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Factors Affecting Patient Participation in AIDS Malignancy Clinical Trials Consortium Clinical Trials
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|September 17, 2013
|Last Updated Date
|August 16, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|September 2013
|Primary Completion Date
|September 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Participant level factors affecting recruitment of potentially eligible participants in AMC intervention studies [ Time Frame: Up to 2 weeks ]
The proportion of individuals who are screened and agree to enroll in a clinical trial will be estimated with the binomial proportion and its 95% confidence interval.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01946217 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Factors Affecting Patient Participation in AIDS Malignancy Clinical Trials Consortium Clinical Trials
|Official Title ICMJE
|Improving Participation in AMC Clinical Trials (IMPACTS)
|Brief Summary
|This pilot research trial studies factors affecting patient participation in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Malignancy Clinical Trials Consortium clinical trials. Determining how patients makes decisions about participating in a clinical trial may help doctors plan clinical trials in which more patients are willing to participate and are satisfied with their decision to participate.
|Detailed Description
I. To identify participant-level factors affecting recruitment of potentially eligible participants in AIDS Malignancy Clinical Trials Consortium (AMC) studies at core and affiliated sites.
I. To describe the socio-demographic characteristics for participation and non-participation in AMC clinical trials among all approached volunteers across AMC sites.
II. To characterize socio-demographic characteristics with motivation and decision making among those who consented to participate in an AMC trial.
III. To identify the perceived barriers associated with clinical trial participation among those who did not consent to participate in an AMC clinical trial.
IV. To better understand how potential study volunteers learn about AMC clinical trials and by what means are they referred to a particular study.
Participants complete the Improving Participation in AMC Clinical Trials (IMPACTS) survey comprising questions about socio-demographic information and clinical trial participation.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Not Provided
|Sampling Method
|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|HIV-infected persons with a diagnosis of anal dysplasia or cancer who are offered informed consent on an AMC interventional clinical trial.
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Other: questionnaire administration
Ancillary studies
|Study Groups/Cohorts
|Observational (questionnaire administration)
Participants complete the IMPACTS survey comprising questions about socio-demographic information and clinical trial participation.
Intervention: Other: questionnaire administration
|Publications *
|Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
|September 2015
|Primary Completion Date
|September 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
NCI-2013-01152 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
AMC-S006 ( Other Identifier: AIDS - Associated Malignancies Clinical Trials Consortium )
AMC-S006 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U01CA121947 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
|Not Provided
|IPD Sharing Statement
|Responsible Party
|AIDS Malignancy Consortium
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|AIDS Malignancy Consortium
|Collaborators ICMJE
|Investigators ICMJE
|PRS Account
|AIDS Malignancy Consortium
|Verification Date
|August 2016
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Fans of old-school video games from the 80s and 90s will soon have a new way to play them on today's high-definition televisions.
The new retro video game console is called the Retron 5 and will be released on June 6. It's from video game hardware and accessory company Hyperkin.
More than just a simple piece of gaming equipment that plays old-school video game cartridges, the Retron 5 plays games made for the NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom, Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance.
To bring these 8- and 16-bit video games as close to modern visual standards as possible, the Retron 5 up converts the old-school games to 720p and comes equipped with an HDMI port. It also has two NES, SNES and Genesis ports so that users can play their retro games with original first-party controllers.
"The Retron 5 is our most ambitious project yet," Hyperkin Product Developer Chris Gallizzi said. "We're very happy with the response and anticipation from gamers. It's my hope that the Retron 5 will be a significant contribution to the retro community. There is no other console that plays games for so many systems or outputs everything in 720p."
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Paul Brown/Tiger Racing's Bell Finishes Tenth in GTS In Saturday's SCCA Pirelli World Challenge Race in Utah
TOOELE, Utah — Paul Brown/Tiger Racing's Justin Bell finished a solid tenth in the GTS division in Round 4 of the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge with his eBay Motors Ford Mustang Boss 302S Saturday at Miller Motorsports Park.
The car, which is also sponsored by Kenny Brown Performance, was strapped with reward weight after Bell won two of the first three races and finished second in the other one. His Mustang didn't appreciate the area's high altitude as much as the turbocharged cars did either, but Bell persevered and brought home a top-10 finish that will still generate important points towards the ultimate goal of helping Paul Brown/Tiger Racing repeat as the division's champions.
Bell, of Los Angeles, qualified 12th on Friday with a time of 2:04.198 and an average speed of 88.349 miles per hour for the 3.048-mile, 15-turn road course near Salt Lake City. He had a terrific standing start and vaulted to eighth initially, and then settled into ninth place on lap two between two other Mustangs driven by Brad Adams and Dan McKeever.
McKeever passed him on lap three and Bell dropped one more spot on lap four when Alec Udell got by. Nick Esayian, who went on finish fifth, passed both Udell and Bell on lap five to drop Bell to 12th place. Bell ran his fastest lap of the race up to that point on lap six with a 2:04.760 (87.951 mph), although he would later surpass that in the event, which had a distance of 23 laps or 50 minutes of competition.
Bell remained in 12th place until lap 11, when he vaulted back into the top 10 after Bill Ziegler and McKeever slipped backwards. He spent the rest of the race in tenth position, trying to catch Udell. He drew as close as just 1.284 seconds behind the youngster but Udell was able to stretch the advantage out as the race continued with no full-course yellows. Bell continued to press hard, and he set his fastest lap of the race on lap 15 with a 2:04.313 (88.268 mph).
The standings at the front got scrambled at the end as some drivers made last-ditch efforts to win, but Bell wisely brought his Mustang home in one piece in the race, which was called the Privacy Star Utah Grand Prix Presented by Bondurant. Andy Lee ended up winning GTS in a Camaro over Colin Braun and Michael Galati's Kias.
"Unfortunately the race weekend at Miller was the perfect storm for our Mustang in terms of the reward weight being substantial (after the success of our first three races), the air restrictor and the altitude," said Bell. "Completing the negative scenario we had the Acuras and Kias benefiting the most from their turbo power. Basically we had to run around mid-pack and think about the only positive from the situation, which was that we will be dropping a significant amount of my additional weight heading into Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca."
"We knew this race had all the cards stacked against us with the altitude, small inlet restrictor and rewards weight," said team owner Paul Brown. "Justin drove just as solid as he did in the other races; we just didn't have the legs for the altitude at Miller."
Video streaming of the race will be posted in archives on world-challengeTV.com. The race will also be shown on the NBC Sports Network at 11 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, May 27.
The Long Beach race in which Bell finished second will be shown on the NBC Sports Network today at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
The series now travels to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, Calif., for an event May 10-11. Paul Brown/Tiger Racing will prepare two Mustang Boss 302Ss for that race, which will be held about 300 miles from the team's headquarters in Covina, Calif. Dane Moxlow of Grosse Ile, Mich. will be Bell's teammate in a car sponsored by Trenton Forging, Bard's Tale Beer Co. and Detroit Motion Co.
More information can be found on Tiger Racing's Facebook page. Justin Bell's Web site is at JustinBell.com. The series tweets updates @WCRacing and posts news at world-challenge.com.
Tiger Racing is proud to be partnered with eBay Motors, Kenny Brown Performance, Lucas Oil, Ford Racing, K&N Filters, Eibach, Baer Brakes, Hawk Performance, One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning, G-Stream, ERP/JRZ, Tremec Transmission, Bassani Xhaust and Wellendorf Performance.
About eBay Motors: eBay Motors, a part of eBay Inc., is the Internet's largest marketplace for buying and selling all things automotive. The site offers everyday cars for everyday drivers as well as collector cars, motorcycles, auto parts and accessories. eBay Motors is consistently ranked the No. 1 automotive site on the Web by Nielsen/NetRatings. Nearly 4.5 million new and used vehicles have been sold on eBay Motors, and there are more than 22 million automotive parts and accessories available on eBay Motors at any given time.
About Kenny Brown Performance: Kenny Brown, a 25-year veteran in the Ford Mustang performance aftermarket, is legendary for building some of the most technically advanced Mustangs in North America. His critically acclaimed AGS (Advanced Geometry Suspension) high-performance suspension components for street and track-day Mustangs are some of the best and most innovative in the aftermarket. Brown is a well-known celebrity in the Ford aftermarket and has played a critical role in Mustang racing heritage and new product development since 1986. For more information see KennyBrown.com and visit Kenny Brown Performance on Facebook.
About Paul Brown/Tiger Racing: Paul Brown/Tiger Racing won the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Pirelli World Challenge GTS team championship and propelled its owner/driver Paul Brown to the driver's championship and Ford to the manufacturer's title. Based in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina, Calif., it is also involved in the NASA AIX, VSCDA, SVRA and VARA series. It specializes in race car prep, transportation and trackside support as well as exotic and luxury car maintenance and repairs. It is a popular source for carbon fiber and fiberglass work as well as race car parts for Mustangs and other high-performance cars. Please visit its Facebook page at Tiger Racing.
About Justin Bell: "Exuberant" describes Justin Bell. Whether he's chasing down the race car that's just ahead of him or chasing down a story, hosting a TV show or developing fresh content for TV or the Web, Bell attacks everything with enthusiasm and expertise. He can be seen behind the microphone regularly on SPEED co-hosting Barrett Jackson, doing race commentary and on the new show 'Shut up and Drive," as well as being a special correspondent for jaylenosgarage.com. Bell is very excited about the second season of his show for eBay Motors, the "World's Fastest Car Show," for which he's up for a Webby this year. His racing resume is also quite impressive, as he won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998 and he has second-place finishes at Le Mans, the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Petit Le Mans as well. He was the 1997 FIA GT2 world champion driving a Team Oreca Viper. He also has a pair of Trans-Am victories. The son of five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell, he and his family live in Los Angeles. For more information see JustinBell.com.
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East Lake High School band director John Fulton directs as part of his marching band rehearses for the upcoming performance in the Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.
PALM HARBOR East Lake High School senior Kelli Yeazell had been promised a trip since her freshman year of high school.
The drum major heard stories of other high school marching bands traveling the country for performances and competitions, but East Lakes band had stayed close to home while shed been performing. Until May, that is, when the 78 members of the marching band will travel to Washington, D.C., to perform in the National Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 26 on historic Constitution Avenue.
Last January, East Lake marching band director John Fulton was invited to apply with Music Celebrations International, based on their straight superior ranking at a recent marching band festival. He sent in the application along with references and a DVD of a performance, and in July, received an official invitation to represent the state of Florida in the Memorial Day Parade.
Its validation that were doing the right thing, Fulton said. Were growing in the right direction.
In just his third year teaching at East Lake High School, Fulton said hes worked to offer an environment for his students to grow musically.
Its a family environment in here, Fulton said. Even students who transfer in during the middle of the year become part of the family almost immediately.
But before Fulton and his students can spend four days exploring Washington, D.C. and performing for the nations veterans, they first have to raise about $62,000, nearly $800 per student for transportation, hotels and food. So between All-County performances and after Music Performance Assessments, students are selling candles and ornaments to their neighbors, hot dogs and pretzels to their classmates during football games and holding tag days outside Publix.
Once in the capital, Fulton has planned for his students to get in touch with their patriotic side. The marching band will visit the Marine Barracks, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Fords Theater and some of the Smithsonian Institution Museums, as well as participate in tours of Arlington National Cemetery, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln, Korean, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam and National World War II Memorials.
Junior Daniel Jones, who plays the trumpet in the marching band, said that hes grown as a musician alongside Fulton, who began teaching at East Lake High School the same year Jones began attending there.
Ive learned so much from him, and I think hes learned a lot from teaching us too, Jones said. Its just such an honor to be chosen to perform on Memorial Day.
Now, the East Lake High School marching band has almost three months to prepare for the Memorial Day Parade, and Fulton and his students are still trying to comprehend the honor bestowed upon them.
This is going to be the last big thing I do in high school, Yeazell said, and I couldnt be more excited.
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The front cover reads, "Walnuts in Muffins, Stir-Fried, on Cookies, in Bread, in Pies, etc. The goodness goes on and on and on... Our 75th Anniversary." Color photographs of muffins, stir-fry, cookies, bread, and pie are in front of the words. A package of shelled Diamond Walnuts is at the lower right. "Free with purchase of two packages any size Diamond Shelled Walnuts" is in the upper right. The back has color photographs of two dishes made with walnuts and six Diamond Walnuts packages. 24 pages.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
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The versatile midfielder is keen to build on his recent successes with Juventus and now wants the Italian champions to conquer Europe
The Chile international joined Juve from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2011 and has since won two Scudetti and one Supercoppa Italiana with the Turin giants.
Vidal is not satisfied just yet, though, and is desperate to add more silverware to his trophy cabinet in the years to come.
"This season has been the best of my career so far. I found the perfect conditions in Turin. You must keep on winning in football, though. I want another Scudetto, a Coppa Italia and the Champions League. You should always be looking at new goals. You can never get complacent," Vidal told Corriere dello Sport.
"The two Scudetti and Italian Supercup are my only trophies with Juventus so far, so there is still room for the Champions League..."
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ENUGU—Secretary to Ohanaeze Ndigbo Election Committee, Prince Richard Ozobu, has dissociated himself from last Saturday's election which produced a new executive for the association, insisting that a fresh election would be conducted next Saturday, January 19, 2013.
"As Secretary to the National Electoral Committee of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, established by Imeobi Ohanaeze, the only organ with inherent powers to do so, as an independent body mandated to organize and conduct elections at various levels of Ohanaeze from local government to the national executive level, I hereby inform Ndigbo here and Worldwide that no such elections envisaged by the Ohanaeze Constitution took place," Ozobu said in a statement issued in Enugu yesterday.
According to him, as secretary of the committee, he is the only person, by virtue of his office, that has the responsibility to issue notices, after all conditions for any elections had been met.
He said: "For that of Election into National Offices, Notice is mandatory through two National Daily Newspapers, and such notice would only come after all due process needed to conduct a free and fair election had been accomplished.
"I did not issue any notice for such election. To the Contrary, I issued a well publicised press release that the election for that 12th had been put off to the original date it was scheduled, that is the 19th of January. That date also being the date requested and approve by Imeobi, for the National election.
"The reasons for moving the election from 12th to 19th of January were stated as restated hereunder: late return of completed appraisal forms by the contestants; incomplete delegate lists as results of state elections were still coming in; non-resolution of many petitions against the conduct of state elections from where national delegate lists are obtained."
Ozobu declared that the only meaningful exercise in that 12th January assembly in the Ohanaeze Secretariat was the dissolution of the national executive committee announced by the President General, Amb. Ralph Uwechue, adding that a total executive vacuum had been created.
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Hahaha! I remember this:
I'm a bit of a connoiseur of "difficult" music. We had a record player in the sixth form common room, and whoever bought records in, got to play them on it. There was a challenge to play something so annoying that everyone would leave. Most of the sixth form were incredibly dull and would occasionally treat us to a Phil Collins or Meat Loaf album, which was reason enough, I think to impose on them something a little more out there. Psychic TV's The Full Pack - ten minutes of wolves howling was my masterpiece - though I think the most unlistenable thing we ever heard there was the first Alien Sex Fiend album; approach with care. Reading in this month's Mojo about An Electric Storm by White Noise from 1969, I had to get it, particularly with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's Delia Derbyshire involved. I must admit I was half expecting some unlistenable hippy shit, but it's actually great - first track sounds like Stereolab! So, not that unlistenable after all.
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Practice – A Kicking Competition! Or Not.Posted by on August 31, 2009 – 5:49 pm
Despite the absence of Albert Haynesworth, Kareem Moore, Carlos Rogers, and Randy Thomas from this afternoon's practice, the big news was the kicking competition. Each of the two competitors for the placekicker position attempted seven field goals of varying lengths and in various simulated pressure situations. Shaun Suisham made six and missed one; Dave Rayner made five and missed two.
This was, frankly, a pretty inconclusive result. Here's head coach Jim Zorn on the subject after practice: "It was good," he said of the competition. "They both made most of their field goals. I thought it was interesting to see the rhythm and the timing. There are some things that will show up, I think. They're competing hard. Again, we hope they get some kicks in the game so that we can see more. It will be a last minute decision as we go along here because it's not clear."
Meanwhile, these fourteen kicks were such a big deal that the media was allowed to stay out on the sidelines a bit later than usual so they could watch, and the two kickers were swarmed as they came off the field after practice.
Problem was, what was presented to the media as something decisive and interesting didn't have quite the same cachet for the kickers themselves.
When I asked Rayner about the competition afterward, he gave a long answer about them taking turns doing kickoff drills.
"But …" I said, perplexed. "I thought you guys were working on field goals."
"We were kicking field goals also," he said.
So I hemmed and hawed and then pointed out that I was pretty sure that it was the field goal competition that had everyone so revved up. Rayner looked legitimately bemused. "Oh, okay," he said. "Every Thursday we kick field goals. At 2:15 we kick field goals with the team. Now that we're in a regular game-week schedule, that's apparently how we do it."
(NOTE: Rayner has not forgotten what day it is; relative to a Thursday game, this was the equivalent of Thursday's practice before a Sunday game.)
I asked punter (and holder) Hunter Smith about how things had gone, and he gave me a completely blank look. "What, out there?" he said, gesturing at the practice field. I nodded, and he went into full-on politician mode. "Well, they both kicked real well," he said. "They're both professionals. They're both seasoned guys, and I thought they both kicked well. The thing about practice is that it is practice; we'll have to see what happens in this last preseason game."
Only long snapper Ethan Albright was willing to offer anything resembling an opinion, and even that he qualified about twenty different ways. "Both these guys look good," he said. "To be honest, I've got a track record with Shaun, I've been in game-winning situations with Shaun, converted and won the games for us. Shaun's the guy that I've got history with, and I'm comfortable with him. I've been there, been in games and the pressure situations, and I've seen him come through for us."
(Let me interject here to note that Albright is correct here: Suisham is 18-20 in the fourth quarter and overtime combined in his career.)
"But both of them have real good legs," Albright finished. "I don't know Dave well, but he's shown a very good leg in camp."
This is not to say that there was nothing interesting about practice with the specialists today: watching them afforded me the chance to see Ethan Albright running pass routes for Hunter Smith as a way of returning the ball to the kicker during kickoff drills.
"He does that to show the guys that he's young and fresh," Suisham said.
And does he seem young and fresh? "Yes, he does."
Rayner had a different interpretation. "I think he was just testing Hunter's arm," he suggested, "and, y'know … how many receivers do we have, including tight ends? You know, if twelve to fourteen guys went down, he'd probably be the first guy to get in there. He runs a good, nice route, good strides, good hands."
Smith saw it as part of a long-term plan: "Ethan and I are planning for a life after football, which will be football in another league. We're gonna start a league for players over 45."
Albright hadn't gotten the memo on this hypothetical old guy league, though, and told me that pass routes were him "just finding a fun way to get some running in. I feel like I'm 26, man," he said. "It's great to be out here on the field with these guys."
I told Albright what Smith had said about the league for over-45 players, and he laughed. "I'm gonna still be trying to play on this team when I'm 45," he said.
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Lausanne, Switzerland, 09 January 2013 – With the exciting match-up between German Eagles and Group B table-toppers Astana Arlans Kazakhstan set to light up the Kuppelsaal Congress Centrum on Saturday 12 January (21:00 local time), one contest that stands out is the face-off between David Oliver Joyce and Eric Donovan. The Eagles will be hoping that Joyce along with Nicolae Andreiana and Serge Michel come up with the goods at home to defeat the powerful Kazak outfit.
22-year-old Bantamweight (50-54kg) debutant Andreiana will be first in the ring and will be entrusted with the task of taking down the impressive Kazak southpaw Bagdad Alimbekov. The Romanian European Championships bronze medallist comes to this competition with quite a pedigree and with a slight height and reach advantage, will be looking to make his maiden World Series of Boxing (WSB) appearance a winning one.
History will be made in the competition when two Irish fighters go head-to-head for the very first time. And what a mouth-watering prospect it will be to see the Eagles' Joyce and Donovan battling it out for supremacy at Lightweight (57-61kg). The two come from the same St Michael's Athy Boxing Club and the fight will be a repeat of the 2012 Irish Elite National Championships in which Joyce was victorious.
"We fought a few times in the past and they have always been cracking contests and I am expecting the same in Germany. It is a first for the club and Irish boxing and may the best man win on the night," said Joyce.
Dominic O'Rourke, Director of Boxing with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association and Head Coach at the St Michael's Athy BC, has worked in Joyce's and Donovan's corners on numerous occasions. He said, "David and Eric have been with the club from a young age, ten or eleven years old, and they are two world class boxers. Every time they have met at the National Stadium they have always produced fantastic contests, real edge of-the-seat stuff. Next Saturday in Germany will be a first as they will box over five rounds. It promises to be very exciting. The bout has captured the imagination of the club and I have no doubt that it will be another fantastic contest".
Supremo Sergiy Derevyanchenko will then seek to extend his unbeaten WSB record to 16-0 when he locks horns with Germany's Xhek Paskali in the Middleweight (68-73kg) showdown. The sumptuous 27-year-old Ukrainian has begun the season in blistering form, defeating two tough customers in weeks one and four. Paskali is still finding his feet in the competition and will face the biggest test of his fledgling career when he battles the double WSB Champion.
One of the revelations of this early season has been Germany's Serge Michel, the technically gifted 24-year-old defeated two of the Light Heavyweight (80-85kg) most accomplished fighters in Abdelhafid Benchabla and Kennedy Katende, and now he will be gunning for Kazakhstan's experienced Croatian Hrvoje Sep. The orthodox Michel will have both the height and home advantage here so will go into the fight as slight favourite. However Sep always seems to rise to the occasion so this promises to be a great contest.
Bringing the show to a close will be the bout between Germany's WSB debutant Eric Brechlin and WSB Champion Filip Hrgovic. The odds are stacked in favour of the away boxer here, with 20-year-old Croatian sensation boasting a 13-2 career record in the competition and currently leading the Heavyweight (91+kg) charts.
This one will have it all with both teams evenly matched throughout. Astana Arlans Kazakhstan will be intent on keeping their 100% record with a fifth straight win but Germany has been impressive at home. It will be a match to savour.
German Eagles v Astana Arlans Hannover, Germany January 12th
Ireland and St Michael's Athy team-mates David Oliver Joyce and Eric Donovan are slated to clash in the first ever all-Irish World Series of Boxing (WSB) fight when the German Eagles host the Astana Arlans of Kazakhstan in Hannover, Germany on Saturday night.
The historic lightweight Group B duel at the Kuppelsaal Congress Centrum will be a repeat of the 2012 Irish Elite semi-final which Joyce won (16-11) at Dublin's National Stadium.
The Kildare duo also met in the 2007 and 2010 57kg and 60kg Irish Elite finals, both national deciders swinging either way by seven-point margins, Joyce winning the 2007 final 20-13 and Donovan claiming a 17-10 decision from the 2010 rematch at the Stadium.
Saturday's meeting could also be a forerunner for the 2013 Irish Elite Championships 60kg final next month.
Joyce has won one fight for the Eagles this season and Donovan toppled Serbia's Branimir Stankovic – who beat his Irish team-mate and 2012 Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin this term – in a five-round slugfest to help the Arlans defeat defending WSB Team champions Italia Thunder in Almaty, Kazakhstan last month.
"We fought a few times in the past and they have always been cracking contests and I'm expecting the same in Germany. It's a first for the club and Irish boxing and may the best man win on the night," said Joyce.
Dominic O'Rourke,Director of Boxing with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association and head coach at the St Michael's Athy BC, has worked Joyce's and Donovan's corners on numerous occasions.
He said: "David and Eric have been with the club from a young age, ten or eleven years old, and they are two world class boxers.
"Every time they met at the National Stadium they always produced fantastic contests, real edge of-the-seat stuff. Next Saturday in Germany will be a first as they will box over five rounds.
"It promises to be very exciting. The bout has captured the imagination of the club and I have no doubt that it will be another fantastic contest."
The Arlans travel to Hannover five points clear of the hosts at the top of Group B.
The Eagles are lying in fourth position heading into week 5 of the WSB season.
The top four teams in Group A and B qualify for the quarter-finals.
German Eagles v Astana Arlans Hannover, Germany January 12th
Bantamweight – Nicolae Razvan Andreiana v Bagdad Alimberkov
Lightweight – David Oliver Joyce v Eric Martin Donovan
Middleweight – Xhek Paskali v Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Light-heavyweight- Serge Michel v Hrvoje Filip
Heavyweight – Eric Brechlin v Filip Hrgovic
Meanwhile, Joe Ward and John Joe Nevin and Michael Conlan and Sean Turner will be on opposing sides when the British Lionhearts host the USA Knockouts at York Hall, London on January 17.
Conlan, a bronze medal winner at London 2012, debuts for the Knockouts against current European champion Andrew Selby, while Lionhearts lightweight Nevin meets France's Daouda Sow in a battle of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic silver medallists.
The Selby/Conlan five-rounder is a repeat of the 2011 AIBA World Championships quarter-final which Selby edged by a single-point in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Both boxers qualified for London 2012 by virtue of reaching the last-eight in the Azeri capital.
Ward, the current European light-heavyweight champion, will be aiming for his third WSB victory of the season for the Lionhearts versus Croatia's Marco Calic in the East End of London.
If the Moate BC southpaw beats Calic then he could go top of the WSB Individual rankings. He currently occupies 3rd position.
London 2012 silver medallist Fred Evans and Frazer Clarke will also line out for the star-studded Lionehearts team, who will be looking to extend their unbeaten home run to three victories.
Lionhearts General Manager Matt Archibald is eagerly looking forward to hosting the USA Knockouts at York Hall, a venue considered by many to be the home of British boxing.
"We are keen for the British Lionhearts to have a recognized home venue for the remainder of the season where we can look to build a fanbase, he said.
"The agreement with York Hall and its owners GLL enables us to do this and provides the team with a home for the rest of this season in an iconic boxing venue."
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The clock is ticking for those who haven't finished their holiday shopping, but a BMO survey released this morning shows fewer people are cutting things close to the wire than last year.
The survey found only 3% of Canadians consider themselves last-minute shoppers.
"With Canadian families balancing busier schedules more than ever before, it's no surprise that a few shoppers will be rushing around at the last minute," said Janet Peddigrew, BMO Bank of Montreal vice-president.
"However, this last-minute rush can often cause people to make impulse decisions and sometimes over-spend on gift-buying."
Perhaps not surprisingly, the survey found more men than women (38% versus 21%) leave their holiday shopping until December.
Many surveyed said they planned their shopping weeks (26%) or months (68%) in advance.


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The Maple Grove City Council accepted at $15,000 donation from the Maple Grove Lions Club during its Monday, Jan. 6 meeting.
The council also considered a liquor license for Mongo's Grill, 11628 Fountains Drive N. There were also two businesses that were to receive Minnesota Investment Funds.
This and other action took place during the meeting.
The Maple Grove Lions Club also donated $15,000 to the Maple Grove Police Department. A total of $10,000 will be used to support the DARE program and $5,000 will be used to purchase public safety equipment.
Councilor Karen Jaeger thanked the Lions for its support. Mayor Mark Steffenson also thanked the Lions as well. The council unanimously accepted the donation.
Councilor/Maple Grove Lions member Phil Leith added, "Many of you may not have heard, but the Park Board will also be accepting a couple of donations … $15,000 will be going to the Park and Rec scholarship fund to fund for people that cannot afford the programs and $60,000 will be going toward the Central Park fund, which will bring the total to $100,000 for the Central Park fund. I would like to thank the Lions for their support of the city."
The council heard a request from Mongo's Grill to acquire an on sale wine and 3.2 liquor license. Representatives from Mongo's Grill attended the mandatory City Alcohol Compliance Training in November.
Mayor Steffenson reminding the applicant to have a license means to only serve to those old enough to purchase alcohol. He added, "We periodically do compliance checks and make sure that you are in fact checking making you are not selling to underage drinkers."
The council approved the on sale wine and 3.2 liquor license for Mongo's Grill, subject to compliance with liquor license requirements of the city code.
Two businesses in Maple Grove were set to receive Minnesota Investment Funds. The purpose of the fund is to assist expanding businesses in creating and retaining high quality jobs, with an emphasis on manufacturing, technology and professional services employment. Through this program funds are awarded to local units of government to help them create quality employment opportunities and assist with business expansions. Grants are awarded to local governments which then make the loans for specific business projects.
The first business, Aspen Research Corporation, was requesting the one-year extension of the loan. The business is located north of 83rd Avenue N. and west of Jefferson Highway. There loan will be used for job creation goals deed.
The council adopted the extension of the Minnesota Investment Fund loan grant period and job creation commitment for Aspen Research Corporation for a period of one year.
The second business was Price Mechanical Incorporated, to be located north or 67th Avenue and west of Wedgewood Court N. Currently, the business is in the process of occupying an existing 12,000-square-foot building at 6705 Wedgewood Court. As part of the improvements to the building, Price is seeking a $700,000 forgivable loan from the state with the city serving as the administrator of that loan.
The council authorized staff to apply to the Department of Employment and Economic Development for a Minnesota Investment Fund Loan on behalf of Price Mechanical Incorporated.
In other action, the council:
ACCEPTED a Heart Safe Community Award. A separate story will appear in next week's paper.
AUTHORIZED staff to begin the recruitment process for the vacant position of police officer due to the resignation of Derek Jacobson.


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When I have a little time later this week I may start a thread on example of how open-source improves lives. I hope I do not come across as a foss evangelist because that is not how I feel.
There are certainly differences between my an kiwiNZ position and I think he is wrong, however I also suspect these differences are not so great when I consider the time and effort he puts into the forums and Ubuntu.


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FORTUNE -- Add Facebook to Morgan Stanley's growing list of woes. The company's stock was falling even before last week's bungled IPO, and is now down 21% in the past month. Despite Morgan Stanley's (ms) recent disclosures showing it has lowered its exposure to Europe, investors still seem worried that the company could suffer big losses if the sovereign debt crisis gets worse in Greece and Italy.
But a bigger concern may be Moody's. The credit rating firm recently warned that it may lower Morgan's credit rating three notches. Rivals face similar downgrades, but Morgan is likely to end up with a lower rating than the others. Morgan has trailed Goldman Sachs (gs) and JPMorgan Chase (jpm) in debt trading. The debt downgrade will only make it harder for the firm to compete in the area.
MORE: 5 signs Facebook hates its shareholders
Indeed, James Gorman deserves a lot of credit for saving Morgan after the financial crisis. His biggest move was to push the firm more deeply into the retail brokerage business with his acquisition of Smith Barney. That's a much more stable and safe business than say trading, where the firm posted a $9 billion loss during the financial crisis. But it has also weighed down Morgan Stanley. The retail brokerage business tends to lag recoveries. Retail investors haven't come back to the market. So Morgan's profits haven't rebounded as much as rivals. Mergers and acquisitions, another big business for Morgan, have been down recently as well.
The one business that has been working for Morgan is equity underwriting, in particular tech deals. Star investment banker Michael Grimes has helped the firm land deals heading up the IPOs of LinkedIn, Zynga, Groupon and most recently Facebook (fb). In all, since the beginning of 2010, Morgan Stanley's tech banking team has generated $1.2 billion in fees, according to deal tracking firm Dealogic. That's $250 million more than JPMorgan Chase, its closest competitor in the area. The problem is that as Morgan's tech business has grown, the rest of the bank's underwriting business hasn't followed, making it more and more reliant on its tech team for profits. Since 2010, tech deals have generated 13% of Morgan's overall investment banking fees, according to Dealogic. That compares to 7% at JPMorgan and 9% at Goldman. That's why the poor performance of Facebook's IPO could be a lingering issue for Morgan.
MORE: Another thing spooking Facebook's stock: Taxes
Facebook's shares fell another 8% on Tuesday to close at $31, and now stand well below their IPO price of $38. At the very least, it looks like Morgan Stanley mismanaged the offering, by either signing off on a price that was too high, or agreeing to sell too many shares in the deal. A number of investors have complained that they got far more shares than they were expecting in the IPO, causing them to dump shares when Facebook's stock debuted early Friday, and possibly leading to the trading problems at the Nasdaq. Worse, FINRA on Tuesday said it's looking into whether Morgan Stanley and other bankers broke rules when the firms' analysts cut their earnings forecasts on Facebook just days before the IPO. Massachusetts security division says it will also subpoena Morgan on the matter. Morgan said it followed the same procedures for the Facebook offering that it follows for all IPOs. Facebook declined to comment.
Indeed, there is probably a fair amount of blame to go around for Facebook's bungled IPO. A senior executive at Nasdaq told the Wall Street Journal the exchange wouldn't have gone forward with the IPO if it was aware of the potential computer glitches. Facebook's CFO appeared to have pushed to sell more shares. "We'll never know how the stock would have traded if it had opened on time and without problems," says tech fund manager Kevin Landis of Firsthand fund, which owns Facebook shares. "I don't fault the IPO price."
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Nonetheless, Morgan's tech team is bound to take a reputation hit as well. "The fact that Morgan Stanley is a powerhouse in equity underwriting is not going change," says Brad Hintz, an analyst who follows the bank at Sanford Bernstein and recommends Morgan's shares. "But this is something that other banks will be able to use against them when competing for deals."
The basic problem for Morgan's investors is that Wall Street is a volatile business, even without propriety trading. And that's particularly true of the IPO business, which every few years seems to be a source of trouble for Wall Street. Here's what one IPO consultant told the New York Times in a positive profile of Morgan's Grimes right before the Facebook IPO.
"Momentum is everything in Silicon Valley," said Lise Buyer, the founder of Class V Group, an advisory firm for initial public offerings and a former Google executive. "The Valley tends to go with what worked last time."
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SALT LAKE CITY — After he crossed the finish line of the 42nd Deseret News Marathon, Jon Kotter slumped over to catch his breath and steady his wobbly legs.
He nodded graciously — unable, it seemed, to muster the strength to speak — to the rows of well-wishers who congratulated him with cat calls, cheers and handshakes.
Despite the physical toll that running 26.2 miles on a muggy, overcast morning took on his body, a tired grin of pure contentment never left Kotter's face. He had, after all, a good reason to smile: running his first marathon in more than eight years, the 26-year-old law student at BYU won the men's division with a time of 2:24:02.
"This is just amazing. I saw my family as I turned the corner and it hit me that I would actually win," Kotter said. "I'm tired, but it's awesome."
The only person who was more excited than Kotter for his first-place finish was his mother, Laurie. Her son had barely made it past the gates of the finish line when she wrapped him in an emotional victory embrace. She then stayed by his side as he wandered the grounds of Liberty Park to recover from the race.
"We were standing just around the final bend, and then I saw Jonathan's head pop up and started screaming. I couldn't help myself," Laurie Kotter said. "Right now he just looks really tired, so I'm keeping an eye on him. That's what moms do."
Fritz Van De Kamp, a 31-year-old Salt Lake native, finished about 30 seconds back at 2:24:31. The two runners paced the field by more than 10 minutes, with James Moore coming in third at 2:35:25.
"I lost them right at the beginning," Moore said. "I mean, they took off faster than I thought was possible. I hoped I'd have a chance to catch them, but they just kept up that pace."
Kotter extended his lead to about 380 meters at the 24-mile mark, though Van De Kamp's late burst brought him closer once the two reached the finish line.
"Jon got ahead of me at mile 17, along Wasatch Drive," Van De Kamp said. "I just kind of faded there for a bit until I reached Foothill. I've raced a lot, so I knew I'd feel better and just needed to get through those tough miles. I finished pretty strong, but he paced it really well and pulled it out."
John Rosswog and Trent Jensen rounded out the top five with times of 2:39:52 and 2:46:50, respectively.
Rob Murphy won the Master's Division (40 years and older) with a time of 2:50:14. He finished sixth overall. Competing in his 15th marathon, Murphy was running at a slower pace with a friend from Florida. But when his friend faded halfway through the race, Murphy decided to turn it on.
"I feel great right now, mostly because I ran the first half really easy," Murphy said. "Running a marathon in Utah during July isn't ideal for fast times, but I'm happy with how I ran today. Just getting out and competing is always fun."
Kotter, who won a half marathon last week, hadn't run a full marathon in about eight years. He ran both cross country and track at BYU, where he specialized in the 10K. Kotter said he'll likely try to defend his title next year, but with graduation on the horizon, he can't predict what will happen.
"I graduate next year, and I'd like to stay here in Utah and get a job," Kotter said. "I'll keep running for a while, but we'll see what happens. Running is always great — you feel a sense of accomplishment and competition whether you take first place or not. It's just a lot of fun."
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How Long Of A Commute Is Too Long? – Daily Dilemma [POLL]
The "Daily Dilemma" on the Sean and Richie Show is featured every weekday morning at 6:40am. We and the listeners take on someone's problems and try to offer different perspectives. Now, these don't have to be huge problems- it could just be something bothering you or a friend, or it could be some little thing you and another just can't agree on. If you have a dilemma to share we'd love to hear it just e-mail us here at the show.
Here is today's dilemma:
My dilemma is a good news bad news. I have been out of work for some time. My husband makes decent money and we have not been suffering financially, however we really could use two incomes. The good news is I got a job offer the other day and it seems to be a good position. I would not say it is in any way a dream job but it is good pay and something I would not hate doing.
The bad news is, it would be a long commute. Over an hour each way. Now I don't mind driving and believe me, getting a job close to where I live has proven to be almost impossible. I just don't know if I can do a long commute like that day after day for a long time. I feel like after a while it will get really old and I will start to hate this job.
So , I guess what I'm asking is for the commuters in your audience, how long of a commute to work is too long? Do you get used to it? And I guess do you think I should take this job?


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Readers may recall our coverage of last week's Orthodox Jewish gathering at Citi Field, which discussed the issues Internet use poses for a traditional religious community. Pope Benedict XVI, it turns out, issued a proclamation on new media on the same day, as Nicholas Frankovich points out at National Review :
Even as the men at Citi Field were sending the message to beware the collapse of the signal-to-noise ratio under the crush of social media and the Internet, the pope, as it happens, was singing to us from the same hymnal in Rome. May 20 was the Catholic Churchs 46th observance of World Communications Day. The title of Benedicts message for it is Silence and Word. He writes there :
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth; we understand with greater clarity what it is we want to say and what we expect from others; and we choose how to express ourselves . . . . When messages and information are plentiful, silence becomes essential if we are to distinguish what is important from what is insignificant or secondary. Deeper reflection helps us to discover the links between events that at first sight seem unconnected, to make evaluations, to analyze messages; this makes it possible to share thoughtful and relevant opinions, giving rise to an authentic body of shared knowledge. For this to happen, it is necessary to develop an appropriate environment, a kind of eco-system that maintains a just equilibrium between silence, words, images and sounds.
Covering the Citi Field event, Jennie Rothenberg Gritz of The Atlantic does a fine job of advancing the conversation beyond stereotypes of religious men confessing that pornography tempts them which was the gist of the comparatively shallow report in the New York Times , for example.


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By now we already feel like festival warriors, and no matter how many showers we take we still have festival dirt caking our bodies, but we soldiered on in anticipation of Prince as well as the kajillion other great bands that were playing (and unfortunately scheduled at the same time as each other. Shouts to MIA and Dwight Yoakam, who we missed but were probably great.) Check out our rundown of day two after the jump, and keep an eye out for the final day later on.
We sweated more than ever during day two of Coachella, probably because it was like 101 degrees. Day two also provided the best celebrity sightings, including Nicole Richie and that guy from Good Charlotte (you know the one), Steven Tyler of Aerosmith (who has the smoothest face to ever exist, and it is actually kind of creepy), and David Hasselhoff. When do you ever expect to see David Hasselhoff? Like never.
After dancing it up with our dressed-in-white-bros in Hot Chip, we went over to the mainstage to catch some of Kraftwerk—it was pretty good, but also dudes standing completely still and playing old electronic jams can only occupy our attention for so long (the picture of the old computer on the giant screen was major though!)
From there we went to see Animal Collective. Probably the best thing about Animal Collective is that they are a jam band without actually sounding like a jam band—like, you just know there is totally bootleg trading going on. So does that mean that all the raver kids that were there will be trading zip files from like every Animal Collective set? Um, yeah apparently. We just checked and that shit is already up for download.
Next we watched Portishead, kind of an epic downer, but that was always the best thing about them anyway. They ran through all of our old favorites, which, it turns out is pretty much every Portishead song. By the end of their set we were slumped and mentally deflated in a corner, about to cry and eating what basically amounted to an elementary school lunch cheeseburger.
After that, we went to the mainstage along with every single person at Coachella to catch Prince. Even though Prince wasn't really allowing photography and we didn't have the super huge lense that would have allowed us to capture his performance it was still the best thing we saw all weekend. Here are the moments when we lost our shit: when he brought Morris Day out, when Sheila E came out to do "The Glamorous Life," and then wailed on the drums for a lot of minutes, and also ALL OF IT, even the dubious covers of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel," and Radiohead's "Creep." Actually, "Creep" wasn't dubious, it was totally weird and random and out of the blue. We walked out of the festival feeling like we somehow found a way to roll the years 1970-1993 into a joint and smoke it. What does that even mean? Think on that one and check out our coverage of the final day of Coachella tomorrow.


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Johannesburg - The ANC in the North West has welcomed over 100 new members from other political parties, it said on Monday.
The new inductees into the African National Congress were from the Democratic Alliance, Agang SA, Congress of the People, and the Economic Freedom Fighters, provincial secretary Dakota Legoete said in a statement.
"The recent reception bares testimony that the ANC lives and still leads."
The new members were welcomed into the ANC at Kopela village, in Tswaing local municipality, on Saturday.
He said despite those from other political parties saying otherwise, the ANC provided new members with a harmonious working environment.
"For the coming weeks the ANC will continue to win the hearts of masses and prove to its people that their votes were not in vain," he said.


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May 2013
Vol. 32, No. 5
24 Everything's Coming Up Wilde!
While Ellowyne Wilde has been shopping at her
favorite thrift shops, Evangeline Ghastly has been
spending time sewing in the attic of Barkley Manor.
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Fashion dolls may not have a beating heart, but
here is proof that they can have heart, especially
Urban Vita.
By Marilyn Allen Kearns
32 Do Clothes Make the Woman?
Wearing trousers is a fashion option taken for
granted by most women in the 21st century, but
it wasn't so very long ago that females who wore
them were considered vulgar or indecent — some-
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The horrific tragedy in Newtown certainly requires a solution that has not yet been accomplished.
Gun control will not stop these things from happening. Outlaw guns and then only outlaws will have guns. Realize that criminals and people like Adam Lanza will be able to get guns even if there was a total ban on all weapons. I am a hunter and I do have a weapon available to protect my family. Taking this away from me or even limiting what I own does not protect our children from these tragedies. Limiting the size of clips, the amount of ammo you can buy, where and when you purchase ammo, what type of guns you can own, etc., is not going to stop these tragedies.
The staff at the Newtown school were the only people that could have stopped Lanza; the police couldn't be there soon enough. While arming every teacher with a gun isn't a practical solution, a non-lethal weapon for every teacher, capable of stopping Adam Lanza, could have saved many lives. The teachers did every thing they could to protect those children, but they didn't stand a chance against this lunatic with guns.
Figure out how our teachers can be equipped to defend themselves and the children because someone like Lanza WILL come again someday.
Would Lanza have come if he knew the teachers were capable of defending themselves and the children? It might have deterred him, but if it didn't, at least someone could have minimized what he did.
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Friday, 22 September 2017
Nature's Neutrals ATC Set
Hello everyone! Today I'm posting a set of ATCs I made for a swap at ATCs for All, for a Neutral Colors theme. I began my collage background from some magazine images with flower pods and leaves in a wintery garden. These lead me to think of autumn, early winter even, after a first snowfall perhaps. So I ended up with a palette of white and shades of brown and yellow. I added torn paper scraps from book pages and paintings I no longer wanted to keep, and then used gesso to fade the edges. The edges are coloured with Distress Ink colors Brushed Corduroy and Black Soot. For embellisments, I chose mistable fabric stickers that I tinted with different yellows and browns, and Wycinanka chipboards that I embossed with WOW embossing ink, color Earthtone Nutmeg. These cards went for a swap, but I'll let you know in the blog if I make more in same style for trade later on! I'm entering my ATC set in the following challenges: Mixed Media Monthly: Vintage. I was inspired by the vintage colour palette, and also had the lace in mind when I applied the subtle, uneven coat of white gesso. Memuaris: Palette #28, Orange & Brown or Sand & Brown Mixed Media World: Anything Mixed Media Goes. And Eclectic Ellapu: Flora and Fauna / Nature Last but not least, here's a photo of the little extras that I included when mailing the swap. I love getting happy surprises like this so I often include some collage elements myself whenever there's room in my swap envies and the postage limit allows! Happy weekend to everyone and thank you so much for your visit and comments!
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Tunnisteet: acrylics, ATC, ATCs for All, autumn, challenge, collage, gesso, heat embossing, limited palette, mists, mixed media, swap, winter
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Syksyn kurssien ilmoittautuminen alkaa!
Hello! Today's post will be in Finnish, about my coming workshops. Hei kaikki! Minulla on tulevana syksynä ilo ja kunnia opettaa jälleen mixed media -askarteluja Espoon työväenopistossa ja lisäksi uutena opetuspaikkana Vantaan aikuisopistossa. Kaikille kursseille ilmoittaudutaan Ilmonet-järjestelmän kautta joko netissä tai puhelimitse. Ilmoittautuminen Espoon kursseille alkaa tänään 15.8. klo 12 ja Vantaan kursseille klo 13! Art Journal- luovuutta arkeen Vantaa (Tikkurila) 28.9.−26.10.2017 Maalit, musteet, leimailu, painaminen, värittäminen, sekatekniikka... lumoudu värien ja kuvioiden maailmasta! Teemme oman Art Journalin (englanniksi taidepäiväkirja), valintasi mukaan joko vanhaan kirjaan tai helpolla sidonnalla erilaisista papereista. Art Journalin pariin uppoutuu helposti koko päiväksi, mutta opit myös nopeita tekniikoita, joita ehtii tehdä silloinkin, kun aikaa on vain vartti. Mixed media -askartelu on eri tekniikoiden yhdistelyä ja kokeilemisen iloa ja siihen sopivat hyvin kierrätysmateriaalit. Mixed media - jouluaskartelu Espoo (Tapiola) 7.11.-19.11.2017 Mixed media on eri tekniikoiden yhdistelyä ja kokeilemisen iloa. Viikonlopun aikana opimme useita helppoja tekniikoita, joilla saa aikaan persoonalliset joulukortit, lahjapaperit tai pienet lahjat. Käytämme mm. sabluunoita ja leimasimia, akryylimaaleja ja leimasinmusteita, ja kierrätysmateriaalia kuten kirjansivuja. Samoilla tekniikoilla voit tehdä monenlaista, kuten kortteja, jouluisen minialbumin muistoille tai ruokaohjeille, tai tuunata valmiin esineen kuten pienen peilinkehyksen. Voit tulla myös kokeilemaan tekniikoita, oppimaan ja ihastumaan! Joulukortit mehiläisvahatekniikalla (Yhden päivän kurssi, kolme eri ajankohtaa) Espoo (Tapiola) 25.11.2017 Vantaa (Myyrmäki) 26.11.2017 Vantaa (Tikkurila) 2.12.2017 Tule oppimaan mielenkiintoinen tekniikka, jolla serveteistä ja silkkipapereista tehdään sulan mehiläisvahan avulla herkät, läpinäkyvän kerrokselliset kortit. Käytämme silitysrautaa mehiläisvahan sulattamiseen ja kuvien kerroksittain kiinnittämiseen. Tällä tekniikalla loihtii nopeasti kauniita kortteja ja lisäksi saa nauttia ihanan jouluisesta mehiläisvahan tuoksusta! Lisätiedot löytyvät ilmoittautumislinkeistä ja päivittyvät tuotapikaa myös blogini Workshops-välilehdelle. Vastaan mieluusti kysymyksiin myös sähköpostitse, salla.porra (at) saunalahti.fi. Kurssit soveltuvat niin uusille kuin kokeneemmillekin askartelijoille. Lämpimästi tervetuloa!
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Mini Journaling with Moodiversary and Art Marks Summer Challenges
Hi! Today I'd like to share with you couple of fun summer challenges that I can recommend for anyone who feels inspired to art/journal but maybe has just a few minutes for it daily, which was often the case for me this summer! DeeDee Catron and Jenn Engle's Moodiversary uses the same mood board for the whole month, but there is a new link-up for prizes every week. My link is to Week 3, which will expire within a day, but you'll find Week 4 in DeeDee's blog when the time comes. The delicious Moodiversary Board is here and the reason for the challenge is to celebrate the first year of DeeDee and Jenn's monthly inspiration posts called Mixed Media Moods. So the inspiration will continue after this month, on their blogs and YouTube channels. I was inspired by the organic forms of the skeleton leaves and the tree on the bottom row, and the door one row up. Plus all the colours of the challenge, but particularly the yellow paint shade, Pollen, and Royal Fuchsia and Desert Turquoise. Rae Missigman's Art Marks - A 30 Day Summer Challenge has a prompt word for each day, and the challenge encourages you to only use a set time, say 5-10 minutes, to "make your marks" each day. You can find the prompts list at Rae's blog. I've been catching up with the prompts in no particular order - maybe some prompts felt more ready than others to emerge from the different backgrounds of each side in my mini book, actually! Here's Day 9, Free Form: Day 20, Scratched: Day 16, Mirrored. This is not in the same 3 1/2x3 1/2 inches mini album as the others. I wanted to experiment with a slightly larger format so this is another junk journal, about 6x8 in size. What could suit the Mirrored prompt better than this good old way of printing on both sides of a spread/folded paper, that many have surely have done as kids! I added some pencil and carbon on the one side of the spread to make my butterfly not completely mirrored, to reflect the idea that a mirror does not show everything there is. Day 17 prompt of Dripped is the last for today! I made my mini album specifically with these quick challenges in mind. It is an accordion book and the page size is 3 1/2 inches. I'll be back another day to show more of how it looked in the beginning, what different papers I used for backgrounds, and so on! On the pages next to Free Form, you can see that some background papers are more finished than others, and I may want to keep them as they are. But more about that later. And the covers, oh, they are such a fun idea even if I say so myself. The size of 3 1/2 inches might ring a bell to folks around my age or older, that is, those of us who already used a computer before the year 2000. Let's see if anyone can guess what I used. Thank you for popping in and commenting, as always!
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Tunnisteet: acrylic medium, acrylics, art journal, books, challenge, hand drawn, hand painted, junk journal, mini album, mixed media, recycle, ribbon, stenciling, summer
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Mixed Media Summer ATC Swap
Hello! Here's what I made for an ATC swap here in Finland, themed Mixed Media Summer and organized by Taru. I had plenty of gelli prints with summery colours, so I began to work my backgrounds from them. I also added some mists in different shades of green, and was happy with the colour palette that reminds me of a summer evening just before dark. For inspiration, I had several challenges, starting with Mixed Media Place and their gorgeous mood board, also with a feel of a summer evening. The mood board has some delicate white flowers and seeds, and I decided to decorate my ATCs with lily-of-the-valley shaped chipboards from Wycinanka. Before glueing them in place, I gessoed the chipboards to make them completely white and heat embossed them with an embossing powder that has a particularly lovely golden white shade. It's called Angel Wings Gold by Lindy's Stamp Gang, and it is indeed white with a hint of gold. The colour was very hard to catch in the photos, I'm afraid. But try them if you get a chance. I only have a couple of Lindy's powders but they both are this kind, shining in two different colours and with a high gloss, enamel-looking finish. At Art-Piaskownica, the challenge theme was Stamping. The stamped part in my project are the dark blue leaves. I first stamped them on a tissue paper, tore pieces of it and glued them in place with acrylic medium. I have previously used stamped tissue paper on my beeswax collages, and recently I realized they are a cool thing to add to other mixed media projects, too. The white tissue paper becomes invisible and the stamp shows very well, even on uneven surfaces where it would be harder to stamp directly. You can also prepare these papers in advance, if you feel like trying some new stamps but can't think of a project just then, for example. Like this: I'm also joining the challenges at Craft Stamper: Anything Goes and Mixed Media Monthly: Altered Embellishments (For the Craft Stamper magazine, I hope my submission counts as one project, since this is a set of very similar cards. If I were so incredibly lucky to be picked as the winner, I do have three of the ATCs still left that I could mail for publication.) A few more photos to follow... I'll end today's post with the full set of 12 cards, photographed with my unfinished acrylic painting as background! Thank you for popping in and commenting, as always. Welcome back next week to see another post with the cards I received in this Mixed Media Summer ATC swap!
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Tunnisteet: acrylic medium, acrylics, ATC, challenge, collage, decoupage, garden, Gelli print, heat embossing, mists, mixed media, paper decorating techniques, stamping, summer, swap
Monday, 29 May 2017
Nature Prints Journal Spread
Hello, and happy new week to everyone! My biggest inspiration of this year has been the year-long Wanderlust 2017 online class. I've started more projects than finished but at this point, this doesn't feel like a failure at all but instead one of the main teachings of the whole class so far. When I feel good making art, the important thing is to do it as often as I can, and not count the finished projects. This goes at least for the kind of period as I have in my life right now - my to-do-list seems very full also without art deadlines and blog posts. The main thing I'm sorry for is that this has also meant neglecting my blog. Anyway, today I have a Wanderlust inspired project to share! A while ago the class theme was Nature Prints. Kasia Avery, the sweet and super talented main teacher of Wanderlust 2017, inspired us with a video of Gelli printing with objects from the nature. I've used household items for Gelli printing before but hadn't thought of trying something like flowers or leaves. I got really hooked on it right away so I was lucky to have picked plenty of different leaves with the help of our three-year-old! It was a good idea to let them straighten overnight between a newspaper, under a weight of books or something. I still have some of those leaves from a week ago but I suspect they may get too dry at some point, becoming more fragile, so I may want to gather new ones for my next prints. The photo above is of the spread before adding the photo and the final touches. I am also joining the challenges at Eclectic Ellapu: Everything Goes and Art-Piaskownica: Plant/Floral Motifs. The last few photos are detail shots where you can get a better idea of the see-through beeswax technique! I made my prints on tissue paper, wanting to try them for the beeswax collage technique I've done a lot lately. Beeswax technique is so special in how it leaves the different layers quite transparent, and I thought this might be the perfect way work with my nature prints! I just realized I only have photos of the finished project and none of the individual prints. I have gotten the memory of my phone nearly full so I'm afraid I have to spend the rest of the afternoon organizing my photos. I'll post pics of the prints as soon as I have time! Thank you so much for your visit!
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Tunnisteet: art journal, beeswax, challenge, collage, decoupage, garden, journal, limited palette, mixed media, paper decorating techniques, printing, spring, Wanderlust
Monday, 27 March 2017
Mixed Media Greenhouse ATCs
Hello springtime, flowers and greenery! To welcome the new season, I enjoyed joining a Greenhouse swap at ATCs for All. This was a mixed media swap and another cool twist was that the cards were to be actually house shaped. They were so much fun to make and I can't wait to see the returns I get! I was inspired by the following challenges: The Artistic Stamper: Springtime Crazy-Lab: Spring Feeling Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Layer it Up! We Love 2 Create: Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes For the spring themed challenges, the inspiration is quite obvious, I guess! As for Simon's Layer it Up challenge, I actually tried something new with layering. I'll get back to that a bit further down! In all the four cards, I began cutting the background and roof from different papers. I included both DIY papers, like Gelli prints, and scrapbook papers and magazine pages. I then added collage elements like postage stamps, washi tape, magazine cuts... And some colour with Gelatos and Crayola crayons. And then to the last layer! I had done some stamping on tissue paper and other nearly see-through papers earlier this week. I've been wanting to build a pre-made stash for beeswax collage, which is where I have previously used stamping on tissue. The thing is that the paper becomes invisible with wet media, and only the stamping shows. This is a cool way to add stamping on surfaces where the stamping ink alone might not show very well, or might bleed, depending on what you're going to add next. I usually only make beeswax collage when I can dedicate a whole day or longer stretch of time for it, since it takes a while to take the supplies out and clean afterwards. Mainly it is that I use the same ironing board that I use for clothers so I need to cover it properly before I get started. Anyway, I'm glad I thought of using the stamped tissue in another way! And acrylic medium worked in a similar way as beeswax - the paper seems to completely disappear. Remember that for both beeswax and acrylic medium, the stamping ink has to be permanent! I always use Staz-On. Thank you for your visit!
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On March 11, in a sprawling compound housing Pakistan's High Commission in Delhi's Chanakyapuri an unusual prayer was held in which more than three dozen people echoed with "Aameen" to every word said by the Moulvi (the preacher). It was not a prayer meeting held for the victims of terrorism in Pakistan or for the stability of the country that has been reeling under extremist violence for past over a decade. The occasion was to pray for the speedy recovery of ailing veteran separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani— a staunch advocate of Pakistan in Kashmir valley that has been wrestling with political crisis in last over 25 years.
The 86-year-old "hardliner" was admitted in a Delhi hospital last week after he complained of chest pain. He has since been discharged. Geelani is suffering from kidney cancer, heart ailment and bronchitis and generally shifts to India's capital in winter months to be away from chilling Kashmir cold. But this time he spent most of the winter in Srinagar. The news about his illness spread like a wildfire, trending on social media with prayers pouring in from all everywhere. Even the former chief minister Omar Abdullah joined the chorus in praying for his recovery.
In the last nearly three decades Geelani has emerged as a strong voice for Kashmir's "freedom" from India and is seen as someone who symbolizes defiance and resistance. In other words, Delhi fears him as he continues to challenge its rule in Kashmir and shows no signs of compromise in contrast to his colleagues in the rest of the separatist camp. As Kashmir slipped into massive unrest in 2008 and 2010, it was Geelani who had the last word and by default helped the authorities to bring the situation under control. When the youth were engaged in stone pelting with police and paramilitary forces in 2010, Geelani came out with the appeal asking them to desist from doing so. "I understand the passion for freedom you have," Geelani said, "I am as passionate as you are, but we will fight peacefully. If they (police) stop you, you sit down and ask them to open fire." And this worked. He invited criticism for giving relief to the Omar Abdullah government but the reality that came to fore was that his words meant a lot to youth in Kashmir.
Same was the case with the controversy over beef ban imposed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court early this year. Geelani again stepped in and asked people to restrain from cow slaughter (in defiance of the order) publicly to respect the religious sentiments of other communities. This saved the Mufti government from a serious crisis.
Born in September 1929 near north Kashmir's Sopore town, Geelani had an interesting transition as he showed interest in active politics. After studying in Srinagar and Lahore, he had his apprenticeship in politics at Mujahid Manzil, the headquarters of pro-India National Conference. Deeply influenced by Jamat-e-Islami founder Moulana Abul A'ala Moudoodi, he joined Jamat and became an Islamist linking Kashmir's fate with Pakistan, the country that was founded on two-nation theory. He actively participated in electoral politics under the Indian constitution, which he now terms "Haram" and has been three-time member of Legislative Assembly from Sopore. He is often criticized for having been part of Indian electoral process but he defends the same by saying that he would do it in the larger interest of resolution of Kashmir problem. Geelani is a hardliner not only vis-a-vis a dialogue with New Delhi. He has taken a tough stand within his parent organization Jamat-e-Islami where he defended the recourse of Kashmiri youth to militancy and criticized the Jamat leadership for not taking a clear stand on the political issue. When the pro-government militia Ikhwan let loose reign of terror, Jamat was its number one target that led to its leadership distancing itself from the armed struggle. In early 90s, Hizbul Mujahideen, then a formidable militant organization, was declared as armed wing of the Jamat as most of its cadres were drawn from its political ideology. However, Geelani continued to support militancy and does so even today.
When the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of over 20 political and social organisations espousing the cause of freedom, split in 2003, Geelani founded his own Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, breaking away from Jamat. His Tehreek became the basic constituent of Hurriyat Conference faction led by him. The other faction called as Hurriyat (M) is led by moderate seperatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. It was Geelani who raised the banner of revolt in Hurriyat seeking action against Sajjad Lone, a leader of Peoples Conference, who according to him had fielded proxy candidates in 2002 assembly election. Founded by his father Abdul Gani Lone, the PC was part of Hurriyat Conference. As the Hurriyat dithered in taking action, Geelani was proven right in 2009, when Sajjad finally joined the electoral bandwagon.
Notwithstanding his support for militant violence and saying 'no' to anything that is related to dialogue on Kashmir, Geelani has emerged as a popular leader in the past over a decade, which even his rivals admit. It is mostly because of consistency vis-a-vis Kashmir issue and New Delhi's continuous denial to recognize Kashmir as an issue and engage with political leadership on those lines. One can easily compare two prominent political leaders – Farooq Abdullah and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who fell ill in 2014 and 2016 respectively, but their illness did not trend on social media the way Geelani's does, nor were any prayer meetings held in Kashmir. Both Farooq and Mufti (who died in Delhi on January 7) have dominated the political scene of Kashmir for a very long time. Farooq underwent kidney transplant in London in November 2014 and Mufti lost his battle with life after 15 days at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi. Though Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was the tallest leader Kashmir produced and his funeral was attended by over a million people in 1982, he was soon abandoned by people following armed rebellion leading to 24×7 police guard at his grave.
Since he attracts large crowds leading to massive pro-Azadi processions, the authorities did not allow him to go out of his home for about ten months. After his return from Delhi on April 15 last year he could only offer congregational Friday prayers once in May, that too when he gave a slip to Police. He literally freed himself on February 6 when he flew to Delhi. For Geelani going to jail or remaining under house arrest is not new. He went to jail for the first time in 1962 and spent over 10 years (in different phases) in jail for his strong anti-India views.
Ghulam Rasool Kar, a veteran Congress leader, who passed away last year had termed Geelani's popularity as the outcome of people's frustration who according to him had been ditched by their leaders. "This quom (nation) is in search of heroes as it has been ditched by leaders," he told a journalist adding, "so they (people) see satisfaction when someone defies or stands up with his head high". Interestingly, Geelani had defeated Kar from his home constituency in Sopore in the assembly elections.
Geelani draws immense support from the youth in Kashmir and that is the reason he could publicly admit that people failed the separatist leadership in the backdrop of their participation in the elections. Hardly any leader would admit the failure so candidly.
In the changing political dynamics in Kashmir when sense of despondency and frustration especially among the youth has reached a crescendo, Geelani is seen as someone who defies Delhi. His strategy to deal with the situation does not draw complete support but with New Delhi's continued denial of recognizing Kashmir as a political dispute his stand is always vindicated. For example, when the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz entered into a dialogue with Delhi in 2004, Geelani was the one who declared that it would yield nothing as "Delhi was not sincere and serious". And the same thing happened and dialogue eventually failed.
Not only has Geelani defied New Delhi, he was the only Kashmiri leader who opposed Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf's peace process with India. Earning his ire, he was sidelined making Mirwaiz the favourite of Islamabad. When Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is making peace overtures with India, Geelani again does not fit in that scheme of things, leaving space for moderates but he still remains their best bet in Kashmir.
An abridged version of the article was earlier published by BBC
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