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One of the most unusual – and popular – attractions in Cancun will add 60 sculptures to its collection this summer.
The Cancun Underwater Museum off the coast of the Mexico's No. 1 tourist destination was created two years ago with the submerging of about 400 life-size sculptures, many of them cast from local residents. The reinforced cement figures, which include a VW Beetle-turned-lobster haven, are meant to provide new habitat for corals and other marine life. The sculptures, part of a national marine park, also divert snorkelers and divers from fragile coral reefs.
The museum gets about 750,000 visitors annually.
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Among the latest works by Jason deCaires Taylor, creative force behind the project, are "The Last Supper," a table set for two with plates of half-eaten fish and a centerpiece of apples and hand grenades. Its message: over-fishing is threatening many of the world's oceans.
Another, dubbed "Urban Reef," is a collection of architectural structures in a streetscape. "Phoenix" depicts a woman with movable wings of purple gorgonian fan coral. It's the first kinetic sculpture in the museum. "The Listener" is a figure assembled entirely from casts of human ears. It's equipped with a special underwater listening device that records reef sounds.
The simplest way to view the museum is by booking through a local tour company offering snorkel and dive trips to the site. Among them: Aquaworld and Marina Albatros.
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2005 was a good year to be a commercial contractor in Arkansas, according to a census of some of the state's largest firms.
Total revenue among 24 companies hit $2.13 billion during 2005, compared with $1.85 billion among 23 firms for 2004.
Among the current roster of 24 companies, 17 reported revenue growth. In some cases the one-year increase was significant.
Bell-Corley Construction LLC of Little Rock made its debut in the list, reporting 2005 revenue of $24.2 million. That performance represented a one-year doubling of revenue and staff.
Bell-Corley's fledgling Rogers office is credited with contributing 30 percent of the firm's total revenue last year. The company's bountiful 2005 also drew national recognition from Inc. and Entrepreneur magazines.
Bell-Corley Construction ranked No. 44 in Inc. magazine's Top 500, a list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. That ranking was backed by a three-year growth of 1,266.8 percent.
The company ranked No. 27 and was the lone Arkansas firm among Entrepreneur magazine's 12th annual Hot 100, a list of the fastest-growing companies in America.
Focusing on small to mid-sized commercial projects, Bell-Corley does business in Arkansas and a 10-state region that extends east to Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Dixie Construction LLC of Fayetteville recorded a whopping 150 percent increase in 2004-05 revenue. The gusto of northwest Arkansas powered its $30 million revenue as well as other firms.
EWI Constructors Inc. of Russellville pointed to its Fayetteville office for helping boost its 2005 revenue to $31.2 million, a one-year jump of 43.8 percent.
The running order of the largest commercial contractors reflected a few changes, including two newcomers to the top 10.
Ideal Construction of Crossett ($39 million) leaped from No. 16 to No. 9, powered by a 62.5 percent revenue growth.
MDH Builders Inc. of Little Rock ($36 million) moved from No. 13 to No. 10, backed by a 44 percent increase in business.
Vratsinas Construction Co. of Little Rock ($510 million) kept its position at No. 1, reporting one-year revenue growth of 20 percent. At No. 2, Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway ($365 million) recorded a 29.3 percent revenue increase.
That resulted in the firm recapturing the spot from CDI Contractors LLC of Little Rock ($360 million). CDI slipped to No. 3 with a 10.7 percent revenue decline.
Two Little Rock companies flip-flopped the No. 4 and No. 5 positions. May Construction Co. ($120 million) went to No. 4, and Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. ($96 million) went to No. 5.
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Dancing with the Stars' remaining three couples face off in the first part of the finals with two dances, including the all-important freestyle. Did J.R. recover from his ankle injury? Did Ricki maintain her momentum? Or did Rob surprise again?Here we go, guys! Tonight we get the first two of four dances: each couple's last unlearned dance and the freestyle. But the best news of all? It's a one-hour show! Yay!Ricki Lake and Derek Hough: cha-cha"Talk show, actress and host Ricki Lake," as Brooke, wearing her best Jessica McClintock, calls her is up first. Didn't know Ricki was that versatile. She's a talk show too, huh? Carrie Ann drops by rehearsals to tell Ricki to stop thinking about overweight Ricki and channel sexy Ricki. Sexy Ricki is out in full force, but this cha-cha is only, like, 90 percent there. It's technically sound, flirty and fun, and Ricki is hitting her foot placement, but there's no sizzle. Plus, she's still in her own head about the routine. Maks and Kirstie like it! Len calls it action-packed. Bruno says it was a cha-cha at full steam, but thinks there were lapses in passes. Carrie Ann says she was living the dance and mumbles something about hands.Score: 27Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke: waltzRob is struggling with the waltz, so naturally Bruno comes in and tells him that it's all in the walk. As are most things. Dare I say Rob looks dapper? Maybe it's the baby pink tie. It's a sweet, graceful routine, and Rob's upper body and posture are on point. He gets a little off on the footwork during the fast sequences and they overdo it on the swooping arm motions, but it's a job well done when you consider how stiff and stomp-y he was in the first week with the Viennese waltz. A tuxedo-ed and non-smiley Kim gives him an unprompted standing O! Let's drink every time the camera's on her, OK? Bruno says Rob was glowing, but says he messed up on the crossovers. Carrie Ann calls him the male version of Cinderella. Len says he had more rise and fall than Pamela Anderson jogging. On the beach, right?Score: 27J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff: cha-chaJ.R. got an X-ray last week on his ankle, which showed no swelling, so he can dance! Obvs. Len comes to rehearsals to basically grab and point at J.R.'s ass. They each start off with a brief solo before intertwining... and it's all kind of underwhelming. Is the ankle still bothering him? Because this is also terribly slow and off-pace. It's a decent performance, mostly because J.R. is still selling the character, but it's nothing outstanding or memorable, let alone finals-worthy. Carrie Ann says his musicality was off and wants him to watch his arms. Len calls him brave for dancing most of it solo, but says it wasn't that good. Bruno loves the mood, but concurs about the arms. J.R. tells Brooke that he missed a step at the beginning and wound up one step ahead.Score: 24FreestyleRicki Lake and Derek HoughRicki has qualms about being thrown around by Derek, but mostly doesn't want to be the one to ruin his perfect finals record. "Just shut your face," he tells her when she talks about to him. I think this is the most anger we've ever heard from him. It's a salsa-quickstep hybrid (weird?) and fittingly Ricki looks like she's in the middle of a black/white swan metamorphosis with that feathered skirt. There's a lot of twirling, spinning, dipping and shaking. Ricki looks like she's about to lose it five different times, but manages to keep up for the most part and lets Derek hides her flaws. I'd rank this the worst (and by "worst," I mean still pretty damn good) of Derek's freestyles, but it's still an entertaining and supremely difficult number that has be exhausted just watching it. Len says she lost it a bit during the quickstep, but loves it. Bruno says it was the most demanding dance since it combined two polar opposite types. Carrie Ann concurs with Bruno and hearts the lifts.Score: 27Total: 54Rob Kardashian and Cheryl BurkeCheryl wants to start off slow because Rob has excelled with the slower dances. So he starts off with a fedora and a trumpet. How roaring '20s. My only complaint about this whole look is Rob's oversized jacket that looks like it was made for The Penguin. Where's Carson when you need him? The routine is not in the typical energetic, fast-paced vein, which may hurt them if that's what some fans are looking for, but it's pretty snazzy and sophisticated. Rob is in full leading man mode and attacks the steps and lifts with confidence, thought it's kind of uneven at parts. Bruno loves the content and calls it brilliant. Carrie Ann reminds us that couples need to blow the judges away with the freestyle. "Consider me blown," she says. I'm gonna stay away from that one. Len loves it too. And Rob gets his first 30. Really, guys? It was good, but not perfect. Still, who would've guessed this two months ago? Kim, Khloe and Kourtney are jumping like little girls. Because of the 30. But mostly because the camera's on them again.Score: 30Total: 57J.R. Martinez and Karina SmirnoffThey're doing a salsa-inspired routine to honor his Latin roots. Two salsa-inspired freestyles?! What are the chances? Karina was to do some crazy neck-hooking move that J.R. wants to poo-poo because of Karina's past neck surgeries and the injuries he's seen on the show. During rehearsals, she freezes up and can't do it. What's gonna happen?! They do it! And it's all goes fine! OK, this is more hip-hip than salsa, which is just as well. This is an awesome comeback for J.R. It's dynamic funky, vivacious with crazy lifts and reminiscent of the eye-popping, Mirrorball-winning freestyles of Dancing lore. It gets kind of weird at the end when they prop themselves up and are more or less dancing on top of Maks aka Karina's ex-fiance, lest we forget. Awk-ward! And yet awesome! It also looks like they're doing an exercise video. Carrie Ann says those were the sickest lifts she's ever seen. Len loves Karina's body and J.R.'s talent. Bruno purrs after his animal physicality.Score: 30Total: 54So Rob and Cheryl top Night 1 with a 57, while Ricki and Derek, and J.R. and Karina are tied with a 54.What did you think? Did Rob deserve the top score? Did you ever think Rob would get a perfect 30, let alone top the night? How surprising is it that Derek got the lowest of the freestyle scores? Is J.R.'s freestyle comeback enough to overcome his dull cha-cha? How many Kim sightings did you spot? Who do you think will win?
Dancing with the Stars' remaining three couples face off in the first part of the finals with two dances, including the all-important freestyle. Did J.R. recover from his ankle injury? Did Ricki maintain her momentum? Or did Rob surprise again?
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Last night I thought this project was going to kill me. I was swearing up a storm trying to transfer itty-bitty glass seed beads onto a strand of size 8 perle cotten and thinking people must be insane to knit projects this small. I was watching (okay mostly listening) to an episode of "The Wire" on DVD and transferring dainty beads onto thread. The episode ended before I had that part of the project squared away, but I finally figured it out without losing my mind or too many beads.
Then things got serious. I got out the 0000 needles I bought yesterday and started knitting. In that initial awkwardness of feeling like a super-sized knitter with giganitic fingers using tiny needles belonging to a sprite, I knew I had crossed over to the place some knitters never go: I crossed over to crazy. I felt like I was riding a motorcycle blindfolded or something because it took my eyes a bit to adjust to the smallness of it all and the dangerously stupid part was how I kept using my mouth to move the beads up the thread closer to the needles, which in turn put the sharp needle points very close to my eyes. (I'm sure this is probably the stupidest way to move the beads, so please don't try this at home.)
I don't care what anyone says, you have to be seriously hardcore to knit this dainty stuff. I would have continued life in the dark about his had my weekly newspaper craft column not forced me to once again expand my craft horizons.
I probably never would have tried to knit with needles this small if I didn't have to test the pattern for an upcoming craft column. I used to think people who used 0000 were nuts. (Now, I know they are and proud to be one of them.)
I wasn't sure I was going to be able to dig deep enough to muster patience and skill required by this project, a small amulet necklace. The artist who wrote the pattern (and does amazing work by the way), told me that this micro-knitting is part of her spiritual practice. This took me a bit to grasp since my initial fumbling and swearing had me feeling like I was on the fast track to knitting hell.
But then something happened. I relaxed and surrendered to the project. I stopped trying to fight the pattern and rewrite it from a point of confused ignorance. (Taking patterns "under advisement" is one of my time-wasting bad habits. Don't do it, especially when knitting with 0000s.) Once I committed to following the pattern, something unexpected happened. I started to enjoy my mini-knitting. I loved it, in fact. (Well, all except for the transferring of beads part. That was for the birds, but the knitting with beads kind of rocked.)
I'll be posting my finished project along with links to my art & craft column on the bead knitting artist with Michigan ties in this space next weekend, so stay tuned. I'll also be posting the pattern for an amulet bag that I tested today. It's a good one. It might make you swear at first, but if you stick with it, it will challange and inspire you. And if you're able to successfully complete this challenge, you will have earned the right to feel like a total bad a** knitter for at least a few hours. (I completed a basic pattern and strutted around my kitchen a bit this afternoon because I seriously didn't think I could do this. Now I'm planning my next bead knitting experience.)
All you knitters who knit on 0000s like it's no big deal, I salute you! R-E-S-P-E-C-T! And those of you who use those little sprite needles to make amazing beaded jewelry and purses. You people rock! I didn't realize it until today, but that is some hardcore knitting.
Peace Out.
(See I told you this experience changed me. Time to go try to lift up my car and slam a Pepsi.)
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Comment from jmbmommy
Time: April 26, 2008, 9:21 pm
How has nobody commented yet…you wrote "Peace out" AND "Slam a Pepsi", you are really hard core!!! I am totally impressed by your teeny knitting, but I am still going to sit here and think—that is totally whack! (or is it wack? I am so unhip I may never know) (but really killah job on the knitting!)
Comment from Ellen
Time: April 27, 2008, 10:28 am
Jennifer, it looks beautiful. And working beads into knitting doesn't have to be limited to tiny pieces. I've worked beads into pieces that I've felted with really nice effect.
I'll look forward to seeing the finished project.
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Comment from Elizabeth
Time: May 7, 2008, 5:47 am
Funny. This is one of the funniest things you've written. I especially love the comment about "spiritual practice" versus "knitting hell". Actually laughed out loud.
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Time: May 7, 2008, 8:09 am
Damn girl! 0000!! You are indeed the very definition of hardcore. Can't wait to see the finished product. Makes me want to bust out some beads and get to work. I won't. But it makes me WANT to, real bad.
Comment from Ansley
Time: August 17, 2008, 12:01 pm
I did one of these tiny knits projects too. I was surprised by how quick it went considering how tiny the needles are.
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Time: January 2, 2011, 11:25 pm
I trust you would not mind if I posted a part of CraftSanity – A blog and podcast for those who love everything handmade » Today I Became a Hardcore Knitter on my univeristy blog?
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Time: January 7, 2011, 1:26 am
What do you want to post exactly and where do you want to post it?
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The controversial teacher evaluation system in its second year could soon change for thousands of Tennessee's public school teachers. State education officials say the system can be unfair for art teachers and librarians.
More than half of the state's public school teachers are in subjects that lack a standardized test; that's thousands of educators in areas from music to PE. Many are frustrated because instead a third of their evaluation comes from on their school's overall test scores, which they can do relatively little to help.
There's been talk of developing tests for those subjects. But Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman says the department wants to avoid testing too much:
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