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Thought I'd share some of the concept work I've created for the college character design project.
These are my character turn arounds:
These were hand drawn then coloured using Photoshop – I have always shied away from that dreaded program before but I confess I'm a convert, I guess there is a reason it's become a verb! Who knew?!
The final character will be created, rigged and animated with Maya. Hmmm… wish me luck with that!!


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As an exercise in building my Mach-II knowledge, and to get back to coding after about six months not writing any code, I'm running my own little project to build a rich blogging tool in CFMX using the Mach-II framework. So far it's going well, and M-iiB is starting to take shape.
What I'd like is input from the community as to what features they'd like to see in such a product.
The ultimate aims of the M-iiB project are manifold, with the following as a core set of aims:
- Develop a rich blog application using ColdFusion MX and the Mach-II framework with strict adherence to the ColdFusion MX Coding Guidelines and Mach-II Development Guide. The purpose of this aim is to develop a showcase CFMX/Mach-II application;
- Develop a feature set which matches or exceeds the big players in the blog space such as Movable Type, GreyMatter, WordPress, Blogger, etc. The purpose of this aim is to provide the CF community with a heavy-hitter choice when it comes to blogging software (not that the several CF-based options out there already aren't great, 'cos they are); and
- Develop client and admin interfaces which comply strictly with web standards on XHTML, CSS and Accessibility so that the application is deployable on any CFMX/Mach-II friendly platform and viewable through any current-generation browser, including text-only and screenreader interfaces. The purpose of this aim is to prove that something as potentially complex as rich blogging software can be platform-independent (beyond the need for CFMX and Mach-II), web standards compliant and accessible.
- Deliver M-iiB to the CF blogging community with an appropriate open source license so that the community can modify and improve upon the original work, feeding their modifications and improvements back to the user community.
Presently, the code is in a pre-alpha state, with the business logic and admin backend nearly feature-complete. In the short term, the feature set is planned to include:
- All features of Ray Camden's BlogCFC, which was a HUGE inspiration for this project;
- Flexible, CSS-based skinning, with multiple choices available through a configuration file (COMPLETE);
- An administration interface with database-driven security (COMPLETE);
- A rich blog entry editing interface utilising FCKEditor;
So, like I said above, I'm looking for feedback as to what features should be a part of M-iiB. You can comment here, or email me at trib at stephencollins dot org.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Fonte Mexicano...Down Under
This Papyrus sighting is sent in by Kate all the way form Sidney, Australia. They have Mexican restaurants (or "Restaurante Mexicano") there, even. I don't know why that seems funny to me, Mexican food is good.
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM
its spelled sydney, btwReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 4:51 AM
Yeah, I agree with Anonymous August 22, 2010, at 11:09. Sydney's not that hard to spell, it's a city, not a teenagers name.ReplyDelete
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A Stoney Creek businessman is looking to build a foreign car dealership in either Guilford or Alamance county, and the potential Burlington location was conditionally rezoned Tuesday night to allow for it.
Hank Carpenter has been eyeing the property at 2008 Anthony Road in Burlington to build an indoor foreign automobile car dealership since December, and he began the process to have it rezoned from I-1A, Planned Industrial-Residential District, to CI, Conditional Industrial District.
He said the process of presenting his request to the city�s Planning & Zoning Commission took a while, and in the interim he found two additional properties � that don�t need rezoning � in McLeansville.
Carpenter wants to build Motor Sports Investments, which will sell brands such as Maserati, Aston Martin and Porsche, in a location near an airport � since the majority of sales won�t be local.
�I�ve been with an exotic car dealership for 10 years,� he said. �It�s about the collector world.�
While with Foreign Cars Italia in Greensboro, Carpenter said, only 3 percent of sales were local, and the rest came from collectors who look on the Internet for new, different types of automobile.
�It doesn�t matter where you are as long as you�ve got access to an airport,� Carpenter said, adding that the Anthony Road property�s proximity to the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport is what sold him on the location initially.
So even though he�s looking at two McLeansville properties for his business, Carpenter said, he wanted to make sure the Burlington location was zoned to allow for an indoor dealership ahead of time, in case he decides on the Anthony Road property.
�It�s a conditional zoning, so if I don�t lease the building, it goes back to � what it was to begin with,� he said.
�It�s going to happen,� Carpenter said of his business. �But I�m not positive it�s going to be in that building.
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THE BURLINGTON City Council approved two other rezoning requests Tuesday night, one to allow a new contractor to build his company�s first multifamily structure, and the other to allow an existing property owner to relocate his home outside of a flood plain.
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This is a group dedicated to helping students expand their knowledge of one of the more common ailments in medicine: Sports injuries. The group sponsors at least two annual events focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of common sports injuries such as concussions, knee injuries, and shoulder dislocations. Additionally, the group will aim to increase student fitness and promote inter-class camaraderie by organizing medical school entries in the various Case Western IM sports leagues.
The Mission of this group is twofold: The first is to increase student comfort with diagnosis and initial management of sports injuries. The second is to promote school spirit and class bonding by helping to organize student intramural sports teams.
This group's first purpose is training medical students on the evaluation and initial treatment of most acute sports injuries. When we are outside of the hospital this is one of the most likely situations in which we will be asked to use our medical training. The group will organize and sponsor events in which experienced physicians will teach medical students how to evaluate and treat injuries on the court, and decide if the patient needs further professional treatment.
The second objective of the group is to assist medical student coordination of intramural sports teams. Many students are interested in playing, but either unaware of the opportunity or unwilling to take on the task of coordinating a team of busy graduate students. This group will help interested captains by providing a central organization system and by providing a ready-made player base. Ideally, this increased coordination will help promote medical student fitness, help with stress relief, and promote bonding between members of different classes, allowing for impromptu mentorship opportunities
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by Sebastian Wöber | 16th January 2012
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When it comes to ice fishing, staying warm might test your patience, but the activity is definitely worth a try for those willing to brave it.
Sibley Lake and Lake DeSmet provide easy access from Sheridan for ice fishers. With a wide array of well-kept secrets and some longer drives, there are plenty of opportunities to try the popular winter activity in the area.
When it comes to treading on ice, safety is always important.
"Ice conditions often fluctuate throughout the winter months as water levels in lakes and reservoirs change, and freezing and thawing weather patterns come and go and can contribute to unstable ice conditions," according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Four inches of clear ice is usually safe for fishing, according to the WGFD, and they recommend that ice be checked every 100 to 150 feet.
Ice on rivers, in particular, can prove dangerous as moving water underneath can change conditions quickly. For this reason, the state recommends that anglers stay off rivers.
Other recommendations from the WGFD include not driving ATVs or vehicles on the ice and always fishing with a buddy. Always bring a floatation device and an ice pick in case you fall in.
Be sure to get your fishing license and stamp before heading out on any fishing adventure.


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Review: Matsuura Aya – Click you Link me
So, Matsuura Aya recently released her 7th album, click you link me. Matsuura has been veering towards a more mature style for a while now and this album enters new territory with a sort of psuedo-jazz feel. I'm not sure how I feel about this, I'm not a huge fan of jazz but I do like Matsuura, so I'll now give a track by track review.
- The Difference – This is definitely jazz, or at least wannabe jazz. The "plug" of the song, is "the difference that makes the world go round" which Matsuura sings accompanied by backing singers throughout the song. This song was one of the first previewed from the album and it got a lot of bad press, it's not been well recieved and it is a different style for Matsuura but you know, I don't actually dislike it. I wouldn't listen to it when out running or anything as it's quite laid back and chilled, but it's not an awful song. Sometimes a little bit cringey, there is a speaking section by an unamed singer and it's almost a social commentary on various things such as "the money the vatican has…" – a bit much Matsuura, don't you think? Anyway, it's not great, but not all that bad, I could listen to it as BGM. 6/10
- Feel Your Groove – This is a self cover, originally found on her Naked Songs album. The arrangement for this version is quite different and I can't say I'm a fan, it's a little cringey and way too lounge-music-esque. I don't love the original either, but it's nowhere near as awkward as this. I think it's the jazz flute that makes my stomach turn the most. 2/10
- Suna wo Kamu You ni…NAMIDA – Another self-cover, I really like the original version of this song, and this "jazzmake" of it…isn't too bad. I prefer the original and I don't think this adds a great deal to it, it's not awful though, just not anything special. Matsuura does have lovely vocals though. 4/10
- Yokohama Rondo – I really like the opening of this track actually, not a jazz flute in sight. Matsuura also has lovely vocals in it and it's more ballad than jazzy, still has a bit of a lounge feel but it's more listenable than the self covers really. I would listen to this when studying or relaxing, thankfully this track offers something new and worthwhile from Matsuura. 8/10
- Home nite – This too actually is alright, not as good as Yokohama Rondo, but…it has a charm. It's pleasant and the arrangement is understated. 7/10
- Click you Link me – The title track, definitely more of a jazz-pop-lounge arrangement here, a bit more upbeat than the other tracks though. It's okay, not something I'd want to listen to often, but not awful. Doesn't leave a lasting impression really, the chorus is quite nice I guess. 5/10
- Katari Tsugu Koto – Okay, this track starts in a totally different vein to the others with some koto playing. Matsuura's vocals are nice and the arrangement is delicate and not overpowering, this is nice and doesn't fit with the album too much, which isn't a bad thing in this case really. It sounds almost like an alan album track.8/10
- Interlude ~Okay~ – So weird. Not really reviewable, lasts only 33 seconds, thankfully.
- Watarasebashi – A self-cover of a cover, this time with the original singer, Moritaka Chisato. I really, really like this song, it's a classic. This version is okay, I prefer Matsuura's original cover and indeed Goto's version of it. Still, it's pleasant enough. 7/10
- dearest. – Another self-cover from her Naked Songs album. I think I may actually prefer this version to the original, which is marginally shocking. I wasn't a huge fan of the original, but it's not awful, and definitely something I could listen to in the background. Matsuura sounds good. 6/10
- only one – A very chilled track, it's not standout by any means but it's not awful, pretty much how I feel about most of the album really, isn't it? 6/10
- Hitori – Shock! Another self-cover, this time the c/w to her single Kizuna. I like the original quite a lot, this version not so much, the arrangement is a bit too lounge again. 5/10
- Minna Hitori – An appropriate end to the album, pretty much like the other tracks, not awful, not standout, pleasant vocals, hints of jazz-flute making me feel faint. 5/10
Overall Rating: 5/10 Passable
Some Oricon Ranking data is available for the album, over it's first three days it charted at 37 and 47 on two days only.


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Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. What's that? Oh, no, this isn't the Authenticity Debate room. Yeah, you'll want to head down the hall and hang a left. You're looking for the door labeled Liturgy. This here's the Graveyard room. Check out our sign: "No Admittance Except On Party Business." We don't need no lab-coated grey men poking and prodding at this music to determine its precise chronological provenance, its ratio of originality to faithful recreation, its place on the curmudgeonly Linnaean taxonomy of Metal And Its Relationship To Rock. We take our good times seriously around here, as do the 70's-steeped gentlemen of Sweden's Graveyard on their fantastic second album Hisingen Blues, so kindly step the fuck off.
This is red-line-pushing, white-heat burning, heavy blues rock that is, I'd wager, almost impossible to dislike. Graveyard's style ticks off all the usual suspects: Sabbath, Cream, Zep, Blue Cheer, Skynyrd, Pentagram, and of course fellow countrymen in retro-rock, Witchcraft (with whom members of Graveyard spent time in an earlier band). Dissimilar sound aside, fans of Clutch and Monster Magnet would also assuredly find their no-bullshit-rock itch quickly scratched. As always with the best albums, this name-check chasing is mostly unnecessary, because Hisingen Blues is an immaculately comfortable and immediately likable album that teaches the listener precisely how to listen to it: loudly, and often. It never feels like the listener is crate-diving through Mikael Åkerfeldt's dusty and well-worn collection of obscure Swedish folk/prog records, so tactile is its appeal.
This is a band for whom the word 'digital' means nothing other than 'relating to the toes and fingers.' Graveyard's take on the hard-rocking blues is not particularly occult or arcane, as far as the current revivalists of this style go; the listener is treated to very little in the way of summonings and incantations of dark forces, and is instead knocked upside the head with a metric shit-ton of generously-answered prayers to the Patron Saint of Righteous Fucking Jams.
The above-mentioned Righteous Fucking Jams tend to alternate between more straight-ahead heavy blues rockers ("Ain't Fit to Live Here," "Buying Truth," "Hisingen Blues," "Rss") and moodier tunes that plant their asses right down in the middle of the dust-cracked crop circles that birthed this whole doom thang in the first place ("No Good, Mr. Holden," "The Siren," "Uncomfortably Numb"). Still, even the doomiest moments here are much more "Hole in the Sky" than "War Pigs," viz., loosely swinging, feel-good dashes into inevitable oblivion rather than petrified hymns to abjection and existential terror. The end of "Uncomfortably Numb" speeds up exactly where you'd want it to before dropping into a very Skynyrd-ish solo section, while "Longing" starts out all spooky Santana, and then saunters into some toe-tapping Morricone whistling.
Graveyard has it all in spades on Hisingen Blues – classic analog sound, catchy, memorable songwriting, tight musical chops, fantastically expressive vocals, a broad dynamic range (maybe this is what Varg's been banging on about with his constantly asinine comparisons to classical music), plus all the little flourishes that poke out of the warm production upon repeated listens – some handclaps here, a bit of tambourine there, the tastefully lazy snare bounce-roll on the slow downbeats of "Uncomfortably Numb", the barely noticeable spaced-out backing effects on "Hisingen Blues," the effortlessly double-tracked octave harmonies that pop up occasionally, and on and on.
The album isn't perfect, but then again, this type of hybrid brew shouldn't aim at perfection. The main complaint is that "Ungrateful Are the Dead," the tune which follows the palate-cleansing instrumental smoothness of "Longing," should kick in at a higher energy level. More generally, the second half of the album is ever-so-slightly less rollicking than the first half, and the bonus track "Cooking Brew" doesn't finish off the album half as well as the foot-stomping, fist-pumping climax of "The Siren." Just when the canny listener begins worrying that "The Siren" is going to follow the exact same dynamic and emotional arc as "Uncomfortably Numb," Joakim Nilsson breaks into his most fearsome Robert Plant wail with "Tonight a demon came into my head, alright! / And tried to choke me in my sleep!" All worries are assuaged; all asses are kicked.
Obviously, these are but the teensiest of picked nits. The bottom line is that this album flat-out smokes, front to back, and doesn't care who knows it. Your mom wants to jam along? Awesome. Grandma, too? Pass the bong. Your dog and your local fireman and the cousin you've got funny feelings for and the reanimated corpses of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette and Alexander Graham Bell are all banging down the door to high five you? SAY FUCKING YES TO LIFE, FRIENDS. That's all we're really after here.
I said earlier that this wasn't going to be a review about authenticity. Crucially, the reason a review of Hisingen Blues can avoid wallowing in such meta-critical whinging is precisely because the music refuses to even acknowledge the terms of the question. This batch of tunes is so ass-wallopingly strong that it never gives leave to Mr. No-Fun-Ever Critic to get a word in edgewise. So help us keep on keeping on: say yes to ass-walloping, say yes to Hisingen Blues, say yes to life.


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Did you find the perfect cabin? You are half way through success. To expose its aesthetic values and enhance functionality, you have to choose the right wet room kits – only with it the shower cabin creates a compatible whole. Currently, in addition to the classic shower trays, you can also choose a sub-floor version or linear drainage. What characterizes all these types?
Shower tray for traditionalists
The most common choice of customers will certainly be traditional shower trays made of acrylic, enamelled steel or conglomerate. They do not require complicated assembly and are characterized by high stability of the structure. Thanks to the appropriate racks, you can level them and place them in the right position. Their unquestionable advantage is also the large availability of sizes and shapes – a classic shower tray can be easily adapted to the standard dimensions of each type of cabin – half-round, asymmetrical, square, or even wall or pentagonal.
In addition, classic shower trays are available in various depths, so that everyone can find an option tailored to their needs. For lovers of modern interiors, preserved in a minimalist style, the currently fashionable shallow models are a great solution. They visually enlarge the bathroom space and give it an elegant look. Because they have a flat and perfectly smooth surface, they are also very easy to clean.
Or maybe an innovative shallow wet room kits?
Despite the innumerable advantages, a traditional paddling pool is often not a satisfying option. If you are looking for a modern alternative for him, you should consider buying a tile tray, in which the shower plate is hidden under the floor and built-in tiles. This solution has many advantages. First of all, the shallow shower tray will keep you clean, because the tiles are less exposed to soiling and scaling, which makes you wash them even with ordinary floor lotion.
Secondly, the underfloor shower tray allows you to mount the shower cubicle directly on the floor and create a barrier-free entry for the shower. It is an excellent solution especially for people with limited movements – disabled or older, who are particularly exposed to stumble or fall when entering or leaving the cabin.
Thirdly, in addition to the range of functionality, the underfloor shower tray also guarantees an amazing visual effect. It provides aesthetic and elegant look of the whole bathroom, in no way interfering with its décor. It does not interfere with the interior space, thanks to which it allows full exposure of the shower enclosure and other elements of the equipment.
Read more on wetroomsdesign.co.uk/wet-room-shower-trays.


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The lovely ladies of I Heart Your Outfit recently featured Cloth and Print on their fabulous blog. Thank you so much Liza and Emily!
Tell us how Cloth and Print came about
I adore beautiful fabric and have a passion for print. My background is in Textile Design and over the years I have been eager to create my own handprinted collection but have parked it on the back burner until the time was right. I think the real catalyst to begin Cloth and Print came after a creative trip to Jaipur, India in 2014. Being so close to the historic craft of block-printing and being immersed in a culture rich in textiles gave me the impetus to lay the cornerstone of my dream to create my own textile collection. The name Cloth and Print simply expresses my love for fabric and my joy for print… where these two concepts meet, one repeat at a time.
Where do you draw your inspiration from?
I feel inspired by so many little things we find around us. Recently, I found myself mesmerised by the rather arbitrary shadows thrown by roadside retainer blocks, thinking what a great print it would make! But more often that not, I'm drawn to the natural beauty of our surroundings, flowers in particular are a source of inspiration to my work. I find that travel is a wonderful eye-opener especially when we allow ourselves to learn from people around the globe and the creative process they follow. It shakes us out of our comfort zone and broadens our perspective.
Where can we find your products?
Cloth and Print has an online shop where all the products are available, both ready-made and custom orders. I also supply Fabricate in Gardens Centre with most of the purses and bags from the range.
What are your favourite items to date?
I absolutely adore the Clutch & Cover bag which is both fabulous and functional! With a handmade leather wrist strap and available in two sizes, it can be used as a beautiful clutch for a night on the town or an iPad cover during the day.
In just a sentence, tell us what Cloth and Print means to you
Our lives are made up of memories, and Cloth and Print is the curated cultural recollections of my life told in the manner of pattern and print.


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Applicant Tracking System (ATS) pricing can be tricky given the various pricing models for various vendors. Because ATS software is typically one of the larger items in any HR budget, it's important to understand how pricing works for the various solutions, and what to expect in terms of pricing ranges.
We've been looking around at various price points for ATS's for a while, but hadn't found good data until we were introduced to the folks at Siftery. Siftery has 300,000 data points on what solutions various companies are using, and they've recently done some research on what companies are paying for various solutions.
Specifically, we looked at pricing for the standard middle market applicant tracking systems. There are of course many others ATS vendors out there.
Applicant Tracking Systems Pricing
In this graph we can see the average price point that companies of various sizes can expect to pay for an applicant tracking system. There is a very clear, linear relationship between company size and the annual software subscription that you can expect to pay. However, not all companies charge based on the company's size.
ATS Pricing Models
Applicant tracking software is typically priced based on one of three different models: per employee, per seat, and per job posting. Each solution has their own rationale for different pricing models. The bottom line is that companies are trying to maximize their revenues, while also remaining competitive with the other solutions, and driving ROI for their customers. Each company also serves slightly different markets, and so it makes sense to charge on a different basis in order to maintain a "fair" price point. It's not quite value based pricing, but clearly companies are getting value as nearly every company of scale has an applicant tracking system.
Per Employee Pricing
Jobvite, Lever and Greenhouse all charge on a per employee basis. While this may seem counter intuitive (why am I being charged for my existing employees??? Isn't ATS all about hires?), it makes sense in that your existing employees all play a role in your hiring process as sources of talent via referrals, and as vetters of talent in the interview process. Plus, it's a way to charge more to larger companies.
There's a wide range that these companies charge over, from $10/employee/yr to well over $100. It all depends on how large your company is with significant volume discounts for larger companies.
Per Job Pricing
Workable is the only company here that charges on a per job basis. They are also focused on the smallest companies. This pricing means that companies who are growing fast (and thus get more value from the ATS) pay more, and smaller companies who have more normal growth rates spend significantly less. To give you a sense, the annual plan has a $200/job price point.
Per Seat Pricing
iCIMS pricing is the only company in our data set that charges on a per seat basis. This is most likely a result of their focus on enterprise, as it aligns with how other enterprise software offerings are priced. While there is a lot of variance, the average per seat price is $4k. It's also worth noting that iCIMS has several add on charges, and will charge for integrations into other third party software that you may use.
Extras: Onboarding, Analytics, Recruitment Marketing
Several of these companies charge extra for various features including recruitment marketing, employee onboarding, and analytics. And, most of these solutions also charge a setup fee.
These costs can take the form of a per employee basis (for example, Greenhouse charges per employee for their onboarding product), or can be bundled into a more advanced pricing tier that would simply increase the price/employee you're paying for the software. Setup fees seem to be one off fees across vendors.
As the report points out, about 1/5 companies are getting "discounts" from the originally quoted price. It's unclear how these are negotiated. My guess is that some pricing was originally misquoted, and that some companies are actually able to negotiate lower prices due to strong company brands, plans for growth, or a competitive process.
There are of course discounts for companies who are willing to pay upfront for a year vs monthly. These discounts can be very meaningful, and are most likely not a surprise for experienced HRTech buyers.
Some Conclusions
Despite a lack of transparency on pricing models, the ATS marketplace is actually fairly efficient in terms of the pricing across various solutions for companies of a given size, as you can see in the graph below. What I mean is, for a company with a given number of employees, there isn't one solution that's charging 50% more or less than others (with a few exceptions in the below chart, which are more a reflection of an incomplete data set with outliers that lack context for what a company was actually purchasing, aka the Lever customer paying $125k).
What's more important than pricing is understanding which solution is right for your company. For example, these solutions vary in terms of functionality (onboarding is part of some, not others), and packaging (some charge for analytics, etc and some don't).
Lastly, while the pricing models are important, it's really all about how large your company is. We can see this by the first chart in this post and the very clear correlation between company size and pricing despite the various pricing philosophies.
The Data
This data was collected by Siftery, and we highly suggest you check out the full report, along with the individual reports they have on each of these providers. We've included some of the high level data with our analysis, but there is so much more to digest if you're so inclined.
While the data is fairly comprehensive, there are data points that clearly are huge outliers, and so please be wary of this as you use the information. Our advice: use this data to have a transparent conversation with the rep at your ATS and not as a "well, I happen to know there is a company paying $XX for your solution of the same size". The bottom line is that there are many factors that go into pricing beyond your employee count, including time of the quarter and the budget that the VCs have set forth. Good luck!
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Forbes Travel Guide Interview
I did an interview with the Forbes Travel Guide all about the tour and more! It was a fun interview… it was actually over the telephone, and she transcribed what I said into sentences… a few little mistakes in there (like I said "Police State" instead of "Police Stage"), but you'll get the general idea, I think!
Mixing Textures
This one comes from the Textures Tutorial — I did use about 7 different textures here, mixing them all together like you might remember from the video!
Daily Photo – The Textures of Venice
Getting smooth water in Venice is not super easy, because all the canals are often busy with boat traffic. For some reason, I found this one that was perfectly still, so I jumped on the opportunity!
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I currently run a 15 gallon pot still with thumper and I want to upgrade to a reflux column so I can make some vodka. Could someone help or point me in the right direction as to making the reflux column up in the most efficient way?
Can you be more specific?
In distilling, the word "efficient" is a bit of a two faced word.
Do you wish to add actual plates or theoretical plates?
Sorry for being vague. To be honest I'm not entirely sure how the reflux and bubble plates all work as I've only ran a pot still but I'm wantimg to turn my hand to vodka and I'm just looking for some direction and advice how to go about this and ordering the correct equipment.
Ah,, sure @Woody. On the hobby level, you can produce 94-95 ABV with as little as 6 plates if your manage you heat input and reflux ratio accordingly. But be mindful that just because your abv is high, does not mean that your product is as clean as a vodka snob might prefer.
Adding additional plates will allow you to scrub your ethanol molecules for a more clean product. Or, allow you to run a bit faster with out compromising your abv.
Here in the US, we would always recommend to the upstart professional distillers that they should not really go bellow 10 plates for vodka production. At the pro level it is far more common to see 16, 22, 24 plates in the line up for vodka production.
A column with structured packing may help you keep your costs down. Though the operating range on a plated column is so very forgiving.
If you have a 4" column o below it's fairly straight forward to add a packed section between the top of the plates and the reflux condensor. This will give you more purity. If you wish to build a purpose built column then 1500mm of packing in a 3" column (scrubbers, structured mesh etc) and then a capable reflux condensor over a valved outlet (see Vapour Management) will do you good service.
Some good basics and more here;
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No problem using a 4 plate still, however you will have to run two washes as a enhanced stripping run. Collect the Foreshots slowly, should be about 1/1000 of the wash 25 ml for a 25 L wash. Then collect maybe 75 mL as heads a little bit quicker ( keep for next run), now run the main run (hearts and light tails) at almost full speed and a low refluxrate. At some point (latest at 40 %, but i would go for 60 % for the first runs ) you begin to collect the tails at full speed ( forced reflux off) till you drop till ? I would go quite deep. The tails and heads you dilute till 10 % and add to the next wash. This way you dont let your wash sitt and burn for to long. And for the same reason dont waste to much time at full reflux before starting taking out product.
Collect these two runs ( without the tails and heads from the second run) and dilute to the double wash strength. Run a proper spirit run (clean the still before) (discard the foreshot) and keep the heads and tails for the next wash (diluted of course), this run is with much more reflux as we have no wash to burn.
Running twice also gives you the possibility to do a chemical treatment between the runs...
And again The reason to dilute is that we are not looking for strenght but separation...
If you decide to do a more conventional strippingrun the dilution factor after the run will be to low for a proper separation in the second run but you can still treat it with potassium permanganate and raise the pH for the next run. I would not try that. Except if you use a 3 stage evaporator, but this is the industrial way.
If time is an issue and you can afford more plates 7 plates or more is the way to go. However running twice (in fact 3 runs instead of 2 runs on two washes) can still make sence. Sittning with 16 plates and just running it slowly is just wrong except if you heat with steam injection perhaps but it depends also on the wash. If it can handle that then OK.
And to smaug, with 20 plates or more the pressure and temperature will raise in the boiler.. if the wash does not support this dont do it... but thats just my opinion, its not based on any deeper research from my side.
Thanks everyone for all the information and helping me out. I'm looking at the 4inch dash and I was wondering if my 15 gallon still is big enough?
Slightly off topic, what's you opinion on perforated plates to bubble plates? Just trying to make sure I get everything right as it's so expensive I don't want to get anything wrong.
Perforated plates have a significantly smaller operating range than bubble caps. Bubble caps are more flexible with regards to run speed, power input, reflux ratio, and are generally more forgiving than perf plates.
If 15 gallons is big enough? Yes
(Think like this, the top tray is about 12 sq inch big and covered with a half inch of Foreshots and heads. The volyme must be about 100 mL and you want to collect about 50 mL of heads to discard and about 150 mL heads to put back...
7 gallons would be to small... then you would need to put a significant part of the hearts back inte the next run with the heads...
I'm not implying 20 plates on a 15 gallon kettle. Simply saying that there is a difference between hobby vodka that someone gives / shares with you (for free) and professionally distilled vodka that the average cheap ass consumer would actually pay money for,,,,,if you see my meaning?
I agree. The demand for my "hobby vodka" far outstrips any level of pro vodka I offer for free next to it in my bar. That vodka is also the base spirit for my hobby gin.
I do 3X:
A fast and dirty wide open stripping run on fermented wash - no cuts (think volume reduction)
A spirit run on low wines diluted to 25-30% - cuts for foreshots, heads and tails
A second spirit run diluted to 25-30% - no foreshots/heads cut needed - 2nd tails cut made.
The only chemical treatments are made to insure the healthiest fermentations possible.
Being a hobbyist, me, it's about quality not economics, so I choose to go the extra run, and take deep hearts cuts. Also as a hobbyist, there is as much enjoyment in the journey as there is in the destination.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I'm absolutely with Kapea, although I tend to value my whiskeys than in my vodka. I'm just not much of a vodka drinker.
Zymurgy Bob, a simple potstiller
See you in Portland next week @zymurgybob?
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I WISH! I'm just not going to be able to make it. Say hi to everyone there for me.
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The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for qualified experts and scientists to participate in the Expert Consultation on Phytosanitary treatments for Bactrocera dorsalis complex. Invited experts would be expected to share an overview of treatments they have developed and through discussion, participants should be able to identify and agree how to address the main issues in the development of B. dorsalis complex treatments such as experimental design, statistical analyses, confirmatory trials, treatment evaluation and treatment submission. Also, experts are expected to present their data and participants will analyse commonalities between data. To help facilitate this process, experts should also consider the results of the Expert Consultation on Cold Treatments held in 2013 to gain experience in how this group identified global issues affecting the development of phytosanitary cold treatments.
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Majestic Lombok
A 21 years old university student, Ardian Putra Prananto is a brilliant eye behind this wonderdul aerial photography of Lombok.
His fondness in aerial photography began in 2011 when he started using the Flamewheel f550 platform as it was launched in that year by DJI. He's been flying R/C for 6 years, since he was 15. Dividing and managing time between university and his interest in making video, Ardi started to fly more frequently with his Phantom 2 equipped with H3-3D Gimbal.
His love for Indonesia shown in his wonderful aerial footage is his way to help promoting Indonesia tourism. "Aerial photography is amazing.. amazing vision.. it's a whole new world up there," he admits. So he decided to to travel around Indonesia with his photography gear to capture the beauty of our country.
Here's his first journey in Lombok.
Embrace the beauty!
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Oi! I am up to my eyeteeth with dithering about what to write. Until this year, I have been usually, no, almost always certain of what the next project was going to be. But in summer, I changed my mind about Camp NaNo, and now, after changing my mind once already, I've done it again. I blame it all on baseball, bacon, and The Beatles.
So yesterday… I was minding my own writerly business, just getting some potato soup into the crock pot. It wasn't any more than that, playoff baseball soft in the background as a playlist for a possible idea wafted from my PC. But sounds trigger emotions, plots, memories; Bob Costas was calling the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals as John, Paul, George, and Ringo provided the soundtrack. Onions made me teary, but Costas soothed my soul. I've had to suffer through Ron Darling on TBS while watching my San Francisco Giants battle after being down two games. While Darling was a fine pitcher for the Mets, he's a rather pompous broadcaster. Costas, on the other hand, working for the MLB Network, is like listening to your beloved grandfather spin tales, wishing to be back in those carefree days where the biggest heartache was one's favourite team losing an important game.
That happened yesterday to the Nationals. They are on the brink of elimination, at home, as St. Louis creamed them 8-0. I watched most of that game, or rather listened to it while peeling potatoes, tearing apart bacon, mixing soup. Mixing a novel, as Otis Redding added his soulful voice, plopping a story's beginning right in my head.
How in the world was I supposed to battle that while chopping strong onions, wiping copious tears on my shoulders. I already have a novel, I wanted to say, or wanted Bob Costas to remind me. I already have a NaNo idea for 2012!
I don't like being wishy-washy. I like having a plan, sticking to it. For a while I've been blogging about what I was going to write, working out the playlist, the plot. But outlining that novel has been slow-going, just like what happened over summer for Camp NaNo. In mid-July I threw that idea out, sat down with one that made me itch to write. I was watching baseball then too; some characters in Splitting the Sky are named for athletes, the Giants facing the Dodgers one evening. And now this new idea bounces against what I was going to write, still in a Vietnam War thread. I think it's going to be a trilogy, but not a Star Wars sort of series. More like The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy (which is a reference to The Three Colours trilogy); movies related by theme, not plot. My trilogy, nameless at this point, focuses on the repercussions of Vietnam. And basset hounds. And 1960s music, and other things too. Not sure what they are yet, but Kelly Tremane, while the last conjured, will be the first written.
As God as my witness, this is the novel I am going to write for NaNoWriMo 2012!
Okay, well, having said ALL THAT, I suppose there's the notion of plotting a novel that isn't any more than a few names (Kelly Tremane is one) and music. And a blog. And one heck of a first chapter, born out of crock-pot and baseball madness. Four games took place yesterday, four more are slated for today. Two will decide those teams' fates, two others will either lock up series championship slots, or extend the insanity into tomorrow. But for me, and the rest of Bay Area baseball fans, by this day's end our teams will be in or out. And I'm going to watch as much of the action as I can, as soon as this entry is posted. My beloved Giants are up first, at ten a.m. Pacific time, the Oakland A's hours away, a local 6.30 p.m. start. As I inhale the joy that is October baseball, I'll also absorb the appropriate noveling music, a 1960s-laden soundtrack that will sow the seeds of yet another unanticipated series. While it won't be like Alvin's Farm, again it focuses on love and loss.
And redemption. Hopefully my Giants and those A's will capture that feeling too, both teams having lost their first two divisional series games. Then by the end of the night, much rejoicing will occur in this part of the nation, as well as in my noveling, NaNo-fed soul.


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Medina Urges Congress to Save DACA
(Sacramento) - Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, strongly supported House Resolution 66, which condemns the Trump administration's decision to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and calls on Congress to find a solution to protect Dreamers, during the HR 66 debate in the State Assembly. As the son of an immigrant, Assemblymember Medina told his colleagues that his father came to the United States to find a better life for his children. "As the Chair of Higher Education, I am so proud that each president of each system has stood up to the federal government and said that we will protect our DACA students," Assemblymember Medina said. Learn more about HR 66 and California's fight to protect Dreamers in this Assembly Access video: http://www.asmdc.org/medina


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Syndicated by Eric Strait of Tech Hustlers
Eric Koester spent much of his earlier career assisting startups. Now he is the co-founder & CMO of one of the most innovative companies in the world according to Fast Company. Zaarly is literally changing the economy. They are disrupting how people purchase services and opening the door for people to create profitable businesses they never thought possible!
Zaarly recently raised $14 million, and in October former CEO of Ebay & current Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, joined the company's board. If that is not enough star power, mega celebrity & actor Ashton Kutcher was Zaarly's very first investor!
"Eric most recently served as VP Operations & General Counsel at Appature Inc., a cloud-based relationship marketing software company. Prior to joining Appature in 2010, Eric was a corporate and securities attorney for Cooley LLP where he represented public and private technology, energy and life sciences companies, venture capital firms and investment banks in a wide range of transactions, including public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, securities issuances, technology licensing transactions, corporate partnerships, commercial agreements and venture capital financings.
Before joining Cooley, Eric was the Financial Reporting Manager at Ventana Medical Systems, a leading diagnostics company acquired by Roche in 2008. Eric began his career in Morgan Stanley's financial advisory services group. He holds a JD from The George Washington University School of Law, BA in Business Administration from Marquette University and is a certified public accountant in the State of Washington."
Watch Eric talk about his life journey and how Zaarly almost didn't happen!
- *Quick Eric Koester Background Bio
- *Eric's history of the entrepreneur spirit
- *Being a startup lawyer
- *Entrepreneur itch
- *One of the "Most Innovative Companies in the World" that almost was not!
- *Karma & Fate
- *The disruptive path of Zaarly
Photo and Video Credits
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Wisconsin Teacher Licenses: What You Need To Know
WEAC License Change FAQs
What is a lifetime license?
A lifetime license enables a teacher in Wisconsin to teach in their area of certification without renewal throughout the course of a career. All educators who held a valid, unencumbered professional or master educator license when Act 59 passed in 2017 now should have had their licenses converted to lifetime status.
How do I check to see if my license was converted?
The DPI hosts a public license look up database. You can click here to look your license up.
Why do my old licenses show up?
You may have noticed your initial or professional licenses are still visible. This allows you and others to see a complete list of your license history.
What is a provisional license?
A provisional license replaces the initial license. It is notable that it takes 3 years or 6 semesters of successful teacher to move to lifetime status whereas initial licenses were on a 5-year cycle. If you have 6 documented semesters of successful teaching you may apply for a lifetime license by logging into your ELO account.
How do I document my 6 semesters of successful teaching?
Semesters are documented by using the PI 1613 (Employment Verification) form.
I missed the June 30 deadline to submit my background check. Can I submit my application late?
No. Your lifetime license will be invalidated by the DPI. However, you have until December 31 to submit your background check application to have your license revalidated. In the event you miss the 6-month grace period your license will convert to a provisional license.
I taught for a year in Illinois, can that time count toward my lifetime license?
No, your 6 semesters of successful teaching must occur in Wisconsin. An out-of-state employer's work verification will not be considered by the DPI.
What is DPI doing about background checks?
Under statue educators must undergo a background check every 5 years. This is completed on the ELO. The background check will cost $45 and includes a conduct and competency questionnaire.
When will I undergo my background check?
Background checks will continue to be on the cycle of your current 5 year license. For example, if your license was to expire in 2018 you'd complete the background check in 2018. DPI expects to send e-mails as reminder, but teachers are ultimately responsible for submitting the background check questionnaire every 5 years.
I've had a lifetime license since 1983. Do I need to start submitting an application for a background check every 5 years?
Yes. All lifetime license holders must now submit background check applications.
Will the DPI mail me a license?
No, DPI has gone paperless for applications and licenses. Hard copies on parchment paper are no longer mailed. To print your license log into your ELO Account, navigate to "manage your existing licenses", choose "print license certificate from the drop down. Based on your browser's default behavior a file will be available for you to open or download.
As an initial educator can my previous teaching experience count toward my 6 successful semesters of successful teaching or do I need to start over?
Semesters completed prior to the passing of the budget in September, 2017 can be applied toward your lifetime license. The following requirements apply: 1) the experience must be in the category of your license (teacher, admin or pupil services), 2) the experience must be earned within the five years immediately preceding the start date of the lifetime license, and 3) the experience must be verified by an employing school district.
What if I taught in a different district than I teach in now?
Any school district can provide documentation of successful teaching. Similarly, if you intend to move school districts in the future WEAC recommends that you secure documentation for your semesters of successful teaching prior to resigning from your current position.
Can my lifetime license be invalidated?
A lifetime license will be invalidated if an educator is not actively employed by a school district for five or more consecutive years orif the educator fails to log into the online system and submit to a background every 5 years. Educators may reapply for a provisional license at any time.
I have licenses in two categories. One is initial and one is professional, what happens in my situation?
Many teachers hold multiple licenses. If you have licenses in more than one category they will convert accordingly. For example, if you have a professional teaching license and an initialpupil services license the teaching license will convert to lifetime status and the pupil services license will convert to a provisional 3 year license.
What if I don't meet the requirements under a provisional license in three years?
You can reapply for provisional licenses with no limit on the number of reapplications.
I was grandfathered under PI 34 and have been taking 6 credits every five years, do I have to continue taking classes?
No. Graduate credits are no longer required for license renewal.
I'm an initial educator and had my PDP goal approved. I am implementing my PDP and working toward verification. What should I do?
Stop working on your PDP. PDPs will no longer be accepted as a means of license advancement. As an initial educator your license converted to a provisional license. Once you have completed 6 semesters of successful teaching you can apply for a lifetime license.
I am a retiree, can I use my lifetime license to substitute teach?
Yes. As a licensed educator you are eligible to substitute teach. Please check WRS and/or social security guidelines for income limitations.
I am Nationally Board Certified and hold a Master Educator license. Is that really a lifetime license?
Yes. However, you will need to follow NBPTS's renewal/maintenance of certificate requirements to keep your National Board status current and to be eligible for the annual state grant awarded to Master Educator license holders.
I am a National Board candidate awaiting my scores. What if I certify?
You will have the ability to apply for a Master Educator license through the ELO system.


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Al Hirt Biography
Alois Maxwell Hart, 7 November 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. 27 April 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. After studying classical music at the Cincinnati Conservatory in the early 40s, trumpeter Hirt divided his professional career between symphony orchestras and dance bands and still found time to play dixieland jazz in New Orleans clubs. Hirt worked as a bugler during World War II, and following his discharge he played with bands led by Tommy Dorsey, Ray McKinley and Horace Heidt. Clarinettist Pete Fountain was a sideman, and occasional leader, in one of the first bands Hirt formed on his return to New Orleans. He first recorded as a leader for the Southland label in 1955, but in 1958 signed a career-boosting contract with the Audio Fidelity label.
In the 60s an important recording contract with RCA Records (which resulted in albums under his own name and as accompanist to some transiently popular easy-listening singers), a successful residency at his own club on Bourbon Street and a spectacular technique all helped to turn Hirt into one of the best-known trumpeters in jazz. He played at John F. Kennedys presidential inauguration in 1961, and provided the music for a number of movies. During this decade Hirt placed 18 albums in the Billboard Top 200, including the Top 10 albums Honey In The Horn (his first million-seller), Cotton Candy (on which he was joined by the Anita Kerr Singers) and Sugar Lips. As often happens, commercial success brought a measure of condemnation from jazz hardliners but Hirt was unmoved. He continued to perform in clubs and to record throughout the 70s, shrugging off a lip injury, and was still playing his high-spirited, good-humoured jazz in the 80s and 90s. During his career he received 21 Grammy nominations.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.


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Today I applied the gloss paint to the windowsill and it is a much nicer finish than the troublesome satin. It needs a light sand and another coat tomorrow. I think I am also going to gloss the radiator as I want the harder finish on that too.
I also finished the skirting board plus painted the door frame and the door so its really coming together now.
I don't think I am going to start bringing things back in until the painting is finished though, so maybe I will start on the inside of the cupboard now as that did not get done by the student as he ran out of time.
I'm going to have a shelving unit in the cupboard and have fabric in there folded up nicely.
And to make space for the ironing board next to the Ivar shelving I'll have the bookcases over on the other side - which will make it handy to change music since my mini hi-fi sits on top of the low bookcase.
So the end is seeming closer right now :D
Adventures in garment construction. (Plus random thoughts, photos of interesting places and stuff I've made!)
Monday, 20 July 2009
Sewing room decorating continues
Labels: Sewing room
2 comments:
- EMC said...
Please show pictures! I might be moving my sewing stuff into my DD's room (she's moving into an apartment at college and taking much of her furniture) and I need ideas.
- 21 July 2009 at 13:51
- SewRuthie said...
Will do pictures when the decorating is finished and again once I have put some of the stuff back in.
- 21 July 2009 at 21:23
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Yesterday's Booking Office closure was a reminder of how much un-heralded work is done every day by our local railway staff. The disgusting mess of chips, drinks containers and newspapers which greeted commuters is usually tidied away by Marian before the first passenger of the day arrives !
Once on board the guard was busy selling extra tickets, dispensing advice, and hurrying up and down the train – squeezing past standing passengers with her bulky ticket machine – in order to operate the train doors from the end of the carriage. No wonder if there's an occasional delay of a few seconds after a train stops before the doors can be opened.
And finally at Victoria we have the Revenue Protection staff just starting their 12-hour shifts at 7.30am. Working on what you can imagine is pretty low pay these guys make a consciencious effort on a job, in the front line against fare dodgers, that I'm sure few of us would relish.
So let's spare a thought for the men and women who keep our trains running day after day with – in my experience – mostly excellent humour and grace.


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Vaultastic is a cloud platform that archives emails and retain them for a chosen period.
While it is easily possible for an end-user or the administrator to export data from Vaultastic archive accounts, sometimes we get queries and requests to retrieve data of multiple or all users in bulk, which can be challenging. A user finds it difficult, if not impossible, to download large volumes of data using the self-service portal, due to the typical constraints observed on the last mile connections (viz. the network link between the user's PC and the Internet)
To improve response on such queries, Mithi announces the launch of a paid service to retrieve data in bulk from Vaultastic via a shared S3 bucket in the customer's AWS account.
When will such a service typically be of use?
1. We've had some customers request an annual dump of all the data from Vaultastic, for them to store locally. While this may seem redundant and expensive in the face of Vaultastic providing a highly reliable store with unlimited storage on the cloud, it may have its uses depending on organisational policies.
2. To serve a compliance request for multiple users with large archive mailboxes. Typically, this requires administrators to download PST files for all users in question and deliver them to the compliance authorities.
3. If the customer decides to stop archiving to Vaultastic for any reason. In this case, the customer would need to retrieve all user data from Vaultastic to move into an alternate store.
How will the AWS S3 bucket method work?
It's a simple process which will flow as follows:
Is there an optimal size of data, after which this option is recommended?
Not really. You may raise a request for retrieval of email data of any size from the archive. However, since Vaultastic provides a self-service portal to download data on your own, it may not be feasible to use this bulk retrieval method for small data sizes.
We suggest you use this if you need to export information of more than 10-20 users. Since accessing each account and initiating a download will take a long time if you exceed 10-20 users.
In addition, as a rule of thumb, if it takes more than one week to download your data from your AWS account using the spare capacity of your existing Internet connection, then you should consider using Snowball.
We recommend using this option when the size of the downloadable data exceeds 1 TB. For example, it will take more than 100 days to transfer 100 TB of data over a 100 Mb connection.
You can make the same transfer by using multiple Snowballs in about a week.
What is the cost of this service?
This new Vaultastic service is charged at a fixed rate per GB to copy data to your S3 bucket. The cost of AWS S3 usage for your account is mentioned here and the cost of the AWS Snowball is mentioned here.
What will be the format of the data delivered on your AWS S3 bucket?
Vaultastic data for your requested set of users will be exported in PST or EML files (as per your choice). These files are copied onto the AWS S3 bucket you share into our account.
We suggest you watch a video of how email archiving works, use a live demo account of the product (no sign up required) and then sign up for a no-obligation free 30-day live trial.
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Mastering her body was easy. Mastering her heart and soul will be an erotic science…
In the vampire-servant relationship, the vampire holds all the power. Being Lord Brian's research assistant as well as his servant, Debra accepts that, but she craves her Master's heart. When Brian notices his servant's unhappiness, he uses methods they both understand to prove just what belonging to him fully means.
I've read two books by Joey W. Hill in the past. Those two books were so well written and so full of emotion that I was a sobbing, snotty, red-faced mess by the time I reached the end. I'm talking the ugly cry. So it made me a little gun shy and I've avoided more of her books. When I saw the Mastered anthology I bought it on the strength of Joey W. Hill's name alone. It's just a vampire story I told myself. It's inside an anthology so it has to be short, I thought. I'll be fine.
Ugly. Cry. UGLY.
OMG. I should have known that there is no such thing as "just a story" when it comes to Joey W. Hill. My cousin called me when I was smack in the middle of The Scientific Method. She thought I was sick or sleep cause my voice was hoarse and I was congested from all the tears. O_O She says to me, "Are you going to finish that book??" YES. Yes, I will. I will sit here and cry till its over!
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A rally call to do something. Anything. Just get 'er done.
(The title is me, talking to myself.)
I've often been commended for my general ability to just get on with things [citation needed]. That is, to stop talking or planning and instead dive in and get started with something. And then get it done.
For example, I'll be on the couch, talking to someone about banana bread recipes, they'll get up to use the bathroom and by the time they are done I've already got half of a batter mixed. Even if I don't have any bananas.
Another example: this week I was finishing up work for the day and thought, "my closet needs organizing."
It wasn't on my todo list or anything but with the addition of some bike gear it was starting to look like a Chinese traffic jam in there. And I had nothing to do that evening so I stood up out of my nice new work chair and went to the closet and pulled everything out and sorted it and labelled it and shoved in back in there. Now it's neat!
Today I'm writing this post with aching feet after spending the day painting. Upon arrival home from PEI, I thought to myself, "oh man, this place again??" So I figured why not paint the whole damn thing a nice light grey instead of the default-white-and-space-grey it has been since I moved in.
The Biker Chick remarked, after seeing I had paint samples painted on my wall not two days after mentioned I wanted to point, "shit man, you don't waste time, do you?"
No ma'am, I do not.
And yet…
I'm actually terrible at this
I am constantly handicapped by Analysis Paralysis. I'll think about every small detail of every part of my life until I go mad.
It gets worse if I have to buy something. I'm am crippled by the Paradox of Choice. I'll read reviews and more reviews and make spreadsheets and think about every option until the very idea of buying anything is so unpleasant that I don't. This can be a good problem to have financially, but sometimes I'll make a large purchase just so I don't have to think about what to purchase anymore.
No joke, that's how I ended up with my iPhone 6. I didn't want one, I just wanted to stop thinking about upgrading my bloody phone.
So I run towards the solutions out of fear
I don't wanna let my anxiety get the better of me. I don't want to stumble around in the dark because I can't decide what colour temperature my lightbulbs should be. I don't want to know that some rechargeable batteries are a different voltage because I spend a day researching universal remotes and I know the lesser voltage of rechargeable batteries isn't high enough for some universal remote learning functions.
(True story.)
So, when an idea like painting comes up, I do it. Not because I want to, but because I don't want to constantly think about maybe doing it.
This probably has the net effect of making me looking like I have my shit together and that I really know how to plow through a todo list when, in fact, I'm just doing my best not to go insane.
You wouldn't like me when I'm insane.
Do the dishes when you're sad
No one likes doing the dishes. Sometimes I do them when I'm feeling a little down thinking, "well you're sad anyway … doing the dishes sucks, why not combine them? At least then you'll be sad with a clean kitchen."
Likewise when I get a cold, I clean the bathtub.
I'm not sure I have a point with all this except: we're robots, easily programmable and swayed by even ourselves. Use that to your benefit.
So: go do something you wretched tosser.
Some of this week's vernacular brought to you by England. England — talking funny since the 12th century.
Fun fact: I actually put this post live 12 hours too early when it was still just a draft b/c I confused 01h00 with the usual publishing time of 13h00, which is actually 09h00 in the real world. One day I'll change the location and locale on my server so I can actually schedule it for 9am like a proper North American.
Any racism in this post is purely accidental.