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Curren$y reunites with his former Cash Money label mate and Young Money boss Lil' Wayne alongside Birdman for the track "442." The three come together over a smooth soulful beat to make some easy riding car music that Curren$y is use to making and Lil' Wayne, well, seems to have forgot how to make. Of course, Wayne and Birdman (more so Wayne,) have let the money make them lazy recorders and it shows on this track. Nevertheless, Curren$y displays enough to carry the track despite a few missteps.
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Air Date:
May 10, 2013
Show # 117
Jeff Chamberlain along with his veteran Hollywood partner Mark Victor (Spielberg's POLTERGEIST I, POLTERGEIST II, MARKED FOR DEATH – 20th Century Fox), financed and produced three motion pictures together – STATES OF GRACE and FALLING released in 2005 and 2008, and THE MINE, written and directed by Chamberlain to be released in theaters this summer 2013. He is active in the development and production of both narrative and documentary film projects which have socially responsible themes and messages. As a media strategy consultant, Jeff assists clients in their short-form messaging with a focus on three areas – message definition (with strategic intent), content creation (production), and delivery (cross-platform integration strategy). Being a writer, producer, director in film and commercials, as well as having direct entertainment corporate experience in Hollywood, gives him a valuable skill set as a media strategist for firms keen on elevating their brand through a consistent messaging strategy.
Mr. Chamberlain was previously employed by the CBS Television Network working in corporate finance, and also at Catalina Production Group – an independent motion picture and television production company at MGM Studios.
Mr. Chamberlain received his MBA from UCLA's The Anderson School of Management, and a BS in Economics from California State University Northridge with an emphasis in Asian Languages. He has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal and other trade papers as an expert in international entertainment finance. He has been called on to be an expert witness for the District Court in North Carolina for issues relating to entertainment finance, production studio economics and marketing. Additionally, Mr. Chamberlain worked with the state of Utah's senate subcommittee on legislation promoting economic development of the state's entertainment industry.
Prior to his entertainment "business" career, Chamberlain was a successful actor appearing numerous times on TV and in film on such shows as the CBS daytime drama CAPITOL (Contract lead), ONE LIFE TO LIVE, AS THE WORLD TURNS, & ALL MY CHILDREN. He starred in the NBC television movie STRANGER AT JEFFERSON HIGH and others. For a complete list of credits refer to the entertainment industry database – iMDB.com

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Associated Press
Iran's nuclear project has developed its own version of an advanced centrifuge to churn out enriched uranium much faster than its previous machines, diplomats and experts recently claimed.
They said that few of the IR-2 centrifuges were operating and that testing appeared to be in an early phase, with the new machines rotating without processing any uranium gas.
More significant, the officials said, is the fact that Iran appears to have used know-how and equipment bought on the nuclear black market in combination with domestic ingenuity to overcome daunting technical difficulties and create highly advanced centrifuges.
Iran's uranium enrichment work has raised concerns in Washington and other Western capitals because it can produce the radioactive material needed for nuclear bombs. Tehran says it is only pursuing lower-level enrichment to make fuel for atomic reactors that will generate electricity.
Iran is under two sets of U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, which it started developing during nearly two decades of covert nuclear activity built on illicit purchases and revealed only five years ago.
That secrecy heightened suspicions about Iran's intent, but Iranian leaders argued the country has a right to run a peaceful enrichment program and dismissed the U.N. demands, saying they planned to expand the project rather than freeze it.
Up until recent weeks, Iran had publicly focused on working with P1 centrifuges outmoded machines that it acquired on the black market in the 1980s. Workers set up more than 3,000 of the machines in the large underground hall near Natanz, a city about 300 miles south of Tehran.
But diplomats told The Associated Press that Iranian experts now are testing a small number of more advanced IR-2 machines. They described it as a hybrid of the P-2 centrifuge once peddled on the black market by A.Q. Khan, the scientist who oversaw Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons.
The diplomats, who agreed to discuss the development only if granted anonymity because they weren't authorized to divulge the confidential information, said it was unclear whether the new generation centrifuges were in the underground facility or an aboveground pilot site at Natanz.
The P-2 centrifuge sold by Khan can enrich uranium gas up to three times faster than a P-1, but it is made from maraged steel a high-nickel, low-carbon steel that is difficult to manufacture and hard to smuggle through international controls.
One of the diplomats said the Iranians had circumvented that problem by making the centrifuge's rotor tubes out of carbon fiber, presumably using machines and technology developed for Tehran's missile sector and using a German version as a model.
A former U.N. nuclear inspector, David Albright, said the ingenuity demonstrated by such a development was impressive.
"If you learn how to make carbon fiber rotors, you are very far ahead," said Albright, whose Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security tracks countries under nuclear suspicion. "They are much cheaper and easier to make, and you can learn to spin them very fast."
Using a hypothetical example of the efficiency of a P-2-based centrifuge compared with the P-1, Albright said 1,200 of the more advanced machines could produce enough material for a single nuclear warhead in a year, compared to 3,000 of the older model.
Iran has stonewalled the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for years on details of its centrifuge development program, but in recent months has shown more cooperation under a plan agreed to last year that commits Tehran to lifting the veil of secrecy on all past nuclear activities.
Last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency's chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, was given new information on Iran's "new generation of centrifuges" during talks in Tehran a priority as the agency tries to establish how far along Iran is in developing the technology.


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TrioBike has developed the perfect product for sportive parents. It is a normal bicycle, a carrier bicycle and a stroller. Now parents will be able to take their children for a ride, stroll them around or even drop them with someone else and carry on cycling by themselves, all with a single product. The company states that the three transformations can be performed easily, without the need of extra tools.
"A carrierbike is a fantastic invention for transporting the kids in. But once the kids have been delivered in day care/kindergarten and you are working the pedals, it is probably one of the most useless inventions. With the Danish designed trioBike, you can easily take of the front carrier and change the carrierbike into a bike and a pushchair."
Here are some of the technical details:
- seat with built in red light diodes
- alumnium frame
- brake handle with parking lock
- disc brakes
- pushchair with room for 2 kids between 0 and 9 years old
- two five-point safety belts for the kids
- fireproof hoods and seats
- integrated front and rear lights
The price is quite high, but not astronomical considered the quality of the products. The bicycle features a Shimanu Nexus 7 speed gear, and the cost of the bike alone is $1200. The pushchair, on the other hand, starts at $1800 but can go up to $2800 depending on the colors you choose and whether you include a hood or not. The price of the 3 in 1 combo, which features both the bike and the pushchair, is $4000.
Once you purchase a bike you will be eligible for service check-ups (the first one being free), and the product has a warranty of 2 years. It is already being sold locally in Denmark, United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy.
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Trio Bike – Kike Gavilan Says: November 22, 2006 at 11:15 am
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Maria Says: March 18, 2007 at 7:31 am
The first time I saw this bike I knew I had to try it. The cool design and the very practical system with the pushchair makes it a perfect bike for families with kids. After having tried it myself I am even more impressed – it really works! Recommended!


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Your COC1819 Summer Reading ListBy Nikita GourskiPosted in 18/19
This summer, whether you're lounging in a Muskoka chair or jostling for space on the TTC, here's a radical idea: put down the phone, unplug, and crack open a great book. (Reading! Remember that?) We've prepared a list of excellent reads that will also get you ready for COC1819, featuring titles that inspired the operas of our upcoming season.
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, translated by James Falen
If the phrase "novel-in-verse" doesn't exactly pique your interest, that's understandable. But Pushkin's poem is an absolute gem that deserves your attention – and it's one of the few masterpieces of world lit that can be read in one-ish sitting.
Set in 1820s Imperial Russia, we meet Eugene Onegin, a young dandy who is bored by the endless parties and debutante balls of St. Petersburg. When his wealthy uncle dies, Onegin moves to the country, where a young woman from another estate, Tatyana, falls in love with him and declares her feelings in a heartfelt letter that is the basis of a key musical moment in Tchaikovsky's opera. Cruelly, Onegin only doubles down on his carefully curated persona, and lectures Tatyana on the inevitable disappointments of marriage and the dangers of unguarded emotions. Something of a 19th-century mansplainer, Onegin reveals himself to be more concerned with projecting a world-weary image than recognizing the courage of emotional vulnerability.
Duels follow! There're dramatic reversals of fortune, layers of literary allusion, and plenty of sharply observed social detail – all written in a unique pattern of rhyme and metre that has been all-but-impossible to translate into English; it's led more than a few scholars down decades-long rabbit holes and broken friendships along the way.
But even if no translation can capture Pushkin's musicality, James Falen's 1990 version is a standout that honours the lilting structure of the original while still preserving literal accuracy:"My uncle, man of firm convictions...By falling gravely ill, he's wonA due respect for his afflictions --The only clever thing he's done.May his example profit others;But God, what deadly boredom, brothers,To tend a sick man night and day,Not daring once to steal away!And, oh, how base to pamper grosslyAnd entertain the nearly dead,To fluff the pillows for his head,And pass him medicines morosely --While thinking under every sigh:The devil take you, Uncle. Die!"
Charming guy, that Onegin.
Storytelling about ancient Rome can run the risk of becoming a kitschy parade of leather sandals, toga-clad senators, and gladiators doing battle in amphitheatres. But, in truth, the period was actually bursting with social, cultural, and economic activity so significant that we still see and feel its echoes in our world. To restore the rich detail and vivid particularity of the Roman period, start with these books that – in completely different ways – venture inside the heart and mind of one of Rome's great rulers.
The Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar, translated by Grace Frick
This work of historical fiction is told from Hadrian's point of view as he writes a long letter to his successor, Marcus Aurelius, meditating on his accomplishments and failures, his deep love of Antinous, and the central role of art and imagination in his empire. The philosophical tone of the novel, its stately pace and form, give rise to an engrossing character study of a ruler navigating the twin poles of the personal and the political implications of life and legacy.
These millions of lives past, present, and future, these structures newly arisen from ancient edifices and followed themselves by structures yet to be born, seemed to me to succeed each other in time like waves; by chance it was at my feet that night that this great surf swept to shore. . . . The massive reef in the distance, perceptible in the dark, that gigantic base of my tomb so newly begun on the banks of the Tiber, suggested to me no regret at the moment, no terror nor vain meditation upon the brevity of life.
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome by Anthony Everitt
Whatever the details of the boy's origins and social status, the large, the overwhelming fact is that Hadrian fell in love with Antinous. The relationship was to color the rest of their lives.
As a counterpoint to Yourcenar's fictionalized account of Hadrian, Everitt's work offers a more straightforward biography, scholarly and objective in its aims. Everitt is a brisk and accessible guide to the Roman period of second century AD, carefully charting how Hadrian's key ideas – curbing imperial expansion and injecting Greek cultural values and practices into Roman society – played a major role in reshaping the fate of the Roman empire.
Elektra by Sophocles, translated by Anne Carson, available as part of An Oresteia
Richard Strauss' opera Elektra was based on a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Elektra, which was based on the ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, also called Elektra. (Stay with us, there will be more Elektras before this recommendation is finished.)
With his play, Hofmannsthal zeroed in on a key story from Greek mythology – Elektra's killing of her mother Klytämnestra in retribution for the murder of her father Agamemnon. But while he drew inspiration from Sophocles, Hofmannsthal retells the myth from a distinctly modern place, where new theories of psychoanalysis, the unconscious, and dream images hover over the ancient, mythological characters.
But to get into the spirit of Western literature's most dysfunctional family as a reader, we recommend going the way of Anne Carson, the brilliant Canadian poet, translator, and classicist best known for genre-defying work like Autobiography of Red. Her no-holds-barred translation of Sophocles' Elektra has its share of detractors, but in favouring plain language over the elevated poetic register, Carson distills the horrors of the House of Atreus down to their primal force:You are some sort of punishment cagelocked around my life.Evils from you, evils from himare the air I breathe.
Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart's Librettist by Sheila Hodges
Ok, you got us – this Mozart opera was not based on any specific literary source, but it does constitute the final installment in Mozart's fruitful collaboration with the poet Lorenzo da Ponte.
In addition to Così, da Ponte also penned the words for Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro. But it's Da Ponte's own life that's filled with enough wild adventures to make it excellent summer reading. His Jewish father converted to Catholicism shortly after Lorenzo was born to provide his children with the best possible education, which usually meant a local seminary and a life in the clergy. But while da Ponte was a brilliant student, the self-denial of priesthood wasn't for him – six months after being ordained, he decamped for Venice and the whirlwind pleasures of gambling and romantic flings.
Da Ponte's time in "the City of Water" was gloriously scandalous: he lived with knife-wielding mistresses, played the fiddle in brothels wearing his priest's garb, and seduced married women. His run-ins with the law over his subversive poetry only endeared him to the rich, liberal-minded upper class who hired Da Ponte as a secretary or tutor for their children. During this period he also flourished as an improvvisator, the Italian 18th-century name for what was essentially freestyle rapping; here, a poet would weave lines of verse on any given topic to musical accompaniment for the amusement of rich patrons.
Da Ponte was eventually banished from Venice and found his way to Vienna. There, he used his charm and wit to smooth-talk Emperor Joseph II into giving him the job of in-house poet at the recently established Italian opera company in the city. The rest isn't so much history as an ever-more-astonishing series of events that would see da Ponte collaborate on Mozart's most famous works, face banishment again (this time from Vienna), immigrate to America, run bookstores and grocery stores in New York City, teach at Columbia University, and play an integral role in bringing Italian opera to the United States. With material this good, it's no wonder that there's no shortage of biographies on da Ponte – including his own self-congratulatory memoir.
But the best in a patchy field is Sheila Hodges' Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart's Librettist, which is meticulously researched, beautifully written, and an excellent exploration of the collaborative artistic process that yielded the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy.
LA BOHÈMEThe Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henri Murger, translated by Ellen Marriage and John Selwyn
Living hand-to-mouth in 1840s Paris, the novelist and poet Henri Murger produced a series of short stories that drew on his personal experiences as a struggling artist in the Latin Quarter.
Though well-received when they first appeared in serial form in magazines, the stories exploded in popularity after being presented as a stage play adapted by Théodore Barrière, co-written with Murger. The show's wild success launched Murger, only 27 at the time, into literary stardom – Victor Hugo congratulated him in writing, a major publishing house courted him with a book deal, and France's highest honour, the red ribbon of the Légion d'Honneur, was eventually presented to the once-starving poet.
Murger's stories gave us the archetype of young artists in a cosmopolitan city: fraught with money worries, fluid in their love lives, and committed above all else to their art versus the prospect of selling out. The spirit of Murger's stories inspired not only Puccini's La bohème, but was once again transplanted, this time to 1990s New York for Jonathan Larson's immensely popular musical Rent.
...these young men had laid down as a first principle of their association that they would never forsake the higher walks of their art; that is to say, that in spite of the poverty of their mortal lot they would none of them bow to Necessity. Thus the poet Melchior would never consent to lay aside what he called his lyre to write a commercial prospectus or a topical pamphlet….
Othello by William Shakespeare
Legend has it that Verdi always had two books by his side when travelling: the Bible and the collected works of William Shakespeare.
Verdi didn't read English himself but benefitted from his wife's knowledge of the language and, unlike many of his contemporaries, he wasn't satisfied with using indirect sources in adapting Shakespeare, preferring instead to get as close to the text as possible through meticulous cross-referencing of existing translations.
Othello is exquisite in dramatizing how jealousy alters perceptions. It gives linguistic shape to the psychological stressors faced by Othello in being both a highly esteemed general as well as a person of colour in predominantly white Venetian Republic. Of course, it also produces one of the most inscrutable and cunning theatrical villains, the odious Iago:
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at. I am not what I am.
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Town of Lychen
In the midst of lakes and abundance of forests the town of Lychen wants to present itsself.
The last glacial period formed soft hills as well as hollows and drains in which clear lakes, running water and moor cultivation were shaped and in the following 10 to 20 thousands years, nature had to fill in the entirety with life. And so a real masterpiece was created.
Due to these natural suppositions people were able to erect excellent areas to retreat and settle already in early stage of evolution.
Today good hunting and fishing areas are no more the reason for people to stay here. The unique nature and landscape are enough reasons for the people to take up their residence and at the same time it is the basis to make a living. The lovely surroundings are like a magnet to those people who are fond of nature and want to relax. Since more than hundret years the areas to "retreat and settle" have given inhabitants and visitors a new meaning but never lost their importance. You can find undemaged nature in Lychen.
Come to see and enjoy!


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DETROIT – Jimmie Johnson, with his win on Sunday at Kansas Speedway, clinched the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturers' Cup for Chevrolet, which now has won the title 35 times.
"Chevrolet is a huge partner at Hendrick Motorsports," said Johnson, who drove the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet to lead a race-high 197 laps. "We're a marketing tool for them, and the fact that we're out winning on Sundays will hopefully sell cars on Monday, like we've always discussed. It's a proud moment for myself. All I've ever raced is a Chevrolet, so to be part of them winning another manufacturer's championship means a lot to me personally, and I'm a Chevy dealer. Rick (Hendrick) obviously has a lot of dealerships, and the pride that what we do on the racetrack and how we carry ourselves, how we win races and championships, we can feel that energy in the store. It really does help the brand. So happy to do it."
Chevrolet won its first Manufacturers' Cup in 1958, and now with the 2011 Cup secured, Chevrolet has equaled its previous run of nine consecutive titles achieved in 1983-1991.
"Chevrolet is extremely proud of winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturers' Cup for the 35th time," said Jim Campbell, U.S. Vice President Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. "This is an accomplishment that requires tireless dedication from everyone who is involved - drivers, team owners, crew chiefs, team members and engineers, as well as the dedicated professionals who contribute to our program. And, we certainly appreciate the support we've received from all of our fans and customers as Chevrolet wins its ninth consecutive title."
Mark Kent, director of GM Racing, also was thrilled with this achievement.
"Winning the 2011 Manufacturers' Championship in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the ninth time in a row is an amazing feat for our outstanding teams, drivers, and owners," said Kent. "It is also a remarkable accomplishment for our motorsports engineers here as we record our 35th Manufacturers' Cup. We proudly congratulate and salute all who contributed to this award-winning effort."
With six races remaining on the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, seven different drivers have contributed to Chevrolet's 14 victories this year: Kevin Harvick (four), Jeff Gordon (three), Jimmie Johnson (two), Tony Stewart (two) and, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman and Regan Smith (one apiece).
The 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup battle heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 31st race of the season. Harvick sits second in the standings, just one point out of the lead. Johnson jumped to the third position, only three points behind Harvick.
Chevrolet drivers have won 27 championships, including each of the last six (Tony Stewart, 2005; Jimmie Johnson, 2006-10). Chevrolet's first drivers' championship was won by Buck Baker in 1957.


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Saturday, August 28, 2010
By machine and hand.
46 comments:
- Marieke said...
Wow, it's amazing what you can do with machine quilting. It looks wonderful. So does the 'squares' quilt. Good luck and enjoy teh quilting and the bread baking!
- August 28, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Stina said...
Gorgeous quilting.. loved to make the feather quilting on my Winter White Schnibble.. wiill certainly try and keep up my trining skills.. now that one have got the taste for this...lol... So training and even more training.. but I also know.. I wont ... but at least I am doing it now.. and not afraid of trying!!! :o))
- August 28, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Dorothy said...
The quilting practice doesn't look too bad at all. I know I need to practice. I'm hopeless at it.
The bright block is lovely. The 'square' quilt is soo fresh!
and I've taken a copy of the bread recipe. Looks good.
- August 28, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Kathie said...
the quilting is looking great, yes its all about practice!
LOL which is hard when we have so many other projects to work on!
cant wait to see the next border I am just loving the look of this quilt.
nothing like home made bread, I am going to give it a try. thanks.
oh red pearle cotton quilting just so perfect for this quilt, keep going!
- August 28, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Vicki said...
Your machine quilting is really good and I wonder how much better you really need to be...its really good :) I need to go and practice :)
- August 28, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- liz said...
Did you really only have one workshop to get to the level you are at in machine quilting? What sort of sewing machine are you using? Your work is of such a high quality. Have you ever considered teaching, yourself?
- August 28, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Janet - your versatility is amazing...beautiful applique, gorgeous hand quilting and now lovely machine quilting. Pretty impressive!
- August 28, 2010 at 8:43 PM
Your quilting looks great to me, do you bring the bobbin thread up to the top before you start sewing?
It will stop the bird nest at the back.
- August 28, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Linda said...
That machine quilting looks great. The free-motion is still an "emerging" skill for me, but it's true that practice makes perfect, or at least better!
- August 28, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Maree: said...
Know what you mean about the sound of the machine..my tension isn't the same all the time but I can live with that for now...your Feathers look Great I am yet to have a go at them...they look Tricky.would love to know how you get the holes in the bread..that looks Tricky too...lol
- August 28, 2010 at 9:22 PM
- Sandy said...
The applique, the machine quilting, the big stitch and the bread!!! I wish I lived at your house! ;) Sandy
- August 28, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Jackie said...
The quilting looks wonderful. Looks like you have been doing it everyday to me! And oh that applique is just gorgeous. If you choose to have a glass of wine next time, you should also have some of that yummy looking bread with it!!
- August 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- Kaaren said...
And did you know that the holes have the fewest calories too? *wink* Looks yummy!
And so does your machine quilting! The only thing I can see that appears rusty is perhaps the color. The quilting is stunning and feathers are my favorite!
Everything looks wonderful.
You've given me my shot of inspiration with which to start my day. Thanks, Janet.
- August 28, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- Crispy said...
Wow your free motion quilting is looking wonderful. I can't draw a loop with a pencil let alone with a sewing machine. Your selection of perle cotton quilting was perfect :0)
- August 28, 2010 at 10:23 PM
- Mimi said...
The holes have less calories, too! By the way, if that is a practice piece on your machine quilting, I don't know what you are worried about. I would hire you! That is beautiful work. Are you doing it on a regular machine or long arm machine? Someday I hope to quilt like that and then I can save my money rather than sending out my quilts. I am thinking you do great in anything you attempt. Wonderful work!
- August 28, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- ranette said...
I think your machine quilting looks amazing! Oh and so does your big stitch quilting! Oh and so does the bread! You are one talented lady Janet!
- August 28, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- ranette said...
And so does the applique!
- August 28, 2010 at 10:29 PM
- Lisa M. said...
I think your FMQ looks great! I wish I could do feathers. More practice I guess :-)
And the bread looks yummy, thanks for the link!
- August 28, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- Lori said...
Practice really does help with quilting. One thing I noticed though, is working on a small practice piece and a whole quilt are two different things!!
Love your big stitch and it's nice the quilt will be finished.
- August 28, 2010 at 11:02 PM
- Terry said...
Your bread looks yummy! I've joined a quilt-along that is actually going to teach me how to free motion quilt! I can't wait!
- August 28, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- Sandy said...
Your quilting looks beautiful -- I *love* feathers, and they're such fun to do! :)
- August 28, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- Teresa said...
How do I get a pattern for Stars and Sprigs?? I've googled around with no luck...is it not on the market yet??
I love your blog!
In stitches,
Teresa :o)
- August 28, 2010 at 11:58 PM
- Darlene said...
YUMMY - word of the day!
Machine quilting - YUMMY
Applique - YUMMY
Cute quilt with perle cotton - YUMMY
Crusty bread - YUMMY
- August 29, 2010 at 12:27 AM
- Donna~~ said...
WOW to all of it! Your machine quilting is sonderful. Your stars and sprigs is making me want the pattern desperately. The pearl cotton is making that qulit look fabulous. And your bread is making me hungry for breakfast! You are so multitalented!
- August 29, 2010 at 12:34 AM
- catielee said...
Your quilting looks pretty darn good! I just put myself on the quilt every day program for improvement, but I think you are considerably farther along than me!
- August 29, 2010 at 12:47 AM
- Kath said...
I love that big quilting, it looks very jaunty!
- August 29, 2010 at 1:05 AM
- Quilts And Pieces said...
I actually don't think that machine quilting looks bad at all! heck I practice and practice and mine doesn't look that good!
that bread looks wonderful!
- August 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM
- Dolly said...
That machine-quilting is ridiculously WONDERFUL!
And it may have just helped me a bit, to see your feathers. I've thought that I had to go back along the side of one feather to get back to the stem, but I see that you didn't, but then you echoed the outside edge and made it all look great ! I want to try that.......batting gets expensive for a lot of practicing doesn't it?
- August 29, 2010 at 3:33 AM
- Barb said...
I am trying to practice my free motion...but yours looks awesome, mine looks like chicken scratch.
- August 29, 2010 at 3:43 AM
- Kim D. said...
Janet do you have a long arm or are you using your domestic machine? Your quilting looks fantastic to me. I've been practicing on small quilts, your right practice makes perfect. I love to doodle. Your appliques is so gorgeous.
- August 29, 2010 at 6:29 AM
- Janet said...
Your machine quilting looks just beautiful to me - your feathers are lovely! I'm glad you border is coming along - what a finish that quilt will be!!
Your big stitch quilting is wonderful - just perfect for that quilt.
- August 29, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- alobsiger said...
Good for you, Janet! Your quilting doesn't look like it suffered too much from inattention -- looks like you're going gangbusters with it. You're right, tenacity is an important ingredient in home machine quilting, IMHO. And what isn't accomplished through tenacity is carried on with audacity! hee hee Gosh, you'll be dangerous with practice. ;-) Ahh, swoony-swoon, that applique: MORE fABUlousNESs! Lovely quilt you're stitching on there too. ANd that bread looks YUMMY!
- August 29, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Lynda said...
I was wondering how you were going with the red/pale blue quilt - I heard it crying out your name that weekend - it's looking wonderful, and so is your appliqued border and machine quilting.
- August 29, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- Munaiba said...
Gosh your machine quilting looks ace to me. I haven't done any since June! Goodness knows how rusty I'll be.
- August 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- quilltr said...
Janet, how on earth do you get so much more done in a day than anyone else I know?! Sewing AND baking, and I suppose your house is showroom perfect too. I don't see the rust in your machine quilting pic at all. :)
- August 29, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Marit said...
Janet, it all looks delicious! I really love the applique block with that soft background, it is so spot on...
You are the best of inspiration, and one day I will cut into the Kaffe stash, too. At least I have started dreaming of it!
; )
- August 29, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Annie said...
The quilting is FANTASTIC! I Love it!
- August 29, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Stephanie said...
Wow your machine quilting is absolutely fantastic!!! I smell fresh bread from here.
- August 29, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Sweet web site, I had not noticed quiltsalott.blogspot.com before during my searches!
Continue the excellent work!
- August 30, 2010 at 3:34 AM
- Nedra said...
Your machine quilting turned out very nicely! I think you have already mastered the art very well.
And how nice of you to provide a rescue for a lovely quilt.
- August 30, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- Thimbleanna said...
Your machine quilting is looking great Janet. I love the pretty pearl cotton stitching you're doing too!
- August 30, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Your quilting is absolutely wonderful!!! Love it....absolutely blown away!!!
- August 31, 2010 at 6:09 AM
- kmcl said...
Gorgeous machine quilting Janet! I wish I can something like that - I'm in awe of anybody who can do machine sewing! cheers, Kim McL
- August 31, 2010 at 8:55 AM
A delight for ALL the senses!!! Thanks for sharing your multitude of talents and kind spirit too. ; )
- August 31, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- belinda said...
Woo Hoo...you GO GIRL!!! Looks like you are coming along GREAT with your machine quilting! MUST be that wonderful combination of a multi talented operator and that lovely Bernina. Did yours come with the 'stitch regulator' and if so...are you using it???
- September 1, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- Robin said...
Pretty, pretty! I'm so impressed by how quickly you are progressing in your machine quilting skills. You give me hope! :) I do love the look of the perle cotton and all those yummy aquas and reds. How sweet of you to offer to finish it.
- September 2, 2010 at 8:46 AM


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It is the night before Midwinter festival's Eve, and I'm starting to absorb more of the special holiday feeling that usually wants to play hide-and-seek with me just before Yule. But I caught it, after all I'm cradled by the icy white world and frosty trees into the warmth of my childhood home. Candles are flickering, treats have been prepared and all the siblings have finally gathered here, so what's there not to like. Although I accidentally left my seitan ingredients home and failed many other things too (like leaving the gifts to the last drop!), but the most important thing is that I am here.
For some reason I wore white for these pictures, perhaps it's a sad last minute attempt to appear nice and innocent rather than naughty, or maybe it's just a little tulle-filled salute for one of my favourite tunes for this time of the year:
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I wish you darlings a peaceful Midwinter, Yule, Christmas, whatever you wish to call it! Tomorrow is December 24th, the last day for this blog calendar thingy, I hope you have all enjoyed it.


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Folk down south told her when she was little, "Your nose got the strongest memory."
Blackness covered the sun, the street sizzled, and the Brick City crumbled under her six-year-old feet. Ten hours earlier, Lil' Ol' Grandma was sittin in a dirt patch in front of Hayes Homes playin jax with her baby sister, Mae. Mae was known round town for her smarts. She skipped kindergarten so the two sisters would be in the same class next year.
But storm clouds was coming.
Mae bounced the opal green ball, but before she could sweep the jax from the dusty earth, she saw Mr. John out the corner of her eye. They was draggin him in the 4th precinct. Looked like the sack potatoes, Big Momma used to pick down south in Georgia.
Thunder rolled. Crowds gathered. People shouted. A steady downpour of pent up rage.
As tears fell from Momma's eyes and sizzled on the street, she turned to Lil' Ol' Grandma and shouted, "Y'all girls run home and don't let nothing happen to Mae." Ten steps away from their mother's arms, lightning leapt from the concrete.
The dungeon shook. Glass shattered. People running.
With fire jumping from building-to-building, Lil' Ol' Grandma could only squint in the toxic plume. The inside of her throat began to sweat as the fog-like smoke settled in her lungs. She reached out for her baby sister, but Mae already drifted away. Out of the corner of her eye the opal green ball floated down the sizzling street like the bottles bobbing in Newark Bay. 10 steps away, Mae lay lifeless with a shard of glass jutting from her neck.
Since that night in '67, Ol' Grandma never been right.
It's ten till 12 in Baltimore and Lil' Lucy just started dreaming when she's startled out of hope, "I remember. I remember…" All night long, Ol' Grandma sat before that cracked TV screen.
This story would change if we could see #lillucy.
We now return to our regularly scheduled broadcast.
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Happy April Fool's Day! No foolin' around here today. Just excited to share these two new stamp sets with you! Here we go!
Fun right?!? Here is what I made:
For this card I masked off the edges of the card and using an ink blending tool, applied ink to the card. I then stamped the flower images in black ink. I stamped the sentiments on vellum with watermark ink and heat embossed it in gold. I love the effect of the gold embossing.
For this card I used watercolor paper and Distress Markers. I then stamped the images in versamark ink and heat embossed them in black. I then tied the twine around the watercolor paper and adhered it to the base of the card.
This card is made using the When & Where set and was a funky collaboration of Distress Markers on watercolor paper. First I stamped the border with watermark ink and then heat embossed it in black. Colored the triangles with different color Distress Markers and then took a water brush to get the inks to blend. I then stamped my sentiment in watermark and heat embossed it in black. I went over it with a Distress Marker and added water for the smeared look. Added enamel dots and voila! Done.
Hope you enjoy these sets!! They are super fun to play around with!!


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Washington, D.C. March 25, 2013 — Mercury, a leading national, bipartisan public strategy firm announces the addition of Rick Wiley, Political Director of the RNC, and Ashley Walker, 2012 Florida State Director for President Obama's Re-election Campaign.
"Rick Wiley and Ashley Walker helped transform the political landscape of the 2012 election," said Mercury co-founder and CEO Kieran Mahoney. "They bring a wealth of talent, political know-how and expertise to our team. There is no better duo to help grow the bipartisan, best-in-class operation that defines Mercury."
Wiley, a Managing Director in Mercury's Washington, D.C. headquarters comes to the firm after serving two years as Political Director of the Republican National Committee.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Mercury, a firm with a prestigious reputation in the political and public affairs world," said Wiley. "The opportunity to work alongside some of the best and brightest names in that space is an honor."
During his tenure at the RNC Rick also guided the ground game for the Romney/Ryan ticket, managing the campaign's $178 million national grassroots budget. The program's results were historic, with over 65 million volunteer voter contacts made. Wiley joined the RNC in 2009 and previously served as a Regional Political Director through the 2010 midterm cycle. He also served as Deputy National Political Director for the Giuliani Presidential Campaign, and was Executive Director of the Wisconsin Republican Party in 2005. A proud Illinois native and avid Chicago Cubs/Bears fan, Rick resides in Austin, Texas.
Walker comes to Mercury fresh off of her role as Florida State Director of Obama for America. Walker oversaw all aspects of the 2012 campaign in one of the most competitive states in the presidential race. She also served as Florida State Director of Organizing for America, the Obama campaign's offseason outfit which runs grassroots and social media operations in support of the President's policies. Walker has served in multiple senior leadership roles including as the 2010 Coordinated Campaign Director and Deputy State Director for the 2008 Obama for America Florida campaign.
"I am excited to bring my national network and experience to the Mercury Florida team," Walker said. "Our national reach and our record of winning in the Sunshine state will be unmatched, as our bipartisan team works tirelessly to provide great service to our clients."
As Managing Director of Mercury's Florida operations, Ashley will also co-lead a new joint venture for the firm in the Sunshine State. Mercury and Floridian Partners—a statewide consulting and lobbying firm—have joined together to create a new bipartisan public affairs consultancy in the state of Florida. The company will operate under the Mercury brand and will be led by Walker and Mercury founding partner Kieran Mahoney. With offices in Tallahassee, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, this enterprise greatly enhances Mercury's in-state capabilities.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
The eagle & the feather
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<3 Looks like you had a great time! :DReplyDeleteReplies
I did, thank you! It was really fun <3Delete
Really fun pictures! Love your cardigan!ReplyDelete
I'm really glad you like them, thank you so much as always for your lovely comments!! The coat is mt favourite!! <3Delete
food looks niceReplyDelete
and the outfit ♥
It was sooo good!Delete
And thank you, I'm glad you like my outfit!! <3 Thank you for your lovely comment!!
hey ashley! it would be great if you could get a badge for your blog so then I could put it under my list of favourite bloggers, if you want help creating one let me know and ill email you the code? thanks charlotte xReplyDeleteReplies
Ahh oh my gosh I just realized you replied to my msg on LB! I'll go reply back now!! o_oDelete
I'm so hungry now from all of this food!!ReplyDelete
...me too XD I wish I had it again!! ;___;Delete
Cool coat!!!! as alwaysssss.. your pic isss veryy COOll!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much dear, you're also so sweet! I'm glad you like it!! <3Delete
that jacket is absolutely amazing.ReplyDelete
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Really glad you like it. It was only $8 at Goodwill!! <3Delete


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READ Wayne is continuing efforts to improve school readiness and literacy skills, developing a plan to be submitted to the state to position Wayne County as a member of the National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Allison Pridgen was recently hired to serve as READ Wayne project manager and tasked with developing a Community Solutions Action Plan, or CSAP.
READ Wayne, launched earlier in the year as Wayne County Readiness Coalition, drew immediate grassroots support from agencies around the community, with Wayne County Public Library taking the lead role. United Way of Wayne County pledged $50,000 over the next three years and other grant funding made it possible to hire three people, including Mrs. Pridgen.
"I have assumed responsibility for managing this community coalition, 60 or so members strong," she said. "This project seems to really be something our professional community has wrapped (its) arms around and is willing to move full steam ahead toward impacting the school readiness and literacy skills of our youngest children."
The science has been very clear, Mrs. Pridgen said -- learning begins at birth.
But for some children, particularly those in poverty, the statistics are glaring.
According to her research, and data obtained from WAGES, in 2016 there are approximately 3,500 children in childcare facilities across the county, more than 1,000 of them participating in state and federally funded programs.
Despite that, many are also on waiting lists. An estimated 2,000 children enter school without having had any pre-kindergarten experience, Mrs. Pridgen said.
"Children that have not had some type of meaningful preschool experience simply are not ready to begin reading when they get to kindergarten," she said.
The situation only worsens with time, she explained, with many still not reading at grade level by the time they reach third grade.
Another concern is the summer reading loss, or what officials call the "summer slide."
"If they go home to a home barren of books, no one talks to them, no one plays with them, they don't have books, they experience what is known as the summer slide," Mrs. Pridgen said.
The scenario results in students getting up to two months behind in reading achievement during the summer months. If the situation continues, by fifth grade they can be up to three grade levels behind.
Some efforts are already being made in Wayne County, throughout the year and during the summer months -- at child care centers, Boys and Girls Clubs and churches, to name a few.
The READ Wayne Coalition has been working to develop the CSAP plan, a 19-page document that highlights some of these as well as goals and plans over the next three years.
"It is our hope that by 2020 every child that enters kindergarten will be ready to learn to read and will be at grade level in the third grade," Mrs. Pridgen said.
Among the group's "aspirational targets" or goals are to have all third-graders make a field trip to Wayne County Public Library during the school year and all READ coalition members commit to volunteer five hours annually in a third-grade setting.
"Think of the boon it would be to have 60-plus members of the coalition to go into the schools and volunteer," she said.
The group is already implementing a number of strategies, she explained, targeting schools with the lowest test scores -- Brogden Primary, Carver, North Drive and Spring Creek elementary schools and School Street Early Learning Center. In addition to providing opportunities for reading and summer learning activities, parents and staff are included in the training.
Mrs. Pridgen is also working to broadcast the message across the county.
"I was hired to be the face in the community, speaking wherever I need to get the word out," she said.
Sen. Louis Pate attended the coalition meeting recently. He praised the efforts made to develop the plan but expressed concern about funding.
"Financing is always a problem," Mrs. Pridgen agreed. "You have to create a knowledge base before we can get that funding.
"Now that this document is complete, I will be free this second semester to do some hard core visiting with the church congregations and civic group meetings."


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Monday Cover: Brandon Thomas
Photo: Bryan Soderlind
Trick: boardslide front big 270 off
Date: Early December 2009
Location: Lake Holden
This photo came from a high noon rail set on Lake Holden with BT, Dieter, and George Daniels. Everyone got some good shots and as usual, BT was stomping his usual bag of tricks. A strobe helped light him up and make the usual crappy light at noon look a little different. It was the weekend so people were out on their boats in full force and it was tough to get a run at the rail without a lot of chop. BT is riding his new board really well and he didn't fall but like once or twice on that day if I remember right. Good times.
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sweetest shit man……..if kallas had a big bro this is what he'd look like
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An arrest warrant has been issued for US cyclist Floyd Landis, accused of hacking into a French drug-testing laboratory, France's anti-doping authority (AFLD) said on Monday.
Pierre Bordry, head of the AFLD, told AFP Landis used documents "illegally hacked from the authority's laboratory computer system" in his defence after he was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win following a positive drugs test.
The warrant was issued by a French judge on January 28 in response to the failure of 34-year-old Landis to answer a summons issued in October, Bordry said.
The judge intends to ask Pennsylvania-born Landis "to explain how he came to obtain certain information that was used in his defence," added Bordry.
Arnie Baker, a former American rider and cycling coach, for whom an arrest warrant was issued in November, is also being sought by the French authorities in connection with the affair.
In an e-mail to the Los Angles Times on Monday, Landis denied the hacking allegation. He told the newspaper no warrant had been served against him.
"I can't speak for Arnie, but no attempt has been made to formally contact me," Landis said in the e-mail. "It appears to be another case of fabricated evidence by a French lab who is still upset a United States citizen believed he should have the right to face his accusers and defend himself."
Landis tested positive for testosterone during the 17th stage of the 2006 edition of the world's most famous cycling race.
He had won that stage in spectacular fashion with a solo attack which virtually secured him the yellow jersey only 24 hours after a dramatic collapse on stage 16.
He was stripped of his Tour de France win in September 2007, more than a year after he crossed the finishing line on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
He was banned from racing for two years, making his return in January 2009.
During that time he carried on the legal fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), sports highest appeal authority, who threw out his case in June 2008.
As well as rejecting his appeal CAS ordered him to pay $100,000 in judicial costs to the American anti-doping agency (USADA).
Landis' attempts to clear his name have cost the rider an estimated $2million (€1.6 million).
CAS itself has spent almost the entire $1.8million budget set aside to ensure Landis' attempt to appeal his ban failed.
The accusation of hacking first arose when the Paris suburbs-based AFLD lodged legal proceedings on November 7, 2006 after becoming aware that documents belonging to them had been used in Landis' defence. According to sources close to the inquiry the electronic paper trail led them to Baker's computer address.
During his ban Landis underwent hip surgery and worked as an advisor to American cycling outfit Rock Racing.
On his return to competition he joined the OUCH Pro Cycling Team. His first race back from suspension was in the 2009 Tour of California.
Landis, who became a professional mountain biker aged 20 and who had a spell riding for the US Postal team alongside seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, has since competed in the Tour of Southland in New Zealand.
For more on this story, visit Cyclingnews.com.
You can follow BikeRadar on Twitter at twitter.com/bikeradar.


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I can't believe how grown up Ty has become this last year! That is a plus that I no longer have to bring my double stroller everywhere we go to strap him in!!! We love him to pieces.
Monday, July 16, 2012
the MUD RUN!
|Oh yeah!!!! Our FIRST place competitive girls team! This was a blast and we will for sure do it again next year . . . 5 MILES of running and obstacles!!
|The kids had a blast again. This was Parker's first time.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
My Cute Kids!!!
I took the chance and did a very cheap living social photography deal for a 30-minute session!! I was very happy to get a pic of all 5 kiddos!!! I love this one in front of the brick wall. It would have taken myself hours for them to pay attention and then the editing on top of that.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
While Rich was stationed in Atlanta, we tried to do some fun things there . . .
The Coca Cola Factory
STONE MOUNTAIN (we hiked up and took the gondola down!)
The boys just loved this huge ropes course. I was entertained down below by the faces they were making trying to go across!
At the park with Aunt Jessie and Uncle Adam . . .
Kendra & Alec (only a few months apart!)
Panama City
it was fun having Rich there for a few days of the VACATION!
my sister Stacey and her husband Drew (I tagged along to take pic's of them)
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The latest Arizona Agri-Weekly report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Phoenix, Ariz., Field Office released Feb. 14.
Field crops
Alfalfa condition remains variable from poor to excellent depending on the location. Harvesting is active in some areas of the state. Sheeping off is active in many areas. Range and pasture condition is mostly fair to good, but a significant amount is in very poor to poor condition.
Vegetable, fruit, and specialty crops
Central Arizona growers shipped bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cilantro, kale, parsley, and various citrus.
Western Arizona growers shipped arugula, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage, cilantro, endive, escarole, frisee, kale, Boston, green leaf, iceberg, red leaf, romaine lettuce, parsley, radicchio, spinach, and various citrus.
Weather summary
Temperatures were mostly below normal across Arizona for the week ending Feb. 13, ranging from 13 degrees below normal at Canyon De Chelly to 2 degrees above normal at Grand Canyon and Yuma.
The highest temperature of the week was 82 degrees at Marana. The lowest reading was 2 degrees below zero at Canyon De Chelly.
There was precipitation recorded in 3 of the 22 weather stations ranging from 0.03 inches in Winslow to 0.20 inches in Canyon De Chelly. Eleven of the 22 stations have not received precipitation in 2011.


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Mehndi or Henna is used for weddings and traditional functions in South East Asia as temporary Henna tattoos and patterns. The henna tattoos are much smaller tattoo designs such as a heart or a bird on the arm or shoulders, but the traditional Arabic mehndi designs are usually adopted by women on weddings and traditional holidays such as Eids. The Arabic mehndi designs are quite unique and can be distinguished by their intricate designs.
In South East Asia there is a separate wedding function called mehndi where there are dances, songs and the bride gets imprinted with mehndi designs. Traditionally a bride gets henna designs on her hands, arms and feet. The purpose of these designs is to make the bride look pretty. There are countless types of designs from the completely heavy up to the forearm designs to the minimum and low patterned designs.
The good thing about the design is that you can make it look good with just about any way you go, from loops and swirls to flower patterns and even simple line designing. Sometimes people go by starting from the little finger and working their way to the forearm leaving the rest of the fingers blank. Some brides prefer small and simple designs on their feet while others want heavy patterns till their ankles. It is all about what the bride wants and how creative the artist can be. Other than the bride, the close friends and relatives also put design their hands with the henna although they are usually not as heavy as the bride's design.
Mehndi designs are also used by little girls on Eids, Diwalis and different traditional functions. The weddings are usually seen with little girls and all the females wanting to get their hands decorated with different designs on their hands and arms. There are many catalogues also available with the most popular Arabic mehndi designs such as florals and small designs that people can copy if they like.
The art of mehndi designing is something that anyone can master with a bit of practice and can create new designs according to their liking. The good thing about henna designs is that anything will eventually look good if the designs complement each other, such as floral would go well with vine like designs while some people prefer random patterns. Arabic designs usually end in a narrowing pattern along the forearm. So no matter what the occasion mehndi designs can easily be used to add to the beauty of young women.


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Tim Challies and Doug McHone are live-blogging a conference led by Minnesota's John Piper, one of the most influential Christian pastors/authors. This is an innovation for such conferences, and Pastor Piper's team has selected its live bloggers with great care. Check back at both places throughout the weekend.
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Having never read it from cover-to-cover, I've still found much to agree with – in what little I've read – in John Wimber's POWER EVANGELISM, and the overall portrait he set forth for what the Christian life should look like. Though I was wary of him during his life (when he was living I was far more skeptical of the pentecostal/charismatic movement – even the 3rd Wave – than I am now), in hindsight, he had a degree of humility that many modern 'healers' seem to greatly lack.
Wimber made a Biblical case that, as Jesus disciples, we are to walk as Jesus walked. Even though Jesus was sinless, and we sinful, he still – setting aside the benefits of his divinity – lived as a Spirit-filled man during his life-time, and as his disciples, so should we. As a result, though maybe not in magnitude or perfection (sin didn't trip up Jesus' miracles – it may our own), we should walk in the miraculous much the same way that Jesus did. Jesus was not only our 'Savior', but also our example of what Kingdom living should look like. Amen, Mr. Wimber – and again I say, AMEN!
So, where are the miracle workers who run from the spotlight, instead of revel in it – you know, like Jesus? If we are to be 'little-Christs' (the meaning of the word 'Christian'), walking in the 'Kingdom of God' (meaning submitted to Christ's Lordship/Kingship), and to display the restored Image of God (which is what it means to be conformed to Christ – a restoration of what we lost in Adam's fall), should we not only walk in the miraculous, but walk AS JESUS WALKED in the miraculous.
When I skim the Gospels, the healings He offered were personal – often he even told the ones healed to tell no one about it. When crowds gathered to see a display of miracles, He fled. His miracles had 2 purposes: the most important was to reveal God, or an aspect of God, to the individual or individuals present, and the 2nd was to enable the one healed to give glory to God. Even Jesus, who deserved the glory, didn't glorify Himself – He gave glory to the Father, who in turn glorified His Son. One thing is for sure: when I look through all of the accounts of healings in the Bible I absolutely never see ANYTHING that even moderately resembled a show of any kind. It's not there.
As I said in response to another blog earlier this morning, if you suspect you have the gift of healing, or God has annointed you to heal, or however you see it, do us all a favor: get a list of the sick from your church, and go to them, find the sick homeless under a nearby bridge or down a dark alleyway, then visit your local hospital, or even hospice, if they'll let you in. If God moves powerfully, delight yourself in HIM, and not in what He's done through you – remove yourself from the picture, empty that hospital, if God so wills – clear the beds of your local hospice. Whatever you do, don't seek a stage, where people thirsty for a miraculous 'tickle' – a 'God-show' – will come for miles to catch a glimpse of 'power'. It's not about 'power' – particularly, it's not about your power. At least, for Jesus it wasn't – I guess I expect to much to hope that Christians will want to live like Christ.
Honestly, I suspect that's what has happened to many of our famous, continually re-discredited big-time healing ministers today. There was a time when God really and truly used them to heal – I believe it is entirely possible – then they put it on stage as a show, and took the show on the road. At that point it becomes far more about the supposed miracle-worker than about Jesus – more about the 'show' than about Jesus – and what do you know: at that point the Holy Spirit has left the building! God wants none of it! But now they are a superstar – it's how they make the bacon, so they have to fake it, to use artificial methods to work people into an emotional buzz which they call 'faith', and their doctrine creeps downhill to justify their actions. Voila – we end up putting on revivals, instead of God visiting on His own accord and bringing one about!
Yes, this moves me deeply, and I am saddened by so much of what I see. And, as always, the change begins in – and with – me. Be the miracle, and walk it like Jesus did – that's the only place we can begin.
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Apparently, the 'art' of the couches is to awesome to sit upon. Really, some of those couches were so full of crap, there would be no way to sit on them anyways. (Some really were awesome though). Maybe that is what I will do with my white slipcovers when they become too stained for the bleach to handle, just color the heck out of them and call it art.
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For today we head up to Syracuse where the Orangemen take on Providence. This game has the potential to be an obliteration. Yes, the number is high at -15.5, but perhaps not high enough. Syracuse is arguably the best team in the country. They are certainly one of about 5 teams that should be the frontrunners come tourney time.
Providence on the other hand, well, they aren't very good. Their claim to fame is knocking of UCONN last week at home. That win seemed bigger at the time. But now UCONN looks to be fading fast. It looks as though Providence caught the Huskies at the right time. No such luck tonight for the Friars.
As mentioned before on these pages, we play hoops primarily by the numbers. If our numbers is off significantly from the line, we play. We use a fairly complex method of arriving at a predicted score for every game on the board. This method takes into account many variables, one of which is schedule strength and a teams performance against opponents similar to the opponent they are playing in their current game.
However, you really don't need complex formulas to handicap a game such as this one tonight. You can learn plenty by just taking a look at what each team has done up to this point in the season. When you do that with these two teams you can help but notice the difference. Take a look at Providence on the road against "good teams". They lost by 30 points at Marquette on Jan 17th. They lost by 22 points at Louisville on Jan 6th. They lost by 15 at Notre Dame prior to that.
This is another game where the favored team can pretty much name their score. They talent gap is that wide here. It all comes down to the focus and attention that Syracuse give Providence. Will they overlook them? Will they get caught sleeping? That's doubtful. Syracuse just escaped a trip to 8-13 Depaul with a narrow 59-57 win. They were down 18 points in the first half and scored 16 straight to cut the margin to 2 points and then went on another run of 16-2 in the 2nd half. That's a 32-2 run if you combine the two!
Syracuse shot just 42% in that game. The last time they shot 42% was their lone loss to Pitt. Next game they came out and shot 54% and buried Memphis by 17. Talent and a hall of fame coach makes the margin wide here. Very unlikely you'll see anything less than a 100% fully focused effort tonight from the Orange. Jim Boeheim will see to it, that much you can count on.
We're going to call for a total wipe out tonight as Syracuse gives 100% from start to finish.. Syracuse 97-70. Syracuse -16
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We reported last week that the NFL plans to release the 2014 regular-season schedule on Tuesday, with the caveat that it could be nudged to Wednesday or Thursday.
Regardless of the moment the dates and times for 256 contests become known, we'll instantly scan the list seven specific pieces of information.
1. The Thursday Night Opener.
The Seahawks will host the first game of the season on Thursday night, September 4. They'll play the 49ers, Rams, Cardinals, Packers, Cowboys, Giants, Broncos, or Raiders.
I think it'll be the Packers; PFT Planet picked the 49ers in the aftermath of the Super Bowl.
2. The Sunday Night Opener.
The first full day of regular-season action usually is capped with a quality game on NBC. Last year, the Giants played the Cowboys in Dallas. The year before, Peyton Manning made his debut with Denver against the Steelers.
This year, the 49ers open a new stadium, not too far down the road from where the NBC equipment and crew will be on Thursday night. While that would take San Fran out of the mix to open the season in Seattle, the opening Sunday night game could feature the Cardinals, Rams, Redskins, Eagles, Chiefs, Chargers, or Bears visiting the so-called Field of Jeans.
3. The Monday Night Doubleheader.
Since 2006, ESPN has launched the season with a six-plus-hour football extravaganza. Usually, it's an East Coast game at 7:00 p.m. ET and a West Coaster at 10:00 p.m. ET.
These games usually have a more meat-and-potatoes feel. Either way, it's two more games of football to end the first week of the season.
4. The Week Two Thursday Night Game.
With the first half of the Thursday night package simulcast in 2014 on CBS, the NFL reportedly plans to pick marquee games for the maximized audience that comes with broadcast TV.
Which means that there could be a very good game played in the first short-week contest of the season.
5. The Thanksgiving Games.
Reportedly, the Bills will face the Lions to start the day. (It's either Buffalo or Miami this year, because the game will be televised by CBS.)
The Cowboys will host the second game, against one of their six NFC opponents: the Redskins, Eagles, Giants, Cardinals, Saints, and 49ers.
The third game has no set rotation, although the Ravens have been involved for two of the last three years. Since the nightcap moved to NBC in 2012, the third Thanksgiving game has featured division rivals, a technique that helps keep the game intense even if the records of the teams involved aren't stellar.
6. The Flex Games.
From Week 11 through Week 16, the NFL has the ability to swap out the games earmarked for Sunday night on NBC for better contests. Games nevertheless are pegged for the spots in advance, and in most cases those games end up being very good games without the need for a flex.
7. Week 17.
The last week of the season features each team playing a game in the same division. Typically, all 16 games are played on Sunday, with no pre-set game on NBC. Instead, the league picks the final game of the season the prior week, hopeful to select a matchup that will have clear playoff implications independent of the other 15 games.
For the last three years, the last game of the season has been the de facto NFC East championship game. In 2011, the Cowboys lost to the Giants. In 2012, the Cowboys lost to the Redskins. In 2013, the Cowboys lost to the Eagles. This year, it could be back to Giants-Cowboys.


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Who's your father? It's a legitimate question – or rather an illegitimate one.
At the age of 60, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has just discovered that his father wasn't the man that his mother married in April 1955.
It's come as a big shock, both to the Archbishop, and to his mother.
Apparently his mother had a fling with Prime Minister Winston Churchill's private secretary, Anthony Montague-Browne, the day or so before she married Gavin Welby.
Since Justin Welby was born almost exactly nine months after his parents wedding, he was always thought to be a 'honeymoon baby'. Indeed, the man he thought was his father brought him up single-handed from the age of three.
But now DNA testing, organised by The Telegraph (don't ask why!) has shown that actually Sir Anthony Montague-Brown was the Archbishop's father, and not his mother's husband, Gavin Welby.
What's struck me most is the discovery that Justin Welby was an illegitimate baby might have cost him his job as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Canon law from around 1604 stated that someone born outside of wedlock could not become a bishop, let alone the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England.
That old law would mean that the consecration of Justin Welby was invalid, all his acts in the role of archbishop nullified, and he would have to stand down as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury.
This would have caused a crisis in the Church.
But Church of England legal experts, reportedly somewhat in a panic, quickly discovered this week that the ancient Canon law against illegitimacy was abolished back in the 1950s – around the same time that Justin Welby was born.
Relief all round.
Except it perhaps shows how antiquated, ancient laws can still have such a strong grip on modern life.
If the archaic Church of England law against illegitimacy had not been abolished in the 1950s, would the Church have still followed it today?
Or would they have endeavoured to quickly change that law, so that Archbishop Welby – very popular among his flock – would not have to be defrocked?
Over the past hundreds of years there have no doubt been many bishops who, like Justin Welby, had no idea that their father wasn't the husband of their mother, meaning that they should never had been ordained.
Probably they mostly never found this out – and subsequently, were never found out.
Only the modern science of DNA testing made it possible for Justin Welby, 60 years after his birth, to discover the true identity of his biological father.
What should really be a private matter about the bishop's paternity would have become a public scandal if the old Church law on legitimacy was still in place.
It can be a painful process to challenge old laws that curiously seem to gain more allure the more ancient they are. But surely all rule books need review.
In the lifetimes of many reading this article, we have – often after many years of struggle and protests – had many bad old laws and traditions abolished.
- Until recently, practising homosexuality was a criminal offence – fortunately no more.
- Until recently, rape in marriage was legal – fortunately no more.
- Until recently, same-sex marriage was illegal – fortunately no more.
- And until recently, having the wrong father could have cost you your job in the Church of England – fortunately, no more.
But in the United Kingdom today, it's still possible for a woman to be given a criminal record for having an abortion.
And we still describe humans as 'illegal' – just for moving from one part of the planet to another in an attempt to save their lives.
There are, it seems, still many other bad old laws and traditions that need challenging and changing.
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