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Padmayogini's Artist's Diary
Blog about my latest art work, exhibitions I've visited or am part of and photographic and art made in response to areas in my life.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Afternoon Tea Works on Paper, online exhibition
I had one of my pieces in Chiara Williams's exhibition, Afternoon Tea Works on Paper,in her flat overlooking the sea in Margate. The exhibition is part of the Margate Festival which runs till the 6th of August.
Chiara served lovely cakes and tea while folks looked around the exhibition on her walls.
The exhibition has now moved online for a short while and you can view the works here.
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Labels: Afternoon Tea, Chiara Williams, collage, exhibition, Margate, Margate Festival, mixed media, painting, photography, Prints, works on paper
Saturday, July 08, 2017
New Drawings
There is something quite satisfying about a simple line drawing, I often do them in ink.
I might use these as reference for other works or colour them in some way, but at the moment I like them as simple lines.
Some taken from my Venice holiday images and two Buddha heads.
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Labels: architecture, bells, black and white, boats, Buddha, Buddha heads, canals, clocks, drawing, pen, pen and ink, Venice, Wendy Le Ber
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Dreamland opens for the summer season.
|Dreamland on the reopening day
It's been interesting seeing all the changes happening over the last 5 years. From a first look inside at a derelict site with just the old roller coaster in need of a lot of restoration, and abandoned buildings.
|Dreamland with work continuing
|Parts of dreamland under constuction
Seeing the plans at that stage for re launch of dreamland as a vintage theme park was exciting.
|Dot Dash art installation at Dreamland.
|Queuing for the first tickets for Dreamland's opening
|One of the temporary rides
Finance problems loomed and changes in ownership, and I think the great pool of local goodwill for Dreamland wasn't utilized sufficiently. But it is still here and financed for the continuation of the venture and further restoration and development.
Many day trippers were arriving from the station this half term week and at the opening Dreamland was packed.
Lots of new landscaping has been done and the whole site looks good, reminding me of the childhood fairgrounds I visited, with out the smell of diesel! They just need the plaster dogs and cats as prizes.
A whole series of concerts and events are planned through the year, but the site is free to enter at any other time, you pay for the rides you want. This is a much better idea than the original one of everyone having to pay to get in whether they went on the rides or not.
Dreamland website here
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Labels: big wheel, construction, Dreamland, fun fair, Kent, Margate, music stage, rides, vintage rides, vintage theme park, visitors
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Exhibition at Crate. Jemima Brown Figures in a Political Landscape
I had been intrigued by publicity for an exhibition called Figures in a Political Landscape, showing 3D sculptures using found materials, so was pleased to be able to call in to see them.
Jemima Brown the artist, was in Crate, using the space as a temporary studio as well as exhibiting her latest work. Website here.http://www.jemimabrown.com/
Jemima's work in Crate includes her sculptural pieces arranged on tables with art work on the walls.
I enjoyed the humour of the found materials she uses to make the figures, which include things like retro glass vases, pot cleaners and tin foil. This humour and the use of found objects draws you into the subjects and invites conversation.
We talked about her early memories of Greenham Common and how that has been an influence on her thinking and art making around the ideas and depictions of women with a social critique.
|Jemima working in Crate
We also talked about the importance of gathering work together in order to see the links and relationships between pieces. I find that a problem working from home and not having the space to see work altogether.
Jemima was appreciating that opportunity at Crate to take that time and pay attention to exactly how she would arrange her sculptural figures with her figurative drawings.
The exhibition is on over the weekend 2nd/3rd and 4th of June, 1pm till 6pm or by appointment.
The closing party is on Friday 2nd June 6/9pm.
Crate's website for details I really recommend a visit to Jemima's exhibition.
CRATE Studio and Project Space
1 Bilton Square
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Labels: Crate, drawing, exhibition, Figures in a political landscape, found objects, Jemima Brown, Margate, painting, political, sculpture, social critique, studio, Tory woman
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It appears that the team-up between rap star Eminem and Chrysler isn't likely to end with the Super Bowl commercial. The Detroit Bureau reported that CEO Olivier Francois is set to meet with Eminem to discuss future spots for the automaker.
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The goal of replacing Democratic President Barack Obama with a Republican president was a common theme of speeches at the Boulder County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner on Friday, April 20.But during the initial hours of the county GOP's annual fund-raising dinner, those speakers didn't note that Obama will be visiting Boulder County on Tuesday, April 24, delivering his own speech at the University of Colorado's Boulder campus.
However, several Republicans did comment about Obama's pending Boulder appearance in interviews before the start of Friday night's dinner at Longmont's Plaza Conference Center.
"We'll welcome him and give him hugs and kisses and tell him he did a great job and send him on his way," joked Charles Plagainos, a Longmont Republican who's running for eastern Boulder County's state Senate District 17 seat.
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"Tallk about positive things," Champion said he's counseled potential Republican protesters, and "what we'd do differently on a policy level."
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Much like Texas, the land is flat and expansive. But the further west you go, the more "southwestern" the scenery becomes. That's the best way I can think to describe it, especially as someone who'd never experienced the western part of the country before. Hills became mesas, the flat table-top rocks that burst with reds and browns. Grass pastures became desert-like, with green shrubs scattered throughout vast fields of brown. Below are just a few of the many, many pictures I took as we drove through the "Land of Enchantment", though none come close to actually showing how stunningly beautiful the state is.
On the return trip, we spent the night in Gallup, New Mexico. We headed out the next morning at 5:00 a.m. Mountain Time, and somewhere between Gallup and Albequerque the sun came up, creeping up over the mesas that lined the sides of the interstate.


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Hong Kong: new bishop calls for religious freedom in China
Bishop John Tong, the new leader of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong said yesterday he wants to see religious freedom in China as soon as possible.
But Bishop John said, (unlike his predecessor Cardinal Joseph Zen) he was not going to join in the annual 4 June vigil to commemorate those killed after pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square 20 years ago.
Speaking at a press conference, he said: "We will spare no effort in our role as a bridge Church to the Church in our motherland; to promote unity among the different groups of the Catholic Church in the mainland, and to see them enjoy full religious freedom as early as possible, so that they can make greater contributions to society."
Bishop John said said he would speak out on issues "in the case of clear and gross injustice". He said he would encourage Catholics to participate in politics, but added clergy should not be "captivated by political ideologies and parties" because of their "limited time and energy".
Hong Kong, which enjoys religious freedoms not permitted on the mainland, has around 250,000 Catholics. Cardinal Zen was an outspoken critic of mainland China's oppressive treatment of Christians.
Since the Communist takeover in mainland China, diplomatic relations with the Vatican have been strained and many clergy have been imprisoned. Yet, while the government accepts an 'official church' an underground one loyal to the Vatican has continued to grow. Many hope the two churches will one day be united under the authority of the Vatican.


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Neighbour who stole couple's car is jailed
A COUPLE who invited their new neighbour in for a drink were stunned when he stole their car and took it on a high-speed police chase.
Brough was chased by police
Father-of-two Brian Brough was welcomed to the Morris Green estate in Bolton, Greater Manchester, by the Rudds. But three days later he stole their silver Peugeot 407.
Robert Rudd reported the theft and 48 hours later officers spotted his car near Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium.
As police gave chase, Bolton Crown Court heard that Brough, who has been jailed for 22 months and banned from driving for five years, drove at speeds of up to 120mph.
He was caught in Stoke-on-Trent by Staffordshire Police after driving into a dead end.
Brough, 28, whose third child is due today, admitted drink-driving, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and without insurance, stealing car keys and taking a vehicle without consent.


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Thursday 5 April 2007
It was Thursday, under the sign of Aries. The US president was George W. Bush (Republican).
In that special week of April people in US were listening to Don't Matter by Akon.
In UK Give It To Me by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado was in the top 5 hits.
Fracture, directed by Gregory Hoblit, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2007
while McKettrick's Heart by Linda Lael Miller was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Our World.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Boulder Dash: Rocks! or Crush.
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- Saint Geeraard
- The last day of the tax year in the United Kingdom.
- Blessed Kreszentia Hoess
- Saint Vincent Ferrer
- Arbor Day in South Korea
- Qingming Festival in the Chinese calendar
- Mauritius: Ougadi.
- Saint Irena (d. 304)
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- Mark St John: American musician (Kiss) (Born 1956).
- Maria Gripe: Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007).
- Georgia establishes a Provisional Administrative Entity in the disputed region of South Ossetia.
- Three men are charged with involvement in the 7 July 2005 London bombings. (BBC)
- Former rebel leader Ramzan Kadyrov takes office as President of Chechnya. (BBC)
- The Greek cruise ship M/S ''Sea Diamond'', with 1,153 passengers and 390 crew, runs aground off Santorini and sinks on the following day. No serious injuries are reported, but Frenchman Jean-Christophe Allain, 45, and his daughter Maud, 16, are reportedly missing. (BBC)
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- Rich Boy - Throw Some D's
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- Daughtry - It's Not Over
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BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Nineteen of the nation's top player came from all walks of life to Nike's National Skills Academy. The event features speed demons, high risers, hyper-quick cats, savvy half-courters, righties, lefties, shooters, scorers, lock-down defenders and everything else you can think of.
The contrast of styles really made for some interesting matchups and opportunities to learn. During the opening scrimmage of the first session super scorer Taber Spani found out early that things weren't going to come easy. Despite being introduced to Brittney Griner and her shot-blocking exploits at the Houston Regional Skills Academy, Spani found two of her shots erased right off the bat. The first may have been the play of the day as Spani pulled the trigger on a 3-point shot only to have Griner swat the shot out of mid-air. A few plays later a turnaround jumper from the right block found Griner's big paw on it.
This group is one of the biggest and most athletic to play in this event. Players such as Christina Marinacci, who is known for reading defenses and beating the opposition with smarts, find themselves surrounded by quicker, faster players. Faced with so much athleticism, Marinacci found herself playing faster, trying to keep up, but also getting away from what she does best. And just when you think the trailblazing game was going to dominate the day, the scrimmage rules were set to eliminate transition so the players could focus on half-court play. Monday's skills drills focused on half-court movement, so it made sense to slow the scrimmage down to keep the players working on the skills not falling into their comfort zone of playing solely in transition.
The surprise of the day really shouldn't have been. Kaleena Lewis stood out but not with perimeter shooting, as might be expected. She was one of the best in the post drills, both using her body and with footwork. It is rare to find a shooter who likes contact, let alone excels with it like this fab freshman. She put on a clinic of her own.
Scrimmage Notes
The 19 participants were broken into three teams today. Team 1 (Yellow) -- Skylar Diggins, Tayler Hill, Taber Spani, Cokie Reed, Jasmine Hassell and Marinacci. Team 2 (White) -- Odyssey Sims, Erica Wheeler, Afure Jemerigbe, Chiney Ogwumike, Monique Oliver and Brandon. Team 3 (Blue) -- Morgan Toles, Chelsea Gray, Shenneika Smith, Lewis, Kaneisha Horn and Griner.
The first scrimmage included all three teams rotating with the team scoring staying on offense, while the other team waiting on the opposite end to play defense creating a continuous game of five-on-five.
With the Yellow and Blue teams matching up in the first scrimmage, Griner dominated with two baskets, two big blocks and causing general havoc for the Yellow team's offense. Reed hit a bucket for yellow, while Lewis and Horn also scored for blue, which advanced to a matchup against the white team with a 4-3 win.
Against White, Horn scored the only buckets for the Blue team, while Oliver carried the White squad. Oliver hit two layups and a free throw for a 5-3 win by the white team.
From there, the three squads moved into an alternating scrimmage, during which the White team won with three points to the Yellow team's two and blue's one. Griner scored the only bucket for the Blue team on a layup, while Hassell and Diggins both hit free throws for Yellow's two points.
Between Yellow's two and Blue's one point, the White team scored all three of its baskets. Brandon started it off with a nice floater, followed by a free throw from Ogwumike. During scramble for a rebound, Sims pulled down the ball and threw up a jumper for Yellow's final bucket.
Second scrimmage -- two teams:
With the girls split into two teams playing a five-minute, full-court scrimmage, the white squad raced past the blue team, 8-2.
Nearly every player on the White team scored a bucket, led by two from Oliver. Sims showed her speed, hitting a layin on a fast break, while Brandon and Jemerigbe also scored on layups of their own. Reed threw in a hook shot for her basket, while Ogwumike hit a nice fall-away jumper. Toles added a free throw to give the Blue team eight points.
For the Blue team, Diggins hit a midrange baseline jumper midway through the scrimmage and Horn hit a basket at the buzzer for the team's second point.
One invitee, Kelsey Bone, did not make the trip to Beaverton. Nike grassroots director Mary Thompson was notified of an illness on Sunday... Brittney Griner finally found a drawback to her dunking and shot blocking -- a bruised hand. She smacked her hand on the rim blocking a shot early in the session today and further aggravated it dunking the ball in drill work. She iced it and was able to finish out the day missing very little... Tierra Ruffin-Pratt was limited to drill work only on Monday to rest her injured shoulder which has been bothering her since April. She will not participate in any of the scrimmages this week. Further restricting her was a case of jumper's knee, so the nation's No. 3 ranked player saw very little court time.
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text: I sat down during my afternoon off to take an objective look at 3 recent recruiting classes. I wanted to compare, for the sake of discussion, Chizik's first full class (2008) to McCarney's last 2 full classes (2005 & 2006). I decided to exclude the 2007 class from my analysis as it was somewhat of a hybrid, which is difficult to analyze. I was hoping to include a few more classes for a stronger sample, but the work was daunting and I have plans this evening! Before I explain my process, I want to preface my findings by saying this was not done to tear down one coach and build up another. As I said, I just wanted to take an objective look at the numbers and see how things shake out. What I did was look at the total number of commits from each class, the total offers EXCLUDING IOWA STATE, and the total BCS offers EXCLUDING IOWA STATE. I then calculated the average offers per commit and the average BCS offers per commit. Keep in mind that this is entirely based on the Rivals database, which isn't perfect. An example from this year is Ruempolhamer who, according to Chizik, had late offers from Nebraska and Texas Tech. These offers are not listed in the database, but for the sake of consistency I used Rivals data only. Here's what I found: 2005 Class Average offers/commitment: 2.04 Avg BCS offers/commitment: 0.96 2006 Class Average offers/commitment: 2.03 Avg BCS offers/commitment: 1.17 2007 Class (excluded) 2008 Class Average offers/commitment: 2.43 Avg BCS offers/commitment: 1.65 Again, keep in mind that these averages do NOT include Iowa State. I checked, double-checked, and triple-checked my counts, so I'm confident they are correct based on the Rivals database. Without adding too much in the way of commentary, I will simply say that I think this shows a strong start to the Chizik era. Mix in an improvement in player retention, and I think we're heading in the right direction.


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Lynn Anderson made her country music debut in 1966, at the young age of 19 with her hit "Ride, Ride, Ride". She was signed to Columbia Records shortly after her series of Top 10 hits in the late 1960s.
She released "Rose Garden" in 1970 and it became one of the biggest country crossover hits of all time. It was Anderson's signature tune, which won her a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Anderson passed away on July 30, 2015 after she suffered a heart attack at the age of 67.
A little over a month before her death, she graced the Grand Ole Opry stage for the Sunday Morning Gospel Show. She sang her new version of "Drift Away Gospel" and no one knew it would be her last. She has the energy of someone half her age and her spirits were so high.
"Give me my heart heart boy / You freed my soul / I wanna walk down those streets of gold / And drift away," she sings. The original version, sung by Dobie Gray, is about getting lost in rock n' roll. Anderson also changes the bridge by adding the disciples' names to make it less about music and more about faith.
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Wimbledon 2015: Cool mover Novak Djokovic has really found his groove
Novak Djokovic wanted a "sophisticated waltz" but instead got the Bee Gees as he and Serena Williams revived an old tradition by dancing at the Wimbledon champions' dinner.
Fresh from their respective triumphs on Centre Court, the pair took centre stage as Djokovic and Williams became the first champions to dance officially since Bjorn Borg and Chris Evert in 1976.
The duo, who now boast 30 Grand Slam titles between them, received a standing ovation from guests at the London Guildhall but while Djokovic made the first move, it was Williams who called the tune.
"There was no practice. I suggested the idea to (All England Club chairman) Philip Brook and Serena, and fortunately they accepted," Djokovic said.
"I was very pleased because Serena is a great dancer.
"I was thinking of more of a waltz - something sophisticated, something that blends into the beautiful hall we were in.
"But Serena wanted to move a bit more and we considered other options. So it was Night Fever. Night Fever came to life and you can imagine how that looked."
While Djokovic was unsure of his late-night moves, there was nothing uncertain about the defence of his title as he earlier dispatched Roger Federer 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 to win his third Wimbledon crown.
Djokovic squandered seven set points before losing an exhilarating second-set tie-break but the Serb has a remarkable resilience, for which he credited the contribution of his coach Boris Becker.
"Mentally he is one of the toughest players I have ever seen play and I think that's where he has contributed most to my game," Djokovic said.
"Being able to deal with set points down, the tough has to get going so I try to keep things simple and use the advice he has given me."
Djokovic now has nine Grand Slam titles and it is far from inconceivable he could catch the 17 of Federer, who turns 34 next month, and the 14 of Rafael Nadal, who continues to be plagued by issues of fitness and form.
"In terms of reaching them I don't want to say it's too early, it's probably the right time to talk about it, but it's still far away," said Djokovic, who turned 28 in May.
"I know what it takes to win one Grand Slam. It takes a lot of effort, a lot of things have to come together.
"To reach those two guys would be incredible but honestly, I'm not thinking about it right now."
More immediately, Djokovic will turn his attention to the US Open, where he has underperformed by his own high standards, winning only once despite reaching at least the semi-final every year since 2007.
He has fallen at the last hurdle four times at Flushing Meadows, twice to Nadal and once each to Federer and Murray, but the Serb will be hot favourite to go one step further.
"I am approaching the US Open this year with two Grand Slams won and one final," Djokovic said.
"The confidence level is very high and I'm going to use that to have a shot at the title.
"I'm not the only player who is going to New York to win the trophy, but if you look at my results at the US Open I think it's been my best Grand Slam.
"I think I'm in a very good position to go far."
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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2004 Honda Accord suffers from widespread transmission failure & problems with the stereo backlight failing. We recommend avoiding this model year like the plague.
The transmission begins slipping & eventually has to be replaced, typically soon after 90,000 miles & with a repair cost of over $2,000. Transmission failure has been a huge problem for the Accord & several other Honda models all through the early 2000s model years. Honda extended the transmission warranty to 93 months/109k miles for the 2000-2001 Accord as a class action lawsuit settlement, but owners of other Accord model years with transmission problems are out of luck.
The stereo backlight problem has been an issue ever since these Accords were only a few years old. Honda eventually issued a recall which covered the repair for 7 years/100k miles, which was nice while it lasted but now that period is over. Honda initially replaced the entire radio ($800) but eventually began replacing just the PCB which at ~$300 is much cheaper. That sounds like a deal, but keep in mind we're talking about a backlight bulb that costs $2 to fix in most other cars.
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Eight minutes. A book about losing weight. A short film about rabid Star Wars fans. The time necessary to down 83 steamed dumplings in a...
Eight minutes.
A book about losing weight. A short film about rabid Star Wars fans. The time necessary to down 83 steamed dumplings in a Hong Kong eating contest.
And on this day, the only thing that stands between Kevin Troudt and do-it-yourself fame.
Troudt, a West Seattle native, has eight minutes to persuade 87 million QVC households to buy a pair of his "Stretta Extendable C-Clamps" for $18.97, or $4.03 off the retail price.
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He and nine other inventors were picked to display their inventions on QVC's Decade of Discoveries Tour — broadcast live yesterday from Seattle Center.
But getting on the show is not enough. This being a true American democracy, people vote with their dollars.
"Pearls go with everything," host Carolyn Gracie tells the audience.
She is displaying invention No. 5, the Rosaline Cultured Pearl 5 Strand Necklace with Resin Cameo.
"I love cameos and I thought this was different because she has a beautiful hat on," Gracie says.
A woman in the audience — short silver hair, Jackie-O rhinestone-studded glasses — nods enthusiastically. She likes the cameo with the hat, too.
Troudt is No. 7 on the list, which means the Jack Stack Barbecue, the U-GlowDog! Lighted Dog Collar, the Impel Laundry Bag and the Luster Lace Polishese Box Pack all go first.
As 12:07 p.m., his turn arrives.
Troudt waits for a brief snippet about the Space Needle and the International Fountain, while kids in swimsuits run through the water in the background, screaming with glee.
Troudt's partners, Jeff Winkle and Andy Molenda, watch on a nearby TV.
His photo flashes on the screen while the announcer mentions three products vying for a spot on the finals — a heart pendant, a set of cheese knives and odor-eliminator spray.
When the eight minutes begin, Troudt launches into an explanation of how he came up with the idea. He was trying to build a dog house using an ordinary C-Clamp. It was an inch too short. He had to drop everything and go to the hardware store.
"If you're like my husband, you sort of lose interest when you have to stop," Gracie says.
"Exactly," Troudt replies.
Trout invented a C-Clamp that had the ability to extend. (The set includes a 3- to 5-inch and 5- to 9-inch version.)
Troudt empties a sack of old, rusty C-clamps onto the table for dramatic effect. He holds up the largest C-Clamp, the length of a liter of Coke.
"These are great if you're building a ship," he says. "How many of us do that?"
Three-hundred sold, 1,088 to go.
"You don't have to tip it up really high," Gracie says, demonstrating how to adjust the C-Clamp with ease.
"Such a great idea, Kevin," she says. "This is a great idea!"
Five-hundred gone, 888 left.
Demand is strong enough that the QVC producers flash the real-time orders on the screen — a C-Clamp order nearly every second.
Gracie finishes up with a caller named Ann. "That price is only good through midnight," she cautions.
Four-hundred remain.
Troudt begins demonstrating how they fixed a coffee mug, the faces of someone's children emblazoned on front.
Two hundred left.
He now moves on to repairing a women's sandal.
"We sold out!" Jeff Winkle, his partner, says in the background. "We sold out with two minutes left."
The Jack Stack Barbecue and the pair of C-Clamps were the only two products to sell out. Hours later, the C-Clamp set is selling strong.
A spokeswoman counted 320 extra orders by 3 p.m. She says the pearl strand with the cameo should sell out by midnight, too.
Troudt later says only two things flashed through his mind: "Let's get this over with" and "God help me."
Troudt and Molenda said the company would work to get its products introduced into U.S. home-improvement chains.
"Pretty good for a couple of West Seattle grads," Troudt says.
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→ Signing enhances language skills: On average babies who learned to sign know 50 more words by the age of two than babies who never learned sign.
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2013 was a hell of a busy time for Adam Lambert considering he was between albums and wasn't touring extensively. So many great things happened this year, and on the eve of 2014 let's relive these moments and hand out some awards for the TOP 50 MOMENTS OF EXCELLENCE IN 2013! Here's a spoiler alert: …
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Aug 20
Copper Pants Makes The World Go 'Round & Other Things
Oh yes, those copper Hugo Boss pants are fiiiine! I mean this whole outfit is A++, pretty much this is my reaction to this look But at times it needed a little adjusting, gotta get it just right ya know TALC was there to capture this epicness and his performance with NIle and Chic– …
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May 14
SPN: Next Stop – Magic Mike 2?
There is no recap of episode 8.22 this week due to real life happening (though you can still find my gifs on LJ), so instead have this hilarious video from this past weekend's Jus In Bello con in Italy. Jensen and Misha were in rare form, so expect the unexpected!
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Jul 18
Best Beyonce Imitation By Fierce Snuggie Wearing Kid
If you thought all you could do in your snuggie was veg out on the couch watching t.v.-guess again lol!
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May 15
Adam's Interview At Google
When Adam was out on that month long promo "tour" of radio stations, one of his stops was the Google headquarters. Mixed in with the interview is Adam playing some Dance Dance Revolution (actually it's just shots of his Rick Owen's tennis shoe boots but hai…) Enjoy!
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Feb 05
Needs moar gladiators!
Check out Madonna's halftime show from the Superbowl! Gladiators, Cee-Lo, LMFAO and lip-synching, oh my! Parts were awesome, parts were facepalmy. What did you think? We know what Suze Orman and Kathy Griffin thought!
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Dec 01
Somebody's been hitting the eggnog!
Kris and his mustache wish you a happy #DUBSTEPCHRISTMAS
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Nov 21
Some Pap Vids of Adam From Last Night
These are always fun. I especially like the one vid that captures Sauli's dance moves. Oh, and Adam, werk that gum bb-ICU Caro wanting to be the gum lol.
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May 23
Dancing With the Stars – Final Performance Show – May 23, 2011
I know I've been slack with the DWTS recaps of late, but hopefully a few of you are still watching/reading, and since this is finale week, I wanted to at least wrap up season 12 on a high note! I'm sad that the Karate Kid went home, but I'm really, really hoping that he will …
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May 08
Not a Single Raspberry Beret In Sight? I am disappoint!
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"[A goalie's] job is to stop pucks Well, yeah, that's part of it. But you know what else it is? You're trying to deliver a message to your team that things are okay back here. This end of the ice is pretty well cared for. You take it now and go. Go! Feel the freedom you need in order to be that dynamic, creative, offensive player and go out and score. That was my job. And it was to try to deliver a feeling." -- Ken Dryden, "The Game"
The playoffs begin and we hear the same tired clichés: "you can only go as far as your goaltender will carry you," or "goaltending wins championships." It seems we are always looking to classify the goaltender as a savior or a goat, one or the other. Seldom do they fall in the middle.
It's the playoffs and there is a winner and a loser and a sense of finality that only increases the tension put on the men between the pipes.
It often seems unfair, but the very nature of the goaltending position isolates the person playing, providing him both with undue credit at times, but also unnecessary criticism. Part of that is because it is extremely difficult to assess a goalie's worth based on his statistics alone. And all you have to do is look around these playoffs to see that.
Of the remaining starting goaltenders in the playoffs, reigning Stanley Cup champion Antti Niemi sits below all of them in terms of save percentage. But despite his position on the bottom rung of the statistical ladder, the Sharks march on, winning games seemingly with every confidence in Niemi.
Ah, confidence. Now there's an intangible that no stat can measure and one that figures prominently in the future of the Philadelphia Flyers, who trail the Boston Bruins three games to none as they head into Friday night's Game 4.


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Bentley's first-ever SUV – Bentayga – is claimed to be the fastest, and most powerful and the most expensive SUV in the world.
Bentley's first-ever SUV - Bentayga - is claimed to be the fastest, and most powerful and expensive SUV in the world.
The British Luxury carmaker, Bentley Motors has revealed specifications of its first diesel-powered car – Bentayga. As a reminder, the Bentley Bentayga petrol was introduced in India in May 2016. Powering the Bentayga diesel is a 4.0-litre, V8 triple-charged engine that has been developed jointly with Audi. This power mill gets two twin-scroll turbochargers coupled to an electrically driven supercharger. Bentayga's first diesel powertrain produces 435bhp of power and 900Nm between 1000rpm – 3250rpm. It can accelerate 0-100kmph in 4.8 seconds with a top speed of 270kmph.
Rolf Frech, Bentley's Head of Engineering, said that its acceleration from 40kph to 121kph "is much the same as the W12's, but the W12 gets a second wind at higher speeds". The company's Product Manager, Peter Guest, said: "We would only do this when it was right. It had to be the right car and the right engine. Installing a potentially coarse diesel in a Bentley is a risk, even if this powerplant's instant low-rev torque provides the stream of effortless thrust required. The brief, said Guest, was to deliver the Bentley driving experience with the trademark combination of performance and luxury, and no compromise in refinement. It also had to be "the fastest diesel SUV in the world".
Priced at Rs 3.85 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi), the Bentley Bentayga petrol is the first-ever SUV from the British carmaker in India. The SUV is claimed to be the fastest, and most powerful and expensive SUV in the world. It was first showcased at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Ex-showroom, Delhi – Rs 3.85 crores
Talking about the Bentley Bentayga's design, this ultra-luxury SUV has been designed, engineered and hand-crafted at Bentley's headquarters in Crewe, UK. With features like large matrix grille, full LED adaptive headlamps with high beam assist, skid plate on lower front bumper, four distinctive floating all-LED head-lamps, the Bentley Bentayga looks quite premium and sophisticated. The SUV also features bold side creases, a new 'B'-shaped illumination graphic, B-shaped wing vents, rear haunch and segmented tail lights. The overall length of the car measures 5.14 metres in length, and it has a wheelbase of around 3 metres.
Bentley's first SUV comes with eight driving modes that enables driver to select the perfect settings for both rough and smooth terrains. What further enhance its on and off-road capabilities are Bentley's Drive Dynamics Mode and optional Responsive Off-road Setting offering the widest range drive settings. The new Bentley SUV also comes loaded with high-tech driving features such as Bentley Dynamic Ride (electrically activated 48V active roll control), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) including Stop & Go, Electric Power-Assisted Steering (EPAS), Traffic Sign Recognition, Predictive ACC and Traffic Assist, Park Assist, Electronic Night Vision and Rear Crossing Traffic Warning.
Claimed to be the world's most luxurious SUV, the Bentley Bentayga is brimming with multiple comfort and connectivity features such as an 8-inch touch screen infotainment system with 60GB HDD, voice control, navigation support and a choice of up to 30 languages, full-leather interior, acoustic IR front screen and acoustic side glass, split-folding heated rear 4+1 seats and panoramic tilt/ slide sunroof with electric blind. Bentley is also offering several personalisation options in exterior paints, interior trim hide and leathers, carpets, handrafted veneers, bespoke Bentayga alloys ranging from 20 to 22-inches, etc.
Power for the Bentley Bentayga comes from an all-new twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12 engine that is capable of putting out a whooping power of 600bhp at 5,000rpm- 6,000rpm and 900Nm of torque at 1,350rpm. This 12-cylinder powertrain can mark 100kmph from standstill in just 4.1 seconds, while maintaining a top-speed of 301kmph. With these outstanding power figures, the Bentayga becomes the most powerful and fastest SUV in the world. The SUV comes with an 8-speed automatic transmission, and AWD (all-wheel drive) system.
As mentioned above, the carmaker will introduce a 4-litre, V8 triple-charged diesel on the SUV. It will be Bentayga's first diesel power mill that generates power worth 435bhp against 900Nm at 1000rpm – 3250rpm. The diesel version of the SUV will be able to do 0-100kmph in 4.8 seconds. It will have an electronic speed limit of 270kmph.


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Actor Robert Blake claims he once offered $250,000 (GBP131,578) to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the children of his murdered wife - a sum he no longer can afford.
The former BARETTA star, who was acquitted in March (05) of killing BONNY LEE BAKLEY, was in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (06MAY05) for a hearing on motions in the civil case, which also names former handyman EARL CALDWELL as a defendant. Both men are scheduled to give depositions today (09MAY05).
Judge DAVID M SCHACTER denied a request by Blake's attorneys for a gag order and also refused to seal records.
Outside the courtroom, Blake, 71, said he now has only $150,000 (GBP78,947) in assets, adding he has authorised an inspection of his finances at his accountant's office.
He said, "And if anybody ever finds that there's $5 hidden anywhere, I'm willing to go to Folsom (State Prison). There is no agenda here."
ERIC DUBIN, who represents Bakley's four children, countered that Blake had $25 million (GBP13.1 million) as of late 2003.
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The head of the UN's humanitarian office has launched a searing attack on Russia and Syria for the continued bombardment of Aleppo, telling the Security Council he was "incandescent with rage" about the diplomatic stalemate, and sparking one of the most stormy and confrontational UN meetings of recent times.
Stephen O'Brien, head of the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told the 15-member body that "the buck stops with you" - drawing parallels with Srebrenica, Cambodia and Rwanda. "Month after month, worse and worse, and nothing is actually happening to stop the war, stop the suffering," he said.
And he despaired at the Russian vetoing of a succession of resolutions, noting how "selfish, inhuman interests have trumped the moral and humanitarian imperative".
Blankets are in such short supply that people are huddling in body bags to keep warm, he said. In eastern Aleppo, 100,000 children cower in basements.
Since his last update a month ago, he said that 400 people have died in the bombings, and six tonnes of medical equipment has been prevented from entering the city. He added: "What happened to 'never again'? What happened to our commitment to protect the most vulnerable, those who face mass atrocities?
"It is in your hands today to take the right path, and avert this looming irreversible tragedy of our time."
He said that leaflets are being dropped on eastern Aleppo by Syrian and Russian aircraft, warning residents: "This is your last hope. Save yourselves. If you do not leave these areas urgently, you will be annihilated. You know that everyone has given up on you. They left you alone to face your doom and nobody will give you any help."
Mr O'Brien, who used the meeting to catalogue the misery and wretchedness of the thousands of trapped civilians, said Syria and Russia were determined to wipe out the population of Aleppo.
"It is clear that the aircraft which drop the bombs, the generals who give the orders, and the politicians who have designed the strategy intend to make good on that horrific promise," he added.
The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, reacted with fury to Mr O'Brien's statement, accusing him of arrogance and dishonesty. His comments, he said, were fabrication and should be "put in a novel", adding: "If we needed to be preached to, we would go to a church."
But the rest of the Security Council turned on Mr Churkin. Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, supported Mr O'Brien, while the Ukrainian ambassador said Mr Churkin was "living in a parallel universe".
"Does Russia believe that all the children who are being killed in eastern Aleppo are themselves al-Qa'ida members?" asked Ms Power, who said she had not intended to speak, but was so enraged at Mr Churkin's remarks that she felt she had to.
"Is that what happens - you come out of the womb and you're an al-Qa'ida member right from the beginning? Of course Russia can't condemn the shelling and the bombardment of eastern Aleppo, because Russia's carrying out the systematic bombardment of eastern Aleppo."
Matthew Rycroft, the British ambassador, said: "The UK will support any effort to stop the bombing and any draft resolution." (© Daily Telegraph, London)


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In a new series about the vibrant places beyond the Pale, Barry Egan visits Kildare to hear tales of supermodels, the Rolling Stones, racing priests and rugby stars in BMW boots BMW
Dick O'Sullivan picked up the phone in his office in 2006. Someone at the other end of the line wanted to know about the security arrangements for Yasmin Le Bon, the star-turn (courtesy of Newbridge Silverware) at that year's Punchestown Races. Dick, managing director of Punchestown Racecourse since 2002, was in a manner of speaking "stumped."
With all the girls in his office out for lunch, the only answer he could muster in relation to the English supermodel married to your man from Duran Duran was: "I think she's running in the 4 o'clock race on Saturday.
Dick, a 78-year connoisseur from Tralee in a designer suit, recalls precisely the reaction from the person at the end of the phone: "I could hear him mutter 'Imbecile' under his breath. Then he hung up!" Dick roars with laughter.
Sitting beside him in a grand room in the world famous K Club - where 10 local legends convened to talk all things Kildare - Denis Flannelly, a high-performance equine coach based at Kill International Equestrian Centre, has his own horse-related tale.
He has a vivid recollection of attending the first Christmas Mass, Father Breen, 'The Racing Priest', celebrated at Eadstown Church in 1995. The church was full. The Breener, as he was affectionately known, delivered a profound eulogy.
"Just before the last hymn," Denis begins, "he declared that his faith over the years had been challenged on many occasions, but he was never so sure that God exists as he is now. He said it was God who organised his appointment to Eadstown, placing him between three wonderful racecourses: five minutes from Punchestown; 10 minutes from Naas; 15 minutes from The Curragh . . . "
"The congregation erupted with laughter, before he announced his predictions on which horse would win or place at The Leopardstown Christmas Festival, which traditionally starts on St Stephen's Day. A number of racehorse owners, who had horses running over the next four days, were in the church and he pointed them out just in case more information was sought by his flock.
"He was an amazing man, an amazing priest," Denis says, adding that when The Breener died in 2009, aged 72, they broke the mould. "He buried my mother Kathleen in 1997 and christened my son, Josh, in 2003." Josh's famous mother is sitting on a couch in the K Club to Denis's right: Valerie Roe, the ex-boss of Lillie's Bordello nightclub and now a PR supremo, has lived in Naas with partner Denis for 20 years. Asked to put Kildare natives in context, she says "celebrity means nothing to them".
A golden example of this, she relates, is when rock-star Ronnie Wood lived locally, once upon a time, and he brought a gang of friends from London to his local in Naas. "As the night progressed," recounts Valerie, "they got louder and louder, and then they all started to sing. The owner of the pub went over and told them to stop. One of the locals said to him: 'Jaysus! Do you know who that is? It's fecking Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones!' 'I don't care if it is Daniel O'Donnell himself!'" came the reply. Valerie (whose two sisters Gillian Quinn and Trish Roe also live in Kildare) laughs now: "Kildare [people] are completely unassuming. They are great fun."
Kildare sporting supreme being Geordan Murphy seems to adhere to this philosophy, according to his brother Ross. "In 2003/2004 the Irish rugby team trained in Naas rugby club. One evening, after training my brother, Geordan suggested we should go for a few pints in Kavanagh's bar in Naas. Little did I know he was joined by 14 members of the Irish rugby team. One pint turned into 10. Soon it was the end of the night until someone offered us a lift to the local nightclub, Time. Some travelled back to the team hotel in Killiney."
Others, it transpired, didn't . . .
"Ten of us piled into a 5 series BMW wherever we could fit. It was less than a mile away. When we got into the nightclub we realised there were two people missing - Geordan and a pal!"
Ross, who is sales manager at Capital Oil, laughs now at the memory.
"So we went to look for them and found them chatting in the boot of the car outside."
Dancing with words tonight in Kildare, RTE's Brenda Donoghue contextualises her love of her county thus: "A bit like Bono has said, when he lands in Dublin airport - it's that feeling of coming home. When you see the 'Welcome to County Kildare' sign on the motorway, you know you're back where you belong. I love the Curragh, I love the canals and I also love the bogs of Kildare.
"My Dad's from Allenwood and each Kildare native contains a little bit of bog inside of them. It's rich conversations, often bad hair days and gentle rivalry between the different villages and towns. So being called a 'culchie,' or a 'bogger' is a badge of honour to me."
Kildare's Rose of Tralee entry this year, Ailish Brennan, adds: "My favourite thing about County Kildare is the St Brigid's Cross, a significant symbol of Kildare. Come February 1, our house is taken over by copious amounts of long, green rushes. We spend hours weaving the rushes into crosses to give them to family members and friends. It's an old tradition, weaving a cross, but it's one very close to my heart and one I feel privileged to have been shown by my dad, Pat Tom."
Republic of Telly star Keith Walsh is in equally reflective mode: "Growing up in Kildare, and Newbridge in particular, I remember feeling that it was classless. A classless society, certainly amongst my peers.
"I was part of a very large group of teenagers of varying ages and from different parts of the town, it didn't seem to matter if you were well-off or not, we all pooled our resources. Anything we could pull together went towards our mission to find the party and have a mad night. There was a brilliant local music scene, the band I was attached to was called The Haggard. They were a bunch of feckless, dress-wearing, long-haired grunge types. I was a friend/groupie/head mosher."
In a tweed jacket beside the one-time head mosher is the perfectly spoken David Wardell of The Irish National Stud.
"Kildare is the most diverse county in Ireland," he says.
"On one side you have Roche's pub, near Donadea, which is literally sinking into the bog in a farcical manner that would put a smile on anyone's face. On the other side, we have the best equine-breeding land in the world, with billions worth of horse flesh grazing in the fields.
"As diverse the land," he continues, "the same can be said for the people. My mother moved to the UK for a while and she couldn't understand why she was so homesick until she realised what she missed most about Kildare was the social life. It sounds a cliché, but Kildare really is a classless county. Be it the butcher, baker, trainer, breeder (horse), politician or international 'blow-in', Kildare has the best parties in Ireland."
An Arcadian vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature entranced us as, with the sun setting on Kildare, we all went for a walk in the majestic gardens of The K Club, with Irish-bred horse Niko, trotting behind us.
"Kildare is synonymous with horses," says Michael Davern, chief executive and general manager at The K Club. "They don't call it the thoroughbred county for nothing. Home of the thoroughbreds - that's people and horses. Everyone that lives in Kildare has some kind of affiliation to horses and even if they know nothing about racing, breeding or training, everyone seems to be an expert.
"If you ask anyone about a race meeting that's coming up, everyone seems to throw in their tuppence worth - a tip for a horse, news of a trainer or some old nag that's a complete outsider but 'worth an each-way bet'. That's something of course that I can relate to well, being from and growing up in Cashel, Tipperary, so close to the world-famous Ballydoyle and Coolmore. It's a great county for socialising too, Naas and Maynooth, both so close to Straffan.
The K Club in particular has a glut of great restaurants and bars and there's a real boom going on in food production with lots of wonderful artisan producers making craft beers, chocolate and cheeses."
Adds Michael: "My wife Aideen is from Straffan in Kildare, plus three girls, Ava (10), Emer (8) and Clara (5) all from Kildare . . . bar one, the eldest, Ava, who was born in Barbados. And believes she is Bajan!"
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Tropical atmospheric conditions improved quite a bit for Guillermo here on Thursday. He has steadily intensified throughout the day and it looks like the National Hurricane Center is likely going to grant him Hurricane strength by later this evening. The latest forecast had core winds around 60-knots with gusts at 70-75 knots...core winds need to reach 65-knots for the NHC to call it a hurricane.
The strengthening, the increased convection, and larger size are all good for swell production and, to top it off, Guillermo slowed down a touch today. Instead of cruising along at 17-18 knots his movement speed has backed down to 12-13 knots, which will give the storm's fetch more time over the sea-state it generates.
From a surf standpoint...we are definitely going to get a boost in the tropical S swell as we head into the weekend.
It takes S swell (in the 13-second range) about 2 days to travel from Guillermo's position to Southern California...so I am expecting some slowly building tropical energy as we move through the day on Friday (since the storm formed on Wednesday). It won't be much at first...but the swell will fill in more as we head into the evening. I would look for mostly knee-waist high waves at the S facing spots on Friday...with a few bigger waves at the top S-spots. The bigger sets will get a bit more consistent through the afternoon.
At this point, based on today's forecast, it looks like the swell will turn slightly more S-SSW (180-195) as we head into Saturday. Look for the tropical energy to peak around midday on Saturday and hold solid through Sunday. The average S facing spots will likely be in the chest high+ range. The top S facing spots, particularly breaks that like tropical swell (the mid-low swell period energy...around 10-13 seconds), will be in the shoulder-head high range. Sets may be a bit inconsistent and finicky early on Saturday, but we can expect more consistency by the afternoon. The swell will hold into Sunday morning before fading out.
This isn't a great storm, especially compared to many past tropical systems, but it will make some waves, and more importantly it fills a gap in our Southern Hemi activity. Should you bail on your family/kids, drop everything and try and surf 36 hours straight over the weekend?...no probably not...but if you were planning on doing chores or sitting around scratching yourself it should be worth a quick surf check, or an online pass through the buoys and cameras, once the swell gets going.
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Making the most of the rich cultural and historical heritage of the region associated with the period of Great Moravia and the pilgrimage of the Slavic missionaries.
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Works with the strong theme of the co-patron saints of Europe – Cyril and Methodius.
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"Velehrad is the ancient heart of the Great Moravian Empire. It is the place from where Saints Cyril and Methodius, brothers from Thessaloniki, launched their apostolic mission among the Slavs. Here are our roots." Saint John Paul II.
Velehrad (Czech Republic) – a centre of cultural dialogue between East and West, traditionally hosting unionist conventions, whose importance transcends national borders.
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A poem written in honor of the bride and groom.
EPITHALAMIUM (Gr. ?π?, at or upon, and θ?λαμος, a nuptial chamber), originally among the Greeks a song in praise of bride and bridegroom, which was sung by a number of boys and girls at the door of the nuptial chamber. According to the scholiast on Theocritus, one form, the κατακοιμητικ?ν, was employed at night, and another, the διεγερτικ?ν, to arouse the bride and bridegroom on the following morning. In either case, as was natural, the main burden of the song consisted of invocations of blessing and predictions of happiness, interrupted from time to time by the ancient chorus of Hymen hymenaee. Among the Romans a similar custom was in vogue, but the song was sung by girls only, after the marriage guests had gone, and it contained much more of what modern morality would condemn as obscene. In the hands of the poets the epithalamium was developed into a special literary form, and received considerable cultivation. Sappho, Anacreon, Stesichorus and Pindar are all regarded as masters of the species, but the finest example preserved in Greek literature is the 18th Idyll of Theocritus, which celebrates the marriage of Menelaus and Helen. In Latin, the epithalamium, imitated from Fescennine Greek models, was a base form of literature, when Catullus redeemed it and gave it dignity by modelling his Marriage of Thetis and Peleus on a lost ode of Sappho. In later times Statius, Ausonius, Sidonius Apollinaris and Claudian are the authors of the best-known epithalamia in classical Latin; and they have been imitated by Buchanan, Scaliger, Sannazaro, and a whole host of modern Latin poets, with whom, indeed, the form was at one time in great favour. The names of Ronsard, Malherbe and Scarron are especially associated with the species in French literature, and Marini and Metastasio in Italian. Perhaps no poem of this class has been more universally admired than the Epithalamium of Spenser (1595), though he has found no unworthy rivals in Ben Jonson, Donne and Quarles. At the close of In Memoriam Tennyson has appended a poem, on the nuptials of his sister, which is strictly an epithalamium.
In the middle garden is the secret wedding,
that hides always under the other one
and under the shiny things of the other one. Under a tree
one hand reaches through the grainy dusk toward another.
Two right hands. The ring is a weed that will surely die.
There is no one else for miles,
and even those people far away are deaf and blind.
There is no one to bless this.
There are the dark trees, and just beyond the trees.
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\Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um\, n.; pl. {Epithalamiums}, L. {Epithalamia}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi` upon, at + ? bride chamber.] A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom. The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B. Jonson.