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Polecam is a unique, single operator camera crane and is designed specifically to be lightweight and very transportable. It rigs in under 15 minutes and de-rigs in less than 10 allowing multiple re-positioning unlike conventional jibs.
Pedestal Television utilizes the Toshiba HD Minicam to provide native 16:9, 1080i pictures of a quality never before achieved by such a small camera head.
The remote pan and tilt head is operated with a joystick and allows full 360 degree control.
The length of the carbon fibre pole is configurable by the number of sections slotted together from 1.5 to 8 metres (5 to 26 feet) and this length can be reconfigured quickly during a shoot, without tools.
Although any recorder that has an HD SDI input is compatible with the Polecam system, Pedestal TV recommends the Flash XDR. This cost effective unit records up to 6 hours of HD video onto Compact Flash cards and considerably reduces the cost of hiring the larger tape based HD recorders. At the end of a shoot footage is simply downloaded to the clients laptop or external hard drive. For further information regarding the Flash XDR please click here...
Chris Taber of Pedestal Television is a cameraman with 20 years experience and has been operating Polecam for over 9 years, making him one of the UKs leading operators. He is based in Mid Wales and has operated on a wide range of programmes from motor racing to music festivals.
Pedestal Television now has a full 3d Polecam rig available.
Utilising 2 Toshiba cameras, two Flash XDR units for location recording and a Stereo Brain we are able to offer Anaglyph, side by side and linear 3D formats. Due to the small size of the cameras there is no need for the complicated mirror rig required for the bigger cameras, the Toshibas simply sit side by side.
Engineering control of up to 5 cameras is available via the Polecam control panel, allowing Polecam to slot in neatly in a multi camera OB. Pedestal Television has been involved in many 3D productions with some of the leading producers in the UK.
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Can children suffer from depression?
Yes. Many adults don't realize it, but an estimated 5 percent of children and adolescents are believed to be clinically depressed. Until 1980, depression wasn't even recognized as a childhood disease, but today we know that it's a serious, treatable illness. Even very young children can suffer from depression.
My child seems sad. Is he suffering from depression?
Not necessarily. Your preschooler may simply be experiencing the downs of life's ups and downs right now. Don't worry if he feels blue or down in the dumps now and then, or if he's sad about a specific situation. Depression is far more than a temporary change in mood. It's marked by a sense of hopelessness and a lack of energy and enthusiasm that can last for weeks, months, or (in rare cases) even years at a time.
The good news is that early detection and treatment can make it less likely that your child will suffer from depression in the future. The key is identifying the problem and getting help.
What are the symptoms?
Depression can manifest itself in your child's behavior in many ways. You may notice that your child is sad and cries often, or that he doesn't seem to have much fun while playing. Or he may instead seem irritable, disagreeable, angry, or defiant much of the time. Dramatic mood swings are common, too.
If your child is depressed, he may have trouble getting along with other children and family members, or he may not be interested in socializing. Other signs of depression include lack of energy, inability to concentrate, and lack of interest. Your child may complain frequently about physical ailments like headaches or stomachaches and have problems eating or sleeping. In an older preschooler, you may notice low self-esteem, feelings of guilt, or a sense of hopelessness or helplessness.
If your child is depressed, he may have other difficulties at the same time. "In children, depression often goes hand in hand with other problems, like anxiety, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorders, eating disorders, or substance abuse problems," says Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., professor and chief psychologist at Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta.
It can be tough to tell whether your child's behavior is par for childhood or something to be worried about. But if your child has any of the above symptoms for several weeks or more, or if his symptoms interfere with his ability to function well at home, in preschool, or with friends, be sure to seek help. Talk with your child's doctor, who can help you sort out whether your child's behavior is cause for concern. If she thinks your child might benefit from counseling, she can refer you to a child psychologist, psychiatrist, or other licensed mental health professional trained to work with children.
What causes depression?
Most experts agree that depression is caused by a combination of biological and environmental factors. Many people who are depressed have a family history of depression or other mental illness. A child who has one depressed parent, for example, has a 25 percent chance of suffering depression. If both parents have had problems with the disease, the chance goes up to 75 percent.
They may not know the exact cause, but scientists do know that depression is related to changes in brain chemistry. The specific changes involve chemicals called neurotransmitters, which help relay messages from one nerve cell to another. When there's a drop in certain neurotransmitters, the brain doesn't function normally, leading to depression and other forms of mental illness.
But depression is based on more than just genes and biology. Traumatic life events — abandonment; chronic problems in school; a difficult move; or physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect at home, school, or with other trusted caregivers — often trigger depression. Sometimes a loss such as the death of a loved one or beloved pet, or a parents' divorce, can result in depression as well as grieving.
How is depression treated?
The therapist will consider your preschooler's behavior, the family and social group, and any factors that might be contributing to his depression. In addition to counseling your child, a therapist may use family therapy or parent counseling .The therapist will probably begin by doing an interview and getting a complete family history.
Play therapy is often used with young children because they're less verbal and can express themselves more easily through play. Older children (and adults) with severe cases of depression, or with cases of depression that don't improve with therapy, often need medication in addition to counseling.
How do I find a good therapist?
Talk to your child's doctor, other health providers, family members, clergy, and friends. They may be able to refer you to someone they're familiar with and trust. In the United States, the American Psychological Association, at (800) 964-2000, can also connect you with the state or local referral agency in your area. If you belong to a health maintenance organization, you may not have these options. Instead, your plan will refer you to two or three providers, and that's where you'll start.
Once you have the names of several people, start by asking them some questions, such as these, about their background:
- Are you a licensed psychologist/psychiatrist?
- What degrees do you have?
- Are you board-certified? (Ask a psychologist whether he or she is certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology; ask a psychiatrist about certification by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.)
- How long have you been practicing?
- What's your specialty?
- What treatment do you usually use?
- How long does treatment usually take?
- What are your fees? Will you accept my insurance coverage? Do you have a sliding scale fee? Can you set up a payment plan?

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Dear Customer - You can certainly claim half of any money in the joint account as yours. Your sister can prepay her funeral costs with part of her half as this would be an acceptable expenditure. Since your sister's half is about $4,200 it would seem that most of it could be used for the funeral costs and you would keep your half so in essence all of the money would be protected.
I am certain you have to actually pay for a funeral as a prepaid item rather than making the funeral director the beneficiary of the estate. It has to be something that is irrevocable rather than just a beneficiary of a bank account. Medicaid is fairly strict in their rules so you must divest your sister of her assets before she will be eligible.
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John Kerry remains the front-runner, but because of John Edwards's strong showing in South Carolina and surprise finish in Oklahoma-earning the title "nominee" will have to wait. With another couple of Southern victories, Sen. Edwards could make it a two-man race. For now, he's content to stay alive
For John Kerry, Oklahoma may be remembered as the one that got away. On Feb. 3, the Sooner State went the latest in awarding its delegates, thanks to a razor-thin margin of less than 1 percent separating the top two candidates. The shock for Mr. Kerry: He was not one of those two.
In all fairness, the Democratic front-runner didn't try very hard in Oklahoma. With only seven days to campaign in seven states, Sen. Kerry, like his challengers, had to pick his battles. Other contests looked more important on paper, and there were tough decisions to be made.
Still, at the end of the night, with retired Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. John Edwards slugging it out for the top spot in Oklahoma, the Kerry camp had to be wondering whether they had miscalculated. After one of the biggest comebacks in modern political history, their candidate had failed to sweep the Crucial Tuesday states. A second-place finish in South Carolina could be forgiven, in light of the way Sen. Edwards campaigned as a favorite son there. But third place in Oklahoma? It showed there was a limit to how far a candidate could go on sheer momentum. It suggested a Massachusetts liberal might have trouble winning in the South. It meant the race would go on, if only for a few more days.
Not for everyone, however. Early in the evening, Sen. Joe Lieberman became the third Democrat to bow out of the race. After campaigning in Delaware nearly full-time for the past week, the former vice-presidential nominee managed only a dismal 11 percent showing, forcing him to admit that his "mainstream message" had been pushed to the fringe of his own party.
"The judgment of the voters is now clear," Sen. Lieberman told a crowd gathered in Arlington, Va., where he had hoped to compete in the Feb. 10 primary. "For me, it is now time to make a difficult but realistic decision. I have decided tonight to end my quest for the presidency of the United States of America. Am I disappointed? Naturally. But am I proud of what we stood for in this campaign? You bet I am."
What he stood for were centrist, moderate policies-war in Iraq, middle-class tax cuts, religion in public life-that failed to inspire liberal primary voters. Even as he admitted defeat, Sen. Lieberman seemed to warn that the Democratic Party ignored his message at its own peril.
"I offered a mainstream voice and I still believe that is the right choice and the winning choice for our party and our country," Sen. Lieberman said in his concession speech. "Today, the voters have rendered their verdict and I accept it." He indicated he would set aside his battle for moderation and support the eventual nominee.
The verdict was equally harsh for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, though he refused to make an equally graceful exit. The erstwhile front-runner finished no better than third anywhere in the country, and in several states he failed even to poll in the double digits. It was a stunning reversal for the Democrat who seemed poised, just weeks earlier, to sweep aside the competition and roll to an easy nomination.
"We're going to keep going and going and going and going and going just like the Energizer Bunny," Dr. Dean promised the faithful at an election-night rally in Washington, where the Feb. 7 party caucuses offered perhaps his last, best hope for a win. "We're going to pick up some delegates tonight and this is all about who gets the most delegates in Boston in July and it's going to be us."
They were fighting words, but the half-hearted cheer that went up proved few in the room actually believed the boast-if, indeed, the candidate himself did. Without a convincing win in Washington or Michigan, last week's Crucial Tuesday results would likely mark the beginning of the end. The utter implosion of the Dean campaign left two candidates-Wesley Clark and John Edwards-scrambling to emerge as the lone alternative to Sen. Kerry.
Of the two, Sen. Edwards received the bigger boost on Crucial Tuesday. Despite polls predicting a close race, he trounced Sen. Kerry in South Carolina, then surprised the pollsters again with his photo finish in Oklahoma, where Gen. Clark and Sen. Kerry were expected to be the contenders.
With supporters in Oklahoma City chanting "Wes! Wes! Wes!" the retired general thanked his troops at the end of a very long evening. "As an old soldier from Arkansas, I just couldn't be prouder of your support in this first election that I have ever won," he exclaimed when the last precincts finally reported, showing him with a margin of just 1,275 votes over Sen. Edwards.
Still, it was the North Carolina senator's second-place finish that was perhaps the biggest upset of the day. As in Iowa, his last-minute surge captured headlines and boosted his reputation as the one to watch. It also made him the only candidate to notch two wins over the seemingly unstoppable John Kerry.
Win No. 1 came earlier in the evening in South Carolina, where Sen. Edwards wasted no time laying claim to the title of "Most Electable Democrat." He insisted South Carolina was especially significant because it was the one state where the leading Democrats went head-to-head on Tuesday. The results, he said, showed "who can compete in the South, who can win rural voters, and who can do well with African-American voters."
The Kerry campaign disputed the head-to-head claim, noting that the Massachusetts senator made only one visit to South Carolina since his win in New Hampshire a week earlier, while Sen. Edwards made the state his second home. Sen. Kerry's ads were late hitting the South Carolina airwaves, and yard signs began sprouting in earnest just hours before the election.
Sen. Edwards, by contrast, staked his entire campaign on the outcome in South Carolina. His bus, labeled the "Real Solutions Express," toured the state, blaring John Mellencamp's "Small Town" over the loudspeakers at each stop. Again and again he hit his populist themes-jobs, opportunity, and hope-but there was a strain of regional pride, as well. "The South is not George Bush's backyard," he boasted. "It's my backyard. And I'm going to beat him in my backyard."
Despite that home turf advantage, Sen. Kerry managed to make the race competitive thanks to the bounce provided by his back-to-back wins in Iowa and New Hampshire. "What we've seen is that he's risen in the polls to second place and all that's coming from the momentum from victories, the front-runner status, and the free media he's obtained," said Brad Gomez, a University of South Carolina political scientist.
Indeed, the New Hampshire bounce was evident all across the map last week. From North Dakota to New Mexico, undecided voters went heavily in favor of the front-runner. That phenomenon was especially evident in Missouri, a crucial swing state long ceded to 14-term Rep. Dick Gephardt of St. Louis. When Rep. Gephardt dropped out of the race following his fourth-place finish in Iowa, the state's 74 delegates-the richest prize of Crucial Tuesday-were left up for grabs.
"Everyone was caught off guard when Gephardt dropped out of the race so early," said David Kimball, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. "The other candidates really had nothing set up for Missouri. They only had a week or two to try and start almost from scratch. It takes a lot of money and a lot of organization and after Iowa and New Hampshire many of the candidates are basically broke."
So while the national news media flocked to the Show Me State, there were scarcely any sightings of the leading contenders. Even a proposed debate scheduled for the night before the election was canceled for lack of interest.
Sens. Kerry and Edwards made quick visits to the state's two largest cities, picking up endorsements from popular local politicians. Dr. Dean's only appearance was a hastily scheduled town hall meeting to blast President Bush's education plan in St. Louis, the same city where the president had touted the success of the No Child Left Behind Act earlier this year.
With little else to go on, Missouri voters seemed to rally around the perceived leader. Polls taken six days before the primary placed Sen. Kerry at 25 percent, with 35 percent of voters still undecided. By Election Day, Sen. Kerry's support had doubled-despite his lack of campaigning in the state-and the vast majority of undecided voters broke in his favor.
"Edwards could have done more here," Mr. Kimball concluded. "Given his background and populist message, at least in the out-state regions, his message may have appealed to Democrats here. One of his strengths is that he's able to connect well in a room of people, but after the first couple of primaries it becomes primarily a media campaign."
If anyone can wage an effective media campaign against Sen. Kerry, it would seem to be the telegenic Sen. Edwards. But TV commercials cost money, and money flows to winners. To attract the cash he needs to compete nationally, Sen. Edwards needs wins in Virginia and Tennessee, two more Southern states with primaries slated for Feb. 10. But Sen. Kerry, with his bigger war chest and considerable family fortune, is not about to concede the South. His campaign announced immediately it would woo Virginia voters with TV ads in the high-priced Washington, D.C., media market-which reaches the liberal Northern Virginia suburbs-a move the Edwards campaign might not be able to afford.
Sen. Edwards has other worries, as well. His Southern strategy is risky as long as another Southerner, Gen. Clark, remains in the race. Both men will compete heavily in Tennessee and Virginia, potentially splitting the more moderate vote and allowing Sen. Kerry to make a strong showing.
Then there's the calendar. Upcoming primaries in the West and Midwest don't seem to favor Sen. Edwards, so even with a sweep on Feb. 10, he could face three long weeks of losses in places like Wisconsin, Nevada, and Idaho. Georgia votes on Super Tuesday, March 2, but it's another week before voters in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida go to the polls. By then, Mr. Kerry could well have piled up the 2,161 committed delegates he needs to secure the nomination.
To stop the Kerry juggernaut, Sen. Edwards needs to win outside the South, proving he's a viable national candidate. One surprise loss like that could derail the front-runner, whose main attraction with many Democrats is his air of inevitability.
A stubborn Howard Dean could also help prolong the nomination battle, improving Sen. Edwards's chance of surviving an unfriendly calendar. If Dr. Dean stays in the race as a "message candidate"-winning a few delegates here and there without actually winning any states-he may be able to keep Sen. Kerry short of the magic number. Democratic primaries are not winner-take-all affairs: Party rules stipulate that delegates are awarded on a proportionate basis, according to a candidate's performance in each primary. That means even losers don't walk away empty-handed. Indeed, despite his embarrassing showing on Tuesday, Dr. Dean picked up a handful of delegates that would otherwise likely have gone to Sen. Kerry.
Still, for all the number-crunching and what-if scenarios, one fact became inescapably clear on Feb. 3: The nomination is Sen. Kerry's to lose. At this point, even a flawless campaign by any of his rivals may be too little, too late. By the end of the month, the "good old days" in South Carolina might be a fond memory, a high-water mark. Like the day before the primary, when the Edwards campaign bus pulled onto a college campus and parked in an area usually reserved for administrators. "Spot reserved for the president," read the sign-as if to emphasize what might have been.
-with reporting from John Dawson in South Carolina and Dan Perkins in St. Louis


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NEWTON, Mass. — Rep. Barney Frank faced his Republican challenger Monday night in their only televised debate. It was the first chance for the challenger, Marine reservist Sean Bielat, to show he could survive going on television against the congressman famous for his way with words.
Democrat Frank came armed with his usual wit. For instance, he dismissed New York Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino as a horse's behind for saying that "children are being brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option."
"That guy running in New York, I guess his name is Paladino. Frankly, when I heard it at first, I thought it was Palomino, and only part of whom was talking," Frank said.
Bielat is giving Frank the hardest race he's faced since 1982. The 35-year-old first-time candidate gave up his full-time job as an executive at iRobot to run this race. He says his campaign has been boosted by hundreds of thousands of dollars pouring in in small donations from across the country.
Monday night's debate, moderated by NECN's Jim Braude, was Bielat's only chance to show a TV audience that he could stand up to Frank's debating skills.
The recent Wharton MBA found out that going up against the wit of Frank is hard. This became evident when, at one point, Bielat said he would have opposed bailing out General Motors and Chrysler.
"I would have let them go," Bielat said.
"How about that, Barney Frank?" Braude asked.
"There are a lot of people who agree with Sean Bielat. A lot of people agree with everybody. A lot of people think Elvis is still alive, too," Frank replied.
But, with charm, Bielat did manage to throw Frank off balance when the congressman was pointing out that Bielat advocates permanent tax cuts for Americans who make more than $250,000 a year.
"One year might make sense, but that's not what the Republicans are advocating," Frank said. "It's not what Mr. Bielat is advocating. He's advocating…"
"How do you know what I'm advocating?" Bielat asked.
"Because I've read what you said," Frank replied definitively, before showing some impatience with Bielat.
"Do I…what are the ground rules?" Frank asked Braude. "I know when I say something he doesn't like, that he interrupts me. That's been the pattern. The fact is, that I've read what Mr. Bielat said, and he is for making them permanent, as I have read it."
Bielat managed to unnerve Frank once again when the two were debating how to put Social Security on sound financial footing.
"What Barney Frank is saying is: 'Let's not change anything, because I might lose votes. It's not my problem now. We'll kick the can down the road, and hopefully, it works out for the best in 20 or 30 years, and I'm not going to deal with it.' That's the wrong approach," Bielat said.
"That's the kind of distortion Mr. Bielat uses," Frank said, interrupting. "I just said I agree with increasing the tax base. I just said it, and he makes believe I didn't. I said that 'I think you can increase the degree to which…'"
Now it was Bielat's turn to interrupt.
"That's not sufficient, and we both know it," Bielat said.
"Mr. Bielat," Frank remonstrated. "Please Sean, don't do that. It's a constant issue with him."
Bielat, the challenger, managed to put the Frank, the congressman, on the defensive, and in that sense Monday night's debate was a reflection of the race.


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Sandy Hook teacher will speak at LCCC
A Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher credited with saving 15 students during the massacre in Newtown, Conn., by hiding them in a bathroom is slated to speak during Luzerne County Community College's commencement in May.
Kaitlin Roig, a first-grade teacher who helped students during the attack that killed 26 children and teachers at the school in December 2012, will address graduates during the college's 46th annual commencement, college spokeswoman Lisa Nelson said.
Roig, who was named one of Glamour magazine's women of the year in 2013, will talk about the importance of recognizing everyone is connected and that everyone can make a difference in the lives of others, according to the college.
On the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, before storming Sandy Hook Elementary and murdering 20 children and six teachers before fatally shooting himself.
According to a biography released by the college, Roig locked herself and 15 students in a small bathroom after hearing the sound of gunfire that day. They stayed there through it all, until help arrived.
The biography says the massacre strengthened Roig's belief in the importance of making change, including by showing compassion to others.
In the time since, she has started the nonprofit Classes 4 Classes Inc., an Internet platform to teach children that people are all connected and have something to give, according to the biography.
Roig was also one of L'Oreal's "Women of Worth."
The commencement is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 22 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
570-821-2058, @cvjimhalpin
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The Hills: Brody Jenner's Romance With Avril Lavigne
April 12, 2010 11:00 AM by Nancy Floyd
Strange couple alert! Brody Jenner, co-star of MTV's The Hills, is reportedly getting serious with angsty pop singer, Avril Lavigne! The pair has been photographed kissing and were spotted getting cozy all weekend long in Las Vegas. Keep reading for more details on this growing romance…
They seem like quite an unlikely pair, but rumors are growing stronger that MTV's The Hills' star, Brody Jenner, is heating things up with Avril Lavigne. The new couple has been photographed kissing and were seen getting hot and heavy around Las Vegas this weekend. They even ended their weekend by getting matching tattoos!
According to People magazine, the unusual couple spent Friday night dining at Las Vegas restaurant, Aria's Union, before heading to nightclub Haze. A source tells the mag that the couple was "all over each other." Saturday night, they were spotted together yet again at the grand opening of Mario Barth's King Ink. The two slipped into the party separately, avoiding red carpet reporters, but once inside they spent the evening glued at the hip, dancing together, and being really affectionate. A source says, "They held hands openly and were kissing in a corner. Brody didn't leave Avril's side all night.â€
A sign that things might really be getting serious for Lavigne and The Hills' star? The pair got matching tattoos! Around 1am Sunday morning, Lavigne reportedly got a tattoo on her forearm of the number 30 and a lightning bolt. Jenner later got a matching lightning bolt tattoo behind his ear. As if matching tats isn't enough, Jenner also recently introduced Lavigne to his mom.
"He introduced Avril to his mother last weekend," says a L.A insider, who's close friends with the new lovebirds. "He's really head over heels for her and wanted to let her know how serious he was, so he took her to [his mom] Linda's home. It went really well."
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exotichoney Says:
April 14th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
It is a publicisty stunt, because one thing, they both are on the rebound, and second they are not serious, because, for one thing, how come they are not holding hands, and walking side by side with each other, and also she is way to close standing next to the other guy. so what it worth, avril could always know his mother, because I thought she was a songwriter to. so nice try everyone, for letting everyone be fool by something that is so fake. nice try.


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Cop Land/Walkthrough
One of Tommy's bodyguards, Mike, was supposed to destroy the store initially. However, Mike messed up the fuses and the cops are getting suspicious. Tommy must go with Lance, disguised as cops, to destroy the store themselves.
The Mission
Attract some police attention by running over or killing random pedestrians (there are many ways to attract police attention, but this is the easiest and safest way). Once you get one or two stars, drive to a garage where you can lure some cops in. Once you get to cops in, the garage door will close and Tommy and Lance will be disguised as cops once the garage door opens. After this, you will no longer have a wanted level. After this, get a cop car to the North Point Mall. It should be extremely easy to steal a cop car, because the cops don't arrest you since they think you are a cop. You can kill them to obtain a police car if you want. On the other hand at the right side of the garage there is a cop car on the grass. Once you get to the coffee shop, stand in a pink marker where Tommy will plant the bomb. You only have five seconds, so make a run for it!!! After the coffee shop explodes, you will obtain a 5 star wanted level and the FBI will chase you. Escape to Vercetti Estate where you will lose your wanted level upon entering the mansion.
After you complete the mission a police skin pickup becomes available inside the Ocean Beach Police Station.


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A Bench led by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai issued notices on a plea that criminal justice has been subverted in a systematic manner in the case, which can only be rectified by ordering an independent probe. Young girls have been sexually exploited and to suppress the shocking incident, monies have been exchanged... Unfortunately, the high court glossed over it, senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, who appeared for Achuthanandan, said.
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FCB Intersport, 39
BM Ciudad Encantada, 22
FCB Intersport: Sjöstrand, Victor Tomas (6), Entrerrios (3), Sorhaindho (-) Ugalde (8), Ruttenka (3), Igropulo (4) - starting seven -, Noddesbo (4), Sarmiento (3) Saric (-), Nagy (3), Jernemyr (-) Aguirrezabalga (4), Oneto (1).
BM Ciudad Encantada: Gascon (2), Sabonis (2), Mendoza (-), Pavan (6), Alvaro de Hita (-), Juanjo Fernandez (4), Georgescu (1) - starting seven - Kappel (-) , Cibulski (1), Gamuz (-), Lopez (-), Inestrosa (5).
Referees: Martin Franco and Gracia Sanchez
Partial Scores: 3-1, 5-1, 9-5, 11-8, 14-8, 19-9 (break), 22-10, 26-13, 29-15, 33-18, 36-18, 39 -22 (Final).
Barca Intersport have not lost a league match this season in the Asobal League. Tonight in the Palau Blaugrana won a game that keeps them on top of the table alongside Atlético Madrid, who also won, on Tuesday, against Granollers. But this time Barça Intersport are the team in the number 1 spot thanks to goal difference. If both teams maintain the same rhythm, on 10th December the two sides will face each other, to break the deadlock.
Rocas, Morros, and Juanin, rest
With the whole squad available for this game, Xavi Pascual decided to continue to rotate his players. On Saturday in Bosnia, Rutenka and Sorhaingo were rested, and this evening Juanin, Albert Rocas, and Viran Morros watched the victory over BM Ciudad Encantada from the stands. A good way of keeping the players fresh for the coming weeks, when they will face key games in the Asobal League top flight.
Superiority from the first minute
Xavi Pascual's Barça side took hold of the match from the very start, and kept control for the whole game. The superior Barça team started strongly but a few shots against the post prevented them from establishing an even clearer advantage. Little by little the Barça machine began to function, and at the hands of Victor Tomas, Rutenka, Ugalde, and Igropulo they managed to finish the first half with the score at 19-9. In the last ten minutes of the first half Barça Interspòrt achieved an 8-1 partial scoring streak.
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After the break, Xavi Pascual's players put their foot down even more, increasing the goal difference. Mikel Aguirrezabalga wanted to add to the effectiveness of scoring players like Tomas and Victor Ugalde, and he added four goals to his particular account. We shouldn't forget, either, the great game from keeper Sjöstrand, who got better as the game went on, and made some very good saves.


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If you import a product into the United States from China, the odds are good that your competitors can find out about it. And by find out about it, I mean they can easily and very cheaply (sometimes even for nothing) use a service such as Import Genius, Panjiva or Tradesparq or others to determine what you… Continue Reading
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You Can't Make A Good Deal With A Bad Chinese CompanyPosted in China Business, Legal News
The title is stolen from the Warren Buffett line, "You can't make a good deal with a bad guy, regardless of any piece of paper. And it is so true. Our China lawyers are always telling our clients the following: Legitimate Chinese companies do not want to get sued. In our experience, they are even… Continue Reading
Manufacturing Agreements For China. How Exclusive Agreements Work And Why.Posted in Legal News
Our clients often ask that we put a provision into their manufacturing agreements prohibiting their Chinese manufacturer from making the same product for anyone else. This naturally leads to a long discussion, that often goes somewhat like the following, using a laptop computer bag as the example: China Lawyer: What do you mean by a… Continue Reading
China Branded Products In The United States. When Will They Find True Love?Posted in China Business
Many years ago, a company that manufactured outdoor products that it sold in hardware stores across America came to us with the following problem: Its Chinese manufacturer had (through a straw person) registered in China about a dozen trademarks that our new client used on its outdoor products. More importantly, the Chinese manufacturer had just… Continue Reading
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It's the weekend, which means that I watch the Seattle Seahawks annihilate an opponent (the Tennessee Titans are this week's victim) while cleaning up my inbox. In my inbox was an email from one of our China attorneys to a client for whom we are working on an NNN Agreement, but who will likely eventually… Continue Reading
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The New Era In China Product Supplier Relationships Requires New ContractsPosted in Legal News
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Renaud Anjoran over at the Quality Inspection Tips blog recently wrote on "How your Chinese suppliers might become your competitors." Anjoran provides some excellent suggestions for preventing your China supplier from competing with you, based on his notes from a talk by Paul Melkebeke, Vice President Supply Asia for Samsonite. Melkebeke talked of how building a… Continue Reading
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06/05/2010, Green Turtle Cay
After nearly a two year absence, I am back to sailing again. Hallelujah! With my job as a college professor, I get three months off every summer. Last summer, I taught summer school for the first half of the summer, and then just when I was getting ready to head to the Bahamas, I got a phone call that my 84-year-old mother had suffered a stroke while doing volunteer work in China. We had her med-evacted to Bangkok and I flew to Thailand thinking I would only be there for a few days, but it turned into a month. I did finally get mom home, but she died in late October, so I spent the better part of the last year dealing with all that entails.
All of which makes it so much sweeter to be here at sea again. My folks had a lovely little Ericson 27 named the Dulcian when they were in their 60's and there was nothing either of them liked doing more than sailing her up and down the California coast, out to the Catalina and down to Ensenada.
So, Wednesday evening just before 8:00, we finally threw off the dock lines and headed down the New River for Port Everglades inlet and the Atlantic Ocean. We had a lovely night sail across the Gulf Stream and on to the Little Bahama Bank at dawn, then to Great Sale Cay where we anchored at about 3:00 in the afternoon. This morning we are enjoying another gorgeous sail down to Spanish Cay where we intend to clear customs and immigration. As I will be doing for much of this trip, instead of sitting topsides enjoying the sail, I'm down here at the computer working. Grrrr..... I keep flipping back and forth between writing and my nav program (Mac ENC) to check where we are and what kind of speed we're making.
Our departure was only nine days later than I had originally forecast, and it was a little less than a month after I'd finished working the semester in my full time job as a college professor. I may not have quit my job to cruise full-time, but I do have three glorious months off to travel by sail. This summer, I am sailing with Bruce aboard Wild Matilda, a Ron Holland 43, and we plan to spend a month in the Abacos Islands and then sail on up from here to the Chesapeake Bay. Where we will stop between here and Annapolis, I could not tell you.
I could feel upset that I had wasted these last three weeks, but preparation can be the key to a successful voyage. There are those who say that if you are determined to wait until you are absolutely ready, you will never leave the dock, and there is some truth in that. You cannot prepare for every eventuality on a boat, but if you have got things working well and stocked up with food and spares, you can see the unexpected as serendipity rather than calamity.
Could there be a better metaphor for writing? I don't think so. Whenever I speak to groups of writers, I am always asked the process questions. What is your process? Do you outline or not? What software do you use? Do you use a computer or write longhand? I remember when I was going through that angst myself as I was trying to get published, and I read that one of my favorite writers, Rita Mae Brown wrote longhand with Mont Blanc fountain pens. I trundled off to the store to buy myself a Mount Blanc, convinced that it would be the magic that I needed -- that is, until I saw the price of a Mount Blanc fountain pen.
Just like sailing, for me writing takes a good deal of preparation. I am both an outliner and an organic writer. When I tried outlining a whole novel in detail, I found myself feeling constrained by the outline. Like a sailing itinerary that is too detailed, I was afraid to take those serendipitous side trips -- afraid to stray too far off my charted course. Today, I outline the whole book very roughly. I do know my final destination, but I allow myself the freedom to take off with those fanciful ideas that occur to me along the way. There are days when I'm working when these things pop into my head that usually come in the form of what-ifs. They are driving in a car and suddenly you ask yourself, what if they get into a wreck right now? Or you may think you know this character and then all of a sudden you ask what if he has a drinking problem or she is pregnant, and if you allow yourself the freedom to go with those whims off on those side trips, it will make for a better, richer book.
Then, of course, there is the research. You read and learn more than you will ever use -- just like we have more food on this boat than we could possibly eat in the next couple of months, but stocking up with details, like good ingredients, will lead to a spicier stew and a book that transports the reader to a place and time he or she has never visited. Bruce's eyes widened a bit when he saw the size of the duffel bag full of books I brought aboard, but those are my spares, there to jumpstart my idea engine when needed.
But research, like preparing for a voyage, can be so alluring, I have a tendency to keep at it longer than I need to. Like preparing to go sailing, the line between necessary prep and stalling is a fine one. When do we stop getting ready and start making excuses? I've done lots of both. This big thriller novel has taken me three and a half years now to get to the 100,000 word mark and it is time to write that last 20,000 words and finish the damn thing.
So now, at last, I am off the dock and on this voyage to see this book through to the end.
Fair winds,
Thanks for the comment. I'll be posting fairly often now and I hope you can vicariously cruise right along with us. This morning in White Sound it is hot and still, but we were awakened by the twittering of the birds on shore at dawn and the smell of the boat anchored upwind of us making pancakes! I wanted to dive in and swim over and ask for a plate!
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08/22/2008, Cooley�s Landing Marina, Fort Lauderdale
I met a fellow today who told me that Tropical Storm Fay is behaving just like a woman - she just won't leave us alone.
Then I got an email from a dear friend today who wrote, "The world assumes you made it home safely....."
I'm not sure I know what that means, "just like a woman," but I'm afraid I've done a quite proper job of leaving "the world" alone. And this is the second time. It's easy to write about my travels when I'm out there, but it seems that every time I return home and find myself back in the familiar rut, I stop posting to ye old blog. Or maybe it is just like a woman with all that teasing build-up, but no big bang of a finish? Anyway, this time I intend to wrap it up, look back on my weeks of sailing solo in the islands, and deliver some sort of a (albeit late) climax.
I must admit, however, that my voyage back from Bimini, across the Gulf Steam was a bit anti-climactic. I wound up staying at the dock of some friends who own a home on South Bimini, and I went aground entering their canal. My friend Owen (who had come to help me find the channel) and I sat there on the bottom for over an hour waiting for the tide to rise. Once I heard that he was coming along, I stopped worrying about the navigation and I learned a valuable lesson - check the tides even if you have a pilot.
Three days later, I left at daybreak, at near high tide and motor-sailed across the stream in 5-10 knots of wind. I was headed for an anchorage off Key Biscayne where I was to meet friends for the Fourth of July weekend. I made good time and found myself six miles off the Miami entrance buoy when the city disappeared in a pitch-black squall. I shifted the radio over to the Coast Guard weather station and they reported current condition in Miami Harbor as 40 knots of wind, gusting to 55. I cupped my chin in my hand and I thought, "Hmm... I guess I'm not going into Miami." The squall was reportedly moving toward the NE, so I headed south down the coast toward the southern channel south of Key Biscayne, figuring I would spend the night tucked into No Name Harbor just inside Cape Florida. I tried to outrun the squall, but when it was obvious it wasn't going to happen, I dropped all sail, put on my oilies, forced the dog below, put in the drop boards and tied my harness to the helm. And I held on.
It got rather exciting for a bit. I wasn't sure which was worse, the howling wind or the howling dog protesting at the indignity of being left below.
When it finally let up, I made my way into No Name and called the Homeland Security/Customs folks only to get yelled at over the fact that my passport had expired while I was gone and the fellow grew apoplectic when I said that I couldn't imagine it really mattered when a couple of weeks before the thing had been perfectly good. That whole mess ended up with a decree that I had to present myself to officials in the Port of Miami within 24 hours or else. He never was quite clear on what that was, but the next day I motored around to the Miami Yacht Club anchorage and made my way to the officials and was dutifully contrite and I was granted access to the land of my birth after all.
Welcome to Miami.
Looking back now on the six-week trip through the Abacos and back, one remarkable point stands out in my mind. There are lots of male solo sailors and hardly any females. As it turns out, I just about had a guy in every port, so to speak. Well, not in the Biblical sense, mind you, but I enjoyed the pleasure of their company over drinks, dinner, just chatting, snorkeling, hiking, or talking over many a glass of wine under the stars. There was Richard in Green Turtle, Todd in Marsh Harbor, Alan #1 in Hopetown, Alan #2 in Little Harbor, and Wright at Lynyard Cay. I think this is the greatest and best-kept secret about sailing solo. I really do love the company of men and having somebody to hang out with - and I met such fascinating people who had wonderful stories to share. Solo sailing isn't all about solitude, although there certainly was lots of that. For me, it was about meeting new people and making new friends - and okay, I admit it, a free meal now and again.
So now my boat is tied up back at the city marina on the River in Fort Lauderdale, and the rain from the remnants of Fay is pounding on the cabin roof. This week I started back teaching my college classes. I haven't yet finished my novel, but I'm working on it. Most days now when I drive to work, I dream about taking off again next May, sailing solo to some more distant anchorages, and just like a woman, I wonder what new fellas I'll meet when I arrive.
Fair winds,
I had a similar Customs experience in St. Thomas after arrival from Spain. I told them, this is the USA and I'm a citizen. You CAN'T keep me out of here. And this was in '92, long before our national paranoia from 911. American officials treat you worse than any other country I've ever visited.
I really enjoyed reading your post.
I find you are always more open to people when you travel alone. It is really inspiring to see a singlehanded woman sailor- i haven't met many, one in-fact. Why do you think there are so many more men sailing single-handedly than women?
I really enjoyed reading your post.
I find you are always more open to people when you travel alone. It is really inspiring to see a singlehanded woman sailor- i haven't met many, one in-fact. Why do you think there are so many more men sailing single-handedly than women?
06/29/2008, Bimini
I'm sitting in the main salon of my boat tied up at the Blue Water Marina in Bimini listening to the sound of lapping water, distant music and the thrumming of a boat's generator one dock over. At least tonight, I'm still awake past nine. Last night I was dead to the world at this hour.
I made my first overnight passage alone and nothing went wrong and I wasn't scared out of my wits. Partly it was due to my own ability to dream of the worst. I can be pretty negative when I think about all the things that might go wrong. But in a sailor, that can be an asset. I remember one time when I was sailing with a fella and as we were returning to his boat, I saw that it was heeled over and cross-wise to the wind. I said, "Look, I'll bet we're aground. Did we check the tides?" We jumped aboard and I went below to open the tide program on my computer and he checked the depth finder and found we had plenty of water beneath us. It was just the current holding the boat sideways to the wind, which then was heeling us over. He said to me, "You're so negative! You always think of the worst that can happen."
Guilty. It's true. I do. But much of the time, by thinking about the worst and planning for it, I avoid some of it.
Friday morning, I ran the dog ashore in the dark, and then came out and boarded a boat made ready for departure. But I still had to get the outboard off the dinghy and the dinghy into the davits, so it was 7:00 by the time I was motoring out through the narrow cut in the reef, dead into the wind with the full main up and flapping. The swells were running about four to five feet, and in the cut I was headed straight into them and the boat was rearing up and slamming down with horrendous crashes. I just kept hoping that the next slam wasn't going to be onto something solid. The dog was terrified of all the noise, and there was nowhere he could run. It seemed to last forever because we had to get far enough offshore to clear the next reef, lovingly called The Boilers. Finally, I was able to bear off.
It was a lovely close reach for the thirty miles down to Hole in the Wall, but as the wind kept increasing, I finally had to throw a reef into the main. My boat develops way too much weather helm with more than 15 knots forward of the beam. The Autohelm was making some ugly noises too, so I steered for part of every hour to give it a break. When we rounded the corner and turned downwind, the fun part stopped. Without a spinnaker or a drifter, going downwind is the pitts. The boat slowed from six knots to three and the jib became useless. The swell was too much for wing and wing. I shook out the reef and tried sailing on main alone with a preventer to avoid a gybe, but still, I wanted to get to Bimini before the fourth of July. So back on came the engine and I was able to add the lovely odor of exhaust to the hot, rolly, ship dodging motorsail across the Northwest Providence Channel. The joys of sailing.
Just at dusk, around 8:30, we were off Little Stirrup Cay and I nosed my way in to see if we could find protection there for a few hours sleep, but the wind had too much east in it and the swells were wrapping right into the anchorage. I turned off into the night and told the dog, "Sorry buddy, it's gonna be a long night."
And it was a black night. We were out of the main shipping channel, but I still worried about pleasure boats and fishing boats. It was so dark it was difficult to make out the horizon. At one point I was startled by something that seemed to light up the whole sky to the south, and it was just a shooting star or meteor, but the sky was so dark, it looked brilliant. At midnight, I switched on the radar just to check and I saw two targets nearby, within four and six miles, but there was no sign of any lights. Thinking about the possibility of hitting some unlit boat, I decided to leave the radar on the rest of the night. The moon was supposed to rise around 2:00, but there was so much haze on the horizon, I didn't see the little sliver until nearly 3:00 and it did little to lighten the sky until 4:00. By that time I was wondering why I hadn't brought some Red Bull.
Dawn was sweet. There was no lovely sunrise thanks to the haze, but I could see the horizon and I felt I had a chance of seeing something before hitting it. Yeah, that's thinking negatively, but hey, it's darn creepy motoring along at six knots all alone in what looks like a black void. But it's also exhilarating and awe inspiring to be out there under so many stars completely on your own.
Well, there was the dog. And come dawn, oh what he problem he was. He had finally agreed to go to sleep in the forepeak around 2:00 after driving me crazy in the night, but at dawn, he woke up and decided he wanted to go up to the foredeck to do his business. I had him on a 15-foot tether that allowed him access to the cockpit and the forepeak, but he couldn't get out of the cockpit. I walked him up to the foredeck on his leash, but he looked at me with that dopey dog grin that said, "This is fun." I said, "No play, go pee-pee." He looked at me. See, like a person, he demands his privacy. So, I took him back to the cockpit. He tried to get out and go forward again. I couldn't let him go up there without a tether and I didn't have a tether long enough to send him up there alone. Finally, I crawled into the forepeak berth, opened the hatch, stuffed him out there on his leash, closed the hatch and waited. He looked down through the plexiglass and knew I was there. He wouldn't do anything. I was ready to hand him out a magazine! The things I do for that dog. Finally, he peed and managed to do it all over his leash.
I arrived in Bimini at 11:00 a.m. and tried to anchor on a coral pan bottom and even dove on the anchor to try to set it, but it just couldn't dig in and with 15-knot winds, I finally came into the marina, exhausted, but happy that through imagining all the terrible things that could go wrong, very little had. And boy, after only one beer, did I ever sleep well last night.
Fair winds!
Your comment in regards to the autohelm is the reason I prefer a windvane self-steering system. My Kaiser26 came with a Navik and it was the greatest thing and you don't have to worry about having enough battery power for it to work. The more wind the better it worked unlike most electric autopilots. I think the autohelm is probably great when there is no wind at all. Best of all possible worlds is to have one of each.
Great Job
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SPIEGEL: General McChrystal, a couple of months ago you said, "Since 9/11, I have watched as America tried to first put out this fire with a hammer, and it doesn't work." What did the Americans do wrong in Afghanistan?
SPIEGEL: Your 66-page assessment of the situation in Afghanistan was the basis for US President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional American soldiers to the country next year, coming on top of the 68,000 which are already there. In your report, you wrote that the situation is serious but doable. Is it doable?
McChrystal: I think it is doable. But it is going to be a significant effort on everybody's part and it will be very complex. Here is a resilient insurgency with elements of the Taliban, the Haqqani network and the Hekmatyar network that threaten the existence of the state. But there is also a crisis of confidence in the people which comes from expectations that were not met after 2001, regarding development and governance and positive things. Additionally, you have a disappointment in what they have seen from local and national governance and a sense that it's not a fair system, that they are not getting basic justice. Those two things feed each other.
SPIEGEL: In your assessment you wrote that the key weakness of ISAF is that it doesn't aggressively defend the Afghan population. This sounds like a big misunderstanding, because in our countries everybody believes the troops are here to protect the Afghans.
McChrystal: The protection of the people is the crucial point. If the coalition comes in and protects the Afghan people from a larger conventional threat with a conventional force, then we could feel we'd been successful. But that is really not the threat to the Afghan people. That comes from shadow governance, night letters (editor's note: anonymous notices posted by the Taliban), coercion, improvised explosive devices (IEDs). And so the protection they really need, we can't do in a strictly conventional sense. We can't do, when we stay on installations and guard ourselves from all harm. We have to be closer and interact with people to do that.
SPIEGEL: Do you mean that the coalition troops need to take bigger risks?
SPIEGEL: Your intelligence chief, Michael Flynn, just came up with a provocative document claiming that US spies in Afghanistan are totally clueless. They only focus on the insurgency, he says, and do not understand the most fundamental questions of people's lives and their environment. Is he right?
McChrystal: Understanding unconventional warfare is typically understanding the terrain, the physical terrain, and understanding the enemy. In a counter-insurgency the terrain is the people, rather than bridges and hills and forests. You have to understand tribes, leaders and the economic forces at work. Otherwise you can't deny the insurgency. What General Flynn has pointed out correctly is the fact that we need to widen our understanding. We need to understand how the enemy interacts with the people.
- Part 1: 'Killing the Enemy Is Not The Best Route to Success'
- Part 2: 'You Can't Bring a Dead Civilian Back to Life'
- Part 3: 'We Are Not Viewed as Occupiers'
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The 5-incher released only a couple of months back has just seen its price dropped to a pretty lucrative $99.99. You'll have to go through Amazon Wireless and not Verizon's online store to get the phone for 100 bucks, but that seems like a small sacrifice. Especially that the deal is most likely not a limited time only thing or a Black Friday/Cyber Monday kind of special offer.
Obviously, you'll still be asked to pen a two-year Verizon contract, but the good news is both new and existing customers are eligible. You also get free two-day shipping, while the spec sheet includes a bunch of tasty treats, like a dual-core 1.5 GHz S3 CPU, a scratch-resistant 1024 x 768 pix res screen, 1 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal memory, Android 4.0 ICS, an 8 MP cam and LTE.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Coral Dress
If you don't know how to sew, or know the basics but are interested in learning more, Merrick and I have created The Modern Girl's Guide to Sewing, online sewing courses that teach you everything you need to know about clothing construction. You can take our Beginner Course or our Intermediate Course, and learn how to follow tutorials like this one! Make sure to check out moderngirlsewing.com!
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Adorable! I love it! Thanks for the tutorial. I love the idea of making shirts into desses, but never really followed through on a lot of the tutorials I've seen because I didn't really like the way they looked. I love yours because you've added a fabric belt to the top of the dress to meet the shirt, and that makes a world of difference! Genius!ReplyDelete
I am so glad I found your blog!
yeap I am in love with this dress... awesome job!ReplyDelete
I heart this dress way too much...too bad I don't even know how to thread a bobbin...sucks for me!ReplyDelete
I love it, and I think your so talented.ReplyDelete
Love this! I've been making t-shirt dresses alot lately but never using knit for the bottom...can't wait to try this and to find some striped knit for the nautical dress you also did. So cute!ReplyDelete
Just as cute as the others you've made!ReplyDelete
I totally love this dress!!! The coral is so pretty.ReplyDelete
When you say you used elastic thread but not the shirring technique are you saying that you loaded the bobbin like normal thread?ReplyDelete
I've never used elastic thread... completely intimidated by it (code: not willing to pay the price if I make a mistake) but this dress absolutely inspires me. I'd try it if it came out like that!
I love your blog! I'm a new follower.ReplyDelete
You are so talented!! The dresses are amazing!!! I blogged about you, hope it's ok. Really if someone doesn't know about you and your blog they really should!!! :)ReplyDelete
This idea is just fantastic. Being a plus size girl, it's almost impossible to find a nice dress, now that I have seen your tutorial I think this may be the answer to my problem. I hope to try this sometime over the weekend. I'll let you know how it comes out. Thanks again for this tutorial, it's a life saver for the summer and for the upcoming fall. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
I am in love with this dress. You are amazing!ReplyDelete
I Like your idea ..:-)ReplyDelete
How do you think this would work with a top of a "sweater" type knit. I have an old twin set that has just gotten too short with many washings. sleeveless top is striped and sweater is White with striping around edges. Also trying to figure out something to "jazz up" sweater top. Any ideas?ReplyDelete
I know this is going to sound crazy but PACKING TAPE!!! I used it to tape down my patter to stretchy material because I lost my pins. I didn't take it off until after the cutting/sewing was done and it made it a million times easier.ReplyDelete
am I missing something? where is the tutorialReplyDelete
Where did you buy your coral jersey fabric?ReplyDelete
Did you use your serger or just your sewing machine? It's really cool! I want to make one...ReplyDelete
I didn't have my serger yet when I made this, so I just used my sewing machine. The jersey doesn't fray, so you don't have to worry about the unfinished edges.ReplyDelete
One trick I have learned in working with knit fabrics, or any slinky fabric that is almost impossible to lay flay (and still) to cut and then sew. Make your own liquid starch using this method. In a large bowl or pot, stir 1/2 cup cornstarch into cup of cold water. In a seperate pot, boil water and then into the cold water/starch mixture - you will add boiling water (2 quarts for heavy solution; 4 quarts for medium and 6 quarts for light solution). I like a medium solution best. Dip the cloth into starch solution and hang to dry. Once it is dry you have some nice stiff fabric. Iron the fabric, cut our your pattern pieces and sew it all together. It is stiffer and easier to work with. When you are finished sewing the garment - throw it in the washer and voila the starch is gone and now the fabric is nice and soft and lovely again.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Pure genius. Now I can work on three projects that I've put off because of the difficulty working with the slinky, knit fabric.Delete
One of the easiest ways I have found to cut and sew with slinkie fabric is to lay it on unprinted newspaper. You cut through your pattern, fabric and newpaper all together. Then when you need to move the fabric you move the paper and the fabric will move with it. I also use weights instead of pinning. If you don't have weights you can use you flatware and it works just as well. You can go to your nearest newspaper office and purchase these rolls from them . They are usually about 2.50 a roll. Then when I take it to the sewing machine to sew I use a terry towel to lay over the area I am placing my fabric on. That will keep you fabric from slipping. I really tape a used towel over my sewing table area so that it stays there permanently. Hope this helps you.ReplyDelete
just the prettiest ever--what a talent you areReplyDelete
I'm inspired :) thank you! Now I'm heading to Joann's Store.ReplyDelete
In the past when the fabric has been difficult I have also ironed on (wool setting) some freezer paper (shiny side down on fabric). I found out the hard way not to do this on a fabric that ravels too much, you wind up with a mess of threads. After you peel the freezer paper off you have a re-usable template.ReplyDelete
The dress is even more beautiful in person! It is a bit big as expected but my seamstress said no problem on taking it in to fit me exact and she couldn't believe the price either.ReplyDelete
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"Any Position" is an exaggeration
By noname
from Willard, Ohio
Although the lamp is described as "any position", it actually only goes up and down. The arms do not have any rotation so the lamp can only shine straight down. The angle of the head is not adjustable at all. I had intended to use the lamp for jewelry making but I am unable to find a position for the lamp to give good lighting for my laptop table.
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quite large-quite heavy- quite excellent
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the first lamp arrived with scratches on the heavy base - H. & S. quickly replaced it - great service.excellent lamp - I've been looking for one like this for a long time.
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Great lamp for your draft board
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It creates enough light to do major projects on my draft board .This is the prefect answer to my light dilemma. P.S. I love the wide lamp bowl, it throws the light is just the right places, however I do wish the neck of the lamp could turn.
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Lights 3 pages of Music on my Organ
By Ellen
from Purvis, MS
It is great because it is tall enough to illuminate the Music rack of my Organ for three pages spread .out but I have to wear a visor to keep the light out of my eyes.Perhaps the shade needs to come down further or if it could be turned side ways to keep the light out of my eyes
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The lamp is used in an office/music room where improved lighting is necessary for aging eyes. Diffused lighting is great; however, the brightness of the bulb is harsh. A 3 way bulb/switch would be helpful.
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It brings daylight to what ever area I want to be in
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Bought this for my husband because he does large puzzles on a big work table and is always looking for better lighting. While this is not the most attractive light, it works well to light large surfaces and provide good, clear color differentiation. So far his only complaint is that it would be nice if the base swiveled.
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What can I say it's working well form me, fits in my whimsical decor...reminds me of the tinker toys of yesteryears!!! (Metal ones)
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I can now read and do puzzles without getting a head ache. It came in the mail very quickly.
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A bit about another Sundance '06 film, namely director Kirby Dick & producer Eddie Schmidt's "This Film Is Not Yet Rated", described by Sundance as "a breakthrough investigation into Hollywood's best-kept secret: the MPAA film ratings system and its profound impact on American culture." While I am by no means a proponent of the current MPAA given its checkered past, I am rather bored with people using the MPAA ratings systems as a stunt for PR purposes. The latest example involves those who are making and marketing this new IFC TV doc, who for some unclear reason decided to submit the unfinished project to the MPAA for a rating, even though it doesn't even have a theatrical distributor yet. Not surprisingly, the film has been rated NC-17 and the IFC is trying to get attention by issuing a press release today.
I immediately asked the film's PR rep if I could see the movie since its been submitted to the MPAA only to be told that the film is still being shot. After pressing the matter further, this morning the PR rep said the film was submitted to the MPAA as research ("they felt they needed to see the process first hand if they were going to do a documentary about the process"), and the rep later clarified that the film is now being edited. Despite this strange stab at attention, I am still quite anxious to see the movie, being a fan of Dick & Schmidt's films. Among those they've interviewed for the film are John Waters, Kevin Smith, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Harron, and Bingham Ray.