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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A Slow Knitting Winter or June at Least
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
And Now Returning You to our Regular Programming - YARN.
I had been restrained recently but around the craft fair the purse strings got a little bit loose for a few days
This is the first two of a couple of packages on their way.....
Needlefood in Lavendar Infusion (Dark purple to black almost)
Needlefood in Hokey Pokey (Goergoues dark Orange Yellow)
Knitabulous Softsock in Jacaranda
Needlefood in Orange Buttercake
Knitabulous Softsock in Merlot Friday.
Good enough to eat!
Still to Come
Needlewords in Plum Ambrosia and Lollipop
Some Custom Dyed from The Yarn Cafe.
For Your Listening Pleasure (Sydney Local Bands of the late 80's)
All of these bands were local Sydney Bands that played in and around the pubs and clubs of Sydney in the late 80's (and a few even lasted into the early nineties).
Falling Joys - Lock It
Falling Joys - You're In A Mess
The Clouds - Soul Eater
The Hummingbirds - Get On Down (Very 80's Video)
And of Course - Ratcat
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Knitting Night
Tonight we got into some deep discussion about films
A few key ones that came up were
- Team America World Police - offensive, funny and stupid (no one escapes a pasting).
- Love and Other Catastrophes - a fantastic Australian Romantic Comedy (With fabulous filmic references)
- Spooloos (marked as The Vanishing in English) is hands down the scariest film i have ever seen and is brilliant (Please do not see the inferior US remake of a few years later by the same director with Keifer Sutherland)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (awesome Woody Allen Film!) that is name checked in Love and other Catastophes.
- We also touched on a few other older films (Ness we need to bring you up to speed)
I was thinking I should (With some assistance...you know who I mean) create a couple of must see lists in a few categories over July and August. We can then debate them.
(Any suggestions of topics - eg 70's films and 70's australian films seperate, Film Noir, Old School Musicals would be appreciated)
Thanks for the laugh knittingness , falconfly and FredAstep too!
I have included my favourite clips on You Tube from team America
Firstly - Poor Lonely/ronery Dictator (Warning this contains swearing!)
And of Course Matt Damon (mean but incredibly funny)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Meme (Thanks Missy Fee)
What is your current Obsession?
Yarn and knitting (surprise) at home and transitioning the team to working agile and being self-led at work.
What are you wearing today?
Earlier (at work) - Skirt with pockets, a jersey top and tights
Now - dressing gown and slippers at home.
What's for dinner?
Still thinking about - Wednesday night tends to be light or take-away in our house.
What did you eat for your last meal?
Chicken, Chips and Salad at lunch with some work colleagues
What's the last thing you bought?
Yarn from Needlefood online that is yet to arrive.
2 variegated colourways of sockyarn.
What are you listening to right now?
FBI Radio
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
From the study to the loungeroom with the cat, my dh some tv or a movie and some knitting with slippers and the heater on.
What do you love most about where you currently live?
The back garden and the location and the dining room/sewing room/games room we created by swapping the lounge into the smaller of the two rooms in the house we are in.
What is your favorite colour?
Isn't it obvious Purple with blues.
What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
My recently knitted handknitted cashmere blend (Casbah) bed socks...they are even softer on than i was expecting.
What were you doing ten years ago?
Working ridiculously hard for an IT outsourcer, seeing live music local most weekends and planning a month long party for my 30th whilst travelling between Sydney,Adelaide and Melbourne for work.
Describe your personal style?
Comfy, casual with the occassional accent.
If you had $300 now, what would you spend it on?
Probably new shoes for either me or dh
What are you going to do after this?
Take the cat (who is sleeping on my arm) into the loungeroom and do some pre-dinner knitting.
What are your favorite films?
It is almost impossible to pick a favourite - films I own and/or will always watch if they are on.
Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Jimmy Stewart)
Harvey (More Jimmy Stewart)
The Maltese Falcon (Bogart as Sam Spade!)
Meet me in St Louis (Best Musical Ever!)
Desk Set - Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn (trivia: written by Pheobe Ephron mother of Nora Ephron)
Infernal Affairs (the film that The Departed was based on - it is much much better)
The Breakfast Club/Pretty In Pink/St Elmos Fire - just because (be someone who was a teenager in the 80's and not love these films!)
Reality Bites (90's equivalent and released just after we left university - timing is everything.
Say Anything and Grosse Pointe Blank - John Cussack's best.
What inspires you?
Dh and my step-daughter, knitting friends and colleagues, work friends and colleagues who are trying to do different things. My mother who has just retired - the people in my life.
Who's work/designs are you inspired by?
Generally - Director John Ford, Writers Andrew McGahan and Neil Stephenson. Joss Whedon creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly (and now Dollhouse) and the architecture of Renzo Piano.
Knitting - Elizabeth Zimmerman, Ysolde Teague, the colour of Kaffe Fasset and a whole heap I see nearly every week as well.
Your favourite books?
Snow Crash, Zodiac and Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson
Anne of Green Gables and the entire series by LM Montgommery
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
All the books of John Birmingham, Nick Earls and Mike Gayle.
The Long Gray Line (Here on Amazon) by Rick Atkinson which traces the time from the 1966 graduating class entering Westpoint to the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial - unbelievably fascinating, horrifying and insightful.
What makes you follow a blog?
Great reading, good photos, keeping up with what my knitting friends are doing.
General interest in work/industry related activities (at the moment Agile and Lean)
What was the most enjoyable thing you did today?
Knitted before I went to work with the cat on my lap and a cup of tea in front of me. Incredibly relaxing way to start the day.
Whats one thing you dream of doing?
Living outside the city with days to knit,sew and garden and spend with friends (and not work hahaha)
Do you collect anything?
Books, Books and knitting yarn (patterns) and knitting books!
Fiction, non-fiction
Skill you'd most like to have that you don't currently
The abilty to paint and draw (my mother-in-law and sd are both incredibly talented).
What is your secret Skill you are most proud of.
My abilty to grasp complex systems (both people and technology) at a conceptual level and hypothosise (usually correctly) about how the unknown bits work (or don't work as the case may be).
The rules:1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own. 2. Tag eight other people.
I have used the last 2 questions to replace the what language do you want to learn and why and to add my own question
I think we might be fishing in the shallow end of the blogging pool if I tag a few others. Please feel free to participate if you wish.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
SFF Day 12: Che 1 and Che 2
The film spends a lot of time on the evolution of the fighters in the jungle and is always moving forward with key events moving you through the time line towards the inevitable conclusion of overthrowing Batista. It is intercut with a recreation of his 1964 trip to the UN (Which is cut in black and white almost newsreel style) - which forms a great counterpart to the jungle warfare of the film.
There are no real surprises in this film but it is a engaging representation of the events and time.
The second Che film follows his doomed attempts at a revolution Bolivia in the mid 1960's. This film is more of the jungle/guerilla struggle you see in the first film with less of the major events to punctuate it. It spends a lot of time on the continued struggle to fight (but with less passion from the fighters than the first). It depicts the suspicion held for the Cubans at both a political and a personal/on the ground level. Less compelling than the first this film feels overly long. Still a great piece of cinema - visually stunning and the last hour is harrowing as the numbers of the guerillas dwindles and various ambushes and traps are set.
Some interesting editorial decisions are made - the inclusion of the US in the strategic discussions and training is deliberately portrayed, with only a passing mention to the USSR's involvement. Additionally, few of the characters apart from Che (Who is LARGER THAN LIFE!) are developed through either film.
A great film-festival package with the 2 films shown with a short interval between. The first film will stand alone and sell tickets almost anywhere. The second would struggle to find an audience outside of the true fans or festival circuit.
It is interesting to note that the project was driven by Del Toro and Steven Soderbergh knew very little of Che when he came to this project. The writing is credited to both a screen writer and Che's (through his diaries)
Here ends the SFF for 2009. A quick note Bronson has been awarded the prize for 2009.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Personal Sock Club 2009 Pair #4 Complete
I have finally finished the May pair of my personal sock club socks. I ran out of yarn about 4 rows before the end (The toes are quite yarn hungry). I used some dark green vintage patonyle I have to complete the toe.
Also on the knitting front I have completed one pattern repeat of the cable on dh's 4ply jumper.
SFF Day 11: Cold Souls
Cold Souls was a complex and entertaining film with Paul Giamati finding a service that stores your soul (lightens you). This was tied (Somehow) to an underground business in Russia trading in extracted souls. It was darkly funny and intense but slow moving. A friend who had come along and a number of my neighbours fell asleep. About halfway through I felt compelled to leave and take my friend home.
SFF Day 11: Beautiful Kate
Ned deals with his errupting memories and emotions as the family tries to come to terms with the loss of Ned's twin sister and his brother many years earlier. This film is utterly engrossing you are carried along on this ride and feel every emotion as the story unfolds. Beautifully shot with magnificent frames. Rachel Ward's direction (and script) is full of life, humanity and pain, she has done a great job of translating the original Idaho set story to the Flinders Ranges.
This is the first film I have seen within the competition stream that seemed to get a genuine warmth in its applause. The cast and crew were greeted warmly and provided an entertaining and insightful Q&A.
My favourite film of the festival so far!
SFF Day 11: Still Walking
The complexities of the family relationships ebb and flow during the course of the 2 days the family spends together. The second eldest son aches with his parents disapointment that he is not their now lost eldest son. A beautifully constructedand executed film where the silences and physical seperations say as much as the haunting dialogue.
A lovely film about a resilient family in extended pain.
I missed Accidents Happen that my festival neighbours tell me was an absolute highlight to attend the WWKIP day (starring Geena Davis) I have heard nothing but praise.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Knitting During the Festival
SFF Day 10: Cheri
The film is beautifully shot and has the right mix of support characters who rain reality down of the couple who progress through the film in an almost dreamlike state sustaining their illusions (to each other and themselves) for the duration of the fim until the inevitable but well played out conclusion.
An ambitious film that delivers on much and wove its spell slowly but steadily.
SFF Day 10: The Girlfriend Experience
Grey is surprisingly effective in this role (and was also quite charming in the Q&A afterwards) detached (deliberately) from her clients and a journalist who is trying to gather information for a piece. The film is ultimately an amalgam of stories that the team have gathered from real call girls and does end up feeling that way. Effective but not enthralling.
SFF Day 10: Everyone Else
This film is erratic and the lead characters are not engaging. Oddly placed there is a feeling of volatility when another couple is introduced. Odd moments and a couple of events completely outside of normal behaviour are not even acknowledged. Truly strange
Thursday, June 11, 2009
SFF Day 9: The September Issue
The previous film and Q&A ran over...they didn't start the queue moving until around 9:35pm so we stood outside in the cold for around 40 minutes.
When we finally came in the theatre slowly filled. Claire Stewart came out to introduce the film and in true SFF fashion after an unpleasant experience (Queuing for a film) the audience hissed and she responded with a "well I waited at Sundance freezing my arse of in the cold" (before apologising - she did apologise) an interesting response from the director of a festival in trouble! As a long-term subscriber time delays are just part of the festival - this was one of the biggest I have experienced whilst waiting outside however and a lot of the punters for this one were single ticket holders - will they come back next year? If the festival is dependent on the single ticket buyers to ensure it's livelihood - timeliness to schedules, queue and seating management/ticketing are big hot spots.
Anyway the film about the process of putting together the September 2007 issue of Vogue is fascinating watching. The audience were waiting for glimpses of Wintour ala the character based on her in "The Devil Wears Prada", they were disapointed. The film does give insight into the power this woman weilds in the fashion field. Meeting with designers before their shows and saying no or yes (More often no) controlling the input into the next seasons shows almost as much as she controls every detail of the issue itself. Many of the staff are not willing to express a counter opinion (with one refusing to express an opinion at all in case it disagreed with her).
Interstingly the relationship with creative director and former model Grace Coddington (which is passively adversarial) is the true gem of this film. Two women with such different views and wasy of expressing themselves have had a begrudging evolving professional relationship for many years. Interstingly the mutual respect given almost grudgingly is glimpsed at the end of the film. Coddington is willing to openly challenge Wintour (and in her own way) use whatever means necessary to stay true to the artistic vision she presents (including the documentary crew).
The influence she weilds with designers (both established and new) and the insight she has is fascinating. All this is done with a level of detachment at all times - as shown by the amount she gives away (almost nothing) with the film crew and the staff.
Wintour comes across as the strategic visionary one step ahead of fashion or writing it herself (it is hard to tell. Coddington comes across as the artistic visionary with an eye for fascinating stunning shots. An amazing counterpoint.
An amazing film for its insight into a world most of us will never see. The rushing pieces set to music (of outfits and accessories moving around) were probably unnecessary but fun. I enjoyed this film.
I haven't had the chance to mention my own personal ticketing issues I had the pleasure of finding someone in my seat - the festival had sold mine, and my neighbours seats on Tuesday night (Which is interesting as we have subscriptions with the same seat to all the evening sessions!) . Luckily it has only been the once during the festival.
SFF Day 9: Visage/The Face
Last night I skipped out on M&S's knitting group early to go see The Face. A commissioned film by the Louvre. I have been very lax with the research on the films this year and in all honesty if I had of done my research I would never have bothered to see this film.
The director made a film that stands to this day over 10 years later as one of my worst Film Festival Experience. A Thai film called The River - was met with such disdain that there was booing and (my favourite bit) someone yelled jump at the end of the movie when one of the lead characters was standing on a balcony.
The film read as interesting, fascinating even with great references and potentially beautiful homages. Unfortunately it was a frustrating meandering waffle (Try another w word if you are so inclided many of my subscription colleagues did). My own fault. Filled with unrestrained water flows (again!) , some beautiful inexplicable sequences in the snow, part of a dinner party for 17 (with only 3 guests) and funerals. And of course the girl taping up mirrors and windows.
The film maker introduced it as his dream - I could not take this journey - definitely not my cup of tea. If you enjoyed his earlier films more power to you.
We retired to the Swisotel to fortify ourselves for the doc following with a few beverages (it was a good idea).
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Stashing Soundtrack
The sweet stylings of Mr Matthew Sweet
The melancholy of The Dambuilders (Sound only)
who also produced the amazing Teenage Loser Anthem.
My superhero Liz Phair
And Some Saturday morning Cartoon Greatest Hits crossed with 90's inddie music
Knitting Playdate, The Craft Fair and some other Yarn Additions
With my not working this week due to the film festival status I was able to partake in a knitting playdate with RoseRed, Knittingness, FredAstep and 1funkyknitwit. A joyous day spent knitting, chatting, laughing, drinking and caressing Ness' new yarn. This one (Wired For Fiber Olivia in Valour) called to me immediately (as did a 50g sport weight but I resisted). A huge amount of fun was had by me (by all really) and I will always curse being at work when they have their regular catch up.
Today I ventured out to the very crowded Sydney Craft Fair. It was a fruitful journey (see below)
In Summary
- 6 sets of sore feet (my mum, my aunty and I - my mother in law skipped due to illness)
- 2 skeins of Habu A148 Wool Stainless Steel in a Deep Purple
- A bag of leftover Silk yarn from Kaalund Various Weights
- A cone of leftover Silk from Kaalund Lace Weight
- A Cone of leftover Wool from Kaalund Lace Weight
- 2 skeins of Touch Lace Yarn in black and Purple
- 1 skein of handpainted linen in Jungle freom Claudia's Hand Painted Yarns
- 1 bead necklace and 1 dragonfly necklace
In the mail today I also got a skein of HandMaiden Casbah in Blue, Some Fyberspates scrumptions Lace (silk/merino) in Blackcurrant and some Melosa laceweight in Fantasy.
Can anyone say Stash Enhancement
SFF Day 7: Red Cliff
John Woo introduced it (but wasn't having a Q&A after) very sweetly but essentially this is a film about big (really really big - if you are so inclined insert swear word here) armies fighting bloody but noble war.
Described by another subscriber departing as I did...a Boy's own adventure. It lacked the majesty of Hero.
For those who love the films of John Woo unfortunately I am not one.
SFF Day 7: Missing Water
The film presents the entire journey of one group of refugees escaping from Vietnam in the 80's. It is intense, emotional and chaotic and intensely drawn out (as the journeys were). The 4 main actors who represent the fleeing sisters, a former university student turned fisherman and "uncle" are note perfect and always believable. the film feels like a shoot of a stage presentation (but that is fine as the emotion is true and sustained). A must see film.
What makes it even more intense is it is all presented within the walls of a sewing factory through the eyes of one who is remembering. The equipment and surrounds deteriorate as the film commences (just like the boats did)
Monday, June 8, 2009
SFF Day 6: Paper Soldier
The film feels at times like they have filmed conversations at a party at random and then again in a workplace at random. Lots of elements appear (like the bath tub) that never seem to go anywhere.
A lot of walk outs. Including mine a little over halfway through the film.
I can tell you the lead characters wife wanted a baby, his girlfriend (in Kazaksthan) bought a bath tub (Never used it as far as we are aware). He had a headache and he was working on the Russion space mission.
Erratic Film.
I didn't stay for Liza with a Z as they live via satelite inverview was cancelled.
SFF Day 6: Prime Mover
The first half of the film is well crafted with the right mix of reality and the surreal. Romantic ideals, and the lead characters passion to own his own truck carry you along in a whirlwind. William McInnes is brilliant as the truck-driving depot owner and Mendelshon is fanstastic as a fellow trucky. Barclay is completely convincing as the young girl in love who follows her man to a caravan park beyond the back of Bourke.
The film loses its way a little in the second half with the surreal parts overpowering and derailing the reality. The film careens to its inevitable ending, perhaps not elegantly, but satisfyingly nonetheless.
A film that was good (but perhaps could have been brilliant!)
SFF Day 6: The Missing Person
The supporting cast are given very little to do, but they do what they can with what they have. No-one is who they seem, nothing is what it seems. Reminiscient of 70's films in colour and movement this film is a Noir for the new era. The film opens with the phone call offering the PI money to do something relatively easy. As the film goes on the money becomes ridiculous and you continue to have confidence in Russow as the PI staying ahead of them (in spite of evidence to the contrary).
I loved this film!
Day 5 : Louise and Michel
A French Comedy that could have been incredibly funny, but wasn't. A group of workers who arrive at their factory one day to find the management have absconded with everything. They vote to pool their union payouts to do something. Louise (an ex-criminal) suggests hiring a hitman to kill the boss and they all agree (inexplicably).
She hires an incompetent Security Guard to carry out the hit. The film then bumbles along with fits of incompetence violence and not much comedy at all.
Alas I left before the end...I think I laughed twice in just over an hour.
SFF Day 5: Last Ride
The film has a lot of the right ingredients an evolving story a talented cast and yet it leaves you emotionless. Tom Russell who plays Hugo Weaving's character's son chook evokes Greg Rowe from Storm Boy - often pearing out from below his overlong fringe a child who considers almost all his actions in fear of his fathers reaction.
The film follows a father and son on the run from place to place after a violent crime the father has committed. His explosive temper and moments of violence are episodic and come closer together as the film progresses. The crime and its circumstances are clumsily revealed in flashbacks.
The film didn't engage me (either in fear, foreboding or in the inevitability of the end). It had moments but was exhausting and repetitive. I felt quite detached and unimpressed at the end of the film.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
SFF Day 4: 500 Days of Summer
This film is funny and delightful as it takes a non-linear path through the romance between the two lead characters - Tom (a wanna be architect who is working writing greeting cards) and Summer who turns up as the personal assistant to the boss.
The use of weather, light and fantastic graphical sequences to create moods for each segment and move between time capsules works brilliantly as well as underlining the emotional pitch of the film. The retro-music soundtrack (and even the dance sequence) bring more soft and complementary layers to the film.
This film takes your heart and makes it laugh, cry and ache in pain whilst time-travelling backwards and forwards from the day they meet until the film comes to its incredibly uplifting slightly unpredictable ending.
A true delight. I want to watch this again. Light and fluffy with just the right depth and heart a perfect late Saturday night film.
Marc Webb is the director who comes from the land of Music videos and documentaries - one to watch! The two writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber are relative novices as well.
This film is even more amazing as a result.
SFF Day 4: Bronsan - My First Walk Out
This film was perpetually violent with the majority of time split between prison and a mental institution. Small insights were never built on or followed through.
I realised the lead character (who got a 7 year sentence for robbery) found his alter-ego (Charlie Bronson) and his calling (being the most dangerous inmate in all Britain) early. I just didn't need it reinforced quite so much.
I just couldn't sit through any more. Not my cup of tea.
SFF Day 4: The Burning Season
The film is surprising as the contact with Indonesian province Governers is impressive and offers significant insight. The coverage of the machinations behind the scenes at the Bali Climate Change Conference (and obviously only a part of these) is enough to make your head spin. You wonder how close it came to certain things not happening? The audience gets a chance to boo the Black hatted America delegation and then cheer them when they agree they won't challenge the language! The motivation of the young Australian and a number of others is utterly inspiring. You get caught up in whether the scheme is going to come together at all.
At the same time you get an insight into the impact the attempted ban on burning has on the small farmers and the orangutang population. The parts of the film dealing with the orangutangs is tear-jerking and the sheer numbers of the population that have been displaced is staggering.
Special mention must go to the graphic sequences - these are fantastic - both engaging and full of impact.
A good solid film with a great message it did lack the elements that bring an audience to it's feet.
SFF Day 4: Altiplano
My first film today was the Belgium offering that connects a photo-journalist in Belgium (returned after a tragedy in Iraq) and a young bride in the Andes Altiplano region.
The film is part magic realism, part striking reality. Beautifully shot with long slow shots aplenty and a tale of multiple tragedies the film is engulfing (if a little hard to find the microsleeps). This is a film that is unlikely to get a commercial release, the true heart of a film-festival. The rituals and beliefs are played out as the isolated village surrounded by big corporate mines deals with an increasing amount of rapid onset unexplained blindness, illness and death.
The film does not follow a wholly traditional narrative path, but does have strong resolution.
This is a chance to see a culture that is not well known outside the Peruvian Andes...I was priveledged to experience this film.
Friday, June 5, 2009
SFF Day 3: In the Loop
The film is satirical, well executed and truly laugh out loud funny. With ridiculous scenarios and Peter Capaldi sprouting a wave of insults and swearing as chief of spin for the UK Prime Minister. The film follows the lead up to invading Iraq, and it is perhaps this storyline, where the machinations of pro-war and con-war factions have been examined and post-mortemed by the public and the media, that results in this not being as fresh and fun as it could have been.
It does viciously satarise both the UK and the US political machines brilliantly with not a single redeemable character in site. It doesn't maintain it's pace in the last third and the arc finishes exactly like a TV Episode. That said there is much to love from Gandolfini's anti-war general. Tom Hollander channelling Yes Minister and Mimi Kennedy as the power-hungry, alienated Assistant Secretary of State.
If you haven't seen the TV series I suspect you would love this film. I just liked it.
(Find the dvd's!)
SFF Day 3: Disgrace
The film follows the life of a White University Professor in post-apartheid South Africa who retreats to the country farm of his daughter after being forced to resign after a scandalous affair with a student. The remainder of the film plays out the complexities of life in South Africa against the relationship with the farm hand (as representative of the shift in power between black and white in South Africa) who is now buying out part of farm. The film is beautifully, even magnificently, shot with every frame lovingly delivered. Malkovich is as always amazing in his portrayal of a flawed, layered human being, who struggles with his daughter's decisions after they are brutally attacked by a trio of black teenagers who rape her while he is powerless to stop them. The father and daughter almost seem to represent the old (now lost) white power in south africa the daughter representing the new, guilty-for-apartheid, struggling with their place white South Africa.
The film had the potential to be fabulous but remained compelling without being enthralling.
It is emotionally and visually stunning and yet some elusive piece is just beyond your reach.
The Q&A after advised that at the completion of script-writing the novelist provided some notes. This alongside an unwillingness (due equally to the powerful love for the book and the novelist sensibilities) to stray from the rendering of the novel may explain some of my percieved limitations.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
SFF Day 2 (Part 2): The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The film is filled with famous names (the grandaughter of Elia Kazan among them) and faces but is dominated by the incredibly delicate performance of Robin Wright Penn and the slightly heavier but equally captivating performance of Blake Lively in the title role (Wright Penn as the elder version and Lively as the younger version).
Wright Penn is able to brilliantly play off the self-absorbtion of her much older husband (played to perfection by Alan Arkin), the manic hysteria of Winona Ryders' friend and the stoic desperation of Reeves as the younger recently seperated son of neighbours from the retirement village her husband has moved them into.
During the course of the movie the layers of Pippa Lee are peeled back to unveil a woman who has spent her life being what others want of her and is strugling (Silently and mostly unaware) against her life slipping away. The film is absorbing and unexpected in the most part and whilst some of the moments don't ring completely true, they have enough echoes of truth to sustain you in the story. The ending whilst expected to an extent is satisfying.
This film again has me again questioning why Wright Penn (who became famous for a Soap Opera) is not more sought for her capability?
SFF Day 2: The Maid
Maid from Chile.
The lead actress deserves her best actress award from Sundance. She
took the largely unsympathetic part and made her performance
compelling. My ambivalent feelings about the film are probably due to
a deliberate decision by the director/ writer to hide the character of
both the maid and the family, almost showing her to us through the
eyes of the family.
I think that lack of personal insight into any of the characters and
their motivations made me feel a little distant. Watchable yes,
unmissable - no.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Modification Notes on the Diminishing Rib Cardi
* start the waist ribbing a couple of rows higher (not too many)
* cast on the neck with 2 needle sizes smaller
* add a few less stitches on the front panels at the top and increase between the neck and the chest a handful more times to compensate.
And I will be doing this again.
Double Your Pleasure Sock Swap - Package Arrives
Loving the sock yarn - now I have to decide what to make with it.
I pair for my partner and I keep the other yarn....decisions decisions. No hints here!
2 x50g balls of Kaffe Fasset Landscape Striping by the look.
1x100g ball of Moda Vera Noir in Merlot.
P.S for those that are wondering I did go back and buy more perfect buttons for the new cardi.
Sewing will have to wait until I am home in daylight.
SFF Day 1: Looking For Eric
Now to the important part - the film
The film opening knocks you to attention and then succeeds in wrenching your heart (to near tears) all before the opening credits. Yes, I am watching a Ken Loach film! The film follows a down on his luck Postman (Eric) who is trying to live with two (very ungrateful) teenage sons. His daughter's need for a baby sitter brings him into contact with the ex-wife he abandoned years ago.
Loach creates real, flawed characters who you can actually feel for then introduces Eric Cantona as an Imaginary friend, figment of Eric's mind who coaches him through his current life woes, in equal parts consoling, cajoling and confronting. The film is both emotional and incredibly funny. Many moments of spontaneous pure laugh absurdity and reality ensue.
Cantona's charisma is palpable and Steve Evets brilliantly renders the lead character. Whilst the film asks you to suspend your disbelief you happily follow along as this ride is emotional and thoroughly enjoyable.
For the football fans there is enough footage of Cantona's greatness (and the odd recitation), for the non-football fans the film has delights aplenty.
A fantastic start to the festival.
Opening night at the film festival
to the State Theatre for the Opening Night Film.
Now I remember why I avoid this it is a bit of a scene and entering
from the non-celebrity end of the red carpet has you coralled into a
squeezy bit of the entrance so you feel a bit like cattle.
I am really looking forward to the film though. Ken Loach - should be
worth it!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The Cardigan Pre-Buttons (Not with the iPhone!)
The neck is a little big but will wear nicely with the buttons.


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Articles tagged "EARLY WORK"
New York Times Notable Books of 2018
Oh happy happy day! The New York Times picked 13 Macmillan titles to join their Notable Books of 2018 list. GO US!
EARLY WORK by Andrew Martin
EVERYTHING UNDER by Daisy Johnson
KUDOS by Rachel Cusk
THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Mario Vargas Llosa; Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT by Nafkote Tamirat
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
A VIEW OF THE EMPIRE AT SUNSET by Caryl Phillips
MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL by Dorthe Nors; Translated from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra
SABRINA by Nick Drnaso
WADE IN THE WATER by Tracy K. Smith
Current Affairs
AMITY AND PROSPERITY: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
THE COST OF LIVING: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy
THE FIELD OF BLOOD: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman
Obama ♥s FACTFULNESS & GMA's End-Of-Summer Reading List
President Barack Obama announced his Summer Reading picks on Facebook, including our own Bill Gates-approved pick: "FACTFULNESS by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases."
"Good Morning America" also shared a roundup of "some of the buzziest books to pick up before Labor Day," (along with an exclusive message from the author) including these five Macmillan titles:
EARLY WORK by Andrew Martin
"In EARLY WORK, I was trying to capture the recklessness of the last period of one's youth, that feeling, true or not, that big decisions must be made before it's too late. The novel follows a love affair between two writers that takes place over the course of a summer, and I've been told by readers that there are enough good times and bad decisions to fill a week on the beach, especially if interspersed with some good swims and cocktails and dog walks. The people in the book aren't exactly role models, but so few of the people I know and love are! I hope readers will recognize some version of their past (or current!) selves in these characters, with a mixture of tenderness and, perhaps, regret," Martin said.
HOW TO WALK AWAY by Katherine Center
Also available in audio
"I'm so excited for fans to read HOW TO WALK AWAY because summer is all about connecting with the good things in life — having adventures (or dreaming about them!), making time to see friends and family, soaking up the sunshine — and this is a story about people trying to do that, too," Center said. "It's a big-hearted, laugh-and-cry book about finding joy however you can, and I hope it'll take you on a journey that's much like the best vacations: satisfying and inspiring even long after summer's gone." readmoreremove


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SRA-West Sidecars Kick Off 2013 Season at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway Date: March 30-31, 2013 Location: Chuckwalla Valley Raceway (Clockwise) Organization: SRA-West Formula Sidecar Series The SRA-West Formula Sidecar series kicked off this past weekend with close racing and much excitement at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. Host club CVMA set up a doubleheader of 6-lap sprints for the field of nine sidecars – only the second time the three-wheeled machines had taken to this course. An epic fight for 2nd place would showcase the talents of the west coast's premier sidecar road racers, while one team snuck off into the distance to win. Saturday's race would answer many questions that had arisen during the winter. Firstly, Team Becker Moto Works was not in attendance. Multi-time champions William and Eric Becker had placed their focus on building a vintage-spec sidecar and plan to only attend select events with the machine. This left all eyes on Team Johnny Killmore, as they had been consistently landing on the second step of the podium in years past. True to form the duo of driver John Wood and passenger Giorgina Gottlieb managed to top the timesheets during practice and looked to be the team to beat. Practice times were misleading though, as the large gaps between each team closed noticeably when the green flag dropped. From the start Team 321 (Donn Sayre/John Heenan) would lose the holeshot to Wood Brothers Racing (Chris Wood/Aaron McEwen) and Stull Racing (Steve Stull/Heidi Neidhoefer), causing a three-way battle to begin almost immediately. Stull and C. Wood seemed to be best on cold tires as they pulled away from Sayre during the first lap. Sayre would not let them get too far ahead though, and began to gain ground. On the second lap Team Johnny Killmore caught up (having started from the back row) and began to force themselves to the front. Late braking moves put Wood/Gottlieb into the lead quickly, but Stull racing would not concede. Exiting Turn 7, Stull/Neidhoefer again moved ahead. J. Wood/Gottlieb fought back on the brakes to regain the top spot, only to fall into second again exiting Turn 10. The lead seemed to swap every few turns with Wood/Gottlieb having a clear advantage in left turns and Stull/Neidhoefer showing serious confidence in right-handers. Finally a gap appeared with J. Wood/Gottlieb streaking away to a comfortable lead. Stull would later cite transmission problems, losing 3rd gear intermittently. This allowed Sayre/Heenan of Team 321 and C. Wood/McEwen of Wood Brothers Racing to close the gap. A miscue by passenger Heidi Neidhoefer sent Stull Racing into the dirt though, and they would have to settle for 4th. The battle for second went to the last few corners, with Wood/McEwen taking the spot over Sayre/Heenan. J. Wood/Gottlieb finished with a comfortable lead. Sunday's race still left many questions to be answered, however. Team Johnny Killmore's #187 Windle sidecar had been dirt surfing during practice and concerns of a bent front wheel were whispered through the paddock area. Team 321 had front brake problems as well and it was unknown if they would still be a factor as the laps progressed. Combining these problems with a high-RPM misfire from Wood Brothers Racing and the previous day's transmission woes of Stull Racing, the entire front of the grid sounded like a battle of the walking wounded. The start again saw Team 321 lose the holeshot to Stull and Wood Brothers. The battle was intense by turn four when Team Johnny Killmore caught up from the back of the pack and made it a four-way fight. They slipped into the lead quickly though and after a brief fight with Stull Racing, took off into the distance. Stull Racing began to feel pressure from the other bikes and the battle for second place was on. Wood Brothers would lead the group after getting by Stull on the back half of the course, with Stull Racing showing a nose almost every corner. With the pair battling so intensely, Team 321 was able to slowly close the gap, turning the final lap into a serious three-way dogfight. A missed shift by Stull Racing would force them to settle for fourth place despite their efforts, as they took precious seconds to find a gear that would hold. Sayre/Heenan of Team 321 now found themselves with only five corners left to figure out a way into second place — it did not take long. In a move straight out of Days of Thunder, Sayre propelled his machine up around the outside of Wood Brothers in the steep banking of Turn 13. Somehow the move stuck and Wood Brothers slotted in behind. Showing a nose into Turn 14 they couldn't make a pass, and it ended as a drag race to the finish. Sayre had just enough at the stripe to retain the position, with Wood Brothers Racing settling for 3rd by less than half a length. After the event Team Johnny Killmore seemed happy with the double win. "We set out this weekend to calm down my driving style and make our laps more consistent. Despite some trouble in practice, we did that. The bike is extremely nervous through the handlebars but we are just going to have to deal with that until the budget comes in for geometry changes," said driver John Wood. The points now show Team Johnny Killmore in the lead with their double victory and second place as tied between Wood Brothers Racing and Team 321. Although two 4th place finishes put Stull Racing slightly behind, their transmissions problems should be fixed by the next event, putting them back in the mix. The battle continues when the SRA-West Formula Sidecar series stops at Willow Springs International Raceway April 26-28 with host club AHMRA for the 2013 Moto Classica. Less than a week later the series will follow AHRMA north to Sonoma Raceway May 2-3, where sidecars have not competed since 2005. For a full calendar and standings, visit www.sra-west.us for detailed information. RESULTS: Driver/Passenger, Chassis/Engine SATURDAY, MARCH 30: 1. John Wood/ Giorgina Gottlieb, Windle/Suzuki 2. Chris Wood/ Aaron McEwen, ART/Suzuki 3. Donn Sayre/ John Heenan, Baker/Suzuki 4. Steve Stull/ Heidi Neidhoefer, Baker/Honda 5. Phil Wood/ Gary McEwen, Baker/Arctic Cat 6. Bernard Juchli/Kevin Starr, CSR/Honda 7. Scott Lane/Elizabeth Herlocker, Becker/Suzuki 8. Gary Woolf/ Unknown, Woolf/Suzuki SUNDAY, MARCH 31: 1. John Wood/ Giorgina Gottlieb, Windle/Suzuki 2. Donn Sayre/ John Heenan, Baker/Suzuki 3. Chris Wood/ Aaron McEwen, ART/Suzuki 4. Steve Stull/ Heidi Neidhoefer, Baker/Honda 5. Phil Wood/ Gary McEwen, Baker/Arctic Cat 6. Bernard Juchli/Kevin Starr, CSR/Honda 7. Scott Lane/Elizabeth Herlocker, Becker/Suzuki 8. Gary Woolf/ Unknown, Woolf/Suzuki
Team Johnny Killmore Wins SRA-West Sidecar Races At Chuckwalla Valley Raceway
Team Johnny Killmore Wins SRA-West Sidecar Races At Chuckwalla Valley Raceway
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ec2 management using Python-Fabric
As a DevOps guy working in a complex distributed systems project implemented in Agile we are constantly looking for innovative yet simple,elegant and robust solutions.We desperately needed a solution which would help us in Deployment,diagnosis of an issue,gather statistics or just the need to run scripts.
Fabric allows us to do all of the above and much much more.
It is a powerful automation tool which eliminates redundancy and covers huge volumes of operations need to be done daily. It is written in Python and hence felt all the more dearer.
Fabric is a Python library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH. You could use it typically by creating a python module containing functions then execute them via the fab command line tool. Lets install and have some fun….
Installation is amazingly simple in any of the below modes $sudo pip install fabric $sudo easy_install fabric $ sudo apt-get install python-fabric
Please read the official documentation for dependancies
Post installation you will need to create your fabfile.py in which you will define the functions/tasks you will like to perform on the remote servers.Fabfile is the place where all of the roles,configurations will be defined.Its all in python so you have the flexibility of simple 'one-script-for-all' to complex class based implementation.
Lets see a simple example.
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from fabric.api import env, run def servers(): env.hosts = ['SERVERA','SERVERB'] env.user = '<remote-system-user>' env.key_filename = ['<absolute/path/to/key.pem>'] env.skip_bad_hosts = True def restart_apache(): run('sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart')
from fabric.api import env, run def servers(): env.hosts = ['SERVERA','SERVERB'] env.user = '<remote-system-user>' env.key_filename = ['<absolute/path/to/key.pem>'] env.skip_bad_hosts = True def restart_apache(): run('sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart')
env.hosts is a list so have your servers[IP-Address] as a list element
env.user you can run the tasks with different users
env.key_filename your ssh authentication key
Now go to the fabfile.py directory and execute as below
$ fab servers restart_apache –run the restart apache task on the list of servers .
which results in
[SERVERA] Executing task 'restart_apache'
[SERVERB] Executing task 'restart_apache'
Disconnecting from [SERVERA]… done.
Disconnecting from [SERVERB]… done.
There are plenty of env options to choose from as per our need.
eg. To check the return code of your command
set the env.warn_only=True and check the return_code attribute of object returned from run().
If you add env.warn_only = True in servers() then in restart_apache() we can do
output = run('sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart')
then check for output.failed which returns (True/False)
output.return_code which returns the actual return code of the command.
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Fly Fishing: Our Newest Online-only Catalog
A little tired of the traditional catalog format and a lot inspired by the November 2009 online-only Surf catalog, our fishing team decided that our approach to a catalog could be . . . well, less like a catalog and more like a good fishing trip. So just like any trip we've tossed in our best gear, but we didn't stop there. We also made sure to throw in a heaping helping of pictures, stories, and inspiration as well. Our latest Fly Fishing catalog is filled with stunning photography, videos and interactive pages that help you see what works together and why. We're sending it your way just in time to get fired up for the season. Check out Patagonia Fly Fishing Spring_10 catalog and let us know what you think.
Online catalogs aren't completely new to us. About six years ago we offered online replicas of our print catalogs. Like any over-enthusiastic fisherman, we were so fired up to get line on the water that we never stopped to think about the importance of presentation. Times have changed and we've learned a thing or two about how to put these things out there. We hope you find the results to be irresistible.
The amount of resources it takes to produce paper catalogs has always made us squirm. And while folks have long been aware of the impact catalog production has on trees, it's only recently that attention's been turned to additional impacts in the form of energy consumption, greenhouse gases, solid wastes produced, and water consumed. Together, our only-online Surf and Fly Fishing catalogs have prevented close to 3 million gallons of waste water from entering our waterways. It's no accident that our first online-only catalogs are made for the folks whose passions are deeply connected to the water. We hope you'll help us in our efforts to set a new example by passing this catalog along to your friends, either via e-mail or your social media platform of choice.
Share with friends: http://www.patagonia.com/fishcatalog
As it stands, the vast majority of our customers still love the print catalog, but we've been encouraged to keep diversifying our approach. Stay tuned. As we make progress we'll share it here.
Thanks as always for your support and for telling us what works best for you. We hope you enjoy the catalog.
ED NOTE: We mistakenly reported above that our two catalogs together have helped to avoid producing nearly three million gallons of wastewater. We've since learned that the paper that would have been used for this catalog production is 50% post-consumer content, which alters the final impact tally. Taking this updated information into account, our online Surf and Fly Fishing catalogs have prevented the production of nearly 1.8 million gallons of wastewater from entering our waterways. Our environmental impact estimates are made possible by the Environmental Defense Fund's online Paper Calculator. To find out more, visit http://www.papercalculator.org.


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The showrooms of Milan's Trade Fair seething with chefs and curious onlookers, a new area where guests can taste wines and dishes prepared by the most renowned chefs titled the "Food & Wine Festival", countless stands of Italian food and produce harvesters competing to captivate visitors one sample after the other, savory treats and nectars of the wine god Bacchus: just to picture how the 8th edition of "Identità Golose" (Gourmand Figures), the International Congress of Cuisine on exhibit from February 5-7 looked like.
Culinary delights and a bouquet of the most prestigious Italian wines served as a backdrop to the traditional award ceremony for chefs who have made a mark in the last season in cuisine and patisserie. The Chef of the year is Niko Romito, while Viviana Varese won Gourmand of Milan, and the Glutton's Artisan is Alessandro Gilmozzi from Trento. The award ceremony closed off with a tribute to Aimo and Nadia Moroni, who have succeeded over time in giving life to a true heaven of taste and Italian savors in Via Montecuccoli in Milan.
Like every year, Gourmand Figures has roused the city's palate, also thanks to special events sponsored by the so-called unaffiliated restaurants, a total of 30 this year, 20 top cuisine and 10 expressing Milan's culinary tradition, chosen to ease participants on their way to a great decked table where they could top-off the day, and to entice citizens to pay a visit to the best the city has to offer in terms of restaurants, without feeling intimated or in awe. Experience taste at its best!
If you have a passion for fine wining & dining, don't miss out on the opportunity to stimulate your sense of taste at the 7th edition of Taste, a showroom of savors and food lifestyle on display from March 10-12 in Florence. This event organized by Pitti Immagine aptly showcases hundreds of the best international business operators of quality food & wine, and thousands of cuisine aficionados. An event you simply can't miss.


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Our fully equipped STOTT PILATES® equipment studio is a mecca for Pilates enthusiasts and an intrigue for those just getting started. As an award winning licensed teacher-training center for STOTT PILATES®, our classes are authentic, well programmed, fun, and as a bonus are taught by the best of the best in the Pilates industry. We use the top of line STOTT PILATES® apparatus including the Deluxe V2Max™ Plus Reformer featuring add-ons such as the Jumpboard and Cardio Tramp®, Stability Chair™ and the Cadillac Tower.
All clients must have a working knowledge of the basic principles of STOTT PILATES® and know how to use the equipment before enrolling in our group Pilates equipment classes. We ask that you attend either a series of private sessions or register for our group Reform School class. This class is designed for beginners and is run at various times throughout the year or by private booking of a small group of family and friends.


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Bills, unfortunately, are a fact of life. But for many Americans, they're a detail that can overwhelm their finances. When faced with surprise auto repairs, appliance renovations, and unexpected charges on regular bills, a limited budget can fail spectacularly. And if you're like 63% of the population, you don't have the savings to bail you out. Financial assistance, like personal lines of credit, becomes a necessity in order to make ends meet.
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Visual impairment is a public health problem of global proportions. More than two hundred and eighty-five million people worldwide have some form of visual impairment. Thirty-nine million of them are blind. Ninety percent of those affected by blindness and severe visual impairment live in the poorest countries in the world. Fourteen million live in India alone. Yet a good proportion of worldwide blindness, including 75% of corneal disease, is curable. The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute is one of the world's preeminent institutions for cornea health and expertise. Funded entirely by global philanthropist Tej Kohli as part of his mission to eradicate avoidable blindness worldwide by 2030, the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute is a global leader in research and development, preventative medicine and Cornea transplants. Access to affordable treatment can only be achieved through systemic long-term efforts to create widespread availability of high quality eye care facilities that are delivered by people who have the resources, technical skills and compassion to handle diverse population segments.
Patients of the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute receive completely free treatment. In the last two years the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute has hosted more than one hundred and sixty-seven thousand outpatient visits, collected twenty-six thousand donor cornea and utilized nearly sixteen thousand corneas for transplants. The Institute undertook more than thirty-one thousand surgical procedures, delivered over seven hundred presentations, published one hundred and forty-eight publications and trained more than one hundred and twenty clinicians.
Blindness is heavily impacted by poverty. Between six and seven million of the twelve million people worldwide who are currently waiting for Cornea transplants live in India. Whilst the average age of a patient needing a corneal transplant in Canada is seventy-five, in India the average age is just sixteen years old, which severely impacts life prospects and outcomes.
By also taking education, treatment and preventative medicine directly to the poorer rural areas where sixty-six per cent of Indians live, the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute is able to additionally target these high-impact populations that are living with curable corneal blindness. At just one rural village location that is not reached by any charities or NGOs, the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute recently completed more than two thousand Cornea transplants during a single year.
Preventing and controlling and eliminating corneal blindness is also a global objective. Achieving this mission will require a scalable and affordable solution for the masses, and through the acquisition of proprietary new biotechnologies, philanthropist Tej Kohli is dedicated to making this a reality.
Through international collaboration between leading clinicians, technology pioneers and global hubs of excellence such as the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, it is a now a visible reality that by 2030 avoidable corneal blindness could be controlled, reduced and then eradicated worldwide.
Many people who are blighted by blindness and other ophthalmic issues are prevented them from participating in society. For many it means being cast out due to their lack of ability to contribute financially. We must not allow this to continue in the 21st century. It is our duty to step in and support with passion, pride, hard work and our guarantee of a financial commitment.
We are proud of our longstanding history and global reputation in the area of ophthalmology. We now have a vital opportunity to extend our work as new technologies can be implemented to help in reducing corneal blindness. We hope to enhance our activities significantly and continue to develop a Global Resource Centre for corneal blindness. We will increase the number of surgeries we undertake and work towards our own goal of eliminating avoidable blindness.
There is an estimated 23 million individuals worldwide who have unilateral corneal blindness while 4.9 million are bilaterally blind. Corneal blindness may be treated by donor cornea transplantation but there is a severe shortage: 53% of the global population has no access to human donor corneas. The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute's efforts to eliminate cornea blindness range from community health and prevention, expansion of eye banking efforts and quality medical care, all the way to the development of regenerative new biotechnologies.


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Little Girls Room Ideas Wonderful Decorations
Maybe, you're wondering how to decorate a little girls room ideas. Girls, usually have a sense of fashion and decoration more developed than children but, when they are still small, we have to make the decisions, the older ones. Our advice is that we base the decisions on your age and not at all give relevance to sex. But we have many requests for ideas to decorate a female children's bedroom. That's why we have a great responsibility, because although the work is ours, we must think that the decoration of a room for a girl will significantly influence their training.
Not because of the sex that we would normally talk about if it were a child, but because it is a stage in which all environmental factors are important. In the first place, it is fundamental to think about age. Not the same analysis as decorate the room of a newborn girl who like to decorate the room of a 13 year old girl . Who is now a teenager with other tastes and needs. Furthermore, it can arise that the room is shared. And in that case are very useful bunk beds , trundle beds , or furniture vertically . The design should adapt as much as possible to all the people that occupy the children's rooms.
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The conditions of the room are also paramount; the amplitude, the form, the natural lighting. It is not the same to decorate a small children's bedroom that, a very large room where we can put everything. Another important factor is the decoration styles that we want to apply (romantic, fairytale, classic, minimalist …). We bet by opting for the purchase of quality children's bedroom furniture. And basic lines that guarantee their durability . And then provide the style with accessories and decorative accessories for children.
The furniture is the strong point of the room. You can choose furniture of higher or lower quality, but do not forget that children quickly change their needs. And preferences so you can have great options if you choose modular furniture combinations that give us the possibility to make variations easily. The decoration style will be defined by the accessories of the furniture line; colors; the design of curtains , blinds, cushions and bedding; the design of the walls, with paintings, posters and children's vinyls ; the ornaments and accessories. These children's decoration accessories are easy to renew and their price is not as high as that of children's furniture.
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Ashby Step Two
£71.33 excl. VAT
This bath step alows safe and easy bath access by reducing the danger of falling in the bathroom. Use one side up for a 101mm (4″) step and the other way up for a 152mm (6″) step. Textured areas reduce risk of slipping with a large standing area for both feet. Size: 520 x 330 x 150mm (20 x 13 x 6″)
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Custom Pickguard Making
Your search is over, I can make any design of scratchplate for your guitar (preferably) from the original, a hand drawn template or a complete new design. I also offer to do this via post for ease!
They're carefully cut by hand to make sure they fit your instrument. They're copies of the original or your supplied template.Get your pickguard template or original to us by the 9th of december in order to get it cut before xmas!
Available with:
- Left or Right handed orientation
- Any pickup size or combination
- Custom placement of holes for pots or switches etc
- 90° or 45° edge bevel
- A variety of colours
- A direct copy from original guard (Broken or working), from a template or a custom design by me
- Anti-hum foil shielding
- An astronomical selection of colours and materials both daring and traditional.............
- Please ask about my loaded pickguards - pre-wired up for you to connect with solderless connections!
Here's some I've made for customers before
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Looking for some inspiration? Heres hundreds more I've made: >Pickguard gallery on my Flickr page
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Colours and Materials Available:
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Got a small guard like a les paul? Don't worry we won't charge you a full sheet price for that!
Handy Documents
Download my postage printout form for posting your old scratchplate or template to me Scratchplate Postage Printout.pdf
How to make a good template - the better the template the better your guard will be! Making A Scratchplate Template.pdf
Rough Prices
Now then, It's very hard to give some baseline prices out so i think the best way is to set out some examples.
The scratchplates are priced according to how hard they are to make (how complex and, in particular, how many flush edges there are!), how large they are as well as the price of the pickguard stock materials cost
Les Paul floating pickguard 1 ply cream £32 Les Paul floating pickguard Wildcat £35 Classic Telecaster 3 ply white £37 Classic Telecaster 4 ply Pearloid White £50 Jazz Bass 3 ply black and cream £42 Jazz Bass 4 ply med Tortoiseshell £45 Deluxe Telecaster Style 3 ply mint green £50 Deluxe Telecaster Style Acrylic Mirror £57 Strat Style 3 ply black £57 Strat Style 4 ply med Tortoiseshell £60 Ibanez RG Style 1 ply matt black £57 Ibanez RG Style Clear Acrylic £57 Precicion Bass 1 ply white £55 Precision Bass Marble £55 Classic Jaguar 1 ply black £57 Classic Jaguar 4 ply Pearloid White £70 Reverse of Pickguard Foiled shielded +£1 Return UK Postage and Packaging +£3-5 Return International Postage and Packaging +£10-15


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Marina del Rey - Overlooking the Water
Sitting on one of the world's largest man-made marinas, Chart House is one of the most picturesque waterfront restaurants in Marina del Rey. Our view of the boats changes with the rise and fall of the tide. The sun sets by the water with orange and red painted skies each night. With seasonal outdoor seating, these sunsets become lasting memories.
Diners get to enjoy all of this while ordering from Chart House's legendary menu, featuring some of the best seafood in Marina del Rey, as well as the best Prime Rib Marina del Rey has to offer. Our popular dishes, from an assortment of fresh fish specialties to unbelievable desserts, have attracted a number of A-list guests including Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks and present and former Los Angeles Lakers stars.
With an unbelievable setting and a menu to match, Chart House is one of the most stunning Marina del Rey restaurants on the water. We've also got one of the best happy hours by the water.


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We at From Bristol With Love fully support this petition > Safe Standing Up The Gas Petition
"Bristol Rovers has always been a special club, and wherever it has been – Eastville, Twerton, or The Mem – the home terrace has always created a special atmosphere.
The Bristol Rovers FC Board of Directors have shown themselves to be a forward thinking team; and we thank them for the excellent work they have done to secure the new UWE stadium.
Now we, the undersigned, the Bristol Rovers fans, ask the board to be forward thinking in the design of our new stadium. We ask that they accept that 'safe standing' is an idea who's time has come; and for them to ensure that 15% of the ground (10% home, 5% away) is adaptable to sit or stand by way of the provision of 'rail seats', or some other suitable standing solution.
We, the faithful and true Bristol Rovers supporters, ask the board to respect the wishes of those of the Old Tote End, Popular End, Bass and Blackthorn. Provide us with a safe, future-proof, and forward thinking solution to the desire for loyal fans to stand and support the Gas. A solution that ensures our special atmosphere continues in our new home.
Continue the excellent work you have begun, and let us, Stand Up for the Gas."
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A long time ago, I got this Lurtz as part of a second hand batch, and he has been sitting on my newly re-instituted prepping station ever since.
Now, I have re-based him onto a washer, and I plan to give him a coat of matt varnish when I have finished his base, and then he can be enrolled in my Blood Eagle Uruk-Hai warband (and my Isengard God of Battles Orc army).
The paintjob is not fantastic, but it will do for tabletop standard, until I can paint up my own NIB version of this sculpt (I am pretty sure, I also have the sculpt of him shooting his bow (at Boromir), and I may want to get that one coloured in, first).
This was the last hobby-related task I managed to get done today - I plan to do some repair and/or re-basing on one mini each day, so that I can get some of the clutter away from my prepping station little by little, without just hiding it away in some box.
Lurtz will get some filler on the base tomorrow along with the four Zulu warriors I have assembled over the last couple of days.
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Second Hand Lurtz Rebased
Labels: 28mm, Basing, Citadel, Fantasy, GW, Isengard, LotR, Metal, Miniatures, Second Hand, Uruk-Hai, WIP
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Good to hear that an old mini is finally going to get some use :-) .ReplyDeleteReplies
No-brainer, really, I just never got around to doing anything about him, until I re-commissioned my elevated prepping station which had been sitting idle on the central table in our office/study/hobby room for more than a year. Now I have painting and prepping station just about 70 cm apart, and I can just turn my chair to switch between the two!Delete
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The Order of Secrets
You went about your normal day, doing normal things like every other day before it… At least until that night. That night changed everything. That night you saw something that cannot be. Should not be. Has no right to be!
You would have died except someone intervened. They swooped in and managed to save you right before you knew you were going to die. They told you that the world is a lie. Your life and everyone elses' are illusions. Existence itself is mutable, at least with the right information on your side. They use that knowledge to keep normal people safe from the things they cannot understand or acknowledge it even exists.
All those stories of legendary heroes, gods, monsters, witches, warlocks, and demons? Caused from their constant war between those with the knowledge and what they call 'Demons' or 'Virii'. This is the basis for The Order of Secrets. Are you daring enough to join their ranks? Or should they wipe your memory?


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Socrates was established in 2003 to help firms deal with the challenges of money laundering compliance. Since then we have helped over 2000 business, mainly in the law, estate agency and accountancy sectors. Many subscribers have been with us throughout our existence.
Bernard George is Director of Socrates. After practising as a litigation solicitor he joined the College of Law where he became Director of the College's operations in London. Since then he has been Director of Training at Dechert LLP, and has served on various Law Society and other committees on training matters. He has written on a wide range of legal topics, in publications from the Law Society's Gazette to the Times.
We have worked with many experts in developing our courses and materials. We particularly thank the following:
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Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher and teacher. He developed the dialectic method of enquiry, sometimes known as the Socratic method. It is the origin of the scientific method of enquiry.
Socrates observed that the influential citizens of Athens knew little but considered themselves to know much. He concluded that he was only wise in that "what I don't know, I don't think I know."
He was put on trial for corrupting the young with such teachings, and was sentenced to death. Instead of fleeing he chose to remain in Athens, and to take his own life by drinking hemlock.
We adopted his name because we strive to match his honesty, originality and teaching skill.


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Protect Your Pooch from Heatstroke
Your pets are just as vulnerable to heat exhaustion and heat stroke as their humans. You sweat to keep yourself from overheating. Here's how to be sure your four-legged friends keep their cool too.
How Your Pets Sweat
Dogs and other pets don't sweat through their skin and fur. Their sweat glands are located in their foot pads.
- They cool themselves through their paws, but these few sweat glands are not significant enough to regulate their body temperature alone.
- Their primary method of cooling is by panting rapidly through their noses and mouths. So be sure you don't muzzle your dog! They need to freely pant.
Protect Their Paws
- Along with sand, concrete, and asphalt, artificial (synthetic) turf get very hot too.
- Opt for cool grass or shady areas.
Warning Signs of Overheating
Fortunately, it's not very difficult to see signs of overheating in dogs. Watch for the subtle, early signs of heat stroke.
Signs of Heat Exhaustion/Heat Stroke
A dangerously overheated dog may exhibit the following signs:
- Collapsing or convulsions
- Vomiting (sometimes with blood)
- Diarrhea
- Red or pale gums
- Bright red tongue
- Glazed eyes
- Rapid heart rate
- Dizziness
- Lack of coordination (wobbly or drunken gait)
- Fever (usually 103 and 106 degrees Fahrenheit and higher)
- Lethargy
- Loss of consciousness (cannot be awakened)
- Small amounts of or no urine
*Heat stroke can progress to organ failure, seizures, coma, cardiac arrest, and death.
Risk Factors for Overheating
Continue reading "KRON 4 | Protect Your Pooch from Heatstroke and Severely Burned Paws"


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MS Contin is a strong medication, that assists with chronic pain, it can also make you very drowsy which I have experienced this week. I think that I have slept more than what I have been awake. It does help the pain a little and I guess it also assists you to relax, so that you can rest.
I have not been at school this week because I have not been well, it is a combination of the medication and my disease. I did not get to have physiotherapy either this week which was extremely disappointing, however I know that next week it will be even more beneficial, that is what happens when you miss something one week, you appreciate it more the next time.
This week I said goodbye to my electric wheelchair, as I am having problems with balance and staying upright when sitting, it is no longer beneficial to me. I have many fond memories of special achievements in that wheelchair. The School Athletics Carnival last year doing the 100m and 200m in it and then this year doing the Cross Country.
Despite not been at school, I have tried to do a little research on my English Novel - The Lord of the Flies and I have been working on my Sports Science Assignment, it is difficult though when your eyes just don't want to stay open!
My care nurse Karen came to visit me and check how I was doing, she told me that resting will help me and that is what my body needs to do. She also filled in another sheet with me, like the one I did before, some things have changed since the last time we did that.
There were two rainbows in Canberra this week, I think that rainbows are the most splendiferous and beautiful creations, they give me hope of better days.
Thank you to everyone who has been donating and passing on Jarrett's City2Surf Fundraising page information. He is now over $4000 and with eighty five (85) days until the big event there is more time to really make a difference. He has been training with dedication and a passion, this is so important to him.
Here are some facts again if you want to share them with others to encourage them to donate.


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Security and SDN
I don't think it would be too hard to guess the topic of my talk at the recent Troopers conference: SDN was the obvious choice, and the presentation simply had to include security aspects of SDN.
TL&DR summary: We know how to do it. We also know it's not simple.
Good news: securing an SDN solution is no different from securing any other controller-based platform (ranging from Frame Relay to wireless controllers), so we're well aware what the potential attack surfaces are and how to protect them (and so are the bad guys, which the bad news part of the story).
No too many people are familiar with the non-hyped reality of SDN, so I had to include "what is SDN" and "what is OpenFlow" sections; you'd be better off watching relevant videos from my SDN, NFV and OpenFlow for Skeptics webinar.
Finally, I included a section describing a few security-related solutions (network monitoring, tap aggregation and scale-out IDS); yet again, you'll get more information in the videos from Real Life OpenFlow-based SDN Use Cases webinar.
Slide deck is already on my web site; the video will be published in a few weeks. Enjoy!
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As the title suggests really, I witnessed an incident a Peak District campsite a few months back that highlighted to me the reason these stoves should not continue to be used for expeditions with young people. Whilst waiting for my DofE group to arrive I was sat in my tent observing another group cooking (no idea where they were from). As I watched, one of the young people busted out an old style pierce top stove. These were replaced a number of years ago with the safer, more reliable, resealable stoves. Curiously I watched the events that unfolded next, where the young person mounted the gas canister, and lit the stove. Before I had chance to shout to them, the whole stove had gone up in flames, I ran in and grabbed the stove hurling it away from the tents into the empty camping field, I quickly extinguished the stove, and turned the gas off.
I promptly headed over and gave the leader of the group an earful. It should be noted that in these cases I do not blame the young people, I blame the leader who allowed them to use the stove in the first place. Pierce top stoves are too dangerous, and too easy to use wrongly. So this is a plea to any scout groups, cadets, dofe groups, schools or anyone else who still Show Allhas these stoves squirreled away somewhere......Bin them now! Afterwards I collected the stove and took some pictures for instructional purposes, so that others can see the results of using these stoves incorrectly. The main issue is if they ignite, it is very difficult to deal with as the stove becomes a fireball, something that for a young person on an expedition will be very scared of.
The issue occurs when the arms securing the canister are not placed correctly, when the canister is is punctured a leak occurs, and when the stove valve is turned on and lit, the pressurised gas sprays out of the canister and lights instantly, and continues to flow. The best case scenario is that the canister remains attached to the stove, the worst case scenario (something that I have seen before), is if the canister becomes detached from the stove, the pressurised canister then blasts off like a rocket with a trail of fire behind it. Obviously this represents a huge hazard, not least of which hitting another young person, or a tent, or vehicle. The question we have to ask ourselves is "is it worth the risk", when resealable stoves are available from £9.99?....Food for thought.
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Why old style pierce top stoves are bad!
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Guess who's back, back again
It was the winter of 2001 and I was fresh out of college and came up to Portland to help get the pub open.
I had been bartending at the Rí Rá in Raleigh and I jumped at the opportunity to travel up and be a member of the unofficial "opening team."
It was a great experience coming from North Carolina where a cold day might see freezing temperatures but would be very rare. After some weeks of pitching in wherever I was needed, anything from construction to staff training to setting up the bar displays, we finally opened to a very welcome reception.
What we did not realize was that the rag tag bunch of Irish guys Co-Founder Ciaran Shehan pieced together to help build the place, would actually become some of the strongest pre-opening PR and advertising we have ever had. See the thing was, like many Irish, they drank – a lot. Like almost every day after work they would go around town and inevitably strike up conversations about why they were here and what they were working on so by the time we were ready to open, just about every bartender and service industry worker in town was spreading the word to curious locals having a pint in their favorite bars about what was to come.
One day, a couple of weeks into being open and being exhausted from working shift after busy shift, I was delighted to wake up to a massive snowstorm. I don't remember exactly how much, but it was a big one. I was scheduled to work lunch but looking forward to a snow day, I called the pub to confirm my notion that we were either closed or so incredibly slow that I could go make a snowman in the park and have a few pints while enjoying my day off!
So I called the pub:
Angela answered, "Thank you for calling Rí Rá, this is Angela speaking how can I help"
I said, "Hey, it's Spencer, I figured we would be closed but thought I'd…"
Before I could finish, Angela cut me off, "Get down here as soon as you can"
Me, "Really?"
Angela, "Yes, we're slammed!"
I hurried down in knee-deep snow to a scene of skis propped up against the front of the building and an absolutely packed pub. Watching the sidewalk-sized snow plow go by, followed by an army of plows, dump trucks, excavators, and other snow removal equipment I thought to myself, I'm not in North Carolina anymore, welcome to Maine!
Now, all these years later and I'm back as Manager of the Pub and feeling very much at home!