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There is always some sewing involved. It can be painstaking, such as the raw-edge fabric locks affixed to "My Head is Spinning," from Fort Myers Beach quilter Caren Lyell, or simple, such as Piscitellis hemmed leather purse. "I was just in awe what this group was doing," said Mary Pat Palombo, also of Bonita Springs, who joined to learn more about the techniques and found herself in the ideal role: education chair. She has developed wall hangings with three-dimensional components, such as h...

Marco show of quilted art is far from sew-sew Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples Daily News "Quilted art" barely begins to describe the exhibition at the Marco Island Center for the Arts. The first clue may be that elegantly cloaked macrame sheep welcoming you in. Robes, purses, kimonos, pillows, wall hangings that swirl or float and, yes, quilts line the walls of the art center, all of it the work of Southwest Floridas Art Quilters Unlimited. For them, sewing is only one part o...

By Millicent Borges Accardi Raised in Los Banos, California, Portuguese-American writer Sam Pereira has published six books, most recently, True North and Untrue You (Nine Mile 2020), a poetry collection which David St John (author of  The Last Troubadour: New and Selected Poems) states is “uniquely American. . . as if Lenny Bruce had written songs with Tom Waits.”  Diniz Borges, director of the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute at California State University, Fresno adds that Pereira�...

stuart varney, good morning to you. what does it mean if there is no budget deal before november? >> that means major decisions on taxes and spending kicked to the next administration and the next congress. at the end of this year all the bush tax cuts are supposed to go away. plus the payroll tax holiday is supposed to go away. you take away the tax cuts and what you have is a whopping big tags increase. statement were supposed to impose 1.2 trillion dollars worth of cuts on spending ...

budget committee making this dismal prediction on "fox news sunday". >> i think senator reid made this judgment and probably quite correctly that there is a little chance the two sides will get together before the election. >> that is dire warning. stuart varney, good morning to you. what does it mean if there is no budget deal before november? >> that means major decisions on taxes and spending kicked to the next administration and the next congress. at the end of this year all the bu...

everywhere else. our maps are verifying that. lets walk you through what we are seeing in the headlines. widespread cloud cover. partly cloudy this afternoon. cooler, especially inland. today is their day to see a cool down from the system approaching the coast. along the coast, 60s and 70s. inland, 70s and 80s. a much cooler day today compared to yesterday. here is where temperatures are right now. for the most part, low 60s with a couple of hold out. this afternoon, mild in the sou...

of the guard. good morning. >> good morning, gretchen. like you said, today marks the start of the 112th congress and later on today, theyll do something thats never been done in the history of the congress and that is read the constitution outloud. the whole thing on the house floor. and today marks the end of speaker nancy pelosis reign as speaker and the beginning of john boehners term. pelosi gives a recap of how she thinks she did as leader of the house. >> when our republican col...

>> nice. >> and allen west joins us to talk about all things colonely and electy. >> t they slave, thou must leave to hang thyself. >> i would rather live with cheese and garlic in a wind mill. >> dude, you do live with cheese and garlic in a wind mill. >> i anticipate much suffering in your life. >> i apologize for nothing. >> why should you? lets welcome our guest. there she is. her name? brooke goldstein. she is the founder of the childrens wright institute and director of the law...

arent as bad as some people will have you believe. now i want to tell you about four bright spots in the economy right now. one of them, i said were exporting a lot. one of the things were exporting a lot of are farming products. things that we farm here in america. and largely thats because there are developing economies like brazil and china, who are buying more of what we export. in fact, china is set now to become the second-biggest buyer of things that produced on american farms...

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> wall street was rattled today when the securities and exchange commission charged goldman sachs with securities fraud. the s.e.c. accused of famed wall street firm of engaging in deception and conflicts but not dizz closing that a hedge fund helped shape a mortgage-backed securities. goldman called the charges completely unfounded in law and fact. the stock dropped by nearly 13% and ...