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TrekMovie continues our 2011 retrospective today with a look at Star Trek on the printed page. We chose the best in books (fiction and non-fiction) and comic books (new stories, collections and covers). Find out what made the grade below. BEST STAR TREK BOOKS & COMICS OF 2011 Compiled by TrekMovie editors John Tenuto, Mark Martinez and Robert Lyons Best short story/novella – Star Trek: Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within The clear winner for short stories and novellas (and in fact for all Star Trek fiction in 2011) was Christopher L. Bennett’s "Star Trek: Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within" ebook. It may seem odd to give top marks to what amounts to a novella, but everything about the final installment in the Typhon Pact series for the year was outstanding. The pacing was perfect, the story was rooted in the classic traditions of Star Trek (i.e., contemporary social commentary told through aliens), and right down to the chapter breaks, it felt like the entire outing was designed as an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation 2.0. Even if you are not generally an eBook reader (which I am not; I read it on my desktop computer, ouch!), "The Struggle Within" is an absolute must-read for any serious Star Trek: The Next Generation fan. Best Novel – Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions As far as the best full-length novel for 2011, the hands down consideration has to the recently released "Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions" by David Mack. "Rise Like Lions" is a story of the last days of the Terran rebellion in the Mirror Universe. Masterfully told, and easily accessible, this second full-length Mirror Universe novel is filled with plenty of twists and turns to both engage the reader’s interest, and to serve as the potential seed of future stories in Star Trek’s ‘alter-ego’ existence. The pages may drip with blood and mayhem, but true to Star Trek’s greatest stories, seeds of hope are found in even the darkest moments. It’s an outstanding journey for Star Trek fans. (Full TrekMovie review for this novel is coming shortly). This is the third time in the last four years that Mack has topped TrekMovie’s favorite Novel list (with "Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game" in 2010 and the "Star Trek: Destiny" trilogy in 2008). Best Non-Fiction Book – Star Trek Vault Star Trek Vault (by Scott Tipton) is part personal memoir, part nostalgia tour, part history lesson, and all good. There are two things that make Star Trek Vault unique: first, Tipton’s text is replete (like the universe’s turning points) with photos tracing not only the history of Star Trek, but also its merchandising and collectibles, something that hasn’t been done before. Second, the Vault includes reproductions of production items and collectibles (a favorite: the Wrath of Khan pendant and TMP stickers) adding to the fun. For Trekkies familiar with the history, the collectibles discussion adds some nice detail usually ignored. for those new to Trek, this is a great way to learn about the program and the items it has spawned. How about a TNG version next? Best Comic Book Series/Arc – Infestation: Star Trek IDW Publishing took a six-month break from Star Trek comics during 2011, so it was a lean year for new Star Trek comics. IDW came storming back Fall 2011, with their first ongoing Star Trek series and a crossover mini-series featuring characters from the original series and DC Comics’ Legion of Super-Heroes. However, TrekMovie staff agree (with some surprise) that the best story of the year was a two-issue story arc, Star Trek: Infestation, published February 2011 as part of a multi-title crossover Infestation event. Written by Scott and David Tipton, with art by Gary Erskine and Casey Maloney, and colors by Luis Antonio Delgado, Star Trek: Infestation stands on its own and you don’t need to read all the other Infestation titles unless you want to. Sporting the comfortable look and feel of an original series television episode, with zombies, Star Trek: Infestation was entertaining in spite of the crossover hoopla. Both issues have been collected in a trade paperback, Infestation Volume 2, and in a forthcoming hardcover collection. See Alex Fletcher’s TrekMovie reviews of Star Trek: Infestation #1 and Star Trek: Infestation #2. Star Trek: Infestation #1 A, art by John K. Snyder III, colors by Jason Wright; and Infestation (hardcover), art by Gabriel Rodriguez, coming January 2012 Best Comics Cover Art – Infestation #2 Gold Key Cover Although IDW only published nine new Star Trek comics in 2011, more than 40 variant covers were produced, featuring an astonishing variety of art and movie set photography. TrekMovie staff agree that the best cover art for 2011 is a toss-up. John K. Snyder III created a cover for Star Trek: Infestation #2 that brought back fond memories of Gold Key Star Trek comic cover art by George Wilson. Joe Corroney is creating a standout series of Starfleet recruiting poster covers for IDW’s first ongoing series, set in the alternate TOS universe of the latest film, Star Trek (2009). A TrekMovie favorite is the unpublished cover for Star Trek Ongoing #2 which was revised and used as a cover for Star Trek Ongoing #3. Orion or Andorian? Which do you prefer? Star Trek: Infestation #2 A, art by John K. Snyder III, colors by Jason Wright Unpublished cover for Star Trek Ongoing #2 and the revised version used for Star Trek Ongoing #3 B, art by Joe Corroney Honorable mention for best cover art goes to Gordon Purcell who spent ten days sketching 400 zombies by hand (200 Kirks, 100 Spocks, and 100 McCoys) for a retailer incentive edition of Star Trek: Infestation #1. As you can see below, Kirk never looked better. Star Trek: Infestation #1 RIB hand sketch by Gordon Purcell on background art by Gabriel Rodriguez Best Comics Collection/Trade Paperback – Star Trek: Captains Log IDW Publishing took a brief break from Star...
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It’s time to cut all the strips for my Orbital Star quilt that I’m making using @devonstone_collection solids. Each of the 8 panels will be cut into 8 strips. These strips then get pieced together to make the 8 Star points of the Lone Star. Accuracy is key, so I definitely take the time to make sure all the strips are cut on the 45 degree angle. You also want to store these carefully as they are all now cut on the bias and can be easily stretched. Next step is to piece these together! This ve...
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This postcard show the Five Points South intersection. On the right is the Highlands United Methodist Church (c.1909). On the left is the curved Studio Arts Building (c.1910). Five Points South is a district in Birmingham's Southside so named because it is centered on Five Points Circle, an intersection formed into a five-pointed star by the convergence of 20th Street South (in two directions), 11th Avenue South, 11th Court South and Magnolia Avenue. Originally a busy streetcar hub in the then-suburban town of Highland, Five Points Circle has always been an active location and a landmark. Mid-rise apartments grew up alongside boarding homes and stately townhouses sharing easy access to transport. Churches and offices also took advantage of the location. The district's commercial development was propelled by the Munger family in the 1920s as automobile traffic began to compete with streetcars. During the middle of the 20th century the Southside area, with Five Points South at its heart, became known as a refuge for bohemian living. Students and faculty from the emerging UAB campus nearby helped fuel a "golden era" of counterculture. Locally-owned businesses came and went, a few becoming institutions in the neighborhood while more and more mainstream shoppers headed "over the mountain" to spend their money. By the 1970s the district was moribund. Its architecture, by then "historic", was recognized as an asset and area residents began laying the groundwork for protecting it in concert with commercial revitalization. Over the next decades a series of important development transformed the area into Birmingham's premier entertainment district with fine dining and numerous nightclubs. More recently, with the district has been described as a place that changes character depending on the time of day. During the day and early evening the area's dining options attract crowds of office workers and visitors. On weekends daytime churchgoers yield to evening diners and clubgoers, while late at night the streets are filled with teenagers cruising and packing into dance clubs. Overt panhandling, criminal activity and a generally threatening atmosphere have become widely reported, leading some to frequent other areas perceived as safer. Five Points Festival in 1986 Five Points Festival in 1986 The circle painted red in November 2008 The circle painted red in November 2008 In order to combat those factors, the Five Points South Merchants Association has campaigned to draw people back to the district and lobbied the city to improve street and sidewalk maintenance and security. Those efforts were drawn into sharp relief early on the morning of July 5, 2008. Just hours after a block party planned by the association welcomed families to view the Thunder on the Mountain fireworks display from Five Points South a nightclub brawl at Banana Joe's spilled out into the parking lot and two men were killed by gunfire. In November 2008 the city repaved all the streets in the immediate vicinity of Five Points South, repainted traffic signals and lampposts in the district, and covered the Five Points circle and patterned concrete sidewalks around it with bright red paint as part of an effort to dress up the area in advance of the annual PapaJohns.com Bowl. A UAB Blazers logo was painted on the circle in preparation for the 2010 homecoming game on November 6.
Represented here is an agricultural Porter's value chain. There are seven sections on this diagram. From left to right, they are. Input supply is defined by the bullet points, design manufacture and distribution, seeds, fertilizer, irrigation and equipment. The next column has production; it is represented by planting, irrigation, growing, harvesting, negotiating, storing and transporting. Next, there is trading; it encompasses buying, quality grading, pricing, transporting, storing and light processing. The next column is warehousing; it is represented by quality grading, storing, monitoring and securing. Next, there is processing; it has under its definitions refining, packing and transporting. More to the right, there is wholesale/export, represented by transporting, managing supply chains, managing customs and selling to larger buyers. In the last column, there is retail; this is only represented by selling to consumers.
Points of stellar style. The "Moravian Star" with its geometric form is a focal point wherever it is placed. Typically donning the tops of Christmas trees and illuminating or decorating interiors and exteriors throughout the world for nearly 200 years, the "Moravian Star" has timeless appeal. In German a Moravian star is termed a "Hernhuter…
Vary the Fabrics for the Season! Prairie points stitched to a round base make wonderful stars to enjoy on a tree during the holidays. They will also be fun hung just about anywhere around the house. Choose Christmas fabrics or make them up for any season. We can imagine these adding a whimsical note to …
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A Sawtooth Star quilt block tutorial is the next step in my Medallion Quilt. I have to admit; the Sawtooth Star Quilt Block is one of my very favorite quilts blocks. I am excited to include it in my Medallion Quilt. But, before we get to the Sawtooth Stars, here is a review of the Medallion Quilt up to this point. Medallion Quilt A Medallion Quilt starts with a center quilt block, and then each subsequent round is a new quilt block. Think of it as many borders around a center, where each border is a different block design. Each step of my Medallion Quilt will be its own block tutorial, with directions for both the size of block needed for the Medallion AND a tutorial for how to make an entire quilt of just that one block. I started with a center block made up of Broken Dishes Quilt Blocks. Today I am sharing Round Two with you – the Sawtooth Star Quilt Block Tutorial. Now, I’ve never made a quilt of only sawtooth stars. But I have made a Double Stars Quilt in which half of the stars are sawtooth stars and the other half are a second star block. Here is one example of that quilt. Making a quilt entirely from Sawtooth Stars is definitely on my to do list. Now, how to make a Sawtooth Star Quilt Block. The directions given below are for both a 6” block for this Medallion Quilt as well as stars of any size imaginable, both larger and smaller. How to Make a Sawtooth Star Quilt Block A sawtooth star quilt block is made of a center square in star fabric, eight star points also in star fabric, four corner squares in background fabric and four triangles in-between the star points that is also background fabric. The good news is that while that sounds like a lot of individual pieces of fabric, the construction of the quilt block is actually quite straight-forward. Each Sawtooth Star quilt block is made from one large and four small squares of star fabric and one large and four small squares of background fabric. For this quilt, I am making 6” blocks which means my cutting measurements are as follows: Star Fabric: one square 3½” and four squares 2 3/8” Background Fabric: one square 4¼” and four squares 2” For quilt blocks in other sizes, here is a handy reference chart of the sizes to cut your pieces. All sewing directions will be the same, only the cutting sizes will be different. The Sawtooth Star quilt block is the second round of the medallion quilt; 12 star blocks are needed. This is my mix of fabrics of my stars. The background fabrics look like they are all white, but they are actually a bunch of different white on white prints. Draw a line in pencil on the back of all of the smaller star fabric squares. This doesn’t show up at all since my star fabrics are dark purple so I’ve added a white line to this photo. Place two of the star fabric squares on the larger background fabric square, right sides together, so that the drawn line lines up from one corner to the other. The corners of the white squares will overlap in the center of the purple square, and the pencil lines will match up, to continue all the way from one corner across to the other. Pin in place. Sew ¼” to the right of the pencil line. Turn the fabric pieces 180* and repeat, to sew down the other side of the pencil line. Because you’ve turned it, you will still be sewing to the right of the line. Cut along the pencil line. Press the seam, pressing towards the purple triangles. It makes sort of a heart shape. Pin your 3rd and 4th small purple squares, to the remaining white corner of each of your heart shaped pieces. The pencil line will go from the white corner, and should go right through the “V” of the heart. Sew ¼ inch from the pencil line, turn and sew ¼ inch from the pencil line on the other side. Cut along the pencil line, and press, again towards the purple. Now you have 4 Flying Geese, although we’re actually going to turn them so that they are no longer white flying geese in a purple sky, but instead will be purple star points on a white background. Trim away all of those yucky dog ears and then place the larger purple square in the center, and place the four flying geese units around the edge to make the star points. Fill in the four corners with the four smaller white squares. Sew the nine pieces into three rows. Alternating the direction to sew, as shown in the black arrows, will allow for all seams to nest together. Sew the three rows into the Sawtooth Star quilt block. Can a Sawtooth Star Be Made with Directional Fabric? You bet! This is a quilt block that works well with directional fabric. Cut the fabric pieces according to the Sawtooth Star quilt block tutorial above. When placing the smaller star squares onto the larger background square, orient the star squares so that the direction is the SAME for both. At this point, it doesn’t really matter what is up, down, left or right, you just want them both to be the same. Draw a line from corner to corner, and sew ¼” on both sides of the line. After cutting the square apart and pressing towards the darker fabric, just like the directions above, play around with the small star squares. When you have the squares in place, before sewing, you can lift up the corner to finger fold it into place to check if the pattern is facing the right direction. All four star flying geese will have the pattern facing in a different direction. That’s exactly what you want, because when you move them around to make star points, the pattern will fall into place. Add the center block, turning it as needed to match the pattern. Then, follow the block making directions above to put the Sawtooth Star quilt block together. Making an all-Sawtooth Star quilt? Carry on! Making the Medallion Quilt? You need 12 Sawtooth Star blocks for the Medallion Quilt. Sew into four sets of three. Sew the side borders to the Broken Dishes quilt center that was made in Round One. And that is Round Two! Woo hoo, this Medallion Quilt is coming along!
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This afternoon I got to spend time with like minded ladies at my LQS for the next Glacier Star Class. Before I get to that thought look at this. This beauty is hanging in my LQS this month and it is taunting me :) I am sure that we all have a Wedding Ring Quilt in us but my question is, will this one be mine? It is called "Bali Wedding Star" Each arc is a graduation of colour from light to dark. It is stunning. OK Blogger is taunting me now and wont put this pic the right way :( but here is my progress from today's class. Still a little more to go but not bad progress for an afternoon I think. I have finished and trimmed them since getting home. and here is how things look at the moment. I still have to do the other side of points and am feeling rather thankful that it is the shorter side :) Here is one of the other ladies progress. I am loving the pop of orange. I am unable to attend the next class so I am not allowing myself to cut into this tempting pile that arrived this week until I have done the work required for the next class. Which is "only" 24 curved flying geese blocks plus borders (and I put the word "only" in that sentence ... silly me) Hope you had a great Saturday. I might go see if I have a little more in me to start the other side blocks. hugs, Sharon You can also follow Lilabelle Lane Creations here
Odile Huchette, from the NC A&T State University in Greensboro, USA, has developed the Urban Food Platform, a thriving educational space that enables students to put scientific learning into practice and trains them to be the next generation of horticulture professionals
