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How to Identify/Respond to Bad Faith
While investigating personal injury claims and negotiating settlements, insurance companies and their representatives are required by law to act in good faith toward policyholders and third-party claimants. The term good faith generally describes honest and fair dealing. This means that insurance companies must refrain from engaging in unfair dealing or fraud.
If an insurance company acts in bad faith toward its own insured, the insured may have the right to file a lawsuit against the insurance company. This type of lawsuit is separate and distinct from a personal injury lawsuit, which is filed directly against a party at fault for an injury-causing accident. Because filing a bad faith lawsuit against an insurance company requires special skill and training, as well as a thorough knowledge of the laws and legal system, you should never file a bad faith insurance lawsuit without assistance from a qualified lawyer.
Many different types of unfair insurance company tactics may constitute bad faith. This page provides basic information about bad faith insurance practices and how to respond to them. If you believe that an insurance company has acted in bad faith with respect to your personal injury claim, contact a lawyer with experience litigating bad faith insurance claims right away.
Examples of Bad Faith Insurance Practices
As discussed above, bad faith is broadly defined as dishonest or unfair dealing. Examples of bad faith practices by insurance companies in the context of personal injury claims include, but are not limited to:
- Denying payment for a valid claim without a reasonable basis;
- Discounting payment for a valid claim without a reasonable basis;
- Making a settlement offer that is unconscionably low and unsupported by the factual record;
- Delaying payment for a valid claim without a reasonable basis;
- Failing to affirm or deny coverage of claims within a reasonable time frame;
- Ignoring telephone calls, letters, and emails about a valid claim;
- Using rude, threatening, abusive, or intimidating tactics;
- Failing to conduct proper, prompt, and thorough investigations into a valid claim;
- Making overly burdensome requests for documentation in support of a valid claim;
- Refusing to give a basis for a settlement offer or claim denial; and
- Misrepresenting the law or policy language.
You should be aware of these tactics and keep them in mind when dealing with the claims adjuster and other insurance company representatives. Understanding what tactics constitute bad faith can help you deal with bad faith insurance tactics more effectively.
How to Deal With Bad Faith Insurance Tactics
The best way to deal with bad faith insurance tactics is to carefully document all of your interactions with the claims adjuster. While you are negotiating your claim, you should keep a journal of any correspondence you have with the insurance company, whether over the phone, by mail, or online. If you believe the claims adjuster has acted in bad faith, write down a detailed descriptions of his or her actions and the date on which they occurred.
You should also ask the claims adjuster to provide written documentation stating the reasons for his or her actions. If the claims adjuster refuses to comply with your request for documentation, you should send the insurance company a letter via certified mail, return receipt requested.
In your letter, note the date of your conversation with the claims adjuster and inform the insurance company that you believe the claims adjuster has acted in bad faith. Be sure to state which actions you believe were taken in bad faith, and note the claims adjuster's failure to comply with your previous demand for documentation. Your letter will send a clear message to the insurance company that you will not tolerate inappropriate (and illegal) negotiation tactics. You will also have created evidence of bad faith in the event you and your lawyer decide filing a bad faith lawsuit against the insurance company is necessary.
The more detailed your notes about your interactions with the insurance company are, the more likely you are to prevail in a bad faith lawsuit against the insurance company. If you believe the insurance company has acted in bad faith, call an experienced bad faith insurance lawyer right away. Many personal injury lawyers have experience litigating bad faith claims against insurance companies.
Filing a Report With a State Insurance Board
If you believe that an insurance company has acted in bad faith with respect to your personal injury claim, you can also file a report with the insurance board in your state. Every state has an insurance board, although the official name of the board varies from state to state. You can find the contact information for your state's insurance board here:
State Insurance Boards
Each state insurance board has a procedure for reporting insurance companies for bad faith practices. Once you file a report, the state insurance board will begin an investigation into your complaint. If the state insurance board finds evidence of bad faith, the state will notify the insurance company and may fine the insurance company if it does not remedy the problem.
It is important to understand that the state insurance board cannot require an insurance company to pay or settle specific claims. In order to secure compensation for the harm the insurance company has caused you by acting in bad faith, you may need to hire a lawyer to represent you in a bad faith insurance lawsuit against the insurance company. To learn more about hiring a lawyer, visit:
- Frequently Asked Questions about Hiring an Attorney
- Questions to Ask When Interviewing Attorneys
- Choosing an Attorney: The Professional Awards and Affiliations That Matter
Disclaimer: Information provided on this site is NOT formal legal advice. It is generic legal information. Under no circumstances should the information on this site be relied upon when deciding the proper course of a legal action. Always get a formal case evaluation from a licensed attorney if you think you might have a personal injury lawsuit.


text: Ahmedabad, July 12 (PTI) Heavy rains today marooned many residential and low-lying areas in Navsari and Valsad districts besides parts of Surat city in Gujarat. As per the state emergency control room, parts of Saurashtra region also received heavy showers. South Gujarat region, particularly Valsad and Navsari districts, have been bearing the brunt of downpour since early morning, leading to water logging on roads and overflowing of rivers which has affected normal life. Rains have been lashing south and central Gujarat since yesterday. Heavy rains led to water logging on several roads and marooned residential and low-lying areas in Navsari, Valsad and parts of Surat city today. Around 900 people have been shifted to safer places in various areas of state, especially central Gujarat, since yesterday. In Saurashtra, heavy rainfall was recorded in Una and Kodinar talukas of Gir Somnath district. Showers have also lashed parts of Bhavnagar and Amreli this morning. As per the data released by the state government, Waghai taluka in Dang district received the highest 103 mm rainfall between 8 AM and 2 PM. Waghai was followed by Kodinar (100 mm), Surat city (97 mm), Dolvan taluka in Tapi district (94 mm), Choryasi taluka in Surat (85 mm), Talaja taluka in Bhavnagar (81 mm), Tilakwada taluka in Narmada (75 mm) and Vansada taluka in Navsari (71 mm). Vadodara, Chhota Udepur and Bharuch districts in Central Gujarat also received heavy showers. Due to incessant rain, 197 roads, including a national highway and three state highways in central and south Gujarat, have been closed for traffic, a government release stated. "Due to downpour, one national highway and two state highways passing from Dang district have been shut for traffic while one state highway was shut in Navsari this morning," it said. The Meteorological department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in south and central Gujarat in the next 24 hours and "extremely heavy rainfall" in Valsad, Surat and Navsari.

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This is a variation on a family recipe for traditional brownies. The combination of cinnamon, anise, and cayenne pepper gives these brownies a somewhat Mexican flavor. The brownies are halfway between being cake-like and fudge-like in texture, and have a nice, slightly crunchy crust on top and around the edges.
Approximately 24 Brownies
Preheat the oven to 350F degrees, and grease a 13x9x2 inch pan.
Mix the dry ingredients, and then add in the oil, eggs, and vanilla.
Spread in the pan, and bake for 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
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May 11, 2017 // 5:02 p.m.
Tags: #be-quiet-msi
Companies: #bit-tech #ekwb #hyperx
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Sprucing up an SSD isn't hard, and there are numerous methods - we show you how.
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Be Quiet!'s new chassis is its cheapest yet, but balances noise and performance well.
Ridiculously modular, great cooling support and tempered glass - is this the holy grail of PC cases?
Be Quiet! brings us its second chassis, targetting low noise users
Be Quiet!'s top end cooler is a monster, with dual fin-stacks and two 120mm fans.
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No it's the whole topic of technology which is not suitable in my opinion. For adsense you want mass traffic coming from non technical audience. So you can write off topics about technology if it goes beyond the stage of "how to send photos by emails" or "how to print an image".. The only OK content type would be the one targeted at extremely low level, so it's not about Photoshop tutorials, even basics ones, no.
Well that's my opinion about adsense money, of course you see many sites about technology and think they're doing fine. Well the sites you never see are the ones such as free printable greeting cards for all occasions, those are earning a lot but of course we're not part of their audience.. Their audience is massive and doesn't use ad blocker add-ons, this audience has problems with downloading the greeting cards and printing them, so the ad blocker firefox add on is pure science fiction for them, hell they don't even notice that the site has any ad, even though they clicked on them 3 times already in their short visit trying to make sense of how to print that greeting card..
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Sunday, January 15, 2017
The Midwife of Venice...A book Review.
I only read 7...but that may have been 7 more than if I didn't have a goal :)
I am happy to share with you that I have completed my 1st book of the New Year!!!
321 pages to this book.
But to be fair, I started reading this book before Ashley had Sawyer, but because of the content of this novel, I had to put it down.
I was only a few chapters into this book, but I couldn't read any further at that time.
It is about a Jewish midwife from 1575, who attends a noble woman...which at the time was forbidden.
I enjoyed this book and read it all today, so an easy read.
A bit predictable, but still a good read!
The back of the book
I hope you have a creative day
Tracy :)
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WTG with your first book of 2017. I am reading a Mary Higgins Clark novel, but the more I read the more I think I have read it before, but that is ok I haven't remembered the end yet.ReplyDelete
Reading is one my greatest pleasures!! I never leave the house without a book in my purse :) This book sounds interesting!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)ReplyDelete
A Mermaid's Crafts
This sounds like a great read. Adding it to my list. :) Thank you!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the referral of a good read - I will check if the library has. Predicable is ok if the story is there.ReplyDelete
Oooh, looks good. I love a good midwife story. I put it on my Goodreads list. This year I upped my challenge to 50 books. I usually do 36 but go over a few but now I am not sure I can do it. LOLReplyDelete
I am about to start reading Louise Penny and her mystery books with Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, I wanted to try a Canadian Author :-)ReplyDelete


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Your daily dose of style, interiors, food and life in Copenhagen - for you and your kids!!
Corners of our Christmas
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An other really sweet post Anya!ReplyDeleteReplies
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How sweet! Kids are becoming so smart these days! Recognizing Santa as someone close to them and not saying anything is a sure sign that child is growing up! :) Adorable photo of the girls! I'm happy you enjoyed Christmas with family and friends. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I know right - she realized straight away and said so to me, and we made a deal to keep it a secret - so sweet:)Delete
How sweet is the older to allow lil' sis to enjoy illusion and whimsy a bit longer?!ReplyDelete
I look at that last pic and you can see she's no longer a baby... heading - with her wings and ballet shoes - towards a beautiful and thoughtful womanhood.
You're blessed, A!
Wishing you Happy and Joyfull New Year!
Thanks Teresa - they grow up so fast - little ladies now:)Delete
Aww.. Merry Xmas..ReplyDelete
have a Happy New Year
Diary Of A Shallow Black Girl
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those two are adorable :)ReplyDelete
They look so sweet, bless them, glad you had a wonderful time xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Kizzy - hope you had a fab Xmas too:)Delete
Oh, beautiful time and girls are so happy :))) All the best for them :)) And you too :)))ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Agnes - you too :)Delete
the girls looked fabulous! i love their christmas attire. so pretty!ReplyDelete
I know they loved their matching dresses with the snowflakes :))ReplyDelete
FAB time you had! lovely photos and the mood! your daughters are beautiful young ladies, Anya!ReplyDelete
wishing you festive weekend and happy celebrations in the new year's eve!Replies
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Natural Health and Beauty - The Nutrition
Eating foods rich in sulphur and vital minerals and vitamins will ensure that your skin, hair, nails and teeth will be healthy and clear. If you eat foods that lack these vital nutrients you will look tired, dull, and feel awful.
So what sort of foods do we need to stay healthy and beautiful? What can we eat that will make our eyes sparkle, our hair shine and our skin glow?
These are super health & beauty foods so make sure to eat a few from every group every day.
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Fats, protein, vitamins and minerals to stay healthy and beautiful.
Eating some foods from each of these groups everyday will provide you with a plentiful supply of: Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Niacinamide (Niacin), PABA, Inositol, Choline, Biotin, Folic Acid, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Zin, Selenium, Sulphur, Iron, Copper, Manganese, and EFA's
You need to get off your arse and get some daily exercise, the type that brings you out in the fresh air and get's you moving. Going out in the car doesn't count.


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*Before you download the registration form, please call the office to find out if the days of camp you are looking for are still available. (office phone number 519 376-3076)
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This weekend ( 20th/21st June) is the 'Fete de la Musique', the annual music festival here in France where musicians are asked to provide free (plus paid for concerts) live music in a variety of venues. The tradition inaugurated by the then French Minister of Culture in Paris in 1982 continues to reinvent itself with free concerts with everything from hunting horns to hip hop.
Check your local tourist office for what is on near you. or check out some of what's on in your department here.


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From Washington University Athletics
Senior Kate Lee of the Washington University in St. Louis women's tennis team has been awarded a Fulbright Award, as announced Tuesday by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Lee has been selected as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to South Korea. She will be teaching English to Korean students from July 2018-July 2019. Lee will receive six weeks of language and cultural training prior to her appointment.
"I previously taught English to children in who lived in areas outside of Seoul, and it was so impactful that I knew I wanted to do something similar again," commented Lee. "My biggest regret at that time had been my inability to converse deeply with my students due to my limited language skills, so I decided to study Korean for three years while at WashU."
Lee, who taught in the summer of 2014 in Cheonan and Sunchang, is a four-year varsity letterwinner for the Bears. She has a 4-5 record this season for the 12th-ranked Bears, and was an honorable-mention all-University Athletic Association (UAA) honoree at No. 5 singles a year ago. Lee has a 38-30 career mark, including a 30-18 mark in singles.
A three-time Academic All-UAA selection, Lee has a 3.85 grade point average and will graduate in May with a major in history and a minor in biology. She has deferred medical school for a year in order to participate in Fulbright.
"I by chance found out about the Fulbright Grant in the summer while I was applying to medical schools and decided to apply for it on a whim," Lee added. "When I actually found out that I received the grant, I could hardly believe it because it felt too good to be true. I am so thankful that I will have the chance to engage with students in South Korea and experience Korean culture to the fullest extent.
The Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Fulbright alumni include 59 Nobel Laureates, 82 Pulitzer Prize winners, 71 MacArthur Fellows, 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, and thousands of leaders across the private, public and non-profit sectors. Since its inception in 1946, more than 380,000 "Fulbrighters" have participated in the Program.


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Vice Presidential debate available for free download
The Vice Presidential debate between Republican incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic challenger Senator John Edwards is now available as a free download in the iTunes Music Store and Audible.com.
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Not that I really want to listen to the debate, but I really wish that iTunes would allow non-USA/non-UK people to download the free tracks.
Why do they care what country I am in when it comes to free tracks ?
Posted by Zaph in Irvine, CA on October 7, 2004 at 7:46 PM (CDT)
Its because USA is the center of the universe and they don't care about the other countries. Luckly I live in America,
Posted by Yep in Irvine, CA on October 7, 2004 at 10:54 PM (CDT)
i tunes is such a rip off!
popstars make enbough money that thyey could just guve there own cds away for free!
Posted by me in Irvine, CA on October 8, 2004 at 3:42 AM (CDT)
i love to smoke crack! lol! JOKE!
Posted by pot head in Irvine, CA on October 8, 2004 at 3:43 AM (CDT)
You don't need access to the ITMS to get Audible content. You can download the debates directly from Audible.com.
Posted by Jim Douglas in Irvine, CA on October 8, 2004 at 10:19 AM (CDT)
im from germany, have a non-us account and had no problems downloading the presidential debates at least…
Posted by Kyle in Irvine, CA on October 10, 2004 at 3:46 PM (CDT)


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The YCW is a movement of education through action based on the experiences young workers live. The starting point of YCW is personal and collective situations that the young workers live in everyday life and the values that are contradictory to their beliefs and aspirations that exist in the society.
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International Plan of Action 2012-2016
Fourteen young workers and leaders of YCW Egypt gathered in Alexandria from August 31 to September 2, 2017 to live together and discuss their future. There were 10 young men from el Khranfish base group working in different sectors such as tuk-tuk drivers, gold makers, shop workers, and factory workers, three young women from El Sagood base group who work in the service sector as teachers and nurse in a private institution, and one person from El Osairin base group who is a student. They have been supported by former YCWers and collaborators.
It is with great sadness that the International YCW announces the passing of our brother, friend and comrade in arms, James Denteh.
James, a member of the YCW Ghana national movement, outgoing member of the IYCW International Team who assumed responsibility in the African continent over the 2012-2016 period, contributed to the dreams of many working-class youths around the world through his experience as an activist, and he leaves his footsteps and thoughts so that we can continue our struggle for a world with more dignity and more justice.
James, you are not gone; you are here in our lives and in the heart of each YCW member.
James, you are not gone; your ideas, your thoughts and your dreams are with us in our day-to-day struggles.
James, our YCW brother yesterday, today and forever.
Click here to see photos of James
As it does every year, the IYCW attended the 106th session of International Labour Conference held in Geneva in June 2017. Below is the IYCW-WSM joint statement on labour migration, read by Antonio Zela, a YCW activist from Paraguay and continental coordinator.
"I thank you on behalf of the International Young Christian Workers (IYCW) and World Solidarity (WSM) for giving me the opportunity to make a joint statement to this Committee. We would also like to thank the Office for the report prepared for this general discussion.
I propose to start with a testimony of an IYCW member, which illustrates the difficulties faced by labour migrants:
Each year since 1977, from 24th April to 1st May, the IYCW has been organizing a series of actions and activities during the International Week of the Young Workers which ends with the traditional May Day celebration. The year 2017 could not be different. All over the world, young workers and YCW leaders carried out actions against job precariousness and instability, against all sorts of inequalities they may face in their daily life. They exposed the social, political, economic and cultural problems which keep affecting the working and living conditions of millions of young women and men throughout the world.
This year in Brussels, to close the International Week of the Young Workers, the IYCW took an active part in the May Day celebration in Laeken, remembering the 50th anniversary of Joseph Cardijn's death and proclaiming enthusiastically that "Yes, Cardijn is still relevant today".
"I am Fatima Hussain from Pakistan. I am 24 years old. I live in Lahore. I applied for many jobs in different factories but in vain. In our society, it doesn't look good for a girl to have a job, people don't like women workers.
I ended up deciding to work as a domestic worker because it is easier to get a job in this sector. But domestic workers are not paid well. They are paid PKR 1,500 per home (US$ 15). I was very disappointed by the low pay and the volume of extra work. I had to fulfill tasks that were not related to my job.
One day I met the YCW – that was a very beautiful day. In a meeting, I shared my experience as a domestic worker and the extra work.
My name is George Verzosa, I come from Calbayog City (Southern part of the Philippines). I have never completed my college education because my parents could not afford to send me and my siblings to school. I migrated to Manila to find work and I worked in a sack factory as a machine operator under a contractual agency. I worked with the minimum salary, while some of my co-workers were below the minimum wage. When I had overtime hours and received extra pay, I sent it to my relatives and family way back in my province.
All Rights Reserved - 2011 - JOCI-IYCW


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Applicants must be currently on the Project-Based waiting list. These private developments may have additional application requirements and restrictions for their units. Therefore, after SNRHA eligibility is determined, management at each site will also determine their program eligibility. Income Limits and Payments standards for the PBV program are the same as those used for the HCV tenant based program.
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New Addition
So recently there's been a change in my family, one for the better. I now have a daughter! Her name is Audrey, and she was born a week before my birthday. She is adorable and been a bundle of energy from the get go. The circumstances of how she is here now though is why the long silence. She is the daughter of my wife's sister, but the boyfriend she had her with became abusive and was arrested. She did not feel she could take her as well due to having a 1 1/2 yr old and also being from him, so we offered to adopt her. She accepted and she was born, but we were unable to finish the adoption due to the intervention of the father. We are currently working to finish it soon as we don't want to risk her falling into his possession. It will be long and hard, but we will fight for her because we love her this much. There will be more pictures and the like, just over time of course.
Mobile Review – Metal Slug Attack
Murder, mayhem, lots of guns, oh and aliens. That pretty much sums up Metal Slug, and Metal Slug Attack brings these elements together in a war of attrition with whoever has the bigger more shootier army wins. The game is played with the aim to break the base of your enemy by overwhelming their soldiers and finally destroying the base itself. While the aim is simple, it does get complicated at times. If you are a fan of the Metal Slug series then you will appreciate all of the characters, enemies, and other tidbits that bring you back to all of the screaming, explodyness you remember.
The majority of the screens are for different sections. One space is for enhancing your units with funds to beef them up, items to give them more statistical benefits and also the ability to 'evolve' a unit by upping their rarity and getting them another star. There's more features you unlock as you get higher in level, which you get XP by completing the campaign mode or also fighting other players in PVP and getting XP for a victory or minimal gains for losing. Myself I haven't done everything just yet, but I am slowly unlocking all of the extra things. At the time there is a beginner's campaign that is running that will get you some boosts until a certain level threshold, things like good login bonuses and other helpful tidbits that will help you while going thru the different missions.
Your group consists of the characters you get from the random crank (which is the character draw among other items at times), you can reorder them at any point and you also get to choose your 'limit break' (what I call it) which charges over time during the fight and damages the enemy fairly heavily. There is strategy in choosing who to use as the higher AP characters are harder to deploy (you have to build up your total threshold and gain of AP) but they do have very good benefits, so either small AP armies to overwhelm or high AP units to juggernaut your way through enemy lines. I have a decent mix myself for slowly building up and then using the bigger units to start to tear thru their thicker ranks.
Overall the game is pretty fun, the art style still goes on point from the series, and it's just as chaotic as you would expect. Take a look at some matches going thru campaign mode for an example.
Steam Review – Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
This was a recent purchase but just as good since it's about all I've played just recently :o. Halcyon 6 is a strategy turn based combat game based on surviving, talking to other races, and collecting a lot of st00f. The story starts off as you being part of the Federation starbase Halcyon 6. From what you know the starbase is old as all get out and has technology that apparently is not fully understood as of yet. A patrol had left the starbase under concern from a transmission that was sent about an incursion. Upon arriving you find hostile creatures and are thrown into your first battle. It is pretty straightforward and it helps you understand how combat goes, but with the results shows just how quick you have to start working.
Your primary objective at first is to get the grasp of what Halcyon 6 can do, and then to collect the necessary materials to create the rooms and also to build other items needed for fleets and defenses. Your captains (the portraits on the bottom of the screen) can pilot one ship each and they have their own group of greenshirts (just think Star Trek lol) and they also work on specific tasks laid out in the locations and Halcyon 6 itself. Depending on their understanding of their specific type (Tactical, Engineering, or Science) it may take longer or shorter based on their proficiency. Eventually you can also automate their functions so you don't have to manually send out a fleet each time to collect the resources.
Combat is straightforward as well, each of your captains have abilities, in space combat and on foot, and these are used to cause damage, heal your allies, protection, or many other options. Some can also cause status effects that if used in conjunction with other ottacks that exploit the damage can do some major pain. It's a balance between having power and also having options to heal and keep your ships alive.
Overall the game is great, loved playing thru it (past the main store, now in the after endgame bit?) and think it would appeal with many people. Here's a video as well of combat scenes for both space and foot to show a difference between them.
Mobile Review – Pokemon Duel
In addition to Pokemon Go the company had surprised us with another game fairly quickly: Pokemon Duel! The gist of Duel is your Pokemon are figures, and they are used on a gameboard. The board is setup with two entry points which are the corners closest to you and your base space which is the colored flag spot nearest to your bench. Your aim is to either claim the base space or block entry to your opponent so they cannot pull anyone else out.
Now the strategy for this can be pretty intense as each Pokemon has a wheel which dictates what kind of action it'll take. There are 4 main colors: White, which is a normal attack; Blue, which usually works with evasion; Purple, which is a special attack; and Gold, which is a special as well but can trump Purple. The wheel decisions are done automatically, so when you tap it it stops both wheels at once and what it shows is the results (unless a move respins it to something else or builds up damage [Fury Swipes for example]).
As well as this the movement on the board plays a role as well as you can surround a Pokemon to knock it out and there are multiple paths to take to get to the base space or entry points. Overall there is definitely a pretty intense strategy you will find with this, and if you like board games with different aspects then this will be up your alley. The last point in preparation is plates, which look like cards. These plates are used like items during Pokemon games, boosts to damage from X Damage, Antidote to cure poison, or even a Respin if you think you need one that turn. There are different variations and rarities for these as well.
MTX in the game isn't very heavy, and you can get a good hunk of Gems from either login bonuses or just going thru the quest line. As well as this there is a PvP system that pits you against others to see who is craftier. Fans of the Pokemon genre will get some interest in the game, but I believe primarily those that like strategy more-so will enjoy it more. Here is a video of an actual PvP match to give you an idea of what a game looks like.
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Steam Review – Sunless Sea
Sunless Sea is Fallen London animated and focused on the zee. What is the zee you ask? Probably best you don't know honestly, but I'll tell you anyhow since you're so curious.
The zee is the wide berth of water that your ship plys as it travels across to various locations, fending off pirates, living icebergs, various creatures and monsters, and maybe getting some interesting stuff done. Most of the locations are various locales maybe seen with the browser based game it is based from (like fungal chopping camps, tomb colonist towns, and other hidden tidbits). Your aim is to select aspects of yourself (affirmations are always fun) and your drive that sends you out to zee.
While you are in port or even sometimes while out at zee you will run into storylets, which are little conversations or actions that give you choices on how to take it on (or disregard it all together). Things that happen during the game (like being cursed by Salt for example) can influence how these events will resolve, so it's helpful to keep in mind what it could possibly do. Overall it is a very fun game, it warns you that your first captain will most likely die (and they will, no doubt), so it takes some getting used to, but is very entertaining.
A video link is incoming soon, but as my stream was kinda hiccity I didn't want to use that one, so I'll have a simple recording done and uploaded.
A Different Sequence
Hey all! So as you probably noticed I haven't updated fairly recently, mostly due to work, being tired, life, or also being addicted to the PS4 recently, heh… ^^; But I plan on rectifying that here and now! So what is going to happen is for this week, I have two mobile reviews coming, one for Pokémon Duel and the other for Fire Emblem Heroes. Once these two go thru the week after I'm putting up 3 Steam reviews! 😀 I haven't done any recently so I figured it would be better time than any to start it up again. And you will help in this decision too :D. I have a StrawPoll you can vote on here to give a choice on which to vote on, so please let me know the top three games you want to see reviewed in that list. Once next week rolls around I'll choose from it at that point so get them in by then!
For those that read these I do appreciate you checking it out occasionally (I can tell if they're a bot or not lol) and hopefully this'll kickstart it up again!
Mobile Review -Warhammer 40k: Freeblade
Anyone who plays some tabletop games may have heard about Warhammer or some variation of it. Warhammer is a small scale army strategy game where your faction fights with another. The actual game is used with models and figures with dice and codexes, but there have been some good video games based off of it as well (one more notable being Dawn of War). Freeblade is one of the games made specifically for mobile, and is a type of dungeon runner. The process is you are a knight, which is a large mechanical walker imbued with the spirit of a fierce honorable warrior. You have an array of weaponry at your disposal and you are also towering over most opponents (unless they're big demons or other walkers, then not so much XD).
You have the ability to customize your Knight with different weapons (also different types on each hardpoint), paint schemes, icons, and some physical differences. As well as this in addition to the normal campaign mode, there is additional missions you can do for more medals (which help you progress further) and patrols for more loot and specifically Patrol Medals (also used in conjunction with regular ones). There is also a multiplayer aspect that was added fairly recently that pits you against another Knight automatically controlled but fights based on weaponry. The weaponry and armor gained from the multiplayer games have Valor which is specific boosts to some influences that help your Knight or hinder others. Overall I've really liked the game although I was interested due to my preplaying of 40k years ago, but it is a fairly intense shooter, definitely appealing to those looking for action (and big stompy feet).
Mobile Review – Soccer Spirits
Haven't had a review in awhile, so lets put it into gear with a mobile review! A game I've played on and off recently is Soccer Spirits (was 2 I think originally, but now it's just listed as Soccer Spirits). A game all about soccer… but intergalatic! The game itself has a pretty interesting storyline, a high school team that loves soccer meets up with a smaller rabbit character named Littre. He is the gatekeeper for this region of the galaxy, and after getting information from an unknown source (which is the first person you see when you start and you correlate it later on) feels that the world, or even the galaxy itself is in danger. And the only people who can save it possibly is your group. They don't believe it at first but after some convincing and actual visual of it all it hits them at that point it's probably serious.
The gameplay is based loosely on cards (I say loosely only because it's not actual cards per-say but more of their actual pictures and that it is not based on turns) and enhancing these cards to make them stronger. They have different stats for each kind of player (some are better at guarding, stealing, and shooting for example) and these affect how they play. There are also different elements so that you can either mix-n-match or use a same team element (some leader skills benefit one element than multiple ones). Characters are gained from Friend Points (FP) or Crystals, which are the premium currency. Crystals are actually fairly easy to get from Achievements (daily and one-time), quests, and some events. From my draws Crystals do give fairly good players, but I've only had a couple actual good draws than doing it via FP.
Now these have good showing for a game, but there is one slight fault. There is a fair amount of fan-service in the game, not directly but most female characters are… uh well developed? Aside from this the remainder of the game is pretty fun, and the PvP aspect is interesting. It's not directly interacting with someone but you can tell when it's not just a story team fighting you and this team has been crafted.
As always, let me know what you think on here or Twitter @StSquiggy and give me some ideas on what to review next!
A Big Step
Just recently I took a big step in my life and forged a bond with another. But this is no simple bond, this is one that has been building and growing stronger for ten years. The lady I called my fiance for the longest time is now my wife. We met back in '06 on a different social media site and then in Runescape where we played together intensely for a good while. Although she isn't near as active in Runescape as I am now, we still play together on an occasion. She has been with me thru anything and everything, and we value our friendship as being best friends who know each other inside and out, and now we will support one another always. I love her dearly and it definitely was a shocking move for our Facebook friends (they thought we were going to be engaged forever XD).
I love you Jekka, you will be in my heart forever.
Hand of Fate – Runescape Style
I had an idea while playing Hand of Fate last weekend. I was looking at how the game plays and honestly it could seriously match some of the quest lines or other related gameplay and they could be substituted. Some of the combat aspects can be modified to run simply in chats or the like. I'll think of some ideas in terms of some foundations and put together a starting idea once I've thought it over some more :D. Here's a video of the gameplay from Hand of Fate to give you an idea of how it works.
YT – Hand of Fate Review by TotalBiscuit


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A long time ago Dicky Barrett told me "there's plenty of time for rock 'n roll if you quit school" and to this day I've asked myself if that statement might have had such a heavy impact on me it became the very reason that I never went to high school? I'm sure school is a great thing but sometimes great things just doesen't fit.
Just like when my friend Nikola tried fitting his Sportster frontend together using after-market 10" over fork legs. Now we all know how delicate the tolerances of aftermarket parts can be at times but these legs were something else. So they had to be schooled...
The fork legs didn't only turn out to have the wrong ID's, but also two different ID's measuring from one another, so new internals had to be fabricated on the lathe, and the remaining original internals had to be cut to size, the insides of the bottom part fork tubes also had to be adjusted. If there's one thing I hate it's having to deal with complications like different diameters of fork internals, dealing with such a thing would mean you'd have to keep track of the right and left side fork leg internals when you rebuild the fork the next time, so I made sure left and right side fork leg ID's and internal part OD's became the exact same. That way you can drink a lot more when re-assembling it the next time without risking to mix up some of the parts.
Don't bite the keyboard drooling in front of how great these Mullins trees look, just go get your own *HERE*
Now this frontend is all assembled and ready for some serious milage.


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UPDATE 24 Feb 09
Within days of its announcement, Minister Swan cancelled the inquiry. Perhaps because it demonstrated weakness and the government's lack of belief in its own scheme? Since then, the opposition have ramped up the rhetoric on climate change and the CPRS and in light of the cancelled inquiry have proposed to open one themselves in the Senate.
Extract from POA website. Inquiry called to investigate whether emissions trading is appropriate as the central response to reducing Australia's GHG emissions.
More here.
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Suffragettes in Newburgh
Our current exhibition in the Stone Floor Gallery is "Suffragettes in Newburgh" – about the 1895 statewide convention for women's suffrage held in Newburgh. Open until December.
Crawford House, 189 Montgomery St, Newburgh NY
Crawford House
The Captain David Crawford House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1830 for Captain David Crawford, his wife Fanny Belknap Crawford and their two young daughters Mary Elizabeth and Anna Crawford.


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Nantucket Little League will hold its fourth annual Knuckle Ball fundraiser from 6-10 p.m. Saturday, March 8 at The Chicken Box Nightclub, 16 Dave St., with music by girlband and DJ Bri Guy, a silent auction with bid items including Red Sox and One Direction tickets, food by Sophie T's, A.K. Diamond's and Fusaro's, and prizes for best 1980s outfit and dance-contest winners.
Tickets are $25 and available online at www.nantucketlittleleague. com or at the door.
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Here is the challenge at Paper Players this week:
I dug out my SU star die and my striped SU fresh prints DP. I added some jewels and a button in the center of each star. The sentiment is stamped in SU read red.
I made this card for Operation Write Home. I have a box of cards almost ready to mail. I figure I may as well fill it up, so I have a few more to make.
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History and Mission
Peace X Peace began in 2002 when Patricia Smith Melton, a poet, playwright, film maker, and photographer, gathered six experts in peace and women's rights from around the world to discuss how they might respond as women to the violence of 9/11/2001. The organization was incorporated as a 501(c )(3) nonprofit to connect women internationally to build peace. It launched a website and an online news service and began connecting women, across geographic and cultural divides, via the internet.
In 2010, our expanding community includes women and men in more than 100 nations. Kimberly Weichel serves as our new CEO and Founder Patricia Smith Melton is an active member of the Board of Directors.
Our Mission
Peace X Peace is the international organization that lifts and multiplies women's voices, strengthens women's capacity to connect across divides, promotes leadership and gender equity, and nurtures a global network of peacebuilders in 120 countries.
Our Programs
Women have experiences and solutions for peace that have not been sufficiently recognized or valued. Peace X Peace strives to right this imbalance by implementing a number of unique programs.
- Blogs: Our daily articles show how women are building peace, reaching 20,000 subscribers in 120 countries.
- Connection Point: We link Arab and Muslim women with Western women in to facilitate dialogue, increase understanding, and reduce stereotypes.
- Mentorship: We match experienced peacebuilders with young women at the beginning of their careers.
- Women, Power, and Peace Awards: Our annual Awards honor extraordinary women & men on the frontlines of peacebuilding.
- Advocacy and Training: We engage with UN Women and the Commission on the Status of Women, and support effective, sustained policies and programs that support and advance women.
- Media: Our book 60 Years, 60 Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women, the CATALYST video series, and the documentary Women on the Frontlines all highlight women in conflict regions who work for peace.
Our Theory of Change
We know the world needs women's perspectives and skills to build sustainable peace rooted in justice. We have identified eight requirements as necessary Pillars of Peace: conflict transformation, cross-cultural understanding, economic empowerment, education, environmental sustainability, health and well-being, interfaith dialogue, and justice and good governance.
Because circles are a powerful, traditionally feminine peacebuilding force, Circle Principles like Communicate honestly and thoughtfully inform the interactions and communications in Peace X Peace member activities. When we share our work to raise the Pillars and our Circle experience of connection through Peace X Peace e-media, day by day, person by person and peace by peace, we are coming closer to the global tipping point where peace becomes the new norm.


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Oh my Gods. And I thought I didn't have enough time before. There literally aren't enough hours in the day. And my attempts to create extra hours (mostly squeezed in just after midnight) backfired rather badly.
You see, we went live last week. The space shuttle launched, and then so did we. ("the last shuttle is away... aw.") And I didn't think we'd told anyone about it, but somehow we've already got two customers. Two paying members! How did they even find out?
There's two people running around inside my application and I don't know where they are. Well, I do. Sort of. There's logs. But I miss being able to just lean over their shoulder and ask "why are you doing that?". Analytics is nice, but not enough. I want screenshots.
What's terrifying is how many things are still broken. Well, I say 'broken'... I mean they work, but not all the time. From the end user perspective this means occasionally having to press 'delete' twice, or unjam a queue by restarting a server, which I'm told isn't that big a deal.
For me, however, every system jam is a failure in my logic. I'm just Vulcan enough that it personally annoys every damn time, deep down.
My system must be a perfect system, with all bugs and errors banished to the land of wind and ghosts.
In practice, there's a point of diminishing returns. No matter how good I make my code, I'm still subject to the workings of the internet, various phone companies, and often Microsoft. So long as my error rate is lower than that lot, I'm doing well.
And there's also a point beyond which you make things worse. You have one line of code that does something, and it occasionally fails. So you write another line of code to catch the exception and perform the fallback... but that could fail too. So you add another line. Soon 90% of your code is exception handlers which almost never occur, (and then all at once!) and so are full of bugs due to lack of testing. And the module doesn't fail cleanly anymore, it always half succeeds, leading to some of the most subtle and bizzare bugs I've ever seen.
Fail fast, fail hard. These are actually the cornerstones of a reliable system, because you can always retry. Just keep pounding 'reload' until it works, and trust in Idempotency.


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Small business owners are finding unimagined opportunity in the new economy. But it can also create scary uncertainty – after all, everything is NEW! But one thing is certain, when it comes to small business FreshBooks has your back. Last week, we hosted our third #imakealiving event in our own hometown: Toronto!
Just under 300 eager beaver small business owners arrived bright eyed at 8 a.m. last Friday morning for the Toronto event at FreshBooks HQ. Our very own CEO, Mike McDerment, was there to give the keynote speech and many keen FreshBooks employees were on hand to help.
Meeting likeminded folks who opted out of getting paid every 2 weeks to pursue a passion & free panic attacks @freshbooks #imakealiving pic.twitter.com/xsq6T5BL2S
— Geoffrey Marcy (@geofferson) July 21, 2017
Toronto's inspiring panel included Pay Chen (TV host, writer and producer), Dawn Laing (Director of Communications and Marketing at Nuvango, Geleskins and NOTION), Richard Thomas (a futurist who has worked at Idea Couture and Kinetic Cafe), Chris Hamoen (Co-Founder & CEO at Account HQ), Ben Zifkin (CEO and Founder of Hubba) and Jeremy Bailey (self-proclaimed Famous New Media Artist).
Many small business owners start their own business because they believe it will be more fulfilling than working for somebody else. In that regard, they often take a big risk on happiness. They often also believe they'll have more agency as small business owners: they'll be more in control of what they earn and being rewarded for their hard work.
But happiness and income can also seem at odds with each other.
Pay Chen discussed entrepreneur's expectations of happiness. She presented the idea that happiness is not an everyday feeling, but an overall experience – that you can be happy even in moments that are challenging, emotional or even difficult.
Pay also pointed out that while it's a mistake to think money is the source of happiness, it's important to acknowledge the importance of money too. It shouldn't give business owners "the icks" to care about money and to try to grow their income.
Advice to younger self: "Stand up and ask!" @PayChen And "Don't be afraid to ask for help" @jeremybailey #imakealiving @freshbooks pic.twitter.com/VEKjbYj5yl
— WorkingEnsemble (@WorkingEnsemble) July 21, 2017
Dawn Laing shared that in the early part of her career she had followed the money, but now she finds a balance. She also touched on how putting too much emphasis on passion and happiness can be counter-productive… It's really okay to keep some of the things you love as hobbies and not try to turn them into sources of income.
As CEO of Hubba, Ben Zifkin presented a different perspective. He prioritizes making others happy, which is something to consider as your small business grows and you add staff.
For Chris Hamoen, self-awareness is huge: You know yourself better than anyone. So know what you really want and own it. But you also have to be patient: Sometimes the fastest way to your goal is to slow down and grow in a slow and steady manner (enjoying the ride along the way!)
FreshBooks CEO Mike McDerment focused on business courage for his keynote, and shared multiple examples from his own experience.
In one of his stories, Mike talked about his early days running a small design agency and the challenge of figuring out how much to charge clients. He recounted a time he undercharged a client, who went on to profit hugely from his work. It was a hard way to learn the valuable lesson to always charge what you're worth.
"Take care of the team, team takes care of the customers, customers take care of the business." #imakealiving pic.twitter.com/C2GIUPycQm
— Kate Smalley (@kateesmalley) July 21, 2017
Mike then shared how he exhibited business courage as the CEO of FreshBooks. In earlier years, he had always been known as someone who would never ever take funding. But over time, he realized that to grow you need to bring on advisors, mentors and – yes – investors.
It's dangerous to become so entrenched in your opinions that you cut of your nose to spite your face. So, yes, be confident in your instinct, but don't hold onto judgments that are no longer serving you. At the end of it all, allow yourself to evolve and change your perspective over time.
"Actively choose your path and don't be afraid to reinvent yourself" Mike McDerment @freshbooks @imakealiving
— Lynda Sydney (@LyndaSydney) July 21, 2017
Of course, that's not to say that what was right for FreshBooks (or any other company) is right for your small business. In fact, there is no right and wrong to growing your business. So, know yourself; figure out what is right for you. If you try to do something that you don't believe in, you won't succeed.
Event: #imakealiving powered by FreshBooks
When: Wed, 16 August 2017, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
Where: The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, 403 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
Details: #imakealiving will host a diverse panel of people from different industries. They'll share stories about their livelihoods and non-traditional career journeys. Our keynote speaker, Saul Colt, will then show you how to harness that inspiration and apply it to your own career. Our goal is to motivate and empower you to break out of your comfort zone and take some chances with your career and marketing!
We'll be announcing our speakers in the next few days but tickets sold out quickly for New York and Toronto, so hurry to grab one for Portland!
RSVP to the #imakealiving event here
We had a great time meeting everyone at the @freshbooks #imakealiving event today! It was great to meet the CEO and other entrepreneurs 👍 . . . . #ValourMedia #freshbooks #event #instagood #photooftheday #entrepreneur #ceo #meetandgreet #fun #FridayFeeling
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Portland is the fourth leg of an ongoing series of events that take place in a different city each month. The #imakealiving event will continue on to Minneapolis and San Francisco before returning to Los Angeles. Want to see FreshBooks come to your city? Leave a comment below! And don't forget to follow @freshbookslive on Twitter!


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|The Red Sox and Jon Lester face a crucial couple of weeks ahead
We could argue back and forth for days on end as to whether the Boston Red Sox can make the playoffs in 2014, and that argument would probably not even take into account another question which is, should they make the playoffs, how far can this team progress? What we can do, however, is look closely at the upcoming schedule and see if there are any indicators if the Sox will keep this current good streak up.
When you look at the next few weeks you notice one thing instantly. The Red Sox chances in climbing back into the race for the AL East hinge essentially on their next batch of games, which are basically all against foes from within their division. The Al East itself probably won't be decided in the next few weeks, however the Red Sox chances of taking same will definitely be decided in that period.
That of course means we will know by then if the Sox will make the playoffs or not, as due to other teams great records, and the relatively poor records in the AL East, the winner of the latter is probably the only team from that division going to the playoffs.
The AL wildcard spots will most likely come from other divisions.
And so to Boston's forthcoming schedule.
The next 13 games the Sox play will all be against AL east opponents. Come August 5th when they travel to St Louis, the Sox will know realistically if they are in with a shot at the East, or if they may as well start planning for 2015. Boston is 7.5 games out of first right now, and 4.5 behind Toronto. Guess who they play 7 times in the next 10 games? That's right, The Blue Jays. Boston can either clamber over the Jays or get lost behind them over the next 2 weeks. The other 6 games are 3 against the Rays and 3 against New York.
This is an absolutely crucial section of the schedule for the Sox, and will find out an awful lot about their 2014 chances by the time Boston flies out to St Louis on August 5th.


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It had been some time since I had been out shooting. On one of the final days of summer, just as Autumn was starting to roll out across the landscape, I found a ditch along the side of a road covered in yellow flowers.
It was really windy that afternoon so I had to keep a fast shutter speed, which worked out okay because there was plenty of light to make up for it. At first I struggled to come up with an interesting composition, but I eventually found a few points of view that felt interesting.
One thing that I got out of this session was using the zoom (crop factor) to get a narrower depth of field. Previously, I'd always just tried to have a wide open aperture for that effect. However, I discovered I've really been missing out by not using the lens to achieve blurred background/foregrounds. I'll have to admit, I don't entirely understand why it works that way, but it's something new for me to use and do some reading on to better understand.
I really like the bright, bold, yellow flowers on a fairly solid blue sky background. I wish I had gotten some more shots of the flowers with a mostly sky backdrop. They're long gone now, but I'm hoping to get some autumn colors before the season changes yet again.
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WELCOME to my blog where i talk about items, topics, events, trends and occurrences that piques my interest.
Yes right, i blog what's on my mind, 'my thoughts; just the way it is'. Hold up a minute, this is year 2018, i do have a niche.
It lies somewhere between Teaching Tech | Managing Tech Communities & Techies | Blogging | and Public Speaking.
I currently work as a business development lead @ How Do You Tech, an edu-tech research and tech consulting firm.
MojiSpeaks is written by yours truly, Mojisola Mary Job, *winks*
On my blog you will find random musings and information on whatever pops up in Mary's head, otherwise explicitly stated.
Call me MJ, i love my creator and i love myself, i love simplicity, i am very easy going and fun to be with when extroverted, i can be an introvert or extrovert, all depends on how i feel at each moment.
I love to meet new and exciting people, networking, exchanging ideas and learning new things and cultures. I love mysteries, my interests lie in information society technologies. I use social media purposefully and i enjoy exploring tech gadgets.
I love traveling! A digital nomad at heart and soul!
I enjoy experiencing new places and i definitely love taking photos. I like to take pictures of people, food, myself and any sight that piques my interest.
So who doesn't love a good healthy meal ehn? The irony, i am not a fan of cooking, but i love tasty food. Want to win me over? Offer me some great tasting chocolate cheese cake, preferable from Caffè Tranche By Araba. Hmmm, just imagine the taste of chocolate and cheese melting on your tongue, is it healthy to consume chocolate🤷🏾♀? Moderately of course!!
Jajajajaja…sighs oh yeah, where was i? OK. So i also got a mission to travel around the world!! And i love the saying "All izz well" from the movie – 3 idiots! Don't tell me you haven't seen that movie🧐??
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November naturally brings thankfulness. It's time when you think about family and events of the past year. Today I am feeling extra grateful. We received news yesterday that my Father-in-Law's cancer is in remission. This comes after just a few weeks ago when we almost lost him. We have seen so many miracles! We feel so blessed to have my wonderful in-laws with us for years to come :).
Have a THANKFUL day!


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Linoma Software
GoAnywhere is an enterprise managed file transfer solution that automates and secures file transfers on multiple platforms without manual scripts. The GoAnywhere Suite includes Director, Services (a secure FTP server), and Gateway (a reverse proxy DMZ gateway). GoAnywhere is browser-based and supports popular protocols (SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, AS2) and encryption standards (Open PGP, AES).


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Monday, December 8, 2014
Full Cold Moon / Elder Moon
I am continuing this month in doing a Vision board for the Full Cold Moon. For inspiration I am using the e-book Bloom by Moon by Amy Palko. She offers insights from 4 different traditions. Celtic, Native American, Astrology and various traditions around the world. I usually look at both the Celtic and Native American to see which resonated with me the most. Native AMericans call this the Cold Moon. In the Celtic tradition it is called the Elder Moon and is all about endings, coming full circle. Although I started to focus on the cold moon there really is only one image on my board that reflects this, the icy drink. I think this is more representative of the elder moon. There is so many images from nature here. I have always felt connected to trees but lately I seem to be painting and collaging them all the time. I do believe there is something deep here they are trying to teach me. Funny how that works. I have really felt that I am coming to the end of some things and am ready to embrace some new ones so its fitting to my own life experience. I love the process of all of this.
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I used to create a monthly full moon dreamboard through jamie Ridler. But then she raised issues with using magazine images and I stopped. But I do miss it. I love yours and Amy's books looks amazing. I ordered the book and plan to get back into the practice in 2015. Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
Bev, So glad it resonated with you and I look forward to seeing your work in 2015. Since I started putting them in a sketchbook I find I do it more. I also think being able to look over the year at all my boards will be great.Delete
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As to where the recording was made I would guess it was made in Philadelphia. But that is a guess as I cannot find anything as to where this record was made. However, I have found information that the Kilties Band of Canada was doing concerts at Willow Grove Park in Pennsylvania on July 12, 1902. Since this recording was made on July 16, 1902. It makes sense that it was Philadelphia. The record was first issued in 1902 with the fancy, hard to read plaid label. It was afterwards put out with a black label that was readable. This early and quite rare recording is one of the more unique labels put out by the Victor Company. I moved it around as best as I could to make a scan of it.
Here you will see an example of a Victor record and also a Berliner Gramophone record in Canada. Both wearing the same type of plaid label. In the case of the Canadian record, it is far easier to read as everything is printed in black. For the Victor company, they used the same gold lettering and picture as they did on the black and red labels. However in that case they are readable. This record for Victor is very unreadable and would soon disappear.


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You say reasonable, I say tomato
The Chelsea and Stockwell police shootings: some questions
By James Macintyre
Questions are being raised in the Saturday papers over the Chelsea shooting by police of Mark Saunders earlier this week, and rightly so. One that doesn't seem to have been answered (or asked), is why did officers apparently spray him with bullets before throwing tear gas and stun grenades into his house, rather than the other way around? The Met, as ever, is behind the scenes heavily briefing its side of the story to the press. But the scrutiny it faces is notably enhanced since the last high-profile police shooting, that of the innocent Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes when he was mistaken for a suicide bomber in 2005.
The repeated, point-blank-range de Menezes shooting is now being reported as the last by police before that of Mr Saunders. As it happens, one of the officers involved in the Stockwell station tragedy was reported to have shot and killed again. Either way, the Americanization of our streets, and the increasingly trigger-happy nature of our police, are justifiable matters for concern.
But other worrying questions emerge from the two cases, too: after that of Mr de Menezes, it was reported as the aprehending of a suicide bomber and - after rampant spin by police - the now disproved myth, that the Brazilian jumped tube barriers, was running and wearing a bulky coat, prevailed not for days but for years.
Later, Mr de Menezes was smeared over cocaine use - as if that somehow justified his death - in a fashion not completely different from the narrative about Mr Saunders's undoubted drinking problem. That the police is capable of spin is not in doubt, and it is worth remembering that certain leading Met bosses - apart from Sir Iain Blair who was kept in the dark - unquestionably lied to the media in an attempt to cover their terrible mistake. Should an off-the-record relationship between police and press be allowed? Perhaps.
But there is another, crucial question here. By the way things are looking, the police will not get away with the kind of lies and spin they whipped up over Mr de Menezes. This is a good thing, despite the converse fact that the latter was entirely innocent, while Mr Saunders was, apparently, at the very least firing at neighbours's houses in his residential square.
Certainly it takes a lot for the centre-right press to dare, as it has this week, to ask any questions of police officers, not one of whom - it should be remembered - has ever, despite everything, been held to account for the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.
Could it be that in modern Britain the police killing of a white, middle class barrister in Sloane Square receives more scrutiny - and more justice - than a dark-skinned foreign electrician in south London?
Macintyre's account gives few details of the situation that the police encountered outside Saunder's home that led up to their decision to storm the house. This article in the Guardian provides those details:
Mark Saunders was shot dead by police when they feared that he would kill or seriously injure an officer or member of the public if he was not stopped, the Guardian has learned.
Details of the reasoning by police when faced by the barrister who began firing indiscriminately after drinking came on the day an inquest heard he had been shot at least five times, and by more than one officer.
Sources familiar with police decision-making say people had been still trapped in their homes in Markham Square, west London, when the 32-year-old opened fire on Tuesday afternoon. Officers considered trying to evacuate all the residents in the vicinity, but decided there was a risk that Saunders would open fire on anyone he could see from his window overlooking the square. They believed he would shoot any officer trying to get people out, and any of his neighbours.
Saunders came across as drunk, the sources said, and he displayed a highly volatile mood while talking to police who were trying to convince him to lay down his shotgun and surrender.
Experts say that three of the five shots - to Saunders's head, heart and liver - would have incapacitated him, and would have almost certainly proved lethal. These shots were fired as he and police were engaged in an exchange of fire for the third time, with Saunders holed up in his flat where he had fired from his second floor window three times over a 4½-hour period.
The sources say the plan had been to wait Saunders out, after he first opened fire in the direction of his neighbours, and then again at armed police called to the scene just before 5pm.
But that plan was scrapped when the former Territorial Army soldier fired at police from his window after 9pm.
A senior source told the Guardian: "It was the strong belief that he would shoot someone, either a police officer or resident who was trapped and emerged from their house or flat."
On Thursday his father, Rodney Saunders, questioned whether police had been obliged to use lethal force.
A senior police source said that storming the flat and trying to take him alive would have been highly dangerous to the officers involved. After he took the fatal shots the flat was stormed by armed officers using stun grenades.
Nine officers believe they opened fire during the siege; in keeping with police procedure the nine have been removed temporarily from firearms duties.
Yesterday an inquest into Saunders's death opened at City of Westminster coroner's court. Coroner's officer Lynda Morris told the hearing that Saunders did not use his shotgun on himself: "The multiple gunshot wounds present are associated with severe internal damage to the brain, the heart, the liver and the main vein of the lower body. The external and internal gunshot-related damage is consistent with a minimum of five shots having hit the deceased." She was reading a preliminary report by pathologist Nathaniel Cary.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the incident. Investigators said they were looking at various lines of inquiry, and refused to rule out the possibility he was trying to commit so-called "suicide by cop".
Somehow I think, given the circumstances of a drunk gunman firing at neighbors and police over more than a four hour period, that Macintyre's knee-jerk suspicions of foul play and the unreasonable use of deadly force are in themselves unreasonable. It is fine and proper to take the civil rights of a criminal into consideration, and to look for ways to resolve a situation without bloodshed, but never at the cost of putting the lives of the police and the public at undue risk. It is not like the British police have demonstrated a persistent pattern of deadly confrontations, yet their motives will be second and third guessed by people like Mcintyre, and they could quite possibly face charges.
These are the attitudes that prompted my comment in Human Psychology 101 about a "legal philosophy which makes the law-abiding citizen responsible for the safety and well-being of the law-breaker." Based on the facts as presented in the article, I can't say that the police acted improperly or with undue force or recklessness. I think they did their job properly.
If I were a homeowner in England who had to take drastic action to protect myself from an intruder, I would not feel in the least bit comforted if my jury were composed of people like Mcintyre. Not my definition of reasonable.


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The Caridina cf. babaulti Complex
There are many interesting shrimp in India and nearby countries. However, the species status of many of them is not clear and needs to be checked by scientists. Until this happens we will refer to these unknown species of shrimp as Caridina cf. babaulti complex.
Species Range
Many species and trade names belong to this complex including the Green babaulti (not the Dark Green Shrimp), the Indian Zebra Shrimp, Malaya Shrimp, "Rainbow Shrimp", "Blueberry Shrimp" etc. The situation gets even more complicated, as there seems to be several green species as well as several species sold as "rainbow shrimp." "Rainbow Shrimp" are often a crude mix of species in import shipments.
Water Parameters and Size
The varities which the Caridina cf. babaulti complex encompasses all have a common size of about 3cm max. You can keep and feed all of them like any other shrimp; they eat a wide variety of foods. There are different opinions about which water quality they prefer, either hard and alkaline, or soft and acid. I think both can work as long as you avoid the extremes.
I breed them in my regular tap water, which is pH 7,8 and GH 12. These shrimp usually breed readily and have many eggs. However, the eggs are smaller than those of the Red Cherry Shrimp and the newly hatched shrimp are tinier and thus more difficult to raise. A well cycled, older tank is recommended. Some people even claim to have witnessed that these shrimp do not have a completely suppressed larval stage, but instead live as substrate-oriented larvae during their very first hours. I have not paid close attention to how long one generation does take, but the shrimplets do grow rather slow even compared to the Crystal Red Shrimp. These species are very productive and can breed in huge numbers. However, they are not as easy to raise as Neocaridina shrimp.
Here are a few of the varities that fall under this complex:
Green Shrimp: there are several species of green shrimp. Those I do keep can change color from green to red, blueish and brown, depending mostly on the substrate. However the eggs and ovaria are always green. I tried selective breeding for color morphs, but there does not seem to be a genetic basis. Please note that these are not the Dark Green Shrimp. Photo of Green Shrimp below.
Indian Zebra Shrimp: If you do buy wild caught specimes of the Indian Zebra Shrimp, you will probably end up with a mix of both striped and non-striped shrimp and some with light or incorrect stripes. All I can say right now is that the stripes are not a recessive trait, probably simple dominant like they are in dwarf crayfish, or could even be more complicated. These shrimp are able to breed at a very small size. Photo of Indian Zebra Shrimp below.
Malaya Shrimp: This species is said to be imported from Malaya, however imports are very infrequent and there is only a small number of breeders for that species so it is rather difficult to acquire. Females can have a wide array of brown and red colors with a white to yellow/orange stripe along back along with some smaller transversing stripes. Males are almost translucent and of poor color. They are smaller than the females. For more information on the Malaya Shrimp please click here. Photo below of a group of Malaya Shrimp.
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text: Just in time for your Halloween décor, these quick printable houses look great nestled among some pumpkins or fall leaves. Add the spooky Forest (included in this set) and you have a Haunted scene worthy of your mantelpiece, dining table, or favorite shelf. Print more than one for a larger village! Printable set includes 6 pages with 4 houses, and 5 trees to create your own haunted village.


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a mid-summer currently.
summer semester is over - let freedom ring
Today I am experiencing a huge pull to write again (and the logistics of my new blog have yet to be sorted out), and I thought I would scrawl out a quick little currently post. As some of you may know, I used to host a link-up called The Sunday Currently, where I shared what was going on in my life each week. Rather than try to write a from-scratch post today, I thought I would revert back to this old familiar favorite of mine.
So, on this mid-summer day, I am currently...
READING nothing at this exact moment. If you would have asked me a couple of days ago, I would have told you all about the study guides I was reading in preparation for my final exams, but as it happens, those are now complete, and I am in this weird limbo land where I have nothing to do. I plan to start reading Go Set A Watchman, by Harper Lee, which my classmate Jessica has loaned out to me. I greatly enjoyed To Kill A Mockingbird, so I am looking forward to this new sampling of Lee's work.
WRITING is something that I need in my life. I have said this many times before, but it is ringing especially true this morning (or, well, afternoon). I find that every time I experience a major life event, I am pulled back to this space, and that is how I know that I a meant to continue blogging.
LISTENING to the whir and clink of our ceiling fan, the stirrings of Tahoe every once in a while as she naps, as well as Justin as we discuss bill-paying and finances. Standard Saturday business around here.
THINKING that life is short, but sweet. I found out last night that a dear family pet has passed away, and though I am extremely sad over it, I know that she had a wonderful, full life. I will always miss her, and I am profoundly sad that she will not be there to greet me when I go home to Shreveport in August.
SMELLING like Cactus Verde lately, which is a perfume that I picked up in Anthropologie when we visited Charleston in May. I love it.
WISHING I had gotten up early this morning, but I had a late night with friends, which is always worth it.
HOPING for a productive rest of the day, rest of the weekend, and entire next week! Soon, we jet off to Wyoming for a much-needed vacation, and I can't wait. And then, it's off to Shreveport.
WEARING scarves like it's my job. I think the summer scarf is an oft-forgotten and underestimated comfort.
LOVING my life and all of the people and animals in it. I take nothing for granted. I feel very, very lucky and blessed to be living this life. I am content, I am overjoyed. I am thankful.
WANTING something good for lunch. I wonder what we will end up feasting on? An afternoon pot of coffee wouldn't be too bad, either.
NEEDING a long, hot shower. I find that they are restorative and good for the soul. I need that today. Perhaps after my afternoon run and long walk with Tahoe?
FEELING nostalgic, emotional, sad, happy, and relieved all at the same time.
CLICKING Lush's website a lot lately, filling my cart with wonderful bath goodies I hope to someday purchase, as well as Teavana's site, for the same - albeit tea-related - purposes.
What are you doing? I know we haven't spoken in quite some time, but I would love to hear from you. I hope you all have a wonderful, safe, relaxing, productive weekend.


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Raina is a melee, tanky support that works best in initiating fights and taking the blows dealt to her. Raina is generally a laner because of her support-like nature. Raina's ability to tank extremely well make her very good for diving turrets and securing kills. In teamfights, Raina fills a niche role of tank, as she can simply take the punishment and CC the enemy team to death with her ult and Q. Raina's ability to control an enemy team and make possible plays that could not occur otherwise make her a potent shaper, one that should not be taken lightly.
|Raina, the Archivist
|Age: 25
|Place of Birth: Risenne, Queendom of Chassart
|Vitality: Preservation
|Allies: Zalgus
|Acquaintances: Kindra
|Enemies: None
The daughter and heir of a prominent northern Duchess, Raina's plans for life revolved around the written word. A voracious reader of ancient history and disreputable fiction, she took up the powers of the Preservation Vitality to protect her friends and her books from raiders.
Dear Queen Sereyn,
Thank you for the recent shipment of books; I've long finished the ones I brought with me. I was delighted to see you included the latest collection of "Shades of Dusk." You know me so well. I did keep it out of sight of our entourage. I can't imagine what my brother would say if he caught me blushing over such a tawdry work.
Please find in my correspondence our first patch of notes on the flora and fauna of the holy woods. The collection at the abbey has proven quite inadequate. I've begun to suspect some of them might have been outright fiction. For example, I have yet to see a single horse with a horn on its head. There are, however, little blue creatures that resemble grumbling mushrooms. I don't recall any mention of them at all.
I suppose it's possible that the blue fungus ate all the horned horses. I'll need to test this hypothesis. I'm sure one of your guards will be happy to loan me a charger and some glue.
Speaking of my research, the next time you send us supplies, would you be able to include Kerbelle's "A Brief Treatise on Successful Personal Interactions?" It's clearly been too long since I've read it, because I've had no success at all befriending the local peasants. Just yesterday I asked one of the herdsmen a simple twelve-part question on taxonomy of local fruit bearing shrub, and all he said in reply was, and I quote, "They's (sic) good eating. Wait until they turn blue."
It's in my quarters, sixth bookcase from the door along the right-hand wall, third shelf from the top. Whoever fetches it will need a ladder.
Your Faithful Student, Raina Tallund
Discipline Shaper - Steadfast
Passive Ability
Raina uses Discipline to cast her abilities. Raina heals 12 to 40 (based on level) each time she successfully Basic Attacks. The amount healed is doubled against Shapers and has a 6 second cooldown.
Repelling Strike
Hotkey: Q
Raina charges at target enemy and swings her shield, dealing 65/100/135/170/205 (+50% Power) physical damage to all enemies in front of her and knocking them back. Generates 5 (scales with haste) Discipline per target hit (max 20).
Bastion of the North
Hotkey: W
Passive: Raina's discipline gives her strength, increasing her Armor and Magic Resistance by 9/13/17/21/25.
Hotkey: E
Raina slams the ground, launching a shockwave at target enemy that deals 50/85/120/155/190 (+40% Power) physical damage and reduces their movement speed by 30/35/40/45/50% for 3 seconds before splitting and hitting up to 3 other enemies behind the first, dealing 50/85/120/155/190 (+40% Power) physical damage to each. Generates 5 (scales with haste) discipline per target hit.
Wisdom's Reach
Hotkey: R
Raina throws her hammer, Wisdom's Reach, in target direction. Upon hitting an enemy Shaper, or at max distance, it emits a blast of force dealing 150/225/300 (+70% Power) physical damage to all enemies in an area and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
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Here are UX/UI designs that I've done for satellite & security sites at CLEARLINK; as well as Diabetic Connect and Overstock.com.
Here are a few of the many web pages that I've done for CLEARLINK, Diabetic Connect and Overstock.com
The first two emails I did for CLEARLINK's site, ADT/YourLocalSecurity.com. The rest are all emails I did for Overstock.com. We worked off a grid-based template to keep our designs clean.
Here are a few print ads I've done for Overstock.com that have appeared in Traditional Homes, Working Mom, Fresh Home, Delta Sky Mag, Martha Stewart Living magazines, among others. Also included are billboards I've designed for Reagan Outdoor Advertising. The billboard campaign "Don't let the 'Grandmother' Look fool you", ended up in Time Magazine as one of their favorite and "Most Memborable" campaigns of 2006. (11/6/06 issue).
Here are some logos I did for various companies through the years. A few of them came from 99 Designs.
Infographics that I designed for Overstock.com
Here are some fun random things that I've done for contests, gifts, or just for myself.


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Starting The Straw Bale Garden
We were at a local Starbucks for our usual Thursday jaw flapping session a few weeks ago when Kevin mentioned planning to start his straw bale garden soon. Neither Betsy nor I had heard of such a thing but found ourselves quite interested so we asked many questions and started browsing around the web to try to learn enough to give it a try for ourselves. Continue reading "Starting The Straw Bale Garden"
Aquaponics Update
We continue to experiment with our various aquaponics system configurations.
Watering Timer from Node-Red
I chose a Beaglebone Black controller for the current Arctostaphylos Cuttings project for two reasons. First, this board has analog inputs for the moisture and temperature sensors available without the need for any additional hardware. Second, I already had one laying on my desk not doing anything at all.
The Beaglebone advertises its native Node-Red interface on the welcome page. I had not used this framework before, but it looked interesting and simple enough. After a few minutes of playing around and getting familiar with how this framework actually works, I started stitching together a few nodes to create a watering system timer for this project.
Continue reading "Watering Timer from Node-Red"
First Roots
Update on the Arctostaphylos low energy, low cost, low water usage, rooting system. I am very excited today, I have roots!! So far there are very few problems. I have started an LED full spectrum light, and foliar feeding once a day. They were looking a bit depleted, but the feeding will help. There is no stem rot. I will treat them again with Root Shield in about 1 week. I started them on 1/22/18.
Rooting Arctostaphylos
I am excited about the latest development on rooting Arctostaphylos cuttings in our test system. The plant stems are swelling and starting to callus. That happens before rooting. Hopefully roots will be next! The little 12 volt pump seems to work great on solar. So we've gone solar on propagation, yippee! Tom did a great job coding me a clock and moisture sensor in Node Red. It tracks the moisture level and mist timer and gives me seemingly infinite control of how often and how long the runs the mist. What fun! Thank you my amazing husband.


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D-Shackle Captive Pin
Technical Data Casting material : Stainless Steel AISI316 – DIN 1.4408 Forging material : Stainless Steel AISI316 – DIN 1.4401 Surface treatment : "E.P." (Electro polished) Breaking load : Standard safety factor for working load is 1/4 of "T.D.L." (Tested deformation load) Field of Application Locking pin D-shackles are designed for application where accidental dropping of pin must be avoided during operation. eg. installation of shade sails.


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I'm very proud that we managed this!
Aus was actually a great helper… Noah not so much. He sat on the boards while I was trying to lift them and slot them in, he ran and crawled on the underlay while I was trying to lay it because he liked the feel of it and he kept stealing my tools. But who could get mad when he was always giving me big cheesy grins like this:
Aus always brought my tools back so I could continue working and he stood on the end of each board to hold it down as I whacked the other end in to place. Then he would say 'want me to get you another board Mum?'. He also did such a great job of keeping the secret, on the phone to Dad he would say 'Daddy we have a big surprise for you, but I can't tell you what it is!'… just to torture poor Jem :) When we finished we stood at the end surveying our handwork and he said 'Cool floor Mum, can I get my cars to race on it now?'
These photos were taken today with the new camera (yes still in love).
We did have one slight hiccup… the morning after we finished the floor I came out in the morning to find a lovely picture drawn in pencil all over the new floor. Gah!!
When asked why he drew all over the precious floor, Aus replied that he was measuring where it had to be cut, like he had seen me do around the doorways. Monkey see I guess, well at least he'll be good at carpentry when he's older :)
More pictures of the goings on to come!


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This is a lovely shift dress from the Japanese 1970's. The fabric is a purple, navy and white floral polyester, lined with rayon. The pleated collar enhances the bust line very elegantly. The dress opens with a zipper on the back. The demo belt is not included but the dress comes with its own fabric belt.
Estimated size: would fit S or M best, depending mostly on your shoulder measurements.
Material: polyester – rayon lining
No brand label, made in Japan
Condition: excellent
Neck: 6″1/4 – 16cm
Shoulders: 14″1/2 – 37cm
Bust: 19″ – 48.5cm
Waist: 21″ – 53cm
Hips: 22″1/2 – 57cm
Hem: 25″ – 64cm
Length: 43″ – 109cm
Sleeves length: 9″1/2 – 24cm
Sleeves width: 6″3/4 – 17cm
Available on Etsy.