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Unmodified photo image (contrary to some of my recent 'practice').
Taken at an outdoor lawn and garden art shop in Sutton's Bay, Michigan USA.
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Support Grace for the Cure: Diabetic Alert Dog for Gracie
In March 2018, our 4 year old daughter, Gracie Sevilla (now 5), was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, an incurable, intense, auto-immune disease that inflicts mostly children in their grade school years; a disease whose cause is unknown and is not due to diet or family history, but rather genetics and environmental triggers which cause the Pancreas to no longer produce life saving Insulin (a hormone in the body) necessary for blood glucose production and functioning - both high and low levels of blood glucose cause diabetic ketoacidosis which leads to diabetic coma, swelling in the brain and then, death.
Our campaign goal for her is a Diabetic Alert Dog, a specially trained service animal that has the ability to quickly detect changes in her blood that could be life threatening. The dog then alerts the person with Diabetes and those around her, allowing time for treatment of both highs and lows.
We don't currently have a dog and it makes perfect sense for our family pet to be specially trained to alert us of Gracie's life-threatening highs and lows. You can read about Gracie, Type 1 Diabetes, and how it has impacted our family in a recent article on her by Insulin Nation .
Gracie was also featured with her Ohio State Buckeyes Under Armour Flag Football League on Channel 2 & 9 news - Los Angeles - for not only being the youngest in the league, the only girl for that matter, but also the only Type 1 Diabetic in the league; wearing her Dexcom G6 under her shorts, on her thigh, as he played.
You can read about her here .
Type 1 Diabetes, not to be confused with adult onset Type 2 Diabetes, requires moment by moment, day to day treatment and left untreated, can be immediately fatal. Persons with Type 1 Diabetes require Insulin injections after every meal; especially those which contain carbohydrates, as well as finger pricks to check blood glucose levels. Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices (CGM's) lessen the need for finger sticks.
Gracie receives multiple injections of Insulin daily after every meal and snack and one night time dose of a different type of Insulin (Lantus) which is long acting; periodic finger sticks and now wears a Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring system that has a filament like catheter that inserts under the skin; continuously testing glucose levels and that which transmits a reading to our phones every 5 minutes and sounds alarms alerting us of dangerous highs and lows so that we may treat her high and low symptoms with Insulin or carbohydrate fluids or foods.
The Dexcom g6 is an absolute blessing for us and a literal life-saver. Gracie's mother, Melodie, fought with her Pediatrician and our insurance company to get the "non-essential" medical device which even with insurance, is extremely expensive (each sensor cost several hundred dollars and needs to be switched out every 10 days or sooner and the transmitter or "brain" is 3 times as expensive and also last a relatively short period of time). These components often fail well before their expiration and long waits and troubleshooting sessions with tech support; fights with the pharmacies and insurance companies, much less the Pediatrician, are common.
DIABETIC ALERT DOG: Although the continuous glucose monitoring device (Dexcom G6) is essential to us (can't imagine not having it after having had it), man-made technology fails and there is something much more reliable and would be such an amazing blessing to the entire family, especially little Gracie, who loves animals.
A well-trained Diabetic Alert Dog.
Properly trained, certified Diabetic Alert Dogs can alert of a life-threatening, impending high or low blood glucose level as much as 15 minutes sooner than a medical device and even a finger prick. God has designed these dogs with such an amazing keen seen of smell; instinct and loyalty for it's owners that the dog will wake up or otherwise alert a sleeping parent or child to let them know that the blood glucose levels are rising dangerously fast or dropping dangerously low; such a loveable and reliable medical alert system to help strengthen what we already have and provide for just a little bit of peace of mind in the midst of what is a constant stressor and source of great anxiety.
Gracie's dad is a great provider for his family but in considering this newly learned option (Diabetic Alert Dog); factoring in our family's gifts and talents and our no choice other than to accept this disease and meet it head on, we've decided to take this route to help raise not only funds to purchase a specially trained dog from a reputable and certified Diabetic Alert Dog organization, but also to raise awareness about this horrible disease; something we are committed to doing for the rest of our lives.
Diabetic Alert Dogs from reputable, certified, licensed trainers cost in the tens of thousands of dollars and most insurance companies do not cover the costs of diabetic alert dogs or service dogs in general, because their effectiveness has not yet been proven in scientific studies. Therefore, for the reasons stated above and for this reason, we invite you to join little Gracie in our "Grace for the Cure" fundraiser for a Diabetic Alert Dog for Gracie, and to raise T1D (Type 1 Diabetes) awareness.
We believe that God can instantly heal Gracie and all who suffer and pray earnestly that He will. However, we know that in this life we shall suffer and take the good with the bad, praising Him unceasingly and remaining steadfast in our faith in Him. In the meantime, and in the midst of this fiery trial, He has been ever faithful and has blessed us in so many ways. It is our prayer that all who suffer and deal daily with this terrible disease will receive healing soon and that God will bless us all with a cure, and continue to fill us with His grace and mercy. Until there is a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, there is Gracie, and if God wills, she shall have her furry companion soon enough while raising awareness.
Grace for the Cure!
Our Amazing Grace!
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The question of whether Callistemon should be relocated into the Genus Melaleuca as recommended by Lyn Craven 2006 is currently being questioned by taxonomists.
For now I will tag and title with both options until a more definite concensus emerges.
It appears there may be some different views coming out of different state herbariums so it is difficult to pick which name will float to the top
Tony Rodd makes some interesting points perhaps favouring retention of Callistemon HERE and HERE.
The case for the change to Melaleuca is summed up below.
A 2006 scholarly paper by Lyn Craven states: "The Australian species of the bottlebrush genus Callistemon R. Brown are not sufficiently distinct from Melaleuca L. for Callistemon to be maintained as a separate genus. The primary character states used to justify maintenance of Callistemon are that its staminal filaments are free and not grouped. This breaks down as fused filaments in five groups, the defining features of Melaleuca, occur in some Callistemon species. Therefore, it is concluded that the two genera should be combined." [Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature / Vol. 16, number 4 (2006) pages 468-475]."
Reference - Arthur Lee Jacobson
This organism was isolated from soil and was able to degrade and use (as a nutrient) the amino acid theanine, which is found abundant in green tea. The width of each of these thin filaments is ca. 1 micrometer.
These are some items from either Issue 32 or 33, I believe.
World control panel, and awesome buttons.
Photo of a light bulb filament burning out (with glass removed) for digital camera world hotshot consideration
Steampunk style desk lamp made from what I believe was an old filter cylinder from a vintage petrol bowser.
Thank to Phil at Edison Light Globes for the help and the photos.
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Please contact me if you would like to buy a print of this photograph.
This was fun to do! I need to fgure out the editing alittle more.. Might redo :)
Sorry I havent uploaded anything in a while.
Double Lens Reverse Macro Shot of a Tungsten Filament from a Halogen Lamp using Super Takumar 28mm f/3.5 Reverse Mounted on a Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 fitted to a APS Teleplus 2X Teleconverter then to EOS 40D via M42 adapter.
by Stephen Cain.
Toronto, Coach House Books, [december?] 1998. ISBN 1-55245-o27-9. apparently issued in 2 variants:
a) as issued/described below;
b) [26?] copies lettered in rubberstamp with extra inserts (not called for in colophon).
(a) copies:
8-1/2 x 5-1/2, 64 sheets tan & 24 grey Rockland Opaque, all except 7 sheets printed black offset rectos only, with 8-5/8 x 5-5/8 white byronic brocade card cover & section divider & 8-/8 x 5-1/2 rear frenchfold cover with 4" popout panels at bottom forming a stand when opened, all printed black with silver additions to front & rear covers & divider recto, blind letterpress addition to front cover, 25-hole square punched at top with black 5/8" wire tongue strip binding.
(b) copies also include:
1. Neil Hennessy, "a noun anon". Calgary, Housepress, 1998; 27 copies lettered in green rubberstamp & signed black ballpoint; 4-1/4 x 5-9/16, single sheet blue & red filamented cream Southworth Granite Paper folded to 4 pp leaflet, all except p.2 printed black laser; laid between leaves 6o/61);
2. leaves 22 & 23 also printed blind letterpress;
3. leaf 62 printed black rubberstamp;
4. leaf 63 with 2-3/4 x 2-3/4 white gummed round-cornered label printed black laser & affixed at center;
5. leaf 64 the limitation page, printed green, turquoise & navy rubberstamp.
blurbs rear by Christian Bok, Jeff Derksen, Karen Mac Cormack.
includes:
i) Billy Bragg: Don't Try This At Home (1991) (prose with paraphrase of a quote by Toronto Research Group)
ii) Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (1974) (prose with reference to bpNichol's julia a novel julia)
iii) R.E.M.: Life's Rich Pageant (1986) (prose with reference to Nichol)
iv) "A tip of the Hamlet-hat to the following for advice, inspiration & other acts of compassion: Tara Azzopardi, John" (prose acknowledgements with reference to Nichol)
v) STEVE (script in 1o parts with part 2, dix mots pour rien, featuring Nichol & Steve McCaffery as characters)
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Split Film Filament
Second Year MFA Exhibition
October 10 - 25, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 10, 5 - 8 pm
Artlab Gallery, Western University
Jennifer Martin
Jared Peters
Gabriella Solti
Barbara Hobot
Amanda Oppedisano
Tegan Moore
Mosaic of an huge filament that was crossing 1/3 of the disc of the Sun. Seeing was terrible, had to resize to make it acceptable.
Take a look also at my astronomy video channel.