from 192.168.0.129)
google: SYNACK
kernel: this isn't my IP address! <ignore>
my Python program: ACK YAY
And it worked! Okay, awesome, we can now send packets AND GET RESPONSES without my kernel interfering! AWESOME.
Step 3: get a webpage!
There is an intervening step here where I fix tons of irritating bugs preventing Google from sending me the HTML for http://google.com. I eventually fixed all of these, and emerge victorious!
I needed to
- put together a packet containing a HTTP GET request
- make sure I can listen for lots of packets in response, not just one
- spend a lot of time fixing bugs with sequence numbers
- try to close the connection properly
Step 4: realize Python is slow
Once I had everything working, I used Wireshark again to look at what packets were being sent back and forth. It looked something like this:
me/google: <tcp handshake>
me: GET google.com
google: 100 packets
me: 3 ACKs
google: <starts resending packets>
me: a few more ACKs
google: <reset connection>
The sequences of packets from Google and ACKs from me looked something like: P P P A P P P P P A P P A P P P P A. Google was sending me packets way faster than my program could keep up and send ACKs. Then, hilariously, Google's server would assume that there were network problems causing me to not ACK its packets.
And it would eventually reset the connection because it would decide there were connection problems.
But the connection was fine! My program was totally responding! It was just that my Python program was way too slow to respond to packets in the millisecond times it expected.
(edit: this diagnosis seems to be incorrect :) you can read some discussion about what may be actually going on here)
life lessons
If you're actually writing a production TCP stack, don't use Python. (surprise!) Also, the TCP spec is really complicated, but you can get servers to reply to you even if your implementation is extremely sketchy.
I was really happy that it actually worked, though! The ARP spoofing
was extremely finicky, but I wrote a version of
curl using it which
worked about 25% of the time. You can see all the absurd code at
I think this was actually way more fun and instructive than trying to write a TCP stack in an appropriate language like C :)


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A Little Princess Novel
A Little Princess is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Cr ewe: or, What Happened at Miss Michelin's", which was serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from December 1887, and published in book form in 1888. According to Burnett, after she composed the 1902 play A Little UN-fairy Princess based on that story, her publisher asked that she expand the story as a novel with "the things and people that had been left out before". The novel was published by Charles Scribner's Sons (also the publisher of St. Nicholas) with illustrations by Ethel Franklin Bette and the full title A Little Princess: Being the Whole Story of Sara Cr ewe Now Being Told for the First Time.
A Little Princess Book Summary
Captain Cr ewe, a wealthy English widower, has been raising his only child, Sara, in India where he is stationed with the British Army. Because the Indian climate is considered too harsh for children, British families living there traditionally send their children to boarding school back home in England. The captain enrolls his young daughter at Miss Michelin's boarding school for girls in London, and dotes on his daughter so much that he orders and pays the headmistress for special treatment and exceptional luxuries for Sara, such as a private room for her with a personal maid and a separate sitting room (see Parlous boarder), along with Sara's own private carriage and a pony.
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Language: English
Genre: Children's literature
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication date: September 1905
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Pages: 324
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This is the message from Commissioner General Sam Koim in his weekly address to the Staff of IRC. This week's message – CGs Message 5 of 2020 – was on Frugal Living.
By Sam Koim
Dear all,
I may be the least of the persons qualified to share some insights into "frugal living" (living within your means), but I would like to share this as I'm learning it myself.
For many of us, we struggle between the allures of modernity and the demands of tradition. We want to live a modern life, pay our bills, take care of our immediate family needs and save some money for future uncertainties.
More often than not, however, we find ourselves having competing interests – our personal needs against the needs of the community or tribe we come from.
In most cases, our tribe/community creates cultural and social obligations for us to fulfill. When we don't fulfill them, we find ourselves being rejected and ostracized. The search for social approval is therefore putting a lot of strain on the working class Papua New Guineans.
Whilst it is not my intention here to encourage you to abandon your cultures and traditions, I implore you not to commit beyond your means.
Similarly, we have to be mindful of our consumption behavior. If you are someone who spends money on unnecessary consumables and haven't taken account of how much you are actually wasting, you probably do that now.
You'd be amazed at how much you would have saved that was spent on non-essentials.
Warren Buffet once said "If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need." I find a lot of sense in this statement.
I am not just simply promoting a savings culture, or asking you to be a cheapskate or tightwad. All I am advocating is for us to live within our means.
There will be rainy days, as they say: times when you may be out of job, or some unforeseen emergencies that require money. Not only that, if you live beyond your means, you will soon become slave to the money lenders for survival.
Personally, I despise borrowing for survival. I would rather borrow for some capital investment: something that will either generate revenue or become part of my asset that I will one day securities.
I am telling you from experience that I was out of job for five years but survived because I managed to save up when I had a job.
My Message here is for us to live within our means so that we are not forced into doing the wrong thing to survive.
Yours in Making a Difference
God Bless!


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I live steps away from the water, and the financier boys are everything! "
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QuantLib installation on Linux
Boost Installation
If you don't require a particular Boost version, the path of least resistance is to install the one packaged for your distribution; for instance, on Ubuntu you would execute:
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
while on Fedora the above would be:
sudo yum install boost-devel
Using a packaged distribution has the additional upside of installing Boost in a default location where the compiler can find it. If you can, go for it and skip the rest of this section.
If, instead, you want a particular version of Boost, or if you don't have administrative rights on your machine, you'll have to compile Boost yourself. Instructions for that are available on the Boost site at http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/index.html. In this case, you might end up with a Boost installation in a non-standard location; take a note of it, as you'll need it later.
QuantLib Installation
Installation from package repositories
If you don't need to modify the library, you might want to skip the compilation and install a precompiled binary version; unofficial RPM and DEB packages should be available for your distribution through the usual channels. Note that the default version on Debian and Ubuntu distributions might be lagging behind; to get a recent one, use the "unstable" (a.k.a. "Sid") distribution on Debian or Dirk Eddelbuettel's PPA on Ubuntu.
If you want to modify the library, instead, you'll have to compile it yourself as described in the next section.
Installation from a released version
You can download released QuantLib versions from GitHub at https://github.com/lballabio/QuantLib/releases.
Once you have the tarball, extract it by executing:
tar xzf QuantLib-1.4.1.tar.gz
(1.4.1 is the most recent version at the time of this writing; you
might have downloaded another one.) This creates a
QuantLib-1.4.1; enter it and configure QuantLib by
cd QuantLib-1.4.1 ./configure
The above step is customizable, if you want: run
./configure --help
to obtain a list of the configuration options. In particular,
--prefix option can be used to install QuantLib in a
location other than the default (
This is also the step where you might have to
configure about the location of your Boost
installation, if that's not a standard one. If, for instance, you
installed the Boost headers in
and the libraries in
/home/foo/lib, execute:
./configure --with-boost-include=/home/foo/include --with-boost-lib=/home/foo/lib
to setup the build correctly. Finally,
builds the library and
sudo make install
installs it (if you specified a location with
--prefix that doesn't need admin permissions, you won't need to use
sudo before
make install). Depending on your system, you might also need to run
sudo ldconfig
to notify the dynamic linker that a new shared library is available.
(The above works with the default prefix,
/usr/local, on
most system; if you chose another one, or if your programs still can't
libQuantLib.so, you'll need to add the location of
the library to
/etc/ld.so.conf before
ldconfig. For a default installation, that
would be
Once you're done, you can try to compile and run an example to check your installation. If you installed everything in the default location, you can simply execute:
cd Examples/BermudanSwaption g++ BermudanSwaption.cpp -o BermudanSwaption -lQuantLib ./BermudanSwaption
Otherwise, you'll have to specify the location of your Boost and
QuantLib installations with corresponding
-L flags; for instance, the middle step above would be:
g++ BermudanSwaption.cpp -I/home/foo/include -o BermudanSwaption -L/home/foo/lib -lQuantLib
if you ran
./configure with prefix
Installation from a git repository
If you want to compile from a checkout of a git repository (such as
the official one
at https://github.com/lballabio/quantlib,
or a fork of it that you might have created) you'll need an additional
step at the beginning of the process. Before running
./configure script, you'll have to create it by
To do this, you'll need automake, autoconf and libtool. Again, they're packaged for most Linux distributions; on Ubuntu, you would get them by running
sudo apt-get install automake autoconf libtool
After the execution of
./autogen.sh, the installation proceeds
as in the previous section.


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Home › magazine › european reports › UK well placed to weather recession
UK well placed to weather recession28th of November 2011
ECJ's UK correspondent asks how the industry can weather the recession.
Looks like the recession is really here. Reality in the form of lost jobs and falling incomes. The cleaning industry is better placed than most to weather the storm. We are labour intensive on the contract side so maintaining workforce levels should not be a problem provided the service given is beyond what the client might expect or hope for. Hard price bargaining will be the norm.
Greater efficiency does reduce staff numbers but this is an incentive to ensure that those who drive the business forward are properly trained and that the client understands the importance of having professionals doing the cleaning. Low-price quotations do not in the long run benefit either the company offering the quote or the one receiving the service.
No-one should doubt there is much to be done to take us back to a situation where people did 'a good day's work for a good days pay'. Some companies are achieving this but they are the exception not the rule and it is not the worker who is responsible for this but the management. It is their task to build companies which have the highest standards and a real pride in the results achieved at every level in the company. Happily, here too there are some good examples to be found.
Moving into winter we are accompanied by sirens from the media and political commentators offering views of a failing country for which they are partly responsible and a vision of apocalypse to come.
The other game which is not a media exercise and should concern us all is the Shame Game. There are many people who should be ashamed of their behaviour in a time when all should be pulling together and in which the cleaning industry, unsung and unheralded, is a shining example with one or two exceptions.
Let us give you some examples: the Royal College of Nursing concentrating on salaries and status and pressing for nursing education which produces so-called nurses who are 'too posh to wash'.
Trades union leaders cloaked in their handsome salaries and pensions spread alarm, threaten pointless strike action, cost millions in wasted time and have never produced a single positive idea to help the economy.
Meanwhile day in and day out at 5am the cleaning begins. A pity that many of the workers are not British and some may well be illegal. To the 'shamed' list we can add those contractors who use illegal foreign workers. The Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA) might well examine how many immigrants are employed and the reasons they are engaged. We suspect the answer might cause British workers to join the 'shamed' list.
We can win but it requires many more to adopt a 'can do' attitude than at present.


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Just a short update today, guys!
I realized last night after publishing my most recent post that I completely forgot to announce the winner of the McCormick Spring Giveaway. Congratulations go to Emilou Gnu – I hope you enjoy the goodies!
Also, I wanted to announce that I've opened a shop on Etsy to sell prints of my photos. I've kept it quiet for awhile, just because I didn't think anyone would want to buy photos, but I'm feeling gutsy enough to put myself out there now. If there are any specific shots you'd like to order, please let me know and I'd be happy to work something out with you 🙂
Thanks so much for your continued reading and support. You guys are the best!
Happy Wednesday!


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Jackie Shane, a black transgender soul singer who packed nightclubs in 1960s Toronto before she stepped out of the spotlight for decades, only to re-emerge with a Grammy-nominated record in her 70s, has died. She was 78.
Her death was confirmed by Douglas Mcgowan, her producer and friend. He said her body was found at her home in Nashville on Thursday. He said he did not know when she had died or the cause.
Almost five decades passed between Ms. Shane's 1960s career in Canada and her 2018 Grammy nomination for best historical album, for "Any Other Way." The record introduced her to a new generation of fans, and today her face is part of a towering mural in downtown Toronto.
"I do believe that it's like destiny," Ms. Shane told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation this month. "I really feel that I have made a place for myself with wonderful people. What I have said, what I have done, they say it makes their lives better."
Jackie Shane was born in Nashville on May 15, 1940, and grew up as a black transgender child in the Jim Crow South. But she made her name after she moved to Toronto around 1959, becoming a force in its music scene and packing its nightclubs.
She scored the No. 2 spot on the Canadian singles chart in 1963 with her silky cover of William Bell's "Any Other Way." The song is about putting on a brave face for the friend of an ex-girlfriend, but Ms. Shane gave it a subversive twist when she sang, "Tell her that I'm happy, tell her that I'm gay."
Ms. Shane said she identified as female from the age of 13, but throughout her 1960s career she was publicly referred to as a man. Speaking to The New York Times in 2017, she said she sometimes described herself to peers as gay.
"I was just being me," she said. "I never tried to explain myself to anyone — they never explained themselves to me."
As a child, she said, her unabashed femininity and unwavering self-confidence turned heads. In 2017, she told The Times about a grade school bully who unwisely threw a stone at her. The rock hit her, and the bully's fate was sealed.
"He wanted to torment me and I would never allow that," Ms. Shane said. She picked up a jump rope and whipped the boy with it. When a teacher tried to separate them, she hit the teacher, too.
Ms. Shane told the CBC this month that she had moved to Canada after witnessing a group of white men attacking a black man one night in Nashville.
"One cannot choose where one is born,'' she said, "but you can choose your home."
In Canada, Ms. Shane mingled with music royalty, sharing a stage with Etta James, Jackie Wilson and the Impressions and other stars. But in 1971 she abruptly left it all behind.
In the following decades she became a cult heroine and a legend online, where fans speculated about where she had gone. The answer, it turned out, was Los Angeles.
She told The Times in 2017 that she had left Toronto to be with her mother, Jessie Shane, who was living alone after the death of Ms. Shane's stepfather in 1963.
Ms. Shane may have been a star in Canada, but it didn't feel right to her, she said, that her mother was living by herself so far away. So she went to live with her in Los Angeles, and they later moved back to Nashville, where her mother died in 1997.
Mr. Mcgowan said on Thursday that Ms. Shane had no immediate survivors.
After her mother died, Ms. Shane lived an intensely private life. She watched old movies and network dramas, ordered takeout and ventured outside only every once in a while. When she did, she wore a hat and dark glasses lest she be recognized.
Ms. Shane watched history march on from the comfort of relative anonymity. In her interview with The Times, she shared her thoughts on the legalization of same-sex marriage ("We've had to fight for everything that should have already been on the table") and shook her head at the state of pop music ("I'm going to have to school these people again").
One thing Ms. Shane did not do during her decade of Canadian stardom was record a studio album. That changed in 2017, when the Chicago-based label Numero Group released her anthology, which was later nominated for a Grammy Award.
Ms. Shane shared her life philosophy with the CBC this month.
"Most people are planted in someone else's soil, which means they're a carbon copy," she said. "I say to them: 'Uproot yourself. Get into your own soil. You may be surprised who you really are.' "
Reggie Ugwu contributed reporting.
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Although he could have a chance to significantly improve his Cy Young case with another impressive showing on the mound, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander will not make another regular season start according to Chris Iott of MLive.com.
Owning a three-game lead in the American League Central with only three left to play, the Tigers are hoping that their miniscule magic number of one game will come quite easy over the next three days. Verlander, who is 17-8 with a 2.64 earned-run average over 33 starts, leads the league in strikeouts (239) and ranks second in ERA. The 29-year-old All-Star also leads the sport in Wins Above Replacement (WAR) for any pitcher with a 7.6 rating, which is significantly higher than second-place David Price's 6.2 mark.
Planned by manager Jim Leyland all along to be stashed away for either Detroit's Game 1 playoff opener or a possible one-game play-in versus the White Sox, the team remains fully confident that Verlander's electric arm won't be needed again to wrap a playoff berth. The Tigers will open the first round of the playoffs at Comerica Park for the first two games if they can hang on to their lead, and Leyland and company desperately want their star right-hander on the mound for a possible Game 4 in the Bronx.


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The superclusters in the Sculptor region of the sky are not obvious structures. This map is a plot of the brightest galaxies (from the Principal Galaxies Catalogue) in this region of the sky and although the locations of the main clusters are marked, the superclusters are hard to see. The Sculptor superclusters are important however because they are contained within a major wall of galaxies which sweeps through this region of the sky across nearly a billion light years of space.
Below is a list of the clusters in the two Sculptor superclusters. The nearest of the two superclusters is mainly within the constellation of Phoenix and so is perhaps best called the Phoenix supercluster. Note that the six clusters in this Phoenix supercluster are all of richness class zero. This means that none of them are impressive clusters. The second supercluster (which is mainly in Sculptor) does contain richer clusters but they are also much further away and harder to see.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Abell Equatorial Redshift Distance Rich Notes Number Coordinates z Mly RA Dec A2731 00 10.2 -56 59 .0300 415 0 A2806 00 40.2 -56 10 .0265 365 0 A2836 00 53.7 -47 37 .0288 395 0 A2870 01 07.7 -46 55 .0225 310 0 A2877 01 09.8 -45 54 .0235 325 0 A2896 01 18.3 -37 06 .0306 420 0 A2717 00 03.3 -35 57 .0478 650 1 A4008 23 30.3 -39 19 .0537 730 1 A4012 23 31.8 -33 49 .0498 680 0 A4013 23 31.9 -35 16 .0488 665 1 A4059 23 56.7 -34 40 .0463 630 1
Column 1: The name/number of the cluster. Column 2: The Right Ascension for epoch 2000. Column 3: The Declination for epoch 2000. Column 4: The redshift of the cluster. Column 5: The distance in millions of light years assuming H=70km/s/Mpc. Column 6: The 'richness' class of the cluster. Column 7: Additional names and notes. References: Abell G, Corwin H, Olowin R, (1989), A catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies, Astrophys J Supp, 70, 1. Struble M, Rood H, (1999), A compilation of redshifts and velocity dispersions for ACO clusters, Astrophys J, 125, 35.
The map below is a slice of the universe which shows the Sculptor Wall. This map is a plot of 7400 bright galaxies (from the HyperLeda database) in the vicinity of the Sculptor Wall. Our galaxy is at the bottom and the top of the map is 800 million light years away. The red line shows the Sculptor Wall which is sometimes called the Southern Wall. The wall is faint beyond 500 million light years because the data is incomplete beyond that distance. Notice that the nearest part of the wall (the Phoenix supercluster) lies next to a large rectangular void. This is called the Sculptor Void, and it is one of the largest voids in the nearby universe.
The Sculptor wall was brought to the attention of astronomers by A Maurellis, A Fairall, D Matravers and G Ellis in 1990. They published a paper announcing their discovery of a major wall of galaxies lying between voids. The paper contains a map of the wall which only shows the nearest of the two superclusters.
Later, in 1994, da Costa, Geller, Pellegrini, Latham, Fairall, Marzke, Willmer, Huchra, Calderon, Ramella and Kurtz combined the surveys for the Coma and Sculptor superclusters in another paper. They published a map, which looks out into the universe in two directions and it shows the Coma wall at the top and the Sculptor wall at the bottom.
Below is a picture of the A2877 cluster, it is probably the most impressive of the clusters in these two superclusters because it is dominated by the giant elliptical galaxy IC 1633. This galaxy has a diameter greater than 270 000 light years and it rivals the two huge galaxies in the Coma cluster in terms of size and luminosity.


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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Independence Day, Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip, Hip, Hooray, it's Independence Day! I was born in the historic city of Philadelphia, also the birthplace of our nation's independence. I love going through Independence Hall, Betsy Ross House, Ben Franklin's museum (not the craft store :) It's a trip worth taking if you ever get the chance. Wishing all of you a beautiful Fourth Of July holiday and many continued blessings for our great country.
The sentiment is from the Birthday Girl set by The Project Bin, I just used the first part of it. The background is a Fireworks stencil by Stampendous with Nuvo glitter paste.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Waving Hello
For the Lawnfawnatics challenge . Lawn Fawn Mermaid For You stamps and dies. Net die is by Amy Designs, papers are Stampin' Up!
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
A Good Man
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Monday, June 24, 2019
How cute is this turtle from The Project Bin? The stamp set is "Love Your Shellfie" and I made a birthday card that could work for either a child or an adult. Balloon die is from Stampin' Up! and the grass is a Martha Stewart punch with Lawn Fawn paper. Designer papers are a mixture of retired ones from my vast paper collection :)
\This was made for the Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoast to honor Julee Tilman. I used Lawn Fawn's Mermaid For You and Sublime stamp sets for this similar shaker card.
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Monday, June 17, 2019
Beelated Birthday
What a fun stamp set from The Project Bin! It is called The Gratest and has some unique images and sentiments for all kinds of different occasions. Since I am late more often than not when mailing out my cards this is a great sentiment to have. Sponged the various yellow and gold inks over a hexagon stencil (Tim Holtz) Colored and cut out bees and added glitter to wings and some baker's twine and sequins to embellish.
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New Wonders
For the Splitcoast Featured Stamper challenge, I changed Michelle's rose to this little fairy angel and used her colors and basic layout. This is a new hostess et from Stampin' Up! called New Wonders.
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
Sailing Home
New Stampin' Up! goodies have arrived! Absolutely had to have this "Sailing Home" set since I am from a Jersey Shore area. Love the Cape May lighthouse and our fabulous NJ beaches.
This was inspired by The Library Challenges current book inspiration found below. Stamping and reading, my two favorite hobbies/obsessions.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Beach Bear
Loving the summer Lawn Fawn! All supplies used are LF except for clouds. For the inspiration challenge over at The Card Concept, photo below:
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Proud Mom
Billy will be graduating from Western Washington University with a major in English with Creative Writing. Western's color is a royal blue so there you go for this card.
Lawn Fawn's "Smart Cookie" set with Tim Holtz/Ranger foil sheet and sentiment. The layout is for the Case This Sketch #325 challenge found below.
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Butterflies Feel
This sweet sentiment is from the Kinda Sorta set by The Project Bin.
I used Tim Holtz distress oxide inks for the background with a butterfly die cut. Popped up the sentiment panel with foam tape.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Happy Relaxing
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Monday, June 3, 2019
More Birthday
I have another card today using Birthday Girl from The Project Bin.
The sentiment was embossed in gold and the designer paper is by Carta Bella.
The second card uses Spencer's Set for the sentiment, embossed in white. Lawn Fawn Spring Fling paper and Stampin' Up! Puzzles Pieces die cuts.
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Frank Miller, Sr. and his bride of 50 years celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in 1979.
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Frank Miller, Sr. and his bride of 50 years celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in 1979.
A family book with 204 pages was published for this reunion. A preview of this book with the Table of Contents and the front/back cover can be viewed here. You may purchase your copy at this same web site or go to lulu.com and search for the book by title.
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Frank Miller, Sr. (1910-1981) & Azena Swire (1913-1989), is a family with Cameron Parish roots. They had 8 children and many of the family members continue to live in Southwest LA. This book reports on the descendants of Frank and Azena as well as the ancestry of the 8 children whose names are Miller, Swire, Bertrand, Gallier, Abshire, Aucoin, Benoit, Boutin, Broussard, Carriere, Conner, Doucet, Fontenot, Guidry, Lejeune, Mayer, Nunez, Quintero. Roy, Sonnier, Teller, Theriot, Thibodeaux, Touchet and Trahan. This book includes some obituaries. Where references are provided from Rev. Hebert's publications, the meaning of the abbreviated references are listed thus allowing one to order birth certificates, marriage contracts and licences from the church, court house, etc. Additionally this book lists all the known military veterans of the Jacob Miller and Anne M. Theigen descendants. The ancestry reported in this book goes back to the 1400's, 15 generations.
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LEGO has taken to the Indiegogo crowdfunding website this week to launch a new premium LEGO experience called LEGO FORMA. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the LEGO experience designed for adults.
Two hundred and ninety four elements come together to form a dynamic model which at the moment takes the form of seven different fish. Prices start from $15 and worldwide shipping is expected to take place during January 2019.
"The beauty of nature. The simple pleasure of building. A thoughtful creative challenge. These are at the core of LEGO FORMA, a premium LEGO experience for adults looking for a simple, fun way to disconnect from their screens and reconnect with their creative side.
LEGO FORMA was designed to help adults reconnect with their creative side and to encourage us all to prioritize play. Throughout the process, we spoke to adults to learn about their needs, get their input on our concepts, and use their feedback to refine the experience."
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"It's hard to wait around for something you know may never happen; but it's harder to give up when you know it's everything you want"
Sunday, June 2, 2013
The tough decisions
We traveled to Chicago yesterday. It was so nice to be at my doctor's facility. It's so strange considering this was only the second time I've stepped foot in their facility. The first being my consultation. It was a quick visit. We did the ultrasound and blood work and were sent on our way until the results were ready. We spent the morning walking around Chicago, taking in an art fair, having lunch and doing a bit of shopping.
We got the call mid afternoon. We were told that the 3rd follie, was still rather small at 13mm. My lining was 4.9mm, my e2 was 1277 and my p4 was 3.7. I also had fluid in my uterus. So we had two options.
Option 1
Trigger Saturday night and come in Monday morning for an IUI, where they would also drain the fluid from my uterus.
Option 2
Come in again on Sunday for another ultrasound and blood work to see where things are and make our decision .
In my opinion, an IUI with such dismal lining and elevated p4 would be pointless. Even should we choose to cancel the IVF, I did not believe I would regret not doing the IUI. So we chose to stim one more night and return to the clinic on Sunday.
The one nice thing about being out of town was how much I love the restaurants in Chicago. We had an amazing date night. We went out for sushi just a few blocks from the hotel and then went to a cute little coffee bar for dessert. We discussed a lot of things. We talked about the chances of me ever having a better response. There something I can't seem to wrap my mind around...because we know that my AMH is less than .16...my FSH has been close to 20 on multiple occasions, and that's how far I go before moving on to donor eggs. The truth is...I want a child. I want a home. I want us to have a comfortable life. My point of moving on, may come quicker than someone with better odds. It may be coming sooner rather than later. I'm not sure I have it in me to continue to drain all the funds we have on something that has such a small chance of happening when we can move on and have a child by other means (which will also cost a considerable amount of money).
By this morning, I told my husband that I needed to just cancel this cycle. I couldn't move forward with 1-2 follicles and I wasn't going to waste money on even an IUI. We decided we would just go to CCRM, try once and move on from there if it didn't work.
Then we went for my ultrasound, comfortable with our decision, even though it was very emotional for me and of course...#3 had rallied. It was almost 15mm this morning. The doctor on call met with us and was recommended we move forward with our retrieval. The other sizes were 20 and 23mm. Well hell.
We discussed with her the fact that our lining had increased to 6mm, however, I still had fluid in my uterus. We would have to aspirate the fluid at the time of retrieval. The ultimate goal would be to retrieve the three. Hope with all that I have, that they fertilize and make it to freeze. To transfer at a later date when my uterus is in a better state, more welcoming to embryos. If they do not look like they would make it freeze, we would just have to do a Hail Mary transfer on day 3 and hope for the best. Apparently the elevated p4 does decrease my chances of success by half.
She did not believe I would ever be able to have more than 3-5 eggs at any given IVF cycle. We decided to go for it. So for now, I'm putting all of my hope and faith into 3 little follicles. This is a long shot in the dark...but for now, it's all we have.
I trigger tonight. Retrieval on Tuesday.
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Man, just when you make up your mind, they call telling ya something to change it. Well, I think it's great news that they want to proceed and that it's still game on. I will be praying for a successful retrieval, fertilization and freeze for you. All it takes is one! I have seen women with super low AMH and DOR get only a couple eggs and become pregnant...even at 40+. It can and does happen, so stay hopeful that it will!ReplyDelete
Woah! Holy 180! It's so funny how just when we think we've got a handle on the situation or we're ready to move on...... Not so fast says our body! It's wild how a woman's body (well an infertes anyway) can make such a drastic change in 24 hours. It always amazes me! Best of luck to your sweet self! I am rooting for these 3 follies to give you something good!!ReplyDelete
Hail Mary! You got this. Sending all the goodness in the world to you.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, Suzanne! I am so happy that you're moving forward with this IVF and that follie #3 ralleid and grew. My fingers, toes, eyes... everything (!!!) is crossed for you, girl. Sending a big hug and lots of prayers for a very successful retrieval on Tuesday! xoxoReplyDelete
I'm so glad you are back on and I'm hoping and praying and crossing everything I have that one of your three follies is your next baby and that the fluid can be removed from your uterine lining. FX!!!!ReplyDelete
I know this has all been such a hard struggle for you and I am so sorry. However, I think you are making the best decision possible under the circumstances and it just takes one perfect egg or in your case, one perfect embryo. Lots of positive vibes and prayers!ReplyDelete
Prayers for you Suzanne!! Added bonus you had a wonderful date night! What an exciting week!ReplyDelete
Awesome that the 3rd follie caught up! And it sounds like your mini-vacay in Chicago was good for you, too. Good luck Tuesday!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 11:47 PM
Good luck from Oklahoma City! I have been following your blog and crossing my fingers for you!!ReplyDelete
I am praying for your retrieval, fertilization, freeze goes smooth and well. I am definitely a believer that it only takes one embryo to make a baby. Thinking of you.ReplyDelete
Yikes! I can't imagine!!! I've been known to park the car until someone tells me where to go for dinner. I HATE making decisions!!!ReplyDelete
Praying for BEAUTIFUL follicles and an EXCELLENT fetilization report! Hang in there!
- AnonymousJune 4, 2013 at 9:24 AM
I just got caught up on your last two weeks. I can only imagine how emotional this process has been for you. I am sending positive energy your way and wildly cheering for the three follies!ReplyDelete
Lots of prayers for you today!ReplyDelete
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This year's fellowship awards from the John S. Guggenheim Foundation were presented to a total of 24 artists working in the field of Fine Arts; 14 artists in the category of Film-Video; 11 in Photography. The Fine Arts fellows include seven diverse painters, all women: Leigh Behnke, Cora Cohen, Harriet Korman, Carrie Moyer, Ann Pibal, Susan Wanklyn, and Elena Sisto. Cohen and Korman have been active since the 1960s. Cohen, known for her large-scale, dense and washy, mixed-media oil paintings, also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award in 2012. The Responsibility of Forms, an exhibition of her new paintings was recently at Guided By Invoices in New York, reviewed in these pages by David Rhodes. Sisto, a long-time teacher at the School of Visual Arts, opens an exhibition of new work on April 25, titled Between Silver Light and Orange Shadow, at Lori Bookstein Fine Art, her first show with that gallery. She describes her recent paintings as "centering around the artist's experience of being in the studio, and the passage into adulthood of young women artists."
Philip Kennicott chief art critic for The Washington Post, has received the Pulitzer Prize in the category of criticism this year for two long-format reviews of exhibitions, and one personal essay, all written in 2012. The three highlighted articles are: a critical analysis of the photography of Taryn Simon at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, a review of an exhibition at the National Building Museum devoted to the architect Kevin Roche, and an essay, titled "What Are We Losing in the Web's Images of Suffering and Schadenfreude?" that examines our relationship to the over-abundance of disturbing and grotesque imagery found online and in-print. Kennicott, a finalist for last year's Pulitzer, has been a critic for the Post since 1999.