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The ImmuneSpace database is currently composed of 21 studies covering 10 types of assays and 2,500 total participants.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists this week joined a campaign spearheaded by Human Rights Watch and Uzbek human rights defenders urging Czech President Milos Zeman to cancel Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov's visit to Prague. Zeman had invited Karimov to visit this month despite the Central Asian leader's notorious intolerance to freedom of the press and freedom of expression, and Uzbekistan's abysmal human rights record, which includes the Andijan massacre of May 2005.
In a joint February 10 letter, the coalition of 31 international organizations called on Zeman not to lend legitimacy to Karimov's authoritarian rule by receiving him as a guest in a European democracy. The letter elicited a swift--and stunning--response from the Czech leader, who said Karimov's visit was "a matter of diplomatic courtesy." Zeman charged the groups (wrongfully) with failing to protest Karimov's previous visits to Europe, and wished us "more awareness and less hypocrisy." After we rebutted these points in another joint letter, we were pleased to learn today that Karimov had postponed indefinitely his visit to Prague.
As our colleagues at HRW Andrew Stroehlein and Steve Swerdlow pointed out, "It may seem a symbolic victory, but for those Uzbek activists who raised their voices on this, such symbols matter hugely."

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Once again, very nice comic. It's comforting to read a comic about my hobbies, rather than comics that I can't really relate to.
Just to throw my ideas for names into the ring:
Brick Humor
Of MOCs and Minifigures (I liked the idea of changing literary titles to Lego-ish names, and my original idea was Of MOCs and Men, but there are female fans of LEGO too.)
Bricking with Laughter
A Brick of a Different Color


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Herbatint 7R Copper Blonde
Herbatint on kasvi- ja yrttipohjainen kestoväri hiuksille ilman ammoniakkia. Herbatintilla voit vaalentaa hiuksiasi 2 astetta ja värjätä myös harmaat hiukset.
HUOM. Herbatint-hiusväri sisältää PPD:tä!
Herbatintin sivuilta:
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No Ammonia
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Sean Oakley necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 109 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Take7 offers employers the ability to reward, retain and give incentives to their employees in the form of free or reduced vacation destinations. We're a small, fun company who enjoys enabling people to travel to destinations that might not be able to otherwise.
This is a unique program, and also gives employers a different way to attract and retain talent.
There are two distinct target audiences, which relate to the two different sides of marketing we do:
1. HR Managers/Small Business Owners - the first piece is marketing to companies to allow us to offer our program to their employees. The logo needs to have a sense of corporate credibility with a fun spin.
2. Employees - Once a business asks us to come into their company and offer our program to their employees, we then have to market to their employees to get them to sign up.
Please be creative with logo submissions. Attached is our current logo, but feel free to incorporate whatever colors you'd like and apply a different font, and remember...we are looking for a NEW logo.
1. We'd definitely like the word "Take7" included in the logo.
2. There's a balance between corporate (for the hr managers and business owners) and fun (travel is fun afterall.)
3. Remember, we offer destinations...not getting there. (i.e. no airplanes, or anything like that.)
4. Looking for a simple, elegant logo that can be used on shirts, promotional material, for the website, collateral, etc.
Please do not use clip art or stock images.
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Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Photographer's Note
The eighth entry of this series shows the reflections on the surface of the famous contemporary art sculpture (made of high polisched stainless steel)of Anish Kapoor with the title "Cloud Gate" in Chicago.
Chicago'daki ünlü modern çağ sanatçısı Anish Kapoor'un, paslanmaz çelikten yaptığı "Cloud Gate" adlı heykelinin üzerinedeki yasımaları gösteriyorbu dizinin sekizinci karesi.
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carlo62 (81157) 2013-08-27 1:41
Ciao Mesut
una foto molto particolare e originale, sia per la scelta compositiva, sia per la scelta del b&w.
Sembra quasi un'immagine futuristica.
krzychu30 (15512) 2013-08-27 2:52
Hello Mesut,
magnificent and very creative approach to Anish Kapoor´s work.For me definitely one of the best shots of "The Bean" I´ve ever seen.
Excellent close-up and framing,which enhance only the abstract feeling of the scene and of this work of art.
Brilliant composition!
Have a nice day
rigoletto (34279) 2013-08-27 3:19
oh wow mesut dede! durdun durdun vurdun yine...
dottore bunu görür görmez şikago biletleri bakmaya başlar...
holmertz (86111) 2013-08-27 4:21
Hello Mesut,
The effect of the reflections in this sculpture is overwhelming. It's like looking at a monochrome surrealistic painting. Absolutely fascinating. Very well seen and handled. And my compliments to Mr Kapoor too.
Kind regards,
timecapturer (49288) 2013-08-27 4:53
Hi Mesut
a fascinating shot this and an inspired presentation. I love the effect and distorted shapes but it is the use of B&W that makes it outstanding so artistic. Wonderfully creative imagery!
No_One (4) 2013-08-27 5:27
Hi Mesut
This is a surreal and fantastical image, once again the black and white approach is truly perfect. This is like peering into a gate to another dimension, and the light flooding through the bottom part around the people really adds to that effect. Wonderful image, thank you.
All the best
smarcell (19965) 2013-08-27 5:36
A very original image, for which the black and white works quite well. I like how the human figures are duplicated and distorted all around
SnapRJW (31631) 2013-08-27 8:40
This is great Mesut - It's like looking into another dimension, I can understand why it is called Cloud Gate. Excellent in B&W. Warm regards Rosemary
dkmurphys (77504) 2013-08-27 10:22
HI Mesut,
Spectacular experiment, a true artwork in your image. Well spotted, have a good evening.
lousat (123881) 2013-08-27 11:39
Hi Mesut,this is absolutely beautiful,remember me a work of Gaudi..hehe...great idea and great capture,spectacular reflections very bright and well exposed,i like it! Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano
Fis2 (146776) 2013-08-27 12:24
Witaj Mesut!
Good idea, excellent effect.
A very interesting reflections.
Super art photo.
Good night.
pajaran (95331) 2013-08-27 12:27
Lep refleks na skulpturi ...
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontrast, lepo pokazan refleks na skulpturi.
Lepa moderna skulptura.
Sve najbolje.
Nice reflection on a sculpture ...
A good time recording and contrast nicely demonstrated reflex sculpture.
Beautiful modern sculpture.
All the best.
ktanska (37249) 2013-08-27 13:11
Hi Mesut,
I guess the term psychedelic is usually connected with wild colours, but this is psychedelic even in B&W. That mirror like surface must have quite peculiar form to create so many distorted reflections. An egg like shape near the top catches attention immediately.
jjcordier (79299) 2013-08-27 21:59
Très bonne exploitation de cette oeuvre d'art et de ces étonnants reflets des visiteurs. Très bel effet et bon choix du noir et blanc.
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2013-08-28 0:56
here you presented a classy one in monochrome. Nice framing. Like the reflection in it. Great tonal quality and sharpness. Very good one with an abstract form. Tfs.
williewhistler (16606) 2013-08-28 2:11
Hello Mesut, a simply stunning presentation,perfectly suited to the mono treatment.
High class work indeed.
Regards Les.
mkamionka (55654) 2013-08-28 7:51
Hi Mesut,
I had a pleasure to see it as well, so I have recognized it immediately :) as strange as the shape is :)
I like very much this sculpture if you can call it so. The same artist made even bigger work in the town I live in but it is not even remotely as interesting as this one. It is called Temenos, (CLICK HERE)
Great effect here which shows well all the confusion. Black and white enhanced the artistic effect. I have a shot of this work on TE as well (CLICK HERE)
Very well done,
ourania (51103) 2013-08-28 8:37
Hello dear Mesut,
a fascinating world of illusion with some startling hints of reality that play intriguingly with our perception and sense of orientation. The monochrome is wonderful and enhances the extraordinary effect. I like very much the dynamic role of the darker parts and the soft graduation that enriches the image. Framing is most effective too. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great evening,
Graal (103040) 2013-08-28 12:46
Hello Mesut,
amazing place and view. Nice graphical effect in B&W. Good and interesting series. Photo I like.
Have a nice evening.
macjake (94359) 2013-08-29 1:43
Hi Mesut
Its always hard to produce a unique looking photo of such a well photographed subject - but i have to say that i havn't seen this compo before of this famous sculpture.
the bends and twists work well to give it that special look and feel.
cool shot
cornejo (61504) 2013-08-29 10:27
Hello Mesut, very good and interesting photograph of these reflections about the famous sculpture, beautifully captured in this interesting image, with good sharpness and light. Excellent and interesting black and white work well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good afternoon and happy weekend.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
Silvio1953 (195730) 2013-08-30 12:51
Ciao Mesut, fascinating B&W, ammazing scene, fantastic light, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
emka (143414) 2013-08-30 22:59
hello mesut, I remember well similar photo you posted earlier, it is so impressive. and now in big ormat it has even more impact. Stunning view, I do not know what is what.
Amazing result.
have a beautiful weekend
adores (46979) 2013-09-07 16:25
Hi Mesut!
You have a really good b&w series. This is another good shot! You got a great composition with the reflections. I just love the distortions of the people and the pavement. Really well seen!
GiovanniG (3846) 2013-09-07 20:07
Hi Mesut,
Lovely well thought out capture with it's interesting pov. The format in B&W was also a great decision. Well done Mesut!
Warmest regards,
Glint (6171) 2013-09-09 9:38
Hello Mesut,
this is great. I appreciate the way you have used your photographer's eye to work with a work of art to create your own work of art. As other have said, it is fascinating and absorbing too.Very well seen,
Photo Information
- Copyright: Mesut ILGIM (mesutilgim) (117794)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Black & White
- Date Taken: 2010-11-14
- Categories: Artwork
- Camera: Nikon D 5000, AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR, 2GB Sandisk Ultra II
- Exposure: f/6.2, 1/274 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2013-08-27 0:35


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SET 1: Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin -> Rift, Punch You in the Eye, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag > Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, Guyute, Possum
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Piper, Ghost > Fluffhead, When the Circus Comes > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Hold Your Head Up > Sexual Healing > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 3: Sabotage -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wilson > The Mango Song > Character Zero > Bittersweet Motel, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
ENCORE: Harry Hood -> Jam[3] -> Baby Elephant Walk
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25 years ago
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Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Fish on trombone.
[3] All Fall Down signal in intro.
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NASHVILLE � The freezing rain is a given for Tennessee. Forecasters say the questions are how much and where.
NASHVILLE � The freezing rain is a given for Tennessee. Forecasters say the questions are how much and where.
A freezing rain advisory was posted for Friday morning for most of West Tennessee and counties along the Alabama border. The rest of the central part of the state, including the Cumberland Plateau, was covered by a winter weather advisory. Farther east, a winter storm watch ran up the eastern Tennessee River Valley, including Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities.
�We�re not expecting anything major,� said meteorologist Danny Gant in the National Weather Service office in Memphis. He added that it will be �just enough to cause some travel issues.�
By Thursday afternoon, the effect on travel was already being felt. Nashville airport spokeswoman Emily Richard said American Airlines was canceling Thursday flights that were to finish in Nashville and Friday morning�s outbound flights. She urged passengers to check with their airlines before heading to the airport.
Memphis itself and Tennessee counties along the Mississippi state line could escape precipitation. But in places such as Dyersburg, Martin and Paris, around 0.1 inch of ice was expected with a 70 percent certainty.
Holly Waugh, a 28-year-old cosmetologist at Perfect Hair and Nails in Huntingdon, said she keeps an eye on the weather forecasts. She said the beauty salon and barber shop has a lot of older clients.
�We worry about them falling on the ice,� she said.
Waugh noted that it�s been colder than in past years and was aware of the weather service�s warnings.
�Most of the time, when we get weather like that, we usually don�t even come to work,� Waugh said.
In Martin, business is a bit slow at Zimm�s Nursery during the winter. But that does not stop owner Karl Zimmerman from worrying about the trees and shrubs he sells to landscaping companies. He said he has about 15 greenhouses, including one that�s heated.
�If there�s too much ice accumulated, it will cave the greenhouses in,� Zimmerman, 62, said. �You have to prop up the greenhouses to hold them up.�
He also worries that power will go out and affect the wells he has in aviaries that hold ornamental geese and ducks that he sells and ships to buyers.
�The well won�t work when the power goes out so it messes up my birds, too,� he said.
Zimmerman�s method of dealing with ice and freezing rain is similar to Waugh�s.
�We just don�t go anywhere,� he said. �A day or two, and it�s gone anyway.�
Several school districts in East Tennessee canceled classes for Friday, and at least two school systems on the Cumberland Plateau announced plans to open late, as did the governments of Oak Ridge and Knox County and the Fort Campbell Army post on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. The Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge is allowing all but essential personnel to miss work on Friday.
Once through the morning commute, the driving situation should be considerably improved from the Mississippi River to the plateau as temperatures rise to around 40 degrees.
The heavy ice that brings down tree limbs and power lines wasn�t expected in the western half of Tennessee, but daytime temperatures Friday on the plateau and in East Tennessee were expected to be closer to freezing. The result could be more than a quarter-inch of ice and perhaps 0.5 inch of sleet atop it.
Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesman Mark Nagi said highway crews would work throughout East Tennessee overnight to put down brine, which helps keep ice from bonding to roads, and to spread salt.
But even in the mountains, the chances of snow were seen as slim.
The front is expected to move fairly quickly through Tennessee, and mostly sunny weather was predicted statewide for the weekend, with temperatures into the mid-40s.


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1965 South Platte Floods
The 1965 floods of the South Platte River basin swept through the Front Range and Eastern Plains of Colorado leaving 21 dead, 250,000 acres inundated and $540 million in damage. Heavy rains on four consecutive days in three different areas of the South Platte basin caused flooding from Plum Creek, south of Denver, to the Nebraska state line.
The storms took place over the Greeley-Sterling area on June 14-15, the Plum Creek and Cherry Creek basins on June 16 and the Kiowa and Bijou Creeks near Deer Trail on June 15 and 17, causing floods in 15 counties. Warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico had mixed with a cold pattern from the Northeast, and the turbulent stew stalled along the Front Range for 23 days, packing in moisture that would eventually spawn the tremendous rainfall on June 16.
The main flood through the metro Denver area on June 16 originated in the Plum Creek basin after 14 inches of rain fell south of Castle Rock. By the time the runoff reached Sedalia, the water widened East Plum Creek from 3 feet to nearly a mile. The wall of rushing water swept away trees, houses, cars and livestock before plunging into the South Platte below Littleton.
The violent waters reached Littleton, Englewood and Denver at about 8 p.m., destroying 120 houses and damaging 935. Two hundred eighty mobile homes were lost and 16 bridges in Denver were demolished.
After the flood, Chatfield and Bear Creek reservoirs were built to control storm waters.
Sources: Report to the Colorado General Assembly and Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper


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Tumblr Admits Its Spam Problem
Tumblr doesn't like to talk about all the porn and spam coursing through its servers. But when NPR's Fresh Air started commenting on the problem, the microblogging site came clean. Because who is dumb enough to cross Terry Gross?
"We're aware of a recent increase in blogs with odd URLs that are following large numbers of users," a Tumblr rep wrote to Melody Kramer, Fresh Air's associate producer and Tumblr curator. "We're doing everything we can to quickly suspend these blogs and to keep more of them from being created." Kramer had needled Tumblr spammers in a short post to the Fresh Air blog.
Tumblr spammers don't just want to drum up traffic. In some cases, they're trying to infect users with malware, too, as TechCrunch notes. It's all part of a seedier side of the site Tumblr likes to keep hidden away from investors, advertisers and the press. Fresh Air and Terry Gross are apparently exceptions. Maybe Tumblr figured the radio show has enough experience juggling the sacred and profane to know where the company is coming from.
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Just as new Warriors coach Matthew Elliott promised, the appointment of Simon Mannering as captain was heavily influenced by the Warriors players who have also established the club's first leadership group.
In mid-November, as speculation swirled about the captaincy, Elliott said the skipper would be chosen by his peers.
"I won't make the decision, the players will make the decision [towards] the back end of the pre-season," Elliott told the Herald on Sunday at the time. "I won't be running out on the field with them, so it is important that they are involved in choosing their leader. [However], if I don't like who they choose, I am not going to allow that, because that is part of my job as well."
After the players decided they wanted to have a leadership core, votes were cast and from that, a five-man panel was elected - Mannering, Sam Rapira, Manu Vatuvei, Ben Henry and Jerome Ropati. Mannering was the only one to receive the unanimous support of the entire squad.
"From my point of view, I needed a captain but more importantly, the team needed a captain," said Elliott.
"The team then decided they wanted a leadership group, so they elected their own group. When they elected the leadership group, every player voted for him [Mannering], so I know he will have the support of the playing group."
While it is surprising there is no Australian in the quintet - particularly given the qualities and contribution of men such as Nathan Friend, Feleti Mateo and Jacob Lillyman in previous seasons - it is also a reflection of the high esteem that Vatuvei and Ropati are held and the continuing rise of Henry. Rapira presents a quiet nature publicly but is a strong presence within the walls.
Elliott reiterated that taking just over three weeks from the first trial to make the decision was optimal and justifiable.
"I don't think it would have meant a lot for me to come in on day one and say [to Mannering] 'you're still captain' when I didn't really know the bloke and hadn't seen him operate within the team environment. Equally, if I came and didn't think he was the best player for the position, I would have shared it with him and we would have gone in a different direction."
Elliott confirmed there were a number of other contenders for the armband: "It wasn't an obvious choice necessarily. We have got some guys who have leadership qualities outside of Simon. But from my point of view, as a conduit between the playing and coaching staff, as someone who conducts himself in the right manner on and off the field and has influence, Simon certainly had his hand up highest."
Mannering had "most of the ingredients" needed in a captain but, like any leader, had areas to develop.
"He needs support in developing his leadership," said Elliott. "Anyone does - that's why Prime Ministers have whips and other people supporting them."
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Chevy Volt & Electric Car Off Peak Charging Cost Analysis
I will start by saying that I thought this would be a relatively simple article to write, but as I delved into the details of how time of use metering works with tiered electricity pricing I began to realize that in fact the analysis of electricity costs becomes quite complicated. As you will see in this complete electric car off peak charging analysis, there are numerous factors that need to be considered when you are actually calculating the marginal cost of charging on an electric car on your electricity bill. This complete analysis is broken down into several sections and a conclusion at the end, but the intent of this article is to give you an idea of how you might figure out exactly how much time of use metering will help reduce your Volt's operating costs.
1.) Current Energy Usage Analysis
The first step in performing an analysis of the "marginal electricity cost" of operating the Chevy Volt or any other electric vehicle is to understand your current energy usage and layer on top of that the energy usage you expect from having the Volt. These numbers are important for two reasons.
First off, most electricity providers have a Tiered Pricing System where you pay a lower rate for a baseline amount of usage per month, and higher incremental rates for higher usage rates. Think – progressive federal income taxes. Where I live, the local utility, PG&E, charges 11.6 cents per KwH up to 300 KwH per month, 13.5 cents per Kwh between 300 and 390 KwH in a month, and 29 cents per KwH between 390 and 600 KwH per month. These are winter rates in the county I live in – summer rates are in fact higher, but for the sake of consistency this entire analysis will be based on winter rates.
Secondly, understanding your current usage by hour of day will be important to understand how your usage will be billed once you move into a Time of Use Metering schedule, which adds a second dimension of complexity to the cost analysis.
So basically, you need to understand your overall usage in a month (to pin down your price tiering) and when you use it (to figure out your time of use pricing).
To do this I downloaded and aggregated 4 weeks of data from PG&E's smart meter system. (If you are interested in the nuts and bolts, here is a link to the Chevy Volt Electricity Usage Analysis spreadsheets I used to build my cost analysis). To build the analysis, I boiled down the data to an average weekday-day and average weekend-day to perform my analysis. The charts are below.
You will notice a trend of usage that differs in time of use and total amount of usage depending on whether it is a weekday or weekend. To give you some background, the reason my electricity usage profile looks like this is because I live in a house with one other person, who also works during the day. As such, most of the electricity usage happens in the evening hours. Your personal electricity usage profile will depend of course if you stay at home during the day, have kids, or run air conditioning. We are fortunate in the San Francisco area to have natural air condition most of the time.
2.) Expected Energy Usage with Volt charging
The second step in building your cost analysis is to figure out just how much electricity you will usage if you are plugging in your Volt every night. Fortunately you can control when your Volt charges, so you can plan to have it charging basically during off peak hours. In my analysis, I assume that I will put 20 miles of electric range into the battery on an average day. As such, given the EPA estimates of 36 KwH per 100 miles, you will need to put roughly 7.2 KwH into the Chevy Volt per day. I have spread out the charge time as if you are charging on a 110v outlet, but realistically since you can control when you charge it doesn't really matter if you have it on 240v in this analysis, rather – what's most important is your assumptions on total average electricity usage per day. Below are my charts on time of electricity use with a Volt on weekdays and weekends.
You will notice in the charts that charging an electric vehicle is actually a considerable amount of additional energy usage on a person's electricity bill. Which makes the electric utility's concern on mass electric vehicle adoption effect on the grid a realistic concern.
Lastly, below is a chart of the total electricity usage in my case on an average weekday vs an average weekend with and without a Chevy Volt Charging.
3.) Energy Cost Analysis based on tiered pricing without Time of Use Metering.
Before we enter the complications of Time of Use Metering, the first analysis you should do is to figure out how much more you would have to pay to charge your Volt without time of use metering to create a baseline. The reason this analysis is not as straightforward as one might think is because all that additional energy usage that you are adding by charging your electric car will actually push you into a higher tiered rate. Again, like US taxes, think of the your when you got pushed into the higher tax bracket (ouch right?). While in my case, because I am already well below the baseline usage rates, anyone who drives the Volt the full 40 miles per day or even worse, drives a full electric car like the Nissan Leaf will see their rates pushed into a much higher rate. I failed to mention before that PG&E actually has a tier 4 rate at 40 cents per KwH, but in my case I come nowhere close to that usage. But with a Leaf, or heavily used Volt, it is entirely possible. Below is a graph breaking down the amount of usage as it would fall into the tiered pricing rates, as well as the total costs of that usage.
You'll notice that for my case, charging a Volt would push me into tier 3 rates, although not very much of it. Not a good thing if you want to keep your incremental costs for charging the car lower. Again in my case the effect is more muted because I have 100 KwH of usage under the baseload rate at tier 1 that I am not utilizing. Many other people would see significant tier 3 charges.
Finally let's add it all up. Basically all things considered, in an average winter month – I would normally pay about $24 for electricity. With the Chevy Volt Charging, I would pay $56 – which amounts to a marginal electricity cost of $32 per month. This is assuming I put 20 miles of electricity into the car per day, or 600 miles a month (216 KwH). So $32 divided by 600 miles gets me 5.3 cents per mile or a marginal electricity cost or 14.8 cents per KwH. Not bad, but also not great. Let's see what we can do with Time of Use Metering.
4.) Energy Cost Analysis with Time of Use Metering.
Here's where the analysis gets complicated. Not only do you get charged more for overall usage in a month, but your charges vary on whether you use electricity on or off peak. Also if you use a lot of electricity your off peak rates will also rise. Also, your total usage on a weekday or weekend makes a difference because when in the month you start accruing higher tiered pricing charges depends on when you hit the tiered price threshold. In PG&E case, you basically have the following rate structure for winter usage.
Tier 1: 11.6 cents per KwH on Peak hours – 6.3 cents per KwH off Peak
Tier 2: Same as tier 1
Tier 3: 16.5 cents per KwH on Peak hours – 11.4 cents per KwH off Peak.
Weekday Off Peak Hours: 0:00 – 7:00
Weekend Off Peak Hours: 21:00 – 17:00
You'll notice that the weekend Off Peak hours are actually quite long. You'll also notice that PG&E actually has lower rates in all cases using this time of use metering. In the summer, this changes as the Peak electricity rates during the middle of the day actually rises dramatically, but it is not included in this analysis.
Below you will find charts that show Average On vs Off Peak Usage in a Day.
This analysis is pretty easy, just add up your usage by hour depending if it's on or off peak. However, at a monthly level, understanding your electricity cost based on tiered pricing is a little more difficult. Basically you'll need to figure out what day in the month you'll hit the incremental pricing tiers and charge accrue the energy usage on vs off peak (Consider, also that your energy usage changes on weekends! so you'll need to account for that as well). In my case, after 3 weeks I will hit tier 2 pricing. (15 weekday-days and 6 weekend-days), at 4 weeks I will hit tier 3 pricing (an incremental 5 weekday-days and 2 weekend days). This leaves 2 weekday-days in tier 3 pricing. The graph below shows exactly this breakdown.
You can guess already that there will be significant energy savings, but keep in mind in my case the savings are less pronounced because of my already low energy usage and the fact that I won't be fully charging the Chevy Volt every night. Anyone who uses more energy to charge their car will actually realize more incremental savings!
Finally we get to the cost chart now that we understand usage by time of day and by pricing tiers.
You'll notice that even though off peak usage is significantly higher than on peak usage, the total costs are much less – which is exactly what we wanted! Let's add it all up and see how we did.
If you remember our baseline at a flat pricing structure without an electric car was $24 a month. With TOU metering, we see a total electricity charge of $39 a month. Incrementally, this is $15 more per month for the same 600 miles per month or 216 KwH per month put into the Volt. This equates to 2.5 cents per mile or 6.9 cents per KwH to charge the Volt. This is much better math for operating your electric car!
The way utilities have setup their off peak rates combined with the fact that plugging in an electric car will likely push you into a higher electricity rate bracket makes using Time of Use Metering a no brainer for your Chevrolet Volt or any electric car. With PG&E, you can only access these rates if you own an electric car, but as soon as you take delivery, make sure you sign up for these programs and use the Volt's charge timing system.
Hope you found this analysis informative! Any questions about your case I can help answer feel free to leave a note!
Sources: PG&E E-9 Electricity Rate Schedule, PG&E Smart Meter Program.
Download: Chevy Volt Electricity Analysis Spreadsheet
32 Responses to "Chevy Volt & Electric Car Off Peak Charging Cost Analysis"
Excellent article!
I'm also planning to just use 120V to charge my Volt. In my case, I have too many Tivos and others ghost charges running during the day and a big plasma TV at night so I'm running around 450 KWhrs a month pre-Volt. Otherwise, we have similar usage patterns and commute distances. I have a Watts Up? energy monitor and plan to go around the house auditing where the power is going to see if I can reduce my peak usages while patiently await my Volt delivery…..
Great analysis Patrick, I was planning on doing something similar myself but now I'll cheat and use your spreadsheet. Do you know if you can actually control the total charge (kwHr) that the Volt charges each nite, or just the time (from which you can indirectly control the amount of charge).
I'm a data geek so enjoy looking at the PG&E website showing my hourly usage. It seems like it would be a simple matter for them to provide a "what if" analysis of past months and show you what the cost would be for different pricing (TOU vs regular), but they don't offer that. I may write a python script to calculate it.
Patrick, the link for the spreadsheet zip file has 4 w's in the www, so the link doesn't work. I manually typed it in and was able to get the zip file.
Did you get your TOU rates from this page:
If so, I believe those are out of date (that page is dated 2002 I think). This page gives the current numbers:
http://www.pge.com/nots/rates/tariffs/ResTOUCurrent.xls. It is linked to from this page: http://www.pge.com/nots/rates/tariffs/electric.shtml#RESELEC
The tier 1/2 rates are a little lower than the ones you used for E9A ($0.06006 off peak and $0.10799 partial peak), but the the tier 3 rates are much higher ($0.14698 for off peak and $0.26385 for partial peak).
I can't figure out how to get the baseline KwH amounts for each time period for use with TOU — where did you get those?
Ah, thanks. That page shows me (in San Carlos) being in territory Q, which has 9.8 KwH baseline for winter, yet my latest bill shows 12.6, which is the value for territory X. So that page doesnt' seem to be correct. Looking into it further, I see this page has the correct values: http://www.pge.com/nots/rates/tariffs/ResElecBaselineCurrent.xls. It shows territories Q and X both getting 12.6 KwH baseline in winter.
So for TOU billing, do you use that same baseline allotment for each time period (peak and off peak)? That doesn't seem right, otherwise in summer when there are 3 time periods you would get 50% more baseline.
I posted a question over on the Leaf forums, where they had a long thread about PG&E rates, and the reply was that the Tier usage is pro-rated across the time periods, so you don't need to keep track when during the month you crossed each tier. See the thread here: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=661&p=43371#p43371
My understanding from talking to a PG&E rep is that to get the benefit of the lower E-9 rates that you have to have a separate smart meter for your car charging requirements circuit than for your regular household electricity use. If you use a single smart meter for everything including charging the car, the rates actually go up for the various tiers regardless of what you are using the electricity for. Is this correct?
This is a fantastic article. Thank you very much. I wanted to do this same analysis, but I did not realize the complexity. I live in San Diego so all the details change slightly. I know SDGE is considering a TOU option where time of day is all that matters to the pricing tiers. I hope they do that. That will also make the return on solar panels more favorable. Put power in the grid at peak and take it out in off hours (charge car)
Excellent article to explain such a complicated system. I am really glad that I don't live in CA, because our system is WAY simpler – and cheaper. In Phoenix we have a rate plan that has peak hours of 3 pm to 6 pm. Everything else is off peak. Off peak is .079/Kw in the summer, .072/Kw in the other months. On peak is .35/Kw summer and .25/Kw in the winter. Needless to say, we work to not use much energy between 3 and 6 pm. It was easy to program the Volt to charge off peak and there is ample time for charging using 110. Also, I have solar, so I will be buying little, if any, electricity, anyway.
By the way, Volt advisor told me today that the maximum consumption for a full charge is 9.6 Kw.
On second thought, is GM now allowing 10.3 kWh to be used from the total of 16kWh – maybe that's what I last read, i'm not sure it's been a while.
I am in an all electric house with no discounts for off peak form my Ohio supplier. Last month I used 2500 KW hrs at $.135 per KW hr. The most important part of your report was to say that it takes 7.2 KW hrs to go 20 miles. Is that correct? If so, that means it will cost less than a dollar to go 20 miles. I am presently spending $200 a month for gas at 16 miles per gallon. Sounds like I will be loking for a used electric car pretty soon.
Two things that need to be factored is the orignal cost of Volt vehicle versus the price of a Toyota Corolla. Inlclude the fiance charges as well. The second is when everyone is buying electric, what will the demand for electricity do to pricing in the future.
I'm not one of those trolls hitting up comments, I consider myself a logical person and I just don't understand the electric trend. People say the car companies are holding us back to support the oil companies but….
What are your (anyone) opinions on the following scenario: What happens when electric cars become more common and everyone goes on metered plans (which appear to be based on demand), usage goes through the roof and electricity gets cranked up over all hours of the day? Inevitably will the prices then not go so high as to make it just as expensive as gas? You'll be driving yourself and your community out of their home? No? Perhaps not that high, but certainly if you can still afford it, you'll be getting hit with the rolling blackouts after supper when everyone jams their electric car into the outlet.. no? Takes a while to build those polluting coal power plants…
…and … go…
I can't believe all you frickin number crunching freaks that actually own an electric car. Don't have a clue the simple math about your piece of crap car.
I'm sure you've owned it long enough to figure out, without all the bullcrap KWs and peak or off-peak usage And charts BS jargon. The question that needs to be answered for a plain hick like me is not! Like all the lame commercials state about almost never having to get gas. How MUCH DOES IT COST Each. Of you to drive that electric gutless piece of crap, on average, down the road, say a couple hundred miles. TOTAL COST electricity, gas etc.
Come on, you know that figure so give it up and save folks like me from havin ta read all that kw…. Peak / off peak crap that we don't care about.
IS IT CHEAPER TO DRIVE a NORMAL trip AFTER CHARGING WHEN iNEEDED IT, a couple hundred miles???????????????? Plain and simple. Electricity & gas.
I agree with you Ron….. how the heck do i find out how much it costs….. Im not stupid….. i know it cost me 20buck more a month to run my house ac …. just by looking at the bill.,,,,, i dont think they want us to know……
WRONG!!! Off Peak electrical costs much less. Ours is around .07/KwH. Most of your mileage is back and forth to work. If you're using the car for work that's a great deal. At .07 the $/mile drops to 2.52 cents a mile. Obviously, you don't understand how this car works or you are a Troll. If you're going to a buddies house and it runs out of electric power the car will just shift over to the gas motor automatically and continue driving. It still gets 42mpg average. At a gas price of $2.50/Gallon you might pay .06 a mile after the battery is spent, or if the gas was $1.00/Gallon you would be paying about the same for electric power as gas to power the car.
Nadline your AC is running at peak electric hour costs.
Instant horsepower. Electric cars are are not gutless and are . An electric vehicle (EV) starts with a huge advantage over an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle: ICE vehicles generally run at about 20% efficiency, meaning that 80% of the energy content of their fuel is wasted, versus EVs which put about 80% of their input energy into turning the wheels.
This is the stupidist and most complex answer to a simple question I have ever heard. The author says that that 36kwh is required to charge the batter system of a Volt that has driven 100 miles. Then the author gets all tied up in electric pricin systems to show that he is "knowledgeable about the intrancies of residential electric supply pricing. Bull shit.
Residential prices for electrical energy range from a low of about $.15/kwh to a high of about $20/kwh. So lets take them both. For 100 miles of driving, whether you do it in one day a week, 20 miles/day or in one day, 100 miles, the results are the same on a mp/kwh basis.
This guy is merely confusing a simple problem to make himself look.
At $.15/kwh, 36 kwh for 100 miles of driving the basic electricty will cost you $5.40 or 5.4 cents per mile or at $20/kwh it will be $7.20 or 7.2 cents permile. However the author does not tell about the other constraints. Where can you plug in? At your friends house when you are having a beer with him and you plug in to his outside three prong, and he does't know what you are doing? Or will you only be able to plug in to a 240v spedcially adapted high amp system since to get 36kwh in one hour will require a high amp specially design circut which might cost you several thousand dollars.
Too bad someone isn't making this clear and simple, but as usual the girus are saying trust me.
I'm considering trading in my Malibu for a Volt, and I was pleased to read the careful and considerate analysis of most of the people who posted here.
Then I saw the appeals to ignorance (a basic flaw of reasoning) committed by some of the writers, along with misspellings, poor grammar and cursing. Tsk tsk.
After researching the cost to recharge the batteries on a Volt, using the marginal electric rates I pay to Southern California Edison, it sadly does not make economic sense for me to buy one. I pay a marginal rate of $0.28, when I average in my summer versus winter usage. At that rate, my calculations indicate that the cost to operate a Volt for 15,000 miles per year is not a whole lot lower than my 25 mpg four cylinder Malibu.
On the other hand, if I install a second electric meter, the off peak rate for the charger will be $0.12 per kilowatt hour. Hmm. I think I'll run the numbers again…
I just purchased a 2015 volt last month. I had to order a charging cable for it, but after I got it, I filled up the car with gas and have used a total of 1.4 gallons, driving over 900 miles. That's about 640 miles per gallon!
The cost of charging it from my utility co. in Utah is about 14 cents per KWH at the highest tier rating (tier 3). Using the 10 kwh per charge cycle to get 40 miles out of the charge, it costs about $1.40 to go 40 miles. That is about 3.5 cents per mile which would equate to 87 cents to go 25 miles that I get in my 2014 Malibu. Using gas in my Malibu costs about $3.00. That means I am getting the equivalent of 87 cents per gallon of gas if I'm driving the gas car in place of the Volt.
Now, on top of that, I had solar panels installed 4 months ago, and am producing about 300 more kwh each month than I'm using right now. It will change as I start using more AC in the hot months, but so far, the electricity has cost me nothing. It will take about 10 years to pay off the solar panels, using the same payments as I was paying on my power bill, so after that, my cost of electricity will be just the $9 per month to stay on the grid. I'm so happy with the Volt, comfort, power, options, etc. that I am thinking of getting a second one for my wife and doing away with our gasoline costs completely, except when we go on trips of over 50 miles per day.
Also, if I charge it at work, the marginal cost is only .0608/kwh so the cost is less than half of the rate at home.
Hope that helps.
Thank you for this very well-written analysis!


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I came across an old post of mine dated 13 February2009 titled Truth Has Many Shapes. Yes it has many shapes but all shadows of the Real all going angles and circles. Otherwise why would so many religions lay claims on man?
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*We call God's help for satisfying our petty, and sometimes ignoble wishes. Nature is the mirror of God. Our nature included. If our nature cannot live in peace with one another one may be pretty sure it will compromise environment and nature in general.


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Q VTA barely mentioned on its website the most contentious issue of its plan to widen Highway 85 — the proposed addition of a second carpool lane between Highway 87 and Interstate 280. … A second carpool lane is not necessary. … If they are going to add a lane on 85, open it up to solo drivers.
K. R. Kummerer, Mary Anderson and more
A There's a change in plans. Adding a second carpool lane will likely not happen. That should ease the criticism expressed by many West Valley residents. The VTA is now leaning toward turning the existing single carpool lane into a toll lane and scratching the second express lane. A final decision will be made later this year.
Q I am seeing messages on freeway signs about Interstate 280 being closed as you leave San Francisco over Memorial Day weekend. Why?
Frank Rios
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A For bridge work. Southbound Interstate 280 from downtown San Francisco to the Pennsylvania Avenue onramp will be fully closed from Thursday at 9 p.m. through May 27 at 5 a.m. This includes closing the Mariposa Street/18th Street onramp, the Sixth Street/Brannan onramp and the King Street onramp.
More closures are planned for the July 4 and Labor Day weekends.
Q Here are two puzzles about the infamous Almaden Expressway exit from southbound Highway 85. When facing east and waiting at the light at Almaden, there are two right-turn lanes. Each lane has its own light. Of these two lanes, only the left has a "No right on red" sign posted on its signal pole; the right does not.
Does that mean a right turn on red is allowed in the far right lane but not the one to the left of it?
Jim Bangsund
San Jose
A No. The "No Right Turn on Red" applies to both turn lanes. There are three signals with right-turn arrows on the far side of the intersection to ensure visibility from all angles, in addition to the near right-turn signal.
Q Second puzzle: northbound Almaden Expressway at the first light north of 85. At that point the entrance to Best Buy is to the left and the exit ramp from the freeway enters the intersection from the right. Why should northbound traffic be stopped in this situation? Southbound traffic can certainly not make a left turn, since that would send them head-on into the cars exiting north 85.
Jim Bangsund
A This situation happens when there is a pedestrian waiting to cross the expressway on the north side of the intersection. Otherwise, the northbound expressway light will be green along with the northbound left signal.
Q I just returned to California from Oregon, where drivers are not permitted to fuel their vehicles, when it suddenly occurred to me that there is a whole state full of people who don't know how to safely gas up. What happens when an Oregonian ventures into another state and is suddenly faced with pumping his own fuel?
Kenneth Underwood
A Oh, they'll figure it out.
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Dear Editor:
I'm wondering if anyone else noticed the significant relationship of all of the articles on the Opinion page of the Dolores Star last Friday, March 15th?
Having a background in education, my eye was first drawn to Joseph Sanford's article titled "The true value of public education." If you haven't been reading Mr. Sanford's articles, in my opinion you should. He's a young man with wisdom beyond his years. He sees the world uniquely, and he's almost always "right on." He certainly was in this article. It's so true: what we learn or don't learn in public school about living together in a society determines how we get along in our society throughout our lives. Learning how to share ideas, thoughts and even differences, in a civilized manner begins in public schools. (We should thank God that most people understand this, and this makes for a better world.) How all adults act demonstrates to our youth how they should grow and act.
The second article I read, really a letter to the editor, dealt with the divisive conversation in our community over the displaying of, and the meaning of, the Confederate flag. It was titled "The symbols of the Confederacy are powerful for many." Mr. Martins did an excellent job,I felt, in sharing his deep and meaningful thoughts about a very troublesome topic. It was even more significant because of his personal experiences growing up, and how topics like this can seem fine to the majority, but hurt deeply those who suffer, sometimes alone, through words, acts of derision, and worse. What's most significant in Mr. Martins' article is his even-handed approach to the personal feelings he's sharing. And I concur with his encouraging our community to support open dialogue and inclusion, all aimed at providing "... the best education for our children possible." (I'm a 65 year-old white male and pastor of the Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church here in Dolores. While my children are grown and live in other parts of our nation, I firmly believe "all" children are "our" children - and we owe it to them as the future generation of this nation and the world to give them the best opportunity to succeed in this world. That, I believe, begins first and foremost with a strong, involved and supportive family followed by an excellent education. This includes teaching them how to get along with one another throughout their lives.) The third article, another letter to the editor, was titled "Voice your concern about middle/high school administration." I admit, I read this last because the title led me to believe that it was going to be divisive, and that's the last thing our world, our nation, and our community needs. Ms. Weir, speaking for herself and for others, obviously has some serious concerns with our local school's administration, i.e., how the High School Principal, Athletic Director and Superintendent are doing their jobs. Those who are in positions of leadership know that close scrutiny in today's world comes with the job. Whether it's in public education, ministry, or local, state and national politics, what is done or not done, and the reasons for doing or not doing something, is always going to be questioned. And I would agree with Ms. Weir that when there are concerns about what's happening in our schools, questions should be asked. This dialogue needs to happen, it needs to be on-going, and it needs to occur in a respective environment where all agree the outcome needs to be what's best for our children and teens. (I'm not saying that what's best for is children and teens is necessarily what they want nor what seems easier to them. After all, I'm sure we all can agree that the goal of education is to create educated, thinking adults who can contribute to society. That requires listening, learning, homework and sharing ideas in an open academic environment.) Ms.Weir suggests that more people get involved in learning what's happening in our schools. (She goes further in her recommendations, but other than what I've read in various newspaper articles, I admit I don't know enough to follow her recommendations fully.) I personally plan to seek opportunities to learn more about what's happening in our schools, then decide how I can help ensure the educational environment for our children and youth is the best it can be. I believe this should be the goal of all adults, parents, community members and school administrators, teachers and support staff.
For me, reading these three articles/letters on one page of our newspaper illustrates what we should want our children and teens to realize: being able to share in open, frank and honest dialogue is a valuable lesson: it's one that we adults should be modeling for them and all future generations. After all, if they don't learn this lesson from us, what lesson will they learn? Because rest assured, they will learn something from us.
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I have a gray herringbone Napoli in a 40r that I would like to trade. Jacket is untouched, I just took the tags off for a court appearance this morning. Trousers have been hemmed to accommodate a 32.25 inseam and have been let out .75 inches on either side.
I would like to trade for a charcoal Napoli in a 42r or 42l. I could be persuaded to put a little cash with it if the offer is right.
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Many years ago I saw a picture of these trees in one of Southern Living's Christmas Books (Christmas With Southern Living). There wasn't a tutorial or anything, and I don't know if I still have the book or not. I loaned several of my collection of these books to a friend and she still has them. I wish she read my blog - maybe I could shame her into returning them to me . . .
Anyway - several years later I brought home a bunch of large pine cones that Mr Quirky's mother had been collecting from a tree in her front yard. I figured it was time to put together a few of those trees I had seen years before. Several hours and about 50 hot glue burns on my hands and legs later I had myself a beautiful pine cone tree. I have now made over 30 of these trees and still have two large Rubbermaid tubs filled with pine cones to make a few hundred more. I just love these trees.
They are just like a perfectly natural fake tree! I like them in bunches . . .
Would you like to make some of your own?
Get some BIG
Take out your not so nice needle nose pliers (not the ones your husband uses on the computer and for other special stuff). Start pulling off the bracts (or blades) one by one until you have a LOT of them. Some of these will pull completely out, some will break off - either way you're OK. You will get a bunch of large ones from the bottom and middle of the cone and smaller ones from the top 1/3 of the cone. You will use the smaller ones for the top part of the tree.
Get some tree forms. Until last year I always used the various sizes of styrofoam trees wrapped in grocery bag paper. Last year I found a paper mache tree at JoAnn or Hobby Lobby and tried one of those. They are easier, but I've only seen the one size. That's bad because pine cone trees don't all grow the same size.
Lay your foam tree down on the grocery bag and wrap it in the paper bag.
Be sure to roll the tree so that the paper extends over the blunted tip of the cone. Pine cone trees are pointed and do NOT have square tops on them. Do not be so gauche as to make a flat topped Pine Cone tree. Big mistake. When you have a cone wrapped around the form, cut off the excess paper and tape up the side. Leave extra paper at the bottom of the tree - a couple of inches.
Cut the overhanging paper every two inches or so and fold the pieces in towards the center of the bottom of the tree. Tape closed or use straight pins. Then your tree looks like this:
If you have a paper mache tree you don't have to wrap it, but paper is best for the styrofoam trees because it covers the white or green color, and also works much better for gluing than the styrofoam does. I just hate gluing on styrofoam!
Start at the bottom and glue the bracts onto the tree with hot glue. You need a bit of glue here, but not too much because then it drips down and looks ugly on the tree! Be sure you glue them on as close to each other as possible. Try to avoid letting the paper show through (like I did in the picture below). Real pine cone trees don't have paper showing through! Also - when you start the first row of bracts let the tips of them hang over the edge of the bottom of the tree. This keeps the bottom of the tree from showing and looking ugly. We don't want ANY ugly trees out there!
As you get to the top of the tree use smaller and more narrow bracts. At the tip of the tree you can insert a pine cone tip into the little bitty hole that the wrapped paper creates at the top of the tree. Use smaller and smaller bracts the closer you get to the tip of the tree. Tip: on the very bottom of the pine cone there are some miniature bracts that work really well at the top of the trees. Most of the trees below are using these small bracts for the tips.
The last and VERY IMPORTANT step is to get out your hair dryer or heat gun and melt away all the glue gun hairs that will be hanging all over the trees.
If you want the bottom of your tree to be finished off, cut a circle of vinyl, leather or felt and glue to the bottom of the tree.
You can make these trees fancy by painting the tips with snow or glitter. I have one I painted silver and sprinkled with glitter. It is really tall - and skinny. I guess the options are unlimited, but I kinda like mine plain. They're just pretty that way.
Hope your Christmas decorating adventures are going well. This spattering of trees on the mantel is about all I have completed - and I'm not even sure these trees will stay here. We'll see. I have about 30 other trees (I collect them) and it takes a while to figure out where to put them all.
If you are like me and don't want to shop all over town to find the right size cones and supplies for your pine cone trees I am including links for you to browse supplies you might need.
Styrofoam trees - various sizes and prices are available
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Hot glue - you need lots of this!
Hot glue gun - in case yours died like mine did
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Photographer's Note
Taken on Ha Long Bay, with a storm hovering over the mainland city of Ha Long. As you can see the clouds were epic. They gave a real sense of proportion to the scene.
I shot this in B&W, and have adjusted contrast to really make the most out the background clouds. Hopefully haven't lost much detail in the foreground, e.g. rock formations.
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pajaran (95405) 2013-06-15 23:26 [Comment]
Lep pogled na mesto i trenutak sa oblacima ...
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontrast.
Dobar rad, lepo pokazano mesto i trenutak sa oblacima.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje.
Good afternoon.
Nice view of the place and the moment the clouds ...
A good time recording and contrast.
Good work, nice place and time shown to the clouds.
Have a great day, all the best.
willperrett (13679) 2013-06-22 9:48
Hello Tarek
For some reason, few punters on TE seem to appreciate the subtleties of monochrome, and it's sad that an image of this quality has attracted no attention. I like it a lot, especially the impressive cloud formations you've captured. I guess you were in a boat at the time. Hope you got ashore before the storm!
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- Medium: Μαύρο & Ασπρο
- Date Taken: 2013-05-30
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- Camera: Canon PowerShot SX500 IS
- Έκθεση: f/8, 1/500 δευτερόλεπτα
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Today we have another "expert advice" post, this time by the lovely Melissa DiStefano of MasterPiece Weddings. Melissa is one of the sweetest people I've encountered through the wedding blog world and I am excited to share her great advice with all of you (she was also nice enough to send along the lovely pictures from Caroline Johnson that are sprinkled throughout the post). So, without further ado, here is Melissa:
I feel so honored that Darci asked me to be a guest blogger for her! For those of you who I haven't had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Melissa DiStefano, I have a blog here, I am a wedding consultant and I absolutely love helping brides!!! There are so many things that I could write about – so after thinking long and hard.I decided to talk a little about the time line of your wedding and helping your wedding flow.
The timing of your wedding is a vital part of the entire wedding process. You are designing, producing and orchestrating a party for 200 of your closest friends and family. This timeline not only assists with the flow of your day for you, the bride, but also for all of your wedding vendors. One very important aspect of the schedule of events is knowing when the photographer is going to start taking pictures. Because that will determine how much time prior to your ceremony you need to take photographs.
Let's start with your wedding day, what is your first appointment that day? Is it Spa, Make-up, hair? Let's say it's your hair and make-up at 10AM and your ceremony is at 4:30, here is my typical wedding day schedule:
9:00 Flowers are being delivered to reception and set up begins
10:00 Hair and Make-up at Spa
11:00 Leave Spa for Hotel to start getting ready
11:30 Personal Flowers are delivered to the Garden Building
12:15 Private time for Bride and Groom prior to pictures
12:30 Pictures begin with Bride and Groom and Bridal Party
1:30 Move to Garden to take photographs with Entire Family
3:30 Leave Garden, everyone head to church
4:00 First Guest at Ceremony
4:30 Ceremony Begins
5:00 End Ceremony (I always give 30 minutes for Standard Ceremony – its average timing is 18 minutes 37 seconds)
5:15 Bride and Groom take photographs with Minister
5:30 First Guest at Reception for Cocktail Hour
6:30 Guests are invited to Hall for dinner and formal reception
6:40 Announce Bride and Groom
6:40 First Dance
6:45 First Course of Dinner is served
8:00 Father Daughter Dance
8:05 Mother Son Dance
8:10 Toasts and Cake Cutting
8:30 Dance, Dance, the night away
9:30 Bouquet Presentation to sister
9:40 Keep Dance Floor Open until 10:30
10:30 End Reception
This is actually a real reception for us. First, all receptions are different, this is NOT how all wedding receptions go. Secondly, things are done differently in Florida than they are in other areas of the country. Thirdly, we separated the dances at this particular reception because it seems that guests get board easily, and they start talking and joking quite loudly when all three dances are done in succession.
It's also very important that each one of your vendors receives the same timeline. You wouldn't want your catering manger to ask you when you'd like to cut the cake, and then 10 minutes later the photographer asks you when you'd like to cut the cake, then 3 minutes later the DJ - having a solid timeline helps create a nice even flow, and everyone is prepared. This also is avoided if you have a Wedding Consultant there to help you control the flow of your day. Because remember, once the reception starts you'll want it to flow nicely, not necessarily worry about the time you have down to cut the cake.
Remember the more you've planned in advance, the less likely you are to worry about things on your wedding day. Happy Planning!
Thank you, Melissa! I hope you all enjoyed the post...feel free to leave any questions in the comments section or shoot me an email.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 158 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Yaycy is a Singapore based shopping company.
Yaycy the word doesn't mean anything at all, it's completely made up.
The site is simple enough that we don't really need it to be obvious through the logo exactly what the company does. It does however need to fit in with the look of the site. - We will try and post some images and color themes we are using to help give you a better idea of what the site looks like soon.
We would like the logo to incorporate a graphic element but be able to be rendered without this initially as just a word
We are looking to launch soon and are targeting the top end of the market.
We want people who love trying new things and love eating out, doing physical activities and shopping. They are male and female, 18 years old + and have disposable income
Ideally our audience will be buying things that are normally on the upper reach of their budget, luxury items, so if that can be conveyed it would be great.
If the logo design goes well and the designer is skilled in web design we would look to employ them to take our wire-frames and work with us to apply the same look and feel to the site.
The logo needs to sit nicely on both letterhead and on the website.
It needs to be able to have a as yet undecided tag-line running along the bottom but also can sit comfortably by itself. We are trying to keep our website minimal and have included a couple of websites we like the look of and logos we think are pretty sweet.
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*** UPDATE*** Blue or green on the website does not mean a blue or green logo, simply that it shouldn't look bad with those colors, e.g. it complements them!
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Here are some sites we like the look of:
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