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VALPARAISO, Ind. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi volleyball team picked up a split in two matches on Friday during the first day of the Valparaiso Marriott Volley Brawl in Indiana. The team took a 3-0 win over the Murray State Racers in the nightcap after falling 3-0 to the Evansville Purple Aces in the morning session.
The Islanders are now 3-2 on the season following the two matches. They will play two more matches in the tourney on Saturday, including an 11:30 a.m. contest against host Valparaiso and a 4:30 p.m. match against Ball State to conclude the tournament.
In the match against Murray State, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi was able to get the three-set sweep thanks to two upperclassmen in senior Jessica Korda and junior Shannon Hullum. Korda tied for the team lead with nine kills while Hullum matched the total with nine kills of her own on a .304 hitting percentage.
In set one, Brooke Alverson got things going with a kill for the first point of the match while the Islanders eventually led by as many as seven at 19-12. The Racers closed the gap to just two at 23-21, but another Alverson kill bookended the set for a 25-22 win and a 1-0 lead.
The second stanza saw Texas A&M – Corpus Christi outscore their opponent 7-1 at the start and stretch the lead to eight points at 16-8 with kills from Korda, Hullum and Brianna Brink as well as a pair of service aces and a kill from Alverson. Murray State closed the gap to four points at 19-15, but the Islanders were too much for the Racers, taking a 25-18 victory.
The final set between the teams was another close one like the first one. Korda started things off with a kill, but the two teams traded the lead several times in a set that featured 19 ties and six lead changes. The score was tied at 21-21 before Tina Chavis gave her team a 22-21 lead. The final tie of the match came at 23-23 before a Racers attack error and a kill from Brink ended it at 25-23.
Logen Bourque had a team-high in both assists (28) and digs (18) while Chavis had a match-high four total blocks as part of 14 team blocks. Alverson added seven kills while Brink and Chavis had five apiece.
In the early match of the day, the Islanders lost a 3-0 final to undefeated Evansville to open the tournament. Evansville took a 25-19 first set, before the Islanders battled to a heartbreaking 25-23 loss in set number two. The Purple Aces win the final set 25-18 to stay unbeaten in the 2011 season.
Brink had a team-high 10 kills and 14 digs for the first double-double of her career. Bourque had a team-high 24 assists while Nolan had 19 digs.
Free live video will also be available for the match against Valparaiso at 11:30 a.m. while live stats will be available for the match against Valpo and Ball State at 4:30 p.m. to close out the tournament.
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Pharmaceuticals 2010, 3(5), 1348-1359; doi:10.3390/ph3051348
Health Economics of Antibiotics
Research Centre for Pharmaceutical Care and Pharmaco-economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, O&N 2 P.O. Box 521, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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AbstractAntibiotics have made a significant contribution to improving patient health, but policy makers and health care payers are concerned about the costs of antibiotics in addition to their effectiveness. This paper aims to assess the value of antibiotics by examining incremental cost-utility ratios of antibiotics. Evidence was derived from cost-utility analyses of antibiotics included in the Tufts-New England Center Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry through September 2009. The analysis included 85 incremental cost-utility ratios from 23 cost-utility analyses. The findings showed that 38.8% of incremental cost-utility ratios related to dominant antibiotics (i.e., more effective and less costly than the comparator); 45.9% referred to antibiotics that improved effectiveness, but also increased costs; and 15.3% related to dominated antibiotics (i.e., less effective and more costly than the comparator). The median ratio was 748 € per quality-adjusted life year. Using threshold values of 20,000 € per quality-adjusted life year and 50,000 € per quality-adjusted life year, the probability that an antibiotic provides value for money was 64% and 67%, respectively. The current evidence base suggests that the majority of antibiotics provide value for money and that antibiotics can aid decision makers to attain further population health improvements, whilst containing pharmaceutical expenditures.
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Earning his place
MONTREAL – Michael Bournival fought long and hard to earn his place in the NHL ranks. Just seven games into his tenure with the Canadiens, he's making a believer out of everyone and proving that he belongs.
Three days removed from learning that he would remain a Hab for the foreseeable future, the 21-year-old Shawinigan, QC native showcased the intensity and offensive creativity that has ultimately defined his play through the early part of the 2013-14 campaign. On Thursday night, Bournival registered the first multi-point game of his young career, racking up one goal and two points in the Canadiens' 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks at the Bell Centre – a victory that snapped the Habs' two-game losing skid.
Now riding a four-game points streak, the former Shawinigan Cataractes captain isn't showing any signs of slowing down. With five points during that span, Bournival is clearly growing increasingly comfortable in his new surroundings.
"My confidence is growing game by game. These are my first steps in the NHL and I'm learning from everyone around me," mentioned Bournival, who logged a season-high 16:15 of ice time against Anaheim and finished the game with a plus-2 differential and three hits. "I'm still growing day by day. I'm always trying to improve. I'm still young and I have a lot to learn, whether it's about respecting the system or when it comes to the maturity of my game."
That relentlessness and desire to learn is something Bournival's teammates have already taken notice of. Not only is the 2012 Memorial Cup champ reaping the benefits of his persistency, but linemates Brian Gionta and Tomas Plekanec are as well. The trio accounted for seven points (3G, 4A) against a Ducks squad that entered the contest with just two losses on the year and was among the elite teams in the Western conference at both ends of the rink.
"For a young kid, he's got a lot of poise out there. It's his work ethic that gets him into those open areas and gets him free. It puts him in the right spots and he's making great plays," praised captain Brian Gionta, who registered his third goal of the season and also picked up an assist to help the Habs up their record to 6-4-0 on the year, good for sixth place in the East. "He's seeing the ice well, but he's a kid that since camp has worked for his spot. He turned the heads of management and the coaches to earn his spot and he continues to do that."
Gionta, who recently began his 12th NHL season, believes Bournival is going about things the right way as he tries to establish himself in a league boasting plenty of young talent. The Rochester, NY native is adamant that the Canadiens rookie is seeing positive results because of it.
"As a young kid, that's what you want to do," noted the 2002-03 Stanley Cup champ, whose club also got goals from Plekanec and Rene Bourque on Thursday night, in addition to a 31-save performance from Carey Price. "You want to try and stay consistent and keep that confidence. Since training camp, he's worked extremely hard, earned his spot and he continues to impress and play well. He's a big piece of this team."
Head coach Michel Therrien, who first paired Bournival alongside Gionta and Plekanec back on Oct. 21, is quick to point out that the 2012 World Junior Championship bronze medalist's success is a by-product of his multi-faceted skill-set, one that will be instrumental in helping him cement his place with the bleu-blanc-rouge down the road. It also doesn't hurt to have two linemates with a combined two-plus decades of NHL experience to learn from and look to for advice and support.
"One thing for sure, Bournival brings a lot of speed. He skates very well. He competes and he's taking advantage of playing with two good veteran players. He's using the experience that he's got on that line to make him successful," stated Therrien. "The chemistry is there with those three guys. They made a lot of good things happen against the Ducks. It's fun to watch a young player like Bournival progress as the year goes on, even if the season is still very young."
Fortunately for Bournival, his support system extends well beyond the confines of the Bell Centre and the Canadiens' locker room. In the aftermath of a performance the former third-round selection will likely chalk up as his most memorable to date, the left winger credited those closest to him for much of what he has been able to accomplish thus far.
"[My parents] supported me my entire life. I call them almost every day. They're here for almost all of the games. It's because Montreal isn't that far from where my family lives and they can come watch me play often," noted Bournival, who finished third in scoring for the Bulldogs last season, one point back of both Nathan Beaulieu and Gabriel Dumont. "They've followed me all my life and now I've made my dream a reality. They're there to support me, to live it with me. They love it. They followed the Canadiens their entire life, so it's something special for them and for me, too."
Matt Cudzinowski is a writer for canadiens.com.
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by Paul Auster
A 12-year-old boy is taught to fly by an aging impresario who plans to make a killing with a new novelty act. Sound far-fetched? Not in the masterful hands of Paul Auster. Like his previous novels (Leviathan, The Music of Chance), Mr. Vertigo is both parable and mystery—and the result is a rollicking tale of greed and redemption.
Walt Rawley is an orphan begging for nickels on the streets of 1920s St. Louis when he meets Master Yehudi, a two-bit huckster who promises to teach him to fly. Walt follows Master Yehudi to his farm in Kansas, where he meets his fellow housemates, Mother Sioux, a former bareback rider in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and Aesop, a deformed black boy. After a brief and hellish apprenticeship shoveling manure and plowing fields, Walt is eventually shown the promised land. "You're going to work hard, Walt," says Master Yehudi, "harder than you've ever worked before, but if you stick with it and do what I tell you, at the end of a few years you'll be able to fly. I swear it."
Walt does indeed take to the air, but as he reaches adulthood, this act is accompanied by crippling migraines. He faces a tough choice when he discovers that the only cure for his headaches—if he wishes to keep flying—is to sacrifice his sexuality. Auster's tale is more than a parable, and with Walt Rawley he has created more than an ordinary hero. A modern revision of Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Rawley is a moving, irritating, plucky character who will remain aloft in readers' memories. (Viking, $21.95)
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West Brom manager Steve Clarke was infuriated when Arsenal were awarded a controversial penalty for a challenge from Steven Reid on Santi Cazorla but Arsene Wenger insists Cazorla lost his footing.
"I am sorry if it was not a penalty, but I have spoken to Santi and he said he was touched, lost his balance. Has he made a bit more of it? I don't know," Wenger told Sky Sports.
"When he [a player] is touched, he goes down, the referee can give or not give the penalty. Of course [I will speak to Santi if he has not been touched]. I will look at it, don't worry."
Despite its controversial nature, it was a much-needed first victory in four matches for the Gunners, who have moved back up the Premier League table as a result.
"Overall we played well. We were maybe a bit lucky on the first penalty, but we created chances and kept a clean sheet," Wenger said.
"We have shown a great spirit, which many people questioned after our last game, so we did our job very well.
"You could feel we were ready for a fight and that we absolutely had to win this game, which is what we did."
England midfielder Jack Wilshere produced a composed display in the 2-0 victory and Wenger acknowledge his return to form.
Wenger said: "Jack is getting closer to the player we know he is and today I think he made a big step.
"You could see it already this week in training, that he has gained a little burst again, a little zip in the first three or four yards.
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HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - As we continue to preview our high school football preseason interviews, we now look at the Perry Central Commodores.
The Commodores have a big void to fill in the backfield with playmaker Austin Pray now at Centre College but head coach Justin Haddix says he feels confident in youngster Seth Napier, who will be asked to step in and play quarterback.
"With Seth, Seth has played quarterback; played quarterback last year. He played some safety for us too, so he's seen varsity speed. He kind of knows what the speed of the game is going to be," says Haddix. "He's just worked hard all winter. He played baseball. When he got done with baseball he came in here during and put a lot of time in during the dead period on his own. He really improved a lot. We went to some 7-on7's at UK and he did a really good job leading our team."


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text: Bang on a Can invite you to "Meet the Hocketers" on this CD compilation featuring three works by Dutch avant modern classical composer Louis Andriessen. Reissuing two Andriessen pieces from Bang on a Can's 1995 Industry CD — "Hout" and "Hoketus" — and adding a recording of "Workers' Union" from a 2002 WNYC live radio broadcast, Gigantic Dancing Human Machine is nicely programmed to give the listener a bit of variety within Andriessen's sometimes rigorously minimalistic world. As a case in point, the relentless buildup of "Hoketus" is followed by the gentler "Hout" ("Wood"), in which Evan Ziporyn's tenor sax lines are sequentially echoed by guitarist Mark Stewart, marimbist Steven Schick, and pianist Lisa Moore to create a mesmerizing hall-of-mirrors effect. And the musicians' touch is also comparatively light on the opening "Workers' Union," which has nowhere near the ultimately bludgeoning relentlessness of "Hoketus," despite the fact that Andriessen composed both pieces during roughly the same period in the mid-'70s. The listener can perhaps be thankful that the Bang on a Can All-Stars chose a somewhat lighter instrumental sound (featuring bass, vibraphone, piano, electric guitar, cello, and Ziporyn's squawky bass clarinet) and less aggressive approach to the stop-and-start rhythms, full-ensemble unison attack, and atonal harmonics of "Workers' Union" than the California EAR Unit applied to the same piece on 1997′s Zilver CD — after all, "Hoketus" must be contended with, so best not to exhaust the listener before the main event even begins. Indeed, the nearly 24-minute "Hoketus" dominates Gigantic Dancing Human Machine, and if you are adequately prepared to put this on your CD player, you will hear the musicians walk — or perhaps pound on — the line between minimalist trance and minimalist madness, a bit like a Steve Reich composition played with hammers and anvils rather than mallets and marimbas. Once "Hoketus" winds up into its full mechanistic assault, the curious result is music whose manic call-and-response repetitions and variations seem designed to induce a trance while instantaneously wrenching the listener out of said trance. The instrumentation on this piece (also skillfully performed on the Rogue's Gallery CD by British contemporary avant renegades Icebreaker, whose James Poke, Katherine Pendry, Richard Craig, and Damian leGassick are guest musicians here as well) is similarly contradictory, including not only electric bass guitars (two of them), congas (two sets of them, too), and Fender Rhodes (OK, everything is in twos, just like your ears) but also pan pipes, employed in a way that might suggest a parallel universe in which Zamfir showed up for the Bang on a Can session straight from his earlier gig with Glenn Branca. (Although Andriessen has noted that hocketing is highly developed in Peruvian and Bolivian pan pipe ensembles, so perhaps the instrumentation is in fact appropriate.) Headphones are absolutely essential to perceive this nearly 24-minute composition's hocketing effect in its full glory, with a measured windup of ping-ponging rhythms and abrupt shifts into even more intense levels of agitation at the eight- and 20-minute marks. (At 20 minutes "Hoketus" actually takes on the melodic and harmonic characteristics of more conventional music.) There is always a sense of amazement inherent in listening to artists as capable as those in Bang on a Can get through a piece like this without a slipup. And there is also a sense of accomplishment for you, dear listener, at having gotten through it yourself with a measure of sanity intact. – Dave Lynchmore »


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BET Hip-Hop Awards '13 Cyphers
By BallerStatus Staff / Published 10/15/2013
While Rick Ross, 2 Chainz and Future ripped the stage at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards ceremony, which aired on Tuesday (October 15), the highlight was definitely the cyper sessions.... and here they are.
This year, Slaughterhouse, the A$AP Mob, Action Bronson, the TDE roster, Lil Kim, and even the "Real Husbands of Hollywood" showed off their spitting skills. Jon Connor announced his allegiance to Dr. Dre's Aftermath, as previously report.
So far, most Kendrick Lamar stole the show. What do you think?
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Police are investigating the theft of maple syrup from a sugarhouse in Vermont.
State police said Sunday that someone stole about $500 worth of syrup from Papa John's Sugar Shack in Mount Holly either Friday or Saturday.
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"Mexico To Ask U.S. Senate To Create Registry Of Gun Owners In Border States…" | protein wisdom
Sovereignty to die a death of a thousand cuts. From the Blaze:
Mexican lawmakers will ask the U.S. Senate to create a registry of all commercialized firearms in border states, which includes California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Mexico says it will make it easier to trace guns used in violent attacks.
The measure was reportedly approved on January 9 by Mexico's Permanent Commission, a government entity that meets when Mexico's Senate and the Chamber of Deputies is in recess. Gun owners in Arizona are calling the proposal "foolish" and an "invasion of privacy."
This is, of course, preparatory for the much broader UN small arms treaty dictates — itself a move to weaken state sovereignty while keeping it putatively in place. Not to mention a move toward a national gun registry, which is the only viable enforcement mechanism for "universal background checks" that are now being pushed by a "bi-partisan" Senate group led by Chuck Schumer and John McCain, two names that immediately spring to mind when on thinks of "those most likely to protect or individual liberties."
My guess is that even if the Feds ignore this gambit – and with RINO-statist squishes like McCain "defending" our liberties (stab us in the back again, John!), that is no sure thing, the government of my own state, California, will be more than happy to heed the call and kiss the Mexican liberal fascist ass.
To fight crime, you know. I doubt they'll register and report the firearms peddled by the BATF into Mexico, though.


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AT&T/T-Mobile Tie-up: 'Never Seen a Deal With More Regulatory Risk'
The weekend's big corporate story is a doozy: AT&T plans to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for a cool $39 billion. Click here for the lead WSJ story; here for the NYT story; here for the FT story; here for Bloomberg's take.
The lofty price tag makes the deal almost the largest in a year.
But will it actually come to pass? Put this way by the WSJ's Spencer E. Ante and Amy Schatz: "Will the U.S. government approve an acquisition that most experts thought was unthinkable until recently?"
Among those giving closest watch: antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice. Of perhaps greatest concern: that the industry's two dominant companies—Verizon Wireless and AT&T—are already so far ahead of anyone else, with more than 90 million subscribers each, raising the specter of an effective duopoly in mobile telephony.
That said, reports the WSJ, AT&T seems to understand what it's up against, and has plotted its strategy carefully. Already, AT&T is pushing for the industry to be looked at market by market—essentially city by city—where it argues the industry is for the most part fiercely competitive and has become more so recently with the rise of low-cost carriers and newer providers of fourth generation wireless services.
"This is an intensely competitive marketplace," said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. "When you a watch a show or a football game, what dominates the airwaves? It's advertising for the mobile marketplace."
The company also says that 18 of 20 major markets have at least five competitors each. That's how the government has examined deals, AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts said, and antitrust lawyers agreed it will be a key factor.
Herbert Hovenkamp, a University of Iowa law professor and antitrust specialist, said the deal would also have a hard time meeting new merger guidelines recently issued by the Department of Justice. "It's a pretty highly concentrated market," he said. "The guidelines would say this is a highly questionable merger unless there is a significant provable efficiency."
In a research note, Credit Suisse analyst Jonathan Chaplin said the deal's regulatory risk is "enormous." "We have never seen a deal with more regulatory risk be attempted in the U.S.," he wrote in the note. "It is unlikely that AT&T would attempt a deal that they knew would fail; however, we can't see how they would get this through without massive divestitures and concessions."


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Definition of Shasta daisy in English:
Shasta daisy
A tall Pyrenean plant which bears a single large white daisy-like flower.
- Leucanthemum maximum or its hybrids, family Compositae.
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There will be a Father's Day Lumberjack Breakfast from 7 a.m., to 11 a.m. Sunday, June 15, at the Talent Community Center, 206 E. Main St., Talent.
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CMHC Sees Gentle Slowing of Canada's Housing Market
By Don Curren
Some of the sizzle will come out of Canada's red-hot housing market through the end of 2012 and into 2013, but prices will continue to climb, according to Canada's national housing agency.
The pace of price increases will slow, however, as a balance of buyers and sellers will develop in most local markets, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says in its third-quarter housing market outlook.
CMHC expects prices for homes in Canada to average 368,000 Canadian dollars (US$371,000) in 2012, and C$377,300 in 2013.
Robust growth in Canada's housing market has fostered speculation there's a "bubble" in the market and that could lead to a substantial correction. The Canadian government takes the threat seriously enough that it's tightened mortgage rules four times to help guide the market to a soft landing rather than the crisis experienced in the U.S.
There has been some softening of activity lately, notably in Toronto and Vancouver, epicenters of housing-market strength. Many economists believe a retreat in prices is inevitable, but their forecasts diverge significantly, from a very modest retreat to a 25% drop.
The scenario anticipated by CMHC is a gentle slowing in price gains and activity levels, not the abrupt contraction forecast by some observers.
Total housing starts in 2012 will reach 207,200 units in 2012 and dip to 193,100 next year, CMHC says.
It projects that the multiple-unit sector, which includes condo markets in Toronto, Vancouver and other large cities, will moderate after showing sustained activity levels in the first half of this year.
Existing home sales will reach 466,600 units this year and increase to 469,600 next year, it says.


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A Huntington, W. Va., veteran is cashing in on the down economy with a shop that lets customers build their own bikes from scratch.
Brad Lemley, 32, sells custom-built Kikker 5150 motorcycles. His Suicide Cycles is the only Kikker dealer in West Virginia, according to the Herald-Dispatch.
"For about $3,500 someone can come in and build a bike from the ground up," says Lemley, who bought his first Kikker about a year ago. "It's that pride somebody gets when you say, 'I built my own bike,'" he says.
Customers choose their own parts. Lemley places the order and when the parts are in, the customers come into the shop to assemble them.
"They use our shop, our tools and our knowledge to build a bike," Lemley says. "We have a leather guy and a paint shop (that we work with), and they can pick out what they want for a custom job."
Kikkers weigh about 250 pounds and get about 70 miles to the gallon. They carry a one-year warranty.
The name of his store is based on the "suicide clutch" on the bikes. "All our bikes have a suicide clutch and jockey shift," he says. "It's a little challenging, but easier for people who have been riding a while."
Lemley can build bikes for customers, but charges a $400 assembly fee and requires a signed waiver. The store also sells PG&A.
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"The box was created as a package for promotional material to be handed out at a trade show for out client, HealthCare Insight. Their mission is to help insurance companies fight fraud, waste and abuse in insurance claims. The concept of the product is clearly communicated as the box is picked up by the handle."
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"It's that time of year again… the 4th Annual Hatch Design Egg Coloring Contest has taken flight!
We've mailed over 700 egg coloring kits this year (you may have already received yours!). Recipients can enter a photo of their best egg design at hatchsf.com and vote on other eggs, rating them from rotten to golden. The winner is awarded a 24k gold-plated egg cup trophy.
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"U101: Design Thinking is a new 600 hour Open University course taught via distance learning and delivered wholly online to students.
The U101 media pack was designed in response to this, making sure when students first register they will receive a physical package containing a number of elements, all of which should instantly excite and engage them."
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Ministry of Stories follows the model of the 826 centres: a writing centre where kids aged 8-18 can get one-to-one tuition with professional writers and other volunteers; with the centres being housed behind fantastical shop fronts designed to fire the kids' imaginations (and generate income for the writing centres).
In our case, the shop is Hoxton Street Monster Supplies – Purveyor of Quality Goods for Monsters of Every Kind.
The shop was established in 1818, and ever since then has served the daily needs of London's extensive monster community.
Lovely Stationery, There's More to Love!
February 21, 2011 | 8 Comments
Today we're launching our first addition to the Lovely family, Lovely Stationery.
As we've done with Lovely Package, we aim to provide our readers with inspirational examples of work within the world of stationery design. Lovely Stationery will be updated daily and we encourage designers and agencies a like to submit award winning examples of their work.
So head on over to Lovely Stationery and check it out. We hope that you enjoy it along with the future "Lovely" sites we're cooking up!
CSA Design Watch Collection
January 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
Designed by Charles S. Anderson Design | Country: United States
"This limited-edition series of highly-awarded, high-concept watches was a pet project of CSA Design, with manufacturing help from the Fossil Watch Company. Packaged in custom-tins with 2-color labels that were inexpensive to print but big on impact, with a clean typography treatment spiked with a pop of color and an icon representing each watch's "theme," which included Time Flies, Deadline, and 5 O'Clock Shadow."
Holmes & Marchant Internship
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THINK Business Card Holder
December 31, 2010 | 3 Comments
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"Developing a business card holder…
Creating a cigarette style pack, it's flip open lid is perfect for offering out a card. With the choice of the CMYK colours to choose from it adds a little sparkle than just passing a card that has been pulled out of a dusty old wallet. My cards make into a cool little box so the client is already engaged in the my ninja packaging skills right from the start."
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Paris With Kids? I am very excitedly planning a trip to Paris for my birthday. I will be traveling with my eight-year-old son and would prefer to be able to wander the city leisurely, seeing as much as possible while still relaxing. I feel as though I have read myself in circles about where, what, when and so on!
If you had five to six days in Paris in October what would you do for simple family enjoyment?
Ciao. –Charalee, USA
Paris Insiders Guide to the rescue! Here are our recommendations to make your best birthday party ever!
We've been traveling to Paris with our son since he was a toddler. He's now 11 years old and we'll share his top places to go in Paris:
Let's start off with a few Paris with Kids Tips —
Kids need down time between museums. So plan to break up the museum viewings with visits to one of the many parks in Paris. We recommend the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Tuileries for some of the best playgrounds in Paris.
Plan on getting some children's books about Paris before you leave on vacation. Get your kids excited about going to Paris.
Use a stroller. Small children can't walk long distances and the stroller is useful for naps and carrying their games and snacks. Strollers are also great for carrying your maps, shopping and packages, so use one until your kids are old enough to object!
This is Alexandre's favorite place in Paris. He's been there many times but never tires of their amazing displays and activities.
This science discovery museum is filled with changing exhibits — from dinosaurs to the inner world of hair. There are dozens of hands-on displays and interactive games based around science. Plan to spend at least three hours.
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Paris With Kids. You can easily spend the entire day here exploring the gardens, the Natural History Museum, the Grand Gallery of Evolution and the zoo.
The best part is that it's easy to get to since it's centrally located in the 5th Arrondissement, up against the Seine and therefore accessible from both banks.
• 36 Rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 75005
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Of all the art museums in Paris, the d'Orsay is the most kid-friendly — but it's loved by all ages.
On our last visit, our son loved finding all the paintings featured on the museum brochure. He treated it like an art treasure hunt.
• Quai d'Orsay, 75007
• Free Entrance With The Paris Museum Pass »
Paris With Kids. This super science emporium acts as the national science museum of France.
It's huge, with numerous exhibits on at any given time. There are usually lots of hands-on displays, especially in the Cité des Enfants, a museum-within-a-museum built especially for children 3 to 13.
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- Address: Mit Rahina Village, Cairo, Egypt
- Hours: Open daily 8am - 5pm (except during Ramadan)
- Admission: Museum admission: 25 L.E.
The city of Memphis was the capital of ancient Egypt. It was the King's residence and the political and administrative center until around 2,200 BC. It had impressive fortifications and temples, largely to Ptah, the god of creation and artworks. Estimates of population vary from 6,000 to 30,000 but either way, it was one of the larger, if not the largest, cities of its era.
Archaeological digging in the area has uncovered a Temple of Ptah and sculptures, including a sphinx (smaller than the one at Giza but still impressive), and the Colossus of Ramses II. These are now housed in the outdoor Memphis Museum in Mit Rihina, the modern town in this area. In 1979, UNESCO designated the area a World Heritage Site.
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The area where Memphis stood is located about 12 miles (20 km) south of Cairo where the Nile River divides to form its delta. The best way to get there is by organized tour or by hiring a private car and guide.
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Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Day Tour Memphis Sakkara Citadel and Mohamed Ali Mosque from Giza
A day tour in Cairo to visit the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis and the step Pyramids of Zoser and then head to the remarkable Citadel of Salah El Din and ... Read more
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Duration: 8 hours (approx.)
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Discover Memphis and Sakkara, two of Egypt's most important archaeological treasures. Sakkara is home to the oldest pyramid in Egypt, and Memphis was the ... Read more
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A private day tour to the Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Memphis and Sakkara including hotel pick up and drop off as well as lunch at a local restaurant. This tour ... Read more
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If you walk into a health club for the first time, the sight of all those exercise machines may be daunting. In reality, most exercise machines are easy to understand. Just follow a few basic rules -- such as using controlled movements, and not letting the weights you're lifting touch the stack until you've completed a set -- and you're good to go. The machine's movement path is usually pre-established, and you can't injure yourself by dropping a weight. No matter which part of your body needs work, there's a machine that can help you.
Use a Standard Exercise Machine
Standard exercise machines typically include a resistance pad, plate or handles that you push or pull to lift a stack of weights. The variety of basic machines you'll find is almost endless, but they can be broadly separated into two categories: adjustable, multi-purpose machines and single-purpose devices. On some multi-purpose leg machines, for example, you can raise the resistance pad to the highest level and press your legs down on the pad to do leg curls, or move the pad to its lowest setting and push it up to perform leg extensions. Other machines let you sit in a seat and push two handles forward to do chest presses, or reverse your position and adjust the machine so you can pull the handles and perform rows. A single-purpose machine will only do one thing, but you can often adjust your position to give the machine some variety. For example, moving your feet into different positions on a leg press machine's resistance plate shifts the exercise's focus to different lower-body muscles.
Enjoy Variety on a Cable Machine
Cable machines include one or more cables that run through pulleys and attach to a weight stack. The cables may be at ground level, above your head or somewhere in between. The machines can be highly versatile, depending on the types of attachments it contains. If you place a lat bar on a high cable, for example, you can sit in the machine's seat, take a wide grip and pull the bar to your chest to perform lat pulldowns. Alternatively, stand and use a narrow grip to do triceps pushdowns. Attach an ankle cuff to a low cable and perform a variety of leg activities, such as adduction and abduction exercises. Place a straight bar on the low cable to do exercises ranging from rows to biceps curls.
Be Safe with a Smith Machine
A Smith machine is basically a hybrid device, combining a barbell with a machine. Instead of lifting a weight stack, you lift a barbell that's inside of a metal track that includes several safety catches. The track limits the barbell's movement path and also keeps you safe, because the weight remains in the track if it slips from your grasp. Perform vertical barbell exercises such as squats, bench presses, deadlifts and bent-over rows on a Smith machine.
Slim Down on an Aerobic Machine
If you're looking to burn calories while you're in the gym, your best bet is likely one of the aerobic machines. You can typically change the machine's resistance for a more intense workout. Some machines also let you adjust the incline, to simulate moving uphill. Pedal a standard exercise bike for a simple, non-impact workout. Walk or run on a treadmill, pedal an elliptical or step up on a stair climber to lose weight while you improve your cardiovascular fitness.
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Komisarek Eager For Start Of New Season
Monday, 07.19.2010 / 10:34 AM ET / Mike Ulmer's Blog
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By his own admission, Mike Komisarek had a dreadful 2009-2010 season. After signing a free-agent deal with the Leafs, he struggled under the weight of his own expectations. Then came an eight-game layoff due to a leg injury and finally a shoulder injury that knocked him out of the Olympics and ended his season January 2.
He had no goals and just four assists in 34 games. More importantly, he was minus nine.
Someone is going to have to pay for that.
"You would not believe how eager and anxious I am to get back to playing," Komisarek said. "I hate the fact that you are at home watching the guys you compete against in the regular season playing in the playoffs."
Komisarek threw in the second of last season to have his shoulder ready for this year. The surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews, surgeon to the sports stars, went smoothly. Evidence of this can be found in Komisarek's choice of recreation last week. He spent Friday golfing with Leafs Luca Caputi, John Mitchell and up-and-coming club employee Jason Schwabe.
"The shoulder feels great," he said. "I am ahead of schedule. It's been five months since the surgery and they set certain benchmarks. I am way ahead of that."
A healthy Komisarek would be a significant boost to a blueline corps already bolstered by the acquisition of bruising Dion Phaneuf last season and the off-season signing of the speedy Brett Lebda from Detroit.
Phaneuf, one of the game's top open-ice hitters will team with Komisarek, a six-foot-four, 243-pound behemoth to give the Leafs the truculence they have long coveted around their net.
Komisarek said he can't wait to play with the newly-christened captain.
"Dion brings that confidence to the dressing room," Komisarek said. "He outgoing, he likes to talk and he's going to be a great leader.
"On the ice, opposing players need to know a guy is a bit wacko, a little unpredictable. That's a great thing to bring to the ice."
Komisarek said he learned a great deal about himself through the frustrations of the early season and agreed with the criticism that he was too anxious to show well.
"Last year, I came in as a free agent, you put the weight of the world on yourself, but what your team really needs is for you to do your job. This year I am going to play my role."
Part of that role is off the ice, where Komisarek is among the busiest Leafs. One of his causes is fund- raising for research into pancreatic cancer, the disease that killed his mother Kathy in 2006. She was 52.
"Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cancer in North America and there is no early detection, treatment or cure," he said. "It was a very difficult time for our family. You hate to see someone you love so much suffer."
To that end, Komisarek has been active on Twitter.
"I think Twitter is a great place to be, to lend a little of the spotlight to various charities and to connect with fans," he said.
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Welcome to the abbywinters.com Frequently Asked Questions. Here you can find answers to how our site works and operates, how to sign up as well as billing and account related questions. Browse our frequently asked questions, if you still can't find an answer you can try contacting us or post your question on the discussion boards.
You sure can. We offer two tiers of discounts:
If you have been a customer before April 2008, and you want to rejoin at our old rates, the process is the same. However you must rejoin within seven days of your previous subscription lapsing to retain your 'grandfathered' rate.
abbywinters.com has three interconnected sites: a Solo site, a Girl -Girl site, and an Intimate Moments site.
These three sites are intermeshed and cross-referenced. All of our models do at least one solo shoot, and many go on to do more solo shoots or our other projects. So when you find a Girl on Girl scene you like, for example, you can just check the links for their solo shoots or see if either has done an Intimate Moments video.
SOLO Site
The SOLO Site has shoots of just one model, exploring her supple body, and her personality. Generally these shoots have both stills and video, and we add three brand new models every week! Along with two shoots a week of returning popular models, there's at least TEN weekly updates for you. Members of this site also get a bonus: our soft-core group shoots. Imagine three naked girls having fun together. Or five. Or ten or twelve or sixteen!
GIRL- GIRL Site
The GIRL ON GIRL Site is where we take the same models from the solo site and pair them up. Or sometimes there's three, or five, or seven nude goddesses getting it on together. These shoots range from passionate kissing to full on hardcore sex! We put up at least two new sets each week.
INTIMATE MOMENTS Site
The INTIMATE MOMENTS Site Models from our solo site masturbating to orgasm. Real orgasm. To make sure she's fully comfortable, we leave the model completely alone in the room, after setting up the video camera on a tripod. Sometimes we put two models in the room together!
Absolutely. You can subscribe and unsubscribe to as many sites as you like, whenever you want. The more sites you subscribe to, the bigger discount you get, as well. If you're finding it a bit of a hassle to juggle site subscription like that, remember we do also have a pay per scene / à la carte option.
If no one has used your username to join the site since your account lapsed, yes, you can rejoin with your same username.
To do so, you must enter it AND your old password during sign-up. The page will provide a suggested password but you can delete that one and enter your own.
If you don't remember your old password, or if you have other problems doing this, contact us.
If you participate on the boards, we'll hold your account for you indefinitely.
We have done some boy-girl shoots in the past, and since December 2011, we've been adding one new GB scene per month to our site. You can see a list of the GB scenes we have so far.
"Rebill" means that at the end of you billing cycle, we'll automatically charge your card again for the next period. This is so you can enjoy continued access, without having to re-subscribe every month. If you don't like this idea, we have a few other options - look for the "no-rebill" subscriptions.
An example of rebilling is: you join on March 17th, for $36.00 (one month's access). On April 17th, you are rebilled another $36.00. On May 17th, another $36.00, and so on.
At any stage, if you want to cancel these rebills, you can. You'll have access up until the next rebill date, but you won't be rebilled - your account will just no longer work.
Our refund policy is simple, and applies under the following conditions:
Yes! There are two ways to cancel your rebills:
Go to My Account. Under "Current Subscription" click "Cancel/Enable Rebills"
Go to the website of the billing agent you signed up with:
Chances are very likely that you joined by GMBill. To cancel, click here. You will need to have your account details ready
Less likely you joined via CCBill, but if so, you can cancel by going here.
(Remember, you'll need to cancel your rebills at least seven days before the rebill date.)
Yes, you can; it's pretty easy too. Just login with our biller's 'account lookup' tool here:
There is a small chance you joined our site with our back-up biller CCBill; if that's the case you can still update your credit card details, but you will need to go here instead:
This website is very secure. We use 256 bit encryption of your information from when you enter it, to where it is stored in our database. The GMBill.com (http://www.gmbill.com) billing server is behind multiple firewalls, and we only keep credit card info for as long as your subscription is active. As you join, or look up your account info on GMBill.com, you'll see a small padlock icon down the bottom of your web browser. Double click on that for additional information.
You might want to read our privacy policy, and our terms and conditions.
The three sites allow us to add more content, and charge effectively for them. We can shoot more girl-girl material with a dedicated girl-girl site, than we could if it were all just one big site. Also, three sites allow you choice - you're only charged for the material you really like.
Yes, you can pay by mail. It's generally a lot more hassle and a little more expensive than using a credit card, so we recommend against it if at all possible. For more info, go to our alternative join method page.
We cannot offer PayPal, as PayPal does not allow adult companies to use their service.
There are several places you can go to find more information:
We need your email address to validate who you are. You need to check this email address periodically, for notices that include changes to our terms and conditions, and for us to send your account info to.
We won't be spamming you ourselves, nor will we make your address available to any third party.
You will be getting emails from us regarding joining and cancelling, and one email when your account lapses.
We hate spammers, and receiving unsolicited emails, just like you.
The best place is to take a look at the girl-girl shoots. There are a lot of images, videos, and there are details on the join page describing what you get for your subscription. If you have a specific question that's not answered there, contact our Customer Support folks.
The best place is to take a look at the intimate moments shoots. There are a lot of videos, and there are details on the join page describing what you get for your subscription. If you have a specific question that's not answered there, contact our Customer Support folks.
The best place is to take a look at the solo-girl shoots. It has a lot of images, videos, and there are details on the join page describing what you get for your subscription. If you have a specific question that's not answered there, contact our Customer Support folks.
CVV2 is the number on the back of your credit card, usually on the signature panel. We only ever need the last three digits.
First you sign-up for one site, then you can add a site by uprgading in My Account, here:
Important: Don't try to upgrade by going to the join page! It will cost you more and could mess up your access. If you have problems or questions about upgrading in My Account, contact us.
Click the pic for the site you'd like to add. If you choose to add more than one, click on either picture and you'll be able to add other sites on the upgrade page. Sites you're already a member of will be checked and greyed-out (ghosted); just check any other site you want, and choose your options for length and rebills, below.
Note: Any options you choose for your new site sub(s), are for the new site(s) only, they won't affect a sub you already have to another site. Also, if you choose rebills for the site(s) you're adding, the price you see on the upgrade page is for the new site(s) only and will be in addition to any rebills you already have. It doesn't include your current membership.
The cost of your subscription depends on what options you choose when you sign up:
The initial pay per scene / à la carte costs less than most subscriptions, but the rate at which you spend it is up to you
Joining for three months costs less than joining for one month.
There is a discount for selecting automatic rebills.*
There is a Returning Member discount. (Be sure to click on the "Returning Member?" link in the top section of the Join page!)
To see what your actual cost will be, go to the Join page and play with it by selecting various options and watching the Grand total change at the bottom right of the screen. (Don't worry, playing around with the options doesn't commit you to anything. That only happens after you proceed to the sign-up page and enter your billing info.)
* You can cancel rebills at any time after you join.
To become a member of any abbywinters.com sites that you're not already subscribed to, head over to My Account. Just follow the link under "Upgrade My Subscription" to the site or sites of your choice.
We've included these two very different ways of accessing our content to better meet the very needs and tastes of our member-base. A subscription is a classic recurring payment, in return for total unrestricted access to 1-3 of our site sections.
Pay per scene / à la carte is an option which allows you to purchase prepaid credit top ups, and then spend them for individual access to just the scenes to you really want. Everything you purchase gets added to your personal 'digital locker', which becomes yours forever.
Which is better? It depends on your preferred way of using the site. If you want access to everything on the site, then a subscription is definitely the way to go. But if there is just a specific model, or taste, that you're into, then you're probably better off only paying for the stuff you like.


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Dallas County jails becoming popular with filmmakers
Dallas County has gotten another request to film in its jails.
Electric Sky Productions, a British company, wants to film a 3D documentary inside the Lew Sterrett jail complex. Sheriff Lupe Valdez, keeper of the jails, supports the idea and is willing to give the crew the necessary access.
County commissioners will be briefed about it Tuesday.
The production, titled "Outsiders," would "provide insight on how the self-contained operations are managed on a day to day basis," county records show. Producers expect to need three days inside the jails to film.
The county jail complex currently houses about 6,300 inmates — a larger population than many Texas cities and towns. After a long spell of failures, the jails now are up to state standard and have recently hosted delegations from other counties in the U.S. who want to see what Dallas County did to improve conditions.
Not all filming requests have been greeted with approval.
In 2008, when the jails were still trying to pass inspection, the county commissioners denied a similar request by the Discovery Channel to film there. Valdez wanted to showcase improvements but commissioners were concerned about liability. When the DA's Office said she controls access to the jails, the commissioners had to hire their own lawyers to win a court order halting the project.
Last year, National Geographic filmed a series about female jail officers that went off without a problem.
County Judge Clay Jenkins said his initial feelings about the latest request is that it's a "good thing that promotes transparency."
Jenkins said some concerns about privacy have been raised but that he was told the cameras won't show inmates' faces without permission.


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The truth of the matter is that before getting pounded by one of the worst teams in the league, the 49ers jumped out to a quick and big lead, 14-0 against the Cardinals. Two defensive touchdowns thanks to big plays from Bryant Young, Corey Smith, Brandon Moore, Derrick Smith, Travis Hall and Derrick Johnson. In fact, despite the injuries, and despite the defensive backfield leaving receivers wide open, the 49ers were off to a really strong defensive start. But as per the norm this year, the 49ers offense could not stay on the field so the defense tired quickly � the elevation of Mexico City only compounded this problem.
Anthony Clement absolutely stunk up the place at left tackle. Stepping in for Jennings, Clement was repeatedly exposed and Tim Rattay continuously hammered; and despite Fred Beasley being the best blocking back on the team (even if he is not in his prime), Nolan�s stubbornness kept Beasley from seeing maximum action. This compounded the Clement problem and hindered the running game too.
Despite the incompetence of the offense, the defense kept the team in it as long as they could. In fact it was not until the fourth quarter that the team really were out of contention to win this game. Much of that defensive performance can be attributed to the front seven, where even Andre Carter showed up to make a play this week. Travis Hall also emerged as a player. Of course, to keep things in perspective, we do have to remember this defensive performance came against an awful Arizona team.
It became clear quite early that Tim Rattay is still not the quarterback for this team. He continued to throw the ball in the wrong place to his receivers, his week arm was seen again, and so was his poor decision making. Eventually Rattay was relieved by Alex Smith, but the game was over by then. The best thing that came out of this game was that Smith has supplanted Rattay as the starter. I continue to content that Smith should have been starting from week one. I do not know if he gives the team a better chance to win or not, but he certainly cannot be any worse than Rattay, and at the very least he can learn from some valuable play time. The 49ers will have to find a way to protect him, and that should mean Fred Beasley and Terry Jackson see the field a little more. It should be noted that Kevan Barlow still is not an adequate blocking back (he flat out did not even attempt to stop a blitzer on at least one play last week).
The 49ers defensive backfield is in serious trouble. On top of the injuries to Plummer, Rumph, and Johnson, Willie Middlebrooks is also listed on the injury report. Peyton Manning and the Colts will be licking their chops as they come to San Francisco this weekend.
Promoting Smith is the right decision, it just came later than it should have. Smith entered the game later than he should have this past week, but when he came in, he was passionate and focussed. He has the physical tools to make it in this league, but we all know it takes more than that. I am not ready to hang my hat on him after seeing only a series or two � but I do know that our best chance for him to be a real quarterback is to start him in a no pressure situation, and to protect him. The 49ers need to do both of those things, not one or the other. Unfortunately, the time to find a mentor for Smith was this off-season, and Rattay clearly was unqualified for the job. I continue to be confused as to my faith in Mike Nolan. He seems to be making the most out of the talent on the field, but some of his judgement calls on which players to play, what to say to the media, and even what plays to call seem very rookie-like. At some point Nolan will have to grow into his role.


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Good heartbeat. Official due date is the 17th but my OB said she will let me schedule the c-section past my due date, probably the 20th.
We are going to try delayed cord clamping. I wasn't sure it would be an option because I will be having a repeat c-section, but my doctor said it should be fine.
The one bad part about my appointment is that I learned if I want my tubes tied during the c-section, I have to deliver at Sutter, which I refuse to do. My hospital of choice, Memorial, is a Catholic hospital so in addition to not performing abortions, they don't perform sterilization either. But Essure isn't covered by my insurance YET. She thinks with Obama Care that it should be by the time I need it. If it isn't then I will wait and get a tubal later. I am okay to do that at Sutter another time but I will not have my baby there as a patient.
Backstory: I took my then 6 month old son to Sutter two days in a row due to worsening symptoms. Vomiting, lethargy, odd breathing pattern, etc. Sutter dismissed us both times saying that nothing was wrong. Not even a blood test. Memorial, another hospital, finally diagnosed my son with bacterial meningitis. But because it was undiagnosed the first two days, the brain damage was severe by the time it was diagnosed. My son was left incredibly disabled and ultimately died as a result when he was 4.
Not nearly as important but still irritating is that the anesthesiologist who performed my epidural when I delivered my first child at Sutter accidentally gave me a wet tap. Not his fault necessarily - it happens - but he knew it happened and never told me. I didn't find out until I returned to the hospital a few days after delivery for the severe headache that I had had for days. THAT is web I was told about the wet tap.


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A Little Hocking woman stabbed Tuesday at her home fabricated a story about a masked man being the culprit. Tina Whealdon, 46, of 66 Federal St....
Sarek... At tax payers expense? Hasn't all healthcare been paid for by the taxpayer? Other than the money that we keep borrowing from the Chinese, everything that we have in the country is paid for by the taxpayer. As a matter of fact, the job that you have is probably subsidized by taxpayer funds. Get over yourself.
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janeeyre1-the sadness is that she felt a need to stab herself.We have in this country,an epidemic of self-inflicted injuries,and suicides.Life isn't equally easy for everyone.
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Every time a woman lies about an crime she makes ALL women look bad and casts doubt on their them every time they accuse someone of a crime. How Sad!
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Isn't this also a potential charge for inducing panic?? A school was on lock down because of her!
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Good thing she's got Obamacare to pay her medical bills! I'm glad the framer's of the Constitution wrote into that blessed document the Right to Healthcare that we now enjoy! (At tax payer's expense!)
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Book Review
Nancy Marchant's new book Knitting Brioche is a distillation of many years spent researching the subject in the Netherlands and writing about it for Vogue Knitting and Interweave Knits Magazine. Nancy clearly knows and loves her brioche, and she wants you to love it too.
Brioche Basics
In its traditional incarnations, brioche stitch is a simple, hearty rib reserved for men's hats, sweaters, scarves, and the like. It's sometimes called Shaker rib, English rib, or even Fisherman's rib. Marchant uses the term "brioche" in deference to Barbara Walker, who used the term in her stitch dictionaries.
Brioche can actually be worked in several ways. I learned to do it by knitting into the stitch below the one to be worked next, but Marchant prefers a slightly different approach. You bring your yarn under your needles and to the front of your work, slip the next stitch as if to purl, and then bring the yarn back over your needle before working the next stitch.
This technique produces what she describes as "a stitch with a shawl over its shoulders." In the next row, that stitch and its shawl are simply worked as one.
Brioche Appeal
The intriguing thing about brioche stitch is that it looks like really easy ribbing—and yet there is much more going on. Marchant admits right from the beginning that this book has a bit of a learning curve. "The projects in this book are not designed to be made in one weekend—they aren't quick and easy—but hopefully," she notes, "you will find them challenging and interesting to knit."
The first challenge is to familiarize yourself with Nancy's language. She uses beautiful and somewhat self-explanatory symbols you may never have seen before and abbreviations you'll have to look up for the first few times. Things like brk2togtbl, sl1yof brp1, or k2dip.
All are clearly explained near the beginning of the book, and many are also illustrated in clear step-by-step photographs later in the book. But you will need to slow down and read before casting on.
Inside the Book
Even stitches have histories, and Marchant begins with a brief explanation of how, when, and where the brioche stitch came to be. From then on, it's all about technique—an extraordinary amount of detailed how-to information covering every possible scenario in which you might wish to use brioche. She covers everything imaginable, from multiple yarn-overs and two-stitch decreases to reversible increases, cables, and picking up dropped stitches.
The deeper you go into the book, the deeper the technique help gets. She shows you how to work brioche in a single color and multiple colors, and then she walks you through a stitch dictionary (shown in charts and written form) of mind-blowing possibilities. And if none of those caught your fancy, you still have 25 projects from which to choose.
Most of the patterns are for rather straightforward scarves, vests, hats, and such, although she does throw in a few intriguing sweaters and jackets too. I suspect most people will be pulled in by the Geveldak Scarf, which pits the slow-moving color changes of Kauni yarn with shifting knits and purls for a gorgeous effect.
Already a Classic
Great care was taken with each part of this book, from the swatches—shown in all sorts of yarns, in all sorts of color combinations and textures—to the ways in which each technique was slowed to its essential steps, like freeze-frame photography, and clearly photographed. She pays attention to cast-ons and bind-offs, to maintaining attractive selvedges, and even creating patterns that are reversible. This is an extraordinary reference for all things brioche.
And the rewards? These intriguing and tactile stitch patterns give your mind just enough of a challenge to stay alert while allowing your subconscious to be lulled into a deeper meditative state. Which is why we knit, right?