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The Marko blank cut by Elite Cutting here on the Gold Coast.
Designed in AKU with the rails on it and thinned out.
The EPS Marko blank and the Paulownia skins I have made up for me at 5mm thick for the deck skin and 4mm for the bottom skin, 600mm wide. This makes finishing the board so easy and saves having to have expensive bulky machinery that you only use once in a while. My rail band stock is supplied like this as well.
I scribe the rails, nose and tail build outs, ready to cut off. By getting the blank cut with the rails on you can then guage how much you can bend the deck skin down and around to meet the rail band. Then decide how much rail you need to add. With different boards and designs you could save weight and build time by minimizing the number of rail bands.
All marked out
The Japanese pull saw is such a handy tool for doing lots of things with building wooden boards.
Now we have a basic EPS core. Get the sand paper block or surform out and square up the rail.
The first rail band goes on. I use Polyurethane foaming glue and masking tape.
I use a 3mm scrap of Paulownia to scribe the rail band and to make it as close as possible to the shape and curve of the board. This is to save material and to keep the amount of pressure needed to bend the Paulownia around the rail shape. That way you can use masking tape and not all sorts of clamps and straps.I see people with wide strips and then struggle to get them to fit to rail.
I used a Polyurethane glue with a 30 minute cure time to do these small bits to knock it over more quickly. The other glue I use has a 2 hour cure time.
Surrounded in Paulownia
I use a small block plane to take the rail bands down and foil them to the flow of the deck and bottom contours so that the skins flow around and onto them naturally.
Ok now it is time to set up the rocker table. A level and true table with no twists is all I use.
A centre line to line the stringer up with and just fix a block under the nose and tail to make sure it won't twist. It is all you need, as it can't go anywhere.
Scribe the board outline plus say 10mms to allow some wriggle room and the extra width to curve over the deck. But not too much as the over hang can get pulled down with the pressure on it in the vacuum bag and crack along the rail
The band saw is my biggest tool, you could use a jigsaw, but this makes it way easier. Once setup it is very useful and will last a lifetime. An old one like this won't cost much second hand and cutting the small thickness timber I use is neat and tidy with the right blade.
Getting ready to glue the skins and vacuum bag it all together. I use a .7mm PVC bag welded up for me by a guy who makes boat and caravan covers. It is the same material they use for clear windows in covers. Also Polyurethane glue will not stick to it. When new because it is so smooth the two surfaces will stick together so dust some baby/ talcon powder inside the bag to make getting the board in by yourself easier. See the ramp like board at the far end of the table , I use that to hold the weight of the bag up out of the way of the tail area on some boards so as to not pull or weigh down the board and twist the tail corners. The extra length of bag when used on a smaller board can weigh quite a lot and pull down as it hangs off the table.
Identify and mark the top and bottom of each sheet with a centre line to line everything up before you get the glue out. A bit of simple planning can save a lot of disappointment.
This is the glue I use and have found to do a great job.
I spread it thinly over the EPS and make sure you get it on the edges of the rail band. I normally dampen the edges of the rail band to aid adhesion as these glues are activated by moisture.
I spray a light mist of water onto the skins prior to taping them onto the EPS core. The timber can be very dry and as I said the glue is moisture activated. So a light misting will help get things foaming, and that is why you don't need lots of glue. It will only add weight and make a mess.The tape just holds the skins in place until you get it all in the bag with out moving.
In the bag and under pressure. We are only using the bag as a giant clamp, a job it does very simply and well.
Natural Lanolin from Lanotec in Brisbane. I use the General Purpose grade that they make and have found it best for what I want. My logo is added to the board as a rubber stamp I got made on line and a solvent based ink called Stazon. It dries onto the surface instantly and won't bleed.
You could get a hot branding iron made but they are very expensive and if you have lots of detail in your logo it will just burn out. Plus it is a one shot process,.
These and the bandsaw are my range of tools I need to build this board.
A small orbital sander with a range of sandpaper
A small sanding block.
80 and 120 grit Emery cloth for sanding the rails is a great help.
You will need a good mask as this fine dust will get into everything.
I have a small hand plan and a really small hand plane , both really sharp.
Get yourself a Veritas honing guide and water stones for sharpening your tools.
I have a spoke shave for tight curves , concaves.
A Japanese pull saw, very handy.
I use Fix it Mate polyurethane glue which I find great for what I do. A bottle goes a long way.
You will need some cheap plastic spreaders. These ones are great the glue won't stick to it.
A small spray bottle is handy to mist water onto you timber before clamping as the glue is moisture activated.
Good quality masking tape is important as it has the right amount of stickiness and strength in the paper backing. Experiment, you will be amazed at the hold you can get with it and all the angles to do the job right. Lesser quality will let go or snap when the glue foams and expands , just when you have left the workshop. You don't need the surprises for the cost of a few dollars.
The odd spring clamp is handy.
I also have a band saw which is very useful. I get all my Paulownia supplied dressed , thicknessed and glued up in sheets as I need. It all means you don't need to invest in expensive machines that will get little use.
I also have the vacuum pump and a PVC bag for it. You could share the cost with a mate.
The best advise I can give you is to buy good quality tools and keep them sharp and it will make all this so much easier. Keep it simple and don't over think and over engineer it.
All the steps in a stack
If you have any questions email me : firstname.lastname@example.com
I hope this helps a few of you get into building a wooden baord as there are a lot of surfers out there but there are not many that surf on a board they built themselves. And if you love your surfing this is a very special connection you will never forget.


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PETERSBURG - Blair Underwood, who grew up in Petersburg, will star as the street smart and tough detective Robert T. Ironside in the NBC remake of "Ironside." The show will premiere at 10 p.m. Oct. 2.
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PETERSBURG - Blair Underwood, who grew up in Petersburg, will star as the street smart and tough detective Robert T. Ironside in the NBC remake of "Ironside." The show will premiere at 10 p.m. Oct. 2.
Audiences were first introduced to Robert Ironside in 1967. The last show in that series aired in 1975. Raymond Burr, who played the detective, won six Emmys and was nominated for two Golden Globes. Ironside was known for continuing police work even though he was in a wheelchair because his spine was shattered by a bullet.
Now, Underwood has brought the TV classic back to life.
He brought his own acting style the role, but said that "Ironside" is timeless.
"'Ironside' is a franchise and its brand is a franchise," he said. "Raymond Burr, who portrayed 'Ironside,' was absolutely brilliant. You can't re-create what's already done but you have to approach it from a different perspective."
He also said that NBC's modern homage to the original show has edgy and modern storytelling, but Ironside himself still stands for the same virtues.
"He fights for the underdog. Sometimes the law gets in the way as it's written, but he doesn't let it," he said.
Playing Ironside forced Underwood to play a man who is much unlike himself.
To accurately portray the movements of a man in a wheelchair, Underwood sought help from consultant David Bryant, a paraplegic athlete.
"You have to pay attention to expressing yourself from the waist up," he said. "You are working with half of your body so it presents a unique challenge."
His mother, who has been in a wheelchair for the last decade, is his second point of reference. He learns from the differences in both his mother and Bryant.
"David is incredible and he's an athlete. The way he navigates himself as a physical, athletic guy, is different than my mother," he said. "Every single person with a disability is unique in their injuries and capabilities."
But the detective has a darker side. Underwood said both the good and the bad in Ironside make him interesting.
"He's a womanizer and plays outside of the rules. Putting all of these pieces together makes him different and special," Underwood added.
Underwood also said that there were challenges in the role that were outside of his control.
The storyline is set in New York, but the show is shot in Los Angeles. However, the pilot was shot in New York.
Much of the show is shot in a studio with some street scenes. Underwood said that videographers had to be careful not to make the Los Angeles location obvious in these shots.
"I give kudos to set design," he said.
Underwood has held numerous roles on stage and screen.
In 2012, Underwood made his Broadway debut as Stanley in Tennessee William's "A Street Car Named Desire," which earned him a 2012 Drama League Distinguished Performance Award.
He played an psychiatrist in the HBO drama "In Treatment," for which he was nominated for both a Golden Globe and a NAACP Image Award.
He has also starred in NBC's "The Event," CBS' "The Adventures of Old Christine," and ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money."
In film, he co-starred in Tyler Perry's "Madea's Family Reunion" and Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal." He won a NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of a Marine captain in William Friedkin's "Rules of Engagement."
Underwood has performed in numerous additional roles.
In 2009, he served as an artist in residence at Howard University and holds an honorary doctorate from Emerson College.
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i was told i diabetes in april 2009 . this is what i did to get mine under control
put on low cal and carb diet exerise lost weight put on meds started out taking 1 pill then put on a other of the same kind about 2 months later. my ac1 started out at 8.2. by sept 2009 it was down to 5.6.then by june 2010 i was taken off one of the pillsi was on.my ac1 is currently at 5.4 as of april 2011.having thyriod problems can be a challenge in keeping your weight under control. so there for keeping your in control helps keep your diabetes in control to. i told i had an inactive thyriod was i was told i had diabetes back in april 2009.in april 2011 i was told i have graves diease which makes your thyriod over active. lifes full of suprises when it comes to your health.
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I have had issues off and on, trying to get straight again. On certain meds, off them, switched to another, off them - added this and that. Now I'm on 1000mg metformin x2 daily, 10units Lantus daily, and Novolog as needed for my T2.
Yes, the thyroid can be an issue. I do not have one as it was removed in 2000. It took me a year to get on the right medication and it has been stable since. My best advised to you on the thyriod is FIGHT to get treated properly. I had to pay for my own labs to determine my main problem, and then pay for a doctor that treated me with the right medication. If you haven't yet found the site, thyroid.about.com is where I learned how to fight for and get what I needed.
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Prevent users from putting USB drives in to the computer. Excellent help and documentation. Easy to assign rules. Allowed List supports authorized devices.
Many components to install to get started. No Mac support. Console is slow in pushing policy changes to clients. No granular rules available.
Bottom Line
Small businesses looking to have protect their endpoints from malware delivered by removable media (USB drives, CDs, DVDs, and BlueTooth devices, for example) could do worse than security software AccessPatrol, if they can live with its defects.
Blocking Policies in Console
Setting policy was a snap in the Console. I clicked on the Device Blocking menu under Access Patrol and could decide on a case-by-case basis which removable storage devices to block for the computer. I could also restrict Bluetooth, Infrared, and Wi-Fi access, as well as prevent users from plugging anything into the Serial or Parallel ports. I liked that there was a separate option to manage digital cameras, webcams, and mobile devices such as smartphones. Once I set the policy to "no access" and assigned it to the client, I was unable to use the USB flash drive at all. I could see it, but trying to open it gave me an "Access is denied" error.
The policies are in effect on the client even when it's not on the network. This way, organizations can manage the security of their laptops and desktops even when it is offline or out of the office.
This posed serious problems when I accidentally set the policy to disable the wireless. The client could not see any wireless networks at all. I also couldn't enable the adapter from the Control Panel. The Console relies on the IP address to be able to re-apply policies, so I had to manually assign the same address to the client machine and use the wired connection to receive the new policy to get back on the Wireless. Administrators, be careful!
If I switched from option to option within the policy menu, though, I had to hit "Apply" for each one. Switching from Storage Devices to Wireless Devices on the device tree undid all the menu settings unless I had manually hit apply. This seemed like an unnecessary extra step, but actually useful, since I would now think twice about disabling the wireless.
I also set up a scheduler to define a specified timeframe when I could have full access, or read-only access. The policy turned off at the correct time, but I realized that the entire interface is a little slow. If the testing timeframe was too short, the policy changes didn't refresh fast enough. It should work a little faster. If it is taking about a minute to process policy changes on a network with only two machines, imagine how slow the process would be on a larger network.
I could also see all the users on each of the machines, and manage policy on a user-level, if necessary. I could also easily look at the "system information" view in the Console for each machine and see what operating system I had, the MAC address, and hardware details.
While I could create a blanket policy to ban all removable devices on the computers under my control, I really liked the Allowed List feature. This allowed me to restrict which types of USB drives and external hard drives could be attached, allowing employees to still keep working. For organizations worried about employees bringing their personal devices to work, the Allowed List is a good way to make sure only the approved devices are used.
The Allowed List and Scheduler is a good workaround for the fact that the policies are all pretty broad. The system doesn't support any flexible policies or offer granular controls.
All this was fantastic, but I was disappointed that there wasn't a lot of reporting built into the tool. The Console is capable of generating device usage reports and logging when a user tried to violate policy, but it appeared that the only way to view them was to have it emailed to me.
Powerful but Lacking
AccessPatrol is a good tool for administrators interested in controlling what users can do on the endpoint. Considering that many malware infections come from infected removable media and data breaches occur when users copy sensitive data and walk away with it, this is a handy tool for businesses wanting to impose some control. The list of allowed USB devices adds flexibility to the platform, as well as the ability to designate specific timeframes when the policy can be changed. The fact that the policies are still in effect when offline is a big plus, but the lack of thorough reporting, complicated software setup, and general dashboard sluggishness hurt the score. Still, small businesses looking to have some control over their endpoints could do worse than AccessPatrol, if they can live with the issues.
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Jess Danby – a shining star taken from us before her prime
Jessica Danby (19), of Donington, had everything to live for and life had plenty to give her ahead of, and beyond, October 1, 2015.
The aspiring actress and popular barista (someone who makes and serves coffee to the public) at Caffe Nero in Boston had set her sights on emulating her big screen favourites, Angelina Jolie and Helena Bonham-Carter.
Fatefully, the former Middlecott School (now Thomas Middlecott Academy, Kirton) and New College Stamford student happened to be on the same stretch of road as impatient driver Philip Paddington-Wheatcroft.
Dawn Ducker, Jessica's mother, said: "She was such a popular girl and had overcome so much.
"After Jessica died I was contacted by people I didn't even know because she had made such an impact on so many people.
"When she got the job at Caffe Nero, Jess was so excited because she had applied and found it herself.
"She was very good at making different types of coffee, but she also came of of herself and she really blossomed.
"Jessica made so many friends, talking to complete and utter strangers who loved her for who she was.
"One customer came in and, within minutes of talking to him, Jessica found out that he was a pilot and he took her up in an aeroplane.
"Another time she walked into a stonemason's and just had a go, she was just that kind of girl and nothing bad ever happened to Jess on any of these trips.
When he was taken out of court, Paddington-Wheatcroft looked at me and my father said that he mouthed something like 'sorry'
"Jess just lived life to the full and I only wish I could have seen what she was going to become."
A day before she died, Jessica was travelling to Caffe Nero where she worked in dense fog on the A52 in Frampton Fen.
Driving in the opposite direction was Paddington-Wheatcroft at the wheel of a Audi Q7 which crashed head-on into a moped ridden by Jessica after he overtook a HGV tractor unit.
Dawn said: "I was on my break at work when I was called by my eldest daughter Lucy (22) who told me that Jessica had been in an accident.
"At first, I thought she had fallen off her moped which she had done before and was fine.
"Then a policewoman told me that it was serious so all the family met up at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, where it took a long time before I was allowed to go and see Jessica.
"She was transferred to Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, and I was convinced that Jessica was going to be fine and nothing worse was going to happen to us.
"But when the policewoman explanined that Jessica had been hit head-on by a car which had overtaken a lorry on the A15, I just shut down and couldn't really function."
The horrific nature of Jessica's death was revealed at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday when Paddington-Wheatcroft, of Main Road, Sibsey, near Boston, was jailed for two year after he admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
Gordon Aspden, prosecuting, said that Jessica had her moped headlights on and was wearing high-visibility clothing while riding in dense fog along the A52 from her Donington home to work in Boston.
Mr Aspden added: "Jessica Danby was 19 years old at the time of her tragic and avoidable death.
"It is plain there was absolutely no fault at all that can be attached to the way that Jess was dressed and to the way she controlled her moped that morning."
Paddington-Wheatcroft was driving an Audi Q7, the second of two cars behind an articulated lorry tractor unit travelling in the opposite direction to Jessica, towards Donington.
The first car, driven by Graeme Riches, of Leverett Road, Boston, overtook the lorry before he "veered back", according to Mr Aspden, having seen Jessica approaching.
Mr Aspden said "Paddington-Wheatcroft then overtook (Riches and the lorry).
"Why he took that decision one will never know, but there was no reason to overtake apart from impatience.
"Jess was in a position where she could do nothing to avoid a head-on collision and that is what happened.
"She was fatally injured and her moped was damaged beyond recognition."
Jessica eventually passed away at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, at about 10.30am on Friday, October 2, 2015, leaving a lasting void for Dawn, father Jim Danby, sisters Lucy, Sian (15) and step-sister Hannah (27).
Dawn said: "For Jessica's thanksgiving service (at Boston Crematorium on October 21, 2015), I asked people to wear bright clothing because I didn't want it to be morbid.
"I wanted the service to be a celebration of everything Jessica had achieved and there were pictures of film cameras and film reels on her coffin.
"The theme of the service was blue and it was nice that a lot of people came to remember someone who was so full of ambition and determintation to do stuff.
"Jessica would have made it in becoming an actress because she was so determined and had so much confidence, bringing the best out of other people and always thinking about other people."
The sharp contrast between Jessica Danby's selflessness and the "impatience" of Paddington-Wheatcroft who, along with his jail term was also handed a four-year driving ban, was summed up by Judge Simon Hirst.
Passing sentence, the judge said: "Visibility was very poor and what you did was show a gross disregard for the safety of a vulnerable category of road user."
Dawn said: "We went through all the grief of Jessica's death and thanksgiving service, but the next thing was when is Paddington-Wheatcroft going to be charged.
"The family were all focused on the hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on June 8 last year and I thought 'this should be it, this is when we're going to get our justice for Jessica'.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think Paddington-Wheatcroft would plead 'Not Guilty', instead pleading guilty to careless driving which the Crown Prosecution Service wouldn't have any of.
"So it went to trial and the judge said that the earliest he could hear the case was February 8.
"That was the longest and hardest part, having to wait that long, until Paddington-Wheatcroft changed his plea to "Guilty" shortly before Christmas.
"Nobody will ever know, apart from him, why he did it, but it kind of ruined our Christmas again - after losing Jessica before Christmas 2015."
The other driver, Riches, faced a charge of dangerous driving as a result of his overtaking manoeuvre moments before the fatal crash.
"But the matter was effectively dropped by the prosecution after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and ruled to be too ill to attend court, with the charge left to lie on the file.
Dawn said: "I knew that I had to go through Paddington-Wheatcroft's sentencing, but ever since Christmas last year, I've just not slept.
"Paddington-Wheatcroft made things worse by making us wait but when he was taken out of court, Paddington-Wheatcroft looked at me and my father said that he mouthed something like 'sorry'.
"He's not a criminal type of person but I hope that prison is hard for him because I couldn't make someone go through the grief that I've gone through.
"I don't know whether Paddington-Wheatcroft saw Roches overtake the lorry and thought 'he got round it so I can'.
"But at the end of the day, Riches didn't force him to make a decision to overtake.
"Paddington-Wheatcroft made that decision all by himself and I hate him for what he has taken away from me and from Jessica.
"All that opportunity, initiative, her infectious laugh and sense of adventure.
"But I'm not going to lower myself to his standards by killing someone and I don't want to see him again."
In mitigation, Alexander Stein told the court that Paddington-Wheatcroft felt remorse "for the terrible mistake he made" and that Jessica was totally blameless for "his act of dangerous driving".
Dawn said: "We have to find a way of moving on but it's very difficult when Jessica is always on my mind.
"Wherever I go, she's there and I know that she loves me."
The "tragic and avoidable" passing of Jessica Danby is still felt by her family and closest friends, 15 months on from her funeral.
Arabella Brooks (21), of Lincoln, said: "Jess was the most beautiful person I'd ever met, both inside and out. "From the first day I met her I knew she was special and the day Jess was taken away from us was the day a part of me left too.
"That piece of me will never be whole again and I just wish for one more day with Jess so I can smile and feel whole again because that's how I felt around her.
"Knowing Jess is up there looking down on me just makes me want to make her proud every single day.
"Jess's family is my family and we're all looking after each other because Jess is such an inspiration and such a star who made so many people smile and laugh.
"She just brightened up every day with your smile and I loved her so much, always have and always will."
Georgia Quant (20), of Wyberton, said: "I still miss my little Jess and I think about her all the time.
"I love you her so much and will do forever and always."
Immediately after Jessica's death was made public, it was impossible not to be moved by the heartfelt and glowing tributes from Middlecott School, New College Stamford and Caffe Nero.
A spokesman for New College Stamford said: "Jess was a vibrant and valued member of the college's performing arts course.
"She was a committed and diligent student who was very popular with her peers and tutors alike."
Sue Illingworth, vice principal of Thomas Middlecott Academy, Kirton, said: "There are times when, working in a school, you are blessed in meeting a truly remarkable student.
"Jess Danby was one of these students - effervescent, happy and enthusiastic are some of the positives that describe Jess.
"Her first love was drama and it is in this area that she made her mark with fabulous performances in Murder at the Manor and Little Shop of Horrors, allowing her to develop the ability to play the most amazing characters.
"However, Jess never shied away from the more intense dramatic roles and it is these two aspects of being funny - yet deep - that um up Jess's approach to life.
"She was a genuinely caring and kind person, nothing was too much trouble for her and although she had only a short life, the impact she made and the memories she has left behind are huge."
A Caffe Nero spokesman added: "Jess was the nicest person you could hope to meet.
"She was bubbly, bright, and loved by her team and customers at Caffe Nero Boston."
During her life, Jessica was committed to helping homeless people in Boston through the town's Centrepoint Outreach charity and had also registered as an organ donor while learning to ride a moped.
Dawn said: "I think about Jessica every single day, knowing she has donated her organs to help four other people get their lives back.
"I got a letter from the organ donation people who told me that three out of the four people had survived because of Jessica.
"But that shows what I always knew, Jessica was kind, loving and would do anything for you."
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I am the Brand Marketing Intern for a very successful jewelry shop in Piazza Santa Croce. Essentially what I do is run all the social media of the store as well as being the medium between clients and CEO when they conduct communications through email and Facebook. I also do product marketing. I take pictures of a lot of things in the store and advertise them on the website. I am in charge of creating the monthly newsletter for the store, which I'll be doing through January, even after my internship ends.
Have you learned anything especially interesting?
How to identify gemstones. I was taking pictures of jewelry in the store to post on the Facebook page, and I labeled one piece as a sapphire, but really it was a tanzanite. My boss wasn't mad, she thought it was really funny. But now I know all the differences between the different stones.
What are you studying at school and how did that lead you here?
My major is Healthcare Management and Policy. I know it doesn't exactly relate to my internship, and it's kind of funny what happened… I found Istituto Europeo online because I had studied in Florence in the fall and wanted to return because I really liked it. I didn't feel like I was here long enough the first time, and I also wanted to continue learning Italian. When I was accepted into the internship program, there weren't any internships available in my field of study, so my resume was sent out to several different companies. This store was interested in me because I had experience in social media communications, so that's how I got to work here.
Tell us more about why you came back to Florence after studying in the fall.
Well I wanted to learn Italian really badly, and I also knew that this would be more of a life experience, and more fun that doing an internship at home in New Jersey. As for my Italian, it's definitely improving although i'm nowhere near fluent because that takes years. But I think that the class I took at Istituto Europeo was great because it taught me a lot of grammar that I didn't know before. Now I can understand a lot more in conversation and I can speak more which is awesome.
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There is always something going on in Florence! Whether it's a festival or some type of exhibition, there is always something. The food is definitely a great thing too. It's incredible! I don't have a favorite restaurant, because I try to eat at different places all the time. There is a panini place I really like though, called Pane e Toscana where they have a sandwich with wild boar salami, pecorino cheese, and blueberry jam. It doesn't sound like it would taste very good, but trust me, its fantastic.
Do you have advice for a future student or intern in Florence?
Well first of all, its really hot here in the summer so make sure you come prepared. More importantly, if you are coming for an internship, be open-minded. Don't think that if you come for an internship that isn't in your field of study that it won't benefit you. Any experience is good experience, and here especially you are getting more than academic experience, you are getting life and cultural experience. You learn how to function in a work environment that's based on different cultures and values. Learning the language is definitely a plus because it will give you more to offer. I think everyone should experience living in a different part of the world at some point in their life, otherwise you can't really understand how the world works if you never leave your home country. You will become more understanding of other people, and I think it makes you friendlier too because you want to meet people and talk with them and learn about their different experiences.
Do you think you'll come back again?
I love Florence. I'd like to come back, but I don't know when because I'd also like to experience other parts of Italy that I haven't seen yet. Florence will always have a special place in my heart though, so I will be back at some point in my life.


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Selling a rare 2003 BMW 540i Touring M Sport. In the final year of E39 production, only 182 US Models were M*-Sport packaged from the factory. This example is 1 of 10 in Black Sapphire with Black leather interior. Inspired by the E39 M5 features include: Multi* function M Steering Wheel, M Sport suspension with self*-leveling suspension, rear passenger sunblinds, M aerodynamics package, sport seats, xenon headlights, M door sills, anthracite headliner. 3.15 Rear diff gear ratio. Originally California car - purchased myself and shipped to FL 3 years ago. Clean title. Non-smoker. Car has lots of service records from the previous owner and myself. Car's sole purpose has been to be a clean daily driver in between another project car, so maintenance/functionality has always taken priority over smaller issues.
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So I grabbed some t-shirting from the sash and set to this trouser project in the most cavalier fashion going (next to no measuring and pins weren't used at any point!).
They are made out of a grey t-shirting with dark grey and pink flowers on it. The waistband is elastic and they are loosely modelled on my home made tracksuit trousers.
There are no words for how comfortable they are! Currently they are a smidge too long (even by my standards) but as t-shirting has a nasty tendency to shrink after a few washes I'm leaving them for now. I can always cut the hem shorter in a few weeks.
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Posted 5-01-15
The "Eyes" Have It
For almost 2 years I've been battling poor sight in my left eye, and as we all know, clear, crisp eyesight is extremely important to a quilter.
The deterioration of my eyesight was gradual so I didn't visit the eye doctor as soon as I should have-I was busy and could still see well enough, if not perfectly, so I kept putting it off. When I saw the doctor, I thought it would just be a matter of tightening up my prescription. Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple, so I was referred to a specialist who found that the retina of the left eye had detached at one point and the eye, in trying to heal itself, had grown a membrane in front of the retina. That's why, when I closed my right eye and looked out the left, objects were distorted and straight lines dipped in the middle. I still resisted having an operation to fix the problem because I'm a very healthy person and aches and pains have always gone away on their own. I finally gave up and scheduled the surgery for August of 2014. It was a little nerve wracking. I had to have an EKG and lung x-ray and a fasting blood test (on the positive side, all the tests showed I was in excellent health-except for the eye). The surgery itself was billed as out patient because I was in the hospital less than 24 hours, but I was under full anesthesia and recuperation took a few days. I had many people praying for a safe and easy surgery and I know the prayers worked because I didn't have to lay face down for a week after the surgery as is required for some patients with eye retinal repair. Thank you God!
I wish I could say the story ended there, but it didn't. My vision never really improved, it just changed from distortion to fuzziness (imagine smearing the left lens of your glasses with vaseline, that's what my sight was like in the left eye). The ophthalmologist had warned me I was almost certain to develop a cataract because of the retinal surgery so I wasn't surprised, although I was disappointed, when my eyesight didn't return to normal after the first operation. I struggled with the fuzzy sight longer than I should have because my husband and I winter in AZ and I wanted the cataract surgery in NE so that I could work with my original eye doctor.
I finally had cataract surgery April 28th, 2015. The cataract surgery was a breeze compared to the retinal surgery. It was done at an out patient clinic and lasted less than 2 hours from check in to check out. Anesthesia was very light. I was aware but not really awake-I think they call it twilight anesthesia-and I could see clearly from the moment I opened my eyes after the surgery! I can't express the joy at being able to see with a sharpness and clarity that hadn't been there for close to 2 years. Again, I thank the good Lord for the miracles modern medicine can achieve. I probably shouldn't even share this but one of the things that thrills me most is finally seeing well enough to pluck the pesky facial hairs on the left side of my face (how embarrassing to admit I do that).
Is there a down side to the recovery of my sight? Well, some wrinkles appeared on my face overnight, every surface in my house is covered in dust that wasn't there before the surgery, and I don't think I even want to look at the quilts I made in the past year. But all kidding aside, I'm thankful to all involved and I'll never again take my eye sight for granted.
Posted 12-05-14
Take a word of advice. Don't piece when distracted-or fighting with your husband. You'll spend twice the time ripping what you just pieced incorrectly.
Posted 6-22-13
I've heard that many quilters find attaching the binding to a finished quilt to be the most tedious part of the quilting process, and I know that the binding can be added successfully using a sewing machine, but I'm too much a traditionalist to allow myself to finish a quilt that way.
I enjoy the calmer pace of the hand work. I can sit down in my most comfortable easy chair and either watch a movie I've been wanting to see, or listen to a book on tape (which I do often when I'm quilting) or listen to some uplifting music.
Hand stitching the binding gives me time to say goodbye to the quilt (because most of my quilts are given away), to wrap myself in the feel and colors of the fabric, and to add the perfect finishing touch.
Posted 7-4-12
We're suffering thru a time of drought and heat that hasn't been seen since the "dirty 30's". Thank God, we haven't had the wildfires that CO has, but our crops (corn and soybeans) are struggling-even with irrigation. I've given up trying to save my lawn and am just trying to keep perennial bushes and plants alive.
I think of our ancestors who pioneered this land. I've read of their experiences-crops drying up and grasshoppers eating what's left- but until this year it was just stories. Now I feel a bit of what they felt. Day after day of heat and dry and scanning the horizon for rain clouds that never come.
I think of the quilters of that time. They had no electricity so stitched their quilts by hand, and I imagine they did the majority of their quilting a night when there was no daylight for the necessary daily chores. Quilting by lamplight had to hard on the eyes, and my admiration for them knows no bounds.
Could I do what they did? I don't know. All I know is that I thank God for my air conditioned house, for electricity to run my sewing machine and iron, and lighting that mimics daylight so that I don't have to suffer eye strain.
May the good Lord continue to bless this country and may He protect us from the effects of the drought and heat until the heavens once again open up and bless us with life-giving rain.
Posted 11-1-11
I like to save money but sometimes take it too far. I realize, after all is said and done, that I should have loosened my purse strings and spent the money. Such was the case when it came time to back my Kansas Challenge quilt. I knew it was going to be close but thought, with some piecing, I could make it work. Unfortunately, I was just a few inches short.
Fortunately, I had an extra block I hadn't used in the quilt top, and it was big enough to cover the backing shortage.
I ironed under the edges and appliqued it in place.
I ended up with a great place to sign and date my quilt, but I think if I had to do it over again, I'd buy the extra fabric!
Posted 9-4-11
Sometimes I even amaze myself. Quiltmaker had a project for me with a short deadline and I was expecting a visit from my grandchildren. The fabric was delayed and didn't arrive until noon on the day my family arrived. I cut, pieced and marked the quilting on the top by 7 that evening. I fit in the basting, quilting and binding the next day between naps and time with grandpa. Thank goodness it was a small wallhanging- 28"x 28", but it's the cover quilt for Quiltmaker's 8th volume of quilting motifs so I had to make sure the points matched and that the threads were buried on all the quilting. The volume is available now at this site,and I hope you enjoy the quilt which graces it's cover.
Posted 7-3-11
TN Enterprises, an informational video company, has joined with Creative Crafts Group, the publisher of Quiltmaker magazine, to make DVDs of a variety of quilt techniques. They then sell the DVDs in a "book of the month" format. June Dudley, editor of Quiltmaker magazine invited me to their offices in Golden, CO to participate. With my heart half way up my throat, I said yes to the invitation and spent the next 10 days preparing demonstrations on Reverse Applique and Basting a Quilt. I practiced my moves and the words to go along with the actions over and over and over. My greatest fear was that I'd freeze up and stare into the camera like a deer in the headlights. Thankfully, that didn't happen; and, although I stumbled over my words a time or two, on the whole I think I looked and sounded comfortable and professional.
What made the process difficult and stressful for me was that the taping was not continuos. I'd often have to stop the demo if they needed a different shot or I'd made a mistake (guess which happened more often). When I teach a quilting class or talk at quilt guilds, I start at point A and continue on to points B, C, D, etc. without breaking my rhythm. Having to go from A to B, during filming, then back to A or on to C while trying to remember where to stand, where to place my hands, and when to look at the camera (forget smiling!) was almost more than my brain could handle. Little wonder I forgot about 1/4 of what I'd planned to say!
My 2 segments took 4 hours to tape and I was mentally exhausted by the end. Had they invited me then and there to return for future filming, I'm not sure I'd have said yes. But now that a few days have passed, and the memory of the difficulties is fading (kind of like a woman forgets the pain of child birth) I'm looking forward to seeing the DVDs and having the opportunity to share a few more quilt demos with TN Enterprise and Creative Crafts customers.
Lost Rings and Miracles
This is a tale of lost rings and miracles. My husband and I were in the car on our way home from Denver and I took my wedding bands off to apply hand lotion. I put the rings in my lap, which I know isn't the smartest move, but I've done it numerous times. This time- due to jet lag or whatever- I forgot to put the rings back on my finger. We traveled for quite awhile and stopped a time or 2 before I realized my rings were missing. The bottom dropped out of my stomach and though I hunted around my car seat and in the cracks of the door, I just knew they were lying on the ground, in a ditch, or on a grass lined curb somewhere. I was just heart sick to lose something so precious and I felt numb the rest of the way home.
My husband got on internet (God bless internet) when we got home and looked up a map of the 2 places we'd stopped. The first stop was basically an intersection between 2 highways with a couple of businesses on the corner. Our other stop was a gas station at the Wiggins exchange on I-76. I honestly thought I'd lost the rings at the first stop and called one of the businesses there to leave my name and number in case the rings were found. I called the gas station just as an after thought, thinking that even if I had lost them there, no way would the finder turn them in, but I left my name and number and put the whole mess in God's hands.
The next morning the phone rang, My husband answered and from his voice I thought it was a sales call. He handed it to me, I said hello, and heard a woman ask if I'd lost something the other day. I said "did you find my rings?", and the angel on the other end said "yes, I did." Turns out I did lose them at the gas station and this couple must have been traveling not far behind us. She was filling her tank and looked down and saw some shiny rings. She thought they were probably from a dime store or a toy dispenser machine and almost ignored them, but bent down anyway and realized they weren't some cheap toy. She and her husband talked it over, decided to take them along and, through St. Anthony's intercession, find the owner of the rings. She called the station the next day, got my name and number and the rest is, as they say, history. The finder of my rings has a special devotion to St. Anthony, patron saint of all things lost, and since I didn't think to pray to him, St. Anthony didn't help me find my rings, he helped my angel find me!
God's hand was in it all the way. He sent honest people to follow and stop at our gas pump, He nudged the lady to look down and pick up an item she normally would have ignored, and He nudged me to call the gas station even though I was positive I'd lost my rings at the other location. Thank you God and St. Anthony- prayers are answered.
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Friday, April 25, 2014
Summer Outlooks Are Different Than Day-to-Day Forecasts
Our WJW FOX8 Summer Outlook first aired on Thursday, April 24th. Not long after, comments and criticism started pouring in stating in part that we should concentrate on getting the daily forecast right rather than trying to forecast the weather months out. This isn't new. It happens after each seasonal outlook.
Actual day to day weather forecasts are developed with analyzing current conditions, radar, satellite and other parameters to make a forecast for a short period of time in the future. 12 Hours, 24 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours. We utilize computer model projections as guidance. Yes, these projections are getting better as more data is utilized and plugged into faster and faster computers with more sophisticated equations.
Seasonal long range outlooks (winter weather forecast, etc) are created by looking at the ocean sea surface temperature patterns (El Nino, etc), pressure patterns over the Arctic and North Atlantic among some other long term atmospheric trends. Some scientists use solar output and other variables. The elements just mentioned are matched up with other years of occurrence. A best possible fit is created. Sometimes this works out well. Sometimes it doesn't. Again, this is a trend outlook not a specific forecast for a specific day. Individual storms cannot be seen this far out. Forecasts for specific days? Forget it. Too much randomness in the atmosphere that is way beyond our abilities. But by looking at parameters that existed in the past during other storm events, we can say that the chance of say a hurricane making landfall is greater this year than in years past.
For most, all of these forecasts and trend outlooks are lumped into one group even though each are derived using entirely different information. I get it. Its human nature to generalize and simplify complicated subjects like the science of weather prediction. So as a result, we formulate a concrete, black and white, overly scaled down version of the weather. Whether its a long range winter outlook, a climate average for a wedding day, the thunderstorm chances for later this afternoon, lake effect snowfall amounts or a hurricane forecast track. Its all the same animal to most. We subconsciously eliminate the nebulous science, weird looking equations and fancy internet computer animations in favor of a narrative that tells a better story. In short, The Old Farmers' Almanac fits with how our brains are wired. Its simple. Its folksy with just enough science to make it credible. Why do we continue believing the Old Farmers' Almanac? The simple answer is it makes us feel good! While I love the Old Farmers Almanac for its articles, I'd trust an actual Meteorologist's forecast first. I wouldn't preemptively dismiss the scientific explanation, ignore the random changes and replace them with the Old Farmers Almanac figuring that its more accurate. Just saying...
So remember that Seasonal Outlooks are by their very nature formulated differently than day-to-day forecasts. Let's sit back and see if this summer will behave like we think it will.
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It will be intriguing to see whether the man engaged in one of sport's greatest comebacks, Roger Federer, will compete in the French Open next month.
Federer, now 35 and thought by most of us to be slipping into irrelevance after missing half of last year with knee injuries, has had an astonishing 2017 so far - winning the Australian Open and two other titles and beating his nemesis, Rafael Nadal, in all of them.
In doing so, Federer has shown an old dog can most certainly learn new tricks. His backhand, an elegant single-handed stroke - rare in these days of double-handed, power topspin - has transformed his game.
Previously, Federer has mostly employed a slice backhand, undercutting the ball. It's a tactic players use when they want the security of not over-hitting their return; a sliced backhand never overpowers opponents but mostly stays in court, keeping the rally alive.
Nadal, in a decade of dominance over Federer, would wait for that backhand like your dog waits for something to fall off the table at family meals. He'd pounce, subject it to a nasty savaging with his top-spun forehand and generally win the point ... and the game ... and the set ... and the match.
No longer. In his last victory, at the Masters tournament in Miami, Federer blazed single-handed topspin backhands past a helpless Nadal to win 6-3 6-4. So why hasn't Federer done this before and how has he learned to do it at such an advanced age (for a world-class tennis player)?
Firstly, Federer has finally come to terms with using a racquet with a larger head. Most importantly, coach Ivan Ljubicic has helped him over the considerable physical and mental block of his backhand.
Still only 38 himself and a former world No3, Ljubicic had a single-handed backhand himself - but more aggressive and generally using more topspin. You can see that backhand in Federer's arsenal now.
Ljubicic has worked with the Swiss until he is confident enough to bring out the boom-boom backhand earlier and more often. Previously, Federer mostly played the slice unless he was demonstrably on top or had settled into his rhythm during a match.
The new backhand means he can deal better with high-kicking shots from opponents, making his game far more attacking and giving the guy on the other side of the net less time.
It's not the only change Federer has made. His season game plan depends on him missing tournaments, being fresh as he moves through the year. He's said he will not play the clay court season which begins now - except for the French Open at Roland Garros, beginning on May 22. Some of his ATP rivals think he may not play at all.
"I'm not 34 any more, you know," he joked after Miami. "I want to play, if people see me, that they see the real me and a guy who is so excited that he's there. So that's a promise I made to myself ... if I play tournaments, that's how my mindset has to be."
He hadn't played for seven months when he won the Australian Open and, ahead of his win at Indian Wells, he played two tournaments in five weeks. His energy levels, speed and endurance have been superior to far younger men plodding on the heavy treadmill of the ATP tour week-in, week-out.
Federer may not win the title of the greatest tennis comeback of all time - that probably still belongs to Australia's Margaret Court who retired at 24 to get married after winning Wimbledon in 1966, her 13th grand slam title. Two years later, she returned and in 1969 remarkably completed a calendar year grand slam, winning all the major titles.
However, he may reclaim the unofficial title of the best of all time. Nadal's dominance dented that, as did the emergence of clear world No1 Novak Djokovic and recent successor Andy Murray. Both have been injured lately and their future clashes with the resurgent Swiss are to be savoured.
Federer's 18 grand slam titles (Nadal and Pete Sampras have 14 each and Djokovic 12) could yet be extended and maybe he will nudge up to 20, cementing "the greatest" label. He is also threatening Ken Rosewall's freakish record of longevity; the little Australian, ironically known as "Muscles", won the Australian Open in 1953 and again in 1972 (he was 37); he won the US Open in 1956 and again in 1970 and the French Open in 1953 and 1968.
Rosewall, however, never won Wimbledon (though he appeared in finals that were, incredibly, 20 years apart). Federer was 22 when he first won Wimbledon; it is not beyond the realms of possibility that, if his body holds together in his "freshness" strategy, he could do a Rosewall.
That would be some kind of legacy.


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These first five pictures have to be looked at in sequence. It was hilarius. Belle just sat in the same spot the entire time while Maia moved around and couldn't sit still.


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"Time and the world, money and power belong to the small people and the shallow people. To the rest, to the real men belongs nothing. Nothing but death."
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"You mean a name, and fame with posterity?"
"No, Steppenwolf, not fame. Has that any value? And do you think that all true and real men have been famous and known to posterity?"
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"Then, it isn't fame. Fame exists in that sense only for the schoolmasters. No, it isn't fame. It is what I call eternity. The pious call it the kingdom of God. I say to myself: all we who ask too much and have a dimension too many could not contrive to live at all if there were not another air to breathe outside of this world, if there were not eternity at the back of time, and this is the kingdom of truth. The music of Mozart belongs there and the poetry of your great poets. The saints, too, belong there, who have worked wonders and suffered martyrdom and given a great example to men. But the image of every true act, the strength of every true feeling, belongs to eternity just as much, even though no one knows of it or sees it or records it or hands it down to posterity... Ah, Harry, we have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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A week on and I can't say much just yet. But what I will say is thank god our kids are well practiced in our safety procedures.
I've written a post elsewhere that I will share once everything has calmed down a bit more.
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Microsoft's shake-up of its Entertainment and Devices Division has raised questions about the company's efforts in the consumer segment, particularly in the area of smartphones, where it faces strong competition from rivals such as Google and Apple. Although Microsoft has cast the recently announced departures of two top E&D executives as being motivated by personal reasons, speculation is rife on May 26 that the sudden resignations were driven by underperforming products and killed projects.
The executives in question are Robbie Bach, the division's president, and J Allard, its senior vice president of Design and Development. Allard and Bach each logged about two decades' service with Microsoft; however, Allard will remain on board in an advisory capacity of some sort to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, while the 48-year-old Bach will apparently "retire" and devote time to family and nonprofit endeavors.
Before the official announcement, rumors circulated that Allard was either on sabbatical or had resigned, reportedly after Microsoft killed his Courier tablet project. Leaked concept designs suggest Courier would have featured two touch screens linked by a hinge, giving it a booklike shape, and would have been capable of supporting everything from Web surfing to longhand note-taking. Bach's departure, however, came as more of a surprise to industry watchers.
"Robbie has been thinking about the possibility of retiring and spending more time with his family. He and I thought on whether we should go ahead and announce that now or wait until after Christmas," Ballmer told reporters in Singapore May 26, according to Reuters. "In the consumer business it has to be way before Christmas or way after Christmas ... I'm happy to make the transition and announce it now."
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According to Microsoft's statement May 25, "Senior Vice President Don Mattrick will continue to lead the Interactive Entertainment Business and Senior Vice President Andy Lees will continue to lead the Mobile Communications Business. Each will report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer effective July 1." Microsoft has not yet answered eWEEK's query as to whether this new power structure means the E&D Division will be dissolved and its assets folded into other parts of the company.
Microsoft faces an uphill battle in the smartphone arena, where its Windows Mobile franchise has been losing market share in the face of strong competition from the likes of Google Android and the iPhone. The company is preparing a revamped mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, for rollout later in 2010; however, lack of an upgrade path for devices currently running Windows Mobile, and upcoming rivals such as Android 2.3 and iPhone OS 4, represent potential barriers to adoption.
Another E&D Division product, the Zune HD portable media player, was praised by reviewers for its sleek hardware and user interface yet failed to gain a foothold among consumers. The Xbox game console franchise, while proving a notable mind-share success for Microsoft, is now edging into profitable territory after years of losses.
"Certainly, the trend has been away from Windows Mobile overall, and Zune hasn't done well," Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates, told eWEEK. "And even Xbox 360's best days may be behind it. That doesn't leave much on E&D's plate."
During the first quarter of 2010, the division's revenues contributed about 11 percent of Microsoft's $14.5 billion bottom line. Nonetheless, some analysts insist, the track record of its products throws the unit's viability into question.
"This has been a vampire division since its inception. A vampire division is one that lives off the value created by the rest of the company and, from a corporate perspective, does more damage than good," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, said to eWEEK. "Its profit, which wasn't much, was massively offset by the economic cost it caused to the corporation and it needed to be rethought."
Enderle broke down what he perceived as the division's multitude of problems: Xbox shifting gaming resources away from Windows, Zune's killing of Plays-For-Sure, "which was closer to Microsoft's core competence and potentially more profitable," and mobile efforts such as the Kin smartphones that may "have driven partners like HP to Google." In sum, Enderle wrote, "The failed media efforts created a hole that Google recently drove through with traditional Microsoft partners Intel and Sony."
That being said, Enderle said he feels that the reorganization could spark a turnaround of sorts.
"With Apple trending to have a market cap higher than Microsoft's shortly, which is also a very likely trigger for this event, my guess is [Ballmer's] board and Gates have helped him reprioritize this function and he appears focused on it now. He did a good job helping to drive the Windows turnaround; he may be able to do this as well," Enderle said.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
life on the edge of the volcano
back in New Zealand,
tramping boots and gaiters,
climbing blown out volcanoes and lurking in magical scary forests on the insides of the crater....crawling through liana vines that have grown into trees and sloshing around in deep deep mud as water trickles constantly through the rain forest lush lush kiwi jungle..... after the Nevada crackling dry desert......
it could not be more different...
12 comments:
- LeelaBijou said...
OMG! Those photos are amazing!! I´d love to be there!
- July 10, 2009 at 3:47 PM
- Jane_Bo said...
Very beautiful photo!
- July 10, 2009 at 10:08 PM
- ingermaaike said...
Magical it is indeed! Nothing like a bit of amazing nature to get the mind ticking over!
- July 10, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- ira said...
been to that kind of places in NZ here Frances, and I love it!:)
- July 10, 2009 at 11:56 PM
- Star of the East said...
Wow amazing greenness, amazing!
- July 11, 2009 at 1:02 AM
- Sigmosaics said...
i have so much green to look forward to again :)
I know exactly where you are when you are standing on that hill .. magic views and photo's frances!!
hugs and hotties
Kerrin xox
- July 11, 2009 at 1:22 AM
- vadjutka said...
wow, amazing plants...especially that swirly one!
- July 11, 2009 at 3:15 AM
- Dawn of LaTouchables said...
Wow--would have loved being in your boots--love that kind of landscape!
- July 11, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- ArtMind said...
Beautiful pictures, Frances! What a magical place! :)
- July 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- karuski said...
Oh, I wish I had a chance to visit a place like this one day. Awesome!
- July 12, 2009 at 5:20 PM
- Rita alias alatvian said...
- July 13, 2009 at 3:23 AM
- Dina Fragola said...
I know it's not where you wanna be right now, but WOW...I would so like to be there!
- July 13, 2009 at 4:45 AM


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The Many Benefits of Market Profile
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Focus: TRADING
Too many traders get hung up on short-term indicators, says Linda Raschke, who tells how to use market profile to get an effective broad overview and avoid common missteps.
My guest today is Linda Raschke. Linda, talk about market profile. What are the most valuable concepts?
I think it's an excellent tool to lend conceptual framework to the market. I really feel that too many newer traders get hung up on five-minute bar charts and oscillators.
These things are valuable because they're going to give you overall bias if there's an upswing or a downswing, and so forth, but if you study market profile theory, that's really the true basis of auction theory, which goes to the heart of the price discovery process.
Every different methodology has its own semantics or terminology, but market profile takes away the time element and consolidates the actions.
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You can see the levels that the price traded most about, so you have a central value area, and several key concepts can come out of that. If you push away from a value area, then you can come to a stronger trending environment.
With traditional technical analysis, you would want to see volume confirm that. So you're either pushing out away from one of those value areas, or, if the price hits an area where there's price rejection—no volume—it's probably going to gravitate back towards that central value area.
It's a different feeling aside from the time concepts of moving away outside of a value area or retracing back into it.
Also, something that's useful for people to think about are price-rejection spikes. When the market's testing in the auction process—auctioning down, looking for buyers—you can have these price rejection spikes.
So if you're keeping in the context that the market tested and rejected a certain area, perhaps you're less likely to get caught up in buying that first retracement, thinking that there's a bull flag on a five-minute chart.
It gives you a different way to visualize the price action, and I think that's a great value to people.
Is this available on most software trading platforms?
It is, and I have to say the people that use it really latch onto it and identify with it. It's not something that you have to use, but I just think that the concept that it lends to our field of technical analysis—or just study of the price behavior—is very important, because they're free of that time denominator in the same way.
Just like point and figure charts, they're going to give you a different type of representation of the overall price action. Point and figure is something that's not used so much anymore, but the concepts have consolidated for a long time.
See related: How to Use Point and Figure Charts
There's the old saying, the longer the base, the higher up into space, the broader the top, the greater the drop, and the point and figure charts are a way of indicating that. I just think it opens people's minds up to a different type of conceptual framework, which is really important.
Then, when the day's unfolding, there are some wonderful concepts. If people buy Jim Dalton's book, Mind Over Markets, there are some good chapters that describe the price action around the opening. For example, when we're talking about technical analysis, but yet the market gaps up and a whole different game plan could unfold, is there a strong drive off of the opening price?
This is free of bar charts and oscillators; now we're looking at how does the price behave off of the opening? Is there an open drive, in which case it never trades below the opening price, but has a very strong initial 30-minute bar up?
If you see that, that is probably the presence of what we call the proverbial higher-time-frame players, and that can lead to a much stronger, trendier type of day. However, if you have open auction, which is open, rotate, fluctuate, on both sides of the opening price, if there's light volume, the market's probably going to stay in a relatively contained range all day.
As a trader, that's going to set the tone that I might be more aggressive in making countertrend trades, which is really important. You don't want to think about making countertrend trades on a trend day, and likewise, you don't want to be trading continuation patterns if you're just fluctuating in a light-volume range. I think it's really important for putting things in context.
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It's school holiday for a week, but It does not mean FREE from doing any study, in fact this week is the preparation week for the test next week. Miza had her study planned out on her schedule book. Everyday, she follow the schedule accordingly and thick them once it is done.
In between the study time, she takes her time to read books and draw. In fact in this week, she finished her first 400+ pages book in one day ever. She breaks the record for that. Yeap! She got into my trap of reading the book I just finished reading - Helen Dunmore the Ingo - click here to read review about it. It is a beautiful book I enjoy reading it as well as Miza.
This is Miza's second attempt to work with digital graphic manipulation program GIMP. I posted about it before, click here if you want to read about it. Now she is learning to work with scanner and transparant layer.She learned how to convert this drawing into a TGA format then copy and paste that picture onto a background and work on them as a new format by adding words and details. These are some of the original picture before she edited them.
and these are the pictures after she edited them, she is still working on it and she plans to sell these works on line. We need to find some frames to make it look presentable for our product photos. She is very excited to learn how to set up a product and upload it to be sold online.
Alright! back to study time before we are off to airport to pick up daddy. He is returning home today.
Cheers everyone!


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In June 2011, UNESCO announced that it was designating the Causses and Cévennes a World Heritage Site. This vast area includes the Causse du Larzac, a land with a timeless feel, magnificent countryside covering the southern tip of Aveyron that is the last home of an agro-pastoral lifestyle found nowhere else in Mediterranean Europe.
The Causse du Larzac is an area of limestone plateau that appears to hover in the air, stretching as far as Millau Viaduct, a Great Tourist Site in Occitania / Pyrenees-Mediterranean. Fringed with giant limestone cliffs, it is a vast region of wild countryside and grasslands that stretches endlessly like steppes to the horizon, mostly empty and featureless.
Here and there, staggering Templar and Hospitaller cities rise up, flocks of sheep graze the dry grass, farmed for their milk to make Roquefort cheese, orchids push up through the thin soils and the heavy stone-slated roofs of sheepfolds litter the countryside, looking like chapels.
The Causse du Larzac was already the crowning glory of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park, and now with its UNESCO listing its value has been fully recognised. The listing applies to the whole of the Causses and Cévennes area of which it forms a part and which covers part of both the Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc-Roussillon regions.
The beauty of the ancient landscapes shaped by water, wind and also man is not the only criterion that UNESCO applied. According to UNESCO, the Causses and Cévennes are "a changing and living cultural landscape of Mediterranean agro-pastoralism."
Indeed, since the 1970s there has been a resurgence of the agro-pastoral lifestyle here, while this practice has been diminishing greatly elsewhere in southern Europe.
On the Causse du Larzac, sheep farmers and their family are hard at work. The grasslands here are maintained by the flocks. The lavognes, sheepfolds and cave cellars are still used. The farmsteads are inhabited and have been restored using the local materials of schist, granite, limestone and wood and traditional construction methods.
At the same time, the outstanding heritage left behind by the Knights Templar and Hospitaller has been restored and protected. You can see this for yourself when you visit the ancient cities of the Larzac such as Sainte Eulalie de Cernon, La Cavalerie and La Couvertoirade. One can even make out, among the undulations of the grazing land, the Templar and Hospitaller boundary markings that still today mark the limits of ancient plots of land.
At once magnificent, austere, gentle and arid, the Causse du Larzac is still very much alive. Symbolic of a landscape it shares with Southern Europe, it is a popular destination for nature tourism, which here is entirely in its element.