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After raising awareness during the recent Dementia Awareness Week, a café-style initiative supporting those affected by the life-limiting disease is celebrating a sevenfold increase in membership since it launched last July.
On May 16, the East Lindsey Area Dementia Action Alliance hosted an afternoon tea party and information event, to celebrate the growing popularity of its dementia café and to encourage others to join.
The café has been operating in Louth on a weekly basis and has seen the number of members increase from just 12 to 91 within that time. Some travel from as far as Binbrook, Saltfleet and Mablethorpe.
Guests at the party, held at the Trinity Centre, were treated to refreshments and enjoyed live music, with songs from the 1950s and 1960s, which helped to spark fond memories.
Jayne Pegg, project administrator for the Trinity Centre, said: "Until we started running the dementia café, there were no initiatives of this kind in Louth and the surrounding area specifically.
"We not only welcome those affected by and living with dementia, but also provide a support network for people who have lost their relatives or spouses to the disease."


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How to find the values needed in EBSCOadmin for the Shibboleth Affiliation & Entitlement fields
First you need to create a Shibboleth Affiliation in EBSCOadmin if you have not done so already. This will allow you to select your region/group and institution from the drop down list when obtaining the debug information below.
Note: EBSCO Supports SAML versions 1.1 and SAML 2.0.
To create a Shibboleth Affiliation in EBSCOadmin:
- In EBSCOadmin, click on the Authentication tab.
- Click on the Shibboleth/SAML sub-tab.
- Select Add Group Mapping.
- Select Group ID (in most cases this will be the Main User Group).
- Select your Region or Group from the Federation drop-down list.
- Select your Institution from the drop-down list.
- Put in the proper values for Scoped Affiliation and/or Entitlement. (Enter a false value in the affiliation field if these values aren't known yet.)
To find the Shibboleth Affiliation & Entitlement values for EBSCOadmin:
- Go to the following URL replacing "XXXXXXX" with your Customer ID number:
- From the drop-down list, select your region/group and then select your institution.
- Login with your Shibboleth user values.
- The Shibboleth Debug Info will include which values are required for that particular user's login. Use the steps 1-7 above to enter these values into EBSCOadmin.
- If the debug information returns multiple affiliations or entitlements in one line separated by a semicolon, you will need to create individual entries in EBSCOadmin (example below).
Note: If you receive "Error 103", do steps 1-5 again in the same browser window and the returned debug information will appear as expected.
Debug information example:
Got Affiliation:firstname.lastname@example.com;email@example.com
Got Entitlement:urn:mace:dir:entitlement:common-lib-terms
What you need to enter into EBSCOadmin:
Entry #1
Affiliation: email@example.com
Entitlement: urn:mace:dir:entitlement:common-lib-terms
Entry #2
Affiliation: email@example.com
Entitlement: urn:mace:dir:entitlement:common-lib-terms
Please note that you might need additional affiliations in EBSCOadmin to accommodate all of your user types. (for example: members, staff, student, faculty, employee)
UK federation members can also click HERE to troubleshoot their affiliation values
See also:
- How do I set up Shibboleth Authentication?
- What are SHIBBOLETH standard names for attributes?
- Which federations does EBSCO support for Shibboleth authentication?

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Acquisition Management
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G2 provides a solid framework for acquisition management projects based on extensive experience with U.S. government agencies and commercial organizations. G2 professionals serve as SMEs (subject matter experts) on the analysis, management, and administration of contracts to ensure that all tasks and deliverables meet agreed-upon standards for time and quality. G2 can prepare the following pre-award documentation in accordance with proper methods, processes, and tools:
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- J&As (Justifications and Approvals)
- SOWs (Statements of Work)
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- Cost estimates
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- DIDs (Data Item Descriptions)
G2 experts effectively manage post-award support services, including document preparation and contract meetings, in keeping with standard protocols to ensure that no detail is overlooked. The G2 staff is highly skilled at creating and analyzing all types of cost models, assisting with contract modifications, overseeing required funding, identifying and correcting financial problems, validating progress against established timelines, and making recommendations on cost, schedule, and performance efficiencies.
Working closely with government, military, and commercial organizations for over 20 years gives G2 a broad overview of the acquisitions management field and a range of best practices to bring to your project.


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Mistaken ideas about firefighters
80 % of firefighters' work involves ... ambulance services!
Some people may not realise it, but the same men and women who provide firefighting services also act as ambulance drivers and attendants in Brussels. However, each member of a duty shift is assigned a specific role. In fact, emergency medical assistance accounts for over 80 % of the activities of SIAMU.
Firefighters do not collect in the streets!
The SIAMU does not contact the local population in any way. They do not sell support cards or tickets for balls, tombolas or any other events.
People are expressly requested not to respond to such requests.
Safety has a price!
For example, a pump ladder costs € 600,000. The service has an annual budget of approximately € 80,000,000.
Firefighters use drinking water!
True! Water is taken from the municipal water distribution circuit. In exceptional circumstances, it may also be pumped from the canal, a water course or a pond.
The police cannot be reached by dialling 100!
The number to call to request emergency assistance from the police is 101.
Carbon dioxide snow is outdated!
In the past, carbon dioxide snow was used to put out fires.
Today, carbon dioxide is used in liquid or gas form exclusively in the food industry.
Firefighters' uniforms are not made of asbestos!
A firefighter's outfit (jacket and trousers) is made of a fabric that provides protection from heat. It also has to enable ventilation (perspiration) and be resistant to cutting and tearing. In some exceptional cases, firefighters have aluminised outfits that protect them from flames for a few minutes.
Industrial accidents are rarer than in the construction sector!
Ongoing training, safety rules and the individual protection provided for firefighters all help keep the number of accidents suffered on the job at an extremely low level.


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Sydney Pursel, performance + lecture
March 20 at 4:00 pm
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Free and open to the public.
Sydney Jane Brooke Campbell Maybrier Pursel is the first artist to be awarded the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists.
Sydney Pursel is an interdisciplinary artist specializing in socially engaged, activist, performance, video and new media arts. Through art she explores personal identity drawing from her Indigenous and Irish Catholic roots. Some of Sydney's projects are used to educate others about food politics, language loss, appropriation, and history in addition to projects amongst her own community focusing on language acquisition, culture and art. Her work has been shown at public parks, universities and alternative spaces in Columbia, MO; Fulton, MO; Kansas City, MO; Lawrence, KS; San Francisco, CA; Santa Fe, NM; Seattle, WA; Toronto, ON; Vermillion, SD; and White Cloud, KS. She is an enrolled member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska.
Sydney received her MFA in Expanded Media at the University of Kansas and her BFA in Painting from the University of Missouri.


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New Delhi: A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits are able to block cellular processes that facilitate fat cells to develop, thus opening the door to a potential method for controlling obesity, a new study has revealed.
According to the Purdue University study, the compound piceatannol is similar in structure to resveratrol - the compound that is thought to combat cancer, heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases.
Resveratrol is converted to piceatannol in humans after consumption.
"Piceatannol actually alters the timing of gene expressions, gene functions and insulin action during adipogenesis, the process in which early stage fat cells become mature fat cells," Kee-Hong Kim, an assistant professor of food science said.
"In the presence of piceatannol, you can see delay or complete inhibition of adipogenesis."
Over a period of 10 days or more, immature fat cells, called preadipocytes, go through several stages to become mature fat cells, or adipocytes.
"These precursor cells, even though they have not accumulated lipids, have the potential to become fat cells," Kim said. "We consider that adipogenesis is an important molecular target to delay or prevent fat cell accumulation and, hopefully, body fat mass gain."
Kim found that piceatannol binds to insulin receptors of immature fat cells in the first stage of adipogenesis, blocking insulin`s ability to control cell cycles and activate genes that carry out further stages of fat cell formation. Piceatannol essentially blocks the pathways necessary for immature fat cells to mature and grow.
Piceatannol is one of several compounds being studied in Kim`s laboratory for its health benefits, and it is also present in different amounts in red grape seeds and skin, blueberries, passion fruit, and other fruits.
Kim would like to confirm his current finding, which is based on a cell culture system, using an animal model of obesity.
"We need to work on improving the stability and solubility of piceatannol to create a biological effect," Kim added.
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Herschel Walker played professional football for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, and Minnesota Vikings. He now owns a number of businesses, including a food service company, under the name Renaissance Man International. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
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City to celebrate "Georgia Cities Week" Open House April 27th
The City of Millen will join other cities across the state in celebration of "Georgia Cities Week" April 23-29.
A variety of events is planned throughout the week with the highlight activity being an Open House, Thursday, April 27th, at the City Hall from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. At this time a lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers will be available, along with tours of City Hall, equipment displays and gas public awareness display.
"We're very proud of our city and the services we provide that make it attractive to residents and visitors," said Mayor King Rocker. "Cities provide the services and infrastructure to help businesses grow, and set the stage for events where families and individuals can gather as a community,"
This is the 18th year "Georgia Cities Week" has been celebrated in the state and the third year that the City of Millen has participated. The theme of this year's event is "Cities in the Mix", highlighting cities' important role in creating community gathering spaces and driving economic development.
"Georgia Cities Week" is sponsored by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) to showcase and celebrate cities and the many services they provide. Based in Atlanta, GMA is a voluntary, non-profit organization that provides legislative advocacy, educational, employee benefit and consulting services to its 521 member cities.


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Real Wedding Gallery
Details Galore in this fab wedding!
Couple: Zara & David
Wedding ceremony: Charlestown
Starting in Zara's house in the morning, and for the first time I was able to park at the church & walk over to the house it was that close! Everything was pretty calm during the morning, and as the time got closer to 1pm, the excitement began to build, as it generally does!!
After a quick run across to the church, I quickly shot David & the guys, before it was time to get everybody inside and let the ceremony begin! And another first for me was having an Archbishop perform some of the ceremony. Following the vows and signing of the register, somehow or another while greeting their guests leaving the church, a small brief rain shower passed quickly and that was the last of the rain for the day! So we were able to get all the family groups nice & quickly outside before heading to Westport & Knockranny House Hotel.
After shooting the bridal party & bride & groom relaxed portraits in the grounds, I quickly shot all the details in the dining room…and there was a lot of details! Zara & David must have spent ages putting everything together, it really looked great! After dinner the speeches started and continued even with a wee technical glitch with the big screen! Following the formalities, the dancing kicked off and was in full swing as I packed up to head home to Sligo!
This post was submitted by Mark Capilitan.
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Mark is a photographer based in Sligo in the beautiful northwest of Ireland, specialising in creative wedding & lifestyle portrait photography.
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Yesterday and today were two more days of singing and comping vocals. Nothing fancy here, just the repetitive, mentally wearing work of picking out the best lines and words from each take, and magically melding them together (comping) into one final vocal track. That, after singing and re-singing a song multiple times (eight passes, on average). This is nothing like digging ditches (a job I've held before), but it will leave you mentally fried.
It was a brief day at the studio, but we're trying to take advantage of every free moment Ben has to spare in order to get this thing closer to wrapped up. Today we comped the vocals for "I Will Go With You". Yesterday I sang and we comped the vocals for "You Don't Have the Strength". Next week, we should have three straight, uninterrupted days of singing, which makes me tired to even think about, but hopefully I won't get sick between now and then (PLEASE no!), so we can knock out another healthy chunk of the vocals, which would put us on the path to the final light. Singing vocals is the scariest part for me. Sucky vocals equals a sucky album, no matter how cool the artwork, no matter how original the music, no matter how masterful the songwriting. I cringe whenever I listen to some of my early solo stuff because the vocals weren't given the attention to detail that they so desperately needed. Some of my earlier recorded material could have been so much better had I known to not settle. Live and learn.
Lastly, I hate forwarded emails, but my mom sent me this and I thought it was funny, even if it is fabricated.


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What will she be like? he thinks. I don't know. Who will I become? Ditto. A leap in the dark… "…a wonderful book, peculiar, intense, revealing, challenging, exhausting and above all riveting…I kept saying to myself, how could she know this?" Guardian (UK) columnist Erwin James (author of A Life Inside) Simon Austen is serving … Continue reading Alphabet
Isla Mcketta reviews Alphabet
"…It's not often that I read a book set in prison. It's even less often that I read a book set in early 1980s Britain. Even more rare is that I'd enjoy the combination of the two, but Alphabet is a stunningly well written and deeply human book. The nuance of relationships and character development … Continue reading Isla Mcketta reviews Alphabet
Double Review: Alphabet and Paradise & Elsewhere in The Rumpus
Leland Cheuk reviews both Alphabet and Paradise & Elsehwere in The Rumpus. ALPHABET AND PARADISE AND ELSEWHERE BY KATHY PAGE REVIEWED BY LELAND CHEUK December 8th, 2014 Studies have shown that reading literary fiction increases a reader's ability to empathize. In her first books to be published in the U.S., Giller Prize-nominated British author Kathy Page puts that … Continue reading Double Review: Alphabet and Paradise & Elsewhere in The Rumpus
Same ABC, two designs: Kathy Page's novel Alphabet in the USA and Canada
Alphabet, first published in the Uk in 2004 and in Canada in 2005, when it was a finalist for the Governor General's Award, is now available in the US for the first time, and receiving great reviews, including stars from Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly and the Library Journal. It was a pick for the Indie Next … Continue reading Same ABC, two designs: Kathy Page's novel Alphabet in the USA and Canada
Interview in Publishing Perspectives
Biblioasis are re-issuing Alphabet as part of their new reprint series. It will be available in print and e-book and is all set to reach to a new readership south of the border this fall. We wrestled briefly with how to present a book that is steeped in British slang, idiom, culture and history in … Continue reading Interview in Publishing Perspectives
Paradise, Elsewhere, Alphabet: interview for Volume 1
You can read/see Tobias Carroll's interview with Kathy Page for Volume 1 bookstore in Brooklyn here, on their excellent site: http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2014/11/18/kathy-page-on-her-new-collection-and-tourists-right-at-the-burnt-out-end-of-human-history/ "The stories in Kathy Page's new collection Paradise & Elsewhere revel in discontinuity. Whether exploring the ruins of a fallen civilization, finding unexpected tension in the interactions between tourists and the residents of … Continue reading Paradise, Elsewhere, Alphabet: interview for Volume 1
Kirkus features Kathy Page's Alphabet
Kirkus feature on Kathy Page and the writing of Alphabet https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/kathy-page/
Gritty, illuminating, fascinating, moving, powerful: double thumbs from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly for Alphabet
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kathy-page/alphabet-page/ From Kirkus Publisher:Biblioasis Pages: 304 Price ( Paperback ): $16.95 Publication Date: October 14, 2014ISBN ( Paperback ): 978-1-927428-93-1 Category: Fiction ALPHABET by Kathy Page A moving novel about knowledge, self-awareness and the power of words, set in the purgatory of prison. This young man's life demands our attention and refuses to let go. Simon Austen is serving life imprisonment … Continue reading Gritty, illuminating, fascinating, moving, powerful: double thumbs from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly for Alphabet
Alphabet US edition
Bibllioasis designer Kate Hargreaves has come up with this stunning and brave image for the US edition of Alphabet, which comes out this fall. How apt it is: the sheer brute persistence, the obsessiveness, the creativity. Here's the full spread. Click for a closer view.
Comments and Reviews
"A complex book, and splendidly written, Alphabet is an intensely compelling reading experience that speaks to the power of words and the significance of language in all its dangerous subtleties." Marc Horton, The Edmonton Journal "Kathy Page knows that the things we can't understand are often the things that terrify us the most. In her … Continue reading Comments and Reviews


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The Kenya shilling jumped to a three-month high against the dollar yesterday as investors from abroad sought local stocks and government bonds due to a reduction in political risk.
In morning trade, commercial banks quoted the Kenya shilling at 102.75/95 per dollar, its strongest since September 18, and up from 103.00/10 at Tuesday's close.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term last month after a protracted election period.


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Who doesn't want to have a smooth roadside travel? Of course, everyone would love the idea! Unfortunately, it's not always the case. You can't always guarantee that your car would lead you to your destinations without any hassle on the way. Say for instance, motorbike batteries would break down all of a sudden, jump start issues arise, accidental loss of keys and the like. And all these roadside problems need a reliable roadside assistance.
Every car owner loves his car. You try so much not to put any mark on it. Not only cars give you enough convenience and relaxations when you travel, but it gives you sufficient freedom to stroll around the roadside. Cars give you peace of mind and provide you the liberty to travel whenever you desire. But again, there are instances where you find out that your car or motorbike battery isn't working and all such hassles.
Don't panic, never! It won't give you a good outcome. For situations like this, you need to contact a dependable roadside assistance near you.
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Roadside assistance also mattes when it comes to lost key issues. Just because your car key is gone or stolen doesn't mean you're not able to replace them. Mostly, people have their own spare keys that their loved ones carry for emergency purposes and ensure that they will safely get home. However, there is still concern about replacement of your missed keys. Though hardware can assist you, you still need to find a reliable roadside assistance which can help you replace your key remote system effortlessly.
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The Internet of Plants.
Imagine we knew what every plant in the greenhouse feels like today. What it wants to eat, if it is thirsty or if shade is needed.
If we knew all that, we could deal with them specifically and we could react to their situation. That will save resources, increase the yield and create a better farm. When we do that, we would give every plant in a greenhouse a personality.
We believe that technology can help us to solve the challenges of our generation, namely climate change and the upcoming food crisis. That's why we build a powerful automation system to bring local agriculture in greenhouses to the 21st century.
- Nils Weber, Founder
What is Bitroot?
Bitroot is a modular automation system to harness digital data, bit by bit, to maximize the growth of every crop from the root up to the leaves with efficient use of resources.
A dashboard gives farmers live data from the sensor modules, while machine learning and AI will increase the performance in the background.
Get to know your plants better and save resources.
Automations saves money, time and work.
The cloud is the brain. There everything is connected to get the smartest results.
Fit everything to your needs and change it anytime.
Simple to understand
Dashboard app with stats, history and settings.
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The big news in the Northern Alliance this past week is Nick Coleman's reporting on a shortage of books - textbooks? - at a school in Saint Paul, as well as his "The Schools Are Burning!" jeremiad, and the Pioneer Press' Craig Westover's questions about the facts in the Coleman piece.
Now, today I may be merely a guy who writes withering social commentary in my underwear. But there was a time when I used to produce news and talk radio. And a vestigial voice in the back of my head said "let's get everyone in the same room". So I contacted all the principals, as it were, of the story: Westover, school principal Zelma Wiley, and of course Nick Coleman.
Last Sunday, I tried to book Nick Coleman to appear on the Northern Alliance show this weekend, to help kick off a discussion on schools, their funding, school choice, taxes, and so on.
Let's just say the discussion was interesting; curious phone messages, threats to slime me in his column ("I'd hate to have to write about how you cut and ran" being an excerpt) and much more.
I'm sitting on the story while I see where it goes - say, if I have to set any facts straight. But in lieu of an actual discussion on the Maxfield editorials (Ms. Wiley has also demurred on appearing), we'll be discussing the media exchange on this issue on the NARN show tomorrow.
Cutting and running. That's me.Posted by Mitch at December 17, 2004 06:20 AM | TrackBack
"I'd hate to have to slime you?"
Slime away, SFB. Good God, the hubris. He's an alleged journalist, who allegedly knows things. If there are facts that need to be reported, why doesn't he just report them instead of offering to withhold them in exchange for...what? How much other important stuff is he sitting on and who's in his pocket? What a dweeb.
Sorry, Mitch, but I've got a feeling that you could withstand such a "sliming." Delete this comment if you disagree. I'll understand.Posted by: Brian Jones at December 17, 2004 08:28 AM
I'm a pretty conflict-averse guy - I don't pick fights for the hell of it. And I can't imagine the Strib wanting to waste ink and paper on Nick Coleman's personal pissing match with a nobody blogger.
Part of me would love to see him try.Posted by: mitch at December 17, 2004 09:34 AM
Poor Nick. He doesn't realize that he can't beat the blogs as long as he continues to pretend that journalism is a profession soely for J-school grads.Posted by: Patrick at December 17, 2004 10:24 AM
Not to mention if he keeps beleiving that bloggers are pajama-clad dolts in their mothers basements. He's never really had to deal with criticism from intellectually superior individuals with a platform of their own. He's used to being able to just trash and/or mock his readers comments with impunity. He should soon learn that the time's they are a changin.Posted by: firstname.lastname@example.com at December 17, 2004 01:21 PM
Mitch did his best. Unfortunately the other two must have already made plans and declined. I was available.
For the record, if protective security and home field advantage is more to Mr. Coleman's liking, I'm sure with his influence he can arrange for the discussion to take place on MPR. I would have no problem with that. Good arguments, like good teams, can win on the road.
Is that a slam on the Vikings?Posted by: email@example.com at December 17, 2004 04:42 PM
If it isn't a slam on the 'queens , it should be.
Colemenless. What a jerk. Take it to him Mitch.Posted by: Mike at December 18, 2004 05:50 PM
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Jesus was a praying Man. His disciples heard Him pray and witnessed the power and peace that He carried into every aspect of His life and ministry. So, they asked Jesus to teach them to pray. In this new V2 Series, we will learn valuable lessons from Jesus' example, including: - Discovering how (and how not) to pray. - Seeing what God's presence in daily life is intended to be. - Examining how God speaks to us through His Word. - Praying unhurried prayers that are rooted in God's Word.
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International Journal of Differential Equations
Volume 2015, Article ID 340715, 13 pages
Power Geometry and Elliptic Expansions of Solutions to the Painlevé Equations
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Miusskaya Square 4, Moscow 125047, Russia
Received 30 January 2014; Accepted 24 June 2014
Academic Editor: Sining Zheng
Copyright © 2015 Alexander D. Bruno. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We consider an ordinary differential equation (ODE) which can be written as a polynomial in variables and derivatives. Several types of asymptotic expansions of its solutions can be found by algorithms of 2D Power Geometry. They are power, power-logarithmic, exotic, and complicated expansions. Here we develop 3D Power Geometry and apply it for calculation power-elliptic expansions of solutions to an ODE. Among them we select regular power-elliptic expansions and give a survey of all such expansions in solutions of the Painlevé equations .
1. Universal Nonlinear Analysis
We develop a new calculus based on Power Geometry [1–4]. Now it allows to compute local and asymptotic expansions of solutions to nonlinear equations of three classes: (A) algebraic, (B) ordinary differential, and (C) partial differential, as well as to systems of such equations.
Principal ideas and algorithms are common for all classes of equations. Computation of asymptotic expansions of solutions consists of the 3 following steps (we describe them for one equation ).(1)Isolation of truncated equations by means of faces of the convex polyhedron which is a generalization of the Newton polyhedron: the first term of the expansion of a solution to the initial equation is a solution to the corresponding truncated equation .(2)Finding solutions to a truncated equation which is quasihomogenous: using power and logarithmic transformations of coordinates we can reduce the equation to such simple form that can be solved. Among the solutions found we must select appropriate ones which give the first terms of asymptotic expansions.(3)Computation of the tail of the asymptotic expansion. Each term in the expansion is a solution to a linear equation which can be written down and solved.
Class A. (1) Sets of stability of multiparameter problems [5, 6].
Class B. (2) Asymptotic forms and expansions of solutions to the Painlevé equations [4, 7, 8].
(3) Periodic motions of a satellite around its mass center moving along an elliptic orbit [9].
(4) New properties of motion of a top [10].
(5) Families of periodic solutions of the restricted three-body problem and distribution of asteroids [11, 12].
(6) Integrability of ODE systems [13].
Class C. (7) Boundary layer on a needle [14].
(8) Evolution of the turbulent flow [15].
For a survey of these applications see [16].
2. Introduction
Let be a formal elliptic asymptotic form of a solution to an ODE; that is, it is a solution of a corresponding truncated equation. The form is suitable if it can be extended into power asymptotic expansion , where are some functions. The expansion is regular, if all are not branching functions of and its derivatives. If all functions have no branching, then they are elliptic functions with the same periods as . Selection of such cases is our aim. For given and fixed point (including infinity), we can compute power-logarithmic expansions of functions near . In these expansions logarithmic branching can appear, only if is a singular point, and algebraic branching (of finite order) can be for subsingular points . To each singular point and suitable asymptotic form , we assign unique regular expansion , so called basic, and we are looking for such basic expansions near singular point , which have no branching.
We propose algorithms for (1) finding all formal elliptic asymptotic forms, (2) finding all suitable elliptic asymptotic forms, and (3) calculation of power-logarithmic expansions of functions near a singular point and selection of basic expansions without branching. All algorithms are based on 3D Power Geometry.
Expansions are formal; their convergence is not considered. Application of these algorithms to the Painlevé equations gives following.(1), , and have continuum of 2-parameter families of elliptic asymptotic forms each, has three, has two of them, and does not have.(2), , and have countable sets of families of suitable asymptotic forms each, and all 5 forms of and are suitable.(3)Basic expansions for all suitable forms have no branching for , for if the independent variable tends to infinity, for if condition C is fulfilled, and for if condition D is fulfilled and , and .
History of calculation of elliptic expansions of solutions to the Painlevé equations is as follows.
A hundred years ago, Boutroux [17] found 2 families of elliptic asymptotic forms of solutions to the Painlevé equations and . During the last 5 years we found 6 additional families of elliptic asymptotic forms of solutions to (three) [18, 19], (one) [20], and (two) [21]. Moreover the Painlevé equations , , and have continuum of families of elliptic asymptotic forms each, and I proposed a criterion for selection suitable asymptotic forms, which can be extended as asymptotic expansions. All 8 known elliptic asymptotic forms are suitable. Solutions to the equation have no elliptic asymptotic forms at all.
Near infinity of the independent variable, the Painlevé equations have 12 families of suitable asymptotic forms and near zero of the independent variable equations , , and have countable sets of such families each. Next I extend these suitable elliptic asymptotic forms into power-elliptic expansions , where coefficients are functions of the corresponding elliptic asymptotic forms and their derivatives. To each family of suitable elliptic asymptotic forms, I put in correspondence unique basic formal power-elliptic expansion near for , near for , and near for . Obstacles (logarithmic branching) in calculations of these basic expansions appeared only for if the independent variable tends to zero, for and for if or .
Thus, near infinity of the independent variable, there are 10 families of regular (i.e., without branching) elliptic expansions of solutions to equations : 4 for , 2 for , 3 for , and 1 for . Existence of these expansions for two Boutroux families of asymptotic forms was proven in [22], and this is all known up-to-date. Near zero of the independent variable there is a countable set of families of such expansions for . The results were obtained by means of algorithms of 3D Power Geometry [18–24], realized in very cumbersome calculations.
Here I introduce the third variant of 3D Power Geometry. The first was in [18, 20, 24], and the second was in [19, 21–23].
In more precise form main results are as in Theorems 12, 14, 15, and 16 and Conditions C and D.
Equation cannot be studied by proposed approach.
3. 3D Power Geometry
Let be independent and be dependent variables, . A differential monomial is a product of an ordinary monomial , where , , and a finite number of derivatives of the form , . The sum of differential monomials is called the differential sum. Let be the maximal value of in .
In [2–4] it was shown that as () or as () solutions to the ODE , where is a differential sum, can be found by means of algorithms of Plane (2D) Power Geometry, if where the order on a ray and is the maximal order of derivatives in . Order of the power function with is .
Here we introduce algorithms, which allow to calculate solutions with the property where .
Theorem 1. .
For example, for and for . Note that in Plane Power Geometry we had ; that is, . So, new interesting possibilities correspond to .
Problem 2. Select leading terms in the sum (1) after substitution with property (4).
Below we describe algorithms for solution of the problem. To each differential monomial , we assign its (3D) power exponent by the following rules: = sum of orders of all derivatives; = order of ; = difference of order of and .
Then the 2D vector is the same as in 2D Power Geometry [2–4] and corresponds to the total order of derivatives. The power exponent of the product of differential monomials is the sum of power exponents of factors: .
The set of power exponents of all differential monomials presented in the differential sum is called the 3D support of the sum . Obviously, . The convex hull of the support is called the polyhedron of the sum . The boundary of the polyhedron consists of the vertices , the edges , and the faces . They are called (generalized) faces , where the upper index indicates the dimension of the face, and the lower one is its number. Each face corresponds to the 3D truncated sum:
All these definitions are applied to differential equation Thus, each generalized face corresponds to the truncated equation
Let be the external normal to two-dimensional face . We will consider only normals with .
Example 3. Consider the second Painlevé equation :
where is the complex parameter.
If , the 3D support consists of 4 points They are shown in Figure 1.
Their convex hull is a tetrahedron. It has 4 vertices , 6 edges , and 4 faces . Face is distinguished in Figure 1; its external normal and its truncated equation Edge is also distinguished in Figure 1; its truncated equation Example 3 is finished.
Let be a solution to (6) with property (4) and , ; then the order of a monomial with is where and is the scalar product. Leading terms of the sum (1) after substitution are monomials , for which reaches the maximal value on the support . Here and according to Theorem 1. On the support maximum of the scalar product is achieved on a generalized face of the polyhedron .
By we denote the 3D real space, where we put power exponents , and by we denote the space dual (conjugate) to . We will denote points in as . Then we have the scalar product
Each face corresponds to its normal cone [2]:
Thus, normal cone of the face is a ray spanned on the exterior normal of the face , normal cone of the edge is 2D angle spanned on rays and , where ; normal cone of the vertex is a 3D angle spanned on exterior normals of all 2D faces containing the vertex (see [2]).
Thus, selection of the truncated sums can be made by the following method. First we compute the support of the initial sum . Using support , we compute the polyhedron of sum , that is, all its vertices , edges , and faces . Next we compute their normal cones and select only such truncated equations for which the intersection . But truncated equations with can be studied by algorithms of 2D Power Geometry. So 3D Power Geometry studies truncated equations with nonempty intersection .
Example 4 (continuation of Example 3). Polyhedron for equation (8) has 4 following faces with exterior normal Only two of them, and , have . Hence, all edges exept and all vertices have vectors with in their normal cones and .
4. Power Transformations
If the face has the normal then the corresponding truncation , where the differential sum contains and its derivatives but does not contain . In that case the full sum can be written as , where and is a differential sum.
Remark 5. If is a solution to the equation with the property
when or , then can be the asymptotic form of the solutions to the full equation (6). Here is a small real number. We call as formal asymptotic form.
Let the power transformation of variables transform into : .
Theorem 6. Let the face of have the exterior normal with then the power transformation (17) with , transforms the truncation of into the truncation of , corresponding to the face of with the exterior normal . Here equals after substitution instead of .
So, if is a solution to the equation and is bounded from zero and infinity as in (16), then the initial equation can have a solution with the asymptotic form:
Herewith the power transformation (17) induces the following formulas for derivatives: where .
Theorem 7. Let an equation of order have a solution of the form where is the solution to the truncated equation with the property Then satisfies the linear equation where , is a polynomial on depending on , and and for and . is the first variation.
The first variation is the formal Frechet derivative (see [3]).
Solution to the transformed equation is expanded into series (24) with integer only if the transformed equation divided by has form (23) with integer . In that case, solutions to the truncated equation are suitable asymptotic forms for continuation by power expansion (24) and corresponding normal is also suitable.
External normal to 2D face is unique up to positive scalar factor. Hence, power transformation (17) of Theorem 6 is unique and we must only check that the transformed equation has form (23) with integer . The external normal to 1D edge belongs to the normal cone . Hence, in the cone we must select suitable vectors with mentioned property of integer . Things for a vertex are the same, but usually solutions to corresponding equation are so simple, which do not give interesting expansion.
Let , , , , and , . Denote and .
Theorem 8. The transformed equation (23) has the property of integer if and only if all numbers are natural.
There are 8 essentially different polyhedrons for Painlevé equations [19]. Each of them has exactly one 2D face in which truncated equation has elliptic solutions. It was shown [23] that all those elliptic asymptotic forms are suitable. Among 8 polyhedrons only 3 have an edge which truncated equation has elliptic solutions. These are , , and . No truncated equations corresponding to vertices of these 8 polyhedrons have elliptic solutions.
Example 9 (continuation of Examples 3 and 4). Polyhedron of equation (8) has edge with truncated equation . Its first integral is
where is arbitrary constant. If , solutions to (30) are elliptic functions. The same will be true after any power transformation (17). Let us apply Theorem 8 to the edge . The edge . So normal cone is the conic hull of two normals and ; that is, up to positive scalar factor, vectors have the form
Here , , , , and . Conditions of Theorem 8 are
where and are natural numbers. Hence ; that is, , .
We can write . Condition (18) of Theorem 6 means that . If , then ; that is, ; if , then ; that is, . So there is a countable set of suitable normals to edge . According to Theorem 6, here
5. Computation of Expansions
Below we consider the case when the truncated equation has the first integral of the form Differentiating with respect to and dividing by , we obtain Here and below the prime denotes the derivative with respect to .
Using (34) and (35), any power series of and its derivatives can be written as the sum , where and are power series only of . Let , where and are functions only of . Then, omitting the index , by (34) and (35), we obtain Further derivatives of do not need us here, because we consider only (23) of the second order. In our case
Thus, (27) splits in two: where . Note that in (38) differential operators and are operators on and do not depend on . If polynomial in (34) does not have multiple roots and its degree is greater than one, that is, where is discriminant of the polynomial , then solution to the truncated equation (25) is periodic (if ), or elliptic (if or ), or hyperelliptic (if ) function.
Near some point we will compute asymptotic expansions of fundations and : where if and if . If initial equation (23) is a differential sum then according to Theorem 3.1 [3] coefficients and are either constants or polynomial of ; that is, expansions (40) are either power or power-logarithmic [3]. Moreover, according to Theorem 3.4 [3] (see proof in Theorem . [4]) power expansions (40) converge for small .
If the solutions and to the system (38) have no branching, then they are also periodic or (hyper)elliptic functions. Finally, if for the sequence of (38) with , there exist solutions and without branching, the solutions to (23) have a regular asymptotic expansion (24).
Let operators and be inverse to operators and , respectively. Then the solutions of (27) are of forms In our case the initial ODE (23) has order two. Hence operators and are of the second order. Moreover, in our case factors of in and of in are the same. Denote it as . Singular points of operators and are roots of . Indeed , where is a simple polynomial. So roots of and will be singular points of operators and , but roots of polynomial different from singular points will be their subsingular points.
Theorem 10. If functions and are regular then the solutions to (41) can have logarithmic branching only at infinity and at singular points of the operators and but they can have algebraic branching and can be in singular and subsingular points only.
For the existence of a regular expansion (24) we need to prove the existence of a sequence of functions and that do not have branching. From the other side, if it is shown that or have branching, then it proves the absence of regular expansion.
In [19, 23], for each polyhedron of the Painlevé equations, we selected suitable 2D faces, for each of them we wrote (23), operators and , and inverse ones and . We found their singular points and the conditions on the parameters of the equation and on the solution under which the functions and do not have logarithmic branching, as well as the conditions under which at least one of these functions has such branching. It is a wonder that for each Painlevé equation the operators and are expressed in the same way in terms of polynomial and different cases distinguish only by this polynomial. At the same time, for all cases of faces of five Painlevé equations , there are only four different pairs of operators and .
Singular point of operators and are for and for and for . To each suitable elliptic asymptotic form and to each singular point we assign one basic formal asymptotic expansion (24). Our aim is to show existence or nonexistence of regular basic expansions by means of calculation of expansions (40) near the singular points.
6. Expansions for
Details of calculation of expansions (24) will be explained for equation and its truncated equation First, according to (33) and Theorem 6, we make power transformation , (17) using formulas (22) and obtain equation (42) in the form (23): where Here , and is arbitrary complex constant.
Operators and (41) are
Here [23] and singular points of operators (47) are only infinity. Let us introduce a function Here the integral is determined by mentioned asymptotic expansion near . Solutions of system (38) or (47) have 4 arbitrary constants : where and are fixed solutions. Here expansions near are So we will assume that power expansion for does not contain terms and but expansion for does not contain terms and . If it is necessary we can change constants . Now the functions and are unique and expansion (24) is called basic if there all . Below we compute this basic expansion only.
Lemma 11. If , then solutions (49) to (47) for are regular in subsingular points (if and are also regular in them).
Let and be power series on decreasing power exponents of and and let be their terms with maximal power exponents and correspondingly, , , . and contain , if So these numbers are critical for operators and .
We will compute , , and as functions of , for , and also will compute leading terms of and , that is, power exponents and and constants and .
For that we will use following expansions:
Case . According to (45), ; hence, , . According to (46) and (47) we obtain , . Next, Hence, according to (36),
According to (47), , . Next, Hence, , according to (36), According to (47), , .
Next, Hence, according to (36), Here power exponent of leading term in is critical for operator but . Hence has no logarithmic branching.
Now we take into account terms and from (45). For power exponents and for and are small enough to neglect them. So We can write corresponding expansions for , , and . Then
Hence It means that and have no branching at and and for .
So we neglect for and consider We have Hence, according to results after (59), where and has the logarithmic branching; that is, the regular expansion does not exist.
For , we must add to the computed value of , but it does not change result on existence of logarithmic branching in . Case is close to the case and it has branching in . Case was calculated separately. It has no branching. Case corresponds to 2D face . It has no branching.Thus, for equation (42), basic formal expansions are regular for two suitable asymptotic forms with and when .
Theorem 12. For , the regular basic families of formal power-elliptic expansions exist only for two suitable elliptic asymptotic forms with and , that is, when .
It is possible to prescribe power exponents and of leading terms in and . So we can compute such numbers and , where for and for . Here and are smaller critical values (51) of operators and . And it is enough to calculate and up to .
7. Nonbasic Expansions for
Basic expansions (24) were defined by formulas (47), (49) with . According to Lemma 11, condition guarantees regularity of and in subsingular points. Now we want to study cases with nonzero .
Example 13. Let us show that in gives the logarithmic branching in for . For , we put . According to formulas for case , we obtain Hence, Next, Power exponent is critical for (see (51)). Coefficient for in is . It is equal to zero only for , but ; that is, . But , then has logarithmic branching.
8. Equation
Equation is Support consists of 3 points , , and . Its polyhedron is a triangle with normal . So the equation is its own truncation. The edge of the triangle corresponds to the truncated equation which has the first integral with elliptic solutions.
Suitable normals to the edge are , , and if . Here , , and , ; the transformed equation is , operators and are again (47) and [23]. Hence there is only one singular point and Lemma 11 is true for . Here and integral critical numbers are and . Formulas (47)–(49) again define basic expansions. If then Hence, has no logarithmic branching, if .
Similarly to the end of Section 6 (see (59)), we obtain , for and the regular expansion exists. If , then the regular expansion exists; the same is true for . Case corresponds to 2D face and to other , but . Thus, equation has regular basic families of elliptic expansions corresponding to all suitable asymptotic forms. Thus we have the following.
Theorem 14. To each suitable elliptic asymptotic form of there corresponds the basic family of formal power-elliptic expansions, which is regular.
9. Equation
Equation is which has 3 different polyhedrons depending on values of coefficients [19, 23].
Case . See Figure 2.
Here only one truncated equation corresponding to the distinguished 2D face in Figure 2 has elliptic solutions. Here the power transformation (17) is identical.
Equation (74) with is of the form (23) with , where Solutions to (38) are of the form Here [23], so there are 2 singular points and . This is true for all cases of . Near the singular point , . So , and expansions for and do not contain terms , and , correspondingly. Critical numbers for and are 2, 5 and 0, 3 correspondingly. Moreover, , , and , for . So expansion has no logarithmic branching at .
Near the singular point we have . Here we have 4 constants and basic expansion if all . Here Lemma 11 is correct for .
Condition C. Condition C is .
Theorem 15. If the Condition C is satisfied then basic expansions for are regular.
Case , . After the power transformation , , (74) with takes the form (23) with , where Formula (77) is valid here. At , and have critical number 2. and orders of , are less than for .
The same is at . Thus, here formal basic expansion is regular. Lemma 11 and Theorem 15 are true.
Case , . After the power transformation , , (74) with takes the form (23) with , where At critical values for and are 2, , for . So here basic expansion has no branching.
The same is at . Lemma 11 and Theorem 15 are true.
Each of 3 polyhedrons has exactly one 2D face corresponding to a truncated equation with elliptic solutions [18, 19, 23]. They have different first integrals , but common operators and with singularities in two points and .
10. Equation
Equation is If complex parameters , its support consists of 6 points; polyhedron is a tetrahedron and has one 2D face and one edge with truncated equations having elliptic solutions [19, 20, 23]. Normal to is , and suitable normals to are , . After power transformation (17) with , , we obtain (23) with Here solutions to (38) are


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One might argue that this part shows some kind of development of Gooding's character. He, at that point, is putting the patient before his ambition. I just saw it as a useless way to add to the running time.
What was wrong with this movie? It is probably easier to decide what is right with this movie. The performances of Hopkins and Gooding were just fine. The scenes in which Gooding is talking with Hopkins man to man. Now I must list some of the problems with the movie. The movie moved slowly and had a few parts that were either impossible or not understandable. I don't think it is possible for a 60-year old man to take out a whole army of guards. The sequences in which the apes accept him into their family were just not believable and rather repetitive and boring. The apes actions didnt look real, they looked mechanical.
Instinct, like many other movies, mixes elements of different classic films in an attempt to make an even better movie. What it lacks in originality, it continually lacks in character development of almost every character except for the main. In my mind, a supporting actor is an actor that supports the protagonist but this character shouldn't just be there to help the plot along. He should be presented with some importance if he is used in a movie.
I have one more complaint about this film. It had too much of a pattern. because of how the movie was presented, I felt like I knew everything that was going to happen. I could explain it like the directions on a shampoo bottle. Wash, rinse, repeat. In this movie it went interview, daughter, mentor, repeat. First Gooding would have a frustrating meeting or a breakthrough. Then he would go to Hopkins' to tell about the breakthrough or for advice on how to get a breakthrough. Then off to his mentor's house, played by Donald Sutherland, for more advice o to through it his face. This is actually like the format of A Few Good Men,except that movie was just better.
The movie had promise but the promise
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Reinforcement Learning and Artificial Intelligence (RLAI)
Learning How To Learn About Widgets
of this page is to explain how to learn the basics of making Macintosh dashboard widgets.
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To start making a widget, there is some prior knowledge that you need to have. These prerequisites include being able to converse with a computer in JavaScript, understanding basic HTML, and having the patience to debug your widget. If you need help with either JavaScript or HTML, these are some good websites to check out:
JavaScript and HTML
Some other things that may be beneficial in the widget making process are regular expressions and learning Python. If you are interested in either, the following websites may be of some use:
Regular Expressions
More Regular Expressions
Now, to get on with widgets themselves…
The most simply explained tutorial can be found at
Simple Widgets
This tutorial does go in depth with the explanations and it also allows you to download samples of the author's widgets, which can be helpful if you need to debug your own. However, it does not deal with a lot of specifics, or advanced widget designs. The website that I found to be the most useful for the more advanced designing was the apple page itself. The tutorial can be found at
Advanced Widgets
These links are all great and are all extremely helpful, however they tend to leave out the little things that can sometimes throw the whole program. That is what this page is focusing on, the nit picky details the other programs feel are not necessary to inform you of.
When making my first widget, I followed the tutorial word for word, and I had everything in the right place and was get excited to see it pop up on my screen and say hello to the world. Well, I clicked on the icon to open it and nothing would show up. After my first experience with debugging, it was discovered that
you must name your image "default.png"
. If you look at any of the widgets in your computer's library, you will discover they all have the main image named "default".
Secondly, if you want your widget to be added to the row of widgets that is on the bottom of the dashboard screen, you must place it in the widget folder in the library. That is explained in the tutorials, however, they leave out that
your icon must be named "icon.png"
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(Okay, so it might just be a simple human error, but we're going to call it a conspiracy anyways.)
When you are reading a tutorial and it there is a ton of code that they want you to type out and put into your own program, generally the best idea is to just
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Look into other tutorials, look at the codes of the widgets that are already programmed on the computer, ask people who are familiar with the style of programming
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If you need to make drastic changes to your HTML file (or any file for that matter) it is a good idea to keep the old copy, and
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This is the last post of 2011.
I would have done a year in review, but I haven't blogged about my quilting for a year, AND I recently got a new laptop, so some older pictures are on the old computer and newer ones are here, so well... I got lazy, and I'm not doing a year in review- but it's been A LOT!
Here's the orca part 7 done
the units were fun and ODD, mine were wide enough but about 1/8" too short, don't know what happened. I'm still not LOVING the blues in there, not enough contrast....
this is also part of clue 7
THIS die and mat came in the mail the other day, woo hoo!
Today I got a few goodies from the blog hop, this one was actually from a BDSI, boxing day sew in- on my anniversary... a fun panel and a little trick book.
THIS one was from the blog hop, for some reason I though they would be 5" squares, I saw these and they are so cute and tiny :-) would make a cute doll blanket.
just another thing for the LIST... :-)
These fabrics came today from connecting threads. This whole pile for $58 is AWESOME
the black is for the color block swap and the rest are for a baby quilt I mentioned it all here
someone commented on one of my blog posts, that she wanted more PEANUT pics :-)
so here's a few.
This is HIS couch, do you see the dark on the arm rest? that's all embedded slobber!! EWWW, I gave up cleaning it a long time ago, it's nasty.... LOL
doesn't he just look un-loved and neglected??
Work in progress list for 2012
#1 welcome to the hive- top done and ready to quilt
#2 lotus quilt- top done just missing applique pieces
#3 blue flower table runner- top done and ready to quilt
#4 pumpkin star pillow- just needs to be stuffed and sewn together
#5 red mini star table topper- top done and ready to quilt
#6 Bunny table runner- top done and ready to quilt
#7 Connecting threads KIT fabrics- don't know what to do with them yet
#8 giraffe wall hanging - still working on needleturn applique, mommy giraffe almost done
#9 pineapple black and blue quilt- making blocks as LEADERS and ENDERS
#10 Blue star quilt- lots of blocks done
#11 Pine tree BOM- not even started yet
#12 Next Stitch STAR- design made, fabrics not ordered yet
#13 snowmen table runner- working on embroidery every night
#14 Elenar Burns star Go! die- pieces cut for a scrappy look- may scrap this whole project
#15 aqua owl- applique ironed on, need to stitch around and sew together
# 16 geese in a ring- DONE!
# 17Bonnie Hunter ORCA mystery - done with clue #7
# 18 Little twister blue- on the shelf, starting base top is done, some blocks cut and sewn
#19 green, red, yellow flower quilt- top done, just taking forever removing the papers
# 20 small trees- no plan for these yet
# 21 spring swap blocks- got plans but no background fabrics ordered yet
# 22Making memories embroidered panel- needs to be made into a cute wall hanging
# 23 black, red white asian quilt- blocks done
# 24 color block swap- blocks are done and fabrics here
# 25 fall leaf blocks swap- lots of blocks, ideas, but no plan yet
# 26 Baby gingham dog boy quilt- fabrics here and ready
Happy New Years! see you NEXT year :-)


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Department of Geography
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College Station, Texas 77843-3147
M.S. in Geoscience, Rice University, 2015
B.S. in geophysics, Tongji University, 2012
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