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Estimation for multivariate stable distributions with generalized empirical likelihood
This paper considers the generalized empirical likelihood (GEL) method for estimating the parameters of the multivariate stable distribution. The GEL method is considered to be an extension of the generalized method of moments (GMM). The multivariate stable distributions are widely applicable as they can accommodate both skewness and heavy tails. We treat the spectral measure, which summarizes scale and asymmetry, by discretization. In order to estimate all the model parameters simultaneously, we apply the estimating function constructed by equating empirical and theoretical characteristic functions. The efficacy of the proposed GEL method is demonstrated in Monte Carlo studies. An illustrative example involving daily returns of market indexes is also included.
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Volume (Year): 172 (2013)
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Teaching and Learning Through Cooperative Research Ventures
Classroom-based learning can be enhanced for advanced agricultural economics and agribusiness undergraduate students by engaging them as partners in an applied research project. The approach described combines research, outreach and resident instruction in a single activity that produces and extends knowledge while educating students. Many of the changes suggested for agricultural, agricultural economics and agribusiness instruction are encompassed by this approach.
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Opinions are divided on proposal to pair Park Rapids, Leech Lake hockey
A "polarized" group of parents, coaches and Park Rapids Hockey Association board members voiced opinions on pairing with the Leech Lake Varsity Hockey program at Monday night's school board fact-finding meeting, the final decision on the matter to be made May 17.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley is reportedly strongly in favor of the move. The Park Rapids hockey board earlier nixed the request on a 5-5 vote with hockey board chair Travis Floyd breaking the tie, voting against it.
Athletic director John Schumacher reviewed the "history" of the co-op talks, noting both programs face a low numbers problem, both eliminating Bantams.
Projections over the next five years show numbers of Park Rapids players dwindling. Leech Lake Hockey player numbers are also expected to drop in the near future. A minimum of 28 to 32 players is needed to effectively field a varsity and junior varsity program.
Under the proposed agreement, the team name would be Panther Hockey, orange and black the team colors.
Three varsity/JV games and two JV games would be played at Walker. Nine varsity/JV games would be played in Park Rapids. The majority of practices would be held in Park Rapids.
Sixty percent of program cost would be borne by Park Rapids, 40 percent by Walker. The co-op agreement would be for a minimum of two years. The co-op team would retain Class A status.
Pete Stahnke, the Park Rapids hockey team's head coach, "strongly" recommended pairing with Leech Lake Hockey. "The Walker hockey association is unanimously in favor," he told the board.
Stahnke explained many team members need to play on a JV team in order to progress. The co-op could bring back the possibility of a Bantam team. The team is playing with a minimal number of members, sometimes with a single player on the bench to relieve.
Six or eight players out due to injury, illness or ineligibility can prove "disastrous," he told board members.
Numbers in practice gives good inner competition, Stahnke said. Numbers develop discipline on the team - athletic and academic. "Without the numbers, if (players) don't come to practice, they know they'll still be on the team."
Co-ops, Stahnke told the board, teach lifelong lessons and create leadership. "To be consistent among the elite teams, we need the numbers. We can't count on recruiting.
"As head coach, I support a co-op. It's good for students and student athletes," Stahnke said.
Steve Hall, a 16-year member of the hockey association, said it's a difficult decision, "but the majority of the hockey association members don't want to pair."
He cited financial projections falling short by approximately 17 percent. "Costs keep rising, some dramatically, and there are very few reserves. We simply cannot afford the additional cost."
He estimated pairing would encumber the program with an additional $11,000 cost over four years. "Pairing is not in the best interest from a budget standpoint," Hall cautioned.
He also projected losing 10 percent of the players due to transportation and other issues. "Lower numbers mean lower revenue."
Hall said pairing will not add additional revenue. "It will change the Park Rapids Amateur Hockey Association forever," he cautioned. "The impact may be so great, the program may not be able to continue."
Floyd echoed the sentiments. "We're one step away from a financial breakdown," he told the board. "We would be taking on a large expense."
"Pairing puts more financial burden on our shoulders as opposed to WHA," Hall said, pointing out there has been no communication with the WHA School Board on the issue.
Floyd expressed concern with participation of Park Rapids players "if they have to go to Walker to play."
Craig Brand, who has coached for eight years, indicated support for the co-op "after listening to both sides.
"Pete wants to bring the program up - so people are scared to play us. We have a numbers problem," Brand said. "This is an excellent opportunity to bring numbers together for an excellent program."
Superintendent Glenn Chiodo reported receiving unsolicited donations of $3,500 over the next two years, if the co-op is approved.
Ed and Dave DeLaHunt spoke in strong support of the measure. "We could dominate in districts, sections and even state play," Ed DeLaHunt said.
"We're at a crossroads," Dave DeLaHunt said. "Grow or face a struggle."
Jeanie Coborn, mother of three, spoke in opposition. "Our mission should be about Park Rapids kids playing hockey," she said.
Roger Stewart, who submitted a letter of support with several parents' signatures, said a lack of a junior varsity team is "detrimental" to the program, "a major setback."
Former coach Mike McMorrow suggested recruitment as a means to build numbers.
But Stahnke said, "You won't get kids committed to the program through recruiting."
Kerry Johnson, and others in the audience urged support for the coach's decision on the matter.
"In a big group, the cream comes to the top," Ed Moren said. "Without depth, you're really in trouble. It's painful to watch the kids in Walker. With Pete's tutelage, you can have a state champion team."
Board member Gary Gauldin said, "It's about numbers and winning. I've watched hockey become a respectable sport... It disturbs me to see this polarization. We need to come together."
School board chair Sherry Safratowich shifted the conversation. "I'd like to see this many people at the regular meeting," she told the 50-plus who'd arrived for the debate. "We cut $510,000 from the academics budget. That's most important. But nobody was at the meeting. No comments. Now we're looking at adding, not cutting. That frustrates me."


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The swollen Red River will stay high for some time, causing worries for small communities just north of Moorhead.
Flooding in the Red River valley has shut down many roads, including a portion of Interstate 29 north of Fargo, N.D. In Minnesota, Clay County officials say more than 60 roads — or 100 miles — are closed to traffic. That makes it a challenge to get around in isolated towns.
In tiny Georgetown, 129 residents are nearly surrounded by water from the Buffalo River. The streets are a muddy mess, because the Army Corps of Engineers has put up an emergency clay dike and raised the level of existing levees around town. The heavy equipment left ruts in the dirt roads and tore up people's yards.
Retired railroad worker Lester Nelson is used to floods, having lived in the same house on the Buffalo River for 45 years. But Nelson, 82, said the last few years have been the worst.
"You kind of just get disgruntled, because just about the time you figure spring is coming and then you have the flood and then you have all that goes with it," he said. "Then there's the cleanup, and about the time you've got everything cleaned up and looking real nice again, the mosquitoes come, you sneeze two times and you're right back to winter."
The clay dike in Nelson's back yard is all that's protecting his home from floodwater. The dike means few people in town have to worry about sandbagging. Still, Nelson said, it's hard to justify spending lots of money each year to put up temporary dikes and then take them down.
"They'd be better off to buy out all the homes and everything right here in Georgetown, and 'doze it," he said. "It would make a lovely rest stop. Put a sign on the highway, picnic tables, maybe an outhouse, and a sign on the highway that this was historic Georgetown. From the monetary point of view, it would be the sensible thing to do."
Not everyone is willing to give up on Georgetown — especially Traci Goble, the town's mayor.
Standing in the mud next to a fenced area at the center of town, Goble points out what the town lost when the Army Corps of Engineers mined it for clay to build up the dike.
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Goble has battled a major flood in each of the three years she's been in office. She's asked lawmakers for $3.5 million for a long-term fix, enough to buy 19 properties to make way for a permanent levee.
"I think a lot of people are willing to fight for this community."Traci Goble, Georgetown mayor
Such permanent protection would allow the town to grow, said Goble, who envisions Georgetown as a become community for people working in Moorhead, about 10 miles to the south.
"I think a lot of people are willing to fight for this community," she said. "It's 152 years old. It's Clay County's first born. It's a historic town. Why would you want to see that go under?"
As it is now, the state spends hundreds of thousands of dollars protecting Georgetown from floods. That includes a platoon of National Guard soldiers who've taken up residence in Georgetown's community center.
The soldiers are monitoring the dike around the clock, watching for leaks. Sgt. David Moscho said he's amazed at how much work has been done since the platoon arrived on Friday.
"When we came into town there was very little built, and within four days the whole town was surrounded by a dike," Moscho said. "They've all pulled together and they're working very hard to keep their town dry and safe and save these homes."
All but one of the roads into Georgetown is closed because of flooding. Officials say the Buffalo River is at or near its crest. It could be several days before the water recedes.


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At their meeting Tuesday, the Johnson County Commissioners further discussed the proposed indoor shooting range that a group is trying to build on county-owned land near the airport.
Commission Chair Delbert Eitel read an opinion from the county's insurance provider saying he had no concerns that the county would be held liable if a few specific things were done.
Commissioner Jim Hicks asked Deputy County Attorney Barry Crago to draft a letter with all of the specific wording wanted by the commissioners and send the letter to the county's insurance carrier for them to sign, showing the county would not be held liable if the shooting range is allowed to go forward.
Although no decision on allowing the shooting range has been made at this point, the commissioners appear at least willing to look into the matter as long as no liability is focused on the county itself.


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Park Rapids to consider adding monthly storm water utility charge
The city of Park Rapids is looking to implement a storm water utility to finance storm water best management practices.
A storm water utility is a method of financing administration, planning, implementation, construction and maintenance of storm water.
The utility fee is typically charged against all developed parcels within a city based on the premise of "storm water runoff contributors pay."
"We're looking at a $2 per month fee for all residential properties," said city planner Dan Walker.
Parcels zoned multi-family residential, commercial, government, agricultural and industrial will be charged at a per acre rate.
The council is considering the fee in order to help pay for storm water projects such as the southwest reconstruction project slated for this summer.
"The fee is minimal but it should be able to offset some of the assessments that would be charged for these projects," Walker said.
Some commercial or other types of parcels could qualify for credits if they are using best management practices for water runoff. Walker noted Walmart and J&B Foods have done some of this and will likely see credits.
"The storm water utility will also encourage using good practices to save on water runoff," he said.
The annual revenue from a $2 per month residential rate should be about $311,015, according to calculations provided by the city.
A public hearing is scheduled for noon Tuesday, April 27 at the Park Rapids Area Library basement.


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It's been bothering N64 owners ever since they started their first trip down the Road to Wrestlemania. THQ's WWF Wrestlemania 2000 drew everyone in with excellent presentation and solid animation and controls and the RtoW career mode was the perfect challenge to keep everyone locked in. IGN64 has received hundreds of letters complaining about the increasing levels of difficulty as you plug through your one year WWF "season." While our initial response was to dismiss the whiners as Disciples of Videogame Suckiness, we soon realized there was something slightly off about WM2K.
You can beat him all you want, but he'll still take your belt
Even if players went through entire seasons undefeated, both in singles and tag team competition, picking up all of the WWF gold available along the way, a cut scene of Vince McMahon stripping you of your WWF Championship always came up after the Royal Rumble. The Undertaker was usually the beneficiary. Even when you'd try to get around this by using the Phenom yourself, McMahon would give it to some other nimrod like Triple H. Whatever the case, players were denied the chance to defend or win the championship at Wrestlemania. This of course is the key to unlocking the best stuff in the game.
IGN64 wants to let everyone know that the best way to avoid having your title stripped is to not have it in the first place.
The information that says you have to defend the belt at Wrestlemania is probably a little misleading. Winning the title at the pay per view is all you should be concerned with. How do you insure that you'll have a title shot at WM2K? No, you don't need Linda McMahon to come out and reinstate you. Just make like The Rock and win your title shot at the Royal Rumble and you're in there. This means, for all of you players that take pride in your undefeated records, you'll have to find a way to not be WWF champion coming out of the Royal Rumble.
It sucks when the boss is back
As we had it explained to us by THQ, championship reigns during the majority of the WWF "season" don't really matter. What does matter is your singles record heading into the Rumble --you won't be invited if you just absolutely suck. Winningthe Royal Rumble match itself is imperative. Of course, this is one of the most difficult tasks in the game considering that AI is pretty sharp at that point in the season.
You'd better learn to handle yourself in a crowded ring if you want to win the Rumble
In the WWF, the reigning champ has wrestled in the Royal Rumble match itself only twice (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage according to IGN Wrestling). WM2K won't let you mess up the entire season by having you win the number one contender's spot for a title that you already hold. Although he doesn't say it, this is probably why McMahon is all pissed at you when he takes your gold away.
So, to recap:
- Win enough matches to get into the Royal Rumble match.
- Make sure you're not WWF champion coming out of the Royal Rumble PPV.
- Win the 30 man Royal Rumble match to earn a spot in Wrestlemania's Main Event.
- Whoop ass in the Wrestlemania Main Event and take the belt.
- Flex and pose in front of the television as you revel in your victory.
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It was the press conference the hockey world had awaited all summer: Sidney Crosby discussing his concussion and whether he'd play in the NHL again. But it should have been delayed a day, according to Sportsnet Radio Fan 590 morning host Greg Brady in Toronto. Even as the first reports of the Russian air crash emerged Wednesday morning, Brady used his Twitter account to urge the Pittsburgh Penguins to delay Crosby's meeting with the media. "bradyfan590 Greg Brady No one wants to knee-jerk here, but current player's health status shouldn't push this horrid tragedy off page somewhat, & sadly, it would."
The momentum continued as the awful truth from Russia sank in. At least 23 players from the KHL's Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and its Canadian coach Brad McCrimmon were among those who perished in the crash. "bradyfan590 Greg Brady NHL scout text to me: "Biggest tragedy in history/sport, & so-called ambassador of game going ahead w/ a "how am I doing" presser? Insane."
The concern that Crosby was insulated from reality continued at the presser. While Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero briefly acknowledged the tragedy, Crosby found not a single word in his me-fest to mention that many hockey colleagues he knew or played against were lying dead along the Volga River. "@bradyfan590 The sports best known player didn't reference the sports biggest tragedy at the end of the worst summer in hockey history."
Brady got lots of pushback, but Thursday he was not changing his tune. "I can see both sides of the Penguins going ahead with it," he told Usual Suspects in an e-mail. Brady acknowledged Shero's comment, but added, "I will say, I was shocked the game's best player and most recognizable face didn't grasp the importance of doing the same. If the NHL is truly a global game, and this is the greatest unparalleled tragedy in the sport's history, surely its biggest star would acknowledge it happened and pass along sympathies before his first answer. It takes 10 seconds. Every other star of the sport commented on it, and Crosby had a massive platform to speak for ALL players, not just himself.
"If it had been an NHL team [that crashed] there's no chance the presser goes forward, so why differentiate between the two? The tragedy has countless links to the NHL. I mean, would the Pens have announced a player signing at the same time? I doubt it. None of this makes Crosby an unfeeling person, but when you've grown up watching statesmen like Arthur Ashe, Muhammad Ali, and Wayne Gretzky, maybe I expected a bit more."
Twitter chatter: The tragic crash was the best and worst of times for Twitter and journalism. The best is blogger Dmitry Chesnokov's illuminating updates from the Russian media. Worst? Another rush to put someone in the cemetery. In this case, CBC's website listed Riley Armstrong, brother of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Colby Armstrong, and former Penguins winger Ramzi Abid as possible passengers on the ill-fated plane. That led Fan 590's Barb DiGiulio to tweet, "We are hearing that Riley Armstrong, brother of Maple Leaf Colby Armstrong was on the plane." Neither Armstrong nor Abid was, in fact, aboard, and DiGiulio was simply repeating the CBC message without checking it herself.
How's that different from the many who reported speculation that Ruslan Salei might still be alive in Minsk? While unresearched speculation (especially from Russian sources) is not advisable in any case, it's absolutely verboten when talking about a death, particularly one with such close connections to the Toronto market.
Rogers Bows Out: After originally confirming they would be part of the bidding by the Olympic TV Consortium for the IOC's TV rights to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia and the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil, Rogers has announced they're now dropping out of the bid. Rogers was a 20 percent partner in the consortium, which, ironically, was run by current Rogers Media Inc. president Keith Pelley through the Vancouver 2010 Games. The IOC Canadian bidding result, which was delayed to allow for better economic conditions, is to be decided this year.
Rogers is saying that its channels are full of Blue Jays and tennis coverage at the time the Summer Olympics are staged and hockey when the Winter Games are on. Until Rogers can get more channel space, it will stay out of the competition. Of course, Sochi and Rio are not the strongest draws in North America, either. No great skin there. Plus, under terms of the consortium agreement Rogers cannot now partner with another network to bid against CTV. It's also no state secret that, since Bell Inc. took full control of CTV this year, having the two telecom rivals as partners was getting unmanageable. So there will be no surprise at Thursday's announcement.
Into the gap left by Rogers, say welcome to CBC. The two announced Friday that they're combining efforts to bid for the 2014/16 Games. Facing the loss of NHL hockey rights in 2014, CBC needed to regain the Olympic package, which was long its signature event. But cost-cutting at the Corp. of late made it very difficult to come up with a significant bid against cash-flush CTV. (Plus CBC is wary of the optics with the Tory government of taking rights from the private sector.) So rather than fight 'em, CBC joined 'em. They may only get biathlon and rhythmic gymnastics out of the deal as the junior partner, but it gets CBC back in the IOC game.
Welcome Back: Rogers did have a positive announcement Tuesday as it heralded the return of Scott Morrison as the new executive producer of hockey. Morrison will also appear as an insider on Hockeycentral and Sportsnet Radio The FAN 590, as well as a feature writer for Sportsnet magazine and a contributor to sportsnet.ca. Morrison had been a columnist and contributor to Hockey Night In Canada since being ushered out at Sportsnet by the previous regime. And the reason he left was...? Discuss amongst yourselves.
Olympic Safety: Speaking of Sochi, one of the great concerns about the Winter Games from the NHL and others is security and infrastructure. Now tell us how the crash of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team's aging jet reassures Gary Bettman and others that the Russians can pull this off? If they can't protect an elite hockey team, how do they protect the world's great athletes and fans in 2014?
NFL Cashes In: If you read Those Guys Have All The Fun about the history of ESPN, you'll know the full monty abut how the cable station finally claimed NFL rights for Monday nights on 2006. Fascinating read. Now, ESPN has locked up the Monday Night package and digital rights for eight more years at $1.2-billion (U.S.) per. The deal gives them no guaranteed playoff rights, however. Guess that lockout really set back the NFL brand, huh?Report Typo/Error
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Slifer Designs' Denver professional interior design team members Dennis Szkotnicki and Joanne Brutsch, go over fabric samples for a home remodel project at the company's new interior design studio at its Cherry Creek Shopping Center store. Photo courtesy of Slifer Designs
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Growing demand and interest in its professional interior design services has prompted Slifer Designs to expand its Cherry Creek Shopping Center store operations to now include both retail home furnishings and accessories and an on-site, professional interior design studio.
Led by professional interior designers Joanne Brutsch, Dennis Szckotnicki, and Design Associate Christy Gullikson, Slifer Designs' residential, hospitality and commercial interior design service options cover projects of any size based on each client's budget and include:
• Complimentary initial in-home or in-store Consultation
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"We're excited about the growing interest in the Denver/Front Range market for Slifer Designs' interior design services," said President Yvonne Jacobs. "Having made our mark in the Vail Valley and other resort destination areas across the U.S. and in Mexico over the past 28 years, this urban add-on is a tremendous opportunity to grow our reputation and demonstrate our creativity in a range of home sizes and living spaces, large or small. It's also an added benefit to our clients to have a one-stop interior design and furnishings option from our Cherry Creek store," Jacobs added.
For more information visit www.sliferdesigns.com or call 303-232-8200 (Denver/Cherry Creek) or 970-926-8200 (Edwards/Vail Valley).
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A Florida inmate was taken to the shower room as punishment for pooping in his cell and refusing to clean it up. Left under scalding hot water unattended for over an hour, he died a horrific death.
Darren Rainey had a history of mental illness and was serving a 2-year stint for possession of cocaine at the Dade Correctional Institution when the incident occurred.
At one point, according to a fellow inmate serving as an orderly on the wing, Rainey began yelling over and over again, "I can't take it no more, I'm sorry. I won't do it again."
Yet despite his obvious distress, the guards did not answer his pleas, nor did they return to check in on him.
When they did come back over an hour later, they found the 50-year-old's body lying on shower room floor – his skin so badly damaged by the water it shriveled away from his body, according to a post-mortem report.
"I then seen [sic] his burnt dead body naked body go about two feet from my cell door on a stretcher,'' the orderly inmate, who previously witnessed Rainey being shoved into the scalding shower, later recalled in a letter to authorities calling for something to be done about the death.
Another inmate, Mark Joiner, told the inspector general that he was ordered to "clean up the crime scene'' shortly after Rainey's ill-fated shower and before an investigation could be launched implicating the guards.
Yet, despite the horrific nature of the mentally ill prisoner's death and available witness testimony in the matter, nearly two years after Rainey was scalded during a punishment shower, serious questions remain unanswered in the case and no guards have been implicated in his death.
Instead, any investigation into the likely homicide has been halted until the medical examiner completes a full autopsy – still not complete two years later.
George Mallinckrodt, a psychotherapist at the Dade Correctional Institution said he is not surprised that there has been no justice for Rainey in a prison climate like Dade's that allows mentally ill inmates to be tortured and abused by guards.
"You know these guys that are in prison — and definitely deserve to be there — they're there to pay their debt to society, not to get tortured or beaten or murdered, so I'd like to see that resolved," Mallinckrodt said, calling for reform before other inmates – like Rainey – die at the hands of abusive guards.
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Lonergan specializes in smart comedy-dramas of urban contemporary life, sprinkled with laughs but exploring serious moral issues, usually through the prism of a determinedly quirky central character. In "Lobby Hero," that person is Jeff (Glenn Fitzgerald), a woebegone night security guard who must decide whether to help his boss cover up the possible involvement of the boss's brother in a murder. Things get complicated when the case comes to the attention of two cops, a female rookie and her veteran partner, who are grappling with some ethical issues of their own.
All this is watchable enough, because Lonergan writes sharp dialogue and has more respect for plot than many playwrights these days. But none of it sticks to the ribs. Some blame goes to the actors (as Dawn, the female cop, Heather Burns has no street cred at all) and to Mark Brokaw's direction, which is too broad. But the fault lies mostly with Lonergan, who betrays his much vaunted realism with contrivance and cheap laughs at every turn. Example: Jeff, the cutely self-aware nincompoop, doesn't want to betray his boss's confidence, so he tells the whole story to Dawn by disguising it, ineptly, as a "hypothetical" case, a ruse she sees through in about five seconds. Pure sitcom schtick like too much in Lonergan's work.
Martin McDonagh was once a hot playwright too, a few years back, when "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," the first of his Leenane trilogy, introduced this talented London-based playwright to America. Next came "The Lonesome West," but now that "A Skull in Connemara" has arrived (at off-Broadway's Gramercy Theater), the critics seem to have lost interest. True, McDonagh's mordant vision of rural Irish life is pretty familiar by now, and "Connemara" does not have the structural neatness or the tragic force of "Beauty Queen." But it has something that Lonergan's plays don't have: a resonance outside the theater.
We're in McDonagh country again for sure. Two gravediggers, whose job is to clear out old corpses in the local cemetery so new ones can be buried in their place, dig up the remains of one fellow's late wife. She turns out to have a huge gash in her skull, implying that her husband might have murdered her. Much of this, believe it or not, is played for laughs (in one scene the pair smash a skeleton to smithereens), but McDonagh's comedy, unlike Lonergan's, never seems pasted on, or patronizing. We never lose sight of the dark drama beneath it: the harrowing picture of human beings driven half-mad by lives of crabbed, inbred isolation.
McDonagh writes like a dream, and he's been given maybe the best performance of an Irish play by an American cast I've ever seen. Now all he needs is an Oscar nomination.


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Guy was stealing a bike from a rack, got caught red handed and tackled to the ground by bystanders. Police responded quickly. He spent the whole time on the ground crying about how his leg and arm were injured. A small victory for cyclists in light of the recent assaults/bike jackings. One less scumbag on the street.
Good deal there....
Somebody keep an eye peeled for the inevitable personal injury suit seeking damages for the loss of his ability to pursue his chosen profession!
Good for the bystanders!
I was at the Redondo Beach pier last week (where I turn around to head north) when a guy had just discovered his bike had been stolen. He had used a cable lock for a Specialized road bike (I'm assuming aluminum.) I decided that wasn't a good time to lecture him on proper bike lock technique.
In SM, they will steal your bike in a NY minute. Many of the larger SM stores/businesses will allow you to bring your bike inside and lock it. Good chain and u-locks are the only way to go. Yeah it adds a lot of weight but your bike will still be there with its wheels still in place so you can go wherever destination after you shop/bank.
"the loss of his ability to pursue his chosen profession!"
Stealing bikes!
When I'm on my DeRosa, I never leave it out of eye-shot in public. At home it locked up. Many bikes are stolen from residences. Lock your bike at home. Residential thieves don't necessarily come equipped with bolt cutters.
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Gun Barrels are 15-in cardboard shipping tubes from staples, which is also where I got the foamcore for the barrel-stabilizers. Base for the rotating barrels is an old film canister I had, screwed and bolted to a dolly wheel and "L" bracketed to a 1x3. In order to make it move I taped a cordless screwdriver to the 1x3, and put a ton of friction tape on a socket wrench bit, which spins the dolly wheel. The screwdriver also acts as the handle
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During production of episode 10, Hiroshi Fujioka fractured his thigh bone in a motorcycle stunt gone wrong and was out of commission. Stunt doubles (with voice actor Rokuro Naya doing Hongo's voice) took his place between episodes 11-13 until Toei decided to replace him with Takeshi Sasaki and introduce Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider #2. Fujioka returned as Hongo/Kamen Rider #1 on episodes 40, 41, 49, 51 and 52 before staying full-time starting on episode 53.
This was the longest Kamen Rider TV series.
This show has similarities with an earlier Ishimori series called "Cyborg 009," where the nine heroes are turned into cyborgs by the villains, but escape to fight them. This time, it's one hero, along with a second hero(who appears later).
As with "Ultraman", this series, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, gave birth to another popular type of modern Japanese superhero: The "Henshin" (Japanese for "transformation") Hero. These are normal-sized superheroes who transform into a cyborg, android or mutant by performing a "henshin pose," and usually fight their enemies with martial arts, minimal weaponry and a finishing attack (usually a flying kick). The Sentai Series (starting with Ishinomori's "Himitsu sentai Gorenjâ", Metal Heroes (starting with "Uchû keiji Gyaban") and hundreds of other contemporary Japanese superheroes were an offshoot of this historically-important genre.
Elements from Ishimori's The Skull Man manga were borrowed for this TV series. Along with various changes in order to tone it down as the producers of Toei considered The Skull Man manga to be too dark and gruesome for a kids show.
In episode 14, Hayato Ichimonji first executed the henshin pose, transforming him into Kamen Rider #2. Shortly after Takeshi Hongo had his cybernetics upgraded, he executed his own henshin pose to transform into Kamen Rider #1. Since then, henshin poses have become an integral part of nearly all tokusatsu shows.
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A Schuylkill County motorcyclist was slightly injured in an accident at 10:04 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, along Hinkel Road in Barry Township.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said Robert Hoffman, 77, of Gilberton, operating a 2003 Honda Magna, was negotiating a left curve when a small animal entered the road.
Hoffman applied his brakes, stopping suddenly. Prior to the bike stopping, Hoffman fell off, sustaining a moderate injury. He was taken to the Schuylkill Medical Center-S. Jackson St., Pottsville, for treatment.


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Elbow to record soundtrack for BBC's London 2012 Olympics coverage
Elbow have been commissioned to record a theme song for the BBC's coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Mercury Prize winners will be composing a six-minute track for the corporation.
Singer Guy Garvey said the group, who hail from Bury, were excited to be involved.
'We are knocked out to be involved and it's been quite a challenge,' he said.
'We have feelings of real responsibility as we will be the soundtrack to so many images of personal sacrifice and endeavour while the nation roots for and celebrates with Team GB.'
Elbow's piece has yet to be recorded but the first bars will be broadcast around the time of the torch relay next May.
The full track will be unveiled near to the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the capital.
Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize in 2008 for their album The Seldom Seen Kid and were nominated this year for Build a Rocket Boys!
The BBC have also unveiled its programmes for the London 2012 Festival and the Cultural Olympiad which includes Shakespeare programmes, Music Nation and Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.
Tinie Tempah and Florence and the Machine are set to play Radio 1's Hackney Weekend in front of 100,000 fans.


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Album Rating: 5.0you're not a douchebag. And it's just that I love TMoE and his newest really disappointed me. You have a good point.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffThe new album seems really emotional to me, which I like. It feels like he's more connected to these songs.
Album Rating: 5.0the music just sounds so monotone compared to the more lively moments from The Wild Hunt
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
"I wish she'd creep on me. hard."
"I'd make sweet love to her voice"
didn't you already get this out of your system with laura?
Album Rating: 3.5hey aids actually agrees with me on something! i feel so loved right now.
but yeah it really is getting kind of weird.
Album Rating: 3.5aids check out the new suis la lune album. "wishes & hopes" is my song of the year so far probably. the instrumental section in the middle of the song is ridiculously beautiful.
Album Rating: 5.0i was gonna agree with aubergine but maniac is often belligerent on the defence so i wasn't gonna also if this record isn't my aoty my head might explode, plannin on writin a review once i get any ideas for one
Album Rating: 5.0This is definitely the best of the year so far.
Album Rating: 3.5tibetan pop stars is a great track. need to listen to the rest of the album a bit more. hopefully it grows on me.
Digging: Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffLol people on this site still taking me seriously in album threads.
You guys will never learn.
Album Rating: 5.0ayo don't try and turn it into like we don't GET YR HUMOUR or some shit. how was i meant to take it? jus shrug it off like oh maniac's being a creepy sexist dickhole but he's not legit so it's coo
Album Rating: 3.5"Lol people on this site still taking me seriously in album threads."
yeah but the problem is that after an entire year's worth of posts about laura the jokes not really funny anymore, just sort of creepy/pathetic. i didn't mind it at first (i even joined in a bit) but it's gone on a little longer than necessary.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffI was never trying to be funny
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Offyou guys get annoyed by this website too easily.
being obnoxious and over the top is part of the site
Album is shit.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Offnot trolling as subtly as I am omni
I screwed it huh?
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Offway to go, loser
Album Rating: 4.0new tallest man is eh. this album is aoty no doubt. and wtf is up with laura comparisons? only comparison i can make is that they both sing/play guitar/have tits
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off"new tallest man is amazing as hell. this album isn't close to aoty, no doubt. and wtf is up with laura comparisons? only comparison i can make is that they both sing/play guitar/have tits"
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Cowards who prey on the elderly
There has been widespread condemnation after a spate of robberies in Belfast and Newry in which elderly pensioners were targeted.
Four senior citizens were attacked and robbed in their homes in three separate incidents during a two-day time period.
Two sisters in their 80s were left badly shaken after they were robbed by four men armed with screwdrivers in their Finaghy home at around 6.30pm on Wednesday.
The men confronted one of the sisters in her front hallway and grabbed her arm after forcing their way into the Diamond Gardens home.
They ransacked the house and stole a sum of money and the pensioner's dark blue VW Golf.
Later that evening an 84-year-old Newry man was beaten and robbed by another gang in his home.
Shortly after 9.30pm four men entered the Spelga Park Home in Hilltown through a bedroom window and confronted the pensioner in his kitchen.
The attackers then threw the man on a couch and assaulted him while the others ransacked the house. He was then put into a bedroom as the four men left the house.
And a 92-year-old woman was punched in the face after five men forced their way into her Marlborough Park North home on Tuesday night.
Two of them held the woman in her living room while the others searched her home. They hit her several times before making off with jewellery.
South Down MLA Caitriona Ruane and Newry Sinn Fein Councillor Mick Murphy condemned the assault and robbery of the 84-year-old pensioner.
"The gang responsible for this robbery have targeted someone who was completely defenceless and very vulnerable, and this cowardly and appalling act has left this tight knit rural community shocked and very angry," Ms Ruane said.
Cllr Murphy also expressed his outrage said that this latest robbery had left pensioners in south Down feeling very vulnerable in their own homes.
"The people responsible for carrying out this reprehensible crime have shown contempt for both their victim and the wider community.
"They need to be caught and brought to justice as they pose a significant threat and I would urge people, particularly anyone living in isolated rural communities, to be extra vigilant and take the necessary precautions to secure their homes."
Ulster Unionist Esmond Birnie said the attacks on two elderly pensioners in south Belfast left him deeply saddened. He called for higher conviction rates and tougher sentences to be introduced.
"News of an attack on a 92-year-old lady in her home in south Belfast is both depressing and sadly not entirely surprising. This was followed by a similar incident in which two elderly sisters living in Finaghy were attacked in their home.
"It reinforces the argument, notwithstanding Tuesday's welcome news of some criminal justice reforms, that we need to secure a much higher conviction rate for serious crimes.
"And then when criminals are convicted we need the strongest possible sentences. There is some evidence, disturbingly, that sentencing is more lax in Northern Ireland compared to England - this should not be so."
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Color Me Daisy's first kit features cool blue and green papers that stand out against black and white papers from American Crafts, Tinkering Ink and KI Memories. Kits include goodies from Heidi Swapp, Bazzill, American Crafts and more. The kit is ready for you to jump in and satisfy your creative thirst.
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How mHealth Gets the Conversation Going
A nationwide home patient monitoring project finds that mHealth devices improve health management and get the doctor and patient talking to each other.
- Not only do digital health devices gather vital physiological data at home – they also help spark the conversation in the doctor's office.
That was one of the more surprising take-aways from a home blood pressure monitoring project conducted last year at the Billings Clinic, part of a national study conducted by the American Medical Group Foundation and Withings. Officials at the Montana health system said the program not only helped patients manage their blood pressure, it also improved patient engagement.
"It really opened up the conversation," says Barbara Holloway, RN, BSN, part of the clinic's Center for Clinical Translational Research. "When they were taking (the wireless blood pressure monitor) in to see their doctor, it gave them something to point to and show (their readings.) And the doctors really liked that feedback from patients."
The Billings Clinic, a three-state health system, part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network and a recognized Accountable Care Organization, was one of four health systems to take part in the project, run alongside the AMGF's "Measure Up/Pressure Down" campaign. Along with Wilmington Health, Cornerstone Health Care and the Community Physician Network, the Billings Clinic equipped selected patients dealing with hypertension with a Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor and asked them to take regular readings.
The devices synched with the patient's iOS or Android device and downloaded real-time data to a web portal. The care team then used that data to create a personalized care management plan, which might include more frequent trips to the doctor, medication or lifestyle changes or even bringing in a specialist.
Over the 18-month program, involving some 150 patients, blood pressure control rates improved from 38.6 percent to 70 percent. At the Billings Clinic, Holloway said average systolic readings of the 37 participants dropped from 148.8 to 139.6 and average diastolic readings dropped from 92.5 to about 85.
"Outcomes from this pilot project reinforce the incredible value that home blood pressure monitoring offers to patients and their healthcare teams," Cedric Hutchings, CEO and co-founder of Withings, said in a September 2015 press release announcing the program's results. "With the ability to continually monitor progress, make changes where necessary, and gain encouragement when seeing successes, the Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor has helped many participants gain control over their personal health and establish richer relationships with their healthcare professionals."
Holloway says the program's success goes deeper than that.
"They used to just bring in a piece of paper with a list a readings; what could a doctor do with that?" she said. "With this, they felt like that could be more active in their (care plan) and manage themselves better."
And that helped improve the collaboration between patient and provider, enabling both to agree on a plan that included medication management, exercise and diet. If a patient is more invested in a care plan, it stands to reason that they'll follow it better.
It even changed some perceptions of how a patient and doctor should interact. Holloway said one patient had a tough time convincing her doctor that her blood pressure was fluctuating during the day, until she and her doctor reviewed the readings taken by the device. This helped both patient and doctor have a better conversation about what it takes to manage one's blood pressure.
"Some (of the patients) even said, 'You know, he's finally paying attention to me,'" Holloway said.


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Global Spotlight
New Zealand
Midnight Pegasus
Midnight is all the colours of midnight with hues of red-black
blue -black and golds. All the colours were hand dyed Merino
and Mohair wools. His hooves and unicorn horn are made from
polymer clay. Midnight's magnificent wings are polymer clay
and accented with 18 carot gold leaf pen. He stands a whopping
11" to the tip of his wings.
Mastering the Niche
of Needle Felting!
Focus on Sharon Hawkes
Sharon's Mystical Bears
by Bobbie Ripperger
If I could request one special
power in my next life, it would
be to possess the gift to lift
a flap and peer into others'
minds, particularly, into their imagination.
I have the feeling that if it
were possible to look into
Sharon Hawke's creative
core, I'd see fanciful trailings
and meandering pathways.
At the intersections that those
trails cross, seeds of creativity
would be budding like weeds
after a soaking rain.
According to Sharon, she
begins her projects with
simply a spark of an idea,
not an exact picture.
Her instinct becomes her
guide as she first carefully
selects an appropriately
colored wool, then begins
to felt.
Merino wools are her favourite.
According to Sharon, "The finished creation is soft and has very few holes. Presently, I'm learning
to sculpt with polymer clays -
a medium I hope to combine
with my needle felting to give
my work a little different look."
The delicate balance that
Sharon manipulates between
soft and bright shades,
creates a harmonious blend
of the Merino wool, so that
her works almost breathe life.
Based in New Zealand, Sharon
launched her bear making career
in 1990, originally creating bears
from real fur.
Her foray into the needle felting medium, emerged just one year
ago, when her Mum gave her
a kit as a gift.
Sharon quickly graduated from
that simple, easy kit to her own designs, incorporating prepared
fibers that have been cleaned,
carded and dyed.
"I have always had quite a liking
for wee, miniature bears, which
can be very difficult to translate
into fur," remarks Sharon. "After making my very first needle felted bear, I was hooked - no pun intended! Needle felting offers
me a freedom that allows my imagination to breathe life into astonishing creatures I could
not depict in fur!"
"Since I am bored quite easily,"
confesses Sharon, "I dearly love
the constant challenge of learning new techniques and methods
to "sculpt" in needle felting!"
As far as favorite themes, styles
or animals, go, Sharon reveals,
"Mine involve the fantasy realm. When I was younger, I would sit outside and quietly daydream
of dragons, princesses and all
the magicial wonders of youth.
I guess those daydreams never
left. To be able to make them
real brings so much joy."
Sharon believes her whimsical
and fantasy-related creations
"attain a soul that shines through
their faces."
Other aspects of her signature
style include big hands, feet
and eyes along with droopy
Sharon does not like, however
to completely box her style into
a corner, "I'd have to say, my creations tend to take on their
own shape, almost of their own
"I never know how they will
turn out. They just evolve! If anything, I'm just the facilitator:
my role is to guide the needles
into the wool."
Most artists who excel in their
fields have mentors and Sharon
is no exception. She has two -
Kristen Canney and Barbara
"I once emailed Kristen to
enquire how she got such
perfect sewing seams on her creations!! Well, she was very
stumped about exactly what
I was asking (since there are
no seams in needle felting),
and I still feel a little silly with
that one!", Sharon admits.
Sharon gives kudos to Barbara
Allen, from whom "I bought my
first needle felted kit. She has
been a wonderful help and
friend ever since."
Sharon has her own advice
to share with would-be needle
felters, "Don't underestimate
what you can do with a bit
of wool and a felting needle.
Just let your imagination take
you to wonderous new places
and create what you think you
She does issue this warning,
Stabbing your fingers is a
huge problem. More so for me,
since I never use a sponge
as my work surface. Once
you grow accoustomed to the
slant of your favourite needles,
it gets better, but there is an
initial learning curve which starts
fresh whenever you start using
a new needle."
When it comes to bear making, Sharon says she does have
one unusual quirk, " I'm one
of those extremely strange
people who just can't stand
create in chaos! So, the house
or at least the room in which
I am working, has to be clean
and tidy!!!"
"Same thing with my tools
and supplies. They have
to be kept neat. Plus, I only
use the 'bear' essentials:
a felting needle, some thread
and a pair of doll or bear eyes.
Oh, and I can't forget my trusty
manicure scissors that are so
fantastic for trimming all those
wee stray fibres."
Of her personal favorite –
Elle the Elephant, Sharon
says, "Elle is the epitome
of what I always want
to achieve with my creations.
She evokes a big smile on the
faces of everyone who sees
Sharon continues, "All artists
want their creations to evoke
a response, even if it is just
a second glance."
Sharon's Mum would have
become the recipient of an
elephant on her birthday,
as she too loved elephants.
Unfortunately she did not live
to receive that most precious
gift. Elle was to be Sharon's
"Thank You", for jumpstarting
her into a new direction -
a full fledged, constantly
evolving career in needle
"The high point of my felting
career so far," exclaims Sharon,
"was winning the First Place
ribbon and Best in Section
rosette for my very first needle
felted creation!"
When asked what her next
project will be, Sharon is most
likely to answer, "Anything
that springs to mind that
NEEDS to be created!"
Sharon work can be seen
quite often in Bears&Buds
photo galleries, on eBay (her
User ID is mysticalbears), and
on her website:
Sleepy, Teddy Boy
This very sleepy boy's eyes show
all the emotion of that young child
who stays up way past bedtime.
Sleepy was made with a cloth body
then needle felted with beige-coloured
Merino wool accented with two kinds
of blue for eyes and brown for feet.
5-way thread jointed with a slip knot
neck so his head tilts just right.
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
6" tall, regal Lady of fawn New
Zealand Corriedale, hand stitched
flouncy dress, matching puff bag
and hat trimmed with handmade
roses, sports lovely suede shoes
and pretty heart necklace.
Bazzle & Carrot
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Amethyst Dragon
8" tall, available as a full kit or
pattern from Sharon's website.
Mrs. Claus and Snuggles
Mrs. Claus dons her finery for all
those seasonal parties! Lovely
flowing dress topped with luscious
red velvet cape trimmed in super
soft long pile synthetic fur. Mrs.
Claus (5-1/4" tall), is firmly felted
of fawn color merino wool, hand
stitched thread nose. Her precious
Snuggles, the polar bear, is 1-1/2"
tall, felted from white/cream Merino
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Pirate Pete
Wazzle is one of my Fun creations.
I'm not sure exactly what he is but
he's certainly kinda cute! He sits
a whopping 2-1/2" to the tallest
bobble on his head. Don't you just
love the neon lime green coloured
Corriedale? The tangerine accents
are the perfect final touch!
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Lavendar Fairy
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Soilshey Shee
Soilshey Shee is Gaelic for Faerie Light. She was designed
especially to celebrate all faerie magic! Wherever faeries, pixies,
and elves Faeries, abound, that is where Soilshey Shee is to be
found! Prancing and dancing, she flutters about, carefree and
happy as the birds in the trees! O nly 3" high sitting with wing
span of nearly 7" wide. Completely needle felt sculpted from
lovely white New Zealand Merino, embroidered blue nose and
mouth, wings handmade from iridescent cellophane.
Germima, the Giraffe
7" tall, full wire skeleton covered
in off white Merino wool from Australia,
rusty colored English Merino spots,
beautifully sweeping eyelashes,
polymer clay boots embellished
with a silver fern (New Zealand's
Caramel Twist
Made from super soft English Merino
in warm honey color, slippers and
bear of off-white New Zealand Merino,
8" tall, slippers topped off with tiny
teddy heads.
Madonna & Cherub
Bobby & Bug
Bobby made from two beautiful
English Merinos in rusty brown
and lovely butter color, whopping
2-1/2" tall. His little friend, Bug,
is just a wee 1/3" big.
Wedding Party Sleigh Ride
Reminiscent of a wintry romantic sleigh ride in a snowy park pulled
by a Polar bear instead of a horse! All characters are firmly needle
felted. The two lovers snuggle closely, enjoying each others' company
and staying warm and toasty. The couple and the Polar bear handler,
are fully thread jointed and range from 3" to 3-1/2" tall. Polar Bear is
felted over a full wire skeleton and stands 4" tall.
Needle felted from white New
Zealand Merino, topped with red
Corriedale nose and shoes, black
Merino hat complete with squirty
flower (doesn't actually squirt but
don't tell him!), 6" tall to the top
of his hat.
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Dolly & Muffin
Patches & Apple Blossom
This first Pegasus and the start of a Pegasus series,
stands a whopping 8" tall to the tip of his ears and 9-1/2"
to the highest point of his wings. Lavish coat of white mohair
roving firmly needle felted onto a cotton fabric cloth body.
Beautifully detailed facial shading, hooves and wings sculpted
in polymer clay then black paint added to his hooves and a wee
bit of glitter for his wings. Pegasus has no thread joints unlike
most of Sharon's creations.
Flower, Flying Pig
Autumn Faerie
Made from New Zealand Merino
in light beige, hand stitched nose
in wine colored thread, wings made
from fine curtain netting, a transfer
then liquid polymer clay baked over
to protect the lovely colors, stands
4 1/2" tall.
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Pugsley & Kitties
3" tall, made from light rusty
colored New Zealand merino
wool, lovely full head of hair
and tail tip is blend of dark
rust, light rust and black.
1" tall, kitties from Black
New Zealand merino wool/
orange Corriedale mixture.
Jack & Horsey Pony Ride
Kitty started life from a piece
of cotton transformed from a
five-piece head pattern. It was
then cut out and stuffed very firmly.
Needle felted in a lovely yellowish
gold Corriedale wool and highlighted
with tangerine and black Corriedale.
She is fully thread jointed and stands
just over 4" tall .
Dudley & Picasso, the Puppet
Dudley made from light rust
English merino and stands 4"
tall. Picasso made from red
Corriedale wool and stands
just a little over 1" tall. Is it
time for another puppet show?
Kitty Playtime
John & Wayne
John made from rusty colored
Merino, hat crocheted from
Teds From Threads pattern.
Trusty steed, Wayne, needle
felted of same rusty colored
wools blended with white for
that Appaloosa look. John
stands 3" tall and Wayne
is 4 1/2" tall.
He has such a sad face, reflected
in his big green eyes. 10" long and
3-1/4" high to his tallest part. Keiko
has been constructed with a cloth
body that was stuffed, then lavished
in black Merino and his white markings
in off-white mohair.
Sharon's Mystical Bears
Sharon Hawkes
Elle, Bathing Beauty
5" tall Elle has a wire skeleton
covered in silver grey New Zealand
Merino. She has donned a rather
skimpy yellow polka dot string bikini
made from red corriedale wool.
Ruby, Red Dragon
Made of cotton material, stuffed
and then wool is needle felted
over the fabric. Stands 8" tall,
available as a kit or pattern
from artist's website.
Snowflake is a bit of a funny fellow trying his luck at ice sKating
as any Snow Dragon would, but he seems to be having some
problems with balance!! It may have something to do with the
slightly pudgyness of his tummy! Instead of using wool wings
and crest he has polymer clay Faerie wings and crest, topped
off with fine crystal glitter for a wonderful mystical shimmer.
Snowflakes are spotted all over his body arms and legs (hence,
his name!). He is constructed from a basic shape cloth body,
which is then firmly stuffed, smothered in wool with features
needle felted into the wool. Thread jointed arms and legs help
him pose. He sits beautifuly with his tail draped over the edge
of display area. His removable skates are made of polymer
clay. Snowflake is the biggest needle felted creation I've
made, measuring 14" from the top of his crest to tip of tail.