text: Mary Alice Pratt Rowe1916 ~ 2012"Home again, Home again . . ."Mary Alice Pratt Rowe, born December 4, 1916 in Burley, Cassia County, Idaho to Sarah Etta Bailey and Leonidas Moroni Pratt passed away on April 15, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri where she had been living for the past two years with her daughter, Deanne and her husband Bob. Previous to that she had lived for fourteen years with her children in Utah. She was 95 years old and, in her own words, "it has been a good life." She was the second oldest of eight children. She attended elementary schools in Canada and Bellingham, Washington and graduated from Meridian High School in 1935. She obtained her teachers certification at Albion State Normal School in Idaho in 1938, and later in life graduated from Western Washington State College, and also attended Brigham Young University. While teaching elementary school in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho she met Delos Allen Rowe and they married on July 22, 1941, in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. After living in Oakland, California for two years they moved to Bellingham, Washington, where they raised their family, raised turkeys and chickens, and served faithfully in the Bellingham Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She returned to teaching again after the death of their youngest child, Lorette. She taught elementary and middle school in Pocatello and Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, and in Bellingham, Washington. She loved teaching, counseling, teaching art, coaching the then noted Meridian Drill Team, and being a librarian in Meridian School District for many years. She cared for her students individually. After retiring from teaching in 1976 she spent the next 20 years caring for and traveling with Delos, doing artwork, genealogy, temple work, and sharing his love for horses and golf. She had a passion for doing and teaching genealogy and with Delos traveled the country doing research. They served together for many years in the Mesa Arizona, Seattle Washington, and London England LDS Temples. Her children and grandchildren were her daily joy following Delos's passing in 1991. She is preceded in death by her husband Delos, her daughter Lorette, one granddaughter Trenna, and two great granddaughters Autumn, and Amberlyn, as well as three brothers, Marvin, Joe, and Chuck Pratt, and two sisters Audrey Jones and Mildred Sandvik Poulsen. She will be greatly missed by her children and their spouses: Bruce and Sandra Tomila Rowe, Boise, Idaho; Mark and Paula Taylor Rowe, Orem, Utah, currently in New Zealand serving an LDS mission; Deanne and Bob Johnson, St. Louis, Missouri; and Glenn and Melody Carr Rowe, South Jordan, Utah; 34 grandchildren; 81 great grandchildren; and her brother Wally Pratt and sister Jean Poulsen. We are sure that her advice to those of us she has left behind would be, "family is everything" "I guess you'll just have to pray a lot" and "carry on, carry on, carry on!" What a glorious reunion she is surely having with Dad (Dos) and Lorette, and all those other Rau's, Bailey's, and Pratt's she grew to know and love so personally through her genealogical research and who surely love her for keeping their stories alive in the hearts of their descendants. With her memory now clearly restored, imagine what stories she is telling all of them about her adventures here with us in this life. We have so much missed being able to tap into those wonderful memories here during these past many years, but will never forget hearing all the poems and piano tunes that seemed to stay in her memory: "Home again, home again, dancing a jig" "The lady in Red" "I'm a nobody, are you a nobody too?" "And here we have Idaho" "What did Ida hoe my boys" "March Militaire" and all the LDS Hymns! We miss you mom, but promise we will keep the stories, songs, and poems alive from generation to generation. We will not break the link of faith. A special thanks to Paula, Deanne and Bob, Melody, and Sandy for their patient and loving attentiveness to mom during the last fifteen years and to St. Anthony's Hospice in St. Louis, especially Krissy and Lisa. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 20th, at 1:00 p.m. in the Ferndale Second Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5800 Northwest Rd, Ferndale Washington, under the direction of Safe Harbor Funeral Services. Interment will be in Greenacres Cemetery, Ferndale, Washington. Donations may be made to the Perpetual Education Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (http://pef.lds.org)


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By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI
ABUJA — A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, declined to stay further hearing on the terrorism charge that was preferred against Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume by the Federal Government.
The embattled lawmaker, who is answering to a four-count criminal charge, had approached the trial court, begging it to hands-off his case pending the determination of an appeal he has filed before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal.
He is before the appellate court to challenge the refusal of trial justice Gabriel Kolawole to quash an incriminating proof of evidence that was tendered against him by the government.
The said set of evidence which was admitted as exhibits by the high court on December 14, 2012, had established a nexus between Ndume who is representing Borno South Senatorial District and the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The evidence showed that he made seventy-three phone contacts with the sect.
The Federal Government had in the charge it filed in court, alleged that it was Ndume who furnished the sect with classified information that aided their terrorist operations in the country.
The evidence was tendered before the court by a forensic expert with the Department of State Security, DSS, Mr Aliyu Usman, who testified against the lawmaker as the third prosecution witness.
The witness, had in his examination-in-chief, maintained that the contacts took place between October 3 and November 3, 2011, adding that most of the communication was between Ndume and the self confessed spokesman of the Boko Haram sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga.
Besides, the high court had on October 24, admitted into evidence, two phones comprising Nokia E-7 and Nokia 27100, which the Department of State Security, DSS, confiscated from both Senator Ndume and Konduga, after they were arrested.
Trial Justice Gabriel Kolawole marked the two phones as exhibits P5 and P5 (a).
Ndume had through his lawyer, A.O. Jolawo, told the court that his client has entered an appeal to challenge the decision of the trial judge, insisting that it was trite that the lower court stayed its proceedings since a higher court is already seized of the facts of the case.
Consequently, he urged trial Justice Kolawole to hands-off the trial pending the determination of the suit before the appeal court.
He told the court that he was also dissatisfied with a ruling that was delivered on December 11, 2012, which admitted in evidence DVD's containing call data records, as well as, findings of investigations carried out by a Special Investigation Panel, SIP, of the SSS.
However, the prosecuting counsel, Thompson Olatigbe who confirmed that he was served with the notice of appeal, urged the court to proceed with cross examining of other witnesses.
Though Justice Kolawole refused to stay the proceeding before him, nevertheless, he adjourned the case till May 6, saying it was to give the appellate court enough time to assume jurisdiction and possibly decide the appeal.
Ndume had in his statements, maintained that the reason the sect approached him was as a result of his being a member of the Presidential Committee that was inaugurated on August 2, 2011, with a view to addressing the security challenges in the North Eastern part of the nation.
He said the first telephone exchange between him and the sect was on October 4, 2011, two months into the Committee's work.
In a 24 paragraph affidavit he deposed before the court, Ndume said after the sect approached him, "he promptly informed one Usman, who represented the DSS before the Presidential Committee of his contact with the said Jammatul Sunnah Walid Jihad (otherwise known as'Boko Haram' sect) and also other members of the committee.
"He also informed the Director, Department of State Security of his interaction with the said "Boko Haram" sect and forwarded a copy of the DVD he obtained from the sect to the Director of DSS for review.
"The Vice President , Namadi Sambo, is also aware that he was in contact with the Jammatul Sunnah Walid Jihad (otherwise known as 'Boko Haram')."


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You know what's scarier than facing a horde of zombies? Facing a horde of zombies in the dark...
I was a beta tester for Papa Sangre II, the excellent audio-only game for iOS (if you've yet to try it I can whole-heartedly recommend it -- Sean Bean stars) and am a massive fan of Zombies Run, an audio fitness app, that you listen to while running and which takes place following a zombie apocalypse.
So naturally, the news that Papa Sangre's creators Somethin' Else are working on a zombie-based audio-only first person shooter has me in a heightened state of excitement.
In Audio Defence: Zombie Arena you play a blind warrior. Instead of playing with your eyes, you must rely on your ears. I loved the duck hunting levels in Papa Sangre II, and this sounds similar but with zombies. You turn to aim your device where you hear the undead, and kill them before they can get to you.
"We wanted to make the Trojan Horse of audio games, the one that will convince people that audio games are a whole new world of untapped gameplay experiences. And so we have created Audio Defence: Zombie Arena, an awesome first person mobile shooting game that puts players out of their comfort zone, using the most powerful graphics card in the world: your imagination. This is a full-on action game with arcade roots about shooting Zombies from a fixed position, using just your ears. Survival requires nerves of steel, as one bite from a Zombie that gets to you means insta-death", Somethin' Else explains.
The game is penciled in for an early summer release, and will cost $1.99/99p. There's currently a Kickstarter setup to raise money to ensure the game sees the light of day, with the usual selection of interesting rewards. If you live near London and pledge enough (£250 or more) you can even star in the game as a rampaging zombie.


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Zanesville Police are investigating a drive by shooting that happened over night in the Brighten Boulevard area.
Lt. Shaw says at about 2:30am Thursday someone called in and reported that they were out shopping and when they got home they heard gun shots fired outside their home.
Lt Shaw says police shut down part of Brighten so they could collect evidence. Police believe it was a drive by shooting.
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Cowboys close to releasing T.O.?
Published: January 15th, 2009 | Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Terrell Owens
NFL Network colleague Michael Lombardi said the Cowboys could be preparing to cut wide receiver Terrell Owens.
On this, there is no debate. Whether the Cowboys actually will cut Owens is another question.
Consider that Owens has a 2009 salary-cap number of $8.995 million. If the Cowboys release Owens between today and June, his 2009 salary-cap charge to Dallas will be a whopping $9.675 million.
So you be the judge: Are the Cowboys willing to eat close to $10 million against their salary cap, particularly when 2010 is scheduled to be an uncapped year and Dallas can get rid of Owens at that point for nothing? Are the Cowboys willing to cut their biggest impact offensive player for all the shenanigans he brings?
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text: ed returns home, to visit his jealous non-magical brother Thaddicus and retrieve the key, a family heirloom, to a magical tomb as safest place for the dangerous box. However Thad is bitter Zed didn't visit before their mother died, and is deep in gambling debt. Meanwhile Richard and Kahlen visit a village where resistance leader Conor Greenleaf was murdered at home. After a lonely swamp dweller confesses to Kahlen and village chief Declan hangs him, they find proof Niles must be innocent, which means the confessor's gift must have failed. The local self-taught amateur magician heps them investigate the magical crime.Résumé de IMDb.com


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Mr. Breakdown, the next generation of the New-Funk movement, has dropped their new EP The Purple Bag. The soulful crew from Nyack, NY throws down real-deal grooves in this variety pack of funk.
The band's hard hitting, booty shakin' sound brings a different flavor to each track - paying homage to some of the all-time great funk-a-teers with nods to James Brown, Prince & The Meters.
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Jim Jones Featuring Trey Songz "The S**t"
It's Monday, so you know what that means: Some Jim Jones flames. The Harlem great hits the e-streets with Trey Songz on "The Shit."
Amidst claps and vocal samples, Jones spits some more of his braggadocio, while Trey Songz (doing a bit of singing and rapping) gives the deets on what he sees goes down in the club. "My bitch is cold, these bitches broke/ Get 'em a Coach bag."
The weekend just past, but "The Shit" sounds like it was meant to get DJ spins at the club. The question is: Will it?
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- The other dimension, the Research Activity Codes, classifies the type of research activity being undertaken (from basic to applied). There are 48 codes divided into eight groups: 1 Underpinning, 2 Aetiology, 3 Prevention, 4 Detection and Diagnosis, 5 Treatment Development, 6 Treatment Evaluation, 7 Disease Management and 8 Health Services.
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Melons harvested and packed in the Goodyear, Ariz., area for Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. will soon have traceability labels created with software from TrueTrac LLC, Salinas, Calif.
TrueTrac officials said in a news release that the Coral Gables, Fla.-based produce company signed an agreement to use LabelTrac and HarvestTrac software modules for case labeling to meet milestones for the Produce Traceability Initiative.
TrueTrac president Ray Connelly said in the release that the mobility and flexibility of TrueTrac's traceability products are well suited to Del Monte's large-scale operations.
M.D. Marlin, Del Monte Fresh vice president for corporate packaging, said the company's melon team tested PTI solutions from several providers before opting for the TrueTrac products. Added value in the TrueTrac program, including training support, field pack expertise and data integration capabilities, helped the company win Del Monte's business, Marlin said in the release.


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Found a black and silver Pirates of the Caribbean sword at Party City to use as the base and then repainted the whole thing and crafted the handle using binding, craft foam and puffy paint for details.
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WW2 Ferdinand FW190 StuG III Bf109 FlaK Pz.IV SdKfz251 Ju87 etc. WWII German Forces in Action - 1943
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German War Files - Panzer IV Heavy Tank
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The terrorists of Ahrar al-Sham dug out a german 10.5cm Leichte Feldhaubitze 18 and use it against the mighty SAA. The Howitzer seems to be in a very good condition and is still doing its job 70 Years
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Interesting to both those with an interest in history and gun enthusiasts...... As the war in Europe progresses, U.S. soldiers are becoming increasingly familiar with the ways in which the enemy emplo
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The Panzerkampzwagen/Kampfpanzer V was the german attemp to create an universal tank to replace earlier models like the Pz III,IV. The Panther was designed by MAN (Maschinenfabrik Ausburg Nüremberg)
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari convened a party meeting of all divisions of Punjab on Monday – but it seems the party's lawmakers on reserved seats, including women and non-Muslim members, didn't get the memo.
The president and his son arrived in Lahore on February 8 where they inaugurated the new Bilawal House and summoned party meetings of nine divisions, particularly Central Punjab. According to the PPP, President Zardari and Bilawal had scheduled to hold the meetings in Bilawal House with party office-bearers of various divisions of the Punjab till February 15.
The two have so far met with party office bearers of districts Sheikhupura, Kasor, Nankana and on Monday Faisalabad division. PPP's office bearers at district Tehsil level, party's sitting MNAs MPAs, ex-members and even party ticket holders held their meeting with the PPP's chairman and co-chairman at Bilawal House.
Sources in the PPP told The Express Tribune that both the chairman and the co-chairman denied honouring repeated requests made by lawmakers on reserve seats asking for an invitation to the meetings.
PPP MPA Sajida Mir said each and every political party should give women's issues priority but added that unfortunately every party is following in the footsteps of the PML-N and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in this regard.
PPP MPA Pervez Rafique, who belongs to Faisalabad division, said he was not why he was invited to the Bilawal House for a meeting on Monday; however, he defended his party over the rights of minorities, saying their vote bank was key in winning the elections.
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Although we may complain about the nanny state, Bridget Hutter (pictured), Professor of Risk and Regulation at LSE, argues that it is of our own making. New regulation is demanded not just by an overbearing government but often in response to demands by the public and the media.
In a new short film produced for The Independent newspaper's website, Professor Hutter says that the media protests that there is too much regulation only when things are going well - a position they will quickly reverse when things go wrong.
She uses the current financial crisis as a case in point: 'You only have to go back to just before things started to go wrong and there were years of complaints about there being too much regulation and that this was stifling innovation. So people's views vary according to circumstances.'
The proliferation of regulatory bodies also fosters a form of dependency, an over-reliance on the regulatory system to protect us. This in turn generates an illusory level of security - but Professor Hutter reminds us that regulation cannot eradicate risk altogether. Unreasonable expectations for our safety and inflated concerns about risk can sometimes command disproportionate resources. She cites some anti-terrorism measures as an example:
'A couple of years ago there was some concern about people going onto aeroplanes with liquids that could be used as explosives. As a result now when we all fly we have to go through lengthy security measures at huge cost to airlines and governments. However, it is not at all clear that if there were another terrorist attack it would be done in this way.'
Cultivating high expectations of the regulatory system also means that the regulators can become expedient scapegoats, insulating both the government and those parties being regulated. Professor Hutter points out that the regulators often get blamed rather than the perpetrators: 'It is much easier to blame the regulator for not regulating properly than to blame, for example, the banks for doing something wrong. Blame needs to be apportioned appropriately and not just be placed on the person at the bottom or the top.'
Are we worrying more than ever before? Professor Hutter points out that we are much more dependent on other people, other countries and other organisations than we used to be, and this makes us we feel less in control and more vulnerable. But perhaps we worry about risk more than we should.
She says: 'We're benefitting from drug and scientific and technological developments that weren't available in the past and along with them come some negative risks which need controlling'.
There has been a steady growth in regulation since the 19th century and in some cases Professor Hutter argues there is a case for streamlining the system.
'It would be good in some sectors, such as health, if we could go back to first principles and look at what the risks are and what needs regulating. The danger of having a number of different organisations responsible for regulation in an overlapping way is that they can end up contradicting one another.'
You can see the film at: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/bridget-hutter-risk-regulation-has-gone-too-far-1638776.html
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When Vanessa Hudgens was cast as a pregnant, homeless teenager in the upcoming movie Gimme Shelter, the 23-year-old went method.
"I actually went and stayed in the shelter for two weeks before I started filming," Hudgens reveals on an upcoming episode of The Rachael Ray Show (airing Friday). "I lived there with all the girls, with all the kids, so I think that's really interesting because you find so much more about yourself."
To fully embody her character, Hudgens also gave herself a major hair makeover.
"[Rosario Dawson and I] look so messed up in this movie," the actress says. "I actually cut my own hair for this movie. I did that to myself, yes I did."
Hudgens, who's currently dating Are You There, Chelsea? guest star Austin Butler, now wears hair extensions. Her new movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, is in theaters Friday.


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Mater Dei Catholic's Johnathan Dutra goes up for a shot as La Costa Canyon's Brady Twombly defends in the American Division championship game of the Under Armour Holiday Classic.
It's a little easier in football.
Teams play once a week and scores are readily available.
Trying to rank the Top 10 teams in basketball can be a real crap shoot.
Before the holiday tournament season, a 13-man panel had St. Augustine, La Costa Canyon, Hoover, Torrey Pines and San Marcos in the county's top five.
All are good teams, all will be in the Top 10 when the new poll is released Monday.
But the No. 1 team might be Mater Dei Catholic, which was ranked No. 6 before tournament play began.
The Crusaders are 11-2 and coming off a 69-67 overtime win over La Costa Canyon in the championship game of the American Division of the Under Armour Holiday Classic at Torrey Pines.
And if you think it was a fluke, guess again.
While Mater Dei has beaten up some inferior opponents - like most teams in the Top 10 - the Crusaders have wins over San Marcos, Hoover and LCC. Their losses are to West Hills Chaminade, which is 11-1, and San Juan Capistrano Serra, which is 8-4.
"We started the season ranked No. 9, and my guys were upset," said Mater Dei coach Kenny Caesar. "I told them there wasn't anything we could do but play well and prove we're better than that.
"You have to earn your ranking. You have to earn a No. 1 ranking. "We've beaten San Marcos and La Costa Canyon. And the LCC game was great for high school basketball in San Diego ... two great teams, playing an overtime game in a packed gym.
"We fight that South Bay-North County thing, but I think we have proved we belong."
Sweetwater, another South Bay team, has also shown it belongs.
The Red Devils are 11-0. And while they've played some weak teams, they also have a win over Hoover and shocked El Camino. And they have an outstanding player in Spencer Mattox, who is averaging better than 20 points a game.
Voters may reserve judgment until Saturday when Sweetwater hosts Poway. But Mater Dei has proven its point.
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Diabetes researchers pioneer islet cell xenotransplantation in primate studiesA team of researchers from the University of Alberta, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University and the Emory Transplant Center has successfully transplanted insulin-producing neonatal porcine islet cells into monkeys, a procedure the researchers say represents a promising intermediate solution to the critical supply problem in clinical islet cell transplantation.
"Our work at the U of A and Emory, along with recent work at the University of Minnesota, is very exciting and shows that xenotransplantation in humans may soon be possible, thus solving the islet supply problem," says one of the study authors Ray Rajotte, a professor of Surgery at the University of Alberta.
The paper appeared in an advanced on-line publication of Nature Medicine, February 26, entitled "Long-term survival of neonatal porcine islets in non-human primates by targeting co-stimulation pathways." The work follows on the heels of similar work published last week by University of Minnesota researchers; those researchers used islets isolated from adult pig pancreases.
Neonatal islets were produced in Edmonton using a procedure Drs. Greg Korbutt and Rajotte developed in 1995. The pig islets were sent to the Yerkes Research Center for transplantation into diabetic rhesus macaques using an anti-rejection protocol developed by Drs. Christian Larsen and Kenneth Cardona of the Yerkes Research Center and the Emory Transplant Center. The isolation method developed by the U of A researchers is simple and reproducible with the neonatal pig islets having some growth potential post-transplant, considered a major advantage over adult pig islets.
The diabetic animals were treated with a CD28/CD154 co-stimulation blockade-based immunosuppressive regimen, and achieved sustained insulin independence (median survival >140 days with one animal now at 300 days) without evidence of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) dissemination. "This represents a major step forward and proves neonatal porcine islets can correct diabetes long-term in primates," said Drs. Korbutt and Rajotte.
"To meet the needs of the millions suffering from type 1 diabetes, we must find new donor sources to allow large-scale application of islet cell transplantation in humans," said Dr. Larsen. "While there is much work to be done these studies suggest that the rejection response to porcine islets can be surmounted."
"The next step is to prove that these neonatal porcine islet cells could become a source for human transplantation," said Dr. Rajotte. "It's hoped that within the next three to five years, we will be transplanting patients with pig islets once we prove that it is safe."
Using a relatively simple and reproducible method of obtaining large numbers of islets from neonatal pig pancreata developed at the U of A, the researchers then transplanted islets comprised of endocrine and endocrine precursor cells into the monkeys. In vivo, these cells have been shown to proliferate, differentiate and reverse hyperglycemia in immunodeficient diabetic mice and allogeneic out-bred pigs.
However, humans and Old World primates have naturally occurring antibodies that are directed against antigens that can cause hyperacute or acute humoral rejection. To combat that, the researchers administered an anti-IL-2 receptor and anti-CD154 (H106) antibody, while maintaining immunosuppression using sirolimus and belatacept (a second-generation high affinity derivative of CTLA4-Ig)9-11 on diabetic rhesus macaques transplanted with neonatal porcine islets.
Other researchers involved in the work include: Zvonimir Milas1, James Lyon2, Jose Cano1, Wanhong Jiang1, Hameeda Bello-Laborn1, Brad Hacquoil2, Elizabeth Strobert3, Shivaprakash Gangappa1, Collin Weber1, and Thomas Pearson1. (1. Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; 2. Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton,; 3. Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta.)
The research was supported by the Alberta Diabetes Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund, Canadian Diabetes Association, and University of Alberta Hospital Foundation MacLachlan Fund. Dr. Korbutt received a Career Development Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and a Senior Scholarship from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. The work at Emory was supported by National Institute of Health, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center, Yerkes Research Center Base Grant P51-RR000165-45, the McKelvey Lung Transplant Center, and the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust.
The Islet Transplant Group at the University of Alberta is involved in all aspects of islet transplantation, from trying to develop an unlimited source of islets (this study) to developing transplant protocols that don't need anti-rejection drugs or drugs that only need to be given for a short period of time (tolerance induction).
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One Layer - Water-coloring + VideoThursday, June 25, 2015
Hi friends! I hope you are all doing well. I have a cute and fun one layer card for you today with water-coloring. The cardstock I used for my today's card is not a water-color paper, it's a regular card white card stock.
For coloring I used Faber Castell Water Color Pencils. I picked up the color directly from the pencils to avoid any harsh lines while coloring!
Here is the video tutorial for you.. Enjoy!!
Entering this card for Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.
I hope you liked the card and enjoyed watching the video. Thanks for stopping by! See you soon.. :)
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Hero arts - tic, tac, toe!Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Hi everyone! I love smooching/smooshing the inks on to the card. Picked Raspberry is one of my favourite colors and I really had fun while smooching/smooshing the background!
I made this card for Hero Arts Tic, Tac, Toe Challenge and I've chosen the last line - watercolor, tag, favourite color! and the tag I used was Vellum.
This is my first time participating in Hero Arts Challenge and I'm really very excited about that!
Also entering this card for Simon Says Stamp and Beyond Grey Challenges #69 - cards only.
I hope you like this card, take care and I'll see you soon.. ;)
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True Friendship!Monday, June 22, 2015
Hello hello! This is my second post for the day and if you wanna see my previous card and video please click here.. :)
'True friendship needs no words' I love this sentiment from Kaisercraft stamps, I feel like going to a place like this with my friends. :)
This is a one layer card, did some masking, stamping and tons of water coloring with Distress Inks.
Entering this card for Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Flip Flops, CASology WEEK 151: KIDS, CAS on Sunday Challenge #61 One Layer and Lulupu Challenge # 50 - Summer Splash.
I hope you like this card! Thanks for stopping by!
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No - Line Water Coloring!Monday, June 22, 2015
Hello everyone! I have a rainbow card to share today and yes! the card has all the colorful clouds! Imagine the sky with rainbow clouds! Wow! That would be so magical!!
To make this card I used a technique which is popular these days called 'No Line Water coloring'. Not only water colors you can use any medium for this 'no line'. I used several inks like Memento Inks, Faber-castell red ink and Distress Inks for the water-coloring! Yes! Memento inks also reacts with water but you need to be real fast because they dry too quickly.
You can watch the video below for the entire process..
Also I'm entering this card for AEI♥U Challenge #25 - Rainbow!
I hope you like my card and the video. Thanks and I'll see you soon.. :)
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Funky water coloring.Saturday, June 20, 2015
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend. Mine was a little busy asusual, filming videos, editing them and making cards but I'm also having some quality time with my family. I just had a cup of coffee. What about you?
I made this card for Paper Smooches Sparks June 14-20 Picture Perfect challenge and trust me I had a lots of fun while making this card. I simply watercolored the funny images. I simply stamped the Kangaroo from Little Lovin stamp set with broken china and mustard seed distress inks and water colored the kangaroos with the same colors! Finally stamped the sentiment from Chilly Chums and dusted it off with Perfect pearls. And also used a golden string, flicked some brushed pewter distress stain and adhered sequins from Lawn Fawn to finish off my card.
(I see blue, yellow and white colors and some animal too in the inspiration pic)
There is a video on 'NO LINE COLORING' coming out your way very soon, so stay tuned!
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Easy Watercoloring with Memento Fire Work Spray!Saturday, June 13, 2015
Hello friends! Welcome back! I made this fun one layer card for Paper Smooches June 7-13 Anything Goes (wk1) Challenge, Virginia's View Ombre Challenge #15 and Lulupu Challenge # 50 - Summer Splash .
To make this card, I simply did some loose/easy watercoloring with Memento Fire Work Paris Dust Shimmer Spray. I let it dry for some time, once it's dry I stamped the image and sentiment from Paper Smooches Chilly Chums Stamp Set and heat set it with Zing White Embossing Powder. Finally added sequins from Avery Elle..
This card is a little bit wonky because of the water and this is not a water color paper. But do not worry about the wonkiness, place a heavy book on to the card, it just flattens out!
I made a video too, please watch it here or on my You Tube channel.. :)
I hope you like it. Thank yo so much for stopping by and leaving me some love!
Take care and I'll see you soon.. :)
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Dinosaurs!!Thursday, June 11, 2015
Hey hey everyone! Welcome back to my tiny world! Today I have a very fun card for you, made for Virginia's View Ombre Challenge #15 and Beyond Grey Challenges #69 - Cards. I stamped all the dinosaurs with Archival Jet black ink, fussy cut them, adhered on to the card base and water colored them with Faber castell green color pens. Finally stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches and also adhered sequins from Lawn fawn!
I hope you like this card. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment. Take care and I'll see you soon.. :)
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Ombre Birdies!Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Hi everyone! Like these ombre birdies?? Yep! I absolutely love them.. :D
I made this card for Virginia's View Challenge #15, OMBRE and to create an ombre look, I stamped the birdie in Picked Raspberry distress ink, followed by Hero arts neon pink ink, followed by Tsukineko Electric Pink Neon pigment ink, Mama Elephant Bubblegum pigment ink and finally Spun Sugar distress ink.. I stamped the sentiment on vellum with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Stampendous white embossing powder. Finally added a string and clear sequins from Avery Elle. And that's it my card was done.. ;)
Thank you so much for stopping by. Take care and I'll see you soon.. :)
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Sending you laughter!Friday, June 05, 2015
Hi everyone, I'm back with a cute card, using masking and stamping technique, for CASual Fridays CFC140 and Paper Smooches May 31- June 6 Anything Goes (wk5) challenge . First I stamped the pot, watercolored it with Faber castell pencils and masked it, then stamped the penguin. This gives an illusion that the penguin is standing behind the flower pot. ;) Then stamped the flower on some scrap paper and colored it with neon marker. Finally added a neony strip just to compliment the color of the flower. I hope you like this card. Take care and I'll see you soon.. :)
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Generation Stamping Technique!Thursday, June 04, 2015
Hi everyone! Welcome back to my little space. I have a single layered card for you today made for AEI♥U Challenge #25 - Rainbow and Virginia's View Challenge #15 - ombre or monochromatic.
To make this card I used a stamping technique called Generation Stamping technique. I shared the difference between generation and motion stamping techniques today at Color Conceptions Blog. Please head over there for more details.
Hope you like this card, thank you so much for stopping by. See you soon.. :)
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Winners of my giveaway!Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Hello dear friends! As promised I'm back with the winners post. Thank you to all for entering my giveaway and for all the beautiful comments. I really enjoyed reading your comments and your kind words lifted my spirits up! Thanks a bunch dear friends!
Alright! Now it's time to announce the winners!
The winner of $15 gv to Simon Says Stamp is
Shona Chambers
And the winner of the Heidi Swapp stampset and Memento ink is
Jahnavee Kaunal Gandhi
Congratulations Shona and Jahnavee. Please write a mail to email@example.com to claim your prize.
So that is it friends! See you soon! Thank you.. :)
The winner of $15 gv to Simon Says Stamp is
Shona Chambers
And the winner of the Heidi Swapp stampset and Memento ink is
Jahnavee Kaunal Gandhi
Congratulations Shona and Jahnavee. Please write a mail to email@example.com to claim your prize.
So that is it friends! See you soon! Thank you.. :)
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CSCC#15 - Stylish CAS cardMonday, June 01, 2015
Hello dear friends! There's a brand new challenge for you at
All you need to do is create a CAS card inspired by the above pic. I'm loving this pic a lot. So subtle and soothing colors to the eye in this hot red summer.. ;)
And here is my card!
(i did a little mistake here.. )
I was very much inspired by the colors. I took a standard sized card and flicked the background with Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and after drying I stamped the sentiment from Technique Tuesday in Archival Jet Black Ink.Then hand drew the leaves and water colored them with Distress Inks. I then temporarily adhered these leaves on some scratch paper and stamped the same sentiment again on to the leaves. Later I arranged those leaves on to the pre-stamped cardstock and adhered them with foam tape just to give a little bit of dimension. Added few sequins and that's it my card was done!
Hope you like the card and got inspired, be sure to check our challenge blog for more details and for more inspiration. Thank you and I'll see you soon.. :)


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- June 2013
- 1 Stan. J. Complex Litig. 509
- Article
Long ago and far away, Texaco, an American energy corporation, is alleged to have despoiled the natural environment of the Ecuadorean rainforest while searching for and extracting oil. While the parties disagree strongly over the precise scope of the damage caused by Texaco, there is widespread agreement that significant environmental degradation took place, at least in part because Texaco failed to follow established industry procedures designed to limit environmental harm. Texaco apparently made money during the project's twenty-eight-year run from 1964-92, but the lives of thousands of indigenous peoples whose culture—indeed whose very existence—was deeply intertwined with the environment of the rainforest were radically disrupted, perhaps permanently impaired, as the result of Texaco's failure to take steps to limit environmental damage.
"So what?" you may say. That's usually the fate of weak bystanders unlucky enough to be standing between a powerful corporation and large sums of money. Nobody blinked, for example, in 2001 when an economically powerful Chevron took over a financially weakened Texaco. Texaco's economic woes began in 1985 with a contractual dispute with rival Pennzoil over whether Texaco had unlawfully interfered with Pennzoil's alleged oral contractual agreement to buy Getty Oil. The dispute resulted in a huge Texas state jury verdict for Pennzoil of more than $10 billion ($7.53 billion compensatory; $3 billion punitive; plus prejudgment interest) that forced Texaco into bankruptcy, and that ultimately resulted in a $3 billion settlement. Then, in 1996, just as Texaco was regaining its economic footing, it was charged with widespread racial discrimination in hiring and promotion, resulting in the payment of $176 million in compensation and the release of embarrassing tape-recorded comments by ranking officials. Once Texaco was seriously weakened by the prospect of a nationwide boycott, Chevron pounced, making an offer to merge the two companies that Texaco couldn't refuse. Why should we be surprised, therefore, that Texaco and the right-wing military junta that governed Ecuador in the 1960's and much of the 1970's muscled some indigenous peoples aside and despoiled their land in the scramble for corporate wealth? Except, that when financially strong Chevron swallowed financially troubled Texaco in 2001, Chevron was obliged to follow a carefully charted legal path designed to protect innocent bystanders. Is it impossibly naive to dream that law also provides a path to protect the innocent indigenous bystanders who live in the Ecuadorean rainforest?


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A recent Civil War widow, Charity Burk must find a man to plow the tough prairie sod. When she discovers Beau Claxton - mauled by a ravenous wolf - she believes he's the answer to her prayers. She drags the dying man to her cabin, convinced God wants them to marry. But does this unconscious stranger have room in his heart for God or for her?
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Months of speculation concerning Star Wars, one of the most successful film franchises of all time, has ended as the cast for the latest instalment was announced.
Familiar faces from the long-running saga will star alongside relative unknowns for Star Wars: Episode VII, which is due to begin filming in the UK next month.
Star Wars newcomers John Boyega, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac will join original stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew from Keighley and Kenny Baker in the new film.
The cast will also include little-known Brit Daisy Ridley, whose credits include roles in TV drama Mr Selfridge, rising star Domhnall Gleeson, and veteran Minority Report actor Max von Sydow.
Andy Serkis will be joining one franchise from another, having captivated audiences in the role of Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings.
Director JJ Abrams said: "It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again."
The new film is set to be released in December of next year.


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By WARREN HOGE
Published: March 30, 2005
The commission investigating the oil-for-food program in Iraq reported Tuesday that Secretary General Kofi Annan had not influenced the awarding of a contract to the company that employed his son. But it faulted him for not looking more aggressively into the company's relationship with the United Nations once questions were raised.
The panel also criticized two of Mr. Annan's closest advisers, Iqbal Riza and Dileep Nair, for their conduct.
Mr. Annan said at a news conference that he viewed the conclusions about him as an exoneration, which he said he welcomed with ''great relief'' after ''so many distressing and untrue allegations.'' Asked if he thought the report's criticisms of him for management failures meant he should step down for the good of the organization, he replied bluntly, ''Hell, no.''
But the commission, led by Paul A. Volcker, rather than explicitly vindicating Mr. Annan, said that it had based its judgments on an inability to find enough evidence to support charges against him. That could leave Mr. Annan open to continuing criticism from Washington.
While spokesmen at the White House and the State Department offered support to Mr. Annan and his pledges to bring change to the United Nations, Senator Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican who has called on Mr. Annan to quit, said he was not persuaded by the new report. ''His lack of leadership, combined with conflicts of interest and a lack of responsibility and accountability point to one, and only one, outcome: his resignation,'' he said.
The report came as an internal review at the United Nations found a string of management abuses, including misuse of funds and tolerance of sexual harassment, at the agency that promotes and monitors elections. [Page A8.]
Mark Malloch Brown, the new chief of staff, said the Volcker panel report should be accepted as an exoneration. ''Mr. Volcker looked under every stone,'' he told reporters. ''He put $3 million of investment in this and he concluded, 'No story.'''
In the report, the committee was harshest in its judgment of Mr. Annan's son, Kojo, 31, and the Geneva-based company he worked for, Cotecna Inspection Services. It said they both conspired to conceal the duration of their business and professional relationship and that the younger Mr. Annan deceived his father about it. In addition, it said he had been uncooperative with the Volcker panel's investigators.
Secretary General Annan expressed pain about the findings on his son, saying: ''I love my son, and I have always expected the highest standards of integrity from him. I am deeply saddened by the evidence to the contrary that has emerged, and particularly by the fact that my son had failed to cooperate fully with the inquiry. I had urged him to cooperate, and I urge him to reconsider his position and cooperate.''
The report is a second interim accounting from the commission, which will deliver its final verdict this summer. The panel was commissioned by Mr. Annan a year ago to investigate how Saddam Hussein managed to skim billions of dollars from the $65 billion program and whether there had been corruption in addition to mismanagement on the part of United Nations officials.
The first report on Feb. 3 accused Benon V. Sevan, the former head of the program, of a ''grave conflict of interest'' that ''seriously undermined the integrity of the United Nations.'' The conclusion was based on evidence that he had steered deals to a friend and on his inability to explain where he got $166,000 in cash. A second official, Joseph Stephanides, was accused of violating procurement regulations.
The new report questioned the conduct of two more of Mr. Annan's closest advisers: Mr. Riza, his chief of staff until his retirement in December, and Mr. Nair, head of the United Nations' watchdog group, the Office of Internal Oversight Services.
Mr. Riza was criticized for ordering the shredding of personal files from the startup period of the oil-for-food program. He said Monday that he had had told aides to do it three months before Mr. Annan ordered all documentation about the program to be saved. The report noted, however, that the actual destruction happened after Mr. Annan's order.
Mr. Nair was faulted for appointing a person to a high-level post with oil-for-food responsibilities who did almost no work on the program.
But the centerpiece of the report was the awarding of the $10 million-a-year contract for aid inspections to Cotecna, whether Kojo Annan's employment by the company influenced the United Nations' choice of Cotecna, and whether Kofi Annan knew a crucial contract had been won by the company where his son worked.
While the commission accepted that Mr. Annan had no knowledge of the awarding of the contract, it faulted him for not acting to curb suspicions of a conflict of interest when a report in The Sunday Telegraph of London raised the issue in 1999.
Mr. Annan commissioned an in-house investigation that dismissed the matter in a single day. ''What we think he should have authorized, insisted upon, was an independent, thorough-going professional investigation,'' said Mr. Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Such an investigation would have turned up difficulties in Cotecna's recent business dealings, Mr. Volcker said, making it unlikely that the contract would have been awarded.


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A mum is warning other parents to take care after her little girl was badly burned by play equipment.
Tracey Seward, of Station Road in Tempsford, was visiting the Sunderland Road park in Sandy on Sunday morning with her 15 month old daughter Daisy and young son.
She said: "On the way to the swings was a half pipe for skate boarding. My son was running up and down it and of course she followed him.
"She fell over on all fours but she was only down for a second before I picked her up.
"The skin on her knees began to blister within seconds so I took her to the doctor who said I should take her to hospital.
"All we wanted to do was pop to the park and we didn't even get to the swings!"
Daisy had to have her burns dressed and return twice to the hospital for aftercare.
Tracey added: "It was just such a shock. What would it have been like if it had been later in the afternoon or on a hotter day?
"Obviously if you were skating you would be wearing protective clothing. I wouldn't want to see them taken away and I don't think it's anyone's fault, I just want other parents to be aware of how dangerous it could be."


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Citi: EM Spend Big On CapEx, But Investors Prefer US Payouts
How do we explain the divergent performance between the U.S. equity markets and those in emerging markets? The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rallied 21.7% in the last year, while the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) slumped 5.7%. The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) lost 7.4%.
Citi Research proposed an interesting explanation: equity markets are suspicious of big capital expenditures and prefer shareholder payouts.
Listed companies around the world spent $2.6 trillion in capital expenditure last year, a healthy 26% rise since 2010. But much of the spending was done by emerging markets companies, according to Citi.
U.S. companies are rewarding their shareholders with share repurchases and dividend payouts at a much faster rate than capital expenditure - without seeing their profits suffer. Here are analyst Robert Buckland and team:
Since 2000, capex of companies included in the MSCI US index has risen from $329bn to $693bn, an increase of 110%. Payouts have risen even more (by 241% since 2000), overtaking capex again in 2013. But the evidence that this has "crowded out" capex is limited. In effect, US companies had enjoyed such strong profitability that they have been able to do both.
Meanwhile, emerging markets companies are spending more on capital expenditure than US:
Stronger (if somewhat diminished) growth prospects mean that EM companies continue to favour capex to shareholder distributions. Estimated capex of $740bn in 2013E was higher than seen in the much bigger (by market cap) US stock market. This amounted to 3.5 times shareholder payouts for the year.
But equity markets are suspicious of capital expenditures. Citi analysts found that there is a positive relationship between payout ratio and total returns, but none between investment and total returns:
The more a sector pays out the greater the value attributed by the market. Conversely, there is no relationship between sector current valuation and capex spend.
In 2013 EM listed corporates spent more on capex ($740bn) than their US peers ($693bn). But US companies paid out much more in dividends/buybacks ($704bn versus $212bn).


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Welcome to the Tesla Memorial Society of New York Website
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Celebrating 150 years of Nikola Tesla's birth (1856-1943)
Tesla Year in 2006
Above: Tesla holding a gas-filled phosphor coated wireless light bulb which he developed in the 1890's half a century before fluorescent lamps come into use.
Above: Experimental station at Colorado Springs where the first wireless transmission experiments were performed (1899-1900).
Above: Tesla oscillator creating a great electrical movement.
Above: The flame-like discharge measures sixty-five feet across. Tesla sits in front of the oscillator.
Above: Tesla beside his spiral coil, with Roger Boskovich's book "Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis", East Houston St. 46, New York, 1901.
Above: Experiments with differently attuned coils, and responding to the vibration transmitted to them through the earth from an electrical oscillator.
Above: Symmetrical discharges from additionally tuned Tesla coil, where discharges are stopped from streaming to the roof of the building.


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Pregnancy weight may seem much harder to lose because a new mom can be under a lot of stress. There is the stress of taking care of a new baby as well as her family on a daily basis. Not to mention if you're a new mom who works a 9 to 5 job as well. All of this added stress can take a toll on you and the last thing you are probably trying to figure out is how to go about trying to lose pregnancy weight. However, there is hope and you can make things simpler for yourself with the tips below.
Relieve the Stress
This may seem impossible but there are ways to relieve stress if you try them and discover what works best for you. One way that is often recommended is practicing meditation. This works best when you can find a quiet place. This doesn't have to be in the home. It can be anyplace that you find to be serene. Quiet your mind and for a short period of time, get away from all the problems in your world. Practicing meditation on a regular basis is said to help people remain positive in their daily lives. Other methods to reduce stress include physical fitness, therapy, and keeping a journal.
Expect to Fail
That sounds harsher than it should, but I believe many people put so much pressure on themselves to lose weight. Meaning, if they fall off track in their diet or exercise program, they feel so guilty over it, they immediately give up and think that they cannot accomplish their goals. Take the pressure off and realize that every now and then you'll miss a workout or you'll indulge in that sweet treat or greasy burger. It's not the end of the world and usually will not have a huge impact on your progress. So take the pressure off and allow yourself to fall off track now and again.
Don't Force a Diet
If you're already under stress, don't add more by immediately limiting what you eat. Of course you'll need to change your eating habits but ease into it. There are a plethora of eating plans to choose from. Read up on them and choose one that speaks to you. In the beginning, you can even try substituting some of your favorites with healthier choices until you find an eating plan that fits your lifestyle.
Get Physical
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Aimee Ray is back with another fun project from Doodle Stitching: Embroidery & Beyond: Crewel, Cross Stitch, Sashiko & More. Aimee shared the Mushroom Pincushion from the book last month, and she'll be back in April with another project too! We love Aimee's; the classic Doodle-Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners is a favorite in our sewing libraries, and the Farmer's Market Tote Bag from Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection: 400+ Easy Embroidery Designs is a favorite project here at Sew,Mama,Sew!
In Doodle Stitching: Embroidery & Beyond: Crewel, Cross Stitch, Sashiko & More, Aimee shows you how to experiment with a variety of techniques. There's a wonderful Redwork & Crewel section, a pretty exploration of Sashiko and so much more. Today's Cutwork Felt Bookmark shows you how to reinforce cut panels with stitches!
You can win a copy of Doodle Stitching: Embroidery & Beyond: Crewel, Cross Stitch, Sashiko & More with your comment below. Tell us what you're stitching!
Cutwork embroidery involves cutting windows into your fabric and reinforcing them with special stitches.
If you haven't tried Cutwork before, it is easy to learn using felt. This bookmark is designed to adjust to fit books from about 7- 10 inches, but you can alter the pattern to fit any sized book.
What You Need:
- 1 – 2 ½ x 12 inch piece, and 2- 2 ½ x 5 inch pieces of green or orange felt
- 2 – Pieces of Velcro, 3 inches long
- Bookmark template
- Embroidery floss
- One skein of light green 772 or one skein each of aqua 3817, orange 3853, yellow 3855
Overcast Stitch, Stem Stitch, Satin Stitch
1. Trace the bookmark template onto the large piece of felt and cut it out.
2. Use the Overcast Stitch around the holes. First stitch a row of Running stitches around the cutting pattern, then cut out the center piece of fabric. The hole will usually end up larger than the space you cut, so keep your cutting 1/8 inch inside the pattern line. Starting at the back of the fabric, bring your needle and floss up at the edge of the hole, down through the hole over the edge, and back up again right next to the first stitch. Repeat along the edge, completely covering the raw edge of felt.
3. Finish the design with the Stem and Satin Stitches.
4. Stitch the short pieces of felt to either end of the long piece, overlapping them ¼ inch.
5. Sew two rows of Velcro to either end of the bookmark. Wrap the bookmark around your favorite book and secure the Velcro in the back.
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75 Responses to Cutwork Felt Bookmark from Doodle Stitching: Embroidery & Beyond
I am fascinated and also considering what you will be talking about below.
I love the Doodle Stitching Book. I currently have it checked out of our public library, so to have one of her books in my private library would be a dream come true! Thanks for the opportunity.
I am currently working on a felt book cover (Bible) with hand embroidery. It is going to be a special gift for a lovely young woman for her HS graduation in May.
I love your blog by the way. This is the third time I have gotten here from other sites this week. I like your style, girl!
I am currently making a cute bootie.
I am stitching some cute food pics to make some snack bags.
I am stitching a nook cover for my daughter. Thank you for the tutorial!
I just finishing stitching up the last part of some stackable boxes I found on your site, though it wasn't really decorative stitching. Someday I'll get back to making Hooplas, but who knows when that will be?
What a great project. Im currently working on a quilt but need to start up some handwork. Something that will travel well. This looks like it would be great. Thanks!
I am currently stitching a handkerchief with a teapot center motif, teacups and teabags alternating in each corner. The motifs are from the second Doodle Stitching book, the motif collection. I love this book!
I'm currently working on doggie bandannas for my pups!
Just learning how to do emboidery, thanks for the so cute idea.
I wish I had come across sewmamasew 3 decades ago. The stitching and embroidery ideas provided on the site are simply priceless. Last week, I tried one of the cutwork embroidery ideas on my husband's diary and he simply fell in love with it.
Wow,this looks amazing,perfect for spring.I am making some spring ornaments.
another fab project from Aimee. I'm currently working on a couple of cross stitch panels, I've also got a stalled crewel work piece I need to get back to, that's it for hand embroidery at the minute
currently working on a quilt for myself a green and cream bears paw and cross stitching a red tail hawk for my daughter.
I just finished an alphabet quilt for a 5 year old who was diagnosed with leukemia. She will be in the hospital for several months. I'm now working on flannel pillocases for her. Found a cute Hello Kitty flannel fabric.
I've been working on a band sampler that is a round robin with by embroidery group. These bookmarks are so much fun – I would love to win this book! Thanks for the chance.
I'm stitching the Party Fox kit from Tako Fibers!
Lovely bookmarks ! I am currently making some placemats with cross-stitch.
I'm currently working on my Hoffman challenge project which I'm dreadfully behind on.
love it!! i'm currently working on embroidering some temari balls 🙂
I REALLY want to learn embroidery and I almost bought a book by her last week. I really hope I win 🙂 Thanks for the chance!
Love the pincushion!
I was just hired to embroider a fleece blanket. It will be the first time I'll have embroidered on anything but cotton, so it should be interesting.
I am knitting a baby cardigan and always looking for embroidery for embellishment
But I love the cut work, that looks so fun to try!
What a neat book. I would love to win. I am stitching the betsy's Closet in stitches quilt.
I'm embroidering a tooth fairy pillow for my daughter's best friend. Adding the binding to my Christmas Quilt and piecing a quilt top for my daughter's bed. Busy busy!
This is a great handwork project. Thanks for sharing.
I'm working on a sampler for my mom. Thanks!
Right now, I'm blocking a piece of knitting and crocheting a baby blanket so I'm looking for a new stitching project.
How sweet! I just cut out a gaggle of puppets — bunnies and star wars — and now I need to find the time to stitch them up!
I'm still working on tea towels. I'd love to graduate to some new projects. This bookmark and book, look fantastic!
These bookmarks are so cute!
Cute project! I am working on a baby quilt right now.
I am working on bags for a craft show.
Love the simplicity of these bookmarks.
At the moment I am learning how to draft patterns with my daughter so not much time for stitching.
I'm gonna patch up my socks! There's a hole in it 🙁
No stitching right now – just knitting and crocheting
I'm making an apron for my mother in law. 🙂
I'm making some felt masks for my kids and next up is a new quilt and pillows for my living room
I would love to make these bookmarks.
This tutorial is so cute! Definitely going to have to give it a try. Currently I'm embroidering on a baby quilt for my niece. Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂
What a lovely idea! It makes the felt look so pretty!
I love the doodle stitching book! So many good ideas!
I've been making some knitted winter accessories for my 1860's china doll. So fun! But now I am all inspired to embroider!
Love the cutwork, must put that on my to-do list! I have some fabric to make new hot pads, but haven't even started yet!
I'm working on a cross-stitch of a Geisha.
So fun! I'm making a peplum top for my daughter right now, and then moving onto embroidering something for a personalized baby gift for my cousin
I'm making a gray and white gingham lap quilt for myself and am planning lots of hand embroidery baby bib designs for the little bun in my oven.
What a wonderful giveaway. I love handwork!
I'm in the middle of my first embroidery project- a canvas make-up bag!
how cute! I am currently working on a tote for a lovely swap! thanks for the giveaway I have had my eye on this book!
I'm embroidering a burp cloth for a friend from high school who just had her baby! I'm making 4, but only embroidering her son's name on one so she can use them again next baby!
I'm in the process of making gifts for family and friends…bibs and burp cloths for a friend having a baby and an iPod sleeve for my sis. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am still in the planning stages of an "Embroider the Sky for 2013" project (one French knot a day). I've been dutifully recording the appearance of the daily sky (at around 11 am), and will be plotting out the design soon. Then, I'll be going French knot crazy! I need to start before the end of March so I don't feel too far behind… Once I get caught up, it'll be much easier to stay caught up.
And, I love this bookmark project! I'm going to see what I have on hand for supplies (but I can't start it until I start my sky project 🙂 ).
Love the cutwork! I am finishing off a cross-stitch piece of 3 baby owls. I have too many UFOs, and my goal this year was to finish 2, before I begin a new one.
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I'm just learning how to stitch through a baby bib! But these ideas open up a world of possibilities!
I don't do a lot of handstitching–usually only as embellishments for my sewing so I'd love to learn some techniques to give it a good go!
My current project is a quilt for a friend newly diagnosed with breast cancer. It's mainly in her favorite color–RED–with some black and a leetle bit of pink for pop. There is some great silk dupioni in there with the batiks and cotton prints, and it's looking pretty good.
What a lovely project! I'm learning some embroidery stitches at the moment and this would be a great project to do.
I've been making some of this bags lately:
Thanks for the chance!
I love that cutwork embroidery. I currently doing a stitchery with a sewing them. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
I'm working on a Sashiko pillow top!
I love Aimee Ray's books. Currently I am stitching a hand embroidery design from Urban Threads.
Very cute. It is always nice to see another idea for embroidery.
I am (still) stitching away on a Christmas elf pattern from Wee Wonderfuls, but I have some AMH embroidery patterns waiting in the wings!
Nothing this week..getting ready to move! Can't wait to be able to do some handwork when we're settled.
I'm working on a plush toy dog for my daughter… it's a dog made out of fabric with little bears on it…
Such a cute project. I'm sewing up Easter dresses for two little girls this week. And hopefully a couple of bunnies for their baskets.
I'm stitching a cute baby blanket.
My first stitching project is going to be a tea towel.
This would be a cute headband or belt.
Right now I'm shortening slacks. Nothing especially fun. But it needs to be done.
I'm stitching (or hand quilting) overlapping running stitch circles in random bright colours on navy shot cotton. I have a couple of doodle stitch books, and I'd love to add to my library.
I'm working on a sampler.
currently I'm working on a super mario scene.
Those are so pretty! I just may have to try my hand at one!
I have a table runner in the works. It is all pieced and ready to quilt!
These bookmarks are adorable
I am cross stitching a lovely Lizzie Kate design, and am about to design some wedding bunting to make for a friend. Thanks for the lovely tutorial.
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OAKLAND — Two girls, ages 13 and 15, and a 21-year-old woman were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after police said a man driving a stolen car deliberately hit them as they walked on an East Oakland sidewalk.
None of the injuries, mostly cuts and bruises, was life threatening, police said. The victims were taken to different hospitals for treatment. Police did not release their names or if they were related.
Police said the three were walking in the 3900 block of Nevil Street at 3:06 p.m., apparently having just left Brookdale Park about a quarter-block away. That portion of Nevil is a cul-de-sac that ends at the rear entrance to the park.
The three, who residents did not recognize and said they did not live in the area, may have briefly talked to the occupants of a Nissan car but kept walking westbound on Nevil. Police were trying to determine if the victims knew anyone in the car. The car had been reported stolen earlier in Oakland, police said.
As the three walked on the sidewalk, police said, the Nissan drove onto the sidewalk and hit them before crashing into a stone staircase of a house, mangling a metal railing and causing the airbags of the vehicle to activate. The front windshield was cracked, indicating a passenger in the car may have been injured.
The occupants, possibly as many as four, ran off.
One resident said she heard the crash and when she came outside saw the three victims lying on some grass.
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Police are investigating the case as an assault and are trying to determine a motive.
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text: I have been going through my considerable stockpile of 35mm film to test various acquisitions, and I recently tested some expired Kodak Vision 320T film. It is an ECN-2 negative film and was allegedly cold stored before (and during) my acquisition. It's probably about ten years old or maybe more. Per the attached thumbnails, you can see that the top edge of the film seems more exposed than than the rest of the film. It also seems to have a somewhat different color balance. I am trying to figure what would cause this. One thought is that perhaps the top edge has lost less speed than the rest of the film. Another thought is that perhaps one of the layers may have lost sensitivity along the top edge (eg yellow). It could be a processing error, but the same problem showed up on separate films developed with separate, freshly mixed batches of developer (although the other chemistry including the ferricyanide bleach was shared). It does seem that the film has lost speed - it was exposed at its rated speed (effective speed 125ASA using an 85B filter). I wonder if the phenomenon shown would be mitigated if I reduced the EI of the film to say 64ASA with the filter or even 32 ASA. I guess the only way to find out is to run the test. Meanwhile any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.


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TAX EXTENDERS -- (Senate - December 08, 2006)
Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I will be very brief. I have spoken a lot in the last week, but I want to talk very briefly about the bill that will be before the Senate in a few minutes, and speak about one particular provision, the antitrade bill.
I thank Bill Thomas, I thank Bill Frist, Senator Grassley, Senator Baucus, Charlie Rangel, Kendrick Meeks. I thank the Chair, I thank Senator Durbin, the leadership in the House and the Senate of both parties, for including this provision in the bill.
Bill Thomas told me a moment ago, as I congratulated him and thanked him, that this should have passed 4 years ago. I think it should have. We worked on it for a long time.
The good news is that it will make a difference. It will create many jobs in Haiti, a country that has about 70-percent unemployment, gross underemployment, a country that Fran and I visited again last week, where we saw Paul Farmer's hospital in the central part of Haiti, with children who were grossly malnourished, children who do not have enough to eat, children who would have died but for getting into Paul's hospital, children whose hair was turning orange because of malnutrition. When we went to Sisters of Charity in Port-au-Prince, we saw twins who had been brought in by their dad who did not have enough to eat; they were clinging to life. That is replicated all over Haiti.
This bill will not solve all the problems of Haiti, but it will begin to do the one thing that is needed: Create jobs. The Haitian people are an industrious people. They are hard working. They line up for jobs. Jobs in Haiti are what the country needs. It is what the new Government, that has been duly elected, needs--to be able to show some progress, to be able to give the people of Haiti some hope.
I thank my colleagues. I thank all of them for including this provision. I thank my friend Lindsey Graham and others who represent textile interests. I know they had problems with this bill. We tried to work out some of those problems. They represented their constituents well. But they also had the heart for the people of Haiti.
This is not just a question about humanitarian concern; it is also about our national interests. It is about our foreign policy. Haiti, as the Presiding Officer knows, being from Florida knows, is very close to Miami. It is probably an hour and 20 minute flight from Miami. Boat people come up there time and time again. We have had United States Marines, United States troops in Haiti twice in the last decade. It is a country that we need to care about. It is very important to us.
I thank the Chair. I thank my colleagues for including this provision. It is a provision that will make a difference. It is a provision that will save lives. I thank my colleagues for this.


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When the third and final deadline for the PCC Development and Construction Co to complete the construction expries in March, 2013 it will not be extended, Gen Choti added.
He has suggested that if the Phuket Provincial Police could find and award the contract to a local company as opposed to a single national one, it would be much more convenient.
"Some Phuket police still have to pay for their own accommodation at around B4,000 per month at least. If we can find local contractors, it would be much easier," Gen Choti said.
It is Gen Choti's belief that if the Phuket Provincial Police were allowed to organise the building of the three police flats by holding local auctions, unlike the Royal Thai Police who were originally responsible for the whole country, then it would be completed much quicker.
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Suthep Tuagsuban, who was in charge of the Royal Thai Police during the approval of the project's plans, and is now a current MP, told Bangkok press last week that complications began just four months after the project was approved in late 2010.
He said that the 2010 dissolution of parliament meant that the responsibility of the project was passed over to the new chief of the Royal Thai Police and the new cabinet.
He also once again denied allegations that were initially levelled by Phua Thai spokesman MP Prompong Nopparit and DSI director Tharit Pengdit that he had favoured the PCC Co as contractor because he had personal ties with them.
He added that he believes that that allegations of bid collusion were politically-motivated to discredit him and former Prime Minister MP Abhisit Vejjajiva.


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Blake_T wrote:shift first, then putt.
that is exactly what i was going to say.
i learned exactly this when i was watching a local pro putt for many years, he kicks his back leg up before he even stroked the putt and he is a very good putter so i took a little bit of that into consideration even though he has a solid stroke in itself. that has made a big improvement in my putting stroke recently by making correct weight transfer like that so i do not have to stroke a putt very hard.
because of that i have comeback putts in my 100% comfort range 99% of the time.


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NEW YORK CITY (April 16, 2013) – Tickets officially went on sale yesterday for the highly anticipated middleweight championship showdown between defending WBA and IBO champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (26-0, 23KO's) and Ireland's top-rated former world title challenger Matthew "Mack The Knife" Macklin (29-4, 20KO's).
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