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Antoine Watteau, in full Jean-Antoine Watteau, (born Oct. 10, 1684, Valenciennes, France—died July 18, 1721, Nogent-sur-Marne), French painter who typified the lyrically charming and graceful style of the Rococo. Much of his work reflects the influence of the commedia dell'arte and the opéra ballet (e.g., "The French Comedy," 1716).
Early life and training.
Antoine Watteau was the son of a roof tiler. According to early biographers his childhood was an unhappy one. As a boy he was sensitive and susceptible to quick changes of mood, a voracious reader of novels, and an avid music lover. He showed a penchant for making life studies of mountebanks performing on the public square, and his parents placed him in the workshop of a local painter. At about the age of 18, Watteau decided to go to Paris, where he arrived penniless and apprenticed himself to an old painter, Métayer. Work was scarce, however, so young Watteau moved on to a position in a workshop specializing in votive paintings. Meanwhile, he made countless sketches from life, which were to be a source of thematic inspiration to him for the rest of his life. It was at this time that he made the acquaintance of the art dealers Jean and Pierre-Jean Mariette, in whose shop he admired a precious collection of drawings and engravings, including some by the etcher Jacques Callot. There, in about 1703, he also met his new teacher, Claude Gillot.
Gillot was a decorator of theatrical scenery, with a great talent for painting grotesques, fauns, satyrs, and scènes d'opéra. He detested the grandiose official art of his own time, preferring to work in the style of the 16th-century school of Fontainebleau, with its free feminine grace. Gillot also painted subjects from the Italian commedia dell'arte, whose actors had been expelled from France only a few years before. Gillot's taste for these subjects, as well as some features of his drawing style, are reflected in Watteau's work. He began to observe the theatre from the wings: the makeup, the machines, the settings—all that serves to create scenic illusion. He discovered a new sense of light in the colourful reflections of artificial illumination on deep shadows, on made-up faces, on the brilliant costumes, and on the painted backdrops. The spectacle being staged was born of the equilibrium established among these elements; natural reality could scarcely have taught the young Watteau more.
In 1708 Watteau entered the studio of Claude Audran III, then curator of the Medici Gallery in the Palais du Luxembourg, in Paris. Now his experience of Paris was virtually complete—the world of the theatre, the grand gardens of the Luxembourg, the study of art collections. Watteau's Paris is a combination of ceremonies and illusions, a miracle of civilization that reveals itself in its avenues and fountains, with their marvellous play of water amid the gardens. At the Luxembourg he studied the triumphant cycle of paintings that Rubens had dedicated to Marie de Médicis about 30 years earlier. These huge works, vibrant with life and pleasure, exerted a deep influence upon him. Watteau assisted Audran, who was the most famous decorator in Paris, but he also looked to other worlds. In 1709 he was accepted as a student at the Académie Royale of painting and entered the competition for the Prix de Rome, but he failed to win the scholarship to Rome and decided to return to Valenciennes. A friend sold a painting of his so that Watteau could pay for the return journey. He was to paint others at Valenciennes for one of his admirers, a wounded officer in convalescence there. These subjects ("Les Fatigues de la guerre," "Les Délassements de la guerre") found favour with the public. In 1710 Watteau returned to Paris as the guest of the art dealer Pierre Sirois, who, together with Sirois's son-in-law Gersaint, was to be his faithful friend for the rest of his life. Watteau introduced members of the Sirois family into his paintings. He was not a portrait painter, however. His subjects do not seem to have names: they are at times friends who masquerade and pose for the groups of Italian actors.
Watteau's Cythera.
In 1712 Watteau tried once more to go to Italy. He did not succeed, but he was accepted by the Académie as a painter of fêtes galantes—outdoor entertainments in which the courtiers often dressed in rural costumes—for his presentation of a scene depicting actors in a garden. Between 1710 and 1712 he had painted the first of his three versions of the "L'Embarquement pour l'île de Cythère." The myth of the island of Cythera, or of love, has distant roots in French and Italian culture, in which the journey is depicted as a difficult quest. Watteau's Cythera, by comparison, is a paradise wavering in the ephemeral and in artifice; it represents an invitation to delights amid the enchantment of nature. It is an island toward which the pilgrims embark but never arrive, preserving it preserves its light only if it remains far on the horizon.
Watteau's first version of the subject is anecdotal: it illustrates a comedy motif in a vaguely Venetian ambience. The second—which is the most beautiful—has the aspect of a profane ritual in an unreal, immense, and almost frighteningly empty landscape. In the third, in which cherubim flutter around a golden gondola, the subject has become vulgarized. Common to all three versions is a theatrical, almost scenographic, composition, a chromatic transposition of all that is suggested in the theatrical universe. The wonderlands of opera, romance, and epic are all evoked by Watteau's Cythera, which represents the country of the impossible dream, the revenge of madness on reason, and of freedom on rules and morality. According to one hypothesis, the theme was suggested to Watteau by a prose play, Les Trois Cousines (1700), by Florent Dancourt, in the finale of which a group of country youths, disguised as pilgrims of love, prepare to embark on the voyage to the island of Cythera. Since this story of rustic millers is parodistic in intent and quite different from the refined scene that Watteau set in an unreal Venice, it is more probable that Watteau was inspired by an opéra ballet of Houdar de la Motte, La Vénitienne (1705), in which the invitation to the island of love includes not only the pilgrims of Cythera but also the stock characters of the commedia dell'arte—that is, both of the great themes that Watteau pursued all his life.
Period of his major works.
Despite his growing fame, Watteau remained shy, misanthropic, dissatisfied with himself, "libertine in spirit, but prudent in morals." There is little information concerning him from 1712 until 1715, when he was introduced to the very rich financier Pierre Crozat, who had just returned from Italy. There, on behalf of the Regent, Crozat had been negotiating for the acquisition of Queen Christina's art collection. A Watteau enthusiast, Crozat invited the painter to take up quarters in his residence, as was the custom among wealthy art lovers. Crozat had a great collection of Italian and Flemish paintings and drawings, including Correggio, the Venetian masters, and Van Dyck, and as Crozat's guest, Watteau profitably applied the lessons of the Italian masters. He also painted the gardens and the countrysides surrounding the villa at Montmorency. Watteau left his rich patron out of a desire for freedom, although he remained his friend. Thenceforth he lived in seclusion and solitude. This was the period of the birth of his masterpieces: the "Conversations," the "Divertissements champêtres," the "Fêtes galantes." In 1717 he presented to the Académie, of which he had become a member, the second version of "L'Embarquement pour l'île de Cythère." Two years later he was in London, where his works were in great demand and where he also wanted to consult a famous physician about his health, which had been failing for some time. In London he limited himself to executing very few paintings, one of which was for his doctor on a subject very dear to him, "Italian Comedians."
Hardly a year later, in 1720, Watteau was back in France. In only eight days he painted the now-famous signboard for the shop of his art dealer friend Gersaint. Among his last works was "Gilles," a portrait of a clown in white painted as a signboard for the Théâtre de la Foire. White as innocence (or imbecility) and roseate in complexion, "Gilles" is the image of the actor during intermission—the actor who offers himself every day to the laughter of his fellows, the uncomprehending victim of a ceremony the full meaning of which seems to evade him. He is represented in a grandness that recalls Rembrandt's "Christ Presented to the People" ("Ecce Homo"). At the other extreme is the signboard that Watteau painted for Gersaint: it portrays an art dealer's shop in which a morose painting of Louis XIV is being symbolically stored away, as if to mark the end of his great reign. Although there are a number of figures, the protagonist of the picture is painting itself, as if Watteau at the end of his life were consecrating his art to eternity. By now Watteau was worn down by tuberculosis, and he died at the age of 37.
Themes and influences.
Watteau's art exemplifies the profound influence of the theatre as a motif of inspiration on the painting of the 18th century. The strongest influence on his work was exercised not by solemn tragedy but by the most ephemeral theatrical forms. One major influence was the commedia dell'arte, in which words count significantly less than gestures, a theatre linked to the actor, who brings his own routines with him. Another influence was the opéra ballet, with its grand display of fleeting images embodied by the dance, the singing, the costumes, and the decorations. Watteau belonged to a period of reaction against the classicism of the preceding era, in which division of the arts and of the separation of styles had been strictly observed. An attempt was thus made to ennoble the genres previously considered inferior (farce, improvised comedy, the novel), and bold transpositions from one form of art to the other were ventured, as in the fusion of poetry, music, painting, and dance into the new genre of opera. In many cases Watteau's painting is a chromatic transposition of the world of the opera.
Watteau interpreted his era in forms so delicate and evanescent that they seem to suggest the illnesses of the culture. In the quarrel that raged between Ancients and Moderns, Watteau seems instinctively to have sided with the Moderns. For him antiquity and its great heroes were dead. His adoration of the present and its refined modernity, and fashion bordered on frivolousness. On the other hand, he rejected every form of picturesque realism. His conception of Parnassus, the home of the gods of ancient Greece, resembles the Paris of his time, which he often reduced to the dimensions of a stage. Watteau was immersed in the ephemeral. Women reign in his paintings. Men—cavaliers or clowns—are there to please the women who glide by, enfolded in their splendid silken raiments. The statues in the parks are almost always statues of women. And even nature is feminine: trees with slender trunks, rich with a soft and uncertain foliage.
Posthumous reputation.
Watteau's circle of admirers dissolved shortly after his death, and his reputation began to wane. Watteau, who had interpreted the deepest aspirations of his own time, was found pleasing by few later in the 18th century as the Age of Reason developed. Painting then passed to the observation of reality and, finally, to social protest. It was natural that an artist, such as Watteau, who exalted the free reign of fantasy was set aside. Critics later, during the French Revolution, accused Watteau of "having infected the dwellings of his time with bad taste."
The 19th century marked a certain resurgence of interest in Watteau, especially in England and among some French poets, namely Victor Hugo, Gérard de Nerval, and Théophile Gautier. Gradually, his fortunes revived: Baudelaire presented a profound and precise interpretation of the artist, placing him among the "beacons" of mankind in one of his most famous poems ("Les Phares," 1855). He too saw Watteau's art against the background of the comédie-ballet as a whirling and weightless dance among popular stock characters or aristocratic cavaliers under the artificial lights of chandeliers.
In 1856 the Goncourt brothers published "Philosophie de Watteau," in which they compared him to Rubens. Marcel Proust, at the end of the century, was among those who best sensed Watteau's greatness. Eventually the esteem Watteau enjoyed in the circle of art lovers, poets, and novelists extended to the broad public.Giovanni Macchia
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Western painting: FranceIt took the genius of Antoine Watteau to put together all the ideas current in Paris and to create the new style of painting. Rubens (in particular his oil sketches), the brush drawings and etchings of Castiglione, the naturalism of the Dutch painters, and the fantasy of the French artist…
drawing: ChalksAntoine Watteau reached a previously unheard of harmony of different chalks on natural paper. With the three colours, Nicolas Lancret, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jacques-André Portail, François Boucher—to name but a few such artists—achieved sensitive drawings that are very appealing coloristically.…
drawing: 17th, 18th, and 19th centuriesAntoine Watteau, too, did drawings to "keep his hand in" for his painting, although he did so with an independence that led him far beyond the immediate occasion. Most figures in the paintings from various periods of his career were based on earlier drawings. In…
art market: The rise of ParisSignificantly, Watteau—perhaps the greatest French painter of the era—worked almost exclusively for dealers, such as Edme-François Gersaint, and for private clients. Gersaint pioneered the dealer's catalog, and his shop was immortalized in Watteau's late masterpiece
The Signboard of Gersaint(1721).…
François Boucher…engravings of 125 drawings by Antoine Watteau. After illustrating an edition of Molière's works, he drew cartoons of farmyard scenes and chinoiserie for the Beauvais tapestry factory.…
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in my small town of Harrison i go to one of the top schools in the state i am one of the very few atheists at this school but at the beginning of each year the principal stands up and calls a prayer to the entire high school in our school cafeteria , and say it is optional, i need to know if it is prohibited by the law in any way
also at least one of the teachers in the school has the biblical poster of the ten commandments on the wall of their class room i'm pretty sure that that is prohibited by the law.
please give me any information if their is laws prohibiting said examples if their are if u can tell me any way to get a hold of people who can help me inform the school of their mistakes because they wont listen to me of the other atheists at all.
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What Nelson says. Although, if you decide to stand up for your rights, be aware of how it might affect you personally. It may make your life temporaraily miserable, but it also may end up for the greater good.
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ive already made a point of how flaming i am about being an atheist so its expected of me to do something like this and not many people would mess with a 6 foot 2 inch IQ 170 and bucks 18 wheeler tires at his fathers shop type of guy. thank all of you and Nelson i will get a hold of those groups
That helps, doesn't it? I'm 6' 3" and opinionated. I never seem to have issues with people trying to make my life miserable for my open atheism.
the FFRF has responded to the violation report and they have said they will respond to the things i have pointed out hopefully they will sort this out sonn i know me and the other atheist are sick of it
Thanks for the update!
the poster has been taken down and i have a feeling the school wont b praying at the beinning of th eyear anymore the pricipal was walking around angry the day befor the poster came down


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Peebles' Farm
Other Names: Poplar Springs Church, Wyatt's Farm, Chappell's House, Pegram's Farm, Vaughan Road, Harmon Road
Location: Dinwiddie County
Campaign: Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (June 1864-March 1865)
Date(s): September 30-October 2, 1864
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, and Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren [US]; Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill and Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton [CS]
Forces Engaged: Corps
Estimated Casualties: 3,800 total
Description:In combination with Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler's offensive north of the James River, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant extended his left flank to cut Confederate lines of communication southwest of Petersburg. Two divisions of the IX corps under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, two divisions of the V Corps under Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren, and Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg's cavalry division were assigned to the operation. On September 30, the Federals marched via Poplar Spring Church to reach Squirrel Level and Vaughan Roads. The initial Federal attack overran Fort Archer, flanking the Confederates out of their Squirrel Level Road line. Late afternoon, Confederate reinforcements arrived, slowing the Federal advance. On October 1, the Federals repulsed a Confederate counterattack directed by Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill. Reinforced by Maj. Gen. Gershom Mott's division, the Federals resumed their advance on the 2nd, captured Fort MacRae which was lightly defended, and extended their left flank to the vicinity of Peebles' and Pegram's Farms. With these limited successes, Meade suspended the offensive. A new line was entrenched from the Federal works on Weldon Railroad to Pegram's Farm.
Result(s): Union victory
CWSAC Reference #: VA074
Preservation Priority: II.2 (Class B)
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View of the Royal Palace of Luang Prabang entrance from Sisavangvong road. The golden temple is Vat haw Pha Bang. The Royal Palace (official name "Haw Kham") in Luang Prabang, Laos, was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official visitors to Luang Prabang could disembark from their river voyages directly below the palace and be received there. After the death of King Sisavang Vong, the Crown Prince Savang Vatthana and his family were the last to occupy the grounds. In 1975, the monarchy was overthrown by the communists and the Royal Family were taken to re-education camps. The palace was then converted into a national museum.
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Successes and lessons learnt from the IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) in the Pacific were discussed and recorded at the Initiative's wrap-up meeting, held early December in Suva, Fiji.
Over fifteen participants, comprising project and regional partners and donors, attended a 4-day wrap up meeting of the Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) to discuss the challenges and lessons learnt from working on water resource management with communities, local and national governments over the past few years.
Early 2008, WANI began its preliminary work in the Pacific region. From 2010 onwards, IUCN embarked on working with the governments of Samoa and Fiji on water resources management with the aim to improve the resilience of both people and nature to a changing climate.
IUCN's Water and Wetlands Programme Coordinator, Dr. Milika Sobey, outlined that "WANI set out to improve how local and urban communities manage their water resources using a 'ridge-to-reef' approach and it has achieved that"
"This wrap-up meeting has given us valuable insight into what could be done differently in planning future projects. For instance, there is consensus in having both top-down and bottom-up approaches, together with concrete timeframes for project implementation".
The project in Samoa focussed on the Togitogiga Catchment on the island of Upolu, Samoa. Once a flourishing catchment, the area was degraded due to soil erosion, sedimentation and water pollution, caused by land development and an increasing population.
IUCN helped the government of Samoa to develop and implement an integrated watershed management plan for Togitogiga. This guides the government, as well as the community, to improve the ecosystem of the catchment, and in turn people's livelihoods.
In Fiji, IUCN worked with communities around the town of Nadi and on the island of Kadavu. In the flood prone town of Nadi, IUCN has helped to set up the Nadi Basin Catchment Committee (NBCC) and assisted in undertaking a Nadi Basin biodiversity inventory. The project successfully drafted a National Flood Policy, through inter-agency coordination for Fiji's water management; a first in Fiji.
In partnership with IUCN Member the University of the South Pacific (USP), IUCN is working with communities on the island of Kadavu, which has one of the largest protected areas in Fiji with 65 registered Marine Parks. This project established a District Catchment Committee to oversee the development of an integrated approach to water management for the area. Also, training on native forest restoration has led to villages creating their own nurseries, planting native species in degraded upper catchment areas, and reduced burning and grazing.
"Though the project has come to its end, the successes and lessons learnt from WANI can be replicated nationally as well as regionally, and we will document these into a publication that will be disseminated to relevant agencies," said Dr Sobey.
Lessons learnt from WANI will also be integrated into IUCN's work in the Kovi Catchment on the Solomon Islands, and other future projects within the Pacific region.
WANI is the Water and Nature Initiative, working in more than 12 river basins in over 30 countries worldwide. WANI unlocks the potential for healthy river basins to build climate resilience and to sustain ecosystems and livelihoods. It is financially supported by DGIS, the Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation.
For more information:
Milika Sobey, IUCN Water and Wetlands Programme Coordinator, [email protected]


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Is there going to be a get-together run on Saturday morning? I mean, like a teeny 3-4 mile jog from, say, the Stoned Gates up to LLH and back or something? You know, a confidence booster.
Anyone interested?
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
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yeah I'd be interested. As long as you actually mean jog because right now I am so slow I am almost going backwards.
People run backwards up that hill, you know.
And I'll say I'm 50% interested. Any idea what time? There's an important football game at 11.
Tick tock
Howzabout 9:00?
30-40 minutes of terror and then everyone can go off to watch "important" games or start crying.
The Thunder
Still here...
In it for the long run..
"It's not who wins the workout..."
Maybe...i dunno. I did it last year. I'll let you know.
I ran in there today. Some asshole made the hills bigger.
Groovy. If anyone needs a ride from the Hampton Inn-ish area, Cheryl and I can pick you up. Send me a message...
In any event, Stoned Gates at 9:00 on Saturday for anyone else who wants to join in the "fun."
My sincere apologies in advance for showing mile 19 to those of you not already familiar with it.
Stoned Gates
Stoned Gates
I'll be wishing I was when I see them Sunday.
I'm up to 90%, and I'll be bringing a friend. He's familiar with the hills, so he said "hope you don't mind running with me and not your buddies, cause I'm a slow Clydesdale who hasn't run since May." I told him to suck it up, we'll be there.
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Register today for the 37th Annual Spring Dash! A five mile run through Coeur d'Alene to support United Way of North Idaho. Saturday, April 27, 2019, race time at 9:30am. If you're interested in volunteering or helping plan the event, please let us know… 208-667-8112 or email@example.com
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The Coeur d'Alene Police Hockey Team has challenged to Spokane Police Hockey Team to a rematch Battle of the Badges hockey Game May 17 at Frontier Ice Arena. Puck drops at 6:30pm. Proceeds benefit the K27 Forever Memorial at McEuen Park.
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The North Idaho Family Group (NIFG) is an Idaho 501(c)3 non profit. It is a membership and program driven group whose mission is Healthy Families and Life Long Learning. NIFG is a backbone organization that will produce the annual Family Day in the Parks event in the spirit of the former collaborative, nonprofit based, Kids Day in the Park with a greatly expanded venue, schedule of events, audience and opportunities.
The event will give families a last day of school activity that is free to the public and lasts until after dark.
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The event will start at noon and run until dusk.
2nd Annual DOGFEST NORTH IDAHO – "Give a Dog a Job" benefiting Canine Companions for Independence and the mission of providing highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities….free of charge! Grab a leash and bring your dog, family and friends to this fun, community event and festival… all for the love of dogs! Enjoy crazy canine games, contests, dog demos, inspiring speakers, music, food and great fun! Fundraising encoura
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Fondo on the Palouse showcases the rolling hills of the Palouse and its local communities. All routes begin in Moscow, Idaho before traversing through the local communities of Troy, Deary, Princeton, Potlatch, Palouse, Colfax and Pullman. Ride options range from 15 to 100 miles.
T-Jay Clevenger, founder of the Fondo on the Palouse, envisions a large event with routes for both competitive and non-competitive cyclists. The event currently has four routes to challenge all participants.
The Family Fondo is a 15 mile route beginning in Moscow Idaho and ending in Troy, Idaho.
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Fondo on the Palouse provides an opportunity to engage, entertain and support local communities, non-profits and individuals of the Palouse through the active and healthy lifestyle of touring by bicycle.
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The Fondo on the Palouse supports the Latah Trail Foundation. The Latah Trail Foundation (LTF) was founded in the spring of 1998, by a handful of people with a vision for safe, non-motorized transportation and recreation along the former Moscow-Arrow rail line.
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Demands for a speedy regime change in Syria are only fueling the conflict in that country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. He made this comment during the Security Council session entitled "Situation in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities." Support for the opposition and appeals for military intervention from the outside will only widen the conflict in Syria. In this context, Mr. Lavrov called for a dialogue between the warring parties.
Meanwhile, the Syrian army bombed again on Monday the rebel city of Idleb (northwest) and its province, where people lack water and electricity, reported Syrian activists. At least 18 people, mostly soldiers, were killed Monday in violence across the country.
The military forces are in control of the entrances to Idleb, but other parts are still defended by the rebels. In the district of Dbeit, 20 bodies were found Sunday night, Rami Abdel Rahman, president of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights told AFP. On Monday, at least four civilians were killed in the province of Idleb.
Elsewhere in the country, in the province of Homs (center), three civilians were killed. In the province of Hama (center), three soldiers were killed by rebels who repelled an assault on the town of Kalat-al Madiq, which came under heavy machine gun fire. In the city of Deraa, the cradle of protest in the south, three soldiers were also killed in an attack against a military vehicle. In the province of Raqa (North Central), three rebels and two air intelligence officers died in the town of Al-Tabka. Moreover, according to the official SANA news agency, a group of armed terrorist blew up a pipeline carrying oil from the city of Homs to Hama. The agency gave no further details.
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One Pattern Seven Ways - #6
I also finished my 6th version of Simplicity 2599. This time I decided to lengthen the top to make a dress. I used version F of the pattern to add the gathered waistline. Otherwise I just lengthened the bottom and added some ruffles to the neckline.
Here are some of photos/instructions for what I did to the neckline:
I first cut the neckline into a v neck instead of the higher scoop neck. I also added length to the pattern and an inches of width on either side after the waistline.
Then I cut out two large circles where the inside circle was about 27 inches in circumference. The ruffles are then about 5 inches wide. (there are two of these)
I sewed the two ruffle separate circles together at one end in a french seam.
I pinned and sewed (at 1/4") the ruffles to the neckline with the right side of the ruffle to the wrong side of the dress. The french seam should be at center back.
I then flipped the ruffle to the front of the dress and pressed it.
Pin the rest of the ruffle down the front middle of the dress until the waistline.
Pin and stitch the ruffle down the middle of the dress.
Next I topstiched around the neckline and down ruffles on the center of the dress.
Lastly I finished the edges of the ruffles. I wish I had a rolled hem foot, but I don't so I had to do it the old fashioned way. I hope you have a rolled hem foot because it was not fun.
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This dress looks gorgeous on you... you really rock that colour. I have enjoyed your one-pattern series.ReplyDelete
wonderful colour on you! great dress.ReplyDelete
Kat, it is a rayon challis - my new favorite fabric to work with. it doesn't fray, or slip, it's not shiny like polyester and yet still moves nicely like a silk. i highly recommend it.ReplyDelete
Yes, that color on you is divine!ReplyDelete
Love the idea! now I want one. Thanks for the inspiration and instruction!!ReplyDelete
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What a great idea! I was just thinking about this very thing. I'm a beginner sewist and the first top I made (this spring) was 2599. I love it, it's so great to have such excellent individualised fit for the bust. I appreciated this even more after making Simplicity 2211 (a Lisette dress), which is nice but not adjustable by cup size. That got me thinking that i should just lengthen 2599 and now that I see how cute that can be, I'm definitely going to do it! And as people have said, the colour you chose is lovely.ReplyDelete
It's a very good piece of work Kelli. The making is very easy & you have given each & every aspect of how to make it. I like the pictures which shows the deeper creativity instincts. Great Job.ReplyDelete
Adorable! Looks so cute. I love the elastic waist dress look but it's hard to find a pattern for one that doesn't end up looking like a sack, so lengthening a top is a great idea!ReplyDelete
That is so helpful tutorial. thanks for share this.ReplyDelete
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Toby Keith Performs 'Red Solo Cup' on 'Jay Leno'
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Keith performed amid bales of hay and kegs strategically positioned on the stage. They were placed in front of the drum kit and behind the singer and his players. The props certainly helped bring an authentic country music vibe to 'The Tonight Show.'
Leno gave Keith a big ol' hug after the singer performed. Fast forward to the 38-minute mark in the episode below in order to enjoy 'Red Solo Cup.'
It was also super cute when Leno introduced Keith to one of his couch guests, an adorable little boy from Tennessee named H.L. McCullough who has an astounding, encyclopedic knowledge of all of the presidents of the United States and an extremely thick accent. Keith fist bumped the little guy. Maybe they talked about which Commander-in-Chief is their favorite while they were in the green room.
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Benefit for Joy Cooke on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Bentley Creek Wesleyan Church, 13255 Berwick Turnpike, Gillett from 4 to 8 p.m. Chicken barbecue w/cole slaw, potatoes, watermelon, rolls, butter ($12, 4 p.m. until gone), silent auction, bake sale, music, face painting and Tshirt sales.
Monthly Breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, French toast, ham, sausage, eggs, home fries, sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, orange juice, real maple syrup and sugar-free syrup. Adults, $7; children to 12 years, $3; preschool, free. Benefit: Herrick Twp. Vol. Fire Co. - Dept. 4.
Camptown Community Church Vacation Bible School will be held on Aug. 12 to 16, 6 to 8:30 p.m. for ages three to grade six. Everyone is welcome and helpers are always needed.
The Farm Hands Quartet will present the worship service with their bluegrass gospel music at the Herrickville United Methodist Church on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. A fellowship meal will follow.
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Round and Square Dance will be held at the Wysox Fire Hall, Saturday, Aug. 17, 7 until 11 p.m. Music by Sara. Refreshments available. Benefit Wysox Fire Company.
Dupont Retirees' Luncheon will be held on Aug. 14 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wyalusing Hotel.
The Wyalusing Senior Citizens will have their banquet dinner at the Wysox Presybterian Church on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at noon. Call June Salsgiver at 570-928-9159 to make reservation.
Twelfth Annual Friends of Rep. Tina Pickett Barbecue at the farm of Diane and Tom Elliott, Rome Twp. on 6225 Lake Road, Towanda (SR 1029) on Aug. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. Vic Stabile, candidate for Superior Court judge is expected and local officials. Cost: $25 each, $40 couple and $50 family. Checks payable to Friends of Tina Pickett, RSVP and checks can be mailed to Diane Elliott, 6225 Lake Road, Towanda, PA 18848. Call Diane for directions at 570-265-5310. Watch for Pickett signs at Wysox intersection of Rts. 6 and 187. Paid for by Friends of Tina Pickett. R31- 3p/S32-2p
Bradford-Sullivan County Farm Bureau picnic will be held on Aug. 11 at 1:30 p.m. at Hornbrook Park. RSVP to Barbara Warburton, 570-924-3984.
Wysox Sewing Society will not hold their monthly dinner at noon in Ferguson Hall of the Wysox Presbyterian Church during the month of August. Dinners will resume Sept. 10 with their delicious ham loaf dinner. For additional information, call 570-265-6119. R32c
The Towanda 2013 Riverfest, 4th Annual Baby Crawl Contest will be held on Aug. 17. Babies between the ages of six and 12 months are invited to enter. Entry forms can be downloaded at http://towandaborough.org/eventRiverfest.php or pick up form at The Edge Fitness Center, Towanda, front desk. Mail completed form to c/o Riverfest Baby Crawl, 305 William St., Towanda, PA 18848 by Aug. 15. For more information, contact Jeanne Hoffman, 570-265-4025.
Holy Name of Mary Harvest Moon Festival, 278 S. Main St., Montrose, Oct. 12, noon to 9 p.m., Oct. 13, 11 to 7. Live entertainment both days. Ethnic foods, bake sale, theme baskets, children's games, adult games, raffles, fire truck rides.
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Bookmobile Schedule Aug. 12, North Towanda Colonial Apts., 9 a.m.; Towanda Memorial Hospital, 10:45 to 11 a.m.; New Albany Library, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 14, Happy Days for Kids, 9:30 a.m.; Stevensville PO, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 15, Windham Center Twp. Offices, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Warren Center PO, 9 a.m.; Warren Community Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Warren Center PO, 3 p.m. Aug. 26, BLaST IU 17, 9 a.m.; Monroeton Library, 11 a.m. Aug. 28, Sayre Senior Center, 9 a.m.; Sayre Library, 10:45 A.M.; Bradford County Day Care, 1 p.m.; Page Manor, 2 p.m.
Salt Springs State Park Happenings: Aug. 11, Perseids Meteor Shower, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Full Moon Bike 'n Bonfire, 6 p.m.; Aug. 25, Mushrooms and Mycilia, 1 p.m.; Aug. 31, Salt Springs Celebration, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email Debra Adleman dadleman@ stny.rr.com.
The 19th Annual Bradford County Youth Field Day will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah State Park. Registration is now open. Call the park office at 570-297-2734 or email mtpisgahsp@ pa.gov to register child from five to 18.
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S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278- 1658 or e-mail email@example.com.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Toll-free 1- 800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265-2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
AA meeting, Friday evenings at 8 p.m. at the Standing Stone Vesper Church spiritual building, River Road, Standing Stone Township. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
Grief Support Group: Jan.- Dec. 2013. A bereavement support group meets monthly, the last Tuesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This group is open to those who have experienced loss and is facilitated by Trudy Ventello, LSW, a social worker with Memorial Hospital's Hospice program. The meetings are located in the library in the lower level of Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Any questions, call 570-268-2233.
Come Join the Depression Support Group at the Herrickville Fire Hall, first and third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Colleen Taylor, 570-746- 3021.
The Bradford/Sullivan AARP Chapter #4423 annual summer picnic will be held at Hornbrook Park at the large pavilion at the bottom of the hill on Aug. 13 at noon. Bring dish to pass and drink and own table service. Hot dogs, hamburgers and rolls furnished. Bring brown bag auction item, school supplies for annual school drive. Emily Goble, 2013 scholarship recipient has been invited. Guests always welcome. Any questions, call Secretary Merna Colwell, 570-833- 2567.
VFW 6824 and its auxiliary will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the post home at 1468 Haigh's Pond Road. The auxiliary will be collecting new or gently used sleeping bags and personal care items for homeless vets.
Caregivers' Support Group sponsored by the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman and the B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Library at Memorial Hospital Personal Care Home in Towanda. Anyone taking care of a family member or loved one, be it at home or as a resident of a long term care facility welcome. For information, call Donna Benjamin at the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman, 570- 746-3844 or Carol Dieffenbach at Area Agency on Aging, 570-265- 6121. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Twin Tier Antique Tractor and Machinery meeting will meet on Thursday evening, August 15 at 7 p.m. at the Stoll Building in Wysox.
The first of a non-profit training series will be held on August 13 at the Keystone Theatre, Towanda from 9 a.m. until noon. Gina Santodonato, Director of Marketing and Communications of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier will share information on how non-profits can increase awareness and raise funds through causebased marketing strategies. If you are interested in this free training series, then contact Kerri Strauss at United Way by calling 570-247-5569 or email her at email@example.com or contact Angela Klopf at Community Foundation for Twin Tiers (CFFT) by calling 570-888-4759 or email@example.com.
Endless Mountains Railroad Club will meet Saturday, Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rt. 6, Tunkhannock. (Note change in locations this month only.) An all-day work session on Saturday, Aug. 10 at noon at the club building, 7837 Route 29, Dimock. For more information, please check out the website at http://emmrrc. wix.com/trains.
Potter Family Reunion will be held at the home of Don and Sharon Pickett in Sugar Run on Sunday, Aug. 18.
Woodruff Reunion - will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 1 p.m. at the Laceyville Fire Hall. Call Sharon, 570-934-2771 for more information.
The Tewksbury reunion will be Sunday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. sharp at the Elk Lake School pavilion. Bring a dish to share, beverage and your own table service.
The annual Kipp-Hite reunion will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 1 p.m. at the home of Gary and Marcia Kipp Hallett, 234 Warren Center Road, Warren Center. Meat and beverage provided. Bring a dish to share. Swimsuits and towels can be brought as well if you wish to swim. Bring homemade family craft or bake sale item to auction. Proceeds to be used to fund 2014 reunion.
Gridiron for Gals, August 18. A fun ladies' event with food, vendors, fun football presentation. Call for reservations, 570- 746-4922. This is a fundraiser for the Greater Wyalusing Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by the Ram Zone. S29-5c/R29- 5c
NEPA/Abington Wildcats Fastpitch Travel Softball will be hosting 16U and 18U team tryouts for their Fall 2013/Summer 2014 team on Aug. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m., Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m., Aug. 17, 1 to 3 p.m. and Aug. 18, 1 to 3 p.m. at Abington Heights High School. For more information or to schedule a private tryout, contact Vic Thomas at 570-351-5187; Mike Thomas at 570-241-7030, John Kelly, 570-504-4808 or by email at email@example.com.
Twin Tier Antique Tractor and Machinery Association Assoc. will sponsor an antique tractor pull on Saturday, Aug. 24 at the grounds in Rome. Weigh-in at 8:30 a.m. and pull at 9:30 a.m. For insurance purposes, must be member to pull. For information, call 570-637-1311.
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According to the Worldwatch Institute, in 1998 alone, severe weather caused more than 30,000 deaths and close to $90 billion in damage. Hurricanes ravaged coastlines, tornadoes plowed through the United States with record force, and rain battered crops and left millions of people homeless worldwide. What causes such severe weather? Can we prepare ourselves for these disasters?
Powerful storms such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes are generated when warm, light air rises quickly into higher, colder levels in an unstable updraft that can reach over 100 miles per hour. Each type of storm forms under specific conditions; hurricanes occur over moisture-rich oceans and coastlines, for example. They draw their energy from warm ocean waters. Understanding the conditions that give rise to powerful storms is the key to preparing for their devastating effects.
Thunder and lightning
At any given moment, there are an estimated 2,000 thunderstorms in progress over Earth's surface. These storms can vary from relatively mild rainstorms to very damaging storms that feature hail and high wind. Thunderstorms form when warm air rises from Earth's surface and moves upwards quickly into the colder levels of the atmosphere. If conditions are right, tornadoes can form from this rapid updraft. Normally, however, the result is rain, wind, lightning, and thunder.
Without lightning, there would be no "thunder" in "thunderstorm." Thunder is the noise lightning makes as it travels through the air. Lightning occurs during all thunderstorms (though not every time it rains). During a storm, it strikes Earth 100 times each second. More than just a dazzling light show, lightning causes billions of dollars in damage each year.
Lightning forms when updrafts of air carry water droplets, which have a charge, upward to heights where some freeze into ice and snow particles. They form a cloud. As these particles begin to fall back to Earth, charges within the cloud become mixed. The differences in charge are released as lightning. You'll normally hear the sound of lightning a few moments after you see the sky light up. Light travels faster than sound, so if you are at a distance from the storm, lightning and thunder may seem oddly disconnected.
Spinning air: Tornadoes and hurricanes
Both tornadoes and hurricanes are spinning columns of air capable of causing great damage. There are important differences between these two powerful storms, however. Tornadoes are more localized and typically found on land, while hurricanes can cover vast areas and draw their power from the warm tropical oceans.
Tornadoes range from only a few feet to one mile in diameter and are short in duration (normally only a few minutes long). Though these storms are localized, they can be extremely violent. The wind speed inside a tornado's funnel can exceed 200 miles per hour, enough to turn everyday objects into deadly projectiles. Tornadoes occur all over the world, at every time of the year, but they are most common in the summertime in the midwestern United States. This region's propensity for tornadoes has earned it the name Tornado Alley.
Tornadoes form from thunderstorms, though not all thunderstorms generate tornadoes. An unstable column of warm air rising within cumulus clouds can start to rotate because of changing wind directions at or near the ground. These updrafts alter the air's rotation from horizontal to vertical, creating conditions in which a funnel can develop. If conditions are right and the funnel forms, it can extend to the ground, forming a tornado.
All thunderstorms are capable of producing tornadoes, but detection is still a difficult task. Weather forecasters can identify the cloud features and conditions that normally precede these storms, and they know where they are most likely to occur. However, predicting the exact time, location, and intensity of tornadoes is still very difficult.
Tornadoes threaten areas the size of towns or counties, but hurricanes play themselves out on a much larger stage. These large storms can last for days or weeks and cover thousands of miles of territory. Hurricanes draw their strength from the warm tropical waters of the ocean. Unlike tornadoes, they lose their power source when they leave the ocean. Once on land, they gradually dissipate.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved two bills that will significantly hinder the ability of foreign governments and organizations to influence Israeli politics.
The first bill passed by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation puts an NIS 20,000 (approx. $5,500) annual limit on the amount of foreign donations that can be received by an Israeli NGO that seeks to influence Israeli government policy.
The second bill then slaps a 45 percent tax on any of those donations that came from foreign governments. NGOs that also receive direct funding from the Israeli government - such as educational or social welfare organizations - will remain tax-exempt.
The bills were hotly debated both in the cabinet and by the Israeli public.
Opponents of the bills, including six government mininsters, argued that they were detrimental to the democratic nature of the Jewish State, and could be perceived as discrimination against certain sectors of society.
Proponents argued that the bills do not target any particular sector of society - all NGOs will be subject to the new rules - and that they are perfectly in line with similar laws in other Western democracies.
For instance, the American Foreign Agent Registration Act requires NGOs supported by foreign funds to register as "foreign agents" and to make public their relationship to their foreign donors. It is also prohibited for foreign governments and organizations to contribute financially to the election campaigns of American officials.
Still, many in Israel argued that the Netanyahu government had gone a step too far by cutting off the foreign money lifeline of many NGOs, a move they insisted would limit free speech.
But do foreign governments have a right to free speech within the political framework of a sovereign nation?
Writing for the popular conservative blog Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein responded to European pressure that Netanyahu shelf the NGO bills:
"So the idea here, obviously is that a 'democratic' country must allow foreign governments, who represent foreign citizens and not Israelis, to interfere in its domestic politics by supporting organizations that range from the fringe left to beyond the fringe left. ...Imagine if Israel was funneling millions of Euros annually to Basque separatists in Spain, Flemish nationalists in Belgium, or to one of numerous neo-fascist fronts in Norway and France. I have a very strong feeling that the EU's views of what 'democratic' countries must tolerate from foreign governments would change rather quickly."
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Title: Four Seasons mosaic from the Villa Dar Buc Ameera
Each season is represented by a winged maiden, known in classical mythology as the Horae or goddesses of the seasons. Each wears a seasonal wreath. Winter, at the top, wears a wreath of reeds, Spring wears blossoms, Summer, on the right, a wreath of wheat and Autumn, at the bottom, wears grapes on the head and down over her breast.
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Last Night's Party
Actually it's Michelle Arnusch's parents at some shindig in a year when life was better. But seriously, does anyone remember how I got home?
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There really should be a game on this site called "Someone's Parents or Brooklyn Hipsters?"
I love this blog, though! Thanks for keeping it up!!
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- Nicole said...
Stubby beer bottle!
- January 10, 2010 at 11:14 AM
hot dad!
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Billy Goats needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
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A newly married husband and wife team are opening a fok art gallery together (with their newly merged family of 3 boys) in Decatur GA. We are both professionals in other industries (event management and software sales), but have a passion for bringing folk are to our community as an additional business.
Decatur is a artsy and cultured walking community on the outskirts of Atlanta, where families with school aged children, university professors, doctors and other professionals live and work. It is hip, colorful, and open minded. Our store is located right on the charming square that hosts many restarants, shops and salons in older brick buildings that cater to a 30-55 age range. We will be selling folk art and funky jewelry, pottery, glass, gifts and some furniture...and even some art by local children.
Our initial thought is a billy goat with oats haging out of his mouth...but please be creative, clean and simple. He needs to say "this is a fun, hip place, come in and hang out." The logo will be used on the store window, business cards, labels on retail packaging, and in marketing pieces.
See attached photo (Decatur Square6). Our new space is the space with signage that currently reads "By Hand South."..
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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has indicated club captain Steven Gerrard could return to action in the New Year's Day home clash with Hull.
Gerrard has not played in the Reds' last four games after sustaining a hamstring problem in a 4-1 Barclays Premier League win over West Ham at Anfield on December 7.
Asked on Monday if the England skipper might be fit to play in Wednesday's top-flight encounter with Hull, Rodgers said: "We will assess that over the next 24 hours.
"Steven has rejoined training so we'll see how he is for Hull."
Rodgers also revealed that midfielder Joe Allen, who came off in the second half of Sunday's 2-1 loss at Chelsea, is set to be sidelined for "a few weeks" with an abductor strain, and that he is awaiting news on how long defender Mamadou Sakho's hamstring strain is likely to sideline him for following his withdrawal towards the end of the Stamford Bridge contest.
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