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Bahrain GP: Rosberg takes pole over Vettel
Nico Rosberg has won pole position for tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix in his Mercedes. Rosberg's lap of 1m32.330s beat Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull who carded a time of 1.32.584s.Fernando Alonso's Ferrari will start third.
Rounding out the top-5 were Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber. Hamilton will lose five places for having a gearbox change prior to the session. Webber faces a three-place penalty for his collision with Jean-Eric Vergne in China.
All five drivers set their time on medium compound Pirellis. Felipe Massa was sixth but he set his time with the hard compound Pirellis.
Red Bull-Renault
Sebastian Vettel (2nd, 1:32.584): "I'm not disappointed with that. Well done to Nico, it was a strong lap and it was all his today. When I crossed the line I saw I was second on the screen and didn't know how much I was missing to pole as the lap was fine. When I got told the gap to P1, it was clear that even with a perfect lap he was unbeatable today, but nevertheless I'm very happy. We managed to save some tires throughout qualifying and it will be about tire degradation tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. It's good to start from the front."
Mark Webber (5th, 1:33.078): "I would have like to have got a bit more out of the car in that session and been a bit further up, but seventh with a penalty isn't the end of the world. We have a different tire strategy to some of the others and it's a long grand prix, so let's see how we go. I'm proud to be starting my 200th grand prix tomorrow. When I was a youngster arriving in Formula One, I never thought I would be in the sport for so long. I have had some incredible highs and some tough lows, but that's top line sport. I have learned a huge amount during that time, about myself and life in general, and the drive is still very strong for the sport; I still enjoy it a lot. It's another number, but it would be good to get a good result to mark it."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "That was a very tightly contested qualifying session. We stuck to a plan we formulated before qualifying, using one set of the soft tires in each of the sessions. Sebastian did a super job to qualify on the front row alongside Nico Rosberg. Mark, despite his three place penalty, will line up in seventh place and with the way you can overtake at this track he'll be able to make progress from there. So, a very solid qualifying and one we can hopefully build on in the race tomorrow. Well done to Nico for getting pole today."
Thierry Salvi, Renault: "Bahrain presents some unique challenges for the engine, with very hot ambient temperatures and low humidity. This can be tricky for the cooling systems and is something we need to monitor closely to ensure it doesn't become a problem. Equally the lack of running here throughout the year makes the track conditions very slippery, so we tweak the engine maps to give improved grip. All in all it's a positive result today and gives us a lot of options on strategy tomorrow."
Fernando Alonso (3rd, 1:32.667): "It's really good news that once again we managed to do well in qualifying, which is our Achilles Heel! This is now the third time this year that we end up in the top three and, even if usually Sunday goes better thanks to our race pace, I am really pleased to see our potential already maximized on Saturday. The data seen from Friday's long runs means we can be optimistic about a race in which our main adversaries are represented by Vettel and the Red Bull in front and the Lotuses which might be behind us on the grid, but they will definitely be in the game. Because of the penalties for Hamilton and Webber, Felipe will start from fourth: I think it's much better that I find myself alongside my team-mate's Ferrari than Lewis' Mercedes! We won't discover which is the best strategy until tomorrow and it's impossible to make predictions. But I think the best tire for the race will be the hard and that could work in our favor, given it's the one we have been most comfortable on all weekend."
Felipe Massa (6th, 1:33.207): "I am very pleased with the outcome of this qualifying, because in the end, the decision to take a risk in Q3, going in a different direction to the one we had originally planned, turned out to be the best one. On the Medium compound, I didn't feel able to fight for the top places, the car had little grip and suffered a lot at the back. Even with the Hard tires, the chances of ending up further down the order was extremely high, but I still opted to stay with the tires I felt most comfortable on. The penalties for two of the drivers ahead of me – Webber and Hamilton – mean I now move up the grid to fourth place, a point from where I can race with the leaders. Starting on the Medium will definitely be an advantage, but to have a good race it will be vital to find the best strategy and ensure everything runs perfectly."
Pat Fry: "It was reasonably straightforward to interpret this qualifying session and the good start positions we now have mean we are optimistic for tomorrow's race and they also reward the entire team for all their efforts in improving our performance during qualifying. Of the updates brought here to Bahrain, we have decided to use only the most significant ones, while we will introduce the others in the upcoming races. We are not yet where we want to be, but the gaps seen today tell us that our work is going in the right direction and we must continue like this. Tomorrow, for the third consecutive time, Fernando will start from third place, which is on the clean side of the track here and we hope that could be an advantage at the start. Felipe's fourth place is a great basis from which to build a race that he will run on a different strategy to his team-mate, having opted to use the Hard tires in Q3. Once again, we can expect a Sunday on which drivers will have to pay close attention to tire degradation, while the pit wall will have to make the right calls."
Jenson Button (10th, No Time): "It's been a very difficult weekend so far, but 10th is a strong result for us today. The team is used to fighting at the front, so it's the little things – like getting through into Q3 – that can make a positive difference. Of course, it's going to be a tough race tomorrow, though. I'll race as quickly as I can, but I don't want people to expect too much from us. However, there are positives to be drawn from today: we out-qualified a Lotus, which was a surprise, and I'll be driving the first car starting on new tires tomorrow. As in China, that brings a slight strategic advantage, so I'm hoping we can have another decent outing. I think we've both got a chance of scoring points – it would be great for both Checo and me to finish in the top 10 tomorrow."
Sergio Perez (12th, 1:33.914): "Qualifying was very difficult, and it was disappointing to miss out on getting into Q3 by just a few tenths. We didn't really have the pace to get any further up the grid, though; I think Jenson showed the maximum that was possible for us in Q2 today. Still, we're in a better position to fight for points tomorrow. I've set my car up to look after its rear tires, so I think our race pace should be a bit more consistent. It's still going to be hard to get into the points tomorrow, but I hope we can have an okay race and make it into the top 10. But it's going to be a long, hard race."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Both Jenson and Checo did a very disciplined job out there today. Going into this race weekend, we knew it was going to be difficult for us – this is a rear-limited circuit, a characteristic that accentuates the weaknesses we have with our car. Still, those circumstances required patience and hard work, and I think the drivers and the engineers got the best from a package that's more limited on a circuit like this. Jenson's lap in Q2 was a phenomenal effort and allowed him to get through to Q3. While that's not what anybody at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is used to accepting, we acknowledge that these are currently difficult times, and that lap was a welcome fillip. Equally, Checo drove extremely well in Q2, and was just a couple of tenths shy of Jenson's top-10 effort. As in China last weekend, our efforts are primarily focused towards aiming for a decent result in the race tomorrow. Both our drivers are great racers, and I'm sure they'll go out there and do a fantastic job for us."
Kimi Raikkonen (9th, 1:33.327): "It wasn't the easiest qualifying session after a weekend which hasn't been the easiest so far either. Yesterday it was difficult at times to find the balance with the car and I found that again today. This morning it felt good and we didn't do too bad in free practice, but we didn't quite get it right this afternoon. My lap wasn't great, but it's a long race so we'll just have to see what we can do tomorrow."
Romain Grosjean (11th, 1:33.762): "It's obviously disappointing to miss out on Q3 but it's just one of those things. There weren't any issues with the car, we just tried to be a little too brave by doing just one run and unfortunately it didn't pay off. On the positive side, we've found a lot of performance this weekend compared to the first three races and our pace on the prime tires in Q1 looked very strong. We qualified in similar positions last year and came away with a double podium, so it's still all to play for."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "We're obviously disappointed with the qualifying result. We just missed the cut for Q3 with Romain who had been looking strong, but unfortunately the track evolution caught us out a little bit and he made a couple of small errors on his only lap in Q2. If this hadn't been the case, we're sure he would have made it through. Kimi's session was a bit more of a mystery. His second run in Q2 was pretty respectable but it just didn't come together for him in Q3. He's been strong all weekend up until that point, so we'll need to trawl through the data this evening to understand what happened. Romain has plenty of new tires to work with and starting on fresh rubber should give him a good boost at the start and through the first stint. We can decide which compound he will start on so we'll be crunching the numbers to work out the optimum strategy. We were very happy with our long run pace yesterday, with both cars showing decent pace and manageable tire degradation levels. It's a tough race on tires which tends to work to our advantage and we managed a great result from a very similar situation this time last year, so we're certainly not out of it yet."
Mercedes GP
Nico Rosberg (1st, 1:32.330): "For the first time this season everything went perfectly today and that's a great feeling. Pole position feels like a kick start for me and it's a great achievement from everyone in the team. We still had some work to do after the practice sessions yesterday and the team had a busy night to turn it around. Thanks to them for the quickest car out there today. The race tomorrow is a different story and we're very aware of that. It will be difficult, especially with the rear tires, and we know that other teams were stronger than us on the long runs on Friday. It will be a big challenge to stay ahead but starting from the front helps."
Lewis Hamilton (4th, 1:32.762): "It wasn't the best of days for me but big congratulations to Nico. Back to back pole positions for the team is great and Nico did a really good job out there. I couldn't quite find the pace today and with losing five places from changing the gearbox, we've got a tough challenge ahead starting from ninth place. These things happen and I'll do my best tomorrow. The best chance to gain some positions will come at the start and then we'll see how it goes. Tire degradation will be a huge factor so it's going to be a very interesting race."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "As a team, we recovered well from two difficult practice sessions yesterday. Neither driver was happy and, together with their engineers, they did a great job to put us in a much stronger position today. Nico produced a great lap to take pole. I said earlier in the season that I think we have the best driver pairing in Formula One and they are proving it with their performances. Lewis had some problems this morning but he coped with them well and recovered strongly to qualify fourth fastest. He will drop five places on the grid tomorrow but we can still expect him to deliver a strong race. We know tomorrow's race could be very different and perhaps today's slightly cooler conditions favored us, so let's see what it brings."
Toto Wolff, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "First and fourth places were a strong result this afternoon and we have to be very happy with Nico's pole position. He did a great job and both of his timed laps in Q3 would have put him on pole position. Lewis has had a more difficult and disrupted weekend so far so qualifying was all about damage limitation for him, which he managed to do extremely well. However, we should be under no illusions about tomorrow. It will be a very tough race and it will be important for us to race hard in order to get both cars to the finish in strong positions."
Nico Hulkenberg (14th, 1:33.976): "We always knew it was going to be difficult to get into Q3 today. However, I expected we would be starting closer to the top ten. The car felt quite good in the practice session this morning, but then the wind changed and it seemed very sensitive to that. I think, it will be a long race tomorrow, especially because we know we are lacking pace at this circuit, but we will fight to achieve the best result possible."
Esteban Gutierrez (18th, 1:34.730): "It's not a good feeling starting last, but we always knew that this weekend was going to be difficult. Our speed this weekend has not been great. It was important to drive a clean qualifying today, but I did my best and this is what I got. It was a bit of a disadvantage to do the race preparation in free practice three, because I didn't get enough practice on the new tires on low fuel. However, it was important because the data will help us to prepare the strategy for the race tomorrow."
Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "We were able to improve the performance during the three free practice sessions, but it was not enough in the end. It's a difficult weekend for our team. In Esteban's case it was clear he would have to start from a long way behind due to his grid penalty. Nico was able to improve consistently, but he was unlucky because he ended up less than a tenth of a second behind 12th. It's a challenging situation for the race, but we accept it and we will make the best of it tomorrow."
Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "Due to Esteban's penalty we elected to concentrate on high fuel running in FP3 and approach qualifying in a different way today. We have plenty of new sets of fresh tires left for him tomorrow, and we are looking at the best way of using them. On a more standard program, Nico was happy with the car in FP3, but it was more difficult to drive in qualifying, and we need to understand that. To be within the same tenth as the two cars in front of you is always disappointing at the end of qualifying. We look forward to maximizing the strategy with the goal of scoring points."
Force India-Mercedes
Paul di Resta (7th, 1:33.235): "We knew we were in good shape to challenge for Q3 today and we looked strong throughout all the sessions. As the tracked gripped up we didn't quite have the speed we expected, but I'm still pretty happy with what we've achieved, especially as I will move up to fifth with the grid penalties. We're in a great position for tomorrow; the car is strong and our long run performance yesterday gives us every reason to be hopeful of challenging for some good points."
Adrian Sutil (8th, 1:33.246): "The car was quite tricky to drive today and the grip level of the track made it difficult to complete the perfect lap. My final lap in Q3 could have been better, but I'm pretty happy with the outcome, especially if I move up to sixth. The track suits us, we like the warm weather and things look promising for tomorrow. It's a good starting position to have both cars on the third row and we will be looking to move forward in the race."
Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: "An excellent team effort today brings us our best qualifying performance of the year. We knew we had the pace to get both cars into Q3 and in the end there was very little to choose between Paul and Adrian with just a hundredth of a second separating them. We expect to move up a couple of positions with both cars when the grid penalties are handed out, which puts us in a very strong position for the race. We have no concern with the tires so the key tomorrow is to hold track position and find some clean air with the strategy so that we can make the most of our strong race pace."
Valtteri Bottas (15th, 1:34.105): "I had a bit of traffic in Q1 so I was quite lucky to get through given that one or two tenths can be the difference between progressing to Q2 or not. I put a good lap together in Q2, the best lap I've driven here this weekend, so I'm pleased about that. I feel I got everything out of the car today but tomorrow will be a long race in these conditions, so I will be ready to challenge right from the start."
Pastor Maldonado (17th, 1:34.425): "I have an extra set of tires which is positive for tomorrow, and we are working together as a team to look at what we can do in the race. Qualifying 17th is a bit disappointing, but we are realistic with our targets at the moment. We are trying to do our best from the track and at the factory, and we are working to have a better qualifying performance soon."
Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: "Following practice this morning, our long run pace was looking better against the competition so our focus this afternoon was to just get into Q2. We ran new option tires in Q1 on both cars to give us the best chance, but unfortunately we didn't quite manage this with Pastor, despite both drivers posting identical times. The times were extremely close, with Valtteri just 0.4 seconds off Q3, so there was a chance we could have achieved more. Now we need to look to tomorrow and concentrate on our long run performance, and getting the best strategy for the race."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Daniel Ricciardo (13th, 1:33.974): "This result is not too bad, even if it's unfortunate that so far, we have not found the pace we showed last week. I don't think I could have done better than this today, looking at the guys we managed to out-perform in qualifying and how we went in free practice. We were close to a McLaren and ahead of both Saubers and Williams, so I feel that is where we should be on current form. As for tomorrow, I'd love to get back in the points again and the tires could produce some interesting surprises, which might work in our favor."
Jean-Eric Vergne (16th, 1:34.284): "It was a strange session for me, as I set my fastest lap in Q1 on the Hard tire. After that, on the Mediums that are meant to be faster, I was incapable of improving my time. The car seems to have changed a lot over the weekend and we need to find out why. At least looking at my lap time on the Hard it wasn't too bad, but there's something we don't understand about the Mediums. We can't say the car is bad, so I feel we can do better tomorrow, when there are still possibilities to do something in the race."
James Key, Technical Director: "On Friday we were fairly pleased with where we were, although we knew the car was not as well balanced as it could be. So we worked overnight and made changes for FP3, when we found that the balance was improved but somehow, while we had good pace on the Prime, we were struggling more on the Option. For qualifying, we went back a little bit on our settings to ensure we hadn't made the car insensitive to the tires. Jev got through into Q2 with a time set on the Prime and Daniel had a reasonable lap on Options. We knew it would be tough to get to Q3, especially as Force India are clearly quicker than us in qualifying trim this weekend. In the end, it was extremely tight, with Daniel doing a good job on the Options, but Jev didn't get his Option lap and we now need to look at the data to understand what happened. The gap between the two types of tire here is much less than in China and the Option seems to be a reasonable tire to race on, so it's useful that we have a couple of sets of new Options for that, as looking after the rear end of the car will be a key element in the race."
Charles Pic (19th, 1:35.283): "I'm pretty happy with where we finished today. We'd obviously have liked to be a little higher up the grid but with the package we have here in Bahrain I think we got as much as we could today in quali, so we can be reasonably pleased. We have a couple of new parts here which have definitely helped us make some progress, and after a good FP3 we were well set for quali. Yesterday the car had quite a bit of understeer which is pretty much a direct result of putting on updates at the back of the car, but the changes we made overnight gave me a much more balanced car and the final lap time today in Q1 showed the progress we've made since last week. Now we need to carry that pace into tomorrow's race and having seen relatively good deg levels on the long runs we could have an interesting fight with a few cars ahead."
Giedo van der Garde (21st, 1:36.304): "For me that was a decent qualifying session and I'm happy with where we finished up, considering the fact I'm in the same car we've raced since Australia without the new parts Charles has been running here in Bahrain. Overall I'm pleased for the whole team as his lap time today is a sign of what we have to come and the amount of hard work everyone's putting in to show how we can perform. In Spain I'll have the same updates as my teammate and that'll obviously mean I'll be able to compete at the level he is, but for today I got nearly everything out of the car on that final lap and I think I can play an important role in the race tomorrow on a track that we're clearly looking OK on."
Jules Bianchi (20th, 1:36.178): "After a positive start to the season, I think it has perhaps been a little frustrating for all of us that we have hit upon a circuit that is not so well-suited to our car. This happens - up and down the pitlane – but we have done a good job to stay focused and do what we can to make the best of it here. The balance problems we experienced yesterday were quite pronounced and gave us a tough start, but I think the direction we have taken to resolve them is a good one. Overall we have faith in our race pace and strategy and we will see tomorrow whether or not this was destined to be our race."
Max Chilton (22nd, 1:36.476): "I'm much more comfortable heading into the race than today's timesheet might suggest to be honest. After a good day yesterday we had the KERS water pump problem this morning and I lost half of the Free Practice 3 session. Although that wasn't the best preparation for qualifying, with the running I did get I could see that the changes we made since yesterday are positive and we have made progress in the right direction. Things were going well in qualifying but unfortunately I locked up into Turn 11 and looking at the data I easily lost three to four tenths there. So, again, it's a question of looking beyond the timesheets at where we really stand for the race tomorrow and staying focused. We're playing the long game here in Bahrain this weekend, so if I can get the right side of Van Der Garde at the start I think we can show more of the progress we have made behind the scenes."
John Booth, Team Principal: "The build-up to the race has not been entirely straightforward again, but we're optimistic that, as was the case in China last weekend, we will experience a much better Sunday. There is no denying that this track has not favored our car so well, but behind the scenes we've actually made good progress to overcome the balance issues which have been our main concern. A KERS water pump problem on Max's car created another disappointing setback for him, so all credit to him for recovering so well in qualifying. He was disappointed with a small mistake on his second quick lap but looking beyond that he did the best job possible under the circumstances today and should be proud of the way he has responded to the challenges we've presented him with. Jules has also done his customary solid job and I think we can look forward to strong performances from both of them tomorrow. We now have a better understanding of the problem we experienced in the garage today with Jules' car. This morning, a small amount of fuel was spilt due to an issue with the fuel connector. We examined all the components and made some changes ahead of qualifying, but unfortunately there was a further small fuel spillage this afternoon at the end of the session. On both occasions, at no point did the fuel ignite. The car crew were quick to respond with extinguishers as a precautionary measure, entirely in accordance with our procedures, and this served to make the situation appear rather more dramatic than it was. Having said that, getting to the root of the issue has been our highest priority, and we are now confident that the measures we have taken will prevent a re-occurrence."
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Miller v. State, 2009 WL 3517627 (Ind. App. October 30, 2009)
Appellant Miller and his dad robbed Wedge's Liquor Store in Logansport, Indiana back in November 2007. During the robbery Miller pulled out a shotgun and pointed it at the clerk's face.
During closing argument at trial, the prosecutor showed the jury a video from YouTube to illustrate "how easy it was to conceal a weapon inside clothing." The video was not admitted as evidence but was used merely as a demonstrative aid. The jury convicted Miller and the court sentenced him to 18 years in prison.
Miller appealed his conviction, arguing that the trial court made a mistake in letting the jury see the YouTube video. The court agreed with Miller and reversed.
The court noted that experiments and demonstrations may be permitted during trial if they will aid the court and jury. But in this case the court of appeals found that the YouTube video showing how weapons could be concealed could not possibly provide such aid. The state conceded in its appeallate brief that Miller's defense theory was mistaken identity. So "the whole issue about the ability to hide weapons under clothing was ultimately unimportant."
Moreover, before showing the video to the jury, the prosecutor said that the video "[had] nothing to do with this case." The court of appeals agreed with Miller's argument that the video "[brought] alive the passions of the jury . . . and suggested Miller was not only the robber but that he also . . . intended to . . . cause injury or death." The video "was irrelevant, prejudical, and confused issues. . . ."
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Police probe 3 heating fuel thefts in Livermore Falls in the past few days
LIVERMORE FALLS, Maine (AP) � Police in Livermore Falls are investigating three heating fuel thefts in the past few days.
Chief Ernest Steward Jr. says two homes and a church have been hit.
While just five and ten gallons of oil were stolen from the homes, about 100 gallons of kerosene were siphoned from an outside tank from the church. Kerosene sells for more than $4 per gallon.
The theft was noticed by a delivery person who noticed a fuel stain the snow.
Steward says all three incidents are under investigation. It is unclear whether they are related.
The Sun Journal (bit.ly/WjgmmE) reports that no surrounding towns have reported fuel thefts.
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I will admit that I do not usually read horror. Not for any particular reason, other than that my interests lean toward general fiction, young adult and poetry. But I am not one to turn my nose up at a book just because it falls into a particular genre; some of the best books I've read have been when I venture out of my comfort zone. So I approached Laird Barron's The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All and Other Stories as an open-minded reader.
The stories, while set in different times and locations, all operate in a universe governed by the same ideology. We view different aspects of this universe, sometimes delving deep or just scratching the surface. Perhaps "Vastation" describes it best, "the Old Ones sometimes rouse from their obliviousness to humanity and send questing tendrils to identify and extract those who excite their obscene, yet unknowable interest." The "Old Ones" are also called "the great old inheritors of the Earth who revel and destroy, and scarcely notice puny us at all."
My personal favorites were "Hand of Glory" and "Blackwood's Baby." The main characters are the rough and tumble sort, a second generation contract killer and a world-travelled big game hunter, respectively. Barron paints the portrait of damaged men who get by in this world through brute force until they come up against a force stronger and more brutal than they can imagine.
If you are looking for the story entitled "The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All," you will not find it in the index. The title comes from the final story, "More Dark." My tolerance for "More Dark" was not very high; the first person narrator is a horror writer attending an author reading by the mysterious and awe-inducing "L." This scenario creates the effect of raising Barron (Laird = L) to a godlike status while making fun of himself via the narrator, but he (or you or I) learn that there is a price for not taking L (or Laird or those pesky tendrils) seriously.
Caleb Wilson, my coworker and accomplished horror/scifi writer, enjoyed "More Dark" much more than I did, being able to recognize the name-dropping and genre references. So, if you are an avid horror reader, perhaps this story will speak more to you than it did to me. My biggest issue with Barron is that I don't appreciate his use of humor. I love dark and twisted humor, but his ironic brand of satire did not sit well on my palate.
But even if you are not an avid horror reader, or if you are concerned you also will not appreciate his humor, there is definitely plenty to love about this collection. The depth of his characters and his well-developed landscapes make most of his stories engaging reads.


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green_tree necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 150 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
Our site caters to people looking for FLV related products, such as FLV converters, players and downloaders.
People who visit our site are looking for software to download videos from sites like DailyMotion, convert those videos from FLV to WMV format, or play those videos on a desktop player.
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Bet you never knew that Lady Gaga's shtick is rooted in the 19th Century American Thanksgiving Day experience.
As you prepare to sit for a festive meal with loved ones and (or) relatives, here's a helping of fresh Turkey Day tidbits to bring to the table in lieu of that dish you were too lazy to whip up:
- Historian Juan Cole claims that, back in the day, what we now call Thanksgiving was a time for cross-dressing and insulting authority -- kinda like Mardi Gras meets a Tea Party. "Thanksgiving in the nineteenth century in some parts of the country was a combination of Eddie Izzard (cross-dressing), Lady Gaga (wild costumes and breaking conventions), and Jon Stewart (mirthful insults directed at high political authority)," he writes. "Some historians suggest that the homey, nuclear-family Thanksgiving meal was a reaction against all this public rowdiness."
- We all know Thanksgiving has become the busiest travel week of the year. Wrong, writes Carl Bialik, numbers guru for The Wall Street Journal. "Airlines have a pretty good handle on travel demand around the holiday and can optimize the number of flights needed," he blogs. Not to mention, the skies are more congested during the summer.
- If you just want to brush up on Pilgrims trivia, take author Kenneth C. Davis' quiz on HuffPo. Only about half of the 102 people who came over on the Mayflower were certifiable pilgrims, he notes. The others called themselves "strangers."
- Slashfood blogger Hanna Raskin claims that if you really want to set a historic Turkey Day table, replace the bird with shellfish. "Lobsters, clams and mussels were almost certainly served at the 1621 feast that's come to be commemorated as the First Thanksgiving," she writes. Eventually, oyster soup became the go-to dish. Too bad "the Chesapeake oyster industry, which once produced the vast majority of the nation's oysters, was so badly decimated by disease, pollution and reef destruction that, by 2003, its harvest stood at a mere 1 percent of its 1903 take."
- Guess which two pooches likely attended the first Thanksgiving? That's right, English Springer Spaniel and a Mastiff. "The dogs were involved in the first explorations of discovery on Cape Cod during the first winter ashore," according to an account in a 17th century journal, USA Today reports. Looks like those two breeds earned their table scraps today.


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The Trenton, N.J., Diocese's video-sharing site, Dottube, seems to be the first of its kind.
Dioceses and churches have claimed their own YouTube channels or posted videos on diocesan or parish Web sites, but debuting a separate site may be new territory, according to leaders for the Catholic Academy for Communications Arts Professionals.
"I don't know of any that have taken that step," said Frank Morock, president of that organization and communications director for the Diocese of Raleigh, N.C., which he said was the first diocese in the world with its own Web site. Nationally, there is My Catholic Voice for video sharing.
"I commend them because a number of dioceses don't have the capability of using media to get the message out," he said about Trenton.
Its new site has given a home to diocesan television productions "Realfaith TV" and "The Catholic Corner" and radio production "Black Catholics, Yes!" It also allows parishes and ministry groups — such as youth groups, the Knights of Columbus, Catholic schools, campus ministries and adult faith formation groups — to create and share original content, said Rayanne Bennett, diocesan communications officer.
One parish actively posts content thus far. Site activity is expected to increase in the fall, after parents have signed waivers for their children to participate.
Only group leaders can post videos to the site, but anyone can sign up and post comments, which are moderated. These restrictions make it a safer environment than YouTube, where children can navigate to questionable "related videos."
The diocese launched Dottube in March, five months after the idea was pitched by the Office of Radio and Television and the Hispanic Apostolate, said Ken Perry, Web department director. It cost between $15,000 and $18,000 to start the site, and it will cost $10,000 to host each year. Morock said dioceses will probably look at the option because after start-up costs, it's not expensive to achieve a decent picture and understandable audio.
"Anything that advances getting the word out, I applaud," he said.
Bennett and Perry said the site has the potential to attract non-Catholics to the faith if users link videos to their blogs. Moreover, it may enrich the faith experience of those who are Catholic, such as parents who visit the site to see videos or pictures of their children and notice such features as online adult catechesis classes. In this way, it serves a similar purpose to diocesan newspapers.
The diocese also manages independent Web sites for its vocations and Respect Life offices and the Bishop's Annual Appeal.


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"My picks of the season: All of them of course….but if I really have to make a choice I'm really looking forward to the French romantic programmes. I can't agree with Mendlessohn – I love Berlioz's orchestration and particularly the subtle and effective ways he uses the double bass, and I can't wait to hear what Debussy's La Mer sounds like on period instruments. But just as exciting is the prospect of working with Laurence Cummings and the amazing energy and colour he brings to Handel and Bach, And then there's the fab soloists like Levin, and Bostridge, and Podger, and Isserlis, and Faust and, and, and…you see I'm back where I started: all of them!
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I'm very much looking forward to the Glory of Venice in January. The Monteverdi Vespers in 2010 was such a wonderful project I've been wanting to do more of that repertoire ever since. The Choir of the Enlightenment were fantastic and Rob Howarth has real insight into that style. For the Vespers I bought a new instrument – a beautiful copy of a Spanish bajon tuned in Dorian Mode – and it hasn't had an outing since then! I'm also really looking forward to Romeo and Juliet with a team of four bassoons all playing early 19th century French originals – that's a real rarity!
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The French programme with Sir Simon Rattle in June is particularly exciting and challenging for the OAE's timpani and percussion players. Spending our lives firmly in the rhythm section in classical repertoire, through the second half of the 19th century composers started to use timpani more as a harmonic instrument and percussion to create tone colours and effects. As the OAE branches out once again into a new area, we've got to select our instruments carefully with Debussy's fascination with oriental music firmly in mind.
It's reasonable to assume that Debussy's La Mer , with its exotic influences and soporific moods, to be solely influenced by the Mediterranean, but it's an interesting fact that Debussy actually finished the composition during an extended stay in Eastbourne! I haven't yet been able to identify the "kiss-me-quick", fish 'n' chips and donkey rides influences of the British seaside, but I'm sure they're there somewhere…. Definitely one for a pub quiz….!
Adrian Bending, Timpani
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Use Verse Highlighting to Tag Verses
We got an interesting suggestion today on our User Forums. Someone asked for a way to "tag" verses with information. For example, he wrote, "I may want to add the tag 'Joy' to a verse that speaks 'joy' to me, but doesn't have that word actually in the verse."
While Accordance does not currently offer "tags" per se, one way to accomplish this right now is to use verse highlighting as a kind of tagging system.
To use Accordance's highlighting feature, the first thing you'll need to do is open the Highlight palette. You do this by selecting Highlight palette from the Window menu.
In most Accordance installations, the Highlight palette will open with one predefined set of Highlights (My Highlights) containing one predefined style (a yellow style named Important). You can then add more styles to that highlight set, or you can create a new set of highlights for a specific purpose. In this case, let's create a new set of highlights named Tags that we'll use for tagging verses.
To do that, choose New Highlight File… from the pop-up menu at the top of the Highlight palette. In the dialog box that appears, enter the name "Tags" and click OK. The Define Highlight Styles dialog box will then open automatically so you can define the various styles it will contain. Once again, the default style is a yellow highlight named Important, but we'll rename this first style Encouragement, change its Color to Cyan, and change its Shape from a thick bar to an underline.
As you can see, by changing the various pop-ups, you can create boxes, dashed lines, strikethroughs, etc. Once you have this first style set the way you want it, click the New button to add a second style. I'll call this second style Joy, select Magenta as the Color, and leave all the other pop-ups the same. Next I'll create a third style, call it Worship, and give it the color Purple. When I click OK to close the dialog box, my Highlight palette will now look like this:
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If you think Wii Fit is too physically taxing, then you'll be glad to hear that Atari has developed a simpler version.
Atari's Family Trainer: a simplified Wii Fit
The basic concept behind Family Trainer is similar to Wii Fit, but rather than a step-on board, Atari's version uses an interactive floor mat. Hopefully, the mat won't slide around during a madcap exercise game session.
You, mum and dad can each exercise separately or together through several virtual outdoor challenges, including river rafting, log jumping and the ominously named mine karting. Each activity is also set against a series of backdrops, ranging from haunted mansions containing zombies to jungles filled with ancient ruins.
It doesn't sound as though Family Trainer will be as advanced as Wii Fit though, so don't hold your breath for an annoying little character that tells you how fat you are each time you play. However, the Atari videogame does still allow players to track their progress and set records.
Atari's Family Trainer will be released on the Wii in Europe this September, but a price hasn't been worked out yet.
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Hop on and off trains at any time according to your desires and encounters. Just show up at the nearest train station and get ready to go and explore a new destination. (See 'Things to know' for more information about seat reservations).
The Eurail Bulgaria Pass is packed with bonuses to make your trip even more enjoyable. Hotel discounts, reduced museum fares and more are included in your pass.
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For an idea of extra items to pack check out the CEO's emergency kit.
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Condemn'd to hope's delusive mine,
As on we toil from day to day,
By sudden blasts, or slow decline,
Our social comforts drop away.
Well tried through many a varying year,
See Levet to the grave descend;
Officious, innocent, sincere,
Of ev'ry friendless name the friend.
Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind;
Nor, letter'd arrogance, deny
Thy praise to merit unrefin'd.
When fainting nature call'd for aid,
And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow,
His vig'rous remedy display'd
The power of art without the show.
In misery's darkest caverns known,
His useful care was ever nigh,
Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan,
And lonely want retir'd to die.
No summons mock'd by chill delay,
No petty gain disdain'd by pride,
The modest wants of ev'ry day
The toil of ev'ry day supplied.
His virtues walk'd their narrow round,
Nor made a pause, nor left a void;
And sure th' Eternal Master found
The single talent well employ'd.
The busy day, the peaceful night,
Unfelt, uncounted, glided by;
His frame was firm, his powers were bright,
Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh.
Then with no throbbing fiery pain,
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And free'd his soul the nearest way.
On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet: Samuel Johnson, 1782
Swan Lake Nature Study Area wetlands, north of Reno, Nevada: photo by Ragesoss, 2007


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Coming soon: The Ravensbourne Arms
Antic, owner of local pubs Jam Circus and The Royal Albert, is getting ready to sprinkle its magic pixie dust on a Ladywell venue.
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Antic, owner of local pubs Jam Circus and The Royal Albert, is getting ready to sprinkle its magic pixie dust on a Ladywell venue.
It is good news that we will have a decent pub of a decent size.
I could hardly shoehorn myself into the Talbot last Saturday night.
Whilst this is good news for the owners it shows there is demand for more of the same.
That's great news unless you run the Ladywell Tavern I suppose.
I used to go the Coach and Horses just to watch boxing matches as it was the only place that ever had them on. It was a little bit rough!
I like Jam Circus a lot though so will certainly welcome this new pub.
Excellent news - Antic run good pubs. Some competition might be good for the Tavern too - it needs to up it's game a bit.
It's great news, the Coach and Horses was awful.
Now together with the nearby excellent Jolly Farmers and the Fox and Firkin that has a pretty good music program this becomes a new cluster of good pubs in Lewisham.
Is that the 'cockrail bar' type of place opposite the Church near the Ladywell junction with Lewisham High Steet?
If so i am delighted as noticed it had shut down the other day and assumed more souless Resi would spring up... hopefully it is successful :)
'cocktail bar' even
Yep,that's the one.
I see the Fox has made it to the final 5 in the London Music Pub of the year Award.
Wow, that place is massive - why have I never even noticed it before!? Well, maybe because it looks so dodge! Far enough away from the Tavern that it shouldn't affect things too much.
Isn't it great news...
This is what Fi from Antic Ltd emailed to say:
Our lovely builders got to work on the undercoat today and will be doing their best to revive those long hidden tiles.
The big banner will go up as soon as the paint is dry and it's time to welcome the new Ravensbourne Arms.
I'm getting started in the garden towards the end of the week and we seriously hope to get the pub open in record time.
Stay tuned, I'll let you know about the launch party as soon as possible.
I totally agree with Max, this is fantastic news!
Obviously no time for politics, BUT, the Coach & Horses put a huge "Liberal Democrats Winning Here" diamond next to the front door. Just 6 months later it was closed.
It is not for me to say whether these two events were linked.
He he, Mike, indeed.
It did occur to me too that maybe there was some a correlation between the two.
At election time when they put up the banner I though "great! endorsed by the fight club!".
LOL. I was very saddened that no publican openly backed us at the election!
I'll see you at the Kidz Korner meeting later... M
See you there in a bit then, thanks for the support.
Can you really call this place Ladywell?
It's Rushey Green isn't it?
Close enough. Ladywell station is the closest station by a mile. It's about as far from the station to the pub as it is from the station to Hilly Fields. It's next to Ladywell swimming pool.
I think that to be geographically correct the Ravensbourne Pub belongs to "Lewisham Park", a tem now disused but there was until not long ago a ward with that name and it is an historical term for the area around Lewisham Park itself.
Rushey Green is adjacent and starts after the Hospital.
I always think of Ladywell finishing at the railway bridge despite the leisure centre name. I think that may well be the fact that Lewisham hospital sits in the middle of it.
Then I could be a culprit akin to the people calling the area around Clapham junction Clapham, despite it being well and truly Battersea.
But Ladywell Pool is only called that because it relocated in 1965 from the original Ladywell Pool site (aka the Playtower) but despite the name it's Lewisham proper, not Ladywell.
And the Ravensbourne River itself was once I believe the boundary between London County Council and Kent.
Who cares,at least its opening as a Pub.
Exactly! So glad to see the place being renovated, just what it needed, hope it's a success.
Every time i drive place i think this place looks great but is in the completly wrong location. More worryingly I have never seen anyone in it. Has anyone on here been there? It must be struggling surely? If only it was closer to Ladywell and I would definitly go in.
I go there some weekend days and I've got a five year old and an 18 month old, np.. Not to mention a couple of late nights there with a few mates!! It's quality in my book and I hope it continues to do well.
The Ravensbourne Arms is not in Ladywell. It is in Lewisham Central. http://maps.met.police.uk/index.php?areacode=00AZGQ&crimetype=8
(A previous poster was correct in saying that the Easterly border of Ladywell is the railway bridge, see e.g. map in link above).


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[ My server crashed | disk failure | other catastrophe ] and I don't have a backup of my Citadel; how can I get my data back?
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Eat for Strong Bones!
Nutrition pro Joy Bauer shares the five strategies that help keep her bones strong—the same tips she gave her mom when she found out she had osteoporosis!
She's the best-selling author of seven books on food and nutrition—including her latest, Food Cures—the nutrition expert for the Today show and the nutritionist for the New York City Ballet.
Living in New York City with her husband and three children, Joy Bauer has got a lot on her plate. But that doesn't stop her from planning meals to keep her bones—or those of her loved ones—healthy. "I always think about my bone health—especially because of my mom, and my size."
Joy knows she has two significant risk factors for osteoporosis: One is her petite size—she's 5 feet tall and camera-trim. "I'm small but mighty!" Joy jokes. The other is her genetic predisposition to the disease. Her mom has low bone mineral density. In fact, she takes medication for it.
Luckily, her bone density tests have improved over recent years, because of the bone med, sure—but also thanks to the tiptop nutrition tips, including these, that Joy gives her to help her feed her bones well!
1. Get in your daily calcium! Although food is the best way to get your calcium, supplements can help if you fall short. Here's how Joy recommends you get your daily dose of bone-strengthening minerals:
During the day, aim to get in 3 servings of "high-calcium" foods at your meals and snacks. Options include skim or low-fat milk, reduced-fat cheese, nonfat or low-fat yogurt, and unsweetened milk alternatives like almond and soy milk. Round out meals with calcium-rich veggies. "I love kale chips," says Joy. "Or I'll make a dish of broccoli with whole-grain penne. Whatever you like works!"
At the end of the day, review your food intake. If you didn't eat three calcium-rich food sources, you may need a supplement. Discuss your calcium needs with your healthcare provider if you find yourself falling short often.
2. Make snacks count. Sneak in bone-loving nutrients throughout your day. At snack time, try whole-grain crackers with hummus (a dip made from chickpeas) or almond butter—both rich in magnesium.
3. Make sure you're getting your vitamin D! It enables calcium to be absorbed. "Fatty fish is a good source," says Joy. "I have my mother eating wild salmon when she can." Fill your shopping cart with vitamin D-fortified juices, cereals, dairy and nondairy beverages. Note: Your body makes vitamin D with sun exposure, but don't rely on the sun for your D needs—ask your doctor if you need a supplement.
4. Incorporate produce at every meal. An array of nutrients help protect bone. Potassium, found in plentiful supply in produce, is one of them. To get the variety you need, change up the produce you eat, starting with breakfast. "When I make a morning omelet, I'll add spinach, bell peppers and mushrooms. If I have an English muffin, I'll top it with tomato and reduced-fat cheese."
Lunch is often a main course salad: chicken or fish on a base of mineral-rich greens like arugula or mesclun, studded with vegetables and topped with half a cup of beans (great sources of bone-strengthening magnesium). Dinner might be a veggie-packed stir-fry or an entrée with a side of sautéed kale or spinach—greens rich in vitamin K, which has been shown to slow bone loss.
5. Move your bones to strengthen them! It's a nonfood tip that bears mentioning: Moving your muscles stimulates bone-building cells called osteoblasts to create more bone. Joy walks an hour a day, rain or shine. Three days a week, she also performs a 20-minute full-body strength-training routine (using mostly her body as resistance) in her living room.
For more bone-healthy eating tips, "Like" Joy on Facebook or follow her on Twitter.


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Leadership Development Expectations: High School
The Virginia Board of Education has approved student expectations for leadership development that, while not mandated for all students, are available for integration into curriculum from kindergarten through grade 12. The middle and high school expectations are reinforced in a variety of career and technical education courses. For more information about the leadership initiative, see http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/leadership/leadership_curriculum.pdf.
Developing Knowledge of Self and Others
HS.1 The student will evaluate his or her own self-image.
- Compare one's own interests, values, and skills with those of selected effective leaders.
- Evaluate one's own desire for leadership roles in the local, state, national, and world communities.
- Define ways to capitalize on individual strengths and improve areas of personal weakness.
HS.2 The student will evaluate his or her own behaviors.
- Recognize the ongoing benefits of self-analysis.
- Evaluate one's own decisions and actions in terms of short- and long-term consequences.
- Evaluate one's own behaviors in terms of their positive or negative effects on others.
HS.3 The student will use knowledge of others to improve one's leadership skills.
- Create strategies to utilize the strengths and diminish the limitations of group members.
- Demonstrate ways to organize and delegate responsibilities.
- Encourage ideas, perspectives, and contributions of all group members.
- Use leadership skills to encourage cooperation and collaboration among groups with different needs and concerns.
Defining Leadership
HS.4 The student will analyze the characteristics of leaders.
- Identify and discuss effective leadership qualities, such as integrity and wisdom (in addition to setting of limits, tolerance, self-reliance, initiative, charisma, competence, honesty, care others, civility, fairness, responsibility, courage, and reliability).
- Explain how leadership traits apply to many aspects of life, such as economic and political systems, scientific discoveries, mathematical reasoning, and artistic endeavors.
- Examine leadership theories that explore different styles/types of leadership.
- Explore philosophical concepts associated with leadership, such as virtue and justice.
HS.5 The student will analyze the complex relationship between the leader and the follower.
- Critically analyze situations in which followers become leaders.
- Analyze and understand the dynamic relationship between the leader and the follower.
- Evaluate the risks and consequences of civil disobedience.
HS.6 The student will evaluate the role of context in the process of leadership.
- Analyze the influence of different contexts on leadership, such as gender, ethnicity, political affiliation, religion, and socio-economics.
- Understand that as contexts change, leaders may become followers, and followers may become leaders.
- Evaluate the effects of changing situations upon leadership roles in the family, classroom, school, community, state, nation, and world.
Developing Leadership Skills and Practices
HS.7 The student will communicate effectively in pairs, small groups, teams, and large groups.
- Suspend judgment until all ideas are expressed.
- Refine interpretation and synthesis of ideas.
- Present personal ideas as well as those of others in a clear, concise, and effective manner.
- Balance personal expression with others' contributions.
- Distinguish between fact and opinion.
- Work toward consensus in heterogeneous groups.
- Facilitate the mediation of conflict.
- Motivate team members individually and collectively to collaborate to achieve a common purpose.
HS.8 The student will analyze and refine decision-making skills.
- Take the lead in implementing, monitoring progress toward, and evaluating solutions.
- Support group decisions.
- Adjust group decisions according to changes within or outside the group.
- Refine skills in parliamentary procedure to facilitate meetings or discussions.
HS.9 The student will evaluate the relationship between personal vision and the group vision.
- Present one's personal vision to a group, using persuasive techniques.
- Compare one's personal vision with that of a group.
- Recognize the necessity for compromise in various leadership situations.
- Motivate others to act according to the group's vision.
Practicing Leadership through Service
HS.10 The student will appraise communities and community needs.
- Evaluate the needs of communities within the school, locality, state, nation, and world.
- Demonstrate that good citizens strengthen a community through tolerance of ideas and respect for the freedoms and civil rights of others.
- Justify the priorities by which needs are addressed in a community.
HS.11 The student will evaluate the roles and responsibilities of citizenship.
- Demonstrate that citizenship requires gathering information, making informed choices, and acting responsibly.
- Devise ways to assume active roles in the class, school, locality, state, nation, and world, such as volunteering additional duties, participating on a committee, and leading a group.
HS.12 The student will evaluate the concept of stewardship.
- Debate methods that leaders may use to take care of and preserve their school, local, state, national, and world communities.
- Explain ways in which one becomes vested in the community and its resources.
HS.13 The student will practice leadership through service in a variety of communities.
- Justify decisions in situations where community needs are more important than individual benefits.
- Demonstrate altruistic behavior.
- Encourage others to volunteer for community service.


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Evan Rachel Wood Belts Out a Tune at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Art + Film gala for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has quickly become one of Hollywood's star studded red carpet events – with a celebrity roster to rival the Oscars. On Saturday at the museum's second annual gala, Robert Pattison, Cameron Diaz, and Anna Wintour rubbed shoulders in the museum's pavilion during a cocktail hour. Evan Rachel Wood took to the microphone and belted out a couple of siren-like songs with the band. "We asked and she said yes," said the event's producer, Keith Baptista.
LACMA's director, Michael Govan, launched the gala last year as the museum's big fundraiser – as well as a bridge to draw the support of Hollywood's elite. (The Academy of Motion Pictures is building its own museum on LACMA's grounds.) His aim: the sky's the limit.
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Dixie Dugan's Fathers (Apr, 1934)
Dixie Dugan's Fathers
A MAN is never too young to become a cartoonist. John Striebel, who draws the widely popular "Dixie Dugan" cartoon strip, won national prominence at the age of fourteen when he was recognized as the youngest front-page cartoonist in the country. He was staff artist for the South Bend, Indiana, Daily News, doing a daily current event cartoon on topics of political and local prominence.
During those days young Striebel was a freshman at Notre Dame University in South Bend, and he turned to cartooning as the most congenial means of earning his way through college. Other students faced the same problem, and one day a fellow Notre Dame freshman came into the newspaper office in search of a job. He was a 15-year-old youngster who was promptly hired as an office boy. The two freshmen immediately became fast friends, and out of this early association sprang a partnership which has exerted a powerful influence on comic strip art.
The other freshman was J. P. McEvoy—an office boy who graduated to newspaper columnist, syndicate writer, Hollywood scenarist, and contributor to national magazines where his work soon established him as one of the nation's best known and best paid humorists.
The team of Striebel and McEvoy was one of the first to apply the partnership principle to the creation of a cartoon feature, and the success of their collaboration has helped to establish the human interest type of comic strip in the race for public popularity.
Today the "gag" type of syndicated strip is fast passing out of the picture, finding its specialized field in the single-frame drawing which is not, strictly speaking, a "strip." It is no longer strictly accurate to describe newspaper cartoon strips as "funnies" or "comic strips." To replace the gag strip which was the reigning favorite a decade ago, there has come the serial story told in pictures— a story of adventure, family life, or romance in which the leading characters pass through a succession of incidents just as they would in a fiction serial. The team of Striebel and McEvoy has been a leader in this transformation.
"Dixie Dugan" is a typical human interest strip which is the product of two specialists. John Striebel is the artist; J. P. McEvoy is the creator of the characters. Dixie Dugan, the heroine who gives the strip its name, is a modern, attractive working girl whose adventures and tribulations with Pa and Ma Dugan, her girl pal, Mickey, and her various boy friends run the gamut of human interest. McEvoy is a skillful storyteller, Striebel an accomplished artist, and the successful merging of their two types of genius has set a pattern which can be observed in numerous other writer-artist teams prominent in the strip cartoon field.
The collaboration of Striebel and McEvoy did not begin until some years after their Notre Dame friendship. Striebel went to Chicago when he finished college and entered the game of fashion drawing and advertising illustration. McEvoy, too, was in Chicago working as a newspaper columnist. When the Chicago Tribune asked McEvoy to originate a Sunday feature, he proposed that John Striebel illustrate it. The feature was "The Potters," which rose to phenomenal national popularity. That was the beginning of the team of Striebel and McEvoy.
Artist Striebel was doing other work at the same time, including magazine covers and the drawings for Robert Quillen's syndicated feature, "Aunt Het." The desire to do a comic strip had always been in the back of his mind. This was quite natural, for there is no surer and swifter road to the big money for a cartoonist than through the medium of a syndicated strip, with scores of newspapers throughout the country buying reproduction rights. Striebel originated a strip which he called "Pantomime" and it ran successfully for six years.
During this period he moved to Woodstock, New York, well known as an artists' colony, to study painting. Thousands of Dixie Dugan fans will recognize Woodstock as the town of "Stood-wock" which occasionally figures in the drawings.
While carrying on his Pantomime strip, Striebel was also illustrating a serial called "Show Girl" which McEvoy was contributing to a national magazine.
It is typical of the modern trend in strip cartooning that Dixie Dugan should have been born out of a magazine serial. The idea for the strip grew out of the Show Girl heroine, and it is the serial story, pictorially presented, which explains the appeal of the Dixie Dugan strip. It is this same appeal which underlies the success of the vast majority of present-day cartoon strips, and the artist with a lively fictional imagination as well as a facile pen is ideally equipped for an assault on the field. Few professions offer swifter or more lavish rewards. A yearly contract of $100,000 is by no means exceptional for the man who can create a pen-and-ink character such as Andy Gump, by the late Sidney Smith.
John Striebel reminds one of Douglas Fairbanks in appearance, and he has a genial, observant eye for the foibles of humanity which is reflected in the Dixie Dugan strip. Not all cartoonists are accomplished artists in other media than pen and ink, nor does the profession demand that they should be, but Striebel is an expert in oils and water colors and a great many of his paintings have been reproduced as magazine covers.
Having begun his career at the age of fourteen, he looks up from Dixie Dugan on his drawing board and says whimsically, "Now I'm experimenting with the popular idea that life begins at forty."


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Whew, two new patterns within a week? Crazy right?
I've been giving myself a number of projects to do for my book each month, and when I finish, then I can do any other sewing for the rest of the month. It's a great motivator, and I'm getting so much more done than I ever realized I could. So below, I want to share two things: a bit about my creative process, and a giveaway (
1. Sketch out pattern. Think, "this is perfect. I'll go ahead and cut out enough to make 4 dinosaurs in crazy cute fabrics!" Assemble two and realize there are all kinds of flaws (won't stand, skinny arms, puckering). Oops.
2. Adjust pattern. Cut out just one, but optimistically use the cute fabric again. It's better, but still needs work (still skinny arms, still puckering, still won't stand up). Give this prototype to the kids: they love misfits.
3. Draft version 3. Send it to husband to print at work. In the meantime, browse Abby's Elements of Soft Toy Design series at While She Naps. (If you want to try drafting your own patterns, you should definitely check this out!)
4. Slap head. See great idea on While She Naps, and decide to try something different. Forget version 3, enter Dinosaur 4.1. Huge improvement, very excited, but needs a little more work (stands up! nice arms, no puckering - whoa those legs are huge). Give Dino 4.1 to the kids.
5. Dinosaur 4.2 complete (with eyes). Put Dinos and pattern in the shop, smile a lot, and begin give away:
UPDATE:thanks everyone! We gave away 421 patterns. Enjoy, and be sure to let me know how it works for you!


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19:03 | May 1,2015 | Social
Theculturetrip.com has published an article about the Armenian
khachkar (cross-stone), presenting its history and role in the life
of Armenians. In the article entitled "The Khachkar: A Cornerstone of
Armenian Identity" the website says 'The cross is arguably the most
familiar symbol of Christianity, but nowhere is this iconography as
crucial or culture-entrenched as it is in Armenia.'
"Wherever you go, thousands of khachkars, or cross-stones, pervade
the mountainous conscience of the world's oldest Christian nation,
providing a rare glimpse into the art of spiritual expression,"
the site says. Below is the full article.
The medieval monk Thomas a Kempis, on the subject of the Cross,
once remarked, 'In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life;
in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is
infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind;
in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue;
in the Cross is perfection of holiness...'
With all these attributions, it is little wonder then that the cross
could serve as a champion symbol of Armenian national identity and
union. Starting from the 4th century, the conversion of Armenians,
and the instatement of Christianity (and by extension, the Armenian
Apostolic Church) as a state religion in AD 301 issued a new era of
national consciousness. This burgeoning perception of Armenia as an
entity distinct from the surrounding Zoroastrians was consolidated
by several factors of the time: the invention of the Armenian
alphabet, the effacement of the former pagan temples, and Gregory
the Illuminator's evangelical reign as the first head of the Armenian
Church. The latter (now Armenia's patron saint) particularly catalysed
the movement, and in an effort to distinguish and preserve the Armenian
identity, ordered the creation of the first khachkar.
Upon initial inspection, the khachkar bears resemblance to other forms
of Christian art, namely the Celtic High Cross and the Lithuanian
KryždirbystÄ-. A type of relief sculpture, it features a variety
of floral, vegetative, and geometric motifs, as well as tableaus of
famous biblical scenes. Beautiful, yes-- but in order to understand
how a medieval stone became so charged with the Armenian spirit,
a lesson in iconology is needed.
The cross was not always a well esteemed symbol; it once represented
the basest form of execution, reserved for the disgraceful. The
resurrection of Jesus however, and the persecution of the early
Armenian Christians, transformed the cross into an image of
soteriological victory: an emblem of triumph over the mortal vale.
At the same time, mountain worship was prevalent. The mountain, as a
biblical location, connoted austerity, reverence, and closeness with
God. Moses, for example, communicated with God through the Burning
Bush on Mount Sinai. For the early Armenians, there was no better way
to claim this new Christian heritage than through the mountains, with
which their land was replete (Armenia's ancient territory included
several biblical mounts). Gradually, the mountain worship evolved
into a stone stela that could be conveniently erected near the home
or church.
When Gregory the Illuminator envisioned the khachkar, he believed
it had the power to impart holiness into the air by sanctifying
the immediate vicinity. Because religious and secular agendas were
intrinsically at odds, the Cross, by virtue of the khachkar, was seen
as a mediator between the Christian and the pagan. In turn, it began
to assume various ecclesial functions- as gravestone, hallowed effigy,
intervening spirit, talisman, and commemorative shrine of events,
among others. Thus it was only fitting that the khachkar turned into
a uniquely Armenian fixture in graveyards, monasteries, cathedrals,
residences, roadsides, and eventually, everywhere.
>From an artistic perspective, the creative medium of rock boasts
a powerful statement. Indeed, the rock has enjoyed several iconic
references in the Bible. Jesus in a famous discourse quotes, 'The stone
the builders rejected has become the capstone' and at another time,
tells Peter (petra being the Latin word for rock) that '...on this
rock I build my church....' Such strong imagery was necessary for the
Armenian Church's survival; qualities such as permanence, stability
and grounded faith were perpetuated by the physical three-dimensional
embodiment of the cross-stone. Of course, practicality would also
play a huge role. Armenia, with its vast mountain ranges and dormant
volcanoes, would have no trouble sourcing the slate and tuff, both
relatively workable, for construction purposes. In a region prone
to earthquakes, man-made structures would have to prove sturdy. The
rock, as a substrate of spiritual expression, signified the eternal
and the infinite, amidst an unpredictable future.
But the substrate, no matter how remarkable, is nothing without
the craftsman. In the case of Armenians, anyone with religious and
moral conviction could erect a khachkar. Moreover, khachkars were
commissioned for a number of social, spiritual, or individual reasons
- anything from the planting of a garden to victory in war. Some were
dedicated to saints, but all were meant as a source of pride for the
artist and the patron, the country, the church, and ultimately, God.
Today, that tradition continues. Using nothing but chisels and hammers,
local craftsmen fashion out intricate designs in stone. Many of these
master artisans, like Varazad Hambartsumyan, channel the spirits of
their ancestors. 'This is something our people have done for about
2000 years.' Indeed, modern khachkars continue to feature ancient
symbols and motifs such as the sun, the cross, and the wheel of
eternity. Others depict saints and biblical imagery such as the dove
and the grapevine. While there are many similarities, no two khachkars
are ever alike, adding to their unique character. As Hambartsumyan
shares, 'Khachkar is a prayer, khachkar is a sacrifice, khachkar is
our ancestors, khachkar is our identity.'
Connecting both the past and the present, the khachkar continues to
watch over the world's oldest Christian nation, making this unique
art form a true Armenian cornerstone.
Posted 02 May 2015 - 06:53 AM
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Two brothers set about chiseling slabs of milky gray limestone, each using a hammer bluntly pounding the end of a long, thin, and sharp instrument. Stone dust falls away, revealing delicate channels underneath. They work silently, only stopping to light a cigarette, as their carvings form intricate symbols representing the tree of life, eternity, vines and other traditional patterns. All of their carvings are on limestone, the same material from the same local quarry in Khachik village used to build the fabled Noravank monastery—another popular motif.
Just over sixty miles from the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Noravank (literally, "new monastery") has inspired stone carvers and artisans for centuries from its hilltop perch. The early Armenian architect Momik designed this site in the thirteenth century, and since then, artisans have carved almost every surface to honor bishops, princes and the Christian faith. Where the road leading to the monastery meets the main highway, there is the entrance of another tourist draw: the Areni-1 cave, one of the world's earliest known wine production facilities.
Outside this entrance, the Ghazaryan brothers work. Here, they mindfully carve and teach others to do likewise. This is their life's work; they create work year-round in preparation for the main tourist season of March through November. This is where their work is made and the only place it is sold.
Growing up in nearby Yeghegnadzor, Ruben and Karen's father enjoyed carving stone as a hobby. Only in the last seven years have the brothers dedicated themselves to mastering the craft at the suggestion of a local priest. Their tools consist of the same hammer and chisel used when Armenian stone carving began; however, they learned by the modern method of studying online videos. Like all master artisans, they have refined their skills through constant practice.
"We work mostly together, concentrating on the form and what it will become, always inspired by Noravank like Momik," Ruben explains.
What are their goals for the future?
"To teach others, maybe even our children, here someday," Karen muses.
It was a clear and quiet autumn morning when we visited Ruben and Karen during our fieldwork visit for this summer's Folklife Festival Marketplace. All of the colors of the season—auburns, vibrant yellows, and russet gold—were interrupted only by the blue tarp covering their roadside stall drawing quiet attention to their work. We left them there, in the blue sheen of their tarp, as they continued the idea of paying tribute to their own stories and inspirations, the buildings, landscape and events that surround them, with hammer, chisel, and local limestone.(Photo by Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan)
Visit the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 27 to July 8 to meet Ruben and Karen Ghazaryan and learn more about their stone carving. Their work will be for sale—for the first time outside of their stall—in theFestival Marketplace located in front of the National Museum of American History during the Festival.
Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan is the Marketplace and artisan engagement manager for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Posted 13 March 2019 - 09:01 AM
Khachkars (cross stones) dating back to the 11-13th centuries has been discovered in Drmbon community of Martakert, Artsakh.
The cross stones were found near the chapel and cemetery of Drmbon by the head of Martakert Regional Service, Avetik Aghabekyan, Artsakhpress reported.
No other details were immediately available.
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