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It wasn't her first visit to the Anniston Kiwanis Club Pancake Day. Winston, 20, had patronized the annual event since her freshman year of high school, when she would work behind the scenes with her school's Key Club.
This year, her two younger sisters, Elayne and Dorothy Nicole, were the ones doing all the work.
All that was required of Winston this year was to eat.
"They served me," she said.
Under threat of snowflakes, hundreds of families came to the City Meeting Center for the 26th year of the fundraiser. The first few hours were a bit slow, said Anniston Kiwanis president Alyson Mims, likely due to the weather forecast, but she said by around 8 a.m. tables began quickly filling up.
"It's been great. Very hectic but good," Mims said.
Mims said that by 10:30 a.m. the club had raised over $40,000. Last year, the club raised $52,000 and served over 3,200 breakfasts.
Proceeds from Pancake Day go to local agencies that help children and to the club's back to school shopping trip, which buys school supplies for area children in need.
Mike Rollins, director at Coosa Valley Youth Services in Anniston, stood underneath a tent behind the meeting center, spatula in hand. This year marked his 18th behind the grill, watching over several pancakes at once.
"I don't have as many flips in me as I used to," Rollins joked.
Rollins was joined at the grill by fellow pancake-flipper and business manager at the Anniston Museum of Natural History, Gina Cooper.
"We used to be the early crew," Cooper said, but they've since graduated to a loftier position. They both were allowed to sleep in, showing up for their 6:30 a.m. shift. The first shift began two hours earlier.
A few feet from the grill, Jacksonville State University Circle K member Steven Boyd stood beside a large, commercial mixer feeding it with water and batter mix.
He'd mixed more than 300 batches of pancake batter by 10:30 a.m., conceding the work isn't easy, but it's for a good cause.
"I like to be involved in the community, and I like to help people," Boyd said.
Out in the dining area, Anniston Kiwanis secretary Dan Pitts described a good way to measure how the club's biggest fundraiser was shaping up this year.
"We're all tired, so that means it's going to be great," Pitts said.
Staff writer Eddie Burkhalter: 256-235-3563. On Twitter @Burkhalter_Star.


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BRISTOL — Australian actor Jason Clarke has promoted television and film projects before, but nothing quite like his duties this past Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Himself an open wheel, Lotus Cup driver, Clarke, who stars alongside Hollywood heavyweights, Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy, in the new film Lawless did his work inside a Ford pace car, leading the NASCAR Sprint Cup field to the starting line during the Irwin Tools Night Race at BMS.
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Lawrence Frank wasn't upset by Rajon Rondo's late-game assist chasing
Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics has a little assist streak going that you may have heard about. Rondo extended his streak of having 10 or more assists in a game to 34 consecutive games in Sunday's loss to the Pistons. It wasn't easy, though, as Rondo had to play much longer than Boston's other starters in a blowout in order to continue that streak, which trails only Magic Johnson (46 games) and John Stockton (37 games) for the longest streaks of all time.
Some teams would get mad at that sort of thing — stat padding in garbage time is generally frowned upon by the so-called unwritten rules of sport (although it's occasionally hilarious, like with Ricky Davis and JaVale McGee, for example). Via the Associated Press, though, Pistons coach Lawrence Frank wasn't too upset with Rondo's 'efforts:'
Frank laughed off the issue.
"I guess the basketball gods were on his side tonight," he said. "I wasn't worried. I just know he's a great basketball player."
I'm glad Frank didn't act like a blowhard about it publicly like some coaches would have. Rondo and the Celtics certainly could've been more tactful about blatantly trying to chase a statistical record in an already-decided game, but I also admire Rondo's bluntness in his postgame comments, discussing how much getting that record would mean to him.
Nov 19, 2012 • 12:00 pm
by 19880607
Great passing is one thing I enjoy watching in basketball more than any other aspect. Intentionally missing a layup in order to pad one's rebounding stats in a blowout is beyond ridiculous but staying in a decided game late in order to set up easy shots for some end-of-benchers is actually quite commendable. I wish more players at all levels would chase assist records. It makes the game more fun to watch and more fun to play. I hope Rondo gets the record.
Nov 19, 2012 • 12:16 pm
by tarsier
I don't know about commendable. But I wouldn't say it is a bad thing. Statistical milestones give fans something to root for. And ultimately that's what pro sports are about–giving fans things to root for. Mostly, those things are championships. But individual awards and records are fun too.
Even if I know the Pistons get the same draft pick either way, I'd rather they go 26-56 and Drummond win ROY than they go 34-48 and Drummond not win ROY. I'd also give up a few wins to see Monroe get an all-star berth.
So Rondo not costing his team a win but violating some unwritten rules to record chase is totally fine, although, I am rooting against him getting the award. But only because he is a Celtic.
Nov 19, 2012 • 1:54 pm
by 19880607
I actually think Rondo breaking the record would enhance Magic's legacy because it would get people talking about Magic and showing his career highlights. I get sick of hearing about how pure point guards are a thing of the past. However, I do get the Michigan thing. I just think that no matter how many of his records get broken, it will be nearly impossible for anyone to surpass Magic's influence on the game and the state will always be able to claim that.
Nov 19, 2012 • 3:27 pm
by Brandow
rondo is a tremendous pass first player, it just makes me mad how like 4-5 years ago boston offered us rondo and ray allen and they wanted stuckey price and hamilton and joe D was stupid enough to decline that trade so we would all become rondo fans if he were a piston
Nov 19, 2012 • 3:54 pm
by jamesjones_det
Call it what you like buy Magic and John didn't need timeouts and time in a lost game to get their records.
Rondo is a good player but his name doesn't belong in the same category as those two.
Nov 19, 2012 • 3:57 pm
by jamesjones_det
Also maybe i'm remembering wrong but didn't the NBA take away a triple double from someone a couple of years ago for pulling a similar stunt?
This one might be harder to prove but I'm just sayin.
Nov 19, 2012 • 3:58 pm
by EMBRACE THE PROCESS
Does anyone else remember when the one dude from Orlando was trying to hard to get a triple double … They kept calling timeouts and fouling … Orlando was winning big …I think he even missed a shot on purpose to get his rebounds up…so Doug collins on the last play of the pull the guys out and told them to let him have…one of best piston moments
Nov 19, 2012 • 5:09 pm
by Manny
He better not have cared. Does anyone remember the pistons streak of holding opponents to below 70 pts? It was Frank who told his Nets team to hurry up and score in a pointless loss in order to break that streak. I will never forget how childish that was.
Nov 19, 2012 • 9:20 pm
by tarsier
Subs in garbage time always push the pace and try to hurry up and score. They need to make the most of their limited opportunities to get stats. They're playing for their next contracts.
Nov 19, 2012 • 10:15 pm
by Manny
You should not respond if you didn't see what happened. You obviously didn't. His subs were just going to run the clock out, until Frank intervened. Go watch the game again before you respond,
Nov 19, 2012 • 11:36 pm
by Guy
I remember the NJ Nets called several timeouts to intentionally ruin the Pistons record streak of holding opponents under 70 pts. And the amazing thing is it still took a fortunate call to do it, if I recall correctly. Its one thing to intentionally keep your own streak going in loser mode, but NJ took sore loser mode to a new level. I only hope it was before Frank now that I think about it. I think it was.
Nov 19, 2012 • 11:48 pm
by Guy
Check out this link. And wow was NJ cocky. Not only did they not apologize, they tried to spin like it was the Pistons fault for having 1 starter still in the game… They sounded like Children. I'm glad Kidd never won a championship and has no shot in NY.
Nov 20, 2012 • 12:08 am
by mixmasta
BREAKING NEWS: Jason Kidd just won a Championship with Dallas Mavericks.
Nov 20, 2012 • 9:11 am
by Scott Free
If Rondo's streak was related to points I'd have more of a problem with his padded numbers — but assists by their definition implies unselfishness (and frankly Jason Kidd padded his assist numbers for years.)
Nov 20, 2012 • 10:45 am
by tarsier
Assists can be just as selfish. Playing for stats instead of to up your team's odds of winning is pretty much the definition of selfish play–regardless of which stats you are going for. Don't believe me? Read anything out there on Wilt's 67-68 season.
Nov 20, 2012 • 9:51 am
by Manny
I remember the Nets being so happy they broke our streak in Garbage Time. They cheered at the end like they won the game. Laurence Frank and the Nets were so pathetic back then.
Nov 20, 2012 • 11:19 am
by DoctorDave
If any of the Pistons didn't like it, there is an easy solution: play defense. Tight defense with hard fouls. That would have been all it would have taken.
Also, while I'd have to go back and look, I'd be willing to guess that both Magic and Stockton had 10+ assists in occasional (or perhaps even rare) garbage minutes during their streaks. You don't win that many close games with that many assists in a row.
Nov 20, 2012 • 1:20 pm
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Ditto! The NekdDrgn team surpassed 30 million shortly after you
Thanks to some contributions from Whiz, I am going to do my best to hop on you guys coattails!
Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks to some contributions from Whiz, I am going to do my best to hop on you guys coattails!
Keep up the awesome work!
Just passed 80 million, thanks to my GPUs.
I wish there was 2 separate stats, one for CPUs and one for GPUs.
Don't give Bok any ideas!
Today passed 25 million in both Collatz and MilkyWay, will also hit 25 million in Dimes probably Saturday. Not a big deal, just kind of a funny coincidence
The milestone that I'm reporting in this post the "100000 points milestone" (to be precise 101228 points and 276 WUs finished at the moment) that I've passed recently, if you want to, please see my donator's page on Stanford and my user's page (with more detailed statistics) on Kakaostats website, respectively.
And btw., the previous milestone of mine that I've reported (see this post on page 7 in this same thread) was the "30000 points milestone".
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20 Million Cobbles
Agent GleanerC /out
Leav, just to let you know. I'm coming after you in 250K ratings. I'm concentrating on 2 projects to bump you down to #2.
Be afraid, be very afraid!!
How many of your quads do I need to buy to keep you off my back?
EDIT: I have like 5 more I am working on, but they are all sporadic with work! GRR!!!
That won't work! So I'll just stalk you instead. Drug Discovery is running out of work, so you're not going to finish that one. Ditto for RNA World. EDGeS is painfully low scoring. Oh, I see you are on Rosetta. I've joined up too and am running a few test WUs. I'm also trying two other new projects. (One appears to be out of work, alas!)
20 Mega-cobbles
10,000,000 cobblestones on PrimeGrid!!]
Wow, it took long enough. I remember the old GIMPS project and achieving 100 CPU years. It's been along time, with a lot of changes.
One should not listen to The Carpenters late at night and think of the past.
Team NekdDrgn has passed 40,000,000 cobbles overall (at 41 already) and just an hour ago made our 17th 1Million project (closed out enigma).
Puts us at 12th in a tie with none other than Outlnder for most 1M's.
Just broke top 1000 folders. Yep, Mr 999, that's me!
To be short lived, as he'll have is 18th soon, but hey... it's been a long hard battle!
Whoop dee dee!!
Just got 25 meeellion cobbles in Collatz!!
Off to Milky Way.
Congrats on 100,000,000 cobblestones outlnder!
I thought you were slowing down, now that you retired?!?
25 Million Cobbles
Agent GleanerC /out
GleanerC wrote:
25 Million Cobbles
Agent GleanerC /out
So much for my 20 million
These GPU projects sure make it easy to get into the 2.5 mil club. I guess 2.5 million in one project is not as exclusive a club as it used to be.
Very true. One 5870 could out score quite a few quads...
I just recently passed 50 million cobbles!
Back into the top 500 for RC5-72!
~14 days till I retake #1 on the Ars team.
10M F@H WU and number 8 on the ARS team!
A bit late here, but congrats to Beyond for breaking into the Top 100 overall hosts a week or two ago and #95 as of today. He's slowly eating away at my lead
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A bit late here, but congrats to Beyond for breaking into the Top 100 overall hosts a week or two ago and #95 as of today. He's slowly eating away at my lead
Thanks Whizbang. Looks like you're all the way up to the top 70. Nice. As far as catching you, ain't going to happen. 2nd is nice, smaller target on the back
30 Million Cobbles
Agent GleanerC /out
You are Cobbling fast!
Whizbang, congrats on 200 Million BOINC cobbles!
Beyond wrote:
Whizbang, congrats on 200 Million BOINC cobbles!
Thank you, kind sir!
I put 700 of those units* away today in DPAD, and have just succeeded in using a wooden spoon to pat myself on the back!
* = millions
I guess this must be the result of many small WUs received/sent recently (since in my last "milestone post" above I was at 101.228 points achieved and 276 WUs processed), but anyway, my current state is no less than 118.893 points and 1287 WUs (for more detailed stats see my user's page if you want to) on Kakaostats website.
-- shirker
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Passed the 20 Million mark today........
I passed one million on SETI main today, and still have sixteen thousand pending.
endless mike, that's quite an accomplishment on Seti. Congrats!
and today 40 Millions Cobbles for old GleanerC.
Agent GleanerC /out
Now that I've finished up my simulations for my thesis project, I've put some of the computing power I had there towards Climate Prediction. I'm now the #3 producer on the team; I'm not sure whether to be proud of that, or sad that the team isn't getting more output. How about somebody tries to stop me?
Passed 100,000 Points in collatz in less than one month on one machine. Almost all on my GPU. zero to my largest project in around one month.
For only having a dual core machine for most of the time I have been active with BOINC I don't think I have been doing to bad. GPU crunching for less than three weeks.
50 Million Cobbles!! Woohooo!
Oh Yeah!! Never thought I'd see this day.
Agent GleanerC /out
^^ that's a pretty big milestone, congrats
I made it past 1 million cobbles on SIMAP, a project that usually has work for only a couple of days each month. I thought it would take years to get to the million. But, last November and this July, SIMAP had a massive amount of work, and I was able to hit it. So about a year and a half instead of years.


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Many graffiti artists work in Bristol, one of the most notable being Banksy, who has also designed album covers for bands such as Blur.
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Banksy has produced work all over the world, including in Barcelona, New York, Australia, London, and the West Bank.
There has long been an interplay between the different music and art scenes. '''[[Robert Del Naja (3D)|Robert Del Naja]]''' was initially a graffiti artist (his first ever live gig was as a DJ accompanying artwork he had produced in a gallery in Bristol).
There has long been an interplay between the different music and art scenes. '''[[Robert Del Naja (3D)|Robert Del Naja]]''' was initially a graffiti artist (his first ever live gig was as a DJ accompanying artwork he had produced in a gallery in Bristol).
== History of the Bristol Underground scene ==
== History of the Bristol Underground scene ==
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The Bristol underground scene is a term used to describe the culture surrounding trip hop, drum and bass and graffiti art' that has existed in Bristol from the early 1990s to the present. The city of Bristol has spawned various musicians and artists, and is typified by its urban culture. While the city is most associated with a group of artists who emerged during the 1990s, especially the 'Bristol Sound', the city maintains an active and diverse underground urban scene.
The city has been particularly associated with trip hop. Salon magazine has said that trip hop was spawned in "the bohemian, multi-ethnic city of Bristol, where restlessly inventive DJs had spent years assembling samples of various sounds that were floating around: groove-heavy acid jazz, dub reggae, neo-psychodelia, techno disco music, and the brainy art rap."
The Bristol scene is characterised by a strong relationship between music and art, especially graffiti art. A founder member of the band Massive Attack, Robert Del Naja, was originally a graffiti artist, and local graffiti artist Banksy has also gone on to produce album covers and artworks.
The 'Bristol Sound'
The Bristol sound was the name given to a number of bands from Bristol, England, in the 1990s. These bands spawned the musical genre trip-hop, though many of the bands shunned this name when other British and international bands imitated the style and preferred not to distinguish it from hip-hop. The style was perhaps typified by the song Unfinished Sympathy which has frequently been described as one of the best songs of all time, according to polls produced by MTV2, NME and various other magazines and reviewers. A reviewer for the BBC has said that: "More than a decade after its release it remains one of the most moving pieces of dance music ever, able to soften hearts and excite minds just as keenly as a ballad by Bacharac or a melody by Paul McCartney."
The Bristol sound as a whole was characterised by a slow, spaced-out hip hop sound that a number of artists in the early and mid 1990s made synonymous with the city. These artists can include the aforementioned original Bristolians Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky and others such as Way Out West, Smith & Mighty, Up, Bustle and Out, Roni Size and The Wild Bunch.
Urban graffiti
Many graffiti artists work in Bristol, one of the most notable being Banksy, who has also designed album covers for bands such as Blur. Banksy is a world renowned artist who uses his original street art form to promote alternative aspects of politics from those promoted by the mainstream media. Some believe that his graffiti helps to provide a voice for those living in urban environments that could not otherwise express themselves, and that his work is also something which improves the aesthetic quality of urban surroundings; others disagree, asserting that his work is simple vandalism.
Banksy has produced work all over the world, including in Barcelona, New York, Australia, London, and the West Bank.
There has long been an interplay between the different music and art scenes. Robert Del Naja was initially a graffiti artist (his first ever live gig was as a DJ accompanying artwork he had produced in a gallery in Bristol).
History of the Bristol Underground scene
Bristol has long been a multicultural city. In the 1950s and 1960s there were waves of immigration that made Bristol one of the most racially diverse cities in the UK. This mix included greater access to new strands of music such as reggae. "In 1980, following a police raid on the popular Black and White Café, the St Pauls riots erupted, the first of the decade's civil disturbances."
"Around this time, the Bristol underground scene was steeped in punk and reggae influences, and soon embraced hip-hop - and with it the colourful New York-style lettering at the most creative end of the graffiti art spectrum."
The 1990s was when the scene began to create work of international significance. 1991 saw the release of Massive Attack's Blue Lines, an album which has met international critical acclaim. Blue Lines was named the 21st greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. Stuart Bailie of BBC Northern Ireland stated that "It was soul music. But it had bold, symphonic arrangements. It featured samples of the Mahavishnu Orchestra … It had funky breaks and an emotional power that was hard to figure. It sounded anxious and lost. But there was a grandeur in the music also. People who came across the record became obsessed, spinning it endlessly."
The Bristol underground scene was characterised by a sparseness and darkness. Bands like Portishead and Massive Attack used sparse sounds - a good bass line, a vocal and a few other effects, and usually very melancholy lyrics. Banksy also tends to use very few colours, concentrating on blacks and whites and sharp outlines, and often looking at controversial topics such as war.
Separately to this, some writers have talked of an undercurrent of darkness within the City due to its history.
Racial tensions within the City
A 2008 article in the Daily Telegraph| stated that: "Racial matters have always carried a historical resonance in Bristol, a city made affluent on the profits of tobacco and slave-trading. Street names such as Blackboy Hill and Whiteladies Road remain as reminders."
"It's a past that we feel equivocal about", says Steve Wright. "It's a double-edged thing. There are the beautiful Georgian terraces that we love, but they were built on the profits of slavery. It's our shady past, and Bristolians are a bit self-effacing, a bit ashamed of it and are quite keen to layer new associations on top of it. There's always been a defiant, subversive streak in Bristol, and Banksy's work is very much in that tradition."
There has often been a slight undercurrent of tension both in the politics and creatively with artists and musicians in the merger of black and white culture. During the 1950s the Bristol evening post carried what many today would consider openly racist articles, warning of the dangers of black bus drivers.
Creative tensions within bands
Some of this tension spilled over into some of the artists creative work. Massive Attack for example were wrought with creative tensions over their 1998 album Mezzanine, which resulted in one of the three core members leaving. Robert Del Naja has described the dark atmosphere within the group: "There was always this tension between control and collaboration. Always… We were just trying to get the job finished… Everything became thinner and smaller. All that warmth being spun into a tiny little thread, then that thread just being cut."
Artistic use of darkness
The music and art of the Bristol underground scene has often used dark imagery and lyrics. Arguably Massive Attack's best song, Unfinished Sympathy talks of a lover's unhappiness, and the mood is soulful, downbeat and emotional.
Banksy within his pictures has used images of civilian casualties of war, and his work often talks of frustration and anger.
Arguably Portishead's most successful song Glory Box includes the lyrics "Give me a reason to love you" and speaks of a lover's unhappiness with her current situation. Another successful song "All Mine" speaks of forcing a lover to be unable to escape making them "tethered and tied" until "the day they die". Suggestions of the songs meaning have included the idea that it is either "scary or incredibly romantic. It can be about the initial obsession you get in fresh relationships."
Massive Attack's most recent single Live With Me features a vocal performance by a deep soul singer and again includes soulful lyrics such as "Nothing's right, if you ain't here". The video includes images of a young woman drinking herself into a stupor, on her own, in a dark city. The video finishes with a shot of her tumbling over and over down a staircase until she is out of shot. One review of the video described it as follows: "It's uncomfortable viewing, but I found it really haunting. It features a young (mid twenties) professional-looking woman drinking herself into oblivion on her own in her flat. I can't really put my finger on what it is about it that I find so arresting, but I thought it was an incredibly powerful four minute film."
By definition the underground scene tends to be slightly apart from the mainstream and this is reflected in the politics of some of the artists and musicians associated with it. Robert Del Naja, one of the most influential artists and musicians of this scene has openly declared his opposition to the Iraq war, for example. Del Naja and Banksy have both submitted art works to the War Paint exhibition which showcases anti war art work.


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What was it like living in a late 19th century mining town?
Trimdon is an area of County Durham in the north of England which covers the towns of Trimdon, Trimdon Grange and Trimdon Colliery. At the beginning of the 19th century it was simply fields and moors. By the middle of the 19th century more people came to live and work in the area. A railway was built and houses sprang up near to the railway line. By the late 19th century Trimdon had grown even bigger; there were now several roads and rows of houses.
In this lesson, we are going to look at a number of different sources about Trimdon. We are trying find out what it must have been like to live in Trimdon in the late 19th century.
- Make a list of all the different things you can see on the map.
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- Were the houses big or small?
- In 1857, was it a large town?
- Was Trimdon a middle class or working class area? How did you make up your mind?
- Why do you think a railway was needed in Trimdon?
1. Look at Source 1. This is a map of the Trimdon area in 1857.
- What things changed or stayed the same between 1857 and 1896 in Trimdon?
- Why do you think Trimdon had become a bigger place in 1897?
- Do you think people did the same jobs in 1897 as they did in 1857?
- Around what part of Trimdon has the railway grown?
2. Look at Source 2. Now look at the same area in 1897.
- Describe the houses in Rose Street.
- What piece of clothing did most girls seem to wear?
- What seems to be the main form of transport?
- What type of street is Commercial Street? Hint: The clue is in the name of the street.
- In what ways is Commercial Street different from a high street today?
- Do you think that the people who lived in Rose Street were better or worse off than those who lived in Commercial Street? Explain how you made up your mind.
3. Look at Source 3 a, b and c. Look at all of the photos. Can you match the photographs to the correct place on the map?
- Make a list of all the jobs that people on this street did.
- How many people did each job?
- What does this tell you about what kind of place Trimdon was?
- At roughly what age did children go out to work?
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- Who is the oldest person in this street?
- Did all the women go out to work?
4. Read Source 4. This is part of the 1881 census return for Trimdon.
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- A pick-axe
- Factories
- Does the drawing make mining look like an easy job? Give reasons for your answer.
- The town and the factories all need the coal that the miner is digging. The miner's hard work means that homes are warm, dinners are cooked and factories work. What is resting on the miner's back?
- Without miners what would happen?
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- how Trimdon has changed over the years
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- what Trimdon looks like
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Hi, my name is Christine and I am new to the forums
I live in central Pennsylvania, I am really excited about making my costume and getting started, but I am having some trouble on how to go about it. I want to make the white Princess Leia dress costume, but I am not the best sewer. So, how do I go about starting, and is there anyone willing to help me?
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Welcome to the forums. I suppose the best place to start is in the tutorial section:
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Welcome to the forum!!! Im from around Hershey area so once you join the RL we may bump into one another! I however cant help you much right now since I cant sou and I have no clue about that costume its standards. However there are plenty of people that do. Look at the links provided already. A lot of people come here saying I cant but but by the end of it all they did make there own costume. It may take a bit but hay so what we are not going any wear.
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Welcome Christine. We have many members here which I am sure can help you in addition to the Links that Gil posted. Also on the main forum page we have many links for costume requirements and build tutiorals.
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Welcome! That is a good choice if you are new to sewing and still want to be a princess! Its all straight seams and really simple to cut out. If you get the Jet-Set at Joann's you only need to cut one line (curved of course) for each layer (so twice) as you can just fold the fabric into quarters (look at the very first tutorial posted.)
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Hi and welcome to Echo Base! My wife did the PL costume that she made herself, so we would be willing to help in any way possible. We're in Harrisburg. A good reference would be to check out Pam's PL page which is where we started:
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Hey Christine! Knew I'd see ya here eventually
You know where I live haha, anytime you want to work on the dress my machine and I are open!
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