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Lesson 7 *February 9-15
Read for This week's Study: Job 12:10;1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Gen. 3:17; John 12:31; 1 Cor. 1:18-21.
Memory Text: "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: 'He catches the wise in their craftiness'" (1 Corinthians 3:19, NIV).
Theologian William Paley wrote a book in 1802 entitled
Natural Theology, in which he argued that one can use observations of nature in order to develop an understanding of God's character. He wrote extensively on the ways in which the features of animals exhibited the care and skill of the Creator. Paley may have made too much of some features, however, because he failed to recognize the effects that both sin and the Fall have had on nature, but his general argument has never been refuted-despite numerous and vociferous claims to the contrary!
Charles Darwin, in contrast, argued that a God who designed every feature of nature would not be good. As evidence, he referred to a parasite that feeds within the living bodies of caterpillars and the cruel way in which a cat will play with a mouse. For him, these examples were evidence against the existence of a loving Creator God.
Though Paley was obviously closer to truth than was Darwin, this week's lesson will examine what the Bible has to say regarding the question of what it is that nature reveals, and does not reveal, about God.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, February 16.
A scientist once challenged the need for God; he argued that he could create humanity just as well as any God could. God said, "Okay, go ahead and do it." The scientist began to gather some dirt, but God said, "Wait a minute. Make your own dirt!"
Though this story is only a fable, the point is clear: God is the only One who can create from nothing. God made all the material of the universe, including our world, our possessions, and our bodies. He is the legitimate owner of every thing.
What's the basic message to us in these texts? More important, what does this message tell us about the way in which we should relate to the world, one another, and to God? Ps. 24:1, 2; Job 41:11; Ps. 50:10; Isa. 43:1, 2; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20.
A favorite Christian hymn begins with the words "This is my Father's world." It truly is our Father's world, because He created it. There is no more legitimate claim to ownership than creatorship. God created, and therefore owns the entire universe, the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them.
Not only does the world belong to God, He claims ownership of every creature on earth, as well. No other being (at least that we know of) has the power to create life. God is the only Creator and, as such, the ultimate owner of every creature. We are all completely dependent on God for our existence. We cannot give God anything except our allegiance; everything else on earth is His already.
More so, we are God's not only by creation but, even more important, by Redemption. Though a wonderful gift from God, human life has been greatly damaged through sin and will end in death, a prospect that denudes life of all meaning and purpose. Life, as it now exists for us, isn't all that great. Our only hope is the wonderful promise of redemption, the only thing that can make things "right" again. Thus, we are Christ's by Creation and by Redemption.
One thing is certain: the world in which we now live is vastly different from the one that came forth from the Lord at the end of the Creation week. Certainly, powerful evidence of beauty and design exist almost everywhere; however, we are sin-damaged beings living in and trying to understand a sin-damaged world. Even before the Flood, the world had been negatively impacted by sin. "In the days of Noah a double curse was resting upon the earth in consequence of Adam's transgression and of the murder committed by Cain."-Ellen G. White, Conflict and Courage, p. 32.
How was the world "cursed," and what were the results of those curses? Gen. 3:17; 4:11, 12; Gen. 5:29.
The curse on the ground for Adam's sake must have involved the plant kingdom, because its results would include the production of thorns and thistles. The implication is that all of the Creation is affected by the curses resulting from sin. The Ellen G. White quote above states very clearly that the curse upon Cain was not limited merely to him but rested on the whole world.
Unfortunately, the curses due to sin didn't end here, because the world faced another curse, which greatly damaged it. That, of course, was the worldwide Flood. "And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done" (Gen. 8:21).
The Flood disrupted the system of watering that God had established at Creation, stripping the soil from parts of the earth and depositing it in other parts. Even now, rain continues to leach the soil, robbing it of its fertility and further reducing the crop yield. God graciously promised not to curse the earth again, but the soil we have inherited is a far cry from the rich, productive soil God originally created.
Read Romans 8:19-22. Though these are difficult verses, how do they relate to what we have looked at today? More important, what inherent hope can we derive from them?
"And the Lord said unto Satan, 'Whence comest thou?' Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it' " (Job 1:7).
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Pet. 5:8).
As we have seen, the world belongs to God, both by Creation and by Redemption. But we mustn't forget, either, the reality of Satan, the reality of the great controversy, and the reality of Satan's attempt to wrest control over all that he possibly can. Even though, after the Cross, his defeat was made certain, he's not going down quietly or gently. His wrath and destructive power, though limited to a degree by God in ways that we certainly don't understand now, must never be underestimated. We mustn't forget, either, that however often issues may come to us in shades of gray, the ultimate battle boils down to only two forces: Christ and Satan. There is no middle ground. And, as we know, so much of this world falls under the banner of the wrong side. Is it any wonder, then, that the world is so damaged?
Read John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11, Ephesians 2:2, 6:12. What important truth about the reality and power of the evil one is found in these texts?
In the book of Job, some of the veil that hides the reality of the great controversy is pulled back, and we can see that Satan does have the ability to cause great destruction in the natural world. Whatever the phrase "the prince of this world" entails, it's clear that in this role Satan still exerts a powerful and destructive influence on the earth. This truth gives us all the more reason to realize that the natural world has been greatly damaged, and we need to be very careful about the lessons that we draw from it regarding God. After all, look at how badly Darwin misinterpreted the state of the world.
In what ways can you see, clearly, the destructive influence of Satan in your own life? Why is the Cross and the promises found in it your hope?
As humans, we have gained an incredible amount of knowledge and information, especially in the last two hundred years. Knowledge and information, however, are not necessarily the same thing as "wisdom." We have also gained a much greater understanding of the natural world than our forefathers ever had. A "greater understanding," however, isn't the same thing as wisdom either.
Read 1 Corinthians 1:18-21, 3:18-21. How do we see the powerful truths of these words manifested in our time and context today, almost two thousand years after they were written?
There is so much in human thought that challenges God's Word. Whether the issue is the resurrection of Jesus, the Creation itself, or any miracle, human "wisdom" (even when buttressed with the "facts" of science) must be deemed "foolishness" when it contradicts the Word of the Lord.
Also, as stated earlier, so much science today, especially in the context of human origins, begins from a purely naturalistic perspective. Even though many of history's greatest scientific geniuses-Newton, Kepler, Galileo-were believers in God and saw their work as helping to explain the work of God in creation (Kepler once wrote: "O God, I think Thy thoughts after Thee . . ."), such sentiments today are often mocked by segments of the scientific community.
Some even seek to explain away the miraculous stories in the Bible by arguing that they were really naturally occurring phenomena that the ancients, ignorant of nature's laws, misinterpreted as divine action. There are, for instance, all sorts of naturalist theories that seek to explain the parting of the Red Sea as something other than a miracle of God. A few years ago, one scientist speculated that Moses was on drugs, and so he just hallucinated the idea that God gave him the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone!
However silly some of this might sound, once you reject the idea of God and the supernatural, you need to come up with some other explanation for these things; hence, the "foolishness" that Paul so clearly and prophetically wrote about.
Psalm 8 is one of the best-loved of the psalms. To David, as a believer in God, the Creation spoke of the Lord's majesty and love. What specific lessons did David see in the Creation, as recorded in Psalm 8? Also, considering what we know about the creation today-the moon and the stars and so forth-in contrast to what was known back then, why should David's words seem even all the more remarkable?
Only in the last hundred years have we really come to begin to grasp the vastness of the cosmos and, hence, our physical smallness in comparison. One can't even imagine someone like David, apart from divine revelation, having any idea of just how big the "heavens" were. If he was in awe back then, how much more so should we be, knowing that despite the size of the universe, God loves us with a love that we can't even begin to fathom?
Read Psalm 19:1-4. What did David see in the heavens?
Many have looked up at the stars at night and recognized the greatness of God and the smallness of humanity and have praised God for His care. Others have focused on the problem of evil in nature and blamed God for the problems that are, in fact, the result of their own choices or of the devil's activities.
To the believer, the creation truly speaks of God's care, even amidst the evil introduced by Satan. Yet, even as powerful of a testimony and witness that the created world is, the revelation is incomplete, especially due to the results of the Fall and the curses it has brought.
Read John 14:9 and then think about Jesus on the cross. Why must the Cross always be the main revelation to us of the nature and character of God?
Further Study: "I have been warned [1890] that henceforth we shall have a constant contest. Science, so called, and religion will be placed in opposition to each other, because finite men do not comprehend the power and greatness of God. These words of Holy Writ were presented to me, 'Of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.'"-Ellen G. White, Medical Ministry, p. 98.
Inside Story~ unidentified Division: unidentified country
Prakash was a Maoist terrorist living in the jungles of Asia. Although only in his 20s, he had risen to the position of commander for his political party in his village and the surrounding area. He had been taught to torture or kill anyone who did not follow the teachings of his political party or give in to his demands. His word was law!
He left his home and lived with his troops in the mountain jungles. They raided the nearby villages and terrorized the people. When the rebels needed food or money, they would simply enter a village and take what they wanted.
One day Prakash and his troops entered an Adventist church, planning to steal the offering, terrorize the members, and burn down the church. But God had other plans. When Prakash demanded that the pastor give him the offering, the pastor answered bravely, "Take God's money, but if you give your life to Jesus, He will change you completely."
Prakash thought little of the pastor's words, but some of his troops deserted his command and joined the church. When Prakash talked with these former rebels, he noticed remarkable changes in their characters. Could Jesus change me, too? he wondered.
Then Prakash discovered a program on the radio called "Ashako Bani." The speaker talked about Jesus. As Prakash listened, he sensed that his life was changing, just as the pastor said it would. Prakash became aware that life was precious; he could no longer torture or kill.
Prakash knew that he must leave the rebels, but he had taken an oath. "Keep your promise or be killed," he was told. But Prakash gave his life to Christ; he was not afraid.
One day Prakash called the studio of Adventist World Radio, which produces the program that had brought him to Jesus. "I believe in Jesus and know that you teach from the Bible," he said. "I listen to your programs, and I tell my friends to listen as well. Because of your program the word of God has reached my village, and people all around have come to know about the true God."
Recently Prakash was baptized. His mother, seeing the changes in her son, now believes in Jesus, too.
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Andy Murray will star in and guest edit this week's issue of The Beano comic.
He will appear in the Dennis the Menace and Gnasher strip in which the Wimbledon champion is coached in how to be a menace and how to control his emotions ahead of an upcoming tennis tournament.
The special issue, on sale from Wednesday, also sees Dennis's dog Gnasher make a meal of Murray's tennis racquet.
Writing in the editor's letter, Murray (pictured, Reuters) said: "Olympic Gold was my proudest moment; becoming the first male British Wimbledon winner for 77 years was amazing, but this might be my greatest title yet… Andy Murray – Editor of The Beano."
He added: "t's not every day you get to guest-edit The Beano, but I used to love reading it when I was younger – it's amazing to think it's been running for 76 years. I'm around any time Dennis needs me to work on his tennis skills."
The comic's editor Craig Graham said: "It's amazing to think that Andy is the only British man to have won Wimbledon in the entire 76-year history of The Beano. Andy was a great sport throughout his week in charge, and he's welcome in The Beano office any time… although after his experience with Dennis I'm not sure he'll want to."
The issue, which costs £2, also features a special supporter's poster for Murray fans.
The children's comic, first published by DC Thomson in July 1938, is still printed weekly and is best known for characters such as Dennis the Menace, Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx.
Murray appeared in the 75th anniversary issue of the comic last year but this is the first time he has held the guest editor's role.
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Given the fact that listening to music on an MP3 player while exercising helps improve physical endurance, it's a real shame - for swimming-types - that water and electricity don't mix. Luckily, H20 Audio's Surge in-ear headphones and Amphibx armbands are 100% waterproof…
Amphibx armbands are inspired by wetsuits - tight fitting Lycra for your iPhone, iPod or other slim-line MP3 player - and it's a concept easy enough to grasp. Waterproof headphones, on the other hand, are far more interesting. If you've ever dropped one of your ear buds into a cup of tea you'll know what we mean.
Surge in-ear headphones are waterproof to 12ft (3.6m) and include a waterproof 8mm neodymium driver and a waterproof gold plated 3.5mm jack. Each pair comes with five different-sized earplugs so your ear is nice and watertight.
For iPod shuffle-lovers, H20 Audio also does the iSH2 headset. Your shuffle sits behind your head in a waterproof case.
Anything that enables us to listen to music while tackling the monotonous task of swimming lengths in a pool full of shrieking kids is ok with us. Unfortunately, the thought of precariously strapping our prized iPhone onto our arm before hitting the surf (or a rock) as the press picture suggests, isn't very appealing.
Amphibx armbands start at $69.99 (depending on the size of your guns), Surge headphones cost $59.99 and the iSH2 headset will set you back $79.99. Buying details here.
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Inside look at LeBron's free-agent coup
At the Beijing Olympics, where LeBron James(notes) was surrounded by such talent and possibility, the Cleveland Cavaliers began to lose their star to free agency. The beginning of his departure came in small moments on the daily bus rides through the city's choking smog and bigger ones on the basketball court. Together, Dwyane Wade(notes), Chris Bosh(notes) and James kept talking about the summer of 2010, about the chance of a lifetime to chase championships and roll like a touring rock band.
And yet before Pat Riley's free-agency vision for the Miami Heat could ever be validated, James had to first become a member of that 2008 Olympic team. The public never knew what those on the inside of American basketball's elite power structure did: In the years and months before Beijing, that was very much in doubt for James.
Back when the Heat's three new superstars had signed short contract extensions and started to explore the idea of free agency thrusting them together, a different discussion had played out within the NBA and USA Basketball: What should we do with LeBron?
From Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski to managing director Jerry Colangelo to NBA elders, the issue of James' immaturity and downright disrespectfulness had become a consuming topic on the march to the Olympics. The course of history could've changed dramatically, because there was a real risk that James wouldn't be brought to Beijing based on fears his monumental talents weren't worth the daily grind of dealing with him.
When the mandate had been to gather these immense egos and get the NBA's greatest players to fit into a program, no one had a more difficult time meshing into the framework than James. Other players made it a point to learn the names of staffers and modestly go about their business without barking orders and brash demands.
No one could stand James as a 19-year-old in the 2004 Athens Olympics, nor the 2006 World Championships. Officials feared James could become the instigator of everything they wanted to rid themselves for the '08 Olympics. For as gifted as James was, Krzyzewski and Colangelo subscribed to a belief that with Kobe Bryant(notes) joining the national team in 2007, they could win a gold medal in '08 with or without LeBron James. Behind the scenes, officials had taken to calling James' inner circle, "The Enablers." No one ever told him to grow up. No one ever challenged him. And yet, James was still a powerful pull for his teammates, and everyone had to agree they could no longer let his bossy and belittling act go unchecked. These weren't the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Team USA wasn't beholden to him.
After the NBA witnessed the behavior of James and his business manager Maverick Carter during the 2007 All-Star Weekend, the commissioner's office sent word to USA Basketball the league wouldn't force James on them for the Olympics. Before Team USA gathered for the 2007 Tournament of the Americas in Las Vegas, an unmistakable message had been delivered to James through Nike: Unless you change, we're serious about leaving you home.
"Legacies were on the line," one league official said, "and they weren't going to let LeBron [expletive] it up for everyone in China."
[Photos: Fallout from LeBron's decision]
Through Nike, James ultimately heeded the message and became more tolerable to coaches, teammates and staff. Team USA assigned Jason Kidd(notes) to babysit him at the Tournament of the Americas in 2007, to try to teach him something the Cavaliers never had a veteran to do: professionalism.
When James returned to the Cavaliers, the franchise hoped that he had grown, matured and maybe learned some lessons. Only James understood the angles and leverage he had in Cleveland. Every day, owner Dan Gilbert and general manager Danny Ferry wondered: What must we do to get him to re-sign in 2010?
What will make him happy?
The answer, as the Cavaliers eventually discovered, was nothing. James lived to make demands, but those with knowledge of his plans insist he never intended to re-sign with the Cavaliers.
One week after James joined Wade and Bosh in Miami to potentially alter the NBA's balance of power for years, Yahoo! Sports has shaped a story of how events unfolded in the free-agent frenzy of 2010 based on interviews with several sources who were either involved in or have direct knowledge of the process.
Within an hour of the Cavaliers' season ending in Boston, James' inner circle, including power broker William Wesley, agent Leon Rose and business manager Maverick Carter, stood outside the visiting locker room grumbling about coach Mike Brown.
James had wanted Brown gone a year earlier after the Cavs lost in the Eastern Conference finals to the Orlando Magic – despite Brown guiding Cleveland to 66 victories while winning the league's Coach of the Year award. Ferry debated Gilbert to keep Brown. He won out, but Ferry knew it would be tough to make that case again in 2010. Every decision the Cavaliers made had to be run past James. He didn't always get to decide, but he had to be consulted.
This time, Gilbert believed he had to fire Brown to have a chance of re-signing James. When he was fired, Brown purposely left his star's name out of a public statement of thanks. He knew James had led the movement for his dismissal for more than two years and Brown no longer needed to pretend that he liked, or respected James.
Ferry warned the owner there wouldn't be a better coach available to hire. Eventually, Gilbert pushed out Ferry, too. The owner wanted to take over a bigger portion of the basketball decision-making and Ferry's stubbornness made that difficult for him.
The franchise was in complete upheaval, and Gilbert had the Cavaliers trying everything possible to impress a non-responsive James. The Cavaliers star had started to fully distance himself from the organization. He refused to get on the phone and discuss his future with Michigan State's Tom Izzo, whom Gilbert had offered $30 million to take over as coach.
Before the Cavaliers ever reached out to him, Izzo turned down a less lucrative offer to coach the Chicago Bulls. James wasn't returning Gilbert's calls and messages – never mind willing to talk with Izzo. Before Izzo finally turned down Gilbert, he was delivered a direct line to two of James' close NBA friends, who told him he should only take the job with an expectation he'll never coach James in Cleveland. Gilbert tried to sell Izzo, but the coach feared there wasn't a single influential official in the Cavs organization who truly had a relationship with James.
No one had more intelligence and better monitored the disconnect between James and the Cavaliers than Miami Heat president Pat Riley. He had informants and spies everywhere, including his own star, Wade, who had been telling Riley for most of two years they could lure James to South Beach. The Heat had everything they needed to sell James, except for what finally arrived on the eve of the NBA draft: salary-cap space.
On the night before the draft, Riley hung up on a call with Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti to complete a salary dump of Daequan Cook(notes). It wouldn't be long until word traveled to everyone. LeBron James. Dwyane Wade. Chris Bosh. The Heat had the salary-cap space to make this happen. All these months of planning, all these contingencies, and now the greatest free-agent coup in history was within reach.
When the NBA powerbroker and adviser to James, William Wesley – famously known as Worldwide Wes – heard the news, he was duly impressed. After all these months, all this careful planning, Riley had cleared the cap space to give the three stars of free agency contracts starting at about $15 million.
For months, Wesley had believed James' choice would be the Chicago Bulls, but no one had counted on Riley's relentlessness in clearing enough cap space to accommodate the three stars. Free agency wouldn't officially start for another week on July 1, but from then on, Wesley had two words about LeBron and the Heat for the closest of associates: done deal.
Worldwide Wes had understood something about James the Cavaliers refused to believe, and even James' childhood buddies from Akron were still somewhat unwilling to accept: LeBron James was never re-signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and now it was a matter of securing him the proper complement of teammates for the greatest free-agent haul in history.
Riley was 65, a five-time NBA champion, a Hall of Famer and he wanted a dynasty to fade into the sunset of his basketball life. He had kept his word, continuing to dump contract upon contract in a high-wire act that left him without a safety net.
Riley believed he could unload those contracts. And mostly, he believed in his own power of persuasion. He is still the biggest presence, biggest voice in the room. Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey, a statistics analyst, met with Chris Bosh at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 armed with an iPad. Morey's cult followers on the web hailed it as a resounding success, but Riley never believed he was losing Bosh to the MIT gang.
Riley believed in his ability to get into the room with James and sell him on the way the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers sacrificed salary, shots and statistics for the greater good of a dynasty. Most of all, Riley believed he could benefit on the close relationship that James had with Wade, and that there wasn't a franchise with cap space that could offer such a compelling case to the two-time defending MVP.
Riley ran the Heat franchise in a bold way. He had two things to sell the best players in the NBA: South Beach and his bigger-than-life persona. The Heat don't bother scouting internationally. They didn't believe much in the college draft. They constantly planned around free agents and trades, a high-risk, high-reward way to steer an organization.
All along, teams believed Bosh would choose to play with James or Wade. What Bosh truly wanted was to play with James and Wade. It was commonly accepted that Bosh's time with the Toronto Raptors taught him he couldn't be the centerpiece player, and so he embraced the idea of playing the part of Robin to James' and Wade's Batman.
Wade had come to believe James would likely leave Cleveland, but became largely certain once the Cavaliers lost to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. For the first time, James could no longer blame his supporting cast and coaching for a playoff exit. His peculiar performance in a Game 5 blowout, lethargic and distant, pushed James on trial.
Within days of the season's end, James and Carter traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., for the birthday party of New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul's(notes) young son. With James on the premises, rules for the toddler's birthday party included no photos, no video.
James was close with Paul, and free agency and the possible connecting of the players' futures did come up in conversation. Paul was unhappy with the Hornets, and frustrated to see so many of his Team USA teammates on championship contenders and playoff teams. James and Carter long had been trying to recruit Paul to their LRMR marketing company and the Rose/Wesley/CAA cluster for his contract representation.
As a prelude to Paul eventually going into business with James, Wesley began working the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets to get them to try and trade for Paul with the strong suggestion that it could deliver James in free agency. Both tried, both failed.
As Wesley worked front offices, his stature started to rise out of the subculture of the sport and into mainstream news coverage. Carter wanted credibility beyond the public perception of him as merely James' childhood buddy, and ultimately he could no longer hide his jealousy when Wesley started to get too much public recognition for packaging the players in free agency. Privately, everyone in the circle knew James was leaving Cleveland, and it would be harder for his Akron guys to get credit for the deal.
During the NBA Finals, Carter met entertainment mogul David Geffen at a party in Los Angeles. Carter talked informally with Geffen's people about the possibility of them attempting to purchase a majority share of the Los Angeles Clippers and signing James with the team's cap space. Carter even made sure to show up with Geffen courtside at Staples Center for a game in the Finals to elevate his stature as a major mover, but buzz died fast when Clippers owner Donald Sterling made clear he had no interest in selling his team.
After a Yahoo! Sports column detailing the strife within Team LeBron in late June, Carter unwrapped his jealousy and called the New York Times to insist Wesley would have nothing to do with choosing a team. Wesley had unsuccessfully shopped Kentucky coach John Calipari to the Chicago Bulls as a preferred coaching candidate for James, but the Bulls made a run for Izzo and ultimately settled on a less-expensive client of CAA, Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau.
Wesley wanted the commission on Calipari's pro contract, but no one wanted to hire him. James did have a strong bond with Calipari, but ultimately he was much more interested with the ownership, front office and talent on the floor. James understood that coaches were easily disposable, but the rest had more staying power.
Nevertheless, Wesley reacted with caution over Carter's public proclamation to back off, and slid further into the background. Still, he stayed in close contact with James through a Nike official, Lynn Merritt, and let Carter cool down from his public tantrum. Carter worried far more about Wesley than Wesley did about Carter. There were such doubts about the kinds of advice that Carter had been giving James, about the staying power of that bond, that Wesley was willing to play it out and see who would still be standing beside LeBron James.
The New Jersey Nets – with owner Mikhail Prokhorov and minority partner Jay-Z – were the first team to make a formal presentation to James at the offices of his LRMR marketing company in downtown Cleveland on July 1. This was the meeting that most intrigued James, because he had never been in the room with Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire and new Nets owner. This was a self-made global tycoon, different than the rest of the owners, and this surely intrigued James.
Prokhorov was long, trim and athletic, and at 6-foot-9 inches able to look James in the eyes when greeting him for the first time. The Nets made a pointed, flashy presentation on the franchise's eventual move to a new arena in Brooklyn and delivered a creative, if not embellished, explanation of how Prokhorov held an international blueprint for James on how to catapult him someday into the billionaire athlete that he always wanted to be.
For James, the problem with back-to-back presentations was his short attention span. Cavaliers coaches had always tried to keep film sessions short because James would drift away and lose interest. As the New York Knicks followed the Nets by repeating those themes with an array of power points and charts about accumulating wealth, James drifted in and out of focus. Later, James would tell Jay-Z that parts of New York's presentation felt too redundant to New Jersey's.
In this free-agent push for James, the Nets were something of a wild card, largely because of his close relationship with Jay-Z. In so many ways, James wanted to emulate the music mogul's platform. In pitching the Nets, who had won only 12 games, Jay-Z kept reminding LeBron that he cared too much about his own brand to ever associate it with something unworthy. The Nets were going to be a force, he promised. With a partnership together, they could own New York and someday the sporting world.
At the start of free agency, the Nets erected a 127-foot billboard of Prokhorov and Jay-Z across from Madison Square Garden. Knicks owner James Dolan was irate, called Jay-Z and told him the mural intimidated his employees.
As it started to get back to Jay-Z that the Nets were trailing to the Heat and Bulls, a Nets official close to ownership – against the wishes of several peers – hatched a plan to leak the notes of a Prokhorov staff meeting to a media outlet. The leaked notes indicated that Prokhorov believed James' brand would be diminished as part of a three-star team in Miami. What's more, the notes also indicated what great respect Prokhorov had for Maverick Carter.
The Bulls still believed they were strongly in the bidding for James. They met him on July 2, and for all the discussion later about the belief that Chicago wouldn't give jobs and access to members of James' inner circle, the issue had never been raised with team executives.
For everything the Bulls tried to sell – from owner Jerry Reinsdorf to GM Gar Forman to coach Tom Thibodeau – there had been one thing that troubled James' about the Bulls pitch: Derrick Rose(notes) never called and tried to recruit him.
Chicago officials never directly requested Rose to reach out with a call, and the young point guard felt James could've always reached out to him had he wanted to discuss the possibility of playing together. James needed to be courted, needed to be wooed and apparently it surprised him there was a star who wasn't falling over himself to do that.
On the eve of the Bulls' meeting with James, Forman and vice president John Paxson requested and received a second visit with Wade within 24 hours in Chicago. They met for a couple hours in the office of Wade's agent, Henry Thomas. Chicago believed it needed badly to emerge out of the meeting with a commitment from Wade to take to James in Cleveland. The Bulls could still make a couple of moves to position them further under the cap and sign two maximum salary players.
Without James committed to joining him in Miami, Wade hadn't completely let go of the Bulls as a bargaining chip. He knew Bosh would come with him, but LeBron still hadn't told him that he was going to sign with Miami.
Nevertheless, Riley's presentation on July 3 pushed James closer to committing than ever. Riley never did pitch James on his own return to coaching, and yet bringing those five championship rings into the meeting were his way of selling James on the fact that Riles' prints would be all over the team. No other basketball executive in the process could tell James they understood what a title team needed, what it looked like and how they had already done it like Riley could. Riley had such credibility, such presence and he completely captivated James.
Want the best talent? It's here. Want a Hall of Fame coach? He's upstairs, waiting for your arrival. Nevertheless, Riley had backed far away from a news conference at season's end when he suggested he would be willing to return to the bench should a free agent deem it a deal-breaker to sign with the Heat. For James, it wasn't. Wade had sold him on Erik Spoelstra, and Wade didn't want Riley hovering over this coach the way he had Stan Van Gundy before taking over on the title run in 2006.
Perhaps Riley could always be seduced to the bench, but he has privately told people he has come to cherish his ability to escape to his Malibu home for a few days here and there in the season. In a lot of ways, the grind no longer appeals to him and he's wanted to give Spoelstra, his longtime apprentice and understudy, every chance to succeed.
Nevertheless, the pressure on Spoelstra to win a championship in 2011 promises to be immense. To keep his job, he'll probably have to win it all, especially because Riley has his eye on Doc Rivers to someday coach the Heat. Rivers has one year left on his Celtics contract, and has been heavily affected by the distance between him and his family still living in Orlando.
Riley never sold any coach to James in the meeting but the one sitting next to him. Yet, James understood that Riley ultimately had no loyalty to anything but winning.
Wade wasn't allowed to recruit for the Heat before the end of the NBA Finals, because he was still a Heat employee. Yet before the end of the Finals, there were two June meetings that involved Wade and members of James' inner circle – one in Ohio and another in Chicago. The NBA doesn't seem interested in pursuing a tampering probe, but a senior NBA official wants the league to investigate whether Riley promised James employment and benefits to members of his camp.
"The bigger issue is salary-cap circumvention," one top NBA front-office executive told Yahoo!. "You can't promise jobs or preferential services outside of a contract or a job for a friend. If that's part of the deal, it's a violation."
The way James lost to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals turned out to be a boon to the Heat. The pressure was on James to start winning titles and Riley understood this was playing into his favor. The criticism of failing to win a title weighed on James, and Wade worked him over on it. All that would fade away with the Heat, and it wouldn't be a matter of winning a single title but rather how many they would line up.
James, Wade and Bosh talked on the telephone late on July 6. Wade had gone back to Miami and met with Riley and Heat owner, Micky Arison, and was ready to formally commit to staying. He had Bosh in his pocket, and now they just needed James to make the move with them. They hung up the phone late that night and thought James was prepared to make the jump with them.
Wade and Bosh made public their choices on July 7 and waited for word that would soon quietly come to them: LeBron was on his way to Miami, the greatest coup in free-agent history complete. Later that day, Carter was on the phone with free agent Mike Miller(notes) telling him that James was going to Miami and that he needed to join them as a sharpshooter playing off the three stars.
Back in Akron, James still wanted to go through his live hourlong television show on July 8 to announce his decision. This had been Maverick Carter's big idea, his production, and still people around him worried about the fallout in Cleveland. Several friends told James this was a bad idea to do to his hometown, that leaving the Cavaliers live on national television would make this a public-relations disaster for him.
James didn't seem to agree, didn't think it made a difference. Mad was mad, he thought. He would take a beating, but it would subside and people would love him again in Cleveland. The TV event had delivered hope to the Cavaliers that they would keep James because they never believed he would go on air and open himself to such a visceral reaction.
Better than anyone, they knew LeBron James could sometimes be so unaware of the world outside his own needs, his own yes men. Nearly two years later, the whispers in the back of the bus rolling through Beijing had become the loudest statement in free-agency history. The telephone call to the Cleveland Cavaliers came minutes before the 9 p.m. show, and somehow the news still shocked them. LeBron James was leaving, and the truth finally washed over owner Dan Gilbert and his front office: James had been gone a long time. They just never wanted to believe it.


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Heather Locklear Dodges DUI Bullet
Heather Locklear Dodges DUI Bullet
Heather Locklear just got her driving under the influence case dismissed, and she's pled to a much lesser offense.
Heather pled no contest to reckless driving, a misdemeanor. She'll be placed on three years informal probation, pay a $700 fine, and she must attend a 12-hour drug education course.
Heather was arrested last September after she was allegedly driving under the influence of prescription meds. The D.A. says Locklear's blood tests showed prescription drugs were indeed in her system. No alcohol was involved.
Score one more for the unbeatable Blair Berk, who seems to work mini-miracles for some of these celebs who cross the legal line. Berk was in Santa Barbara court this AM for the plea. Locklear was not there.


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While the Audience Award winner was picked by popular vote and the Nuovo Award was settled by a small specialised panel, the majority of awards were decided upon by a body of over 170 developers, industry veterans and journalists including our very own Garnett Lee and Shacknews alumnus Nick Breckon. The full list of winners follows.
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Heroes Of Newerth, by S2 GamesD2D Vision Award:
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
I made a few garter stitch dishcloths the other night. The one on the right is called Grandmother's Favorite from The Dishcloth Boutique. The one on the left I made up myself.
I had a scrap ball of yarn and wasn't sure how much was there and didn't feel like measuring the yardage, so I decided to knit a mitered square backward, increasing instead of decreasing, until I ran out of yarn. This one turned out the same size as Granny's Fave, about 7 inches square. Here's how I did it:
Using worsted weight cotton yarn (Lion Kitchen Cotton or Sugar and Cream) and a pair of size 7 knitting needles, CO 3 sts.
Row 1: K1, YO, K1, YO, K1.
Row 2: K across.
Row 3: K2, YO, K1, YO, K2.
Row 4: K across.
Row 5: K3, YO, K1, YO, K3.
Row 6: K across.
Continue knitting alternate rows of increasing (YO before and after the center stitch) and plain knit until you have 63 stitches on the needle (or you have only 1-1 1/2 yards of yarn left, or the side of the square measures your desired size). Bind off.
No matter how much or how little you knit, the piece will always be square.
I have gotten a few emails about this pattern. I don't think I've explained it well enough, so I'm going to show how it works.
When you try knitting those first 6 rows as I've described, it doesn't really look like much, as you can see in the photo at left.
Just how is this going to become a square? Don't I need to decrease someplace to make enough corners? Where are the corners anyway?
No, actually, you don't need to decrease to make it end up a square shape. Check this out.
Knit a few more rows, increasing before and after that center stitch on odd numbered rows like you've been doing. Start row 11 and stop at the middle stitch. The photo at the left is what you will see.
It is starting to look kind of square. Work a few more rows and in the middle of row 15 you'll get something that looks like the photo at the right.
Note: You can only see the square shape when you stop in the middle of a row and hold your needles at right angles to each other the way I have done here.
Now do you see how it works? Each row you add is on the same 2 sides of the square, making it bigger and keeping it evenly square in shape.
I do hope this clears up any confusion.
79 comments:
- kelli ann & lorie said...
thank you for posting this v. easy pattern... it *does* make a quite elegant afghan square, too! (knit with large needles & incredibly soft mystery-fibre yarn...) cheers!
- 5:05 AM, October 17, 2005
Hi, thanks for the pattern. I also like mindless knitting when waiting in the MD's office or at traffic lights... Appreciate your efforts and luck with the baby- they don't stay small long! mary
- 4:52 PM, January 17, 2007
- Horse Power said...
Thank you so much for this ingenious pattern! I made one yesterday and will be making more, I love how you can customize the size!
- 8:56 AM, July 08, 2007
- Unknown said...
I love simple things to knit when I can't sleep, which seems to be often lately.
I am in the process of knitting some 100 smallish bags to give away at Christmas to girls that have ended up on the streets. Another woman and I are getting gift baskets ready. This will be perfect for the cloths that we are giving away in the basket along with other items.
Cora - 9:14 PM, August 26, 2007
- Dan & fam said...
A very nice mitered-effect cloth to teach someone inc... but where are the dec instructions? I am an enthusiastic beginner, and I started this (it knits from the leftmost edge of the one pictured I figured out) successfully. But if I continue in pattern as written, it will just become a bigger triangle. At 63 stitches, how do I dec and work to the right side while maintaining the yo's? Roll your eyes freely if it seems I am an KNIT-iot about this, I won't be surprised! In the meantime, THANKS for the cool patterns and photos!
- 2:56 PM, September 06, 2007
- Unknown said...
I love your new pattern. What are you calling it.
Katherine - 1:13 PM, September 11, 2007
JAN H (MA) - 11:17 AM, September 18, 2007
I was looking for information about hair waxing, but instead I've found such a great article! Thank you!
- 2:58 PM, November 01, 2007
Thank you for this pattern. I was looking for something other than Grandmother's favorite to knit for presents. This will make a lovely cloth.
- 11:42 AM, November 09, 2007
- CC said...
You are so clever! I'm crazy for mitered anything. Thanks for sharing the pattern.
- 2:52 PM, November 18, 2007
- Frisby0 said...
This is great but how do you do the bind off? From the one needle or at the 1/2 way point off of each half on the 2 needles?
Thanks! - 7:26 PM, December 18, 2007
- Ari said...
You will want to start binding off at the beginning of a row when the stitches are all on one needle.
I've shown photos of the cloth with needles at the middle of the row in order for folks to see the actual shape of the cloth. When the stitches are all on one needle, it tends to bunch up in the middle and make an unflat piece of knitting that doesn't look quite right. - 2:54 AM, December 19, 2007
Linda in Detroit - 8:07 AM, December 20, 2007
I have to say that I ABSOULTLY LOVE your header! It was so well ....... NEAT!!!! I LOVED IT!
- 6:12 PM, January 29, 2008
Thank-you for your clear instructions on how to knit this cloth. I watched a lady making one on the train but couldn't follow what she was telling me to do to knit one up.
- 5:32 PM, March 21, 2008
A great pattern! Thanks. I made it in a few hours last night (Sunday evening). I couldn't quite figure out how it would make a square but as I began to bind off then it all made sense to me.
- 10:02 AM, March 31, 2008
- susanmark said...
HI I have knit several of these cloths and made matching soap sacks.Thank you for this wonderful pattern.
susan - 1:23 PM, June 26, 2008
I can't figure out how to decrease either. What am I doing wrong????
- 6:59 PM, July 04, 2008
- Ari said...
You don't need to do any decreasing in this cloth.
When you follow the directions, you are starting in one little corner of the cloth and increasing as you go to make the cloth larger.
When the cloth is large enough for you, bind off. That's it, honest! - 7:49 PM, July 07, 2008
this miter is fantastic. the one thing i have always hated about about regular miters was that last bit at the end, this way it is flawless.
paula - 8:09 AM, August 19, 2008
How do you know where and when to to do the yo's. I saw another cloth similar to this and it didn't say either. I got stuck after the 3rd row. I can't be this dumb.. :(
- 9:22 AM, September 20, 2008
Shelly - The YOs are before and after the center stitch. The easiest way to keep track is to place a marker right before that middle knit stitch in the 1st row. Then you know to always YO before and after that stitch.
- 9:54 PM, September 29, 2008
Hi! Found your pattern through Ravelry and am using it to make a mitered blanket. Thanks so much for sharing!
- 6:43 PM, December 07, 2008
I just made a pair of booties from a pretty single ball of fingering-weight cotton. Using smaller needles, this cloth will be perfect for using up the rest of the ball. Thanks!
- 7:32 PM, January 11, 2009
- Beth said...
I love this pattern! It is my new favorite dishcloth pattern, and I'm planning to use it to make washcloths to match a hooded baby towel that I'm making. My one questions is this: When you did the bind off on yours, it came out square. On mine, it came out slightly rounded around the middle corner. Did you do anything different with your bind-off?
- 8:55 PM, January 22, 2009
I have tried two of these. Both have turned out to look like kites, not squares. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong!
Any idea? I love the pattern, but mine are turning out wrong! - 9:36 PM, February 07, 2009
- Julee aka Jewls said...
I LOVE THIS PATTERN!! It's so easy, quick and is just soooo pretty!!
Julee - 1:23 AM, March 20, 2009
Mine turned out more like a kite also!!! What did I do wrong?????
- 5:25 PM, May 13, 2009
- Sheeri K. Cabral said...
For folks that have their stuff look like kites -- make sure you're knitting on the reverse side. A kite shape is what you'll get if you do a *stockinette* mitre or reverse mitre.
You get a square shape if you do a *garter* mitre or reverse mitre.
An easier-to-follow pattern, that I used and someone alluded to earlier in the comments:
Row 1: K1, yo, place marker, K1, yo, K1
Row 2: K all sts
Row 3: K to marker, yo, slip marker, K1, yo, K to end.
Row 4: K all sts, making sure that the 2nd yo is knitted *after* the marker is slipped.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 until there are 63 sts on your needles, or until size desired. BO all sts. - 11:04 AM, August 12, 2009
- Jonna said...
Thank you for clearing up on how to do that square shape crochet as I was wondering how to do it when I read your previous post. I might get months to finish doing Reborn Clothing as I only got little time for knitting but I enjoy it so much during free time. -
- 12:28 AM, February 03, 2010
- Hi! I'm Janola. said...
Thanks for the pattern! I enjoyed making it. I love the look of the holes in the middle of the cloth. It was so easy and the way it all turned out just as you said is like "magic."
- 10:17 PM, February 13, 2010
This is a dumb newbie question, but do i repeat rows or do I add accordingly?
- 9:08 AM, February 26, 2010
Ari--the Mitered Dishcloth is great. I have already shared it with friends and will be giving it to our class of 7th and 8th grade girls who are getting into Knit and Crochet as part of their health and development class.
My partner is uncomfortable with the YOs, so I have figured a somewhat neat alternative that I will try to work up and send to you in return.
Thanks, Gma Sam
Nifty Knitter of Natty Needlework - 7:52 PM, March 18, 2010
- Echo M said...
Thank you for a fantastically mindless knit. Something to wind down from a busy day.
- 10:12 PM, May 14, 2010
- Elayne said...
Ari, I made this pattern from your instructions a few years ago and just refound the pattern and will be making it again. It is really pretty and everyone I gave the finished cloth to loved it. Thank you again.
Elayne - 12:48 PM, September 24, 2010
- Unknown said...
My question with the dishcloth pattern.................
increase you knit 2 stitches separately, yarn over and keep on knitting to the end of the row and start the next row like you did your last one. To decrease you knit one stitch, knit the next 2 together, yarn over, knit the next 2 together and that makes your decorative stitch. My big question is how do you get that same decorative stitch on the increase as you do the decrease and no one seems to be able to tell me or know, can you help me? - 1:18 PM, March 06, 2011
- Becky said...
Sam and Beverly...
to answer your question...
there ARE NO DECREASES in this dishcloth pattern.
On the right side, you knit across and work the increases (YO's) around the center st.
On the wrong side you simply knit across all sts.
When the square is as big as you want it to be, you bind off.
There are no decreases.
I hope this helps.
Kindest Regards, OM girl - 7:09 AM, March 07, 2011
- medyum said...
very thanks admin
- 6:02 PM, June 24, 2011
Hi there Thanks so much for the pattern I will be making a few of these, I'm looking forward to making this pattern into an afghan...
- 1:53 AM, October 08, 2011
BRILLIANT! Love this pattern! I'm making felted hot pads (trivets) and pot holders which I'm sure will be lovely! Thanks so much.
- 11:10 AM, October 22, 2011
- Knitting Samurai said...
Excellent Idea!!! You made my day. I have a ton of leftover cotton and not enough for the Grandma's Fav, so this will be a welcome change. THank you for your sleeplessness and creativity!
- 6:21 AM, February 26, 2012
Pure genius! No more sweating that you have enough yarn to finish the last dishcloth of the skein. Love it, thanks so much.
- 5:01 PM, April 29, 2012
- By-eSMeR said...
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Sivas - 2:06 AM, December 03, 2012
I tried knitting one yesterday and got to about 40 stitches and it looked like a triangle so I undid it. I've read all the comments and can't find what I did wrong unless you're saying that at that 40 stitch point, if I had cast off the stitches, I would have ended up with a square. I just can't picture it and yet I really love the way it looks. Help!!
- 8:44 AM, January 25, 2013
This has me so very perplexed!! When I look at the picture, I see 4corners on the dishrag. The beginning corner and the 2 corners at the end of each needle. If I keep knitting to 63 stitches, where does my 4th corner come from? There is no way that this can be done without decreasing because, in the picture, the 2 ends of the middle row are corners and the way that I am doing it, that won't happen. I give up...
- 8:59 AM, January 25, 2013
- jessie19864 said...
Im kind of confused. I have finished increasing however I do not see how its going to be a square after you bind off.... Dont i have to decrease back to 3 stitches somehow?
- 9:11 AM, February 02, 2013
- perigrine said...
Mine have all turned into kites, and they are definitely knit in garter stitch. I generally use two strands of 4 ply cotton and 4mm needles, so I am thinking it is probably a gauge issue. The angle at half way isn't 90° so they wont ever make a square.
- 11:27 PM, June 02, 2013
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- 5:10 AM, December 26, 2013
- Karen said...
So cool. Thanks! Can't wait to try it out!
- 3:50 PM, February 19, 2014
- panavia999 said...
Super easy. I have multiple balls of the same ombre cotton yarn, which I thought would make a nice blanket.
Using this reverse mitre, I can make one square from each ball and stitch the squares together. Makes a nice carry along project. THANKS! - 8:28 PM, July 01, 2014
I found if I put a stitch marker after the yo k1, pm yo, in two different colors so I can tell if it is a knit row or a yo row.. Makes it easy peasy..
Paula - 1:27 PM, August 16, 2014
Im curious or just not catching it but where you go k1at beg of row then 2 then 3beginning of row. So do you keepdoing that beginning of each row like knit 4,next row knit 5 and so on. Anyone can help firstname.lastname@example.com I'm cinfused but had lots of radiation to head so it makes the simplest things hard. Thanks so much!
- 4:56 PM, October 07, 2014
- By-eSMeR said...
- 12:30 PM, January 12, 2015
- Unknown said...
To the ladies with the kite shapes, try this after you bind off. Turn the cloth one quarter turn, then pull the kites top and tail. Magic, there's your square
- 1:26 PM, June 04, 2015
- Linda CP said...
So very clever. And so many ways to use it. My mind is racing with the thought of all the uses
- 11:47 AM, June 11, 2015
- Unknown said...
Thkyou ...for this great pattern ...I've made aleast 100 but this time I couldn't remember ..glad I found this again ...
- 11:14 PM, July 20, 2015
- Unknown said...
Thank you for the pattern!!! I'm new at knitting & the only knitting I have done is the Grandma's Favorite. I love this pattern & I'm at the end where I bind off. I just don't know how to do this if I'm at the middle of the pattern where it's square. Would you please give this new beginner instruction? Thank you so much!!!
- 2:13 PM, November 04, 2015
I am like the lady who was ready to give up. I have done and redone but cannot get it to look right. I think directions need to be more specific. I have tried every suggestion but am seeing no difference.
- 8:34 PM, June 28, 2016
- Gloria said...
No decreasing needed. When it's the size you want, just do a moderately stretchy bind-off. I promise, it will be square. Mine was, that I knitted after seeing this Pin.
- 9:17 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
It's possible that you increased on both the front and back, instead of just the front. To prevent this, I tied a contrasting piece of scrap yarn on the 'right' side of the yarn to keep myself straight.The back is knitted, with NO yarn overs. Hope this helps.
- 9:25 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
I finished one and it really was a square, with NO decreasing stitches. I swear it's true!
- 9:32 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
It will happen, I promise.
- 9:33 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Put (tie) a contrasting color of yarn on the increase side. You might be increasing on both sides occasionally. The back side is knit straight across with NO yarnovers.
- 9:36 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Binding off: start at one needle and continue to the other. Don't start binding off in the middle of the row.
- 9:39 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Nope! Just start binding off at one end of the row and continue binding off to the other end. The middle of the row will magically turn into a corner. I did try to make my bindoff a little bit more stretchy than usual.
- 10:27 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Can you be more specific about what is not right?
- 10:28 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Nope! Just start binding off at one end of the row and continue binding off to the other end. The middle of the row will magically turn into a corner. I did try to make my bindoff a little bit more stretchy than usual.
- 10:29 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Yes, just keep increasing on the 'right' side until it's the right size. Then bind off. Be sure to only increase on the front side though.
- 10:33 AM, August 18, 2016
- Gloria said...
Yes, just keep increasing on the 'right' side until it's the right size. Then bind off. Be sure to only increase on the front side though.
- 10:34 AM, August 18, 2016
- Unknown said...
Again I am back....thks you again....this is still one of my favorites.... thank goodness for Google ....
- 2:25 PM, December 10, 2016
- Unknown said...
Thank you again....so glad I could just Google it and it brought me right back to your great pattern....this is one of my favorites...your instructions are so easy to follow too... I love showing others how to find it.... Rock on...
- 2:32 PM, December 10, 2016
If you slip the first stitch on each row knit wise, you get a really nice edge.
- 7:55 PM, December 31, 2016
- Ellisen said...
Love miters. Love your lovely square. Thanks so much for sharing. :)
- 9:18 AM, August 17, 2017
- WML said...
I love this pattern so so EASY! THANK YOU! for sharing.
- 5:40 PM, May 29, 2020
I ended up with a kite shape too. Any tips??
- 8:52 AM, January 31, 2021
I love this easy pattern. Although it being easy it looks like a more intricate pattern. I made this cloth a few weeks ago then could not find it but came across it tonite and boy was I happy . Thank you.
- 8:16 PM, April 18, 2021
I was having difficulty remembering if I was working on a knitting row or a yarn over row. I solved it by putting a little finger nail polish on one of the needles.
All I had to to was look at the needle to remember what row I was on. - 4:51 AM, December 07, 2022
Another way of starting is to have 1 stitch and knit in front, back and front of that stitch. Saves having a flat corner.
- 2:40 AM, September 03, 2023


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23944 County Road 98, Plainfield, (Woodland postal designation) |
(Road 98 & Road 29, northwest of Davis) |
Hours |
Opens at 11am |
Closes anywhere from 11pm-2am, depending on business |
Karaoke on Tue Nights from 8PM to Midnight |
Phone |
(530)668-0207 |
(call ahead if you are heading out late in the evening) |
Menu |
http://www.plainfieldstationbar.com/upload/menu_front_print.pdf |
Plainfield Station, sometimes described as "a rural version of Cheers," is a bar-and-grill joint that offers a pleasantly surreal experience for any college student and a nice local refuge for non-students. It is located in the middle of nowhere, shrouded by trees, a sort of oasis of life and activity. Besides the beer bar (no hard liquor is served), they serve reportedly amazing hamburgers and tacos. Plainfield's current owners, Pietro & Claire Fazzari, purchased the neighboring home along with Plainfield in 2002 and built out the roomy backyard with a stage and second beer bar. There have been attempts to establish it as the de-facto venue for the Davis area, and local bands have performed here — but it still remains more or less a locals bar on the edge of town. Because Plainfield Station serves food it is legally allowed to let people of all ages in, but 21 is still the drinking age, obviously.
Plainfield Station was originally established as an auto service station way back in 1934 for the long gone town of Plainfield [est. 1873]. According to a Davis Enterprise article, the station used to sell alcohol for patrons of the social hall across the road, then called Buckeye Road. The town post office went under in 1908, and when the social hall eventually closed its doors sixty years later, Plainfield simply continued to serve passers by.
Memorabilia covering the walls of Plainfield are the accumulation of many nights of drink. From bikers to skydivers, cyclists, pilots, and other locals and travellers, Plainfield keeps a bit of everybody who passes through. A small coin-op pool table and two real [not electronic] dart boards take up about a third of the main bar, PBR is always on tap, and the jukebox contains a proper selection of roadhouse music. If pool's not your game, belly up to the bar for a game of liar's dice with the bartender and the guy sitting next to you. Pietro and Claire have worked to attract more college students, with a wide range of music shows out back, more microbrews alongside Sierra Nevada and other popular Davis drinks, and horror of horrors, vegetarian food! It is the venue for Operation Restore Maximum Freedom.
A "Station Burger" is a 1/2 lb. regular cheeseburger. A "Plainfield Burger" is a 3/4 lb. burger with bacon. A "Western" is a 3/4 lb. (?) burger with bacon and BBQ sauce.
Karaoke takes place every Tuesday Evening from 8PM to around Midnight- Sometimes later if there is enough of a crowd there. The song selection is the same as the one available at the Grad on Sundays, and G St Pub on Mondays. The crowd is a very mellow mix of regulars, with a smattering of students and locals out to have a great time.
Want to avoid trouble while eating and/or drinking here? Check out the Bar Taboos page before entering.
Plainfield Station is also gracious enough to host KDVS's Operation Restore Maximum Freedom twice a year.
In planning stages: Kitchen expansion to include a pizza oven and a repainting of the mural, which is flaking.
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2009-01-15 16:28:36 I love this place!!! —Kaite
2009-01-16 08:25:51 We are trying to get the owner to install a real bristle dart board, due to the Davis ordinance against them. It would be great to get real Darts back in town! —donjumpsuit
2009-04-15 12:09:44 This place sucks so bad (is really awesome), and I suggest you never go (so it never gets too crowded for me). The beer selection is limited (to being totally great) and the prices are out of this world (for how cheap they are). Do yourself (me) a favor and never go here (so I can enjoy it all to myself). Thank you. Love, —-> —condemned2bfree
2009-04-18 20:48:54 I had a cheesesteak here, it was really good. —NickSchmalenberger
2009-12-05 16:30:27 I used to love the food and the atmosphere here, but if you go to Plainfield Station enough times and if youre not white you'll realize that every once in a while this place is filled with racist rednecks. One night my friend and I went to Plainfield to have a beer and we were verbally harassed by this drunk white dude who was making derogatory remarks about asians and mexicans (I'm asian and my friend is mexican). So unless you want to run in to some blue eyed blond haired minutemen racist douche bags, then I suggest you do not go to Plainfield station, one of the last safe havens for racist white people in california. —dannyboi
2010-03-24 19:52:28 I was bored so I rode my bike with my friends to this place. Long ass bike ride there...even longer one back home, especially after I wolfed down a Plainfield Burger. Just by looks, this place does give you a racist redneck biker joint vibe. Unlike dannyboi's experience however, my party was not subjected to any racist comments and the patrons and employees were very cordial and hospitable. The burger itself was a very delicious and artery-clogging adventure. It was neatly stacked with two patties, two kinds of melted cheese, strips of bacon and other good stuff. Fries were tasty as well, but nothing out of the ordinary. Prices are a a bit high, but it was well worth the experience. Will be coming sometime. —BenLee
2010-04-02 13:29:51 Does not look like much from the outside, but so much fun once inside :) —TrishW
2010-06-15 13:32:48 I just went for lunch today I had a plainfield burger and my friend had fajita tacos. Based on my experience I'll put it as my 2nd favorite burger place in the Davis area behind Tommy J's. The tacos cost about the same as but were many times bigger/better than Tacos and Beer. I counted 16 beers on tap there. I think that's 2nd only to the Grad. I wish I wasn't leaving Davis next week and had taken the time to come here sooner. It looks like a lot of fun.
One note, I'm from a rural area and this place reminds me very much of the bars where I grew up. If you bring big city expectations here you will likely not enjoy yourself. If the people here look "redneck" to you, realize that this isn't Davis. It's rural America, and if you can't handle it don't bother coming. —ARWENNHOLD
2010-06-19 15:33:29 Went there once with a friend. We both ordered jalapeno poppers, and we bit into the first one at about the same time— and we both spit them on our plates. They were frozen in the middle. Not a really big deal, but rather unpleasant. What was worse, though, was that when we mentioned this to our server, she took the remaining poppers and put them back in the microwave, then brought them back out; she didn't bother to add an extra one for the half-eaten, frozen one sitting on each of our napkins, or offer any kind of discount or anything. Other than that, the burgers were good, but they cost about the same as what you'd pay at Burgers and Brew, and aren't nearly as good. I'll be going a second time to see the amazing Yellow Jacket Motel, and hopefully I have a better experience tonight. —AndreWaymire
2010-07-02 16:57:07 OMG do not be put-off by the rugged feel indside the bar/restaurant. Just head straight out to the backyard. It could not be a better place to relax in the summer.
The tacos are to die for and are not too hard on the wallet.
You can play horse shoes in the back.
The only downside: it is a bit of a drive so make sure to have a DD! —smartgirl
2010-07-13 23:12:37 After two years, I realize that I'm likely going to spend the rest of my life in Davis, and have made peace with the fact that the best bar here — hands down, no contest — is actually in Plainfield. Honestly, if you're nervous around this place, you should probably never go anywhere except for the Chili's in an airport: the food is good, the tap selection is surprisingly large and generally well kept, the bartenders are friendly, there's people who aren't affiliated with UCD or Monsanto, and the bar is what a bar is supposed to be: not a crappy offspring of nightclub mating with sportsbar (which seems to be the preferred Davis model), but a mellow, worn-over place to talk, drink, etc. And play horseshoes out back, if the spirit moves you.
Not to sound too Davis, but... If you're worried about the designated driver or your carbon footprint, just ride your bike, as it's a very easy 30 minutes from downtown on a cruiser; just make sure you have lights for the ride back, because the roads are lovely but dark unless there's a good moon. —Swilltopower
2010-08-03 13:54:37 vegetarian tacos = excellent. atmosphere = to die for. karaoke night? best thing to do in Davis. —soledad101
2010-09-16 21:44:44 So I finally made it to Plainfield Station on Wednesday dollar taco nights. I ordered two chicken tacos, and my boyfriend ordered a grilled chicken sandwich. We were told that they were out of the chicken for the sandwiches and so settled for a grilled turkey sandwich instead. When the food arrived, it looked nothing like that amazing photo of the burger up top, nor like the tacos my friends took of their trip here, either. So I'm wondering if we went on a bad night? The Tacos had maaaaaybe a teaspoon of some strange shredded chicken in them. The best part was the shell, similar to Jimboy's taco shells. Although, one of mine was completely torn down the side making it difficult to consume. The turkey sandwich was just soo boring, containing no cheese or condiments on it. Nothing tasted BAD, per se, but it was just not what I expected given the reviews on here. Oh, and the french fries were just sad. They appeared to be home cut, which is awesome, but they were way over cooked and then just sat forever, I think. I doubt I'll ever try this place again, it wasn't worth the drive. —BrookeB
2010-09-29 20:44:21 It's all pretty average. Went today for Dollar Taco night, got the beef tacos. They're better than drive through for sure, but I'd say it wouldn't be hard to make some better yourself. The dollar price for a taco was fair, though I would not pay the normal +/- $2.50 per taco, it just wouldn't be worth it.
As for atmosphere, if you care (I'd only care if I were going alone or on a date) it's your average, stereotypical western biker bar scene. No joke, once 8:30 rolled around, it seemed like every person in the Yolo area with a a country accent and a bike showed up for food.
I have some other personal recommendations about dates here, but ask me if you're curious—I don't wanna start no debatin'! —AshleyMatson
2011-07-13 10:20:11 Go here for the best burgers around, a good beer selection, and a chance to escape the boring davis bars! you are bound to chat with local characters if you are open to it! —LenaSchiffer
2011-07-15 21:02:24 Awesome food and a fun place to go unwind after a long day. —SilvaJ
2012-02-12 11:11:15 If you like your burgers in a perfect patty, this is not the place for you to get a burger, though you might stick around for a beer or a taco (etc.). If you like a real homestyle beef burger, you've found your place. —CovertProfessor
2012-11-26 11:11:11 There is a nice enclosed back area that is fine for kids to run around in (at least during the day when there are no events happening.) It's an easy 5 mile-ish ride from Davis, but the last mile or so is on a road without bike lanes. —ScottSchiller
2013-12-01 21:54:19 Fantastic place, has sort of a "easy rider" feel to it... try the tacos —BradyCorcoran
2014-03-28 21:02:27 The veggie burgers and veggie tacos are among the best in the region. I like the outdoor area out back; it's a fun, low-key place to kick it with friends. —ScottMeehleib
2023-10-21 11:04:01 Attending a post-wedding reception later this afternoon (2023-10-21) and checked out the website, since I'd not heard of Plainfield Station before ... The joint reminds me of another legendary and personal favorite Dive Bar in the regional Sacramento area: The Trap off I-5 @ 43rd Avenue exit ... I love places like these and can't wait to see which is "The Best of the Worst" ... Cheers! —Wharfrunner72


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This confidential, internal JP Morgan presentation details the aspects of Hedging and monetization, the so-called PrISM concept, Rule 10b5-1 and Postpaid PrISM. Wikileaks contacted JP Morgan Private Bank successfully. The bank declined to comment on the document, although contact was successful.
The introduction into Hedging and monetization, titled Diversifying restricted stock requires navigating complex rules and regulation explains various regulatory limits a trader is constrained by, and explains strategies to optimize investments under these constraints.
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Feather River Video Contest
Purpose of the Feather River Video Contest intends to promote the Feather River region and foster economic development through awareness and tourism. The goal of the contest is to encourage the production of videos that reflect the natural beauty and vibrant community that exists in the amazing place we are fortunate enough to call home. The contest is an initiative of Carrot Consulting with a $100 grant provide by Feather River Bread for the Journey for the prize money.
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All eligible submissions will be judged through an online voting process. Anyone can vote but an individual is only permitted one vote. The voting will take place between May 14th and May 31st on www.QuincyCA.us. The video with the most votes by 5:00pm PST on May 31st will be deemed the winner. The prize will be split should a tie occur.
The first place winner will receive $100 in cash. The contest winner will be notified by phone or e-mail by June 4, 2012.
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Clockwise from top-right: breadboard, perfboard, homemade etched PCB, stripboard.
With the launch of our latest Weekend Project, the Luna Mod Looper, it dawned on me that we've now worked with every type of through-hole circuit board type available. With the Light Theremin, we demonstrated how easy it is to swap components in and out on a breadboard, in this case, getting different audible results from photoresistors versus photodiodes. We soldered up our Wearable Light Organ circuit on perfboard, and even etched our own printed circuit board with our recent Treasure Finder project. Lastly, with the Luna Mod Looper, we used stripboard on which to mount our circuit.
Of course they each have their own uses, advantages, and disadvantages. Breadboards are great for quickly prototyping a circuit, and allow you to easily re-use the components for other projects; but they're not as rigid and don't feel as complete as the same circuit on perfboard. Etched PCBs can take time and go amiss if you make them at home, or cost money and time spent waiting to have them manufactured, but can greatly reduce your time spent assembling the circuit – all you need to do is drop the respective components in place.
Perfboard is perhaps the most popular board type for makers and hobbyists. Most perfboards are pad-per-hole, with one conductive pad per hole, which are spaced on a 0.1″ grid. Stripboard is a type of perfboard with parallel strips of copper instead of individual pads, so the strips create a conductive thread between components without the need for additional wire or solder trace. You can create breaks in the copper strips in order to ensure the circuit's components don't short out.
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So a circuit planned out in advance can be built on stripboard with little to no solder trace between components. Our next project will hack a PCB with pre-assembled components, which will be as close as we get to Surface Mount Technology in this round of Weekend Projects. Until then, happy modding!
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Bernart de Ventadorn (or Bernard de Ventadour) (c. [[1130]/1140] – c. 1190/1200) was a Provençal troubadour His song "Can vei la lauzeta mover" is one of the best-known works of Occitan literature
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- Mas greu veiretz fin' amansa
ses paor e ses doptansa,
c'ades tem om vas so c'ama, falhir,
per qu'eu no·m aus de parlar enardir.- But true love comes, not so lightly
Without fear and with no doubting,
We always fear that what we love may fail,
So I don't dare to stir myself to speak. - "Ab joi mou lo vers e·l comens", line 13; translation by James H. Donalson. [1]
- But true love comes, not so lightly
- Can vei la lauzeta mover
De joi sas alas contra·l rai,
Que s'oblid'e·s laissa chazer
Per la doussor c'al cor li vai,
Ai, tan grans enveya m'en ve
De cui qu'eu veya jauzïon.- When I behold the skylark move in perfect joy towards its love the sun, when I behold the skylark, growing drunk with joy, forget the use of wings, so that it topples from the height of heavens, I envy the bird's fate.
- "Can vei la lauzeta mover", line 1; translation from James Branch Cabell The Cream of the Jest ([1917] 1972) p. 33.
- D'aisso's fa be femna parer
Ma domna, per qu'e·lh o retrai,
Car no vol so c'om deu voler,
E so c'om li deveda, fai.- This is how she shows herself a woman indeed,
My lady, and I reproach her for it:
She does not want what one ought to want,
And what she is forbidden to do, she does. - "Can vei la lauzeta mover", line 33; translation by Frederick Goldin, from Boris Ford (ed.) Medieval Literature: The European Inheritance (1983) p. 440.
- This is how she shows herself a woman indeed,
- Chantars no pot gaire valer,
Si d'ins dal cor no mou lo chans!
Ni chans no pot dal cor mover,
Si no i es fin' amors coraus.- Singing cannot much avail, if from within the heart comes not the song; nor can the song come from the heart, unless there be there noble love, heartfelt.
- "Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 1; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.
- Aisso non es amors; aitaus
No·n a mas lo nom e·l parven,
Que re non ama si no pren.- This is not love, such has only its name and semblance, which loves no thing unless it gains from it.
- "Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 19; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.


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Found this the other day among my fathers possessions, it belonged to a cousin. She had received this as a gift from her Sunday School Classmates on December 21, 1908. She passed away 14 months later at the age of eleven, & her sister kept it until she passed away 70+ years later.
The Girl's Own Annual is a British book that was published from 1880-1940. It was a year's cumulation of The Girl's Own Paper which originally came out weekly until 1908 when it became a monthly publication. One could liken it to a modern teen magazine, in that it related to young women and their interests. And how the interests have changed. And how.


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(CNN) — Hundreds of people verbally ripped apart a young waitress via social media Tuesday after a news report raised questions about her claim that a family decided not to tip her because she is gay. The restaurant owners now say they are investigating her claim.
Dayna Morales, 22, a former Marine, first complained about the alleged incident on a "Have a Gay Day" Facebook page, posting a photo of a receipt that read, "I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with what your lifestyle and how you live your life."
The post went viral. Morales claimed a family of four wrote the message on the receipt for $93.55 at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, New Jersey, after she waited on them.
A report on television station NBC4 displayed a receipt from a family showing an $18 tip on a bill of $93.55, and a credit card statement with the same total value, $111.55, to back it up.
In the wake of the report, the restaurants' owners released a statement saying, "We are aware of the allegations and we have no comment pending an internal investigation," according to the general manager.
Facebook is on fire with hateful comments from people angered by the report.
Brian Cook wrote on the original Facebook post, "When you lie to make someone LOOK homophobic, you weaken your cause."
Mia Frederiksen wrote, "Whatever the motive, it's going to harm people who truly are discriminated against. The more this happens, the more the truly maligned will be ignored."
Morales, who was not working Tuesday, according to her manager, could not be reached for immediate comment.
After Morales' story drew media attention, she and the restaurant received tips from "all over the world," Morales told CNN earlier this month. She and the restaurant said they planned to donate the money to the Wounded Warrior Project because Morales served in the Marine Corps for two years.
On the Facebook page, commenter Jeff Barrett wrote, "Wounded Warriors does not deserve to be associated with somebody who would cheapen the plight of both veterans and the LGBT community and slander an innocent family for money."
The restaurant's general manager, Byron Lapola, said the money that came in still will be donated.
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§22-6-14. Plats prerequisite to introducing liquids or waste into wells; preparation and contents; notice and information furnished to coal operators, owners or lessees and director; issuance of permits; performance bonds or security in lieu thereof.
(a) Before drilling a well for the introduction of liquids for the purposes provided for in section twenty-five of this article or for the introduction of liquids for the disposal of pollutants or the effluent therefrom on any tract of land, or before converting an existing well for such purposes, the well operator shall have a plat prepared by a registered engineer or licensed land surveyor showing the district and county in which the tract of land is located, the name and acreage of the same, the names of the owners of all adjacent tracts, the proposed or actual location of the well or wells determined by a survey, the courses and distances of such location from two permanent points of land marked on said tract and the number to be given to the well, and shall forward by registered or certified mail the original and one copy of the plat to the director. In addition, the well operator shall provide the following information on the plat or by way of attachment thereto to the director in the manner and form prescribed by the director's rules: (1) The location of all wells, abandoned or otherwise located within the area to be affected; (2) where available, the casing records of all such wells; (3) where available, the drilling log of all such wells; (4) the maximum pressure to be introduced; (5) the geological formation into which such liquid or pressure is to be introduced; (6) a general description of the liquids to be introduced; (7) the location of all water-bearing horizons above and below the geological formation into which such pressure, liquid or waste is to be introduced; and (8) such other information as the director by rule may require.
(b) In the event the tract of land on which said well proposed to be drilled or converted for the purposes provided for in this section is located is known to be underlaid with coal seams, copies of the plat and all information required by this section shall be forwarded by the operator by registered or certified mail to each and every coal operator operating coal seams beneath said tract of land, who has mapped the same and filed such maps with the office of miners' health, safety and training in accordance with chapter twenty-two-a of this code, and the coal seam owner of record and lessee of record, if any, if said owner or lessee has recorded the declaration provided in section thirty-six of this article, and if said owner or lessee is not yet operating said seams beneath said tract of land. With each of such plats, there shall be enclosed a notice (form for which shall be furnished on request by the director) addressed to the director and to each such coal operator, owner or lessee, if any, at their respective addresses, informing them that such plat and notice are being mailed to them, respectively, by registered or certified mail, pursuant to the requirements of this section.
(c) If no objections are made by any such coal operator, owner or lessee, or the director, such proposed drilling or converting of the well or wells for the purposes provided for in this section within thirty days from the receipt of such plat and notice by the director, the same shall be filed and become a permanent record of such location or well, subject to inspection at any time by any interested person, and the director may after public notice and opportunity to comment, issue such permit authorizing the well operator to drill at such location or convert such existing well or wells for the purposes provided for in this section. The notice above provided for may be given to the coal operator by delivering or mailing it by registered or certified mail as above to any agent or superintendent in actual charge of the mines.
(d) A permit to drill a well or wells or convert an existing well or wells for the purposes provided for in this section shall not be issued until all of the bonding provisions required by the provisions of section twelve of this article have been fully complied with and all such bonding provisions shall apply to all wells drilled or converted for the purposes provided for in this section as if such wells had been drilled for the purposes provided for in section twelve of this article, except that such bonds shall be conditioned upon full compliance with all laws and rules relating to the drilling of a well or the converting of an existing well for the purposes provided for in said section twenty-five, or introducing of liquids for the disposal of pollutants including the redrilling, deepening, casing, plugging or abandonment of all such wells.