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To eco-defenders who regard corporations with suspicion, or businesspeople who roll their eyes at environmentalists’ latest outcry, the phrase “natural capitalism” may sound like an oxymoron.

Nonetheless, investors are buying it. The greening of the corporate world is “going incredibly fast,” according to David Wallace of the Asheville branch of the North Carolina State Energy Office. “About one-quarter of all venture capital is currently going to the ‘clean-tech’ sector. That includes wind, solar, biofuels, ethanol, fuel cells and hydrogen.”

General Electric, for example, recently launched its “Ecomagination” program, which includes a pledge to spend $1.5 billion annually on renewable-energy research by 2010. Honda Motor Company, meanwhile, announced a plan last winter to mass-produce solar cells in 2007.

According to Wallace, this upcoming green-tech blitz has the distinct sound of opportunity knocking in Western North Carolina. “One of our main priorities is encouraging job creation through renewable energy. We’re trying to get people together to explain how much funding is out there for green energy — it’s enormous right now.”

To that end, he’s helped put together the upcoming Green Venture Forum, a new initiative of this year’s Southern Energy and Environment Expo. Scheduled for Friday, Aug. 25, at the Broadmoor Country Club, located adjacent to the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center, the forum will illuminate the options available to small businesses looking to develop plans for sustainable enterprises.

Financial advisors, successful green-business entrepreneurs, and a panel of sustainability experts will give presentations at the forum, which is limited to 75 participants and costs $75. Dr. William H. Schlesinger, a professor of biogeochemistry at Duke University who specializes in global-climate change and desertification, will be the featured speaker.

The forum represents a new dimension of the annual S.E.E. Expo, which will be held Aug. 25 to 27 at the Ag Center. Now in its sixth year, the expo draws eco-minded folk from all over the region and showcases sustainable technologies as well as the work of local grassroots environmental organizations. To register for the Green Venture Forum, or for additional information about the S.E.E. Expo, visit

— Rebecca Bowe

Close Encounters of the Faux Kind

Casey Fox

Roswell’s got nothing on us: L.E.M.U.R. researcher Casey Fox at last year’s UFO Experience. His triangular craft was made of swimming pool noodles.

“If UFOs did not exist, it would be necessary to invent them,” Voltaire might have said, had he lived in our sci-fi-obsessed culture rather than 18th-century Europe. And he would have had a point, too. You see, the worst part about going out into the deepest, darkest woods for a UFO hunt is that the little green guys almost never show. Sure, they’ll tractor beam some yokel on a deserted highway, but the minute a video camera comes out, they become harder to find than a vegan at Hardee’s.

Which is part of why Joshua Warren, local paranormal investigator, author and host of the WWNC-570 AM radio show Speaking Of Strange, has found a way to make every UFO-lover happy: If you can’t make the saucers come to you, just make your own.

The 2nd Annual Speaking Of Strange UFO Experience encourages believers and debunkers alike to build and fly mini mock-spacecraft for the enjoyment of those with an eye toward the night sky. The UFOs must be self-illuminated, must float (balloons are allowed) and must be able to be tethered to the ground. The good-natured hoaxing begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, at the light-pollution-free Barnardsville Community Center — an ideal place for night photography. Please bring all your own equipment and food, but a grill will be provided for use by all.

And before you go thinking that this is just a good way to get a bunch of interstellar wannabes together for a cookout, it’s worth noting that the information gathered from the UFO Experience will be used to help identify less-honest hoaxer’s work. There will even be prize pack for that lucky hyperspace engineer who creates the most convincing fake. The event is free and open to the public, but donations are gladly accepted. For more information and directions, visit the Speaking of Strange Web site at

— Steve Shanafelt

Come on and take a free ride

Ever been to one of those big cities where people don’t own cars? How do they live like that? Well, put that restless curiosity of yours to rest and take public transportation for a change. It’s never been easier: Between Aug. 14 and Nov. 11, all rides on the Asheville Transit System’s busses will be free. You heard that right: FREE.

The time is ripe to ride a bus, what with gallon of premium gasoline costing as much as a wedge of artisan cheese, asthma on the up-tick and ozone stripping all the leaves off your shade trees. What are you waiting for?

The city will kick off its 90-day fare-free celebration with an 11:30 a.m. ceremony on Monday, Aug. 14, featuring appearances by City Council members and a picnic lunch sponsored by 12 Bones Smokehouse and Clingman Avenue Coffee and Catering. The event is free. FREE!

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— Kent Priestley

No such thing as bad press: An organizer for the local Republican group The Action Club says recent vandalism to their Patton Avenue billboard — one of two that show a Mexican flag flying over an upside-down American flag — hasn’t diminished interest in the organization or its cause of the moment.
The billboards direct viewers to a Web site that champions tighter restrictions on illegal immigrants. Graffiti on the Patton Avenue sign was noticed over Bele Chere weekend.
Club President Kathie Lack says the phone calls, e-mails and Web-site hits keep coming despite — or perhaps because of — the spray-painted words, which included “racism” and “they meet at Ryan’s Restaurant” (that’s where the club holds its monthly meetings).
“The conversation is happening,” Lack tells Xpress. “Just because the sign was covered up doesn’t mean it all stops. It just means somebody wanted to stop it.”
The sign has since been replaced with a public-service announcement by the billboard company, and Lack says the club is not planning to replace it. Rather, she said, it will focus more on radio and newspaper ads.

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We Won't Kill The Dog

June 1, 2018

Are you familiar with this infamous 1973 magazine cover?

The cover caused circulation numbers to skyrocket; people bought it just to stop the publisher from killing the dog. That particular dog was under no real threat back then, but today's dogs are in a sorry predicament thanks to human fed catastrophic climate change and the corporate controlled governments ruling the world.

If you contribute now, you'll get twice the bang for your buck and Move to Amend will continue in our fight against corporate rule. No threats, no dead dogs, no problem! Please click here.

We started out May $150,000 in the hole. We've almost dug ourselves out of it thanks to the 1,498 Move to Amend of you who have pitched in. But there's still $14,228 in play...

Five donors have offered to match every contribution up to $40,000 as part of this funding drive. They've let us extend the challenge through Sunday, and if we cannot raise the remaining money, we will be leaving money on the table. We're more than a little shy of reaching our funding goal and getting back to the business of organizing and saving dogs' (and human!) lives from corporate rule! Please click here to contribute.

In the past month, we have met with, phoned, and sent email messages, texts, and letters to our supporters describing the serious situation in which we find ourselves. While things are definitely looking up -- to stay viable, to keep organizing at the grassroots level (where it really counts), to stay on plan, we will need to develop a more sustainable funding model, which will be coming forward out of a shared process in the months to come.

Right now, we need to raise the remaining $14,228 to meet the $40K challenge and collect the full pledge. Click here to contribute.

Given the funding, and thus the opportunity, we will happily kill off corporate constitutional rights. Our track record proves that Move to Amend knows how to build for the win. The size and influence of our small staff, national team, and grassroots volunteers combined with our annual budget are proof enough of the power, energy, and smarts that exist within this community.

As we work to build the democracy movement and pass the We the People Amendment resistance against us will grow. We have the right stuff needed to persevere and win. In Move to Amend, we have all volunteered for the huge responsibility of amending the Constitution by passing the We the People Amendment and building real transformative democracy.

We only lack the funding. Please contribute here and help us raise the remaining $14,228 by the $40K challenge deadline of midnight Sunday.

Thank you!

Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, George Friday, Laura Bonham, Tara Ingram, Daniel Lee, and Leila Roberts
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Poem: Only Human

If I could then I would save the world Send my heart in an envelope to that certain girl Tell her how she is my everything Live in a house with kids and wedding rings I’d be free like the ocean breeze Soar from the west coast over to the east Learn German then Chinese… Continue reading Poem: Only Human

A Monster in the Rain – Poem

Days, they race, as feelings, like seasons, they change A misplaced name found written upon some distant grave The way I was yesterday today is but another bloodstain A monster in the rain to the old me, goodbye, I wave Ticking away the clock on my name while the man in the mirror is losing… Continue reading A Monster in the Rain – Poem

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Broken Heartbeat | Poem

Skin like a canvas of white Upon which, my heartbeat I'll write With the blood I bleed through our years of pain I'll take the tears that stream and use their colors to paint We're walking to the rhythm of a broken heartbeat Still we dance anyway Dancing in the rain until the floods wash… Continue reading Broken Heartbeat | Poem

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Journal Entry 1: The Boy’s Mind

2:28 AM Tues. 2/25/14 The boys mind tosses and turns like a bipolar insomniac in the middle of the night he can't decide. He can't make the decision, any decision that may aid in solidifying a personal persona Is he this, is he that? Is he nothing? Where does he want to stay who does… Continue reading Journal Entry 1: The Boy’s Mind

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Not Ready to Die

Hello fellow bloggers, readers:This isn't a feel good post--one which ventures out in search of likes and new followers. It's a reality post--the kind some will stop reading because it offers to shed a light onto something they've pushed to the dark. In this post, I'd like to revisit a topic that I've previously written… Continue reading Not Ready to Die

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Broken Arms | Poem

Crack the glass watch hours pass knowing damn well they're not coming back Yet here I stand in quicksand watching a broken clock that has no hands I reach out but with broken arms Wearing scars like wrist charms “Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes.… Continue reading Broken Arms | Poem

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Into the Grey: Poem

Days they fade away into the grey but it feels so much better Light it waves goodbye into the night but it feels so much better You are back at my side This isn't life This here is so much better Within my night-like life you were the light at my side Some type of… Continue reading Into the Grey: Poem

Visits from The Ghost of Christmas Past

You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Boy, oh boy... such a commonly used phrase, hm? No, actually, such an overused phrase. Right? Anyone else think it's overused? Just me? Eh. Then again, maybe it's not overused at all. If you feel like those words and the meaning behind them are repeatedly jumping… Continue reading Visits from The Ghost of Christmas Past

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Poem: Does She Know?

I'm a whisper in the wind a trickle in the sea Something that could've been a long forgotten dream I'm a blank name tag To you, another face For me, you're what I'll never have Something I'll never taste You pass by me everyday and never even glance my way In my head, a whirlwind… Continue reading Poem: Does She Know?


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Stellwagen Bank Solo for Bassoon and Piano

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Stellwagen Bank is a solo for Bassoon  and Piano from the collection Scenes from the Cape.  This collection is dedicated to my brother, Jerry Nelson, who was a musician and puppeteer with the Muppets.

This MRNS Music Digital Download will include the Bassoon and Piano parts, a brief description of the solo, a SmartMusic file, and a MP3 accompaniment file.

Audio recordings are available on the MRNS Music Channel on YouTube.

Stellwagen Bank is a National Marine Sanctuary that is just above Provincetown at the mouth of the Massachusetts Bay.  This piece was inspired by a whale watching trip there.  Some fast finger technique is introduced as a special effect which depicts riding on the waves.

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Effective January 1, 2016, the maximum minor injury amount was adjusted by 1.3%, to $4,956. This increase is in accordance with the Minor Injury Regulation, following a recent bulletin sent out by the Superintendent of Insurance.

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Students! Did you do your profile survey? Check your email for a chance to win a £20 voucher and tell us what you think now!

Hi everyone, it has been an amazing experience to chat with so many of you around the country. There were loads of great questions and plenty of good banter too which made it all the more fun. I’m glad so many of you are curious about a career in engineering because that’s the first requirement – stay curious about the world around you and keep asking “why?” and “how?”. I’m thrilled to have won the Millisecond Zone and I have already engaged with a local school to see how I can for some engineering into their curriculum this winter, robo-santa perhaps? Best of luck to you all, it’s been a blast!

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Assessing women's economic well-being in the state of Mississippi

The Mississippi Semester is a semester-long course at Barnard College under the direction of Associate Professor of History Premilla Nadasen. Composed of juniors and seniors, the course welcomes eight students to learn more about the history of welfare in the state of Mississippi.

As a class, we will spend this semester working in partnership with the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative to develop an index to help assess the economic well-being of women across the state of Mississippi.

In the process, we will be sharing parts of our learning experience on this website including research, opinion pieces, and reflections. This website will eventually include our completed index as well as written entries and photo series detailing our class trip to Mississippi.

To learn more about individual members, please visit meet our class.

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MSU Extension website reached 10 million page views

Last Thursday, we received word from our colleagues at Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Technology Services and ANR Communications that the Michigan State University Extension website had rolled over 10 million page views. That’s quite an accomplishment considering the site only launched April 18, 2012, and every year the traffic continues to increase. The site received approximately 1.85 million page views in year one, 3.64 million in year two and we are already at 4.63 million page views so far this year, still about a month away from our three-year anniversary.

When you submit content to our website (including articles, events, county pages, fact sheets and more), you are adding more opportunities for Michigan residents and individuals from across the globe to benefit from your expertise. You continue to impress our readers, and many are becoming return visitors with the help of digests and social media.

This is a truly amazing accomplishment made possible only because of the content you all create, and the forward-thinking ideas you bring to the table to utilize the website as an outreach tool. This passion for outreach has always been at the heart of MSU Extension, and now we have a website that can help us achieve our mission in the 21st century.

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Super super supermarkets

Picture yourself in the pasta aisle of Sainsbury’s on a Saturday afternoon.

It’s noisy and busy. You are pushing a trolley. In that trolley is an effervescent two year old, to whom some well-meaning member of staff has given a balloon on a stick.

You are being repeatedly bashed in the face and you’re trying to navigate round browsers, chatters and elderly shoppers who prefer to take their time. Your shoulders are burning from the effort of steering a top heavy trolley with four independent wheels. Your mind is whirring with a list you didn’t have time to write down. You’re making a paella and need such awkward ingredients as tomato paste, squid rings and saffron. Three different shop assistants aren’t even sure what saffron is and you feel like a fool informing them it’s the stamens of crocuses. It has also occurred to you that, since you have blindly run this gauntlet, you may as well stock up on the things you need for the home. But your arms are now a bit numb and your hair is so static it’s sticking to your eyelids. A man steps forward, not to show you where the goddamn saffron is, but to ask you if you’ve considered Sainsbury’s bank. You stare at him, trying to decide if you’re actually about to lose it, but remain British and politely tell him you don’t generally shop here.

The balloon escapes from its stick. There is a wail and a helpful dad trots up with the errant balloon. Your toddler grins, delighted with this new game. You now have to steer the trolley with two dead arms, partial blindness and precarious patience while playing a kind of slow motion keepy-uppy. You search for the toiletries aisle and find it round the corner, next to the clothing and up an imperceptible hill. You let go of the trolley for a second to grab the shampoo and it rolls into a woman, who not only gets a bruised ankle but a head bashed with a balloon. She is clearly childless. She doesn’t share your slightly hysterical giggling. You decide its probably best to just check out and accidentally unload your trolley on the basket-only belt. The assistant opens her mouth to protest, notes the grimace, frizz and cackling child, and closes it again. You prepare to gasp with relief as you get close to the exit – only to discover the skies have opened and your jacket is in the car.

But your paella is fucking good.

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A Vegan Pork Startup Hopes to Win Over Meat-Loving China

Vegan xiao long bao? It just might be possible if Omnipork's plant-based pork gets the approval of Chinese regulators.

Apr 26 2018, 2:00pm

During Saturday Night Live’s early-90s golden era, Mike Myers played Linda Richman, the sequin sweater-wearing, New York-accented host of “Coffee Talk,” who liked starting conversations about the incongruous naming conventions of various items. “Talk amongst yourselves,” she’d squawk. “Grape Nuts contains neither grapes, nor nuts.” Or “The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Discuss!” If she and her tinted glasses were still on the air, she’d probably dedicate a segment to the new vegan superfood Omnipork, which is neither omniscient, nor pork.

A company called Right Treat has just launched Omnipork in Hong Kong, in an attempt to help China cut down on its pork consumption, and to give the environment a break, too. Pork accounts for 40 percent of the world’s meat production, and China consumes it at a significantly higher rate than other countries; according to Right Treat, 65 percent of all meat that appears on Chinese plates is pork, and the country chooses pork over beef at a rate of almost 11 to one.

The company says that Omnipork is the world’s first plant-based pork-replacement product, made from a blend of proteins from, peas, non-GMO soy, shiitake mushrooms, and rice. “Omnipork offers high-quality complete vegan protein fulfill our body. It is also cholesterol-free, antibiotic-free, hormone-free, cruelty-free, and 71 percent lower in saturated fat and 62 percent lower in calories than real pork while offering much higher fiber, 233 percent higher in calcium and 53 percent higher in iron.” Yeung says.

He also swears that the texture and flavor of his faux pork is similar to the real thing. (CNN Money did a taste-test of pork soup dumplings and Omnipork soup dumplings, and everyone said that they could totally tell the difference—but that the pseudomeat was still “tasty.”)

It’s not just our arteries that Right Treat is concerned about: It wants to deliver the juicy, savory flavor of pork without the large-scale environmental impact of pig farming. According to research published by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS), livestock-based food production is responsible for about one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is “the key land-user and source of water pollution by nutrient overabundance.”

Although PNAS rates beef production as having the highest environmental cost, raising pork isn’t exactly easy on our planet, largely because of the animals’ poop. (One study said that an industrial-scale hog farm with 80,000 animals could produce 1.5 times the amount of waste as the city of Philadelphia—and in China, an estimated 1.29 billion metric tons of pig waste is produced every year).

“The lagoons in which this waste is stored contain pathogens such as Salmonella, insecticides, antimicrobial agents and other pharmaceuticals, and nutrients that cause widespread pollution and impairment of watersheds,” researchers from Environmental Health Perspectives wrote. And those nasty environmental side effects are in addition to the greenhouse gas emissions.

“The philosophy behind Right Treat is that we believe achieving long-term win-win-win among the planet, mankind and animals is possible,” Yeung says.

Omnipork is waiting for approval from Chinese regulators and, if all goes to plan, it should be available for sale within the country by the end of the year. Talk amongst yourselves.


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Whole Wheat Strawberry Scones

Summer means fresh fruit, specifically fresh strawberries. After making several fresh strawberry desserts including strawberry tart and strawberry shorkcake my the remaining strawberries were not quite as good as they were initially. So I figured I would bake them into some scones and wanted to have fun adapting a classic scone recipe to add whole wheat and cut down on some of the fat and sugar while still keeping the classic scone taste. In they end they were perfect! I drizzled them with a bit of white chocolate (so much for decreasing the sugar) and had one with a bit of almond butter too!

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 3 Tbs. sugar
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 Tbs. butter
  • 2 Tbs. applesauce
  • 1 egg
  • 3-5 Tbs. Milk (I used 2% anything from skim to heavy cream will work)
  • 1/2 cup strawberries (or any fruit)
  • beaten egg for coating the top and sugar

  • Preheat oven to 400 F
  • Combine flours, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
  • Cut in butter and applesauce until mixture resembles fine crumbs
  • Stir in egg
  • Gradually add milk 1 Tbs. at a time until dough is just moist enough to leave side of bowl -should still be somewhat crumbly
  • Add in strawberries
  • Put dough on floured surface and roll into a circle about 1/2″ thick
  • Cut into 8 (or 12) pieces
  • Brush top with egg and sprinkle with a bit of sugar
  • Bake for about 14-19 minutes or until golden brown on top
  • Immediately remove from cookie sheet
  • Drizzle top with melted white chocolate or serve with butter, peanut butter, nutella (my favorite), lemon curd, really anything


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It's Deja Vu All Over Again

In 2011 we spent a couple of months and a lot of money remodeling the kitchen in our house in Chadron, NE. Then in 2013 we sold that house and moved to our mountain paradise in Alpine, WY. And this summer, we are going to gut the kitchen and remodel....'cuz it was so dang much fun the first time. ;)

While we love our mountain paradise home, we have never been very in love with the kitchen. So we decided to, once again, create our dream kitchen. We will have custom-made wormy maple cabinets, solid surface countertops, a huge island with the sink and dishwasher, a gas cooktop, a convection oven/confection microwave wall unit, and new tile floor, and rewiring (to address the current problem of having 16 outlets on one damn circuit). It's gonna be hell while it's happening, but so damn kickass when it's all done!

Materials we've picked out so far:

Backsplash tile (on right, 3" squares) w/accent tile (on left, 4"x 12" tiles) and countertop pattern (in middle)
Solid surface countertop
Solid surface countertop for bookcase cabinet
Solid surface countertop for island
Floor tile (13 x 13 squares) with all 3 sold surface countertops

The real work will start with demolition of the current kitchen around the first of June. I'll keep you posted as we's gonna be another challenging, frustrating, messy journey....but boy will the pay off be awesome!

Sometimes, little ones, deja vu is worth the work....


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Practice Expectations

Unlike other extra-curricular activities, piano practice occurs primarily in between lessons.  This is an important consideration in determining whether piano lessons are right for you, your child & your family.

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Set a Practice Routine

  • Make practice a habit by incorporating it into your daily routine
    • We all grumble less when something is just a regular part of the day.
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    • Before school, right after school, following after school snack, before or after dinner, etc.
    • Research shows we have more success with forming new habits when they are linked to routines we already have in place.
  • Choose a practice time when your child is well rested & is not hungry during practice.
  • Budget approximately 15 minutes daily for each 30 minutes of lessons as a minimum.  (see below for more details)

Try something new with your song as you practice during the week.

You did fantastic in teaching the kids to play.  I am proud to see that they are able to compose their own song!

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    • Focused, intentional practice goes much further than practice focused on just  “getting it done”.
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  • New President- who was so efficient at keeping things on time! great Job, Liz!
  • Many new members- Diane D. took them all under her loving wing!
  • Extraordinary donations to Comfort Quilts and Raffle Baskets- Dianne K. took several trips with the little red wagon!
  • Delicious  sundaes from Cows Rock- Thanks Lyn! [Glad Maggie and I were seated in the back so got to be one of the first in line!] Ruth C and Sheila also know the benefits of last row seating!
  • Absolutely stunning new Raffle Quilt- so many members should take credit!
  • Show and Tell on a higher plane- great viewing!
  • And then:Jane Hamel- Storyteller Extraordinaire – got me thinking I need to get to know the mailman better!
  • Thanks to Ronni and her wonderful program and organizing skills!- Please someone step up to help her!!!

I applaud you all!! Pat Lucey

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    September 22, 2017 at 9:07 am

    Thank you, everyone, for helping to make my first night memorable and enjoyable!

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I apologize for not posting this earlier than a few hours before the draft. Better late than never, right?

I used to scoff at those diehards who sat through the entire NHL draft (especially considering that typically, the first 5-10 picks aren't that hard to predict). But this year, the relative desperateness of the Flames' prospect pool - and future as a whole - has caused me to become much more anxious about the draft than usual. Don't get me wrong, I have always realized that the draft is the single most important factor in building a winning team. But let's just say that when your organization is ranked 24th out of 30 by Hockey's Future.com, there is a greater compulsion to plop yourself in front of TSN for two hours on a Friday in June.

The Flames pick 17th today, the same position as last year. Darryl Sutter has said he's "comfortable" with this position but has hinted at trading up or down (like virtually every other GM). Last year, he traded down for the 24th and 70th pick, which allowed him to take the players highest on his board, Mikael Backlund and John Negrin. However, I'd be surprised if Sutter traded down again, unless he can get a 2nd rounder in the deal, which is unlikely.

The draft is an area of hockey where my knowledge is admittedly small. Virtually all of the information I know about prospects, I find out through mass media scouting reports (mostly websites such as HF). With that in mind, I am on the Joe Colborne bandwagon for the Flames' pick. HF and Pierre McGuire both predicted the Flames would draft him at 17, and looking at the prospect rankings, I don't think there will be a more suitable player available. What's there not to like about Colborne? He's a Calgary kid who grew up cheering for the Flames. He's been compared to Joe Thornton. Neither the fact that he comes from a multimillionaire family or his first round status seems to have gone to his head. The only knock against him I've read is that he has not learned to take advantage of his huge frame yet, but he's heading to the NCAA so he'll have plenty of time to adapt his game. Of course, his NCAA status means that the Flames won't get a really good look at him for at least three years, but this would be a long term investment worth taking.

Whether or not the Flames pick the hometown kid or not, though, one thing is clear to me: the Flames need the best natural scorer they can get. Their prospect pool is full of defencemen, goalies, and third to fourth line "leader" or energy guys, but little scoring. Scott Cruickshank joked about this in his pre-draft article yesterday: for all the attention on Colborne, the Flames' draft record makes them more likely to pick a defenceman or goalie. Suffice to say, if Sutter picks a defenceman or goaltender, I will want to puke. And I might actually puke if he picks another one projected for the second or third round.

Although the Flames' position is hardly a historical hotbed for superstars, I get the feeling the lower rounds will end up being much more important for the Flames. They have no second rounder this year, having given that up to the Kings for Craig Conroy last year. This draft is being called the deepest since 2003 by every analyst, but regardless, I've been wondering how having no second rounder will affect the Flames. Last year, the Ducks traded down three spots from no. 16 and got a second rounder out of the deal, so the possibility of getting a 2nd through a trade down isn't entirely out of the question. However, I think trading a player for a 2nd would be a more likely trade, namely Alex Tanguay. If Darryl Sutter hopes to get draft picks for Tanguay from this year's draft, he needs to convince him to waive his no-trade clause by tomorrow.

In total, the Flames hold eight selections: the no. 17, no. 78, no. 108, no. 114 (the only compensation for the Brad Stuart trade), no. 138, no. 168 and no. 198. I'll buck my usual norm and be brief here: if the Flames screw up this draft, the scouting staff should be gutted.

(I was in the process of writing a mock draft but ended up admitting to myself, "I have no clue", around pick 16. Here's a no-explanation, quick and dirty top 10 anyway: 1. TB - Stamkos, 2. LA - Doughty, 3. ATL - Bogosian, 4. STL - Filatov, 5. NYI - Pietrangelo, 6. CBJ - Schenn, 7. TOR - Wilson, 8. PHX - Boedker, 9. NSH - Hodgson, 10. VAN - Myers.)
June 20, 2008 5:30 PM ET | Delete
It's such a crap shoot, and in two years when someone chosen late first or early second a la Paul Stastny erupts, we'll all be pointing fingers at the scouting staff for not "knowing" he would be that good! Joe Colborne is a very logical selection for the Flames and I'd love to have a big scoring guy like that, but I don't see Sutter looking to get a developmental prospect in the 1st Round. I think he's going to go more for a guy who will need one more year of Junior/Europe and then be ready to compete for solid playing time. The guys that I would think he will be leaning towards are Tedenby and Nemisz, while hoping that possibly one of Beach, Boedker or Boychuk fall to 17. If we go for Colborne, I would expect he will trade down with someone like NJ to grab him... I personally have him slotted to go to the Oilers at 22. And yeah, I'll be buckled down watching the whole damn thing tonight too, because let's face it, with Taratukhin and Ryder out of our system, all of a sudden our prospect status is even worse than it was before.
June 20, 2008 6:45 PM ET | Delete
Huge Draft? Why are the flamers going to have two first round picks make it this decade?
June 20, 2008 7:08 PM ET | Delete
Looks like according to TSN they just traded Tanguay to Montreal. We were just talking about that a couple weeks back remember? Great move to get rid of that salary.
June 20, 2008 8:22 PM ET | Delete
it is a big draft, I like the moves in picking up cammalleri and ridding ourselves of tangues contract while still kepping a first round pick. I think they have a player in mind and didn't mind dropping to get him. a skilled forward is all they can pick though so it should be interesting to see what they get!
June 20, 2008 8:59 PM ET | Delete
Wow. Essentially, the Flames traded Tanguay for Cammelleri. (Not entirely "straight up", but pretty close). Big picture is that it really only saves 2 million dollars in cap, but we get a younger player with a huge upside. If Cammy can do what he did for the first couple months last season on a more consistent basis...great move. (We need some serious help on wing now though...yikes...)
June 21, 2008 2:03 PM ET | Delete
Cammalleri for Tanguay is a good move, but this leaves Calgary pretty light on the RW with Huselius and Tanguay gone. I'm expecting Sutter to sign a big UFA to play on the 1st line RW.
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Protect Me by Cary Hart

Release Date: September 21, 2018

Cover Design: Passion Creations by Mary Ruth

Genre: Romance Contemporary

Who will you be when no one is watching… when the lights go down?

I don’t know who I am anymore. It’s been so long since I’ve been allowed to think for myself. And now that I can, all I can think about is him. My protector. His massive build which should frighten me but makes me feel safe. And his intense eyes that linger on me when he thinks I’m not looking. But why would he want me? I’m broken.

I vowed never to get close to anyone again. Do the job, get paid and survive. That’s all. Then she’s thrown into my life, needing a place to hide. She thinks she’s damaged, but she just needs someone to show her how strong she really is. Damn if I don’t want to be that man. But I’ve got a past of my own, and no good deed goes unpunished.

Shapiro – POV

“Hey, what are you doing here?” Her voice is breathless, and I notice she has icing on one hand and an icing bag in the other.

“I’m hungry for something sweet,” I tell her.

“Well, you’re in luck, because I have a batch almost ready.” She smiles, and it hits me in the gut.

“I’m not hungry for cupcakes.” I stare down at her before bringing her hand to my mouth, licking the icing from her fingers.

“Oh,” she whispers.

“Yeah, oh.” I swirl my tongue up her palm and to her wrist, applying light pressure as she falls into me.

I’ve been patient, but when a tiny moan escapes her lips, my resolve snaps and I lift her into my arms and set her onto the counter with a gentle thud.

“Oh. Cold.” She winces from the stainless on her bare thighs, the icing falling to the ground.

“I can help with that,” I promise her as I bend down to retrieve the bag from the concrete floor.

She watches me as I slowly move to stand between her legs and she opens them wider in invitation.

My palms rest on her knees and slowly trail up and under the hem of her dainty dress. Reaching around under one leg, I drag my finger higher and collect the wayward pink sugar before bringing it to my lips to lick it away.

“I noticed you had a little icing here.”

She arches back, watching me.

“Sometimes, I’m a little messy.” She blushes, and I know this is all new to her. Foreplay. Seduction. The fun that comes from making your lover squirm beneath your hands before you have barely even touched them.

Hands that only touch for pleasure, comfort.

“Messy is good.” I wiggle my fingers, still sticky with pink goo.

She leans forward and takes my fingers in her hand, before bringing them to her own lips.

I see her tongue dart out to taste my skin before I feel it. I grow painfully hard at the sight alone, but when her warm mouth takes my thumb into her mouth, I nearly make a fool of myself.

But I fight to maintain my self-control, to give her this chance to explore. When I’m satisfied she’s ready for more, I pull my hand away and shift upward, taking her lips with my own.

Our mouths meld together—a mix of salty and sweet. Skin and icing. Desire and hope.

She moans into my mouth and I raise the skirt of her dress around her waist, careful not to completely expose her as I gently ease her back, my palm dragging slowly down her chest, right between her perfect tits.

She falls back onto her elbows and looks at me, turned on and confused.

“What are you doing? I’ve never—” she breaths out heavily.

“Shhh. It’s okay. You trust me?” I ask, trailing my finger up her inner thigh resting it against the hem of her lace panties. Her moisture soaking into my skin while I wait for the green light to pleasure her.

“Yes, Shapiro. I trust you. Always.” She sighs, edging closer to me.

A simple yes would have been enough, but hearing my name fall from her lips, lips swollen from my kisses, is my undoing.

Pulling the lace aside, I let my finger brush against her as I ease my mouth onto her, letting my tongue work a slow pace, just enough to caress her before withdrawing, then going deeper.

She moans, and her hips begin to buck as I drown in the delicious taste of Penny. The more I drink her in, the hungrier I become.

Picking up the pace, her hands tangle in my hair and I hold her in place and greedily lap her up as she rides out her ecstasy.

She falls over the edge, giggling and moaning as she writhes against my lips.

Just as I draw back and peer at her from between her gorgeous legs, the timer goes off.

I dip back down to place one last gentle kiss to her core, before letting her panties fall back into place.

Standing and helping her sit up as she adjusts her clothes she watches me, growing silent.

“Was I? Was it—” She stumbles over the words and I am crushed she doubts herself so much.

“Perfection.” I lean in and kiss her once more. Letting her taste herself on my lips.

“It’s actually my new favorite dessert.” I smile against her lips.

“Is that so?” She laughs. Drawing back, I see her smile is where it belongs.

“Yep. How about you? You okay?” I search her face for any traces of regret but only find her looking at me like I just hung the fucking moon and it’s the best feeling in the world.

“More than okay,” she whispers as I help her down before she rushes to get the cupcakes that are now burning.

“How much work do you have left?” I ask.

“I think I’m done here.” She winks, pulling them from the oven setting them aside to cool.

She may be done, but I’m just getting started, I think to myself as we clean up.

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There clearly is too much discussion on this segment about the sound characteristics of headphones (e.g., frequency response curves) and not so much about differentiating the inherent features of specific drivers like planar magnetic or different design choices in dynamic drivers. And when there's a focus on drivers, as with with in-ears, there's far too much attention on the number of balanced armature drivers and not so much about how those are tuned and contribute to generate a coherent response. Plus, in my opinion, most manufacturers that target audio quality are not sensitive to key ergonomic and design aspects, which in a mass market are clearly main differentiators.
audioXpress is privileged to have on its team some of the world's leading experts in the field, and there's always a continuous exchange that goes on about what is there that is new, deserves praise or - sometimes - what is actually different, outstanding, or revolutionary. It is intriguing to hear about new headphones that set a new benchmark in "quality" - regardless of the price. Internally, on different occasions there was praise for the OPPO Digital PM-1 (and the affordable PM-3) and virtually all outstanding Tesla products from beyerdynamic, including the new Xelento remote in-ears. There was also praise for Grado, Audeze, and Audioquest, and of course a lot of talk about the new Sennheiser Orpheus system. But the list could go on and on.
The recent model that we heard "caused a stir" was the Sonoma Model One Headphone System, which apparently is now finally available ($4,995 retail). As Sonoma Acoustics details, the Model One was designed from scratch as a complete system - an audio chain - to deliver "unprecedented hi-res performance." The British company paid attention to every component and material choice, design considerations, and engineering aspect, targeting the highest performance possible.
The Model One is the first headphone system in the world to incorporate the High-Precision Electrostatic Laminate (HPEL) transducer developed and manufactured by Warwick Audio Technologies (WAT), combining Injected Magnesium Ear-Cups for low weight, superior acoustical damping, and RFI/EMI shielding. The Model One also features ear-pads and headband handmade from top-grain hair sheep leather, among other unique details. The electrostatic headphones are then complemented with a special ultra-low capacitance cable, developed in collaboration with Straight Wire, and a dedicated high-performance, discrete FET Class-A amplifier with USB, coax S/PDIF digital as well as RCA analog inputs. The USB input accepts all High-Resolution Audio formats up to 32-bit/384 kHz PCM and DSD via DoP (DSD64 and DSD128), while the S/PDIF input accepts all PCM formats up to 24-bit/192 kHz. Inside there is a ESS SABRE 32-bit Reference DAC chip, a custom 64-bit double-precision fixed-point DSP, a multi-channel 32-bit/384 kHz AKM Premium ADC, and a custom universal voltage switch-mode power supply. The Sonoma Model One System even ships with its special USB cable with gold-plated connectors, co-developed with Straight Wire.

If ever there was a benchmark in high-quality headphones, the Sonoma Model One Headphone System is it.

There's a very interesting article about how Warwick Audio Technologies used COMSOL Multiphysics modeling software to design the High-Precision Electrostatic Laminate (HPEL) transducer - a patented technology based on an ultrathin diaphragm and a single conductive plate instead of a pair - used in the Sonoma Model Ones.
From the existing published reviews and from the opinions I've heard from our own experts in the field and even some respected professionals in the recording community (it's important to highlight Sonoma's prior involvement in professional high resolution audio recording systems and DSD development), we now know what a high-quality headphone system can be. If anyone would need a reference in terms of quality, the Sonoma Model One Headphone System is it - even if it costs $5,000 USD. How relevant this is for anyone shopping for headphones to use daily with an iPhone and listen to Spotify? Not really. Very soon, someone could very well create a DSP preset to emulate the Model One response on any $200 headphone - if that would be a selling argument.
Manufacturers need to look at significant existing trends, such as the fact that we are now able to use active processing to "tune" the response of a headphone to our personal preferences - not only in general, but according to the environment where we listen. When we use headphones at home or in a plane, when we are totally relaxed or stressed out, our hearing changes, and our ability to deal with certain types of music, volume tolerance, and (yes) frequency sensitivity changes... Independently, if the headphones have the best "tuned" frequency response in the world, they will sound different to our ears on different occasions, and if we can do something to improve that... we do it. Soon, headphones - especially in-ears - will be able to measure some key hearing and environmental parameters and automatically adjust the response in terms of loudness and frequency response, with awareness of the surrounding noises, etc., directly in real time, at any moment. So, the "best headphones" will be those that feature drivers that will have the highest ability to translate a quality response within those variables.

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By Robert Nance Dee
In this high-quality project, Robert Nance Dee designs a potentiometer for accuracy and flexibility. A pot with 64 levels and precision metal film resistors that is hard to beat for sound or facility, as he describes it. The project started with a clean sheet, looking to address potentiometer design with a quality that rivaled existing designs while maintaining a reasonable cost. As the author explains, "I wanted flexibility-that is, I wanted to be able to use it in audio or any design and I wanted to be able to manipulate the value of the pot with just a few components to simplify other applications. Also, it must have a high degree of accuracy along with its flexibility. Next I wanted it to have as few-if any-moving parts and a long life that didn't require any maintenance or lubrication. I wanted it to work as well in 10 or more years as it did the day I built it. I also wanted to know what level the pot was at all times so I could return to a specific point or listening level at any time." To do this, Dee used an Atmel ATtiny2313V, 8-bit microcontroller programmed in assembly to control the LCD and the output to the relays, enabling him to use a small capacitor 0.33 F to save settings with the power off so the circuit would not draw - nor require - any external power in the off condition. The design uses binary-coded decimal (BCD) to select any level from 0 to 63 by manipulating six double-pole relays.
This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2011.
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How to Select MEMS Microphones
By Mike Klasco
Today, most audio products, from Bluetooth speakers to appliances with voice command, now contain at least one microphone. If the product was designed a couple of years ago, it had an electret condenser microphone (ECM), but today it will most likely use a MicroElectrical-Mechanical System (MEMS) microphone. Spec'ing MEMS microphones has some differences and this article touches upon these points. MEMS microphones are semiconductor micro-machined devices that replaced more complex and bulky transducers. Knowles introduced one of the first commercially produced MEMS microphones almost 25 years ago, a micro-miniature capacitive topology. While there were another dozen other early developers of MEMS microphones, most did not survive to maturation or were acquired due to the challenges this technology presented as well as the lack of staying power of the venture capital investment behind many of these efforts. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, November 2016.   Read the Full Article Online

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Venturing Outside the Biosphere

Ducklings always get people’s attention. And now that I have that: I have become a Wildlife Casualty Volunteer with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Animals (RSPCA). We volunteers even have our own acronym/title: WCV.  Most know the RSPCA for its work with domestic animals. But, they do a brisk business with … Continue reading

Eyroun in lentyn

Take Eyroun & blow owt þat ys with-ynne ate oþer ende; þan waysshe þe schulle clene in warme Water; þan take gode mylke of Almaundys, & sette it on þe fyre; þan take a fayre canvas, & pore þe mylke þer-on, & lat renne owt þe water; þen take it owt on þe cloþe, & … Continue reading

Bee Couture

Vesper vespere truditur: Sed nunc deterior, nunc melior subit. Anni nubibus insident, Incertis equitant lustra Favoniis, Caeco saecula turbine. Haec, quam Pieria decipimus lyra, Iuncto fulminus essedo, Eheu! Quam celeres hora quatit Notos! Fortunae rerumque humanarum inconstantiam accusat)  Matthias Casimir Sarbiewski  1595 Winter 2018 aftermath We’ve had the builders around lately, doing a bit of … Continue reading

“Was it a magpie?”

The other day I caught a show on the western part of England, fronted by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. Now, I usually avoid programs with celebrity chefs (generally male) looking to expand their CVs by talking about stuff beyond food and cooking. Never mind that their cooking shows display a whiff of desperation to try to … Continue reading

Public Enemies?

It’s around this time of year, freezing cold, nothing on the ground, that the animals having either numbers or muscle on their side dominate whatever food is thrown out. Pigeons Pigeons constitute one such animal. It is not unusual to have a lawn carpeted in pigeons, hogging all the seed.  I was told at the … Continue reading

I think this has become my most favorite word, and I owe it to Quercuscommunity who got it from John Clare (quoted on the Quercuscommunity page): And coy bumbarrels, twenty in a drove, Flit down the hedgerows in the frozen plain And hang on little twigs and start again.  John Clare – Emmonsail’s Heath in Winter I may … Continue reading

Tales from the Yard

I have pledged that I will stop apologizing for not posting more frequently, because at this rate I would be apologizing constantly. I don’t know whether I don’t post because of work, or because there is just so much going on in the yard that I become overwhelmed by all the subjects and procrastinate. The … Continue reading

Strawberry Moon

You might notice that I started this post over two weeks ago from the title, for we are no longer under the Strawberry Moon but the Buck Moon. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac July is the month of the Full Buck Moon. At this time, a buck’s antlers are in full growth mode. This Full Moon … Continue reading

Really, I should just give them their own sets of keys…

Another month, another apology for my absence, especially to all those blogs to which I subscribe. I do get some of your posts on my phone and have enjoyed reading them, making a note to self to drop a like or a comment by, but obviously to no avail. I plead a writing commitment, that … Continue reading

Spring has sprang

  We’ve had the first batch of babies through here: baby Great Tits and Blue Tits (who together form a gang which dominates the airwaves and the feeders); baby starlings (ditto); baby sparrows (babies well-behaved, it’s the adults that are little highway bandits with the bird food, especially worms); baby squirrels; baby magpies; one baby … Continue reading

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Well, apparently I can be a bit of a Bitty at times – or very Jutlantic…or so I’m told…But I really do hate waste. In any form.

And having finished this project, well, maybe there is something to it. Just a little bit bitty at times. But I just hate to throw things out that is perfectly usable. Just can’t say it enough.

Combining this with the fact that I can’t just sit I need something in my hands to work on – and also I needed something for my neck. Too warm for wither scarf and not warm enough to go without. And also accessories…love…

I had a huge bag og old, vintage wool yarns for sock mending – some inherited from my grandmother and great grandmother. I do knit socks but it is years between I mend any of them. So – I’ve had it for years, and admittingly it isn’t just fabric I have a lot of…it is alo yarn.

Nothing much to it – just back and forth on a circular needle size 2 – yes I took the easy way out and didn’t want to spend time on anything much more intricate than regular knit (not even purling). I did a little bit of pattern to make a scalloped edge – but that was about it.

All it took was time – due to the number of stitches and size of needles and I even did go up two sizes from where I started. I didn’t have the size one needles in circular so it just became too annoying to handle.

But sadly (or not – as well, I still need something in my hands – and most knitting projects are easier to bring with me than sewing projects) there is still sock yarn left – also I found a bunde of embroidery yarn…silks, wools, cotton…so next bitty knitty project is mittens to go with the scarf I think.

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Hi I'm Jane. I live in a small apartment which is suffering under my many crafts and hobbies. I't sometimes seems as I live with them rather than the other way around. I grew up with all sorts of sewing crafts and I just haven't been able to choose just one or two. What I choose to do on any given day is pretty much up to mood and plans. So even though my figure and the clothes I love to wear fits together they are seldom in fashion and as I'm not very tall (making most dresses and skirts too long) - well, sewing my own clothes and then spicing it up with a bit of modern fashion seems to be the way to go for me. Even with the ongoing Mad Men fever there seem to be a lack of proper clothes for me to wear. Other than that I'm studying the European Union and English with a focus on communications and cooperation with the worlds developing countries; a lot of them being former European colonies. Dreary-sounding to most people but I love the mix of politics, culture, economics and social development. To take the egde of my studies I practice yoga - as much as possible - if I can get away with it I spend a least an hour (or...) on my practice. But it is much more than it is really good for me - I also really need as I'm training to run a marathon or two. And now - new hobby - learn how to manage a blog...which is not as easy a I thought - mainly al the technical stuff of arranging the site...hmm...hopefully it'll come to me...soon...

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Remiss in a fall feeling

I have been remiss in taking my time to return in here. And even though I have been busy and I have been having that tired ‘winter-is-coming-soon’-feeling – I really should have taken the time to return as it gives me so much  more than I feel I am giving. Anything to forget that the weather lately is more like Fall than actual Summer.

It is like my running – it can feel unaccomplishable to wake up to a 12-13 mile run – but being out there in the nature, in my own little world, testing the day form of my legs to see what kind of run it’ll be… but always no matter what state my legs are in – the right frame of mind can and will bring me forward and coming back from a run will each and every time bring me a new revitalised energi I cannot find anywhere else…save from yoga…but still different – in it’s own way.

Well, having not been in here doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping up with ‘Project Get a hold of Your Fabric Addiction, Missie’. I have finished a few projects – as well as having started a few more…getting ready to lauch a side project under the Addiction-umbrella – corsets. But that I’ll get back to when I’m good and ready.

Again this is a pattern I’ve had lying around for years – I bought it beacause I have a soft spot for dresses with pockets – they are ever so lovely- and I just cannot get enough of them also the fact that it  had a complete buttoned front fit exactly with the idea I had in my head.

Vogue pattern 8577

I intended this pattern for a dress that should be light and light in colours as well – front opened, possibly without sleeves as my idea was that the dress could be combined with 19th century and a little simple cotton jersy or cotton top with cap sleeves.

However, as it often happens things never always goes quite as planned. I had some very nice linen in a rich dark navy blue which seemed perfect. So very soft – not too thin or thick – but thick and heavy enough as not to wrinkle as soon as you even just look at it. Also the cut of the skirt in combination with the added support in the sides from the pockets there is a very nice flow in the skirt. Love that.

Pockets grande.

I decided to keep the dress very basic – no flash and funny business at all. The pattern included lining which I decided against as I wanted a light summerdress. I turned the front facing to the outside for some added texture.

And the the usual alterations – shorten the skirt – always always necessary as I am only 5 ft. 2.5 – so I have to be careful and not do myself the disfavour of presenting myself even shorter than I really am by the wrong length of my skirt.

In all it’s simple glory

Also when working with Vogue patterns, I have to take in at the shoulders. Apparently  Vogue women either have very wide shoulders or they are unnaturally huge fans of the 80’s shoulder-boosters. Well I am Not. So off they go. Lastly, take it in a bit at the waist as well as shorten the body by about half an inch. I’m just short all over I guess. And waist to bust difference is never quite right.

It is a great dress – very sailor like – so I do have to be a bit carefull when accessorizing it – otherwise it’ll go full blown sailor costumy in no time.

Here the dress is in the company of my little bonus niece Lily – and for the first time in weeks a spot of sun and warmth.

I’ll make the soft coloured version another time – this dress definitely deserves to be made more than once…

And now off to bed – I have a competition tomorrow – only a 6.25 mile run – but still – I need my rest. No point in doing the thing if not doing it right.

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Hi I'm Jane. I live in a small apartment which is suffering under my many crafts and hobbies. I't sometimes seems as I live with them rather than the other way around. I grew up with all sorts of sewing crafts and I just haven't been able to choose just one or two. What I choose to do on any given day is pretty much up to mood and plans. So even though my figure and the clothes I love to wear fits together they are seldom in fashion and as I'm not very tall (making most dresses and skirts too long) - well, sewing my own clothes and then spicing it up with a bit of modern fashion seems to be the way to go for me. Even with the ongoing Mad Men fever there seem to be a lack of proper clothes for me to wear. Other than that I'm studying the European Union and English with a focus on communications and cooperation with the worlds developing countries; a lot of them being former European colonies. Dreary-sounding to most people but I love the mix of politics, culture, economics and social development. To take the egde of my studies I practice yoga - as much as possible - if I can get away with it I spend a least an hour (or...) on my practice. But it is much more than it is really good for me - I also really need as I'm training to run a marathon or two. And now - new hobby - learn how to manage a blog...which is not as easy a I thought - mainly al the technical stuff of arranging the site...hmm...hopefully it'll come to me...soon...

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  1. What a lovely dress. Clearly you’ve put lots of thought into the alterations and fabric choice. It looks so professional!

    • Thank you – that is so nice of you to say. I am happy with it – and it’ll probably be one of those garments you love so much you’ll wear it till it falls apart. Love that.

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After the Black.

Another Black Friday has come and gone. I was fortunate not to have to work this one. I was able to spend time with my family and enjoy time off. I saw several other friends online who were able to be off for the first time, for some, in 25 years. It was heartening to see people having a good holiday.

For every person that had the day off, I saw two more who had to work. As it stands, I saw a reasonably good day on Friday and it seemed that people mostly behaved themselves. While tired, overworked employees abound, everyone survived.

I look at this last month of the year with hesitation. I see many hard days coming soon and different problems to face. I look over this past year and the difficulties me and mine have handled. I look at my year in review post for new year’s and I see so much that had happened. I honestly can’t remember a year that has flown by this quickly.

I have an up and coming doctors appointment at which I have to confront my doctor about my medical condition. I am at the point at which my depression is under control for the most part. My anxiety is managed when I have an attack. However, I see my muscle and nerve pain has increased and my body fatigue and insomnia are through the roof and I know more is going on with me. I need more than just pills. I need some answers.

I need to be diagnosed. Correctly.

I look at family. I want to do so much more for them and I feel I am being held back by so many things. My body can’t keep up. Job opportunities are not there, much less my current job. I just want to be there more for my family.

I look at my blog. This diary of good times and bad. I see the people I have helped and the trials that I faced. I look at the joy I have spread and the sorrow I helped people through. I see it all and know in my heart that I could do more.

I can always do more.

I can always do more to make the world a better place.

I just don’t have the energy to keep going sometimes. I feel trapped in this shell of a body. The pain and exhaustion overwhelms me. All I can think of is to press on.

I do it for my family

I do it for you.

I do it for me.

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How to use the mySugr app to manage your diabetes

January 03, 2019 by Clara Huet

But I know it’s super duper important, and if you’re not convinced have a look at Ilka’s post on the subject, you may change your mind.

So today, I’d like to tell you more about logging with mySugr, how we’ve tried to make everything easy, how to find your way around, and how to make it best for you by customizing your logging screen.

Here’s a full walkthrough video (or skip down if you’d rather read)…

Note: this walkthrough does not include using the bolus calculator module (approved for use in EU)

How do you log?

Let’s start with the basics. Just tap on the “+” on your dashboard. From there, you arrive at your logging screen. There’s one field for each item you may want to log (you can have a look at the overview of the different items below).

mySugr Logbook New Entry Screen

The time and date are automatically set for you, and so is the location (assuming location services are enabled). You can, of course, change any of these by tapping on them – to enter readings from earlier in the day or another day altogether.

Pro Tip: When changing the date or time, always change the day first. If not, mySugr thinks you’re trying to save data in the future and, well, that’s just silly, right?

A screenshot of mySugr Logbook location screen

Pro Tip: You can assign labels and icons to locations (home, work, gym, etc.). Tap the location field, type a label, pick an icon, enjoy!

Once you’re done filling the fields, scroll down and tap on “save” or tap directly on the green check in the top right corner. You’ll be back on your home screen, and your entry will appear on your list. Swipe an entry to the right to reveal an action bar with options to share, edit or delete.

From there, just tap on what you need. When tapping on “edit”, you’ll be led back to the logging screen, pre-filled with the data you had in this entry. Just change what you need and save it again.

What can you log?

We have created fields to cover many facets of our therapy as treatment-related information (like insulin doses and pills), key measurements, vital data, food, activity, notes and lots of other contextual information.

Infograph showing the types of data mySugr Logbook can record

I know all of these input options may feel overwhelming to some of you, but there are two points I want to make about them.

First, they are all optional. You can create an entry with data in every field, or if you want to create an entry with only a tag or note, that’s fine. It’s up to you.

Second, you can hide fields you don’t care about, and even rearrange the order on your screen. That means you get to decide what’s most important to you and where it is on your screen. That’s my absolute favorite thing!

To make life easier, we’re always working on connected devices and service integrations so your diabetes equipment does more of the work for you. You’ll find the list of available connections in the side menu of the mySugr app in the “Connections” menu item.

And we’re always happy to help get you started if you need a hand.

Your settings – units & target ranges

To make the most of mySugr, first things first, we need a few details from you. Does your meter show BG’s in mg/dL or mmol/L? Do you count carbs in grams or exchanges? Do you use insulin? If so, is it with pens/syringes, or do you use an insulin pump?

Setting these therapy details as well as your specific target ranges help us craft a great experience for you. All of these things are in the “Therapy” tab of the “Settings & Profile” item in the side menu.

Screenshots of the mySugr Logbook side menu and therapy settings

Reminders & tags

Two features deserve a little more attention: reminders and tags. Tags help tell the story of your diabetes data. We recently wrote an article about that’s called “Using tags to tame your diabetes monster.”

The reminder is the little clock on a timeline at the very top or very bottom of your logging screen (unless you’ve already moved it). It’s meant to help remind you to do something shortly (15 minutes – 3 hours) after your entry. Use it to remember your post-meal BG check, or to take your shot at the end of a meal when you have a low… your imagination is the limit!

To set a reminder, just slide the clock across the timeline to the desired time. At that time, your alarm will ring, and you’ll get a notification. Activate the reminder to launch right into a new entry screen.

Screenshot of mySugr Logbook Reminders

Habits & shortcuts

All that being said, logging is a habit like any other. It takes time to build, and you’ll probably get tired of it sometimes. Keep it up! The monster will always be there to cheer you up.

We’ll keep investigating easier and faster ways to get all of your data into mySugr and how to make it more useful for you. We’ve got diabetes ourselves, and we want faster, easier, and more useful, too! We also know that you keep discovering new ways of getting the most out of it, too, and we’d love to hear your tips and tricks!

Pro Tip: Scott recently shared that he’s configured keyboard shortcuts in his smartphone for commonly used phrases. He has things like “bb” for “Basketball”, “bbb” for “Before basketball”, “dbb” for “During basketball”, and “abb” for “After basketball” that speed up the notes and activity details he enters. Pay attention to things you type often, and create shortcuts to shave off a few seconds and keystrokes. Don’t forget about some of the cool things like this that are already built into your smartphone! Bam!

A screenshot of mySugr Logbook using text from keyboard hortcuts

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