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Four-Links – Fiats by any other name, search and sketch, digital dashes, a tale of two islands
* Rear-engined Fiats were plentiful and simple. So no surprise that plenty of coachbuilders and low-volume manufacturers based their cars, trucks, and even jeeplets on the chassis. Ronan Glon at RanWhenParked runs down a few of the more interesting variants, including the Moretti Sportiva above.
* Bruce Thomson is on the hunt for an affordable vintage car. Aren't we all? Bruce, however, has decided to write about his adventures at Kicking Vintage Tyres and at the same time sketch out the various cars he checks out, pointing out the good and the bad. Hopefully he keeps the stories coming even after he chooses a car to buy.
* Which car had the first digital dashboard? Mike Rosa of Autos of Interest doesn't have that answer, but he does have several pages of examples.
* Right-hand-drive, built-on-an-island, compact cars can describe either Japanese or British cars. Rodney at Positive Earth recently gave us a quick history lesson on how, sometimes, they were both Japanese and British.
* Finally, car care tips from Phil Are Go!
Vintage advertising: DuPont 7 Polish
DuPont 7 Polish "Makes Cars Sparkle!" Scanned advertisement from author's collection.
Back in the late 1960s, when I was a young teenager, I was helping the old man across the street clean out his garage and found a can of DuPont No. 7 Polish sitting on one of the dusty shelves, alongside a Chock full o'Nuts coffee can filled with old bolts, screws and nails, as well as the occasional marble.
Even though this old can of wax had probably been sitting on that garage shelf since the 1950s, it was still useable, so I promptly polished the blue paint on my Stingray – no, not the car, the bike. Back in the '60s, covering one's bike in a coat of wax was a young teenager's right-of-passage, and we did it regularly. Special attention was given to the chrome plating on the three-foot-long sissy bar that I repurposed as a front fork, which made the well-worn Stingray look like a chopper. It was very cool looking, and could do wheelies with ease!
I had discovered years before that polishing the entire bike at one time would not be a wise move, otherwise the polish – and paste waxes – would turn to a white, cake-on hardness, and would be very difficult to remove. Talk about needing elbow grease – this was the era well before electric polishers became common. The first time I used Blue Coral paste wax was on my father's black 1965 Oldsmobile, and I coated the car's entire body in one shot with it. It then took me literally hours and hours to remove all the wax which was now caked-on due to the hot summer sun. As they say, live and learn. And I did.
Back in the day, DuPont's No. 7 Polish and Cleaner was immensely popular because it worked extremely well. An excellent quality product, no doubt. In fact, so memorable was the No. 7 Polish that today you can read how car owners are still praising its virtues on the AACA's forums, with many club members calling it "the best polish ever made."
The copy that DuPont's advertising agency created to sell the product was quite entertaining. The saying on the bottom of the DuPont 7 Polish can was in script lettering and stated: "The only polish containing 'stroke saving' Methyl Cellulose." "Stroke saving;" now that's funny. The other popular saying was more mainstream: "Fast and Easy."
At the time DuPont was the primary manufacturer of automobile paints, so in order to best protect the cars and trucks that were finished with their signature line of Duco, Dulux and Synthetic enamels, the DuPont chemists created this special polish. It worked, and worked well, quickly becoming one of the most popular polishes of all time.
Today, it can still be found at select stores nationwide. My local Ace Hardware store sells a 14-ounce bottle of No. 7 Auto Polish & Cleaner for $6.99, but nowhere on the label does it say "DuPont." Perhaps DuPont sold the rights to the formula years ago.
As the ad says: "You clean off dirt film…put on a super-shine at the same time with DuPont No. 7 Polish. It's the quick, easy way to keep your car beautiful."
Skills 101 – How to detail your car's interior
This early 1960s Volkswagen Type 1 convertible shows what a clean interior should look like. Photo by Mark McCourt.
For most car owners, cleaning the interior of their daily driver consists of little more than the occasional 75-cent vacuum rental at the drive-through car wash. Worse yet, others feel the need to douse the interior with shiny and sticky plastic and vinyl preservatives, advertised as beneficial in the back of car magazines and on car-themed televisions shows. As with properly washing a car, the correct care of a car's interior takes a bit of work, but the long-term payback in maintaining a car's value is worth it.
Step one is identifying the materials needed, including both tools and cleaning products. Microfiber towels are a must-have item, and dirty interiors will require quite a few. Dedicated microfiber towels should be used to clean glass (and clean glass only, to avoid picking up grit that can potentially scratch the inside of a windshield), and it's best to use a microfiber towel designed specifically for glass cleaning (usually with a finer nap than an all-purpose microfiber towel). Bristle brushes are needed to dust vents and scrub things like leather seats, door panels and steering wheels; it's best to have one "dry brush" dedicated to dusting only, with a second brush that can be used for wet scrubbing. A vacuum is a must-have item, and while a plug-in vacuum will provide the most suction, a rechargeable or 12v outlet-powered vacuum is better than no vacuum at all.
As for chemicals, an auto glass cleaner and an interior cleaner are must-have items, while a rubber preservative is highly recommended. For vehicles with leather seats, a leather cleaner and a separate leather conditioner are needed, while cloth upholstery can generally be cleaned with the same spray used for interiors (though specially-formulated upholstery cleaners are available). Spray-on plastic and vinyl preservatives for the dashboard are a matter of individual tastes; if you believe them to be beneficial, just remember that a little goes a long way. In fact, the "glossy" preservatives generally contain silicone oil, and instead of protecting surfaces can actually do more damage by accelerating heat transfer in vinyl dash material. A better option is to simply keep the dash clean and avoid parking in direct sunlight (if possible); for those desiring a sheen on their dash top, some detailers recommend using Pledge furniture polish.
Step one is cleaning interior glass. Follow the directions on the automotive glass cleaner of your choice, using the previously mentioned glass-specific microfiber towels to wipe the glass surfaces dry. If there's heavy film (generally caused by the outgassing of plastics in a vehicle's interior) built up on the inside of the windshield, it may be necessary to repeat this process two or even three times. To verify that a streak is on the inside of the glass and not the outside, vary the direction used to wipe the glass; wipe interior glass in a side-to-side motion, while using an up-and-down motion to wipe exterior glass surfaces. Never use abrasives or harsh chemicals to clean the inside of a windshield, as many use a layer of plastic film on the inside that can be susceptible to scratching. When cleaning the rear window, be particularly gentle with defroster elements on the glass, as these can be damaged by harsh scrubbing.
Next comes a thorough vacuuming of the car's interior. Start by removing and vacuuming the floor mats first, paying attention to stains and ground-in dirt; if vacuuming doesn't get the mats clean, carpet cleaner with stain remover is your next step (but be sure to test for colorfastness first). If you have access to a carpet steam cleaner, this can often be the best way to get heavy soil out of floor mats, but it's probably not worth renting a steamer just for this purpose. When vacuuming the interior, don't forget to get between the seat cushion and seat back, and don't neglect the area under the seats (the realm of the errant french fry). Use the dry bristle brush to sweep dust from vents and controls before vacuuming, and the same technique applies to other interior nooks and crannies (like shifter boots, handbrake boots, instrument pods and such).
Once the full interior is vacuumed, take a moment to assess the next steps. If the seats are stained and dirty (regardless of material), scrubbing with a cleaner and a bristle brush will be necessary. For minor cleaning, spraying leather or vinyl seats with the cleaner of your choice, then wiping with a microfiber cloth, may be all that's necessary. Generally speaking, always follow the cleaning product manufacturer's directions, and when scrubbing use as little pressure as you can to obtain the desired results.
The wet soft-bristle brush is an excellent way to clean the leather of steering wheels and shift knobs. Spray the brush with cleaner, then use it to work up a lather on the leather surface, working one small area at a time. Use a microfiber cloth to wipe away the lather, making sure the foam (which carries the lifted particles of dirt in it) isn't allowed to dry.
Leather upholstery requires one more step for proper care, and that's the use of a leather preservative. Dry or neglected leather surfaces may require more than one application (buffing with a dry microfiber towel in between coats), but in general, always use the minimal amount of product necessary. As with paint, more light applications are far better than a single heavy application. Avoid using leather preservative on leather-wrapped steering wheels, as it can make the surface slippery, particularly for those with sweaty hands. When treating leather shift or handbrake boots, spray a bit of preservative on a microfiber towel, then gently work this into the leather surfaces. This avoids getting leather preservative into places it shouldn't be.
Next, use the interior cleaner and microfiber towels to wipe down door panels, door arm rests and the center console arm rest. Lotion, bug spray and sunscreen has a habit of accumulating wherever driver and passengers rest their arms, so a more vigorous scrubbing with the wet bristle brush and interior cleaner may be necessary. Even if only a light cleaning is called for, it's best to spray the cleaner on a (clean) microfiber towel instead of the door panel, as this minimizes the possibility of liquid getting into areas it doesn't belong (like electric window controls). Tackle the dash in much the same way, using cleaner sprayed on a microfiber towel (which should also pick up any dust missed during vacuuming). Use care in cleaning the center stack, and use as little cleaner as possible around switches and electronics.
Shoe scuffs on plastic door sills plates can generally generally be erased using the bristle brush and spray cleaner method, though this may take a bit more elbow grease that scrubbing suntan lotion out of a door panel. The same applies to any shoe scuffs in the footwells, another common area of abuse.
Those wishing to use a preservative on dash top, plastics and vinyls (even after our warning above) should spray it on a clean microfiber towel instead of spraying directly on the surface to be treated. The same can be said of vinyl upholstery; when using a vinyl upholstery conditioner, use as little as necessary, sprayed on a microfiber towel and not on the surface itself.
Finally, the last step is to use a dedicated rubber preservative on door and window seals. The best products are expensive, but they will likely allow the original rubber seals to last the life of the car, while eliminating things like wind noise and water intrusion caused by shrinking rubber seals.
As with proper exterior washing, careful interior detailing takes time and effort, but will extend the life of your car considerably. When (or if) the time comes to sell it, proper upkeep should also pay dividends by enhancing the car's value.
Skills 101 – How to wash a car
No shade? No grit guard? Best to just donate a few dollars and wash the car yourself.
For the vast majority of car owners, care of their car's finish amounts to little more than the occasional trip to the local drive-through car wash. True enthusiasts, however, see this as a sin of the highest order, as chemicals and methods designed to quickly strip a car of accumulated dirt and road grime aren't necessarily designed to promote the longevity of a car's paint finish. While modern car washes go to great lengths to ensure that damage to paint or vehicle doesn't occur, a proper hand washing is a far gentler way to enhance your car's appearance. It also ensures that minor issues such as paint chips, tree sap and bug strikes are dealt with before they become major expenses.
First, the car's surface should be cool to the touch because washing a hot car can promote water spotting. Never wash a car immediately after it's been driven, either, as cold water on hot surfaces (such as brake rotors) can cause uneven cooling and potential damage. Ensure that you have a shady spot to wash the car in, as direct sunlight can also promote water spotting and uneven drying. When in doubt, opt to wash your car in the morning or in the evening, before or after the sun is at its highest point in the sky.
Next, you'll need some very specific equipment for a proper washing, including a bucket with a grit guard insert, a wash mitt (preferably made of sheepskin or microfiber), a hose of sufficient length to reach the entire vehicle, a nozzle with variable spray patterns, a dedicated wheel brush (or brushes, depending upon your wheel type), the wheel cleaner of your choice, the car wash soap of your choice and a synthetic chamois or a few waffle-weave cotton drying towels. When it comes to car wash soap, always use a product specifically formulated for this purpose, as dish detergents contain surfactants and other chemicals capable of stripping wax out of the paint's surface. The same holds true with a wheel cleaner, which needs to be strong enough to lift accumulated brake dust, yet gentle enough not to etch a wheel's surface. If you have expensive aftermarket wheels on your vehicle, always follow the manufacturer's recommendations for care.
Once the equipment is assembled, start with the wheels and tires, following the recommendations on the wheel cleaner itself. Most advise users to wet the wheels with water first, spray on the cleaner and then scrub with an appropriate brush before rinsing the wheel (and brush) with plenty of water. Most wheel cleaners are mildly acidic, so the use of eye protection while scrubbing wheels is recommended; also, never use the car wash bucket to clean wheels, as brake dust itself can etch paint. It should go without saying that the wheel brush should never be used to clean the car's painted surfaces, even after it's been flushed with water.
When the wheels are clean, give the tires a quick scrubbing to remove surface dirt. Car wash soap can be used here, but be sure to use a separate bucket to avoid getting dirt and grit in the primary car washing bucket. Repeat the process for all four wheels and tires, making sure to flush each wheel and tire with plenty of water when done scrubbing.
Next, rinse the car wash bucket to remove any dust or dirt before inserting the grit guard tray (which keeps the wash mitt away from any sediment that settles to the bottom of the bucket) and adding the recommended amount of car wash solution. Rinse the wash mitt with clean water, then place it atop the grit guard and add the recommended amount of water to the bucket. With the nozzle set on an appropriate spray pattern (such as a vertical fan), rinse the car from top to bottom. In general, avoid directing high-pressure water at door and window seals, blinkers and trim, as getting water past these items can create problems down the line.
Starting with the roof and greenhouse (or windows, in non-carspeak), wash one segment of the car at a time; depending upon the size of the car, half the roof and greenhouse is likely as much as you can cover before the soap solution begins to dry on the car. Rinse the area washed, making sure the next area to be soaped up is still wet, then repeat this process using comparably sized segments of the car until the entire vehicle has been soaped and rinsed.
Now, remove the nozzle from the hose and flood the car with a steady stream of water. If your finish is in good health, doing so will cause much of the accumulated water droplets to rinse way, leaving the surface with minimal water to be dried. Shut off the water at the tap (or at the hose if you have an adapter with an on/off setting) and grab your drying towel (or towels). Starting with the roof, dry the top of the vehicle followed immediately by the glass (to avoid water spotting), then the vertical surfaces (which shed water quickly), then the horizontal surfaces. If a synthetic (or natural) chamois is used, be sure to squeeze it out when it becomes saturated; while the same holds true with a cotton drying towel, you'll likely need more than one cotton drying towel to finish the average-sized vehicle.
Once the paint has been dried, move on to the wheels and tires. Using a separate synthetic chamois (or cotton towels), dry the wheels and tires, then follow up with the tire preservative of your choice. Now, examine the car's finish for anything you may have missed during the wash process. If you skipped a panel, spray it with water, scrub it up, rinse it off and towel it dry. If you have bug strikes, tar or tree sap on the paint, break out the appropriate cleaner and take care of the affected areas, following up with a quick coat of wax on any panels treated with these heavy-duty cleaners.
A weekly hand washing will go a long way towards preserving the finish of your car, preventing expensive paint repair (or worse, a more expensive repaint) down the line. Consider the hour or so that a proper washing takes to be an investment in your car's future, not to mention a good excuse to spend quality time with the object of your four-wheel affections.


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I use the Save to Delicious feature in part as a "backup" of my Diigo links. With the future of Delicious uncertain (other than knowing it's on the auction block), I would like another option.
Pinboard uses the same API as Delicious (v1). The only difference is the Endpoint.
Pinboard isn't free, but it serves my purpose well. Currently, I Save to Delicious from Diigo and then have Pinboard automatically import my Delicious links.
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We interrupt the Saturday sequence of pub signs to bring you this little crop of knees recorded yesterday during Stage Six of the Tour of Britain Cycle Race, just before the top of the King of the Mountains stage at High Barns Farm near Corbridge.
Actually it's a bit nearer to Ovingham than Corbridge, but no matter; you can just about see Woolybill Towers near the top of the hill, south of the Tyne, in the far distance of #2, or would have done if I had panned up a bit. Just this once an essential detail is missing.
Quite a crowd from the EPZ Tynedale chapter had turned up to watch; at least one (MickyMc) posted a shot yesterday. Mrswoolybill has done a reportage of her own which appears here. I had hoped to try some experimental shots after getting a couple of 'bankers', such as panning with the fisheye for a laugh; however I only had time for a ranging shot of the breakaway before chancing my arm with manual pre-focus on the peloton.
Summary of Activity:
Time spent standing waiting, chatting to cyclists and photographers and sizing up each other's equipment: One Hour.
Time spent watching the police advance guard, police outriders, press cars, police outriders, team cars, police outriders, support cars and police sweeper-uppers: 15 minutes.
Time spent watching the breakaway pass: 2 seconds.
Time spent watching the peloton pass: 5 seconds.
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Did they shave... legs look to smooth loll... wonderful shots
I'm with both Dawn and Mick; good depth of detail and focus in both but I prefer #2.
Don't think he's wiping his nose though; with those intense stares I think this is a 4 man hit team and he's whispering into his radio to his team: "cameraman at 1 o'clock - take him out"
Think both are excellent Bill, slight preference for V2,
Definately V1 for me.
Fantastic capture of those lovely tanned legs.
The detail in the bikes is very good as well.......
excellent Bill, the crop on #1 really works extremely well
So 7 minutes of action!!
Well you certainly got a good one in v1 Bill
Well desrving of Mavis' award too.
You did well to fix your camera to the back of your saddle Bill. Hope you had a great race,
Whata mistaka to maka- 7 seconds not minutes!!
Its Saturday and I'm not concentrating so well.
Very clever and effective composition in V1.
I must say I prefer the crop Bill. However they both make me tired just looking at them.
Excellent work Bill, I see these have proved very popular with the ladies of epz, it must be the sight of all those tanned shaved legs and all that tight lycra!Last Modified By Glostopcat at 14 Sep 2008 - 5:12 PM
Beautiful, clear, sharp and well done Bill.
Congrats for the award,
You may see a crop of knees....
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Alexa awoke with a pounding head and a dry throat. "Wake up Jordan!" she croaked. Jordan only stirred in her bed. Alexa kicked her. "Ow! I was going to get up ... No need to kick me!" Jordan said. Alexa laughed but quickly shut up. "Why did we have to go to that party?" Jordan sighed. "Because Rudolph asked me to come and you know I really like him.." Alexa said dreamily. Jordan and Alexa went outside. They went to the stables to check on their horses. "Fenix,, Did you sleep well my boy?" Alexa asked. Fenix a grey andalusian stallion snorted and nudged Alexa for treats. Laughing Alexa gave him a sugar cube and went to Flying Force her mare. Flying Force, a golden Quarter horse mare. Alexa crooned at Force and rubbed her neck affectionately. "Alexa... We have to feed the horses in the breeding barn and also go and check on the stallions on the other side of the farm." Jordan told her. Jordan owned a Appaloosa named Star field. They walked to the feeding room and got the feed ready. They Quickly fed their horses and walked over to the broodmares. "Okay I'll take the right side and you the left side."Jordan said. Alexa nodded and started feeding the mares. Only 5 mares out of the 20 have had their foals and they were outside. Within 30 minutes they were done feeding the mares and they went back to their horses. "We have to check on the stallions, and they are on the other side of the farm." Alexa said. They both nodded and went to the tack room. Jordan took her pleasure saddle and Alexa her Western saddle. Jordan took Star out and put him onto the cross-ties, she started grooming him. Alexa went to fetch Flying Force as the mare needed the excercise. After giving Force a quick but thorough grooming she saddled her up and went outside. Jordan joined her and they started walking
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The product life cycle of durable goods
The model presented here derives the product life cycle of durable goods. It is based on the idea that the purchase process consists of first purchase and repurchase. First purchase is determined by the market penetration process (diffusion process), while repurchase is the sum of replacement and multiple purchase. The key property of durables goods is to have a mean lifetime in the order of several years. Therefore replacement purchase creates periodic variations of the unit sales (Juglar cycles) having its origin in the initial diffusion process. The theory suggests that there exists two diffusion processes. The first can be described by Bass diffusion and is related to the information spreading process within the social network of potential consumers. The other diffusion process comes into play, when the price of the durable is such, that only those consumers with a sufficient personal income can afford the good. We have to distinguish between a monopoly market and a polypoly/oligopoly market. In the first case periodic variations of the total sales occur caused by the initial Bass diffusion, even when the price is constant. In the latter case the mutual competition between the brands leads with time to a decrease of the mean price. This change is associated with an effective increase of the market volume, which can be interpreted as a diffusion process. Based on an evolutionary approach, it can be shown that the mean price decreases exponentially and the corresponding diffusion process is governed by Gompertz equation (Gompertz diffusion). Most remarkable is that Gibrat's rule of proportionate growth is a direct consequence of the competition between the brands. The model allows a derivation of the lognormal size distribution of product sales and the logistic replacement of durables in competition. A comparison with empirical data suggests that the theory describes the main trend of the product life cycle superimposed by short term events like the introduction of new models.
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2. Whisk eggs, milk, hot sauce, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add bread and stir to coat. Set aside in the refrigerator.
3. Steam broccoli until just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Refresh under cold water and drain well. Chop coarsely.
4. Heat oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bacon and onion; cook, stirring often, until softened and light golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onion mixture and broccoli to the egg mixture; stir in cheese. Pour into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.
5. Bake the pie until light golden and set, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool slightly, cut into wedges and serve.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of the following companies were among those making notable moves in the U.S. stock market Friday.
Allegheny Technologies Inc. ATI, +1.80% shares rose. It approved a share repurchase program of $500 million. The board also increased the quarterly dividend by 39% to 18 cents from 13 cents. The dividend will be paid on Dec. 28 to stockholders of record as of Dec. 10. The metals producer said it plans to contribute $100 million to its U.S. defined benefit pension plan in the fourth quarter.
Elizabeth Arden Inc. RDEN, -1.36% shares rose 4%. It swung to a first-quarter net profit of $350,000, or 1 cent a share, from a year-ago net loss of $1.3 million, or 5 cents a share. Excluding restructuring charges, first-quarter profit was $1.1 million, or 4 cents a share. The New York-based cosmetics company said revenue rose 6.7% to $271.8 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, up from $254.8 million in the year-earlier period. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting, on average, a per-share loss of 5 cents on revenue of $270.2 million.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.'s BGFV, +1.66% shares jumped 17%. Third-quarter net income increased to $8.4 million, or 37 cents a share, from $7.8 million, or 34 cents a share, a year earlier. The sporting-goods retailer's sales increased 3.6% to $231.3 million from $223.3 million a year earlier. Analysts had expected earnings of 30 cents a share on revenue of $231 million. Big 5 forecast fourth-quarter same-store sales growth in the low negative single-digits to the low positive single-digits and per-share earnings of 36 cents to 46 cents. The company said it expects sales to be "challenged by macro-economic issues."
CA Inc.'s CA, +0.47% shares gained 3.3%. Fiscal second-quarter net income jumped to $137 million, or 26 cents a share, from $53 million, or 9 cents a share, a year earlier, helped by lower amortization of software costs. The software company's revenue rose 8% to $1.07 billion in the period ended Sept. 30 from $987 million in the year-ago period, boosted by large contract renewals and an increase in contract length. Analysts had expected earnings of 26 cents a share on revenue of $1.01 billion. CA boosted its full-year 2008 forecast, now expecting earnings of 87 cents to 91 cents a share and revenue in the range of $4.15 billion to $4.2 billion.
Callaway Golf Co. ELY, -0.17% shares moved up. It swung to a third-quarter net profit of $1.27 million, or 2 cents a share, compared with a loss of $11.9 million, or 18 cents a share, a year earlier. Net sales increased 22% to $235.5 million from $193.8 million a year ago, the company said. Analysts had predicted a third-quarter profit of 2 cents a share and revenue of $236 million. Callaway expects sales of $1.095 billion to $1.105 billion, compared with its previous outlook of $1.07 billion to $1.08 billion. The company predicts pro forma per-share earnings will range from 78 cents to 84 cents. Analysts predict earnings of 89 cents a share and revenue of $1.1 billion for the year.
Cognex Corp.'s CGNX, -0.15% shares soared 24%. Third-quarter net income fell 27%, hurt by higher expenses. The machine vision system maker's net income declined to $7.3 million, or 17 cents a share, from $10.1 million, or 22 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue decreased to $54.7 million from $58 million a year ago, the company said. Analysts had predicted third-quarter earnings of 11 cents a share, and revenue of $54.7 million. Cognex expects fourth-quarter net income of 17 cents to 23 cents a share, and a revenue range of $59 million to $62 million. Analysts predict earnings and revenue of 18 cents a share and $60.1 million, respectively.
Shares of Consolidated Edison Inc. ED, -1.04% the power company that serves most of New York City, moved up. It reported third-quarter net income rose to $312 million, or $1.15 a share, from $231 million, or 92 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose nearly 6% to $3.6 billion from $3.4 billion. Analysts had forecast the utility would earn $1.06 a share on $3.51 billion in revenue. See full story.
Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s EDS shares gained. Third-quarter net income rose to $225 million, or 42 cents a share, from $125 million, or 24 cents, in the year-earlier period. The Plano, Texas, technology services company said revenue increased to $5.63 billion from $5.29 billion on an increase in contract signings.
Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS shares gained. It swung to a loss for its fiscal second quarter due to a change in how it accounts for revenue from sales of certain types of video games. For the period ended Sept. 30, the video game publisher reported a loss of $195 million, or 62 cents a share, compared to earnings of $22 million, or 7 cents a share, for the same period last year. Revenue slipped to $640 million from $784 million. The company said the accounting change resulted in a $296 million increase in deferred net revenue that will be recognized in future periods. Analysts were expecting earnings of 20 cents a share on revenue of $896.2 million. See full story
Embarq Corp.'s EQ, +9.09% shares advanced 4.6%. Third-quarter net income fell 1.9% to $157 million, or $1.01 a share, from $160 million, or $1.06 a share, a year earlier. Analysts had expected earnings of $1.13 a share. The communications company said quarterly net operating revenue fell less than 1% to $1.59 billion from $1.61 billion a year ago. The company said it still expects full-year consolidated operating income of $1.51 billion and $1.56 billion with telecommunications-segment revenue of $5.87 billion to $5.92 billion.
GB&T Bancshares GBTB shares soared 20%. SunTrust Banks Inc. STI, -0.75% said Friday it is buying the Gainesville, Ga., bank for about $153.7 million, to expand it its home state. "With this transaction we're taking advantage of an unusually attractive and timely opportunity to efficiently expand our Metro Atlanta franchise in line with our long-term growth strategies and consistent with our high financial standards and disciplined approach to mergers," James M. Wells III, SunTrust CEO said in a press release..
Google Inc. GOOG, +0.50% shares gained. Google and social networking Web site MySpace, owned by News Corp. NWS, -0.71% said they are teaming to launch OpenSocial, a set of tools for building social applications across the Internet. The announcement follows Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT, -0.61% recent move to acquire a stake in the networking site Facebook.. See full story
Harris Corp.'s HRS, +0.01% shares gained 5.3%. First-quarter net income rose to $100.2 million, or 73 cents a share, from $83.9 million, or 60 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The information technology company's revenue increased to $1.23 billion from $946.8 million. Analysts had expected earnings of 74 cents as share on revenue of $1.18 billion. Harris forecasts 2008 earning of $3.28 to $3.38 a share. Revenue in fiscal year 2008 is expected to rise 21% above 2007.
Shares of Leapfrog Enterprises Inc. LF, +1.02% a maker of technology-based learning toys, jumped 9.9%. It reported a narrower third-quarter loss on declining sales. Leapfrog reported a net loss of $2.8 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $49.7 million, or 79 cents a share, in last year's same period. For the three months ended Sept. 30, Leapfrog said sales fell 22% to $144 million due to fewer sales of toys the company is phasing out. Looking ahead, Leapfrog said it 2007 revenue will be 10% to 15% below 2006. It estimates a significant improvement in gross margin and net losses.
Napster Inc. NAPS, +0.00% shares moved up. It reported a second-quarter loss of $5.1 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a loss of $9 million, or 21 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue for the digital-music service provider rose 24% to $31.6 million from the same period last year. Analysts had forecast Napster to lose 15 cents a share on $30 million in revenue. Napster said it ended the quarter with about 750,000 paid subscribers, down from 770,000 in its fiscal first quarter. Going forward, Napster expects to report third-quarter sales of $33 million.
Reinsurance underwriter Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. ORH, -50.00% shares were up. It said third-quarter profit rose to $112.1 million, or $1.57 a share, from $57.9 million, or 81 cents a share, from a year ago. Analysts had estimated a profit of 81 cents a share. Revenue for the quarter rose to $722.1 million from $630 million a year ago.
Open Text Corp.'s OTEX, +0.78% shares jumped 11%. It said its adjusted first-quarter earnings jumped, reflecting strong sales in the pharmaceutical and energy sectors, though a large amortization charge meant net income was only slightly above the level a year earlier. The company recorded net income of $7.8 million, or 15 cents a share, in the first quarter compared with $7.3 million, or 15 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts had estimated earnings of 36 cents a share. Revenue rose to $164 million from $101.2 million a year earlier.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. RJET, -2.00% shares gained. The company said Friday its traffic for October rose 36.6% to 818.9 million revenue passenger miles. A revenue passenger mile equals one paying passenger flown one mile. Capacity increased to 29.7% for the month from last year. Load factor, or the percentage of available seats filled with paying passengers, rose to 74.8% in October from 71.1% a year ago.
Scana Corp. SCG, -1.20% shares rose. The company on Friday said its third-quarter net income rose to $92 million, or 79 cents a share, from $89 million, or 76 cents, in the previous year. The consensus analyst estimate was profit of 79 cents a share, according to a survey conducted by Thomson Financial. The energy company reiterated its full-year outlook of earnings in the range of $2.70 to $2.85 a share. Its forecast for 2008 net income is between $2.90 and $3.05 a share. Wall Street sees profit of $2.68 and $2.84 a share for 2007 and 2008, respectively.
Skyworks Solutions Inc. SWKS, -0.15% shares were up. It swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $22 million, or 14 cents a share, from a loss of $96.4 million, or 60 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue fell to $190.5 million from $193.1 million a year ago. Analysts had estimated a profit of 13 cents a share on revenue of $190 million. The company forecast a first-quarter profit of 15 cents to 17 cents a share.
Snap-On Inc. SNA, +0.06% shares were up. IT increased the quarterly dividend by 11.1% to 30 cents. The dividend is payable Dec. 10 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 19.
Synaptics Inc. SYNA, -1.54% shares rallied 19%. It said its fiscal first-quarter profit grew to $11.3 million, or 41 cents a share, from $4.1 million, or 15 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $86.7 million from $54.8 million a year ago. Analysts had forecast a profit of 41 cents a share on revenue of $84 million.


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I'm new to this forum and after exhausting internet searches I've yet to come up with a method of sanding calcium deposits off without harming my plaster. Has anyone here ever successfully done this? I originally planned to get a pneumatic orbital sander to remove it and then do a light acid wash. Is this the right method and if so, what kind of sanding disk should I use?
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This book will teach people how to migrate systems from Windows to Linux. It provides migration process planning, automated migration scripts, anti-virus / anti-spam solutions, and specific migration and deployment details for all relevant technologies. IT professionals who wish to maximize the value of their Windows to Linux migration services will find this book valuable. The book will help them fine-tune their migration services to make them more efficient, thorough, feature-enhanced, and cost-effective by utilizing migration scripts and best practices gleaned from the author's many years of real-world migrations in large and small companies.View full description
This book will provide the system administrator all the information, tools, and guidance, including valuable fully functioning scripts to migrate from Windows NT/2000 to any Linux variant.
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The Danville Town Council at its Sept. 4 meeting gave its blessing to its annual housing report, which lists affordable and generic residential building activity.
"It's an ongoing accountability," said town Planning Chief Kevin Gailey. "It's a compliance report. It's an obligation to the state annually of how we are doing."
The report covers Danville's affordable housing projects from 1999 to September 2007, Gailey said. He said developers have built or have secured approvals to build three apartment complexes for people earning a moderate income, which is an affordability category designated by California.
The state designates "moderate income" as between 81 percent and 120 percent of area median income, which is $58,700 for a one-person household; $67,000 for two; $75,400 for three; $83,800 for four; and $90,500 for five.
The affordable rental units in town correspond with people earning a median income, Gailey said.
"It's how they are deemed affordable," he said.
Sequoia Grove, one of the newest apartments, on Podva Road, has been designed by its developer for moderate income earners in a multi-family zoning area. The builder cannot charge more than $1,413 a month for a single-person household; $1,621 for two; and $1,819 for three.
The town has created specific density land uses for builders to create affordable housing, including 55 residential units behind Navlet's Garden Center on Camino Ramon and 34 units on Fostoria Way, Gailey said. Like the Sequoia project, there will be a cap on how much tenants can be charged.
The builder of the Navlet's center had requested an amendment to the Danville General Plan to change its property from commercial to mixed use; the developer of the Fostoria units asked for a residential use.
"It's a homerun for the town," Gailey said. "The town was proactive in getting those sites for multi-family use."
"You can get affordability by product type," he added. "They are affordable by design."
The town was also involved in building Sycamore Place, a Bridges housing complex for seniors with "very low" to "extremely low income" on Hartz Way. It purchased the land south of the Danville Library, set aside housing money, and worked with Bridges, a nonprofit developer, to build the 78 units around 2003.
"That's a once-in-a-30-year process," Gailey said. "We don't have the funds to do that every cycle."
Sycamore Place resident Bob Worthington, 72, said he enjoys his home.
"I love it here because I'm a block away from downtown," he said. "I can walk to the library."
"The rent is all in a sliding scale from 20 percent to 40 percent of the market value," he added.
He noted the town and Bridges keep up with the apartments' maintenance.
"I guess you could say management is excellent," he said. "They are just a little strict with the rules."
The town also plans to promote affordable housing downtown. It purchased the Rose Street property and has housing set-aside funds although plans are still being developed.
In addition to all of its building activities, Danville continues to be an active participant in the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee.
Gailey said town staff compiles all the housing data and submits it to the Association of Bay Area Governments.
The state wants all levels of government and businesses to ensure there is enough affordable housing for all Californians, according to a strategic plan by the state Department of Housing and Community Development.
Only 19 percent of California households could afford to buy median priced single-family homes in November 2004; while nationwide, affordability was 55 percent. Also, the state's population continues to rise and projections are it will gain around 600,000 people annually over the next decade, according to the plan.
Along with other communities, Danville is following the state's plan.
"It's the cornerstone for all efforts," Gailey said. "We are obligated under state law to develop and approve and implement a housing element as part of our general plan."


text: Showcasing the vision and energy of our pioneering inventors: The Hall of Fame is a travelling exhibition that features the work of seven outstanding inventors and innovation teams who have been nominated for the European Inventor Award in recent years. The exhibition opened at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, where it ran from October until January 2014. It now moves to the Città della Scienza in Naples where it can be seen until June 2014, before traveling to other leading museums across Europe. (Picture: Deutsches Museum) european inventor hall of fame


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The Lisbon-based Independent app distribution firm Aptoide has complained to EU regulators about Google's alleged unfair tactics against third-party app stores. Read more »
On Saturday, Comixology, the dominant digital comics distributor recently purchased by Amazon, released a new iOS app that removes the in-app comic book store, in a move designed to avoid Apple's… Read more »
Yandex.Kit, for which there are already two takers, includes rivals to Google Maps, Play Store, Chrome and more. Read more »
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The federal government outlined a revised punishment for Apple in the ebook pricing case Friday. It argued that Apple changed its in-app purchase rules to retaliate against Amazon. And it wants… Read more »
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• Concerned that minorities are being unfairly targeted and people's Fourth Amendment rights are being violated, the group said it has submitted requests as far back as 2008 for information about how officers are using devices to get personal information.
LANSING — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is worried that Michigan State Police may be extracting personal data from cell phones illegally, a concern state police say is unfounded.
The Associated Press on Thursday filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the state police asking how many times the agency has used data extraction devices that can extract contact lists, text messages and photos from cell phones.
Its request comes after the ACLU has filed its own FOIA requests asking the state police to reveal how they're using the devices. It said it's still waiting on answers after years of asking for the information.
The ACLU failed to get the information it sought through a 2008 FOIA request after being told by state police that it would cost $544,680 to retrieve and assemble the requested documents. It then narrowed the scope of its request, but said state police claimed no documents existed for that time period. Police also refused to reveal when the devices were used so a FOIA request could be tailored to those dates, the ACLU said.
"Through these many requests for information, we have tried to establish whether these devices are being used legally. It's telling that Michigan State Police would rather play this stalling game than respect the public's right to know," Mark Fancher, ACLU of Michigan Racial Justice Project staff attorney, wrote on the group's Web site.
State police said in a statement released Wednesday night that at least one ACLU request for information has been fulfilled and several more will be finished once the ACLU pays a processing fee.
The statement said the data extraction devices are used only if a search warrant is obtained or a person gives consent to have the phone scanned. They say the devices aren't being used to extract personal information during routine traffic stops.
"The implication by the ACLU that the MSP uses these devices to 'quietly bypass Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches' is untrue, and this divisive tactic unjustly harms police and community relations," the state police statement said. It added that the devices are to be "used only by MSP specialty teams on criminal cases, such as cases against children."
In a three-page letter sent last week to the Michigan State Police, the ACLU said it's concerned that Fourth Amendment protections could be undermined if people give state police permission to hook the data extraction devices to their cell phones without realizing the devices can retrieve even hidden or deleted data such as contact lists, text messages and photos.
"A device that allows immediate, surreptitious intrusion into private data creates enormous risks that troopers will ignore these requirements (for a warrant) to the detriment of the constitutional rights of persons whose cell phones are searched," the ACLU says in the letter.
The organization also said it's concerned that minorities may be more likely to have their cell phones searched by the state police.
State police say they are using the devices because of the ever-increasing use of mobile phones by criminals, making the data on their cell phones increasingly important to investigations. They say the same type of equipment routinely is used by mobile phone vendors to transmit data from one phone to another when customers upgrade to new mobile devices.
In its FOIA request, the AP asked state police for annual counts on the number of times the devices were used to extract cell phone data and how many phones had data extracted under a search warrant versus the cell phone owner's permission.
An agency receiving a Michigan FOIA request must respond within five business days but can ask for a 10-day extension to fulfill the request.


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AMMAN – Despite economic pains that ravaged the Arab world following popular protests that swept three autocratic leaders from power, hopes are running high for a major economic boom in the region following the unrest.
"The Arab Spring accelerated a trend which was already happening: the leveling of the landscape in a very dramatic way," Mustafa Abdel-Wadood, chief executive of Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, told Reuters.
"It triggered a sense of accountability. People don't accept the use of political influence as they used to," added Abdel-Wadood, whose company is the Middle East's largest private equity firm with over $6 billion (3 billion pound) under management.
The Arab world has been hit by popular protests that swept the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya from power.
The unrest has brought down many businesses and caused thousands of people to lose their jobs.
Mazen Dajani, chief executive of Jordan's CTI Group, says his company, one of the world's largest shippers of cement, was badly hurt by the political turmoil.
"The Arab Spring turned the company from profit to loss for the first time in almost 10 years," said Dajani, 46, a member of an influential Jordanian-Palestinian merchant family.
He said CTI's shipments to Egypt plunged during the uprising against Hosni Mubarak early last year and have yet to recover.
The company's deliveries to Yemen were disrupted by unrest there while trade with Libya is still suspended despite the end of last year's civil war.
The company is projecting only about 12 to 14 percent of its business will come from the Arab world in 2012, compared with at least 30 percent in normal times.
Estimates from the International Monetary Fund suggest the six Arab countries which experienced the most serious unrest - Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen - lost around $50 billion in output last year, or 11 percent of their combined 2010 output.
Egypt may have lost some $10 billion, while the IMF estimates Libya's economic output halved to $35 billion.
Every other Arab economy in North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean was affected to some degree.
Economic Boom
Despite the gloom, many businesses aspire to a major economic boom after the political turmoil.
"I see it and feel the breeze of change when I talk to fellow bankers and businessmen," Adnan Ahmed Yousif, chief executive of Bahrain-based Al Baraka Banking Group, an Islamic banking conglomerate with operations across North Africa, told Reuters.
Yousif, also chairman of the Beirut-based Union of Arab Bankers, said the Arab Spring had only a "marginal" impact on his firm's earnings last year.
He detects a new dynamism in many economies in the Arab world, where about 60 percent of the 350 million people are under 25.
In Tunisia, a new government elected in October is spending to create jobs and opening areas of the economy to fresh investment, Yousif said.
Last month, Tunisia's parliament approved a 7.5 percent rise in spending in the government's 2012 budget from the previous year.
Ousted president Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali's extended family owned big interests in sectors such as telecoms, news media and banking, crowding out potential competitors; that network is now being dismantled, which may create new opportunities.
Yousif said Baraka has applied to open two new branches in Tunisia, which would bring its total number of branches there to 12.
In Egypt and other countries, bankers have become freer to lend without political interference, Yousif said.
Libya is moving towards easing curbs on privately owned banks, after years of tight restrictions.
New opportunities for Islamic banking are opening up in countries including Morocco and Oman.
"I expect the role of a private sector which was once stifled by governments to grow in the years to come, as change brings more competition and openness," Yousif said.
But this hoped-for economic boom faces major challenges.
Two of the Arab world's biggest economic problems - high youth unemployment and an unequal distribution of wealth - sparked the protests and have not improved.
According to a United Nations report in 2009, Arab countries would need to generate 51 million new jobs by 2020 to absorb new entrants to the labor force.
Youth unemployment in the region averages more than 23 percent, the International Labour Organization says.
Erik Berglof, chief economist at the EBRD, says the need to generate huge numbers of jobs makes the Arab world's situation more difficult in some ways than the challenges which the former Soviet bloc faced two decades ago.
"There was a more even distribution of wealth in Soviet economies and unemployment was not so high," said Berglof, whose bank was set up to help finance and advise ex-Soviet economies and is now expanding its mission to aid Arab states.
"They never faced such problems to the same degree."
Arab governments are now talking of the need for an "inclusive" model of economic growth that would create jobs and allow more people to share in prosperity.
This might include better education, greater state investment in transport and health care, and more progressive tax systems.
But Berglof believes that this would remain empty talk until political and economic stability returned."Governments are trying to plug all the holes and somehow to stop the bleeding. It's all about stabilization right now."
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BackgroundYou set sail on the seas as a sixteen year old boy looking for his destiny. A former noble family has dwindled down to just you and after your father and grandfather have failed in their expeditions, it's up to you to bring honour and respect back to the family name.
- Menacing pirates
- Historically accurate ships
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- Genre: General Adventure
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Were Chris Lane's Teenage Killers Really 'Bored'? (Warning: Strong Language)
August 20, 2013 - 11:16 am
Three teens have been accused as the killers of Australian baseball player Chris Lane. Lane, who was living in Duncan, Oklahoma, on a baseball scholarship, was gunned down Friday afternoon in a drive-by shooting. One of the three has reportedly confessed to the random murder.
The Oklahoma teens who face first-degree murder charges have been named as Chancey Luna, James Edwards and Michael Jones.
But their parents yesterday protested their innocence.
Jennifer Luna, whose son is suspected of firing the fatal shot, claimed her son was at home saying: "My son is not that way. My son is a good kid."
The three teens now say that they killed Lane at random because they were "bored."
It comes as Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said he had secured the confession of the 17-year-old who summoned investigators to his jail cell and claimed he and the younger boys were bored "so they decided to kill somebody".
"He said he was the driver of the car," Chief Ford said.
"They saw Christopher jog by the house they were at, they chose him to be the target, they got in the car, drove up behind him and shot him in the back.
"He said the 16-year-old fired the shot."
The 16 year old would be Chancey Luna, who still has the endorsement of his mom, above.
The 15 year old is James Edwards. On August 15, a day before the shooting, the "bored" teen apparently posted a terse status update on Facebook, where he goes by the name "Lilbuggy" but his Facebook address is "blackcoon44."
He also posted this ambiguous update, which could be taken to mean shots or music recordings. Evidently the latter.
The statistics on the page place this James Edwards in Duncan, OK.
According to other posts on the page, Edwards is an aspiring rapper.
And he's not a fan of "snitches."
This article sheds some light on that post. Briefly, an affiliate of Chief Keef who goes by the name Lil Durk spent time in prison on gun charges, but sees that time as positive for his music career.
Ever the optimist, Durk was able to find some silver lining surrounding his circumstance. "By me going to jail, that was publicity, too. It was all in newspapers. So at the same time, it never kinda stopped."
So were these kids in Duncan really bored when they killed Chris Lane, or were they building their resumes, using criminals like Lil Durk as their template?


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Jessica Biel is spotted on the set of her new movie Total Recall in Toronto yesterday (July 25). Wow, she looks amazing for having just filmed an action scene!
Don't miss the Jessica Biel page for more pics of her on the set of such films as Playing the Field and New Year's Eve.
Jessica revealed a little more about Total Recall - a reboot of the original 1990 film - at Comic-Con over the weekend in San Diego:
"I shoot an incredible gun, but I can't say too much, because it's special and new. And we were just driving some incredible cars that look amazing ... You can expect to be surprised, it is quite different and a reinvention of the characters and story. It is really based in reality, it is raw, darker and gritty. Of course there are incredible action sequences, cars and guns, but we're really focusing on the emotional aspect."


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Karen Larsen
Karen Larsen joined KJRH Channel 2 in May of 1996, and is currently anchor of Channel 2 News at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Her work on these newscasts has earned four Emmy awards, as well as honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters.
Karen has produced, written and hosted award-winning documentaries dedicated to health issues. "2 For the Cure: Life Stories" focused on three women battling breast cancer. She followed that effort with another documentary on four people fighting four types of cancer. These programs have won state, regional and national awards; including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award from the RTNDA. "To this day, I am still in touch with several of the women I met during the making of these documentaries," Karen said. "They are truly inspiring, courageous women whom I am proud to know. In fact, they offered tremendous support and encouragement during my mother's fight with breast cancer."
In addition to health issues, Karen spent an entire year producing and writing the documentary, "Shaking the Silence: Prevention, Awareness and Education of Shaken Baby Syndrome." Larsen and talented photojournalists from KJRH followed a young father from arrest to conviction to the day he reported to prison for fracturing the skull of his girlfriend's baby. The documentary team also followed two young parents struggling to cope with their baby's brain damage and health challenges after his babysitter shook him violently and dropped him in his crib. The Parent-Child Center of Tulsa, regional hospitals and several high schools now utilize the documentary to help raise awareness of the danger of shaking a vulnerable baby. "Shaking the Silence" won Best Documentary awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters.
Karen was raised in California, but returned to her family's roots in Oklahoma in 1987. Just ask, and she will proudly tell you that her great-grandmother was born in Mountain View, Oklahoma before statehood. "My grandfather, Brian Jenkins, was born and raised in Fort Cobb in 1918. He used to tell stories of riding the rails back to his beloved Oklahoma after the family moved to California during the Dust Bowl era," Karen added. She is married to Dennis, a Tulsa Police Deputy Chief, and together they share the joys and challenges of raising their three children. When she finds a spare moment, Karen enjoys home improvement projects, gardening, reading and searching out antique treasures.


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Knitting designer series: I invited a few of my favourite knitwear designers to discuss their design process and inspiration and to share some tips and ideas too.
Jennette Cross is the dork behind Doviejay Knits. She loves natural fibers, good stories, cocker spaniels, and cold, gray days. You can find her on Ravelry, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Enchanted Rock Cardigan, in its final version. Photo by Kennedy Berry.
Designing in a vacuum can be a little scary. Two years ago I started doing just that and there were so many choices and possibilities that I found it paralyzing. For the first few months I got almost nothing done. It wasn't a conscious decision to start designing with stories as inspiration, but in the last year I've been thinking about my design process and the new understanding that I've been doing this all along has made a huge difference. Maybe the biggest surprise was realizing that I learned this approach a long time ago.
When I was in high school I worked at the National Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. I had a wonderful boss and mentor who taught me about interpreting everyday objects to find the story underneath, a technique which goes by the fancy name Material Culture.
One of my favorite ways to do this was to repair clothing in the exhibits and talk about the amount of work it took to make clothes all by hand; in the days before Ready Made clothing was widely available, several friends might all go in on one of the new Singer sewing machines and share it round robin. It's a small story, but the reality is that access to that kind of technology could completely change your life.
The point of Material Culture is to clarify a larger idea – to make a concept as big as the Industrial Revolution small enough to be relatable. We learned to do this with thousands of objects in the Park's exhibits and I suppose at some point I started working backwards – instead of telling stories found in old objects, I wanted to start making new objects that told stories.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from Maryland Heights. Photo by CB Cross.
Mood board
For the Enchanted Rock Cardigan [pictured at top], I knew that I wanted something that would work with Hill Country Weavers's theme for their new book, Prairie Bliss Book 1, but I didn't know the story yet. I started building an inspiration board in Pinterest, using search terms like Prairie, Texas, Austin, Cowgirl, and Hill Country.
After I assembled the board I took a step back to let the photos all slip to the unconscious part of my mind. Mostly when I use Pinterest this way I'm trying to get the overall feeling right, to put myself in the mood I want to create.
Then I started swatching, and I swatched hard. My guiding principles with the Enchanted Rock Cardigan were: feminine but not girly, outdoorsy, vintage. I started thinking about walking through the Hill Country and seeing little streams running between the rocks; that led me to my lace pattern. I wanted something Cowgirlish too, and that brought me to my edging.
Swatch and Sketch of Enchanted Rock Cardigan – my working title at the time was "Follow the Creek".
When I had a concept I took my swatch and sketch to the Hill Country Weavers and we had a small summit meeting over the matter of yarn. We eventually chose The Fibre Company's Acadia; a yarn and a color combination we all thought fit in with the mood and guiding principles. The name came after I remembered a previous trip to Enchanted Rock – a park in the Hill Country with an enormous pink granite hill that gives it its name.
Designing based on stories
That project came from a story I made up – walking in the Hill Country. I often work the other way around; starting with the story and going toward images. This spring I reread one of my favorite books, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, and I decided I was going to spend this summer designing three shawls based on it.
The Blue Castle takes place in the early 1920s, in and near Deerwood, Ontario, Canada, (the town is probably Bala, Ontario). It's a romantic little story about Valancy Stirling, a very sad woman who lives a miserable, poor life with her controlling and unpleasant family. She gets a little brave and moves out to an island on Lake Mistawis (probably Lake Muskoka) and the more she lives with the woods and the water the more her world starts to come alive. Also, there's a man.
I decided to do three shawls about very specific places in the book, and that their names would be Valancy's Island, Up Back (that's the rough-and-tumble area outside of Deerwood), and Mistawis – the last two will be coming out in a couple of weeks.
Swatch and Sketch of Valancy's Island.
Valancy's Island would be related to the woods and the water, with a certain springlike, flowery-lace quality. Again, I swatched prodigiously. I decided there would be a panel in the center that was flower or tree inspired, and that the edges should wave and scallop. I didn't want to get too busy with the lace, so I added in some plain rows between the lace rows, to emphasize the waves. I ended with lace and really wanted to show the delicate nature of the edging so I added a picot bind off. In the end I do think the shawl captures the outdoorsy-romance I love so much in the book.
Valancy's Island, in its final version.
I find that at its root designing is about making decisions. I like to work within the framework of a story, whether it's a one-line story I tell myself, or a 300 page story told to many thousands of people because it gives those decisions some structure. And it's an inexhaustible source – finding inspiration in stories is like being the only person fishing in the ocean with one pole – you're never going to run out of fish. There are such an infinite variety of strange, beautiful, sad, and odd stories out there, and they mean such different things to each person who reads, or hears, or knits them. I'll never be able to knit all of the stories I want to in my life. But I'm willing to try.
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Lake Region 10, Williamstown 9
ORLEANS–The Rangers closed out their season with a run-filled win over Williamstown on Saturday.
Matt Messier drove in 3 runs, while Dustin Bathalon and Alex Beauregard each had a pair of RBI's, and Logan Harper brought in one.
On Friday, the boys defeated Winooski 7-3.
Lake Region is riding a 5 game winning streak, and are playing the right type of baseball at the right time of year.
They are ranked 6th in Division II, and will likely host Harwood in round number one of the post-season.
NCU 9, ST. Johnsbury 8
ST. JOHNSBURY–It took extra frames, but North Country did it, winning their first game of 2013 in the last regular season game of the year.
Wyatt Prue got the start, Tyler Sanville relieved Prue, and Bryce Carter would get the win.
Trailing 6-2 at one point, the Falcons would rally back and tie the game, with Chase LaCourse getting a clutch 2 RBI single in the process.
Wyatt would go 3-4 with an RBI, and Seth Prue was 2-5 with an RBI.
Earlier in the week, NCU fell to Essex 15-2.
The Falcons finish at 1-14, 15th in Division I, and could get Essex or South Burlington inn the first round.
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