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Traditional French Weddings and Dresses
France in July
France in the summer months of June, July and August are often the host to amazing weather, sightseers, but also cycle enthusiasts. To the average person summer time in France is exclusively reserved for Atlantic-hopping, cycle enthusiasts. Who, like so many American tourists, come to France to soak-up Parisian sunshine along the Tour de France race.
Competition can be pretty fierce on any given summer's day, for making room reservations in any major French city, during the height of the Tour de France. Therefore, if you are planning on hosting a traditional French wedding in Marseilles or Paris, be sure to avoid the additional cycling crowds of July. July in France is simply put Tour de France time.
No need to let your hopes be dash by some cycling geeks, if you are deadset on hosting a French July event. Each year the Tour de France's website has listed on their front landing page, the actual stage city for each stop that year's race. Also posted is the next year's race itinary.
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A beautiful aspect about France, as your fairytale, dream, destination wedding place, is the beauty of its many wonderful, ancient, villages. There are almost too many ideal locations to choose from. Whether the choice to host the wedding is made in a Mediterranean village, on a scenic mountain overlook, or at a chateau surrounded by lush shrubs somewhere in the countryside of Burgundy, France; anywhere there would make your wedding a truly romantic affair indeed.
- Speaking of weddings..., did you know that there is one stop you won't want to miss, when looking to purchase a beautiful, unique, French, wedding dress?
Whether you are living in Paris or visiting from aboard, by far the best place to buy a wedding dress in France, is found in the commune of Nemours. Just a mere 60 km outside Paris, resides one of the most sought after designer (bridal) fashion houses, Cybeline Paris. Cybeline Paris was the inspiration of three sisters, Evelvne, Chantal, and Monique Joubert more than thirty years ago. If you do not find what you are looking for there at Cybeline's, you might want to try shopping at French bridal couturier, Max Chaoul house of fashion. He is the winner of the best "European Wedding Dress Creator" award, which is hosted in Venice, Italy.
Designer Lisa Gowing
Traditional French Wedding Lace
For all you French enthusiasts out there, did you know that France is also known for it's amazing traditional bridal laces? French Chantilly, French Guipure, and French Alencon Lace, are apically named in honor of the city in France, in which they were first created several hundred of years ago, back in the 15th and 16th centuries. What most people fail to realize, whether here in America or somewhere overseas, is that these traditional wedding laces often help set the formality tone of a wedding. French Chantilly laces usually adorn the lesser of all, formal-style, wedding dresses; like a dress worn by a bride who is getting married outdoors in a remote, countryside, wedding ceremony. While the beautiful needle-point French Alencon Lace, with it's borders lined heavily in silk threading, adorn the most elaborate wedding gowns. As in the type of Bridal gowns that might be selected for the most formal, black tie, wedding ceremonies.
Excerpt from Zalin's blog the Pythia Press
"The wedding vows have been set by the government since Napoleonic times. You get hitched at town hall, in the mayor's office, by the mayor himself or his deputy--or you don't get hitched at all. That's the law. Afterward, you can have a church wedding if you wish, and the state doesn't care, but you aren't married unless you do the mayor first."
French Wedding Vows & Bridal Gown Traditions
French wedding vows, have been in government control since the reign of Emperor Napoleon, somewhere between 1799–1815 AD. Ironically, the traditional French wedding vow laws are not the only French wedding tradition set by a Napoleon Emperor. When Eugénie de Montijo of Spain married Napoleon's grand nephew, Napoleon III in1853; she wore a bellowing gown of all white. It was this dress worn by Empress Eugenie, which rekindles a15th century medieval tradition of brides wearing white wedding dresses, on their big day. Up until that time, French maidens just wore their Sunday best dress to the Mayor's office, where they were to be wed.
It is also written that Empress Eugenie's dress, was so admired by all that in fact the loom industry, saw a large boost in production and sales. Demanding French brides wanted to wear the seven-boned, hoop-slip under their dress as she had. It can be said that Empress Eugenie's dress revolutionized the wedding dress industry. Some have even gone so far as to speculate that Empress Eugenie's gown, was the sole inspiration of savoy business tactics on the behalf of her groom. Now whether or not, Empress Eugenie's wedding dress was indeed, a secret business strategy of Napoleon III's, no one knows for certain. However, it was under this time frame that the French textile industry invented the Jacquard loom. The first ever mass-produced, hoop-slip. Up until that time looms were made to order, and handmade by talented seamstresses. Again, whether only speculation or not, there is a wide belief (to be fact) that Napoleon III did indeed ordered- Empress Eugenie to wear the all white bridal gown, which was designed by prominent Parisian designer Charles Frederick Worth . The sole inspiration and creator of House of Worth dressmakers circa 1858-1956.
French Wedding Food Menu Idea
- french wedding menu idea: foie gras stations | parisian party
No French wedding would be complete without the cheese course, and even though we were literally bursting at the seams, we had to partake. Which really left us no room for the dessert buffet...
Traditional French Food and Decadence
Whether a French wedding takes place in the countryside of Nice, or in the formality of a Catholic Mass black tie affair, be prepared to come to the wedding reception for a feast...
Traditional French weddings are known for their food and decadence. The Vin d'honneur reception, is considered an open invitation, pubic, reception for all to attend. Couples usually choose to serve finger food is the food at this time. Later, during the sit down dinner for invited guests only, traditional French couples shower their guests in romance, in the form of a six course meal. Naturally aided by the national spirits of France, wine and champagne. The more lavish the French wedding, the more food courses served. If a bride and groom plan on dancing into the wee morning hours, married couples will even serve late-night appetizers too. Food is a very intricate part of a traditional French wedding reception. Another French wedding tradition that demands itself to be tastefully carried out- is the one that suggests that the newlyweds attend an informal, Sunday-bunch with their intimate guests, bridal party and family members, before heading off on their honeymoon. It just doesn't get better than that. It is so uniquely French!
Viva la France...
Origin of the Traditional French Wedding Cake
"The origin of French wedding cake dates back to the medieval tables of the French royalty and nobility. In the Middle ages, wedding cakes were like some sweet buns which were stacked upon each other in order to form a huge pile. The bride and the groom had to kiss successfully over the huge pile. It was believed the kissing would bring them children in their future. Probably, the French wedding cakes have roots in this tradition." —French Wedding Cakes
The funny thing about the French Croquembouche wedding cake, is that it's origins are not entirely from France. The traditional story on the origins of the cake; tell a tale of how one French pastry chef, first forged this unique cake style after attending a countryside, English wedding. The pastry chef was humored by the English tradition of stacking up sweet buns, between the bride and groom, when they were caught trying to fetch a kiss.
Traditional French Letterpress and Invitation Resources
Viva La France
- Wedding Cakes - Traditional to Contemporary
The wedding cake is the showpiece of any modern wedding. Elaborately decorated and often costing thousands of dollars, the bride's cake is one of the key features of the wedding reception. For as long as people have celebrated special occasions,...
- Two French Weddings and a Third
Lists letters written by Zalin Grant, American author and journalist, from the village where he lives in France. Contains scenes from everyday French life and recipes for French food. A must for any wanna be French bride....
Amazing hub!! I particularly like the idea of a pubic reception!!!
When I married Julie-Ann in '77, she wore a fancy homemade dress that her grandmother made. I was so scared I actually forgot to look at the dress. I was trying to stand straight, not fumble my line, not trip or any of the myriad of things that I was apt to do. After the ceremony, I looked at the dress and appreciated how intricate it was. I wished we had had a video of it so I could ignore myself this time and my young foolish self and just look at her and at that moment. She was not radiating happiness for reasons I would not know for years so she just got through it and so did I. In my wedding to Christina (my current one) in '98, I again was scared but not as young and not as foolish so as to be thinking mostly of myself. It was in a house at a birthday party of a young lady we knew in church. She did not mind sharing her day. Chrissy didn't have a dress, but a smart business suit and she was uncomfortable "as all get out." We have no pictures of that day because something happened to the film in the little disposable camera that was only supposed to capture a picture of the birthday cake. So, all that being said, my opinion is that if you take a lot of the ruffles off the very traditional old picture in the article and stick a lot more beaded work on it, it would look a little like the dress I did not look at when I got married the first time. It was pretty but what made it pretty was the lady who made it. What a sweet woman that loved the Lord her God with her whole heart. As usual Julie I proclaim our fast friendship and how you are always in my heart, my friend. Love ya lady. Bob.
IE - The French know how to put it on I see. Maybe when I elope I'll sky over there for a marvelous time.
Great work Lady. How you doing these days anyway?
The Frog
I love Elisha!
loved your hub! am especially taken by the picture of the gorgeous wedding dress labelled style # ELISHA!


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Martin Luther King Night - Vigil at Dean Street Family Shelter- Please Come.
What: MLK Night Family Shelter Vigil
Where: in front of 603 Dean St., Brooklyn, NY
Who: F.U.R.E.E, Councilmember Letitia James Office, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Fightin' Freddy's
When: 10pm till Midnight, January 18
Contact: Amyre Loomis, (646) 201-8183
"You don't have to be a homeowner to be a victim of Eminent Domain," said pop star Crystal Waters at a rehearsal for the Saturday, Jan. 16th rally at Freddy's Bar, just down the street from the Pacific Dean family homeless shelter that the State of New York wants to now tear down on behalf of Barclays Center and Forest City Ratner.
Groups associated with Councilmember Letitia James office are having a vigil to see if their request to Governor Paterson, to enact a moratorium on Eminent Domain in New York State until the legislature can revise the law that, since the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial Kelo decision has devastated the lives of many homeowners, renters, and now homeless children and their parents, will be honored.
Closing a family shelter that serves the African-american and Caribbean-american communities, in the winter, on Martin Luther King's birthday, with the crisis in Haiti going on has stunned and angered many in the surrounding community.
We will be waiting until midnight on Martin Luther King Day to see if the doors of this much needed shelter will re-open until the spring, when the weather is kinder to Brooklyn's homeless families with children.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
G1-GP Season 3 Opener
Thursday, July 16, 2009
G1-GP -- Season 2 finale
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Recruiting for G1-GP season 3
1.. need to be a friend or aquaintance of mine within SL , pre-race and post race happen within the confines of SL , so having a SL background is a must .
2. Need Rfactor program , costs anywhere from 20 to $30 US , depending on how you get it , ebay or amazon, or as a Download ect...
3. Need some level of controller above just a keyboard, Gamepad is cheapest , and has been used as a effective controller by several of the current racers, wheel is ideal but not a requirement...in fact if you can handle just driving with keyboard , your more than welcome too.
4. Some patience with the process, the technical nature of Rfactor does make you jump thru a few hoops in getting setup , Downloading and installing mods and stuff, this is something that becomes "old hat" after doing it a bit . We have a alot of people willing to help you also .
5. Official League times are Open practice monday and tuesdays at 6pm SLT to approx 8 or 9pm or so .. this isnt mandatory, just a good way to exchange setups , to make sure no one is having probs connecting to server , some race traffic practice and to compare times with other racers.
Races are held Wednesdays at 5pm SLT ....and are run in following format ....
----5pm SLT Driver meeting at G1-GP Clubhouse....at 5:10 Server will go up for Race practice
----Race practice lasts between 30 to 45 minutes depending on track and my own judgment of how much practice some people may need.
----Qualify session , usual format is 10 laps in a 20 minute session
---- Race....Races vary in length , but for season 3 , will last from 30 to 40 minutes .
----Post-Race wrap up and podium ceremony back at the G1-GP clubhouse, entire event lasts approx 2 hours.
Season 3 will be run using a mod , the cars will be LMP 900s (LeMans prototypes) , run in a series of 10 real world road courses. Some of the tracks are included with Rfactor , some need to be downloaded and installed ...all info for that will be supplied by me and everyone currently in the league are a great help to new racers if theres any help needed. I will be releasing the season 3 schedule shortly .
The following is a short demo video of the cars and game , showing off the sights and sounds that will be part of season 3 ... Contact me in SL if you are interested , thanks .....
We are only accepting a limited amount of new drivers ..so if interested send me a IM asap
Saturday, June 27, 2009
On the top step: Zaria and Katier
For a period spanning 44 rounds of FormulaSL and MotoSL , Archer racing had been in 1st place, but that came to a end with FormulaSL Round 9 at Bekstone raceway, Annie Gufler and AM Pro racing became the first team to topple Archer from the top spot since its creation back in season 1 of FormulaSL . Not a team to stay down when down, Archer put in the effort needed to regain the top spot.
Annie had her worst finish of the season at Amber raceway finishing 8th , Jafo finished 2nd and Yuriko 3rd. Needing to gain 4 points on Am Pro to regain the Team points lead, Archer gained 29 points on them. But the story of Round 10 was InDrive's Zaria Falconer who gave herself and her team their first RaceSL victory. Jafo and Yuriko both led the race at various times , but in the end Zaria grabbed the lead after the field took its 2nd pitstop and led the last 7 laps for the victory, her teamie Caz Freschi finished 4th .
Big grats to Zaria and her team on the victory, and big grats to my own team on their superb performance in regaining the Team lead. Round 11 of FSL season 3 will be at Racer's island Midnight track.
Round 8 of G1-GP season 2 ....Lienz hillclimb. The 3rd and final rally race of season 2 , promised to be prolly the most difficult , with average times of 3 minutes and 50 seconds a lap, the Lienz hillclimb mixed a combination of offroad dirt and paved racetrack .
Like previous Lienz Rally races, this one consisted of 2 seperate races, with the final results being compiled from the results of both races. Jafo Tendaze impressed all with his 3rd pole position of the season . But this was still not enough to stop a hard charging Sulla Looming from jumping as fast as possible to the front of the pack.
In the first race this was aided by most of the field overshooting turn 1 onto the dirt portion of the race track, Sulla raced ahead into the lead with myself at first following closely . But my luck soon ran out later on the 1st lap , i overshot a turn a little and was going to fast and too wide into one of the faster portions of the paved track, striking a portion of guardrail head on .
This put the kaibosh on the rest of my race, Sulla won it , with Katier close behind in 2nd and Jafo finishing 3rd.
Up next was the 2nd round with Jafo again on pole , again Sulla proved quick at the start... racing into lead, but it was Sulla's turn to run out of luck, running in 3rd i sorta saw what happened , but all i know is i saw Sulla careen far to the left into the woods and ..kapowww hit a tree which sent her flying back onto the dirt track sideways blocking the path of Katier who was at that point running 2nd .
I barely nudged my way past the mess and into the lead where i stayed for the rest of the race. Behind me Jafo and Katier were racing the real race , both of them battling back and forth with the possibility of whichever of them finished 2nd would get the overall win . But in the end Katier prevailed and thus captured her 1st G1-GP victory . Jafo was 2nd overall, with Sulla 3rd, Rattra Raymaker 4th and myself 5th .
Next Round for G1-GP season 2 is F3s at the venerable Monaco city street track , with 4 persons still very much in the run for the championship. Suku Ming currently leads..Sulla and Myself in 2nd and 3rd tied in points, and Caz freschi , unfortunately having missed the hillclimb..still not very far behind in 4th .
Some quick facts after 8 races, 5 different winners , 9 different people having been on the podium, only 1 polesitter of 8 has taken a victory.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Farewell Mooz , FSL round 9
The first being Snowpeach, home track of Museum of Robots owned by Count and Bibi Bayliss, long time supporters and contributers. This was one of my fav tracks on the circuit. Next was RD Motorsports sim, owned by Raver Bellow and home of the Canyon track and Raver's own Wide track. FormulaSL season 3 , round 9 is the final race at Mooz , on a new track located high in the sky, designed and built by Bikey Bekkers.
Zaria Falconer and Caz Freschi of Kokopelli's InDrive team did great, battling each other back and forth for 2nd and 3rd, Zaria prevailing in the end .
Caz actualy qualified into the B group, but ran that race solidly getting the advance. HotWire driver Suzy Cuddihy looked like she would get 2nd , but it wasnt to be . Frutopian Mango Birdbrain getting up for 2nd and the pass to Group A instead.
Ashe Revnik and Abacus Mimistrobell got 1st and 2nd in the C race, with Molly Fitzgerald just missing out after tangling with non-yielding traffic while in the lead. Molly got back to 2nd , fell to 3rd last lap .
Abacus handily won the D group race. Although gone , the history of mooz lives on, as does the track, with Les Whites handy track rezzers, Mooz can be put down anywhere a friendly low lag sim will let him....the same with Snowpeach, Canyon and the Wide Track, so the hope is that all that is lost is a bit of a inflated monthly bill and ....a sim , although classified and class 5, seemed to often be sick and not quite performing up to its advertised potential .
Round 10 moves us to host Amber Raceway , a multi-tiered track , with a club, drag strip, airplane pylon racing , a resort and alot of fun things to do.
Monday, June 1, 2009
G1-GP Update
Round 2 at Lienze GP short... the first rally race of the season was well anticipated cause this is a small fun track. Consensus was that it would be crashed filled with alot of people finishing the race crashed out ...but actualy quite the opposite everyone did quite well and finished the race in its entirety.
Sulla Looming proved unstoppable here , winning both races that comprise the event . Caz Freschi gave Sulla a run for her money in the 2nd race, but once Sulla got by she was gone . Caz finished 2nd overall, myself 3rd, and Yum Divesadero scored a G1-GP career high finish of 4th .
Round 3 at Miami Bayfront ...for round 3 we switch to F3s at the small tight Miami track . I had hopes for a pole position after driving well during the weeks practice rounds, but things dont always worked out , Remon Franizzi grabbed pole , and i was all way down in 5th .
Caz Freschi didnt disappoint his fans in the crowd that were waving signs that read "Green means go !" , "Pit Limiters, not just for the pits!" , "Chill out!!" and "Milk does the body good" , as the greens flashed , Caz was waiting for a 2nd opinion on the matter....meanwhile much to the chagrin of everyone behind him, Remon, Sulla and myself on other side of grid, got good starts and raced ahead to turn 1 .
Remon led around for a good half the race, Sulla in 2nd till she spun and smacked the wall and pitted for repairs, into 2nd i went and after Remon . After a nice pass if i do say so myself , i was in the lead and never looked back grabbing my first win of season . Remon got 2nd, Jafo Tendaze 3rd , Caz eventualy joined in the fun after his mis-start and got up for 4th, Katier Reitveld rounded out top 5.
Round 4 at Joesville ....Round 4 brought us back to the Legends cars at the 1/2 mile oval at Joesville. Jafo nailed his 2nd pole position of the season on the ovals . But it was Suku Ming who got the the best start and led the pack around for all 50 laps for her 2nd victory of season , Jafo hot on Suku's heels for 2nd and myself 3rd. Nella Bocarra and Sulla Looming both had incidents resulting in big crashes .
Round 5 at Lienz GP....the 2nd rally round of the season , brought us to maybe arguably the hardest track of the season , the 3 minute a lap Lienz GP , and prolly the most mayhem of the season . There was no shortage of wrecks and questionable driving in this one . Favorite Sulla Looming crashed out on the 1 lap qualify round setting her back in the pack for both races.
While i was out front with my first pole of season and i made the best of it running out front as hard as i could .
It wasnt enough in the first race though , leading the whole thing i spun once in the final lap , allowing Sulla who had worked her way up to 2nd early on to pass and take the win . Race 2 was much the same me out front , Sulla worked her way up to 2nd , but lost concentration and crashed out early . Highlights of this race was a nice racing battle between Suku and Rattra Raymaker for 2nd place.
Suku did a great job holding off Rattra for awhile , but eventualy he was able to get by, but just long enough to get spun by lapped traffic allowing Suku by again where she finished 2nd in the race. Fortunately for Rattra his points in both races was good enough to get him 2nd overall. Suku finishing a impressive 3rd overall , Remon 4th and Katier 5th .
Next round is this wednesday , back to F3's this time at Long beach .
G1-GP stats can be found at http://g1gpracing.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 25, 2009
FormulaSL - Round 7
Annie Gufler took her 6th Pole and 6th win of the season , but this time just ahead of Jafo Tendaze looking for his first win of the season . Jafo was hunting Annie for the last 8 laps of the race, closing the gap in the last 3 , but Annie held on for the win . Jafo 2nd , and Laney Recreant with her 2nd podium of season coming in 3rd after advancing from the B group race and putting on a very nice performance in the A group race.
I got a rare glimpse at the front and led for a few laps before my old friend PSU 1 badluck paid me a visit , and i finished 4th overall . Silk Bamboo shared in some of my luck , there was plenty to go around , with a early lead at start of race, Silk looked strong to finish 3rd, but ran into troubles ending up in 5th .
One car i thought would finish higher was Racers Island's own Brave Ashbourne , i heard his engine buzzing close in my ear a few times over several laps , i think Brave was held up sometimes by my shaky driving at that point in race, but he drove much like a racer in RL would without charging thru at first chance no matter what , unfortunately Brave ran into some troubles and fell back before getting by me , finishing in 6th.
Caz Freschi and Yuriko Nishi rounded out the field also having races with heaping helpings of bad luck and technical difficulties. Annie Gufler now leads the points championship by a large margin , with Yuriko in 2nd and Jafo 3rd .
Other highlights of day started in D race , where Amber Raceway veteran Kelly Grumiaux had a good race, driving steady in 2nd place, looking like she would get the advance with Rattra Raymaker who led the whole race, but Kelly ran into trouble, and her own team mate Tracy Torok got by and finsihed 2nd .
C race might have been most chaotic of the day , with alot of collisions alot of off roading and mayhem . The story early in the race was Race island's Nella Bocarra, on a mission to score some points was in 2nd and even led for a bit in early laps of race before falling back , unfortunately finishing 8th after more troubles.
Around laps 5 and 6 the field settled down some , with returning veteran Yamaha Harley holding onto a steady lead, untill he pitted, Yamaha seemed to be in the pits forever before finally exiting in 5th place, Yamaha ended up finishing 3rd and a very good performance despite being rusty .
After the pits DYG driver Darko Revnik took over and led the rest of the 20 lap race, winning his first FSL group race, grats to DYG team they certainly have put in the practice in effort to improve steadily during this season.
The other story of C race was Shoshin racing's Ford Roffo, who has been qualifying well lately but unable to bring home the bacon in the main races, this time was different, Ford hovered around the top 4 all race , driving steady enough to grab 2nd and a pass to the B race.
B race was punctuated mostly by Caz Freschi running a tight race, leading nearly the entire thing , Motorato Ware gave chase early in the race, but contact with traffic put her in trouble around lap 10 . In the end Caz ran into enough problems to get 2nd behind Laney Recreant who filled the void when Moto fell back .
Final results were Laney 1st, Caz 2nd , Moto 3rd , Molly Fitzgerald 4th , and Indrive's Zaria Falconer 5th . Just 1 week till round #8 ...on the oval at Greg Drayman's Kokopelli Raceway . The FSL cars on the oval is always mayhem , and im sure this one wont disappoint.


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Happy Easter Monday!
I hope you enjoyed - and are still enjoying - a joyous celebration.
Our string line this week included an oval (egg) shape and the tangles were very spring-like. The pattern Warped Eggs proved to be a bit of a challenge to many contributors this week. To make it easier to understand and use, I will work up some Tips for Tangling and post it on Thursday.
Let's take a look ~
The first email arrived from smgg (Taiwan) and here on her Instagram ~
Have a nice day!!!
*Warped Eggs defines the string section (much like Rhoda Roy's tile from Vancouver Island, Canada, posted further down the page - I just love when tanglers from across the globe has similar approaches to a string.)
*aura and dark sparkled perfs for Zenith
From Juul (France) ~
Chère Adèle
Finally I tangled a "finished" tile....i'm very happy about that!
*Mel Mel string line - the curves compliment the horizontal lines of the oval string section
*Zenith weaves in and out as it curves along
From Joanne Faherty (Bedfordshire, United Kingdom) ~
Happy Easter Adele loved this weeks string thing not used warped eggs before lots of concentration needed it looks ok though if you don't look too close .
*alternating white spaces that feature two beautiful variations of Zenith
*Mel Mel springs from Warped Eggs
From Anna Barbro (Portugal/Norge) and here on her blog ~
Here is my contribution for iast #137
All the tangles are new to me but I liked them a lot and, your string made me just start - love it!
Have a Happy Easter and thank you so much for these cal`s you are administrating!
*large, lovely Mel Mel sparkled and yellow
*sparkled stripes for Warped Eggs - notice the depth that adds - and interest when only some of them are finished that way
From Cheryl Stocks (Black Canyon City, Arizona) and also here on her Flickr feed ~
Thank you for posting these challenges. I appreciated the link to the IAST that had Zenith in it, as it's not one I've quite wrapped my head around. YET!
Still have a way to go!
I drew your egg string diagonally and it turned out looking like a lemon. I put the Warped Egg in as I did and it all looked like an Angry Bird and I really had "lemon" on my mind. I still have several yet on my tree and it recently bloomed. So Mel Mel turned into a giant lemon blossom. When I started adding color pencil to it, the middle turned into a suggestion of a butterfly. I kept to a pastel palette as a nod to the Easter theme and added the yellow as I was really stuck on having a "lemon!"
Tangled Tidbits -
*creative blend of the tangles in large format
*dots, stripes, and sparkle
From Sarah (Michigan) and here on her blog ~
This week's string was great fun. I liked it. I wasn't dreading negotiating all the curves like I used to. It's still not 'perfect' but it's not supposed to be, right? :)
Always love Mel Mel, and Zenith was a good one for curves! Warped Eggs didn't make it, but I did practice and plan on getting it down better! Happy Easter!
*lovely shades of pink and green for the pretty tangles
*aura and Mel Mel creates the string's oval
A very warm welcome to Christie King (Kansas) ~
You do such a great job hosting these challenges! Thank you. I look forward to the entries each week as there are so many talented tanglers!
This is my first entry and excited to join in the fun. All three of these tangles are new to me and MelMel proved much more difficult that I thought it would. I was a little frustrated with my practice attempts and ended up going with a variation surrounding the egg. I used a 4x4 tan tile with sepia and black Copic Multiliners and a gelly roll pen for the circles.
Happy Easter!
*sparkled for Warped Eggs
*open line variation of Zenith
From Ragged Ray (United Kingdom) ~
So, last week I switched things up by using a round tile for our Pi Pie. And this week, I went all out with colour - I'm usually quite cautious about using colour, but it's now officially Spring and I went out in the sun the other day and could actually believe that the seasons are shifting. So I broke out the watercolours and coloured pencils and here you have it!
A single line of Warped Eggs for the two bands, which offered up some neat little cups to hold your MelMel, plus a simple version of Zenith to allow me to carry it outwards to the edges.
Happy Springtime, Happy Easter,
*single lines of Warped Eggs with Mel Mel sprouting from them
*Zenith echoes outward from the first row of it along the string's oval - that is beautiful.
From Susan (United Kingdom) ~
I had some problems with the Warped Eggs so there are three variations going down the left hand side. Think I cracked it eventually! Happy Easter to you.
Tangled Tidbits -
*three variations of Zenith decorate the string's ribbons
*aura and perfs for Mel Mel
From Michele Wynne (California) ~
Thanks for this fun challenge! I didn't take this very far "out-of-the-box". It seemed pretty obvious where each pattern was going to go so I didn't over think it. I'd started this on a plain white tile, then I found an old watercolor practice page in my bag of tricks and thought the colors were very Easter so I cut out a tile from that section.
Happy Easter
*sparkle, highlights, shading, and color add wonderful depth to the tangles
*white Mel Mel with just a touch of black line to define it
From Karen Aiken ( Alberta, Canada) and here on her blog ~
This was a tough one … I didn't like my first attempt and the finished tile ended up in the trash. First time I've actually had to toss a tile. But I tried again and like this one better. I am not in love with it, ha ha - but I did give it my best shot. Didn't include Warped Eggs, as I couldn't figure it out. I tried and tried and finally threw in the towel. Some tangles just do not compute for me, ha ha. Like Vega … CANNOT get Vega for the life of me.
Anyhow, here is my tile. I love love LOVE Mel Mel though - what a fun tangle!
Tangled Tidbits -
*aura of Zenith border flows through the string's ribbons
*super shading adds depth
From Karen L, the Creative Miss L, (Canberra, Australia) and here on her blog ~
Here is my Easter Egg tile.
Of the 3 Tangles, I found Warped Egg really hard to draw. It looks great on the step out but I couldn't get the guidelines to look right when I tried it in my sketch pad. I decided not to even try getting this Tangle to fit into a string. What I did instead was cover a black tile with Warped Egg, cut the egg shape out a of normal Zentangle Tile and stuck the black tile behind it. This is another case of making lemonade out of lemons.
*very clever idea to layer the tangles, literally!
*pretty use of Mel Mel along the border
From Sabine (Germany) and here on her blog ~
here is my tile for the Easter week. Zenith wasn't easy to draw - now I have seen your simple tip, it's really easier, and I knowing it for the next time :)
I love Mel Mel, to draw it makes a lot of fun. Warped Eggs are also beautiful. Thank you for an other great challenge. I wish you Happy Easter.
Lovely greetings from Germany
*large, medium, and small grids for Warped Eggs
*multiple variations of both Zenith and Mel Mel (in black and brilliant blue)
From Sandra (Germany) and here on her blog ~
thanks for this nice easter challenge :-) I loved the string!Normally I prefer black and white tiles, but in this Easter challenge I added some colour :-)
Have a nice Easter weekend!
Many greetings from germany...
Tangled Tidbits -
*continuous aura line for Zenith
*deeply shaded string oval accent the colorful Mel Mel and Zenith
A very warm welcome to Bea (Switzerland) ~
I follow your great blog already for some months. Sometimes I tried to draw a tile, sometimes I just admire all the great tiles from all the other tanglers. So fare I was never satisfied with my work. But today on Eastern I thought that I could submit my first tile for your challenge.
Thank you very much for all you work and your great blog.
Happy Easter (Frohe Ostern in German)
*pops of white space in Warped Eggs
*fancy aura of Mel Mel
From Kate (United Kingdom) ~
Here is my contribution to this week's challenge.
Wishing you and yours a very happy Easter
*perf filled aura in Zenith
*great shading, highlights, and dark centers in two variations of Warped Eggs
From Roberta (Germany) ~
Happy Easter and thanks for this fun challenge!
*elegant Mel Mel defined string line, very softly shaded
*pops of Warped Eggs along the border
*pointed and rounded variations of Zenith
From Lily Moon (Hungary) ~
Dear Adele, here is my tile for your weekly challenge.
Happy Easter!
*curvy light and dark Warped Eggs
*gorgeous variation of Zenith
*pops of red and lovely shading
From Tina Kirchhübel (Germany) and here on her blog ~
...The challenge this week is wonderful. I love this string and immediately had an idea how to fill it. Because it's Easter and the egg should be a real Easter egg I added a bit of colour to my tile.
This is the result.
Greetings from Germany
*Zenith sifts black and white spaces as it passes through the string's oval
*wonderful Warped Eggs and pretty Mel Mel top and bottom
From Karin (Germany) ~
HAPPY EASTER! Greetings from Germany
*full Warped Egg string oval
*double black perfs for each Zenith arc that passes through Warped Egg
A very warm welcome to Yvette Grasset (Languedoc Roussillon, France) ~
Merci de vos partages. Je découvre le zentagle que je trouve merveilleux. Ma participation a mon premier défi . Voici l'oeuf de pâques.
Very loosely translated - (Thank you for your shares. I discovered zentangle I find wonderful. This is my first challenge - my Easter egg.)
*Zenith furls into an Easter banner
*lovely details along with shading that adds roundness to the Mel Mel filled oval
From Adri van Wyk (South Africa) ~
I am sending in two tiles for this weeks challenge. Not sure about which one I like best.
Happy Easter.
Tangled Tidbits -
*remarkable detail in Zenith variations - Paradox, Queen's Crown morphs into Mel Mel, sparkle, stripes, thick aura lines...
Tangled Tidbits -
*more elegant tangle variations with gem-like perfs
*lightly lined curls provide a perfect backdrop
From Cathy Cusson ~
It has been awhile since I have found the time to do one of my favorite challenges. I could not pass up this Easter egg. I love dying eggs...
This was a real challenge. I struggle with warped eggs or any of those similar curved tangles. Zenith was pretty straight forward and easy. Mel-mel I love! It has such a relaxing easy flow. I could fill a whole page with those lovely "swoopy" lines!
Tangled Tidbits -
*double aura for colorful Zenith
*Mel Mel covered string oval
From Rhonda Roy (Vancouver Island, Canada) ~
Thanks for this challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone does with this; I learn as much or more from seeing the variations as I do from trying out the challenge.
Happy Easter
As mentioned in the top of this post - in a happy coincidence - this is similar is tangle choice and position to smgg's from Taiwan.
Tangled Tidbits -
*Warped Eggs defines the center string section
*light background of Mel Mel
From Ingrid (The Netherlands) ~
In the attachment my tile ST # 137. I loved to work with the string and the given tangles. Great to meet Mel Mel again!
I hope you and your family will have Happy Easter Days!!!!!
Tangled Tidbits -
*light detail lines of Warped Eggs
*rounded Zenith
*pretty variations of Mel Mel
From Jane (Boulder, Colorado) ~
Well, even with the wonderful ideology of no mistakes in Zentangle, this week's submission took 3 attempts--:)
At first, I was trying to cram the very fun Warped Eggs in its entirety in somewhere, but I just couldn't get the size/scale pleasing...I also tried some smaller variations of Mel Mel somewhere else in an earlier incarnation, but that wasn't working for me either...(usually I make one piece for your challenge and I'm done!)
So the third time was definitely the charm...I noticed the center most egg section was shaped like a piece of Warped Eggs, and I went from there...large Mel Mels and pieces and parts of Zenith's motifs...a touch of shading and lots of blank space to make it pop! Not very Easter-y (no time for any color) but interesting, nonetheless...
I always love seeing what everyone else does, but very much looking forward to seeing how those Warped Eggs got used this time around--:)
Wishes for a very happy Easter!
(we had a foot and a half of snow last week--springtime in the Rockies!!)
Tangled Tidbits -
*one large Warped Egg
*alternating white and tangled string ribbon spaces include three variations of Zenith
From Heidi Sue (Salt Lake City, Utah) ~
this was such a fun challenge. Great string, and loved the selection of patterns. I had a couple of false starts, because I wanted to go outside the box and do un ribbony things in the ribbony part of the string, and ribbony things in the larger spaces...but at the end there was no fighting it: Ribbony Zenith in the ribbon looking parts, and of course Mel Mel on the egg...is it noticeable? I did it in two shades of pink prismacolor pencils...
With a minimalist Warped Egg in the background and a brackets-and-dots border. Rather Easter-y after all.
- love the "ribbony" references :)
Tangled Tidbits -
*"minimalist" Warped Eggs - wonderful idea
*pink shading and Mel Mel filled oval
From Sue Agnew (Tucson, Arizona) ~
Thank you for your tip about drawing Zenith. (click here to view) It's hard enough to draw an even scallop, and then to draw a reverse scallop evenly is doubly hard, so your tip was really helpful. I wanted a filler tangle, so I ran Zenith back to back and simplified it. After I had drawn a garland of MelMel and then filled the egg with Zenith, I almost threw my tile away because it just looked so busy and confusing. Since I was going to throw it away anyway, I started filling the seed shapes with lines, which ended up helping MelMel to stand out. (Just now I see that I could have aura-ed the MelMel garland and that would have solved everything.) I had also intended to fill the inside diamond shape with shades of grey triangles like the tangle Pinch, but I chickened out of that. I'll attach a sample of what I meant, though.
I've been eating Jelly Bellys all afternoon so it's time to rustle up some real food.
Thank you!
Tangled Tidbits -
*sparkled detail lines
*delicate Mel Mel
From Audrie Weisenfelder (Arizona) and here on her blog ~
... As soon as I saw the string and the tangles, I pretty much knew what I wanted to do. But when I finished, I realized that there was an area that really got away from me. There was absolutely no way to make it work. So I started again, and not till I finished and scanned the tile did I realize that I hadn't used Mel Mel, which I really like. But there wasn't any way to add it to the tile at that point. So here's what I have:
Tangled Tidbits -
*colorful ZIA with single and double aura-ed Zenith
*weighted lines in Warped Eggs
From Susan Theron (Velddrif, South Africa) and here on her blog ~
Happy Easter! Here is my contribution...
Tangled Tidbits -
*shading defines the string's oval filled with a ruby red Mel Mel
*lovely Warped Eggs background and two versions of Zenith
It was such a treat to see your Easter e-Zia! Absolutely sunning! (click here to view)
I was happy with my tile before shading ... It looks muddy. It was late and i wanted to complete the tile before bed. Note to self: when feeling tired wait till morning and shade with fresh eyes.
I enjoy Warped Eggs ... It reminds me of my pattern Well-Mooka-Z. (click here to view Sharyn's step out.) Looking forward to Tuesday's Easter (eye) candy post ... my favorite day of the week! Hoppy Day!
Tangled Tidbits -
*bold Zenith weaves in and out of the oval Mel Mel section - similar to Juul's all the way from France :)
*fabulous field of Warped Eggs
From Simone (Germany) and here on her blog ~
This week´s IAST challenge, within the Easter week, comes with an egg shaped string.
It is already Easter Sunday evening in Germany, I have just finished my tile for this challenge.
I had some nice days with my family and friends and tomorrow we will have another holiday which we will spend in the rocks of "Saxon Swizerland" which is a wonderful place to relax on walking tours in beautiful landscape.
Here is my contribution to IAST#137 with the tangles Zenith, Warped Eggs and MelMel.
I had lots of fun with it.
Tangled Tidbits -
*striped and sparkled inner aruas of Warped Eggs
*weighted spirals of pretty Mel Mel variations
From Jean Beckstrom (Alabama) ~
Happy Easter Adele and tangler friends,
Here is my version of the Hidden Easter Egg in the ink version. I then tried some new color pens and pencils to experiment with color. This is the outcome.
Tangled Tidbits -
*contrast of the original and the colorful version is a treat to see
*full loops of Mel Mel and wispy swirled lines
*perfs on either side of the aura-ed points of Zenith
From Daniel (Oklahoma) ~
Tangled Tidbits -
*single Zenith on the top and bottom of the string's oval
*grid of Warped Eggs scrunches up and maintains the pretty pattern
A very warm welcome to Joan Omans (Michigan) ~
I discovered Zentangle in the Fall of 2014 and have been crazy about it ever since. I love your weekly challenges, which is ever so helpful to me......it takes the guess work out of what string to use, what tangles will look good together and challenges me to try new tangles. Here is my first submission after watching from the sidelines intermittently over the last year and half!
Tangled Tidbits -
*Mel Mel alternates up and down as it fills the string's ribbon
*spacious aura outlines the tangles
*Tipple filled outer spaces
the tile for honors this week...
was sent in by...
Robin from Nevada ~
Here is my entry for this week's Easter challenge. These were such fun patterns to draw! I especially liked Mel Mel. Warped Eggs is a little dizzying when stared at for too long! Thank you for posting these challenges. It's exactly what I need each week!
Tangled Tidbits -
* weighted line Zenith aura and string oval
*multiple variations of Mel Mel sprinkled with perfs and Printemps
*beautifully tangled and shaded Warped Eggs
*Deep shading adds dimension and layered look to the tangles
*Zenith moves from small to large to small again
Congratulations Robin!
I have a little some thing coming in the mail for you.
Thank you to everyone who participated this week, for your beautiful tiles and for your Happy Easter wishes. You inspire the rest of this tangling community.
Many thanks to Maria Thomas for Zenith and to Livia Chua for Warped Eggs - two lovely tangles that we used along with my Mel Mel and string.
Check back tomorrow for "It's a String Thing" #138!
...and Wednesday for some Words of Wisdom,
...and Thursday for Tips for Tangling Warped Eggs.


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Jon Stewart: Bin Laden death photos can't be worse than CSI
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart argued Wednesday for the U.S. to release photos showing Osama bin Laden's dead body even though they're reportedly very gruesome and could incite additional violence.
"Too gory?" Stewart wondered. "Yeah, have you met us?"
"From 8 p.m. on, every show on television we watch begins with an internal tracking shot of a gaping wound above someone's left eye, pulling out only to reveal half a hooker in a dumpster discovered by a child on a bicycle. You know what we call it? Primetime."
Come on, man, we can take the gore," he continued.
"The extremists over there already hate us and I don't know if you know this, but the Muslim world sees pretty graphic images of people we kill on purpose or accidentally all the time."
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Flying Car lands in mound at local primary school
On Monday 27th February a 'flame' coloured car flew through the sky and unexpectedly landed in the building site of Hextable Primary School.
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Russell Rush Promoted To KXXM Program Director
iHeartMedia has promoted Russell Rush to Program Director of CHR "Mix 96.1" KXXM San Antonio.
Rush has been with KXXM since 2005 and added APD and Afternoon Host duties the following year. He takes over the day-to-day programming job that had been vacant since Chase Murphy departed last year.
iHeartMedia announced today that Russell Rush has been promoted to Program Director for Mix 96.1, San Antonio's #1 Hit Music Station, effective immediately. He will continue to serve as weekday afternoon on-air personality for the station. Mix 96.1 has a strong cross-platform presence and broadcasts several popular personalities including the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, Emily and EJ.
iHeartMedia has massive consumer reach and influence across multiple platforms and delivers more live programming than any other media company, and Rush will be responsible for the day-to-day programming operations of Mix 96.1. He will work closely with on-air personalities and sales to oversee the station's on-air content, digital footprint and music programming. Rush will report to Brian Gann, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia's Central Texas Region.
"Russell is extremely talented and we are thrilled to have him leading our Mix 96.1 team," said Matt Martin, President of iHeartMedia's Central Texas Region. "Russell embodies the CHR lifestyle and is tuned into the San Antonio market. It's hard to imagine anyone more passionate about this station and its listeners!"
Rush is a well-respected San Antonio-area radio personality who has been with iHeartMedia since 2005, most recently serving as Assistant Program Director and hosting The Russell Rush Show on Mix 96.1. In addition, he serves as host of a weekly public affairs show that airs on all seven stations in the iHeartMedia San Antonio market. In 2008, he was named "Radio Personality of the Year" by the San Antonio Media Alliance. Rush also hosts The Russell Rush Haunted Tour, which is a well-known web based show where Rush and his co-stars hunt ghosts.
"I am beyond excited for the opportunity to grow my career with iHeartMedia in San Antonio," said Rush. "This is such a vibrant and amazing city that deserves the best radio we can deliver and I look forward to continuing Mix 96.1's dominance as San Antonio's heritage CHR station."
iHeartMedia is a leading media outlet in the San Antonio Region and its content is available across multiple platforms, including its broadcast stations; online via its branded digital sites; mobile; and social, with nationwide listening through iHeartRadio, the all-in-one streaming music and live radio service – with its more than a billion downloads and 100 million registered users.


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Carlos Lichman
Carlos Lichman is a shred guitarist with a degree in music performance from the University of Porto Alegre in Brazil. This classically trained musician played in a band called "Neverland" and recorded some tracks on their "Wake Up The Dragons" EP in 2001. Later he recorded a solo debut single, "Planet Rock" in 2003, and later released "Intense Guitar Playing" in 2005. His playing can also be heard on the "Celebrando Mozart" Live DVD released in 2006.
In 2007 Carlos released his debut solo album entitled "Firestorm". Although "Firestorm" is his debut album, there are many other artists featured on this album. Carlos himself played most guitar parts and keys, he was backed by two drummers (Alexandre Olly, Sandro Moreira), two bassists (Leandro Berpo, Vinicius Rym) and a keyboardist Paulo Miguel Bublitz. He was also joined by guest guitar players: Kiko Loureiro (Angra), Pablo G. Soler (neoclassical shredmaster from Argentina), Francesco Fareri (Italian shred wizard) and Jim Horne (jazz/fusion guitar virtuoso from the USA).
In "Firestorm" Carlos' heavy lead parts are crossed with melodic and cutting solos. His music is loaded with shredding tones, however, there are also some quiet fragments like Thoinot Arbeau's "Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie (Reincarnation)" that can make you think of Renaissance dances. It is played in a calm and minor mood, so it gets a great contrast in comparison to the rest album. The third track "Key to the Shred City" was recorded in honor of two shred icons – Tony MacAlpine and Marty Friedman as they are two of Carlos' greatest inspirations. Yes, there were such tracks like Friedman's "Forbidden City" and MacAlpine's "Key to the City", however, this piece of music is performed in a definitely different style than compositions from Marty's "Dragon's Kiss" and Tony's "Maximum Security". Anyway, it is one of the most melodic tracks with a powerful rhythm. Carlos is a player who attacks our ears with rhythmic lead parts, numerous shred quips and some atmospheric fragments, he has also showed us the complex architecture of the shredding genre.
He has been praised for the album's title, since it reflects his music as a stormy, furious, and fiery artist. "Firestorm" is a great collection of decent shredding Power and it is one of the TOP SELLERS on the Guitar 9 Web Site (N°1 in March and April/2008). In May of 2008, Carlos released FIRESTORM GUITAR METHOD, a new method based on licks found on the FIRESTORM CD.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L K Advani will file his nomination papers from Gandhinagar constituency.
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Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:30 p.m. Saturday December 16, 2017 to 1501 Miner Street by the train station to a report of a person hit by a car. The man that was hit died about 22 hours after being hit by a hit-and-run driver.
Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics found a man unconscious and unresponsive on Miner Street, just after 10:30 p.m., and identified the man as Henry Sinisterra, age 18, of Rosemont. Police determined that Sinisterra was the victim of a hit-and-run, and that the incident occurred, possibly about 10:27 a.m. The suspected vehicle involved in the hit-and-run is described as a red SUV. The driver allegedly fled the area after hitting Sinisterra, but no description of the driver was available. It is unknown whether the police were not able to get a description of the driver, or whether they chose not to release the driver's physical description.
Witnesses told police Sinisterra was walking on Miner Street before he was hit. Witnesses said he was nearly hit by other vehicles before was actually hit.
Des Plaines firefighter/paramedics transported Sinisterra to Level I Trauma Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, while Des Plaines police immediately closed Miner Street between Lee Street and Pearson Street for investigation of the scene.
Henry Sinisterra was pronounced dead at 8:02 p.m. Sunday December 17, 2017, police said.
Three pedestrians were hit near the same location in two separate incidents — one fatal — on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Flashing warning lights for the crosswalk were installed following those two incidents.
A 69-year-old woman, Irma Diaz, was walking in the crosswalk when she was hit about 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015. She died the following Sunday. The driver that hit her was issued citations for Failure to Yield a Pedestrian and Driving with an Expired Driver's License.
Two female bicyclists, age 13, were hit by a vehicle near the same location about two hours after Irma Diaz was hit in the 2015 fatal incident. Both girls suffered significant injuries, and were transported to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. A driver was cited with Failure to Yield a Pedestrian after the bicyclists were hit.
Police said Tuesday the investigation into the Saturday December 16, 2017 incident is ongoing. Any citizens with information about the December 16, 2017 incident are urged to call Des Plaines police investigators at 847-391-5400.
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The United Nations on Tuesday released its first interim report from on the ground in the Central African Republic, detailing for the first time the violence in early December that catapulted the conflict into the international spotlight.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was charged with producing a report for the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the CAR following an outburst of violence between Muslim and Christian communities killed scores in early December. After conducting 183 interviews with victims and witnesses, the first preliminary findings from the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights' monitoring mission includes reports of alleged atrocities from both sides — the former rebel group known as the Seleka and the anti-balaka militias that banded together to oppose them, respectively.
Former rebel — and now former president — — Michel Djotodia disbanding of the Seleka officially last year, in the words of the mission, "compounded, rather than curbed violations against the majority Christian population by elements of the renamed ex-Séléka." In response, members of the Christian community together with soldiers from the former national armed forces (ex-FACA) and Presidential Guard of deposed President Bozizé to form the anti-balaka. On December 5, the anti-balaka launched "coordinated attacks against ex-Séléka" in the capital city, Bangui. It was then that the fighting truly escalated.
Civilians and armed fighters alike were targets for both sides. "For example, a 55-year-old Chadian woman recounted that she lost two brothers and two sisters during the anti-Balaka attacks against Muslim communities in the Boy-Rabe and Boeing neighbourhoods on 5 and 6 December 2013," the mission reports. "The bodies of two of the victims had been mutilated."
That level of horror was met in kind during reprisal attacks in Bangui and around the country. "Ex-Séléka detained and reportedly executed civilian males, including boys, in their Camp Kassai, in Bangui, and searched for and executed men and boys at hospitals, including severely injured patients," the report reads. "For example, on 5 December 2013, ex-Séléka reportedly entered the Hộpital de l'Amitié in Bangui, removed 14 men and shot them dead outside the hospital, also killing a man and the injured teenage boy he was wheeling towards the hospital."
The next few days were filled with not just clashes between the two armed groups but also widespread violence throughout the country perpetrated by Christian and Muslim civilians. "In addition to killings, the mission received multiple accounts of sexual violence, torture, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment, arbitrary arrest and detention, as well as widespread looting and property destruction, including deliberate burning of civilian homes and instances of burning of churches and mosques," the report notes. "Most of the accounts regarding attacks on places of worship involved anti-Balaka attacking Muslim mosques, such as in Fouh neighbourhood, where 200 anti-Balaka elements attacked the mosque, reportedly killed several people, mutilated their bodies and burnt the mosque."
Among the more troubling aspects of the report is the role that fighters from neighboring Chad have played in the violence. Chadians have long been reported as part of the Seleka movement, as have fighters from around the region. Given Chad's role in the Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC), now the U.N.-approved International Support Mission to the Central African Republic, the reported collusion between some soldiers sent to protect civilians and ex-Seleka is high troubling. According to several witness, on December 5, ex-Séléka, "[were seen] jointly with Chadian FOMAC, going door-to-door looking for anti-Balaka and indiscriminately killing at least 11 people, including elderly women, sick persons, and persons with mental disabilities, who had been unable to flee in the morning."
Chad joined the U.N. Security Council last month after winning last year's round of elections to take up one of the rotating seats held for Africa.
Providing security to the more than 1,000,000 displaced peoples within the Central African Republic has become a priority for the international community, but execution has been lacking, despite the upgrade of assets to the A.U. peacekeepers. France last month launched a military operation, with U.N. approval, to aid the African Union forces. The European Union is currently discussing plans to send roughly 700 to 1,000 soldiers to bolster the 1,600 that France has already sent into its former colony. The United States has so far avoided committing military forces to the conflict, instead providing $60 million to France and the A.U. missions and facilitating reconciliation efforts with religious leaders in the country.
Meanwhile, Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet, the head of the National Transitional Council (CNT) who is now head of the country following Djotdia's resignation last Friday, told the soldiers under his command that they have permission to shoot "at point-blank range" to end the clashes. "The party is over. The robberies are over. The chaos is over. The Central African people must regain their honor," Nguendet said.


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Indiana, Oklahoma, and Purdue Universities Choose Matrox Encoders
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At EDUCAUSE 2017 (Philadelphia, October 31 – November 3, booth 650), Matrox® Video will showcase its complete line of Matrox Monarch streaming and recording appliances, including the award-winning Monarch LCS lecture capture appliance.
Committed to making every classroom lecture-capture-enabled, Matrox will demonstrate the ease with which higher education IT administrators can integrate the reliable, simple-to-use Monarch LCS into any open video management system (VMS) or lecture management system (LMS). EDUCAUSE attendees will also have the opportunity to find out how some of the biggest-named universities are using Monarch HD and Monarch HDX encoders for lecture capture, as well as for a wide range of on-campus events. Notable installations include:
- Indiana University using Monarch LCS and the Kaltura VMS to streamline lecture capture system operations and deliver high-quality distance learning.
- Oklahoma State University using Monarch HDX to simplify multi-platform streaming of 100 plus live events per year—including convocations and varsity sports games—to Facebook Live and YouTube.
- Purdue University's master's in engineering program using Monarch HD to stream lectures in real time, making on-demand video available within 20 minutes of class completion.
- Stetson University's business school program using Monarch LCS and the Ensemble Video VMS to capture in-class training simulations to help students bridge the gap between academia and practical application.
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"The lecture capture market has existed for at least a decade already, so why isn't there lecture capture in every classroom?" asked Francesco Scartozzi, director of sales (Americas). "Well, it's traditionally been very expensive and difficult to implement. Matrox Monarch encoders are game-changers that eliminate these barriers with a one-time purchase—with no recurring costs or variable fees—on an IT-friendly platform that is exceptionally easy to install, maintain, and support."
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A teacher and mum-of-four who survived a stroke eight months ago is calling on the local community to join her at the Markethill Community Festival Fun Run and raise awareness of stroke.
Helen Graham (45), from Hamiltonsbawn, had no family history of stroke and says it was a "complete shock to me and everyone in our family".
She explained, "I'd had a terrible headache, experienced dizziness and felt exhausted but just put it down to my busy work and family life. I went up to bed and suddenly my legs and arms stopped working. I felt my face go numb and I couldn't speak. I was trying to scream for help but I couldn't get my words out. It was terrifying.
"My husband Stewart called an ambulance and I was rushed to hospital. The last thing I can remember was one of my youngest sons standing at the top of the stairs as I was carried downstairs on a stretcher and the cold air hitting my face as the paramedics put me in the ambulance."
Helen spent more than a week in Craigavon hospital and continued her long recovery at home, with the support of the Community Stroke Team, family and friends.
She said, "Stroke has had a big impact on me. The physical and emotional impact is massive. I've had to relearn how to do simple things like walking with legs that felt as if they were filled with cement and my energy levels aren't what they used to be.
"I find that very frustrating and I've had to accept that I need to rest more and give myself time to recover. Like many other stroke survivors I also experience memory problems and live with the fear of another stroke.
"I always thought stroke only happened to older people but since my experience I've met lots of young stroke survivors and sadly lost a close friend to stroke in May."
She added, "Stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer and more men than prostate and testicular cancer combined in a year. It's one of the top three causes of disability and death in the UK. It is important that everyone understands the risk factors - such as high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and diabetes – and takes steps to reduce their risk of stroke.
"My stroke has brought it home to me how short life can be and I'm determined to enjoy every day. My husband Stewart has been so supportive and we're stronger as a family unit because of this terrible experience."
Helen has supported the Markethill Community Festival for many years so this year the festival decided to organise the annual family fun run/walk in aid of the Stroke Association Northern Ireland. It provides stroke recovery services and also funds research.
Helen has set herself a target of completing the family fun run/walk with her husband and children Ryan, Laura, Conor and Alex. It will take place on Monday, August 1. Registration on the evening is from 6.30pm outside Lily Pink. The starter's horn will go off at 7pm sharp.


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