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It's a little surprising to me that nobody complained about one aspect of the behaviour in the code in GreaseMonkey Script To Sum Selected Numbers In A Web Page . I've been muttering under my breath and I wrote the code. This code naively assumes that in every web page there is just one body element. It is rather naive, and I've known that for a long time. What really... [More]
GreaseMonkey Script To Sum Selected Numbers In A Web Page
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This post is meant to inspire people who like programming the web to do simple tasks. It contains a sample Firefox GreaseMonkey [1] script, which I hope you will find useful. [2] Suppose you are looking at a web page, perhaps one with a table in, and you want to add up some numbers you see there. Perhaps they're in a column in that table. With this script you select the numbers... [More]
How I Look At Virtual Storage
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I thought I'd write about how I begin looking at virtual storage, occasioned by a customer who had a 24-bit virtual storage (878–10) ABEND [1] . Most of this is in our code, so easy for me to do. I hope you'll find it similarly easy. You've had hints of this in How Many Eggs In Which Baskets? and Broker And SMF 30 . The game is really to use product-neutral... [More]
The Effect Of CF Structure Distance
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Here's an interesting case that illustrates the effect of distance between a z/OS image and a Coupling Facility structure. I don't think this will embarrass the customer; It's not untypical of what I see. If anything I'm the one that should be slightly embarrassed, as you'll see... A customer has two machines, 3 kilometers apart, with an ICF in each machine and Parallel Sysplex members in each... [More]
Coupling Facility Memory
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Or "who made all the pies"? I've written a number of times about Coupling Facility Performance but I don't think I've written about memory for a while. In any case I'd like to share with you a couple of graphs I've taught my code to make. The first isn't strictly speaking specific to Coupling Facilities. But it's useful anyway and does help... [More]
After An Indecent Interval
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In After A Decent Interval I talked about the need for frequently-cut SMF Interval records. This post is about bad behaviours (or maybe not so bad, depending on your point of view). It's actually an exploration of when interval-related records get cut, which turned into a bit of a "Think Friday" experiment. But I think - quite apart from the interest - it has some usefulness in... [More]
What's The Point Of WLM?
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At UK GSE Annual Conference I presented on DB2 and Workload Manager. It occurred to me that one of the slides was a good basis for a blog post, posing the question "what's the point of WLM?" And this was the slide, with me "for scale purposes". (Thanks to Karen Wilkins for the photograph.) So let me try to give you a synopsis of my view, expanding on each of the... [More]
Not So Much Renaissance Man More Tool-Using Ape :-)
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If you come to my blog only for Performance- or SMF-related topics you're going to be disappointed in this post. But if, like me, you're interested in storytelling and web-related technologies then read on. This post is about HTML5 Canvas - a technology I really like. Some Of Why I Care About Web Technologies To try and keep this focused I'm going to talk only about why web... [More]
The End Is Nigh For CICS
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… and other address spaces, too. In Once Upon A Restart I talked about how to detect IPLs and restarts of CICS regions and MQ subsystems (and other long-running address spaces) - from SMF Type 30 Interval records. It's easy to see starts but what about stops ? [1] It turns out you can estimate when address spaces stop from the SMF 30 Interval records (Subtypes 2 and 3): When there is... [More]
Curiouser And Curiouser, Spike
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As you've probably gathered I like to get nosy about how customers run systems. This is probably best and most recently exemplified by this blog post: Once Upon A Restart So this post is about another piece of curiosity: What spikes can tell us about how people run systems. In a way it's similar to what restarts tell us, hence the above blog post link. I like "Think... [More]
WLM Velocity - Another Fine Rhetorical Device I've Gotten Myself Into
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Back in 2010 I wrote about a graph I'd developed for understanding how a Service Class Period's velocity behaves. That post is here: WLM Velocity - "Rhetorical Devices Are Us" . At the time I was concerned not to show up the customer by displaying the graph. I think that was the right decision. But in the presentation I mention here: Workload Manager And DB2 Presentation... [More]
DFSORT JOINKEYS Instrumentation - A Practical Example
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Some technologies show up "in the field" very soon after they're announced and shipped. Others take a little longer. Back in 2009 [1] I blogged about one technology - DFSORT JOINKEYS. For this post to make much sense you'll probably want to read that post first. Here it is: DFSORT Does JOIN . Dave Betten and I have - at last - a set of data from a customer where one of the... [More]
Workload Manager And DB2 Presentation Abstract
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I'm pleased to be presenting three sessions at UK GSE Annual Conference, Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th November in Whittlebury Hall. Two are on the zCMPA (Performance and Capacity or "UKCMG") track: Life and Times of an Address Space (Tuesday) zIIP Capacity Planning (Wednesday) I've written about these extensively. Obviously they're evolved a bit and I have specific... [More]
Broker And SMF 30
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Sitting in Dave Gorman's Broker V9 presentation in Budapest it struck me it would be a useful exercise to apply the "Systems Investigation" techniques I write about to Broker running on z/OS. So let's see how far we can get with SMF 30 Interval records, in the vein of Life And Times Of An Address Space . It's a nice exercise [1] but I think it's directly useful... [More]
System z Technical University, Budapest 12-16 May 2014, Slides
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In Budapest at the European System z Technical University I presented three topics: zIIP Capacity Planning (twice) Life And Times Of An Address Space Parallel Batch Performance Considerations The links take you to the Slideshare uploads of these presentations. The first two of these are updated for this conference and I've overwritten the previous versions - as the new versions subtracting... [More]
And Just Complain
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"Mobile" appears to be "flavour of the month" right now, and this week at System z Technical University it has certainly been a topic in evidence, whether it's discussions in the breaks, sessions on software pricing, or sessions on Mobile-enabling technology. I don't intend in this post to discuss any of these. Instead I want to talk about the types of users... [More]
Hints Of Other Systems
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You can blame the weather for this post. I'm writing it on a flight above thick cloud [1] on my way to Munich and then to Budapest for this year's European System z Technical University. I like to see the complete picture when I'm examining systems: It makes getting it right so much easier. And there's something rather satisfying about getting your arms all the way round... [More]
Appening 4 - SwiftKey on iOS
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Sometimes I'm in the mood to carefully peck at the text and sometimes I'm in the mood to just "splurge write". And sometimes a bit of both. This post is a case in point: I just want to get the words out as fast as I can. Now, I do quite a bit of writing on iOS as it lets me write wherever and whenever I get the chance. I like its prediction and correction... [More]
Once Upon A Restart
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h3, h4, p { margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em; } If you have a large mainframe estate it can be difficult to keep track of when the various moving parts start and stop. For example, if you're a Performance person it's quite likely nobody bothered to tell you when the systems were IPL'ed. You might well know what the regime for starting and stopping CICS is but I... [More]
Appening 3 - Editorial on iOS
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Over a year ago I wrote about a couple of iOS applications I was enjoying using. [1] And now it's time to write about a third, as it's part of my authoring toolkit. In Recent Conference Presentations I showed off my then new writing rig: Byword (with MultiMarkDown) and my iPad Mini with a Logitech light keyboard cover. I said that would be my rig for a while. So this post also... [More]


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A Vibrant, Relaxed Garden Wedding at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida
"We both wanted an outdoor wedding that felt relaxed and romantic," Tina Lasorsa (25 and a vintage and antique jewelry dealer) says, which is why she and Sean Gonzalez (27 and a pop culture convention event coordinator) chose the lush Flamingo Gardens. "We had about 100 'human' guests attend and countless birds crash the party. It was fantastic."
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"Indie films are our best ambassadors to the world. They show the diversity of who we are and they travel without passports. If people were only forced to observe commercial cinema, they would think we all wore superhero costumes and carried assault rifles. These movies speak to our more expansive nature." So ends the article The Wrap released on Wednesday regarding the wonderful news that The San Francisco Film Society's funding from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation for artist grants shall go on indefinitely. And yes that's my quote -- but I am sort of paraphrasing my wife's grandfather, the producer Walter Wanger.
Read the whole article here. It's pretty great news: "This funding will allow filmmakers to afford to take creative risk away from day to day commercial concerns". But is that initial quote that keeps coming back to me.
Yesterday, drafting a new post, I penned: "all art crosses boundaries in a way that even a passport can not provide." If we want people to know us better, we have to get the great diversity of our work seen and heard.
I have been doing a lot of public speaking lately. I have started to often state: "Film builds bridges of empathy across vast divides of difference.". It is so true. Films are our paths to others' hearts and minds. Film is a community organizing tool. It is profoundly social and the cinema equation is not complete until their are audiences in the discussion.
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SALISBURY, Md. – Senior superback Joe Benedetti ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns and senior linebacker Rodney Hill blocked an extra point and intercepted Rowan University's Paul Hamersma late as the No. 11 Salisbury University football team defeated the Profs, 17-9, in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Sea Gull Stadium Saturday.
Benedetti scored from 10 yards out with 3:19 remaining in the fourth and the Salisbury (9-2) defense picked off Hamersma on consecutive drives to hold on for the win. The Gulls will face Widener University, a 44-14 winner over Bridgewater State College, next Saturday at noon at site to be determined.
Rowan (7-3) took the ball on its own 28-yard line with 3:13 left and gained a first down, on a pair of catches by Anthony Barone to get to the 40-yard line, but was unable to advance further when, on third and 10, Hill snared a Hamersma pass at midfield.
The Profs used their final two timeouts and got the ball back with 1:03 to play following a 31-yard Kyle Hamby punt to the 35. SU was whistled for a roughing-the-pass passer penalty, moving the ball up to midfield, but three incomplete passes later, Rowan faced a fourth and 10 to keep its season alive.
Hamersma dropped back and lofted a pass down the middle of the field that safety Greg Stanton grabbed at the 7-yard line. Stanton's team-leading sixth interception of the season ensured the Sea Gulls will play another week.
SU never trailed, jumping out to a 7-0 lead on the first offensive possession of the game when Benedetti scored his 11th touchdown of the season from 16 yards out. Quarterback Dan Griffin found slot Isaiah Taylor with a 31-yard pass on the play prior to the Benedetti score, which capped a nine-play, 84-yard drive, at the 10:50 mark.
Rowan responded with a touchdown drive of its own right away. Hamersma, who started in place of senior quarterback Louie Bianchini due to injury, completed three straight passes to move the Profs to their 40. Three plays later, he found Frank Giardina for 13 yards and a first down to the Salisbury 30-yard line.
Rowan marched to the 4, and it seemed the Sea Gulls' defense would hold, but Hamersma hooked up with tight end Chris Garcia on fourth and goal from the 2 for a TD with 3:30 left in the first quarter.
Hill, though, came up big on the extra point blocking it to keep the SU lead intact. It was SU's sixth blocked kick of the season.
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Benedetti averaged 5.7 yards on 22 carries while Taylor totaled 110 with 67 receiving and 43 rushing. Griffin was 2-for-6 passing, with both completions going to Taylor, and had 22 yards rushing.
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Stanton, Chris Everett and Matt McMurdo each tallied nine tackles to lead the SU defense. Hill finished with six tackles, the interception, blocked kick and a breakup.
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Microsoft Explains the SMBv2 Bug
The SMBv2 bug patched this past Tuesday by Microsoft was a notable one for a number of reasons. One is that it was introduced in new code developed under Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle or SDL. Such bugs have been pretty rare.
The guru of the SDL at Microsoft, Michael Howard, has written a blog about this particular bug, complete with the source code of the problem sections. The problem came from a programmer using the wrong variable name at one point: "pHeader->Command" instead of "pWI->Command". It was syntactically legal and I guess the circumstances were obscure enough that it didn't cause a problem often, but it was wrong.
As Howard concludes in his analysis, this isn't a typical security bug, like a buffer overflow .or accessing freed memory. The SDL has done a good job of eliminating those. But the only way a bug like this will be found is either by code reviews or by fuzz testing, both of which are required by the SDL. This code was reviewed, but the reviewer missed it. In the end it was found by fuzzing late in the test process for Windows 7, and fixed between the RC code and the RTM code. But it wasn't fixed in earlier OSs until Tuesday.
I think this bug isn't as serious as some claimed it would be because there are lots of mitigating factors, like the Windows Firewall almost certainly being in place, which is probably another reason why the bug went undetected for so long. All of these are reasons, I would argue, to think that Windows Vista and 7 largely have the upper hand against exploits.


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7 Lessons Learned While Being The Man
I have now been in the position of Director at the San Rafael Public Library for seven months, officially permanently the director for almost two. Before that, I was the Assistant Director for nine months. For better or for worse, I think it is safe to say that I have made the transition from being a techie-librarian to being, as Nate Hill so aptly put it, 'The Man.'*
The Hell You Say…
I believe my response to Nate at the time involved the oh-so-mature phrases "shut your mouth" and "nuh-uh, take it back." Some cursing likely occurred in between. I may have even smacked him on the shoulder. I don't remember. I think I actually blacked out from the shock of the epithet, so I'll trust to Nate's memories of that conversation instead of mine.
The Man Suit
Suffice it to say that the idea of being in charge, of being an administrator, raises mixed emotions in me. I've always prided myself on being the fighter, the principled one who stood up in meetings and said the thing the person in charge least wanted to hear and took the beatings afterward gladly. I am the iconoclast, the rabble-rouser, the pain in the behind of pretty much everyone who's ever supervised me (sorry to David, Pat, Carol, Mary, Jane, the list goes on…). The idea that I am now a Director still makes me crinkle my forehead and make a little kid pouty face. The concept that I'm running a library is still foreign to me, it's still weird, and it's still a suit I'm getting comfortable wearing.
All of that being said, those same supervisors I tortured would be the first to say that I like being in charge of things. I believe that my younger brother and sister will echo that sentiment, telling stories about me being just a wee bit bossy even as a seven-year-old. I admit that I fully enjoy having the ability to say "Yes, we're just gonna buy those shelves" or "Good idea–try it and let me know in a month how it's going." But that ability comes at the cost of being the person ultimately responsible when things go badly, messes need cleaning up, and when mistakes are made.
How I Became The Man
When I was debating whether or not to apply for the Director position, I asked a dozen or so close friends and colleagues what they thought I should do. I got the same answer from almost everyone: "You need to do this. We need more public library directors who are tech-savvy, willing to take risks, and who embrace change." I thought "Well, grrr to your making me some kind of weird representative of the tech-savvy-librarianship class–it's not my responsibility to shoulder that burden!" But it is, just as it is for everyone else who represents a particularly specialty or area of expertise. So I applied, was offered the job, and accepted. I am still humbled and grateful to the City Manager for showing such confidence in me. I will continue to try to be worthy of that confidence.
Which brings us back to present day, and me being The Man. *shudder* A local colleague thinking of moving from front line librarianship into administration asked me yesterday what I'd learned so far in my recent role as The Man. It's weird how everyone keeps using that phrase, and I was reminded of Nate's postscript (sometime after I stopped hitting him) which was something along the lines of "No, you really are The Man but it's not a bad thing. You're good at it–at organizing people, working through bureaucracy." Something like that. Maybe I dreamed that in an effort to pad my ego as I stepped off the cliff into Administration-dom. Nate will have to chime in 😉
So what have I learned? Some tough lessons. And here they are.
7 Lessons Learned While Being The Man
1. Budgets will hamstring your dreams
I have grandiose plans for 3D printers, enhanced item displays, better signage, community outreach and partnerships, multimedia production…the list is endless. However, when working in a short-staffed situation, it becomes nearly impossible to realize any of those wonderful dreams. Even if you could get donations for any items with a direct cost, the reality of short staffing in most libraries means that it's all you can do to keep the doors open and the desks staffed. Off desk time! What off desk time? When, precisely, do you want your staff producing that weekly digital literacy program for local cable? During their lunch breaks? I am facing a specific budget challenge at present, beyond the year-upon-year-upon-year of regular funding cuts. And that challenge kept me up at nights, literally wondering how I was going to keep the library open. When that is the very real concern, 3D printers sound a lot less important. Sorry, but it's true. I think through this crisis I'm learning quickly that when there's no money to go around, anything "extra" just ain't gonna happen…and that's no one's fault, it just is. I feel badly for losing my cool with managers in the past who said no to my requests for upgraded networks, web hosting, and equipment. It's possible they were facing similar challenges to mine. But if so, they never said anything…which leads me to #2.
2. Be transparent
As soon as I realized our budget situation, I started telling the supervisors, then the rest of the staff, the support groups, etc. One of the things I have had the hardest time with as a librarian has been the obfuscated decision-making processes that I bore witness to, the closed door meetings, the "nobody gets to know this except for us" mentality. It is my goal to be as transparent as possible about what's going on with the library, both internally and externally, and I hope I'm walking the walk so far. I'm really trying very hard to do so, even when I know what I say will make people mad. Someone asked me earlier this week for a $500 piece of equipment. That budget line was already well-overspent so I had to say no, but I told the person why I was saying no. When I send out messages reiterating a particular procedure or asking staff to be careful about something, I don't leave it up to the vague-rumor-mill to figure out what prompted my email–I say so…in the email. Transparency is good, period.
3. Not everyone is going to like you–too bad for them
I know this might shock people (not really) but not everyone likes me. There are people within the organization and outside of it who made their opinions of me very well-known when I was the Acting Director. There are people whose opinions of me have changed, and people who still think I am the Anti-Christ. Too bad for them. I'm the Director and I'm not going anywhere. I can't, nor do I expect to, make everyone like me. In fact, if I'm not pissing somebody off at any given time about something, then I'm probably not doing my job very well. If you need to be liked, then being in administration is not for you. I've seen too many friendly, good-hearted people get chewed up by the great administration machine. You gotta have thick walls and clear boundaries, my friends, to do this.
4. Your job is to make everyone look good
Someone makes a mistake? You take the blame. Someone does something truly awesome? She gets all the credit. You do something truly awesome? Tell your own boss, but otherwise stay quiet. I've been doing stuff I'm proud of, and part of me wishes I could crow about it but I don't. It's not about me…it's about the library.
5. Small details matter
That little unnecessary extra step people take in a routine process? It matters. Get rid of it. The paint that's chipping in the hallway that drives someone nuts? Fix it. It's easy to get lost in the macro issues. Don't forget the micro issues matter a lot too.
6. You're always on
When I go out walking downtown at lunch, people know me as the Library Director. They say hi, ask me how the library's doing, some try to give me books to return. When I am shopping for tomatoes at Whole Foods, I'm still the Library Director. When I'm pounding back a pint of Guinness at the pub, I'm still the Library Director. Any time I'm in public, no matter the day or the time, I'm still the community's Library Director. This is why that Guinness consumption now always takes place outside my immediate area. I cannot have a conversation about library policy with you at 11pm on a Saturday night in a bar. Any time I'm in public, including when I'm taking the garbage out in my jammies at 7am, I have to remember that some people know who I am and anything I do could potentially reflect positively or negatively on the library. Is it fair? Nah. It's just the reality of being a public servant.
7. The days of sleeping well are over
This one's hard. Maybe it's just me, but since I was appointed Acting Director I lost any semblance of a normal night's sleep. Perhaps that will fade with time (hey, more experienced directors–does it fade?). I wake up at 2am thinking of something I should add to a report. I toss and turn trying to fall asleep thinking about the 7 mistakes I made in the spreadsheet I drew up yesterday. I stress out about how to address personnel issues, about whether or not I'm going to say something stupid at a City Council meeting, on and on. I have a recurring nightmare involving a particularly scary patron. I've always been on the stressier side, but it's intensified since the new job. I really hope this goes away, but I don't expect that it will.
If you've made the transition into library administration, what lessons did you learn? What would you share with your colleagues? What crash-and-burn mistakes did you make that you can help us newbies from making? What helped you succeed most? Do share!
* I don't want to hear any crap about 'The Man' being a sexist or gendered term. You know what I mean. If you have a better way of saying it, let me know.


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This module exports the main functions that Setup.hs scripts use. It re-exports the UserHooks type, the standard entry points like defaultMain and defaultMainWithHooks and the predefined sets of UserHooks that custom Setup.hs scripts can extend to add their own behaviour.
This module isn't called "Simple" because it's simple. Far from it. It's called "Simple" because it does complicated things to simple software.
The original idea was that there could be different build systems that all presented the same compatible command line interfaces. There is still a Distribution.Make system but in practice no packages use it.
|module Distribution.Package
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|Like defaultMain, but accepts the package description as input rather than using IO to read it.
|A version of defaultMain that is passed the command line arguments, rather than getting them from the environment.
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Basic autoconf UserHooks:
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Hello. My heart rate is very low sometimes. It also beats very, very loudly, and I am at rest.
Normally, I can do 15 push-ups, swim at the Y, walk 3 miles with groceries in my backpack.
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Ike water, I am shaky, weak, dizzy, fatigued. I actually must nap for several hours.
This Friday my autism support staff will take me to see a cardiologist.
I live alone.
For 20 years I have been on a glaucoma eye drop which is a nets blocker, called timolol. It might be causing the problems, so my eye doc switched it. It is about 48 hours without the timolol, but my heart still has loud palpitations.
My Dad had sick sinus syndrome when he was 80, and got a pacemaker. I am only at midlife.
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Recently we bought a hand of red bananas. We watched them for a while, but couldn't sense a change in them (they don't change color). We eventually opened one and it was hard inside. How can I tell when they are ripe?
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Altair » February 4th, 2017, 5:30 pm wrote:Oops... just doing some more research I've found this vid of the Hispasat launch, a recent one from Jan 27th 2017.
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world's lightest satellite, which will be put into orbit at a Nasa facility in the US in June.
Rifath Shaarook's 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was selected as the winner in a competition co-sponsored by Nasa.
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molodyets » May 17th, 2017, 1:50 pm wrote:I've been reading this thread and haven't found an answer to the following question: If radio signals bounce off the ionosphere from land based transmitters, how does the signal from space penetrate the ionosphere? If anyone has the answer to this question, please let me know. Or, if the answer is within this thread, please tell me where because I missed it.
molodyets » May 17th, 2017, 1:50 pm wrote:Another question I've always had is about signal strength. What type of transmission signal would be required for a satellite in Geostationary orbit (~ 35,000km away) to communicate with Earth? Since the signal strength decreases with the inverse square of the distance, a rough calculation shows the signal to be too weak. If we say a satellite can send a signal of 5kw, the signal strength at Earth would be on the order of 1E-12watts. I know different frequencies have different penetrating power so I know it's not as simple. Not even the military has the capability to resolve such a weak signal so they would need a complicated relay pathway with signal booster satellites and such. Hmm, kind of funny, for satellites to be useful, you need more satellites.
Or, the above could just mean that they use modulated laser signals? But then you need to consider beam divergence which is pretty significant at such a long distance.
Peter » May 17th, 2017, 3:38 pm wrote:
Is there honestly not enough info already in this thread, and the rocketry thread, to end the satellite myth for you?
agraposo » May 18th, 2017, 11:15 am wrote:molodyets,
no manmade device or spacecraft has ever gone into space. Period. For people that think the contrary, NASA has a special science to explain all their missions. All they have to do is apply the physic laws that work in the Earth to space. Nobody can demonstrate that they are wrong.
As hoi says, a lot of time can be wasted easily trying to find the answers. But I give you a short reply to your questions.
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This year, the City of Rensselaer is competing with several other communities in Indiana for a chance to be chosen by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2012 "Back Home Again in Indiana" Community Outreach Program to receive a $20,000 grant.
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As Idle No More protests targeted border crossings across the country, a First Nations blockade once again halted rail service in Ontario.
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Police in Cornwall, Ont. closed the Seaway International Bridge to the United States early Saturday after thousands of protesters gathered at the border crossing, carrying flags and placards, and beating drums.
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Protesters said they are fighting for change and will continue to hold demonstrations until the federal government takes positive action on the rights of indigenous peoples.
"Everybody needs to come together and wake up now before it's too late, and before there's nothing left for our children," said one protester.
The bridge reopened at about 3:30 p.m. local time.
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Protests also took place at border crossings in Niagara Falls and Fort Erie, Ont., Surrey B.C. and at the Deh Cho Bridge in the North West Territories.
Meanwhile, both federal and aboriginal leaders are hoping the meeting planned with Harper for next week will mark the beginning of an ongoing dialogue with the government on issues including First Nation development and land treaty rights.
Harper's meeting with Spence is ahead of the previously scheduled Jan. 24 gathering of the Assembly of First Nations. In a statement Friday, Harper said the Jan. 11 meeting will serve as a follow-up to the Crown-First Nations gathering a year ago, when the two sides discussed strengthening relations, governance, economic development and respecting treaties.
His announcement came on day 25 of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike. Spence has lived off liquids since Dec. 11 in an effort to help call attention to the broader Idle No More Movement, which has seen groups throughout Canada hold demonstrations in a bid to forge a new relationship between Ottawa and First Nations communities.
Spence said Friday she will continue her hunger strike until the meeting takes place.
NDP MP Charlie Angus, who represents the northern Ontario riding which includes Attawapiskat, said he hopes the Jan. 11 meeting is the first of many.
"I see this first meeting as a sign of goodwill," Angus told CTV News Channel on Saturday. "Out of that meeting there needs to be a plan…We have got to stop going from crisis to crisis, from Band-Aid solution to Band-Aid solution. There needs to a long-term solution."
Angus calls the hunger strike and the demonstrations "unprecedented" and said the issue of infrastructure in First Nations communities should be a priority.
"There are a lot of issues out there," he said. "The sense of where they need to go in terms of development in the communities, in terms of how negotiations are handled with the federal government with resource development."
Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox said the main reason behind the protests was the passing of Bill C-45.
Protesters say First Nations lands and treaty rights are being infringed upon through the government's contentious omnibus budget bill.
"This is something that many First Nations have always wanted to get the general public to understand," said Fox.
"We never relinquished any of the resources. We never ceded any of the resources, the minerals, that was not part of the treaty."
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May met with Spence on Friday and said her fast has been a catalyst in the Idle No More Movement.
"But it is just the beginning of turning a new page in the relationship between aboriginal Canadians, First Nations and all levels of non-indigenous government," May said in a statement. "We have a long way to go to demonstrate respect for treaty rights and inherent indigenous rights under our Constitution and under international law."
Both May and Angus also expressed concern for Spence's health.
The Attawapiskat chief is surviving on fish broth and medicine teas for almost a month, and has appeared weak in her more recent public appearances.
"I think that she needs to step back a little bit at this point and get her health together and get the other people to step up and begin negotiations," Angus said.
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- Plug-and-play wireless receiver - There's no software to install. Just plug the receiver into a USB port to begin. And when the show is over, you can store the receiver in the presenter.
Technical Specifications
- Green laser pointer
- 100-foot (30-meter) effective range with 2.4 GHz wireless technology
- LCD display with timer, battery-power and reception-level indicator
- Built-in slideshow buttons
- Storable plug-and-play receiver
- On/Off switch
- Carrying case
System Requirements:
- Windows® XP, Windows Vista®Windows® 7
- USB port
Warranty Information
- 3-year limited hardware warranty
Package Contents
- Logitech® Professional Presenter R800
- Wireless mini-receiver
- 2 AAA batteries
- Carrying case
- Quick-start guide


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729 State Route 3 North
Gambrills, MD 21054
New 2018 Thor Motor Coach Windsport 35M
This Windsport Class A gas coach by Thor Motor Coach offers double slide outs for added interior space, a bath and a half, sleeping for seven comfortably, and so much more!
Step inside model 35M and see just how convenient your next road trip can be. There is a slide out dream dinette and expanding sofa on the opposite side as the entry door for relaxing or sleeping. With overhead storage above the sofa, and two sets of seat belts, all of your guests and cabinet items will be secure while traveling. There is also a drop down overhead bunk above the cab area for added sleeping space if needed as well. The convenient coffee table between the captain's chairs allows for more table top space for just about anything. You are sure to enjoy the 40" LED TV along the outer half bath wall.
To the left of the entry door find a kitchen with all the amenities needed to create gourmet meals and snacks on the go. There is a double kitchen sink, a three burner range with overhead microwave oven, residential refrigerator, and a pantry. The pantry and overhead storage offers plenty of space for dry and canned food items, plus your dishes and things.
The centrally located half bath includes a toilet, vanity with sink, plus linen storage. A closet on the opposite side has been prepped for a stackable washer and dryer if you choose to add that option.
In the master bedroom you will find a slide out king size bed with nightstands on both sides along with overhead storage above the head of the bed on the curb side. Opposite find a wardrobe and dresser with a 32" LED TV.
Next, you are sure to enjoy the complete rear bath with a 30" x 36" shower on the left and a toilet on the right including a vanity with sink and linen storage along the rear wall.
Heading outdoors you will find the outside 32" LED TV, and so much more!
We were extremely satisfied with our entire dealings with you. We were not able to make it in to dealership during normal hours, so our salesperson met us on a Sunday. I will highly recommend Leo's. - Charles
Stock# 03189780
Chassis: Ford F53
Interior Color: FUSION GREY II
|36 ft 9 in
|Ext Width
|8 ft 3 in
|Ext Height
|12 ft 2 in
|Int Height
|7 ft
|Interior Color
|Hitch Weight
|8000 lbs
|Gross Weight
|22000 lbs
|Fresh Water Capacity
|50 gals
|Grey Water Capacity
|84 gals
|Black Water Capacity
|69 gals
|Tire Size
|Furnace BTU
|35000 btu
|Fuel Type
|6.8L Triton V10
|Ford F53
|320 hp
|Fuel Capacity
|80 gals
|242 in
|Number Of Bunks
|Available Beds
|460 ft-lb
|Refrigerator Type
|Residential Refrigerator with Ice Maker
|Refrigerator Size
|11 cu ft
|Cooktop Burners
|Shower Size
|30" x 36"
|Number of Awnings
|LP Tank Capacity
|Water Heater Capacity
|6 gal
|Water Heater Type
|DSI Gas/Electric
|13500 btu
|Basement Storage
|113 cu. ft.
|TV Info
|LR 40" LED TV, BR 32" LED TV, Ext. 32" LED TV
|Awning Info
|18' Power
|Washer/Dryer Available
|Gross Combined Weight
|26000 lbs
|Shower Type
|Electrical Service
|50 amp


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ADA Eligibility for Dial-A-Ride
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2013 15:57
The Americans with Disabilities Act has established categories of persons who are eligible to receive Paratransit services complementary to fixed route service. These persons are functionally defined based upon their inability to use existing fixed route service.
The regulations also establish standards for the process of determining eligibility and require that an appeal process be established.
In compliance with the ADA Regulations Pullman Transit has implemented an ADA Eligibility process, and in the event a person is denied ADA Certification, an appeal process.
1. Any person with a disability who can use an accessible vehicle, but for whom any desired trip cannot be made because the fixed route service they need to use is not yet accessible, is deemed eligible.
This category includes persons who presently qualify under the 1986 Section 504 regulations for "Special Services" and includes persons who use walkers, wheelchairs or braces, and others whose disabilities prevent them from utilizing an inaccessible vehicle or facility.
2. Individuals who because of their disability cannot independently board, ride and/or disembark from an accessible vehicle. The driver is expected to provide assistance in operating the boarding system, extendable ramp, or any securement devices.
The presence of a traveling companion does not effect the evaluation of the eligible individual's ability to independently utilize the transit service.
3. Individuals who have impairment-related conditions that prevent them from getting to or from a boarding or disembarking location. Examples of eligibility based on this category would include severe, chronic fatigue related to HIV infection and AIDS, heat sensitivity due to cardiovascular disease and hypothermia due to quadriplegia.
4. An individual who has been certified by another transit provider will be considered eligible by Pullman Transit for 21 days as required by the ADA.
5. A person traveling as a companion of a person who is ADA Paratransit eligible is deemed eligible for that trip. Additional traveling companions must be accommodated on a space available basis only.
6. Personal care attendants required by the eligible individual for travel are considered mobility aids and not companions.
7. The regulations make explicit the eligibility of persons whose disability is temporary. Certification of eligibility would carry a specific expiration date.
8. Individuals may be eligible for ADA Paratransit if their disability is intermittent. Such individuals will need to be certified for eligibility based upon the most limiting aspects of their disability.
9. An individual will be certified as ADA Paratransit eligible if there is any part of the system in the designated service area that cannot be used or navigated by that individual because of a disability.
Procedures for Determining ADA Paratransit Eligibility
The United States Department of Transportation American's with Disabilities Act (USDOT ADA) regulations allow the requirement of medical certification in determining ADA Paratransit eligibility. Such documentation would be limited primarily to a specific impairment related to a disability.
Documentation from sources such as an independent living or rehabilitation counselor, physical therapist, or other such professional, would prove more useful in establishing an individual's ability to utilize transit service.
Pullman Transit utilizes an ADA eligibility process which generally relies on self-certification of a person's functional abilities, supplemented by additional documentation only as is required to effectively evaluate and classify an individual's specific impairments.
Documentation would also be required if a particular claim appeared to be unsupported by the information provided in the application or appeared to be fraudulent.
Re-certification will not be necessary, once an individual has been certified with Pullman Transit. However, an individual will have the option of being re-certified if their functional abilities have changed since their last certification.
Documentation of ADA Paratransit Eligibility
A person determined to be eligible for ADA Paratransit service must be provided some form of documentation that can be used as identification when the person travels to another transit area. This documentation must include the name of the eligible individual, the name of the certifying transit provider and the telephone number of the provider's Paratransit coordinator, an expiration date, any conditions or limitations on eligibility, and if the individual indicated a need for a personal care attendant.
For assistance or to obtain more information on the Americans with Disabilities Act please contact Wayne Thompson at (509) 338-3249.


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Syrian rebels say Islamic State could be defeated
When the shock troops of the Islamic State set out to conquer a city in Syria or Iraq, their first move has been to avoid a battle by spreading terror – using videos that show them savaging civilians and beheading captured soldiers.
If psychological warfare fails, the self-styled "Army of the Caliphate" has developed its own form of maneuver warfare, using the fleet of four-wheel drive American Humvees seized from Iraqi army bases to outflank their foes and throw them into confusion.
The highly mobile force has embraced technology and public relations, but it's also is skilled at data base management. It use satellite uplinks to communicate from the field, and members say its forces have deployed reconnaissance drones.
It's been 12 weeks since the Islamic State stunned the world by seizing vast territories in Iraq to add to the territory it already controlled in Syria. The western-backed Free Syrian Army was not surprised, however.
Some outsiders have written them off as weak, uncoordinated and deeply factionalized, but the rebels have experience fighting the Islamic State since they ousted them from large parts of northern Syria early this year. What that experience has shown the rebels is that Islamic State fighters are fierce and unafraid of death and a difficult match for an ill-equipped, disorganized rebel force.
In the past two months, moderate rebels have lost more ground to the Islamic State, particularly in eastern Syria. But rebel officers, most of them defectors from the Syrian army, say the Islamic extremists can be defeated with more international support and better internal organization.
At the same time, they warn that U.S. air strikes, without ground spotters – a task they would like to fulfill – will prove counterproductive and controversial, because the Islamic State, with no permanent bases, uses civilians as human shields.
Just 10 days ago, the Syrian regime, which for nearly a year had allowed the Islamic State to crate a safe haven on Syrian soil, sent its Air Force to bomb Raqqa, the jihadists' stronghold. But in 50 air strikes, they killed only about 10 Islamic State members and around 200 civilians, said Mutasem al Jisri, the media liaison to the rebels' Supreme Military Staff.
And they say it would be a mistake to underestimate the determination of the Islamic State fighters, most of them non-Syrians, who don suicide belts as they go into battle. A commander, who faced them in a losing battle in eastern Syria, noted that medical units are not sent to attend to wounded Islamic State fighters, who are seeking martyrdom. "They are ready to die, willingly. They are not afraid of anything," said Capt. Iyad Shamsi, who witnessed the Islamists' walkover in June in Abu Kamal, Euphrates river town on Syria's eastern border with Iraq.
"They brought their (black) flags, they distributed their videos," he told McClatchy. "Everyone was afraid. Some (rebel) fighters just dropped their weapons. Abu Kamal fell after a very short battle, and it caused a Dominoes effect in the nearby town of Shahfah, Sh-hail and to the west." The Free Syrian army, by contrast, had done no "hearts and minds" work to reassure the population and didn't even have a flag to plant.
The fall of Deir El Zour, the second biggest city in eastern Syria, was an even bigger calamity.
In January, as Free Syrian Army volunteers attacked and expelled extremists from northeastern Syria, rebels also expelled the radicals from Deir El Zour. "We kept them out for four months," Abu Mousab, a home heating contractor-turned-rebel commander, told McClatchy.
But in June, even before the fall of Mosul, Iraq, they started to penetrate again. Then in July, strengthened with fresh weapons, ammunition and vehicles after capturing army bases in northern Iraq, a force of some 2,000, calling itself the "Army of the Caliphate," returned with a vengeance. Forces came from Raqqa, a city in northeast Syria where the Syrian government allowed the Islamic State to establish its capital, and from Iraq.
To soften up resistance, they broadcast terror videos, "showing how they slaughter and kill," recalled Abu Mousab, who asked to be called "Mousab's father" to protect family members still living in the region. Their next step was to use their supporters in the town, a sort of fifth column, to discourage other locals, either with bribes or warnings, from putting up a fight.
The "spies," as he called them, also advised Islamic State commanders where were the weakest points in the defense of the town, he said. That done, the "Army of the Caliphate" launched its invasion. Almost all were foreigners – from Kazakhstan, China, France, Morocco and other countries – and the commander of one wing was by Omar al Shishani, a Chechen. "No one speaks Arabic. The only words they know are Bismullah (In the name of God) and Hamdiallah (Thank God)," he said.
This column advanced moved along two fronts _ from the west with tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery and heavy machine guns usable as anti-aircraft weapons – and from the east, this one a sort of 21st Century cavalry of captured Humvees. Islamic State commanders not only had tactical intelligence, but also powerful means of communications, with antennae and receivers in each vehicle, Abu Mousab said.
In two weeks of fighting, the armored units forced the defenders onto the main intersection in Deir El Zour, the Al Halabia traffic circle.They found themselves battling not only the Islamic State, but also the Assad regime, which took advantage of the situation and bombed the rebel forces. The final blow was the unexpected arrival of some 1,000 Islamic State troops, coming in from the rear, which threw threw the rebels into disarray. And that was the end of Deir El Zour.
But the city needn't have fallen. According to Abu Mousab, rebel forces altogether had some 10,000 fighters, not to mention a reserve of fighters who belong to the tribes that control the region and are eager to carry on the battle.
Their readiness to resist was a tragic coda to the battle. After seizing Deir El Zour, the Islamic State enraged locals by staging public crucifixions of local on the pretext of various crimes. The apparent aim was intimidation. "Killing them in this way sends a message of terror," Abu Mousab said. Adding to the outrage, the Islamic State keeps its victims on its crosses for three days, and then doesn't allow families to fetch the corpse of their relative.
The outrages multiplied, and one tribe, the Al Shuaitat, staged a rebellion in early August, only to be it crushed by the Islamic State, which announced it had executed 700 tribesmen.
Abu Mousab, who himself seemed shell-shocked during a two hour interview, said locals in Deir El Zour and elsewhere in Syria are willing to risk their lives to fight the Islamic State and could take back their country, but they need backing. "This is our land. These are our people," he said. "If we had outside support, they would not be able to advance," he said. But the support is not only in arms and ammunition, for fighters need salaries so they can feed their families as well as a promise of benefits for families if they die in battle.
He cited four lessons from the fall of the city. "We need officers with a military mind" to plot strategy and tactics, an "operational headquarters that is responsible for all of Syria," not just one region or sub-region, more military training, and access to weapons, in particular anti-tank weapons.
"We had only RPGs, but they were not sufficient," he said.
Deir El Zour could "very easily" be recaptured "if it was a surprise attack and we had support from the air," he said.


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Dear Stacy ...
I don't believe I've ever written to express my deep appreciation of your designing talent. Without fail, every time I visit your pattern site there seems to be a new pattern singing its siren song to me. "Buy me," it cries! "Buy me!" And I do : )
I have stitched several of your patterns in this my third stitching life & they have always been a joy! Well, most times they've been a joy. I am reminded of your gorgeous Seek Joy In All Things Pinkeep Pillow design which I stitched & hold the finished product near & dear to my heart, but oy ... that big honkin' house! I am not a fan of big honkin' anything. Big honkin' houses, big honkin' trees, big honkin' animals, etc. I love seeing them, I love having them, but when I have to stitch them myself, I repeat, oy! But this is not your fault, dear Stacy ... this fault lies with me alone.
A week or so ago I was perusing my chart filing system when I spotted your Winter Woolens Cupboard Pinkeep design. My heart began to beat a little faster. My breathing became labored. My hands started to shake. I mean honestly Stacy ... you had to have been inside my head when you designed this one! Winter? Woolens? A reindeer? Quick! Where's my needle? Where's my DMC? I couldn't start stitching it fast enough! It looked like a pretty quick stitch, & it was going along very smoothly until the end when I discovered those cute little berries on the backstitched fir tree were none other than French knots. FRENCH KNOTS! Why, Stacy? Why? What on earth possessed you? I know from past experiences that French knots & I are not good friends. Sometime last year I had the great privilege to be introduced to Colonial knots & we bonded. I comforted myself with the fact that I'd just make the substitution & my stitching life would continue along a happy path. It didn't. There are "only" 13 of these little knots in this particular design. 13. That number should've been a warning to me. Unlucky 13. I started, frogged, restarted, frogged again, restarted again, frogged again ... well, you get the idea. What in my memory seems like several lifetimes later I made the last Colonial knot, hid the end of my thread & whispered a little prayer that went something like "Thank God that's over!" Unfortunately for me, whenever I look at this cute little fir tree with 13 red berries on it I see nothing but a cute little fir tree with 13 great big fat ugly knots!
I have gently placed the completed stitching on my dining table (I can see it from where I'm typing now) & I guess I'm hoping that some little gnomes or fairies or elves will come in one night whilst I am asleep & re-do those knots for me. However, these little creatures have never shown up to help me in the past & I don't have much faith that they will show up now. I keep telling myself the obvious. "Look here," I say! "This is a primitive stitching! PRIMITIVE! Those knots are SUPPOSED to look like crap!" However, my bigger & much stronger personality trait, Perfectionism, opens wide her critical eye & taunts me with my inadequacies.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
An Open Letter to Stacy Nash
Dear Stacy ...
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Monday, August 27, 2012
More Birds!
It's not often that I do 3 posts in one day (& the congregation says AMEN!) but on my way to the kitchen I took a look outside to see if I needed to replenish the water in the birdbath & look what was getting a drink!
Posted by Shirlee at 6:26 PM 9 comments
Does Anyone Know What This Bird Is?
Posted by Shirlee at 11:32 AM 10 comments
Eli Crowe Mercantile
This trunk next to "Sophie's box" (photo can be seen at the end of this blog post) caught the attention of one of my followers. This is an old trunk that some very talented person painted with an Americana/primitive theme. I was lucky enough to find it at a local prim shop shortly after we moved here. I love Americana/patriotic type stuff & I fell in love with it : )
Posted by Shirlee at 11:07 AM 7 comments
Sunday, August 26, 2012
It's Almost September!!!
Good morning & welcome to my new followers! I thank all you newbies for coming by for a visit & deciding to stick around! I also extend my heartfelt thanks to my established followers who continue to put up with me : ) So glad to have you all here!
I am really excited about it almost being September! Every day I look outside & I see more colors on the trees. Not a lot of color, mind you, but it's definitely there. It makes me want to do a September Dance! I decided to have a look around the internet to see if there actually is a September Dance & I found this little ditty by Earth, Wind & Fire. I have heard this song many times but never knew what the name of it was or that it mentioned anything about dancing in September. Once again modern technology adds to my font of knowledge : )
Posted by Shirlee at 11:37 AM 15 comments
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
I Got My Nails Done!!!
Nothing tops off a blood testing, pancake breakfast morning like a little pampering. It's been ages since I've had my nails done professionally so I decided to splurge today before I returned home.
Posted by Shirlee at 9:55 PM 16 comments
Wednesday Morning
The start of a new day : ) Thus far my week has not gone as planned. I had good intentions. Lord knows I always have good intentions. However, it is at times such as these, when my plans are not realized, that I am reminded of Robert Burns' poem, To A Mouse. Was he talking about our Mouse? No. He wrote the poem in 1786 as an apology to a mouse when he was plowing a field & upturned her nest. Me thinks Mr. Burns was quite clever : )
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Monday, August 20, 2012
August IHSW Report
Good morning! It's the start of a brand new week! Let's hope it's a good one for all of us : )
I did as much stitching this past weekend as I could do. My eye is definitely much better after a week of drops. I was so happy with how things were going on Friday that I probably stitched more than I should have & so I decided to keep my stitching to a minimum on Saturday & Sunday. Still, I completed 3 of the planned 4 Country Rustic Primitives Joy Pinkeep design : ) Below is a photo of one I made for a gift last Christmas, & the photo following that one shows the 3 stitchings I completed this weekend.
Posted by Shirlee at 10:41 AM 17 comments
Sunday, August 19, 2012
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 'Ve Baked A Cake!
Posted by Shirlee at 6:00 PM 12 comments
Sunday Morning
Good morning! First of all I want to welcome my new followers! This is something I usually neglect to do publicly. What a rude, ungrateful loser I must appear to be! From now on, public welcoming will be the norm : )
Remember not long ago I mentioned that an iris was getting ready to bloom in my garden? Well, here it is!
Posted by Shirlee at 10:52 AM 12 comments
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Marly the Magnificient!
The list goes on & on!
Last month ... July 21 to be exact ... I posted about some strange fluff that gathers underneath my furniture, adhering to the furniture legs like it's adhering to fly paper. I have never seen fluff like this in any place I've ever lived but I've been plagued with it since we moved here a little over 3 year ago. I have wood floors & do keep up with the dusting but within a few days of having dust-free floors I suddenly see this fluff everywhere. My only guess was that it was coming from the furnace unit. However, when the repair guys were here last month to fix the air conditioner I scooped up a handful of this fluff from the floor & asked the head guy what it was. He said he had no idea. I asked if it was perhaps coming from the air vents but he said that was unlikely since air filters would prevent that from happening. Several followers suggested that it was dryer lint but I knew that was not the case. I suppose it sort of resembles a conglomeration of dryer lint in the photo I shared but it is not anywhere near the consistency of dryer lint. It is instead light & airy & very, very strange.
Now it's time to figure out where this fluff is coming from (obviously the furnace unit or perhaps the air vents themselves), why it's coming from there, & what it is!
Posted by Shirlee at 6:59 PM 6 comments
Friday, August 17, 2012
IHSW & Other Stuff
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Cookies To Die For : )
Last week my sweet & thoughtful stitching friend Edgar did a post about cookies. Just seeing the word "cookies" in the title sparked my interest. I do love a good cookie : ) Edgar posted about 2 cookies in particular. You need to know up front that before he started describing these cookies he said "I am not really a fan of cookies." For someone who is not a fan of cookies to post about cookies, you just know it's going to be an interesting read : ) One of the cookies, a dark chocolate yummy from Keebler, did indeed look good & I was sure I could find here. The other cookie I have never seen for sale or even advertised here or any other place where I've ever lived or visited ... & we all know I've been around : ) This second cookie really intrigued me ... a cookie by Mother's Cookies called Taffy. Edgar indicated that these have always been his all time favorite store bought cookie. As I read the description I became more & more excited, especially when I read "What's so great about Taffys is that they are coconut flavored cookies with a slightly sweet vanilla cream filling!!" Vanilla cream? Coconut flavored? All time favorite store bought cookie? As I sat here drooling uncontrollably I commented about how luscious they did indeed look. Next thing you know, Edgar tells me he is going to send me a package to try ... & he did! They arrived yesterday! Please excuse the less than stellar photograph. My hands were shaking as I held the camera because I couldn't wait to rip into the package to try one : )
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Update on Me Eye
Ahoy, me hearties!
Came home from seeing me eye doctor & I looked pretty good!
Posted by Shirlee at 8:28 PM 13 comments
4 Winners, Not 2!!!
Posted by Shirlee at 8:07 PM 13 comments
Stuff - But No Contest Winners Yet
Fear not ... I have chosen a winner in the primitives/decor shop category but am needing to "work" on the craft supplies name a bit. I have a couple avenues I can follow but the winners will be announced either this afternoon or this evening. Thank you for bearing with me : )
I am about ready to head off to the eye doctor. Yes, another doctor appointment, one which was not in this week's plans until a few moments ago. On Saturday I was my usual uncoordinated self & while using my round bristle hairbrush to blow dry my bangs ... same as I've done for years & years & years ... I somehow brought the brush up to do another pass through the bangs but ended up whacking myself ... hard ... in my wide-open right eye instead. Ouch! My eye watered & hurt for quite a while. It was of course the weekend. Not much I could do about it. Noticed later a strange "bump" to the right of my iris. It started out small, got bigger, & now has shrunk back down a bit but it looks kind of like a yellow blister & is definitely noticeable. Since it's still there & bothersome to boot I decided to call the eye doctor's office & was told I had better come in this morning. Maybe I'll get to play the part of a female pirate for a while. John might like that : )
Before I go, I wanted to share with you a new punchneedle goodie which I purchased from Ronda at Simple Thyme Prims.
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Saturday. n the seventh day of the week; before Sunday.
Morning. n 1. The first or early part of the day, lasting from midnight to noon or from sunrise to noon. 2. The dawn. 3. The first or early part; the beginning: the morning of a new nation.
This year, alongside an incredible group of photographers, we are documenting our Saturday mornings. Follow along here.