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One of the hardest parts of this build was getting the distinctive sloping cab front of the Western Maryland Challenger right. It was Nate Brill who inspired the use of the classic car roof piece.
Moon of Challenge by the Meiji artist Yoshitoshi.
From the lyrics which accompany the dance of the Lion of the East, Azuma Jishi, rendered into a shamisen classic (and later a shakuhachi classic) by Minezaki Koto:
From olden days
Men have spoken of him-
The lady-killer
Who goes east from the capital-
On his way, the very pine trees
Pine for him-
On Mt. Fuji's peak,
Snow white
Flowers-like his outfit
And speech, redolent of the Yoshiwara.
Tamed by the peony flowers
On your robes,
This lion takes flowers
From his wealth
Even his fiery temper
Is beloved.
RUTH GOMEZ ALVAREZ, ESP, DECIMO NOVENA CLASIFICADA DE LA PRUEBA, CATEGORÍA PRO-F. TIEMPOS: 1:09:59 (NATACIÓN 3,8 kms), 5:17:54 (BICICLETA, 180 kms), 3:55:25 (CARRERA 42 kms). TIEMPO TOTAL 8:26:22 a 2:07:30 minutos del vencedor de la CHALLENGE. PUESTO DE LA CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL 316
You have to wonder these days what new cadets consider to be “fun.” That was the word many from the Class of 2018 used to describe the Zilinski Challenge Aug. 10 at Camp Buckner.
Squads were tested on physical strength and endurance throughout the challenge while graded on several soldier skills they’ve learned during Cadet Basic Training, like donning and sealing a protective mask, land navigation, assembling the radio and calling in for medical evacuation.
Somewhat a departure from previous Buckner challenges that used Zodiacs to get squads around a short course on Lake Popolopen, this time the squad had to low crawl across the beach and head first into the cold, murky water.
They also low crawled and swung through two obstacles at Marne, and completed three others at the Anzio Obstacle Course.
Perhaps the fun was at the Buckner Parade Field where legs buckled and bodies crumbled after a series of physical challenges. First, the Humvee push—about 300-400 meters across concrete and grass, assumably the best of both worlds. Then, imagine all that was left of the vehicle was one, huge tire. The squad had to push that back and forth another sizeable distance. Pushups, buddy carries, flutter kicks and pullups would follow before they were tested on assembling a swiss seat for rappelling.
Photo by Mike Strasser/USMA PAO
There are five photos in this series so scroll to see the others to tell the challenge story. Still not quite sure what happened, maybe the dapple is older/has more seniority than the paint.
Card for the PDCC # 46,
Details on my blog: scatteredstamper.blogspot.com/2010/09/finally-able-to-blo...
Title: Solar Challenger
Catalog #: WOF_00294
Item Location: Women of Flight Box 5
Collection: Women of Flight Special Collection
Tags: Women of Flight Photo, Solar Challenger
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
2012 Dodge Challenger Yellow Jacket SRT8 392
Model: Hikaru-Jan
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This was my entry into TotusMel's "Tatting is Not a Lost Art: The Challenge." (totusmel.etsy.com has more information about the contest.) The design was developed around a two-inch-wide medallion of intricate needle tatting creating by TotusMel for the challenge, which is featured prominently on the front of the hat. The ecru color of the medallion inspired this design in ivory, tan and dark brown, and I was going for a sort of antiqued sepia-tone look.
The hat is made from a 7-inch-diameter (including the brim) felt form for a turned-down brim style of mini top hat. I covered the form, and it is sewn entirely by hand, in a dark brown fabric with a design of tiny stars and even tinier dots.
The hat band is made from a dark brown satin ribbon with a wide-weave texture onto which I sewed two strips of ivory eyelet lace. On the front of the hat is a feather pad in rich dark brown, with the medallion sewn at center. Behind the medallion is a spray of eyelash feathers in champagne, with small iridescent beads on some of the stems.
At the center of the medallion is a clockwork adornment: a watch crystal into which I hand-set watch gears and cogs into resin.
The full birdcage veil is made from vintage Russian veiling that I acquired from a 60-year-old millinery store in New York that just closed its doors this year, so I doubt any more of this veiling exists anywhere. The diamond-net veiling is dark brown with light tan chenille dots. It was hand sewn into pleats to give fullness around the face and gathered into a double-bow at the back to give a nice amount of poof. The veil is held on with a hook and eye and is detatchable. On the inside, the hat is sewn to a hair comb and there are also elastic loops for bobby pin attachment.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) Deputy Director Jackie Haven, USDA CNPP Executive Director Angela Tagtow, Anabel and Julia Bradley tour the White House Garden after having lunch with First Lady Michelle Obama at the Kid’s State Dinner in the East Room of the White House to celebrating the winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge on Friday, Jul. 18, 2014. Anabel won for the state of Iowa with her recipe for Over the Rainbow Veggie Pancakes. The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge is a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy lunches as part of the First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! USDA photo by Bob Nichols.
Loved this challenge! It was great fun trying to find something! In the end, I got this little copper container in a dépôt vente for 1€, so 1€ change!
Looking forward to seeing everyone else's "finds" when I get away from this steam-driven internet!
The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild participated in the Robert Kaufman Kona Charm Challenge. We got the dark colourway. When describing what I was intending to do - I mean doesn't everyone take a charm square, cut it into 6 pieces and then sew them back together? One of my guild colleagues proceeded to tell me that "There's medication for that you know", which I just howled at, and so it became the name of this quilt.
The quilting is not yet finished, but I'm still hoping to have it done before we leave on vacation - very simple zigzags, so if I get a chance, shouldn't take too long to do. Finished quilt will be ~50"x60"
The final event to the Steele Challenge, Aug. 9-10, for the Class of 2016 was the inauspicious sounding problem-solving site. New cadets encountered a scenario where their squad leader was rendered unconscious in an attack and they were left to navigate their own way to the finish line. It would require teamwork and ingenuity to race the clock and by devising a plan to get across Lake Popolopen in a Zodiac raft with all their equipment and no paddles. Most squads chose to swim the raft across which proved slower than those who decided to hand paddle, though the swim was decidedly a cooler choice after a long day of activity. Once across, the new cadets had to figure out the best way to get the raft, the equipment and their squad leader down the road, several hundred feet, to the finish line. The raft itself weighed over 300-pounds, and adding additional burden to it had many squads struggling under the weight. However, racing each component separately proved to be the best option, of course, with several variances applicable. Squad leaders had one or two new cadets providing the escort to the end, but lane evaluators said height differentials and weight distribution made two-man carries harder than having just one cadet carry the squad leader. Photo by Mike Strasser/USMA PAO
Scavenge Challenge # Is your luck good? Knock on wood, open a fortune cookie, pick up a horseshoe, etc.
In Asia, the feathers of the peacock are considered auspicious and protective. In the early part of the 20th-century in the West, it was considered very bad luck to keep peacock feathers in the home. Perhaps this idea was promoted intentionally to prevent people from eating this member of the pheasant family thereby protecting it from extinction. It is believed the reason for the superstition has more to do with the eye-like markings at the tips of the feathers which, around the Mediterranean, recall the dreaded "evil eye"-- the ever watchful and envious glance of the she-demon, Lilith. She was blamed for otherwise inexplicable deaths of infants, among other misfortunes.
Either way, peacock feathers are a favoured addition to many homes, mine included. I don't believe anything so beautiful and gathered giving no harm to any creature should harbour unpleasant connotations.
Any excuse to explore the magnification properties of water