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Friday, July 15, 2011
Farm Stand Donuts: Club Baked
To me doughnuts are a special treat. I remember when I was kid and getting super excited on the rare occasions when my dad would go out for doughnuts on a Saturday or Sunday morning. I love all doughnuts chocolate. The chocolate cake doughnuts with chocolate frosting and the light airy chocolate twist. Or the raspberry filled with chocolate icing....So sweet and delicious.
That's why Farm Stand Doughnuts were the perfect choice for my first time hosting a recipe for the new baking group, Club: Baked. I have never made doughnuts before so I knew this would be a good challenge. And a challenge it was!
The Farm Stand Doughnuts are a cake style doughnut. Sadly, attempt number one produced a barely edible doughnut. I only wished they tasted as good as they looked! Just goes to show you, you most definitely should not judge a book by it's cover or judge a doughnut by it's frosting!
Here is what batch one looked like.
The dough ended up being incredibly dry. The recipe describes the dough as being "sticky". Not sure where I went wrong...I may have lost track of how many cups of flour were in the bowl. I should have used my intuition and added more buttermilk, but I doubted myself and forged ahead ending up with dry dense doughnuts.
The toppings were much better than the doughnuts themselves....shockingly, the chocolate was my favorite! With the fresh blueberry glaze coming in a close second and trailing up the back was the cinnamon sugar.
I couldn't very well let these doughnuts get the best of me, so I went for attempt number two this past weekend.
I did things a bit differently this time and had a vastly improved outcome! This time I halved the recipe. I was extra extra careful with my flour measurements and I made mini's this go round. My mini's were a good size, but unfortunately I made the donut hole too small and it pretty much disappeared upon frying. Along with making a bigger hole, I also should have made my dough a bit thinner as the donuts puff up quite a bit when they are cooked. I got 20 two inch mini donuts from the half recipe...which was plenty for our two person household.
One issue I had on round 2 was with frying the doughnuts. My oil was around 370 degrees and my doughnuts browned very quickly...about a minute on each side. They were on the verge of burning so I removed them and cut into one....it was still doughy inside. I lowered the oil temperature to stay between 350 and 360 degrees so I could allow the doughnuts too cook through without over browning.
In terms of toppings, I went with cinnamon sugar, chocolate ganache and a strawberry glaze using homemade strawberry jam, powdered sugar and a splash of cream. This time I actually liked the chocolate frosting least...but that is probably because I didn't so much bother with measuring the ingredients and the ganache turned out to be too thin. The cinnamon sugar and strawberry doughnuts were both great, especially with a hot cup of tea. These are best eaten the day they are made.
I am certain that the third time making these will be the charm! And after that, I would like to tackle yeast doughnuts.
See how other bakers fared with their farm stand doughnuts here.
Farm Stand Buttermilk Doughnuts Three Ways
from Baked Explorations
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 sour cream
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly browned and cooled
Vegetable oil
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to place your cut donuts on. Line another baking sheet with at least 2 layers of paper towels to absorb the oil from frying.
Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon in a large bowl and set aside. Whisk eggs, buttermilk and sour cream in a medium/small bowl. Whisk in the completely cooled butter. Make a well in the dry mixture and pour in the wet mixture. Using a rubber spatula, slowly pull the flour into the liquid center until a sticky dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and sprinkle lightly with flour. Pat out the dough until it is about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out doughnuts using a floured 3 1/2 inch cutter for a large donut and a 1 1/2 round cutter for the doughnut hole. For a smaller doughnut, use a 2 1/2 cutter for the doughnut and 1 inch for the hole. Cut out doughnuts and holes and place on your prepared parchment lined baking sheet. Use the scraps to pat another disc of dough and cut out doughnuts. Repeat until you have used all your dough. Place your baking sheet in the refrigerator while you wait for your oil to heat up. You can also make your toppings during this time.
Heat oil in a deep skillet or pan so that oil is about 1 1/2 inch deep. Slowly heat the oil over medium/high heat until it reaches 365 - 370 degrees on a candy thermometer. Gently slide each doughnut into the hot oil, making about 3 doughnuts at a time. When the doughnut has browned on one side (about 2-3 minutes), turn it over with tongs and cook the other side for about another minute, until browned. Remove donuts from oil using a slotted spoon and place on the paper towel lined baking sheet. The doughnut holes will cook faster and should be made after the doughnuts.
Assemble doughnuts by dipping in topping of your choice. See recipes below.
Doughnut toppings - Note each topping recipe is enough for the entire batch of doughnuts so you might want to cut recipe if you use multiple toppings.
Chocolate Dip:
4 ounces high quality dark chocolate (60-70% cocao), coarsely chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Sprinkles to decorate (optional)
In a small saucepan heat the cream until just about to boil. In a medium widemouthed bowl, place chocolate and cover with hot cream. Let stand for about a minute. Whisk chocolate and cream until smooth and then whisk in butter. Keep warm.
Vanilla Glaze:
2 cups confectioners sugar
1/3 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla paste or 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Sprinkles to decorate (optional)
Whisk all ingredients together in a medium widemouthed bowl.
Cinnamon Sugar:
1 1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cinnamon
Stir cinnamon and sugar together in a medium widemouthed bowl.
14 comments:
Donuts are a reminder of Saturday mornings with my Dad. These look so delicious!! Sorry I didn't bake along, horrible hot weather here and a busy schedule just got in the way.ReplyDelete
These definitely have to be eaten the day of.... time to throw donut parties. Yours look great! Great recipe choice.ReplyDelete
I LOVED these, thanks for hosting! Really enjoyed this one. Yours look great too! I'm sorry to hear you had some difficulties the first time around. But hey - they look great! :)ReplyDelete
I love your strawberry glaze idea! It sounds so tasty! Thanks for choosing this recipe and forcing me to step out of my comfort zone! I am glad I did!ReplyDelete
Thanks for choosing these! They were a lot of fun to make!ReplyDelete
Gloria, the doughnuts look phenomenal; all your toppings look so good. Cake doughnuts are my favorite. Kudos for forging ahead a second try. I tried making doughnuts last fall and they were good, not great. I guess I'll have to try again.ReplyDelete
Gloria, when you want to try making yeast doughnuts, I highly recommend Alton Brown's recipe. I was on a quest a few years back to find a recipe for homemade raised/yeast doughnuts that rivaled bakery doughnuts, and his recipe was the best I found.ReplyDelete
Alton Brown's Yeast Doughnuts
AB also has recipes for Doughnut Glaze (vanilla) or Chocolate Glaze on the Food Network site, too.
@Maria - thanks for the recommendation on yeast doughnuts! I have luck with some of Alton's other recipes so I will definitely give this a try!ReplyDelete
You bet. I had the pleasure of meeting him in person several years ago when he was on a book tour. I both thanked and cursed him for that recipe. "Curse...why?" he asked. Because they are so good, AB, I can't stop eating them!ReplyDelete
I waited about 3 hours to get my book signed and take a photo with him. Totally worth it!!!
@Maria - Very cool! LOL...I can imagine how his doughnuts could easily be a curse. I am definitely going to try these. :)ReplyDelete
Mini's seemed to be the way to go as my donut holes turned out much better than my donuts. Thanks for picking this recipe. Not sure I would have ever attempted donuts at home without some prompting, but we loved them!ReplyDelete
I made mini donuts too, but a full recipe - way too many donuts! Your toppings look AMAZING! I'll definitely have to try the strawberry topping next time - that sounds so good! Thanks for hosting this recipe - I loved it, and never would have tackled something like donuts without a reason! :)ReplyDelete
The plate of mini donuts with the strawberry, chocolate, and cinnamon sugar toppings are beautiful! One of these days I may tackle doughnuts, but right now I enjoy buying them!ReplyDelete
Thanks for picking this recipe! Your toppings look great!ReplyDelete


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The San Francisco Rosary Rally was reborn in 2011. 50 years earlier, in 1961, Fr. Patrick Peyton's Family Rosary Crusade had drawn over 500,000 people to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. In 2011, members of the San Francisco Legion of Mary decided to commemorate Fr. Peyton's rally with a rally of their own. The 2011 Rosary Rally drew two thousand of the faithful to the city's Civic Center Plaza to listen to inspirational speakers, recite the rosary, and pray for the strengthening of family life. It is now an annual event!
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Carol Duncan's observations at the Rosary Rally (PDF)
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Catholic San Francisco (PDF version, more pictures)
California Catholic Daily "New Wrinkles, Bright Future for SF Rosary Rally"
California Catholic Daily "Public Rosary, the Blessed Sacrament, and More"
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Hey, I Think We Found Another Miscalculation In The County Budget!
By Ed Heinzelman On October 10, 2013 · 11 Comments · In Class Warfare, Election 2014, Local Politics, Taxes, Wisconsin Politics
In an article posted to JSOnline this evening, writer Steve Schultze of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outlines the staff cuts and budget cuts for the County Board that County Executive Chris Abele has proposed in his County Budget. Of course the majority of these cuts are required under the law passed by the Republicans earlier this year with the full support and consent of the county exec (Act 14). From JSOnline:
The Milwaukee County Board will lose three-fourths of its staff and almost 40% of its budget next year, when cuts to the board's resources ordered under a new state law kick in.
At least, that's what would happen under the budget proposed by County Executive Chris Abele, a prime backer of the law clamping limits on the board.
Supervisors said they may have some wiggle room to make some adjustments to what Abele suggested for the board's budget.
And Abele's budget could be targeted for cuts by the board, despite a provision in the new law its author said was aimed at preventing retaliatory action against Abele by the board at budget time.
Abele's budget lops $2.5 million and 28 staff positions from the board for next year, leaving it $4.1 million and 11 staffers.
The reductions for the Milwaukee County Board are further moderated because nine staff jobs now under the board would shift to other departments — four research analysts, four committee clerks and a graphics designer.
Those staffers will still serve the board, though they'll answer to other department heads.
Each of the 18 supervisors had authority to hire a legislative assistant this year, but several of those aides have left in the wake of Act 14. Abele's budget calls for whittling the number of assistants to four, which would mean four or five supervisors would share one assistant.
The board will get a chance to rearrange the staffing suggested by Abele, said Supervisor Theo Lipscomb Sr.
Well, although that seems excessive it is within the confines of Act 14…but as Capper says…there is more…there always is more"
Abele cut the board's budget by $45,000 below what the new state limit would have allowed. Lipscomb said that may be changed by the board.
"Yes, I think that was petty," Lipscomb said.
Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic said Abele's extra $45,000 cut came as a surprise. She said it was never mentioned by Abele or other county staff.
"Didn't he get everything he want with this Republican bill?" Dimitrijevic said, referring to Act 14.
Abele said he won't veto the $45,000 if the board decides to add that.
$45,000? Really? "Yes, I think that is petty!
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11 Responses to Hey, I Think We Found Another Miscalculation In The County Budget!
Ed Heinzelman says:
Ok…what's with the links to jobs sites that keep showing up in my posts tonight????
brian says:
???????? haven't posted any sir
but i did get a p/t job at matc emptying garbage…
i'm grateful…
Dan Cody says:
The next two lines you left out from the article you cited might have been relevant:
"Abele said he won't veto the $45,000 if the board decides to add that. He said he told Dimitrijevic he crafted a budget for the board because the board didn't submit a request.
Dimitrijevic did submit a budget request for the board on Sept. 6, months late."
Why wouldn't the Board, so concerned about it's own people, well being and ability to fund itself – submit a budget? Every other department does. Weird, huh?
Ed Heinzelman says:
I meant to include the: Abele said he won't veto the $45,000 if the board decides to add that. But I didn't think the board submitting the budget on time or not was relevant. I do think they should have gotten it in earlier. OTOH: they had some serious decisions to make on the structure of their offices and what resources they need under the new budget limitations.
Irregardless, the county exec was being petty and if you read my other post about the budget…he might also be inept!
BTW: the County Board is NOT A DEPARTMENT…weird huh?
Dan Cody says:
Yes, the County Board of Supervisors is a department Ed.
Why would those "serious decisions" take months to make? I get that you're buddies with some of the Supervisors, and that's great. But in your defense of them, at least get a better understanding of the budget process as it relates to Milwaukee County in addition to understanding the structure of County gov. There's a lot more out there than what people we want to like and see at cocktail parties post on facebook.
Ed Heinzelman says:
Because the county includes the board and exec's office on their website dept menu doesn't make them a department in the same sense as human relations or labor relations or parks or medical examiner….which was my point.
Dan Cody says:
Well… they have their own budgets, staff, policies, etc and are referred to as "departments" in official documents and in ordinance, but whatever you say in order for your attempt at snark to not fall completely over. The Board must be the opposite of "inept" because it took them several months to come up with and submit a budget of their own.
I hope my kids don't call me inept tomorrow morning when after an hour of not being able to decide which clothes to wear for the day, I end up choosing their outfit for them.
Ed Heinzelman says:
Once again Dan…I wrote a blog about the CEX…not the board.
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Riverside Inverclyde hosts Recruit programme
Above – The 2017 Recruit candidates at Custom House in Greenock
Riverside Inverclyde joined forces with The Recruit on the 9 August to welcome the 24 candidates from the 2017 programme. The day was hosted at the newly renovated Custom House, giving the Recruits the opportunity to view the renovations up close.
The Recruit is a summer programme delivered by Inverclyde Council's Education team involving young people from Inverclyde schools who are chosen to compete in a number of business challenges with the aim of improving report writing, presentation, communication and team working skills. The programme culminates with a celebratory dinner on 18 August which recognises the dedication shown from all of the participants throughout the summer with an opportunity for those involved to be awarded contracts with some of the employers involved in the challenges.
As part of the programme, ri will be offering one of the candidates the opportunity of a modern apprenticeship with the business, offering an initial 12 month role that will include experience in regeneration, business investment, portfolio management and administrative skills.
Inspired by the visit to Custom House, the Recruits' task was simple – to deliver a vision for the future of Riverside Inverclyde from 2018 to 2023.
The day started with the ri team providing an overview of the business, focusing on previous and existing projects to help the Recruit's understanding before being split into three teams. Each team was given a different element to consider including sector focus, finance, marketing and strategy for ri over the next five years. The teams were given three hours to complete the challenge and supporting documents to help research their ideas.
Above – Team Regenerate work together on their proposals
The Recruits were then tasked with pulling all of their ideas together and preparing a presentation to their peers and the ri team. Each group delivered presentations professionally and then answered a series of questions relating to their proposals.
Team ideas that were put forward included:
- A food court at East India and Victoria Harbours to attract major chains to Inverclyde
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Above – Team PDGP feedback their ideas to the group
Fiona Maguire, Chief Executive of ri said:
"We had a fantastic day with The Recruit which highlighted the rich talent that is coming through the Inverclyde curriculum. Some fantastic ideas were generated through this challenge and it was really interesting to continue our dialogue with young people and to hear their thoughts on Inverclyde. They are Inverclyde's future so if we listen now and get it right, the redevelopment of Inverclyde will meet the needs of our future community and encourage them to live, work and socialise here in Inverclyde. We look forward to welcoming one of the recruit's to ri as a modern apprentice and wish all of the candidates every success in their future paths."
The Recruit would like to thank Riverside Inverclyde for facilitating the challenge day and for their financial support towards the programme.


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"Variation on the Word Sleep" by Margaret Atwood is one of those poems that every time you read it, it's like reading it for the first time. Last night, I felt inclined to pick up my copy of 180 more: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day selected by Former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. I read the poem last night before I went to sleep and again this morning; I'm reading it now in between the sentences that I write here.
With each word lulling forward into each new sentence and stanza, the movement feels dreamy and fluid, but somehow still provides vivid images. Atwood has captured that altered state of movement one feels in dreams (are we in our own bodies or floating above them?; how fast can I run from one point to the other?; it feels like ages but I've walked two feet). The images she describes are so perfectly constructed. They are very specific and unique, but we can all imagine these moments happening in a dream.
I once had a Shakespeare professor in college say to the class, "If you have no poetry in your life, you have no life!" So, without further ado, I share this poem with you to start your week off right.
Variation on the Word Sleep
by Margaret Atwood
I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping. I would like to sleep
with you, to enter
your sleep as its smooth dark wave
slides over my head
and walk with you through that lucent
wavering forest of bluegreen leaves
with its watery sun & three moons
towards the cave where you must descend,
towards your worst fear
I would like to give you the silver
branch, the small white flower, the one
word that will protect you
from the grief at the center
of your dream, from the grief
at the center I would like to follow
you up the long stairway
again & become
the boat that would row you back
carefully, a flame
in two cupped hands
to where your body lies
beside me, and as you enter
it as easily as breathing in
I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) in Chicago has announced that after August 24, 2018, there will no longer be a drop box at the security desk at 525 W. Van Buren to serve documents on OCC. This means that the only way to serve documents on OCC in Chicago after August 24, 2018, is by mail or by using the e-service process. Information about the e-service process can be found here. Please note that the OCC e-service process requires registration and approval, so must be done in advance of the date by which the attorney would need to serve documents on OCC.
If attorneys prefer to serve documents by mail in non-detained cases, those documents should be mailed to the ICE OCC office, 525 W. Van Buren Street, Suite 701, Chicago, IL 60607.
If attorneys prefer to serve documents by mail in detained cases, then those documents should be mailed to the ICE OCC Satellite office, 536 S. CLARK, # 5302, Chicago, IL 60605.
As a reminder, anytime an attorney serves a document on the immigration court/immigration judge, the attorney must also serve a copy on opposing counsel (OCC).


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BY: Scott McGlynn
This Friday, the annual running of the The Oaks Stakes will take place at Epsom racecourse. The Oaks is one of the five British 'Classic' horse races, along with the 1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas, The Derby and the St Leger. The Oaks is a Group 1 race for three year old fillies run over 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2414m),with all horses carrying 9 stone as they chase the £450,000 offered in prize money.
Epsom is a unique racecourse, shaped like a horseshoe with the 1 mile 4 furlong start at one end and the winning post at the other end. In between though, the course undulates and incorporates Tattenham Corner where the track drops 60 feet and cambers towards the running rail. The final three and a half furlongs is over a 90 feet descent before an uphill finish for the drive to the winning post. With its unique layout, Epsom has been the scene of many triumphs but also many disappointments where well fancied horses have failed to adjust to the track on the day.
At present there are 11 declared runners for The Oaks, with the ante-post favourite being Legatissimo, trained in Ireland by David Wachman. Legatissimo impressively won the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket at the beginning of May and will again be ridden by three times Champion jockey Ryan Moore. Moore has an impressive record at Epsom, having won The Oaks and The Derby in 2010 and winning The Derby again in 2013. Legatissimo is aiming to become the first horse to win the 1000 Guineas and The Oaks since 2002 and to give trainer Wachman his first Oaks winner.
Home based hope may well rest with Crystal Zvezda, trained by veteran trainer Sir Michael Stoute and due to be ridden by last year's Champion Jockey Richard Hughes. An impressive winner of a Listed Trials race in mid May, again under Ryan Moore, Stoute will be hoping that his filly can give him his 16th British Classic.
In recent years another Irish trainer, Aidan O'Brien has enjoyed much success in the British Classics and he goes into The Oaks tripled handed with Diamondsandrubies, Qualify and Together Forever. Diamondsandrubies is perhaps O'Brien's best hope of a fifth Oaks winner and she goes into the race in good formafter winning the Cheshire Oaks at Chester last month. Ridden by Ryan Moore on that day, O'Brien is still to confirm who will take the ride at Epsom.
The common theme between the horses at the top of the betting market is that jockey Ryan Moore has been on board them all in their previous races this year. With this garner knowledge, it is possibly significant that he has chosen to take the ride on Legatissimo over the other leading entries. With the race due of at 16.00 on Friday, come 16.05 we will find out if Moore did indeed make the correct choice.
Legatissimo is currently the 4 (3/1) favourite to win her second Classic of the year. Crystal Zvezda is available at 4.5 (7/2) with Diamondsandrubies at 10 (9/1) to give trainer Aidan O'Brien yet another Oaks winner.
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Now Aurora Rise is no longer just a weekend-long event, but rather an organization dedicated to assisting those "victims of the theater shooting who still need surgery, who still need to see doctors, who can't afford their medical bills, or who have taken a financial hit from lost wages."
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Over the past year or so, I've been going through one of the most notorious experiences of the high school years: college applications.
Those two words strike terror into the souls of teenagers everywhere. But today, I'm here to say that I have survived the process. I know where I am going to college, and I have seen God work through the entire process in an incredible way.
You may remember that I wrote a post about being deferred from Princeton back in December. I talked about how much I wanted to go there, but how God was telling me that I needed to learn to trust him first.
Here's the rest of the story:
After that deferral came, I started looking at other options. There was this other school I had been considering, a very small Christian school in the heart of the South, that had a great dance program. In January, I headed down to that school with my dad, to visit and audition.
And I loved it.
Then things began to fall into place. I was offered a large academic scholarship. I met a super sweet girl at the audition who was willing to be roommates. I received an acceptance letter from the dance department, which was probably one of the most exciting days of my life. Not only that, but the dance department offered me a scholarship too.
Suddenly the prospect of being rejected from Princeton didn't seem so bad. So when the rejection came, I didn't even care anymore. I had found my dream school on that tiny Southern campus, and they had accepted me. Ultimately, it was a decision I barely even had to think about.
Looking back, I can see God's timing so clearly.
In December, my desire to go to Princeton was so strong that a rejection would have been devastating. The deferral, while not what I wanted, kept my hope and my spirits up. Before I would be okay with a rejection from my supposed dream school, I needed to fall in love with another school, see that there was a better option, and feel God's guidance leading me there.
One of my friends said it best. I was telling her about the weekend I spent at Princeton, the amazing time I had talking to really smart people about really interesting things. At the time, I thought that meant I wanted to go to college there. But she said, "You know, maybe it was just meant to be a weekend."
It was an amazing weekend. I will always cherish those memories. But it was only that, a weekend, and I'm okay with that. Going to college there? That wasn't the best path for me, and I'm beyond excited to be going where I'm going. It's not prestigious or well-known. But that's okay, because it's the right school for me.
So for those of you who are just beginning this process: it's going to be okay.
It's not really as hard as everyone makes it sound, and God will see you through.
I'll repeat what I said in my Princeton post: His plans, they are always better than anything we could ever imagine. I've seen that come so completely true in my own life, and I pray that you will see it happen in yours as well. Whether it's college, a job, a relationship, or anything else that comes with growing up, He's got it. Just trust.
He saw me through. I'm almost a college student now, and that's the most exciting thing ever.
love, grace
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The trap in assessing "My Art" is to assume that it contains more autobiography than it does. That's true despite the possessive adjective in the title, or the fact that the director, an artist, plays an artist, Ellie. Or even the fact that the filmmaker is Laurie Simmons, who, detractors might scoff, belongs to a family of oversharers. (Ms. Simmons's daughter Lena Dunham appears briefly as one of Ellie's former students.)
Part of what seems to separate Ms. Simmons from Ellie is that Ellie is alone, with no children or partner except for a dog with bad hind legs. "My Art" can be read as a study of how her solitude helps and hinders her creativity.
Ellie travels upstate to spend time by herself at a friend's capacious summer home. Her latest project comes to involve re-enacting scenes from famous movies. She is helped by two gardeners (Robert Clohessy and Josh Safdie) who are frustrated actors, as well the father (John Rothman) of a student. They mimic scenes from "Some Like It Hot," "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Misfits," among others, making the point, to paraphrase Ellie, that it is impossible for any one performer to truly be another.
Your feelings on "My Art" may vary depending on whether you find that idea compelling. "My Art" invests far too much in the conceit. (The re-creations look like unfunny "Airplane!" parodies.) Part of the problem is that Ms. Simmons has surrounded herself with more interesting actors, including a scene-stealing Parker Posey.


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Through his training in the Corps, Dan had learned that in any plan there were multiple decisions to be addressed, and for every decision there was also an actual process. First, one had to define the problem. Then it was time to assemble the information and develop alternatives. You always had your preferred route, of course, but you never engaged until you knew the potential land mines that could derail your objective.
Sitting next to him in the passenger's side of the car, Mike asked a question.
"What's a seven letter word for 'It's out of here!'?"
Dan closed his eyes. He pinched the bridge of his nose. Brilliant, he thought.
He sighed and said, "At a time like this, you want to fill out a cross-word?"
Mike shot him a hard look, but Dan didn't care. A secondary key to staying calm and achieving success, he knew, was having the ability to focus on the task at hand, and to keep those around you focused as well. Dan only bought the paper this morning in order to read the latest developments on a group who executed a botched-up plan down in San Luis Obispo. He had no intention of using the paper for anything else, and certainly not so Mike could test his mental prowess.
Mike looked away for a moment, not saying a thing. Finally, he folded the newspaper and stuffed it in the door panel pocket.
Satisfied, Dan raised the field glasses and watched the next car to arrive. It was the blue Honda with a crinkled rear panel on the driver's side. It pulled into the far parking slot, the same one it did on every workday for the last three weeks.
"There's our girl," Dan said.
He watched as she stepped out of the Honda and closed the door, looking one last time at her reflection in the window before turning toward the building. She walked with her head down, her back bent. Dan looked at his watch and smiled—two more minutes before the front doors opened. It was the same thing every day. She would put in the hours, but don't ask for anything more.
Dan waited another ten minutes. Then he pulled the car into the parking lot, backing it into the slot outside the front doors.
"Here we go," he said. He left the engine running and opened the driver's side door. Mike climbed out as well. "No deviations, just in and out. Two minutes and nothing more."
"Yes sir," Mike said. Dan didn't like Mike's tone, but chose to ignore it.
They walked into the bank, Mike first, who made his way to a walk-up table where he grabbed a template deposit slip. Dan walked over to the teller counter and found the woman he'd watched for the last three weeks.
"Lana," he said, and gave her a warm smile. "I have a problem, and I need your help." He nodded his head back toward Mike at the table. "See my friend over there?"
She looked from Dan to Mike and then back. Confusion filled her eyes. This was a strange conversation.
Dan said, "He and I visited a bank just the other day, over in San Luis. You know, the one that was robbed?"
Her eyes focused on him, and Dan knew she understood now. In truth, Dan and Mike were not the fools who took down that other bank, but the key was that she didn't know it. Perception was reality.
"Yeah, I know, it wasn't very pretty." He kept his smile relaxed. "He tends to be slightly excited, and that's my problem. We don't want anything like that to happen here, right?" He tapped a bulge under his jacket where he kept his gun. Her eyes followed his hand. "I mean, who would pick up your little boy from daycare?"
This was another piece to his preferred route. Find the intelligence, isolate the best alternative, and select the path. Lana shook her head. She didn't want people to die like they had in San Luis.
His smile widened. "Great. Now I'm going to give you this phony check, okay? If you act like you always do—just another day, just another transaction to process—nothing goes wrong."
She did as she was told, and Dan added, "Use a nice big envelope, please, and make sure there're no surprises that might cause me to visit the day care. That would really foul up my plans."
Tears formed in Lana's eyes. She finished the job and slid the envelope over. He nodded.
"Thank you so much. Now don't do anything rash for the next few minutes. My friend and I need to leave quietly." He smiled once more. "And give your boy a nice kiss tonight, okay?"
Dan left the bank. As he reached the car, Mike was walking out behind him. They slid into the car, and Dan pulled out just as nice and easy as a Sunday drive.
"That went well," Mike said.
Dan nodded. He turned the corner two blocks away and stepped on the brakes just behind their other getaway car. Mike reached to open his door, and Dan pulled out his pistol and shot him in the head.
"As Ben Franklin once said..." Dan took out a rag and started wiping down the pistol, the steering wheel, and everything else. "Three may keep a secret if two are dead."
Finished, he grabbed the envelope, stepped out of the vehicle, and walked toward the getaway car.
That's the way you do it, he thought.


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PHOENIX - Karrie Webb rolled in a half dozen birdies on her final eight holes as she came from behind to capture the LPGA Tour's Founders Cup on Sunday. The 39-year-old Australian closed with a nine-under 63 to finish with a 19-under 269 and win this event for the second time in three years. "I stood on 10 tee and thought 20-under would have a chance. I thought at 19-under I'd definitely be in a playoff, if anything, not standing here as a winner," Webb stated. "I wasn't nervous, it was out of my control really. My job was done, and I just had to wait and see."
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The number of fatal accidents in the Swiss Alps during the first six months of 2018 is double that of the same period last year, according to intermediate figures from the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC).
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In the latest episode of We're All Just Pretending, you'll hear about the anxiety of having a partner who has a checkered relationship history and secrets about squishy arms.
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Arouse in me this melancholy streak
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Tell me, if now we meet, what I should say
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Saturated fat contains triglycerides that consist only of saturated fatty acids. They are called "saturated" because there are no double bonds between the fatty acid chain and the carbon atoms, meaning the carbon atoms are fully filled or saturated with hydrogen atoms. Saturated fats have a numeric name that represents the number of carbon atoms within the saturated fatty acid chain.
Here are examples of saturated fats with their common name, systematic name, and numeric name (or lipid number):
Here are examples of 10 foods that are high in saturated fat:
Next time you go to the grocery store, look for these different types of foods to see lots of real-world examples in saturated fats.
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Whole Foods vs. Michael Pollan
There is a fascinating dialogue going on between John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods, and Michael Pollan, author of the best-seller The Omnivore's Dilemma, on their respective blogs. I discovered this by reading the Accidental Hedonist blog, and the letters posted eloquently bring to relief the profound issues facing what is becoming a behemoth agribusiness--organics.
On Mackey's site is a point-by-point refutation of some of the questions Pollan raises in his book about Whole Foods' practices; specifics include whether the store buys as much local product as possible, how it deals with organic milk and meat on such a large scale, and the importance of humane animal husbandry. Pollan's responses to Mackey are valid and measured. This is one argument that can only produce positive results.


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The principal room at Cecil Sharp House is Kennedy Hall which is a grand and spacious hall spanning 252 square metres. The hall has a sprung wooden floor, plenty of natural light, huge chandeliers, and the eye-catching Ivon Hitchens mural spanning the length of the hall. Double doors and sweeping staircases lead out to a private walled garden.
Ideal for concerts, performances, dances, conferences, rehearsals, examinations, auditions, trade fairs, weddings and parties.


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Paul E Condon wrote: > And, you get to *choose* something else for your own children, if you can > pay for it. But you are not paying twice. You are paying once, your share > for everybody, and once for your own. Uh, sorry, BZZZT, no. If I am paying for everyone else's why aren't they paying for mine? That's twice. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream I do... -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
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250g packet choc ripple biscuits
100g melted butter
250g softened cream cheese
3/4 cup icing sugar mixture
380g can caramel top'n'fill
100g packet instant pudding vanilla flavoured dessert mix
1 3/4 cup milk
300ml thickened cream
2 tablespoons icing sugar mixture, extra
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Grease a 16cm x 28cm slice pan with cooking spray and line the base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 3cm overhang on all sides.
Process biscuits in a food processor until they resemble fine crumbs. Add the melted butter and process to combine. Remove 3/4 cup of the biscuit crumbs and reserve for later. Spoon remaining biscuit crumbs into the prepared pan. Press into the base. Chill for 15 min.
Beat cream cheese until smooth using electric beaters. Add the 3/4 cup icing sugar mixture and beat on low until combined. Spoon caramel into a bowl and whisk until smooth. Add 2/3 cup of the caramel to the cream cheese mixture and beat until combined.
Pour the caramel cream cheese mix over chilled biscuit base and smooth the surface. Prepare pudding mix with milk and spoon over the caramel. Top with reserved choc ripple biscuits. Chill for 15 min.
Beat thickened cream, extra icing sugar mixture and vanilla using electric beaters until firm peaks. Spread whipped cream over the top of choc biscuit layer. Cover and chill for 4 hr 30 min or until completely chilled. Cut into squares and serve with a drizzle of remaining caramel top n fill and sprinkle with crushed Flake bar if desired.


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Got a scene that won't gel no matter what you do—and you don't know why?
Send it to me. I'll show you:
- what works well in your scene,
- what needs improving, and
- HOW to make it stronger.
A free critique? Really?
Yes, indeed. As time permits. Here are the guidelines:
- Send an inquiry email to coach @ WriteYourBestsellerBook.com with a short description of the scene and your goal. If I agree to look at your scene, I will ask for the document then.
- Send only one scene—and send a complete scene. (Include its sequel: see What is a Sequel?)
- Send no more than 13,250 characters, including spaces and punctuation. This is roughly 10 pages of double-spaced text in Courier font at 12 pt type with one-inch margins. If you need more than 10 pages for a scene, either you don't understand what a scene is (see How to Write a Compelling Scene), or you need to take a chainsaw to your writing and cut, cut, cut.
- If the scene is not the beginning of your story, give me a sentence or two about the context. Especially, what is your protagonist's overall story goal? And how does this scene fit into that goal?
- By sending me your scene, you give me permission to publish in my blog both the scene and my comments. (You have the option of staying anonymous or including your name.)
- While I specialize in "speculative fiction" (fantasy and science fiction), I also work with action/adventure tales, thrillers and murder mysteries.
Should you send something from the beginning or the middle or the end?
The opening scene has more work to do than scenes in the middle or the end. It must first capture the reader's attention. Usually, it also introduces the hero and his or her opponent. Some prologues, especially in murder mysteries, focus on an event prior to the protagonist's appearance.
Scenes from the climax also have more work to do. Generally, the hero needs to have an epiphany in relation to his or her struggle throughout the tale. Epiphanies can be tough to make convincing without sounding melodramatic or falling flat.
Thus, most of the scenes I critique will be from the middle of a story.
What do I publish in my blog?
Sometimes I publish an entire scene with comments, and sometimes excerpts that illustrate a particular point. However, I DO send you my critique of the whole. That's why I need your email address.
How do I choose which scenes I will critique?
In critiquing an individual scene, I look for problems with raising tension, choosing and keeping a point of view, putting the reader inside the protagonist's skin, building a believable world, and the like. This helps not just you, but everyone reading my blog who wants to improve their writing.
Will I publish every scene sent to me?
No. I will acknowledge receiving your scene. However, I cannot critique everything sent to me. Also, I cannot reply to everyone who sends me something about why I did or did not choose to critique it.
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Rafael Domingo, Roman Law: An Introduction, Londres-New York, 2018.
Éditeur : Routledge
238 pages
29,99 £
Roman Law: An Introduction offers a clear and accessible introduction to Roman law for students of any legal tradition. In the thousand years between the Law of the Twelve Tables and Justinian's massive Codification, the Romans developed the most sophisticated and comprehensive secular legal system of Antiquity, which remains at the heart of the civil law tradition of Europe, Latin America, and some countries of Asia and Africa. Roman lawyers created new legal concepts, ideas, rules, and mechanisms that most Western legal systems still apply. The study of Roman law thus facilitates understanding among people of different cultures by inspiring a kind of legal common sense and breadth of knowledge.
List of abbreviations
Chronological Table
Part One: Roman Law in Historical Context
Chapter One: Basic Legal Concepts and Values
Chapter Two: Constitutional Background of Roman Law
Chapter Three: Sources of Roman Law
Chapter Four: The Jurists and the Legal Science
Chapter Five: Justinian and the Corpus Iuris
Chapter Six: The Revival of Roman Law
Part Two: Roman Law in Action
Chapter Seven: Civil Litigation
Chapter Eight: Family Law
Chapter Nine: Property Law
Chapter Ten: The Law of Succession
Chapter Eleven: The Law of Obligations: Contracts
Chapter Twelve: The Law of Obligations: Delicts
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People who work in medical centers, doctors' offices, hospitals, urgent care facilities and any other location where medical devices may be used have a duty to keep patients safe. Medical devices must be maintained to the highest standards, kept clean and be used responsibly. Tragedy can be the result when a medical device is not used appropriately or when it is not adequately maintained and results in injuries to the patient. A medical device error in Arizona may lead to a claim and lawsuit against whoever caused and/or contributed to your injuries.
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PurelyCoffeeBeans introduces these easy steps to compare coffee grinder reviews so you know what to look for when selecting the best blade or conical burr grinder and how each type of coffee grinder can be used.
What is the real difference between a blade grinder and a coffee burr grinder?
Simply put, a blade coffee bean grinder uses a sharp two sided blade that spins rapidly inside the grinder to chop up the whole beans into usable grounds for brewing coffee.
A burr grinder uses a gear-like-looking wheel that crushes the whole bean into even particles to use in brewing coffee.
Why choose a blade coffee grinder?
- They are significantly less expensive.
- A blade coffee grinder can be used for multiple other tasks in your home kitchen such as grinding spices for use in recipes.
Some people find that having a blade type coffee grinder doubles as a spice grinder as well. Although the heat produced through this method of grinding your beans sometimes imparts a burnt taste in your finished coffee, it's far better to grind your own coffee at home than to purchase pre-ground in cans.
Why choose a burr grinder?
Research shows that some heat is transferred to the beans when the whole coffee beans are ground using a blade grinder, akin to pre-toasting your grounds before you brew your coffee.
Using a burr grinder will reduce the transfer of heat significantly over using a blade grinder. Many people notice a slight "burnt" taste in the coffee that had been ground with a blade type of grinders, compared to tasting coffee ground with a burr coffee grinder.
Your coffee will taste 'smoother' when you choose to use a burr grinder because the coffee particles are more even in nature. When all the grounds you use to brew your coffee are of the same size, you will be able to extract more flavor from your purchased beans.
You will save money because your coffee beans will be more evenly ground. It's very typical that you will use less coffee by grinding your whole bean coffee with a burr grinder.
The large particles left by a blade coffee grinder do not have the same surface that evenly ground coffee has, so you would need to use more coffee to get the same strength and flavor from your efforts.
You will also find that you have way more control with burr grinders. The better burr grinders allow you to "dial up" the size of the grounds (extra fine to extra coarse) as well as the correct amount of grounds for the number of cups of coffee you plan to brew.
What is the difference between a burr grinder and a conical burr grinder?
Conical burr grinders are often a bit quieter than regular burr grinders. That is because they tend to grind at a slower revolution.
A slower grind helps to insure a more evenly ground result for those who prefer to have ultimate control over their coffee making. And, you really will notice a difference in the flavor of your coffee, but it might not be all that important to you.
Why would you choose a conical burr coffee grinder?
Conical burr grinders grind your whole bean coffee a bit slower than the standard wheel type burr grinders. Because the motor grinds slower, there is less noise, and less heat transference.
You will find that the conical burr coffee bean grinders typically have more settings affording you more grind options such as settings for Turkish coffee and extra fine for making espresso.
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Astarotte no Omocha! Astarotte's Toy
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Seinen
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The young succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar hates men. She hates them so much, in fact, that she goes out of her way to surround herself with women, and ends up with quite a collection of ladies with quirky personalities. Unfortunately, her duties as a succubus require her to form a harem of men to replenish her magic.
Astarotte lives a fairly...Read More carefree life, until the World Tree opens a path into another realm and swallows up one of her companions. Luckily, Astarotte's friend returns unharmed, along with a handsome surprise. Naoya Touhara is a man, and a human one at that. He's perfect for becoming Astarotte's first male companion, if she can get over her hatred of men and accept him into her life.
Naoya decides to stay in Astarotte's world and help her on her journey into adulthood, under one condition: he wants to bring his daughter Asuha with him. Read Less
More Information
- Name: Astarotte no Omocha!
- Alt. Name: Astarotte's Toy
- Score: 6.7
- Type: TV Show
- Episodes: 12
- Season: Spring 2011
- Genres: ComedyEcchiFantasyRomanceSeinen
- TV Rating: TV-14
- Sequel seasons and OVAs not included
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FDL Rugby is having a bowling day and excited to have everyone join us. Anyone is open to join us.
When: August 24th, 2-6 pm
Where: Ledgeview Lanes
170 Prairie Rd Fond du Lac, WI
A $10 ticket gets you three games and shoe rental.
Contact a Rugby Coach or click here to purchase a ticket.
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2019 Spring Programs being offered in Fond du Lac and Lomira.
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Nice price. Solid performance. Swivel base. Small screen size makes artifacts less noticeable than they would be on a larger set.
Some jagged-edge artifacts with both SD and HD material. Audio output may not be loud enough for some environments.
Bottom Line
LG's 32-inch 32LG30 is an appealing value for a good-looking LCD TV with respectable performance, but the competition may tempt you more.
Some of the best values in the HDTV market right now are in smaller-size screens. With panels like these, full 1080p resolution isn't as critical to the viewing experience as it is with larger models. The LG competitively priced, 32-inch 32LG30 ($799.95 list) doesn't skimp on style or features, but similar-size competitors may offer a better HD picture for around the same price.
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The 32LG30's gloss-finish frame features a 2-inch black bezel along the sides and top. Beneath the set's slightly thicker lower bezel is an eye-catching curved and beveled mirror-like accent. Two 10-watt speakers are embedded behind the front cabinet, and LG claims that minute vibrations transform the entire bezel structure into the speaker system. The resulting sound quality was actually quite good, although it may not be loud enough for use in larger rooms or noisy viewing environments. Some minor assembly is required if you want to mount the TV on its base stand, which provides 50 degrees of total swivel. The bundled remote control is essentially identical to the one included with the LG 47LG60 LCD and the company's 50PG60 plasma set. LG's simplified Quick Menu feature, accessible via the dedicated button on the remote, lets you make common audio and video adjustments without accessing the detailed settings menus.
You get the perfect assortment of HD-compatible video ports for a smaller HDTV: three HDMI ports (one side-mounted), two component video inputs, VGA, and an RF input that feeds the set's combo analog/digital/cable tuner (NTSC/ATSC/Clear QAM). The TV's HDMI ports are compatible with 1080p24 (1080p resolution, 24 frames per second) video signals as well as the more common 1080p60 format.
The 32-inch screen features a resolution of 1,366 by 768 pixels (aka 768p), and the TV's picture shows very little overscan when displaying 720p and 1080i/p video material. Similar LCDs, like the Insignia NS-LCD26-09, produce a 6 percent overscan when displaying component video input from 720p/1080i video sources, resulting in a less detailed, slightly softer picture.
The average contrast ratio using calibrated picture settings for the 32LG30 was 1,041:1almost identical to that of the same-sized Sharp Aquos LC-32D44U (1,006:1). This means that you'll get adequate picture contrast in a well-lit environment. If you're going to watch most of your TV in a dim-to-dark room, a set like Toshiba 32CV510U Regza, with its contrast ratio of 2,525:1, is a better bet. The Toshiba's high contrast ratio can be attributed to a twice-as-dark video black measurement over the Sharp or this LG set.
I found that the color red was woefully undersaturated in the 32LG30's Vivid default picture preset, but switching to the TV's Standard or Cinema preset provided much-improved results. However, the same Cinema preset also exhibited elevated green levels in what should have been a more neutral-colored grayscale response. These green errors were most obvious in skin tones and other lightly colored details. The Toshiba 32CV510U's Movie picture preset reproduced the HD color space with better accuracy than the 32LG30, and the elevated blue levels of the Toshiba's grayscale response were less obvious than the green bias of this set.
Enabling a TV's film detection feature should improve picture detail and reduce unwanted artifacts when displaying video material originally recorded at 24 fps, as many feature movies and prime-time TV shows are. The 32LG30's ability to process video and film-based 1080i material correctly was good, though on my tests, the HD HQV Benchmark suite revealed that the TV wasn't as effective at minimizing jagged-edge artifacts as the Sharp LC-32D44U or the Toshiba 32CV510U, both of which aced this challenging test.
Among the various 32-inch LCDs I've tested recently, the 32LG30's average power consumption was, well, average. Using default picture settings, the estimated operating cost was $2.50 a month based on 5 hours of daily use at $0.13 per kWh (a local average). This estimate was within $0.05 of the aforementioned Sharp and Toshiba models.
If you're looking for a well-appointed, stylish, smaller set, the LG 32LG30 is an excellent value. Still, it's tough to ignore the slightly more expensive Toshiba 32CV510U Regza ($900), with its exceptional picture contrast and slick, thinner, slightly rounded bezel design. Both this Toshiba and the Sharp LC-32D44U ($1,000) produced fewer picture artifacts with 1080i video sources than the LG; though the smaller-size screens of these three models make such issues much less noticeable.
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Benchmark Test Results:
Calibrated display settings
HDMI video input @ 1080p24/1080p60
Objective Testing (higher is better):
VESA Bright Uniformity 82.1%
VESA Dark Uniformity 57.7%
HQV Benchmark score: 86/130
HD HQV Benchmark score: 80/100
Average Contrast Ratio: 1041:1
Average Power Consumption (default settings): 123W; $2.50/month @ $0.13/kWh (a local average)
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Edward II in St. Andrew's Crypt
Continuing on the theatre photography theme, Owen Horsley's new London based company "Eyestrings" produced this production of Edward II in the crypt of St. Andrew's in Holborn Circus. Owen Horsley, Director of Edward II and company "Eyestrings". Through a completely minimal set and stark lighting, the mood and atmosphere of[…] continue reading →
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I have been invited to display the MAMA Project at Fort Worden State Park (Port Townsend) over the coming Mothers Day weekend, 2011. They have a busy Mothers Day picnic, there, so it's bound to be a lovely event. Very pleased.
A couple of thoughtful and generous Port Townsend citizens saw the show in Victoria, last year, and spoke to me about bringing it across the border to their hometown. They came through on their aspiration, arranged an invitation from Fort Worden, and have even offered accommodation in their home, and help setting up. Now I just have to find some funding/sponsorships to help get me and the show down there. I do love it when things work out as hoped for!
Friday, November 12, 2010
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