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The Pirate's numbers were thinning, and now there were only three left, and they were clearly in a state of extreme panic.
"Good, easy targets" Jenna thought as she moved to the left side of the shield wall.
Carefully leaning outward just a tad, she sighted the leftmost Pirate and took her shot. The round went clean through his head and impacted on the back wall, just missing the forcefield core by inches. She was greeted with desperate laser fire in return and one shot grazed her right arm.
"Damn it!" she yelled in pain and quickly hid back behind the Knights. Luckly, only her uniform was singed, and her arm was fine.
"Ok, now
was a little to close." she thought to herself. Suddenly, screams from the remaining two Pirates were heard, and when Jenna peeked over the Knights, she found all of the Pirates dead on the floor. Sighing in relief, she slumped to the floor and took a quick breath, knowing that the battle was not over yet, as the door behind groaned and slowly began to inch open.
"Shit, here we go again." she muttered to herself.
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Plato bludgeoned the last of the imposter-Knights to death with his shield, leaving his oponent in a big bloody heap upon the smooth stained floor. The battle was over, but another was beginning. The doors of the forcefield generator were slowly beginning to roll themselves open - more pirates were on the way. Had Plato been as blessed in intellegence as Captain Westmill, he may have spared a few seconds to work out how so many pirates were able to sneak onboard - but he was a warrior, a thick-skulled warrior, who knew only how to kill.
"Get back in formation, Knights, front line!" Roared Plato, taking command of the situation.
He brushed past the men-at-arms, sending them forcibly to either side of him until he was at the back of the group - facing the doors. The other Knights followed. They crouched on one knee, and held their shields so that their entire bodys were covered, and that the squad once again had an impenetrable wall from which they could hide behind. Meanwhile, the gaps between the doors widened to the breadth of a man. Battle was imminant.
Turning back to the squad, Plato eyed out the female sniper who had earned herself his respect from so many well-aimed shots. "Alright, find yourself a vantage point." He said, before glancing around the room. It was empty, a hollow space, save for the generator - where could she find a vantage point? He scanned either side of the door. "I got it." He grunted. "
Get yourself prone at an angle to the door way, so that you can shoot through the space between our shields, and the door itself. You should be able to cut down any of the bastards that make it past our initial fire, and also, you may be able to pop the heads of some of those further back, who are not standing directly ahead
"Pirates, kill these Cascadian dogs. Take any women, destroy the generator!" Thundered a distorted radio voice from two large speakers situated on the ceiling of the generator room.
"Great." Plato smirked. "They've got control of the bridge."
With that, thick streams of lasers flew through the doors, and a dozen pirates - clad in jet-black uniforms, and wearing spiked shoulder pads - waded in the generator room with guns blazing. They were using outdated versions of the HM-17, which proved a little more bulkier and less reliable.
Plato peered from the side of his shield, though it was being hit by multiple projectles, and took aim with his Repeater. These were ordinary pirates, they were no real armour, they would be downed quickly. He held the trigger of his Repeater, felt a brief vibration in his arm from the recoil, and smiled with satisfaction as one of the pirate attackers flew four feet backwards with a hole through his chest.
Captain Mason was surrounded. The bridge was taken. Yet he was not. All around lay the smouldering corpses of black-clad pirates, and dotted here and there, the defiled bodies of the defenders. He held his Repeater at the foremost pirate. A circle of the bastards had closed in on him, so that he was standing in the midst of multiple gun barrels, but he refused to surrender.
"Put the gun down you old bastard." Challenged one of the pirates. "The boss wants you alive."
The Captain made no reaction. He merely peered over to his left, where a pirate was activating the bridge controls. Speaking into an overhead microphone, he uttered the words: "Pirates, kill these Cascadian dogs. Take any women, destroy the generator."
They hadn't taken the generator yet? What was the hold up? Mused the Captain. His last muddled reports had confirmed the pirates had taken total control of the key areas of the ship, and had succeded in bottle-necking a vast majority of Julta's onboard military forces by sealing airlocks and setting up strong defensive zones around key access points.
"Put the gun down old man. I wont ask your grey bony ass again." Roared the pirate. He was an ugly man, yellow teeth that had been filed to fangs, he had scars across his forehead, and bright red hair flowing from his nose down to his lip. Barbarian, disgusting filth.
"You may take my ship, but you will not take me." Affirmed the Captain, smiling slyly.
This angered the pirate. "You fucking drop that gun, or i'm going to blast your fucking face off."
The Captain hesitated, he peered over to the pirate standing by the microphone, and then came with a plan. The pirates wanted him alive for some reason, to kill him would probably bring great punishment to those who now held guns in his face. It was worth a try.
Without warning, the Captain spun, he shot through two pirates blocking his way to the pirate by the microphone, and then surged through the gap. Those around him did not fire, they merely chased after him - whilst the pirate at the desk took a few steps back and did nothing.
"This is Captain Mason." Cried the Captain down the microphone. "The pirates have secured the Warp Drive and the Bridge, as well as many other key areas. I urge any remaining security teams OUTSIDE of the barracks areas, to make their way to the bridge and-" The Captain's plea was cut short as the hard cold metal of an HM-17 shoulder-stock smashed into the back of his head.
Yet, the Captain was successful in his goal. As Octavian fought off the assault on the generator, his words boomed over the loudspeakers above their heads.
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The door of the armory shuttered closed as the two men had exited out. The two men had entered the armory with no armaments and left fully equipped for heavy combat. One of the men, a officer, had taken out of the armory two repeaters and necessary clips for a prolonged operational period. On the other hand, the other, the man known as Silvas, had exited with numerous different armaments. An assault rifle and repeater with all the necessary ammunition.
The two men headed down the long and winded metal corridor, the officer turned toward Silvas and said, " This is going to be a interesting battle. Wouldn't you say Silvas? This is the first battle I've been in, hahaha. I'm going to have to kill some damn pirate scum."
Silvas merely ignored the comment as they continued down the corridor. However, Silvas thought, "What a damn fool!! He doesn't know the damn fucking hardship with war. God, if weren't in such a damn bad position, god, I'd blast him. But, damn it, I need him. To many enemies and I'm not one of those "invincible knights" they talk about."
The two men headed down the corridor toward the generator. Whoosh Whoosh, two repeaters had blast above their heads. The officer dived into the nook between the door and the metal wall. Silvas dived into the opposing nook. Silvas took out his repeater and began blindly firing out of the airlock hatch into the general range of the shooters.
Whoosh, Whoosh, and Whoosh. The repeater had continued till its ammo had run out. The cartridge had reloaded. Then the firing continued, onward and onward onto the opposing forces. However, Silvas got lucky. The blind fire had hit one of the pirates dead on. As the firing slowed, Silvas and the officer had appeared from their nook and rushed the pirates head on.
Whoosh Whoosh, the repeaters of both men fired onto the opposition. One by one the pirates fell, till there remained only three men. At this time the three men had taken cover behind their barricades abadoning their fellow pirates. On the other hand, Silvas and the officer continued behind pirates other barricades, they exchanged fire between one other another. Eventually, the officer and Silvas had managed to subdue the three pirates and continued on their way down to the generator. They were far more cautious after the gunfight then before.
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OOC: It's time to advance the story, otherwise we're going to be stuck in this fucking room for the entire RP!
Octavian squad released an awesome amount of fire power from behind the shields of their valiant Knights. Several of the savage pirates died on the door's massive threshold, falling in bloodied heaps - a fate they no less deserved. Plato, himself being a mighty and courageous warrior, killed three of them with skilled aim, and a fourth, who had gotten within an arm's length of the shield wall, he had crushed the skull of using the shere force of his palm. One would have thought, be them a scholar, or a commoner, that the fierce pirates, having suffered the grevious losses that they had, would relent the assault. However, whether within the ranks of the pirates, logic had failed, or whether they thought themselves to be the invincible warriors of the Gods, they continued. Several more of the savage warriors leapt into the room, replacing their losses, and several more would fall under the stream of lasers emitting itself from the sturdy shields.
None in the generator room knew how it had come to this, that St. Julta, Cascadia's pride, had been invaded by a horde of pirates. They were indeed known for their cunning, and their elaborate network of spies, but nothing on this scale could ever have been predicted. It was an outrage.
So it was, that the Cascadian heroes, standing firm in the generator room, held their ground and fought - against all kinds of horrors, against a thousand shapes of death.
Plato lifted his visor, and turned to the squad, who kept concentrated aims on the stream of black-clad savages. He was prideful, no one was losing their taste for battle, no one had the look of surrender of their faces. They would break the pirates. It was destined.
"Fill these whores with the fire of our weapons, they must be thinning - do not relent!" Roared Plato's voice. His battle cry bounced from wall to wall, echoing in the minds of the enemy. They knew they faced determined soldiers.
Distress Signal
Sergeant Terry Brookwell
50th Cascadian Armoured Corps - Assigned Julta.
Subject: Contacting all Cascadian vessels - Emergency
The Julta is under a significant attack - from within. We don't know how, or why, or what. They came when half of us were asleep, most of us are dead. We're trapped in the barracks, we can't breakout - they have us trapped. They've taken the bridge, and i fear they will activate the Julta's armoury. As far as i am aware, all Cascadian combat forces outside of the barracks - crew included - are dead, in captivity or worse. The pirates have blocked most transmissions, but using a transponder obtained from one of their dead, I hope that every Cascadian vessel within the area recieves this. I don't know how much longer we'll last - they've secured the tank hanger - they're using our weapons against us... there's so many of them.
Warlord Jekyll wiped the blood from his jagged blade, and mused at the message. All around him his soldiers were castrating the male bridge crew, whilst the female members were dragged off kicking and screaming to be violated in whatever rooms were favoured by their new owners. His assault was going to plan.
He pressed the discoloured flesh of his fingers against various buttons on the control pannel infront of him, until the distress signal was replaced by an image of the Julta. There it stood, motionless in space. He had done it, he had practically captured the most valuable ship in the Cascadian navy. He himself was standing upon the Cascadian destroyer -
. A quick radio transmission minutes earlier had confirmed that his men had taken control of the neighbouring destroyer:
. He pressed his fingers against a few more buttons, until the picture on he screen infront changed to Cascadia - the grey, dull planet. Hundreds of specs could be seen outside it - Cascadia's home fleet.
"Are we really going to fuck that place up?" Spat Jekyll's second in command, zipping himself up - having dishonoured and killed the young captain of the Windworn.
Jekyll smirked. "We have the Julta, the only battle-ship outside of Cascadia. We will crush their fleet. Let my commanders know we are to begin the assault as soon as the Julta has been properly demobilised.
Jekyll's second in command frowned. "Why not use it against them?"
"Time is not on our side, the Julta is delaying things, it should have been taken by now. We can't risk sitting around for the Cascadians to realise something aint right. Better to destroy it now, than face it later if we are defeated."
OOC: In a nutshell, we have to reclaim the Julta, which will involve taking the bridge, rescuing the captain, destroying the pirates bottle necking the barracks area, and then get the Julta back in operation to assisst in a huge fuck off space battle. How this is done, is no longer upto me, if players want to seperate and go differant ways then by all means do! Plato will be heading for the bridge, as soon as we mop up the rest of the attackers. I fear i have made th story line too epic, it will be the length of a book if people stick with it.
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While the majority of the crew headed for the bridge Tristan had other ideas and took off walking for the barracks whistling a tune that only he could understand. He guessed two things correctly, the first being that if he looked like he knew beforehand this would happen, the pirates wouldn't shoot him (I mean shit, this is a big ship who would know who was who) and the second being that there was a lot more people to blow up in the barracks.
Upon arriving in the barracks Tristan walked in and soluted the commanding pirate officer, who saluted back slightly confused but allowed the lone soldier to do as he pleased, there were pirates celebrating everywhere and for all he knew this was just another pirate looking for some easy poon. Tristan took stock, they were standing in the staging area, about 50-60 pirates and inside the barracks Tristan could see hundreds of soldiers locked down, a few dead but for the most part just very upset soldiers. Tristan walked over to the footlockers and resupplied himself, a few grenades, some c4, and some other materials, and then stuck a pencil timer in one of the many remaining blocks of c4 and set it for 10 minutes. He stuck all his new supplies in a pack sitting at the side of the bed and walked over to a second footlocker and began to fill a second pack, similar items went in, as well as another pencil timer.
Tristan walked over to the window to take a look outside, obviously strained by these two packs he put one down and left one slung over his shoulder. Finally after a minutes pause he turned to leave. He could hear the musing over his shoulder as he exited the blast doors of the barracks staging area, ...pressing the close butttons on his way out.
"Hey, that pirate forgot his...."
The explosion surprised even Tristan, it was a bit larger than he expected and he found himself going down to his knees to stop from falling over completely. Tristan ducked into a supply closet as a horde of nearby pirates rushed into the staging area to see what had happened, once they had passed he stepped out and continued walking, grinning to himself as the second bomb on the ten minute timer exploded.
Whistling a tune Tristan turned back towards the bridge. Saving lives wasn't his thing, he knew there would be more soldiers coming to free the men in the barracks standing behind the blast doors confused as to how 5 minutes ago they had been held prisoner by a small platoon of well armed pirates, and now they were staring out into carnage, locked in but otherwise unwatched.
Tristan grinned, maybe if he was lucky no one would come rescue the men in the barracks, and he could go make another delivery later...
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"Fill these whores with the fire of our weapons, they must be thinning - do not relent!" Roared Plato over the din of the battle. It was a massacre, as the Pirates were relentlessly cut down by Octavian squad. Within minutes it was all over and over fifty Pirates lay dead at the squads' feet. The squad maintained their battle stance for another few minutes, in cause additional Pirate forces were incoming, but when no one arrived, the squad relaxed slightly. The Knights slowly moved their shield wall forward while everyone else reloaded and checked their weapons.
"Sixteen." Jenna thought to herself as she reloaded her rifle.
"Sixteen of those bastards died from my rifle. Heh, not bad." As she was musing over this small personal victory, Jenna noticed a data pad next to one of the Pirate's bodies. She walked over and picked it up, as the Knight known as Plato began to state his plan of retaking the bridge to the rest of the squad.
"Hmm, wonder why this scum had this?" Jenna asked herself, as she began to read the data pad's information. It contained a brief memo from one of the Pirate leaders, detailing the progress of their assault and where the Pirate who had this pad was to head to next.
"Hmm, so it seems that Hanger Bay 7 hasn't been taken yet..." Lt. Vaessen thought, as she began reading the next section of the message, which detailed how to 'handle' captured personnel.
"Those fucking bastards..." Jenna said under her breath when she had finished reading it, hatred boiling up within her.
"I am
going to let that happen to the crew in Bay 7." she said to herself before looking up at the rest of the squad. One of them, Tristan, or at least that is what she thought he was named, had already walked off down a hallway, but most of the rest of the squad seemed to be getting ready to storm the bridge. Lt. Vaessen, however, had other ideas. Calmly picking up a repeater from one of the corpses, she simply turned around and just walked down a side hallway. Retaking the bridge might be critical, nay, necessary in retaking the ship, but Jenna was on a personal mission. She had always heard rumors of what happened to prisoners of the Pirates, but that message on the data pad had confirmed it.
"I am going to make them pay for what they have done." she thought, as a slight grin crossed her face.
"Oh yes, they are going to pay."
OCC: Sorry for the slight lack of activity, I have not had much computer access for the last several days, and work kinda also ate up a good amount of time. But I finally have some free time, so yea I guess. Oh, and don't worry, I am not going to have Lt. Jenna Vaessen go all commando or anything, and I will try to link up with Plato's group after the business in Hanger Bay 7 is finished. Lets keep this RP rolling!
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Trent fired at many a pirate during the assault, having to reload twice during the whole ordeal. These pirates weren't as armored, and Trent felt fire alight in himself as he blasted them dead, often thrice, with the HM-17 he proudly aimed. Eventually, the pirate bastards were all but alive, though some were still kicking thanks to muscle spasms. Octavian squad surveyed the carnage - they were victorious!
Trent looked around the generator room, his nostrils pierced by the burned stench of several bodies as the excitement cleared his mind. He walked over to one of the formerly Knight-disguised Pirates, as the Knight called "Plato" went over Octavian's battle-plan, and shoved a relatively-charged Repeater into his roomy pocket. He didn't know if he'd need it, but he wanted it nonetheless, also taking a fresh HM-17 from one of Hector's dead Man-At-Arms.
'Well, he certainly isn't going to use it any longer,
he justified in his mind, justifying the frag he took from the burned corpse, as well as the extra two mags for the HM.
As he walked back over to Octavian, he watched the female sniper, carrying her Sniper rifle, a frisked Repeater, and one of the pirate's PDA's with her, exit the Generator Room. Picking up another PDA, he quickly read where this Pirate group was going next, assuming that was where she was going. Reading further, however, he soon realized why she was going solo.
'I don't blame her,'
he mused, knowing full well the anger in her mind. But alone? Perhaps if she had been born a Knight, but even with her Sniper Rifle she'd be no match against a Pirate assault on Bay 7 - even less so if any Pirates had gone ahead and claimed the area.
He quietly made his was over to the Knight, who he think was addressed as "Plato", and patiently waited until the Knight took notice of his presence. The Knight asked him what he needed. "Knight...sir...our sniper just left, by herself, to Bay 7," he said, handing over the PDA to the Knight, "most likely to either thwart the takeover there herself; or, which is much more likely, to assert revenge on the pirates for their treatment of women."
Trent sighed. "While I was not born a woman, my mother certainly was. Through her, I know what they do to women they capture. I'm well aware that she, no matter who she is, may not be able to handle the task if a large force is sent. And since my CO is most certainly dead, I cannot ask for permission from anyone other than you." He paused, shifting his weight to his right foot. "I ask to accompany her in her endeavor. Besides," he noted, "we may come of use later. Having two operating outside the main force may allow us to cause havoc with them Pirates, Knight." He paused, going semantic for a moment. "My mother always said..."You don't know what you can do, until you get to the place where you can do it."
Trent stood back at attention, head firmly gazing up. Although Captain Westmill was dead, the Knight was the next-ranking member of Octavian, the other two Knights aside. His orders would be final. "You're permission, Knight of Cascadia, is yours to grant."
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Oups, Resiv must've posted whilst i was writing mine, i'll have to read it and then post my reply. Sorry.
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Full Name: Henry James Preston
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Class: Cascadian man at arms
Physical Appearance: Short, youthful face. Sparkling blue eyes and ash blond hair,
and an air of naivete. 5' 9", 140lbs. Decidedly Slavic in facial features
Bio- His father was killed in battle when he was a baby, and his mother killed in a pirate raid. His home a ruin at the age of 2, the cascadian troops collectively adopted the orphan.
After much discussion, the men decided on a name for him, and raised him as one of them. When he was old enough to be trained, he was sent to boot, and came though a competent soldier. The boy's adopting unit then successfully petitioned to have him placed with them, in Octavian squad.
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In the final moments of the battle, Plato led his fellow Knight comrades in a valiant charge, smashing the shaken remainder of pirate savages. There were those who attempted to surrender before the awesome power of the Cascadian Knights, but the only mercy they were granted was a quick, painless demise. Plato took no pitty on such dishonourable and cowardly warriors - they were under his level. Having reached the threshold of the great doors, Plato and his comrades gazed across the giant hall-way, and saw that their enemy had been driven off - nothing remained of them now. It was a minor Cascadian victory in the face of a string of significant losses.
The Knights, uncomfortable being exposed in the vast expanse of the hall, retreated back to the squad. It was time for action.
"They have been broken. The assault has been repelled. The generator is intact." Stated Plato firmly, with a voice as rough as sandpaper.
There was some brief acknowledgement from the squad, but no cheers took to the air, for he looked upon those who had walked the Archways of Death, and had returned unharmed. He was impressed by their skill, their extreme courage and resolve - men-at-arms were unreliable, they fled when things got rough, or atleast Plato had thought, but these brave men and women showed they were made of equal material to he.
One squad member, a man whom had impressed Plato in the fighting, departed from the company without a word said. Another, the woman sniper, also departed, having armed herself with the Repeater of a fallen imposter. Plato had seen her with a datapad, picked from amongst the dead. He had seen her read it, he had seen her mumble words that not even his ears could hear. It wasn't until she said aloud to herself:
"I am not going to let that happen to the crew in Bay 7."
that he understood her objective.
He wanted to stop her, but he placed faith in her judgement. "Heroes make their own way, they are not made to follow the path of another." The teachings of his former master echoed in his mind. He made a silent prayer to the Gods as he watched her leave - a prayer for her and the other brave soul who dared their own intent on a vessel corrupted with evil.
Turning to what remained of Octavian squad: A young recruit with the face of a child, the one known as Trent, and six others. These were all that remained.
"We must reclaim the bridge." Stated Plato at length. "It is there that we can raise help from the Cascadian Home Fleet, and restore control of the ship to Cascadia."
"Are you insane?" Spoke one of the men-at-arms in confused outrage. "We are eight, nine including you Knights, against possibley hundreds. We should head to the barracks, to see if we can link up with any surviving military squads."
Plato shrugged. "They will expect that. They will not expect a strike at the bridge. Be bold warrior, the enemy will not stand long again-"
"Bull shit. We head to the barracks." Affirmed the man-at-arms, cutting Plato's words short. This angered the Knight, but he showed restraint. He was about to make his reply, when Trent approached him holding a data pad.
"Knight...sir...our sniper just left, by herself, to Bay 7,"
he said, handing over the data pad to the Knight,
"most likely to either thwart the takeover there herself; or, which is much more likely, to assert revenge on the pirates for their treatment of women."
Plato nodded. "I am aware, I heard her mention so." He grabbed the data pad, and glanced over it. He gave a saddened shrug.
Trent sighed.
"While I was not born a woman, my mother certainly was. Through her, I know what they do to women they capture. I'm well aware that she, no matter who she is, may not be able to handle the task if a large force is sent. And since my CO is most certainly dead, I cannot ask for permission from anyone other than you."
He paused, shifting his weight to his right foot.
"I ask to accompany her in her endeavor. Besides,"
he noted,
"we may come of use later. Having two operating outside the main force may allow us to cause havoc with them Pirates, Knight."
He paused, going semantic for a moment.
"My mother always said..."You don't know what you can do, until you get to the place where you can do it."
Plato lifted his visor, revealing a hard, bearded face. He smiled at Trent, and nodded. "Your mother was a wise woman... Yet I fear that both of you march to your doom, and that as a tactician I should stop you, for my assault on the bridge is becoming more and more of a feeble plan by the seconds. However, I am a man of the unknown, of the Gods, like my father, and his father. I believe it is they who should choose the paths of all of us present this day. Go, soldier, go with the will of all good men, and may you strike hard at your enemies."
He turned to face the rest of the squad, who's favour he had evidently lost. There was no organisation, everyone wanted to go their seperate ways. He relented on his idea of a combined assault.
"I will go to the bridge, those who want to provide me with company, please do - the rest of you, God speed." Said Plato, finalising his will.
Hulgra and Julsador, his brother Knights, stood forwards and swore their alliegence to his endevours. The three exchanged embraces.
Turning to Trent, Plato lowered his visor. "Pray that we are not marching into folley, and that courage and skill may overcome the advantage of numbers and ferocity. May we meet again."
As Trent left, Plato walked amongst the survivors of Octavian, and spotting the youngest member, he was taken by curiosity. He towered over the boy, who looked up at him with firmness.
"You... I have not had a chance to learn your name." Plato said warmly. "What is it? And where will you go in all of this madness?" -
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"Henry, sir. Henry Preston." Henry replied drawing himself up to the smartest salute he could muster. "I'll follow you sir. I want revenge of the pirate scum. It's not the first time nearly all the family I knew were murdered by them." The man-at-arms, if you could ever call Henry that,squared his jaw, almost visibly shaking with anger.
"I humbly request I be allowed to take point, sir."
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Plato was shocked by the boy's courage. "Take point you say?" He paused briefly. "I strongly advise you stay behind myself, and my Knight comrades - we are greatly protected against small-arms fire, where as you, you would fall like grass to a blade. However, if you wish to skip ahead, I will not stop you."
Hulgra and Julsador came to Plato's side. "We are ready, Plato, honoured brother." They declared in unison.
"It is time for battle. There will be much pain and blood before this is over, I hope your courage is as solid as your skin, Henry." Plato grunted, placing a friendly palm on Henry's shoulder. "For Cascadia, and for all those who have been wrongd by the scum!" He then roared - his words echoed down the hallway and into the hanger beyond. "To the bridge, to Captain Mason if he still draws breath!"
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However, when she was about halfway down the hallway, she heard someone coming up behind her. Quickly turning and aiming her rifle toward the sound, she was relived to see that it was just one of the squad's men-at-arms and when he reached her he introduced himself as Lt. Johnathan Moore.
"So Lt., why is it that you have followed me here?" Jenna asked. After hearing his response, she took a moment to think, and then nodded her head.
"Hmm, thank you for the assistance. We may be headed for death, but at the very least I am sure that we can take many of those bastard pirates with us." She said while giving a half smile.
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After sweeping the Stanford Cardinal last weekend, the Sun Devils continue their home stand with a three-game Pac-10 series against the Washington State Cougars.
The Sun Devils vs. The Cougars:
Facing Tough Competition:
Of ASU's ten losses this season, nine have come at the hands of teams who have been ranked at some point this season, including one to Vanderbilt, who is the top ranked team in the nation. The Sun Devils also have 12 wins against teams that have been ranked at some point this year, including a 22-8 win over
Dr. Jim Brock, Hall of Famer:
Former Sun Devils head coach Jim Brock has been named a 2007 College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. Brock, who coached at ASU from 1972 until his death in 1994, will become the third Sun Devil in the Hall of Fame, joining fellow coach Bobby Winkles and former Golden Spikes Award winner Bob Horner.
ASU moved up three spots to #12 in the Baseball America poll while they rose three spots to #12 in the NCBWA poll. They moved up to #11 in the Rivals.com poll and were bumped up to #10 in Collegiate Baseball. They came in at #11 in the Coaches poll, up one spot.
Stanford Recap:
Arizona State handed Stanford their second straight three-game sweep in Pac-10 play, the first time since 1984 that the Cardinal were swept in back-to-back weekends...Mike Leake put on a show Thursday night, shaking off an early 4-0 deficit to shut down Stanford over the final seven innings, allowing the Devils to pick up the 5-4 comeback win. It was the first complete game of Leake's career...ASU jumped out to a lead early on Friday, but the Cardinal tied it up in the seventh, setting up a dramatic pinch hit for CJ Retherford. With the bases loaded and the game tied, Retherford was summoned off the bench and promptly delivered a bases clearing double that would propel ASU to the 12-8 victory...The Sun Devils swept the Cardinal with a total team effort, as starter Brian Flores was nearly unhittable while Kiel Roling hit everything, leading ASU to a 14-1 victory and the series sweep. Roling homered twice, including one that ended up in Lot 59 across from the ballpark, while
Player of the Week (Again):
Sophomore Kiel Roling added some more lines to his impressive ASU resume this week, picking up his second Pac-10 Player of the Week award and a College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll Player of the Week honor. He was 6-15 (.462) during the three game sweep of Stanford, including a two homer game in the finale. His second home run cleared the left field wall of the stadium, eventually coming to rest in
Lights Out Leake:
Mike Leake put on a show Thursday night against the Stanford Cardinal, hurling his first career complete game in a 5-4 win. Leake shook off an early 4-0 deficit and shut down the Cardinal over the final seven innings. He allowed only three hits after the second inning, allowing a total of eight. He fanned eight, including five of the game's final six batters. Two of the four runs he allowed were unearned.
Pac-10 Players of the Week:
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Big League Splash:
Former Sun Devil Travis Buck, who played at ASU from 2003-2005, became the 87th Sun Devil to play Major League Baseball when he started in right field for the Oakland A's on opening day. Buck is one of nine Sun Devils on opening day rosters. He is joined by Barry Bonds (Giants), Willie Bloomquist (Mariners), Paul Lo Duca (Mets), Chris Duffy (Pirates), Ian Kinsler (Rangers), Dustin Pedroia (Red Sox), Andre Ethier (Dodgers) and Jon Switzer (Devil Rays). Switzer is currently on the 60-day DL for
National Honor Roll Honorees:
Brett Wallace, Matt Spencer, Josh Satow, Petey Paramore, Brian Flores and Kiel Roling have all been named College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll Players of the Week so far this season. Roling has twice earned the distinction.
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Petey Paramore has been a walks machine so far this season. Paramore has drawn 34 walks already this year, tops in the conference. He was third on the team last season with 34 free passes...Andrew Romine has 14 bunt singles this season...The Challenge at Chase marked the third time in 2007 ASU have played in a Major League facility. They played at
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Arizona State Head Coach Pat Murphy achieved a coaching milestone against USC, collecting his 500th victory as skipper of the Sun Devils. Earlier this season, Murphy won his 800th career Division I game. ASU's first head coach, Bobby Winkles, totaled 524 wins in his 13 years at ASU. Jim Brock amassed 1,100 victories in his 23 years at the helm. Murphy is in his 13th season at
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Junior second baseman Eric Sogard earned three Preseason All-American mentions, including two First Team honors. Both the NCBWA and Rivals.com had Sogard as a First Team Preseason All-American, while Collegiate Baseball listed him as a Third Team Preseason All-American.
That's The Pick:
In a poll of all Pac-10 baseball coaches,
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The Sun Devils had two transfers make the top ten of Baseball
You Look Mahvelous!:
The Sun Devils got a surprise during a practice before the season, as actor/comedian Billy Crystal took a break from his performances at Gammage to practice with the Devils.
O Captain! My Captain!:
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Former ASU baseball standouts Mikel Moreno and Michael Collins are both back with the program for the 2007 season as managers.
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New Zealand's involvement in the ANZ Championship has come to an end.
The Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic have been bundled out of the semifinals by a ruthless NSW Swifts side, leaving the Sydney outfit and the Queensland Firebirds to contest what will be the last transtasman league grand final next weekend.
The Firebirds, who are bidding to become the first -and only - side to win back-to-back titles, will host the decider after overcoming a spirited Southern Steel side 67-64 in Sunday's other semifinal.
It will be a re-match of last year's grand final, just as tonight's semifinal clash in Hamilton was a re-match of the same fixture last year, with the Swifts once again convincing winners, taking out the match 64-45.
The Magic looked out of the contest by halftime, with the star-studded Swifts line-up leading by nine goals at the long break and had doubled that advantage by the end of the third quarter.
It was a disappointing end to the Magic's ANZ Championship story. They have been New Zealand's most successful franchise over the nine seasons of the competition, and the only side across the entire competition to feature in every play-offs series.
Many of those memorable play-off matches have featured the Swifts.
The two sides have contested the first ANZ Championship final, and have met in the semifinal stage of the competition five times. Interestingly, the homeside has now lost on each of those occasions.
Stats aside, the signs looked ominous for the Magic from the outset, with the Swifts swarming defence troubling them early on. The visitors were able to cleverly isolate the ball carrier, leading to pushed passes and easy turnover to the Swifts.
But the Magic seemed to find their way as the quarter wore on, drawing level through the middle stages.
They had the opportunity to head into the first break on level pegging, but a misconnection on attack between Jo Harten and Ellen Halpenny allowed the Swifts a late opportunity, which they duly converted to take a 16-14 at quarter time.
That two-goal deficit quickly blew out for the Magic after the change of ends, as Australian international Sharni Layton began to make her presence felt in the defensive end, coming up with a flurry of impressive steals.
Layton was aided by some strong through court pressure from her team on defence, with midcourters Laura Langman and Abbey McCulloch working overtime to shut down the Magic's options. Halpenny was particularly costly for the homeside, shooting just 4/7 in the first half, whilst racking up five of the Magic's 10 turnovers.
By halftime the Swifts were well in charge of the contest, leading 33-24.
Needing to find something special to dig themselves out of a hole, the Magic made a couple of strong defensive plays earlier in the third spell, but continued to waste it away on attack.
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Our Angel and Taiji Whale Museum lawsuit update shows what we are doing for the unfortunate albino dolphin and the others who have been captured during the infamous drive hunts. Ours is the first lawsuit ever filed against the Whale Museum. Read More >
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Save Japan Dolphins staff member Mark Palmer goes to Nassau, Bahamas to deliver a joint scientific and conservation community letter calling for the IMATA to stop its certified trainers from playing any role in the Taiji dolphin captures. Read More >
Bestselling author Susan Casey, flanked by Earth Island Institute activists Mark Berman, Mark Palmer, and David Phillips, presented her new book "Voices in the Ocean" to an audience at the Earth Island Institute in Berkeley, California. It was an inspirational night about the amazing dolphins. Read More >
On Friday, Sept. 4th, the Taiji Whale Museum told the Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) that it would no longer be a member of the Association. The reason? The Taiji Whale Museum is the foremost broker for wild dolphins caught in the notorious Taiji dolphin drive hunts. Read More >
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: default .wps and .cfg keep reloading
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Maybe I was unclear. I'm only saying that Rockbox doesn't care which
> This happens after using the custom .cfg and .wps for many, many songs, then
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I truly think the word "love" has been so terribly watered down. It isn't sex. It isn't happy feelings. It isn't something you fall into and out of. It is the word that describes the very essence of God Himself. It is SHOWING the commitment of love.
Feelings are wonderful, but they do not constitute love. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding what is temporarily kind and what is loving. I think they go hand in hand in most cases, but it sometimes becomes a gray area. That is where it is hard, but I suppose hind-site is what we have to learn from. Love is hard and I think if we really, truly, and honestly loved people it might stink for a little while... or a long while, but when we really want what is best for our "neighbor", we are finally loving them. When we do what honors God, we truly love Him.
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Coaching is a form of training or development that helps individuals and organizations find solutions to challenges facing them and to make tangible progress toward their goals and objectives. In contrast to individual therapy or counseling, coaching does not involve making diagnoses of psychiatric conditions or psychological injuries. In contrast to standard-brand consulting, coaching does not provide lists of recommendations or suggested solutions. Rather, coaching is about helping clients find the answers and pathways they seek, usually via thoughtful questioning and dialogue.
I just returned from an intensive, three-day seminar for those who are training to become personal and organizational coaches. Among other things, this training will enhance my ongoing efforts to address workplace bullying. In particular, I've been thinking a lot about how coaching can help targets of workplace bullying, especially those who are ready to engage a process of renewal following their difficult experiences at work.
Jessi Eden Brown, a licensed mental health counselor and professional coach, has been a pioneer in developing coaching services for targets through her affiliation with the Workplace Bullying Institute. The informal feedback that I've received over the years about her work has been very positive, furthering my interest in the potential of coaching to help targets.
As I wrote last year, targets of workplace bullying may go through four stages in their journey to a better place: Recognition, response, recovery, and renewal. Mental health counseling may be especially helpful in helping targets recover from conditions such as depression and PTSD. But coaching can help targets in the other three stages, including identifying options and taking action in the non-clinical realm and serving as a source of encouragement and support.
Just as there are not enough licensed mental health providers sufficiently briefed about the harms wrought by workplace bullying, there are not enough coaches who understand the effects of workplace bullying in ways that can inform their work with clients. Part of my motivation to pursue a coaching training program is to consider how coaching can help targets and organizations alike.
As you can see, this is a work in progress, along with my advocacy for legal reform and other measures designed to prevent, stop, and respond to bullying at work. But I wanted to share these thoughts now, with assurances of more to come.


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It's Hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Disney Channel's new show called SNAP!, stars Hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. The show gives kids a chance to have some fun with their parents. Kalmon has amazed audiences around the world performing at theaters and corporate events. He has also been seen performing on the Disney Cruise Line. SNAP! is a very unique reality show, where Ricky Kalmon uses hypnosis to solve family issues with good natured fun and comedy.
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Warthog – Hunting Safari
Tim Wells has made a very credible name in the hunting industry proving himself with great skill with a bow and a spear. He has also roused a lot of folks in the anti-hunting community with the graphic videos of his spear hunting adventures.
Tim is back at it again this time warthog hunting with a spear. After perfect shot placement with a spear throw from above, the warthog violently struggles with the insanely sharp spear.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
katherine's banner
there once was a time when i made a quilt for every baby in my life. then, i hit that certain age when not only is everyone i know having babies, but i have my own, thus severely curtailing my free time. so, given the pesky laws of supply and demand, things adjust. my niece katherine is already 4 months old, and as it became clear a quilt was not in the cards, i hit upon an idea. her mother (my sister-in-law) mentioned that her first daughter had a name banner for her bedroom (a sweet sunny felt item made by a friend) but that katherine did not. combine that with the fact that they will soon likely be packing up everything they own to move to another continent, the smaller the gift the better. i decided to combine the concepts -- quilt and banner -- and came up with this. (it's difficult to photograph something that is 10 feet wide...)
i decided this was the perfect application for the set of amy butler fat quarters i bought recently (when i buy something with no plan in mind, i'm always happily surprised when i use it in a timely fashion). i found a great font online, and (by tracing a printout at the proper size) used it as a template for embroidering the letters -- i even found i had floss around that coordinated nicely with the fabrics, and had white fabric on hand, so the only thing i bought specifically for this project was the ribbon. i added the botanical heart flourish seen below as a tenth panel (to allow the banner to hang evenly), and i think it adds a nice touch. this sort of addition would be needed if the name was quite short, or if you needed a space between two names or words. also seen (at bottom) is my test of filling in the embroidered letters. i liked the bolder look, but it was time consuming and also left the result feeling less clean, i thought, so i stuck with the outline.
i also used this opportunity to play around and try to boost my confidence with free motion quilting. i came up with a different quilting pattern for each of the ten panels, and since each was small, i could figure out what i liked and what i didn't. (i was surprised to find how much i liked outline quilting, following the print on the fabric, because i thought that might be annoying to work.) i didn't mark anything, and it is now reinforced for me why i should. (lesson finally learned this time, i promise!)
Friday, March 21, 2008
fabric eggs
inspired by sew mama sew's secret pocket eggs, i decided i'd whip up a dozen for the easter egg hunt we had today with friends at the park. i didn't have anything on hand to put into the pockets, so these eggs have to be treat enough on their own, i guess. eva had fun helping me choose fabrics and stuff them, and i enjoyed being able to use up those tiny, tiny scraps i knew i was saving for some reason.
my friends are so creative -- the other eggs contributed to the hunt contained lots of great treats (and no corn syrup in sight :) -- egg-shaped chalk, graham cracker bunnies, pipe cleaner flowers and bunnies, stickers, stamps, craft dough, real flower blooms, and even strawberries! (honestly, i'm not sure what all, since eva didn't gather all that many eggs herself, content to take it a bit slow.)
after the egg hunt and picnic, the kids enjoyed splashing in the fountain and running around while some of the (non-pregnant) parents partook of a glass of wine. and as the sun set on our little celebration of spring, a beautiful huge yellow moon rose over the downtown skyline.
spring can just last forever as far as i'm concerned.
Monday, March 17, 2008
crochet baby bonnet pattern
This little bonnet is for my sister's baby, who we are hoping will arrive by Easter (she'll be a day or so shy of 42 weeks by then). Maybe a little bonnet will provide some encouragement? I couldn't find what I wanted, so I just made this up. For once, I actually wrote it down as I went, so now I can share with you my very first pattern. It's pretty adaptable to your needs (different stitch patterns, different sizes)... it can't really be messed up if you just stick with the basic shape. Enjoy!
Baby Bonnet
Perfect for spring/Easter, Christenings, or just general cuteness. Written in American crochet terminology; convert as needed.
1 skein (really just half a skein or so) Rowan cotton glace or similar yarn (this is 23 st per 4"/10 cm).
size F (3.75 mm) hook
Gauge is not critical for this project. Just add or remove repeats to reach desired size.
approximately 4 repeats of fan stitch (used in MAIN section) per 4" (10 cm)
8 rows of fan stitch per 4" (10 cm)
Finished bonnet has an approximately 15" (38 cm) circumference.
Approximately "newborn" size (or 0-3 mo, probably). It would be very easy to size up to suit your needs by making the rows longer and adding a few rows... nothing complicated here.
Bonnet consists of (1) the MAIN section worked in a fan stitch, a rectangle that forms the sides and top of the bonnet (think wide headband), worked from back to front edge (brim); and (2) the BACK section, a square attached in the center back of the MAIN section, which covers the back of the head. This t-shape is then seamed along the sides of the back to form the bonnet shape.
MAIN section:
Ch 57 (or a multiple of 5 st + 2, as needed for desired size). Ch 2, turn.
Row 1 -- Skip 3 chs *in next ch [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc], skip 4 ch*. Repeat from * to * across, ending with dc in last ch (having skipped only 3 ch). Ch 2, turn.
Row 2 -- Skip dcs *in ch-1 sp, [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc], skip 4 dc*. Repeat from * to * across. After working last ch-1 sp, dc in turning ch (now abbreviated as "tch"). Ch 2, turn.
Rows 3-8 -- Repeat Row 2. On last row, omit final ch 2 and fasten off.
BACK section:
(The idea here is to work a square slightly less than 1/3 the width of MAIN section, centered along the starting chain edge. Adjust starting/ending points of the rows as needed if you have modified the size, and add enough rows to keep this section roughly square. I worked it in a modified open stitch, but you could just do rows of dc or the fan stitch from above or whatever is to your liking.)
At starting chain edge of MAIN section, join in ch-4 space that follows fourth fan. Ch 2.
Foundation row -- Dc in same ch-4 space *ch1, 2 dc in next "space"* 6 times, where "space" is alternately the ch in a fan center or a ch-4 space between fans, ending in ch-4 space that follows seventh fan. Ch 2, turn.
Row 1 -- Ch 1, dc in ch-1 sp. *Ch 2, dc in ch-1 sp* 5 times across the row. Ch 1, dc in tch. Ch 2, turn.
Row 2 -- Dc in ch-1 space, *ch1, 2 dc in ch-2 space* 6 times. Ch 2, turn.
Rows 3-6 -- Repeat Rows 1 and 2. On last row, omit final ch 2 and fasten off.
On both sides of the BACK section where it meets the MAIN section, slide the stitches along the ch-4 space in toward the center, thus "rounding out" the corners a bit. Sew the two sections together (technically, there is no right/wrong side, so choose what looks best). As you sew, keep the sections even for the first half or so of the seam, then ease in the extra length (if any) of the MAIN section as you complete the seam so the bottom edges are aligned (again, this helps give the crown of the bonnet a nice round shape, avoiding pointy corners at the crown of the head).
Join at bottom front edge of bonnet on either side. Sc around the bottom edge all the way around to the other front edge. A note about stitch placement: across the bottom edge of the fan stitch, place 2 sc in each tch space. As you stitch across back, hold in slightly to help shape bonnet (I placed 1 sc in each ch-1 sp and 1 sc between each pair of dc). When you reach front edge, ch 1 and turn. Sl st in each sc around.
Without fastening off (if you like, to save weaving in two more ends), ch for about 8" (20 cm) to create a tie. Cut yarn and attach at opposite front bottom edge. Ch an equal length to create second tie, and cut yarn.
Weave in all ends. Block as desired.
Update: Here she is! arrived just in time for Easter...
Please report any errors and feel free to ask questions by leaving a comment below.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
bargello baby quilt
last week i finally finished up this quilt for my sister's (due any day) baby girl. i actually began this quilt two years ago: i made the same style top for a friend's baby, and wasn't terribly confident on how many strips etc i'd need. it soon became clear (before even sewing anything) that i had enough for two quilts, so i did both tops at once. (economies of scale! hurray!). i knew at the time the second quilt would ultimately be for my sister's future baby girl -- and if she happened to have only boys, someone else would be the lucky recipient.
given the quilt was started two years ago (i vividly remember shopping for fabrics at a local quilt store with my now-toddler then-wee-squirmy-babe bouncing around in a sling), some savvy fabric types will recognize a few amy butler prints from an older collection, including the large-scale floral on the quilt back. it's a little time capsule of a project, isn't it? i will say, one of the fabrics (the lavender one with little white dots) caused no end of trouble, since it was a more open weave for some reason and thus stretched more and refused to line up. now i know: if i ever encounter a suspicious fabric like that in the future, i'll just fuse interfacing to it before i begin cutting to keep it in line.
i chose this design since i was always intrigued by bargello style quilts. they're not as hard as they seem -- sure, there are so many tiny little squares (528 in this crib-sized quilt), but the whole thing is quite orderly once you get going. the basic method is this: you piece equal-width strips (say 2") that run the width of your quilt (include extra for dozens of seam allowances). fabrics should run light to dark of two colorways to maximize the effect, and just repeat those 8 or so fabrics until you get the desired height of the quilt (i did three repeats for 24 rows). now cut strips the opposite direction (creating column strips), varying the width from as little as 1" up to around 4". make every strip into a ring by joining the ends, then lay it all out and decide how you want to place everything. the fabrics should shift up or down one "square" as you move across the rows, creating the effect (sort of like a stock market graph to my eye). strategic placement of wide or narrow strips give you a more extreme or gentle slope to your "graph" pattern. once you have it all figured out, decide which row of squares will be the top of your quilt and use a seam ripper to open up your rings above that row. number your strips all at the top or all at the bottom edge, then sew together. this sounds confusing but i promise it isn't; if anyone has questions or wants more info please just leave a comment and i'll do my best to help.
this was my first real attempt at free motion quilting, so i didn't attempt anything too elaborate. i did a curvy swirl of sorts that roughly tracks the darkest and lightest fabrics as they move up and down in the bargello pattern. my stitch length isn't the most consistent, but i overcame my fear of "ruining" a quilt by subjecting it to my novice free-motion skills, so that in itself is an accomplishment. i filled in with some in-the-ditch quilting every 3" or so to keep the cotton batting from bunching up, and on the border, i did some randomly angled lines, sort of reflecting the art deco feel in the border fabric (and contrasting the hard angles with the curvy quilting in the center section). i like the overall effect, and the quilting is all pretty subtle anyway since i used a blend-in beige thread (wimp!).
i believe strongly in the idea of signing one's quilt (because you never know what will become an heirloom, and your great-grandchildren might want to know who made the quilt and just how old it is -- my family has some generations-old crocheted lace socks that have an old tag pinned to them indicating they are "60 years old"... not so helpful to us now). so, i always plan to include a patch on the back with lots of great info on it... but then i can never think what it should say! in this case, i don't yet know the baby's name, so i couldn't list the recipient, and everything else i could think of beyond my initials and the date seemed like fluff -- or just a lot to embroider. (anyone want to share what they put on quilt labels? favorite methods?) so this label is my little bit of hand-stitching on a machine pieced and quilted project. i also secretly enjoy doing all the tiny even little stitches required to secure the bias binding to the back of the quilt -- so maybe i should contemplate doing a future quilt without the machine for once? then again, just the hand stitching part of the binding took four hours, so i'd need to prepare myself for a very distant completion date if i did it all by hand.
so there it is. julie seems pleased, and i'm sure the baby will like it. (babies are traditionally easy to please like that. it can get more difficult later when they develop an aversion to everything that isn't, for example, entirely purple. but the babies are just pure love.) off to put notes on the photos, so click through to flickr if you want more tidbits of information.
Friday, March 7, 2008
julie's sling
i'm back... mostly. i'm still not back to normal (whatever that means in your third trimester), but i'm not stuck prone on the couch all day, so that's a major improvement. the best part is that i have enough energy to work on some projects again! first on my list was to finish up the baby projects for my sister, whose first baby will be arriving pretty much any day now.
i'll leave the more elaborate projects for later -- i don't want to post them before the box arrives at her door -- but i think it's okay to show off the sling in advance, it doesn't need to be a big surprise. i whipped up this pouch sling in a few hours. it's made of home dec weight fabric and lined with a thin cotton -- a basic cotton sateen or something with a tiny bit of stretch is probably preferred, but i like the prints you can find in the home dec fabric. i don't line the slings i make for austin summer babies, but i think it will work okay for a northern climate (even though it gets hot there in the summer). the benefit of the lining is that now it can reverse to solid brown, in case there's a day when she's not wearing blue (but no worries, she wears blue most days, so we're good.)
i put a loop at the bottom for clipping on her wallet/keys or for a toy for the baby, and since it was lined i also was able to add an in-seam pocket. that's a great place for a few wipes or some cash or something small (bulky items would be uncomfortable for the baby). i like the idea of adding these ways to carry a few items, because (once the baby is a bit older and not potentially needing a fresh diaper or spitting up everywhere every 10 seconds) you can just leave the diaper bag in the car, especially for quick errands.
i've made several pouch slings for myself and friends, basically through trial and error. rather than write it up here, you can find some great directions on jan andrea's site (along with directions to make lots of other baby-related gear).
for the uninitiated, i can't say enough positive things about babywearing. you don't have to carry the heavy awkward baby seat around, your hands are free, you can nurse the baby while you get groceries and no one can even tell, and you can even keep a young baby away from germs if it's flu season. but best of all, it's great for the baby and he or she will be far more content -- what mama wouldn't love that? all this for a few dollars worth of fabric and a few hours of time. (i will warn, however, that correctly fitting a pouch sling is tricky business, so read up on proper fit and be prepared to adjust the size if you make one as a gift. other options include a ring sling -- which is adjustable -- and a mei tai style carrier, which can be worn like a backpack or baby bjorn, but less bulky to lug around and holds the baby in a better position.) lots more info can be found on the baby wearer site, among other places.
oh, and sorry the pouch sling photo doesn't show it in action... it's a bit awkward trying to model it over my big belly! but below is a custom mei tai sling i made back when i thought i might sell them as a business. ooh, silk...
i can't wait to share the other baby gifts! next week...


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