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Please also bring your membership number.
The night will be very informal, but we will have a drink to our departed President, Ted Foote and there will be a raffle for a book on the TT donated by one of our members and signed by Guy Martin, so prepare to dig deep!!!


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Announcing the First Federal Chief Information Security Officer
By: Tony Scott
In February, President Obama announced a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) that takes a series of short-term and long-term actions to improve our cybersecurity posture within the Federal Government and across the country. The CNAP builds upon a comprehensive series of actions over the last nearly eight years that have fundamentally shifted the way we approach security in the digital age and raised the level of cybersecurity across the country.
Over the last year alone we've made significant progress. For example, we've:
established the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, consisting of top strategic, business, and technical thinkers from outside the government to make critical recommendations on actions that can be taken over the next decade to strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors while protecting privacy and public safety;
proposed legislation to establish a $3.1 billion Information Technology Modernization Fund (ITMF) to modernize government IT and retire and replace legacy IT that is difficult to secure and expensive to maintain;
directed implementation of a Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan (CSIP) for the Federal civilian government as well as the first-ever Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy to identify, recruit, develop, retain, and expand the pipeline of the best, brightest, and most diverse cybersecurity talent for Federal service and for our Nation.
While we've seen progress, and as the President has made clear on many occasions, there's much more to do. That's why today we are proud to announce Brigadier General (retired) Gregory J. Touhill as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
A key feature of the CNAP is creation of the first CISO to drive cybersecurity policy, planning, and implementation across the Federal Government. General Touhill is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications in the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where he focuses on the development and implementation of operational programs designed to protect our government networks and critical infrastructure. In his new role as Federal CISO, Greg will leverage his considerable experience in managing a range of complex and diverse technical solutions at scale with his strong knowledge of both civilian and military best practices, capabilities, and human capital training, development and retention strategies. Greg will lead a strong team within OMB who have been at the forefront of driving policy and implementation of leading cyber practices across federal agencies, and is the team that conducts periodic cyberstat reviews with federal agencies to insure that implementation plans are effective and achieve the desired outcomes.
In addition to the naming the first Federal CISO, we are also proud to announce Grant Schneider as the Acting Deputy CISO. In creating the CISO role, and looking at successful organizational models across government, it became apparent that having a career role partnered with a senior official is not only the norm but also provides needed continuity over time. Grant currently serves as the Director for Cybersecurity Policy on the National Security Council staff at the White House where he focuses on development and oversight of cybersecurity policies to protect government data, networks, and systems, and brings over 20 years of technical skills to the role.
Strong cybersecurity depends on robust policies, secure networks and systems and, importantly, a cadre of highly skilled cybersecurity talent. Building on the Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy to identify, recruit, and retain top talent, the CISO will play a central role in helping to ensure the right set of policies, strategies, and practices are adopted across agencies and keeping the Federal Government at the leading edge of 21st century cybersecurity.
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2018
Presidential Proclamation on National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2018

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These days there seem to be more and more teaching guides for graphic titles, with publishers either providing free downloads or giving them away at conferences. Or sometimes educators themselves are posting lesson plans on blogs or in online communities.
All of this is great. But the trick is to make sure that any instructional materials for graphic novels and nonfiction are up-to-industry in terms of what K-12 educators are used to seeing. Here are some ideas that I try to keep in mind when developing teaching guides.
Teaching Guide, Reading Guide, or Lesson Plan?
Reading guides are used for lit circles and book groups. Yes, they can have classroom applications but they're generally developed with librarians (and perhaps booksellers) in mind. The emphasis is on discussion, although other activities and extension projects can also be included as long as they don't require too much in the way of time or resources.
Teaching guides should show how instruction supports curriculum, and might include a section on standards alignment to that end. Activities and projects can be more involved, and there should also be an assessment component, even if it's rather informal; after all, if "teaching" is occurring, then so should "learning"—but what's the evidence for it?
Lesson plans typically focus on a specific skill or type of content: they're designed to "teach x" within one or two class periods, and so are quite prescriptive in terms of what a teacher must do. In contrast, a solid teaching guide should provide several ideas that a teacher can then develop into individual lesson plans; its purpose is to outline approaches to an entire work.
While you don't need to target a precise grade level, you should at least have a grade span (e.g., 5-8, 9-12) in mind. It's easy to forget, for example, that at the primary grades kids are still learning to read, so it makes sense that such a guide would focus on comprehension and maybe even include phonics and other basic skills. You'll also need to bear reading level in mind if developing student activity sheets: kids need to understand the vocabulary you're using in the directions!
This phrase comes from Terry Thompson's wonderful book Adventures in Graphica, and in a sense it represents the flipside to "don't forget the graphic elements." In short, make it easy for teachers to see how they can help students transfer literacy skills and concepts that are clear in the comics medium back into more recognizable curricular goals in terms of prose texts. On a simple level, this might entail asking students how the feelings communicated with word balloons featuring certain expressive shapes and fonts could be conveyed instead in a short story using conventional mechanics.
Sometimes we instinctively know why we're teaching a particular title—we just think it's great, or we love the creator's work and this book happens to be a really good fit for a certain age level. But what exactly about an artist's style or a writer's themes distinguishes this book from others we could be teaching? Addressing such points will make your guide feel less generic, your discussion questions a bit more fine-tuned. For this reason, you might even want to approach guide-writing or lesson-planning like a critic, by revisiting the text with a close read so that you can better notice detail and nuance—and in turn help others notice them.
This suggestion falls under a general imperative that might be called "Don't forget about the student." Sadly, many guides are so facilitator-centered that students become almost passive reactors—listeners to the "sage on the stage" who merely try to provide the right answers. Instead, consider starting things off by having students share what they already know about a given topic, genre, or creator. Look for ways to have them connect with the text through their own experiences, or even just through other media products they're familiar with (e.g., movies, TV, videogames).
It's no secret that some graphic works have content that's problematic—it's either intentionally complex or just "inappropriate" given the age of students or the standards of certain institutions. If developing a teaching guide to such a title, don't try to ignore such challenges, but tackle them head-on. No, you won't want to spotlight such content with a student activity, but remember—you're writing for teachers. They'll appreciate the heads-up regarding potential trouble spots and any tips you have for dealing with them. This might mean including suggested text for a note home to parents alerting them to certain issues, or discussion strategies for exploring delicate or tricky passages.
Comics are especially great for teaching text features that are already part of the curriculum, whether in English or content areas such as science or social studies. If you're developing a teaching guide for the latter subjects, you might want to make a point of drawing attention to cutaway diagrams, maps, timelines, charts, letters, and similar graphics: teachers are always looking for ways to help students navigate these (not the least of which is that they appear on standardized tests).
Many guides list questions that, although individually engaging or thought-provoking, require teachers or librarians to do all the heavy lifting in terms of actually planning and running a group discussion. When there is no explicit organization to such questions, they're often presented in sequence according to the order of the book's content. But is that always the best way to approach discussion? If everyone has read the text, why start at the beginning? In fact, if you're addressing a major theme, you might ask a question that mostly concerns the climax and only secondarily reference events in a story's beginning or middle. And actually that's a good way to organize your questions: you can create a heading called "theme," another called "style," and so on. Or if your questions are sophisticated and touch upon a variety of issues simultaneously, consider using icons to call them out. The point is, don't just dump a bunch of questions on your guide's readers that require them to search for the curricular connections.
Include the relevant page numbers from the text when writing questions—sometimes this is tricky, as in the case of manga that lacks folios, but even there you can cite a chapter title or spec that a small piece of art be reproduced. More importantly, if you're developing activities or questions that are objective, make sure that you include the answers! Similarly, when creating any reproducible pages consider whether they include color images that can end up looking muddy when photocopied in black-and-white.
It's ironic that this is one of the key pedagogical areas often omitted from teaching guides—because so many of us know that graphica is well-suited to working with below-level readers or English Language Learners. To avoid this problem, make sure that your mental image of "students" is not strictly confined to those who immediately come to mind for you personally, but rather reflects the diverse group of learners that make up the audience for the graphic title. Differentiating instruction can mean offering ideas on how to support or "scaffold" the text for students so that it's more accessible. Or it can mean using the text to support overarching goals for such student populations, such as oral language development. Oh, and don't forget to include advanced students—just be mindful that this doesn't equate to simply giving them more work or assigning unrealistic projects ("Now have students write and draw their own graphic novels based upon the Old West…"). Instead, recast the same teaching/learning strategies you're already employing but at one or two grade levels above the rest of the guide.
Well, that's it. Write to me if you have any questions or want to share links to guides you've developed…!
Peter Gutiérrez is an Eisner-nominated comics pro and an NCTE spokesperson on graphic novels. His consulting clients include Sesame Workshop, Pearson Education, and Cambridge University Press, and in 2011 Scholastic will publish his new book, Motivating Middle Schoolers with Media-Based Writing Lessons. Peter writes on comics, film, media, and pop culture for publications such as School Library Journal, Screen Education, and ForeWord Reviews, where he is a contributing editor. He can be reached at fiifgutierrez@gmail.com.
For those eager to learn more about graphic novel teaching resources, Peter will be moderating a panel at the 2010 ALA Annual Convention on "Navigating Teaching Resources for Graphic Novels." More information is available here.
Lesson plans and teaching units provided by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Search for "graphic novel" or "comics" and discover lessons on everything from lessons on onomatopoeia to Middle Eastern history.
BookShelf offers a number of lesson plans for different ages and reading levels.
Resources to accompany Marvel Comics' classic literature adaptations.


The traditional law firm "model" is being turned on its head by many firms and in Australia one of the head turners is Andrea Michaels, whose law firm NDA Law of Adelaide rejects the 6 minute-charge notion.
Coming from a small family business background Ms Michaels couldn't see the logic in charging more based solely on time spent.
"People are scared to pick up the phone and call a lawyer because they don't want a $200 bill for what really isn't any value for them. So we will have a chat to clients beforehand, scope out the costs, and tell them what the job will cost.
"I have a family business background so I know that it's important to know what a particular service is going cost," she was reported as saying earlier in the year.
The firm used contract pricing, retainers and fixed pricing so there is certainty on both sides of the table as to what a job is worth. LawFuel has previously reported upon law firm structures and billing practices changing with pressure coming from clients and law firms alike.
Now the Adelaide-based NDA Law is successfully challenging the way legal services are charged and Andrea Michaels has been named as the only South Australian finalist in the "Women in Law" awards.
The former partner at legal firm Finlaysons started her firm in January and is now recognised for establishing a law firm that challenged the status quo and was competing against directors from some of Australia's largest law firms in her national award category.
Apart from being one of the few law firms in Adelaide owned by a woman, NDA Law operated with flexible working hours for its staff that has now grown with three more lawyers on board.
Its partners decided against traditional time-based six-minute billing for its clients and instead offered fixed quotes and contracts for their work.


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Environment, public services,
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service staff
A question to the Minister for Environment, Minister for Local Government, and Minister for Heritage regarding NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service staff:
How many full-time equivalent staff were employed in the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the financial years since the 2011 State election?
Currently, how many NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service staff members are directly responsible for wildlife conservation and protected area management, risk abatement for endangered species and assessments for future national park declarations, versus support services, including cleaning and monitoring carparks (as at 16 May 2018)?
What proportion of staff are directly responsible for wildlife conservation and protected area management, risk abatement for endangered species and assessments for future national park declarations, versus support services, including cleaning and monitoring carparks?
How has this changed over the past seven financial years since the Government took office?
Response can be tracked on NSW Parliament's website.


Finding a quality Round Rock restoration company that you can depend on in a crisis is crucial to how fast you can recover. Whether it's a home or business that is affected, you need to know that the company that you have trusted with your property is capable of quality water damage, mold damage, or fire damage restoration.
In Round Rock, Texas, that company is Blackmon Mooring & BMS CAT. Our IICRC certified technicians and fully equipped team is dedicated to professionalism and taking care of our clients in their time of need. We are the restoration company to call for reliable services 24/7.
Mold in your business can cost you customers and damage your business credibility. At home, it can make your space look grungy and unsanitary. In both instances, the mold growth can affect health and productivity.
Mold is a misunderstood matter. It is present everywhere indoor and outdoor. But, it becomes a problem and danger when your indoor environment provides conditions that help it grow faster and out of control. Mold spores thrive on moisture. Therefore, any water damage or high humidity can lead to its growth.
So, when you smell that strong musty odor, it often implies there's a problem. Or, if you notice mold on your walls and ceilings, it is time to call in the expert mold removal company in Round Rock. It is critical that you find a company that can handle mold removal projects without causing additional problems such as cross-contamination, or the spreading of mold spores to other areas of your property.
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As your Round Rock water damage removal and cleanup company, we use the most modern equipment to quickly extract the water from your premises and reduce the moisture in the building. Following this, we will disinfect the space to prevent fungi from growing. The final step is installing drying equipment to remove excessive moisture from your building materials and contents.
Our teams of professional and well-trained technicians provide a hands-on approach to ensuring that you are 100% satisfied with our level of service and the finished job. In fact, no job is too large or too small for us to handle. We are locally based in the Austin metro area and serve Round Rock and the surrounding areas. But we also have access to major resources because of our corporate backing and national foot print. This means we can handle any large project, no matter the size.
If you have a water damage to your home or business, choose the team with the knowledge, the experience, the resources, and the skills to make sure that you can recover quickly. Call Blackmon Mooring & BMS CAT.
There are many ways that a fire could start in your home or business. It could be an electrical fault, cooking incident, lightning strike, or a gas leak. The possibilities are endless and they all lead to one result – property damage that needs expert restoration or reconstruction services. We are the preferred Austin fire damage restoration company in times of disaster.
Sometimes the damage is so extensive that you need reconstruction along with restorative services. In this case, Blackmon Mooring & BMS CAT has its team ready to get your property back to pre-fire conditions for your use and enjoyment.
With a well-trained team, state-of-the-art equipment and time-tested processes, we are ready to help you restore your residential or business property. With our extensive suite of emergency mitigation, fire damage cleanup, and intensive reconstruction and restoration services, you are assured of a safe and ready to use building when we are through.
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Student Tour Groups to Experience Living History At the Presidential Inauguration!
Travel Adventures, the Lapeer-based student travel company, is taking 1,400 students and teachers to Washington DC for the Presidential Inauguration.
Twenty-three different touring groups from throughout America will be among the million spectators expected to witness history when Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009.
Private academies and special travel groups from Montana, South Carolina and Texas.
These travelers will begin their special "Inauguration Tour" with visits to some of the most important area attractions - The Monuments and Memorials, the National Cathedral, the Smithsonian Museums, and Arlington National Cemetery. On Tuesday, January 20th they will view the parade and swearing in ceremony and then conclude this historic day with a cruise down the Potomac River, dancing at their very own "Inaugural Ball."
John Krish, Vice President and General Manager noted, "Travel Adventures recognizes the importance of educational travel in the lives of young people. We believe that bringing the classroom alive with first-hand, interactive experiences such as this will motivate students to achieve greatness in their academic endeavors."
Travel Adventures is a student tour provider staffed by educators who understand the needs of teachers. It has served over one half million students since 1987 and its mission is to "empower teachers to create change by expanding the classroom to the world." To discover more about Travel Adventures and its many educational programs, visit TravelAdventures.com (http://www.traveladventures.com).
Educational Coordinator, Travel Adventures, Inc.


On this hungover Sunday morning, we were deciding where to meet up with my parents for brunch. I'm pretty particular about brunch since I don't like waiting in lines and don't want ordinary breakfast food I could make myself at home for a quarter of the price. After some quick thinking, Amy and I remembered the excellent dinner we previously had at Fatty 'Cue and figured their Asian inflected menu would probably serve as a excellent and interesting brunch spot.
We were able to quickly and easily secure a table for four on Open Table and headed right over. It was pretty busy and loud inside, but nothing out of control.
We started off with some brunch cocktails. They have four options, a Watermelon Mimosa, Malay Michelada, Whiskey & Coffee, and Bloody Mary. They are $10 each, but you can also get three for $15, which is what we ended up doing.
I selected the Malay Michelada, a cocktail made with beer, lime, a mixture called Malay sangrita with a chili-salt rim. It's a funky, salty, sour, spicy, citrus concoction. If you don't like normal Mexican micheladas you probably won't be a fan of this one, but I definitely enjoyed this Asian twist on the original.
The rest of the brunch menu featured mostly meaty barbecue items with Asian flair. After a bit of indecision I chose a the Pork Ribs described as having a Szechuan dry rub and served with tater tots and a spicy Asian slaw. These ribs were enormous, meaty, tender, and had a wonderful smokey flavor that permeated throughout. The spice rub was actually a lot tamer than I expected, but it was quite pleasant nonetheless.
The accompanying tater tots were just about the best tater tots I'd ever had. They were hot, salty, and perfectly crispy and were especially delicious with a bit of ketchup. The Asian slaw was also really great with fresh, crisp veggies in a citrus marinade that was actually quite spicy.
Fatty 'Cue has already proven itself as an excellent spot for a date night and now has been added to my list as worthy brunch spot as well for its interesting Asian barbecue stylings.
Know of another brunch spot with an unusual, interesting menu? Let me know in the comments below.


In the following, we will show you how to build a baseball website from scratch. All you need to get started is a fresh WordPress website. Should you not know how to set one up, All you need to get started is a fresh WordPress website.... How to Build a Battlebot. This page was put here to help provide links to as many of the FAQ's and Builder tips pages that. I can find on the Web.
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You can build a BattleBot that reflects your creativity and sense of style. It requires an investment of time and money, and while you can get a basic design on. How to Build a Battlebot eHow. Read it. How to Build a Battlebot. How to Build a Mousetrap Car. Making a mousetrap car is a fun way to experiment with materials around the house while learning about physics.
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Starbucks closes first unionized cafe location in Colorado Springs
By Matt Bloom
· Oct. 12, 2022, 3:55 pm
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News
A Starbucks cafe in downtown Denver.
A Starbucks store that voted to unionize earlier this year is now being shut down by the corporation.
Management informed baristas at the Brookside St. and Nevada Ave. store in Colorado Springs of the closure on Monday, according to a statement from the union Starbucks Workers United. Its last date of operation will be Oct. 23.
Workers at the store voted to unionize in May. They had requested that Starbucks begin bargaining with them for their first contract on Oct. 24.
The company confirmed the closure to CPR. A spokeswoman said the decision was due to "ongoing safety issues impacting customers and partners," but did not offer specifics.
"We continue to equip our partners with the training, policies and information they need to address the societal challenges that cross our store thresholds every day," the spokeswoman said. "But when these efforts aren't enough to ensure our partners' safety, we will make the decision to close a store, regardless of its revenue or union status."
Starbucks representatives plan to meet with workers this week to discuss transferring them to another location, the spokeswoman said.
Baristas immediately cast doubt on the stated reasoning for the closure.
"Our safety has never been a concern for them. No matter how many times we begged for different safety measures to be put in place," said Spencer Estabrooks, a barista at the store. "So the sudden closure 'due to safety concerns' feels like they're trying to silence us."
The Brookside and Nevada shop is one of 8 stores in the state that have unionized amid a national wave of organizing. Workers at other union shops have filed complaints with federal regulators of unfair firings of union supporters, which the company denies.
Union organizers say the company has permanently closed at least 9 other union stores across the country.
All other union stores in Denver, Greeley and Superior remain open.
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"I believe in music, the way some people believe in fairy tales… All you have to do is LISTEN." – August Rush.
I have a wide number of favorite movies, but perhaps among the most influential in my life was this, August Rush. Long story short, I am VERY sensitive to music and harmony.
So, let's play with that quote for a bit and change music for harmony or balance. For your life, for your relationships, in your body and even for your business.. Allow for me to elaborate a bit.
"A system operates to serve or heal its weakest link." So to prevent that, organize and prioritize so you cater to your largest drivers and/or most necessary relationships first. Yes, even relationships within your body.
So going a little deeper and focusing solely on one's self. Do you hear chatter all day long about things that are beyond your control to fix? Well, silence those and focus on what you CAN fix! Listen to your body after you eat something – do you feel bloated? Lacking energy? So, perhaps that specific food (or amount) does not suit you. How do you feel after you exercise? More energized or totally depleted?
Can you see where I am headed? One of the keys to leading a balanced life and achieving all of your dreams or the dreams in the key areas of your life, is Listening to your own body.
Leading a harmonious life from within will naturally reflect on healthier and more nurturing relationships with yourself by being able to transcend negative patterns, thoughts and emotions; and consequently with others.
Leading a more harmonious life while listening to your body will translate in feeling more energized, becoming more efficient and having more time to do what counts!
However, that kind of listening goes above and beyond active listening (which involves all your senses). I will call this kind of listening, observant listening which allows for you to recognize patterns, "side effects" (like for example when you get bloated or not), and find leverage on those things or activities that will nurture you to grow.
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As we discussed in the About Cotton Chapter there are many different types of cotton. After the cotton has been graded and purchased by the factory the bales of cotton are delivered to the Spinning factory. The first step in the Spinning factory is the Ginning. Ginning is the process of taking the raw cotton and cleaning it so that it can be moved further into the Spinning factory to turn into yarn. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates the cotton fibers from the seeds.It uses a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through the screen, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent jams in the Gin.
Carding is the processing of brushing fibers to prepare them for spinning. Carding is used to take unordered fibers and prepare them for spinning. It can also be used to create blends of different fibers or different colors. The process of carding mixes up the different fibers, thus creating a homogeneous mix of the various types of fibers, at the same time as it orders them and gets rid of the tangles. Machine cards for carding cotton also have rollers and systems designed to remove some contaminants from the cotton. The cotton fibers are put almost parallel to each other to become a continuous strand of loose cotton fibers, ready for drawing and twisting. This continous strand is called a sliver.
Carding does not take all of the shorter fibers from the sliver; therefore carded cotton is not a soft as combed cotton.
Combing is a method for preparing fiber for spinning by use of combs. The combs used, have long metal teeth, and only barely resemble the comb used on hair. However, they are used in a similar fashion with one comb holding the fiber while the other is moved through, slowly transferring the fiber to the moving comb.
Combing the fibers removes the short fibers and arranges the fiber in a flat bundle, with all the fibers going the same direction. In general, combing is done with fibers that are longer, and carding with fibers of a shorter length.
First the machine separates the short fibers from the long fibers. Second it aligns and straightens the fibers and third it removes any foreign matter and neps (nep is a small knot of entangled fibers which in case of cotton usually comprises of dead or immature cotton hairs) The resulting product is a smoother, more uniform and stronger yarn.
For combing, sliver from the carding is passed through Pre-Comber Drawing and then through the Uni Lap to get smaller Laps of cotton. These Laps are then fed to Combers to get sliver which has 14% to 18% of shorter staples removed from the sliver.
That 14%-18%% is all shorter fibers that have left the silver leave only longer fibers for spinning and giving combed cotton a softer feel and a slight luster to the cotton than using carding process.
Sliver (rhymes with diver) is a long bundle of fiber that is generally used to spin yarn. Carding or combing the fiber, which is then drawn into long strips where the fiber is parallel, creates a sliver. When sliver is drawn further and given a slight twist, it becomes roving.
A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber. Carding the fiber can create a roving, and it is then drawn into long strips. Because it is carded, the fibers are not parallel, though drawing it into strips may line the fibers up a bit.
Because carding has created roving, the fibers are less parallel than top (combed) and are not of uniform length. Carded roving's look fluffier than combed top, which looks smooth and has a high luster. The fiber in combed top tends to be of a fairly uniform length due to the method of preparation.
The principal behind open-end spinning is similar to that of a clothes dryer spinning full of sheets. If you could open the door and pull out a bed sheet, it would spin together as you pulled it out. Sliver from the card goes into the rotor, is spun around into yarn and comes out, wrapped up on a package, all ready to go to the next step. This system is much faster than ring spinning with rotor speeds up to 140,000 rpm, and less labor intensive.
The disadvantage is mainly that the open end is limited to coarse counts, cloth made from open-end yarn having a 'fuzzier' feel and poorer wear resistance.
Combed yarns would not be used in open-end spinning, and generally you can feel the coarseness of the yarns that have been spun open end. This type of spinning is always used in lower priced towels.
On each side of the frame are the spindles, above them are the draughting (drafting) rollers and on top is a creel loaded with bobbins of roving. The roving (un spun thread) passed downward from the bobbins to the draughting rollers. Here the back roller steadied the incoming thread, while the front roller, which was moving much faster, pulled thread out (attenuated) forcing the fibres to mesh together. The rollers are individually adjustable, originally by mean of levers and weights. The attenuated roving now passes through a thread guide that is adjusted to be exactly above the spindle. Thread guides are on a thread rail, which allows them to be hinged out of the way for doffing or piecing a broken thread. The attenuated roving passes down to the spindle assembly, where it is threaded though a small ring called the traveler. It is this that gives the ring frame its name. From here it is attached to the existing thread on the spindle.
Like the hour and minute hands on a mechanical clock, the traveler, and the spindle share the same axis but travel at different speeds. The spindle travels faster. The bobbin is fixed on the spindle. In a ring frames, the different speed was achieved by drag caused by air resistance and friction. The spindles rotate at 7000 to 8000 rpm, this spins the yarn. The traveler winds the yarn on the bobbin. The ring on the traveler is fixed on a lifting ring rail that guides the thread onto the bobbin in the shape required: i.e. a cop. The lifting must be adjusted for different cotton counts.
Ring-spun yarn is a superior cotton yarn that results in a softer, more durable fabric than open-end yarn. The process of ring spinning requires two more processing steps than open-end yarn production and ring-spun yarn takes five times longer to produce. The additional steps involve continuously twisting and narrowing the rope of cotton fibers. This continuous fiber "helix" or twist gives ring-spun yarn extra softness and strength. The resulting towels will feel softer wash after wash.
There are some excellent ring spun towels on our More Shopping page.
Compact or Condensed Spinning minimizes width and height of the spinning triangle associated with ring spinning. Introduction of this technology began in late 1990s.
In compact spinning, the spinning triangle associated with conventional ring spinning is eliminated by air pressure compaction. This happens by suction and compaction on a perforated revolving drum/ apron in the front zone of the drafting system.
The process is characterized by the introduction of a fourth nip point down stream of the exit from the conventional 3/3 drafting system, which acts as an aerodynamic condenser.
The aerodynamics consideration of the fibers through suction results in narrower spinning zone with individual fibers more effectively bound into the yarn assembly. This offered the potential to create a near perfect yarn structure by applying air suction to condense the fiber stream in the main drafting zone, therefore virtually eliminating the spinning triangle.
These Compact Spinning systems offer the possibility of using cotton with short staple lengths to produce high quality yarns that use to required long or extra long staple cottons.
Compact spinning technology has potential for improving both the quality and profitability aspects of cotton yarn manufacturing, depending on the objectives of the textile manufacture, different approaches are available. One approach could be to reduce the cost of the raw fiber while maintaining quality. Another could be reducing the twist while using the same raw fiber. Yet another is to eliminate some or all of combing while still producing acceptable yarn quality.
Let me make this statement, compact Spinning is usually used for economical reasons. Compact Spinning will allow the factory to make a better yarn from lesser quality cotton. Thus improving the quality of the towel made from lesser quality cotton. It will not give you the same quality as combed yarns.
The lower the number the thicker the yarn. So what do the numbers mean?
The indirect count numbers are written as two numbers separated by a forward slash, for example 2/30's, this would mean 2 yarns of 30 Ne c plied together. Another example would be 1/16's this would be a single yarn of 16 Ne c.
For most counts the first number states the number of single ends that have been plied together, so in the case of the example 2/30's count, we are looking at a 2ply yarn made of 30 singles.
Our 2/30's yarn would mean that 2 single ends of 30's yarn plied together weigh one pound, to a produce a final yarn of 15's (remember lower number, thicker yarn).
DTex is used for very thin threads like machine sewing threads. With these very thin threads a Tex value could be misleading so Tex multiplied by ten. DTex is based on the weight in grams of 10,000 meters of yarn.
The direction in which the yarn is spun is called twist. Yarns are characterized as S-twist or Z-twist according to the direction of spinning. Tightness of twist is measured in TPI (twists per inch or turns per inch). Two or more spun yarns may be twisted together or plied to form a thicker yarn. Generally, spinning of single plies are spun with a Z-twist, and plying is done with an S-twist. More on this later.
The twist is inserted to the staple yarn to hold the constituent fibres together, thus giving enough strength to the yarn, and also producing a continuous length of yarn. The twist in the yarn has a three-fold effect; first, the twist increases cohesion between the fibres by increasing the lateral pressure in the yarn, thus giving enough strength to the yarn. Second, twist increases the helical angle of fibres and maximizes fibre strength to the yarn. Due to the above effects, as the twist increases, the yarn strength increases up to a certain level, beyond which the increase in twist actually decreases the strength of staple yarn. The continuous filament yarn also requires a small amount of twist in order to avoid the fraying of filaments and to increase abrasion resistance. Yarn is often ply-twisted in a direction opposite to a single yarn twist to improve evenness, strength, elongation, bulkiness, luster and abrasion resistance, and to reduce twist liveliness, hairiness and variation in strength. Third, we need to have the strength and evenness in order to run the yarn through the weaving machine.
All these operations take place continuously in a relative order during the spinning process. The product of ring spinning is the yarn of given count, twist type (S or Z), draft and (TPI) Twists per Inch.
First, let's talk about structure and define our terms. A singles is, well, a single strand of yarn. At its most technical, some define it as being a yarn which is twisted in only a single direction, so you can technically have yarn composed of multiple strands, but if there's only one direction of twist it's still a singles.
Plied yarn is one where multiple strands of yarn, each yarn already spun, are put together and twisted in the opposite direction from that in which they were first twisted. A 2-ply yarn has two strands; a 3-ply yarn has three. There are lots and lots of other plying structures, but those are the major ones you will see in towels, singles, 2-ply, and 3-ply. Any time you ply your yarn, you're making it stronger. This is because twist adds strength; multiple directions of twist add even more strength. You're also tucking some of the surface of the yarn inside, away from the elements and wear and tear. Plied yarns will always be stronger and sturdier than singles yarns.
We discuss some excellent 2 ply towels on More Shopping page.
You will hear about all kinds of different action that the towel mill can do to the yarns in the spinning process.
Regular (if a term could be so described) yarns are twisted to give strength and to allow the looms to weave the towel. But in recent years we have developed other types of twist that will give the yarns more softness and make them more absorbent. De twisting the yarn will open the cotton fibers so that they can trap air and moisture between them, this will increase softness and absorbency. It also will all air to reach the deep inner parts of the yarn and will decrease the time a towel will take to dry after use or after washing. These types of towels are now called various names.
The first basic difference between low-twist, zero twist and ringspun cotton is the fibers used to construct both. While ringspun towels use a combination of long and short staple cotton fiber, low-twist and zero twist must be constructed only from longer staple cotton yarn.
Zero twist must actually be twisted into a yarn and they detwisted and wound with Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) yarn to keep the cotton intact so that it can be woven. The PVA dissolves during dyeing, leaving the extremely low-twist cotton behind. Actually the term zero twist is incorrect, it really has a very low twist.
Low twist yarns can be made similar to the above process or by wrapped with a very fine yarn either 80s single or 90s singles so that the yarns can be woven. Low twist yarns have a slightly higher twist per inch than zero twist.
Twisted cotton yarn towels, which have been the norm for decades in the United States, are usually thinner (lower weight) and rougher when compared to low-twist, which has a much better hand and is noticeably fluffier. Twisted yarns does not pill or shed an excessive amount of lint as compared to Zero twist or low twist. Manufacturers and suppliers of low-twist towels also maintain they are more absorbent than ringspun towels. This seems to be true.
Just to get ahead of ourselves, let us talk briefly about weight, since a Zero Twist or Low Twist towel has cotton in the loops that are of lower twist, the pile yarns are more open and thus they are fluffier. This means they are bulkier than regular twisted towels. This means that when folded on the shelf in a store they will appear to be thicker and plusher. Both good qualities, but the retailer and the manufacture know this as well, so a Zero Twist towel will be lighter in total weight and in GSM (Grams Per Square Meter, we will discuss this later) than a regular twist towel. Actually the norm is that a Zero Twist will be about 30% lighter that a regular twist and still look the same in terms of bulkiness on the shelve in the stores. This is good for two reasons, one, the cost of a Zero Twist or Low twist is higher because of the better cotton requirements and the extra steps in manufacturing so the lower weight will help offset the additional cost. Second, it is actually enviromentally better because since there is less cotton, less cotton is being used from our enviroment and, as the towels will dry faster in your automatic dryer. Thus saving energy.
The only disadvantage to Zero Twist and to a smaller extent to Low twist is the linting issue. Put a Zero Twist in your dryer at home and at the end of the cycle pull out the lent filter. Youwill be surprised at all of the cotton fibersl stuck to the filter. Makes sense, if the cotton fibers are not tightly twisted together, they are not holding each other together and therefore will come out of the towel during wash and drying. Thus a Zero Twist and again to a lesser extent low twist towel will not last as long nor have the strength of a regular twisted towel. We gave up the strength for softness and bulk.
Now of course the retailers test a large majority of the towels that they buy and offer to the consumer. They found this out, yet theyknow you still wanted the softness and the bulk of these towels. So the factories figured out how to put an enzyme treatment in the wash process of the towels that will help the cotton fibers stick together. It really works and most all Zero Twist are treated this way to give you a much better product.
Don't let this small problem turn you off to Zero Twist or Low twist (which we discussed can be made without PVA) products. They certainly are usually much softer than regular twisted yarn towels, they feel like a chamois and seem to wick the moisture right off your skin. They are luxurious in feel and appearance. Most people really love these types of towel and once they try it will never go back to a regular twisted towel.
There are some excellent Zero Twist towels on our More Shopping page.
You can however find regular twisted towel in the market that are very close to the softness of Low twist or Zero twist. That is because the factory used very high quality yarns made with very high quality cotton to make the yarns. It would also be that the softness came form the use of very fine yarns to make the towel. Most regular twisted towel would use 16 singles and the loop yarn, if you were to use 20 singles the yarn would be finer and thus would feel softer. It would be very likely that these types of soft regular twisted towels are made with Supima, Pima, Real Egyptian or another extra long staple cotton and combed as well.
Once the manufactures found how to make towels using PVA and the advantage of the softness the low and Zero twist process added to the towel, they created other concepts for using PVA. Making low twist or Zero Twist towels cost the factory more because of extra steps and the addition of either PVA or a second yarn. Thus they will cost more than a regular twisted yarn towel, plus this is a added value to the product so the factory will make more gross margin on this product.
Remember in the Zero Twist we wrapped the PVA around the low twisted cotton, well another option is to wrap the cotton around the PVA, which after washing the PVA out of the yarns after weaving would leave a hollow core inside of the cotton yarn. This hollow core creates an airspace that will improve the absorbency of the towel and add bulk to the appearance. While this may not be a soft as the Zero Twist or Low Twist, if will have similar absorbency factors and bulk while not having the linting issue as bad. It will lint more than a regular twisted towel, but to a much lesser degree than a Zero Twist. This towel is sold in the market as a "Wrapper yarn", "Hydro Cotton" or "Centrum Cotton" in either case it is a option to the Zero Twist yarns to increase absorbency and decrease linting.
Another option is that we can use PVA fibers, and mix them with the cotton fibers and then spinning the yarn. We can then use a regular tight twist to hold the yarns together and after weaving we can wash the PVA fibers out of the towel leaving small air space between the cotton fibers which will have similar absorbency factors as Zero Twist and will have much less linting issues as the cotton was twisted tighter and will hold together better. This towel is sold in the market as "Air Rich" and is an excellent product.
If 2-Ply yarn is needed cones from this section are taken to Doublers for Winding Machine that twists two single yarn strands to give 2-Ply yarn on Cones or what we call single packages.
Before packing in polyethylene bags, Conditioning is done by storing the single packages in a controlled moisture environment for at least 24 hours. This allows the yarn to absorb moisture to a certain level that is necessary for keeping its strength.
Now that you have learned about the workings of the Spinning factory, I suggest that you take a look at this video taken at a Spanish Spinning Mill where you can see all of the actual machines used to take the raw cotton bales from ginning, carding, roving, and spinning to completion of single packages in storage. The narrative is in Spanish so turn down the sound or if you speak spanish you might hear the explaination of the process.
The spinning section for many factories is not owned by the Towel factory but rather is an independent company from which the weaving factory buys its yarns.This Spinning factory sells its yarns to many companies which may include other towel factories as well.
Some factories own their own spinning sections and make yarns not only for themselves but also for other towel factories. These factories we call "Vertical" factories, meaning that they control the entire process from cotton to towel.
From here, the yarns to be used for yarn dyed towels are sent to the dyeing section of the factory, the yarns that are going to be used in the process of weaving solid color towels are sent to the warping section of the factory.
Let us go to the preparation section of the weaving mill, just click on About Weaving .


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Fluid Mechanics (81-100)
81. If x is the distance from leading edge, then the boundary layer thickness in laminar flow varies as
82. Stanton diagram is a log-log plot of friction factor against Reynolds number
83. The depth 4d below the free surface at which the point velocity is equal to the
average velocity of flow for a uniform laminar flow with a free surface, will be 0.577D
84. The boundary layer thickness in turbulent flow varies as
85. The distance y from pipe boundary, at which the point velocity is equal to
average velocity for turbulent flow, is 0.223 R
86. If a sphere of diameter 1 cm falls in castor oil of kinematic viscosity 10 stokes, with a terminal velocity of 1.5 cm/sec, the coefficient of drag on the sphere is
87. In case of an airfoil, the separation of flow occurs at the extreme rear of body
88. When an ideal fluid flows past a sphere total drag is zero
89. With the same cross-sectional area and immersed in same turbulent flow, the
largest total drag will be on a circular disc of plate held normal to flow
90. In which of the following the friction drag is generally larger than pressure drag? an airfoil
91. For hydro-dynamically smooth boundary, the friction coefficient for turbulent flow is dependent only on Reynolds number
92. The value of friction factor T for smooth pipes for Reynolds number 106 is
approximately equal to 0.01
93. For laminar flow in a pipe of circular cross-section, the Darcy's friction factor f
is inversely proportional to Reynolds number and indpendent of pipe wall roughness
94. Separation of flow occurs when the boundary layer comes to rest
95. The loss of energy due to sudden enlargement is given by
where A1, V1 are area of cross-section and velocity at entry and A2, v2, are area of
cross-section and velocity at exit.
96. The ratio of average velocity to maximum velocity for steady laminar flow in circular pipes is 1/2
97. The distance from pipe boundary, at which ,the turbulent shear stress' is one
third the wall shear stress, is 2/3 R
98. The discharge of a liquid of kinematic viscosity 4 cm²/sec through a 8 cm dia
meter pipe is 3200π cm³/sec. The type of flow expected is laminar flow
99. The Prandtl mixing length is zero at the pipe wall
100. The velocity distribution for laminar flow through a circular tube varies parabolically with maximum at the centre


Christopher G. White is Assistant Professor of Religion at Vassar College and contributes to the blog for The Social Science Research Council, The Immanent Frame. White is also the author of, Unsettled Minds: Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1840 (UC Press, November 2008). In his latest blog entry, "Mind Sciences and Religious Change in America," White argues from an historical standpoint that recent neurological advances have consistently failed to alter older religious notions and practices, as described in the passage below.
and practice. It is true that such studies do not authorize specific religious ideas or practices. But in my experience, this doesn't matter to most believers.


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All these dolls wear our doll fashion size 24 cm and hat size 18 cm.
The shoe size is 38 mm (and 37 mm).


Cook noodles according to package directions, drain.
SOUP MIXTURE: Mix soup and milk in small bowl and set aside.
RICOTTA MIXTURE: In large bowl, combine ricotta, parmesan, egg, 4 Tbsp parsley, and black pepper. Mix well, set aside.
SEAFOOD MIXTURE: In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add green onions, bell peppers, and garlic. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes till tender. Remove from heat. Cut each shrimp crosswise in half. Flake crab meat. Add seafood to vegitables.
Assemble Lasagna: spread 1/4 cup of soup mixture over bottom of 13x9x2 baking dish.
Top with 3 noodles. Spread 1/2 of ricotta mixture over noodles. Sprinkle with half of the seafood mixture and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
Repeat #7: noodles, ricotta mixture, seafood mixture, and mozzarella.
Top with last 3 noodles. Spread remaining soup mixture over noodles. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Cover with foil and bake 35 minutes. Carefully remove foil. Continue baking 10-15 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Remove from oven: sprinkle with reserved parsley. Let stand 15 minutes. Cut into 12 squares, and serve.
calories 270 fat 11g (less if you use part skim Ricotta, egg beaters, 2% or skim milk.


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Events planned for Historic Preservation Month in Evansville
The City of Evansville is partnering with local organizations to present free events, including lectures and guided tours, to the public this month.
Events planned for Historic Preservation Month in Evansville The City of Evansville is partnering with local organizations to present free events, including lectures and guided tours, to the public this month. Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2019/05/09/events-planned-historic-preservation-month-evansville/1149555001/
Michael Doyle, Evansville Courier & Press Published 3:24 p.m. CT May 9, 2019
The historic Rathbone building located near Haynie's Corner in Evansville is being renovated into a multi-use facility including one and two bedroom apartments and a restaurant. The building used to house the Rathbone Retirement Village before closing in summer 2017. (Photo: SAM OWENS/ COURIER & PRESS)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Each May, history and civic-minded organizations nationwide celebrate Historic Preservation Month.
It's a time to promote the historically significant areas and landmarks in towns across the country and to understand why those places are important.
The City of Evansville is partnering with local organizations to present a number of free events, including lectures and guided tours, to the public this month. For more information on any of these events, contact Jim Tomer at 812-435-6030.
Preservation through Transformation: Adaptive Reuse of Churches: Preservationist James Russiello will speak on historic church buildings and the issues facing these structures, particularly ones that have been abandoned. Russiello advocates repurposing these buildings to serve the community. May 13, 6:30 p.m.
Oak Hill Cemetery Preservation: Speakers Peter Wollenberg and Jeannie Regan-Deinius will discuss means of preserving cemetery grounds, including various protections and grants. May 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Oak Hill Cemetery Tours: Historians Britney Westbrook and Dennis Au will guide a tour through the historically African-American section of Oak Hill Cemetery, with insights into the history and stories of the people who are memorialized there. May 19, 1 to 1:30 p.m.
Also, two walking tours — one for the 19th-century area of the cemetery and one for the 20th century - will be guided by Chris Cooke and Au, with stories of the interred and connections with the history of the city. May 19, 2-4 p.m.
Reitz Home Museum: Reitz Home Museum will hold its "Wine Down to the Weekend" on Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. featuring live music: Steve Greenwell Quartet (May 9), After Hours (May 16) and King's Highway (May 23). Beer is $3 and wine is $5.
Reitz Home Free Admission Day: Tour the 1871 mansion built by one of Evansville's founding families, inspired by French Second Empire design and complete with original furnishings and decor. May 19, 1-2:30 p.m.
Lunch on the Lawn: Food trucks will be in the area of 4th Street by the Old Courthouse, with historic county buildings open for tours and live music on the lawn. May 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Trinity Methodist Church and Block Tour: A tour guided by Bill Bartel will explore the church's history at 216 SE 3rd Street. Downtown Evansville director Joshua Armstrong will lead another tour addressing historic buildings both present and gone. May 11, 3-4:30 p.m.
From Slavery to Freedom: Jeannie Regan-Dinius presents the local history of the Underground Railroad at Lyles Station. Lyles Station director Stanley Madison will lead a tour. Evansville's African-American Museum is partner to this event. May 14, 6 p.m.
Mid-Country Hebron Meadow Tour: Architectural historian Adan Higgins will talk about mid-centry planning and design in Hebron Meadows, at the corner of Blue Ridge Road and South Meadow Street. Hebron Meadows was a premier neighborhood in Evansville beginning in the mid-20th century. May 15, 6 p.m.
Riverside District Urban Geology Tour: Historic Preservation Officer Jim Tomer will talk about local building stone and the architectural history on SE 1st Street. Tuesday, May 21 at 6 p.m.
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In Indonesia this roasted coconut flakes we called it serundeng, can be mixed with meats such beef serundeng, sprinkle over rice or sticky rice, Normally cook on the stove on low heat,but I roasted instead and seasoned with dry/powder spices.
This Indonesian baked chicken pastel is similar with Empanada, I'm sure it's called different in any other country,but its basically are made by folding dough around stuffing, which usually consists of a variety of meat,vegetables,cheese or fruits among others.
The recipe adapted from food network recipes/ Emeril lagasee I just made a change with other ingredients and use pandan paste for a green coloring and chopped peppermint bark and nut crunch for the cookies,the taste and color are perfect. sweet mintty and slightly pandan taste.
Fresh fruits with citrus blended with crushed ice and no sugar added, simple and refreshing for hot summer days.
A kumquat is a citrus fruit that resembles a smaller, ovular orange. Kumquats grow on trees and are sometimes very bitter when not ripe. They are also the only citrus fruits that can be enjoyed whole -- skin and all. If you want to know how to eat one, follow these steps/in the link above.
The citrus from the kumquat skin,it's very citrusy, it's great for refreshing drinks idea.
shape the dough into small balls, presh with thumb and fill them with triple berry jam or any berry's jam/preserve.
A slice Indonesian Tempeh, coated with Japanese teriyaki sauce arrange with vegetables and fresh herb, and roll them tight in Vietnamese spring roll wrapper, Serve with homemade soy spicy peanut sauce,simply healthy recipe.
This Asian signature dish just perfect for appetizer.
and coat cook tempeh with teriyaki sauce or marinate for about 5 minutes.
Cut cucumber and carrot in julienne,set aside,and place them together with basil,cilantro and lettuce To make it easier to arrange on the spring roll wrapper.
I made this banana white chocolate muffins for family and friend yesterday morning, the white chocolate morsel adding rich sweetness to the muffins and well blended with banana, I definitely will make it again.
I thank you both , Pam and Bridget for the fresh beet roots and the recipe.
in my previous post I use the beet greens too, click the link for the recipe!
for this salad I cooked beets instead of raw, but you can prepare raw if you like.
in large bowl mix them together and add chopped parsley and chopped walnut.
This mango coconut pudding is my early blog post when I start blogging about two years ago, I just want to re-share the recipe with you all.


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Chronicles of the Head
Fifty-three years of changes, and my husband's head chronicles them the best for me. As I stand at the stove while peeking at John's head as he naps before supper, I can't help but think of the hair-raising evolution of this journey.
The head I peer at now is covered with white wisps of curls desperately trying to cover an otherwise pink baldness. The curls give up on the top of his head, and his skull shines through. "Not enough of the crap to pay a hairdresser to cut," he announced six years ago as his younger daughter trimmed away impatiently at it the day before her older sister's wedding.
This same head a decade or so ago was covered with thicker salt and pepper hair always too unruly to be kept in a baseball cap. I used to trim it a few times a year then.
Before that a Beatle bob escaped in all directions that was defined by a trimmed moustache. His serious, college-educated, running his own business, but still wearing jeans phase.
A ponytail came before that in a rebellious phase when he pounded nails for some other asshole.
A blonde-streaked, banged do was what he sported when we met in 1967. No moustache. Baby face. Too cute.
Those blue eyes are still shining out on the front of this gray-haired gentleman, but oh, that gorgeous head of hair. Where did it go? It's bouncing around on our older daughter's business woman's head as she rushes off to work in San Francisco, and growing thicker and curlier each day on the head of a darling granddaughter as she bops around at Child Time Daycare. That's where you'll find it!
Young Love in Cheap Apartments
Project Pause
What is the Truth, Anyway?
Writing about Someone Else's Mom
Gracie Says Goodbye, a guest blog by Kelsey Grace Gillespie
Praise for Gracie & Albert
"Couched in sharp images and genuine interior dialogue, we enter the frightful world of the asylum within the alert mind of Gracie as her family around her breaks apart. In the tragic aftermath of her abuse as a child, Gracie attempts to regain her balance in the harsh world of rural Maine. There is much to learn here. Ms. Gillespie is an artist of words." Cynthia Fraser Graves, author of Never Count Crows: love and loss in Kennebunk, Maine and Dusk on Route 1.
"I loved this beautifully crafted story that tugs at your heart strings. I ached for Gracie, and admired how she ultimately found the strength to 'muddle' through life after such dark beginnings. Her story has staying power and will long linger with me. Many of us, no doubt, regretfully carry questions unasked about our parents' early lives–this author found her answers and dealt with them in such a powerful and moving way." Jean Flahive, author of Billy Boy: The Sunday Soldier of the 17th Maine and many children's books.
"Beautiful handling of a very emotional theme. I confess to being part of this author's family, a cousin, the daughter of "Flippie" mentioned in the book. Flippie was Gracie's older sister, fortunate enough to be taken by the state into a wonderful family at the age of 4. Gracie, an infant at that time, was left behind and never had Flippie's advantages. Therefore, I can attest to the "non-fiction" aspect of this book, to its validity and the beautiful sensitive way Cheryl describes her mother's experiences. Having met Gracie myself as a child and a teen, I had always personally found her fascinating, witty and very colorful, often using language I didn't hear elsewhere, traits Cheryl illustrates very well in her narrative. This book deals only with the time Cheryl's mother was a patient in the Maine state hospital in Augusta, the rest of her life barely touched upon, so there is a lot of room for a sequel which I certainly hope she writes. I am so impressed with Cheryl's handling of the emotional turmoil, the problems Gracie faced in the hospital, the brutality of the treatment, the way her early life had soured her ability to relate easily to people yet did not destroy her. I found myself feeling great empathy and sympathy for her, having learned through this book a lot more that I ever knew before. Bravo, cousin Cheryl, for a job well done! Rebecca Wagner


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