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Is the Ricin Case Coming Apart?
So, if you remember, the feds zeroed in a bipolar Elvis impersonator down in Tupelo and Corinth, Mississippi who actually signed the letters with his own initials and a catchphrase he's used widely across the internet. He also has a weird obsession and conspiracy theory tied to the sale of body parts at a facility he used to work at, which may or may not be a paranoid fantasy.
But here's the problem. In the initial court hearing yesterday, the government conceded that in their initial search they found no evidence of ricin or the production of ricin. And a search of Curtis's computers similarly found no evidence of trying to find information about ricin or anything else clearly related to the case.
Now, they're still looking for evidence and maybe they'll find it. And perhaps he just covered his tracks well. But that's a level of tradecraft that seems somewhat beyond the interest level and abilities of someone who seems rather hapless in general and actually signed his name to the letters.
Even the government seemed less than fully convincing when pressed on whether they stil believed in their case. "Given the right mindset and the Internet and the acquisition of material, other people could be involved. However, given information right now, we believe we have the right individual," said FBI Agent Brandon Grant in yesterday's hearing
And it gets better. Curtis' lawyer has an alternative suspect: a guy named Everett Dutschke, with whom Curtis is allegedly engaged in a feud. Dutschke denies all involvement. But the FBI was apparently at least interested enough to check on Dutschke themselves.
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"I categorically deny it," he told the Daily Journal about 4:15 p.m., a few hours after a break in a federal court proceeding to present evidence against Kevin Curtis."I met the guy on two occasions," Dutschke said in a telephone conversation. "I wasn't going to be pulled into his fantasy world."
He did, however, admit he met with the FBI last Thursday, saying agents came to his house and he gave them permission to search it.
Dutschke said he had worked with Curtis' brother, Jack, but not with Kevin.
"He almost had my sympathy," the former legislative candidate said, alluding to his own legal problems with three Lee County indictments against him on fondling charges.
He also admitted to what he termed a brief confrontation with Curtis in 2010, claiming Curtis posted a Mensa certificate on his MySpace site. Dutschke said it was a fraud and ultimately was removed.
Curtis' hearing resumes today.


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DS Tap dancing....your views?
(29 Posts)my ds 3.3 has recently started a tap/ballet class where they alternate each week.....he loves it out of 10 kids there are 3 boys...i think it is really helping his co ordination and also to have an element of control whilst running around and his memory is being improved recalling steps etc....
but yet i am getting a lot of stick from other parents about how he shouldnt be doing it as he is a boy...
i will continue to let him pursue it as long as he wants to and shows an interest,,,,
what do other parents think would you let your son tap dance??
DS1 and DS3 started ballet together aged 10 and 6, and stayed there until DS1 went off to university. There were lots of boys in their ballet school but only 3 in their class.
Princess, I'd just let him get on with it, give him as much encouragement as possible and don't worry about other parents and their views, as long as he is happy that is all that matters!
DS wishes he'd done it from 3. He's started this year at 14, and though he loves it, it's a tough call to try to catch up.
If he loves it and he is making some progress , that is all that counts surely. He is only 3. Shame you are getting a lot of flack about it. I suppose you will have to learn to block that before they get into their stride, cut them off at the outset.
My ds is 9 and has passed primary and grade one tap and ballet with honours. He loves both classes. He is the only boy, he used to go to an all boys class but we moved and there isn't all boys here, he doesn't care.
He also does hip hop, breaking and street and recently auditioned for got to dance.
Tell them to mind their own business, in our old school, ds was with the older teens and young men and their shows were awesome
Stick with it. boys that dance have a hard time from a few idiots. but they seem to do pretty well in primary school PE and if they still dance as teens the girls love it.
Obviously I am biased... my DS started dance age 2.5 and is still dancing age 6.9 he has only just started tap/ step class ( was doing ballet and creative dance) but enjoys it lots.
DS has had the odd stupid comment from classmates, but generally I can "hear " the bigoted dad being parroted when DS tells me what they said.
You are lucky to find a tap class, like hens teeth round here they are tsk.
(I see the other one regularly at DS's rugby club. I often wonder which one he prefers.)
There are two boys in DD1's ballet class.
One has played Billy Elliot in the West End.
I bet his mother's glad she didn't discourage him!
DameMargot - sorry, stressy evening with the dc and am being over sensitive
Adam garcia nuff said.
of course i was talking about the other kids' parents ya dafty
Or perhaps your comment wasn't aimed at me?
DameMargot - I'm not sure what you are saying. Are you suggesting we influenced ds2 to stop dancing? He saw other boys leave and that put him off.
Of course if other boys had said to him - don't go dancing it's for girls - well yes that would stem from the parents. As I said it wasn't strictly peer pressure as he just didn't want to be the only boy in the dance class.
give over, kids don't think like this 'naturally'
it stems from adults
seriously? there are ADULTS who think like this????
i could maybe understand other 6yr old boys maybe thinking like this but i can't believe other adults would say that boys shouldn't be allowed to dance
Damemargot I can assure you it was partly down to peer pressure that my ds2 gave up. He started dance classes in reception, specifically tap in year 1 and gave up at end of year 2 - so he was just 7 as a young one in the year. By then he was the only boy left and this bothered him. Perhaps not peer pressure as such, but the lack of any other boys dancing.
bollocks is it peer pressure at that age, it comes from the parents
if your DC gave out that crap, wouldn't you teach them otherwise? of course you would, it's the ones who aren't corrected that are spouting it.
I went to an arts high school and there were a few male dancers. A couple of them were gay, but the straight ones loved hanging out with all the girls in skin tight outfits .
Such a shame about the peer pressure influence. If it were Break Dance/Street Jazz, at his age a boy would be admired by his peers.
Of course you should encourage him to persue all his interests , and he may be the next Michael Baryshnikov famous ballet dancer who has a daughter by a famous actress, Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly even.
Good Luck to him.
Ds has done ballet since he was 2yo, (he's now 5.6yo) and has just decided to give up because of comments from children. Parents think it's great.
he's going to try tap dancing next term instead, but thinks he might go back to ballet at some point.
Really? My ds2 did tap for a few years about 8 years ago. There were several boys in the class. The only comments I ever got from other parents were along the lines of how lovely, I wish I could persuade my ds to dance. He also loved to wear pink. He gave it up and carried on with football <sigh>. I much preferred dropping him at tap class than standing at the edge of a freezing pitch!
I think he gave up (about age 6) when he realised it was mainly girls - peer pressure in other words.
Well of course it is extremely dangerous as he will catch gay.
You aren't really posting this shit, are you?
Ds1 took ballet from 2.
Tell your pathetic friends to grow up and let your kids do what they want.
Ds took tap at around 5, alongside ballet. He dropped it after a term as he was finding it too hard (I assume it's a baby tap class - most have an age limit of 5 or 6 for a full tap class), but he carried on with ballet.
Dd1 is a competitive tapper. Ds1 wishes he's carried on with it now. He might give it another go.
Yes, I would let my sons dance. My brother went to tap and modern classes from the age of 6 'till he left for the army at 16. There were only 2 boys in the class but he enjoyed himself and was never teased about it.
what a load of shite - seriously OP tell them to fuck off and mind their own
adults who put their own pathetic views across like that don't deserve head space
if he's enjoying it, take him.
fwiw, DDs dance classes have more and more boys joining - it's awesome to see them all dancing together, somewhere where they can just enjoy the music and getting along without this arseholing gender separation gobshite
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Cats who are infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) may not show symptoms until years after the initial infection occurred. Although the virus is slow-acting, a cat's immune system is severely weakened once the disease takes hold. This makes the cat susceptible to various secondary infections. Infected cats who receive supportive medical care and are kept in a stress-free, indoor environment can live relatively comfortable lives for months to years before the disease reaches its chronic stages.
Many people confuse FIV with feline leukemia virus (FeLV). Although these diseases are in the same retrovirus family and cause many similar secondary conditions FeLV and FIV are different diseases.
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An FIV-infected cat may not show any symptoms for years. Once symptoms do develop, however, they may continually progress -or a cat may show signs of sickness interspersed with health for years. If your cat is demonstrating any of the following symptoms, please have examined by your veterinarian:
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Steamboat Springs Steamboat Springs' current U.S. Ski Team star, Todd Lodwick, took first in the Nordic Combined World Cup competition in Norway, securing America's best hope for a gold in the 2002 Winter Olympics in this event.
In Lillehammer, Norway, Lodwick, who in recent years has been best known for his superior cross-country racing skills, stunned the field of the world's best Nordic Combined athletes Saturday by winning the 90-meter jumping event with 195.5 points to set the tone for the weekend.
Lodwick jumped 80 and 83 meters, topping Finn Jaakko Tallus' jumps of 84.5 and 78 meters, worth 190.5 points.
The jumping event was moved from the 120-meter jump to the 90-meter jump because of heavy snow.
The second leg of the Nordic Combined competition, a 15-kilometer cross-country ski race, was held Sunday in Beitostolen, Norway. Lodwick's winning jumps earned him a 25-second start over Tallus and a 93-second start over World Cup champion Felix Gottwald of Austria. In 18-degree weather, the American led the field the entire way, increasing his lead in the first 2 kilometers of the race. Lodwick crossed the finish line 1:11.7 in front of second-place finisher Gottwald.
"I wanted to go out at about 80 percent and see how I felt," Lodwick said, "but at 2 Ks I was up 1:55 and I figured I was in good shape and I backed off. After not feeling 100 percent (a week earlier because of sickness) in Kuopio (Finland), this feels really good.
"I wish all the World Cups were like this. I won last year in Steamboat by 40 seconds and won the first time (December 1995) by more than a minute, but then it was a second and a half in Schonach (January 1998) and another sprint at the end in Holmenkollen (1998), so this was more fun," Lodwick told reporters in Norway.
During the past two seasons, Lodwick, a two-time Olympian, struggled with his jumping after previously being among the best Nordic Combined jumpers in the world.
This fall he took a few months off from skiing to refresh and refocus before winter World Cup events. Now, with new skis and boots, Lodwick said he feels confident. In the past three World Cup competitions, Lodwick has placed seventh, sixth and first.
"I took a two-month break and found a new head (mental approach). These weren't the best conditions, certainly not optimal, but you take what you can get," Lodwick said Saturday after jumping. "It's been snowing all week, so you just have to ignore the conditions because it's tough for everyone. Definitely, the head played a big role today. They were average jumps, distance-wise, but in these conditions, they were good."
Bill Demong may have fallen prey to the conditions in the first round of jumping. He landed his first try at only 63.5 meters, ranking him 40th after the first round. But Demong found his legs in the second round, nailing a 87.5-meter jump, the longest in the second round.
That effort moved him up to 10th after jumping and eventually led to Demong finishing 12th after the cross-country ski race.
Johnny Spillane was in 28th place after jumping but didn't compete in the cross-country race because of illness.
Lodwick celebrates his first World Cup win this season and his fifth since he has been competing. After three events this season, he sits fourth overall, with 265 points. Germany's Ronny Ackermann is leading the field with 345 points and Gottwald and Kristian Hammer of Norway are tied for second with 345 points. Demong is 18th with 95 points and Spillane is 32nd with 45 points.
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You've seen it in movies: A girl walks through an isolated parking garage. Suddenly, an evil-looking guy jumps out from behind an SUV. Girl jabs bad guy in the eyes with her keys — or maybe she kicks him in a certain sensitive place. Either way, while he's squirming, she leaps into her car and speeds to safety.
That's the movies. Here's the real-life action replay: When the girl goes to jab or kick the guy, he knows what's coming and grabs her arm (or leg), pulling her off balance. Enraged by her attempt to fight back, he flips her onto the ground. Now she's in a bad place to defend herself — and she can't run away.
Many people think of self-defense as a karate kick to the groin or jab in the eyes of an attacker. But self-defense actually means doing everything possible to avoid fighting someone who threatens or attacks you. Self-defense is all about using your smarts — not your fists.
Use Your Head
People (guys as well as girls) who are threatened and fight back "in self-defense" actually risk making a situation worse. The attacker, who is already edgy and pumped up on adrenaline — and who knows what else — may become even more angry and violent. The best way to handle any attack or threat of attack is to try to get away. This way, you're least likely to be injured.
One way to avoid a potential attack before it happens is to trust your instincts. Your intuition, combined with your common sense, can help get you out of trouble. For example, if you're running alone on the school track and you suddenly feel like you're being watched, that could be your intuition telling you something. Your common sense would then tell you that it's a good idea to get back to where there are more people around.
De-Escalating a Bad Situation
Attackers aren't always strangers who jump out of dark alleys. Sadly, teens can be attacked by people they know. That's where another important self-defense skill comes into play. This skill is something self-defense experts and negotiators call de-escalation.
De-escalating a situation means speaking or acting in a way that can prevent things from getting worse. The classic example of de-escalation is giving a robber your money rather than trying to fight or run. But de-escalation can work in other ways, too. For example, if someone harasses you when there's no one else around, you can de-escalate things by agreeing with him or her. You don't have to actually believe the taunts, of course, you're just using words to get you out of a tight spot. Then you can redirect the bully's focus ("Oops, I just heard the bell for third period"), and calmly walk away from the situation.
Something as simple as not losing your temper can de-escalate a situation. Learn how to manage your own anger effectively so that you can talk or walk away without using your fists or weapons.
Although de-escalation won't always work, it can only help matters if you remain calm and don't give the would-be attacker any extra ammunition. Whether it's a stranger or someone you thought you could trust, saying and doing things that don't threaten your attacker can give you some control.
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Another part of self-defense is doing things that can help you stay safe. Here are some tips from the National Crime Prevention Council and other experts:
- Understand your surroundings. Walk or hang out in areas that are open, well lit, and well traveled. Become familiar with the buildings, parking lots, parks, and other places you walk. Pay particular attention to places where someone could hide — such as stairways and bushes.
- Avoid shortcuts that take you through isolated areas.
- If you're going out at night, travel in a group.
- Make sure your friends and parents know your daily schedule (classes, sports practice, club meetings, etc.). If you go on a date or with friends for an after-game snack, let someone know where you're going and when you expect to return.
- Check out hangouts. Do they look safe? Are you comfortable being there? Ask yourself if the people around you seem to share your views on fun activities — if you think they're being reckless, move on.
- Be sure your body language shows a sense of confidence. Look like you know where you're going and act alert.
- When riding on public transportation, sit near the driver and stay awake. Attackers are looking for vulnerable targets.
- Carry a cell phone if possible. Make sure it's programmed with your parents' phone number.
- Be willing to report crimes in your neighborhood and school to the police.
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The best way — in fact the only way — to prepare yourself to fight off an attacker is to take a self-defense class. We'd love to give you all the right moves in an article, but some things you just have to learn in person.
A good self-defense class can teach you how to size up a situation and decide what you should do. Self-defense classes can also teach special techniques for breaking an attacker's grasp and other things you can do to get away. For example, attackers usually anticipate how their victim might react — that kick to the groin or jab to the eyes, for instance. A good self-defense class can teach you ways to surprise your attacker and catch him or her off guard.
One of the best things people take away from self-defense classes is self-confidence. The last thing you want to be thinking about during an attack is, "Can I really pull this self-defense tactic off?" It's much easier to take action in an emergency if you've already had a few dry runs.
A self-defense class should give you a chance to practice your moves. If you take a class with a friend, you can continue practicing on each other to keep the moves fresh in your mind long after the class is over.
Check out your local YMCA, community hospital, or community center for classes. If they don't have them, they may be able to tell you who does. Your PE teacher or school counselor may also be a great resource.
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A divided federal appeals court struck down California's concealed weapons rules on Thursday, saying they are in violation of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. By a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said California was wrong to require applicants to show "good cause" to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Under current state law, "good cause" must typically go beyond personal safety.
"The right to bear arms includes the right to carry an operable firearm outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense," Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain wrote in the opinion for the majority.
Judge Sidney Thomas dissented, writing that the "good cause" requirement limited the number of people carrying concealed handguns in public to those legitimately in need.
"It limits the risk to public safety by reducing the number of guns in public circulation, but allows those who will most likely need to defend themselves in public to carry a handgun," Thomas wrote.
The majority disagreed with other federal appeals courts that have upheld similar laws in New York, New Jersey and Maryland. The decision did agree with an appellate court in Illinois, however, which struck down that state's absolute ban on concealed weapons in public. The split among courts increases the chance that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue.
Awarding concealed weapon permits is the responsibility of each of California's 58 counties, which have to follow state rules for that process. The San Francisco-based appeals court said those requirements were too strict and ran afoul of a 5-4 landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2008 that struck down a Washington, D.C., handgun ban and said law-abiding citizens are allowed to have handguns in their home for self-defense.
The appeals court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit filed in 2009 by Edward Peruta, who challenged San Diego County's denial of a concealed weapons permit.
KQED's Charla Bear spoke with both Larry Rosenthal, a professor of law at Chapman University, and with Chuck Michel, who represents the National Rifle Association.
The ruling, said Rosenthal, would allow concealed weapons permits to be "issued the same way driver's licenses are issued." That, though, won't happen tomorrow.
Michel noted that inevitably the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually decide the issue of concealed weapons; it's just a question of if they'll hear this particular case on the topic. In the meantime, the decision is likely to be appealed and, even if upheld, won't affect day-to-day permitting until it goes into effect.
What effect that will have is a topic of much debate.
Rosenthal argued that this ruling would make it "extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the police to act preventively when they see people carrying guns in public or in criminal hotspots." That can make it particularly challenging for law enforcement officers in urban settings, he said, because they will not as easily be able to distinguish between criminals and those carrying concealed weapons legally.
But, Michel, said that absolutely isn't true.
The problem isn't the people who are getting concealed weapons permits legally, he said, but those criminals who wouldn't be going through the state process anyway. In 42 states that already allow concealed weapons permits without restrictions, "it just hasn't turned out to be a problem," he said. In each of these places there have been fears about increases in gun violence or crime. "Those have just turned out to be hysterical predictions that didn't come true," he said.
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Groovin' to the oldies at Big Kahuna's Luau as Chicago gets bested by Earth, Wind & Fire again
Why does the venerable yet never invigorating classic attraction Chicago persist on headlining gigs where it gets routinely showed up by far more fired-up peers?
I've seen rockers as fluffy but energetic as Huey Lewis & the News top such a big horn-zapped band, one you'd think would pack more punch. And I don't doubt that the Doobie Brothers -- a bike-rally fave who for years now has re-focused on heavier early (and later) stuff, not lighter Michael McDonald fare -- will make what follows them seem puny when they appear together June 16 at Gibson Amphitheatre.
Surely the Chicago gang has noticed how audiences sometimes drift away halfway into their sets, leaving them either gazing politely or exiting early to beat parking-lot traffic ... right?
Yet both things – getting bested and early exits -- happened again Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, where oldies radio giant K-EARTH staged its latest parade of past stars, Big Kahuna's Luau.
First, the consistently fantastic Earth, Wind & Fire -- to this day a mighty force of funk and perfectly polished soul -- gave yet another highly crowd-rousing performance, paced by infectiously enthusiastic (and wicked) bassist Verdine White (left), ringleader to an 11-man rhythm circus that is rarely motionless.
The Hall of Famers jammed and soothed almost without pause through an hour of its very best material: burning grooves like "Shining Star" and their version of the Beatles' "Got to Get You into My Life" and the Latin sway and pull of "Fantasy," plus the nostalgic joy of "September" and huge party-starters like "Boogie Wonderland" and "Let's Groove," among others.
Only when Phillip Bailey, a little more than a year away from 60, proved once again what it means to really sing sky-high on "Reasons" did the crowd sit down. Even then, by the finish, when he was making Mariah Carey's dog-whistle seem as powerful as a whisper, they were leaping out of their seats to applaud.
By contrast, Chicago strolled on all squeaky-clean and '80s bland -- and delivered one of the dreariest openings from an oldies act I've ever seen. "Dialogue" was a weak choice for a first-up classic, then came the gloppy "Alive Again" (about as appealingly anthemic as "We Built This City"), placed early in the set so that keysman-vocalist Robert Lamm could explain how the group is currently touring in partnership with the American Cancer Society.
One of their fund-raising schemes: top bidders on their site get to come on stage and sing "If You Leave Me Now" with the band.
Not just a verse or a chorus, by the way. The whole damn song.
What a wretched idea for such a good cause; I don't even wanna hear Peter Cetera replacement Jason Scheff do that, let alone some contest winner incapable of carrying a tune. Yet what could you do but applaud the tall schmo who soldiered through it valiantly yet horribly? He looked like he wanted it to stop a lot sooner, too.
Mostly I just wanted Chicago's set to end sooner after such a baffling beginning.
With only an hour to play, the group opted not to wow with smash after smash, amid which the sappy stuff ("Hard Habit to Break," "You're the Inspiration") might not have seemed so tedious. Instead, those softer hits came soon after the charity bit, interrupted only by a more potent piece, "Make Me Smile" -- and also a pitch for the band's revamped Web site. What a misstep. It took nearly half of Chicago's set for the group just to get warmed up -- by which time I gave up and noted their final selections while walking to my car.
As for the rest of the evening's offerings:
The Stylistics were a real treat, super-smoothly making choreographed moves for a half-hour of timeless romantic gems and one not-bad new one, "That Same Way." Original member Airrion Love is a bit rough and off-meter in his phrasing when taking the lead (then again, so is Phillip Bailey), but Eban Brown is a terrific replacement for the distinctive high-pitched mewl of Russell Thompkins Jr. on staples like "You Are Everything," "Stone in Love" and "Betcha By Golly Wow."
And Felix Caveliere's Rascals, featuring no other original members, is strictly a Vegas revue act.
Caveliere can still sing "Groovin'" and "Lonely Too Long" quite well, and his keys work is sharp when he sticks to organ (he gets sloppy on piano). But he has no solid high vocalist in his group, and half of his short set was filled with snippets of others' songs (plenty of Sly Stone and the Temptations but also, and kinda embarrassingly, Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean").
Better in a bar after many beers, I figure -- as would be the case with Ms. Evelyn "Champagne" King, who works hard for the money (right, not her song) and can still get bodies moving with "Shame" (that's her big one).
Photos by Christine Cotter, for The Orange County Register.
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Stockings for Sept and Oct
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The patterns are written and handed off to the printer. We still have another proofing process to go through and then they will be printed. The projected completion date is next Friday and will ship out to the distributors then. This means they will be in the shops in about 2 - 2 1/2 weeks. Loose feathers will follow a couple of weeks after the stocking patterns. We are a little behind....but will catch up someday....not sure exactly when that will be, but we are always hopeful!
Don't forget the drawing will be on Monday morning.
Friday morning, Barb and I will leave for Spring Green, WI. We are driving to Country Sampler to teach a quilting class. The project is a long harvest table runner. Maggie Bonanomi and Stacy Nash will be there too. Hope to see you there! I think the shop will be decorated for Christmas, so we can hardly wait to see.
Until later!
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- AnonymousNovember 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
The new stocking are wonderful as usual. Can't wait to get the charts. The Halloween ones are coming along as is the project from Va. Beach. Have a great, safe trip and enjoy WI. Nancy in VA
ReplyDelete - AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Congratulations on another wonder stocking group for the series.
What fun to have a class with other terrific designers!!
Pam R. - AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Thanks for the tutorial on the angler - always wondered how it worked. Now I want one. Hope to win.
Terry in So. Calif. - AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM
I LOVE this stocking series. Don't worry about the delay as I am just catching up on the previous ones! I would LOVE to see a Valentine set like the Halloween set. Think about it!!! Thank you for a wonderful stitch.
ReplyDelete Wonderful stockings, I love the little stockings, it has been so many years since I have stitched something that really I am a beginner...still... so they are fun giving gifts.
Have a wonderful time in Green Spring...some day I will make one of the many events you teach at, until then I can dream.


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State Rep. Scott Conklin, a Democrat from Centre County, will propose legislation Tuesday that would remove the Penn State University president and the governor as voting members of the university's board of trustees.
The legislation is also expected to propose reducing the number of voting trustees from 32 to 21 and to make Penn State subject to the state Right To Know law.
The recommendations come from a 124-page report issued by state Auditor General Jack Wagner last month and are aimed at tightening governance of the university in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.
Sandusky, a retired assistant football coach, was convicted in June of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. He is serving a 30-to-60 year prison sentence.
Tor Michaels, chief of staff to Rep. Conklin, said the representative hopes to make Penn State "a full partner in these discussions as we move forward."
Penn State Spokesman David LaTorre said: "The university welcomes Rep. Conklin's input."
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Jim Jefferies
Date Of Birth: 14/02/1977
Born in Perth, Western Australia, Jim Jefferies trained as an opera singer before turning to stand-up. He has appeared in festivals across the world as well as TV stand-up shows. In 2007, he was punched on stage at the Manchester Comedy Store, and the video of the incident became a worldwide hit o the internet.
He supported Dennis Leary at the new York comedy festival the same year; and the following year landed a pilot sitcom with Paramount Comedy. He was nominated for best headliner in the 2008 Chortle awards.
He was born Jeffries but had to add an 'e' to hs surname to avoid confusion with an American performer of the same name.
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After the weekend warm-up acts of Kylie and Blur, London's Hyde Park has now been given over to the comedians. Albeit with once caveat: no swearing until sundown, the Royal Park wardens forbid it.
The rule is to protect impressionable ears outside the arena's steel walls, not Jim Jefferies fans within it, who must be inured to the explicit, brutal way he tramples over sensitivities by now.
We kick straight off with the sort of rape jokes that have got him into plenty of hot water before, suggesting Bill Cosby's alleged crimes are 'not the worst sort of rape'. This is the sort of stuff he really oughtn't to be saying; which is, of course, why Jefferies says it, and with the knowing sideways snigger of the attention-seeking schoolboy within him. But it's dangerous being a shock comic these days, he needs to put in a note of justification: 'I have to assume people don't take this at face value,' he says. 'It's not a TED talk.' As if that would stop the protest letters he gets.
Still, it's not entirely provocative for the sake of it. What's worse, he argues, to swear and tell dirty jokes but not be a sexual predator; or have Cosby's clean-cut avuncular image while behaving much worse off-stage.
Of course Jefferies is no role model, that becomes abundantly clear as the set goes on. But the most offensive lines are funny precisely because they are so transgressive, although as always with this sort of material there's always a nagging doubt it normalises an aggressive banter that, outside the safe space of a comedy gig, can be nasty and intimidating. In context, though – and context is everything – it certainly works.
It would also be wrong to dismiss Jefferies merely as an offensive comic. Though that's the most powerful tool in his arsenal, he is also a compelling storyteller when the need arises. The core of this show is about his well-intentioned but sometimes cock-eyed attempts at parenting. From the ante-natal classes to a particularly gruesome description of toilet training, it's obvious he's not the naturally paternal type.
There's an edge of social commentary, too, as he raises issues such as the disproven but persistent belief that vaccination is linked to autism, or the hypocrisy about prostitution in the 'land of the free'. A recent routine of his about gun control has recently gone viral in the wake of the Charleston shooting, although he only references it here by mentioning the vicious gun lobby backlash that surprised even him, no stranger to dividing opinion.
He's among friends here, though, to the extent that there's a potent cult of personality amid some of the audience. When he calls religion idiotic, there are whoops of support a politician would be pleased to get at a rally speech, even without him saying anything more interesting. It's a disconcertingly slavish reaction… even though it's the same fandom that cuts him some slack to digress on topics such as rating men and women's attractiveness on a ten-point scale without needing a gag every 30 seconds.
A more laid-back approach, counterintuitively, seems to suit an outdoor music festival setting more than a bigger rock-star approach. For the vibe is more relaxed, people sitting on the grass, wandering freely to the bar, food stalls and toilets, checking their phones, having their own conversations – all far more freely than in a theatre setting.
So when host Andrew Maxwell says, apropos of nothing, 'The worst thing about buggery on the high seas is…' there's almost no reaction, where you'd expect a more attentive audience to react to the sudden, surreal gear change. Still Maxwell's genial rabble-rousing was enough to get the crowd focussed on the stage.
Newly clean-shaven Glenn Wool has the same overdramatic style as Maxwell, and has a nicely wry ice-breaker about his Hollywood dreams turning sour, typical of his witty, playful style behind the imposing delivery. But a long routine about Jesus being a prophet in the Koran, though founded on an excellent joke, floundered slightly as he lost sections of the audience in the more digressive sections, including a convoluted story about his trip to Ho Chi Minh City, which dilute the impact of its payoff.s
Katherine Ryan revealed one of her comedy role models quickly, opening with a far-from-deferential gag about Joan Rivers's death, which the queen of mean herself would surely have appreciated. The ensuing set offered an appealing mix of celebrity sniping – the former Cheryl Cole bearing a heavy brunt of the jokes – and astute social commentary, not least when it comes to social hypocrisy. She's certainly a comic who's on her game, winning over Jefferies's more laddish than average crowd.
And what Ryan did for sexism, opening act Jamali Maddix did for racism. It's been just over a year since I first saw him, in a Manchester halls of residence heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award, last year, a title which he went on to win. And despite his relative inexperience, he seems at home on such a big stage, casually swigging a beer as he counters the 'Bin Laden' heckles he gets in the streets and other everyday racism. He ends with a zig-zagging routine that he says contains the essence of his comedy: economic commentary, race, and a bit of dick-sucking.
Jefferies's audience would certainly appreciate that cocktail.
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'rest', or 'club'. There is - especially in London - an institution called 'a gentleman's* club'. It's a mixture of a hotel and a social club. They date from the time when Society required somewhere to live in London for a few months. For the rest of the year people might have a house in the countryside. If business required a day or two in London (or in the case of the Houses of Parliament - where both the House of Commons and the House of Lords sit for only 4 and half days), people would stay at their club. So all these are possible:
I need to be in Town for a few days - I'll be staying at the club.
After my two meetings in the morning, I'll have a rest at the club before the three in the afternoon.
He's been in the club for several years, and he'll stay in the club for the rest of his life. [This refers to a simple social club - for example, a gardening club. And beware: 'in the club' can also mean 'pregnant'; so you have to be very careful that it's clear which club you mean if you say 'She's in the club'.]
*Since the mid '60s, there have been clubs that admit women members (and even - for all I know - women-only clubs). But in the hey-day of such establishments, their members were men.
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Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012, 5:30 pm
Romney-Rosen Firestorm Is Reminder: We Need to Redefine Gender Justice
It's almost poetic that this year's Equal Pay Day—the one day of the year when Americans are supposed to reflect on the value (and undervaluing) of women's work—coincides with the media firestorm surrounding the American stay-at-home-mom. The "controversy" over Ann Romney's decision to stay home rather than work a "regular" job should highlight some of the continuing struggles of women to be valued and respected for their work, in and out of the home.
But the partisan proxy war waged over the mommy question only underscores the country's lacking vocabulary when it comes to discussing the totality of social and economic barriers facing women. Pay discrimination, domestic violence, attacks on reproductive rights, overlapping oppressions facing women of color—it's misleading to try to lump all these issues together into a blanket term like "woman problem," but there is one persistent theme: society's fear of women controlling their own lives.
The distorted framing of the debate is captured in Mitt Romney's contradictory comments about forcing mothers receiving public assistance into the labor force—in order to instill in them the "dignity of work." This myopic binary between women of poverty and women of privilege reflects the evolution of the federal welfare state throughout the 20th century.
Poor women, who evidently lack dignity, must redeem themselves through work, while the apparently inborn dignity of their affluent counterparts allows them to embody feminine virtue by staying within the domestic sphere. And if they volunteer to climb the career ladder, they're vaunted as supermoms.
Part of this mentality stems from a reactionary, often racialized construction of the "deserving" versus the "undeserving" poor. The argument is also steeped in the corrosive cultural assumption that poor women's social value derives from their labor or reproductive capacity, not their humanity, intellect or relationships.
The counterpoint to Ann Romney's domestic sainthood is the right's fictional "welfare queen," the unwed mother who supposedly leeches off the state with abandon and embodies corrupt, uncontrollable fertility.
And that's where the "dignity of work" comes in, to discipline the unruly woman and keep her in her place, safely below the poverty line. Neoliberals like Newt Gingrich have sought to broaden the attack on poor women by advocating for the use of the child welfare as a punitive tool, sweeping kids into state custody to "rescue" them from disadvantaged mothers and their communities. So much for family values.
Zerlina Maxwell remarks on the racial and class inflection of terms like "stay at home mom" at Feministing:
While a certain level of economic success allows for these women to stay at home with their kids instead of also bringing in money to support their families and put food on the table, I would be very hard pressed to find anyone, particularly on the right, praising a woman of color for being a "stay at home" mom. I hear a lot of "welfare queen" language or that our current president is a "food stamp" president but nothing about how wonderful it is that so many women of color are choosing to stay home and raise their kids. More likely women of color who are "stay at home" moms would be viewed as "lazy" or "poor role models" for their children.
But the extremely poor don't have families—not the way the affluent do. The mother of color raising her kids alone, in a dilapidated public housing complex, won't be sharing the spotlight with mommy-in-chief Ann Romney anytime soon.
Poor mothers don't necessarily want public accolades; they're just trying to survive and earn a meaningful living. But society doesn't recognize the incredible dignity they display every day as they brave economic disenfranchisement, living a reality that's probably not intimately familiar either to Ann Romney or Hilary Rosen.
And some of the hardest-working women don't even get proper recognition under the law, much less the political arena. In sectors like domestic work and home-based health care, women, many of them poor women of color, lack basic protections against labor abuses. These include women who actually serve dual roles of wage work and home work: as they struggle to support their own families, they labor for relatively privileged parents, who can pay for services that "liberate" them to pursue out-of-home careers.
The question we should be asking is not whether domestic caregiving is more or less important than wage work—they're both crucial, and crucially different. The question is which women have the privilege of choice, because too often, decisions of work and home are made for them, without their consent. That gender gap in personal autonomy and freedom may be more detrimental to feminist struggles than economic or employment disparities.
The deficit in opportunities for women isn't so much about who's working and where, as it is about who has the power to be heard—in the kitchen, in the office, on the unemployment line or on Capitol Hill.
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Janelle Arthur's star shone brightly during this past season of "American Idol."
The Oliver Springs native, who made it to the top five on the televised talent-show-style program, will next showcase her country pipes at the legendary Grand Ole Opry.
She'll perform at the Opry House at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 19.
"She's really excited. She put on Facebook she has been wanting to sing on the Grand Ole Opry since she was 4 years old," said Judy Arthur, Janelle's proud mother.
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Point/Counterpoint - Small Laptops vs. Large Laptops
Kyle Rankin is VP of engineering operations at Final, Inc., the author of many books including Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks, DevOps Troubleshooting and The Official Ubuntu Server Book, and a columnist for Linux Journal. Follow him @kylerankin
Netbooks For The Mass Market
The majority of computer users are light. This means they use their laptop for simple tasks - email, web, music, word documents. For these people a netbook is perfect. Portable and cheap, it appeals to the masses. With larger hard drives and bigger battery lives, the netbook specifications are improving constantly and this is being reflected in the amount of sales.
Pocket or Bag
I say it either fits in your pocket, or it doesn't. If it's a pocket gadget, the smaller/thinner the better. If you have to carry a bag anyway, who cares how big or heavy it is? The weight/size range laptops fall into should be easy enough for any healthy human to carry without much effort.
Netbooks will roam the earth
I just want to say I'm on kyle side. Ever since i got my eeepc, i dont worry about those bulky things. Far more as a linux user most of my stuff dont require a huge footprint so i can always remain priductive under a low powered laptop.
last year i went to europe only on my eeepc, external portable harddrive and my nokia N800. the configuration was solid.
never had any issue, and the quick boot was all so appreciated.
Netbooks will roam the earth.
Why not use both worlds
Why don't you try a mixed solution?
There are nice 13 inch laptops with 1.4 kg, with full processing power, nice ram amount and large disk.
I don't know if you ever tried one of these but I've got a Sony Vaio SZ5XN and I love it. Usually on my personal budget I save some money to buy a new laptop every year, but I've this one for almost 2 and I'm not thinking in changing.
I use it for working in the office, at home, and traveling. The only thing i bought was a large capacity battery on ebay so i can work decently for 7-8 hours.
To be sincere I can go from Lisbon to New York with the laptop always on.
It has a nice resolution 1280x800, bright screen, a dual core duo with 2ghz and a hybrid video card, that allows you to work while plugged with a nvidia video card and if you want to save the battery you can use an intel video card (as I don't play I always use the Intel one).
It's not a cheap system I know, but it pays off. It's my first machine that gives me power to whatever I would do (develop, compile, run virtual machines, test web applications) and still be light and small being at the same time very usable (keyboard and mouse).
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A Mother Turns In Her Own Teenage Kids! [Video]
A Milwaukee Mother saw her Daughter and Son on the late night news doing something that she was not proud of. They were joining in with about 20-25 other kids raiding a party store after a party earlier in the evening. Then later the mob of teens beat up some other kids and took their belongings. The Mother was disgusted and asked her kids about their involvement, they said they weren't involved in the beatings but admitted to the stealing from the store.
What she did next many mothers may not do. She took her kids up to the Police Station and turned them in. That was a real motherly move right there. Would you turn your kids in?
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Turco aiming to add to Blackhawks' success
by Brian Hedger / Chicago BlackhawksMarty Turco puts on the Blackhawks' sweater for the first time Tuesday. |
CHICAGO – Sitting behind a microphone and next to his new boss, Marty Turco smiled while watching his own highlights play on a nearby television screen.
The setting was the Stadium Club inside Chicago's United Center Tuesday, where Turco was officially introduced as the Chicago Blackhawks' new No.1 goaltender.
Turco took questions about everything from his decision to sign with the Hawks, to his own desire win a Cup, to his noteworthy puck-handling skills. Turco talked about how happy and excited he was, but speaking for him more than words was the smile he wore along with a gray tie and pinstriped navy blazer.
"The opportunity to come to Chicago and play for a winner was the most important thing," Turco said, while seated next to Hawks General Manager Stan Bowman. "These kids looked like they had some fun last year and I want to be a part of it. I look forward to the opportunity to stand in my crease in the 'Madhouse on Madison' and get the chance to make some saves and get the people up on their feet, hopefully like on those highlights."
If he does, it will go a long way toward easing the pain of losing of Antti Niemi, who started every postseason game in the Hawks' Cup run and became a fan favorite. Turco may be more accomplished as a 10-year veteran, but he doesn't have a Cup on his resume yet, meaning the pressure will be immense right away for him to succeed.
Turco welcomes the challenge.
"There's no pressure greater for me than what I put on myself, knowing what I can do in the net," he said. "Pressure is what you make of it. It can always be enjoyable, and winning usually takes care of that. I feel it and I enjoy it. To have that target on your back after what they accomplished last (season) is a great feeling, but it's also a stressful one."
Tuesday's introduction might have eased that stress a bit. Turco, who turned 35 on Aug. 13, happily posed for photos with his new No. 30 home Hawks jersey -- a change from his customary No. 35. Turco smiled even wider when the reason for his number change, legendary Hawks goalie Tony Esposito, mugged for the cameras standing next to him.
Esposito is from the same hometown as Turco -- Sault St. Marie, Ontario -- and his No. 35 – now retired to the United Center's rafters – is the reason Turco wore that number his entire career before now.
"The chance to play for an Original Six team here in Chicago, to be a Blackhawk and to wear the same jersey that Tony wore is something that's irreplaceable," Turco said. "It's an opportunity that I take very dearly."
Bowman is just as pleased with adding Turco, both from an on-ice and business perspective. He said Turco was his "Plan A" if things with Niemi didn't work out. But that meant Turco having to wait out a lengthy contract negotiation for Niemi that didn't get resolved until an arbitration ruling in late July.
"I said (to Marty), 'If you've got to do something else, that's your prerogative,'" Bowman said. "I didn't mislead him and say we've got anything in the pocket here. They were interested. From what he said, this is where he wanted to be. He obviously had hoped that it would work out."
Now that it has, thoughts among Hawks fans are now turning toward how good Turco, who topped all NHL goalies with four assists last season, can be with a skilled, puck-moving defense crew.
"It's definitely going to be different in the way he handles the puck," Hawks coach Joel Quennville said. "Hopefully we have the puck more and we're in the other team's end. He's going to make life a little bit more enjoyable on our defense as far as going back to get some dangerous pucks. All of a sudden it's a clean pass in the neutral zone and we're attacking on the offense."
Quenneville is relieved to have the goaltending situation figured out before training camp. A year ago, there was a battle for the backup job between Niemi and prospect Corey Crawford. Now, with Niemi seeking a home elsewhere as a free agent, Crawford will back up Turco, who told Quenneville Tuesday he hopes to start around 60 games. Turco went 22-20-11 in 53 games with Dallas last season, posting a .913 save percentage and 2.72 goals-against average with four shutouts.
"I'd like to say 55 to 60 (games) is probably a good number to start with, and everything opens up after that," Quenneville said. "This year, Marty is going to be the guy and it's nice knowing he's going to play. We want him to play well, and I think there's a lot to look forward to the stability he can present his teammates and the team. Having that nailed right from the outset will be healthy for us."
Esposito agreed. The Hall of Famer also said Turco's age shouldn't be a concern.
"I like Turco's track record," Esposito said. "He stops the puck. You've got to stop the puck and get in front of it any way you can, and that's what he seems to do. I like the fact he's been in the league awhile, and right now he's at the right age. He's in his prime the next three, four or five years. Hopefully he can help this team win again."
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Acquired: P Witasick from KC for P Meadows (July 31); P Slocumb and OF Ben Johnson from St.L for C Carlos Hernandez and IF Nathan Tebbs (July 31); IF Relaford off waivers from Phi. for IF David Newhan (Aug. 4). Traded: IF Sprague to Bos. for 2 minor leaguers (June 30); OF Martin to Sea. for OF John Mabry and P Tom Davey (July 31). Signed: IF Sprague off waivers from Bos. (Sept. 3).
Saves: Hoffman (43); Wall, Slocumb, Carlos Reyes and Todd Erdos (1). Complete games: Williams (4); Tollberg (1). Shutouts: none.


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The Rise, Fall, and Rise of U.S. Satellite Launchers
The U.S. Fell from 66 satellite launches in 1998 to zero in 2011. Private space launches are reversing that trend.
1990-1993: Post-Shuttle
The space shuttle carries commercial satellites until the 1986 Challenger disaster. Europe's Ariane 4 fills the void by launching multiple sats at one time.
1996-1998: A Bubble Inflates
Iridium, Globalstar, and Orbcomm constellations launch. But these firms go bankrupt and others dissolve, gut-punching launch providers planning for a boom.
2002-2004: Telecom Pops
The U.S. launch industry retreats to the government market. Russia and Europe prepare to pick up the slack by making investments in spaceports and rockets.
2006-2008: Foreign Surge
Russia and Europe assert their dominance as commercial launchers. The U.S. position is worse than shown: The 2008 spike includes five tiny sats on one failed SpaceX launch.
2011-2012 Game Changers
SpaceX contracts halt the U.S. decline. China reenters the market as more foreigners make sats, sidestepping U.S. export laws on spaceflight hardware.


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- David Oistrakh (Violin)
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David Oistrakh's 1967 performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 2 with Eugene Ormandy conducting the LSO was the European Premiere of the work. This is a major historical document. The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto from 1972 and performed during a Russian Festival in London's Royal Albert Hall is conducted by Maxim Shostakovich, the composer's son. Both recordings are in very good stereo and David Oistrakh's playing is sensational.
Notes & Reviews:Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London.
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Works Details
Bliss, Sir A. [Composer] : Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London, for brass & percussion, F. 65- Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
- Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
- Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1965
Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Violin no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129
- Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
- Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
- Notes: Composition written: 1967.
- Running Time: 27 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1967
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35
- Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
- Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich
- Running Time: 33 min. sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1878


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5 Star Cases was recently featured on the cult TV documentary series, "How It's Made" (H.I.M.), whose producers, MAJ Productions dispatched a camera crew from Montreal, Canada all the way to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to film the inner workings of 5 Star's manufacturing operation.
How It's Made is broadcast worldwide to over 180 countries on the Science Channel and in HD on the Discovery Channel, and translated into multiple languages. 5 Star Cases is one of Europe's leading flightcase makers.
It all started when 5 Star's MD Keith Sykes - a big fan of 'How It's Made' - contacted the production company to see if they might want to look at featuring 5 Star. Knowing that they must be inundated with requests, he was pleasantly surprised to receive a reply the next day from the production director showing great interest!
Rather than base the episode around the general production of flightcases, it was decided to feature a specific 5 Star product and 'follow' it through its various production steps – from its conception on the drawing board to being loaded into the back of the truck and off to the gig!
A DiGiCo SD9 digital audio mixing console case was chosen, due to the popularity and profile of the brand and as one of the 'special design' products from 5 Star's extensive portfolio.
The H.I.M. team were already planning a UK production tour and so 5 Star was scheduled in for a day's filming.
The four-person production team, three from Canada, visited the factory and spent a full day shooting HD footage in most of 5 Star's departments. The production team also visited other UK companies being featured in future episodes, including Pilkington Glass, Aardman Animations and the English Pewter Co.
Each 24-minute episode of How It's Made contains four segments each lasting four minutes and 30 seconds, where viewers discover how the selected products – from everyday household objects like toothpicks, compact discs, cereal, fibre optics, chips to common commercial items like airplanes, etc. – are created.
These all have a narration, explaining the making of each product, accompanied by an original soundtrack composed specifically for "How It's Made."
The filming at 5 Star was followed by a conference call with MAJ Productions in Montreal to discuss and produce the narration for which 5 Star provided a written brief describing the various processes involved. The voice-over was finalised and then checked against time-code on a low resolution pre-production edit, to ensure the correct timing of the narration.
Keith Sykes comments, "It was all very exciting for everyone in the company, and we are extremely proud to be chosen for inclusion in such a hugely popular programme! It strengthens our brand profile and has exposed us to a massive new audience who will be able to appreciate the intricacies of flightcase design and production"..
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Dover's Biggest Race Day Ever
AS the biggest race day ever at Dover had its spotlight on 'King' David Summerbell retaining his crown over Doug 'Hollywood' Gore, bikers also got into the frantic action.
Gregg Cross and Randy Dyer were in their element on race day and the motorcycle races did not disappoint, with bikers lifting their performances, each with their unique style that thrilled eager racing fans.
With a record thousands of spectators turning out for the Carnival of Speed race day, president of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC), Hilary Jardene sung praises for the level of competition and thanked ATL for its involvement.
"This is the biggest race day I have ever seen at Dover," Jardene told Auto amid the deafening roar of spectators during the Thundersport race that saw Summerbell and Gore battle for supremacy on Monday. "I cannot give the number of spectators, but this is the largest," the JRDC president declared.
Summerbell won all his three races — two MP4 races and the Thundersport — thus retaining his title as "King of Dover".
"I am pleased with the support from ATL and I am glad that they have returned to the sport of motor racing," Jardene remarked later in the week.
ATL sponsored Gore's Audi TT.
Admitting yesterday that Monday's huge turnout placed tremendous pressure on parking, Jardene explained that one of the proposed parking spots, on land not owned by Dover, was withdrawn at short notice.
He apologised to racing fans for the traffic build-up as spectators had to wait hours to exit the venue and promised that the JRDC would put measures in place to avoid a recurrence.
But, back to Monday's Carnival of Speed.
Cross, riding his Alrobe Enterprises Suziki GSXR, won the motorcycle "A" race one and placed second in race two. Dyer won all three motorcycle "B" races while Richard Lyn placed second in all three. Adrian Blake and Halquin Rodney won motorcycle "A" race two and race three respectively.
There was a scare in the motorcycle "A" race three when Cross, on challenging for the lead, saw his bike skid out from under him, leaving him to skate along the track and into the grass.
The gutsy rider got up, retrieved his motorcycle and gave the ride of his life, eventually ending up in fourth place.
Blake placed second and Dwight Smart third.
Meantime, Member of Parliament for North West St Ann, in which Dover raceway is situated, Othneil Lawrence, was also present as a competitor, racing an Evolution 6 in the Bracket 45 turbo class.
"I'm here endorsing motor sports and I'm happy that it is in my constituency. I've always been a part of drag racing in Jamaica from in the early 90s. The race was very exciting, I was leading up until the last lap, when the car bearings got damaged, but we will be up and ready for the Labour Day meet in May," said Lawrence.
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