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Game Thread: Toronto Raptors 99 - New York Knicks 90 (F)
@ Toronto Raptors vs. New York Knicks 18-17, 2nd Atlantic, (Road: 9-9) 9-25, 5th Atlantic, (Home: 7-12) WHEN: Fri., Jan. 11, 2007 at 7:30pm ET WHERE: Madison Square Garden TV: NBALP, TSN, TSN HD (click on logo for team stats) Starters Calderon, Parker, Moon, Bosh, Bargnani Bench Delfino, Baston, Nesterovic, Humphries, Kapono, Dixon, Graham Team Injuries/Inactive List Martin, Garbajosa, Ford (click on logo for team stats) Starters Marbury, Crawford, Richardson, Randolph, Curry Bench Jones, Lee, Robinson, Jefferies, Rose Team Injuries/Inactive List James, Balkman, Collins Who's Hot Parker: 15.3 ppg in last 3 gp / Jose: 16.2 ppg in last 4 gp Crawford: 21.2 ppg in last 13 gp / Zach: 17.8 ppg in last 14 gp Key Match-ups Zach Randolph vs. Andrea Bargnani Eddy Curry vs. Chris Bosh Fox Sports World's Head to Head Match-ups (click either player photo to see numbers against one another) PG vs. PG SG vs. SG SF vs. SF PF vs. PF C vs. C YAHOO GAME PREVIEW (click on image for preview *NOTE: only available on "Game Day") Prediction - 96 - 92 As shitty as the Knicks are, they played well against us last season. Key to the game is to be able to shut down their frontcourt of Curry and Z-Bo. If we can do our best at defending our interior and rebounding then we should be fine for a win. If not, we might see an upset on our hands. Predict and discuss! Last edited by Dr. J. Naismith; 01-11-2008 at 07:38 AM. |
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i predict all the italians in new york come out in full force and Bargs starts swishing threes as frequent as pizza dough is flung about. he scores 52 and we win running away..........0 rebounds though :0
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well.. they'll be competing with the likes of Eddie Curry, so who knows? We may actually out-rebound the Knicks.
The only thing i see that could be an issue with this game is how our team responds to the MSG crowd. In the past that was a pretty tough building to play in - and it's made games against the knicks more difficult. |
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Keys to the game for Raps win...
Take Randolph & Curry to McDee's before the game and stuff them real good with some cheap burgers and shakes and then show up for a game and watch them sweat those burgers all night long... I am sure Knick will jump Raps in the 1st half but I fully expect Raps to separate them self in 3rd and win by 10+ |
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LOL, I dont know Doc, I think when I hear the Knicks I can only think of a disaster, even for the opposing team. Im sure that if both teams losing was an option it would happend.
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BTW guys, when you have a chance go check out Jay's preview for tonight's game. Fuckin' hilarious.
Link - http://www.raptorsforum.com/ Jay, from here on out when you have time to do you game previews, I'll add them to the respective game threads. Refreshing, witty and quite frankly alot better than Yahoo's. |
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Nice write-up Jay - I used to love the Fatt Boys so I agree and I think this game is ours to lose. I've noticed that when NY wins, its always after something negative has been said in the media about Isaiah or a player, so the team seems to play very emotionally but they are inconsistent. And they are unpredictable- you never know who will play well for them. Hopefully Bosh goes on a tear and Moon makes up for the lack of rebounding. The bench played well in Philly and I'm expecting more of our team chemistry to show through. That said, I hope the "Fire Isaiah" chants don't make our guys nervous.
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Squid and Leeks in Red Wine
February 13, 2009 | By | COMMENTSI've got a Valentine's Day gift for you. It has a fancy French name–"Estouffade de Calmars aux Poireaux"–and it may be the most perfect thing for you to make tomorrow night as you try to seduce your Valentine.
What makes it so seductive? For starters, look at the color: a deep reddish/purple, it positively screams passion and romance. Secondly, the smell: there is no smell greater, in all of cooking, than the smell of red wine stewing away on the stove. And, finally, the effect: the resulting dish is quite satisfying, but not heavy at all. You'll have so much energy for a post-dinner romp, even Cupid would blush at the result.
The recipe comes from a book I've long wanted to cook from, but always avoided for one reason or another: Richard Olney's Simple French Food.
This is a classic French cookbook, one celebrated by thousands of chefs, and I love to flip through it but I rarely know what to cook from it. Then yesterday a dish flashed into my brain–"squid cooked in red wine"–and I couldn't remember which book I saw it in and then suddenly I remembered: "Simple French Food."
I ran out to get the ingredients and, surprisingly, it wasn't very expensive: 2 pounds of squid cost little more than $10; 2 pounds of leeks cost $5; and the rest–the garlic, the herbs, and the croutons–were very, very cheap. The wine, of course, can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be: I settled on a $7 bottle of Côtes du Ventoux and we were very happy.
Here's how you proceed.
Squid and Leeks in Red Wine
from Richard Olney's Simple French Food
The white and pale green parts of 2 pounds of leeks, cut into 2-inch lengths
**[NOTE: Leeks can be very, very dirty on the inside so do what I did: slice the leeks vertically, exposing their innards, and wash each layer carefully under running cold water. You'll be surprised at how much dirt spills out. If you don't do this, it may very well ruin your dish.]
1/4 cup olive oil
2 pounds squid, cleaned, hoods cut into 1/2-inch widths
2 tablespoons flour
Pinch cayenne
1 teaspoon crumbled dry herbs (thyme, oregano….)
1 bay leaf
About 8 peeled cloves garlic, sliced paper thin
About 2 cups red wine
About 1 cup water (2 parts wine to 1 part water in quantity sufficient to cover)
Butter-crisp croutons [make your own or buy crostini and smash 'em; don't buy seasoned croutons like you'd find on a salad bar]
Chopped parsley
[Here's all my ingredients laid out first; an essential step, called mise-en-place.]
1. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven (or, if you have it, a "low-sided earthenware receptacle") and, when hot, add the leeks and a large pinch of salt (about 1 Tbs.)
Saute for 10 minutes or so, "turning them carefully so as not to damage them," until they're pretty cooked through.
Remove them to a bowl.
2. Add the squid to the same oil, add salt (another Tbs, perhaps), and stir for several minutes "until the liquid they exude has been almost entirely evaporated." [This took quite a while; there was a lot of liquid in that squid.]
3. When almost all the liquid is gone: sprinkle over the flour, stir and cook for another minute or so.
4. Add the seasoning, herbs, and garlic and, stirring all the while, slowly add the red wine, then the water. Also add some salt here, though not too much (I think I added too much at this step and it came out a drop too salty.)
5. Bring to a boil and gently slip the leek sections back into the pan, one by one, easing each into place between the squid sections.
6. Cook, covered, at a bare simmer (definitely check! mine was bubbling way too rapidly after 10 minutes; I had to turn it down to the lowest flame) for something over 1 1/2 hours.
[This is a nice pause if you want to shower, change, light candles and put on some Barry White.]
7. When it's ready, lift the lid and smell. Mmmm!
Take a taste: does it need more salt? Now's the time to correct.
8. Scatter the surface with the croutons and chopped parsley at the moment of serving (in the cooking utensil.)
And that, sexy people, is one killer Valentine's Day dinner. Serve with a salad–try a shaved fennel salad with mushrooms and Parmesan–and, for dessert, of course, the obligatory flourless chocolate cake.
If this doesn't win hearts and minds, I don't know what will. Here's to you and your Valentine.
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McGee Street Productions filmed a scene in John Grisham's upcoming made-for-television movie in a cotton patch behind the fictitious Eli Chandler home, and manufactured a tornado right down to the high winds, rain and swirling effects. Powerful airplane engines were used to stir up the high winds as water and mud were added for special effects. The actors held on for dear life during the scenes as they maneuvered from place to place yelling their lines back and forth. All the tornado scenes were well planned and executed by a cast and crew that were well prepared for creating such events.
The actual picture of the swirling black funnel cloud will be added to the film electronically after the camera crew returns to the studio with the film footage for final splicing and editing.
A Painted House cast of major characters on the set last week at the Clarksdale community set included Eli "Pappy" Chandler, played by Scott Glenn, Jesse Chandler, Luke's father, by Robert Sean Leonard, Luke Chandler, by Logan Lerman, Kathleen Chandler, Luke's mother, by Arija Bareikis.
Additional actors included Luis Garcia as Mexican Cowboy; Miguel Perez as Miguel; Pablo Schreiber as hillbilly bad boy Hank Spruill; Audrey Anderson as Tally Spruill; Geoffrey Lewis as Mr. Spruill; Diane Delano as Mrs. Spruill; Luke Eberl as Trott Spruill; Sean Jones as Bo Spruill; and Michael Fhamus Wiles as Policeman Stick Peters.
Cotton picking scenes were filmed in back of the Chandler home, as farmers, hillbillies and Mexicans began picking cotton by hand. Long work days enduring heat, high humidity and rain were depicted in believable fashion. Homestead scenes involved Luke taking his Saturday night bath outside in a tub, his escape to his tree house to avoid having to fess up to being a witness at a fight and killing in downtown Black Oak, a runaway couple and their pursuit by family, friends and police, the Mexican farm workers living in the barn loft, and the hillbilly Spruill's tent dwelling in the Chandler's front yard.
Pappy Chandler's 1939 Ford pickup truck was used for several action scenes as it ran up and down the dusty road near the homestead and through the mud holes when it rained.
Monte Emery of Lake City drove his son Jake's 1942 John Deere tractor in one scene, where the tractor alone was shown going through deep mud in the cotton field. Handling of the vintage tractor would have proved difficult for actors in the movie, but Emery was quite accustomed to driving it in all conditions. Working on the set, Emery was also called upon to drive a four-door 1948 Plymouth car in a passing scene on the main road leading to Black Oak. Old cars and equipment helped set the time frame for the movie dating back to the early 1950s.
Even though the Chandler homestead, barn, chicken house, outhouse and sheds were made new for the filming of A Painted House, they were painted by set artists to look aged and weathered. A passerby would be unable to tell that the buildings were not authentic when looking at them from the road.
The rusted tin roofs and aged wood were totally reminiscent of old homesteads and barns still visible on the landscape around Black Oak where John Grisham's inspiration for the best-selling book occurred.
The fictitious Chandler family, like Buffalo Island farmers today, had to deal with heavy rains while trying to get their cotton crop harvested. Delays, high water, fear of failure and overall wet and muggy conditions were realistically depicted.
Filming at the Chandler homestead at the Clarksdale set is expected to continue until Oct. 31, when the cast and crew will relocate to downtown Lepanto for in-town scenes. Other locations will later include river scenes east of Lepanto and flooding conditions.


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Measurement of white-light supercontinuum beam properties from a photonic crystal fibre using a laser scanning confocal microscope
Esposito, E. and Harris, J. and Burns, D. and McConnell, G. (2007) Measurement of white-light supercontinuum beam properties from a photonic crystal fibre using a laser scanning confocal microscope. Measurement Science and Technology, 18 (8). pp. 2609-2615. ISSN 0957-0233
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We report a new non-destructive method for high-resolution measurement and analysis of white-light supercontinuum source emission properties. We investigate propagation behaviour at multiple wavelengths simultaneously using confocal laser scanning microscopy. This will include an overview of the experimental geometry used and analysis methods employed for the measurement of the M2 value at different spectral regions and an accurate beam waist of the white-light supercontinuum-based source. With this configuration, we observed that the white-light supercontinuum output of the PCF possessed M 2 values close to the absolute limit of unity across the visible spectrum, thus confirming diffraction-limited performance.
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ID code: | 8522 |
Keywords: | supercontinuum, characterization, nonlinear optics, confocal, wavelength, Optics. Light, Biology, Instrumentation, Applied Mathematics |
Subjects: | Science > Physics > Optics. Light Science > Natural history > Biology |
Department: | Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics |
Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2009 08:28 |
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URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/8522 |
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The Treasury Department agreed Tuesday to sell a bankrupted company that manufactured sensitive military and commercial technology to a business based in China.
The government approved the sale of A123 Systems to the Shanghai-based Wanxiang firm, despite pleas from lawmakers and military insiders to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to nix the sale. The committee, chartered by the Treasury Dept., has not yet offered an explanation for its decision, according to Human Events.
A123 Systems gained notoriety last year when it filed for bankruptcy after having received approximately $132 million of a $249 million grant, almost $1 million of it coming the same day of the bankruptcy filing.
"The approved sale marks yet another step in the coordinated strategy by foreign countries to acquire leading U.S. companies who are researching, developing and producing critical technologies," Dean Popps, co-chairman of the Strategic Materials Advisory Council, told Human Events. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States "has recognized this strategy but continues to fail to do anything to prevent it."
The sale's approval is curious, since it comes on the heels of President Barack Obama's inaugural-day pledge not to "cede to other nations' critical energy technology," Popps said.
"Far from protecting America's lead, as the president promised on the west front of the Capitol, his administration has just allowed China to leapfrog the world in advanced batteries at the expense of American taxpayers," he said.
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said Tuesday it's clear the technology acquired by Wanxiang has both civilian and military applications, according to an AOL story.
"It is also apparent that this technology was developed using taxpayer dollars through President Obama's stimulus program and is now falling into the hands of a foreign company," Huizenga said. "American taxpayers should not be funding technology that will in turn be used in competition against American companies."
In response to the flap, U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn,R-Tenn., introduced legislation earlier this month requiring safeguards on future decisions by the committee.
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Maybe it's just my quirky sense of humor and my ability to see humor in almost anything, but the first part of this article, linked from MarketWatch.com, had me laughing.
I guess it's the juxtaposition of the comments by the writer coupled with the two pretty graphs that had me laughing.
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In Conjunction with AAPG 2017 Annual Convention & Exhibition (ACE) The course has multiple objectives: (1) understanding basic geochemical data and applying these data to shale resource plays, (2) advanced approaches to refine and identify sweet spots in existing plays.
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Linda D. Lester 7/5/2010 4:59:21 AM
WOW!!! The detail is awesome! Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1285103Danny B. Head 7/5/2010 5:14:23 AM
Mary Beth, when I grow up, I want to process images just like you do! The expressions of the riders in itself is outstanding, but what I really like is the faint color left in the two front riders. #8735450Kerry Penn 7/5/2010 5:19:41 AM
This is excellent! I love everything about it. :) #8735453Vickie J. Jenkins 7/5/2010 5:53:55 AM
Amazing! I hope you got out of the way in time. Your POV is fantastic! The processing speaks for itself. #8735481Judy V. Kennamer 7/5/2010 6:07:42 AM
A Masterpiece here Mary Beth!!!! The depth of field in this shot is so amazing -- looks like I could walk right into it! Love the action and the effects -- and the colors - and the clarity - and the tones - and the vignetting -- ok, ok -- I love EVERYTHING about this beauty!!! #8735492Bonnie C. Lackey 7/5/2010 6:21:45 AM
Another amazing image, Mary Beth. The dust, the lighting and the sense of urgency make this really special. #8735508Cyn Valentine 7/5/2010 6:26:36 AM
Fantastic capture Mary Beth!! Amazing is right! #8735520Linda L. Ruiz 7/5/2010 6:34:27 AM
Love it. You need to enter this in the Cowboy and Indian magazine contest. This is fantastic. #8735531Linda L. Ruiz 7/5/2010 6:35:29 AM
http://www.cowboysindians.com/art-entertainment/art-galleries/2009-05/photo-contest.jspThis is the link. #8735538
Jack Ryan 7/5/2010 6:51:10 AM
Outstanding image in every way!!! Great work!!! #8735572Tammy M. Anderson 7/5/2010 6:54:24 AM
Outstanding capture and treatment, Mary Beth. Think we will see this again. #8735579Cynthia M. Yarde-Kiernan 7/5/2010 7:09:50 AM
Fabulous work!!! This is a stunning all round great image! Love this :-) #8735614Monnie Ryan 7/5/2010 7:34:28 AM
Absolutely awesome action shot, Mary Beth! #8735653Jessica Jenney 7/5/2010 7:40:03 AM
Amazing capture and work of art, Mary Beth! #8735677Douglas Pignet 7/5/2010 7:43:33 AM
Beautiful work on this whole series...Another lovely action packed image.. #8735695Stacy Lankford 7/5/2010 9:24:39 AM
Amazing capture! Great action and drama! #8735842Sabrina Ryan 7/5/2010 9:30:21 AM
Excellent work, Mary Beth! #8735856Tarun Bose 7/5/2010 12:56:48 PM
Outstanding image, Mary Beth. #8736088Kay E. Mahoney 7/5/2010 2:14:21 PM
Beautiful work, Mary Beth. love the series and the effect. #8736218Michelle Alton 7/5/2010 6:40:44 PM
You have yourself a SURE winner, Mary Beth. What a fantastic image! #8736699Karen Walzer 7/5/2010 7:15:11 PM
Fantastic! Love the action you've captured here! #8736761Jack Gaskin 7/5/2010 7:37:30 PM
Just A GREAT SERIES of shots this one however isHappy Shooting
Jack #8736781
Leslie McLain 7/6/2010 4:32:27 AM
Amazing capture, Mary Beth. A great series of images.David M. Montero 7/6/2010 9:01:36 AM
You are so talented Mary Beth. This is a great image with wonderful treatments. I am impressed! #8737959Karen Celella 7/6/2010 9:44:17 AM
I'm thrilled to see you have started another series Mary Beth. I hope you enter that contest. This is a winner for sure! #8738039Daniel Ruf 7/7/2010 3:28:00 AM
A real stunner, Mary Beth. Just the right moment and great post processing treatments. #8739705Jean E. Hildebrant 7/9/2010 11:39:42 AM
Your series is wonderful, Mary Beth! I especially love this one!! #8744817Dianna Murphy 7/11/2010 8:29:30 AM
Wow so much action and excitement in this image. The tones and treatment are masterful. #8748112William C. Raco 7/11/2010 8:35:59 AM
Fantastic!Terry Cervi 7/12/2010 12:53:19 PM
Eceptional work, Mary Beth!! I love it! #8751153Nikki McDonald 8/4/2010 5:34:59 PM
I am sure you will have multiple finalists for July, Mary Beth, and this one will surely be among them. It is my favorite of your entries. The moment of the capture, the sharpness of the stopped action, the back lighting that works to highlight the front riders, the dust, the expressions, the tones, the effects -- I'm with everyone else. I love it.Gina Cormier 8/13/2010 2:04:33 PM
CONGRATS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL IMAGE!!!!! #8826364Michelle Alton 8/13/2010 2:38:19 PM
Your July collection of Finalists is brilliant, Mary Beth. Your work is awesome. Congratulations! #8826744Jack Ryan 8/13/2010 2:40:33 PM
What deserving selection...congratulations again!!! #8826768Renee Doyle 8/13/2010 3:58:05 PM
This is just fantastic work Mary Beth!!! Congratulations!! #8827346Nikki McDonald 8/13/2010 4:00:26 PM
I thought so, Mary Beth, and I fully expect this to go on. Congratulations and good luck. #8827379Robyn A. Terrell 8/13/2010 4:32:39 PM
Wow, Mary Beth, this looks amazing! Huge congrats to you! #8827668Monnie Ryan 8/13/2010 6:29:53 PM
I'm thrilled to see photos from your wonderful series be rewarded, Mary Beth -- congratulations on all your Finalists! #8828622Phyllis H. Burchett 8/13/2010 6:55:56 PM
FANTASTIC Mary Beth, congrats! #8828804Donna LaMattino Pagakis 8/13/2010 7:11:13 PM
Congratulations on your finalist Mary Beth, this is so COOL!!! #8828893ALLEN O. HOWARD 8/13/2010 7:32:10 PM
WINNER!!! WoW Mary Beth! WOW! Congratulations! #8829012Usman M. Bajwa 8/14/2010 2:01:25 AM
CONGRATZ on your beautiful Finalist!!UB. #8829857
Nancyj E. Hovey 8/14/2010 8:04:15 AM
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SDatha Y. Thompson 8/14/2010 8:04:29 AM
CONGRATULATIONS!! :) #8831281Stephanie Frey 8/14/2010 9:46:30 AM
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist, Mary Beth! #8831694Cyn Valentine 8/14/2010 9:51:35 AM
Awesome..congratulations Mary Beth! #8831720Debra R. Harder 8/14/2010 12:53:40 PM
WOW...this is sooooooooo AWESOME, Marty Beth! Congratulations on another SUPERB finalist!! Deb #8832470Lydia Williams 8/14/2010 3:56:46 PM
Another fantastic finalist, Mary Beth. These cowboy shots are really done well. I love them. Congratulations! #8833488Anne M. Young 8/14/2010 11:55:29 PM
Another Super Finalist - congratulations! These are a stunning series #8834842Ken Smith 8/15/2010 1:12:05 PM
I always like the reenactments...no exception here. Congrats, Mary Beth! #8836808Liz blahh 8/15/2010 8:29:49 PM
Awesome capture, congrats! I feel like I'm at the movies! #8837887Judy V. Kennamer 8/16/2010 4:16:34 AM
Gorgeous Finalist Mary Beth!!! CONGRATS!!!! This is magical! I absolutely love it!!! #8838480JO ANN CLEVELAND 8/16/2010 8:26:20 AM
This series is absolutely spectacular Mary Beth! Congratulations, bet we see these again...jo ann c. #8839189
Kathleen Brennan 8/16/2010 11:25:49 AM
Wow! I see you got just a few finalists! they are all wonderful and I think this is my very favorite! I love how you have handled the lighting in all of these! #8839483Susan Fox 8/16/2010 2:24:58 PM
Congrats on your first place win!!!!!! #8839820Cindy Hamilton 8/16/2010 2:24:58 PM
Fantastic winner. I have loved it since I first saw it! It certainly has the wow factor. #8839822Cindy Hamilton 8/16/2010 2:25:10 PM
Fantastic winner. I have loved it since I first saw it! It certainly has the wow factor. #8839824Renee Doyle 8/16/2010 2:28:50 PM
WTG Mary Beth!!!!!!! This is fantastic!! Congrats on an outstanding first place winner!! #8839843Leslie McLain 8/16/2010 2:29:05 PM
Congrats on your terrific winner, Mary Beth. #8839845Lynne Morris 8/16/2010 2:30:28 PM
WTG on this beautiful winner Mary Beth. #8839858Cheryl Schneider 8/16/2010 2:35:44 PM
Congratulations on a well deserved win! This is a beautifully crafted image. #8839892Mark Dodge 8/16/2010 2:44:00 PM
Excellent First Place Win! Full of action and fun. Great job! Congratulations! #8839940Agnes Fegan 8/16/2010 2:44:03 PM
Wonderful winning image...congrats!!! #8839941Agnes Fegan 8/16/2010 3:03:53 PM
Congratulations on your outstanding 1st Place Gold award Mary Beth. A very deserving win for an outstanding photo.Brian #8840023
Jessica Jenney 8/16/2010 3:25:02 PM
Congratulations, Mary Beth on your fabulous First Place Win! #8840135Gail P. Sullivan 8/16/2010 3:26:41 PM
Mary Beth...like something out of the movies...just fabulous...big congrats! #8840148Liz blahh 8/16/2010 3:27:32 PM
Congratulations on your first place winner! #8840154Michelle Alton 8/16/2010 3:29:08 PM
Keep the winners coming, Mary Beth. There were so many among your July offerings. All stunners! #8840165Patrick Rouzes 8/16/2010 3:30:43 PM
Mary Beth, CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible GOLD MEDAL WINNER! WTG! #8840178Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 8/16/2010 3:35:12 PM
Fantastic July Winner, Mary Beth! :-) k #8840204Nancyj E. Hovey 8/16/2010 3:43:07 PM
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SKaren E. Baumann 8/16/2010 3:43:52 PM
LOVE IT! congratulations on this wonderful First Place Win, Mary Beth! #8840278Stephanie Frey 8/16/2010 3:44:36 PM
Congratulations, Mary Beth!! #8840286Carol L. Fowler 8/16/2010 3:50:55 PM
Congrats on the WIN! #8840343Melissa G. Meiselman 8/16/2010 3:56:43 PM
Amazing action shot, Mary Beth!! Congratulations on this fantastic first place winner!!! #8840391Kay Beausoleil 8/16/2010 3:59:47 PM
Congratulations, Mary Beth, for this great First Place win! #8840425Sandra Anderson 8/16/2010 4:04:45 PM
Congratulations Mary Beth on this outstanding win. #8840469Kara L. Hendricks 8/16/2010 4:06:13 PM
HUGE congratulations Mary Beth!! #8840482Anita Hogue 8/16/2010 4:07:56 PM
WOWSA, the tones and clarity are excellent, Mary Beth!Randy D. Dinkins 8/16/2010 4:14:56 PM
Great shot!!! Well deserved, big congrats! #8840557Susan Candelario 8/16/2010 4:22:07 PM
Fantastic image! Big Congratz and very well deserved! #8840619Anne M. Young 8/16/2010 4:30:54 PM
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ......love this #8840667Renata Gusciora 8/16/2010 4:59:13 PM
Huge congratulations on your incredible First Place Win,Mary Beth!!!:-) #8840818Debra R. Harder 8/16/2010 5:05:26 PM
WTG, Mary Beth!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on your BRILLIANT FIRST PLACE WINNER!!! Deb #8840871Sabrina Ryan 8/16/2010 5:19:45 PM
CONGRATULATIONS Mary Beth!! #8840933Vickie J. Jenkins 8/16/2010 5:23:49 PM
Very deserving! Congratulations! #8840957David Phalen 8/16/2010 5:28:44 PM
BIG Congrats on a terrific Winner!! #8840995Danny B. Head 8/16/2010 5:55:18 PM
Love the entire series! Fantastic image..wonderful win!!! #8841090Judy V. Kennamer 8/16/2010 6:13:31 PM
WTG Mary Beth- CONGRATS!!! One of my all-time favorites!!! Great job Girl!!! #8841182Sam Britt 8/16/2010 6:17:13 PM
Big Congratulations on your first place winner, Mary Beth!! #8841202Usman M. Bajwa 8/16/2010 6:17:50 PM
My fave of your July submits, Mary Beth. HUGE CONGRATZ on your First Place win! WTG!UB. #8841209
Patti Coblentz 8/16/2010 6:39:47 PM
Congratulations on this outstanding 1st place win, Mary Beth!! #8841352William C. Raco 8/16/2010 7:25:44 PM
This is a wonderful headliner for your amazing series, Mary Beth.Ken Smith 8/16/2010 7:54:05 PM
Super job, Mary Beth...huge congrats to you!! #8841635Ellen Hodges 8/16/2010 8:31:01 PM
Huge congrats on this super winner, Mary Beth!!!!! #8841753Bonnie C. Lackey 8/16/2010 9:43:10 PM
Great job, Mary Beth!!! #8841879Stanley C. Sims 8/16/2010 9:56:52 PM
Great timing on this beauty Mary Beth. Just mind blowing. Big congrats on your winner. #8841909Donna LaMattino Pagakis 8/16/2010 10:05:39 PM
I love this Mary Beth, a huge congratulations on your FIRST PLACE WIN!!!! Outstanding work!!!! #8841925Bojan Bencic 8/16/2010 10:30:09 PM
Congratulations on your fantastic winner, Mary Beth. #8841968Janice Windrum 8/16/2010 10:46:51 PM
Amazing! Congratulations! #8842012Courtenay Vanderbilt 8/17/2010 2:22:44 AM
Fantastic Mary Beth! Congratulations! #8842202John Rivera 8/17/2010 3:37:38 AM
Congratulations on a great series and beautiful winner! #8842269Nikki McDonald 8/17/2010 4:02:29 AM
Congratulations on a fantastic and very well-deserving first place win, Mary Beth. #8842306Stefania Barbier 8/17/2010 4:41:48 AM
it's a beauty... congrats!!! #8842370R. J. Laudenbacher 8/17/2010 5:01:34 AM
What a great win Mary Beth. Oustanding work! Congratulations to you. #8842452JO ANN CLEVELAND 8/17/2010 5:11:07 AM
Big congratulations on this awesome 1st Place winner Mary Beth!jo ann c. #8842493
Karen Celella 8/17/2010 5:18:08 AM
Huge congratulations on your outstanding series that has been nicely rewarded and enjoyed by so many, Mary Beth. This first place winner is my favorite and very well deserved. Enjoy the glory of your many winners and keep them coming! Your work is truly an inspiration!! #8842526Murry Grigsby 8/17/2010 5:26:08 AM
Congrats on your terrific image and win Mary Beth! #8842554frank w. degenhardt 8/17/2010 5:32:37 AM
Fantastic actions work here Mary Beth. A big CONGRARULATIONS on the First Place win. Way to go. #8842580Gina Cormier 8/17/2010 6:02:59 AM
Wooohooooo!!!! CONGRATS MARY BETH!! WELL DESERVED!!!!! #8842719Datha Y. Thompson 8/17/2010 6:18:25 AM
LOVE THIS Mary Beth!!! ;)Linda D. Lester 8/17/2010 6:21:16 AM
WTG!! Beautiful winner!!!! Congratulations! #8842790Mary Beth Aiello 8/17/2010 6:39:50 AM
Thank you all so very much for your very kind comments. They are truly appreciated. #8842869Kathy Cline 8/17/2010 6:47:02 AM
LOVE THOSE EQUINESVal Feldman 8/17/2010 7:18:44 AM
Terrific stop action plus the most amazing detail and light. What a winning combo and what a fine outstanding Gold Win! Congratulations, Mary Beth! #8843021Katarina Mansson 8/17/2010 8:42:04 AM
WTG Mary Beth - big congratulations! #8843209Mitch Spence 8/17/2010 9:03:43 AM
Mary Beth, I didn't get a chance to do my favorites list because of all the running about, but this would have been my choice, although choosing between these amazing and beautifully presented images from the series is nearly impossible. But this is a spectacular image, beautifully done, and I congratulate you. #8843282Naomi Weiser 8/17/2010 9:27:15 AM
what an amazing shot, super congrats! #8843346Jeff Robinson 8/17/2010 11:51:03 AM
Congrats Mary Beth on this Amazing and Well Deserved Win!! Jeff #8843566Patricia Seidler 8/17/2010 12:09:38 PM
Congratulations on this outstanding winner Mary Beth! #8843622Lydia Williams 8/17/2010 12:49:44 PM
Well deserved win, Mary Beth! Congratulations!! :) #8843737Denny E. Barnes 8/17/2010 2:27:31 PM
Very Beautiful, Mary Beth! Congratulations on you excellent First Place Win!! It well deserves the gold!!! #8844000Janet McNeil 8/17/2010 3:45:34 PM
Beautiful capture!! Congrats on your First place win!! #8844153MELODIE C. ROBERTS 8/17/2010 3:54:25 PM
Well Well WellSandy Stigliano 8/17/2010 4:09:45 PM
Amazing image, congratulations on a well deserved first place!! #8844209Lisa J. Boulden 8/17/2010 9:07:55 PM
Woweee, Mary Beth!!!Kathy Salerni 8/17/2010 9:36:59 PM
Huge congrats on your well deserved First Place win, Mary Beth! #8844788Janie S. Oliver 8/17/2010 9:45:09 PM
Outstanding shot. Congrats on your win! #8844809Shawn Jennings 8/18/2010 6:06:16 AM
Fantastic work, Mary Beth! Congratulations on your win! #8845432Erica Murphy 8/18/2010 9:55:49 AM
WOW!! What a stunning and fantastic image Mary Beth!!!!! BIG CONGRATS on your WIN!! #8845913ALLEN O. HOWARD 8/18/2010 10:03:22 AM
As I said Mary Beth, "WINNER!". I knew this had nowhere else to go. Congratulations! #8845939Irene Colling 8/18/2010 10:21:37 AM
Very dynamic image Mary Beth with lots of action and excitment. The low saturation adds to the old west feel of the subject matter.Congratulations on the winner. #8845977
Linda Blair 8/18/2010 2:39:31 PM
Congratulations on your outstanding winner!!!!!! #8846455Phyllis H. Burchett 8/18/2010 8:45:26 PM
HUGE congrats Mary Beth on this awesome winner, the whole series rocks! #8847100Cindy Bendush 8/18/2010 9:42:19 PM
Fabulous Mary Beth! Big congratulations on your win! #8847148Manos Peponas 8/18/2010 10:23:51 PM
Congratulations on your well deserved win! #8847228Manos Peponas 8/18/2010 10:23:51 PM
Congratulations on your well deserved win! #8847229Charlotte LaBarbera 8/19/2010 7:35:40 AM
I agree with everything said above. It seems that most of the "people" winners tend to be of the portrait nature as opposed to action or decisive moment. I love that this one won. Probably something to do with your post-processing technique. If you teach a class for BetterPhoto, I'll sign up. #8848253Tarun Bose 8/19/2010 10:56:02 AM
Big congrats for your mind blowing winner image, Mary Beth. #8848594Becky J. Parkinson 8/19/2010 7:36:31 PM
Wow!! This is just incredible. It is so full of excitement, expression, action, etc. I love the effects as well. Excellent!! #8849564Pattie Smith 8/20/2010 3:23:47 PM
You are probably tired from reading all of the comments...but that is the coolest image I have ever seen! Congrats on your win..awesome! #8851279Mike Clime 8/20/2010 4:40:14 PM
Congratulations on your winner! #8851452Lindley Johnson 8/21/2010 8:06:53 AM
Fantastic action shot, Mary Beth! Congratulations on your outstanding First Place win! #8852587Patti Coblentz 8/22/2010 8:07:12 AM
Congratulations on your 101 win, too, Mary Beth!! An amazing image! #8854508Ray Thoms 8/22/2010 8:09:40 AM
A very deserving win Mary Beth......in both cases! #8854513Nikki McDonald 8/22/2010 8:10:38 AM
Way to go, Mary Beth -- congratulations on the 101 Favorites win, too. Wonderful wonderful capture and creation. #8854518Susie Peek-Swint 8/22/2010 8:16:41 AM
Many congrats on your 101 Favourite and first-place winner Mary Beth ~ well deserved on this terrific capture! #8854531Mitch Spence 8/22/2010 8:21:43 AM
Oh, yes, absolutely, a winner in every way. #8854550Kara L. Hendricks 8/22/2010 8:23:45 AM
HUGE congrats on your 1st Place win.... and for winning the 101 Favorites for the month of July! #8854559William C. Raco 8/22/2010 9:46:55 AM
Congratulations on the First Place win and the win and 101David Phalen 8/22/2010 9:47:47 AM
Well, of course!! BIG Congrats!! #8854706Graham Robards 8/22/2010 9:50:55 AM
I really love this image Mary Beth, congratulations. ~Pat #8854712Amanda D. Austwick 8/22/2010 11:16:02 AM
Really lovely western action image. Congratulations Mary Beth on the Pic of the month and the 1st place win!!! #8854833Jane Holestine 8/22/2010 11:51:31 AM
I absolutely love this image; it is so well-captured and presented. Congrats!! #8854891Usman M. Bajwa 8/22/2010 11:55:20 AM
CONGRATZ again, now on the PG 101 Winner, Mary Beth!UB. #8854899
Mary Beth Aiello 8/22/2010 1:18:54 PM
Wow, I didn't know about the PG 101 choice. What an honor. Thanks so very much. #8854967Bob Cournoyer 8/22/2010 2:39:29 PM
Congrats on your 101 Favorites favorite win... :-)Katarina Mansson 8/22/2010 11:12:43 PM
Congrats ... again!!! #8855814Dr Silly 8/23/2010 5:51:54 AM
Congratulations Mary Beth on your 101 Monthly Favorite win. And on your Gold win. I think your the best at this type of shot. :O) #8856352Karen E. Baumann 8/23/2010 7:11:04 AM
Another congrats for the July winner of PG101!!! Great series, great image, wonderful processing... well deserved!!! #8856547Graeme yew Chow 8/24/2010 1:47:13 AM
Excellent photo with all the actions and excitement here. Big Congrats Mary. #8858143Michael M. Petrizzo 9/16/2010 4:47:00 PM
Mary Beth, this is a fantastic image. Congrats on this win. #8910332The Old Wild West -- A Series
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Please have a look at the wikipage http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FCNewInit/Initscripts and change your initscripts to comply with the LSB standard. Especially check the exit status and add a LSB Header. E.g. starting a service should return with 0, if the service is already running and stopping a stopped service should also return with 0. Also check, if your service has to be _on_ per default, and turn it off in the old chkconfig line, if not. Thank you.
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported during the development of Fedora 8. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are changing the version of this bug to '8'. If this bug still exists in rawhide, please change the version back to rawhide. (If you're unable to change the bug's version, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help and we apologize for the interruption. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
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Cars > musclecar_freak's Garage > Blog > Ice Racing at the Lungauring in St. Michael
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This is very cool, because many cars from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90's can see. In the infield and outside, you can go on morning or to make a practical course on the drift on snow and ice. In the afternoon there is a competition. The competition takes place in the infield. However, you do not partecipate in it. You can also go on the outside if you like. Last year we had - 2.2 degrees in Lungau.
So it is very cold. But it makes a lot of fun!
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- Jun 28, 2010 at 3:26 pm
- I live in the middle of Canada. We get lots of snow & ice, and I enjoy rear drive vehicles to drift around corners with the power on. We also have snowmobiles and my V Max Yamaha will run 160 kph +
We do have ice racing here, but it isn't as popular as asphalt or dirt track racing.
Thanks for sharing your pictures and information about your part of the world,,Jim
- Jun 22, 2010 at 7:17 am
- That has to take a lot of talent.
- Jun 21, 2010 at 7:28 am
- Sounds like a lot of fun, that is if you can take the cold. Personally, I don't like the frozen cold. Getting too old and can't take it any more. lol
- Jun 20, 2010 at 9:00 am
- Totally AWESOME
- Jun 19, 2010 at 7:49 am
- Ah, the memories!
Minis, MGAs, and Austin 1800s on frozen Trout lake in February!
Great times from the Sixties!
Thanks for sharing this!
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When my grandmother, and soon after my grandfather died many years ago, so did this tradition, and the recipe. Its unfortunate that I didnt talk to him more. I was young when he passed, but I don't think I new him very well. The same goes for my grandparents on both my mom and dads side. I remember all of my grandparents, but really knew nothing about them. I know my background is Polish and French, I know the town my one grandfather is from in France, and thats about it. My folks dont talk about their parents much, and the one person who knows more about my family than anyone is my brothers soon to be ex-wife. There goes the knowledge base.
The gallette is one of those things that I have always wanted to replicate. Taste and smell are wonderful memory aids. Its amazing how you can catch a whiff of something; fresh cut grass, a summer rain, baking, and be taken back years to a childhood, to be placed back in the very scene. You can almost look around and see and smell everything around you in great detail. A simple scent can transport you in full HD back to a time you could not have recalled if you tried. So for years that is what I have wanted to do. Create a time machine powered by the elusive gallette.
My father informed me that all he recalled was that the recipe had a lot of eggs and butter. I knew it could not have been that complicated, but still I wanted some idea of the ingredient portions, so I could try to make these. As luck would have it, a year ago my ex-wife discovered the gallette iron in the basement of her house, and returned it to me. So last year I decided I was going to try and reawaken this tradition. So last year, after much googling, and ingredient tweaking. I made a variation of the (clearly non-vegan ) following recipe:
Simple right? I think the iron is key, and of course all of the love. You do have to make these one at a time, about 45 seconds on each side. If that isn't love, I don't know what is.
So what is important here? Making a cookie that tastes a lot like what my grandfather used to make? Am I really conjuring up the spirit or essence of my grandfather by doing this? If I alter this recipe, will he care? Will anyone care? I'm actually surprised at how I feel pulled in different directions over a very simple recipe, that we have all basically forgotten for almost 30 years. I have decided that I'm not going to make this recipe in its original form. I'm going to contemplate my family heritage, and in the meantime, I could use some advice on this recipe.
The drama is to be continued,... as is the veganization of the gallette.


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6 comments:
- Victoria / Justice Pirate said...
these are some great ones. too bad none are in my size. oh well. maybe next time.
- January 21, 2011
- Tricia said...
Well, damn, just when I said I wouldn't buy any more blue dresses. Why are so many of the cutest vintage dresses blue??
(Been reading for a while, first-time commenter, btw. I love your blog!) - January 21, 2011
- LizAnn said...
These dresses are amazing!! I love your picks! :)
VPV Intern
http://www.shopVPV.com - January 21, 2011
- Mary said...
Ooh these are so pretty! I loooove the navy blue one in the lower left hand corner. It has a pioneer flair to it. Beautiful!
~Mary - January 21, 2011
- Les Robes Vintage said...
Toutes plus belles les unes que les autres !
- January 23, 2011
- Maria E. said...
Loove the polka dot one in the middle row! But they're all really cute. :)
-- Maria E.
www.uneasyimpressions.blogspot.com - January 26, 2011
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Madeleine of Valois
Madeleine of Valois | |
Madeleine de Valois by Corneille de la Haye
Queen consort of Scots | |
Tenure | 1 January – 7 July 1537 |
Born |
St. Germain-en-Laye, Paris, Kingdom of France |
10 August 1520
Died |
7 July 1537 Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland |
(aged 16)
Burial | Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland |
Spouse | James V of Scotland |
House | House of Valois-Angoulême |
Father | Francis I of France |
Mother | Claude, Duchess of Brittany |
Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who became Queen of Scots as the first spouse of King James V.
- Early life 1
- Marriage negotiations 2
- Queen of Scots 3
- Death 4
- Ancestry 5
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Early life
Madeleine was born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the fifth child and third daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany (daughter of King Louis XII of France and Anne, Duchess of Brittany). Very frail from birth, she grew up in the warm and temperate Loire Valley region of France, rather than at Paris, as her father feared that the cold would destroy her delicate health. Together with her sister Margaret, she was raised by her aunt, Marguerite de Navarre. This lasted until her father remarried and his new wife, Eleanor of Austria, took them into her own household.[1] By her sixteenth birthday, she had contracted tuberculosis.
Marriage negotiations
Three years before Madeleine's birth, the Franco-Scottish Treaty of Rouen was made to bolster the Auld Alliance after Scotland's defeat at the Battle of Flodden. A marriage to a French Princess for the Scottish King was one of its provisions. In April 1530, John Stewart, Duke of Albany, was appointed commissioner to finalise the royal marriage between James V and Madeleine.[2] However, as Madeleine did not enjoy good health, another French bride, Mary of Bourbon, was proposed. Mary of Bourbon would be given a dowry as if she were the French king's daughter.
James V contracted to marry Mary of Bourbon, and travelled to France in 1536 to meet her, but smitten with the delicate Madeleine, asked Francis I for her hand in marriage. Citing her illness and the harsh climate of Scotland, which he feared would prove fatal to his daughter's already failing health, Francis I initially refused to permit the marriage.[3]
James V continued to press Francis I for Madeleine's hand, and despite his reservations and nagging fears, Francis I reluctantly granted permission to the marriage when Madeleine made her interest in marrying James very obvious. The pair married on 1 January 1537 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.[4] Francis I also provided Madeleine with a very generous (and much needed) dowry, which considerably boosted the Scottish treasury. According to the marriage contract made at Blois, Madeleine renounced her and any of her heirs' claims to the French throne. If James died first, Madeleine would retain for her lifetime assets including the Earldoms of Fife, Strathearn, Ross, and Orkney with Falkland Palace, Stirling Castle, and Dingwall Castle, with the Lordship of Galloway and Threave Castle.[5]
Queen of Scots
After months of festivities and celebrations, the couple left France for Scotland in May 1537. By this time, Madeleine's health had deteriorated even further, and she was very sick when the royal pair landed in Scotland. They arrived at Leith at 10 o'clock on Whitsun-Eve, 19 May.[6] According to John Lesley the ships were laden with her possessions;
"besides the Quenes Hienes furnitour, hinginis, and appareill, quhilk wes schippit at Newheavin and careit in Scotland, was also in hir awin cumpanye, transportit with hir majestie in Scotland, mony costlye jewells and goldin wark, precious stanis, orient pearle, maist excellent of any sort that was in Europe, and mony coistly abilyeaments for hir body, with mekill silver wark of coistlye cupbordis, cowpis, & plaite."[7]
A detailed list of wedding presents from Francis I also survives.[8] Some of her French courtiers came too and are included among the eleven named members of her household; her former governess, Anne de Boissy, Madame de Montreuil; Madame de Bren; her secretary, Jean de Langeac, Bishop of Limoges; master household, Jean de St Aubin; squire, Charles de Marconnay; doctor, Master Partix; pages John Crammy and Pierre de Ronsard; furrier Gillan; butcher John Kenneth; barber Anthony.[9]
Madeleine wrote to her father from Edinburgh on 8 June 1537 saying that she was better and her symptoms had diminished.[10] However, a month later, on 7 July 1537, (a month before her 17th birthday), Madeleine, the so-called "Summer Queen" of Scots, died in her husband's arms at Edinburgh, Scotland.
Queen Madeleine was interred in Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. Madeleine's marriage and death was commemorated by the poet David Lyndsay's Deploration of Deith of Quene Magdalene, the poem describes the pageantry of the marriage in France and Scotland;
O Paris! Of all citeis principall!
Quhilk did resave our prince with laud and glorie,
Solempnitlie, throw arkis triumphall. [arkis = arches]
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Thou mycht have sene the preparatioun
Maid be the Thre Estaitis of Scotland
In everilk ciete, castell, toure, and town
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Thow saw makand rycht costlie scaffalding
Depaynted weill with gold and asure fyne
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Disagysit folkis, lyke creaturis devyne,
On ilk scaffold to play ane syndrie storie
Bot all in greiting turnit thow that glorie. [greiting = crying: thow = death][11]
Less than a year after her death, her husband married the widowed Mary of Guise, who had attended his wedding to Madeleine. Twenty years later, listed amongst the treasures in Edinburgh Castle were two little gold cups, an agate basin, a jasper vase, and crystal jug given to Madeleine when she was a child in France.[12]
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- ^ Marshall, Rosalind K. (2003). Scottish Queens, 1034-1714. Tuckwell Press. p. 101.
- ^ Hay, Denys, Letters of James V, HMSO (1954), 43-44, 51-52, 170.
- ^ Ashley, Mike (1999). The mammoth book of British kings and queens. London: Robinson Publishers. p. 570.
- ^ "Why did the 'Rough Wooing' Fail to break the Auld Alliance?"
- ^ Hay, Denys, Letters of James V, HMSO (1954), 325-6.
- ^ State Papers Henry VIII, vol. 5 part 4 cont., (1836), 79, Clifford to Henry VIII.
- ^ Thomson, Thomas ed., John Lesley's History of Scotland, Bannatyne Club, (1830), 299.
- ^ Guthrie, William, General History of Scotland, vol. 5, (1767), 166 note: "The Historical works of Sir James Balfour", vol. 1, Edinburgh (1824), 266-267: NLS Adv. MS 33:2:15.
- ^ Thomas, Andrea, Princelie Majestie, John Donald (2005), 45.
- ^ Hay, Denys, Letters of James V, HMSO (1954), 331-2.
- ^ Hadley Williams, Janet ed., Sir David Lyndsay, Selected Poems, ASLS, Glasgow (2000), 101-108, 260-266.
- ^ Thomson, Thomas, A Collection of Inventories, Bannatyne Club (1815), 63.
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1A long, thin stick or rod.
- 'Blind-folded and with the crowd egging him on, the wand in his hand moved in the air swiftly and continuously in search of that elusive pot.'
- 'Air Jamaica has reduced its flights to the UK in the wake of the introduction of hi-tech wands that can detect cocaine inside passengers.'
- 'Helping children sail through their homework, Geetika might not have a wand, but she is using a more potent energy: the Internet.'
- 'One way to teach the horse how to back up is to use a whip handle (or you can call it a stick or a wand if you like those terms better) to show the horse which foot you want him to move.'
- 'But this time, anytime, you know, the wand beeped, they touched me in that spot.'
- 'They check between my legs with a wand that makes a noise. They do all of this in front of other passengers.'
- 'Next, he uses the steaming wand to whip up an ideal cream, not too airy, not too thin.'
- 'It is driven by gears rather than a belt, and also comes with a telescopic extendable wand which means it can get into tight corners and edges.'
- 'There is a tip wand that stretches the sail out to fit onto the winglets, which are held in place by the aluminum tip tube.'
- 'A very polite guy came over and started to run the wand over me.'
- 'These range from those high-pressure watering wands designed for insect control to natural predators like lacewings and predatory mites to botanical and chemical pesticides.'
- 'The day begins with early risers 'beating' those who are still in bed with small whips or wands made of colored paper by the children of the household.'
- 'The physician merely waves an electronic wand in front of the patient's chest.'
- 'You will need to keep the pressure wand fairly close to the siding surface to effectively remove the old paint.'
- 'Maintain an adequate and consistent distance between the pressure wand and the brickwork so that the spray is not concentrated in orie spot.'
- 'I would hold a wand, made of the silver stick, silver star, and ribbons and on my feet the pink ballet shoes.'
- 'Teams of 'logocops' have been scanning Olympic souvenir items in shops and market stalls across Sydney with special wands that can detect 'unofficial' goods.'
- 'Each musician uses a fibre-optic wand to trigger samples of the space sounds.'
- 'Driven by gears rather then a belt, it also has a telescopic wand to reach tight corners, no bag and washable filters.'
- 'During a routine security check at the airport in Kuujjuaraapik, a man became agitated when the wand that is used to check for metal began to beep loudly when security agents waved it near him.'
baton, stick, staff, pole, bar, dowel, rod, stakeView synonyms- 1.1 A rod thought to have magic properties, used in casting spells or performing conjuring tricks.'the fairy godmother waves her magic wand and grants the heroine's wishes'
- 'Just then, the fairy godmother appeared, waved her magic wand, and turned the blades of grass into stems and leaves to hide the cups from the angry queen.'
- 'For example, in ritual, swords or knives or wands or candles are often symbolically plunged into chalices.'
- 'I can't wave a magic wand and suddenly make things right.'
- 'In these exciting postmodern times, the old school elemental weapons of wand, pentacle, sword and cup are just no longer relevant to our 21st century lives.'
- 'To couch it in Wilson's terms, the skills you need are vaguely analogous to the qualities represented by the cup, the wand, the sword and the pentacle.'
- 'I wanted my Harry Potter supply box that came with four pencils and eight crayons and a ruler and a glue stick that all looked like wands.'
- 'Charity muttered something, raised her wand, and send electrical blue sparks towards the dragon.'
- 'It is like a magic trick, those wands which turn into bouquets.'
- 'Harry handed him his wand back, only lingering a little as the buzz passed through them.'
- 'My neighbor tells me it's the magic of the wand combined with my psychic aura.'
- 'Instead, it is told how Branchus cured plague once by a sprinkling of water from his wand and with two lines of strange words, each line consisting of arrangements of the 24 letters of the alphabet.'
- 'A blaze at a Bradford bookstore almost left Harry Potter fans snapping their wands in frustration.'
- 'Like a magician waving his magic wand, McGrath took on the guise of Merlin as he wove his magic, enrapturing his team-mates, opponents and adoring masses.'
- 'To see Sam now compared to how he was last week is amazing, It's as if someone has waved a magic wand to help him get better.'
- 'Gone are the wide-eyed kids performing unlikely miracles; enter the spiteful pre-teens who are more than eager to cross swords, and wands, with older muggles and magicians alike.'
- 'An all-new spell-casting system allows players to really feel the magic for the first time as the controller shakes and reacts with every flick of the wand.'
- 'Hats, bats and wands were created in the art department, while ghoulish recipes were cooked up in the kitchen.'
- 'I began by celebrating my first Full Moon, in August of 2002, by creating my first wand and formal altar before ritual.'
- 'Sure, the wand, chalice, dagger, and pentacle are fairly impressive allegorical objects, but frankly, they're quite outdated.'
- 'Yes, she has a black cat, a wand, a sword, altars with candies, and statues of gods, goddesses, and saints.'
baton, stick, staff, pole, bar, dowel, rod, stakeView synonyms - 1.2 A staff or rod held as a symbol of office.'the beadle rapped noisily with his wand'
- 'Wizards are always sticking their wands into any sort of magical affair.'
baton, stick, staff, pole, bar, dowel, rod, stakeView synonyms - 1.3informal A conductor's baton.baton, stick, staff, pole, bar, dowel, rod, stakeView synonyms
- 1.4 A small stick with a brush at one end used to apply mascara.'a mascara wand'
- 'Mascara wand in hand, I brushed my lashes with black.'
- 'More than 60% of women who have eyelash extensions wave goodbye to the mascara wand for ever, never to be seen without wonder-lashes again.'
- 'Kelly reassured her; now back at the mirror, mascara wand in hand.'
- 'I stood in front of the mirror and jabbed myself in the eye twice with mascara wand, I was that excited.'
- 'For once, her mother gave a genuine smile and whipped a mascara wand out of her pocket.'
- 'When applying mascara, drag the wand outwards to the outer upper corner to open up eyes further.'
- 'There was a small black dot near the corner of her eye where Leslie had doubtlessly stabbed herself with her mascara wand, and a streak of lip gloss on her glasses.'
- 'Just swipe the mascaralike wand on your strands for highlights that will last until you next wash your hair.'
- 'It comes in a wand like a mascara brush, which you sweep over your brows to give colour to the hairs rather than the skin.'
- 'Can you apply mascara on without smearing the wand across your nose?'
- 'Lampley didn't even flinch when she swatted at his eyes with a mascara wand and even powder-puffed his ears.'
- 'Most assuredly not, says Robinson, who attributes her dramatic transformation to the magic lick of a mascara wand and a touch of gloss.'
- 'She picked up a mascara wand and gently tugged it open, revealing a crisp new wand coated in mascara.'
- 'Noor yelled, swiveling around from her bureau chair to face her, a mascara wand in her hand.'
- 'This comes in a tube with a wand and you apply it like a lip gloss.'
- 'She opened a drawer in the restroom cabinet, moved aside a curling iron and a hairbrush, and stared with a long face at the coin nestled among the hair pens and mascara wands.'
- 'You can be bored, scared, hypercritical, injured by a mascara wand or half-asleep, and nobody will be any the wiser.'
- 'She couldn't use a mascara wand to save herself.'
- 'Use application techniques that permit direct contact with the pest weed, such as wands or paint brushes.'
- 'I screwed the wand back in the mascara bottle, looked in the mirror and practiced my neutral smile.'
2A handheld electronic device which can be passed over a barcode to read the encoded data.
'he waves the computer wand over the special barcode'- 'The person behind the counter, when I was buying the socks, tried to read the barcode with the 'wand', and when it couldn't read it, she hit the wand on the counter.'
- 'He swipes a bar-code wand across the waybill, a document that shows the contents and destination of the shipment.'
- 2.1 A device emitting a laser beam, used especially to create a pointer on a projected image or text.'you pull out a laser wand and point at the screen on the wall'
- 'Phillips' video montage bombards and caresses the objects with everything from sinuous watery imagery to bouncing polka dots and laser wands that cartwheel and flip with Morse-code rapidity.'
- 'The open surgical field of vision is being replaced by images seen through a telescopic wand.'
- 'With his wheezing voice and affinity for using his lecture wand as a torture instrument, any midnight Sabbath sounded better.'
- 'For this purpose, a small signal-creating source is inserted into the magnetic wand.'
- 2.2 Each of a pair of handheld lights used by a person on the ground to guide a taxiing aircraft at night.
- 'Keyan headed for the left side spot, guided by a tech in black coveralls on the ground, waving two light wands.'
- 'As a result, passengers and crew found orientation difficult, though the provision of snap light wands alleviated this problem to some degree.'
- 'Raise the hook quickly, add power, and taxi forward following the signals of the deckhand's wand light.'
- 'Marshallers replaced their flashlight wands and instead used blue chem-sticks to convey their taxi instructions to pilots.'
- 'Each wing-walker had only one lighted wand, rather than two.'
3wandsOne of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to batons in others.
Middle English: from Old Norse vǫndr, probably of Germanic origin and related to wend and wind.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Stop And Smell The Roses
Even though the title is cliche and many of us hear it from time to time, I am going to guess that the majority of us don't actually do it. I know I don't or at least I haven't in the past.
Last week I took Thursday and Friday off work to get some home improvement projects done around the house and clean out and organize my garage. On my way home from work on Wednesday I stopped and got all the materials I would need for the weekend so I wouldn't have to take the time to drive to town for anything. Once home I made a list of all the projects I wanted to complete and divided them into 3 days; planning to rest on Sunday. I packed the majority of the projects into Thursday and Friday. My plan was to work 12 to 16 hour days on both of those days and then have a light day on Saturday.
By Saturday morning I was completely exhausted. I had managed to stick to my schedule by working feverishly. While I somewhat enjoyed accomplishing things it was mostly about sticking to my schedule. The first thing on my list for Saturday morning was to repair the goat pen fence. As I was drinking coffee I was getting worked up knowing this was a time consuming project, but one that really needed to get done. I was cursing the fact that it was going to take up so much of my morning.
As I was sitting uncomfortably on rocks, surrounded by goat poo and chasing the girls away from my tools I looked up and realized the sun had just popped over the top of the Superstition Mountains. What a beautiful sight, I thought to myself. I paused for a few minutes to enjoy the beauty of the mountain that made me fall in love with Arizona back in the early 80's. I smiled. I remembered how much TJ loved those mountains also. I smiled again. I went back to fixing fence. A bit later I heard some rustling coming from the wash that runs through my property. It was a group of coyotes. I paused as they passed a mere 15 feet from me, looking at me warily. I then watched them wander off into the desert. I smiled again. It wasn't long before a covey of quail ran by cooing ever so softly and then a very small rabbit hopped up and just stared at me. I once again paused and focused on his deep eyes and his soft fur. Before I knew it I was done fixing fence. One more time I paused and looked around me. I thought about how lucky I am to live where I live. I thought about how grateful I am and how many things I have to be grateful for. I said out loud "I have a pretty damn good life!"
Yes, it took me longer to fix the fence than I had anticipated, but it was worth it. Down the road I won't remember that I fixed the fence in my self imposed time frame. I will remember the sun coming over the Superstitions, the coyotes and the other wildlife that stopped by. The rest of my Saturday was better for it.
"Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace." ~ Joan Borysenko
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It's so good to know you are smiling. Those same animals show up here too, but not all in the same morning. When things like that happen we have no choice but to stop and smell the roses. And you know what....when you get to be my age, you can't work that hard and breaks, smelling of roses, and observing nature and animals become mandatory. I am so glad to be back, visiting with all my friends again.
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I claim BriannaB03 (we have the same name!) for crochet bootcuffs.
Hello, my name is Bree. I identify myself as a mother, graphic designer, and crocheter, but I do much more. I currently reside near St. Louis, MO with my darling 3 year old daughter, Emmalynn, and my boyfriend of 5 years, Randy.
I love geometric shapes and designs, thick stripes, simplicity, and typography.
I love aliens, nudity, and Red Riding Hood.
I love black, mustard yellow, and burnt orange separately.
I love cyan, magenta, yellow, and black together.
I love coffee, hippy, and lavender scents.
I am a leather wearing tomboy with an eclectic, artsy side.
I hate floral, girly, or old timey designs.
I hate pinks, purples, and most blues.
I hate fruit and minty scents.
My daughter is a very typical 3 year old who loves pink, hipster fabric prints (houses, birds, etc), and stuffed animals. She loves playing outdoors, with her dolls, and playing games with mom and dad.
House themes:
Living Room: CMYK, Typography, very graphically inclined.
Bedroom: Scandanavian Theme. Greys, ivories, some blacks.
Office: Geometric styles. Yellow, Orange, Green as primary colors.
Kitchen: Red. Just red, I have no theme yet.
Emmas Room: Pink and Grey.
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■ Stretchy fabric hat.
■ Kindle Cover. I would actually LOVE this as a Merlin.
■ A fandom or alien themed mousepad
■ A cutesy "elf on a shelf" that can be used year-round. Like this or this.
■ Two red curtains like this. (or really, any simple style) I can send dimensions.
■ Re-useable paper towels in red/black.
■ A bike basket for my DDs new bike! (its hot pink and white) If you want to customize it even more, I can send you an idea of things shes into. =)
■ Easy art quilt (minimal sewing) with this technique. I LOVE the [triaxel] cube one!
■ Knitted elven hat!
■ Knitted fast hats. In fall, neutralish colors. (actually, I absolutely love the color in the photo)
■ Knitted regina hat for DD
■ Knitted bandana cowl. I ONLY want this in primary red.
■ Crochet alien. It doesn't need to be "baby", but I prefer it to be a muted green.
■ Crochet acorn pouch
■ Knitted scallop hat. No blues or purples.
■ Hoopla art (many ideas here.)
■ Art paper
■ This sculpted alien.
■ Paper Mache pots. here or here
■ House incense holder. Im assuming air dry clay would do the trick, but any medium is fine. =)
■ A serving tray to sit next to my coffee maker. (red and black) (I would love a glass one (*cough* GlassKicker *cough*), but it doesn't have to be)
■ CMYK hoopla art
■ Scandinavian style tapestry (Ill provide a quote)
■ A mosaic photo frame like this in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black.
SUPPLIES: (I am okay with used)
NOTE: I'm not really that interested in supplies this round unless it's bolded.
■ Yarn
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-super chunky in any colors
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-no supersavers or variegated, please
-only exception to variegated is a yellow, grey, and white mixture
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-I need a bigger hook than N for rugs and baskets.
■ T-Shirt yarn in any colors. (My next planned project is a large grey & yellow basket though)
■ Acrylic Paint (any colors)
■ Embroidery thread holders
■ Shrinky dink
■ Permanent markers (preferably double ended)
■ Metal Stamping Kit
■ Stamp making Kit
■ Nesting doll blanks
■ Essential oils in any scent but fruity
■ Black and assorted safety eyes (I have none, so anything is better than nothing)
■ Scrapbook Paper (there are SOME examples here, otherwise just go by this board for inspiration)
■ Washi Tape
■ Paint Pens
■ A magnet from your location
■ A printable or two =)
■ Coffee flavored anything.
■ Coconut candy


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This is the first of two posts on "Keepers". The first post discusses (1) what a keeper is and (2) why you should designate a Keeper. The forth-coming second post will discuss (3) the benefits of a Keeper and (4) some risks relating to a Keeper.
What is a "Keeper"?
Many non-Louisiana based commercial lenders/servicers will frequently confess to being mystified by the apparent anachronisms of Louisiana's "civil law" system. The good news is that many of Louisiana's laws governing commercial transactions have been modernized in recent years to, conceptually at least, bring them in line with other states. While the concepts behind these changes may be familiar, however, in true civil law fashion some of the terminology used remains distinct to Louisiana and can cause an unnecessary level of unease amongst those who are unfamiliar with the enforcement of security interests in the state.
For example, most every lender/servicer is familiar with the concept of appointing a receiver to administrate secured collateral, but Louisiana lawyers are often greeted with puzzlement when they ask whether a client would like to have a "Keeper" appointed during a foreclosure. To clear the air, a Keeper under Louisiana law is the basic equivalent of a receiver in other states. Louisiana's Keeper laws can generally be found at La. R.S. 9:5136, et seq., for immovable and movable property (though certain types of specialized collateral are governed by additional rules).
Designate or You May Be Dismayed
Whether you have a mortgage on immovable/movable property or a security agreement under Chapter 9 of Louisiana's Commercial Laws, make certain your security instrument either designates a specific Keeper or clearly sets forth your right to appoint one along with the method that will be used to designate a Keeper in the future, and sets forth how the Keeper's compensation will be treated. Failure to do so will permit the Court, upon request via summary proceeding, to appoint a designee of the Court to act as Keeper. This can often-times be disastrous as the Keeper appointed by the Court may not have the particular expertise required to handle larger commercial/multi-family assets.
If, for some reason, your security instrument does not designate a specific Keeper, or a methodology for designating a Keeper, you may, via a separate instrument executed by the parties, cover this gap. But remember that if part of your collateral is immovable property, this separate instrument will have to be executed/acknowledged in the presence of a notary and two witnesses.
Finally, while Louisiana law does permit the secured party to designate itself as the Keeper, for a host of reasons it will nearly always be the wiser move to designate a third party to administrate your collateral during the pendency of a foreclosure action.
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[UPDATED with Return to Other OC Ordered:] Casey Anthony Trades One Orange County (FL) For Another (CA)?
UPDATE, AUG. 1, 9:13 A.M.: What will me miss most about having had Casey Anthony in our own Orange County (or, more likely, OC-adjacent)?
Would it be her whisking away from John Wayne Airport by hired handlers? The wonder-inducing glimpses of someone who looked like her checking the calorie count on flax-seed chips at Whole Foods? The opportunity to see more (or so much more) of the real C.A., courtesy of Larry Flynt?
Much to ponder before she's gone, baby, gone, for OC, Florida.
MyFoxOrlando.com reports that Judge Stan Strickland today ordered Anthony to return to that Orange County to serve out her probation after pleading guilty to check fraud charges in 2010. Seems America's most hated mom stole checks and passed them off as her own.
She may have to return as soon as this week, the news site reports.
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UPDATE, JULY 29, 10:27 A.M.: When Casey Anthony was arrested for her daughter's murder, it's possible an officer in Orange County, Florida, told her to "Spread 'em."
Anthony just got a request to do the same, only she'll get $500,000 out of it if she complies this time.
King of the Hustler empire Larry Flynt reportedly offered her that amount to pose nude in his magazine.
Flynt revealed the offer on HLN's Nancy Grace Thursday night, although Anthony's camp quickly dismissed it as "nonsense," CNN reports.
The head Hustler honcho, who noted the offer includes 10 percent of profits on top of the half mil, said he initially did not consider Anthony as a model after a jury found her not guilty of killing little Caylee but changed his mind after being approached on a book tour by scores of horny men demanding he make America's most hated mom an offer.
"You've got men who say hey, I want to see her in her birthday suit," Flynt reportedly said. "There may be some sick individuals . . . but that's what life is all about."
Hugh Hefner recently told CNN's Piers Morgan that he, too, has heard from several men who want to see Anthony nude in Playboy. Some guys really do have a type. And by "guys" I mean "sick bastards."
UPDATE, JULY 19, 3:14 P.M.: Flight records indicate the private jet that whisked Casey Anthony away after she left Orange County, Fla., made stops in Panama City, Fla., Prescott, Ariz., and Northern California before eventually landing at John Wayne Airport, NBC's Today reports.
The hops were intended to throw off any media or harm-doers who may have been following the marked woman. The jet is reportedly owned by Todd Macaluso, one of Anthony's former attorneys, and kept in a hangar at Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. Macaluso's firm also has an office there.
ORIGINAL POST, JULY 19, 10 A.M.: It's been a chore the past several months weeding out the endless Casey Anthony links from my daily "Orange County" Google alerts, a phenomenon created by the existences of counties L'Orange in Florida and California (among other states).
But the link I stumbled upon this morning placed the World's Most Despised Mother (knock on wood, Octomom!) in this here county up in here: Orange County, CA.
According to reports, Anthony is avoiding the lynch mobs by having flown via private jet not for a new life in Ohio, as originally believed, but in Southern California.
Some chasers claim the jet, which may or may not have touched down in Columbus for a spell, ultimately landed at John Wayne Airport. Others say, no, that was misinformation put out by sources close to the late Caylee's mom to throw everyone off and protect her hide.
What does seem to be nailed down (in Jell-O, anyway) is that Ms. Anthony is bopping between multiple homes, particularly in Palm Springs and Carlsbad, something in this economy only successful gay couples can afford.
But here's the kicker: the former jailbird is apparently spending much time reconnecting with the outside in Orange and Los Angeles counties. So give that slim backside facing your recliner at Starbucks right now a double-take. It may belong to you-know-who.
Bonus points for "accidentally" spilling your latte over her head.
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Lot 8: Jules Jürgensen Gold Wristwatch, Switzerland, Around 1940
1181: Who Runs The World - Girls: Ladies' Watches
by Auctionata Paddle8 AG
21 October 2016
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Live Auction
Jules Jürgensen gold wristwatch
Switzerland, around 1940
Manual wind movement, calibre 116; 17 jewels, hour, minute, subsidiary second
Silver dial, blued hands
Watch case of 14K gold
Brown ostrich leather strap with gold plated pin buckle
Watch case no. 1561703
Watch case hallmarked
Case size: 21 x 35 mm; Height: 9 mm
Length of strap: 20 cm; Lugs width: 18 mm
Total weight: 27 g
Fully functional, good, age related condition with traces of wear, dial tarnished
This Jules Jürgensen gold wristwatch was made in Switzerland around 1940. The watch is fitted with a manual wind movement calibre 116 with 17 jewels and displays hour, minute and subsidiary second. The silver dial shows blued hands. The watch case is made of 14K gold. The watch has a brown ostrich leather strap with gold plated pin buckle. The watch case number is 1561703. The watch case is hallmarked.
The watch case size is 21 x 35 mm and the height is 9 mm. The strap is 20 cm long. The watch weighs 27 grams. The timepiece is in good, age related condition with traces of wear. The dial is tarnished. During in house testing the watch was fully functional. Long-term precision and regularity cannot be guaranteed.
Size and weight may deviate from the manufacturer's indication. All watches are hand-measured and weighed.
Should this lot contain property from endangered species, these elements will not be shipped. This only applies to prospective non-EU customers if a species conservation certificate is missing.
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