Just a few on the many web sites that give instruction on drawing Celtic knotwork:
1) http://www.clanbadge.com/tutorial.htm
2) http://www.elfwood.com/farp/theart/nooyknots/nooyknots.html
3) http://www.calligraphy-skills.com/how-to-draw-celtic-knots.html
4) http://www.thinkythings.org/knotwork/knotwork.html
5) http://www.clickinks.com/How-to-Draw-Celtic-Knots.html
Enjoy your drawings!
– Cathy Ann Abernathy
weavercat@gmail.com
As the final week of 2011 comes to a close; I like many folks have another year to look back upon and wonder “was it a good year?”
Right now, with the Holidays and conversations we have had with family members/friends; let me just say it has been a year for many struggles, many shocks, and many unexpected events.
Will you make a resolution for the next year to “be a better one”? Or is that something you feel is under someone else’s control?
Fuel prices continue to fluctuate, food prices continue to rise; everyone still has their dreams, and pray for things to be better — if not perfect, at least “better” for 2012.
The best quote I heard the past week, is from a film — “…If you believe you are free, then we can succeed” (paraphrased, but the ‘spirit’ of the quote remains).
My goal for the next year?
To post as often as I can to each blog I have active online.
Some are serious, some are craft-related; others delve into my ancestral past, and even a couple share whatever might be on my mind at that point in time.
Tonight, my prayers are for kin in North Carolina; my hopes are with everyone who still is pursuing their dream(s) — no matter how much people around them try to get them to “settle for comfort”.
My voice is a simple post on my blog, and my loves are many.
So if you feel something needs to be said or done; at least put your feelings into a notebook. No one else has to see or read it at present.
The real purpose is to show the future generations how we view our world, as it now appears — and how it affects everyone who is presently living. Too big an audience for you?
Then start more on a personal level — choose a dear relative or friend you do not see in-person very often, and direct your writings to them.
Just a few sentences each time you post/write in this ‘journal’ will quickly add up.
This is just my thoughts on a LATE December, LATE night post — if you think “free speech” is still important, put those thoughts in to writing.
Take care, and say a short prayer for those who can not be at home tonight.
- Cathy (weavercat@gmail.com)
EXCERPT:
It was a major announcement, but it was hardly a surprise.
Finally revealing what many in Calhoun County had already suspected, Oxford Mayor Leon Smith announced Thursday that a 49,098-square-foot Publix Super Market would be locating in Oxford.
Smith said the Publix would open in fall 2012 and would be part of a planned retail complex to be called ‘Oxford Commons’ which first became publicly known through an Army Corps of Engineers release in May. Up until the announcement, the retail complex had not been officially confirmed by developers.[...] <— click through for full story <—
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Progress? What do you think?
– Cathy
Plagiarism is broadly defined as ”presenting someone else’s ideas or work without acknowledging the source“ (Coursework Assessment Policy and Procedures: 24). There are a number of penalties for breaching this policy ranging from receiving zero for a subject to suspension from a course or expulsion from the University (UTS rules 5.1 to 5.50).
via What is plagiarism?.
“It’s a great day for Ashville.”
Those words spoken by Mayor Robert McKay after electronic bingo machines were moved into the American Legion Post 170 late Friday and all day Saturday.
Electronic bingo is being played in the City of Ashville.
McKay said he received word Friday around noon that St. Clair County Judge Charles Robinson said there is no reason for them not to continue to pursue the idea of playing electronic bingo.
“Finally, finally, after about seven or eight months of pursuing this we finally have succeeded in opening the doors,” McKay said. “We had the machines certified by two different laboratories. Everything is a go, so we are here. Not only is it a great day for Ashville, it is a great day for the St. Clair County School System. We plan on giving 90 percent of what we generate this weekend to the school system as early as Monday. The kids will benefit from this.”
McKay added they would be able to pay off city hall, extend the sewer to the schools and build new ball fields.
Bobby Cook, resident of Ashville for over 50 years and a member of the American Legion since it started, said electronic bingo is wonderful.
“It is a win-win situation for the American Legion and the City of Ashville,” Cook said.
via St. Clair Times – Ashville plays electronic bingo.
The grey hairs that develop with age really are signs of stress, at least of the cellular kind, say scientists.
Genotoxic stress, namely anything that damages the genetic code of life DNA, causes a malfunction of the cells ultimately responsible for hair colour.
The stress sets off a chain of reactions involving specialised cells called melanocyte stem cells, their work on mice in Cell journal reveals.
Similar mechanisms appear to be at work in humans too, they say.
The findings could help explain why people with Ataxia telangiectasia, a rare, neurodegenerative syndrome caused by a mutation in a gene called ATM, go grey prematurely.
In their study, Dr Emi Nishimura and colleagues found the ATM “caretaker” gene serves as a checks and measures system to stop melanocyte stem cells going awry.
It is the job of these cells within the hair follicles to make the mature pigment-producing melanocytes that give hair its youthful colour.
Damaged DNA
Researchers have already traced greying to the gradual dying off of the stem cells.
But this is not the only way the stem cells are depleted.
[...MORE]
via BBC NEWS | Health | Experts close to roots of greying.
Elgin garbage truck driver saves American flags
Associated Press
5:11 PM CDT, June 14, 2009
ELGIN, Ill. – Suburban Chicago veterans have honored a garbage truck driver who’s credited with saving 250 American flags from being improperly thrown out within the last 18 months.
Elgin’s American Legion Post 57 and Elks Lodge 737 recognized Waste Management driver Jeff Olsen during a Flag Day ceremony Sunday.
Olsen is a 34-year-old native Canadian who says he plucks flags from the refuse in his truck whenever he sees them. Waste Management representatives say that has been a regular practice among their Elgin drivers for some time, but Olsen is the most successful.
Olsen is married to a former Army medic who did two tours of duty in Kuwait. He says that throwing flags away is like stomping on them.
Federal code says American flags should be discarded in a dignified way.
via Elgin garbage truck driver saves American flags — chicagotribune.com.
Davis discovers childhood abduction and ancestral links to Geronimo
By Vincent Schilling, Today correspondent
Story Published: Mar 25, 2009
Story Updated: Mar 20, 2009
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Musician Maurice Davis, 26, doesn’t know why he was compelled to write a song entitled “Missing Children,” after watching a late-night episode of Oprah. The episode, which displayed information of a missing child, prompted Davis to work until the early hours finishing the song.
After writing “Missing Children,” which Infidel Records, Davis’ record label, has since agreed to produce, Davis received a phone call from Joseph Suarez, a father he had never met.
via Davis discovers childhood abduction and ancestral links to Geronimo | Indian Country Today | Living.
04-15-2009
Jim Haynes led the singing at Oxford church of Christ.
Services for former Jacksonville News advertising director James “Jim” Haynes, 75, of Oxford were at 2 p.m. Monday, April 13, at the Oxford church of Christ. Bob Prichard, Ed Smith and Charles Box officiated. Congregational singing was led by Ronnie Hubbard. Burial was in Oxford Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Haynes died April 11 at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital.
He retired from The McClellan News and The Jacksonville News where he served as advertising director for 20 years. While at the News, as a member of the Jacksonville Merchants Association, fellow JMA members voted to follow his suggestion and name the association’s fall festival Mountain Echoes.
“The business community has lost a true advocate in Jim Haynes,” said friend and fellow JMA member Jerry Klug.
via Jacksonville News – Former News ad director dies.
Violent Video Game Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The 2005 law prohibited the sale of violent video games to anyone under 18 and imposed a fine of as much as $1,000.
By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
February 20, 2009 07:22 PM
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Friday struck down a California law that restricted the sale of violent video games to minors, asserting that the state does not have the right to control minors’ thoughts.
The law was signed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in October 2005 but never took effect; it was immediately challenged by the video game industry.
It called for prohibiting the sale of violent video games to anyone under 18 and imposed a fine of as much as $1,000 for anyone caught selling video games in violation of the law.
The law was designed to restrict violent content through the same criteria used to restrict obscene sexual content. As the court saw it, the state was offering “an invitation to reconsider the boundaries of the legal concept of ‘obscenity’ under the First Amendment.” The court declined to accept that invitation.
As Judge Consuelo Callahan observed in the 3-0 ruling, other courts have established that videos containing violence but not sexual content cannot be obscene under the law.
The state argued that the restrictions were necessary to prevent psychological and neurological harm to minors who play violent video games. The U.S. Supreme Court has acknowledged that the state has a compelling interest in preventing such harm to minors.
However, Callahan’s opinion makes clear that the three judges considering the case have seen no compelling scientific evidence that violent video games are harmful to minors.
…. (Click link for MORE)
via Violent Video Game Law Ruled Unconstitutional — Video Games — InformationWeek.
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Okay, how do you know what a teenager is thinking?
– CAA
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