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It is a bit of a giveaway that the basket which holds all the wool waiting to be worked is my parents' old log basket, i.e quite a big one. The bag on the top contains the project which at the moment is at the top of the queue. Younger son and his wife are expecting their first baby in November and I am making a blanket. Not a delicate white blanket for a newborn but a cheery, cosy blanket for the car and the pushchair.
The wool is a soft merino aran and the pattern is from Ravelry, Amirah by Katherine Vaughan. I am really enjoying knitting this and there is nothing intrinsically difficult about it but it is not TV knitting. You have to follow the pattern and you have to count. The baby is due right at the beginning of November. Must keep knitting.
I have already finished one thing for the baby, this little jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman. It is called the Baby Surprise jacket and is knitted as one piece. The surprise is that something which looks when you are making it like a twisting rectangle can fold into a perfect little jacket. I really loved knitting this one as it was unlike anything I had ever done before and required some real thinking as I went along. I just have to sew on the buttons and it is done. I know many of my blogging friends, Pondside, Materfamilias, Annie at Knitsofacto and Stephanie at Millefeuilles to name just a handful, combine high intelligence with a talent and passion for knitting but I think that as a society we have lost our respect for craft and skill which is based in domesticity. We do not revere it as we could. Somehow we associate it with our grandmothers and we do not give it due admiration. Even the current and very welcome revival of interest in making and creating things can sometimes be a bit twee - tie a ribbon on it, cover it with buttons, cut out a flower from a piece of wrapping paper and stick it on a tray - all no doubt good fun but a long way from the thoughtful and tricky process of acquiring a real skill. I don't mean to be dismissive. We have to start somewhere and any activity which involves creating something rather than buying it is for me far more satisfying than simple acquisition. To make anything is to know it and to understand it and, often, to love it. I am by no means at the creative end of being a knitter. I couldn't design a pattern (yet) but I am fascinated by the process by which a ball of wool and two needles can magically make warmth and beauty and pattern and texture. Knitting may not be art but it can be craft of a high order.
If the blanket needs attention, you must also have something that needs very little: knitting for watching the TV or chatting with family. This is some very beautiful yarn which I bought last year from the Colinette factory which is not too far from where I live in North Wales. The yarn itself is quite complicated so I wanted to make something very simply constructed which would allow the yarn itself to be the star. This will eventually (I hope) become something between a shrug and a slim, fitted poncho. I copied the pattern down from a friend's book of patterns from Vogue from twenty years ago. It is all a bit of a leap of faith.
Carry on down the basket and we find some purpley pink wool spun and died by the same friend from local fleece. I think I have enough to make a hat or a cowl. I had a bit of a love affair with cowls last year so I do have three which are just waiting for the cooler weather but you can always manage to find room for another one. Or maybe two.
It might have to be two because I also have this yarn which I brought back from our holiday in the Outer Hebrides. It is handspun on the Isle of South Uist and is all the colours of the sea in sunlight around the islands, blue and turquoise and green and blue again . I have already identified a cowl pattern for this so yes, it will have to be two.
And here is another project: the ingredients for a knit your own chicken teacosy, sent to me for my birthday by my younger grandson Joseph and his other grandmother. I can hardly wait to get started on this but I might have to! It will be good to have a new chicken without trusting eggs to the vagaries of our old incubator where they need thrice daily turning. Mind you, it works very well as the six new chickens out in the nursery henhouse testify. But none of them would be much good as a tea cosy. I had a bit of theme going for my birthday as younger daughter bought me two lovely knitting books, one of which was a whole compendium of knitted farm animals. I am particularly tempted by a Holstein cow. That could be something else for the new baby if I can knit fast enough.
But turn around and what's that, not in the basket but looking up reproachfully from the corner?
It is a very nearly finished jacket, knitted top down and just needing the sleeve to be finished and the addition of a shawl collar. This is another Ravelry pattern called Iced. I made one as part of my coming back to knitting three years ago after a working life when time was always so very squeezed that the pace of knitting was simply beyond me. Being able to spend time like this was one of the many complicated reasons I decided to leave my job and try to live a simpler down sized life. I am not so sure I have achieved the simpler life but I do have time to knit! I don't know why I haven't finished this. It has been waiting for a year or so. I like it. I like the wool and the pattern and know I will wear it when it is done. Somehow I have simply gone off the boil with it. I will do it this winter, when the blanket is done, and the hen, and the cowl..... Does this happen to you?
So there they are, the winter projects, all lined up and ready to go. There are crochet projects too and sewing ones but at the moment it is the knitting which sits by my chair waiting for the fire to be lit and the curtains closed and the garden put to bed.


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Update: January 27, 2010 – I interpreted this Kimpton InTouch charity offer incorrectly in my original Loyalty Traveler post. Generally I don't even bother calling the hotel company to discuss promotion details due to the high probability of getting bad information. This was actually an instance where I talked to a Kimpton Hotels representative before writing the original post and I basically got it all wrong anyway.
The Kimpton Hotels offer for InTouch members who make a $50+ donation to Doctors Without Borders is one stay and night credit towards the free night InTouch members earn after 7 stays or 20 nights at Kimpton Hotels.
Kimpton Hotels InTouch loyalty program will give the member a hotel stay and night credit if your donation to Doctors Without Borders is $50 or more.
"For those members who donate $50 or more, a bonus credit will be applied to your InTouch account. This bonus credit will be applied to your next free night in 2010. Please forward your email confirmation to email@example.com."
So what does this mean?
Kimpton InTouch is not a points-based hotel loyalty program. The InTouch program offers members a free night after 7 stays or 20 nights. Free night qualifying stay and night credit are cumulative year to year. If you joined Kimpton InTouch in 2009 and had 3 hotel stays with 5 nights, then you would only need 4 more hotel stays or 15 nights to earn a free night.
The $50 donation to Doctors Without Borders will count towards your free night credit by adding one stay and one night credit to your account. If your account shows 3 stays and 5 nights, then a $50 donation will put your account at 4 stays and 6 nights.
I apologize to Kimpton Hotels and my readers for incorrectly interpreting the Kimpton Haiti Relief offer.
As I understand this offer, say you donate $100 to Doctors Without Borders, then when you redeem a free night credit in 2010 you will receive a $100 credit to use at the hotel for services like restaurant, spa, room service, and such.
If you already have a free night in your Kimpton account, then this offer is a great deal. You will need to complete 7 stays or 20 nights to earn a free night if you are new to Kimpton InTouch.
Kimpton Haiti Relief offer link.
Kimpton InTouch Guest Loyalty Program

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Hope you all had a happy, healthy Christmas! We had company. I miss my runs with this sweet girl, whose over-active tail knocked all the needles off of our tree! Or it seemed that way. Oh well, the tree will be down on Saturday. And it was well worth any extra vacuuming to get to see her on Christmas Eve.
My husband, B.I.L. & GF + dog, all had a fun Christmas Eve night. They went home for Christmas day, and A. & I had the day to ourselves. We opened packages, made yummy food, and went for a short hike in Evergreen. It's quite obvious that neither of us have a good grasp on how to use the new camera, but here are some pics from Christmas day–9 months pregnant & hiking & the elk we saw!
In case you were wondering, it was only 30 degrees, and I took off my jacket for the photo. Brrr! Even though it was a little chilly when the breeze came up, it felt so good to get out of the city and breathe fresh air. It was also a nice Christmas treat to get to hang out and watch the elk. I must have taken 30 pictures of various members of the herd. This was the closest one though.
We took a nap when we got back & then enjoyed a simple Christmas dinner. Ham, green beans, garlic mashers, salad & bread for A. Baked tempeh, & the same sides sans the bread for me. I will post how I do green beans and mashers sometime since people always ask me for the recipe when I make them. It's really simple, and they are so good. I don't know why I don't make them more often.
We had planned on going to see the new Ben Stiller movie, but when we drove past the theatre on the way home–it just looked so crowded. After spending time in the sun, with the peace & quiet of our hike, neither of us wanted to deal with crowds. So we rented Don Jon. It was terrible. I have no idea why it was considered witty or why it got decent reviews. Have any of you seen it?
This morning we went to our 38 week appointment. The midwives do not force cervical checks at my weekly appointments, so I opt out. However, I can feel this little guy moving LOW. I love Mary, the midwife we had today. I hope she is the one (out of three in the practice) who is on call when this little guy decides to come out & meet us. She's delivered over 1000 babies. She is also so calming. Anyway, when she did check his position, she said, "My, he has come down pretty low. I can feel his head right there!" A. looked at me a little nervously. I think it made the cramping sensations, low back pain, & more powerful BH contractions I've been having lately more real to him.
We forgot to bring our birth plan to the appointment, but went over key points with Mary & promised to bring it to the next appointment. Since I looked at so many samples of birth plans in order to write ours, I thought I'd share it here in case it's of any use to any mamas out there:
Birth Plan for Keri & Aaron Hanson
We are grateful to have you on our birth team & appreciate your knowledge and experience. We've spent the last several months preparing for a natural childbirth. We would appreciate NOT being offered pain medication, since we plan on using relaxation techniques, positioning, massage, and the support of our doula.
We ask that the following wishes be respected:
* The birth environment is very important to us, so we ask for as much privacy as possible so Keri can remain relaxed and focused
* We hope to have a natural childbirth, avoiding all interventions. If an event should arise where an intervention becomes necessary, we would like to consider the alternatives & consequences as well as have private time to discuss options (if possible)
* To be fully appraised & consulted before the introduction of any medical procedure
* The freedom to move around during labor
* If possible, ask Aaron if he would like to catch the baby/ cut the cord.
We Would Like to Minimize the Following:
* Continuous fetal monitoring
* IV Fluids or medication (with the exception of antibiotics for GBS)
* Cervical/Vaginal exams—only when medically necessary, Keri is GBS+
* Pitocin or Cervadil during labor, we may be open to Pitocin to deliver the placenta, but would like to discuss prior to administration of medication
* Artificial Rupture of Membranes
* Forceps or vacuum
* C-Section
Post Delivery Preferences:
* Skin to Skin contact immediately after birth, & ask that any immediate testing be done while baby is on Keri's chest
* Delayed cord clamping—until cord stops pulsing
* Keri would like to breast feed as soon as possible after birth.
* We would like baby to remain with Keri & Aaron at all times. Aaron will accompany baby for any tests or procedures necessary.
* We ask to postpone the Hepatitis B vaccine.
* We ask that the baby's first bath be postponed until at least two hours after birth.
I intentionally left some things out since I wanted it all to fit on one page. These were the items most important to Aaron and I. Sadly, before we were seeing the midwives, I was swabbed for GBS (at 13 weeks!). We never swabbed again because even though our midwives are holistic and natural-minded, I am still giving birth in a hospital, and they require that I get the IV of antibiotics no matter when I tested positive. As bummed as I am about this, I realize there are worse interventions & I intend to be flexible & not get caught up on the ideal birth I dream of to the point of getting stressed out & crying about it.
There are a host of other scenarios we have envisioned and hope for, but this list covers the majority of what we found important. Feel free to use it as a base for what you would like to have for your labor & delivery, and add or take out what is applicable to you.
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Not the same thing at all. It is perfectly possible to have a system in which the provider sets prices but in which no one is denied access to the service based on their ability to pay. It is simply a matter of subsidizing the patient. You do not have to nationalize health care to achieve this. In fact, this is how dentistry works in Canada. Dentists are not covered under the health program, but poor people receive subsidies. The difference between dentists and doctors in this country is that if you want to have a family dentist, you can find one, and if you want to have a family doctor, you can't.SteveUK wrote:but you cannot have profit in the provision of health care. It is not fair for someone to be denied treatment on their abiltiy to pay.
Again, the Canadian and UK systems do not eliminate profit, they regulate access and prices.
In the US, if a rich person and a poor person develop cancer, the rich person gets immediate cancer care and the poor person gets none.
In Canada, if a rich person and a poor person develop cancer, they both have to wait in a long queue for an available doctor, hoping that they don't die before one becomes available. By law, the rich person cannot pay for private cancer treatment, even though they would shorten the queue for the poor person as well. As a result, the rich person becomes a medical tourist, pouring his money into the medical system of another country, and the poor person sit in the queue and waits.
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While I am not black, I hope that my daily life and character reflects the deeply felt respect and admiration I have for the intense struggle people of color have had to endure, and for the many amazing contributions to the world that have been made at great sacrifice and against all odds. I have that respect and love in me all the time, and I share it at every opportunity with my family, friends, and students. But it wasn't always that way…I remember the very first Black History Month back in 1976… I didn't know anything about Black History and didn't understand why it was important, but I stretched my heart out to find out more. I think it's important to celebrate Black History so that those who may not know anything about it (as I once did not) or may not know it well can stop and say, "That's important. I have learned something of value. I have a deeper appreciation now for this history and how it has shaped my life." Eventually, that celebration will take root in the hearts of people so that it remains a part of their lives, too… 365 days a year.
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Musings on roleplaying games, interactive fiction and roguelikes. Feel free to muse along!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
[IF Competition] Beta Tester
That's probably enough?
Not that I'm going to spoil Beta Tester all that much. Another game I didn't finish and that I probably won't be voting on, since it annoyed and bored me, but in a way that makes it conceivable that there is something good going on somewhere.
You start in a room where you have to solve the ultimate unmotivated, nonsensical puzzle. And the walkthrough is hidden behind the command "walkthru", which I only found because of somebody else's blog. And there was a major guess-the-whatever problem when "put hamster in treadmill" didn't work. Turns out you have to type "put hamster on treadmill", but you know, when I hear "hamster" and "treadmill" I think of exactly the things you see when you do a Google Image Search on those words. And those are containers, not supporters. Anyway, there should have been a more helpful response here then "That cannot contain things".
Helpful is in fact not what the game is. It is snarky, nasty, attempting to humiliate you. And you know? That might be what makes this game interesting, for there might be some grand revelation related to this general nastiness. Perhaps you can enter the programming room and kill all the people who taunted you, or something. Or sue their asses.
But I'm not willing to find out, not after consulting the annoying walkthrough several times and then spending a couple of minutes playing--you'll never guess--rock, paper, scissors.
Which reminds me of a brilliant Gary Larson cartoon, but I can't find it on the net. He's pretty strict about people posting his cartoons, I seem to remember. (How terribly 20th century of you, Mr. Larson!)
So, well. No insights. Tell me if I missed something great here.
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I feel a little more forgiving of the "put hamster on treadmill" problem, given the number of times I've typed "up" to get up from a chair or bed, only to be told "you can't go that direction." (And there's a similar container/supporter issue underlying both problems, isn't there?) Also, I envisioned the treadmill as more like the treadmills you get if you search for "treadmill" without "hamster"; the other sort I think of as "wheels," and indeed you can find many pictures of them by searching for "hamster wheel." Though when one puts hamster and treadmill together, one does think of those wheels.ReplyDelete
It was the rest of that puzzle that broke my brain -- I could not picture what might possibly go with what.
I broke that first puzzle. Turns out that when you do the last step, it just assumes you've done all the preceding steps (or at least, it assumes some of them). It had me confused for a moment. I wondered if I was meant to do it that way. It's called Beta Tester, after all - maybe it was like Anssi Räisänen's Bugged, where you were intended to have to exploit the bugs to proceed? Turned out not, sadly - unless I missed something. It was just plain buggy.ReplyDelete
Anyway, my favourite part of this game was a snarky error message in the first room. (If you're wondering, it's the response to PUT RING ON CLASP.) So no, I wouldn't say you missed anything by skipping the rest of the game.
We actually enjoyed the hell out of this one, finding it by far the most genuinely funny game of the Comp. While it was often rather underimplemented, we didn't even run into a lot of outright bugs.ReplyDelete
From reading what other reviewers had to say, I suspect my score is going to be on the positive side of the standard deviation. :)


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Let the memory of Paul Josiah be with us forever
- 47 years old
- Born on August 18, 1964 in Jubilee Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica.
- Passed away on October 26, 2011 in Milton, Florida, United States.
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Paul Bennett 47 years old , born on August 18, 1964 and passed away on October 26, 2011. We will remember him forever.
Hello my sweet, you are always in my thoughts, my son there is not a day when I do not miss your smile and the things that is always going on. Sleep on my beloved, sleep and take your rest. You travelled far but God was always on your side. My love is always with you likewise your Brothers and Sisters. One Love always RIP. My son. Your Mom Una.
Hello my sweet how could I forget my sweet, always in love with you gone but not forgotten. You are resting my sweet. My thoughts are always of you . My son you were my shining light and forever will be. RIP my son. One Love. Mumie.
We are here to celebrate your life. And the measure of its worth. And every single life you touched. While you were on this earth. We wish to pay our last respects. That's why we all are here. To thank you for your friendship. And all the memories we hold dear. Its been a privilege to have known you. We were family not just friends. And we will carry you in spirit. Until we meet up once again.
Today is 6 lonely years you left us, honey you are gone but will never be forgotten, I know you are sleeping in the arms of the Lord you serve. Gosh there are days when I cannot comprehend you leaving us, but the almighty knows you were tired and need your rest. Sleep on my beloved, sleep and take your rest. RIP. One Love, my sweet. Your Mom always.
I thought of you with love today but that is nothing new. I thought of you yesterday and days before that too. I think of you in silence as I often speak your name. All I have are memories and your picture in a frame Your memory is my keepsake with which I'll never part. God has you in His keeping.You are missed every hour of every day
Son so sorry you have to leave us but the Almighty knows it all, your suffering got to be over and you are at peace, sheltering in the Almighty arms. Son my love will always be with you, I cannot contain the tears over loosing you, my love goes with you through good and bad.. Sleep on my beloved, sleep on and take your rest. One Love, Respect always. Your Mom Una, Forver missed. RIP. One Love, One Heart.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 Miss you Paul. Many Blessings. 52 year you would be today young. """Celebrations"""
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the lord. Live as children of light consists in all goodness,righteousness and truth and find out what pleases the lord. Son you were a light in the areas you once seek. You are resting in the lords bosom and resting in his delight. RIP.
Hello today we honor the wonderful son you have always been and truly the great son you were. Your love was beautiful gift that grows in our hearts every day.. Paul it is 5 years which seem like a day. I miss you son, and cannot stop crying You are resting in the garden of love. RIP. One Love. Son.
Hi Paul Oct 26,2015 it make 4 years since God call you home to be with hem we still miss you so much your daughter talk about you to and she wish you and her have meet to and she talk to your mother to I will always miss you you are my daughter father not because are not her I let her know her family to we miss you to daddy till I see you again Love you and miss you hugs and kiss send to you from me
You can shed tears that he is gone, Or you can smile because he lived, You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left. Your heart can be empty because you can't see him Or you can be full of the love that you shared, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he is gone Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on, You can cry and close your mind be empty and turn your back, Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.We think about you always, we talk about you still, you have never been forgotten, Dad and you never will. We hold you close within our hearts, and there you will remain, To walk and guide us through our lives until we meet again. R.I.P
We try to hide our heartaches, And say that we're just fine; we go about our usual life… With everyone being ooh, so kind. We know that you truly loved us, and don't want us shedding tears; We know you'll wait for us in heaven, If it takes a hundred years. And even though we're still on earth, We miss you more each day Love you always, Mum. Sleep on RIP.
Hi baby I did not forget your birth -date, I been very ill. well I know you are ok, resting in the saviours harms your love will always be here. one love from your famly. RIP. FROM MUMIE. UNA. SLEEP ON MY SON.
One of your babies, Oren, helped me get my computer up and running. He showed some snazzy cool apps too. My sister and him her two clowns. Wish you could see the interaction. Your legacy lives on in your children.
Remembering you, found a letter you wrote me in which you laid me out for not writing you. Smh. ..I did drive from VA on multiple occasions to see you. You wanted more and I understand why. The trips were worth it. Like I keep saying you children are amazing. You would be proud!!
October 26,2014 it make 3 years since you go to be with your god and your daughter and i miss you to i wish you her to your daughter she is doing so good and she miss you to she let go a balloon for you So just rest and we miss you ok R.I.P daddy from your Daughter Marica :(
Looking at you old Jamaican man and seeing some history. R. I. P you have really gone through a lot. God is shinning his face on you and giving life to your spirit. God Bless you and more.
All that defines a person is ones shadow and the love ones left behind. Those who cherish those moments are left in shadow cast by a bright light, not behind us but in front of us. And ,paul your that light as you filled our hearts and spirit, speaks free. In each whom cherish you ,bit of your light live on in us.
If we could have a lifetime wish A dream that would come true, We would pray to God with all our hearts For a yesterday and you. A thousand words can't bring you back, We know, because we tried; And neither will a million tears, We know, because we cried. You left behind our broken hearts And happy memories too. But we never wanted memories, We only wanted you. R.I.P
Sweetheart today will be 3 years since you went to your eternal home I know you are in the savors bosom and you are safe and secure in his arms. Sleep on my beloved, you are tremendously missed, my tears will forever flow when thinking of you. Sleep on my son and take your rest You were loved and will always be. RIP.
"How true Daddy's words were when he said: "All children must look after their own upbringing." Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."...I'll always remember your word R.I.P
Paul my son today is your birthdate, I know you are resting peaceful and happy to get your greetings, I will always have the greatest love for you my heart is always at a stance missing you my dear. RIP God loves you. Blessings always.
It's so crazy. I saw the reminder and I immediately thought of you roasting the fish in Florida for grandmas birthday, then I read the comments and realized...I already said that. That is the most fond memory I have of you and its how I choose to remember you. I will say this. ..Oren is a focused driven young man. Thank you for the bits of advice you were able to share with him before you went on. I look forward to meeting your other kids someday soon. Your legacy....
My Darling son I cannot help but being teary when I think of you, you are gone 2 years it seem so long and dreary without your laughter, always in the right mind set. I love and miss you so much you were my heart. The memories of your life live on. Your kids miss you so much, you were their hero. Sleep on my son and take your rest RIP. Mom.
I remember you at the grill roasting some doctor fish one year for grandma's birthday. I was so surprised to see you and to see you in health, walking, laughing and talking. Your son Oren is your image and he is an amazing character. Thank you for your children. It's just hard to believe you were going to be out that December/January and you did not make it. God has his reasons. Love
Gosh Paul it is like yesterday you were born, a healthy baby boy weighing over eight pounds, your Dad was so proud of his first son, your grand-father was so happy he gave you the middle name Josiah. The first to visit with you was your Uncle Steadman. Son Christ brought you to his banqueting house, his banner read love. RIP.
Hello Hon, we miss you so much cannot go on one day without being choked up. You are always missed you will always be missed, today we celebrate your life and will again on the day you left us for your eternal home.Paul you are God's created beauty and the focus of his affection and delight, you are at peace and resting in Christ Jesus RIP. One Love.
Paul it has been one year since you have left us to be with the Lord, they say time heals the hurt, but hon it continues to hurt, I missed you every second, We find comfort knowing that you are one of God's angels watching over us. Know that we love you and you are will always be in our thoughts . One love my son. Sleep on my son, and take your rest RIP.
"Paul you know you always have my heart as my son. May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. My love for you always. R.I.P Your Dad."
Paul we will miss you somuch and you are a good man that iam happy to have meet you and your family to and that we will see you again paul my daught daddy i wish that you had meet your daught to i am so sorry she didn't get to meet you before you pass i hope and pray that we see you again you are in a good place so i know my the grace and mercy we will see you i miss you and love
If we had a chance to talk, I wonder what we'd say, Would we seize the moment, Or just let it slip away. Would our goodbye be bittersweet, would we talk about me or you? Death took the last words you had, And now silence is your response. And I am left with goodbye and no final answer.
I have this feeling there's one more star up in the sky tonight. And even though it's far away, its brightness and warmth still reach us here to make the night a little less dark. Love you tremendously!
Paul God bless you and covered you with his mercy and grace. You were always thinking of others. Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch. We should lift up our hearts, and have peace our Heavenly Father has set him free.
Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear. May God guide you to his heaven
dad i really love and miss you very much i pray you in a better place has you said no regrets,and we will see each other again,take your rest dad sleep i just wish you staid a little longer with me i love you dad and has you say,you look just like me...hope you happy in god's hands
I think the most important thing I learned is not to stop living and I have to pass this on to your blessed children and Brothers,Sisters Neices and others. We will never get over your passing but will get through it, Son you were loved through good times and bad. I love you have loved you through it all. God bless you, sleep on my son and take your rest in Christ Jesus. RIP. One Love.


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The idea of a fighter development of the Beaufort was suggested to the Air Ministry by Bristol. The suggestion coincided with the delays in the development and production of the Westland Whirlwind cannon-armed twin-engine fighter. Since the "Beaufort Cannon Fighter" was a conversion of an existing design, development and production could be expected far more quickly than with a completely fresh design. Accordingly, the Air Ministry produced Specification F.11/37 written around Bristol's suggestion for an "interim" aircraft pending proper introduction of the Whirlwind. Bristol started building a prototype by taking a part-built Beaufort out of the production line. The prototype first flew on 17 July 1939, a little more than eight months after the design had started, possibly due to the use of much of the Beaufort's design and parts. A production contract for 300 machines had already been placed two weeks before the prototype F.17/39 even flew.
In general, the differences between the Beaufort and Beaufighter were minor. The wings, control surfaces, retractable landing gear and aft section of the fuselage were identical to those of the Beaufort, while the wing centre section was similar apart from certain fittings. The bomb bay was omitted, and four forward-firing 20 mm Hispano Mk III cannons were mounted in the lower fuselage area. These were initially fed from 60-round drums, requiring the radar operator to change the ammunition drums manually — an arduous and unpopular task, especially at night and while chasing a bomber. As a result, they were soon replaced by a belt-feed system. The cannons were supplemented by six .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machineguns in the wings (four starboard, two port, the asymmetry caused by the port mounting of the landing light). This was one of the heavier, if not the heaviest, fighter armament of its time. When Beaufighter were developed as fighter-torpedo bombers, they used their firepower (often the machine-guns were removed anyway) to suppress flak fire and hit enemy ships, especially escort and small vessels. The areas for the rear gunner and bomb-aimer were removed, leaving only the pilot in a fighter-type cockpit. The navigator/radar operator sat to the rear under a small Perspex bubble where the Beaufort's dorsal turret had been.
The Bristol Taurus engines of the Beaufort were not powerful enough for a fighter and were replaced by the more powerful Bristol Hercules. The extra power presented problems with vibration; in the final design they were mounted on longer, more flexible struts, which stuck out from the front of the wings. This moved the centre of gravity (CoG) forward, a bad thing for an aircraft design. It was moved back by shortening the nose, as no space was needed for a bomb aimer in a fighter. This put most of the fuselage behind the wing, and moved the CoG back where it should be. With the engine cowlings and propellers now further forward than the tip of the nose, the Beaufighter had a characteristically stubby appearance.
Production of the Beaufort in Australia, and the highly successful use of British-made Beaufighters by the Royal Australian Air Force, led to Beaufighters being built by the Australian Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) from 1944 onwards. The DAP's variant was an attack/torpedo bomber known as the Mark 21: design changes included Hercules VII or XVIII engines and some minor changes in armament.
By the time British production lines shut down in September 1945, 5,564 Beaufighters had been built in Britain, by Bristol and also by Fairey Aviation Company, (498) Ministry of Aircraft Production (3336) and Rootes (260).


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Eastatoe Falls is a beautiful 60-foot cascade on private property, practically in someone's back yard. But they welcome visitors (although there are no signs along the road). It's an easy 200 yard walk to the base of the waterfall. While the trail is not marked in the back yard, just followed the yard straight back, and you will see an obvious trail. You can usually hear the waterfall from the parking area. There is a small staircase at the end.
Please respect the owner's private property and privacy by not visiting early in the morning or late in the day, letting pets run off-leash, blocking their driveway, or littering.
"Eastatoe" was the local Cherokee word for the Carolina Parakeet, and was the name of a local tribe of Cherokee.
Directions: Located 12 miles west of downtown Brevard. From the intersection of US Highway 64 and US Highway 178 in Rosman, take US 178 south for 3.4 miles and turn right into the private driveway (look for "Mountain Meadow" sign). Drive past some ponds and circle around the house to park in the back (there is usually a sign to direct you).
More Nearby Waterfalls
About 12 miles away is French Broad & Cathedral Falls. 18 miles away is Courthouse Falls. 15 miles away is Rainbow Falls and Gorges State Park and it's 22 miles to DuPont State Forest waterfalls.


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Mumford, N.Y -Music at its most traditional will envelope Genesee Country Village & Museum on Aug. 17-18, as the museum hosts its Old-Time Fiddlers' Fair, the largest showcase of traditional music in Western New York. Musicians, ranging from the polished professional to the fledging beginner will fill a variety of venues with fiddlers and dulcimers. Four official stages offer performances from individuals and groups, including one of the museum's historic 19th-century churches with its wonderful natural acoustics. But smaller sites also draw fans, including the popular jamming tent, hosted by the Fiddlers of the Genesee. New this year is a series of free musicians' workshops focusing on Backup Guitar and Lost Tunes of New York on Saturday and the Appalachian Fiddle on Sunday. In addition, the group Fox Den will host a country western open-mike stage in the museum's Meeting Center, while Mitzie Collins and the Striking Strings perform all day in the hammered dulcimer tent. All performers receive free admission to the event. General admission to the fair is $16.50 adult; $10.50 youths 4-16; $13.50 seniors 62+ and students with ID; free to children three and under and is included with the museum's day pass. Fiddlers' Fair is sponsored, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts and by City Newspaper. Museum hours are 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is adults $16; youth (4-16) $10, seniors 62+ & students with ID $13, children under 3 admitted free. For more information, call (585-538-6822) or visit http://www.gcv.org/. Photo by David Candlena Genesee Country Village & Museum is the largest living history museum in New York State and the largest collection of historic buildings in the Northeast. The museum, with its John L. Wehle Gallery and Genesee Country Nature Center, is open May 11-Oct. 14, and located in Mumford, N.Y., 20 miles southwest of Rochester and 45 miles east of Buffalo. For more information, visit www.gcv.org or call (585) 538-6822. Hours: May 11- Sept. 2
- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, weekends and holidays
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Add fun to your family with our August pets of the month!
By Lynn Weisberg and Joan DiPiero
We're highlighting Boo and Chikis (dogs) and Scooter and Sasha (cats) this month (Family Fun Month) and would love for you to come to the SPA and discover their wonderful qualities yourself! Just over a year old, Boo is a beautiful, medium-large Lab mix. She was brought to us as a tiny puppy and blossomed into a magnificent, sweet, smart dog. She loves to run and play and knows how to sit on command. Strong and loyal, she needs a home where she can have plenty of exercise and love. She has the basic endearing Lab characteristics and is both gentle and protective of "her" people.
Chikis is a small, adorable black and white mixed breed female that has been at the SPA since 2011. She is now four and a half years old and we very much want her to have a forever home. She is feisty, funny, affectionate and always eager for playtime and walks. She's very smart and knows lots of tricks, feats she's happy to display. Chikis would do best in a home where she is the only animal and she takes her time getting to know some strangers, but once she knows you, she's full of affection.
Scooter arrived at the SPA after being rescued from an abandoned garage where he had spent his kittenhood with his feral mom, having no human contact. His progress was slow, learning to trust humans, not to flee from them. Now, after several months, he is open to petting and attention, still a little shy, but sweet and playful. A little under one year old, this handsome boy has an unusual gray coat with a striking dark shield on his head for a very aristocratic look.
Sasha was just a baby when she was left in a box by our doorstep along with her five siblings. Now nine months old, she is the last remaining kitten, and we are puzzled why she has not been chosen. She is a quiet pretty calico girl with big staring eyes that implore you to take a chance on getting to know her better.
Adopt (350 pesos) any of these Pets of the Month during August and receive a free adoption kit. Preview all our available animals at www.spasanmiguel.org and meet them at Los Pinos #7, 152-6124, Monday-Saturday between 11 and 2. Comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/spasanmiguel and enjoy our success stories albums.


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Minden farmers' market wants to stay downtown
|By Lisa Gervais - Editor | July 6, 2017
The Haliburton County Farmers' Market wants to stay in downtown Minden, not move to the fairgrounds.
Former president, Angel Taylor, came to council June 29 to say their request for more space in future had only been "exploratory" and they did not want "unfettered growth."
Council has voted to leave the market where it is, in the municipal lot at Milne Street and Pritchard Lane, until the end of this market season, but has indicated there will be talk about its future in the fall.
Director of Community Services, Mark Coleman, in a report to council June 8, suggested a permanent move to the fairgrounds, citing concerns around vehicle and pedestrian traffic, access for emergency services vehicles with the market being so close to the fire hall, blocking lower level parking to the nearby condominium and rear entrance to Bobcaygeon and Milne Street businesses.
However, Taylor said they conducted a formal poll of market vendors and they overwhelmingly said they preferred the downtown location. She said when flooding caused them to move to the fairgrounds earlier this year, visitor numbers decreased, but when they moved back to the downtown on June 3, numbers virtually doubled.
"We do very well in that downtown lot. From the get-go, we did not want to be in the fairgrounds," Taylor said. She said it's simply too far away and not visible. She acknowledged the market brings more pedestrian and vehicle traffic to the downtown but rather than seeing it as a negative, thinks it's "cool." She said downtown businesses champion the market and no one had witnessed "intolerable congestion."
She questioned whether there had been a traffic study and if council could share information on what incidents had occurred, where, when and how many times. She said the market was keen to work with Coleman to address any safety concerns. The issue of safety came to council last July.
Taylor said their request for additional space could be accommodated on-site, with a new fire hall being built off of Highway 35 this year. She wondered if the empty building could then be repositioned into a pavilion. She added the former Dollo's Foodland site on Bobcaygeon Road could be turned into a municipal parking lot if parking is the issue.
She said much could be explored "short of relocating 20 businesses to a new location." She said vendors do not like to move, even within the market itself. She emphasized they are making their livings, not running lemonade stands.
She noted the Artisan's Market is separate from the farmers' market. She said that at one time, the artisans were located at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre. "A solution for one may not necessarily be the solution for both."
Coun. Lisa Schell inquired about vendor numbers and was told the farmers' market averages 15, but can be as high as 20 on long holiday weekends, while there are 14 at the artisans market.
Reeve Brent Devolin said that in the autumn, "This definitely will be an expanded conversation."
LISA GERVAIS is the editor for The Highlander.


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Handmade espadrilles, gastro tapas and sandy walks… How to spend 48 hours in Barcelona
If stunning architecture, tasty food, vintage steals and glorious sunshine sound good to you, this Spanish city is not to be missed
SUN, sand, sea and culture all parceled up in one city break. Sounds too good to be true right?
Barcelona will make you think again...
Get to know Gaudi
Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí reshaped Barcelona in the early 20th century.
If you only see one of his works, make it La Sagrada Familia. Entry to the extraordinary, yet still unfinished, cathedral costs £13.
Its elaborate exterior starkly contrasts with the minimalist interior.
Another Gaudí masterpiece is modernist apartment building Casa Milà. Entry is £19, but you can climb to the ornate roof and peer through an arch that frames the distant cathedral.
Finish your day feasting in one of Gaudí's earliest works, Casa Calvet. The restaurant has beautiful tiled interiors and exquisite Mediterranean fare.
Go Goth
Dodge the crowds as you walk down the city's most famous promenade – the pedestrianised La Rambla – then detour to the nearby Carrer d'Avinyó, a boutique-filled street, to pick up handmade espadrilles at La Manual Alpargatera.
Meander through the Gothic Quarter's medieval lanes, finishing up at Plaça del Pi – a square lined with cafes, antique shops and the occasional artists' market.
Soak up the sun
Sip a cerveza at one of the pop-up bars on La Barceloneta beach, 20 minutes walk from La Rambla, as you watch beach volleyball, weightlifting or even a chess competition on the sand.
Or find solace at the Fundació Joan Miró museum in the Montjuïc district. Entry is £10 and you can wander between colourful sculptures by surrealist Catalan artist Miró in the Sculpture Garden.
Later, take the metro to the Gaudi-designed Park Güell. Entry to the park is £10, with a great city view from its terraces.
Shop the markets
Pick up ingredients for a picnic lunch at La Boqueria.
The city's most famous food market is open 8am to 8.30pm, Monday to Saturday.
Or stock up at nearby Mercat de Santa Caterina, with vendors selling olives, cheese and bread every day except Sunday from 7.30am.
Then browse 500 stalls with everything from vintage tees to antique cutlery at Els Encants Vells.
This flea market at Carrer de los Castillejos opens from 9am, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Taste the tapas
Focus your tapas-bar crawl on the chic El Born district, adjacent to the Gothic Quarter.
Start at Tapeo and squeeze in at communal tables for delicious patatas bravas, truffled eggs and calamari.
Then choose from 17 stalls at the Tapas Market at Mercat Princesa.
Finally, finish up at with gastro tapas at Llamber – think smoked anchovies and aubergines with honey. Mmm!
Catch some Zzzs
Perfectly positioned on the border of the Gothic Quarter and the Born District, the white rooms at H10 Montcada have leather and gold accents, making them feel more decadent than its three-star price tag might suggest.
Oh, and there's a rooftop bar and Jacuzzi, too… Doubles cost from £85, room only. Return flights cost from £28.
If Spanish sunshine appeals to you, you might be interested in how to spend 48 hours in Seville, too.


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First-Person Shooter
December 17, 2012
New York, N.Y.
It must have been about 20 years ago. I was at a friend's house and he showed me a new videogame called Wolfenstein 3D. My friend enjoyed the dynamics of the game, which involved — as best I can recall — a first-person perspective of an armed soldier chasing people on the screen, and shooting and killing them.
I'm afraid I was rather appalled rather than enticed. The idea of shooting and killing people — even in fantasy — was distasteful and horrifying to me. This is what the computer revolution was all about? "But they're mutant Nazi zombies," my friend argued, I guess under the assumption that if anyone deserved to be blown away, it was a mutant Nazi zombie.
Wolfenstein 3D is now famous as spawning a whole genre of first-person shooter computer games, and they are now part of the culture in which we live.
I have never actually played one of these games. So in one sense, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about here. Indeed, my wife and I probably constitute one of the few computer-geek households with no Xbox, no PS3, no Wii, and no games on our computers more interesting than Minesweeper, Freecell, and Bejeweled.
I now also qualify as an old fogy, so I probably have nothing useful to say about this subject or anything else. So be it.
I was once a kid, however, and I know that kids left to themselves will pick up sticks and poles, pretend that they're rifles, and run around "shooting" each other. Evolution seems to have engrained something in our brains that foment this type of play. But time was, this play stopped around the time of puberty. Only in recent decades has it been common to see teenagers and young adults continue playing at shooting other human beings (or computer images of other human beings) in paintball and first-person shooter games.
In the two decades since Wolfenstein 3D, first-person shooter games have become much more realistic and — in more sense than one — much more deadly. Now embedded in the psychology and muscle memory of the players of these games are the skills necessary to carry out a military-style take-no-prisoners assault: the quick reflexes, the agile turns, the strategies necessary to maximize the kill count, and most importantly — how to revel in the splashing blood rather than being sickened by it.
Whether there is a demonstrable cause-and-effect in the minds of kids and young adults who play these games and their lives away from the computer screen, I don't know. But there is now a whole generation that has assimilated the mentality of carrying out an assault and blasting people to smithereens — game players who can visualize with great accuracy exactly what it's like to commit mass slaughter in a shopping mall, a college campus, a movie theater, a workplace, a house of worship, or a grade school.
I'm not suggesting that first-person shooter games should be made illegal. I would much prefer that our lawmakers focus on the more immediate need of banning assault weapons, restricting handgun availability, and providing for universal healthcare that encompasses the mind as well as the body.
Rather than banning these games, I'd like to see ourselves as individuals exercise the self-discipline to avoid buying these games and playing them — in effect, to shun these games as something unhealthy and repulsive, as something representing a violent mentality and mode of life that we (as civilized human beings) categorically reject.
We programmers also have an obligation to use our powers for good rather than evil. We should not only reject programming jobs involved in creating weapons or perpetuating tyranny, but also reject programming jobs that contribute to the unhealthy psychological celebration of violence.
We programmers should instead attempt to formulate computer games that teach skills useful in modern-day life — skills such as debate, compromise, and conflict resolution. Obviously this is a much greater challenge than creating games dedicated to mass murder, but I have no doubt that we programmers are intelligent enough to try at least.
As Steven Pinker's exceptionally important book The Better Angels of Our Nature clearly demonstrates, violence is not our irrevocable destiny as human beings. Over the past millennia and centuries, violence has been declining. We are steadily but slowly becoming better people.
This is a trend to be cherished. We should do everything we can to magnify it. We must make a concerted effort to reduce violence in our lives, in our mass entertainment, and on our computer screens.


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Back in 2009, during Japan's biggest open-air art festival, called Echigo-Tsumari, artist Harumi Yukutake constructed a magical-looking house covered with thousands of round mirrors. After walking along a narrow path surrounded by grass on both sides, visitors would come upon this house that seemed to merge with its surroundings, making the border between reality and unreality unclear.
Magical Looking House
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31 Days of Christmas: Wreaths9:34 AM
So it's day five of the 31 Days of Christmas Challenge and that means today's challenge is wreaths!! I had a plan in mind to do a french mani and run it down the side of my nails like a wreath, similar to what I did for the worst polish challenge a few weeks ago. But then when I started doing it I really wasn't a fan. It was just too much green and not enough anything else. So I decided to go a different route. It's not really a wreath! It looks a bit more like mistletoe to me (and what's better than that?!) but I liked the subtlety of it on my nail. It also gave me a chance to use one of my untried polishes and it turns out I kind of like it! Enjoy and thanks for following!
Have you ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
Base on all nail but accent: OPI The Show Must Go On
Base on accent nail: CoverGirl Bronze Beauty
Mistletoe is done with needle marbling and China Glaze Glitering Garland
Berries are Deborah Lippmann Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
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First of all, thank you all for your patience regarding the giveaway snafu. Basically what happened was that a bunch of people who entered wanting.PDF files didn't receive them. I'm chalking that up to the fact that I sent them out as a mass email and BCCed you all on it, but .PDF was the most popular format, so there were like a ton of addresses and maybe some of them got dropped? I don't know, the internet is infuriating and maddening.
Anyway, I just sent out another mass email to people who didn't receive their books. If you still didn't get them, or you missed the first giveaway update, let me know!
I should have anticipated this type of problem. I never am able to do a giveaway that goes smoothly for one winner, yet multiplying that by six hundred somehow seemed a good idea, LOL.


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Kitchen Witch - Bacon and eggs for dinner
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Hello, my name is Kim, and I'm a bacon-holic.
For a cook who prides herself on mindful moderation, this is a difficult culinary confession. No other comestible tickles my sensory neurons quite like smoked pork belly. All it takes is one little lardon, and I'm doing a jig, high as a kite. The problem is, I can't just have one. Within minutes, I morph into a ravenous heathen, licking my fingers and wolfing down every last bacony morsel.
As a result, I can't do bacon and eggs because the bacon will do me first. As you can imagine, the cholesterol consequences of such compulsive behavior are dire, and yes, I choose life over bacon.
It's a conundrum, all right, and what I've come up with to satisfy both my id and my conscience is spaghetti carbonara. Instead of bacon and eggs, I make bacon-and-egg pasta, a classic Roman dish that found its way into American kitchens after the boys came home from WWII.
Old-timers (and Mario Batali) use guanciale (say GWAHN-CHALL-AY), the jowl/cheek area of the pig, but the younger kids have their eyes set on pancetta, from the belly. What they have in common is their decidedly unsmoked nature, yielding a milder (and possibly less desirable) result for us bacon freaks. You know what I use.
Although I'm doing great in recovery, I do have a jones for the stuff every few months, and the carbonara does the job without pushing me into the gutter.
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Adapted from the December 2007 issue of GQ magazine
The amounts below make enough for two servings, with a side salad. Amounts may be doubled.
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
6-8 ounces pancetta, or thick-cut or slab bacon
1/2 box spaghetti
2 large eggs
1/2-3/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and/or Pecorino Romano cheese
Salt and black pepper to taste
Optional garnishes: handful chopped fresh parsley and/or zest of 1/2 lemon
Bring at least 2 quarts water to a boil and add at least 1 teaspoon salt to the pot. Add spaghetti.
While spaghetti is cooking, chop pancetta or bacon into 1/4-inch matchsticks and heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add meat and fry until crisp. Turn down heat to low until ready to assemble the dish.
Break eggs into a bowl. Add a handful of grated cheese and a pinch of pepper. Beat mixture together, only enough to combine.
When spaghetti is al dente (about 10-12 minutes), drain it and add to egg mixture. Reserve some pasta water just in case. Add another small handful of cheese, and using two forks or a pair or tongs, toss the mixture until spaghetti is well coated.
Drain at least half the fat from the pancetta or bacon, and sprinkle the crisped bits into the pasta, plus remaining fat. Sprinkle with more cheese and black pepper. Do not stir immediately; allow contents of bowl to sit for about 30 seconds, then toss to combine. If mixture seems too dry, gradually add a few ounces of pasta water to make it creamier.
Taste for salt, pepper and cheese, and season accordingly. Add garnish of choice.
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Monday, 11 May 2015
Coffee and Tea
Our theme this week has been chosen by Joan and she would like us to take Coffee or Tea as our inspiration. I managed to mislay my coffee and teacup stamps (until I'd made my card of course!) so the cute digital image from Aurora Wings came to the rescue. Isn't the little kitten adorable?
I printed out the digital image on to smooth cartridge paper and coloured with a mix of Aquamarkers, watercolour pencils, Derwent Inktense pencils and Distress inks. I then trimmed it to a panel and applied Tumbled Glass Distress ink round the edges with an ink applicator.
Here's a little close-up so you can see the cute kitten a bit better.
I then printed out the roses corner image also by Aurora Wings on to the cartridge paper, coloured it as before and cut the image out.
I then dry embossed a panel of lilac pink card with a Cuttlebug Anna Griffin folder and glued this to an A5 cream textured card blank. I die cut 2 Marianne Design lace corners from light aqua paper and glued these on the right hand corners, adding the cut out rose image on the left.
I stamped the sentiment (from the Kanban coffee and tea set I couldn't find earlier!) on the teacup panel with Archival Watering Can ink and glued this on to finish.
Have a great week.
Hugs, Fliss xx
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Aurora Wings Challenge - Flowers
Glitter n Sparkle - Embossing - Heat or Dry
Come and Get It - Got Flowers?
Pile It On - Cute Animal
Just Us Girls - Embossing
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes/Add Flowers
Southern Girls - Animal Crackers
14 comments:
- Sally H said...
That is very cute...or a massive cuppa, lol! Love the colours and the roses are stunning!
- 11 May 2015 at 21:16
- Marina said...
Your digi is beautifully coloured and this is a sweet and pretty card.
- 12 May 2015 at 06:32
- brenda said...
A bit different for you Fliss, but very pretty in the soft colours.
B x
- 12 May 2015 at 07:30
- Astrid Maclean said...
Such a sweet image, have to say, that kitten in the tea pot is so cute! Lovely soft colours too!
- 12 May 2015 at 08:40
- Inky and Quirky said...
Ah this is so sweet Fliss! I love the little kitten,I did see an image of theirs with the kitten with wings,that was cute too!
Hope you have a less hectic day today
Big hugs
Donna xxx
- 12 May 2015 at 11:11
- rachel taylor said...
so sweet thanks for sharing with SBBC Rachel dt
- 12 May 2015 at 19:16
- Joan said...
What a sweet card (and kitten)! Your coloring is just gorgeous!!!
- 13 May 2015 at 16:45
- Chris D. said...
I haven't seen that AW image before, now I want it! What a beautiful card and I love how you colored it! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!
- 13 May 2015 at 20:53
- DonnaMundinger said...
This is just precious, Fliss! One of my fave images and I love your design with the fab embossing and beautiful die cuts. The rose corner is a perfect addition, as well. Thanks so much for joining our Flowers Challenge at Aurora Wings. xxD
- 13 May 2015 at 23:17
- Buttons said...
A lovely card Fliss. The Inktense colouring looks beautiful. Jenny x
- 14 May 2015 at 06:09
- Cheryl said...
Wonderful coloring! Cute, cute image!
Thanks for joining us this week at Just Us Girls!
- 15 May 2015 at 00:11
- Mitzi Sato-Wiuff said...
This is so cute and beautiful, Fliss! Love pink and blue and all the roses!! Thank you for joining us at Aurora Wings Challenge.
Mitzi xxx
Artist/Owner Aurora Wings
- 17 May 2015 at 01:29
- Laila aka Koneko said...
awwwwwh, your kitty looks sooo adorable!
Amazing job on colouring her, and those roses look amazing too :)
Thank you for joining the Flowers-challenge at Aurora Wings.
Hugs, Laila
- 17 May 2015 at 14:17
- Alicia Borowski said...
Beautiful, sweet & colourful. Thanks for joining us for our 'Animal Crackers' challenge #110.
Alicia (Southern Girls DT)
MaxiBelle Studio
- 28 May 2015 at 05:42


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Hello, everyone!
Many of you have asked how the fishing has been; both on the river and the lakes – as many of you like to fish both while you're here.
As I've told you, the river fishing has been very good. The Fly Fisher's conclave is over and was a great success. Many of our guests enjoyed the event, and had time to enjoy the fishing too! They all reported good fishing on a variety of flies. As for our spin fishing guests, the report was much the same. There are those times when it doesn't really seem to matter what you are throwing at them; as long as you're throwing something, they're hitting it… 🙂 Apparently, this is one of those times…
Now, for lake fishing. I hadn't had any guests hit the lakes in the last couple of weeks, so I really didn't know for sure what was going on there. Well, here's my answer!
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Bank fisherman takes world-class fish from Norfork
Angler catches 51-pound striped bass with 10-pound test line
Eric Green holds the 51-pound striped bass he caught from Norfork Lake early Wednesday. / KEVIN PIEPER/THE BAXTER BULLETIN
Norfork Lake yielded a monster striped bass around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning to angler Eric Green fishing a suspending Rogue from the bank in the Quarry Park area of the lake.
The 51-pound cow was Green's third trophy fish of 2012. Earlier this year he caught a 9-pound brown trout and a 5-pound cutthroat trout from the White River.
Wednesday's fish stripped all the 10-pound test line from the Abu Garcia casting reel Green was using.
"It stripped the line off twice. I could see the holes and line tie on my spool both times. I just put my thumb on the line and horsed him back both times," Green said. "It took 45 minutes to land."
The brake and bushings were apparently burned out of the reel.
Russell Breckenridge, a guide since 1985, said Green's fish is one of the biggest he's heard of out of Norfork in 2012.
Fishing was tougher than usual in August because of hot weather and water, but the bite has improved some since the weather turned cooler and produced some rain.
"We had a party of four out last week and we did pretty good," Breckenridge said. "We've caught several 25s and fewer 30s (pounds) so far this year."
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocks about 154,000 striped bass to Norfork Lake each year.
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Tom Georgens, Engenio CEO, told us where Engenio was heading a few weeks ago. Now he is the ex-CEO. Whither Enginio? Whither indeed.
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Engenio was the disk sub-system building block and disk-array-producing division of LSI Logic. It had its own branding and was destined for indepence via an IPO, guided by its then CEO Tom Georghens. Its sub-systems and arrays are supplied under OEM arrangements to vendors such as Sun and StorageTek. It supplies SAN mananagement software courtesy of an OEM arrangement with AppIQ, now being acquired by HP.
As a disk array vendor it is in a second tier, along with Dot Hill and Xyratex, all smaller than the three main array vendors EMC, HDS and IBM.
LSI Logic has changed its view of Engenio after its own change of CEO. New man, Abhi Talwalkar, sees more LSI Logic shareholder value coming from keeping Engenio in the LSI Logic fold and integrating LSI Logic's RAID chip and card products with it.
Abhi Talwalkar briefed us on where LSI Logic and Engenio are heading.
He is 100 days in the job and sees LSI as a vertically-integrated ASIC-based company when the market is moving towards horizontally linked companies: "The ASIC industry is moving from vertical to horizontal integration. Five years ago an ASIC company was a vertically-oriented company. A one-stop shop. No more. The market has dis-aggregated. ... A company can't be a leader in all the segments making up the (old) vertically-integrated structure."
"This structural shift absolutely requires a change in strategy."
He said that Intel and Samsung are the only vertically-integrated companies left. No none else generates the $8billion annual revenue needed to fund the fabs, etc.)
LSI is a traditional vertically-integrated ASIC company. It has to change.
He said: "We have significantly reinvigorated the LSI Organisation -- particularly with the leadership team.... LSI will adopt a fab-less manufacturing strategy. We'll sell our Gresham fab facility."
He thnks LSI Logic focussed too much on technology and too little on markets, saying: "We need to be market-led instead of being technology-led. We cannot just focus on technology - we have to pick markets where LSI has design expertise, systems knowledge. (It's) absolutely critical. ... We have to engage with our customers at the systems level ... and (have) engagements with market makers," such as HP, Dell, Brocade, Seagate and others.
He also wants to make the separate parts of LSI Logic work better together, instead of being in separate product silos: "We are driving to extract synergies across product lines. LSI has to some degree almost been a silo organisation (with a) number of product groups (There have been) no synergies. (We have) not come together."
He asserts though that LSI Logic is in a strong position: "There isn't a company today that parallels LSI Logic in storage (sub-systems. We have a ) leadership position in SCSI controllers, SAS controllers. (We have) leadership in building blocks for mid-range segment, (and are) poised for leadership in volume segment."
The future is going to about being systems-aware and generating synergies.
Talwalkar said: "From a storage standpoint we have an abundance of systems expertise." The storage product line includes: "SCSI controllers, RAID adapters and systems. We are leaders in all segments. We've brought them together. We want to extract synergies by bringing these three product lines together."
"We're going to pick the markets and stay in the markets for the long-term.... You have to be a technology leader. That was one of the reasons why we decided to go fab-less relative to process technology. The differentiating factors today are having the right IP, the expertise to integrate systems on a chip."
"LSI has always been a leader here, (it) excels at this activity. Having your own fab and producing your own wafers is not a differentiator today. "Even IBM, even TI use external foundries."
He is emphatic that LSI Logic is in a strong position in the storage business saying that: "Regarding enterprise storage the storage market is very supportive of LSI supplying building blocks." It collaborates with HP, Dell, EMC, Sun, Seagate, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Brocade, QLogic. McDATA is a customer for standard ASICs.That's a lot of good relationships.
The building blocks include HBAs, Expanders, RAID Cards, Engenio controllers, MegaRAID, Stack, MyStorage SW, SANtricity management software and integrated RAID.
Talwalkar avers that: "LSI is driving every segment of the storage market. We're everywhere. No one else in storage has our capabilities from silicon to systems building blocks."
"We're a leader today in mid-range storage (system building blocks) . I certainly want to extend that into volume. We're looking at entering the consumer market with our enterprise products. ... We have a strong RAID adaptor business."
He sees that: "(The) worlds of storage within the server and outside the server are coming together. We believe we're in a strong position for that convergence. IT managers want it, want a common system management interface for storage inside the servers and outside. It increases our differentiation substantially against the other storage building block suppliers."
Talwalkar is not enthusiastic about the disk array products. He said: "For StorageTek LSI ships controllers, enclosures, software - system building bocks. Drives too for StorageTek. (But) packaging drives in arrays is not a core competence of LSI. We'll let our customers do that. Drives are a very small amount of our business."
What about the Engenio brand? "We have every intention of maintaining the Engenio brand. It's fairly well known to our OEM customers."
As an example of working with market makers he cites Dell and HP: "LSI and HP collaborated with Seagate to help HP bring a line of servers to market in July with the first SAS controllers."
Wrap up
In the future Engenio will be the LSI Logic brand name for modular external RAID storage system building blocks, even complete systems. Other LSI Logic brands include:-
- MegaRAID for host-based RAID storage adapters sold to OEM customers and also distributed through indirect channels.
- LSI Logic for host bus adapters sold to OEM customers and also distributed through indirect channels. Also for SCSI, SAS, Fibre Channel and RAID-on-chip (ROC) I/O semiconductors and custom ASICs sold to OEM customers.
LSI Logic will design and build semi-conductor components for its customers using third-party foundries. These components will have systems expertise and software likely used, and LSI Logic will work with its customers to build what they want.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CBL Properties (NYSE:CBL) today announced that 2018 kicked off with strong January and February sales. Sales per square foot in CBL's portfolio for reporting tenants under 10,000 square feet increased 5.6% for the two months ended February 28, 2018, putting it on-track to exceed the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2018 forecast for an increase in retail sales between 3.8% and 4.4%. According to the NRF, January sales increased 5.4% over 2017 and February sales increased 4.4% over 2017.
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Houston foodie fixture Erin Hicks, author of the popular "Houston Classic" cookbook series, wraps up holiday gift giving and entertaining dilemmas with her just released Houston Small Plates & Sips. Her fourth book, an ideally timed follow up to Houston Classic Desserts, Houston Classic Mexican Recipes and Houston Classic Seafood, showcases the best of the city's small plates movement and complements each beautifully photographed and home kitchen tested mini dish with a corresponding beer, wine and cocktail recipe pairing, plus personal tips from top chefs, mixologists and sommeliers.
With recipes perfect for parties or a quiet evening at home, Houston Small Plates & Sips serves up more than 100 culinary finds and cocktail ideas. Mix and match multi-course tasting menus or treat a friend, family member or co-worker to a cookbook that is sure to be enjoyed long after it's been unwrapped. Highlights include sought after signatures ranging from REEF's Shrimp Shooters and Uchi's Salad to Mockingbird Bistro's Braised Short Ribs and Brasserie 19's Butterscotch Tarts. And wash it all down with an Aviation from Mongoose Versus Cobra, a Persimmon Julep from Anvil, La Perla from Coppa or G'vine, Lillet & Croquet from the soon-to-open Brooklyn Athletic Club.
Hicks, a former restaurant owner from Corpus Christi who works as a designer, realtor and photographer, has grown a loyal following thanks to her cornucopia of chef sources and accessible choices that position the home cook as a star in the kitchen.
According to Hicks, "Houston Small Plates & Sips" is a great book for dreaming or designing a spectacular dine around at home."
And critics agree. Jeremiah Tower, James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef and author says, "Who knew that Houston was so packed with talent, cooking all of our favorite dishes, and that they're all in this beautiful, stunningly photographed Houston Small Plates & Sips cookbook? And not just the food – all my favorite cocktails as well! Who better than Erin Hicks to show the way around town?"
Priced at $24.95, copies are now available for pre-order online at erinhickscooks.com. Friends and fans can also visit with Hicks in person, purchase a copy and have her personalize it on November 8 from 5 until 9 pm when Arturo's Uptown Italiano (1180-1 Uptown Park Blvd., Houston, TX 77056) hosts the launch party with complimentary small bites and champagne, plus happy hour specials.


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I have a problem with enabling SSL for my site. Its my first step with it and I dont't know what to do. I have the newest Xampp installed in windows xp sp3. My site is in c:\www\web directory and I get it by writing http://localhost.tld/. All works fine, when I don't use encryption. But what to do for encrypt it(mainly I want secured login mechanism)? I tried write SSLRequireSSL in httpd-vhosts.conf before the </Directory> , but then when I type https://localhost.tld/, it redirect me to https://localhost.tld/xampp - so I see xampp info site. I didn't generated certificate, because I read somewhere that for tests I can use default certificate. What I have to do to get my site using SSL and typing https://localhost.tld/ ?
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The improbably named Professor Penis McTitty caused uproar at yesterday's International Science Convention when he branded all Creationists as "nut-jobs".
A verbal sparring match ensued between a group of Creationist's from Alabama who has accidentally turned up at the convention after taking the wrong turn after leaving crazy church.
They claimed that the Professor was wrong and that, according to their own research, only about 58% of Creationists could be classified as 'nut-jobs'. The rest fell into 'wing-nut' and 'fruitcake' territory.
"For every Billy-Bob and Lou-Ann there's a Randy and Tina", said a Creationist spokesman, "for instance, I believe that Jesus ate dinosaur meat - now thems not the words of a nut-jub".
He also cited verses in the Bible, which they say clearly contradicted Darwinian theory:
"Noah's ark had two of every animal - except for the pretty unicorn. There was no mention anywhere of a velociraptor, tyrannosaurus or Indians. They just don't exist. It's a fact of the good book".
The professor later backed down publicly from his statements but has reserved the right to mutter under his breath about how stupid the Creationists are and draw funny little anti-Creationist cartoons in his journals to pass the time.


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I've actually made this recipe several times now, and have gradually refined the process so that now the 11yo actually makes it on her own! The first time I ignored all of the instructions about sticking it into the freezer, and I paid the price. Firstly the dough was far too soft to handle, and broke as I was transferring it to the case. Secondly it went golden far too quickly, and lastly it absolutely fell apart when I mis-handled the tin. Make sure you follow the instructions exactly, use an oven thermometer, your digital thermometer, and if you have one, your laser thermometer too!
For the pastry:
300g plain flour
150g unsalted butter
½ tsp salt
120g icing sugar
3 large egg yolks
Seeds from ½ vanilla pod
Finely grated zest of ½ lemon
1 egg for the egg wash
300g plain flour
150g unsalted butter
½ tsp salt
120g icing sugar
3 large egg yolks
Seeds from ½ vanilla pod
Finely grated zest of ½ lemon
1 egg for the egg wash
- Using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix the flour, butter and salt on low speed until it becomes a sand like texture (approximately 2-3 minutes). [Actually, I did this by hand]
- In the meantime, in a tall container blitz together the icing sugar and egg yolks with a hand blender.
- Add the vanilla seeds and lemon zest to the egg yolk mixture and then add to the bowl in the mixer and continue to mix on low speed until fully combined and a very soft dough has formed (approximately 3-5 minutes).
- Mould the dough into a flat rectangle and wrap it in clingfilm before placing in the fridge for at least 1 hour. [Did mine overnight, was pretty firm when I rolled it out]
- Roll the pastry between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 2mm, using two stacked 2 pence coins as guides, then place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Pre-heat the oven to 190ºC/gas mark 5. Line a 26cm tart tin (2.5cm deep) with the pastry making sure to press it into the edges and leaving the pastry hanging over the edge.
- Take a sheet of baking paper and scrunch it up several times to eliminate any sharp edges. Prick the dough with a fork all over the surface. Place the baking paper on top and add enough coins (or baking beans) to fill the casing ¼ of the way up. Place in the preheated oven to bake for approximately 20 minutes or until fully cooked. [Be careful with the coins - once nearly put a watch battery in the oven which someone had dumped in the coin pot - check them!]
- In the meantime, mix some of the leftover dough with an egg using a hand blender.
- After 20 minutes, remove the baking paper and coins and, using a pastry brush, brush the entire surface of the tart with the dough and egg mixture. This 'liquid pastry' will ensure that any holes will be sealed. Return the tart to the oven for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove the tart from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 120ºC/gas mark ½. Place the baked pastry case in the oven to warm up.
[If you're in a massive hurry, you can use this pastry, it comes in a pre-cut disc and is the best commercial pastry I've found to date. This is what the 11yo uses when we're in a hurry, and it's pre-rolled to a very suitable thickness]
For the filling:
Finely grated zest and juice of 5 lemons
300ml double cream
390g white caster sugar
9 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
- Put all the filling ingredients into the thermomix and cook for 10 minutes, speed five, at 60ºC - keep a close eye on the temperature, you want to stop it at 60º - do not rely on the thermomix, check it with a digital thermometer! At this point, strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a jug. With a spoon, remove the bubbles from the surface of the liquid.
- Slide the oven rack out a bit, then pour the mixture into the warm pastry case inside the oven. Fill the case to the top, slide the rack carefully back in, and bake the tart for approximately 25 minutes or until the temperature of the filling reaches 70ºC. Allow to cool completely at room temperature. [Now. You're supposed to check the temperature with a thermometer - DO NOT TEST THE TEMPERATURE AT THE EDGE OF THE TART! It's cooked further than the rest of it, and will mark your custard! I've now made this tart several times and I actually now test it with a laser thermometer, basing the reading on the centre of the tart - you can also use the 'wobble test' - there should still be a noticeable wobble in the centre.]
- Just before serving, trim the overhanging pastry by running a sharp knife round the top of the tart tin and discard.
The tart had the perfect amount of wobble, and stood upright, but it was still a little too loose for me, in terms of mouth feel. Unless you're going to practice it before you make it for something big, do take it a little beyond 70ºC if you want to make sure it's more firmly set. Also, Heston says to trim the pastry just before you serve? No, think that's a bad idea... Firstly, I ended up with little crumbs on my tart, not matter how I held it, because the pastry is so brittle. Secondly, I managed to break a chunk off mine at the last minute, which then meant that I was unwilling to really trim it up to the fluted edge for fear of a repeat... Also, the pastry was still too thick... I rolled it much thinner after that.
|Make sure your sheet will cover your tin entirely
|Rolled to the thickness of two 2p pieces... Eventually...
|Remember to test your tart in the centre, not at the edge!
|Tart, with nibbled edge and that blooming crack!...
This recipe is in Heston Blumenthal at home cookbook. You can find it here >


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Having a quick, convenient means of communication and information exchange have clearly affected the ways in which people today take in and process information. Based on the ways that I have adapted to a more fast-paced life with easily accesible information, I find that the arguments presented by Wolf, Miller, and Carr are very relevant and persuasive. Wolf illustrates the ways in which newer technologies may be detrimental to peoples' abilities to read deeply, further compromising their abilities to proces knowledge and grow intellectually. She shows how "Literacy is so much entwined in our lives that we often fail to realize that the act of reading is a miracle that is evolving under our fingertips", and we have thus not only taken our abilities to read for granted, but we also have forgotten to process and analyze what we read in a meaningful way. This argument that Wolf presents is something that I find very true in relation to my own daily life. As information becomes more readily available, most often due to quick, efficient internet searches, I oftentimes find that instead of fully analyzing the text, I will simply take in the information without thinking critically about it.
This is also supported by Carr's argument, where he fears that our ability to engage in "deep reading" has become compromised by the rise of the digital age, which I also find rather compelling. Miller too suggests that while the internet serves as the culmination of all the human creations, with "communicative powers surpass[ing] all the preceding technologies for enabling and enhancing human understanding combined", becoming overly reliant upon its convenience can prove ultimately damaging, unless humans learn to think independently. Overall, I find all three of these arguments largely compelling in relation to the modern world. Personally, I will oftentimes find myself taking in facts and information without meaningful analysis, and as a result, will not learn as much as I could from the written text. As such, I find myself in agreement with Carr, since I do indeed feel that my ability to read deeply and focus on a passage of literature has been somewhat compromised.
Overall, I think that Carr, Miller, and Wolf share very similar perspectives on the rise of the digital age. However, the three authors seem to examine a different aspect of the issue. While Miller discusses the ways in which technology and digital communication has developed over the years, and shows how it affects how language and written information has changed because of it, Carr more closely examines how human intelligence and thought can be affected by these changes. Wolf meanwhile goes on to demonstrate how children, especially are learning differently now, and how this could prove either positive or negative to humans as a whole, depending upon how we deal with teaching them. She talks about how people "need to develop an expert reading brain before they become totally immersed in the digital world", a sentiment shared by both Miller and Carr. I believe overall that all three authors are cautioning the readers agains depending on the internet too much. However, I do feel that they also give the collective message that if handled correctly, digital information can also be very useful, as Miller says the coming age of technology can help us " think and communicate in and with the most powerful medium of our time".