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A summary report, Tracking a Decade's Progress: Summary Data for Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 (PDF, 636 KB) was released in January 2012, based on the data in this tracking system. Its purpose is to contribute to an assessment of progress made on the HW2010 implementation objectives during the 2000-2010 decade.
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010: A Partnership Plan to Improve the Health of the Public was the Wisconsin state health plan for the decade 2000-2010. The state health plan and its detailed implementation plan were developed in a collaborative process involving many partners across Wisconsin.
This page provides access to state-level data on indicators that track progress toward meeting many of the 2010 objectives. Indicators were developed in the Department of Health Services based on the availability of state-level data to measure a given objective.*
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text: Jun 04, 2019 Watching and Waiting for the Expansion of the Medicinal Marijuana Program in New Jersey It comes as no surprise that New Jersey is moving forward in expanding the medicinal marijuana program. Since Gov. Murphy took office less than a year and-a-half ago, the number of patients enrolled in the program has almost tripled, and the qualifying conditions have significantly expanded, with the latest condition — opioid use disorder –being added in January 2019.» Read More


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Keya Tama is a South African street artist and illustrator. Keya Tama is a 19-year-old South African street artist living in Los Angeles who has been producing murals and participating in exhibitions around the world since the age of thirteen. He is the son of celebrated street artist Faith 47 and influential tattoo artist Tyler B. Murphy. He is a multitalented artist simultaneously producing music, filming, animating, and painting walls.
"A lot of what I tried to capture the the intentionally reductive in shape yet detailed tattoos on many of the characters was a sense of trying to put all of a person and the consciousness of the inscriber into a simplistic symbolic image. The idea of boiling a symbol down to is finest parts has been a great proponent of my work ever since I went to the catacombs and witnessed grave sites in which the families of the deceased appointed one of the family members to inspire a series of symbols onto stone that best captured the nature and feeling of that person. Ever since then I have been fascinated with the rawness and honesty carried in the lines and patterns of ancient and new cultures. The sayings I chose to accompany the symbols I chose from countries I found to have the richest and sharpest beauty to there uses of language. I found only a few phrases that I felt suited the show after looking through thousands. For me the work I want to create is one where nothing is assumed and everything has a new story upon closer inspection."
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iSculpture Art Gallery – San Gimignano & Casole d'Elsa is proud to announce
Ivan Lardschneider: A Child's Play
Site Specific Installation: Hotel Castello di Casole | June 14 – June 28, 2014
Solo Exhibition: iSculpture Art Gallery San Gimignano | June 15 – June 28, 2014
iSculpture Art Gallery is proud to announce the Solo Exhibition A Child's Play by Ivan Lardschneider. Simultaneously, the site specific installation "A Fallen Angel on Earth" will be displayed at the Hotel Castello di Casole.
Ivan Lardschneider, a young sculptor, has shown his works in various events, in and out European borders. Rhode Island, Miami, Berlin and Paris are among his latest exhibiting locations, beneath his attendance to the 54° Biennale di Venezia. This is time for Tuscany, between San Gimignano and Casole d'Elsa. This is going to be the setting chosen to present his latest works and the catalogue "A Child's Play", edited by Vanilla Edizioni.
As the first apprentice of Aron Demetz, he started his career on the figurative path so clearly preferred by Walpoth and then turned to his original and recognizable style. Linden wood is his medium, the same of the Gardenese tradition, the one used for the religious sculptures in our churches, rediscovered with a new and unique artistic syntax. Telling about his works means to have the privilege to go back to that childhood and candid condition, simple and uncontaminated that taught us to call things with their names, to transcend the constructed language e to make it pure again. Lardschneider allows us to return to the primordial sense of this communication because he uses a simple and intuitive language. His figure is linear and absolute, is each one of us and it needs no more than our daily gestures.
The high point of his new production is "A Fallen Angel on Earth", exhibited in the wonderful setting of the Castello di Casole (Siena), where Ivan's typical character becomes an Angel precipitated among us. Our cultural and religious superstructures lead us to think that his exile is a form of punishment. But, and this is where Ivan's works intensity plays, we have to annul our knowledge, free our mind to look at his works with the eyes of a child, immune to prejudice.
Opening at Hotel Castello di Casole (SI): Saturday, June 14 at 6 p.m.
Opening of the Solo Exhibition at iSculpture Gallery San Gimignano: Sunday, June 15 at 6 p.m.
Ivan Lardschneider:
Born in Val Gardena in 1976. He exhibits since 2005 and his works are today at the Ladin Museum and in art galleries in Paris, Saint Paul de Vence, Rome, Milan, Miami, Berlin and India. He took part to the 53° Biennale di Venezia with a collateral project of LILA. In 2011 he attended the 54° Biennale di Venezia. In 2010 he was invited to show his works in the itinerant group show "Dadaunpop" that touched Mumbay, Calcuttael and New Delhi, curated by Igor Zanti.
About iSculpture Gallery:
iSculpture was established in 2012 by Francesca Cundari and Patrick Pii, with the aim to promote both young and successful Italian sculptors. Our attention is mostly focused on the research of the new borders of the Italian figurative arts.
Updated in taste and in the concept of "beauty", sculpture is perhaps the most complete art kind, in which matter and shape come together in a continuous challenge to renewal, without ever leaving a constant acquisition of consolidated parameters relating to balance and know-how. The works of our selected artists represent a significant example of contemporary Italian sculptural production in the field of ceramics, bronze, alabaster, wood, marble and iron.
Tradition and modernity merge together in the 14th century architecture and the renovation works, facilitating a timeless dialogue between the art works and the spectator. Its first location in San Gimignano, is today joined by a further exhibiting space in Casole d'Elsa (SI), at the border between the provinces of Siena and Pisa, crossed by international cultural and artistic fervors since many years ago.
About The Castello di Casole:
Castello di Casole, one of the largest private estates in Italy, is located in heart of Tuscany, near the beautiful cities of Florence, Siena and San Gimignano. The castle's rich history dates back to the end of the 10th century, when it was built and christened Querceto Manor. Querceto Manor often hosted the political exiles of nearby Siena until it fell into decline starting in the 15th century. Owned and reconstructed during the 19th and 20th centuries by the Bargagli family of Siena – esteemed local aristocracy – the castle rose to a prominent position in the region, as the surrounding estate was a leading agricultural producer with 31 farms on 2200 acres. During the late 20th century the Castello was owned by prominent Italian film director Luchino Visconti, who entertained European and Hollywood luminaries throughout the estate. For the Timbers Resorts, owner of the estate, has always been a priority to preserve the rich history of Tuscany and the constant cultural promotion of the "Made in Italy". Among the expressions of this desire is part of the program of events and exhibitions in collaboration with iSculpture Gallery in San Gimignano.
About Vanilla Edizioni:
Vanillaedizioni is the publisher point of reference for art professionals, culture and design. Young, dynamic, always attentive to the changing needs of readers and customers, vanillaedizioni is distinguished by the quality of the content and its active presence in the market.
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The concept of Internet utilities intrigues me. Increasingly, I've been living it for the last three or four years, but hadn't heard the term until last December when I read The Big Switch, a new book by Nicholas Carr. [My review.]
The concept is simple. The mundane computer stuff you have been buying and maintaining locally (i.e. software, upgrades, data backups, etc.) could be farmed out to remote services on the Internet thereby freeing you to create, process, and save.
I don't have a separately purchased word processor on my laptop, for instance. I use Google documents and now Buzzword, too. They do almost everything I ask. For free. And the documents saved online are available anywhere I go. I seldom fuss with syncing copies or loading files to a traveling memory stick. A spare drive is handy at times but seldom crucial.
No email is stored on my machine. For about $25 a year I store most of my photos on Flickr. Not all are public, but all are accessible. I can pull images from my stockpile and use them in blogs and elsewhere. I use desktop photo and video editing software now, but I'm starting to fiddle with online photo editors, too. I use my laptop more than ever, but it holds little more than music and document drafts anymore.
In short, Internet utilities provide the applications, the functions, the storage, and the access for me. They also handle the endless upgrades and bug fixes.
In his book, Carr compared the advent of this era with the dawn of electrical utilities. Factories in the 19th century used to generate their own power. It was part of their business. If you made textiles, you built a mill on a river and ran your looms with belts set spinning by your waterwheel. If you needed steam power, you created it. Eventually, electrical utilities took on the power hassles. They could efficiently generate electricity off-site and supply it to subscribers. Businesses went back to what they were good at and let the utilities fuss with building power grids and transmission systems.
Internet utilities are starting to do the same. IT departments that occupy large portions of every organization might be increasingly freed from the hassles of upgrading hundreds of machines with each new software version or bug fix. Data backups could be automated and off-site. Scalable utility services could probably handle fluctuations in use and storage needs, too. Local IT would still need to handle hardware, troubleshooting, consulting, and parameter settings, but many of the tedious maintenance tasks could be handled by subscription.
Many services are free (or low cost) to individuals now. Organizations with much greater needs would pay more for such services but utilities will likely be more efficient and less expensive than current in-house operations. Many smaller libraries already subscribe to Internet services such as workstation management and catalog support.
Don't get me wrong: It's not all rosy. A slew of thoughts came to mind reading up on the subject. Issues relating to our data's security [Is it backed up? How often? At different locations? How strong are the firewalls?], availability [How reliable is it? How fast is it? Can the bandwidth handle it? How often might it go down?], privacy [Whose property is it? Can others see it? Can the utility mine it for data? How much tinkering can we do with the parameters?] and permanence [If we delete something, is it really gone?] need to be addressed before any sane organization buys into the idea completely.
These concerns are real, but the concept of Internet utilities seems more a matter of when than if.


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The Human Resources Division determines staffing needs and recruits, assigns, trains, and transfers District staff as needed. The division also oversees union contract negotiation teams. Staff in this division will accept your job applications, answer questions regarding employment, schedule work-related testing, and assist with the interview process.
Human Resources Staff
Julie Bennett
Personnel Technician II
(408) 423-2208 | firstname.lastname@example.com
- Hourly and summer school postings, interviews, and hiring
- Middle and high school athletics and music/performance group coaches
- Volunteers
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- Mandated training, Keenan SafeSchools, TB test records
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- Fingerprint volunteers, hourly, and classified
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District Office Receptionist
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- Greet, sign in, and direct visitors
- Answer incoming calls and sort department mail
- Update Human Resource webpages
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- Processes certificated and management new hires
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Kevin Keegan
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Human Resources
(408) 423-2014
David Torres
Human Resources Director
(408) 423-2017
Nora Dipko
Certificated Administrative Secretary
(408) 423-2015
- Secretary to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources
- Certificated and management position postings, interviews, hiring, evaluation
- Leaves of Absences, Resignations, Retirements, Transfer Request, and the Reduced Workload Program
Kathleen Perez
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- Secretary to the Director of Human Resources
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Fadhil M. Najib, & Arian Rafiq
College of Science , University of Sulaimani
A home-made design flow-injection system has been described in a previous work. This system has been applied in the present work fo r the determination of total iron using the reagent 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (3,4-DHBA). Optimization of all conditions were as follows: λmax 440 nm., pH of the carrier stream(C.S) 8.8 and its flow rate with the reagent 1.1 ml.min-1, reagent concentration 0.001M and the Manifold length was 60cm. Optimum, linear range of the calibration curve plotted by the method of Least Square with any one of the two equations Y=a+bX or Y=bX; including zero (the blank reading) as one of the standards, was between 0 - 8ppm. total Iron. The accuracy of the method was measured by calculating percentage recovery of 10 μg Iron (II+III) added to samples of Iron-Drugs after dissolution with 0.1 MHCl. The error did not exceed 5% with Coefficient of Variation between 2.5 - 3.3% Paired Comparison by t-test between two calibration curves showed no significant difference at 95% confidence limit.
1- J. Ruzicka and E.H.Hansen, Anal. Chim. Acta, (1975) 78, 145.
2- F.M.Najib, Iraqi Journal of Chemistry, (1995) 20(1), 138.
3- G. Y. Matti, F.M.Najib and M.A. Muhsen, Sent for Publication.
4- S. Kozuka, K.Saito, K.Oguma and R.Kuroda; Analyst (1990), 115, 431.
5- Y. Kanai; Analyst (1990), 115, 809.
6- D.C. Goswami and H. Kalita; Analytical Abstracts (1990), 52, 1H47.
7- Z. Li and Q.Xu; Analytical Abstracts (1990), 52,3B97.
8- F.M. Najib, This Journal.
9- G.H.Jeffery, J. Bassett, J.Mendham and R.C.Donney; Vogel's Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis (1989), 5th Edition, page 457.
10- R. Caulcutt and R. Boddy; Statistics for Analytial Chemists (1989) Chapman and Hall Chapter 7.


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The Big Reveal…or Super-Secret Quilt-top is here…
December 30, 2016
There is knitting, too, I promise….
Allow me to pour us a beverage and explain. I'm having wine, what will you have?
After my nap, I sewed and then sewed some more, then I ripped out some stitches of misplaced hexies, and went back to sewing them in the right place…darned hexies. I was also sent home disgustingly early on Christmas Eve which left my bank account weeping a bit more than expected this year. The snow arrived early this year, which is better than late, when you are not driving home in it too early on Friday night as well….Alas, let's get back to the sewing I went right back to with the extra time I now had on my hands. I still had tweaks to sew, hexies to place and part of a border to attach….as well as a letter to type and print which would be delivered explaining the quilt top.
Jamie…wondering what he might do with a planetarium (it's science, he'll be fine…).
Where's the super-secret quilt top? What a great question, I'll get right on that. About 4AM Christmas morning, I put the quilt top in a huge box with some batting choices, the letter and a small, wrapped package of chocolate and popcorn. The child shouldn't walk away empty handed,after all. As my dear niece, Jessica, worked to undo all my pretty 4AM wrapping, she guessed there was a dress in the box. Unless it was a ball gown replica (one I'd shown her back in October), it wouldn't have needed such a large box. It was a good guess on her part, and perhaps success on my part. (I have sewn her dresses before, mostly when she was younger). Once she got the box opened and began to lift the quilt out, I had my sister in law step in and assist with the unveiling and handed Jessica my camera. Forgive the photo, I often forget to direct when I'm not behind the camera. Besides, most of my subjects are cats, dogs, and yarn…they have ears only for food, and the yarn, doesn't listen at all, much like the cats.
The reveal….there's more to go….but here's what I've been working on forever….or the last three years…if that isn't loving someone more, I don't know what is;-).
That being said, the quilt top is still a wee bit unfinished and my dear Dad was the first to point out the holes left in the quilt top. (I wanted to shout, "You should have seen them yesterday!" I didn't, I was good.) He suggested the holes were arm-holes…you see them…clever, but not quite. I'm quite aware I have more work to do. But once it was unveiled, and I returned to work Monday to double my normal hours this week, including an extra Tuesday, I decided it was now okay to take a slight break from the quilt top. Besides, there is still more to update.
Said quilt top…Spindly legs, and all…spindly term courtesy of Jessica…
I also presented the cable socks to Lizzie(the younger niece), that I'd been working on for much of fall semester. I promised feet photos and forgot them. I'm torn between you have to wait until my pair is done or I'll have her pose her feet next time…then we have to figure out the best way to photograph someone else's feet….
Future footwork…(it's not as if I have three or more of these irons in the fire;-))…
I also meant to unveil mittens to my dad. They did not get finished, not even the first one. Hence why I was on the naughty bench all week, in addition to the quilt top–'When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better." –Mae West.
Where the mitts are this week….(they didn't fit…). I'm glad I got the "alternate" gift…perhaps one day, I or Lizzie will love them;-)….
Luckily, I'd received a generous surprise gift card and snuck off the the J-store (Jo-Ann Fabrics) to purchase some last minute gifts….(yes, I know better). While dear James' journal came in before the big day, he still appreciated the simple hard-cover journal of a similar size I procured for him which may travel better.
The journals….his is much better–the leather one on the right, but mine travels easier….
Then I presented my dad with his "alternative" gift, a simple Star Wars calendar. I proceeded to test his reaction to the wool I was using by thrusting the entire skein into his hand. If it made him itch, I'd have a positive and he could wash the itch off quickly. I showed him the right mitt and had him try it on. Turns out, it's better suited for my hand than his, which I feared. He was not fully aware of the mittens, so this gift was not an entire bust, thankfully. I might be able to get off the naughty bench for this year. I'll be sure to join you ladies (and perhaps some gentlemen) right back there next year!
Bubble gum filled Naughty socks….the Nice sock was hidden in the bottom of the snowman….
Now that the big reveals are done and my nephew enjoyed his bubblegum filled socks… presented naughty one first (because the kids really are a chip off the old aunt block….don't tell them I admitted to anything near old, but the block is old!), I've considered reflecting on the past year, but with all the deaths of legends, whether the returned home as the K theory in Men In Black suggests or they are simply gone, we're begging for a kindler, gentler 2017, and thinking of sending 2016 off with a big bang…or one heck of a salute. It won't matter to me, unless the big bang is in the gaming hell where I will hopefully be dealing a Carnival game rather than Black Jack.
My happy break from work(except when I'm talking knitting with a Georgian(U.S.) knitter working on a Detroit Lions cowl before a tournament she attends once a year;-). (Squee moment from work).
Enough about work…there's a reason Londoners, or Englishmen, in historical novels call it a gaming hell, and I'm not really done being naughty, and therefore am absolutely not prepared for reflection…February will be cold enough for that…. Plus, I've picked up some "shelved" projects and had others thrust upon me or requested.
The other side of the socks….I still love this color.
Dear James had to fill my stocking after all, and when he got home from his last minute traditional shopping trip to my local yarn store, he reminded me that I'm expensive and told me he got me a new project…well, the yarn for it anyways….
Dear James told me I didn't have a matching scarf, hat and mittens…half acrylic…Now I'm left searching for a matching pattern….any suggestions?
Reveal of the second sock for the kid willing to wear my Naughty or Nice stocking hat…;-)
From Naughty Bench to Nap Time…
December 23, 2016
No, I didn't throw a huge fit on the naughty bench, not yet anyway. I actually enjoyed my knitting/quilting time there… Allow me to explain.
There is this beast of a quilt…it's semi-secret and only twin size, but it's an original design that's mostly hand-sewn and three years in the works. Since three years is long enough and there will be a great reveal next week, I haven't knit but two rows this week, and I had to rip one of them out…two steps forward, one step back, right?
So, I've spent all of my spare time sewing this quilt and creating the border and getting the quilt top in place…And I need more hexies! And I need another hexy! And I need another inch or two here. I've discovered I'm a creative designer with tons of love and a boyfriend who scales back my eye for color, thank goodness. I must give him credit in the letter I'm yet to write and print off…because I'm also all about tough quilt love. I promise. If it is to become a dog bed, it will be returned. If it is found on the floor, it gets one opportunity to be picked up or it will be returned. I can find another tweak it needs(as it still needs some tweaking) and store it in my closet or hang it on a wall.
Lizzie's "Masterpiece" #1…Yes, she worked on two of them…
Don't get me wrong. It's meant to be used and loved, but with respect–and more than one would give a blanket. It's also under contract, as I have to show it at shows and retreats. But the top is nearly done and my fingers might be a touch sore, though I sewed my own leather thimble and discovered I love this thing. I decided I'm gifting it as is for Christmas and allowing the recipient some say in the batting and backing, as well as the quilting. I'm certain (and hopeful) that she will be quite surprised.
If you look closely, you can make out Stars…the top row says "made of"
I also plan to finish the damn mittens that I'm still halfway through the one hand of…(I really expected to achieve full Wonder Woman status this week and get to halfway through the second mitten). But I only received a $25.00 gift card to the J-store (Jo-ann Fabrics, for those not in the know)….that helped obtain some Christmas gifts at the last minute(both on sale as well).
The finished gingerbread square created by Jessica and myself…such a cute courtyard for the love kisses(they were the last two, and I left them for my niece).
But I also had to test my wonder woman status this week and work on Gingerbread houses with my sister-in-law, nieces, and Little: Mariah. It was a good night, and I kept my youngest niece overnight and then made Magic Bars and No-bake cookies with Lizzie–which leads to nap time.
The other side of the mittens that did not knit themselves this week…
My brain hasn't registered my schedule much of this week, I was up at 8AM on Wednesday and 6:45 AM on Thursday. AGGHHHH! I'm normally not up before noon, and noon is early. I still work overnights. I've worked through most of it, but I needed a nap (which I don't normally do) mid-day to work around getting up over five hours early, perhaps six full hours early. I don't even have class this week. Alas, it's not helping the knitting and I'm not going to knit as much when I'm ready to fall asleep…. I can sew better tired, so long as I'm not on the machine, and double checking my work.
There may be some more knitting tonight…I've accomplished two more rows for a total of three this week, however…I still have hexies to create and stitch in, as well as a border to assemble…and now real life must intervene and call me back to work for the weekend….alas….wish me luck. Next week, there will be a reveal…
Wondering…With Pride
May 13, 2016
Where to begin: with the Pride Moment: Grades are in…dun, dun, dun…This girl got a 4.0, in all of her classes. That's not all. I worked for it. I worked part-time. I picked up a second job. I attended a quilt retreat, and knit a sock and most of another. Now, I only took 9 credits or ¾ time for the academic world. (But I couldn't have done it all if I'd done any of it full-time. But raise a glass (mine was Chianti) to the smart girl who won't shut up about her knitting.
Scamp, helping Mama knit her sock…or distracting me for attention…
Now we get into the wondering part. As I knit the second sock of this set, I wondered about the sock. Will it be long enough? Will it fit? I'm not used to knitting on this small of a needle. I'm using ones instead of twos. I have seventy-six stitches though…I should be okay. I even have a photo of the first sock on my foot…it looks fine. (You'll just have to take my word for it;-)…till next week, hopefully). Or search through my late February, early March blogs…
Current progress on the socks made of Christmas Yarn….
Then I got out the pattern to make sure I was done with the cable repeats…it looks as though I am. It's even close in length to the other…see? And I read on, and I have notes to decrease two stitches twice in the next four rows. What? Why? I'll have to review each of my blogs and see if I mentioned the decreases. I hope I did. Perhaps I was aiming to get at a smaller number to decrease for math reasons. Remind me to answer this mystery for you next week, won't you?
Previously, when these two socks were near the same completion rate…
The other half of the wondering equation involves the gray sock. I looked at it last week and re-tried it on, or perhaps it was after I tried it on James' big foot. Set down the beverage while I defend myself. His feet are still bigger than mine–there's more of him to balance. Okay, I'll let you have another sip for a moment. I tried the sock on me, and it was too loose. I knew this was happening. I've been warned, but I'm going to forge on anyways. I don't think I can get more yarn in these colorways, and I don't think there's going to be enough for three socks, especially if one of them is too big. I'll have to hope for the best. But you'll get to see where I went from this:
Briannag helping me model the slouchy sock. (And it was slouchy…see all that extra room?)
To this:
Pretty close to where I unraveled it to…it was almost therapeutic, as I knew I would knit something better with it. Same pattern, just a better fit.
It wasn't as hard as I thought. Though there was much winding of wonky yarn. Now, there will simply be more knitting, with hopefully a simpler pattern to travel with me for between class and work or days there's nothing else to do. They do creep up in June, well, a couple of them. I'm doing my best to fill them with visits to aunts and a couple of birthday parties and some quilting and knitting. I'm never not busy for long…and then I let myself get lost in silly games that make me say bad words. I'll stick to the knitting for that, as I have something to show for it in the end. P.S. I shouldn't mention this now, but I'm finishing these socks. I got this yarn this Christmas, this may be the fastest I've knit a pair of socks in some time;-). Until next week–Happy Knitting, my friends, and may your yarn be knot free and your knitting tink free.
Are My Socks Too Small?
January 15, 2016
Confession time: I switched needle sizes…quite by accident. However, I'm a bit concerned that seventy-six stitches of simple, elastically ribbed cable knit socks will not be enough. I attempted to try the socks on my left foot, and dropped a stitch as the needles tried to stretch over my ankle/heel area. I thought of a photo, but I couldn't see anything good coming of this. You may have to rely on your imagination for this.
Squib helping me knit…with the smaller needles…
I will admit, I've made good progress on this sock. I will likely know shortly if this sock is really too tight. I've made some minor adjustments to fit my wider foot, but I'm not sure if it will be enough. Then I'm faced with the knitter's dilemma…do I rip out the sock and re-knit it to make it the right size? Or, do I make the second sock the same, gift them to my niece with some minion stuff for her birthday and buy another large skein of the dark purple painted yarn to knit another pair?
Squib getting cozy as I finished up the cable-work repeat this evening…
It sounds a little on the devious side, but I will tell dear James what happened, and he will get a good laugh if I end up knitting two pair of these socks…or perhaps I'll pick the pattern he suggested next with the size 2 needles instead of size 1. In the meantime, I'll be buying some new yarn to add to the stash this week(for socks in my colors one day, that match another sweater and shirt…perchance to dream) and I will likely be buying some yellow sock yarn to work with the blue I have, hoping the blue is enough or I can find more of the same dye lot…to make my niece a minion hat for her birthday. I think she will enjoy this.
Current progress on the smaller sock…
I bought it this evening, planning to make this for her. You can find the pattern here:
I chose this pattern for the ear flaps. It looks like I will be learning to crochet in the near future…or I will email this eye pattern to my sister-in-law and ask for her help in completing this hat. I did see a pair of fingerless gloves, and might try to make her a set, but I haven't decided, and with studies I do not know if there will be time for it as well, or if that will become part of next year's Christmas gifts.
That shall be all for this week. Please forgive the choppiness of this post, if you notice it. I am running on nights of up to four hours sleep for over half of this week, due to starting classes way too early in the afternoon…However, my shift has been switched to a bit earlier, so I hope getting to class will get easier in the near future… Current progress-side view on the sock, perhaps I can make them work on my feet after all…
There's Something About January…
January 8, 2016
…perhaps it's the energy of expectations for a new year; perhaps it's all that time spent inside drinking hot tea to soothe your cranky throat. Oh, heck with it, by the time I get to writing down the blog, I'm on to the wine. This is especially true if I'm taking on all that I can handle and more.
I'm going back to school, hopefully for an accounting degree-but that's another story. I've started a new, slightly complicated knitting project, and I still have to sew down the underbelly of a mama horse. The horse will come, and is much easier than it sounds, but it's not crossed off so it's still on the list of things I haven't done today. Part of me wants to be done.
Knit 1, Purl 1 rib stitch…I forgot to complain about this. The longest consistent stitch in this pattern is knit 5. Focus, focus, focus…(what a girl gets for desiring a challenge…) Knot socks by Nancy Bush in Sock Knitting: Master Class by Ann Budd
I've started studying for classes and hope some of the classes go better than the books promise. I've become quite the book critic since I've returned to college. I have a How to Study class I have to take due to extenuating circumstances and misunderstandings. It's partly my own fault, but I don't like one of the books and feel as if I needed this as well as "How to apply for Scholarships" as an English requirement in my junior year of high school. Alas, that could be another blog, but I should get back to studying before I attempt any more.
The purple yarn, that is one or two shades above black…it is knitting up pretty, but I need new glasses soon…
Allow me to segue to the knitting we came here to discuss. I got this pretty purple and brown and blue yarn that is one shade above black from Dear James for Christmas. One day, I will train him to buy the yarn I want. I do not want to take all the mystery out of it and make him a list, however. I told the shop owner I trust him. I foolishly thought he was paying attention as he wandered through the shop asking questions about sweater yarn while I was shopping the sock yarn. I also suggested it should match one of my sweaters/shirts I wear often. (I'd better pay more attention to what I wear between Thanksgiving and Christmas next year.) I've offered to teach this man to knit many times this Christmas season (fortunately, he hasn't taken me up on it yet).
So, I got out the beautiful, purple(not black) yarn, and began to pick out a pattern for it. I was hoping for openwork, but couldn't find the right one for this yarn, and decided on cabling. Perhaps if I make a pair of socks it has to be really cold to wear, he'll consider buying me pastels next year. A girl can dream, right?
(*Ack..horrid photo)…In Dear James' defense, he did try to match a turtleneck I wear frequently.
Right, got it. Make the list or give him a sweater to take with him, maybe even the outfit. Better yet, my new year's pay is in next week, I'm making a stop at the yarn shop. Okay, that's settled. So, we're down to a couple of patterns and I choose the one I think is prettier. I've found a wee problem with the pretty patterns. There's nothing vanilla about them and classes start Tuesday for me.
7 inches…to be or not to be…enough…here goes hours of knitting time;-)
I've made good progress and have knit a repeat each night this week, before I go back to school and studies take over my nights. I didn't even stop for photos until I got to the heel flap. Yes, I made it to the heel flap. I work the next two nights and will focus on the sewing as it's far easier to walk away from at work. I may get some more knit Sunday or Monday night, but I hope I haven't hit a major snafu. When I got to the heel flap, the pattern tells me I should be at 8 ½ inches. I'm at 7 inches. I'm hoping my 76 stitches are enough to go around my foot when I'm done with this sock.
Vanilla Latte socks that would be easy to knit between classes;-)
Part of me wants to check the gauge and is debating starting over(I'd only be ripping out a few thousand stitches and finding bigger needles). Part of me wants to cast on the black yarn (okay, you can laugh at me now) for a pair of Vanilla Latte socks I can do from memory to create a second pair of work socks big enough for comfort and gift the ruffled black-hearted socks to my niece for band concerts. Part of me wonders if I've totally gone bonkers. Then I reach for my wine and decide to figure it out later. Though I've noted the vanilla latte socks just might travel well for in-between class in case I'm ever caught up on my school work…or my brain refuses to function in a studying capacity.
Also, I did receive the knitter's graph paper journal from: http://www.fringesupplyco.com/product/knitters-graph-paper-journal (where I purchased it) or the designer's website: http://rowanmorrison.com/products/knitters-graph-paper-journal
I'm slightly disappointed that it is soft cover, but it is a good cardstock soft cover. I'd like a hard cover option, as I'm not gentle on many things. I like the information presented, especially as I sometimes have to educate a non-knitter on knitting information. I believe I like the paper, but I have not put it to the test yet as I have an idea for a design, but it is still percolating, and I didn't want to rip out my pretty(not black) Christmas stocking yarn three or four times as I tried to make open work butterflies work on socks. I may sneak it in my bag with some colored pencils and doodle one day when my brain refuses to accept any further knowledge. I will keep you updated.
To Peek Or Not to Peek…
December 25, 2015
…just might be the question of the night;-)
The Christmas gifts are mostly wrapped and done. I have one more to finish and wrap, but it involves paint and shellac(the spray kind), and it will be done in time. I may have to thank my brother and sister-in-law for moving our Christmas family gathering this year. I had less craziness involved in completing the gifts. I'm much happier with them when I can look at it and say, "This is closer to what I wanted." I really wanted perfection, but that would require months, not weeks….
The Christmas tree is getting full of gifts…there's a couple more to go under it, and perhaps next week I can show you my creations.
Alas, they are getting done and mostly wrapped, and the gift pile beneath my tree is growing. I'm not sure how I'm going to fit some of these gifts beneath it until I get to deliver them. Then the directing may begin. Though it would be fun to see this gift I can't fully explain opened both ways. I may just let the teen figure it out for himself. He'll have his own ideas anyways.
Scamp is convinced these are her toys…
And the nieces are set up to be opened how they wish. Now, if I could just find the treats meant to go with them. I have the candy canes, but I got some other items and am not sure where I put them…I may have another search on my hands. In the meantime, this is a knitting blog…
Scamp likes to play with the ribbon before she peeks…
But my needles are all naked right now, and I want to cast on and start a new black (shh…don't tell dear James) sock that fits better, and I might still tonight. But then I have to get some knitting graph paper and design an arm sock set for a friend of a friend. This could get interesting. I was impressed my knitting journeys took me to fair isle. I didn't expect them to take me to custom arm sock design. This could get interesting. Now to figure out which journal I need. I promise, you will hear about whether I like it or not. I picked out this one: http://www.fringesupplyco.com/product/knitters-graph-paper-journal
I hope I didn't ruin a Christmas gift, but I suspect he bought me yarn and he said something was a set and I could get the rest of it after Christmas…it's curious, because he tells me it's not needles. I know where it is, I could check the packages. It's tempting, but I won't. It's not that I don't enjoy being naughty, I just learned many years ago that I don't like ruining the surprise.
Scamp and Squib Inspecting the gifts, and their box…
When I was ten, (please forgive me if I've told this story before), my little brother woke me quietly at 2AM. We snuck down the stairs, and peeked at the Christmas gifts, which were only covered with a blanket. My brother woke me to help because I had a knack for putting things back exactly the way they were. So, we peeked, and I found mine and looked. It was fun, and made a great story about what I did on Christmas vacation. And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling teacher, Mr. Sauve(Saw-vey, not shampoo). He kept our essays, and returned them to our parents at conferences in February.
Squib is pro-peeking…
I was mad at him for a month. We didn't get into too much trouble, but our cover was blown, because it made a better story than I watched tv, fought with my brothers and waited for school to start back up where the rules were consistent and we frequently busy, except when I finished my classwork before everyone else, except for writing. I would have written all day if they'd let me. Alas, the stocking soon took over for my favorite tradition, and I remember having to "act surprised" at my gifts, though I already knew what they were. After that, I decided just to wait and see what the gifts were. That way, I wouldn't get anymore essays returned to my parents that I didn't ever want them to see or know about. (Though it does make for a fun story now. At least I think so).
Christmas Gift Ideas and Mindless Knitting (Well, one might think so…)
November 13, 2015
This week, I've been nearly as exhausted as last week. I still got knitting done, and I made a 2+ hour drive to take my Aunt Maryal to visit my Aunt Jane. It was a perfect day to wake early and drive to get some heart-warming dinner at Bob Evans. We had a good visit and got to chat and catch up. Since I don't spend many day-time hours awake, I enjoyed the evening visit.
Squib, helping me knit…
Now, about the knitting…I did get some done, and with fewer errors than last week, thankfully. I was much more careful about knitting when tired. I can work on the quilt or the jeans when tired. I finally got around to starting to update my jeans in the hopes of keeping them around longer…and a floral patch deserves some embroidery, right? Only, I'm not a huge fan of embroidery. I suspect crochet vines and flowers would be faster, but I do not know how to crochet. Instead, I'm embroidering. I will simply make some time for it each night, and listen to Dear James pout that his fix wasn't good enough. I suppose I should tell him I've been planning this embroidery the whole time.
Now, I just have to match some of my shirts;-). Or embroider some shirts to match. This may take some time. I'm not starting an embroidery blog, however. I still have cooking and quilting to focus on. In the meantime, as I do find time for knitting, I ponder the next color I will choose as soon as I begin searching out my next skeins of yarn. I have a favorite shirt in gray and purple paisley on black. I do enjoy this shirt and I thought it would be nice to have more socks that match my shirts. I may be buying some lavender and grey heather style socks soon. I like these colors and I think they'd be nice to knit up. I also think they'd match another favorite sweater.
Putzer, demanding his massage as I knit…
I'm knitting Lizzie's socks as I ponder the colors of the next pair, and as I reach the 7" point, it occurs to me that if I'd followed directions, I'd be halfway done with this sock. Honestly, though, they are going together quite well…and I need to determine which pattern to knit these new socks in. These are the thoughts that go through my mind, when I'm not cursing the pattern or ripping out stitches.
Current Progress on this sock…(almost half-way done with this one…)
It has been a week for ripping out stitches(one of the reasons for the smaller amount of errors). If I catch the errors in that row, I frog (rip-it, rip-it, rip-it…yes, knitters are often punny), back to the errors and re-knit. If I do not catch the errors in that row, there is no true idea of how many rows I screwed up, and I call them angel kisses. Who doesn't like angel kisses?
Maeve, snuggling while I knit…
In the midst of frogging, and a relatively busy social calendar, I decided I also need another project on the needles. There are two reasons for this. I wish to have another Christmas gift knit by Christmas, and I decided it would be great to have something relatively easy or mindless on the needles that only requires me to knit and purl. So, I'm breaking the rules, as my nephew is sixteen and has just begun driving. He didn't want me to knit him anything. However, a car evens the playing field, with some minor issues…
My new yarn…nothing drool worthy, but still better than Red Heart…(see what I mean about mindless;-)? Leave it to me…)


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Scoop Jardine (on right) played in his final game at Syracuse in the Orange's 2012 NCAA Tournament loss to Ohio State. He returned to the court on Saturday for the first time since that game.
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse's loss to Ohio State in the 2012 NCAA Tournament's East Region finals marked the last time Scoop Jardine put on a uniform and played in a meaningful game until Saturday.
Jardine, sidelined for over a year after breaking his foot less than a week prior to the 2012 NBA draft, finally returned to the court on Saturday as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers' squad in the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League.
Jardine, who was just signed to the Cavs' summer squad earlier in the week, played nine minutes in the Cavs' 82-76 loss to the Miami Heat in the Las Vegas Summer League's quarterfinals on Saturday at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center.
Jardine missed all three of his shots, but he did finish with three rebounds and an assist. For someone who hadn't played a game in over a year, Jardine looked good. He moved well, especially with the ball as he showed off an ankle-breaking crossover move.
Jardine's first appearance with Cleveland will also be his last -- at least for the near future. With the loss, the Cavaliers' run is Vegas is over.
Now, Jardine will wait and hope to hear from an NBA team for an invite to training camp. If that falls through, Jardine could continue to prove that he's fully recovered from the injury by playing in the NBA's D-League or head to Europe.
Dion Waiters, Jardine's former Syracuse teammate, did not play in Saturday's game. Neither did fellow second-year player Tyler Zeller or this year's No. 1 overall draft pick Anthony Bennett. Waiters, who was experiencing soreness in his wrist, and Zeller will begin participating in USA Basketball's National Team mini-camp on Monday.


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(August 14, 1932, - February 6, 2007)
Lee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, Chicago, IL) was an American fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels. She was called LeeH and, while married to Larry Shaw, Lee Shaw and LeeH Shaw.
From 1950 to 1953, while living in Savannah, GA, she edited and published the highly-regarded science fiction fanzine, Quandry. In November 1951, she began publication of Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, which has appeared regularly for 55 years. The last issue (she was no longer involved) in 2006 ran 58 pages and won the 2007 Best Fanzine Hugo Award at the Nippon 2007 Worldcon).
Since her initial fanac was exclusively by mail, few fans at first were aware she was actually a woman. (This was an era when women were still a small minority in fandom.) When Walt Willis found out, his first actions were to grab the telephone and call Bob Shaw (Transatlantic!): "Lee Hoffman is a girl!" Bob Tucker's reaction, when he met her at the 1951 NOLAcon was more understated, but still amazement: "I'll be damned!"
In 1956 she won TAFF, but for personal reasons declined to go on the trip. She was a member of FAPA and of the FATE Tape.
She was briefly married to editor Larry Shaw from 1956 to 1958, and she was the assistant editor on the science fiction magazines he edited, Infinity Science Fiction and Science Fiction Adventures. During that same time, she began editing and publishing her folk music publications, Caravan and Gardyloo, which found a readership through Izzy Young's Folklore Center as the folk music scene expanded during the late 1950s. Much later she received nominations for the 1951 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo and the 1951 Best Fan Artist Retro Hugo as well as the 1954 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo. She won the 1987 Rebel Award.
Besides her fanac, she wrote several SF novels, including The Caves of Karst and Telepower.
Hoffman won the Western Writers of America Spur Award for her novel The Valdez Horses (Doubleday, 1967). In Spain, John Sturges directed the 1973 film adaptation, The Valdez Horses/Valdez, il Mezzosangue (aka Chino), starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland. Under the pseudonym Georgia York, she wrote historical romances for Fawcett Books during the years 1979 to 1983.
Lee was Fan Guest of Honor at Chicon 4.
See the festschrift Happy Birthday, LeeH!.
Name: Lee Hoffman
Born: August, 14, 1932, Chicago, IL
Died: February 6, 2007, Port Charlotte, FL
Fanzine Published: Quandry
Issues: 30
Dates: August, 1950 - November, 1953
Notes: Quandry was the focal point fanzine of its period. It was the main venue where Walt Willis wrote and gained his massive influence and popularity. Quandry was so influential that when Hoffman announced that it would no longer be published, Harlan Ellison declared that it was the end of the era of Sixth Fandom and that Seventh Fandom had begun.
Fanzine Published: FanHistory
Issues: 3
Dates: 1956
Note: focused on the history of fandom
Fanzine Published: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly
Issues: 12
Dates: 1951-2006
Notes: Usually published with co-editors
Won the 2007 Best Fanzine Hugo at Nippon 2007 (Worldcon), Yokahama, Japan. Co-edited with Geri Sullivan and Randy Byers
Fanzine Published: Self-Preservation
Issues: 13 (at least)
Dates: Fall, 1961 - September, 1971
Note: Published for the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA). One of many different fanzines Lee published for FAPA.
Other fanzines: Bad Day at Lime Rock, A Fanzine for Ger Steward, Off of the Planet Adventures, Ye Boiffion Boy Birdwatchers Bugle-Blast (with Andy Young, Jean Young and Larry Stark), Fantasy Jackass (with Bob Tucker), Cutty Fapazine (for FAPA).
Conventions chaired: None (Honorary Co-Chairman Tropicon 1-10)
Conventions worked on: Tropicon 1-7
Noteworthy activities: Lee was prominent in many of the mythical (and often funny) stories that develop in fandom. See Savannah/Belfast Axis, Steam, Fort Mudge Steam Calliope Railroad among others.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1951 — Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo and Best Fan Artist Retro Hugo nominee, Past President of the fwa
- 1954 — Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo
- 1967 — Western Writers of America Spur Award
- 1982 — Chicon IV, Tropicon I
- 1987 — DeepSouthCon 25, Rebel Award
- 2007 — Best Fanzine Hugo
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Matthew Pollock, "Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 1: Adam Ruins Pregnancy)" (2017)
Appropriately for a first episode of a new season, the topic covered is having a baby and the popular myths and misconceptions that surround women's fertility, the issue of whether to breast-feed or feed a child formula, and maternal bonding. Emily and her partner are worried that her biological clock is ticking away and before long, she'll hit the 35th-birthday mark which means her ability to conceive will start vanishing. Enter our chatty host Adam Conover who reassures Emily and partner by advising that a woman's ability to fall pregnant after the age of 35 years will actually only fall a few percentage points and that even women in their prime years of fertility (late teens to late 20s) only have a successful pregnancy rate of less than 90%. Conover explains that the notion that reaching 35 years of age means that a woman's ability to fall pregnant will plummet drastically is based on French census data collected from 1670 to 1830!
In a hypothetical scene, when Emily attends a garden party with her newborn child, two women guests start arguing over the breast-feeding versus infant formula issue. Conover brings in an expert who chastises both brawling biddies for their blinkered points of view. Later in the episode, Emily and her partner feel rather depressed that they're not bonding with their baby as much as they believe they should and that caring for a baby turns out to be tedious, often boring and not much fun at all. Again, Conover tells them that maternal bonding is a very recent and uniquely Western concept and that in the past, when infant mortality rates were high, people were actually advised not to become attached to babies.
The news that turning 35 won't hinder conceiving a child will be a relief for many women. Pity though that Conover does not consider why this particular myth is still so widespread in television, print and other media. The agenda behind pushing the idea that having a baby after the age of 35 years is close to impossible may well be sinister: it may be insinuating that young women should set aside their career aspirations and devote their time and energies to having children now rather than later. Likewise, other issues covered in the episode tend to be those on which parents are often harshly judged by their families, friends and peers. Unfortunately the show's format and short running time don't permit Conover to explore why new parents are often subjected to so much subjective criticism from others (plus subtle criticism from popular women's magazines, news media and parents' blogs) on their child-rearing skills to the extent that their relationship with each other and with their child could be strained.
The episode does have its silly moments but on the whole it's easy on the eye and the ear and has a lot of energy thanks to Conover's enthusiasm and clowning antics.


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The Carols of Christmas stamp set has some really cool large image sentiments. I love these, as they make mass producing cards so easy...and the fonts they chose are just perfect!
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The Card Front Builder thinlits were used to create the frame around the card and the die cut ornaments. The frame looks so professional and can be used for virtually any cards.
The stamp set and thinlits can be purchased separately, but are a great choice as a Bundle. They work so perfectly together. They are both in the Holiday Catalog and are not being carried over. They are available till January 2nd or while supplies last. If you'd like to add any of these to your collection, pop me an email or click on the 'Order Online' icon in the top right-hand corner. Thanks so much!
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James Mangold, Lauren Shuler Donner, Hugh Jackman, Hutch Parker, John Palermo, Christopher McQuarrie, Mark Bomback, Scott Frank, Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rila Fukushima, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Brian Tee, Marco Beltrami, Ross Emery
Hugh Jackman, your favorite immortal Wolverine, is back. He is tired and weary, and he is haunted by nightly hallucinations of Jean Grey, the X-Woman he loved and whom he had to kill in X-Men: The Last Stand. What is a Wolverine to do? After all, being immortal cancels out an exit by suicide... So is the life of a Comics Superhero: no resting in peace, there is always one more sequel or reboot.
This is Jackman's sixth X-Men role as the Wolverine and his second as a standalone offshoot of the X-Men series.
While director James Mangold and writers Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Frank, and Mark Bomback, had a noble underlying theme for this installment: letting go of the past, it all becomes too muddled to a point this half an hour too long saga loses its focus. Though enjoying excellent performance from Jackman, who is able to get under the Wolverine's skin down to his last hair, and despite some terrific action scenes, after a good start The Wolverine is yet just one more flimsy summer action flick.
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I need new accessories, so here some new:
I really love the gold cross nacklace...i think that is my fav for now^^.
After, some new shirt and top, they're never to much for me.
My new Barbie shirt...i love it**!
and this Rienda top
this is a dress...i love the print**! and is really soft...i cant wait to wear it!
And finally i've buy 2 cute maxi dresses; this year i really fixed with them...eheheh..^^!
One more romantic...
so..what do you think^^? i love all...but i want more and more stuff :P!
Dress: Rienda
Cardigan: Ingni
Shoes: LinoSug
Accessories: forever21
Lace top: Ingni
Jeans Camisole: Benetton
Short: Benetton
Shoes: Ingni
Accessories: forever21/ random