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A. Preumont, A. Roshanbin
Active Structures Laboratory, Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis,
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
This paper describes the results of a 7 years project aiming at designing, constructing and testing a hovering flapping twin-wing robot of the size of a hummingbird. The paper describes the main steps of the study and the main features of the vehicle: wing aerodynamics, flapping wing mechanism, control mechanism, flight dynamics, stability analysis, power consumption, flight simulation and flight testing.
The wings consist of stiffened membranes attached to two orthogonal bars (the leading edge bar and the control bar); they have a single degree of freedom (flapping) and the wing camber is obtained passively. Aeroelastic coupling of the wing dynamics/aerodynamics is used for lift enhancement. The pitch roll and yaw control moments are obtained by wing twist modulation which consists of moving the control bars in order to modify the camber distribution along the span, leading to a reorganization of the air flow and produce the appropriate control moments: a dissymmetry between left and right will produce a roll moment, and a dissymmetry between front and back half-strokes will produce a pitch moment.
André PREUMONT Short bio
André Preumont received his MSc in Aeronautics from the university of Liege (Belgium) in 1973 and his PhD in Applied Sciences in 1981. He spent 10 years in the nuclear industry before moving in academia. He has been a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) since 1987, full professor and director of the Active Structures Laboratory from 1991 to 2016, then Emeritus. His research interests are in the field of SMART structures and precision engineering, with a particular attention to space systems. He is the author of 7 books. He is a member of the Belgian Royal Academy and of the French Académie de l'Air et de l'Espace (AAE). He was the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in 2011 (Darmstadt, Germany). He was a visiting professor at Virginia Tech (USA), UT Compiègne and INSA Lyon (France), and Politecnico di Milano (Italy). He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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CRAN UMR 7039, CNRS - Université de Lorraine
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Faults or failures such as defects in components, instruments, controllers and/or control loop can cause undesired reactions and consequences such as damages to technical parts of the plant, to human life or to the environment. Traditionally, the objective of Fault Tolerant Control System (FTCS) is to maintain its current performance close to the desired one and preserve its stability conditions despite of component and/or instrument faults; in some circumstances a reduced performance may have to be accepted as a trade-off leading to a sub-optimal outcome. Design of control systems to achieve fault-tolerance for closed-loop control of safety-critical systems has been an active area of investigation for many years. It becomes more and more clear that there are certain trades-offs between achievable normal performance and fault-tolerance capability. However, despite of the many efforts in control community, most of the contributions did not consider or take into account the reliability of components, algorithms or soft computing structures to guarantee such performance and to reduce the gap between nominal and faulty case. This talk aims at presenting new and innovative research results on how to design Fault Tolerant Control Systems with particular attention to consider failure/ fault (or also model degradation) and combine reliability analysis in the design procedure and/or real-time control synthesis. Current and future research is presented in order to solve the above challenging research problems devoted to safety-critical systems such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or first work on fleet.
Biography - Didier Theilliol
Didier Theilliol received the Ph.D. degree in Control Engineering from University of Lorraine (France) in 1993. Since September 2004, he is a full Professor in Research Centre for Automatic Control of Nancy (CRAN - www.cran.univ-lorraine.fr) at University of Lorraine where he co-ordinates and leads national, European and International R&D projects in steel industries, wastewater treatment plant and aerospace domains. Didier Theilliol is the co-head of the Control, Identification, Diagnosis department of the Research Center for Automatic Control of Nancy. It gathers around 80 people among which 39 researchers and professors. His current research interests include intelligent and classical model-based fault diagnosis method synthesis and active fault-tolerant control system design for linear time invariant, linear parameter varying, multi-linear systems and also reliability analysis. He has published over 200 journal/conference papers. He is currently an Associate Editor of ISA Transactions Journal, Unmanned Systems journal and International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science. Didier Theilliol was Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Reliability (2013-2016).
Biography - Jean-Christophe Ponsart
Jean-Christophe Ponsart is a full professor in the Research Centre for Automatic Control of Nancy (CRAN) at University of Lorraine (Nancy, France). He received the Ph.D. degree in 1996 from University of Savoie (Annecy, France) in Control Engineering (nonlinear control of magnetic suspensions and its digital implementation aspects). In 1997, he participated in the design and implementation of real-time controllers with digital signal processor architecture for an industrial company. He received his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches in 2011 from the University of Lorraine in Model-based Fault Tolerant Control and Application to a Winding Machine. His current research interests include sensor and actuator model-based fault diagnosis (FDI) method synthesis and active fault-tolerant control (FTC) system design for LTI, LPV, nonlinear systems. He has published over 100 journal/conference papers and is co-author of a book untitled Fault-tolerant Control Systems: Design and Practical Applications.
José Alfredo Guerrero
TSCF Team at Irstea, Aubière
This paper addresses the problem of forced bipartite consensus on multi-agent systems (MAS) with application to quadrotor coordination. Opposite to standard consensus algorithms, the purpose of bipartite consensus is to divide the MAS into two groups or clusters. Resulting groups or clusters converge to the exact same solution with opposite sign, i.e. agents in the same group find a consensus or agreement while clusters, between them, get to a disagreed consensus. We extend the concept of multi-agent bipartite consensus to the case of forced bipartite consensus on leader-based multi-agent systems. Since tracking of a desired reference is based on the center of mass of the entire group, we analyze the controllability and observability properties from input and output of the leader. Quadrotor platoon switching behavior between coordination and danger avoidance shows a potential application of the proposed control approach. Results have been validated in simulation.
Biography - José Alfredo Guerrero
Juan Antonio Escareno
XLIM UMR 7252, Limoges
This talk addresses an strategy regarding the consensus of a multi-agent system (MAS) in order to perform transport operations in presence of time-delay in the state vector and the communication links. The retarded multi-agent system (RMAS) consists of a set of three omnidirectional agents evolving within the XY 2D space. It is assumed a delayed feedback and communication. This causes stability issues for consensus purposes. The present scheme deals with a accurate attitude and transnational consensus by means control law designed based on the actual time-delay. A simulation stage is conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme during time-delay and time-delay-free transportation operations
Biography - Juan Antonio Escareno
He received the Ph.D. degree in automatic control from HEUDIASYC Laboratory, University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC), France in 2008. He has held a post-doctoral fellowship position at International Joint Unit of CNRS, 3175 LAFMIA hosted by CINVESTAV, from 2008 to 2010. He was a CNRS project researcher at University of Technology of Compiegne, from 2010 to 2012. In March 2012, he was a visiting researcher at the French Nuclear Energy Commission (CEA), at Fontenay-aux-Roses, France. From July 2012 to October 2013, he was postdoctoral researcher at the Department of "Control and Micro-Mechatronics Systems" (AS2M) at FEMTO-ST (Franche-Comté Electronics Mechanics Thermal et Optical) UMR CNRS 6174, Besançon, France. From 2014 to 2018, he has held an associate professor position at Institut Polytechnique de Sciences Avancées at Ivry-sur-Seine. He si currently associate professor at the ENSIL-ENSCI (Limoges University) with research affiliation to the UMR CNRS 7252 XLIM research institute, with the mechatronics group (ReMIX).
Julien Erskine
PhD Student at LS2N, Nantes
Aerial manipulation of objects by multiple UAVs through cables is investigated from a parallel robotics perspective. An adaptation of established wrench analysis techniques for cable-driven parallel robots is shown, allowing a determination of the comprehensive wrench set of a general multi-cable load suspended from quadrotors. An control strategy for a 3-quadrotor translational system is presented, making use of an outer control loop structure based on a computed torque controller. The prototype and initial results are presented, demonstrating the effectiveness of the controller. The wrench analysis method is validated by experimentally demonstrating the limits of the controllable configurations of the system.
Hussein Hamadi
PhD Student at Heudiasyc, Compiègne
Control design for multi rotors UAV is an important challenge for engineers and scientists, due to the fact that the standard configurations are under-actuated, highly nonlinear, and unstable systems. In this presentation, a wind force compensation strategy is proposed for a quadrotor. This strategy relies on a second order sliding mode controller based on the super twisting algorithm (STA) with an observer. The Second-order sliding mode technique ensures robustness to external disturbances and time varying, parametric and nonlinear uncertainties. Also, we present a fault tolerance architecture for data fusion mechanisms that tolerates hardware faults in the sensors and software faults in the data fusion.
Hernan Abaunza
PhD student at Heudiasyc, Compiègne
Modeling and control of aerial robotic manipulators is a challenging task due to the inherent complexity of the multiple rotations and translations involved on their components. Dual quaternions are an alternative to the classical Euler approach for describing kinematic and dynamical models in a simpler manner. This talk presents a chattering-free sliding mode controller for a quadrotor aerial manipulator model based on dual quaternions. Adaptations of the classical sliding mode approach are proposed to accustom this technique to the 3D rotations and translations inherent of dual quaternions.


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Praise the Lord. We have made it. The girls came home today after 4.5 months. It was an interesting evening and day in the NICU. We were very fortunate that their primary Night Nurse, Andrea, was able to change her schedule so that we could all be together for one last night. We also were able to spend the day with Crystal, the girls primary daytime Nurse. These 2 Nurses have meant so much to us as a family and especially the girls. Along with all of the Doctors, these amazing people, kept the windy road of the NICU bearable. We love them all for all of their efforts, patience, guidance, and pure love for us and the girls. They are truly special people that have the very difficult job of managing not only what needs to happen on a day to day basis for the health of the all the babies that they care for but also the emotions of all of the family members they encounter along the way.
I also have to quickly comment on the NICU's Sleep In Room. We were fortunate as we were the first family to stay in their recently redone room. It was really nice. They have done a great job trying to replicate a feeling of home there. I can say it made a big difference this past evening.
Mom and Dad were pretty much on our own (Full Duty) but we had a couple of visits from Andrea. We gave them all of their medications, did their assessments at the appropriate times, and bottle fed Kinsley. Trinity took her first continuous feed throughout the night through her NG tube so she just needed to be assessed. All went pretty well but little sleep for Mom and Dad.
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As you can see there is a lot going on but that is OK with us as we will finally be together as a Family. Thank you Lord for this path and please give us the energy and patience in the coming days and months.
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Jesus Bacon
I realized a while back how inundated we are with advertising for bacon. It seems like every fast food commercial is advertising something new with bacon. Even numerous sit-down-and-order-from-a-waitress restaurants have TV ads for their bacon slathered dishes. This got me thinking about how much pork is marketed in this country.
Pork is such an ingrained part of American culture that we don't give it a second thought if there is bacon on our cheeseburger or wrapped up inside the crust of our pizzas or cooked right into our pancakes. (Thanks Edward Bernays.) Bacon itself is such a standard fare in this country that some people don't even know it is pork.
Granted, this is a third hand story, but—A girl I once worked with was friends with a brother and sister she went to school with who happen to be Muslim. The sister told my former coworker that her brother had been eating bacon at friends' houses for most of his life because no one had ever told him that it was meat from a pig. I was kind of stunned. But then again, I wasn't.
Sadly, too many people aren't aware—or perhaps they just don't care—about eating restrictions of other cultures and religions. Since Christians are the majority and don't have any kind of food restrictions most of the time, and this country is treated like it is a Christian nation, all of the other groups seem to be overlooked.
Well, okay. So you can buy food at Walmart that's marked Kosher. That's cool. It even tells me if it's meat or dairy so that they don't get mixed or put on the same plate. Sweet! Because I don't know about you, but I would hate to have to bury a plate for a day if someone ate a cheeseburger at my house. I watched a guy do it once, though.
But unless you go to a specialty store, nothing is marked as Halal. My first fight with my husband was me screaming at him in Walmart about how food here isn't marked Halal; it's only marked Kosher, and none of the chicken was Kosher. Everything had bacon or ham in it. He stared at me with wide eyes and asked if we could get fish instead. We did, but damn! I'd wanted chicken. But—is it Halal? Nope. It's pork-infused.
I think it's a shame that people who would like to enjoy some meat are basically forced to be vegetarians simply because foods aren't marked "pork-free" for Muslims and Jews or "beef-free" for Hindus.
Even in spite of the ignorance of the general population, I feel like somehow I am not the first person to say- "Do you believe in Jesus? Prove it. Eat this bacon."


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Postcard from Lake Como, Italy
Lake Como, Italy
Arrived in: The town of Varenna on Lake Como via a 2-hour drive from Cortona to Florence, a 1.5-speed train ride from Florence to Milan, and a 1.5-hour regional train ride from Milan.
My first impression is: The intermingling of the mountains and water put my soul at ease. We've loved touring the cities and filling our brains with history and art, but being back in nature feels like home.
I'm most excited about: exploring the region by boat and foot. They have a ferry taxi service that will take you from one small town to another and a plethora of hikes to choose from.
I'm surprised that: We haven't found any beaches (but we've seen a lot of swimming pools)? Maybe that explains why we haven't seen many people swimming in the lake?
I learned:
- Lake Como is the third largest lake after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore.
- It is 1300 feet deep making it one of the deepest in Europe.
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I was never much of a Snickerdoodles fan until I tried these. They were so eaay to make and soft and chewy I make these cookies all the time. We try to stay away from sweets but it's really hard and with all the vegan options nowadays it's even harder. At least when you make your own foods you at least know most of what is going in your body vegan or not.
Vegan Snickerdoodles
1/2 C vegan butter
3/4 C sugar
1/4 C almond milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 C Gluten Free flour
1/4 C arrowroot or cornstarch
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 C sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350. Soften vegan butter and with an electric mixer beat it with the sugar. Add in almond milk and vanilla and mix again. Whisk the flour, arrowroot, and baking powder together in a separate bowl, then add to the wet ingredients and mix well.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon on a plate and stir. Roll the cookie dough into balls and then roll through the cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. Place on your beautiful mat or cookie sheet then give the balls a slight press into cookie shape.
Bake for 10-12 minutes then let cool. DO NOT OVERBAKE! These will get crunchy the longer they cook. I can't really give you an estimate on how many cookies these bake because we eat to much dough but the dough is fabuloso!!


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Li Wei has a surprising set of photographs quite recognizable.
Benoît Mandelbrot, the great Franco-American mathematician inventor of the fractals just died. We will remember him and the inspiration he is for so many artists. Just a few examples.
The picture of this (nearly) wild tiger in a street comes from Nikolaj Arndt.
Architectural Illusion from an Optical Projection
Very impressive demonstration of what can be done with a beautiful video projection when it uses as best as possible technical means to make appear what is often ready to become a full blown optical illusion… in architecture. YouTube link The designer: www.projectieopgebouwen.nl.
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This week's Art Talk Monday is written by John Emory, Jr., Board President of the Dixie Center for the Arts. The Harmon Drew Super Group performed last Saturday night. If you missed it, or if you're ready for some more dancing at the Dixie, Troupe Dixie is hosting the Live and Loud Music Spectacular on October 17. Call the Box Office for tickets or more details at (318)255-1450. We really want to roll out the red carpet for the Harmon Drew Super Group on Saturday night, September 21, at 7PM. A recent automobile accident has affected the lives of Judge Drew and his wife Jean. As Harmon puts it, "Jean and I are fortunate and blessed to still be here. The first responders were amazing. Jean was banged up worse than I was. We hope that she is back to 100% in a couple of months. She's a trooper and will be OK. I am already at 96% which is as good as I've been in the last 20 years. At my age, 96% is the new 100%."
There's no doubt that the Super Group will be in great from as they play the Dixie stage for the first time. As the Judge and I started planning the event, we both agreed the time has come to rock the Dixie as the band from Minden, Louisiana has done in so many locations, for so many years.
The history of the Harmon Drew Super Group is rich and colorful. In 1972, a young lawyer weighing in at 150 pounds returned to practice law in his hometown of Minden. The weekends were so quiet that he put together a band playing sixties music similar to the groups that put him through LSU. Just over 40 years and a few pounds later, he's still playing music, but now utilizing an 11-piece band with four turbo powered horns.
Refusing to age gracefully, Judge Harmon Drew and his Super Group play 50-60 gigs a year, and they are now finding new fans of all ages. With a song list of over 300 selections, they keep any crowd dancing. Some of the Judge's musicians have been with him from the early 70's. The band gathers people from all over Northwest and Central Louisiana. Each picker has a regular day gig, but they all look forward to the weekends with the Harmon Drew Super Group.
Just as the band members look forward to the weekend, we hope you do also. Join us at the Dixie Saturday night as we open another season filled with great music and some surprises along the way.
Dancing is certainly not required, but I'll be surprised if we don't find a lot of dancers out on the floor enjoying a very special evening, and making new friends. Let's surround our guests from Minden, Sterlington, Monroe and other towns and cities with our warm Ruston hospitality.
You may continue to call for tickets or purchase tickets at the door on Saturday. Please leave your name and number at 255-1450 and we'll contact you before show time.
In closing, may we continue to lift up the Drew family in our prayers, asking for healing and comfort in this difficult time.


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Carmelo Anthony Tell the Reason Why He Cari Supir
Carmelo Anthony strolled into a blended gathering of boos and cheers in his first diversion back at Madison Square Garden since the Knicks exchanged him to the Thunder over the mid year. What's more, after Oklahoma City bombed in the second round of a consecutive, losing 111-96 to New York, Melo said he just needs to be recognized as somebody who had expectations and dreams of winning a title.
Carmelo Anthony Tell the Reason Why He Cari Supir
"I needed to be here. Came here. Did what he needed to do night-in and night-out, in any case," he said. "Stayed positive through all the negative circumstances, all the negative circumstances. Stayed with it through great circumstances, through awful circumstances. Never faltered. Some individual who remained proficient all through my seven years here.
"Also, some individual who had expectations and dreams of winning a title here in New York and missed the mark regarding that. With the goal that's something that I will dependably hold over my head the extent that it ends up like that. Be that as it may, I'll generally be kinda part of this culture here. Also, for me it's not the same as some other b-ball player that comes through here that plays with the Knicks in light of the fact that it's more profound than b-ball with regards to me and this city."
[ Further Reading: Get Encourage by Fit Body, Dirk Nowitzki Expects To Play Next Season ]
In case you're a Knicks fan or have taken after the group since Melo constrained an exchange to New York in 2011, you know he hit the nail ideal on the head. While Phil Jackson openly dragged him, while the Knicks set up together a program that went 17-65, Melo remained proficient and positive. He needed to win a title. He just never did. Most b-ball players don't.
So perhaps Melo deserved the blended gathering he got when he was presented as a Thunder player on Saturday night. In any case, if that is the inheritance he needs to abandon, any reasonable person would agree that is the way fans ought to recollect him.Tags: Cari Supir, Carmelo Anthony, Knick


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TFS Usage
I was asked a few questions about TFS by a customer a couple of years ago.... I was rummaging through some of my luggage and found the questionairre. Just thought I would answer the questions with this blog post before throwing it away:
1. How would you breakdown TFS Projects?
The manner in which TFS projects can be broken down is into identifiable work items with tasks associated to them.
2. Once the Work Item is defined, what are the next steps?
1. How would you breakdown TFS Projects?
The manner in which TFS projects can be broken down is into identifiable work items with tasks associated to them.
2. Once the Work Item is defined, what are the next steps?
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Review the requirements that are assigned to the iteration, and define them in more detail.
•Create task work items for the work that must be performed to implement and test each requirement. Link the tasks to the requirement work item by using the parent link type.
•Set the Original Estimate field of each task.
•Divide tasks that have estimates that are longer than a few days.
•Compare the estimates with the time that is available for the iteration. If the estimate total is too long, simplify some of the requirements, or defer them to later iterations.
3. How is a full life cycle implemented in TFS?
4. What are the core definitions for fields and what is the standard naming convention?
From my perspective, definition of fields and naming convention is basically up to the organization and its individual representation of how they would like to proceed with the TFS project structure. This can be defined or copied from another template defined by some other organization/person. Would definitely recommend leveraging a template based on the same domain to avoid confusion.
Manufacturing --> Manufactureing
Pharma --> Pharma
Information Technology --> Information Technology e.t.c.
The TFS template structure for Scrum as defined by MSDN is as follows (and Microsoft has defined templates for CMMI and Agile as well):
Microsoft's standards are industry standards and would not recommend deviating from the same (or even leverage Google's scrum template as in the following link:


text: Morgan Evans-Weiler is an experimental musician who hails from Boston. He runs a record label called Individual Lines and is also the musical director of an electroacoustic ensemble named Deleuzer. He released his newest album, Violin/Sine, last week and you can stream it in its entirety above. As the title suggests, the album features three compositions that solely the violin and sine waves. As the press release states, the pieces "juxtapose the very slow change of static fields with iterations of material that aim to alter the field." For more information on purchasing the album digitally or physically on CD, you can visit the album's bandcamp page here.


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Happy Monday to you all! I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was great for me, but today has been chaos. Today seemed to have been my Friday the 13th, but didn't get the memo about Friday the 13th until the following Monday. I just know you all know exactly what I mean. 🙂
Here's a look at what I wore to work today. Sadly, spring came and went last week. Today was all cold and cloudy once again. Boo. I guess it's kind of a good thing that I don't really have space to transition my warmer and colder clothes (they're just kinda everywehere .. lol).
Have a great day!
What am I wearing today?
– Burberry sunglasses
– Dockers sweater
– Van Heusen shirt
– Timex watch
– Perruzo jeans
– Santino Luciano shoes


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New Viral Video for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
By Rich Handley
As part of the marketing for the upcoming film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, a new viral video has been uploaded to YouTube, reminiscent of the six videos created to market its predecessor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (you can view the first four here and the last two here). This video is so convincing that I wouldn't be surprised if some people, unaware of the movie's existence, come across the video and assume it's for real. Enjoy, you damn, dirty humans.
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On Wednesday we offer the combination of Candy and Emergen-C. Whether you need a little sugar or a little boost to your immune system, stop by one of the service desks on each floor for a selection of options, while supplies last.
Go "Back to Basics" with candy options that include classics that have been around for most of the century: Hershey's Kisses, Werther's original butterscotch hard candy, Tootsie Rolls, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, York Peppermint Patties, and, of course, Candy Canes. Emergen-C, while not nearly as "retro" comes in a variety of flavors and is a nice alternative (or addition!) to a candy pick-me-up.
Continue adding coloring pages to the library's decor, or take a break with a classic game in the 1st floor living room area. Keep on studying strong!


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Design Criteria
When designing the stool, I set a few design criteria I wanted my concept to meet. These acted as guiding principles throughout the design process, and influenced much of the decision making.
Simple & cost Effective Manufacturing
I put an emphasis on manufacturing for this project to challenge myself to consider if this stool was actually being mass-produced
Tool-Free Assembly
I wanted the stool to be easy to assemble and disassemble in a matter of seconds, so I decided to factor out the need for tools
Storage ability
Since the stool was to be designed for urban settings, storage ability would be crucial to adapt to the user's needs and environment
Inspiration was drawn from types of wood joinery and 3D puzzles, the way in which pieces can be interlocked to create structure. This is where the idea of the legs creating a collar fit around the seat originated.
Design Proposal
The final design is a three-part stool assembly made up of the two legs and the seat. The legs connect via magnets around a sandwiched seat assembly.
Adapting to User Needs
The stool can be just as easily disassembled, and with steel pucks under the seat the legs can be attached for a slimmer profile. There is enough clearance to use the handle cut into the seat to easily move the stool.
In terms of manufacturing, the legs would be made of recycled polypropylene rotationally molded for its rigidity and lightweight. The seat on the other hand will be three layers of birch wood fastened with screws. The magnets and steel pucks can finally be glued into position.
Scale Model
I had the opportunity to prepare a scale model to test the simple joinery and gauge proportions. Utilizing a 3D printer for the legs and a few pieces of bass wood for the seat resulted in a detailed model.
Building the Prototype
A full scale prototype was an objective for this project but I had never crafted a piece of furniture up until this point. I took the opportunity to develop my modelling and wood working skills.
Final Model
Overall I am pleased with the outcome of the stool, mainly proving the structural integrity of the design. Unfortunately due to time and material limitations I was unable to prototype the storage ability aspect.
I was honoured to receive the first place award at the 2015 Andreu World International Design Contest.


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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Coal: chemical gold
Most people will be aware that about half the electricity in the U.S. is generated by burning coal (world-wide, the figure is about 40%). Burning coal has been used historically to create steam for locomotives, ships, and machinery, and as a direct fuel for heating homes and businesses. I'll focus on more obscure, non-fuel uses.
One use that is not really obscure, but involves burning coal, is steel manufacture. Coke, coal that has been baked to drive off volatiles, is the main fuel for steel blast furnaces.
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World, by Simon Garfield, a good read) including the color in the 1882 stamp seen here.
Coal tar chemicals yield both aspirin and the plastic bottle containing the medication. Fertilizer, smelling salts, and baking powder have a chemical heritage in the ammonia derived from the coking process. Soap, nylon, and synthetic rubber in car tires have coal-derived components.
Activated charcoal filters, from air cleaners to kidney dialysis machines, are made from coal. TNT explosives and perfumes have coal in their pasts.
The United States owns the greatest coal reserves in the world, at 27% of the total (Russia is #2 at 17%), but China is the world production leader with almost 40% (U.S. is #2 at 17%). China's industrialization means it exports less and less coal, using most of it internally as the world's largest coal consumer, with the consequence that Australia is the leading coal exporter, at about a third of the world total (and Indonesia is the #2 exporter, with 13%).
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- EcoRover said...
Thanks for the referenc to the Mauve book--I didn't know about it. My dissertation was about Liebig, including the influence of students such as Hofmann who begat Perkin etc. It was the heroic age of organic chemistry.
- April 18, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Richard Gibson said...
Mauve is one of the quickest, most engaging reads I've had in a good long while.
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Another night of insomnia…
I hate not being able to sleep. I really try, even sometimes blackmailing my big brother into giving me a backrub, but most of the time even that doesn't work.
It's almost as if cosmic forces are at work just to keep me awake.
Maybe it has a more mundane reason. I am having stomach cramps, after all. I can usually sleep anyway, but last night they were particularly nasty. Maybe I just need to take my brother's advice and take medication or something to me get to sleep. I dunno.
On the plus side, I did manage to get a lot of writing stuff done. I ravaged Pinterest, completely finished No Daddy! I'm (STILL) Not Mommy!, and got tons of behind the scenes author crap finished for Voyeur: Season 1, Episode 4. Including a new line of shirts for #Hashtag. It was a productive day, but at what cost?
Just to make sure I go to sleep tonight, I didn't drink any coffee and stayed awake the entire day. If that doesn't work, I don't know what will.
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Eclipse - Dark blue
All of a sudden, it got dark and everyone fell silent. Or maybe it was just an illusion after I looked at her? Radiant, mysterious and unforgettable. Unfathomable - like some vision in the sky or an eclipse of the mind.
The Eclipse pattern symbolizes uniqueness. A minimalist design of the sweater plays with space and it comes alive on the body. With every motion of your hand you create a new constellation of the "objects in the sky". It's surprising and elusive like darkness in the middle of a sunny day.
Designer: Veronika VrestalovaMaterial: 100% extra fine merino woolWash: 30 °C, hand wash or washing machine


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A Summer Party at Stationers Hall is a must. Tucked away yet in the City of London, the secluded garden is an oasis, a perfect setting for client entertaining or for a staff soiree. Choose from a variety of options available from a three hour Garden Canapé Reception to a five hour Barbeque whilst watching the chefs at work. Extend into the evening and dance the night away in the unique setting of the Hall. Add a little extra with a cocktail making master class and a live jazz band.
History and tradition are at the heart of London's Stationers' Hall, one of the few ancient Livery Halls that remain in London. This striking Grade I listed building is located close to St. Paul's Cathedral and offers a seamless blend of welcoming warmth and arresting grandeur. The four interconnecting rooms each possess their own individual charm and character and lend themselves to a range of functions and events.
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A 49-year-old Bend woman has been charged with murdering a woman Wednesday north of Bend.
Joanna Lynn Kasner on Thursday afternoon remained a patient at St. Charles Bend, where she's in law enforcement custody in a "secure area," according to Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel.
She's accused of one count of murder for allegedly killing Valerie A. Peterson, 58.
"The details of why she is at St. Charles I cannot tell the public under Oregon law," Hummel said.
About 11 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to a report of gunfire at McGrath Road and Casa Court several miles north of Bend off U.S. Highway 97. Sheriff's deputies arrived to find Peterson alive, but their life-saving efforts were unsuccessful, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.
Hummel said he cannot provide more information, including how Peterson and Kasner knew each other. "We are learning more every hour," he said. "And I don't want to taint the investigation by putting out information to the public."
Kasner's husband filed for divorce last month citing irreconcilable differences, court records show. The couple were married only five months earlier. It was her second marriage.
Kasner is listed as an owner of property near the shooting scene, according to Deschutes County Assessor's records.
In recent Facebook posts, Kasner criticizes local police.
"I'm so fed up with crooked cops," she wrote Jan. 13.
In a post Jan. 12, Kasner said she recently relocated to Oregon from Snohomish County, Washington, due to harassment at the hands of law enforcement. "However that trouble has followed me to Oregon," Kasner said. "I am being harassed and threated (sic) and poisend (sic) by I believe the same people."
Kasner's is the sixth pending homicide case in Deschutes County.
Husband and wife Estevan Adrian Garcia and Sacora Rose Horn-Garcia are facing murder charges for allegedly starving their 5-year-old daughter, Mahliya, in 2016.
Shantel Lynn Witt is facing first-degree manslaughter for allegedly being impaired when she drove into and caused the death of cyclist Marika Stone in 2017.
Tashina Aleine Jordan has been charged with aggravated murder for allegedly killing her son, Mason, who had developmental disabilities.
Alan Peter Porciello was arrested Saturday on suspicion of first-degree manslaughter for causing the death of Jenny Lynn Cashwell.
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Join Sand Bluff Bird Observatory's naturalists Lee and Lynda Johnson for a wildflower walkabout tour of the beautiful sand country at Colored Sands Bluff Nature Preserve. The vegetation is unique to dry sand prairies, which once dominated the area but now are very rare. This easy level walk will be a great hike for beginners as well as the experienced. Bring a wildflower book, binoculars, and bug spray. Meet at the Banding Station parking lot at the end of Haas Road near Durand.
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A speaker shakes an open water bottle in front of his audience and then asks, "Why did water spill out of this bottle?" On hearing the obvious answer, "because you shook the bottle" he shakes his head. Then he re-asks with pointed emphasis, "Why did water spill out of this bottle?"
This visual metaphor sticks in my head these days. I can see the water slooshing over the edge of the open bottle—which still bugs me on just a basic, someone-might-have-to-clean-that level—and I am reminded that whatever situation just "shook me up" is not the reason I lost my temper (or whatever other sinful response happens to sneak out). Nope. I wish it was. That would be much easier. But the hard truth is that our moments of crisis will briefly open up the cellar door of our hearts to show us the naked truth of what lies beneath.
The apostle James is pretty blunt when he ask the rhetorical question, "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?" The simple truth is that the desires inside us cause our actions and our crises are just a context for displaying those embedded desires.
As a stay-at-home mom, these crisis moments are packaged as spilled food, broken objects, bickering matches between siblings, and the general chaos that toddlers bring to a home. As a hospital therapist, these crisis moments may be packaged as a missing chart, an irate nurse, broken equipment or an agitated patient.
So in that moment, when the door to my heart opens up and I let out the response that is waiting, I display the desires that really rule me. If I have filled my heart with more love for myself—my goals, opinions, preferences etc.—than love for God and others, then my responses will often be regrettable. And I'm not only speaking of those responses that can be observed socially. How often do my responses take the form of disgruntled and angry thoughts? Or despair? Or bitterness? These internal storms are just as much an evidence of the state of my heart as any of my glaringly obvious faults.
So what to do with a heart that continually "slooshses." Well, first, I won't try to convince myself to simply "try harder." That is a harsh, gospel-damaging stumbling block that way too many of us have fallen over in our search for Christlikeness. True change is accomplished only through the work of God's truth as it takes root and grows in our hearts. Thus, I will fill my heart with truth; I will plant it and water it. I need that truth to flourish there because, in moments of crisis, my heart will turn to the desires and beliefs that are the strongest. So I will plant—Lord help me plant—in so many ways: a scripture passage, an insightful blog post, a challenging conversation with a friend, a truth-filled song, a few moments of prayer, a sermon or bible-study topic, and the list goes on.
Second, I will not wait for "the big moments" to change me. Instead, I will look at my daily life as the place where God is transforming me into the image of his son. As Paul Tripp states,
"the fact of the matter is that the transforming work of grace is more of a mundane process than it is a series of a few dramatic events. Personal heart and life change is always a process. And where does that process take place? It takes place where you and I live everyday. … And because we devalue the little moments where we live, we don't tend to notice the sin that gets exposed there. We fail to seek the grace that is offered to us. … In these small moments he is delivering every redemptive promise he has made to you. In these unremarkable moments, he is working to rescue you from you and transform you into his likeness. By sovereign grace Christ places you in daily little moments that are designed to take you beyond your character, wisdom and grace so that you will seek the help and hope that can only be found in him. In a lifelong process of change, he is undoing you and rebuilding you again—exactly what each one of us needs!"
So when I am "shaken" today (by, oh I don't know, yogurt dumped all over the carpet), what will come out?


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Each of the IHG cluster hotels in Jordan is committed to several activities to make sure that their work and operations are as 'clean' and environmentally friendly as possible.
At InterContinental Aqaba Resort, activities and procedures are undertaken in order to reduce the consumption of electricity and water to the minimum, such as switching off computers, lights and AC in offices after operation, and water meters that are in place to monitor all the areas on a daily basis, among many other activities. Plans are undergoing as well to replace the normal lights with light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs.
At Crowne Plaza Amman, energy-saving LED light bulbs are being installed at the hotel. Also, Crowne Plaza Amman is committed to recycling the hotel waste. Furthermore, water saving fitting has been installed at the guestroom bathrooms, which saves more than 10% of water consumption. The old diesel boiler burners have been replaced with new ones that increase efficiency by 5%, as well as reduce the fuel consumption and gas emissions.
At Holiday Inn Resort Dead Sea, work is underway to replace incandescent lamps and spot lights into LED light bulbs. Also, the lighting level has been changed and wall lighting has been used instead of ceiling lighting; this saves energy as it is much lower in wattage. The resort also takes care of recycling all waste and used material. Energy consumption monitoring is done on a daily basis too.
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So adorable! Happy 1st birthday Sutton!
This is too much – she is sooooo adorable! Happy birthday Sutton! xx
She is so adorable! That tutu looks so cute on her. Happy birthday Sutton!!
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Happy Birthday Sutton! You are too adorable – it has been so great watching you grow and seeing all your sweet outfits! I know you pick them all out yourself. 😉
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A ccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the American (ages 15 and up):
"Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time (2.8 hours per day), accounting for about half of leisure time."
Those without a high school diploma watched 4+ hours per day, and those with a college education or higher were under 3 hrs/day. Although that's a slight difference, still most people (educated or not) are spending a significant amount of time behind the tube.
To put that into perspective, in one year an American spends 1,000+ hours in front of a screen, which is nearly equivalent to the time a college student will spend in the classroom over a four year period. It is also roughly equivalent to the amount of time it takes to master a difficult language (were I to learn Japanese, for example).
In second place for time hogging, was socializing/communication. (This includes social media, which means Americans are still sitting in front of a screen like I am right now, typing up this blog post.) This means that if an American citizen isn't sleeping or working, you can almost bet that the average American will be somewhere, sitting in front of a screen. I'm sure with over 50% of Americans now having access to the internet via mobile phone, this is even more likely in 2016 than it was in 2011.
Anecdotally, I'll never forget when I took my wife out for dinner at P.F. Chang's some time ago. While waiting to be seated, my wife and I observed a family of four at one of the tables in the restaurant. The father had an iPhone and was staring down at it. The mother, also was captivated by her device. Glancing over at the two children (conveniently a boy and a girl), each of them were mesmerized by the iPads in their hands (could have been games or social media, I'm not sure–all I saw were screen-lit faces). This is the Modern Family.
I'll also never forget the last time I went through Atlanta to change planes. While passing a cafe in the terminal, I noticed a dad, mom, and little girl at one of the tables. All three of them had their heads facing down, and I thought to myself, "Wow, how cool is that!? A family is praying together!" But then my observational skills kicked in (or lack thereof), and I realized: they are all on their phones! Every last one of them! No communication with one another, just faces staring deep down into the blue sunshine.
And I'm no better. Looking over the last several weeks, my wife and I have spent a significant amount of time watching television because we have cable and have this looming sense of guilt hanging over us if we don't watch it. I mean we're paying for it so we might as well use it, right (even if all that is ever on the 800+ channels are films or shows we've already watched several times)? And so, we too have submerged into the digital waters…I hope we don't drown.
For my own purposes, I find this observation valuable because it tells me where to look if I am to understand most U.S. citizens. What's on T.V.? What's trending? Which shows do people pay attention to? Which re-runs are timeless classics? What news station do people spend hours tuning in to—listening to endless political commentary and chattering cross-talk? This is the culture we are all immersed in, and it is a phenomenal cultural text to study in its own right—because essentially no one is immune! (The so-called "elite" and non-elite are in this together according to the stats.)


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Toyota Motor Corp. (IW 1000/212) said it plans to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years, maintaining its pace of spending during the last half decade, making Japan's largest automaker the latest to respond to pressure by President-elect Donald Trump.
Jim Lentz, Toyota's CEO for North America, outlined the company's intentions during an interview with Bloomberg Television at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Trump last week criticized an announcement Toyota made 20 months earlier that it would build a Mexico factory to assemble Corolla compacts beginning from 2019, saying in a tweet the company should build the plant in the U.S. or pay a "big border tax."
The automaker already makes Corollas at a plant in Mississippi.
Toyota broke ground last month on the plant in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, which will add capacity for the model without leading to decreased production or employment in the U.S.
The company said last week it's made $21.9 billion in direct investment in the U.S. and pointed to its 10 manufacturing facilities, 1,500 dealerships and 136,000 employees in the country.
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Most of the foods we eat are grown in soil across the planet. These soils differ a great deal due to the rocks that eroded to create it, the temperate and temperature changes that occurred as it developed, rain fall and humidity present as the soil developed, and many additional factors. Soil types are determined by the composition of sand silt, clay and organic matter. Soil types affect the soil's structure, ability to hold nutrients, water, air, structural support of plants, habitat for animal and microbial life, and more!
This simple activity is an introductory exploration to soil science that can help determine the type and best use of soil.
- Soil sample (about two cups)
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- Soil Type Triangle Diagram can be found on page 119 of the Minnesota School Garden Guide
- Place about 2 cups of soil in a quart jar and fill the jar with water.
- Place the lid on tightly and shake the jar.
- Place the jar on a flat surface and allow the soil to settle completely. The water will be clear when the total sample has settled.
- The soil particles have settled according to size with the largest and heaviest (sand) on the bottom and the smallest and lightest on the top (clay). The middle layer is silt. Using a ruler, measure the total height of the three layers and record this number to the nearest millimeter.
Total height of three layers = ______________________
- Calculate the percentage of the sample that is sand, silt and clay.
- Sand = (measure of bottom layer to the nearest mm ÷ total height of three layers to the nearest mm) x 100 = _______ % of sand
- Silt = (measure of middle layer to the nearest mm ÷ total height of three layers to the nearest mm) x 100 = _______ % of silt
- Clay = (measure of top layer to the nearest mm ÷ total height of three layers to the nearest mm) x 100 = _______ % of clay
- Use the Soil Type Triangle on page 119 of the Minnesota School Garden Guide to determine the name for this type of soil sample.
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- Access http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/ to examine soil issues in the United States and globally
For a complete "It All Begins with Soil" lesson plan and background information go to the Minnesota School Garden Guide, page 115 .
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If you watched the Democrat debate last night, then you and many other Americans witnessed something pretty scary. With Halloween creeping up on us, you can be certain that the Democrat party has even more frightening things in store for us.
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– Lack of diversity and perspective: For a party that touts diversity, the debate didn't portray any African American or Hispanic perspectives. Not to mention the youngest person on that stage was 52. The Republican field currently offers three candidates in their 40's, an African American and two Latinos.
– Socialism has passed its prime: The Democrats spent a fair amount of time arguing over the benefits of socialism. We can safely say that we are no longer in the 1960's, but the Democrats want to return us there. The Republican Party wants a return to the era of American Exceptionalism. Last night, the candidates focused on forcing all of America into a "mediocre-but-equal" economy, hypocritically ignoring the extraordinary opportunities that led to their own campaign for President.
– What happened to gender equality?: The Democrat front-runner seems to think that women are so out of the loop that they would vote for someone based solely on their gender instead of their policies. Women aren't that uninformed. They vote with their brains.
– Scariest of them all: The Democrats don't care that America is tired of being lied to. We want answers. We want accountability. But Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agreed on one thing: they don't care about the previous Secretary of State's potentially criminal emails! Even as the FBI launches an investigation and polls show most of America believes Hillary lied—these candidates don't want to answer the tough questions.
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could some one help me with this script please? I am having a 'senior moment' lol.
Ok so I have a nfs.sh file that I run. It mounts the nfs shares when I want them.
But if some of the shares are not available (machine not on), then I have to wait until it times out on that share.
What I want to have is a script that will ask something like (A)ll?, (b) main shares, (c) other desktops, (d) nas shares. (not that exact wording but you get the idea.
Then I can run this when wanted and choose which shares I want.
Yes I could put the mounts in Fstab but I prefer to have then as a separate script.
Having my senior moment about the basic' menu bit'.
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Thanks just what I needed. Just got a mental block over it for some reason.
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The porn starlet, August Ames, who suffered from chronic depression, passed away at the age of 23 in Camarillo, California. Her friends' fears that she could have taken her own life, confirmed. While the medical examiner has announced news of her suicide by hanging, toxicology tests are still underway. August Ames killed herself following a backlash over statements she made about shooting a scene with an actor who had been filmed in gay pornography.
whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNews, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. BS is all I can say🤷🏽♀ Do agents really not care about who they're representing? #ladirect I do my homework for my body🤓✏🔍— August Ames (@AugustAmesxxx) 3 декабря 2017 г.
"Omg, I can't believe she's dead," wrote friend Anikka Albright. "You people should have known better than to berate her over her personal thoughts! Shame on all you for beating it into the ground. Online harassment is a real thing & it claimed another life. Someone who I liked & would have even called a friend!"
Her husband, Kevin Moore, confirmed Ames' death and asked for privacy.
"She was the kindest person I ever knew and she meant the world to me. Please leave this as a private family matter in this difficult time."
Twitter bursts with posts condemning cyber bullying:
I would like to point out the incredible amount of attacks that were made on me by the lgbt community when I voiced my opinion on a trans woman being in Playboy. I received death threats against me and my daughter. This went on for days. This mob mentality must end. #augustames— Jenna Jameson (@jennajameson) 7 декабря 2017 г.
So a porn star named August Ames died today by suicide because of cyber bullying. She did not want to have a scene with a gay man (crossover is the term) and people in the industry and all over social media attacked her to the point of wanting to die. CYBER BULLYING IS NOT OKAY!!— Alex Scherer (@Alex_R_Scherer) 7 декабря 2017 г.
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The government has announced its intention to run all policies past small children, after discovering that they are intellectually better equipped to spot the huge flaws that evade MPs.
The move comes after a 9-year old boy appeared before the HS2 committee and, according to one MP, "deftly explained in words of one syllable quite how fucking stupid the whole thing is."
Tory MP Mike Ock said "We were all expecting this precocious little know-it-all to fall apart within seconds before our mighty scrutiny, and then we'd spend the rest of the day patronising the fuck out of him.
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"Especially the whole 'Very expensive with very little benefit' bit."
After the small child had explained economics, logic, and how basic maths works, the committee made a recommendation to the Prime Minister that the whole thing be dropped, and that Alex Rukin be given a job in the cabinet.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Oh Christmas Tree
We normally put up our Christmas tree and decorate our house on the first weekend day in December, but this year, we have a ridiculously crowded weekend at the start of December (including the launch of Karen's book next Saturday! Are we excited? You bet we are :-)
It was a little different this year. We listened to Christmas music, as we always do (by the by, if you've never heard the Crash Test Dummies Christmas album, you haven't lived), but we didn't bake as we decorated, and I didn't use the time to write Christmas cards, as I often do.
This is partly because I have a bad back at the moment, and baking would've put a bit too much stress on it, and partly because I have taken the decision that we won't be able to do our usual Christmas baked goods presents this year.
However, this is also the first November-December since A was born that I have an average of 30 hours a week of work to complete, three children to juggle, and a physical injury to nurse. Those things are just not compatible with the industrial-kitchen-level baking we usually engage in, and I really don't want to do a half-job of it; if I bake for some people, I like to bake for all the people :-)
I am hoping to go back to baking next year, and I very much hope that our gift recipients enjoy their shop-bought gifts this time. They'll come with just as much love and thanks, if less physical labour.
(This was an indulgence that my 7 year old, E, and I bought when out on a shopping trip a few weeks back. The kids have always wanted one, and seeing as this is literally the first Christmas since E was old enough to speak that I could afford it without relying on the magic plastic - thank you, crowded year of contracting! - I thought, why the heck not).
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