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Loretto Chapel took five years to complete. Modeled after the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, its delicate sanctuary contains an altar, a rose window, and a choir loft.The choir loft is the reason for wonder.Were you to stand in the newly built chapel in 1878, you might see the Sisters of Loretto looking forlornly at the balcony. Everything else was complete: the doors had been hung, the pews had been placed, the floor had been laid. Everything was finished. Even the choir loft. Except for one thing. No stairs.The chapel was too small to accommodate a conventional stairway. The best builders and designers in the region shook their heads when consulted. "Impossible," they murmured. There simply wasn't enough room. A ladder would serve the purpose, but mar the ambiance.The Sisters of Loretto, whose determination had led them from Kentucky to Santa Fe, now faced a challenge greater than their journey: a stairway that couldn't be built.What they had dreamed of and what they could do were separated by fifteen impossible feet.So what did they do? The only thing they could do. They ascended the mountain. Not the high mountains near Santa Fe. No, they climbed even higher. They climbed the same mountain that Jesus climbed 1,800 years earlier in Bethsaida. They climbed the mountain of prayer.As the story goes, the nuns prayed for nine days. On the last day of the novena, a Mexican carpenter with a beard and a wind-burned face appeared at the convent. He explained that he had heard they needed a stairway to a chapel loft. He thought he could help.The mother superior had nothing to lose, so she gave him permission.He went to work with crude tools, painstaking patience, and uncanny skill. For eight months he worked.One morning the Sisters of Loretto entered the chapel to find their prayers had been answered. A masterpiece of carpentry spiraled from the floor to the loft. Two complete three-hundred-sixty-degree turns. Thirty-three steps held together with wooden pegs and no central support. The wood is said to be a variety of hard fir, one nonexistent in New Mexico!When the sisters turned to thank the craftsman, he was gone. He was never seen again. He never asked for money. He never asked for praise. He was a simple carpenter who did what no one else could do so singers could enter a choir loft and sing.See the stairway for yourself, if you like. Journey into the land of Enchantment. Step into this chapel of amazement and witness the fruit of prayer.Or, if you prefer, talk to the Master Carpenter yourself. He has already performed one impossible feat in your world. He, like the Santa Fe carpenter, built a stairway no one else could build. He, like the nameless craftsman, used material from another place. He, like the visitor to Loretto, came to span the gap between where you are and where you long to be.Each year of his life is a step. Thirty-three paces. Each step of the stair is an answered prayer. He built it so you can climb it.And sing.
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Sunday Blessings; The Miracle of the Carpenter
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- Holly, the Old Western Gal said...
Been there, Amrita, when I lived in Santa Fe! Also, Las Cruces, down in the southern part of New Mexico, has a mystery associated with its church, San Albino, too! A black man came out of nowhwere to be the bell ringer! Lots of strange things at work!
- 21 March 2010 at 20:39
- Grayquill said...
I saw the movie that was made about this staircase. Max did a fine job re-telling it. Thanks for sharing it.
- 21 March 2010 at 23:05
- Simply Shelley said...
Thanks for sharing this story...what a blessed story to read on the Lord's day...the power of prayer is very awesome indeed...blessings to you dear Amrita....
- 21 March 2010 at 23:43
- Felisol said...
Dear Amrita,
This wonderful story is just the right reading for the last days of lent.
I think about the words from the Bible. Jesus told them a parable, so they should pray and never get tired.
- 22 March 2010 at 01:35
- Anonymous said...
Max Lucado is a very good author and those are some great photos.
God bless you and have a great week, Ron
- 22 March 2010 at 06:53
- David Edward said...
this can now be added to my list of things to see before I die
- 22 March 2010 at 09:17
- Amrita said...
Dear DavidMay the Lord grant you your heart 's desire.
- 22 March 2010 at 09:56
- Mel Avila Alarilla said...
Yes, that's the miracle of prayer. The sisters did not give up. They prayed until their prayers were heard. The answer was a spiral staircase. If we are earnest with our prayers, God will always make a way to answer our fervent prayers. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.
- 22 March 2010 at 10:53
- Debra said...
Amrita, this is a wonderful post. I had not ever heard of this chapel. And now I will have to find out the movie that Grayquill was referring to. I would love to watch it!
Thanks for sharing this.
- 22 March 2010 at 12:59
- Marie said...
What a beautiful spiral staircase :)
- 22 March 2010 at 23:25
- Sita said...
So encouraging for us who have the 'impossible' hurdles facing us...climb that mountain of prayer..persevere...same message in Spurgeon this morning...thank you, AMrita...beautiful...
Love, Sita
- 23 March 2010 at 00:25
- Amrita said...
I would love to see the movie and visit the chapel too
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Dear lester, thank you visiting my blog and commenting.
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All Items : Paper : Historical : Pre 1970 item #473221 (stock #M-5358)
Everyday Things
Miniature album (4 x 2 3/4 inches) with 10 prints of the Harry S. Truman Library and home. The outside cover has some staining, mainly confined to the back. The interior is clean. There are no rips, tears or missing pages. I need your zip code to calculate the postage.


text: falcotron #1 Posted August 28, 2017 Why not Jon Targaryen, or Jaehaerys Targaryen, or Rickard Targaryen? Or, since it seems like he was never going to get an official naming ceremony and Ned was going to put him in hiding right away, why not just (unnamed boy) Targaryen, who will have to choose his name if he's ever revealed as Rhaegar's heir? They've already told us that Rhaegar's first son—who, as far as I know, Lyanna should at this point believe is still alive and well—is named Aegon. At least Thoros referred to him by name in season 3, and I think there are a couple of others. If there were some compelling reason for D&D to reuse the name, maybe it would be worth it anyway, but I can't figure out what that reason might be. Are they drawing a connection to one of the five kings named Aegon? Or planning to drop a prophecy next season that names Rhaegar's son Aegon by name, and the big secret is that it means Jon rather than his brother? All I can think is that they deliberately wanted us—and by us, I mean the book readers—to connect him to the other Aegon as a winking nod to the Little Griff story they cut. But they have to know that book snobs will be unhappy with that, and nobody else will get it. In-universe, it's much the same question, but I suppose there might be a different answer to "what were D&D thinking" and "what was Lyanna thinking". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Forty years ago, Walter Mischel conducted a simple yet elegant experiment in which he asked four year old children to resist eating a marshmallow while he was out of the room. He promised that if they hadn't eaten it by the time he returned, they could have two marshmallows. Mischel observed that, while some children were able to resist the tantalizing treat, many others could not. But he didn't stop there—20 years later, he checked again and found that the children who were able to delay their gratification had grown into adults who exhibited greater levels of self control.
It has now been four decades since this experiment, and Mischel and his colleagues are still following some of the participants of the original marshmallow test. In this week's PNAS, the team reports that the children's differences in self control are still evident after forty years, and there is new information about why some people's brains may be worse at controlling impulses.
In the first part of the new experiment, Mischel and his team were looking for more subtle behavioral differences between "high-delayers" (those who didn't eat the marshmallow early) and "low-delayers" (those who could not resist the temptation). They wanted to test whether positive social cues would be more difficult for low-delayers to resist. Fifty-nine participants from the original marshmallow experiment were invited to take part in this new experiment; these people had either performed above average on the marshmallow task or had performed particularly poorly.
The participants were first told to press a button when they saw a face of a particular gender on the computer, and male and female faces were flashed on the screen in random order. In the first part of the study, these faces had neutral expressions. In the second part of the trial, these faces were either happy or fearful. The accuracy with which each participant pressed the button was then calculated.
All participants were equally accurate when the faces were neutral. However, low-delayers were much less accurate when the faces showed emotion. This effect was almost entirely due to false alarms when happy faces were shown—that is, low-delayers often pushed the button when the face was happy, no matter which gender it was. High-delayers, on the other hand, rarely made this particular mistake.
The researchers believe that while the high-delayers were able to separate the emotion from the gender, the happy faces were just too compelling for low-delayers to resist. The neutral faces didn't cause this problem, indicating that some aspects of impulse control are directly related to the stimuli one has to resist. Additionally, individuals' behavior in this experiment was directly tied to their behavior in the marshmallow test 40 years ago; self-control is clearly very stable over time.
In the second part of the experiment, the participants performed a similar test inside an fMRI machine, and scientists compared the brain activity of high-delayers and low-delayers. When the participants were suppressing the urge to press the button (when the face was of the wrong gender), an area of the brain called the right inferior frontal gyrus was very active. The researchers found that there was much less activity here in the low-delayers than the high-delayers.
Instead, the ventral striatum in low-delayers became particularly active at this point; the ventral striatum is part of the limbic system, and it deals with the processing of rewards. In those with low-self control, instead of the right inferior frontal gyrus being able to hold off temptation, the ventral striatum goes into overdrive and the person can't ignore the attraction. Low-delayers, it seems, are much more sensitive to positive social cues and have trouble suppressing them to deal with other information.
Clearly, more research is needed, but Mischel's long-term study has significantly furthered our understanding of self-control—and resulted in much more nuanced information about why we can't always resist that marshmallow.
PNAS, 2011. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108561108 (About DOIs).


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MLB donation will pay to feed needy on Thanksgiving
Baseball contributes $10,000 for annual Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner
MLB has donated $10,000 to the Mozel Sanders Foundation, which puts on the annual Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner West Coast. The meal will be served by participants of the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, and will be held at Compton Community College on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22.
"Major League Baseball is a social institution with important social responsibilities, but perhaps most importantly, we are members of communities that sustain our clubs, facilities and initiatives," said Frank Robinson, MLB's executive vice president of baseball development. "The Compton community has been tremendously supportive of our efforts at the MLB Urban Youth Academy to provide local youth with opportunities on and off the field, so we are pleased to give back to those in this area who are in need during this holiday season."
The late Dr. Rev. Mozel Sanders created the annual dinner as a way to help feed families in need in Indianapolis, and 41 years after its inception, the Thanksgiving Dinner Event now serves 40,000 dinners to families each year.
"When we first introduced my father's dream to Southern California one year ago, the goal was to extend the vision to the West Coast," said Bishop Richard D. Sanders, chief operating officer of Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner West Coast, Inc. "I am appreciative to all who will help carry on the legacy of my father today."


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"Characterizing emerging industrial technologies in energy models." Sustainability and Industry, Increasing Energy Efficiency, 7/29/2003. 2003. LBNL-52774..
Development of an Energy Conservation Voluntary Agreement: Pilot Project in the Steel Sector in Shandong Province. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; China Energy Conservation Association, 2003. LBNL-51608..
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Supernatural News as We Count Down to the End
But we won't mention how there are only three episodes left. *sob*
Hooray! Last week's episode matched season high ratings!
TV Guide launched a series of articles with this one about the 100th episode, with quotes from all the major players, followed by a recap that calls it a "just about perfect episode." And THEN, Mark Pellegrino compares and contrasts his two roles on Supernatural and LOST.
Want some behind-the-scenes? Go here for a BTS video done by Jim Beaver of the zombie episode (I adore the actress that played the sheriff, she's adorable!) and some footage of the 100th episode party. Both clips are 2 1/2 minutes long.
Last week Terri posted about the new Ghostfacers webisodes. There will be two eps each Thursday until Supernatural's season finale on May 13. You can find a behind-the-scenes interview here. There are interviews with the stars here.
While we're doing videos, here's a long interview with Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Variety, the entertainment industry newspaper, did an interview with Ackles and Padalecki a couple of weeks ago. It's mainly on their path to the show and what comes next, after the show's eventual end. Non spoilery.
A trailer is now available for Batman: Under the Red Hood, in which Jensen Ackles voices the titular villain.
Jensen accompanied Danneel Harris to the premiere of her movie The Back-Up Plan. There are some nice pictures here.
In a six degrees kind of thing...Lindsay of Support Supernatural interviewed psychic Dakota Lawrence here, and now author Tracy Madison, a huge Supernatural fan (thanks to me :) ), is giving away a prize package that includes a FREE reading with him! Hey, if one of us wins, we can ask him whether season six will be brilliant or anticlimactic... (Enter the contest here.)


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You might have seen this already: Media Matters caught it and it's making the rounds, including at my green energy joint at KCET. Fox News talking head Shibani Joshi says the reason Germany's leading the U.S. in solar power installations by a factor of about 20 is that Germany has more sun than we do in the U.S. It's toward the end of the clip:
Money quotes: Gretchen Carlson asked "What was Germany doing correct? Are they just a smaller country, and that made it more feasible?" Joshi: "They're a smaller country, and they've got lots of sun. Right? They've got a lot more sun than we do."
Here's the inconvenient truth (as they say), courtesy the National Renewable Energy Laboratory:
It's almost like they just don't care they're lying.


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If you head over to any major department store's beauty section this spring, you'll notice that every makeup counter has the same new product: a "CC" cream of some sort. But wait, you think, isn't it supposed to be "BB" not "CC"? What's with the new abbreviation?
BB (or Blemish Balm) creams, which have become ubiquitous over the last few years, are meant to have skin-benefiting ingredients (such as hyaluronic acid for moisture, or vitamin C for brighter skin) and provide some coverage as well.
CC stands for "Color Correcting" and has been a professional makeup artist's favourite tool for a long time. Makeup artists have often chosen to apply pigments to correct skin tone before actually using foundation. Orange has been used to counteract the blue under the eyes, green helps get rid of ruddy cheeks, and yellow, lavender, and pink pigments help with brightness.
How do you know whether to choose a BB cream or a CC product? Kimberly Soane, Global Director of Artistry for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics explains: "Bobbi's BB Cream SPF 35 combines moisturizer, treatment, Broad Spectrum SPF and a lightweight foundation in one. It's available in nine skin tone correct shades and can be used in place of a Tinted Moisturizer or a lightweight foundation. CC Cream SPF 35 is used under foundation and combines treatment benefits with colour correction."
This spring, the pro tool goes mainstream since almost every mainstream brand has a "CC" product out. It's not just a passing fad, since using a base really can be helpful for great-looking skin. A good base can help you use less foundation and because there's less sitting on top of your skin, your skin can look flawless for a little longer. If you're perfecting the no-makeup makeup look, a base can be a huge help.
MAC Cosmetics Senior Artist Melissa Gibson elaborates that consumers are looking for ways to create beautiful skin with the least amount of products. This makes the whole CC line (primers, and powders from MAC) perfect. It works so hard doing so many great things, so that you don't have to have that junk drawer full of unused product!
When looking for the right CC product, make sure that it's doing more than just your average tinted moisturizer. A real CC cream should actually be making your skin look better — not just covering it up. Many options are really just tinted moisturizers with varying degrees of coverage and skin-benefiting ingredients. The good colour correcting products come in a range of skin-tones and can help counteract unflattering undertones in the skin.
Soane explains that consumers can find the right CC product by first, identifying what they'd like to correct, whether it is redness, sallowness, dullness, fine lines, etc. Based on that, they can select a CC product.
Gibson adds: "We always recommend that if people are unsure of their needs or what product to use that they come into our store and speak with a professional. All of our staff are trained makeup artists and would be more than happy to work with you to find the right products and it's free to do so."
Although affordable CC products are available at the drugstore, going to a makeup counter at a department store lets you "try before you buy" and you can even ask for samples so that you can see how the product works with your daily skin care and makeup routine.
Here's what's out there in the world of CC products.
1. Clinique Superprimer Face Primers. They're available in a range of different colours so you can correct everything from redness to blotchiness to sallow skin. The silicone base means that they help makeup stay on longer as well, and there's even a universal primer that just has a touch of shimmer in it to make skin look better. $29.
2. Dior Glow Maximizer. Last year, Dior came out with a spray version of a colour-correcting primer, and this year they introduced good old-fashioned creams. The Glow Maximizer is a golden pink light shimmering lotion that almost disappears into skin and makes it look super healthy. If you have oily skin, you may not want to add more "glow" to it, but if you're suffering from mid-winter dullness, this is the best way to go. $42
3. Clarins Instant Light Complexion Illuminating Base. With almost no shimmer and no silicones, this is a sheer cream that provides light hydration and actual colour correcting. It comes in three colours: Rose for sallow skin, Champagne which is brightening for all skin types, and Peach which is best for darker skins suffering from blotchiness. $37
4. New Nars Light Optimizing Primer Broad Spectrum SPF 15. This base has rose gold shimmer in it to help your skin look glowy even after you apply foundation on top. The shimmer helps your skin look brighter and glowy, and the rose-gold colour of the shimmer helps correct sallowness. The broad spectrum SPF 15 means that its meant to help you hold on to your clear skin and resist dark spots from happening. Oil-free so it's suitable for all skin types. $34
5. MAC Pre + Prime Colour Correct. Leave it to professional-favourite brand MAC to come out with a whole line of CC products. The line includes a Colour-Correcting SPF 30 cream, loose powder, and pressed powder that come in four colours: Adjust (beige), Neutralize (yellow), Illuminate (lavender), and Recharge (apricot). All of the shades have a silver perilled pigment in different sizes to create that glow from within. Neutralize, which is yellow, has a combination of gold and satiny orange pearl pigments in it to neutralize the appearance of redness and blotchiness on the surface of the skin. Adjust is a peach-beige that has red, gold and satiny orange pearl pigments to help brighten up a dull complexion by adding a warm glow. Illuminate is the perfect lavender tone. The lavender and red pearlized pigments help to brighten a sallow uneven complexion. The pigments in Recharge, which is an apricot tone, add a boost to any dull complexion, and helps to correct and conceal the appearance of blue/purple tones in the skin and warm up olive/yellow skin tones. $36.50 to $29
6. Bobbi Brown Retouching Powder. This loose powder comes in six shades and cares for skin while absorbing oil. Soane explains the difference between their setting powder and this Retouching Powder: "Most women use powder to set makeup. Retouching Powder works differently, by helping brighten and even out skin tone and discolorations, invisibly diminishing the appearance of dark spots, fine lines, redness and other imperfections and leaving skin with an airbrushed look." $42


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The Panama Jack logo was first stamped on a pair of boots back in 1989.
100% Made un Spain. From the beginning, all our production processes have been centralized in Spain.
We are very proud of making a top quality, long durable, and extremely comfortable product.
Wearing Panama Jack is just a way of life.
An authentic friend of the brand lets him- or herself get into his own private adventures every day.
We like to help society. We have multiple projects underway.
RUTA QUETZAL: We have sponsored this project since 1992. Our great friend and adventurer, Miguel de la Quadra Salcedo, has headed the project until now. Every year, more than 300 young people around the world travel, with their Panama Jack boots, through the least known and spectacular places in Latin America and Spain.
VICENTE FERRER FOUNDATION: We have been collaborating with this foundation since 2002. Together, we have built schools, houses, water reservoirs ...
FOUNDATION UN ABRAZO DE LUZ (A Hug Of Light): We have collaborated with this foundation, based in Elche (Spain), since 2015. It is designed to assist disadvantaged children to build a better future for themselves and their families.


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Gibby trying to maximize off-days' effectiveness
PHOENIX -- Having started their season in Australia before 28 other teams got underway, the D-backs have some extra off days during the month of May.
The D-backs had the first three Thursdays of the month off, and they will also get Monday off before a six-game road trip.
Arizona manager Kirk Gibson has used the off-days as a way of giving some players two days off in a row, like when he gave second baseman Aaron Hill a day off right before a scheduled off-day for the team.
In other cases, Gibson has used the off-days to keep playing regulars like catcher Miguel Montero and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
Outfielder Cody Ross was out of the starting lineup Friday night in favor of Ender Inciarte. After coming alive during the series against the White Sox in Chicago, Ross has gone 0-for-10. The veteran is still working his way back after dislocating and fracturing his right hip in August.
"Cody's going to play [Saturday]," Gibson said. "Just trying to find a good mix with Cody. Trying to get him to play enough to try and figure it out, and not play him too much to worry. I want to try to get him to progress with his injury."
The talk of off-days led to a funny exchange between Gibson and the media prior to Friday's game when he mentioned that he might give outfielder Gerardo Parra Saturday off.
Gibson was reminded that Saturday is Gerardo Parra Bobblehead Night.
"Well, he can sign bobbleheads," Gibson said with a smile. "I haven't made up the lineup for tomorrow yet, but I don't make up a lineup based upon whether they have a bobblehead day, believe it or not."


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- High reproducibility and long-term stability
- Customized measuring ranges
- Reference accuracy up to 0.3 %
Specs at a glance
Product Gases, vapors, liquids and dust Output 1 × PNP
2 × PNP, IO-Link
1 × PNP + 4 to 20 mA, IO-Link
Display 4 digit with color change Process temperature range –40 to +100 °C (–40 to +212 °F) Measuring ranges
From 0 to +100 mbar (0 to +6 psi) to 0 to +400 bar (0 to +6000 psi)
Ceraphant PTC31B
Product / Version Price / pcs. in IDR Order code Output Electrical Connection Reference Accuracy 1 to 3 4 to 10 11+ PNP, 3-wire M12 / ISO4400 Standard 0.5% 5,481,720.- 5,207,634.- 4,933,548.- PTC31B-AA4xxxGBxxxx Platinum 0.3% 6,093,360.- 5,788,692.- 5,484,024.- PTC31B-AA4xxxDBxxxx 2x PNP, IO-Link, 4-wire Plug M12, IP65/67 NEMA Type 4X Encl. Standard 0.5% 5,789,340.- 5,499,873.- 5,210,406.- PTC31B-AA8MxxGBxxxx Platinum 0.3% 6,400,980.- 6,080,931.- 5,760,882.- PTC31B-AA8MxxDBxxxx PNP + 4-20mA, IO-Link, 4-wire Plug M12, IP65/67 NEMA Type 4X Encl. Standard 0.5% 6,463,260.- 6,140,097.- 5,816,934.- PTC31B-AA7MxxGBxxxx Platinum 0.3% 7,074,900.- 6,721,155.- 6,367,410.- PTC31B-AA7MxxDBxxxx
Ceraphant PTP31B
Product / Version Price / pcs. in IDR Order code Output Electrical Connection Reference Accuracy 1 to 3 4 to 10 11+ PNP, 3-wires M12 / ISO4400 Standard 0.5% 5,312,880.- 5,047,236.- 4,781,592.- PTP31B-AA4xxxGBxxx Platinum 0.3% 5,924,520.- 5,628,294.- 5,332,068.- PTP31B-AA4xxxDBxxx 2x PNP, IO-Link, 4-wire Plug M12, IP65/67 NEMA Type 4X Encl. Standard 0.5% 5,620,500.- 5,339,475.- 5,058,450.- PTP31B-AA8MxxGBxxx Platinum 0.3% 6,232,140.- 5,920,533.- 5,608,926.- PTP31B-AA8MxxDBxxx PNP + 4-20mA, IO-Link, 4-wire Plug M12, IP65/67 NEMA Type 4X Encl. Standard 0.5% 6,294,420.- 5,979,699.- 5,664,978.- PTP31B-AA7MxxGBxxx Platinum 0.3% 6,906,060.- 6,560,757.- 6,215,454.- PTP31B-AA7MxxDBxxx
Product / Version Price / pcs. in IDR Order code Weld-in adapter G1/2, 316L Flush mount process connection. Material: 316L. Usage: PMP11, PMP21, PMP51, PTP31B. Correct installation only with dummy. 1,077,300.- 52002643 Weld-in adapter G1, 316L, 3.1 Flush mount process connection. Material: 316L. Inspection cert. EN10204-3.1 material. Usage: PMP23, PMP51, PMP135, PTP33B/PTP35. Correct installation only with dummy. 2,568,600.- 52010171 M12-female plug connector, cable side M12 plug socket, cable side Self confectionery connection. Usage: FMB50/FMB51/FMB52/FMB53, FMB70, FTL31/FTL33, FTW23, FTW33,PMP11, PMP21, PMP51, PTC31B, PTP31B, QMW43. 299,880.- 52006263 M12-female plug connec., 90deg, 5m cable M12 plug socket, cable side. 5m cable PVC, Cu Sn/Ni lock. Usage: FMB50/FMB51/FMB52/FMB53, FTL31/FTL33, FTL51B, FTW23, FTW33, PMC11, PMC21, PMC51, PMP11, PMP21/PMP23, PMP51/PMP55, PTC31B, PTP31B/PTP33B, QMW43. 138,240.- 52010285 M12-female plug connec.,90deg,cable side Self confectionery connection. Usage: M12 plug socket, cable side. 490,140.- 71114212
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The Ceraphant is a pressure switch for the measurement of absolute and gauge pressure in gases, vapors, liquids and dust. The Ceraphant can be used universally thanks to a wide range of approvals and process connections.
Ceramic process isolating diaphragm: The ceramic switch is an oil-free sensor, i.e. the process pressure acts directly on the robust ceramic process isolating diaphragm and causes it to deflect. A pressure-dependent change in capacitance is measured at the electrodes of the ceramic substrate and the process isolating diaphragm.
Metallic process isolating diaphragm: The process pressure deflects the metal process isolating diaphragm of the switch and a fill fluid transfers the pressure to a Wheatstone bridge (semiconductor technology). The pressure-dependent change in the bridge output voltage is measured and evaluated.
Application Example
Technical dataOutput
Output signal PNP switch output + 4 to 20 mA output (4-wire), IO-Link;
PNP switch output (3-wire);
2 × PNP switch output (4-wire), IO-Link
Function Min., max. window Signal range
4 to 20 mA
3.8 to 20.5 mA Voltage drop PNP ≤2 V Load
4 to 20 mA
RLmax ≤ (UB – 6.5 V) / 23 mA 1) Dynamic behavior Time constant (T90) 16 ms 1) RLmax: maximum load resistance; UB: supply voltagePower supply Supply voltage 10 to 30 V DC
IO-Link: 18 to 30 V DC
Current consumption ≤60 mA Degree of protection Cable: IP66/67 NEMA Type 4X
Plug M12: IP65/67 NEMA Type 4X
Valve plug: IP65 NEMA Type 4X
Influence of power
≤0.005 % of URL/1 V Residual ripple ±5 %Performance characteristics Reference accuracy
Standard: ±0.5 %;
Platinum: ±0.3 %
Thermal change of
the zero output and
the output span
<1 bar (15 psi): <1.2 %;
≥1 bar (15 psi): <1 %
Long-term stability
1 year: ±0.2 %;
5 years: ±0.4 %
Switch-on time ≤2 sEnvironment Ambient temperature –20 to +70 °C (–4 to +158 °F) Storage temperature –40 to +85 °C (–40 to +185 °F) Climate class Class 3K5 Electromagnetic
– Interference emission as per EN 61326 equipment B
– Interference immunity as per EN 61326 appendix A (industrial sector)
– NAMUR recommendation EMC (NE21)Process
Process temperature
PTC31B: –25 to +100 °C (–13 to +212 °F)
PTP31B: –40 to +100 °C (–40 to +212 °F)Materials PTC31B
Materials not in
contact with process
Housing: Stainless steel 316L (1.4404) Materials in
contact with process
Process connections: 316L (1.4435);
Ceramic process isolating diaphragm: Al2O3 in accordance with FDA;
TSE Certificate of Suitability for all device components in contact with the process;
Seal: Viton FKM or EPDMMaterials PTP31B
Materials not in contact with process Housing: Stainless steel 316L (1.4404);
Housing cap: PBT/PC;
Filling oil: NSF-H1 synthetic oil in accordance with FDA 21 CFR 178.3570
Materials in contact with process Process connections: 316L;
Metallic process isolating diaphragm: AISI 316L (1.4435);
TSE Certificate of Suitability for all device components in contact with the process;
With flush-mounted process isolating diaphragm: Seal: Viton FKMOperability
Operation with local
4-digit measured value display, simple and complete menu guidance, comprehensive diagnostic functions, status via LEDsApprovals Pressure Equipment Directive
Dimensions (in mm)
Dimensions process connections PTC31B in mm (inches)
Process connections with internal, ceramic process isolating diaphragm
Dimensions process connections PTP31B in mm (inches)
Process connections with internal, metallic process isolating diaphragm
Process connections with flush-mounted, metallic process isolating diaphragm
Electrical connection
1 × PNP switch output R1
2 × PNP switch outputs R1 and R2
1 × PNP switch output R1 with additional analog output 4 to 20 mA (active)
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Besides its general benefis, summarized below, using IO-Link point-to-point communication with our pressure switches Ceraphant PTC31B / PTP31B allows:
- Commissioning via softare
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- Configuation transferable to several devices
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Digital measured values:
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• Possibility to carry more values
• Detailed fault information
• Additional process information
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• Possibility to load set up parameters from the master into a device
• Configuration can be duplicated from one device to the next
• Remote sensor maintenance
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Last Sunday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article by Bob McGinn about Michael Sam, the 2014 NFL draft prospect who, if he is selected, makes it through training camp, and onto an active game day roster, would be the first openly gay man to compete in the NFL. In the piece, McGinn cites about two dozen anonymous sources, general managers and scout personnel, whom he spoke to about "capability as a player." The consensus? "He's regarded almost as a non-entity."
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So with that notion now thoroughly debunked, pundits wishing to play down Michael Sam's significance seem to have moved on to attacking his skills as a football player as a means of justifying his falling draft stock. If Michael Sam isn't drafted, the logic goes, it's because he's a poor athlete, not because he's gay.
It's not uncommon for players to lose draft stock over non-football issues. Every year, terms like "character concerns," "low motor," and "locker room diva" get flung around during the draft process, and they have the power to drive players, deserving or not, into the later rounds and even right off the board. Before his junior season, for example, Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict was projected as a top-10 pick in the 2012 NFL draft. Then the red flags started flying. There were rumors that he beat up a teammate, that he failed a marijuana test at the combine, that he was a dirty player on the field. Burfict ended up going undrafted before he was picked up by the Bengals, where he has been every bit as good as advertised before his fall.
But Michael Sam doesn't have these issues. He has no arrest record. He has a high motor. He has the love of his teammates, who have called him a "great guy" and a "great leader." He is, by all accounts, the kind of high-character prospect coaches gush over at press conferences. So in the absence of a negative, his detractors have taken to attacking his football acumen instead.
The trouble is that these criticisms don't hold up to actual analysis. In one of the many incorrect assessments of Sam's game, one NFC scout in McGinn's piece said, "He has trouble in space and struggles changing directions." As it turns out, this may be what Sam does best. Retired NFL lineman Stephen White, in his extensive breakdown on SB Nation, called Sam "the best corner rusher I have broken down thus far." Better even than his teammate and projected first-round pick Kony Ealy, who, it should be noted, Sam outproduced while playing in the same system against the same competition. Says White:
Beating a guy around the corner in college football is a dying art, so when you see a guy who can do it consistently, it jumps right out and grabs you. These days, unless the pass rusher is one of those freaks who runs a 4.6 40 or better, you hardly even see guys trying to get around the corner. Even those freakish guys, like Clowney, don't always have the technique to turn the corner when they have a one-on-one opportunity to go along with their athletic ability. While they're fast, they aren't fast enough to get around the offensive tackle using only speed on a consistent basis.
Sam is no speed demon, obviously, as he only ran a 4.91 at the NFL Combine. However, what Sam does have is an excellent get-off on the ball and an uncanny ability to get his hips turned right away. When he executes his rip move he can stay on course and get to the quarterback. Some people don't understand that pass rushing is a 5- to 7-yard dance more so than a sprint. If you are a good dancer and can get off the ball, that can go a long way to making up for a slow 40 time.
What all of that means is that there should be a place for Michael Sam in the NFL. In fact, I can think of a team that'd be perfect for him: the New York Jets.
Head coach Rex Ryan is a widely acknowledged defensive mastermind who, for years, has used exotic blitz schemes and a dominant defensive line to generate a pass rush and wring multi-sack seasons from similarly undersized former first-round busts like Aaron Maybin. Last year the monstrous trio of Damon Harrison, Muhammed Wilkerson, and former Mizzou Tiger Sheldon Richardson consistently ate up enough blockers to clear the way for Calvin Pace, who will turn 34 in October, to have a career 10-sack season. Can the 24-year-old, technically sound (if not advanced) SEC co-defensive player of the year approach or match the production of a 33-year-old player on the downslope of his career at a position of dire need? It would only cost one of the Jets' 12 picks (three in the fourth round, where Sam should go) to find out, and second-year general manager John Idzik is descended from the Seattle Seahawks tradition of finding tremendous value in the later rounds (Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman come to mind).
It's true that Sam doesn't possess prototypical size for either defensive end or outside linebacker, the position he may be asked to play at the next level. But even as a purely situational pass rusher, he will have value in a pass-first league. Teams have bid higher on similarly miscast players like Dion Jordan, who the Dolphins traded up for last year in the hopes that he would become a pass-rushing beast (note: he did not), and Bruce Irvin, another "in-betweener" who the Seahawks have had success with after drafting him in the first round in 2012.
Sam's greatest weakness, according to White, may be his overall strength (though he's already improved on his bench press numbers from the NFL combine to his Mizzou pro day), but the NFL is full of athletic super freaks who never lived up to their potential. To say that Michael Sam doesn't deserve a chance, that he isn't even worth the minimal risk of a late-round pick because he's a few tenths of a second slower than his more highly touted peers, is patently wrong. There is a place for Michael Sam in the NFL, and there is no football-related reason for him to go undrafted beyond the league's simple fear of the unknown.
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There are two distinct classes of software metrics: Relative and Absolute.
- Absolute metrics
Are numerical values that describe a trait of the code such as the number of references to a particular variable in an application, or the number of lines of code (LOC).Absolute metrics, such as the number of lines of code, do not involve subjective context but are material fact.
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Are a representation of an attribute that cannot be directly measured and are subjective and reliant on context of where the metric was derived. There is no definitive way to measure such an attribute. Multiple variables are factored into an estimation of the degree of testing difficulty, and any numeric representation or rating is only an approximation and is subjective.
Some Metric benefits
The objective of code review is to detect development errors which may cause vulnerabilities and hence give rise to an exploit. Code review can also be used to measure the progress of a development team in their practice of secure application development. It can pinpoint areas where the development practice is weak, areas where secure development practice is strong and give a security practitioner the ability to address the root cause of the weaknesses within a developed solution. It may give rise to investigation into software development policies and guidelines and the interpretation of them by the users, communcation is the key.
Metrics can also be recorded relating to the performance of the code reviewers and the accuracy of the review process. The performance of the code review function and the efficiency & effectiveness of the code review function.
Secure Development Metrics
- Defect Density:
The average occurance of programming faults per Lines of code (LOC). This gives a high level view of the code quality but not much more. Fault density on its own does not give rise to a pragmatic metric. Defect density would cover minor issues as well as major security flaws in the code, all are treated the same way. Security of code can not be judged accuratley using defect density alone.
- Lines of code(LOC):
The count of executable lines of code. Commented-out code or spaces don't count. Another metric in an attempt to quantify the size of the code. This gives a rough estimate but is not particularly scientific. Some circles of thinking believe that the estimation of an application size by virtue of LoC is professional malpractice!
- Function Point:
The estimation of software size by measuring functionality. The combination of a number of statememts which perform a specific task. Independent of programming language used or development methodology.
- Risk Density :
Similar to defect density but discovered issues are rated by risk (high, medium & low). In doing this we can give insight into the quality of the code being developed via a [X Risk / LoC] or [Y Risk / Function Point] value. (X&Y being high, medium or low risks) as defined by your internal application development policies and standards.
Eg: 4 High Risk Defects per 1000 (Lines of Code) 2 Medium Risk Defects per 3 Function Points
- Path complexity/complexity-to-defect/cyclomatic complexity
Cyclomatic complexity can help establish risk and stability estimations on an item of code such as a class or method or even a complete system. It was defined by Thomas McCabe in the 70's and it easy to calsulate and apply hence its usefullness.
CC = Number of decisions +1
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As the decision count increases so does the complexity. Complex code leads to less stability and maintainability. The more complex the code the higher risk of defects.
One could establish tresholds for Cyclomatic complexity:
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Review Process Metrics
- Inspection Rate
This metric can be used to get a rough idea of the required duration to perform a code review. The inspection rate is the rate of coverage a code reviewer can cover per unit of time. From experience, a rate of 250 lines per hour would be a baseline. This rate should not be used as part of a measure of review quality but simply to determine duration of the task.
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I'm curious about the 512KB ROM limit that has been chosen for the X-MEM.As you know, the Amstrad CPC can handle 4MB ROM, and the Amstrad Plus can handle 2MB ROM.So, is it because it would have been much more costly to use 2MB (or 4MB) ROM expansion for the X-MEM?Or is it because "512KB ROM should be enough for anyone" ©Bill Gates?
Than mean, around 70 CPC will run in the next months with 512K ROM and 512K RAM!!! It's amazing, because that means a new users base should run tools and games using this extra power is definitively viable.30 years after the CPC was born, we should considerate to be enough to start a new life.
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I'm curious about the 512KB ROM limit that has been chosen for the X-MEM.As you know, the Amstrad CPC can handle 4MB ROM, and the Amstrad Plus can handle 2MB ROM.
What would be the use case of 2MB of ROM ?
I don't quite understand the use of ROM here. Does this mean we can upload our own ROMS (for example PARADOS) from the CPC?I have a standard 464 with Piotr's DDI-1 clone on order. I'm thinking the DDI-1, X4 and X-Mem would be an ideal combination; assuming I can solve the lack of passthrough on both the X4 and DDI-1.
TFM? Is that you? Damn, the forum database must be broken.
But, on the other hand, the standard RAM mechanism tailored by Amstrad gives space for only 512KB(+64KB)!So what TFM preach is to use non standard RAM extensions that goes beyond that limitation.And that's bad I think, because RAM devices that goes beyond 512KB are frankly alien to the Amstrad CPC/Plus DNA.So really, the point I'm making here is far different than the usual TFM rant
CraigsBar: I figured Parados was an additional ROM; I didn't realise it was a replacement ROM for AMSDOS. If you do have a spare, that would be very kind of you.
new memory expansion for ALL CPC[...]The main advantage is to allow to customize the boot by replacing the Lower/Upper ROM 0 for a full softwares compatibility.Exemple:- 464 with switch to BASIC 1.1 and FW3.0- 6128 with switch to BASIC 1.0 and FW 1.0- 6128 with switch to BASIC 1.1 and FW3.xThe RAM part is compatible with Amstrad / DK'Tronics / Dobbertin expansions.The main advantage is to allow to handle all the PAL modes (RMR) over the 512K of memory (C0-FF).The memory should be used as a RAM Drive C and can be shared with CP/M. (here boot from FW3.13 and CP/M ROM)[...]The X-MEM push all CPC to the same level of compatibility.
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Ruby's Gone
Sunday, May 25, 2008
The impact shook the floor under my feet. A bird had hit the window of our downstairs bedroom—a big bird, and from the force of the impact I knew it would die. After 15 years in a house with big windows, you learn such things whether you want to or not.
She'd been coming to the back deck railing for three years: Ruby, a red-bellied woodpecker with two scarlet feathers in her gray forecrown. By these two small feathers I knew her, named her, and allowed myself into her world. I knew her mate, the male with wide black bars on his wings, and red feathers pulled down low over his eyes like bangs. Ruby waited for me every morning in the weeping willow, watching me at my morning routine, waiting for the mixture of peanut butter, cornmeal, oats and lard that I made and put out for her every day. I knew the sound of her voice and she knew mine, flying to the deck railing in expectation when she heard me first thing in the morning. I knew that when she hit the window she was feeding a brood of young in the woods behind the house. And here she was face down in the painted ferns beneath the window, stretching her wings one last time.
I looked down on myself, doubled over in grief with a dead woodpecker in my cupped hands. Another bird might hit the window; so many have, to be cradled with an abstract and fleeting sadness before I buried them. But I knew this woodpecker. It wasn't just another bird. This still-warm body in my hands was Ruby.
I listen to reports from China every afternoon. Tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes; the sheer scope of their destruction can numb us, cast us into the realm of the surreal, our ears closed and our minds floating away. In one, I heard a doctor speaking in halting English about the flood of patients he was seeing, most of them living in tents or under tarpaulins, all of them showing the effects of exposure and inestimable loss. He spoke matter-of-factly about his efforts to help as many as possible. At the end of the report, it was revealed that the doctor's 26-year-old daughter had been lost in the earthquake; that he was working doubled over by his own grief, the greatest a parent can know. I pulled my car over, laid my head on the steering wheel, and wept.
In a classic children's story, the Velveteen Rabbit becomes real when a boy loves him enough. The toy, tattered from too many hugs, sheds its threadbare skin and leaps and gambols at night with real rabbits in a moonlit meadow. So do stricken people in a far-flung land, and yes, even woodpeckers, become real in our minds and hearts. In the end, I think, it's better to have listened for their voices, to have allowed ourselves into their world, to sit down sometimes and weep for them.My last photo of Ruby, taken May 22, 2008.
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I'm so sorry you lost Ruby. I agree that it's far better to let oneself into the world of birds and animals, knowing that the view might be painful and may end with an aching heart.
The post was a lovely tribute to her. We share your grief.
How sad, and how ironic that this was one of the individual birds you'd introduced your readership to not long ago, so we all feel like we knew her.
I recently lost a male downy who landed at my front doorstep after a window strike, but his mate continues to visit the suet feeder along with the babies the two raised this spring (...and a pair of red-bellieds are bringing their younguns to the feeder as well). Hope many of Ruby's offspring come your way.
Oh, I am so sorry to hear about Ruby. Your previous post about her caused me to start watching the regulars at my feeders more closely, including a beautiful red-bellied woodpecker much like Ruby. Just reading the title of this post hit my gut. It's so hard to lose a friend ...
I'm so so sorry. Do you know where her nest is? Is her mate caring for the babies or can you retrieve them? When we lose ourselves in caring for survivors, grief becomes, for a while, a little less unbearable. Bless you for sharing Ruby with us, and making us mindful that all lives, close to home and afar, are precious.
I caught myself while reading this bamming my fist into the table shouting no...no. So, I can't even begin to comprehend how you must feel.
I don't think I've ever consciously acknowledged the fact that I can get attached to other people's world through a blog. But here it is.
I have to believe that nature, in all her capacity to restore, will send some other miracle your way to honor the place of this beloved part of your daily ritual.
Your post was lovely in a heartbreaking way. I'm so sorry that you had to experience the death of an animal you've come to know and love on a personal basis.
Having "met" Ruby on your blog, too, I feel that pain. Your photos of her are amazing.
Oh, Julie, I'm so sorry. I hate to lose any bird to a window strike, but when it is one you "know," and who knows" you, it is like losing a friend.
Dear Julie,
Huge knot in throat. I share your grief and thank you for introducing her to me before...
I want to believe TR's prediction of nature giving back what you have lost.
Thank you, everyone. I wrote this when I was freshly grieving, but I'm better now. Life has gone on. Ruby was startled into banging into the window by the sudden appearance of a low-flying turkey vulture. Everyone freaked out, the mourning doves exploded, as they will, and bam! my sweet Ruby was dying. The shadow of the vulture was passing over the scene even as I looked out to see who had hit.
I have to think her mate will keep feeding the young. I've no idea where they are, in a tree hole high up somewhere down in the woods, and there's really no way to find them or to help, other than to keep putting food out for him. I haven't seen him since that day, when he spent some time calling in the birch by where he'd last left her. It's all so sad.
And T.R., "No, Ruby, No!" were the only words I could get out.
Thank you, everyone. I wrote this when I was freshly grieving, but I'm better now. Life has gone on. Ruby was startled into banging into the window by the sudden appearance of a low-flying turkey vulture. Everyone freaked out, the mourning doves exploded, as they will, and bam! my sweet Ruby was dying. The shadow of the vulture was passing over the scene even as I looked out to see who had hit.
I have to think her mate will keep feeding the young. I've no idea where they are, in a tree hole high up somewhere down in the woods, and there's really no way to find them or to help, other than to keep putting food out for him. I haven't seen him since that day, when he spent some time calling in the birch by where he'd last left her. It's all so sad.
And T.R., "No, Ruby, No!" were the only words I could get out.
Julie, you should hang things in your windows like sun catchers or anything that will break the illusion that it's not an open space. My mom does this and she has her knickknacks lined up along the sill and it seems to work because we haven't had anymore incidents.
So sad about Ruby.
You give all your animals such loving care, even after the spark goes out.
It shows such reverence for life.
Thank you.
I feel your grief, Julie. Many of us do get attached to several of our backyard visitors. I do hope her babies are being well cared for.
Julie, I'm so sorry, but I'm glad that you shared this. Looking at these posts ahead of mine, I'm also glad that so many people "get it".
Years ago I startled a sharpie who happened to have a male red-bellied in its talons. It wasn't a window strike (which carries a different kind of grief), but he was my first red-bellied. I'll never forget the image.
Julie has all sorts of things hanging from her windows, including a system of fishing lines and brightly colored feathers (I forget the name of this product). It helps immensely when birds have time to look, but nothing can protect against the sudden burst of a panicked bird (or flock) when they are frightened by a predator.
That's hard Julie. I'm just glad you are the kind of person who feels grief over the death of a woodpecker.
Julie, I am sorry to hear this. And I very much appreciate your closing thoughts. They speak to something so much bigger than one woodpecker (as beautiful, loved, and important as she was). This is a sad way to begin Monday morning but at the same time a thoughtful and uplifting one. Thank you.
Julie, I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, sad for Ruby's loss, but grateful for your having introduced us to her.
I can feel for you on this one, I have had more than my share of hitting the windows. What I now do is hang something sparkling in the windows or put nic nacs and pray they see them in time. Margaret
All this grief caused by the silhouette of a vulture.
I'm sorry for you, Julie. It's like reading the obits in the paper and seeing strangers. Then reading some more and seeing someone you know. It becomes personal.
Let's hope that Mr. Ruby can handle the baby-rearing duties. Let's hope the babies are on the older end of babyhood so he doesn't exhaust himself. Let's hope we see a post in the near future of Ruby's babies coming to sample the suet dough.
Such a sad post, but it is a universal feeling of shared sadness we have all had a bird hit the window, even if it is a bird unknown to me I still mourn for the tiny little soft life that these feathers held...sorry for your loss of this beauty...(my windows like Julie's are covered with so many sun catchers...it could not be helped...)
I'm a lurker reader and on occasion comment on your blog. I'm so sorry to read about Ruby. The more I am learning to appreciate nature I am learning about the nature of all things good and bad. I appreciate your heart felt posts and your genuine emotions. Thanks for sharing all that you do and see.
How sad you must be, Julie. So sorry for the pain you must feel. The post about Ruby was so recent and a great tribute to her. We humans open ourselves up to a lot of pain; but along with it comes much joy. Unfortunately life in the natural world can be tough to take.


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Su Blackwell is a master papercut artist. She is best known for her intricate paper sculptures that emanate from books. Her work appears in many of the A-level book art exhibits around the world and has been used for various book and magazine covers.
Last holiday season Blackwell moved from the confines of the codex to design the set for the Charles Way adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale The Snow Queen at London's Rose Theatre.
Given that much of her book work is derived from the realm of fairy-tales and folk-lore, the leap to the stage to illustrate a Hans Christian Anderson fairy-tale seems like a natural evolution.
Each set design was made by hand, on a small scale, out of paper first before being turned over to the production team to recreate, scaled-up in canvas. On the process Blackwell says: "It was quite a restrictive way of working because the Rose is a circular theatre, so everything is on view and you haven't got the advantage of hiding part of the set away"
As one can imagine the devil is in the details when creating such elaborate work. But as Blackwell says "The detail is what brings it all together, the magic element."
From The Independent, Artist Su Blackwell makes the cut on The Snow Queen Sue Blackwell's website


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About two weeks ago, I gave in and put up our Christmas tree:
I had no plans of putting it up because we won't be here for Christmas anyway. But the little girl would ask me everyday about it so I just had to give in. I guess she is already at that age when she easily appreciates all the decorations. The neighbors have put up their decorations and K would exclaim in awe, every night she sees the lights on. She was happy to see our tree up. The effort is definitely worth it!