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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Awards- from others and from ourselves

Some time ago I was the very grateful recipient of this lovely award...

...given to me by the faery-dusted Michelle. Thank you so much, Michelle! I am so happy to have aroused such commendations in you, I really am most chuffed. This is my first award!

As per the duties of accepting the award, being in detail...

1. Display logo and link to who gave it.
2. Nominate at least 7 blogs.
3. Add links to those 7 blogs.
4. Leave the nominees a message that they received the award.

So here below are the blogs I've nominated for an award. I have so very very many blogs who make me emit high-pitched noises and shuffle my feet for the joyous things they are, but I am especially enamoured by...

Jen Worden - A true creator, she's inspired me lately to make things just for the sake of making. I often have trouble with this- I judge myself constantly and as a result often get nothing done because it's 'not good enough'.

Sepia Art Studio - a found object jewellery artist (and more besides) with beautiful simple designs and a real elegance.

Red Velvet - One of those rare blogs that sees me scrolling up and down the same entry 3 times, just to soak in all the wonder! If one day I make a wristcuff that even slightly reminds anyone of one of her glorious pieces, I shall be overcome with the rapture.

Florizel - I can't understand a word without the translator, but there is always something gorgeous to marvel at. One of those blogs were you discover something new in every post and need a minute to recover!

Secretleaves- I only discovered these darlings last night and have yet to fully explore them. It's one of those places where I need to warm up; get a cup of tea, go to the toilet, take a moment...prepare myself, and in the end I almost can't look because everything is so heart-skippingly awesome. Their Flickr is making me emit high-pitched noises of delight.

Brandywine- Another recently discovered artist with so much wonderfulness. I am so utterly ill with jealousy over her studio!

Daily Poetics- An amazing blog, and an even more amazing Flickr.

And now I would like to talk about something that's a thorn in the side of alot of artists trying to make a living with their craft- pricing.

Lately I've been wondering if I charge too little, considering the time it takes to sew a cuff, and that's not counting the time it takes to lay out the materials, hand-dye the laces etc (which can be a 1-4 day process on it's own), and find the fabrics (which is getting harder and more costly) .

All my cuffs are hand-sewn, no machine work at all. It takes me 2-3 hours to sew up a cuff, and that's only after I've laid out the scraps in the design I'm happy with. If I made a cuff from start to finish- from selecting the fabric, dying it, laying it out and sewing it- I think it would take me 48 hours. That's 2 whole days in a row, with no sleeping, eating, answering the phone, going into town to pay the bills or all those other things we do when we could be crafting.

The thing about pricing is that sometimes it's not as easy as multiplying your supply cost by ten, or doubling it and charging your hourly wage. For alot of artists, people are buying more than just labour and materials- they're buying talent, soul and thought. I wish it were as easy as just slapping together what looks pretty, but it's not. It's about instinct and colour conundrums, then thinking that you know you have the perfect trinket for that cuff, but where is it...? Then you finally find it and it's not as small as you remember it, so you need something else...

Alot of people might say 'well that would be quicker if you were organised' and they'd be right. But it would take the soul out of it, and that's something I simply cannot do. I find the element of truth in my work is being able to dig through baskets and boxes and piles on desks and bags in tins and finding just the right combination of stuff. It's like piecing together a map to an ancient civilisation, the parts of which have been scattered to the wind too long ago, and it's your job to find them again.

Of course one of the biggest problems with pricing is fear that you're pricing yourself out of the market. It's no secret that people are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet, and I'm trying to make a living selling expensive things that people don't really need. As it is I wonder that if I were cheaper people would buy more, but that only damages me and brings down the value of my output, to phrase it coldly.

Besides, it's well known that low prices put people off, they equate high prices with high quality and low prices with low. In the same twisted logic that reveals we don't trust the figure $10.00 but we trust 9.95, people assume that if your work doesn't cost much, you're clearly not of any value and therefore not worth wanting -because we only want what others want. Except me, I always want what others want to throw away! I expect a few of you can relate to that, dear reader...

Since writing this yesterday my mother came home and told me her co-worker (who has seen my work) wanted me to know that I under-value myself. Hmm...I thought, validation? I then spent a few hours updating the prices in my shop, and am now charging what I feel I deserve for each piece, not the lowest price I can manage and still get by. As if finalising the validation, I received a huge order last night. The biggest order I have ever had.

So in conclusion- value yourself. Realise your materials and your labour and your overheads of rent, gas, electric (internet!) etc...but don't forget to value your talent. For real talent, true talent (such as those listed above) is a treasure more than silver and gold, and is something people will (willingly and rightly) pay for.

Carol Emma said... Best Blogger Tips

Good for you and congratulations on your order!

The psychology of pricing is so interesting.
One summer I noticed my earrings were not selling at craft shows - good earrings - sterling - pearls - gems - no sales. I asked a friend who was a world-class jewelry shopper - what could be the problem? Your prices are too low, she said. Hmmm. So I raised all my earring prices from $22-$28, by TEN dollars to $32-$38 - and you’ve probably guessed, they started selling within the hour!! Seems the higher prices had actually made them more attractive!
I maintain that people looking for excellent hand-crafted goods are not looking for bargains. The more you value your own work, the more it will be valued by others.

Your work is beautiful and worth every penny and then some!

Judy said... Best Blogger Tips

Thanks for the award and congrats to you - I feel very honoured indeed. I love love love your blog have been all the way through it - almost - very inspiring. And that purpley dyed material - omg - I adore it. I had oly bought some dyes to do some stuff myself last week, now to find some time to do it.
on the pricing thingy - don't undersell yourself - its manic on ETSY - people fighting to undersell. I think it is bad for all the hours people put into their art. You are in aus and we have to buy everything at much higher prices than our USA counterparts.
Ciao for now

Brandy said... Best Blogger Tips

Thank you so much for the reward! I am in awe of your work. Oh the places you’ve been! I’m jealous of all the museums you haunt! I feel you on the pricing thing. Its such a big struggle for me. Recently I was told I had “such cute little prices.” Ouch. I really analyzed some of my prices and realized I wasn’t even making money on some things! You are right about raising yours. You can SEE the soul in your work. Its all so lovely. I’m so GLAD you found me!

Jen said... Best Blogger Tips

Thanks so much for the award Penny-Elizabeth. Yes, pricing is always difficult - I tend toward the lower price for smaller items hoping that it will allow first-time buyers to be able to collect my work.

Your cuffs are wonderfully unique and creative and should be considered works of art rather than "craft". And priced accordingly!

lotta said... Best Blogger Tips

Thank you, thank you for addressing the pricing issue in such a thoughtful way. It is a big dilemma, but I think you got it. I am so glad I found your blog through secret leaves. I'll be back to admire your beautiful work.


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Adamantine, Shin Yu Pai

Shin Yu Pai

Publisher: White Pine Press
PubDate: 10/1/2010
ISBN: 9781935210184
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Poetry. Asian American Studies. In ADAMANTINE, the poet explores the strength of stone and spirit, disarming hardness to explore the power of the human spirit to transform itself through adversity. Drawn from global news stories, the subjects of these poems range from the tallest man in the world, an Olympic medalist, and a burning monk to a family stranded in the Oregon wilderness. An ongoing investigation of the poet's interest in the visual arts, a suite of poems contemplates the work of Goya, Warhol, Rothko, Cornell, and Calder, as well as master artists and craftsmen from the Eastern traditions.

Author City: SEATTLE, WA USA

Shin Yu Pai is the author of several poetry books, including AUX ARCS (La Alameda Press, 2013), ADAMANTINE (White Pine, 2010), and SIGHTINGS: SELECTED WORKS (2000-2005) (1913 Press, 2007). Her work has been commissioned twice by the Dallas Museum of Art and she is former writer-in-residence for the Seattle Art Museum. A visual artist, she has exhibited her work at the Paterson Museum, the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, and the Three Arts Club of Chicago. She is a former curator for The Wittliff Collections and has taught creative writing at Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Dallas. Shin Yu received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied at Naropa University. A recipient of awards from the Arkansas Arts Council, 4Culture, the City of Seattle's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, and the Cambridge Arts Council, Shin Yu has completed residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, Taipei Artist Village, Soul Mountain, and is a three-time fellow of The MacDowell Colony. Shin Yu lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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    Allison's Fun IncParty Big!

    Want to host a corporate event full of carnival rides, inflatable games, fun foods and carnival games for 100 or as many as 20,000 people?  There’s one Oklahoma resource that can do it all!  Russell and Robbie Allison, the owners of Allison’s Fun Incorporated and Andy Alligator’s Fun Park are up to the task.

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*7:23 a.m. – Car/deer accident, State Road 67N and Marley Road, Wayne Township. OCSD responded. *10:23 a.m. – Property damage accident, County Line Road, east of State Road 46E, Washington Township. Single-vehicle crash. OCSD responded.
*11:16 a.m. – Disabled vehicle, State Road 46E, Park Hill, Washington Township. OCSD responded. Semi ran out of gas.
*11:19 a.m. – Disabled vehicle, state roads 46 and 43, Washington Township. OCSD responded. Overheated vehicle.
*12:24 p.m. – Horse complaint, State Road 246, Patricksburg. OCSD responded. Unable to locate.

*1:02 p.m. – Theft, West Market Street, Spencer. Residential. SPD responded.
*3:55 p.m. – Ambulance run, New Road, Jefferson Township. Transport to hospital.
*4:26 p.m. – Ambulance run, McCormick’s Creek Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, State Road 43S, Washington Township. Transport to hospital.
*4:59 p.m. – Theft, Tanner Avenue, Spencer. Outbuilding. SPD responded.
*6:18 p.m. – Ambulance run, Pottersville Road, Clay Township. Transport to hospital.
*9:24 p.m. – Traffic stop, Montgomery Street, south of Morgan Street, Spencer. OCSD.
*9:46 p.m. – Domestic disturbance, Crayfish Drive, Washington Township. OCSD responded.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Middlebury College - Installation pro temp ore of GLOBAL IMPACT

Temporary and ONLY installation of GLOBAL IMPACT at Middlebury College

These 21 photographs are to be distributed to 21 separate locations across the Middlebury institutional footprint to exist as a single, globe-encompassing work of art.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

BOUNCE! - Making of the Interactives

The resident design gurus at the Children's Museum show prototypes of the interactives that will be featured in the show.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

BOUNCE!: Super-Ball Chandelier

Chief Sphaeralogist, Henry J. Simonds,  was very pleased to collaborate with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh's staff designer, Lisa Carvajal, on a one of a kind chandelier.  The 3-tiered piece was installed in the gallery space during BOUNCE! and will be permanently installed in the nursery area of the Museum.  Here are some design renderings and the finished product for your enjoyment.

Commissions of new chandeliers will be considered.

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We are moving into headwear, so check out these new designs and snatch 'em up before they go.  Limited editions of 48 for both these styles for now.  If they hit, who knows, we may be National!

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Baller Hat Samples

Hey Folks,

Still working on the Baller hats.  The first run was unsuccessful, so we are using them as testers for the under bill screening and to get some street feedback.

The text will be lowered to the proper height for hats like this and be centered better.

The under bill screening tests are developing.  As someone new to screen printing, I am using these samples to get it right.  When down.  There will be 25 limited edition black ballers with the under bill prints and 10 red Ballers.

Thanks for your patience.

Monday, December 29, 2014

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Hypersphaera variavirgatis
Fruit Stripe Superball

This delicious sphere is distinguished by its bright colored stripes, set against a white background.  It is opaque and has a shiny, smooth surface.

Classified on December 29, 2104 by:

Finn, Josie, Maddie x 1, and Jack

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Smothered Broccoli with Pepper, Onion and Raisins

Mette Nielsen
Broccoli is like green beans; it takes on great character when cooked beyond crisp. I like it nearly melting and smothered in this sauté of raisins, rosemary and pepper with the unexpected crunch of pine nuts.

Serve hot or at room temperature.

  • 1-1/2 to 2 pounds broccoli
  • Salt and fresh-ground black pepper
  • Good tasting extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium sweet red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 1 medium red onion, thin sliced
  • Leaves from a 4-inch sprig of fresh rosemary, chopped
  • 1/8 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • 1/4 cup raisins (golden preferred)
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts
1. Peel the broccoli stalks. Cut the florets into 1-inch pieces, and slice the stalks into 1/2-inch-thick rounds.

2. Place a steamer basket in a 6-quart pot. Add water to the pot up to the base of the steamer. Cover the pot, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add the broccoli, cover and steam for 4 minutes, or until a stalk barely resists being pierced with a knife. Immediately turn the broccoli into a colander and drain it. Transfer the broccoli to a serving platter and season with salt and pepper.

3. Place the empty pot back on the burner, lightly film it with olive oil, and set it over medium-high heat. Once hot, stir in the bell pepper, onion, rosemary, and pepper flakes with some salt and pepper. Sauté 3 minutes, or until the onions pick up color. Stir in the raisins. Cook another moment to soften them. Pour everything over the broccoli. Scatter the pine nuts over the vegetables, and moisten them with a little olive oil if needed. Serve hot or at room temperature.

From The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper by Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift, Clarkson Potter, 2008.

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Vandal men rock Eastern

Idaho played superbly in stretches in polishing off Eastern Washington 76-54 at Memorial Gym tonight. The Vandals were plagued yet again by turnovers (21 this time) but it didn't matter with Steffan Johnson's lights-out shooting.

Click below for my game story that will appear in tomorrow's paper.

Josh Wright

MOSCOW, Idaho – Early in the second half, Steffan Johnson unfurled yet another 3-pointer and barely glanced at the rim as he stepped back. He and everyone else at Memorial Gym seemed to know what was going to happen.

If nothing else, the look in his eyes was telling enough.

Johnson was locked in Saturday night, knocking down 6 of 7 shots from beyond the arc in the University of Idaho’s 76-54 lambasting of Eastern Washington.

The Pacific transfer’s outing in front of a sellout of 1,500 was the third-best 3-point shooting performance in UI history. But he was far from the only Vandal with a hot hand.

Idaho (4-1) sank its first seven 3-pointers – five coming from Johnson – to put the game away within the first five minutes after halftime.

“After the first media timeout of the second half, there was no doubt who was going to win the game,” EWU coach Kirk Earlywine said.

Idaho’s early-season penchant for producing a high volume of mistakes manifested itself once again, but it hardly mattered. The club’s 21 turnovers were masked by stifling defense and a 40-23 rebounding advantage.

The Eagles (2-4) were led by Glen Dean’s 14 points, but they shot just 36 percent from the field and committed 17 turnovers to fuel Idaho’s quick-strike attack.

“We’ve turned the ball over way too much,” Vandals coach Don Verlin said. “Our assist-to-turnover ratio is not good enough. But it’s a heck of a win tonight. There were portions of this game where we dominated them, I thought.”

UI is off to its best start since 1988-89 entering a prickly non-conference stretch in which the club is at Cal State Northridge, home to Portland and at Washington State. Those three opponents should test the Vandals’ newfound depth and interior strength.

Luiz Toledo (10 points, five rebounds) and Kyle Barone (seven boards) have brought a rugged presence to the interior to go along with center Marvin Jefferson, who had 10 points, three steals and three blocks.

“I believe they are significantly better than a year ago,” Earlywine said. “They all got a year in Don’s system and (when) you add Steffan Johnson, you add a guy was an all-conference player at the last school he was at.”

The Vandals’ offense looked especially fluid for the first 30 minutes. Thanks to Johnson’s sure stroke – he finished with 18 points – and crisp passing into the post, UI led by as many as 31 points.

The huge cushion came against an EWU club that lost by just six points to Portland and Washington State.

“Coach made sure we were prepared tonight when we came out.” UI guard Kashif Watson said. “We had a great shoot-around. Everyone was ready to play. We knew what kind of game it was; we lost to them last year so we had to come out and be the aggressor.”

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April 1, 2014 in City

Mayor vetoes council plan that would have limited sprawl

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Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, surrounded by environmental and neighborhood advocates, delivers a terse rebuke of Mayor David Condon’s veto of an anti-sprawl ordinance Monday at City Hall.
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Citing concerns about the region’s economic health, Spokane Mayor David Condon vetoed a contentious City Council plan Monday that relies on new utility restrictions to thwart improper sprawl outside city limits.

It marked the first mayoral veto of Condon’s term and sets up a potential City Council scramble to find an unlikely fifth vote among the council’s three most conservative members to override it.

“It would introduce too much uncertainty into our area’s economic growth and planning,” said Condon, who was heavily lobbied by developers and contractors opposed to the plan but also met with groups supporting it. He said he reluctantly decided to exercise his veto power. The mayor pledged to work with Spokane County commissioners to develop a better way to coordinate regional growth.

Under the plan, which was pushed by Councilman Jon Snyder and approved March 17 on a 4-2 vote, city water and sewer service extensions into potentially contested new urban growth areas outside city limits would be prohibited until any legal challenges are resolved. It’s intended to block what many see as a loophole in state law that allows developers to obtain permits that must be honored even when legal challenges prevail in establishing that the zoning change was improper.

Several developments on Spokane’s outskirts have taken advantage of the loophole, which Snyder and others say forces the city to extend costly services to new urban growth areas approved by county commissioners rather than tend to the infrastructure needs of existing residents.

The City Council plan was rolled out after the County Commission’s approval last year of a 4,100-acre expansion of the boundaries where residential and commercial development is allowed in outlying areas. That expansion was ruled improper by a state board because it lacked sufficient public hearings and drew the ire of Gov. Jay Inslee, who directed two state agencies to work with groups opposing the expansion.

Condon opposed the size of the county’s latest urban growth expansion but said restricting utilities is the wrong approach. He said he’s working with Spokane County commissioners to develop a more coordinated approach to growth, and would prefer finding ways to encourage developers to build within the city rather than forcing them to do so with regulatory authority.

Snyder and others said the cost of extending urban services to new growth areas is estimated at $64 million, not counting transportation upgrades.

Snyder said the county’s expansion of the urban growth area in 2013 led to an “unfortunate outcome of prioritizing these new development projects over infrastructure needs for current water and sewer customers.”

One of the areas under contention is a 109-lot subdivision known as Twisted Willows, which has only one access point at Custer Street and 42nd Avenue in southeast Spokane. It would send hundreds, if not thousands, of daily vehicle trips onto a substandard Havana Street, an old two-lane roadway.

Snyder said fixing Havana to handle higher traffic will cost more than $1 million.

“Nobody is anti-growth or anti-development, but where’s the balance?” Snyder said.

The Spokane Home Builders Association hailed Condon’s announcement.

“The ordinance was legally questionable to begin with, was rushed through to a vote of the Council with no public participation, and no studies were conducted on how its implementation would impact housing affordability or business recruitment in our region,” the association said in a news release.

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Rugby World Cup 2011

England's Moody admits error

2011-10-30 15:58
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London - Former England captain Lewis Moody admits he should have banned his team-mates from going on nights out during their shambolic World Cup campaign in New Zealand.

Martin Johnson's side were the subject of numerous stories about poor off-field behaviour, the most high-profile concerning an evening visit to a Queensland bar that made headlines because of security footage showing recently married Mike Tindall in conversation with a woman.

Moody, who retired from international rugby after the World Cup, was present at the Queensland bar, which infamously was hosting a 'Mad Midget Weekender', but left early on.

However, the 33-year-old concedes he had a bad feeling about the squad's attitude from the moment they arrived in New Zealand.

In an extract from his book, Mad Dog: An Englishman, serialised in the Mail On Sunday, Moody said: "I had been growing concerned about the attitude in the camp, which had become apparent pretty much from the moment we arrived in Auckland.

"We were on the other side of the world, a lot of the guys were young, well-known, wealthy and believed they were invincible.

"I remember thinking that some were not quite in the right mind-set."

Moody claims England had been too free-spirited and "got burned" as a result, leading the team to decide at a players' meeting that they needed to be better disciplined.

Despite that, the controversies kept coming, with coaches Dave Alred and Paul Stridgeon suspended for a game after illegally changing balls and centre Manu Tuilagi given a warning by Auckland police for disorderly behaviour after jumping from a ferry as it was about to dock.

Moody admits such incidents left a shadow over the end of his international career as England bowed out in the quarter-finals against France.

"If I could change one thing, knowing some of the characters we had in that squad, it would be to have banned them from going out at all," he said.

He insists Tindall, who is married to the Queen's grand-daughter Zara Phillips, did nothing wrong and that pictures of him with a blonde woman that surfaced later showed him getting "drunk with an old friend" and media coverage blew the incident out of proportion.

But Moody admitted: "I take some of the blame. I was captain and the buck stopped with Johnno and me.

"Tindall coped with the media flak but he was churning inside. I imagine he felt he had let a lot of people down. I knew that Tins had done nothing more than get drunk with an old friend."

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    Johannesburg - Still on a high after beating the Crusaders this past weekend, the Toyota Cheetahs were dealt a double blow as they lost two of their stars from the performance to injury.

    Springbok Henrich Brussow is the biggest casualty, his second since returning to the field a few months ago as he pulled a hamstring and is set to miss the next three to four weeks of Vodacom Super Rugby action.

    Brussow had returned from a long term injury a few weeks into the competition, and injured himself again. This time he had only been on the field for three weeks, but thankfully for his Springbok aspirations the injury isn’t too serious.

    The Cheetahs also lost lock Waltie Vermeulen, who has concussion after falling badly in a lineout.

    This leaves coach Naka Drotske with a bit of a headache after the victory, as he would ideally have liked to keep the same team together for this weekend’s clash against the Melbourne Rebels. If the Cheetahs take the scalp of Super Rugby’s newest team, they will score their fourth straight win in the competition.

    “Its disappoint for us, but I think even more frustrating for Heinrich,” Drotske told SuperSport.com about Brussow’s injury.

    While their team will only be known Tuesday, it seems as if Martin Muller will return to the lock position for Vermeulen, while Johan Wessels will come onto the bench for the Cheetahs to cover Brussow’s injury, with Kabamba Floors likely to slot into Brussow’s place in the starting line-up.

    The only other possible change could be Corne Uys’ return for Barry Geel, who played excellently against the Crusaders in Uys’ absence.

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Charlie Longsdon: Trains Liars Poker

KEMPTON: 4.50 Panther Patrol, 5.20 On The Hoof, 5.50 Venetias Dream, 6.20 Litmus, 6.50 Black Truffle, 7.20 Haaf A Sixpence, 7.50 Prophets Pride.

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LUDLOW: 1.40 Sky Khan, 2.10 Furrows, 2.40 Brockwell Park, 3.10 Father Probus, 3.40 Drussell, 4.10 LIARS POKER (NAP), 4.40 Sealous Scout.

DOUBLE: Liars Poker and Haaf A Sixpence.

Liars Poker should appreciate a step up in trip as he tackles hurdles for the first time at Ludlow on Wednesday.

He ran respectably in a couple of Irish point-to-points in 2012 before switching to the care of Charlie Longsdon, who pitched him into bumper company at Huntingdon in November.

Hailing from the family of Eider Chase winner Portrait King, he never looked like getting competitive over the two-mile trip.

He shaped with some promise though, and should improve for both the step up in distance and the addition of obstacles in the Plymouth Carvery Maiden Hurdle.

Module made a stuttering start to his fencing career but after striking gold last time, he can follow up in the Human League 6th July Novices' Chase at Leicester.

The six-year-old was a faller on his chasing bow last October but showed that mishap had left no mark when triumphing in style at Newbury last month.

He overcame a minor mistake early on to see off Colour Squadron by six lengths and this looks a nice opportunity on the way to a possible Cheltenham Festival run.

Buddy Bolero deserved plenty of credit for his win at Exeter on New Year's Day and is one to follow in the Billesdon Coplow Handicap Chase.

Haaf A Sixpence can defy a minor rise in the weights and complete a quickfire double in the Yeongcheon City Racing Handicap at Kempton.

The four-year-old missed much of 2012 after a nasty incident at Salisbury in May, when he clipped heels and fell in a seven-furlong event.

Ralph Beckett gave him plenty of time to get over that unexpected tumble and the Haafhd gelding did not reappear until lining up at this track last month.

Haaf A Sixpence proved pretty keen that day and paid for his early exuberance when edged out in the finish, claiming a creditable third after such a lengthy lay-off.

That run obviously brought about plenty of improvement though and there was much to like about his all-the-way success at Lingfield at the start of the month.

He was well supported for what was a fair event and duly obliged, possibly a little cosily, by half a length.

A 3lb rise for that victory looks fair enough and as a horse with relatively few miles on the clock, Haaf A Sixpence could have a little something in hand.

On The Hoof has certainly been earning his oats this winter with a string of consistent efforts and can be followed in the Win Big With Betdaq Multiples Handicap.

Mick Easterby has campaigned the four-year-old exclusively at Wolverhampton this winter but he travels the extra distance south for this 10-furlong heat.

Three times a winner at Wolverhampton in December, On The Hoof jumped from a starting mark of 63 to a high of 75 but after three defeats on that rating, the handicapper has relented a pound.

He has not been disgraced in any of those losses and seems to have struck up a good rapport with apprentice Matthew Hopkins.

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Alabama — again — is the champion of the recruiting world.

The Crimson Tide pulled off one of the day’s biggest surprises — nabbing LB Rashaan Evans from Auburn High School — and distanced itself from the field in the recruiting rankings.

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From there, results varied, but it was obvious that it was another day for the SEC to stick out its chest.

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247 : Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, FSU, Texas A&M, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Notre Dame

Rivals : Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, FSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Notre Dame

ESPN : Alabama, LSU, FSU, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio State, Auburn, Georgia, Miami

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Born: August 24, 1916 in Brentford, Greater London, Great Britain
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Affiliations: Thames Rowing Club, Putney (GBR)
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Peter Kirkpatrick had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1950 British Empire Games Eights. In the British Empire Games he competed for England.

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1948 Summer 31 London Rowing Men's Coxless Fours Great Britain GBR 2 h2 r3/4

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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 4, 1984
Date Finished: August 5, 1984

Gold: FIN Arto Härkönen
Silver: GBR Dave Ottley
Bronze: SWE Kenth Eldebrink
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The top javelinist in 1984 was easily East German Uwe Hohn. His 11 meets prior to July averaged 94.09, longer than any other mark in 1984. On 20 July 1984, he changed the event. That day in Berlin he broke the world record with 104.80 (343-10). The throw was so long that it started to raise safety concerns. He was close to literally throwing the javelin out of the stadium – or at least the infield – and putting runners or spectators in danger. Because of this the javelin specifications were shortly thereafter changed, and a new implement was in use from April 1986. Without Hohn nobody was favored in Los Angeles. Tom Petranoff (USA) led the qualifiers with 85.96 (282-0¼) but would finish only 10th in the final. The gold was won by Finland's Arto Härkönen, continuing his nation's tradition in the javelin. He was the first left-hander to win the Olympic javelin.

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2 Dave Ottley 28 Great Britain GBR Silver
3 Kenth Eldebrink 29 Sweden SWE Bronze
4 Wolfram Gambke 24 West Germany FRG
5 Masami Yoshida 26 Japan JPN
6 Einar Vilhjálmsson 24 Iceland ISL
7 Roald Bradstock 22 Great Britain GBR
8 Laslo Babits 26 Canada CAN
9 Per Erling Olsen 26 Norway NOR
10 Tom Petranoff 26 United States USA
11 Duncan Atwood 28 United States USA
12 Jean-Paul Lakafia 23 France FRA
13 QR Raimo Manninen 28 Finland FIN
14 QR Juan de la Garza 22 Mexico MEX
15 QR Reidar Lorentzen 27 Norway NOR
16 QR Sejad Krdžalić 24 Yugoslavia YUG
17 QR Tero Saviniemi 21 Finland FIN
18 QR Steve Roller 30 United States USA
19 QR Zakayo Malekwa 33 Tanzania TAN
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     The CFL may be entering its final "few weeks of existence,"
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of the nine clubs in the league will make a profit this season,
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Tory said increased playoffs attendance "could go a long way to
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and the players don't understand the severity" of the situation.
Tory: "We're in our hour of need right now, and I'm getting the
impression that Dan doesn't want to help."  Ferrone said his
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Roman Abramovich's Impact On EPL Debated 10 Years After Buying Chelsea

Ten years after buying Chelsea for a bargain £60M plus £80M to pay off the debts, ROMAN ABRAMOVICH "can be regarded as one of the greatest influences in modern football," according to Matt Dickinson of the LONDON TIMES. Abramovich "was not the first foreign sugar daddy" -- MOHAMED AL FAYED has been bankrolling Premier League club Fulham since '97 -- but he "threw so much money at football that the game was bound to change shape." Indeed, the Russian "has been so influential that there is now a law against him." Pouring "more money into football than anyone ever imagined" -- the best part of £1B ($1.5B) -- Abramovich’s riches "brought a new moral dimension to the argument." It is unthinkable that "there would have been that value" if Abramovich had not come along with his funds. Abramovich "has driven modern Premier League trends of foreign stars, foreign coaches, unjustifiable sackings, soaring wages, transfer inflation and the certainty that money is central to success." Once the distrusted outsider, Abramovich "is now the establishment." Chelsea feels so secure that they even voted for Financial Fair Play "to ward off the threat of future Abramovichs" (LONDON TIMES, 7/1).

ABRAMOVICH EVOLUTION: In London, Bruce Buck wrote "few people could have comprehended" 10 years ago how Abramovich’s ownership would quickly transform Chelsea, taking them "from a club facing mid-table mediocrity and near bankruptcy to become one of the most formidable football teams in the world." The Abramovich Revolution "has really been the Abramovich Evolution." He has "built probably the best training facilities in Europe." He has "invested millions in establishing a world-class squad and a superb academy, one of the elite youth development programmes in Europe" (LONDON TIMES, 7/1).
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    Residents cheered when the City Council approved codes that require projects to have the look of Old Florida and 100 acres in the commercial redevelopment district were rezoned.

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    OLDSMAR -- The City Council decided Tuesday that its future should be in the past.

    Council members unanimously approved new codes requiring developers to build projects with an Old Florida look and feel: bungalow and vernacular style homes, and buildings that look as though they come straight out of the 1920s.

    Council members then went on to approve a map rezoning portions of about 100 acres that make up the commercial redevelopment district. That area is bordered by Tampa Road on the north, Bayview Boulevard on the west and St. Petersburg Drive to the south and east.

    When the last aye was uttered and the motion to approve the map carried 5-0, the council chamber erupted in applause. Downtown residents who made up most of the audience stood and cheered.

    "This brings closure of 13 horrible years for me," Oldsmar Mayor Jerry Beverland said.

    Council members had voted to approve the code and map at its meeting April 1. But new council member Jim Ronecker asked the council to table the votes until the next meeting, saying he needed more time to review the plans.

    This time, though, he was ready.

    "Clearly your voice was heard," Ronecker said to the residents. "I thank you for coming out and speaking your mind."

    For years, city officials have been working on a plan to reshape downtown with small shops, restaurants and professional offices. They came up with an idea for an Old Florida look, consisting of Colonial Revival, Georgian and Victorian-style buildings.

    And then they began tweaking the town center development code, a list of rules that regulate growth.

    Officials from the Oldsmar/Upper Tampa Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce had proposed increasing the allowable density in the downtown area to bring in more residents who could help create a vibrant downtown market.

    Developers will be more likely to build if there is a large base of customers in the area. The increased density would also help builders recoup the additional expense of having to adhere to the architectural standards outlined in the code, said Kevin Gartland, president of the chamber.

    That idea would become the center of debate.

    Residents who lived downtown didn't want development to extend into their neighborhoods.

    "The reason I live here and not Clearwater is because I like being in a small community," said Jeff Wharton at Tuesday's meeting. "To go into an existing neighborhood with the idea of disrupting the whole thing. . . ."

    In the end, they all came to a compromise that keeps denser redevelopment out of residential neighborhoods downtown.

    The densities on Park and Bayview boulevards will remain at 7.5 units per acre. On St. Petersburg Drive between Bayview Boulevard and Washington Avenue, the density will be 12 units per acre. It will be 15 units per acre in the area south of State Street and State Road 580 and along a portion of St. Petersburg Drive.

    The area between Tampa Road and State Street will have more units per acre than any other area in the downtown redevelopment block. The new redevelopment rules will allow developers to build up to 30 units per acre in that area bordered by Bayview Boulevard to the west and Clarendon and Mystic streets to the east.

    "This zoning map as it appears right now is something we can live with," said Ruben Hernandez, council member Janice Miller's husband. "Anything in the boulevards is totally unacceptable."

    Later, Gartland said he was disappointed in the council's decision not to double the densities in certain areas. The architectural standards and increasing the density go hand and hand, he said.

    But all in all, he's just glad it's over with. He called it a "moral victory."

    "We got a lot of what we want," he said about the plan. "It's what we have to work with and we'll do our best. I think we'll have some success."

    -- Megan Scott can be reached at (727) 445-4183 or .

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Health care coverage now mandatory in Mass.

The goals: affordable health care for all, a precedent for other states.

By CHRISTOPHER LEE Washington Post
Published July 1, 2007

BOSTON - There is a lot of talk about overhauling health care in the United States, but Massachusetts is actually trying to do it - again.

Today, it becomes the first state in the nation to require its 6.5-million residents to have health insurance or face financial penalties.

Making insurance mandatory - and more affordable - is the centerpiece of a law approved by the Legislature last year that civic and business leaders hope will dramatically reduce the ranks of the state's 400, 000 uninsured.

Nearly 20 years ago, then-Gov. Michael Dukakis signed legislation that was supposed to bring coverage to everyone by 1992. But its requirement that employers provide coverage to workers or pay a tax was unpopular, and it was never implemented.

Still, Massachusetts's new grand experiment could become a model for major changes in health care across the country - if it works.

Their place in the national spotlight is not lost on the state officials, business leaders and consumer advocates who forged an unlikely alliance to get the law passed in April of last year.

"They might like to imitate us, some of them, but a lot of them can't wait for us to fail, " said Jon Kingsdale, executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, the new state entity implementing the law. "It's actually very helpful pressure, because people in Massachusetts feel the pressure of the national eyes on us, so they are particularly concerned that this not fail."

When Massachusetts residents file their state tax returns next spring, they must certify that they had acceptable health insurance coverage as of the end of 2007 - or lose a $219 personal tax exemption. The penalty grows steeper in subsequent years, big enough, officials hope, to persuade most holdouts to get coverage.

The state's 175, 000 employers have to pitch in. Businesses with 11 or more full-time employees that do not offer insurance must pay an annual "fair share" assessment of $295 per employee.

The government is defining basic coverage and trying to make insurance more affordable. Under its new Commonwealth Care program, it is subsidizing coverage on a sliding scale for people with incomes of up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level, or $61, 950 for a family of four. About 130, 000 low-income people are already enrolled either in Commonwealth Care or MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, state figures show. The poorest pay no premiums.

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© St. Petersburg Times, published December 18, 2000

Here is a list of some of the brightest and best holiday lights displays in Hillsborough County this season.

Temple Terrace

101 Mission Hills Ave. Snowman and snowwoman, thousands of lights, Santa and reindeer, candy canes, Santa and elves, illuminated Nativity set.

South Tampa

4000 El Prado Blvd. Many lights throughout yard including on large oaks, figures include Santa and sleigh, reindeer and elves, lighted snowmen and candy canes.

2922 W Averill Ave. (Bay Hill Estates). About 10,000 lights. Mickey Mouse dressed as Santa, lighted and playing I'll be Home for Christmas. Spirit abounds at this household, where the phone answering machine carries a tape of the homeowners singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

840 S Boulevard (Hyde Park). Santa and Mrs. Claus with elves, Nativity scene, toy soldiers, candy canes, snowman, music and thousands of lights. "Looks good both day and night."

4609 Clifford St. (South Tampa). 20-foot Christmas palm tree, Mr. and Mrs. Santa, sleigh with reindeer, Santa's helpers, cartoon characters, Frosty, life-size manger with angels and star.

4117 W Bay Villa Ave. Complete Christmas town and animated doll display, 160 nutcrackers, 6-foot wreath, 6-foot star, Santa, sleigh and deer, Manger scene and 30,000 lights.

University/New Tampa

4126 E 99th Ave. Nativity scene, displays of deer and sleigh, picture window decorated with Christmas dolls.

2401 E Linebaugh Ave. Santa on roof, Nativity scene, carolers and other figures, house and driveway edged in light.

9238 N Hyaleah Road. 18-foot lighted wreath with more than 1,800 lights and large, lighted red bow. 10200 block of Hyaleah Road. Block of homes with thousands of lights and lighted arches over street.

18118 Sweet Jasmine Drive (Misty Creek). Cascading icicles at roofline, homemade decorations, Santa in sled, angels, snowmen, reindeer and manger scene.

5905 N Habana Ave. Hundreds of lights around the property including along the driveway, holiday figures, Nativity scene.

Area near 3407 Hollyhock Way. Lights and figures fill the cul-de-sac at Hunter's Lake subdivision.

13804 Khilani Court (Carrollwood). Lights, lighted bells and wreaths, sleigh with Santa and reindeer on roof, Nativity scene, lighted carolers and drummer boys and Santa's workshop.

5110 and 5112 Nashville Drive. Lots of lights on both houses, lighted Santa, Nativity scene, radio tower, Santa and reindeer flying between the houses.

7603 Oakmoor Drive (Twelve Oaks). Handmade, plywood cutouts of elf village, Santa's steam locomotive and three-car trains loaded with toys, large snowwoman and Santa, two nutcracker toy soldiers; garage outlined with 19 candy canes, Santa coming out of chimney with pants on fire and Rudolph with a fire extinguisher; home is outlined in multicolored lights.

Brandon/South Bay

1724 Oakwald Drive. A Grinch theme complete with Sally Who and the rest of Whoville. Santa with sleigh and reindeer, 8-foot bear, caroling bears in yard and two lighted nutcrackers.

927 Benninger Drive. Manger scene, lighted Santa and reindeer on roof, drummer boys and lights.

7244 Alafia Ridge Loop. Rudolph figure and white Christmas tree.

5403 E Mobile Villa Drive. Mobile home decorated with lights, figures in yard include Santa and sleigh, Nativity scene, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, snowman, reindeer, candles, a mouse, candy canes, lighted angels, bears, a gingerbread tree, elves and soldiers.

13005 Glen Eagles Place. Live Santa on roof 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 16-24.

2539 Regal River Road, Valrico. Handmade Santa and reindeer, snowman and snowwoman, elves throughout yard, gingerbread house, large Christmas tree, carolers, forest animals, polar bear and penguin delivering mail, Nativity scene, lights all over house and yard, lighted archways, soldiers outline yard and music plays in background. Mrs. Claus will distribute candy and cookies to children from dusk to 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights till Christmas.

East Hillsborough

9711 Riverview Drive. Different themes throughout yard, gingerbread men, animated animals, candy canes, lighted toy soldiers, 20-foot lighted Christmas tree, about 10,000 lights.

6810 Spencer Circle. Lots of lights, figures include Santa and Mrs. Claus, elves, angel, lighted manger scene, Santa on roof with reindeer, candy canes, lighted Christmas tree lot and music.

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John Travolta's son dies in Bahamas
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(Reuters) - The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to the family's lawyer.

Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, attorney Michael Ossi said.

Attempts were made to revive him, but he died at the scene, Ossi said.

Jett, who had a history of seizures, was the eldest child of Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston. They also have a daughter, Ella Blue, who was born in 2000.

(Reporting by John Marquis; editing by Jane Sutton and Mohammad Zargham)

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