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Natural dyes, experimenting with black beans
Last weekend I began experimenting with natural dyes, and had mixed success. I hoped to try onion skins next because I wanted a bright orange, but haven't had time to gather together enough onion skins. Nevertheless I've got the bit between the teeth now, dying with natural dyes from plant materials is like alchemy.
I love that lavender blue colour I call Eeyore blue. I once saw a picture of some lace which had been dyed using black beans which was just that glorious colour and decided I was going to experiment with it myself. Black beans can be found with the chick peas and kidney beans on supermarket shelves.
The black beans were soaked in cold water for 24 hours, they produce a rather gloomy, murky mauve coloured liquid. Not very promising I admit. But then comes the alchemy.
I drained off the soaking liquid from the beans, added a length of fabric which had previously soaked in Alum mordanted water and presto, the magic began… not mauve but a lovely purply blue began to develop.
Just to test how strong the dye stuff was I put the beans back in another jar, topped up with more water and added more fabric. I left both jars soaking for a couple of days. The result was a lovely purply blue fabric, and a paler version with a rather more tie dye effect, caused by the lack of space in the jar for the beans, the liquid and the fabric.
This is such an easy process, no heat, no chemicals, and if I hadn't reused the beans as a dye stuff, I could have cooked and eaten the beans, so no waste either, and the colour is divine. I love it, love it, love it.
natural dyes, dandelion
Lately I've been thinking about trying to dye my own fabrics, but I wanted subtle shades, from natural dyes. I was drawn to the idea of solar dying but I was unsure if I wanted to invest time in a method which requires lengthy periods in the sunshine, a commodity not to be relied upon in the North of England, even in a good summer. I imagined a summer of hope followed by an autumn of disappointment as the solar dying technique failed to develop the results I hoped for. Nevertheless I fancied having a go at dyeing from natural materials.
I found a recipe for dyeing using dandelion heads, well they are plentiful enough at this time of year, so on a Sunday morning stroll with my sister I gathered a bag full of dandelion heads from the hedgerows near the local University. That afternoon I picked the petals from their heads and put them in a jar, added boiling water and letting them steep.
I was really hopeful that I would get a good clear yellow. The strands of bright yellow made me think of saffron and stained my fingers bright yellow, surely this was going to work.
Meanwhile I soaked some plain white cotton chintz (I just happened to have a whole bolt of it which had been hanging around in my studio for years) in warm water with a little Alum added, as a mordant ( to fix the dye).
The instructions were to strain off the steeping liquid, add the fabric and microwave, in 2 minute bursts.
I did as I was instructed, 2 minutes, stir… 2 minutes, stir… 2 minutes… ad infinitum it seemed, but there was no discernible change in colour, well, what I had is not even the palest lemon yellow, a complete fail in my estimation.
Undeterred I turned to an old favourite amongst natural dyes, Turmeric and white Vinegar. In a pan of boiling water I emptied half a jar of Turmeric, and a good glugg of white vinegar, and dropped on a metre of the same Chintz. The glorious yellow colour is what I had hoped for with only a fraction of the effort I'd already expended on the dandelions to no avail.
So what to do with the very disappointing length of dandelion yellow? I threw it down on the lawn, and while still hot and wet I sprinkled over it the rest of the jar of turmeric in the hope of achieving a two tone and speckled effect. My plan was to leave it out all night, hoping it wouldn't rain, but not too concerned if it did, to see what the outcome would be.
I was quite pleased with the result, a subtle speckling of yellow on a pale lemony background. Next stop-Orange, onion skins are the best natural option, only one slight problem, my Dearest hates onions, so we never buy them. Anyone spare their onion skins please?
Four Little Hearts, foundation style.
What do you do with your unfinished projects, I don't remember making these scrappy hearts blocks, who knows how long they have a lain unloved in the bottom of a box? While searching for some star templates to finish another project I found another UFO (Un-finished Object) four little red hearts foundation pieced from scraps of red fabric on cream calico. Well what can I do with those? Looking at the fabrics I don't think I have any left, I don't recognise them at all, but no matter, I think I can finish them into a usable size by introducing another red fabric.
Co-incidentally, my quilting group's annual challenge this year is "call it red". I just have to use these little squares, waste not want not. My first thought was to just put them together as in the picture, on a red background.
Or… I could add some applique hearts in Calico on red, with red stitchery… perhaps some more foundation pieced hearts in different reds… perhaps… anyway I have till July to figure it out.
I love red and white quilts and I had been planning to begin a red and white quilt for Cecily's challenge , a feathered star in white on a red background, but if I'm honest it's not likely to happen, not unless I find an eighth day in the week, or am in the happy position of being able to retire before July. So I'm really pleased to have found these Hearts, I can get them made into something before July… surely.
I have recently redecorated and re-carpeted my Studio and am back in and free to sew again, but for one small problem, now the room is clean and warm and bright, a certain 15 year old who had denied any designs upon the space, now thinks his own room is way too small for him and perhaps my playroom will suit him better. In the summer when I have redecorated the living room, I will have to think about decamping to what is currently the dining room, so hopefully I can get my little red hearts quilt completed before then.
Christmas stocking, finished at last…
I'm celebrating finally finishing two Christmas stockings I began 8 years ago. The children for whom I began making them were 7 and 11, are now 15 and 19. If you want the whole story check out my archive for December 2012and January 2013. Suffice to say Christmas is always a busy time and sometimes you just have to prioritise, Sewing takes second place to shopping, cooking and cleaning only once a year, at Christmas.
So beginning where I left off, one of the stockings was quilted and ready to be made up, the other was not. I wanted them to be the same and I had lost the quilting templates, 5 little cardboard stars in graduated sizes which I created using cookie cutters, which I had also subsequently lost, and to this day have not turned up… I suspect foul play.
Thankfully the templates did turn up, and this Christmas I was determined to finish what I'd started. I used a disappearing pen, (which for some reason isn't disappearing) and drew the stars on the lining of the stocking, then putting the gold thread in the spool and a transparent thread on the top I quilted from the back stars in different sizes to fill the spaces round the motif in the centre of the stocking leg, and in the foot of the stocking.
Putting the right sides together I stitched the two halves around the edge with a generous 3/8ths seam allowance to make it easier to neaten the edges. To finish the seams on the inside I cut away the wadding, and hand stitched the lining closed over the raw edges down to the bottom of the leg. Beyond there the foot still has raw edges showing, well not showing, but that's the point, you can't see it so I'm not going to worry about it, I may overlock the raw edges with a machine stitch…when I have a minute.
Next, I had to make the swing tags for each stocking, cutting two squares of fabric for each tag, and applying a gold letter to the green side of each. I worried that the gold letter might eventually peel off having been applied with Bondaweb, so I used my gold thread again and stitched around the edge with a machine blanket stitch, not very accurately I have to say, but I wasn't about to unpick and start again.
Right sides together again, with a little wadding on the back, I made another mistake; if you leave the hole to turn the fabric at a corner you'll never achieve a neat closure… unpicked and did it again, this time with the turning gap amidships.
Having snipped the corners and turned each tag right ways out, I neatly closed the open edge by hand. Then I topstitched a gold border using another fancy machine stitch like the one I used on the stocking motifs.
Finally a loop of ribbon was attached to the back of each tag, these ribbons tend to get ragged over time so rather than stitch it into the seam I've just tacked it to the back. The 15 year old is a Millennium baby, born in 2000, and when I first knew him at 7 he couldn't say Millennium, he would a say Millellium, or Minnellium, it has always been a thing I could tease him with, so I used some ribbon I had tucked away since the Millennium, it has "Marking the Millennium" printed on it. Maybe if he keeps and treasures his stocking, it may make him smile every Christmas…long after my day.
And so they are completed and hung up ready for Christmas… now all I have to do is help the 19 year old make a wall hanging, and start the wrapping, with only 3 days left till Christmas.
Beanbag camera kit
In the middle of developing an idea about making a beanbag support for my camera I visited my sister and whilst telling her all about it she showed me her new make. She had been to the wonderful factory shop we have locally which sells designer furnishing and dress weight fabrics, and bought a small amount of Ralph Lauren Home fabric. She had made cushions and a table cloth to spruce up her porch, to make it into somewhere she could sit when the sun is shining but not quite warmly enough to be outside. She had a small amount left which she gave to me, because it was just the size I needed for my project. I'm such a lucky sister.
So I made a beanbag, by turning the fabric into a tube and then stitching the end seams at 180 degrees to one another to create a little humbug shaped beanbag cushion, leaving a gap at one end for the filling.
I turned the beanbag right sides out, and made a paper funnel out of some scrap paper to fill the bag with.
The beanbag is filled with polystyrene beads, which I have recycled from an old beanbag seat that was bought for the 15 year old to sit on when he has a little lad, and which has lain forlorn and unused in my studio for longer than I care to admit (my excuse is I always knew it would come in handy one day). l could have used rice or beans but I wanted it to be as light as possible, because my camera kit is already heavy enough.
I scooped a glassful of beads from the old beanbag seat, then holding the funnel inside the bag with one hand it was really easy to pour the polystyrene beads into the bag, encountering very little problem with static cling. There were a few beads left in the bottom of the glass, probably because I didn't dry it properly, but no little beads clinging to every surface, my hands, my clothes… if you've ever had dealings with polystyrene beads you'll know what I mean.
It just needed a machine stitched closure, to make sure it won't bleed little beads all over the place and it's done.
and what's the point of all this I hear you wondering? It's my own take on beanbag camera kit. At the time I had just bought a telephoto lens for my camera, and at 300mm you can't really hand hold without getting camera shake. I have a tripod but don't really want to hump it about with me, it's rather heavy and my hips and knees are getting arthritic so the weight is a problem. This light as air little cushion allows me to set up my camera on a wall or fence post and take pictures without camera shake… if there is a handy wall at the right height.
Subsequently I bought myself to a monopod but I still carry the beanbag, it weighs nothing at all and cost me nothing but a little time and ingenuity. My sister is also a keen photographer, I wonder if she might like one…and then my niece… but then I have an idea for a slight design adaptation… watch this space.
This year's challenge from my Quilt group, was Crazy, put simply anything made from crazy patchwork, fill your boots. My plan was to collect silk ties to cut up, and I did buy a few from my favourite charity shop, but I soon realised that I would need a lot of ties, to have enough variety of colours and patterns, so back to the stash.
I found a bag of scraps, (well three actually), sorted it into three piles, blue and white Laura Ashley scraps dating back to 1977, (of which more later), a pile of pastels some Laura Ashley of the same vintage and some from the 80's, and a reject pile the colours of which would not meet the criteria for my piece, brown orange, cream etc.
I wanted to work on small pieces which could be joined together in a larger piece, and had seen a number of crazy patchwork studies created as large hexagons, all I needed was a large hexie pattern. So out came the cereal packet, compass and ruler, not difficult, simply draw a circle, divide into 6 equal parts (60 degrees), and draw a line from radius to radius, where the circle intersects, to create a hexagon. The size of the hexagon was determined by the size of the cereal packet.
Initially I followed the advice in my only Crazy patchwork book, (big mistake, but excellent lessons) I cut and laid the pieces on a backing fabric cut from cotton calico (lesson one backing layer too thick). I overlaid the pieces by a eighth of an inch and then stitched them down with a fine zig-zag stitch using transparent filament, (mistake two, this is nasty scratchy stuff and leaves a ridge of stitching which then causes drag when using machine embroidery stitching on top).
Running out of time (72 hours and counting) I realised using differing coloured threads to embroider the patches would take time I didn't have and possibly require threads I didn't have, so I decided I could pull the whole thing together and achieve balance by using one colour for the embroidery throughout, white.
As I picked the embroidery stitches to decorate my scraps I made my next mistake (number three), I didn't try out every stitch on scrap before I began, and there's no unpicking it afterwards! Had I tried them out first I could have adjusted the length and width of stitch to get the optimum look of the embroidery stitch. I would have also realised that the thread I was using would not work well with some of the more open, spidery stitches leaving a barely visible embroidery, a bold thread would have worked better (mistake number four).
Now comes the fiddly bit, piecing the hexagons by machine, stitching into acute corners requires some skill, the trick is not to stitch right to the edge , leave yourself a quarter inch of wiggle room, it doesn't matter if you leave a little hole at the corner, you will be embroidering over it anyway.
It's at this time I discovered mistake number five, for some reason I can't fathom I had only made 6 hexagons, and of course I needed 7, with only 48 hrs to go I didn't have time to fiddle about with my previous method so I cut another hexagon in calico, grabbed some spray tack, sprayed liberally, cut up some scraps and dabbed them on in a haphazard way, forgot the filament zig-zag and completed with white embroidery. No mistakes and it turned out the best of the 7 hexies. Finally mistake number six , I then decided to piece the edge to create a square, all the blue sashing is made of part hexagons cut to fit around the edge, and pieced in. It would have been so much easier and quicker to applique to a straight piece of sashing. I dread to think how many times I pieced and unpicked that border, and every time it was wonky.
Consequently I ran out of time to finish it properly, I should have put a zip into the back but I didn't have one, nor time to buy one so I made an envelope back, which I don't like and will replace, I stitched the final edge seam with a big stitch so I can unpick it easily, and the pieced sash edge has not been embroidered where it joins the crazy patches, so when I unpick it I'll add more embroidery.
At least I managed to produce a "finished" piece of work to submit for the challenge, it didn't win a prize. That's ok ,I wouldn't have quibbled with the judges decision and loved the crazy bag made by Anne Thistlethwaite which won. Well done Anne.
A sewing Companion
Look what I found on Pinterest! Having been asked to make something to put in the gift raffle for my quilt group's exhibition I needed an idea, something simple to make that most folks would have a use for. This little sewing companion is ideal, small enough to tuck in a drawer, so it's always to hand for quick repair jobs, and or to pack in suitcase so you have the essentials for hand sewing when travelling. So much better than those awful sewing kits found in hotels. (see http://www.popularpatchwork.com/news/article/simple-sewing-companion/210/ for the original article and Pattern)
Despite looking complicated it was incredibly easy to make. First download your pattern and print it, on to card if you have it, it makes it easier to draw round. Put the pattern on to some light weight fusible interfacing, and draw round it, this line becomes the stitching line so cut the pattern out with a tad more than 1/4 " seam allowance and iron to the wrong side of the fabric you have chosen for the outside of the sewing companion; cut out with a generous seam allowance, and place right side to right side of the second fabric for the lining.
Stitch round along the stitching line leaving one side open so that you can turn it out, cut the seam allowance to a scant 1/4 ", and snip the corners before turning out. finally tuck the raw edges in and catch them in with a running stitch, it won't show in the finished piece. I pressed the whole thing at this point, and considered top stitching to hold the edge firm but decided against, it wasn't recommended in the Original.
Using the pattern to guide me I folded the flap from the left, and top stitched a V shape the left hand corner of the flap, to the bottom and up to the top and inch and a half from the right edge this makes a scissor pocket, and a small pocket to the side for a measuring tape or marking pencil.
The second fold and then the third fold are completed together and then stitched down one side along the bottom and up the other side to hold the whole thing in place.
A needle case to match is made very neatly using a two piece lining which is not stitched completely accross the inner seam so you can stitch it inside out and turn it. the pattern recommends using flannel for the inner pages of the needle case, I had some lining from a silk tie that I had bought and deconstructed to use for crazy patchwork, but it was bulky so I only used one "page" and stitched the open seam closed under the spine of the "page".
As I plan to make these into gifts I can hardly give them with all the tools missing, so I ordered a pair of needle work scissors on line, green handles to match the fabric, a set of 3 chalk pencils one for each and a spare; I ordered 3 tape measures, but when they came they were too bulky and pulled the sewing companion out of shape, so I rejected them. the original pattern showed embroidery silks tucked into the pockets, instead I downloaded some sweet little thread holders which can just be seen poking out, so that each owner can use threads colours which are most likely to be required. Into the needle case I put from my own stash, a needle, a safety pin, 3 pins, and a shirt button. I'm still waiting for the needle threaders to arrive. All I need to do now is add a press stud fastener and they are ready to go.
If you'd like to make one yourself the pattern and instructions are copyrighted; the intellectual property of Brenda Dean and can be found at http://www.quiltersinternational.co.uk/, Many thanks Brenda I really enjoyed making these and will be making more, for myself and as gifts for quilty friends.
Bigger slippers
So what do you do when you have bought things for Christmas which turn out to be the wrong size? I recently had two such mistakes to solve, I bought my Dad a pair of soft jersey pants, which he finds comfortable to wear at leisure, but they had cuffs at the ankle and were too long, not a good look. Saggy grey cotton jersey doesn't really suit anyone, no matter how old. I cut the cuffs off and finished the raw edge with an overlock stitch and double stitched hem. Problem solved, pants no longer sagging in the legs.
The next problem was a bit more difficult to solve, a pair of soft fleece slippers for the 14 year old. To me he's still a boy, I keep forgetting how big he has grown, he is taller than me and his feet are larger than his dad's, so how I managed to think Medium sized slippers would fit I don't know! He likes his slippers, and wants to wear them but they are a tad too small, and although stretchy, not quite stretchy enough, so what to do? Make bigger slippers. Yes but what with? I was considering what I had which I could use to build an extension for the 14 year old's toes, when I saw the cuffs I'd cut off Dad's pants sitting on my sewing table, perfect colour, now how?
I cut one cuff along the seam and then cut it in half, each half was stitched along the two short edges to create a little pocket, then I opened up the toe of the slipper peeled back the fluffy faux lamb's wool lining and stitched the little grey jersey pockets to the outside fabric. The lining was then hand stitched back into place covering the seam allowance so the lining is held in place and the seam hopefully will sit under the toes, where the toes meet the ball of the foot, and won't be too uncomfortable.
They may look rather silly, but it worked, it solved the problem and the 14 year old tells me they are comfortable and a much better fit, of course the acid test is, does he wear his Bigger Slippers? Yes he does. I thought asking him to model them was pushing my luck too far, he would probably have a fit if he saw this post, so Sshh.
I love sewing, I love being able to mend and customise, fix my mistakes, and make something usable out of left over scraps from another project, retrieve the torn and damaged, create something usable out of what otherwise would be thrown away.


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Alrighty then I got from Jesse Rene', but I only have one outside faucet
on this whole place so drip irrigation is not an option. I do it
manually. For all this exercise I don't seem to get any thinner..
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From: "Donna " <email@example.com>
Reply-To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:21:19 -0500
>AS Pam would say-- alrighty then.... feel free to stop by and install it
>Actually, I just don't get how it works. Like as you cross over the
>grassy areas from the faucet to the garden... duh!....
>And like to get into a raised bed, then what, you see all this hosing
>everywhere that you are tripping on or rolling over with a load of
>And hanging baskets, or even just ones standing around....
>And is it on a plug in timer? Another big duh! And if everything is not
>connected, then isn't it the same as moving the sprinkler around?
>Not the brightest crayon in the box on this subject. Maybe if I saw how
>someone had it installed it would make sense, but just trying to think
>it thru is not working!
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On
>> Behalf Of Richard T. Apking
>> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:22 PM
>> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] water drip kits
>> Hi Donna,
>> I've used drip irrigation in my veggie garden for the past 8 years,
>and am
>> a
>> real believer. I unreservedly recommend them, especially if you are a
>> lazy
>> gardener as I am. They are connected to a timer that waters them when
>> forget. My row crops are watered by soaker-type hoses that mate with
>> drip system.
>> For my flowers I also use the drippers, the variety of accessories is
>> virtually endless, and you'll find a gadget for every problem. If you
>> want
>> more information, just ask. Rich in Z-5, where it is raining for the
>> first
>> time in 6 weeks.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Donna " <email@example.com>
>> To: <email@example.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:30 PM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] water drip kits
>> > Is it worth the fee?
>> >
>> > Donna
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->''"Standing before the sword you long sought after, I can only wonder at what thoughts must have passed through your mind as you learned the truth of its awesome, terrible power. Soul Edge's legacy lives on to this day. It most likely will live on forever, for humans will always desire the ultimate weapon."''
-->-- '''Tristy''', ''Soul Calibur 2''
There's always that one rule in fantasy worlds that no matter what other, more potent weapon types that exist, the sword is the one weapon type that is always held as the standard by which the others are judged, usually due to some ancient InfinityPlusOneSword that just so happens to exist. Yeah, that's right, even compared to a powerful WaveMotionGun or a crossbow shooting explosive shells, the fine blade always comes out on top. It becomes all the more persistent in a world where HeroesPreferSwords and corresponds with the main character being a sword user, in cases where the overall weapon type roster is of limited availability to characters.
This is mainly due to the GoodWeaponEvilWeapon principle making it the norm to have the InfinityPlusOneSword or the swordly MacGuffin be in the hands of the Hero, ([[HeroesPreferSwords because straight-edged longswords are considered heroic weapons]], [[{{Troperiffic}} and everybody likes to see the best stuff in heroic hands]]), so the end result is that all Infinity Plus One weapons must be swords.
See also KatanasAreJustBetter for when it applies to, well, [[CaptainObvious katanas]]. Related to RockBeatsLaser, with the sword being the rock.
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* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' normally plays this straight, but it's averted by the ''TRY'' season of the anime - the "Bow of Light" is the most powerful of the five Darkstar weapons.
* There are a few of these in ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''. The catch? They're not props, they're characters. All of the characters are [[MoeAnthropomorphism historic Japanese swords turned human]]. So swords like this manifest as extremely powerful - and [[{{Bishounen}} beautiful]] - "Sword Warriors".
* Dyrnwyn in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain''.
* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, high Lords, including the First Lord often wield a ''FlamingSword'' when going into battle. Here, the sword itself is a typical sword, but their Furycrafting imbues it with fire.
* And in Creator/JimButcher's other series ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', there are 3 Swords of the Cross. When wielded by the appropriate people, and doing God's work, they are well-nigh invulnerable and unstoppable, as seen in "Changes" when [[spoiler:Karrin Murphy]] wielding one, takes down several high Red Court nobles who are nearly {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in terms of power.
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock
** Stormbringer in the ''Literature/ElricOfMelnibone'' stories.
** The Sword of the Dawn in the ''Hawkmoon'' stories.
** Stormbringer returns to be wielded by Urlik Skarsol in the ''Phoenix in Obsidian'' series.
* Lightbringer in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' However, [[spoiler: it's a fake.]]
** Almost all Valyrian steel weapons in Westeros are swords, owing to the setting's HighFantasy roots. Each is considered an AncestralWeapon to some family or other, so even if a newer, more efficient design came along, it's unlikely they'd have it reforged.
*** As an example House Lannister lost its Valyrian steel sword [[NamedWeapons Bright Roar]] some time ago when the then ruling lord when missing. Tywin Lannister has been trying to buy the swords belonging to impoverished houses but they hold the honour and prestige of owning a Valyrian steel sword higher than any amount of money offered by the Lannisters (and that's a lot).
** Justified in that in the real Middle Ages, the sword was the weapon of choice of the feudal nobility, and most [=ASoIaF=] characters are exactly that. The Valyrian swords are rare weapons, and no common knight or mercenary can hope to have one, unless that knight receives one as gift from a high lord (we're looking at you, Brienne of Tarth).
** Also [[ThunderboltIron Dawn]], the ancestral weapon of House Dayne which is unique while Valyrian steel weapons are merely rare.
* The ''Literature/SwordOfTruth''. Besides being an AbsurdlySharpSword, it's unbreakable, can under certain circumstances confer the skills of previous wielders on the current wielder, can act as a bit of a MoralityPet, and is also [[spoiler: the counter to Chainfire and the key to Orden]].
* Callandor in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''. The Sword That Is Not A Sword is a sword-shaped crystal sa'angreal, and one of the most powerful, though flawed. Surprisingly, it still functions as a melee weapon.
** True Heron-marked blades are all indestructible by dint of magic.
** The Dragon Reborn tries this with a sword made of fire. His enemies laugh at him for it, remembering his past life when he was a PersonOfMassDestruction.
* Excalibur in the KingArthur stories.
** How Almighty is a sword that breaks during the first war it's used in?
** Also, the scabbard was mightier than the sword.
** While Caliburn made a lot more sense, back when Arthur was the leader of a band of warriors, not a King with a bunch of knights, Excalibur ends up being mostly symbolic. Pulling it from the stone (a common theme throughout the stories, lots of knights pull swords out of stones) represents him being King by Divine Right, and being handed the new sword by the Lady of the Lake... is mostly included to make the two versions coexist, but fits in with Merlin's arch. Point is, most combat from Malory on has knights fighting with lances, halberds, and other more knightly weapons, and Arthur not actually using the sword to often (he is King, not a knight).
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword(+scabbard) KingArthur got from the Lady of the Lake never breaks. It's the sword he pulls from the stone (often called Caliburn) that breaks by itself because King Arthur is about to use it against the code of chivalry.
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; while their are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is probably the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
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* The best recurring weapon in ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'' (and usually the SwordOfPlotAdvancement) is the greatsword Demonslayer, both because of its high damage, and because a lot of the nastier boss monsters are demons. On the other hand, there are occasional one-off weapons that are more powerful (like Bloodthirster, a spear made by LizardFolk that does bonus damage to humans.)
* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games have had a bad case of this. There's always a long list of weapons available, with a variety of advantages and disadvantages, but swords always stand out as ''the best'' one way or the other. It was particularly bad in the first game, where the most powerful sword available (The Yoshitsune) had more attack-power than the most powerful axe (so much for being considered ''raw power'') AND had a range of 5 panels, far more than any other non-ranged weapon with none of their handicaps. On top of that, the sword's special-moves cover a wide variety of areas - from large fields to long lines - making them useful in a wide variety of situations (meanwhile, axes only have range-1 single-target specials). Later games tried to balance things. By the third game, it would be fair to say that swords aren't ahead by MUCH.
* As far as video games are concerned, both ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' and ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' helped codify this concept to a T, right down to having swords be ''the'' weapon type that helps strike down the BigBad (alongside some LastDiscMagic, of course).
** Averted by ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' with the Zodiac Spear, surpassed only by ''FFXII [[NoExportForYou International]]'''s invisible bow, the Seitengrate. In storyline terms, however, [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement the Sword of Kings and the Treaty Blade]] are still considered ultimate weapons for their ability to [[spoiler:sunder Nethicite]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the best weapon in the core game is between an Easter Egg long sword (the normal powered version is good too though), the main quest important hammer (which requires a special glove be worn with it so it doesn't kill you and drains your fatigue even if you have the glove) and a dagger that does 1.5 the damage of either, but needs to recharge after 11 hits. The limitations make the sword the best choice.
** The first expansion pack ups the power by giving you 2 unique uber swords that have 20-75 damage (plus 30 fire damage) and swing fast but no other high end weapons (oh and one of the swords [[spoiler:belonged to your previous incarnation]]). The 2nd expansion pack gives a spear that is blatantly inferior doing only 40-60 damage with some gimmicky enchantments that often backfire thanks to the reflect on high level foes (and is a two handed weapon!) that isn't very fast to attack with.
* In a somewhat meta example ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has the Saber class of Servant noted as being the strongest and having the best record in previous iterations of the Holy Grail War.
* Falchion, Durandal, Sol Katti, Ragnell, and Alondite in ''Franchise/FireEmblem''. All legendary weapons, only usable by one character each, and (often) the only weapon that can damage the final boss.
* In Creator/HamumuSoftware's ''VideoGame/KidMystic'', the Armageddon Sword is the strongest weapon you can get despite the fact the main character's WeaponOfChoice is a staff that shoots fireballs.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' intended to avert this, placing [[CarryABigStick clubs]] as the premiere weapons. The best available melee weapon over the course of a typical ascension will be a club. Though updates in recent years have added many swords comparable to the best clubs, they can't take advantage of the most powerful weapon skills -- unless the player has a special skill that enables them to grab them by the blade and wield them as clubs.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' allows your character to use a wide range of weapons, but in the end you are stuck with the SwordOfPlotAdvancement, even if you are a mage (thankfully the sword gives abilities more along the lines of "boost intelligence" and "more spells" if you are one).
* In ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', the only weapon that can be [[spoiler:infused with Mana Magic]] and therefore the only weapon that can harm the final boss is the sword.
* In pretty much every game in the ''Franchise/ShiningSeries'', the weapon with the most attack power is ''always'' a sword and only the hero (provided he's promoted to his Hero class) may wield it.
** Averted in the ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'' editions though, where the main character can be multiple classes.
* The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' has Soul Edge and Soul Calibur. The plot of the games is driven by the swords and those who seek them out. While Soul Edge and Soul Calibur can transform into other weapons to suit their wielders, their default forms are swords.
* The Material Blades in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''.
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* In season two of the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', guess what weapon is the symbol of the Immortal who originally defeated Shendu? Go on, guess! Hint: [[spoiler: It's the same kind of weapon that, when properly ensorcelled, Jackie used to both exorcize the demon from Valmont, and re-banish him to another dimension.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' treats the Sword of Omens as one such weapon. The EvilWeapon the Sword of Omens was forged to fight against is also a sword, namely the Sword of Plundaar.


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Content Reserve provides hosting, storage, management, and protection services for digital content in WMA, WMV, PDF, EPUB, PRC, and LIT formats. Audio and video content fulfilled from Content Reserve through an OverDrive channel is played in the proprietary OverDrive Media Console software, while the various eBook formats can be read in their respective readers (Adobe Reader, Adobe Digital Editions, Mobipocket Reader, and Microsoft Reader).
In the summer of 2008, OverDrive began offering management and fulfillment services for audio content in the MP3 format.[2]
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The 3 that I kept - sold the others in April plant sale - are all doing
fine in a somewhat raised bed. They've put on new growth but are still
short, about 10 inches high. This is normal. they'll shoot up soon
enough. there hasn't been a lot of sun to draw them upward yet. The
important thing is that they are in the ground. in the past if I kept
them in the pots too long they just sat there and moped. but once they
are in the ground they start growing. The cats keep nibbling on them
but won't be able to keep up with them. When they get taller I'll pin
some blades to the growund so they'll root new plants at the nodes.
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> Say Kitty,
> How is your purple fountain grass dong this year? Mine is alive,
> but not growing, kinda just there. Very strange.
> Donna
> > I find overwintering a bit of a guessing game. I always
> successfully
> > overwinter Purple Fountain Grass (Zone9-10) in the attached
> garage,
> > temps down to 45-50. But Persian Shield is a gamble out there,
> > sometimes makes it, sometimes not. So Persian Shield and
> Osteospurmum
> > overwinter as houseplants. I prefer to go the garage route
> because
> > cooler seems to coincide with dormancy, slower growth, less
> likelihood
> > of pests than indoors. Having no greenhouse, cold or warm, I
> just have
> > to take my chances.
> >
> > Kitty, Z5/6
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Changes in monoterpene mixing ratios during summer storms in rural New Hampshire (USA)
- DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11465-2011
Monoterpenes are an important class of biogenic hydrocarbons that influence ambient air quality and are a principle source of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). Emit- ted from vegetation, monoterpenes are a product of photo- synthesis and act as a response to a variety of environmental factors. Most parameterizations of monoterpene emissions are based on clear weather models that do not take into ac- count episodic conditions that can drastically change produc- tion and release rates into the atmosphere. Here, the monoter- pene dataset from the rural Thompson Farm measurement site in Durham, New Hampshire is examined in the context of a set of known severe storm events. While some storm systems had a negligible influence on ambient monoterpene mixing ratios, the average storm event increased mixing ra- tios by 0.59±0.21ppbv, a factor of 93% above pre-storm levels. In some events, mixing ratios reached the 10's of ppbv range and persisted overnight. These mixing ratios correspond to increases in the monoterpene emission rate, ranging from 120 to 1240 g km−2 h−1 compared to an esti- mated clear weather rate of 116 to 193 g km−2 h−1. Consid- ering the regularity of storm events over most forested areas, this could be an important factor to consider when modeling global monoterpene emissions and their resulting influence on the formation of organic aerosols.
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Dominant Thunder ends Spurs' winning streak
OKLAHOMA CITY — The streak is over. The series may only be beginning.
Kevin Durant scored 22 points, Thabo Sefolosha set playoff career-bests with 19 points and six steals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped San Antonio's 20-game winning streak by beating the Spurs, 102-82, in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night.
Oklahoma City closed its series deficit to 2-1 and will be host to Game 4 on Saturday night.
"We never thought these guys had an advantage over us even though we had lost a few," Durant said. "It was just good that we took it to 2-1. We didn't want to go down 0-3."
Sefolosha threw a wrench in the Spurs' well-oiled offense at the start, getting four steals in the first 3 minutes. The Spurs ended up committing a postseason-worst 21 turnovers and scoring their least points all season.
San Antonio had been averaging 109.4 points during its month-and-a-half winning streak and had been held to double digits only twice.
"We just played a good basketball game," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "We played with a lot of force, we played with good energy, but we played defensive-minded basketball.
"That's who we are. That's how we win."
Tony Parker and Stephen Jackson led the Spurs with 16 points apiece. Tim Duncan had 11 points on 5-for-15 shooting, taking 11 of San Antonio's first 25 shots as the offense went through the All-Star center instead of Parker.
"They played like it was a closeout game, both offensively and defensively," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They were very active, physical, they moved the ball well on offense. They did all those things better than we did. They beat us good."
The Spurs, who already set an NBA record for the longest winning streak carried over from the regular season into the playoffs, were trying to match the league mark for most wins to start the postseason. The Lakers won 11 straight to start the 1989 and 2001 playoffs, getting swept in the NBA finals the first time and winning it all the second.
The Spurs hadn't lost since April 11 against the Lakers at home.
"We are a prideful team. It's no fun being down 0-2. It's no fun," Brooks said. "But we weren't looking at the game thinking, `Oh my gosh, we have a chance to be down 0-3.' We were looking at the game that we have a chance to be 1-2 after this game, and I give our guys a lot of credit. They believe in each other and they always play hard for each other."
Parker and Duncan didn't play in the final 15 minutes, and Popovich pulled the plug after a series of three straight turnovers allowed the deficit to reach 23 points early in the fourth quarter.
Sefolosha had a right-handed dunk off a lob pass from Russell Westbrook, who followed with his own two-handed jam on an alley-oop pass and Sefolosha followed with a reverse layup on another turnover-fueled fast-break chance to push the lead to 86-63 with 9:48 left.
The Thunder put together another 9-0 run coinciding with Manu Ginobili coming out of the game, and featuring Serge Ibaka sticking his tongue out after nailing a jumper from the top of the key. Brooks soon followed suit and pulled his own front-line players with the game well in hand.
"You're not going to beat this team by playing one-effort basketball," Brooks said. "You're going to have to have two, three, four, even five. And they make you do that because they pass the ball so well, they spread the floor so well."
Popovich said the Thunder played harder and smarter than the Spurs.
"They did definitely play with a lot more energy, a lot more passion than us tonight," said Parker, who committed five turnovers.
The Spurs wiped out a 24-point deficit in Game 3 against the Clippers in Los Angeles in the last round, but they weren't recovering in this one.
San Antonio managed only 24 points in the paint after averaging 46 through the first two games of the series and 47.8 through the playoffs.
Oklahoma City already held a 28-8 scoring edge in the paint while taking a 54-41 halftime lead and it never got better for San Antonio, which couldn't get any closer than 11 points in the second half.
"We wanted to bounce back after two losses like that. We had to play better and we did that tonight," Sefolosha said. "We played with energy, we played with passion in front of our home crowd. They did a great job giving us a lift."
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If you go to Yorkshire this month and next, you will have a chance to see Henry Moores set alongside the latest outpourings of contemporary Africa. The contrast is fascinating, the new work pregnant with life, the Moores a solid measure by which we have come to judge other 20th-century sculpture.
The new works by African artists drawn from throughout the continent stand in the 18th-century landscaped grounds of Bretton Hall, Wakefield, better known as the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and a place to walk with Moore and Hepworth and Flanagan through bothy garden, hill garden, old trees, walls and hedges with the rolling drama of the West Riding landscape as a constant visual backdrop. Such a walk is often at its best in winter, when park, art and landscape is weighed down in snow and objects natural and artificial stand out in graphic relief.
Odd then, this week, to stand and gawp at sculptors like Noria Mabasa from South Africa and Adam Madebe from Zimbabwe carving fresh new African art in a landscape that, subjectively, looks best in Arctic conditions. The artists were here for the Park's International Sculpture Workshop and Exhibition (the workshop continues this weekend, the exhibition begins on 9 September), an inspired if curious venture that has brought a disparate tribe of important African artists to the north of England and got them to carve there, rather than asking them to exhibit work made at home.
But no matter how fascinating it is to see, say, Adam Madebe carve a voluptuous female torso that spells AFRICA in capital letters, do not expect to discover some new hybrid Anglo-African art. Influences cannot work that quickly, and what the African artists bring to Yorkshire are chinks of home.
In this sense, there is a little of the theme park here at Bretton Hall, watching talented people produce work that seems so out of context. In the end, though, this hardly matters, as the artist's vision is carried in the head and even though an artist may spend years away from their native home, they never go native as such. An artist like Magdalene Odundo, who, Kenyan-born, has lived and worked in southern England for many years, is considered to be one of this country's foremost potters, and yet she carries a vision of Africa (her particular vision of Africa) in her head and hands and you would rightly guess that either she was African or had made a brilliant job of assimilating a foreign culture.
This living show also serves to remind visitors, if they needed reminding, just how diverse Africa is. Who knows if what we see here is a representative sample of artworks nurtured in a sweep of countries that takes in Egypt (Gamal Abdel Nasser) and Morocco (Ikram Kabbaj) to the north, Nigeria (Ndidi Dike) to the west, Uganda (Francis Nnaggenda) in the centre and the Republic of South Africa (Duke Ketye and Noria Mabasa)? Clearly, there are very strong local or regional influences at work on some of the Yorkshire Africans, but equally there are those whose work defies the kind of comfortable categorisations we look for and rely on in museums.
What this show is not is an exhibition of African craft, so do not go along hoping to find the equivalent of Township folk art on the fringe of Wakefield. The artists are all prominent in their own countries and in many ways do not represent them in, say, the picture-book way that a pull-along Jumbo jet made of discarded Fanta cans spells Soweto.
What all the artists displayed, however, was a gloriously un-English lack of self-effacement. Here was art in the making without preciousness and charged with the very vitality that drew artists of Henry Moore's youth to Africa in the first place. Best of all, the artists were too engrossed with making lovely things than with theorising about what they were doing, so all one needed to do was to watch goggle-eyed as forms, familiar and fantastic, emerged from steady hands and eagle eyes. Since the Renaissance, much Western art has been executed in secret, including the stones of artists fascinated by Africa, yet apart from the spirit of African artists. In Yorkshire, the African artists may have been on show, but none of their individual sorcery or skill was lost.
The exhibition is a part of "africa95", a six-month season celebrating the arts and culture of Africa. The big, set-piece show is Africa: the Art of a Continent, opening soon at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The show will cover 1.6 million years of African art history, which gives you some idea of how naively European artists came to Africa when Henry Moore first took up stone carving.
International Sculpture Workshop and Exhibition, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Bretton, Wakefield, (01924 830302); to 29 Oct. Africa: the Art of a Continent, Royal Academy of Arts, London W1 (0171- 494 5676); 4 Oct to 21 Jan 1996
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Red Hat presented its Global Desktop to the general public in May this year with the aim of shifting the legacy desktop computing paradigm for a specific target group. According to Red Hat, users, requirements and technologies have changed so drastically in the past few years that the legacy desktop model can no longer satisfy demands and requirements. The Global Desktop will be looking to close the gap that has opened up between Microsoft's "Windows Starter Edition", a version of windows published for developing countries, and a full-fledged Vista installation. Starter Edition has too little in the line of functionality, says Red Hat, and Vista asks too much of the hardware. Despite this, Red Hat does not see the Redmond giant as its main competitor, but the free Linux distribution Ubuntu.
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Having taken the lead early in the fourth quarter, Solon was backed up deep in its own territory and forced to punt nursing a 21-17 margin. The Maquoketa Cardinals had the ball just on Solon's side of midfield with about six minutes left in the game.
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