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"I love sci-fi romance and am always on the lookout for a new author. This was a great introduction to a new world with characters that were memorable and believable."-Cyberclipher, Amazon reviewer
"I knew from page two of Greenshift that I had a writer-crush on Heidi Ruby Miller. I mean, holy crap, this girl can write! This is how you write Science-Fiction."
-Cary Caffrey, best selling author of THE GIRLS FROM ALCYONE
"Miller's characters blaze with life and lust and depth, and her world is a dichotomy of the glamorously sensual and the brutally dangerous."
-Mary SanGiovanni, Bram Stoker nominated author of THE HOLLOWER trilogy
"...I loved the world building in this, the attention to detail and the portrayal of the characters. Heidi has a talent for making them so real. The writing is flawless and descriptive, and all the premises and reactions believable and consistent. The bad guys completely gave me the creeps..."
-Pippa Jay, author of KEIR
"The action and romance are seamlessly woven together, transporting us and leaving us petulant for more when the story is over."
-from the foreword by Dana Marton, New York Times best selling author of THE THIRD SCROLL
"GREENSHIFT gives readers a delightfully malicious villain and a thrilling climax that had me on the edge of my seat and left me gasping for breath when all was said and done. Fans of Sci-Fi Romance are sure to enjoy this romance and action-packed novel."
-S.A. Sullivan, author of THE HAUNTED HOUSEWIVES OF ALLISTER, ALABAMA
"No spoilers here, but if you love planet hopping, space crafts, incredibly thought out societal pecking orders, stuff called scent bots and voyeurs, and characters you simply cannot resist rooting for...read this."
-T. K. Toppin, author of THE LANCASTER RULE series
Greenshift is the first book in a new series set within the world of Ambasadora. This space thriller contains elements of futuristic romance, military science fiction, a galactic empire, dystopian society, and space opera.
In this caste-ruled society, celebrity, beauty, and power mean everything and multiple partners are the norm. Love and jealousy are considered emotional fallacies, nothing more than fleeting moods and sentiments biased by hormones. But sometimes people just fall in love...and that can be deadly.
Mari's rare eye color makes her a pariah within Upper Caste society, which is why she prefers plants to people...except David, the former Armadan captain who shuttles scientists around on a refurbished pleasure cruiser.
But someone else is interested in Mari and her distinctive look--an obsessed psychopath who tortures and murders women for pleasure.
When the killer chooses Mari as his next victim, the soldier inside David comes alive, but it is Mari who must fight for her own life and prove she isn't as fragile as the flowers she nurtures.
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"Unidentified transport vessel, this is Captain David Anlow of the Argo Protector. You have entered forbidden space above an embargoed planet. Disengage your weapons or we will take this as a sign of aggression and release gunships. Do you acknowledge?"
The UTV's silence mimicked their response to the first two hails.
David's gunship crews were standing by for launch. Normally he would simply fire a warning shot across the UTV's bow. The sight of a blue-white plasma ball rapidly filling the viewscreen was enough to force even the most powerfully equipped ships to surrender. And the mid-sized transport vessel facing off with them now only had low grade weaponry that would simply vaporize as it glanced off the Protector's massive shields.
But David couldn't risk a warning shot here without the plasma punching through the atmosphere of Tampa One and hitting the planet. The sharp silhouette of the oblong UTV was black against the green and white haze of Tampa One. He hadn't been on the pristine planet in decades—few had since Sovereign Prollixer and the Quorum of Archivists designated it an eco sanctuary. That meant no new settlements, no harvesting or mining, only tourists who could pay the exorbitant prices that the Embassy-sanctioned outfitters demanded.
"Third hail," Commander Lyra Simpra said, her cinnamon breath reminding David of his unfinished cup of chai from this morning. "Gunships are a go, Captain."
Lyra had never been a patient woman.
His patience wore thin, too. "Launch gunships two and four."
The situation felt wrong to David. He had been captaining the Protector for ten years and had moved rapidly through fleet ranks since enlisting as a teenager. In all that time he learned to hone his instincts. Right now they told him there was something he was missing.
To the gunships he instructed, "Close half the distance. Wait for my order to engage." Then so that only his commander could hear, "Lyra, something feels off about this ship."
"Aside from their outdated registration, non-existent transponder codes, and unwillingness to answer us?" the blonde Armadan asked. "Oh, and there's the bit about their weapons being online."
Only Lyra could get away with talking to him like that, and not just because of how they spent their time together off the bridge. He valued her opinion—she never let emotion cloud her judgment, even when it came to him.
"Do you really think it's a coincidence," she said, "that the day the Embassy sends down the quorum to reconsider the Archenzon embargo, this UTV shows up?"
"Why would they do this?" David asked. "They had to know they'd be hopelessly outgunned."
"Desperation. To make a statement." Lyra didn't sound like she cared about motive. Her mood had been irascible since she returned from a meeting at fleet headquarters last week. She'd never told David what that meeting was about, and he never asked because there would always be parts of their lives they didn't discuss—their positions as officers wouldn't allow it.
Considering their conversation before she attended that meeting, David suspected Lyra had requested a transfer. He shouldn't have brought up marriage again.
The comm officer interrupted his thoughts. "They're responding, sir."
"Argo Protector we have families on board traveling from Tampa Three. We're requesting an emergency landing. Don't fire."
"Convenient," Lyra said.
David agreed. "Why are your weapons online?"
"That can't be. Our ship isn't armed." The man's voice sounded nervous, not necessarily like he was lying, more like the pronouncement caught him unawares.
David looked to his petty officer for confirmation.
"Still reading as online, sir."
"Our sensors report your weapons are online. Disengage and we can discuss your emergency situation," David said.
To his comm officer he said, "Relay this information, including the request for an emergency landing, to HQ."
"Yes, sir."
"I'm telling you we don't have any weapons, online or otherwise." Panic infused the man's voice.
"We're assessing your situation now," David said.
"Response coming in from fleet HQ, Captain," the comm officer said.
"Put it through."
"Why hasn't that ship been dealt with?" To David's surprise, he recognized the voice as Rear Admiral Quartis. He expected a comm officer to relay the message. The Embassy must really be concerned with the security for the quorum's little foray on-planet. Most likely the escalating terrorist attacks by the fragger organization this past week.
"Sir, there may be civilian families on board—"
"Squatters, you mean," Quartis snapped back. "Trying to stake a claim to land on Tampa One before the embargo lifts."
David had considered that. Debates consumed the Media feeds concerning the upcoming vote which would decide whether those citizens already living on the surface of Tampa One could remain. The single point all legislators agreed upon, however, was that no new immigrants would be tolerated. If the passengers in the UTV were Lower Caste citizens from the ill-formed and dirty world of Tampa Three, David could understand their desire to live in paradise on the rustic and isolated Tampa One.
"I'll have troopers from one of the gunships board them," he said, "and assess the situation from that end. If there's no threat to the Protector, the UTV can handle its emergency in our docking bay." To the comm officer David said, "Relay that order to gunship two."
"If that ship doesn't comply with boarding, engage and destroy. The Enforcer is on its way to back you up," Quartis said.
David bristled. "I think one battleship can handle a UTV, sir."
"Don't forget who you're talking to, Captain Anlow."
"You might want to hold your tongue, Captain, before you make us all look bad," Lyra spit out through gritted teeth.
"And, you might want to hold yours, Commander." He didn't need Lyra's pissy attitude right now.
"The UTV's weapons went offline," the petty officer said. "Sir, it's making a break for Tampa One's atmosphere."
"Tell gunships to follow," David said. "Do not engage. Hail the UTV again."
"That goes against direct orders, sir," Lyra said.
"It isn't protocol to shoot down a civilian ship with its weapons offline," David said.
Every trooper on the bridge remained still, listening to the stand-off between the officers.
"Rear Admiral Quartis's direct order overrides fleet protocol according to Section 4.30-74 of the Armadan—"
David cut Lyra off. "I'm not blasting a passenger transport out of the sky without true proof of threat. You may return to your quarters, Commander Simpra."
"I'm afraid I can't do that, David."
His head snapped around at the use of his given name. That should have been the biggest surprise, but it paled in comparison to the shock of seeing her pointing a cender between his eyes.
"This isn't personal," she said.
"Gunships standing by—Sir, gunships from the Enforcer just fired on the UTV."
David watched the wall-sized viewscreen as the UTV broke apart into hundreds of red-orange fireballs plunging through Tampa One's atmosphere.
The sub-orbital ship's gangway dropped slowly, first revealing stark white clouds mushrooming into a deep blue sky then the undulating surface of a brilliant turquoise sea on Tampa Deux. Wren had never seen anything like this back on Deleine, even along the coast of the Chac Territory where the ocean wasn't quite as polluted as the rest of the planet. And it smelled just as she had imagined, like a thousand air purifiers were working at once.
She could never leave this beautiful place…because she was probably going to die here.
Terror seized her again, freezing her feet to the dock. Wren's heart pounded so hard, and the blood pushed through her veins with such force, that she thought she might pass out.
"Please don't do this," she begged Carlos, the tall blonde Armadan who pulled her along the private dock. His large hand completely wrapped around her bicep, ensuring she went only where he intended. Not that he would help her anyway—he was only hired muscle with no authority to do anything except what Dale Zapona told him to.
She implored Dale. "Please. I want to go home. You can't sell me."
The wealthy business mogul ignored her pleas.
"You said you would show me the system." Her voice elevated in panic and outrage, wishing she had refused his offer of adventure back at the mining consortium headquarters on Deleine. Sitting behind a desk all day and reviewing miners' health benefits didn't seem so bad. "You lied about everything." She despised the memories she had of mooning over this man whose secret trade was in human trafficking.
"Shut her up," Dale said.
Carlos pulled Wren up close to his chest. "You want me to remind you how rough I can be?"
She still wouldn't have known her fate had Carlos not become bored during the journey and decided to make her his entertainment. He couldn't seem to get it up until he saw her fear. Telling her Dale had made a deal with some psychopath for her enslavement was enough to bring on the terror.
She had been afraid every second of every hour since.
They crossed the synthstone dock over the sea as it became a boardwalk spanning a high dune. Her shoulder length hair curled up and stuck to her neck, and the humid air invited biting insects. Wren swatted at the winged attackers, but they were fast and raised red welts on the fair skin of her exposed arms and legs and where her sleeveless sheath had ripped during her struggle with Carlos back on board the freighter. Her bulging lower lip also bore the evidence of that one and only escape attempt when she had gone mad with the thought of him touching her again.
Carlos promised Liu Stavros would be worse, but the man waiting for them on the exquisite white patio was unexpected.
He was in his early twenties, she guessed, not much older than she was. And very good-looking, reminding her of the guys she and her friends drooled over on the Media feeds from clubs at the Hub and the few exclusive franchises on Deleine.
When he saw them, he spread his arms and asked, "What the hell is this?"
The pink shirt he wore billowed open where he hadn't bothered to button it in the front, revealing a thin, but toned chest and abdomen. She couldn't see any tan lines where the bronze skin disappeared beneath the waistband of his beige linen pants.
He flipped his dark shades up from his boyish button nose to look Wren up and down with light brown eyes—the same shade her eyes used to be until the vaccine turned them golden-orange.
"Where's the blonde?" he asked. "And what's up with the busted lip? You know I won't pay full price for damaged goods."
"She had a little fall," Dale said, though he gave Carlos a look which said the difference in price was coming out of his cut.
"That a fact?" Liu said, unconvinced. "You're lucky if I pay half because I already have one with chestnut hair in there." He hitched a thumb over his shoulder toward the double glass patio doors.
If Wren wasn't what he wanted, maybe they'd let her go. A small hope swam to the top of her fear.
The sick smile that spread across Liu's mouth immediately sank her hope.
"But I guess you did come all this way." A crazed expression warped his handsome features and a fast excitement infused his voice. "The mind minstrel's probing the other one right now." He let the double entendre linger in the air before asking, "Want to hear the music we're making? I just got this thing last week. It cost more than that piece of shit shuttle you landed in. Got it from some Lower Caste kid who claimed he was a fragger. But if his scrawny ass was some anti-Embassy rebel, then I'm the fucking Sovereign."
Dale seemed unimpressed. "I don't need to hear anything and I don't need to see anything. I just need my money, Liu."
"Oh. Come on. You know you want to see it. I know she's never seen one in action before." Liu walked over and grabbed Wren's chin roughly in his hand and stared into her eyes, or rather stared at them. She was used to people showing a mild interest in her rare genetic defect, but this man studied her irises as though he were a doctor…or some kind of mad scientist.
"How about it?" he asked. "They have any mind minstrels on that cesspool planet you're from?"
She didn't want to answer, didn't want to speak to him or even look at him. So she closed her eyes. His grip on her jaw and chin tightened as he shook her head and forced her to stare back at him. "I asked you a question. Do they have any mind minstrels on your fucking filthy planet?"
"Then you're really going to enjoy this." He snagged her forearm and dragged her to the patio doors. She couldn't see anything but the sea and sky reflected in the dark glass, but she could hear muffled music and voices from somewhere inside.
The cacophony of screamed lyrics and erratic beats blasted out at them as soon as Liu ripped open the door.
All Wren could make out at first was a triangle of light piercing into the darkness from the doorway. Then movement caught her attention near the ceiling. A small, thin parallelogram bobbed around as if in a lazy current and shined a strobing beam of blue-green light down onto the bed like a search beacon. Its focus was a rounded lump, secured by leather straps and huddled on one corner of the disheveled sheets.
Liu shouted over the deafening music. "Emotions drive the song, and it'll pick up bits of conversation."
As if to emphasize his point, an eerie strain of "Pick it up, p-p-pick it up," grated along with the fast tempo, repeating until it was nothing more than a manic scream.
Wren's entire body shook from the surreal scene and the sensory overload.
The primal shrieking only excited Liu. He threw his head back, spread his arms and bounced to the sickening beat. "I swear it's reading her fucking mind sometimes."
Liu pointed to the lump on the bed and slapped Dale on the shoulder. "The shit it spits out in the lyrics is genius."
Dale's jaw twitched in agitation, and Carlos's skin looked grey in the strobing afterglow of the mind minstrel's light.
Wren wished her sight had never adjusted to the darkened room when the naked woman on the bed twisted around in her leather bindings to face them. Her mouth gaped but no words came out. Dark stains dripped down her jaw and….
Wren followed the trail of drying blood up past the woman's nose.
She should have never looked.
Then she wouldn't have seen the empty sockets.
Liu smiled as he pointed two fingers at Wren's eyes and shouted. "Let's see what kind of music you make."


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Central Michigan University announced Monday that it received a resignation letter, effective immediately, from the professor accused of possessing child pornography on a work computer.
The school announced Thursday that it has suspended William L. Merrill and barred him from the campus in Mount Pleasant pending the results of an investigation by law enforcement.
According to the university, its information technology employees found "inappropriate material" on Merrill's computer Monday, and it suspended him that day.
According to court records cited by The Morning Sun, a campus IT employee shut down the Internet connection to Merrill's computer because of a high volume of traffic that suggested the computer might have been taken over by outside hackers. Merrill contacted the IT staff when he couldn't get on the Net, and that led to the discovery of three videos of child pornography, the records said.
Isabella County prosecutors charged Merrill on Wednesday with distributing child pornography, possessing child pornography, and using a computer to commit a crime. He also was charged with possession of a switchblade. He had not yet been arraigned by Thursday.
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When you feel the sunlight
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I don't know where to turn
And all the dreams you're dreaming
Seem to lose their meaning
Let me in your world
Baby, let me in your world
All you need is someone you can hold
Don't be sad, you're not alone
I will be here for you
Somewhere in the night
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In this world of strangers
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Just reach out for my love
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Call my name and my heart will hear you
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A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
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Interesting fact… Edradour 2003 Sauternes Cask Matured - Batch 1 whisky spells its name whisky as it originates in Scotland. Had it been produced in America its name would be Edradour 2003 Sauternes Cask Matured - Batch 1 whiskey, instead of whisky.
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David Hockney and Damien Hirst go head to head with solo London shows
David Hockney and Damien Hirst go head to head with solo London shows
Hockney makes dig at Hirst's use of assistants in notes for Royal Academy exhibition
"Hockney, who at 74 is creating enormous landscape paintings based on the fields and woods of his native Yorkshire, agreed that he had Hirst in his sights, adding a criticism of art schools.
"It's a little insulting to craftsmen," he said. "I used to point out, at art school you can teach the craft; it's the poetry you can't teach. But now they try to teach the poetry and not the craft." He quoted a Chinese proverb that to be a painter "you need the eye, the hand and the heart. Two won't do."
The Hirst show will include pieces made by assistants including the taxidermists who worked on the famous pickled shark – The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living – and the cow and calf, Mother and Child Divided.
Hirst once said he employed assistants to make works such as his scores of spot paintings because "I couldn't be fucking arsed doing it"."
This is interesting considering the recent dig Hockney has received about his own craftsmanship from a former teacher:
"I'm sorry to say that what David does now is rubbish. David has become, well, more of a decorator with those bright colours.'
It seems that his former teacher would have preferred a more subdued color palette which he aligns with Cezanne.
"'If you do landscapes, look at how Cezanne did them and his subdued colours."
Does his teachers dig resonate? Why? Why would subdued colors be more appropriate for landscapes? For me, the dig triggered Taussig's work on western "chromaphobia".
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Summertime Wallet
My favorite summertime haunt as a child was the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a timeworn amusement park about an hour south of San Francisco. It featured a creaky wooden roller coaster (The Giant Dipper!), carnival games, and corn dogs. I loved the relaxed atmosphere and laid back California beach style of the boardwalk. Everyone wore flip flops and puka shell necklaces. Surfers in wetsuits ate ice-cream on the pier, while hawkers sold neon tee-shirts that said "Hang Loose".
Now that I live in New York the name of the boardwalk may have changed, but I still love going to the beach every chance I get. I relish in the carefree attitude of summertime at the seaside, whichever coast I'm on!
With beach season fast approaching, I wanted to honor this breezy style with a special summer accessory. A canvas wallet seemed like the perfect thing, a simple way to hold some bills and cards in order to pay for all that funnel cake and skee ball! This wallet is durable and quick to make, so you don't have to be too precious with it or worry about it getting wet. Plus, as a nod to my eco-conscious northern California roots, it's made from 100% organic Cotton Duck, which comes in a rainbow of pretty colors. --Molly
ps- These would make a great gift for dads and grads!
To make one wallet:
- 1/4 yard Carr Textiles Organic Cotton Duck in Natural
- 1/4 yard Carr Textiles Organic Cotton Duck in a contrasting color. I used Marine Blue in the example.
- 100% Cotton Thread in color 1040
You will also need:
Note: You can make up to five wallets using this amount of fabric.
8 1/2 by 3 3/4-inches
For the natural duck:
- Cut two rectangles 4-inches by 9 1/4-inches. These are pieces A1 and A2.
- Cut one rectangle 2 3/4-inches by 9 1/4-inches. This is piece C.
From the contrasting duck:
- Cut one rectangle 3 3/4-inches by 9 1/4-inches. This is piece B.
Sewing the Inside
Zig zag stitch around all four sides of pieces B and C.
On both piece B and C press and fold the top long edges over once towards the wrong side. Sew these folds down with two lines of stitching, one 1/8-inch from the fold and the next a scant 1/2-inch from the fold, making sure to catch the back side of the fold.
The folds are the tops of these pieces.
Place piece C on top of B, both with their right sides facing up, lining up their bottom and side edges. Using the Hera marker and a ruler measure a vertical line across piece C, perpendicular to the bottom edge, 4 3/4-inches from the left side. Pin C to B along this mark.
Please note that this marking is not at the middle of piece C thus making the section to the left of the marking 1/4-inch larger than the section to the right. Keep the pieces oriented in this same manner, so you can keep track of the left and right sides from now on.
Sew B and C together along this marking, backstitching at the beginning and end of the seam. This is the billfold and credit card section.
Place the sewn together B and C section on top of piece A1, again lining up the bottom and side edges.
Place piece A2 on top of the other pieces.
Pin all of the layers together, leaving the left side un-pinned.
Sewing Together
Using a 1/8-inch seam allowance sew across the three pinned sides, leaving the un-pinned side unsewn. Back stitch at the beginning and end of this seam. Make extra sure that you are sewing through all of the layers of the wallet. If you miss a section go back and re sew it.
Snip off the 4 corners of this newly sewn piece.
Turn the whole thing right sides out, pulling the billfold and credit card pockets towards the front as shown above. pay special attention to poking out the corners as much as possible. Press the wallet flat.
Pieces B and C are now the billfold (B) and credit card pockets (C) while pieces A1 and A2 have created the two layers of the outer wallet.
Peel the billfold and credit card section away from the body of the wallet and mark a vertical line, perpendicular to the bottom edge, 4 3/4-inches from the left raw edge. This marking should match up with the credit card pocket seam.
Pin the two layers of the outer wallet together along this marking.
Sew the two outer wallet layers together along the mark back stitching at the beginning and end of the seam.
Press the wallet along the new seam so that the pockets are on the inside. The top flap, which still has raw seams, will be a bit longer than the back flap.
Working from the front tuck the raw edges of all of the pieces (including pieces B and C) inside the channel inside the outer wallet pieces. Arrange it until this front edge matches the edge on the back flap and then pin the edges into place.
Both the inside and the outside of the wallet should look neat with no raw edges peeking out.
Using a walking foot sew around all four sides of the wallet, with a 1/8-inch seam allowance, including the pinned edge. Back stitch at the beginning and end of this seam. Go slowly and if you make a mistake pull the seam out and start again.
Press the wallet closed and you're all done!
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I think I have some little boys that NEED these wallets this summer! They will be perfect for ice cream money at the pool. I might have to add a zippered pocket along the outside for their change, though. Great inspiration!
I am confused, though, as to why you need double of the contrasting blue (1/2 yard) compared to the neutral (1/4 yard) fabric. What am I missing?
What a great summer project for a group of Girl Scouts. Thanks for the suggestion.
I love the wallet and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk too. I lived in San Jose in the mid 80″s now I am in MA- quite a different scene.
Molly, I really want to amke one of these for my husband for his birthday! What a fantastic wallet. However, I am hoping that you can clarify a few steps for me?
Beginning here: I understand the steps that say to make a crease and pin the two outer layers (where the crease is where the seam is on the other layers), but I'm lost when you say "Sew the two outer wallet layers together along the mark back stitching at the beginning and end of the seam." The pictures aren't much help for this either.
I mean, I know I don't sew down over the blue part, since bills go behind it, but I'm not sure how long to make the seam on the two outer layers – halfway down? All the way down? If I sew all the way down, how is it possible, since the other layers are already sewn at the bottom?
Maybe I'm maknig this too hard on myself and overthinking it, but I can't get past that step whtout becoming thoroughly confused! Please help!
Thank you so much!
Hi Jenny-
You will be sewing along the entire marking. The "two outer layers" refer to the A1 and A2 pieces (not the blue piece.) This seam is where the wallet will fold in half.
You might want to just go ahead and get started. Things that seem confusing when you're reading them often make sense when you're actually sewing.
Please let us know if you have any more questions. We're happy to help you through this!
Wow. How odd! My grandma used to take me to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk every summer when I visited. She passed away two years ago and my mom recently brought her fabric stash back with her after a visit with my grandpa. Among the stash were old canvas curtains my grandma had sewn for the Suburban van she'd drive to the Boardwalk (it had rubber floors & vinyl seats that easily stood up to sand & water & kids). My mom had really been missing my grandma lately so I used some of the curtain fabric to sew her a coin purse. I still have lots of the fabric left & was thinking of sewing myself a small purse, but now I think I'll sew this first!
Pretty interesting product here. This is going to be my first project for this summer and maybe give some to my brother. This looks cool. Do you have a video of this tutorial?
Hi Blessie-
We don't have a video for this pattern at this time but if you have any questions about the process please let us know.
Thanks for your question!
Why do you need twice as much fabric (1/2 yd) in the contrasting color as in the main color (1/4 yd)?
Love the pattern!
Lauren! Great catch! This is a typo. Our apologies. You do in fact only need 1/4 yard of each fabric. I have fixed the pattern! Thanks for commenting. -Laura
I just made 3 of these. Made the girls their wallets but until I saw this I wasn't sure what to do for the boys. Thank you for an easy to follow tutorial!
will be giving this a go, should save a little bit of money on having to keep replacing the boys' wallets all the time! great tutorial, thanks
Thanks for a great tutorial. I was looking for a project for a "stamp" bloghop from over at sewwequilt.com, and thought this would be a great project. I just finished mine today. It will be posted on my blog on June 28. I had a little trouble deciding how to layer the pieces since the front of my wallet had a stamp on it. I will be giving you credit for the tutorial on my blog. Thanks again!


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After the first month of this season, many were wondering if Andy Dalton was the quarterback of the future in Cincinnati. His "average" level of play was clearly holding back a Bengals team loaded with enough talent and depth to make a run at the Super Bowl, but in today's offensive-focused NFL, specially the pass offense, having a "great" or even "elite" QB is essential to winning it all.
The past few weeks have not only silenced the Dalton doubters, but also has the Bengals feeling very confident about Dalton and his future in Cincinnati:
Jacked to watch Andy Dalton tonite. I've been told internally, Dalton's erased a lot of doubts last few weeks. Bengals feel better abt him.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) October 31, 2013
… I'll have more on that in my NFL Notes tomorrow. But Bengals definitely see a QB who's seeing the field better, trusting his WRs more.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) October 31, 2013
It also helps that he was just named AFC Offensive Player of the Month.
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Objections - Part 3In the last couple of weeks, we have been talking about the types of objections and how to determine the difference between them. This time we will start discussing the strategies that will help you overcome those objections. Remember, every objection that a customer has is important and deserves your attention.
The first thing a professional salesperson must do is listen to the objection. You should never interrupt a customer in the middle of an objection. They are telling you why they have not said "I'll take it" and they must be heard. If you are not listening to their objections, then you probably are not going to address them and a potential sale has walked out the door.
The next step for you is to acknowledge the objection. Simply stated, by acknowledging the objection you are letting the customer know that you understand their concerns and will do everything in your power to resolve that objection. The third step is give agreement. You want the customer to know that their objections are important and that they are not in for an argument. This can be a tricky step if you are not careful. You are giving agreement but you may not be agreeing with the customer. If the customer says, "I need to look around," you do not want to say, "yes, I agree you should see what else is out there." Instead, you would want to say something like, "I can understand why you would want to look around, it's a big decision isn't it?" As always, this is a question designed to get the customer to say, "Yes!"
Your fourth step is to relieve resistance. Your customer just simply may need their tension over making the purchase eased. There may not even be an actual objection but just a little resistance in pulling the trigger. However, that tension can hold up a sale just as easily as an objection if it is not addressed to the customer's satisfaction. This represents the first four steps in dealing with objections and next time we will conclude our review of customer's objections and how to deal with them.
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writing about yesterday makes me think- tomorrow,
its a tough decision and it effects years to come
day after day its put off and everyday something new comes up-
standing still in one place is not so hard when your in motion.
Calluna vulgaris
helps you listen to and
empathize with others rather
than being overly concerned and
talkative about your own affairs
he told me not to talk to you
he told me,
there was something inside of you-
and the same thing has happened to me,
tell me what it is that runs around in a sealed box
how can something escape from within a safe-
talk is what he did, he talked to the first young adult and he said talk to it-
it's open minded and approachable,
the second young man said it was not the type to be receptive-
once he spoke to a girl and she said it was an uncaring creature.
So he was urged to speak to the one, and although he was once the one and so was the other, today she was the one-
In the end their paths crossed intersecting neutral ground
she couldn't listen, so he said he would wait to talk
to her he told her how out of control things had been
at night there was no leader
in the day things looked bad
it could not be approached-
when it is ready it will come,
when it has a chair it will sit,
it will not go to the room,
it will not care, other than its' execution-
he spoke last to a brother, of a man it had taken away,
he listened and said he had seen the same things happen before.
this letter is from yesterday- and the day falls short of its time,
when had this all begun, yesterday-
and it was
in the stream of consciousness that freewill is not present
oh' the beauty of the form
you don't understand my words-
a love letter from yesterday, tells you nothing about the day
or much about what it meant
perfection leads to determined outcomes
the only way to execute freewill
dear Alaska,
it's taken too long to leave the subtropics
my skin yearns to feel the cool chill of the evening night
my blood's warm with your withdrawal
all the circumstances tell me you've forgotten who we used to be
we fought them-
all internal conflicts and
struggles for power, make me wish you were here-
year after year- it's becoming more futile to struggle
one day my promise will be kept-
for you, for justice, for what's in my words are more than
defining terms,
voice trembles with soul
lust, anger and passion drive me insane,
Alaska your so far
my every step forward distracts our reunion
is it too late to be on time-
Malus pumila
helps you accept your physical
imperfections and feel better
about the way you are
for justice, for the flag that unites all of mankind with retribution,
for liberty the facade of a utopian idealist,
for reasoning- dictates absurdity
its been a long time since the first time
a long time since the second-
it's still not the end, but it makes more sense now
they looked at me different since the day we landed here. When we left Tierra- we thought, that the robots would be the worst of our problems but the end of human history was writing itself action by action. How long did we wait before going off world. What was human history? -we've been across the universe and back just to see time fold on itself. Alien was what they called us, U S - we never fit in, never knew what it was like to be one of them. That goes for us all, though anywhere we go, we just want to fit in with our inferiority and evil ways. Who had we become, we were the aliens that would kill one another. We made it work though and in the end,
we just have one life .
lawrence k. fish
by doug barry
Holding the key to solve your problems can be a self defeating practice wandering lost at the beginning- your on a path that, its unseen destination, seems out of reach- two steps ahead of you lies the final quest the beckoning of the journey's path is whispering in your subconscious.
we didn't stop we just didn't resist
your yelling and we haven't even started fighting
it's built up all the things that have happened,
it hurt your feelings and it's not fair
for either of us evil is devious-
this is just another letter, just another attempt.
Waiting in hell for heaven is just a newcomers hope.
faith doesn't guide me…
it blinds my reason, in an all enveloping eloquence-
Coming home the streets were empty
the clouds blanketed the sky and its been much cleaner before.
This might be the last time we ever here from one another
maybe the last words anyone reads so
The streets seem weathered by peoples presence, and the silence is deafening,
asked me the most important thing someone should know
this ultimate question about me-
some might rush to quickly point in a direction into nowhere where others might statically place themselves in a location.
Reference points are skewed, it's observable, the universe is moving and the feeling does not escape, things are in perpetual movement.
To the person there is only one answer it is strange, it is absent, it is in the unknowing, it escapes us and there is no answer to ultimately regard it- as the most important thing to know about.
my love letters are lost in Alaska,
all those times
gadgets go misplaced and my words take so long to reach you
will you come back-
can you ever journey to the subtropics
the heat is unbearable but your presence is desired
we make all the wrong choices being truthful
strategy tells me to avoid the flux of our love
when the ultimate love was sought
it is, was you-
waving good byes
she taught me to be patient
she showed me passion and guided me in a violent manner
then remember when you were young-
she taught me humility and exploited my evils
legends are forever, sometimes forgetting is forever and forgiveness comes in the end
but in the new beginning
the moon was mine and my wild crazy thoughts swirled
exposed its light- the reflection was mine
she taught me to care for my self,
take care she whispered
and deviated me from my own ideas
and this is my parting letter
the words that will tell you the other place is (ok) for me
it's important to say because we never wanted to stay-
the best gift was that of everything and everything is nothing all at once
fear was what they made me feel and others felt my wrath
take me home and let me show you who we could be when we don't worry about anything and everything-
don't laugh you'll be there one day (where now we go, you will too)
and to say it was said before has no meaning when no one can speak in the nothing
and everything is said and still nothing is heard the same- silent noise
cleaning lost its meaning
and the world knows
it was close to godliness,
so we regress
to best us within
An Epilogue
all my love letters are mailed to Alaska
just- to ask her
come back to me
come and you can see
she can relax between all the cracks
please just ask her
in a
love letter to Alaska,
all the stamps mark my defeat
if only it was OK to cheat
not sure all my words were meant to be pure
not like filtered water
or canon fodder
she won't forget at all
my love letters are mailed to Alaska
in the form of choruses
fooling on hills
He's a scared man
half way to being who he is
half way gone from where he came from and who he was
that's the choice the ultimate joist
the hitch is made and its pull, is loaded
the person he had become had come to soon and just a bit late,
the duality of the good and the bad
grabbed a hold of his heart and drained its' romance
and it is a confusing story to say the least and death was on the horizon
like to have something you had no idea of.
The after reflection in pride, and shame.
With all admiration in the world ,
there is nothing like loyalty,
a gracious resolve, and a reservoir of hope.
Rock Rose
Helianthemum nummularium
adds courage and presence of
mind in the face of terror or
extreme fear
god of thought had a son
taken away,
his thoughts explored evils and goods
after much time apart
knowledge met wisdom
instigating with nature
death could come, around any corner
thought met the prodigal son
once again they met-
home again my son
ready to die
leave this shell of a body
it's a proud day when
god's son is ready to die
it was useless to think-
He would dig up the dead with you-
visit a burial ground and extract the fluids from their bodies.
-ours' will come out later, written in blood, our approbation will be felt,
and the dead have no place near the living, thebeing-
there's a faint smell and it seems we've been here before,
when we dug up the dead, we were young
the bones had not yet broken down
it was useless to think-
desires animate
-there is a grandmother, a mother that is not mine serving me food.
Taking away my hunger she tells me that it would be my death not to eat a proper meal.
Where my home is, no one feeds me no one takes care of me, and it's by choice that my solitary confinement holds me captivated.
My thoughts wander, to justice, to liberty to man-
there must have been a need to come together, there must have been a need in the state of nature.
To band together, for safety, to be one of many against the forces that are out of control- but the thoughts escape to the evils of man, to the evils beyond family, beyond the needs of survival.
Starving will not be the death of me and to die at the same age god's son died would be ostentatious. Being did not come from the state of nature, from the anarchy of the wild- our beings are allocated into a postmordial human chaos.
In reaction, to understand humans we must reject the idea that we are social animals. Isolation will allow for a universal understanding of the other.
lets revisit the topic
its circular duality of opposites
we can start off with a definition
following through only to redefine concepts
only static things are perfect
once again subscribe to the rule
there is no better there is only different
double trouble of a reality bubble
we desire reflection of who we are and are not
never jarred just scared the story started and
when things began choice was easy, and nothing could stand in the way of the green light, the will of power. And mistakes were made over and over new scenarios and many more layers of errors in terrors-
On the move,
going way to fast to even stop
nothing's bad until- you hurt someone,
taking away, is not just-
prevention is just,
save me I'm going fast,
the decision was made,
from time to time
you are young
until you are older
you will be the same person-
through the consequences of actions
we act- to take, and react.
Trying to stay focused
your lost in thought
of whats next,
hesitating has no place with action
speeding down the road
test the strength of the limits-
decisions approach faster.
Action necessary
between road blocks-
having thought of the unnecessary will help-
with improbable scenarios manifesting themselves-
out of imaginable sacrifices of thought.
he was addicted beyond hitting rock bottom,
responsible addicts plan for the circumstances
the apathy is alienated amongst all chains of denial
as addicts do they reason and turn fate into faith
when he knew it was too much, he traded his addiction
all else failed except for obsession
confessing his withdrawals, the only thing he had, left him-
self destruction comes quick and -contrary to a steady pyramid
even the best can become opposite to themselves
I see a lily on thy brow,
With anguish moist and fever dew;
And on thy cheek a fading rose
Fast withereth too.
I met a lady in the meads
Full beautiful, a faery's child;
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.
In BF-
"Life is (SO) good."


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Treaty with the Creeks, 1814
Charleston, South Carolina
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Many Native Americans were drawn into the War of 1812, which began between the newly formed United States and the British. Tribes fought on both sides and seldom benefited from their participation. Alan Taylor, Pulitzer prize-winning historian and author of "The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies," discusses the many ways in which Native Americans suffered from the War of 1812. He spoke at a War of 1812 Bicentennial Symposium in Charleston, South Carolina hosted by the Citadel and the Old Exchange Building.
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In 1812, Joshua Barney, a retired naval hero of the Revolutionary War proposed a plan for a fleet of American barges to defend the Chesapeake Bay area against the British. In August, 1814, Barney was forced to destroy & sink his fleet of 15 vessels in Maryland's Patuxent River to prevent their capture. The suspected flagship "Scorpion" was discovered under the river mud in 1979 and partially excavated. Now, underwater archaeologist Robert Neyland of the Navy History and Heritage Command is leading a team to further study the wreck. American History TV visited the river with Mr. Neyland to learn about the project, and visited the Navy's Underwater Archaeology lab in the Washington Navy yard where the artifacts are studied.
A discussion on the War of 1812 with J.C.A. Stagg, a history professor at the University of Virginia and author of "The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent." This event was hosted by the Maryland Historical Society.
The Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that eventually became the "Star Spangled Banner." The Maryland Historical Society hosted music historian David Hildebrand for a look at how the history of the Star Spangled Banner - and how writing and poetry became musical expressions of patriotism during and after the war of 1812.
American History TV visited the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery for a look at an unprecedented gathering of portraits and objects representing the major personalities of this little-known war. Curators Sidney Hart and Rachael Penman take us on a guided tour through the collection assembled from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. The War of 1812 technically ended in a draw, but it buoyed American nationalism, birthed the national anthem and Uncle Sam, and anointed a future president in General Andrew Jackson. The exhibit, "1812: A Nation Emerges," is open at the National Portrait Gallery until January 27, 2013.
This year is the Bicentennial of the start of the War of 1812. Donald Hickey talked about some of the myths that have lingered through history about that war at an event hosted at the Detroit Historical Museum. Mr. Hickey is the author of the book "Don't Give up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812."
History professors Alan Taylor and Nicole Eustace are interviewed about the significance and legacy of what professor Taylor called "The Civil War of 1812" in his Pulitzer Prize winning book on the subject. Nicole Eustace discusses the fact that the war began in a presidential election year, and was the first time a modern democracy formally declared war. The interview was recorded at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians meeting.
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Retired U.S. Army Intelligence officer & former NSA executive assistant John Newman discusses declassified documents and codenames related to the CIA, Cuba & the assassination. Newman is the author of "JFK and Vietnam" and "Oswald and the CIA." This is part of an Assassination Archives and Research Center conference marking the 50th anniversary of the release of the Warren Commission Report entitled, "The Warren Report and the JFK Assassination: A Half Century of Significant Disclosures."
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What's intriguing is how there is no linear way "to tell" something in gaming, since meaning is not imposed. Rather, it emerges from a mediation process with each and every player. It takes a lot of effort and trust to abandon total control when you are trying to tell a story, and rely heavily on players, but that's one of the most unique characteristics of games. —Pietro Righi Riva + Nicolò Tedeschi
Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi are the two-person team that make up Santa Ragione. They are based in Milan, Italy.
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real talk does anyone ever just take a moment to appreciate the flawless combination that is cheese and tomatoes
cheese and tomatoes
cheese and tomatoes
cheese and tomatoes
c h e e s e a n d t o m a t o e s
I just feel so bad for the Barney x Robin shippers. They were teased THE ENTIRE SEASON that their OTP was GETTING MARRIED. The entire season was THE WEEKEND OF THEIR WEDDING. And then 10 minutes into the last episode they get DIVORCED. Barney ends up alone with a baby he had with some random while the love of his life ends up with HIS BEST FRIEND.
Who has a job:
And a good sense of humor:
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friendly reminder that in psychology school people are taught that anger is a secondary emotion, so next time you make someone mad, remember that it's because they were originally hurt or upset
And my band has been through a lot.
From graduating high school to almost immediately getting an indie record deal. To having to become best friends with new acquaintances in the close quarters of a conversion-van whilst touring the country. To dealing with animosities inside and outside of the band. To dealing with "creative differences". New band members joining. Old members quitting. And now this: one of my closest friends has been struggling with addiction.
I guess I never thought that last one would ever really be a "thing". Ever. I figured if we ever got into drugs or partying that we would phase out just as quickly. And for a while, we seemed to do just that. Phase in and out of consciousness without worrying about future consequences; or, "future tripping".
But over the course of the last 6 years or so, I've learned that not everybody deals with things the same.
I don't know why that particular lesson took so long for me to learn. I mean, I've always understood that people are different and you can't judge someone you don't know because you haven't walked a mile in their shoes and so forth. But when it happens to someone close to you whom you love and respect… It's just a different story altogether.
I first joined this band (then under a different band name) as a replacement guitar player. Initially, I had no intentions of being a permanent member. I was just filling a space as a temporary solution to a not-so-serious problem. But within a couple month's time, I was a lead singer of a growingly popular rock band out of Las Vegas. So, things were pretty damn good for a hyperactive high-school kid with sub-average grades and no plans for college.
My initial impression of Spencer was that of intrigue and curiosity. Most of the time he was quiet and reserved, but every now and then he would unleash his wit of which I was an immediate fan. We seemed to share the same brand of comedy which was a breath of fresh air to me. That initial connection became a fully-fledged friendship that would become stronger over the course of many years. And many fights. Many tears and many laughs.
Writing our first album together was so much fun. Even sometimes cutting class to work more hours for more pay at a smoothie hut just to make ends meet for gas bills and a rehearsal space couldn't have been more fun to me. And when that album became popular, it was so completely surreal. My entire childhood was spent practicing for and dreaming about entertaining crowds of people. I lived to perform. To sing. To dance. To play music. And I was finally getting to fulfill my dream.
And through the years of changing sounds from one album to the next, of fighting over who should still be the lead singer, of being around people who were so completely done with being a band, I never gave up. I just showed up. And hoped that there were people like me who wanted to make a difference. People who wanted to create something. Because they needed to. Because if they didn't, it would drive them insane. And luckily, I found people like that.
I guess what I'm saying is that Spencer and I have been through a lot of hurdles together, but witnessing one of my closest friends immersed in such a battle has been the most difficult. There was never anything I could say to comfort him or empathize with his situation. What the fuck could I possibly say to him to make him feel like everything was gonna be okay? So I told myself that all I could do was work even harder with whatever I was doing to make sure he didn't have to stress about anything. So I did.
And I wrote as sincerely and honestly as I could for this album. I didn't want to hold anything back. No one was telling me what I could and couldn't say. This was my diary and the pages were filled with confessions. About everything. About my story. What I had gone through and what I was going through. I kept writing and never really stopped.
So, here's another confession for my diary. Only this time there's no musical soundscape or background in which I can flood the message. All I can do is say it. So here it is.
Today is August 6th 2013, and it's become evident Spencer still needs more time to take care of himself. I can't expect him to be fighting addiction one minute and be fully immersed in a national tour the next.
With all that said, the tour will continue without Spencer while he is away getting the help he needs. Thank you all for your support and kind words.
I love you. I believe in you. Just show up and don't ever give up.
Brendon Urie
It's really cute how I told my ethics professor I needed our midterm instructions to be posted as soon as possible because I won't be here all weekend, and he told me it'd be up today but it isn't. So I can't start my midterm and I have other classes to do shit for. My midterm is due Monday, and I won't even be back until late Monday night. I hate MCP so fucking much.
Being skeptical that another person can be incapacitated by a mental illness because you cope just fine with your problems is basically the same as saying "I don't understand why other people's brakes fail, because my car works great."
Rape isn't about uncontrollable sexual desire. You only have to listen in on a Call of Duty game to see that. When that kid crows, "I raped you!", he's not calling the other guy sexy; he's saying he defeated him, dominated him, humiliated him. That's what rape is about, and that should scare you.


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Wonderful story! The actors are so talented, we were laughing and crying as the story progressed. We had arrived in New York at 4pm and saw the 8pm show..you'd think we would be tired,but, no The actors (wonderful narrarator) commanded and held...continued
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"Uplifting… inspirational… By the end, when the pilots overcame their obstacles and finally got up into the air to the swelling of music, tears welled up in my eyes." —The New York Times
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10425 Hugue Way
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28214
Commute to Downtown Charlotte
Almost all errands require a car.
Mostly flat, minimal bike lanes.
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10425 Hugue Way has a Walk Score of 8 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
This location is in Charlotte.
Nearby schools include Whitewater Middle School, Belmeade Drive Elementary School and Pawtuckett Elementary School.
The closest grocery store is Food Lion of Charlotte.
Nearby restaurants include SUBWAY® Restaurants, Jin Jin Chinese Restaurant and SUBWAY® Restaurants.
10425 Hugue Way is near Catawba Wildflower Glen, Hornets Nest Park and Bryant Park.
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Spotlight: Douglas Gimesy, Australia
January 27, 2014
In our Spotlight feature, we ask our members some questions to learn more about what inspires their photography, the processes they use to make images, and the stories behind their favorite pictures.
Q: What's the story behind this photo?
A: It had been a dream of mine to go to South Georgia and Antarctica for the last 30 years, since I first graduated as a zoologist.
Late last year this dream came true when I spent nearly three weeks traveling with my partner, Heather (who was just completing a degree in conservation and wildlife biology), from the tip of South America to the Falklands to South Georgia, then to the Antarctic Peninsula and back to South America.
This photo was taken on the plains of Stromness, South Georgia, and interestingly it really didn't work at all in full color; however, when I desaturated it, it seemed to come alive.
Q: What do you like to take pictures of and why?
A: Wildlife, because the natural world is so truly amazing, and photography encourages me to step away from the daily grind and go outdoors, slow down, and just absorb what is going on.
Additionally, whilst a great photo is a rare thing (well, for me anyway), I find it deeply satisfying just to try to capture something wonderful, and when I do, to share it with others.
Q: Are you a self-taught photographer? If not, how did you learn to shoot?
A: I am a self-taught photographer and have learnt to shoot by:
a) Reading a lot
b) Practicing a lot
c) Reviewing what I have taken as soon as possible, so I can see what I did well and what I didn't and figure out why whatever happened did (good or bad), and so what I need to do next time
d) Making sure I have a few friends that I trust who will give me absolutely candid feedback on my shots
Q: What was the first photo you took? Or the first photo you took that was meaningful to you?
A: The first photo I took that was really meaningful to me was one of my mum when we went on a driving holiday around the South Island of New Zealand with my partner and her mum.
To me the photo captured not only the memory of a great time I had with her, but also the spirit of the lady. She was over 70 at the time, and the photo shows her standing on top of a boulder, in the rain, after having walked six kilometers to the bottom of a glacier in the pouring rain.
Q: Are you currently working on any long-term photography projects?
A: Two at the moment: a night photography collection and a portfolio of animal close-ups using a shallow depth of field. I'm hoping to have this finished in about four years, but in all honesty, I'll probably never really finish adding photos to these projects.
See more of Douglas's images in his Your Shot gallery.
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Our roundup of fun and free/low-cost things to do with kids in Westchester County, NY this September features Children's Book Day in Tarrytown, a 3D exhibit in Katonah, a pow wow in Yorktown Heights, and fall fairs and festivals throughout the county.
Find a full list of farmers' markets and greenmarkets in Westchester County, NY, including Bronxville, Croton-on-Hudson, Katonah, Larchmont, New Rochelle, Ossining, Pleasantville, Rye, Tarrytown, White Plains, and Yonkers.
Find fun and free or low-cost things to do with kids in and near Westchester County, NY this August, including the Peekskill Celebration, a storytelling and music festival, and a neighboring county fair.
This July, find free/low-cost kids events and fun things to do with your family in Westchester County, including fireworks displays, outdoor concerts, and a Renaissance festival.
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A new website and free service, Virtual Piggy, teaches kids about how to buy things online in a responsibly way, with parents at the controls.
FamilyID lets families find, sign up for, and pay for programs all in one place. It's a secure site where families can keep and use their registration information for several different activities.
Teens in the Westchester area can learn how to care for kids with special needs in a babysitting course being offered in White Plains.
If you're looking for fun and free or low-cost things to do this June in Westchester County, NY, we've got you covered. We present the top kids' events of the month, including a popular pirate festival, outdoor arts festival, and Father's Day activities.
College Week Live, the largest online college fair, will host a New York Day featuring dozens of colleges across the state.
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Schoola.com is a new website that makes it easier for schools to partner with local businesses to set up online fundraisers.
The John Jay Homestead, a New York State Historic Site, plans to build a new Education and Visitor Center that will include interactive exhibits, a children's area, and more, making it more family friendly than ever.
Fun Earth Day events for kids and families are popping up like April flowers in Westchester County. Here's our roundup of fun ways to celebrate Earth Day with your children throughout the month, including plenty of nature programs, outdoor festivals, and spring-themed activities. Pledge to go green or just enjoy the great outdoors at these family-friendly events.
Looking for fun and low-cost family events this April in Westchester County, NY? Here are our editor's top picks for the month, including live shows with colorful characters, outdoor events especially for kids, and one particularly wooly festival where you can welcome springtime.
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Enable project managers to model projects very quick and very successful
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Enable project managers to manage projects very quick and very successful
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Enable project managers to work in group to mange project successfully
Win/CE Std Serial Comm Lib for eVC 3.4
Serial communication component Win/CE library for serial port communications from embedded Visual C++ (eVC++) programs. Controls multiple ports simultaneously and is fully thread safe, Includes 33 serial port functions plus XMODEM and YMODEM protocols, and a good selection of eVC example programs. Works with Windows/CE and all Pocket PC (PPC) platforms supported by eVC 3.0 and eVC 4.0. Can be used with Bluetooth serial and the Pocket PC emulator
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MegaPipe .Net Compact Framework Control 2.0
MegaPipe .Net Compact Framework Class Library is a reliable and powerful 100% managed code component for handling serial communication and file-transfer (XModem Checksum, XModem CRC, XModem 1K, YModem, YModem-G, ZModem and Kermit). It supports Pocket PC and Windows CE and can be used in VB.Net and C#.Net.
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Rock Solid Contact US System 0.7.2
A secure Contact US web form write in PHP, with visual optional confirmation, optional email confirmation, internationalization, easy to customize with template. Keep email private, eliminate 99.99% undesired spam. Prevent bot automation and invalid/spoof email. Double validations client/server keep resources used to minimum.
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COMM-DRV/Lib.Net Professional Edition 20.00
COMM-DRV/Lib.Net is a professional serial communication library component for the .Net Windows development environment. It is extremely easy to use whether you are writing simple serial communication applications or complex enterprise applications. The documentation of this serial communication library is extremely easy to follow and includes examples for each component method. COMM-DRV/Lib.Net is royalty free.
See also: VisualBasic.Net, VB.Net, Visual Basic, .Net, Ymodem, Xmodem, Zmodem, protocol, file transfer, library, dotnet, component, serial communication, manage code
Fomine WinPopup 3.8
This instant-messaging tool is a powerful replacement for Microsoft WinPopup. Fomine WinPopup is a much better user-friendly application with a handy interface. It has a contact list, which shows user status: online, offline, busy, away. Fomine WinPopup supports many useful features such as emoticons, autoanswer machine, send attached files, contact list sharing, sound on receiving and sending messages, history of messages.
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Ft. Lauderdale Galloway Training Program
Ft. Lauderdale
Sun 02/23/2014
Half Marathon, Marathon, Membership
100 Participants
The training group welcomes all levels, from beginners to Boston qualifiers. Pace groups are set up to ensure a comfortable and safe training pace for every ability. This low mileage run/walk program will prepare people for an incredible achievement. A high percentage of participants, including beginners, continue this lifestyle change after the completion of their goal. This national training program was developed by and is still currently produced by Jeff Galloway and Phidippides Runners. Jeff has been involved with training programs in the U.S. since 1978. Due to the enormous growth in interest and commitment within the past 5 years, running has become a symbol of achievement, respect, and competence among North Americans who are becoming increasingly aware of the health benefits of regular exercise. Jeff's unique low-mileage run-walk program makes it possible for almost anyone to experience the feeling of completing their goal. If a marathon is your goal and you can currently run/walk three miles, we'll get you to the start line in six months. And if you're a more experienced runner, we'll help you safely increase your speed and distance to run at your highest potential. If you're a beginner, we'll show you how to get started with a safe fitness program and maintain your fitness level. The simplicity and wisdom of the program reflect Jeff's motto: Run Injury Free. The weekly training schedule includes three days of running and three days of cross- training (non-running aerobic exercise like cycling, cross country skiing machines, or water running). The key to the training is the Saturday long run, when you'll be running with the a group at a comfortable pace that is appropriate for you. You'll have a group leader to help guide you, keep you motivated, and be sure you're having fun. And it works! The Galloway Program boasts a 98 % percent success rate in more than 40 cities across the nation. What's more important is that we'll be supporting each other, having a great time, and sharing what is a truly life-changing experience. If you're not certain about whether to join, come with us for a free test run. Come join our team and change your life! Our group trains for half and full marathons using the tested and proved training techniques of Jeff Galloway, former USA Olympic marathoner. ***
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So I started this quilt about three months ago and I've only just gotten around to starting this post. There's quite a lot of information in it so i'll break it up into a couple of posts.
First of all, What is a pixel quilt?
A pixel quilt is a simple square patchwork quilt where each of the patches is arranged so that the whole quilt will form an image. I chose the red mushroom from mario
The quilt is double bed sized and I managed to make the whole thing for under $50
- 4 meters fabric in your choice of colours ( the amount depends on what sized quilt you want and how big you decide to make each of your squares )
- Long pins
- Matching colours of thread
- Scissors
- Thick cardboard
- Wadding ( I found an old double bed doona insert that had the covering falling off, I stripped it of the outside fabric and used the wadding inside)
- Double bed sheet (for backing, you can use store bought fabric and piece it together to size. But using sheets is cheaper and easier)
- Binding ( store brought or you can make your own)
I used this pattern which I found on google
Each square represents one of the patchwork squares. I found it easier to change the colours on paint to show where each of my Squares needed to go ( Otherwise I just became hopelessly confused)
Now for the super fun part ( note the sarcasm)
Firstly I counted out the number of squares i would need in each colour
Total squares - 324 ( I cut out five extra of each colour)
Blue - 94
White - 78
Red - 60
Black - 90
(This count could be wrong , I'm pretty sleepy)
I decided to place one of the blue rows from the bottom onto the top of the mushroom for symmetry.
And now for the even more fun part, Cutting up the 324 ish squares
There are easier ways to do this if you have a rotary blade, a self healing cutting mat and a square ruler. As i'm poor and like to do things on the cheap, I traced my measurements onto a square piece of thick cardboard that measured 11cm by 11cm. I then used this template to trace my squares onto the fabric the whole 300 and something times -.-
It helps to be watching a movie or something while doing this as it is really boring.
After cutting out all of the patches, I decided to organize them into each of the rows as I would sew them.
I used the numbers 1 - 18 to order each of the rows vertically
Then it was time to start sewing
This is one of the rows that I had started sewing together into chains.
Once you have finished sewing together all of the patches into the vertical rows it is time to sew these rows together.
Carefully making sure that all of the seems are on the back of the quilt ( yes i had to unpick a couple of times due to uncoordination)
Once you have finished this you now have a completed quilt cover front ( or like me you will get excited half way through and stop to take pictures)
Now is the time to decide, to quilt or not to quilt. that is the question.
after properly quilting my pixel quilt I would not recommend it to anyone
Just turn it into a doona cover and be done with it.
If like me you are a masochist, firstly lay out your sheet backing, then the wadding and finally your patchwork quilt front. Then go to town with the pins.
I pinned each and every square.
Then I used my sewing machine (without a walking foot because I am an idiot)
To follow each of the lines and do a basic "stitch in the ditch" pattern on my quilt. About half way through my sewing machine stopped working, though as i have had it for 10 years that could explain it. After this i hand sewed the rest of my quilt.
I also sewed on the binding completely by hand, which you can avoid if you just make a doona cover out of your quilt front.
Overall this quilt was a fun project that I got a lot of satisfaction out of in the end.
It is probably a project that you need moderate sewing skills for. Though I have never quilted before and decided to learn with this quilt. I plan to make a squirtle quilt next.
Some notes
- Make sure you cut out the pieces correctly, some of my pieces were slightly smaller resulting in rows that did not quite match up
- Pre-wash your fabric to prevent runs
- Make sure to back-stitch each of the patches in the chains, particularly if you are just making a doona cover.
Most of all enjoy your new quilt, if you have any problems feel free to ask :)
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