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Fair Isle Friday
There's a lot to be said for fair isle, that lovely stranded color work technique that produces shock and awe responses in the uninitiated. Even intermediate knitters who have not tried fair isle can be intimidated by its polished and impressive look. While it looks daunting, it's not as tricky as it seems.
In traditional fair isle, only two colors are used per row, with additional colors added or alternated in subsequent rows of a fair isle pattern. The other saving grace of many fair isle knit pieces is that they are done completely in the round, as in a yoke of a pullover or a hat. Circular fair isle utilizes only knit rows, making the alternating of colors much more accessible and easy. Fair isle knit back and forth requires knit and purl rows and, believe me, it's just not as fun.
The truly hardcore fair isle knit is the one that is "steeked" to make a cardigan or armhole openings in a top-down knit sweater. This endeavor is for the knitter with a sewing machine, scissors and no fear! Steeking lets you knit every round of a fair isle motif, but allows for extra stitches within the body of the piece at the front where the cardigan will open. Generally these extra stitches are not patterned and are reinforced with vertical lines of machine sewn seams after the knitting is complete. The machine stitching on either side of the extra stitches locks the knitting on either side and allows you to CUT through the middle of the extra stitches. Once this leap of faith has occurred, raw stitches are picked up on either side to knit cardigan bands.
In the end, the beauty is obvious. Fair Isle and steeking aren't for everyone, but Karen Brehm makes it look easy. Here is the progression of Karen's baby sweater from Dale Booklet 142, Design 6 using Canopy Fingering from the Fibre Company. Sleeves were knit first on dpns, then body from the bottom up. Sleeves and body are then joined when it's time to knit the color work yoke. In this piece, the picked up button and buttonhole bands fold over to the inside to provide a completely finished look. Bravo KB!!!
Knitting for Baby
When my children were little, I didn't knit. Now that I do knit and have unlimited access to all the best there is, knitting for babies is my very favorite thing. Knitting for little ones has everything going for it…the projects are small, which makes them easy to finish. The patterns are irresistible, which makes you NEED to make them. The yarns are beautiful and soft. Nothing makes a knitter happier than to knit with a particular baby in mind or for one who is on the way. I know more than a few knitters who are making things ahead for prospective grandchildren or gifts. It's not for everyone, but it is for those of us wanting to knit while we have the mind and hands for it. Don't laugh…knitters think this way!
At Woolworks, we take knitting for wee ones seriously and have a room in our very small space dedicated just to kids and babies. It provides a bright and inspirational atmosphere for moms, grandmas, aunts, uncles and just about anyone who needs a fix of cuteness. Our kids room is chock full of store samples and yarns to make anything from the most simple hat to a complicated fair isle sweater or knit toy.
Imagine my delight when my nephew asked for a knit baby dress for his little girl, Tatum's baptism. Despite feeling honored to be asked, I was slightly panicked since the deadline was less than a month away. I ran the idea of the 'Clara Dress' from Tutto by my nephew & niece and was off and running. I had made Clara before and knew I could make it again. The parents measured little Tatum and I knit like the crazy great-aunt that I am.
The dress moved along and I was able to ship it with a few days to spare. The day Tatum's mommy, Rachel, sent me the dress rehearsal picture, I felt like I'd won the lottery. A beautiful baby in a most special knit dress, all ready to go. A few days later, Tatum was baptized with family and friends around her. I wasn't there for the ceremony, but I feel like the dress was there, acting like a big hug from me.
Project Profile: Funky Grandpa
This week we received a shipment of Zauberball Crazy in from Schoppel and it brings to mind a project that we have always wanted to try. Funky Grandpa by La Maison Rilile is a boxy, deep v-neck cardigan with a top-down, almost-all-in-one piece construction that is fascinating. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/funky-grandpa
Funky Grandpa is not a new design, but it is very much a timeless one. It's not trendy or high fashion. In fact, what makes Funky Grandpa so appealing (beyond the name), is the fact that any body type can wear it. The wide range of sizes and customizable shaping make it accessible to everyone. This design's fashion comes from its retro style. Our Grandpas wore the basic shape, as did Mr. Rogers. What sweater loving person can't relate to either of those guys? Zauberball Crazy is a fingering weight yarn that has fairly long color runs that gradiate, but also change between tweedy and solid within those sections. Funky Grandpa uses Zauberball Crazy to jazz up solid fingering weight sections every so often, making you look like a brilliant colorist.
To set the Zauberball Crazy off we like Claudia Handpainted Yarns newly renamed semi-solid fingering "Addiction" and have many choices in stock that mesh beautifully. Other fingering choices would be Malabrigo Sock, Dream in Color Smooshy or even a more luxurious choice like Rowan Finest or Canopy Fingering from the Fibre Company. The options are many and the choices all good.
We're going to give it a try. Stay tuned. Or come on in and try it with us. Everyone should have a Funky Grandpa.
Project Profile: "Stole" by Theresa Gaffey
Every once and awhile we get a project going at the shop that takes off with a lot of customers. In this case, a customer brought this pattern and book to our attention (Thank you, Brenda Wilson!) and it grew from there. The book Wearwithall: Knits For Your Life is a compilation of patterns by various designers and spans the range from kids to adults to home goods.
One factor that is a common thread in popular shop projects is their accessibility for a wide range of knitters. The skills needed here are pretty basic: the ability to knit and purl with gorgeous yarns. The most important skill with this project turns out to be PATIENCE, with a side order of stick-to-it-tiveness! "Stole", by Theresa Gaffey is a lot of stitches in a basic rib pattern, using 9 different colors. The yarn used for this project is the gorgeous Isager Alpaca 2, a 50/50 blend of alpaca and merino. The color palette of Alpaca 2 is glorious, with many options when choosing for a project of this type.
An excerpt from the Wearwithall blog gives a description of designer Theresa Gaffey's style and knitting sensibility:
"Knitting and crocheting are my equivalent of worry beads – a way to focus my mind while keeping my hands busy. My life is often overly complicated, so in my designs, I gravitate toward elegant simplicity – say, a simple rib contrasted with stripes of gorgeous colors – a project that is easy to knit, but satisfying. And I'm always working on something. When I'm lucky, my passion for yarn and my editing career overlap, as it did with Wearwithall."
Customers making this project have the full range of Isager Alpaca 2 to choose from. Once the job of casting on a zillion stitches is done, the meditative ribbing begins. Changing colors is a highlight and watching the piece emerge spurs you on. While the knitting of a piece like "Stole" can be tedious, the finished object yields incredible results. Kim models Barbara Steinhart's freshly blocked version below. Elegant indeed.
When Brenda, Susie Bank, Amy Gold, Suzanne Dagurt and the many others finish their "worry-bead" project, we'll be sure to post pictures!
Check out "Stole" by Theresa Gaffey on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stole
Wrapping up the Kelbourne Woolens Beltane KAL
The Mystery KAL's just keep on coming! During our May/June Thursday knit along nights, lots of folks took part in the most recent Kelbourne Woolens May Day Mystery KAL. Courtney Kelley of Kelbourne Woolens featured Fibre Company MEADOW in a pattern that was doled out clue-by-clue for 6 weeks. This one was a toughie, as it was "true lace"; meaning you knit lace patterning on both the right and wrong side of the work. The finished object was stunning – a lace shawl that started at the neck with a tab cast on and finished with a gorgeous, flowing lace edge. Kim and Karen both used Meadow and Susan used Isager Spinni for a little different size and feel. All the shawls are show-stoppers as you'll see….At the end of the mystery KAL, the pattern was named BELTANE.
For lots more information about this project, access the links below our finished objects!
KAREN'S BELTANE: FIBER COMPANY MEADOW "Queen Anne's Lace"
KIM'S BELTANE: THE FIBRE COMPANY MEADOW "Aster"
SUSAN'S BELTANE: ISAGER SPINNI "28-s"
Find the pattern here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beltane-shawl-2
Read about MEADOW here: http://kelbournewoolens.com/yarns/meadow/
Mystery KAL Round up from Kelbourne blog: http://kelbournewoolens.com/blog/2014/6/may-day-mystery-knit-a-long-round-up
See other Beltane shawls on Instagram at #KWMKAL
The Case of the Mystery KAL…An Interview with Romi Hill
A couple of months ago I was scrolling through Instagram and happened upon a post from Rosemary "Romi" Hill about her upcoming Mystery Knit A Long, "It's a Mystery" shawl and decided to give mystery-knitting-along a whirl. With that, I entered into what was a fun, interesting and challenging knitting endeavor and dragged several of my compadres at the shop along!
For starters, Mystery Knit Alongs ( KAL's) were all over the place on Ravelry and I was curious to see how they worked and what people liked about participating in them. The formula is pretty simple: a designer makes a knitting project available in clues and those clues are doled out one at a time over the course of several weeks. Participants are told what supplies and skills are needed, and what the object is they are knitting, but not much else. After an initial pattern purchase (which many times is the pre-release price for a new pattern), a clue is delivered to your Ravelry Library and you are notified via email. You pick up your needles, the first clue, and start knitting.
Designers establish a Ravelry discussion board around the KAL and moderators administer the discussion threads, answering questions, commenting on progress and encouraging participants. Participants can comment, ask questions, post pictures of their progress and socialize with others. There are even SPOILER threads on which pictures are allowed for those who want to see what others are doing.
As Romi's "It's A Mystery" shawl KAL progressed, both the shop participants and knitters on Ravelry formed an ongoing conversation about the techniques, colors and accessibility of the project. It was fun to see what people chose for their color combinations and see their progress, week by week. Romi even stalked the Ravelry thread occasionally to get a peek at how things were going.
At the conclusion of "It's A Mystery", the project/pattern was renamed "Red Rock Canyon" which aptly describes the effect of the lace and color work sections of the beautiful finished shawl. I wrote to Romi and asked her if she'd mind answering a few questions for me that I could share with our readers and she most generously agreed!
Amy: When were you first aware of Mystery KAL's?
Romi: I knew that there were people doing mystery shawls back in 2005 and it intrigued me, so I finally tried one in 2007: Melanie Gibbons' Swan Lake Mystery Shawl. I'm kind of a control freak, so it was a giant leap of faith for me.
Amy: As a designer, does a KAL help roll out a new pattern/design? Are they good sales tools for designers?
Romi: That's difficult to answer for everyone, so I'll just comment on my own case. I personally love to do KALs because my Ravelry forum enjoys knitting together. There's a fantastic community there, and I know they like to have all my pattern releases spread out so they can hang out, chat, and share stories while they work.
Amy: Do you design a piece as a KAL, or design a piece and figure out how to break it down into a KAL?
Romi: For my non-mystery KALs, I just design pieces without thinking about how people with end up knitting them – whether alone or in a group. For a mystery KAL (this was my second one), I definitely design the pattern with the mystery in mind rather than breaking it down into clues later. I try to break it into 5 fairly equal pieces that have something interesting about them. My favorite thing is to begin with a clue that gives the impression of heading in a different direction from where the piece will ultimately end up. Maybe I will end a clue with the top of a motif that looks completely different broken up, or in the case of the Red Rock Canyon shawl, the first clue used shaping reminiscent of a circular shawl before getting triangular in the next clue.
Amy: How do you decide who your moderators will be on Ravelry?
Romi: It's super important to me that my forum is a welcoming, friendly and supportive place. My moderators are all helpful and kind, and love to chat with people. We share a common goal in wanting everyone to feel comfortable and relaxed, like knitting together in a friendly living room.
Amy: When you read the Ravelry threads related to each clue, what gets you the most excited?
Romi: I love, love, LOVE seeing all the different color combinations people choose. Some I never would think of to try and they look amazing! Watching it all come together is an incredible feeling.
Amy: What do you feel makes a great/successful Mystery KAL?
Romi: Being moderate, I think. In other words: it needs some element of surprise, but not too terribly much, and it needs to look similar to my other work so knitters can decide whether or not they want to participate. I try not to do anything off-the-wall for mysteries. And above all, it needs to be FUN! My wonderful moderators and Ravelry group members made the KAL a really friendly and encouraging place to be, and I think – in the end – a positive experience and a beautiful product are the most important things.
We are most grateful to Romi for sharing her process with us. To view Red Rock Canyon on Ravelry, please visit the link below:
That's Very Pinteresting….
Have you been sucked into the creative and visually stunning vortex that is PINTEREST yet? Well we have and believe you me, we are not always proud of the amount of time we're spending doing it! However, (and this is important) it is an extremely valuable resource for all creative types. Just last week we started the Woolworks, Baltimore Pinterest account, after having individual accounts amongst us for a couple of years. The idea behind Pinterest is to create virtual "boards", by category of things you like. These boards can be any subject matter and when we say the possibilities are endless of what you'll find, we are not kidding.
With that in mind, the Woolworks, Baltimore Pinterest is made up of 19 boards so far – all having to do with knitting, crochet, needle felting, buttons, inspiration and design. We've chosen knitwear designers to "follow" on Pinterest so that you – our followers – may see what current designers are pinning and planning. If you choose to follow Woolworks, you'll have access to an already curated batch of boards that cater to what we all love the most. In addition, when following our "Feed", you'll scroll through and see what some incredibly talented people are doing and what they are inspired by when it comes to fiber arts.
If you haven't joined Pinterest yet (it's free, there's an app, etc.), please do. Once you have an account, look for us – Woolworks, Baltimore – and give us a follow. We think you'll like what you see. Best of all, most of the "pins" track back to the source, whether it's Ravelry, Rowan's website, great blogs, tutorials, etc. It goes on and on. We love it and we're pretty sure you will too!
Okay, so you're not finished….
We know…it's crunch week. The needles are flying, nerves are fraying and gosh darn it, there's MORE to do! Every knitter, crocheter, needle felter and handcrafter is at their wits end trying to finish what is started for gift giving. In light of this very specific angst, we'd like to say this: We all do it. We all plan, have good intentions and amazing ideas, all ready for execution. The reality is, there are only so many hours left and the toothpicks holding your eyelids open are starting to pinch!
For those of you wanting that last minute save, we've ordered the greatest reusable project bags that are set to arrive Friday of this week. The wonderful Della of DellaQ has designed plain fabric drawstring bags that have
one of three sayings on them…"Shhh…I'm counting", "Knit With Love" and "Cheaper Than Therapy". We figured we'd give you a clever vessel to put that last minute, perhaps even unfinished project in to give on Christmas morning. For $10, you really can't go wrong. A bunch of cute colors in all of the sayings are on their way to us.
We also want to remind you about our great Gift Card Deal that is on until December 24th. For every $50 gift card you buy, we throw in an extra $5 to sweeten the pot. So if you go for $100 (for that very lucky recipient), they will get $110 to spend as they choose. Like you, we love a deal and we hope this helps with some of the knitters on your list.
An easy gift for even the non knitter or crocheter is one of the gorgeous JUL Designs shawl sticks or pins. They come in a pretty organza drawstring pouches and are sure to please any lady on your list. We have the Twig Lace Pin pictured below, as well as Pearl Tendril Fermoir Pin, and a variety of shawl sticks with various stones…For specifics, please come in. We have a great selection, all priced from $17 up.
We wish you a wonderful holiday with your family and friends. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being our customers and we greatly value your friendship and patronage. We look forward to seeing you in 2013 and continuing the fun!
Amy, Mindy, Kim, Karen
We're All Going Back To School!
As Labor Day approaches, we all seem to have the "back to school" mentality. The kids are getting their last swim in and their supplies ready. The rest of us think about how our schedule is going to change once the calendar flips to September. At Woolworks, we look forward to Fall especially, with the new Fall/Winter products arriving each day and the shelves switching over to cool weather fibers, patterns and idea inspiration. This season is no exception, with the abundance of enticing new colors, fiber combinations and patterns to support the yarns.
A big part of our shop learning curve this fall is our new Point of Sale System which arrives today and will be installed on Monday. We eagerly await the new, improved check-out system, loyalty program and bar-code scanner! We feel a little nervous about getting ourselves acclimated and "online" with it all, but feel sure we can do it. This coming Monday, August 27th, we will close our doors at 2:00pm to get things set up and organized. We'll be Back-To-School ourselves that day and we're hoping it is indeed possible to teach a few old dogs a very new trick! Please indulge us in this half day of learning. We feel sure it will be worth it!
Speaking of learning, our Fall/Winter Class Schedule is available on this site and we hope you'll find something you'd like to learn this year. We have all sorts of technique classes and workshops. As always, private instruction is available. Just give us a call and we'll get that organized for you.
Here's wishing everyone a smooth transition for Fall, 2012! We hope a Woolworks class will be in your queue, a visit on your way to carpool, and the place you think of coming for amazing yarns!


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2 cases of 2013 Best of WWE hobby
Going to open them when UPS comes today. If anybody is looking for something out of this before it hits ebay, let me know.
let me know if you hit any printing plates out of your cases. i have one case coming to me either today or tomorrow but im always curious to see what others get.
I will be trying to complete the auto sets so I would be interested in those
I desperately want a Paul Heyman auto so let me know if you pull one. GL with your break!
I have a case coming too, but would be interested in any AJ Lee Parallels.
Good luck with your break. I'd be interested in a base set and then maybe some of the relic/autos.
I'm hoping to get a Heyman and Vickie auto but I would proceed with caution on the early buys. I have seen several blasters and retail broke already with lots of autos and shirts coming out of them. Saw a guy buy all the blasters in Target and he said he already pulled a Dude Love, Vickie and Lillian auto out of them. He seemed to think the autos are 1-2 per gravity and 1 per 2-3 blasters.
I'd be interested in a base set and anything Kane-related. Please let me know what you get. Thanks!
Interested in aj lee, cody rhodes, Kane, Rollins,Ambrose, stratus
I would be intersted in a base set, at the right price. :-)
I've been pre-selling base sets at $15 dlvd to the US, they all ship tomorrow. I'm still waiting on UPS, I hate being their last stop! For those of you tracking this thread, you want a box by box summary, or just by case?
I'll get back to everyone's requests when I'm done opening, in the order they were received.
I always dig reading the box by box breaks, but if it's to big of a pain in the @$$ then case by case is cool.
Ok, I'll do the box by box hits, and any rare parallels. They just came, but making something to eat, so should get started here in a few minutes :)
Ok, 1st box was missing a hit already!
Box 1:
Paul Heyman auto :)
John Cena defeats Brock Lesner silver parallel
Well technically I wasn't shorted, relics are 1:25 (24 pack boxes), and autos are 1:49 packs. Sneaky Topps :)
Nice! Nailed the Heyman in the first box!
Nice hit with the Heyman autograph.
Box 2:
Randy Orton shirt relic
Ryback mat relic
John Cena wins money in the bank silver
Also got a top 10 insert that looked like a gold, but looked at it again and it looks like the blue on the wwe logo just rubbed off somehow. The very top of it has a little blue on it.
good luck...
Box 3, and another missing hit!!!!!
Damien Sandow shirt relic
John Cena defeats Alberto Del Rio silver
Looks like I'll be calling Topps in the morning
[QUOTE=Tylerg30;5894440]Box 3, and another missing hit!!!!!
Damien Sandow shirt relic
John Cena defeats Alberto Del Rio silver
Looks like I'll be calling Topps in the morning[/QUOTE]
Make sure you save the UPC for the boxes that are missing a hit.
Box 4, yet another missing hit
Shield mat relic
[QUOTE=Tylerg30;5894524]Box 4, yet another missing hit
Shield mat relic[/QUOTE]
Ouch.. I would be so angry with 3 missing hits already.
WOWWWW I got 2 hits in this box lol
Box 5:
Ryback 3 color shirt relic
Seth Rollins auto (now just need the Ambrose and Reigns)
Undertaker returns to fight w/ Kane silver
Looks like I'll be buying blasters when I decide to buy more!
Yeah, if the whole run of hobby boxes are like this I would stay away. Missing 4 hits out of 6 boxes is pretty bad! At least I got a nice little bonus outta this box, to replace the missing hit
Mark Henry mat relic
CM Punk defeats Kane and Daniel Bryan silver
#21 AJ Lee wins a divas summertime beach battle royal Printing Plate 1/1 :)
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Viewed one way, all of the pieces are there for the Rams' ground attack to produce in a big way next fall. Four of the five starters on the offensive line return, and three talented returning backs will be joined by a couple of other promising runners in the fall.
On the other hand, all of those returning players contributed last year in one way or another to the least productive running attack in the 12-year Sonny Lubick era at CSU. The Rams seemingly overnight lost their reputation as a power-running offense and finished 2004 among the worst rushing teams in the country.
"We just didn't get the job done," senior center Albert Bimper said.
Need proof? Prior to last fall, no Lubick-coached team had averaged less than 137 rushing yards per game, and only twice had the Rams averaged less than four yards per carry. Last year, though, CSU hit a stunning low, averaging 111.6 yards per game and an alarming 3.1 yards per carry - .7 yards less than the previous low in 2000.
That decline in rushing, perhaps as much as any other factor, helps explain why the Rams struggled to a 4-7 record - CSU's first sub-.500 finish since 1993. And it also explains while reviving the running game is a priority during spring drills, which continue today.
"We have got to get back to running the ball effectively," CSU offensive coordinator Dan Hammerschmidt said. "We've got to be able to run inside, outside, everywhere. We've got to get back to where people have to use eight-man fronts to stop our running game.
That was the case throughout much of CSU's unprecedented run of success from 1994-2003, when the Rams won six league titles and played in eight bowl games. With backs such as Calvin Branch, Damon Washington, Jaime Blake, Kevin McDougal and Cecil Sapp grinding out rushing yards, opposing defenses had no choice but to overload the line of scrimmage to stop the run. The result was a prolific and efficient play-action passing attack that made the Rams a balanced but explosive offense.
Last year, though, the Rams were forced to throw when the ground game ground to a halt. Quarterbacks Justin Holland and Caleb Hanie posted impressive numbers and combined to complete better than 59 percent of their throws, but interceptions came in bunches, with the Rams tossing an alarming 17 picks.
"We do not want to be a pass-first team that has to throw 40 times a game to win," said Holland, who is back on the practice field this spring after suffering a season-ending broken leg last year. "That's not what made us an upper-echelon team. We need to get back to doing the things that made us successful in the past, and that starts with an effective running game."
There is no shortage of candidates to do the job. Senior Jimmy Green, sophomore Kyle Bell and redshirt freshman Gartrell Johnson will get the bulk of the work this spring, with freshman Alex Square also getting a look. Come August, redshirt freshman Tramell McGill, who should be recovered from a torn ACL, and transfer Nnamdi Oheari, who was a standout runner in high school before being switched to the secondary at UCLA, will join the mix.
Hammerschmidt said he would prefer that one back take charge of the position as opposed to the by-committee approach used the past two years. That formula has produced the best results in recent years.
Bell, who gained 96 yards on 26 carries last fall as a true freshman, would love to be that guy.
"I definitely have more confidence now than last fall. I feel like I know what I'm doing," he said. "Any time a guy gets 25 to 30 carries a game, that has always worked well here. All I know is that we have to start running ball better."
The line, which features returning starters in Bimper, tackles Mike Brisiel and Clint Oldenburg and guard Josh Day, is being challenged to get more physical to create the creases that make CSU's zone running game work. And Hammerschmidt is experimenting this spring with some two-back sets for the first time in the hope of adding versatility to the running game.
"The running game is our No. 1 priority this spring," Hammerschmidt said. "If we're going to be successful, we have got to run the ball effectively. The good thing is that everyone understands that. Now, we just have to get it done."


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ROCHESTER, Minn., Thursday—After our train tickets to Chicago last night were bought and our plane reservations to New York today were made, the doctors met with James and me to go over his case. Instead of going home, we decided it would be better to stay right on and sometime early next week James will have this operation and we hope from then on he will have no further trouble with his stomach. He announced today that it would be a great relief to be able to eat everything he wanted again.
I smiled to myself thinking of a correspondent from New York State who does not seem to like us very much and who wrote anonymously presumably because he or she is fearful of acknowledging ignorance as to the type of treatment which precedes an operation of this kind. In this very kind note I am advised that James' troubles would be all over if he would give up strong drink. Dear lady or gentleman, don't you know that for well over a year before this type of operation this particular patient has indulged only in milk and the type of food which a two-year-old baby is usually given?
As I walked down the street from the hospital, I saw a car stop and two young men jump out and stand in front of me. My first thought was that they were probably reporters, but no, they were just Minnesota college boys studying medicine and anxious to take a trip around the world, for which they had to get a certain number of magazine subscriptions and for which I looked like fair game. Unfortunately, in the White House, I think we subscribe to, or are sent, almost everything that is published, so I can't be softhearted any longer on this particular type of appeal. One of the boys came from New York, even though I was obliged to refuse to be useful to him, he was kind enough to say that he would be glad to see me in New York and would do his best to entertain me there.
So many people are kindly interested in James that I have been busy with letters, telegrams and telephones. However, doing one thing like this is so much simpler than the usual variegated life one leads that so far I don't feel swamped, though James prophesies I will be by Monday.


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The flood fight is over. Long live the flood fight.
As the city announced yesterday morning, the Assiniboine River has finally receded below 1,172 feet above sea level, as measured at the First Street Bridge. Although that's still high enough to have water in some low-lying areas of riverside parks, the river is now by-and-large below its banks after a harrowing six weeks of unexpected flooding.
We applaud the many people — city and provincial workers, businesspeople, homeowners and volunteers — who have stepped up since June to keep the waters at bay. No doubt there will be many well-earned vacations to Cuba this winter as people cash in their overtime or banked time.
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But now is not the time for sitting on our hands. Indeed, in many ways the tough work is just beginning.
Not only will First Street North have to be repaved (and perhaps built a little higher?) but it is dispiriting to realize that we have to once again commence cleaning up many of our parks, just as cleanup work from 2011 was finally paying dividends.
Once-popular recreational areas like Eleanor Kidd Park and the pedestrian bridge have been closed since March 2011 — that's right, it has been more than 40 months (around 1,200 days) since Brandonites have been able to enjoy what were once central attractions.
Some of the hard work that had been done to prepare them for reopening will now have to be done again. Other areas, like the Wheat City Golf Course and the Optimist Park soccer pitches, will also have to be cleaned of silt and re-sodded before they can again been used.
There's no way to look into the future and predict when the next huge flood will be. Next year? Next decade? Next century? Historical statistics — that we've just had two one-in-300-year floods nearly back-to-back — can only suggest so much. Ongoing climate change complicates those calculations even further. It's plausible that we are in for floods like these on a regular basis, or that we are just a few years away from extended droughts.
While the dikes that were thrown up in 2011 performed adequately this year as well, we remember all too well the hot-potato bickering between city and province over who would take the lead in upgrading those dikes into permanent flood protection. Ironically, some of those upgrades were supposed to have finally started this year.
But flood protection is only half of the equation — the river should also once again be a recreational centrepiece. As a community, we will need to have a conversation about how we can best make use of our river, while keeping in mind that there will be both wet years and dry.
In the coming weeks, we expect to hear mayoral and city council candidates expound on their ideas for flood recovery and future plans. Electioneering was rightly delayed during the worst of the flood, but that has now passed and Oct. 22 is coming quickly.
Also coming quickly should be some policy announcements. Among the platitudes about motherhood and apple pie, we'll be looking for candidates' concrete proposals on many issues — but the Assiniboine River should be near the top of their minds.
It's been mighty quiet out there on the hustings. And that's a dike we wouldn't mind seeing break.


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Mendes, S.C. and Tibbe, J.M. and Veenhof, M. and Bakker, K. and Both, S. and Platenburg, P.P. and Oner, F.C. and Bruijn, J.D. de and Blitterswijk, C.A. van (2002) Bone Tissue-Engineered Implants Using Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells: Effect of Culture Conditions and Donor Age. Tissue Engineering, 8 (6). pp. 911-920. ISSN 1076-3279
Mendes, Sandra Cláudia da Silva Madureira (2002) Cultured bone on biomaterial substrates : a tissue engineering approach to treat bone defects. thesis.
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Are You A Master Curator?
Post by Ray 5 years ago - social media marketing - 2 Comments
Where do I find all this content?
"We're a small company. How are we going to come up with content everyday for our social media sites?"
This question came up at a networking event that I attended this week called MEEX.
Along with, "where do we find time to do social media?", it's the most common one I hear from small business owners.
I volunteered my advice that she "curate" some content.
After the presentation, four people came up to me and asked what I meant by "curate".
The problem when you get so immersed in a subject is that you start to speak "jargon" and "buzz words".
A blog post was born.
What is curation?
The word curator actually comes from the Latin "take care". For example, a museum curator cares for his art collection.
In the social media context, it's the act of discovering, selecting and sharing digital content around a specific topic.
Although the "buzzword" is popular in marketing and SEO circles, we're all curators to some degree or other.
Whenever we share images or links on Facebook or Twitter we're curating.
Whenever Glee does a mashup, they're curating.
Why refer to the Latin defiition?
Because being a master curator means caring about and standing behind the content you choose to share with your followers.
Otherwise, you're a "news aggregator".
You're a master curator if you care that the content you're sharing…
a. is relevant to your followers
b. adds value
c. is authentic
Sharing is not stealing
Sharing other people's content doesn't give you licence to appropriate other people's creative property.
For instance, in his Fast Company article: Content Curators Are The New Superheros Of The Web, Steven Rosenbaum writes:
"The growth in content, both in terms of pure volume and the speed of publishing, has raised some questions about what best practices are in the curation space. Here's where you should start:
1. If you don't add context, or opinion, or voice and simply lift content, it's stealing.
2. If you don't provide attribution, and a link back to the source, it's stealing.
3. If you take a large portion of the original content, it's stealing.
4. If someone asks you not to curate their material, and you don't respect that request, it's stealing.
5. Respect published rights. If images don't allow creative commons use, reach out to the image creator–don't just grab it and ask questions later."
Why curate?
Because we're not Mitch Joel who seems to be able to write blog posts in his sleep and produce podcasts before his first bowl of Cheerios. For the rest of us, we add curation to our content mix because it:
- Helps us establish thought leadership.
- Provides an important service to our readers by helping them sort through the overwhelming amount of content on the Web.
- Helps us stay informed
(btw, I recommend Mitch's own weekly curation feature: Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention)
Curation Tools:
Now for the fun part. Here's some of the curation tools and apps that I use regularly both on my iPad (where I do most curation) and my desktop.
This is by no means an exhaustive list. There are far too many tools and strategies to list here.
Magazine format: ZITE, FLIPBOARD, News360, The major difference between Zite and Flipboard for me is that on ZITE, I categorize my topics by headings such as: Arts & Culture, Social Business,etc. While on Flipboad, I import my feeds eg. my Google+ Twitter and Facebook accounts.
I use these sites after I go through my RSS feeds and Google+ circles to find lots of great stuff serendipitously. Otherwise, I'm always swimming in the same content pool.
How do you find your "sharable" content?
About Ray Hiltz
Thanks for dropping by. I'm the Director of Digital Marketing for Image-24.com. My background in business includes non-profit (performing arts), restaurants and Promotions. Having moved on from my own strategic consulting company, I now write about what interests me. So in this blog, you may read about my thoughts on marketing, health issues and business culture. You can follow me on Twitter @rayhiltz or @image24Call


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The Jolie-Pitts Take a Ride
Perhaps the decision to take a boat ride was to try and get away from the press, and the stress of the couples bodyguard situation, but the paparazzi still managed to be a part of the family's ride down the river Ganja.
The Seven Years In Tibet actor arrived in Varanasi by chartered plane from Mumbai on Friday and spent the day in solitude on the banks of the river Ganga for several hours.
Pitt also took boat ride in the river and sat near the ghats gazing at the flowing water in the river.
The local electronic and print media did not even get a whiff of the actor's visit until he returned to Mumbai late Friday evening by the same chartered flight.
More photos of the Jolie-Pitts after the jump.
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Buying New Furniture? Don't Make These Rookie Mistakes
One of the best ways in which you can improve the look of a home is through buying new furniture. When you buy new furniture, however, you need to be careful as it is easy to make some rookie mistakes. Once you're aware of the pitfalls, you'll be able to buy furniture without any worries. Once you have the right furniture, you can make your home look spectacular.
Get the Right Measurements
When you are buying furniture for your home, you need to make sure you are buying furniture that is not too small or too big. If you do not measure your home beforehand you may end up falling in love with a piece of furniture that would never find a place in your home. Because of this you must take some measurements before you go shopping for furniture.
You do not need to make this process complicated, and some simple measuring tape will allow for you to get all the information you need. In some cases, it can be a good idea for you to go into a store and take a look at how big some furniture pieces are. You might not consider this option if you are looking to buy your furniture online.
Remember The Postage
If you are buying your furniture online, you might be impressed by some of the low prices. Nevertheless some of these low rates might not be what you end up paying. More often than not you will need to pay for postage on some of the items you are buying. The postage costs can be quite high on items such as furniture because furniture tends to be quite big. As a result of this, you should always double check on postage costs before you agree to buy anything online.
Think Long Term
When you buy furniture, you will need to think long term. Eventually, you will want to sell your home and so you must not purchase furniture that is going to make this difficult task. When you buy furniture pick items that are going to blend in and do not make, your home seem too quirky. Should you take these steps, you'll find that the estate agents in Darlington are able to sell your home without facing as much resistance.
If you're not sure what kinds of furniture you should buy, take a look at some home decorating publications. You'll be able to find these online and in your local newsagents. Such publications will help you discover some great furniture pieces that are not too bold in their sense of style.
Fantastic Furniture?
The right furniture can transform a room. When buying furniture you should make sure you are not making some of the common rookie mistakes. These errors might involve things such as forgetting about postage costs or not measuring the size of your home. Should you make an effort to avoid these mistakes, you'll find that you're able to furnish your home without too much hassle.


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Legendary Eurosport programme Watts brings you the wackiest highlights from around the sporting world.
In this week's action-packed edition, enjoy:
A man in need of rescue by a racing catamaran.
A quite incredible overhead kick.
A fan chucking a hot dog at Tiger Woods.
Champions League T20 cheerleaders.
Crazy fans at the short-format tournament.
A spectacular WSR crash.
An unexpected obstacle during a cycling race.


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Each year, the City's Urban Forestry Program works with a variety of public and private schools throughout the City of Vancouver to provide and plant trees. School Tree Planting projects help connect students to the benefits of trees and foster environmental stewardship. These projects also support our larger community effort to help grow Vancouver's tree canopy.
Schools are a major property owner within the city and an important stakeholder of our urban forest. Most of us recognize the beauty of trees and their many other values. They help protect our waterways by intercepting storm water, stabilizing soil and using nutrients that would otherwise wash into waterways. Environmental benefits such as clean air and water. Trees help moderate temperature and muffle noise. They even help improve air quality by absorbing some airborne compounds that could be harmful to us, and by giving off oxygen. Spending time around trees and in nature also makes us healthier and even improves our students' academic performances.
This tree planting program is a learning opportunity to get kids involved in the environment and conservation of our natural resources. Recent scientific studies suggest students are better able to concentrate, complete tasks, and follow directions after playing in natural settings. Another study found self-discipline in girls can be achieved through increased exposure to nature.
These School Tree Planting projects connect students to the benefits of trees and foster environmental stewardship. Tree planting is a great way to increase student interest in their local environment and achieve academic goals. Each school tree planting provides educators with the opportunity to inspire school administrators, faculty and students to affect positive change at their schools and, in turn, their communities.
When students plant trees, they can see for themselves the structure of trees, learn what they need and how they grow. Teachers can use the planting process to discuss the benefits trees provide, while including many subjects that their classes are studying. As trees mature, the trees can be a continuing, personalized way of relating what they've learned in books to visible, living examples.
Students become aware that they can play a role in protecting the environment through personal involvement. Ultimately, it is hoped that the experience will help them make intelligent decisions about conservation and use of our valuable natural resources.
Here's a quick look at how the City's School Trees Program works: Project applications are accepted, reviewed, and approved throughout the year in conjunction with the respective school district. Keep in mind that tree planting is normally scheduled between October and April, so this may be a factor to consider along with the school calendar in making application. Urban Forestry provides the needed tools and trees, as well as technical assistance for each approved project, leading up to and on the day of the planting. With support of Urban Forestry staff, students serve as the primary planters, giving them a sense of ownership and increasing their knowledge of trees. Schools that participate in the program must commit to watering their new trees for a minimum of two years following planting.
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Once approved, successful project organizers – which may include teachers, principals, and/or student groups – will meet with Urban Forestry staff for a project planning orientation several months in advance. They will work with Urban Forestry staff to select tree species and planting locations on the school campus and to develop a maintenance schedule. Leading up to the event, various tree activities are available to engage students, including learning about the species of trees they will be planting, learning how to properly handle and plant trees, and understanding the value of trees.
For more information or to apply, please call Urban Forestry at 360-487-8308 or email Urban Forestry.


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Local man wins fitness competition
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An Idaho Falls man got the surprise of a lifetime on Saturday when he beat out hundreds of people in a fitness competition and won a brand-new car.
Devin Wood lost about 68 pounds in the Gold's Gym 12-week challenge. The challenge featured more than 400 participants from the Gold's Gym in Ammon and Twin Falls. Participants first get measured and take "before" photographs. 12 weeks later, final measurements and "after" photographs were taken.
Wood said what helped him the most was changing his diet and doing plenty of cardio. He also paid for a trainer who helped him get into shape.
"It is surreal, I don't think it has hit me yet. I would walk by that car every day to work out and there are several hundred people going after the same prize, so it is very competitive. It was definitely one of the motivating factors. It just feels great," said Wood.
The two runners up received a trip to Vegas and a one-year membership. There were also first-second-and third-place winners in each age category.


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Robin Thicke Shows Minnesota Some Love
We know three things from Robin Thicke's time at the 2013 Jingle Ball tonight: his hit-song, "Blurred Lines" definitely deserves its Grammy-nomination, Robin Thicke can do a perfect Minnesotan-accent and he loves some Miley Cyrus.
Robin Thicke began his 2013 Jingle Ball performance tonight with his hit, "Give It 2 U" transfixing the audience with his charm and undeniable talent. Robin prepped us for Miley during his performance by giving Miley his own shout-out, "You know I love me some Miley Cyrus." And continued his time with the audience highlighting more of his hits including his Grammy-nominated hit of this past summer, "Blurred Lines."
He not only gave Miley some love onstage, but gave Minnesota some love offstage tonight. Thicke expressed his own love for Minnesota in his backstage interview with Dave Ryan. He said his love for snowy Minnesota traces back to some of his relatives that live here and did his own spot-on impression of a Minnesotan-accent.
Thanks for showing us some love tonight, Robin Thicke. We definitely love you back.
Check out more pics from Robin's performance here!
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Man executed for killing Houston cousins, 15 and 3
Thu., Nov. 15, 2012, 6:09 p.m.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Convicted killer Preston Hughes III was executed Thursday for the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy and the child's teenage cousin who uttered her attacker's first name to police in her dying breaths 24 years ago in Houston.
Hughes, 46, insisted he was innocent, contending police planted evidence and coerced his confessions to the September 1988 slayings of Shandra Charles, 15, and her cousin Marcell Taylor.
The condemned prisoner's mother and sister were among those witnessing his lethal injection.
"You know I'm innocent and I love you both," Hughes said as his mother sobbed. "Please continue to fight for my innocence even though I'm gone.
"Give everybody my love."
He took several deep breaths and then stopped moving. His mother, seated in a chair near the death chamber window, cried out: "My baby … I haven't touched my child in 23 years."
She became more composed in the minutes after it was apparent he was unconscious.
Hughes was pronounced dead at 7:52 p.m. CST, 15 minutes after the lethal drug began flowing into his arms. No one representing his victims witnessed the punishment.
Hughes became the 15th Texas prisoner executed this year and the second in as many nights. On Wednesday, Ramon Hernandez, 41, was executed for the abduction and murder of a San Antonio woman.
Charles and her young cousin were attacked in a field behind an apartment complex where Hughes lived. A man walking along a trail found Charles and called police.
Officers found the 3-year-old already dead from a stab wound that passed completely through his neck. Charles was still alive but severely injured with knife wounds to her neck and chest, police said. When an officer asked who was responsible for the attack, she gave a name, "Preston," and said he tried to rape her. She died moments later.
Authorities went to the nearby apartments and found Hughes, the only resident with the first name of Preston. He already was on probation for a conviction of sexual assault on a child and denied any role in the attacks.
The punishment came after Hughes lost multiple appeals and lawsuits in courts to block it. Two appeals — filed by attorney Patrick McCann, who Hughes unsuccessfully sought to fire — failed at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Other court actions were filed on Hughes' behalf by a death penalty opponent in Houston. They were denied in the courts or could not halt the punishment, attorneys said.
In one Supreme Court appeal, McCann said instructions to jurors deciding Hughes' punishment were not adequate. In another, the attorney contended new evidence showed Hughes was sexually abused as a child and a jury should be allowed to consider that at a new punishment trial.
McCann also obtained an affidavit from a former medical examiner who questioned whether Charles, after massive blood loss from her stab wounds, could have still been conscious or even alive by the time police arrived to ask her about her attacker.
State attorneys argued the assertions from McCann were "patently meritless and nothing more than a last-minute Hail Mary," said Fredericka Sargent, an assistant attorney general.
Additional appeals focused on the legality of using a single lethal dose of pentobarbital for executions, a procedure Texas adopted earlier this year.
Another, from Hughes, accused the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles of violating his rights when they declined a clemency request filed by his lawyer but refused to consider a similar request from activist Ward Larkin. And another raised civil rights violations in a lawsuit against the mayor of Houston, alleging improprieties and fraud in the Houston police crime lab that handled evidence in Hughes' case.
Ellis McCullough, one of Hughes' trial lawyers, said this week he was convinced no evidence was planted or mishandled.
He said Hughes, brought to a police station for interviews in the early morning hours after the slayings, made phone calls from the police interrogation room to acquaintances, including his probation officer, that "were pretty devastating taken as a whole."
Evidence examined for DNA testing after his conviction and at his request found traces of Charles' blood on Hughes' clothing. At his trial, prosecutors showed Charles' glasses were found on a couch in his apartment. Hughes, who knew Charles through a friend, said police took the evidence from the crime scene, planted it in his apartment, illegally searched the place, coerced his confessions and copied his signature to them from another document.
"The fact is I didn't kill anyone," he told The Associated Press last month, speaking from a small visiting cage outside death row.
Hughes also denied the sexual assault conviction that resulted in his probation.
"I didn't know she was 13 at the time," he told the AP of the victim in that case. "I was led to believe she was 17."
Hughes moved to Houston in 1983 from his native Buffalo, N.Y., where a rape charge against him was dismissed when the victim failed to appear in court.
He testified at his capital murder trial that he pulled a knife on "a guy who came up to me from behind" and "stuck him twice" but denied it was Charles or the 3-year-old.
"I didn't stab anybody," he said. "Stabbing and stuck is two different things."


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Just started up my 2.5 gallon desktop tank a few weeks ago, hope to add a few RCS by end of this week. Need to add some moss to the driftwood for them to pick at.
Tank: Deep Blue 2.5 gallon 12x6x8
Filter: Deep Blue BioMaxx nano
Lighting: Desk lamp w/ 60W plant bulb
Substrate: Amazonia II
Flora: Blyxa, Crypts
Fauna: RCS x 6
Dosing: Macro/Micro Mix from AquariumFertilizer.com - 1/2 pump per day
- Am I facing an algae nightmare w/ this lighting and dosing regime?
- Do I need to add CO2 or will Excel be efficient?
That's a really nice little tank! Looks bigger that 2.5 gallons with how you scaped it.
Is it cycled already?
I pulled the AS out of another tank that had been running for a few months with no ammonia and solid 6.5 PH level so I should be all set to go. Need to add some Purigen to the back of the filter, a little space available behind the sponges so it should fit.
Praying the Blyxa hangs in there, haven't kept it in a tank without CO2 before...
I just asked because I've heard its hard to cycle anyrhing under 5 gallons.
i was considering a 2.5 gallon for my kitchen, with shrimp. :)
I love blyxa. All mine always dies though. :(
I do diy co2 and i guess thats not enough for it.
Makes me think of a bonsai tree, features of a much larger aquarium captured in a smaller aquarium... i might try this in the future.
The desk looks naked with just that, add a mini totem pole or something next to the tank
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Your tank looks great. Have you considered adding a black or dark background of some sort? Would really make things pop and disguise the filter a bit.
Since this is Aquasoil, you honestly won't need much more than light ferts if you maintain low/moderate lighting. You say the bulb is 60w - is it incandescent or did you mean it's a 60w equivalent CFL?
As far as being cycled… how much ammonia can the tank process? Have you tried, just to make sure the bacteria load is sufficient for livestock? (Either way, probably won't be an issue with six shrimp, as there's likely plenty of bacteria on the tank's surfaces and in the substrate to handle their tiny bioload)
Hehe i just did a month ago! :hihi:...got a mini s in my kitchen, no shrimps yet only staurogyne repens and christmas moss :)
Its a 60W incandescent so it does give off quite an amount of heat, the office is cool though but I need to check the temperature. I leave the light on from 9am - 5pm.
Not sure how much ammonia the tank can process, I guess I have some work to do if I decide to add a betta.
Thanks for the input, I will add some photos once the RCS are added.
My favorite thing to do with little tanks is to place some construction paper or poster board behind them in various colors to see what looks best. Easy to swap out when you feel the urge, as well.
I sprayed the back mine with black plastidip, it peels right off if you decide to change up the look.
ditto on the plastidip, except I painted it on.
get a 6500k CFL bulb, theyre cheap...will give off less heat. move the light a bit higher if you can, i think its a bit strong for a small 2.5g. DIY co2 will definitely help, if not just keep dosing flourish excel liquid co2 everyday, shouldnt be too expensive with such a small daily dose for a 2.5g. DIY co2 can make your desk look cluttered
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Why does my dog keep scratching his nose?
He's been scratching his nose almost non-stop for two days now, and he keeps licking the paw he's scratched it with afterwards.
He has done this a few times before as well, but he doesn't have any wounds or anything.
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The process, using an incredibly intense burst of laser light, holds the promise of making everything from fuel cells to a space telescope's detectors more efficient—not to mention turning your car into the blackest black around.
"We've been surprised by the number of possible applications for this," says Chunlei Guo, assistant professor of optics at the University of Rochester. "We wanted to see what would happen to a metal's properties under different laser conditions and we stumbled on this way to completely alter the reflective properties of metals."
The key to creating black metal is an ultra-brief, ultra-intense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse. The laser burst lasts only a few quadrillionths of a second. To get a grasp of that kind of speed—a femtosecond is to a second what a second is to about 32 million years.
During its brief burst, Guo's laser unleashes as much power as the entire grid of North America onto a spot the size of a needle point. That intense blast forces the surface of the metal to form and nanostructures—pits, globules, and strands that both dramatically increase the area of the surface and capture radiation. Some larger structures also form in subsequent blasts.
Guo's research team has tested the absorption capabilities for the black metal and confirmed that it can absorb virtually all the light that fall on it, making it pitch black.
Other similar attempts have turned silicon black, but those use a gas to produce chemically etched microstructures. Regular silicon already absorbs most of the visible light that falls on it, so the etching technique only offers about a 30 percent improvement, whereas regular metals absorb only a few percent of visible light before Guo hits them with the laser.
The huge increase in light absorption enabled by Guo's femtosecond laser processing means nearly any metal becomes extremely useful anytime radiation gathering is needed. For instance, detectors of all kinds, from space probes to light meters, could capture far more data than an ordinary metal-based detector could.
And turning a metal black without paint, scoring, or burning could easily lead to everyday uses such as replacing black paint on automobile trim, or presenting your spouse with a jet-black engagement ring.
Guo is also quick to point out that the nanostructures' remarkable increase in a metal's surface area is a perfect way to catalyze chemical reactions. Along with one of his research group members, postdoctoral student Anatoliy Vorobyev, he hopes to learn how the metal can help derive more energy from fuel cell reactions.
The new process has worked on every metal Guo has tried, and since it's a property of the metal itself, there's no worry of the black wearing off.
Currently, the process is slow. To alter a strip of metal the size of your little finger easily takes 30 minutes or more, but Guo is looking at how different burst lengths, different wavelengths, and different intensities affect metal's properties. Fortunately, despite the incredible intensity involved, the femtosecond laser can be powered by a simple wall outlet, meaning that when the process is refined, implementing it should be relatively simple.
Despite the "wall outlet" ease of the use and the stay-cool metal, don't expect to see home-blackening kits anytime soon. "If you got your hand in the way of the focused laser beam, even though it's only firing for a few femtoseconds, it would drill a hole through your skin," says Guo. "I wouldn't recommend trying that."
For recent publications of this research, please visit Guo's research group website at http://www.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/guo/index.htm
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Re: Re: simple set operations
> (1) you need
> lst = CharacterRange["a", "h"];
> I'd suggest looking for it by typing ?*Range*. Of the choices, pick the
> most obvious.
> (2) depending on what you want to do, any of
> Cases[lst, "a"]
> Position[lst, "a"]
> MemberQ[lst, "a"]
> Will give you something to work with, although the last might be the "best".
> Any of these pop right out of the documentation.
> This is not C++. Rather than a "15 minute search", I suggest a longer, more
> detailed examination during which you might learn some Mathematica syntax
> and some simple functions.
But that's the point; I, like probably a lot of other users out there are
time constrained. They know analogous things (C++, perl, python, etc), but
don't want to learn mathematica 'from scratch' because they have the time.
That's what a decent cheatsheet (or cheatbook) would do for mathematica; reach
out to a lot of professionals who don't really have the time to sit down and
learn things from scratch, but need to learn by doing and applying the knowledge
they have to Mathematica.
A simple, condensed reference guide, something like a "in a nutshell" book
by O'Reilly would do the trick.
In fact, if anyone wants to write a decent - as yet unwritten - book on
Mathematica, that's what I'd suggest doing; contacting Nancy Abila at
nancya at oreilly.com and suggesting a "Mathematica in a nutshell" book.
She's the business relations person for the online publishing group - I'm
not sure who her counterpart is on the print side, but she would know.
Anyways, the nutshell series books run from 300-600 pages, and its suitable
for parallel development (usually 4-5 people work on these things) so they don't
need to take over someone's life, and its nice to be published.
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When I try to extract the "smurfc_era.pbo" addon from the Russian Armour Pack with BTRs v6.0 (RussianArmourPackArmA2Ver6.0.7z),
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X:\>ExtractPbo.exe smurfc_era.pbo ExtractPbo Version 1.67, Dll Version 2.66 DePbo bad, or no, sha key
The addon can be extracted using Kegety's cpbo tool , so I wonder if this is a problem with ExtractPBO and/or dePBO.dll.
Updated by killswitch over 7 years ago
I forgot to mention: it's quite possible that the PBO file is malformed (judging from the error message), so ExtractPBO may be reporting the error correctly and in that regard, there's no fault with ExtractPBO or the DLL file. The question then becomes: "how should the toolset handle broken/damaged/malformed PBO files".
Updated by mikero over 7 years ago
- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Target version set to Work in progress
you are quite correct. Earlier versions of the dll 'accepted' malformed files. later versions prevented extraction, mostly to warn the user that the pbo in question would fail on mp play where signed keys are employed (the purpose of having the shakey at all).
i consider this a mistake on my part and will revise the dll to extract and WARN the user if the sha is missing.
equally, if the sha is wrong, it means the pbo has been corrupted, perhaps maliciously, or alternatively and attempt to cheat, in-game. All I can do, is warn the user appropriately.
Updated by mikero over 7 years ago
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- Target version changed from Work in progress to Completed
dll 2.69 now on site. i warns about a missing shakey but rejects a bad shakey (which is different to what i said above)


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On the same day David Ross appeared in court for almost the last time, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) released a 22-page document designed to plug holes in the system the disgraced financial adviser was able to exploit.
In its 'Guidance note: Discretionary investment management services [DIMS]', the FMA lays out a series of principles and procedures authorised financial advisers (AFAs) should follow if they offer such a service.
The FMA guidance note, published just about a year after Ross and his eponymous firm, Ross Asset Management, hit the headlines, is the result of a long consultation with the industry and the final version differs somewhat from the draft.
For instance, the regulator's note says it has refined "the examples of DIMS including a new example of what is not DIMS at the AFA level".
The DIMS exemption for AFAs applies to 'model portfolio' recommendations executed via investment platforms (also known as wrap accounts).
As the FMA describes it, in a model portfolio "client's money is invested into a specific selection of investments and in pre-determined proportions, and is automatically re-balanced from time to time, to reflect the wrap provider's model portfolio", without instructions from the AFA who may have recommended it to the underlying client.
"In this case the wrap provider is providing a class DIMS to the client," the guidance note says.
As the practice is reasonably common in the industry, many AFAs would be relieved by the clarification.
For those AFAs involved in the full DIMS process, however, the regulator now requires some very detailed compliance, including hiring an independent custodian and carrying out extensive checks and disclosures.
In a simple flow diagram headed 'The DIMS life-cycle', the FMA splits the process up into three components, starting with the innovatively-titled 'client on-boarding', which, as I understand it, is not related to 'water-boarding'. Parts two and three are called 'the DIMS proposition' and 'ongoing service', respectively.
While the guidance is aimed at AFAs, it also provides a useful checklist for DIMS clients, who may be interested in what their advisers get up to.
As well, the FMA tightens another loophole that Ross apparently took advantage of, where clients were labelled as 'wholesale' or 'eligible' investors and therefore outside the better-lit retail world.
Under the guidelines, AFAs now must work a bit harder to ensure 'wholesale' or 'eligible' clients understand their categorisation and the consequences of opting out of retail protections.
"If a financial adviser or broker is not satisfied with a client's reasons for providing an 'eligible investor' certificate or has reason to believe that it is incorrect, the Act requires that the certificate must not be accepted," the FMA note says. "The Act includes penalties for accepting a wholesale certificate in contravention of these requirements."
David Ross has been remanded in custody and is due for sentencing on November 15.


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