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The North Carolina Daniel Boone Trail, Inc. will sponsor an unveiling of the new painting, "Daniel Boone Crossing the Shallow Ford", on Dec. 2 from 2:30-4:30 p.m., at Whippoorwill Village and Academy in Ferguson during its Christmas Open House.
Patricia Hobson, nationally-known artist from Yadkin County, completed this painting in 2012. She will describe her painting and its importance. Exclusive, limited-edition prints of the painting will be available. Proceeds will help develop a Daniel Boone driving trail through the ten counties of the Yadkin Valley in northwest North Carolina. As this trail is completed, planners expect more tourists to visit the area.
The North Carolina Daniel Boone Trail chose Hobson to depict Boone and his family entering the Yadkin Valley in the spring of 1752 to settle in what is now Davie County. Hobson did extensive research to make this painting an accurate one. She shows Daniel Boone, 17 years old, leading the way across the Yadkin River. He is dressed like a hunter of the day. He carries his rifle across his chest. He is ready to kill game or repel any threat in the forest. On the bank of the river stand his parents, Squire and Sarah Morgan Boone. They oversee the crossing of their large family of over thirty members. The faces of the Boones show expectancy as they reach their new home and relief that their two-year trek from Pennsylvania is almost over.
The Daniel Boone Heritage Trail knows that Daniel Boone and his family lived in at least three home sites in Wilkes County. Boone also frequented hunting sites along the Yadkin River and in the nearby Brushy Mountains. The trail seeks the location of other sites that Boone visited, including campsites and homesteads. Boone launched his famous expeditions to Kentucky from his home along the confluence of the Yadkin River and Beaver Creek near present day Ferguson. Today, you can visit a replica of one of Boone's log cabins at Whippoorwill Village and Academy, which is a short distance from Boone's last Wilkes County home site.
The trail hopes to meet Boone descendants living in the area. Jonathan Boone helped establish Head of the Yadkin Baptist Church, now called Yadkin Valley Baptist Church, near Patterson.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Whippoorwill Academy on the Internet or (336) 973-3237.


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The following students in the third, fourth and fifth grades have been named to the A/B honor roll at Aiken Elementary for the third nine weeks: Addison Creswell, Addison Feraldi, Aiden Fox, Anajae Curry, Andrew Guerry, Austin Grant, Azora Cash, Caden Cribb, Caleb Lord, Calei Barton, Carly DeWitt, Caroline Couvillon, Christopher Morgan, Clayton Peace, Cole Jackson, Corbin Layden, Dakota Bradley, Dev Surti, Elissa Williamson, Gabrielle Hammett, Hannah Cole, Jacob Butler, James McDonald, Jason Embrose, Jeffrie Chavis, John Mark Bolton, Kameron Williamson, Kendall Hopkins, Lance Rolka, Logan Pepper, Myra James, Nicholas Crafton, Nina Brodie, Patrick Hayes, Rashawn Wright, Ryan Mahoney, Sophia Owens, Ta'Niya Simmons, Trent Eagerton, Tristan Russell, Yahir Zavala, Zachary Ledford, Zachary Hudleston, Alexis Hooper, Anna Bradford, Arielle Good, Caitlin Barrett, Cale Clary, Camille Grady, Carolyn Moore, Drew Wells, Emily Holdman, Grace Hendrix, Grey Larlee, Hannah Ricks, Jada Walker, Janiyah Roberson, Jaylen Dicks, Kate Bradford, Kendall Hartley, Kenny Evenson, Lincoln Green, Maggie Jones, Mason Collins, Mauricio Moreno, Michael Craven, Paris Thompson, Sarah Hendrix, Sophia Armstrong, Stephen Blyston, Sydnee Harrison, Tamiah Pressley, Thaxton Johnson, Tyler Stewart, William Parrott, Zachary Matthews, Alexis Pruiett, Alissa McIntosh, Amaya Hardy, Ashley Bush, Audrey Mahoney, Brown Crenshaw, Chandler Lord, Charles Herring, Christina Nelson, Diavian Johnson, D'Naesha Saxon, Elizabeth Smith, Gilli Raynor, Hannah McCullough, Hunter Davidson, Isabella Bernard, James Herron, Janiah Carter, Jasmine Ortz, Jeremiah Segres, John Garverick, Katelyn English, Kathryn Davis, Lauren Shackleton, Madison Rose, Mary Watson, Mason Warder, Millie Brodie, Noelle Gaco, Olivia Nation, Paige Kelly, Pamela Key, Patrick Hawkins, Payton Harris, Preston Metts, Raygan Watson, Rylee Hall, Sana'i Durant, Savannah Kelley, Shiv Surti, Sophie Lyon, Spencer Terry, Sydney Fanning, Taylor Butts, Tianna Braxton, Travis Johnson, Will Dean, Will Golden and Zion Mabry.
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May. 17, 2013 @ 10:40 PM
Mountwest Community and Technical College graduated its largest ever class of more than 440 students during its commencement ceremony Friday night at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center in Huntington. Members of the class of 2013 also were the first to graduate from MCTC's new facility located atop 5th Street Hill Road in Huntington after the school relocated there before the beginning of the Fall 2012 semester.


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ALLIANCE, OH – After giving up the first goal of the game at the 11 minute mark, Hilbert College's women's soccer team settled down and played even with the University of Mount Union the rest of the first half.
Alyssa Hulbert's three shots on goal weren't enough punch for the Hawks who, as a team, got only 5 shots off for the game. Less than ten minutes into the second half, Allison Fouss from Mt. Union scored her second goal of the game sending the Hawks back home with a 4-0 loss.
The Purple Raiders kept Mary Zinni busy firing 27 shots, with the junior keeper getting her hands on seven of them.
Hilbert (0-2) look to regroup before they host Wells College September 7 with a 5pm match.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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WEST MADISON — Through a collaboration with the Clay Center and renowned sculptor and actor Kevin Reese, sixth- through eighth-graders at Madison Middle School spent last week cutting, sanding, painting and assembling a swirling outdoor mobile. This one-of-a- kind sculpture was officially dedicated last Friday.
Students filled the school's courtyard as Reese, along with three students who had worked on the sculpture throughout the week, put the finishing touches on their new moving piece of art. As the structure's final piece – a rotating arm – quickly began spinning in the breeze, everyone erupted into applause.
Reese developed the sculpture's design from students' imaginative sketches and worked with them to bring their creation to life.
"The students were a major part of the entire process," Reese said. "It is wonderful to expose students to art and help them create something that will last for a long time."
Melissa Spratt and Eva Ellis, Madison Middle School teachers in the after school program, said working with Reese and the Clay Center was a wonderful experience for his students.
"This activity touched so many learning styles and gave the students an opportunity to do something hands-on. Mr. Reese kept the students' attention the entire time, and they really enjoyed it and learned a lot from him," Spratt said. "The Clay Center has been so good to us in allowing our students so many opportunities to experience new things. I speak for the entire school community when I say the Clay Center has been a wonderful educational partner for our students."
The Clay Center has been planning the collaboration with Reese for more than two years. They will be going to Van on Nov. 5 and to Sherman on Nov. 12.
This residency program was funded by the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation.
For more information on upcoming Clay Center programs and events, visit www.theclaycenter.org.
To learn more about Kevin Reese residency projects, visit www.schoolsculptures.com.
"We learned about Kevin Reese's unique workshop and thought it would be an excellent opportunity to expand our outreach and include visual arts. We've had great success working with Guyan Valley, so this seemed like the perfect fit," said Clay Center President and CEO Judy Wellington. "This will be an incredible learning experience for these students that they will remember for the rest of their lives, and we're excited to be a part of it."
Over a five-day period, the students helped measure, cut, sand and assemble the mobile. They decided together what paint colors to use and how those colors will be applied to the mobile. On the final day Friday, the students unveiled the remarkable mobile for the entire school to see.
A 21st Century Learning Center with sites at Van Junior/Senior High, Madison Middle and Sherman Junior High schools have and will provide students with added instruction in core academic subjects, a broad array of enrichment activities and additional educational services for both participating students and their families.
The program is being funded by a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant from the West Virginia Department of Education, according to Staci Leech-Cornell, 21st Century Community Learning Center Director for the Clay Center.
Boone County Schools Superintendent John Hudson said the program will enhance what students are already learning and give Boone County children an edge in key subject areas, as well as exposure to unique opportunities.
"While Boone County is relatively close to Charleston, many of our schools are located in rural areas and those students may have little exposure to cultural experiences outside their local communities," he said. "Academic support, through tutoring and online software, will build a stronger student knowledge base of core curriculum. In addition, mentoring provided by recognized artists, musicians, scientists and other professionals will give students the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to investigate career options that may not be accessible through any other venue."
The program's goals include providing STEAM education – science, technology, engineering, arts and math – through art and science integration. The program is also intended to improve student achievement in reading, math and science and address life skills such as college preparation and career awareness. In addition, the program will increase parent and community involvement in the educational process. Students may be nominated for the program by school officials or fill out an application for inclusion.


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Diane Renshaw began Zen practice at Tassajara in 1978, received lay ordination in 1993, and is working with Tassajara on a native plant project. Diane lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a professional consulting ecologist.
Myo-on Gloria Lee
Myo-on Gloria Lee was ordained as a priest in 1998, and received dharma transmission from Zoketsu Norman Fisher in 2008. Gloria was the gardener at Tassajara for 2 years during which she designed a greenhouse to propagate native plants for Tassajara landscaping and restoration.
Daiyu Judith Randall
Daiyu Judith Randall came to Zen Center in 2000 after working in Quaker organizations and hospice social work. She was ordained as a priest by Paul Haller in 2004 and lived and practiced at Tassajara for 10 years. Currently she is assistant to the Abiding Abbot at City Center.


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The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were last Sunday, yet another reason for Actresses to spend days and weeks planning their perfect (or not so perfect) look.
To me to the actresses who were most successful in pulling off their looks were the ones who knew their own bodies and how best to flatter them. I think that some actresses get so excited about wearing a big name designer's dress that they overlook the fact that It might not look right on their figure.
Take Mo'Nique's dress for example. She is dressing with intelligence and awareness of her own body. She knows she has a voluptuous figure, so she consistently chooses dresses which accentuate her curves and trim her waistline. Asymmetric draping is the perfect slenderizing strategy!
Some people commented that Sandra Bullock ignored the fashion trends for this season, and I say that's OKAY because she looked great. Bullock wore a silver metallic, fitted gown adorned with embroidered flowers. She commented to Women's Wear Daily that her stepdaughter had helped her choose her dress only the day before! Somehow while others were hemming and hawing for weeks, and reserving entire collections in their name so that there would be no double dress mishaps, Sandra finds a dress in the last minute that is both elegant, and flattering to her figure!
I wasn't entirely certain what to think about Zoe Saldana's dress. On one hand the bottom is fun and unique; on the other hand, that's a lot of look. In the end though, it seems to me this is a case of someone being too in love with the dress to notice that it didn't really do anything for her.
Sarah Jessica Parker was another one who was the talk of the town. I've seen her on both the best and worst dressed lists so far. To me again it's a question of knowing what looks good. Sure Channel Haute Couture sound fabulous, but not really if it's shapeless and gives you no figure.
I'll end with my favorite dress of the night, Rachel McAdams. This dress looked like it was made for her and her alone. Not only was it perfect for her figure, but it also did a beautiful job of giving a nod towards the spring fabric trends for this season with its brushed and water color inspired fabric effects.


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Monday, November 18, 2013
Their priorities seem to concentrate on just three things – jobs, jobs, jobs.
Don't get me wrong; I'm all for a booming economy with full employment just as much as the next person. And, with serious problems in Washington and with global economic pressures challenging our comfortable way of life, job creation definitely should be a high priority.
There's no doubt the U.S. economy is changing, requiring our workforce to develop higher-level, technical skills; and our businesses to quickly react to a fast changing, ever-more-competitive landscape.
All of this helps explain why we're seeing state and local governments rush headlong into economic development with more gusto (and dollars) than ever.
Setting aside the larger policy questions about this activity, which I believe center on whether government ought to give economic incentives to some businesses and not to others, if governments insist on doing it they ought to be as transparent with it as possible.
The problem is, in South Carolina we're not very transparent in this area.
But just as governments and their programs are always expanding so is the transparency movement, and economic development is the latest place where open government advocates seek more sunshine.
Yet I don't bring this up just because public policy advocates might think it's a good idea. I bring this up because it's serious business that consumes surprising amounts of public money – your money.
This past August, the S.C. Board of Economic Advisors released a report showing the cost of state incentives awarded in fiscal 2011 for economic development. The total – almost $390 million.
Mind you, that's just for one year, and it doesn't include what cities and counties provided that year in tax breaks and other enticements for companies to locate or expand in their areas.
Here's one way to put the $390 million into perspective:
If you added up this year's budgets for the State Law Enforcement Division, the S.C. Department of Public Safety, the state Attorney General's Office and the S.C. Judicial Department, you'd still have about $40 million left to spend before equaling the amount the state gave to businesses for economic development in 2011.
Surprising, isn't it?
But here's the rub: While we have access to a few summarized totals, we don't know much else about this public spending on economic development incentives on our behalf.
We don't know specific amounts that individual companies are receiving in job development tax credits and many other kinds of tax incentives. We don't know how many jobs are ultimately created and how much capital investment is ultimately made by firms receiving our incentives compared to the job and investment totals those companies committed they would meet.
At least, most South Carolinians don't know those important details – and cannot find them out – because almost all of this information is "privileged" under state law, including the S.C. Freedom of Information Act.
The argument for this secrecy: It's considered to be either confidential taxpayer information or company trade secrets.
As a certified public accountant and South Carolina's comptroller general overseeing the state's accounting system, I understand the sensitive nature of this information.
But isn't that really the whole point here? We're talking about public dollars for a public purpose going into bank accounts of private companies. And in my opinion if you're reaching into the public purse you ought to disclose what you pull out just like everybody else has to and what you give back in return.
I mean, how else can we know whether we're getting our money's worth with all of this economic development spending?
Several states, including Indiana and Arizona, require much greater transparency in their economic development expenditures. They're able to deal with the sensitivity issues. It's time that South Carolina did, too.
Richard Eckstrom, a CPA, is the comptroller general of South Carolina and commander of the S.C. State Guard.
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Hilbert College's team physician (Dr. Jennifer Teeter) will cover current procedures to manage concussions as they relate to diagnosis, signs, symptoms and return to play procedures for student-athletes.
Ray Ciancaglini, a former professional boxer, and Ed Heffron, a former Hilbert men's soccer player, will discuss post-concussion syndrome and discuss their personal struggles with the post-concussion syndrome.
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Several weeks ago, spawn.com - in conjunction with Gold Circle Films - offered our users the opportunity to win tickets and other cool prizes to the upcoming Christopher Walken/Chazz Palminteri film Poolhall Junkies.
One grand-prize winner gets a custom pool cue signed by members of the cast. Two first-prize winners each get a Poolhall Junkies beanie and long-sleeve T-shirt. Additionally, 20 New York City residents and 20 Los Angeles residents were chosen to attend advance screenings of the film in those cities.
The official spawn.com contest monkey - actually a weird intern guy we call Cochise - randomly selected winners from all the e-mail entries. They are:
The grand-prize winner of a custom cue stick signed by members of the Poolhall Junkies cast is Peter Carey of New York, NY.
The two first-prize winners - each of whom will receive a Poolhall Junkies long-sleeve T and beanie - are Randy McGrath of Niles, MI, and Scott Wagner of St. Peters, MO.
The 40 winners of screening passes were all contacted directly and sent electronic tickets to the showings.
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Yiddish was the vernacular language of most Jews in Eastern and Central Europe before World War II. Today, it is spoken by descendants of those Jews living in the United States, Israel, and other parts of the world.
The basic grammar and vocabulary of Yiddish, which is written in the Hebrew alphabet, is Germanic. Yiddish, however, is not a dialect of German but a complete language' one of a family of Western Germanic languages, that includes English, Dutch, and Afrikaans. Yiddish words often have meanings that are different from similar words in German.
The term "Yiddish" is derived from the German word for "Jewish." The most accepted (but not the only) theory of the origin of Yiddish is that it began to take shape by the 10th century as Jews from France and Italy migrated to the German Rhine Valley. They developed a language that included elements of Hebrew, Jewish-French, Jewish-Italian, and various German dialects. In the late Middle Ages, when Jews settled in Eastern Europe, Slavic elements were incorporated into Yiddish.
Click here to learn the Yiddish alphabet, or alef-beys.
Click here to read "Basic Facts About Yiddish."
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded as the Yiddish Scientific Institute in Vilna, Poland in 1925, by scholars, teachers, and other communal activists who saw the Yiddish language as the best medium for educating the Jewish population, and of giving the Jewish people access to their history and culture. The institution they developed produced ground-breaking scholarship in Yiddish and published scholarly journals, but also organized popular lectures, exhibitions, cultural evenings, and training seminars for teachers in Yiddish primary schools and high schools.
YIVO became the acknowledged authority on the Yiddish language and pioneered important linguistic research on Yiddish. The standards YIVO developed for Yiddish orthography, or spelling, and for the transliteration of Yiddish into English are the most commonly used by publishers and scholars. YIVO's Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary, first published in 1968, has now appeared in several editions.
YIVO continues to serve as the "world headquarters" of the Yiddish language. Hundreds of students have attended its weekly Yiddish language courses or graduated from its intensive summer Yiddish program.
Der Bay: The Golden Gate to the World-Wide Yiddish Community
Online newsletter with lists of Yiddish-related events and resources.
The Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture
Home page of a Yiddish culture organization based in Florida that offers online Yiddish courses and other cultural programming.
Eydes: Evidence of Yiddish Documented in European Societies
Digital archive of materials collected for The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry.
Friends of The Secular Yiddish Schools in America Collection
Web site about the collection on Yiddish secular schools at the Department of Special Collections at Stanford University Library.
Honey and Arsenic
The poetry of Alter Esselin.
Online Yiddish-language course created by the Fordverein fur Jiddische Sprache und Kultur in Dusseldorf, Germany.
LCAAJ Collection of Spoken Yiddish
Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry at Columbia University.
Living Traditions
Living Traditions runs the annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program, Klezkamp.
Mendele: Forum for Yiddish Literature and Yiddish Language
Home page of a newsgroup devoted to Yiddish scholarship.
The National Yiddish Book Center
Book repository, cultural center, and museum in Amherst, MA.
Refoyl's yidish veb-bletl
Yiddish texts, a Yiddish song database, and resources for Yiddish computing.
Web page devoted to East European Jewish culture.
Yiddish (Jewish Language Research Web Site)
Comprehensive description of Yiddish and resources for further research.
The Yiddish Forward
Yiddish edition of the Forward, the American Jewish newspaper.
Cultural organization based in Los Angeles.
Yiddish-Language Playscripts in the Library of Congress
Facsimiles of manuscripts and printed plays from the Library's collections.
The Yiddish Radio Project: On the Air
Award-winning NPR radio documentary about the history of Yiddish radio.
The Yiddish Voice Links Page
A list of Yiddish resources compiled by The Yiddish Voice, a radio program in Boston, MA.
Yiddish Wit
Illustrated Yiddish Proverbs, Aphorisms, Insults, Curses, and Other Folk Sayings
Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish
Yiddish-speakers' organization and journal based in New York.


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What: The Fashion Center Sidewalk Catwalk
When: June 24-September 3
Where: on Broadway, from Times Square to Herald Square
Who: Created by The Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Don't miss this a one-of-a-kind public art exhibit featuring the artistic talents of New York City's top fashion designers—not only is it free all summer, you'll find inspiration in every one.
Created by The Fashion Center Business Improvement District, this very public installation showcases the vitality and creative spirit of the industry in a unique outdoor setting.
The exhibit showcases custom-built mannequins, displayed runwaystyle, each modeling a bold one-of-a-kind manifestation of its designer's artistic vision—in outdoor materials to withstand the elements.
They're under the watch of guards to deter vandalism, so whether you've planned or are planning a trip to the Big Apple this summer be sure to include the Fashion District to catch the exhibit.
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I remeber first time I heard about it. At a MYF outing....red full moon..... Matthew 24;29 Immediately after the distress of those days...'the sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give it's light; the stars will fall from the sky,and the heavenly 'bodies' will be shaken. At that 'time' the sign of the SON OF MAN WILL APPEAR IN THE SKY AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL MOURN. THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY,WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY,AND HE WILL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A LOUD TRUMPET CALL AND THEY WILL GATHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS,FROM ONE END OF THE HEAVENS TO ANOTHER


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This emotional journey will revisit the stories of my Uncle Joe once again. I hope you will enjoy them, and think of your family as you read.
Joseph Henry Thompson (pictured, left) was born in June 1925 in Birmingham, England. The eldest of 4 children, and brother of my father (dad being the youngest). I never knew him and my father hardly had the time before his tragic demise post-war at 22.
Joe 'joined up' to the RAF, along with thousands of other young men, in 1943 at the tender age of 18. He left his widowed Mother (my Nan) and 3 siblings and left for training in December, to Regent's Park, London, which is where these letters begin.
Letter 8 – Posted to Bridlington! 14th Jan 1944
"Last letter from here! Friday
Dear Mom
I received your Tuesday night letter today containing the 10/-. I've written to tell you about Aunt Em's present which I'm using now. Therefore I'm returning, with many thanks, your present, as I know it will be of far more use to you than it will be to me.
We leave here for a 'secret' destination at 11.15 tonight.
We parade in full Kit at 9, so that's 2 hours standing in our back-breaking outfit!!
I'm afraid I've not yet written to Aunt Lil and co. as I've had so many letters to write and so little time. I'm writing this against the Canteen wall during the morning break. Hence the bad writing.
We had our (Laundry?) today and it is a B— mess too!
I was very surprised to hear of Uncle Horace's illness (Aunt Em wrote about it), he seemed OK Xmas and it seems to have got him quickly. Please express my sympathy to Aunt Alice by letter and I'll try to write later.
By the way we're going to Bridlington.
Must close as we parade in 10mins. Crikey they won't even give us our full break!
Love to all, Joe.
P.S. Please excuse the writin'"
If you're a Mother, you'll read this with the pride and emotion that I feel. What a charming and unselfish boy to return the money his mother sent as a gift, knowing that she and his 3 brothers and sisters need it more….
Joe's full story is beautiful and tragic. He was our family hero. He IS our family hero. If I knew how to complete an effective RAF salute, I would salute you now, Joe. Long may your memory live in our family stories.
I hope to post a new letter from Joe's correspondence with his Mother here every Friday until they're done. It will be a turbulent and heart-wrenching journey. Subscribe to the Blog to make sure you don't miss any of it.
Other posts in this series:-
Letter 1 – 29 December 1943, arriving at Recruit Camp
Letter 2 – 31 December 1943, settling in
Letter 3 – 5th January 1944, confined to Barracks!
Letter 4 – 8th January 1944, meeting a boxing champ
Letter 5 – 10th January 1944, theft and wrongful punishment
Letter 6 – 13th January 1944, preparing to leave basic training camp
Letter 7 – 13th January 1944, high jinx and punishing schedules


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Joseph, I am glad you got this lovely painting posted. As Sarah said well worth the effort. Very nicely painted especially the bottle. I like the yellow table cloth too. Well done. Next time you add a painting hit the reply button after the last comment and you won't have all the reference photos tagging your post. Hope you join in some more.
I am fighting the same reference today and you did a much better job especially the bottle which I have messed up. It is always fun to see how others interpret references.
Sarah, lovely work on both paintings. I really like the first but both are well done and it is always fun to try a different approach.
Alex, good to see you hear you have been missed. Hope you can paint again soon. Brain fog is no fun.
Well I am back and happy to get painting again although I had a lovely but tiring time with the grands. Both boys are growing up and the almost two year old was getting quite an English accent after two weeks of Granny saying words! He can say "cup of tea!" With quite the proper twang!! Curly One and Granny have been singing all the songs from Mary Poppins after watching the movie. Another generation hooked! When I am not doing that I have been reading, reading anything to keep him from running and jumping. Charlie and the chocolate factory and James and the. Giant peach.and more!!
Jen C & C's always welcome
Okay here is what I did today. I must say it was nice to get back to the studio and just paint today. I only had a 10 x10 square canvas so had to crop some and probably should have cropped more but here is where I am now. the bottle is off and I am not sure how I will resolve the bottle opener! still a way to go.
Oil 10"x10" canvas.
Hello Jen, everything looks well on the way...the bottle opener....just make sure that it is straight down the centre from top to end, it bends a little upwards half way.
Candlestick, fruit and grapes well observed.
Thanks for commenting on my two paintings.
feel free to make constructive c/c...no digital alterations please
Jen, I really like the colors and the shine on the fruit. Looking forward to the finished painting.
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Hi Jen , thanks for your comments on my painting (bottle & table cloth) I was pleased to see that every one did not object to me changing the
table cloth. Your painting is looking SUPPER I do like the sparkle.
If I may suggest that you loose the corkscrew , I think it is taking away from the overall FINE painting.
Put a piece of paper over it and see what you think. It is your interpretation .
Hello Jen! I'm glad you survived your visit with the grands; glad you are reading them the children's "classics! I imagine getting back to the studio was a joy for you. Your two postings of the still life are great. I personally like it cropped. As far a s removing the corkscrew, that's your decision. I think it could go either way. Keep on, happy painting lady!!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Joseph ~ I don't know if anyone here mentioned it yet, but if you want us to critique your work, please add "comments & critiques welcome" after your name. Otherwise, we cannot offer constructive criticism. Can't wait to see more art from you.
Thanks for the good comments Sarah, Charlie, Joseph and Nealey. I put in the corkscrew because the shape and shine was a challenge but I stopped when I did as I was not sure about that corner of the painting. It seems a bit crowded so will have a look again with fresh eyes. I was slapping around thick colourful paint and having a ball. I hope I can keep that loose feel and not go back and fiddle it to death!
Joseph, feel free to interpret the references any way you want or just use them as a jumping off point for your own ideas. No fixed rules here just make art your way and have fun!
Jenn wow a lot in a 10x10. It is looking great. Looking forward to seeing what you decide.
C&Cs always welcome
Thanks Karen!
Well I did a bit on the still life but did not like it so wiped it off again! but here is what I did. Will rethink on Saturday! It is all a process! Sometimes is works but my heart was not in it today. One of the ladies brought her Granddaughter and the little girl likes me to play in the clay with her so I didn't get much chance to paint until late.
Anyway here is what I did before I wiped it off again. I also made the bottle wonky trying to fix it!
Hello Jen,
I think you have a good result here as it is a very 'busy' set piece with only the background wall as a calm place to rest the eye.
NOT the Quebec façade but I thought maybe this one of a Mediterranean house entrance would be of interest? water-colour on Not paper.
Jen, I really liked it the first time.
Sarah, this is a very nice watercolor. I especially like the shadow work.
Thanks Charlie,
early evening shadow is easier to paint than bright daytime!
This is linked to the 'boy' ref. photo....It is based on an advert for donations to support a charity in the UK..
original is 3.5 x 6 inches. Wet in wet water colour
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- The model consists of three cake tiers, constructed of an unknown synthetic material, with the two top tiers sitting on four plastic cake columns. Each tier sits on a foil-covered board, and is decorated with an band of apricot ribbon tied in a bow (to match the bride's dress) and a posey of fabric flowers. On the top of the cake are cartoon-style figures of a bride and groom sitting on a bench kissing.
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- In the 7 years that the exhibition was running, the wedding cake (and the Robinson Kitchen Set) received much publicity, especially through publications and internet sites for Neighbours devotees and younger travellers and backpackers heading to Melbourne. The interest level amongst visitors to Melbourne was so high, that the Museum was included as a drop off point for the many thousands of participants in the daily Neighbours bus tours. The book `Neighbours: 20 Years of Ramsay Street' includes a chapter about European Neighbours devotees visiting the Museum, and refers to the Robinson Kitchen refrigerator containing the wedding cake as their `two door shrine'.
The model represents the inaugural Melbourne Exhibition, which was launched when the new Melbourne Museum complex opened in October, 2000. It will also come to represent the exhibition methods used by Museum Victoria at the time.
It illustrates the introduction of `popular culture' into history museums, and the controversy this development produced. The cake model represents arguably one of the most memorable, as well as one of the most watched, moments on Australian Television, the wedding of Scott and Charlene, an image which was ultimately exported around the world.
It also a poignant symbol representing the institution of marriage, and how it was celebrated in Melbourne in the late 20th Century.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from Museum Victoria History & Technology Department, 2007
|560 mm (Height), 380 mm (Width)
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|Themes this item is part of:
|Domestic & Community Life Collection, Information & Communication Collection, Leisure Collection
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|Tertiary Classification:
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|David O'Grady, Australia, 2000
|Commissioned By:
|Museum Victoria Melbourne Museum, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 2000
|Place & Date Exhibited:
|Museum Victoria Melbourne Museum, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 2000-2007
Displayed as part of the Melbourne Suburban Life section in the Melbourne Exhibition at Melbourne Museum
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|Victoria, Australia, 1987
The cake this model is copied from was used in the Neighbours TV series during the episodes involving the wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell, filmed in 1987.
|Various websites looking at Neighbours and visiting Melbourne (copies printed for Supp File); `Neighbours: 20 Years of Ramsay Street' (News Custom Publishing, 2000)
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Originally posted by The_Korrigan
I know, it's strange. He comes in and says, "where's the endgame?!" and then shows us that he has PvP'd for 12 hours a day since the release of TSW. I mean, PvP is going to be a pretty central part of the endgame for me and many others in GW2.
And then that other guy can't fathom that some people don't like gear treadmills. Even when given valid reasons he just freaks out and acts like the WoW model is the only acceptable way to enjoy a game at max level.
At least they are obvious. One forgives every single flaw in TSW like it was "the messiah" :P and the other is absolutely in love with the gear system in WoW.
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Originally posted by Adzija
Yea yea, that's the problem, this game is only for the people with different views, and after 1 or 2 months you be the only one left - 100k people with the different views, then because nobody play it this game will die .. nobody cares about your different views. And .. not to mention how the things dosn't scale properly in this game, that a lot of people will be bored to death from those dynamic quests and will start slacking .. at it's base mechanics this game is broken. Whatever, guild wars 2 has no viability. The content is added with years of development but they won't have a chance to add more.
Originally posted by botrytis
ok, here's my attempt to answer to all you guys...
Yellow: I can't speak for others much like you can't assume all GW2 fans are all the same. Gear grind is very different from "level grind" (more accurately, leveling). Not sure how leveling can even be considered grinding, unless you can only lvl by gear grinding and only gear grind by mindlessly doing repetitive quests. Gear grinding is a mechanic to trap players in an endless treadmill in order to get them to keep playing and spending money in the game (whether it be via monthly subs or CS's). Leveling is a game mechanic with the purpose of measuring the progress of players through what monsters/players you can kill, what gear/armor you can equip, and what quests/DE's you can do. In other words, leveling is a tool that the devs use in order to separate the progression various elements of gameplay throughout the progression of said gameplay. Not sure how you can even call leveling "level grind", unless the game you're playing sucks so much that even leveling your player feels like a grind because of the mindlessly repetitive and limited choices you have.
Yellow-Red: Just because things share commonalities (only two in your case) does not make them the same. There are liberal fanatics and conservative fanatics, but you would be hard pressed to find two groups more different from each other.
Blue: There are limits to both gear grinding and leveling, as to how long it takes a player to get there depends on the player. I understand what you're saying. If you don't get all the new gear before a newer set arrives, it does seem to make the gear grind endless, but there is an end, problem is you just didn't get there fast enough. Having said that however, I would not be surprised that that there is a bit of intentionality in the process; release newer gear before the average player (majority of players) gets there in order to keep them in the treadmill, thus spending money on your game.
Blue-Red: New gear is not rendered worthless by newer gear, it's just not as powerful. In WOW, you can still participate in raids, but don't expect to be the highest dps in the group.
Green: I highly doubt that, I am a true casual wow player (my last month until my account expires in order to play GW2) and it does take me longer than a month to get complete sets of gear; whether they pve and/or pvp. I think you're being a bit disingenuous with your measurements of time in regards to acquiring gear; one of wow's biggest sins, in my opinion of course, is that wow requires a lot of time in order to make it worth playing; one of the biggest reasons why I'm switching over to GW2.
Green-Red1: Gear does matter other than just in pvp, especially in WOW. In order to get into any decent raiding groups you need a certain overall gear level; it may not matter as much, but it certainly does matter. No denying that my friend.
Green-Red2: Again with being disingenuous. There are indeed gear and level disparities, but there are so minimal, they are hardly noticeable. In WVW I've downed many players who were clearly higher level than I was. I'm not saying there isn't a small level of disparity, but based on how you were describing it, I believe you were exaggerating the disparity and misinforming the reader. Lower level players are not "gimped" when fighting higher level players in WVW, yes, they may be slightly less powerful with a little less health, but the disparity is not near what you claim it to be.
Orange: Gear grind is not infinite! It may take a long time to get all the gear, and if you fail to get it before the next patch, yes it may appear never-ending, but it is not infinite.
Orange-Red: Just because you save up (you don't have to) for the gear coming in the next patch does not make it infinite. By the way, if you can save up for the next patch, I guess you not only got all the gear for the current patch but you had so much extra time you are able to save up for the next set of gear... not bad.
Summary: I think ya'll are ignoring each other's arguments. Not all GW2 players hate gear and level progression, at least I don't hate them, I just don't lie the monotony. GW2 does not get rid of all grinding, what I think it does, and very well might I add, is disguise whatever little grind it has in order to improve the gameplay experience. No game is without a certain amount of grind, the key though is to mask it in order for the players to not notice it. Just my two cents, please don't be too rough on me haha :-)
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Originally posted by heartless
Seven days /played. I repeated Transylavania a couple times already before I just called it quits before the beta weekend for GW2.
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I have 43% unlocked at about 7-8 days played. I have not yet completed all quests in Transylvania. If all you do is grind quests of course you're going to run out of quests. Oci, you didn't even complete the Nightmares once, so you have plenty left to do.
Originally posted by sammandar
While there is a limit on how MUCH gear you need to grind per content release, you are always aware that you will being DEing pieces of gear fairly soon down the road. The knowledge that you are going to be replacing your gear in the very near future is always there. The gear grind, at least in WoW, is indeed infinite. Every 3 - 6 months, it's happening. Actually, even during the 3-6 months, it's happening as you replace older gear along the way. This process goes on forever (assuming you are interested in seeing the new content).
To make matters worse, with a gear treadmill, the newest and best gear trivializes all older content (including the content that you just spend a month trying to master in many cases).
The crazy part is that I really like WoW. I had a lot of fun in that game. And I can definitely see the draw of getting rewarded all the time. These days I'd just rather be able to focus on doing the things I like to do rather than do some grinding before I have access to doing the things I actually like to do. I don't think it's abnormal and I think a lot of people are on board with that sentiment.
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Originally posted by colddog04
To me that's the saddest aspect of WOW; the trivialization of old content. One of the things I like the most in GW2 is that you can always go back and revisit/redo old content and its fun due to level scaling.
Originally posted by sammandar
And if you take their system further, no matter how much content they release and where they release it, it will always be relevant. Forever. Even if they raise the cap, all of the stuff that was awesome and hard at 80, will still be awesome and hard at 90.
For an example, in WoW, you would have access to 9 million raids that are relevant if they used a similar system to GW2.
SWTOR is the greatest mmo ever!
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I think it's going to be an intetresting experiment. best of my knowledge (and correct me if I'm wrong, please!), this is the first game that has done ALL of the following at the same time:
It's a unique concept of PvE endgame, and it may or may not work out. It's one of my biggest concerns for the game...but if it works out, it may actually revolutionize the idea that endgame=raiding in PvE, or that the entire levelling experience is just a meaningless way to get to cap so you can do the "real" content.
Originally posted by colddog04
True, you would be able to go back to the Scarlet Monastery as a lvl 85 (having your lvl scaled back) and it would be nearly as fun as it was when you were a cute little lowbie... sad, so sad.
Originally posted by sammandar
And having a gear treadmill destroys that design concept that I like so much. Because as the gear gets better and better, more and more stuff would be trivialized.
SWTOR is the greatest mmo ever!
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Originally posted by terrant
I agree...it will be interesting. And i'll be glad to try it out myself.
I just don't understand why people that don't like it have to say: ''You'll see in 2 months when it fails''. If I didn't like it I wouldn't play it but for sure I wouldn't wish for it to fail. For me the more diversities in gaming we have it has more quality.
Take SWTOR for example. I played that game and loved leveling. It was really fun. But when I got to so called ''endgame'' I realised it was exactly same as most other games. Nothing new so when I got tired of leveling I stoped playing.
If all games had same gameplay and features gaming would be boring. Instead of wishing for everything new to fail we should try it out and see if it fits us or not
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Guild Wars 2's endgame is just like the game. According to MMOFTW: "It's all carrot no stick".
You will keep doing what you've been doing from lvl 1-80, mostly. Either you like it or you don't, it is not like Lineage where you have to grind through boredom to get to the PvP part.
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Originally posted by terrant
nice post
the only time ive experienced something similar was in Everquest where you would be level capped but grind AA doing anything
raiding was the endgame in EQ but the AA system gave perks for nonraiders to work on despite being max level
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Originally posted by colddog04
this is the big one for me. How the DE system works they are hardly ever play out exactly the same in later zones and branch out a lot more further in the game you get. Also Anet has said they will continue to expand and add new ones. Also having access to essentially 32 dungeons at level 80 and any they add in the future will always be worth running through for rewards and a challenge. Doing this offers an insane amount of replayability compared to similar games.
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World > Quest Progression
The real fun of going back to early level content should happen about three to six months after release, depending on sales over time. By then the DEs will have a chance to play out a little more without having 20 people mob on the same location.
I think GW2 is a game that will get better over time. Orr will be pivotal in keeping the initial content locusts busy enough as the casual players settle out amongst the zones. By then the game will be "ripe" IMO.
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Originally posted by DKLond
MMO games would be pretty cool if it weren't for the people.
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I think what a lot of people are forgetting(or refusing to acknowledge) is that low level content is tuned for low level characters in low level gear NOT a downscaled level 80 in a full set of Exotic gear. There is a HUGE difference.
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Originally posted by Xiaoki
You were also playing a Guardian....which probably needs a little bit of a survivability nerf. But holding that aside...there's a far cry between "Being able to fight off 3-4 mobs without serious danger" and "running around the zone watching mobs 1-shot themselves on your damage aura and never losing a single hp"
I don't doubt level 1 zones will be much easier as an 80..but you will get usable loot and rewards, and combat will be far more involved than if you were a level 85 walking into the newbiew area in WoW.
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Originally posted by Xiaoki
It's true that low level content isn't tuned for a higher level character, higher level characters have utility and elite skills, not available for lower level characters. I believe the break point will be at level 30. At level 30 a character will have access to all skill slots (including elite) which can make a huge difference in battle. From 30 to 80 there shouldn't be such a huge difference in difficulty.
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