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15 Simple & Best Stretching Exercises To Increase Height Quickly !
Increasing height is really no big deal. Aren't you often the target of your friends joking about how cute you look, all small and cuddly? Then the peer pressure of having to look and be at par with your friends took away the little sanity in you, you being the shortest of the lot. There is the case of a worried mother pondering about how tall her son will grow up to and so goes on the list. Then it probably calls for some of the best stretching exercises to increase height.
The range of stretching exercises that are available to increase height, is a sign of how bothered people are. These different stretching exercises focus on different parts of your body. Some of them focus on the spine, to enable stretching, while others are more focused on your muscles, to strengthen it and lengthen.
They also improve your posture. Stretching the spine is the prime focus. When you do so, it removes the decompression on the vertebrae that are developed over time due to gravity and poor posture habits. From head to toe, all the organs of your body undergo some serious stretching. Take a look at the list of stretching exercises for height growth that we recommend you to follow rigorously.
Table Of Content:
- Hanging
- Cycling
- Yoga – Sun Salutations
- Basket Ball All The Way
- Stretching Exercise – Pilates
- Swimming For Increase Height
- Spot Exercises
- Side Stretch
- Low Lunge Arch
- Runner Stretch Technique
- Cobra Pose
- Pelvic Shift
- Dry Land Swim
- Pilates
- Forward Spine Stretches
Top Stretching Exercises To Increase Height:
Can stretching make you taller? Well, there are several methods, exercises and diets to increase height fast at a particular age. Stretching exercises are very helpful to increase height within a short time period naturally.
This article will guide you to what are the stretching exercises are very beneficial to increase height. Follow the below 15 easy and best stretching exercises to grow taller naturally at home.
1. Hanging:
The best way to tackle the height problem is by hanging from a bar. Even though many people dismiss it as a hoax, it has been scientifically proven that hanging does help you stretch out your muscles.
To start off, find yourself favourable place and height from which you can hang a bar, a sturdy one which can take your whole weight. A quick jump should let you start off with the hanging process and once you do, you might want to try to touch your toes to the ground. This is a great stretching exercise to increase height and to start with.
How To Do:
- It's more like a game.
- Hang on to some bar and remain in position for 10 minutes daily to start with.
- Continue doing so for at least 3 months to see the best results.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- Hanging exercise is known to decompress the spine and correct the posture.
- The stiffness of your back will improve along with your grip strength and overall core stability.
2. Cycling:
Ever since childhood, children are taught to ride a bike in her past time. Cycling is a real stunner of an exercise where you can engage in some fresh air for your break time. But how does this relate to stretching?
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- Your legs go through a strenuous process of workout, stretching and movement which would help blood flow increase and muscles to be more flexible sop that it can grow.
3. Yoga – Sun Salutations:
Yoga is always beneficial. It is a slow-paced breathing exercise, often includes certain stretches and pulls here and there which would help you get through with the rigidity of your body. The deep breathing calms your mind presence while the soft stretching might help you loosen up those fibres.
Sun salutation is a sequence process usually ending in a collaboration of different yoga positions done without a break in a complete sequence. Sun salutation is one of the best stretching exercises to increase height fast.
How To Do:
There are many forms of Sun Salutation. Here is the suited one for height increase.
- Stand on your feet touching each other. Face the sun.
- Touch one palm with the other, tip-to-tip, that is a namaskar. Inhale while raising your arms upwards.
- Now, bend backwards and try to stretch your arms. Exhale while bending forward and try to touch the ground slowly.
- Your hands should be in line with your feet. Your head should touch the knees. Inhale.
Next, move your right leg back. Slowly raise your head. Now get your head back to the normal position.
- Next, move your left leg backwards. Your left leg should be parallel to your right leg and your toes should touch the ground. Exhale while doing this pose.
- Slowly raise your hips, keep your arms straight and align your head with your arms. An arch pose will be formed and push yourself up. Now, exhale.
- Lower your body to the ground. Touch the ground with your feet, knees, chest, including your forehead palms.
- Inhale and raise your head backwards. Try to stretch your head as far as possible.
- Lastly, push yourself up and rest only on your palms and feet. Inhale.
- Bend the left leg at your knee. Bring your feet together and stand in the namaskar position.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- It is a great idea to start your day with this. It energizes the body and also improves blood circulation, purifies the blood and strengthens the physical body.
4. Basket Ball All The Way:
Being sporty is a boon that only tall people now understand. Sports have often been linked to adrenalin rushes and body flexibilities and even mental maturity. Basketball is a solid game type which would include dunks, jumps and swivels and amongst all this, the goal to reach higher to score a basket is a real passion. Start with a basketball team and see yourself gain inches just like that.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- When you dribble the ball, the dribbling improves both your hands, not merely the dominant hand.
- When both the hands are used an equal number of times, it helps in stretching them both equally. This will increase the height.
5. Pilates:
Much like aerobic exercises, Pilates is fast-paced exercises which basically limit themselves to body flexibility and stretching. Working to shake off that rigidness, Pilates not only help you keep yourself fit, but also plays a huge role in strengthening your abdominal muscles by making a thorough workout of your lower body. Stronger muscles would mean more weight holding capacity and thus growth.
How To Do:
- Extend your arms out.
- The feet should be apart.
- Now, straighten your legs to bring the ball forward.
- Roll backwards now. Make a straight line with your body.
- Now bring your chest and head away from the ball as you lift them.
- Hold for 5 seconds.
- Repeat.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- It will strengthen your abdomen.
- It focuses on your lower body and hence works to energize your abdominal muscles.
- This is another stretching exercise to increase height.
See More: How To Increase Height After Puberty
6. Swimming For Increase Height:
Swimming is one of the excellent exercises to increase height. Yet another favourite pastime has to go swimming, the ever so favourite summertime hobby. Kids are always advised to join swimming sessions not only so that they can learn how not to drown but also because swimming keeps you fitter by allowing you to grow through those tough leg strokes and keeps you off from gaining pounds.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- Swimming increase body height by stretching your ligaments, tendons and spine.
- This perfect motion is another good stretch for height.
7. Spot Exercises:
You need not always run to the gym every time you have to do some exercise. One can always wake up in the morning, lay a yoga mat and practice some hands-free exercise. This would include some squat jumps, some basic twists and stretches like touching the toe with your fingertips while the knee stays erect and such. Even though the results might take a while to show up, you would always benefit from it.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- When you do this, your core improves significantly. It adds strength to your abdomen and will stretch your spine.
8. Side Stretch:
Side stretch can be really effective in increasing height. One can easily increase their height by practising this particular stretching movement properly. It will make the muscles grow and make them elongated as well.
How To Do:
- One of the best ways to do the stretching technique is to stand straight.
- Take both the arms to the top and join them by bringing the palms together.
- Then stretch the body on either side. Side stretch is one of the most effective stretching exercises to increase height.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- This is a good upper body workout for the women and helps in making the obliques flexible and allow them to function properly when needed.
- This also makes the abdominal muscles strong.
- It is a good warm exercise before any kind of exercise and can be done by men as well.
- It also assists in burning suitable amounts of calorie and makes the belly and the sides of the waist firm and reduce them as you keep practising this stretching technique.
- One thing should be kept in mind, that this stretching exercise should not be practised with your stomach full. That is, one should not try to do this exercise or movement after having a big meal.
See More: Pilates Exercises For Height Growth
9. The Low Lunge Arch:
Arching the back and upper body will always result in an increase in height. The upper body is really hard to develop and to make the upper body elongated requires some hard work and proper technique. However, this particular stretching movement allows one to stretch the muscles effectively and thus results in an increase in height as well. This is one of the perfect stretching exercises for increase height.
According to some experts in this subject, the low lunge arch is one of the best techniques out there for increasing height. If you're still looking for stretching exercises for increasing height, then this is a good one.
How To Do:
- Start in the lunge position and keep the head up and then slowly take one leg back so that the whole pressure of the body is stabilized on one leg and on the knees of the other one.
- Then bring the palms together in a prayer position and bring the arms up as you keep the head straight upwards as well.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- Low lunge arch will effectively stretch and back muscles and will also have some effect on the abdominal muscles as well.
- It also assists in toning the arms. It will shed the arm fat and make one look really beautiful physically.
10. Runner Stretch Technique:
Only hanging and swimming will not help with height growth. This is an ideal stretch exercise for height. One will have to do some effective stretching as well. The runners stretch is one of the finest exercises out there that will help in stretching the muscles effectively. It will have some good effect on the muscles as well and will make the calf strong as well. The exercise is a good stress removal technique as well and can be performed by both men and women.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
It reduces the stiffness in the back muscles and with the help of this technique, one can easily lengthen the back muscles without hurting them.
How To Do:
- For performing this exercise, one has to again start in a lunge position and then bring the face and the chest slightly upwards so that they face the sky at a 70degree angle.
- Keep one foot at the front and push the other foot to the back so that it lies down and the pressure is put only on the ankles for stabilizing the body parts.
- Now, you will have to place one hand on one of the ankles and breathe properly.
- This is one of the best stretching exercises to grow taller and to make a healthy you from the core.
11. Cobra Pose:
Cobra pose resembles that of a serpent and hence the name. Start with this effective stretching exercise to grow taller.
How To Do:
- Lie down on your tummy.
- Slowly lift up your upper body. The transition should be very smooth.
- Bend as much as the tensile strength of your body allows.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- This will enhance the growing capabilities of cells and will increase your height upon continuous practice.
12. Pelvic Shift:
The pelvic shift is much similar to the bridges exercises. Here is how to do it.
How To Do:
- Bend your knees first and bring your feet at shoulder-width distance apart.
- Gently apply pressure on your foot and raise your hips. Keep your back straight.
- Breathe in slowly bring back your bums at the base.
- Repeat lift up and put down repeat.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- The pelvic shift cares for your back and the cells.
13. Dry Land Swim:
For those of you who are afraid of water, here is an easy swim without water!
How To Do:
- Your right arm should team up with your left leg and right leg pairs up with a left hand.
- Lie in a prone position you lift each pair turn by turn, outstretching each limb as far as you can.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- This exercise will be very beneficial for those with height problems.
- This is the best stretching exercise to increase height.
14. Pilates:
How To Do:
- Lie on your back with your arms along your sides and palms facing down.
- Keep your legs together and extend them straight up towards the ceiling and bend them backwards making them touch the floor.
- Touching the floor in this way may appear difficult at first, but with practice, it will get easier with practice.
- The more you stretch, the more will your spine strengthen.
Stretching Exercise Benefits:
- This pilates roll over-exercise will strengthen your spine and lengthen the vertebrae of the neck.
15. Forward Spine Stretches:
Try out this stretching exercise to increase height. Here is how to do it.
- Sit up straight on a mat with your feet in front.
- Your legs should be extended about shoulder-width apart and your feet should be flexed.
- Inhale and extend your arms out in front of you.
- While doing this, bend forward and try to touch the tips of your toes.
- This might seem difficult in the beginning but will come easily with practice.
See More: Is Running Increase Height
Stretching not only helps in increasing height but also improves the internal activities and helps in designing the body based on the different physical activities that one has to perform on a regular basis. The stretching exercises discussed in this article are really helpful when it comes to increasing height.
Let us know if you still have any doubts or concern about these stretching exercises for height. We would love to assist you with the best solutions and answers.


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Tourism issues on Lord Howe Island - Part 1
A viable tourism industry in a remote World Heritage location requires a careful balance between conservation and business. Some of our most pressing issues are discussed below.
Air Service
Our community and our economy will not survive without a reliable air service. This is our most significant and pressing issue. The Lord Howe Island Board has been aware of the impending retirement of the DASH 8 200 aircraft for nearly a decade, but little has been done to prepare for it. We understand that the Board undertook feasibility studies on a possible runway extension over five years ago, and would now like to know the Board's position, if any. The recent problems with Qantas, including the sale of two of the more powerful DASH 8 200s, should demonstrate the vulnerability of our current situation. Clearly the Board is now considering options, and the tourism industry should be informed and involved. We are aware of informal discussions between the Board and Qantas about the possible use of Q400s at a reduced payload, but there has been no communication with the business community about the likelihood of this as an alternative option.
We acknowledge that the possible extension of the runway will be a divisive issue in the community, and a difficult project to approve, finance and implement. But these are the reasons why we should be talking about it now.
We can only hope that the Board has a viable plan to ensure a continuing air service once the DASH 8 200s are retired (or sold), and that the plan can be implemented in the short term should the anticipated time frames change.
Local taxation
We have concerns about the way the Board makes decisions about rates, fees and taxes. Other local councils in NSW are required to have rate increases above the 'rate peg' (3.6% in 2012/13) reviewed by IPART, and increases of 5-10% are often rejected for being too high. The Board consistently raises rates, fees and taxes, in one instance by 290%. Complete discretion to raise rates, fees and taxes, without external review, allows for administrative inefficiencies, over employment and poor financial management. It also loads local businesses with substantial additional taxes above their NSW and Commonwealth tax obligations.
The attempted imposition of a 290% increase in the 'bed tax' (from $256 per bed to $1000 per bed) on accommodation businesses came without warning immediately after the GFC in 2008, when accommodation businesses were struggling. Again, this was not the act of a Board concerned with tourism and business interests directly, and broader community interests indirectly. Subsequent delegations to the Minister resulted in a 134% increase in the 'bed tax' (from $256 per bed to $600 per bed).
The current 'liquor tax' of about 50% on the wholesale price of alcoholic drinks means that beverage businesses either lose the majority of their profit margin or charge unrealistically high prices that fulfil the stereotype of Lord Howe being an expensive destination. In recent years, free postage of liquor from mainland suppliers to island residents, and cheap contract shipping rates for Australia Post, have put pressure on LHI Sea Freight and the Board liquor business. Both are now limited from a local liquor tax regime that we believe is out-dated, redundant and causing more harm than good.
We understand that the rate base on Lord Howe is low and that government funding is increasingly hard to obtain, however, we contend that the simple and somewhat lazy method of burdening local businesses with additional rates, fees and taxes is improper and unsustainable. The recent increase in PO, special lease and perpetual lease fees is a good example of this.
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Preview: Zac Dalpe returns to lineup in clash against Rangers
The Blue Jackets will host the New York Rangers at Nationwide Arena in the first of four games against their Metropolitan Division rivalsby Brian Hedger / BlueJackets.com
Looking to build off Sonny Milano's game-winning goal in overtime Tuesday at the Carolina Hurricanes, the Blue Jackets will host the New York Rangers at Nationwide Arena in the first of four games against their Metropolitan Division rivals.
Milano, who leads all NHL rookies with four goals (4-0-4), has scored in each of the Jackets' first three games. His three-game goal streak ties a franchise record for a goal streak to open the season, which was set in 2010-11 by Kristian Huselius.
Milano, who scored both Columbus goals in the 2-1 win against the Hurricanes, is slotted at left wing on the fourth line. Coach John Tortorella, however, isn't afraid to use the talented rookie in other situations, including the frenzied play of 3-on-3 overtime.
"It's a tough assignment, yeah," Tortorella said after practice Thursday. "I am not going to play safe, though, and if you watch Sonny [play], he defends it pretty well too. Am I ready to turn away when he screws up an assignment, as far as defending it 3-on-3? Yeah, absolutely, and that could've happened, but he deserved an opportunity to be out there. I watched him in his coverage, and he covered well."
Video: Torts on Dalpe deserving play
Starting in net for the Jackets is Sergei Bobrovsky (2-0-0), who leads the NHL in save percentage (.985) and goals-against average (0.48) through two starts. Bobrovsky will match wits with New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist, whom Tortorella knows from his previous tenure coaching the Rangers.
"These are two guys that I've been fortunate enough to be with," Tortorella said of the goalie matchup. "To watch these two guys prepare, it's something special. Just the inner drive that 'Bob' has, as far as wanting to be the best he can be, that's what makes him a great goalie."
The Jackets will also make a lineup switch up front.
Zac Dalpe will replace Markus Hannikainen on the fourth line, after sitting out as a healthy scratch against Carolina. Hannikainen committed a costly turnover late in the third period against the Hurricanes, which led to a game-tying goal, but Tortorella said the switch isn't related.
"[Hannikainen] is out [Friday], not because of that play, but because I think Dalpe has had a really good camp too," Tortorella said. "There's going to be some interchangeable parts here, as we go through it, because I think Dalpe should play … and I'm not going to ice him for a whole bunch of games."
In other news, Jackets center Jordan Schroeder (upper body) got on the ice with the Jackets at practice, before he was loaned to the Cleveland Monsters on a conditioning assignment. Goalie Joonas Korpisalo missed practice while undergoing a dental procedure, but will be on the bench to back up Bobrovsky.
Right wing Kole Sherwood, who was with the Monsters, was assigned to the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League.
Here's what you need to know to get ready for the Metropolitan Division clash on Thursday:
2017-18 Season: (0-0-0). The teams play three more times this season: Nov. 6 and March 20 in New York and Nov. 17 in Columbus.
All-time: 12-13-0-4; 7-9-0-0 in Columbus
- 35/2: Number of wins for the Blue Jackets when scoring first last season (35-10-5) and this season (2-0-0).
- 7.4: Average number of goals the Jackets and Rangers combined to score in their five games last season, with Columbus going 3-2-0.
- 7: Games that former Blue Jackets forward Rick Nash is away from 1,000 played in his NHL career.
- 4: Number of goals Milano has in three games and number of goals the rest of the Jackets have combined in that time, scored by four separate players.
Video: Foligno on continuing to progress
The Blue Jackets, who will begin their second of 17 back-to-backs this season, are looking to string consecutive wins together for the first time. The victory against the Hurricanes was impressive in the way the game was played, with defense and grit dominating the majority of the game.
"We have to keep our foot on the gas and try to go about our business, but I think we showed ourselves that we can grind also," Tortorella said. "But that's against Carolina, a team that really isn't a grinding team. It's a long year, [and] you have to be able to win puck battles, grind on the boards, take hits to make plays … this team can do it. They know they can. We did it all last year. Just because you add some youth and some skill doesn't mean we change our identity."
The Rangers are looking to turn around a tough start, after dropping three of their first four games and two of their first three games at Madison Square Garden - including a 3-1 loss Tuesday to the St. Louis Blues.
New York's power play has produced five of its 10 goals thus far, that and a top line that's clicking are a couple of bright spots thus far for the Rangers. Injured forward Jesper Fast, who had offseason hip surgery, is nearing a return but is likely out Friday.
Lundqvist will make his fifth straight start in net.
There are only two shutouts and two hat tricks in the all-time series between the Blue Jackets and Rangers. The Jackets had the shutouts, most recently by Marc Denis on Jan. 16, 2002. The Rangers have both hat tricks, most recently done by Michael Grabner last season (Jan. 7, 2017).
"I've got to live with what I brought to them a couple years ago, that safe is death. I have to live with that too. We have discussions as managers and coaches after a game, 'Are we too risky?' You can't talk out of both sides of your mouth, and start pulling back. I think we are a much better team when we let them go." - Tortorella on the risks and rewards of allowing the Jackets freedom to be aggressive
"We've talked about that for the past couple weeks. Are we just going to pass the puck around five or six times on the outside? It looks great, but nothing gets to the net and no one's in the blue [paint]. Or, are we going to try and make a fancy offensive play, where we get three guys flat and have no one coming back on the back check? There has to be a give and take there." - Tortorella on balancing skill with grit
"We're just bouncing people around, in and out, but this is not an indication of just because of one play by [Hannikainen] there at the end of the game, because he played a really good game. [Dalpe] deserves an opportunity, and he's going to get it." - Tortorella on the decision to play Dalpe over Hannikainen
"We've all been in that situation at one time in our careers, and you do, you pick him up right away and you move on. I think that's the only way you handle those things. It's not something that he's trying to do. He's just trying to make a good play there." - Jackets captain Nick Foligno on Hannikainen's turnover against Carolina
"I guess my dad tried putting it in my head to hate the Rangers, because he grew up hating them, but I didn't really mind them too much. I never hated them, but I was never a fan of them." - Milano, who is from Massapequa, NY and grew up a New York Islanders fan
"Coming into this season, everyone has their depth charts and everybody can do all that, but when you're at home working in the summer, you don't think about that. You just control what you can, and that's how hard you work. I know I put in the work this summer, and hopefully would get rewarded for it … that some hockey god was going to reward me for it. I'd like to think that I got a little bit of success from it." - Dalpe on impressing Tortorella in camp and recent practices
Artemi Panarin - Alexander Wennberg - Cam Atkinson
Sonny Milano - Nick Foligno - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Matt Calvert - Brandon Dubinsky - Josh Anderson
Pierre-Luc Dubois - Lukas Sedlak - Zac Dalpe
Zach Werenski - Seth Jones
Jack Johnson - David Savard
Ryan Murray - Gabriel Carlsson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Out: Markus Hannikainen, Scott Harrington, Jordan Schroeder (conditioning assignment)
Injured reserve: Boone Jenner (middle body), Sam Vigneault (hand)
Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Pavel Buchnevich
Rick Nash - Kevin Hayes - Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey - David Desharnais - J.T. Miller
Michael Grabner - Paul Carey - Adam Cracknell
Marc Staal - Ryan McDonagh
Brady Skjei - Kevin Shattenkirk
Nick Holden - Steve Kampfer
Henrik Lundqvist
Ondrej Pavelec
Out: Brendan Smith, Tony DeAngelo
Injured: Jesper Fast (hip surgery, offseason)


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Lecturers call strike ballot over pensions
University and college lecturers are the latest public sector workers to call a strike ballot over government plans to raise their retirement age from 60 to 65 to reduce the burden of pension costs. A series of one-day strikes are planned for what is expected to be the run-up to the general election on May 5. However, the Government appears to be undaunted by the prospect of hundreds of thousands of public employees taking industrial action during an election campaign.
Financial Times, The Times
Britain is crying out for scientists
The number of sixth formers taking A-level physics has fallen by 30 per cent over the past 15 years. It is hardly surprising against this background that nearly a third of the physics departments in our universities have closed over the same period.
Daily Mail
Scientists urge calm over fears of new HIV strain
HIV and aids scientists and advisers on both sides of the Atlantic urged caution yesterday over suggestions that a new fast-acting strain of the HIV-virus resistant to most anti-retroviral drugs had emerged in New York.
The Guardian
Gene therapy is first deafness 'cure'
A pioneering form of gene therapy has apparently cured deafness in guinea pigs, raising hopes that the same procedure might work in people. "It's the first time anyone has biologically repaired the hearing of animals," says Yehoash Raphael at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and head of the US-Japanese team that developed the technique.
New Scientist
Crick's DNA sketch goes online
The first sketch of the DNA double helix by the molecular biologist Francis Crick has been published on the internet. The rough sketch, made by Crick on a scrap of paper, gives a unique insight into the 1953 discovery that revolutionised medical and forensic science. The sketch is part of 350 documents and images from Crick's collection that are online from today. The collection includes his original research papers on DNA and genetic codes, dating from 1948 to the 1980s. Crick, one of the most celebrated scientists of the last century, died last July, aged 88.
Daily Telegraph
Regarding alumni donations to UK universities.
The Times
Regarding building work at Imperial College London.
The Times
From the weekend's papers:
- The Medical Research Council announced on Friday the biggest laboratory relocation in its history. The National Institute for Medical Research, its largest establishment, is to move to University College London. Financial Times, The Times
- The £3,000 cap on top-up fees must be scrapped if British universities are to stay competitive, the government is warned. Evening Standard
- Exploited tutors say standards are at risk. The reality is that a tutor or lecturer is likely to be underpaid, overworked and may have no job security. Mail on Sunday
- Physicists at Glasgow University believe that they are on the verge of finding the final link in Einstein's theory of relativity that would provide definitive evidence of the birth of the universe. The Times
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This evening, Evergreen Education Association (EEA) members voted to strike and informed Evergreen Public Schools officials that teachers would not report for the start of school on August 28 if a contract agreement has not been reached.
Evergreen Public Schools has offered its teacher group an additional salary enhancement to its current agreement. For the 2018-19 school year, teachers would see an average 8.33% increase in compensation. The starting salary for a new teacher would be $50,687, while the most experienced teacher would receive $96,045 which includes an additional 2.0% longevity increase. The average salary for Evergreen teachers would now be about $79,000, plus full benefits.
"It is disappointing that Evergreen Education Association took this action since there is a valid contract in place. That contract, without modification, already provides them with an average increase of 6.5%, and in an effort to avert a strike, we have since offered additional compensation of an average of 8.8% which continues to make them the highest paid teachers in the region and higher than any state average in the country. We are passing through all the state and court-mandated funding allocated for teacher salaries, plus adding a higher percentage out of our remaining local levy funds than other agreements reached across the state," said district officials.
District negotiators will continue to meet with EEA representatives, along with the Washington state Public Employee Relation Commission (PERC) appointed mediator, between tomorrow and August 27, in the hope an agreement can be reached and school will begin on time for the district's more than 26,000 students.


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A 4-year-old girl was referred for recurrent neck pain. On examination, she was noted to have a short neck with very limited range of motion and a low-set posterior hairline. Suspecting Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS), X-rays (figure 1A and B) and CT (figure 1C and D) with three-dimensional reconstruction (see online supplementary video 1) were performed and a complex malformation of the cervical spine and craniocervical junction was detected.
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Like spring crocuses, our new programming is starting to bloom. If only actual crocuses would make an appearance through all this snow. C'est la vie!
April is National Poetry Month! So it's fitting that we have some poetry-related programming.
On Sunday, April 19th from 1:30 - 4:00 PM at the Riverport District Community Centre, Lorri Neilsen Glenn will be welcoming all poets for Beginnings: A Spring Poetry Course.


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Meet Grayson, the second baby in a month that has popped out before mom and dad could even let me know to get to the hospital. I forgave him, of course. He was 9 lbs of way-too-cute-for-me-to-hold-a-grudge. Newborn photography Pensacola FL Besides, if he hadn't been so eager to arrive, I never would have met my new assistant. Big sister Alexa promised to come and work for me if I pay her in gummy bears. The kid drives a hard bargain, but she was just too good to pass up.
Such a sweet and happy family. Thank you guys so much for inviting me to the party!
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Silent Night, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Little St. Nick, Mary Did You Know, O Holy Night, Jingle Bells, This Christmas, Hannukah in Santa Monica, White Christmas, Auld Lang Syne, Home Alone Medley, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Joy to the World, Carol of the Bells.
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I'm in Ventura, Iowa (my hometown) today, to celebrate the annual Septemberfest, and to have my 10-year high school reunion. No, I won't be participating in either the greased pig contest or the cow drop bingo.
For those who don't know what cow drop bingo is, they mark off a grid on the grass, then erect a fence around the grid and release a cow into the pen. Each square is numbered, people then pay $5 each to claim a square, and the first square the cow defecates on collects the total. In the event that the cow simultaneously goes on two or more squares, they split the pot.


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Schools will be out soon as the official first day of summer is just around the corner. Many of you are busy making plans for travel, arranging summer activities for the kids, and hoping June "gloom" won't be too long so that it will be worth going to the beach or to the San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Speaking of the Fair, those are the Doyle kindergarten children featured on some of our street banners. I hope to see many of you at the Standley Park 4th of July "Celebration". It will be as always a fun-filled day full of exciting activities, booths, (and snow slides for our ten and under children), ending with a great evening band concert.
On Thursday, June 21, 6:00-8:00pm, at Standley Recreation Center, there will be an important Park and Recreation community meeting focused on the new Recreation Council organizational structure. Future plans for our park improvements at Doyle, Marcy, and the "ImagineUC 2020" will also be discussed.
Regarding the sewer pipelines (a.k.a. Pure Water ): The University City Community Foundation (UCCF) has initiated legal action challenging the EIR, citing CEQA flaws (California Environmental Quality Act), to request time for the City Water Department to review alternative routes for the proposed major sewer lines through Clairemont and University City. One is a large pipe forcing raw sewage from the Morena plant in Clairemont up to the water reclamation plant on Eastgate Mall, east of the 805; the second adjacent pipe will carry sludge back down to the Morena plant for additional treatment before release into the ocean. In University City, there will be lane closures along Genesee, Nobel, Town Center and Executive Drive during the construction. Our July newsletter will have up-to-date information related to any announced court findings. For more information, visit https://www.universitycitynews.org/?s=pure+water
UCCA is very hopeful it will be a recipient of a San Diego County Community Enhancement Grant next month. We have asked for funds to provide all-color monthly newsletters for one year, plus money to initiate monthly "podcasts" to better inform our community about major issues affecting our quality of life.
Please plan to attend our June 13 meeting community meeting at the Library on Governor Drive at 6 PM. We welcome your participation. Remember, it's because of volunteers and residents like you that University City is "more than just a neighborhood".
Addendum: After the June newsletter went to press, UCCA received notice that councilmember Barbara Bry is seeking residents to serve on the Pure Water Working Group. The purpose of the Working Group, among other tasks, is to ensure the community concerns regarding the construction of the pipelines are identified and understood by the City; and to propose ways to avoid, minimize, or mitigate concerns associated with the construction.
University City residents who wish to serve on the Pure Water Working Group should contact University City Council Representative Bridger Langfur no later than Friday, June 8. Bridger can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 619-236-6611.
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The story of a tailor who discovers that the adventure
he longs for lies at his feet – in his pile of laundry.
One Day Only Encore Performance on April 28th, 2019!
Showings at 1pm and 7pm
Play Number three in our '18-19 Season for SCAMPS.
The new production from renowned physical theatre performer Wolfe Bowart, Cloud Soup tells the story of a tailor who discovers that the adventure he longs for lies at his feet – in his pile of laundry. The tailor's humble shop becomes an undiscovered world as fabrics magically morph, found objects transform into curious beings and puffs of steam remind us of a time when we saw faces in the clouds.
Wear mismatched socks, put your shoes on the wrong feet, turn your shirt inside out and you'll be perfectly dressed for Cloud Soup.
Written, Directed, & Performed by Wolfe Bowart
Thursday, December 6 @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 7 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 8 @ 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 8 @ 4:00 p.m
Sunday, December 9 @ 2:00 p.m
Sunday, December 9 @ 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 10 @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 11@ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 12 @ 2:00 p.m
Sunday, January 13 @ 2:00 p.m.
Location: The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at The Historic Y
738 N 5th Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85705
Enter from the parking lot behind The Historic Y (parking lot entrance off of Herbert Avenue)
Runtime: Approximately an hour.
Audience: Best enjoyed by scoundrels & scamps ages 5+.
Is this show appropriate for my child?
Ticket Prices:
$28 General Admission
$20 if you are under 30
$15 Student & Teacher
$12 Children (10 & under)
Questions? Call our Box Office at 448-3300.
In The News
"'Cloud Soup' a wordless wonder" — Kathleen Allen, Arizona Daily Star
Listen to the interview featured on the December 6th, 2018 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
Our Artistic Team
Wolfe Bowart
Scenic, Sound, Lighting and Multimedia
Wolfe Bowart & Matthew Strachan
Additional Properties Design
Matthew Berta, Wythe Bowart, & Quin Davis
Lighting Design
Raulie Martinez
Assistant Sound Design
Tiffer Hill
Producer, SpoonTree Productions
Kerryn Negus
Production Staff
Managing & Co-Artistic Director
Elizabeth Falcón
Artistic & Co-Managing Director
Bryan Rafael Falcón
Resident Stage Manager
Tiffer Hill
Production Assistants
Lorie Heald, Gabriella De Brequet & Michelle Milne
Sound and Light Supervisor
Brian Graham
Box Office Manager
Holly Griffith
Resident House Manager
Leigh Moyer
Send a Scamp to see Cloud Soup!
At the Scoundrel & Scamp, we're dedicated to developing the next generation of theater audiences, and that includes at-risk children and teens who may have never been to a theater show in their lives.
Consider giving the gift of theater to children and families who would not otherwise be able to attend Cloud Soup!
Your gift will provide joy, laughter and a sense of wonder for kids who need it the most.
Meet the Creator of Cloud Soup
Born in New York and raised in Tucson, physical theatre playwright and performer Wolfe Bowart is devoted to creating and presenting theatre productions that engage cross-generational audiences in theatrical experiences that evoke thought, wonder and laughter. Under the banner of his company SpoonTree Productions (www.spoontree.com), Bowart performs and tours internationally his original works The Shneedles, LaLaLuna, Letter's End, The Man the Sea Saw and Cloud Soup. His company has twice been honored with Helpmann Award© nominations (the Australian Tony Awards) in the categories of Best National Touring Production and Best Physical/Visual Theatre Production. Bowart's productions have been seen in 20 countries.
Alongside his performance work, Bowart has brought theatre to the classroom as an educator, artist in residence and mentor to students aged 4 to 74. Over the past twenty years, he has taught in the US, Europe, the UK, Australia and Mexico in association with such organizations as The Los Angeles Music Center, Wolf Trap ArtStart, the California Migrant Education Program, The Ahmanson Theater, The South Coast Repertory Theater, The Playwrights Project, The Virginia Avenue Project and in Australia, the National Institute of Circus Arts and the Australia Council for the Arts.


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The weather forecast announces frost for the night. Time to inspect the orchard heaters and fill them up with oil. The smudge pots were developed after a disastrous freeze in Southern California in January 1913 wiped out a whole crop.
When the air temperature reaches 29°F (-2°C) the pots are ignited. For each additional degree of drop, another hole is opened on the control cap. Below 25°F there's nothing more that can be done to enhance the heating effects.
The citrus growers needed a lot of workers to keep the pots burning.
Photo from a brochure
Century Foundry Metal Works (www.showcaseminiatures.com) sells HO scale smudge pots. I painted the white metal castings aluminum with some black on the chimney and also added some Rust-All. Then I placed them between the rows of orange trees.
In this picture from the Library of Congress we see a view of smudge pots in an orange grove on Victoria Avenue in Arlington Heights, Riverside, California. Following WWII, air pollution captured the public's attention and orchard heaters, like smoking diesel trucks and open burning at garbage dumps, were a signigicant and visible source of smod. In 1950, the Orange County Air Pollution Control District adopted a regulation prohibiting the use of dirty fuels, including old tires and used motor oil in smudge pots.
During the 1950s, growers started using wind machines in place of smudge pots. But orchard heaters only fell out of use completely by the 1970's (!!)
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Sylvestre Cetina
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Here are a few volunteer opportunities happening in October!
If you volunteer for any of these opportunities please email us a picture of yourself or your group during the event. Tag us and use the hashtag #ServeDenton for the chance to be featured on our social media platforms!
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Denton County is in need of volunteers to help with their Fall Festival! Email Dominique at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information or to sign up to volunteer.
Date: Sunday, October 22
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Place: Cross Timbers Church—312 W McKinney St, Denton, TX 76201
Cardo's Farm Project
Connect with local, sustainable vegetable farmers to learn about farm-based education. Email Cardo's Farm at firstname.lastname@example.com to sign up to volunteer to help with planting, pulling weeds and tending to the plants.
Date: Mondays & Wednesdays
Time: 8:30am-11:30am and 1:30pm-4:00pm
Place: Cardo's Farm Project—1599 Mingo Rd, Denton, TX 76209
Denton Mobile Pantry
The Denton Hunger Coalition and Tarrant Area Food Bank collaborate together to bring fresh produce and shelf-stable items to Denton every second Saturday of the month for the Denton Mobile Pantry.
They need volunteers to distribute food. If you are bilingual, they also need help registering people!
Date: Saturday, October 14
Time: 8:30 am-11:30 am
Place: First Baptist Denton Parking Lot—1100 Malone St, Denton, TX
Our Daily Bread
Help serve the hungry at Our Daily Bread's Monday Night Meal. Our Daily Bread is a community soup kitchen in Denton, and they need Kitchen Dishwashing Support volunteers to clean up the dishes and utensils, prep food for meals and stock food.
Date: Monday-Friday
Time: 9:00am-2:00pm (times vary based on shift)
Place: Our Daily Bread—300 W. Oak Street, Denton, TX
Twice as Nice Resale
Twice as Nice Resale needs enthusiastic, teachable volunteers to interact with the community while they run the cash register. Email Lakysha at firstname.lastname@example.com get started!
Date: Monday-Saturday
Time: Times Vary
Place: Twice as Nice Resale—413 E Oak St, Denton, TX 76201
CASA of Denton County
CASA is in need of Court-Appointed Special Advocates to represent and advocate for a child's best interest in the child protective system. Join them for their next info session! Contact Debbie to RSVP.
Date: Info Session—Wednesday, October 1
Time: 12:00pm or 5:30pm
Place: CASA of Denton County—614 N. Bell Ave, Denton, TX
Denton County Friends of the Family
Denton County Friends of the Family needs individual volunteers to work in their thrift shop to help customers, sort donations and organize the store!
Date: Varying Dates
Place: Friends of the Family—4845 S Interstate E 35 #200, Corinth, TX 76210
City of Denton
Join the City of Denton in a citywide stream clean up! When litter makes its way into the storm drains and drainage ditches, it doesn't stop there—it ends up in the lakes, streams and rivers.
Date: Saturday, October 14
Time: 8:00am-12:00pm
Place: Denton City Hall—215 E. Mckinney St, Denton, TX
Shiloh Community Garden
Shiloh Field Community Garden is always in need of volunteers to help with planting and other garden activities. Volunteers of all ages are appreciated and no prior experience is needed. Email the garden at email@example.com
Date: Everyday except Wednesday & Sunday
Time: Starts at 8:00am
Place: Shiloh Garden—1600 Nottingham Drive, Denton, TX
SCRAP Denton
SCRAP Denton needs volunteers to help out for their drop-in volunteer day. Volunteers will sort donations and create craft kits, so they can recycle as much art supplies as possible and help the SCRAP store look nice.
Date: Thursday, October 19
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Place: SCRAP Denton—420 S Bell Ave, Denton, TX 76201
Sign Up for the Newsletter
If you would like to sign up to receive our monthly volunteer newsletter full of volunteer opportunities from around Denton County, click on the button below!


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This is a lovely Sovereign Creamy Whirls shop display tin. The lid is hinged and in working order. This fabulous advertising item shows it's vintage age but all in keeping with it's lovely character. Pop it in your vintage kitchen and fill it with cookies, utensils or a retro houseplant.
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Opens Saturday 11 November 6 pm to 8 pm
exhibition continues until 9 December 2017
Art of Nature is a group show of new works by artists , working in different mediums , exploring the theme of art in nature and nature as art in their works.
Martine Perret an award winning Margaret River photographer whose aerial photographs capture the landscape as art, in her new series of works within Western Australia.
Jen Mellor is a plein air painter depicting the landscape and flora of the southwest in her expressionistic style, to capture the beautiful moods and colours of nature.
Amanda Shelsher a well-known and well established ceramic sculpture artist, explores her surrounds and the nature of being in her new works.
We introduce Ross Potter to the gallery with his exquisite graphite representations of tree trunks and minute sticks enlarged into incredible detail.
Please join us for this wonderful exhibition and meet the artists
Saturday 11 November from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Exhibition continues until 8 December.


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Celebrity performers RALPH MACCHIO, JANEANE GAROFALO, MARIO CANTONE and JENNIFER TILLY in this all-star cast !!!!! at Landmark on Main Street 3/4 at 8PM
As seen on Bravo TV, audiences will enjoy a night of non-stop laughter as they experience the jaw-dropping vignettes performed from celebrity tell-alls: How Vanna White flips her panels ... how Tiger Woods strokes his putter....Mr. T's acting tips..., to the most famous love triangle in Hollywood history (A "He Said, She Said" account ) - Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Other major "tell -alls" featured in Celebrity Autobiography include the words of Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, The Kardashians, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Ricky Martin, Madonna, Britney Spears, One Direction and more!
Our all-star cast is headed by creators Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel!
Jennifer Tilly, Academy Award nominated actress (Bullets Over Broadway), World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner, is the latest addition to our cast. She joins Mario Cantone (Sex and the City)Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid and My Cousin Vinny) and comedienne and film star, Janeane Garofalo, to act out the memoirs of Kris Jenner Kardashian, Melissa Gilbert, Justin Bieber and David Hasselhoff ...among others!
Running for eight sold-out years in New York City, Celebrity Autobiography won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and is one of the most critically acclaimed, most "buzzed about shows" of recent years ( Entertainment Weekly). Created by Emmy Award-nominated writer-performer Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography has also been profiled in virtually every major media outlet including Nightline, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, NPR's All Things Considered and The View. The show was the toast of the Edinburgh Festival , London's West End and Australia's Sydney Opera House. It has garnered rave reviews across the board-- from The New York Times to Rolling Stone to Time Magazine.
Audiences will leave the show asking "Did those celebrities really write that?" The answer is: You could not make this stuff up!


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Helping to balance a checkbook or helping with grocery shopping are tasks most family members and caregivers can easily do, but there are other, more difficult tasks that caregivers may not be prepared for. Family and caregivers are invited to participate in their loved one's daily therapy routine to help provide for a safer transition once their loved one returns home. By providing an overview of the day-to-day skills family caregivers may need, patients are given yet another tool to succeed once they reach their therapy goals, improving their own self-confidence and self-care!
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Fireplace: fender, firescreen, overmantel.
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Life in our little river valley has been slow and steady over the winter months.
I have not worked in my lab all winter, although I had a few things on the bench. I am doing some reorganizing and work on the shelves, and will likely be back at it when the weather is warmer.
I had planned on launching a river series this year but am still on the fence about that. As with all of my art, I must feel it artistically or it isn't worth doing. I am not really there yet with this series, so it is better to just wait it out and do the work when the highest inspiration strikes.
SITE CHANGES: The body oils have been removed from the website. We will bring them back for fall and winter, or maybe just thru the holidays. They do not sell very well when the weather is warm. We will not be offering them as special orders.
I am excited about other artistic ventures coming down the pike for us/me, and will keep you posted.
As always I post all of the Soivohle news on the Facebook page.
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Moving in to Greenhills, Dublin
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Our first-time buyer customers wanted to modernise their new home prior to moving in. We opened the kitchen into their dining space. We removed both fireplaces and fitted new flooring. In the bedroom we placed made-to-measure wardrobes. The carrara marble splashback in the kitchen gave this space a sense of lux. New glass doors and hardware along with carefully well-placed lighting throughout enhanced their beautiful new home.
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Location: Greenhills, Dublin 12
Type: Moving in
Length: 4 weeks
Features: Opening up spaces, removing fireplaces, new flooring, carpet, new doors, carrara marble tiles


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What do Marques Colston, Frank Gore, and Ladell Betts all have in common? Sure, they all came out of nowhere to enjoy breakout seasons in 2006, but more importantly they all should have been on your roster if you had taken my advice.
What do Marques Colston, Frank Gore, and Ladell Betts all have in common? Sure, they all came out of nowhere to enjoy breakout seasons in 2006, but more importantly they all should have been on your roster if you had taken my advice.
Do some research and you'll find the key to winning your fantasy league last season was in the ink on this page and the text on my blog. Let's take a trip down Memory Lane and examine what was being said at this point last season, while predicting who the next Colston, Gore and Betts will be.
The next Gore
Despite coming off a rookie season with just 608 yards, 15 catches and only three total touchdowns, Frank Gore was listed as one of four preseason "studs" on this page one year ago. Some publications criticized his supporting cast, but I said, "He didn't invent the Internet, but by midseason you'll be jealous of whoever drafted him in your league this season. This Gore won't disappoint you."
Nine touchdowns, 2,180 total yards and 61 catches later Gore only disappointed those who passed on him. So who will be the Frank Gore of 2007?
Cedric Benson hasn't looked good during the preseason, which may have hurt his draft ranking, but fear not. Ranked outside the top 15 by most publications, Benson finally gets his chance to be known for something other than crying on national television. Bears opponents have decent numbers against the run this season, but their win/loss records are porous and that equates to lots of extra stat-padding carries late in games.
The next Colston
Some said a former tight end from Hofstra couldn't make an impact his rookie season, but I quietly disagreed. On Sept. 16 last season my blog stated, "This week the guy to pluck from your free agent pool if he's available is New Orleans wide receiver Marques Colston ... who knows, maybe he'll bust out and become a starter for you."
He isn't a freshman, but the player most likely to pull a Colston in 2007 is Denver's Brandon Marshall. Colston benefited from a quick chemistry with Drew Brees and the chemistry between Marshall and Jay Cutler is far beyond anything in New Orleans last season. Like Colston, Marshall is 6-foot-4, which makes him a target.
The next Betts
Before rushing for 1,000 yards and breaking Washington's record for the most consecutive 100-yard games, I was lobbying for Betts. My Aug. 13 blog stated, "… (Betts) could rack up some serious points in Gibbs' run happy offense if given the chance."
This season's Ladell Betts is … Ladell Betts. He's caught more passes in limited time than Portis has caught in one season, but owners are selecting Portis three rounds before Betts.
The two backs are expected to split carries and Portis is the risk because of injury concerns. Betts will post better numbers than Clinton Portis in 2007.
Tony Farmer writes about fantasy football for the Norwich Bulletin every Friday. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Exciting news! The book I applied to way back in 2015 has finally been published! My tatted bronze necklace, "Arachne, I'm Sorry," is just one of the many works--both historic and contemporary--featured inside. It's such an honor to be a part of this, truly, and I can't wait until I get a copy for myself!
Find it on schifferbooks.com (the publisher's website), or else amazon.com.
Featuring exquisite photos of 800 contemporary and historic works, this first-of-its-kind book reveals how the process of casting—pouring material into a mold—has transformed our world through its history and omnipresence. In these image-rich pages, craft, fine art, design, and everyday objects offer us perspectives on casting's unique possibilities, its place in history, and its role in contemporary object creation. Comprehensive and insightful, the book includes writings on casting as it relates to Art History (by Suzanne Ramljak), Ceramics (by Ezra Shales), Glass (by Susie Silbert), Large Metal (by Joe Becherer), Jewelry (by Jen Townsend), and Alternative Materials (by Elaine King). A multi-disciplinary approach—including everything from traditional lost wax casting in non-ferrous metals to cast rubber, glass, porcelain, plaster, and some very unexpected materials—makes this an essential resource for artists, craftspeople, historians, designers, and everyone interested in the objects that populate our world.


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Love the Scorpion King series? We do, too. And we've got two just released Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy combo packs of The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption to give away to a couple of lucky Art Attack readers.
The combo pack comes with lots of extras, including deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, two featurettes (Preparing for Battle and Swords and Scorpions: A Making Of as well as feature commentary from director Roel Reiné. The Blu-ray copy of the film also includes the pocket BLU® app and is D-Box™ Motion enabled.
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About Me
I am an artist local to my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here is where I earned my BFA in illustration & animation at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. My creative passion derives from my long standing interests in animation, biology, and all varieties of gaming. These interests provide many strong themes to my artwork, which I exhibit at various festivals and events in the midwest.


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I have been searching high and low to find ways to expand my shop, and I think by trying the book binding thing, I may have done that. I bound a couple books from scratch this weekend, and they look great! I even handcovered the book covers. I'm pretty proud of that one. :) I've only listed one of them because I haven't sewn the other one, yet, but the one I listed is definitely my favorite.
The cover reminds me of my favorite storybook character, the Cheshire Cat. I ended up calling this one the Purple Cheshire Grin Sketchbook. I have another book that's almost done. I just have to sew the pages to the cover. :) Let me know what you think of this! I hope they do well. I really enjoyed making the two I worked on this weekend.
On a sidenote, my husband started brewing his own beer about a week ago. He asked me if I would make the labels, and they came out really well. We thought they did, anyhow. :) We should be bottling soon, and when we do, I'll be sure to take a picture of one of our labeled beer bottles. Check back soon!


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Fiori Autunnali
This shawl is available from Patternfish as a KnitCompanion-ready file!
This beaded V shaped shawl was designed for the Craftsy class New Directions in Lace! The class includes all pattern materials (full sized shawl, doll-sized shawl - one of my test knitters made this into a scarf for herself! - and doily).
from the class publicity:
Expand Your Lace Skills with a New Shawl Shape
Empower yourself as you bring a sophisticated and versatile shawl design to life. Join me, Romi Hill, for my online Craftsy class, New Directions in Lace, and create a breathtaking V-shaped shawl that will stop people in the streets! I've designed this class with you in mind, drawing on questions knitters have asked me about this particular shawl shape, lace weight yarns, beads, casting on in the round, blocking lace, and so many other little tips and tricks that you'll find yourself going back to the lessons over and over.
As you progress through my class, you'll hone your lace skills be creating my exclusive Fiori Autunnali shawl pattern, included in the class materials. Inspired by delicate lace doilies, this lovely shawl features leaf patterns and beaded flower motifs. And if you like, you can start small with the doll-sized version of the shawl which is also included in the materials and shown in class.
As we begin, I'll help you choose yarn and beads. I share tips for reading charts, using stitch markers, and adding lifelines. I'll even guide you through starting your shawl with my version of the ingenious belly button cast on, developed by my friend Rosemarie Buchanan. The belly button allows you to start a project from the center with a minimum of fiddling, even when using lace weight yarn! Next, we'll move on to join the working yarn to your cast on, and you'll begin stitching. I'll show you how to remove your belly button, and easily close up the center into a neat and tidy start for your lovely project.
We'll go on to cover working charts in the round, three ways to place beads as you knit, and the no stitch symbol as used in my charts, and we'll transition from working in the round to binding off two sections of the shawl so you can start working the two wings! And for the hook-a-phobic, I'll show you my favorite method of crocheting a chain bind off using knitting needles! The magic of blocking is next. We'll turn your project into a beautiful swan! I'll take you step-by-step through blocking your shawl to its full size, exposing and preserving its true beauty and marvelous motifs. When you sign up for New Directions in Lace, you'll hone your skills while knitting an entrancing shawl that's a wearable work of art.
Since 2005, I've been designing knitting patterns and shawl pins. But my fascination with lace dates back to my early childhood, and the incredible pieces my grandmother crocheted using a tiny hook and miniscule thread. When I was about four years old, my grandmother taught me crochet, but it was the art of knitting that always called to me.
After begging my mother to teach me how to knit for years, she finally relented when I was nine years old. I knit on and off throughout my entire life, and then the awe that my grandmother's lace creations had inspired was reawakened, and I haven't stopped once since learning to knit lace. These days, I usually fall asleep at night thinking of lace patterns and how they fit together mathematically and artistically. I'm such a lace geek!
I hope you'll join me for my new Craftsy class! Sign up for New Directions in Lace to create my exclusive Fiori Autunnali shawl design, and then apply what you've learned to knit other complex, captivating shawls.
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Keep your hats on, this is going to get exciting!
Continuing off from the previous post, we have made significant strides in completing our kitchen cabinet. As you can see in this first picture, we have TWO whole drawers installed!
What's that you say? Yes, the staining faery got her hands on them and now the drawers are stained. But let's not stop there, let's see if we can go for all three drawers…
Yes, we can. Look at that. In case you are wondering, that top drawer is stained as well, it's just that Kat decided not to use the dark red for parts that weren't going to be seen.
So, we have three drawers installed, what's next? Making it look nice, that's what. It's time to make the front facing pieces. These are the decorative outer layer that everyone will see when then come into the trailer. If you remember from the last post, I bought some red oak veneer on press board for this purpose.
I won't bore you with the details of cutting out the pieces, as there was enough of that in the last post. However, I was digging around in a box of stuff my Dad had given me and I found a roll of this stuff.
For those unfamiliar with cabinetry, that is wooden edging that you iron on to cover the ugly inner press board looking parts. In case you want to know what that looks like, here it is.
The roll I had was pine, so it doesn't precisely match the red oak, but we weren't going to be fussy. It was great that I found the roll in the first place.
I had to borrow a friend's iron to do the job, but I have to say it went pretty well. You really want to go over it several times with the iron to make certain that the glue melted and has made a good bond with the edge of the board. If you press on it, it shouldn't bounce back. That's the rule I used, anyway.
Here is a picture of a finished corner.
Now doesn't that look a lot nicer than the innards of the press board? I thought you might agree.
I also have a picture of the front face piece for the top drawer, with completed edging.
After putting edging on all of the drawer faces and cabinet doors, they were all shipped over to the staining and varnishing department to make it look even more awesome. How awesome, you say? Well, here is a picture of one of the drawers with its finished face on.
Pretty snazzy, eh? Kat did an amazing job with the staining and varnishing. It looks even better in person.
Here is that same drawer, now back in its place.
The other two drawers now look naked compared to the one on the bottom. We better fix that.
There's no stopping there either. We did the cupboard doors too.
That was just after I installed the doors and they needed some adjustment, as you may be able to tell as the one on the right looks a little crooked.
Here you can see the cabinet with the cupboard doors open, along with the top drawer pulled out partially.
For the final frosting, we even put handles on everything. It's a bit like making a cake: the innards of the cabinet are the cake part, the facing is the frosting and the handles are the decorative frosting roses 🙂
By this point I had also fiddled around with the fine settings on the cupboard doors so they fit nicely now. I have to say, this turned out awesome. Yes, there were a few mistakes made, but nothing super bad and nothing that caused any injuries or extra expenses. Hooray for us!
It's not quite one hundred percent done yet. I still have two sliding shelves to put in the big interior, but I wanted to get the cupboard doors in first to make sure I left enough room on the sides so the sliding shelf won't hit the hinges or edge of the door. It shouldn't be too much longer. We've already started filling the drawers and it's making our life just that much easier.
Kat and I are already looking towards the next major project too. Never a dull moment here, that's for sure.


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