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An incomplete edition of the Tyne Tees Television current affairs series Briefing on ethnic minorities in the North East region, first broadcast on 25 April 1983, with the focus on Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Footage includes Chinese New Year celebrations for the Year of the Pig in Newcastle in 1983; learning the Koran in a Middlesbrough mosque; and interviews with various education and community leaders involved in improving race relations in Tyne and Wear and Cleveland. The programme includes commentary.
Compilation of unedited Tyne Tees Television news footage covering the arrival and visit of world boxing champion Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) to the north east region in July 1977 for a four-day charity tour to help raise money for local boys boxing clubs. South Tyneside (Whitburn) painter and decorator Johnny Walker, who ran a boxing club in South Shields, prompted Ali's visit.
Amateur home movie compilation with intertitles made by the Middlesbrough filmmaker Tom H. Brown. Covering the years 1930-1933, the film records a family tour of the Scottish Borders from Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Edinburgh, Melrose and Gretna Green. Includes footage of the salmon fishing industry in Berwick Upon Tweed and of the arrival of HRH Prince of Wales for the official opening of Constantine College, Middlesbrough, on 2 July 1930. The racing personality, Sir Henry Segrave, and his boat the 'Miss England II' feature in scenes from the Lake District. This material was probably filmed shortly before Segrave set the water speed record at Windermere on 13 June 1930.
A Turners Film and Video Unit sponsored film about the St John of God Community Care centres and housing produced on 10 June 1992. These include Rockcliffe Court ,Thornborough House near Leyburn, White Lodge, Mowbray Road, South Shields, and Coulby Newham and Hemlington, where care for the disabled offers an enhanced quality of life over traditional ward-based institutions.
Film footage shot for William Gray & Company Ltd of the launch of the cargo ship Irish Elm on the 29th July 1953, built for Irish Shipping Ltd., Dublin. The first film shows dignitaries arriving at the launch platform and the ship blessed by a Catholic priest. Mrs E.T. McCarron performs the naming of the ship with the customary bottle of champagne. The second film, shot from a different viewpoint, includes dignitaries enjoying pre-launch drinks and the launch ceremony of the Irish Elm.
Record of the launch of the cargo ship Irish Larch from the William Gray shipyard in West Hartlepool on 11th June 1956. The film was commissioned by William Gray & Company Ltd. The ship receives a Catholic blessing and is named and launched by sponsor Mrs F H Boland, wife of the Irish Ambassador to London. The Managing Director William Talbot Gray also attends.
An amateur mystery drama by members of the Tees-Side Cine Club, filmed around the Cleveland countryside.
A compilation of amateur film that follows the annual Roman Catholic Corpus Christi festival parade through the centre of Middlesbrough along Albert Road and Borough Road, heading towards the grounds of Newlands Convent School. The second film shows hundreds of junior school children from schools in Middlesbrough attending a large country dance festival in Stewart Park. This was also an annual event during the school summer term. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection.
An amateur film made by members of the Cleveland Cine Club recording a ceremony for the laying of a foundation stone for the new St Mary's Cathedral in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough on Sunday 3rd November 1985. The foundation stone was blessed by Bishop Augustine Harris, Bishop of Middlesbrough.
An amateur film by Maurice Brunton of the Corpus Christi procession through the grounds of Holy Name of Mary Roman Catholic church on the corner of The Avenue and Eastbourne Road, in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough in May 1965.


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04 December 2011
Scope Sunday 18
As I've mentioned before (for example, here and here), I have been looking to acquire a Tektronix 556 for some time. The Tek 556 was one of Jim's favorite scopes. Its damaged graticle was a trademark touch in many of his application notes, for both National and Linear. He used it in many of his otherwise-impossible measurements (such as simultaneous time and frequency domains and multiple asynchronous waveforms), he used it as a prop for pictures of his son (here and here), and he used it for comic relief.
Last week, one appeared on Craigslist in New Hampshire.
It even has two 1A4 four-channel plug-ins! Sweet. I crafted a slightly boastful email to the seller, promising to take great care of it and warning against the parasites who would strip it for tubes. (I also pointed to this blog as proof of my good intentions.) Unfortunately, I had to "bid" against some guy in Texas who was willing to pay for shipping, but after a brief negotiation, I prevailed. I drove up to New Hampshire and picked it up this morning.
My wife made me open it up and check it for mice before I was allowed to bring it into the house.
No mice. It's beautiful, inside and out.
3 comments:
- zebonaut said...
Congrats! You gotta love the note that says "Do not use for evil."
The one I have has a label on it that tells me it was used by IBM. Sadly, it recently became faulty. It blows the fuse of the mains outlet. Depending on which outlet I use, the fuse trips instantly or after approx. 3 seconds, which makes me hope it's not more than maybe a bad rectifer or capacitor on the mains transformer's secondary.
- December 5, 2011 at 3:31 AM
- Phil Crosby said...
And he's got one after the major mod. After the mod, the lower beam could display either the A or the B sweep, the germanium DTG2400s in the power supply were replaced with silicon, as were many in the vertical amplifier, plus other shouldadoneits.
The major mod was done around 1969, after some discussions with engineers from Boeing who were setting up instrumentation trailers at the Nevada test site. Previously, only the B sweep could go to the lower beam.
The graticule cover looks strange, almost as if it came off a 520 Vectorscope.
- December 5, 2011 at 1:25 PM
- Ed Sinclair said...
I was looking for your email address to tell you about the vintageTek Museum in Portland Oregon. www.vintagetek.org We are commemorating the 1945-1985 era of Tektronix, Inc and have access to over 2,000 instruments, manuals, parts, and memorabilia. We opened to the public in September 2011.
Ed Sinclair
Board Chairman
- December 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM


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Tom Szymanski, Executive Vice President of the Eugene V. Debs Foundation, and Dr. Lisa Phillips, Associate Professor of History at ISU and Treasurer of the Eugene V. Debs Foundation spoke with Dr. Phil Glende. Szymanski and Phillips discussed Eugene V. Debs and the foundation set up in his honor. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and gained national recognition with his socialist ideology, advocating for workers' rights, and incarceration for speaking out about WWI.
Tom Szymanski & Lisa Phillips: originally aired April 22, 2015
Max Jones, editor of the Tribune-Star in Terre Haute, spoke with Brian Miller, of the group Terre Haute Tomorrow. The goal of the group is to make Terre Haute a better place to live and to encourage citizens to become an active part of improving the city. He described the collaborative effort that sparked the birth of the group and its use for the community. A new initiative focuses on talent, identity, quality of life, infrastructure, and enterprise. Terre Haute Tomorrow plans to create action committees concentrating on quality of life, community image, economic development, workforce readiness, and leadership development. More information can be found at Terre Haute Tommorrow .
Max Jones: originally aired April 18, 2015
Mike McCormick and Max Jones, editor of the Tribune-Star in Terre Haute, discussed the controversial election fraud trial of 1915 which started in Terre Haute, Indiana and gained national attention.
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Montye Rivera
Lost Youth
Poem by Montye Rivera
They say I wait alone for one so long ago,
But the boy across the street is no more.
The girl he loved, too, ceased to be.
They are buried there in borken heart
Beneath the calloused scars
Engraved: Ignorance and injustice.
Though bullets missed the boy
Helplessly swinging on a rope,
They killed without a warning.
His ghost walks in prison blue
A body devoid of manhood.
The girl cast from society
Wears well the stain of hurt
That none see 'neath their lies
A love most pure and holy
Buried deep in memory.
Tears mourn the loss of youth
And the boy no longer a man.
Happy in prison he was not
This one whom I had hoped to love
But gayer and gayer about his time
The facts seemed quite apparent
Until in tears, I sobbed a cry
That echoed in my heart
"Go stop the Wedding March
And play the funeral song
For a soul no longer mine
I'll mourn this loss no more.
I'll find another one to hold
And love as I had loved you!"
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In the 1970s, Michael Humphries worked as a caricature artist at Disneyland. Visitors lined up to have him dash off their likenesses, for which Humphies earned 35 cents each. He'd do 300 or 400 a day.
In a far different setting, Humphries painted images of Vietnamese people and U.S. soldiers as a combat artist in the Vietnam War. He doesn't have much left from that time, but he did take home one of his paintings.
That portrait, of a wrinkled Vietnamese woman smoking a pipe, is hanging in the Laguna College of Art + Design's gallery in downtown Laguna Beach as part of a new exhibit: "The Visual Story: Entertainment and Beyond." But the thrust of the show is work that's far more familiar, from Humphries' long and very successful career as a Disney artist.
Humphries hand painted or developed some of the most iconic settings for Disney movies. He painted the backdrops of Paris in Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." He worked on the settings of Africa for "The Lion King" and Hawaii for "Lilo & Stitch."
His career also has spanned a major transition in illustration, from hand painting to computers. That's one reason the small show at the LCAD Gallery is worth a visit. From now until Oct. 20, highlights from Humphries' long career in illustration and art direction are on display. There are a few computer-aided images, but most of the 50 works, including fairytale scenes of Notre Dame cathedral and colorful minatures to set the color palette for "The Lion King," Humphries painted by hand.
Initially, he thought he'd be a magazine or book cover illustrator, Humphries said as he sat in his living room at home in Pasadena last week.
"Disney changed my whole life when I went there. … I really fell in love for doing the art for the movies."
"It isn't just putting a painting on a wall, hoping someone will buy it. It was illustrating stories. I had such an opportunity to paint so many different types of enviroments and locations, from the 'Lion King' Africa to the Australian landscape in 'Rescuers Down Under' to 'Home on the Range' and Wyoming and Montana."
His entrance into Walt Disney Studios was a happy accident. While a student at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, Humphries went on a field trip with his illustration class to Walt Disney Studios. They saw a "pencil test," rough, uncolored animation, for "The Rescuers." As the class left the small theater and walked down a hall, Humphries noticed the paintings lining the walls, originals of animation from Disney classics.
"I just absolutely thought they were breath-taking. It really opened my eyes to an opportunity," Humphries said. "I never even thought about animation or working at Disney Studios at all, to that point."
That same night, Humphries met a Disney executive who proved to be a vital connection. Ed Hansen, a production manager at Walt Disney Animation Studios, discouraged Humphries at first from submitting his portfolio. He told Humphries to come back when he graduated. Humphries persisted, and Hansen told him to drop off his work at the studios' guard gate.
"The very next day I got a phone call. They wanted to hire me full-time," Humphries remembered. "Totally by accident. If I wouldn't have been there that night and that class … I probably wouldn't have worked at Disney Studios." His first task was to rework some of the backgrounds for "The Rescuers."
In his home studio, Humphries has stacks of his paintings. Some are demonstrations for his students at ArtCenter. Others are paintings for his calendar series. His work has appeared on greeting cards, toy packaging and movie posters. He worked on Hanna-Barbera cartoons for a time, including "Scooby-Doo" and "The Smurfs." A small slice of his accumulated work is at the LCAD Gallery.
Humphries' carefully-painted backgrounds for "Hunchback" cover one wall of the gallery. Dark blue sky and purple shadows color nighttime landscapes. He's painted Notre Dame from the ground up, rendering it fantastically imposing. Or he's painted it from an imagined bird's eye view to make it loom large over other buildings at its feet.
Aside from the Disney illustrations, the exhibit also includes Humphries' calendar paintings. Humphries has written an instructional book on illustration, "Visual Storytelling with Color and Light" that will be published in December by Focal Press. Several of his works in the book, including of the Vietnamese woman from decades ago, are part of this show.
Jason Dowd, illustration assistant chair at LCAD, brought Humphries' work to the LCAD Gallery.
"(Humphries) really knows how to stage things," Dowd said. "He can take something that's been described to him by a director, and he can create the scene. He can create the mood with light and color."
Not only that, but Humphries' meticulous brushwork might also surprise. "They can see how small and intimate the paintings are and how grand they become on the big screen."


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- Allergy Alert: Milton's Multi-Grain Bread (24 oz) is recalled due to the presence of undeclared milk. The bread was sold in Fry's, Smith's, Food4Less, FoodsCo and Ralphs stores.
- Food Safety Recall (Eggs): Country Eggs, Inc. recalls certain shell eggs produced by Wright County Egg (Galt, IA). Eggs affected by the recall were distributed to food wholesalers, distribution centers and foodservice companies in California, Arizona and Nevada. Eggs were packaged under the Country Eggs, Inc brand name in 15 dozen bulk pack with the identifying plant code of P 1946 and P 1026 and Julian code dates of 216-221.
- Food Safety Recall (Eggs): Some Wright County Egg (Galt, IA) shell eggs were packaged under the Olympia Valley brand name and distributed in Alaska. Olympia Valley large eggs (sold by the dozen; plant ID P-1026; Julian dates 136-225) and Olympia Valley medium to jumbo sized eggs (sold in dozen and 18-egg cartons; plant ID P-1946; Julian dates 136-225) are included in the Wright County Egg recall and should be destroyed or returned to the store for a refund.
- Food Safety Recall (Eggs): California Department of Public Health has posted a detailed California distribution list for the national egg recalls initiated by Wright County Egg.
- Food Safety Recall (Eggs): Walmart alerts its customers to the recall of eggs from Sparboe Farms, Dean Foods and Hillandale Farms. The recalled eggs were sourced from Wright County Egg (Galt, IA). Walmart Private Brand eggs are unaffected by the expanded recall. The recalled eggs were sold in Walmart stores in 16 Mountain, Midwest, South and Mid-Atlantic states.
- Food Safety Recall: Snow White Food Products Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) recalls Alfalfa Sprouts (3.5-ounce plastic clamshell container; UPC 0-46421-11236-6; no date or lot code) after the New York State Food Laboratory detects Salmonella. Production and sale of Alfalfa Sprouts have been suspended. The recalled Alfalfa Sprouts were distributed in New York State.
- Food Safety Recall (Update): Umpqua Dairy (Roseburg, OR) has recalled milk, juice and drink products sold Oregon, southwest Washington and northern California under the Umpqua, Cascade, Great Value, Lady Lee, Market of Choice and Sherm's labels, after Umpqua products were linked to 23 lab-confirmed cases of Salmonella Braenderup infections. Umpqua milk that was supplied to Dairy Queen in Oregon and Washington also is affected. Some of the recalled milk and juice products were available in Walmart stores located in the indicated distribution area. Recalled Umpqua milks and creams also were sold in Fred Meyer stores.
- Food Safety Recall: Montalvan's Sales, Inc. (Ontario, CA) recalls La Nuestra brand frozen mamey pulp (14-ounce pkg., UPC 7-56869-10008-4), due to a potential health risk from Salmonella Typhi. The recalled mamey pulp was sold in retail stores in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. Montalvan's initiated the recall after learning from FDA and CDC that the product may be implicated in a recent outbreak of typhoid fever in several Western states.
- FDA Enforcement Action: U.S. Marshals have seized packaged food products from a rodent-infested warehouse in Athens, GA. The food – valued by FDA and the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture at $859,000 – was seized from a Mid-States Services Inc., warehouse. It was destined for sale to jails and prisons throughout the southeastern United States.
- Food Safety Recall: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning consumers not to consume the Goya brand Frozen Fruta Mamey Pulp (397 g packages bearing UPC 0 41331 09080 3) as it may be contaminated with Salmonella. Goya brand Fruta Mamey Pulp was manufactured in Guatemala and sold in the province of Québec. It may also have been distributed nationally. The US importer of Goya Mamey Pulp recalled this product last week after it was associated with several cases of Salmonella Typhi infections (typhoid fever) in Nevada and California. No illnesses have been reported as a result of consumption of this product in Canada.
- Seizure of Unauthorized Drugs: Health Canada has seized the unauthorized sexual enhancement supplements "Male Enhancement ExtenZe" and "Women ExtenZe" imported and sold by the Happy Paradise Adult Store in Burnaby, British Columbia. Some of the active ingredients listed on the labels of these products can cause serious health problems.
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.1142): Absence of health mark on meat pie from Poland; distributed to the United Kingdom.
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.1143): Aflatoxins in ground nutmeg from unknown origin, via the Netherlands; distributed in Germany.
- Consumer Product Safety Notification (EU #2010.1144): Migration of benzene and of aliphatic hydrocarbons from children's mug from Germany; distributed in Austria.
- Food Safety Notification (EU #2010.1145): Cadmium in anchovy fillets from Tunisia; distributed in France.
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- Price Chopper
- Raley's
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- Sainsbury's
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Hell yeah it's Christmas time again! Chicago country blues jug band Devil in a Woodpile's new original holiday tune "The Pagans Had It Right" has a festive music video! The song is from our first-ever Christmas album, Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas, coming out this Friday on digital, CD, and red OR green vinyl LP. Pre-order here.
Video directed by Stanley Sievers. Color by Edwin Metternich at Framestore Chicago.
Director of Photography: Ted Holmwood
Editor: Stanley Sievers
Gaffer: Jeremy Freedberg
Art Department: Megan Jesmer
Christmas Boy: Jared McBain
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Pagan #2: Alec Plant


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Turkish for "rug".
Turkish for "rug merchant".
Hand hooked rugs, are made similar to how hand tufted rugs are except that they have a short, looped pile and usually have a light–weight mesh backing. Hand hooked rugs that are made using a petite–point hooking tool have a pile of very small loops that result in the appearance of fine embroidery.
To make a hand knotted area rug, a weaver has to tie each individual knot to the backing, making it truly a one of a kind piece. These rugs are usually made of wool or silk knotted around warps with cotton woven through to hold the knots in place. Because of the long amount of labor that goes into making a hand knotted rug, they are usually the most expensive rugs.
Hand–made area rugs are made by a skilled rug maker and can take a great deal of time to make, especially hand knotted area rugs. Besides being hand knotted, hand–made area rugs can also be hooked, looped, tufted, or flat woven.
A hand tufted rug takes much less time to make than a hand–knotted rug does because there are no knots that need tying. They also usually cost much less. To make a hand tufted area rug, a rug maker uses a "tufting gun" to push loops of yarn through the backing. Once finished, a scrim is applied to the backside with glue and then a canvas backing is usually attached to that. The rugs is then sheared (cut across the top) cutting the loops to create the pile which is the surface that you see and walk on.
Area rugs that have been woven by hand on a hand loom.
A durable pile with tightly twisted yarns that resists flattening. (See also Frieze.)
A rug design that features a centerpiece of a rose, often encased in a diamond shape that is surrounded by four leaves.
A Turkish city where intricate silk rugs are made. Hereke rugs feature the Persian Senneh knot.
City located near Iran where rugs were made with geometric medallions that are still popular today.
Area rugs that are made by using a hook to push loops of yarns through a backing. (See also Hand–Hooked.)


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History 4263: Palestinian History
Description: Poster for the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses a project for a UNT history course, History 4263, on Palestinian history. In the course, students explore historical foundations and interpretations of modern Palestinian history.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Stockdale, Nancy L.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences


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The ability to stream media is one of the big advantages of having an Android tablet or phone, but finding what you want to watch isn't all that easy. Today we're going to take a look at an Android app called Can I Stream It? from Urban Pixels as its sole purpose is to make finding streaming media a little bit easier.
Can I Stream It? works by pulling information from a wide variety of services including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, EPIX, Streampix, Vudu, YouTube, Blockbuster, Redbox, XFinity, and Android. They basically cover all the major streaming media services and even include rentals and purchases. If you want to find a particular movie or show to watch you simply need to type the name of the title into search box and away you go. Once you find your flick you're taken to a screen that gives you tabs for streaming, rental, purchase, Dvd/Blu-ray, and Xfinity. This is where you'll truly find out who's got what and "Can I Stream It?" In addition to finding things to watch you can also set reminders to keep you informed whenever one of your favorites hits the airwaves.
Can I Stream It? is an awesome idea and a great app to have on hand if you stream a lot of media. I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime (as well as Xfinity) so it was pretty easy for me to give the app a good test. Can I Stream It? did well at finding stuff "most" of the time, but it did misfire on some titles and services like Google Play and Xfinity. I was actually watching a movie on Xfinity while playing with the app and it said it wasn't available. Even though it misfires, I really like the idea of the app and will be keeping it installed and updated to see how things play out. If you stream a lot of media it's definitely worth a look and you can check it out for free on Google Play.


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South African Badminton
"When badminton was accepted into the Barcelona Olympic Games it showed that there was an acceptance of my sport internationally" said Rhonda Cator.
|The international acceptance of badminton has led to badminton being a sport played often in Africa. South Africa has been one of several African countries to become interested in badminton. It is being played throughout South Africa.
The South African Badminton championships have become more popular over the years. This is leading to badminton getting more attention in South Africa. In addition, the South African badminton teams are also now becoming better and more competitive with other countries that play badminton.
South Africa badminton has a long history. The South African Badminton Championships started in 1937. There have been several good South African badminton players. Alan Parsons considered by many to be one of the greatest South African badminton players of all time. He won in total 24 South African national titles.
He also won the German open singles title in 1965 and Irish Open singles title in 1967. Likewise, there are some good badminton players currently representing South Africa. Chantel Botts and Michelle Edwards of South Africa competed in 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles. In addition, Stewart Carson and Dorian James of South Africa also competed in 2004 Summer Olympics.
Badminton is played in several African countries. But, South Africa is considered by many as the best at badminton in Africa. South Africa dominated in the last All African Championships that were held in 2007 in Algiers, Algeria. They ended the tournament winning eight medals.
They also won the team silver medal. They unexpectedly lost 3-2 in finals of the team event to Seychelles. But, they are still considered the most dominate African team in badminton. In addition, they were the only African team to participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Badminton in South Africa has been slowly growing in popularity. However, it still is not one of the most popular sports in South Africa. The most popular sports in South Africa is cricket, rugby, soccer and boxing. Soccer is extremely popular in South Africa. They have a long line of outstanding achievements in soccer.
This helped South Africa be chosen as the home of the 2010 World Cup. This will be first time that a world cup is ever held in an African country. Rugby has a large following in South Africa. They have an excellent Rugby team. South African's rugby team is currently ranked number two in the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Rankings.
South Africa's badminton is continually getting better. Their ultimate goal is to medal at the Olympic games. The badminton confederation of Africa has launched a project called "Road to London". It involves badminton players age 17 to 23 from seven African countries including South Africa.
They hope this will better prepare them for the Olympics. They're never has been an African country that has medaled in Olympics in badminton. But, South Africa is trying to be the first.
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With a Master of Food Safety and Quality, you will play a key role in managing food safety and quality in any food manufacturing company.
Find out more about entry requirements, fees and courses in the planning section.
Food safety and quality are essential to the success of all food manufacturing companies and critical for New Zealand's economic success. Why? Because food manufacturers need absolute confidence in the safety and quality of their products. To work in this exciting field, students can choose to study full time or part time with a programme supported with an on-line learning environment.
Internationally, food safety is a growth industry.
Food companies have a growing need for expertise in food safety and quality. If they do not have this expertise themselves, consultants with the relevant qualifications provide them with services. You have the opportunity to start your own consultancy business or to work for the government department overseeing food safety in your country. In New Zealand, the government department is the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Massey University is ranked as one of the top 50 universities worldwide for Food Science & Technology (out of 300), according to ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
We have been producing highly-skilled graduates for the New Zealand and international food industries for more than 50 years. The lecturers have extensive industry experience supported by a strong academic research base.
Massey University also hosts the New Zealand Food Safety Centre with access to the latest expertise in food safety.
The Master in Food Safety and Quality provides practical skills and a depth of knowledge to enable you to manage problems in food manufacturing and develop preventative tools designed to provide confidence in the quality and safety of food.
At Massey University, you have access to the latest modern food processing and analytical equipment to undertake research that is applied and practical to the food industry including:
Massey guarantees you research expertise in meat, fish and dairy technology, fruit and vegetable postharvest storage and processing, food formulation, additives and ingredients.
Postgraduate study is hugely regarding and empowering. The Master of Food Safety and Quality will push you to produce your best creative, strategic and theoretical ideas. Our experts are there to guide you as you undertake in-depth and independent study to prepare you for a senior technical or consultancy role in the food industry.
Postgraduate study is not just 'more of the same' undergraduate study. It takes you to a new level of knowledge and expertise, especially in planning and undertaking research.
Graduates of Massey's Master of Food Safety and Quality have many opportunities to capitalise on the demands of the global food industry. There is steady growth internationally for experts in the management of food safety and quality in government departments, the food industry, and in consultancy and regulatory organisations. These significant careers span auditing, crisis management, training and establishing risk management systems.
With a Massey Master of Food Safety and Quality, you can expect to launch your career at a reasonably high level of responsibility in a leadership role. The programme gives you the potential to lead to senior management roles or establishing your own business as a consultant.
The Massey Master of Food Safety and Quality positions you to deal with new challenges and develop smart solutions for tomorrow's problems. The food industry is dynamic and with that comes the need for research in innovative and effective methods in food assurance.
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The Miami Heat took the NBA championship after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Five of the NBA Finals in Miami, Florida.
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The Miami Heat took the NBA championship after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Five of the NBA Finals in Miami, Florida.
Read moreMiami Heat Win NBA Title After Completing 4-1 Series Over Oklahoma City Thunder
A charity game is the latest in a series of exhibitions NBA players are participating in this offseason during the league's lockout.
The Miami Heat were not able to recover from their games 4 & 5 consecutive losses which stood 3-2 led in Dallas Mavericks favor by relinquishing their hope in game 6.
Read moreDallas Mavericks Trounces Miami Heat 105-95 To Win The 2011 NBA Championship
Despite the dismal performance of their top gun LeBron James, Miami Heat vows that they will come back in game 6 to make a turn around and equalize Mavericks lead 3-2 to 3-3 in their NBA finals.
Read moreMiami Heat Hopes To Equalize Dallas Mavericks 3-2 Lead To 3-3
LeBron James, who consider game 5 a 'now or never,' vowed to do better this time, responded with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists but his performance was not enough for the night and he seemed not playing his usual self.
Read moreDallas Mavericks Takes Game 5, Routed Miami Heat 112-103
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said that Lebron James would be involved offensively when the Heat clash with the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA finals.
Read moreErik Spoelstra: LeBron James To Get Involved Offensively In Game 5
LeBron James is not worried so much about his NBA legacy because he believes that it could take care of itself. James says all he wants to do is win the NBA championship.
Dwyane Wade kept soaring and scoring, doing everything he could to get the Miami Heat a crucial win towards an NBA title.
Read moreHeat Wins Against Mavericks 88-86 In Game 3, Leads 2-1 In NBA Final
Shaquille O'Neal announces that he is retiring from the NBA after almost two decades playing with the professional league.
LeBron James, long labeled as one of the NBA's greats, compared in some quarters to Michael Jordan, James knows such accolades mean little without a title.
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Sanitov is a London-based company driven by the hope of contributing to a more sustainable future. The small company has an excessive interest in the environment and the complex issues tied to it and hopes that their designs can contribute to a more sustainable urban future. The founder and designer at Sanitov, Alexander Høst, explains that cities are an important factor to Sanitov as both the cargo bike and single speed bike are designed with an urban audience in mind.
"Cities fascinate us: what does it mean to live in a city and what is good urban life? Everyone should feel welcome to use our bikes but we have targeted our first two bicycles at city dwellers," explains Alexander Høst.
Even though Denmark has a long tradition of biking, the Sanitov bicycles draw inspiration from all over the world. Alexander Høst had an idea for a cargo bike which was a functional, stylish and affordable alternative to the cargo bikes already on the market. This thought became the foundation for movE.
"Our cargo bike is based on a traditional Chinese load bike. The model has its load in the back rather than the front – something which improves its handling in traffic and forward vision. Also, having only one wheel in front further reduces the radius needed to turn the bicycle – handy in tight situations. Both aspects contribute to the utility of the cargo bike," Alexander tells.
It has taken six years of hard, dedicated work to develop the Sanitov bicycles. During this period, the bikes have been tested and trimmed to perfection, making sure that they live up to a high standard of finish and performance. Besides bikes, the concept also includes a GPS system and, later this year, an app. The GPS is useful if the bike is misplaced or stolen but also makes it possible to track the bike through the city. The app is still under construction but the purpose is to service the bike owner in the best possible way, with stats on what good the rider does for the environment in correlation with CO2 emission reduction and their own health by counting burnt calories.
"We want to contribute to making the urban future more sustainable but also more enjoyable. We are currently developing an app that will assist the bike owner with a number of tasks. We want the app to cater to a community of urban dwellers and, if possible, tie this community together. Ideally, the app will be a socially and economically sustainable platform for the so-called sharing economy," states Alexander.
movE was launched earlier this month, while speeD will be on the market later this year.


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You may remember that back in 2001, the French-born chef, Daniel Boulud, decided to create a gourmet burger for his eponymous New York restaurant, replete with things like succulent braised short ribs and black truffle (still on the menu at $32). Since then, the high-end burger has flourished, and is beloved (as is its more prosaic counterpart, the dead ordinary burger). Here is a fascinating story by the New York Timesthat provides some hamburger history, and some news about a scientific breakthrough about burgers.
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A new report indicates the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Donald Trump's administration may take HIV/AIDS funding in order to help pay to detain immigrant children.
Slate published a piece yesterday (10 July) about the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) preparing to detain more children at the US border.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the administration's Zero Tolerance Policy in April. This policy led to the prosecution of people who crossed the US border without authorization. Children were then separated from adult family members and placed in ORR shelters.
According to Time, the ORR has more than 11,800 children in their care. Around 100 of them are under the age of 5.
District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered the government to reunite children with their family. He gave a deadline of 10 July for reuniting children under 5 and 26 July for children over 5.
According to Slate, however, the 'ORR does not seem to be operating on the assumption that the separation policy has truly ended' despite the judge's order and Trump signing an executive order addressing the separations.
Where does this HIV/AIDS funding come in?
Slate obtained internal documents revealing the ORR, which is part of the HHS, is preparing for more immigrant minors crossing the border. The papers also show the agency is preparing for more family separations, but don't know if they will happen.
By the end of the year, the ORR could need an extra 25,400 beds for these children. These extra facility needs would put the agency at a $585 million budget deficit.
In order to offset these costs, the HHS will appeal to Congress for additional aid, according to the documents.
They will also reallocate money from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
This is a federal benefits program offering HIV-related health services. It provides help for those without sufficient health coverage and aids more than half a million people each year.
'Unconscionable' cruelty
David Stacy, the Director of Government Affairs at the Human Rights Campaign, said: 'This administration's cruelty toward undocumented children and families is unconscionable.'
'Now, we learn they are considering diverting funds from programs to provide health care for people living with HIV and medical support for refugees in order to pay for this president's heartless obsession with imprisoning kids.
'The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is one of our nation's premier public health efforts, and it is unthinkable that this administration would divert funds away from HIV treatment to fund its cruel attacks on kids and families at the border.'
Trump previously released statements for National HIV Testing Day and World AIDS Day, all while ignoring LGBTI people.
This is another sign of Trump's administration blatantly de-prioritizing healthcare for people most in need. In May, he introduced a new gag rule affecting women and LGBTI people's access. They also have plans to roll back an Obama-era policy prohibting healthcare discrimination against transgender people.
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Tickets are on sale today for one of the hottest places to be early January, the 2018 ASB Classic. The tournament is back bigger than ever in 2018 with more world-class tennis, food & beverage offerings, fashion, and entertainment on show.
The 2018 ASB Classic line-up is set to present a fantastic line up across both women's and men's players. For the past four years the WTA has named the ASB Classis as The International Tournament of the Year Asia-Pacific.
"We have several loyal international players who return year after year to start their tennis season in Auckland. There will also be a handful of strong new faces on the court come January, so we're excited to grow the ASB Classic even further for 2018," said Tournament Director Karl Budge.
Player signings will be revealed in the coming months with the full men's and women's line-up to be announced late November.
In addition to the world's best tennis talent, the ASB Classic is the ultimate destination for all New Zealanders to experience the best off court sporting experience. "Every year we build on the success of previous tournaments, 2017 saw some unique additions to the food, music and fashion line-up, so we are thrilled to introduce some fresh and exciting partnerships to the mix this year."
With over 70,000 people attending the ASB Classic earlier this year, the highest in its 62-year history, the event continues to grow with 14 of 20 sessions being sold out.
The ASB Classic will span for two weeks; the women's tournament kicking off on January 1st to 6th followed by the men's tournament from January 8th to 13th. Tickets will be available for purchase through Ticketek. You can purchase tickets either online or over the phone on (0800 842 538) or in person at one of the agencies listed on the event website.


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From the peachy pinks of morganite to the rich greens of emerald, beryl's dramatic colour variations are due to trace elements in the environment in which they crystallise.
Beryl is an allochromatic mineral that owes its colour to trace impurities rather than its own constituent elements. Goshenite is colourless beryl and the most chemically-pure form of beryl. Other varieties are coloured by different impurities in the crystal structure. These trace impurities resonate in light and absorb specific parts of the spectrum. The remaining light transmitted or reflected to the eye gives colour to the gemstone.
Beryl's most well-known and valuable variety is emerald, presenting green to bluish-green gemstones, not to be confused with green beryl. To be classified as emerald, the green colour must be the result of the presenceof chromium and/or vanadium replacing aluminium in the crystal lattice. Fine-quality emerald presents as an almost unmistakable and vivid velvety green. It is one of the few gemstones where visible inclusions are actually acceptable.
In contrast, green beryl is yellowy-green to deeper green. It is coloured by ferric iron and never produces a vivid enough green to rival emerald. Also coloured by iron is heliodor, a pale yellow to rich golden yellow variety of beryl.
Aquamarine owes its delicate blue-green palette to ferrous iron. Loved for its icy sky-blues and cool sea greens, its name originated from the Latin aqua marina, meaning 'water of the sea'. Available in large, eye-clean gemstones, aquamarine'scolour and higher carat weights has made it popular, although deeper shades command a higher price. Most commercially-available aquamarines are heat-treated to remove yellowy tones and produce a more desirable blue hue.
Maxixe beryl is the name given to blue beryl with a very dark tone that is almost unnatural, unlike the softer blues of aquamarine. The colour is known to fade from deep blue to a yellowish tone in sunlight and strong artificial light or heat in a reasonably short time. The maxixe beryl's colour is caused by a nitrate trace compound. Some maxixe-type beryl is also on the market with colour resulting from a carbonate trace compound.
Morganite's colour range includes pink, purple-pink and orange-pink, and the gemstone owes its pretty hues to manganese. In today's market, the rosier tints are more favoured and gemstones are heat-treated to drive off the yellow or orange tinge, leaving a more pure and attractive pink. Gemstones are generally eye-clean and cut into a variety of shapes and carat weights, and those gemstones presenting strong colour saturation are the most rare and valuable.
Red beryl has a purplish red to deep-red colour caused by the presence of manganese and caesium oxides but it is rare and not as commercially available as the other beryl varieties.
It can be a challenge to select the perfect beryl; however, find one with an unusual hue and consumers will be sure to enjoy a more unique gemstone than they ever thought possible.
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Academic Advisory Council
Members of the Academic Advisory Council (AAC) provide overall guidance and input into the scope and content of the European Peace and Security Studies programme. As a deliberate mixture of distinguished academics and senior policymakers, members of the AAC also promote the policy-relevance of the programme and ensure a constant dialogue between academia and high-level policymakers in Europe's capital and beyond. Most members of the AAC also share their insights with EPSS students in their capacity as guest lecturers.
International Senior Scholars and Academic Experts
Prof Dr Rafael Biermann
Professor of International Relations and International Organizations, University of Jena, Germany and Former Deputy Dean, German Marshall Centre
Prof Dr Sven Biscop
Director, Security & Global Governance Programme, Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium
Prof Dr Thomas Diez
Professor of International Relations, University of Tübingen, Germany
Richard Gowan
Associate Director for Policy, Center on International Cooperation, New York University, US & Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
Prof Christopher Hill, MA DPhil (Oxon)
Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK
Prof Jolyon Howorth
Department of Political Science, Yale University, US and Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, University of Bath, UK
Prof Knud Erik Jørgensen
Professor of International Relations, University of Århus, Denmark
Prof Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Director of the European Studies Centre and University Lecturer in International Relations, University of Oxford, UK
Dr Alexandra Novosseloff
Research Associate at the Centre Thucydide, University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas (expert on UN relations with regional organisations), France
Prof Hanna Ojanen
Jean Monnet Professor, University of Tampere, Finland
Major Koen Troch
Chair of World Politics, Conflict Studies Department, Belgian Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Prof Karen E. Smith
Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit, London School of Economics, UK
Dr Thierry Tardy
Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
Prof Mario Telo
Professor of Political Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
Prof Ole Wæver
Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for Advanced Security Theory (CAST), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof Richard Whitman
Professor of Politics, University of Kent, UK and Chair of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
Prof Jan Zielonka
Professor of European Politics, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK
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James Appathurai
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia and former NATO Spokesperson
Dr Jamie Shea
Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
Admiral Rainer Brinkmann
Former Commander of the Maritime Joint Task Force 150 at the Gulf of Aden and Former Director of NATO's Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (COE CSW)
Dr Steven Everts
Former Personal Advisor to the EU High Representative (Javier Solana), former EU Personal Representative for Energy and Foreign Policy and current Member of the Cabinet of Catherine Ashton (Vice President of the EU Commission & High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
Dr Benedikt Franke
Former Special Advisor to Kofi Annan, the Kofi Annan Foundation, Geneva
Nick Grono
Former Deputy President, International Crisis Group, Brussels
Geoffrey Harris
Head of Human Rights Unit, European Parliament, Brussels
Dick Heimans
Head of Sector, Unit F1: Fight Against Terrorism, Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission, Brussels
Brig-Gen Gabor Horvath
Former Director for Concepts and Capabilities, European Union Military Staff, Brussels
Mika-Markus Leinonen
Permanent Chair of the EU's Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM), European External Action Service, European Union
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Managing Director, Crisis Response & Operational Coordination, European External Action Service
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Director Industry and Market, European Defence Agency (EDA), Brussels
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Former Minister Counsellor for Human Security and Disarmament, EU Delegation to Geneva
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 02:06:12PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > Ah, it is trying to find free blocks, but the e2fsprogs allocator is very > inefficient, IIRC, doing a linear scan of the filesystem. We probably > would be far better off to generate an RB tree of the block maps so that > it is easier to work with lists of blocks that need to be moved or marked > in use for the resized inode table. We eventually could use a more sophisticated block allocator in the ext2fs userspace library, but there's a quick fix should do the job without having to do something more complicated. The problem is that the goal block is always reset to blk, which makes this an O(n**2) operation in the number of in-use blocks in the filesystem. This following patch makes it be O(n), which should make it be a marked improvement. Running a profile analysis on tune2fs, there's another O(n*m) operation in transalate_block() (yes, the function name is mispelled), where n is the number of blocks that needs to be moved, and m is the number of in-use blocks in the filesystems. Fixing both of these should remove most of the user-space time that's being burned by tune2fs -I 256. There is still some CPU burned by the undo file, and indeed we can probably speed this up some more by omitting creating an undo entry when we're copying a data block to a previously unused block. But hopefully this should be enough to speed up "tune2fs -I 256" for most people. - Ted commit 27c6de45a4187a348ec0960472d4a113ee6ea425 Author: Theodore Ts'o <email@example.com> Date: Sat Nov 15 00:32:39 2008 -0500 tune2fs: Fix inefficient O(n**2) algorithms when expanding the inode size When running "tune2fs -I 256" on moderate to large filesystems, the time required to run tune2fs can take many hours (20+ before some users gave up in disgust). This was due to some O(n**2) and O(n*m) algorithms in move_block() and inode_scan_and_fix(), respectively. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <email@example.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to email@example.com More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Hi, On Saturday 15 November 2008 06:50:17 Theodore Tso wrote: > Fixing both of these should remove most of the user-space time that's > being burned by tune2fs -I 256. There is still some CPU burned by the > undo file, and indeed we can probably speed this up some more by > omitting creating an undo entry when we're copying a data block to a > previously unused block. But hopefully this should be enough to speed > up "tune2fs -I 256" for most people. it does speed up things, but it is still quite slow. I tried it on a 250GB partition which is about 86% filled: root@ws-aschultz:~# df -i /usr/src2/ Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 30523392 1401574 29121818 5% /usr/src2 root@ws-aschultz:~# df /usr/src2/ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 240308484 196091320 32010176 86% /usr/src2 root@ws-aschultz:~# umount /usr/src2 root@ws-aschultz:~# time tune2fs -I 256 /dev/sdb1 tune2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) Setting inode size 256 real 64m31.189s user 43m46.708s sys 1m50.627s 64min for 250GB seems to be to much for the average user. From watching the disc activity and the output of 'top', it seems that the operation periodically consumes 100%CPU for extended periods without any disc activity, followed by a brief period of about 20%CPU load and light disc activity. Andreas
diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c index b29b344..e72518a 100644 --- a/misc/tune2fs.c +++ b/misc/tune2fs.c @@ -1011,13 +1011,13 @@ static int move_block(ext2_filsys fs, ext2fs_block_bitmap bmap) if (retval) return retval; - for (blk = fs->super->s_first_data_block; - blk < fs->super->s_blocks_count; blk++) { + for (new_blk = blk = fs->super->s_first_data_block; + blk < fs->super->s_blocks_count; blk++) { if (!ext2fs_test_block_bitmap(bmap, blk)) continue; - retval = ext2fs_new_block(fs, blk, NULL, &new_blk); + retval = ext2fs_new_block(fs, new_blk, NULL, &new_blk); if (retval) goto err_out; @@ -1068,12 +1068,14 @@ static int process_block(ext2_filsys fs EXT2FS_ATTR((unused)), e2_blkcnt_t blockcnt EXT2FS_ATTR((unused)), blk_t ref_block EXT2FS_ATTR((unused)), int ref_offset EXT2FS_ATTR((unused)), - void *priv_data EXT2FS_ATTR((unused))) + void *priv_data) { int ret = 0; blk_t new_blk; + ext2fs_block_bitmap bmap = (ext2fs_block_bitmap) priv_data; - + if (!ext2fs_test_block_bitmap(bmap, *block_nr)) + return 0; new_blk = transalate_block(*block_nr); if (new_blk) { *block_nr = new_blk; @@ -1086,7 +1088,7 @@ static int process_block(ext2_filsys fs EXT2FS_ATTR((unused)), return ret; } -static int inode_scan_and_fix(ext2_filsys fs) +static int inode_scan_and_fix(ext2_filsys fs, ext2fs_block_bitmap bmap) { errcode_t retval = 0; ext2_ino_t ino; @@ -1122,8 +1124,8 @@ static int inode_scan_and_fix(ext2_filsys fs) * Do we need to fix this ?? */ - if (inode.i_file_acl) { - + if (inode.i_file_acl && + ext2fs_test_block_bitmap(bmap, inode.i_file_acl)) { blk = transalate_block(inode.i_file_acl); if (!blk) continue; @@ -1142,9 +1144,8 @@ static int inode_scan_and_fix(ext2_filsys fs) if (!ext2fs_inode_has_valid_blocks(&inode)) continue; - retval = ext2fs_block_iterate2(fs, ino, 0, - block_buf, process_block, - 0); + retval = ext2fs_block_iterate2(fs, ino, 0, block_buf, + process_block, bmap); if (retval) goto err_out; @@ -1344,7 +1345,7 @@ static int resize_inode(ext2_filsys fs, unsigned long new_size) if (retval) goto err_out; - retval = inode_scan_and_fix(fs); + retval = inode_scan_and_fix(fs, bmap); if (retval) goto err_out;


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Hello! I hope your week has started off wonderfully! For today's Tuesday tutorial, I thought we would make a super easy, handmade journal. The base of this album is those little chipboard "albums" you can find in the Michael's dollar section. They usually contain around 4 pieces of heavy chipboard for $1. I just grabbed two out of that package for my front and back book covers.
1. Gather some supplies. You'll need the chipboard covers, some lace scraps, an antique cabinet card, watercolor paper, (or any variety of papers) a heavy duty hole punch, a good adhesive, any other items you would like to use..
2. I simply covered the front cover of my album with a pretty lace.
3. The chipboard books from Michael's have one hole punched in them, but I did not like the placement of the hole, and preferred 2 holes so after the lace was in place I punched new holes in the chipboard. The lace covers the other hole, so you won't see it. Now, I have (and love) a vintage hole punch and it punches through just about anything I have ever tried with it. (Even bookboard!--like I said, I love this thing) You can take a look on etsy for one of those, I've seen them for less than $15. If you don't have that, you'll need something that will punch through heavy materials. Like a cropodile, or something like that...
4. Line up and punch holes in your back cover, and your cabinet card. Then I simply cut several pages of watercolor paper to fit in the book and punched the appropriate holes in those as well.
Next, using a strong adhesive (I used my favorite "go to" glue, The Ultimate glue) adhere the cabinet card to the chipboard cover, making sure your holes are lined up properly. I then decided to add a bit more vintage lace.
Now, I wanted to make a little embellished pocket for my book. Sometimes when I am out junking I find these wonderful little crochet coaster type things. They were meant to go over a glass on the bottom and work as a coaster. I think they're so sweet and make the perfect little pocket. I just embellished it with a bit of vintage trim, an old silk button, and a vintage calling card. I love collecting the calling cards to use in my books to give the old photos a name. :) If you don't have something like this, just look through your stash and see what you can use as a pocket.
Then I just adhered the embellished "pocket" to the cabinet card and slipped in a sweet little paper and silk flower a friend made for me. You could also slip in a little note, a flash card, or some other embellishment.
To add some interest to my journal pages, and to add some extra pages, I just grabbed some washi tape a scalloped note card and made a flip page. Just add washi tape to the inside and outside edge of the watercolor paper. You can also create a pocket page by folding one of your pages and taping the sides closed.
I finished off my book by threading a vintage piece of silk through all of the holes and tying a pretty bow. When I want to work in my book I can just loosen the silk bow, or even untie the book all together. You could also use rings, or any other type of ribbon to close your book. That's it, easy peasy.
Have any questions? Leave me a comment or send me an email and I'll be happy to help.
And, guess what, I was able to add a couple of kits for this book to the shop. (only a couple though, sorry!)
Thanks for joining me on another Tuesday project. I love doing this, it challenges me to do something at least once a week.
Back soon! Cerri xoxo