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Looking for Ghost Houses
Pocahontas 03-20-2018
When I was driving around the Bootheel a few years back, I kept running into what I call "ghost houses." Those are places where you can tell by the way the trees are spaced or cleared that a house probably lived there long ago.
In the spring, there's another clue: yellow flowers that someone planted years and years in the past.
I didn't shoot many of them
Dutchtown 03-20-2018
I didn't shoot the ones I encountered in the Bootheel because I was searching for things that were there, not things that were missing. I learned later, that the ghost houses would have been the perfect metaphor for counties that lost as much of 80% of their population when mechanical cotton harvesters came in.
I'll look harder next spring
Delta flowers 03-20-2018
I'll make a broaden my search next spring. These were spotted in one afternoon's drive in 2018. None of them convey exactly what I wanted to show.
Who planted the flowers?
Stoddard County 03-20-2018
I have to wonder who planted these flowers so many years ago that they outlived the gardeners and the buildings they surrounded.
Dutchtown's 'Restin' Rock'
When I have new folks on a road trip with me to Advance, Bloomfield or points south, when we get near Dutchtown, I ask them if they've heard the story of the famous (in Dutchtown, at least) Restin' Rock?
Of course, they say "no," because that's the kind of story you only hear if you've spent time sittin' and rocking on the front porch with the oldtimers who helped tame Swampeast Missouri. In the summer, you'd sit on the porch; in the winter, these old goats would hold court around the big pot-bellied stove in the back of my grandfather's liquor store in Advance.
Anyway, getting back to the story that took place back before big-wheeled, air-conditioned tractors were even a dream. Silas and his wife lived in a farmhouse in the shadow of the big hill dominating the tiny burg of Dutchtown. The field he worked across the road used to be in the flood plain of the Mississippi River before it broke through the Thebes Gap to go on its present course to New Orleans.
Iced tea (sweet, of course)
At the end of a long day working his fields, Silas would put away his team, then walk into the kitchen, where his wife would have a big, cold pitcher of ice tea waiting (sweet, no lemon, of course). It was funny that I never knew what Mrs. Silas' name was. She was always referred to as "his wife" or "Silas' wife," in the custom of the time.
On a hot, steamy August day, Silas came in from the fields like always and snatched up a huge tumbler of iced tea. The humidity was high because it had rained hard for a short time the night before, just enough to make the air steamy, but not for so long that the field was too muddy to work.
Silas took his glass of tea out to go sit in a swing he had hung in the shade of a huge boulder clinging to the side of the big hill behind their house. He called it his "restin' rock." He liked sitting there looking over his field, feeling good about what he had accomplished, then wondering, as farmers do, if a hail storm would wipe him out; or if the river would come up; or if there would be too much rain or too little rain or it would come at the wrong time; or if there would be a "too good" harvest in the area that would depress prices.
It gave one bounce
He had just taken a couple swigs of the iced tea and had wiped the sweating glass across his equally sweating brow when he felt a pebble bounce off the swing seat next to him. Then, a strange shadow engulfed him from the monstrous boulder that that had given him comfort for so many years. It gave one bounce, taking out a few saplings on the way down, then landed smack-dab on top of Silas and his swing.
There was much speculation later about what happened: some blamed the rain the night before; some thought it was a freakish gust of wind; others wrote it off as "God's Will."
Mrs. Silas and the neighbors felt the impact and went running to see what had happened. Mrs. Silas fainted dead away when she saw where the rock had landed, and didn't see her husband around.
'Really?'
When she revived, her neighbors tried to break the news that the rock was so large there wasn't anything in the county that could lift that much weight, and, even if they could lift it, there would most likely be nothing under it that resembled Silas.
"Well," she said, women being just as strong and pragmatic as the men in those days, "he always called it his "restin' rock," so it's there he will rest until the Good Lord calls us all home.
After I've told that story and driven by to show my passengers the Restin' Rock, they invariably ask, "Really?"
That's when I look heavenward, give a nod to Mother, and reply, "Sure. Really. Do you think I'd fib to you about something like that?"
Dutchtown: Flood of 1993
Some of you have been wondering where I've been. I was busy in Cape getting a boat ready to pull down to Florida for Kid Adam, then it was a long slog south because of weather. When you've been gone from home for months, there are a number of things you have to catch up on. If you don't accept all those excuses, I'll have to fall back on "the dog ate my homework" and hope you don't know that I don't own a dog. (I'm owned by a cat, but they rarely eat homework.)
OK, to bring us back to the headline, I was in Chicago for phone switch training when the Flood of 1993 was going on. I told the boss that I'd pay any difference in ticket price to do a stopover in Missouri for a couple of days, so I could see the high water.
Dad's construction company owned a piece of ground at the southeast corner of Highways 25 and 74 in Dutchtown. It had gone under in 1973, and was revisited by water backing up from the Mississippi River in 1993. Brother Mark and I rented a canoe to explore the property at the height of the flood. The building we're headed toward was what we called the mechanics shed.
Big enough to hold heavy equipment
The building had a super-thick slab strong enough to hold bulldozers and draglines when they needed repair and maintenance. Half of it was set aside for mechanical and welding work, and the other side had storage cabinets and a carpentry setup.
The first challenge was how to open the door. The Master lock was located just beyond where you could reach it comfortably without tipping the canoe over. My key ring, 22 years later, is still bent from trying to twist the lock open.
Not a pretty sight
Mark's first peek showed stuff bobbing around all over the place. We lost some good table and band saws because we never thought the water would come up so high and so fast.
How do we get through the door?
The next challenge was how to get a wide canoe through a narrow door. It was part of family lore that Dad once built a boat in a basement on Themis street, then figured out it was too big to get out. I never knew for sure if that was true, and he's not around to either confirm or deny the story.
I REALLY didn't want to go swimming, and I REALLY, REALLY didn't want to spill all my camera gear in the drink, but how can you pass up an opportunity like this?
I went first
I managed get the bow of the canoe far enough into the building to rig a 2×8 or 2×10 board between the top of a cabinet and some shelving, and clambered out. Mark handed up everything that was in the boat and followed my lead.
Once the boat was empty, he was able to twist it enough to get it through the door.
Mark doesn't look comfortable
He's giving me the look that says, "I bet you've rigged that board to dump me. I can't figure out HOW you did it, but I'm pretty sure something nasty is going to happen."
Snakes?
He looked even more uncomfortable when I started sharing snake stories from other floods and hurricanes I had covered. "Don't forget," I warned him, "snakes are looking for high ground, and they might mistake you for high ground."
Compressor was flood casualty
There was a huge, industrial-size air compressor on the mechanic side of the shed that wasn't bolted to the floor. When the water came up, the air tank on the bottom started to float, but the heavy motor and compressor on the top caused the unit to flip over. Had it been bolted down, the water wouldn't have gotten up high enough to do any damage. Mark's using the big ceiling hoist to get it out of the water.
We asked someone if they thought the compressor was salvageable, but we were told that the motor was probably shot. We gave it no thought for about ten years until Brother-in-Law John came down to help us with something. He said he'd take the thing off our hands.
Sure enough, when I went over to his shop a couple of weeks ago, the compressor was puttering away as good as new. I'm glad it found a good home.
On the same side as the compressor was our ski boat, The Mary Lou, floating, still attached to its trailer. (You'll hear more about The Mary Lou later.)
Water marks
When I got back to Cape several months later, the armpit-high water marks on the buildings were still evident. Mark may be my "little brother," but he's not that little.
I saw drone aerial photos of the property shot a couple of days ago. The water is already into the buildings, and I suspect that Mark and I could take a canoe through the big shed pretty much the same at 1993 if the water crests as high as predicted.
Horseshoe Up or Horseshoe Down?
I was in Dutchtown the other day and decided to drive down the lane that separates our property from the neighbor to the south. It contains about half a dozen pecan trees that Mother and I used to like to visit at this time of year. Most of the nuts she was cracking here in 2012 came from those trees.
In the dozens of times I've gotten to this old building and turned around, I had never noticed the horseshoe above the door. (Click on the picture to make it larger.)
Why is a horseshoe lucky?
Wikipedia theorizes: Horseshoes have long been considered lucky. They were originally made of iron, a material which was believed to ward off evil spirits, and traditionally were held in place with seven nails, seven being the luckiest number.
The superstition acquired a further Christian twist due to a legend surrounding the 10th century saint Dunstan, who worked as a blacksmith before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury. The legend recounts that, one day, the Devil walked into Dunstan's shop and asked him to shoe his horse. Dunstan pretended not to recognize him, and agreed to the request; but rather than nailing the shoe to the horse's hoof, he nailed it to the Devil's own foot, causing him great pain. Dunstan eventually agreed to remove the shoe, but only after extracting a promise that the Devil would never enter a household with a horseshoe nailed to the door.
Which way should it point?
The LuckyMojo website says it depends on where you're from: In most of Europe, the Middle-East, and Spanish-colonial Latin America protective horseshoes are placed in a downward facing or vulval position, but in some parts of Ireland and Britain people believe that the shoes must be turned upward or "the luck will run out." Americans of English and Irish descent prefer to display horseshoes upward; those of German, Austrian, Italian, Spanish, and Balkan descent generally hang them downward.
In regions where the horseshoe is placed facing upward, folks believe the horseshoe must point up "or the luck runs out." In places where it is hung facing downward they say exactly the opposite — "it must point down so the luck can pour onto you." However, in its function as an amulet for magical protection, especially over the doorways of barns and stables, the horseshoe usually points downward and it is said that "no witch will pass under it."
What does the difference in directionality mean? I think that in most of the world it is the horseshoe ITSELF that is lucky and protective — whereas in England and Ireland the horseshoe is seen as a mere "collector" of luck from above. There are other regional and cultural differences in horseshoe beliefs, too:
In Italy, for instance, when a horseshoe is nailed by the side of the door (not above it), directionality is not considered important, but what IS important is that the horseshoe was actually used — worn and discarded by a horse — that it was found in the road or in a field, not purchased, and that the person who enters the door can touch it.


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Alternative frequencies for the next days: 15410, 15420, 15430, 15490.
Here is an interesting radio recording of Brother Stair from the 1980s that I found today on YouTube. As it is said in the description of the video, he was even more exuberant in the 80s than he was in the 90s.
Using SDR receiver in Austin, Texas, USA. Here is video of today's reception.
Note: The clock of SDR is 2 minutes ahead.
Using SDR receiver in Kensigton, NH, USA. Here is video of today's reception.
1500-1530 on 12105 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs.
All other language programs are not broadcasted anymore on shortwave.
Since April 24 Radio Free Sarawak is back on 15420.
Using SDR receiver in Austin Taxas, USA. Here the video from today.
1900-1930 on 15155-15180 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic, scheduled Fri-Sun.
1029-1057 on 12085 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs. All other are maybe cancelled.
1459-1527 on 12105 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg to EaAs. All other are maybe cancelled.


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Atlantis RIP?
-GrahamHancock.com Editor
Published 9th October 2001 -
Is it time for Atlantis to Rest in Peace?
GRAHAM HANCOCK reviews The Atlantis Syndrome, by Paul Jordan,
The Atlantis Secret, by Alan F. Alford and Before the Flood by Ian Wilson.
How much do we really know about the origins of civilisation? Is the history and prehistory we're taught in school giving us the whole picture? Or is something missing? Are there still any mysteries? Could there even be a lost Atlantis lurking somewhere in the night of time?
Many of us instinctively distrust the "experts" and have a gut feeling that something important is missing – although we may not be quite sure what. But in his recent book
The Atlantis Syndrome, science journalist Paul Jordan sets out to reassure us that historians and archaeologists, the
professional experts in this field, have got the story of the past pretty much right.
It is a story, claims Jordan, in which the scientific evidence leaves no room for Atlantis or anything remotely resembling the relatively advanced civilisation of 12,000 years ago that Plato bequeathed us the earliest surviving account of. At that date, as all archaeologists will tell you, mankind was still in the Stone Age and did not live in prosperous cities, possess great navies or colonise distant lands like Plato's Atlanteans. Besides, Jordan argues, it is inconceivable that an island the size of Atlantis could have been inundated "in a single dreadful day and a night" by floods on the global scale that Plato describes.
Conclusion: Plato made the whole thing up to illustrate one of his political theories, and the abiding interest that continues to be shown in the possible reality of
Atlantis by a gullible public is best understood as some kind of "syndrome", akin to a mental illness. It afflicts so many of us because we have an inbuilt
psychological need to believe in a long-lost golden age. Modern advocates of Atlantis, or of a lost civilisation by any other name, are therefore wrong and daft but
succeed in selling books because their ideas activate the public's irrational belief in an impossible dream – i.e. the Atlantis syndrome. Amongst these advocates
Jordan includes myself and devotes good-humoured chapters to my books Fingerprints of the Gods and Heaven's Mirror. His requiem for my work reads as follows:
In reality a tissue of mere speculations, often no better than unoccasioned questions, has been concocted in the interests of a psychological disposition to believe
in a unique original inspiration of mankind…This is indeed a religious concoction: a notable extension of a feature of the Atlantis Syndrome always present but never
previously so much to the fore.
By chance it happens that a second book with Atlantis in its title (and with a weirdly similar cover design) has recently been competing for shelf-space with Jordan's
Syndrome. This is The Atlantis Secret: A Complete Decoding of Plato's Lost Continent. It is self-published by its
author Alan Alford, who wants us to know that he is "widely recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on ancient mythology, comparative religion and mysticism."
Alford has perfected the art of self-flattery. His book, he informs us early on, is "nothing short of a sensation" for it contains "not only a complete decoding of the
lost continent of Atlantis, but also a complete decoding of ancient Greek religion in its entirety." He doesn't want to "spoil the reader's enjoyment" by giving away his
theory of Atlantis too soon (it is metaphor for an exploded planet and was linked in antiquity to an "exploded-planet cult") but hints that "to search for Atlantis here
on earth, in the form of a lost civilisation, is…folly."
To understand why the idea of a lost civilisation is "folly" (while the idea of an exploded planet is not), Alford is adamant that the reader must consume all 21 of his
hefty chapters, word for word:
This is in effect a kind of initiation process, which requires a certain amount of patience, self-discipline and thought from the reader. If the reader tries to short-cut
the process by speed-reading, skipping sections, or reading chapters out of sequence, then he will assuredly struggle to see the merits of my arguments and my theory,
and the initiation will have failed.
I have to confess that in my case the initiation failed dismally — for having struggled through Alford's book I can see no merit at all either in his arguments or in his
storytelling. The Atlantis Secret remains in my view an impenetrable and pointless muddle.
A third more readable and much more worthwhile book on a broadly "Atlantean" theme has also recently published. This is Ian Wilson's
Before the Flood, which claims to present "dramatic new evidence that the Biblical Flood was a real-life event" and which seeks
to trace the origins of the Atlantis myth to the Black Sea.
Wilson's main role here is to popularise and expand on the research and ideas of William Ryan and Walter Pitman, geologists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the US. Their research has suggested that a cataclysmic flood struck the Black Sea around 5600 BC when the waters of the Mediterranean (still rising at the end of the last Ice Age), broke through the Bosporous Strait rapidly inundating what had previously been a massive, low-lying inland lake basin that lay beyond. Ryan and Pitman, and now more forcefully Wilson, speculate that this antediluvian Black Sea basin may have been the home of an unusually advanced prehistoric culture. This idea has been reinforced by Bob Ballard, the discoverer of the Titanic, who has begun underwater survey work in the Black Sea and has already located substantial ruins, including what look like cut stone blocks, at a depth of around 90 metres.
The only real weakness of Wilson's book – but it's a big one – is that he grossly over-inflates his case for the unique importance of the Black Sea and fails to understand how puny a part it in fact played in the overall inundation of coastlines that took place all around the world at the end of the last Ice Age.
The Black Sea has a surface area of 461,000 square kilometres (178,000 square miles) — a little smaller than Spain. But as the great ice sheets of Northern Europe and North America melted down between about 15,000 years ago and 7000 years ago, global sea level rose by more than 100 metres and continental shelves everywhere were inundated — a total land loss that is now known to have exceeded 25 million square kilometres (about 10 million square miles). Albeit fragmented and deeply veiled by the sea, this is an area almost three times bigger than Canada, much bigger than China and Europe combined, and in fact about the same size as the United States and the whole of South and Central America added together.
Equivalent to about 5 per cent of the earth's dry land today, many of the inundated coastal domains were in warm latitudes and would have been amongst the very best "refugia" available to humanity anywhere in the hostile Ice Age world. In evaluating their significance it is worth reminding ourselves that our ancestors in that period were denied access to much of Northern Europe and North America because of the ice sheets. So the 25 million square kilometres that were lost to the rising seas add up to a great deal more than 5 per cent of the earth's useful and habitable landspace at that time. Moreover though not often "instantaneous", it is now known that the post-glacial floods unfolded in three main episodes – one at around 14,000 years ago, one at around 11,000 years ago – close to Plato's date for the submergence of Atlantis – and the last between 8000 and 7000 years ago. These certainly were global floods by any standard, and it is neither to Wilson's nor Jordan's credit that they can only make their own very different arguments stand up by ignoring them.
Despite being confined to the Black Sea by Wilson, relegated to an exploded planet by Alford, seriously proposed as a mental aberration by Jordan, and subjected to the unrelenting scorn and derision of orthodox prehistorians, I therefore do not expect that Atlantis is going to roll over and die anytime soon. What saves it as an idea and makes it relevant to the future of archaeology is this unexplored and unexcavated flooded "underworld" of 25 million square kilometres that no-one has yet properly taken account of. A good start has been made by Bob Ballard in the Black Sea – currently fashionable thanks to Pitman and Ryan's scientific work — but marine archaeologists have barely even begun a systematic survey for possible submerged sites in other areas and most regard it as a waste of time even to look. The serious money in this relatively new field still goes almost exclusively into the search for shipwrecks. In consequence, the enormous implications of the changes in land-use and rising sea-levels between 15,000 and 7000 years ago, do not appear ever to have been properly considered by historians and archaeologists seeking the origins of civilisation. Nor has any thought been given to the remarkable flood myths that emanate from all these places, of which Atlantis is just one.

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New insight into why Pierce's disease is so deadly to grapevines
Scientists are gaining a better understanding of Pierce's disease and how it affects grapevines. The disease, which annually costs California more than $100 million, comes from a bacterium called Xylella fastidiosa. While the bacterium has been present in the state for more than 100 years, Pierce's disease became a more serious threat to agriculture with the arrival of the glassy-winged sharpshooter insect, which can carry the bacterium from plant to plant.
In a new study, published in Frontiers in Plant Science, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified a set of molecular markers that influence the onset of Pierce's disease in grapevines.
"We now have a very good idea of the plant responses to the disease," said lead author Paulo Zaini, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. "This will help us in early diagnosis and help us design strategies to protect the plant from damaging itself."
HOW INFECTION DEVELOPS
The glassy-winged sharpshooter injects the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium into the plant's xylem, which is the part of the plant that carries water. The disease causes leaves to yellow or "scorch," eventually drying up and dropping from the vine. It can kill a plant in three to five years. Few diseases can kill grapevines so quickly.
The glassy-winged sharpshooter was first reported in California in 1994 and can travel greater distances than native sharpshooters. By 2002, the glassy-winged sharpshooter had infested more than 1,100 acres of grapevines statewide.
"What growers do to stop the bug is just apply insecticides at an increasingly growing rate," said Zaini. "It's not a sustainable strategy."
In this study the authors looked at the plant's responses to the disease compared to healthy plants. Better understanding the biochemical changes with onset of the disease can help foster new strategies to increase plant health, rather than having to use insecticides to fight disease.
Scientists have long thought the bacteria growing in the xylem blocked the flow of water to the leaves.
"We thought that the blockage causes a drought stress, but there's much more to it than that." said Abhaya Dandekar, professor of plant sciences and the study's principal investigator. "Not all the vessels are blocked."
The blockage might be part of the problem, but it doesn't answer all the questions. More than 200 plant species harbor the bacterium but are asymptomatic.
Having identified molecular markers important for Pierce's disease in grapevines, researchers can use them to study grapevine varieties or other plants that do not develop disease.
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If you live in Alabama's District 3 in East Alabama, and if you are growing tired of the current person holding the seat named Mike Rogers, tonight you can meet one of the opponents running for the seat. Mallory Hagan is from the Auburn area and has put her hat in the ring to win the seat. She will very likely win the Democratic nomination, and has a chance of winning the seat in November.
I want to represent the people of this state because I want to be a voice for Alabamians that is clear and strong. I want to be a voice that sparks positive change. I want to be your representative from Alabama's 3rd Congressional District this November.
Mallory Hagan used to live in New York and even became Miss America in 2013. And was recently a news anchor for a Columbus, GA TV station. On Thursday, February 15th, Mallory Hagan will speak and hold a meet and greet at the Hampton Inn in Jacksonville starting at 6:00 pm. The event is free to attend!
I would be there, but I have no car and have no transportation to Jacksonville and back from Anniston. I would like to meet Mallory Hagan though, because I lived in District 3 from Alexander City to Anniston most of my life, and not much as gotten better. This district needs a big change!


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Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Background: One of the world's largest publishers of video game software. Its three business segments include: Activision (Call of Duty), Blizzard (World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone), and King (Candy Crush).
Thesis: The SHORT investment thesis is based on seven key factors:
"Dusty" Franchises. Core franchises are old, declining, and poorly positioned with nothing meaningful in the pipeline.
Competitive and Dynamic Marketplace. Not just Fortnite anymore. EA's free-to-play Apex Legends launched on February 4, 2019 and within one week had 25 million registered players. Apex Legends now has 50m+ registered players.
Not Suited to Mobile. Growth in the industry is coming from mobile adoption. The majority of Activision Blizzard's franchises are not well-suited to mobile devices.
eSports Over-Hyped. Activision Blizzard's CEO, Bobby Kotick, has compared the Overwatch League opportunity to the NFL. A better comparison would be competitive bird calling. The league has failed to drive Overwatch revenues and is failing.
Significant Employee Turnover. High-level turnover suggests serious issues beneath the surface.
Stagnating Operating Earnings. The Activision and Blizzard segments have been anemic for nearly a decade even while the stock price has been up 2-4x over the same period. EPS over the same period has increased solely due to financial engineering. Expect flat or declining operating earnings going forward.
Valuation. Expensive. ~20x next year's earnings which I expect to deteriorate over time.
"Dusty" Franchises: A key measure of the health of a game is the number of monthly average users (MAUs). While Activision Blizzard does not disclose this figure per each title, they do disclose the figure on a segment basis. In recent years, especially post the acquisition of King (in 2016), management has taken to highlighting the fact that on a combined basis, total MAUs across all three segments have averaged in the 350m+ range. More important, however, is the fact that in each segment, MAUs have been stagnating and, in most cases, declining for the last few years.
Activision Blizzard has not released a meaningful new title since 2016 (Overwatch) – and it stated on its 4Q18 conference call (held on February 12th, 2019) that it did not expect to release a major title in 2019. The cornerstone of the Company's existing revenue and earning's base are the Call of Duty and World of Warcraft franchises both of which are over a decade old and both are seeing player-base erosion to newer, "fresher" titles such as Fortnite and Apex Legends.
Competitive and Dynamic Marketplace: The video game publishing industry is more competitive than ever. The conversion from analog to digital was hailed by the major publishing CEOs as an opportunity to transition their companies' business models from a "hit-driven" model to a Video Games as-a-Service (VGAAS), recurring revenue model. However, what they failed to see was that this transition would also open the market to new, disruptive competitors. In the last two years, Activision's business has been meaningfully impacted by the entrance of the Battle Royale game mode epitomized first by PUBG, then by Fortnite and even more recently Apex Legends. While Activision has done its best to respond, it is clearly on the defensive and no longer dominates the "shooter" segment like it once did. Pressure on the Activision segment will only get worse.
Not Suited to Mobile: Industry executives, and Activision Blizzard management in particular, frequently express their enthusiasm regarding their outlook for industry growth. What they fail to mention is that most of the growth in the industry is coming from the mobile gaming category. Based on my calls with former Activision Blizzard employees, a common thread was that the majority of Activision Blizzard's IP is not well-suited to being published in the mobile format. For example, Call of Duty is a fast-twitch, first-person experience and I was frequently told that it would be very difficult to translate this experience to mobile in a satisfying way. On the other hand, World of Warcraft involves an incredible amount of keyboard and mouse text-based communicating with many other players – this type of interaction would translate very poorly as well.
eSports Over-Hyped: "We believe our eSports initiatives could rival traditional sports for audience interest, advertiser interest, sponsors, ticket sales and merchandise sales, both virtual and physical" – Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick on the May 3, 2018 Earnings Conference Call. While ot just Activision Blizzard, they are the worst offender in hyping up the potential of eSports – likening it on many occasions to the NFL. Many equity research desks have also been reinforcing this position:
These types of tables are common and attempt to show eSports as a nascent but huge opportunity. A key point they miss is that "eSports" is not a monolithic category – it consists of dozens of individual titles each of whose popularity is waxing and waning. Additionally, a huge flaw in the analysis, at least as it pertains to the Overwatch League (Activision Blizzard's big bet on eSports) is that the viewing experience is HORRIBLE. I personally attended the Overwatch League Grand Finals at the Barclays Center in July 2018 and it was virtually impossible to tell what was going on. There is no way that Activision Blizzard's eSports will take-off in its current form. Finally, I attended the major industry trade show, E3, in June 2018 and there were clear signs of a bubble. Everywhere you went, people who had no business being there were attending the show because they wanted to "get in on the eSports wave." Picture YouTube star wannabes everywhere.
Significant Employee Turnover: In the last twelve months the Company has seen significant turnover in the executive ranks. The President of the Activision segment left in 1Q18 followed by the departure of the President of the Blizzard segment in 4Q18. In early January 2019, CFO Spencer Neumann left for the CFO job at Netflix. Shortly after, the CFO of the Blizzard segment departed to take the CFO job at Square, Inc. High turnover is not damning in and of itself, but suggests more trouble beneath the surface.
Stagnating operating earnings: Consistent with Company guidance for 2019, I expect 2019 EBIT to be down ~17% (management said "high-teens" on their February 12th, 2019 conference call). Backing out the EBIT from the King segment, this would put them ~16% below the level they earned back in 2011. As noted in the previous sections, I believe their competitive position, and prospects are more challenged than ever and, as a result, would not be making optimistic projections. As noted in section (4), I would not count on eSports to save them.
Valuation: Currently trading at ~20x next year's earnings which I expect to stagnate or decline over time. The market is expecting growth from this company and all evidence is to the contrary. From a long-term perspective I would not be surprised to see this trade < $30 as the earning power crumbles and the multiple collapses however tactically there will be significant volatility and I would be more inclined to put the trade on after more near-term enthusiasm.
Risks to Thesis: ATVI gets acquired by Google, Apple, Amazon, or Microsoft. ATVI does another King-like deal. Fundamentally I believe Activision Blizzard is severely challenged – however the risk to the thesis comes from a potential acquirer taking a strategic interest in them. Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are all working on streaming services -- acquiring Activision (or any other triple-A publisher) would theoretically provide them with differentiated, exclusive content.
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1Q19 Earnings Call - the market will be expecting guidance / outlook for 2020 as 2019 is effectively a wash. Management will presumably give optimistic outlook for 2020 but nothing tangible to report which will likely move the stock higher. The next "catalyst" will be E3 over the summer during which Activision will "hype" their upcoming fall Call of Duty. The next true "catalyst" will be when they report 4Q19 earnings and we know how this year's Call of Duty did.
Any interim catalyst will be meaty news on COD mobile or updates on a new Franchise/IP, Overwatch DLC/updates, or related.
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Els Coquille (o Ko-Kwell) són una tribu ameríndia situada al sud-oest d'Oregon als EUA, on el riu Cos desemboca a la Badia de Coos. El 1856 foren obligats a traslladar-se al territori de les reserves Siletz i Grand Ronde. El 1954, el govern federal dels Estats Units decidí aplicar-los la política de terminació índia en el seu reconeixement tribal, però el 1989 la tribu fou novament reconeguda federalment.

Nom
El nom dels coquille s'assembla a la paraula francesa per "cloïssa". Això ha portat a l'especulació que el nom s'uneix als pobles indis pels paranyers francocanadencs que treballaven per a la Companyia del Nord-oest, a causa de la dieta de la població en crustacis i l'ús de petxines com a adorn personal. No obstant això, un informe escrit per a la moderna Tribu índia Coquille suggereix que el nom prové d'una mala pronunciació d'una paraula nativa, possiblement un riu, lloc geogràfic, o persona.

Grups
Els grups Coquille inclouen els alts Coquille (mishikwutinetunne "gent que viu al corrent anomenat Mishi"), kwatami, shasta costa, dakubetede (applegate), i tututnis. Els tututnis inclouen els yukichetunne, tututnis, mikonotunne, chemetunne, chetleshin, kwaishtunnetunne, i taltushtuntede (galice). A començaments del  potser eren uns 8.000 individus, però els contactes amb els paranyers blancs i les malalties els reduïren a uns centenars a començaments del .

Llengua
La llengua coquille està extinta; pertanyia a la branca meridional de les llengües atapascanes (tronc na-dené) classificada com a part de la branca tolowa-galice de la costa d'Oregon. El seu estil de vida, com les de la majoria de tribus de la Costa Nord-oest, es basa en la pesca i la recollida de marisc. Vivien en cases de planxes de cedre.

Història
L'ocupació humana de les zones costaneres coquille es remunta a fa 8000 anys i 11.000 anys a les zones de l'interior. Elñs paranys per a peixos utilitzats en la part baixa del riu Coquille es remunten almenys 1.000 anys. Les històries orals extenses dels coquille s'han recollit i conservat a la Biblioteca de la Tribu Índia Coquille a Coos Bay (Oregon).

Els coquille pescaven a les aigües baixes i estuaris al llarg de la costa d'Oregon usant cistelles i trampes, alhora que recollien cloïsses.

Els estudiosos moderns han documentat una àmplia xarxa de senders, camins i rutes en canoa que els coquille havien desenvolupat en el moment de contacte per la Companyia del Nord-oest d'Alexander McLeod en 1826.

Després del tractat de 1855 els coquille es van veure obligats a passar a la reserva índia costanera (actualment reserva Siletz). Avui els coquille estan repartits en dues entitats tribals: la tribu índia Coquille o les Tribus Confederades de Siletz.

Referències

Vegeu també
 Coquelle Thompson

Bibliografia
 Hall, Roberta L. The Coquille Indians : yesterday, today and tomorrow. Lake Oswego, Or. : Smith, Smith and Smith Publishing, 1984.
 Hall, Roberta L. Oral traditions of the Coquille Indians. 1978.
 Hall, Roberta L. People of the Coquille Estuary : native use of resources on the Oregon coast : an investigation of cultural and environmental change in the Bandon area employing archaeology, ethnology, human biology, and geology. Corvallis, Or. : Words and Pictures Unlimited, 1995.

Enllaços externs
 Pàgina de la tribu Coquille
 Coquille Cranberries website

Grups na-dené
Grups humans amerindis d'Oregon

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Quick Review | 'The Sunset Limited' by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy, Play, Samuel Beckett
The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy
A play written in dramatic form , 'The Sunset Limited' is a story that reads like a dynamic exchange between two opposing poles of modern society trying to reconcile their clashing views on the meaning of life. This thinly-disguised, modern re-working of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' examines the fundamental 'lacks' within set communities and reveals some startling facts about faith, trust and goodwill.
The story opens on two strangers whose paths cross after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. 'White', a renowned and respected college professor who has given up on life finds himself in the most unlikely of places; the kitchen of an unemployed, ex-convict called 'Black'. Black is equally surprised, considering that only an hour ago the man at his table attempted to throw himself in the path of an oncoming train. United on a whim of fate, they sit across from each other drinking coffee, staring at their own polar opposites.
For Black, the insufferable darkness within White poses an enigma. Before him is a man of success, intelligence and a mind far superior to his own. White was born lucky; he was spared the ethnic stigmas attached to being a certain colour of skin. Black is awed by this man who has everything to live for, and everything Black has ever wanted, but never had the chance to achieve and cannot comprehend why he would want to kill himself. Similarly, White is also confused by the positivity within Black, and is indifferent to his humanitarian pleas to give up on suicide because he fails to understand how a cold-blooded murderer and drug-addict can still claim to hear God's word. In a dirty, run-down kitchen two men disguised as the forces of despair and hope lay out their arguments, each hoping to win the other over to his side.
As I stated before, McCarthy's story borrows heavily from Beckett's masterpiece, but seems to lack the potent prose and dry humour that made the former a modern classic. When I first read 'Waiting for Godot' in college, I was impressed by Beckett's decision to strip the main concept of man's inexhaustible search for meaning down to its bare bones. This theme of 'hopeless hope' is explored in many different lights and always shines through from whichever angle you care to look. Unfortunately I cannot say the same for 'Sunset Limited'. I found the language too stale and repetitive. Repetition was a major part of 'Waiting for Godot', but in Becketts' case it was a working feature of the play and had reason to be there. McCarthy's version is repetitive from a lack of structure. It is a daring thing to write a play that focuses on only two characters, because all the focus will be on the dialogue. I am afraid to say that the dialogue in 'Sunset Limited' is a bit translucent at the best of times and tends to wander off at times. Having said that, the best part of the play was actually the ending, but I won't give that away as I would like people to have something to look forward to if they do decide to read it.
Beckett's play gave a strong message to its audience that is unmistakable even in plain text form. I have yet to see 'Waiting for Godot' on stage, but I wonder if my perspective of 'Sunset Limited' would change if I saw it performed. I didn't want this review turning into a comparison between McCarthy and Beckett, but the similarities are uncanny and force my mind down that path. What the play eventually boils down to is this: While Becketts' Vladimir and Estragon are forever waiting around for the arrival of the elusive 'Godot' and getting suicidal tendencies throughout their wait; White and Black have already drawn their conclusions of 'Godot' or 'Gods' existence. White is done waiting and decided on the path of suicide; while Black has found his own version of 'Godot' as a way to redeem his numerous sins.
While McCarthy takes the characters of Becketts' play one step further, he does little to develop the plot they are embedded in and manages to displace them from their environment altogether (and his readers for that matter). Out of the two, I would say read Beckett instead, or go one better, and watch the play if you get the chance. The way I see it, if it isn't broken don't try to fix it.
3 thoughts on "Quick Review | 'The Sunset Limited' by Cormac McCarthy"
kimberlyloomis said:
Sounds like an interesting work. I've only read one of McCarthy's work thus far and am a bit disappointed to hear that this piece isn't necessarily worth the time investment. Although, I do wonder if having not read Beckett's work I might be more amenable to McCarthy's take. Both works will probably get put on my TBR list nonetheless. Thank you for the review and piquing my curiosity about two works instead of just one. 🙂
mywordlyobsessions said:
You are welcome! I didn't intend to write about Beckett so much, but there were too many parallels to ignore him altogether.
You're suggestion could be a possibility. In fact it would be worth a try. Both texts are very short so it wouldn't take a long time to read them and compare.
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Obituary of Carol Ann Kent
Beloved Wife, Mother, Aunt and Friend
Carol Ann Kent, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 after a long illness.
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey in 1942 to David Leroy and Dorothy (Eggler) Peterson, Carol was a lifelong resident of West Caldwell.
Following graduation from Centenary College in Hackettstown and the Newark School for Fine and Industrial Art, Carol began a career as a commercial artist.
She met the love of her life, Sam and they married in 1967. They were inseparable and since Sam was a dedicated Rotarian, she was right there alongside him at most of the Rotary functions - the golf outings at Knoll Country Club, Casino Nights, Wild West Circus in Pine Brook, the holiday parties and of course the Caldwell Street Fair from its inception.
Due to her extraordinary support, The Rotary Club of the Caldwells awarded Carol the Paul Harris Recognition Award in 2019.
When their son Matt was born, she devoted herself fulltime to motherhood. Once he was grown, Carol began teaching literacy and then joined Smull Treasures, a consignment shop in Caldwell. After that closed, she was instrumental in the founding of its successor shop, Willing Hearts and its introduction to the Rotary Club of the Caldwells in the late 1990's. Carol continued to volunteer weekly at Willing Hearts until 2015.
Carol had many friends and appreciated spending time with them. She enjoyed traveling to see her sister as well as summer trips to Maine, the Jersey Shore and especially Vermont. She hosted many family holidays and everyone loved to attend. She loved her cats, enjoyed watching birds and was a kind gentle soul to all.
When her granddaughter Star was born, she became the joy of Carol's life. They spent a great deal of precious time together over the years and Star was her constant bright spot as she became ill.
Carol is survived by her beloved husband of 52 years, Samuel Mathew Kent; cherished son, Matthew David Kent and his wife, Sara; devoted granddaughter, Star Magick Kent-Finnegan; loving sister, Janet Guenther and her husband, Otto; caring sister in law, Dolores Russomano and her husband Jim; adored nieces, Kelly Carey (Tom), Tracey Ritch (Rob), Debbie Heard (Kennon) and their children; a host of friends and neighbors throughout the Caldwells and her most devoted friend, Arline Oberst.
When it is safe to for us all to gather, we will schedule a Celebration of Carol's Life and cherish her legacy. Meanwhile please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.
Please consider these charities is memory of Carol's years of volunteering:
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'Under Caesar's Sword' documentary explores Christians' response to persecution
by Notre Dame News
Christian communities around the world face marginalization, imprisonment, torture and even death on a massive scale. Advocacy group Open Doors USA has reported that more than 7,100 Christians were killed for their faith in 2015 alone, making it the deadliest year for Christians in modern history. A new documentary from the University of Notre Dame and the Religious Freedom Institute looks in-depth at how these communities respond.
Titled "Under Caesar's Sword," the 26-minute film chronicles the experiences of Christian communities in Turkey, India and other countries where their religious freedom is violated. The film features interviews with Christian families, refugees and leaders from these regions as well as the insight of scholars who have studied Christians' response to their suffering. It highlights the creative strategies Christians employ as they struggle to survive, build alliances and resist their persecutors.
"What is remarkable about persecuted Christians is their resilience. They are not just victims. Understanding this is the key to being in solidarity with them," said Daniel Philpott, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and co-director of the Under Caesar's Sword project.
The documentary, available at no cost, will be released Nov. 1. It can be found at ucs.nd.edu/film along with a discussion guide created for groups who wish to screen the film. The film covers a number of timely topics, including the erasure of Christian culture in the Middle East, decisions made by Christian communities under threat in Turkey, the role of law and human rights activism among Christians in India and peacemaking, prayer and forgiveness as universal Christian responses.
The film was directed by Jason Cohen Productions and produced by the Under Caesar's Sword initiative, the first systematic global investigation into Christians' responses to violations of their religious freedom. Working to build awareness of and solidarity with Christians who suffer, Under Caesar's Sword is a partnership of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture and the Religious Freedom Institute and is funded by a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust.
Contact: Kristi Haas, program manager, Under Caesar's Sword, 574-631-7917, khaas3@nd.edu
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"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in the US capital of Washington, is maintaining round-the-clock contact with her office in Dhaka and giving necessary directives to the officials concerned on different matters," PM`s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told UNB over the phone on Tuesday.
He said the Prime Minister digitally cleared 16 urgent files in the last two days – Sunday and Monday from the US capital.
Ihsanul Karim said the Prime Minister earlier instructed her office to send all the urgent files to her during her stay in the USA.
"Following the directive, the officials concerned at the Prime Minister`s Office are emailing important files to the Prime Minister, taking advantage of the digitization initiatives of the present government under her leadership," he added.
Sheikh Hasina reached Washington from New York on Friday afternoon after attending the 72nd session of the UNGA.
After staying in Washington for a week, Sheikh Hasina will leave for home on September 29. She will return home on October 2 via London.
Sheikh Hasina arrived in New York on September 17 to join the 72nd UNGA session.


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What Happened to Grunge?
Lauryn Schaffner Published: October 13, 2021
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In the years immediately following the great grunge explosion of 1991, the entire world seemed to be looking at Seattle.
Few bands were bigger than Nirvana, especially after Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson's Dangerous from the top of the albums chart. Pearl Jam's Ten peaked at No. 2 a few months down the road, and they drew in crowds at the Lollapalooza festival that were bigger than what the headliners did.
Alice in Chains released Dirt on Sept. 29, and Stone Temple Pilots — an alternative rock group from San Diego — released their debut Core the same day. This album was a prime example of the influence that the Pacific Northwest had on rock 'n' roll, and several other bands began emerging that emulated a similar style and attitude to that of the grunge bands. In 1993, oversized coats, lace-up boots and flannels were even seen on fashion runways. The influence of grunge on popular culture was profound.
"At a certain point, you can love something to death, or you can strangle the very essence it needs to breathe," Seattle radio personality Cathy Faulkner told us. "You couldn't get away from Seattle."
Like other rock 'n' roll revolutions before it, grunge started to experience a waning period in the mid-to-late-1990s. Kurt Cobain tragically died. Alice in Chains went on hiatus, and the members all worked on their own projects. Soundgarden broke up after releasing Down on the Upside in 1996, and Pearl Jam weren't able to tour in the U.S. for several years because they were boycotting Ticketmaster.
So, what happened to grunge? Find out from various members of the Seattle scene themselves in Episode 4 of our 30 Years of Grunge series below.
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In Memoriam: Larry Phillips, co-founder of Phillips Collection
Lillian Anderson February 26, 2013 0
Larry Phillips, who co-founded furniture, accessories and lighting manufacturer Phillips Collection, recently passed away at age 95.
According to his grandson, Jason Phillips, vp/Creative Director at Phillips Collection, "If you asked Larry Phillips what he was, he'd say 'a businessman.' If you asked anyone who knew Larry what he was, the answer would be more like 'tastemaker' or 'visionary.'
Larry was born in New York in 1917 and attended Brooklyn College, where he graduated at the age of 19. He then went to serve his country in Germany during WWII, where his platoon was amongst the first U.S. troops to invade the concentration camps. He came back to join a fledgling dress business with his father and brother after the war. They evolved into manufacturing and began to travel to Hong Kong in the late 1960s and running a factory there. Larry's wife, Shirley, joined the company and together they started selling to high-end department stores like Bloomingdales.
Larry and Shirley traveled around the world, collecting beautiful objects from exotic countries such as Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Laos. "Friends would visit their home on Long Island and see the most wonderful furniture and décor pieces and were enthralled, not only by the design and craftsmanship but by the stories Larry and Shirley would tell," Jason says. As they developed a sophisticated eye for antiquities, they became prominent New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, LACMA, Chicago Art Institute, British Museum, and the Stuttgart Museum.
"They saw great opportunity to bring this global style to the furniture industry and asked their son [my father] Mark and his wife [my mom] Julie to join them on a trip around the world. And so in 1983, Phillips Collection was founded," Jason remarks.
Larry is survived by his wife, Shirley, sons Mark and Michael, and their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Information supplied by Les Figg via an email to the Webmaster on 14th February 2008.
I have been searching the internet for any mention of Motorcycle Speedway that used to be held at a track in Findon, SA at least into the early 1950's.
The track was located just off Findon Rd about one block north of Grange Rd - behind where Coles is now located. The area used to be a clay pit (nicknamed 'the pug hole' by the locals) providing raw material for building bricks.
I wonder if you might have any information on this speedway track.
PS: When I was a kid, Wally Young lived about 1 block from my parents home, Jack Young lived about 3 blocks in the other direction, and I attended Findon Primary School with Jack Young's daughter, Carol.
Information and Photos supplied by Peter Denton to the Webmaster on Tuesday, 26th March 2008.
The Findon Speedway track, located near the corner of Grange & Findon Roads was built by George Denton, brother of Harry Denton in the 1950's in a sandpit and was covered with cinders and it also had a small dam in the South Eastern corner.
A Motor Cycle Club, possibly one of Atujara, Levis or Velocette conducted the meetings.
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Fifteen year old Nifemi was pregnant for an English student while she was betrothed to another.
Pa Jide and Mama Savage sat quietly on the three-sitter cushion. They had come as a favor to Nifemi to help break the news to her parents. As elders in the family, they stayed to make sure that while scolding and chastising her, the best decision on the matter is taken. Needless to say, her parents will be far entangled in disappointment and overwhelmed with emotions to take the right decision. Mr. Martins, with a blank face, sat separate from everyone. Mr. Adeniji rose up suddenly and entered the bedroom. He emerged a few seconds later, holding 'a finely-skinned long bamboo stick' in the grip of his hand.
"Báámì, ẹ dákun", Nifemi yelped with a swift movement in self-defense immediately she sighted the cane. Mama Savage was also quick to shield her granddaughter from the impending merciless whip. She shrieked slightly in fright that the stick would land on her body before Mr. Adeniji could stop himself.
Pa Jide was too feeble to act in such anxiety. Mr. Martins hastened to his feet to plead on Nifemi's behalf. With everyone begging for her, Mr. Adeniji was handicapped to satiate his anger to his heart's content. It angered him even more. His entire body shook in his state of fury. Nifemi burst in tears. She did not imagine it would start with such scare and chaos. She assumed Mama Savage would convince her mother and make her see reasons why Olusegun is the better alternative for her. However, following the unfolding of events, Nifemi regretted giving in to Olusegun. Now, she would gladly do anything her parents decided. Whatever it is to get over the situation and return to being the obedient pride of her family. Mr. Adeniji stood in front of his daughter in anger, contemplating whether to walk away before he did something that would leave scars on his daughter's fair skin. He imagined giving her a resounding slap across her face, if only it will stop his anger. Mr. Martins saw the fury in his eyes, and attempted to calm his temper.


My granddaughter and I share a passion for the color purple so I decided to make her a purple bed quilt for her fourth birthday. I occasionally make baby quilts and I try to keep them simple and utilitarian in hopes that they will be used and loved until there's nothing left but scraps. But this quilt, I decided, was going to be big enough for her bed, and beautiful enough that she would love it forever. And of course, it had to be purple!
I started the quilt at the September 2012 Quilt Inn Retreat and finished it just in time to hand deliver it to Adrienne on her birthday, mid-December. Adrienne can be a bit of a drama queen, but in this case, her reaction was just what I had hoped for: she threw her arms up into the air in delight, gasped dramatically, and then grabbed the quilt and proceeded to wrap it around herself and roll on the floor in delight. I alway tell her parents that they shouldn't worry about the dramatics–she's obviously in training to be Bette Midler when she grows up!!!
Here is a detail so you can see the quilting. Also note the narrow inner border. This is fabric I created from some of Adrienne's artwork. I thought it would be cool to have something she created as part of her special quilt.
On the left, below, is the finger painting she did when she was about three year's old. I was very taken with the way the colors are blended and the fact that she obviously took great care to fill the whole page with color. Most finger paintings I've seen consist of a few streaks of color on a white page, so I was impressed with her persistence, if nothing else!
I scanned the painting into my computer and printed it onto fabric (above right). The fabric is prepared by backing it with something stiff. In this case I sprayed a piece of card stock with spray adhesive and adhered the fabric to it. The only hard part is making sure that the edges are clean with no threads or wrinkles that could jam the printer. Some of the printed fabric came out with more muted colors than the original painting, but that was OK because it worked well with the quilt.
When the fabric was cut into strips, the difference in saturation just added variety. The colors worked perfectly with the other fabrics in the quilt. I stitched a sentence in that narrow border indicating that Adrienne's artwork had been used to create that particular fabric. Hopefully she will come to me someday and ask exactly how that was done!
It's been a long time since I've made a bed quilt. This one is a bit sophisticated for a four-year-old, but I figure it's never too early to expose children to beautiful things.I hope that she will keep this quilt for a long, long time and learn to appreciate it in different ways as time goes along. At least I got it finished BEFORE she decided that purple was no longer her favorite color!!
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