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What is your favorite time of the day? Hmmm....night time I suppose, I'm a big night owl which stinks now that I have to go to bed at 10 to be able to wake up at 8 (aka get in bed at 10 and read Harry Potter for an hour). I HATE mornings because I don't want to wake up, haha.
What country would you like to visit and why? Toughy....I think I'll say the UK. I love the accents, and London would be a great place to visit as well as all the cool castles (and of course Harry Potter filming sites)! (or perhaps France or Australia)
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Salt or sugar? SUGAR!!! I could live off candy, but then I would gain lots of weight...actually, that's a lie. I already eat mostly sugar now, ha ha.
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What do you think are your worst vices, honestly? I am VERY judgmental, it doesn't mean I won't be friends with someone but I make fun of people all the time (not to their faces of course, just in my head) I know I shouldn't but I can't help it. I'm a very nice person, just with mean thoughts XD
At what time of your life were you the happiest and why? I actually think I am happiest right now, live is actually going pretty well for me. I have a job, friends & family, and my love of Harry Potter, that's all I need! ;) But I must say that July 9th 2009 was probably the happiest day of my life so far (HP6 premiere ;) ), until I go to the DH premiere that is, haha.
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Randy Hofman gently guides handfuls of sand as he sets in for another day of sand sculpting at the Ocean City Boardwalk. A strong wind whips the fine grains across his canvas – a patch of beach that the self-employed artist has shaped almost daily during the tourist season for decades. His project represents the worship and ministry outreach group he works with, "Son'Spot."

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Bioenergy tendered the lowest price at BRL 87.70/MWh. The highest price was BRL 89.20, sold by Enel.
Companies now have until January 2017 to start delivering the power in 20-year contracts.
Wind projects accounted for 49% of total power sold this year. The remaining power came from two hydroelectric projects with prices of BRL95.31/MWh and BRL92/MWh.
"The low price was a positive surprise," said Maurício Tolmasquim, president of the government's energy planning company. "We are now below BRL90, very cheap in international terms".
According to Tolmasquim, the record low price was probably due to the quality of projects, detailed wind measurements, proximity to existing projects or grid connections and scale by some of the developers.
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He will now plan for new auctions in early 2013 for start of operations in 2016 and 2018, when at least 2000MW will be sold. He will also plan for new transmission line auctions next year to connect the ten projects auctioned today.


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Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules proposed by the exchanges and FINRA to strengthen the minimum quoting standards for market makers and effectively prohibit "stub quotes" in the U.S. equity markets.
A stub quote is an offer to buy or sell a stock at a price so far away from the prevailing market that it is not intended to be executed, such as an order to buy at a penny or an offer to sell at $100,000. A market maker may enter stub quotes to nominally comply with its obligation to maintain a two-sided quotation at those times when it does not wish to actively provide liquidity. Executions against stub quotes represented a significant proportion of the trades that were executed at extreme prices on May 6, and subsequently broken.
"By prohibiting stub quotes, we are reducing the risk that trades will be executed at irrational prices, and then need to be broken, if the markets become volatile," said SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro. "While we continue to look at other potential obligations for market participants, this is an important step in our effort to improve the functioning of the U.S. markets, and restore investor confidence following the events of May 6."
The new rules address the problem of stub quotes by requiring market makers in exchange-listed equities to maintain continuous two-sided quotations during regular market hours that are within a certain percentage band of the national best bid and offer (NBBO). The band would vary based on different criteria:
For securities subject to the circuit breaker pilot program approved this past summer, market makers must enter quotes that are not more than 8% away from the NBBO.
For the periods near the opening and closing where the circuit breakers are not applicable, that is before 9:45 a.m. and after 3:35 p.m., market makers in these securities must enter quotes no further than 20% away from the NBBO.
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The new market maker quoting requirements will become effective on Dec. 6, 2010.
Since May 6, the Commission has taken several steps to reduce the chance that the events of that day would happen again. Among other things, the Commission:
approved the above-mentioned circuit breaker pilot program, in which trading would pause if a stock price moved more than 10% in five minutes. That program now applies to stocks in the S&P 500 or the Russell 1000, as well as certain exchange-traded products.
approved new rules requiring the exchanges to clarify up-front how and when trades would be broken.
proposed a new rule that would require the self regulatory organizations to establish a consolidated audit trail system the would enable regulators to track information related to trading orders received and executed across the securities markets.
adopted rules that would effectively prohibit broker-dealers from providing their customers with unfiltered access to exchanges and alternative trading systems by assuring that broker-dealers implement appropriate risk controls.
At Chairman Schapiro's request, Commission staff is continuing to evaluate further initiatives to address market structure issues revealed by the events of May 6 such as refining the single stock circuit breakers by incorporating a limit-up/limit-down type mechanism.
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Solving the mysteries of hiatus in global warmingUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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New research by climate scientists from UH Mānoa and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego attributes the attenuation of a worldwide temperature increase to a cooling of eastern Pacific Ocean waters, one that counteracts the warming effect of greenhouse gases.
When the climate cycle that governs that ocean cooling reverses and begins warming again, the researchers predict that the planet-wide march toward higher temperatures will resume with vigor. The study does not consider when the reversal might happen, but it brings scientists closer to understanding how to look for signs of it.
Prior to 2000, global temperatures had risen at a rate of 0.13º C per decade since 1950. The hiatus has transpired while levels of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas produced by human activities, continued a steady rise, reaching 400 parts per million for the first time in human history in May 2013.
The disconnect led some climate watchers to speculate that increases in the concentration of carbon dioxide are not as strongly coupled to global warming even though the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide have been identified for more than a century.
Climate scientists conclude, however, that natural variability in the form of eastern Pacific Ocean cooling is behind the hiatus. They arrived at the conclusion by using innovative computer modeling methods to simulate regional patterns of climate anomalies. This enabled them to see global warming in greater spatial detail, revealing where it has been most intense and where there has been no warming or even cooling.
"Specifically the model reproduced the seasonal variation of the hiatus, including a slight cooling trend in global temperature during northern winter season," said Shang-Ping Xie, a meteorology professor at UH Mānoa's International Pacific Research Center and the first Roger Revelle Chair in Environmental Science at Scripps. "In summer, the equatorial Pacific's grip on the Northern Hemisphere loosens, and the increased greenhouse gases continue to warm temperatures, causing record heat waves and unprecedented Arctic sea ice retreat."
Yu Kosaka of Scripps and Xie co-authored the study, "Recent global-warming hiatus tied to equatorial Pacific surface cooling," which appeared online in the journal Nature on August 28, 2013. The National Science Foundation, the National Basic Research Program of China, and the NOAA Climate Program Office supported the research.
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Nebraska Trail Visionaries Named 2017 Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champions
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Since 2011, the Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champions Award has honored more than 30 individuals around the nation who have made significant contributions to the rail-trail movement through their hard work, volunteerism or support—in short, people who have gone above and beyond in the name of trails.
Friends. Teammates. Energizer bunnies. And don't forget tenacious.
These are all words that have been used to describe Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC's) 2017 Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champions, Ross Greathouse, 79, and Lynn Lightner, 83, who have spent nearly four decades developing some of Nebraska's most treasured pathways.
"With persistence through resistance—Ross as the fundraiser and coordinator, and Lynn as the bridge designer and builder—they've blazed trails for a lot of years … donating thousands of volunteer hours," affirmed Charles Griffith, president of the Nebraska Trails Foundation and executive director of the Merrick Foundation. "And they just keep going. They have had challenges—and they've persevered through them all."
"Stories from the early days of the rail-trail movement are always inspiring. People like Ross Greathouse and Lynn Lightner were truly pioneers—literally fighting to preserve the land and the corridors as trails that millions now consider commonplace," said Keith Laughlin, RTC president.
What sets Greathouse and Lightner apart, though, is that their volunteerism, their steadfast commitment, their drive to build trails—even under tough circumstances—has never waned, and we have them to thank for miles and miles of rail-trail in Nebraska.
—Jeff Doppelt, the benefactor of the Rail-Trail Champion award
A Strong Foundation
An interior designer (Greathouse) and engineer (Lightner) by trade who have worked on some of Nebraska's prominent buildings—Lightner served as the chief engineer on the University of Nebraska's Lied Center for the Performing Arts among many other accolades, and both helped to remodel the Nebraska Coliseum in 1980—the men first became acquainted in the 1970s as members (and later presidents) of the Lincoln Track Club. It was the club's efforts to support trail building in the city that first introduced them to advocacy and served as a forerunner to 40 years of dedicated volunteer trail work.
In 1984, the same year that the Rock Island Railroad announced the discontinuation of a segment of rail corridor between Omaha and Lincoln, Greathouse and approximately 24 other individuals got together to form the volunteer-based Nebraska Trails Council. Despite their unsuccessful attempt to transform the disused Rock Island corridor into a trail—the council flourished, evolving into the nonprofit Nebraska Trails Foundation, which since its founding in 1986 and with many dedicated trail advocates, has helped create and raise millions of dollars for trails around the state.
A Partnership for the Ages
Both Greathouse and Lightner have served in numerous leadership roles for the foundation over the years, raising funds for Nebraska trails and building bridges, literally and figuratively, as the saying goes.
Griffith credits the team for helping to lay the groundwork for the foundation in its early years and for playing significant roles in the fundraising for, and completion of, most of the trails now supported by NTF. "They built the foundation of the Nebraska Trails Foundation," he affirmed.
For example—in 1988, the foundation started work on the 21.7-mile MoPac Trail East. Lightner was one of 15 individuals to sign a promissory note for $167,000 to put toward the $275,000 purchase price for the trail, which now spans from Lincoln to Wabash and features some of the rural landscapes and woodlands for which Nebraska is known.
In 1997, Greathouse raised $500,000 to restore—under Lightner's watch—the 1,714-foot Lied-Platte River Bridge, which crosses the Platte River on a piece of the former Rock Island Line and connects to the 13-mile MoPac Trail through Springfield. The bridge is a linchpin in the plans to one day connect the trail systems of Omaha and Lincoln.
Other trails that have received joint effort by the team include the 8-mile Dark Island Trail from Central City to Marquette, which began in 2000 and now includes one of the longest converted railroad trestles in the state; and the 13-mile Oak Creek Trail which inhabits a rural corridor between Valparaiso and Brainard.
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A Landmark—and Lasting Legacy
As a "career" highlight, both men point to the 22.9-mile Chief Standing Bear Trail—launched in the late 1990s by the NTF and completed in 2017—which now spans from Beatrice to the Nebraska-Kansas border. The former Union Pacific railway corridor travels along part of the same route of the 1877 Ponca Trail of Tears, in which 700 Ponca were forced to relocate 500 miles from Niobrara to a barren corner of modern-day Oklahoma. Named after the tribe's legendary leader, Chief Standing Bear, the trail serves as a lasting landmark for the tribe and its history.
Greathouse and Lightner had the initial idea to name the trail after Chief Standing Bear and put that idea in motion in 2014. Later on, former Lincoln City Councilmember Curt Donaldson would suggest that NTF give the trail to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, and that's exactly what they did in a formal transfer of ownership ceremony in May 2017. Today, the Ponca own 19.5 miles of the trail, which is maintained by the Homestead Conservation and Trails Association through an NTF grant.
"It's one of the best things we've ever done, and it will probably be the most lasting," said Lightner, who also served as the trail's manager for years after a team helped raise $500,000 to acquire the corridor in 2002. Later, Greathouse would raise an additional $800,000 for the trail's construction.
Greathouse agrees. "It certainly is a highlight and the culmination of nearly 40 years of our work as trail builders," he stated.
And though there were challenges—Lightner specifically mentions the early negative sentiments from some adjacent landowners, many of them farmers, who challenged the project—they overcame them with a little help from their early upbringing.
"Both Lynn and I grew up in a very small town. His family owned farmland, and I lived on a ranch in Western Nebraska," said Greathouse. "So we understand the farmers—the rural mindset. Our ability to deal with them positively and get along was key to completing the long-term project."
He added, "They are not all with us yet, but things have changed immensely."
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To date, Lightner has overseen the construction of 40 trail bridges and some 30 volunteer work crews, and his work extends to Iowa, where he helped raise money and complete a bridge on the Wabash Trace Nature Trail, part of RTC's national Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was the recipient of American Trails' Nebraska "Trail Worker Award" for his outstanding contributions to developing recreational trails in Lincoln.
Greathouse estimates having raised $2.5 million for trails in the past four decades, and has also contributed to the planning of major trails and networks such as: the 219.3-mile Cowboy Trail, which has been decades in the making and will stretch more than 321 miles when complete; and the Quad-State Trail and Missouri Statewide Trails Plan, an extensive trail system in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.
What's kept them going all these years?
Active runners and cyclists—Greathouse still competes in Senior Olympic events—both credit the health benefits of trails for themselves, their families and their fellow residents as motivating factors for their efforts. "Hopefully we all have a better life because of trails and the environment they create for our community," said Greathouse. "Lincoln is a great community in many ways, and trails and parks are extremely important to our city's quality of life."
But it's the strong, enduring friendship forged 40 years ago that is arguably the true driving force.
"We are such good friends, we've done so much together, and we continue to push and motivate each other today," Greathouse stated.
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Many of us use water thoughtlessly; it seems as abundant as the air we breathe and a free swig is available almost anywhere. But fresh, potable water is already a precious commodity in many drier parts of the world, and as it grows rarer—and thus, dearer—in developed countries, the true value of H2O is beginning to seep in.
Until water shortages impact more of us directly it is likely that this liquid resource will continue to be poorly managed. Whether it's the inefficient flooding of farm fields or hosing down our cars every weekend, people find many ways to waste water.
The recent story of a profligate user who changed his ways could perhaps serve as an example for us all: Saving water often comes down to paying attention. Although Atlanta recently suffered its worst drought in a century, the local estate of wealthy investor Chris G. Carlos consumed 440,000 gallons (1.67 million liters) in September 2007 alone. After a public outcry, Carlos dramatically reduced his monthly usage to just 12,000 (45,400 liters)—about what an average U.S. family of four expends during the same time period.
Although that's an extreme case, it shows that there's often little reason why we can't save more water in our day-to-day lives. Here's a list of some of the more egregious ways in which we squander it; some are easily avoidable, whereas others will require big changes in agricultural and industrial practices.
1. Doing the Dishes: By Hand or Dishwasher?
A lot depends on your dishwashing style: A typical session that includes turning the water on and off will go through about 20 gallons (75 liters) or so. But if you leave the water running while scraping at those last grisly bits on your fine china, you may use more than twice that amount. Modern electric dishwashers, in contrast, need less than 10 gallons (38 liters) per average load, says a survey by the American Water Works Association.
2. Washing the Car (and the Driveway)
Wear that bathing suit at the pool or the beach, but not for posing in the driveway while sluicing the suds off your auto with hose water. According to Kaady Car Washes, a west coast chain, a home car wash can go through 80 to 140 gallons (300 to 530 liters) of water, whereas a wash at one of its garages will take about 30 to 45 gallons (115 to 170 liters). Professional car washes also utilize methods that recycle water: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandates that wastewater be channeled to treatment plants to avoid polluting the environment; contaminated water from your home car cleansing just flows into street drains or leaches into the soil.
3. Slipping Through the (Pool) Cracks
Cannonballs aside, a swimming pool naturally loses about 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) a month to evaporation, according to the Maui County, Hawaii, Department of Water Supply, although the local climate and the pool's overall surface area determines the amount that's actually lost. A bigger problem arises from the leaks that pools often develop during their lifetimes from cracks in their foundations, liner tears and pipe damage. Estimates vary wildly, depending on everything from a region's temperature fluctuations to seismic activity. National Leak Detection (pdf), a company based in Mesa, Ariz., puts the figure at a whopping 30 percent. Three hundred miles (480 kilometers) west in Palm Springs, Calif., American Leak Detection, Inc., puts the pool leak rate at a more conservative one in 20. Either way, because most pools have automatic refillers, owners often fail to notice the loss until their next water bill arrives.
4. Lawn Sprinklers: Fountains of Backyard Verdure or Pernicious Aquifer Guzzlers?
The water sprinklers that keep the turf lush and the flowers blooming can consume 265 gallons (1,000 liters) an hour, says Waterwise, a U.K. water-conservation group. This amount rivals or exceeds estimates of what an average U.S. household uses daily. A good tip: deploy the sprinkler either in the early morning hours or at dusk; less water will evaporate in the cooler temperatures and more will actually get to the plant roots. But be mindful about leaving it on; besides potentially drowning your petunias, you may also be breaking the law. A new drought-busting measure in the City of Los Angeles will permit automated sprinklers to run only 15 minutes a day this summer.
5. Well-Watered Desert Resorts
The term "desert resort" is synonymous with the City of Las Vegas. The Venetian canals of the Bellagio, as well as the Mirage's water-and-fire volcano, make conspicuous water consumption in Sin City iconic. Appearances can be deceiving, though. In fact, the Las Vegas Strip accounts for just three percent of local water use, according to the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Fully 70 percent of the city's water supply goes toward irrigating the 60-plus golf courses and the many residential lawns in the area. The municipal government has, however, taken steps to scale back on the city's greenery, for example, by cutting the maximum size of a domestic lawn to just a backyard patch. Nevertheless, keeping grass verdant in the middle of the desert is arguably folly in the first place.
6. Biofuels' Hidden Downside
Biofuels typically burn cleaner than fossil fuels and therefore emit less carbon dioxide into the air. But plant-power sucks up ridiculously large quantities of water compared with oil and natural gas production. A study (pdf) presented at an American Society of Mechanical Engineers conference in 2007 offers some alarming estimates: Producing a gallon (3.79 liters) of corn ethanol, for example, consumes 170 gallons (644 liters) of water in total, from irrigation to final processing. Soybean biodiesel manufacture needs some 900 gallons of water (3,400 liters) per gallon of fuel. On the other hand, the water requirement to make a gallon of regular gasoline is just five gallons (19 liters).
7. Agriculture in the Arid Southwest
Much of the U.S. Southwest is a desert—at least it was at one time in the past. But about 90 percent of the Colorado River's water is today diverted into these parched lands for agricultural irrigation. Perhaps half of this regional resource does not even reach the intended crops because it is lost to evaporation and seepage during pumping and transport, according to a 1997 Cornell University study that appeared in the journal BioScience. Many farmers rely on flood irrigation, which, though inexpensive, is a highly inefficient means of delivering water to thirsty plants. The Colorado's dwindling water flow threatens the supplies of seven states and has spawned a plethora of lawsuits regarding water rights. As our featured article on water points out, shaving irrigation water by 10 percent would save more than is used by all other water consumers put together. A prime example of this ill-advised approach is growing alfalfa in the desert.
8. Alfalfa Farming Woes
Many think of alfalfa mainly in terms of the sprouts that end up on sandwiches, but the vast majority of the nation's alfalfa output feeds livestock. The relatively low-value crop uses up about a quarter of California's irrigation water but contributes only 4 percent to the state's total farm revenue, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. It's not that alfalfa itself consumes more water than other farm plants, says Mark Grismer, a professor of agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis; farmers grow alfalfa year-round in what is essentially a desert climate in the southwestern U.S.
9. The Ruin of the Aral Sea
The Aral Sea in central Asia was once the fourth largest body of freshwater on the planet. But by siphoning off waters from the massive lake for irrigation, local farmers and governments in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have drained the Aral Sea to 10 percent of its former size. (Satellite images show the sea's shrinkage over several decades.) The Aral has split into three parts, two of which are so salty that all the fish in them died. Lake Victoria in eastern Africa is another victim of overuse. Its water level is half of what it once was.
10. Wasting Water by Getting "Wasted"
As refreshing and cooling as that beer may taste, it's likely to leave you less hydrated than you were before you started. Alcohol is a diuretic, which means it increases the frequency of urination (but you knew that already). Alcohol suppresses an antidiuretic hormone called vasopressin that tells our kidneys to reabsorb and conserve water. The more you drink, the more the hormone level falls, and thus the more water you lose. Severe dehydration is a big reason why after a hard night out, you end up with a hangover the next day.
How do you try to limit your water use? And how have you wasted water in the past? Let Scientific American know in the comments area below.


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This figure was included in the Rebel Command Center Adventure Set, but made it's first carded appearance on The Empire Strikes Back 41 back card. This figure also appeared as General Veers on a Canadian exclusive skin wrapped card*.
Comments: Did you notice that the AT AT Commander, (or as Canadian's knew him) General Veers didn't actually die in The Empire Strikes Back, yet somehow -unlike his good buddy Admiral Piett-- didn't seem to stay with the Imperial forces for Return of The Jedi. Even though it can be argued that he died off camera during the Hoth battle (or even later for some other reason), or that he was busy elsewhere during the Endor battle, it is more likely that a Wampa kidnapped him and is living in a Robert Crumb styled fantasy in some cave somewhere...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
A bed of cheesy polenta for sweet roasted winter vegetables to rest upon...
The chilly weather has begun to settle in and we are expecting a wicked cold snap to blow in during the middle of the week (highs in the teens anyone?!). With polenta being one of our new favorite comfort dishes, I thought this Roasted Winter Vegetables with Cheesy Polenta would be a good choice to warm up our stomachs tonight for dinner.
The veggies are prepared first - chunky cream-colored cauliflower florets and cubed pieces of butternut squash are tossed with sliced onions and minced garlic. The veggies are lightly seasoned and drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil - the original recipe called for using garlic powder as a seasoning at this point, but opted to toss in a few chopped fresh cloves instead.
While they roast in a fiery hot oven, the polenta is prepared by cooking cornmeal in flavorful vegetable broth, a bit of water and fresh rosemary. The length of time it will take will vary depending on how coarse your cornmeal is - it took us about the full 25 minutes to get it to the consistency we like. Since it is a cheesy polenta after all, a good handful of fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is stirred in at the end for a sharp salty punch. To serve, the soft polenta is plated with the tender and golden browned vegetables strewn on top. Roasting the veggies at such a high heat brought out their light natural sweetness and made them the glistening highlight of the dish - however, the savory polenta with that nutty cheese did not fall into the background either and made this dish very filling.
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The vegetables and polenta look great. I just had polenta, in fact. It's really good, but it has to have cheese in it.
I wish Robin liked polenta, I love it, but alas she hates it. I made the pb cake yesterday for her bday tonight. It was very crumbly when I trimmed the sides. I noticed that it only baked for 30 min as opposed to the 50 min the recipe stated. I tasted the scraps and I much prefer Hershey's black magic cake instead. It uses buttermilk instead of milk and coffee instead of the hot water. Check it out when you get a chance.ReplyDelete
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Robert Stark, co-host Pilleater, and AltLeft blogger Rabbit talk to Counter-Currents editor Greg Johnson.
The Concept of the Left Wing of the Alt Right; The Alt Left
Greg Johnson's essay on SWPL Identity and Rabbit's Alt Left Manifesto
Millennial Woes' talk with Rabbit and Greg Johnson about the Alt Left
The 60's Left Counter-Culture as a fusion of Tolkien and Marcuse, and the need to reclaim the positive attributes of the left, such as ecology, historic preservation, and anti-consumerism
The Alt Left dilemma identifying with SWPL Culture, and urban aesthetics, while supporting forms of identitarianism that often lack strong aesthetic visions
The lack of cultural sophistication among conservatives, and the left's monopoly on cultural institutions
Suburbia as a by product of the middle class being cleansed out of cities, and the need to sustain a strong urban middle class
Affordable family formation
The Basic income, how it should be implemented, and who it should favor
Putting caps on high incomes with the exception of artist and inventors
The Nietzschean concept of the artist as the ruler
The conservative outlook that judges people on their material wealth over their aesthetic taste, and creative potential
Overpopulation, and how the ideal is to have immigration reduction with a stable or slowly rising birthrate
Greg's experience living in San Francisco and Berkeley, San Francisco as a SWPL Utopia, and the aesthetic and ecological attributes of the region
The Transamerica Pyramid and Embarcadero Center in San Francisco
Rabbit's interest in Mid-Century Space Age aesthetics, and his observations going to Mid-Century Modern home tours
Frank Lloyd Wright
Art Deco, which was a heroic vision of the future with respect for tradition; Art Deco in New York and San Francisco
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JDRF Announces Two Partnerships to Develop Stable, Pumpable Glucagon to Support Advanced Generation Artificial Pancreas Systems
— Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and LATITUDE Pharmaceuticals, Inc., will develop two different formulations of soluble glucagon for use in infusion pumps, and better determine their impact in regulating blood-glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes–
New York, NY, June 20, 2013—JDRF announced today partnerships with both Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and LATITUDE Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (LPI), to support the development of soluble glucagon formulations—an important step toward the advancement of future generation, fully automated and multi-hormonal artificial pancreas systems for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
First-generation artificial pancreas systems currently being tested in JDRF-supported outpatient clinical trials use technologies already available; they combine a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) with an insulin pump using computer software, to partially automate the right amount of insulin delivery at the right times for people with T1D.
"Studies have demonstrated the game-changing value of first generation artificial pancreas systems in improving blood-glucose control and alleviating some of the burdens of managing type 1 diabetes," said Sanjoy Dutta, Ph.D., JDRF's senior director of treat therapies. "Still, future generation artificial pancreas systems are expected to do even more. To become fully automated, closed loop systems, new technologies and drugs—including stable, pumpable glucagon—will be required in order to more closely and accurately mimic the functions of a healthy pancreas. Both near-term and long-term projects to advance the artificial pancreas are important research priorities for JDRF."
While first-generation artificial pancreas systems will deliver insulin, one of the aspects of future generations will be their ability to deliver multiple hormones, such as glucagon. Glucagon is a naturally occurring hormone that raises blood-sugar levels to prevent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), but its regulation is impaired in people with T1D, for whom hypoglycemia can be dangerous. In a healthy pancreas, it complements the function of insulin to provide the natural fine-tuning of blood-glucose control, and previous studies supported by JDRF and others have shown that the addition of glucagon to insulin treatment in T1D reduces the frequency of hypoglycemia.
One major hurdle in developing an advanced generation, multi-hormonal artificial pancreas system is that commercially available glucagon does not remain stable; the powder and solution mix into a short-lived liquid form not suitable for long-term use in a pump. Xeris and LPI will develop two different approaches to making glucagon usable for infusion pumps.
Xeris—a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Austin, TX, focused on developing injectable therapeutics—will study its stable, room-temperature, and non-aqueous injectable glucagon (G-Pump™ Glucagon) to treat hypoglycemia. Clinical studies will take place at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) with two years of milestone-based funding from JDRF.
"Our partnership with JDRF enables us to move forward in pursuing an improved approach to controlling blood glucose levels by enabling a fully closed loop system that addresses both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia," said Steve Prestrelski, Ph.D., chief executive officer at Xeris. "We look forward to working with JDRF to make this a successful program."
LPI—a drug formulation development company based in San Diego, CA—will use a unique, proprietary, solvent-free, glucagon nanoemulsion (Nano-G) to solubilize and stabilize the molecule, such that it is not vulnerable to degradation and remains biologically active. With milestone-based funding from JDRF for one year, LPI plans to begin clinical testing in the United States in 2014.
"LATITUDE is truly honored to partner with a prestigious and leading organization such as JDRF," said Andrew Chen, Ph.D., LPI's president. "This partnership will accelerate LATITUDE's stable, soluble glucagon formulation and its potential for new medical applications. Our partnership with JDRF will give us an opportunity to provide a missing piece needed to make the bi-hormonal artificial pancreas a reality."
Both Xeris and LPI are using approaches distinct from the ongoing JDRF-supported research program led by W. Kenneth Ward, M.D. at OHSU, which is utilizing a liquid solution of glucagon at a high pH in order to stabilize the drug.
Said Dr. Dutta: "We are excited to explore whether the novel glucagon formulations by Xeris and LATITUDE could prove effective for use in an infusion pump, thereby bringing us closer to the future of closed loop artificial pancreas systems by 'resetting' the missing hormonal balance in people with type 1 diabetes."
About T1D
In T1D, a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. People with T1D need to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin (with injections or an insulin pump) multiple times every day, and carefully balance insulin doses with eating and daily activities throughout the day and night. However, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, and even with that intensive care, a significant portion of the day is still spent with either high or low blood sugar, placing people with T1D at risk for devastating complications such as heart attack, stroke, blindness, and amputation.
About JDRF
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. JDRF's goal is to progressively remove the impact of T1D from people's lives until we achieve a world without T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better treat, prevent, and eventually cure T1D.
As the largest charitable supporter of T1D research, JDRF is currently sponsoring $530 million in scientific research in 17 countries. In 2012 alone, JDRF provided more than $110 million to T1D research. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education. In 2012 Forbes magazine named JDRF one of its five All-Star charities, citing the organization's efficiency and effectiveness.
For more information, please visit jdrf.org.
About Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Xeris is a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Austin, Texas focused on improving injectable therapeutics by eliminating reconstitution, simplifying administration, and easing the pain of injections for patients and caregivers. In the diabetes space, Xeris is developing a stable, non-aqueous, injectable glucagon for the treatment of hypoglycemia. The company has developed a room-temperature stable formulation which is being leveraged for multiple opportunities ranging from a rescue pen (the G-Pen™) for treatment of severe hypoglycemia, to a pump-based formulation (G-Pump™ Glucagon) for use in a bi-hormonal artificial pancreas.
About LATITUDE Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
LPI is a leading drug formulation development group that incorporates innovative and leading-edge approaches into its client projects and into its own reformulation programs. The company is recognized for its success with highly insoluble drugs and for developing inventive approaches and intellectual property for its clients. LPI's internal programs focus on developing outlicense-ready 505(b)(2) NDA opportunities.
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Police departments in Chicago and the suburbs have embraced the Taser, a device marketed as a tool to reduce shootings by officers.
The weapons' manufacturer contends that if officers can use electric shocks to prevent dangerous situations from escalating, police might shoot their guns less.
But that hasn't happened in Chicago.
In 2010, the city armed hundreds more officers with the weapon, fueling a 329 percent jump in Taser use, from 195 incidents in 2009 to 836 in 2011. Yet shootings by police didn't drop significantly during that period, according to figures from the city's Independent Police Review Authority.
The numbers raise questions about how often police use the weapons to defuse confrontations that might otherwise escalate to use of deadly force. Civil lawyers and department critics have alleged that, rather than deploying Tasers to subdue dangerous criminals, officers have sometimes drawn them on mildly obstinate suspects.
Top-ranking police said they believe officers are using the weapons with restraint, and they gave several explanations as to how skyrocketing Taser use could fail to cut the shooting numbers. Officials initially cited an uptick in attacks on officers, though department statistics indicate that instances of battery of officers actually have dropped.
Department rules grant officers wide latitude in deploying the weapons, authorizing them against both violent assailants and people who run away or make an "evasive movement of the arm." Though Tasers can be valuable tools, experts said, officers generally should not deliver debilitating shocks to people who are fleeing or lightly resisting being handcuffed.
Experts said a police chief should expect an increase in Taser use to cut shootings, if other circumstances remain similar from one year to the next. If shootings are not reduced, a department should question whether something else significant changed or if officers are using force too readily.
"The big investment in Taser is meant to preserve lives," said Roy Bedard, a Florida-based consultant on policing and use of force. "If you're Tasing more people and you're still shooting more people, well, something's wrong."
But Chicago police said conditions on the street never remain stable and cited department statistics indicating that officers are using other kinds of force, including pepper spray and "impact weapons" such as batons, less often. However, the department did not provide detailed data to explain more completely how officers have used other kinds of force since the introduction of the Taser.
Officers need broad discretion to make their own decisions, and they are taught to consider all circumstances before deploying a Taser, said Chicago police Sgt. Michael Partipilo, who is in charge of training police on the devices.
"(Officers) ask me, 'What if this happens?'" he said. "I answer the same, exact way every time: 'I don't know, I can't answer that. You'll have to answer that when you're there.'"
Civil lawyers allege that officers made bad choices in two recent cases, one in which a man claims police shocked him repeatedly and another in which police said an officer jolted a pregnant woman who tore up a parking ticket, threw it at an officer and prepared to drive off.
Officers pulled Josue Tapia from his vehicle after mistaking him for a wanted man in May 2010 and shocked him 11 times, said his lawyer, Blake Horwitz. Tapia was charged with resisting arrest and aggravated battery on a police officer, but he was acquitted in November, according to court records.
"I'm not able to go in public places or even go to work because I feel like something bad is going to happen to me for no good reason," Tapia said.
CPD embraces the Taser
Chicago is a microcosm of Taser International's success at arming police worldwide. The Arizona-based company went from equipping about 500 departments in 2000 to about 16,900 agencies as of this spring, said company spokesman Steve Tuttle.
The weapons, pioneered by a University of Chicago-educated aerospace scientist, fire sharp probes linked to wires that rob their targets of muscular control. Tasers also have a pain compliance mode in which the user gives shocks by pressing the weapon against the target.
Observers disagree on the weapon's safety. Human rights group Amnesty International has counted about 500 deaths following use of an electroshock device in the U.S. since 1990, though many were attributed to other causes.
Taser International leaders point to a 2011 study by the U.S. Department of Justice that found "no clear medical evidence that shows a high risk of serious injury or death from the direct effects" of the weapons. That study, however, noted that more research is needed.
The Chicago Police Department equipped about 200 sergeants and a few other officers with Tasers in 2004.
In 2010 the city used federal grant money to expand its arsenal to more than 600 — enough to arm one officer in every beat car and outfit tactical, rapid response and other units.
And the department's enthusiasm hasn't waned. The city is replacing its Tasers with the X2, a new version armed with an extra set of electroshock probes for backup firepower if the first set doesn't work. Department officials said they could not discuss the price because the contract was in the works, but Tuttle said departments can trade up to the package that includes the new device for about $1,300 each.
At that price, replacing 600 Tasers would cost $780,000.
Tasers also are popular with suburban departments. Citing data through last fall, the Tribune in January revealed that a handful of suburban departments were on pace to use them roughly twice as often in 2011 as they did in 2008.
Taser use jumps
Few would advise an officer to draw a Taser in a situation that calls for deadly force, but one of the manufacturer's key sales pitches is that the weapons can be used to prevent bad situations from growing worse. On its website, Taser International names agencies that reported a drop in shootings after the device's adoption.
Chicago police have echoed the argument that officers use Tasers to prevent situations from escalating to the use of deadly force.
"If you can bring another option before you get to that level where deadly force might be necessary, I think it's a good thing," said then-Superintendent Jody Weis in March 2010, after the department began expanding the Taser program.
But records obtained by the Tribune of about 2,200 police uses of guns and Tasers from 2009 through 2011 show police have not significantly cut back on deadly force as they ramped up Taser use.
Officers took quickly to the Tasers after the expansion, using them about 840 times in 2011, up from 195 in 2009, according to data provided by the city-run Independent Police Review Authority, a department oversight agency.
In 2009, the year before the Taser expansion, officers recorded 114 shooting incidents, 56 in which a person was hit, according to the data. The shooting numbers dipped in 2010 but bounced back in 2011, as police reported 109 shooting incidents, 58 of which involved a hit.
The data on shootings and Taser shocks provided by the review authority differ slightly from figures the agency posted online. Those discrepancies result from the timing and manner of the agency's notification of the use-of-force incidents, said Ilana Rosenzweig, the review authority's chief administrator.
The records show that Tasers, like the other modes of force, have been most frequently used against minorities, closely mirroring figures indicating blacks and Hispanics accounted for 90 percent of 2010 arrests. About 92 percent of the Taser uses in which race was reported involved a black or Hispanic subject from 2009 through 2011, according to the review authority.
Department spokeswoman Lt. Maureen Biggane said officers "are expected to enforce the law impartially and professionally."
Police shootings and shocks also have been most common in impoverished swaths of the West and South sides, where arrest rates and violent crime are generally high.
The department's far-and-away leader in shootings and Taser shocks was the 11th District, which takes in the East and West Garfield Park neighborhoods as well as part of the Humboldt Park community area.
As it did citywide , Taser use took off steeply in the 11th after more police were armed in 2010. After logging 23 incidents in 2009, officers used Tasers at least 90 times in each of the following two years.
Yet shootings didn't budge, with officers logging nine incidents in 2009, eight in 2010 and 11 the next year.
Police officials argued that the explosion in Taser use shouldn't necessarily dent the shooting numbers.
"Even if the numbers remain constant, every situation is unique," Biggane said in an email.
Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden said the numbers alone don't account for shootings that might have been avoided because of the use of a Taser.
Police officials also said that Taser use might have jumped without lowering the shooting numbers because violence against officers is up.
Yet department figures show officers reported 3,299 batteries against them in 2009 and 3,105 in 2011. Questioned about that, Biggane pointed to nationwide numbers indicating a jump in the number of officers who were victims of homicide.
Biggane also said Tasers might have started replacing other weapons, including pepper spray. She cited department statistics that she said show pepper spray incidents dropped from 449 in 2008 to 297 in 2011 and that the use of "impact weapons" such as batons dipped from 178 to 153 during that period. "Emergency handcuffing/takedown" incidents dropped from 4,609 in 2008 to 4,212 in 2011, she said.
But the department did not respond to a request for data that might reveal trends in the use of other kinds of force.
Use-of-force statistics are swayed by factors such as crime rates and the aggressiveness of patrols, but a large department should be able to use Tasers to prevent some shootings, said Geoffrey Alpert, a University of South Carolina criminal justice professor who co-authored the 2011 federal study on the weapons.
"That's how Taser sold themselves to Americans," Alpert said.
In some cities, said Tuttle, the Taser International spokesman, the weapons have been used to short-circuit situations that might have escalated. Just as vitally, he argued, the weapons are often safer for police and arrestees than lower-tech means of controlling suspects, such as tackling them.
Controversial uses persist
Each Chicago police officer receives eight hours of training for initial certification, and Partipilo, the training sergeant, encourages every officer to take a Taser shock.
Partipilo said he teaches officers to assess each situation, from the strength of the officer to the potential dangerousness of the suspect escaping, to decide independently what level of force to deploy. They should keep in mind, for example, that the most serious force might not be appropriate against youths, he said.
The figures provided by the review authority show that Tasers have been used repeatedly against the young and the old. Forty-nine boys and girls under age 16, including children as young as 8, were shocked from 2009 through 2011. Chicago police used Tasers on 11 people 60 or older, the oldest being an 82-year-old man who was listed as having an irregular heartbeat after the encounter.
When asked whether the department's use of Tasers on the young and old indicated excessive use, Biggane said it did not.
"Every use of force incident depends on the totality of the circumstances," she said.
Partipilo said he thinks police have generally made good choices with the Taser.
"We haven't really had big, noteworthy abuses," he said.
But in the two highest-profile recent Taser uses, officers are alleged to have used the weapons in ways experts see as questionable.
In the case of 30-year-old Tiffany Rent, who said she was eight months pregnant when she was shocked June 5 after allegedly tearing up a parking ticket on the South Side, police said an officer deployed the Taser as she tried to shift her SUV into gear.
It is unclear how close Rent allegedly got to putting the vehicle in motion. However, the Police Executive Research Forum, a national police research organization, advised in its 2011 Taser guidelines against shocking people in control of moving vehicles. Before the confrontation with Rent, Partipilo said of using a Taser on a person driving a car, "It's insanity. We can't do it."
Jolting pregnant women also should be avoided, according to the Police Executive Research Forum. Rent is suing the department.
As to Tapia, whose lawyer said he has evidence that indicates officers activated their Tasers 11 times, the 2011 Justice Department study found that many deaths following electroshock use involved multiple jolts, and the study's authors urged caution because "the associated risks are unknown."
If a few tries with a Taser don't subdue a suspect, Alpert advised, "move on to something else."
Police and the city's Law Department declined to comment on the cases.
While Taser use has risen dramatically, there has not been a proportionate jump in complaints to the review authority, Rosenzweig said.
Rosenzweig's agency, however, scaled back investigations of Taser incidents just as use by officers exploded. Until 2010, each incident spurred an extensive investigation that could involve interviewing victims or witnesses.
Deeper investigations are still triggered by allegations of misconduct, when minors or the elderly are involved or when a person is badly hurt or killed. But since 2010, many incidents have received a less thorough review that involves inspecting police documentation of the Taser use. The agency does not have resources to more thoroughly audit every Taser use, Rosenzweig said.
Although the agency provided data to the Tribune on Taser shocks and shootings, the review authority cited exemptions to the state's open records law in declining to release records detailing investigations into individual Taser incidents. Those records might further explain the situations that spurred officers to draw their Tasers.
Those split-second decisions can carry lasting consequences, said Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor who studies policing and believes Chicago police have used Tasers too readily.
In a city stricken by violence, police need cooperation, particularly in troubled neighborhoods, he said. Any unwarranted use of force works against that goal, Futterman said.
"What suffers is public safety," he said.
Police departments in Chicago and the suburbs have embraced the Taser, a device marketed as a tool to reduce shootings by officers.


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So this is Christmas, and as well as massive queues and really shit weather, it's also a time for bands to get themselves a few extra Myspace friends by recording a festive tune or two and whacking 'em online. Bah! Humbug!, etc.
You've got to give The Crookes marks for effort, though: the so-hot-right-now, Steve Lamacq-endorsed Sheffield quartet have launched their very own '12 Days Of Crookesmas' campaign (see what they did there?), which features a number of free seasonal recordings and A/V treats, dished out one per day, including contributions from famous Sheffieldians Richard Hawley and 'Reverend' Jon McClure.
And on the ninth day of Crookesmas... well, we've got an exclusive treat for you, lucky DiSsers: The Crookes' cover of Low's 'Just Like Christmas', which has been endorsed (nay, encouraged) by the band.
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
Free Kindle Needlework Books
If you have a Kindle eBook then you might be interested to hear that there are a number of free books that are available for instant download.
Here is a selection to let you see what is there.
If you search just the Kindle section and type in embroidery for the search argument then you will get about 11 pages of books. Some of the books are very reasonably priced.
And there are some patterns too - has anyone tried cross-stitching from an eBook pattern - does it work?
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Advertisers In Stitches
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Friday, 28 June 2013
Costume History in Bury St Edmunds, Near Cambridge, UK
Moyse's Hall is an ancient building that has had many uses through the course of time. Today, it houses a textile collection specializing in fine embroideries and costume with ornate surface decoration. The seventeenth-century examples include sleeve-panels with fashionable strawberry designs in red silks and gold thread. An elaborate man's cap and a lady's coif are decorated with Tudor rose and other floral motifs, while a frame picture of the same period has the classical figure of Charitas, surrounded by similar creatures created in numerous exquisitely detailed embroidery techniques.
Don't miss a period production at the Theatre Royal while you are there - the pretty theatre dates back to regency times.
Pea Porridge 28-29 Cannon Street for a wonderful local produce menu served for £12.50 for two courses - £16.50 for three. It is next door to the Old Cannon Microbrewery where you can enjoy a numbered bottle of Gunner's Daughter for aperitif.
Angel Inn overlooking the wide square which fronts the Abbey grounds.
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Thursday, 27 June 2013
Darning Samplers From Diaconie Orphanage
Some four years ago we had a post on special Dutch orphanage darning samplers (click here to read the post) - so lover that I am of piecing together sampler jigsaw mysteries, I was delighted to receive an email from Hinke in the Netherlands, showing me one of her samplers which is virtually identical to the one seen in that earlier post. Both were made by young women such as those pictured in the old postcard above.
Above you can see again an image of the sampler we posted and below is Hinke's sampler. The sampler above was stitched in 1887 and Hinke's in 1887 and you will notice all the large initials - those relating the Orphanage Mothers - are identical.
In fact there is almost a formulaic similarity between the works with one or two minor deviations which mark out, together with the girl's name, their individuality. The placement of the central bird is one such variation.
Who knows - you may be the next to find a similar sampler!
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013
The Scuola di Ricami Ranieri di Sorbello
While enjoying a study day at the Museo Storico della Tappezzeria in the Villa Spada in Bologna I came across a lovely blue embroidered cloth (under glass) with an intriguing tag. The tag is in English and is attached to what I can only construe to have been a souvenir handicraft aimed at British or North American tourists. I decided to research the Scuola Ricami (Embroidery) Sorbello when I returned home and had more free time.
It is a fascinating story. And it all goes back to a young lady from New Jersey, USA. Romeyne Robert who you can see here was born in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1878, the daughter of Charlotte Shaw and Robert Howell who was descended from 18th century French Huguenot emigres to America. Travelling to Italy with her mother, Romeyne met Ruggero Ranieri di Sorbello, whom she married in 1902. The Sorbellos had a Palazzo in Perugia, about 100 miles south west of Florence and Romeyne immersed herself in its redecoration. The Sorbellos also had a family villa at Pischiello, near Lake Trasimeno and it was here that Romeyne set up her embroidery school for local girls. It was just at this time when there was a great revival of embroidery and lace-making throughout Europe - Ruskin Lace in the Lake District, Aemilia Ars in Bologna, the Venetian School Burano are some of the examples.
The young, often poor, embroiderers were given the opportunity to learn a trade and to build up a dowry. They also received religious and ethical education. Romeyne was probably inspired by the schools in America which taught a trade to immigrant women, allowing them to integrate. Here you can see the students stitching really quite large, sometimes shared, works in their hand without stretchers.
The girls worked on unique, one-off pieces, so they would have had a great cachet. Romeyne, with the help of her friend Amari Carolina Florence, revived and patented a stitch called Umbrian-point found in the ancient textile collections of the Countess Rucellai in Florence, renaming it Point Sorbello. It consists of a set of stitches that give a raised effect. The colours most frequently used were white or ecru, red, russet, green and blue in the typical Umbrian tradition. The school closed around 1934 when America imposed a tax on imported goods. You can see embroidery from the school in the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York.
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Quaker Sampler @ Auction 26 June 2013
Lot 714 for auction at Jeffreys tomorrow is a black silk text sampler worked by Elizabeth Harward, at Chelmsford in 1827. The sampler measures 12.5" x 11" and has no estimate. Click here for more details.
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Monday, 24 June 2013
Free Give Away - Wendy Hope Falkner's Chickens Tapestry Pincushion Kit
I'd like to think we have a few younger readers who enjoy stitching, so to some extent I would like to encourage them to enter this free give away draw - or perhaps you are a mum, auntie or nanna who will spend time overseeing a favourite young person as they make up this delightful pincushion. It is not an arduous task and a little love and conversation will make the working a real pleasure. So when you enter do tell us who will be working this kit. It is brand new and purchased specially for this draw - shop value is around £15. Just click on the flying angel below and I'll announce a winner next Monday 8 July 2013.
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Sunday, 23 June 2013
Aemilia Ars Peacock Lace Design - Free Jigsaw Download
The Museo Storico della Tappezzeria at the Villa Spada in Bologna has some wonderful designs for needle-lace and this is one of my favourites which I photographed when I was there for a study day, to show you. It was designed by Guido Fiorini (1879-1960) for the Aemilia Arts School. Guido was also an architect and prolific set designer - and as you can see elements of both these disciplines are very visible in his design for this lady's collar. To download the jigsaw - Click here next Click Open, then click the .EXE file name and click Run, when you see the jigsaw puzzle, click Play Too many pieces? Try clicking on Trays on the top tool bar to create any number of resizeable trays to sort your pieces ........ you can also click the Cheat button and watch the puzzle solve itself! The software is by David Gray designer of Jigsaws Galore - the powerful jigsaw player and creator for Windows.
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Saturday, 22 June 2013
Textile Treasures in Frankfurt Historical Museum
This darning pattern sampler was worked by Christine Stricker in 1806 and is now in Frankfurt Historic Museum - accession number X28405. It is one of the many costume and textile treasures to be enjoyed there.
This rather beautiful beaded purse is in fact a tobacco pouch! From the 1st quarter of the 19th century, it is inscribed: tobacco smoke wraps up each care. Not quite like the health warnings we have these days! Below is a sample book from Sarasin & Co from Frankfurt Am Main. Click here to visit.
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Friday, 21 June 2013
More On-Line Articles About Samplers
I mentioned yesterday that you could read Marcus Huish's book on Samplers on-line - and now you have enjoyed that, here are another set of on-line books on samplers to thrill you. Simply click on the name to see the book you want to read.
Earliest Pennsylvania Sampler
The Old Fashioned Sampler by Frieda Emden
The Sampler by Lady Finch
Old Samplers by Sarah Frishmuth
American Samplers by Ethel Bolton
Samplers V&A Museum
Embroidered Samplers Cooper-Hewitt Museum Samplers and Stitches by Mrs A Christie
Stitch guide : a study of the stitches on the embroidered samplers in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (1984)
Development of Embroidery in America by Candace Wheeler
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Stitched Treasures of Winchester Cathedral
While on my Jane Austen pilgrimage a few weeks' ago, I visited Winchester Cathedral - one of the loveliest cathedrals in the UK, set in a pleasant old town. While there, I just had to check on the embroideries. Not sure of what I might find, I found a veritable treasure of kneelers and pew cushions. In fact, there are so many, the cathedral is a very comfortable place to rest ones bones for a while!
There are over 600 embroidered cushions - and alms bags - of exceptional design and quality. All of them in daily use. In fact, I so wanted to get down on my knees and retrieve this upturned cushion from the dusty floor boards. Fifty years ago there were fears expressed about the survival of the embroideries and suggestions that they were reserved only for special usage. However, it would be sad indeed to be deprived of these stitched meditations.
And here we see the hand, eye and organization of that indomitable needlework woman at work - Louisa Pesel, first President of the Embroiderers' Guild of England in 1920. Working with 160 other embroiderers, she created: 365 kneelers for the congregation; 32 choir kneelers; 60 stall cushions; 17 bench cushions; the lectern carpet; the litany kneeler; the communion rail edges; the borders for the curtains of the bishop's throne, 56 festival almsbags (14 for each of the 4 seasons) and 40 named almsbags!
The Pesel kneelers were largely stitched by the Broderers' Guild founded in 1931 whose first grant was towards the kneelers. Other cushions were embroidered by schoolgirls evacuated to Winchester during WWII. Louisa Pesel produced the designs based on the Cathedral's many medieval tiles. What appears to be over-dyed background stitching was produced by changing thread shade every twenty stitches. The newest set of cushions have been stitched by the Channel Islands parishes which are part of the Winchester Diocese. There is a small 36 page booklet on the embroideries - Stitched and Woven: The Embroideries of Winchester Cathedral by Sheila Gray.
And then of course there are the magnificent altar cloths which are changed according to the season. All this in a cathedral that has the longest nave in the entire world! Don't leave it too long before you visit!
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Embroidery from Provence
Click here for more details.
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Sampler Stories * Pakhuis Koophandel Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands * Until 31 October 2013
The Pakhuis Koophandel Museum is one of Leeuwarden's best kept secrets - don't miss this smaller museum if you are touring in the North Netherlands and planning to visit Leeuwarden's spectacular town museum. Some of these samplers are like nesting boxes, they tell stories referencing other stories referencing even older stories. Such as a sampler of 1786 the original of which is in the Zuiderzee museum. A pattern for this sampler was published in the 1980s and one lady, Geertje Dijkstra Hoff embroidered it in 1993. This sampler featured in the recording of a televised Douwe Egberts advert, and created a sensational amount of interest in samplers and sampler makers. Also in the exhibition are: antique samplers (the oldest is from 1694); embroidery patchwork from the Biedermeier time; darning samplers; red school samplers; contemporary samplers and samplers commemorating the life and tours of the Dutch royal family. Also on show are antique sewing kits from a private collection. The museum is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11am to 5 pm. Click here for more details.
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Monday, 17 June 2013
Recipient of Merwaardig's 25th Anniversary Diary
The recipient of the dairy is Nancy in Ontario
For those of you who missed out this week - don't despair there will be other give always and you can always obtain a copy of this lovely diary by contacting our friend Erica. The price is 18 Euros excluding shipping just click here to place your order.
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• tautology •
taw-tah-lê-jee • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A redundant phrase, a phrase with a repeated meaning, such as a female girl, an unmarried bachelor, a dead corpse. 2. Two phrases in a statement that make the statement true regardless whether either of the phases is true: "Linguistics will either make me smarter or not make me smarter."
Notes: A tautology is the opposite of an oxymoron, two words that contradict each other, such as the living dead. The words of a tautology mean the same thing: a dead corpse is a tautology because corpse itself means "dead". The adjectives in phrases like tiny speck, ATM machine, PIN number, a true fact, close proximity are all tautological.
In Play: Today's Good Word is a more precise substitute for redundant when you hear phrases like waffling politician, greedy corporate executive, sneaky lobbyist: "That's tautological," fits the situation more closely. This word can also add variety where we would otherwise use "X is his/her middle name", too: "It would be tautological to say that Dunham Wright is a decent person; "decency" is his middle name."
Word History: Today's Good Word is the English version of Greek tautologos "redundant", made up of tautos "identical" + logos "word, idea". The Greek word logos gave English logic and the suffix (o)logy, which we freely attach to words of all ilks these days. Logos is the noun from the verb legein "to speak, talk", whose root we find in lexicon (leg-sikon), lecture, and legend. This root came down to Old Germanic as *lekjaz "enchanter" (someone who uses magic words), which was laece "physician, doctor" by the time it reached Old English. Today? In Modern English it refers to an old, primitive medical device—the leech. (Would it be tautological to say a grateful readership is thankful to Michael Oberndorf for suggesting today's Good Word? Well, it wouldn't overexpress our gratitude.)
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