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The proposed plans for the new Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility have received a boost to the tune of £4m this week.
South Ayrshire have reaffirmed their commitment to providing that sum towards the £5m total that is required to ensure the facility can be built.
And South Carrick Community Leisure, which is leading the community funding raising efforts has been given a further boost by the Scottish Government this week.
Their application to the Government's capital regeneration fund for £250,000 has progressed to the second round of bidding.
Chair of SCCL Andrew Sinclair said: "This is a really exciting time for the project and the pace of progress is increasing all the time. Over the last couple of months we've approved a realistic and achievable design and business plan for the new facility, and we now have the full £4 million commitment from the council.
"We've also heard this week that our bid to the Scottish Government for £250,000 from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund has progressed to the second round. That's fantastic news for Girvan and South Carrick and shows just how far we've come. We've got an affordable facility, with the majority of capital monies confirmed by the council, and a number of funding streams being actively pursued by SCCL for the remainder.
"This puts us well on track to deliver the facility our communities deserve over the next couple of years and I can't wait to see that happen."
At a meeting of the full council on Thursday, councillors unanimously agreed to committ £4m to the project.
That is despite the original costings coming down from £8m to £5m.
When the designs proposed were set to cost £8m, the council were committed to providing half of the funding.
However, they have now upped that to 80% of the costs.
Councillor Alec Clark said: "This is a great level of support towards this facility in Girvan.
"This is key to the regeneration of Girvan and South Carrick as a whole and is such a key issue for the people.
"Now we can drive forward and make this happen."
Councillor Alec Oattes said: "This has been the number one issue for the last five years in the area and I wish it every success."
And in responding to a question by Councillor Hugh Hunter, Councillor John McDowall said: "The plans are progressing well for a proposed opening in August or September of 2016 and I see no reason why that wouldn't be achieved."
The £4m commitment gives the green light for work to move forward on the building which includes a 25 metre pool, a cafe, fitness gym, a two storey soft play area and a multi purpose studio.


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dinosore replied to Bearman's topic in Coventry BearsQuite a few in the Coventry squad who have played at my club Wigan St.Patricks Joe Prior, Brad Smith, Elliott Davies, Ricky Murphy, Keiran Sharratt
dinosore replied to marklaspalmas's topic in The General Rugby League ForumQuite a few challenge cup and I Pro cup( amateurs v semi pro teams) games in recent years have been played at amateur grounds off the top of my head Wath Brow and Rochdale Mayfield have played at home, Ince Rose Bridge played Hemel Stags at Wigan Rugby Unions ground, St.Pats played Dewsbury at Orrell rugby unions ground. i'm pretty sure there are a few more.
dinosore replied to Wise Man's topic in Swinton Lionsaccording to sky sports score centre he scored 4 tries, quality player is Liam, scored some cracking tries as a youngster at St.Pats including some for the first team whilst still a junior.
dinosore replied to costa's topic in The National Conference League ForumPats coach resigning was nothing to do with challenge cup, he was against entering last season, Pats made next to nothing when we played against Leigh in 2014, one of the best supported championship sides and less than 10 miles travel, head coach and comitee didn't think it worthwhile entering.
dinosore replied to chisholm 2's topic in The National Conference League Forume-mail circulated to club reps,
dinosore replied to bowes's topic in The National Conference League Forumsome applications don't meet minimum standards so are rejected by management before the clubs get to vote, as billybison says the ncl management work with clubs to help them reach the required standard, and any clubs meeting the criteria are then put forward to the clubs meeting for an acceptance vote.
dinosore replied to Monkeydo's topic in The General Rugby League ForumRIP - sincere condolences, thoughts and prayers for his family and friends from all at St.Pats
dinosore replied to Big Doug's topic in The National Conference League Forummuch appreciated, can't get due to bloody shift work
dinosore replied to Big Doug's topic in The National Conference League Forumi would say completely the opposite, possibly the worst ref in the ncl, in my opinion should only ever be on a premier division ground as a paying spectator.
dinosore replied to Big Doug's topic in The National Conference League Forum1st miners home to 2nd siddal winner through to final played 24/10 3rd mayfield home to 6th dockers loser out, 4th st.pats home to 5th loser out, played 17/10 winners play each other loser of that out ( highest placed side at home) winner plays loser of 1st and 2nd for a place in the final, hope that makes sense Doug
dinosore replied to sweaty craiq's topic in The General Rugby League ForumA great player, and a really nice guy as well,
I wasn't aware of that, and didn't apportion any blame or wrongdoing with Thatto anyway, it just seemed common sense for the games to be the other way round,
2 teams were dropped from the premier league to lessen the fixture overload, and of course the switch to summer meaning there would be no names lost to weather problems and plenty of SATURDAYS to play backlog games, or midweek games against LOCAL clubs, i still can't get my head around Brow travelling to Thatto midweek then playing Egremont on the Saturday with Thatto having no game on that same Saturday, common sense has to dictate those games should have been the other way around.
The league have enforced a switch in fixtures in the past, and as the governing body in my opinion should have done so in this instance,
The worst thing here was that Wath Brow actually played at home against Egremont the Saturday following the Thatto game surely common sense dictates the derby against Egremont should have been the midweek game, Thatto didn't have a game on the Saturday.


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The excavations at Stabiae occupy the top of a long ridge. The buildings found so far include two large villas, parts of two other villas and the edge of the Roman town of Stabiae. There is much work left to be done and there are plans to develop this site and to make it more accessible to visitors.
In Roman times this ridge almost certainly looked out over the sea. Today the modern town of Stabiae lies at the bottom of the ridge.
The two sites which are accessible to the public are Villa Arianna and Villa San Marco. Villa Arianna is a very large villa with good wall paintings which exploited its view over the sea well. Villa San Marco is also large and it is notable for the work which the archaeologists are putting in to recovering the garden. Villa San Marco lay adjoining the roman town of Stabiae.
Both of these villas were destroyed during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, as was the town. They appear to have been overwhelmed by the volume of ash ejected by the volcano which would have crushed their roofs and covered them to a considerable depth.
A garden in ancient Stabiae
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The two villas at Stabiae are relatively demanding to find by public transport and foot. A significant walk is involved. A funicular railway is planned running from the station at Via Nocera to a footpath running along the edge of the ridge which will serve all of the sites. At present (AD 2012) this remains a plan and the only way to access the sites is to walk around the hill on the existing system of public roads.
The route described starts at the station named Via Nocera on the Circumvesuviana and effectively requires a series of left hand turns to carry the walker around the side of the hill to a position above the station at Via Nocera. Having made a few mistakes on this route the author has added the GPS locations of some of the more difficult turns. Remember that, if you use a GPS, the ovoid used is WGS84; other ovoids such as that used for mapping in the UK will result in errors which will completely invalidate the locations given.
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On Via Varano
Continue on this road as it reaches the top of the hill and the sign to Villa Arianna will appear on your left just before the junction with the main road which comes in from your right (GPS WGS84 40 41 53.01 N 14 29 23.79 E).
Entrance to Villa Arianna
If you are going to Villa Arianna turn left, if you are going to Villa San Marco go straight on.
The busy road is Passegiata Archeologica and you will follow it for just over a kilometre to get to Villa San Marco. As you follow it, it will join a major road, Villa San Marco is at the end of a lane 100 metres after the junction with the main road. The turning is at GPS WGS84 40 42 10.98 N 14 30 04.75 E.
A summary of the train services is available.
The author last completed the journey described in June 2012.


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The 49ers drafted Notre Dame OLB Darius Fleming at 165. While watching the war room just before the 49ers selected Fleming, Trent Baalke looked pissed. He banged his fist on the desk and threw down his pen. And my guess is the reasoning behind that is because the Packers traded up two picks ahead of them and drafted the guy Baalke wanted. That player was NC State OLB Terrell Manning.
Guess Baalke can't win them all.
Profile: 6'2 245 lbs
3.5 sacks last year and 6 in 2010.
Fleming has good size for a linebacker and can bend and move well for his build. He was a starter at Notre Dame for more than two years and the key part of a very strong linebacker group. He is a good lateral mover and aggressive both in pursuit and once he gets to the ball. Fleming can be a liability in coverage, but he has value in a 3-4 defense as an outside linebacker who purely rushes the passer and sets the edge.
STRENGTHS Fleming is a superb rusher who has a strong burst off the line to get into a tackle, bend his knees and dip around his opponent. He excels at setting the edge and keeping plays inside of him. He is natural in his a lateral movements and can pursue plays to the outside. He has fluid hips that he relies on to recover and run down plays.
WEAKNESSES Fleming has little value as a dropping pass defender and often looks lost when forced to cover. He is a scheme player and would struggle if forced to cover tight ends in space in a 4-3 scheme. He also struggles when defending inside runs and is better when just setting the edge to keep the play inside.


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R018976 - 021H: t(14:18) Translocations in Dioxin Exposed Workers from Ufa (8976)Start Date: 8/1/2008
End Date: 7/31/2012
Principal Investigator (PI)Name: Joan Karr
Organization: NIOSH
Sub-Unit: OEP
Funded By: NIOSH
Primary Goals Addressed5.0 6.0
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Attributed to Manufacturing
Project Description
Short Summary
This study will investigate dose-response relationships between frequency of t(14;18) chromosomal translocation in periperal blood lymphocytes and body burdens of dioxin biproducts in a Russian worker population (Ufa, Russia) exposed to dioxin at the workplace. The PI will investigate how increasing blood levels of one of the dioxin biproducts (TCDD) effects expression of two genes and proteins and how these effects may correlate to increased genetic changes (t(14;18) chromosomal translocations) in this population.
The results of this study will have significant value for dioxin risk assessment. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is the fifth most common cancer in the United States. There is increasing epidemiologic evidence that exposure to TCDD increases risk of NHL. The recent molecular epidemiology study by Baccarelli et al (2006) suggests that the mechanism may be through dioxin promoting the expansion of t(14;18) clones which then increases the numbers of cells at risk for cumulative DMA damage. A recent NHL case control study found that NHL risk was related to blood TEQ and blood levels of dibenzofurans (de Roos et al, 2005). The Ufa Khimprom cohort offers a unique, highly-exposed population in which to investigate the effects of blood TCDD, TEQ, and other dioxin and dibenzofuran congeners on the frequency of t(14;18) translocations. Of particular interest for risk assessment, is whether increases in risk will be observed at blood dioxin levels which overlap background levels in the U.S. general population.
The specific aim of this study is to investigate the dose-response relationships between the frequency of t(14;18) translocations in peripheral blood lymphocytes and body burdens of TCDD, other dioxin congeners, and dioxin total toxic equivalent (TEQ) in a population of workers with occupational exposure to dioxin. Dioxin exposure has been associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in previous epidemiologic investigations. The t(14;18) translocation is the most frequent chromosomal translocation in human lymphoid malignancies. It is assumed to be an early event occurring in a pre-B stage cell which is a necessary, but not sufficient, step in the carcinogenesis pathway for follicular lymphoma. The overall frequency of t(14;18) cells in an individual gives an indication of the number of cells at risk for this additional DNA damage, and t(14;18) translocation has been proposed as a biomarker of environmental carcinogen exposure for NHL. We observed a significant dose-response relationship between current blood levels of TCDD and frequency of t(14;18) translocations in the population of individuals who had been environmentally exposed to 2,3,7,8-TCDD in Seveso, Italy in 1976. The current study will compare the frequency of t(14;18) translocations in 200 former TCP and 2,4,5-T workers and 200 former 2,4-D workers from the Khimprom chemical plant in Ufa, Russia to a referent population of 200 unexposed workers and retirees from the city of Beloretsk, Russia. The dioxin-exposed workers will be recruited from among workers who are currently participating in a study of reproductive outcomes among Khimprom workers. The referent population will be randomly selected from the population of residents of Beloretsk, Russia (minimal dioxin exposure) who are enrolled in the Territorial Insurance Fund. Referents will be frequency matched to the exposed on age, gender, ethnicity, employment status, and smoking. We will administer a health questionnaire, dermatologic examination and measure dioxin levels (congener- specific and TEQ) in blood and t(14;18) translocations in peripheral blood lymphocytes. We will back extrapolate peak dioxin levels using occupational histories and the best fitting pharmacokinetic models for TCDD and other congeners. We will investigate the dose-response relationship between t(14;18) translocation-positive cells and current blood TCDD, back-extrapolated blood TCDD, other dioxin congeners, and total dioxin TEQ. We will investigate the effect of increasing blood TCDD on BCL2 and KLF4 expression and how these effects are associated with increased frequency of t(14;18) translocations. We will also establish a repository of DNA and RNA from study participants for future molecular and gene expression profiling studies.
The specific aims of this research are to:
- Recruit 400 former dioxin-exposed Khimprom workers from the city of Ufa (200 who had been engaged in the production of TCP, TCP-Cu, or 2,4,5-T and 200 who had been engaged in the production of 2,4-D) and 200 unexposed referents from the city of Beloretsk, frequency matched to the exposed on age, gender, ethnicity (Bashkir, Tatar or ethnic Russian), smoking (never, former, current), and employment status (active, retired).
- Ascertain past and current health status (in particular history of lymphoma and potential confounders such as age, smoking, UV light exposure, ionizing radiation exposure, hepatitis C infection, and family history of NHL) through questionnaire, medical record review, and physical examination (for chloracne, hair and skin color).
- Ascertain past and current occupational and environmental dioxin exposure through questionnaire and occupational personnel record review.
- Measure dioxin blood levels (congener specific and dioxin total toxin equivalent (TEQ)) in these 600 participants.
- Evaluate the fit of one and two compartment toxicokinetic models to blood dioxin data and use the best fitting model to back extrapolate dioxin levels in the 400 Khimprom workers.
- Measure the prevalence and frequency of t(14;18) translocation-positive cells in the 600 participants.
- Measure the expression of BCL2 and KLF4 in lymphocytes from the 600 participants
- Investigate the dose-response relationship between the prevalence and frequency of t(14;18) translocation-positive cells and current blood TCDD, back-extrapolated blood TCDD, blood levels of other dioxin congeners, and TEQ.
- Investigate the effect of increasing blood TCDD on 8CL2 and KLF4 expression and how these effects are associated with increased frequency of t(14;18).
- Establish a repository of DMA and RNA for future molecular and gene expression profiling studies.
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Former Gov. Edwin Edwards made a big statement last week.
This writer remembers him well when he was governor, walking up to take the stand at press conferences during Louisiana Press Association annual conventions, some of which were held at the Monteleone. He made a favorable impression back then, not hesitating to answer questions whether they favored what he did or not.
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X-Factors: Short-Season park effects02/07/2014 10:00 AM ET
By Ashley Marshall / MiLB.com
In X-Factors, MiLB.com's Ashley Marshall offers a class-by-class examination of how Minor League venues affect the play on the field. Have something to say about how your favorite Minor League park plays? Tweet @MiLB and @AshMarshallMLB with your thoughts.
At the lowest rungs of the Minor League Baseball ladder, development is often considered as important, maybe more so, than competition.
Instilling fundamentals, establishing a strong work ethic and introducing teens to the daily grind of playing every day are on a par with batting averages, wins and losses.
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Class A Short-Season contains two leagues: the 14-team New York-Penn League (actually based across New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Ohio) and the eight-team Northwest League.
The Northwest League typically has slightly higher batting averages, home runs rates and walk rates, and while the differences in the two league's averages are not considerable, there are marginally more runs per game in the Northwest.
With around half as many games as full-season leagues, the samples in these two leagues are smaller, which means the data is likely more variable. As we conclude our discussion of how ballparks affect how games are played across the Minor Leagues, we consider the two Class A Short-Season circuits.
Offensive stats by league, 2008-2013
Here's an in-depth look at the park factors for each of the Class A Short-Season stadiums since 2010. Where a club has relocated or changed leagues, two parks between the four years were listed. The table looked at three counting stats -- runs, home runs and hits -- and used a formula to help compare one park with another.
((Runs scored at home + runs allowed at home)/(Home games)) / ((Runs scored on the road + runs allowed on the road)/(Road games))
View the entire 2013 park factors list, alphabetized by team »
Note: A park factor of 1.000 is considered neutral and represented an equal number of runs/homers/hits at home as on the road. A factor over 1.000 favors hitters, while a factor under 1.000 favors pitchers. A weighted average was added into the calculation to place a greater emphasis on more recent data to be more reflective of the most current makeup of each team and league and to ensure the statistics were not disproportionately skewed by extremes.
New York-Penn League: At a Glance
Within a league of extremes are three divisions with their own distinct characteristics. The Stedler Division (four teams in four states) boasts both the most hitter-friendly (Tri-City) and pitcher-friendly (Connecticut) ballparks in the league. The Pinckney Division, the largest of the trio, has three of the six most hitter-friendly parks in the league. The predominantly New York-based McNamara Division is generally hitter-friendly outside of Brooklyn's MCU Park, located on the edge of the ocean at Coney Island.
A Green light to swing for the fences
Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the third round of the 2012 Draft out of Jesuit High School in California, Zach Green showed early glimpses of his potential in 2013.
The 19-year-old third base prospect led the New York-Penn League with 13 homers, 34 extra-base hits and 52 runs scored, and he shared the league lead with 20 doubles.
His .478 slugging percentage was second only to Aberdeen's Conor Bierfeldt (.511), while his 41 RBIs in 74 contests ranked fourth.
"I really liked Williamsport. The ball seemed to travel pretty well there," Green said, "I think it's about 400, maybe a little more, to center and I want to say it was 340 or 350 down the lines, but the fences are pretty tall, probably 15 feet high. I was told it was a pitcher-friendly park, but the way our team hit there and the way visiting teams hit here, I wasn't surprised if a team came in here and hit three home runs.
"When you catch the wind, it usually blows out ot left field or left-center. I'm a righty, so my power is that way, and then the wind tends to blow out to left-center, so if I pull the ball I definitely have a better chance than if I went the other way."
There are certainly parts of his game he'll look to improve in 2014 -- his 91 punchouts were the second most in the league while his 17 errors were the second-most among third basemen -- but his power projects to be a plus tool.
What makes Green's season more impressive is that even though he batted .252 at home and on the road, nine of his 13 homers came at his own yard.
Williamsport's Bowman Field is considered a pitchers' park, but the Crosscutters actually led the league in homers (50), tied for third for the most runs scored (324) and had the fourth-best team batting average (.247).
On the other hand, the pitching staff ranked 13th among 14 teams with a 3.50 ERA (the league average was 3.18), and only three teams allowed more homers.
"I really liked State College and Mahoning Valley and Aberdeen," Green said. "I probably like Aberdeen's stadium the best -- it definitely had a good hitters' eye. For some reason, the ball seemed to look so much bigger there. The dimensions weren't as long as other ballparks, too. Left-center there is pretty deep, but down the lines it's definitely shorter than most.
"In Tri-City the wind definitely blows out to straight left, which is good for me, and I think that park was a little short. And in Jamestown the ball really seemed to travel even though the dimensions are not hitter-friendly."
Beating the odds
Despite playing in the most hitter-friendly ballpark in the New York-Penn League, Tri-City's Michael Feliz led the circuit with a 1.96 ERA. He yielded 53 hits and 13 walks over 69 innings (his 0.96 WHIP ranked second) and he recorded 78 strikeouts bested only by Brooklyn's duo of Miller Diaz (87) and John Gant (81).
He was 2-0 with a 1.78 ERA in six home games and 2-2 with a 2.06 mark in eight road contests.
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Despite being 309 feet down the lines and 401 feet to center field, fewer balls have left Connecticut's Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium (92) than any other New York-Penn League stadium since 2010.
No Connecticut Tiger has ranked inside the top five in homers, runs or RBIs in the NYPL since the Oneonta Tigers moved to Norwich in 2010, but Danry Vazquez led the league with 90 hits in 2012 and Dean Green ranked second with 84 in 2011.
No Minor League team had a lower team batting average at home than the Tigers' .212. Of the seven Tigers to hit more than one homer last year, five players hit lower than .219.
Tyler Collins holds the team's single-season record with eight in 42 games in 2011.
Northwest League: At a Glance
The AquaSox's bandbox remains one of the most difficult places to pitch in all of baseball. Only Salem-Keizer's Volcanoes Stadium can say it has yielded 200 or more homers over the past four seasons, but it still averages 15 long balls fewer each year than Everett Memorial Stadium.
Gesa Stadium and PK Park maintained their reputations as the most pitcher-friendly parks, with only Boise's Memorial Stadium resembling anything close to neutral across the board. Last season also marked the first for Hillsboro Ballpark after the Hops' relocation from Yakima's County Stadium, which had been the Northwest League's most difficult stadium in which to hit a home run.
Fun in the sun
The ongoing joke at Everett's Memorial Stadium is that you need to keep the opponent under double-digit runs to have a shot of winning.
Extreme? A little. But the sentiment certainly has a hint of truth to it.
There were a Northwest League-high 53 homers hit in AquaSox home games in 2013, compared with just 23 hit on the road. Putting this into perspective, there were just 12 long balls hit in Vancouver and 16 in Tri-City.
It's not just 2013, either. There were 60 homers smacked out of Everett Memorial Stadium in 2012, 83 the previous year and 65 in 2011. In AquaSox road games those seasons, there were 47, 33 and 31, respectively.
"We have day games and our trainer, who has been in the league 35 leagues -- Spyder Webb -- says we have to keep them under 10 runs to have a chance," said AquaSox pitching coach Rich Dorman. "He knows day games at Everett Memorial aren't fun. That's usually where you see a lot of runs.
"In right-center field there's an old manual scoreboard. It's pretty shallow to right-center, maybe 300, 320 feet. That's the power alley to right-center -- the ball flies a little bit there. You see a lot of pop-ups go over that wall. We have 38 home games and, when we hit one of those pop-up home runs, I just look in the other team's dugout at their pitching coach's face and laugh a little bit because I know how bad it is."
Among hurlers who bucked the odds at Everett Memorial Stadium was Dutch right-hander Lars Huijer, who went 8-2 with a 3.03 ERA over 14 games in 2013. He had a 30 2/3 scoreless inning streak through July and August, but he saw his ERA more than double from 1.49 over his final four starts, in which he gave up a total of 15 runs.
"Keeping the ball down in the zone is what our goal is with all of the pitchers in our organization. We preach pitching down in the zone and he bought into it and he kept the ball down," Dorman said. "He really got inside on a lot of right-handers and his changeup had guys out in front, keeping the ball on the ground. Maybe the last two or three starts he got a little fatigued, but he still had a chance to win double-digit ball games. Finishing Short-Season with 10 wins is pretty remarkable.
"It's a mind-set of getting guys to buy into it. If you pitch to try and have something not happen, the odds are it will happen. So if you're on the mound being passive and not attacking the zone and going after hitters, you're going to give one up or two or three. I've never seen a ground ball go over the wall, so if you keep the ball on the ground, you're going to get outs."
Early indications
The Hillsboro Hops are barely six months old, so there isn't too much data to utilize. That said, what did we learn about Hillsboro Ballpark from the small sample size of data so far?
There were 10 percent more hits and 4 percent more runs in Hops home games than road games, but there were 13 percent fewer homers.
Hillsboro's new yard is deeper down the lines (325 feet compared with 295 feet at the Arizona D-backs' former Short-Season affiliate in Yakima) but six feet shallower in center field (400 feet instead of 406 feet).
"The new stadium in Hillsboro is pretty fair," said Dorman. "It's maybe more of a pitchers' park because it has a huge outfield and the turf is pretty slow."
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Now not only can you get a 212, 215 Hero, but they just announced the mighty 220 Hero. One of the biggest advantages you can have in battle is attacking and defending with the highest level hero available in the game. Many of the beginners don't know how much of an advantage it makes, but it is huge. The Hero could be the most important piece of the pie when it comes to playing The Hobbit. Not only can you use the hero to double (and more) your damage to other troops, but if you assign it in the Great Hall, you can gain tremendous advantages in resource production, training, building and research time.
In order to level up your hero, you have to be really careful not to go over 199. Follow the steps below:
- Level your Great Hall to 10, you will need a hobbit building crew.
- Get your Hero to Level 186 without going over
- Use 1 Train With Gandalf and a few of the smaller train withs, but be careful not to go over 199. You can attack as well to increase the level. The game allows you to use 1 final train with before reaching level 200. If you hit level 200, you cannot use anymore train withs. So it is imperative you don't go over.
- Once at 199 and 2960/3980, you can apply 1 more train with Gandalf.
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- Be sure to assign your hero to attack so that your max out your troop kill ratios
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The Lincolnshire Wolds is a living, working landscape, with woodland, grassland and abandoned chalk pits providing important habitats for rare flowers and wildlife. It was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973, identifying the Wolds as some of Britain's finest countryside, part of the AONB family and a true landscape for life.
The Lincolnshire Wolds AONB is a nationally important and cherished landscape. The area lies in the north-eastern quarter of the county of Lincolnshire, mid-way between Lincoln and the coast, surrounded by the relatively flat fens, coastal marsh and the Lincoln Clay Vale. The AONB comprises an area of nearly 56,000ha, while the wider Lincolnshire Wolds Natural Character Area (NCA) incorporates the two neighbouring areas of the 'Spilsby Crescent' to the south and the remaining chalk uplands to the north.
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Smithsonian Magazine reports that mislabeling fish is rampant, particularly in sushi restaurants.
sushi began in the Edo era and is now enjoyed by many people around the world.
His palate was so sensitive that he could detect if the kitchen added a few grams too much sugar to the sushi rice.
He loved that idea, and suggested a potluck dinner of sushi and strawberry smoothies and readings from our favorite books.
People are willing to spend $200–$300 for dinner for two at a sushi restaurant.
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Plus, sushi is yummy, and you can't blame a singer who's spent a decade shopping at Hot Topic for wanting to switch up her look.
Germans have a special bond with their wurst; like pizza and Italians; sushi and the Japanese; or beer and, well, the Germans.
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"My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that." Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland.
Apple's [AAPL] supplier, Hon Hai/Foxconn, reported record annual profits on strength of iPhone and iPad sales, even as the company prepares to introduce the next iteration smartphone in June.
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Hon Hai reported its net income for 2012 climbed 16 percent year-on-year while net sales climbed 13 percent. Apple makes up 40-50 percent of the company's revenues.
These figures contrast previous reports claiming a slow down in iPhone sales in the current quarter. That speculation was itself based on claims of a hiring freeze, which Hon Hai described as reflecting improved staff retention following the Chinese New Year, itself likely reflecting improved working conditions at the Apple supplier.
Following traditional sales cycles, iPhone shipments customarily decline in the quarter subsequent to the introduction of a new model, but it seems Apple's preparing to unleash a new device, at least according to Piper Jaffray's senior Apple analyst, Gene Munster.
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Munster expects the next big Apple reveal will take place in June, at the end of the calendar second quarter. He adds that if there's an earlier Apple event this will likely focus on upgraded iPads and iTunes improvements, such as the introduction of streaming music services.
Streamed music seems to have come of age, with music industry insiders now anticipating decline in a la carte music downloads. Deezer CEO, Axel Dauchez this week spoke to the change in music purchasing patterns when he predicted:
"We see the end of music downloads as coming this year, not in terms of volumes but in terms of the concept.
"I have no prediction about the timing of the shift. So many big interests are involved. For example, when will Apple have an interest to sacrifice its current model to move to the next one? Nobody knows," Dauchez added.
Munster's note warns that the impact of continued economic meltdown (itself reflecting continued environmental decline) will affect Apple in the current quarter, predicting the company will deliver results at the low end of its $41-$43 billion guidance. That's a pattern I consider likely to be reflected across most consumer and technology firms as the cycle of decline continues unabated.
With this as the economic backdrop it's of little surprise Munster remains certain Apple will introduce a new and lower-cost iPhone configuration this year, most likely in September. This release will benefit from pre-Christmas seasonality and the iPod nano effect I've discussed previously here.
When this new model iPhone emerges it will help Apple extend its hold on the smartphone sector. That's important as overall smartphone growth is expected to slow down to 36 percent (from 50 percent) by Q4 2013.
Such a release will have a big effect: as BGR noted yesterday:
"The budget iPhone is likely to boost Apple's year-on-year volume growth for the second half of 2013 to well above 40 percent, possibly over 50 percent, even if the model is priced at $350 in retail without subsidies. If it's priced at or below $300, the volume boost could be a lot bigger. What would that mean for the rest of the field if the global smartphone volume growth continues its cooling, likely to around 30 percent during the second half of 2013?"
Risk and opportunity
The smartphone sector is deeply competitive, with Android device makers competing on price; Apple attempting to carve its own distinctive space within the sector and other device manufacturers fighting over the remaining crumbs on the plate.
The effect of an Apple iPhone nano land grab on the Christmas market will likely accelerate consolidation in the smartphone sector, driving some manufacturers to forge new partnerships or exit the game.
This may sound a histrionic prediction, but given the general decline in consumer and enterprise spending as a direct reaction to continued recession, the game's becoming desperate now -- even larger conglomerates will likely choose to focus on their profitable arms rather than continuing to invest in the ultra-competitive, low margin high unit production business the smartphone industry is increasingly becoming.
Apple's good fortune here is that while others seek to differentiate their products, its own offering is fundamentally differentiated. This empowers the firm to maintain a good grip on the market, a grip made all the more powerful by the industry leading satisfaction ratings consumers report from using the firm's products. The latter point is something the company will likely work hard to put across as it engages in more aggressive marketing against its Android foe.
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Albert A. Steinbrecher, age 97, of Princeton, MN passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at the Princeton Elim Home. Albert was born August 3, 1915 in Camp Point, IL, the son of William H. Sr. and Emma (Schroeder) Steinbrecher.
Albert held many jobs throughout his life and was a jack of all trades. He enjoyed fishing, golfing and visiting with family and friends.
Albert is survived by his wife Mary Steinbrecher of Princeton; daughter Joyce (John) Kimbler of Fridley; grandchildren, Michael Kimbler of Fridley, Timothy (Megan) Steinbrecher of Spokane, WA, Michelle (Mark) Rhoades of Coon Rapids and Troy Kimbler of Fridley; 8 great grandchildren, Sommer, Andrea (Nick), Paige, Brandon, Kevin, Dakoda, Eric and Weslyn; 1 great great grandchild Victoria; along with many nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Gladys; second wife Thelma; sons Waldon and Ronald; siblings, Cloyd, Dorothy Sanford, William Jr.; grandchildren Terrance Steinbrecher and Richard Kimbler; and great grandchild Richard "Ricky" Kimbler.
Funeral Services for Albert A. Steinbrecher will be held Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Princeton. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday. Interment will be in Milo Cemetery.
Arrangements entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Princeton.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127249892012-04-15T21:52:49.988-07:00Blue-Dyed HandsAdventures in Dyeing, Spinning, and firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-67193482327698455812007-12-24T09:35:00.000-08:002007-12-24T09:38:54.109-08:00Merry ChristmasWell, we finally got our visas two days ago after five months of living with my parents. This is truly a season to rejoice. We'll be leaving for Rio on December 31. I'm not sure how often I'll be updating this blog in the future, but you can see what I'm up to on Ravelry. Merry email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-33125261676308109172007-10-15T23:33:00.000-07:002007-10-15T23:46:01.709-07:00New project., new yarnI've started a new project, of my own design, using Colourmart DK weight coned silk. I'm having to double-strand it, because there is no way that this is a true DK weight. More fingering, I'd say. That's Colourmart. Their laceweight is cobweb, and their four-ply is lace-weight, etc. Gorgeous yarn, though. The color I have is "Camel," a nice neutral. I'm making a top-down raglan lace blouse, meant to evoke 1930s England.

I'm almost down to where I can put the sleeve stitches on waste yarn.

I did a bit of stash enhancement over the weekend. Because I'm just sitting here, waiting to go to Brazil, I'm going through the yarn at a faster rate than usual. I ordered some Elann Pegasus in Sky Blue and some Elann Ramie/Cotton. The Pegasus will be combined with some Connemara I bought last year to become this, and the Ramie/Cotton will become this. I love the look of Berocco's Bling Bling, but I couldn't justify $140 for a short-sleeved sweater. $16 from Elann suits me just fine. I am, however, considering at-home means of getting gold onto the yarn. Fabric paint? Jones Tones foil?firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-79264227550716134712007-10-05T15:49:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:51:01.634-07:00Tangled Yoke PicturesButtons and everything!

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-52330598455365123142007-10-02T13:03:00.000-07:002007-10-02T13:05:04.223-07:00Ravelry!I've finally gotten on to Ravelry! My screen name is Lobolita. (My little brother's nickname for me.) Come find firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-18348948763809461752007-10-02T10:46:00.000-07:002007-10-02T10:59:24.621-07:00Tangled Yoke Finished!Yesterday, I finished the last button band on the Tangled Yoke Cardigan. Here it lies in its blocked-but-not-dry state:

Pattern: Tangled Yoke Cardigan by Eunny Jang in the Fall '07 Interweave Knits
Yarn: Jaeger Trinity from Webs
Needles: #6 Inox circular, #4 Susan Bates circular, #0 aluminum crochet hook
Start-to-finish: About a month
Modifications: Not many. Other than using a completely different yarn, I only made two significant mods. Obviously, the first was making it short-sleeved. For the sleeves, I cast on the final number of sleeve stitches indicated in the pattern and worked 6 rows of garter rib before joining to the body. Secondly, instead of picking up stitches for the purl bumps on the collar and doing a three-needle bind-off with the collar stitches, I slip stitched the live collar stitches down to the purl bumps using a small croched hook. I decided to do this after seeing Sil's collar travails.

The pattern was extremely well-written. Even the complicated cable was quite easy, as long as I followed the directions. I'll post a modeled shot as soon as it's dry and I sew on the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-90112811365628876062007-09-04T11:59:00.000-07:002007-09-04T12:29:31.823-07:00Bad NewsFirst off, we're not in Brazil. Things have been...delayed. The Brazilian government doesn't particularly like American volunteers, apparently, so it's really hard to get our visas through. So we're waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Did I mention we're living with my parents while we wait?

Right now, we're waiting in Long Beach, WA, which is kind of fun. We went to see Mt. St. Helens, too, which was awesome.

That was a pretty big boom when it went off. The National Park area around the mountain is incredibly desolate still, but Weyerhauser has done great job of replanting its lost forest.

It's pretty amazing what one little volcanic eruption can do to a landscape.

I've also had time for a great deal of knitting. I finished the Roundabout Tank, a shell of my own design, my Hedera socks, and am currently 5 inches into the Tangled Yoke Cardigan. With nothing else to do, I've discovered I can really fly through the yarn. I'm also forcing myself to practice some project monogamy, or at least bigamy, by having only one large project and one pair of socks on the needles at the time. That way, I actually finish things. Imagine that.

Very bad pictures of my Hedera Socks, featuring Abbey:

Pattern: Hedera, from Knitty
Yarn: Panda Cotton, in Red Cinnamon
Needles: Socks knitted one at a time on two #1 Inox 16-inch circulars.
Comments: I like the pattern, and I like the yarn, but Panda Cotton is a bit too splitty to knit lace comfortably. I'd pick a different yarn for this pattern if I were to knit it email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-82290411360796855342007-07-30T12:18:00.001-07:002007-07-30T12:26:15.504-07:00I did it!!!!This morning I got a message from my college adviser that my final project was approved!!!!!!! My M.Ed. is done!!!!!!! Two years of sheer torture are complete!!!!!!! For the record, this is a Master of Education degree from the University of Washington, Bothell. My hood, when I get it, will have a purple and gold lining and a light blue velvet band, representing the field of education. This makes me want to knit something celebratory. Perhaps in light blue, with purple and gold accents? Hmmmm...I'm thinking fair isle....email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-59956956224873726892007-07-30T10:46:00.000-07:002007-07-30T10:59:28.703-07:00Kiri GiftedThe Kiri shawl I finished over a year ago has been given to my grandmother. I made it out of Icelandic laceweight she gave me, which my uncle had sent her while he was stationed in Iceland, so it seemed fitting that she be the recipient of the shawl. She loved it.

And here's the back, with Grandma doing her best snobby dress mannequin pose.

My grandmother is 82 and a character. She has 64 direct, living descendants, including 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. When you add in all the spouses of these descendants, there are over 100 people at most family gatherings. Grandma taught me to crochet when I was six or seven years old, and has always fostered my crafting habit. Unlike most of my cousins, I grew up next door to her, so I've been fortunate enough to have maximum Grandma-exposure. Her own mother lived to be 98, so we expect to see a good deal of Grandma yet.

The Roundabout Tank continues, sadly. It's not sad because of the tank, which is great fun, but it's sad because it means our Visas for Brazil haven't come. If they had, we would be in the air right now.

I'm making the second size, but I joined at 37" instead of 40", because I wanted a bit of negative ease. I'm three balls into my nine balls of Pegasus, and I'm hoping the yarn holds out until the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-62092387861648608632007-07-26T10:42:00.000-07:002007-07-26T10:52:13.087-07:00PegasusI've succumbed to the siren song of Flickr. One of the big reasons I haven't blogged as much as I should is that uploading photos to our private server was so fiddly and time-consuming. (I know. Wah. Millions of people do it every day.) So I've switched to Flickr, which is much easier, and, quite frankly, cooler. I present to you, Pegasus:

And the much-desired appropriate edging stitches for the Roundabout Leaf Tank (The photo is flipped, lest you think I knit left-handed):

And finally, here's some of the Brazil stash:

Surprisingly non-blue. What you see are orange Jaeger Trinity, celery Elann Camila, three colors of Crystal Palace Panda Cotton and Panda Wool, camel silk from Colourmart, red KnitPicks CotLin, moss Misti Alpaca laceweight, and lime Lacey Lamb from Jade Sapphire.

Packed away already are a couple of cakes of Zephyr Wool-Silk, some Brown Sheep Cotton Fine, another color of Jaeger Trinity, and some sapphire blue Elann Luna. And the Pegasus, of course. I've got projects planned for about half of it already, and the rest will probably be my own firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-92042085945159976282007-07-25T17:00:00.000-07:002007-07-25T17:15:06.352-07:00Roundabout Leaf TankThe Elann Pegasus arrived in the mail this afternoon, so I immediately swatched it to see if it would work better than the Katia Jet. It's a lovely yarn, very squashy, with a good "crunch" and incredible shine from the rayon content. It is much lighter and drapier than the Katia, so I'm pleased. I'll upload pictures as soon as my camera batteries decide they're done recharging.

Unfortunately, beautiful though the yarn is, I'm getting 20 stitches to the inch on #7 needles rather than the pattern's called-for 18. I went up to #8 needles, and got the same gauge. Since the fabric is already pretty loose on #7s, I decided to go with it, and just add two stitches to the width of the strip as it winds around and around.

Speaking of the strip, I cast on immediately after finishing my gauge calculations, and discovered a rather glaring error in the instructions. This is in addition to the errors already revealed in the errata on the knitalong blog.

You see, in the picture, the knitted strip appears to be a field of stockinette bordered by two lines of faggoting and a couple of edge stitches. The problem is that the directions listed do not produce that at all. The holes on the left side of the strip line up in classic faggoting, but the ones on the right side just make two wonky lines of holes with a zig-zag stitch in between. To make the knitted strip appear as it does in the photo of the finished garment, the pattern should read like this for both the border and the regular strip sections:

Row 1 (RS) K3, yo, ssk, k15, yo, ssk, k2.

This should make the holes line up in the correct manner. I haven't gotten any further than this in the knitting, and I probably won't do any more on it until we're headed to Brazil, but I'll keep track of any more errors I spot along the way. I really wish that the patterns in this book had been test-knit. It's such a beautiful book, and the patterns are so unique, that it seems a great shame that there are so many errors. Everywhere I go on the web, it seems, the first comment I read about the book is that it is riddled with email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-19562312902393819782007-07-19T18:47:00.000-07:002007-07-19T19:00:15.018-07:00We are not amusedThe Katia Jet came in the mail today, and I decided to swatch it before packing it away, and I am very glad that I did. The color is lovely, and the yarn is very nice, but the fabric it makes is waaaaaay too firm for the Roundabout Leaf Tank, which, to all indications, should be slinky and drapey. (By the way, here's be best one I've found on the internet so far.)

So, back to Elann the yarn goes. This time, I'm going to order their house-brand Pegasus, and hope that the rayon content provides the necessary drape.

I've decided on the color "natural," because I don't really like the pale blue offered, Tim doesn't like pink, and none of the other colors really speak to me. Hopefully, this order will work firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-34212453378527731242007-07-17T22:22:00.000-07:002007-07-17T22:36:13.892-07:00Love! Love! Love!I just checked out Norah Gaughan's Knitting Nature from the library. I am in love. I know that this book made the blog rounds some time ago, but at the time, I didn't truly realize just how wonderful the patterns in it are. Right now, I am obsessing over two, the Roundabout Leaf Tank (like everybody else) and the Shell Tank. Both will be great for Brazil.

For the Shell Tank, I already have appropriate stash yarn, Elann Sonata in Tapestry Blue

For the Roundabout Leaf Tank, I had to order some yarn, since there wasn't any aran weight summer yarn in my stash. Once again, I went with Elann (I'm so close to the $50 free yarn!) for Katia Jet, which I hope will work well for this. I know, cotton's not slinky like the Berroco Denim Silk the pattern calls for, but I'm hoping the chainette construction will help with this. My husband chose the color Aqua, and I think he made a pretty good choice:

There will, of course, be no knitting on these projects until I get to Brazil. We leave on the 30th of July! Nothing but packing and panic for the next two firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-28788373345412294002007-07-04T20:58:00.000-07:002007-07-04T21:01:39.833-07:00It tells you they didn't have a lot else to celebrateLithuania has money with people spinning on it. Awesome.

Oh, and happy Fourth of July. God bless America and our soldiers.firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-24142544723767070872007-07-03T14:14:00.000-07:002007-07-03T14:28:05.010-07:00The Stash for BrazilLookee in the sidebar--a new shop widget! I am excited. Please, buy my yarn. I don't have anywhere to put it.

What I do have is lots of cotton and linen and silk to take with me to Brazil. I have spent the last three or four months building the Brazil stash, because Claudia told me to bring my yarn with me. Apparently, most of the yarn available in Brazil is acrylic, despite the fact that many of our natural fiber yarns in the States are manufactured there.

At last count, here's what's going to Brazil with us:

Elann Camila, Sage, 7 balls
Jaeger Trinity, Dull Pink, 5 balls
Jaeger Trinity, Flamenco, 5 balls
KnitPicks CotLin, Red, 7 balls
Elann Sonata, Blue, 8 balls
Queensland Cotolino, White, 10 balls
Elann Esprit, Brazil, 6 balls
Elann Connemara, Blue, 6 balls
Colourmart Silk, Camel, 2 cones

Not to mention the lace and sock yarn. So, you can see that I will be prepared.

By the way, Rosemary mentioned that I hadn't said anything about our new blog. You can find out about our Brazil adventures at TimAndLorraine.com, and I've also put a permanent link in the sidebar.

I think that I will keep this blog up, just for knitting-related blogging. Now that school's out, and the masters-degree-of-death is nearly complete, I should be able to get to this more often. I hope. No promises, though, if the last six months are any firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1172859760693385552007-03-02T10:09:00.000-08:002007-03-02T10:56:31.536-08:00Gagh! Still here!Sorry, blog-friends. I have been remonstrated by the husband of a regular reader (you know who you are) for not posting more often. All I can say is mea culpa.

And what's more, this is going to be a lame, picture-less post. Sorry.

So, Brazil. Yes, we are moving to Rio de Janiero this summer. We'll be teaching History and Science at a school in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, commonly known as Barra. (I've read that the "rr" in "Barra" is pronounced like the "tt" in "butter." This makes no sense to me, but I'll go with it. My husband has chosen an elaborate tongue roll instead. I think I'll go with the path of least resistance.)

In response to my last post's comments, yes, if you know us and want to visit us, you'll be very welcome. We have no idea what our living arrangements will be like but we'll figure something out.

Rio is a very beautiful city known for its beaches, bikinis, Carnival celebrations, cocaine syndicates, and crushingly poor favelas. It also has a tropical climate and about 11 million people, both of which will take some getting used to for two people from Western Washington.

We'll be gone for two years, during which I intend to

Learn Portuguese

Learn to cook Brazilian food

Knit a lot of cotton

Not get tan (I realize I'm asking for the moon here, but I'd like to put off the wrinkles as long as possible. That and the skin cancer.)

Since this is a knitting blog, I'll be doing in-depth coverage of the knitting scene in Rio, which looks pretty sparse, to say the least.

Speaking of knitting, I've got a couple of super-secret gift projects going, which severly limits the blog fodder. I do have some socks to show you, though, which I will do soon. Soon, I email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1169706189177326172007-01-24T22:00:00.000-08:002007-01-24T22:23:09.380-08:00Utterly remiss in my geographic duties*Wow, I didn't realize how long it's been since I last posted.

For my birthday, I got a skein of Handmaiden Sea Silk in the "Ocean" colorway, which I promptly turned into a "Stole in Spider Pattern," from Victorian Lace Today. The book was a Christmas gift from my brother-in-law, who showed his true superiority of mind by being the only person to get me knitting paraphernalia for Christmas.

And here is the lovely result:

The Sea Silk is everything everyone says it is. It is shiny, and slinky, and crunchy, and all around good. Oh, and it has about 10,000 white nupps that have to be picked out of the yarn as you knit, resulting in strange little nupp piles on the arm of the couch. But I'm not bitter. My skein didn't smell of the sea when dry, but did smell faintly salty when wet.

I wanted to take pictures of the knitting and blocking, but we suffered an acute battery shortage around the house over the Christmas season, and it's only in the last week that I've been able to unite the technology and power supply necessary to take pictures.

Another reason I haven't posted in a while is that there's been something else taking up a bit of time.

You see, we've decided to move to Brazil.

Not permanently, just for two years. We're going to teach at a mission school there. So now I get to try to learn enough Portuguese to find out how to obtain yarn in Rio de Janeiro. But that's a topic for another post.

* The title is taken from a CD I dearly loved as a child, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, as sung by Rockapella. In a particular song about state capitals, they forget Pierre, South Dakota, so the mayor comes on the song and tells them they have been "remiss in their geographic duties."email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1166207610839912762006-12-15T10:30:00.000-08:002006-12-15T10:33:30.850-08:00Can anyone explain this?In my monthly newsletter from Christian Book Distributors, I came across this:

What I want to know is this: exactly what theological concept is this meant to express?

On the knitting front, I am feverishly into my gift knitting, so no peeks here. I'll post the FO's nearer to email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1161494962811494072006-10-21T22:13:00.000-07:002006-10-21T22:29:22.826-07:00One Finished ObjectI give you Sienna:

Obviously, with some mods. The big one is the yarn, which is not the Blue Sky Alpaca called for in the pattern, but Malabrigo handspun in the Thistle colorway. Nice yarn, okay pattern. My other mod was to make it 3/4 length sleeves rather than full length, since I tend to push my sleeves up at work all the time.

This is a comfy cardigan. A bit too boxy, in my opinion. It adds pounds I don't need to add. I think if I made it again in the future, which is unlikely, I'd add significant waist shaping. The yarn is lovely and soft, and I like the color.

The other major project I'm working now is top secret, so I can't show it here, but hopefully you'll see the pattern somewhere else someday.

P.S. I was interested to note the three new yarns on the KnitPicks website. This looks like an Elann-style short run, or perhaps they're market-testing some new lines. I ordered up a vest-worth of Wakashan in "Wild Cherry Quinault." Worsted-weight baby alpaca. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1160746999890037792006-10-13T06:39:00.000-07:002006-10-13T06:43:19.903-07:00Time-wasterFour things that keep me from knitting:

1. Work
2. Night school for my masters
3. Worship team practice at church
4. Yarn-hungry kittens

She is tiny, she is affectionate, and she loves to chew on yarn. Her name is Elf.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1158213331228360312006-09-13T22:45:00.000-07:002006-09-13T23:09:28.513-07:00Stealth projectI often forget to blog about what I'm knitting. I realize this defeats the purpose of having a knitting blog, but it's just so hard to lay down the needles sometimes in order to type up a post. No excuse, I know.

But I have been working on a project for a couple of weeks now, and since I've gotten to the blocking stage, I figured it was high time to post a picture. I'm making the Sienna Cardigan, from the Fall '06 Interweave, in Handpaintedyarn.com bulky handspun wool, in the "thistle" colorway. This is obviously not the yarn called for in the pattern, but I got gague, and I think it's turned out pretty well:

Don't be alarmed by the oddly disparate sizes of the sleeves. It's a camera illusion. I measured them several times, and they are actually the same width. 14" at the armscye, 10" at the cuff.

I cannot begin to describe how much I love this yarn. It is soooooo soft, and the color variegation and thick-and-thin texture were enough to keep me interested all the way up the stockinette back and sleeves. And so far I've only used 5 skeins! Talk about a bargain. I'll probably make it through skein #6 doing the collar and button bands, but even so, that's pretty inexpensive for a cardigan. I am doing 3/4 length sleeves, because I'll be wearing this to work, and I tend to push my sleeves up while I'm typing, so I'd rather not have to.

Now I've just got to wait for this to dry, and then I get to mattress stitch! <grumble>

Shop news
I've put up four new sock yarns in the shop and one new roving. I really love the tourmaline colorway. Pretty, email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1157349882751508262006-09-03T22:55:00.000-07:002006-09-03T23:04:42.766-07:00Of Harlots and ShawlsGuess who I saw tonight?

And guess who else was there?

About 500 knitters. Maybe more. It was crazy. Stephanie was, as ever, amusing. This was the first stop on her latest tour, so she was charmingly frazzled, and sticking pretty close to her notes. She was wearing her Icarus, which she blocked on her living room floor last night, and I was wearing my Icarus, which I blocked on my sewing room floor last week before I became deathly ill. Want a finished pic?

Here's the blocked shot:

Pretty, pretty eyelets running into pretty, pretty scallops:

Running into a pretty, fluted edge:

I've put some new yarn up in the shop tonight, and have 5 more skeins to post later in the week. It's great to be back in America, back on my feet, and ready to get back to work on Tuesday. My classroom is almost ready, and I am only a little bit behind it. September, here I email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1156260099252277042006-08-22T08:14:00.000-07:002006-08-22T08:21:39.266-07:00Interesting

Which Princess Bride Character are You?
this quiz was made by mysti

I always pictured myself as more the Vizzini type. Though after the results of my first quiz, I went back and played around with the answers and kept getting Count Rugen, which is a little disturbing.

The reason I haven't posted a picture of my blocked Icarus is that as soon as I got home from Korea I was laid low by a soul-sucking virus. Possibly bird flu. Probably not. Anyway, I was truly bedridden. But now I am better, I start work tomorrow, and I will try to get a picture of Icarus up this firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1155385297308394172006-08-12T05:14:00.000-07:002006-08-12T05:21:37.320-07:00Korea KnitsI finished it!!!!!!!

Icarus:

Unblocked, of course. That will have to wait until I get home. Which will be soon, as you can see from the bag being packed in the background. We fly out tomorrow. A detail shot of the bottom point:

The yarn is Little Lovely Pure Wool laceweight from Handpaintedyarn.com, aka Malabrigo. It's nice and "crispy," just the way I like my lace yarn. It will hold its blocking nicely.

And here is the first finished Opal Petticoat sock and its newly-started companion.

I intend to finish the second on the 11-hour plane ride home tomorrow, assuming I can get on the plane at Incheon with my knitting needles, given the new travel restrictions. We shall firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1155254897620559682006-08-10T17:05:00.000-07:002006-08-10T17:08:17.636-07:00BreakfastHere is what the school served for breakfast this morning:

I am 5 rows from the end of Icarus. I will post pictures as soon as it is done. Don't worry, Yarn Harlot, mine looks the same as yours.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12724989.post-1154609481792664722006-08-03T05:29:00.000-07:002006-08-03T05:52:00.973-07:00Seoul II: Seouled OutOn Sunday, we went on a tour of the sights of Seoul in a real live tour bus with a real live tour guide. In the morning, we went to the largest church in the world, Yoido Full Gospel Church, which has 800,000 members. It was...large. Otherwise unimpressive. I prefer smaller churches, I must say. Though the enormous, well-trained choir was awfully cool.

Then we went to lunch, and I had my first experience with Bimimbop in a stone bowl. They heat up these stone bowls and then put in raw vegetables, rice, and a raw egg. The heat of the bowl cooks it as you stir it around with your chopsticks. It was easily the best thing I have tasted in Korea.

The dark green shiny stuff on top is dried seaweed. I picked most of that out before I started mixing.

After lunch we went to Gyeongbokgung Palace, the largest of the royal palaces of the old Korean monarchy. It was disgustingly hot and humid, but the palace is truly amazing, at least as impressive as the castles of Europe. Here is the main castle enclosure:

And a detail of the painting and fretwork that lines every roof:

A pedastal within was topped with this adorable stone horse:

The guide told us that that particular courtyard was the site of mass suicides in the old days, when the nobility wanted to get the king to change his mind about something. There is also an ornamental lake surrounding another outbuilding:

It is an amazing piece of history, especially when you consider that most of it was built in the 1300s, when European kings were still living in unsanitary stone battle-fortresses, for the most part. Gyeongbokgung has central heating and reasonably sanitary bathrooms.

After the palace, we went to the blessedly air-conditioned National Museum. The most impressive things there were the medieval crowns, all finely stamped gold:

Every one of the individual pailettes on this headdress is hinged, so that they shudder and shine with the slightest movement:

For my husband, here's a medieval Korean soldier's armor:

And some early medieval swords:

This was a great tour, but exhausting. We only had an hour in the museum, so I did two floors at a dead run, pausing to photograph what I thought might be useful in my classroom. Luckily, all of the descriptions were in Korean, so it wasn't like I needed to pause and read any of them.

Knitting progress: I'm on Chart 2 of Icarus, and finished my water bottle cover. Pictures coming up email@example.com


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On 9/17/05, Douglas Stringer <dougstringer at mac dot com> wrote:
> I'm using the WRAP with a 802.11b wireless mini-PCI card.
> I am trying to bridge the wireless network back down to ethernet.
> In other words, I have an linksys 802.11b access point in one part of
> my house and I would like to put my ethernet printer on the LAN. I
> have a soekris board with a wireless card. Can I set the card to
> associate to the Linksys and pass the packets on to the ethernet port?
yeah, though not using the native bridging as Justin mentioned.
set up the miniPCI in BSS mode using the SSID of the Linksys. setup
an IP on that interface on the same network as the Linksys (assuming
that's a bridging AP). then everything should just work.