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Life seemed to go from bad to worse this year for Robert Warren, whose nearly seven-year employment at Eaton Corp. in Asheville ended Feb. 13. Two days later, a third warrant accusing him of making threats and harassing phone calls was issued for his arrest.
Life seemed to go from bad to worse this year for 32-year-old Robert Warren III, whose nearly seven-year employment at Eaton Corp. in Asheville ended Feb. 13. Two days later, a third warrant accusing him of making threats and harassing phone calls was issued for his arrest.
Warren, of Arden, was most recently picked up by Henderson County deputies May 3 for missing a court date on the charges. Five days later, his world came to a screeching halt.
Maj. Frank Stout of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office said Warren was estranged from his wife when he drove up to her parents' home Wednesday on Piney Ridge Drive in Hendersonville, where she and their two children, a 9-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, were staying.
"My neighbors across the street are fighting and I hear gunshots, massive gunshots. We need someone in a hurry," a caller told 911. "I heard at least... 10 or 12 gunshots."
Stout said Robert Warren shot and killed Carrie Tracy Warren, 30, and her parents, Theresa Russell Tracy, 49, and Richard Allen Tracy, 51. Investigators found "shell casings for approximately 20 rounds" at the crime scene. Robert Warren was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
The caller said the Warrens' young children were both outside when the shooting occurred.
"Are they still physically fighting right now?" the dispatcher asked.
"I have no idea, but the kids are crying," she said.
In another 911 call from the Warrens' daughter, a young voice can be heard crying for "Mommy."
"My daddy just shot my mom and my grandma... and my grandpa," the daughter told the 911 dispatcher. "Please come help!"
"Where's your dad at?" the dispatcher asked.
"I don't know where he went; he just drove off," she cried.
She told the dispatcher that she ran as fast as she could to her friend's house after the shooting. She called 911 from a nearby home.
"Please call an ambulance. I don't want my mom to die," she said.
A MAMA air ambulance was called to the scene shortly after the 911 calls came in, but all three victims were dead when police responded.
Stout said the children are now in the care of family members.
Neighbors told investigators that Wednesday was not the first time the couple had fought, Stout said.
"It doesn't appear that there were multiple incidents yesterday," he said Thursday, "but it appears that there were incidents over the last couple of months" between the two.
No one had called for police assistance during any recent incidents.
Robert Warren was charged in 2005 with assaulting Carrie Warren by choking her. The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, and he was given a suspended sentence. No domestic violence order was currently in place to separate the two, according to Stout.
Robert Warren's body was found in a field across from the intersection of Howard Gap and Jackson roads around 8 p.m. Wednesday, nearly two-and-a-half hours after the shooting on Piney Ridge Drive.
"There were other rounds found with him where he was located," Stout said. A "couple of magazines," unused, were also found. A 38-caliber pistol tucked away in a zippered case was found in the car's glove box.
The handgun "had not been used at either crime scene," Stout said.
The car Robert Warren was driving, a silver Pontiac convertible, was registered to his mother. The tag did not match the vehicle or the driver.
"We're still looking to see what the situation was with that," Stout said.
Relatives at Robert Warren's mother's residence in Dana declined to speak with the media Thursday.
With the amount of ammunition found and with Warren's "state of mind," Stout said the tragedy could have been even worse.
"It could have been very, very serious for law enforcement and first responders or anybody else in close proximity to this man," he said.
Police, armed with assault weapons, staked out a perimeter, closing a stretch of Howard Gap Road from Jackson to Old Hendersonville roads after Robert Warren's car was found. They canvassed the area.
"We were doing everything we could to stop the threat of further violence in the community," Stout said.
Warren's body was found nearly a football field's length away from the car, behind a small hill near the tree line.
"I would encourage people... that if they see somebody having issues similar to this, and the person has the means or the propensity of violence toward others, to please contact your local authorities and let us investigate further," Stout said.
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For the second straight year, the Huntington Hounds 14U travel team were led offensively by two Ripley area players.
COVINGTON, VA. - For the second straight year, the Huntington Hounds 14U travel team were led offensively by two Ripley area players.
Jonathan Stepp and Christopher Jordan were in the Hounds top three in virtually every offensive category.
This is especially impressive due to the competition they have faced all summer.
The Huntington Hounds are a hand picked travel team that faces top competition in the US and internationally.
The Hounds (28-14-3) put a lid on the 2012 season in dramatic fashion by going 4-0 in a 15U tourney in Covington Virginia.
For the tournament, Jordan went 6-for-12 with five singles and a double. He notched six RBIs and scored six runs. He also garnered two saves from the pitching mound.
Stepp was 4-for-12 with three singles and a double with four RBIs and four runs scored.
For the season, Jordan had 46 hits. He slammed 16 doubles and four triples with a home run and 25 singles. He had 36 RBIs and scored 37 runs for the Hounds. He hit .400 for the season with an OPS of 1.103. (OPS is a baseball statistic used to calculate the sum of a players on base percentage and slugging average.)
The freshman-to-be was 1-0 with three saves on the season from the mound. He hurled 15 innings for a 1.27 ERA while fanning 18 batters and walking only three.
Stepp had 36 hits, 28 singles and eight doubles. He drove in 26 runs and crossed the dish 28 times. He had a .968 OPS and was second on the team with a .413 batting average.
Stepp received valuable playing time as a freshman for Ripley High varsity this spring and Jordan will make his debut as a freshman in 2013.
Christopher Jordan feels that he was able to develop many skills this summer that will help him in his future as a Ripley Viking.
"I was disappointed in my season in 2012 but I still had a good numbers year and my range and arm strength at shortstop improved this summer.
It was an honor to play for Tim and Jon Adkins (Hounds co-founders) and I am going to work harder than ever in the off-season for my freshman year of Ripley baseball and the Hounds next season."

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The bombs that ripped through the Boston Marathon crowd were fashioned out of ordinary kitchen pressure cookers, packed with nails and other fiendishly lethal shrapnel, and hidden in duffel bags left on the ground, people close to the investigation said Tuesday.
BOSTON � The bombs that ripped through the Boston Marathon crowd were fashioned out of ordinary kitchen pressure cookers, packed with nails and other fiendishly lethal shrapnel, and hidden in duffel bags left on the ground, people close to the investigation said Tuesday.
President Barack Obama branded the attack an act of terrorism, whether carried out by a solo bomber or group, and the FBI vowed to "go to the ends of the Earth" to find out which it was.
Scores of victims remained in Boston hospitals, many with grievous injuries, a day after the twin explosions near the marathon's finish line killed three people, wounded more than 170 and reawakened fears of terrorism. A 9-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were among 17 victims listed in critical condition.
Officials zeroed in on the nature of the bombs, discovering they were made of common 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one containing shards of metal and ball bearings, the other packed with nails, and both stuffed into duffel bags, said a source close to the investigation.
A second person briefed on the investigation confirmed that at least one of the explosives was made of a pressure cooker. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still going on.
Pressure-cooker explosives have been used in international terrorism, and have been recommended for lone-wolf operatives by Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen.
But information on how to make the bombs is readily found online, and U.S. officials said Americans should not rush to judgment in linking the attack to overseas terrorists.
The bombs exploded 10 or more seconds apart, tearing off victims' limbs and spattering streets with blood, instantly turning the festive race into a hellish scene of confusion, horror and heroics.
The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard of Boston, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Medford, Mass., and a third victim whose name has not been released.
Doctors who treated the wounded corroborated reports that the bombs were packed with shrapnel intended to cause mayhem.
"We've removed BBs and we've removed nails from kids. One of the sickest things for me was just to see nails sticking out of a little girl's body," said Dr. David Mooney, director of the trauma center at Boston Children's Hospital.
At Massachusetts General Hospital, all four amputations performed there were above the knee, with no hope of saving more of the legs, said Dr. George Velmahos, chief of trauma surgery.
"It wasn't a hard decision to make," he said. "We just completed the ugly job that the bomb did."
In the wake of the attack, security was stepped up around the White House and across the country. Police massed at federal buildings and transit centers in the nation's capital, critical response teams deployed in New York City, and security officers with bomb-sniffing dogs spread through Chicago's Union Station.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged Americans "to be vigilant and to listen to directions from state and local officials." But she said there was no evidence the bombings were part of a wider plot.
Pressure-cooker explosives have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a July 2010 intelligence report by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department. One of the three devices used in the May 2010 Times Square attempted bombing was a pressure cooker, the report said.
"Placed carefully, such devices provide little or no indication of an impending attack," the report said.
Investigators said they have not yet determined what was used to set off the Boston explosives. Typically, these bombs have an initiator, switch and explosive charge, according to a 2004 warning from Homeland Security.
"We will go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime, and we will do everything we can to bring them to justice," said Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston.
The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the 2010 attempt in Times Square, has denied any part in the Boston Marathon attack.
Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen gave a detailed description of how to make a bomb using a pressure cooker in a 2010 issue of Inspire, its English-language online publication aimed at would-be terrorists acting alone.
In a chapter titled "Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom," it says "the pressurized cooker is the most effective method" for making a simple bomb, and it provides directions.
Naser Jason Abdo, a former U.S. soldier, was sentenced to life in prison last year after being convicted of planning to use a pair of bombs made from pressure cookers in an attack on a Texas restaurant frequented by soldiers from nearby Fort Hood. He was found with the Inspire article.
Investigators are combing surveillance tapes and pictures from the Boston attack and appealing to the public to turn over personal photos and video that might yield clues.
"This is probably one of the most photographed areas in the country yesterday," said Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. He said two security sweeps of the marathon route had been conducted before the bombing.
Boston police and firefighter unions announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to arrests.
Obama said officials do not know who carried out the attack or why � "whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a malevolent individual."
But he said "any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror." And he declared: "The American people refuse to be terrorized."
BOSTON � FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing, while a doctor treating the wounded said one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs.
Two bombs blew up seconds apart Monday at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races, tearing off limbs and leaving the streets spattered with blood and strewn with broken glass. Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 140 were wounded.
Federal investigators said no one had claimed responsibility for the bombings on one of the city's biggest civic holidays, Patriots Day. But the blasts raised the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
President Barack Obama was careful not to use the words "terror" or "terrorism" as he spoke at the White House on Monday, but an administration official said the bombings were being treated as an act of terrorism.
"We will find out who did this. We'll find out why they did this," the president said. "Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice."
Across the U.S., from Washington to Los Angeles, police tightened security, monitoring landmarks, government buildings, transit hubs and sporting events.
The FBI took charge of the investigation, converging on a home in the suburb of Revere on Monday night and appealing for any video, audio and photos taken by marathon spectators. Authorities gave no details on the search. Investigators were seen leaving a building there early Tuesday carrying brown paper bags, plastic trash bags and a duffel bag.
Investigators refused to give any specifics on the bombs and say, for example, where they might have been hidden or whether they were packed with shrapnel for maximum carnage, as is often the case in terror bombings overseas.
But Dr. Stephen Epstein of the emergency medicine department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said he saw an X-ray of one victim's leg that had "what appears to be small, uniform, round objects throughout it � similar in the appearance to BBs." He said it remained to be determined what exactly the objects were.
A European security official said Tuesday initial evidence indicates that the attacks were not the work of suicide bombers.
"So far, investigators believe it was not the work of suicide bombers, but it is still too early to rule it out completely," said the official, who spoke from the United States on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the U.S. investigation.
The Pakistani Taliban, which has threatened attacks in the United States because of its support for the Pakistani government, on Tuesday denied any role in the bombings.
The fiery explosions took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending columns of smoke rising over the street. Victims lost limbs and suffered broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.
Roupen Bastajian, a state trooper from Smithfield, R.I., had just finished the race when he heard the explosions.
"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."
At Massachusetts General Hospital, Alasdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: "This is something I've never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population. This is what we expect from war."
As many as two unexploded bombs were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course as part of what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack, but they were safely disarmed, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard was among the dead, according to a person who talked to a friend of the family and spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said the boy's mother and sister were also injured as they waited for his father to finish the race.
A candle burned on the stoop of the family's single-family home in the city's Dorchester section Tuesday, and the word "Peace" was written in chalk on the front walkway.
Neighbor Betty Delorey said Martin loved to climb the neighborhood trees, and hop the fence outside his home.
Hospitals reported at least 144 people injured, at least 17 of them critically. At least eight children were being treated at hospitals.
Tim Davey of Richmond, Va., was with his wife, Lisa, and children near a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners when the injured began arriving. "They just started bringing people in with no limbs," he said.
"Most everybody was conscious," Lisa Davey said. "They were very dazed."
The Boston Marathon is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious races and about 23,000 runners participated. Most of them had crossed the finish line by the time the bombs exploded, but thousands more were still completing the course.
The attack may have been timed for maximum bloodshed: The four-hour mark is typically a crowded time near the finish line because of the slow-but-steady recreational runners completing the race and because of all the friends and relatives clustered around to cheer them on.
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said authorities had received "no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen" at the race.
"We still don't know who did this or why," Obama said at the White House, adding, "Make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of this."
With scant official information to guide them, members of Congress said there was little or no doubt it was an act of terrorism.
"We just don't know whether it's foreign or domestic," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
A few miles away from the finish line and around the same time, a fire broke out at the John F. Kennedy Library. The police commissioner said that it may have been caused by an incendiary device but that it was not clear whether it was related to the bombings.
The race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. It is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.
The first explosion occurred on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the finish line, and some people initially thought it was a celebratory cannon blast. When the second bomb went off, spectators' cheers turned to screams.
Runners in the medical tent for treatment of dehydration or other race-related ills were pushed out to make room for victims of the bombing.
A woman who was a few feet from the second bomb, Brighid Wall, 35, of Duxbury, said that when it exploded, runners and spectators froze, unsure of what to do. Her husband threw their children to the ground, lay on top of them and another man lay on top of them and said, "Don't get up, don't get up."
After a minute or so without another explosion, Wall said, she and her family headed to a Starbucks and out the back door through an alley. Around them, the windows of the bars and restaurants were blown out.
She said she saw six to eight people bleeding profusely, including one man who was kneeling, dazed, with blood trickling down his head. Another person was on the ground covered in blood and not moving.
"My ears are zinging. Their ears are zinging," Wall said. "It was so forceful. It knocked us to the ground."


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Exhibition from the Science Museum in Valencia, Spain.
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Straight Rod Passing Through Curved Hole
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Libellés : Classical Mechanics, Rotation
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Recalling that the Conference of the Parties decided to address, at its second meeting, preliminary considerations of components of biological diversity particularly under threat and actions which could be taken under the Convention;
Recalling also that, in its decision I/7 taken at its first meeting, the Conference of the Parties requested the SBSTTA to advise on how the Conference of the Parties could start the process of considering these components;
Recalling further the provisions of Article 20,paragraph 4, of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
The first meeting of the SBSTTA recommends to the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to consider the following:
1. Conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and its components should be addressed in a holistic manner, taking into account the three levels of biological organization (genomes and genes; species and communities; and ecosystems, habitats and landscapes) and fully considering socio-economic and cultural factors. However, the ecosystem approach should be the primary framework of action to be taken under the Convention.
2. Assessment of the status and trends of components of biological diversity and causes of biodiversity losses provides baseline data which can assist countries to formulate their biodiversity strategies, plans and programmes to implement the provisions of the Convention. This activity leads to the identification of both components under threat and those components that might become threatened, and for which urgent action might be needed to stop or prevent their loss. There is, however, a need to identify, evaluate, develop and share methods needed for the assessment and conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Specifically there is a need to:
(i) Further describe the categories of components of biological diversity set down in Annex I of the Convention;
(ii) Evaluate methodologies for identification, characterization and classification of biological diversity and their components so as to identify methods suitable for different conditions of data availability and how their effectiveness can be enhanced;
(iii) Identify methodologies for detecting national and international negative trends in biological diversity;
(iv) Promote exchange of information on existing methodologies through various information systems including electronic mail;
(v) Identify and develop methods for integration of biodiversity concerns into all relevant sectoral policies, plans and actions; integrate biodiversity considerations into area planning mechanisms and processes; and to develop methods for an integrated management approach;
(vi) Develop methods for identifying the links between socio-economic and cultural factors and biological diversity change or loss, and also identify how these factors should be included when deciding upon effective action to correct for unsustainable use/influence, including environmental impact assessment;
(vii) Develop methods for management of biological diversity based on limited knowledge;
(viii) Develop or refine models of processes responsible for biological diversity maintenance and those relating to ecological services provided by biological diversity for different ecosystems through multidisciplinary groups consisting, inter alia, of ecologists, natural history experts, oceanographers, economists and sociologists. Identification and targeting of ecological processes and functions should be the basis for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and its components;
(ix) Encourage Governments to carry out case studies to learn about ecosystem management efforts, identifying barriers to implementing the ecosystem approach as well as ways and means of overcoming such barriers. Major issue areas influencing the effectiveness of the ecosystem approach may be examined in such studies, including, inter alia, budget issues, institutional issues, public participation, science and information as well as legal authorities. The results of such studies should be reported to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for dissemination and further methodological work.
3. While there is merit in assessing the status and trends of components of biological diversity, it is essential to identify the driving forces determining the status and trends, so that appropriate action can be taken to control them.
4. There is a need for each Party to start assessing the effectiveness of measures taken under the Convention. However, methods for assessing the effectiveness of measures to conserve or sustainably use biological diversity should be reviewed. The use of indicators of biological diversity and the status of its components is particularly time- and cost-effective. Several indicators are currently being used and developed. They should be reviewed and their use promoted.
5. The Conference of the Parties should organize international cooperation:
(i) To respond to the needs formulated under paragraphs 1 to 4 above and, more specifically, to compile and assess the above-mentioned methodologies, taking into account existing data, processes and reference materials;
(ii) To identify possible concrete actions for the conservation of biological diversity and to use its components sustainably;
(iii) To make these studies available through the clearing-house mechanism established by the Convention to promote technical and scientifical cooperation, and to promote a regional approach to further enhance the collection and analysis of relevant information.
6. These studies should yield concrete information, useful to various national sectors, and assist Contracting Parties in implementing the provisions of the Convention.
7. The financial and administrative implications of all these recommendations, if they are approved by the Conference of the Parties, should be taken into consideration in the budget of the Convention. The Conference of the Parties should request Parties to provide enough financial resources to undertake this process.
8. Noting that an Intergovernmental Panel on Forests has been established by the CSD and recognizing the importance of forests for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, the SBSTTA recommends that the Conference of the Parties consider whether an input to that process would be desirable. In this context, the SBSTTA suggests that the following main elements be considered:
(i) There is an urgent need to identify the main causes that lead to the decline of forest biological diversity, develop and promote the use of methods for the management, conservation and sustainable use of forests, based on the identification and targeting of ecological processes and the multiple roles and functions of forest ecosystems, including ecological landscape planning and environmental impact assessment;
(ii) Urgent development and application of ways and means to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from the use of forest genetic resources would provide a major incentive for efforts to maintain forest biological diversity;
(iii) The protection of the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles, and compensation through the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of such knowledge, innovations and practices, in accordance with Article 8(j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, should be promoted in order to improve conservation and sustainable use of forest biological diversity.
9. The SBSTTA encourages all Parties and observers to submit their view on the scientific, technical and technological dimensions of the conservation and sustainable use of forest biological diversity to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in good time before the second session of the Conference of the Parties in order to facilitate for the Conference of the Parties, should it so decide, the preparation of an input to the Panel.


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|{Our driveway}
|{A local favorite}
|{Lake Minnetonka}
|{The florist was newly decked-out.}
|{Summer drive-in turned Christmas tree lot.}
|{Ready to drive out of the drive-in.}
|{Even the lamp posts seemed joyful!}
|{Our driveway}
|{A local favorite}
|{Lake Minnetonka}
|{The florist was newly decked-out.}
|{Summer drive-in turned Christmas tree lot.}
|{Ready to drive out of the drive-in.}
|{Even the lamp posts seemed joyful!}
Beautifully written...
I have a chalkboard in my kitchen and on it I wrote "Enjoy today...it will never come again" to remind myself to slow down and take it all in.
what a simplelovely moment to be grateful for, suzanne!
my moment came this afternoon in the car, all 4 of us together, laughing, in harmony, simply en route to the sub shop. i squeezed my eyes tight at one point; just listening to the rhythm of their voices and laughter. i am so grateful for these men, for few and far between moments (nowadays) that we are all in the same place at the same time.
ow I wish our Christmas was in winter like yours. Ours in Australia, is coupled with the end of school year rush and the summer heat and humidity. Thoughts of snow at Christmas are a childhood dream of stories and carols I have always heard. Our children start a new year of schooling in January, and so they end their school year in December, in a few weeks time. The picture of your driveway is so, so beautiful and serene. And how, - how, I needed to hear your post, today. Again, as always - your posts are words seasoned, and timed to perfection for me. Thank you Suzanne.
i love that you had an intentional joyfull nonstressed or flustered morning, a wonderful gift to yourself.
i love seeing the glimpses of your drive
have a wonderful thanksgiving week!
I am ready for this, SO READY.
Thursday I had my first round of parent conferences that went into the late evening. Today, more of the same. But I am blessed that I live about 30 miles from my job so I can have those ME moments that are a MUST. Dearest, after this rush, let's get together, even it is for a cup of tea. Wishing you more fabulous quietness and OH how I love Lake Minnetonka!!!! BISOUS, Anita
Oh I love the days when I know I'm in no rush to be anywhere and I can drive and enjoy the drive.
Good tunes...beautiful sights...God's gifts to us :)
Oh, I just loved this, Suzanne! So important to remember to live in the present...
Life has calmed down so much this year for me, but there's still a lot of hustle & bustle...probably self-induced, I'm sure!
I will be more mindful of the beauties around me this morning as I head out into the world...thank-you, dear friend...
The great thing about a camera in hand is that for me it can slow me down and make me really 'see' more. Love seeing your Saturday morn!
xo Cathy
Oh Suzanne, your post brought back wonderful memories. I have spent quite a bit of time around Lake Minnetonka. Good friends and beautiful area. I even got my Minnetonka mocs there. I absolutely love your post!
Thanks for hosting Monday Moments. I just linked up to you.
I know this feeling so well, it makes my life so complete. I try to stop several times a day and just look out my window at the hummingbirds around my feeder or the sun moving across the mountain, inhale and it is intoxicating. I don't think I do it enough when I'm driving - will give it a go today :)
Isn't it wonderful when you find moments like that? I felt that way yesterday as I was driving to my parents' house to pick up my son. The sun was setting and shining a golden light on the trees and grasses along the side of the road. A wonderful song came on the radio and I felt so in the moment, so happy. I even thought that to myself...how wonderfully perfect the whole thing felt. Hope you have a good week, Suzanne :)
Your ability to enjoy lifes moments brings us all joy.
Beautiful! Me Moments! I love it!
I am origionally from Milwaukee although I now live in Virginia, your photo of Culvers brought a tear to my eye, not only because I love the concrete malts, but because I miss my family! Thank you for the reminder of the the me moments and your beautiful images.
Have a fabulous week!
I finally joined up! I've had this brewing in my mind for a couple of weeks...also, just followed you on twitter.
Love you photos. Wonderful to be good to you...to slow down and breath!
xo, Cheryl
love those fully present moments. they don't happen very often! thinking of you:)
i love those kind of days when you don't feel rushed and you can take it all in.....have a great week! xo susan
Hey Minnesota Girl...Lovely lovely post! :-) smiling that you gave yourself the TIME to recline in the moment and simply feel BLISS! woot..I feel it with you right here reading it. such neat visuals to go with your sharing. looks like such a neat place to live, but you can HAVE the winters...bRRRRRRRrrrrr. I think Iowa will prove enough for this Southern barefoot girl to handle...Your little town might just do me IN! But what fun to toodle around with you. yes...
Thanks for sharing this with me at the cooler. I will be BACK next Monday...and hopefully have a moment to share myself. In the mean time...keep on catching those moments, and when you do...Be ALL there. Hugs to you Suzanne! xoxoxox
oh sweet S- I am having these *moments* too...just being present and taking the time to let it all sink in...to really acknowledge life...
a gift from you to you- I love this...I feel connected to this at the moment- with all we are doing to return home 12,000 miles away from our little English village...I'm taking time to recognise the *nothing* moments that mean *everything* ...and make up our day...
I adore that summer drive in now selling happy holiday goodies...
I could do with a Christmas in America some day...
We are heading down to London next weekend to have thanksgiving with our dearest English/American friends...we can't wait...
It's Thursday isn't it?
Melissa xx
Hi Suzanne...I enjoyed a wonderful weekend! I linked up, thank you!
Spur of the moment days turned into wonderful memories, even though I forgot my camera!
i love those moments
i want more of them
that is something i am practicing more these days. just an intentional slowing down while our world speeds ahead oblivious to life. i'm so happy to know i have a sister who also desires to enJOY life more in the present.
here is to the present...cheers:)
happy almost thanksgiving if i don't talk to you before then. oh how i just pray it is full of enJOYable moments
What a lovely moment of soaking it all in on your way to workout! It's a good life isn't it, Suzanne? - so glad you found a moment to enjoy it!!
Love this!
You always seem to know just what I'm thinking :)
I've given myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy the holidays this year. I'm not going overboard and stressing out like I usually do.
*** This is such a magnificently low-key way to remind us of some of the finer things in life~~~ those things money can't buy...
Thanks, dearest Suzanne. You know I ALWAYS leave here feeling "fulfilled"... (Note: and it fills my heart, so much, yet it isn't even FATTENING!!!)...
Warmest holiday hugs to all,
Linda in AZ *
Great post Suzanne! Those days are so lovely when you can just savour your surroundings and take in the beauty of the simplest things around you. I've been trying to do more of that now that the weather has cooled and I can get outside more xo
I have been there , dear Susanne, and I live for a moment like this ! You have expressed it so perfectly...I try to make it a daily habit , to experience every moment as a moment of life; I stop myself at list one time a day to look at the sky , to see a flower ..., but I know it's not always easy .
You are right , this is one of the most profound gifts we can give ourselves and let's do it more often .
Lovely photos , and one more time : perfect words for a perfect moment .
oh Suzanne, Delightful!! thanks for sprinkling us with this beauty today....
Your post inspires me to retitle my post from Sunday, nice little symbiosis here! : )
Happy Turkey Day over there, Suzanne, I'll add you to the list of folks I'm thankful for : )
Oh, Suzanne...so happy to pay you a visit after so long. What a beautiful and thought-provoking blog you have written. So often, I feel that I am not present in the moment. I have to remind myself to stop and take a breath every now and again. Your post will be a gentle reminder for me to do that more often.
Blessings to you dear....
Lovely thoughts, beautifully written. Snowflakes - how wonderful. Happy times are so precious.
This is one of my favorite entries, Suzanne. And I love each and every blog post so that's really saying a lot. All those details, the writing, the thoughts and sentiments! Love love love.
OH DARLING FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAME TO ME FROM THE AMTRAK STATION! Oh how marvelous you are! I LOVE DC,NYC and the entire East Coast. Our Thanksgivings there were always so TRADITIONAL and fun. ENJOY and hope to see you soon upon your return! BISOUS, Anita
moments like those that are the best. Unexpected. Love the feeling of not rushing, good for you for going to spin! My best friends mom who is 76 (my second mom) still goes to spin 3 times a week, amazing!
I wish you and your family an amazing Thanksgiving :)Love
I need to do this more often!! Especially with the busy season upon us, it's more important than ever. Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday Suzanne!!
The most beautiful of gifts to give and receive and so pleased that you were able to revel in it.
Apologies for being so late to 'the game' this week - have been busy with work which is a blessing in and of itself.
You have me intrigued with the sign for frozen custard butterburgers - they sound very naughty.
Happy day and remainder of your week loveliest You!
How wonderful Suzanne. A holiday trip to remember always.
I heard you came down with a flu bug...feel better soon!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Love and Hugs
Art by Karena
It is amazing what we see around us when we take time to slow down and take notice. Hope you and yours have a happy holiday weekend. Tammy
this made me smile, all the way over here in east tennessee. what a beautiful post! and i love the idea of beautiful, monday moments. i will try to join you this week!
hope your thanksgiving was wonderful!
Suzanne!!!!!!!! HOW COOL that you contacted me by AIR!!!! PAR AVION...that is so cool!
My only choices to get together are the weekends, but we can meet halfway! I have to figure out where...but what weekend works best for you? I have no plans so far! Oh the weather here has been incredibly mild! It would be super if the weather was good enough for us to take a walk around Lake Minnetonka or Lake Calhoun!!!! LET ME KNOW! Anita
What beautiful photos and a good reminder to take in the beauty of each day :)
Being fully present is the best way to live life to its fullest! I hope you are feeling all better now!
Kat :)
From what I have noticed Suzanne, you notice more than most people! You are the best at it. I am not sure if I was to add a link submision but it looked interesting and I thought i would try it. Much love XO
There's just something about experiencing a joyful moment in the most ordinary of days. I know you know how to savor that Suzanne! I was joyful today when I was able to get the last of my Christmas shopping finished,wrapped and taken to the post office for mailing...all before December 1! Yay! xo ~Lili
Mmmmmm.... Nice. xoxo Amy


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Montgomery Gentry Team Up With Tim Gunn and 'The Revolution' to Show Off Nashville Hotspots
If you haven't noticed, Nashville is getting quite a bit of press lately. If it's not the awesome foodie joints that have people wanting to taste Music City, it's the great shopping and unmatched live music that gets their attention. That's why Montgomery Gentry teamed up with Tim Gunn to show off their hometown for ABC's new show 'The Revolution.'
Montgomery Gentry is made up of two different fashion personalities -- Troy Gentry, who adopts a sort of country chic personal style, and Eddie Montgomery, whose style can be described only as traditional. Between the two of them, they know the ins and outs of the Nashville fashion scene -- and now Tim Gunn does, too.
In the episode, which aired April 26, Gentry introduced Gunn to Aimee Johns to Flavour for Men, a store that is known for its unmatched client service and for carrying a large number of creative lines from New York to Los Angeles, including Hudson, AG Jeans, Theory, John Varvatos, L.A.M.B., Hale Bob, Joes Jeans and 7 for all Mankind, to name a few. As one of the few boutiques in Nashville that will host private shopping opportunities to include in-store or in-home appointments for those who request it, Flavour is often frequented by Gentry, as well as many other big-name country stars. Country favorites such as Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire and Kellie Pickler also love to shop at Flavour.
Montgomery took a different route by introducing Gunn to Morelia Ceuvas, the daughter of famed costumer and artist, Manuel. Often referred to as the "Rhinestone Rembrandt," Manuel is known for making Johnny Cash the "man in black." He also created Elvis' signature gold lamé suit, the garments Bob Dylan wore when performing for the Pope, and ensembles for countless other stars. Thanks to its rich history, the shop -- Manuel American Designs (also known as Manuel Exclusive Clothier or simply Manuel's) -- is a staple not only of Nashville, but of Americana history.
Unfortunately, 'The Revolution' has since been cancelled for low ratings, but perhaps fans can check out Montgomery Gentry's version of the Nashville fashion scene should ABC decide to re-air it.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Barry University's volleyball team split a pair of matches at the Eckerd Volleyball Classic Saturday.
The Buccaneers lost to Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 25-19, 25-15, 25-21, but rebounded to beat Wilmington, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20. Barry improved to 4-2 this season, and will host Palm Beach Atlantic at 7 p.m. Friday in the home opener prior to Saturday's 7 p.m. Alumni Match.
In the Bucs win, Jasmine Serna had a career-high 42 assists and three blocks, Ashley Carrero 11 kills and 13 digs, Jayla Trombley nine kills and a .333 hitting percentage, and Laine Cielena nine kills and four blocks.
Barry pounded 48 kills, and hit .349 as a team in the sweep of the Wildcats (3-5). Wilmington had a .157 attack percentage, putting down 37 balls. The Buccaneers committed 10 hitting errors to the Wildcats' 19. The Bucs had at least 15 kills in each set, and hit .405 in the opening set with only two errors in 37 attacking attempts.
Trailing 18-17 in the opening set against Wilmington, Barry went on a 5-0 run, which included an ace by Kristen Reid and a kill by Jayla Trombley. The Bucs went on to win three of the last five points, culminating with Carrero's kill to take the first set.
Cielena's kill in the second set gave Barry a 13-5 lead. Ivana Didanovic's kill extended the Bucs' lead to 18-10 on an assist from Katie Dooley. Trombley put away a ball to pull the Buccaneers within set point, 24-15, and Didanovic gave the Bucs a 2-0 lead in the match by banging down the set clincher after the Wildcats picked up kills from Allison Briley and Katie Shorter to pull within 24-17.
In the final set in St. Pete, the Buccaneers hit .289 with 15 kills. Dooley's kill on one of Serna's assist put the Buccaneers ahead by four, 18-14. Dooley slammed down another four serves later to push Barry closer to the sweep, 21-15. Briley's kill at the tail end of a four-point Wilmington surge pulled the Wildcats within two, 21-19. But Cielena had a kill, Mariana Ruiz served up an ace and Didanovic finished things off with her 10th kill of the match.
Barry had eight blocks to Wilmington's two.
In the loss to Rio Piedras, a team that has battled Eckerd, last year's No. 2-ranked South Region squad, two a pair of tough matches in the past two years, the Buccaneers hit .120 with 28 kills. The Gallitos (3-0) had 44 kills and a .277 attack percentage.
Carrero's kill in the opening set gave Barry a 17-15 lead. But Rio Piedras closed out the set with a 10-2 blitz. Carrero's kill in the middle set put the Bucs up, 5-4, early, before the Gallitos went on a 21-10 run to take a 2-0 match lead.
In the decisive set, Serna's kill had the Buccaneers nursing a 7-5 lead. Carrero's putaway extended the Bucs lead to 12-9. Reid had an ace to snap a 5-2 run by the Gallitos, and break a 14-14 tie. Yet even after Cielena banged down a pair of kills to pull the Buccaneers, who surrendered seven of the ensuing 11 points, within 21-19, it wasn't enough momentum to carry Barry to a set victory. Rio Piedras wrapped it up by winning four of the last six serves.
Carrero had eight kills, and Cielena seven. Serna and Jenny Trinidad split setting duties, combining for 23 assists.
Barry hit .265 in the third set -- a marked spike from the sub .060 in the opening two sets. Jarilis Torres had 15 kills, and Nicole Torres 30 assists for the Gallitos. Andrea Perez had 21 of Rio Piedras' 54 digs.
Serna led the Bucs with 11 of her team's 38 digs.


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Making electricity from falling water can seem like magic, and that's led to lots of misconceptions. Here, we'll separate fact from fiction when it comes to what microhydro systems can and cannot do.
Residential-scale microhydro-electric systems have the reputation of being the holy grail of home renewable-energy (RE) systems. While they lack some of the hype, magic, and bling of solar-electric (photovoltaic) systems, microhydro systems are a simple technology that most people can understand…at least in general. In this article, we'll look at some common microhydro system misconceptions, most of which come from folks looking for shortcuts to the reward of cheap electricity.
Modern microhydro equipment comes from proven technology based on designs that have changed very little over the decades. Pelton and turgo wheels, the typical spinning water-wheel component, were invented in 1870 and 1919, respectively. The point is, this technology has proven its reliability and functionality with more than a century of performance.
The cost of these systems, and thus the cost of the resulting electricity, also has the reputation for being very reasonable when compared to other renewable or home-generated sources. While PV module prices have recently dropped, they are still a high-tech and expensive commodity. Microhydro systems can arguably be considered low-tech, with civil works and pipelines often being the majority of the system cost. Of course, the actual cost varies significantly from site to site, and from system to system.
Another element that keeps microhydro-generated electricity low in cost, and thus high in desirability, is the system's continuous duty cycle. While PV systems only produce electricity when the sun is shining (and wind-electric systems when the wind is blowing), microhydro systems aren't affected by nightfall or weather blocking the sun. Even a small hydro resource can provide electricity 24 hours a day, and often 365 days a year (if the water source is year-round). The bottom line for any renewable energy system is the amount of energy it can produce annually. A low power source working all of the time can often produce a lot more energy than a more powerful source that only works intermittently.
So, why doesn't everyone have a microhydro system? Herein lies the challenge. A viable hydro resource is dependent on the availability of falling water at, or near, the site of the electrical loads. It is the weight or pressure of that flowing water that spins the turbine to produce electrical energy. Not everyone has access to a stream or spring of adequate volume on their property, nor does everyone have the topography to create the vertical drop needed to pressurize that water with gravity. See the "Microhydro Rules" sidebar for a formula about how water flow and vertical pressure (head) combine to determine the power available from a potential hydro site. That site-assessment formula will help debunk some of the myths that follow.
Many microhydro misconceptions are a combination of misunderstanding some of the basic properties of physics, and an overzealous optimism about the potential of RE resources. Here, we hope to correct the misconceptions about physics, while at the same time further encouraging educated optimism. Once you've had a little reality check here, we suggest you read some of Home Power's other articles on the basics of hydro site assessment and microhydro systems (see Access at the end of this article). Perhaps you really do have untapped hydro potential waiting for you.
By far, the most common flawed design that we hear about at Home Power is the closed-loop system—that is, some scheme to pump water for the hydro turbine, and then have the turbine produce the electrical power for the pump…ad infinitum. Some of these schemes are simple "hydro-in-a-bucket" designs where the pump is expected to pressurize the water for the hydro turbine. Others are more involved, planning to pump water uphill to a pond or tank, and then let gravity do the job of running the turbine. All the while, the designer is expecting to get extra usable electric power from the turbine's output—beyond what the pump is using. Whether large or small, all of these designs suffer from the same flaw in thinking.
The first law of thermodynamics says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. All of the energy systems (renewable and otherwise) that we rely upon convert existing energy into a form that we can use to do the work we want to do. In a hydro-electric system, the energy of moving water is transferred to a rotating shaft, converted to changing magnetic fields, and then converted to moving electrons (electricity). But at no point is energy created. If we use that energy to create magnetic fields again, spinning a shaft and pumping water up to a tank on a hill, we still haven't created any energy. We've just changed its form again.
In a perfect universe, perhaps it could be argued that such a pump and turbine arrangement could run perpetually. But it wouldn't do us any good, because we want to use that electricity to do some work besides just running the pump. Using any electricity for other tasks would be robbing the pump of the power it needed to keep up with the turbine, and the loop's interdependence would break down. That, and the fact that there are always other forces robbing energy from the system, means that such a loop wouldn't run for long, and that no additional energy could be extracted from it.
Those additional energy-robbing forces, mostly friction, are the imperfections that cripple this closed-loop design. Every component of such a system has an operating efficiency of less than 100%. That means each conversion step in the process wastes some of the potential energy that the system started with. We know that energy is not being destroyed, but it is being allowed to escape the loop in the form of heat, vibration, and even noise. It is being converted into a form that we can't readily use, or even recover.
Let's look at some typical microhydro system efficiency numbers:
0.95 × 0.80 × 0.90 × 0.98 = 0.67
By the time the water has moved through this example microhydro generator system, only 67% of its initial potential energy has been converted to electricity. In fact, this would be considered very good performance—typical systems are about 55% efficient.
Now let's consider the efficiencies of pumping that water back to the hydro intake for reuse:
0.95 × 0.65 × 0.67 (from above) = 0.41
By the time the water had gone all the way through the system, only 41% of it would be returned to the top of the intake. After a second loop around, only 17% (0.41 × 0.41) of the water would be left.
If there isn't a water supply with useful head and flow to start with, nothing will happen—the pump won't run because it won't have electricity; the hydro turbine won't have electricity because the pump isn't running. Adding water (or electricity) to "prime" the loop will make the loop operate only as long as the priming continues.
This is where creative folks start asking questions about bigger water tanks; larger pipes with less friction loss; tanks on a tower for shorter pipe runs; more head, and less flow; less head and more flow; adding batteries (only 80% efficient themselves); or even just piping right from the pump to the turbine—anything to improve system efficiency. In fact, the simplest thing that could be done to get rid of inefficiencies would be to skip the water components altogether; just hook the shaft of a motor directly to the shaft of the alternator, and the alternators output wires directly to the motor (somehow, the fallacy in that thinking is easier for us to understand). But no matter the variables, the outcome will be the same—total efficiency will be less than 100% and no energy will be gained.
Moving energy around and changing its form, like from chemical to mechanical to electrical, is only a way to lose some of it. These efficiency losses are part of the price we pay to get energy into a format that we can use. We can lose more, or we can lose less, but adding complexity is inefficiency and will never result in a net gain.
A second common microhydro-electric scheme that we are often asked about is the viability of putting turbines on a home's gutter downspouts to generate electricity from the rain. Some imaginative folks know enough about hydro to understand that the energy has to come from somewhere (in this case, from the forces of nature), and that the height of the roof can contribute head (pressure) to spin that turbine.
The mistake in this scenario is a simple and honest one of scale. While some hydro units have been designed that can function on low head, such as from the roofline of typical homes (and even lower), a hydro turbine's power output is a product of head times flow. And it is a lack of significant flow that is the defeating factor in the power equation when relying on rooftop rainwater collection. The watershed drainages for even small streams are usually measured in thousands of acres or square miles. Home roofs, even big ones, are measured in mere thousands of square feet.
Let's look at example calculations for a large house in a very rainy place—Seattle, Washington, gets about 40 inches of rain per year, with November being the rainiest month at an average of about 6 inches.
Let's assume that a tall two-story house would give us a 25-foot-high roof, and thus 25 feet of head. This 6,000-square-foot home has about 3,000 square feet of rainwater collection area (remember, it's two stories). That means that in November, this house would receive about 1,500 cubic feet of rain, or 11,220 gallons.
If that rainfall came as a constant drizzle all month long, flow from the roof would be only about 1/4 gallon per minute. Currently there is no turbine on the market to work with that flows that low, but using our microhydro power formula (see sidebar), we could theoretically get 468 watt-hours that month.
0.26 gpm × 25 feet ÷ 10 derate = 0.65 watts × 720 hrs./mo.
= 468 Wh
So even if there was a nanohydro plant that could harvest that small flow, it would result in less than 1/2 kWh of electricity—per month!—and only 3 cents worth of electricity in Seattle. It's a tiny fraction of what even an energy-efficient, 6,000-square-foot home would use in a day, not to mention a whole month.
Would the available energy increase if we weren't dealing with a constant drizzle? What if, to increase flows to a usable rate, and hopefully increase viable energy production, we could hope that all that rain came in a great deluge of 1 inch per hour (a 100-year storm, in Seattle) over six hours! At that unlikely amount of rain—practically all at once—flow from our example roof would be about 31 gpm. That is a more viable flow rate for hydro turbines on the market and gives us a projected power production of 77.5 watts, but only for those six hours. The total of 465 Wh per month is about the same energy as the drizzly example above (the minor difference is from rounding significant digits).
This is when inventive thinkers will begin planning for taller homes, or additional rain-collecting roof areas, and tanks to hold the water for release all at once to increase flow. But even that 11,220 gallons of water that falls on our 3,000-square-foot roof that month would weigh almost 47 tons if stored. Imagine a structure at roof level capable of supporting that kind of load just to generate a minuscule amount of energy. And remember, these discouraging energy production numbers are for the rainiest month, in one of America's rainiest cities. Other months, other places, and smaller houses can only deliver worse performance.
In this case, it would be better to just spend the money on a PV system. To put things into perspective, even in Seattle, which gets only an average of 1.7 peak sun-hours per day in November, an inexpensive (less than $100) 15-watt PV module would make close to the same amount of energy as the proposed rooftop hydro system.
So, a thinking person might begin wondering where they could get good water pressure and adequate flow necessary to run a microhydro turbine. It's the kind of question an inspired hydro wannabe might ponder, say, while standing in the shower. And that's when another common hydro scheme is hatched.
Typical municipal water pressure is between 40 and 80 psi, the equivalent of 92 to 185 feet of head. That is definitely enough for a hydro system. And if available flow is about 10 gallons per minute, say at the bathtub faucet, then surely there must be some real power available whenever we turn on our faucets.
However, if we use our example power formula with a common pressure of 60 psi (138 feet), we get a projected power output of about 138 watts.
138 ft. × 10 gpm ÷ 10 derate = 138 W × 24 hrs.
= 3,312 Wh per day
That 3.3 kWh per day is something—but not a lot. An average American household uses about 30 kWh per day, so would need nine of these units.
For the sake of argument, let's assume a very energy-efficient home that could run on 3.3 kWh per day. Why not then use such a hydro system? Or, why not offset a portion of a home's loads with hydro? Every little bit helps, right?
The 3.3 kWh figure is based on using 10 gallons per minute—24 hours per day. That's 14,400 gallons per day. At an average cost in the United States of $1.50 per 1,000 gallons, that's $21.60 per day in water costs just to generate 36 cents worth of electricity (based on the U.S. average of $0.11 per kWh).
Then there is the ecological and moral impact—remember, this is water that has been treated and purified for human consumption, and uses pumps to maintain that pressure—processes likely paid for in part with taxpayer money. Costs aside, what are the implications of pouring good clean water down the drain just to make a little electricity?
Finally, just to add a final coup de grâce to this hydro scheme, remember that most of what we do with our domestic water requires water pressure, as well as flow, to get the job done. Taking the energy out of water to make electricity robs that water of its pressure—water merely falls dead (depleted of energy) out the bottom of a hydro turbine. And pressure at other faucets may be anemic at best—imagine trying to rinse shampoo out of your hair while a hydro system is running full-bore in the same home. Not so effective, or enjoyable.
There is no substitution for head and flow in an effective microhydro system. When head is inadequate, we begin to think of creative ways to increase pressure. The simple example of watering the garden with a hose comes to mind. Doesn't putting your thumb partially over the hose opening increase the pressure, shooting water farther across the lawn? What if you use a spray nozzle instead of your thumb? Didn't you just increase the power of that system by reducing the size of the nozzle? And therefore, couldn't you increase head (and thus power) in a hydro system by starting off with a large pipe diameter and then reducing the pipe size on the way to the turbine?
Sorry, but no. When a pro measures head in a hydro system, they note two different types. Static head is the pressure at the turbine with the bottom valve closed, and thus no water moving. It is the pressure, from the weight of all the water in the pipe above the turbine. This pressure, measured in pounds per square inch (psi), is in direct proportion to the height of that column of water. For every 2.3 feet of vertical head, you'll measure 1 psi. Because it is directly proportional, there's no need to put in pipes and fill them with water to measure it; just measuring the vertical drop between water source and turbine site will give you an accurate static head.
But static head is just a maximum starting point. Dynamic head is the adjusted theoretical pressure in the system when inefficiencies like friction loss of pipes, joints, elbows, and valves are considered. These things hinder the flow of water through the system, and therefore some of its potential energy. Dynamic head is the result of static head minus these power losses, and provides a more accurate estimate of turbine performance.
Adding a smaller pipe section or nozzle is basically adding another restriction in the pipe that creates resistance to the flow of water. It effectively lowers the dynamic head of the system and thus also lowers the total power available in the system.
"Wait," you say, "what about the hose spraying farther across the yard?" Or maybe you are savvy enough about hydro systems to know that impulse turbines actually use nozzles to shoot a stream of water at the spinning runner. Well, you are right, but neither pressure nor power are being increased by the nozzle. Instead, the existing energy is being concentrated into a smaller point and at higher velocity—which is a more usable form for the turbine—but, in the process, some of that energy is lost to friction.
The purpose of a nozzle is to increase the kinetic energy of the flowing water by increasing its velocity. But this is at the expense of its potential energy in the form of pressure. In fact, on the outlet side of a nozzle, there is no pressure in the water; it is carrying all of its energy in the form of fast-moving kinetic energy. And it is the force of this kinetic energy against the turbine's runner that makes it spin. But no increase in energy was created. In fact, that water moving faster through a nozzle has more friction loss, reducing our dynamic head and total available power in the system—less power, but in a more useful form.
There is never any more power available than the theoretical maximum based on the initial static head (at a given flow). Every component and change in the form of energy in the system acts as an inefficiency, reducing actual available power. Some of those losses are necessary ones (getting the water down the hill, shooting it at the runner, etc.). Good design can reduce losses, but they can never be eliminated completely. And they definitely can't be changed to net gains.
It's starting to sound like only those folks with a stream or river on their property have a viable hydro system. But if you do have a good-flowing stream, you're all set for hydro power, right? Well, it's even more complicated than that.
We know that the power available to typical hydro turbines is a product of the head (pressure) and flow rate. So we also know that as head decreases, flow must increase to make the same amount of power. But what about folks with a nice river flowing along relatively flat ground? There must be some energy available in that strongly moving mass of water, even though it isn't falling from a height, right? Well, yes and no.
Besides just turbine size, there are different turbine technologies designed to take advantage of the ratios of head-to-flow at a given hydro site. But as head decreases, the energy gets harder and harder to capture. Reaction turbines, designed for low heads (as low as 2 or 3 feet) spin inside a column of falling water, but need high flow for significant power.
But what about situations with basically no head at all? What about that big river flowing through a flat plain? Well, try putting zero head into our hydro power equation and you will find that, no matter how much flow there is, the power output will be zero, too. To be fair, there must be some head for the water in a stream to be moving at all, and thus there must be some power there to capture. But even though the movement of that flat-water stream looks enticing, there isn't much potential to start with, compared to the same water dropping down a hillside. And then there's the challenge in capturing it.
To make up for lack of head, flow would need to be substantial. Either the river must be flowing very fast, and/or a very large area of river must be captured. Both create challenges in the integrity of the mounting structure and turbine runner itself, plus the added danger from river debris.
A fast-moving river is often only moving fast in the center. Near the banks, shallows, or along the bottom, friction reduces the flow. The speed of the river in the center can't necessarily be extrapolated to the whole cross-sectional area. Instead, there are specific formulas to account for the reduced flow along the bottom and shallow sides of a stream.
And even a quickly flowing river is moving a lot more slowly than the runner in a jet-driven impulse turbine in a system with higher head. A slowly spinning runner needs to be geared to create the rotational speeds necessary to generate electricity with an alternator. The gearing adds further complexity and friction loss to the system—more inefficiency.
We're not saying that it can't be done. But we are saying that it's unlikely that you can buy anything off the shelf that will do an adequate job for you. There have been, and will continue to be, many inventions intended to capture energy from the flow in a river. These "in-flow" or "current turbine" designs come and go, and come again, but we rarely see anything that performs to a level that warrants a reliable consumer product. There are a couple of in-flow products on the market (Ampair and Jackrabbit) that were originally designed for towing behind sailboats or barges. Some have adapted these to use in streams, but the small swept area of their propeller requires high-velocity flow to make much usable power.
If you are a tinkerer, and enjoy the creative challenge of hydro design, you may be able to fashion an in-flow turbine to make some power (though it may never pay back financially). But if you are being tempted by commercially available in-flow turbine designs, caveat emptor. Do your homework by talking to other reputable hydro installers about your resource and options. Be realistic about your capturable stream area and flow rate. And ask for real-number data, and references, from the turbine manufacturer.
While microhydro power is a reliable and proven technology, often at a reasonable cost, it's completely dependent on the resources available on a site-by-site basis. Either your site has reasonable hydro potential, or it doesn't. And it all depends on the quantities of head and flow. There's no cheating the laws of physics. There is no way to create energy. There is no free lunch.
That doesn't mean that there aren't ways to optimize your hydro potential to get the most energy out of your resource. That's where professional designers and reputable manufacturers come in. They have the knowledge to make decisions on siting and equipment that will maximize the energy made from the head and flow that is available. Intake type, pipe sizing and routing, the size and number of nozzles, runner type, alternator size and type, controller type, and system voltage are all variables that, when combined properly, will make or break your system performance and financial viability.
So give up on the free energy designs. Instead, read some of Home Power's real-world articles on hydro system design, do a preliminary measurement of your stream's actual head and flow, and call a reputable microhydro professional. That's the best scheme for maximizing your hydro system's performance.
Benjamin Root is no expert on microhydro power, but with 15 years on staff with Home Power, he has seen a frustrating repetition of misconceptions about renewable energy's potential…and hydro seems to take the brunt. Before you try to debunk Ben's debunking, he suggests you do the same thorough research that he did to write this article.


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Because it does nothing at all when I click it. Just thought I'd make sure it wasn't just me
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Private surveys indicate that U.S. winter wheat 2013 planted acres may be higher than for the 2012 crop. Increased planted acres are expected to have little impact on wheat prices until January or February. And if the drought is not broken, increased planted acres may have little, if any, price impact.
Hard red winter (HRW) wheat planted acres are expected to be about the same as the 2012 HRW wheat crop. Soft red winter (SRW) and hard spring (HS) wheat planted acres are expected to increase. Higher SRW wheat acres will have minimal impact on HRW wheat prices and the price impact of increased hard spring wheat acres would not occur until July or August 2013.
The factors that may have the largest price impact are Russian, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan wheat exports, Australian wheat production, and U.S. winter wheat planting conditions. Many analysts predict that Russia and Ukraine will have sold their supply of exportable wheat by late October.
Australia's wheat production is highly variable. The five-year (2006 – 2011) average wheat production, using USDA estimates, is 839 million bushels. ABARES' (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences) five-year average wheat production estimate is 836 million bushels. The USDA has Australia's wheat production at 499 million bushels in 2006; 787 million bushels in 2007; 802 million bushels in 2008; 1025 million bushels in 2010; and 1083 million bushels in 2011.
The USDA projects Australia's 2012 wheat production to be 955 million bushels compared to ABARES' 2012 estimate of 828 million bushels. USDA's projection is well above the average and ABARES's projection is near the five-year average. The point is that Australia's 2012 wheat production will probably be an average wheat crop and that the production may be 250 million bushels (24 percent) less than 2011 wheat production.
Argentina's 2012 wheat production is projected to be 423 million bushels compared to 551 million bushels in 2011 and a five-year average of 467 million bushels. Even though Argentina's wheat production is projected to be 84 million bushels (15 percent) less than last year, analysts appear to not have given it much attention. Argentina's below average wheat production may have as big a price impact as Australia's average production.
Both world and U.S. wheat ending stocks are projected to be slightly below average. The stocks-to-use (ending stocks divided by annual use) ratios are a higher percentage below average than the ending stocks estimates. World and U.S. wheat stocks have declined from abundant in June and July to relatively tight now.
All of the above makes the drought situation, winter wheat planting conditions, and additional planted acres more important price-wise. If the 2013 U.S. winter wheat crop does not get established and/or if the acres do not get planted, wheat prices should react relatively soon. However, if the winter wheat crop gets established, the price impact should not happen until next spring.
About July 16, the Kansas City Board of Trade December wheat contract started a sidewise price pattern between $8.69 and $9.57. The price has challenged the $9.57 resistance level three times and the $8.69 support price three times. Since August 16, the December wheat contract price has not traded below $8.86.
About the only thing that could cause the KCBT December wheat contract price to break the $8.86 support price is if Australian or Argentine wheat production is above average. It may be November before a solid Australian and/or Argentine wheat product estimate is available.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — When First Lady Hillary Clinton told a television interviewer in January 1998 that there was a "vast right-wing conspiracy" to undermine her husband's presidency, many caught a whiff of political paranoia.
As it turned out, however, there was in fact a vast right-wing conspiracy working against President Bill Clinton, as detailed by investigative journalists Gene Lyons and Joe Conason in the 2000 book and 2004 documentary film, "The Hunting of the President."
The New York Times documented earlier this week, moreover, that this "galaxy of conservative groups with more money, organized tactics and interconnections than is commonly known" — to use the less pejorative label of the reporters — is still hard at work undermining liberal causes, in this case health-care reform.
The billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, the Times story details, are leading the current effort to torpedo the Affordable Care Act and stymie President Barack Obama's agenda as they pursue their libertarian goal of reducing the size of government.
So what will happen if Hillary Clinton, who has since served eight years as a U.S. senator and four years as secretary of state, does decide, as many expect, to run for president in 2016?
Clinton currently has a big lead in presidential polls. A Quinnipiac University poll released last week, for instance, showed 61% of Democrats supporting her. Vice President Joe Biden was a distant second with 11%, followed by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 7%, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo with 2%.
In match-ups with Republican hopefuls, Clinton beat New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 49% to 36%; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, 53% to 36%; and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 54% to 31%.
But how will those numbers stand up when the Koch brothers and their allies mobilize millions of dollars against her?
If nothing else, the prospect of that battle might give Clinton pause. After all, when she campaigned for the Democratic nomination in 2008, there was no Koch-funded tea party, no Citizens United-fueled super PACs, and no history of sabotaging the Obama presidency and polarizing our politics seemingly beyond repair.
Plus, there's a chance the Supreme Court will remove all caps on political donations in the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission case they heard this week, opening the floodgates for unlimited funding by the very rich. (The very rich, you may have noticed, generally favor lower taxes and non-redistribution of income as advocated by today's Republicans.)
If Hillary Clinton nonetheless decides to go ahead, it may be difficult to mobilize the Democratic Party base with the centrist, Third-Way approach used so successfully by Bill Clinton in his presidential campaigns, and which now is looking a little quaint.
In today's polarized environment, where the political center has virtually collapsed, she may have to take the bull by the horns and confront that right-wing conspiracy by name, while tacking to the left on economic and social issues.
This would be quite a departure for a candidate who campaigned in 2008 as a centrist. She lost the nomination to Obama because Democrats were tired of Clintonism and liked the call to change offered by her rival.
Of course, what we got with Obama instead of change was another Clinton term — complete with Clinton advisers, Clinton policies, and Clinton friendliness to Wall Street. If anything, Obama has been more of a Clinton president than Hillary would have been.
Obama likes to say Bill Clinton was not a transformational president because he never broke through the parameters established by Ronald Reagan. Clinton balanced the budget not because he's a genius but because the economy was booming. He pushed the pro-business North American Free Trade Agreement and Wall Street deregulation.
Unfortunately, Obama took the very same fiscal consolidation advice from the very same advisers in a period far less propitious for reducing the deficit. His administration has been populated with Wall Street-friendly protégés of Clinton administration economic guru Robert Rubin, a former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs GS, -0.39% .
Gene Sperling, the political operative who served as chief economic adviser both for Bill Clinton and Obama, recently announced his departure from government. Sperling worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign and is expected to join her team if she launches a new bid.
If the best Hillary Clinton could offer in the way of economic policy would be the tired, recycled nostrums prescribed in the past by Sperling, then she may find her support withering, not only in the face of conservative attacks but from disillusionment in her base.
If, on the other hand, she can break with the Clinton legacy and ride the progressive backlash against the effort of billionaires to "starve the beast" of government, she might turn her popularity in the polls into an electoral victory.
Hillary Clinton has reinvented herself often during a long career — from a supporter of Barry Goldwater in high school, to a fiery activist in college, to a corporate lawyer in Arkansas, to a First Lady who wasn't going to bake cookies, to a big-state senator, to a centrist presidential candidate, to a globe-trotting secretary of state.
She may have to do it one more time.


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Chitrakoot (IAST: Chitrakoot, Sanskrit: चित्रकूट) (also spelt Chitrakoot) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Satna district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is a town of religious, cultural, historical and archaeological importance, situated in the Bundelkhand region, bordering Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) is a nearby town. It is known for a number of temples and sites mentioned in Hindu scriptures.
Many people gather here on each Amavasya. Somwati Amavasyas, Deepawali, Sharad-Poornima, Makar Sankranti and Ramanavami are special occasions for such gatherings and celebrations. It attracts crowds throughout the year including above occasions and for Free Eye Hospital Camps. Noted 'Ayurvedic' and 'Yoga' centres like 'Arogyadham' are located in Chitrakoot
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You may get in by bus from Lucknow, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Jhansi, Jabalpur, Satna and Varanasi.
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Prayagraj Airport (IXD) also called Bamrauli Field is essentially a military base with a one-room passenger terminal and one commercial flight per day run by Air India (IC 7801). The flight departs Delhi and arrives in Prayagraj after a brief stop in Kanpur. The plane then returns to Delhi. Baggage is hand delivered after arrival so wait in the terminal if you have checked luggage for it to be delivered. Prayagraj is approx 134 Km from Chitrakoot
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The 24 different forms of god appeared on the earth can be found here in the form of idols. The Mandakini River flows nearby. The ancient ashram of Rishi Atri is above the temple.
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If you are in chitrakoot you must do parikrama of Kamdgiri Hill.
Here there is the most tasty samosa
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Only local eateries/dhabas serving Indian cuisine are available.
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Chitrakoot is a holy Hindu piligrimage town so no Alcoholic products are available in Town
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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Clotilda
(c.474 – 545) Matron, Queen of the Franks, born probably Lyons; died Tours. She was the daughter of Chilperic, King of the Burgundians of Lyons, and wife of Clovis I, whom she converted, 496. After the death of Clovis, 511, Clotilda's son, Clodomir, was slain in a war against the Burgundians and two of his children were murdered by her other sons, Childebert and Clotaire, who subsequently made war on each other. Clotilda spent the remaining years of her life in prayer and penance near the tomb of Saint Martin, at Tours. Popular early poetry disfigured her noble personality, but historical research has permanently established her untarnished fame. She is represented in art with a battle in the background, in memory of the conversion of Clovis. Emblems: a crown, church in hand. Buried in the church of Saint Genevieve, Paris. Feast, 3 June.
- "Saint Clotilda". . CatholicSaints.Info. 15 September 2012. Web. 19 January 2019. <http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-clotilda/>


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Body found in airplane wheel well at Va.'s Dulles
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Airport officials say the body of a man has been found in the wheel well of a South African Airways plane parked at Washington Dulles International Airport.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority says the body was found around 1:30 p.m. Saturday by ground crew members assigned to the aircraft. The Airbus A340 was sitting in a remote parking area at the time.
Airport officials say the circumstances of the man's death are under investigation. The body will be turned over to the Fairfax County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
Officials say operations at the airport were unaffected by the discovery.
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Bruce G. Willison is a Professor of Management and Former Dean (1999–2005) of UCLA Anderson School of Management. His appointment in 1999 came after a distinguished 26-year career in the banking industry, most recently serving as the president and chief operating officer of Home Savings of America and H.F. Ahmanson & Co.
While dean, UCLA Anderson's faculty was ranked number one in "Intellectual Capital" by Business Week and overall the school placed in the top ten of U.S. News and World Report's rankings.
Mr. Willison began his banking career at Bank of America, where he held several corporate and lending positions in Los Angeles and Mexico City. He joined First Interstate Bancorp in 1979 as a strategic planner and held various executive positions at the bank and its holding company, including chairman and chief executive officer of First Interstate Bank of Oregon, and chairman, president, and chief executive officer of First Interstate Bank of California, as well as vice chairman of the bank's holding company, First Interstate Bancorp, until 1996. Then, Mr. Willison became the president and chief operating officer of H.F. Ahmanson and Co., the parent of Home Savings of America, one of the largest savings banks in the country.
Though his appointment marked his first academic post, Mr. Willison had had a long association with Anderson, serving on its Board of Visitors since 1993. He also currently serves as a director of Health Net, Inc., SunAmerica's annuity fund complex, and Move, Inc.
Mr. Willison and his wife, Gretchen, are active members of the Los Angeles community, providing energy and enthusiasm to a host of organizations.
A native of Riverside, California, Mr. Willison earned a bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA, and an MBA in finance from the University of Southern California, following his service as an officer in the U.S. Navy.


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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared the 2013 federal election will be about which major party has the "policy muscle" to win voters, as the coalition continues to maintain a strong lead in the polls.
A Newspoll published on Tuesday shows the two-party preferred vote at 54-46 to the coalition - the same result as the first poll of the year in January and four points above the Liberal-Nationals' vote at the 2010 election.
It was a three-point rise for the coalition on the November poll, which pundits attributed to the failure of the government's asylum seeker policy and the attack on Ms Gillard over the Australian Workers' Union scandal.
However, Ms Gillard remained preferred prime minister over Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for the sixth poll in a row, outrating him 43-34.
The prime minister says she remains confident about the 2013 election.
"I'm very clear about what that election will be decided on," told reporters in Sydney.
"It'll be about Australia's future, and who's got the policy muscle to bring the solutions Australia needs in an uncertain world."
Mr Abbott, who urged voters to read his book of speeches, A Strong Australia, over the Christmas break said Australians wanted a "better government" and less pressure on their cost of living.
"They want evidence that the government is focused on them, not focused on itself," he told reporters in Sydney.
He said the prime minister still had questions to answer over the AWU scandal and a judicial inquiry would get to the bottom of it, if he won the election.
Newspoll chief Martin O'Shannessy says Labor will be "more than mildly disappointed" at the latest poll results, given its primary vote had peaked at 36 per cent in September-November.
The asylum seeker issue has gone against the government in recent weeks.
"It worked for them when it looked like the problem was solved and now it's not working for them," he told AAP.
However, Labor was getting strong public support for the national disability insurance scheme, Mr O'Shannessy said.
Cabinet minister Craig Emerson said the coalition had engaged in a "very aggressive, negative" campaign against Ms Gillard in the final parliamentary session for the year.
Over the year, the coalition's primary vote initially stalled and then climbed to a peak of 51 per cent in late April, while Labor's vote sank to a record low of 27 per cent.
However, the coalition's primary vote hit a low of 41 per cent in September and October, as Labor's rose to a year-high of 36 per cent.
Mr O'Shannessy says this could have been a result of voters realising the carbon tax, which began on July 1, hadn't had the detrimental impact the coalition said it would.


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Joyce Scanlin is in her 20th season (2010-11) at Cal State Northridge and has been a member of the athletic department since 2000.
Her responsibilities in the athletic department include team and individual travel.
Her other duties at CSUN have included Accounts Payable and as an Accounts Technician.
For the past 17 years, Joyce has been involved in the "California Rangers", a military equestrian group for ages 9-18. She is currently the captain of her troop.
Joyce enjoys spending time with her husband (Peter), daughter and son-in-law (Theresa and Rob) and grandson (Tyler). She also enjoys baking and quilting.
Scanlin's Story
Favorite Food - Anything Chocolate
Least Favorite Food - Liver
Favorite Movie - Forest Gump
Favorite TV show - Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy
Favorite Actor - Tom Hanks
Favorite Actress Meryl Streep
Would Most Like To Meet - The entire Tennessee Titan football team
Music I Like - Country
Best Thing About Working At CSUN - My co-workers and close to home
What Actress Would Play Me In A Movie - Reese Witherspoon (in my younger
Hobbies - Baking and quilting and watching FOOTBALL
Greatest Hero's - My Dad
If I Had A Mlllion Dollars - I would move to Tennessee and travel some


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Sunday, August 08, 2010
In which I admit to being a lazy knitter...
But you know, there's lazy, and then there's what I really am, and that's: HALF-ASSED.
example #1:
Interweave's Minimalist cardigan. (Previous blog entries about whisper cardigans and ruffled Patons sweaters--you can just forget 'em, they are dead to me now)
And at the very least when it comes to sweaters, I'm not quite so half-assed that I wouldn't do a gauge swatch. I *did* do one (in truth I usually do about half a full swatch, before unravelling it to begin...so technically still half-assed I'd venture!) but an attempt at a swatch nonetheless--and off I went.
I knit about 8 inches before I decided "hmmm, I think I'll do the next size down instead".
An intelligent person would probably start over at this point, not just start randomly.decreasing.wherever.they wanted.until.the.whole.back.was.finished.
YARGH...How's that for some subtle decreasing!? Seriously, what was I thinking? Now that the sweater is almost done (I've got about half a sleeve left) I've decided that I can't live with it and have promised myself that I will completely start the back over again.
Example #2:
This gorgeous Cables and Lace beret from Michele Wang.
Sure, it looks cute here, and it really is a gorgeous hat and pattern...
But I had MAJOR gauge-fail issues! I should preface by saying that it was my intention to make this hat for someone with a "big" head (I often kid my friend Suanne that they based this Seinfeld episode on her)--and I knew I was taking a chance using a DK weight yarn on a pattern that called for lace weight.
If not for the ribbed band being way too big (in the photos it's just kind of "placed" on my head) it actually would have worked I think. The body of the beret has the perfect amount of slouch, and using a larger yarn meant I didn't have to repeat the 24-row lace pattern a second time, so that was a serious time-saver!
Note the vast difference in overall size between it and another slouchy hat I finished off last week (the other hat is Le Slouch by Wendy Bernard by the way, and all my yarn details etc. for it can be found on Ravelry)
I'd say that's a pretty big difference in the ribbed opening... (she says as one hat literally swallows the other...)
I probably could have gotten away with it all if I had just cast on less for the ribbing (and then increased accordingly for the pattern), and I am still debating whether it will be at all salvageable if I just tightened up the ribbing by weaving some elastic thread through it.
Though you'd think If I learned anything from all of this it would to just tear back and start over the minute I realized there was an issue--instead of mindlessly thinking I'd somehow fix it all later. Really, you will save yourself what will inevitably be extra work, and subsequent attempts will be far superior to your original.
Sage advice that I already knew but for some reason couldn't bring myself to follow. I know it seems a shame to tear back on hours of work but just DO IT. You'll be much happier in the end.
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Remember, frogging is your friend. I frog constantly, not because I am half-assed but because I am fickle, fickle.
- hibou said...
I share your sickness.
- julie said...
Yep, it takes a special kind of brave to make that decision to undo HOURS of work that you've just put in to something, but when you do decide to do it, it feels really good in a weird kind of way :)
- Victory Garden Yarn said...
I can't help but laugh (heartily but not meanly) at your sweater woes. I made pretty much an entire Twinkle cardigan before I figured out there was no way the LARGE would ever block out and still fit me...gosh danged small Twinkle patterns. It's still sitting in a half-frogged pile next to my couch, which I trip over every time I walk to my kitchen.
You'd think I would just finish the friggin' frogging already!
- andrea said...
Try weaving the elastic through the brim! I've done it...it worked for me. :D
- mishi2x said...
The hat looks great!! But, I constantly have the too-big issue with all of my berets. I have a big head, so I need it large, but then it's inelastic. I did weave elastic thread through mine and it made all the difference. Hope you find it wearable!!
- Julia said...
You don't have to re-knit the back of your sweater, just hide the extra fabric in the seam! Two people at my office are knitting the minimalist - it's a great sweater!
Love the hat, too bad about the ribbing. I've successfully cut (yes, cut) off ribbing from the bottom of a hat, picked up the live stitches and knit new ribbing from the top down. You could do a decrease round first and then knit ribbing with less stitches. It's totally salvageable! It's so cute!
- Reckless Glue said...
Julia, you are possibly a genius, I think I WILL cut off that ribbing... tho attempt number two of the back of that sweater is virtually done--it was just too deformed--nor do I really want a bunchy seam.
I thought of you this week when I was at my LYS big spinrite sale --discontinued old gold all the way!!


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