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We are back from the 2011 CUNA Marketing and Business Development Conference, where credit unions across the nation converge (this year in Las Vegas) to get innovative, get inspired, and get some sparkly sparkly Diamond Awards.
Photo collage courtesy of the only phone pics Amy sent me. Amy, aka our CU Cheerleader was too busy spreading the credit union spirit and pep to take me some decent pics! Left is Roy at the podium as he rallies the general session about the power of internal culture. Right is our sparkly sparkly Diamond Awards (more on those momentarily.)
Even though some of us could only be there in spirit, a handful got our cheesy mugs played for the general session crowd on what I imagine was a huge screen, to illustrate how we practice-what-we-preach at Third Degree by embracing the tools of internal communication, and empowering our credit union clients to do the same. Roy is passionate about this subject. The grainy collage pic doesn't do his enthusiasm justice (that's okay Amy, we know you were probably constructing a pyramid of credit union marketers in a cheer at the time). So just imagine lots of pounding on the podium as he presented this to the crowd, along with Evita-like hand gestures.
Pre-conference, Third Degree created this "Powerful People" ant-themed video for the CUNA Council to help generate buzz and boost conference registration in the months leading up to Las Vegas. It was one of the highest attended marketing and biz development conferences for CUNA in the past eighteen years!
But now for the (drum roll please) Diamond Awards!
The "10 Reasons To Switch in 2010" campaign we created for Delta Community Credit Union out of Atlanta, was a big winner for the night. In addition to some merits, it won a Diamond for Print Ad.
The "10 Reasons" TV Campaign also snagged a Diamond for TV Series! If you recall we had quite a time creating these larger-than-life number props.
The whimsy of Northwest Georgia Credit Union's new look and feel was not lost on the judges either. Along with merits, the commercial that first launched the credit unions branding makeover was awarded a Diamond for :30 TV Spot.
In fact, whimsy was a winner all around, as Tinker Federal Credit Union got a Diamond for The SaveAbles Youth Marketing campaign, including the irresistible SaveATron himself.
Photo by Zach Nash.
Photo by Zach Nash.
Shark victims and financially empowering thumb lifeguards were not anything to sneeze at either, as the Buck The Norm, Ghouls Gone Wild Parade Entry also brought home a bloody hard-earned Diamond for TFCU.
But we've got to give a hand to plain old fashioned emotional connection, people, as TFCU's "Get Back To You" Complete Campaign stole some hearts and at least one Diamond, too.


text: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Jeremiah Martell wrote: ... > Interesting. I wanted to do this because Microsoft servers complain > about redundant encryption. > > If your GSSAPI provides confidentiality, and you're trying to use TLS, > they barf out this error: > Cannot start kerberos signing/sealing when using TLS/SSL ... > I'll experiment with setting it to 1, but perhaps I'm already > protected by using TLS from the things you mentioned? Short answer: yes. All the normally enabled TLS cipher suites provide integrity protection (and confidentiality, for that matter). Long answer: it depends The issue is that there's no 'binding' of the GSSAPI authentication to the TLS channel: the GSSAPI bits on the two ends can't be sure that they're actually talking across the same secure channel. The classic illustration is a server that requires confidentiality, but a client that doesn't. If the client sends a bind that doesn't request confidentiality without first doing StartTLS, the server will reject it (or require confidentiality to be negotiated anyway, I don't remember which). However, an active attacker could intercept the client's connection, then make its own connection to the server and negotiate TLS and pass the data between those. The server would think the connection has confidentiality and let it go forward, but that's not actually true. There are two solutions to this: 1) enforce the confidentiality requirement in the client (if TLS is used, then checking of the server's cert must be done for this to be secure) 2) use a SASL mechanism that supports "channel bindings" The latter is still a work in progress and will require time for support to be taken up by clients and servers. Right now, if you're using an LDAP client with ldaps or that requires StartTLS (ala the -ZZ option) and it does proper server certificate checking (which has been the default in OpenLDAP since at least 2.2), then you're fine, but keep in mind that enforcing the confidentiality of the connection is incumbent on the client doing those correctly. Philip Guenther

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Not content with having the tallest building, now Dubai wants a building that spins.
Plans are underway for a 68- story combination hotel, apartment and office tower. Each floor can turn separately, so the building will be changing shape.
It looks great in this video, with the shape undulating. It looks like crap in the picture on Dubaicity.com. Each floor would take 90 minutes to rotate.
This is actually the second spinning building planned for Dubai. The first is a mere 30 story 200 unit condominium tower that rotates once per week.
Construction is scheduled to begin in June, 2008.


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After nearly a year of dancing together Patryk Ploszaj and Diana Miroshnichenko split up. They were USA Under21 Ballroom and Youth Ballroom runners-up and finalists of the Amateur Rising Star Ballroom and Under21 Ballroom in Blackpool last month. See more results.
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"Our goal is to force Amazon to return to acceptable sales prices."
I'm not sure if I understand the complexities of the current situation regarding eBook pricing but the ramifications are truly frightening and analysts seem to be warning of a future where Amazon are the only player in the eBook market and that traditional publishers will cease to exist. It seems that Apple have decided to fight the US Justice Department in their eBook price fixing case and although most experts are predicting that Apple can't win they are determined to fight their side.
While Apple has responded to the US Department of Justice's antitrust charges filed against it and book publishers accused of ebook
price-fixing, claiming the iBookstore fosters competition, and broke
Amazon's monopolistic grip on publishing, a former Federal Trade
Commission policy director has said that Apple should have settled.David Balto claimed the DOJ's evidence against Apple, which includes
records of emails and phone calls that allegedly show executives,
including Apple's late-CEO Steve Jobs, conspiring to increase the price
of ebooks, is the kind that prosecutors "fantasize about."According to an Information Week
report, Balto said the evidence in the DOJ's case against Apple is so
strong that Apple, Penguin and MacMillan would be foolish not to settle. IBN LIVE
On the surface it does seem that Apple deserve a ruling against them, but consider the fact that Amazon's tactics of setting prices low does not serve the publisher nor the writer. I must admit to hypocrisy here because I am a huge fan of Amazon's service - the Kindle is the best eReader on the market and it is so easy to but eBooks from Amazon, but I certainly don't want to see the day when the only place to buy books is from Amazon.
"You set the price, and we get our 30 percent, and yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway."
Anyone can read any Kindle book on any iPad, but you can't read iBooks on a Kindle, at least not without complicated fiddling and loss of features.
In fact all eBook formats are supported on the iPad, most with free apps.
That's why Apple's clause that publishers can't undercut iBook prices elsewhere is necessary.
Consider: If a book is $9.99 from Amazon and $12.99 on iBooks and you have an iPad, you'll buy the Amazon version and read it on your iPad because it's cheaper.
If a book is $12.99 on Amazon and $9.99 on iBooks and you have a Kindle, you'll also buy the Amazon version because Amazon doesn't support the iBooks version.
only way for Apple or any other tablet platform to sell eBooks given
Amazon's price dumping is for the publishers to set the price and sell
at the same price on all platforms.
Obama's DOJ is trying to eliminate the agency model in publishing, the last hope of the publishing industry from an Amazon take-over.Anti-trust
action by the Department of Justice is supposed to protect consumers.
Protecting the monopoly player's ability to sell at a loss until all
competitors have been eliminated is not protecting consumers.
Worst of all, this isn't just about a product. It's about democracy, freedom of thought and censorship.
the government of a democracy to side with a book monopoly to help them
burn publishing to the ground is something no citizen should stand for. Cult of Mac
The Department of Justice's case can be read HERE
If everything in the report is true then Apple are truly fighting a losing battle, but how will it all affect us - The book Buyer?
Ahh well, only time will tell.


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So what is this scandal? Step outside and feel it.
This year is on track to be one of the hottest since record keeping began, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Meteorological Association (WMO). The report also found that global sea levels reached a record high in March 2013 and extreme weather events continued to devastate communities around the world. [...]
"Although individual tropical cyclones cannot be directly attributed to climate change, higher sea levels are already making coastal populations more vulnerable to storm surges. We saw this with tragic consequences in the Philippines," Michel Jarraud, head of the WMO, told Agence France-Presse." [...]
The agency said it anticipates greenhouse gases will reach an unprecedented level in 2013 yet again and as humans continue to pump increasing amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the risk of severe climate-driven impacts will only become more acute. "The risk is getting much, much higher, and vulnerability is getting higher," said Jarraud.
Along with a greater frequency of destructive weather events, experts predict a host of other impacts that will accompany climate change, including water shortages, decreased food supplies, and disease — impacts that will hit the most vulnerable populations hardest.
Here it is. Here's the real scandal.
And at least someone on Capitol Hill is noticing. Yesterday, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) delivered his 50th speech on climate change. This is his 50th climate themed Senate floor speech in the past 50 weeks.
To be fair, he's not alone. Nevada's own Harry Reid (D) has spoken up on climate change, along with a few others on Capitol Hill. It's just too bad that too many of their colleagues are so distracted by faux scandals that they fail to notice the real one(s) staring us down.
The real scandal is the struggle that's underway to make America take bold action on the climate crisis. Why is it so hard for us to act? We're seeing the evidence all around us, even here in Nevada.
While far too many in The Beltway are obsessing over fake scandals, they're missing the real scandal that threatens all of us. And that should have all of us worried.


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Central Districts vs Wellington Super Smash Today Match Prediction given by cricket match experts based on facts and figure, we also update you about today match live score ball by ball. This match between Central Districts vs Wellington will going to happen at McLean Park, Napier on Friday, 4 December 2015.
Central Districts vs Wellington Georgie Pie Super Smash Today Match Preview
After the tour of Australia many of BLACKCAPS are returning to action in the New Zealand's premiere T20 league as it going towards its final stage in just over a week. The three-match Finals weekend begins at New Plymouth's Yarrow Stadium on Friday night, with the 2015 Grand Final on Sunday 12 December, Central Districts vs Wellington Super Smash Today Match Prediction. The Mighty Ape Wellington Firebirds last hopes of defending their Georgie Pie Super Smash title were consigned to history after the Canterbury Kings waltzed to victory at a mist-shrouded Basin Reserve.
Said Kings captain Hira, "Those guys at the top of the order – Papps, Blundell and Murdoch, were big wickets for us and then we just tried to strangle them, and got there in the end, Central Districts vs Wellington Super Smash Today Match Prediction. The breeze was a bit difficult, and it was a difficult wicket, but having Matt Henry back for us today really added something for us."
Central Districts vs Wellington Georgie Pie Super Smash Today Match Teams Squad
Wellington T20 Team Squad: Michael Papps(c), Tom Blundell, Stephen Murdoch, Luke Ronchi(w), Scott Borthwick, Matt Taylor, Luke Woodcock, Jeetan Patel, Dane Hutchinson, Anurag Verma, Brent Arnel, Brady Barnett, Alecz Day, Jamie Gibson, Matt McEwan, Ollie Newton, Michael Pollard, Craig Cachopa, Jade Dernbach
Central Districts T20 Team Squad: Mahela Jayawardene, George Worker(c), Will Young, Tom Bruce, Dane Cleaver, Josh Clarkson(w), Marty Kain, Adam Milne, Seth Rance, Mitchell Claydon, Bevan Small, Ben Smith, Kruger van Wyk, Greg Hay, Andrew Mathieson, Ajaz Patel, Dean Robinson, Ben Wheeler, Blair Tickner, Mattie Thomas, Christian Leopard, David Meiring
Central Districts vs Wellington Super Smash Today Match Prediction
Who Will Win Today Toss Prediction: Wellington will win the toss and field first.
Who Will Win Today Match Prediction: Central Districts will win the match.


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There was a time when many ladies felt that men would not find them attractive if their hair was too short. There was also a time when men who did not have full hair would also be considered
unattractive Well those days are long gone, an quality hair care today has less to do with your hair type, and more to do with your personal style and total grooming. In in fact many women and men are choosing to cut their hair for various reasons such as:
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Penn dermatologist makes breakthrough in battle against hair lossBy Greg Johnson
Hair loss can affect both genders, but is more prominent in men, most commonly in the form of androgenetic alopecia, or male-pattern baldness, a condition for which there is no cure.
The National Institutes of Health estimates that 35 million American men suffer from male-pattern baldness, which can drastically alter a man's appearance. Glossy, flowing manes, or 360-degree
spinning waves can vanish strand by strand, causing many men to mask their faulty follicles with toupees, hats,
headbands, comb-overs or hairlines that start at the crown of their heads. The more affluent can opt for pricey hair transplant surgery; some men throw in the towel and shave their heads bald.
Xiaowei "George" Xu, an associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine, says human hair is a "quite complex organ" composed of
two different types of cells: epithelial cells, which make the hair shaft, and dermal papillae cells, which regulate the proliferation of epithelial cells and influence hair growth. Men with male-pattern
baldness lose both cells, causing follicular miniaturization. A hair follicle gradually becomes smaller and smaller before it is altogether lost.
Xu says hair loss is difficult to treat because epithelial stem cells—localized in a stem-cell rich area of the hair follicle known as the bulge—are required for hair to grow.
If they are absent, hair growth cannot occur.
Researchers have successfully isolated and characterized epithelial stem cells from a hair follicle, but have been
unable to multiply them, a high hurdle in the battle against hair loss.
In search of a solution for several years, Xu and colleagues have made a breakthrough. His research team, which includes experts from the Department of Dermatology at Penn Medicine,
the Department of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has found a method to amplify and make scalable amounts of epithelial stem cells.
Xu and his collaborators began by adding three genes to dermal fibroblasts—a type of human skin cell—and converted them into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can differentiate into any
type of cell in the body. The researchers then converted iPSCs into a large number of epithelial stem cells that are usually found in a hair follicle's bulge. The study marked the first time anyone has created
sizable amounts of epithelial stem cells capable of producing the epithelial component of hair follicles.
Their research was published in Nature Communications. Funding was provided by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Xu says a key factor in their discovery was manipulating the timing and growth factor of iPSCs to force them to differentiate into epithelial cells.
To determine if the iPSC-derived epithelial stem cells can make human hair follicles, the researchers mixed the epithelial stem cells with dermal papillae cells
from a mouse, and grafted the cells ontothe skin of immunodeficient mice. The cells were able to produce human epidermis and hair follicles, which Xu says were "nearly identical to the epithelial stem cells directly isolated from
a hair follicle—biochemically, in gene expression, as well as functionally."
Xu says his research has promise for the treatment of hair loss in humans. Now that researchers have discovered a way to create epithelial stem cells, they must figure out how to
maintain and multiply human dermal papillae cells, a finding that has so far evaded them. He says the ultimate goal is to be able to make a hair follicle in a lab.
"I think we can probably make that happen in 10 years," Xu says. "I'm pretty confident because we are very close. There is a lot of promise, but there is still a long way to go. But I think it's very much possible."
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Last night, Larry showed me this postcard from Pierz, Minnesota, sent in 1911:
Isn't it cool? That's St Joseph's Church when it was new (22 years). The bell tower says 1888, and the event pictured was before 1911. We speculate that the banner probably says, in German, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord"...it's a bit too fuzzy to see, but maybe Horst or Heinz can figure it out and let me know ☺.
And, the reverse of the card (left)? We recognize the writing style (Suetterlin) but not the words. Still, they probably aren't related to the occasion pictured.
It's obviously a religious occasion, but Larry and I searched our brains for one that would elicit a bannered archway and decked out horses. Hmm, it's summer or fall, looks like the pic was taken from across the road because there isn't room today for all the pine trees planted between the arch and the church. Was there such a thing as a blessing of farm animals, etc? But no, this was WAY too fancy an occasion for animals...
SO, our Master Researcher checked the Pierz Journals for a church-related event, and WOW--he found this from October 13, 1910. We think it had to be the day pictured on the postcard!
BTW, the statue from the St Cloud Hospital that was given to the village of Pierz? It's now in a park on main street about at 3rd Ave SE. Cool x 2!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
As COOL as it gets
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After several years of using my personally owned Mac laptops for work, I decided recently to let my employer pay for wear and tear. (An influencing factor is my increasing need to connect my machine to the company network, instead of just the lab network.) My old company laptop is a 2004 vintage Dell Latitude D600, which was a good machine five years ago but after our IT folks implemented full-disk encryption, began running like crap. Even with the RAM maxxed out at 2 GB, it is painfully slow to use.
Thankfully, getting approval for Mac laptops has gotten much easier in the past couple of years. Most users in my company could use a Mac since the primary applications used are Word and Excel. Our email system is MS Exchange with WebDAVS enabled, so Entourage works as an Exchange client. The main office apps which don't run on OS X are Project and Visio. I rarely need to view Project documents and when I do, ask for a copy in PDF or JPEG format. When I need to work with Viso files I either use OmniGraffle Pro or run Visio on XP inside of a virtual machine.
My justification for a Mac instead of a Dell was twofold: (a) is required to run Apple's OS X Server Admin utilities, and (b) has a native implementation of X11.
It doesn't hurt that the Dell Latitudes we buy cost about as much as a MacBook Pro, so cost really isn't a factor.
Anyway, my new machine came in last week and I picked it up Thursday afternoon. I finished moving my stuff over to it yesterday. It's a mid-level unibody MacBook Pro with these specs:
* 15.4" glossy screen
* 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
* 4 GB of RAM
* 320 GB hard disk
* SuperDrive
* 802.11n AirPort Extreme wifi card
* Gigabit Ethernet
* 2x USB 2.0 ports
* 1x FireWire 800 (IEEE-1394b) port, backward compatible with FW-400
* 1X card reader
* Mini-display port
Along with the laptop I got an Apple keyboard and a Mini-display to DVI adapter. I need to get a Mini-display to VGA adapter. I'm using a $15 Logitech mouse, since I don't like Apple mice.
The software load was OS 10.5.8 (the recovery discs have 10.5.7), MS Office 2008, Parallels Desktop v4 with an XP Pro virtual machine already setup and loaded with Office 2007, and Cisco VPN client. IT is integrating our Macs with our Windows domain using the Directory Utility, and have also installed MacFuse, which I assume is to assist with accessing our Windows file servers.
Yesterday I upgraded the machine to Snow Leopard. After using it on Rohan, there are a few features which I found I really liked and didn't want to be without. For example, Expose works better in 10.6 than previous versions of OS X and overall, the system is a bit faster. If the machine needs IT's attention they'll reimage it with Leopard, but I do not foresee this happening.
The hardware is beautiful and I've gotten used to the keyboard, though I think I still like Rohan's keyboard better. I LOVE the new clickable trackpad, and have configured it so that pressing the lower right hand corner is the same as a right-click. Finally and Apple laptop with a right mouse button!
The screen is absolutely gorgeous. Text is crisp and colors are really vibrant. So far I haven't had any problems with glare under the flourescent lighting in our office or incandescents at home.
The new machine seems to run cooler than Rohan, judging both by the temperatures reported by iStat Menus and how it feels to the touch.
Battery life seems good, but I am still not thrilled with the idea of a laptop battery that is not easily user replaceable. However, if it comes to the point where the battery needs replacement, I get to pawn the job off on someone else.
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|Gross, just realized the sour cream looks like melted vanilla icecream. LOL
A'salaamu alaikum ya'll. I decided to make a crustless-quiche/breakfast casserole today. I wanted to make a huge dish so 1) there's enough for my big family and 2) so we would have some leftovers. Anything time-intensive I like to make enough for more than one meal.
Oh btw it looks like I'm on a casse-roll. Get it? I just posted about hashbrown casserole and now I'm posting about breakfast casserole. Never mind. LOL
Here's what you need:
15 eggs (we gots a big family)
non-dairy creamer liquified (or use milk/cream)
1 tbsp chipotle peppers in adobo sauce or your favorite hot sauce
2 cups shredded cheese
1/4 tsp salt
1 lb. turkey bacon (can use any breakfast meat you like)
1 cup frozen, chopped spinach
chopped onion; I just used 1/2 cup cause I had it already cut in the fridge. Otherwise, I'd use a full cup.
Anyway, I used a really big 11x15 casserole dish. If your family isn't so big, just half the recipe and pop it in an 8x8 or 9x13 pan. I took a pound of turkey bacon, chopped it fine and browned it til crisp but not fully cooked. Added some chopped onion in the last batch (I had to brown it in 3 batches or it sticks together like gangbustas!) I beat 15 eggs with a tablespoon of minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and about 1/2 tsp salt. Added a dash of reconstituted non-dairy creamer (feel oh-so-free to use milk or real cream!) and set aside while finishing the bacon.
I thawed about 1 cup of frozen spinach and wrung it dry. I mean just as dry as you can get it so it doens't make a soggy casserole. Then I mixed the bacon/onion combo with the squeezed spinach. Added about 2 cups of cheese, any type you prefer, shredded.
I mixed all of these in my casserole dish so the grease from the bacon (just a little, turkey bacon is pretty dry) would help the eggs to not stick on the bottom of the dish. Greased it for me. :-) Then I carefully poured the thoroughly beaten egg mixture over it.
I got to thinking (uh-oh!) and decided, after pouring the egg mixture on top, to gently stir it around. I didn't want areas without any egg. It worked out fine so anyway you wanna do it is good.
Pop it in a 350 preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes for the larger size. I do NOT eat underdone eggs so this step was critical. Just pull it out at 30 and check if the center is set and a knife comes out clean when inserted. You don't want rubbery overcooked eggs either. I have a suspicion our oven isn't spot-on so I have to play around a bit with the temps.
Anyway it turned out nicely, everyone liked it (except Yousef who is picky for no reason- I mean he eats all of these foods separately). I did serve some sour cream on the side, it was a nice contrast between the hot casserole. Oh yeah, and let it sit for about 5 minutes before dishin' it up so it cuts nicely. :-)
After making that huge pan we had about 5 pieces left, enough for A and me to have breakfast tomorrow. :-)
A word of advice: there is a bit of prep with cutting and cooking the bacon and onion so plan on taking about 45 minutes start to finish, 1 hour if you have a cute little sweetheart who just loves to help her mama cook. :-D
Ma salaama ya'll!


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I'm debating over the spelling of t-shirt. Tee shirt? t-shirt? T-shirt? T-Shirt? So, if we can agree to disagree, or at least agree that I don't understand the origin or how to spell tee shirt, we'll continue.
Behold! My first T-shirt blanket! This one is of my shirts, and is a hodge-podge of shirts. It could be so much bigger, but I have a compulsive eradicating gene from my mother, and then routinely go through shirts and donate them. So I'm bummed that none of my soccer shirts are in the blanket. Alas, I have a twin-sized blanket that smells like me (in a good way!) and I can tell a story with.
Since this first blanket, I've made one for my boyfriend, a huge one for my boyfriend's brother, one for my former boss, and I have helped on my sister's and one for my sister's friend. I'm about to start another for my sister (shhh - secrets)!


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These are the fabulous potatoes I made for lunch today. A pretty healthy (and easy!) way to get a fried potato fix. You boil some small potatoes (leave them whole) for about 30 minutes. The smallest ones worked best, between the size of a tennis ball and a ping pong ball. When a fork goes in easily, remove the potatoes and dry them off on a towel. Like this:
Then you put them on a pan lined with foil and parchment paper. I sprayed it with olive oil. Then flatten each potato with a spatula to about 1/2 in. It's okay if they come apart some. I just formed them back into circles. Drizzle with olive oil and a liberal amount of salt and pepper. You could probably be more adventurous with the spices but I wanted simple. Bake at 450 for about 30 minutes until the tops and edges are golden and crispy. I served with tilapia and a salad. Justin said I outdid myself on lunch today. I said, "Yeah, simply by cooking something, I outdid myself." That's kind of sad. It has been awhile. But I'll take the compliment! It was pretty delicious, if I do say so myself.
I had an enjoyable trip to the market yesterday. The fridge got cleaned out and only healthy stuff is in there now. Whoo-hoo!
I found these pretty ceramic refrigerator/microwaveable storage bowls at Marshall's. I LOVE them! I hate the plastic storage containers because I always have lids that don't match containers and they just clutter everything up. Plus I think they are bad for you. And the earth. Anyway, I usually leave the leftovers in them forever and then when I finally clean out the fridge I end up tossing the containers rather than wash them. LAZY! But I will never throw these beauties away.
I feel like I'm getting the food part under control. Now for the motivation to get outside and exercise! It seems to be there but it is so dang cold! I got all dressed up, had earbuds and everything to go for a walk today and one step outside changed my mind. I am praying for some slightly warmer, less windier days this week so I can get moving while it seems somewhat appealing. (Yes, I could do some things inside but I don't like to.) Want to try jogging a mile 3 days. Maybe walk some other days. It's a start. I am dreaming of another half marathon...but mustn't get ahead of myself. We'll see what progress the week brings.
This photo kind of sums up our day. Loved it.
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When I first saw the web series The Slope in 2012, I felt understood. It might sound strange but I had never connected with a piece of fictionalized filmed work, no matter what medium, like I have with the work of Desiree Akhavan. Perhaps it's because we're the same age (she's 29, I'm 30), or that we are both queer-identified women living in cities where being sexual and creative is more encouraged than if we were to reside elsewhere, or simply our senses of humor align. Whatever it is about Desi's work as a writer, director and actor, I see myself in it like others have found themselves in other movies or TV shows or web series before.
The Slope ran for two seasons, following the relationship between Desi and her now ex Ingrid Jungermann, who went on to create and star in F to 7th. Its success was in the irreverent and sexy comedy that happens between two women and the people around them. Every scene felt easy and conversational, a true slice of life like we were being privy to private unplanned moments— like we were in the bed or going to a sex toy shop with Desi and Ingrid. The settings were familiar, the people (despite being hailed as "superficial, homophobic lesbians") being the people we know.
Desiree's feature film debut Appropriate Behavior, which she wrote, directed and stars in, premiered at Sundance this past January, receiving favorable reviews and garnering Desi comparisons to Lena Dunham. (Lena must have appreciated the likeness because she cast Desi in the upcoming season of Girls.) Before it played at Outfest last night in Los Angeles, Outfest artistic director and Sundance programmer Kim Yutani spoke about Desi's talent, and how she is upping the stakes for new queer cinema. And with high hopes going into seeing Appropriate Behavior for the first time, I was even more inspired and moved than I'd thought I might be.
In the film Desi is Shirin, a Persian-American woman in Brooklyn who is going through a break-up with her androgynous and somewhat stoic girlfriend Maxine (Rebecca Henderson). As the film unfolds present day, there are flashbacks to the relationship that Shirin wishes she were still a part of, even though there are just as many sad memories as good ones to reflect on. Newly single and moved out of the Brooklyn apartment they shared, Shirin finds a room in a dingier place with two eccentric artist roommates and fields questions from her well-meaning family about why she had to move, as Shirin is not out to her parents or judgmental older brother. (That was just one of the issues she and Maxine had.)
Although Shirin has depressive moments (mindlessly surfing OkCupid to find someone to make Maxine jealous with, having sex with a guy she met there while picturing she was with Maxine instead), she maintains some optimism about her current situation. She leaves her job with a Brooklyn paper (where she's convinced she was only hired because they wanted someone Middle Eastern on staff) and takes a position teaching children how to make movies on flipcams. Shirin is not where she wants to be, and romanticizes her time with Maxine because it was then that she knew what it "felt like to be loved."
Shirin is bisexual, which she is unapologetic about but does not want to disappoint her parents with. They are modern but traditional, speaking some Farsi and inquiring about boyfriends frequently. A great scene includes their visit to Shirin and Maxine's apartment where they ask why there is only one bed. "It's European," Shirin tells them, explaining some European women she knows think it's a great way to "save money to have big expensive weddings to their boyfriends."
It might not sound outwardly funny from the premise, but Appropriate Behavior is hysterical. But even better, it'll come off most hilarious and relatable to lesbians and queer women. From the deciding what to do with dildos after a split, to a lover asking you to read Stone Butch Blues, to the dividing of calendar events so that only one of you can attend a social justice for LGBT people meeting at the local feminist bookstore, this movie is about a kind of life that I know I, for one, live. Queer women of this generation will undoubtedly see parts of themselves in the Shirin/Maxine relationship, whether it's running into your ex at a party where she's dating someone you know, or telling your partner you love them after they agree to be the one to run downstairs and pick up from the weed dealer because you smell like sex and don't want them to "activate their rape brain." Or when Shirin quotes Sex and the City and you know exactly which episode she's talking about because you have seen every single episode, too, and Carrie was fucking crazy for going to see Big's ex to pitch a book about a little girl with magic cigarettes.
In 2014, we've been lucky enough to have our stories told in films of all size, television shows both on networks and premium cable, and with steadily growing numbers on the web. I have yet to see work that reverberates with me like Desiree Akhavan's, which is interesting considering that we are as different as we are alike. In the film she tries to tell her mom she's "a little gay," to which her mom says, "No" and after insistence from Shirin, "Shhhh." Shirin is much more sexually fluid, which Desi portrays without guilt or explanation. The sex scenes are raw and natural and comical. There aren't any over-extended love scenes set to hyper-emotional womyn's music (in fact, the soundtrack is incredible and includes queer artists like Electrelane and MEN with original tracks from music supervisor Josephine Wiggs). Nothing feels forced or like you're watching a film at all, which is a talent that Desi has an an energy that the cast and anyone around her must pick up on and feed off of, because Appropriate Behavior is like The Slope in the way that it feels like we're being offered a glimpse into someone else's existence, one that could so easily have been ours.
By the end of Appropriate Behavior, Shirin is not magically happy and fulfilled, because that is not what life is. She exists somewhere between the accepting of and disregarding her discontentedness, which is what those of us who are always wanting will identity with, for better or for worse.
Appropriate Behavior is playing in New York at the Rooftop Film Festival on July 31 and at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia on August 7 and 9. Visit appropriatebehaviormovie.com for more information and updates on screenings near you.


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Another great day in Miami!
I heard it snowed in Maine today, which made me appreciate the Miami weather even more.
We started off the day by breaking off into work sessions. All 3 Unity students (myself, Amy Kennedy, and Heidi Kowalski), along with President Mitch Thomashow, attended the Energy and Climate Change work session. The session was specifically discussing sustainable transportation solutions.
After lunch, there was a plenary session about global water issues. The panel had very interesting participants, including Maude Barlow, who is very well-known among the water warriors.
After this, we attended another work session. Amy and myself attended the Education section, focusing on education of students in disadvantaged situations. Heidi attended the second Energy and Climate Change session.
Afterward, there was a very interesting panel discussion led by former President Bill Clinton, about the tragedy in Haiti. In my opinion, this was the most moving and inspiring panel discussion.
Tomorrow is the service project day! The three of us, and Mitch, will work together as a Unity team, to help make a difference!


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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Back to School with Your Bijoux Box - #Discount Code
If you want to treat your high school or college kids to a special treat before they head back to school, Your Bijoux Box would be a great way to do it. Every month, their stylists hand pick a selection of elegant costume jewelry and accessories. You can have this package shipped to your door every month for only $35. With fashion constantly changing, and trends going in and out in only a few months, it's not always easy to keep up. Your Bijoux Box makes it possible to stay at the height of fashion all the time for an affordable price that lets girls head back to school in style.
The August box is my second Your Bijoux box experience, and it was just as awesome as my first one. The box arrived beautifully packaged. There is an inspirational quote printed on the box, and each of the pieces came with it's own blue organza bag. There four trendy pieces in my package.Three of them were costume jewelry, and there was also a cute little bag. Here is a little about each piece.
These cute stud earrings are simple, but classy. They make it easy to dress up your summer wardrobe without getting weighed down my heavy dangle earrings.
This is a really unique necklace. It has a bronze chain and purple stones. The setting looks almost like a propeller. This piece works with both casual clothing and your Sunday best.
This necklace is simply stunning. It has lots of glimmer and shine and can bring any outfit up to to the next level. It's a golden tone with blue stones that really set it off.
This little bag is just too cute. My daughter is going to use it as a pencil case, but it would also work as a change purse or mini make-up bag. The colors are vibrant and the uses are endless.
Overall, the jewelry is definitely a good value for the money. Even though it's costume jewelry, it's a very high quality and well made. I also love how all the pieces match, and can be interchanged. My teen daughter loved everything too, proving that this box can bridge the generation gap. To learn more about Your Bijoux Box or to start your own subscription, you can visit their website or follow them on social media.
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Havard Eidnes wrote:
ipmi0: normal state on 'Temp 9' ipmi0: normal state on 'Temp 2' ipmi0: normal state on 'Temp 1' ... Can this sort of thing be necessary?!?This is expected behavior with the current code, and happens on the first poll interval for each sensor that is monitored. When a new monitor task is created, it has no previous reported state, so when the poll determines the new state is Normal, it reports the state change. It would not be extremely difficult to suppress this by initializing the previous value for a newly-created monitor task to "Normal". Personally I like having the initial state reported, but I could be rather easily convinced to change it.That's what I was guessing. I'm just concerned that having these spewed over the console screen while sysinst is running will create a bad first impression, and such impressions tend to count. Not that we have a popularity contest to win, but still, there's no need to make it even worse than it is...
Hmmm, during sysinst? I'll have to check into that. I wouldn't expect to see them during sysinst; I would only expect them on systems that have actual monitor values being set in the /etc/envsys.cfg file. If the messages are showing up other cases, that would be a bug. :)
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In fact, a few days ago I was stressed to my limits which lead to a much needed realization that I need to be relying on God's strength and not my own. It's the only way to get through the next couple of weeks.... and well, life.
"Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!" 1 Chronicles 16:11
Amongst all of the chaos (or so it sometimes feels), I have somehow added time for some fun (and creative) projects.
Big project # 1...... RUBIK'S CUBE CAKE. Seriously.
James runs an after-school cubing club with some students, and this past week was the BCC 2011 Championship!
And of course, I could not resist a reason to bake a cake! James has been planning this event since January, and while I had plenty of time back then, I'm pretty sure a Rubik's Cube Cake would not have survived winter ...which left making a tower of deliciousness for my Wednesday To Do List.
I'm sure many of you are not planning to make a Rubik's Cube Cake any time soon, so I'll leave out most of the details.... However, I followed this very cool guide on Instructables if you are looking for details.
Step One: Make some cake....
Step Two: Make Marshmallow Fondant!
I've never made regular fondant, but this stuff was really good! To make your own Marshmallow Fondant: Melt 1 bag of marshmallows. Add about 3/4 a bag of powdered sugar & two tablespoons of water. Crisco your hands and counter, and knead it until its smooth and stretchy ball.
Step Three: Make a mess.
Step Four: Recruit your friends to do the hard stuff.... Thanks Heather!
Step Five: Reminisce on a childhood favorite pastime....
Step Six: Consult with Hubby to make sure you get the correct color orientations....
Step Seven: Assemble your Rubik's Cube Cake.....
Step Eight: Enjoy! ....Delicious & unNutritious!
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Friday, May 16, 2014
More spinning...........
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The color reminds me of the water off a warm sandy beach.ReplyDeleteReplies
You must be thinking a tropical beach, not an Oregon beach!Delete
You did all that on a drop spindle? Wow! Very impressive!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, but it was over a long period of time spinning here and there, mostly when visiting the spinning group on the coast.Delete
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July 8, 2016
Sultan Friday (3rd Day) Collection Update for Morning Shows. Good Start.
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20 cr.sirf 20 cr.ReplyDelete
lut gai saltanat lultaan ki.ek baar aur hahahahaReplies
Really proud on daring of @iamsrk gay fans after Dilwale Average, FAN Flop & Raees Postponed still they alive on addatoday & barking like dogs.Delete
20 crore is more than FAN 1st day collection. its 3rd day. ha ha ha ha ha haReplyDelete
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Sultan World wode gross 142 crore, more than FAn final total World wide collection. 2 din me ye haal he yara.. ha ha ha aha aha haReplyDeleteReplies
Good going. Keep it up ............Delete
250 Cr Sure. Another Blockbuster for Salman.ReplyDeleteReplies
Lultan rerase se pahle salgay ke fans 500 cr karegi.chalo ab aukat me aaye 250 or to aayeDelete
release se pahle FAN be to 200-250 crore kamane wali thi....kitna huva 84... bas itna hi... SRk ke fan ka aukat 200 crore ke upar nahi he... usilye tum 200 crore hi mango jo iske badh kabhi nahi milnewala he. hum Salman ke FAN he.. usliye HUM 500-1000 crore ki bat karte he... aukat b chahiye 500-1000 crore ki bat karne ke liyeDelete
Thursday collection of sultan 37.20crReplyDelete
Plz complete ur ssc first ...den comment lolzReplyDelete
Between...it's raining all d way & working day today ...
N most important not festival period like Diwali ( hny flopped ) or Xmas ( Diwale fell flat on face Opp New actor like Ranbir ) Still dese numbers .
I can understand sultan success n positive reports from all sides making impact on haters like u. ..
total collection 73.74 ATBBReplyDelete
release se pahle FAN be to 200-250 crore kamane wali thi....kitna huva 84... bas itna hi... SRk ke fan ka aukat 200 crore ke upar nahi he... usilye tum 200 crore hi mango jo iske badh kabhi nahi milnewala he. hum Salman ke FAN he.. usliye HUM 500-1000 crore ki bat karte he... aukat b chahiye 500-1000 crore ki bat karne ke liyeReplyDelete
Salman haters wait n watch abhi tho khel shuru hogaya lol dhobhi pachad na tho baki haiReplyDelete
shayad kisi ne bhi ek baat note nahi ki.... kal boi ne 40 crore upper ka collection bataya tha but producer figure aaya 36.54 crore. then BOI correct it late evenning when all sites show that 36.54 collection. today they also show it 38-39 crore. so the producer cleverly show boi collection 37-38 crore but its not true bc tommorrow was a drop. so its cna be 35 crore maximum but not 37+ crore. I know salman fans don't believe me but its true.ReplyDelete
Sultan continued to create history on its second day with some all time circuit records. It has also managed to record two of the highest single days of all time. The only film to have two days in the top five, all others have one. Below are the top five single days in history.ReplyDelete
1. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Day One - 39.32 crore
2. Bajrangi Bhaijaan Day Three - 38.53 crore
3. PK Day Three - 38.24 crore
4. Sultan Day Two - 37 crore apprx
5. Sultan Day One - 36.59 crore
The list is dominated with Salman Khan starrers with PK the only exception. As Sultan has a second day similar to first it has chances of getting five days above 30 crore nett which has never happened before but will depend on the drops over the next two days.
Above are official trade figures .. its only Farah Khan/SRK producers who spread that HNY collected 44cr.. none of the trade sites confirm..infact actual Trade figure of HNY is around 36cr. which is not even in top 5 .. Also none of the films here include regional versions, because Trade has already expressed that they have so far no chain to calculate Tollywood official collections ... on top is PRDP (hindi) (+regional is 40.35cr) all Salman Khan or Amir Khan movie producer figures match Trade figures almost ... interestingly for Sultan Trade first day figure is 36.59 but Producers figure is 36.54 .. now this is unique .. !!! Producers quoted lower no. than what official Trade has calculated but it is same .. even for both days both fugures match .. Don't know why HNY and Krish3 has such huge gap ???


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- Black pouch made of a tough material such as leather
- Black candle
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- Musk incense and incense burner
Place the rock, water, incense, and candle around you to form the points of a square. (Rock being diagonal to incense and water being diagonal to candle). Now sit under the stars and meditate on the impact that this person's negative magic has had on your life. Once you have all of the negative effects in your mind, hold the poppet in your left hand, and slowly, starting at the feet, wrap the poppet in black ribbon, as if it were a mummy. Be sure to leave no spot exposed. As you wrap, chant the following:
With (name's) own evil does s/he her/himself bind,As you chant and wrap, visualize all the negativity from the magic that this person has cast flowing into the ribbon that binds the poppet. Once the poppet is totally wrapped, place it in the pouch and draw it shut. Now proclaim in a loud voice:
His/her magic powers s/he shall not find!
(Name) has been bound in the presence of the elements and the gods.Store the pouch with the bound poppet in a dark place. If you decide to unbind it, take the pouch into the noon sun of the waxing moon and unwrap the poppet. Visualize the negativity tied in the ribbon disintegrating in the light of the sun. Say the following:
May s/he remain as such until this poppet again sees the light of day.
So mote it be!
(Name) is now unbound,Have you ever wondered how some people have such good luck, and get such good results in their lives, as if by magic? To find out about a foolproof technique that lets even novices use the great power of White Magic to their advantage, click here!
A creature of free will in magic and in heart.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
So I ordered this dress from J. Crew to wear to the Boards:
It seemed like the chances that I would wear it again were slightly higher if I got a dress rather than a suit, and anyway, it's a pretty cute dress and it was listed in the "work" section, so fine, YOU WIN, AMERICAN COMMERCE. It may need to be altered (there was no petite sizing on this particular dress and I'm only 5'2") but even if it's a little long, whatever, at least it won't be slutty. I have black heels and I have a cardigan, so I'm set--add a yellow beanie and a pot of tea and it'll look straight out of Wellesley in the 1960's.
(I know, I know, there's a V-neck, but don't worry, I have no boobs and therefore no cleavage, the effect would be the same whether the V-neck was in the front or the back.)
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i like it! and i agree, much more re-wearable than a suit . . .ReplyDelete
I like the dress. How do you figure out what size you need? This is the major roadblock keeping me from online shopping delights.ReplyDelete
Usually I do online shopping from stores where I've shopped at before so I know the fit. But usually the problems in sizing I have are 1.) too long, and 2.) too big in the chest. So I don't order a lot of pants online, and I try to only buy dresses that look like they are cut for the smaller-chested lady.ReplyDelete
(As much as I would like to dress like Joan from Mad Men, it's not going to happen for me.)
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I prefer V-necks, even when I do have to wear a camisole under them. I have a big chest, but other kinds of necklines make me look like an over-stuffed couch! So V-neck it is. I think your dress looks great, and I wish you the best on your exam. My boards (much earlier variety than yours) are coming up in June, so I share your stress. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Cute dress, and it suits the occasion. @Anonymous 8:00pm, I, too, am 5'2" and have an off shaped :-) body. I prefer to do the majority of my shopping online because it takes so long to find something that fits. I can try on clothes at my convenience and send them back if they don't fit. ~FloraReplyDelete
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i know i've been slacking on my blog posts. lets just say ive been busy actually lazy is the right word lol but i did uploaded new videos so if anyone wants to check out my yt channel: diirtylittlesecret19 =] at least i didnt slack on that lol
this blog is gonna be so random! i havent actually really thought of what to write today on here or even thought of what this blog post is gonna be called. I usually think of the title before i write my blogs lol I was trying to log onto my myspace to check it out because its been awhile since ive been on myspace, but i totally forgot my password which is a bummer because i wanted to see my old photos that i uploaded and old friends :(
it was raining like crazy last night! we were on a tornado warning which i was freaken freaked out! lol OHHH the girls and i were so bored that we decided to do a little mini fun photoshoot in MY s.i.l's room lol we also made some yummy kao poon which made me feel and look bloated! so excuse the chubbyness!btw, i really need to go on a diet! i wanna be beach ready whenever we plann a trip to the beach! *sigh* we'll see lol.
Yes i know ive gained so much weight! :(
my amazing s.i.l's =]
and heres me again trying to be cute lol
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(verb)The act of cramming a copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novella, "The Great Gatsby," up one's anus in a fit of anguish, frustration, or displeasure. This can also be performed on someone who actually enjoys this story in order to cause physical pain.
Tom actually likes The Great Gataby. Tonight, we should totally southernfitzgerald him and see how much he likes it then!
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I haven't been asleep since my last post, just busy with custom illustrations and other exciting things! Spring is already flying by and since we're not seeing much of that thing called sunshine (what is that anyway??) I've been brightening up my life using color and positive words!
Today I added the postcard prints above to my Etsy shop and I'm really happy with the way they turned out. Despite there being no sunshine, in some of the photos I can see shadows of my aloe plants that are now growing out of control! I've also recently planted more herbs and chilli that are already sprouting.
Fingers crossed the real spring will show up this weekend – have a good one!!
Visit Lady & Lion on Etsy here.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Shop Update: Postcard Prints
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Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Boil remaining water and pour into a large stone crock. Add pitted halves of lemons, sugar, and raisins and mix until sugar dissolves. Cool to lukewarm. Add beer and yeast mixture. Cover with cheesecloth and ferment at room temperature for 24 hours. Strain liquid through muslin. Store in sealed glass jars or bottles. Keep for 3 to 4 days before serving.
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The use of chemicals is key piece to businesses and economies worldwide. In fact, chemicals are all around us and directly affect our food, lifestyle, and health. It is because of their widespread use that the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), was developed. According to OSHA.com, the GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labeling of chemicals. In addition to the labels, (Material) Safety Data Sheets (SDS) may also be required to provide information on potential hazards and how to work safely with the chemical product.
Hazards or dangers associated with certain chemicals are classified into three main GHS classifications. These are the GHS Physical Hazards (explosives, flammable gases, self-reacting substances, etc.), GHS Health and Environment Hazards (eye effects, skin irritation, sensitization, etc.), and environmental hazards such as chemicals hazardous to the Aquatic Environment. These are however very flexible and multiple classes can be administered to certain hazards or dangers.
The next step after classifying a chemical is to communicate the hazard(s) to the respective market. This is where the SDS and labels come into play. They provide the hazardous properties of chemicals that may pose a health, physical or environmental hazard during normal handling or use, according the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA also provides the following standardized label elements to be included in the GHS:
- Symbols (hazard pictograms): Convey health, physical and environmental hazard information, assigned to a GHS hazard class and category.
- Signal Words: "Danger" or "Warning" are used to emphasize hazards and indicate the relative level of severity of the hazard, assigned to a GHS hazard class and category.
- Hazard Statements: Standard phrases assigned to a hazard class and category that describe the nature of the hazard.
- Precautionary Statements and Pictograms: Measures to minimize or prevent adverse effects.
- Product Identifier (ingredient disclosure): Name or number used for a hazardous product on a label or in the SDS.
- Supplier identification: The name, address and telephone number should be provided on the label.
- Supplemental information: non-harmonized information.
There are a multitude of benefits that come from utilizing GHS in the chemical world such as reduced costs due to fewer accidents and illnesses, as well as improving a businesses image and credibility to list a couple. By having the information available on hazardous properties of chemicals, human health and the environment can be rightfully protected. There will be a greater understanding of potential hazards, which will result in safer use of chemicals in the workplace and home.
Thank you for your time and attention. Let's make it safe this Monday.
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On Monday's podcast, I continued to question the Boston Celtics' plan moving forward and discussed the future of Isaiah Thomas in Boston (13:00). Plus, I opened the show with my reaction to the Oscars. And I shared some thoughts on what I think the Boston Bruins should do at Wednesday's NHL Trade Deadline (1:03:30).
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Long time no see! Sorry I have been gone for so long. I think I might get a bit of inspiration to get on here again. Today we will be talking about Nut Butter. A totally addicting nut butter, one that may leave you addicted for life. Okay, I joke, I joke but here's the details on this scrumptious yet totally healthy treat.
Continuing on to my version of this recipe;
Cookie Dough Nut Butter
* 2 cups lightly salted cashews
* 1/2 cup roasted whole macadamia nuts
* 1/4 cup + 1/2 tbsp organic coconut sugar
* 1 tsp smart balance butter
* 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
* 1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
* 1/4 tsp cinnamon
* 1/4 cup mini dairy free chocolate chip
1. Put the lightly salted cashews and the roasted whole macadamia nuts in the food processer. Blend until creamy and smooth. This may take some time be patient. It is totally worth it.
2. After the nuts have been blended add the organic coconut sugar, butter, vanilla extract, sea salt, and cinnamon. Blend again until smooth once more.
3. Transfer the nut butter into a jar of any kind and stick it in the fridge for a minimum of an hour.
4. After chilled pour the chocolate chips into the jar a give it a good few stirs.
5. Store in the fridge up to four weeks and enjoy at your own risk (;
enjoy with toast, fruit or anything of you're choice. until text time, stay healthy and eat yummy food, Brianna.


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SnmpUnknownSubSystemException is described in the javadoc comments as:
This exception is thrown when the handled
SnmpSubSystemis unknown.
This API is a Sun Microsystems internal API and is subject to change without notice.
since: 1.5
Where is this exception thrown?
Following, is a list of exception messages cross-referenced to the source code responsible for throwing them. Click on the method link to view the code and see how the exception is thrown.
- The message 'com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpUnknownSubSystemException: ...' is thrown within the method:
com.sun.jmx.snmp.internal.SnmpLcd.removeModelLcd(SnmpSubSystem, int)
How is this exception thrown?
The following sub-sections identify where this exception is thrown, and how (or why) the code is throwing the exception.
Any source code quoted in this section is subject to the Java Research License unless stated otherwise.
com.sun.jmx.snmp.internal.SnmpLcd.removeModelLcd(SnmpSubSystem, int)
/** * Removes an Lcd model. * @param sys The subsytem managing the model. * @param id The model Id. */ public void removeModelLcd(SnmpSubSystem sys, int id) throws SnmpUnknownModelLcdException, SnmpUnknownSubSystemException { SubSysLcdManager subsys = (SubSysLcdManager) subs.get(sys); if (subsys != null) { SnmpModelLcd lcd = subsys.removeModelLcd(id); if (lcd == null) { throw new SnmpUnknownModelLcdException('Model : ' + id); } } else throw new SnmpUnknownSubSystemException(sys.toString()); }
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I'm not crazy about the ornament across the face, but this is a really nice example of two very different typefaces working very well together.
UPDATE: Designer Charles Brock was nice enough to write in and tell me that the title and author name are in black and red foil, respectively. Can't wait to see it in person.


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Does anyone else struggle with this?
Does anyone else struggle with this?
So, long story short, I lived VERY close to my parents for a long time - not because I wanted to, but because they (especially my mom) would cry and basically insinuate that I was trying to take her grandchildren away from her every time I talked about wanting to move away - and now I don't.
I am soooo much happier living closer to town. I guess I always knew I would be, but it's still a very pleasant surprise. Anyway, until yesterday, I hadn't been out to my parent's house (nor gone by the old house I used to live in, which was next door to theirs) in months.
In all that time, I haven't missed them. Haven't missed my younger brother, nor my dad, and certainly not my mother. Haven't thought of them, either. Yesterday, we went by their house because we had to pick up the kids, and there was no tearful reunion or "Wow, I've missed you guys" or anything like that because I honestly haven't missed them. And I suck at faking stuff like that. It just seems strange that I could shut off all emotions towards these people with whom I lived for so many years. but I have been doing that a lot lately.
It's like I'm in some sort of survival mode or something. I have been with my mom for, oh about ten years now. Just got to the point where I couldn't take any more pain and hurt from her anymore so I walled her off out of necessity and it was without my intentionally doing so. It just kind of happened. Like my mind/emotions/whatever-you-want-to-call-it said "Enough, you can't handle this anymore so I'm shutting you off."
And it's the same with my husband. Just like with my mom, a series of hurts and perceived betrayals occurred and for a long time I could forgive each and every one and move forward with a clean slate. But there came a time with my mother (as it did with my husband) where I could no longer just forgive. Even if I could come to a point of intellectually understanding why they might have done what they did (which I have with both), it had no affect on my feelings. The wall was and is there, and there is no bringing it down. I've tried - both because there are times when I'd genuinely like to bring it down and because I feel that it's a social expectation to forgive someone, especially if they've apologized, which both have in their own way. But I just can't seem to do it.
That's what worries me most with my marriage is that it's been ten years (okay, if I do the math it's actually been about 13 years) since my big "break" with my mom and the wall is still very much there. I don't hate her, though I do feel she is (whether intentionally or not) manipulative, but neither do I feel warmly toward her. I am forever on guard with her. Given this sequence of events, the same will hold true with my husband. Thirteen years from now, I will - as now - not hate him, but neither will I feel the love for him that I once did and wish I could now. This was the line of thinking that had me settled on a divorce just a handful of months ago.
Anyway, I'm just kind of talking out of my behind here, but I am still so confused. On the one hand, I'm trying to be as honest with him about what I want and need in all respects of our marriage and life together, but on the other it feels like even if he does do all of the things I'd like, it won't be enough. Not nearly enough.
And that makes me feel like it'd be a disservice to him to stay, knowing I'll probably never truly be able to forgive and move on, never able to love him like he deserves, but then that feels like I'm trying to find some "noble" way to get out of it. Like, "Oh, I'm doing you a favor by bowing out of your life" that way I don't have to feel (as) guilty about it.
It's funny the things we do to preserve ourselves, to keep ourselves safe. It just sucks when protecting yourself means hurting someone else.
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RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
Just let the rants flow. It'll make ya feel better. I dun have any advice,but i can gife you s and an e-shoulder to cry on
I don't really like going outside.
It's too damn "peopley" out there....
RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
Thanks, LV. I needed that.
RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
I was in a five year relationship, about 3 1/2 years in I felt the hardening you are talking about. After wasting 1.5 years trying to fix what was broken, I admitted too much had been lost and moved out.
It felt about the same as you moving away from your mom - awesome and amazing. BUT, I didn't have kids to think about. If you do, it gets much more complicated. Later I found the right person for me, and after 7 years together, we both feel better about each other than our first year together.
If there are no kids in the picture, and your honest estimation is that you CAN do better, (and usually any smart person can), I would say go for it. If there are kids, then you have to seriously consider the ramifications and your happiness v. theirs. I don't have kids, so I can't begin to understand how that might go.....
Good luck!
Don't sell yourself short Judge, you're an incredible slouch.
Martin Luther was the "father" of two movements - The Reformation and Nazism.
RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
There is a thin line between love and hate, but ultimately you have to do what makes you happy. Be a bit of a hedonist. When I was young, I wanted an adventure. I wanted to see what the world had to offer. I did a bit of that, then decided I wanted to move back to my old stomping grounds. I still like a bit of adventure. I would be surprised if I stayed here for 10 years straight. I do what will male me happy. Of course, I am married, and making my wife happy males me happy as well. Fortunately for me, she is usually up for anything as well. We both love our families, and we both like new experiences, trying out a whole new town with a whole new way. The first thing you have to figure out what you want. That's the hard bit. After that all you have to do is make it happen. If you don't know what the hell you want, stick your toe in the water and find out.
Good Luck!
RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
Thanks DL, and Skippy,
We (my husband and me) had a good conversation last night so I felt better after that. I am still trying to figure out what I want and whether I can have that with him or not, and that last part is key. I think I need to really just put it all out there and see if I can have the things I want with him, and then if not, I will have to take the next step.
We do have kids, yes, but I don't know. Sometimes I think if they were in my situation, I'd want them to do what they felt would make them happy. And I also think about how, yes, divorce hurts children but as much as parents would like for their children never to experience pain, it's going to happen at some point or another and there is nothing that you as a parent can do to stop it. Whether by your hand or not, pain is a part of life and your children will unfortunately experience at some point in their lives. So in the end you just have yourself to answer to.
As far as being happy making your wife happy, that's great, DL. I used to be that way, just happy to make him happy, but after a while it became clear to me that he didn't quite care so much about making me happy. He is trying now and I can see that, but my heart is still pretty cold toward him and is not easily convinced that this is a lasting change or that it'd be smart to de-thaw just yet.
I just know that I'm very thankful to have all of y'alls support and advice and your patient ears as I muddle my way through all this.
RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
(08-10-2013 02:29 AM)Dark Light Wrote: When I was young
You're two years younger than me (if you're being straight about your age in your profile) and I'm still young, dammit, so you are, too!!! lol
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RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
I meant younger* Eh, about 18-20
RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
(08-10-2013 07:12 AM)Escape Artist Wrote: So in the end you just have yourself to answer to.
^^ That right there. ^^
The only way you will ever be able to love or take care of anyone else, is if you are able to love and take care of you. You certainly need and deserve it and so does your husband.
Your children deserve it as well. Children deserve to be exposed to a healthy relationship between their parents, rather than an obligatory or codependent relationship. A healthy relationship can mean the parents have mutually decided that a separation is necessary for growth. Separate growth is better than no growth. With time, your kids will recognize this and it will contribute to their understanding of what a healthy relationship is.
Take care to be as amicable with your husband as possible but, be firm in letting him know that your needs being met, will help you to understand his side of the issues.
Don't make it a competition; it's not. You need what you need, he needs what he needs, your mutual responsibility is to get your children on their way to being healthy adults.
If there has been any discussion of divorce (as you've hinted), I highly recommend immediate consultation with a lawyer and to advise your husband when you do so. Stress family and amicable but don't expect everything to be instantly great because it's being handled; tensions can run high in these situations.
Shoot for tranquility.
Keep communication open with the kids and make sure their father does as well. The kids are not divorcing, the parents are - make sure the kids know and understand this.
Rant here as much as you need... laying it all out can give you a better perspective.
Don't get run down; get plenty of sleep and eat well - you need it for a clear head.
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein
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RE: Does anyone else struggle with this?
I have a sense there is something, or someone, else that is involved here. Something seems to be pulling you toward it. Maybe you've been thinking a lot about a new life alone? I say this without ANY judgment. It was those ideations that saved me.
But, be sure to be honest with yourself, that is the most important thing. If you've already made the decision, and are just trying to "not be a bad person," please don't waste your time. Life is too short to try to rationalize how not to be a bad person and get out of a relationship that stagnates you. Did I mention that I wasted nearly two years of my life when I should have been doing other things? I finally came up with "I want to have kids and she doesn't so....." 7 years later, no kids and no plans for kids. I was lying to myself but I couldn't just say "I'm not happy in this relationship" and leave it at that. Don't waste your life wondering what if. My 2 cents (or less).
Don't sell yourself short Judge, you're an incredible slouch.
Martin Luther was the "father" of two movements - The Reformation and Nazism.
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day 19 - a song from your favorite album
I have numerous favorite albums but if I were to take the scientific approach to what makes an album good in my opinion I always end up at The Beatles and Revolver. This was the song Jill and I chose for our first dance at our wedding. I think it was a good choice.
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Business Development Manager
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Shinagawa Refractories is a world leader in the manufacture and supply of cutting-edge refractories materials. For more than 100 years, their Australasian operation has provided innovative solutions to key industries including steel, non-ferrous metals, cement, glass and minerals processing. In 1998, the Shinagawa Refractories Company of Japan together with Thermal Ceramics Australia acquired the technical and manufacturing operations formerly owned by BHP Refractories, to form Shinagawa Thermal Ceramics, the largest manufacturer and supplier of quality, cutting edge refractory products in Australia and beyond. Since then, Shinagawa Japan has taken complete ownership of the company, which is now known as Shinagawa Refractories Australasia Pty Ltd.
Shinagawa manufactures a range of brick and castable from all of these facilities and supplements this range with materials from other global refractory companies such as Shinagawa Refractories (Japan), Allied Mineral Products and Isolite Insulating Products.
Shinagawa has three state of the art, ISO9001 accredited, refractory manufacturing plants in Australia and New Zealand. One factory is situated in Unanderra (NSW), one in Kwinana (WA) and the other in Huntly, New Zealand. Each site features modern production equipment, streamlined manufacturing methods and dedicated quality conscious workers. Shinagawa Refractories has offices and warehouses covering all of Australia and New Zealand.
To know more about the company visit: www.shinagawa.com.au or www.shinagawa.co.jp
Business Development Manager
About the Job
The incumbent will be a part of the leadership team and responsible for managing all facets of business development, account management, product development and enhancement of new materials, finished product procurement and business strategy.
Wollongong, near Sydney, Australia. It is the company's largest manufacturing centre and also company's regional head office.
Candidate Profile
Ideally the candidate has to be a confident and engaging professional, who is highly motivated, resourceful, and a techno-commercial person. He should have a proven technical sales or marketing pedigree, with a background in refractory manufacturing, monolithic end users, cement or laboratories. A genuine passion for science, manufacturing and commerce will be fortified by your robust academic grounding in Metallurgy, Materials, Refractories, Geology or raw materials.
Shinagawa Refractories invites applications from refractories specialists from across the globe and can support the relocation of you and your family.
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The British Library is a key player in the British publishing world. Here are links to the most important websites.
Bestsellers | Author organisations (including copyright) | Charities, councils, projects and trusts | Publishers and booksellers | Digital and Electronic | Research Organisations | Literature live
Nielsen BookScan. This month's top titles - Great Britain
Nielsen BookScan Children's Top 10 - Great Britain
Author organisations (including copyright)
Authors Licensing and Copyright Society
Copyright Licensing Agency
National Union of Journalists
New Writing North [The writing development agency for Northern Arts]
PEN (England)
PEN (Scotland)
Public Lending Right UK
Society of Authors
trAce Online Writing Centre [1995-2005; an Archived site only]
WATCH: writers, artists and their copyright holders
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Charities, councils, projects and trusts
Bibliography and Book History Links
Blueshield [Protecting cultural heritage threatened by disaster]
Librarianship and Information Sciences Service
Yr Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academy
Achuka (children's books)
Book Trust
British Council
Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Designer Bookbinders
GLAM-Group for Literary Archives and Manuscripts
History of Advertising Trust
National Literacy Trust
Northern Ireland Publications Resource
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies
Preservation Advisory Centre
Poetry Society
Records of British Publishing and Printing at Reading University Library
Scottish Book Trust
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
The Reading Club
UK Literary Heritage Working Group
Welsh Books Council
Publishers and booksellers
Fine Press Links
Virtual Reference Library
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Association of Online Publishers
Booksellers Association
TheBookseller.com (includes Directory of contacts)
Crime Writers' Association
Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Directory and Database Publishers Association
Independent Publishers Guild
Inpress Books
ISBN Agency
LOLLIPOP: list of little press publications
Periodicals Publishers Association
Publishers Association
Scottish Pamphlet Poetry: umbrella organisation for small press publishers
Welsh Books Council
Digital and Electronic
Arts and Humanities Data Service
Association of Online Publishers
Book Industry Communication
Digital Curation Centre
Digital Preservation Coalition
D-Lib Magazine
JISC - The Joint Information Systems Committee
People's Network
UKOLN [A centre of expertise in digital information management]
UK Web Archiving Consortium
Research Organisations
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Consortium of Research Libraries in the British Isles (CURL)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Literature live
British Library Sound Archive
British Theatre Guide
Drama Collections in the British Library
Performing Arts Websites
Archive of the Now
British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech
British Arts Festivals (provided by the British Arts Festivals Association)
Live Art Development Agency
Performing Arts Data Service
Playwrights on the Web (Worldwide, but US based)
Poet Casting [Currently offline. UK Web Archive version]
Poetry Archive
Poetry Kit
Memorable TV (background on TV scripts)


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In the fall of 2008, someone asked me what I would do if Barack Obama was not elected President of the United States of America. I responded that I would "get a rifle and barricade myself in my house" and I meant it! The American economy was on the verge of collapse. Many of us believed that if Barack Obama did not step in and stop the hemorrhaging of the American economy that we were doomed as a country.
Barack Obama stepped in and stabilized the economy. Four years later, convenient amnesia has caused most Americans to forget how Bush and his cronies ravaged the economy. Americans have forgotten how cheap gas and milk were in 2008.
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind — George W. Bush was not invited to the Republican Convention in August but no one seemed to notice. His absence was barely mentioned in the media but everyone knows why he was conspicuously absent; he disgraced the Republican Party, let down those that foolishly voted for him and inexorably damaged the good citizens of the United States of America.
The focus this election year is on the Obama Administration and the revisionist are zealously blaming Democrats for every problem that has occurred since the Great Depression and people are buying it! I've been in this skin long enough to understand that when problems arise scapegoating increases. With more Americans on welfare than at any point in modern history, it's pretty easy to blame Obama.
Americans will not blame their extensive use of credit, bad money management and One Percenter envy as the root causes for their economic woes. It's much easier to point fingers.
Leveling The Playing Field — Barack Obama has proven that brothas are capable of being good Chief Executive Officers. We as Black Men have understood our capabilities for all time but in America we had been denied opportunities because of fear of what others have known about us for a millennium. Barack Obama was given an opportunity to become CEO only because the whitest men in America managed the country so badly that the nation was on the verge of chaos. Now that the hysteria has died down, Bin Laden is dead and Iraq is no longer a daily news item, Americans can revert to bigotry and nihilistic behavior that we as a nation covet.
I used to accuse my ex-wife of burying her head in the sand and ignoring issues that she was presented with daily. I have come to discover that most Americans deal with life in that manner. When presented with problems or certain truths, most people fall into a trance like state of denial followed by blame. We immediately engage in evasive circle talk or we get angry at the source of problem. The first acknowledged Black President of the United States of America has become an easy target for people struggling in the worst economy since the Great Depression. Like the Republican National Committee, most people have dismissed George W. Bush as simply a bad mistake, a fluke in judgement of the Ninety Nine Percenters that actually believe we elect the U.S. President. That political naiveté will motivate some to forgive the One Percenters of their greed and avarice. Many will trust another very rich man from a Royal American Family to dutifully help the needy proletariats. They foolishly have that hope over and over and fail to come out of the trance that might cause them to realize that capitalist take no prisoners.
On this particular day, my patriotism, my hope for America is that Barack Obama will be given another opportunity to guide American out of the economic dirge that greed thrust upon us. May GOD help and preserve America.


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Toronto, Ontario – It's not every day you see a travel alert issued for one of the safest cities in one of the safest countries in the world, but that is what the United States State Department did and the Canadians are none too happy about the designation.
Toronto is hosting the G-20 Economic Summit later this week, and there are expected to be the usual bombardment of protests from such groups as Greenpeace, Oxfam, and others. But Canadians are already reeling from the $1 billion price tag to turn the city of Toronto into an armored fortress and believe the travel alert just adds insult to injury.
Said one Canadian official "What really frosts the Canadians' arses is the fact that the trouble makers expected to appear at the G-20 summit are primarily Americans. So in essence, the U.S. is issuing travel alerts to our country to protect themselves from, well, themselves. Not only are we footing the tab for the security, but Toronto now has a black mark on it as being a dangerous place to travel."
Ironically, no travel alerts were issued last year for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the site of the 2009 G-20 Summit; however, the reason could be that no one really wants to travel to Pittsburgh to protest or otherwise.


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I moved to a new website, Recycle Knits. Check my blog and other pages, with vintage patterns (well, just one so far) and my own designs (also just one so far), but more to come.
I hope you'll like it.
I moved to a new website, Recycle Knits. Check my blog and other pages, with vintage patterns (well, just one so far) and my own designs (also just one so far), but more to come.
I hope you'll like it.
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I found some yellow wool and cotton mix yarn in my mothers unending yarn stash. Someone, my mother said it wasn't her, had made something out of it before but decided to frog it again. It was a heap of unwound mess that took me half a day to untangle. (By the way, never fasten frogged yarn for washing with a rubber band. When the rubber ages it will deteriorate and amalgamate with the yarn. First yellow lesson!) I took inspiration from a vintage pattern with an asymmetric collar published in the January 1933 issue of Die Schachenmayrin (pdf provided on lovely Tichiro's website). I tried to be clever and knitted the body in he round because it's quicker but was punished, of course! Unfortunately, and didn't I know it?, in the round the eyelet pattern doesn't knit up as smoothly as it does in rows, even after washing. Second yellow lesson! It's not that obvious in the picture but in real life, and for me anyway, it's too obvious not to be an annoyance. Otherwise, I think, I've done a good job, even though I'm saying it myself. So, here I am, what do I do? Do I try to be strong and ignore it? Can my ignorance be stronger than my perfectionism? Or do I please my perfectionism and knit the jumper again with some other yarn and leave this to be frogged again at some point? You may think what a waste of time and effort to make a another jumper but as my mother used to say to me: Why do you ask me what you should do, you've already made up your mind? So, new jumper it is.
For all people who, like me, have to get over a slight disappointment here a youtube video of Dandash, I think I can safely say my favourite belly dancer, in rehearsal. She is great of course, those hip moves are to die for, but also, the drummer's smiling face and the obvious fun he has never fail to cheer me up.
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After having gone underground for over a year I managed to resurface the day before yesterday with my first commercial knitting pattern, the Leaves wrap on Ravelry. It's a true recycled object, with the white version made from a recycled M&S jumper, and I have meanwhile, after having worn it for a while, handed it to the next person to enjoy. The second version I knitted with a commercial yarn, Jamieson & Smith 2ply lace in Shetland black. I can't let customers guess completely, can I? Along the lines of: frog a jumper, use the yarn for my pattern and hope it will work.
Hope you like it!
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Here my first modules put together. Only more than halfway through doing all these I figured that I don't need to cut a full square becuase the corners are cut away and can therefore use the shrunk jumper pieces more efficiently by placing the template running over the pieces.
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Sometimes commercial jumpers are not fit for frogging. I don't know whether they come like this or become like this in the wash but some yarns just disintegrate when you try to unravel them. That is pretty annoying but being me I can't throw them away but have to put them with all those jumpers that found an accidental shrink in the washing machine (I get my wool cycle a bit wrong sometimes). In my unfathomable depth of positivity I tell myself that something will become of them one day…
It seems this 'one day…' has come, I am making something. I stumbled upon this modular felt trivet on How about Orange and thought, that's it!
Because the trivets are made from commercial felt whereas I have just shrunk knitwear, I made a few tests. My first test I seriously don't want to show anyone. The felted pieces are not stiff enough to be cut properly. They give way, especially when I cut them with the scalpel. I used my little sharp embroidery scissors whenever possible. For the second test, and in the hope that the resulting fabric would be denser, I shrunk them again with another wash at 60 degrees . My second test looks very encouraging. I first enlarged the template to about 13 cm square because I didn't like the look of the little squares. Cutting bigger squares was easier, but I still had to be careful.
I'm pretty chuffed with my second test. I think I will make some wall art with the rest of the pile. More on this next weekend.
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I did a bit of Popknitting making a tea cosy for my cubical Goblin teapots out of some odd balls that I had left from making my third Curve of Pursuit afghan (yes, third; I simply love that pattern; this one is made from a stash of yellow, pink and bright red mohair/silk yarn dating as far back as the 1980s). Goblin teapots belong to Teasmades, those glorious machines that make tea for you in the morning without you having to get up. Not that I use my two Teasmades. They are pure pieces of decoration. But I have two single teapots that I regularly use.
I love Popknitting. It's big and bold and beautiful. I used the 'slipped stitches to form welts' pattern from pages 56 and 57. I started from the handle knitting on both sides of the yellow cast-on. After one welt I switched to alternating pink and red welts working around the handle for four welts and then around both sides inserting the yellow top.
The biggest challenge posed the nozzle. I didn't want to put short rows in. Indeed I couldn't quite imagine how to do the welts as short rows. Therefore I increased and decreased stitches to form the nozzle, which together with the three colours coming together in the front resulted in something resembling American Art Deco.
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My son and I went to grab a German sausage from the market on Sunday (he tomato sauce, I heaps of German mustard on top) and saw what my son called 'paper lichen' on the wall of the Guildhall. I asked 'Paper lichen?'. He thought that so obvious he couldn't believe I asked. 'They are made from paper and are on the wall' he exclaimed. I had forgotten we had explored lichens a couple of years ago.
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