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An Annotated & Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links to Mythologies,
Fairy Tales & Folklore, Sacred Arts & Sacred Traditions
by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.
June 2003: Retired from Department of Mythological Studies
Pacifica Graduate Institute
(Home of the libraries & archives of Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, & James Hillman)
Grandmother Spider Woman
giving magical feathers the twin sons of Changing Woman
(Andy Tsihnahjinnie, in Navajo History, 1971,
Rough Rock, Arizina: Navajo Curriculum Center)
Author's Note:
(Autumn 1999)
Myths of weaving exist around the world as metaphors for creation. The spindle is often an axis mundi and its whirling whorls serve a cosmogonic function. Plato, for example, had a vision of the great goddess Ananke, "Necessity," spinning the universe; the sun, moon, and planets were her spindle's whorls; sirens sang through the webs of time and fate that she wove, and souls endlessly moved through the strands on their way to and from death and rebirth. Many goddesses are spinners and weavers: the Fates of ancient Greece; Athena, also of Greece; Neith of ancient Egypt; in Teutonic myth the Norns spin secret meanings into life; in the American southwest, Grandmother Spider Woman spins all life from the shimmering threads in her belly.
At one of the lowest ebbs in my life, I was nearly broke, no TA-ships were available at my university, I couldn't even get hired locally as a receptionist, and yet I needed a job so that I could complete what would eventually be a 700 page dissertation. My usual pattern was to sink into despair, but I had done that so many times in the past and I was so tired of it. I chose instead to consciously accept the situation as a "test," an "initiation." The image I kept getting was of weaving a new pattern of energies around me. I decided to actualize the image by fashioning a makeshift hanging loom out of two thin, fairly straight eucalyptus branches strung with yarn. I hung it from the low rafter-beams of my apartment, which meant I had to stand on a stool to reach it. For hours I stood there, my neck aching, as I wove beautifully colored threads, gently holding my mind on the colors of the weft threads, the movements of my hands, the slowly filling warp threads, and not on the hopelessness and anger waiting only inches away. During those days, when depression threatened, I wove; when I felt hope, I wove; when my mind started racing too fast, I wove; when my mind went numb, I wove. In between, I kept looking for jobs.
It worked. . . . . . .
Human "spiders," free, playing effortlessly in their cosmic webs
(From Dover Publications)
[link updated 10/6/00]
In honor of spiders, whose webs and skills figure so significantly in ancient weaving myths, this page from about.com focuses on annotated links concerning spider silk -- its strength, uses, lore, and science.http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8116/story.html
This page is on spiders in mythology (Native Americans' Grandmother Spider Woman -- click on the site's opening image for more; Africa's Anansi); novels (Charlotte's Web); comics ("Spider Man"); and movies (every film or TV movie you can imagine on spiders and tarantulas). Layout is too busy; some great sounding links, unfortunately, are broken; others are only in Japanese; nevertheless, what remains is excellent and quite captivating.http://www.quiltethnic.com/
From Gwendolyn A. Magee comes this fine site of well chosen and annotated links to worldwide quilting, ranging from the Hmong of Southeast Asia to the Hopi of the United States. As the author states, her site is a --http://www.costumes.org/pages/ethnolnk.htm....guide to information about the quilting and/or fiber related art, craft and textile traditions of diverse ethnic groups including: African, Haitian, African-American, Latin American, Asian, and Native American.
Against a brilliant background of fabrics in reds, wines, crimsons and scarlets, Tara Maginnis, Ph.D. presents her worldwide "Ethnic Costume & Textile Links." There are links here with something for everyone -- lore, ritual, history, how-to, images, folk crafts, and much more.
http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/klindienst.html: [link updated 10/6/00][Note: the above "Arachne" link from Apple Hollow Farm will take you to Arachne's story as well as to a larger version of the painting; the mood of the painting, however, also fits the Greek myth of Polymela -- see directly below for "The Voice of the Shuttle."]
"The Voice of the Shuttle" comes from Sophocles and refers to Polymela, a young woman who was savagely raped by her brother-in-law, a Thracian king. To prevent her from telling her sister (his wife) what had happened, he cut out her tongue. Desperate, Polymela used the only means she had available -- she let her wooden shuttle speak for her as she wove the scenes of her rape and mutilation into a tapestry. When her sister saw it, she understood what had happened and took a terrible revenge upon her husband.
In this powerful 1984 paper (originally appearing in an earlier form in The Stanford Literature Review 1: 25-53), "The Voice of the Shuttle is Ours," by Dr. Patricia Klindienst, the myth is explored from a feminist perspective. This is one of the most brilliant and insightful essays I've read in years. (This site is double-listed on my Ancient Greece page.)
http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/klindienst2.html: [link updated 10/6/00]
Greek Women Weaving
Attic black-figured jug, c.550 BC, attributed to the Amasis Painter.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1931
(Eric Schaal, photographer)
In: TimeLife's series, GREAT AGES OF MAN: Classical Greece, 1965:86.
When Alan Liu (of a huge website also named "Voice of the Shuttle") created a webpage for Klindienst's paper (see directly above), she wrote an epilogue for it. It dates from 1996 and is as impassioned, eloquent, raw and impeccable as her earlier paper. (This site is also double-listed on my Ancient Greece page.)
Sleeping Beauty meets the old spinning woman in the castle tower room
By Edmund Dulac
http://www.thorshof.org/spinmyth.htm: [Link updated 10/6/00 & 11/16/02]
Author's Note:
On the left, we see a familiar fairy tale; on the right, we are taken out the familiar and into a suggestion of the ancient, mysterious realm of the spinning crone-goddesses, who still offer initiation but no longer find trained candidates; instead, only the unwary come, those who have no knowledge of how to hold the Spinners' cosmic energies. These young women touch the spindles, and needles, and fabrics woven into thin garments for those who intend not to eat for a century. Then they too often fall into a sleep and shut down entirely until they are "rescued" by domesticity. The crones go on spinning, shut away in their towers and kivas, ignored, until it's too late.
http://www.thorshof.org/spinyarn.htm: [Link updated 10/6/00 & 11/16/02]This is an excellent essay, "Spinning in Myths and Folktales," by Thorskegga Thorn, a pagan social historian and spinner. The focus is on goddesses, fairies, and women who spin -- their spindles, ritual-connections with water and blood, their expectations, and their fates. The essay covers varying European traditions ranging from Ireland to Russia and includes good references and a bibliography.....Spinning is the art of transforming loose fibres such as wool and flax into thread. This is done by pulling out the fibres to the required width and introducing twist to fix and strengthen them. The ancient tools of the spinner were the distaff and the spindle. The distaff was a long staff to which the fibres were tied to keep them untangled. The spindle was a short shaft weighted with a stone whorl which was used like a suspended spinning top to provide momentum and the downward pull of gravity for the work. These same implements were the spinner's only tools until the late fourteenth century when early spinning wheels were developed. Because first wheels were large, inefficient, expensive and unpopular the spindle remained in common use until the eighteenth century.
Also from Thorskegga Thorn (see directly above) comes "Spin Me a Yarn: Spinning Folklore from ballards, tales, myths and rhymes." Here you'll find complete versions of all the material (and more) mentioned in the essay above; at the end of each version are Thorn's own engrossing historical commentaries and sources. The unillustrated page is very long but loads swiftly, has a great mixture of 42 tales and poems, and shouldn't be missed by lovers of spinning lore. Here, for example, is an excerpt on the Greek Fates, singing as they work:http://www.thorshof.org/spinwell.htm: [Link updated 10/6/00 & 11/16/02]White raiment enfolding their aged limbs robed their ankles with a crimson border; on the snowy heads rested rosy bands, while their hands duly plied the eternal task. The left hand held the distaff clothed with soft wool; the right hand, lightly drawing out the threads, with upturned fingers shaped them, then the downward thumb turned the spindle poised with rounded whorl; and so with their teeth they still plucked the threads and made the work even. Bitten ends of wool clung to their dry lips, which had before stood out from the smooth yarn; and at their feet soft fleeces of white- shining wool were kept safe in baskets of osier. They then, as they struck the wool, sang with a clear voice, and thus poured forth the fates in divine chant. That chant no length of time shall prove untruthful.[This is an extract from the writings of Catullus and it gives an excellent description of the spinning methods of Roman women.... This passage refers to the Fates, the three old women who control the destinies of men according to classical mythology. The whirling spindle was full of symbolism for men of the ancient world and would have been mesmerising at a time when so little was mechanised. As a result the spindle (and the potter's wheel) was believed to be the tool of the gods for shaping the lives of men.]
Again from Thorskegga Thorn is "The Spindle and the Well," a continuation of her previous two pages where sacred wells and spindle-pricked blood play a significant role. Here she re-tells three stories, "Frau Holde" from Germany, "The Two Sisters" from Scandinavia, and "The Horned Women" from Ireland. At the end of these three is Thorn's always intriguing historical commentary. Here is how she begins this page:http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/1119/saule.htmlFairy tales are a much ignored source of heathen lore which is a shame because much of Friggs worship survives in this form. The folk names for plants and star constellations and stories such as The Gift of Flax tell us as much about the goddess as the Eddas do. Here are three tales from Northern Europe crammed with enchantment, magical worlds, hostile and benevolent spirits. These three stories have much in common, they are told by women for women, the heroine of each tale is a spinner, a role every housewife and maiden could once relate to. Spinning is strongly associated with magic in Europe as these tales show, pick up a spindle, and you had better be wise in the ways of spirits.For her overall site index on Germanic goddesses, see: http://www.thorshof.org/goddess.htm
The other element all these stories share is the magical well, as a portal to a supernatural world, but let the tales speak for themselves....
Based on "O Mother Sun" by Patricia Monaghan (Crossing Press), this is a page giving information on Saule, the Baltic solstice goddess of the sun, spinning, weaving. My favorite part is this beautiful passage on the sun-stone (amber) and spinning (this site is double-listed on my Winter Greetings page):....Among the Balts, the connection between the sun and spinning is very old, and the sun-stone, amber, forms the link....Sometimes amber discs were also placed in the grave, perhaps as prayers to the Sun Goddess to spin forth the lost life in another body.... [A]mber was considered a magical substance for a spinner; as the light never tangles in the sky, so an amber spindle protected the new thread from snarls caused by unhappy or malicious spirits....
"Saule, my amber weeping Goddess
creating light like thread.
As "Saules Mat" my mother sun, daily blessing
your thankful world with light."
http://members.aol.com/rocketrder/frytales/rumple/index.htm: [link updated 10/6/00]
Rumpelstiltskin and the Miller's Daughter
From Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, ca. 1889
Author's Note:As a writer since childhood, I have long identified with the grumpy dwarf, Rumpelstiltskin. He is my metaphor for a writer's life. We both spend long nights spinning straw into gold -- well, that is, he spins straw, I spin reams of paper (or, more recently, pixels and megabytes) into gold. Unlike him, however, I have no desire for anyone's firstborn child. My two Himalayan cats more than suffice!
Others also spin straw (pixels and megabytes) into gold! This thorough and wonderful site is dedicated to Rumpelstiltzkin [sic] by Heidi Anne Heiner, a lover of fairy tales with a B.A. in English/Children's Literature and an M.S. in Information Science. Topics included are: History of Rumpelstiltzkin, the Annotated Rumpelstiltzkin, Tales Similar to Rumpelstiltzkin, Rumpelstiltzkin Themes in Art, Art Gallery (still under construction), and Bibliography.
Weaver Gaia Cyrilla and her medieval household
(Bridgeman Art Library/Bibliotheque Nationale)
Found in: TimeLife's series, LIVING WISDOM: The Sacred Earth, 1995:28.
From Millersville University in Pennsylvania comes this page on Medieval Tapestries with links to a series of nicely illustrated (some in color) essays done by students. Topics include the origin of tapestries in ancient Egypt and among the Copts; medieval uses of tapestries; the role of women in creating them; guilds; the Unicorn tapestries; and medieval women artists in general. (Note: If you follow backwards to the "Secondary hypertext List," and scroll to the top of that page, you'll come to a superb collection of links to resources on women in medieval times.)http://www.digiserve.com/peter/weavers.htm
This is a too-brief look at weaving in England's Canterbury area during the 16th and 17th centuries. At this time:....there were numerous religious wars fought in Europe and persecution against many non-catholic sects was rife. When Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne and the Country returned to the Protestant religion previously established by Henry VIII but interrupted by "Bloody Mary", Walloons who had fled the Low Countries and Huguenots from France started to settle in Canterbury.
It is understood that 100 families settled in the City during the time of Elizabeth I and with them they brought their looms and the weaving trade. This started to assist Canterbury to become a centre for trade and wealth that it had lost when Henry dissolved the monasteries and removed the tomb of St. Thomas.
Detail of Spinning
(from the Russian Fairy Tale of "Father Frost")
Courtesy of Tradestone International
This is a delightful site with a handful of nicely illustrated fairy tales re-told by Kathi at Apple Hollow Farm (see elsewhere on my page for artwork from this site; also see below under "Contemporary..." for the home page). In addition to Arachne's story (see above under the "Ancient Mediterranean World"), you'll also find Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, The Flax, and A Weaver's Pride. There's also a sweet little page called "Oddities and Old Things" with ads and greeting cards related to spinning from 1879-1906. More tales related to weaving and spinning are promised in the future.
TOKU KRA TOMA ("Toku's Soul Cloth")
"The cloth is designed and named to commemorate
the soul of a warrior Queenmother of that name...." [18th century]
(See the site directly below)
This wonderfully illustrated explanatory page looks at the history and significance of Ghana's Kente cloth:http://webusers.anet-chi.com/%7Emidwest/history.html....Kente is an Asante ceremonial cloth hand-woven on a horizontal treadle loom. Strips measuring about 4 inches wide are sewn together into larger pieces of cloths. Cloths come in various colors, sizes and designs and are worn during very important social and religious occasions. In a total cultural context, kente is more important than just a cloth. It is a visual representation of history, philosophy, ethics, oral literature, moral values, social code of conduct, religious beliefs, political thought and aesthetic principle....
Nyankonton: "God's Eyebrow" (i.e., the Rainbow)
Kente Cloth (see directly above)
This long, unillustrated, excellent page looks at the "History of Kente Cloth," a brilliantly colored cloth dating from the 17th century (but with much earlier roots, as the page points out) among the Ashanti people. According to legend, two men learned the art while watching a spider weaving. The page covers the historical background, materials and techniques, aesthetics and usage, Kente symbolism, and the symbolic meaning of colors. (Links at the bottom will take you to pages showing Kente art for sale as stoles, etc.)
Nishijin Woven Silk
[from Traditional Crafts of Japan -- see directly below]
These two linked pages from the large "Traditional Crafts of Japan" site (see directly above for their home page) focus on weaving. Images are small and non-clickable for enlargements (see above) but are nonetheless intriguing. Navigation is a bit wonky -- you have to go to the second linked page in order to find a menu covering further data from a wide range of areas in Japan.
Dyeing Yarn, Oitama Pongee
[Page two, from the same site]
When I clicked on a hypertext link to "Dyeing," I found the same thing -- I had to go to the second linked page to reach a menu with further dyeing information. It was worth the extra effort, however. The many pages are brief (they include basic statistics on firms doing the weaving, spinning, how many employees they have, etc.) but what I found fascinating were the historical elements at the beginning of each page, tracing patterns and techniques back many centuries.
Navajo Weaver
(Photo from the Southwest Museum)
From Tara Prindle and "Native Web" comes this opening page on Native technology. The major categories are: Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Games & Toys, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, and Weaving & Cordage. Obviously, not all of these are related to weaving, but because so many are (e.g., feathers, beadwork, quill embroidery), I'm just going to give you the opening URL and let you browse. I looked at finger weaving (under "Weaving & Cordage"), cordage, preserving bird feathers and wings, and porcupine quillwork -- and I found each of these essays fascinating in their history and lore, often richly illustrated, always absorbing; a bibliography is provided for each page as well as a list of books you can buy online.
From "Cowboy Poets on the Internet" comes this brief little page on a 1996 exhibit of Navajo rugs in Elko, Nevada. There are two smallish images and some good descriptions. A related, unlisted link offers additional information at: http://www.westfolk.org/travel.events.weavers.htmlhttp://www.uapress.arizona.edu/books/bid324.htm
This is a brief page promoting Spider Woman Stories: Legends of the Hopi Indians by G. M. Mullett, published by the University of Arizona Press. Don't miss the link at the bottom to an "excerpt" -- actually, a complete tale about two starving Hopi children, a clay hummingbird, and Grandmother Spider Woman, who lets the bird come alive and save the children and their families.
Mexican Chenalhó weaver with backstrap loom
(Also shown on Paula Geise's site directly below:
from the Science Museum of Minnesota)
For the present-day descendants of the Maya living in the Chiapas Highlands of Mexico, weaving restores harmony and the axis mundi is the woman herself who wears a sacred huipi. When I discovered this site by the late Paula Geise, it was falling apart -- every link but one was broken. Since her data is too unique to be lost, I decided to restore it. In the West we tend to think of art in terms of oils, watercolors, stone and fine metals; it is good to be reminded that the spirit of beauty that infuses great art also manifests through threads spun of hand-harvested cotton and dyed with natural plants. (This site is double-listed on my Creation Myths page.)http://www.incas.org/
This attractive site comes from the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru, a special project of Cultural Survival in Cambridge, MA. It offers a number of excellent photos of traditional, brightly colored textiles as well as intriguing data. The Center's purpose "...is to help preserve and celebrate Andean textiles and assist their makers in carrying on a tradition practiced for more than 2000 years." (This site is double-listed on my Andean Peoples page.)
Weft Threads
Photo © by Kathi of Apple Hollow Farm [see directly below]
When I'm seventy or eighty, if I ever retire, one of my fondest wishes is to take up spinning and weaving. This desire was re-kindled when I saw this warm, homey site from Kathi at Apple Hollow Farm in Wisconsin. I intend one day to be one of her customers for a new or used tapestry loom and spinning wheel.http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/hk67/index.htm
This site comes from from Richard and Jane Martin for England's Cotswold Woollen Weavers. From their introduction:http://www.antir.sca.org/Guilds/Spinners/welcome.htmlOf course we would love to have you actually visit our mill, shop and museum in Filkins, in the English Cotswolds - and these pages tell you all about what you will find if you do.Along the way, as you browse, you'll find some fascinating historical data. For example:
But we hope that a tour of these pages will be almost as good! There's lots about our mill, and how we turn fleece into fabric... about textile processes and history... about our village and its people....Wool tax paid the ransom of King Richard the Lionheart captured during the crusades, and to this day the Lord Chancellor sits in parliament on a woolsack to mark the historical importance of the wool trade.... [From the Visitor Page]
....There is evidence that the Romans brought sheep with them as they battled northwards, and perhaps they introduced them to the Cotswold hills around the important Roman settlement at Corinium, the modern Cirencester. They would have valued these sheep for their milk and for their fleece: shivering Southern
European mercenary soldiers needed warm winter coats. There is further evidence, based mostly on scanty skeletal remains, that these Roman imports were the ancestors of the greatflocks of Medieval Cotswolds - and indeed of all the English long-wool breeds. [From my favorite page from this website: Wool & Weaving in the Cotswold]
From the "Kingdom of An Tir" Spinners' Guild (part of the Society for Creative Anachronism) comes this handsome Welcome page to the Guild. Links will take you to a brief history of spinning; an excellent bibliography; and a page on the many different kinds of fibers, both familiar and exotic, used in spinning. All pages are nicely illustrated.http://weaving.miningco.com/hobbies/artscrafts/weaving/
From about.com comes a large list of links to anything related to weaving or spinning.
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Menu of Common Themes, East & West:
Animal Guides
Animal Deaths in Europe: Of Cows & Madness
Artists & Muses: The Creative Impulse
Creation Myths I
Creation Myths II
Creation Myths III
Crones & Sages
Dragons & Serpents
Food: Sacrality & Lore
THE FOUR ELEMENTSEARTH:Green Men
Land: Sacrality & Lore (mountains, caves, labyrinths, spiral mounds, crop & stone circles, FengShui)
Earth Day & Environmental Issues
Earth Goddesses & Gods
Air: Sacrality & Lore (air, wind, sky, storms, clouds, weather lore)
Sky Goddesses & Gods
Fire: Sacrality & Lore (fire, northern lights, green-flashes, Elmo's Fire)
Fire Goddesses & Gods
Water: Sacrality & Lore(water, wells, springs, pools, lakes)
Floods & Rainbows: Mythologies & Science
Water Goddesses & Gods
Nature Spirits of the World
Rituals of Birthing [forthcoming]
Rituals of Death & Dying
Rituals of Puberty
Rituals of Weather-Working: An experimental, on-going ritual in cyberspace
Sacred Theatre & Dance
Star Lore & Astrology
Symbols, Signs, & Runes
Time(calendars, clocks, natural cycles, attitudes toward time, & millennium issues)
rees & Plant Lore
Tricksters, Clowns, Magicians, Jesters & Fools
Wars, Weapns & Lies: The Dehumanizing Impulse
Weaving Arts & Lore (cosmic webs, spinning, spindles, clothing)
Down to Geographical Regions: Africa
This page created with Netscape Gold 3.01
Technical assistance: William Weeks
Text and Design:
Copyright © 1999-2007 by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.
All rights reserved unless noted.
Page designed w/pale web 23 October 1999; work begun
24-25 October 1999;
re-designed w/dark web 8 November 1999;
work continued 8-13 November 1999;
published 13 November 1999 to celebrate the first anniversary of Mything Links.
Latest updates: 11/14/99 (new link to spider myths, movies, comics, etc. added);
23 November 1999 (added the Baltic goddess Saule's link); 6 October 2000 (checked all links);
2 July 2001 (Ned.3.0 + Refs); 7 October 2001 (removed animation below); 8 Nov. 2001: reloaded from Netscape Gold as African "God's Eyebrow" image was missing;
1 December 2001: discovered Netscape Gold "ate" Nedstat on 11/8! -- so reloaded from new Netscape 4.79;
8 December 2001: Nedstat didn't "take" so trying again.
16 November 2002: updated 3 "Thorshof" links;
13 January 2003: added "ID"-tag to Medieval Household Weaving image.
3-4 April 2007: added small ad for Native American art.
28 April 2009: deleted American Indian Art ad. The company, FYD ("Follow Your Dreams") that booked the ad didn't respond to my renewal request this year, which seemed odd, since they renewed right away last year. I googled FYD today, found only one link, which did not go to them, and discovered that they're running a scam to get pages rated higher in google searches, or something. Makes no sense to me but I want no part in a scam. I am now removing all 7 ads on 7 different pages of mine.
**************************************[10/7/01: I removed this animated spinning wheel when I discovered that nearly 1500 people linked directly to it yesterday! -- such bandwidth theft and thoughtless abuse has now ruined it for everyone]. **************************************
[Added 10/7/01: will get to these when I can...]
["Clothing of the Ancient Celts"]
http://www47.pair.com/lindo/Textile.htm: [More on Celts]
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/text.htm: [cross-cultural textiles & weaving links: huge]
http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Fiber.htm: [medieval, Elizabethan]
http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/crafts.html: ["Experimental Archaeology": weaving&leather; great photos]
http://www.marlamallett.com/links.htm: [cross-cultural, annotated links]
http://costumes.org/pages/medievalinks.htm: [medieval costumes: comprehensive; slow-load]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841480614/qid=974618122/sr=1-1/105-1925663-2701538: [book]
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/threads/thred01e.html: [clothing trads. in 3 indigenous cultures; Canadian]
http://www.uccs.edu/~cwetheri/NW/: [Navajo]
http://www.americana.net/weaving.html: [Navajo]
http://www.azjournal.com/navajo_weaving.htm: [Navajo]
http://www.navajorug.com/historicrugs.htm: [Navajo]
http://cator.hsc.edu/~kmd/caveman/projects/weave/: [class weaving projects]
http://www.dancinghummingbird.com/weaving/links.html: [comtemporary links]


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Most of the people in the Czech Republic speak the Czech language. Czech is a Slavic language related to Slovak, Polish and Russian. However, Czech was not recognized as an official language until 1877 in Bohemia and 1905 in Moravia. It was seldom used as a written language until the late 1800s. Except for modern records of the 1900s, records in the Czech Republic were written mostly in Latin and German. Other languages sometimes used in Czech records include Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish.
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A, a, Á, á B, b C, c, Č, č D, d, Ď, ď E, e, É, é, ě F, f G, g H, h Ch, ch I, i, Í, í J, j K, k L, l M, m N, n, Ň, ň O, o, Ó, ó P, p Q, q R, r, Ř, ř S, s, Š, š T, t, Ť, ť U, u, Ú, ú, ů V, v W, w X, x Y, y, Ý, ý Z, z, Ž, ž
The Czech alphabet uses several letters in addition to the 26 letters used in the English alphabet. These are á, č, ď, é, ě, í, ň, ó, ř, š, ť, ú, ů, ý, ž. The letter combination ch is also considered a single letter and is alphabetized after h. Letters q, w, x are used only in words of foreign origin.
Czech dictionaries and indexes use the following alphabetical order:
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Study Evaluating Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release (DVS SR) In The Treatment Of Peri- And Postmenopausal Women With Major Depressive Disorder (DVS 3364)
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A multicenter, 10-week study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 50 mg of desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release formulation (DVS SR) versus placebo in the treatment of peri- and postmenopausal women with major depressive disorder
|Major Depressive Disorder
|Drug: desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release Drug: placebo
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multicenter, Parallel-Group, Randomized, 10-Week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study To Evaluate The Efficacy And Safety Of 50 mg Of DVS SR In The Treatment Of Peri- And Postmenopausal Women With Major Depressive Disorder
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Drug Information available for: Succinic acid Desvenlafaxine Desvenlafaxine SuccinateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Pfizer:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change From Baseline in Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D17) at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8 ]HAM-D17, clinician-rated interview, measures presence of depressive symptoms in 17 areas (symptoms such as depressed mood, guilty feelings, suicide, sleep disturbances, anxiety levels, & weight loss). Total score ranges from 0 to 52; higher scores indicate more severe depression. Change from baseline: score at observation minus score at baseline.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Participants With Categorical Scores on Clinical Global Impression - Improvement (CGI-I) [ Time Frame: Week 8 ]CGI-I: 7-point scale in which the clinician rated how much the participant's condition has changed compared to baseline. Scores ranged from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse). Improvement defined as a score of 1 (very much improved), 2 (much improved), or 3 (minimally improved) on the scale. Higher score = more affected.
- Change From Baseline in Clinical Global Impression - Severity (CGI-S) at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8 ]CGI-S: 7-point clinician rated scale to assess severity of participant's current illness state; range: 1 (normal - not ill at all) to 7 (among the most extremely ill patients). Higher score = more affected. Change: score at observation minus score at baseline.
- Change From Baseline in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) - Total Score at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8 ]Measures the overall severity of depressive symptoms. The MADRS has a 10-item checklist. Items are rated on a scale of 0-6, for a total score range of 0 (low severity of depressive symptoms) to 60 (high severity of depressive symptoms). Change: score at observation minus score at baseline.
- Change From Baseline in Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms, 16 Question Self-report (QIDS-SR) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8 ]This is a 16-item self reported questionnaire that measures depressive symptoms. Improvement reported as change in depressive score. Score ranges from 0 to 42, with higher numbers indicating more severe symptom reporting. Change: score at observation minus score at baseline.
- Change From Baseline in Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VAS-pain) at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8 ]10 centimeter (cm) line (Visual Analog Scale) marked by participant. Intensity of pain range (over past week): 0 = no pain to 10 = worst possible pain. Change: score at observation minus score at baseline.
|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release
Drug: desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release
50-mg DVS SR tablets taken orally once daily.
Other Name: Pristiq
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: placebo
Placebo tablets taken orally once daily.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Peri- and postmenopausal women aged 40 to 70 years who are fluent in both written and spoken English.
Postmenopausal status defined by 12 consecutive months of spontaneous amenorrhea; less than 12 consecutive months with at least 6 consecutive months of spontaneous amenorrhea and a pre-baseline follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) level >40 mIU/mL; or 6 months postsurgical bilateral oophorectomy (with or without hysterectomy). Perimenopausal women defined by the presence of any of the following within 6 months before baseline:
- an absolute change of 7 days or more in menstrual cycle length within 6 months before baseline;
- a change in menstrual flow amount (2 or more flow categories, eg, from light or moderately light to moderately heavy or heavy);
- a change in duration (absolute change of 2 or more days); or
- periods of amenorrhea lasting at least 3 months.
- A primary diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) based on the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), single or recurrent episode, without psychotic features using the modified Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).
- A Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score >=25 at the screening and baseline (day -1) visits and no more than a 5-point improvement from screening to baseline.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Treatment with DVS SR (Pristiq®) at any time in the past and/or venlafaxine, ie, Effexor® or Effexor XR®, 1 year prior to baseline.
- Treatment-resistant; eg, in the past 3 years if any of the following treatments have failed: (a) 3 or more previous adequate trials of >=2 classes of antidepressant medication, (b) electroconvulsive therapy, or (c) 2 adequate trials of psychotherapy (eg, behavior therapy, behavior-marital therapy).
- History or current evidence of gastrointestinal disease known to interfere with the absorption or excretion of drugs or a history of surgery known to interfere with the absorption or excretion of drugs.
- Known presence of raised intraocular pressure or history of narrow-angle glaucoma.
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McIntyre RS, Fayyad R, Mackell JA, Boucher M. Effect of metabolic syndrome and thyroid hormone on efficacy of desvenlafaxine 50 and 100 mg/d in major depressive disorder. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32(3):587-99. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1136603. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
McIntyre RS, Fayyad RS, Guico-Pabia CJ, Boucher M. A Post Hoc Analysis of the Effect of Weight on Efficacy in Depressed Patients Treated With Desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d and 100 mg/d. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2015 Jun 4;17(3). doi: 10.4088/PCC.14m01741. eCollection 2015.
Kornstein SG, Clayton AH, Bao W, Guico-Pabia CJ. A pooled analysis of the efficacy of desvenlafaxine for the treatment of major depressive disorder in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Apr;24(4):281-90. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4900.
Thase ME, Fayyad R, Cheng RF, Guico-Pabia CJ, Sporn J, Boucher M, Tourian KA. Effects of desvenlafaxine on blood pressure in patients treated for major depressive disorder: a pooled analysis. Curr Med Res Opin. 2015 Apr;31(4):809-20. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1020365. Epub 2015 Mar 26.
Soares CN, Endicott J, Boucher M, Fayyad RS, Guico-Pabia CJ. Predictors of functional response and remission with desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d in patients with major depressive disorder. CNS Spectr. 2014 Dec;19(6):519-27. doi: 10.1017/S1092852914000066. Epub 2014 Feb 26.
Clayton AH, Kornstein SG, Dunlop BW, Focht K, Musgnung J, Ramey T, Bao W, Ninan PT. Efficacy and safety of desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d in a randomized, placebo-controlled study of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with major depressive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Oct;74(10):1010-7. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12m08065.
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01121484 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 3, 2010
|Results First Received:
|February 16, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 30, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Pathologic Processes
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
Desvenlafaxine Succinate
Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antidepressive Agents
Psychotropic Drugs
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CAROL singing: An event at The Calleva Arms raised £83 for St Michael's Hospice. The singers were accompanied by five French horn players, led by Hannah.
ENTERTAINING: Phoenix Club members and other seniors were entertained at The Hurst Community College on December 18, with singing and fun entertainment from the students, carols from Miss Polly's Kindergarten and a lovely tea with a glass of wine, too. Many thanks to the staff and students and to those who gave raffle and bingo prizes.
CHRISTMAS services: These were well supported at both our churches in the village. Around 170 people attended the Crib Service and there was a large crowd at the 11.30pm service too.
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Lukas Mangery
School: Greensburg Salem
Class: Senior
Sport: Soccer
Claim to fame: Mangery, who has started since his freshman year, scored three goals to lead Greensburg Salem (2-2, 2-2) to a 6-1 win over East Allegheny in Section 1-AA action on Sept. 10. Mangery, who also is the kicker on the football team and has been on the wrestling team, scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime as Greensburg Salem earned a 1-0 victory over Valley in section play on Sept. 5.
"Lukas is definitely one of the leaders of the team and is one of the strengths on our team," coach John Lynch said. "When he plays well, the team plays well. When he has an off night, the team does. He has a big impact for the players and everyone looks up to him."
What are your plans for college next year?
I planning to join the military, either the Marines or the Army. If something comes up, I will have to take a look. I want to see which doors will open. It's just something I wanted to do to protect my rights and freedom. My cousin was in the Army, so I wanted to that because of that also.
Which sport do you like the most and why?
Soccer, because that is the one I'm best at. Wrestling taught me about life, such as never giving up when things get hard. Football is just fun to play even though I'm just the kicker. I like hanging out with my all my friends on the team. I'm very blessed with the talent I have.
What were your goals going into the season?
This year, we just to try to do our best, win or lose. I don't give up on the field, I tell everyone not to give up and if we don't we will get the job done. I really want to make playoffs this year. My personal goal is to make the all-section team.
How did you develop all of your leadership qualities?
I learned it from being the youngest of four. I learned it from the all mistakes my siblings and I made. I just try to be a good role model for my teammates. I don't want to waste my life away. I'm trying to be good leader and to be a good example.
Who are your role models and why?
Mr. Matt Bowe, a coach on my football team, and my cousin Steve Zerbini, who is in the Army. They have always been there for me. Along of my three other brothers, they are my role models and taught me what I know about soccer. My brother, Dane, was a senior when I was freshman. He has taught me how to play the game.
Natalia Perry
School: Franklin Regional
Class: Sophomore
Sport: Tennis
Claim to fame: Perry defeated Penn-Trafford's Charlotte Vertes, 6-0, 6-0, in the Section 1-AAA singles championship on Thursday. Perry also was the winner of the Section 1-AAA tournament her freshman year.
"Natalia has been a very important contributor to the success of the Lady Panther tennis team over the last two seasons," coach Howard Fisher. "She provides a strong work ethic on and off the court, a sense of humor her teammates enjoy, and an amazing display of tennis skill and knowledge that benefits all tennis enthusiasts who are fortunate to watch her play."
With all your success early on in your career, how do you keep everything in perspective?
I just focus on what I don't do well and get better at them. That is what motivates me. I never think I'm too good for anyone. There is always someone out there better than you and there is a motivation to train.
What do you think you need to improve?
I think my weak spot is at the net, and I'm really trying to work on my drop shot and net game.
How did you get into playing tennis?
My parents are both tennis coaches. I started playing when I was 4 and started playing in tournaments at 10. It has been basically my whole life.
What do you like about tennis that other sports don't offer?
I like how it challenges you both physically and mentally. There is a lot of training and conditioning that goes into tennis. I like competing against other people. It's an individual sport and not a team sport, which I like as well.
What were your goals going into this season?
My goals are to not drop a game in section play. Also, I want to try to make it to states and try to make it far in states.
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My Favorite Three Bible Study Methods
09/14/2015 in: Bible Study Articles, Educational, Inspirationon
From Guest Blogger: Andy Deane, author of Learn to Study the Bible
Studying the Scriptures is supposed to be exciting! That's why King David tells us in Psalm 119:103: "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Like me, I hope that you have found this verse to be true. Maybe, like me, you have also discovered that having plain honey multiple times a day can get repetitive. I'm not saying that God's word becomes boring over time. Actually, it's quite the opposite. I love that God's word is so diverse and continues to excite and bless the reader taste after taste. The Scriptures are not to blame if we lose our taste for them. The Bible is designed to be a continual blessing to the believer. But believers may sometimes need to mix up how they study the Scriptures to make sure to avoid the ruts that their method of extracting the honey can bring about. Sometimes when we use the same approach to studying each and every day, the approach can become repetitive. It's not God's word that needs new spice, it's the method of study that needs variety. That is why I wrote Learn to Study the Bible. With forty different ways to study the Scriptures, you always have a fresh way to prepare and digest your daily manna from heaven.
I'd like to share briefly the three ways that I personally enjoy studying the Bible.
To start, please consider buying a new Bible to use with this method, or at least a new color highlighter. Begin by reading one to four chapters of the Bible a day. Remember that reading one chapter a day will get you through the entire New Testament in a year with one hundred make up days for when you miss a day of reading. Four chapters a day will get you through the entire Bible in a year in less than 25 minutes of reading time. The key is that each day you underline only one favorite verse from each chapter you read. That's easy when you are in Leviticus but extremely difficult when you are in Matthew! After you are finished reading the entire book, go back and circle one favorite verse from the verses you underlined in the whole book. Write a few sentences in your Bible about why that is your favorite verse for that book. After you've read the whole Bible, you'll have 1,189 favorite verses underlined (one from each chapter) and 66 all-time favorite verses (one from each book). Think about how valuable that Bible will be to you because of this investment. As you turn to any page in Scripture you will remember which verse spoke to your heart the most. You might even consider putting the date next to the verses you choose to connect them to your daily journal to enhance the experience even more. These will become the verses you choose to memorize since they have meaning to you. It's a simple but fruitful and personal way to study the Bible.
Not every student of God's word is going to have the blessing of learning the original biblical languages. But that doesn't mean that we can't stand on the shoulders of scholars who spend their lives steeped in these languages, and this is the beauty of the Translation Comparison Bible Study Method. Every translation of the Bible represents the understanding and choice of dozens of skilled language scholars. When you see a unique word in a verse, you can be sure an important decision was made to choose that word over another word. This method helps you notice the different word selections that scholars made when creating English translations of the Bible. You'll also learn how to prayerfully meditate on why these words were chosen over other words and how that can impact your understanding of the text.
Sometimes our biggest problem is rushing our reading of a passage of Scripture. If we simply slow down and chew on God's word then we would be blessed by it. Slowing down is exactly what the Daily Bread Bible Study Method will force you to do. With this method, you'll learn techniques that invite you to take the time to make sure you're squeezing all the meaning you can out of the Scriptures. If you've struggled with understanding what your pastor means when he tells you to "meditate on God's word," then this method is for you.
I hope these three Bible study methods that I use personally will bless you as you experiment with them. Remember that however you mix it up, keep it exciting—don't let your Bible study time become dull or a duty. I hope you'll enjoy and use one of these methods, but don't forget that you should never become devoted to the method—only to the Savior to whom the methods lead!
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Stephen Larkham has been named in a caretaker coaching duo for the ACT Brumbies with fellow assistant Laurie Fisher in the wake of Jake White's sudden resignation, but the former Australia flyhalf would like to take on the head role full-time.
Larkham, who formed one of rugby's most successful halves partnerships with fellow Brumbies' player George Gregan, has been the team's attack coach for the past three seasons, helping the Canberra-based side to the final of this year's Super Rugby competition.
"You're never really sure if you're ready but my rugby knowledge is pretty good and I played a lot of rugby under some really good coaches," Larkham said in comments published by The Australian newspaper on Friday.
"It would have been nice to work under Jake for another year or so but things have changed and I'm really excited by the prospect."
South African White, who coached the Springboks to their 2007 World Cup triumph, walked out on the Brumbies this week with two years left on his contract.
In just two seasons, White transformed a cellar-dwelling team plagued by in-fighting into one of the most disciplined sides in the southern hemisphere regional competition, and his "pyschological" work with the young Brumbies roster would be missed, Larkham said.
"But the team has now had two years under this program and at some stage you have to assume responsibility and accountability," Larkham, 39, added.
The Brumbies will look at external candidates but are likely to opt for either Larkham or 55-year-old forwards coach Fisher, who has also expressed interest in the head role, with only a few months to bed down a new coach before the 2014 season.
Brumbies CEO Andrew Fagan said he was "shocked" by White's decision, which he put down to his disappointment at missing out on the Wallabies' head coaching role to incumbent Ewen McKenzie.
White has returned to South Africa, where local media have linked him to Super Rugby sides, the Durban-based Sharks and Cape Town's Stormers.
Clyde Rathbone, a South Africa-born former Wallabies back who linked up with former mentor White at the Brumbies, described the departed coach as a "highly strung, emotional and complex individual" who was "always chasing the next opportunity" in a blog post on Australian sports website The Roar (www.theroar.com.au).
"I know how disappointed Jake was at missing out on the Wallabies job. I know he felt as though the politics that marred his time with the Springboks and which he believed he had escaped in Australia had burnt him once more.
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Type of Document Dissertation Author Harris, Christine Koch Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-04072006-091838 Title Liminality in Gender, Race, and Nation in les Quarteronnes de la Nouvelle-Orléans by Sidonie de la Houssaye Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department French Studies Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2006-02-20 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis project examines themes of race, gender, and nation in a series of four novels by nineteenth-century Louisiana author Sidonie de la Houssaye. The series, called Les Quarteronnes de la Nouvelle-Orléans (The Quadroons of New Orleans), is based on the system of plaçage. Plaçage, a system of concubinage in which white men took women of mixed racial heritage (such as "quadroons") as mistresses, becomes a source of conflict and contradiction in the series. The author sees plaçage as a tragic necessity for some educated and morally "upright" quarteronnes. For others, those quarteronnes depicted as libidinous and avaricious, it is a means of benefiting from the destruction of families from the upper echelons of white society.
Between these binaristic visions of plaçage, I found that de la Houssaye also offers a more nuanced vision of life in New Orleans for women and women of color in particular. I refer to these nuances as "liminal" spaces; spaces of in-betweenness. In the first two chapters, I explore the liminal racial status of the heroines and how that liminality becomes the basis for a performative model of race. In the third and fourth chapters, I explore the connections between peformativity in gender and its connections to performative race. In the final chapters, I explore how the author envisions Louisiana as a place that lacks a unified sense of nationality and how that lack affects the lives of the characters and the author herself.
Although it has long been ignored, the liminal space that is Louisiana has produced a significant body of literature in French as well as in English. These novels are a fascinating sample of the francophone Louisiana oeuvre. They also, as I argue, address issues that are currently of great interest to literary scholars working in the fields of gender, race, and postcolonial studies. It is my hope that readers of this dissertation will agree that these novels, and Louisiana literature in general, merit a great deal of further study.
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In Haifa, 450 petrochemical workers who have been on a work slowdown in a dispute over wages were furloughed indefinitely by management. The workers disregarded a Labor Court order to resume their normal work routine. Last week they blocked shipments of products out of the Haifa plant. Management shut the plant down today and said it might sue the employees for damages.
The dispute, which is not supported by Histadrut, began when management declined to pay the workers production bonuses called for in their contract when production exceeds an agreed quota. The management claimed that production at the plant dropped because of large decline in orders and there was no production above quotas.
At Ashdod Port, Yehoshua Peretz, the local port union leader, called a three-hour strike because he was asked for identification by a policeman guarding the dock gates. He claimed the incident was an insult to himself and all the port workers. After an exchange of vituperative messages between Peretz and Aharon Remez, director general of the Ashdod Port Authority, the latter filed a criminal complaint against the union leader.


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We recently reported that six consecutive days of treatment with a moderate dose of methamphetamine (METH) induced greater behavioral sensitization in adult HIV-1 transgenic (HIV-1 Tg) rats than in adult Fischer 344/NHsd (F344) non-transgenic, wild-type control animals. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of a moderate dose of METH on the brains of adolescent versus adult HIV-1 Tg male rats using both behavioral (METH-induced, stereotypic head movement) and physiological (rectal body temperature) parameters. We found that both the acute and behavior-sensitizing effects of METH were greater in HIV-1 Tg rats compared with controls and also in adolescent rats compared with adult animals, regardless of HIV-1 status. We determined that acute hyperthermic effects of METH as well as tolerance to METH-induced hyperthermia were greater in HIV-1 Tg rats than in controls. Taken together, these results suggest that both the neuroadaptations seen in HIV infection and the immaturity of the adolescent brain are associated with increased sensitivity to the psychoactive and behavior-sensitizing properties of METH. Thus, HIV-infected individuals and adolescents may be more vulnerable to the development of METH abuse and dependence than non-infected individuals and adults.
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The 11th annual Spring Gospel Sing, presented by the Guernsey Gospel Jubilee Association, will send the sound of inspirational music through the hills surrounding Spring Valley Campground next week.
Slated May 16-17, the Gospel Sing is free, but the quality of the entertainment is sky high, said Ed Hlad, one of the owners of Spring Valley Campground.
"If you were to go hear any one of these groups in concert," Hlad said, "you could expect to pay at least $20 or $30 per ticket."
Spring Valley Campground is located at 8000 Dozer Road, which runs west from Southgate Parkway just south of Interstate 70.
The sing features Southern gospel music.
"It's one of the largest gospel sings in Ohio," Hlad said.
Among the top-name performers slated to perform are The Nelons,and Naomi and the Segos.
Not only will a host of professional gospel groups perform, area amateur talent also will be encouraged to take the stage during the "open talent" portions of the sing.
Organizers have allowed time for open talent on May 15 at 6 p.m. and May 17 at 9:30 a.m. Groups must sign in at 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively.
Here's how the line-up of professional groups looks currently (the line-up is subject to change):
May 15
Mencer, White and Cheney of Coshocton, and One-A-Chord, Barnesville.
May 16
Abe Shirk, Lancaster, Pa.; The Believers, Jacobsburg; River Valley Trio, Lancaster, Ohio; The Clarks, Beverly; The Duet, Columbus; Trio of His Love, Newark; The Messengers, Fultonham; and Darla Wheeler, Ava.
May 17
The Kings, Lancaster, Ohio; Gospel River Boys, Ironton; Just Joy, Columbus; In+Ercession, Jonesboro, Ark.; The Sammons Family, Prestonburg, Ky.; The Rising, Franklin, Ky.; Del Snell, Cambridge; Cornerstone Choir, Duncan Falls; The Graceway Quartet, Columbus; Williams Family, Vienna, W.Va.; The Joyfulaires, Winfield, W.Va.; Harmony 3, Chillicothe; Willis Canada, Richmond, Va.; Jo Ann King, Zanesville; Ray and Ruby Cook, Columbus; Dee Ladd, Cambridge; Heaven's Harmony, Mansfield; Lighthouse, Lebanon; Colonial City, Mt. Vernon; The Songsters, Akron; Gospelaires Quartet, Mineral Wells, W.Va.; Naomi and the Segos, Centerville, Ga.; The Peters Family, Lancaster, Ohio; Soul'd Out, Cincinnati; and The Singing Hands, Dunbar, W.Va.


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Selamat, Ali and Omatu, Sigeru (2004) Web page feature selection and classification using neural networks. Information Sciences, 158 . pp. 69-88.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2003.03.003
Automatic categorization is the only viable method to deal with the scaling problem of the World Wide Web (WWW). In this paper, we propose a news web page classification method (WPCM). The WPCM uses a neural network with inputs obtained by both the principal components and class profile-based features. Each news web page is represented by the term-weighting scheme. As the number of unique words in the collection set is big, the principal component analysis (PCA) has been used to select the most relevant features for the classification. Then the final output of the PCA is combined with the feature vectors from the class-profile which contains the most regular words in each class. We have manually selected the most regular words that exist in each class and weighted them using an entropy weighting scheme. The fixed number of regular words from each class will be used as a feature vectors together with the reduced principal components from the PCA. These feature vectors are then used as the input to the neural networks for classification. The experimental evaluation demonstrates that the WPCM method provides acceptable classification accuracy with the sports news datasets.
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-- Viola R. Palombi, 72, of 1842 Lakeview Drive, and formerly of Magna, Utah, died Wednesday, March 24, 1999, at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, following a six week illness.
Services will be Wednesday in Ogden, Utah with burial in Washington Heights Memorial Park in Ogden. Arrangement for services in Utah will be handled by Lindquist Ogden Mortuary, Ogden, Utah.
Local arrangements will be handled by Auble Funeral Home in Orrville.
She was born Dec. 30, 1926 in Magna, Utah to Joseph and Rose (Palmeri) Mirabella and married Carl A. Palombi. He died on Jan. 23, 1980.
Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Gwen and Eugene Edel of Orrville, and sons and daughters-in-law, John and Tammy Palombi of Ocean Springs, Miss. and Mike and Irene Palombi of Magna, Utah; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.


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TELEVISION cameras come to Lulworth Castle this week for the BBC's antiques programme Flog It!
A valuation day will be held on Thursday, May 8 and residents are invited to bring along up to three items they may be interested in selling. It takes place between 9.30am and 4.30pm.
Presenter Paul Martin, pictured right, will be joined on the day by experts Mark Stacey, Catherine Southon and David Fletcher. Antiques and collectables selected at the valuation day will go under the hammer at Charterhouse Auctioneers, Sherborne, on Friday, June 6.
James Weld of Lulworth Estate said: "Following on from Antiques Roadshow's successful visit back in 2011, we are all very pleased to be welcoming presenter Paul Martin and the Flog It team to Lulworth Castle.
"We hope this event will be equally well supported and people will join us for what promises to be an interesting and enjoyable day."
Louise Hibbins, series producer, said: "If you've ever wondered how much your boot sale bargains or clutter in the loft might be worth, now is your chance to find out."


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NAMA Launches New Website Design As Part of Communications Campaign
Date Posted: November 15, 2012
Washington, DC—The North American Millers' Association (NAMA) launched Nov. 14 a new website as part of an effort to further define and strengthen the association's communications with key audiences, including NAMA members, government officials, consumers and the media.
"NAMA has a more than 100 year history of taking action as the voice of the grain milling industry," stated NAMA President Mary Waters.
"We're excited to build on this valuable reputation as we strongly position NAMA for the ever-more complex business climate we operate in today, as well as tomorrow."
"The new site communicates important messages about our members' businesses as well as a wealth of information about the issues important to the grain milling industry.
"It also places more emphasis on the critical role of today's high tech mills in creating the flour and other products that are the essential link between grain and the goodness of the nutritious and everpopular grain foods that form the basis of the diets of Americans as well as people around the world," said Waters.
NAMA's redesigned website features tabs on the home page targeted to the association's prime audiences: industry (NAMA members, suppliers, and customers), government (Congress and regulatory officials), and consumers.
"The site still has all the great information from our previous site," explained Waters, "but it is now organized in a more user-friendly, and easy-tofind format."
"NAMA is hard at work undertaking a number of exciting initiatives to proactively position the U.S. milling industry," added Waters.
"Just in the past year, we have created a NAMA instructor of milling at Kansas State University, promoted the consumption of grain-based foods in conjunction with our other partners in the Grain Chain, addressed opportunities such as biotechnology to ensure an adequate supply of optimum quality grains, and aggressively advocated for additional funding for wheat and oat research.
"The launch of the website is a vital component of our overall outreach to better showcase these and other initiatives undertaken on behalf of the grain milling industry to better define ourselves – and better serve – our stakeholders and other audiences," she said.
The communications campaign, including the website design, is being handled by kinnaird+mangan, Potomac, MD.
NAMA is the trade association of the wheat, corn, oat, and rye milling industries. Member companies operate mills in 38 states and Canada, representing more than 90 percent of total industry production capacity.
For more information, call 202-484-2200, ext. 11.
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There are many factors to consider when evaluating your TV provider options. You should look for a company that offers top-notch customer support and service you can count on, in addition to affordable prices. CableTV.com uses these factors and many others when ranking providers and making recommendations. This means that when you use CableTV.com to find a cable company in Warrensville Heights, OH, you'll find a provider that offers great products, dependability, and friendly customer service.


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Tax benefits for new auto purchases set to end after 2013
KENOSHA, WI--Nov. 27, 2013: For business owners who anticipate needing a vehicle in the coming year for business purposes, now would appear to be the time to buy in order to take advantage of a tax benefit that will soon be history. The incentive, designed by Congress to encourage the modernization of businesses throughout the nation, has provided accelerated depreciation provisions to allow business owners to deduct more for depreciable business assets such as work vehicles. The effort has resulted in many business owners taking advantage of the opportunity, but the time to take advantage will end at the close of the current calendar year.
Business owners are now encouraged to take stock of their current equipment and projected needs to determine whether an automobile purchase is likely to become necessary in the coming months. Those who are able to ascertain that such a need exists will likely want to make those purchases in the coming month while the incentives remain on offer.
Palmen Motors of Kenosha, Wis. is preparing for the anticipated influx of business owners wanting to take advantage of the incentives by bolstering their stock of Ram vehicles such as the 2014 Ram Promaster. The Promaster, a cargo van designed specifically to help business owners to move cargo safely and conveniently, is expected to be a big seller among owners looking to upgrade their current work vehicles in order to benefit from the depreciation bonus. Palmen Motors offers a variety of Ram 4x4 trucks that will also be well-suited to a number of area business needs.


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Where now no more the music is,
With hands that wrote you little notes
I write you little elegies!
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It's amazing how so much can change in a month and a half.
On June 15th the NASCAR Nationwide Series ran the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Raceway. Regan Smith defeated Kyle Larson for victory. Early in that race Brian Vickers got into an accident with Travis Pastrana, Brian Scott, Alex Bowman and Jeffery Earnhardt. After that event Vickers was a dismal tenth in the points standings and was 100 points back of leader Regan Smith.
It was utter disappointment for Vickers and his team, who were favorites coming into the season to win it all. Many thought crew chief Kevin Kidd was on the hot seat. Vickers a highly touted driver during the 2012-2013 offseason went to Joe Gibbs Racing to win a championship and things looked grim.
However, since that day at Michigan Brian Vickers and his #20 Joe Gibbs Racing team have turned into the team that everyone thought they would be. Looking at the points as the Nationwide Series heads into a stand alone race at Iowa Speedway Vickers is currently fifth in the standings and is just 28 points behind the leader with momentum on his side.
Vickers has rallied by stringing five top ten finishes together in his last six starts. His most impressive race came at New Hampshire where he led 63 laps and finished second. He also won the Sprint Cup race the following day.
With 14 races left on the schedule in the 2013 season 28 points is not a whole lot of ground to make up for Vickers. He could easily win at Iowa, a stand alone Nationwide Series race with zero cup regulars in the field. If Vickers can gain ground on the teams in front it could mean big things for the 2003 Nationwide Series champion.
Vickers' climb has been a consistent one and it proves that while it's important to get off to a good start, consistency in the Nationwide Series is really all that matters.
Vickers will still need to win races to win his second career Nationwide Series championship but after the last seven weeks it looks like Vickers is back in the championship picture, something no one saw coming on June 15th.Tags: Brian Vickers, Joe Gibbs Racing, Motorsports, NASCAR, NASCAR Nationwide Series


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Sports Authority Inc. is partnering with online protection plan provider SIMPLR to let customers protect new purchases.
RadioShack's Fix It Here! same-day mobile repair service is now available in 30 stores in the Houston area, adding to 650 stores already in play and plans to roll the service out to 750 stores by year end.
After some fine-tuning, SAP is now officially launching a DIY home assembly app called "Bilt" for Android and iOS tablet devices.
SAP has released the Bilt mobile app, which provides interactive, 3D, voice-guided assembly, repair and installation instructions in application for iOS and Android tablets.
DHgate, an e-commerce marketplace focused on cross-border trade of Chinese goods, will provide its U.S. buyers with a consumer-rated protection plan and repair service through SquareTrade.
SAP demonstrated a concept consumer app called "Snap" at its recent Retail Forum in Dallas. Snap provides customers with interactive 3-D assembly instructions for a vast array of products. The instructions are pulled from manufacturer CAD files and delivered via cloud after the customer scans a product barcode or QR code, with options such as zoom and audio. Snap even lets shoppers register products for warranties and automatically request replacement parts.
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Arthur "Art" Ford, 93, of Braham, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at GracePointe Crossing Gables West Gables of Cambridge.
Art was born in Pierce County, North Dakota on Nov. 12, 1918, and in that same year he moved with his family to Braham, Minn. where his parents owned a farm in North Maple Ridge. He enjoyed attending sporting events, playing softball, and hunting and fishing. Bowling was one of his favorite activities and he traveled with his bowling team to many tournaments. Art worked as a school bus driver, auto mechanic and at the auto parts store in Cambridge. He volunteered delivering meals through the Meals on Wheels program in Braham, and he maintained the cemetery and church in North Maple Ridge. He enjoyed history and literature and he read many books and periodicals.
Art was part of the community at Elmhurst Commons Apartments in Braham for the last few years and he lived in the Braham area all of his life.
He was preceded in death by his parent's William and Grace (Else) Ford, his sister Lillian Lind and his brother Henry Ford.
Art is survived by his sisters Dorothy Ford, Florence Nordenstrom, and Irene Galbrecht; eight nieces and nephews Cynthia Larrey, Kathryn (Jake) Dowell, Thomas (Denise) Nordenstrom, Yvonne (Dennis) Pfeifer, Dale (Carla) Nordenstrom, Holly Galbrecht, John Galbrecht, and Carl Galbrecht; and many other relatives and friends.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Braham Covenant Church with Rev. Steve Jennisch officiating. A memorial visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in the North Maple Ridge Cemetery of rural Braham. Arrangements are by the Rock Ingebrand Funeral Home of Braham.


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