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From 27 to 30 January 2013, Wilfried Lemke traveled to Pyeong Chang, Republic of Korea, to visit the Special Winter Olympics 2013. Lemke, who considers himself a big fan of the Special Olympics, was able to watch the young people compete in disciplines such as alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, snowboarding and speed skating. Apart from the sport events the games included a global development summit focused on persistent issues for people with intellectual disabilities as well as a global youth summit.
Below you can find the UN Press Release:
United Nations Sports Envoy celebrates Special Olympics values and signs agreement with the host province of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
PyeongChang (UNOSDP) – The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, is in attendance at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games. Mr. Lemke also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Gangwon Province, the province hosting the 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games and the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games.Yesterday, Mr. Lemke provided remarks at the Flame Unification Ceremony as a representative of the UN Secretary-General. "I thank each of the athletes for their participation and courage, through which they contribute to our common mission to reframe how society views different abilities," Mr. Lemke declared at the event. Since he was appointed to the position of Special Adviser in March 2008, Mr. Lemke has been a strong advocate for a greater use of adaptive sport and physical activity as avenues for fostering the inclusion of persons with disabilities in communities and societies, and for empowering them. He has continuously supported and visited the disability sports family, including the Paralympic and Special Olympics movements along with grassroots organizations at the local level.The UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, sent a greeting video message to the Special Olympics during today's Opening Ceremony. The Secretary-General stressed the values of Special Olympics, which are "about inclusion and the promotion of fundamental rights". He added: "I welcome the Pyeongchang Declaration which will highlight the Special Olympics' role in advancing the Millennium Development Goals".Prior to the the Opening Ceremony, UNOSDP and Gangwon Province, the province of the 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games and the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, signed a partnership agreement seeking to support the attainment and awareness of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as well as to promote dialogue and mutual understanding through sport. One key objective is to promote inter-Korean harmony and contribute to world peace through sports by hosting the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games."Sport is a powerful tool for creating social change, and fostering peace and leaving a lasting legacy benefiting the local communities, the host nations and communities abroad," said Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke. He continued: "It is very positive that the Gangwon Province has taken such a strong leadership. I look forward to working with them in order to realize the joint vision that we have developed, for the benefit of peace through sport in particular."On 30 January 2013, as representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Lemke will take part in the 'Global Development Summit' to support the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention, which entered into force in May 2008, aims at fighting stigmatization and discrimination, as well as strengthening the rights of the world's estimated 650 million persons with disabilities, including their right "to participate on an equal basis with others in recreational, leisure and sporting activities" (Article 30).
Photo 1: Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke (second from right), Mr. Moon-soon Choi (second from left), Governor of Gangwon Province, surrounded by Mr. Man-hee Shin (left), Director-General of Gangwon Headquarters for PyeongChang 2018, and Ms. Julie Lee, UNOSDP; © UNOSDP
Photo 2: Global Youth Summit; © UNOSDP


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Local youth track standouts Saudia James-Heard and Kelee Ringo are continuing to shine. The duo was part of a group of six athletes to represent Washington at the Hershey's Track and Field Games on Aug. 3 in Hershey, Pa., as each placed in the top five in the 200-meter dash in their respective divisions.
"It felt really good," said Ringo, an 11-year-old from Tacoma making his first appearance at the meet, which featured 450 of the top 9- to 14-year-old athletes from around North America. "I felt honored that I got to go."
Ringo, the only 11-year-old in his group amongst seven 12-year-olds, claimed fourth place in the 200 with a time of 26.81 seconds. He earned the ticket to Pennsylvania by winning the 200 in 26.6 seconds at the regional meet at Mount Tahoma Stadium on July 23. The feat is even more impressive considering Ringo started track just three years ago as a way to improve his quickness for football. Ringo's times in the 100- and 200-meter dashes also qualified him for the Junior Olympics on July 22-28 in Greensboro, N.C., but he didn't attend that event and hopes to qualify again next year.
"I'm hoping to get good in both (events)," he said. "I want to win it all next year."
But Ringo, who will attend Gray Middle School this fall, was quick to deflect attention, giving credit for his success to "all my coaches and my parents. I especially thank God and my competition."
James-Heard, 13, made her fourth trip to the meet, having won the 400-meter dash last year. Moving up to the 13- to 14-year-old age group this year, she took fifth in the 200-meter dash in a time of 27.07 seconds, noting that racing against an older group has provided a greater challenge.
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When Design Motivates
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Published on January 22, 2002
e all know the story. A highly talented designer goes out on his own, hoping to strike it rich with some highly dynamic, ultra-slick, incredibly motion-focused website. He dumps countless hours into the music tracks. He spends hours in Illustrator putting together templates for his polygons. He moves his toothbrush and pants into Flash and puts in enough ActionScript to make his Aunt blush. He puts it all together with a highly interesting intro and embeds it into his newest domain name.
- Your users are inspired by speed: See rule #3.
- Your users are inspired by effective information architecture: See rule #3.
- Your users are not you.
I am biased. I spend thousands of dollars each year to purchase new and upgrade old computers to stock my home and office. My programming machine runs FreeBSD and I configured it completely. I know it inside and out. My laptop is MacOSX and I use it whenever I'm out and need to take care of something. My second desktop runs Windows 2000. They're all networked and talking to each other like family. I know and love my machines.
I hate my machines when they do things that I don't anticipate. I hate them like an annoying friend that follows you around thinking you're going to take a shine to him. I hate them like I hated doing homework.
Someone once said, "If I wanted my computer to make noise while I am on the Net, I'd put in a CD, or lick my thumb and rub it on the monitor. And if I wanted to see things move, I'd pop in a DVD or play a video game." We are stubborn users and we are set in our ways.
Several days ago, I deleted Flash. Gone. Kaput. Ix-nay the ash-Flay. But afterwards, I went out browsing, and several things amazed me: Blank areas in websites, sites that wouldn't load, sites that redirected to other sites telling me to download Flash and even sites that crashed.
I noted all the aforementioned sites, so I won't visit again. One of them was a potential employer. I am glad I never called them back. I don't think I'd like to work at a company that disregards usability.
Rule #3
our users are not you. This is the fulcrum on which the Internet balances so tediously. You are a designer or a developer. Your users are not. You know what http stands for, your users don't. You know the price of Adobe Photoshop. You know how to effectively use Google. You know regular expression. You know tween. You know what the dpi resolution is on your monitor.
I think you get the point. Since you're reading this, you're one of the professionals in the field of Internet design and development. This is not a typical Internet user's stop on the Net, so it's easy to infer that you're a minority of the populace. That speaks volumes about this audience.
The important thing to remember when dealing with motion design is where it motivates the users to go. If it convinces them to go deeper into the site and tells them that it is imperative that they go in and purchase your wares, then you're succeeding. But I've never seen a site like that built with Flash.
I will make some sweeping generalizations now, something that an English professor would say I shouldn't do. 99% of Flash-based sites out there motivate users to go as far away from that site as they possibly can. I think you'd agree that's motivation in the wrong direction.
A colleague of mine, Joe Mease from Xylem Interactive won a competition at Macromedia dealing with low load-time eCommerce sites developed completely in Flash. It's a great model. I think it might load more quickly than the average HTML site. But that's irrelevant. While Macromedia and Flash may have a large percentage of the market using their plug-in, they haven't convinced me to use it.
It all goes back to moving things on my screen when I don't want them to move. It's pretty archaic when you think about it. Your mother will struggle with the site. She wants a task bar. She wants a back button. She wants a highly interactive site in Flash that uses HTML rather than Flash. She doesn't know that she wants that, but that's the reality of the situation.
So where does that leave Flash developers? It means having to develop a new plug-in that is a touch more user-friendly, rather than changing the rules in order to accomplish goals. Put something simple in ActionScript that accepts commands from the back button that we all know. Put in an engine that will automatically convert Flash sites into HTML equivalents.
It's happened more than once that I went to a Flash site with an option for an HTML-only version and learned that the HTML version isn't as updated as the Flash site. What would happen if customers choose the HTML version? They are not empowered with the same information as those who enter the Flash-based site.
Or, convince web developers to start creating the aforementioned HTML-only sites on their own. It is a mere suggestion that would go a long way towards having a usable Internet.
Tying it All Together
hroughout the months that DigiSect has been featured here at Digital Web Magazine, we've talked about a lot of things, including usability and search-engine optimization. Those two are literally removed when creating a site solely in Flash. Designers may not know anyone that is blind, but I do. They can't use Flash sites. Designers may not know anyone that uses Lynx, but I do. And then there are the people that don't use Flash because of the principle of waiting longer for no extra information.
We may not appear to be the majority because we run in the circles of designers and developers, people living on the cutting edge of technology in the hopes of finding something new and interesting to throw onto the World Wide Web. But we still make up a significant market share.
Obviously, the mood of DigiSect this month is a rather negative one. I've admitted that I am biased against motion design. Have I ever sat down and created a Flash-based site?
Yes, I have. And I struggled every moment, save for one: The first time I loaded it and watched it unfold before my eyes. I'm sure you know the feeling. After dumping hours into Flash's timeline, staring at little dots and arrows, and finally seeing it all come together. It's a great moment.
Fortunately for me, I can get the same feeling seeing my database interact properly with PHP scripting. I feel that all the time and anyone can see its results.
There, I've vented and it's out of my system. It took me all of these words to get me to this point of relaxation, but I can now talk to you about motion design and be completely objective for you.
- Your users are not you. If you know this, go to #2.
- If you don't give your users the chance to forego Flash interaction, you've neglected a bulk of them. If you make an HTML site in tandem with your Flash site, go to #3.
- If you do not keep your HTML site updated, you've overlooked many users. If your HTML site is updated from the same database as your Flash site, go to #4.
- If your content is not fresh, you've shortchanged your users. If your content is fresh and engaging, you win.
It's a simple combination of steps. It's easy to forget some of those rules. They are universal. They encompass everything that we do on the Net. We're not even really concerned, these days, with v4 browser compatibility anymore. We just want our options. Please give us that.
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Mission Statement for the Sculpture Garden
The primary focus of the Sculpture Garden is to present thought-provoking, quality exhibitions and related programs. Sculptures reflect a variety of media and represent the work of local, regional and national artists. As an extension of the community-based school of art, the Contemporary Sculpture Garden is committed to providing educational shows for our students, members and the diverse population of Central Florida. All exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public.
Contemporary Sculpture Garden
The attractively landscaped Crealdé campus features the Sculpture Garden with more than 60 three-dimensional pieces of outdoor art on display year-round. The collection represents more than 40 Florida artists including internationally-renowned sculptors Johann and Kristin Eyfells, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch and Michael Galletta. The Garden is curated by Senior Faculty Member and Sculpture Instructor David Cumbie. The garden winds throughout the school's lakeside campus, and is free and open to the public. School groups and other civic organizations may arrange for a brief tour or discussion with the gallery staff by contacting the Crealdé office.
Many of Central Florida's most-recognized artists and several international artists are represented in Crealdé's Sculpture Garden. Since the first dedication in 1997, many new works have been added and now with 60 pieces, the original concept has been realized: to bring the art out of the gallery into the beautiful landscape; to create special niches and mysterious passages; to add to the creative environment and create a place to view contemporary art.
As for the artists involved, the outdoor environment presents the challenge of creating works durable enough to survive the elements of nature and the touch of the viewer's hand. The broad cross-section of sculpture and the creative materials used make a unique document of sculptural history in the Central Florida area and testify to the present movements in art.
Without the gifts and long-term loans made by these participants, this show would have been impossible. I would like to acknowledge all of our generous friends that have helped us create this special place. I deeply appreciate the enthusiastic response by the sculpture community and the incredible contribution they have made to the cultural landscape of Central Florida. Thank you. ~ David Cumbie, Curator
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Amazing What a Coat of Paint Can Do
Up, Up, and Away!
Today was the Feast of the Ascension. There are two favorite quotes of mine related to the ascension, which I have shared at least twice before on this blog. Here they are again: First, Keith Ward (The Big Questions in Science and Religion, p.107): We now know that, if [Jesus] began ascending two thousand years ago, [Read More…]
The Avengers
It took me until now to get around to watching the movie The Avengers. But I'm glad I did. In addition to action and great (if not scientifically feasible) special effects, it contains a great deal that is food for thought and discussion, for those of us interested in the intersection of religion and popular [Read More…]


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And thus he will make but bad music who hath the instruments and fiddlesticks, but none of the "resin" of Latimer.'
"Thought-transference, fiddlesticks," we may hear him cry, in imagination.
fiddlesticks for the Blairsdales say I, when certain things should be done.
When we urged the obvious facts he would say: "fiddlesticks!"
fiddlesticks about harm; what harm can come to her, I should like to know?
Nannie B. and fiddlesticks have our best thanks for their letters.
As this bordered on sentiment, abhorred of realism, Severne muttered something that sounded like "fiddlesticks."
Mrs Potter, being "of the same opinion still," felt inclined to say "fiddlesticks!"
Simply to say you're going to make your fortune is all fiddlesticks and folly.
Aunt Bell looked bored and uttered a swift, low phrase that might have been "fiddlesticks!"
Nonsense; foolishness; bullshit: When I explained, she only said, ''Fiddlesticks!''
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Ali Fazal plays the role of Kabir who is in love with Rachna (Anisa Butt). His task ahead is to seek lady lover's hand in marriage by seeking the approval of her brother Professor Laxmi Nivas (Gulshan Grover).
On the other hand we see Ali Fazal in another avatar. That's because he plays a double role in the movie. In the new avatar, he plays a goon named Rasiya Bihari. This goon is hired by a don called Razzak Khan. The don is real estate king and his goal is to get Laxmi Nivas vacate his apartment and that is why he hired the goon. If you think that this explanation of the plot is complicated, watching the film is worse. It's far more chaotic on screen.
There is the presence of the romantic element in the first half of the movie but post interval, the film is dragging and we just wait for the movie to end. Baat Bann Gayi had certain situations in which there could have been some hilarious moments but the makers have failed to explore it. One thing that shines in the movie is the actor Ali Fazal. He does his part of the job with a natural ease.


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Sources tell the WSJ SAP (SAP +0.8%) was "among the final bidders" for Responsys before Responsys decided to sell to Oracle. An analyst talking to the paper thinks Responsys' trading price suggests investors are betting on an SAP counteroffer arriving.
FBR, on the other hand, thinks Oracle's deal could lead either SAP or NetSuite (N +2.2%) to acquire Marketo. Both SAP (courtesy of the hybris acquisition) and NetSuite (via its SuiteCommerce platform) are major players in e-commerce infrastructure software, but neither have leading positions in online marketing automation.
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Correction in last week's show
Nov 15, 2011
Ira writes: In an edit of Gabriel Rhodes's story in last week's show, I asked him to insert erroneous information about sound waves and electromagnetic waves, and then acted so completely confident about it—misremembering a science show I worked on years ago—that nobody in the editing process bothered to fact check it. This was very much my mistake and not Gabe's, and I regret telling him to insert a mistake into his otherwise carefully researched and fact checked story. Thanks to the many listeners who wrote to point out the error. We'll go back and fix this, so the version of the show on the website in a few days will have the correction. He was using electromagnetic waves, not sound waves, for his experiment.


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Businesses may close or seek new space elsewhere
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 04:30 pm
The longest-running tenant of Grandin Park Plaza is moving out.
For years, John Volorney kept his business, Alberta Radio & TV, open despite many others closing around him. Now he�s received a notice to move out within 60 days. On April 30, Vancouver-based management company Amacon is closing the mall for possible redevelopment.
Volorney opened his electronics repair shop in 1973. Since then he�s often changed locations inside the building but, thanks to a steady customer base, he never had to close shop. That will change now.
�I suppose I would have liked to get another year out of it,� he said.
The long, quiet hallway running through the centre of the mall has long resembled a ghost town rather than a once-busy shopping mecca. A few shops held down the fort over the past years. But the dim lights protruding from their storefronts can hardly distract from the sight of the vacant storefronts all around them.
Before the 1980s Grandin Park Plaza was the place to be, said Volorney. But with highway development in and around the city, customer numbers steadily declined. This slowdown prompted the departure of some businesses, which weren�t replaced, he said.
�Anybody that wanted to come in the last few years they basically said no, because we are going to redevelop,� he said. �That has been going on for years and years and years. So meanwhile it was getting emptier and emptier.�
The few businesses remaining in the mall are now considering closing or finding a new home. Volorney might open another shop in the city, but maybe it�s also time to retire, he said.
Alex and Wendy Cheung, the owners of Island Jewellery next door, opened their jewelry and goldsmith store in 1994. The Hong Kong natives have already made up their minds.
Wendy said her husband may continue his work somewhere else. But after all this time, they won�t be looking for a new location and are now selling out their inventory.
�We have been in this business for a long time so we don�t want to open in a different location,� she said. �We will miss our customers but there�s nothing we can do.�
Other business owners are more worried about their 60-day notice.
Kabul Tailoring owners Nasir and Malaka Qaderi said they�ve owned their tailoring business since 2001, and Malaka has worked there for 25 years. They want to stay in the community because of a strong customer base but worry they may have to close if they can�t find a more affordable location.
Nasir said they now pay about $12 per square foot at the mall. Other places in the city charge between $20 and $30, he said.
�We are still looking but it�s difficult. The rent is simply too high,� said Nasir. �We get a reasonable price here but when we go out and look, rent is expensive.�
Non-profits seek space
Not-for-profits located in the mall will also be looking for new homes.
The SHAVA Bookstore, run by volunteers with the Sturgeon Hospital Auxiliary Volunteer Association, was closed on Monday and Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.
But officials with the Campbell Park Bingo Association are already asking for anyone to come forward with ideas or offers for new space.
The local bingo hall is a not-for-profit organization located inside the mall. All its profits go to charities around the city that are members of the bingo associations, such as the St. Albert 50+ Club and the St. Albert Kinsmen.
If the hall closes, these charities will lose a major source for funds and regular income, said hall manager Lesley Gierulski.
�What it will do to the programs in St. Albert is going to be devastating if we don�t find a place,� she said. �We�ve got 40-something non-profit groups that can�t go raise money in Edmonton due to gaming commission rules � so this is really their only option.�
The hall has already contacted a number of leasing agents and the city for help, she added. The association now uses 15,000 square feet of space but could do with half the size, she said.
�St. Albert is a nice place to live but part of what makes it a nice place to live is because of the programs offered in the city,� she said �And people don�t realize that bingo has a lot to do with that.�


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Once you weave with reeled or spun silk, you'll never go back! I use Thin-Spun Silk or Very Thin-Spun undyed (natural) silk 50g skeins from the Silk Studio in Vancuver, Canada.
Some of my weaving is in linen or a combination of linen and silk warp ends. This has been recovered from several Viking-Age settlements throughout Denmark, probably to draw out the precious silk enough to complete bigger projects. This image shows open areas along both selvage borders, indicating a linen or help warp was used along each selvage that has now eroded (Geijer 1938):
I usually find linen at events through fibre merchants. I also found a fibre shop in Revelstoke, BC that carries inexpensive linen cones in natural and undyed linen: Talisman Fibre & Trading Company. Janet Pearson, the owner, is a very friendly weaver. All the linen she carried tends to be two-ply and about the right diameter for Viking-Age tablet weaving (0.25 - 0.33 mm).
Natural Dyes:
I usually get my dyes from Maiwa Prints on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC: they do ship to the states, or else I get supplies through events merchants or I grow my own. The quality of the dye stock at Maiwa is rich and consistent but the in-store staff are generally not knowledgeable about these dyes. For more information and tips on dyeing see Viking-Age Dyes.
These can be hard to find. Generally it involves bartering with a carpenter, building your own, finding one online or at an event. There are some key things to look for; a good sturdy design, the ability to alter the tension (Ie. a tension bar, clamps, etc.)., having one verticle side of the loom open or swing down makes it easier to warp. This loom was designed for me by Adam Fairmay from the Barony of Lions Gate, An Tir:
The first time I saw tablet weaving was at an event in 2001. It was trim being woven by the women who would become my laurel, friend and general cheering section: Mistress Yrsa Ketilsdottir (Yrsa's Wiki page).
Simply put, I feel in love with this form of weaving. The variety, the colours, techniques and designs from the Viking Age tell of a vibrant Northern culture and remind me of some of the beautiful First Nations designs on the west coast of British Columbia. I generally tend to concentrate on tablet weaving based on finds from Denmark and Sweden though I like to weave pretty much anything.
My weaving has evolved over time and is now generally done with 100% silk at a diameter of 0.25mm and hand dyed with natural dyes. I've focused on using dye material that have been confirmed from throughout several different Viking Age settlements and include; madder, indigo and woad, weld, cochineal (as a replacement for Kermes), bedstraw, etc.
This way I can experiment with dyeing, weave with silk and create patterns at an appropriate scale. Trying to dye with lichens from the same Genus as from the Norse tablet weaving finds is on the horizon.
Click here for historical tablet weaving patterns
Double-faced Technique
This method works well for recreating a variety of period decorative trims. The piece on the right is a typical piece from 9th century Birka. Several extant pieces depict two to three repetitive angular designs separated by crosses in saltire (the 'X's).
Other examples from Birka are designs set on diagonals like the following one made with silk in indigo, cochineal and weld:
The instructions and patterns for these designs can be found in the handout Introduction to Double-Faced Tablet Weaving Technique on the Class List and Handouts page.
Here is an example of using double-face and gold-brocading at the same time. This piece is made with silk dyed with indigo and madder and used real gold:
Tips for Double-Face Norse Tablet Weaving:
Wire/Filé-Brocading Technique
This technique usually involves a warp and weft of one solid colour and an auxilary weft made of a precious metal; gold or silver. The vast majority of these finds involve drawn wire beaten flat and wound around a silk core (Filé) or simply a thinly drawn wire (30 - 32 gauge) as has been recovered from the Birka, Sweden settlement:
These two photos are of wire-brocaded tablet weaving recovered from Birka taken from Agnes Geijer's Birka III (1938).
This style of weaving involves a shuttle for the regular weft and another shuttle with a pointed front for the brocaded or 'auxiliary' weft:
After this photo, I've switched to small wooden tablets (4 cm x 4 cm) which is more appropriate for this type of weaving. The next step? Creating my own Filé in both silver and gold for the recreation of the Mammen cuffs. This plan has been delayed by my move to Cape Town from Vancouver. Hopefully I can find a way to try this out, if so- it will appear in my Latest Stuff section.
Combining Double-Face and Wire/Filé-Brocading
This has been a fairly involved experiment as I don't know any other tablet weavers attempting this (though I'm sure they are out there). This involves weaving using the double-faced technique with an auxilary weft woven in after each pick. It's long and involved but creates an interesting product. I got the idea from a photo from Geijer's book that clearly shows an example of this combination has been recovered from Birka:
This piece is about about 100 inches long and took many hours. The weave was dense enough that I had to use 1 yard of metal filé per inch of weaving. Sadly, I had to turn to imitation gold embroidery floss due to cost.
Future Directions
I've been enjoying collecting Norse designs and drafting patterns to help spread Viking-Age patterns throughout the SCA. I'm thinking of collecting them all in a small book, for now a bunch can be found in the handout: Introduction to Double-Faced Tablet Weaving Technique on the Class List and Handouts page.
In additional, I'm examining how to incorporate working tablet woven borders and salvages and doing these on a number of different looms for edging woven fabric.


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When Melbourne clubbers think bass music, they seem to immediately gravitate towards the Laundry Bar. When asked why, they'll give you a confused, yet dirty look and walk away. Why you ask? Because of the overwhelming number of bass heavy events held there… Such as this one!!!
Just cos it's Thursday night doesn't mean you have an excuse not to get busy, and no better place to do it then @ Laundry Bar in Melbourne, with Freestyle Sessions. It's a great concept at an even better venue so make sure if you like to kick it in Fitzroy then make sure you get here.
The UK's Mr.Thing is a world class DJ capable of rocking any party in any town. He is also a multiple DJ title winner which includes the World Team DMC title in 1999 when he was a member of the Scratch Perverts. So if you kick it in Melbourne and love the nightlife, then Laundry Bar is the place to be Thursday, June 21, 2012
Could this be the most Aussie rap battle in the history of the universe? 2-Up Skool is coming to Laundry Bar with a format the just has Australiana written all over it. Combining the awesome skills of local Aussie crews with the quintessential Australian game of 2-Up, it would be unpatriotic not to attend this event… Aussie Aussie Aussie.
Just another day, and another gun event at what seems like the venue that never sleeps, Laundry Bar. Each week the boys and girls that run this place are brewing up something different, and Friday, May 25, 2012 is no exception. Bass Rave is here, and with free entry before 8pm, you know Saturday is going to be and absolute writeoff.
For those out there sick of recording artist whom seem to want to confirm to one genre, you'll be interested to know that the multi-genre superstar that is Melo-X is coming to town for one show only Friday, May 4, 2012 at Laundry Bar. With a kaleidoscope of influences from all genre's, this is going to be a night for the ages.
It's amazing as the genre of Rap matures each year, so do it's big names of the 80′s and 90′s. At age 52, Kurtis blow is definitely one of the patriarchs of the industry. An inspiration of name we know and love, such as Biggie Smalls, Kurtis Blow is without question one of the founding fathers of Rap as we know it. And he's coming to Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.
Straight from Stockton, California, freestyle phenomenon Okwerdz in in town for a short time only, during which he'll be tearing up the stage with a host talent for one show only @ Fitzroy's favourite venue for live Hip Hop, Laundry Bar. Known as one of the demigods of Freestyle, this is a night not to be missed.
Looking for something a little bit more underground, then we've got you covered. Laundry Bar, Friday, March 23, 2012 presents Lyricology, featuring a (wait for it) "Laundry List" of local and international talent ready to rip up the streets of Fitzroy.
Fans of underground US Hip Hip get set Saturday, March 10, 2012 as CEO of Showoff records Static Selectah teams up with Massachusetts born Termanology (who if you ask me has an uncanny resemblance to Ali G) to destroy Laundry Bar in a demonstration of Hip Hop artistry.


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Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.
In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
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Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.
Andreus Ixiris > ...
Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.
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If there's one person who probably should stop talking about proper lady behavior, it's Todd Akin, the guy who thinks women have magic lady parts that detect and deflect "legitimate" rape sperm in order to "shut that whole thing down." Instead, Akin's decided he's not content to merely play doctor; he wants to be Miss Manners now too and dole out etiquette advice to his opponent. And it is just so uncouth and unladylike for his opponent to point out his magic lady parts theory.
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Are you a wannabe screenwriter between the ages of 16 and 22 in the U.K.? Good, well then we've got a gig for you. "Skins" is looking for writers of the young, cool, not-at-all-professionals variety. "We're looking for someone to come and help us with the development and writing of 'Skins' series six," writes the show's co-creator, Jamie Brittain. "We're a bit obsessed with finding new, young, exciting voices to help us write our show, so we thought we'd run a competition to find some. We've done stuff like this before and it's worked out really well." Britain is asking hopefuls to send in 2000-word comedy-drama scripts, about anyone but "Skins" characters, to be considered. The winner will get a four month paid stint in the "Skins" writer's room.
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Haley Reinhart, who finished third on American Idol last season, will release her debut album, Listen Up!, on May 22. The album's first single, Free, will be available digitally on March 20, but the jazzy, piano-based tune is already streaming on her Facebook fan page.
Haley will return to Idol to perform Free during the March 22 results show. She'll also appear as herself and perform part of the song on the March 27 episode of the CW's 90210.
Listen Up! includes co-writing collaborations with Mike Elizondo, busbee, Rob Kleiner, Rune Westberg and Chris Seefried. "Along with the album's pop undertones, it definitely has key elements of soul, rock, R&B, and even some jazz," Haley said in a press release. "I'm hugely influenced by the music I grew up with, and you can hear that on the album. I'm so thrilled to make my visions come to life!"
Rapper B.o.B. makes a guest appearance on a track called Oh My. "B.o.B. was new to me, but the more I hear him and from everybody I talk to, I think he's so cool," Haley told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview. "Right when I heard it, I was like, 'Geez, this is perfect.' " She and Casey Abrams recorded a tune that didn't make the album, but, she says, "We're definitely going to be doing stuff together."
Fans can pre-order Listen Up! from Haley's website. The first 500 who order the physical deluxe edition of the album -- which includes a CD of the album's 14 songs, a flipbook featuring 14 vintage art postcards with commentary and a message from Haley on each card, and a code to redeem a digital download of Free beginning March 20 -- will get their albums signed by Haley.
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian


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But a "continuing obstacle in the satisfactory determination for the future of Wynyard" was gaining approval for the proposals Thakral presented to the previous NSW Labor government and this Liberal government.
"In the event that Wynyard is sold, and such will not occur unless we obtain the price we believe represents its true value, then the board would assess how best to use the proceeds," Mr Hudson said. Options include debt repayments, share buybacks, distribution to shareholders and possible acquisitions.
The Wynyard complex includes the historic Menzies Hotel, Thakral House office building, and the retail concourse entries to Wynyard Railway Station from George Street.
Thakral recorded an underlying profit of $10.2 million for the financial year – a turnaround on a loss of $5.2 million the previous year.
The A-REIT's board said it was "reluctant" to provide any specific profit guidance given global sharemarket uncertainty, the European debt crisis and lack of confidence in Australia. But it said it believed profitability from its hotels would – on a like-property basis – be ahead of last year, while returns from retail and commercial property would be slightly down.
Distributions will be determined on this financial year's results and on the outcome of the Wynyard sale process.
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Rev. Franklin Graham prayed outside the Pentagon Thursday -- not inside leading an official National Day of Prayer service. Instead, he and a half-dozen others stood on the sidewalk and bowed their heads in prayer for about five minutes, according to Associated Press.
Normally, it's not news when an evangelist prays or a father of a soldier prays for the troops and their leaders (Graham's son is on his fourth tour in Afghanistan).
But Billy Graham's son and heir Franklin is almost always news because of his propensity for taking public jabs at other religions, remarks he doesn't consider offensive. He believes only Christians are saved, no other faith leads to God so he's merely speaking hard truths, not mocking or maligning others when he calls Islam evil or jokes about Hinduism.
And he's news today because Graham is the honorary chairman of the private Task Force that leads national events where all the prayers are strictly Christian.
Two weeks ago, his invitation to lead the Pentagon service was withdrawn.
Objections to the divisive evangelist came from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, headed by Mickey Weinstein (and derided by Graham in an interview with me Tuesday as "an organization of one man who rants and raves") and Muslims in the military (who Graham called a handful of people who are being allowed to"trample on Christian rights").
So, undaunted, Graham said his prayers and chatted up the media. According to Andrea Stone at AOL News, the service inside the Pentagon was led by the head of the Armed Forces Chaplain Board (a Protestant) along with Catholic, Jewish and Muslim chaplains who were "hastily added to the program" after the Task Force was dropped.
Graham appeared to appreciate the role that non-Christian chaplains can play. According to Stone,
Graham was asked by Pentagon reporters how he would feel if his son Edward, an Army captain now serving in Afghanistan, was wounded in combat and only a Muslim chaplain were nearby to pray with him. "Look, we're human beings," Graham said. "I would be thankful that someone cared enough to reach out to my son, regardless of what the person's faith was."
Are you joining in any National Day of Prayer events? Is this an event that you, like most in a USA TODAY survey, support?
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San Agustin, Philippines (AFP) March 13, 2014
Jennifer Pulga endured the depths of helplessness as she pumped the last air her husband would breathe into his typhoon-battered body, and her life since has felt barely any more in control.
A coconut tree crashed through the thatched roof of the Pulga's tiny home in an isolated farming village of the central Philippines during Super Typhoon Haiyan in November, crushing Richard and igniting a torturous passage to death.
With no vehicle to evacuate the farmer and roads in the area initially unpassable due to typhoon debris, it took his wife a week to get him to the nearest major hospital 60 kilometres (30 miles) away.
But that hospital, in the ruined city of Tacloban, was overwhelmed and medics could do little for Richard other than amputate one leg and give Jennifer a pump to manually inflate his lungs.
Jennifer kept her husband alive for seven hours, the sound of the handheld ventilator like a mournful fog horn amid a sea of agony as other patients died from injuries that doctors said could have been treated if there was electricity and medicines.
"I was praying and hoping that he would live. I was praying that even if he is disabled, that's okay, as long as he lives, that's all I want," Jennifer, 28, told AFP on a recent visit to see how she was coping.
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Compounding the grief of losing her husband of seven years, Jennifer was left destitute with a four-month-old daughter, Irish, and a six-year-old son, RJ.
Haiyan, which was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, is believed to have killed about 8,000 people, mostly in farming and fishing communities that were already among the poorest in the Philippines.
The Pulga family comes from one of the most impoverished of those farming villages, in a scenic but unruly part of Leyte province known as a haven for communist guerrillas and other armed bandits.
The Pulgas lived in a dirt-floor hut made of bamboo, coconut wood and palm thatch, tending 10 hectares (24 acres) of coconut tree plantations and a one-hectare rice field left to them by Richard's deceased father.
Richard, who died aged 27, would earn some extra money giving rides on his motorcycle along a rocky track to people in his and neighbouring villages.
The farm and Richard's motorcycle riding earned them about 3,000 pesos ($70) a month, just enough to survive when supplemented by vegetables they grew for themselves and pigs raised for food.
Like thousands of other farmers in the region, the family's main source of income was lost when Haiyan destroyed most of their coconut trees, which take more than five years from planting to bear fruit.
"I don't have anything now, Richard was our breadwinner," said Jennifer, whose only previous paid work was as a domestic helper in the nation's capital, Manila, when she was a teenager.
The young widow and her two children went to live with Richard's 68-year-old mother, Guadalupe, in a neighbouring village.
The in-law's two-storey concrete house had its roof partially ripped off during the typhoon and has still not been repaired, although it provides adequate shelter and RJ can attend the local school for free.
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But the two women have no source of income, and are almost totally reliant on food aid that has been delivered by the government and relief agencies.
Guadalupe has another farmer son, but one of his children was killed and house destroyed in the typhoon, so is unable to provide financial help.
"We are just living day-to-day. We are trying to do the best we can but we don't have any money. So we are just concentrating on what we have now. If there's none, well, that's it," Guadalupe said.
Jennifer has nine siblings but their financial health is little better, and the only contribution from her immediate family since Richard's death has been a 1,000-peso ($22) donation from a sister.
"I just wish I can find a job, for my children, for the future of my children. That's all I wish for in life, that I can support my children until they grow up," she said.
But Jennifer said a higher priority for the moment was breastfeeding Irish, ruling out travelling for work.
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Jennifer's ideal job would be to run a small stall outside her mother-in-law's home, selling daily household items and food, so that she could stay close to her children.
She estimates setting up the business would cost about 10,000 pesos, an impossible amount.
And while billions of dollars are being spent in an effort to help the typhoon-hit areas recover, little of it appears to be trickling up to the base of the picturesque mountains where the Pulgas live.
Aside from the food aid, Jennifer and her in-laws said they had been offered no other support, such as money, materials or expertise to help rebuild or repair their homes and farms.
Still, Jennifer appears not to be focused too much on the future, with her concentration dominated by the struggles of surviving each day and the ceaseless grief.
"Now I am alone and I can't bear it," she said.
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Folks in Reilly Springs have certainly enjoyed the last two days of cooler weather, despite the fact that we haven't received much rainfall.
The thunderstorms produced quite an array of thunder and lightning in our community, but it just seems that there wasn't near enough rainfall.
Vera Harrington reported that two of her farm ponds are dry and all of the others are extremely low. Bryant Fisher told me Monday night that he'd been over to the large McKay Lake on the back of his place and that he'd never seen it this low. Many community stockmen are keeping close observation on all of their lakes and ponds to make certain that cattle don't "bog down" as they attempt to get water.
"We just haven't gotten really enough rainfall in the last three years," said Bryant Fisher. "But this year is even worse, and these strong winds are sapping what moisture we have."
Father's Day was observed with some fanfare in Reilly Springs over the weekend. David Stribling received a nice visit from David Jr. and Colten Morrow, and then Brandon, Becky and Brayden Stribling arrived, with everyone "beating the heat" with homemade ice cream.
Alexis Stribling is in Austin, this week, with the First Baptist Church Mission Trip.
Happy anniversary is extended to Brandon and Becky Stribling, who celebrate their 15th anniversary this week.
Bryant Fisher is making progress on getting his goat milking operation ready for the public. He received his permit and is still looking for the inspector for final approval. "I may have some grade-A milk next week," expressed Bryant. "And, like the cows, we're having to install some fans to help keep the goats cool."
"I've learned why those old cows like the water misters in the dairy holding pens so much," addd Bryant. "That's about the only cool place I've found during the day."
I received a report that Rodney Miller is out of the hospital and doing good following heart surgery last week. He came home on Friday and is feeling well enough to be "up and around, although slowly." The entire Miller family attended a family gathering at Tonya Rossstourney will be held' house on Sunday, where they enjoyed some of this year's award-winning homemade ice cream. "We were all full, when we left." observed Yvonne Miller King.
I also heard that Marty Glossup is home from the hospital, recovering from his surgery last week. Remember him in his recuperation.
Joyce McDonald enjoyed a weekend visit from David and Jan Lawrence, Abby, Cody, Kobi, and Reagan Kirby, Jacy Lawrence, and Colton Heinrich, all from Muleshoe. Then, Joyce, Jan and Judy Jones left for Branson, Mo., for a short trip.
The Lawrence family members were in Hopkins County to attend the wedding of Danielle Moss and Ty Hinton on Saturday night and reported a beautiful wedding and seeing loads of friends. Congratulations to the new "Mr. & Mrs. Ty Hinton."
Meanwhile, a large number of our community members were in Sulphur Springs to attend the 52nd Annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival Pageant. Crowned as the new Dairy Festival Queen was Lindsey McCormack, daughter of Sput and Karen McCormack.
Another group of our community residents at on Saturday night, at the Reilly Springs Community Center. The event was reported to have attracted a large crowd and featured some great music.
Getting old certainly isn't for sissies, according to Vera Harrington.
"I managed to twist my knee in that balloon ride landing, and just thought I'd 'shake it off' in a few days. But as you might have guessed, it required a trip to the hospital to get a shot in it, and I'm still a little bit gimpy when I walk.
"The girls told me that's what I get for attempting something like that, but it certainly was a fun ride."
Veras says she's not the only one sore this week as one of her granddaughters, Caroline, took a spill from her horse, Patriot.
"But don't tell anyone that I think she's going to recover just a little bit faster than I do," Vera said.
Mary and the girls came for a visit this past weekend, and the granddaughters "talked" Vera into purchasing four baby chickens, as they thought that a farm needed chickens.
"Well, guess who is listening to the chirp, chirp of baby chicks, in the house at night," proclaimed Vera. "I'm afraid to leave them outside, or something might get them, but this poultry raising is for the birds, as you might say."
Several members of this community were in attendance at the Northeast Texas Dairy Show, on Saturday. Among the exhibitors was Chase Koon, showing his registered Jersey cattle. The Koon family continues to be the longest-showing family in the Northeast Texas Dairy Show's history. I asked Kris Koon on Saturday just how many years the family had shown at the Dairy Show, and he couldn't even remember. He did note there is a photo in the Dairy Festival Cookbook of his father showing at the event "back when he was younger than me, so I know it's been a long, long time."
"I don't know for certain if he showed at the first show or not, but it wouldn't have been long after the first one that he began exhibiting cattle," Kris said.
Until next week, remember our troops who defend our freedoms and ask for them an extra measure of safety and a safe return trip home. Pray for love in our hearts, harmony in our community, illy Springs, Hopkins County, and America.
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