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In the early days of the internet, scrolling was a faux-pas – a dirty interaction that was to be minimized. Design gurus, fearing that novice web users were missing the content "below the fold", would exhort designers to cram as much as possible above this dreaded invisible line.
Today, the ubiquity of mobile touchscreen devices, coupled with the steady increase in the resolution of consumer screens both in the mobile form as well as traditional laptop and desktop settings, has revived scrolling as an effective and intuitive way to navigate through web content. With its rise, there has been a corresponding growth in the acceptable length of content-heavy pages, as designers experiment with using single pages to tell compelling stories with their content. The following is a collection of examples we've encountered that are poster children for the long scroll trend.
1. Navigation via narrative
Concise, and to the point has become a popular style of content on the web today. Simple contact forms, brief but clear "about" sections, and scannable "features" callouts – to name but a few – are leading the way in consolidating content into a single page. The pressure on the traditional horizontal navigation bar is easing, as it no longer must accommodate vast numbers of internal site pages. Instead, nav bars are being leveraged to lead users deeper into the story of the site's main page. Keeping the story contained to a single page helps preserve the seamlessness of the experience, and helps guard against key content possibly being missed, due to the linear nature of how long pages present content.
Single: http://singlecard.co.uk
Single utilizes a slider to deliver a simple story to its users. All of the nav elements on the site serve the purpose of leading the user through their story – even the top right navigation tab takes you to the very last slide that contains the main call to action.
Pur-Suit: http://www.pursuityourself.com
Pur-Suit is another site that opts for a clean and easy-to-navigate layout that tells its story. The site does have a small navigation bar, but it is confined to the very top of the page and its purpose is focused on helping navigate users down the page.
Whitmans New York: http://www.whitmansnyc.com
Whitmans provides all of the necessary sections a user would need to navigate through a restaurant site in a simple scrolling experience. The navigation sticks to the top right and remains a tool for jumping through different sections of the page, allowing users to quickly skip to the information they need.
2. Promoting engagement with metaphors & interactivity
Incorporating meaningful metaphors and rich interaction throughout the linear path of a long scroll page is a great way to keep users engaged with the story. Humans tend not to do well with uncertainty, so simple metaphors woven into the structure of your long pages help foreshadow what the user will encounter along the way. Sprinkling interactivity throughout these pages is similar to the good practice of stopping to stretch one's legs on a long roadtrip – offering these mental breaks to your users keeps them focused, and helps them return to the journey refreshed and ready to continue.
Online Portfolio of Jan Ploch: http://www.janploch.de
Jan Ploch uses the simple but fun metaphor of drinking a bottle of soda to compel users to reach the end of his page — thus concluding a satisfying drinking experience (*burp* – ahhh). This subtle visual interaction keeps users scrolling down the page to reach the end goal of seeing his final call to action.
La Moulade: http://lamoulade.com
La Moulade is a design firm that utilizes a wide range of scrolling from various angles – not just horizontal and vertical – in their web pages. The surprise of angular motion in a medium that is almost terminally married to up-down/left-right movement captures your attention almost immediately, but what keeps you moving forward is the gradual reveal of additional content. The text and images act as building blocks for an easily comprehended layout, as the viewer keeps scrolling through, creating a satisfying experience all the way through.
Dangers of Fracking: http://www.dangersoffracking.com
The Dangers of Fracking site is an excellent example of creating engagement and interaction between the user and the content using long-page scrolling. The page tells the fascinating story of a single drop of water as it goes through the fracking process – making sure to provide informative snippets of content at each step along the way. The innovative transformation of the content encourages users to keep scrolling and discover what other surprises are in store.
Wunderkit: http://get.wunderkit.com
Wunderkit's site is filled with all sorts of rich interactions that are cued to start when a user scrolls to certain sections down the page. The sum of all the small visual delights nestled within this page keeps users alert, and on the lookout to learn more about the product.
3. Improved comprehension
As anyone who's infuriated a sibling by shouting random numbers while they're memorizing a phone number can tell you, the human brain can only hold between 7 and 9 pieces of new information in short term memory at one time. Traditional sites with many separate pages break up content, therefore placing a greater burden on the user's short term memory to piece together the holistic message from disparate fragments. Collecting content within a single experience allows users to follow an unbroken thread, thereby aiding in comprehension and recollection down the road.
Rdio: http://www.rdio.com
Rdio's long scroll pages break up their content into digestible chunks of information that all relate to the main theme of each page. For example, the Apps page explores the various ways of using Rdio on different platforms – taking care to differentiate each section with good use of color blocks, while maintaining consistent style and flow from one section to another.
Think Green Meeting: http://thinkgreenmeeting.com
Think Green Meeting allows readers to jump to the information they need by clicking on the consistent navigation menu to the left. While the layout varies significantly from section to section, the panning motion between them connects the pieces together, reinforcing the main message.
Simple: https://www.simple.com
Simple is a site for a new money management service…that's not a bank. The concept requires some explaining. Their challenge is to demonstrate their key value proposition quickly and convincingly, and to motivate visitors to sign up. The one-page scrolling design is a dramatic departure from the majority of online financial services websites, which typically contain oceans of content – most of it text. Simple presents their key points briefly, linking to pertinent examples. This layered approach aids in comprehension of their new concept without overwhelming the visitor with details too early in the exploration.
Long page scrolling designs are great for delivering end-to-end stories to your audience, and with the proper execution can propel your users toward the main goal – whether that's a form submission, a product purchase, or even just reaching understanding of an idea you want to share.
Have you been impressed by a long page scrolling site recently? Share it with us in the comments below!
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Thread: Size of board for easier planing
2nd April 2018, 03:14 PM #1
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Size of board for easier planing
Hello all
im returning to wind surfing after 15 years - my last board was a fanatic bee 284
im starting to research the newer equipment and have been looking at both the fanatic Gecko and tabou rocket
i will mainly be blasting back and forth at Whitley lake, Poole harbour, last time I was confidant in the footstraps and harness with as small as a 5.0m from memory, no gybing as we just used to jump off and turn the board around
I have decided I will probably have around 7.5m as my largest sail, I will be looking at used boards 2-3 years old, first board will be one to use with the 7.5 and around a 6.0, the boards now seem to be able to carry a larger sail for the same volume, if a 120L board will carry a 7.5m comfortably would I plane earlier on say a 130L board or would it just be extra weight?
is there any advantage to the larger boards?
for a second board for small sails say 4.5/5.0/5.5 what would be a good size - 100L?
i weigh 73kg and Im 510
many thanks for any help
i did do a search but couldnt find the exact answers
2nd April 2018, 09:11 PM #2
Best advice would be to get yourself down to the OTC at Weymouth and hire some gear to see what you get on with.
The equipment and rig positions have changed a lot since you last windsurfed so test driving new gear will give you a better answer than written advice on a page.
For your weight, and given the description of what you think you will use, I'd guess that a 120 litre board and a 100 litre board would be a good pairing to suit your sail sizes. But that's a guess.Now back in the UK.
3rd April 2018, 10:32 AM #3
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In the last 15 years boards have become wider for their volume, so instead of thinking purely of volume you have to take the width into account as well.
If you look at the Gecko, the 112 litre is 73cm wide. If you go 1 size larger it is 120l * 76cm and I think that would feel very large with a 6m sail. You would gain very little in early planing but the board is heavier, would be slower due to the extra drag, and not so good for gybing (if you decide you want to improve that skill). The same for the Tabou Rocket/Rocket wide, dont go over the 73cm wide one.
I'm 78kg and for 6.5 & 7.5m (2 cam freeride) I use a 110l * 67cm freerace board. Thats a more of a traditional narrower design, has quite boxy rails and is plenty large enough to take the 7.5m. I have a bigger board/sail for lighter winds so if I was going to have 7.5m as my largest I might pick a 70-73cm wide board for more light wind performance. It might feel a bit big maxed out with a 6.5m.
My smaller board for the harbour is a 90l*59cm freeride. I use this with 4.5, 5.2 and 6m sails. That board is quite old, and when I replace it I will get a 95l*60-61cm faster FSW or freeride like Severne Fox 95l/Tabou 3S 96l/Exocet Cross 94l. Something fast with a power box as there are more performance fins available. Dont get a board with a US fin box, as those boards are generally more wave oriented which isnt a good idea for the harbour. This size will also take a 6.5m when well powered up, so you could use that on either board. On the small board it will feel a lot nicer to sail than on the bigger board when its choppy in the harbour.
100l might be a bit big for the 4.5m when the wind is averaging 28 gusting 35 knots.
Dont go smaller than 90l/59cm size as the harbour is quite gusty and the volume/width is handy.
Sails have also increased in range in the last 15 years. For harbour sailing, you could get 4.5, 5.2, 6m for the smaller board and 6.5 & 7.5m for the larger board. Thats what I've got anyway. Other options are available.
Poole Harbour Watersports and H2O might have some demo boards to try out in the harbour. The OTC will probably have more boards but remember that the water is flatter and the wind less gusty.
In a SW wind, Baiter Park is better to sail from than Whitely Lake as the wind is cleaner as its not affected by Brownsea Island.
Hamworthy Park is also better but is affected by the tide more. Sailing over the far side is excellent but you need to be very competent as its over 1 mile away.
I usually pick my spot from the wind direction as follows
Whitely Bay - W/NW
Hamworthy - S/SW/WSW/SE/E
Baiter - SW/NE(gusty & offshore). SW in 20 knots+ winds as the chop isnt so bad. Whitely/Hamworthy it can be bad especially at high tide.
3rd April 2018, 07:24 PM #4
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You are likely to get a mix of advice depending on people's own preferences so by far the easiest way for you to make a decision is to try a range of boards and sails. There is no place better to do that than the OTC in Portland. They are primarily in the business of hiring kit to try and also providing coaching rather than selling kit so you avoid the vested interest! That said they do sell their ex demo boards at a year or possibly 2 years old so there is an opportunity to buy as well if anything takes your fancy.
I assume you would be mainly interest in freeride boards. There are now 2 categories of freeride board. Using the Tabou range as an example, there is the Rocket which is a rather more traditional board in terms of design and possibly closer to your Fanatic Bee. Tabou also have the Rocket Wide. These boards are shorter, lower volume, but wider than the traditional freerides. They are also much thinner so they sit a little deeper in the water and have much thinner rails. As has been said above, you cannot judge these boards by volume alone, you have to also take the width into account. You should try both types to see what works best for you.
I use the Rocket Wides...108 and 128 with North E Type sails. Having used traditional freeride boards in the past and now the Rocket Wides I find the Rocket Wides far better in every respect and they do offer some real benefits for someone starting again...but that is something you need to judge for yourself. Get down to the OTC.
3rd April 2018, 08:27 PM #5
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Thanks for the replies, much appreciated
Phil, thats lots of good info there, so would I be better off having one light wind board say a rocket wide 108/110 or bigger for the 7.5
and then a regular rocket say the 95 for the smaller sails up to a 6.0?, that's only 58cm wide
Baiter Park is a new one to me, does looks good for a SW
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4th April 2018, 08:39 AM #7
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I haven't sailed any of the traditional Rockets so cant say. It is quite narrow, so think the combined difference in volume/width/sail size is quite a jump from a 7.5m. You might find you use a 6m on the larger board quite a lot.
I think the Rocket 95l is quite a rare board so you might not find one very easily secondhand. There are several FSW around 95l though and usually they are a bit wider.
I have changed down from my 7.5m 110l board to a 6m 90l board a few times though when the wind has picked up a lot. I've always had a 6.5m (on the same board) to change to as 1st choice.
Its not that windy in Poole. From my log I see I use my 6.5m more than the combined total for 4.5/5.2 sails. Same for 6m sail, that gets used about the same as the 6.5m.
So I always spend more on larger sails than smaller sails.

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VOLISTA wins a Janus design award
Maquet once again finds itself in the spotlight. The VOLISTA surgical light received the internationally renowned "Janus de la Santé" award from the French Institute of Design at the 61st annual ceremony.
Created in 1953, the Janus label is recognized by the French Ministry of Industry and Trade, and awards French companies in various industries such as industry, retail, living space and healthcare. More than 300 people attended the ceremony, which was held on June 30 chaired by Matthias Fekl, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade in the prestigious Quai d'Orsay.
The jury of industry peers noted its appreciation for the VOLISTA light's aim at improving the quality of life for surgical staff. It offers extraordinary visual comfort and faithful color rendering without shadows or deformities in the visual field.
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Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. recently honored 17 companies and organizations with the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA).
GEELA recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made notable, voluntary contributions in conserving California's precious resources, protecting and enhancing our environment, building public-private partnerships and strengthening the State's economy.
The following three winners showed leadership in reducing their waste:
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Mike Brown is one of those utterly insignificant people in history that, as Baudelaire wrote, one is embarrassed to discuss, because no one will remember him in fifty years. Well, perhaps the good folks of New Orleans will.
This afternoon, watching MSNBC, I saw some remarkable testimony before Congress. Marty Bahamonde, the first FEMA official to arrive in New Orleans, sent a frantic message to Director Mike Brown, warning that victims were out of food, and would soon be dying. Portions of Bahamonde's email reveal his insistence that help be sent immediately:
"Sir, I know that you know the situation is past critical. Here some things you might not know.
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Visualising how today's archeological sites and antique remains looked in ancient times using a smartphone application.
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Psychedelic frogfish
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Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
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On a Windows system, the installer displays the following message when an older version of the product is detected:
Older installers do not check for newer versions of the application. You must prepare your machine as described below then uninstall the newer version before continuing with your downgrade.
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FX'sAtlanta feels less like a TV show and more like a record -- that is to say, it feels more like a Childish Gambino album. As someone who's been following Donald Glover's acting career since Season 1 of Community and his music career since the release of his EP, titled EP (released in 2011), I've found that if when describing the first season of Atlantayou try to put it in a box (dark comedy, sitcom, whatever) you limit yourself to descriptions that are not as accurate as you think. This makes perfect sense – because Glover (pictured at top) has never allowed himself to be boxed in, regardless of the medium.
"Atlanta" Continues Donald Glover's Multi-Media Journey of Self-Discovery
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Wild Creatives. Wildly Curious.
Creatives are habitually curious. Always have been, always will be.
Our internal need to constantly learn and experience new things is what draws us together.
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Tara is an international portrait and lifestyle photographer with a passion for travel and adventure. She has stood at the top of the Swiss Alps and walked the streets of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. She's been lost in the hills of Ireland and slept on fishing boats across the Balearic Sea. She has zipped through rice patties in Thailand and played tug of war with a baby elephant. She has taught workshops in Belize and given sermons in Africa. She has photographed victims of human trafficking in the Philippines, stayed in villages in Nicaragua and captured portraits in South Korea – all with a resounded question in mind ...
How do I share my passion for being not just a creative, but an adventurous one with others?
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Named one of the "25 Funniest People in America" by Entertainment Weekly Magazine, Dave Attell's caustic wit, rapid-fire delivery and choice of material that can best be described as "very adult" has earned him the reputation as a "comic's comic." But if you ask Attell, he'd say, "I'm just trying to get some laughs and sell some drinks."
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Open Hearts...Open Minds...Open Doors
We Have a Mission!
Why does the church exist? According to Matthew's Gospel, the risen Christ made it clear:
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you" (28:19-20).
Based on this "Great Commission," our United Methodist Church has stated its purpose: "The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Local churches provide the most significant arena through which disciple-making occurs."
So the mission of The United Methodist Church, and of our congregation, is to make disciples. This is a four-fold task….We could abbreviate our mission as one of welcoming-worshiping-nurturing-sending.
We reach out to people and welcome them into the church
We have a direct responsibility for people of the "world" around our church, the community in which we and others study, work, shop, play, and so forth. In this world are people with many hurts, doubts, and questions. There are some who are new in the community and feel a little lost, some who are proudly self-sufficient, and others who are in desperate circumstances. Our mission is to reach out to them, listen to them, accept them, share the gospel in word and deed, invite them into the family of faith, and joyfully receive all who will respond.
We relate people to God and help them deepen their relationship with God
The second task in making disciples is to offer people opportunities for growing closer to God. Whether they are visitors or old-time members, just beginning the journey of faith or well along the road—all are in need of God's love in Christ. Through worship, prayer, study, and honest sharing, we help one another discover that the Holy Spirit is not far off but present with us, wanting an open and loving friendship with each of us—not only friendship but commitment as well. Through our congregation's various ministries we encourage one another to give ourselves to Christ, to ground our lives in the living God.
We nurture people in Christian living
Third, our congregation's mission is to nurture people of all ages in the Christian faith and to help them practice the disciplines of discipleship. The church exists not to serve itself but to serve the world. We come to church not only for our own personal enrichment but also to prepare ourselves to do the work of love and to get ready to be Christ's disciples in the community. Through worship, baptism, Communion, Bible study, prayer, and other means of grace, we're strengthened for ministry.
We support people in their ministry
As members of the congregation, we're sent into the community to serve those in need and to make our community more loving and just. We believe that the Holy Spirit empowers and guides us in these ministries and that wherever there's need and suffering, we meet Christ, already at work. But still, we cannot be effective in ministry on our own. So the congregation exists, in part, to surround and support each member in his or her ministry. We do not always succeed in our efforts to be faithful disciples in the world. But with the loving support of the community of faith, we can continue to grow.
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Our annual trip to Martha's Vineyard is approaching. No where on earth we'd rather be!
Enjoy the weekend,
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Today is my birthday! I am now 56 years years old, teetering at the top of the 50s hill about to roll down the other side. As I begin my descent, I must admit that the first half of my 50s was a bit challenging. So when I blow out the candles at dinner with my family this evening, you can be sure I'll be wishing for smooth sailing during its second half and beyond.
A while back, John asked me what I wanted for this birthday. My answer: Not a single thing. You see, I have everything I could have ever hoped for — a loving family, wonderful friends, the cottage of my dreams — and most important, my health.
How grateful I am to have this day. As a breast cancer survivor, each and every day is a gift. What more could I possibly ask for?
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A couple of mornings ago, John and I headed off to the Elephant's Trunk Flea Market. The weather was sublime and we enjoyed waking the aisles in the Sunday sunshine. I wanted to find some home decor items for our new living room, but we weren't able to come across anything that said "Take me home!" However, I did buy a couple of things for our kitchen, shown below: a pair of Shawnee Pottery salt and pepper shakers in the perfect shade of aqua, and a copy of The Basic Cook Book from 1947. I really like its simple, clean cover design.
As you may have noticed, I like to display books facing out on shelves all around my home. And old cook books with interesting covers are always fun to have around the kitchen. Not only do they look great and add a bit of vintage charm, they have useful tips and provide insight into how foods were prepared in the past.
I found The Basic Cook Book from a friendly dealer who was selling off her late father's collection. He was once a chef and had amassed an impressive array of culinary literature over the years. Thanks to his hard work, I was able to purchase an instant collection of eight of his cook books, below.
These appetizing treasures will make an appearance in my Etsy shop very soon. Until then, you can find the two cook books for children, below, in my shop. Both are classics and are a great way to introduce kids to cooking. Plus, their sweet covers make them irresistible.
When pretend kitchen play is preferred, I am offering my 1950 Marx Modern Toy Kitchen Set for sale. Found at the Wellfleet Flea Market on Cape Cod last summer, I was thrilled to find a complete set with stove, fridge, broom closet, sink, dishwasher and storage shelves. Plus, it has retained all of its plastic door handles, knobs, faucet, utensil rack, sink basin, dishwasher tub, pots, pans, dishes, ice cube trays, tea kettle, canisters, cooking tools and flatware. There is even a red plastic turkey and a t-bone steak!
I've so enjoyed this toy kitchen, but I can't keep everything. So now you can find it in my Etsy shop HERE.
Happy cooking . . . or playing . . . or both!
P.S. Almost forgot to mention — we saw them filming an episode of HGTV's Flea Market Flip while at the Elephant's Trunk. Pretty cool!
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This past week, it felt great getting back to sewing. I haven't done any projects since before we moved last fall, so this was a good test to see how well my studio's sewing area is set up.
My red vintage kitchen table is perfect for my sewing machine and the Hoosier cabinet's pull-out tabletop affords me even more room to work. So I was able to create five new pennant banners in no time at all.
While sewing, I listened to an audio book, At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson. I need to read it for my book group next week and it's been hard to find time to devote to it. A truly enjoyable book; here's what Amazon has to say about it: With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, the pipes, the pillows, and every item of furniture.
Listening to Mr. Bryson was great as it made my sewing time so much happier. I was even able to photograph and list my new creations in my Etsy shop. These pennant banners are fun to hang wherever you want a spot of color and whimsy… in your studio, craft space, office, bedroom — anywhere!
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What a busy Monday! Now that my new sewing area is all set up, this week I'm making pennant banners for my Etsy shop out of vintage floral fabrics. Aren't they pretty?
Look what I found! It's a 1920s child's step-back cupboard that matches the doll cupboard for sale on Etsy HERE. So adorable!
This charming relic will be listed for sale soon, joining the items shown below — many of which have already made their Etsy debut. I'll be working on listings for the others over the coming days.
That's what I'm up to this week. How about you?
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How I miss my mom. She was the best, even if she made me wear a bathing cap!
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In a small home like ours, taking down a few walls can make a world of difference. What was once a tiny dining room, narrow kitchen, and sliver of a family room is now one large space that's bright and inviting. This newly configured open area runs the entire width of the house. That means that while at the kitchen sink, I can see the sunrise in the morning. And from the family room window, I view the sun setting across our front lawn. Plus, the abundance of windows has provided refreshing breezes this spring. Another perk: the family room's original stone fireplace can now be seen from the kitchen and dining room.
Enough talk — here's a tour! I think the pictures speak for themselves.
Embedded in the fireplace mortar is a 1935 penny, shown below. Our home was built in 1925, so perhaps this was left as a clue as to when the fireplace was added. Love it!
Within the first few moments of stepping inside, that tiny penny was just one of many details that immediately sold me on our endearing cottage, sweet cottage.
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What a beautifully sunny Saturday! How I do love spring.
Have a terrific weekend,
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It's not decisive. Because I haven't watched the whole show just yet. But I had the pleasure to watch one of the most hilarious episodes ever.
And of course, our dear Lorne was in there.
You may guess what that one could be. In this one is where Lorne and the rest of the gang try with " a magic potion" to get Cordelia's memory back. It's called Spin in The Bottle.
I have probably missed some piece while I was laughing so hard I would breathe deep to get some air in my lungs.
Obviously, you can imagine it is by far my favourite episode. Lorne recounting the whole story with some funny comments. Like this one when he is tied to a chair and looks directly into the camera to say how shameful was that situation of being unconcious while the rest of the guys where fighting each other.
That was superb.
After watching that. And knowing how all this ends it seems to be very iconic of Andy's life this last scene of Lorne walking out from stage with a lightened door in the end and his shoes echoing in the room. Some of his lastest words in this episode are also very iconic to what I think was Andy's life


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Our good buddy Alec has a modest proposal for what makes the GOP so cruel. It could be simply epidemiology…
Unfortunately, the cure does not lie in a typical antithesis like being loved: instead this only irritates the synapses of dendrites most effected by prolonged effects of being infected.
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Telenor India Communications Pvt Ltd, the new legal entity of erstwhile Telewings India Pvt Ltd which operated under the Uninor brand, will continue to position itself as the 'sabse sastaa' or the lowest costing voice and data services provider in the country. The company will keep its propeller logo after the brand change.
"We want to give our customers better experience, besides being fair, which is why we had started reimbursing them for call drops," chief executive officer Vivek Sood told ET. "We are now extending this to STD (calls between circles) and ISD (international) calls," he added.
Sood said Telenor is evaluating all options including spectrum sharing, trading and merger and acquisitions besides auctions to acquire more spectrum, as the company plans to expand. "We know we have to move to the next stage of services, for which we need spectrum. However, there is still demand on 2G," he said, adding that there was little urgency in going towards 3G or 4G.
Sood said that in the company has not set a timeline for deciding the course it will take, but will be ready within the next 8-9 months.
The company which claims to be No 4 by revenue and subscribers in circles of UP (West), UP (East), Bihar (including Jharkhand), Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, aims to launch operations in Assam circle by early next year.
Telenor India will invest significantly in transforming its network and retail presence across circles. By modernizing the entire network for advanced technology solutions, it is preparing to offer high-speed Internet services for mass-market consumers in future, it added. At present, it has 47.55 million customers.
Last year Norway-based Telenor Group had increased its stake in the Indian entity to 100%. Last month, it gave a contract worth Rs 1,200 crore to Chinese firm Huawei to modernise and manage its network across six circles in India within a three-year time frame. The project will start this year with modernisation of 5,000 mobile tower sites. The remaining 19,000 sites will be modernised in 2016.
Having achieved break even and Ebitda level profitability within four years of operations, despite a setback from cancellation of licenses in 2012 - some of which it bought back in that year's auctions to stay afloat - the company said it will continue to invest in building networks which will allow it to offer financial services in the future. Telenor, IDFC Ltd and Dilip Shanghvi's personal investment firm, Dilip Shanghvi Family and Associates, won a payments bank license recently.


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Data recall at the LHC? April 1, 2014Posted by apetrov in Uncategorized.
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In a stunning turn of events, Large Hadron Collider (LHC) management announced a recall and review of thousands of results that came from its four main detectors, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and ALICE, in the course of the past several years when it learned that the ignition switches used to start the LHC accelerator (see the image) might have been produced by GM.
GM's CEO, A. Ibarra, who is better known in the scientific world for the famous Davidson-Ibarra bound in leptogenesis, will be testifying on the Capitol Hill today. This new revelation will definitely add new questions to already long list of queries to be addressed by the embattled CEO. In particular, the infamous LHC disaster that happened on 10 September 2008, which cost taxpayers over 21Million dollars to fix, and has long suspected been caused by a magnet quench, might have been caused by too much paper accidentally placed on a switch by a graduate student, who was on duty that day.
"We want to know why it took LHC management five years to issue that recall", an unidentified US Government official said in the interview, "We want to know what is being done to correct the problem. From our side, we do everything humanly possible to accommodate US high energy particle physics researchers and help them to avoid such problems in the future. For example, we included a 6.6% cut in US HEP funding in the President's 2015 budget request." He added, "We suspected that something might be going on at the LHC after it was convincingly proven to us at our weekly seminar that the detected Higgs boson is 'simply one Xenon atom of the 1 trillion 167 billion 20 million Xenon atoms which there are in the LHC!'"
This is not the first time accelerators cause physicists to rethink their results and designs. For example, last year Japanese scientists had to overcome the problem of unintended acceleration of positrons at their flagship facility KEK.
At this point, it is not clear how GM's ignition switches problems would affect funding of operations at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA.
Another one bites the dust. Or "Super-B? What Super-B?" November 28, 2012Posted by apetrov in Uncategorized.
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Studies of New Physics require several independent approaches. In the language of experimental physics it means several different experiments. Better yet, several accelerators that have detectors that study similar things, but produce results with different systematic and statistical uncertainties. For a number of years that was how things were: physicists searched for New Physics in high-energy experiments where new particles could be produced directly (think TeVatron or LHC experiments), or low-energy, extremely clean measurements that explored quantum effects of heavy new physics particles. In other words, New Physics could also be searched for indirectly.
As a prominent example of the later approach, detectors BaBar at SLAC (USA) and Belle at KEK (Japan) studied decays of copiously produced B-mesons in hopes to find glimpses of New Physics in quantum loops. These experiments measured many Standard Model-related parameters (in particular, confirming the mechanism of CP-violation in the Standard Model) and discovered many unexpected effects (like new mesons containing charmed quarks, as well as oscillations of charm mesons). But they did not see any effects that could not be explained by the Standard Model. A way to go in this case was to significantly increase luminosity of the machine, thereby allowing for very rare processes to be observed. Two super-flavor factories (those machines are really like factories, churning out millions of B-mesons) were proposed, the Belle-II experiment at KEK and a new Super-B factory at the newly-created Cabibbo Lab in Frascatti, Italy. I have already written about the Cabibbo Lab.
It appears, however, that Italian government decided today that it cannot fund the Super-B flavor factory. Tommaso Dorigo reported it in his blog this morning. Here is more hard data: there is a press release (in Italian) from the INFN that basically tells you that "economic conditions… were incompatible with the costs of the project evaluated." Which is another way of saying that Italian government is not going to fund it. This follows by the news from the PhysicsWorld saying the same thing.
Many physicists have been expressing doubts that the original Super-B plan, which was, in my opinion, very bold, could be executed within the proposed time frame. Yet, physicists pressed on… that is until this morning's announcement. Reality of our world sets in — there is not enough money for basic research…
So what's left? There is still, of course, Belle-II. Moreover, excellent performance of LHCb experiment at CERN (I wrote about that here) leaves us with great hopes. That is, if Nature cooperates…


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Monergistic Regeneration T-Shirt (Brown)
By popular demand we have reprinted our Regeneration T-Shirts. With the upsurge of interest in a more robust biblical and Reformation theology, many search for ways to expose their friends and neighbors to monergistic regeneration and the doctrines of grace. This T-shirt piques the interest of onlookers and provides an excellent bridge for introducing the Biblical beliefs recovered and heralded during the Reformation.
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When I click on the link to buy a "Monergistic Regeneration T-Shirt" it just goes to a .jpg of the image. Is there something wrong with the link?
This is a great T-shirt, will they be available anytime in the near future?
I've been waiting to buy one of these t-shirts for a few years. I have seen them on the Monergism site for much of that time, but never in my size, XXL. Can anyone tell me where to buy one in 2XL? Thank you.
Who has the original image for this t-shirt? If I can get the original image, I could upload it to Zazzle and have one made for myself in my size. I could copy the one above, but I don't know if it is of a high enough resolution for a t-shirt.


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I've seen this imaginatively designed lantern several times in 30 years and it always makes me smile. Except for the blemish on a cheek, it is in better condition that the others I've seen. The shoes are typically trashed and the inserts are singed or gone. The inserts look right to me, although it is impossible to be sure short of a personal examination. This lantern was made in Germany, probably during the very early 1920s. You can't go wrong with this knowledgeable and nice seller.
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This post is the first in a series of five that will be released over the next few weeks. Today's post is an introduction to the series and the first pillar of monitoring.
When a website is launched there is one particular component of the system that is deeply important. That system is monitoring.
Monitoring is often swept under the rug, held for last, or poorly done. This is a huge mistake that, in my opinion, is nearly inexcusable. It is my opinion that a lack of monitoring of key items in key contexts will lead to poor performance, outages, and bad business decisions. Monitoring is simply a requirement for any production web application that you actually care about.
You might be wondering what you should monitor. That is what I call the pillars of monitoring. It is the what, that is the subject matter for this series.
Note: This article is not about how to monitor these things. There are numerous tools and services and some are better than others. Some are affordable and some are mind numbingly expensive. Fitting the right tool to the right pillar and for the site sometimes requires analysis and is a different discussion and outside the scope of this series.
Your web site or application will stand upon these pillars in a way so make them strong. Today, there are five pillars.
Pillar One: Third Party Outside Monitoring - Your Eye in the Sky (or cloud)
This pillar is all about having a path to agreement if things go wrong and good metrics for approximation of your customer point of view. As a result this type of monitoring is usually done from outside of your own data center. Additionally, this is often done from numerous points of presence around the globe. This type of monitoring can help to provide the best approximation of what your client might be experiencing at their geographic location when using your application.
3rd Party Outside monitoring will produce metrics such as uptime, downtime, latency, page component analysis, DNS performance, and many other related items. These metrics can be vital to understanding your application performance at a given point in time and as importantly, over time as changes are introduced to the system.
One very important note is that in the event an incident occurs and there are problems for some reason, it is this pillar that will provide the final point of arbitration about the performance or uptime of a given web facing service. For example, if a the client or clients customers perceive that the website is offline for some reasons. Then, the systems engineer says that it appears just fine. Well, rather than arguing, the decision is easier since we have an agreement that the site is up if the third party service says it is up and performing well then it is and the tie is broken. Of course, this does make the assumption that the monitors aren't bogus and that the monitoring service is actually functioning. So, setup and choose your providers carefully. Additionally, this doesn't always mean everything is perfect, but it can help to focus efforts more quickly in productive directions.
Monitoring is a requirement. It is not an after-thought. Stay tuned for the next installment where I will discuss Pillar Two.


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Hi friends.
I make mistakes. Ok. I make a lot of mistakes.
It is human to make mistakes. And I am human certainly. (No robots are employed at the Vintage Modern shop.)
Like I said last week, I like a little imperfection, a little character. But when I am working on projects like writing or refinishing furniture, I like complete those maybe not perfectly, but somewhere close to perfect.
Perfect with character. Perfect with personality. Handmade perfect.
But the only way you to get close to perfect is practice. And as you practice, you make mistakes.
You hit the wrong note. You cut the board too short. You realize no matter what the paint label said, use primer.
And from these mistakes, you learn.
You play different notes. You measure twice. You always use primer. (Seriously, just use primer.)
And slowly, your songs sound better. You cut your boards the right length. Your paint covers perfectly.
You get better.
But before that happens, you make those mistakes.
Over the last two weeks, I got better at some things. I saw this cool banner DIY on A Beautiful Mess.
I thought, I could make that, and I could sell that at the shop.
But I had a tweak in mind. I wanted my banner to be not quite so Christmas-themed. So instead of NOEL, I decided my banner would say ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
So I went to the fabric store to buy my supplies. I agonized over the type of sheet moss to buy. Cost, how much I need, etc. Sheet moss cost more than I anticipated.
I went home and unrolled my moss. It was completely see-through.
I went back to the store and bought something that actually resembled a sheet. Mistake made. Lesson learned.
Since I was adding more words to my banner, I also decided to scale down my letters. Instead of doing the word LOVE 8 inches tall like the blog post suggests, I made the word LOVE 6 inches tall and the rest of the words 2 inches tall.
I cut my banner out of felt and cut and glued my ribbon down to the felt. I printed out the letters, taped the letters to the cardboard and then cut these letters out. Then I cut the letters out of moss and glued these letters to the cardboard letters. I arranged ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE on my banner, and I glued the words down. Then I hung my banner over the edge of a door and glued two wreath hangers to the back of the banner.
I stood back and looked at the banner. Something was off. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
I took a couple pictures, and I sent one to my mom.
"Kinda on the fence about it."
"Doesn't seem to have the same pop as the other one. Are all the letters moss covered?" she wrote back.
I had, of course, covered all the letters in moss. But with this text, my mom essentially identified the problem.
She couldn't tell for sure if all the letters were moss-covered, so the green was not nearly as bold as it should have been. By making the letters smaller, I had thrown the scale off. So the banner didn't have as much "pop" because the size of the banner wasn't proportional to the letters.
This letter re-sizing amounted to a mistake, and one that was not as easily fixed as returning the moss to the store. The banner was maybe not entirely ruined, but certainly not usable in its current state.
So I failed. But I also learned.
Some tweaks are good. I still like the idea of using "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE." I also like the rose gold ribbon I bought. But the letters must be bigger, or the banner must be smaller to correct the scale.
I haven't decided how I want to try to salvage the banner I made. Or if I want to try to make more banners for the shop.
As I get older, I have accepted there are plenty of things I won't ever be great at. But it doesn't mean I want to stop pushing myself to try new things.
Some of these things I will be good at. And some of these things I will fail at.
Making mistakes and failing is what makes us human. Failure helps us grow. And no matter how old I am, I don't ever want to stop learning and growing.


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Farhad Manjoo is disillusioned. In two recent New York Times posts, he's wondered aloud whether there is a real place for tablet computers in an era when phones are getting bigger and laptops are getting more portable. "Tablets have lately been suffering and identity crisis; there doesn't seem to be much to do on a high-powered tablet that you couldn't do better on a phone or computer," he writes.
Really? How quickly the advent of something shiny and new (<cough>the iPhone 6</cough>) makes us jaded about the previous coolest-thing-ever. It seems to me that there's a lot you can do on a tablet that you can't do nearly as well on a phone or a computer. Just to start:
- Reading e-books
- Reading newspapers, magazines, and comics
- Consuming articles you've saved to read-it-later apps like Pocket
- Web surfing (as opposed to more directed, work-related research)
- Saving content to Evernote or Pocket (which is super-easy using the new extensions in iOS 8)
- Video calls with family and friends via FaceTime or Skype
- Reviewing photos (and basic photo editing)
- Watching streaming or downloaded video
- Navigating in Google Maps or Apple Maps (from the passenger seat, of course)
- Note-taking (preferably via an external Bluetooth keyboard like Logitech's)
- Reviewing e-mail (but not processing it -- a laptop really is better for that)
- Playing graphics-rich games like Infinity Blade
- Doodling / drawing with apps like Paper or Brushes
I've been a huge iPad fan since day one. (Seriously, I was 20th in line at the Boston Apple Store on April 3, 2010, when the original iPad debuted, and 15th in line at the San Francisco store on November 1, 2013, when the iPad Air came out.) It's my go-to device for lightweight information management activities, especially reading.
The truth is that I can't stand to read anything longer than a few hundred words on a laptop screen or desktop monitor. I also don't read much on my phone, unless I'm in a taxi or a grocery-store checkout line and it's the only device I have with me; the tiny screen just isn't conducive to immersive reading.
So if it weren't for the rise of the tablet, I'd probably consume a lot less digital content overall. The iPad screen, which is larger than the pages of most hardcover books, feels pleasingly capacious. And the device itself has gotten so light, at least in its iPad Air iterations, that the old sore-wrist problem (from holding it for long periods) is a thing of the past.
I'll admit that the iPad's unique advantages may be eroding with the advent of larger smartphones. I'm intrigued by the iPhone 6, which seems like it might be big enough to have iPad-like qualities when it comes to displaying text and photos. Then again, I was totally underwhelmed by the first iPad mini, partly because it seemed so small.
Critiques like Manjoo's overlook the rapidity with which iPads and similar tablets have invaded retail stores (where they're great as inventory management and point-of-sale devices), medical clinics, classrooms (though certainly not without controversy), and even airliner cockpits, where they take the place of the old "flight bag."
You don't see smartphones turning up as serious work tools in such environments. They've got roughly the processing power and the connectivity as tablets (and better cameras). But they don't have the screen real estate needed for information-rich tasks.
You wouldn't try to shrink a Rothko painting down to the size of a Renaissance portrait. So I'm puzzled by the new argument that bigger phones make tablets superfluous. My bet is that if you took away Manjoo's iPad, within a week or two he'd be writing a column about the the shortcomings of his phone and his laptop as devices for immersive info-consumption, basic data manipulation, and casual creativity.
Addendum, Nov. 3, 2014: I do agree with Manjoo's remark that there's been a slowdown in the creation of compelling new tablet apps. That's a sentiment echoed this week by experience designer Khoi Vinh, featured in a Wired report on LayUp, his new iPad app for designers. Vine says "I feel like there's a huge white space in the iPad market, in taking advantage of its specific capabilities." Agreed -- it's been a good while since anyone came out with something as new and intriguing as Flipboard, Paper by FiftyThree, or StarWalk. But we should probably keep in mind that the iPad has been on the market for only four years; the iPhone has a three-year head start. Developer interesting comes in waves, and it probably wouldn't take much (maybe just a few cool new apps like LayUp) to fall in love with the iPad all over again.


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Although, it isn't centered on Buchanan. Instead it is a back and forth over whether or not partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Corbett's team is being hypocritical for agreeing that Buchanan should step down if she runs for office while asserting it is perfectly ok for Corbett to remain in office while running for governor.
We thought we'd bring some focus back onto Buchanan and point out some whitewashes conducted by the office under her direction.
Check out this news item from 2006 and try to guess who it is referring to:
"The newspaper independently interviewed the [xxxx] staff members. Among their allegations:Any guesses? Mike Veon? This sounds exactly like what Corbett charged Veon and 11 other Democrats for allegedly doing. John Perzel? Everyone in the Capitol knows this kind of stuff was rampant in his Philadelphia offices.
Mr. [xxxx] and his campaign staff have frequently used his [xxxx] office for campaign strategy sessions, and equipment like the office's fax, copier, camera and filing cabinets for campaign-related materials, instead of using his separate campaign office a few miles away.
Members of his taxpayer-paid staff have been expected to have campaign materials with them at all times when accompanying [xxxx], in case he wants to provide them to constituents.
In sending [xxxx] staff such as unpaid interns to perform door-knocking and drop off official literature throughout the district this summer, they were instructed to stop only at the homes of registered voters.
Multiple staff members from the district office were instructed last December to devote their time to labeling, stuffing and mailing greeting cards to individuals who were campaign contributors of [xxxx]. The postage and materials were paid by his campaign fund, but several staffers said they performed the functions in the middle of the government workday, rather than on heir own time." (Post-Gazette 10/28/06)
This could be just about anyone in the Pennsylvania legislature. This kind of stuff has been going on for years in district offices...both Democrat and Republican.
You'd be wrong if you guessed any of the above.
This story was about Republican Congressman Tim Murphy in Allegheny County. A interview with Andy Sheehan with KDKA resulted in this piece de resistance:
That cring-worthy prevaricating by Murphy should join this performance by former Rep. Ken Ruffing in the politician interview disaster hall of fame.
Even though Buchanan asserts she investigates politicians of both parties equally...
"I investigate cases brought to my attention without regard to the political affiliation of the subject. Public corruption is nonpartisan, and we investigate it wherever we find it." (Post-Gazette...she's a liar:
"But allegations of wrongdoing have also come up against some Republicans here over the years.Murphy isn't the only member of Congress Buchanan has ignored. In 2003, she gave a pass to Congressman Bill Shuster for using his congressional staff to spy on his political adversaries. (Post-Gazette 11/6/03 and 11/7/03)
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum was heavily criticized for saying that his family lived in Penn Hills -- requiring the school district there to pay the cost for his children to attend a cyber school -- while they were really in Virginia.
An employee of U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair, was fired after alleging that congressional staff and resources were being used for campaign work.
And local charges were filed against then-state Rep. Jeff Habay, R-Shaler, for ordering his staff to do campaign work on public time.
None of those cases resulted in criminal charges in federal court, and Ms. Buchanan would not comment on whether there were any investigations." (Post-Gazette 3/18/07)
We've been saying for months that Republican prosecutors, especially politically active ones, can and do ignore mountains of evidence while hammering Democrats. The Bush Administration's Justice Department under Alberto Gonzales is tangible and very recent proof of this reality.
Buchanan's tenure as Western PA US Attorney is just one more example of how blatant the partisanship can be. Democrats like Allegheny Coroner Cyril Wecht and Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy are worthy of millions for an investigation and prosecution, but Republicans like Congressman Tim Murphy and Senator Rick Santorum aren't?
The same holds true for Corbett and bonusgate. Reams of documents and hours of testimony have shown bonusgate extends well-beyond Veon and the eleven other Democrats arrested in 2008. Everyone in Harrisbug knows Corbett has more than enough to charge dozens and dozens of Republican members and staff.
Corbett has promised us "shocking" Republican indictments, but we aren't so sure he'll deliver.


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US Patent # 5,128,85 cover for ceiling mounted light -
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July 7, 1992
Decorative cover for ceiling mounted light
Primary Examiner: Husar; Stephen F.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Salter, Michaelson & Benson
What is claimed is:
1. A decorative cover for a ceiling mounted light, comprising an integral plastic translucent sheet having first and second panels extending downwardly and inwardly from the ceiling on opposite sides of said ceiling mounted light to a line where they merge beneath the light, thus defining a V-shaped cover, said merge line defining a living hinge, said panels having decorative indicia thereon, whereby said ceiling light provides backlighting for said indicia, said light being located above the top of said cover, means securing the top edges of said panels to the ceiling, and strengthening strips mounted on the end edges of said panels to retain said plastic sheet in said V-shape configuration.
2. The cover of claim 1 further comprising translucent end caps mounted on the ends of said V-shaped cover so as to completely cover said ends.
3. The cover of claim 1 further characterized in that said merge line has an opening therein through which illumination directly passes.
4. The cover of claim 1 further characterized in that said panels are polyester with a photographic emulsion on the outer surface thereof, said indicia consisting of a photographic image thereon.
5. The cover of claim 1 further characterized in that said panels are vinyl, said indicia being lithographically printed thereon. Description
This invention relates generally to a decorative cover that functions to diffuse illumination from a recessed ceiling light, while at the same time creating a pleasing visual effect.
Although not limited thereto, the present invention is particularly adapted for use with recessed fluorescent lights which conventionally provide direct undiffused light to the room or area in which the ceiling light is mounted, although in some cases a molded plastic cover with integral lenses built therein may cover the fluorescent lights to provide some degree of diffusion. In other cases, the fluorescent bulbs pass through a grating or egg-crate type fixture which functions to direct the light in a straight downward path, but does not actually diffuse the light, nor is such an arrangement aesthetically pleasing.
It has therefore been found desirable to provide a cover for recessed ceiling light fixtures which functions to provide improved light diffusion, and which at the same time provides an unusual and pleasing appearance. Where desired, and particularly in retail establishments, the cover of the present invention can also be provided with decorative indicia which advertises one or more products.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a cover for a recessed ceiling light fixture which functions to diffuse the light, and which at the same time, as a result of decorative indicia applied to the cover, provides an unusual and aesthetically pleasing appearance.
Another object is the provision of a cover of the character described that may be used for advertising purposes in a tasteful and attractive manner.
In carrying out the objectives of my invention, the cover is formed of a translucent material to which decorative indicia is applied, the cover being arranged so that at least a portion of the illumination from the light source passes therethrough, whereby the decorative indicia on the cover is backlit by the light source.
In the preferred form of my invention, the cover comprises a pair of translucent panels that extend downwardly and inwardly from opposite sides of the ceiling recess in which the light source is mounted, with the panels merging at their lower end to define a V-shaped cover or diffuser that hangs downwardly from the ceiling. Decorative indicia of any desired type is applied to the aforesaid panels by any suitable means, such as by photographic techniques or by printing, whereupon the decorative indicia is illuminated by the light source, although at the same time the light passing through the cover is somewhat diffused. End caps may be provided at opposite extremities of the cover to completely enclose the light source, and where some degree of direct lighting is required or desired, one or more apertures may be provided at the lower edge of the cover.
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention shall become apparent as the description thereof proceeds when considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.
In the drawing which illustrates the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out the present invention:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a decorative cover for a recessed ceiling light source embodying my invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cover shown in FIG. 1 with end caps thereon and with apertures provided for some degree of direct illumination;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3—3 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the cover shown in FIG. 2; and
FIG. 5 is a section taken on line 5—5 of FIG. 2.
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly FIG. 1 thereof, the cover of the present invention is shown generally at 10. The cover is mounted, by means hereinafter to be described, to ceiling 12 that comprises metal grids 14, usually of steel, adapted to receive drop-in ceiling tiles 16 in a manner well known in the art. Recessed areas 18 are provided at one or more locations in the ceiling 12, and it is in these recessed areas that a light source, such as fluorescent lighting (not shown) is mounted, and where fluorescent lighting is employed, it is usual to provide a grating 20 which to some degree diffuses the light, although the grating 20 functions primarily to direct the light straight downwardly. Although my invention is primarily adaptable to recessed fluorescent lighting, it is also applicable to other types of lighting sources, such as incandescent lights, high-output sodium lights, etc. Whatever the light source, however, it is an important feature of my invention that the lighting be located above the cover 10, which will be true where the lighting is recessed in a drop ceiling and the cover 10 extends downwardly from the ceiling. It will be understood, however, that the lighting fixture could be mounted on the ceiling so as to extend therebelow, so long as cover 10 extends downwardly from the bottom of the fixture.
The cover 10 comprises a pair of planar panels 22, 24 which are secured to ceiling 12 along opposite sides of recess 18 and extend downwardly and inwardly so as to merge at line 26, whereby the cover 10 defines a V-shaped configuration. Actually, the merge line 26 comprises a living hinge, since the cover 10 is preferably made from one integral sheet of material. The panels 22, 24 may be of any suitable translucent film or plastic sheet material, and decorative indicia 28 is applied thereto by any suitable means, such as by printing or by photographic techniques. The decorative indicia 28 may simply comprise an artistic scene, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, or it could comprise advertising indicia, particularly where cover 10 is being used in a retail establishment. By way of specific example, the panels 22, 24 may consist of translucent polyester sheet material with a photographic emulsion on the outer surface thereof so as to receive a photographic image thereon. An example of such material is Duratrans Display Material which is marketed by Eastman Kodak. It is also possible to lithographically print the desired indicia on translucent vinyl sheet, this being a somewhat less expensive approach than the aforesaid Duratrans.
At their upper edges, the panels 22, 24 each have outwardly extending flanges 30 and 32, respectively, said flanges forming an integral extension of the panels 22, 24 and being hingedly connected thereto at fold lines 34, 36, which in effect constitute living hinges. The flanges 30, 32, which also could be folded so as to extend inwardly, provide an elongated flat surface that abuts ceiling 12 adjacent opposite sides of recess 18 in order to mount the cover 10 to the ceiling. The securement between the flanges 30, 32 and ceiling 12 may take any one of a number of different forms, although I prefer to align the flanges 30, 32 with the steel grids 14 that extend along opposite sides of the recess 18, whereby magnetic means may be utilized for securing cover 10 in place. As shown most clearly in FIG. 4, the magnetic means are in the form of elongated strips 38 and 40 that are secured to flanges 30 and 32 by any suitable means, such as pressure-sensitive adhesive, after which the magnetic strips are positioned in engagement with the steel grids 14 that extend along opposite side edges of recess 18 to releasably hold the cover 10 in its operative position. It is also conceivable that the flanges 30, 32 can be eliminated, in which event the magnetic strips 38, 40 could be hingedly connected to the upper edges of panels 22, 24 by use of a suitable adhesive tape. Although the aforesaid magnetic means constitute the preferred form of mounting, other suitable fastening arrangements could be used, such as hooks attached to the ceiling which engage within grommeted holes provided on the upper edges of panels 22, 24 so as to in effect hang the cover in place; or the ceiling hooks could cooperate with wire hangers provided at appropriate locations on the cover 10; or the flanges 30, 32 could be adhesively secured to the ceiling by suitable adhesive or by Velcro-type fastening.
Since the panels 22, 24 comprise relatively thin film, and hence are not structurally strong, it is desirable to strengthen the cover 10 by applying strengthening strips 42, 44 to the end edges of said panels. Said strips preferably comprise elongated channel members which frictionally engage said end edges, said channel members being of sufficient rigidity so as to impart the desired structural strength to the cover. The end edges could also be strengthened by reversely bending the edges of the panels so as, in effect, to provide integral strengthening means at said edges.
FIG. 2 shows basically the same cover as that shown and described in FIG. 1, except that end caps 46, 48 have been provided to enclose the opposite ends of the cover. As will be seen most clearly in FIG. 4, the end caps comprise integral channel-like extensions 50 that frictionally grip the end edges of panels 22, 24, although obviously other means, such as staples or Velcro, could be used for attaching the end caps to the panels 22, 24. Obviously where the end caps 46, 48 are being used, there is no necessity for utilizing the strengthening strips 42, 44. The end caps 46, 48 may be provided with decorative indicia, if such is desired.
In some cases it is desired that some degree of direct illumination exist, and for that reason the cover 10 may be provided with one or more apertures or openings 52 preferably located along the lower edge of the cover, as clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. Although FIGS. 2 and 4 show a series of relatively small apertures, it will be understood that a single elongated aperture could be provided just as well.
The V-shaped configuration of cover 10 has been found to be highly effective, because the recessed lighting deflects off of the inner surfaces of angular panels 22, 24 and then passes through the opposite panel, in order to provide maximum illumination of the decorative indicia 28. On the other hand, other geometric configurations could be used for the cover 10, such as a truncated pyramid, i.e. enclosed on four sides with an open bottom, and even a straight four-sided skirt, although in both of the latter configurations, there would be a substantial degree of direct illumination. Another possible configuration would be a semi-cylindrical cover with half-circle end caps, or where the recess is of square configuration, the cover might comprise a full pyramid. It is also possible to employ a cover that covers only a part of the light fixture, leaving the remainder of the light fixture undiffused.
Thus it will be seen that my invention provides a relatively simple, economically feasible cover for recessed light fixtures wherein illumination from said light source is either partially or totally diffused, and wherein decorative indicia on the cover is backlit by the light source to provide a highly attractive and aesthetically pleasing ceiling treatment.
While there is shown and described herein certain specific structure embodying the invention, it will be manifest to those skilled in the art that various modifications and rearrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the underlying inventive concept and that the same is not limited to the particular forms herein shown and described except insofar as indicated by the scope of the appended claims.


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On the many Whole30 Instagram feeds I follow, I often see people posting about Aidell's Chicken & Apple Sausage. I always check the price at my grocery store, but it seems so expensive (at over $6 for a 4-pack)!
So when I found this recipe for Bruce Aidell's Apple & Chicken Sausage (from my girl Martha), I was PUMPED to try it. I did change some things, but the fundamental flavors remain, and they turned out SO WELL! I made a double batch so I could stock my freezer, and they are sadly all gone :( Looks like I'll have to make another batch!
Turkey Apple Sausage Patties
[Whole30 - Paleo - Gluten Free - Grain Free - Dairy Free]
40 oz ground turkey
1 apple, finely diced
1/2 onion, finely minced
1/2 cup dried apples, chopped
scant 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup almond meal
2 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp sage
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients loosely (with a fork, or my favorite kitchen tool, your hands)
- Using a 1/2 cup scoop, portion meat mixture out on to a wax paper lined cookie sheet.
- Form each scoop into a patty.
- Arrange patties in a single layer on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet.
- Put entire cookie sheet in the freezer until patties are solid.
- Place each patty in a zip lock bag, remove air, and freeze, OR, vacuum seal and freeze.
- Thaw patties overnight in refrigerator.
- Heat a skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat.
- Cook burgers for 4-5 minutes on each side or until heated through.
- Serve on a bed of lettuce (or on a bun if you so choose!)
- The mixture will be pretty wet, so I prefer to cook the patties in a skillet instead of on a real grill.
- These patties are delicious served with a side of roasted cabbage, or chopped up in a stir fry!
- I used dried apples from Trader Joe's, cut the "core" bits out, and chopped them up. A food processor might make this step even easier.