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Based upon the Carpet Loop by David Moisan, N1KGH. The carpet loop is the original design. This is simply my own take on it.
For those who do not have a large space or ability to install an antenna for reception of distant shortwave stations and/or money to spend on often dicey commercial products, this loop antenna may present an adaptable solution.
How it Works
The concept is that a long cable with multiple conductors looped around a room (or other object/space) is used as a large inductor. A switch allows the number of turns in the inductor to be selected using the multiple wires in the cable. For example, if a 4-wire cable is used, switch position 1 uses only one of the wires, position 2 uses two of them, 3 uses 3, and 4 uses 4. More turns in use means more inductance and better reception of longer wavelengths.
This giant inductor is connected in parallel with a variable capacitor. Once a station is detected, the number of turns in the loop can be adjusted until the signal is strongest. Then the variable capacitor can be adjusted to bring the system close to or to its resonance point. Once this occurs, the signal oscillates between the capacitor and the inductor (cable loop), effectively strengthening the signal to the receiver by way of maximum power transfer.
The resonance point of the circuit is where:
1 f = ------------------- 2 * pi * sqrt(L * C)
where f is the frequency of desired signal in hertz, pi is approximately 3.14, L is the inductance of the inductor (henries), and C is the capacitance of the capacitor (farads). You do not need to know or understand this to build the antenna. Just there for the curious.
Parts List
(substitute whatever is in your junk box)
- 2 x Male DB-9 Connectors. A single connector could be used for up to 4-conductor cable, but this makes the loop a bit unwieldy to install, as there will be no free end.
- 2 x Female DB-9 connectors to match above.
- 50 feet of 4-conductor flat telephone patch cable.
- 1 x SO-239 (UHF) Female connector for radio.
- 1 x Screw terminal for ground wire.
- 1 x 2 Pole, 6 Position rotary switch from Radio Shack.
- 1 x Single Pole, Single Throw mini toggle switch from Radio Shack.
- 1 x 365 pF air variable capacitor from an old radio.
- 2 x silicon diodes of any size. The cheapest ones are probably the best.
- Wire to hook it all up. 22 AWG copper is fine.
- Knobs, case, hardware to put it all together.
The circuit
The circuit is simple: a method to produce an effective inductor (loop) from a multi-conductor cable, a switch to select the number of individual conductors in use in this loop, and a variable capacitor to form the capacitive portion of the tank circuit.
Connections to the loop cable itself and to ground and your radio receiver can be made based upon personal taste and availability of parts. I used DB-9 connectors from old serial cables because I had them, and an SO-239 for the radio connection because it is common at HF frequencies and doubles as a banana plug socket. Ground is simply a bolt and a wing nut.
The back-to-back diodes act as a static discharge point to prevent static electricity from damaging your receiver. A high-value resistor (megohm) will work in their place just as well.
The cable
The cable is wired straight-through (Pin 1 on left end goes to pin 1 on right end, pin 2 goes to pin 2, etc.). The tuner unit's connectors are wired to produce a large coil using all of the wires in the cable.
Using the antenna
Set the variable capacitor (C1) to its midpoint, and the turn control at either end (longest or shortest). Find a fairly weak station, and adjust the turns control until the signal is strongest. Adjust the variable capacitor until signal is strongest and cleanest.
In some cases at lower frequencies (or any frequencies), a longwire configuration may work better. You can simply flip the switch S2 to lift the ground on the loop, converting the system into a longwire. The length of this wire can still be adjusted with the turns control. Open the capacitor all the way up or else it will serve as an attenuator. Or maybe not. Play with it and see what happens. Just play with the controls until you get the best signal.


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Recipe needed for whole Trout
A 2 to 2-1/2 lb Rainbow is a 10/10 catch. The flesh is perfect because there are no spawning issues, the texture is perfect, and there is no need to freeze unused parts of the fish - it's a prefect meal for the two of us. In the past I've either filletted these fish or gutted and headed them. I would like to try something with the whole beast.
Any direction on how to safely remove the gills for cooking? Should I slit the back for easy serving? Should I scrape off the scales? I can probably resolve these issues myself but don't wish to wantonly waste fish doing it.
Finally, recipe suggestions - stove-top, oven, or grill. The BBQ is covered in snow right now and our weather will suck until mid-April. Reasonable, but not exotic, ingredients are available.
This would b a fresh-water Steelhead from Lake Huron and not from the West Coast .
I don't have a recipe per se, just a technique. My wife dredges the trout in flour and dusts it off and cooks it in an electric frypan set at 375 degrees for the amount of time specified on our Fish Meter (It's a little ruler with a bar that goes up and down and you put it next to the fish and move the horizontal bar down to rest on the fish and it reads in minutes of TOTAL time) or 10 minutes per inch of thickness. Cooks in peanut oil and then if we want any kind of sauce (almondine or such) it's made in another pan, like a saucier.
Mostly, though, a squirt of fresh lemon is enough.
Look for the fish meter thouh, it's great and cheap - usually hanging on a wall somewhere in a cookware store.
Hi DockPotato,
I don't have any advice on the gills but you should scale the fish for sure! If you like SE Asian flavors or just want to try something different, here's a simple recipe I got from a Thai friend.
Steamed fish with lemongrass in claypot (you can steam it in a skillet too)
1 1-1/2 to 2 pound whole trout, head and tail intact, scaled, gutted and cleaned
4 stalks lemongrass
1 tablespoon sea or kosher salt
1/2 cup water or more as needed
Optional: Lay fish flat on a cutting board. At thickest part of the body, make two diagonal bone-deep cuts perpendicular to backbone, about two inches apart. Turn fish over, and repeat.
Remove about 1-1/2 inches from the hard root end of the lemongrass and the leaf end leaving about 6 inches of the center. Smash lemongrass with a meat pounder or a large knife to release the essential oils.
Fold one stalk into half and rub it all over the fish, inside and out. Discard stalk. Sprinkle salt and rub into the fish, inside and out.
Tear each of the 3 remaining lemongrass stalks into 4 strips. Lay lemongrass in a grid pattern at the bottom of the claypot.
Place fish on top. Tuck in the tail if it doesn't fit.
Add enough water to reach bottom layer of lemon grass without touching the fish.
Cover with lid and bring water to a boil over medium heat.
Once steam appears from the hole in the lid, about 5 minutes, check water level and add more water if necessary. Steam for another 8 to 10 minutes, checking on the water level at least once. At the thickest part of the fish, lift the flesh with a fork and if it separates easily from the bone, it's done.
Serve in claypot or carefully remove the fish with two spatulas onto a plate. Spoon liquid from plate over fish before serving.
If you'd like to read the whole deal and see pictures, visit: http://theasiangrandmotherscookbook.w...
CoastalLiving.com also has some great whole fish recipes: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/rec...
The gills can come out with the guts. Take a sharp knife and open the belly from the anal vent to the lower jaw. Dump the guts, clean the bloodline, and pull out the gills, leaving the gill plates and the head intact. You may need to use your knife to free the gills at top and bottom, but they usually come out with a tug.
I wouldn't slit the back until it's time to serve; having the skin intact makes the fish less likely to break during handling. I usually trim the fins down but don't remove them entirely; that way you can pull them out along with their roots once the fish is cooked. Scaling is unnecessary unless you're planning to eat the skin, but if the scales are making a mess, go ahead and get rid of them.
For recipes, the fish is so delicate that keeping it simple might be the way to go. There are a million options: try putting a few lemon slices in the cavity and poaching in white wine and butter. Or stuffing with spinach (plain or in a bechamel sauce), rolling in flour, and broiling. Or cooking en papillote with mirepoix in parchment paper. But my absolute favorite way to eat trout is rolled in cornmeal and fried in bacon fat (preferably over a campfire).
Be adventurous. No matter what you do, you can't go wrong unless you overcook the fish.
I've caught hundreds of 'bows, and never had scale one...and I eat 'em skin and all. In fact, I've never seen a scale on a rainbow. To prepare Japanese-style (yakizakana), gut per alanbarnes instructions, wash and pat dry, and salt the outside heavily with a coarse salt (kosher works fine). Allow to rest for 30 minutes, rub the salt in, and salt again. Broil over medium-high heat (pan, oven, grill, grill pan are all ok) for 3-4 minutes per side. Prepare a dipping sauce made with equal parts lemon juice and soy sauce. Serve with fresh, hot white rice and steamed veggies.
I will try the Thai and Japanese versions - as everyone agrees this fish needs very little help. Then I'll make my way down the list, thanking you all. Thanks alanbarnes on the gills advice - I can do that.
I should have clarified, ricepad, that our Bows are Lake Huron Steelhead so they do have scales when they begin their run - 100 of them on the lateral line. They are very fine, particularly on small ones. The photo shows a Bow recently upriver just beginning to lose its scales.
re: DockPotato
I guess I never considered those to be scales, although they really are. I have never scaled a rainbow trout, nor found a need to. Most of the time, I'm dealing with pan-sized fish (say, 8-10 inches long), but even the biggest ones I've had - in the 22-25 inch range - didn't need scaling.
Anyway, happy eating!
re: ricepad
I've never scaled them either, nor Salmon. I take it you don't eat the skin, or does it really crisp up?
I try to handle and wash the outer fish as little as possible because the outside layer and coating adds flavour. I'll leave them on with your version, probably with the rest too - the scales don't seem to be bothersome in chomping.
I don't have much direction to provide for cleaning, but I think that that trout would lend itself nicely to the a similar preparation that I use for bluefish roasted on thinly sliced potatoes, courtesy of Marcella Hazan's "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking". A basic paraphrase is provided here:
It should work just fine with the whole fish vs. fillets- whole just might need to cook longer, and I'd probably throw a few lemon slices, rosemary springs and garlic slices into the belly.
Enjoy your fish!
This is a similar recipe to one I use for Corsican Stuffed Fish

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The extension has been announced by Lt. Col. Tom McIntyre, who is the systems program director for X-37B. "We initially planned for a nine-month mission, which we are roughly at now, but we will continue to extend the mission as circumstances allow. Keeping the X-37 in orbit will provide us with additional experimentation opportunities and allow us to extract the maximum value out of the mission," he said in the announcement.
The details of the unmanned mission have not been shared with the media, but the Air Force Base is preparing for its landing that requires careful arrangements. It is the second X-37B spacecraft sent for the mission. The first one was sent last year. The landing of that first X-37B faced a problem with the tire of the spacecraft, so this time greater attention is being given to the landing site to avoid any trouble.
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Walter Allen Sr., a life long resident of Port Arthur, Texas, died early Saturday Morning at the age of 77.
Walter was born to the union of Henry & Yvonne Blanchette Allen on September 2, 1936. He met and married his high school sweetheart, Lou Anna Young.
Walter was a member of First Sixth Street Baptist Church for over 50 years. He was also a 1956 graduate of Lincoln High School. He then went on to attend Southern University of Baton Rouge, Louisiana on a track scholarship.
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What's new:
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- Files are needed. Cue with the same name as the. Bin. Img, etc, to describe the audio tracks. If it contains only the binary data, Iris Manager generates its corresponding TOC. psx_storage default also generates a TOC enough for this type of game. As I can complete wakefulness psx_storage operation.
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Yahoo CEO blasts Bing search partnership
Web giant claims Microsoft partnership hasn't delivered predicted market share gains.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer claims the firm's search deal with Microsoft has not delivered the market share gains it expected.
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, Mayer claimed the 10-year partnership has backfired, with Bing taking market share away from Yahoo.
"One of the points of the alliance is that we collectively want to grow share rather than just trading share with each other," Mayer told delegates.
We collectively want to grow share rather than just trading share with each other.
"We need to see monetisation working better because we know that it can and we've seen other competitors in the space illustrate how well it can work," Mayer said of the partnership.
Mayer also claimed Yahoo's biggest challenge is getting more page impressions. The internet giant is set to streamline its mobile apps from 60 to around 12 as it fights to get consumers to spend more time on Yahoo's websites to boost ad revenue.
Yahoo and Microsoft partnered up in 2010 as they thought they would be better positioned to challenge Google's dominance in the search market.
However, two years on, and the deal is yet to make a significant dent in Google's market share.
Google is still the most used search engine in countries such as the UK and US with 89 per cent and 66 per cent market share, respectively.
Despite Microsoft and Yahoo joining forces, the firms still lag behind with a collective share of 28 per cent in the US and 30 per cent in the UK.
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Some is wrong with the article's statistics - it says Google has 89% market share in the UK, and Microsoft/Yahoo has 30% market share in the UK. That adds up to 119%.
I stopped using Yahoo when it went Bing. I didn't like the feel of it and have this dread that if Microsoft manage to get too big a share of the web more and more sites will only work with IE, which I detest. I abandoned MultiMap when they introduced Bing and stopped working.
I was going to make the same point, but on reflection it may mean that 89% of UK users use Google some or all of the time, 30% use Bing some or all of the time, and then there's the long tail. But I agree it could be better worded if that's what they mean... Perhaps I should nostalgically say Bring Back AltaVista...


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Manufacturer: Pfalz Flugzeugwerke GmbH
Model: D.XII
Year: 1918
Span: 8.9916m / 30ft
Length: 6.34898m / 21ft
Height: 2.69138m / 9ft
Wing Area: 21.9523m² / 236ft²
Empty Weight: 712.606kg / 1,571lbs
Gross Weight: 894.953kg / 1,973lbs
Maximum Speed: 170.554km/h
Power Plant: One Mercedes D IIIa, 160 h.p. in-line engine
Range: 426.385km / 265miles
Serial Number: 3498
Registration: N43C
Pfalz D.XII
The Pfalz D.XII often flew in the shadow of its very successful contemporary -- the Fokker D.VII. The design of the Pfalz was influenced by the other fighter and they had similar enough characteristics that some Allied airmen, upon seeing the Pfalz for the first time, reported encountering a new kind of Fokker.
The Museum's Pfalz was one of a large group of German aircraft brought to the United States for evaluation after the war. When the tests were completed, this aircraft and another Pfalz were acquired by the motion picture industry. Adorned with strange and menacing paint schemes, they appear in both versions of aviation classic, The Dawn Patrol (1930 and 1938).
Later, the Pfalz was purchased by Colonel G.B. Jarrett for his New Jersey museum. In 1950, the well-worn Pfalz was purchased by collector and stuntman Frank Tallman who had the original fighter restored to flying condition. In 1968, the Pfalz changed hands again, becoming part of the Wings and Wheels collection in Orlando, Florida. Doug Champlin acquired the rare aircraft with its Mercedes D IIIa, 160-horsepower in-line engine and two 7.92mm Spandau machine guns in 1981.


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Getting Up to Speed
They say that slow and steady wins the race. But the cardiovascular key to fat burning is using interval training workouts - workouts that alternate high-intensity levels with lower-intensity effort. As I mentioned earlier, that formula keeps your body burning calories long after you've stopped working out.
Interval training mimics sports - start-and-stop motions with periods of sprinting or close-to-sprinting speeds followed by light jogging or rest. You can use interval training workouts any way you want - running, cycling, swimming, on elliptical trainers, even walking if you alternate a speed walk and slow walk.
You can also vary the intensity levels in different combinations. To start, here are three options for setting your workout. (If you use exercise machines, don't choose the interval workout; choose the manual one, and create your own intensities by adjusting it yourself. It'll give you greater control over the speeds and will help you burn fat faster.) You'll derive benefits in as little as a 20-minute interval workout. As you build up endurance and strength, you can add time to your workout.
Interval Variation I: Standard
The following is a typical interval workout. You alternate the same period of low intensity with the same period of higher intensity.
1. 3 - 5 minutes warmup (light jog, low intensity, gradually increasing at the end of the warmup period)
2. 1 minute moderate or high intensity followed by 1 minute low intensity (repeat 6 - 8 times)
3. 3 - 5 minutes cooldown (light jog, low intensity, gradually decreasing by the end of the cooldown period)
Interval Variation II: Pyramid
This pyramid structure allows you to start with short bursts of speed, and then you'll peak at the longest surge of energy in the middle of your workout before coming back down.
1. 3 - 5 minutes warmup
2. 30 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
3. 45 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
4. 60 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
5. 90 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
6. 60 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
7. 45 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
8. 30 seconds high intensity
9. 3 - 5 minutes cooldown
Interval Variation III: Sports Conditioning
Sports are unpredictable. This interval simulates some of that unpredictability by having you doing different times and different intensities. You can mix and match the orders and repetitions as much as you want. Rest longer after the periods in which you use the most energy.
1. 3 - 5 minutes warmup
2. 2 minutes moderate or high intensity followed by 2 minutes low intensity (repeat once
3. 30 seconds high intensity followed by 30 seconds low intensity (repeat four times)
4. 60-yard sprints (or 10 seconds if not running) followed by 90 seconds rest (repeat 6 - 10 times)
5. 3 - 5 minutes cooldown
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Police say an impaired driver driving the wrong way on 22 in early morning an incident was apprehended without injuries or damage.
At 1:22 a.m on Thursday, Oct. 25, as Springfield Police Officer Jose Agrelo was waiting on Hillside Avenue to pull onto the westbound lanes of Route 22, he reportedly saw a four-door sedan driving east on Route 22 west.
Agrelo put on his emergency lights and siren but police say the vehicle continued past his location without slowing or stopping. Officer Agrelo hopped on Route 22 East ahead of the vehicles' path. After he pulled into a center isle parking lot, he was able to pull onto the highway and force the vehicle to stop.
The driver and only lone occupant of the vehicle, Matias Braulio, 44, of Roselle, claimed he had just left a restaurant on Route 22 West in Mountainside and was lost. Police later charged him operating a motor vehicle whle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and with driving the wrong way on a one way street as well as reckless driving.
"Officer Agrelo was at the right place at the right time and along with his quick actions in safely stopping a motor vehicle traveling against oncoming traffic prevented the potential of a serious head-on collision from occurring," Springfield Chief of Police John Cook said in an email.
Braulio was later released from custody with an initial court appearance
date set for Monday, Oct. 29 at 5p.m. in the Springfield Municipal Court.


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This week's Great Escape takes us to Luma Restaurant in Mt. Lebanon. Located on Castle Shannon Boulevard, this upscale eatery offers mouthwatering contemporary cuisine that'll nudge some of those grown-up tastebuds you have been neglecting.
Sure enough, one of the greatest sacrifices that we parents make for our children is giving up fine dining and fine foods. We don't want to cart our babies, toddlers and young children into fancy food places—and, the patrons usually don't want us to either.
Even if you have a well-mannered youngster, or are able to temporarily subdue her into culinary compliance, she may still reject a high-end meal because it is something unfamiliar.
That's why, nine out of ten times, we parents end up at kid-friendly spots—the kind where there are pictures of food on the menus, kids-eat-free specials, run-of-the-mill selections and cheap prices.
I don't know about you, but sometimes I get a little sick and tired of eating according to my kids' preferences. Sometimes, Mama wants a more stylish supper.
And, when Mama wants that, Luma Restaurant is the place to go.
Luma's food can best be described as contemporary American cuisine. The menu selections are carefully crafted by Executive Chef Michael Rudman, who was honored as one of Pittsburgh's "40 under 40" by Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP in 2004.
One of Luma's most popular dishes is its jumbo lump crab cakes, which are broiled and dressed with a drizzle of tangy red onion caper sauce. The crab cakes are simple and straight-forward, and undeniably sophisticated.
The dinner portion of crab cakes includes two crab cakes, and the lunch portion includes one. Luma also offers a single crab cake appetizer and a crab cake salad, which are great additions to any lunch or dinner meal and are perfect selections to accompany one of Luma's many unique cocktails.
You'll make the gals from Sex and the City jealous with some of Luma's cocktail concoctions. The cocktail list includes personalized mojitos, a basil and vodka lemonade, white wine sangria and several Luma signature martinis, including the LumaTini (a citrus, coconut martini), the Luma White Cosmo (featuring white cranberry juice) and the Luma Espresso Martini (a truly adult beverage fusing alcohol and espresso).
Other contemporary cuisine offerings at Luma include duck and apple ravioli, cranberry chicken, and Korean barbecue flank steak. It has an affordable light lunch menu, which includes lunch-sized portions of many of their dinner entrees in addition to an appealing selection of salads and sandwiches.
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Can't get it to turn over
I've got a 1970 C10 with a straight 6 and I can't get it to turn over. I was using my truck about 3 months ago, it's been running fine for several years, and it started spluttering like it was out of gas. The guage doesn't work, but I was pretty sure I had gas in it. I added some more gas, but it wouldn't turn over.
I talked to the guys at the auto parts store, and I replaced the fuel pump and filter. Still no luck, so I poured some gas down the carb, and it turned over and ran fine. I ran around in it for a while and everything was great. The battery wouldn't hold a charge, so I replaced it and figured I was in business, but it wouldn't start, not even when I poured gas in the carb.
I have a felling it might be in the throttle or linkage.
Any ideas?
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Hmm.. it the battery wouldn't hold a charge, could be the alternator being jacked and dragging it down bud.
Also.. you say you can't get it to turn over.. there's a difference in not turning over and not starting.
Need to specify if it cranks but doesn't start, as that will help us diagnose the issue at hand. Sounds like you mean it wont FIRE/START rather than not turn over judging by your post.
IF that be the case then start with the essentials: AIR, FUEL, FIRE.
Ensure that the butterfly valve(s) are opening allowing air into your carb. If they are then that would rule out the throttle linkage most likely.
Next Ensure that FUEL is being dumped into it through the jets. If not, you may try pullin the jets and cleaning them with parts cleaner. If you ARE getting fuel..
then the next step would be to pull a plug and check to see if you're getting a spark (CAUTION when doing so that you're not close to somewhere gasoline could be present or has recently been spilled). If no spark, then a good cleaning (or replacing) of plugs, new cap/rotor, and possible wires are likely needed.
I'm not that familiar with carb'd motors, but they're essentially the same.
Hope this helps you in some way bud!
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I moved your thread to the Tech Q & A section, as it will garner more responses to your issue.
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First off welcome aboard.
If your pouring fuel directly down the carb and it wont fire the issue isnt in the linkage.
Start by ensuring the plugs have fire, and at the proper time
Pull the distributer cap and make sure everything there is clean with no issues
Also while you have the cap off turn the engine over and make sure the rotor is spinning properly when turning over
There is an outside chance you jumped time, this is an older truck probably with some mileage on it so it's a possibility
Next check the intake manifold for cracks or leaks and check any vacuum lines or ports for leaks, cracked hoses etc.
If you didnt find any issues yet then the next step will be pulling the carb and rebuilding it
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It's the little details that make your event memorable! One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings provides a great resource for anyone planning a wedding, a bridal shower, or other event. Fourteen chapters filled with step-by-step tutorials along with additional design ideas in each section make it easy to add your own personal style to any gathering.
Unique ideas like handmade shadowbox wedding announcements and decoupaged save-the-date votives are just a couple of the dozens of inspiring ideas contained in the book. Instructions for seasonal bouquets, candlelit pathways, wedding decor, and more will add the perfect custom touches to your special day. Want a copy of the book for your very own? Just leave a comment on this post by midnight CST on August 31st for your chance to win One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings! One winner will be randomly selected and announced on September 1st. Due to shipping costs, this offer is open to US entries only. Best wishes to all the entrants!
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August 24, 2011 4:09 pm
Wow…great giveaway. Would love to win this for my daughter. Thanks
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August 24, 2011 4:12 pm
I'm helping a good friend in his wedding and this will come in handy. Thanks for the great give-away!
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August 24, 2011 4:35 pm
Love it! Thanks for the giveaway!
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August 24, 2011 4:42 pm
Awesome! I'm in the middle of planning two events right now. They're baby showers, but I'm sure there would be some good general tips and easily adapted projects in here!
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August 24, 2011 4:45 pm
This would be great, I'm getting married next year and want to do handmade but I have no idea where to start. Thanks for another great giveaway.
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August 24, 2011 4:46 pm
Oooo I would love to win! Hope I do!
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August 24, 2011 4:58 pm
Would love to win this to give to a friend that is all about planning her and her honey's special day right now! Thank for the chance to win!
Stephanie E on
August 24, 2011 4:59 pm
Looks like an amazing giveaway. At that point in my life where everyone is getting married and having kids and there are parties galore! My best friend is getting married in a year so this would be wonderful helping me plan her bridal shower. Thanks.
natasha on
August 24, 2011 5:06 pm
i would love to win one of these, already had my wedding but i would love to have some ideas to help friends and family on theirs
Nicole on
August 24, 2011 5:10 pm
what a great looking book! the projects look amazing!
Nicole B on
August 24, 2011 5:13 pm
Great giveaway!! This would be fabulous for my planning! Thanks!
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August 24, 2011 6:41 pm
Would love this! I should be getting the chance to plan at least one shower next year! I've been trying to keep all of the inspirations I find bookmarks, it'd be great to have.a good collection of ideas compiled in a book.
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August 24, 2011 7:04 pm
This book looks great to help with ideas for my sister's wedding. Thanks.
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August 24, 2011 7:42 pm
How fun! I really want this book
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August 24, 2011 8:19 pm
This book looks like it is full of fantastic projects.
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August 24, 2011 8:22 pm
Would be awesome to win this!
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August 24, 2011 10:27 pm
looks like a pretty book
Deanna on
August 24, 2011 11:12 pm
My fiance and I are getting married next summer, and I am planning on doing a LOT of DIY projects since we have a limited budget. This book looks simply amazing! I can't believe I haven't heard of it before!
Carlin on
August 24, 2011 5:20 pm
While we are not engaged yet, my boyfriend and I are planning to get married next year. I've been collecting ideas for handmade details, and this book would be a great resource.
diana on
August 25, 2011 12:35 am
have a wedding coming up….would love to win this book!
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August 25, 2011 1:22 am
I am beginning to plan net wedding, and love all the handmade touches!
Mandi on
August 25, 2011 2:14 am
I'm getting married next year! Would love love love to win this!
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August 25, 2011 3:11 am
Oh, this looks so fabulous! I'm getting married in March and we are hoping to do lots of DIY!
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August 25, 2011 3:36 am
This would soooooo help with my sister's wedding planning
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August 25, 2011 11:36 am
Yes please, pop my name in the hat…daughters wedding is next year so this could be a timely gift to give her!
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August 25, 2011 11:57 am
Getting Married soon and would love this book…Good luck to everybody…
Deb (Two Cheeky Monkeys) on
August 25, 2011 12:25 pm
Oh wow, I absolutely adore handmade weddings and am always looking for new ideas for friends' weddings.
Donna R on
August 25, 2011 12:25 pm
I Have three children that are the marrying age so this will come in handy in the future. be prepared! Thanks for the chance.
Nancy Vecchione on
August 25, 2011 1:04 pm
What a great book! Love seeing couples come up with designs for their weddings that reflect themselves, this book looks like it has projects that would help them do this. Great idea! Would love to own this book.
Terry D. on
August 25, 2011 1:25 pm
I'm helping plan a backyard wedding and this would be very helpful. Thanks for the giveaway!
Rose C on
August 25, 2011 2:57 pm
Thanks for the giveaway! Helping to plan a wedding Fall 2012, would love to see ideas presented!
Mary Mac on
August 25, 2011 3:18 pm
Handmade makes everything special. Looks like a great book. Would love to have it. Thanks.
Kristen on
August 25, 2011 3:26 pm
Would love to win this wonderful book! Thanks for the giveaway!
Autumn Goehring on
August 25, 2011 4:51 pm
Thanks for the chance to win! Im doing a diy vintage inspired secret garden wedding! This would give me some ideas I'm sure!
Jaclyn on
August 25, 2011 5:36 pm
what a cool giveaway! This would be great to have, my parents are renewing their vows in a few months.
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August 25, 2011 5:44 pm
This looks super cute!!!! I would love to win one! Thank you foe the give away!
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August 25, 2011 5:57 pm
Great giveaway, I've tried to get my partner of 8 years to pop the question, it's falling on death ears at the mo, but I'm still working on him. So if I win this prize it won't matter about death ears it will be a visual aid left in places he will be certain to see it. Thanks.
Norrie B on
August 25, 2011 6:31 pm
How lovely! Thanks for the giveaway. I'd love to have the idea book to share with to-be-wed friends.
Margie on
August 25, 2011 7:18 pm
A fabulous book that would help me greatly with my niece's wedding! Thanks for the generous giveaway.
Aubrey on
August 25, 2011 8:01 pm
I would love to win! This book sounds like it has some great ideas that might also be used for things other then weddings too
Melissa Thomson on
August 25, 2011 9:48 pm
Would love this book. I am in the process of planing my wedding. The timing would be great!
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My daughter has been helping several friends with their weddings, after having made many of the things for her own wedding a few months ago. I know she'd pove to put this book to good use.
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August 26, 2011 4:00 am
I would love this for my sisters wedding thanks!!!
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I would love this. Im gettin married and wanting to do a lot myself so things can havr that special touch.
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I would love to win One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings for my upcoming wedding!! DIY is a way of life
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August 26, 2011 7:01 pm
There's no official date or proposal yet but the other half and I have started talking about getting married…so of course my brain starts planning immediately. I would love this book to help with ideas.
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August 26, 2011 1:49 pm
This would be perfect for my wedding. It would definitely be a big help to me since I'm planning this wedding myself.
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I would love to win a copy of One-of-a Kind Handmade Weddings! I just got engaged and am looking for creative DIY projects for my wedding. Thank You!
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August 26, 2011 4:22 pm
[...] all DIY brides: We have the perfect giveaway for you! Craft Gossip is giving away a copy of One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings, an awesome resource for anyone planning a [...]
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August 27, 2011 4:59 am
Wow! This looks like such a great resource!
Christina on
August 29, 2011 12:11 am
Thanks for the giveaway!
Pat on
August 29, 2011 3:14 am
Thank you for such a great giveaway. I would love to give my niece
Alicia on
August 29, 2011 3:32 pm
Wow, I need this book. I'm a military bride on a budget and my creative juices could use a little help from this book!
carla on
August 29, 2011 5:43 pm
Cool book! Thanks!
Emma Curran on
August 30, 2011 5:54 am
We're having a backyard-type wedding in the courtyard of the chapel my grandfather helped build…I'm pretty much planning everything on my own, so I need all the help I can get!
Delana Lawson on
August 30, 2011 2:49 pm
Thank you for this amazing give-a-way!Im a major diy bride searching for the perfect projects for my vintage inspired wedding next summer in Breckenridge, C.O.! As a military family of 5, my fiancé & I can use all the help we can get to turn our invision into our dream wedding. Thanks again for the wonderful opportunity.


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Sven Tore Kaasa is the CEO of TeleComputing AS. Sven Tore has with considerable success led the growth and increase of turnover in TeleComputing the recent years. Sven Tore was hired by TeleComputing Norway in 1999. He has a background as a sales director and as a board member of TeleComputing AS.
Urban Berlinde is the Managing Director of Kentor, a Swedish IT company acquired by TeleComputing on 8th February 2007. Urban has been employed by Kentor since 1998 and has previously held different leading positions in the IT industry. Urban has a degree in Business Studies and system Science from Uppsala University in Sweden.
Johan Wernberg was appointed Managing Director of TeleComputing Sweden on 1st November 2007. Johan joined TeleComputing in 2001 and was previously Director for Solutions and Services and head of ITSD in Sweden. Wernberg was previoulsy technical manager of Alfaskops ASP subsidiary in Sweden.
Kjell Tore Espeseth joined TeleComputing in 2000. His considerable experience include IT Management and Engineering positions in Statoil, Bergen Data Consulting, Alcatel Business Systems and Emma EDB. Kjell Tore has a Business degree from Norwegian School of Mgt. (BI) and B.Sc. in Control Engineering.
Kjetil Haukås was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in TeleComputing on July 1st 2009. Kjetil was previously CFO in NetCom AS and TeliaSonera Mobility Services Norway where he has worked since 2005. Kjetil educational background includes an M. Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) and later MBA in Finance, as well as an Authorised Financial Analyst (AFA) course at NHH.
Magnus Söderstrom has been responsible for Kentor Norway since its startup in 2008. Since March 2010 he has also been responsible for TeleComputing Software and Consulting which include all support systems in TeleComputing. Magnus has worked in Kentor since 1984.
Peter Sunde is partner in Ferd Capital. He was previously Senior Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions in Telenor ASA, Director Mergers & Acquisitions in Andersen Global Corporate Finance and Vice President Corporate Financial Planning and Control in Saga Petroleum ASA.
Bjørn Erik Reinseht is partner in Ferd Venture. He was previously Managing Director in Bredbåndsfabrikken and Sense Communications, Director Product Development and Strategy in NetCom GSM as and researcher in CERN.


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Many disabilities make reading textbooks difficult. Keeping up with assignments can be exhausting for students with dyslexia or impaired vision, while physical disabilities make it impossible for some to open a book or turn a page.
For students with print disabilities, obtaining textbooks in accessible formats -- usually digital copies whose words can be enlarged, listened to (via screen reader or as an audiobook), or converted into braille -- is crucial to class success.
Many options, some free, some not, are available online and from institutions that serve persons with disabilities.
As an specialist at the University of New Hampshire's Assistive Technology Lab, one of Diana Petschauer's roles is providing textbooks in accessible formats.
Petschauer uses simple steps -- including many that students can take themselves -- to access the resources they need consistently and on time. This article is drawn from a phone interview conducted with Petschauer on May 30, 2012.
Leverage Disability Service Offices
One key to finding essential resources fast, according to Petschauer, is contacting your school's disability services office. "They often provide helpful resources or technologies you might not be aware of," Petschauer said.
An immediate benefit disability services offers is well-established resource channels.
For example, any student who purchases a textbook has the right to an accessible copy. Publishers provide such copies on request, but their permissions process, forms, and solution formats can vary.
Assistive technology specialists manage multiple relationships and can provide the most efficient path and realistic timeframe for obtaining books. Most publishers furnish PDF files that Petschauer forwards to students or converts to an accessible format. Students could also read and convert them using Adobe Acrobat.
The AccessText Network also provides accessible formats of college textbooks to disability service providers. Many publishers are joining, making it an easier and faster process.
Use Free Accessible Book Sources
For students who prefer to order their own books, Petschauer recommends checking free resources first. These include Bookshare, which offers free membership to students documented with print disabilities.
Also free to qualified users is the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), which can be an ideal source of classic literary. NLS books are available in braille and as digital Talking Books.
Petschauer also recommends free text-to-speech software, such as Natural Reader and Balabolka; BLIO, a free e-reader, and Bookstream -- an app that helps schools organize their digital library.
Providers such as Learning Ally -- which has an online library of over 70,000 DAISY books -- are also useful, though Petschauer said she finds few relevant titles at the post-secondary level and its $99 annual membership can be difficult for students to maintain. "We also pay a membership fee, so I can order books for students who don't have the money," Petschauer said.
Mobile Devices Make Reading, Writing Easier
Petschauer recommends reading Bookshare and Learning Ally titles on an iPad. "It's lighter than a laptop, and its built-in accessibility features (such as VoiceOver and Zoom), make it easy to use," Petschauer said. "They can use the Bookshare Read2Go or Learning Ally Audio app, and e-book apps such as OverDrive and iScroll."
Other mobile apps Petschauer recommends include iAnnotate, which can be used to highlight PDF text, and vBookz reader that can read PDFs aloud. Petschauer has posted a list of iOS accessibility apps on the UNH Assistive Technology Lab's website.
Two visually impaired students Petschauer works with use iPads and iAnnotate to access virtually all their coursework. "They get their textbooks from me as PDF files that they can open, magnify, and mark up," Petschauer said. "They also take their exams and quizzes in PDF format right on their iPad."
To purchase technology (new iPads start at $499), Petschauer recommends contacting your state's Vocational Rehabilitation agency.
Seek Versatile Solutions
Products that combine several assistive technologies can make reading and writing more efficient and be more cost-effective for students and institutions.
One example is Read&Write GOLD from Texthelp Systems. The application combines text-to-speech, highlighting, a PDF markup tool, e-book creator, and other accessibility features that can be networked across a campus or school district.
"It's a phenomenal all-in-one toolbar," said Petschauer, who provides training on the program. "I can suggest and offer training on other resources, but then the student has to remember and return to many different programs. With Read&Write GOLD, it's all the tools they need in one place, which is why I recommend it."


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It's coming! The end of the year. And as students, we accumulate a lot of STUFF in our dorms during the rest of the year – much of which we don't want to bring home at the end of the … Continue reading
Thanks to all of you for coming out on Park(ing) Day! We had a great time!
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The day before I flew back to Barnard at the end of the summer, I spent one last day with my family in the Florida sunshine. We laid down our towels and set up the umbrella on a beach in a state park near Jacksonville. The weather was perfect and the beach was gorgeous, with sugar white sand spanning as far as the eye could see. After some bodysurfing in the waves, we went on a long walk along the water's edge, watching pelicans diving at the sea and sandpipers skittering in and out of the tides. Something translucent glimmered a few yards away from me. Was it a jellyfish washed ashore? No. I fished the long, shredded plastic bag out of the sand. Standing back, I gazed at the beach with new eyes. Scattered along the high tide mark were milk cartons, beer cans, rubber gloves, old fishing nets and tackle, cigarette butts and water bottles. I borrowed a bag from a fisherman and began collecting all the strewn bits of litter, wondering "Why was it all here? Where did it all come from? What will happen to it all?"
Unfortunately, most of this trash will end up in the sea, swirling in gyres twice the size of Texas in the middle of the Pacific and Atlantic, creating expansive areas of ocean depleted of oxygen and incompatible with life. Plastics, particularly plastic bottles, are the primary substance in these gyres, and the most common type of litter I found on the beach. Incapable of fully decomposing, these broken down pieces of plastic are continuing to expand the "ocean garbage patch".
In a conversation with a friend, I was once asked, "So what? This litter is far away from us, in the middle of the ocean. What does that have to do with me?" Even if we think we are leaving trash behind, far out at sea, it follows us within the food we eat. I have worked with biologists that have performed necropsies on fish, whales and sea turtles that have died and washed ashore. Within the stomachs of these animals are plastic bags, thought to be jellyfish by the consumer, and tiny toxic particles of plastic, mistaken for plankton, the primary food source for most marine wildlife. This garbage blocks intestines, killing the animals, and even if the animals survive, the toxicity continues to be carried within the fish all the way up the food chain- even (and especially) to us.
The videos below address three of the most common items I found on my walk on the beach- plastic bottles, cigarette butts, and old fishing nets:
Plastics: http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-whats-an-ocean-garbage-patch.html
Cigarette Butts: http://www.sustainablewaters.com/cigarette-butts-are-marine-pollution-they're-not-small-and-harmless/
"Ghost Fishing" Nets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwFHRUL_Ts
Want to help? – Make sure whenever you or your friends and family go to the beach, take everything you bring to the beach back home with you. Remember that any trash you throw in the streets will eventually make it to a waterway and then out to sea. If you are interested in doing more, you can join a marine conservation organization. An awesome list of these organizations can be found at: http://marinebio.org/oceans/conservation/organizations.asp.
EcoLove, Sophie
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Double Impact is a new social giving and sustainability platform that lets you take simple, sustainable actions to earn money for the charity of your choice. Check out more on their website for more info if you're interested – the video's especially helpful. Whole new meaning to Give + Go Green!
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SUMA Speaker Series presents Jim Gordon, Developer of Cape Wind
When: Friday March 25th, 3:30 PM
Where: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, NW Building Auditorium (120th & Broadway)
Jim Gordon, developer of Cape Wind, will discuss successes and setbacks in developing America's first offshore wind park. RSVP here.
About Jim Gordon:
In 1975, at the age of twenty-two, Jim Gordon started Energy Management, Inc. (EMI). Over the ensuing years Jim built EMI into one of the most successful independent power companies in New England. From its initial focus of engineering and constructing turnkey heat recovery and pollution control systems, Jim transitioned EMI into developing, operating and maintaining natural gas-fired combined cycle electric generating facilities. EMI is now developing renewable energy projects including Cape Wind, America's first offshore wind park. Jim leads a team of dedicated and highly motivated professionals that are able to complete the myriad and complex tasks of creating state of the art power projects.
Jim's understanding of New England's electric market, sense of timing and grasp of political and regulatory directions allowed EMI to build some of the region's first cogeneration and independent power projects as well as the first generation of merchant electric plants in the United States. Jim's philosophy of pushing technology and productivity to the limits produced low cost, environmentally superior facilities with ultra high availabilities.
Jim was a founder of the Competitive Power Coalition of New England comprised of leading power plant developers and owners. Jim was elected chairman for four consecutive years and helped initiate and lead the drive for Electric Deregulation and a competitive power market in New England. Under Jim's leadership, the State of Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to approve and implement Electric Deregulation.
Prior to forming EMI, Jim worked for Warner Communications Corporation developing cable television systems in the urban area surrounding Boston. Jim is a graduate of Boston University's School of Public Communications. Jim is a member of the Board of the West End House Boys and Girls Club in Allston, Massachusetts and founder of the Michael Gordon Foundation which helps greater Boston youth achieve their full potential.
"By becoming a cook, you can leave processed foods behind, creating more healthful, less expensive and better-tasting food that requires less energy, water and land per calorie and reduces our carbon footprint. Not a bad result for us- or the planet."
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Posted in decision making, sustainability
Last summer, while working through the pile of novels that had accumulated on my desk after a year of reading nothing but textbooks, I came across a non-fiction book I had picked up on a whim a year or so … Continue reading
2. Skip the applicator Ditch the plastic and commit to using tampons without applicators, like o.b. or Maxim. With a little practice, inserting will become easy to do; just wash your hands with soap and water before and after inserting. Plus, no-applicator tampons are smaller and easier to carry.
3. Buy biodegradable pads Most pads are manufactured using plastic, polypropylene, and ingredients sourced from petroleum. Did you know you can buy pads that are both flush-able and biodegradable? http://www.natracare.com/products/feminine_products.htm
4. DivaCup "The DivaCup, an innovative menstrual cup, is reusable, making it an environmentally responsible choice as important as switching from plastic to canvas bags!" Reduce landfill waste by choosing a comfortable, reusable cup that can be simply inserted and removed after 12 hours, much longer than the typical tampon. Most women spend $150-200 a year on tampons and pads. Choosing a reusable cup is not only good for the environment, but good for your wallet. http://www.divacup.com/
5. Recycle the packaging Buy products that are sold in recyclable materials (e.g. cardboard boxes, not plastic-wrapped). Remember, Barnard recycles cardboard, so you can simply stick your tampon boxes in the paper recycling bins with your junk mail and old newspapers.
Compiled with help from the HuffingtonPost and biggreenpurse blog
Posted in eco-products, EcoAct, sustainability, Uncategorized
Check out this map to help you eat local and seasonal foods!