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mutuals i am politely asking you what color i remind you of
My first time doing clasped weft technique! It's slow but so so striking! It has unsquared my overshot but I'm treating that as a feature this time.
You throw the shuttle in from one side, loop it round your second yarn and throw it back through the same shed to pull the second yarn into the cloth....
.... And then you beat very very slowly and carefully while pulling on each yarn to get the colour change exactly where you want it, and then you carry on and admire/curse your result. It's an absolute bastard to unweave.
For these colours I am making a zigzag between them, but for my next pair of colours (blue and orange) I will do something else.
Curves are harddddddd
Mostly-computer-generated randomness (hence numbers blutacked to loom). I don't like this much but I'm glad to have tried it? People make some really stunning pieces with a random border like this, but it's not a good choice for this warp!
Next and last will be green+pink, still working out what shape to make with them.
Crenellations, as @hebrideansky requested! I had not anticipated that they would look so much like, uhhhh, fingers.
That's this towel done apart from a bit more white for the hem; the next time I see it will be in however many days or weeks I finish this warp and it comes off the loom. I'd like to think days, but I've been stuck in this warp since October, so we shall see.
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hey it's probably a really good idea to download a copy of your Master Promissory Note since most of them stipulate that your loans are *specifically owed to the Department of Education* and if you intend to dispute the debt in the wake of the DoE dissolving that will be really good to have
log in and then go to My Documents and download a copy of it. i'm serious. if trump dissolves the DoE entirely it may make the debt uncollectable depending on exactly how they do it, and he's too stupid to listen to lawyers that tell him when he's breaking the law. worst case you have an extra PDF on your computer. best case your student loans go away because you signed a contract to pay DoE and no one else. go download a copy.
Love the spirit of this, but they will probably use a debt assignment to legally transfer the debt to a new entity.
Investopedia has an article about the practice here: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/debtassignment.asp
Always a good idea to have a copy of your note, though! And the proper transfer process is described in the FDCPA (an act of congress), so if the new debt owner fails to provide appropriate notice, you may have relief options there. (Potentially dependent on the CFPB continuing to function, which it….might not…)
~not legal advice, just work experience in finance~
I stated this elsewhere but the Higher Education Act has specific language about when debt is allowed to be sold - they can't just sell it at any time for any reason, and all the terms of the Act would still apply to the loan since in most cases the MPN stipulates as much (since the actual terms of a promissory note can't be altered without consent even if the payee changes). Specifically, they cannot sell the debt if it "result[s] in any cost to the Federal Government". Reassigning the loans to another agency would incur a massive cost since that agency would have to hire new personnel and build new infrastructure, eliminating the possibility of a sale within the government, and a sale to a private third party would made debt validation very tricky for that party since FERPA would prevent disclosure of a borrower's SSN, student ID number (ergo, the account number), and the itemization of the debt without written consent, meaning in that scenario the borrower could most likely* refuse this disclosure, dispute the debt, and win pretty easily.
*not a lawyer
the bottom line, if they attempt to reassign your loans anywhere... REQUEST DEBT VALIDATION BEFORE PAYING A CENT.
Back in the day, there was an impressive thread on Twitter by someone who sued to challenge the ownership of his student loans after they had been sold & consequently got the debt erased, as reported in the New York Post. Behold:
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Hey here's some unsolicited decor advice: get a bowl. put it on your coffee table. fill it with objects that are Good To Hold. Watch your guests be satisfied.
For example, I have this bowl of polished rock orbs. (and one glass ball.) they serve no purpose but everyone who comes into my home picks up at least one of them and just kinda rolls it around in their hands.
1$ flea market score. Tiny glass 1960s perfume bottles. I love them.
René Lalique, ‘Jasmin’ corsage ornament, c. 1898-1901.
Let! That! Baby! Eat!!!!!!
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