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So, as you can see in the title of this post, I’ve made a Tiramisu for you, but not just any tiramisu, a tiramisu with an added secret ingredient! And that secret ingredient is…
Just wait until you taste and feel what pastry cream does to a Tiramisu! Holy moly moly moly about sums it up! Kind of like a tiramisu cheesecake!
Pastry Cream-Mascarpone Tiramisu.
Anyway this is a first; I think. No goofy, sarcastic play on words in my title, just the name of the recipes provided. It’s really no big deal, but I loved the tiramisu in this challenge so much, that I wanted to keep the title simple and to the point, or maybe I’m sugar wasted from so many servings of this delicious, uber creamy tiramisu!
So as mentioned above, today we have a fancy, creamier twist on authentic tiramisu; everything from scratch, including the mascarpone cheese and ladyfingers; plus a white chocolate caramel latte tiramisu that I created.
I’ll never forget the first time I had tiramisu. It was an ex-boyfriend’s mother’s birthday, and we went to this great Italian restaurant on the upper east side to celebrate it with his family. For the life of me, I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but I remember the tiramisu. I’m not a coffee drinker, and in fact, I don’t really flip over the flavor of coffee in general, but wow, one bite of this creamy, cakey layered confection in front of me, and I was blown away.
The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Le Cordon Bleu (Yes, chicken cordon bleu. Good one!) at Home and Baking Obsession. Thanks, Deeba and Aparna!
This challenge was so much fun. I’ve made tiramisu before (well, tiramisu soup, with accidental sarsaparilla, but no need to get into that right now!), but never made each component from scratch. What a brilliant idea by Aparna and Deeba! We were required to make our own ladyfingers (savoiardi) , mascarpone cheese, and of course, the zabaglione. However, there was an interesting addition to this recipe..vanilla pastry cream.
I’ve never seen vanilla pastry cream in any tiramisu recipe (unless you count those ‘quickie’ recipes that use instant vanilla pudding. Sorry to those of you who use those recipes because I understand you’re short on time, but the time it takes to stir that up with milk is about the same time it takes to make a pastry cream. I don’t hate the stuff, just not in my tiramisu, thank you.), so this was definitely interesting, and I couldn’t wait to taste it.
Due to my somewhat aversion to coffee, I decided to lighten up the coffee flavor a little by melting milk chocolate into the hot espresso. I nixed the sugar because milk chocolate is more than sweet enough. Now, I could have just blown off the coffee completely and dipped my ladyfingers in something other than espresso, like a fruit juice/syrup, tea, etc, but I didn’t because I really wanted to remain true to the spirit of tiramisu, and I feel that spirit lies in that first bite I took at that nameless restaurant.
In fact, I remained so true, I didn’t think a tablespoon or two of chocolate liqueur would hurt either. If kids are going to be eating this, nix the chocolate liqueur and well, maybe the espresso (unless you want to stunt their growth; remember that one??), and go with a fruit syrup/juice or whatever IS NOT coffee or liqueur.
Now that I’d decided on my dipping liquid, I also wanted to flavor the zabaglione, mascarpone, pastry cream, whipped cream amalgamation. What better than a caramel sauce or syrup to make both a Milk Chocolate-Caramel LATTE tiramisu, (would MACCHIOTO be better suited? I like that word.) and a White Chocolate Caramel Latte tiramisu.
I knew one day I’d be able to take advantage of all those cool coffee shop concoctions that sound so great but I never get to enjoy due to my missing coffee gene. Well, the name of one anyway. My tiramisu contains espresso, kahlua, chocolate, caramel and cream instead of steamed milk, but isn’t that close to what they call a latte?
Speaking of kahlua, you can use any liqueur you want. The Daring Bakers tiramisu calls for rum extract in lieu of liqueur, so if you want to nix the alcohol, there’s another way to do it. However, if you want alcohol or liqueur in your tiramisu, whatever you prefer will be just fine, whether it be brandy, rum, marsala, amaretto, kahlua, creme de cacao, etc.
A tablespoon of any of the above is sufficient in the espresso and the mascarpone , if desired. But, if you want to surpass sufficient, by all means, go for it!
In the end, I decided to swirl some of the homemade caramel sauce into the creamy filling and leave it at that in hopes of a pretty swirl throughout this luscious block of heaven (didn’t happen). As I type this entry, my tiramisu was just put into the freezer (it’s Feb. 27th, 2:57 am and I just finished it, once again proving that the last-minute is my new BFF) to set quickly.
By the way, I’m eating the White Chocolate Caramel Latte Tiramisu right now. It’s 11:55 pm, later than I thought I would have this post up. Midnight bliss. The hell with tardiness. YUM.
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons sugar/50gms
- ¼ cup/60ml Marsala wine (or port or coffee)
- ¼ teaspoon/ 1.25ml vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- ¼ cup/55gms sugar
- 1 tablespoon/8gms all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon/ 2.5ml vanilla extract
- 1 large egg yolk
- ¾ cup/175ml whole milk
- 1 cup/235ml chilled heavy cream (we used 25%)
- ¼ cup/55gms sugar
- ½ teaspoon/ 2.5ml vanilla extract
- 2 cups/470ml brewed espresso, warmed
- 1 teaspoon/5ml rum extract (optional)
- ½ cup/110gms sugar
- ⅓ cup/75gms mascarpone cheese
- 36 savoiardi/ ladyfinger biscuits (you may use less)
- 2 tablespoons/30gms unsweetened cocoa powder
- Heat water in a double boiler. If you don’t have a double boiler, place a pot with about an inch of water in it on the stove. Place a heat-proof bowl in the pot making sure the bottom does not touch the water.
- In a large mixing bowl (or stainless steel mixing bowl), mix together the egg yolks, sugar, the Marsala (or espresso/ coffee), vanilla extract and lemon zest. Whisk together until the yolks are fully blended and the mixture looks smooth.
- Transfer the mixture to the top of a double boiler or place your bowl over the pan/ pot with simmering water. Cook the egg mixture over low heat, stirring constantly, for about 8 minutes or until it resembles thick custard. It may bubble a bit as it reaches that consistency.
- Let cool to room temperature and transfer the zabaglione to a bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight, until thoroughly chilled.
- Mix together the sugar, flour, lemon zest and vanilla extract in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. To this add the egg yolk and half the milk. Whisk until smooth.
- Place the saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring constantly to prevent the mixture from curdling.
- Add the remaining milk a little at a time, still stirring constantly. After about 12 minutes the mixture will be thick, free of lumps and beginning to bubble. (If you have a few lumps, don’t worry. You can push the cream through a fine-mesh strainer.)
- Transfer the pastry cream to a bowl and cool to room temperature. Cover with plastic film and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight, until thoroughly chilled.
- Combine the cream, sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer or immersion blender until the mixture holds stiff peaks. Set aside.
- Have ready a rectangular serving dish (about 8" by 8" should do) or one of your choice.
- Mix together the warm espresso, rum extract and sugar in a shallow dish, whisking to mix well. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, beat the mascarpone cheese with a spoon to break down the lumps and make it smooth. This will make it easier to fold. Add the prepared and chilled zabaglione and pastry cream, blending until just combined. Gently fold in the whipped cream. Set this cream mixture aside.
- Workings quickly, dip 12 of the ladyfingers in the sweetened espresso, about 1 second per side. They should be moist but not soggy. Immediately transfer each ladyfinger to the platter, placing them side by side in a single row. You may break a lady finger into two, if necessary, to ensure the base of your dish is completely covered.
- Spoon one-third of the cream mixture on top of the ladyfingers, then use a rubber spatula or spreading knife to cover the top evenly, all the way to the edges.
- Repeat to create 2 more layers, using 12 ladyfingers and the cream mixture for each layer. Clean any spilled cream mixture; cover carefully with plastic wrap and refrigerate the tiramisu overnight.
- To serve, carefully remove the plastic wrap and sprinkle the tiramisu with cocoa powder using a fine-mesh strainer or decorate as you please. Cut into individual portions and serve.
Recipe from My Baking Obsession
- 2 cups heavy cream - NOT ultra-pasteurized
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Bring 1 inch of water to a boil in a wide skillet. Reduce the heat to medium-low so the water is barely simmering. Pour the cream into a medium heat-resistant bowl, then place the bowl into the skillet. Heat the cream, stirring often, to 190 F. If you do not have a thermometer, wait until small bubbles keep trying to push up to the surface.
- It will take about 15 minutes of delicate heating. Add the lemon juice and continue heating the mixture, stirring gently, until the cream curdles. Do not expect the same action as you see during ricotta cheese making. All that the whipping cream will do is become thicker, like a well-done crème anglaise. It will cover a back of your wooden spoon and you will be able to draw a solid line through it with a finger. You will also see just a few clear whey streaks when you stir.
- Remove the bowl from the water and let cool for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, line a sieve with four layers of dampened cheesecloth * and set it over a bowl. Transfer the mixture into the lined sieve. Do not squeeze the cheese in the cheesecloth or press on its surface (be patient, it will firm up after refrigeration time). Once cooled completely, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate (in the sieve) overnight or up to 24 hours.
From My Baking Obsession - The first time I made mascarpone I had doubts that it had been cooked enough because of its custard-like texture. Have no fear, it will firm up beautifully in the fridge and will remain lusciously creamy. Keep refrigerated and use within 3 to 4 days.
Double the recipe for more cheese.
- 3 eggs, separated
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- ¾ cup cake flour, sifted (or ¾ cup all purpose flour + 2 tablespoons cornstarch)
- 6 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
- Preheat your oven to 350 F (175 C) degrees, then lightly brush 2 baking sheets with oil or softened butter and line with parchment paper.
- Beat the egg whites using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Gradually add granulate sugar and continue beating until the egg whites become stiff again, glossy and smooth.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks lightly with a fork and fold them into the meringue, using a wooden spoon. Sift the flour over this mixture and fold gently until just mixed. It is important to fold very gently and not overdo the folding. Otherwise the batter would deflate and lose volume resulting in ladyfingers which are flat and not spongy.
- Fit a pastry bag with a plain tip (or just snip the end off; you could also use a Ziploc bag) and fill with the batter. Pipe the batter into 5" long and ¾" wide strips leaving about 1" space in between the strips.
- Sprinkle half the confectioner's sugar over the ladyfingers and wait for 5 minutes. The sugar will pearl or look wet and glisten. Now sprinkle the remaining sugar. This helps to give the ladyfingers their characteristic crispness.
- Hold the parchment paper in place with your thumb and lift one side of the baking sheet and gently tap it on the work surface to remove excess sprinkled sugar.
- Bake the ladyfingers for 10 minutes, then rotate the sheets and bake for another 5 minutes or so until the puff up, turn lightly golden brown and are still soft.
- Allow them to cool slightly on the sheets for about 5 minutes and then remove the ladyfingers from the baking sheet with a metal spatula while still hot, and cool on a rack.
- Store them in an airtight container till required. They should keep for 2 to 3 weeks
Authentic Tiramisu from Scratch
To make my versions of the master recipe:
For the Milk Chocolate Caramel Latte Tiramisu:
1. Omit the sugar in the master RECIPE syrup and melt about 1/2 cup chopped milk chocolate into the hot espresso instead. Stir in 1 tablespoon of chocolate or coffee liqueur, like kahlua, or whatever kind of alcohol you prefer, if desired.
2. Lay first layer of dipped ladyfingers (savoiardi biscuits) evenly in the pan. Top with a third of the cream, then drizzle and swirl in caramel on top of the cream. Repeat two more times, ending with cream, dipping and layering the remaining savoiardi biscuits as directed in the recipe. Drizzle and swirl the caramel into each layer of cream prior to topping with savoiardi biscuits.
3. Top with cocoa and powdered sugar.
For the White Chocolate Caramel Latte Tiramisu:
1. Omit sugar in hot espresso and stir in 1/4 cup chopped white chocolate instead. If you can find a good white chocolate liqueur, add it to the espresso!
2. Make a white chocolate ganache by heating the 1 cup of heavy cream in the recipe and pouring it over 6 oz chopped white chocolate – stirring until uniform. Chill completely, then beat until stiff peaks form. Fold into the zabaglione-pastry cream-mascarpone filling and layer as directed in RECIPE, drizzling caramel on top of the cream in each layer.
3. Drizzle top with more caramel and shaved white chocolate, if desired.
UPDATE – A friend suggested a Salted Maple Coconut Chai Tiramisu. Whaddya thnik?


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NSCDC Arrests Father for Defiling Daughter
By Rasheedah Makinde
A man, Tunde Kareem who allegedly defiled his eleven-year-old daughter has been paraded by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC Oyo state command.
He was paraded alongside another suspected paedophile, Amos Michael who also allegedly defiled a ten-year-old girl, at the NSCDC Headquarters at Agodi-gate Ibadan by the command Public Relations Officer, Mrs Oyindamola Okuneye.
The suspected paedophile who lives at Papa, Idi Osan Olodo road, Ibadan, confessed to the police to have had carnal knowledge of his daughter once before his arrest.
Similarly, another suspected paedophile, Amos Micheal who lives at Orire Olasan road, Alakia, Ibadan, defiled a 10 years girl on the 15th of this month
Amos confessed that he took the girl to a secluded area to perpetrate the act.
It was also gathered that Amos usually visits the girl’s mother’s shop to drink locally made herbs and used the opportunity to get close to the girl.
Parading the suspects, on behalf of NSCDC Commandant, Mr Micheal Adaralewa, the Public Relations Officer Mrs Oyindamola Okuneye said in its quest to track down and maintain zero tolerance for crime and criminalities in the State, the command had put in some mechanisms in all the flash areas of the state.
Mr Adaralewa explained that the corps would maintain its stand on zero tolerance for child abuse and protection of the girl child in the State.
He added that, both suspects pleaded guilty to the offences committed and that they would soon be charged to court after a proper investigation.

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A few months ago, I warned that passive investing — long a worthwhile, admirable trend fueling the growth of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — was in danger of becoming a mania.
Until now, few on Wall Street have really cared. I mean, if the main thing is to keep increasing “assets under management” — hopefully in ETFs owned and managed by your investment bank — then you want this trend to go on and on.
But that’s starting to change.
Passive investing presents a “frightening” risk to the markets, said a top Morgan Stanley strategist on CNBC in recent days.
Hans Redeker, the bank’s global head of foreign exchange strategy, put it plainly: “When you have people getting more involved with passive investment strategies, the market will be less able to react to minor distortions or minor declines on the fundamentals side.”
Translated, he means that a big decline in the stock market is going to come seemingly out of nowhere.
Never in the relatively short history of passive investing has that danger been higher than now.
- BlackRock — the world’s largest asset management firm (and owner of all those iShares ETFs) — said it saw record inflows of $74 billion.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch said $4 billion flowed into growth stock ETFs last week — the highest amount on record.
- Among investors’ allocations of stocks, bonds and cash, most are choosing to keep only 10% of their money in cash — near a record low — while devoting 60% to stocks (likewise, close to a record high).
The point I made back in May, when I last wrote about the danger of passive investing when it becomes a “can’t miss” strategy, was that ETFs are akin to a weekly art auction where the biggest buyer sweeps in and “buys the entire lot of paintings, the good and the bad, without a question about price. You can see the problem. Without an active bidding system, price becomes irrelevant. There’s no rational way to determine the good from the bad.”
The danger alluded to by the Morgan Stanley strategist is that price stays irrelevant — until it’s not.
On that day, investors will wake up and realize that it’s very relevant indeed, as they’ve let themselves be bamboozled, flimflammed and conned into buying stocks at sky-high record prices…
For the third time in 20 years.
Jeff L. Yastine
Editor, Total Wealth Insider

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Afghan city takes action to save ancient minarets
October 19, 2007 10:50 AM - Sayed Salahuddin -Reuters
A group of mediaeval minarets in the Afghan city of Herat could be saved thanks to the closure of a busy road threatening their foundations.
The minarets, standing at more than 100 feet, are all that remain of what was once a brilliantly decorated complex for Islamic learning and devotion on the Silk Road on the outskirts of the western Afghan city.
Texas coastal wind farms advance despite critics
October 19, 2007 10:29 AM - Reuters
Two companies developing more than 600 megawatts of wind generation along the Texas coastline aren't daunted by threats of hurricane damage or opposition from environmentalists and powerful ranching interests, executives said Thursday.PPM Energy, a U.S subsidiary of Iberdrola's Scottish Power unit, and Babcock & Brown are developing two wind farms in Kenedy County, a thinly populated county south of Corpus Christi. Both companies expect to produce power by the end of 2008.
Moon's blue light a coral aphrodisiac, say scientists
October 19, 2007 10:27 AM - Michael Perry -Reuters
Ancient light-sensitive genes may be the trigger for the annual mass spawning of corals shortly after a full moon on the Great Barrier Reef, according to a study by Australian and Israeli scientists.The cryptochromes genes occur in corals, insects, fish and mammals -- including humans -- and are primitive light-sensing pigment mechanisms which predate the evolution of eyes.
Dog DNA study reveals new role for protein
October 19, 2007 10:09 AM - Julie Steenhuysen -Reuters
A family of proteins known to fight off microbes surprisingly also helps determine whether a poodle's coat will be black, white or somewhere in between, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a finding that may also help explain why people come in different colors and weights.Researchers at Stanford University in California studied the DNA of hundreds of dogs, looking for a gene mutation that controls coat color.
Scientist Watson returns to U.S. over race row
October 19, 2007 10:08 AM - Michael Kahn -Reuters
Nobel Prize-winning DNA authority Dr. James Watson cut short a book tour in Britain on Friday and returned to the United States over racially insensitive comments attributed to him in a British newspaper.The winner of the 1962 Nobel prize for his description of the double helix structure of DNA apologized for his remarks on Thursday at an appearance to promote his new book, saying he did not mean to characterize Africans as genetically inferior.
Scientists find how amber becomes death trap for watery creatures
October 18, 2007 12:20 PM - University of Florida
Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million years old.
Scientists at the University of Florida and the Museum of Natural History in Berlin made the landmark discovery that prehistoric aquatic critters such as beetles and small crustaceans unwittingly swim into resin flowing down into the water from pine-like trees. Their findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers discover the dawn of animal vision
October 17, 2007 09:29 AM - University of California - Santa Barbara
By peering deep into evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered the origins of photosensitivity in animals.
The findings are published in this week’s issue of the scientific journal PLoS ONE. The scientists studied the aquatic animal Hydra, a member of Cnidaria, which are animals that have existed for hundreds of millions of years. The authors are the first scientists to look at light-receptive genes in cnidarians, an ancient class of animals that includes corals, jellyfish, and sea anemones.
India 'Lagging Behind' in Innovation Race
October 16, 2007 06:47 PM - T. V. Padma, SciDevNet
NEW DELHI - India is not realising its potential for innovation, warn experts, because its education and research institutes do not encourage a culture of experimentation and the exchange of ideas between disciplines.
Although India's potential is high, it is not nurturing innovation, Sri Krishna Joshi, scientist emeritus at India's National Physical Laboratory, told delegates at a conference on inventions and innovations in Delhi, India today (15 October).
India's education system "kills any spirit of innovation" by failing to close the gap between industry and academia, said S. Srinavasa Murthy, professor of electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.
New force-fluorescence device measures motion previously undetectable
October 16, 2007 06:41 PM -
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A hybrid device combining force and fluorescence developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has made possible the accurate detection of nanometer-scale motion of biomolecules caused by pico-newton forces.
“By combining single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer and an optical trap, we now have a technique that can detect subtle conformational changes of a biomolecule at an extremely low applied force,” said U. of I. physics professor Taekjip Ha, the corresponding author of a paper to appear in the Oct. 12 issue of the journal Science.
Smallest Galaxies Give Insight Into Dark Matter
October 16, 2007 06:31 PM -
PASADENA, Calif.--An unusual population of the darkest, most lightweight galaxies known has shed new light on a cosmic conundrum. Astronomers used the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to show that the recently uncovered dwarf galaxies each contain 99 percent of a mysterious type of matter known as dark matter. Dark matter has gravitational effects on ordinary atoms but does not produce any light. It accounts for the majority of the mass in the universe.
New observations of eight of these galaxies now suggest that the "Missing Dwarf Galaxy" problem--a discrepancy between the number of extremely small, faint galaxies that cosmological theories predict should exist near the Milky Way, and the number that have actually been observed--is not as severe as previously thought, and may have been solved completely.


NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The threat of severe weather forced event organizers to call off the Saturday evening events at the Bayou Bon Vivant in Norfolk.
The announcement, made shortly after 9 p.m., confirmed that all Saturday evening events have been canceled. That includes the North Mississippi Allstars’ performance.
“The safety of our guests remains Festevents’ top priority,” they said in a release. “And we encourage all Saturday guests to return on Sunday to enjoy the scheduled entertainment.”
Festevents organizers say all Saturday tickets will be honored on Sunday, May 22.


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Members of the federal Senior Executive Service (SES) are leaving government at an increasing rate, according to a new study, and they cite pay as one of the reasons.
A report released this week by George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy said ” in recent years, there has been a notable increase in the separation rate of SES members.”
The study, done by a group of graduate students in cooperation with the Senior Executives Association (SEA), said from fiscal 2009 to 2013, “the overall SES turnover rate increased from 7.2% to 9.8%, while the raw number of SES employees leaving government rose 44%.”
The researchers said pay issues are often mentioned as “a disincentive for joining the Senior Executive Service and/or as a primary reason for separation from the federal government. While there has been a persistent gap in wages between SES positions and executive jobs in the private sector, the divide has widened in recent years partly due to government pay freezes and salary compression. As a result of pay caps on SES positions, there is a financial disincentive for GS-14s and GS-15s to apply for senior executive positions.”
GS-14 and GS-15 are at the top of the General Schedule personnel ranking system and are feeder grades to the SES.
Another major point of dissatisfaction cited among former SES members was “frustration with leadership,” including Congress and the president.
Carol Bonosaro, president of the SEA, said “the results of their study confirm many of SEA’s long-standing concerns about how inadequate compensation and appreciation for the contributions of career executives is accelerating the exodus of some of government’s most talented and needed leaders as well as discouraging interest among high-performing GS-14s and 15s in pursuing SES jobs in today’s environment. The current Congress and administration need to realize that politics as usual will only exacerbate these trends, with the net result being a growing brain drain that hurts our government and the American people it serves.”

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“My Take” Varney and co-host Stuart Varney on Wednesday railed against Republicans and Americans who lost their relatives to Biden’s open borders, accusing White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre of “fighting to get fentanyl off the street.”
Stuart Varney . We are told that voters are upset with toxic politics and Donald Trump It’s a lot of time. He was blamed .
all right, Hear it. From Karin Jean-Pierre . No offensive nicknames or personal attacks. This is the worst failure of our politics.
The IDB’s open border policy threatens the economy and national security. Head of the Border Guard Service
Karin Jean-Pierre . “Republicans in the House have vowed to get rid of the police. Instead, they’re fighting to keep fentanyl off the streets by cutting funding for the Border Patrol. Their only plan seems to be House Republicans. “More and more Americans. Exposure to crime”.
Repeat. Republicans are “fighting to get fentanyl off the streets.” What an insult. Not just Republicans, but all Americans who lost loved ones to Biden’s open borders.
Read on FOX BUSINESS
Mother Sues ‘FAKE’ FENTANL In Son’s Death.
I have another example of toxic politics from the Democrats.
The president called union Republicans “cut from a different cloth.”
I was born and raised in England, where the class war and Class warfare They were invented .
Biden shows that Republicans are the party of the country club and look down on workers. Wrong again.
currently, Trade union representatives The tendency to vote Republican And we are despised by the Democratic elite.
I’ll end with this. The little boy fell alone on the border. Will Biden and the Democrats take charge?
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|Veröffentlichungsdatum||6. Juli 1948|
|Eingetragen||8. März 1946|
|Prioritätsdatum||8. März 1946|
|Veröffentlichungsnummer||US 2444638 A, US 2444638A, US-A-2444638, US2444638 A, US2444638A|
|Erfinder||Dobbins Albert L|
|Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter||Dobbins Albert L|
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July 6, 1948. A. L. DoBBlNs TEETH CLEANING DEVICE Filed March 8, 1946 Zia/enforv werd. om
Patented July 6, 1948 UNITED STATES' PATENT" 0F F'IiCE TEETH. CLEANING. DEVICE;
AlbertLDobbns, Kansas City, Mo; Application March s, 194s, semina. 652,864
1 Claim. l,
Thisinvention relates to devices for cleaning the teetlr and removing obstructions andA particlesl off' food: therefrom,
An object of' theinvention is to provide a device for this purpose which-has mounted thereon a support for dental floss or the like in such position that it may be easily drawn between the teeth for cleaning them of foreign matter.
Anotherobject of the invention, is to provide a device of this character which is inexpensive to manufacture and simple and effective in cleaning teeth. v
A further object of thevinvention is to provide ateeth cleaning device-wherein the dental-ossfis drawn from av spool of floss carried on or concealed within the teeth cleaning device.
Another object of the invention is to provide a teeth cleaning device which, while adapted for use with dental floss, may also be used in the manner of a toothpick by means of a pointed probe carried thereon.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a teeth cleaning device which is sanitary and easy to clean and keep clean.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved teeth cleaning device.
Figure 2 is a front elevational view, partly in section, of the device illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an end View of the device as seen from the left of Figure 2,
Figure 4 is an enlarged detail View of the slotted upper end of the dental floss support shown in Figure 3, and
Figure 5 is a partly sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating the L-shaped slot in the rearward extension of the head and the registering opening in the wall of the longitudinal recess in the handle.
As illustrated, there is a handle 2 shaped to t the hand conveniently and having its right hand end portion shown in Figures 1 and 2 tapered to a sharp point with its apex at 4. The pointed portion ll is intended for use as a probe in the ordinary manner of a toothpick, with the added advantage that it is held in a handle sufficiently large to be easily and securely held in the hand, and is not easily broken. The handle 2 has in its forward end portion 6 a longitudinal 2: iy recess 8` whichis openat its forwardfendl i0; the mouth of the opening being provided with threads i2.
The tooth cleaner head I4 has a bodyeiportion it with a threaded rearward extension| [18eV for threaded engagement into*l the matching threads l2 a-t the mouth of thel opening lll of. recess 8in the handl.e. The head i@ is provided with upstand'ing dentalfioss supports 2liI and' 22 at ythe opposite ends of the cleaner headv M2. lTfhe threaded extension` IB ofthe head Mis provided with a-n- L-shaped duct 24- leading from thel-ongitudinal recess- 8,1 in the'han'dle 2, and registering withv amatching aperture 261 in the.A wall. ofthe mouth off the opening 610-. A spool offdentalfloss is inserted into the recess 8 and the loose end of the floss is threaded through the duct 24, and out as at 28 and up across the floss supports 2l] and 2.2. To avoid interference with the egress of the loose end 28 of the iioss as it emerges from the duct 2G, the edge 30 of the mouth of the opening Hl of the recess 8 may be cut back so as not to obstruct the open end of the duct 24, the aperture 26 being dispensed with in that case. To draw dental floss out of the magazine recess 8, it is only necessary to pull on loose end 23 of the floss, pulling out a length sufficiently long to reach up and over both supports as shown.
The support 22 has a slot 32 in its upper face surface 34, the slot lying in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the handle as seen in Figure l. The floss, extending through slot 32 `continues to forward floss support 20 which is provided with a similar slot 36, in its upper surface and parallel with slot 32. 'I'he support 20 also has two side slots 38 and 40 as best seen in Figure 4, both lying in a plane at right angles to that of slot 36, the lower edge 3l of slot 36 also lying substantially in the same plane as that of the side slots.
As will be clear from the drawings, the dental iioss extends upward at 28, through slot 32 in floss support 22, bridging across the intervening space as at 42 through slot 36 on top of forward ness support 20, thence around the front end edge 44 of front floss support 20 and rearwardly through side slot 38, then across the rear end edge 46 underneath bridging portion 42 of the floss and around into side slot 40 and forwardly out of the latter slot. It is apparent that these sharp turns of the oss such as at 48 where it enters slot 32, and at the turning points as it is arranged in the slots onA forward support 20, together with the tight crossing over engagement of the bridging portion 42 of the floss `with the portion 50 of the floss as it crosses over from side slot 38 to slot 40. This arrangement will normally be sufficient to properly tension the bridging portions 42 of the oss. However, if desired, the rearward floss support 22 may also be provided with side slots similar to those shown on the forward support at 38 and 40, the floss being disposed in the slots in the same fashion as already described.
It is thus to be noted that I have described and illustrated a teeth cleaning device which is simple and practical, sanitary in construction, and efcient in operation, and which does not require the insertion of the fingers into the mouth of4 the user for application of the dental floss'. The
device may conveniently be made of plastic' material.
Although I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that various changes may be made invsize, shape, materials and arrangement without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.
A` device for cleaning teeth comprising a handle having a forwardly open recess for the reception of a supply of dental floss therein, the mouth of said recess being threaded and having an aperture in a wall thereof, a head having a pair of upstanding support members longitudinally spaced from each other, said head being provided With a tubular threaded extension threaded into said mouth, there being an L-shaped duct in said extension, said L-shaped duct registering with the aperture in said mouth to form a duct '4 leading from said recess and out of said handle for the passage therethrough of the dental floss from said supply, each support member being provided at its distal end portion 'with a guide slot extending longitudinally therethrough, the guide slots in said support members suspendingly supporting a length of the dental floss drawn from said recess, the support member farthest removed from the recess in said handle being provided upon opposite sides of its longitudinal guide slot with slots extending transversely from the side edges thereof and terminating at a point spaced from the guide slot, whereby passing the end of `the dental floss projecting from the longitudinal lguide slot around the front face of the distal end portion through one of said transverse slots `and then rearwardly across the back face of the "distal portion underneath the portion of the floss in 'the longitudinal slot, and thence into the other of said transverse slots and forwardly out of the latter slot, places the dental floss suspend- ,ingly' supported between said support members under tension and secures the tensioned floss.
- ALBERT L. DOBBINS.
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Indianapolis, Ind., (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Since Saturday's deadly shooting in Arizona, Don's Guns in Indianapolis has run out of a magazine that enables Glock pistols to fire extra rounds, according to an article in Thursday's Indianapolis Star.
"We sold out, just since that happened," owner Don Davis said. He has ordered more and expects the resupply to sell quickly. The rush to buy the accessories, he said, probably is motivated by fears that lawmakers will try to limit magazine capacity in the wake of the shootings.
Police in Tucson, Ariz., say the man accused in the shootings, Jared Loughner, used a Glock 19 with an extended magazine to kill six people and wound 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.
A random check of dozens of gun stores across the country by USA Today reporters found no indication that sales of Glock guns are surging, but some stores reported increased customer interest in the extended magazines.
"We have seen an uptick in high-capacity magazine purchases but not specifically Glocks," said Jonathan Pirkle of Coal Creek Armory in Knoxville, Tenn. He said that if talk of a ban "lasts a month, then you will see them going quickly."
High-profile shootings often prompt increased interest in the firearms used, said Andrew M. Molchan, director of the Professional Gun Retailers Association. "It's the notoriety," he said, and the "talk about banning things."
Davis said his store's indoor shooting range has been busy in recent days.
"We're seeing a lot of young people coming into the range and practicing," he said. "Some of them are in there shooting and seeing how fast they can change clips."
Evans reports for The Indianapolis Star. Contributing: Clint Brewer, The (Nashville) Tennessean.
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“Super Duper Van” is the third and final single leading up to Volcanova’s debut album “Radical Waves”. The Icelandic band, whose resumé includes 2 full UK tours and opening gigs for Elder and The Vintage Caravan to name a few, has written a true anthem. “Super Duper Van” offers everything one could expect in a well-written stoner rock song - fuzzy riffs, headbanging bass grooves and spaced out lyrics. Adding to that is a tasteful use of vocal harmonies, rarely found in this genre of music.
The album, "Radical Waves", is to be released on August 21 by The Sign Records. An album that, in short, can best be described as a collection of uplifting moments with epic guitar solos that are underpinned by head banging bass grooves complemented with a tasteful use of cowbell!
Volcanova was founded in the summer of 2014 with principle song writer Samúel Ásgeirsson on guitar and vocals and after a few lineup changes the band finally settled on a winning formula with Þorsteinn Árnason of (Rock Paper Sisters) on bass and vocals and Dagur Atlason (Churchhouse Creepers) on drums and vocals.
The single "Super Duper Van" is out everywhere on July 31. Volcanova's debut album "Radical Waves" is released by The Sign Records on August 21 on vinyl, colored vinyl, CD and digital format.
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The El Centro Police and Fire Dispatch Center received a 911 call for a report of smoke coming from the roof of a residence in the 1100 block of S. 14 St., October 30, at approximately 2:56 a.m. The first El Centro Fire Department Engine Company arrived on scene five minutes after the initial dispatch, and found a vacant residence with smoke coming from the roof, according to a press release issued from the fire department.
El Centro firefighters performed an aggressive fire attack on the structure, according to the release. A second alarm was requested by the incident commander bringing one additional battalion chief and fire engine from Imperial County Fire Department.
The report said heavy smoke and fire was found in a bedroom and hallway area. Initial knockdown of the fire was completed within minutes of arriving on the scene. A search of the residence commenced.
Fire crews remained on scene until 5:30 a.m. A total of 16 firefighters brought the fire under control with no injuries to civilians or firefighters reported. The Imperial County Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Imperial Irrigation District, El Centro Police Department, Gold Cross Ambulance, and Southern California Gas provided support during the incident. The release said the El Centro Fire Department Investigators are currently working to determine the cause.


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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have moved on to the South Pacific leg of their royal tour after spending a week in Australia, but that doesn’t mean that Sydney is without a royal presence right now.
It seems that Meghan and Harry aren’t the only royals to travel to Sydney for the Invictus Games with a fellow prince spotted at one of the events in Sydney Olympic Park.
Prince Frederik Of Denmark Is In Sydney For The Invictus Games
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, who is married to Australia’s own Princess Mary of Denmark, was seen cheering on his own nation’s team in a Volleyball match against Canada on Tuesday evening.
In a post on the official Invictus Games twitter account, the Prince was seen smiling as he cheered and supported the military veterans competing in the games.
US veterans Steven Melnikoff and Michael Gantich are 99-year-olds and attended Invictus Games Sydney 2018 competition at Sydney Olympic Park on 23 October 2018. https://t.co/xxbOkmUIMm #IG2018 #GameOnDownUnder pic.twitter.com/aKmr3enlzl
— InvictusSydney (@InvictusSydney) October 23, 2018
He was sitting in the crowd between 99-year-old US veterans Steven Melnikoff and Michael Gantich.
The Danish prince was also spotted supporting Denmark in the games on Monday after the Danish Palace posted a photo to Instagram of Frederik sitting alongside a sailing silver medallist.
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“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark was one of the first to congratulate the team when Denmark won a silver medal in sailing,” the palace said in the caption, which was written in Danish.
Looks like Prince Frederik is keeping the royal fever alive in Sydney until Prince Harry and Meghan Markle return to Sydney on Friday 26th October to close the Invictus games the next day.

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I'm so happy that I have gotten to participate in some challenges this week. Challenges are so fun to do. Too bad that the Mr. Linky isn't working, so I know that it will be more work for Dawn. Below is my entry for the Raspberry Suite challenge.
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. We had a very nice weekend. We made some progress on home improvements, but also made time to relax and have fun. All-in-all it was wonderful. My dear husband extended his weekend, and took off today and tomorrow. (His birthday is tomorrow). He's been working so hard in school, so I'm glad he's taking some time off. I cam home today, and he had connected the XBox 360 and was trying it out. (Keep in mind that I bought this for his anniversary present which was over a month ago... It was still in the box until today).
I've baked and iced his cake. I made a Milky Way Cake which is yummy. It's VERY rich. The cake and icing are made with melted milky ways, so it is a chocolately caramelly yum-fest. Not very calorie friendly for those of us watching our waistline, but it is Carlin's birthday.
Have a great week
Paper: Paper Trey Ink Raspberry Fizz, Stampin' Up Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss,
Ink: Always Artichoke
Accessories: Stampin' Up moss ribbon, SU! borders sizzlets, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, EK Success punch, Hero Arts gemstones, bag o' buttons
Congratulations on entering it before the deadline...Such a pretty card! I love the button with the bling! Your husbands cake sounds DELICIOUS! I'm a huge chocolate fan and caramel is just an added bonus! I'm sure you will both enjoy it!!
Your cake sounds so good! Enjoy your day. Really lovely card with that great brocade border.
This card is just beautiful! I love everything about it! Top pick for sure! :)
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Lynette... this is a very pretty card! I love the flower behind the button... such a great idea! Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment! :-)
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And I'm super glad to be back. We had a great trip, but I need some home time now! Except at the moment I'm working really late to get caught up!
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Oranjestad -Last week STENAPA has been working on raking various trails on the island.
According to the Park Organization, due to the dry season there are so many leaves covering the trails, that tourists may have trouble finding their way.
STENAPA staff first cleaned the Historical trail on the Quill, which leads to an old house and cistern. Wednesday the way from the Bird Trail to the connection with the Around the Mountain South Trail going onto the viewpoint at Whitewal, as cleared.
According to STENAPA management, Rupnor, Masha and Claire did a wonderful job.
STENAPA calls on users of the park who have feedback about the trails to contact STENAPA. “We maintain in total 27km trail with limited capacity. Your input is most welcome”, said the organization.

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text: With his easygoing demeanor and schoolboy charm, actor Cody Linley was certainly many a school girl's crush during the early period of his career. The preteen, who came from a family of actors, made his first appearances with small parts in such feature films as "My Dog Skip" (2000), "Miss Congeniality" (2000) and "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003). Linley soon attracted the attention of Disney casting directors with guest work in an episode of "That's So Raven" (Disney Channel, 2003-07) and a supporting turn in the family feature "Hoot" (2006). That same year, the young actor instantly became a heartthrob to millions of teenage girls when he was cast as Jake Ryan, the on-again, off-again love interest of Miley Cyrus on the immensely popular kiddie sitcom "Hannah Montana" (Disney Channel, 2006-2011). In 2008, Linley danced his way to an even larger audience when he cut a rug on "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, 2005- ) with the aid of two-time professional champion Julianne Hough. After "Hannah Montana," he turned up in a similar recurring role on the family sitcom "Melissa & Joey" (ABC Family, 2010-15). An accomplished comedic actor with a keen interest in music as well, Linley's options were many as he eyed the next step in his still young career.

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No. 1 Lions fall in overtime
FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama had a three-point lead with less than two minutes remaining and had Delta State staring at a 99-yard drive to win the game, so things were looking good for the Lions.
The UNA defense had come up with several big stops all night and it looked as though the top-ranked Lions would escape Thursday’s game against No. 2 Delta State with a victory.
The Statesmen refused to go down without a fight.
Delta State put together a 13-play drive, ending with a 27-yard field goal by Matt Dean to tie the game 24-24 as time expired to send the contest into overtime.
“We didn’t play tight enough. We gave them loose, underneath stuff,” UNA coach Terry Bowden said. “We played like we were trying to preserve a win.”
Having seized momentum, the Statesmen kept UNA scoreless in overtime then won the game on a 4-yard run by Brant Botill.
“Momentum is a funny thing, it is elusive,” said Bowden. “They got it in the fourth quarter on their last two drives.”
Early indications were the game would be a low scoring affair as neither team could put points on the board in the first quarter.
UNA’s defense set up the Lions with great field position in the second quarter when Delta State failed to convert on fourth down at midfield. The Lions (6-1, 0-1) took the ball at their own 48-yard line and wasted little time getting in scoring position when Lee Chapple connected with Mo Miliam for 43 yards on the first play of the drive. Two plays later Demetrius Goode scored on a 4-yard run to give the Lions a 7-0 lead.
Delta State (7-1, 1-0) responded with a 76-yard touchdown drive capped off with a 2-yard scoring run by Brandon Lucas to tie the game.
Goode picked up his second rushing touchdown of the night, this one a 6-yard dash, a few minutes later as UNA reclaimed the lead.
The Statesmen were driving to tie the game before halftime, picking up 57 yards – and converting on fourth-and-1 at the Lion 14-yard line – before UNA’s Bryan Thomas intercepted a pass in the end zone with less than a minute remaining.
UNA took the opening drive of the second half to the Statesmen 9-yard line but had to settle for a 26-yard field goal by Nathen O’Jibway to extend the Lions’ lead to 17-7.
Delta State responded with an 81-yard touchdown drive, a score that was costly for the Lions. After Tim Smith broke loose for the 27-yard scoring reception, there was a pile up of players in the end zone. During the scrum UNA’s Janoris Jenkins received a personal foul penalty and officials ejected him from the game.
“Both teams got a lot of personal fouls,” Bowden said. “The Gulf South Conference is much stricter than the NCAA.”
Delta State finished the game with 11 penalties for 104 yards while UNA had seven penalties for 75 yards.
The Lions reclaimed their 10-point lead on the first play of the fourth quarter when Chapple hit Miliam for a 20-yard touchdown strike. It was the last time UNA would come close to scoring.
On the Lions’ next drive, UNA drove from its own 19-yard line to the Delta State 28 before Statesmen defensive lineman Anthony Daniels intercepted a Chapple pass and returned it to the UNA 35-yard line.
“If that didn’t happen we still would have had to go down and do something,” Bowden said.
Eight plays later Micah Davis scored on a 6-yard run with 4:24 remaining to pull the Statesmen within three points.
Delta State attempted an onside kick, but UNA’s Robbie Burdine recovered for the Lions.
UNA was unable to pick up a first down and was forced to punt the ball away. Michael Schuster’s kick rolled out of bounds at the 1-yard line with 1:56 remaining in the game to set up the thrilling ending.
Delta State won the coin toss to begin overtime and elected to go on defense. UNA picked up a first down when Chapple moved the chains with a successful run on fourth-and-1, but the Delta State defense stiffened. The Statesmen stopped UNA, forcing O’Jibway to attempt a 31-yard field goal. The kick sailed wide and Delta State took over for its 6-play, game-winning drive.
“These are the toughest kind (of losses),” Bowden said. The kids put themselves in position to win, but Delta State did more.”
Chapple completed 20 of his 34 passing attempts for 220 yards and one touchdown. Miliam became the first UNA receiver of the season to have 100 yards receiving. He pulled in eight passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Goode led the Lions with 92 rushing yards on 17 carries.
UNA has an open date next week, and will return to action Oct. 27 when the Lions travel to West Alabama.


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Can the Freestyle Libre Flash glucose monitoring system perform accurately when challenged?
In previous studies, the Freestyle Libre Flash was shown to improve glucose levels in the blood. However, these studies also showed that the system’s performance was impaired by high rates of glucose flux. Researchers believe that there is a need to understand the extent of how the Freestyle Libre Flash works. The purpose of the study was to examine the glucose monitoring performance of the Freestyle Libre Flash when it came to certain tests. These tests include high carbohydrate meals, disturbances in bolus-insulin, and physical exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes.
In this study, subjects had to attend four randomized trial visits. These visits were 14 hours in length in an inpatient setting. During these visits, the subjects had alternating pre and post-exercise bolus insulin dose administration. 19 of the subjects were given three meals that were high in carbohydrates and were asked to perform moderate-intensity exercise sessions. Researchers compared venous blood glucose and capillary blood glucose, during exercise, to the patients’ interstitial glucose concentration. The accuracy of the Freestyle Libre Flash was tested using Median Absolute Relative Difference (MARD), interquartile range (IQR)), and Bland-Altman and Clark Error Grid. Researchers also used guidelines provided by integrated CGM approvals.
The overall result for the MARD (IQR) during the inpatient phases of the trial was 14.3% (6.9%–22.8%), during hypoglycemia (≤3.9 mmol/L) 31.6% (16.2%–46.8%), hyperglycemia (≥10 mmol/L) 9.4% (5.1%–15.7%), and euglycemia (4.0 mmol/L − 9.9 mmol/L) 16.0% (8.5%–24.0%). The MARD score for acute exercise was 29.8% (17.5%–39.8%), for hypoglycemia 45.1% (35.2%–51.1%), hyperglycemia 16.3% (10.0%–22.8%), and euglycemia 30.7% (18.7%–39.2%). There was a bias that was shown with the Bland – Altman analysis (95% LoA) of 1.26 mmol/L (−1.67 to 4.19 mmol/L).
The researchers concluded that the Freestyle Libre Flash was not adequately accurate when it came to patients being within the hypoglycemia range. The glucose monitor also had issues during acute physical exercise and had to have confirmatory blood glucose tests done along with it. Patients may feel that if they have to do back up tests with the Freestyle Libre, there may not be a point in using this device. Also, we wouldn’t know when a patient is experiencing episodes of hypoglycemia. However, this study did have a limitation of having a small study population.
- Previous studies showed that when continuous monitoring was performed there was system impairment when there were high levels of glucose within the blood.
- The Freestyle Libre Flash has difficulties with accuracy when measuring hypoglycemia, acute physical exercise.
- Confirmatory tests had to be done on patients to confirm that the monitoring was accurate.
“Performance of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System in People With Type 1 Diabetes.” PracticeUpdate, https://www.practiceupdate.com/c/87193/1/8/?elsca1=emc_enews_expert-insight&elsca2=email&elsca3=practiceupdate_diab&elsca4=diabetes&elsca5=newsletter&rid=OTE0MTIxOTE4NTkS1&lid=10332481.
Moser, Othmar, et al. “Performance of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring (Flash GM) System in Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes: A Secondary Outcome Analysis of a Randomized Crossover Trial – Moser – – Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism – Wiley Online Library.” Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111), 5 Aug. 2019, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dom.13835.
Keri Hames, PharmD Candidate, Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Unlike the diskless version of the PlayStation 5, which is otherwise the same as the base PS5, the Xbox Series S is precisely the younger version of the Xbox Series X, devoid of not only a floppy drive but also a third of the graphics performance, as well as half of the storage capacity. According to Microsoft, this console is geared towards 1080p – 1440p gaming. So if you don’t have a 4K TV and are not going to buy one and want to save some serious money, then the Xbox Series S can be a good alternative or “entry ticket” to the world of Xbox consoles. Series S will support all the same games, with the most basic graphics capabilities (best tracing, high framerate support). However, there is some skepticism about Series S. Let’s say Microsoft will make the same versions of games for this console as for the older One; only their resolution will be lower. But how other developers will interact with the younger version is not yet clear. There is the possibility that there will be some games with support for 60 FPS on Series X, which will run at a maximum of 30 FPS on Series S. But this is still a guess.
In any case, the Xbox Series S is the smallest Xbox ever, one of the smallest consoles, and it costs less than the Series X.
As in the previous generation, the launching of new consoles is not linked with the release of some fundamentally new titles (and before that). By the way, the further, the more this gap will only increase. The development period of the games themselves is increasing, which requires more and more resources for development (people, money, time). At the start of the PlayStation 4 / Xbox One, many games were released as “cross gene” for both generations at once, so it will be here.
In general, I want to believe in the reader as a reasonable person who will conclude what he needs.
Objectively, Microsoft made a great console with a mediocre gamepad. This flaw can be remedied by purchasing an Xbox Elite Controller, but it’s not cheap.
As for the Xbox Series, X itself is potent, supports all previous generations of Xbox with possible graphics improvements (but not all games from previous generations are important), and runs completely silent.
Microsoft Xbox Series X
Microsoft’s latest game console, the Xbox Series X, replaces the Xbox One X and One S. Yes, it is difficult to comprehend the practice of modifying the middle word rather than the last initial. For this reason, many people will unwrap the new console from last year rather than this year. If purchasing an Xbox Series X AimControllers has the perfect accompaniment, a custom Xbox Series X controller! AimControllers has specifically designed a custom Xbox X controller for all your gaming needs and can be customized to your exact specs at AimControllers.com.
Although the Xbox Series X is more powerful than the Xbox One X, it should be able to play practically all older games, so don’t worry if you recently purchased anything that isn’t supported. There are a lot of new features that seem sophisticated, but you don’t have to worry about them or buy them individually; things like HDR and 4K will look excellent on any TV from the last several years.
The next Xbox comes in two versions, both with substantial differences. The $ 500 Xbox Series X is the “real” Xbox, containing a disk drive for old and used games and all of Microsoft’s promised power-ups. This is probably certainly the One that every gamer has been anticipating.
First and foremost, be sure you do not purchase the One. Microsoft, like Sony, offers a version of the Xbox without a disc drive, the $ 300 Xbox Series S. It’s perplexing; this system has the same price, color, and practically the same name and type as the Xbox from the previous generation. The Xbox Series S is undoubtedly “next-gen,” but it has a lower processing power than the Series X, so it will have to make several compromises aside from the lack of a hard drive. It is not recommended that you purchase this unless you are an expert in your field or have a pressing need for the $ 200. (understandable).
There isn’t one major must-have exclusive for a one-day game. If you’re cool with bloody violence, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is probably a decent bet. If not, a gift certificate or a subscription to the “Game Pass” program, which provides free games, will suffice.
The Xbox Series X is compatible with the latest controllers; therefore, no additional controllers are required. Microsoft deserves a hearty thank you for that.
Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft has spent many years building a cloud gaming service under the name “Project xCloud,” but now that it has been released, it is known by a more straightforward name: “Xbox Cloud Gaming.”
Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is only available as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership and is currently only available on mobiles and tablets, allows you to do exactly what its name implies: play several Xbox games without the need for a console. Great news though, you can connect your custom Xbox Series X AimController to your table or phone for the best mobile gaming experience around!
Furthermore, you can play those games as long as you have access to the Internet and, as previously stated, without the need for a gaming console or computer. Although it is now only accessible for Android, beta versions for PC and iOS are also available (the full version will arrive at the end of 2021).
What is Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game
Pass? Is it the same as xCloud?
Cloud Gaming replaced Project xCloud with Xbox Game Pass, which is a considerably more convoluted phrase. But, beyond the moniker, it’s Microsoft’s entry into the cloud gaming market.
In this way, it offers gamers the opportunity to play their favorite Xbox titles directly from your mobile phone for now (later, it can be done from other devices).
You will not need to download the games you play. Instead, they will play from Microsoft’s servers. These currently use the hardware of the Xbox One S, but Microsoft would also be experimenting with using PC hardware in its servers.
Each X Series CPU can run four Xbox One S sessions simultaneously and encode video up to six (6x) times faster than current xCloud servers.
The Xbox Cloud Gaming service is only available on Android and is accessed through the Xbox Game Pass app; however, this is not always the case.
Microsoft is working on the beta version for iOS and Windows 10 through the browser. Later we will explain how to test this beta version if you are interested.
Where is Xbox Cloud Gaming available?
Microsoft’s cloud gaming service was officially launched in 22 countries, but it took two months to reach Mexico.
It was also available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Denmark, Slovakia, Finland, United States, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Republic Czech Republic, Sweden, Spain, and Switzerland.
How to Play Xbox Games on PC and iOS in the Cloud
Microsoft has announced that its cloud gaming service will be available on Windows 10 PCs, iPhones, and iPads. You may now try out a beta version of the service, but it’s just for Game Pass Ultimate customers (so you must subscribe first).
Xbox Cloud Gaming for Windows and iOS is available at xbox.com/play and is compatible with Edge, Chrome, and Safari. However, Microsoft should also allow access to the service from the Xbox app for Windows 10 in the future.
What controllers are compatible with Game Pass’s cloud gaming service?
Microsoft has made it as simple as possible, allowing you to utilize a variety of controllers with the service including a custom AimController designed exactly how you prefer it.
Most games will benefit from the official Xbox Wireless Controller (either the Xbox Series X or Xbox One version, as long as it supports Bluetooth); however, PlayStation users can also use DualShock 4 or DualSense.
Almost any third-party Bluetooth controller should work, but if you want to be safe, go to the official Xbox Store website and look at Microsoft’s certified controllers, including the Razer Kishi and MOGA XP5-X.
Games to be Launch during the Holiday
Holiday’s going to be exciting, highly varied video game offerings, too. If tearing up asphalt across Mexico’s gorgeous locales sounds like a fun time, then you’re going to love it;
- Forza Horizon 5
- Shin Megami Tensei V
- Halo Infinite
- The Gunk
- The Anacrusis
- Hello Neighbor 2
These video games will make their way onto physical and digital store shelves throughout the Holiday.
As the holiday season approaches, AimControllers is one of the largest brands supplying fully modified and original Sony and Microsoft controllers. Still, it has proven to be a trustworthy source for inspecting and configuring your gaming controllers. The online storefront exclusively increases your gaming experience and creates a controller just for you because how you play matters.


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Train Wreck Ahead … Most Americans — even those who are legislators — know very little about the details of President Obama's Affordable Care Act, so-called Obamacare. Next year, when it goes into effect, we will learn the hard way. Many people lazily assume that the law will do roughly what it promises: give insurance to the uninsured and lower the cost of health care by limiting spending on dubious procedures. Don't count on it. – Human Events
Dominant Social Theme: What Congress passed regarding health care is probably bad, but eventually things will get better.
Free-Market Analysis: John Stossel is surely a token libertarian, one that the major US media tolerates … perhaps because he is photogenic and perhaps because he has perfected the art of dissenting in a tolerably polite way.
This article in Human Events is a good example of Stossel's approach. It is a bit simplistic in places but in the largest sense it is a pretty good article because it reminds us of the looming disaster that is Obamacare.
What President Barack Obama did with the help of Congress is take the next step – a big step – toward nationalizing health care in the US.
Stossel doesn't say this in so many words but he does remind us that Obamacare is surely a kind of dominant social theme, one that has always been portrayed quietly by the mainstream media if it is reported on at all.
Soon tens of millions of US citizens may be paying MORE for their medical care while receiving fewer benefits and rigid services that don't address the reality of their illnesses. For this, the IRS is expanding to make sure that people will pay "their fair share."
If anyone actually explained what people were paying for, the details no doubt would prove scandalous. And thus a curtain of silence has descended over the whole thing.
Enter Stossel and his dissension. Not bad. Not at all.
Consider just the complexity: The act itself is more than 906 pages long, and again and again in those 906 pages are the words, "the Secretary shall promulgate regulations …"
"Secretary" refers to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Her minions have been busy. They've already added 20,000 pages of rules. They form a stack 7 feet high, and more are to come.
Our old health care system was already a bureaucratic and regulatory nightmare. It had 16,000 different codes for different ailments. Under our new, "improved" system, there will be more than a 100,000.
Government likes to think regulations can account for every possibility. Injured at a chicken coop? The code for that will be Y9272. Fall at an art gallery? That means you are a Y92250. There are three different codes for walking into a lamppost — depending on how often you've walked into lampposts. This is supposed to give government a more precise way to reimburse doctors for treating people and alert us to surges in injuries that might inspire further regulation ….
President Obama didn't kill American free-market health care. It began dying during World War II, when government imposed wage and price controls. At first, companies said, "Great, stability!" But then they realized that they could not attract better workers without raises. So companies got around the rules, as companies do. They gave "benefits," like health insurance.
Government then distorted the market further by giving employer-based health insurance better tax treatment than coverage you buy yourself.
But employer-based insurance is nuts. Many workers feel locked into their jobs. Company insurance largely destroyed the health care free market, since employees rarely shop for the best service at the lowest price.
Now Obamacare may kill what's left of that market …
The reality of what's going is bigger than Stossel describes it. It's part of the inevitable impulse of top globalists to nationalize every human activity and regulate it.
From an investment standpoint Obamacare presents an interesting dilmma. It was obviously created to provide profitability to large US healthcare corporations. But these corporations may have sold government the rope on which they will eventually hang.
These sorts of complex systems never last long. Public opinion will eventually grow rancid and cries for full nationalization will begin to rise.
And yet …
In the short term there is money to be made here, perhaps, by attempting to discern winners and losers. In the short term, some US companies may benefit tremendously.
But pick and choose your spots and pay attention to timing and, of course, the larger market.
Eventually, everyone is going to be a loser, and thanks to Stossel for reminding us. There are plenty of horrible things going on but Obamacare should surely rank up there with the worst of them.


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Since childhood, my favorite fairy tales - "The Princess on, "Snow White", "Cinderella", "Thumbelina", "Cat in Boots" and, of course, "Little Red Riding Hood." The brief content of each story is familiar to us practically from the diaper, because after "Kolobok", "Repki" and "Kurochki Ryaby" parents read to the children the works of Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and S. Perrot.Each story is not only entertaining, but instructive, in an unobtrusive way instructing the child on the right path.In the article, we recall the short content of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" and try to understand what is the moral of history.
The author of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood", shortthe content of which is set out below, is the French author of the era of classicism Charles Perrault. Born in the early 17th century in France. Being from a noble family, he occupied a prominent position at the court, enjoyed the confidence of King Louis IV, largely determined the direction of the development of the arts in the kingdom.
Perrault was active in literaryactivity and wrote a lot of good poems and novels, but he is known to descendants mainly on the small collection "Mother Goes Tales of the Goose". The collection was first published in 1697 and immediately glorified the author. The book contained 8 fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood". A brief summary of this unusual story read further.
As always, "there lived a girl ..."It's not known what the girl's name really was, but her fellow-villagers nicknamed her Little Red Riding Hood because she always wore a pretty red hat." One day, my mother told my daughter to take her gifts to the sick grandmother. "It's not specified in the tale, but as the road to the neighboring village went through the forest , I want to believe that my mother strictly ordered the girl not to leave the path and not talk to strangers.
The baby walked unhurriedly to her grandmother, collectingroad flowers and singing a hilarious little song. Suddenly a wolf came out to meet her. He asked the girl in detail about where and why she was going, and she trustingly told everything. Then the wolf offered the game, who will quickly run to the grandmother's house. "You go along this road, and I'll run that way," said the insidious villain and ran along the short trail, and the main heroine of the tale went along the long one.
Of course, the wolf ran to his grandmother first.He knocked on the door, and the corrupt old woman, lying in bed, shouted a famous phrase: "Granddaughter, tear at the string, the door and it will open!" The wolf ran into the house and ate his grandmother. Then I lay down in her bed and waited for Red Riding Hood to come.
The summary of the fairy tale can not do without the famous dialogue when the girl and the villain meet:
"Grandmother, grandmother," asked Little Red Riding Hood, "why are your hands so big?"
"To embrace you, my grandson," answered the wolf.
Further it turned out that he needed big ears,to better hear the girl, and big eyes - to see her well. The turn came to the teeth ... And the wolf ate the baby, demonstrating to her why he needed such huge teeth.
Fortunate, the hunters walked by.They suspected something was wrong, ran into the house and killed the gray villain. They opened his belly, and from there live and unharmed grandmother and her granddaughter left. So ended his tale Charles Perrault. Little Red Riding Hood (we already remembered a brief history) with my grandmother were alive, and the wolf suffered a well-deserved punishment.
Why do we read this story to the children? The tale teaches that you should not trust the first person you meet, let alone tell him where your grandmother lives.

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Oct 15th, 2017 / Featured Guest Flutist LeeAnn McKenna
Open Mic Classical (or the mic-less open mic) 3rd Sunday of the month, 3- 5pm @ First Parish Brewster UU Church 1969 Main St. Brewster, MA Let us know if you need a pianist, we can schedule one for you. (sign up at 2:45 pm, pianist available to rehearse on request)
Sunday, October 15th, 2017
We are very excited to announce that our featured performer on Sunday, October 15th, 2017 will be flutist LeeAnn McKenna with Lucy Banner on piano. A native Rhode Islander, Ms. McKenna, a new Cape Cod resident, had the great privilege to work with some of the greatest classical flute players of the 20th and 21st centuries: Jean Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker (New York Philharmonic), Mindy Kaufmann (New York Philharmonic), Carol Wincenc, Lois Schaeffer (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Michael Hasel (Berlin Philharmonic), and Donald Peck (Chicago Symphony). She has performed throughout Europe and much of the East and West coasts on the United States, as well as two tours to Puerto Rico as a soloist, orchestral player, and in chamber music settings. LeeAnn maintains an active performance schedule in her "adopted" home state, Oregon, where she attended graduate school and resided for that past 21 years. LeeAnn has always considered Cape Cod to be the "Jewel of New England", and, when choosing a new home, closer to her two Eastern-time-zone sons, considered it the prime location to develop a new musical life and community, and expand teaching and performing opportunities. LeeAnn continues to perform throughout the Pacific Northwest and records with the Red Lantern Ensemble (a small chamber group presenting a wide variety of music and ensemble types) and Thousand Waves (flute, classical guitar, Japanese koto, bass, and percussion), an ensemble presenting a variety of styles of music from jazz to tangos, renaissance to modern, Japanese to Irish, and much more. She can also be heard at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Chatham and occasionally at the Cape Cod Jazz Jam. She is also a new member of the Tri-County Symphonic Band In Marion, Massachusetts.
So what is Open Mic Classical?
An “Open Mic” is for popular music only, right?
We are bringing you Open Mic Classical, a new experience in classical music, to help our community's musicians share their music with a friendly, supportive and appreciative audience.
Dust off your flugelhorn, oil your keys, drink your raw egg, and come share your talent in an intimate and casual atmosphere.
Admission is free, and classical musicians of all ages and levels are welcome.
Pianist on site is available on request to accompany you.
“Open Mic Classical” is brought to you by clarinetist Mónika Woods (winner of the Cape Symphony's 2013 Soloist Competition) and amateur violist and sculptor Robert Marcus representing First Parish Brewster, with Lucy Banner and Elizabeth Tipton as collaborative pianists.
It will be held at 3:00 pm on the third Sunday of every month through June at the Brewster Meeting House (1969 Main Street on Route 6A). Participants are asked to sign in at 2:45pm, rehearsal with pianist on request.
Whether you are an amateur musician, performing artist, fan of classical music, volunteer, venue or business seeking to sponsor a cause, please contact us.
Further information is available from Monika Woods and Bob Marcus www.openmicclassical.org or by phone (774)-353-0244.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brewster Cultural Council, Harwich Cultural Council, and Orleans Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Thank you: First Parish Brewster UU Church, Canary Burton at seadirdstudio.com, Eli Woods & Co, Monika Woods at klarinetista.com, massachusettsculturalcouncil.org, Brewster Cultural Council, Harwich Cultural Council, Orleans Cultural Council.


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If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health, or you’ve known somebody who has, the short stories in Concealed will no doubt resonate with you in an incredibly powerful way. If you haven’t, you can treat Concealed as a window into the minds of those who battle with mental illness.
The collection focuses on the darkness that goes on inside us, even when we look perfectly happy and even healthy on the surface. Although it is never explicitly stated which mental health conditions are being explored in each story, we can pull together clues and come to our own conclusions. However, knowing what is ‘wrong’ with the protagonists isn’t necessarily important. What is important is understanding how they feel and how their lives are impacted by mental illness that so often goes unseen.
We also get insights into the lives of those who love and care for people with mental health problems. We see their pain at watching friends or partners or family members suffer. We see their own happiness and mental wellbeing falter as they provide support. It was some these stories which hit me the hardest, because when I’ve struggled with mental illness I’ve always cared far more about the wellbeing of those around me than I have cared about myself. It proves that mental illness is cruel and its effects far-reaching.
All of the stories within Concealed are short snippets into unhappy lives, but the collection is divided into flash fiction and microfiction. Both are wonderful, but there were a few microfiction pieces that really punched me in the gut because they resonated with some of my experiences and feelings so strongly that I felt as though I could have written them myself. I won’t share them here because it feels far too personal to let you into my darkest thoughts. Instead, go and read the book for yourself and see which stories resonate with your own life.
V.P. Grey is an indie author who writes blogs and stories here on WordPress. Do go and support her by reading her work or buying her book. Concealed is a powerful and important collection, and in an era in which we’re aiming to remove the stigma around mental health and talk about our mental wellbeing, it should be read far and wide.Follow Ellie Scott on WordPress.com

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MP WELCOMES CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE ELECTED TO NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES
Originally published by Tim Farron
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that local residents can now be elected to National Park authority boards. Tim has for years spearheaded the campaign to democratise our national parks.
Anyone living in theLake District will now be eligible to sit on the National Parks Authority.
As part of a shake-up aimed at allowing residents more of a say when it comes to running the parks, ministers want local people to take up what were seats previously reserved for parish councillors.
Tim has led a long campaign for elections to the National Park and to end the appointment of authority board members by Defra.
Tim said: "Over the last year I have pressed the government at every opportunity to democratise our national parks and so I am delighted that they have finally agreed to take this step down that road. I have long believed that the people who live in the park should have a strong voice and should be listened to - ever since I was elected in 2005 I fought to make this happen. I will continue to push them to speed the process up and make sure we see action. The day local residents can be elected to the authority will be a great day!"


Toronto | June 2017
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text: Bishakh is an Indian-American trans femme visual artist and author. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, We’re Still Here (The first all-trans comics anthology), Beyond, vol. 2, The Strumpet, The Boston Review, Black Warrior Review, VICE, The Brooklyn Rail, Buzzfeed, Ink Brick, The Huffington Post, The Graphic Canon vol. 3 and Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream. She received the Xeric grant in 2003 for her comics collection Angel. Her graphic novel Apsara Engine (The Feminist Press) is the winner of a 2021 L.A. Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel and a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner for Best LGBTQ Comics. Her graphic memoir Spellbound (Street Noise Books) was also a 2021 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Bishakh has illustrated two books about architecture: The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History, (McFarland Press) and Cocktails and Conversations: Dialogues on Architectural Design (AIA New York). Bishakh’s artwork was featured in solo shows at ArtLexis Gallery and at Jaya Yoga Center and in group shows at The Society of Illustrators in New York, the Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College, Issyra Gallery, the Grady Alexis Gallery, De Cacaofabriek in the Netherlands and most recently at Art Omi in Ghent, NY.


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U.S. lawmakers on Friday granted permission for two of genetically modified varieties of apples, bred resistant to Browning that undermined attempts by the industry of organic products and other critics of GMOs to block new fruit.
The inspection service animal and plant health USA under the Ministry of agriculture has allowed new apples, developed by the canadian biotechnology company Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. as not posing a threat to agriculture.
Okanagan plans to put the apples on the market under the brand Arctic Granny and Arctic Golden and argues that these apples are no different from the standard, except that it does not darken.
The President of the company Okanagan Neil Carter called the resolution USDA incredible event.
First Arctic apples will appear on the market at the end of 2016 in small quantities, and many years will it take to receive wide distribution.
The company said that due to concerns of consumers regarding products GMOs used only the genes of fruit trees in the establishment of their apples.
Genetically modified corn, soy and other crops, which has caused criticism of organizations for the protection of consumers, connected with the genetic material of bacteria or other organisms.
However, the new Okanagan apples caused protests. The Association of consumers of organic products has filed a petition to the USDA revoked the permission. The Association argues that the genetic changes that prevent darkening, can be harmful to human health.
Representatives of the Association also reported that apples are usually sprayed dozens of types of pesticides, and experiments with genetics will increase the handling of pesticides.
The Association will put pressure on food companies and retail outlets, so that they do not use these apples, because it's just another great experiment on people without a serious reason.
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I had this beautiful satin fabric in my stash and decided the print would be too small for an entire dress, so I made a top instead (does anyone know what this print is? It’s not a paisly… but not a floral either, I’m confused about what to call it).
I used a basic woven top sloper and just freehand drew the shape of the front and back top edge.
The side seams are french seamed to stop the fraying and the bottom edge is turned under twice and machine stitched. For the top edge though, to keep it as light as possible I hand stitched it once all around with tiny catch stitches, then turned it back down to cover the raw edge and stop fraying and hand stitched again with invisible stitches. The straps are just thin spagetti straps made of another satin I had in my stash of a very similar solid colour.
For fit I just made some darts from the side to the bust, and very lightly curved the side seams to give it some shape.
I like the silhouette it gives me, nice for summer tops, I might make some more now that I’ve seen how easy it is! I will use a lighter woven next time, this satin was medium weight and some seams are a little bulky.
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