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Sweet Woodland Farm: A Growing Homestead/
Nestled within the pine barrens of Hampton Bays, NY, is Sweet Woodland Farm, a self-sustaining small family homestead that is 5 minutes from my home Sheridan Green. Rachel Bristel Stephens, her husband Mike Stephens and their two children Ben and Rayna moved from a ½ acre lot to their dream house in the woods, 2 ½ years ago, with a desire to grow and raise as much of their food organically and to expand their ever growing homestead to serve the community, while living in harmony with nature.
I met Rachel last year at the Hallockville Museum Farm seed-saving seminar that was given by Steph Gaylor, a voracious heirloom seed saving expert, farmer and owner of Invincible Summer Farms. It is no surprise that Rachel was attending this seminar as Sweet Woodland Farm grows a variety of organic heirloom vegetables, flowers and herbs from seed.
Rachel is a natural homesteader with an inquisitive and devoted spirit to grow Sweet Woodland Farm for the health of mother earth, her family and the community at large.
During the past two years, the Stephens family has been growing their homestead steadily. They have ducks and chickens for eggs, bees for luscious honey, guinea hens for tick maintenance, and sheep and rabbits for sheering fur into beautifully spun garments and yarns.
Mike Stephens is a talented Woodturner and sells quality handmade wooden bowls and stunning objects; his woodwork is breathtaking. What I find most impressive is the families hatch and release program of the Northern Bobwhite quail. The Bobwhites are native to the area, but have been disappearing due to over building and loss of their nesting areas. Currently, there are 6 adults for breeding and 76 chicks being raised for release in hopes of repopulating the area and an effort to control the tick population. You can read about Great South Bay Audubon Society Adopt-A-Quail program here.
On top of a large hill is the farms organic heirloom vegetables, berries, herbs and flowers. The vegetables and berries are grown in Hugelkultur beds, a mound bed which uses organic compost mixed with manure from their farm animals. From a distance I noticed dead pine trees marked with tape. Rachel explained that the trees were killed by the root borers this past spring and they are to be taken down to make room to expand their growing space. A kickstarter campaign was recently launched to support this expansion effort. "This area would allow us to produce more than twice as much as what we are growing now, and the present growing area will become a fruit orchard," says Rachel.
Rachel and Michael's daughter Rayna, who is 8 years old, gave me a private tour of the gardens that sit atop this bountiful hill. She pointed out the cucumbers that will to be made into pickles and walked me through the flowerbeds where bumble bees were buzzing about among the purple majestic anise.
Roy who is their impressive Rooster, was rambling and running the roost, causing quite a stir with his colorful calls for food finds and hen flattery.
The guineas were gaggling and gawking about as I tried to capture their exquisite feather and painterly like face patterns.
The sheep, Belle and Kelly, were very curious about my camera and took a break from eating hay for a portrait.
There are plenty of classes and workshops for everyone: beginners knitting, sewing, canning, brewing and fermentation classes, raising backyard chickens, organic vegetable gardening and plenty of kid programs.
You can find Rachel on the Suffolk Homesteading Forum' Facebook Page sharing best practices and tips with like-minded homesteaders or at Sweet Woodland Farm's Facebook Page.
The Stephens family and their Sweet Woodland Farm is a homestead worth supporting through their kick-starter campaign or you can visit their farm stand on Saturday and Sunday between 10 – 5 from Memorial Day through Labor.
Address: Sweet Woodland Farm: 45 Old Squires Road, Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Phone: 631.594.1789 Email: email@example.com
Sweet Woodland Farm: Duck Egg Quiche
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 whole wheat flour
- 4 oz butter, softened
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 4 eggs *duck eggs are the best for quiche!*
- 1 large leek or onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups chopped green vegetable of your choice (spinach, arugula, broccoli, summer squash)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or swiss gruyere
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan, Romano, or Asiago cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 425°. Butter and flour a 9-inch round pie pan.
- Combine flours in a bowl and work in the butter with your fingertips or a food processor till crumbly. Add about 2 tablespoons of water and mix with hands to form a ball.
- Press the dough into the pie pan with the finger tips carefully and slowly starting from the middle and working your way up the sides of the pan. Cover pan with parchment paper and toss in a handful of dried beans or rice to hold the paper down. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove parchment paper and bake additional 5 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
- Meanwhile, sauté the garlic and leeks(or onion) in a tablespoon of butter over medium heat. Cook till tender and a bit caramelized.
- Add green vegetable and cook, covered till tender (adding a bit of water to steam if needed).
- Combine eggs, milk and cream in a bowl and beat till well mixed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Spread vegetable mixture in the bottom of the quiche crust and pour on the cream/egg. Top with the cheeses. Bake at 375° for 45 minutes or till set and golden. Allow to cool to room temperature for best results.
Sweet Woodland Farm: Beach Plum Jam
- 5 cups of pitted beach plums
- 5 cups of organic cane sugar
- Combine together in a stainless steel pot and simmer over medium heat, until it is jelled.
note: This can take anywhere from 25 minutes to an hour. It all depends on how juicy the fruit is.
- Stirring often so it doesn't stick.
- To test for jelling, keep a plate in the freezer, put a spoonful of the jam on the plate, put back in the freezer for a minute. Push your finger through the jam on the plate. If it wrinkles it's ready.
- Allow to cool and refrigerate or can using the water bath method.


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Photographing our work is just one of the many hats we must wear as artists.Getting decent photos for online sites, show applications and to submit for media coverage…is very important. How your work looks says a lot about you. A jewellery maker friend of mine, Kathleen Nowak Tucci, always, always has wonderful photos of her work. Even the on scene shots are wonderful. One teacher I took a class from, (Rona Sarvas Weltman) told us that she never puts out any images of her work unless they are professional shots.
Excellent advice from a guru of jewellery making! And advice I will follow once my work is "at that level". Until then, I will look for ways to improve my own photo-taking skills so that my shots look less "homemade".
A few years ago, Hadar Jacobson posted a how-to take better photos using a semi-transparent garbage can as the light box. I have been meaning to try that idea, and was reminded of it when I saw this blog post: turn a plastic bin into a light box from www.quirkyoak.wordpress.com.
(Here's the link to Hadar's post from 2009! Hadar's Photography tip)
Do you have any tips for photographing jewellery? Any pitfalls to avoid? (Click on "read more" to add your comments.)

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Two Birthday Cards for My Friends
I made these back in early November and am just now uploading this post so I can give my friends their birthday cards without them finding out too soon.
Done! After that, I'll get all of our mutual friends to write in their messages. Happy Birthday, Cindy and Christina!
NOTE: Please don't be a jerk who'd use other people's illustrations without permission.


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Kia ora
History, (recorded, that is) has left us a legacy based on observation and practical experience
Recorded history (written)dates back 50 or more centuries
Yet what have we learned??
Sweet F A !, politely known as Fanny Adams!
History seems to pass us by, well most, however quotes we seem to recall, even if only in an attempt to teach an incorrigiable individual a lesson!
However, it never or seldom applies to US!
Is it any wonder the world is "Karitane Yellow"?
Therein lies understanding
In my neck of the woods "Karitane Yellow" has an implicit meaning, yet I seriously doubt that any on this forum have any understanding as to its meaning
I shall not divulge it except via a personal message, if you like, "Sorting the wheat from the chaff"
In the meantime allow me this for you to ponder:
"History is the propaganda of the victors."


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I am an outdoor enthusiast and enjoy everything nature has to offer. I lug my camera around with me everywhere I go for fear of missing that one great shot. I love capturing landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife and just being outdoors. I've never been much of a creative person, but photography has allowed me to express my creativity through my camera. I enjoy capturing the natural beauty of my surroundings to re-create what I see through my lens.
Please take a look around my site. I hope you enjoy my pictures, as they are filled with many memories. All photos are available for sale through the galleries as a print or a digital download.
Questions? Please feel free to email me using the "Contact me" link in the upper right hand side of the page.
Brandon Yoshizawa
B.A.Y | photography
Awards and Recognition
Our World in Focus - The Perfect Moment photo contest - 4th place
Pursue Pictures - 2018 Year In Review photo contest - 1st place
VoyageLA Interview - March 2019
abc7la Eyewitness News Feature - January 2019
N-Photo - Magazine Feature - January 2019
Golden State - SpaceX Falcon 9 article - October 2018
The Motif Collective - Silhouettes Competition - 3rd place
Los Angeles Times Images of Hope photo contest - 1st place - Nature
CEPIC Stock Photo Awards - 1st place - Natural Environment
N-Photo - Magazine Feature - October 2017
Digital Photo - Magazine Feature - February 2017
Practical Photography - Magazine Feature - February 2017
N-Photo - Magazine Feature - January 2017
The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association - Convict Lake Flyer - April 2016
N-Photo - Lightbox Feature - April 2016
Sony World Photography Awards - 3rd Place - 2016 USA National Award
Sony World Photography Awards - Commended - 2016 Open Competition
International Garden Photographer of the Year - 2nd Place Breathing Spaces - Competition 9
Landscape Photography Magazine - Lighting Up The Night article - December 2015
Landscape Photography Magazine - Gallery Photo - November 2015
The Collective Realty - Photography Exhibit - August 2015
Landscape Photography Magazine - Photographing Twilight Cityscapes article - May 2015
N-Photo - Lightbox Feature - March 2015
Landscape Photography Magazine - Photographing The Milky Way article - January 2015
Environmental Defense Center - Ocean Festival Postcard - May 2014
N-Photo - Magazine Feature - May 2014
Witness to Nature Photo Contest - Britannica Award Winner
Nature's Best Photography - Magazine Feature - Spring/Summer 2013 Issue


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After looking for a fool proof solution - and the many software solutions out there that promised this and didn't deliver - I realized that in fact I was looking too far. Google Docs does and did exactly what I was looking for with the "Upload" feature. I have used this before to transfer Word and Pages documents into Google Docs, but never a PDF. Thanks to Google's back end technology it can do the conversion f
rom PDF to text for you quickly and easily.
Here's how you would do it:
1.) Go to your Gmail account and click on the Docs tab at the top.
2.) Once in Docs you will notice next to your "Create new" drop down there is a button called "Upload." Click on that:
3.) This brings you to an Upload files page. Click the blue text that says "Upload files." Follow the steps to upload your file. This is very similar to attaching a file to an e-mail.


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Latina lingua, Pope Benedict XVI's recent motu proprio establishing the Pontifical Latin Academy, is a great gift to the entire Church. It recalls that almost unknown document of Blessed John XXIII, Veterum sapientia , a document many people in the Church had given over for dead. But it also plans for the future. Now, of course, those who are unfamiliar with Pontifical Academies may not entirely be sure what they do. Often they serve as high-level think-tanks for scholars in the Church. One thinks of the prestigious Real Academia Española or the Academie française, and posits that the Church may, with this new initiative, have a decisive rôle in the preservation and propagation of Latin.
The establishment of the Pontifical Latin Academy complements the work already being done in the Secretariat of State and the Institute for Higher Latin Studies at the Salesianum in Rome. But it also ups the ante, so to speak, in giving a forum for scholars. I also think that it has the opportunity to be a part, not only of the New Evangelization, but of the outreach the Holy Father has so adroitly encouraged among non-believers, such as the Courts of the Gentiles.
Catholic intellectuals have often bemoaned their increasing isolation in academia. As many abandoned Latin as a force of energy in the life of the Church, in many places the only people who kept Latin alive were academics in classics departments in institutions of higher learning. While there have always been some Catholics among them, Classics is now often a discipline where to be an orthodox Catholic is frowned upon. Yet the Catholic Church, more than any other grouping in society, is poised for a renaissance of Latin learning, language and scholarship. This encouragement from the Magisterium of the Church is a clear indication that classics studies are important to the Church, that vibrant intellectual scholarship (as opposed to ideologized hack "scholarship") is part of the Church's understanding of her role in promoting the artistic and intellectual patrimony of humanity.
But there are still far too many quarters in the Church where Latin is still derided, not just in the celebration of the sacred liturgy, but even in attempts to study it. How many parochial schools and colleges require any Latin at all any more? Even in Italy, where the famed liceo classico turned out generations of top-notch Catholic classicists, pressures increase to move away from classical instruction in schools. In many Catholic seminaries, even after repeated requests from the Holy See, seminarians are lucky to get two years of Latin at the most. In many American seminaries, lip service is paid to the idea that Latin is part of the curriculum, but ask a third year theologian to translate an easy passage from the Liturgia horarum, even with a dictionary, and the results are often less than adequate.
In the meantime, Reformed seminaries spend much of their time teaching their future pastors Greek and Hebrew, so that they can all read the Scriptures in their "original languages" (although that description is itself open to debate). Classics departments all over the world continue to churn out competent researchers and teachers. But how many Bishops demand that their seminarians know Greek, Hebrew and Latin at the level to do serious reading? How many Bishops have sent young priests to study theology and canon law, only to discover that they do not have the tools in classical languages to do their work properly? How many departments of theology have to water down their requirements because more and more students, and even professors, cannot read Latin? How many Bishops send their young priests to do advanced work in the classical languages, to teach in seminaries, colleges and high schools?
Like many other young priests, I feel like I am spending a lot of time catching up. I had two years of Latin, a year of Greek and a semester of Hebrew as an undergraduate. But when I went off to the seminary, I was constantly dispensed based on the fact that I did well in those classes. But I knew that I was woefully unprepared to do the work that I needed to do. I was fortunate enough to do two years with the famous Reginald Foster in Rome, but when I wanted to do more, I was told by my seminary superiors that it conflicted with my house job as architriclinus, so I had to abandon my Latin studies to keep the kitchen going. Now, while I do not regret all the time I spent in the kitchen during my seminary years, a skill for which I am eternally grateful, I always felt like, had I been able to complete Foster's five year cycle, I would be in much better shape to do my studies. When I went off to do my doctoral studies, I had to do my work in modern theology, because my grasp of modern languages was much better than my classical languages. But it still limits me. I am reading Augustine's De civitate Dei in the Loeb edition now, and constantly refer to the English. Would I even have been allowed to be ordained years ago without being able to read Augustine without translation, much less be granted a licentiate and doctorate in sacred theology?
I mention all of this, because I have talked with many young clergy and laity who are theologians who feel this lack of tools to do serious work. I am now a parish priest, so my Latin is sufficient to celebrate the Extraordinary Form and teach the school kids (who have 4 years of Latin) how to sing Gregorian chant for Mass. But what about my friends who want to be theologians in the heart of the Church? What about my priest confreres who want to be able to serve the Church, and need a better level of classical languages in order to do so?
I am very excited about the possibilities of the Pontifical Latin Academy. But I also hope, maybe against hope, that it might be the beginning of a movement to train classicists to serve in dioceses, schools, universities and seminaries. Will it be just another team of scholars who engage in purely academic discussions about Latinity (as wonderful as that is), or will the Church be able to use it to restore Latin's rightful place to the Roman Church, something that cannot be done without addressing the real and practical issue of having enough clerical and lay leaders in the world who actually know Latin?


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- noun Alternative spelling of
air pump.
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Distillation, and the wonderful effects of steam, processes of which my favourite authors were utterly ignorant, excited my astonishment; but my utmost wonder was engaged by some experiments on an air-pump, which I saw employed by a gentleman whom we were in the habit of visiting.
Bud gasped as the air-pump man lifted off his helmet a few minutes later.
Antila (the air pump) I thought was Otto von Guericke's air-pump (the Magdeburg hemispheres guy).
However, after a quick search mostly to find out how to spell 'Guericke' I find it is now supposed to be Robert Hooke's air-pump.
The Emperor Augustus remained unmoved and imperial with an air-pump thrust into one eye.
The engine itself, being a high-pressure one, and consequently without the incumbrances of condenser and air-pump, occupied much less room than one of ours in a ship of the same tonnage.
An enclosure for the engine occupies the centre, but is very small, as the machinery of a, high-pressure engine is without the encumbrances of condenser and air-pump.
As no air-pump can by any means make a perfect vacuum, so neither can any artist entirely exclude the conventional, the local, the perishable from his book, or write a book of pure thought, that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to cotemporaries, or rather to the second age.
I was two miles away, a hundred leaps or more, and the air about me was thinning out as it thins under an air-pump, and the cold was gripping at my joints.
That they inhere not in the sonorous bodies is plain from hence: because a bell struck in the exhausted receiver of an air-pump sends forth no sound.


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Biomarkers in HF: How to Guide Clinicians
Biomarkers that are surrogates for cardiac pathophysiology may help us
understand the "state of the heart" in heart failure and may be
indications for certain treatments. A good biomarker will also be able
to be monitored and a change in the level will reflect a change in the
condition. I will speak of three biomarkers that do exactly this
(natriuretic peptides, high sensitivity troponins and sST2). Natriuretic
peptides (NPs) (BNP and NTproBNP) are guideline standards to confirm
the diagnosis of heart failure. They are good for monitoring volume as
we diurese the patient. Their weaknesses include wide variability in
levels in a given patient as well as elevations not secondary to an
increase in left sided filling pressures. Additionally, their value is
questionable in patients receiving Entresto (a drug that inhibits
breakdown of NPs). High sensitivity troponin in the setting of acute
heart failure (and maybe chronic) represents subendocardial necrosis and
has a bad prognosis. It is possible that drugs like nitrates will be
used in heart failure treatment more commonly when levels of high
sensitivity troponin are high. Finally, sST2 is a marker of fibrosis and
is elevated in virtually all patients with heart failure. In the acute
setting, it defines a "sicker" patient who needs advanced treatment to
avoid re-hospitalization. In the chronic setting, titrating medication
to a sST2 level below 35 ng/ml appears to mitigate risk, even in the
setting of a continued high NP level. Data with Entresto suggest sST2
levels are going to be useful in both selection of patients for Entresto
as well as monitoring treatment and maybe regulating the dose.


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As clover was the perfect cover
for a fallow bean field,
it seemed the beans were
an afterthought, pressed into
the ground by the subtlest foot
on the subtlest evening of the year.
It seemed the string beans cheated the land
as they lay fallow in the darkness,
Yet truth is often expressed
in terms of string beans in a green field
growing straight and narrow
against a backdrop of clover and light.
On string bean hill
we fell asleep in a moonlight so awesome
we forgot the green of day as it lay in wait
for us under the dark ancestral sky.
Archive for June, 2016
String Bean Hill [Nocturne No. 1]June 25, 2016
As clover was the perfect cover
The FogJune 21, 2016
Light falls across the fog. The fog is dark.
So nature is growled-out and groveling once again.
A course of roses, a course of smells—
smells not quite strong enough to be a course
for the fog, though, for this perfume has
no essence, no parade, no grace, nothing left
save ravening beasts caught in a glass masquerade.
No mistresses to clown for, no real masters
to play with. He's so hungry—he'd be a fool to eat
what they call dog food. Call it fog fuel.
Enter the watery mouth. It circles the bone.
The crunch is like a wafer from the sky.
Can this be flesh taken from a self-canned man?
Do you understand, sir, all that I am?
Olives of Endless AgeJune 8, 2016
To love so, truly can become the dawn,
The shining afternoon, a tranquil eve,
Every summers' day you want, the lawn
So green and free of weeds, rain seems naïve.
But I should prove it. Apollo, you can
Be the Olympian, if you like. Dionysus,
I know you'd rather crawl, your life a span
Between mire and fire. Crawl, though, for us.
For we are poor—poor in poverty,
Poor in earthworms—the lawn is sodden black—
And poor in gods and goddesses. They flee
And fly–perhaps they never will come back.
So, proof I must confess: it works, for clerks
Of love, this poetry of furor. It works.
Ecce HomoJune 6, 2016
Shall I tell you what rhymes with 'wait'? What turns
Your shoes wet from the snow into the cold
That's frozen so inside your soul? It burns
For you. This scorching bait becomes a scold—
Also for you. Breathe now. Breathe slowly. Hold
The air against your chest. His fearsome eyes
Should come into your mind afresh. Behold
The man. Behold his sin—contempt, lies.
The argument, I'd thought was his, was yours,
Was always yours. And seeing all, you did
Not stay. Nor heard me say, no peace, no wars,
No crowns of thorns. Ecce homo—outbid.
But wait. Just what is it that rhymes with 'wait'?
Too late to say. Right now, we must placate.
UntitledJune 5, 2016
LancelotJune 4, 2016
But why do I count on you to fight?
Why count at all? Why fuss as time
Must sting to be apostle to your sight?
Such a slight sight, such a false rhyme.
The birds fly high over the castle's keep.
The children drown each other one by one.
The clouds roll off the sea, a place to sleep,
When pure poetry becomes the sun.
The moon must hide the clouds, invisible
To man and boy, to be a symbol so
Irreverent, so indivisible
That the man-boy must be a child of woe.
The day is over, so is night…and plot
Must not intrude…on good, kind Lancelot
Manhattan HengeJune 2, 2016


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Thimble & Cloth Home Tour
With our move to a new house looming (we'll be packed and ready to go by the time February rolls around), I've spent the last few weeks knee-deep in inspiration for a new space. White walls (I'm planning a clandestine painting session because our landlord won't allow anything but renters beige... sigh!), furniture pieces with character and just a few injections of deep, moody color are at the top of my to-do list. Coincidentally, Lindy and Travis' home is filled with all three! They've absolutely nailed the perfect mix of old world charm and modern sensibility.
Do you have a favorite nook in their home? I'm LOVING the hanging chair beneath the staircase!
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Price: $7.20
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
8vo - 20 x 12.5 cm.; 256 pp. Green-blue cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. The dust jacket (unclipped and in Brodart) shows moderate wear to the edges and folds. A collection of editorial pieces and essays which appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press in 1955-56. The Winnipeg Free Press, during that time period was a bastion of independent thinking founded in the deep roots of prairie ruggedness. There is a library discard stamp on the back free end paper with no other signs of library acquisition in the book. Otherwise clean and tight.
Title: Bookshelf Free Press, Volume 1; a Selection from the Winnipeg Free Press, 1955-56.
Categories: Canadian Literature,
Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba., Winnipeg Free Press.: 1956
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Size: Ex-Library
Item: 1.00 Item
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Carolyn Hax: His girlfriend's overweight and attached to her phone
DEAR CAROLYN: My girlfriend of two years could stand to lose about 20 pounds, which would result in increased energy (as it is now she spends a lot of time sitting around playing iPhone games), more confidence (she says she doesn't like the way her clothes fit her), and more attraction between us (I'm reluctant to admit it, but her added weight is a bit of a turnoff).
I suspect she'd have more energy and more confidence because I did when I lost about 60 pounds over the course of a few years. I'm guestimating here, but I think she could've stood to lose about 10 pounds when we started dating but instead she's added 10.
I'm not sure how to approach this because I don't want to sound shallow, but I'm also concerned for her health, and we're kind of at that stage of figuring out what's next for us (i.e., marriage). But I'm not sure I want to be married to someone who puts on 10 pounds every two years and then sits around on her iPhone complaining her clothes make her look fat. Your thoughts?
DEAR ANONYMOUS: You're tiptoeing around this as if it's some delicate question about weight, and that even asking it makes you part of some superficial mob of fat-shamers.
Ask yourself, please: If your girlfriend carried an extra 10 or even 20 pounds and met you at the door dressed to dance and led you by the wrist to a weeknight salsa-fest; or forwarded you emails she subscribed to with local shows or fairs or sporting events with a quick note, "Say the word and I'll buy us tickets"; or used her home time to experiment with recipes or refinish old furniture, or whatever else didn't involve rotting on a couch, would we be having this (quasi-) conversation? Isn't the point where weight itself, as opposed to behavior, is seen as a problem the better measure of one's depth?
Your girlfriend of two years could stand to lose … you call them "pounds," but I call them "the mind-blowingly life-squandering habits of phone-staring and fat-whining" (I get paid by the hyphen) – and if it makes me shallow to say this out loud, then call me a kiddie pool and pick another column.
I happen to believe it's sane, not shallow, for you to balk at marriage (!) with someone you apparently don't like as much as you used to. I also regard it as kind, not shallow, to let her know what you're seeing: "I find it hard to believe you're happy this way, sitting around on your iPhone and tearing yourself down. Are you?"
I suppose we could debate cause and effect here – couch time breeds weight gain, weight gain breeds couch time, depression lurks amid both – but let's tweak my original question to you: If she were 20 pounds lighter, sitting around on her iPhone complaining her clothes make her look fat, would you want to be married to that?
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Teens invited to learn the importance of social science research
Year seven pupils were encouraged to think about social science research – what it is, how it contributes to society and how they can get involved through a special event co-sponsored by Fuse.
The hands-on animation event was hosted at Teesside University on Wednesday 9 November as part of the ESRC's (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science, which ran nationwide from November 5 to 12. It gave young people from across the region an opportunity to engage with leading researchers from Team Alpha (the Alcohol and Public Health team at Teesside University) to discover, discuss and debate topical social science issues.
Pupils from Norham High School in North Shields experienced how animations are narrated in a recording studio, being part of a virtual reality video game and using motion sensors to build animations. This was followed by the showcase of a two-minute research animation used in schools through the UK as part of a large research study, a research wordsearch, and a presentation by two pupils.
Fuse associate Dr Emma Giles, who successfully bid for and won ESRC funding to run the event, said: "I am inspired by the enthusiasm of Norham pupils and teachers attending the day, in their willingness to learn about social science research, get involved in the afternoon's events and was impressed by their insightful and probing questions of Team Alpha to learn more about what research is and what happens in Universities."
Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Professor of Alcohol and Public Health and Principal Investigator on the Fuse Early Life and Adolescence Research Programme said: "As an ex-pupil of Norham I was delighted and proud to see pupils visiting us at Teesside University. I am confident that we will see influential researchers of the future coming from Norham. I am also very impressed by the pupils themselves as well as the teachers' commitment to raising aspirations of the young people."
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Members of Team Alpha are working with six young people from Norham High School to develop a peer led research project around the effects of the new GCSEs on wellbeing. The team is called TALeNT (Team Alpha and Norham Together!).
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Gallery: The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards – Red Carpet, Performances & Backstage!
What a weekend! It started snowing all over in England and while I struggled miserably to get home in a pair of ballerinas in that unforgiving snow; the celebs were down at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California having some real fun moments. I'm talking about the 55th Annual Grammy Awards baby. Let's get into the good, the bad and the God forbid of it it all.
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It's that time once again for Falcom to dispense with a handful of more information on The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II as its impending release looms closer and closer. This time around, in addition to the usual character profiling for a returning face, the developer also brings word of the ability for players to import save data from the previous game, enabling them to get bonus items, as well as potentially see some altered plot scenes. As per usual, spoiler warning ahoy. Read on below for our translation.
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Prior to starting a new run of Sen no Kiseki II, the game can check your system to see if there's save data from the previous game present. In the event that it finds such data and it's from a save file that's already beaten the game, you'll get a variety of bonuses like item sets and equippable accessories. What you specifically get, however, is dependent upon both your level and Student Rank at the time the first game was beaten.
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In addition to inventory perks, importing clear data from the original Sen no Kiseki can also bring about some narrative changes in the form of altered conversational lines and event scenes. For this to happen, however, your bond with the character in question has to have been sufficiently deep in the first game.
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FlyUS is a prominent airline featured in Grand Theft Auto IV. Its slogan is: "Live a little, Fly with US". The Boeing 747 Domestic is the only known jet used by the Airline. At Francis International Airport, there are many airlines promoting flights to Los Santos & Las Venturas as well as FlyUS cars driving along such as the Feroci and the Perennial aswell as the Ripley and the Airtug. The airline's livery appears to be based off of the previous generation United Airlines, though the name could be a joke towards US Airways. A company named FlyUs exists in real life, however it is not a passenger airline, but the logo does bear a stunning resemblance to it.
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We've had a fair few bands through our doors at Audio Works Rehearsal Studio, over 5,000 rehearsal slots in the last 5 or so years. We've learnt a lot about how different bands rehearse and now you can too...
The shortest rehearsal we've had was 30 minutes, the longest was 6 hours. The smallest band was one person, and the largest was seven.
Top 5 most common practices;
- 2 hours average duration.
- Average of 4 band members.
- 1 ten minute break.
- First half jamming or writing.
- Second half set run through.
It does seem that the bands that rehearse for 3+ hours get more rehearsal time, particularly as they tend to stay in for the duration of the slot, rather than having several breaks. Perhaps it's that 3 hours is more of a commitment, therefore the attitude is get in the room and get the work done. It's not clear why, but obviously with more rehearsal comes more productivity.
Malcolm Gladwell, in his book outliers, posed that it takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery in any field. That's 13 years of two hours music rehearsal a day. Obviously, you don't have to be a master to play music and have fun, but the more you know, the more you can do.
In summary, It's important to find the best way your particular band works well. I also think it's important to push yourself, and try out new things. I've been to many rehearsals with a less than perfect attitude. If I had pushed myself a little more, tried a new style/technique to further my musicianship I definitely would have benefitted from it.
Ultimately, I think you need find your way, find your preferred style, but push the limits a little to help yourself grow. I'm trying to do this with my own pursuits and it certainly seems to be working.
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Social Media has changed the way consumer and business manager alike make their purchase decisions. The web has become the most influential resource in figuring out what to buy. Depending on the research, target audience, product or service, the percentage of new purchase decisions based on mentions and recommendations range between 72% to 90%. That is true for both B2B and B2C customers.
It is hard too imagine a manager making a purchase decision purely based on advertising inputs and conversations with vendors. In the Tech industry estimations are that those purchase decisions are even at nearly 100% based on public mentions, reviews, and recommendations.
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2) Partner Networks
Distribution channels, including resellers, broker, dealer, alliance partners are highly influential channels directly addressing certain market segments or geographies of a given vendor. Like the general marketing those channels need to be aware of the shifts in purchase behavior and able to address those changes with smart ways to stimulate conversations around their brands
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CX or CEM is a relatively new discipline in most businesses. However, it has just become a very significant investment when it is coming to mentions and recommendations. Businesses providing a good customer experience are obviously much ahead of their competition that has only mediocre or even bad customer experience.
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In today's extremely competitive world being mentioned and recommended is one of the most important aspects of business success. Companies like Zappos, Star Bucks, Jet Blue, Virgine, SalesForce.com, BMW, SAP, coming from all kinds of industries covering both B2B and B2C, have outperformed their competition mainly due to the fact that their customers are happy and say it across the Internet.
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The past few nights I have struggled to sleep and have noticed there is a lot of tension in my jaw and I'm constantly clenching my teeth. On the whole I've had a few bad days but have tried to put my struggles to the back of my mind, but all in all I've been feeling a mix of emotions over the past few days. I think feeling fatigued and the lack of sleep can often make me very sensitive, almost bursting into tears and the drop of the hat about the injustice of my situation.
I have been part of lots of celebrations this summer, as well as exciting trips including going to the Edinburgh Fringe, but it doesn't automatically wipe out all the negative feelings I battle with daily. I have felt very down and emotional at times. It has struck me how different my life is to that of my peers, over time this has become more and more apparent, and leaves me feeling angry and upset. I've mentioned in previous posts but I think my friends are more likely to attend my funeral than my wedding, and that is hard to accept. I'm envious of everyone who had a future ahead of them, or is about to embark on their next big adventure (which feels like everyone at the moment). I am genuinely happy for everyone who is travelling the world, getting married or having children, but it doesn't mean I don't feel sad for myself that I'm not doing those things, and it's actually really really hard.
It's not necessarily missing out now, but the fear about what the future holds, rather than the excitement I should be feeling. Everything is so restricted when you're living on borrowed time.
I am able to compartmentalise my life, but only to a certain point, cancer and treatment is in one section, with all the negative emotions and thoughts. The rest of my life in others, but it doesn't mean my sadness and grief for the life I've lost disappears. Lack of sleep certainly makes this worst, which I've felt over the past week.
In recent conversations I've noticed a few times people assume I work part time because I have children; so it's often hard to continue the conversation, how do you explain you have a terminal illness? Sometimes, when people ask what other creative endeavours I indulge in during my spare time I brush it off and say 'oh not much' because it's too hard to tell the truth. The automatic thought is that I have a family, or I'm someone who works part time to moonlight doing something else I'm really passionate about, like volunteering or teaching yoga. The only thing I'm passionate about right now is staying alive!
A few weeks ago I was travelling during rush hour on the London Underground wearing my Please Offer Me A Seat badge, its was really bush and a lady across from me assumed I was pregnant and tried to start a conversation with me that then became very awkward. I should have had 'leave me alone' written on my forehead. I told her I had a lot of health problems, but didn't divulge too much. It made for a pretty awkward journey for the next few stops. Even if I were in a relationship and I wanted children I couldn't anyway because of my treatment. So even if I'm lucky enough to meet someone who wants to be with a dying girl It's never going to happen (thanks to that lady for the reminder that life has dealt me yet another blow). I know she had good intentions, but I thought it was very insentive, she has no idea about others struggles – it could be a really sensitive subject for anyone! I guess at 30 I am missing the boat on these options.
I've got the fear of missing out when it comes to future plans, which I previously touched on in my post My Greatest Fears earlier in the year. With everyone else moving forward I don't want to be left behind. Life is unfair, and I spend many anxious hours awake each night trying to make sense of it all. Mentally, it's overwhelming and very taxing. I used to get the fear of missing out over small things, like birthday parties, but now I feel the fears are much bigger and more justified. I know I don't want these future options right now, but it would be nice to have the choice.


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Pusateri Fruit Market
We are proud to be part of the Church-Wellesley Village and Business Community since 1966! We proudly support Foodland Ontario and we strive to promote Ontario Fruits & Vegetables when in season. We take enormous pride in offering our customers the best and freshest variety of fruits, vegetables & grocery items… thus our motto… GET FRESH!! Pusateri Fruit Market also gives back to the community by supporting many local charities and deserving causes.
Transfer of Ownership
The time has come to Pass on the Torch! Frank and Tony would like to introduce you to Helen and Bin, the new owners of Pusateri Fruit Market! They will continue to run the store under the same name, with the same staff and most importantly, with the same high standards and guiding principles that Joe Pusateri began this business with, over 47 years ago-fresh fruit and vegetables, and superior customer service-going that extra mile for you, our valued customers! We, Frank, Tony, Joe and all staff, would like to thank you all for your patronage and support over the years, and hope you continue to support small independent business! We wish you the very best life has to offer! With Warm Wishes, Very Fond Memories, and Best Regards, Joe Pusateri, Frank Mangione & Tony Cerminara!
Pusateri Supports the Sick Kids Foundation
Today, we are proud to announce an initiative which we hold very dear to our hearts, and that is, being named as official donors to the Sick Kids Foundation. In our estimation, there is truly nothing more important than helping those in need & giving back to the community, and we could think of no better way than by supporting an institution like this. We hope you, our wonderful customers, join us on this united front, to provide a helping hand, and make a difference.
Click here to learn more about Sick Kids
Pusateri Fruit Market Turns 45
In June, 1966, Joe Pusateri had a vision to open up a premium fruit and vegetable market in the heart of the Village - a vibrant and dynamic neighbourhood in downtown Toronto! In June, 2011, Pusateri Fruit Market celebrated our 45th Anniversary. We owe our heartfelt thanks to the many, many, loyal customers who have supported us over the years…and here is to another 45 years!
Pusateri congratulates the Pride Toronto Committee on being awarded World Pride 2014.
Fresh Ontario Produce
As a proud supporter of Foodland Ontario we always have a wide selection of fresh Ontario produce when in season. Please come in now and enjoy the freshness of our many Ontario fruits and vegetables now in season. For more information about Foodland Ontario and their availability guide, please click on their link.
Store Hours
Monday - Saturday: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Pusateri Deli Hours
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Monday - Friday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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48 Lovett Lake Court, Bayers Lake, Halifax, is a 15,300 sq. ft. foot wood-frame office building with decorative brick facade, built in 2010, situated on a 2.1-acre well-landscaped site with 40 paved-surface parking spaces and with exposure to Highway 102. Previously used as the Shannex Headquarters, this building offers three 5,100 sq. ft. floors with 27 private offices, 4 open-workstation areas, two large boardrooms, and six washrooms. This building also offers a multi-tenant opportunity, by converting the lower level to a self-contained unit for rental revenue to an owner-occupier or a pure investor. Well located in the Bayers Lake Business Park, the location offers quick and easy access to the Bayers Lake Business Park, neighbouring Clayton Park West and Fairview suburbs, Lakeside-Timberlea, and Trans Canada Highway 103.
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Clash of Clans has just released an optional Spring update that you guys can download. This update is not a regular update with a bunch of new game features but rather just an optional one that you can download.
It appears that the new optional Clash of Clans Spring update is minor and just makes changes with the season.
When you log into Clash of Clans again to play you will notice that there isn't any snow or Christmas trees anymore but rather grass and what appears to look like Spring.
On most devices the game will automatically update as mine did on my Samsung Galaxy; however, I am not sure if it automatically updates on all devices.
If you still see snow on the grown when you log into play then you haven't downloaded the latest Clash of Clans update yet.


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Lotte Capital is one of the three Lotte companies currently on the market. The two remaining firms on sale -- Lotte Card and Lotte Non-Life Insurance -- already held the preliminary bidding on Jan. 30, with a number of conglomerates and PEFs showing interest.
Among the three, Lotte Capital is said to be the most coveted acquisition candidate, given its high profitability and relatively lower regulatory barrier required of buyers. The firm has therefore been drawing the strongest interest on the market among the three Lotte firms on sale.
With products ranging from installment loans and corporate lending to consumer loans, Lotte Capital possesses a diverse business portfolio and a steady profit model. In 2017, the firm's net income came to 117.5 billion won ($105 million), up 57.1 percent from three years ago.
As a capital financing firm, Lotte Captial is also exempt from local regulations that mandate entities seeking to become a majority stakeholder of a financial company to pass an ownership adequacy review by the Financial Services Commission.
So far, South Korea's two-biggest banking groups, KB Financial Group and Shinhan Financial Group, have emerged as the most likely buyers. The banks are said to be viewing Lotte Capital as a lucrative asset that could diversify and boost profits.
The acquisition of Lotte Capital could turn the tide in KB and Shinhan's ensuing competition to become Korea's No. 1 banking group by profit, and therefore fierce competition is expected between the two banking giants.
Another potential buyer is private equity firm MBK Partners, which has reportedly expressed interest in purchasing all three of Lotte's financial units as a package deal -- an attractive option to Lotte.
MBK Partners' chances of sealing this deal will depend on the size of the highest bids that are placed on each of the Lotte companies.
Lotte is set to select preferred buyers through the main bidding process next month.
Meanwhile, credit card firm Lotte Card has seen 10 bidders, including Hanwha Group and Hana Financial Group, which have joined as strategic investors, and MBK Partners, a financial investor. Lotte Non-Life Insurance has drawn a number of PEFs as bidders.
By Sohn Ji-young (email@example.com)


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Experiential Education
Classroom Without Walls (CWOW) is a program which is aptly named: quite literally, we are extending the classroom beyond the normal confines of four walls and a strict timetable. Students delve into extended inquiry, real world application, and deeper exploration of curricular topics. CWOW events are highly-collaborative, and purposefully designed to encourage authentic, interdisciplinary activities.
CWOW events are once per month, during which time the regular schedule of six to eight short classes is substituted for two, three-hour blocks of time in which teachers plan an array of activities, projects, interdisciplinary units, field trips, labs, and explorations.
Examples of CWOW Activities
Grade 6 to Grade 9
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 7
Mummy Making
The mummy making activity is geared towards an understanding of very complicated death rituals so that they can be compared and contrasted with those of other developing civilizations, including that of our own. Developing an appreciation for cultural differences through experiential exploration and historical art gives the students a firm understanding of skill transference and the importance of collaboration with their peers.
Grade 8
Grade 8
Sea to Sky Gondola
This trip will cover the first nations perspective on the use of their land for commercial use, as well as the physics of the gondola and how it was built. Engineering for the real world. Students will take on the role of engineer, researcher and scientist in a program that challenges students to tackle 21st century problems with innovation and creativity. We will look into the different technologies and ventures that the Sea to Sky Gondola has utilized to keep operations sustainable and research ways in which we can continue to designing our operating systems such that they use energy and resources sustainability.
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 10
Boundary Bay
The Grade 10 trip to Boundary Bay focusses on the environment and looks at sustainability of systems. It helps the students examine the effects of solar radiation on the cycling of matter and energy with a focus on climate change. It also helps with their understanding of the carbon and nitrogen cycles and the impacts these cycles have on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Track and Field Organizers
Leadership development is important to everyone at Meadowridge. The grade 10's role in this track meet is to organize, guide, and instruct the younger students (Grade 3 to 7) in their participation in a variety of track and field events. This is supported by the teachers, but the students take on a lead role and with a focus on developing communication and problem solving skills.
Grade 11 & 12
Grade 11 & 12
In English, the students work on their written tasks, watch films of their novels and work on curricular pieces.
In French, the students do their interactive oral assessment of which preparation includes watching a movie, for example Tanguy, followed by a debate, the students also participate in a French Public speaking competition and enjoy a crepe party.
Spanish students do their interactive oral assessment which includes a listening-comprehension component and watching a video, for example Cobardes, which is then followed by a debate. Spanish ab initio students participate in Dance lessons or work on exam preparation.
Business students work on their IA's, watch video documentaries, study business concepts and case studies, and discuss TOK topics.
In History students work to understand Historiography, how historians determine what information is relevant; they learn to identify the components of a good essay, and spent time peer editing and using color coded to identify different parts of the essay. They also learn to identify and evaluate different types of historical sources, and participate in simulations and other collaborative tasks to provide students with a greater understanding of the historical context and significance of people in impacting the course of history.
In all the Sciences, students work on their IA laboratory work. In Biology, the students also do a North Forest Investigation for ecology. Math students work on labs and investigations, and do research and work on their IA's.
In Theatre, students work on their four main Tasks: their Solo theatre piece, their Director's notebook, their Research presentation and Collaborative project.
Art students take the time to work on their projects, or they get to do an intensive study or they go out on a field trip (gallery, Museum of Anthropology, Emily Carr Graduate show).


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text: One of the things The Happy Hour Guys are always striving to do is find the places you'll tell your friends about. The Boulder Beer company is one of those places - not only for the fantastic beers the produce, but also for the lively pub that is attached to the Brewery; and what's out back? Well, join us and see. Cheers!


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Little Smoke-man. How I adore you. Even when you drove me crazy. Silly little kitten, you were just a bug when I adopted you. Small enough to hide behind stuffed animals, small enough to fit in a sweatshirt pocket.
Teeny, gray and freaked by the big dog, Cyrus. And yet you settled right with the Ohio clan. Sheba mothered you, Sasha swatted you and Cyrus just ignored you, huh.
What a sweet, little boy you were.
And then the little black puppy came. That was ok, right? He was smaller than you, right? But he kept growing. And kept growing, and kept growing. And he discovered the joys of chasing you out of the room to make you squeak.
Now that Schemie has gone to the bridge, you are back to sitting on the couch with me and following me. No one chases you now. Those dogs with the long noses and long legs really don't even notice you.
And you miss the chasing, don't you, little man. You always did secretly enjoy it.
Now here you are, kidneys not being nice, hypothyroid, yet still going strong and still a little imp.


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Posted: Oct 08, 2006
October 8, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - After 100 minutes of scoreless play, Rhodes claimed a 1-0 victory in penalty strokes after outscoring DePauw 2-1 in the strokeoff.
DePauw dropped to 6-4 overall and 4-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, while Rhodes improved to 8-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference.
O'Brien Wolff and Jenny Mueller scored in the strokeoff for Rhodes, while Sarah Riffle scored for the Tigers.
DePauw outshot Rhodes 33-7 including 10-0 in the second overtime and also held a 19-4 edge in corners.
Kaitline Thomure recorded eight saves for the Tigers, while Julz Anderson had 23 for Rhodes.


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Thursday, April 26, 2012
People Who Should be Poked with Knitting Needles
I usually try to keep this blog upbeat, but today it is a good thing I knit as I did not have a calm day. The city is doing road repair work on my street and is tearing up my yard and my favorite tree which they refuse to replace or to compensate me for. That is bad enough, but when I am having a meeting with the city attorney and the CE people to discuss all this the LDS (Mormon) neighbor comes over and they all start having a big discussion about what they did in Mormon church. It was like male Relief Society or something. Once they began to talk it was like I WASN"T EVEN THERE!! And they were all standing in my driveway. I was shocked. I haven't been treated this badly by Mormons in over 15 years. I made some sort of comment about this not being a church meeting, which they ignored and went on talking. So I went over and sat on my porch. They talked for at least another 20 minutes then left without another word to me. Some of this conversation involved discussing my problems with the nosy neighbor (I could tell by the gestures, looks, and so on.) I am still trying to figure out why the city people, who are supposed to be professional, thought it was appropriate to share my problems with the nosy neighbor. I don't care if they go to chuch together, it was still none of his business and he shouldn't have been there. I think the gyst of this is that the Mormon neighbor probably got whatever he needed from the Mormon city people but the non-Mormon person, being me, was ignored and didn't even get to finish what was supposed to be a professional business meeting. I'm also sure that by tomorrow every Mormon member in this neighborhood will know everything about my meeting with the city, which should have remained reasonably private. One of the workers on the outskirts of the group did come over and appologize though. He turned out to be the only non-Mormon in the bunch. I feel violated in more ways than one. I'm pretty sure they just trampled all over my civil rights. I hope some church lady leaves some really sharp Addi size 1s in their pew this Sunday. They all deserve it.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Out, Bad Knitting!
Sometimes there are things in your life that no longer serve a useful purpose and those things need to move on. I always like to start my new year by thinking about those things and moving them on to their new purpose. So, for this post I have a confession to make. Last year I knit a really UGLY sweater. I worked on it off and on most of the year and even though there was this little niggling thought in the back of my mind that things weren't going to turn out well I just kept right on knitting. The reasoning behind this is that the yarn was Noro. The same Noro that makes such beautiful multi-colored yarns. But unfortunately it was not the same Noro that I love with wild abandon. The Noro yarn in this ugly project will still be ugly even if its new purpose is to once again be a ball of yarn. That is because it is ugly yarn. I have finally admitted it is ugly yarn. Noro. Unbelievable but true. Fortunately I bought the yarn on sale.
I didn't have a lot of yarn and it was a summery yarn, so I knit this tank. (It looks better in the photo than in reality and its pretty ugly in this photo.) When the tank was finally completed I was hoping that the addition of a colored border would somehow help it out, so I crocheted around it with some left-over mystery yarn. Not much better. I hate it. I have kept it around for several months now, but it has not somehow magically improved. I am going to get rid of it, Noro and all.
I am now working on a nice wooly vest.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Knitter's Nirvana has been on the Road
For reasons unknown to any of us here at Knitter's Nirvana, we have been on a big darn road trip. We do this every now and then, and it is not always a good thing, as we are always lost. Nevertheless, we went from our home in Northern Utah to
, and actually made it back again, although it took us about six weeks. This time we didn't go through any states unintentionally, which is a first for us. Also all the yarn shops were hiding, so the only yarn purchased was on the second day or our journey at Cameron Trading Post in Northern Arizona. This is a trading post in the desert on the edge of a Native American nation – I can't remember which nation. It's a really great trading post with a good selection of Native American products. I always find it quite amusing as it is a big stop-off point for tour buses en route to the Key West Grand Canyon which usually means hoards of Japanese tourists wearing dress-up clothes, hospital masks and lots of cameras. They take pictures of everything and don't even ask first which is a bit disconcerting. One time I found a masked woman in high heels and teeny tiny shorts taking a picture of my license plate. I don't get it.
Anyway, there is always a shopping cart full of yarn back in the deli. I don't get that either, but nonetheless, it is always there. It's a lightly spun heavy worsted weight wool, with some lanolin left in. I don't know if it's something that is made locally or what, but the skeins have little tags on them with a date and a color number. The red one says Russet B. Sheep. It's a bit on the scratchy side, but I think it will make great mittens or something for this winter.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
It's been a Long Long Year
It's been over a year since I last posted. Overall I've had a really bad year. First, I had a job I really loved and the position was moved to another office. It turned out to be a very bad move for me - the new management was absolutely horrible. I'm not going to go into all the details here, but I worked for the government, and because of the government rules it's very hard to deal with bad mangement once they're in place. Employees don't have many options, there's a very definate good old boy network still firmly entrenched, and the bunch of managers I worked with just plain have no integrity. Most of the other people I worked with were really wonderful good people (except for the one that's having the office affair). I had alot of good friends there that I won't see much anymore and I'm going to miss them alot. I finally decided that I had enough of the entire thing - and since I was in a position to do something else - I retired. I've been retired for an entire week as of today. So far I'm enjoing it tremendously.
The worst thing that happened this year though, was that our basset, Shakespeare, got very ill and died. He had been going downhill for quite some time and was finally diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in May, and I still miss him. We have a new puppy whom we love, but of course it just isn't the same.
But on a good note- I've been trying to get a knitting design business going for years but I haven't really had time to do anything much about it. Now that I'm retired from my first job (and I'll have a decent retirement income, plus good insurance) I can finally concentrate on doing something fun. I'll be posting regularly from now on, and I'm usually much more cheerful!
The worst thing that happened this year though, was that our basset, Shakespeare, got very ill and died. He had been going downhill for quite some time and was finally diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in May, and I still miss him. We have a new puppy whom we love, but of course it just isn't the same.
But on a good note- I've been trying to get a knitting design business going for years but I haven't really had time to do anything much about it. Now that I'm retired from my first job (and I'll have a decent retirement income, plus good insurance) I can finally concentrate on doing something fun. I'll be posting regularly from now on, and I'm usually much more cheerful!
Monday, September 07, 2009
Julia Child Makes Me Squeemish
We recently went to see Julie, Julia and also - I read the book. Julia Child makes me squeemish but I liked both the movie and the book. I thought they were funny but really - lots of gross dead stuff was trussed up, killed and eaten. Eeeech... Where do you even buy a dead duck? Do you just go out to the local pond and bop some poor little ducky on the head or what??? Then you defeather and gut him out and cover him in pie crust??? Sounds delicious. It's time for me to go off and do some knitting and be grateful for my hippie tree-hugging vegetarian life.
Friday, April 03, 2009
I've finally wrestled the keyboard away from my daughter and have time for a quick post. This is Alice. Normally she spends her time underneath a tablecloth attacking unwary pedestrians, muching on my bamboo knitting needles, terrorizing the dog, and otherwise creating havoc in the household. But those kinds of things do wear a girl down after a while. Guess it's time to buy a new plant.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
It's been forever since I've posted. Time just flies along when you're knitting , doesn't it? People like the Yarn Harlot who manage to post several times a week are just amazing to me. I don't know how they do it. It takes hours to come up with interesting stories and information to keep us all amused, not to mention all the time it takes to get good photos. I think about it every time I read one of their posts - it's so nice of them to spend that kind of time to keep all us other knitters amuzed. Unfortunately I'm turning out to be a better blog reader than blog poster.
But I have been doing some knitting and trying to get a few more patterns designed, written, photographed and printed. Along with my other fulltime job - I've been busy! This is a baby bootee pattern I'm working on called Small World. There are going to be three patterns in it - this one is called Happiness.
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From the Main Line: Exploring Pennsylvania Railroad Rights-of-Way: This project's title, From the Main Line, came to me since I began traveling throughout the Northeast exploring what survives and what developed as a result of the presence of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The project is the culmination of four distinct interests and their interaction: geography, history, architecture, and a life-long love of railroads. Among other reasons, I chose the Pennsylvania Railroad to satisfy a simple question,"Why would a company consider itself the Standard Railroad of the World?" I am sure many would argue that it was just plain arrogance, but that answer was not good enough. So in 2007 I set out to better understand the former PRR system, examining the various aspects of the railroad to create a cohesive survey of the railroad, its defining attributes and the landscape through which it traveled.
There are several concise topics that combine to create a holistic understanding of a railroad network and its effects on its surroundings. This approach can help one to identify the unique characteristics of any railroad corridor but specifically those that refer to the Pennsy.
This is an excerpt of a newly published web exclusive article with Trains Magazine, a collaboration with the Center for Railroad Photography and Art to bring thoughtful writing and new approaches to the genre of railroad photography. Trains magazine played a big role in my formative years, with a great collection of contemporary industry articles, excellent imagery, and historical pieces and I am honored to be a part of! Please visit the full article and web gallery for more!