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A course of the European School on Metamaterials will be held right after the Conference (20 - 21 September 2019). The lectures will be held in the campus of the "Niccolò Cusano" University, which is easily reachable from the conference venue by public transport (more details about the school venue will be given soon).

The school topic is:

Spatial, temporal and phase control in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: New frontiers in wave tailoring

The course will be focused on emerging engineered artificial materials whose electromagnetic, optical and acoustic properties are dynamically controlled in space, time and phase. The recent interest in this topic is motivated by the possibility to engineer both the spatial and temporal characteristics of the wave interacting with these materials almost at will, opening up possibilities to envision new wave phenomena and create new devices.

The school offers a unique opportunity to students and young researchers to meet pioneers and leading experts in metamaterials and get exposure to the latest advancements in this burgeoning research field. Comprehensive lectures will take into account the widespread backgrounds of the audience.

Andrea AlùSpatial and Temporal Modulations for Wavefront Control with Metasurfaces

Mirko Barbuto Real-time control of phase singularities for wave tailoring at microwave frequencies

Isabelle Staude Tunable dielectric metasurfaces and metadevices

Nader Engheta - 4D Metamaterials

Davide Ramaccia Modulated metamaterials and metasurfaces and their applications to antennas and Doppler control

Vicent Romero-Garcìa Control of the acoustic waves in the subwavelength regime: metamaterials for perfect absorption and metadiffusers

Sergei Tretyakov - Introductory tutorial on metasurfaces for control of reflection and transmission

Lecture abstracts:

Andrea Alù: I will discuss the basics of wavefront manipulation using metasurfaces, first for passive, linear, time-invariant systems, pointing out the limitations and potentials of this technology for various applications, and then expanding to nonlinear, time-modulated and active material platform, which enables going beyond these limits. I will discuss theoretical limits, and practical implementations at radio-frequency and optical frequencies, and provide an overview of possible venues for future research in these areas.

Mirko Barbuto: The manipulation of phase singularities carried by vortex fields is an emerging research field aiming at obtaining unusual amplitude and phase distributions of an optical beam, with potential applications ranging from manipulation of microscopic particles to communications or imaging systems. Typically confined to optical frequencies, recently it has been extended to microwaves but practical applications in this frequency range are still under investigation. In this lecture, we explore the generation and manipulation of phase singularities at microwave frequencies and we show how their topological properties can be exploited to control in real-time the radiation properties of antenna systems. In particular, first we provide the general mathematical framework for the analysis of the phase singularities generated by standard radiating elements. Then, we present a new design tool for tailoring their radiation properties based on the topological properties of phase singularity points. The design of some configurations of practical interest will be presented.

Isabelle Staude: Optical metasurfaces composed of designed Mie-resonant semiconductor nanoparticles arranged in a plane provide comprehensive control over the properties of light fields. However, the optical response of most semiconductor metasurfaces realized so far was permanently encoded into the metasurface structure during fabrication. Recently, a growing amount of research is concentrating on obtaining dynamic control of their optical response, with the aim of creating metasurfaces and metasurface-based devices (“metadevices”) with functionalities that can be tuned, switched or programmed on demand. Mie-resonant dielectric metasurfaces are particularly attractive in this regard, since their strongly dispersive behavior as well as the resonant enhancement of the optical near-fields inside or near the nanoresonators facilitate active tuning of their optical response.
This lecture will overview the state of the art of research into tunable dielectric metasurfaces and metadevices. Following a general motivation of this research area, the fundamental concepts regarding the optical properties of subwavelength dielectric nanoresonators will be established. To this end, I will discuss Mie-resonances of dielectric nanoparticles and analyze how they are influenced by the nanoparticle shape, size, material composition, and environment. I will then briefly introduce the concept of dielectric Huygens’ metasurfaces, before focusing on graded Mie-resonant dielectric metasurfaces for wavefront control applications in more detail. The central part of this lecture will then discuss various strategies to render the metasurface response tunable and reconfigurable on demand, and review recent progress in the actual experimental implementation of these strategies. Finally, potential applications of tunable dielectric metasurfaces and metadevices as well as open challenges are discussed.

Davide Ramaccia: In this lecture we will present the recent advancements in the field of space-time modulated metamaterials. Such materials are characterized by constitutive parameters that are modulated in both space and time through an external control. At first, the physical insights of the unusual interaction arising between the electromagnetic field and space-time modulated metamaterials will be presented, with a particular emphasis on the resulting non-reciprocal behavior that is achieved without using magnets. The fundamental principles behind the operation of space-time modulated metamaterials will be highlighted and the corresponding analytical-numerical framework will be presented. Finally, we will show how the artificial non-reciprocity achieved by using space-time modulated metamaterials can be exploited to design innovative non-reciprocal antennas and metamaterial/metasurface-based cloaking devices hiding the velocity of a moving object.

Vicent Romero-Garcìa: The ability to control an incoming wave field in a sub-wavelength material is advantageous for several applications in wave physics as energy conversion, time reversal technology, coherent perfect absorbers, or sound-proofing among others. The solution of this challenge requires to solve a complex problem: reducing the geometric dimensions of the structure while increasing the density of states at low frequencies and finding the good impedance conditions for the desired control. In this talk I present the possibilities of a new type of sub-wavelength metamaterials based on the concept of slow sound propagation. This last type of metamaterials makes use of its strong dispersion for generating slow-sound conditions inside the material and, therefore, drastically decreasing frequency of the absorption peaks. Hence, the structure thickness becomes deeply sub-wavelength. These open systems, at the resonant frequency, are characterized by both the leakage rate of energy (i.e., the coupling of the resonant elements with the propagating medium) and the intrinsic losses of the resonator. We discuss in this talk, the different possibilities offered by the balance between the leakage and the losses to activate the condition of critical coupling for trapping the energy around the resonant elements and generating a maximum of energy absorption or to generate deep subwavelength diffusers, what we call metadiffusers.

Sergei Tretyakov: In this introductory lecture I will give the definition of metasurfaces and explain their basic functionalities. The lecture will start from definitions and history, explaining the role of electric and magnetic polarizations, bianisotropy, and nonlocality for realizing properties needed for various applications. The main learning outcome of this lecture will be understanding of what physical properties of metasurfaces are responsible for various field transformations and knowledge of typical cell topologies which are suitable for realization of desired metasurface properties.

Preliminary school time schedule

08:00 - 08:50

08:50 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture 1

Lecture 4

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture 2

Lecture 5

12:30 - 14:00

14:00 - 15:30

Lecture 3

Lecture 6

15:30 - 17:00

Coffee and discussions with the lecturers

Coffee and exam

18:00 – 21:00

School dinner

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It’s a rainy morning at the Cabrits garrison in northern Dominica (which is where I’ve been living for the past few weeks).   Here’s what the office looks like today:

The misty storytale-quality of this photo is not an iphone effect, but rather the mountains here actually rest permanently inside of low-flying clouds.  And, it sounds like this.

Breaking the Silence

Earlier this afternoon, I officially sold my stake in Nobis, letting go of my creation that’s more or less dominated my life for the past six years (and is why I’ve been missing in action for the past few months).  The reasons and events that led up to this are complex on a level that I don’t think that I want to put too much out here (for risk of being misinterpreted) but I will leave this with these final words.

I’m grateful for all of the passion of their own that our staff put into building this thing that started as nothing more than some scribbling on a notepad.  Ubiquity has grown to scales that I never would have been capable of achieving alone.   We were incredibly fortunate to have had those first handfuls of hosting customers that stayed fanatics about what we were doing, still now, with thousands of others also worth thanking.  In just a few years, these experiences have taught me an incredible amount about myself, choosing friends, and the different effects that money and power have on people.  It’s also shown me what we are capable of building if we’re constantly optimistic and doing.

Nothing in my life has been more difficult that the events of the past year and a half, but looking ahead, there’s no doubt that I’m personally in a better place today than I was yesterday, and given the right efforts, I’m confident the next day will be better still, and so on.  I never really expected to run Ubiquity forever, nor did I ever believe that this would be the greatest thing in my life that I create.  It won’t be.   But those ideas will be blog posts for another day.


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Collection view with self-sizing cells

This article is the logical continuation of the blog post I’ve written last week about the self-sizing cell in tableviews. This time we will take a close look at the auto-adapting cells in collections views.

The sample project is available for download on GitHub.

Before going further, you should know that self-sizing cells are supported starting from iOS8. If you have to implement something similar in the previous iOS versions, you have to calculate the cells sizes and set their frame in your own UICollectionViewFlowLayout subclass.

The collection view from the sample project only supports portrait orientation with two columns layout:

collection view screenshot

The cells have fixed width and automatically resize their height to fit the content.

The rotation is disabled because it generates a flow layout error; support for device rotation is beyond the scope of this article.

As for the table view article, I describe step by step the collection view implementation.

Set up the collection view

Open XCode and create a Single View Application. Delete the default view controller from the Main.storyboard, as well as the ViewController.h and ViewController.m files from the project file tree. We will replace them with a custom collection view controller.

Drag a collection view controller component from the Object Library to the storyboard and set it as the Initial View Controller:

collection view controller in the storyboard

Create a UICollectionViewController subclass and assign it to the controller component from the storyboard:

custom collection view controller subclass

Delete the commented code automatically generated in controller .m file and keep only the methods -viewDidLoad, -numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:, -collectionView:numberOfItemsInSection: and -collectionView:cellForItemAtIndexPath. The last three of them are the data source methods automatically invoked by the collection view to populate itself with data.

To keep things simple, the data source will be an array of variable length strings.

All collection view cells are displayed in the same section. The -numberOfSectionsInCollectionView: returns 1, and the collectionView:numberOfItemsInSection: returns the number of strings in the data source array.

Configure the collection view cell template

UICollectionViewCell is rarely used directly as the template cell class for a custom collection view. A custom subclass is usually created to display the content in some specific way.

In our case, the content is plain text and it is displayed in a multiline UILabel. We create a UICollectionViewCell subclass and its XIB file, then we associate the XIB to the custom class:

collection view cell with XIB

The size of the cell view in the XIB is 50 x 50 points, which is the default size of the collection view cells as set in the flow layout. Even if it’s a bit hard to work with a cell this small in Interface Builder, it’s better to not change the default size. The problem is that Auto Layout considers the manually set size as being fixed and generates a NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint error when it tries to adjust the cells height automatically:

Drag a UILabel component from the Object Library to the cell view and create an outlet in class extension:

collection view cell UILabel outlet

Set the Lines property of the label to 0 in Attributes inspector; this enables the label to display multiple lines of text.

Add a NSString property to the custom cell class interface to be able to set the cell content from the data source. In the setter, update the text property of the UILabel.

In the -viewDidLoad method of the view controller, register the custom cell class instead of the standard UICollectionViewCell.

Import the custom cell header file and change the -collectionView:cellForItemAtIndexPath method as follows:

We’re almost there.
Build and run the project. You should see the collection view displaying the cells according the default layout settings. All cells have a fixed size of 50 x 50 and are evenly spaced on the screen. The text is truncated at the bounds of each cell.

Resizable cells

There are several ways to automatically resize the collection view cells to fit their content. They involve more or less code, depending on how much control the developer wants to have on the layout process.
Here I’ll present the easiest way to enable self-sizing cells with very few modifications to the existing code; in return, I give away almost all responsibility about how the cells are displayed in the collection view and the results can become pretty unpredictable if Auto Layout doesn’t like the size and constraint suggestions I make.

This method uses Auto Layout and the UICollectionViewFlowLayout instance property estimatedItemSize to calculate the content size of each cell and set its frame in the layout attributes.

First, open the cell XIB file and create the constraints between the label and each side of the cell:

auto layout constraints on collection view cell

Then, in the view controller class, set the estimatedItemSize property in the -viewDidLoad: method. The default value of this property is CGSizeZero; theoretically, we could set this property to any size different from zero and the collection view layout should automatically use the size provided by Auto Layout to set the cell frame. I’ve tested with several different values for the width, but the one which worked best in this case is half the screen size, which is expected for a two-column layout.

If we run the application now, it crashes with this error message:

Even though we set the constraints between the label and the cell that contains it, and the label multiline display is enabled, the collection view layout is not able to figure out yet the right height for the cell. Instead, it tries to increase the its width to fit the text. But the width exceeds the collection view width (and, for that matter, the screen width), giving no option to the system but to crash the app.

The solution is to add another Auto Layout constraint to the label to keep its width within the bounds of the screen.
In the -awakeFromNib method of the collection view cell subclass, create a constraint on the width property of the label so it doesn’t exceed half the screen width minus a value just a bit larger than the maximum inter-cell spacing set by the flow layout (which is 10 points by default, but I modified it to 5 points to reduce the gutter between the columns).
If we subtract the exact minimum spacing value from the screen width, the collection view contentSize is not calculated correctly and we run into problems like the collection view not scrolling or the cells overlapping.

If we run the application again, it should display the cells correctly in two columns, with the text fully visible in each cell.

After watching the WWDC 2014 session 226, I thought that implementing self sizing cells in collection view would be straightforward and I hesitated to write a blog post on the topic. But when I dove into the code, I run into several problems that I didn’t expect. I hope the solutions I figured out will help someone in the future.

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Provencal Lamb Ragu

I'm currently on the Body Trim diet which is a high protein diet and I love it!  In six days I've lost 3.5kg and I already feel so much better.  And the food is so easy!  Steak, salad, vegetables!  You're even allowed bread and cereal in the morning if you like AND you get a day off once a week.  This is my dream diet!

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This recipe made plenty also so we're having the left overs tonight.  It was amazing that Jared and I both had two big bowls of it and because it is virtually carbohydrate free neither of us felt even slightly bloated afterwards.  Jared said he felt hungry so reached for a packet of chips....    I on the other hand continued to marvel at the 3.5kg I've lost in under a week!

600g Diced Lamb
400ml Red Wine
2 Onions
3 Cloves Garlic
400g Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
1 Eggplant
2 Zucchini
1 Red Capsicum
1 Yellow Capsicum
1 Green Capsicum
4 Sprigs of Thyme
1 Sprig of Rosemary
5 tbsp Warrick Grove Olive Oil
Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper

Chop the Onions and garlic. Heat 3 tbsp of the oil in a large saute pan and brown the meat all over until caramelised. Add the Onion and the Garlic and fry briefly before adding the Red Wine. Add the Tomatoes and Herbs, cover and cook for 1.5 hours.

Heat the rest of the oil in a separate pan.  Sweat the Eggplant and Zucchini for ten minutes and then add the Capsicum and fry all together for 10 minutes.

Mix the Vegetables with the Meat and cook for a few minutes – season with Salt and freshlt Cracked Pepper.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Asparagus, Leek, Potato & Blue Vein Cheese Soup

We're back up in Clare for the weekend as Jared has another assignment due and needs the tranquility of mum and dad's study.  It also keeps me from bothering him out of boredom because I have mum, dad and nana to catch up with.

I had a few bunches of asparagus to use and Jared suggested I turn it into soup.  Immediately I started trawling through google looking for different asparagus soup recipes and Jared kept saying to me; "Just put asparagus, potato, leek, lots of garlic, white wine, stock and some blue vein cheese in it!  You don't need a recipe!"  I decided to go against all my cooking fears (I'm a stickler for a recipe) and do as I was told.  And it was so delicious and creamy and bursting with flavour.  I was very proud of my non recipe efforts!

25g butter
1 tbsp Warrick Grove Olive Oil
2 bunches asparagus, ends trimmed
1 leek, roughly sliced
3 potatoes, peeled and quartered
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 cup white wine
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups boiling water with 2 heaped teaspoons vegeta chicken stock dissolved
100g blue vein cheese

Melt the butter in a large saucepan with the oil.  When it begins bubbling add the leek and garlic over a low to medium heat.  Fry off gently for 5 minutes and add the asparagus.  Turn the heat up to medium and add the asparagus.  Fry off for another 5 minutes and add the white wine.  Cook the booze off and add the stock and boiling vegeta water.  Add the potatoes and some pepper and cover. Simmer for an hour.  When ready to serve crumble the blue vein into the soup and stir to mix once it melts.  Blitz the soup with a bamix to a creamy cosistency.  Serve with sour cream and parsley.  (Although Jared says it absolutely does not need the sour cream.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Nigella Lawson Forever Summer Chocolate Peanut Bars

Jared and I spent the weekend at Mum & Dad's with Nana because the folks have gone to the Gold Coast for a week.  Jared was in the study for 10 hours both days working on a uni assignment so that left Nana and I to amuse ourselves.  And we did - we shopped and baked and read and snoozed.

This was our baking feat - Nigella Lawson Chocolate Peanut Slice.  I love that in her pre recipe blurb she says she was laying in bed one night with a fist full of peanuts and a bowl full of chocolate and she thought to herself, 'surely we can combine this heavenly combination?' and she did.  I'm a big salt fan and a huge caramel fan so the combination made me very happy, and still is...  They are delicious and moreish.  I fell asleep with the box of slices next to the bed (as you do) and woke up to the heavenly smell of chocolate.  And some smeared all over the sheets and my brand new PJs....  whoops!

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
14 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
4 tablespoons maple syrup
250g Salted roasted peanuts
250 bittersweet chocolate
75g milk chocolate

Heat oven to 160C. Line 23cm baking pan.
Shortbread: In food processor, process flour, sugar and butter until mixture looks sandy and begins to
clump. Turn into pan; press over bottom. Prick all over with fork.
Bake in the oven at 160C for 5 minutes. Lower heat to 150C and bake for 30 to 40 minute until crust is pale and golden.  Let it cool in the pan on wire rack.

Over medium heat melt the butter, add the condensed milk and maple syrup and stir into a gorgeous caramel.  Let it begin to bubble slowly and keep stirring for two to three more minutes and add the peanuts and whisk until all combined well.  Pour it into shortbread pan and ensure it is even and let it cool.

Over a water bath melt the chocolate and mix well.  Spread chocolate over peanut filling. Let cool. Once
chocolate is set, with sharp knife, cut into 24 bars.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ravinder Bhogal's Lamb Stew with Turnips, Pearl Barley & a Garlic Bread Crust

I wanted to cook something slowly and make a kind of casserole but I'm sick of the same old same old red wine/rosemary/bay leaves/carrots/celery & onion style of casserole.  So this recipe was exactly what I was looking for.  It has leeks, chilli, pearl barley, turnips and a garlic bread crust!  Totally different from your stock standard winter stew.

It smelt amazing as I caramelised the leeks, turnips and celery.  I've never used pearl barley before and it was really simple and a great addition to the meal - it fills you up though, I think I need a nap.

Jared loved it and finished off the pot which serves six!  Including the ten slices of garlic bread on top.  He described it as 'great bush tucker'.  I'm so happy with this dish.

1tbsp olive oil
500g diced boneless lamb shoulder
2tbsp plain flour
1 knob of unsalted butter
3 celery sticks, chopped into large chunks
1 leek, trimmed and chopped into thick rounds
300g  small turnips, quartered
½ tsp chilli flakes
2 bay leaves
2 sprigs of rosemary
100g  pearl barley
500ml hot chicken or lamb stock
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the crust:
1 medium French baguette
3 garlic cloves, chopped
½ tsp sea salt
1tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
25g (1oz) soft unsalted butter

Heat the olive oil in a casserole. Dust the chunks of lamb with the flour, dust off any excess flour and then brown the lamb in the casserole on all sides. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and leave to rest on a plate.

Melt the butter in the same pan. Sauté the celery, leek and turnips for 10-15 mins until they have caught some colour and caramelised slightly.

Return the sealed lamb to the pan, add the chilli flakes, bay leaves and rosemary and fry again for 1 min. Pour in the pearl barley and hot stock and season well. Cover and leave to simmer on a low heat for 1 hr, topping it up with water if needed.

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Cut the French baguette into slices on the diagonal. Make the garlic butter by pounding together the garlic, salt and parsley, then stir in the softened butter. Butter one side of each slice.

Take the casserole off the heat and arrange the sliced bread over the surface. Bake it in the oven for 20 mins or until the bread is golden and crisp. Serve piping hot.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Red Wine & Bacon Shepherd's Pie with Colcannon

I found this recipe in Masterchef Magazine in a section all about British Pub Fare.  Every recipe looked delicious, especially this one.  Being a cold, wet and windy winter in Adelaide I was dying to try it out.

The acutal mince part of this pie is to die for.  It is so rich which I believe comes from the 4g of porcini mushrooms.  I loved it, especially the deep sexy colour it went.  I will use the mince recipe any time I'm making a shepherd's pie in the future.  The Colcannon was also fantastic and I loved the flavour of the cabbage through the creamy, buttery mash - but there was just far too much.  There is no need for 2kg of potato and cabbage for the topping.  Next time I make this, and there definitely will be a next time - I'll be halving, if not quartering, the amount of colcannon.

As usual, I had loads left over so I sent a serve to my favourite food critic Richard - here's what he said:

Wow, dish after dish never fails to impress. The onion, bacon, potato, everything was just right on the money. It was the perfect meal for a cold and wet winter’s day. Such a large serve lets me live it all again tomorrow. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.

4g packet dried porcini mushrooms, crumbled
1 tbs olive oil
4 rashers rindless bacon, finely chopped
2 onions, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
700g minced lamb
2 tbs plain flour
400g can Italian chopped tomatoes
2 tbs tomato paste
250ml (1 cup) red wine
2 tbs Worcestershire sauce

100g butter, chopped
500g (about 1/2 small) savoy
cabbage, cored, cut into 1cm pieces
3 spring onions, trimmed, thinly sliced
1.4kg sebago potatoes, peeled
250ml (1 cup) pouring cream
50g grated parmesan

Soak mushrooms in 125ml (1/2 cup) hot water, then drain. Heat oil in a large casserole over medium heat. Add bacon and stir for 5 minutes or until starting to brown. Add onions, carrots and 1 1/2 tsp salt, and stir occasionally for 8 minutes or until carrots are almost soft. Add garlic and mushrooms, and stir for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add mince and break up with a wooden spoon for 3 minutes or until browned. Stir in flour, tomatoes, tomato paste, wine and Worcestershire sauce. Cover partially with a lid and simmer gently over low–medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes or until sauce is thick. Season with pepper.

Meanwhile, to make colcannon, heat 40g butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add cabbage and onions, and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until cabbage is soft. Season with salt and pepper, and set aside.

Place potatoes in a large saucepan of cold water, then boil for 35 minutes or until tender. Drain. Add remaining butter, cream and parmesan to the pan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Using a potato ricer, press the potatoes into the pan. (Alternatively, mash potatoes using a potato masher.) Stir in cabbage mixture until combined. Season colcannon with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 200C. Spoon mince mixture into 6 x 500ml (2-cup) ovenproof dishes or a 3L (12-cup) ovenproof dish. Cover with colcannon and bake for 30 minutes or until the top is golden.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Warm Chocolate Cakes with Toasted Marshmallow Meringue

Last weekend Sathya and I held our first dinner party together and it was a raging success.  We decided to go with a Movida inspired theme so everything was very spanish. I was expecting it to be a really stressful affair as we made loads of tapas, a main with two sides and then dessert.  Everything ran perfectly smoothly and we all had a great night - especially enjoying all the bubbles, whites, reds and dessert wines that went with each dish.

Below is what we had for dessert.  I loved it!  The cake was really moist and rich and the meringue was so marshmallowy.  In my drunken state I did place it too high under the grill and gave the meringue a little too much toasting, but they still tasted great.  Unfortunatley none of us finished dessert because we were so full of rich foods - all of which I will post over the coming weeks.  I thought this dessert was really impressive and I'll be making it again for sure.  Even if it is just to lick the bowl of meringue clean the next morning!

Chocolate Cakes
1 cup butter, plus more to butter the molds

8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
4 eggs
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
8 teaspoons flour
unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting

Set a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (You just need a couple of inches of water - do not let the bowl touch the water). Add the butter and chocolate and heat them gently together until the chocolate is almost completely melted. Remove from the heat and whisk until chocolate is smooth.

While that's heating, beat together the eggs, yolks, and sugar with a whisk or electric beater until light and thick, several minutes.

Pour in the egg mixture into the chocolate/butter mixture and then quickly beat in the flour, just until combined.

Butter and lightly dust with some of the cocoa powder eight 4-ounce molds, custard cups, or ramekins. Divide the batter among the molds. (At this point you can refrigerate the desserts until you are ready to eat, for up to several hours; bring them back to room temperature before baking.)

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the molds on a tray for 10 minutes; the center will still be quite soft, but the sides will be set. Remove from oven. Set the oven to "broil".

Pipe the Marshmallow Meringue on the top of each cake. (If you don't have a pastry bag and tip, just use a gallon size zip lock with a corner cut off). Return to oven and broil just until tops are toasted - watch carefully so they don't burn.

Optional: Skip the marshmallow and invert each mold onto a plate and let sit for about 10 seconds. Unmold by lifting up one corner of the mold; the cake will fall out onto the plate. Serve immediately.

Marshmallow Meringue
(You will need a cooking thermometer for this recipe)
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
a large pinch of cream of tartar

Combine egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar in a heat-proof mixer bowl. Place bowl over a pot of simmering water and whisk until sugar is dissolved and whites are warmed to 145 degrees F. about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and place bowl on electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment. Beat starting on low speed and then increasing to high speed until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 10 minutes. Use immediately.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Lamb Shank Pie

I made this on Australia Day and haven't posted it because I'm lazy really!  I've attempted to post it a few times by searching for the recipe online (its a Jamie Oliver) and just cutting and pasting it into the blog.  The recipe is quite long and I can't be bothered retyping it you see.  But I've discovered that if you post any of Jamie Olivers recipes online you will shortly receive an email from his solicitors advising you to remove the recipe or face legal action!  Yikes!

So basically - if you want the recipe for this - shoot me an email or drop a comment at the bottom of this post and I'll scan it into a computer and email it to you.

Although the recipe is long to type - its not hard to make.  We loved it and felt very aussie having it on Australia Day.  It was also my first attempt at a pie of any sort - I've never used much pastry except for puff.  And it worked a treat.  Did exactly what it was supposed to do.

Slow cooked lamb shank pie is a winner!


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Full Title:Enterprise Resource Planning
Module Code:ENES B8Z03
Credits: 5
Valid From:Semester 1 - 2013/14 ( September 2013 )
Module Delivered in 1 programme(s)
Module Description:The aim of this module is to: • Introduce the students to the concepts of Resource Planning through operations simulations in both manufacturing and service sectors • Familiarize the students with a practical MRP system. • To understand the parameters operational efficiencies.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to
  1. Analyse the operation of an ERP system.
  2. Design a Manual ERP system
  3. Operate computer based ERP system - SAP.
  4. Evaluate the operation of a customer management system

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
Learning and Teaching methods
This subject will be taught 50% through lectures and 50% in Computer Laboratory Sessions using SAP
The Enterprise Resource Planning System
o Master Planning. o Demand Forecasting. o Generation of the Master Schedule. o The Bill of Materials. o Capacity Planning. o Rough Cut Capacity Planning. o Capacity Requirements Planning.
Outputs from the MRP system
o Production Activity Control and Input – Output Control. o Purchasing output from the scheduling system. o Variance and reports for over due items.
JIT operation within an MRP system
Development of the systems from MRP1, MRP2 and ERP systems
SAP Integrated Case Studies
Three integrated case studies based on the UCC Bike. 1/ Production Planning. 2/ Controlling ( Financial ) 3/ Logistics.
Customer Relationship Systems
The role of computer technology in the production system
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%

Full Time

Course Work
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Marks Out Of Pass Marks Assessment Date Duration
Class Test n/a 1,2,4 40.00 0 0 Week 6 0
Other Three Case studies and the marks are normally distributed as 20%, 10% and 30%. 3 60.00 0 0 Sem 2 End 0
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
No repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will be offered solely on the basis of coursework and a repeat examination will not be offered.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

Module Workload & Resources

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture No Description 2.00 Every Week 2.00
Tutorial SAP labs for last 6 weeks of module 1.00 Every Week 1.00
Independent Study No Description 6.00 Every Week 6.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
This course has no Part Time workload.
Recommended Book Resources
  • Lennon, T., ERP, DkIT, Current Year
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Fitzsimmons & Fitzsimmons 2010, Service Management, McGraw Hill
  • Jacobs & Chase 2012, Operations and Supply Management: The Core, McGraw Hill
  • Russel & Taylor 2009, Operations Management - Creating Value Along the Supply Chain, 6th Ed., Wiley
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources

Module Delivered in

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DK_BBUST_8 Bachelor of Business (Honours) 6 Elective


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Full Title:Clinical Placement 5 - Independent Practitioner
Language of Instruction:English
Module Code:TEMPCODE156
Credits: 30
Valid From:Semester 1 - 2013/14 ( September 2013 )
Module Delivered in 1 programme(s)
Module Description:This stage four, 36 week long internship module will facilitate the student under minimal directive cues, to integrate the clinical skills, knowledge and attitudes associated with an autonomous practitioner.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to
  1. Proficiently practice nursing care (minimal directive cues) encompassing professional standards of clinical practice and professional conduct.
  2. Communicate effectively with service users, families, preceptors and other members of the multi-disciplinary team using verbal and nonverbal communication.
  3. Synthesise the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to organise, prioritise and co-ordinate individualised nursing care appropriate to stage four - independent participant of the programme.
  4. Utilise evidence based practice to continuously develop care delivery.
  5. Through reflection, critically appraise their professional conduct and practice to enhance continuous professional development.

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
36 weeks of allocated clinical placement.
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%

Full Time

Course Work
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Marks Out Of Pass Marks Assessment Date Duration
Performance Evaluation The student will normally undertake 36 weeks of internship during stage four of the programme. The placement is assessed by clinical preceptors using the clinical assessment workbook and is based on a pass/fail basis. Credits will be awarded only when the student has completed a minimum of 90% of placement and submitted a completed clinical assessment workbook. Successfully complete medication management assessment. 1,2,3,4,5 100.00 0 0 n/a 0
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
The assessment of this module is inextricably linked to the delivery. Therefore reassessment on this module will require the student to reattend (i.e. retake) the module in its entirety.
Reassessment Description
Performance Evaluation and Continuous Assessment

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

Module Workload & Resources

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Practical This internship is a 36 week module 33.50 Every Week 33.50
Lecturer Supervised Learning Protected time for reflection 4.00 Every Week 4.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 37.50
Total Weekly Contact Hours 37.50
This course has no Part Time workload.
This module does not have any book resources
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
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Bacardi Mix Masters

Bacardi partnered with AMAkings for the launch of the Bacardi Go Together Sound System at Orphanage. The DJ line-up included DJ Lyle, DJ Cudi, Groove Afrika and special guests. Take a look at the video below for a snapshot of what Cow got up to to make it all happen.


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How video can help boost your business performance

Video is the most effective way of using your website to communicate with potential customers or existing clients.

  • Most effective way of demonstrating who you are, what you do and what your services or products are
  • Has a long shelf life and is easily updated
  • Will be consumers’ preferred method of getting information in the future
  • Messages communicated via video are more easily absorbed and remembered
  • Continued growth in mobile technology will mean increasing opportunities to watch video anywhere

We have scripted, directed, produced and presented videos for clients around Europe. If you think we can do the same for you get in touch.

Scottish Huntington’s Association

This film was produced to support the Scottish Huntington’s Association’s #youandmeagainstHD campaign

This film was produced to support the Scottish Huntington’s Association’s, Huntington’s Disease Awareness Week 2017.

Glenmorangie Ealanta

This was produced for the launch of a new Glenmorangie whisky

OECD Building more and better jobs

We recently completed a refresh of communications material for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) team. See how they are helping local authorities and agencies around the world meet the challenges of the economic downturn.

LEED celebrates 30 years of economic development

Raploch Story

OECD Cantabria renewable energy

 Includem gets top rating from Care Inspectorate

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Overview of a well established Cambuslang construction company

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 Janet Jackson postpones European tour and calls off Forum gig – The Post

Janet Jackson postpones European tour and calls off Forum gig

Meanwhile, Joss Stone, Steel Panther and Lucky Chops have released dates for their concerts in Denmark

Janet Jackson is recovering from recent surgery (photo: iStock)
March 8th, 2016 5:00 pm| by Lucie Rychla

Janet Jackson has decided to postpone her entire European tour, and her concert at Forum in Copenhagen has been called off.

New dates for The Unbreakable Tour’ have not yet been released, and all tickets purchased for the concert on April 30 will therefore be refunded.

The pop singer has not issued an official statement about the cancellation, but it is possible she is still recovering from a recent surgery that forced her to reschedule her US tour.

Joss Stone will offer ‘Water for Your Soul’
Meanwhile, Joss Stone, best known for her cover version of The White Stripes’ ‘Fell in Love with a Girl’, has announced she will perform a concert at Amager Bio in Copenhagen on July 18.

The British soul singer will return to Denmark after six years to promote her new album ‘Water for Your Soul’, which was released last year.

Tickets go on sale on March 9 at 10:00 and will cost 355 kroner plus a fee.

Steel Panther add some rock ‘n’ roll parody
Steel Panther, the comedy-glam metal band from Los Angeles, are also coming to Denmark this year and will perform two concerts in Copenhagen and Aarhus on September 20 and 21 respectively.

The popular rock band blends musical bravura with parody and decadence.

Their last two concerts in Copenhagen sold out quickly, so hurry up if you want to get tickets as sales started last Friday.

And Lucky Chops will charge you with energy
The New York-based boy brass band Lucky Chops will play at Koncerthuset in the Danish capital on May 4.

These six young guys stormed onto the international scene last year and completely changed the concept of brass band music, adding unique sound and loads of energy.

They have gained viral popularity on YouTube and this spring they have taken off for their first world tour with a funky version of Adele’s hit ‘Hello’.

Tickets cost 155 kroner plus a fee – sales kicked off on February 22.


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Wednesday, 14 May 2014

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Hello there,

I am back with yet another card which is inspired by Jennifer Mcguire's tutorial on her youtube channel. the technique was so cool and quite simple which made me wonder why had I not thought of it before. I am a huge fan of Jennifer's work and when it comes to inks I think she is like the ultimate guru. There is so much to pick up after seeing her work. The way she mixes inks with different elements to come up with the most awesome cards ever..

I will just go on and show the card to you guys..

standing :front

side view with the sun rays falling on it

This is a 5'x6.5' card made completely with inks and dies. I just loved the background and it was so easy. Totally funky if I may say so myself. have given a grosgrain look to the paper strips just to add some depth to it

Supplies Used:-
Cardstock=> locally purchased and brustro plus some paper scraps for the strips
Distress Stains=> picked raspberry, peacock feathers, spiced marmalade and peeled paint
Distress Inks=> Spun Sugar and Salty ocean
Impression Obsession cloud die and Memory Box hot air balloon die
Black and white gel pen
White pearls from stash
BIC markers for colouring the hot air balloon.
Penny black stamp for sentiment
Versamark Ink and Zing  white embossing powder.

Entering this for the following challenges:-
ABNH=>Inspired by hero artist
Deep Ocean Challenge=> Distressing
Artistic Impression=> No designer paper
Eureka Stamps=> up in the air
My Craft Spot=> Inking Technique

Thanks for dropping by.. I hope to see you guys soon..

Dr Sonia S V said...

Khush love the inking on your card--super and it was so good to get a comment from you...good to see you are back to blogging
Dr Sonia

karalschuknecht said...

Great card. Thanks for joining us this week for our "Up in the Air." Come back to join us again and good luck.
Karal Eureka Stamps DT

Kate (Small Bits of Paper) said...

Such a pretty card! I love the look of the distress stains over the cardstock. Fabulous!

Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot!

Small Bits of Paper

Gwen said...

this turned out so pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at My Craft Spot. Hope to see you next week!

yyam said...

How fun! I really love the background!


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Welcome to this edition of eConnect, Gladstone Regional Council's fortnightly online newsletter. Here's a snapshot of news and events around our region:

A photo of the Gladstone Marina Bridge

Marina Bridge works
Matthew Flinders (Gladstone Marina) Bridge will be closed between 7am and 5pm from May 19 - 21 while maintenance works are completed.
Read more…

Aerial photo of Boyne Island and Tannum Sands

BITS information night
Boyne-Tannum residents are invited to an information night on May 22 following the recent planning session held by Council for the twin towns.
Read more…

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Go green on June 1
The region will 'go green' on Sunday, June 1 for CQ's largest environmental awareness event, Ecofest, at Tondoon Botanic Gardens.
Read more…

A photo of Benaraby Landfill

Joint waste project
A joint waste management feasibility study, examining a range of topics, is under way with our Rockhampton Regional Council neighbours.
Read more…

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Help with tax program
Volunteers are needed to run this year's ATO Tax Help program which provides a free service for low income earners from July to October.
Read more…

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50 years of gems
Join Liz Cunningham MP on May 17 at the Art Gallery/ Museum as she opens a Gladstone District Gem, Rock & Mineral Club Inc display.
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Take part in National Simultaneous Storytime at 11am on May 21 at a Gladstone Regional Library near you.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

It's been an eventful 2 weeks since my last real post.  If you don't want to read my tale of woe feel free to skip to the end for a stitching update.  Also, I just want to say that I am not sharing my tale of woe with you to get sympathy or pats on the back.  In the grand scheme of things my daily troubles are of little consequence.  Annoying yes, but there are others out there with real problems.  Right now my prayers are with the victims of the shooting in Colorado and with the 2 little girls missing in Iowa. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.

In my last post the kitchen floor replacement was just getting under way.  It was not an easy process let me tell you.  Let me back up a bit so the whole thing makes sense.  After it was determined that our floor was defective, Dan and I decided that we did not want to have the same floor installed again as we had lost confidence in it's durability.  We decided to have hardwood floors installed instead.  the Mart sent a man out to remeasure and check all the tolerances, ie:  will the doors all still open and close, will the refrigerator still fit, far as he was concerned all was fine.   The day arrived that the wood floor was to be installed and the installers came in, took 5 minutes and informed me that they would not be able to install the floor.  There were 2 main reasons for this.  The first being that the front door would not be able to open and close much less have a rug in front of it and did you know that if you have a wood floor and do not have a rug in front of your exterior doors that it voids your warranty?  Well it does.  The second reason was the floor was not level enough.  If your floor is not level within certain tolerances, it also voids your warranty.  And different floors have different tolerances.  Going back to the original defective floors installation, I distinctly remember a fee involved to level the floor.  Now they are telling me my floor is not level enough.  And here is where I have a problem.  I understand the concept behind tolerances, but IMO, if you tell a person there is a fee involved in leveling your floor before your chosen flooring can be installed, one should explain that "level" is not really level.  It's only sort of level.  So when they "leveled" my floor last year apparently it was not up to snuff for a wood floor installation.  This is all stuff I have learned in this process.  I'm hoping it will help some of you out there in the future.  After the wood floor installers left, the Mart sent out their flooring installation manager to re-check the tolerances and in the course of our conversation he remarked that he was surprised they hadn't done a better job leveling the floor last year.  So during my negotiations with the Mart on what we would and would not pay for this time around I was sure to mention the leveling issues and the customer service gal assured me that they would level the floor this time at no charge.  Flash forward to 2 weeks ago when the lone guy shows up to tear out and install the new/old floor (we had to go with the same flooring due to costs) and he asked me what we were doing I stressed to him that I wanted the floor more  level than they did it the last time.  I knew I was in trouble when I saw a slight frown appear on his face and he left the house.   He came back and informed me that he wasn't being paid to level the floor more and that I would need to pay another $250.00   To say I was unhappy with this would be an understatement.  Now imagine if you were to take a cross stitch picture or any picture for that matter, into a frame shop for framing and the framer tells you it will be X amount of money to frame your picture.  You okay that price and come back in 2 weeks when it's done.  When you pick it up you see that the picture is is hung slightly crooked and you ask to have it straightened.  You are then informed that you didn't pay to have it put in the frame straight, only sort of straight but for another $50.00 they will put it in perfectly straight.  How would you feel?  You'd be upset I'm sure.  And I told the man so. I was raised to believe if you are going to do a job you do it right and you do it right the first time.  Now if they had explained all the tolerance rules waaaay back when I was buying the flooring originally and after being educated by the salesman on it and if I chose not to pay the extra that would be one thing.  But none of it was explained until the wood floor problem.  The installer agreed with me that I should not have to pay for the leveling so he called customer service again.  They told him to do whatever he needed to do to get rid of me!  Should I be offended by that??  LOL!! Is it level enough for a wood floor?  No.  But at least my table no longer rocks and you don't feel like you are standing in  a hole in some parts and on a hill in others.   I wish that was the end of my rant regarding this install but it's not.  After adjusting the legs on the dishwasher to get the floor under them, my dishwasher no longer worked. We discovered this after the installer left for the day.  Dan tried to figure out what the problem was but was unable to do so.  The next day I pointed out the problem and was informed that aside from adjusting the legs, he didn't do anything so it couldn't be his fault.  Nonetheless, he got down and messed with the legs and lo and behold I had power to the dishwasher again.  And I was happy.  And ran the dishwasher.  Friday at noon, the day he was supposed to finished he informed me that he would not be able to finish and he would be back on Monday and then he left.  And I was unhappy.  This was day 3, it was only supposed to take 3 days.  Dan had already taken a day of vacation, Abby and Amy were not going to be here on Monday so I had to take a day off of work.  When I don't work, I don't get paid.  Plus I was not able to cook since the stove was sitting in the dining room.  By this time I just wanted it finished and I wanted him out of my house.  It took him all day Monday but finally at 6:30p.m. he announced that he was done.  He did some final cleanup, adjusted the legs on the dishwasher to level it and was ready to leave when I thought to check and see if the dishwasher still had power to it.  That would be a big negative.  No.Power.  This time when he re-adjusted the legs, it didn't help,  he tried everything he could think of to get it to work.  Dan did the same.  Nothing worked.  Finally he said he would tell the Mart and they would call me.  By Wednesday I had not heard from them.  When I called they knew nothing about.  Said I would need to call an appliance repair place and when they determined what the problem was I should let them know and they would decide whether they would pay for it or not. The appliance people were scheduled to come out Saturday.  Friday, for  some reason I decided to hit a button on the dishwasher and damn if it didn't work!!   I still had the appliance guys out but they could find nothing wrong with it.  I think it has to be a pinched wire but they found no evidence of one.  So now we hope for the best.  The floor is in, the dishwasher is working, but wait!! My troubles are not over yet.  Seriously, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.  Friday night I get home from work and notice that it feels a bit warm in here.  I sat down at the computer and as I am sitting there I notice a noise that I shouldn't be hearing.  Getting up to investigate I discover that the blower on the furnace that blows the cool air throughout the house is not working...again.  We had the same problem in June.  That time it was the capacitor.  We were not so lucky this time.  This time it was the blower motor.  An expensive fix.  And it gets better.  The repair guy, after taking the furnace apart to replace the blower informed us that we will be lucky to make it through the winter with the furnace.  A few years back we had water leaking inside the unit and it did major damage.  So today they came out to give us an estimate on a new furnace. And finally, Sunday my computer went POP and died, leaving behind a very strong odor of something burning.  Lucky for us it turned out to only be the power supply.  Thank God for small favors!!  I'm not sure I could have handled a complete computer replacement at this time!   So there you have it.  The further misadventures of Julie.  I'm hoping at this point we have paid our dues and things will start to calm down.  But I'm not holding my breath.

I think I mentioned that we are going to be doing a Halloween display at the shop during the month of September.  I decided this weekend that I should maybe stitch something for the display as I really don't have any Halloween type things stitched up.  I chose A Wicked Accident designed by AuryTM.  This one always makes me chuckle.  I've had a piece of PTP 36 ct Swamp linen in my stash for several years now and thought it might be perfect for this piece.  I used the DMC colors called for with the exception of the green (936).  It was too dark so I lightened it up to 907.  I have some thoughts about how I want to frame it but I'm still mulling them over.

As this is another mini-novel I will call it good and try to give you an update on my parrot in a few days.  Or maybe I'll start something else Halloween.  Or maybe I'll work on one of my other WIP's.  Until then...

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

My Weekend Project: See What I did.

So this weekend, we finally decided to paint our dining room. When we moved into the house, our dining room was wallpapered pink with white polkadots. (really not me) The kitchen is still the same. Haven't gotten that far. Anyway, our dog at the time decided to eat the wall paper so we took it down.

Now two years later, we finally painted. More like I pulled hubbies leg and said we gotta paint. So we finally did.

This was how it looked before we painted @ 6. Of course we had also run to Walmart to get supplies

This is Friday night about 10 after all the plastic was down.

This was right when we were going to bed after the first coat of primer. About 12 a.m.

So Saturday we didn't get to late, ate breakfast, waiting for my mother to help us, but she never showed. Then went to Walmart again to get more stuff. Got back and had to do 2nd coat of primer and then we did one coat of the purple. The paint color is called Opening Night, but it's dark purple.

This is hubbie goofing off. LOl talking to our friend really.

And here are the dreaded paint cans...the torturous devices that broke our backs

The prisoners of the paint ( you can see to eyes.)

We stopped at 5. Everything hurt and I was falling asleep by 8.

So Sunday we got up, worshiped at the Donunt and then came back and did the second coat of paint. We finished around 2 and then we took all the tape off for the complete product of a purple living room and the puppies ran rampant through the house now they were free from being confined. It wouldn't be good to have purple puppies.

and another view

And the last one is hubbie thanking the painting gods we are all done.

Next project. The Bathroom....dun da dun....

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Immortal Desires: Out now from Phaze

Amara dreams about a man who leaves her breathless. Everything in her yearns to discover who he is. Is he real? Or is she in love with a ghost? Her body aches from the memory of his caresses, but his name always eludes her.

Andrew feels the same longing, as his heart has never completely healed since he was separated from his lover lifetimes ago. In Amara, he discovers his lost love reborn. Will the sorrow of his soul be eased with their reunion? Or will his longings go unfulfilled?

Amara tried to swallow back tears as she got out of the car. The cop was already waiting outside of her room. She forced a smile and slammed the door behind her, not even acknowledging the officer. Let him think that she was a cold-hearted bitch, she didn’t care. Her body said sleep.

She plucked her shoes off and flung herself onto the bed, not feeling at all secure, not even with the sun, which was supposed to drive the monsters away, beaming down. Her devils were so deeply rooted that even the daylight couldn’t banish them. She had centuries of them. They rested on her shoulders like a burden waiting to be unlocked, so they could make themselves known in her waking state. She tried lying down, but found that she tossed and turned. Finally her body settled down into sleep. Her mind projected her backward into her memories, except this time they were not the normal ones that she recalled.

She was suddenly hit with sensations of hands moving on her body, touching places that hadn’t been touched in a while. Fingers played with her breasts, squeezing the nipples between learned fingers. The pain and pleasure of it seized her hips and caused them to convulse.

Deep laughter exploded next to her ear, as a palm caressed her face. Weight pushed down on top of her and the man that was with her was teasing her. He had blonde hair and the most intense eyes, the color of thunder clouds, and alabaster skin. Her soul knew him, even if her mind couldn’t recall his name. Her hands played over his chest and down to his groin. He was hard and waiting for her to make a move. Meeting his eyes, she smiled slyly. One hand cupped his balls while her lips sucked in his shaft, tasting the salt of him and cum on the tip. Somewhere deep inside, she recognized the taste even in her dream. Her lover moaned above her and pushed her down on him. Her fangs hardened and caused friction as she moved up and down.

His hips thrust forward. She clutched his ass, digging her nails into the tender flesh. The moans were driving her crazy and she needed him. Amara moved her lips from his cock to the inside of his thigh. The blood there called to her hunger. Without giving him warning, she bit deep and was rewarded with a fount of rich liquid. With the quick motion of her fangs, he moaned and came. She looked up at him and batted her eyes innocently. He only smiled and was hard again. With a cruel smile, he yanked her head back and plunged his fangs into her throat while lifting her up and impaling her on his length. She cried out and shuddered her release. Her hands tightened and she broke out in a sweat.

In her dream, Amara bit her lip to keep from crying out anymore. It only made her lover drive into her harder. The sensations that wracked her body in this memory were like nothing she had experienced before. This recollection was more sensory, more involved, and she desperately wanted to know who this man was that was driving her crazy in the past and invading her sleep-deprived brain in the present. She knew that this was not just a wet dream. This called to a part of her soul like her other dream-memories did.

He was still buried inside of her and drinking from her throat, but his movements were slowing as he savored the feel of them locked together, one of her legs entwined around his hip. His lips moved from her throat and met her mouth. She tasted her blood on his lips just as he did on hers. The slow torture of his pumping was only making her beg, but her mouth was kept shut as her mind screamed for him to take her.

In the dream, she felt his name playing over and over again in her mind, but she couldn’t remember it. The only thing that stood out were his eyes. And with one final plunge she came again, harder than she ever had before.

With that last thrust, Amara opened her eyes and flew out of sleep. Her body felt like she’d had a marathon night. The taste of his blood lingered on her lips. The feel of him lingered inside of her. Her whole body was drenched and her hands had clutched the sheets in an effort to steady her. She glanced at the clock. Only fifteen minutes had passed. She swallowed as she realized she was fully awake. Her friend had just been killed, and she was reliving the past life memory of having the best fuck of her life. Taking in a few deep breaths, she came back to herself. As she did, her intuition gave her a little nudge and she sensed that she wasn’t alone.

“That was quite a dream you were having. Must have been pretty kinky the way you were moaning.”

Amara looked up, startled. In the small closet was a man, sitting in the doorway with his knees drawn up to his chest, staring at her. His eyes were steel gray like thunderclouds. His skin was tissue white and his hair was hay blond. He wore worn blue jeans and a white, grass-stained T-shirt. Her heart skipped a couple of beats as she met his gaze. It was as if he could peer deep inside her, could have known her intimate secrets. His lips were wide, but not thin, just right to make her quiver if he kissed her. Just like in her dreams. The instant that their eyes met she recognized him.

I sincerely hope that you like this book. It is near and dear to my heart for personal reasons besides it being the first book I ever had published with another company and I am so happy that it is available again.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Having a Day off... What it really means?

So like many others I have the day off today from work due to the oncoming religious holiday even though I don't celebrate Easter. Anyway... back to having a day off... It means SANITY.

Today I got up with Hubbie @ 7 and left to take Cadance ( our border collie/Lab mix, crazy ass dog) to the dog park to see how she would do since she is a little aggressive with our Lab. Anyway she did great and it was nice to just be outside and not have to worry about work. ugh.

After that tried the pet store, but it wasn't open. SO dropped her off and then I went shopping. I spent 2 hours looking for clothes. I never do that. And I even found a pair of shoes. That in itself is an Easter Miracle. LOL. I haven't bought a pair of shoes in 2 years. Hubbie and I have the same shoe size so he gave me his old sneakers. LOL don't ask we have the same shoe size and ring size.

Anyway I bought clothes, went back to the pet store to look for a Frisbee since my two dogs have chewed holes in the other one and Morrigaine, the lab pretty much sleeps with the thing.

So after doing that and now I am sitting listening to the rain, hubbie is home from work, and I'm watching the Shining. Now puppies are sleeping next to me on the couch and our bird is squawking at me. Oh well, but at least it's not work and I am Sane.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Free Read: You know you want to check it out!

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Who loves a free read? I know I do. If you're interested come and check it out.

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Mathew has always been his Mistress's toy, but this time when she comes to take him, it's different. He longs to have her feed from him, to be used in every way possible. He longs for more than that though. Mathew wants to know what it is to be like her. Will she see into his thoughts to his hidden free will and end him like she has so many others, or will she grant his one wish?


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Lijiang, China - The founding father of Chinese rock music, Cui Jian, provided a rousing finale to "China's Woodstock" in the early hours of yesterday, as the country's first-ever outdoor music festival confounded initial fears by proving a success.

As Cui belted out some of his most politically charged songs before an audience including local Communist Party officials, the Snow Mountain Music Festival was hailed by organizers, fans and local press as a triumph.

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Eurozone Q1 GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.4%

The Eurozone quarterly economic growth was confirmed at 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2019, above the previous three-month period's expansion of 0.2 percent. Among the bloc's largest economies, Germany and Italy returned to growth and Spain's economy advanced at faster pace, while France's expansion was unchanged.

Among countries for which data is already available, Germany's GDP increased 0.4 percent in Q1, after being unchanged in the previous period, on the back of strong fixed capital formation and household consumption; while Italian economy advanced 0.2 percent, emerging from its third recession in a decade, due mainly to net exports. Also, Spain's economy grew 0.7 percent, faster than 0.6 percent in the previous three-month period, mainly boosted by a rebound in fixed investment; and GDP growth also accelerated in Portugal (0.5 percent vs 0.4 percent) and Slovakia (0.9 percent vs 0.8 percent).

Meanwhile, GDP expansion was unchanged for France (at 0.3 percent), the Netherlands (at 0.5 percent) and Austria (at 0.3 percent); while growth slowed for Finland (0.6 percent vs 0.8 percent), Belgium (0.2 percent vs 0.4 percent); Cyprus (0.9 percent vs 1 percent); and Lithuania (1 percent vs 1.4 percent). Latvia's economy shrank 0.3 percent, after growing 1.2 percent in Q4.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, the Euro Area economy expanded 1.2 percent in the three months to March, the same pace as in the previous period.

Considering the European Union as a whole, GDP growth picked up to 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter (vs 0.3 percent in Q4); and was unchanged at 1.5 percent year-on-year.

Eurozone Q1 GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.4%

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