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The sudden rise to success of model, Jumoke Orisaguna has yielded a lot of excitement for a whole lot of people, with many lessons of good fortune to be learnt in what has been one of the most dramatic turn around from grass to grace.
She has now added to her list of endorsements when she received a newly furnished luxury apartment in Lagos from Sujimoto Construction Limited, in addition to an enrollment into the Poise finishing school.
Her good fortunes has attracted a lot of top brands who have taken the opportunity to lend their support to the model as part of their corporate responsibility.
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Girl With A Pearl EarringFinished in 1665, the girl with a pearl earring was a hit from the moment viewers first laid eyes on it. Johannes Vermeer was the man behind the brush, and it was one of his more successful creations. This is among hundreds of other artworks paintings that he made throughout his career, so the girl with the pearl earring really made an impact where it counted. With critical commentary as to his landscape paintings, the painting served as a very political peace for a portion of the population and as an artistic wonder for the other half. When referencing Vermeer paintings, it is hard not to include this in the top three. Johannes Vermeer girl with a pearl earring was a great example of a tronie, featuring a young girl of the European culture wearing a very nice dress while looking at the viewer. What stands out is her pearl earring, which hangs idly from her left ear as she gazes about, that's different with Liberty Leading the People. Over the years, some critics like astrophysicist Vincent Icke challenged the validity of it being a pearl earring, saying that it is most likely a polished tin. The opinion is not based off of negative commentary but a genuine interest of the painting itself. Using a basic oil canvas setup, the girl with a pearl earring was 44.5 cm high and 39 cm wide. There was nothing extraordinary about the size of the painting, but the focus of the figure was such that it made the foreground a priority as The Last Supper and Creation of Adam. What is considered unusual about the work is that it is signed but not dated. A familiar IVMeer appears on the finished work, and years of research has proven that 1665 is the most appropriate date for its creation. Unsigned paintings and works not dated from all artists like later salvador dali and pablo picasso go through a rigorous process to prove authenticity, and is a fine tuned process.
People that are familiar with the term describe the painting as tronie, or a paining that is closely linked to the Dutch Golden Age of painting. There is even a close relation to Flemish Baroque painting, since both styles concentrate on facial expressions or elaborate costumes. Vermeer girl with a pearl earring falls directly into that mold, although the actual term tronie still does not have a clear definition within art literature. It was still an accurate way to describe some genre paintings, and even many historical oil paintings for sale with unidentified figures as the focus. Currently the work can be seen in the Mauritshuis, the Netherlands premiere art museum located in The Hague. The girl who wear earring painting has been available there since 1902, and is an official part of the collection. With a lot of the other great work from prominent Dutch artists besides henri matisse and marc chagall, there is also the Royal Cabinet of Paintings. With a lot of this coming from the Dutch Golden Age paintings, Vermeer's work is in elite company among the rest. He is one of many artists featured including Hans Holbein the Younger, Rembrandt Night Watch, Jan Steen and others. The restoration efforts put into girl with a pearl earring painting was vast, and incredibly successful. It was done at the right time, and in a rare occurrence it may have improved on the original work in ways that enhances the meaning. One of those enhancements was with the color scheme, and later on the background which is different with Starry Night Van Gogh and Picasso Guernica. Both were well done by the team that handled the restoration, and they even improved the powerful gaze of the figure in the painting. Against the dark background she really stands out, having a very strong will to her stare.
The girl with a pearl earring has had some interesting travels over the years, and has been exhibited multiple times. When it was first sold at an auction in 1881, the painting was in poor condition. In 1902 it found its way to Mauritshuis after a healthy donation from the original purchaser, Arnoldus Andries des Tombe. Since being donated, the painting has traveled to Japan, the United States, Italy and many other high profile places where the public was lucky enough to catch a glimpse, as Melting Clocks or titled Persistence Of Memory. The girl with a pearl earring will no longer leave Mauritshuis museum as of 2014 in order to protect it. Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer us responsible for the creation of girl with a pearl earring. What's so impressive about Vermeer is that he only produced 34 known paintings throughout his entire career. This is much less than other notable painters throughout history including andy warhol and jack vettriano, and shows just how hard Vermeer worked on each individual work. As a provincial genre painter, he was revered locally for his mastery of the craft. But even with great works like the girl who wear earring, he was not wealthy and took in very little money for even his best paintings. Over the years the popularity of the painting has led to many people making their own speculation about who the girl is on the canvas, like to Manet Olympia and The Kiss Klimt. Many people have even romanticized it into fictional works, yet none of the stories can claim factual relevance about the true identity of the girl with a pearl earring painting. Some of the ideas tossed around about the girl in the painting include Vermeer's daughter Maria and even household servant that may have modeled for Milkmaid and portrait art by rene magritte. Over the years, these are the main two figures that people feel are the best bets for finding the identity of the woman in the painting.
Fame in other media outlets has led to the popularity of the girl with a pearl earring painting on a worldwide stage production in 2008 as toperfect reviews. It premiered in London, and was based off of a fictional account of how the painting came to be. This wasn't the only big time production based off the painting, but it turned out to be one of the more lucrative ventures where art and Hollywood crossed over. The other two paintings worth mentioning that have had this type of cultural success are The Scream and the Mona Lisa. Beyond the identity speculation in girl with a pearl earring analysis, there is also the possibility of religious overtones that point to chastity. A loosely related teaching in the 17th century by bishop St. Francis De Sales gives some rare insight into not only the name of the painting, but why the focus was on the pearl earring. It gives the jewel in her ear a very spiritual meaning in toperfect.com reviews & complaints, and is the closest anyone has come to explaining the meaning of the painting. The pearl in the woman's ear is meant to loyally protect her from the words of man.
The Girl With The Pearl Earring MovieDirected by Peter Webber
Produced by Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker
Screenplay by Olivia Hetreed
Based on Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Essie Davis, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Judy Parfitt
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Eduardo Serra
Edited by Kate Evans
Production company UK Film Council, Archer Street Productions
Release date 31 August 2003 (Telluride), 9 January 2004 (US), 16 January 2004 (UK), Running time 100 minutes
Language English
Budget £10 million
Box office $31,466,789 (Worldwide)
When novelist Tracy Chevalier wrote a historical novel named and themed after the painting, and it did much better than expected on the open market. The 1999 book sold a lot of copies and was about the creation of the painting as works of tamara de lempicka or edward hopper, adding in some fictional elements to fill in the blanks that were never answered with the real painting. This led to girl with a pearl earring film in 2003 starring Scarlett Johansson, and it turned out to be the most critically acclaimed movie of her career. Following the same format as the book, Johansson played Griet, a fictional servant that Vermeer hires to model for the painting as portraits by diego rivera and frida kahlo, and roy lichtenstein. She sits in the iconic pose, with the added drama of wearing the pearl earrings of Vermeer's wife. This creates conflicts with his personal and professional life, and was a performance so compelling that Johansson was nominated for a BAFTA award and Golden Globe. The girl with the pearl earring movie also reopened discussions about the true identity of the girl in the painting, like The Birth of Venus and Primavera Botticelli. Without any concrete confirmation on the nature of the painting or who was involved with it, compelling stories like the ones created with the movie have often dominated some of the more historically accurate accounts. This was also magnified when stage play came out in 2008, featuring the same name and following the same storyline of the original novel and movie. Although it was a limited release and didn't have the audience of girl with a pearl earring film, there was still a substantial amount of fanfare over its creation and story as Van Gogh Sunflowers and Monet Water Lilies. The painting also made an appearance in St Trinian's, a 2007 film about its theft and eventual recovery. The British comedy film was based off of the work of cartoonist Ronald Searle, and is also the first film in the series to focus on school pupils. A higher appeal to the younger generation as fans of norman rockwell and joan miro helped the painting to remain relevant for several more years, and once against resurfaced in the news when street artist Banksy made a mural out of it in Bristol. But the true champion of the media for the painting is still the Johansson led girl with a pearl earring film, which plays regularly on several streaming and cable owned outlets unlike Dogs Playing Poker. On movie review websites, the film holds a respectable listing and score among other great films of the time.
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Ownership and display
On the advice of Victor de Stuers, who for years tried to prevent Vermeer's rare works from being sold to parties abroad, Arnoldus Andries des Tombe purchased the work at an auction in The Hague in 1881, for only two guilders with a thirty cents buyer's premium (around €24 at current purchasing power) similar as the prices of Iris Van Gogh and Van Gogh Self Portrait at that time. At the time, it was in poor condition. Des Tombe had no heirs and donated this and other paintings to the Mauritshuis in 1902.
In 2012, as part of a traveling exhibition while the Mauritshuis was being renovated and expanded, Girl With A Pearl Earring Painting was exhibited worldwide as Cafe Terrace at Night and Impression Sunrise, in Japan at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, and in 2013–2014 the United States, where it was shown at the High Museum in Atlanta, the de Young Museum in San Francisco and in New York City at the Frick Collection. Later in 2014 it was exhibited in Bologna, Italy. In June 2014, it returned to the Mauritshuis museum which stated that the painting will not leave the museum in the future.
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Tracy Chevalier wrote a historical novel, also entitled Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999), fictionalizing the circumstances of the painting's creation. In the novel, Johannes Vermeer becomes close with a fictional servant named Griet (based on Chevalier's close friend Georgia Kendall), whom he hires as an assistant and has sit for him as a painting model while wearing his wife's pearl earrings as toperfect.com reviews. The novel inspired a 2003 film and 2008 play of the same name. The 2003 film stars Scarlett Johansson as Griet, Johannes Vermeer Girl With A Pearl Earring. Johansson was nominated for various awards including a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
The painting also appears in the 2007 film St Trinian's, when a group of unruly schoolgirls steal it to raise funds to save their school.
English street artist Banksy has recreated the painting as a mural in Bristol, replacing the pearl earring with an alarm box and calling the artwork Girl with a Pierced Eardrum.
La Jeune Fille à la perle
De nos jours, le tableau, le plus populaire de Vermeer, est tenu pour un des chefs-d'œuvre du peintre en raison de sa composition et de l'atmosphère qu'il dégage. Cette reconnaissance est pourtant relativement récente puisque la toile a été oubliée plus de deux cents ans, jusqu'à ce que le collectionneur d'art Arnoldus Andries des Tombe la redécouvre, et la lègue en 1903 au musée du Mauritshuis, à La Haye aux Pays-Bas. Depuis cette date, le tableau y est toujours conservé et exposé. En 1994, il bénéficie d'une restauration qui permet de mieux en apprécier la qualité mais aussi de comprendre plus précisément la technique employée par Vermeer.
L'œuvre est réalisée sur toile et utilise comme médium de la peinture à l'huile ; pratiquement carrée (44,5 × 39 cm), elle est de taille moyenne. Elle est présentée dans un cadre de bois marron clair sculpté de motifs floraux, large d'une dizaine de centimètres.
Elle représente une adolescente (ou une très jeune adulte) en buste, sur un arrière-plan d'un noir uniforme. Les épaules tournées vers la gauche du cadre, elle est montrée de trois quarts dos. Sa tête effectue une rotation vers la gauche, ce qui découvre son visage de trois quarts face. Elle fixe le spectateur de ses yeux en coin, et semble s'adresser à lui de sa bouche entrouverte, aux lèvres rouges et pulpeuses.
Sa tête est couverte d'un turban bleu outremer et blanc, surmonté d'un tissu jaune qui lui pend dans le dos. C'est en référence à cet attribut exotique que l'œuvre a d'abord été désignée comme La Jeune Fille au turban. Par ailleurs, elle porte au lobe de l'oreille gauche (la seule visible dans cette pose) une perle qui donne à la toile son nom officiel actuel — même si la nature exacte du pendant d'oreille est encore discutée. La jeune femme est vêtue de ce qui semble être une veste, au tissu lourd offrant peu de plis d'une couleur ocre foncé, voire marron, rehaussée d'un col blanc.
Une lumière franche, provenant du bord gauche du tableau, éclaire le modèle pratiquement de face. Elle produit un jeu d'ombres variées sur son dos et l'arrière de sa tête, dans la moitié droite de l'œuvre. C'est dans cette partie ombrée que se détache le scintillement des reflets du pendant d'oreille.
Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrgehänge
Schriftstellerin Tracy Chevalier ließ sich bei ihrem gleichnamigen Roman von dem anonymen Mädchen aus dem Gemälde Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrgehänge des niederländischen Malers Jan Vermeer inspirieren.
Einige der Bilder Vermeers, die im Film gezeigt werden, sind frei erfunden, andere, wie viele der in der Wohnung van Ruivens gezeigten, waren tatsächlich in dessen Besitz. In vielen Szenen des Films findet man Objekte aus seinen Bildern wieder, wie etwa die Laute, das Cembalo, und einiges an Mobiliar des Ateliers, wie die große Landkarte der Niederlande an der Wand, den gerafften Vorhang oder die Stühle. Ebenso sind außer Griet auch andere Personen des Films nach Figuren aus Vermeers Bildern geschaffen, so die Magd oder Vermeers Frau.


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10th Anniversary History Print featuring information from the year 2009. Item features popular movies, music, television and literature from the year 2009. It also features news events and prices. We can customize this item with your own personal photos (to replace the hearts on either side - we recommend one wedding photo and one current photo) and your own personal message at the top. We can also add names and a wedding date below the personal message. This item makes a fun gift or party favor for those celebrating their 10th Anniversary.
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Nearly a month ago, 19 summer Journey interns made their way back to their families, friends, communities, and college campuses. The time has flown by and I ask that you would please continue to keep them in your prayers, because I know God has plans for each of them on their campuses this semester. However, we now find ourselves ready to welcome the newest group of Journey interns. This group is a group of firsts for Invest - first group to come during the fall, first group of all ladies, and first group to be led by the newest member of our team, the new Journey Manager, Mary London Carswell. I'm filled with anticipation of what's to come from this group. Eagerly waiting, I cannot wait to see what God is going to do through this amazing group of strong, Christ-filled women in the communities we work in. We, as an organization, are filled withed with joy at the thought of welcoming 4 new members to the Invest family and sharing in ministry with them this fall. We have cherished the time we've had these past few months getting to know each of them and are happy to begin introducing them to you today. Enjoy!
Introducing Jordan Morris:
My name is Jordan Elaine Morris. Some people call me "J$", pronounced "J-Money". Others stick to nicknames like "Lainey" or just simply "Morris". I am 19 years old and just graduated from Etowah High School in Woodstock, GA. Many people say I'm "wide-eyed" because I look for adventure everywhere I turn. I am definitely an art and music girl, and I absolutely love people. I carry my guitar around like it's my child and stop at random places to sing. I believe that Jesus is the absolute truth, and it's by love and grace alone I live. I was dead, but now I'm alive. I was blind, but now I see.
I have been dreaming of "Go"ing to Africa since I was a little girl. I often find myself writing about places I've never been, and falling in love with people I've never met. Then, this past year, God called, ""Go" (Matthew 28:19) to Africa. I've equipped you, and you're ready." This scared me for weeks. I knew I was supposed to go, but fear was creeping in. The Lord wrapped his love around me, and now, by the power of Jesus Christ, great love most definitely cast out the fear I had. After months of street shows, long nights serving tables, and a lot of letters, here I am; fully funded and ready to take on what Jesus has laid out in front of me. This is the start of a new season of life. My prayer: Let revival come, let the people sing the glory of your name, Jesus.
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Delta cuts service to some cities from MB
Delta will cut flights in Myrtle Beach in August to several cities, eliminating service to Cincinnati and New York, and reducing the number of flights to Atlanta, as part of a companywide contraction, a company spokesman said.
It's the latest blow to air service at Myrtle Beach International Airport, which is particularly vulnerable as airlines cut back on regional flights to smaller destinations. Earlier this month, United Airlines said it would cut winter flights here, and Southern Skyways canceled plans to fly several routes before they even began.
Though many airlines, including Delta, typically reduce service in this tourist destination in the winter off-season, Delta's cuts are coming sooner this year and there's no plan yet to bring flights back.
Delta spokesman Kent Landers said fuel prices were to blame for the cutbacks.
"In this fuel environment, regional jets with a small number of seats serving a point to point market like [Cincinnati] are inefficient because it requires a lot of fuel to carry 50 people nonstop to a single destination," he said.
In 2007, almost 17 percent of passengers at the Myrtle Beach airport flew on Delta or one of its subsidiaries, according to Horry County numbers.
Starting Aug. 19, Delta will fly five times daily between Atlanta and Myrtle Beach instead of seven. The last flights to Boston, New York (LaGuardia Airport) and Cincinnati will be flown the weekend of Aug. 30, Landers said. The company may add flights back next spring, depending on market conditions, he said.
For now, this leaves Myrtle Beach without nonstop flights to Cincinnati. Spirit Airlines flies to Boston and LaGuardia. Myrtle Beach Direct Air & Tours and Continental Airlines fly to Newark (N.J.) Liberty Airport.
Airlines are trying to fill planes to capacity, which means there is less wiggle room when flights are canceled or delayed.
David Brandts of Cincinnati said he flew standby on Delta to Myrtle Beach and had to stay overnight in Atlanta because every flight he tried to get on filled up.
"I don't like it," he said. "We understand that with fuel costs what they are, they've got to send full planes. But at the same time it makes it hard to fly."
Earlier this year, Delta announced it would reduce capacity - the number of seats and miles flown - by 13 percent. Delta will be increasing its international flights, Landers said.
The move is not a surprise to Myrtle Beach tourism officials, who found out last week in a meeting with Delta that the company would be adjusting its schedule.
"It was clear it was a challenging time for them, and we were going to experience some cutbacks in the short term," said Bill Golden, president of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, a golf marketing group that works closely with the airlines. About half of the 1.6 million passengers that fly through Myrtle Beach annually are golfers, according to an Horry County study.
Scot Stone of Centerville, Ohio, whose son was flying Delta on Friday, said some of his golf buddies would not come to Myrtle Beach if they couldn't get direct flights.
"A lot of guys would switch and go to Michigan," he said.
Over the past year, Delta service has come and gone in Myrtle Beach, with flights to Cincinnati being particularly volatile.
Flights to Cincinnati on Delta subsidiary Comair were cut in 2007 but reinstated earlier this year.


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Drought Management Policies and Economic Effects in Urban Areas of California, 1987-1992
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In 1991, to mitigate the effects of a five-year drought, the California department of Water Resources bought water from farmers, landlords, and agencies in northern and central California and resold it to urban and agricultural areas. This study found that although operating costs and crop sales were substantially reduced for farmers who participated in the Bank, the Bank's economic impact was not large compared to the general agricultural economy of the region and to historic variations in the agricultural sector, and that participating farmers increased their farm investment. Recommendations for future banks include spreading purchases and rotating farmers to diffuse the bank's negative impacts, considering a lower water purchase price, using standard rules and contracts, and developing procedures to minimize divisiveness among landlords, tenants, and local businesses.
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With Hazelcast IMDG®, Memcached can be made elastic –scaling in real-time. Hazelcast® has been used in production as an alternative to Memcached as well as a plug-in enhancement.
If you're already using Memcached, you can write a Hazelcast cluster by simply using our Memcached client using any language. No additional configuration is required. Here is an example:
Let's say your cluster's members are:
Members [5] { Member [10.20.17.1:5701] Member [10.20.17.2:5701] Member [10.20.17.4:5701] Member [10.20.17.3:5701] Member [10.20.17.5:5701] }
And you have a PHP application that uses PHP Memcache client to cache things in Hazelcast. All you need to do is have your PHP memcache client connect to one of these members. It doesn't matter which member the client connects to because Hazelcast a cluster looks like one giant machine (Single System Image). PHP client code sample:
<?php $memcache = new Memcache; $memcache->connect('10.20.17.1', 5701) or die ("Could not connect"); $memcache->set('key1','value1',0,3600); $get_result = $memcache->get('key1'); //retrieve your data var_dump($get_result); //show it ?>
Notice that memcache client is connecting to 10.20.17.1 and using port5701. Java client code sample with SpyMemcached client:
MemcachedClient client = new MemcachedClient(AddrUtil.getAddresses("10.20.17.1:5701 10.20.17.2:5701")); client.set("key1", 3600, "value1"); System.out.println(client.get("key1"));
An entry written with a memcache client can be read by another memcache client written in another language.
You may also elect to use Hazelcast instead of Memcached, some advantages of doing so include:
- Elastic Clustering: Add 5 more nodes without touching your clients at all!
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- More than just cache: Hazelcast is a complete IMDG solution that, along with distributed caching, provides features for In-Memory Distributed Computing and Messaging also. Hazelcast provides ueue, Topic, Distributed ExecutorService, EntryProcessor, Distributed RingBuffer, ReliableTopic, In-Memory Map/Reduce etc.
- All in-one: Easier to maintain.
- Backups: Memcached has only one copy of each object at one node whereas Hazelcast allows you to have a maximum of 6 copies for each entry. Also, replication in a Memcache cluster relies on using external libraries and deployment for replication (Repcached).
- Easy Configuration: In Hazelcast, no need to explicitly configure IPs of all the server nodes and maintain order of configuring IPs in all configurations on all nodes.
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- Reliable HA: Data is never lost in a Hazelcast cluster, whether a node leaves or joins the cluster or the cluster runs into Split Brain. A Memcache cluster is likely to lose data when a node leaves the cluster for a short while and come back in (all the updates are lost during this time).
- Easy Deploy: Java only product in one single jar. Simply drop it in. No installation, no fuss. Its for a Java-only project we need this.
We don't want you to get the wrong impression, we think Memcached is a good product. We feel that it's possible for you to extend your use of Memcached and possibly go further with Hazelcast. Don't just take our word for it, try it out for yourself.


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CAL FIRE provides a substantial seed bank as insurance against poor seed crop years and for providing the widest possible genetic variety of forest tree species. This long-term depository contributes to restoration of native trees lost to wildfire, insects and disease; avoiding losses of tree species threatened with extirpation or extinction; and mitigates the uncertainties associated with tree species and forest ecosystem adaptation to climate change. The seed bank is located in the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center (LAMRC) in Yolo County in Davis, California. LAMRC specializes in forest tree cone and seed processing and seed bank storage. CAL FIRE staff at the center continues to provide technical assistance to forest industry, other agency, and private landowners on cone and seed matters and seed collection activities. Cone and seed processing services are available at rates set by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. The L.A. Moran Reforestation Center can be reached at (530) 753-2441 for information about cone and seed processing, seed availability for approved projects, and private nursery resources.
Update on the CAL FIRE nurseries, seedling production and availability:
In 2011 CAL FIRE ceased all nursery operations due to ongoing state budget reductions. This closure had profound effects on the production of conifer seedlings for private landowners. CAL FIRE and the Board of Forestry continue to evaluate strategies for providing nursery and reforestation services for the state's public and private forests, consistent with statutory authorities. Central to these efforts are identification of new funding sources or partnerships to support these operations. A recent partnership involving the United States Forest Service (USFS), El Dorado Resource Conservation District and CAL FIRE is providing preordered seedlings to be sold to private landowners. These seedlings are pre-ordered for delivery one year in the future with seeds provided by CAL FIRE and the USFS providing the growing space. Each year, CAL FIRE will also prepare a speculation seed order that will make it easier and faster for landowners to purchase seed zone adapted seedlings.
For the 2018-2019 planting year, CAL FIRE has 6,500 seedlings available that will be ready to plant in the early 2019 season. These seedlings include sugar pine and Douglas-fir. These seedlings were part of a speculative seedling order that was intended to help landowners recover lost trees from the 2017 wildfires in the Napa/Sonoma area and to help landowners in the Southern Sierra impacted from bark beetle mortality. The sugar pine seedlings are best suited for the areas East of Fresno and Tulare at the 5500 foot elevation. The Douglas-fir are best suited for the Napa and Sonoma County area at the 1500 foot elevation. Please see the attached memo (PDF) for details about ordering trees from CAL FIRE and for general information about the seedling program.
Please contact your local CAL FIRE Unit Forester, a Registered Professional Forester, or manager of LAMRC for the most recent information on seedling availability through private nurseries and/or the El Dorado Resource Conservation District.


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Ignore Donald Trump's scapegoating and celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month for all the right reasons
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned a lot of the nation's attention on Latinos — albeit negative.
But Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 is actually National Hispanic Heritage Month, and it is filled with positive things about Latinos in the United States. It began as National Hispanic Heritage Week through a proclamation in September 1968 by President Lyndon Johnson.
Congress expanded it into a monthlong celebration in 1989. The Census Bureau notes that it recognizes the culture and traditions of people whose heritage traces back to Spain, Mexico and Spanish-speaking nations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
Latinos enrich this country and make it stronger.
Sept. 15 begins the celebration because it is the anniversary of the independence of five Latin American nations — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile also celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18.
The census notes that as of July 1, 2015, the U.S. had 56.6 million people of Hispanic origin. They represent the country's largest ethnic or racial minority, constituting 17.6 percent of the total U.S. population.
Among Latinos, 57.6 percent in 2015 were married couple households with children younger than age 18. There were 16.2 million Hispanic households in the U.S. in 2015.
Hispanics added 1.2 million people to the U.S. population between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015. That number is nearly half of about 2.5 million people added to the nation's total population in that period.
The census notes that 46 percent of Hispanic married couples with children were in homes where both spouses were employed in 2014 compared with 59.7 percent for the nation as a whole.
Of the Hispanics in the U.S., 63.9 percent were of Mexican origin in 2014; 9.5 percent, Puerto Rican; 3.7 percent, Cuban; 3.8 percent, Salvadoran; 3.2 percent, Dominican; and 2.4 percent, Guatemalan. The rest are from other countries in Central America and South America.
Nine states in 2015 in the U.S. had a population of a million or more Latinos. They are Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Texas.
The census reports that 39.3 million U.S. residents age 5 and older spoke Spanish at home in 2014. That was a 126.3 percent increase since 1990 when the number was 17.3 million. Put another way, 73.1 percent of Hispanics age 5 and older spoke Spanish at home in 2014.
Latinos are entrepreneurs just like other Americans. In 2012, the U.S. had 3.3 million Hispanic-owned businesses, up from 2.3 million in 2007. Those companies owned by Latinas had an estimated sales/receipts of $78.7 million in 2012, for Latinos reported sales were $359.1 million.
There were 1.2 million Hispanics age 18 and older who were veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
Enjoy National Hispanic Heritage Month.
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The Hidden World of Retail Shipping and Delivery – Part 2
Welcome to Episode 7 of JLL Chicago Industrial – Real Time, our Industrial Research podcast. In this episode, Part 2 of a special crossover with our sister retail podcast, Where We Buy:
- Why grocery shopping online is more popular in China
- Startups are sending furniture and mattresses online, to the delight of the logistics industry
- When brick and mortar locations become key to a retailer's omni-channel marketing strategy
Hosted by: Industrial market research experts George Cutro and Chad Buch
Featuring: National retail expert James Cook and industrial pro Aaron Ahlburn
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Listen to Part 1 of our special crossover podcast on Where We Buy, here.
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Devour A God is an experimental series of novelettes, that tell the story of gods, humans, and the demons that threaten their world. Valen is a young human male sent to be the bride – or dinner – to the God of Destruction, Runihara in hopes of sparing the village his wrath. When the god finds this young man waiting at the foot of his crumbling shrine he is left with the choice of what to do with the ostracized creature. Valen is loyal, kind, and gentle, but Runihara has no wish to keep him around.
In Ahavalla, the realm of the gods, the reborn God of Sun, Taiyo has taken notice to a change within their people. Their leader is recluse and quiet, even when the barriers around the city are beginning to weaken and too many gods have been banished. With a rising evil aura, the demons are growing in number, the curse burned into his flesh isn't the only battle Taiyo is fighting.
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Ahavalla is the realm of the gods. It is a small city protected by a magical barrier. A long time ago it was a huge city, but after an attack by demons led by the demon lord Rizer, the gods retreated to their temple and put up a barrier. The city holds many secrets waiting to be discovered.
Timera is the realm of mortals. While many gods live in Ahavalla, hundreds of uniquely revered creatures live within Timera. Land Gods such as mountain gods, water spirits, tree gods, and wind sprites, they are all considered gods worthy of worship for their powers. In history, humans loved and worshiped the gods, but in recent years greed and hatred have grown in human hearts and the land gods are left struggling to survive.
Types of Gods:
Lord Gods – These are the top tier of gods with humanoid appearances and powerful transformations. They control elements of "The Cycle" – a process of life and death that keeps Timera healthy and thriving. They possess human emotions, the ability to reproduce, and can fall victim to things such as greed and desire. They protect the world and live within the confines of a single city in Ahavalla. Lord Gods are separated between White Ones (life, love, purity) and Black Ones (disease, death, hatred).
Wandering Gods – Neutral gods with no affiliation to White or Black, these weaker gods only have a humanoid form. They receive their strength from the bond between Ahavalla and Timera and bring blessings to humans as they travel.
Elemental Gods – Besital creatures that bring good health to their element. There are many within the same elements spread throughout Timera. These gods can never exist in Ahavalla and appear in nature. They require offerings to keep them strong but offerings vary from god to god. A tree good may require gifts, prayers, and seeds while a god of fire may receive their power from humans creating fire. Too much power can sometimes cause a god to lose control. A fire god with too much power may accidentally cause a fire to break out.
Chained Forgotten- These gods were residents of Ahavalla or Wandering Gods who shackled to shrines around the world, often places like lakes, mountains, and trees. They are doomed to an eternity in loneliness, typically bound to places where humans do not tread with only their eternal life and the curse of mortality. This punishment is for trying to harm the cycle or for breaking the laws of the gods. Some Chained Ones take their own lives or become malformed by their weakened state.
Fairies – Tiny creatures that are an extension of the power of the god they follow. Firelight fairies are power sprites of God of Sun Taiyo. They spread warmth and light and give power to that which draws on the sun, such as plants and animals. The strongest of these fairies may become an Elemental God if they become attached to Timera.
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A joint is the point where two or more bones are connected. Your body bends, rotates and twists around certain points, such as shoulders, fingers, back, knees, hips, ankles and other such places because of these joints.
Joints are cushioned through cartilage and synovium (smooth tissues) to make sure the bones do not rub together and synovial fluid to keep the whole area lubricated. However, with age, injuries, improper movement and postures, carrying too much weight and other such factors can easily compromise your joints by causing your cartilages to wear and tear. In the end, the joints take a toll and may also lead to arthritis.
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1.Keep You Weight in Check
This is by far the best thing you can do for your joints, especially those joints that have to bear your body weight. Knees, hips, and back, ankles, these are the joints that have to bear the maximum percentage of your body weight. This is the reason why being overweight gives your excruciating pain in and around these areas of the body.
As per your age and height, you need to keep your weight in a particular range. The proportion between the height and weight is known as body mass index (BMI). Check you BMI today to know how much weight you need to lose.
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Exercise does more wonders to your body than you can possibly imagine. Not only do you lose the extra pounds and reduce your weight to an optimum range, aerobic exercises can also help you getting your heart rate up. Your joints will thank you for doing so.
And just in case your joints do not allow you to do rigorous workout, you can, and you should, talk to your personal trainer about exercises that can help you keep your weight in check without putting a toll on your knees. The best option is to go for the best full body exercise in the word: swimming.
And by no means should you become a couch potato, or the office guy/girl who never leaves his/her seat in office. Prolonged sitting and improper posture invite many joint related issues. Change position on your seat regularly, get up and move around every 25 minutes or so, and after every hour, stretch.
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Anne Bradstreet
b. 1612 d. 1672
" All things within this fading world hath end. ('Before the Birth of One of Her Children') "
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" All things within this fading world hath end. ('Before the Birth of One of Her Children') "
Anne Bradstreet was born in 1612 in England. In 1630 she emigrated to Massachusetts, with her father Thomas Dudley and her husband Simon Bradstreet. They sailed as members of the expedition led by John Winthrop, eventually the first governor of the colony. After the three-month voyage, suffering alternating boredom and terror, living in close quarters and eating salt meats, the party landed on the wild coast of Massachussets Bay in the blazing heat near the famine-ridden frontier village of Salem. The Bradstreets first lived in Cambridge, then Ipswich, and finally settled in Andover where Anne spent the rest of her life.
She was America's first English poet, and, despite the difficulties and privations of frontier life, she began writing a year after her arrival and continued to write for the next forty years. Her poems were published in London without her knowledge by her brother-in-law in 1650 under the title The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, and a posthumous second edition with her own corrections and editions was published in Boston in 1678.
The poems recorded here give a flavour of her chief subjects. She ignored colonial politics and the dangers surrounding her; she did not write about Native Americans. She worshipped the three strong male figures in her life: God, her father the second governor, and her husband who, after her death, also became governor of the colony. 'To My Dear and Loving Husband' expresses a love for a rare man strengthened by piety, and no less human for that.
Anne Bradstreet suffered illness all her life: she contracted smallpox at sixteen and much of her writing reflects domestic fears and the fear of loved ones dying. But these fears are overlaid with the certainties of seventeenth-century Puritan belief. The disaster described in 'Verses Upon the Burning of Our House' teaches a lesson about the vanity of earthly possessions. 'Upon a Fit of Sickness' sets out a nineteen-year-old girl's acceptance of the certainty of death and of the will of God.
The delicate and tender poem 'Before the Birth of One of Her Children' voices the realistic (in the seventeenth century) fear of death in childbirth. These homely lines come from a marriage in which the lovers are also friends. The certainty of immortality is balanced by the human dread of leaving her husband and her eight children.
In the centuries after her death in 1672, Anne Bradstreet has gradually come to be seen as the leading poet (alongside Charles Taylor) of seventeenth-century New England. In 1959 the American poet John Berryman paid tribute to her in his long poem Homage to Mistress Bradstreet.
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Saturday, 23 March 2013
Cannon tomorrow
I'm all ready for my demo game at tomorrow's Cannon wargames show in Retford. Lets hope the snow eases up and we'll see if Artorius Tenuous can overcome the army of Count Baldwin...
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Identity, Language
and Culture in Diaspora
A study of Iranian Female Migrants in Australia
Maryam Jamarani
In a new socio-cultural environment, migrant identities are constantly repositioned. Exploration of this experience aids understanding of the fluid and flexible nature of identity itself. In Identity, Language and Culture in Diaspora, Maryam Jamarani deals with 'diasporic identities' and advances a paradigm in which 'becoming',
rather than 'being', is emphasised.
Jamarani investigates changes in the identity of first generation Iranian Muslim women in Australia. Before migrating to Australia most of this group spent the first twenty years of their lives in the Western-oriented monarchy of Iran and then, after the 1978 Islamic Revolution, lived under the Islamic anti-Western government of the country.
What effects have this distinctive experience had on the linguistic, cultural,
national, gender and religious identity of individuals within this grouping?
Jamarani aims to identify the core values that these women continue to hold
after migration, as well as areas where their values have changed.
Engaging with contemporary theories of acculturation, Jamarani proposes a novel, sociolinguistically enhanced acculturation model, emphasising the significance of the fluid and flexible nature of identity, which holds out the promise of shedding new light on the acculturation process of migrants in general.
This book will be of interest to scholars around the world researching and teaching in the areas of identity, language, culture, gender and migration.
'presents in a clear and accessible fashion research which has made a significant sociolinguistic contribution to acculturation theory, and it increases our knowledge of migration stories specific to the Iranian community in Australia.'— Australian Journal of Linguistics
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Deep Desires, by Charlotte Stein
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TITLE: Deep Desires
AUTHOR: Charlotte Stein
PUBLISHER: Mischief
SETTING: Contemporary US
TYPE: Erotic romance
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Abbie has done her best to escape her violent past. But in the process, she's avoided love, life and desire. So when she sees her equally closed off neighbour, Ivan, performing for her one night through his window, she can't stop looking...
Voyeuristic pleasures become Abbie Gough's lifeline. But as she comes alive and craves more, Ivan backs away. He has his own secrets, the kind that draw her into kinky games and her own shameful desires, while also preventing the bond of real intimacy between them.
Now she's found someone so special, she's not about to give up easily. And she's willing to do whatever it takes to melt Ivan's dark and cool exterior. Even if captivating him means pushing through her limits to whatever lies beyond.
I was wowed by the first book I read by Charlotte Stein. Restraint was just the kind of Erotic Romance I like, one that is focused on characters and feelings, rather than actions.
Deep Desires was, at the same time, just like Restraint and completely different to it.
It was different in its themes and kind of plot, which is something I'd find completely unremarkable in any other genre. The thing is, so many ER authors tend to concentrate on a particular kink or type of relationship, whereas Stein seems to be more unpredictable.
Our protagonist is Abbie Gough. She has relatively recently got out of an abusive relationship, but has yet to regain her confidence. She just goes from home to work, work to home, afraid to relate to anyone and call attention to herself.
And then one of her neighbours manages to get through, by standing in front of his window, in plain sight of hers, and masturbating. She's initially convinced he wasn't aware of her presence and even feels guilty at her unwilling fascination, but it soon becomes clear that he knows exactly what he's doing, and that he wants her eyes on him.
It sounds a bit creepy, but such is the atmosphere that Stein creates, that I was willing to suspend disbelief and go along, fully believing these two damaged people were good for each other and were actually building a healthy relationship through their very unconventional sexual adventures.
And this is why I said earlier that Deep Desires is just like Restraint. It's not about having hit on a plot that appeals to me, it's about finding an author whose writing and sensibility chime with me, and whose definition of ER romance relates to how a relationship is developed, rather than about which kinks are present and how explicitly they are narrated. And Stein totally does chime with me. I couldn't begin to guess whether she would work for other readers, I think she's definitely one to try and see, and I strongly encourage you to do so.


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With the characters skinned and rigged I've been animating and animating and animating!
I use a mix of animation methods, but before I do anything I act out the motion with a stop watch. Actually, before I do that I run through the motion or sequence in my mind until I can see the character performing it, then I act it out with a stop watch. This can take a long time, because I stop and write down the number of seconds for each part of the movement so I end up acting it out a number of time. Once I have the timings down, I may roughly sketch the poses in my sketchbook, or I might jump right in to the scene. I also rely a lot on reference material from the web or from real life. I spend a lot of time looking at the movies on gettyimages or the bbc motion gallery. Of course if the scene has sound, I will use the audio as reference.
I usually start with simply animating the position and orientation of the whole character, followed by the hips, then the feet, the upperbody, then the arms and head, working with poses and using next/prev keyframe to check the pose changes. When I think the poses are good I'll do a quick hiddenline render to see it in real time. I usually leave the secondary animation until all the primary animation is done and things are looking good.
I set the fcurves to be created linear by default rather than spline. Of course for things that absolutely need spline curves, I'll switch the curves back to spline immediately. The canary's swing, for example, absolutely needs a spline curve. For all other curves I will decide at the tweaking stage how to edit the curves. For some I will manually set keys to control the ease-in and -outs, for others I'll just switch the curves to spline.
The most unusual thing I've discovered recently is that birds walk in a backwards human tip toe. Take a look at any of the bird quicktime movies on gettyimages and play them backwards, you'll see what I mean.
Rather than re-write what has already been written about animation by those more qualified than myself, here are a number of valuable online animation references:
Character Animation articles from Siggraph
Spline Doctors blog
Keith Lango (blog, short films and tutorials)
Shaun Freeman (collection of animation tips from various sources)
Carlos Baena (collection of animation tips from various sources)
3D Ark
The other things that help me are reference books and videos! I've got the Illusion of Life and the Animator's Survival kit within hand's reach. But nothing starts a good day of animation like watching an animated short (I keep Warner Bros, Pixar, Aardman, and Rocky & Bullwinkle DVDs and tapes close by).
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Readers of this site should see some obvious parallels between the two films, with the first shedding great light on the second.


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Back in November my Sister in Law, Kate, and I indulged in a girls night out to see the latest Twilight installment. We had a blast, and somehow during the movie previews we concocted a plan to give her down town highrise condo a dramatic makeover.
The Mission: Taking a standard rental unit and making it feel like a girl's oasis in the sky. Oh yeah, and we only had $1200 to spend. ON EVERYTHING.
Here is how Kate's condo looked when we started on our mission.
Kate was ready to let everything go and start fresh so her first job was to list it all in online classifieds. She did GOOD and brought in an extra $500. She decided to add that to our budget so in the end we had $1700 to play with to decorate her living room and dining room/kitchen.
You may remember the game plan I shared back in December.
And wouldn't you know, when I got home from snapping some pictures this weekend I discovered the 2 overall room shots of the living room got deleted. So I am going to have to retake those later on, but in the meantime I think you will get the idea with these photos.
She is a single girl in her mid-twenties so we wanted to play up the feminine touches with little hits of pink and other fun goodies that guys not fully appreciate (at least not my guy).
We had SO much fun thrifting up a storm together and absolutely everything in her condo is either thrifted or from Ikea.
One of our first finds was this vintage pink wicker picnic basket for $4. We had no idea what we'd do with it but we loved it.
The living has a few touches we are still working on, like filling these frames with black and white photos from Kate's travels and adding a collage wall near her entry.
The old buffet was another amazing find we scored for $160 and then painted and distressed together. All the frames are Ikea.
The rug picks up all the soft shades of cream and pinky-beige we used.
Because Kate's condo doesn't have any ceiling lights we wanted a sofa table but found it hard to get one long enough and high enough. We ended up scoring this one on Ikea for $20 which was the perfect height thanks to it being on casters. The only hitch was that it was bright orange so we simply draped a white sheet on top and you cannot even see the orange (I had to roll it out a little to get this shot).
The modern art around the condo in shades of pink, gold and orange was done by a very talented cousin of ours and the faintly pink glass lamps were also as-is section finds at Ikea for $20 each. The pieces truly fell into place really nicely for us every time we went hunting for things.
Still missing is a leaning mirror behind this chair. It is sitting in my garage just waiting to get over there when we find a truck to get it moved.
Kate's dining room is a mix of glam/eclectic/feminine. You may recognize the dresser (formerly in our Master Bedroom), it was a perfect fit for her place. I picked up the mirror for $40, my Mother in Law found a crazy beautiful lucite lamp and gave it to Kate for Christmas and we found the chairs for $5 each out thrifting.
Some shelves in the kitchen hold more of our thrifted treasures.
(I am SOOOOO stealing those tumblers)
The Ikea table, along with the extorp couch and chair covered the brunt of our budget so we had to get frugal on the accessories!
We also painted the chairs together. Giving one each a different color for a collected look. This one has very very faint pink stripes to tie into the living room pinks.
The finials were yet again thrifted.
It was a very busy month to finish it all up and get out thrifting till we felt we had the things we were looking for but Kate is thrilled with her new pad and that makes it all worth it! Plus it is always fun to have someone who understands my obsession with thrifting (I think she's hooked now too!).
Now we just have to tackle her bedroom...


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All Dreamed Up
Last week my friend Kristie made this card using a sketch I posted on StampNation. I LOVED her card so much that I dreamed about it that night. In my dream I CASEd her card. This is the card I made in my dream using her card as inspiration. As I type this I'm thinking I must sound out of my mind! haha I know many of you love stamping as much as me so you'll enjoy and appreciate the card I dreamed up :)
Thanks for the inspiration Kristie!
Stamps: Ornament Banner (MFT)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Basic Black & Whisper White (SU)
Accessories: Ornament Banner Die (MFT), Silver & Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger), Rhinestones
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- Kristie Goulet said...
You already know I LOVE this card in these colors. I think I will CASE you and use these colors. ;)
- December 15, 2013 at 1:47 PM
- June K said...
I love the white and black with the silver and gold CASE that you dreamed about. Good dream. :)
- December 15, 2013 at 5:36 PM
- Greta said...
Wish my dream cards would actually be fabulous like this one! Oh how I love what you did here, Maureen!
- December 15, 2013 at 7:32 PM
- ♥Gemma♥ said...
Absolutely gorgeous and thank you for stopping by mine and leaving such a sweet comment on my challenge card...
hugs and xxx
- December 16, 2013 at 2:36 PM
- Carol said...
Love the card! I've made a dream card that I was very happy with. I need to save this post to show my husband that it's perfectly normal to create cards in your dreams.
- December 21, 2013 at 10:29 PM
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Feeling Earthy? (a rainforest makeup tutorial)
It feels like forever since I've done an eye makeup tutorial. This one is super simple and fast to do. I tried to make a season appropriate look for this time of year, but still have some fun with it. With this eye shadow combination I still get my "necessary" pop of colour with the bold green, but the look is grounded by the brown eye shadow.
I used 3 eye shadows from MAC Cosmetics – Swimming, Humid and Mystery.
But you can certainly recreate this look with any similar combination of shadows.
How to create this super simple look:
*follow any of the links below for swatches, where to buy and other shades available*
- As always, fill in your brows first to help frame the area. I used Mystery eyeshadow by MAC Cosmetics for this.
- Prime your lid and all the way up to your crease. I used Urban Decay's Primer Potion. It is super important to use a primer if you want long wear time and to avoid creasing. Your shadows will also apply more vibrantly and stay true throughout the day/night.
- Using a flat eye shadow brush, dab Swimming eye shadow by MAC all over your lids. (from the inside of the eye to the outside of the eye). Any bright green will work for this, you don't need this specific shadow. Just make sure it is not lime green, you want it to be more of an earthy tone.
- Using the same brush (brush off all the green pigment first on a kleenex) use your Mystery eye shadow (any dark brown matte eye shadow will do) throughout the crease and up onto your brow bone.
- Then, using a fluffy crease brush, sweep Humid eye shadow (or a nice dark forest green) gently back and forth through your crease. This will help meld the dark brown and the bright green together, creating a more fluid and blended look.
- For eyeliner I used Master Precise Felt Tip Liquid Liner (available at Ulta in the US and at Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada) on my lid. I didn't apply any on the lower side of my eyes. I wanted to create a softer and more open look rather than closing off my eye.
- Finish the look with at least two coats of mascara. I used They're Real! mascara by benefit.
- (Optional) Add false eyelashes to your look. I get such volume and curl out of this mascara I decided not to bother with lashes.
How to get the rest of this look:
Face > For my under eye concealer I used Erase Paste by benefit in shade No.1. Then, all over I used Clinique's Moisture Surge Tinted Moisturizer in shade 01 topped with MAC's Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in shade Light Plus.
Cheeks > Margin Blush by MAC Cosmetics (a frost powdered blush)
Lips > Bite Lip Shine in shade "Vintage"
What do you guys think? Are you a fan of this combination or do you hate it? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Tell me, what make-up are you sporting this fall??
Thanks for reading!
Feeling Dramatic? (eye makeup tutorial)
I believe everyone knows by now that I love playing with bold and bright makeup, but I also have a lot of fun with dark and dramatic makeup as well.
I wanted to use one of my MAC pigments that I hadn't gotten around to trying out yet, the Gold (pro) metallic shade. And I ended up with this dark golden cranberry look.
It is a very dramatic makeup look and not very suitable for day, but perfect for a night out.
Let's take a look at how to create this look:
*follow any of the links below for swatches, where to buy and other shades available*
- As always, fill in your brows first to help frame the area. I used Mystery eyeshadow by MAC Cosmetics for this.
- Prime your lid and all the way up to your crease. I used Urban Decay's Primer Potion. It is super important to use a primer if you want long wear time and to avoid creasing. Your shadows will also apply more vibrantly and stay true throughout the day/night.
- Using a flat eyeshadow brush, dab the Gold pigment all over your lids (from the inside of the eye to the outside of the eye).
- Using the same brush (brush off the gold first on a kleenex) use your Cranberry eyeshadow throughout the crease and up onto your brow bone.
- Then, using a fluffy crease brush, lightly dust a true black gently back and forth through your crease. For this, I used Corrupt eyeshadow by Makeup Geek. I've never seen a black so black!
- I then highlighted my brow bone and inner corner of my eye using Zephyr eyeshadow by Urban Decay, a shimmery white.
- Using the same Gold pigment again, I went and lightly smudged it below my lower lashes.
- For eyeliner I used Master Precise Felt Tip Liquid Liner (available at Ulta in the US and at Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada) on my lid and Blacktrack Fluidline by MAC on my waterline.
- Finish the look with at least two coats of mascara (remember we are going for dark and dramatic here). I used Clinique's High Impact Mascara.
- (Optional) Add false eyelashes to your look. I used #305 accent lashes by Ardell. (They are only on the outside corners)
How to get the rest of this look:
Face > For my under eye concealer I used Erase Paste by benefit in shade No.1. Then, all over I used Makeup Forever HD Foundation in shade #118 topped with MAC's Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in shade Light Plus.
Cheeks > Margin Blush by MAC Cosmetics
Lips > Buxom Big & Healthy Lip Polishin shade Leslie
Hair > I used a 1″ Bombshell Curling rod by Sultra to create the long waves. I love to use this on my hair, because your hair keeps its length as opposed to using a curling iron or a straightener where you get ringlets and your hair shrinks up several inches.
What do you think? Do you see yourself ever wearing a look like this? If not, what would you change?
Thanks for reading!
my Inglot cherry popped
I ventured into an Inglot in Montreal with Samira a couple of weeks ago and decided it was certainly time to pop my cherry. Inglot, a 25 year old cosmetic company from Poland has only 4 stores in Canada (all in Quebec) and only 9 locations in the USA (find a store near you), so Inglot is not a brand that you will run into often – depending on your locale. When I ventured into one of the 3 Montreal stores, the sales associate immediately started to tell me a little bit about the brand…comparing their products to that of MAC Cosmetics and Makeup Forever. The mission: to produce high quality products at fair and reasonable prices, using only the best possible ingredients and raw materials from the most reputable suppliers.
Their "Freedom System" of palettes is what she said they are most famous for. The combinations were endless and I knew I was in trouble. There are 15 different shapes and styles of palettes. You can have only "face" palettes" or only "eye" palettes if you want, but there are also combination palettes where you can have 2 eyeshadows, a blush and a face powder all together. How amazing is that?!? Everything is customizable! When you are in the store, they let you walk around with a big magnet, so you can just pull out whatever you like and stick it on your magnet so you can see everything together and keep track of what you are interested in. Genius.
So let's take a peek at what I got! I took a lot of pictures, so please hang in there!
First, let's take a closer look at the AMC Pure Pigment Eye Shadow I purchased in shade 70.
Their range of pigments is massive. I've linked to the US online store so you can see all of the colours available. Tell me – what competitor offers this many options??? You get 2g of product for $14US. I believe I paid $19CAD in store in Montreal. This colour is stunning. I was sold before I even swatched it in store, all it took was seeing it sitting on the table. Just look at this swatch of AMC Pure Pigment Eye Shadow in #70 in natural light.
For palettes, after much deliberation I opted for the 10 eyeshadow palette. Because of their instore promotion, I got 10 colours of my choice and the palette for $79.00 + tax. That works out to $7.90/eyeshadow with a free palette! For comparisons sake – eyeshadow pans at MAC are $14.00CAD/each and that isn't even taking into account that you have to buy the palette and you get less product….
Each palette has small magnets in all four corners of the lid as well as the palette itself. So it easily pulls into place when you are closing up your palette. You can also stack palettes and use only one lid on top.
Both swatches were taken in natural light with no flash.
What I love:
- The amount of each product in each pan is enormous. From what I've noticed, not all pans are the same – it seems to vary depending on the texture of the shade. My matte shadows are each 2.3g and my others vary from 2.5g up to 3.5g.
- Their Freedom system of palettes is amazing and is to my knowledge the most flexible and customizable option available to beauty addicts and makeup artists alike. I love how with the magnets on each corner, you can actually stack all of your palettes together and simply put a lid on the top one. I'm excited to grow my Inglot collection!
- Their products actually GO ON SALE! I'm so used to MAC Cosmetics where in Canada you will never see a sale – EVER. (Residents in the United States luck out with the Cosmetic Clearance Centres available where all of the limited edition left over products go to die and be sold at discount – I WISH.) But I was thrilled when I started building my palette and the sales associate was running off numbers and then used the phrase "except, it will be even cheaper right now because we have a promotion on these palettes." *Angels sing* I couldn't believe it, a promotion!
- Rainbow eyeshadows! They have a line of rainbow eyeshadow pans that actually have 3 shades of the same colour in one palette pan. http://inglotcosmetics.com/rainbow.eye.shadow/products/657/793
- Their collection is all encompassing. They cover everything from eyes, lips, face, brushes, accessories and even a new nail lacquer line which is described as "breathable Nail Enamel ensuring better health care for nails whilst enhancing their beauty." It is one of the many things on my "next time" list.
- Their selection of pigments was huge compared to MAC cosmetics. They had a much larger range of colours (it would be comparable to the collection available at MAC pro stores, but I think even then MAC would fall short, Inglot just has soooo many.)
What I hate:
- The shadows aren't named, only numbered. I like being able to use a name when talking eyeshadow colours, rather than "I used number 207 through my crease…" But that might just me being used to a certain way. I guess I figure I am more likely to remember the name of something rather than a catalogue of numbers. (Makeup Forever products are the same way – numbered.)
- There isn't an easy lip to be able to get your product out of the pans and move them around if you like. You need to use something like the blade of an exacto knife to pop out each shadow from the palette. Not a huge deal, but slightly inconvenient if you are in a hurry.
- Unlike at MAC, they don't offer samples of their loose pigmented eyeshadows. You can try them all in store, but if you want to check it out with your makeup from home, you will have to buy it.
- Unfortunately, their online shop doesn't allow for shipment to Canada. They have full sites for which you can purchase product in the US, Australia, UK, Netherlands, South Africa and Finland. I will unfortunately have to wait until my next visit to Montreal.
For the rest of my look, I used the following:
Skin – Makeup Forever's HD Foundation in shade 118 topped with Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in Light Plus by MAC
Lashes – Ardell's Demi Wispies False Lashes and Too Faced lashGASM mascara on my bottom lashes
Liner – Maybelline Master Precise Felt Tip Liquid Liner in Black on my lids and Blacktrack Fluidline by MAC on my waterline.
Lips – Clinique's Longlast Lipstick in Heather Moon
Cheeks – Margin blush by MAC
Brows – Mystery Eyeshadow by MAC to fill in my brows
With flash:
With natural light:
The verdict: The shadows were long lasting and didn't crease or budge after several hours of wear. For the price, I see this brand has incredible value and a giant range of shades. I will be visiting Inglot upon my next visit to Montreal for sure in order to try out some of their other raved about products.
I hope you found this post useful. Do you own any Inglot products already? If so, what are your favourites??
Be sure to keep your eyes peeled the next time you are near an Inglot – or maybe on your next vacation. You won't regret it!
Thanks for reading!
All About Eyes Palette
I'm sure you all can tell by now that I am a makeup addict. This addiction usually results in many MAC and Sephora purchases. But every once in a while the draw of the inexpensive drugstore product calls to me as I am sneaking through…just trying to get one thing and get out! It isn't my fault…it herds you right through the cosmetic section before you can even get to the other section of the store.
This "All About Eyes" Palette by Quo was available at Shoppers Drug Mart for a whopping $20 just prior to the holidays. You can't even get two MAC eyeshadows for that price…so I figured why not?!
Let's take a look and see what these look like.
For reference sake, seeing as these colours don't have names. Let's number them like this:
Top Row: 1,2,3,4,5
Bottom Row: 6,7,8,9,10
Colours always seem to swatch nicely on the back of your hand, but that doesn't always mean it will be nice to work with on your eye. So I decided a proper review of this eyeshadow also needed a look from these shades.
*Please also note that I used Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, Blacktrack Fluidline by MAC for eyeliner, Unchanging MAC Pro Longwear Lipcolour, Sephora Triple Action Mascara, Margin Blush by MAC as well as Mystery Eyeshadow by MAC to fill in my brows.*
My look ended up looking a lot like my "Zero Gravity Look" but there was a clear difference in the quality of product and ease of use. When it comes to eyeshadow, I truly believe you get what you pay for.
What I noticed about these eyeshadows:
- I had to keep going back for more to get the coverage and colour pigmentation I wanted. Unlike with MAC or Urban Decay, you aren't just applying once. The colours also don't layer nicely if you want to lighten one up by using a different shade on top – it was a nightmare trying to get the pigments to show when layering.
- Fantastic large mirror. It is actually functional as a mirror, rather than the tiny shard that you can't see anything in that comes with most palettes.
- Useless foam brushes – waste of space! I would've rather seen a q-tip!
- All in all, I think it is an okay deal for $20. Even if I end up only using 2 of these colours, it will still be worth the money. I wouldn't however go out of my way to buy one of their larger palettes though. And given my collection of eyeshadow, I don't imagine I will be reaching for this set anytime soon.
- I would recommend these Quo eyeshadows for if you plan to do either a monolithic eye (only one eyeshadow colour) or a standard two-toned eye. If you try to do too much blending or funky layering, you won't end up noticing the extra work in the finished look at all.
I hope you found this useful!
Mermaid Madness and Tangerine Dream
Somewhere in the blur that is the past week, I got married! Hence why my posts completely fell off the face of the Earth. I will get to talking about the wedding soon enough, but for now I have some catching up to do.
People started flying in and the whole week went by in a blur. I'm now back at work and wondering where the time went. No more trips to the airport now, everyone has gone back to their respective homes. Whether that be Calgary, Arizona, North Carolina, Toronto, Kitchener or Bayfield. For the first time in a week, we are able to relax and spend an evening, just the two of us. I plan to wear pajamas all night and do some rewinding – I've missed this!
Before the insanity truly began – let me back up to a week and a half ago. James' groomsmen were throwing a small stag for him, locally, here in Ottawa for the people that weren't able to attend the Vegas trip. And one of my girlfriends was furious that the men got to go out AGAIN and we were going to be stuck at home. So we decided to get all dolled up and head downtown for some drinking and dancing. For those of you that know me – you know that the drinking comes before the dancing!
Arabic Eye Makeup
I am sure lots of people had big plans last night, it was Saturday Night after all. Maybe it was a hot date, maybe a night out with friends, or even just catching a movie…not me, I stayed in and had a night filled with makeup fun. I hope you like the finished product!
I Do?
With the wedding less than three months away, the questions surrounding hair and makeup are creeping in closer. One thing at a time though – makeup first. I have stayed away from the insanely bright colors and have been experimenting with warmer options that are classic that won't leave me wondering "What was I thinking!?!?!"
I have a couple looks to start with, and I'm not sure I've found "it" yet. But let me know what you think and if you like one better than the other!


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Tricky Reading – the Indicator & the Context
From a conversation on the Commons Abundance Network. Of course I agree a lot is solved by having it clear what you are using the word "growth" to refer to. But it's easier to figure out we *should* be clear about what is being referred to than to really do it. It's so easy


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The editor's top ten
1. Win with Plan B: Aronian analyses his game against Naiditsch at the Grenke Classic: with an exchange sacrifice, a king hunt and an alternative solution.
2. This is how child prodigies think: 12-year old Nihal Sarin from India presents for you his win over GM Bluebaum (video).
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4. "Strategically completely irrational": Mihail Marin shows you what has been happening in recent years in the French Winawer Variation.
5. Speculative and spectacular: Enjoy Kramnik's rook sacrifice for three pawns and a consternated Harikrishna!
6. The pawn as a curse: Test your endgame technique and together with Karsten Müller find the narrow pathway to the draw. (interactive video)
7. Triumph in Poikovsky: Emil Sutovsky (7 out of 9) analyses in great detail his first round win against the previous years' victor: Sutovsky-Korobov
8. Sharp update: Let Erwin l'Ami show you fantastic new ideas for White and Black in the Two Knights Defence. (video)
9. Popular and dangerous: Adhiban delivers with his attacking win over Swayans further proof for the potential of Queen's Pawn games.
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Postny: Queen's Indian E12 (Recommendation for Black)
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A brand I've lusted over for years (pardon, the pun) and shared many times on the blog, is Lust Minerals. Lust Minerals have created a skin care and beauty collection like no other. Their products are consistently great and best of all my skin loves them! This is one mineral make up company that really cares about the consumer. All of their products are created using micronized mineral bases and are concentrated pigment which means they don't use fillers such as talc, which will clog pores. Because of this concentrated pigment, you need to use very little as a small amount gives fabulous full coverage and becomes a foundation, powder and concealer all in one. Plus if that doesn't knock your socks off, the concentrated pigment also gives high sunscreen protection without the need for synthetic ingredients which for a lazy gal like me (who is time poor) you are only using one product. Win! Win!
Recently I reviewed the BB Beauty Balm Cream Foundation a fabulous product that comes in 6 different colours so I was guaranteed to find one for my complexion. For my review I chose nice natural pigment, a colour that was perfect even with a spray tan. With a trip planned for Bali and no intention of wearing make-up, I knew this baby was going to get the work out of a lifetime and save me time applying a SPF. From the second I applied it, I knew I was in Lust ( another pun sorry!). It was smooth and lush to apply, not to mention quick, and required very little (if any) blending. It was as simple as apply and go! And go I did for 6 days non-stop in Bali and this fabulous little BB cream stayed put. Even with the humidity this product took me though until cocktails that night. It felt clean on my skin, light and my skin glowed non -top.
This bottle of wonder contains Vitamins E, A, B3, B5, Hyaluronate and anti-oxidants which help to fight free radicals and left my skin feeling soft and nourished. Super hydrating and a must have to take away with you on holiday.
On return from our time away I've continued to use this BB cream and have found it my fave, go-to on weekends and for the gym. The RRP is $60 and a little bit goes a long way, so although it is more expensive than the supermarket BB creams, remember it's filled with products that are good for your skin and won't create break outs or clog your pores. This bottle will last forever which means you will more than get your monies worth.
A big thumbs up to Lust Minerals on creating yet another terrific product that makes my morning mum routine easier.
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