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|More Than a Method: The Quad Cities Wood Turners Club and Jeff Stevenson, Through December at the Quad City International Airport
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|Written by Michelle Garrison
|Monday, 22 November 2010 05:02
David Johnson's vase is missing large chunks.
In the current Quad City Arts exhibit at the Quad City International Airport, the vase Missing Pieces #7 is symmetrical but for the voids that appear to have formed naturally through the growth and decay of its wood. Their jagged, random edges echo the blotchy rings of the wood grain, yet Johnson has varnished the entire surface, making it seem at once broken and new. The vase is not suitable for its ostensible purpose and seems to question the relationships between craft, aesthetics, and functionality. It's a striking use of the medium of wood.
The show, running through December, features two bodies of work: selections from the Quad Cities Wood Turners Club and mixed-media works by Jeff Stevenson. While the wood turners employ a relatively restrictive technique – modified wood in a functional context – Stevenson uses a massive range of media, from magazines to encaustic. The two components of the exhibit are different, but they both transcend the limitations of their methods: The best of the wood works (such as Johnson's vase) have visual and technical depth, and Stevenson's strongest pieces gel thematically and visually even as the variety of materials threatens chaos.
When choosing to work in a craft medium such as wood-turning, the artist strives for different objectives from a purely "fine artist," such as a painter or sculptor. Although there is the same emphasis on technique and skill, different rules of aesthetics apply. Their creations might be evocative, referential, or communicative, but these will always be viewed through a functional lens.
Many of the turners have developed a signature style of recurring silhouettes, types of woods, or textural approaches. Lyndel Anthony, for example, is showing three vessels with architectural motifs. The three containers have lids with symmetrical knobs and bulges influenced by the domes and spires atop Middle Eastern and Russian buildings. Bill McQuitty's vessels also pay homage to artisans of other cultures. His works all have stained or inlaid bands of repeating geometric shapes and lines encircling the center of the pot, as well as thinner bands near the mouths and feet. This use of repeating banded designs is reminiscent of the linear embellishments on ancient Greek pottery, or the shapes around Native American pots. These works demonstrate how craft, with its often ancient roots, is able to sustain and revitalize aesthetics of other cultures.
Other works in the show are neither referential nor fine art but demonstrate a strong understanding of contemporary design. Round but Square by Gene Vincent, for example, meshes craftsmanship, functionality, and style. This bowl has a round base, but its lip flares out into a flat, precise square. Vincent makes wise use of wood as a medium by incorporating the straight, linear grain into the perfectly square top of the bowl. While this work might not be as "artistic" as others, it offers a more sophisticated sense of design.
The most intriguing pieces in the show embrace the unique aspects of wood – its color, grain, and organic imperfections – and make them integral parts of the form. Most of the 30-odd vessels in this show demonstrate this technique to a degree, but only a quarter of them fully succeed. The first impression of Steve Sinner's and Joe Meirhaeghe's Hickory Vase is a function of it size – about two feet tall – and seemingly perfect symmetry. But the large, dark shapes in the wood grain really draw the viewer in. These blobs contrast with the light wood of the center of the vase, and against the medium tone of the wavy bands of wood grain. The artists echoed this dark color by staining the top and bottom of the vase a similar color. This work shows that turning skill, surface decoration, and the initial selection of material are equally important to a successful wood vessel.
Jeff Stevenson's relatively chaotic art provides a stark contrast to the smooth, elegant contours of the wood forms. His mixed-media, two-dimensional pieces include such materials as oil paint, charcoal, pencil, collage, assemblage, and paint marker. Stevenson references social issues and personal narratives while exploring the use of found materials, symbolic imagery, and nonrepresentational surface treatment. These diverse materials, as well as his visual style, give his paintings a visual pop, and the array of imagery offers the viewer many references and ideas to consider. However, some works cross the line into confusion.
A strong work by Stevenson is the half-oil-painting, half-assemblage piece titled Respect. The left side of the image is a realistic, waist-up portrait of a man standing with his arms lightly crossed over his chest, with his hands on his collarbone. He appears to be nude but for a backwards baseball cap, and he has a large tattoo on his arm featuring the word "Respect." The man's goatee, sideburns, cap, and tattoo all place him as a contemporary man who would fit into a slightly alternative "tough guy" culture. However, his serene facial expression and upward gaze make him appear calm and reverent. On the right side of the piece is an assemblage containing magazines, a silver dish, and a Victorian-era illustration of children. The magazines could reference the assumed interests of the man, but the dish and illustration suggest a softer, more domestic side. The objects were wisely chosen, with clear social associations and an interesting rapport with the oil portrait. Respect inspires multiple yet related interpretations: the conflicts between self and societal image, between manliness and respectability, and between desires and responsibilities.
Chemistry is initially attractive because of the strong unity of colors, shapes, and textures. Aged paper folded and formed into concentric circles and rectangles on the left side matches the faded cover of an old chemistry textbook in the top right. The shape of a serving dish in the top left coincides with the oval-framed drawing of two men in the bottom right. The light, warm wood of the frame ties everything together. This work is conceptually interesting, as well, when the viewer notices that the two men's faces are only millimeters apart, with eyes closed, apparently going in for a kiss. Although approaching an intimate moment, the men are not drawn in a flowery or emotional way – the image appears more clinical than erotic. The bold word "Chemistry" above them on the altered textbook (changing the title from Chemistry & You to Chemistry: Me & You) references romantic chemistry along with the scientific discipline. The joining of science and homosexuality appears to allude to the debate over whether sexual orientation is a choice or natural disposition, and the age of the textbook perhaps reflects how knowledge and attitudes change over time.
In these works, Stevenson's choice and handling of media align strongly with a theme. Other pieces, especially the smaller mixed-media works on LP covers, are full of compelling visual textures and design motifs but seem to meander conceptually. They are certainly visually dynamic – with the radial explosion of lines of collaged text in Fruit, for instance, or the organic collaged shapes in Inheritance – but it's difficult to make a connection between some of the depicted objects. Cryptic or nonspecific imagery can work in art when it's employed within a strongly established visual or conceptual framework, but the absence of a clear theme in some of Stevenson's work only frustrated this viewer. I hope to see him develop his visual style to more consistently complement his ideas about contemporary culture.
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In lieu of flowers, the family has established a memorial fund in memory of Mike.
Michael L. Zenor, the son of Wayne and Ruby (Werts) Zenor, was born April 20, 1949, in Spencer. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1967. He continued his education at the University of Iowa, where he graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Geography. Mike married Paula Morterud on June 12, 1971, in Lakefield, Minn. Following his post graduate study in public administration at the University of Colorado in Boulder, he entered Drake Law School in Des Moines, graduating in 1975 and was later admitted to the practice. In the same year, Mike and Paula returned to Spencer, where he established a law practice. He was elected Clay County Attorney in November 1978, taking office the following January. He remained in office until 2005, when he moved to Dickinson County, continuing afterwards as an assistant. He maintained an active, general private law practice, most recently with Zenor, Houchins and Borth, until his death.
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So, you've been following my applique series? Now I will share with you some of the extra tips that help make appliqué time fun!
Time Saver
- If you are doing an appliqué motif that is repeated in your project and it uses several colors, consider threading a needle for each color you will be using so you will not have to keep emptying and re-threading the same needle every time you change colors. Seems like a simple tip, but it saves time!
Pattern Layout
- If you don't mind using some extra paper, this is a good way to layout the full design on the block or quilt top. It gives you a good idea where to stitch the actual pieces. Most patterns have appliqué diagrams and photos, however, doing a layout with paper cutouts or the actual pieces (if you have them ready, will help you to see it in person. Take a photo of it and refer to it often.
Layered Appliqués
- Some appliqué motifs consist of several pieces layered on top of one another. To make things easier for you, stitch smaller appliqué pieces to larger ones that they are layered on before stitching the entire motif to the quilt top. This is a big help if your appliqué has several layers and your project is large. It's easier to layer and stitch the unit and then stitch it in place onto the quilt top.
Comfort is a must!
- Pick a comfortable chair where you can set up your sewing light. Take several breaks. I know you want to get that project done, but it's a good thing to take a break after 20-30 minutes of stitching and do some light stretching. I found this blog that has a great mid-day stretch routine that would work good at a break.
It's Stitching Time!
So now we are ready to stitch the appliqué pieces to the block or quilt top. The first step is to prepare the appliqué piece for easier stitching by clipping the fabric in the seam allowance. This makes turning under the seam allowance easier as you are stitching.
As you can see, the clipping in the seam allowance goes up to but not over the drawn line on the appliqué piece. This clipping also helps shape the the piece as you are stitching. Fewer clips are needed on straight areas and more clips, closer together are needed in curved areas to help shape that curve.
Here is a handy clipping diagram to help:
The next step is to position the appliqué piece on the block or quilt top. To do this, rulers come in very handy! Many patterns have appliqué diagram and good photos to help in position the pieces also. If you need to find the center of a block, use rulers to measure from the top and from the side and mark the center with a quilting pencil.
Once you have positioned the piece, use the fabric glue to secure it in place for stitching. As I mentioned in my first post, I use Roxanne's Glue Baste-it. There are other fabric glues also available. I like this one because of the long, thin nozzle that deposits small dots of glue on the back of the piece. Use these small dots so there is not too much glue on the back, just enough to hold the piece secure.
Now it's time to stitch! Thread your needle with thread that matches (as closely as possible) the color of your appliqué piece. This aids in "hiding" your stitches. The thread I like to use is 100% cotton with a silk finish made by Mettler.
You begin by sweeping the seam allowance under, where you are going to begin stitching, with the needle. Then start to stitch the piece down using a blind stitch and sweeping the seam allowance under as you go. Here a are some photos of appliqué stitching:
The first photo is the initial stitch. Start by pushing your needle up from underneath just catching the edge of the appliqué piece's turned under seam. Pull through until the knotted end of the thread catches underneath. The second photo shows the needle going back down close to where you you initially came up but just in the background fabric. Then pull the needle and thread through. You can see by photo three, how small the stitch is. It is barely noticeable. Especially since the thread is very close to the color of the piece. You then start the next stitch by coming up from underneath about 1/16 to 1/8 inch from the first stitch as shown in the photo below:
You stitch in this fashion until the entire appliqué piece is secured to the background fabric. Once you have finished, turn the piece over and cut out the excess background fabric behind the appliqué piece to remove bulkiness. This is good to do especially if you have an appliqué motif that has several layers.
So there you go! Start stitching! Join me next week for the wrap-up to this series of posts.
Happy Quilting!
So now that you have gathered things together to appliqué (they'll be a few other things I mention, but most of those are optional), let's move on to the next step in starting a project.
Patterns and books come with templates that are used to make the appliqué motif for the project. Here is how I like to prepare my templates for use. I will copy the template pattern page or the template page from the book onto cardstock. If I do not have cardstock available, I copy the page onto regular paper, then find some light weight cardboard to glue the page to. Once this is done, cut out the templates on the line. The reason I like to do this is to keep the template sturdy, especially if I have to trace a lot of pieces or I want to use the pattern over several times.
Here is a leaf template glued to cardstock and then cut out:
Creating the Pattern Pieces
Now use the template created above to trace out the amount of each shape needed from the designated fabric. Trace the shapes onto the RIGHT side of the fabric. Once the shapes are traced, cut them out adding a scant 1/4 seam allowance for turn under fabric while stitching,
Stabilizing the Block or Quilt Top
This step is optional but I like to do this to prevent the block or quilt top from fraying in the seam allowance. Quilting cottons fray easily and you could lose precious seam allowance while handling the project often while stitching. Just add some Fray Check™ to the edges and protect that seam allowance!
Making Stems from Strips
Stems are made using bias strips (strips cut on the bias) if you want your stems to be easy to stitch into curves or from straight strips if they do not have to curve.
Whether using bias strips or straight strips to make stems, an easy way to prepare them into stems is by using a bias maker tool. This is also optional as you can just fold the sides of the strips in and iron, however, the bias tool makes this job easier and keeps your fingers further from the iron! If you want 1/2" stems, you start with a 1" strips and use a 1/2" tool. If you want 1/4" stems, you start with a 3/4" strips and use a 1/4" tool. I like Clover bias tools. Using the iron and this tool, you make stems!
There you go! Now get your motifs cut out and your stems made and we will meet up on Part 3 (next week). I will demonstrate preparing the cut out motifs and stitching.
Until then .... Happy Quilting!
Happy New Year and here's to a great 2015!
I'll be posting the next post in the applique series next week. Come back and see me in the new Year!
So you want to hand appliqué? This blog post is the first thing you need to read! I cover the supplies I use (and can't live without!) when I am working on a new appliqué project. I have always done my appliqué by hand since taking a class almost 20 years ago. Believe it or not, it's my form of relaxation!
One of the best tips I can give you is good lighting! It is important to have good lighting to see your stitching and to make sure you are keeping your stitches small. I have this great light that has a built in magnifier that is probably the best purchase I've made!
Supplies you will need other than the lighting are:
1. Scissors for both fabric and paper. The scissors for paper are to cut out the templates traced from patterns. The scissors for fabric are to cut out the appliqué piece and also clip into the seam allowances.
2. Tracing pencil. I recommend the Sewline brand of mechanical pencils sold in most quilt shops. They come with many lead colors such as white and green. The lines erase easily!
3. Thread the color of your appliqué piece. I use Mettler silk-finished 100% cotton. These threads come in hundreds of colors. You need to match the color of your appliqué piece as close as possible because it helps hide your stitches.
4. Appliqué needles. I use size 9. The larger the number the smaller the needle. You need to find the size needle you are comfortable with.
5. Fabric glue. I love this product! When I started appliquéing many years ago, we had to secure our appliqué pieces with pins. What a headache! The pins could shift while you were sewing and that would lead to a piece being appliquéd in the wrong place. Also, I can't remember how many times I was stabbed by a pin holding an appliqué piece in place. Now we have the temporary basting glues. I use Roxanne Glue-Baste-It.
You put a few dots of glue on the wrong side of the fabric, place your appliqué where you want it and lightly press it down with your fingers. In 30 seconds, the glue dries and your appliqué is firmly in place ready for you to sew it on.
So there you go! Gather these supplies and pick out a project to start on. If you are a beginner, be sure to pick an appliqué project with larger, less challenging pieces for practice.
My next blog post (after Christmas) will cover the first steps in beginning an appliqué project.
Happy Holidays and Happy Quilting!
Why I Love Scraps!
I love scraps because ….. I always have a lot of them! I don't think any quilter is without scraps. When cutting out a project, I usually end up with the side of my cutting table looking like this ….
Yeah that's quite a mess! But I can put these to work. Here's some ways I can use scraps and not have to throw out any fabric (it's too expensive for that!).
When I am left with a chunk of fabric that is less than 1/8 yard the first thing I do is cut it into strips. 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" strips. I then store them in bags, usually separated by color family. Here's some of my bags.
So what can you do with these strips? You can make Log Cabin blocks .....
..... you can add pieced strippy borders to quilt tops to make them bigger ......
or you can use various color strips to make a pieced scrappy binding!
These are just a few of the uses. Can you think of others?
If a piece of fabric is not able to be cut into strips, those pieces get separated into color stacks and go into my bins for appliqué. Instead of having to cut into larger pieces of fabric just for one small appliqué, I dig into my appliqué bin!
Finally, another way I use scraps is to make test blocks when I am starting a new project. I pull out scraps in the colors needed for the quilt I plan to make and I construct one block to see how it comes out. That way I am not committed to a certain color scheme until I like how it looks in a test block. Once I get the color scheme I like, I can then buy the fabric needed (or search through my stash) and not be afraid to cut it up and make the quilt. I already know it will look good!
So, do you "love scraps"? Share your thoughts with me!
Happy Quilting!
Now that you have everything prepared (see my previous blog post titled Sewing Checklist), let's take care of one last thing. Make sure you are sewing with an accurate 1/4 seam!
This is the best quilting tip I think I can share, using an accurate 1/4" seam allowance when piecing a quilt block and assembling a quilt. Unless otherwise mentioned, most patterns require a 1/4" seam allowance when piecing. If your seams are off even by a fraction of that, the error will become magnified by the time you complete your block and it will not measure the size it should be. It's always good to check even if you sew a lot. If you change threads (go from a thinner one to a thicker one), that can even throw off the seam size.
To make sure you are sewing with an accurate 1/4" seam, get some scrap fabric and do a test seam. Measure the seam.
If it measure 1/4", good job! If not, you can create a guideline on your machine throat plate (if it doesn't have one already) by placing a fabric tape measure on the bed of the machine with the "0" line at the point where your needle comes down. As you can see by the arrow in the photo, I already have a line on my machine.
If you don't have a line etched on your throat plate, stick a piece of masking tape to the throat plate under the tape measure at the 1/4" mark.
When piecing, you will line up the raw edges of your fabric with the tape line. Measure the resulting test seam to make sure it is 1/4".
Many machines come with a 1/4" sewing foot (or you can purchase one) and other machines have adjustable needle positions. Check your owners manual to see if you have this option for your machine.
Here's my 1/4" foot:
So, the moral to this blog post is ...... check your seam allowance when starting a new project. Especially if you have changed threads. You don't want to start piecing blocks together and find out nothing is fitting!
Okay...now that you have that accurate seam allowance down...Let's get sewing!
Happy Quilting!
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Starting a New Project?
I'm getting ready to start sewing new project and checking that I have everything I need. This led me to this blog post …. do you have a pre-project checklist? I will share with you the steps I go through before starting a project. Maybe you've thought of these? Maybe these will help if you haven't!
1. Start with a clean and oiled machine. When was the last time you did that? You should do this after every project, if it's a large one, or after a couple of table runners.
Follow the instructions for your machine. I clean out under the throat plate, in the bobbin case and compartment. Then I oil the parts as recommended.
Yes! That pile of lint under the throat plate is not a part of your machine …. although you may think so!
2. When was the last time you changed your needle? Many quilters do not think about changing the needle until it breaks. We figure …. it's still in one piece, it should be OK, right? Actually, that is wrong!
To the naked eye, the needle may look like this:
However, under a microscope after one project, it looks like this:
And it gets worse with even more use. A dull, overused needle will snag your fabric or punch larger holes than is needed into the fabric as you are sewing. You don't want to damage that fabric!
3. Depending on what kind of thread you are using, you may use more than one bobbin of thread. If you are doing a large project, wind some extra bobbins. Same thing goes for when you are machine quilting. When you are machine quilting, you go through a lot more thread than when you are just piecing. So, wind some extra bobbins so they are ready and you do not have to break your concentration!
When it's time to change the bobbin, that's also a good time to do some light cleaning that makes your pre-project cleaning for the next project that much easier!
4. Gather all the supplies you need and keep them close by. I keep my scissors attached to my machine with a Command hook!
Cool idea, huh? I can't take sole credit for this one …. I got the idea from a student in one of my classes.
I also keep my pincushion close by and my wooden "presser".
I have to admit this is a great tool! I can press smaller seams and not have to keep going to the ironing board.
5. A few last things. Make sure you have good lighting, a comfortable chair and that you take a few breaks to stretch. It's not good to sit at the machine for hours at a stretch …. although we'd like to get that project done fast!
Well, that's my checklist to begin sewing. Do you have some things you always do before starting? Share!
Happy Quilting!
Well, Fall Market is over for another year. I have been posting little snippets on Facebook daily but I figured I would do a "wrap-up" post in one place to share with you.
We packed up and hit the road early on Wednesday October 22nd for the drive from Iowa to Houston Texas. My husband is the driver so I can sew or read (such a nice guy!). Of course we have to stop at Panera Bread for lunch (both days!)
Time to set up! The booth is an empty 10 x 10' space when we start ....
This year we did not forget the table legs for my large table. That's a good thing! So here's how it looked when we got done with the set-up.
I think it came out pretty nice! After setting up, we enjoyed a bit of sun and took in a Houston Rockets game. We love to enjoy the entertainment and the great food (!) around Houston.
My husband, Craig …. my C.E.O. (that stands for "carry's everything out" Ha!)
He also works good as a "design wall"!
I also found a shirt very appropriate for me …. here it is …. doesn't it fit a scrap quilter like me?
All in all we enjoyed our trip to Houston and now it's time to get back to work and design more fun patterns!
Happy Quilting!


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With his long, loud two-run homer in the eighth inning, Alex Rodriguez passed Lou Gehrig on the all-time runs scored list.
Rodriguez has scored 1,889 runs in his career and is now in sole possession of ninth place on the all-time list. He also moved into a tie for 37th place on the all-time hit list with 2,884, tying Zack Wheat.
Rodriguez is now five RBIs shy of tying Stan Musial for fifth place on the all-time RBI list and is 60 runs shy of tying Musial for eighth place on the all-time runs list.
Lastly, he's 13 homers shy of tying Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time home run list.


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- 1 tbsp. margarine
- 1 c. leeks (white part only)
- salt
- .13 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
- 1½ c. packed baby spinach
- ¼ tsp. chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tbsp. Chopped fresh dill
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ c. heavy cream
- .13 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
- See Savory Spring Tartlets recipe for directions on how to prepare phyllo tartlet shells.
- In 8-inch skillet, melt margarine on medium. Add leek and 1/8 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Cook 6 minutes or until tender, stirring often. Add spinach and thyme leaves. Cook until spinach just wilts, stirring. Stir in dill; cool slightly.
- Finely chop mixture; divide among shells. In bowl, whisk egg with heavy cream, nutmeg, and 1/8 teaspoon salt until smooth. Divide among shells. Bake 8 minutes or until just set. Garnish with dill.
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1. The playcalling – I was glad to see the OC stick to the running game late in the game, even though we were down. This is what I was asking for last week. The big runs by Charles worked because the defense was getting worn down.
2. The defense in the 2nd half. Both the pass defense and run defense was outstanding in the 2nd half (I couldnt watch the 1st half). The only 2 2nd half scores that NO got were after turnovers and with a short field. The run was getting stuffed up the middle by the DL, and the DL was also occasionally giving a pass rush. Id like to see more frequent pressure on the QB, though.
3. Good job by the OL, even with Hudson out. The line was doing a decent job in both pass and run protection. Not great, but decent.
4. Arena is getting close to breaking some punt returns. All around the special teams looked better.
1. Inability to SCORE in the redzone. We need to get more TDs and less FGs.
2. Either WRs werent getting open or Cassel couldnt find them. Without looking downfield it is hard to tell.
3. Bowe had another easy drop that could have been critical. We were able to overcome it, but that deep pass should have been caught.
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4. Lilja did a great job at C. Hudson's loss was not as noticeable.
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The QuadTreeNode has the concept of a data container per node in the QTree, but I'd like to extend this to a general SIS spatial data type. This would in part be motivated by e.g., [1], where the suggestion is something like:
Any measurement we take in Earth and environmental sciences, although this is often ignored, has a spatio-temporal reference. A spatio-temporal reference is determined by (at least) four parameters:
1. geographic location (longitude and latitude or projected X,Y coordinates);
2. height above the ground surface (elevation);
3. time of measurement (year, month, day, hour, minute etc.);
4. spatio-temporal support (size of the blocks of material associated with measurements; time interval of measurement);
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In my understanding, this task is basically about creating an implementation of OGC/ISO concept of "Feature", and their geometry objects.
@chris & @eric thanks. now the definition makes sense and should cover a lot. I'm still struggling to define use cases up front without the use cases implemented (btw: where is the source of those classes?)
that said, I would add at least rectangle (LatLonRect.java) and circle (LatLonPointRadius.java). For the rectangle it could be important to use one of the standards: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Boundingbox-issue-for-discussion-td3875533.html
I found the pdf version of the book mentioned by Chris on http://spatial-analyst.net/book/download?size=thumbnail
Hi Peter, after some Googling I found a working link for it:
Basically in that book it talks about data structures for representing spatial data, including the core one I mentioned above. I was trying to think of how to use it in our framework.
Hey Chris, the file Hengl_2009_GEOSTATe2c1_f.pdf is somehow damaged - I cannot open it. Would you mind to post a working link or explain what you mean with this issue? Or a reference to the commits you did?
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In less than three weeks, the 35th National Old Time Country Music Festival will open in Le Mars for seven days of music.
The festival runs from Aug. 30 to Sept 5 at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in Le Mars. This is the third year the festival has been held in Le Mars.
Bob Everhart, president of the National Traditional Country Music Association, predicts this will be a spectacular year because of the celebrities involved as well as regional and local participants.
As part of the festival, a number of musicians will be inducted into the Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame for 2010.
The Pioneer Music Museum in Anita, Iowa, is home to the Hall of Fame.
Among the celebrities to be inducted is female vocalist Patti Page.
Page has sold more than 100-million recordings and isn't slowing down, according to Everhart.
Page's recording of "Tennessee Waltz" broke all existing record sales.
She just re-recorded it in a very traditional country music style with her latest CD "Best Country Songs."
Page will be on the Main Stage at the festival at 8 p.m. Sept. 4.
Another inductee is well-known country musician, Bill Anderson, from the Grand Ole Opry. He is a country music songwriter, recording artist and vocalist and will be at the music festival Sept. 3.
Also to be inducted into the Hall of Fame will be Johnny Cash's daughter, Cindy Cash, the very successful singer, movie actress, and writer of the "Cash Family Scrapbook." She will be inducted into the Hall of Fame Sept. 5.
Other inductees in America's 2010 Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame include:
* Kerry Christensen a yodeler and accordionist from Provo, Utah.
* Bob Richter a dance band leader, country singer, and instrumentalist from Sioux City.
* Cookie Eller an old time cowboy singer from Checotah, Okla.
* Betsy Barnett (deceased), Yodeler of the Sunset Trail, who was from Knoxville. Betsy Wilson will be accepting on her grandmother's behalf.
* Bill Rainey, a break-through disc-jockey of classic and traditional country music streaming around the world on the Internet, from Cumberland City, Tenn.
* Dave Brinkman, the chairman and professor of the music department at the University of Wyoming and one of the best banjo players in America, according to Everhart. He is from Laramie, Wyo.
*Jim Reeves and Dale Howard, cousins, both of them have been successful and gifted country music vocalists. Jim Reeves is deceased and Dale Howard is from Fort Worth, Texas.
* Johnny Ray Gomez, recognized in the Midwest, and Las Vegas, Nev., as a highly popular accordionist and entertainer, is from Omaha, Neb.
* Merlyn Hansen long-time Iowa old-time country music picker and vocalist, from Pierson, Iowa.
* Clarence Hayden, long time classic country recording artist and entertainer, from Richmond, Mo.
* Earl Gleason, successful country music songwriter, recording artist and regional television personality from Belen, N.M.
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Corporate affairs manager for Potato Council, Maria Ball, said: "The current Ambassadors signed up to get involved in Potato Council marketing activity following an appeal at BP2009. Of the many who applied, ten were chosen to represent England, Scotland and Wales.
"Since their appointment, all have worked hard to reinforce the positive messages about potatoes and to build a closer affinity between the industry and consumers.
"The Potato Ambassadors have helped with making TV programmes about food, such as Channel 4's 'Food: What Goes in your Basket?' and, 'The Great British Food Revival' that is currently being repeated on BBC2.
"Our Ambassadors have also spoken with their local press and radio stations to help the industry communicate positive messages about potatoes, as well as attending regional road shows as part of our Many Faces of Potatoes campaign and the nutrition events for mums this autumn.
"The Ambassadors have been exposed to an audience of over 19 million consumers, across press, consumer magazines, radio, internet, road shows and TV, showing the public the dedication and passion that goes into producing potatoes."
Maria added: "It is imperative that we continue to engage with consumers, particularly the younger generation, to demonstrate that potatoes can be versatile, nutritious and an easy weekday meal option.
"That is why we are offering others the opportunity to sign up and join the team now.
"We know that growers and packers are busy people, but the role of a Potato Ambassador shouldn't take up more than a few days in total over the course of a year.
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River Beach Resort is the last large hotel/resort on Cua Dai road before hitting the sand when coming from Hoi An.
It's located just across the road from Cua Dai beach's public section. Unfortunately this section of the beach is suffering from coastal erosion and as of December 2015, it is an unsightly mess of sandbags, bamboo, metal sheet piles and all other last hope measures used to prevent the remaining bit of beach from disappearing. This is a huge loss for the resort, since its proximity to the beach was one of the big reasons you'd want to stay here.
However, the only waterfront the hotel sees is the river, which it faces on one side. It has a reasonably sized pool at its centre, with a three-storey building around it, all of which is surrounded by tropical greenery. Rooms are simply furnished and a little dated, with white sheets on firm mattresses, bedside lamps and gleaming wood floors, although the one we saw smelt a little damp. All rooms look out onto the garden or the river but it's worth upgrading to a Super Deluxe room for a river view. All are kitted out with air-con, TV and fridge. Though comfortable, it lacks the comfort and luxury of its neighbouring resorts. The one thing that really did stand out was the lack of privacy, especially on the adjoining balconies, where no effort has been made to achieve a private space.
Another little minor gripe is that the hotel shares its pool with another cheaper hotel nearby which means the pool area is quite often noisy and packed. If you do want a bit of beach, you'll have to look for the few remaining empty plots of sand. Alternatively, you can travel eight kilometres up the coast to unaffected An Bang beach.
Cua Dai's decline has certainly negatively affected River Beach and not only have rates dropped, we were offered a 20% discount on the spot without even asking. Online booking also show bigger discounts, so it's worth doing a quick internet search.
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Cynthia Kolstad gets a little teary-eyed when she reflects on her 27 years as a teacher at Grantsdale Elementary School and Daly Elementary School.
"It's bittersweet," she said on Wednesday during a recess period. "I've spent this week packing up boxes and going through all my mementoes and everything. It's emotional."
Kolstad is retiring this year after nearly three decades in the classroom, and there is no question which part of the job she will miss the most.
"The kids," she said. "I'm here for the kids. I love their personalities. They're just a lot of fun. I like to see the change from day one when I get them in September to the end of the year in June, to see how much they've progressed. It's really cool. It's very rewarding."
After growing up on a wheat farm on the Hi-Line near Chester, Kolstad enrolled at MSU-Northern in Havre before transferring to the University of Montana to earn her bachelor's degree in elementary education with minors in art and music. She was on the UM dance team, formerly called the Sugar Bears.
"It was a lot of fun," she said. "I just love dancing. The football team wasn't very good when I was there, though. The year after I left they got to go to a bowl game in Hawaii."
In the summer of 1985, just before she accepted a job in the Hamilton School District, Kolstad traveled to Australia and New Zealand to study literature with fellow teachers from across Montana. Over the years, she has been part of development teams within her grade levels and implemented changes in teaching styles as they evolved.
She also played piano for many school functions during her tenure and accompanied her students when they were in musical productions.
As an actress, she has been heavily involved in the Hamilton Players and the Missoula Children's Theatre, performing in "Chicago," "Guys & Dolls," "Cinderella" and most recently "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
She has dabbled in modeling as well, and represented the state as Miss Montana for the Miss America Petite (under 5-foot-6) competition in 1987 and 1995.
"That was neat because the kids in Grantsdale called me Miss Montana instead of Miss Kolstad that year," she said.
She has taught all the elementary grades during her career, and helped implement many changes in curriculum and classroom development. She has taught the children of kids she taught in the late '80s and early '90s, and she said many things have changed over the years.
"There were no computers when I started," she said. "Actually, I worked at Microsoft for a little while, and they had computers obviously before the schools did. And we had green chalkboards back then and now we have white boards."
However, the one constant is her relationship with her students, who come from all different backgrounds.
"It's rewarding because you feel like you are counselor, a parent, a friend and a teacher to many of these kids," she explained. "The advice I would give to new teachers would be to have a lot of patience, love and caring. The most challenging thing I would say is the different academics. Some kids are low and some are high - it can be a challenge. It's important to build relationships with the kids."
Kolstad said she has no plans for retirement other to relax and travel back east to see her sister and her family.
This summer,she will be performing on stage in the Hamilton Playhouse's production of "The Sound of Music." The director of that production is Tim Shonkwiler, who was a first-grade student her first year in Grantsdale.
"So I will be dancing on stage with one of the first students I met when I first got here," she said. "That's pretty neat. It's been a privilege to have taught here all these years."
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After 2012s Summer of the Gun, no one should express surprise that the first day of the new school year would experience a school shooting. Thats how the copycat effect works.
The shooting occurred at Perry Hall High School (established in 1963), located at 4601 Ebenezer Road, Perry Hall, Maryland.
Ebenezar means "stone of help."
This was the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance to Israel in their great battle against the Philistines, whom they totally routed (1 Sam. 7:7-12) at Aphek, in the neighborhood of Mizpeh, in Benjamin, near the western entrance of the pass of Beth-horon. Ebenezer is mentioned three times in the Bible.
On this very battlefield, twenty years before, the Philistines routed the Israelites, and slew of the army in the field about four thousand men (4:1,2; here, and at 5:1, called Ebenezer by anticipation). In this extremity the Israelites fetched the Ark of the Covenant out of Shiloh and carried it into their camp. The Philistines a second time immediately attacked them, and smote them in a great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the Ark of God was taken (1 Sam. 4:10). And now in the same place the Philistines are vanquished, and the memorial stone is erected by Samuel.
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Pros: I got these speakers for free so I can't really complain, but I'm going to anyway. Honestly, I think that the sound from these speakers is quite good. The bass is adequate for a small room (I used these in a very small dorm room and it was plenty of power) and the bass control on the satellite actually controls the bass, not just on/off. The satellites were pretty good as well...maybe not too many mids but I don't listen to music with many mids anyway so this wasn't an issue. These speakers are also quite loud with all volumes turned up pretty high, louder than I would ever need them to be.
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Mary Madgalene McConnell, 85, of Gideon, Mo., died Friday, May 28, 2004, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Born Dec. 8, 1918, at Risco, Mo., a daughter of the late Daniel Otis and Orpha Belle Jackson Miller, she was a member of Stanfield General Baptist Church, Gideon, and former member of the Order of Eastern Star, Parma, Mo.
On June 19, 1937, she married Chester S. McConnell, who preceded her in death May 9, 1984. She was also preceded in death by one son, Denny McConnell; one sister, Neva Thompson; and three brothers, Adolph Miller, Harold Miller and D.O. Miller.
Surviving are two sons, Otis McConnell, Southaven, Miss. and Chester McConnell, Jr., of Gideon; two daughters, Beverly Lawrence of Ripley, Tenn., and Shirley Arnold and husband, Scott, of Charlotte, N. Car.; three brothers, Oscar Miller and Ed Miller of Malden, and Julian Miller of Risco; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are 2 p.m. today, Sunday, May 30, at Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel in Malden, Mo., with the Revs. Andy Evans and Travis Lambert officiating.
Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden.


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SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -Cedomir Janevski has been appointed coach of Macedonia's national football team.
The Macedonian Football Federation says the 51-year-old Janevski will be in charge during Macedonia's World Cup qualifying matches.
The former FC Brugge and Red Star Belgrade coach takes over from John Toshack, who stepped down nine days ago.