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Smart Grids
Deze cursus zet de basis uiteen van de smart grids zoals, energie transitie en het balanceren van distributie van groene elektriciteit in de grid. Ook wordt besproken welke zakelijke mogelijkheden voort kunnen komen uit de smart grids technologie en het toepassen van utility business modellen.
Overzicht inhoud relevante informatie (Beschikbare informatie opvraagbaar bij EDII)
- Introduction to the energy system
Introduction to sustainable energy systems and smart grids
Towards sustainable energy systems: integrating renewable energy and energy efficiency is the key
- Traditional production, transmission and distribution of electricity
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power: an overview
- Utilities value chain
Electric Utilities: A new operating model
Utilities: powerhouses of innovation
- Load and balancing of power grid
Exploring Smart Grid and Data Center Interactions for Electric Power Load Balancing
Predicting failures in power grids: the case of static overloads
Nordic electricity congestion's arrangement as a model for Europe
- Reliability of networks: security of supply
Secure and Efficient electricity supply during the transition to low carbon power system
Transforming Europe's electricity supply – an infrastructure strategy for a reliable, renewable and secure power system
- Energy regulation and power market
Mapping power and utilities regulation in Europe
From Distribution Networks to Smart Distribution Systems
Manifesto for a balanced, more efficient European energy policy
- Energy transition
Energy Vision 2013. Energy transitions: past and future
World and European Energy and Environment Transition Outlook
- Smart grids concept
Technology roadmap – Smart grids
New ERA for electricity in Europe. Distributed generation
- Smart grids and renewable energy
Smart grids and renewables – A guide for effective deployment
Grid integration of large-capacity renewable energy sources and use of large-capacity electrical energy storage
- Smart energy systems
Smart energy systems for empowered consumers
Sturen op het gebruik van locale energienetten
Towards a European Smart Energy System
- Smart grids and energy storage
Battery energy storage for smart grid applications
Energy Storage: Keeping smart grids in balance
Smart Grids and Energy Storage
- Flexibility of the (smart) grid
How flexible is smart? Determining the flexibility of a smart grid cluster
The role of DSOs in a Smart Grid environment
- Public acceptance and smart grids
The social costs and benefits of Smart grids
Technical and economic concept related to the smart grid- a guide for consumers
- Privacy and security concerns
Guidelines for smart grid cyber security
Towards privacy protection in smart grid
Cybersecurity and the Smarter Grid
- Innovation in smart grids
Innovation on Smart Grids and energy storage
Smart grid innovation: policy, politics and law
- Cost and benefit of smart grid technology
Guidelines for conducting a cost-benefit analysis of Smart Grid projects
Smart grid economic and environmental benefits
- Smart meters
Development of best practice recommendations for smart meters rollout in the energy community
Smart meters and smart meter systems: a metering industry perspective
Smart grid distribution and smart meters
- Business cases and pilot projects
Global inventory and analysis of smart grid demonstration projects
Smart grid pilots. Handvatten voor toepassing van wet-en regelgeving
Smart grid projects outlook 2014
- Future projections for smart grids
Impact of smart grid technologies on peak load to 2050
Net voor de toekomst rapport
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>From Mark Steyn, via Malone Vandam:
…What's happening in the developed world today isn't so very hard to understand: The 20th-century Bismarckian welfare state has run out of people to stick it to. In America, the feckless, insatiable boobs in Washington, Sacramento, Albany, and elsewhere are screwing over our kids and grandkids. In Europe, they've reached the next stage in social-democratic evolution: There are no kids or grandkids to screw over. The United States has a fertility rate of around 2.1 — or just over two kids per couple. Greece has a fertility rate of about 1.3: Ten grandparents have six kids have four grandkids — ie, the family tree is upside down. Demographers call 1.3 "lowest-low" fertility — the point from which no society has ever recovered. And, compared to Spain and Italy, Greece has the least worst fertility rate in Mediterranean Europe….
Read it all.
Then go read Steyn's America Alone, if you haven't already.
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It wasn't until 1993 that the notion of same-sex marriage was taken seriously by the courts, when a ruling from the Hawaii Supreme Court in Baehr v. Lewin suggested for the first time that refusing to allow same-sex couples to marry might be unconstitutional. The reaction to Hawaii's ruling, rather than build momentum to allow SSM, instead resulted in a backlash in congress, who pushed through the Defence of Marriage Act, specifically prohibiting the federal government from recognising same-sex marriages. Continue reading →
Queer History
The History of Homosexuality: Legal Challenges
The History of Homosexuality: Beyond the Pale
The History of Homosexuality: Radicalisation vs Assimilation
For hundreds of years when being queer was criminal in western society, the public face of queerfolk was the most visible members of the community, those who were unable to hide by passing as heterosexual and consequently, those most often brought before the law. Trans* individuals, cross-dressers, and those who eschewed the gender binary were obvious, easy targets. When the political climate became unbearably repressive, and the civil rights movement to emancipate other minorities took off, one of the first acts of the community was to change the image of queerness in the public consciousness. Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: The Pride Flag
The original Pride flag was flown at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on 25th June, 1978. It had been designed by Gilbert Baker, an artist and designer who made silk banners for gay rights and anti-war protest marches. The flag was inspired in part by Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow" (Garland had died a few days before the Stonewall uprising), and originally contained eight colours, each with a different meaning, the idea for which came from the Flag of Races used during the 1960s civil rights marches, which consisted of five horizontal stripes in red, black, brown, yellow, and white.
Thirty volunteers hand stitched and dyed the first two flags for the Freedom Day parade. Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: The Rainbow Spectrum
Through the 1960s as homophile organisations started to form in defence of queerfolk, the community which was only just forming began to fracture. Societies like the Mattachine wanted to present an assimilationist approach to queer emancipation, representing the white, middle class, straight-passing men who politicians and lawmakers would relate to and find most sympathetic. It wasn't these men, however, that were being targeted by the police and rounded up by the dozen, but the butch women, effeminate queens, cross-dressers, and trans*folk who were the most visible and obvious targets for prosecution, and the easiest to turn into folk devils and scapegoats. It's no surprise it was those members who first fought back and put queer emancipation on the political agenda. Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: Gay Pride
The hundred-year period leading up to 1970 was a hugely significant one for queerfolk. From a series of small, disparate socio-sexual communities with no real sense of wider identity or framework for understanding their orientation, to an established subculture with a naming convention, identity, and political presence. In response to a repressive legal atmosphere in the UK and USA, "homophile organisations" such as the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis were formed with the aim of politically liberating queerfolk. While other rallys and marches had been organised in the past, it was the uprising following the botched raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York which really provided the catalyst for the modern Pride movement. Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: The Mattachine Society
The Mattachine Society was founded in LA in 1950 by Harry Hay and a number of his friends. Hay conceived of an "international…fraternal order" to serve as "a service and welfare organization devoted to the protection and improvement of Society's Androgynous Minority". He had tried to form a similar political activist group in 1948 in support of a Progressive presidential candidate, but it never got off the ground. Over the following two years, Hay worked hard on the model of a queer emancipation group which could be politically engaged on a public stage.
Originally meeting under the banner Society of Fools, the name Mattachine Society — which references anti-monarchy Medieval French societies of masked men who used anonymity in order to be critical of the establishment — was adopted a year later.
Originally the Mattachine's organisation was modelled after the American Communist Party: different levels of membership required increased commitment and involvement, and information was closely guarded from lower level members. The founders were anonymous, and the society existed as a collection of independent cells. Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: Stonewall
Queer bars have existed for centuries, and have been raided by the police for just as long. The Stonewall Inn was no different.
After the Second World War and well into the Cold War, American law enforcement, led by the FBI, deliberately targeted homosexuals for prosecution. In a three-year period from 1947-50, 17000 federal job applications were denied, 4380 people were discharged from the military, and 420 dismissed from government jobs because of suspicions about their sexuality. It was the period known as the Lavender Scare, and plenty of other institutions soon took part. The US Postal Service recorded addresses where "homosexual material" was delivered; local state ordinances were passed to close down gay bars and outlaw cross-dressing, and city police forces did regular "sweeps" to rid the streets of anyone perceived to be homosexual; colleges expelled professors whose teaching was too liberal; and anybody caught in a compromising situation was publicly humiliated in the press and usually jailed or sent to a mental institution.
The History of Homosexuality: Being Gay
With the shift in understanding of human sexuality from acts to identities, the concept of behaving in a certain way outside the bedroom because of what happens inside began to take hold. Sexologists, busy looking for a "cause" of variant sexualities, began to study every aspect of their patients' lives looking for common ground, although the debate about nature/nurture and whether or not conforming to stereotypical behaviour is a cause or effect of sexual orientation is still going on today. Initially, nobody had any idea what might make a person queer: the idea was still so new there was no received wisdom to fall back on. Early questionnaires used by sexologists and psychotherapists to try to understand their clients' orientation show just how different the theories were. Some blamed overbearing mothers and/or absent fathers; others thought the reverse was true. The number of male and female friends a patient had, the amount of sport they played, and what they ate and where they worked were all considered important, but nobody was sure exactly how.
The History of Homosexuality: Becoming Gay
Most people know that "gay" originally meant "happy/carefree" and came to refer to (usually, male) homosexuals, but not how or when the change occurred. When we study the etymology of the word, which is twelfth century in origin, it's clear it had developed sexually suspect connotations as early as the 1500s. By the seventeenth century, its meaning of "carefree" had become specific to a kind of sexual looseness or immorality: a "gay woman" was a prostitute, a "gay man" was a womaniser, and a "gay house" was a brothel. Cities known for their liberal nightlife were described as gay — "gay Paris" — and unmarried men and women were often referred to as gay, in reference to them being sexually available (whether or not they exercised that availability). "Gay" could also refer to the act of sex itself.
In America, the expression "gay cat," recorded as early as 1893, referred to young men who drifted from place to place and were noted for their lack of sexual discernment. There's also evidence they were taken advantage of because of their age, and in some cases kept almost as slaves. Sociologists noted that "Homosexual practices are more common than rare in this group," and in a 1933 dictionary of Underword & Prison Slang, "gay cat" was defined as a "homosexual boy." Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: Drag
Drag is the practice of cross-dressing and pastiching the mannerisms and behaviours of the opposite sex for comic effect. Drag queens run the gamut from over-the-top professional comedians such as Lily Savage, all the way through to serious (and seriously impressive) female impersonators such as RuPaul. Generally speaking, drag is a costume donned for a performance and doesn't stimulate sexual excitement in the wearer (transvestism), nor does drag implicitly suggest that the performer identifies as trans* although, as with everything, there are always exceptions.
As an expression, "drag" may have been around for a century or two, but the history of men impersonating women for entertainment purposes is of course much longer. Many of Shakespeare's works played on the fact the actors on stage were men dressed as women (and often the female characters pretend to be male, creating truths within truths which audiences find amusing). Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: Polari
Polari is a form of cant slang adopted by the queer subculture in England throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth centuries. Its origins are murky, although there's evidence at least some of it dates back as early as the 1500s, where it was used by a number of socially marginalised groups, including actors, circus showmen, merchant seamen, prostitutes, and petty criminals, as well as queer men. Punch and Judy street performers also have a strong association with it.
The purpose of any slang vernacular is to include and exclude, and usually serves to mark the speakers out from the dominant culture. People use slang all the time — it exist in different occupations (I could write a whole essay on the shorthands, abbreviations, and slang of the construction industry, for a start), different age groups (teenagers are most notable for it), and across different socio-economic strata. Geographically, we use different words depending on where we're from (dialect), and individually, too (idiolect). Close-knit groups of friends will often develop their own words (or ascribe new meaning to old ones) based on common experience, and using language in this way encourages social cohesion, both by linking all the users with a common tongue, and by excluding those who are "other." Continue reading →
The History of Homosexuality: Camp
Wikipedia describes camp as "a social, cultural, and aesthetic style and sensibility based on deliberate and self-acknowledged theatricality." It is all those things, and more besides, but it's difficult to pin down. Nonetheless, we all know camp when we see it.
Camp is effete, it's garish, it's hyperbole and exaggeration, it's shameless, crude, funny, and sexless. Camp appeals to the masses, yet is intrinsically associated with queer men.
Camp derives from the French se camper ("to pose in an exaggerated fashion"), and was first defined in 1909 in the Oxford English Dictionary as: "ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to, characteristic of, homosexuals. So as a noun, 'camp' behaviour, mannerisms, et cetera." Continue reading →
People in History: Robin Hood
Yes, I know. I'm including Robin Hood as biography when we have no idea if he actually existed or not. In my defence, I offer Jesus 😛
Actually, the legends surrounding Robin Hood almost certainly have their origins in the life of a real figure. A number of men have been suggested to have been the source of the legend. Robert, the Earl of Huntingdon is a favourite, for this inscription on his grave at Kirklees Priory: Continue reading →


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Mike Rogers – President and CEO
Mike Rogers is the President and founder of Valued Pharmacy Services. Mike founded the company in July 2007 with a mission to provide innovative pharmacy and health benefit solutions that maximize dollars saved on prescription medications.
Charlie Hartung – EVP Sales & Operations
Charlie Hartung is the Vice President of Sales and Operations for Valued Pharmacy Services. Charlie joined the company in July 2011, bringing 24 years of successful marketing, sales and management experience to VPS.
Lisa Youngblood – VP, Account Management & Clinical
Lisa joined VPS in September, 2017 bringing with her a combined 16 years' experience in the pharmaceutical and pharmacy benefit management industry. As a member of the VPS executive team, Lisa is responsible for leading the account management, clinical consultation and pharmacy analytics teams that support VPS clients. In addition, Lisa is instrumental in the development of VPS programs and services to help our clients better manage their pharmacy benefit costs while delivering personalized member care.
Nick Conway – AVP Analytics
Nick oversees business analytics for Valued Pharmacy Service touching all areas of the company from Sales to Account Services. Nick joined VPS in 2010 and has grown with the company occupying several roles including Pharmacy Relations, Account Management and Director of Analytics.
Nelly Rose – Clinical Pharmacy Consultant
Nelly Rose is a Clinical Pharmacy Consultant for Valued Pharmacy Services. Nelly joined the company in November 2017, bringing with her over 13 years of pharmacy experience in healthcare. During that time she established her expertise in the areas of community pharmacy, hospital and PBM clinical settings.


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Getting Drunk at the Dentist (Sorta')
The dentist: Not fun.
Three-cocktail buzz in the middle of the day: Fun.
Deciding precisely when to end your buzz and having no hangover whatsoever: Sign me up.
All these things come together with sedation dentistry (ie. getting nitrous oxide during an exam), which is exactly what I headed to Goldstein Dental Center to investigate. I went for a whitening (explains the crazy contraption on my face in the video), which isn't typically something people need sedation for, but I said "Bring it on!" Obviously.
I hadn't been to the dentist in an embarrassing amount of years (I admit it in the video), but luckily, my report wasn't too bad because I'm a crazy flosser and take good care of my pearly whites. Dr. Goldstein told me I should have my wisdom teeth out (ha, we'll see about that), and that I'll eventually need a gum graft for receding gums on a few teeth, which I was already aware of (I'm an aggressive brusher, but I'm working on it.)
Check out the video to learn ALL about getting nitrous at the dentist (which is totally free, by the way) and see me looking extra sexy wearing a gas mask and on the verge of drunk texting.
After I sobered up, I was very pleased with the whitening result and highly recommend Goldstein. (They're doing a sweet new patient special right now, too–$99 for a cleaning and X-rays.) However, I'm not sure if I'll keep whitening for life, so I asked Dr. Goldstein for some tips to a brighter smile sans bleaching procedures. Presenting:
10 Tips for Whiter Teeth
1. Wear sparkly earrings like diamonds or CZ–they make the teeth appear whiter (bling, bling). Avoid gold jewelry, which tends to exaggerate yellow tones.
2. If you can't brush after you eat, eat an apple (green is better). Low-sugar fruits with fiber are natural abrasives.
3. Use bronzer. The tanner your face, the whiter your teeth look (duh).
4. Say cheese! If you're drinking red wine, eat some cheese to protect your teeth from the acid in wine that stains them. (This is clearly my favorite tip.)
5. Red lipstick makes your teeth looks whiter (check out W+P tips and picks on this matter). Also, adding some pink and/or shiny gloss to your lip color can help turn your smile from dull to dazzling!
6. Coffee break? Coffee is the number one cause of yellowing teeth (noooooo!!!). But, it's not how much you drink; it's how long the coffee is in contact with your teeth. Try sipping it through a straw, or if you think that is just plain crazy (like me) rinse your mouth out with water afterward. (In the summer, iced coffee through a straw is a great way to keep yellowing away!)
7. Floss daily. Teeth with plaque are more prone to stains.
8. Chew dentist-approved gum. Grab gum or mints containing Xylitol, a sugar-free, decay-reducing compound that can rid/prevent stainage, too. Try Trident or Epic Dental.
9. Stop comparing your pearly whites to models in the mags. They are photoshopped…heavily. Your dentist will tell you how white you can go and still maintain a healthy smile.
10. If you are whitening, do it in the shower. Heat speeds up the effect of hydrogen peroxide and can remove stains faster. You may as well apply this to brushing with whitening toothpaste in the shower, too. And doing other things in the shower. But that's a post for another time…
Keep on smiling!
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I 100% agree with tips 1, 4, and 5 – especially number 4!!!!
You enunciate and articulate VERY well for a "3-4 vodka drink drunk"! Well done.


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Lately a number of places in Indonesia has begun the production of wood pellets and wood chips as a renewable fuel. Biomass waste treatment has reduced the waste pollution and provide economic benefits. Since its application to energy the higher the energy content, the better it will be in addition to other properties. Through torrefaction of biomass will experience a thermal process that makes the content of volatiles is reduced, leaving the higher energy content / energy density (or energy content / unit mass is usually presented in kcal / kg) in the biomass solids.
Torrefaction of biomass which is then followed by compaction of pellets or briquettes will make the energy content per volume (one of which is expressed in units GJ/M3) the greater. And it will save on transportation costs. Torrefaction becomes an important concern lately because of the benefits torrefaction properties of these products, compared to wood pellets or wood chips. Appropriate technology that can be relied greatly needed for the commercialization process. JF BioCarbon have an effective technology for torrefaction, the more details please click here.
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Key Job Facts About the Gig Economy
The workplace has transformed from one where many workers had the same employer for most of their working life to one where job changes are much more frequent, and where many workers choose short-term gigs over permanent long-term employment.
Being a self-employed worker without the restrictions of a boss has traditionally been an aspiration for many American workers. What's better than being able to set your own hours, and to work where and when you want?
For every person that chose to work in the gig economy though, there are others who ended up there through no choice of their own. Some workers have been thrust into self-employment as employers have relied on contract workers to avoid the costs of healthcare and other benefits associated with carrying full-time employees. Also, many older workers were displaced during the great recession and have opted for self-employment as a last resort, since they were unable to reacquire traditional employment.
The result has been the emergence of a gig economy where workers are tapped by employers to work on a project basis without the status (or benefits) of a permanent employee. Individuals like actors, musicians, film production workers, and seasonal farm hands have always migrated from gig to gig, but now the trend has expanded into many other areas especially within service industries.
Overall Trends in Self-Employment
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that self-employment actually trended downward from 1994 to 2015. In 1994 the self-employment rate was 12.1 percent, and by 2015 the figure had declined to 10.1 percent of the workforce. This decline can be explained in part by the sharp reduction in agricultural employment during that period, since many farm workers either owned farms and worked for themselves, or were migrant workers. In addition, fewer small retail establishments now exist with the dominance of mall and big box stores.
However, The Harvard Business Review (HBR) reports that though the number of incorporated self-employed workers as reported by the government has remained relatively constant since 2000, the actual number of independent workers has increased. HBR attributes the difference to a more restrictive definition of self-employment used by the BLS.
The government requires survey respondents to declare only one category of employment from three options: private sector, government, or self-employment. Temporary laborers, individuals who were work for themselves on a part-time basis, and contract workers all are likely undercounted in the government surveys.
The Mckinsey Global Institute surveyed 8,000 individuals in the United States and Europe and estimated that 20 percent — 30 percent of workers were engaged in "some form of independent work."
Industry Trends in the Gig Economy
Opportunities for self-employment trended quite differently in various industries. According to LinkedIn, contractors who changed industry during the past 12 months gravitated towards:
- Healthcare (+11 percent)
- Real Estate (+10 percent)
- Construction (+8 percent)
- Finance (+8 percent)
- Software/IT Services (+5 percent)
Some industries showed a reduction in the number of self-employed workers:
- Public Safety (-16 percent)
- Retail (-12 percent)
- Arts (-11 percent)
- Recreation/Travel (-9 percent)
- Agriculture (-8 percent)
Common Occupations for Freelance Employment
According to Upwork, a leading online network linking freelancers to employers, popular freelance occupations include: designers and creatives, web, mobile and software developers, administrative support specialists, writers and translators, accounting/finance/consulting professionals, IT and networking professionals, sales/marketing/customer service professionals, lawyers/paralegals, engineers and architects, and data science/analytics specialists.
Careercast also lists home health aides, occupational therapists, and delivery drivers as other occupations with growth opportunities for freelancers.
Where the Jobs Are — and Aren't
According to the BLS, 21 states had higher rates of self-employment than the national average of 10.1 percent in 2015. The states with the highest rates include:
- Montana 16.1 percent
- Maine 15.4 percent
- Vermont 14.4 percent
- South Dakota 14.2 percent
Twenty-nine state states had lower rates of self-employment. The lowest include:
- District of Columbia 7.1 percent
- Delaware 7.2 percent
- Alabama 7.5 percent
Self-Employment By Age
Individuals 65 years old and older had the highest level of self-employment at 24.1 percent, followed by those aged 55 to 64 at 14.7 percent, 45 to 54 years old at 11.8 percent, 35 to 44 years old at 10.1 percent, 25 to 34 years old at 5.7 percent, and 16 to 24 years old at 2.2 percent.
Self-Employment By Gender
Men were much more likely to be self-employed at 12.3 percent, while only 7.5 percent of women were self-employed.
Self-Employment By Educational Level
Levels of self-employment varied somewhat, but not dramatically, by the level of educational attainment according to the BLS. Those workers who possessed professional or doctoral degrees were an exception and experienced much higher levels of self-employment:
- 21.3 percent of individuals with a professional degree, such as doctors, lawyers, and architects who maintain private practices, were self-employed.
- 16.6 percent of those with a doctoral degree worked independently.
- Workers with a high school degree and those with a bachelor's degree had a self-employment rate of 11.2 percent.
- Those with a master's degree came in at 9.3 percent.
Self-Employment By Country of Origin and Race
Foreign-born workers were somewhat more likely to be self-employed than their US-born counterparts. The self-employment rate for foreign-born individuals was 11.2 percent and only 9.8 percent for native-born workers.
White workers (10.9 percent) were more likely to be self-employed than Black/African American (5.2 percent), Asians (9.6 percent), or Latinos (8.3 percent).
Self-Employment: By Choice or Forced?
LinkedIn ProFinder reports that of freelancers surveyed, over 50 percent had plans never to return to traditional full-time employment and wanted to work independently. Almost 20 percent say they'll make six figures or more this year from freelancing.
The Mckinsey Global Institute survey indicated that 70 percent of self-employed workers had freely chosen that status either as a primary or supplemental source of income. The remaining 30 percent of self-employed individuals were in that situation either as "reluctants" who would prefer traditional jobs or "financially strapped" individuals who were forced to supplement their income through independent work.
Workers who were thrust into self-employment are more likely to be underemployed and many may generate little or no income from their ventures. So, unemployment figures may not fully represent this group of workers who might respond as self-employed to surveys by the government.
Future Projections for the Gig Economy
Even the BLS projects that non-agricultural self-employment will increase by close to 7 percent from 2014 — 2024. Intuit estimated a much higher level of self-employment (43 percent) by 2020. This trend will be impacted by the availability of reasonably priced and portable healthcare for workers who aren't affiliated with employers on a full-time basis.
In another survey of 2700 United States workers by FreshBooks, the number of self-employed workers will increase to 42 million by 2020. Millennials appear to be particularly predisposed towards freelance work, and are projected in this study to comprise 42% of the additional self-employed workers.
Self-employment statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Self-Employment in the United States (2016)


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One of the problems doing those faux Target book covers for series eight and nine of Doctor Who was the lack of visual material available for them prior to the actual broadcast of the episodes. I argued that if the covers were being done in the 70s/80s, then the cover artists would be in a similar situation... And they were. Check out the covers for Destiny of the Daleks and The Five Doctors.
Now with the episodes well and truly in the past (and the threat of a new series - and new covers (!) - mere weeks away now), I thought it would be fun to revisit the last two series and take advantage of the plethora of photographs available across the Internet to produce them.
I also wanted to hone my Photoshop skills to produce something a little more modern and commercial. As such, I've designed them to look like modern novels - of the kind currently produced by BBC Books. And just to put my own mark on them, I've given them my own logo of sorts. Well, it's just letters in a fancy font really... but you get the gist.


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Hold on, let me rephrase that.
I hate sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate in my shampoo.
SLS is a surfactant and foaming agent that's in nearly 90% of all shampoos (and a lot of other things that make foam, like toothpaste and bubble bath). I don't think it will give you cancer or anything but man, it leaves my skin so dry and itchy, especially in the winter.
I will readily admit, I am not a daily shampooer. Even with my really short hair, my hair just doesn't need daily washing and I imagine it would dry out exponentially if I were to do so. I usually get by with shampooing with liquid castile soap or using a conditioner to "wash" my hair, both of which are somewhat less than ideal. The castile soap isn't moisturizing enough on its own in the winter and I'm still hunting around for a conditioner I like. So, after shopping around for a while for an SLS-free shampoo, I finally did what I usually do in this sort of situation: I went with the cheapest option I could find.
Fortunately for me, this turned out to be Seed's Lathering Shampoo Bar (in Simply Unscented).
First of all, it lathers like a dream. I had my doubts about that, but the contours of the bar are ideal for rubbing against your scalp to get a lather going. It doesn't really smell like anything (which is exactly what I wanted), and it leaves my hair and scalp clean, but not tight, dry, or itchy. If/when I return to coloring my hair, I would probably follow it up with a conditioner, but right now, I'm able to skip it and my hair feels great. It also works well on my daughter's chin-length hair, but her hair is a frigging dream and I think I could wash it with dish soap and it would still look good.
So… is it good? A great shampoo, with no SLS and no plastic bottle to recycle — for under five bucks — definitely good.


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The Letterland Grade One program enables you to follow the systematic Letterland sequence, or match the sequence of your curriculum, it's that flexible! It also reduces your planning time with specific day-by-day lesson plans and will help to bring your at-risk readers up to grade level while meeting the needs of all your students.
Pack includes:
- Grade One Teacher's Guide,
- Grade One Word Cards,
- Picture Code Cards - Straight,
- Picture Code Cards - Advanced,
- Letter Sound Cards,
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Earlier this week, Opera Software had revealed that a special pre-alpha build Opera 10.5 will be unveiled on 22nd December. However, gHacks is reporting that an internal build has already been leaked. You can download the leaked build from here.
The big changes in Opera 10.5 (codenamed Evenes) are:
1. Updated skin: Opera has received another facelift. The tab bar has been merged with the titlebar – similar to what we are accustomed to seeing in Google Chrome.
2. Better Windows 7 Integration: Evenes takes advantage of Windows 7 features like jumplists and taskbar thumbnails. The jumplist displays a list of your speed dial entries while taskbar thumbnails allow quick switching between tabs.
3. Private Browsing: Private browsing has become a standard feature in modern browsers and with Evenes Opera has finally caught up. Unlike in other browsers, you don't need to open a separate window to enter private browsing mode. Opera supports per-tab private browsing. Whenever you open a private tab, Opera will not keep a record of pages opened in that tab.
4. Improved UI: There are UI enhancements all around. Interfering dialogue boxes have been done away with where ever possible e.g. the wand (password manager) and the find (in page search) dialogue boxes have been now integrated into the UI. Find has also been beautified. It now dims the rest of the page while highlighting your query. This is similar to how Safari's search feature works.
5. Updated Rendering Engine: Evenes ships with a newer rendering engine (Presto 2.5.18) which is expected to improve Opera's rendering speed. However, the long anticipated Carakan (Opera's new JavaScript rendering engine) is still missing.
Opera 10.50 pre-alpha will be formally available on December 22nd. Since, there is still a couple of days left the public build will possibly different than the leaked one. The internal build may have regression and stability issues. If you wish to try it anyway, it is highly recommended that you install it separately (instead of updating the existing installation).
Update 1: Opera software has officially responded. According to them the leaked build is actually pretty old and the build to be released on Tuesday will be a lot nicer. So does this mean that Carakan will make it to the official pre-alpha build?
Update 2: Opera 10.5 pre-alpha has been officially released. You can find your coverage here.


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Posted by ESC on February 20, 2004
In Reply to: 1.life in the fast lane . 2. whistle britches posted by glenn forrest on February 19, 2004
: I recall the phrase "living in the fast lane", used during my childhood, long before the Eagles used "life in the fast lane", as a title for a song. I am 46.
: Does anyone remember the term "Whistle britches" ?
I found "fast lane" in one reference but it only dated it back to the song in 1976. But I agree with you. I think the phrase is older.
"Whistle britches" sounds familiar but I don't know what it means.


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Hangfire provides support for cancellation tokens for your jobs to let them know when a shutdown request was initiated, or job performance was aborted. In the former case the job will be automatically put back to the beginning of its queue, allowing Hangfire to process it after restart.
Cancellation tokens are exposed through the
IJobCancellationToken interface. It contains the
ThrowIfCancellationRequested method that throws the
OperationCanceledException when cancellation was requested:
public void LongRunningMethod(IJobCancellationToken cancellationToken)
for (var i = 0; i < Int32.MaxValue; i++)
When you want to enqueue such method call as a background job, you can pass the
null value as an argument for the token parameter, or use the
JobCancellationToken.Null property to tell code readers that you are doing things right:
BackgroundJob.Enqueue(() => LongRunningMethod(JobCancellationToken.Null));
The implementation is resolved automatically
Hangfire takes care of passing a proper non-null instance of
IJobCancellationToken during the job execution at runtime.
You should use cancellation tokens as much as possible – they greatly lower the application shutdown time and the risk of the appearance of the
Please use Hangfire Forum for long questions or questions with source code.


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1) If you are looking to sharpen your colouring skills, a great place to check out is Kit And Clowder - an online colouring and craft class website. As well as offering classes, they have freebie digi files, giveaways in their Facebook group and lots of helpful info on their FAQ page, including Marker Blending Sheet Downloads (at the bottom) showing you what markers to combine to get the colours you're looking for.
2) Dreaming Tree SVG is a fantastic site full of wonderful SVG files - many that are 3D! There are lots of FREEBIES for you to try out with your own electronic cutter, and they often have a free gift with purchase offer. Their service is really great, and there are videos to show you exactly how to put the files together after you cut them!
3) There are also some really cool free cutting files on the My Crafty Life blog that I recently came across. It doesn't look like Dan is blogging much anymore, but fortunately, he still has these awesome downloads available!
5) And, lastly I thought I'd share a recipe for Oatmeal BlueberryMuffins I recently made! I wanted to have lemon blueberry - so I substituted the milk for 1/2 cup of lemon juice mixed with 1/2 cup of water. They were really good!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!


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New Review: V22N8 - By The Small Arms Review Editorial Staff
Bionic Warrior: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Cloaking, Directed Energy and Cyber Weapons - By Paul Evancoe
Big Bore Cartridges for AR-10s & AR-15s - By Dean Roxby
Beredskapsmusee: The Swedish Military Readiness Museum - By Dickson Ly
The Next Gen AWC Amphibian II - By Oleg Volk
Gassed! Examining Gas Operating Systems: Direct Impingement vs. Gas Piston - By Paul Evancoe
The German M1: Erma Werke's EM1 .22 Rimfire Carbine - By Frank Iannamico
3D Durability: Thermal Defense Solutions' Suppressors - By Oleg Volk
The Rifleman Who Went to War - By Terry Edwards
Old School MAC Cans - By Frank Iannamico
Windham's Way... The Essence of the Way of the Gun Performance Carbine - By Oleg Volk
The Legend Reborn: SIG Sauer P210A Target - By Todd Burgreen
Book Reviews: V22N8 - By Dean Roxby
Machine Gun Memorabilia: V22N8 - By Robert G. Segel
Guns of the Silver Screen: V22N8 - By Kyle Shea
Legally Armed: V22N8 - By Johanna Reeves, Esq.
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It's hard to say goodbye.
When someone that you love has left this world, there is a pain that is unlike any other.
An empty chair at the table.
An empty bed.
A photograph of times gone by.
For those who love the Lord, the pain and grief of loved ones left behind will be replaced one day in Heaven with rejoicing as they are reunited.
Knowing this deep within our hearts is a testimony of faith and God's Spirit within us.
Jesus said,
"Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God;
believe also in Me.
In My Father's house are many rooms.
If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.
And you know the way to where I am going."
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12 Things Every Tequila Aficionado Needs to Know
1. Tequila has an appellation of origin. Like champagne, cognac, and some fine wines, tequila can only be produced in five regions in Mexico.
2. It must be made from the blue agave plant.
Tequila has to come from Agave plants, specifically the Blue Agave variety.
3. It's technically a mezcal. But not all mezcals are tequila. That's because any spirit distilled from the agave plant are considered mezcal, but tequila can come from the blue agave variation.
4. Tequila pairings are a thing. The spirit has inspired many of the world's top chefs and most discerning palates to create extraordinary food pairings.
5. As with wine, terroir can influence the taste of tequila. Casa
6. The agave harvest is a labor of love. Agave
7. The majestic agave plant is not a cactus. The agave plant actually belongs to the Agavoideae family, which is closely related to the lily plant. In Latin, agave means illustrious, admirable, and noble.
8. Mexico's magnificent agave landscape is recognized as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
A blue agave plantation in the Amatitlan Valley in the Jalisco State of Mexico.
9. Before you taste tequila, use your nose. The Mexican Academy of Tequila Tasters has identified more than 600 aromas in tequila.
10. There are five official classifications of tequila.They
11. Tequila has
12. Tequila is finished with 60 percent water.
Here's an exclusive summer tequila cocktail recipe:
Crafted by Jim Meehan and Enrique Olvera
2 oz Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz grapefruit juice
.5 oz agave syrup
2 dashes Orchard Street Celery Shrub
Shake with ice and fine strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with 1 oz Fever Tree ginger ale. Garnish with a lime wheel.
This story originally appeared on Townandcountrymag.com.
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David is a senior in college with aspirations to be a lifelong learner.
I was introduced to video games by my eldest brother when I was quite young(Atari console). The first computer games I remember playing consisted of only two colors and one of the two colors was black, and by black I mean a lack of yellowish-gold light. I have played games from a wide variety of genres, but ever since I played Ultima Online I have been hooked on the social aspect of massively multiplayer games. My next favorite MMO is Dark Age of Camelot prior to Trials of Atlantis expansion. The level of teamwork that could be used to accomplish amazing feats was something I will never forget.
Game Related Work:
Various unpaid consulting work.
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I aim to bring a well rounded mind with a thorough understanding of player interaction with me. It is better to look to the past to build a better future. Never forget what got us to where we are today.
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After Three Months, Newsday's Grand Paywall Experiment Has 35 Paying Customers. Yes, 35.
from the no,-really.--35 deptLike many, we were amazed at the decision by Cablevision to try charging $5 per week (yes, per week) for its paywall to Newsday content online. The newspaper itself is not particularly good and doesn't really provide all that much in the way of excess value compared to what else is out there. And $5/week is extremely high. Yet, even so, we're a bit surprised that after three months, the paper has a grand total of 35 paying subscribers. Yes, 35. I'm sure that extra $175/week comes in quite handy. Oh right, they also saved on the salary of their popular columnist who quit, rather than have his work hidden behind a paywall.
To be fair, Cablevision never really seemed to view this much as a direct source of revenue, but rather as a churn reducer for its cable subscribers, who can get to the Newsday website for free. Still I doubt there are really that many people who decide not to drop their Optimum Cable service just because they get free access to Newsday online. I can't imagine that the $175, in any way, makes up for the drop in visitors and ad revenue. According to multiple online tools, the general estimate is that Newday has lost 50% of its web traffic since putting up the paywall. And in return, they get $175/week. Nice one, Cablevision.
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End tables are available in a wide variety of wood finishes. Oak end tables offer a classic look, whether you go modern or traditional. White is always popular while black end tables are a great neutral piece that is easy to incorporate to your existing décor. Glass end tables are perfect for small spaces because they create a airy look.
Storage end tables also feature handy storage space. Choose end tables with shelves, closed cabinet doors, drawers or a combination. Nesting end tables are perfect for small spaces. Just pull them out when you have extra guests.
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Canon has announced the answer to Nikon's recently released flagship, the Nikon D5, with their own flagship, the EOS 1DX Mark II. This is a 20.2MP DSLR with an ISO range of 100 to 51,200, expandable to 409,600. The new AF system consists of 61 AF points, 41 of which are cross-type sensors, and has an overall 24% larger frame coverage than the previous model. The centre AF point is sensitive to -3EV and is compatible with lenses with a maximum aperture of up to f/8, ideal for users of teleconverters.
The EOS 1D X Mark II can shoot at 14fps with AF and up to 16fps with the the mirror locked up in conjunction with a locked focus and exposure. The buffer is good for a whopping 170 RAW images in a single burst, and an unlimited number of JPEG images if you are using a CFast card. There is also a slot for standard CompactFlash cards. PC connectivity is via the camera's USB 3.0 or Ethernet ports, while WiFi requires the use of a US$600 WFT-E8 wireless file transmitter.
Being a professional camera body, the 1D X Mark II is built from magnesium alloy and fully weather-sealed. The shutter is rated at 400,000 cycles, which will last you 8 consecutive days of shooting continuously at 14fps. At the back of the body is a 3.2″ Clear View III LCD with 1.62M dots. It's touch-enabled for AF point selection in Live View, There is also a built-in GPS which sits in a hump on the top of the viewfinder.
On the video side of things, the 1D X Mark II can shoot 4K video at 60fps, just like the Nikon D5. Canon says there are "virtually no restrictions" when it comes to video recording, and exFAT support allows videos larger than 4GB to be recorded without having to merge files.
The most interesting feature of the 1D X Mark II is the built-in image optimisation. The new Digital Lens Optimiser technology stores information about the optical flaws of lenses and then fixes them digitally without impacting the camera's performance. This is probably similar to what some mirrorless cameras are doing to fix various lens aberrations in-camera.
The Canon EOS 1D X Mark II will be available in April for US$5,999 for the body alone, or US$6,299 when bundled with a 64GB CFast card and a card reader.by


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Heat waves or long periods of extreme heat can have serious impacts on people's health. Planning ahead and being prepared for extreme heat is important and these pages will help you prepare for hot weather.
We provide you with information on how hot weather influences your health, how you can prepare for and stay healthy in the heat, how you can recognise and treat heat-related illness, and how you can care for people who are at risk of heat-related illness.


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At Sycamore Shoals Animal Hospital, we strive to provide excellent veterinary care and customer service. From preventive care and diagnostic services, to surgical and emergency care, we are committed to providing the very best medical care for your pet.
We offer full-service diagnostic, medical, and surgical care for both dogs and cats. We emphasize preventative care to keep your pet healthy, and provide comprehensive veterinary medical care, surgical and diagnostic services. Our hospital is equipped to provide the most up-to-date preventative veterinary care, digital x-rays, in-house laboratory testing, dental care, and anesthetic monitoring. We offer additional boarding facilities to accommodate cats.
Please take a moment to learn more about our practice and to find out more information about how we can serve the needs of you and your family pet.
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(04/05/2012 SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 51 (2013), 1064-1087. arXiv:1205:0882)
We discuss Implicit-Explicit (IMEX) Runge Kutta methods which are particularly adapted to stiff kinetic equations of Boltzmann type. We consider both the case of easy invertible collision operators and the challenging case of Boltzmann collision operators. We give sufficient conditions in order that such methods are asymptotic preserving and asymptotically accurate. Their monotonicity properties are also studied.
In the case of the Boltzmann operator, the methods are based on the introduction of a penalization technique for the collision integral. This reformulation of the collision operator permits to construct penalized IMEX schemes which work uniformly for a wide range of relaxation times avoiding the expensive implicit resolution of the collision operator. Finally we show some numerical results which confirm the theoretical analysis.
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Legendary rockers Pink Floyd are to reunite for a performance at charity concert LIVE 8 in London this summer (05).
The band's classic line-up of Roger Waters, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason, which recorded the 1973 classic album DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, will hit the stage at the 2 July (05) fundraiser for the first time since they last played together in the mid-1980s.
Organiser SIR Bob Geldof, who has denied the Hyde Park event will specifically celebrate the 20th anniversary of Live Aid, is currently in talks with Pink Floyd to secure their appearance.
An insider says, "There have been a whole series of calls. Sir Bob is hopeful we can make this happen."
Sir Paul McCartney and U2 will kick off the charity gig with a performance of Beatles classic SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, that contains the opening lyric, "It was 20 years ago today".22/05/2005 14:36


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Today is the Windsor Toy & Craft Show at the Elementary. More photos to come….
Please support your local Artisans & Small Business Owners this Holiday Season.
So you think this is about food? Read it and weep 🙂
People buy/give me Stuff when they find out I crochet, sew, quilt. This little box of gems came from my aunt on a antique shop hop she took recently. I come from a long line of bargain Hunters. (My mom was a Hunter. Pardon the humor) The scissors necklace was unique, and a new conversation piece for my upcoming sewing room. (more later on the room)
Front side shows the $.33 price tag. Back shows the year…. 1988. And made in China.
This baggie of tatted pieces was included in that box. Great for embellishing 'stuff'. Just look on Etsy under 'tatted'. FYI Tattoos will also come up in your search. Not what I'm referring to here 🙂
My Mother-in-law went 'hunting' last week. I got a phone call asking me if the described jar was a good buy. I let the hubby answer the question. Hunter's quickly answer yes many times when good buttons and thread are concerned so I let him be the judge to stifle my grins that could not be seen in a phone call.
One view of the contents of the Jar.
Taking this blog minute to thank each person who brings me those Leftovers.(Aunt Maybelle and Mom Nancy in this instance). I can't wait for you to see how they'll play a part in my sewing space. Unfortunately you will have to wait as it's not finished and won't be for a few weeks.
Hope you enjoyed my 'leftovers' gifts. Hope you're also enjoying leftovers from yesterday's Thanksgiving.
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Sharing my other blog post.
This is the person inspiring my next quilt. She's my grandmother and I am positively certain the quilt block would have had her approval. She nicknamed everyone and mine was "Sugar". I don't hear many people call me that anymore. I'm now Steph, Stephie, Stuff, Teffie, Nini, and any other way a young child can pronounce my 9 Letter name. Thanks mom 🙂
But here are a few options for that sugar bowl pattern from Pinterest.
This one would be too obvious.
This one just doesn't do it for me.
Titled 'shellsbrokensugarbowl' respectively but not into much broken things right now. Currently listening to a dripping faucet that may become more "broken" (with a sledge hammer) in the very near future.
And finally we come to the one I feel fits the bill. (from Judy Hopkins 501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks).
So now we wait on the dryer to finish with the chosen fabrics……..
There are many ways to celebrate a birthday party these days with all the cool themes out there. I have 3 boys in my daycare who are smitten with the movie "Frozen" and those chics Elsa and Anna. But little Hudson is still none the wiser and so I had a clear-cut advantage to have a theme of simple "PlaY".
We got out the parachute and proceeded to learn some new 'moves'.
Here we're trying to turn the parachute round and round…..
But it's much more fun to try and sit in the middle, or so Hudson decided. After all, he's the party czar of the day. And after exhausting the parachute fun, we moved on.
Bean bags became the mode of entertainment. We danced with them, played "musical freeze" and tossed them into a tub. Lots of large muscles moving.
Tracing Hudson required a little assistance from my daughter. (Thank you Kirsten) When you're 1, you don't quite understand why anyone would make you lie down on a piece of paper. A spatial experience is what I'm going with educationally here. A time capsule for Mom and Dad is the goal.
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Minneapolis Concrete
Tuck pointing or "tuckpointing" is the process of repairing a mortar joint in a brick wall. The term is derived from the fact that mortar is tucked into the damaged mortar joint and a "pointing trowel" is used to complete the work. This task is very critical in maintaining brick walls and keeping water out of the brick wall cavity. If water is able to get through the mortar into the wall, the brick may fail. When brick fails, cracking and the popping off of the brick face may occur.
If you need to have tuck pointing done to repair brick walls, Plan Concrete & Asphalt, LLC can help you. Our Minneapolis & St. Paul concrete contractor will assess the issue and determine the extent of the work.
Using The Latest Tuck Pointing Methods
There are different tuck pointing methods. They include:
- Point – This is where plastic mortar is placed into the joints to correct defects or fill the joints in masonry that has been newly laid.
- Repoint – The mortar is placed into raked or cut joints to correct defective joints.
- Tuckpoint – The mortar is pointed with a flush mortar joint, which can approximate the masonry's color and mortar that is of a different color. It is then shaped into a thin strip. This could lead to repointing.
Many times, which term and method is used depends on where individuals are in the country. Nonetheless, you can always count on us using the best method to ensure that your masonry is in the best possible condition. The goal of tuck pointing is to ensure that the masonry lasts as long as possible so that it doesn't have to be replaced prematurely.
Doing The Job Right
Tuck pointing does involve more than just tucking mortar into a space. There are different elements that have to be considered, such as the shrinkage and contractions of the pointing mortar. In Minnesota, thermal expansions are of concern because of how drastically the temperature change is throughout the year.
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OXO's measuring cups and spoons are easy to use – and easy to store. Magnetic handles keep them neatly stacked and organized in drawers, so it's a snap to find the size you need. This set gives you all the most common measures.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by ccutler from Absolutely fabulous I bought these measuring cups and spoons almost a year ago, they are amazing! Great heavy duty quality you expect to find in an OXO product! I'm an avid baker and I'm constantly digging in my drawers for measuring cups and spoons, these little guys seem to find themselves for me, the magnets hold them together so well I'm not searching and digging for each individual spoon or cup! Yet another incredible product from OXO, I recommend them to just about anyone that will listen!Date published: 2018-10-25Rated 2 out of 5 by carolinawren from Uncomfortable / Disappointing These measuring cups and spoons are not comfortable and not what we expect of OXO products. You feel the metal when you hold them because the soft grip does not go all the way to the edges of the handles. It would have been better if the grip bowed downward to provide a comfortable spot for your thumb. Instead it's flat to slightly raised. I wish OXO thought more about comfort than magnetic storage with this product.Date published: 2018-06-18


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Spent a few delightful days with my two sisters this week! "Baby" Sister and I took off in her Grand Prix with her XM radio blaring 50s music and went to southern Missouri to visit "Big" Sister---yep, I'm a middle child!!! And doesn't that just explain a lot?!? We hit every antique mall we could find and ate every meal out---who could ask for more? Well, maybe a quilt shop would have been nice, but neither of them are into the crafty side of life. We really need to get together more often. The only downside to this was that I missed out on Primitives of the Midwest and a chance to meet up with fellow bloggers Quiltgranny, A Simple Girl and Quilting With Ragdolls---would love to have done that!!!! Maybe next time....
I have been enjoying Laura's doll quilts so much at Pine Ridge Quilter that I thought I'd post a photo of a recent one I made.
I am so-o-o enjoying mixing hand embroidery with piecing right now. The patterns for the Itsy Bitsy Spider were found here. Aren't they cute??? And so childlike. Even though the designer used them on a skirt (equally cute!), to me they were crying out to be on a doll quilt!!!!
Another collection (bet you're getting tired of these, huh?) are my little tin dishes. I don't have many. They are outrageously high at antique shows and on eBay. But they are such a fond remembrance of growing up 40s style. We had so many tea parties and mud pie bakeries in the back yard. And, of course, my own tin dishes did not survive the rain and rust LOL! I am thankful to whoever took better care of theirs so I could enjoy them!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Fiesta (And a Little Jadite Too!)
I had mentioned several posts back that I would post some pictures of my Fiestaware and kept forgetting to do that! This is not the entire collection but is a good representative. I also have "a thing" for Jadite--lots more of it around here too. I have had "a thing" for 30s and 40s dishes for about 30 years and used to be very compulsive about collecting it. Many a weekend was spent scouring flea markets, antique malls, and want ads. Fortunately, my husband has always been a good sport about my various obsessions!!!
Rocky--ever the ham--couldn't resist a Monday morning photo-op.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Dribs and Drabs
Long time no blog! I have been out of town for a few days and am trying to get caught up with blogreading and blogwriting! Not a whole lot of quilting going on the past few days. I did get another block for the 12 Days of Christmas wallie appliqued last week. He is the 12 Pipers Piping guy.
Another little project in the "how to avoid housework" department has been soapmaking. No, not the lye variety that our great-grannies might have concocted! These are the simple glycerine-chunks-melted-in-the-microwave-with-soapdyes-and-soapfragrances-added variety! Here are some curing and some still in the molds. Won't they make cute gifties with a hand-crocheted spa cloth???
And summer gifties for my sisters...crocheted dishcloths and appliqued kitchen towels to add a little summer fun!
Today is our guild's installation of officers ceremony and potluck luncheon. These are always such delicious fun. Aren't quilters just the best cooks??? I am taking my sour cream banana bundt cake:
1/3 cup softened butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups flour
1 1/4 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 cup sour cream
Cream together butter and sugar, add eggs until well-blended. Stir in vanilla and bananas. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to batter, alternately with sour cream. Pour into a greased and floured 10" bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes, till tests done with toothpick. After cooling, the cake can either be dusted with powdered sugar or lightly frosted. I like the canned sour cream frosting with this (about 1/2 the can). Note: this is probably NOT on any weightloss diet program!!!!
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Monday, June 04, 2007
Nickel Squares
Last mini-group meeting we started discussing what we might do with all our charm squares we had exchanged during our year-long swap. None of us had definitely decided, but all of us had some thoughts running around in our heads! I have bookmarked several patterns in both the Nickel Quilts and More Nickel Quilts books. The first photo is of a Paducah Nine Patch block from Nickel Quilts which I fell in love with the moment I saw it. One problem may be that it will take 169 of these little babies to make a queen-sized quilt!!! Definitely need some quick cutting strategies. Definitely!!! The second photo is of some pyramid samples. I have always wanted to do a pyramid quilt. The top one is using an equilateral triangle acrylic template which would be very handy. But, of course, I like the bottom isosceles triangle better--for which I have no acrylic template! The one I used was cut from template plastic and may not be as accurate as need be. Hmmm...wonder if there is a place that will custom cut acrylic templates??? One of our members is set on making hers a true "charm" quilt--one template only and no fabric repeated. Another gal is leaning towards just making HSTs with lights and darks. It will be so much fun to see what we all come up with. We are planning a "field trip" this Friday to the IMQA show. I went last year and just loved it. Even though I don't own a longarm machine, there were plenty of other yummies to hold my attention. They advertise over 400 quilts to view, thousands of thread varieties, hundreds of FQs, and on and on. Our plastic will be smokin' ! Then we'll lunch at Cinzetti's, a wonderful Italian spot. It will be a great outing.
In a recent issue of the Kansas City Star magazine, they ran an article on the Golden Ratio--a mathematical and architectural concept which is a ratio (phi) that gives an aesthetically pleasing proportion. While I never did get into Feng Shui, this concept intrigues me as something that might be helpful in planning quilt designs. In a nutshell, here's phi: Picture a line divided into two unequal segments. If the line is divided at exactly the right point, one segment would be 1.618 times the length of the other, and the whole line would be 1.618 times the length of the longer segment. (Sorry 'bout all that math!!!) The ratio shows up a lot in nature and art--it's the ever-increasing widths of the segments of a spiral seashell. It's the ratio of the width of the Parthenon to its height. It's the ratio of the length of your forearm to your hand. Michelangelo's David has the phi proportions. I find this so fascinating and want to do much more reading. Well, did you guess which lamp has the phi going on? The one on the left! The base of the lamp is about 1.6 times the height of the shade. It looks balanced. The lamp on the right has a shade that is much taller, making it look awkward. Hmmm...I think I need to redecorate!!!
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Snow Around Rabun Makes for Beautiful Adventures
Jan 25, 2016 11:37AM
● By Kevin
The winter wonderland at the wedding chapel at Chota Falls. Photo courtesy of Lawanna Luther, Chota Falls Event Coordinator.
2016 Snow Gallery [25 Images] Click Any Image To Expand
Around Rabun things were snowy and icy this past weekend, but we made the best of it. We asked: what's happening in your neck of the woods? Our readers shared beautiful photos and their thoughts on the snow. We thought we'd share below.
Got some photos or comments to share? Contact us and we'll add them here!
Friday evening reports
Gloria H. C. said: 7 inches and still coming down in Tiger. Power was just restored. Thank you, Georgia Power!!!
Marie N. said: So far, Rabun got more snow than we have where I live in Cornelia. We have a layer of ice under the snow. The parking lot is totally white. I can't wait to carefully take a photo walk tomorrow morning!
Glen-Ella Springs Inn - Clarkesville, GA said: We have about 3 inches of snow at the Inn.
Saturday reports
Eleanor L. said: It has been snowing since 11 a.m. Yesterday.pretty as long can stay in.
Dolores J. said: Snow here in Jasper and cold but hopefully will warm up this afternoon
Chota Falls - Tiger, GA (pictured at the top of the page)
Sharon I. O. said: One of the sweetest weddings I have ever attended was at Chota Falls!
Abbie G. said: I love this place. We got married here in 2007!
Brenda L. said: I live right down the road from it truly is a beautiful place!
More Photos
Click through the gallery at the top of the page to see beautiful shots taken from above by Scott Poss of ReMax of Rabun - Clayton, GA.
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When walking to and from Uni I have started to notice a chill in the air and I feel its time to retire the Summer wardrobe for another year, I was feeling sad about this until I started sifting through Style.com A/W 2013 catwalk shows and I realized why the hell would I be sad about leaving my summer wardrobe behind when I can snuggle up in all my layers! Throw on a chunky knit, a bold print shirt, contrasting print maxi skirt, a skinny belt and a gold statement necklace and I'm sorted to rock that outfit into class or down the runways of Fashion week according to Givenchy, and hey I'm not gonna argue with that!
As you can see I have a bit of an obsession with anything Burgundy at the minute, and long may this obsession continue! Because I currently have dyed my hair this colour and bought everything I could possibly find in this colour soooo I'm gonna be stuck with it for a while. And I'm sure you can also tell by my blog name (That is, if you know what Gilded means) that I love anything gold! So This Autumn/ Winter I will be rocking any gold brocade, embellishments, metallic's, jewellery, and buckles I can get my hands on, man I love being a girl!!
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Journey to Argentina right here in your own Northern Virginia backyard. Take
Where and When
"Tango Buenos Aires: the Spirit of Argentina" performing at the George Mason University, Center for the Arts, 4400 University Ave., Fairfax. Performance: Saturday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50, $43 and $30. Call 703-993-2787 or visit http://cfa.gmu.edu">www.cfa.gmu.edu Note: Pre-performance discussion with member of the company. Also free beginners' Tango Class led by instructors from Tango Mercurio starting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. Space is limited and advance registration required. Open to ticket holders for the "Tango Buenos Aires" performance. Registration at cfa.gmu.edu/calen....
in the passion-filled dance and music called the tango. Considered one of Argentina's great cultural arts, "Tango Buenos Aires: The Spirit of Argentina" will be displaying authentic, alluring dance movements fired-up with classic tango music performed live.
"Tango Buenos Aires: The Spirit of Argentina" will focus on the power of the tango to engage performers and audiences alike with its addictive nature. The tango program will trace the evolution of the tango as a dance and cultural style. Patrons will find themselves gazing at "very beautiful dances and a story being told. There are high energy dances, sensual dances, and dances with high kicks and lifts," said Rosario Bauza, artistic director, "Tango Buenos Aires."
On stage will be 10 dancers and a singer, plus musicians performing live music. The music compositions will include works by Carlos Gardel, a central
figure in tango history and Astor Piazzolla as well as original music by Fernando Marzan and other composers.
Enjoying a live performance, rather than seeing on a screen either big or small, Bauza hopes the audience will become "happy and joyful as they see our performance."
"We would like the audience to depart our Center for the Arts performance with a desire to visit Argentina and experience tango there also. They will have also learned a little about the life of Carlos Gardel, who is known as the voice of the Tango," said Bauza. "Above all else we hope everyone enjoys 'The Spirit of Argentina.'"
There will be a specially developed feature for the tango dance event at the Center for the Arts that will add audience participation. There will be a free beginners' tango class to those with tickets to "Tango Buenos Aires." The free dance lesson is to start before the Saturday evening performance. There will be instructors from Tango Mercurio, a Northern Virginia dance company and studio. The basics of tango will be taught to those who pre-register. In addition, there will be a pre-performance discussion with members of the performance troupe.
So, come to "Tango Buenos Aires: The Spirit of Argentina" to celebrate Argentina's enduring tango; its ardent music and dramatic moments. Even take the opportunity to learn new dance skills or brush-up on old skills with the free tango lessons being made available.


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