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Adventures in Mathematical Knitting
By Sarah-Marie Belcastro
Rendering mathematical surfaces and objects in tactile form requires both time and creativity.
Rendering mathematical surfaces and objects in tactile form requires both time and creativity.
I have known how to knit since elementary school, but I can't quite remember when I first started knitting mathematical objects. At the latest, it was during my first year of graduate school. I knitted a lot that year, because I never got enough sleep and needed to keep myself awake during class.
During the fall term I made a sweater for my dad, finishing the seams right after my last final, and in the spring I completed a sweater for my mom. Also that spring, during topology class, I knitted a Klein bottle, a mathematical surface that is infinitely thin but formed in such a way that its inside is contiguous with its outside (see Figure 1). I finished the object during a lecture. It was imperfect, but I was excited, and at the end of class I threw it to the professor so he could have a look.
Over the years I've knitted many Klein bottles, as well as other mathematical objects, and have continually improved my designs. When I began knitting mathematical objects, I was not aware of any earlier such work. But people have been expressing mathematics through knitting for a long time. The oldest known knitted mathematical surfaces were created by Scottish chemistry professor Alexander Crum Brown. (For more about Crum Brown's work, click the image at right). In 1971, Miles Reid of the University of Warwick published a paper on knitting surfaces. In the mid-1990s, a technique for knitting Möbius bands from Reid's paper was reproduced and spread via the then-new Internet. (Nonmathematician knitters also created patterns for Möbius bands; one, designed to be worn as a scarf, was created by Elizabeth Zimmerman in 1989.) Reid's pattern made its way to me somehow, and it became the inspiration for a new design for the Klein bottle. Math knitting has caught on a bit more since then, and many new patterns are available. Some of these are included in two volumes I coedited with Carolyn Yackel: Making Mathematics with Needlework (2007) and Crafting by Concepts (2011).
You might wonder why one would want to knit mathematical objects. One reason is that the finished objects make good teaching aids; a knitted object is flexible and can be physically manipulated, unlike beautiful and mathematically perfect computer graphics. And the process itself offers insights: In creating an object anew, not following someone else's pattern, there is deep understanding to be gained. To craft a physical instantiation of an abstraction, one must understand the abstraction's structure well enough to decide which properties to highlight. Such decisions are a crucial part of the design process, but for the specifics to make sense, we must first consider knitting geometrically.
In a discrete geometric model for knitted fabric, plain knit stitches form a rectangular grid, or mesh, with one stitch sitting inside each rectangle (see Figure 2). We shape knitted fabric primarily by using increases and decreases. True to their names, increases add to the number of stitches in a row, and decreases lessen the number of stitches in a row. Both processes create mathematical curvature in the knitted fabric. Figure 3 shows an increase (angles and stitch sizes are not to scale). Interestingly, making a decrease has the same effect on the mesh; a decrease looks like an increase if the fabric is held upside down.
Rows and columns of stitches draw the eye along paths around the surface. Think of a sphere knitted from pole to pole: The rows and columns of stitches mimic latitude and longitude lines.
All knitting is the generation of global structure via choices made in local stitch creation. A set of stitches appears to create a coordinate system (a grid in two-dimensional space). Because shaped fabric is not mathematically flat, however, any such system is only consistent locally, for that small patch of stitches.
An object that has consistent coordinates locally, but perhaps not globally, is in mathematical terms a manifold. Manifolds have a dimensional restriction: Every patch on a manifold must have the same number of coordinate dimensions. A pullover sweater represents a manifold—unless it has sewn-on pockets, because where a pocket joins the sweater, there are three different coordinate directions (up-down, left-right onto the pocket and left-right under the pocket). A great deal of mathematical research concerns manifolds.
Most (but not all) knitted mathematical objects represent manifolds. In particular, although knitted fabric is of course three-dimensional, it represents two-dimensional things in the same way that paper represents an ideal 2D sheet. That means knitting can stand in for 2D objects—or for the boundaries ("skins") of 3D objects. Some mathematical objects are 2D but cannot be represented in three dimensions without either intersecting themselves or having holes added. (These are objects that can be immersed, but not embedded, in real 3-space.) Klein bottles are in this class of objects.
As mentioned earlier, a Klein bottle is an abstract, infinitely thin mathematical surface, formed in such a way that its inside is contiguous with its outside. That is, if it were thickened enough have an inner skin separate from its outer skin, you could run a finger along the surface from any point on the outside to the corresponding point on the inside. Figure 5 shows a line drawing of a Klein bottle in three dimensions, along with a true 2D representation as a marked rectangle; we bend and stretch the rectangle through additional dimensions to match up the arrows and glue them together. As the 3D representation shows, the surface appears to pass through itself. At this place there must be a self-intersection or a hole.
In the terms of the 2D representation, my first Klein bottle was made with the knitting needles parallel to the single arrows in the rectangle, and the rounds of knitting formed in the direction of the double arrows (see Figure 5). It had a lot of flaws, but at the time, I only noticed one of them: It was immobile, stuck in one configuration in 3-space, because I had made it with a self-intersection. To address this problem, I promptly made a crappy Klein bottle with a hole (see Figure 6).
The shortcomings of my early Klein bottles fell into two categories: aesthetic and mathematical. Aesthetics first: These things were ugly! One reason is that I used terrible materials. I have always preferred to use circular knitting needles, which are composed of two pointed tips connected by a thin, flexible cable. Back in graduate school, I often used hacked-together needles, shortening the cables of needles from the 1960s by melting the plastic (which promptly fell apart) or constructing my own circular needles from wire and packing tape (which caught on the yarn incessantly). These efforts to make needles that were both short enough and flexible enough for the projects resulted in a frustrating knitting experience and less than lovely results. Later I was able to get bamboo needles with hollow cables, which can be successfully modified. And I have learned how to use standard knitting paraphernalia to achieve the results I desire.
It wasn't just the needles, though—the yarn was a problem, too. That first Klein bottle was made from respectable but low-grade acrylic yarn. The second was made from a yarn of unknown provenance, which I found at a garage sale. It was awful to work with and had a sickening plastic-plus-fiberglass feel. These days, I tend to use high-quality rather than random yarns, and I choose the color, type of dyeing and texture of the yarn with the intended mathematics in mind. Finally, in designing the objects, I improvised without much thought for details, so the first Klein bottle is misshapen and the second has a weird vertical line on it (hidden in the figure).
Now for the mathematical issues. The approach I used in both cases was to knit something like a cylinder, pass one end of the cylinder through its side, and then graft the two ends of the cylinder together. One can build in a side slit (as I did with the second Klein bottle), or create a self-intersection by passing live stitches through the side of the cylinder (as I did with the first Klein bottle). Either way, using this method, one basically creates the Klein bottle from an identified rectangle, with the rows parallel to one pair of sides of the rectangle (single arrows in Figure 5) and the columns of stitches parallel to the other pair of sides of the rectangle (double arrows in Figure 5). It is very easy to graft the ends of the cylinder incorrectly. Unless the knitter introduces a half-twist before grafting, the four corners of the rectangle will not meet. Without the twist, the result is still a Klein bottle, but the coordinates suggested by the rows and columns of stitches do not match the coordinates of the underlying rectangle, and the geometry of the finished object is not as desired. A knitted cylinder, however, resists twisting—thus the difficulty in this step.
I eventually saw a solution to this problem: Create the twist intrinsically rather than adding it at the end. I accomplished this by starting with Miles Reid's Möbius band construction. This method effectively places the needles parallel to the double arrows shown in Figure 5, and knitting proceeds up both of the single arrows at once, each row wrapping twice across the rectangle. Because the twist is already present in the knitted fabric, the desired joining of the underlying rectangle happens automatically, with coordinates that match the rows and columns of stitches. Skeletal instructions for knitting a Klein bottle in this fashion are available at my mathematical knitting website, and a photograph of one is shown in Figure 7.
That solution was the product of years of thought. Once I realized how flawed my first Klein bottles were, I wanted to do better, to create a design that was more faithful to the mathematics. Thus the question arose: What does it mean for a knitted object to be mathematically faithful?
The way an object is constructed, in any art or craft, highlights some of the object's properties and obscures others. Modeling mathematical objects is no different: It requires that we make choices as to which mathematical aspects of the object are most important. When it's possible to do so, I knit objects so that a particular set of properties is intrinsic to the construction.
Most of the objects I make have both topological and geometric aspects. That is, these objects have an overall shape that is preserved when the objects are bent or stretched, and they have a specific form and structure in space. Sometimes the topology takes precedence and sometimes the geometry; this difference dictates whether and where curvature is placed on the object. Often I knit surfaces. These are 2D and mainly smooth, which means that the constructions should have no seams, visible or otherwise. An ideal model of a surface should have no edges or bound stitches. In reality, yarn must have two ends. Similarly, a knitted piece may be made from more than one piece of yarn, but the transition from one ball to another should be invisible. These characteristics are part of a topological model for knitting, which I described in a 2009 paper in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts.
Another consideration in constructing knitted mathematical objects is surface texture. For example, an abstract Klein bottle's inside adjoins its outside, so the texture of a knitted Klein bottle should be the same on the two physical sides; there should be no way of telling which real side is being looked at, and no way of identifying a transition between different parts of the knitted piece. For some other objects, the two sides are mathematically distinct and so their textures should be distinguishable.
There's more to consider—one can also indicate mathematics using a design knitted into the object. As a simple example, one can use stripes to indicate Möbius bands within a Klein bottle.
Most knitted-in designs are mathematically challenging because of the discretization problem: A smooth line or patch of color drawn on a piece of paper or electronically must be knitted as a sequence of discrete stitches. This harkens back to the mesh shown in Figures 3 and 4. Computer scientists who work on visualization of 3D objects have developed algorithms for imposing a mesh on an idealized object. A finer mesh gives a smoother look, and in fact the use of very fine meshes is what produces realistic computer-generated imagery. In knitting, creating a finer mesh requires both a thinner yarn and substantially more time to complete the project. A great application of meshes to knitting appears in a 2012 SIGGRAPH paper, in which Cem Yuksel, Jonathan M. Kaldor, Doug L. James and Steve Marschner explain how they use a mostly rectangular mesh to produce highly realistic virtual knitted garments.
Discretizing a pattern is not as simple as imposing a mesh. Knitted stitches are not square in proportion; they are close to 5:6 in aspect ratio. This fact has to be taken into consideration during design; if it is not, the finished object will be elongated. I usually make a swatch of fabric in the yarn I'm planning to use, measure to see what the stitch aspect ratio will be and then create graph paper with appropriately proportioned rectangles. Next one must determine the overall shape—where there will be increases and decreases, short rows and other construction elements—and restrict the graph paper appropriately. The challenge comes in accurately placing designs or colors on that shape. Here are some examples.
First, consider the torus. A torus is a surface that is essentially a hollow doughnut shape—it is formed by rotating a circle in 3D space about an axis. A torus knot is a closed path that can be drawn without crossings on the torus, so that when the rest of the surface is removed, the path is knotted. On a "flat" torus (similar to the "flat" Klein bottle drawn as a rectangle in Figure 5), a torus knot can be drawn as a straight path with a constant slope. Converting this to knitting requires changing the slope of the path with the curvature of the torus in a consistent way. Luckily, there is a knitted torus construction that minimizes the changes needed. Knitted torus knots are shown in Figure 10.
A further challenge is knitting a line or curve into an object with a bumpy surface texture. Each stitch has to be knit in a single color of yarn (because one stitch is the minimal mesh size), and the surface texture dictates that adjacent stitches interlock colors. Thus, to show a clear line, the line or curve has to be at least two stitches wide. Compare the graph drawn on both Möbius bands in Figures 8 and 11; one has a finer mesh than the other.
Knitting multiple line segments into a curved surface is also quite difficult. In another project, I knitted the complete graph K7 into a torus, pictured in Figure 9. This project required the use of 7-fold symmetry. To make it possible to distinguish between the line segments emanating from a dot, each had to have different slopes, and those slopes had to be modified with the construction of the torus. Additionally, the dots were of nonzero height and width, which threw off slope calculations further.
So, what exactly does the design process for a mathematical object entail? Here is how I proceed. After deciding on an object to model, I articulate my mathematical goals (in practice, I often do this unconsciously). The chosen goals impose knitting constraints. This gives me a frame in which to create the overall knitting construction for the large-scale structure of the object. Then I must consider the object's fine structure. Are there particular aspects of the mathematics that I can emphasize with color or surface design? Are particular textures needed? While solving the resulting discretization problem, I usually produce a pattern I can follow—my memory is terrible and I would otherwise lose the work.
A recent mathematical creation can serve as a case study. A diagram in Allen Hatcher's Algebraic Topology had caught my eye, and I thought it would look fantastic knitted. The object shown is an equilateral Y extruded to be a three-finned thing with one end rotated by 1/3 and glued to the other end. Although, unlike a Möbius band, the object is not a manifold, it is a generalization of a Möbius band. So I thought I could use a similar construction—if only I could devise a way to knit outward from the central circle (the center of the Y). I wanted the knitted object to be created from a single strand of yarn, because the mathematical object has a single edge. Thus, I had to create a way to use a single strand of yarn to produce three interlocking sets of free stitches. (Ordinary knitting has only two sets of stitches, upper and lower, per strand of yarn.) Once I had solved that problem—and it took me a while—I decided to use a texture that would look the same from all viewpoints, so that the central circle would be less visible. For my first attempt at the object, I decided to keep things simple and add no more requirements. The result is shown in Figure 12. After my first attempt was done, I took one look at it and realized that it resembled a cowl. I resized the next version to produce a garment. A wearable mathematical object is a rare, and welcome, practical result.
Although I have worked on various knitting projects, I'm still not finished fiddling with designs for the Klein bottle—and it's been about 20 years since I began. I have been asked to adapt my construction into a wearable hat. It's one among many mathematical knitting challenges I look forward to completing.
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Stadium full of singing fansAlso my first U2 concert. And it is still my favorite concert memory. It was cold but everyone was so much of the same mind, I think most of us didn't notice. Between the singing and dancing we all did, we stayed warm. As assigned floor seats were pushed forward due to the huge sound/light command post smack in the middle of the floor, my group actually ended up about 10 feet from the stage, front and center. I remember Bono saying they hadn't,"played this next song in awhile," but that there had been some changes in hearts and minds (everyone thought he meant the Irish Peace Process), and it was time to pull the song out of the closet. It. Was. Amazing. Bullet the Blue Sky was absolutely electric. An unforgettable night.
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Belly dancer birth dayI remeber it being a great show at Arrowhead. Chairs on the field meant you could get a great seat without being crushed. I wish they still did that! It was the belly dancer's birth day and Bono gave her a cake.


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"I need a bath, some chow, and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies."- Al Capone
"Two Imposters" picks up no more than a couple hours after the crate containing Owen Slater showed up at Nucky Thompson's door. Right away, "Boardwalk Empire" is answering questions as quickly as possible and moving on to the siege of Nucky Thompson's Atlantic City.
Nucky knew, or if he didn't, he now knows about Owen and Margaret. Before he can fully process that information, the New York crew sends three guys to hit Nucky's room, which affords Steve Buscemi the rare chance to kick some serious ass. It also gives Gyp Rosetti the chance to liberate Regina the dog back from the Thompsons.
So Margaret and the kids are gone, Owen is dead in a box and Eddie is bleeding out in the passenger seat next to him. The town is under such an assault that Nucky can't even get his right hand medical aid at the hospital where he donated a wing.
More than ever, Nucky Thompson needs muscle and friends. Coincidentally, Chalky White has a small army at his disposal, and a med student for a son-in-law. It appears that Chalky might get that night club after all.
Chalky and Nucky both have a big choice to make when Rosetti shows up at Chalky's safe house under the guise of an olive branch from a conquering emperor. Chalky could easily sell Nucky to Rosetti, betting on the new regime. Nucky could let Eddie die on the table and stay hidden. Because he's in the opening credits (or because they're both decent guys, if you don't want to be cynical about it), both make the choice that works out best for Nucky.
Determined to retake his city, Nucky resists skipping town and instead continues to look for help, calling upon a conspicuously absent Eli's oldest son Will for safe harbor. After killing a couple New York invaders, Dunn Purnsley and Chalky prove that they are not the titular "two imposters."
Riding in the back of a truck like cattle down the White Horse Pike (U.S. Route 30 to us Google Maps users), Nucky is a far cry from his former seat of power. In fact, his actual throne (the desk he sits behind at the Ritz), has been looted by Rosetti's goons and taken to Gillian's cathouse for their new base of operations.
Speaking of Gillian, she has figured out that Richard and Julia are really in love, and her being the worst, she's determined to dash his hopes for happiness. Wisely, Richard plans to exfiltrate himself and Tommy to Julia's. Gillian, discovering Richard's plan and fed up with him trying to be a human being, uses her newfound pal Rosetti's muscle to chase Richard away. She should really clear space next to the "Mother of the Year" trophy on her shelf for that "World's Best Boss" mug.
Back in New York, under the financial pressure of the amount of heroin they bought, Luciano goes ahead with a deal against Meyer's wishes. Ambition never seems to be rewarded on "Boardwalk Empire," and "Lucky" Luciano finds himself in handcuffs after making the deal with two undercover cops. There's your "two imposters."
"Two Imposters" was a shortened, fast-paced, table-setter of an episode. If it wasn't abundantly clear, two goosebump-worthy scenes at the end let us know that it is very much "on" for the finale.
Richard Harrow breaking out his Army-issued arsenal from underneath his bed to the sound of ominous drums was enough to wipe away Jack Huston's mystique-destroying Guinness commercials.
As the military drum cadence ratcheted up, Al Capone finally showing up with Eli and a bunch of Chicago wiseguys was equal parts relief and exhilaration (unless for some reason you're rooting against Nucky). Capone's brilliant "we've been on the road for 18 hours ..." entrance was the icing on the cake.
Just so we're clear, Nucky Thompson's army now essentially consists of the most famous gangster in history and Omar from "The Wire" (sorry Michael K. Williams, I couldn't resist). I like his odds.
Three random facts from "Two Imposters"
• "Ragged Dick," the book Nucky's mom gave him, is a coming of age story about a New York shoeshine boy written in 1868 by Horatio Alger, Jr.
• Rosetti says "paging Mr. Chalky White" when he shows up at the safe house. It was hard to find verification on this, but it seems far-fetched (but still technically plausible) that a phrase referring to a networked audio system would make sense to anyone in 1923.
• The billboard prominently displayed when Nucky, Chalky and Dunn are stopped, was for Krueger's, a large brewery based in Newark until 1961. Krueger's Special and Krueger's Cream Ale would go on to be the first beer to be sold in cans on Jan. 24, 1935.


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This is an inspiration week and here is the inspiration photo.
This was a fun one to make! =)
I inked the adorable Marching Chick with Antique Linen Distress Ink, colored it with Copic markers then fussy cut the image out.
The pattered paper is from Pink Paislee C'est La Vie 6x6 paper pad and the sentiment comes with the image.
That's all for now. Don't forget to find out what the other design team members and participants created for this week's challenge and see all the challenge details over on the Stamping Bella Blog! =)
Have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!
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cardstock: (white, kraft) Papertrey Ink
rubber stamps: (Marching Chick) Stamping Bella
patterned paper: (C'est La Vie 6x6 paper pad) Pink Paislee
dye ink: (Antique Linen) Ranger Industries
hybrid ink: (Chocolate Brown) My Favorite Things
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other: (foam tape) 3M
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chick: Y38, Y18, Y15, Y13, R20, YR68, YR04, YR02, E13, E11, E01
hearts: R14, R22, R21, RV55, RV63, RV52
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The collection of the Vitra Design Museum ranks among the most important holdings of furniture design worldwide. It contains some 7000 pieces of furniture, a vast assemblage of lighting objects and numerous archives, as well as the Collection of the Eames Office, or the estates of Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. On 4 June 2016 the Vitra Schaudepot was opened, created by the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, in which the Vitra Design Museum presents key pieces of its collection.
Guided tours through the Vitra Schaudepot:Highlights from the CollectionEvery Saturday and Sunday,2 pmBehind the ScenesEvery first Friday of the month,3 pm (in German)Focus Tour: MaterialEvery third Friday of the month, 3 pm (in German)
Vitra Design Museum + Vitra Schaudepot17,00 € / 15,00 €*Vitra Design Museum 11,00 € / 9,00 €*Vitra Schaudepot8,00 € / 6,00 €*Architecture tour 2h14,00 € / 10,00 €*Guided tours 1h (Exhibition tour, Production tour or Behind the Scenes)7,00 € / 5,00 €**Reduced prices: young people from age 12, students, seniors,disabled persons, groups of more than 10 people, combination of 3 and more tickets/person, children under 12 years of age free
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The Vitra Design Museum would be unthinkable without its extensive collection of design objects. They form the basis of many exhibitions, publications and research projects. The focus of the collection lies on industrial furniture design and lighting – in these areas, the unique holdings of the museum are of international importance. They are supplemented by smaller groups of objects, including cutlery, consumer electronics and architectural models. The Collection of the Eames Office as well as estates of prominent designers such as Alexander Girard, Anton Lorenz, George Nelson and Verner Panton are also maintained by the Vitra Design Museum. The expert preservation of the collection is ensured by the museum's own conservation workshop. An extensive document archive and a library complement the collection, which is constantly expanding. The Vitra Design Museum regularly provides loans to other museums and galleries, including renowned partners as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The Online Collection includes detailed information about selected objects from the collection and will be expanded continuously in the coming years. Here you won't just find extensive details about each object, but also explanatory text and image materials, biographies of the most important designers as well as texts on the history of significant furniture manufacturers. Collection Online
At the Vitra Schaudepot, which is designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the Vitra Design Museum presents key objects from its extensive collection, creating one the largest permanent exhibitions and research sites on contemporary furniture design. Today the collection of the Vitra Design Museum encompasses a total of around 20 000 objects, with some 7000 pieces of furniture, more than 1000 lighting objects and numerous archives, as well as the Collection of the Eames Office, or the estates of Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. Although the main museum building by Frank Gehry (1989) was originally conceived to house the collection, the museum utilises the space to stage major temporary exhibitions. The construction of the Schaudepot allows for a permanent presentation of the collection, while offering a diverse educational programme.More
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The furniture collection of the Vitra Design Museum encompasses the major eras, themes and protagonists of industrial furniture design. The core holdings comprise approximately 7000 objects, with an emphasis on the following areas:
The collection of lighting in the Vitra Design Museum consists of approximately 1000 objects. It includes many classics of the 20th century, such as the legendary lamp "WG24" by Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1924) or Richard Sapper's "Tizio" lamp (1972), but also rare pieces, prototypes and one-offs. The lighting collection documents the combination of technological innovation with design aesthetics and demonstrates the fascination that many designers have for the psychological and philosophical aspects of light. Collection OnlineFor image enquiries, please contact pictures(at)design-museum.de
For its exhibitions over the past decades, Vitra Design Museum has grown a significant collection of architectural models which have been built in the museum's own model making workshops. It comprises models of works by architects like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and others. The collection of electronics includes works by Dieter Rams for Braun and other significant design objects of the 20th century. Another special collection is dedicated to cutlery.Collection Online
For image enquiries, please contact pictures(at)design-museum.de
The Vitra Design Museum Library is a research library for design and architecture, specializing in furniture design and its influence on interior architecture from the beginning of the industrial age to the present. In addition, the library includes printed matter related to the applied arts, photography, urban planning, the humanities, and social and applied sciences.
The library's holdings encompass over 7000 volumes on open-stack shelving and a large inventory of international periodicals from the 1950s up to today, providing primary research material for the preparation of new exhibitions and projects, along with sources for the documentation and contextualisation of objects in the museum collection and its archives.
Information about the contents of the Vitra Design Museum Library, which belongs to the SWB Library Network (Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund), is accessible through an online catalogue.
The non-circulating library is open to the public by prior appointment from 9.00 – 12.00 am and 1.00 – 5.00 pm on weekdays. If you would like to visit the library, please contact email@example.com.
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The Collection of the Eames Office as well as the estates of prominent designers such as Alexander Girard, Anton Lorenz, George Nelson, and others are maintained in the archive of the Vitra Design Museum. The holdings also include company publications, brochures, posters, patent documents and drawings.If you have questions regarding the archive, please contact archive(at)design-museum.deMore
The preservation and conservation of the objects in the Vitra Design Museum collection and archive is overseen by the museum's own conservation workshop. A special focus of this work is devoted to the issues and problems posed by the aging of plastic materials. In cooperation with international research institutes, universities and other museums, the Vitra Design Museum conservation workshop is constantly gaining new knowledge in this area. Below you can find some projects from the museum's conservation department.


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The primary objective of the Board is to build long term shareholder value with due regard to other stakeholder interest. It does this by guiding strategic direction and context and focusing on issues critical for its successful execution.
The board delegates the management of the day-to-day affairs of the company to the Executive Team under the leadership of the Director to deliver the strategic direction and goals determined by the Board.
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The Code has been adopted by the company and, amongst other things, provides that all persons must avoid conflicts of interest between their private financial activities and their part in the conduct of company business.
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LOS ANGELES, March 1 (UPI) -- Actress Bonnie Franklin has died of complications from pancreatic cancer at her home in Los Angeles, her family said Friday. She was 69.
The California native is best known for her portrayal of Ann Romano, the single mother of two teen daughters, on the TV sitcom "One Day at a Time," which ran from 1975-84.
The actress announced last September that she had pancreatic cancer.
The Los Angeles Times confirmed her death Friday.
Franklin appeared on her former TV daughter Valerie Bertinelli's new sitcom, "Hot in Cleveland," in 2011 and was a guest star on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" last year.
She is survived by her mother, Claire Franklin; and stepchildren Jed Minoff and Julie Minoff, the Times said.
Her husband, television and film producer Marvin Minoff, whom she married in 1980, died in 2009.
"My heart is breaking. Bonnie has always been one of the most important women in my life and was a second mother to me," Bertinelli said in a statement to People.com Friday.
"The years on 'One Day at a Time' were some of the happiest of my life, and along with Pat [Harrington Jr.] and Mackenzie [Phillips] we were a family in every way," Bertinelli said. "She taught me how to navigate this business and life itself with grace and humor, and to always be true to yourself. I will miss her terribly."


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I am asking my question here, since it's been voted up a fair bit on math.SE, but without answers, so it may be harder than I assumed it was.
Can we always break an arbitrary field extension $L/K$ into an extension $F/K$ in which the only roots of unity of $F$ are those in $K$, i.e. $\mu_F=\mu_K$, followed by an extension $L/F$ which is of the form $L=F(\{\omega_i\})$, where the $\omega_i$ are roots of unity? If not, are there reasonable hypotheses (e.g. separable, finite) on $L/K$ that would make this true?
My motivation was simply that the other order, i.e. breaking an arbitrary extension $L/K$ into one where $F=K(\{\omega_i\})$ for some roots of unity $\omega_i$, followed by $L/F$ where $\mu_L=\mu_K$, is obvious - specifically, set $F=K(\mu_L)$.
Now, my first (naive) approach was to try to construct the "maximum" intermediate field which does not add roots of unity by taking the compositum of all such intermediate extensions. However, this doesn't exist even for number fields, e.g. setting $K=\mathbb{Q}$, $L=\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3,\sqrt[3]{2})$, $E_1=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[3]{2})$, and $E_2=\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3\sqrt[3]{2})$, we have $\mu_{E_1}=\mu_{E_2}=\mu_K$, but $\mu_{E_1E_2}=\mu_{L}\supsetneq\mu_K$.
Note that $K=\mathbb{Q}$ and $L=\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3,\sqrt[3]{2})$ isn't a counterexample to the actual problem - for example, $F=E_1$ works, because $\mu_{E_1}=\mu_{\mathbb{Q}}$, and $L=E_1(\zeta_3)$.
So, to prove the claim / construct a counterexample, it seems to me that we want to look at intermediate fields $E$ which are maximal among those such that $\mu_E=\mu_K$, and determine whether or not there always exists at least one such $E$ such that $L=E(\text{some roots of unity})$.
Here is Arturo Magidin's comment on the original question:
not a proof/counterexample, but an observation: suppose $L$ is Galois over $K$; we can let $M$ be the extension of $K$ obtained by adding all roots of unity in $L$; this is Galois over $K$, so corresponds to a normal subgroup $H$ of $G=\text{Gal}(L/K)$. If we can break up the extension as you mention, then $L$ is Galois over $F$, and $\text{Gal}(L/F)=\text{Gal}(M/K)=G/H$. So $G$ would necessarily have normal subgroup $H$ and a subgroup isomorphic to $G/H.$


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A Compiler that supports unix filters.
Use a unix filter as compiler. For example, we could use the
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A more realistic example: one can use this to call, for example, the sass compiler on CSS files. More information about sass can be found here:
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Best LDN Walks showcases the best the Capital has to offer with a range of tours of London. Sightseers can join a tour of the West End on a pub crawl, or get spooked on a tour of 'Haunted London' or 'Jack the Ripper Special'. Alternative activities include an 'Instagram Photo Walk', 'Spray Paints and Shots Tour', or 'Tarts and Tiaras Tour'.


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In the spring of 2014, the Tama County Engineer's Office will remove the Historic Chamber's Ford Bridge over the Iowa River, along 380th Street near Chelsea.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 because it was one of the few remaining pinned Pratt through truss bridges left in the state that was unmodified since its construction. Plans are being made to construct a new bridge at this location, once again allowing vehicular access across the Iowa River along 380th Street.
Designed in 1842 by Thomas Pratt, the Pratt truss type was essentially a streamlined version of the Howe Truss patented in 1840. Pratt through truss bridges, a distinctive form of the Pratt truss type, include vertical, horizontal and diagonal beams that form a series of triangular shapes that handle the loads and stress of the bridge as it carries traffic. Although the Pratt Truss was initially unpopular due to the high cost in metal, it was later favored over the Howe Truss for its greater strength, stability, and simplicity, ultimately making it more economical and versatile.
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The Chambers Ford bridge west of Belle Plaine.
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Originally constructed by the Clinton Bridge and Iron Works Company in 1890, the Chamber's Ford Bridge was initially a timber-trestle bridge. Within 10 years, however, the wooden trestles began to deteriorate beyond repair. In September 1902, the Tama County Board of Supervisors chose the Jones and Laughlin Company of Lackawanna, New York, to produce the steel to repair the bridge and the George E. King Bridge Company of Des Moines to replace the timbers with steel and to construct a second span to accommodate the ever-changing river channel. These spans, finished in 1903, still cross the Iowa River today.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because it showcased the evolution of bridge construction materials and techniques?from wood, to cast and wrought iron, to steel?across the 19th and 20th centuries. The Historic Chamber's Ford Bridge, measuring 15.1 feet wide and 345 feet long, exhibits all of the physical features of the Pratt through truss but has deteriorated beyond feasible repair.Although the bridge is one of the few remaining examples of its type in Iowa, due to its age and lack of structural sufficiency it cannot accommodate modern traffic needs and must be replaced. It has been deemed unsafe to carry traffic and has been closed since 2007. The bridge is warped, is missing many of its pins and bolts, and has several large holes in the wooden deck.
The Tama County Engineer's office has received federal funding to replace the old structure with a precast concrete beam bridge. The new concrete bridge will be able to carry heavier loads, allowing E911 services and modern farm traffic to once again cross the river at this location. The county hopes a new crossing will also reduce illegal activities in the area.
The Tama County Engineer's Office is working with cultural resources services firm Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc. to document the old bridge and record its history before the structure is removed. Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc. will prepare a general interest booklet that details the history of the bridge. The booklet will be available at Tama County libraries, the State Historical Society Library in Des Moines, and other locations across the state.
Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc. wishes to learn more about how the bridge served local community members and their families over the years. If you have information about the old bridge's history or photographs to share to include in the bridge history booklet, please contact Historian Kristy Medanic of Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc. at 515-233-1146.
Tama County would like to sell the historic Chamber's Ford Bridge so that it can be moved to a different site where it can be preserved for future generations.
If your organization is interested in purchasing the historic bridge for relocation, or if you have questions, comments or concerns about the project, please contact Lyle Brehm, Tama County Engineer, 641-484-3341.


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We regret to inform everyone that the 2013 Battle for Nags Head, set to take place Oct 3-6, has been cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.
A group of us will be surfing recreationally and doing some filming during that week, in the Nags Head area, email me if you wish to meet up. deadmanprd AT gmail DOT com
We will attempt to run the event in the fall of 2014 as a part of the US National Surf Kayak Championships.
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The National Institutes of Health recognized Pierre-Alexandre Vidi and his research with a Howard Temin Pathway to Independence Award in Cancer for highly promising postdoctoral research scientists. This is the first time a postdoctoral researcher has received the award while at Purdue. The National Cancer Institute issued the award to 60 researchers in the United States in 2012.
Vidi uses a 3-D cell culture to reproduce mammary glands and breast cancers with the architecture they would have within the human body. He then studies how cells' organization and interactions influence the process of DNA repair.
"Our ultimate goal is to improve cancer treatment and the quality of life of cancer patients," Vidi said. "We want to learn how to make cancer cells less able to repair themselves after chemotherapy or radiation treatment. This could reduce treatment doses – and the debilitating side effects of those treatments – the patients must endure."
A better understanding of what influences DNA repair could also lead to strategies to boost DNA repair in normal cells and prevent cancer initiation, he said.
Vidi's findings suggest that tissue architecture influences the organization of the cell nucleus and nuclear processes such as DNA repair. He will use the grant to further investigate the underlying mechanisms and how the organization of normal and cancer cells influences the flow of information that leads to DNA repair.
Vidi's research approach differs from most other cancer researchers due to the inclusion of healthy tissue models in parallel to cancers in his studies. He credits his mentor, Sophie Lelièvre, as a leader of this approach. Lelièvre is an associate professor of basic medical sciences in Purdue's College of Veterinary Medicine and associate director of discovery groups in the Purdue Center for Cancer Research.
"Her laboratory is famous for approaching cancer research by first understanding normal tissue behavior," Vidi said. "Dr. Lelièvre's group also is one of the few in the world able to reproduce the complex organization of cells that line the mammary ducts and create 3-D cell culture models."
Vidi's Pathway to Independence Award comes through the National Cancer Institute at the NIH. The competitive award was created in 2007 and provides five years of support comprising two years of mentored support as a postdoctoral fellow followed by three years of support as an independent researcher. In addition to Lelièvre, Vidi's mentors include Joseph Irudayaraj from Purdue's School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Tom Misteli from the National Cancer Institute.
"Pierre's training and the mentors he has sought bridge expertise in cancer biology and in biophysical technologies that are the future of this field," said Lelièvre, who also leads the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition Project. "He shows tremendous promise as a scientist and cancer researcher and carries the torch of our laboratory's values."
Writer: Elizabeth K. Gardner, 765-494-2081, [email protected]
Sources: Pierre-Alexandre Vidi, 765-496-7881, [email protected]
Sophie Lelièvre, 765-496-7793, [email protected]


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Zappos have launched a pretty good little Widget that GEO Maps real time orders from their website with a nice fluid visualization that plots the shipping destination of every signle order live through the Google Maps API. Not only is it a cool widget, it actually helps their to project the success of their business upon their customers. We all know [...]Continue reading...
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Man wounded in Baltimore officer-involved shooting
No officers injured in incident
City police are investigating another officer-involved shooting, this time in northwest Baltimore.
Investigators said the incident happened about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 5000 block of Pimlico Road.
Police said officers who were in a special vehicle aimed at reading the license plates of vehicles because of recent incidents of violence in the area were driving down the road when they heard gunshots.
A short time later, officers said they saw a man come out of an alley armed with a gun.
Police ordered the man several times to drop the gun, but officers said he did not comply. At least one officer discharged his service weapon, wounding the man in the upper body, detectives said.
Paramedics took the man to Sinai Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
A gun was recovered from the scene, and police said they are checking area hospitals for possible gunshot victims.
No police officers were injured.
The incident was the third police-involved shooting in the city in four days.


text: My wife, 5'4" and petite wants to buy a 650CS after seeing one at the Chicago bike show in February. She could not get the scooter up on its center stand and I would like to know if anyone else had had the issue. The bike was on a carpet, and the BMW sales associate tried unsuccessfully to help. Anyone have any suggestions before we buy the bike. She is dead set on owning on.


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nuccadc necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 87 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Advanced Spinal Care, LLC
Advanced Spinal Care (ASC) is a NUCCA chiropractic clinic. NUCCA (National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association) is a specialty within the chiropractic profession that focuses on using the atlas, or top vertebra of the spine, to correct the entire spinal structure. Unlike traditional chiropractic, there is absolutely no popping, twisting or cracking of the neck or back. It is a very gentle procedure, yet extremely precise. NUCCA doctors use extremely detailed x-rays/analysis to determine exactly how each person has been injured or misaligned. The NUCCA adjustment brings the body back into balance - legs even, hips even, no hip rotation, spine back to vertical axis, and skull on straight. By taking pressure of the brainstem, spinal cord and peripheral spinal nerves, the body is able to heal and function at a more optimal level. Your nervous system controls everything in your body and if there is pressure interferring with those nerve signals it will affect your health. That's why we do what we do. We want to help people live healthier, happier lives. Its about being pro-active with your health not re-active. ASC is not about pain management but about obtaining and maintaining true HEALTH and WELLNESS!
Since every person on the face of the earth has a spine you could say that everyone is our target audience. However, most chiropractic patients are women. From a marketing perspective, women in childbearing years are probably the best to target because if you get them under care they will bring their husbands and children in. I definitely want to focus on families...and be very kid friendly! (If you correct spinal injuries early on, you won't have to deal with the problems that arise later on from letting them go too long!) My "ideal patient" wants to be pro-active with their health. They live a wellness lifestyle. Coming in to see me is not about getting rid of neck and back pain but about creating overall health and wellness. Obviously my market is going to overlap with other chiropractors, but it does not overlap with any other NUCCA or upper cervical chiropractors.
I want a logo that is clean and simple (but not too simple). I want it to feel very professional. We are a doctors office in a classy professional building.
I am not creative so I don't have a lot of input to give here. I'm not sure if I want a spine or atlas vertebra in the logo or not. Since my company's name has "spinal" in it, do I need to reinforce it with a spine in the logo??? Maybe, I don't know. If not a spine/vertebra, then what? What would symbolize balance, health, wellness??? I am thinking of having my tagline be "Restoring Balance..for the Health of It!".
Colors I like: that popular sage green color maybe with a light brick red (see similar colors in attached files); I like neutral colors like tans and browns, but that doesn't mean they would be good in a logo - maybe combined with a deep purple.
Colors I don't like: primary/bold colors (red, yellow, orange, green, blue)
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1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
Origin: OE. Schar, AS. Scear; akin to OHG. Scaro, G. Schar, pflugshar, and E. Shear, v. See Shear.
1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. My share of fame.
3. Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
4. The pubes; the sharebone. To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. Share and share alike, in equal shares.
Origin: OE. Share, AS. Scearu, scaru, fr. Sceran to shear, cut. See Shear.


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What We Learned From The Cliff Lee Outcome
By noon yesterday, it seemed like Cliff Lee to the Yankees was a done deal. Five hours later, the Texas Rangers swooped in and nabbed him. While adding Lee to an already strong Yankee rotation would have been fun, losing out on him is more beneficial in the long run. It was also educational. here is what we learned:
The Yankees have faith in Jesus. After news broke that the Yankees were hot on Lee's trail and willing to trade top prospect Jesus Montero for him, some fans speculated that the organization had lost faith in the catcher. This echoed the sentiment put forth last winter when the Yankees attempted to trade Montero to the Blue Jays for Roy Halladay. The fact that the organization was willing to part with the 20 year-old for players of Halladay and Lee's caliber is a testament to Montero's ability.
Other teams have faith in Jesus. The Blue Jays and Mariners have now both scouted Montero extensively, and were likely open to trading their top commodity for him. You know a player has value when his return yields one of the best pitchers in the game. Anyone else find it interesting that the Mariners still wanted Montero, despite his .253 batting average? Scouts see something in him, and while his bat may be more attractive than his glove, he is still a special player. So is David Adams, evidently.
The Rangers will not resign Lee. Texas is currently dealing with some serious financial woes, and there is no chance that they can sign him to a contract extension during or after the season. On that same hand, why would Lee want to sign with Texas? Unless he has an extraordinarily good time, is comfortable with giving the Rangers a bargain and loves pitching in Arlington, expect him to become a free agent.
The Yankees are serious about adding Lee. The mere act of offering a prospect like Jesus Montero (and Adams) for Lee demonstrates how badly the Yankees want to have him in the rotation. Now, some have argued that Brian Cashman was simply trying to drive up the Mariner's asking price, but I think the Yankees were serious. Why else would they allegedly give the Mariners a "take it or leave it" offer? Although the baseball world has already come to this conclusion, it seems fairly certain that the Yankees will simply hand Lee a blank check this winter.
So, unless the Rangers beat the Yankees in the ALCS, this situation worked out in the best possibly way. The Yanks were able to keep two of their better prospects, Lee went to a team that probably won't resign him and Brian Cashman can now focus on adding a bat and some relief arms.


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At this treatment facility, pictures on the walls will be crooked, on purpose.
Books on a bookshelf will be jumbled without regard to title, color or size.
It's all part of local hospital system Amita Health's plan to treat patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder at the system's new residential treatment center. The 48-bed Elk Grove Village facility — in the renovated home formerly used by the Alexian Brothers — will open to patients Monday.
Though a number of residential treatment facilities already accept OCD patients, Amita leaders say their center will be somewhat unique because it will focus specifically on adult patients with OCD, using a type of therapy known as exposure and response prevention. The center also will treat patients with other anxiety and addiction issues. Amita leaders say the facility will fill a gap in care offerings in their current system as well as the state as a whole.
Those who suffer from OCD can have a variety of behaviors. Patients often repeat actions, insist events happen in a certain order and/or fixate on unwanted thoughts. About 1 out of every 100 U.S. adults suffers from OCD, though not all those cases are severe, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Patients with OCD likely will stay at the center for four to six weeks, where they'll be exposed to situations that can trigger their obsessive-compulsive behavior, such as touching an object that might normally make them want to wash their hands, said Patrick McGrath, a clinical psychologist and assistant vice president of residential services for Amita Health Behavioral Medicine.
"The point is to sit with things that are uncomfortable and learn how to handle them," McGrath said. "We do it slowly and gradually."
The center's patients also will get training in mindfulness and nutrition consultations. The facility's former chapel has been transformed into a low-lit reflection room with a window looking out onto a pond. A light-filled room on the building's second floor will be used for expressive therapies, such as art and weekly improv sessions.
Therapists also will use virtual reality treatments, which include a headset, a machine that can produce specific smells and a "rumble pad" to simulate movement, to help patients. A veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, for example, might be put into a battle situation, or an addict might be placed into a simulated party filled with drugs and alcohol.
Amita leaders hope the new Foglia Family Foundation Residential Treatment Center will complement the health system's existing offerings for OCD patients. Now people with severe OCD are sometimes admitted to hospitals for major episodes, or in less severe cases they might spend a few hours at a hospital each day for treatment, said Clay Ciha, CEO of Amita's Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital.
The center will be an option for patients who need something in between — more than a few hours of treatment a day but not an inpatient hospital stay.
"We are one of the largest behavioral health providers in Illinois, and we always are referring these patients out to other facilities, and oftentimes, facilities that are far away," said Chris Novak, chief operating officer for Amita Health Behavioral Medicine Service Line. "This really is something that is going to benefit our local community."
Across the country, residential facilities that specialize in treating OCD aren't widespread. They often have wait lists that stretch for months, said Karen Cassiday, president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, an organization of mental health professionals.
"There is a shortage of residential care for anxiety disorders and OCD," Cassiday said. That may be partly because such centers can be tough to staff given a nationwide shortage of psychiatrists, and because residential treatment for OCD doesn't tend to pull in as much money for hospitals as actual medical procedures, she said.
Still, it can be cheaper for hospital systems to treat OCD patients in residential centers than in hospitals, because residential centers don't require as much overhead, she said.
Amita expects many of the first residential patients to come from within the system, and also is talking to patients in other parts of the country seeking treatment, Novak said. Most insurers cover such residential treatment, he said, which, without coverage would run about $775 a day.
Cassiday said it often can be difficult for patients to get authorization from their insurers to enter such programs.
McGrath said the treatment can be life-altering for many people and their families. He remembered one woman who didn't touch her baby for six months out of fear she'd harm him. After therapy, she finally started holding him.
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"While this is a personal matter, I realize that certain aspects of my private life will always be subject to scrutiny and distortion," Giudice says in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE. "What is true is that due to the economy, most of my husband's real estate ventures failed despite his hard work and effort. As a result, we looked to the Bankruptcy Court for a 'fresh start.'"
Indeed court papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newark, N.J., show that Giudice, 38, and her husband filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which requires liquidation of assets in order to pay creditors, in October of last year.
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In addition, the couple had to assess their monthly income. Combining Joe s salary as owner of G&G Stucco and Stone Specialist in Clifton, N.J., with Teresa s income from Bravo and "monthly assistance from family members," that number totaled $16,583.33. Their expenditures, including their mortgage, food, clothing, dry cleaning, health insurance and other expenses, total $16,582.
The couple owes more than $33,000 on various store credit cards, $85,000 for home repairs and $91,000 for materials used to build their new home.
During the first season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Giudice, who famously flipped a table on the show, and her family moved into their $1.7 million mansion in Towaco, N.J. The reality star, who was often filmed treating her daughters to new clothing and expensive toys, was also depicted flashing stacks of cash while furnishing the house. And in a recent episode on the second season, she boasted of spending significant funds on her daughter Gia's spa birthday party.
"When fall, the way to success is to get up and learn from our mistakes," Giudice says. "We are in that process." –Charlotte Triggs


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Zarchos wrote:Please try to use delay on your web cam to post a picture on FB of yourself while you are still warm and dancing at the end of the rope.
joska wrote:Yes, and even better - there are OPL emulators for Windows available. That way you don't have to bother with the obsolete and unsupported ST either!
ctirad wrote:Guys, please tell me why you want to bother yourself with an unsupported LPT interface when you can use MIDI out and to have instant support from any existing ST application?
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matej wrote:There is tracker fo MSDOS called Adlibtracker2.Coded by Slovak guy.This tracker is best on opl scene!
So what about just ADT2 module player?
File format docs:
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it is going fine with ST-Paint, i don't recall which version you have seen, but the newest version have layers and got many functions.
i don't know if you are on FB, but i can add you to the ST-Paint FB group, if you like.
i will pack a version for you with the latest version of Power-FM and send you a dropbox link, i probably first have the time to do it tomorrow.
"Here is MALFUNCTION/Altair - opl303 song..."
damn it's wicked, what a great bass sound i can see that my program can't compete with that
liked i said, i would just say hi, and its dam'n good to see that you are still around
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matej wrote:Helo FedePede04 my friend. How are you?
Any news on ST Paint? Where can I download your latest OPL3 Tracker!!!
Of course!!! Your tracker is best for WINDOWS and SubZ3ros for MSDOS!!!
BTW for OPL3 nonbelievers...
Here is MALFUNCTION/Altair - opl303 song...
Just listen to that ACID SOUND!!!
And imagine this in STE or ST demo!!! Like Farbraush sound!!!
Adlibtracker2??? Pentium??? It can run on 486DX 50mhz too!!!
OPL3 and OPL4 is not so CPU intensive... On MSX computer there is OPL4
cartridge. And MSX is Z80 computer...
I am talking about song replay not composing on ST.
I wonder why do we not have something similar???
Or ym2149+ym2203 combo... Soundboard into YM socket... Like on Atari 800 stereo pokey upgrade...
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The new poll from the LA Times and USC is out, and both parties in California are claiming a popular mandate for the budget stance. Democrats emphasize that the poll shows majority support for Gov. Jerry Brown's general approach to the budget -- with a mix of new revenues and spending cuts. Republicans emphasize the strong opposition to taxes in the poll; only 9 percent of voters want the budget balanced only with new revenues.
But to read the poll, one wonders why either party is declaring a popular mandate. The poll shows that the people's opinion of the budget should have little value. This is not simply because the poll shows how little the public knows about the budget. It's because of the poll's findings that the public thinks it knows a lot about the budget -- even though what little it knows is wrong.
This isn't nitpicking. In case you were living in a cave, you might have noticed that the budget has been cut quite a bit in California over recent years. The cuts have been deep since the Great Recession hit in 2008, with spending falling by more than 10 percent. That's not inflation-adjusted. That's actual dollar-for-dollar spending.
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Californians in the poll, however, don't know even this very basic fact. Only 16 percent knew the budget was smaller. Forty-eight percent thought it was bigger. Twenty-two percent thought it had stayed the same. Despite their ignorance, Californians think they know what they're talking about: 75 percent said they had been following the budget debate closely.
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PORTLAND — In a food city like Portland, the sign at 15 Exchange St. was a gastronomic gauntlet.
"Real food will be here in six days," the wording in the window of b.good announced in late September.
A few days later, the Boston burger company declared: "real food will be here today," and the downtown lunch crowd was ready.
Burgers made with beef from Pineland Farm in New Gloucester and fries hand-cut from Spiller Farm potatoes in Wells is the core of the healthy, quick-serve enterprise founded in Massachusetts nine years ago.
Portland is the company's first foray into Maine, but for founders Anthony Ackil and Jon Olinto, who were in town last week for the launch of b.good's 13th location, this is familiar turf.
"This is where we get a majority of our products," said Ackil, surveying the layout of the restored two-story brick building in the city's Old Port. "This was a natural for Portland. Our food fits in well here. It's a real foodie town. You want to be in a place where people appreciate real food."
House-ground and hand-packed burgers, are b.good's signature. All-natural beef, turkey, veggie and chicken burgers are topped six ways. Avocado, cilantro, salsa, chipotle puree and lime (the west side, $6.49) can be paired with with baked "real fries" ($2.59) or crisp broccolini, grape tomatoes and wild mushrooms ($3.59).
Salads, served fresh and lightly dressed, are gaining on the almighty burger, said Ackil. Because they are fast and affordable — avocado and orange, southwestern chicken, strawberry and goat cheese ($7.59) — their menu tends to skew toward women.
"It's a place where you can get the food you love and feel good about eating it," he said.
That's what attracted Ben and Bill Zolper from Bangor. The father and son are b.good's first Maine franchisees. After the Portland store finds its footing, they plan to open two more b.goods in the state, and said they are looking at South Portland and possibly Bangor, Ben said.
B.good's healthy, natural and local mission spoke to the pair, as did the company's family values (if you are a regular customer you are in the family) and "food made by real people, not factories" mantra.
Bill, 23, visited his first b.good on Boston's Newbury Street a year and a half ago and was struck by the company's "honesty and transparency."
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And when he found out a large portion of what's on the menu is from Maine, he called up his dad.
Ben, who owns Northeast Pain Management in Bangor, is a doctor who was ready to help. Being part of a healthy, fast foodery that just added a kale shake to its menu, impressed him. But more importantly, "this is a continuation of a father and son relationship," said Ben.
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I'm writing this on Sunday but setting it to post on Monday morning at 9:30 AM ... about the time that my double knee surgery (!!!) will be starting!
I've got torn meniscus tissue in both knees and have opted to have them both scoped at the same time. Shouldn't be a big deal, but I expect to be laid up (and full of Vicodin) for a few days. I wish I could say I'm not nervous ... but I kinda am. I've never been 'put under' before.
So I may be quiet for a while with posts (since I won't be making much of anything to share for a week or two), but I will probably be on the internet 24/7 since there won't be much else to do ... so I'll still be visiting all of your blogs and probably commenting more than usual! Please pass along any movie, TV show, web site, blog, etc. recommendations that you might have for someone who will be horizontal for the next week or so.
A few updates ('cuz I know the swap mamas are checking!):
- My Doll Quilt Swap quilt is quilted and the binding is sewn on ... I just have to hand sew it to the back. I hope that I can at least accomplish that this week and get it in the mail once I am mobile again!
- My Miniature Booty Swap quilt has its top completely pieced. I probably won't get to quilting and binding it until next weekend (at the earliest). I might be coming in just under the wire on this one, but I don't think I'll be late.
Finally, as a spur-of-the-moment thing, we took the kids on an overnight trip to our favorite beach, Wrightsville Beach NC, last weekend. The summer just wouldn't be complete if we never made it to the beach! Here are a few pictures:


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Buying long-term care insurance could do you more retirement planning harm than good, says actuary Anna Rappaport, chair of the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risk for the Society of Actuaries and key author of a new study on retirement security.
Long-term care insurance is expensive, and the likelihood you'll need it for a significant period of time is relatively low. Rappaport says that in the case of couples who made an average income before retirement — about $60,000 a year — and who retire with less than $100,000 in savings, buying long-term care insurance could reduce their standard of living and leave them vulnerable to minor financial shocks — a leaky roof or a damaged car. And it could increase the likelihood they will outlive their money.
On the other side of the slate are couples whose incomes before retirement were greater than $150,000 a year and who retired with more than $500,000 in savings. These couples can afford to purchase long-term care insurance without seriously reducing their standard of living — but the purchase, Rappaport believes, may not add sufficient financial stability over the long run to be worth the money. In a pinch, they could pay the bill without the help of insurance.
The people most likely to benefit from the purchase of long-term care insurance are those in the middle — $105,000 a year in salary before retirement and about $250,000 in savings. But even in those cases, she recommends that couples consider insuring only the wives. Research suggests that while women live longer than men, those extra years are unlikely to be healthy ones, she says. Buying long-term care insurance for this woman who will probably be widowed and is likely to have health care needs makes good sense in many cases.
"It's not a perfect solution — there isn't a perfect solution. You have to make trade-offs. But insuring the wife may be a very good trade-off," Rappaport says.


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