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Luigi Guido Grandi
Born: 1 October 1671 in Cremona (now Italy)
Died: 4 July 1742 in Pisa (now Italy)
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Guido Grandi's parents were Pietro Martire Grandi, an embroiderer in gold, and Caterina Legati. Guido was not given that name when he was baptised, rather he was given the name Francesco Lodovico but changed his name to Guido when he entered the Order of the Camaldolese. The family were of modest means and lived their lives in a religious manner. Guido's family had a number notable people in it, perhaps the most significant being Lorenzo, a maternal uncle, who was a physician and professor of Greek at the University of Bologna, and the 17th century writer Domenico Legati.
Grandi was educated first by the priest Pietro Canneti (1659-1730) and then at the Jesuit college in Cremona. At the College he studied rhetoric and Latin. An important influence on him was Giovanni Saccheri who he met at this time. Saccheri was teaching Latin but, Grandi wrote, that:-
... he had the goodness to instil in me a first love of philosophy and led me to the point where I could progress.At this stage Saccheri was not interested in mathematics and there was no mathematics in the courses that Grandi studied. He became a member of the Order of the Camaldolese around Christmas 1687, perhaps being influenced to join this order by his first teacher Pietro Canneti. The Camaldolese Order, an offshoot of the Benedictine Order, was founded about 1012 at Camaldoli near Arezzo, Italy. A monastery and hermitage formed one unit in this Order and Grandi studied at the monastery of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna. He completed his novitiate at Sant' Apollinare studying philosophy with Father Casimiro Galamini, but still had no contact with mathematics. He also studied literature, hagiography and history in a group led by Pietro Canneti. Students were excluded from the local Accademia dei Concordi (a cultural institution founded around 1580), the local branch being directed by Pietro Canneti. So, along with fellow students, he founded the Accademia dei Gareggianti. He studied poetry and wrote a work on the theory of music in 1691. Then, in 1692, he was sent to another monastery of the Camaldolese Order in Rome, namely San Gregorio al Celio, where he studied Father Galamini's theology course. He also studied canon law in Rome and in 1693 completed writing his commentary on Peter Damian's Life of Blessed Romuald, the founder of the Camaldolese Order. Peter Damian wrote the Life of Blessed Romuald about fifteen years after Romuald's death.
The following year, Grandi became a teacher of philosophy and theology at the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. Up to this time he had shown little interest in mathematics but now his thoughts turned in that direction and he studied on his own the works of Euclid, Apollonius, Pappus and Archimedes. In Florence he met with Vincenzo Viviani and learned from him and his students the methods of classical geometry and also the infinitesimal methods of Bonaventura Cavalieri. Grandi published Geometrica divinatio Vivianeorum problematum Ⓣ in 1699. In this work he discussed Viviani's question:
A hemisphere has 4 equal windows of such a size that the remaining surface can be exactly squared - how is this possible?Viviani had answered the question using geometry but had not given a proof. Grandi was able to solve the problem using a modification of Cavalieri's infinitesimal methods. The commentary in [19] explains that Geometrica divinatio Vivianeorum problematum Ⓣ is:-
... a work which contains more than its title would lead us to expect, and in which the author remarks many other curiosities in geometry of the same kind, and among others, a portion of the surface of a right cone which can be squared.A review of Grandi's work in Acta eruditorum Ⓣ in 1701 brought him recognition in Italy and in other countries. Grand Duke Cosimo III learnt of Grandi's fame and arranged to meet with him around this time. Having learnt much geometry, between 1699 and 1700 Grandi began to look at applications to optics, mechanics, astronomy. Having now shown a deep understanding of mathematics, Grandi began to teach mathematics at the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli. Also around this time, Grandi also began to correspond with Tommaso Ceva who was at the Jesuit college of Brera in Milan. In fact Grandi was a vigorous correspondent, exchanging letters with many scientists and theologians. Many of the articles in the references discuss Grandi's correspondence, see for example [7], [8], [10], [11], [13], [16], [17], [18], and [29].
The Accademia Arcadia was a literary academy which was founded in Rome in 1690 to promote a more natural, simple poetic style and around 1700 Grandi attended this Academy. Poetry, especially Latin poetry, was a favourite with Grandi throughout his life. His other mathematical friends like Tommaso Ceva were also lovers of poetry. Grandi was offered a chair of mathematics in Rome but the Grand Duke Cosimo did not want to lose his star mathematician and in May 1700, the Grand Duke Cosimo offered Grandi a position of professor of philosophy at Pisa. Grandi chose to go to Pisa rather than to Rome. In Pisa, he published Geometrica demonstratio theorematum Hugenianorum circa logisticam Ⓣ in 1701. In this he studied the logarithmic curve proposed by Christiaan Huygens, using generalised algebraic methods, series expansions and infinitesimal methods. This is [19]:-
... an excellent specimen of the ancient geometrical method; in which piece also, as well as in his letter to the Jesuit Ceva, which follows it, are found several other curious and novel particulars.He discussed the conical loxodrome, the curve that cuts the generators of a cone of revolution in a constant angle.
In fact Grandi taught methods of the infinitesimal calculus from 1702 in private lessons he was giving; he was the first to do so in Italy. In 1703, he published the book Quadratura circoli et hyperbolae per infinitas hyperbolas et parabolas quadrabiles geometrice exhibita Ⓣ which, although it does not contain anything particularly original, nevertheless was important in introducing infinitesimal methods into Italy. Grandi writes in the Preface:-
But I have here and there also inserted the dx, dy typical of differential calculus, and their methods of being differentiated and added. Thus had I been able to introduce them in my previous pamphlets too! But then, the secrets of that method had been inaccessible to me, while now, their usefulness and fecundity having been proven, why not insert them among the other methods I am familiar with? Also, the significance of the symbols is very clear, because it only signifies an infinitely small difference between the same x and y, and you will easily find the very rules of calculus if you observe and peruse this tract carefully - unless you want to recourse to the illustrious De L'Hôpital who explains them in a more complete way in his tract on the infinitely small.Grandi had studied Newton's fluxions and Leibniz's differentials and used both approaches although he favoured the approach by Leibniz. He sent copies of his work to both these mathematicians and received thanks from Leibniz and copies of the Opticks and the Principia from Newton. One of Grandi's results in the Quadratura Ⓣ caused a lot of interest. He used the series expansion
1/1+x = 1 - x + x2 - x3 + x4 - ...and putting x = 1, obtained 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + ... = 1/2. However, he argued that (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + ... = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 +... . In the first draft of the work, Grandi claimed that since the sum of infinitely many 0s equaled 1/2 he had proved that God could create the word out of nothing. The censor allowed the mathematics to be published but required the removal of the comment that it showed God could create the word out of nothing. Grandi reluctantly agreed to remove the comment but many mathematicians across Europe discussed Grandi's result that 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 +... = 1/2. The Quadratura Ⓣ also contains the first study of the curve which today is known as the Witch of Agnesi. Grandi gave the curve the name Scala, the scale curve, because it can serve as a measure of light intensity.
Now although Grandi continued to study the latest developments in mathematics, he also undertook other projects. One major project was the publication of the four-volume Dissertationes Camaldulenses Ⓣ (1707) in which he traced the origins of the Order of the Camaldolese. This work was the result of extensive research undertaken by Grandi. However, several scholars were unhappy with Grandi's treatment and he was forbidden to use the archives at Camaldoli. The Grand Duke Cosimo supported Grandi's publication of the Dissertationes and decided that he would move to protect him. The result was Grandi's first mathematical appointment which came in 1707 when he became mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de' Medici. In May 1708 he sent a work on the theory of music to Isaac Newton who published it in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London in the following year. In 1709 he was proposed by Newton for a Fellowship of the Royal Society and duly elected as a fellow. In the same year, shortly after his election, he published On the nature and properties of sound in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Now Alessandro Marchetti (1633-1714) was a mathematician at Pisa who was a follower of Galileo. He did not like Grandi's international fame and, in an attempt to discredit him, criticised his Quadratura. As a result, Grandi published a second edition in 1710 and this time he was allowed to include the comment that he had proved that God could create the word out of nothing. Marchetti then published an attack on this second edition in 1711 to which Grandi responded with Dialoghi ... circa la controversia eccitatagli contro dal sig. dottore Alessandro Marchetti Ⓣ (1712). The controversy continued and, even after Marchetti's death in 1714, Grandi wanted to continue the argument since he argued that Marchetti's children had supported their father and so the argument should continue. Perhaps this episode justifies the comment that [19]:-
Grandi it seems was of a turbulent and quarrelsome disposition, being almost always engaged in disputes on various subjects, geometrical, theological, metaphysical or philological.In fact, his quarrelsome nature meant that even his students, while recognising his talents and merits, nevertheless criticised him or left him. However, he lived a simple retiring life among a small circle of friends. His output of scholarly works continued to be exceptional. In 1710, Grandi published De infinitis infinitorum, et infinite parvorum ordinibus disquisitio geometrica Ⓣ in which he thanked the Royal Society for electing him. In 1714 Grandi was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pisa, a position which became vacant on the death of Marchetti and, in the same year, Newton sent him a copy of the second edition of the Principia. He took on further duties in 1716 when he was appointed superintendent of water in Tuscany. In the following year, he was also appointed Pontifical Mathematician to deal with issues of hydraulics in the Romanga, and he helped to carry out an extensive survey of the Po system. In this capacity, he was involved with a number of projects such as ones to drain the Chiana Valley and the Pontine Marshes. Another major project which he undertook around the same time was collaborating with Tommaso Bonaventuri (?-1731) and Benedetto Bresciani (1658-1740) on publishing a 3-volume Works of Galileo Galilei (1718) [1]:-
Grandi contributed to it a "Note on the Treatise of Galileo Concerning Natural Motion," in which he gave the first definition of a curve he called the 'versiera' (from the latin 'sinus versus').One of the results for which Grandi is best known today is his definition of the rodonea curve. Rodonea is the Latin for rose and Grandi first defined these curves in December 1713 in a letter he wrote to Leibniz. He did not publish his results on these curves until ten years after this when he published the paper Handful or bouquet of geometrical roses in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He expanded the material on these curves in Flores geometrici ex Rhodonearum, et Cloeliarum curvarum descriptione resultantes Ⓣ (1728). In the same work he defines the clelie curve which, like the rodonea curve, he had first mentioned in a letter to Leibniz in 1713. He named the curve after Countess Clelia Borromeo and dedicated his book to her. If the longitude and colatitude of a point P on a sphere is denoted by θ and φ and if P moves so that θ = m φ, where m is a constant, then the locus of P is a clelie. Grandi also applied the term "clelies" to the curves determined by certain trigonometric equations involving the sine function
a sin θ = b sin m φThe Flores geometrici Ⓣ was, as can be seen from the title, a Latin text. However, Grandi wanted this work to be more widely read than just by scholars so, in 1729, he produced an Italian version of the work which contained additional explanations and proofs.
a sin θ = a - b sin m φ
a sin θ = a - b sin m φ
Grandi now travelled much, often undertaking practical work on hydraulics and was sometimes in Rome where he advised the Pope Clement XII on calendar reform. He also undertook projects writing biographies of religious figures. However, he did not neglect mathematics, publishing an Italian version of Euclid's Elements in 1731 and a series of works on mechanics Instituzioni meccaniche Ⓣ (1739), arithmetic Instituzioni di aritmetica pratica Ⓣ (1740) and geometry Instituzioni geometriche Ⓣ (1741). However, by this time he was suffering from severe health problems. From 1737 he began to suffer from memory loss, clearly a form of dementia, and realising that he did not have too long left, he hurried to produce his final publications. By late 1740 his mind had almost completely gone although he still managed to dictate a letter in the early part of 1741. In May 1742 his physical health also became a serious issue and on 26 June he collapsed in the church attached to the monastery in which he lived. He died about a week later and was buried in the monastery church in a tomb with a marble bust by the sculptor Giovanni Baratta (1670-1747) and an inscription by Father A Forzoni, one of Grandi's students.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
List of References (30 books/articles)
A Poster of Guido Grandi
Mathematicians born in the same country
Honours awarded to Guido Grandi
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Cross-references in MacTutor
- Famous Curves: Witch of Agnesi
- Famous Curves: Rhodenea curves
- Chronology: 1720 to 1740
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The country of Qatar is faced with a difficult choice: succumb to the laughs and scrap the plans for their precious soccer stadium or soldier on and feign ignorance while important World Cup matches are being played in an enormous, illuminated vagina. The stadium in question is the al-Wakrah stadium, one of the structures being built for the 2022 World Cup — the concept, according to architects, was to look like the sails of a dhow boat, which were used in Qatar for pearl fishing. Boats like this:
Dhow boats ... right. News agencies like The Guardian and sites like Jezebel were quick to point out that they did not see the sails of a majestic dhow seagoing craft, but rather female genitalia. "The Qatari stadium's resemblance to a woman's private parts may be unintentional, but I for one applaud it," The Guardian's Holly Baxter wrote. "I was surprised that the piece went viral so quickly — but then again, buildings that look like vaginas are few and far between," she added.
So Qatar's World Cup stadium designers accidentally envisioned a majestic vagina with the capacity for 40,000 screaming fans. This might be history's largest subliminal vagina. And the Internet laughed. And laughed. And is still laughing.
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Why would someone take a month to respond to breaking news? That delay is curious. And when you think about it, a month or two might be enough time to figure out a new design and presentation — the al-Wakrah stadium is only in the latter design stages. Baxter believes that might be the case. She told Al Arabiya:
But I do think that the publicity the stadium has now had will probably prevent it being built, which is a tragedy for all of us with female genitalia who were so looking forward to seeing our vulvas reproduced on the Qatari skyline.
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a. Distinguishable and name clearly associated with the logo.
b. Congruent with the midscale food provided – nothing too fancy.
c. Want a logo that establishes a brand and that can be used throughout marketing campaigns, t-shirts, hats, and integrated in to the mural concept I discussed above depicting different US regions through a character.
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
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Democrats, Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy II, Joe Kennedy III, John Kerry, Martha Coakley, Mike Capuano, politics, Scott Brown, Setti Warren, Vicki Kennedy
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The rumor mill is ablaze today as sources indicate that senior Massachusetts senator (and 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee) John Kerry is being touted as a potential candidate to be the new Secretary of Defense, replacing current SoD Leon Panetta.
Kerry was thought to be one of the frontrunners to replace retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton but it appears that Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rise is the preferred choice amongst the Obama administration.
Before we delve into our analysis, if Kerry is confirmed this has to be a bittersweet event for the one-time Presidential nominee and war hero. Kerry, in 2004, saw his heroism attacked by a group called "The Swift Vets and POWs For Truth" which was a political group that had Republican connections. The term "swiftboating" is now used as a political term after the reception the ads received.
While it's not the Presidency, Kerry does get a bit of redemption here as he has long been one of the country's best and most prominent foreign policy advocates. If he does get nominated and confirmed, you can't help but feel America is getting a great public servant (which is no knock on Panetta either).
But of course there are political ramifications. If Kerry is confirmed, he will be forfeiting a critical Senate seat that will see a temporary appointment and an eventual special election. Kerry's term runs out in 2014 so there would be another election for the new Senator to start a new term as well.
Governor Deval Patrick would have to appoint a temporary Senator to hold the seat before the special election. So a top political aide to Kerry or an older statesmen, such as say Michael Dukakis, would be able to cast important votes but would be on very, very borrowed time.
So what's the big deal? This happens time and time again and Massachusetts is a reliable Democratic stronghold. What could possibly go wrong (again)?
Scott Brown.
The Republican Party has one popular New England politician remaining and that is the soon-to-be-former Senator who was recently ousted by Elizabeth Warren. Brown still has a warchest of money left and if he were to declare his interest in the vacant seat, you can surely expect that no one would bother offering a primary challenge to him. Brown could then just fight before finding out who his Democratic rival would be.
Martha Coakley, the Attorney General who infamously "blew" the seat in the special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy, would certainly not be an option but that doesn't mean the bench is thin.
The problem is the Democrats need to find a candidate to coalesce around immediately (to avoid a potentially bloody primary) and one that has immediate name recognition to combat Brown's popularity.
The problem is very few options exist. There is Deval Patrick himself of course, but there's rumors he might be replacing AG Eric Holder, which would then create a mind-blowing circus in Massachusetts.
If it's Massachusetts we are talking about then you have to mention a Kennedy. Joseph Kennedy III was recently elected to a first term in Congress but his father was a former Congressman who has seemingly been itching to get back into Washington after a very public flameout in the 1990s. Ted Kennedy's widow, Vicki, would also probably be kicked around as an option. Regardless of the public opinion on the Kennedys, they still are fundraising titans who would have instant advantages.
Yes though Joe Kennedy III, even with his youth, could be seen as a threat as well if neither of his more well-known family members take the plunge.
But say Joe II nor Vicki run. Rep. Mike Capuano finished 2nd to Coakley in the primary to face off against Scott Brown and would have to be seen as a major threat to win the Democratic nomination. Capuano serves in the Boston area which could easily see him raise millions to combat Brown. After the Kennedys, Capuano could be the best bet though he wouldn't be a favorite amongst progressives.
Another well-known representative would be Ed Markey. At the age of 66 he isn't "young" but he'd do the job in potentially winning the election and the one in 2014 which should be enough to keep Scott Brown away in future Senate elections.
Setti Warren, the Mayor of Newton, might not be as well-known but is young and seems to be a future state-level prospect in elections though it might be too soon for him to jump into the race.
But enough about Democrats, could Scott Brown win? The answer is certainly yes but it'd be hard to imagine he did not hurt his reputation with the nasty turn his re-election bid went. He might have a lot to offer but Warren did beat him pretty decently and people might have grown tired of seeing him in three elections in three years.
It's also possible Brown decides to sit on his hands and wait for 2014 to run for Governor which has been much more friendlier to Republicans than Senate races have. Then the GOP bench includes a bunch of state-level unknowns that would likely lose the special.
Either way, get ready for more politicking.
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At SPJIMR, we continue to create a new generation of leaders who care and have the grit to take their ideas to the world. We run successful management programmes for young graduates as well as experienced professionals, and teach sectors like family managed businesses, start-ups and non-profits. In all our programmes, we foster a growth mindset through classroom and non-classroom learning. Our innovative pedagogy includes initiatives like the Science of Spirituality, Design Thinking and a host of other courses like Abhyudaya and DOCC.
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Tulo's stellar defense invaluable for Rockies
SAN DIEGO -- A pair of second-inning plays by Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on Tuesday night -- one when he dashed behind second base to rob the Padres' Nick Hundley, the other when he barehanded a Robbie Erlin bouncer that deflected off the left hand of pitcher Juan Nicasio -- demonstrated why any game he plays is a chance to see something special.
The Rockies' decision to sit Tulowitzki a few games recently because of tightness in his right quadriceps earned the shortstop much criticism on social media. But keeping him healthy for such plays is a priority for the Rockies, who can't and won't succumb to howling.
Manager Walt Weiss said this isn't any ordinary shortstop.
"He's been showing that since the spring that he's feeling real good, moving real well," Weiss said. "Those were tough chances last night. I know, playing the position, to convert those plays into outs is very difficult. Not only does he have the strong arm, but the quick release. That one play up the middle, the ball was in his glove and gone. That's what it takes to finish those plays.
"That's what I like about him. He's got the ability to finish plays -- not only get to the ball, but finish plays."


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Bella Coola's own Nuxalk nation Indian Clayton Mack, born in 1910, the latter reign of "the great wilderness hunters," he guided the rich and the famous on trophy hunts, captivating everyone from the Bella Coola locals to jet setters with his hunting prowess and mastery at telling campfire stories. He was one of a kind.
Not particularly worldly, Clayton Mack is portrayed as spirited, confident, one with the wilderness or as I call it, "he had back-country smarts" and was at home in the elements among nature's fiercest most unpredictable creatures, the grizzly bear, the black bear and the Boqs — Sasquatches. He loved the British Columbian wilderness where he was known for 53 long years as the "greatest grizzly bear guide" in the world, something you have to respect if you know the Grizzly Bear.Dr. Harvey Thommasen
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I'm a student at Stanford University. I work for BASES, the largest entrepreneurial group on campus. We're organizing a huge engineering competition called the 'Product Design Showcase'. We are looking for engineers to submit prototypes from project classes (such as iPhone apps or medical devices). At the end of the year, a panel of venture capitalists will award prizes to the best engineering projects.
We have two main target audiences:
1) Engineers. We want to persuade as many Stanford engineers as possible to submit projects to BASES. There must be an engineering motif. We want to look as legitimate and professional as possible to attract this kind of talent.
2) The rest of the undergraduate population. We want a large turnout of Stanford students during spring quarter to come and attend the showcase event. These are people who won't have submitted prototypes. The logo must appeal to more than engineering instincts -it needs to be sleek and snazzy enough to attract people who simply want to stop by and see cool stuff.
-A cardboard box with the word 'Stanford' printed on one side and perhaps the word 'BASES' printed on the other side (the choice is up to you, but at least put Stanford on one of the sides).
-A stylized, sleek looking 'Product Showcase' text floats above the box
-A hydraulic robotic arm emerges from the box at a rightward angle and bends to the left at its mechanical joint
-The robotic arm ends in a wide pincer that looks like |_______________|
-The pincer is holding/squeezing the 'Product Showcase' text that floats above the box.
As I said in my target audience paragraph, we want this logo to look legit and professional. It needs to symbolize 'Stanford engineering and design' to attract engineers who will submit projects in the next few weeks. But it also needs to be sleek, hip and cool enough to attract casual attendees during the Spring who wish to be entertained at an all-campus event.
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Comparing Successful Internet Marketing Systems – Expert Tips
If you are researching and evaluating the multiple options available to you to build your own home-based internet marketing business, it is imperative that you identify the quality characteristics of the options available to you.
In this article, a headline review will be given on two of the most respected internet marketing products available today. Both of these products are geared, structured and sold to enable the home-based internet entrepreneur to make money online. This comparison review features YourNetBiz, a premium and multi-layered product package and that of Maverick Money Makers, an exclusive coaching club geared towards affiliate marketing.
Firstly pricing of these internet marketing products is recognized as being at opposite ends of the pricing scale. There are, naturally, specific benefits of each of these product systems which enable the internet marketing entrepreneur to select an appropriate system to match their needs and budget. The Maverick programme is available for a monthly fee of around £40 and for this you have access to a comprehensive training and tutorial library, multiple suggestions, recommendations for affiliate marketing and regular email updates from Mack Micheals, the founder. Once you have purchased the monthly access to the marketing system, you immediately sign up to become an affiliate and can generate a recurring monthly fee for every new membership that you successfully convert.
The YourNetBiz system is significantly more comprehensive and has four internet marketing product packages ranging in price from around £300 to £1800 one time payment. In addition to this one time payment, you will be required to set up a monthly paid account with a hosting and payment management system. These combined costs can be as low as £20 per month, or double that for premium services.
The core offer of both of these internet marketing systems is training and practical learning about how to make money online. Within the Maverick programme, there are literally hundreds of hours of training tutorials, recorded both in audio and video. There is a 24 hour live customer support line enabling issues to be dealt with on an immediate basis. This system provides a very sound initial introduction into the world of internet marketing and how to make money online.
The YourNetBiz internet marketing system is also prolific in its provision of training materials and resources. One significant difference to acknowledge is that the YourNetBiz product suite is sold directly by existing members who then act as mentors, coaches and training guides to ensure that new members quickly learn the strategies of internet marketing and how to make money online. Within the YourNetBiz premium package, members have access to an exclusive and world-class travel club providing vacation solutions to destinations around the world.
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Perhaps the most significant difference between Maverick Money Makers and YourNetBiz is the earnings potential and commission structure which relates to the sale of YourNetBiz product packages. As the unit volume required to make a significant income with Maverick is extremely high, so it will take a considerable amount of planning, preparation and effort to generate a sizeable monthly income. With the YourNetBiz package, as the unit values for the premium products are higher, so the commissions earned per sale range between £200 and £1200 depending upon product level. So for successful internet marketing entrepreneurs who can convert sales of the YourNetBiz product suite, the monthly earnings can quickly grow to exciting levels.
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A new investigative report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reveals charges of "excessive spending" by the Internal Revenue Service related to a 2010 conference held in Anaheim, Calif.
The report, released Tuesday afternoon, details the $4.1 million spent on that conference, including what TIGTA calls "questionable expenses" for planning trips, outside speakers, video productions and promotional items and gifts for IRS employees.
The report looked at IRS travel spending more broadly between 2010-12, but focused on the Anaheim conference because it was the most expensive and TIGTA received requests from Congress to investigate it. Overall, TIGTA found the IRS held 225 conferences in that two-year period for a total estimated cost of $49 million.
Rep. Paul Ryan takes exception to a remark made by Rep. Jim McDermott at Tuesday's hearing on IRS political targeting.
The Anaheim conference was attended by more than 2,600 IRS employees of the Small Business/Self Employed division and was held at local Marriott, Hilton and Sheraton hotels.
This comes in the face of a trend toward cost-reduction in conference spending -- according to TIGTA, $37.5 million was spent on conferences in Fiscal Year 2010, versus $4.8 million in Fiscal Year 2012.
Other key findings on the Anaheim conference based on the TIGTA audit:
- IRS management provided documentation showing the final total costs of the conference at $4.1 million; however TIGTA could not be certain that this amount represents a full accounting of the conference costs.
- IRS management did not use, as required by policy, its own employees to assist in searching for the most cost-effective conference location. Instead, they hired outside event planners who were not under contract with the IRS and had no incentive to negotiate more favorable room rates. The three hotels -- not taxpayers -- paid the event planners an estimated $133,000 commission based on the cost of rooms paid for by the IRS.
- Instead of negotiating for lower room rates to reduce conference expenses, the IRS instead accepted concessions for free breakfasts, free drink coupons and suite upgrades provided by the hotels.
- The IRS reported that it spent $50,187 on videos for the conference, but was unable to provide any details supporting this cost. These included the Star Trek and Gilligan's Island parodies, as well as a dance party video.
- IRS management contracted with 15 outside speakers for presentations at a total cost of $135,350. Costs for outside speakers included a $17,000 fee for a keynote speaker whose presentation included creating six paintings of famous people to reinforce his message of finding creative solutions to challenges. Two of the paintings were given away at the conference, three were donated to charity, and one was lost, according to IRS management. Another keynote speaker was paid $27,500 which included a $2,500 fee authorized for first-class airfare.
- IRS employees made three planning trips at a cost of approximately $35,800 prior to the conference.
- The IRS also paid over $30,000 for 45 IRS employees who resided in the Anaheim-area to stay at the hotels and incur per diem expenses while at the conference.
Numerous gifts/promotional items were provided to attendees at an estimated cost of more than $64,000. Those promotional items and gifts included:
- 2,804 "brief bags" with an imprinted logo that were provided to all attendees at an estimated cost of $15,669.
- 2,800 hard-covered spiral journals with a conference logo imprinted. The IRS paid $2,449 for 505 journals. (Sponsors also contributed to this cost.)
- 800 lanyards, 75 travel mugs and 75 picture frames/clocks with imprinted logos.
What if anything has changed in recent months? In February 2011, the IRS attempted to reduce spending on travel and conferences by setting new guidelines.
TIGTA made nine recommendations to the IRS concerning all future conferences. Officials say the IRS agreed to those and states that it has begun taking corrective steps.
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Pentax Optio E20
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Pentax Corporation introduces the new Pentax Optio E20, lightweight compact digital camera that comes with 6.0 effective megapixels and a 3X optical zoom lens. Designed for simple operation with conveniences like a Mode dial and powered by widely available AA batteries, the Optio E20 is an entry-level camera that provides the joy of photography to budding photographers in an easy-to-use package. The Pentax Optio E20 manages to fit in a large, 2.4-inch LCD monitor despite its compact body dimensions. Not only does the monitors size make it easy to compose and play back images, it also permits easy operation and setup thanks to its large, easy-to-read menu display.
Pentax E20 - Natural colors
Enjoy the high-quality photography of the Pentax Optio E20 delivered the high definition of 6.0 effective megapixels. The primary-color filter produces more natural, vivid colors while the 12-bit A/D converter evenly reproduces all tones from dark to light. The Optio E20 comes with a 3X optical zoom lens equivalent to a 34-102mm lens in 35mm format. When the optical zoom is paired with the digital zoom function (1X to approx. 4X), the camera can attain up to approx. 12X effective zoom magnification.
Pentax Optio E-20 - Mode dial & Simple mode
The new Pentax digital camera also a Mode dial, located on the top of the body, which allows a quick, clear-cut selection of the cameras eight versatile modes - six still-image shooting modes, a movie mode, and a setup mode. Furthermore, the Pentax Optio E-20 featurse a Simple mode that takes the guesswork out of taking pictures for first-time digital photographers. Just turning the Mode dial to Simple mode automatically sets all still-image photo settings except for Size and Quality. The camera can be powered with widely available AA batteries so you can always get replacements, even on vacation.
Pentax Optio E20 compact camera - Features
Supports SD memory cards; approximately 13MB of built-in memory
Equipped with an video output terminal that allows playback on TV
Built-in auto flash with red-eye reduction
Macro mode allows close-up photography as near as 6 cm
Capable of taking QVGA video
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[UPDATE: The number of people killed in the Reno Air Races crash Friday has risen to nine, according to the Reno police. Also, a T-28 aircraft crashed on the runway during a six-aircraft routine Saturday at an airshow in Martinsburg, West Virginia, killing the pilot. There were no other casualties, according to initial reports.]
The crash at the Reno Air Races in Nevada Friday afternoon – the worst accident in the history of the event – raises questions about the future of what's billed as "the world's fastest motorsport."
Have the capabilities of the high-speed aircraft flown at very low level exceeded the abilities of even the best pilots? Should age be a consideration in allowing pilots to compete? Should the race course be moved farther away from the tens of thousands of spectators who gather there each September.
Sometimes likened to the top race cars as "Formula One with wings," racing aircraft fly at up to 500 miles an hour and less than 100 feet above the ground. The fastest categories fly an 8-mile oval course around pylons.
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Many of the competing aircraft started out as vintage World War II fighters, such as the P-51 Mustang and the F8F Bearcat. But they are highly modified, with larger engines and aerodynamic characteristics that have been altered to increase performance during high-G turns that can stress airframes.
Jimmy Leeward, the pilot in the crash, was flying a P-51 named the "Galloping Ghost."
Mr. Leeward, a real estate developer and owner of the Leeward Air Ranch Racing Team in Ocala, Fla., was a veteran pilot who'd flown 250 types of aircraft. He was a long-time racer who'd flown at Reno since 1975, and he'd flown as a stunt pilot in such films as "Amelia," Cloud Dancer," and "The Tuskegee Airmen."
In an interview with the Ocala Star-Banner last year, Leeward talked about the P-51 – the aircraft flown in combat in World War II by famed pilot Chuck Yeager, who once shot down five enemy aircraft on a single mission.
"They're more fun. More speed, more challenge," Leeward said of the P-51. "Speed, speed and more speed."
Initial reports indicated that the pilot had pulled up and called "mayday" before plummeting straight down at high speed into the box seats at the end of the spectator area.
At this writing, three people (including the pilot) have died as a result of the crash and 56 were taken to local hospitals, many of them critically injured.
But given the total destruction of the aircraft, former NTSB investigator Greg Feith told MSNBC, the exact cause of the accident – perhaps a mechanical failure or a medical situation experienced by the pilot – may never be known.
Some have raised questions about Leeward's age, initially reported as 80 but then corrected to 74. Those who knew him well reject the suggestion that he was too old to participate in such a stressful and potentially dangerous sport requiring physical strength, extraordinary reflexes, and the ability to react instantly to emergency situations including engine failure at low level.
Leeward's aviation medical records were up-to-date, and he was "a very qualified, very experienced pilot," said Reno Air Races President and CEO Mike Houghton.
Some witnesses to the crash suggested that Leeward may have maneuvered his aircraft away from the grandstands where the casualties could have been higher.
Four pilots have been killed in recent years. Over the years, there have been 19 deaths due to crashes and collisions at Reno, but none until this week had involved spectators.
Two pilots died at the event in 1994, and organizers softened two of the curves pilots negotiate after two more pilots crashed into nearby neighborhoods in 1998 and 1999, according to an Associated Press report. In 2007 and 2008, four pilots were killed at the races, prompting local school officials to consider barring student field trips to the event.
Air shows not involving races also have a long record of accidents involving pilots and spectators. There have been eight so far this year, five involving fatalities. The worst was in 2002 when a Ukrainian Air Force fighter crashed during an air show near Lviv, Ukraine, killing 77 people and injuring 543.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials have taken over the investigation in Reno. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is involved as well.


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swnicholson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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I'm putting together a broad advertising campaign and this contest is for determining what the look and feel of a particular ad unit should be. Specifically, I'm looking for 2 ads to fit within a 300x250 ad unit. I provide the title/body text and photo for 2 ads and you provide a clean, non-cartoonish, sleek design for the look and feel of the ad. In particular: font size/color/type, borders, shading, gradients, etc.
I recently paid the winner for a previous contest similar to this one and it would be very worthwhile to take a look at the entries, my ratings and the comments at the bottom of the briefing page.
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I'm looking for an ad template that will be able to accommodate a broad range of ads. READ: please do not customize the ad for the creative included (i.e., don't use lots of green b/c there's a personal finance ad).
I want to fit two ads in one 300x250 pixel ad unit.
The feedback and comments will appear on the brief page rather than for the individual entries. This allows everyone to see at once how I'm evaluating the entries.
The final file format should be either psd or html, but that is somewhat flexible.
- read the brief, my comments and look at my ratings at my previous contest- ad #1:- Title 1: "Money Management Tips"
- Body Text 1: "Be more savvy about how you spend your hard-earned money. 10 savingsolutions you've never thought of that stabilize money problems."
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Whereas the Drake faction thinks intelligent life is common in the galaxy, the Rare Earth Hypothesis argues the opposite, that Earth and its intelligent life (that's you) are freakishly rare. I think the Rare Earth people make some excellent points, but hashing all that out is beyond the scope of this post.
I want to state up front that none of the following opinions is scientific. This post is the idle speculation of someone who has read too much science fiction.
My guess is that life is probably common, but intelligent life is probably not. I base this on one fact that we do know: in the four billion years that life has existed on Earth, intelligence has evolved exactly once, genus homo. Were it not for genus homo our planet might continue to spin for another two or three billion years until the dying sun turned red and expanded and incinerated Earth without there ever having been a concept thought on the planet.
(I wrote this idea on a science fiction message board once and was immediately attacked by the new age types because I dared to suggest humans are more intelligent than other mammals such as cats. "How do you know they're not intelligent?! Maybe they're just different." Any beast that I can make run in circles with a laser pointer is not intelligent.)
But rare or highly improbable is not impossible, and our galaxy is a big place. With our current state of knowledge, it is impossible to estimate with any certainty how many stars there are in the Milky Way, but some estimates put the number in the low trillions. Even if that is wildly wrong and there are only, say, 400 billion stars, that's a lot of stars. So many that I think it likely there are other intelligent life forms out there. Remember, we're not talking about thousands of stars, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions or tens of billions; we're talking hundreds of billions and possibly trillions. Thinking about space is like thinking about the federal budget – the numbers are so large that it is hard to wrap your mind around them and make them real. And we're just focusing on our galaxy here; I don't even want to think about the rest of the universe.
If there were one technological civilization for every 100 billion stars, then there could be 10-20 civilizations like us in the galaxy. If the ratio is more like one civilization to every 10 billion stars, then the number could be 100-200. Whatever. It's impossible to know, but the more stars there are, the greater the chance of life and intelligent life evolving.
Even if there are only a handful of technological civilizations in the galaxy, if one were of an explorative nature like humans, and if it had the capacity for interstellar travel and if it began moving out to the stars long enough ago, then it could have come to Earth by now. I know, that's a lot of ifs, but play along.
That brings us to the Fermi Paradox: where are they?
My answer comes down to economics. Let's look at how hard it would be for humans to travel to other stars.
The distance between stars is vast. It's one of those things it is hard to make real in your mind. The nearest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri, is 4.3 light years away. Light travels almost 6 trillion miles in a year, so the nearest star is around 25 trillion miles away.
Traveling at one-tenth the speed of light, .1c, it would take us 40 years to get to Proxima Centauri, not including time for acceleration and deceleration. .1c is 10,000 times faster than man managed to travel in the 20th century!
Given our current state of technology, the only realistic way to move humans to another star is by using a slow generation ship. Shipping metal into space to build a generation ship is far too costly. One possible solution is to convert a metal-rich asteroid into a spaceship. Isaac Asimov called such a ship a "spome," short for space home. Once the spome was launched, generations of humans would be born, live and die within the traveling world before it reached another star.
(To digress for a moment, can you imagine being the third or fourth generation born in such a traveling world? They would watch movies of Earth and know that they would never swim in an ocean, climb a mountain, feel the sun on their back, ride an inner tube down the Sacramento River or see Paris or New York or any of the glorious cities of Earth. Even if they managed to turn their spome around, they would die before it got back to Earth. Instead they're stuck inside a rock. You think they might be a little pissed off? Preventing societal breakdown and general madness would be a major concern for the spomites.)
Building a spome and launching it would be an enormous, costly task that I believe would take generations of effort. The cost of building a small world would easily run into trillions of dollars. How do we pay for it? Three possibilities:
1. Government spending
2. Capital investment
3. Charity
We can rule out government spending. Setting aside the fact that governments are notoriously inefficient and would turn the project into a bureaucratic nightmare, what politician will vote to spend trillions of tax dollars on something that will not benefit his constituents in their lifetime?
Capital investment is out because the time horizons are too long to make a profit from interstellar space travel. The most we can hope for from corporations is that they might sponsor the effort in part for advertising purposes. A company might put its name on the project the way they do to sports stadiums. Imagine the AT&T Spome.
That leaves charity. Interstellar travel would depend on a society of committed visionaries collecting contributions and investing them over generations, probably centuries, to raise the funds.
This raises another problem. When a substantial pool of money exists, politicians want to steal it. Jesse Jackson and other socialists want to tap into America's pension funds for their redistribution schemes. Can you imagine how they would lust for a fortune of hundreds of billions or trillions that the visionaries created after a century or so of effort? Interstellar travel would depend on a capitalist country that protected private property with absolute vigilance. Such a civilization would have to last for centuries. Given the current degeneration of America and the world into the cesspool of socialism… well, it's a longshot.
Building and launching one spome would be such a phenomenal achievement that it might very well stand as the technological highpoint and climax of Western Civilization.
So that's my solution to the Fermi Paradox. Where are the aliens? They're at home watching TV. When their visionaries knock on the door, they say, "I gave at the office," then resume watching "Alien Idol."
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2008 04 23
ERA To Green China's Towers
Every once in a while Reading Toronto reposts a previous entry because history catches up with the topic. CBC radio announced this morning that ERA Architects will be advising a city in China on how to reduce the energy use of its residential towers. This success is the evolution of a thesis project by Graeme Stewart that was first published in Reading Toronto about two year ago. Here is the original:
By Graeme Stewart
There has been much talk in recent months of Toronto's strategies for a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emission. Incredibly welcome news, there seems to be a flood gate of creative strategies for seriously combating climate change. Not yet part of the discussion however is the opportunity inherent within Toronto's extensive stock of hundreds of bulky concrete residential slabs. Typically viewed with scepticism as 'mistakes' from the 60's and 70's, they may in fact be one of our greatest opportunities for creating a sustainable region.
These buildings are energy pigs. Counterintuitive to the accepted theory that density aids sustainability, our stock of again modern slab apartments demands more energy per square meter than any other housing type; a full thirty percent more than a contemporary single detached house. Though certain efficiencies are gained from reduced land coverage, transit use and the like, exposed slab edges, minimal insulation, single glazing and aging mechanical systems give these buildings a huge environmental impact.
As a result, a typical twenty five-storey slab building contributes more than one thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide alone. These buildings demand environmental consideration, and due to their relatively straight forward structure and boxy facades, environmental upgrade can be achieved with relative ease. This has not been lost of two members of U of T's Faculty of Architecture, Dr. Ted Kesik and Ivan Saleff. After running numerous simulations, they have concluded that this building type may be the most cost effective candidate for retrofit in the City.
While glass window walls are the cladding fad of the day, the bulky masonry walls of these older slabs offer an ideal surface to support over-cladding systems. This approach extensively insulates the exterior of the buildings, encloses balconies and covers slab edges, which is predicted to halve energy requirements. Additionally, these buildings provide an economy of scale that makes geothermal heating, solar electric/water heating (locating panels on generous blank end walls), and green roof technology highly effective investments. These strategies would give the opportunity for carbon reductions of over two thirds the current output. In other words, a hundred and eighty unit apartment building would require less green house gas production than fifty traditional bungalows. Suddenly density begins to make sense.
These aging buildings offer endless opportunities for green modification. Containing the structural capacity to handle the addition of new floors, the buildings themselves could be the launching pad for (appropriate) intensification. By design, the concrete walls create the necessary fire separations to allow for mixed use, anything from at-grade retail, office conversion, to light industry.
And opportunities abound beyond the building walls. Sited on hectares of underutilized land, largely relegated to surface parking, this adjacent open space offers the potential for the development of commercial and social amenities lacking in most of these apartment neighbourhoods. Where further development is inappropriate, the possibility of food production and waste management is a viable alternative. We have inherited a very versatile urban resource in the tower in the park.
Due to its unique planning history, Toronto is home to more slab blocks than any other city on the continent. Typically describing itself as a mini Manhattan, perhaps Toronto is more correctly characterized as a North American Moscow. This gives us an opportunity other cities don't have. The one thousand or so apartment towers in the region account for over twenty percent of the residential carbon output. Upgrades that result in carbon and energy reductions, when multiplied across the City's entire slab apartment stock, would cut greenhouse gas production by hundreds of thousands of tonnes a year. Far less daunting than squeezing efficiencies out of 200 000 bungalows, retrofitting of theses aging high-rises is a policy alternative that could assist in achieving Toronto's environmental goals.
In the European Union, tower block restoration has become a key component of their environmental strategy. From London to Warsaw, the carbon saving potential of aging welfare state and Soviet era towers has been exploited to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets. In Bratislava, Slovakia for instance, the entire Petržalka, a district of hundreds of blocks built in the 1970's, is undergoing extensive environmental upgrades to meet new EU standards. Paid for in equal shares by the EU commission of the environment, the municipality and private investors (who gain development rights on adjacent properties), the project is breathing new life into this deteriorating district. It is now the Bratislava's single largest environmental initiative.
In other parts of the EU and the former Soviet states, building upgrades are accompanied by new infill developments. These include cultural facilities, markets and even urban agriculture, turning former wastelands into desirable urban destinations. Of particular note are the Bijlmermeer (Amsterdam), Marzhan (Berlin ) and Topli Stan (Moscow).
Marzhan, Berlin. (Photo By Graeme Stewart)
Given the wide scale implementation of retrofitting elsewhere it should be no surprise that investigations into remaking Toronto's towers and their environs has gone on for decades. Examples include George Baird's St. Jamestown Studio of the 1970's, Jack Diamond's revisionings of the 1980's, and today's research on sustainability. Tackling the tower in the park has been a healthy architectural preoccupation. Recent financial support for 'greening' of the city, such as the Federal Government's commitment to infuse hundreds of millions into sustainable growth, are welcome news. Yet tower restoration is not part of these plans, nor is it in the City's official green strategy.
Overlooked for their enormous potential, these buildings are currently underutilized, blighted, and extremely inefficient. Creative programmes are needed to encourage public and private investment that will allow these buildings to reach their potential. With wide spread international precedent, broad awareness of the climate crisis and a growing number of 'at risk' neighbourhoods associated with apartment towers, greening and investing in these projects has moved beyond an interesting design exercise to an issue fundamental to the ecological and social sustainability of the GTA. It's time to get on with it.
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Finally, here is my last installment on Spring Quilt Market. Thanks for sticking with me through all of the posts! Above is a quilt made by Thomas Knauer with his new line, Savanna Bop for Andover.
Angela Walters did a demonstration of her amazing quilting techniques at the HandiQuilter booth. Seriously, her work is amazing.
Heather Ross's new line for Kokka is called Nursery-Versery and I think it may be my favorite of hers yet.
These little mice are too cute!!
Katy Jones from I'm A Ginger Monkey and Fat Quarterly helped Brenda from Pink Castle Fabrics pick fabrics in the Kokka booth. I can't wait to see all of what she ordered for her shop!
Next up is the Kona Cotton Solids booth from Robert Kaufman. You know how much I love solid fabrics, so their booth is always a favorite of mine.
They are releasing 28 new colors of Kona and there are some really gorgeous colors in the group.
And here's my "you + me" quilt in the GenerationQ booth. As I said the other day, it was so fun to see it again after its whirlwind design and construction.
And I was so tickled when someone asked me to sign her copy of the magazine.
Of course I had to take a photo of my first autograph!
Two of my favorite people, Amy Butler and Denyse Schmidt.
Saturday night was the Modern Meet-Up, which was a huge success. It was so crowded, and the group I was with didn't stay too long because we were all starving, so we left early for dinner. We ate an amazing restaurant called Tannin, and if you're ever in Kansas City, you must go. And you must ask for Barry.
Next up is Monica Solario-Snow's new line for Lecien called Winterkist. It is adorable and it features her cute little gnoma.
Isn't he adorable??
Next up is the Empty Bobbin booth. I roomed with Shea Henderson, the designer behind the brand, for a few days during market, and I was so exited to experience her first booth with her.
I really think her quilt patterns are amazing.
And every market I always take photos of Katy's tattoos. It's kind of my tradition.
They are amazing!
And one of my most amazing experiences at Market was improv quilting with Denyse Schmidt. Denyse had a box of fabric scraps in her booth and she would periodically hand sew blocks together. One time when I was walking past her booth, I stopped to talk with her, and she asked me if I wanted to join her. I of course said yes, and we sat together for a bit and stitched. The little block on the right is mine, and the large one on the left was made by Denyse. So amazing.
Next up is the Oliver + S booth. I'm such a big fan of their work and Liesl's designs are always full of the most amazing attention to detail. If I had more time, I'd make Olivia an entire wardrobe out of Oliver + S patterns.
And I think Aidan and Olivia need a pair of coordinating raincoats like these.
And next up is the Riley Blake booth. I think they always do a great job with their displays, and this QR Code quilt was a fun addition this year.
And here is Shari of Doohikey Designs part of the booth. Her new line is called Dress Up Days and she and Kristi of Schnitzel and Boo have teamed up to produce some children's clothing patterns, which are really sweet.
And finally, here is Carina Gardner's booth, which was really fresh and pretty. Her new line is called Song Bird and it's beautiful!
And that's it, at least in terms of my photos! It really was an amazing experience for me, and I'm still trying to take it all in. I hope you enjoyed my recaps!


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Delurking to show off my latest build, a clocktower loosely inspired by the Cardiff castle's one.
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Believe it or not, but this supposed to be ready for the last CCC (technological advancement category). Unfortunately, it took little longer to complete. Built on 48x48 base, more than 100 bricks in height. All parts LEGO except custom stickers for clockface. I tried a snoted one, but it looked ugly.


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Welcome, Michelle Evans, to the Scribes!
Thank you! It is such an honour to be here today on Katy Lee's blog. Our booksellers and publishers today want to be clear on knowing where a novel will fit on the shelf before they will sign a new author. After a whole lot of feedback from both Christian and secular professionals, I discovered my novel was on the fence. It didn't fit well on the general market shelf and it isn't a Christian fiction book.
I found myself at a position of decision time. Should I rewrite my novel to be more Christian or more secular? Or was it time to go Indie and publish the story as it was, the way I believed God wanted it to be told – real, raw and relevant.
Katy asked me where I blurred the edges… in Spiraling Out of Control (through my Christian world-view) you will find under-age consensual sex, under-age drinking, nightclubbing and drugs. The main character Stephanie is not a Christian and does not choose to change her ways in this novel. Though her best friend, Tabbie, does have an encounter with God and regularly brings up spiritual ideals in conversations – this frustrates Stephanie no end.
Though I haven't shown the graphic detail, it is a pretty heavy read.
For these reasons, I am marketing Spiralling Out of Control to the general public 16+ and the Christian market 17+ audience .
Thank you for making those marketing guidelines clear. Surprises are fun, but in this case, readers need to be informed. Readers, Michelle is offering her book for 99 cents from 12/1/13-12/16/13 as part of the John 3:16 Book Launch. Don't miss this opportunity!
Here's a little more about Michelle, and be sure to continue on to learn about the raffle for a $200 Amazon gift card.
Michelle is married to an awesome man. She spends most of her days educating, socialising and sporting their four children and her nights writing.
She lives on the Gold Coast of Australia and believes you can find healing and hope when you read someone else's story, fiction or truth. Her life is full and at times overflowing but she wouldn't have it any other way. http://michelledennisevans.com
Spiraling Out of Control:
Temptation, depression, seduction, betrayal … Not what Stephanie was expecting at fifteen years of age. Uprooted from her happy, all-girl high school life with a dream filled future and thrown into an unfriendly co-ed school, Stephanie spirals into depression.
When charismatic high school senior, Jason notices her, Stephanie jumps in feet first and willingly puts all her faith and trust in him, a boy she barely knows.
Every choice she makes and turn she takes leads her towards a dangerous path.
Her best friend is never far away and ready to catch her … but will she push Tabbie too far away when she needs her most?
This novel contains adult themes.
For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books


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Thursday, December 16, 2010
{ yield quilt wins the MQG Challenge 1! }
Are you ready for some exciting news? My yield quilt was chosen as one of the winners of the Project Modern Challenge 1. I was so excited when I received the email yesterday notifying me that I had won. Seriously! I'm really pleased with how the quilt turned out, and it's been such a fun project for me to work on, but to actually win, that's a whole other story!
The judge for this round was Valori Wells, who is such an inspiration, and I'm honored that she liked my quilt. One of these days I'm going to make it to the Sister's Quilt Show, an outdoor quilt festival that her mother started over thirty years ago. I've seen photos from previous years and they are always gorgeous!
I'm working on the pattern for yield, and hope to have it completed in the next few weeks. It will include instructions to make it the same size as the original, and also a baby-size (or possibly wall-hanging size), and a larger sized version as well. I'll keep you posted!
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Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Egg Product, Chicken Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Brewers Dried Yeast, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Flax Meal, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Beta-Carotene, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Caramel, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, L-Carnitine, Rosemary Extract.
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Crude Protein, minimum 28.0
Crude Fat, minimum 15.0
Crude Fat, maximum 17.5
Crude Fiber, maximum 5.0
Moisture, maximum 10.0
Vitamin E minimum 140 IU/kg
Beta-Caroten minimum 10 mg/kg*
L-Carnitine minimum 30 mg/kg*
Omega-6 Fatty Acids, minimum 2.5*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, minimum .25*
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Byproducts, inadequate meat content, mixed quality grain, controversial filler
The main grain and main ingredient in the food is corn. Corn is a difficult to digest grain of limited value and that is commonly associated with allergy problems. Sorghum is decent quality, as is barley, but these are minor ingredients and this product is very heavy in grain content with little meat included for the canine.
The second ingredient is byproducts. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products and these are usually products that are of such low quality as to be rejected for use in the human food chain, or else are those parts that have so little value that they cannot be used elsewhere in either the human or pet food industries. The AAFCO definition of Chicken by-product meal is a meal consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice. The fifth ingredient in the food is a named meat product. This is not a meat meal, but is inclusive of water content (about 80%). Once this is removed, as it must be to create a dehydrated product, the ingredient will weigh around 20% of its wet weight. As ingredients are listed in order of weight, it is thus unlikely that this is truely the first ingredient in the food, but would be more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list as a minor ingredient in the food.
We note that chicken fat is the third ingredient and that research at Purdue University has identified fat in the top four ingredients of dry dog food as a factor increasing the risk of bloat in large breed dogs. Smaller breeds are untested.
Beet pulp is a controversial filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.
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Mini crisp bread with herring and fresh potatoSunday, April 22nd, 2007
Mini crisp bread with fresh potato, herring, sour cream and chives.
We spent the whole Easter in Gothenburg with our families, eating a lot of wonderful food and playing games. On Easter Saturday, Fredrik's father made these simple starters with a taste of Sweden, due to the herring and crisp bread. They were inspired by a commercial which he saw in the grocery store and I must say that it's a great idea, especially for Midsummer's Eve. I'm aware of that it can be hard finding mini crisp bread abroad, but maybe at IKEA? Both Wasa and Leksands bröd produce mini variants of their crisp bread, and it doesn't really matter which you use. Swedish herring can definitely be found at the food market at IKEA. An idea that I'll try to remember for next time is to add a slice of the strong Västerbotten cheese between the potato and herring, just to add more taste.
Mini crisp bread with herring and fresh potato
Mini crisp bread (either Leksands Mini or Wasa Knäckis)
a couple small fresh potatoes, boiled
Swedish herring
sour cream
Butter the mini crisp bread. Slice the potatoes and cut the herring into small pieces. Put a slice of potato on each crisp bread, add a piece of herring and decorate with sour cream and chives.