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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Apple Pie Filling for Canning - Tutorial - PPP
So here are the ingredients you will need.
6 quarts of peeled and sliced apples (good sweet and tart apples)
1 1/2 cups Clear Jel
3 cups sugar
5 cups apple juice (can use water if you don't have any juice)
2 cups water
3/4 cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
Now for how to do it.
1. Start with good tart apples. Tart means tangy and sweet like Jonathan, Macintosh, Jonagold, or even Fuji and NOT sour like Granny Smith apples.
2. Peel and slice your apples. You can put them on an apple peeler, corer, slicer if you have it or do it by hand.
3. Place the apples in a large pot with some water and steam/boil them for 4 to 6 minutes depending on how soft your apples are. Take them right off the heat and drain them. Save that water to use as your water later in the recipe.
4. Mix the clear jel, sugar, juice, water, salt and cinnamon in a large pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the lemon juice. This will get really thick really fast.
(Sorry my stove top was filthy with canning crud on it all day from making loads of apple sauce.)
5. Add the apples to the jel stuff and mix well. Pour it into clean, sterilized jars and process in a water bath canner or steam canner for about 25 minutes. It makes about 7 quarts pie filling.
There you have yummy apple pie filling just waiting to be poured into a crust and baked. I understand that this isn't enough to make a pie. You will need 1 1/2 jars to make one good sized pie. So I guess that means you would have to use three jars and make two pies. Hmmm.... What is better than a hot apple pie? Two hot apple pies. hee hee
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- Marylois said...
Our Jonathan apple tree lost one half of itself this summer to a wind storm but it seems to have been the best thing for it. Our tree has never produced so many loving big apples. I just finished making my third batch of apple pie filling. Yummy! I have also been making applesauce. I plan to make more sauce and put some in the dehydrator. It is good stuff! I like to use the pie filling in braided sweet yeast bread this time of year too.
- 2:08 PM, October 02, 2008
- Karen said...
You inspired me to try and can apple pie filling. I made 14 quart. I made apple crisp with the pie filling. It was wonderful. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will do this again next year.
- 6:54 PM, October 25, 2009
- Lucy said...
Karen, I am so pleased you gave it a try. I am on my second year of making this and will be canning a bunch of pie filling tomorrow moring since I don't have to work.
- 7:47 PM, October 25, 2009


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Posted by David Tucker in "Zune Events" @ 11:31 AM
That's why I really like what Microsoft is doing when they team up with Live Nation which has tons of different concerts in many venues around the country to promote the Zune. The first concert is today in Phoenix, AZ but that's only the start. If you attend one of the concerts that Zune is partnered with, take a flyer you can print up from Zune 's Live Nation website. The first 50 people get VIP treatment in the Zune Zone. Lawn chairs, wait staff and maybe even a Zune gift.
In addition to all of this, Zune has a contest up to win one of four trips to see a concert in California, Virginia or Colorado. These are some great venues and come complete with a two day, one night stay in a hotel, airfare, spending money, transportation and a pair of Zune players. Yes, this is a trip for you and a friend or loved one.
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Symantec Buys Spam Killer, Gets Street CredBy Baselinemag | Posted 2005-03-07 Print
Symantec joined the spam-busting big leagues by acquiring Brightmail, but some wonder if the company is keeping its eye on the ball.
A year ago, Symantec was in the bush leagues of antispam vendors. The company, as part of its mail security software package, offered only a basic spam-blocking feature that guessed whether messages were spam and let companies manually maintain blacklists of keywords and the addresses of known spammers.
Symantec finally got serious about the market in May 2004, when it plunked down $370 million to buy Brightmail, whose approach to identifying spam was based on a network of 2 million "probe" mailboxes. Also last year, Symantec picked up a smaller startup, TurnTide, which developed a network device that squeezes down bandwidth from spammers' e-mail servers.
For Brightmail customer Chris Zeck, manager of infrastructure engineering at Bechtel, Symantec's takeover was reassuring. "Symantec is here to stay, so we know Brightmail isn't going away," Zeck says. "Brightmail has been effective for us." He says the software has ably handled the tenfold increase in spam sent to Bechtel's 19,000 employees over the past year and a half, and that the number of legitimate e-mail messages the system inaccurately blocks as spam is "near zero."
But some worry that Symantecwhich is in the middle of a planned $13.5 billion acquisition of storage software vendor Veritascould dilute Brightmail's singular focus on spam. "I'm not sure Symantec is that pressed to compete in the antispam market," says Brandon Bianchi, network engineer at Pelco, a video-surveillance equipment company. Symantec, he notes, has released one update to Brightmail AntiSpam since acquiring the company, whereas Brightmail used to issue releases every few months.
Also "a little concerned" about Symantec's Brightmail acquisition is Leo Ghazarian, manager of information technology at footwear company Asics America. He likes the Brightmail software because it works well and requires minimal maintenance. "My worry is that the future growth path might not be as aggressive," he says.
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Spectacular Winter Dinners!
Posted on January 6, 2009 by Glutenfreeda
Every once in a while we come across some incredible meals that deserve a little extra mention. This month we have two outstanding meals that will impress even the world's biggest food critic. Given that these meals are extraordinary, they do take a little time to prepare, so if you are feeling "gourmet" this month, roll up your sleeves and get ready!
Seared Cod Topped with Cod Cakes and Rich & Creamy Chowder
Our first meal is Seared Cod Topped with Cod Cakes and Rich & Creamy Chowder. This is a very rich dish and should only be served in small portions. Pair this with a Caesar Salad and gf French Bread for a wonderful winter meal. This meal serves 4.
To begin, start by buying about 1-1/2 lbs. of cod fillet. Be sure to remove all the bones before proceeding. Trim the cod so that you have (4) 2×3 inch pieces of cod (choose the center cuts for your pieces so they are all an even thickness). Cover the cod pieces and refrigerate.
Prepare your rich and creamy clam chowder by following the directions in Rich & Creamy Clam Chowder. Keep warm over low heat.
Next make the cod cakes with the remaining 3/4 lb. of cod. For a complete description on how to make cod cakes see this month's recipe for Cod Cakes. Drain the cod cakes on paper towels and keep warm in a 200 °F oven.
Heat a large, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon canola oil and 1 tablespoon unsalted butter. Season the reserved cod pieces with salt and white pepper. When the skillet is hot, add the cod pieces. Sear the cod on both sides, about 5-6 minutes total, or until the cod flakes easily with a fork.
To assemble, place a small pool of the Rich & Creamy Chowder in the center of a plate. Place the seared cod on top of the chowder. Top with a cod cake and spoon 1/4 cup of the chowder over the top. Garnish with thyme sprigs. Repeat this presentation with the remaining servings.
Roasted Rib Steak with Portobello's and Pommes Anna
This is a delicious, heart-warming dish that is perfect for the cold evenings of winter. Pour a glass of good red wine and enjoy! This recipe will serve 4.
Prepare the Roasted Rib Steak with Portobello's from our Recipe File. While the steak is cooking, prepare the Pommes Anna.
To make the potatoes, take 10 pitted prunes and cover them in a saucepan with 1 cup of gf chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated and the prunes are soft, plump and juicy. Transfer the prunes to a cutting board and finely chop. Transfer the prunes to a medium bowl and add 1 small minced shallot, 1 small minced garlic and 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh rosemary. Adjust seasonings to taste with salt. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 400 °F. Peel 2 pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes. Using a mandoline, slice the potatoes thinly. Place the potato slices in a bowl of cold water for 1 minute. Remove the potatoes and drain on paper towels. Place 2 tablespoons of clarified butter in an ovenproof, skillet. Place 1 layer of potato slices on the bottom of the pan, overlapping them slightly. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Lay another layer of potatoes on top of the first. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spread 1/2 of the prune mixture over the potatoes, leaving about 1/2 inch border. Place two more layers of potatoes on top the prunes, seasoning with salt and freshly ground black pepper between layers. Spread the remaining prunes over the top. Finish by layering 2 final layers of potatoes over the top. Pour 1/4 cup of clarified butter over the top of the potatoes and place the skillet over medium-low heat. Once the butter begins to bubble, cook for 4-5 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally to release it from the bottom of the pan. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are well-browned and crisp. Invert the potato cake onto a board or serving platter. Cut in wedges.
To serve, slice the meat against the grain into 1/4 inch slices. Lay 3 slices of meat on a dinner plate, overlapping slightly. Place a wedge of Pommes Anna along the side of the meat. Top the meat slices with the Portobello's and spoon the sauce over the top. Garnish with a rosemary sprig.
We hope you enjoy these fabulous winter dishes as much as we did! Bon Appétit!
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"You aim at a devout life, dear Philothea, because as a Christian you know that such devotion is most acceptable to God's Divine Majesty," says St. Francis de Sales in his book "Introduction to the Devout Life". And we can all be Philotheas, as St. Francis notes: "I have made use of a name suitable to all who seek the devout life, Philothea meaning one who loves God."
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A great, great woman. I knew her son and she sent me, back in the 90s, a copy of this book. At the time (so I believe) she remained in the main body of the Church, accepting, with great difficulty, all the abuses going on around her.
But, by the year 2000 she had experienced enough and opted for the traditional TLM only.
May God have mercy on her Soul.
I, too, would *attend* exclusively the TLM (or extra-ordinary form of the Holy Sacrifice) if it were only available to us.
Mr. Collins, when you say Mrs. Muggeridge "opted of the traditional TLM only" are you saying she rejected the Novus Ordo?
Dr. Boyd, Mrs. Muggeridge's book should be *mandatory* reading for any Catholic who claims to be orthodox. It is flat excellent. This book, along with Von Hildebrand's "The Devastated Vineyard," really helped me get a better ounderstanding of the revolution that has gone on in the Church since the close of V2. (these two to name only a few - I have read *many*)
Regarding questionable Biblical scholarship via the *exclusive* use of the so-called historical-critical method, I recommend reading these two books:
"Covenant and Communion: The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI" by Dr. Scott Hahn
"The New Biblical Theorists: Raymond E. Brown and Beyond" by Msgr. George Kelly
Tremendous works that help explain a lot regarding the goings on in the Church these last 50 years or so.


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Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, always trying to be warmth and light, focuses on parenting, and the unique struggles of raising a large Catholic family in the modern age. Updates on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday...and sometimes more!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Remembering September 11th
What I remember of those days is the tremendous courage of the firemen and personnel who went up into those two buildings. I remember all the false reports. I remember being grateful for cell phones and for the fact that my husband and a friend decided to come home even though they had to hoof it part of the way to get to an open metro station. Listening to the air force fly fighters overhead felt eerie that evening and the next and the next and I wondered if I'd ever hear a plane fly by without flinching again. Suddenly living just outside of DC felt like I was sitting on a giant target and sending my husband into the city two blocks from the White House, something terribly fraught with peril. The first day he went back to work, I felt positively jumpy the whole day and became temporarily addicted to having the news on wherever I was, 24-7. I was terribly afraid of something happening, and of somehow not knowing.
Nine years later, the video is still painfully raw when you watch it unedited, unscripted. The pictures of people covered in the soot of 105 floors still haunts, as do all the pictures of memorials from people looking for loved ones who never got to come home after that picture perfect fall morning.
So hug your children, call your folks and fly the flag. Thank God for those who are willing to put themselves in harm's way to protect our freedoms and secure our liberties; give blood and if you can, donate to a charity for those who sacrifice everything. Remember the 2,977 people lost and all the families that were ripped apart as a result. Say a prayer for our country, for everyone, and never, never forget.
4 comments:
- Bill Tammeus said...
Thanks, Sherry. Peace, Bill Tammeus
- September 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Amen, Sherry. Stopped at a traffic light in Germantown yesterday morning, we saw three Harley riders holding a huge flag. People were driving by, oblivious.
My 5 year old asked why they were there and without going into too much detail I explained that they were remembering a very sad day in the USA and honoring some people who were heroes.
She asked if we could lower the window and thank them. As we drove by she shouted USA USA USA... Then she told me she was proud to be an American. Where do kids get this stuff? So proud of her too.
- September 12, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Electronic Sally said...
Touching post! Scary to think how much time has passed- the anxiety I have is like it happened yesterday.....
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The Vampire Diaries' star Kat Graham and her adorable pooch Izzy for a walk in her mint green PUMA wedge sneakers on April 1, 2014 in LA.
Kat plays witch, Bonnie Bennett on the popular television show The Vampire Diaries. Not only is Kat on television but she is also a musician. She released her debut EP Against the Wall with single video "Put Your Graffiti On Me" receiving over a million views on YouTube.
Kate also recently released a new docu-series Breaking the Record, which details the journey of releasing and promoting her new album. In a statement about the series she released the following statement:
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|Four strong innings from Schneider on Sunday
He matched that Sunday, going four scoreless innings giving up only 3 hits and walking none. Problem is, he trotted back out for a fifth inning. It didn't end as well as it started for Schneider, as he gave up a lead-off home run, two singles, and a double in the next two-thirds of an inning, and left trailing 3-0. Ryan Keller got the final out of the 5th, then imploded in the sixth giving up 3 hits - including 2 home runs and walked two while only recording a single out. Tim Peabody allowed a run to score, and by the time the dust cleared, it was 8-0 Bellingham. The score would hold the rest of the way as both teams failed to mount any further offence. Peabody had a serviceable rest of the game, giving up no more runs on only 2 hits - but keeping it interesting by walking 4 more. Bellingham starter Seth Martinez was lights-out all day, giving up only 3 hits in six innings. He moves to 5-0 on the season, lowering his ERA to 2.35 in the process.
However it's not as much about Sunday's game as it was about the entire weekend. Taking two of three from the Bells is no small feat - this is only the third time this season that Bellingham has lost a series, and they have never been swept, so a win Sunday was a long shot to begin with.
This weekend proved that the HarbourCats are not far away from being a contending team in this league. Friday and Saturday's games were perfect examples of what the right lineup can do behind some solid pitching. For maybe the first time this year, the Cats got the clutch hit each time they needed one, and made the outs when they mattered most. Injuries gave way to a solid lineup that - from top to bottom - was good enough to be a constant threat. Sunday showed the opposite. Shaky pitching - or more precisely pitching stretched beyond it's means - is the downfall of this year's HarbourCats team. When Schneider completed four strong, there wasn't a group of 1-2 inning guys capable of getting the game past the mid innings. They all left last week - Angel Delgado instagram'ed a beautiful picture of the pool at the Riu Santa Fe in Cabo San Lucas this morning, he could have given a couple solid innings. Torrres-Costa, Watkins? They could have helped if they were still around...
But you can't get too down on what you saw this weekend. A textbook 4-2 win Friday, a last-bat walk off win Saturday, and a tired pitching staff outgunned by a solid Bells starter on Sunday. You couldn't ask for much more.
Except for maybe a deeper bullpen.
Six precious games left in the HarbourCat season. Three at home starting next Friday night - be there!
- Cats owner John McLean shared an interesting tidbit about the Bells... The team's home stadium is no longer available to them this year. They will finish the year on the road, and come playoff time, will have to play all games in the opposing park. This is due to a major renovation going on to their home park, Joe Martin field. The park is known for it's lack of drainage and poor field condition, and is getting a complete overhaul that includes an artificial surface. Timing isn't great, but I suspect they need all the time they can get at the end of summer before it starts to rain to do the field prep. The Bells will certainly have to be road warriors to take the WCL crown this year.
- There was an expectation that Mikey Wright would be on the mound today. The starter had a setback in Wenatchee back on July 29 and hasn't been seen since. Injury or doghouse is anyone's guess.
- It's clear that Preston Ryan needs another start. He has had three solid appearances in a row and his six innings of work Saturday show he's got some stamina. How about having him start, and moving Andrew Nelson to the pen? Nelson has shown he's good for 2 innings - once through the order - before he sets himself on fire. Seems like a logical swap to me.
- In 32.2 innings of work this year, Peabody has allowed 70 batters to reach base, 38 by the walk.
- If you follow us on instagram (and if not, why don't you!), you saw the comment about Aaron Barnett. He's the consummate great teammate - at the end of every inning, where he's usually hustled down the line to first to back up the throw, he walks back onto the field to his pitcher and gives him a glove-bump, an 'ata-boy, and walks back to the dugout beside his hurler. I don't care who you are on the mound, that has to pump you up knowing that guy is in your corner. Catchers everywhere could learn a thing or two from Mr. Barnett.
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Ahlu Sunna detains 2 NISA officers in Dhusamareb city
Ahlu Sunna Waljama fighters have detained two officers serving with Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Dhusamareb town in the central Galgadud region.
The two officers whose names are not yet revealed have been captured after entering the town without the permission of Ahlu Sunna Waljama officials, according to local residents.
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Monday, July 24, 2017
Obscurity of the Day: Us Girls
Edith Stevens wasn't any great shakes as a cartoonist, and as a humorist, well, I wouldn't exactly put her in Al Capp or Rube Goldberg territory. What she did have was more important than either of these qualities -- a devoted following among the lady readers of the Boston Post. Popularity can trump talent in a local cartooning gig, even in a big newspaper town like Boston.
Us Girls debuted in the paper on March 4 1929, and if you think Ms. Stevens' drawing ability was a mite crude in the above examples from 1939-43, trust me that she had improved quite a bit by then. Crude drawing notwithstanding, Us Girls seems to have struck a chord with the female population. Stevens' humor was definitely aimed directly at women, looking endlessly at the dynamics of female friendship -- men very rarely made an appearance in her work. Stevens was also very interested in fashion, and she occasionally dispensed with the humor altogether to draw a group of vignettes about the latest styles.
During World War II, Stevens' cartoons began to appear with less frequency in the Post, sometimes disappearing for weeks at a time, and then appearing weekly for long stretches. After the war, Us Girls appears more frequently, but still doesn't go back to being a consistent daily. It seems that Stevens' work was welcomed by the Post when and if the spirit moved her to draw one.
With the Boston Post microfilm available only at the Boston Public Library, my research time was so precious while there that I had to give up the chase for an end date for Us Girls in the reels of 1950, when it was still appearing. The Post folded in 1956, so presumably somewhere in that 1950-56 timeframe Us Girls came to its end. Or so I thought. An online search reveals this 1962 advertisement in the Troy Record:
Did Us Girls move over to the Boston Globe when the Post folded? This 1962 ad would seem to indicate, in a roundabout way, that that was indeed the case. The research never ends ....
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Great Britain were cruelly denied a medal in the men's Olympic team final after Louis Smith fell off the pommel horse in Rio. Team GB looked on course for a podium place but Smith's error allowed the quintets from Japan, Russia and China to scoop the medals.
The team of Brinn Bevan, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson and Smith were fourth going into the final piece of apparatus. But with Whitlock and Smith having finished first and second at last year's world championships they looked well placed to claim at least a bronze.
But Smith's mistake scuppered those ambitions and saw them finish on 269.752, one-and-a-half points behind China — who won a surprise bronze medal. Japan, led by Kohei Uchimura who appeared on all five pieces, took gold ahead of the controversial Russia team who were only admitted into the competition after the International Olympic Committee decided against a blanket ban.
It was a similarly agonising story for Britain in the rugby sevens, as GB women missed out on a medal after being beaten to the bronze by Canada. Despite having beaten the Canadians in the pool stage, the after-affects from the defeat to New Zealand in the semi-final was clear for all to see.
Tries from Karen Paquin, Ghislaine Landry, Kelly Russell secured the win for Canada, who win the first medal in rugby sevens Olympic history, to leave Britain empty handed and disconsolate at full time.
Captain Emily Scarett told BBC Sport: "We weren't good enough tonight. Only teams good enough win medals and that wasn't us. We gave it everything but we came up short. It's a brutal game and you have to be on the ball all the time. We beat Canada yesterday but it means nothing if you do not beat them in the knock-out stage.
"Fair play to them they came out today and played the way they wanted to and got the result. Canada are always very physical and they brought the game to us. If you're on the back foot you're on a loss to start with. We gave it all and we weren't up to scratch and that happens in sport unfortunately."


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March 1, 2001
Decimal Critics Wrong
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Decimalization has arrived to a cascade of boos from buyside traders, spurred on by the Street's major block trading desks. Prices move with maddeningly slow speed, investors cannot see where "size" lives without a phone call to the floor, and institutions believe that orders are increasingly "gamed."
Changes to market structure often provoke this reaction. It reminds me of the early days when Instinet began to transform the way stocks traded in Nasdaq. Fat, lazy days of 1/4 and 1/2 spreads, accompanied by frequent stories of "XYZ" trading firm "in ahead" yielded over time to 1/256 spreads with lightening fast execution ability.
Behavioral finance emerged during the past decade with insights that most investors do not behave rationally as Nobel Prize winners assumed in the "Efficient Market Hypothesis." Traders and portfolio managers have relied on this "gut" intuition for generations as they scrutinize bullish consensus numbers, analysts' mean earnings estimates, and cycles of dot.com boom and bust. Rational and intelligent people often make bad judgments by using incomplete data to assess and manage risk.
Eighth Jumping!
I'm afraid that's where we are today in the reaction to the market's conversion to the decimal system. NYSE operatives began to whisper about "penny jumping" months before all stocks there traded in decimals. Traders recite that sound byte as a sort of mantra. Fears about "penny jumping" belie traders' failure to recognize that for years NYSE specialist and floor traders have "eighth jumped" with impunity.
The conversion to decimals shines a bright light on NYSE rules that mandate human intermediation - the specialist's hand - in every trade, and on a market that disdains price and time priority as an important feature of market quality. Now that we're trading in pennies, the "jumping" is just easier for all to see. And the "excuse" by brokers that they have been "jumped," is but another in a long list of oft-repeated explanations for a broker's lapse in judgment.
Many traders mistakenly assume that the NYSE operates on a price and time priority basis. Comment letters recently filed by the Investment Company Institute in response to Nasdaq's SuperMontage filing reiterated the buyside's strong consensus view that price and time priority is the most critical underpinning of market quality. Ironically, the lack of such cogent Nasdaq order interaction rules has been more readily apparent than at the NYSE. Much of the buyside backlash to decimals may be attributable to the startling revelation that the NYSE treats limit orders as "free options" for the floor and severely constricts the flow of information to investors about market depth.
Big Board Flipping
For years, NYSE exchange staff has focused on monitoring and controlling "flipping." The only price and time priority enforced on the NYSE floor applies to orders queued on the specialist book. Orders managed by brokers in the crowd are accorded a pro-rata "participation" right at a price, with no regard for time of order arrival. Minimum trading increments of 1/8 stimulated aggressive proprietary trading strategies based on the "free options" granted by those using limit orders.


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Monday, 11 April 2016
project 366: 095-101
095: My lil' tomatoes are growing very nicely. Even now, when it's literally only a week later, they've gotten so much bigger already.
096: My first day that I completely forgot to take a photo. How sad. But I basically just worked and slept on Tuesday.
097: A very similar day to Tuesday; work, saw Batman v Superman, and slept. Here's some new Moomin fridge magnets I got though, the one on the left and the bottom one are new gifts I got:-)
098: Still avidly reading Christie.
099: Feeling like a 9-year-old in such a good way.
100: In addition to Christie, I've also been reading poetry quite a bit.
101: The weather on Sunday was A+. It was the first day that I felt like it truly was spring. (We don't even have that much snow anymore.)
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- Hena Tayeb said...
Love Agatha Christie..
Yay tomatoes!
My eldest just got his hands on his first ever candy necklace.. he sneaks into bed and is eating it slowly.. making sure his little brother doesn't find out.
- 11 April 2016 at 18:52
- Amy said...
These photos are all so prefect for spring! I love the one of your tomato plant, it makes me want to start growing some more plants ♥
Amy xx
Little Moon Dragon
- 12 April 2016 at 23:23
- Joseph Pulikotil said...
Agatha Christie is a fabulous writer and she has written wonderful detective novels. The books written by Earle Stanley Gardner and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are also very interesting.
I am half way through reading the poems of William Wordsworth
Fantastic photos.
Best wishes
- 14 April 2016 at 15:24
- Jessica Acton said...
What a gorgeous tomato plant! I love growing veggies, although I'm not very good at it. My flat is so surrounded by tall buildings that I don't get enough light to grow things in my window sill. I love the candy necklace too, I remember having those as a child and ending up with a sticky neck from where I'd been eating it. So gross! Yours looks much more sophisticated ;) xx
- 15 April 2016 at 00:41
- E said...
I haven't read Christie in ages but I would I could really go for one of her books right now - perfect summer holiday reading!
District of Chic
- 15 April 2016 at 03:30
- E said...
I haven't read Christie in ages but I would I could really go for one of her books right now - perfect summer holiday reading!
District of Chic
- 15 April 2016 at 03:30
- Optimistic Existentialist said...
Hello dear friend. Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors. And I love that cloud shot :)
- 15 April 2016 at 09:42
- Laura Jones said...
Hena Tayeb - i do love a good evening with agatha christie, too:-) and i do love tomatoes as well, hehe! haha, that is too cute, hon! xx
Amy - thank you, lovely! growing plants is so much fun (i might have too many already, though)! :-) xx
Joseph Pulikotil - christie and conan doyle are both great, i've not read anything of earle stanley gardner though! and wordsworth is always worth reading as well:-) thank you, pal! x
Jessica Acton - i love growing plants as well, it's just such a fun and rewarding lil' hobby:-) and most of the vegetable seeds i buy are guaranteed to succeed, so they're kind of "easier" to grow, haha. shame about the tall buildings! haha, thanks, darling! i'd like to think i looked more sophisticated than a 5-year-old but the reality may have been different.. xxx
E - her books are perfect for any holiday when you pick the right one, gal! but i'll definitely be reading more christie in the summer:-) x
Optimistic Existentialist - mine too! and thanks, friend! x
- 17 April 2016 at 12:36


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Emily Parsons-Lord, a creative who uses her knowledge of climate research to her advantage, explains her perception of the influence of air in her talk on visual art.
She begins by telling her audience a few of the many ways that the air they breathe every day can change dramatically. She explains this by saying that "all life on earth changes the air through gas exchange." Once telling her audience this, she invites them to take a stab at it themselves, by taking a big breath in and out together. Through this example, Emily Parsons-Lord shows how air can be thought of in many different ways, as it is "simultaneously as small as our breathing and as big as the planet."
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'Glam Opera' Band Takes the Stage at Downstreet Art July 25
NORTH ADAMS, MASS. - DownStreet Art, an initiative of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' (MCLA) Berkshire Cultural Resource Center (BCRC) will kick off its second DownStreet Art Thursday with a performance by Timur and the Dime Museum on Thursday, July 25, in downtown North Adams.
This performance by Timur and the Dime Museum, a "dark glam opera band," will be part of all the night's festivities this DownStreet Art Thursday. The event, 6-9 p.m., also will include eight gallery openings, street performers and other musical performers.
Timur and the Dime Museum were described by Los Angeles Times as "punk-operatic spectacle." They appeared at the prestigious ALOUD series and on "America's Got Talent," The band has opened for Tiger Lilies, The Red Paintings, Mucca Pazza, Prince Poppycock, Un-cabaret (Margaret Cho), premiered operas "Zoophilic Follies" by Daniel Corral at Redcat Theater's NOW festival, and "Crescent City" by Anne LeBaron and the Industry LA.
Led by tenor Timur Bekbosunov, the band fuses alternative indie operatic sounds with Bjork fierceness and Screamin' Jay Hawkins theatricality. They were featured in LA Weekly's "BEST OF LA~2011."
According to the LA Times, the group is a "Punk-operatic spectacle," that Arches described as "smart, witty, virtuosic."
LA Weekly called Bekbosunov a "brilliant architect of tension," and Q on Stage said he is a "post-modern Svengali."
Over the past two years, Timur and the Dime Museum have performed in numerous venues around Los Angeles, Calif., as well as in Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Calif., and Seattle, Wash. The band debuted in New York City at the invitation of producer Beth Morrison, as part of the Prototype Festival in January at the HERE Arts Center, with video artist Jesse Gilbert.
The group formed in 2010 in collaboration with the Klaus Nomi and songwriter Kristian Hoffman.
The Main Stage also will present performances by Bang on a Can, who are in residence at MASS MoCA. The show will begin at 6 p.m. with the closing of Holden Street in downtown North Adams and a live installation of Eiko and Koma's "Caravan" in the middle of Holden Street. DownStreet Art is a program of MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center. For more information about DownStreet Art, go to www.downstreetart.com. For photos please go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcrc/sets/72157634661585731/.


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Model S. Toyota wants the technology and I can just imagine a Tesla/Prius in every garage. Gov. Schwarzenegger hailed the joint venture as the future and asked us all to imagine CA with more plug ins.
"What we are witnessing today is an historic example of California's transition to a cleaner, greener and more prosperous future. We challenged auto companies to innovate, and both Tesla and Toyota stepped up in a big way, not only creating vehicles that reduce emissions and appeal to consumers but also boosting economic growth," said Governor Schwarzenegger.
How will all these plug ins be powered? Everyone seems to think that electricity comes from a plug in the wall. Power has to come from somewhere. How will we make a green lifecycle from source to vehicle? Wind turbines? Coal? Gas? Solar? Nuclear?
Lets break it down.
136,000,000 registered passenger vehicles in 2007. Lets say 25% of the cars suddenly become plug ins. Therefore: 34,000,000 vehicles.
16.8 KW = 56miles charged per hour per the Tesla website.
Assume 12,000 miles per year driven we have 214 hrs of charge at 16.8 KW or 3600 KW-Hrs per car.
with 34M cars we have 1.2 x 10^11 KW-Hrs
A new nuclear power plant generates 13 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) or 1.3 x 10^10 (assuming 1600MWe and 92% availability).
So the final answer is: 9.4 new nuclear plants would be required to keep all those vehicles charged. One plant charges 3.6M vehicles. There were 16,153,952 new vehicles (cars trucks and SUVs) sold in 2007.
Conclusion: We need one new 1600MWe plant a year if 25% of the new cars are all electric using the numbers and 2007 sales rates above.
Electric vehicles are great, we just need to remember that the power source is part of the equation and that conservation and alternative energy will not be enough to account for future energy demands.
3 billion barrels of gasoline were refined in 2006 out of 5.5 billion barrels of crude oil. 1.6 x10^9 gallons or 3.8 x 10^7 barrels of gasoline would be removed per year if 25% of new cars were all electric. Using the ratio of gas to oil equates to 7 x 10^7 barrels of crude oil saved per year (2006 refining and 2007 car sales and 30mpg).
Numbers and calculations are for illustrative purposes. I am hoping for credit for error carried forward--ECF.
Good points raised from readers comments:
1. The number of cars calculation I used omits trucks and SUVs reducing the overall number of cars.
2. What about reduced electricity demand off peak at night? Good question. I did not take that into account, however smartgrid technology and offpeak charging will mitigate the effects of EV. There is also talk of VTG or vehicle to grid where the electric vehicle could actually supply power during peak or the most expensive time of day and then charge during off peak or cheaper times of day.
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Wild About Texas: Giant Red-headed Centipede
While scouring the wilds of west Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico, we often encounter many strange and intimidating creatures. Generally speaking, these encounters bring about an even deeper fascination for the natural world around us. However, I can unashamedly admit that there is one animal in the wilds of Texas that gives me the "willys," and that animal is the Giant Red-headed Centipede.
The Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros) is a type of arthropod that is a common resident through most of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the United States and Mexico. It ranges throughout Texas, and it is common throughout this state. It also occurs in Oklahoma, eastern Louisiana and southern Missouri. It is a habitat generalist, meaning that it can thrive in a variety of habitats, as evidenced by its large natural range. Wherever it occurs, it prefers dark and humid environments, and many are found under rocks and other scattered debris.
Giant Red-headed Centipedes have a cylindrical body that is broken into either 21 or 23 (never 22) segments. Each segment bears one pair of legs, one on each side of the body, bringing the total leg count to either 42 or 46. The name centipede actually translates into "hundred - feet," although this name is a misnomer. It is with this multitude of legs that this animal moves surprisingly fast, and quite erratic.
The body coloration varies from different shades of orange, brown or black. The constant coloration that all specimens exhibit is the bright red head (hence the name red-headed centipede) and the black tail segment complete with black legs. The head is unique from other arthropods in that it contains two sets of "legs"; the first set is folded back and used almost as a type of antennae while the second set, known as the forcipules, are curved modified legs that are used to grasp food and inject venom. While some varieties of the 3,000-plus described species have groupings of ocelli that form compound eyes, this species is not one of them. This species relies primarily on vibrations that it feels from the ground and motions that are picked up on its antennae.
This species of centipede is also the largest species in Texas, as well as the United States. Adults range in size from 5 to 6 inches, although it is not uncommon to observe specimens approaching the 8- to 9-inch length.
While other arthropods and arachnids possess an exoskeleton that has a protective cuticle, centipedes lack that protective adaptation. Without this cuticle, centipedes desiccate very quickly and must always be near moisture, thus the reason that most are observed underground or under debris where humidity levels allow it to maintain its moisture content.
Like other members of its genus, this centipede is nocturnal and is strictly carnivorous, feeding primarily on other invertebrate animals such as crickets, moths, grasshoppers and the like. However, large individuals have been known to feast upon the small lizards, snakes, and frogs. One species from South America has been observed even feeding on bats that it captures in midflight! The prey is subdued and injected with venom by the large forcipules, then pulled into the mandibles for live consumption.
Very little information is known on the breeding habits of this formidable looking creature. What is known is that there is no external copulation between males and females. Rather, the males will deposit a sperm cell for the female to find and absorb. Once the female prepares a nest in the soil, she will then lay between 15 and 60 eggs that resemble small balls of yellow jelly. Unlike most other arthropods, the females of this species show great maternal care. The females will coil around the jelly-like eggs, protecting them from predators. She will often clean them, protecting them from fungi as well. However, if overly disturbed, this maternal care will cease, and she will eat the eggs. If the eggs are lucky enough to hatch during the two-month long incubation period, the babies, who look very much like the adults, fend for and take care of themselves.
Giant Red-headed Centipedes are long lived compared to most arthropods from this area. Many specimens have a life cycle of 6 years or more.
The venomous bite of this uncommon yet fascinating creature is powerful enough to cause significant pain and swelling lasting several hours, but there has never been a documented human death from this species. Medical attention should always be sought, however, as the risk of anaphylactic shock is always a possibility. But remember, this animal is far more afraid of you than you are of it. We are nothing more to it than a predator that is thousands of times its size.
Michael S. Price is executive director of the I-20 Wildlife Preserve and Jenna Welch Nature Study Center in San Angelo.


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Thursday, September 22, 2011
back to the workbench!
Well, it was three summers ago that I worked on the lithium ion dynamo charging circuit. The lighting system itself worked very well as a 'be-seen' light for riding around the city, especially the rear light, which was really impressive. The LED was very bright, without optics and the lens on the tail light diffused it nicely to make it visible from a fairly wide angle.
Unfortunately, there were a couple of mechanical and design issues that ultimately led to its retirement. First, the old Sturmey Archer lamp switch was pretty flaky and getting the knob in just the right position to make contact and turn the lamp on could be tedious. The first failure came when one of the internal wires popped loose, most likely due to a combination of vibration and my bad soldering!
The real problem, though, was the lack of a proper load switch in the design. The battery was in parallel with the charging circuit and the LEDs and I think those LEDs could draw more current from the battery than the dynamo could replace while riding. This meant that proper battery charging could only happen during day riding with the lights off. Riding at night for long enough could deplete the battery completely. The charging circuit could provide enough current to drive the LEDs from the dynamo, but they went out, of course, as soon as you stopped.
An improved design would have incorporated a load switch that would disconnect the battery from the LEDs while the bike was moving and connect them only when stopped. However, even lithium ion batteries have a limited lifetime, so in the long run, this design wasn't viable for the obsessive technical idealist in me (in practical terms, with a proper load switch I expect a lithium ion powered standlight would've lasted years). Commercial dynamo lights use supercapacitors to store energy to keep the lights on while stopped. Supercapacitors can be charged up very quickly to hold just enough energy to keep your lights on for a few minutes. Better yet, they can be charged and discharged hundreds of thousands of times (or more) before their performance declines. Adding a supercapacitor requires careful design, requiring both the voltage to be strictly regulated as well as limiting the charge current. At the time, I felt such a design was beyond my technical expertise.
Anyway, the lithium ion standlight on my wife's bike didn't get much use; she was very pregnant by the time I finished the project and didn't really start riding again until autumn of 2009. At this point, some of the aforementioned issues arose, but the impetus to start working again on dynamo lighting circuits in earnest came when some absolute fucker decided that he needed the Sturmey Archer taillight more than my wife's bike needed it. The thief, who knew what he was after, snipped the wire and, with tools he must have brought specifically for the job, removed the taillight and courteously replaced it with a crappy chromed plastic Cateye taillight. Most of the Raleigh Superbes I see on the street have dangling, unused Sturmey bullet tail lamps, so it was just my luck that probably the only other person in a city of 2.5 million people who had a thing for vintage Sturmey Archer tail lamps happened across my wife's bike and decided to steal the rear light.
Around the same time, I was starting to get obsessed with vintage French bicycle lights from the 50s and 60s. Unlike their British and American counterparts, who used chromed steel, many French lamp makers used polished aluminum, resulting in many elegant and well-perserved specimens. After several months hanging around Ebay France, I had secured my first set of hammered Luxor lamps.
Thus far, much progress has been made, which I will chronicle here!
4 comments:
- Brit Bike Affic said...
stumbled across your blogsite, and delighted to have done so. First off, I have three '60's mint rear lamps for a superbe. You can have one for free. Kindly take it as a payment for saving me from reinventing the wheel regarding retro fitting old dyno hub systems. I am NOT technical minded, but my Dad is and will soon be coerced into following your site and working on my treasures. Regards, firstname.lastname@example.com
- November 5, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- minisystem said...
Glad to be of help! Over the coming months I hope to post some more ideas and designs.
- November 6, 2011 at 6:43 PM
Also tripped over this blog - I was floored when you said you saw 6 Superbes in one day. For 32 years I've owned a 1967 Superbe that is my daily 18 mile round trip commuter in Boston and I have never seen another one except in a Craigslist ad. In November I bought a 1951 rod-braked Dawn Tourist (restoration project) and today I bought a ca 1973 Sprite (very good shape). All have front Dynohubs and today I also acquired 2 SA headlamps that mount on the square mounting bracket. (One looks like the 1950's painted model with chrome at front; the other is in its original box and is a full chrome model. I hope to be guided by your experience but I'm not technically minded so I don't know how well these will light, but I should learn something from your post.
- February 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM
I have a luxor 50 which I tried to convert to led, but I can't solder very well and have no idea what I'm doing to be honest. So I come here and look at your lovely lights.
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Webster's New World College Dictionary defines a function as "the normal or characteristic action of anything." They list several definitions for religion. For our purposes we'll use the second definition. It states, "religion is any specific system of belief and worship, often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy." You'll note that this definition does not include a belief in a creator, ruler, or Divine Being. This is because for some of us, that is not a function of religion.
So what is the function of Judaism in your life? What are the normal characteristics? What purpose do we expect this religion to have in our lives? Is the function to give us a system of belief? Is it to give us a way to worship? Is it to give us a code of ethics and a philosophy, or a method of giving recognition to a creator, ruler, or Divine Being?
If you've done these explorations about the function of religion, you have material about religious memories over the course of your life. The material forms a record of your most memorable religious moments and the emotions associated with them. Now that you have that information in hand, take some time to look through it. Note any patterns and give some thought to what it might mean.
Are there certain types of events that feature prominently in your memories? Are these events in the home, a place of worship, or some other venue? Are they special occasions or religious events that occurred on a regular basis? What role did you play in these events?
Are there people who are part of these memories? What roles do they play? How did you feel about their participation in the event? How did you feel about being with them on that occasion?
Are there certain types of foods that go with your memories? What were they? What made these so special to you? Were they special because you only ate them at certain times and you either liked them a lot or really hated them?
Is music a part of your recollections? Was the music instrumental? Were you part of a chorus? Was the music something from your home? Were you playing the music? Who chose the music? What emotions came from this music?
What about smell? Is incense or flowers a part of your memory? The smell of roasted chicken or brisket? Latkes frying? Cookies baking? Think hard.
Is what you were wearing significant to your memory? Was it the outfit for a special event or the yarmulke you wore every week?
Include it all. All of it is important to the function of religion in your life.
Take your time. Mull it all over.
When you're done processing it all, look at what you have. Which are the characteristic actions that speak to you? For me, religion is about community and ritual. It's about creating a welcoming space and making that space special. The rest of it is important, but that is the function of religion in my life. How about you?
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Hepatitis C - "Rate the Risk" Exercise
- Hand out the "behavior" sticky notes to each student at the beginning of class. One sticky note per student.
- At the time of exercise:
- Ask students to volunteer to read their behavior and place it on the rate continuum under what they feel is the appropriate level of risk (i.e., low, medium or high).
- Discuss whether the placement is correct or incorrect.
- Explain why.
- Continue exercise until each student has a turn or for as long as time permits.
- Toss out behavior sticky notes at end of the class.


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Thread: Rotating Ballnut - design ideas
22-03-2014 #101
Very nice the idea of rotating nut!
I want to convert a conventional lathe to cnc and Z axis leadscrew has 1900mm length 30mm diameter.
If i use L1900mm 3210 rotating ballscrew with 2 bk25 end supports i will have 1300rpm citical speed & column strength 28477 newton
The critical speed is ok to me because i will get 10m/min rapids with 1000rpm in ballscrew i have concern about column strength because 28477 newton (2900kg / Z axis servo can give 3400kg ) isn't to big force and also i have fear about sag to 3210 ballscrew and runout at rotation that will do a lot of vibration.
In my situation would be better a rotating nut design like this to overcome these 2 problems (column strength & ballscrew sag/buckling) ?
Also with rotating nut design can i use a lower diameter ballscrew without having whipping ?
04-09-2016 #102
Jonathan and all of the determined mad scientists and hobbyists of this forum. This is great work. I really appreciate you sharing the setbacks and successes of hard work. Keep up the great efforts...I learn so much from this. Thank you again......Mutzy
07-09-2016 #103
Jonathan, how are you?
1. Where did you get the pulley that is associated with post 79? Was it machined out with a larger bore to fit the shaft or store bought? Where can i get one?
2. I see that there are two different shaft configurations with the pics. One the shaft where the ballnut attaches sits kind of deeper in the cupped out area, and the other sits flush with the whole face. what is the reason for this.
Thank you so much for your time.
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Thank you Jonathan. What is a DTI?
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Hello Jonathan, Do you not accept PM? I would like to contact you.
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Jonathan do you sell these to other people at all or know anyone specifically who can make the from drawings?
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Hello Jonathan, how are you today? Wow, you certainly created a great thread here. I can't seem to find distributors that have this size bearing to bore out. Do you have any suggestions of who might sell them? USA would be best for shipping. Once again thank you.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
She's Practically Perfect to me!
6 comments:
- Jamie said...
Adorable!! I LOVE the hat.
- October 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Tammy said...
I love that!! Mary Poppins is so cute! What a clever idea. She will definitely have a one of a kind costume. Lucky kiddos to have such a creative mom. Can't wait to see the Lego costume.
- October 27, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- The Yellow Cape Cod said...
Awesome! Cant wait to see the lego!
- October 27, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Sherry @ No Minimalist Here said...
Hi Lacy, She is absolutely adorable! Love the costume and that she will be able to wear the pieces again. Very cute!
xoxo, Sherry
- October 27, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- Carl said...
It's nice to know that while traveling I can always log into the one who inspires me! Love your hunter!Your the greatest mother and wife I could have ever asked for, be home soon :)
- November 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Dee said...
I just bought a very similar coat at Goodwill. It was hanging in the women's section and I thought it was a beautiful coat with 3/4 sleeves. I wore it and it was adorable. I noticed later that it was a child's coat! OOops! (I still love it!)
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Secret Nerine!
Many years ago I noticed a plant in my garden beginning to sprout. It was growing at the base of a large gum tree. I was intrigued to see what it was and when it flowered lo and behold it was this gloriously beautiful nerine! How did it get there? I hadn't planted it. I had planted the gum tree many years earlier so I knew it had been planted recently. Then the penny dropped. My mother must have sneaked into my backyard and planted it without me noticing. The next time she visited I took her out and showed her the result of her lovely kind secret planting. We were both thrilled at the colour and beauty of my Secret Nerine. It gave me so much pleasure each year when it would peep up through the soil where it had been hiding just like it did when she first planted it there. Then I would watch it slowly grow and burst forth with its spectacular flowers. We couldn't take it with us when we left that house but I have planted many here to remind me of my Secret Nerine.
Flowers for Dear Mum
These stunning bowls of roses and Philadelphus (mock orange) were a gift to my mother from her 'proxy' niece. My mother had met her mother when they did their nursing training together during WW2. The families had remained friends through all those years since.
Mum would visit her dear friend as she lay in her nursing home bed and bring her Peonies, Roses, Gladioli, Anemones and Daffodils to name a few of the flowers she grew and cut for her.
As my mother lay in her respite bed (at my house) her dear late friend's daughter brought this most gorgeous bounty from her garden as small payment for the hours and hours that mum would spend sitting with her old friend in her last months.
Aren't they too beautiful for words! I was so lucky to have them in my house. I would just stand there smelling them and admiring them distracted from my duties for my mother.
What a garden they come from. You should see it. It is on the side of the hill and covers around half an acre. Whenever I am lucky enough to walk through it I find it hard to keep my mouth closed and "Wow" is about the only word that comes out.
I hope my new garden is even a fraction as magnificent.
I hope you enjoy this tiny glimpse of its spendour.
Incidentally its owner knows the name, common and botanical, of every single plant in that garden and there must be hundreds of roses alone.
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BAPM 2018 was our biggest meet ever by most every measure! More Models, More Clinics, More Exhibitors and Manufacturers than ever before! First, we would like to graciously thank each and every one of you who attended, and of course, brought so many fantastic models to display at BAPM. There was much camaraderie to be had, and much to learn from each other. We are grateful also to all of our exhibitors and generous sponsors that make our meet possible.
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View lots of superb railroad models! Bring your models, finished or, better yet, still in progress!
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- LokProgrammer 101 - Matthew Herman, ESU Loksound LLC
- Early Burlington Northern Boxcars (Predecessor Roads) - Prototype & Modeling - Tom Bacarella
- Our bountiful raffle featuring great prizes from major model railroad manufacturers and from local hobby shops.
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Monday, 1 February 2016
It's much overdue that I tell you about my plans for travelling & answer my most asked questions on the subject on here. So many people are shocked I'm actually going, including myself. I never thought I would get the imaginary balls to reach out of my comfort zone & live my life. But as they say "No body gets anywhere without taking risks".
1. What made you decide you want to go travelling?
I've thought about it for a very, very long time, years in fact! & I just never knew how to do it. I didn't think it was possible. I'd hear about people just getting up & leaving & thought there must be some kind of catch to all of this? Until my friends took the plunge & did it themselves. & that's when I knew it was possible. Knowing someone personally who has made it work is the real inspiration - Fallon & Zahra, thank you my loves <3
2. What was it that actually took you so long to go if you've wanted it for so long?
Good question. Where do I begin? Well, originally, Me & Fallon (my friend who's now in AUS since she left the UK) had talks of going in March 2014. This was absolutely perfect timing for me. I was a free spirit & ready for change. I'd been split from my boyfriend for a few months at this point, for no reason other than I needed to find the person I was. Don't worry, we're back together now ;) & I couldn't think of a better way to do that, than travel. This is where shit gets hard. Luckily I hadn't booked anything just yet (Fallon had, she was set) & in March 2014 when we had planned to go, I lost my Dad, suddenly & very, very tragically. My whole life crumbled & it was as if fate was telling me I wasn't ready yet. I had to take months off work to help me over come the depression & grieve & also to spend time with my Mum. Long story short, the thought passed & I was too focused on just being the 'Paige' I used to be. No one else could tell I was different, that's the problem with depression, but I knew I was & I didn't like it.
3. How did you finally decide you needed to go?
It was Fallon & Zahra. Again lol. They're life savers. Zahra always told me the that travelling was important & I'm so proud of her for travelling a lot of the the world already, making people smile. She's been everywhere & blesses everyone with her positivity. This girl is one in a million. & then one random day sometime last year, I also received a Facebook message from Fallon. It was something along the lines of "Little P (that's my nickname from her haha, she's like the big sister I never had) you need to be here. It will change your life & will be the best thing you ever do" & that was it. That was all I needed. The same day I texted my boyfriend like "We need to go travelling, Fallon just sent me this" (I screen shotted the convo & sent it him). He was taken back because it came out of nowhere & it wasn't something he had wanted to do at the time. Months went on of me trying to persuade him & failing miserably until I got to the point of saying "well, whether you come or not, I'm going either way". I felt like this was selfish a bit; but at the same time it was one of my dreams & no one was going to stop me. Long story short, as time went on & I talked to him thoroughly about the reasons I wanted to go, I twisted his arm (not literally lol!) & he's now coming with me :) I knew you couldn't live without me really Matthew! ;) haha! I'm so glad you're coming with me <3
4. How did you book it & was it expensive?
I don't know if you have ever heard of a place called STA Travel? If not, they're a travel shop that are experienced in actual 'travelling', not just holidays. We literally popped into one of their stores one day when we were on a little weekend break away in Chester. (They're based all around the country so I'm sure you can find one near you). Anyway, when we got there, we was greeted by a lovely lady called Joanne. We told Joanne what it was we wanted to do & she got together the best prices for us. Altogether, it cost us around £1,300 each. We couldn't argue with that & booked it on the spot! :)
5. What did you get included for that price?
In that price we got our flights from Manchester > Dubai. 2 night stay in Dubai. Flights from Dubai > Sydney & a 7 night stay at Base Sydney. A long with 'The Starter Pack' that they recommend & also our year long working holiday visa. I think it's a bargain if you ask me! & for those who are just thinking about it & don't yet have the money. STA Travel allow you to put down a £49 deposit & pay the rest when you can. As long as it's all paid at least 10wks before of course! (I think it's 10wks anyway). Amazing right? :)
The main reason I wanted to do this post with the depressing bits included is to show you that you CAN get through anything if you want to. We all go through downs in life. Some worse than others. But, if we don't want to create the ups then what's the point? All I am saying is, if you want something, no matter what obstacles get in the way. You can do it. Having positive friends around you all the time too is definitely a big factor. Zahra constantly reminded me to fulfil my dreams & so did Fallon, even though she was on the other side of the world. Surround yourself with people you want to become & that inspire you & you will never go wrong.
Hope this has helped some of you & encouraged you to go for what ever it is you want in life <3
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After our visit to the Brighton Grad show a couple of weeks ago there was one designer who really stood out to us. We thought her ideas were a new and fresh take on modern design and we could really see her products being used and developed in the future. We love the use of bright colours and bungee cord.
Veega combines old school knitting techniques with new materials and is bringing crocheting and weaving back in style in a big way!
You have been studying 3D Design and Craft at Brighton uni, what is it about textile techniques that interested you and made you pursue it for your final project?
Knitting is one of the first crafts I was taught as a child, by my mum and grandmother. It has been a skill that I have known how to do for a long time but never used in my own work until coming to University. My final year project was based around the idea of comfort within furniture, which led me back to knitting. I decided I wanted to take this skill further and combine it with other textile techniques such as crocheting and weaving. I started to combine textiles with wood to create innovative and interactive pieces, which were confortable but also structurally durable.
Talk to us about your idea behind the tubing for the chair and how you see that developing in the future.
The chair with the tubes is called the Needle Chair, as each of the four legs represent a needle. This allows the tubes to pass through them and interlock with one another, almost like in embroidery but on a larger scale. As the tubing is easily removed and replaced, I would like to consider different materials to knit with to improve durability, aesthetics and comfort. I very much like working with vibrant colours and can also see myself developing a range of colour ways.
Tell us a little about the technique you used for the wooden framing, we love that you have chosen to use Ash and have left it unstained. Where do you get your design inspiration?
The Needle chair is completely handmade by me. Firstly I started with the 'needle' parts, which join to the legs. Four needle shapes are cut from a solid piece of ash using a band saw and then a hole is drilled through to allow the tubing to feed in and out. The 'needles' are routed to give significant round corners for aesthetics and comfort. Secondly all the other parts of the chair are lathed on the lathe that includes the legs. When all the parts are lathed, sanded and ready to go, the chair gets assembled and everything is glued together. It's left over night clamped to dry. Lastly the frame needs a last bit of sanding and a finish, which in this case is just a water-based lacquer, my favourite type of finish because it does not affect the colour of the wood, protects it and leaves a semi-matt finish.
I get inspiration from anyone, and anywhere, the main focus in this project was the experimentation with textiles techniques and then finding its potential application.
What is your favourite material to work with, we can see you have been experimenting with bungee cord and different yarns.
I have worked and experimented with a lot of different materials this year, but I am drawn to the more synthetic yarns such as bungee cord, rubber etc. Bungee Cord is quite difficult to work with but the results are extremely satisfying, as it creates durable structures but also, in my opinion creates an elegant appearance. The results of traditional textiles techniques combined with the contemporary synthetic materials are quite intriguing.
If you could find a dream retail buyer for your designs, whom would you choose?
The dream retail buyer would probably be Heal's.
What's next for you now you have graduated?
Next is the New Designers show in London and then time will tell.
Finally can we take a peek at your workspace?
Check out Veega's Website and social links below!


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By wolfy_616
Dang, dang, dang, DANG! That is the most beautiful level I have seen in LittleBIGPlanet Vita thus far and I expect it to stay that way for quite some time! Message me when you make a sequel, my good man. That is some crazy stuff you're working on! 4*
THIS SHOULD BE MM Pick for real everyone need to watch this movie even those it not 75 minutes long like ninja cat on lbp 2 it still great plus it really feel like a real movie then it pull you into the advance future world l just hope you make a full movie with 75 minutes of epicness or something close to those hours because that how long a real movie is but, overall you did an excellent job so CONGRATULATION
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Its that time of the year when everyone is preparing for Christmas. Thanks to the Design team inspiration that I create every month for the Happy Little Stampers - Christmas challenge, I started off early on my Christmas cards.
From today for the next 10 days I will be sharing the different cards I created for this holiday season.
Let's have a look at today's card.
Its a very Clean & Simple card design. The supplies used for this card are listed below. I'm submitting this card to the following challenges:
PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)
DCWV - Holiday Glitzy cardstock (red)
Recollections - holiday pattern paper (ornament)
Ornament die
Bazzil - Gold cardstock
Simon Says Stamp - Merry & Bright die
Hero Arts - Christmas stamp setRecollections shaker elements (stars)
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Friday, February 21, 2014
The Color of the Blues
I've about had enough of this winter weather! Being stuck inside day after dreary day, I have to admit, I have a full blown case of the winter blues. The lack of bright sun and the constant, dreary landscape has me dreaming about color lately (especially how I'm missing it during these gray days).
I love color, and it is one of my favorite things about working with fabric and quilting; creating patterns and pictures with bits and pieces of colored fabrics. I only learned the basics of color theory in college, and mainly learned color mixing. Each time I was presented with a new media, I was given a limited color palette with which to create all the other colors. It was a good way to learn to mix colors well with paints, inks and dyes, but there is a lot more to using color in art than just mixing colors.
Also on my mind is how universal the use of color is in modern quilting and how we (as modern quilters) talk about color. It is amazing to see so many wonderful solid colors made available in fabric in so many different tints, shades, and hues. Also, it's pretty awesome to see so many people interested in exploring the use of color, and how colors play together with fabrics!
Not so awesome, on the other hand, are a few instances I have seen where color theory (like relationships between colors in a wheel) are being presented as the best way, or only correct way to use colors together. While color wheels and the relationships of colors within them have been studied by artists for hundreds of years (and continue to be used to this day), these tools were always meant as a way to explore and learn, and never meant as a hard-and-fast rule.
Since I am so recent to quilting, I'm suddenly very interested in revisiting Color Theory to learn more. And let me just say that I don't claim to be an expert in Color Theory, and it would be very difficult for anyone to make that claim. Color Theory is an umbrella term covering all aspects of the human experience of color perception. It includes the studies of physics, biology, optics, psychology, neurology, and more!
So, I am endeavoring to start this new project, a kind of head-first dive into studying color. I'm starting with a few books on the subject, some of which include the most basic, classic, time tested color exercises. Students usually use colored papers (or paints) to complete the different assignments, but I intend to work all of them with fabrics! Yes!
The first and most basic assignment is creating a basic color wheel from colored fabrics. That sounds simple enough, right? I mean, haven't we all seen those beautiful quilts made from wheels of colored fabric? Yes, but the point of this exercise is to find the true hues of the basic colors in the wheel, and finding those exact hues in fabrics should make for a pretty challenging scavenger hunt. A good, colorful challenge is exactly what I need. I'll definitely keep you posted, but plan on starting to hunt down the true hues for my color wheel next week - and hopefully my color study will help me shake the winter blues!
3 comments:
- Wendy said...
That's the perfect February, get out of this winter rut, activity!
- February 22, 2014 at 2:03 PM
- Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy said...
What an inspirational post - and good luck in your scavenger hunt, I can't wait to read how it goes!
- February 22, 2014 at 3:21 PM
- Donna said...
What a fabulous cure for the blues. You so nicely articulated and gave shape to so many thoughts lumbering through my head. I will be eager to read more of your color journey!
- February 23, 2014 at 10:37 AM
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Well folks, it has begun. The start of the COPERNICUS NERDICUS Web Comic. New strips will be posted every Wednesday and Friday, but if it actually gains some momentum I may do it three times a week instead. For the time being, I'll be posting reviews and comics on the same day, with reviews coming first, and comics coming later on.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the strip. The story line was a blast to work on, and it's honestly great to get back into comics again. Even drawing these quick strips gives me an opportunity to combine my lust for gaming and desire to get back into goofy cartooning again.
What dangers awaits Copernicus???? And have any of you ever seen any games with no label on it at garage sales? Lol..I see it all the time, and when I end up buying em they usually end up being absolute crap, or games that don't even work. Why can't it just be STADIUM EVENTS?
And why the hell can't people take care of their games?!