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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:11 pm
Post subject: I may be losing my aunt in the next few days
I'm sorry to interrupt our group's standard routine, but I may be losing my aunt -- my mother's elder sister -- within the next day or two. Health issues over the past two years have resulted in scar tissue and the like to her lungs; the past week the doctors have tried to keep her in what my mom simply calls the "robot bed" to rotate her in the hopes of change, but little has gained from it.
I saw her infrequently as a child, and a little bit more in recent years. Her family often had either health issues or financial woes, so they were unable to travel and see my family. As a result, we would have had to go to them, but hardly ever happened as, frankly, my father could have gone without most of them -- her husband was a know-nothing know-it-all invariably responsible for their financial situation, none of them used their "in door voices" as my parents politely put it, etc. Much of life has been hard on my aunt, which only began to pick up in the past few years when her husband died, his pension being enough to finally get them out of debt, and hopefully enjoy the remainder of her golden years.
I wish I'd been able to spend more time with her, and thought that I would now. Sadly, a refusal to misconstrued as a hypocondriac led her to a habit of struggling through any medical issue that might crop up for herself; this has resulted in severe respiratory problems and extended stays hospitalized these past two winters. But for the grace of God this will be her final bout, and not in a way that I would wish. This attitude may be selfish on my part, but the suggestion that she will soon be beyond pain is of meager comfort to my mother and I right now.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:29 pm
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I'm sorry. Losing a loved one is hard, especially when the circumstances seem so unfair. Your response isn't unusual, it reflects the attachment we feel for our families and the desire for them to be with us. Hopefully sharing the news with us and putting your thoughts in writing has brought you some small relief, even if it wasn't much. The rest takes time.
My best wishes for you and your mother.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:25 pm
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useless to say, sucks dude.
losing any family member, close or not, isn't fun.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:55 am
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That's awful. Sorry about what seems to be an impending loss for you and your family. Even if you two weren't close, losing a family member is never easy. If she cannot recover, I hope her passing happens gently and without suffering. Be strong in the days to come.
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i'm sorry to hear this. it's sad that we let what, in the long run, are trivial things get in the way of our relationships with people. even sadder that, knowing this to be true, we still let it happen. it sounds like that's a lot of what you are feeling badly about - the difficulties of your aunt's life, and that you all weren't with her in part because of those difficulties (like her obnoxious husband).
i can only hope that her passing is a gentle one, and that you will be able to remember her fondly and without guilt.
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sorry, Pony boy.
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I know this doesnt help much but my condolences dude
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Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scomber pelamides Lacepede, 1801
Scomber pelamis Linnaeus, 1758
Thynnus vagans Lesson, 1829
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). 2015. Catalog of Fishes. Updated 7 January 2015. Available at: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. (Accessed: 7 January 2015).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Collette, B., Acero, A., Amorim, A.F., Boustany, A., Canales Ramirez, C., Cardenas, G., Carpenter, K.E., de Oliveira Leite Jr., N., Di Natale, A., Fox, W., Fredou, F.L., Graves, J., Guzman-Mora, A., Viera Hazin, F.H., Juan Jorda, M., Kada, O., Minte Vera, C., Miyabe, N., Montano Cruz, R., Nelson, R., Oxenford, H., Salas, E., Schaefer, K., Serra, R., Sun, C., Teixeira Lessa, R.P., Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E., Uozumi, Y. & Yanez, E.
|Russell, B. & Polidoro, B.
This species is widespread and is important in commercial fisheries throughout its range. Although it is heavily fished, it is considered relatively abundant and is fast-growing, short-lived, and very fecund. It is listed as Least Concern. However, in some regions there may be signs of overfishing and uncertainty in estimating population size and trends. More research and monitoring is needed for this species to develop better population models and to ensure that current fishing mortality does not exceed estimated maximum sustainable yield (MSY).
Indian and Western Pacific Ocean
This species is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. It is considered moderately to fully exploited, with no clear indication of decline in catches or estimated biomass, although data in some areas are uncertain. It is listed as Least Concern. However, it is recommended that current fishing mortality does not increase.
Eastern Pacific Ocean
This species is wide-ranging in the Eastern Pacific, and there is no evidence to suggest that fishing pressure is negatively impacting the population at present. It is listed as Least Concern.
In the Mediterranean this species is common but not abundant. Catch statistics indicate a stable fluctuation at low quantities. It is listed as Least Concern.
This species is wide-ranging and a small species, and reproduces at a young age and small size. There is no evidence to suggest that fishing pressure is negatively impacting the population at present. It is listed as Least Concern.
|Range Description:
|This species is circumglobal in seas warmer than 15°C. In the Eastern Pacific it occurs from British Columbia to northern Chile, including all of the oceanic islands. It occurs in the Mediterranean but is not found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea or the Black Sea. It is found throughout the warm Atlantic, including the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Saba, Sint Eustatius); Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Chile; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Curaçao; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Germany; Ghana; Gibraltar; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Malta; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Monaco; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Réunion; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Sweden; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Wallis and Futuna; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – northwest; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – northeast; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – western central; Pacific – southwest
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|Reported worldwide landings fluctuate greatly, but show a gradual increase from 158,600 tonnes in 1950 to 2,480,812 tonnes in 2006 (FAO 2009).
Catch summary statistics for 2000–2004 and the status of the stock (Majikowsk 2007) include the following: 93,000–133,000 tonnes/year in the Eastern Atlantic where the status of the stock is unknown; 22,000–31,000 tonnes/year in the Western Atlantic where the status of the stock is unknown; 422,000–489,000 tonnes/year in the Indian Ocean where the status of the stock is Moderately to Fully exploited; 282,000–439,000 tonnes/year in the Eastern Pacific where the status of the stock is Moderately exploited; 1,136,000–1,295,000 tonnes/year in the Western and Central Pacific where the status of the stock is Moderately exploited.
Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO)
FAO landings data from 1976–2005 vary from approximately 25,000–140,000 tonnes caught annually in the eastern tropical Pacific (FAO 2009). Landings data have been relatively constant over the last 20 years, and between 35,000 and 100,000 tonnes. In general, the Skipjack Tuna global population in the EPO has been high for the last 30 years perhaps related to increased frequency of El-Niño events. Therefore, the general eastward expansion of the Skipjack habitat predicted in this simulation is very plausible (Loukos et al. 2003, Worm and Tittensor 2011).
The last full assessment for Skipjack Tuna in the EPO was in 2005 (Maunder and Harley 2005), although an evaluation of a set of fishery indicators was given in 2008 (Maunder 2010). Reported landings from 1976–2005 (IATTC 2008) varied from 52,000–311,000 metric tonnes per year in the Eastern Pacific including California. The recruitment of tuna to the tropical eastern Pacific region is highly variable and is thought to be the reason for the large variations in stock size. The average weight of this species has been declining since 2000, and the 2007 average weight is approaching the lower reference level. The biomass, recruitment, and exploitation rate has also been increasing over the past 20 years. The main concern with this species' stock is the constantly increasing exploitation rate. However, the data- and model-based indicators have yet to detect any adverse consequence of this increase. There have been observed declines in average weight, and average weight is near its lower reference level, which can be a consequence of overexploitation, but it can also be caused by recent recruitments being stronger than past recruitments (IATTC 2008, Maunder 2010). For example, a group of relatively strong cohorts entered the fishery in 2000–2003.
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO)
Within the equatorial region, fishing mortality increased throughout the modelled period (1952–2007) and is estimated to be highest in the western region in the most recent years. The impact of fishing is predicted to have reduced recent biomass by about 40% in the western equatorial region and 20% in the eastern region (Langley and Hampton 2008). However, this most recent assessment for Skipjack Tuna in the WCPO (Langeley and Hampton 2008) concluded that the stock was not in an overfished state nor was overfishing occurring. Nothing has been observed in the fishery that indicates that this conclusion should be changed, although some mild concern over possible shifts in distribution of Skipjack Tuna in the northern regions of the WCPO has been expressed (Joseph 2009, ISSF 2010).
Indian Ocean
An attempt was made in 2003 to assess the stock status but due to the large uncertainties in the information needed to conduct a complete assessment, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) only analysed different fishery indicators that could provide a general understanding of the state of the stock (i.e., trends in catches and nominal catch per unit effort (CPUE), average weight in the catches, length-based cohort analysis (IOTC 2008, IOTC 2009, STECF 2007). In spite of not having a full stock assessment for this species, the analysis did not show reasons for concern, as catches have continued to increase as effort increased and the majority of the catch comes from fish that are already sexually mature (greater than 40 cm), as the fishing pattern by size indicates. However, length-based cohort analyses indicated a growing catch of smaller size fish due to the fishery with fish aggregating devices (FADs) (STECF 2007).
Preliminary data indicate that catches in 2007 may be the lowest since 2002 (IOTC 2009), possibly due to the lack of fishing in areas patrolled by pirates. However, the range of stock indicators available does not currently signal any problems in the fishery, and catches have continued to increase as effort increased (IOTC 2009, STECF 2009). Furthermore, the majority of the catch comes from fish that are sexually mature (greater than 40 cm) and therefore likely to have already reproduced (STECF 2009). The IOTC has recommended that this species should be carefully monitored given current fishing pressure as it is clear that current catches cannot be increased indefinitely (IOTC 2009).
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic population is divided into eastern and western stocks; with the eastern stock contributing the majority of catches (~ 80%). Stock assessments for eastern and western Atlantic Skipjack Tuna were conducted in 2008 using available catches to 2006 (STECF 2009). In summary, it appears that both stocks in the Atlantic are currently being fished at levels below maximum sustainable yield (MSY), and the stocks are not being overfished, and are not considered to be in an overfished state (ISSF 2010). The total catches obtained in 2008 in the entire Atlantic Ocean were close to 149,000 t which represents the catch average of the last five years (STECF 2009). This species is not abundant in the Mediterranean with FAO reported landings fluctuating around 100 t from 1996–2005. Although catch is slowly increasing in the Mediterranean in recent years, statistics in the Mediterranean are incomplete (Di Natale pers. comm. 2008).
In the Eastern Atlantic, the preliminary estimates of catches made in 2008 amounted to 127,000 t, representing an increase of 3% as compared to the average of 2003–2007. A Bayesian method, using only catch information estimated the MSY (under a Schaefer-type model parametrisation) at 143,000–156,000 t, a result which agrees with the estimate obtained by the modified Grainger and Garcia approach: 149,000 t. In addition, two non-equilibrium surplus biomass production models were applied for eight time series of CPUEs, and for a combined CPUE index weighted by fishing areas. In general, the range of plausible MSY values estimated from these models (155,000–170,000 t) were larger than in the Bayesian model based on catches. It is therefore difficult to estimate MSY under the continuous increasing conditions of the exploitation plot of this fishery (one-way of the trajectory to substantially weaker effort values) and which as a result, the potential range distribution of some priors needs to be constrained (e.g., for growth rate, or for the shape parameter of the generalized model) (ICCAT 2009, STECF 2009). Although there are discrepancies among various models that create difficulty in estimating MSY, it is unlikely that Skipjack Tuna is over exploited in the eastern Atlantic (ICCAT 2009, STECF 2009).
In the Western Atlantic, the major fishery is the Brazilian baitboat fishery, followed by the Venezuelan purse seine fleet (ICCAT 2009, STECF 2009). Catches in 2008 in the West Atlantic amounted to 22,000 t representing a decrease of 17% as compared to the trend observed for recent years. Catch only model estimated MSY at around 30,000 t (similar to the estimate provided by the Grainger and Garcia approach) and the Bayesian surplus model (Schaefer formulation) at 34,000 t. Other analyses using Multifan-CL indicated MSY convergens to about 31,000–36,000 t. For the western Atlantic stock, in light of the information provided by the trajectories of B/BMSY and F/FMSY, it is unlikely that the current catch is larger than the current replacement yield (ICCAT 2009, STECF 2009).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This pelagic and oceanodromous species is found in offshore waters to depths of 260 m. The larvae are restricted to waters with surface temperatures of 15–30°C in Australia (Kailola et al. 1993). This species exhibits a strong tendency to school in surface waters with birds, drifting objects, sharks, and whales. This species feeds on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and molluscs. It is preyed upon by large pelagic fishes (Kailola et al. 1993). In the western Atlantic it is commonly found in mixed schools with Blackfin Tuna, Thunnus atlanticus.
This species is very fast-growing, short-lived, and very fecund. Maximum size recorded is 111 cm fork length (FL) (Bayliff 1988) and 34.5 kg. Longevity is estimated to be between 6–8 years (Garcia-Coll et al. 1986, Collette 2010), and age of first maturity is estimated to be 1.5 years (Maunder and Harley 2005). Size at first maturity is 40–55 cm FL, depending on the area (Collette and Nauen 1983, Matsumoto et al. 1984, Wild and Hampton 1994, Schaefer 2001). Estimated length at 50% maturity for females is 42 cm (Cayre and Farrugio 1986, Stequert and Ramcharrun 1996).
This species sex ratio is about 1:1 but fisheries that rely on young, immature fish are dominated by females, while those that capture older fish are mostly male. This species spawns several times per season in batches: at sea surface temperatures of 24–29°C throughout the year in the Caribbean and other equatorial waters, and from spring to early fall in subtropical waters, with the spawning season becoming shorter as distances from the equator increases (Erdman 1977, Collette 2010). In tropical waters, reproductively active female Skipjack Tuna spawn almost daily. Models of migration have been proposed, especially from the central Pacific into the eastern Pacific. Fecundity increases with size but is highly variable, the number of eggs per season in females 41–87 cm FL ranges from 80,000 to 2,000,000 (Collette 2010).
Maximum Size is 108 cm FL, 32.5–34.5 kg. The all-tackle angling record is of a 20.54 kg fish caught off Baja California, Mexico in 1996 (IGFA 2011).
|Movement patterns:
|Full Migrant
|Use and Trade:
|This species is important in highly commercial fisheries.
|Major Threat(s):
Skipjack Tuna make up 60% of the commercial tuna catch worldwide and is mostly used for canning. They are taken at the surface mostly with purse seines and pole-and-line gear, but is also caught by trolling on light tackle using plugs, spoons, feathers, or strip bait (Collette 2001).
Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO)
In the EPO, this species is primarily caught with purse seines, and with pole and line and long-line to a lesser degree. It is an important game fish in Panama (D'Croz et al. 1994). More recently this species is being fished with drifting floating objects. The large increase in catch observed in the past 10 years is primarily due to fishing with fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the equatorial eastern Pacific. There is a continuously increasing exploitation rate in the EPO, but models do not predict widespread population decline (IATTC 2008). Given the reduction in larger predators, it is expected that this species is relatively abundant. However, there is a decreasing average weight and increasing catch effort with no comprehensive stock assessment in this region (STEFC 2009).
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO)
Although Skipjack Tuna are the most intensively fished species in the central Pacific Ocean, biomass appears to have remained relatively stable between 1952–1998 (Cox et al. 2002). A Japanese pole-and-line fleet previously dominated the fishery, but it is now dominated by purse seiners, and catches by this gear have shown an increasing trend for three decades (ISSF 2010). Over the past five years, the catch has been at record high levels exceeding 1.2 million tonnes annually and accounting for more than 65% of the annual catch of principal tuna species in the region (STECF 2007). In the WCPO, the level of catch is very high, and some boats are not recording catches, and there are difficulties in monitoring the various fleets concerned (STECF 2009).
Indian Ocean
In the Indian Ocean this species is mainly caught by purse seine, gillnet and bait boat (IOTC 2008). The high productivity life history characteristics of Skipjack Tuna suggest this species is resilient and not prone to overfishing, and the stock status indicators suggest there is no need for immediate concern about the status of Skipjack Tuna. However, it is clear that catches cannot grow at the current rate indefinitely (STECF 2007). The effect of FAD fishery on juveniles of other tuna species should be strictly monitored and evaluated.
Atlantic Ocean
The numerous changes that have occurred in the Skipjack Tuna fishery since the early 1990s (such as the use of FADs and the expansion of the fishing area towards the west) that have brought about an increase in Skipjack Tuna catchability and in the proportion of the stock that is exploited. At present, the major fisheries are the purse seine fisheries, particularly those of Spain, France, Cape Verde, Guatemala and Ghana, followed by baitboat fisheries of Ghana, Spain and France. Increasing harvests and fishing effort could lead to involuntary consequences for other species that are harvested in combination with Skipjack Tuna. In the West Atlantic, the major fishery is the Brazilian baitboat fishery, followed by the Venezuelan purse seine fleet (STECF 2009). The Brazilian bait boat fleet of Santa Catarina State yields almost half of the Skipjack Tuna catches in the West Atlantic (Andrade and Kinas 2004).With respect to the West Atlantic, the fishing effort of the Brazilian baitboats seems to be stable over the last 20 years. There has been a recent increase in Skipjack Tuna catchability from 1–13% per year since the early 1980s. The change in the selectivity pattern observed for the purse seine fishery suggests that this fleet is mainly targeting juvenile tunas (ICCAT 2008). In the insular Caribbean, this species is important to the artisanal fishery (Mahon 1996). In the Mediterranean, this species may be caught with drift nets.
|Conservation Actions:
This is listed as a highly migratory species in Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (FAO Fisheries Department 1994).
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) previous to 2008, the Inter-America Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) had small area-wide closures for 6-weeks on purse-seining for tuna in the eastern Pacific.All purse-seine vessels of more than 182 metric tonnes of carrying capacity that fish in the EPO for Yellowfin, Bigeye, and Skipjack tunas were required to stop fishing in the EPO for a period of 59, 62, and 73 days during 2009, 2010, and 2011, respectively. The closures can be for either of two periods, August–September or November–January (ISSF 2010). Skipjack Tuna is a notoriously difficult species to assess. Due to Skipjack's high and variable productivity (i.e., annual recruitment is a large proportion of total biomass), it is difficult to detect the effect of fishing on the population with standard fisheries data and stock assessment methods. This is particularly true for the stock of the EPO, due to the lack of age-frequency data and the limited tagging data. One of the major problems mentioned above is the uncertainty as to whether the catch per unit effort (CPUE) of the purse seine fisheries is an appropriate index of abundance for Skipjack Tuna, particularly when the fish are associated with fish-aggregating devices (FADs). Purse seine CPUE data are particularly problematic, because it is difficult to identify the appropriate unit of effort (Maunder 2010). Since the stock assessments and reference points for Skipjack Tuna in the EPO are so uncertain, developing alternative methods to assess and manage the species that are robust to these uncertainties would be beneficial.
In the Atlantic, there is currently no specific regulation in effect for Skipjack Tuna. However, with the aim of protecting juvenile Bigeye Tuna, the French and the Spanish boat owners voluntarily decided to apply a moratorium for fishing under floating objects between November and the end of January for the 1997–1998 and 1998–1999 periods. ICCAT implemented a similar moratorium from 1999 to January 2005. This moratorium has had an effect on Skipjack Tuna catches made with FADs. On the basis of a comparison of average catches between 1993–1996, prior to the moratoria, and those between the 1998–2002 period, the average Skipjack Tuna catches between November and January for the purse seine fleets that applied the moratoria, were reduced by 64%. During that period (1998–2002), the average annual Skipjack Tuna catches by purse seine fleets that applied the moratoria decreased by 41% (42,000 t per year). However, this decrease is possibly a combined result of the decrease in effort and the impact of the moratoria (the average annual catch per boat decreased only 18% between these two periods). This moratorium area was reduced significantly in spatial and temporal coverage in 2001. The ICCAT-SCRS recommends that catches not be allowed to exceed MSY (ISSF 2010, STECF 2009).
In the Western and Central Pacific, there is a limit on the use of FADs and purse seiners, and to reduce the catch of long liners to reduce bycatch for Bigeye Tuna, all of which may have positive conservation effects for this species.
|Collette, B., Acero, A., Amorim, A.F., Boustany, A., Canales Ramirez, C., Cardenas, G., Carpenter, K.E., de Oliveira Leite Jr., N., Di Natale, A., Fox, W., Fredou, F.L., Graves, J., Guzman-Mora, A., Viera Hazin, F.H., Juan Jorda, M., Kada, O., Minte Vera, C., Miyabe, N., Montano Cruz, R., Nelson, R., Oxenford, H., Salas, E., Schaefer, K., Serra, R., Sun, C., Teixeira Lessa, R.P., Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E., Uozumi, Y. & Yanez, E. 2011. Katsuwonus pelamis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170310A6739812. . Downloaded on 15 August 2018.
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On Tuesday, March 22 The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo hosted the Friends of Big Creek/Brooklyn Centre Naturalists "Putting the "U" in Urban Watershed Stewardship" Mini-Symposium. This year's theme in the series was "Low Maintenance, Low Impact Landscaping Trends for Homeowners".
Victoria Mills, Director of the Doan Brook Watershed Partnership kicked off the evening with a compelling presentation of the perils of not pursuing sustainable landscaping. Her facts and figures were to the point. Her use of local, real-life practitioners of sustainable practices to explain how individuals can positively impact their environment was enlightened and gave added incentive to our attendees to implement her suggestions. Ms. Mills condensed a wide range of concepts into a brief time slot and did a bang up job. She gave a perfect introduction to the rest of the program.
The dynamic pair of Kevin and Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells followed with a presentation chronicling their real-life experience of incorporating an alternative landscape in the design of their home. Kevin, the Director of Sustainable Design at CityArchitecture and Kyle, the Manager of Watershed Programs with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District created a unique environment and home by incorporating the principles and values of their respective professions. Kyle stressed the importance of connecting our relationship with our waterways to the daily impact our choices and actions have on the quality of our streams, rivers, and lakes. Kevin then walked us through the planning, implementation, and finished product that tied storm-water management to their use of alternative landscaping in their design. We were fortunate that this couple was comfortable with having their private residence on display. It was particularly stirring and effective to have a real-life example and demonstration of best practices—local folks that walk the walk.
Although all of the presentations had the added value of power point enhancement, the most beautiful to watch unfold was "The How and Why of Native Plants". Garrett Ormiston, Stewardship Specialist in the Natural Areas Division of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History explained the difference between invasive, exotic, and native plants, and then, went on to exemplify how native plants can enhance and/or replace a landscape of exotic plants. Mr. Ormiston's skill as a speaker and his extensive knowledge of native plants added a rich dimension to his segment of the program.
Ordinarily, it would be a disadvantage to end a program with the most abstract and conceptual topic, but Jonathan Hull, co-founder of The Green Triangle was more than equal to the task. The content of his presentation and his method of delivery kept the audience engaged to the very end. His ability to explain an abstract concept backing up the idea with examples of application was ingenious. When the slide exemplifying an herb spiral appeared on the screen exemplifying form and function, an audible gasp escaped from the audience.
All of the speakers did a great job with the brief time slot each had and left us hungering for more. The presenters were gracious enough to allow us to post their presentations to www.friendsofbigcreek.org. Although you will get a taste of what the speakers presented, I suggest that when you see any one of our presenters listed as a speaker in NEO attend the event. You will be energized to take action and embrace the future.


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A jury has convicted a Chicago gynecologist of raping a patient who was eight months pregnant.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 60-year-old Bruce Sylvester Smith was convicted Thursday, a day after he testified the victim initiated the sexual contact during an office exam.
The jury believed the victim, who immediately reported the rape to police.
The rape occurred in August 2002, but Smith wasn't arrested until 2010. That's when prosecutors admitted "mistakes were made" because Smith's DNA sample was never taken after the woman reported the attack.
Smith's medical license was suspended for nine months in 2009 after several women came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. State officials say his license was revoked in 2011 for unrelated reasons.
He was never charged in any other cases.


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Smart Expo Ambiente Mediterraneo 2014Complesso Monumentale Santa SofiaSalerno - Italy11-12 September 2014
Freudenberg Politex will be present at Smart Expo Ambiente Mediterraneo that will be held in Salerno on 11-12 September 2014.
The Exhibition, first International appointment, has the main aims to give view to the economies near to the sustainable development, to make network and to guarantee the "green" value of products and proposed services.
On the occasion of the event, Freudenberg Politex will show its Construction Materials, manufactured with polyester fiber from the recycled post-consume PET bottles.
The production process of the Group puts emphasis on the importance of the waste collection, showing concretely the commitment in investing in clean technologies, saving natural resources and consequently reducing the environmental impact. Innovation and protection of the environment are the two key pillars on which the sustainable development of the Group is based.
Novedrate, September 2014
Roof India 2014Chennai Trade CenterChennai, IndiaMay 16th – 18thBoot C08
Freudenberg Politex will participate at Roof India 2014, Asia's largest event for roofing and allied products that will take place in Chennai from May 16th to May 18th.
India's economy, and in particular the Building Construction and Infrastructure Industry, is continuing to boom and it is in this context that Roof India Exhibition aims to provide a platform to converge companies, consultants, architects and engineers as well as to generate awareness about technological advancements, products, services and solutions for roofs.
At Roof India Freudenberg Politex will display the entire range of nonwovens used for the waterproofing of roofs. The Group is in fact world leader in the Roofing Sector where nonwovens are sold as reinforcements for bituminous waterproofing membranes. Freudenberg Politex is able to offer its customers a wide range of products, produced with recycled polyester from post-consumer PET bottles and manufactured with staple and spunbonding technology in both standards or glass filaments reinforced version.
Richard Shaw, President & CEO of the Freudenberg Politex Group states: "India is a strategic market where Freudenberg Politex has been present for many years. During this period, we have had a key role in developing and qualifying the Indian market thanks to cutting-edge technology, continuous research and added-value solutions that consequently led to the improvement of the membranes (finished products) realized by our customers".
Federico Pallini, Business Director, continues: "We firmly believe that innovation, flexibility and adaptability are essential factors of the Group to tailor solutions to the Indian market requirements and to customers".
The Company with headquarters in Italy at Novedrate (Como) has a commercial office in India at Bangalore which promotes Freudenberg Politex's activities for the development of the Indian market.
Novedrate, May 2014
Already starting from the last months of 2012, the pressure from raw materials price increase has become more and more evident strongly impacting on purchase costs and consequently on the industry sustainability.
PET chips prices have been on the move since the summer of 2012 pushed upwards by rising production costs, derived by low production capacity exploitations, and by the continuous increase of PX (parxylene) and MEG (monoethylene glycol).
The crisis has impacted the industry, not only depressing the construction activity, but also reducing consumer's spending and therefore creating shortage of waste material such as post consumer bottles, which for Freudenberg Politex represent a crucial raw material.
Not to forget the utilities tariffs, constantly increasing despite the continuous negotiations and the long term investments pursued by the Group during last years in order to decrease the dependence from external suppliers (i.e. cogeneration).
Freudenberg Politex has been putting in place every effort to mitigate the effect of these increases through productivity improvements and efficiencies at all manufacturing facilities, but based on current market conditions this is not sufficient.
Though understanding the difficulties of customers, who are facing the same difficult market situation, Freudenberg Politex is obliged to pass a portion of this cost revising the sale prices of its products.
Unfortunately this scenario forces the Group to apply a sale prices increase in the range from 5% to 7% for the different products, from March 15th 2013. Freudenberg Politex asks its customers the effort to face together the new challenges of 2013.
Novedrate, February 2013
MADE EXPO, Fiera Milano, Rho17th - 20th October 2012Pavilion 6 Stand L21-M20
LCA supports the benefits of carbon footprint reduction programs
Today most industries strive for sustainaility. Nonwovens producers are switching to recycled raw materials, however at Freudenberg Politex we believe that recycling is not enough. Since the early 90s we have been pioneers in producing in-house polyester fiber from post-consumer PET bottles, which was our competitive strength for going green. Our continuous efforts in improving our environmental impacts have gone much further since then.
Today we are very proud of communicating the results of the LCA studies recently concluded in Italy and France: in just one year we have been able to reduce our Carbon Footprint by 5%, that corresponds to a reduction of 4.800 tons of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
Our comprehensive strategy for sustainable development is made of different activities and specific improvement targets in the different areas of our supply chain: from the intensive research on renewable resources and raw material consumption to processes optimization and waste reduction programs, from energy efficiency and water management to continuous research on raw materials as well as on finished products optimization.Here below a couple of concrete results achieved and measured with the yearly monitoring of LCA:
- In Novedrate the CO2 emissions of the reinforced staple nonwovens decreased by 3%, reaching outstanding levels thanks to its being 85% made of renewable resources. These savings are added to the 14.000 tons already avoided every year only in Novedrate site, thanks to the internal production of electric and thermal energy through cogeneration;
- in Pisticci the consumption of non-renewable resources for the reinforced staple nonwovens Terbond R decreased by 40%, thanks to the increased use of renewable resources and to a greener energy mix supplied by the local provider;
- in Colmar the zero landfill program brought in 2011 a reduction of waste sent to landfill by more than 60% vs. the previous year: today more than two-thirds of waste are sent to recovery/recycling or to energy valorization.
Also in Freudenberg Politex plants in Macon (USA) and Zavolzhie (Russia) additional programs for waste reduction through recycling and valorization are contributing to pursue the Group's sustainability goals.
In the year of our 40th anniversary and 20 years from the first recycling plant, we are happy to say that Freudenberg Politex Building ReEvolution continues!
Novedrate, July 2012
Ecozero conquers ParisThe environmentally friendly panels exhibited at ALTER-ECO
Until October 26th Ecozero®, the recycled polyester panels for thermal and acoustic insulation made by Freudenberg Politex will be displayed at the Technological Institute FCBA in Paris during the exhibition "ALTER-ECO, alternative materials for eco-design".
The exhibition, organized by the centre Innovathèque, aims at suggesting eco sustainable solutions to architects and designers presenting products and services belonging to four different categories. Freudenberg Politex is present with Ecozero®, the environmentally friendly material made of polyester recycled from post-consumer PET bottles.
The sustainability of Ecozero® is not only given by its recycled content, which in itself implies a significant reduction of the environmental impacts during the manufacturing phase. The use of Ecozero® in external walls or in the roofs provides excellent thermal insulating properties contributing to the energy efficiency of buildings. In addition, unlike other insulating materials, Ecozero® is not subject to any alteration over time and therefore it grants constant performances all over its life cycle, including the possibility of being reused or recycled for other purposes.
This 360° virtuous life cycle has conquered Paris obtaining the prestigious position within the exhibition ALTER-ECO.
Novedrate, June 2012
In the next few weeks Freudenberg Politex is going to meet builders and designers to show them its sustainable products during three exhibitions dedicated to the world of building and constructions:
Costruire, Bari 1-4 MarchHall. 5, Aisle C-D, Booth 392-405
Edil, Bergamo 2-5 MarchArea Anit Galleria Centrale Booth 2
The green soul of the city of Freudenberg Politex is primarily built with Ecozero®, the panel for thermal and acoustic insulation made of polyester recycled from post-consume PET bottles.
Every year we transform more than 1 billion bottles into comfort.
Besides Ecozero®, the Group will also present the other range of building materials: underfloor soundproofing mats, underslating, fiberglass nets for the reinforcement of walls, floor and road surfaces, reinforcements for liquid waterproofing and applications for geotextile.
With its presence in northern, central and southern Italy, Freudenberg Politex wants to be always closer to the market and together with the main protagonists of the construction industry walk along the way of clean technologies and environmental sustainability.
Novedrate, February 2012
Freudenberg Politex recognized as leading example in the green economy
The green economy "made in Italy" found its winners: more and more Italian companies take the environmental factor as an essential leverage to be more competitive on the market. The best virtuous realities were awarded with the Sustainable Development Award 2011, established for the third consecutive year by Sustainable Development Foundation and Ecomondo, with the assent of the President of Italian Republic.
The award was assigned to those companies which distinguished themselves in the green economy, being able to create products, activities or services bringing remarkable environmental advantages.
Freudenberg Politex was chosen by the jury to be one of the best ten companies working in the innovative products with the highest environmental benefits category. The merit plate was assigned by Edo Ronchi, President of the Foundation and in the past head of the Ministry of the Environment, on November 10th during Ecomondo Fair, held in Rimini.
Novedrate, November 2011
As announced in June, on October 1st the planned succession from Riccardo Sollini to Richard C. Shaw in the position of President and CEO of the Italy-based Freudenberg Politex Group happened with the symbolic handover of the keys.
The experience of Mr. Shaw in the nonwovens business dates back to the eighties, when he joined Freudenberg Texbond, the US subsidiary of Politex, which rapidly became leader in North America for the production of polyester reinforcements for bituminous roofing membranes.
In July Richard moved with his wife and two children to the Como lake, which is near Freudenberg Politex headquarters in Novedrate.
After more than 34 years in the Freudenberg Group, Dr. Sollini will continue the cooperation and maintain his role as Regional Representative Russia to foster the development of the Group in the Region. In Freudenberg Politex he has been appointed as member of the Supervisory Board, keeping also representative roles in some Italian associations.
The management board of Freudenberg Politex is now composed by Mr. Shaw (President & CEO), Dr. Rocco Marsico (CTO) and Dr. Riccardo Forni (CFO).
Novedrate, October 2011
MADE ExpoFiera Milano, Rho5-8 October 2011Pav. 4, Booth N23 - P20
For Freudenberg Politex "Cities have a soul" and at MADE Expo, the International building exhibition in Milan, the Group will demonstrate how the soul of the city can be green, in principle as well as in reality.
Visitors of the booth will be able to see the green city live, built with Ecozero, thermal-acoustic insulation panels. Made of polyester recycled from post-consume PET bottle, the city will be built on a bed of flakes, the multicolored chips obtained from bottles washing, which are then transformed into polyester fiber, absolutely non-toxic and environmental friendly.
Freudenberg Politex is the major manufacturer of products in Europe for the construction industry made by recycling those plastics bottles we throw away every day in the waste containers. And at MADE Expo the Group will explain how in our Italian sites over 1 billion bottles per year are transformed into panels for thermal and acoustic insulation of buildings. But how many bottles do we need to manufacture one panel of Ecozero? Visitors of the stand will be able to read on bottles of water the answer to this interesting question.
And there is more: not only does Freudenberg Politex help the environment with its recycling processes, but the downstream use of Ecozero panels for thermal insulation of walls and rooftops makes energy efficient buildings, what contributes further to the reduction of environmental impacts.
The green soul of the city is Ecozero, green in principle as well as green in reality.


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15 years ago in U.S. Catholic: Let's not sleep through the millennium
By Tom McGrath
This article appeared in the January 1999 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 64, No. 1, pages 27-31).
Should the church make a big deal out of the millennium? I'm of two minds about that. Perhaps the following two stories can capture the split frame of mind I have as to whether we should go all out in celebration or if the millennium is much ado about nothing.
The first story stars Saint Francis of Assisi. A traveling pilgrim saw Saint Francis working in his garden, hoeing a row of beans. The traveler, a spiritual seeker, asked the saint, "What would you be doing right now if you knew this was the last day of your earthly life?"
Saint Francis replied, "I would continue hoeing this row of beans." And he proceeded to do just that.
This story aptly exemplifies a basic spiritual practice principle: that you should always be where you are and do what you're doing. Don't live in the future, don't dwell in the past. The kingdom of God is at hand—in a row of beans, the pile of office work, the baby in need of changing, the neighbor in need of a ride to a doctor's appointment. Don't go looking for some magic moment or special event to signal that real life or holiness has begun.
The second story happened when I was about 9 years old, riding in the back seat of a '54 Ford. My parents, my older brother, and I were on the highway to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Though we were on a much-anticipated family vacation, the thrill of the open road had worn off way back near the Illinois/Indiana border.
But something captured our attention. Someone pointed out that the odometer was within a dozen miles of hitting the 99,999.9 mark. So I leaned over the front seat to watch the car's odometer grind its way toward that magic number 100,000. Though it would be just another ordinary moment on our long trip, this flipping of the odometer seemed special. Somehow it seemed to symbolize all the miles we'd driven prior to that moment and pointed to the other miles we'd drive, together and separately, in years to come.
While we watched the odometer inch forward, we talked about the places we'd been in this car: Sunday trips to Cedar Lake, trips to Comiskey Park for White Sox games, over to Grandma's for Thanksgiving, trips to cousins' houses, to Sears for Christmas shopping, to accordion lessons (hey, it was the '50s!), to Dad's office, to visit relatives in the hospital, and on and on. Even the memory of running mundane errands took on a special glow as the odometer neared this benchmark.
God knows, the odometer on that old beater of a car was most likely miscalibrated. So the "big flip" probably wouldn't coincide with the actual 100,000th mile this car had traveled. That didn't matter. What mattered was the gathering of memories, the reflection on our life together, the taking stock of the course we'd been on, and the hopes engendered for the journeys to come.
And so I'm stuck vacillating between two thoughts about how and whether to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium. From one point of view, the changing of the calendar from 1999 to 2000 is a nonevent, an arbitrary moment, a thin slice of time no different from the day before or the day after. And yet, what human beings find in this moment and the opportunity it affords us: to discover God's handiwork in our past, find a solid hope for the future, and see reasons to rejoice in the present.
Upon further reflection I can see that both stories have a single point: stay awake! Be alert and aware of where you are and what's truly happening. And so the question becomes not whether we should celebrate this flipping of the calendar, but how best to do that.
I guess what I worry about is that too often there's a lack of attunement between what church leaders proclaim and people's real experience. I've heard too many sermons that being, "Today we come to worship filled with anticipation as the church moves out of ordinary time and into a new church year." Meanwhile, people sit in their pews worrying about tuition bills, insecurities on the job, childcare woes, or the argument they just had with their daughter who's off in California.
How should we proceed? Maybe there are some clues in these two stories to guide us. The first is that we should begin by paying attention to what's true for us now, here, this minute. Like Saint Francis, let's pay attention to the row we're hoeing. Stop and ask, "How is God's love at work in my life today?" As individuals, as families, as local communities we can begin by being still long enough to recognize the hand of God in the events of our lives today. Rather than sleepwalking through life, let's be awake and aware of the presence of God.
Some of us may need practice at becoming attuned to the Spirit at work in our lives. Shared reflections is a good way to foster such awareness, and so I recommend that people form faith-sharing groups. Listening to others describe how God is active in their life always helps me see God's handiwork in my own life.
Another block to awareness is the busyness that so many people experience in their lives. For those who feel constantly overworked, I recommend significantly cutting back on the amount of activities in your life—no matter how worthwhile they may be—in order to make time to listen and attend to God's presence. Look at a typical week and pick one activity or habit to discard and don't fill that time up with other distractions. Use it to just be. As a quiet time of reflection and awareness. Sit and look at God, and be aware that God is looking at you.
Another important step in preparing for the millennium is remembering. Just as my family spent our waiting time thinking back on all the places we'd been in our old car, call to mind the ways we all have been on the journey with Christ. As individuals, as parishes, as a universal church, we need to call to mind all that we've done—and all that we've failed to do—in carrying out the mission of Jesus to the world. Surely there will be many times we've fallen short. Pope John Paul II has realized this and has publicly apologized for sins of the past: for bias against women, for oppressing rather than choosing the path of love, for failure to act with courage when others were oppressed.
And yet how much good has been done by fellow Catholics over the past two millennia. Think of all the meals fed to the hungry, the wounds bandaged, the care given to the desperate, the beds provided for children who were abandoned. Think of Catholic Charities and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Think of heroes down the ages such as Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, Saint Vincent de Paul, Saint Martain de Porres, Dorothy Day. We need to look at our history squarely—warts and all—and embrace it.
Finally, we need to enlist the talents of the artists among us to help us craft celebrations that are grounded in our awareness of the grace of today, the treasure of yesterday and the promise of tomorrow. We need to let these artists loose the fashion for us celebrations worthy of the truth we've come to know. We need to do this at the local parish level, but even more so I hope we can do this at the universal level. In this time of great international strife, ethnic warfare, and the splintering of peace, wouldn't it be great to have a symbolic action that would unite people from every nation, race, and continent to celebrate the truth that God is love, and those who abide in love, abide in God?
Should it be a Mass? Could we all—1 billion Catholics, or better yet, 2 billion Christians around the world—choose a time to say the Our Father together? How about a song, like the Gloria? Or a moment of silence while bells peel around the globe?
We should put some talent and energy into this. Wouldn't it be sad if we were outdone by Disney, the NFL, and Yanni? As we prepare we need an artist, not a teacher. We need a Michelangelo of the moment who will be in tune with the times and also help us all to transcend the bounds of space and time to glimpse the true meaning of why we're here.
Catholics are a sacramental people. We believe that we meet God in natural things and events: a sunrise, a gesture of kindness, a shared meal, a celebration. Yet we must pay attention in today's moment in order to be aware of God's presence all around us. And that, I suppose, is why the pope has called us to prepare for the flipping of the calendar a year from now. What we are being called to do is to look at our own lives and recognize God's presence yesterday, today, and always. That seems worth celebrating.
Image: Flickr photo cc by Muffet
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Colette pastille in wool flannel
Added Jan 30, 2013
London, United K...
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be given the lovely Colette Sewing Handbook as a gift. For those of you familiar with Colette patterns you will know how beautifully presented the little pattern booklets are- well the same is definitely true of their book.
It is filled with fabulous sewing tips and comes with five exclusive Colette patterns. I have just got around to completing my first one- the Colette Pastille dress that is featured on the cover.
I made up the dress in a really warm wool fabric in an icy blue/ green color that I bought online from a UK company called Stone Fabrics. I also decided to add a lining to the dress and lined it with some superior lining from another UK fabric company called Truro Fabrics. I love their lining as its really nice to work with, completely anti-static (so doesnt cling to hosiery at all!) and is breathable so really comfortable to wear.
The pattern came up quite big- I made the size 0 and the top half fitted perfectly but I had to remove a total of 6cm from the hips. To do this I removed 1.5 cm from the front and back side seams from the hips all the way down to the hem and sloping up to zero at the waist.
I also slightly reduced the dropped shoulders as I have very square shoulders that just kind of propelled the capped sleeves straight out and made me look like a cross between someone from the 1980s wearing huge shoulder pads and someone going to outer space! I have had to do this previously with a vintage pattern with similar shaped shoulders so it wasnt really a surprise.
Because I draft a lot of my own patterns I am in the habit of always making up a calico toile before cutting my fashion fabric so these little modifications were no trouble; I just marked them on the calico and then transferred them back to the paper.
I didnt include the pretty pleats that are featured at the hem of the dress on this version as the wool I was using was quite thick and I thought they may end up too bulky.
After I had completed the dress I made a self-covered belt to wear with it. I LOVE making these! They are so quick to do and I think they add such a vintage feel to outfits. I couldnt find the buckles anywhere in the UK so I order mine from A Fashionable Stitch in the USA – she has a great selection of different shapes and sizes and the shipping from America to the UK takes no time at all.
I am so happy with my Pastille dress. I think its a great wardrobe staple and suitable for so many different occasions, day or evening. I will definitely make this dress up again in some other colors; I think it would be super cute with a little coordinating cropped jacket.
I would also highly recommend the book- I think it would be a particularly good addition if you are new to sewing as it provides lots of clear instructions for adjusting patterns to fit. Its also just a really pretty book to own. I am looking forward to trying some of the other patterns.
My full review with additional photos can be found on my sewing blog The Little Tailoress.
Material Notes
Wool flannel
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Apr 2, 2013, 02.59 PMby Bridget Mahoney
I bought the book a few months ago, but wasn't so sure about that dress. I love your version! The belt gives it a modern finish. You've inspired me to give the pattern a go!
Feb 26, 2013, 04.27 PMby Mark N Felicity Jackson
Wow!!! You look stunning. Beautiful colour & fabric choice.
Feb 4, 2013, 09.15 PMby annie-s-1
This dress is just perfect. My daughter is a 0 and it can be so difficult to find a good fit, hence I am we'll practiced in making alterations. Again, a wonderful choice of fabric.
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Feb 6, 2013, 10.10 AMby Thelittletailoress
Aw thank you! x
Jan 31, 2013, 02.32 AMby Jennifer Gibson
This is such a beautiful version. I'm actually working on my own Pastille muslin at the moment, and we seem to be in the same boat. I'm a size 0 bodice, and I have sort of square shoulders that propel sleeves outward. So, what exactly did you do to reduce the shoulders? It looks like you may have just lopped off some of the sleeve, but I can't be sure. My bodice fits me well, but the sleeves are something I've been trying to talk myself into being ok with, so any advice you can offer is so much appreciated.
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Jan 31, 2013, 06.59 PMby Thelittletailoress
Thank you! Yep that is exactly what I did- I took 1.5cm off the sleeves at the shoulders and then obviously did the same on the sleeve facings. I found that once the facings were stitched in place this made enough of a difference :o) Hope that helps a bit. Look forward to seeing yours! x
Jan 31, 2013, 12.41 AMby Ricardo Abreu
You look like a doll in it. Congratulations
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Jan 31, 2013, 06.54 PMby Thelittletailoress
Thank you! x
Jan 31, 2013, 12.28 AMby neveenkarnes
Very well done. Looks amazing on you.. Beautiful color too!!
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Jan 31, 2013, 06.53 PMby Thelittletailoress
Thank you! :o) x
Jan 30, 2013, 04.32 PMby clementine75
This is really lovely !! I've ordered the book, and I'm soooo impatient to have it (but as I'm in France, it takes a long long time to come to me !!) !! This dress is on my to-do list already !
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Jan 31, 2013, 06.53 PMby Thelittletailoress
I know that feeling too well, I always seem to end up ordering things from far away lands on etsy! I spend half my life waiting for the postman! Hehe!
Hope it turns up for you soon- it's such a lovely book :o)
Jan 30, 2013, 04.13 PMby SewNotWork
Beautiful dress. Like the belt. Thanks for the tip on A Fashionable Stitch. What did you use for the belt part? Heavy interfacing?
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Jan 30, 2013, 04.27 PMby Thelittletailoress
Thank you! I actually used this belt backing from eBay
They sell it in various widths. I think it would be fine with heavy interfacing but with this the cutting is all done for you!
Jan 30, 2013, 04.02 PMby sala22
This is so elegant! I love it!
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Aw thank you!!xx
Jan 30, 2013, 03.51 PMby MojoHollz
Love it! So well tailored and you look fabulous in it!
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Thank you very much!!x
Jan 30, 2013, 03.32 PMby Inga 888
wow, you make beautiful stuff, this dress is perfection on you :)
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Thank you so much :o) x
Jan 30, 2013, 01.27 PMby ariation
Beautiful dress! and the belt is lovely, I may have to try that myself………….definitely inspired to get the book now!
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Jan 30, 2013, 04.21 PMby Thelittletailoress
Aw thank you! The book is lovely!! X
Jan 30, 2013, 11.04 AMby ladafl
I like your dress and matching belt a lot!
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Jan 30, 2013, 11.15 AMby Thelittletailoress
Thank you so much! Love a matching belt!! :o) x
Jan 30, 2013, 10.49 AMby Mary Athey
This.is.just gorgeous!! The colours great.in you. I think.a matching.jacket.would.look so.good with.this. I.m a big fan of matching dress and.jackets, very.vintage x
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Jan 30, 2013, 11.15 AMby Thelittletailoress
Thank you!! Yep so keen to make the jacket! :o) xx
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