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I'm just a little bit blue and whited out! I've managed to keep up with the Block-A-Day but it can be a struggle. I finally managed to do some non-BAD2014 sewing on Sunday.
I had sworn not to start any new projects but I couldn't help myself!! Lots of orange strips. This will be an Orange and Grey quilt. I'm thinking I might do a series. Maybe blue next??

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An apple a day…
You can be a physicist, historian, doctor, sportsman, religious follower, chef, story-loving child or a health-freak, APPLE is the fruit that must be close to your heart.
The contribution of this 'forbidden fruit' goes from inspiring Isaac Newton about gravitational force, to providing a sodium- & cholesterol-free source of antioxidants exhibiting anti-cancer properties. Though an old English adage says, " To eat an apple before going to bed, will make the doctor beg his bread.", a doctor also bonds with it through 'Adam's Apple' in the early Anatomy classes
Apple (Malus domestica) is a pomaceous fruit from the family of Rosaceae (rose) and ranks as one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Finding its origins in the wild mountains of Central Asia, today there are more than 7500 known varieties of apples that are cultivated across the world. Most of these varieties are eaten fresh, though some are specially used for cooking or making cider.
Apple trees are deciduous, which means their leaves fall off at the end of the growing season.
Apples are bulky for their caloric content (like most fruits and vegetables) and thus ranks amongst the negative-calorie fruits. A medium-sized apple provides only 80 calories. Water and air constitute almost 80% of Apple's volume [that is why it floats].
Apples not only are cholesterol free but also help to reduce existing cholesterol by preventing re-absorption, thus helping people with heart disease, obesity and high lipids.
Research suggests that apples may reduce the risk of colonic cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer, possibly due to the phenolic compounds (quercetin, epicatechin and procyanidin B2) they possess, that have anti-oxidant properties. According to the USDA, apples and apple juice are among the top 20 foods with the highest antioxidant content per serving.
The fiber content, though less than in most other fruits, helps to regulate bowel movements.
Apple juice concentrate has been found to increase the production of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in mice, providing a potential for protecting the brain from the effects of oxidative stress.
- Apples ripen almost ten times faster at room temperature, thus keep them stored in the refrigerator.
- Store apples away from strong-smelling foods to prevent them from absorbing unpleasant odors.
- Coat sliced and diced apples with a mixture of one part lemon juice to three parts water, to prevent browning.
- Don't peel your apple. Two-thirds of the fiber and lots of antioxidants are found in the peel.
- Apple day is celebrated on 21st October.


text: I designed and illustrated this poster earlier in the year but it didn't make the cut. (click here to see the poster that did!) So I've found another home for it on the blog. I looked to the Bauhaus movement for inspiration for this one. There are a lot of ways to interpret the lessons taught by the Bauhaus movement but personally, I like that it stood for a willingness to experiment, openness, a blurring of the lines between art and craftsmanship. The movement taught "truth to materials" which I thought was especially applicable to the Ludlites' shows, which are all about embracing the surprising results and imperfections of film.


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Patchwork and lace
Thursday, 5 September 2013
september already !!!!
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I adore patchwork as you can make so many gorgeous things from nothing....
Tilly x
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Åh du lager så mye lekkert,din blogg er blitt en av mine favoritter.<3 Ha en flott dag.ReplyDelete
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Glad you are so settled in your new home, it looks lovely and light. Enjoy the Christmas prep, I have just started on lists and gathering patterns here. Hugs GinnyReplyDelete
Squealing with delight at every single delicious piccy. Adore the dresses you made - stunning. Enjoy your new home. xxReplyDelete
Aaaaaaaargh - Christmas! Love your makes - I think I'd better get a move on! Jane xReplyDelete
Love the VW camper pillow. Have you seen the camper tent. So cute. Are you selling the pillows?ReplyDelete
Saudades de ver suas artes tão bonitas...abraços.ReplyDelete
Hi There,Love the little dresses!!!They are very girly and oh so cute!!!Glad you're happy in your new home!!! Yikes!!!Christmas!!!OMGoodness!!!Where has this year gone too??? Have a great day!!!ReplyDelete
What a lot of prettiness in one post!!! :-)ReplyDelete
Glad you are getting settled into your new home. May you build many happy memories there. I love all the beautifully handcrafted items you have made. So cozy and welcoming.ReplyDelete
Your new home is looking very pretty and comfortable. I especially like the look of the conservatory. Hopefully you will be warm and cosy as the summer appears to be over already. We have lit the fire for the last 3 nights as it has been so chilly. Dev xReplyDelete
I am so pleased to have found your lovely blog again, its like coming home looking through your photos, beautiful items you have there. Did you move far, its surprising how you will expand to your new home lol.ReplyDelete
Have book marked you again, keep up with the gorgeous treasures you make, joined your Facebook also.
Take care
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Hi Francine. its so good to see a bloggy post from you. I love your new home and you already look settled , love your new ck goodies,:) I deleted my old blog and now regret it and cant get it back , I'm hopeless with technology. started a new one but not finding it easy with the new google+ my new blog is crochet at toadstoolhouse, hope you can find me :) xxxxxlove juliexxxReplyDelete
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that looks all so pretty, I love it.
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A 19th Century copy of an early neo-classical chimneypiece aftera design by James Paine (1717–1789) in statuary marble inlaid with Spanish Brocatello, Italian convent Sienna and French Villefranche marbles. Circa 1765–1770. The shelf is breakfront layered with strong plain mouldings, above the frieze which is centred with a panel of Villefranche framed by white moulded statuary and flanked by finger flutes inlaid with Sienna and nicely drawn cusped blockings. The jambs are in the form of tapered half pilasters, inset with rich Brocatello and above squares of Sienna. The architrave and in grounds of plain statuary which contrasts and offsets the rich polychrome marbles.
External Height 59 7/8 in (152cm) Width 71 7/8 in (182.5cm)
Internal Height 39 7/8 in (101.3cm) Width 41 3/8 in (105cm)
Depth 8 5/8 in (22cm)


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BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A Scottish-born former governor of Berlin made a return to the city on Thursday when a statue of him was unveiled in the center of the German capital.
The restored bronze sculpture of Field Marshal James Keith, a rebel exile from his homeland whom Frederick the Great of Prussia appointed governor of Berlin in 1749, made his public comeback after an absence of more than six decades.
Keith's emergence into the afternoon sunlight reflects a growing interest in the country to explore Germany's military history prior to the Nazis, as well as a desire to restore major cities to how they were before World War Two.
Klaus Gehrmann, director of the Schadow Gesellschaft, the organization behind the restoration, said he hoped Keith's statue would remind visitors to the Zietenplatz square of the capital's international ties in a bygone era.
"It's something that's been forgotten, obviously partly due to World War Two," he said. "Whether you're Prussian, a German, a Scot or an Englishman, we're united in Europe. And this unity is ultimately going to stand the test of time."
A crowd gathered to watch the unveiling of the Keith statue and those of three other Prussian generals, bringing them together again on the square for the first time since the war.
"The aim is not to resurrect the old military," Gehrmann said. "This is about reconstructing the historic center of Berlin."
The statues of Keith and five fellow generals were taken down at the war's end and languished in dusty archives until two were put back on the square earlier this decade.
Some 300,000 euros ($441,800) were spent returning the remaining four, all funded by private donations, Gehrmann said.
Large areas of the city were destroyed in the war, but since the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago, much has been done to rebuild it. Some moves, like the plan to rebuild the old Stadtschloss palace as a cultural center, have sharply divided opinion.
A native of Peterhead near Aberdeen, Keith was forced to flee his homeland in 1715 at the age of 19 after taking part in an abortive Jacobite rising in support of James Stuart, son of the deposed King James II and pretender to the British throne.
Before arriving in Prussia, Keith fought for Spain and then Russia, during which time he governed Ukraine and was briefly de-facto ruler of Finland during the 1741-43 Russo-Swedish war.
Keith died in October 1758, fighting for Prussia during the Seven Years War. Hochkirch, the Saxon village where he fell, unveiled a monument to him last year.
His biographer Sam Coull said Keith would probably have been quietly amused by Thursday's ceremony and offered some "pithy comment" to onlookers had he been present.
"In French though, his German wasn't too good," he said.
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Christer works as a senior consultant and account manager at PlanMill. He is a Finnish-born and was educated at Aalto University (M.Sc.Eng.)
What are you working at now?
Several of my accounts have restructuring processes going on and I'm involved with accommodating PlanMill ERP to meet altered business needs in an optimum way. This involves often new system integrations and also an increased level of automation of processes like sales invoicing. I'm also involved in a few proposals for new ways of utilizing the PlanMill platform to streamline certain business processes.
How is it to work at PlanMill?
We have an open culture to share ideas and collaborate. I enjoy working with skilled colleagues. To have a strong customer focus that keeps our spirits high, we are actually helping our customers to be successful. As one of the founders and with a 30-year experience in delivering software solutions for businesses, I'm very happy that we can today provide both good customer service and technology that is attractive and efficient.
What do you do in your free time?
I enjoy the game of golf and was happy to score a hole-in-one this year after 20 years at the sport. Also like hands-on tinkering in some house renovation and enhancement projects. To keep my heart pumping, I like road biking with any of my three racing bicycles. In wintertime, I feel for skate skiing when snow conditions allow.


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The goal of sorting and classifying skills is to clarify thinking and improve their facility with language. Forming categories and dealing with their relationships is a part of logic. Sorting and classifying involve the recognition of attributes properties of a given object or group of objects person chooses to isolate and observe. Intellectural development consists in good part of learning to invent or discover attributes or categories relevant to a particular subject, then dealing with the relationships among various attributes. Through sorting and classifying the student can make better sense out of a wide variety of impressions and handle increasingly complex situations that might otherwise prove overwhelming. They can restrict information by choosing from among attributes, thus limiting the scope of any one problem to something that is manageable.
Buttons are great to start with because you can by a ton of them fairly cheaply and they have clear attributes to sort them by: color, size, shape, number of holes and as to whether they have shank or not.
You can then move on to any sort of object that is around the house; toys or natural found objects.
Once you feel sure that they are comfortable with sorting, you can move on to sorting trees.
Going back to the most familiar is the best way to begin using sorting tree, using buttons.
The tree begins with the first division, big and little. Each of these groups, then can be divided further into round or square under each of the size categories. Then the groups can be further divided by how many holes they have in them, under each of the previous categories. All these divisions form a tree-like formation.


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Social media is still the hottest of marketing topics at the moment (although there are signs a backlash may have begun and Facebook growth in the US seems to have stagnated), and the early-birds were out in force this morning to catch some of the social media worms being dished out at the Marketing Association's Jericho Brainy Breakfast. First up was the director of Facebook Australia and New Zealand Matt Hehman, who, after sorting out a few powerpoint issues (why does it always happen at tech-related events?), ran through the evolution of the platform to show how the basic online identities of 10 years ago (maybe a Yahoo account, using MSN chat, and paying a few bills) have well and truly 'Gone Social'.
On Facebook, without events, photos (or the ability to tag them), likes and other applications, he says there wasn't much sharing or engagement going on in the formative days. But with five years of development and new applications, that's all changed completely. It's now become extremely social, it's given people the power to share and it's also an extension of users' lives—and, as a result, a very powerful marketing channel.
"Social, online, offline, they're all the same now. And they augment each other," he says.
But it's not just Facebook. A lot of the tools implemented by Facebook are being put to good use elsewhere and the internet as a whole is proving to be very social as well, with more examples of community creation and personalised experiences popping up everywhere. He points to the CNN website, which has created its own network and, with what is basically a Facebook-style newsfeed, allows users to see what's proving popular to friends, which is a step up from seeing what's proving popular to anonymous visitors they have no connection with.
If something like CNN is going social, what does 'the ecosystem of sharing' mean for brands? For Hehman, the map of connections that shows what people are interested in is the key. Facebook statistics show 75 percent of the New Zealand population are active Facebook users and in his five years with the company he says he's never seen such a high penetration rate. So there are plenty of opportunities here. And to get started, he says you need to establish a presence, advertise, start creating deeper relationships (with interesting content) and take that trust from consumers to find out more about them.
But it doesn't end with that loop, he says. It's also about word of mouth. Friends influence friends and if five of them happen to like your brand, those endorsements are significant. Hehman pointed to research that showed how advertising on Facebook increases effectiveness, with a 68 percent lift in recall, double the message awareness and a quadrupling in terms of purchase intent.
It should be common knowledge by now, but he reiterated the fact that commercial messages don't work very well on social media. It may seem counter-intuitive when you're using it as a marketing tool, but he says you have to dangle the engagement carrot and start conversations to keep people interested. For example, instead of simply offering its fans a special deal on vampire movies, Best Buy in the US asked fans to list their favourites, created a top 50 from these suggestions and then offered the specials. And Vitamin Water, along with many other brands, including Bluebird, have also used their networks as a crowd-sourcing tool by asking consumers to come up with the next flavour.
As a case study of advertising effectiveness, he pointed to Holden's One Tank Challenge campaign, which was created by Ogilvy and Facebook. After a one-day homepage buyout, fan numbers went from 500 to 8000 and the engagement increased with it. And it would seem no amount of money would be able to buy the kind of brand loyalty that was displayed on the page by a user by the name of Chano Mitchell, who apparently named three of the kids after Holden models, Calais, Caprice and Monaro.
Claire Wolfensohn, online editor of Rugby World Cup 2011, was up next to show a few promo videos, rope in some volunteers and detail the ways social media has been used to drive ticket sales, engage a global audience and drive traffic back to the main www.rugbyworldcup.com site.
Before she came on board, she says social media had barely been mentioned. There was no presence in previous World Cups, and no database or assets available from the last tournament in France, so New Zealand had a tough task ahead. But, from a standing start, by tapping into existing networks, using partnerships and advertising, the RWC 2011 Facebook page, which was launched in September, has now grown to 458,000 fans (New Zealand users are third behind the UK and France).
While the IRB was worried about moderation and comments, she says the social media strategy was a business case and was intended to leave a long-term legacy, something that will be able to be handed over to the English organisers for 2015 and to World Cups after that (this is why there is no time specific iteration on the URL).
Some of the aims of the social media strategy were altruistic, like promoting the festival around the event and finding volunteers, but a large part of it was hyping the event to a very broad international audience, turning fans and interested parties into ticket purchasers and tempting Kiwi expats and international travellers back to New Zealand.
Like Hehman, she says the success of the Facebook page is in large part because of the engaging content. And while the numbers for the RWC are obviously quite a lot larger than the pages of most of the listeners in the room, she says some of the tactics are still relevant whether it's 400 or 400,000. The bi-weekly polls and discussion boards have been extremely popular, Clemenger's World's Biggest Scrum application reeled in 4300 punters (or 17,600 cumulative) and, as the first phase was about drawing attention to the ticket application process, something that hasn't been too common in New Zealand, she says Facebook and Twitter have also been excellent customer service tools to answer questions about the process.
The next phases are about increasing buzz, enlisting volunteers and selling individual tickets, and as the tournament begins, she says it will be about adding value with a more behind the scenes look.
Of course, the blessing (and occasionally the curse) of online and social media is measurement. Interestingly, 35 percent of RWC's Facebook fans are female (check out this interesting survey around female social media addiction) and 78 percent of its YouTube channel users are over 25 (which is good for ticket sales). She says the Twitter account hasn't proved to be very popular, however, and the Flickr page launched in April, with 24,000 page views so far.
Like many social media proponents, Wolfensohn admits a lot of it was trial and error. But she finished up her presentation by offering something of a social media checklist from her experiences thus far: understand your audience; don't be overtly commercial; listen, respond and facilitate discussion; be authentic and don't spin; don't moderate (unless, in this case, it's offensive language or is offensive to one person); and invest time and dollars. It may be free to get involved, but social media done well isn't free.
And while we're on the topic of social media, it had to happen, really: Facebook is nigh-on ubiquitous, and the story behind its inception is currently getting the David Fincher treatment. Fincher, the man behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Se7en, has decided to chronicle the story of how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg betrayed friends to get his empire off the ground in a drama that, quite surprisingly, isn't called Revenge of the Nerds: 8. So check out the trailer for The Social Network, "A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal".


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14 May 2013
Muskets & Tomahawks - French regular infantry (part 2)
On April 3rd 1756, the 2nd battalion boarded fleet transports to Canada along with the new French commander Montcalm. It disembarked at Quebec on 12th May, and from there went to Fort Frontenac on lake Ontario. They featured heavily in the battles in New France during Montcalms campaigns.
Musketeers - Black tricorne laced gold with black cockade. Capote red brim with blue bag yellow fleur de lys on brim.
grey-white coat, with blue collar and cuffs. Horizontal pockets with 3 copper buttons
crossbelt, pack, waistbelt and cartridge box all natural leather
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Good looking frog ;)ReplyDelete
Nicely done Andrew and will be helpful to other souls!ReplyDelete
Very god paint work in that mini, it Will be nice to follow the rest of them painted up.ReplyDelete
Best regards MichaelReplies
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He looks great; nice colors for this regiment. Best, DeanReplyDelete
A very nice figure and some great info too!!! Hopefully me and Fran will have our figures in the post to you by the end of the week!ReplyDeleteReplies
Time for me to start getting worried then ;)Delete
Test figure loks superb Sir, looking forward to seeing more.ReplyDelete
Nice start! Looking forward to seeing the whole regiment.ReplyDelete
looking good Andy, are you going to try and get your lads into this period tooReplyDelete
Peace JamesReplies
I will eventually they are to young for the skirmish games yet.Delete
Great test figure Andrew :)ReplyDelete
It's nice to see where you got the history on the colours to use from. I am one of those people who will benefit from your step by step tutorials. My Vikings arrived in the post today-Thank you!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Good to hear the Vikings arrived Anne, I am not sure how much you will learn from my tutorials though as you are already a quality figure painter.Delete
This is very funny as I'm doing the exact same regiment for an upcoming 'Plains of Abraham' project. Your test figure looks fabulous by the way!ReplyDeleteReplies
The first figure already looks good so I'm really looking forward to seeing the whole regiment!ReplyDelete
Very very nice test fig Andrew!ReplyDelete
Excellent reference info. - thanks!ReplyDelete
Great test model Andrew. He's got bags of character! The colour scheme is very effective.ReplyDelete


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When Superheroines-in-Peril historians look back at the early evolution of the online commercialization of the genre, two names must inevitably come to mind; Dan O'Brian from
Superheroinecentral.com and Brian AKA Villain4U from
These gentlemen had the vision, the foresight, the talent and the courage to take the fantasies to a previously unknown level and produce high quality material for fans that were willing to invest relatively modest amounts in the form of monthly membership payments. Among their first accomplishments was taking the costuming to new heights and using smoking hot models.
Sooperhero.com. will get a spot on this blog in the near future, but for now, I would like to write about superheroinecentral.com.
The first thing that struck me while working on the collages is the sheer volume of free material that Dano has put out over the years. I do not have access to all my files but still sifted through more than 1,000 pictures I have accumulated over the years.
My favorite characters are Power Angel played by the majestically sexy Tanya Danielle and the Ultra Girl story with the box of Kryptonite. I cannot recall the name of the actress who played Ultra Girl, but she is totally smoking hot and did a terrific job.
The site also features a number of enormously talented artists, including Mr. X and many others as can be seen in the collage below.
I don't know if this is by design, or just my imagination, but I seem to feel that Dano has a "signature pose" or "signature shot" that shows up in many different stories. The collage below depicts this pose. It typically feature a superheroine on her hands and knees, defeated, exhausted and helpless. When properly done, it strongly depicts many of the elements that fit right into my fantasy.
There are some sides to Dano's work that don't fit into what I like, despite the fact that all his work is absolutely first rate AND first class. For example, I don't share his fondness for fluids that are often present in many of his stories. Nevertheless I enjoy much of what is produced on the site.
In one storyline, he brought back Power Angel and put her in a professional wrestling ring, thus combining 2 major elements of my fantasies. He even had color commentary going on through the fight, something that I found quite welcome.
Superheroine Central has always shown a willinngess to experiment. There was one particular storyline that I barely remember now, but it was shot from the Superheroine's point of view. What she saw was what we saw. While I did not really like the results of this particular experiment, I give them a lot of credit for trying. In typical "Murphy's Law" fashion, they had a great model in a great costume with some great action, but the POV camera work really detracted from what was going on, at least for me. I like the spectator's point of view. With the heroine's point of view, you don't get as good a shot of her losing a fight or getting knocked down.
Dano has introduced us to Superheroines played by Tanya Danielle, Leslie Culton and several other women who have gone on to become industry superstars following their appearances on
As the technology continues to improve, it is probably a safe bet that Dano will continue to break new ground. I can't wait to see what he does!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Superheroine Central
Posted by Jonnie R at 2:53 AM
Labels: " "Tanya Danielle Superheroine", "Superheroine Central", "Superheroine fantasy, "superheroinecentral.com"
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Hey mate, love the blog! I'm a big fan of superheroine peril myself, although not so keen on the wrestling side of things. I've got lots of material to trade and discuss, if you're up for that. Are you ever on Yahoo! Messenger? What's your email?
I recommend fans of super heroines in peril visit www.nicheclips.com and go to the Psycho-Thrillers store. Scroll down the various video titles until you find "Perils of Invincible Woman." This video features the stunningly statuesque Nika Noir as Invincible Woman.
"Perils of Invincible Woman" is a chloroform and strangulation lover's dream. The first half of the video features Invincible Woman desperately trying to fight off the villain as he tries to chloroform her into unconsciousness. He weakens her enough that he finally resorts to using her magic lasso to strangle her to death.
Keep in mind this is a long video (around twenty minutes, I think), and the chloroforming and strangulation each lasts for quite a while. This makes up for so many super heroine videos in which the chloroforming, in particular, is over with almost before it begins. Not so here! There's lots of struggling and lots of fighting.


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AZUSA, California--Washington's Josh Gordon (above/photo courtesy UW Athletics) and Cole Jensen finished fifth and eighth in section A of the California Invitational decathlon with scores of 6874 and 6612 Thursday.
Gordon set personal bests in all five events contested on the second day to eclipse his previous PR by over 500 points.
Gordon started the day by running 15.13 in the 110 hurdles, then threw 108-5 (33.06m) in the discus. He followed up by matching his indoor best in the pole vault, clearing 13-9.25 (4.20m), then threw the javelin 139-8 (42.58m), before running the 1500 in 4:38.16.
Jensen's day 2 was highlighted by a clearance of 15-9 (4.80m) in the pole vault.
Pierre-Louis Ricou of Grand Canyon was the overall winner with a final score of 7340 points.
In the heptathlon, Washington State's Liz Harper, made her debut in the event a successful one, as she finished seventh overall with a final score of 5472 points, the seventh best score in school history.
Harper long jumped 19-feet, 1/2 inch (5.80m), threw the javelin 89-6 (27.28m) and ran the 800m in an outstanding time of 2 minutes, 16.23 seconds.
Annie Kunz of Texas A&M was the overall winner with a score of 5904 points.
Washington's CJ Smith finished 20th with a two-day total of 4859 points. Washington State's Lndsey Schauble was 30th with 4650 points. Eastern Washington's Jozie Kimes was 41st with 4167 points, while Ericka Budinich of Washington was 42nd with 4141 points.
Angela Whyte, an assistant for the Cougars competing unattached in the Mt. SAC Relays Heptathlon, started the day in fifth place but after long jumping 19-7 (5.97m) and throwing the javelin 128-11 (39.30m), did not run the 800m. Akela Jones, a senior at Kansas State, won the Mt. SAC Relays heptathlon with a score of 6,307 points.
Complete results of both the California Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays multi-event competitions are available here.
Anna Patti of Seattle Pacific may be one step closer to qualifying for the NCAA Division II championships in the 5000, as she clocked 16:54.63 at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa, Patti finished tenth overall.
The Bryan Clay Invite continues Friday. The link to live results is available here.
In Cerritos, the Mt. SAC Relays got underway late Thursday with several distance races.
Western Washington's Matthew Lutz broke 9 minutes in the 3000 steeplechase and may have solidified his position to qualify for the NCAA D2 championships in Bradenton, Florida at the end of May, as he ran 8:59.97 to finish fourth overall in the collegiate/open section of the race.
In heat 1 of the collegiate/open steeple, WSU's Kyler Little was second in 9:23.67, and Aaron Brenton of Eastern Washington was fourth in 9:27.55. In heat 2, Andrew Wise of Western Washington was sixth in 9:11.08, and Nathan Wadhwani of WSU was 10th in 9:20.68.
Central Washington All-American Dani Eggleston was fourth in her heat and seventh overall in the women's collegiate/open steeple, running 10:27.63. In another heat, Washington State's Devon Bortfeld was eighth in 10:42.71.
In the men's collegiate/open section A of the 10000, Gonzaga's Sumner Goodwin finished third in a time of 30:07.63, with teammates Dillon Quintana 16th in 30:35.54, and Max Kaderabek 21st in 30:43.61.
The women's collegiate/open A section of the women's 10000 saw Berenice Pelaloza of Eastern Washington finish 23rd in 35:38.54. Morgan Willson of WSU was 31st in 36:06.48, three spots ahead of Saint Martin's Shannon Porter in 36:19.02.
The Mt. SAC Relays continues Friday and finishes Saturday. The link to live results is available here.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Azusa Pacific, Mt. SAC, Seattle Pacific, University of Washington, and Washington State contributed to this report.


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There are many stories of severed heads surviving for minutes after an execution, but only one headless body that stood up and took a stroll – on this very day 610 years ago.
When the feared pirate Klaus Stortebeker faced his executioners in Hamburg, Germany, he struck a strange last minute deal: If, after his beheading, his headless body could walk, however many of his 70 captive men he made it past would be freed. It was agreed, and then he was executed.
Then, according to legend, his corpse got up and walked past eleven of his men, before the executioner tripped him. Deal or no deal, all of the pirates were murdered that day, their skulls impaled and displayed as a waring to others.
In 1898 the mass grave of the pirates was unearthed during construction, and the skull believed to be that of Stortebeker was donated to the Hamburg Museum where it has been on display since 1922. Last year the famous skull went missing, stolen from its display cabinet. After a desperate search and many false leads, the skull was finally discovered and returned earlier this year.
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7 Free One Skein Chunky Knitting Patterns11:03 AM
I have decided not to make any Christmas gifts this year even though I've had some great ideas for my niece and nephew (all involved sewing and making a pattern), because it's far to late to start any big projects. Instead I will start them in the fall next year. I have a tendency to underestimate how long gifts will take and then I'm stressed at the last minute. My goal is a stress free holiday season! This got me thinking that if I wanted to knit a gift for someone as long as it was one skein pretty basic and used large needles it really wouldn't be too late to make a gift for someone. One skein chunky knit patterns are perfect, because they knit up fast since they use large needles. So instead of hitting up the mall, get comfy on the couch with a good long movie, your knitting needles, and some yarn and make a gift for you or a loved one.
Of course I had to share with you some of my favorite easy quick knit patterns I've found online. Most of these patterns are pretty basic so they are great for beginners and for mindless knitting (knitting while talking or watching TV) as I like to call it. Hope you enjoy these patterns and have a stress free Holidays!
Oh You Crafty Gal's One Skein Seed Cowl
|Our one skein one night chunky Chelsea Cowl free knitting pattern
This was my very first knitting project and the first pattern I ever made, so you know it's easy and great for a beginner. I still wear this all the time! I keep it folded on a shelf cause it loses it's shape if I hang it on the hooks by my entry way. This keeps me warm here in MN, this knit seed stitch cowl fits perfect under coats and is big enough to cover your mouth (which is really important in cold weather like we get here in MN!) I used One skein of Patons Classic Wool Roving, (120 yards in dark grey) and size 13 needles. You could sub a chunky yarn (make sure you have 120 yards or more) and go up to a size 15 needle and this pattern would be a little wider and longer. Check out my free knitting pattern here!
Dropped Stitch Cowl by Abi Gregorio
|Free Knitting Pattern: Dropped Stitch Cowl by Abi Gregorio
Chunky Fingerless Gloves by Gina Michele
|Free pattern from Gina Michele: Chunky finger less gloves
Anthro-tastic Headband by Vera Sanon
Anthro-tastic Headband
|Here is a pic Knitgene took of their creation of this pattern
Size: 4.5"/11.5 cm wide and 17 (19, 21)"/43 (48.5, 53.5) cm long, to fit 18 (20, 22)"/46 (51, 56) cm head circumference.
Loops & Thread Cozy Wool (50% Wool/50% Acrylic) – 90 yds/80m per 4.5 oz/127g skein – Super Bulky Yarn 1 skein (the larges sizes uses approx. 52 yds/48 m)
1 set of US # 13 (9 mm) needles
Spare DPN or large cable needle or spare circular needle
Tapestry Needle
Brandy Melville Inspired Chunky Beanie
|Brandy Melville Inspired Chunky Beanie by BitchinKnitting
Supplies used:
- 1 skein Deborah Norville Serenity chunky tweed yarn (other bulky weight yarns will work just as well)
- US 11 (8.0 mm) 16 inch circular needles
- US 8 (5.0 mm) DPNs (4 or 5 DPNs depending on your preference)
- Place marker (not necessary but very useful)
- Tapestry needle
Megan E Sass Chunky Knit Beanie Hat
I think the simplicity and chunkiness (is that a word?) of this chunky beanie hat would look beautiful with an interesting yarn that's heathered, ombre, tweedy, or marled. You could also use 2 different worsted yarns knitted together (marled) to create an interesting fabric. This should knit up fast since it uses size 13 needles! Check out Megan E Sass for this free easy quick knitting pattern.
- 1 ball of super bulky weight yarn, such as Lion Brand Thick & Quick or Lion Brand Hometown
- 16 inch circular needle, size 13, or size needed to obtain gauge (I actually use a size 10)
- Double pointed needles
The Brioche Honeycomb Cowl by Knit LA
Free Knitting Pattern The Brioche Honeycomb Cowl by Knit LA
Now that you've made your gift check out our post Best of Free Printable Tags/ Labels For Handmade Gifts and check out our free knitting patterns!
For more free printable labels for handmade goods and tutorials on how to make fabric labels check out my Pinterest board DIY labels/Tags
For more free knitting patterns check out our pinterest board "Free Chunky Knitting Patterns" and one skein knitting and crochet patterns.
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I teach and write in the fields of later 17th-Century British literature (especially Milton), 18th-Century British Literature (especially after 1740), and Romanticism. Within those historical periods, my interests gravitate toward questions concerning aesthetics and poetics, science and literature, and literary historiography. My first book was Georgic Modernity and British Romanticism: Poetry and the Mediation of History (Cambridge 2004; paperback edition 2008), and I am currently writing a book entitled Pathologies of Motion: Enlightenment Medicine, Romantic Poetics. See also under Selected Publications.
|The Weight of All Flesh: On the Subject-Matter of Political Economy Edited by Kevis Goodman, who provides an introduction to the work of Eric L. Santner, this volume collects expanded versions of Santner's 2014 Berkeley Tanner Lectures, with commentaries by Bonnie Honig, Peter Gordon, and Hent de Vries. Eric Santner offers a radically new interpretation of Marx's labor theory of value as one concerned with the afterlife of political theology in secular modernity....
|Georgic Modernity and British Romanticism: Poetry and the Mediation of History This book traces connections between Georgic verse and developments in other spheres from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries: the mediation of perception by scientific instruments, of events by newspapers, of knowledge by the feelings, of the past by narrative. Kevis Goodman argues that because of the Georgic's concern for the transmission of knowledge and the extension of the....
Georgic Modernity and British Romanticism: Poetry and the Mediation of History. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Paperback Edition, 2008.
Pathologies of Motion: Enlightenment Medicine and Romantic Poetics. In Progress.
Edited Volumes
Eric L. Santner, Kevis Goodman (ed. and introd.). The Weight of All Flesh: On the Subject-Matter of Political Economy. In the Berkeley Tanner Lectures Series. With commentary by Bonnie Honig, Peter Gordon, and Hent de Vries. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2015.
About Geoffrey Hartman: Materials for a Study of Influence. Ed. Frances Ferguson and Kevis Goodman. A special issue of Philological Quarterly 92:3 (2014).
Full-length Articles and Book Chapters
Reading Motion: Coleridge's 'Free Spirit' and its Medical Background." European Romantic Review 26:3 (2015): 349-356.
"Wordsworth and Eighteenth-Century Poetry." William Wordsworth in Context. Ed. Andrew J. Bennett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 91-100.
"Conjectures on Beachy Head: Charlotte Smith's Geological Poetics and the Grounds of the Present." ELH 81:3 (2014): 983-1006
"Uncertain Disease: Nostalgia, Pathologies of Motion, Practices of Reading." Studies in Romanticism 49:2 (2010): 197-227.
"Geoffrey Hartman's A Scholar's Tale: An Essay Review." The Wordsworth Circle 39:4 (2008): 136-44.
"Romantic Poetry and the Science of Nostalgia." The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry. Ed. James Chandler and Maureen McLane. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 195-216.
"Making Time for History: Wordsworth, the New Historicism, and the Apocalyptic Fallacy. With a New Afterword 2004."The Wordsworthian Enlightenment: Romantic Poetry and the Ecology of Reading. Ed. Helen R. Elam and Frances Ferguson. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. 158-171.
"Magnifying Small Things: Georgic Modernity and the Noise of History." European Romantic Review 15:2 (2004): 215-27.
"The Loophole in the Retreat: The Culture of News and the Early Life of Romantic Self-Consciousness." South Atlantic Quarterly 102:1 (2003): 25-52.
"'Wasted Labor'? Milton's Eve, the Poet's Work, and the Problem of Sympathy." English Literary History 64:4 (1997): 415-446.
"Making Time for History: Wordsworth, the New Historicism, and the Apocalyptic Fallacy." Studies in Romanticism 35:4 (1996): 563-77.
Short Articles
"Introduction" to About Geoffrey Hartman: Materials for a Study of Influence. Ed. Frances Ferguson and Kevis Goodman. Philological Quarterly 92:3 (2014): 139-142.
"Uncertain Disease: The Science of Nostalgia." Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanties 5:4 (2013). Web.
"Virgil and Romanticism." The Harvard Virgil Encyclopedia. Ed. Richard F. Thomas and Jan M. Ziolkowski. 3 Vols. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2013. 1094-1096.
"Erasmus Darwin." Blackwell Encyclopedia of Romanticism. Ed. Frederick Burwick, Nancy Moore Goslee, and Diane Hoeveller. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2012. 329-333 .
"Georgic." Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: New Revised Edition. Ed. Roland Greene. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 556-557.
"Geoffrey Hartman's 'Psychoaesthetics.'" The Wordsworth Circle 37:1 (2006): 17-20.
Book Reviews
Modernity's Mist: British Romanticism and the Poetics of Anticipation, by Emily Rohrbach. Review 19 (www.nbol-19.org): 2016-12-10.
Wordsworth, Commodification, and Social Concern: The Poetics of Modernity, by David Simpson. European Romantic Review 23:1 (2012), 73-79.
Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1914, by Linda M. Austin. Victorian Studies 50:1(2007): 130-33. Actual publication date: Autumn, 2008.
The Work of Writing: Literature and Social Change, 1700-1830, by Clifford Siskin, Modern Language Quarterly 61:3 (2000): 545-551.
My current book project, in progress, studies the common ground and emerging differences between medicine, on the one hand, and aesthetic theory and poetic practice, on the other, during the British Enlightenment and Romantic periods. It analyzes both as environmental sciences – alert to the precarious ecology between persons and their worlds, and concerned with the sensuous experience of place and displacement during an era defined by unprecedented degrees and kinds of mobility.
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Pre-1800 Requirement
Renaissance and Early Modern
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Pre-1800 Requirement
Renaissance and Early Modern
|118/101 -- discussion section
Lesser, Madeline
|118/102 -- discussion section
O'Connor, Megan
|Research Seminar: Wordsworth and Coleridge in Collaboration
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Posted by Wayne Northcross on January 21, 1999 at 19:48:04:
In Reply to: cadmus's achievement posted by richard meyer on December 01, 1998 at 00:09:39:
I was fortunate enough to see the Cadmus exhibit that Richard Meyer curated at the Whitney Museum. I say fortunate because prior to that exhibit I was only aware of only certain works which have been frequently reproduced in art journals and and gay publications. I must say that I do find Cadmus' work intriguing, not because they depict or reveal a queer sensibility and desire from the early part of this century,which is too often a primary concern for queer art critics and connoisseurs, but because their sumptuous garishness and morbid exageration force me to rethink how gay men see the male form and how we respond to homoerotic iconography.In this respect, I find Cadmus' depictions odd. His men, although objectified by the gay gaze, not only are disintrested of the objectification, but their facial gestures showing their disgust for certain lecherous paramours speak to me of sublime isolation and solitude.
I agree with Boyblue, not with his cynicism of the realities of the artworld and the relationship between patron and artist, but with his acute and insigtful opinions on Cadmus' work. It is only through such creative interpretive power that queer art discouse will flourish and delight. I'm not sure, however, and possibly Boyblue could elaborate, why Boyblue finds certain paintings "sentimental". Is sentimentality something to eschew?
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