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As temperatures head down to their seasonal norm, we're turning up the heat at home. That means higher bills, but having an energy-efficient home can keep heating costs under control.
EnerQuality designs and operates five "green" building standards for the construction industry in Ontario. "These focus on the design and construction of the home," says EnerQuality president Corey McBurney. "[We are concerned with] building a better home that requires less energy to perform and performs better. In practice, Energy Star for New Homes, which concerns itself exclusively with energy consumption, is by far the most popular [green home category]. We label over one in five new homes a year in Ontario and of those, 95% are Energy Star."
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"A client that purchases a new-construction home that is EnerGuide rated 80 or above or an Energy Star home in Ontario, may receive a rebate of 10% of the [mortgage insurance] premium excluding taxes," says Jason Neziol, vice-president of regional sales in Ontario for Genworth Financial Canada.
"If they decide to take a 30-year amortization instead of a 25-year, the client would typically pay 20 extra basis points," Mr. Neziol says. "We will rebate that full amount to the [qualified] client when the house closes. If a client takes a $300,000 mortgage at 5% down and a 30-year amortization - they would receive $1,425 back."
The benefits are also available to high-ratio borrowers who improve the energy efficiency of an existing home.
"The client can purchase a home and do renovations to increase its energy efficiency," Mr. Neziol says. "They have to move the EnerGuide rating five points to a minimum of 40."
With just 20% of new homes in Ontario attracting a green rating, energy-efficiency credentials are not, evidently, at the top of all buyers' lists.
"A lot of people look at what they can do that won't cost a lot of money and afford a quick pay-back,'" says Gary Siegle, regional manager of Invis, Alberta South and Saskatchewan. "The green mortgage rebate is a sweetener to get you there, but it is not a quick payback" on the full cost of the renovations.
Beginning Jan. 1, Ontario will have one of the most rigorous building codes in North America: "With Energy Star, we are taking an already fairly high baseline and making it that much more efficient," Mr. McBurney says. "Usually about 25% more efficient."
Green-certified buildings that meet a higher standard and provide longer-term savings attract consumers, Mr. McBurney says, but acknowledges that North American's relatively low energy costs make it less of a priority for some.
"The reality is I pay more to operate my BlackBerry on a monthly basis than I do to heat my home in the middle of winter," he says. "As long as energy prices in Canada remain as low as they are, people are likely to continue on with their busy lives rather than make energy efficiency in their homes a priority."


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With heart failure, the heart is unable to pump the right amount of blood throughout the body. This causes blood to back up in the veins. Depending on which part of the heart is affected, this can lead to a buildup of excess fluid in the lungs, feet, and elsewhere. Heart failure can worsen with time, which may lead to the use of many treatments. Because of this, doctors are aggressive in treating heart failure to try to prevent it from worsening.
The leading causes of heart failure are:
Other common causes include:
Problems with the heart's valves due to:
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Bacterial endocarditis
- Congenital defects
- Calcium deposits from atherosclerosis
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
Other less common causes include:
- Cardiomyopathy —weakened, damaged heart muscle
- Certain medications
- Abnormal heartbeats— arrhythmias
- Hyperthyroidism —overactive thyroid
- Amyloidosis
- Kidney failure and/or liver failure
- Thiamine ( vitamin B1 ) deficiency
Risk Factors
Heart failure is more common in older adults, men, and people of African American descent.
Factors that increase your chances of getting heart failure include:
- Obesity
- Excess intake of salt and fat
- Excess alcohol intake
- Smoking
- Pregnancy
- High fever
- Severe infection, such as pneumonia
- Chronic lung disease— emphysema
- Chemotherapy
- Psychological disorders, such as depression or anxiety
Symptoms include:
- Shortness of breath—at first only with activity, then progressing to shortness of breath at rest
- Unexplained weight gain
- Swelling of feet, ankles, or legs
- Need to sleep propped up
- Fatigue, weakness
- Wheezing
- Cough —may be dry and hacking or wet sounding, may have a pink, frothy sputum
- Frequent urination, especially at night
- Abdominal pain
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
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- Urine tests
Your heart may be examined. This can be done with:
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Treatment of Condition Causing the Symptoms
Heart failure may be caused by another condition. Treating this condition should improve your heart failure or prevent it from getting worse.
Lifestyle Changes
The following lifestyle changes can help treat the symptoms of heart failure and slow down its progression:
- Avoid alcohol.
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about ways to quit .
- Lose weight if needed
- Eat a healthful diet . Your diet should be low in fat and high in fiber .
- In some cases, you may need to restrict salt and fluid intake.
- Begin an exercise program with guidance from your doctor. Aerobic training may help improve your level of physical activity and quality of life. You should aim to exercise for 20-30 minutes at least 5 times each week. You can begin slowly and work your way to this goal. Talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program.
- Weigh yourself every morning. This will allow you to quickly detect if you are retaining fluid. Call your doctor if you gain three or more pounds in one day, five or more pounds in one week, or whatever amount you were told to report. The best time to weigh yourself is before breakfast and after urinating. You should weigh yourself while wearing the same type of clothes, without shoes, and on the same scale. This will help you to know that your weight is accurate.
Your doctor will most likely prescribe a combination of medications, such as:
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or their alternatives to widen blood vessels
- Digoxin, also called digitalis, to help your heart pump
- Beta-blockers to slow your heart rate and lower blood pressure
- Diuretics to remove excess fluid in your body
- Nitrates to dilate the blood vessels
You may also be given medications to:
- Thin the blood, such as aspirin, warfarin
- Help manage chest pain, such as nitroglycerin
- Help manage cholesterol levels
- Help control high blood pressure
Your doctor may advise you to take supplements, such as coenzyme Q10. Follow your doctor's advice regarding taking any supplements.
If heart failure worsens, you may need medical devices to help your heart pump blood properly.
Note : Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen can worsen your condition. Talk to your doctor about other medications you may be able to take.
The best way to prevent heart failure is to reduce your risk of:
- Coronary artery disease
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
Take these steps to reduce your risk:
- Begin a safe exercise program with the advice of your doctor.
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about ways to quit.
- Limit alcohol.
- Lose weight if needed. After you have lost weight, maintain a healthy weight .
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- Low in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol
- Eat whole grain breakfast cereal. In addition to the other healthy habits, this may reduce your risk.
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In California in the early 1980s, a cracked tooth sent Mike Williams to the dentist's office.
When Williams asked to see the tooth, the dentist said he had a mirror but that there was no camera or anything to show people the insides of their mouths. So, Williams invented one: the first intraoral camera.
His invention was a big success, and it led to other medical technology ventures that made him millions of dollars. Williams' career as an inventor and entrepreneur took off, but it wouldn't last.
"The real estate market destroyed a lot of my financial capabilities, and my home went into foreclosure [in 2009]," Williams tells NPR's Robert Smith. "I had a group that defrauded me in Florida, took about $2.5 million from me in a scam, and it just kept going and kept going and I couldn't stop it."
His world was crumbling. Then his wife asked for a divorce.
"I packed my car, told my kids to come and get what they wanted and I basically hit the streets," he says.
The successful inventor had become homeless.
For a while, Williams lived out of his car and kept a journal on a laptop. Once he fell behind on the car payments, he took shelter in a dumpster. The situation hit him hard.
"I found out that I was really nothing, and that was very hard for me to grasp; the fact that no one wanted me around," he says. "I was something nobody wanted to see or be involved in, and that crushed me."
One night last August, Williams was sleeping in a Sacramento park when two men began kicking and beating him. They beat him until he passed out, taking his belongings and leaving him with severe injuries.
Williams walked to the emergency room. He didn't have health insurance, and he says he waited for hours before seeing a doctor.
"Little did I know that that beating would be the beating that changed my life," he says.
A Second Chance
Williams' injuries eventually led him to Dr. Jong Chen.
He went to Chen complaining of pain in his lower abdomen; it turns out he suffered prostate damage that required surgery. Before the operation, the two men struck up a conversation, and Chen asked him how he became homeless and what he did before that.
"And I started telling him the story," Williams says. "And I said, 'As a matter of fact, I'm the inventor of that little wire catheter you're using.' "
Chen thought it was a waste that an inventor like Williams was on the street, so he devised a way to help him. He later called Williams at a local Salvation Army shelter and asked to take him out to breakfast.
"He said 'I want you to bring your patents. I want you to bring whatever you're working on,' " Williams says.
They went to breakfast, and Williams talked of about his idea to invent a secure, safe place for the homeless and people that are displaced in society.
"I want to give them a safe place to live," he says he told Chen.
Williams came up with the idea while resting in one of the only safe places he could find: a dumpster. He'd even drawn up the plans for a self-contained survival pod — a 6-foot by 6-foot structure with a single bed and a chemical toilet.
Chen signed on, and they formed a company to start working on a prototype pod. They also envision other applications — FEMA could use them for emergency housing, and airports could rent them to travelers with long layovers.
All of that got started with an unusually generous contribution.
"To me, a patient is a patient, no matter what kind of status [they] have," Chen says. "They need the help, [and] we can give him the help."
Chen got Williams out of the shelter and back on his feet. He helped him get an apartment, new clothes and treated him to meals when the two would meet.
Williams says he is humbled by the second chance he's been given by the generosity of one man, and says it's people like Chen who are truly helping people.
"[Dr. Chen] is truly an amazing man," Williams says. "I'm just telling you, [he] is the example for America."
This past week, one of our producers read a story in the Los Angeles Times that seemed almost like a movie pitch. Fade in - interior - California, early 1980s. Mike Williams is an inventor without an invention. A cracked tooth has sent him to the dentist's office, and he asked if he can see it.
MIKE WILLIAMS: Don't you have any cameras or anything to really show people their teeth? And he goes, no, no, we don't need that. We've got a mirror. And I'm going, well, how are you going to show me my teeth then? And he goes, you know what, Mike, that's an excellent idea.
SMITH: Eureka. Mike Williams set about inventing the first intraoral camera, and it was a big success. From there, he formed a company and sold it.
WILLIAMS: For about a million dollars.
SMITH: Other medical inventions followed.
WILLIAMS: And from there, my career took off. One day, David Letterman called me and said, I just read about your little camera. Can you come on down to Rockefeller Center in New York and bring your cameras to the studios and set them up?
SMITH: I forgot about the monkey cam. The monkey cam was amazing.
WILLIAMS: Yup.
SMITH: Mike Williams was successful, appreciated, in demand. But just like in a movie, it wouldn't last. Jump cut to the 2000s.
WILLIAMS: The real estate market destroyed a lot of my financial capabilities, and my home went into foreclosure. I had a group that defrauded me in Florida, took about $2.5 million from me in a scam. And it just kept going and kept going, and I couldn't stop it. Just everything crumbled. And then my wife asked for a divorce. And when she asked for a divorce, I packed my car and told my kids to come and get what they wanted, and I basically hit the streets.
SMITH: Mike Williams, successful inventor, was now homeless. For a while, he lived out of his car, kept a journal on a laptop. But once he fell behind on his car payments, he took shelter in a dumpster.
WILLIAMS: I found out that I was really nothing, and that was very hard for me to grasp, the fact that nobody wanted me around. They really didn't want me sleeping next to their cars or in their backyards or out in the parks. That I was something nobody wanted to see or could - even be involved in. And that crushed me.
SMITH: And I understand that one night, you were sleeping in the park and - well, tell me the story.
WILLIAMS: Well, this particular night, I was roaming the streets of Sacramento. And down on the capital city state mall, there's a very large rose garden there. And I thought, man, this would really be a nice place to just hang out. So I hid underneath the fountain of the rose garden. I had my laptop in a bag. And about 1 o'clock in the morning, I was woken up with two guys that were kicking me and trying to pull me out and grabbing me. And I fought as best I could, but they kicked me so hard that I passed out. They gave me severe hernias and destroyed my prostate.
And I laid there. I just laid there and cried. And, of course, I lost my laptop. I lost all of my notes and all of my pictures from the streets and whatever. I got up, and I walked to Sutter emergency room. And I waited there for 19 hours. I was a homeless guy, didn't look too good, didn't smell too good, and in a lot of pain and no insurance. And finally, they took me in. And little did I know that that beating was truly the beating that changed my life.
SMITH: It changed his life because Mike Williams' injury would eventually lead him to Dr. Jong Chen.
DR. JONG CHEN: He come into my office complaining all of the pain in the lower abdomen.
SMITH: Before Dr. Chen performed surgery on Williams' damaged prostate, the two struck up a conversation.
WILLIAMS: He asked me, he says, well, what did you do with your life? How did you become homeless? And I started telling him the story. And I said, as a matter of fact, I'm the inventor of that little wire catheter that you're using.
CHEN: And I asked about his education background. I said, well, what a waste - this gentleman, you know, walking on the street.
SMITH: What a waste. Dr. Chen saw a way to help Mike Williams get off the street.
WILLIAMS: And he called me at the shelter one day, and he asked me out for breakfast.
CHEN: He almost cried, you know? I said, oh, go ahead. It'll be on me.
WILLIAMS: So he said, I want you to bring your patents. I want you to bring whatever you're working on. And so he picked me up. We went to McDonald's. And he said, well, what are you doing now? What's your new invention? And I told him I want to invent for the first time a secure, safe place for homeless people and people that are displaced in our society. I want to give them a safe place to live.
SMITH: Mike Williams came up with this idea while resting in one of the only safe places he could find: a dumpster. He'd drawn up plans for a self-contained survival pod.
WILLIAMS: It's six feet wide, six feet tall. It's got a single bed in it. It's got a chemical toilet.
SMITH: And Dr. Chen signed on. He agreed to form a company with Mike Williams and start creating a prototype pod. They envision other applications too. FEMA could use these shelters for emergency housing. Airports could rent them to travelers with long layovers. And it all got started with an unusually generous contribution.
CHEN: To me, a patient is a patient no matter what kind of status you have. They need the help, we can give him the help.
WILLIAMS: Dr. Chen not only took me out of the shelter, he took me downtown and got me a really nice apartment. He took me to Macy's and bought me all new clothes, a whole new wardrobe. He still treats me for free. He just can't do enough. Truly an amazing, amazing man.
SMITH: So, Mr. Williams, this is an amazing opportunity. Very few people get even the first chance that you got to invent something and build a company around it. You've been given another chance with a new business partner, a new idea, a new start on life. How do you personally change the way you approach the world?
WILLIAMS: With humility and prayer every day.
SMITH: You weren't humble before?
WILLIAMS: I was humble, but I was rich. And I think that's probably what the problem is with our leaders, is that once you have a separation of class and you're rich, you can be humble, you can say all the right things, you can pretend like you care, but are these people really the ones that are pulling people out of the streets, give them a second chance, give them a job, loving them the way Dr. Chen love me because they're rich. And I'm just telling you that Dr. Chen is the example for America.
SMITH: That's inventor Mike Williams who, along with Dr. Jon Chen, is developing a portable housing pod for the homeless. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Now measure down 4 1/4″ so that you are lining up along 17 1/4″ and cut. Continue measuring down 4 1/4″ and cutting 4 more times. (Lining up along 13″, 8 3/4″, 4 1/2″, 1/4″). You now have 40 squares, 1/2 of what you need. So cut another four 4 1/4″ strips and repeat. Now you have 80 squares. Perfect!!!
Now all you have left is to cut the sashing. We'll start with the small pieces. Cut 8 strips 1 1/2″ wide x WOF.
Trim the selvage edge off of the top. Now measure down 15 1/2″ and cut. You will be using 15 of the 16 strips you just cut. Set one in scrap along with the small strip sets left under you ruler 🙂
Now onto our longer sashing. Cut three 1 1/2″ x WOF strips. Now trim the selvage on the top and slice the tiniest bit you can off the bottom to make 6 strips instead of 3.
Last of the cutting. Cut 10 more 1 1/2″ x WOF strips. Trim the selvages off the top.
Okay, so trust me, when you get to adding your sashing you are going to be so excited you will just want to hurry and finish. So we are going to put the sashing together now so they are ready to go. Grab your six 1 1/2″ x 21″ish pieces along with 6 WOF strips. Now place a WOF strip right sides together with a 21″ish strip and sew a 1/4″ seam along the bottom to make a 65″ ish strip. Repeat with all 6 sets.
Lastly, grab your remaining four 1 1/2″ X WOF strips and sew them together into two sets of 2 just like above creating two 87″ish strips. And you're done with cutting!!!!
Grab your beautiful Sunkissed layer cake and open it up 🙂 Isn't that fun!!! Separate your prints into the following groups. You have 5 sets that have 4 base colors and 2 white with the base color in it. The remaining 12 prints will be used for appliqué. You will also be using 8 squares of your Moda Bella Solids White charm pack for each set.
I found it easiest to work with one color group at a time. I started with pink at my daughter's request. Match up your blocks in 4 sets of 2 that are placed right sides together. Make sure to leave the White base prints on top, including laying out your 4 charm squares to make a "white layer cake".
Now go ahead and draw a vertical line down the center of the layer cake set. (5″ in) and then a horizontal line down the center (5″ in) as well. You will not have to mark the Charm Pack sets, obviously). I used a water soluble marker but you can just use a pen if you don't have one.
Now mark a diagonal line from corner to corner across each of the 4 squares you just drew. Repeat this for all 4 sets. Yes, you need to mark the charm pack ones this time 🙂
This is how your 4 sets should look now 🙂 You with me? Okay, lets move on 🙂
Go ahead and place a pin along the outer and inner edge of each line. Leave enough space for your presser foot to pass by without having to remove the pins – this just saves a bit of time 🙂
Now you are ready to sew your sets. Start at the top of your block. Line the 1/4″ line on your presser foot (mine is just inside the edge of my foot, if that helps) along the drawn line. Now sew a 1/4″ seam along the outside of your drawn line. Continue off the edge of the fabric. No need to clip your threads, just pivot and continue on until you have sewn all 4 outer seams. Repeat for your other 3 sets.
Now you are ready to sew the inner seam. Start 1/4″ in from the edge of your fabric. Once again line your 1/4″ line on your presser foot up with your drawn line (My foot has a line on both sides. If yours doesn't, just go the opposite direction so you can keep things lined up and sew your 1/4″ seam along the inside of your drawn line). This time, stop when you reach the drawn line or the edge of your charm square. Pivot and continue on until you have sewn all 4 seams. Repeat with your remaining 3 sets.
Now the sewing part is done and you are ready to cut your pieces. Make when cutting that you do not pick up any of your pieces until all of the cutting is finished 🙂 Start by cutting along the center horizontal and vertical lines.
Now line your ruler up along the diagonal line you drew through each of the four squares. Cut right along the line in all 4 squares.
Lastly, line your ruler up diagonally from end-to-end of your block. There is no line, but check to make sure you are lined up through the center of the lines you have already cut. Cut from corner-to-corner. Now turn your ruler and cut diagonally again from the other corner. Repeat with your remaining 3 sets.
Now you have 16 two piece triangles from each set. Press them to the dark side. (I can't say that without thinking of Star Wars.)
And there you have it. All the pieces you need to make your blocks. Go back up to the top of the Quarter Square Triangles and repeat the process for each of the remaining 4 colorways. Whew, that took a little while 🙂 Now place sixteen 4 1/4″ white squares and the 4 color coordinated 8″ squares with their triangles sets. You are ready to start putting your blocks together!!! Yippee Skippee!!!
Once again, I found it easiest to do one color set at a time here. And once again, my daughter requested pink 🙂 Start by grouping your triangles. There should be 8 similar triangles and 8 opposite triangles of each set. Now group them together into sets of 2. Make sure that your groups each have a solid white 1/4 triangle and a background white 1/4 triangle. I kept my opposite groups the same. Sorry, I know this sounds confusing but just follow the picture and you will be fine 🙂
Now we are going to sew our triangle sets into squares. There will be 8 sets of 4 different blocks. I am only going to show one so you can keep track but you can go ahead and do all of the eight at the same time. Line your blocks up as follows. Make sure your "whites" are opposite each other, otherwise you have mixed something up 😉
Now place them right sides together and pin making sure to "nest" your center seam.
Sew a 1/4″ seam along the pinned edge of your triangle blocks. Chain stitch all of your pieces this way. Meaning, once you have finished one, don't clip your threads. Just keep feeding them through until you have sewn them all.
Now clip your threads between your pieces. Press your seams. I pressed in one direction but there were some bulky areas, so if you don't like dealing with that you might want to press your seams open. Clip the little tails on the 4 corners of your blocks 🙂
So now you are here (except that you should have all squares and no more triangles.) Notice that you are keeping the same prints on top in each set, the color triangles are just in reverse order.
Lay your top block onto your bottom block and pink along the center. Once again, make sure that you see the same prints on top in both sets 🙂 Repeat for all of your pieces. Chain stitch a 1/4″ seam along the pinned edge of your pieces. Clip your threads between pieces and press.
Now your blocks are to this point and you are ready to layout your block. Are you getting excited??? There will be 2 layouts, as you have 2 different sets of blocks. (They are super similar, just opposite colored triangle placement.) You will be making 2 blocks of each layout. So sort your pieces and lay them out as follows.
Now, the fun part 🙂 Lay your 4 1/4″ blocks on top of your horizontal pieces rectangle with right sides together, one on each end. Pin. Repeat for all of your horizontal pieced rectangles. Now chain stitch a 1/4″ seam, clip your threads, and press out to the white.
Now with the horizontal pieces done, you are ready to move on the vertical ones. Lay your vertical pieced rectangles along the sides of your 8″ center square with right sides together. To make sure you still have the right layout, check that the white print triangles are lined up with the edge of your center block. Pin along the edge. Chain stitch your 1/4″ seam along all the pieces, clip your threads between pieces and press towards your center block.
So now you are here and you should have 4 blocks (2 of each layout) at this point. Are you still with me? Awesome!!! You almost have your blocks all put together 🙂
Go ahead and lay your now pieced top and bottom rows of your block onto your center row. Once again, your white print blocks should be lined up with the edge of your center blocks. Go ahead and pink, making sure to match up your seams where the arrows point. You know what is next. Sew your 1/4″ seam along both sides of your block, clip threads, and press 🙂
And there you have it!! 4 beautiful "sunshine" blocks that just warm your heart!! Go back to the beginning of the Making the Blocks step and repeat the process for your remaining 4 color ways.
This is the part of the quilt that gives each its own uniqueness and really makes it pop!!! Grab your 12 remaining layer cake pieces that you set aside at the beginning. On the wrong side of each print fuse a square of Heat N Bond. Now go ahead and draw some flowers onto the paper side of the Heat N Bond. There is a template attached for the flowers I used but feel free to create your own. I tried to get 4 to 5 flowers out of each cake slice.
Go ahead and cut out your flowers. You don't have to cut out the centers if you don't want, I just added that so I could mix the colors up a bit 🙂
Lay your flowers out on the center of your blocks. This is where you get to be creative so do what you like!!! I made cluster's of 2 and 3. When you have a layout you like iron them on and then permanently attach them by stitching around your appliqué. I did a zig-zag around the centers and a blanket stitch around the outside in coordinating colors 🙂
And there you have your blocks!! Don't they just Sing Spring!!! I just love them!!!
Now that your blocks are all finished, you are ready to sew your quilt top together. Layout your quilt with 4 blocks across and 5 blocks down. This is the layout I liked but you do what looks good to your eye 🙂 Once you have a layout you like, make sure to have a way to get back to it. I either mark my edges with pins or I just take a picture of it to refer back to.
To start, you need to attach a small sashing piece to the right hand side of the first three blocks of each row. So grab your 15 small sashing pieces (15 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ white strips) and lay them along the right hand side of your designated blocks. There really ins't a need to pin but you can if you like. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the edge of all 15 blocks and then clip your threads and press towards the sashing.
So this is what your rows should look like now. Ready to be sewn together.
Lay your block 2 onto your block 1 with right sides together and your block 4 onto your block 3 with right sides together. Pin along the edges. Repeat for all 5 rows.
Now sew 1/4″ seam, clip your threads and press. Your rows should now look like this. Just one seam left 🙂
Lay your now sewn together blocks 3 and 4 onto your now sewn together blocks 1 and 2. Once again Pin along the edge. Repeat for all 5 rows. Sew a 1/4″ seam, clip your threads, and press toward the sashing. And whala!! Your rows are complete. (Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the completed rows 🙂
So now with your rows complete you are going to sew them together. This is the exact same process of sewing the rows together, just on a larger, longer scale. We start by adding sashing. Grab your six long sashing strips (65″ ish x 1 1/2″ white strips) and lay them right sides together along the top of each row and one final strip along the bottom of your 5 row. Make sure you are right sides together, you do have a seam in there 🙂 Once again, no need to pin, just line up as you go. Sew a 1/4″ seam along the edge, trim the excess fabric from your sashing, and press.
Now we simply sew our rows together, just like before but once again, on a longer scale. Lay row 1 onto row 2 with right sides together. Lay row 3 onto row 4 with right sides together. Make sure to line up the seams. You will have to do this by feel as you are pinning to sashing but it is important to make sure your vertical sashing strips are going to end up lined up 🙂 Do the center sashing first, and then move out to the side sashings 🙂 Sew your 1/4″ seam along your two pinned lines and press.
Now repeat the same process by first laying row 5 onto the now sewn together row 3 and 4 with right sides together. Line up your seams, pin, sew, and press. Then last but not least. Lay your now sewn together rows 1 and 2 onto your now sewn together rows 3, 4, and 5, pin, sew, and press. You are here now, only one thing left 🙂 This is so exciting!!!
Grab your finial 2 sashing strips. The super long ones. (87″ish x 1 1/2″). Lay one along each side of your quilt with right sides together. Once again, double check you don't have a raw seam that is going to show. Sew a 1//4″ seam along the sides, trim the excess sashing, and press.
And there you have it!!! Your quilt top is finished!!! Isn't it just Marvelous!!!
One absolutely adorable spring time quilt measuring appx. 65 x 81.
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systemd offers users the ability to run an instance of systemd to manage their session and services. This allows users to start, stop, enable, and disable units found within certain directories when systemd is run by the user. This is convenient for daemons and other services that are commonly run as a user other than root or a special user, such as mpd.
Users should first set up systemd-logind to manage their session. If systemd is running as the system init daemon, then this is already happening.
Next, the user must launch systemd by putting the following in their
systemd --user
If the user is not launching the window manager through systemd --user, then
systemd --user &
should be used and launched like anything else in
~/.xinitrc, before execing the window manager.
After starting X, the user can check whether their session is now being managed by systemd-logind with the following command:
$ loginctl --no-pager show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID | grep Active
If this command prints
Active=yes, then the user is now using systemd-logind to manage their session. The user should remove any instances of ck-launch-session or dbus-launch from their
~/.xinitrc, as those commands are unneeded.
Display Managers
All of the major display managers are now using systemd-logind by default, so the
loginctl command from the previous section should work as stated. A user simply has to add
systemd --user as a program to be started by their desktop environment.
GNOME 3 (using GDM)
For users who wish to have GDM/GNOME 3 auto-start their
systemd --user session upon login, they just need to add a special log in session for this:
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=systemd Comment=Runs 'systemd' as a user instance. Exec=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
Make sure to choose the
systemd session option at the GDM login screen.
Using systemd --user To Manage Your Session
Systemd has many amazing features, one of which is the ability to track programs using cgroups (by running
systemctl status). While awesome for a pid 1 process to do, it is also extremely useful for users, and having it set up and initialize user programs, all the while tracking what is in each cgroup is even more amazing.
All of your systemd user units will go to
$HOME/.config/systemd/user. These units take precedence over units in other systemd unit directories.
There are two packages you need to get this working, both currently available from the AUR: xorg-launch-helperAUR and optionally, user-session-unitsAUR if you want to have autologin working.
Next is setting up your targets. You should set up two, one for window manager and another as a default target. The window manager target should be populated like so:
[Unit] Description=Window manager target Wants=xorg.target Wants=mystuff.target Requires=dbus.socket AllowIsolate=true [Install] Alias=default.target
This will be the target for your graphical interface.
Put together a second target called
mystuff.target. All services but your window manager should contain a
WantedBy line, under
[Install], pointing at this unit.
[Unit] Description=Xinitrc Stuff Wants=wm.target [Install] Alias=default.target
Link this unit to
default.target. When you start
systemd --user, it will start this target.
Next you need to begin writing services. First you should throw together a service for your window manager:
[Unit] Description=your window manager service Before=mystuff.target After=xorg.target Requires=xorg.target [Service] #Environment=PATH=uncomment:to:override:your:PATH ExecStart=/full/path/to/wm/executable Restart=always RestartSec=10 [Install] WantedBy=wm.target
[Install] section includes a 'WantedBy' part. When using
systemctl --user enable it will link this as
$HOME/.config/systemd/user/wm.target.wants/i3.service, allowing it to be started at login. Is recommended enabling this service, not linking it manually.
You can fill your user unit directory with a plethora of services, including ones for mpd, gpg-agent, offlineimap, parcellite, pulse, tmux, urxvtd, xbindkeys and xmodmap to name a few.
If you want to have systemd automatically log you in on boot, then you can use the unit in user-session-units to do so. Enabling a screen locker for will stop someone from booting your computer into a nice, logged in session.
If you installed user-session-units as listed above, then you must copy
/usr/lib/systemd/system/user-session@.service to
/firstname.lastname@example.com) and edit these lines:
Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/%I Environment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/%I/dbus/user_bus_socket
to this:
Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/%U Environment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/%U/dbus/user_bus_socket
%I is replaced by
As well as an install section:
[Install] WantedBy=graphical.target
or if you have no login manager:
[Install] WantedBy=getty.target
Add this line to
/etc/pam.d/login and
session required pam_systemd.so
user-session@.service starts on tty1, you will need to add
firstname.lastname@example.com to the service file, if it doesn't exist already.
Once this is done,
systemctl --user enable
One of the most important things you can add to the service files you will be writing is the use of
Before= and
After= in the
[Unit] section. These two parts will determine the order things are started. Say you have a graphical application you want to start on boot, you would put
After=xorg.target into your unit. Say you start ncmpcpp, which requires mpd to start, you can put
After=mpd.service into your ncmpcpp unit. You will eventually figure out exactly how this needs to go either from experience or from reading the systemd manual pages. Starting with systemd.unit(5) is a good idea.
Other use cases
Persistent terminal multiplexer
You may wish your user session to default to running a terminal multiplexer, such as GNU Screen or Tmux, in the background rather than logging you in to a window manager session. Separating login from X login is most likely only useful for those who boot to a TTY instead of to a display manager (in which case you can simply bundle everything you start in with myStuff.target).
To create this type of user session, procede as above, but instead of creating wm.target, create multiplexer.target:
[Unit] Description=Terminal multiplexer Documentation=info:screen man:screen(1) man:tmux(1) After=cruft.target Wants=cruft.target [Install] Alias=default.target
cruft.target, like
mystuff.target above, should start anything you think should run before tmux or screen starts (or which you want started at boot regardless of timing), such as a GnuPG daemon session.
You then need to create a service for your multiplexer session. Here's a sample service, using tmux as an example and sourcing a gpg-agent session which wrote its information to /tmp/gpg-agent-info. This sample session, when you start X, will also be able to run X programs, since DISPLAY is set.
[Unit] Description=tmux: A terminal multiplixer Documentation=man:tmux(1) After=gpg-agent.service Wants=gpg-agent.service [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmux start ExecStop=/usr/bin/tmux kill-server Environment=DISPLAY=:0 EnvironmentFile=/tmp/gpg-agent-info [Install] WantedBy=multiplexer.target
Once this is done,
systemctl --user enable
multiplexer.target and any services you created to be run by
cruft.target and you should be set to go! Activated
user-session@.service as described above, but be sure to remove the
email@example.com from
user-session@.service, since your user session will not be taking over a TTY. Congratulations! You have a running terminal multiplexer and some other useful programs ready to start at boot!
Starting X
You've probably noticed that, since the terminal multiplexer is now
default.target, X will not start automatically at boot. To start X, procede as above, but do not activate or manually link to
wm.target. Instead, assuming you're booting to a terminal, we'll simply be using a hackish workaround and masking
/usr/bin/startx with a shell alias:
alias startx='systemctl --user start wm.target'
User Services
Users may now interact with units located in the following directories just as they would with system services (ordered by ascending precedence):
To control the systemd instance, the user must use the command
systemctl --user.
Installed by packages
A unit installed by a package that is meant to be run by a systemd user instance should install the unit to
/usr/lib/systemd/user/. The system adminstration can then modify the unit by copying it to
/etc/systemd/user/. A user can then modify the unit by copying it to
The following is an example of a user version of the mpd service.
[Unit] Description=Music Player Daemon [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/mpd --no-daemon [Install] WantedBy=default.target
Example with variables
The following is an example of a user version of
sickbeard.service, which takes into account variable home directories where SickBeard can find certain files:
[Unit] Description=SickBeard Daemon [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/env python2 /opt/sickbeard/SickBeard.py --config %h/.sickbeard/config.ini --datadir %h/.sickbeard [Install] WantedBy=default.target
As detailed in
man systemd.unit, the
%h variable is replaced by the home directory of the user running the service. There are other variables that can be taken into account in the systemd manpages.


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Do CFLs Save Whole-House Energy?
A version of this article appears in the November/December 2008 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
November 06, 2008
If CFLs decrease cooling loads compared to incandescents, but increase heating loads, do they save energy overall?
Energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are becoming more and more widely available in the marketplace. Using these energy-efficient lamps in homes reduces electrical energy use and power demand. However, it also affects space-heating and space-cooling energy use. The take-back effect—the interaction of lighting with other loads—alters the overall cost savings associated with lighting. During the heating season, CFL lighting reduces internal gains compared to incandescents and therefore increases the heating load. During the cooling season, CFL lighting reduces the cooling load. Do these effects offset each other? Is the net effect of using CFLs in place of incandescents positive or negative? A number of field studies of commercial buildings show that replacing conventional lighting with energy-efficient lighting increases the heating load and reduces the cooling load. But residential use of lighting is a different story. In residential buildings, lighting is used selectively, depending on the occupants' needs. To learn more about the net impact of CFL lighting in housing, Natural Resources Canada performed detailed field research on the effect of CFL lighting on a home's overall energy use. We also sought to validate an internal-gains model associated with lighting energy use. Average ...
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The common food spice oregano grows wild in the mountains of Mediterranean countries. In ancient Greece, oregano or its essential oil was used for the treatment of wounds, snakebites, spider bites, and respiratory problems. Respiratory uses dominated the medicinal history of oregano in medieval Europe, but in the nineteenth century, physicians in the Eclectic School (a medical movement that emphasized herbal treatment) used oregano for promoting menstruation.
What Is Oregano Oil Used for Today?
In the 1990s, the concept of the yeast hypersensitivity syndrome (often called "systemic candidiasis," or merely "candida") became popular in alternative medicine circles. This theory states, in brief, that many people develop excessive levels of the yeast Candida albicans and subsequently experience allergic symptoms to the yeast in their body. The symptoms of this purported syndrome include common conditions such as fatigue and headache. A succession of anticandidal treatments have been offered as treatment. Oregano oil is one of the more recent of these products.
It is true that oregano oil is toxic to many different types of microorganisms, including fungi and parasites. 1-15
However, the same is the case with hundreds of essential oils of herbs, not to mention vinegar, alcohol, and bleach. It is a long way from killing microorganisms in a test tube or on the surface of a block of cheese to medicinal effects in the body. Only double-blind, placebo-controlled studies in humans can prove a treatment effective, and none have been performed on oregano oil. Nonetheless oregano oil is widely marketed as a treatment for candida.
There is a related theory that many people suffer from undiagnosed intestinal parasites; oregano oil is marketed for treatment of this purported problem as well. Oregano oil is also advocated for dozens of other illnesses, ranging from asthma and HIV infection to rheumatoid arthritis , though without any reliable justification.
Websites selling oregano oil additionally point out that it has antioxidant properties . While true, 16,17 this does not—by itself—indicate any health benefits. Most major studies of antioxidants have failed to identify the specific benefits that were once seen as likely to result from supplementation with these substances.
A typical dose of oregano oil is 100 mg three times daily of a product standardized to contain 55%–65% of the presumed active ingredient carvacrol.
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There are no specific safety risks known to be associated with use of oregano oil products. However, in general, essential oils of herbs can be toxic when taken even in relatively small quantities. Allergic reactions are also possible.
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Your doctor may be able to diagnose scleroderma by taking a careful history of your symptoms and doing a thorough physical examination. Your doctor will look for classic skin changes associated with scleroderma. These include calcium deposits under the skin and changes in the tiny blood vessels, called capillaries, at the base of your fingernails. The skin changes of scleroderma are often characteristic enough to allow your doctor to accurately diagnose the condition. Other examination and testing may be done to look for organ involvement.
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- Antinuclear antibody
- Antitopoisomerase I antibodies (anti-Scl 70)
- Anticentromere antibody
- Antimitochondrial antibodies
Imaging Tests
These tests can visualize the internal organs to see how the disease has affected them. Specific areas of the body to be examined with imaging tests may be chosen based on your symptoms. Imaging tests include:
Skin Biopsy
A skin biopsy involves removing a small sample of skin and examining it in a lab for specific characteristics that suggest scleroderma.
Organ Specific Tests
Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may order tests of other organs to see if they are involved in the disease process. These tests may include:
- X-rays of joints
- Barium swallow or endoscopy to examine the gastrointestinal system
- Chest x-ray, pulmonary function tests, lung scans, or biopsy of lung tissue
- Electrocardiogram (EKG), echocardiogram, or cardiac catheterization
- Kidney biopsy
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"We're in the business of managing expectations," says Deena Katz of what advisors do for a living—and it's a living, she argues, that more college-age people should consider pursuing.
Katz (left), who with her partner Harold Evensky runs the wealth management firm Evensky & Katz, is expending more of her seemingly boundless energy and passion these days as an associate professor in Texas Tech University's Personal Financial Planning program.
She's also an evangelist not just for Texas Tech's program, but for the many similar programs at colleges and universities around the nation. Those academic programs teach students the theory of financial planning, but in the tradition of tech schools, there's a clear practical bent to the curriculum.
While the intellectual return of such programs may be gratifying to academically minded students, there's a career benefit as well: graduates of these programs are almost guaranteed a job, she says. At Texas Tech, 95% of graduates get a job in the field, while the remainder, Katz joked with a nod to Texas, "go to work for their father's oil company."
While Katz has been teaching and preaching on the topic for some years now, and has welcomed Evensky to the Texas Tech faculty, it appears that much of the rest of the industry is catching up with what she discovered years ago.
In an interview in New York on Thursday, she expressed gratification at the industry support that Texas Tech and other schools are getting from the likes of Schwab Advisor Services, TD Ameritrade and MoneyGuide Pro, all of whom are donating dollars, technology and expertise to these academic programs.
The motivation, Katz agrees, is that advisors and their partners realize that these students are the future of a profession that skews toward "old, white men," noting that the average age of an advisor is 57. "When we started out" in the business, Katz recalls, "we had nothing," but now "we're a profession."
The college-level financial planning programs are helping to deliver the academic heft in terms of research that a profession requires, while they also deliver the technology education students need—along, in the case of Texas Tech, with the practice management and behavioral finance skills that those students will require when they start working in the field.
There's a need for more women in the profession as well, says Katz, who voices concern about what seems to be a decrease in the number of female advisors. Women need to "understand better what financial planning is about," while women in the profession need to do a better job of mentoring younger women new to the profession.


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Reasons for Procedure
Drainage of an abscess is the preferred treatment to clear an abscess. It is often used if the abscess is large, growing, painful, or not improving on its own.
Do not pop or cut an abscess yourself. This can spread infection and make it worse.
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Pain
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- Scarring
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Smoking
- Diabetes or other conditions that weaken the immune system
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Prior to Procedure
- Your doctor will examine the abscess.
- An ultrasound or other imaging method may be used if the abscess is large or deep. Blood tests may also be used to find out how severe the infection is.
- Your doctor may make sure your tetanus immunizations are current.
A local anesthesia will be applied to your skin. This will make the area numb.
Description of Procedure
Most of the time, this procedure can be done in your doctor's office. Large, deep abscesses, or abscesses in sensitive areas (such as near the anus) may require treatment in the hospital.
The area will be wiped with a special cleansing fluid. Anesthesia will be applied. A small incision will be made. A syringe or catheter may be used to drain the pus from the abscess or the pus may be squeezed out. Gauze may be used to soak up the fluid. A clean water mixture will be used to flush the area.
A tool may be used to explore inside the cut. It can also help break down the abscess. A sample of the bacteria may be taken with a cotton swab for testing. Sometimes, the doctor will decide to pack the wound with clean gauze. This will help make sure the abscess does not form again. If this happens, you will come back in 1-2 days to remove or replace the packing. Gauze and dressing tape will be used to cover the wound.
How Long Will It Take?
30-45 minutes
Will It Hurt?
The procedure should not hurt. You may feel a slight pinch and burning when the local anesthetic is injected.
Post-procedure Care
The skin should heal completely in about 14 days. Home care will focus on pain and infection control. You may need to limit movement of the affected area to give it time to heal. Follow instructions on how to clean and replace bandages.
Call Your Doctor
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Nuggets Nikola Jokic finishes third in NBA Rookie of the Year voting
Nuggets center Nikola Jokic finished third in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting, the league announced on Monday.
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Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns was the unanimous winner of the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, sweeping all 130 first-place votes. He is the fifth unanimous winner of the award, and the Timberwolves are the first team in 42 years to have back-to-back Rookie of the Year winners.
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Diagnosis of sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait can be done through blood testing, using a technique called hemoglobin electrophoresis. Blood tests can be done on children or adults. Many states have laws that require newborn babies to be tested for sickle cell disease before they leave the hospital after birth. Pregnant women can also choose to have their unborn babies tested for the presence of sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease.
Tests include:
Hemoglobin electrophoresis—A small blood sample is taken and sent to a laboratory where the percentage of normal and abnormal hemoglobin is measured.
Sickledex test—A small blood sample is taken and sent to a laboratory. In the laboratory, a substance called a deoxygenating agent is added to the blood sample. If the deoxygenating agent causes at least 25% of the red blood cells to assume a sickle shape, the test is considered positive for the presence of either sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. Hemoglobin electrophoresis will need to be done to distinguish between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease.
Amniocentesis —In this test, ultrasound is used to locate the fetus and a pocket of the fluid that surrounds the growing fetus. A long, thin needle is used to remove a small amount of amniotic fluid, which is sent to a laboratory for mutation-specific DNA testing.
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To further support independent financial advisors with growing their businesses, Genworth Wealth Management is introducing what it calls "a unique retirement plan offering designed to help advisors expand into the burgeoning retirement market."
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