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BlazBlue: Central Fiction is an excellent addition to the long-running 2D fighting franchise. The complex combat systems are back, rewarding players willing to put the time into mastering the game's mechanics. If this is indeed the final chapter in the series, it is going out on an incredibly high note.
Arc System Works has been branching out into developing games in quite a few different genres, but at the end of the day the talented development team is best known for their flashy anime-styled 2D fighting games. Most popular among these are the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue titles, the latter of which I have been a huge fan of since near the beginning. Given the many years I have been on that journey with the characters in this universe (both in the fighting games and the visual novels), BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a bittersweet sendoff for the series, because I will miss it if indeed things come to a close with this release, but Central Fiction does so many things right and it is a joy to play.
The story of BlazBlue is a pretty convoluted one, I am not going to kid you. The story mode here is the highlight of the game, with tons of excellent art, lots of interesting character interactions and more. It is almost like a mix of visual novel and fighting game, and I am absolutely alright with that. If you need to bone up on the narrative, there is an excellent primer you can watch before delving into the proper story mode, and running at about half an hour, it is actually a lot of fun for returning fans while incredibly informational to newcomers. Everything looks slick, with stylish anime visuals and a great soundtrack. The one overwhelming disappointment from my perspective is the lack of English voice acting, which is a curious omission for a game that obviously put a lot of effort into its story. Especially since English narration has been around since the first game, so why cut it on the series' final sendoff? While not a deal killer for me by any stretch of the imagination, I did find this to be a complete letdown as I would much rather listen to a metric ton of dialog than read it, especially when my eyes would rather be taking in the graphics instead.
In terms of options and content, BlazBlue: Central Fiction is almost daunting at first glance. With seven new characters (one is unlocked, two are DLC - I have to say I am not a fan of the large number of day 1 DLC items) that push the roster count to an impressive thirty-five, these new combatants offer some great visual and combat variety to the mix. You have a lot of the usual suspects for modes, with the aforementioned story mode, but also arcade, speed, alliance and more. If you are a fan of the game and its fast and fluid combat, there are a lot of reasons to keep coming back to it thanks to all of this content.
Now, speaking of the combat, let's just say that BlazBlue: Central Fiction is the best, most polished release in the series to date. Small quality of life improvements such as counters to let you know how long an Overdrive has left. Active Flow rewards aggressive gameplay and makes matches more exciting than they might otherwise be as players who turtle excessively will find themselves at a disadvantage. Exceed Accels are a goofy way of saying 'Super Move' that ends your Overdrive state, but in often spectacular fashion.
There is a great deal of visual flair to be had here, and while the portraits look great in the story mode cutscenes, the real star of the show is how buttery smooth the combat and stages look. BlazBlue: Central Fiction benefits from the power of the PlayStation 4 as it has never looked this gorgeous on the previous PlayStation 3 and Vita platforms. Characters have a wide range of fast, smooth animations while the arenas are gorgeous, bursting with detail, movement and color.
Considering you can spend about thirty hours just on the story mode alone, there is a lot to do and take in with the latest and greatest BlazBlue title. Part of me finds it unlikely that BlazBlue: Central Fiction will be the absolute last version of this game to release. This has been a very high quality series for a number of years now, and if this is indeed the sendoff of the BlazBlue universe, we are fortunate that it is such an excellent one.
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"If the church truly believes that the Bible holds the power to change lives, then we must make it a priority to introduce Netizens to this wonderful book. At the same time, we must understand that our much-loved "Good Book" must be transformed. It must be released from the tyranny of the printed page to reach a wired, digitized, hyper-connected world. It won't be easy for a church conditioned by hundreds of years of word-based Christianity. While our postmodern culture celebrates the "triumph of the image" over the written word, the traditional church is mired in Enlightenment-era rationality, a world in which the word was the primary unit of cultural currency. Granted, much online communication is textual, but it is a different kind of text-based communication than the church is accustomed to.
Charles Henderson, the organizing pastor for the First Church of Cyberspace, said that 'The worst possible approach to the Holy Scriptures is to read it in one uninterrupted, linear progression from start to finish. It is far preferable to wander in circular patterns in and around and through its varied poetry, history, saga, parable and story. As one does so, one finds that one passage plays itself off against another, though they were written hundreds of years apart by people who spoke entirely different languages. And as one threads a path through the text, one finds that its images and ideas emerge and play off against each other and against the situation in which one is living.'[Charles Henderson, "The Emerging Faith Communities of Cyberspace",Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine, March 1997.] The Internet is truly a liberating medium. It makes scripture -- and therefore God -- more accessible to a culture alienated from traditional Christianity. This is a "virtual" return to the pre-literate society at the time of Christianity's founding. Christian gatherings on the Internet bear more resemblance to the primitive church's house meetings than to the regimented weekly services of most Protestant denominations."
(Andrew Careaga is the author of E-vangelism: Sharing the Gospel
in Cyberspace, Vital Issues Press,1999. He is also a youth pastor at
Salem Faith Assembly Church in Salem, Missouri.
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I try to take one day at a time but lately several days have attacked me at once.– Ashley Brilliant
Day 16 I got the results of my hand x-rays: mild to moderate osteoarthritis.
It was a relief to finally get a diagnosis of the cause of my hand pain – but a disappointment that it was not a condition that could be cured or go into remission. From experience to date I know that anti-inflammatory medications and safe pain relief only subdue rather than relieve the aches and pains.
Thinking positively (with my big girl pants on..):
- Pain lets you know you are still alive
- I don't have lupus or leukaemia or…
- My blood profile is normal
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Who's Making It: Edgar Wright (Director), Edgar Wright (Screenwriter), Joe Cornish (Screenwriter), Stan Lee (Creator - Writer), Jack Kirby (Creator - Artist)
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
At their San Diego Comic Con panel this year, Ant-Man director Edgar Wright surprised and delighted fans by walking out on the stage. He then offered a special treat: showing the test footage he recently filmed for his dream of a live-action Ant-Man movie.
As reported by Screenrant reporter Rob Keyes, here's what the footage offered:
"So, what was shown in the short clip?
"Opening shot pans down from inside a vent looking down a brightly lit hallway, lined with silver colored panels. Inside the vent is a very small Ant-Man looking down the hallway to a door at the end, guarded by two men in suits.
"Angle changes to corridor looking up to vent and we see little Ant-Man jumping down, changing size to normal as the armed men pull out side-arms to shoot.
"Ant-Man shrinks, jumps up and we see a slow-mo shot of him punching the guard to his in the mouth.
"Ant-Man goes full size as he engages the second guard, shrinks again as he jumps and grabs the guard's tie, going full-size as he goes over and using the momentum to flip the guard over his should through a glass window.
"Ant-Man, then patiently walks and enters the elevator door as a few more glass bits fall from the window.
"Ant-Man's costume concealed his face entirely but is very similar to the books (seen above and below). When he transforms, he phases and instantly becomes the other size. It was a pure action sequence and showcases how Ant-Man can be a very cool and unique spy for SHIELD. His abilities are very unique and he's a trained operative. Wright said after the footage: 'Ant-Man will kick you ass one inch at a time.'"
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Not so fast: The Playlist checked with their sources who told them that the Adrien Brody rumor is bunk and nothing more. Read that site's snarkiness here.- The Playlist. Comment on this Scoop (1)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Yesterday AMC's blogger in residence John Campea tweeted this interesting string of 140 characters: "Take this for what its worth, but I was just told Adrien Brody is most likely going to be Ant Man for Edgar Wright."
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Having been pestered for about two years or so by 'Tumbling Bill'
Panton, KL and world Hash genealogist, as to which Hash was Glasgow's Hash Mother, I
finally tracked down Roger McIlroy, the founder of GH3 through a chance discussion with
Ronnie Robb (Wild Local) from Aberdeen.
Sometime in July 99. Conversation went something like this :- Ronnie "How's Nash Hash coming along?" Steve "Great. Everything's in place, regos are going well, can't complain". Ronnie "That's great. We are all looking forward to the event. Don't let Scotland down now! This has got to be the best Nash Hash since Edinburgh!" Steve "We wont. Hey guess what? We just realised that NH99 falls almost exactly on the 10th birthday of Glasgow HHH. The one thing that bothers me personally is trying to find Roger McIlroy, the guy who founded Glasgow Hash to a) get some historical background, and b) find out which Hash he ran with immediately prior to founding Glasgow". Ronnie, "Do you mean Roger McIlroy the guy that works for me?? Want his phone number??"
That was how - after about two years of trying EVERY ex Glasgow Hasher and pestering (Sick) Nick Hoffman in Oz for trashing his old PC with the Hash History on it - that I found Roger. Here is what he wrote, although it was submitted too late for inclusion in the Nash Hash magazine, it clarified that Hague was Glasgow's Hash Mother.
Steve (Barcode) Taylor
23rd July 1999
I promised I'd write something so here it is:
No seriously...
The Glasgow Hash started with the setting up of Britoil in Glasgow and the associated arrival of Oilfield Trash from around the world. Along with the trash came a number of associated rituals, probably the most famous of which is of drinking too much and then trying to get off with the local talent.
At the time, the early eighties, free love had yet to reach Glasgow even though the rest of the world seemed to have already had had it and had moved on. So Glasgow was still a place where more subtle techniques had to be employed if any nookie was to be had.
This is what I found when I returned to Glasgow, my home town having sampled the delights of such far flung places such as Senegal, Italy, Oman, The Netherlands and Aberdeen on the way, all of which, with the possible exception of Aberdeen, where men were men and sheep were somewhat apprehensive, were much more welcoming to a lonely willie.
So the first idea was to get a mixed hockey team together and having hooked some talent under the subterfuge of sport, only let on after the game that the mixed part meant in the showers too. This captured what turned out to be the original hard core of the GH3: Carol McCutcheon, Shirley Naismith, and Mark Simpson. Only Mark, unfortunately, was keen on the showers so a second plan had hastily to be set up.
This was Hashing. The plan was born in the Basement of Archies Bar in Waterloo St where Mark and I had ended up after the girls from the Hockey team had gone home for their shower. I had done a Hash with The Hague Hash in the Netherlands and seen the possibilities along with the behinds of a lot of very nice Dutch girls. (I was a fairly slow runner in those days) Having asked where they kept their caps and discovering that they were actually quite willing to show me I realised that Hashing attracted just the sort of girls I could do business with!
So the first run was planned and a case of beer bought just in case anyone got thirsty. This was the famous "Dry Run" in Pollok Park set by Mark and myself (26th August 1985). Advertising was by Britoil noticeboards and word of mouth. Rumours were purposely spread that along with the free beer, free hash and even the much sought after free love might be available. So a good turn out resulted with even more stalwarts arriving on the scene notably Graham Dean, Wol Chaffe, John Nieto and Christine Flint.
A second dry run followed and as momentum built the "Inaugural Run" actually Run 5 was set up, complete with Founder Member T Shirts, Hash Sheets, Down Downs, by which time Maw and Paw Broon, Carolyn Grant were well on the scene and the Glasgow Hash had come out of the Britoil closet and was well on the way to becoming the Glasgow Institution it is now.
What happened to me? Well I was soon on my travels again, leaving behind the GH3 among maybe a few other babies, to Edinburgh then Copenhagen and now finally back to the Northern lights of Aberdeen again.. where men are still men and sheep are even more apprehensive...
I eventually did find love through the Glasgow Hash too, on a return visit.. and she wasn't even a member. She was Carolyn Grant's next door neighbour. Invited into a Hash Party to avoid complaints about the noise...Aye.. you just never know. We've got three children now, seven years later. I havn't taken them on a Hash yet. What! expose them to that riff raff...maybe when they're 21. Second thoughts.. make that 31.
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Lil' Kim "Black Friday" (video)
Published Feb 17, 2011Lil Kim's Nicki Minaj diss track, "Black Friday", has been floating around for quite some time now, but with a mixtape of the same name about to drop, the Queen Bee felt it time to support the song with a video clip.
She comes out swinging full force, stepping on a blood-soaked pink wig at the beginning of the vid. She also hired someone to play a Minaj lookalike scouring Lil Kim videos on YouTube for inspiration. Later on, a child gets the option to play with a Lil Kim doll or a Nicki Minaj doll. The tot opts for Kim's and lets the dog chew on the likeness of the Young Money princess, ass-implants and all.
The Queen Bee caps things off with a quote from Michael Jackson, slamming her alleged clone: "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation... period."
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Adasiewicz / Erb / Roebke
More Dreams Less Sleep
If it feels like we're living through a ghastly re-run of the 1930s these days, there's a crumb of comfort to be had that some bright souls are defying the isolationist, philistine spirit of the age and forging creative links across international borders. It's a very small crumb of comfort, admittedly, but I'll take it where I can get it at the moment, thank you very much.
Jazz was big in the 1930s too, of course, and what we have here is the jazz equivalent of a town twinning association exchange trip between the lakeside cities of Lucerne and Chicago. Christoph Erb brings the reeds from Switzerland, whilst the American contingent of Jason Adasiewicz and Jason Roebke add vibraphone and double bass respectively. At this point, my extended metaphor breaks down, because this sounds nothing like any jazz recorded in the 1930s that I'm aware of.
Instead, we have five, distinctly modern improvisations, with terse one-word titles and a definite nocturnal vibe, if you'll excuse the pun. Quite why the vibraphone should make everything sound as if it's happening after midnight I don't know, but it certainly does. This doesn't mean it's soporific, however. Quite the opposite. Erb's saxophone and clarinet scamper through the vibes and bass, creating an urgent, itchy atmosphere, complete with insistent, knocking percussion effects that hammer away like those thoughts that just won't go away at three o'clock in the morning. There are patches of relative calm to balance this out, so the whole thing is like a strangely enjoyable anxiety dream on a muggy night.
Veto Records are becoming a bit of a stamp of quality, their satisfying cardboard packages containing genuine musical treasures. This one is perfect for when you want to lie awake and worry about the state of the world.


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Amanda Gonzalez is our allergology and clinical immunology specialist. She focuses on the development, manifestation and treatment and the progression of allergies. Amanda Gonzalez knows all about the various substances which can trigger an allergy.
Typical allergic illnesses are e.g. hay fever, skin conditions like eczema and neurodermatitis as well as metabolic disorders that cause diarrhoea, vomiting and damage of the intestinal mucosa after contact with certain types of ingested grains. Seasonal or year-round rhinitis can also be an allergic illness.
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Join us for a Show and Share from Rendez-vous 2019, the International Calligraphy Conference held in July in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Rose Wong will be presenting on "Bold & Blended – Chunky Capitals and Minuscules in Belgian Bister Inks with Amity Parks.
A 5-day class on learning a broad edged pen version of a chunky Roman alphabet.
This bold hand is a casual and contemporary look, lending itself to colour blending
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Item posted: Thursday 18th April , 2013
The other week, Jonny and I set off to the Solent for a week�s sailing in arguably some of the best waters in the world (if you don�t mind the cold).
It was already panning out to be quite the adventure before we had even left Brighton. It had been blowing a gale for a few days, and still was, so we had to wait a while before we could head off west.
We used the time to do a few boat jobs � I hauled Jonny up the mast so he could fit a new steaming light (the old one had been ripped off by the jib), and in return, he hauled me further up the mast to sort out the furling halyard for the bigger genoa that we fly in lighter winds.
Satisfied with our work, we went to the supermarket to stock up for the week. I think we got a little bit carried away, as we ended up needing a trolley to carry everything back to the boat. That�s impressive, considering there were two of us, with a big backpack each, and the supermarket in Brighton Marina is only a ten minute walk away. And yet, we still needed a trolley.
Actually � we needed four trolleys.
The first trolley�s locking mechanism activated itself on the outskirts of the supermarket car park, just as a very smug-looking older lady walked past us continuing to push her trolley across the marked boundary.
I went off to fetch another; we transferred our shopping, and pushed that one 100yds before it also locked up. Jonny dragged it to the next corner, where we found yet another trolley.
After half an hour of dragging borse firmate imitazioni perfette and cursing, we made it to the fishing boat pontoon at the edge of the marina. Thinking on my feet, I skipped down the jetty to make use of one of the marina trolleys left on the pontoon. Excellent, we thought, transferring our shopping for the last time.
It was not to be.
�Hey! Oi, you two!�
A fisherman came running after us, and told us that we shouldn�t have taken �their� trolley. Apparently we could use it, but we�d have to bring it back. That sounded like more hassle than it was worth, so we transferred our shopping replica borse for the fourth time, back into the dodgy trolley, and dragged it all the way back to the boat with gritted teeth.
And that is how our week�s adventure began: with four shopping trolleys and an irate Brighton fisherman.
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Add Chit-chat to a knowledge base
Adding chit-chat to your bot makes it more conversational and engaging. The chit-chat feature in QnA maker allows you to easily add a pre-populated set of the top chit-chat, into your knowledge base (KB). This can be a starting point for your bot's personality, and it will save you the time and cost of writing them from scratch.
The QnA Maker service is being retired on the 31st of March, 2025. A newer version of the question and answering capability is now available as part of Azure AI Language. For question answering capabilities within the Language Service, see question answering. Starting 1st October, 2022 you won't be able to create new QnA Maker resources. For information on migrating existing QnA Maker knowledge bases to question answering, consult the migration guide.
This dataset has about 100 scenarios of chit-chat in the voice of multiple personas, like Professional, Friendly and Witty. Choose the persona that most closely resembles your bot's voice. Given a user query, QnA Maker tries to match it with the closest known chit-chat QnA.
Some examples of the different personalities are below. You can see all the personality datasets along with details of the personalities.
For the user query of
When is your birthday?, each personality has a styled response:
|Age doesn't really apply to me.
|I don't really have an age.
|I'm age-free.
|I don't have an age.
|I'm a bot, so I don't have an age.
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Chit-chat data sets are supported in the following languages:
Add chit-chat during KB creation
During knowledge base creation, after adding your source URLs and files, there is an option for adding chit-chat. Choose the personality that you want as your chit-chat base. If you do not want to add chit-chat, or if you already have chit-chat support in your data sources, choose None.
Add Chit-chat to an existing KB
Select your KB, and navigate to the Settings page. There is a link to all the chit-chat datasets in the appropriate .tsv format. Download the personality you want, then upload it as a file source. Make sure not to edit the format or the metadata when you download and upload the file.
Edit your chit-chat questions and answers
When you edit your KB, you will see a new source for chit-chat, based on the personality you selected. You can now add altered questions or edit the responses, just like with any other source.
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You can add a new chit-chat QnA pair that is not in the predefined data set. Ensure that you are not duplicating a QnA pair that is already covered in the chit-chat set. When you add any new chit-chat QnA, it gets added to your Editorial source. To ensure the ranker understands that this is chit-chat, add the metadata key/value pair "Editorial: chitchat", as seen in the following image:
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The extraordinary gentlemen behind Optimo are all time greats, JD Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes are bona fide DJ wizards. Additionally, their Optimo Music and Optimo Trax labels are bold testament to precisely what makes them great. Depth charging trends, they release EPs, LPs and 12″s how they play, based on a passionate clarity of vision.
They've released a number of fantastic classics by Chris Carter and Peter Zummo and future classics by Golden Teacher and Boot & Tax.
This summer finds Optimo labels in high gear with a series of back to back rippers:
Golden Teacher Meets Dennis "Dubmaster" Bovell…At The Green Door – Glasgow's wavy band of leftfield disco explorers got together with dubby post-punk production legend Dennis Bovell for this facemelting 12″. Hold on to your butts.
Severed Heads' Big Saints Reward (Dubs 1988-1990) EP – A set of rare 12″ dubs and an oh so slightly retweaked edit of late 80s work by Australian electro-pioneers, this EP is a banging keeper. *Between the grip of reissued and brand new Tom Ellard work and Severed Heads making a return to LA in September, the house is being blessed BIG time.
Various Now That's What I Call DIY! (Cult classics From the Post-punk era 1978-82) – The Post-punk era is a vertiable goldmine cum minefield, where hungry, angry young men and women found a reason to thrash and spit. The waves and waves of output (both good and bad) is seemingly enough to fill endless, endless Strut and Soul Jazz compilations to varying degrees of success without ever overlapping. That being said, a good compilation is a genuine revelation, and Twitch's compilation is just that. Featuring hard to come by work by The Distributors, Visitors and Fatal Microbes…"…DIY" showcases lost heat AND what makes Optimo so beautifully inimitable.
Boot & Tax S/T LP – The Milanese duos previous tracks and edits Acido, Occhi Blu and The Simone are certified monsters. For their full length debut, Claudio Brioschi and Cristian Croce have seemingly trepanned themselves and done a little teacup routine and let their weird juicy brains spill out all over this thing. At turns spacey, beachy and clubby…sometimes all at once, this album is an amazing Nouveau Cosmic trip.
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|Auckland harbour
|Katikati A&P show!
|Bush walk near Tauranga
|Beach on the way to Whitianga, possibly Whangamata, there were so many!
|Sunset over Whitianga's Bufalo Beach
Day 5: At Coromandel town we bought smoked mussels and smoked tarakihi from the Coromandel Smoking Company, they also had some yummy smoked cheese which happened to be from a Tauranga company called Wholesmoked NZ (previously I had only tried fake smoked cheese, you know, with smoked flavour, this cheese was amazing! And I confess to eating most of the fish, love it!!). On the way to our accommodation at the base of Mt Te Aroha we stopped at Matatoki Farm and bought Gouda and Romano. That night we sampled more NZ beer from the Te Aroha liquor store.
|Hugging a Kauri tree near Coromandel Town
|Kauri trees near Coromandel Town
|Mt Te Aroha, the Te Aroha Domain and the museum building.
|waterfall in the Waiorongomai valley
|Wairere falls up close....
|.... and from the cottage
|Cabbage tree at the Te Waihou springs
- Beetroot - roasted beetroot, garlic, lemon juice, oregano, cream cheese, sour cream - blended
- Tatziki - plain yoghurt, chopped cucumber, garlic, lemon juice - stirred together
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Linda spotted some really fun looking cloud paper when we went to the scrapbook store last weekend and when she got a few sheets I knew she would do something fantastic with hers and I would be jealous she had the paper and I didn't. I couldn't let that happen so I got a few sheets too! I told her I thought it would be good to do a card with hot air balloons. This one turned out to be my favorite card out of the 5 different designs I did over the weekend.
Supplies Used:
Make The Cut
Miss Kate Cuttable's File
Studio Calico Here and There Collection
Various patterned cardstocks
Cri-Kits Gel Pens
Colorbox Chalk Ink
Stampin Up Markers
will not be offering this file for download since it was purchased from
Miss Kate Cuttlables. You can purchase this file here - Hot Air Balloons, for a mere 50 cents. I did tweak mine a bit and welded the basket to a balloon so I could have a solid base layer.
did make my banner in Make The Cut and I used the Cri-Kit gel pens to
get the sentiment on the banner. I moved the letters around to get them
to work on the wave of the banner. I forgot to take a picture of the
inside of the card, the inside sentiment reads "An Uplifting Birthday"
and it was done using Hallmark Studio. I was able to match the fonts,
which is another feature I love about using Make the Cut.
dimension on the banner was done by curving it in several places and
then just adding glue to the part that is under the balloon and then on
another wave *okie isn't sure if that made sense or not and wonders
if there are classes for being able to give clear instructions and then
decides she is too lazy to even google it*. I guess you will just have to take my word that it was easy and it made the banner look really cute and wavy looking.
all I would say my "get back into the groove of card making" weekend
was a success. I know I would have gotten more done if it weren't for
that stinking True Blood marathon I was doing but I still say that a
total of 30 cards isn't bad for a weekend of crafting!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Uplifting Birthday - Yep, It's A Card!
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Thirty cards! Wow! I'd say you're DEEP in the groove. Great card.ReplyDelete
wow, that's alot of cards!! way to goReplyDelete
I'm glad you are back in the groove. I love your cards!ReplyDelete
Love, love, love this card!! I don't know what it is about hot air balloons...lol!ReplyDelete
Super Cute & Cool card !TFS..new follower.ReplyDelete
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I absolutely love this card! Good reminder to use my Cri-kit Gel Pens. I've had them forever and don't think I've ever used them. They're probably dried out LOL!ReplyDelete
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The City of North Charleston's official blog has moved! Go to the city's new website for the latest news.
Friday, December 2, 2011
North Charleston High School students tour Boeing facility
Boeing has partnered with the Charleston County School District to create a new major in Logistics. North Charleston High School has one of only two Logistics programs in the state of South Carolina. After an introduction to the company and a welcome from Boeing Senior Managers, students were taken on a tour of the campus. They were able to view the production line and see first-hand the logistics involved in building an entire airplane.
The highlight of the tour took them through the 787 Final Assembly building, which is the size of 12 football fields. Inside, the first 787 is to be entirely assembled in the North Charleston facility was being finished. The tour ended at the new visitor's center where the students were given Boeing 787 t-shirts for participating in the Logistics program at NCHS.
Logistics is a class that will prepare students for a successful career in Materials Handling. Other local businesses such as Piggly Wiggly, CGI, Pearlstine, and Trident Technical Institute have partnered with this program to ensure its success. All of these businesses hire high school graduates in this area and are committed to hiring NCHS students that successfully complete the Logistics Major.
The Logistics Class is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of Warehousing and Distribution. It is an introductory course in Material Handling within a warehouse environment. Students will learn the concepts of warehousing and material logistics, as well as, how materials are handled, moved, stored, controlled and protected within a warehouse.
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University of Minnesota Police are no longer investigating a reported sexual assault in Sanford Hall as a stranger sexual assault according to a public safety update from the police department.
According to the Star Tribune, University officials said the previously reported sexual assault case is now being considered a "student crisis intervention case".
Vice President for University Services Pamela Wheelock told the Star Tribune that University police no longer believe the student was a victim of an armed sexual assault. Wheelock declined to tell the Star Tribune whether police believe any crime occurred or whether they believe the student changed her story.
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Rodriguez was later killed in the presence of Canadian Member of
Parliament Svend Robinson with an injection said to have been provided
by an unidentified physician. [Administrator]
The appellant is terminally ill, suffering from a
progressive disease of the motor neurons. There is
no cure for the disease and the average duration of
life is about three years. Evidence indicated that
the appellant would become bedridden and unable to
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suicide when her condition becomes no longer
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person. Section 241(b) of the Criminal Code makes it
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. . .The constitutional exemption I propose would
be available only on the authority of a superior
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It's rare for a film studio to inspire affection. The giants of Hollywood - Warner Bros, Fox or Paramount, say - might be admired, but not loved. Ealing Studios was loved, and it still is, well over half a century since its heyday. Ealing gave us some the most enduring classics of British cinema history - the great comedies, among them Passport to Pimlico (1949), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951); the chilling Dead of Night (1945); the epic tragedy Scott of the Antarctic (1948); the police 'procedural' drama The Blue Lamp (1950). But it also had a powerful sense of itself. Ealing and its films stood for decency, democracy, community, pluck and fair play: the best of British values.
There has been an almost constant filmmaking presence in Ealing for well over a century: since 1902, when the pioneering producer Will Barker moved his Autoscope Company across London from Stamford Hill. So the studios at Ealing predate not just Pinewood and Elstree but the whole of Hollywood, making the attractive but mostly unassuming West London borough probably the oldest continuing centre of filmmaking in the world.
Barker's studio was a modest affair. But in 1931, theatre impresario Basil Dean acquired the land at Ealing Green with ambitious plans to build a home for his new production outfit Associated Talking Pictures (ATP); Barker's glass houses would give way to Britain's first purpose-built sound stages. Dean had come to film from theatre, and ATP's output was heavy with stage adaptations. But the studio had its greatest success with two singing comedians from Lancashire: Gracie Fields and George Formby. Their lively, earthy popular appeal helped ATP to compete at the box office with much more ambitious productions from better-funded rivals like London Films or Gainsborough. But despite Formby and Fields' continuing popularity, by the end of the 1930s Dean's studio was struggling, and in 1938 he was replaced as studio head by Michael Balcon.
One of British cinema's genuine heavyweights, Balcon had been an early patron of Hitchcock at Gainsborough and Gaumont-British in the 1920s and 30s, and had just returned from an unhappy experience in Hollywood in the bureaucratic and hierarchical environment of MGM. Back in England, he was determined to create a different atmosphere at Ealing - to make it, as Dean had called it, "the studio with team spirit". Balcon's Ealing was distinguished by its famous round table meetings, where filmmakers freely discussed each others' work, and by the loyalty it inspired in its staff. Just seven directors accounted for 71 of its 95 features: Basil Dearden, Charles Frend, Charles Crichton, Harry Watt, Alexander Mackendrick, Robert Hamer and Alberto Cavalcanti. Writing credits were dominated by just three names: Angus Macphail, John Dighton and T.E.B. ('Tibby') Clarke.
Balcon renamed ATP after its studios, and Ealing entered its richest phase. In the war years Balcon gradually steered the studio away from 'tinsel' (his dismissive name for trivial escapism) and towards a realism inspired by the documentary film movement - though there was still room at Ealing for Formby (for a time) and for fellow music hall comedians Will Hay and Tommy Trinder. After a couple of false starts, Ealing found its calling in the early years of the war, making films "in the national interest": rousing and sometimes alarming warnings of the threat of invasion (Went the Day Well?, 1942) or the risks of careless talk (The Next of Kin, 1942), and inspiring celebrations of collective courage (The Bells Go Down, San Demetrio London, both 1943), in marked contrast with the officer heroics that other studios tended to focus on. Not for the last time, Ealing was in tune with the national mood. As the war came to a close, the studio's hunt for a new identity threw up fascinating one-offs like the Utopian fantasies Halfway House and They Came to a City (both 1944), the horror compendium Dead of Night, the finely-drawn East End thriller It Always Rains on Sunday (1947).
But Ealing struck gold in 1949 with a trio of films - Passport to Pimlico, Whisky Galore! and Kind Hearts and Coronets - that established it as a specialist in a certain kind of clever, whimsical and very British comedy. Ealing's magic touch for comedy continued with The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955).
So successful were the comedies that they have tended to eclipse the rest of Ealing's films, but even after 1949 the studio's output ran across genres - and even territories. Among Balcon's lesser-known achievements is the revival of filmmaking in Australia, where Ealing made four feature films, starting with 1946's The Overlanders; the studio also made two films in Africa. During the 1950s the studio would become associated with a low-key naturalism, which at its best produced intelligent, well-crafted and films such as Pool of London (1950), Mandy (1952), The Cruel Sea (1953) or The Long Arm (1956), but at its worst turned out monochrome dramas and limp comedies whose unwillingness to offend bled them of life. Even so, a handful of films broke the mould: Cage of Gold (1950) was a noir melodrama spiced with lust, blackmail and murder, Secret People (1952) agonised over the ethics of political assassination and Nowhere to Go (1958) was a stylish, grimy tale of deception and betrayal that took issue with Ealing's community values.
Sadly, Balcon's last years at Ealing weren't glorious ones. The studio's mid-1950s releases served up few box-office successes, and Ealing was struggling financially. Its long distribution deal with Rank broke down acrimoniously, and Ealing was forced to sell its studios to the BBC in 1955. It found a temporary sponsor in MGM, and continued production at Boreham Wood, but it was an uneasy partnership and lasted for just six films. A last-minute rescue deal with Associated British couldn't hold, and Ealing dissolved in 1959.
Ealing was far from Britain's most successful studio: Rank was bigger, and Hammer more profitable. Only one Ealing title (The Blue Lamp) appears among the 100 biggest ever hits at the British box office, as identified in the BFI's Ultimate Film survey in 2004. But Ealing's success can't be measured on such material terms. 'Ealing', especially when linked with 'comedy', is part of our everyday speech - as much a shorthand for a set of ideas about Britishness as it is a description of a particular group of films.
Thanks to television, DVD and online, the classic Ealing films are more available than ever. And since 2002, Ealing Studios has been up and running again, a successful production company, a lively and expanding centre for filmmaking and a major player in a resurgent British film industry. Michael Balcon's studio may be long gone, but the bonds between Ealing and film are too strong to be lost to the past.
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The Royal Botanical Gardens, commonly called "Hope Gardens", occupies 200 acres of land in the Ligunae Plains of urban St Andrew. The gardens were established in 1873 on a section of land from the estate of Major Richard Hope, one of the original English colonizers who arrived with the invading force of Penn and Venables. Today the gardens are the largest public green space in the Kingston metropolitan region, and are home to Jamaica's most popular collection of endemic and exotic botanical collections. Of particular interest is the Cassia siamea grove by the main entrance, which was planted in 1907, and the other mini-gardens within the park – notably the cacti garden, with its rare varietals; the bougainvillea walk with its magnificent explosions of tropical colours; the annual gardens, with numerous species of exotic flowers; the sunken gardens and the lily pond.
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Székelyudvarhely, March 15, 2006.
We, the participants of the Grand Székely Assembly, held on March 15, 2006, in Székelyudvarhely, bearing full awareness of our historical responsibility for our children and grandchildren, hereby appeal to the State of Romania, to the European Parliament, to the European Union, to the United Nations, and to the people of the world.
We, the inhabitants of historic Székelyland and the Székely settlements, state that:
In the 1919 Minority Treaty of Paris, Romania, together with the Allied and Associate Powers guaranteed autonomy rights to the Székely people. - Today, by a reference to the Constitution, we are forbidden even from holding a local referendum for the creation of a Székely autonomous administrative region.
According to the Vienna Declaration of the 1993 United Nations Conference, all people have the right for self-determination – including the Székely people.
The European Parliament calls for protective measures for the Hungarians of Transylvania, including the Székelys, corresponding to the principles of self-government and subsidiarity – the Romanian authorities, however, refuse to take this into consideration.
We, the inhabitants of historic Szeklerland and the Székely settlements, declare that:
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Autonomy for Székelyland – Freedom for the Székelys!
On December 1, 1918, the Gyulafehérvár Grand National Assembly's Decision proclaimed complete national freedom to all nations living together – we demand that this promise be kept!
The Romanian Parliament and Government should fulfil the international responsibilities they have taken and provide for the real and effective equality of the autochthonous Székely community in its homeland.
The Romanian Parliament should ratify the Székelyland Autonomy Statutes.
According to the 1334/2003 Resolution of the European Council, the "nation state" concept included in the Constitution is outdated, and shall not be an obstacle to local autonomy – yet the authorities deny the re-establishment of Székelyland autonomy referring to the "nation state" clause. We demand that the term "nation state" be erased from the Constitution.
The European Union should remedy the deprivation of our collective rights that came to pass 86 years ago, and make the creation of the Székely autonomous administrational region the condition of Romania's accession.
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Innate ability aside, legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham got a big drum sound by playing big drums. Paying homage to Bonham's signature, deeply resonant and otherworldly beat from "When the Levee Breaks" for this fantastic clip, "Open My Eyes," Rival Sons' drummer Michael Miley plays huge drums in a rather economically configured, three-piece kit while completely nailing Bonham's nearly inimitable feel. And that should be enough to get any rock fans attention right out of the box. But really, this is just a great, pristinely produced Rock & Roll song by a band that obviously knows its shit.
Reviews I've read tag Rival Sons as a "Garage Rock Band," but to my ears (and based entirely on this track) they sound more like one of the Classic Rock bands of the '70s that built its foundation on blues and soul influences (Read: Led Zeppelin, Free, Uriah Heep). Just listen to vocalist Jay Buchanan and tell me that he didn't pick up a few pointers from vocal greats like Steve Marriott, Robert Plant and Paul Rodgers. And just to toss in a comparison from my vault of unknown references, "Open My Eyes" really favorably reminded me of a much-loved-by-me lost track, "California," from the woefully unsung Unified Theory, which is the band Blind Melon turned into after Shannon Hoon died.
"Open My Eyes" is first single from the album Great Western Valkyrie, due for release on Earache records on June 10th, 2014, which should be well worth checking out. Enjoy!


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Tonight's Late Late Show will feature the first major TV debate of the abortion referendum, with representatives from Together for Yes and Love Both making their cases.
People tell their personal stories of abortion and there will be questions from members of the audience.
Debbie McGee, wife of the late magician Paul Daniels, will chat to Ryan about reaching the final of Strictly Come Dancing at 59 years of age.
Irish jockey Davey Russell will discuss his win at the Grand National at Aintree earlier this month, and Kerry actress Jessie Buckley will talk about her successful career in film and television.
Singer-songwriter Miles Graham and Something Happens will provide the music.
That's all folks!
That's it for another night, you can catch up on the April 27 show on RTE Player - watch it back here.
Final thoughts
Dr. Peter Boylan says his final piece:
We need to look at this women with compassion. They do consider all the options.
We are failing women, we're not trusting them and we're not trusting doctors
Carolina Simons says her final piece:
I just want people to realise when we, I mean if we remove the 8th amendment we won't be talking about these rare cases
Removing the entire amendment means the unborn baby has no protection and it will mean abortion on demand, including abortion on demand of healthy babies.
A pro-life doctor says he does not want to provide abortions in his clinic
A member of the pro-choice side answers:
If every GPs provided this service, they would see two cases a year
Journalist Wendy hits back:
There were 2,600 incidents in a clinic in just one year. They described their abortion clinic as a 'cattle market' and staff were encouraged to give abortions
Wendy talks about babies born after a woman has been raped
Journalist Wendy talks about the women she's talked to who have had children out of rape
They felt personally assaulted their pain was used to push forward an abortion
If I'm lucky enough to have another baby, my doctor is delivering my health baby and in the next ward a doctor could be ending the life of a baby
A woman says why people should vote No
I was 19 and in my second year of college.
I was never maternal and on the 1 of April 2013 I found out I was pregnant.
This audience member thought her life was over and decided to travel abroad to England.
Shortly after she discovered her passport had expired so ordered abortion pills, which never arrived.
She talked to her family about her pregnancy and they were very supportive.
My turning point was when I talked to a colleague about it.
She brought me for lunch and she told me that although she has a family of her own, all her children are adopted.
She said her co-worker had wished for her own child and the audience member says that was a big moment for her.
We can not deny the humanity of the unborn child. When abortion was legalised in the UK and US, they did not have the ultrasound technology we have today.
A No vote would really show that the people of Ireland are telling the government that we can do so much better for our sisters and mothers than the barbaric act of abortion.
A mother reveals why she wants a YES vote
A mother in the audience talks about her experience. Her daughter Gracie was diagnosed with a bone condition, meaning her bones won't grow and will crush her lungs before she makes to full term or when she arrives her lungs will fill out but her bones will crush them.
I got to Liverpool on St Patrick's Day and they induced me.
36 hours later Grace arrived, perfectly. She had brown hair, she was perfect. The doctor confirmed the diagnosis.
She praises how the doctors treated her and she then went home to Ireland acting as if it's all normal.
I should have been planning to deliver Grace, I shouldn't have had to be booking flights.
It shouldn't be on me, I should have been planning on delivering Grace.
Spent 12 hours with Grace in Liverpool. A week later she had her funeral.
We couldn't afford to go back to the funeral.
She and her husband were given a tracking number to pick up their daughter's ashes.
I should have been looked after at home.
A yes vote would mean Grace could rest in peace and I would have to stop constantly tying to tell her story
What happens when the referendum does pass?
Where will abortions take place?
Dr. Boylan says:
A termination can only be done if there's a risk a mother might die
There are reasons for termination in pregnancy and I have to disagree with Caroline on this
We have unsafe abortion in this country at the moment.
Doctors and women will be trusted to make the right decision. If it's termination in the early stages, then the woman will be after 72 hour for reflection instead of going to the UK where she had commuted herself to buying a ticket and a hotel, but in Ireland she will have the chance to reflect.
She will take on tablet with her GP and the second in her own home, in the safety of her own home where she will also have medical attention.
They're discussing rape
The pro-life side's Love Both campaigner Caroline Simons says:
That is the most difficult case and that is always the case that is thrown out. There is nothing more horrifying than the idea of a woman being raped.
Speaking about a woman who was attacked and raped, she added:
Her husband and herself managed to cope with the idea of getting through it and had the baby.
Ryan has to step in
A member of the pro-life side asks Dr Peter Boylan to read something but Ryan has to step in to keep the debate stable
Ryan asks the pro-life side a tough question
Should we not be trusting the doctors and taking their lead?
Now journalist Wendy Grace speaks for the the pro-life side
Ireland is one of the safest places in the world to be pregnant
We're voting to legalise the abortion of healthy babies, of healthy mothers
I saw my baby jumping around at 22 days
Their speaker shares her own experience with pregnancy
Debbie remembers her husband's last day
He never knew what was wrong with him
But on a day to day level, we had jokes and fun until the end
She added
He never understood that he was dying
Debbie gushes about her late husband, magician Paul Daniels
I'm so lucky I had this amazing man in my life
I have no regrets
And the moment we'll all remember tonight...
"I'm still Irish, I'm still gawky and awkward and curly somewhere..." - not sure Beast star Jessie Buckley quite thought that one through #latelate pic.twitter.com/24agehyH97— The Late Late Show (@RTELateLateShow) April 27, 2018
People love Jessie's banter
Jessie Buckley with quote of the year Doing Killarney proud #latelate #TheLateLateShow— John O' Donoghue (@jodonoghue1983) April 27, 2018
Beast looks brilliant can't wait to see it. Critics raved about her performance. #LateLate— Ruth (@r_uthe_) April 27, 2018
This girl is so cute I love her #latelate— Molly (@mollytwomey1) April 27, 2018
Isn't she fabulous! Great to see an irish actress hitting the big time. #LateLate— Ruth (@r_uthe_) April 27, 2018
They may be over what happened, but viewers aren't!
* When the conversation turns to the pubic area *#latelate#LateLateShow pic.twitter.com/QwpeK03XZP— Myth Addict (@MythAddict) April 27, 2018
MAJOR word fail!
I'm still Irish and gawky and awkward and curly, somewhere
Oh dear! The audience burst into a fit of giggles after Jessie's awkward comment - dirty minds!
Kerry and PROUD!
Sometimes I go in for an audition and they go 'What?!'
Sure it's tough having a Kerry accent! But Jessie loves her home
An accent is a part of a person's colour
Glam dress and... Converse?
Oh Jessie Buckley! We love your casual style.
What does everyone else think?


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The 2014 staff regulations introduced the so-called "career cap" (blocage des carrières in French). Regular ASTs and ADs who have no management responsibilities cannot reach grades above AST9 and AD12. At least in principle, see the next article on career inequalities which shows that the career cap does not apply to several thousand pre-2004 officials …
The 2014 Staff Regulations also introduced a special career path for those who are supposedly experts in their field, the so-called "senior assistant" and "senior expert" posts. Most of us know that these titles are nothing but a reward for those who have been in place for a long time, nothing to do with actual qualifications!
We have just received an update from DG HR on the number of nominations to these posts and on the resulting promotions since 1 Jan 2014.
A staggering 820 permanent officials have benefited from nominations to these high-ranking positions during the past 3 years. With the current trend, we should reach over 1000 officials in these positions before the end of this year.
Because these nominations open the way to promotions to grades beyond the AST9 and AD12 cap, we can expect that most of these lucky colleagues will reach the AST11 and the AD14 grades in a few years' time. More than 500 of them have already benefited from promotions to AST10, AST11, AD13 or AD14 during the past 3 years.
The budgetary impact of these generosity is not public yet but a back-of-the envelope calculation suggests that it will be on the order of several million euros/year (a promotion implies a pay rise of about 13% if one neglects the steps; 13% of €10,000/month for 1000 people gives about €16 million/year; we don't have yet access to the financial fiche of the draft General Implementation Provisions for Contract Agents, but we reckon that DG BUDG is trying to save a similar amount on the back of the Contract Agents, through for instance their downgrading at the occasion of a change of contract).
While it is encouraging to see that DG HR is becoming more transparent with this "senior something" scheme, it raises a difficult issue: how can the Commission afford to spend so much money to boost the careers of officials who are already ultra-privileged while cutting on every other possible expenses?
Don't forget that the lucky "senior something" will not only enjoy higher salaries but they will also benefit from higher pensions since pensions are directly proportional to the last year of salary. When you consider that the pension liability had reached €57 billion at the end of 2014 (footnote 15, page 6) you start worrying, don't you? You won't be the only ones to be worried about the sustainability of our pension scheme, the Council is getting worried too and this is not good news for us! In particular, the Council conclusion #8 "requests that the Commission … reports … on the long-term sustainability of the EU pension scheme, taking into consideration … an evaluation of the pension accumulation rate, the staff contribution rate of 1/3 to the pension system, including for existing staff,…… and to propose appropriate policy measures … to ensure the sustainability of the scheme.".
Read the Council's lips: more cuts to the pension rights of "existing staff". Most of those nominated to "senior something" posts during the past 3 years will have escaped from active service before the situation becomes unbearable (they will no longer be "existing staff"…) but those of you who have been recruited after the 2004 reform, or worse after the 2014 reform, will be targeted once again! In this context, one would expect DG HR to be more cautious with the "senior something" scheme.


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Bank House Henry Street, Glossop, Derbyshire , SK13 8BW, United Kingdom
The Centre shows the way in which the town, its setting and its people have developed in the known ten thousand years of history so that both residents and visitors are encouraged to gain a better understanding of its unique character and tradition, which should in...
0.2 miles Museum
Trinity Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2BN, United Kingdom
Astley Cheetham Art Gallery in Stalybridge was built as a gift to the town by John Frederick Cheetham and his wife Beatrice Astley in 1901. The gallery originally opened as a lecture theatre and then the space was turned into a gallery to house the Astley Cheetham...
5.3 miles Art Gallery
Union Street, Hyde, Derbyshire, SK14 1NF, United Kingdom
The Rutherford Gallery is a new art gallery in Hyde, exhibiting work by Harry Rutherford, a nationally renowned artist who came from the Tameside area. His career was long and varied, working initially as a draughtsman and then training with the eminent artist Walter...
5.4 miles Art Gallery
Rock Mill Lane, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, SK22 3BN, United Kingdom
A simulated coal mine and magnificent model of the town as it was in 1884 are two of the attractions to be seen in New Mills Heritage and Information Centre. The centre is housed in a refurbished stone-built building of great character at the top of the path leading...
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Ashton Town Hall Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 6DL, United Kingdom
Welcome to the Museum of the Manchester Regiment. The Museum tells the story of generations of Manchester Regiment soldiers through two hundred years of service from 1756 until 1958. The museum tells their unique stories through the objects they left behind. There...
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Vale Road, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 3LD, United Kingdom
Chadkirk Chapel is a beautifully restored 16th century building set within the heart of Chadkirk Country Estate. Relax in the peace and tranquillity of a picturesque Walled Garden and Flower Meadow. Learn more about the early life of the Chapel from its association...
6.8 miles Historic House
Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7SG, United Kingdom
Central Art Gallery is a real gem. Located above the library on Old Street in Ashton-under-Lyne, these beautiful gallery spaces host a varied programme of temporary exhibitions.
6.9 miles Art Gallery
Heritage Wharf, Portland Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 0QA, United Kingdom
Portland Basin Museum is housed within the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse in Ashton-under-Lyne. The museum combines a lively modern interior with a peaceful canal side setting. It is an exciting family friendly museum, with something for all the...
6.9 miles Museum
High Street, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6HS, United Kingdom
The Museum opened in 1962 and is situated in one of the out buildings of the 19th century Victoria Mill. The only part of the mill to survive - it stands in a historic and beautiful location beside the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in the village of Uppermill.Saddleworth...
7.6 miles Museum
Wellington Mill Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK3 0EU, United Kingdom
Hat Works is the UK's only museum dedicated to the hatting industry, hats and headwear. This award-winning visitor attraction offers two floors of interactive exhibits taking you on a journey through the history of Stockport's once thriving hatting industry. The...
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Scientific artwork by Joannah Underhill
About the artist
The artwork was created by a previous Artist-In-Residence at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Joannah Underhill. With an honors Degree in Fine Art from The Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Jo Underhill combined her artistic experience and playful approach to life through her art. In October 2006, Jo was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma cancer. During her battle, she teamed up with researchers here at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) to understand the molecular changes in her body that occurred during the disease.
"I'm a very visual person, so when I was first diagnosed with cancer, I was trying to imagine what my cells would look like as they changed in response to the disease," - Joannah Underhill.
Over several months, Jo studied, sketched and brought her inspirations to life creating more than twenty original artworks. Jo battled with the disease for 8 years, until sadly in 2014 Jo's cancer took her life.
Molecular Regeneration forms part of her artistic legacy and is available to purchase as a print to support research at IMB.
'Molecular Regeneration'
Molecular Regeneration is a visual representation of the potential that all cells have for regeneration.
It was inspired by artist Joannah Underhill's exploration and observation of molecular and sub-cellular processes through microscopic images during her residency at IMB.
Purchase a print by former artist in residence Joannah Underhill to raise money for research at IMB.
61cm(W) x 61cm(H) on German Etching


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- Circle Park Bridal Boutique
Sara & Cody Sutton
Sara's Stella York vintage wedding dress featured a lovely sweetheart neckline and trumpet silhouette that is both slimming and sexy. This classic southern lace wedding dress turned heads with it's form-fitting bodice and that perfectly complements Sara's attitude, style and spirit.
From the Bride: "The first thing my husband and I decided on was a style for our wedding. We chose to go with an elegant classic southern style. Which was largely influenced by the Milestone Mansion that we completely fell in love with. It also helped us decide on a pastel color pallet since the entire mansion is bright and white.
To me a lace wedding dress was the perfect addition to a southern wedding. My best friend actually bought her wedding dress from Circle Park Bridal and so I knew I wanted to start there. I loved the attention and helpfulness of the employees at Circle Park Bridal. The woman helping me actually had to snag my dress from another bride as soon as she was done trying it on because I saw it on her and fell in love. The moment I put my dress on I knew it was the one. Everyone in my shopping party had tears in their eyes.
After that, we went on to get my bridesmaid dresses, from Circle Park Bridal as well. It was quite the afternoon with 6 bridesmaids trying on all different styles to decide the fit that they liked best. The day of the wedding, everything was more beautiful than I could have imagined. Just looking at the wedding photos, I am so happy we went with a bright and light color pallet to match the venue. My dress was perfect, my bridesmaids dresses were perfect, and the whole day was better than I could have hoped.
My uncle officiated the wedding and incorporate a few Mexican traditions into the ceremony. We were able to include so much family in the ceremony and that made it all the more special to us. Right down to the moment during the reception that my groom and his groomsmen disappeared and came back in a V formation so they could lift him up and spin him (while he wore light up shoes.) The day and everything about it was beautiful.
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I am a Mexican Trap producer(new). I am currently trying to become better on a daily and I usually make dark/sad or emotional trap. I love soccer and life is good.
My email is-
I used to play the tuba and I am trying to learn the piano right now.
As I am filling this out, I am listening to my own song trying to see what I can do better lol. But a good recommendation is listening to Luis Miguel if you're Hispanic.
A good album made by a great Mexican would be Mexico Por Siempre. But, another great and emotional album is X's new album, '?'.
My influences are probably XXXTENTACION and of course Metro Boomin. Their songs/beats have shown me how to make mine basically.
Dark/Emotional. I am still getting better and learning new things every day but right now it is not too bad :P.
Like soccer, I am currently trying to get into either a Medical Career or a Political Career. Still deciding


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THE AGE: "Scarred landscape reveals its peaceful face" by Ruth Pollard 25Mar12 March 25, 2012
by Ruth Pollard - The Age - 24 March 2012
THE Ferris wheel rises up like a giant sculpture in a sea of green, an unlikely punctuation mark at the start of a 12-kilometre walk through the gentle hills and quiet valleys of the northern West Bank.
It is not long before red anemones, wild pink cyclamen and bursts of yellow corn marigold decorate the spring landscape and the ancient city of Nazareth shimmers in the distance.
In a region scarred by conflict, it is easy to forget the beauty of this area. Here, Palestinians are getting on with life: running businesses, going to university and farming.
It is the "other face of Palestine, the one not represented in the daily images of the conflict", says Stefan Szepesi, a Dutch economist and walking enthusiast.
Frustrated by the limits of his diplomatic life, Szepesi, who worked for the European Union and later as an adviser to Tony Blair in the Middle East Quartet office, realised he had to get to know Palestinians – and their land – much better.
What started four years ago with Szepesi and four friends has grown into a weekend walking group of internationals and Palestinians now numbering 235. They have walked more than 10,000 kilometres.
Along the way Szepesi has had tea with Bedouin shepherds in the Jordan Valley, wandered through an ancient Roman stadium in the tiny village of Sebastia, discovered monasteries in the desert of Wadi Qelt and a renovated Ottoman-era citadel in the village of Ras Karkar.
Now he has chronicled those trips in Walking Palestine: 25 Journeys into the West Bank.
As we walk along one of the trails between Haddad and Jalqamus outside the city of Jenin, once strangled by Israeli checkpoints after the violence of the second intifada, Szepesi says walking helps people to understand the conflict. "You see the scars on the landscape but you also see … people just leading their lives," he says.
From fair trade olive oil in Burqin to the Jenin tourist park with its Ferris wheel, Palestinians are building a state, despite their divided leadership and Israel's 44-year military occupation, Szepesi says.
Detailing all kinds of paths from paved roads to shepherd's trails, his book provides maps, information on historical sites, wildlife and local springs, parking, public transport, accommodation, and where to eat.
"The unexpected encounters are just wonderful, they are the most important part of walking … I have never regretted accepting the offer of tea or coffee."
Jenin local Mohammed Atari is one of the guides featured in the book. He has a degree in archaeology and peppers our walk with stories of the significant sites in the region, which feature remains from the Bronze Age, Roman-Byzantine, Crusader and Ottoman periods.
As we move through olive groves, flowering almond trees and fields of quivering wheat, Atari stops to point out plants that are used in Palestinian cooking or as traditional balms or teas, rubbing the leaves between his fingers to bring out their delicate scent.
We reach the highest point of the walk and turn to take in the view. From Mount Carmel to Nazareth, and right across the northern West Bank, the calmness is all-consuming.
At 34, Atari is old enough to remember life before the second intifada and the construction of Israel's "separation barrier" – a system of cement walls and wire fences running hundreds of kilometres through the West Bank.
"Before the wall we were all neighbours," he says. "When someone died in a Jewish home we would go and show our sadness, and if we had a wedding they would come and dance with us to celebrate."
All that has gone now, and he describes the anxiety of villagers when they saw him painting the small red-and-white signs on the rocks to mark this walk's pathway. They were convinced the land was being marked out to be taken by Israeli settlers.
Indeed, Szepesi says the 25 walks in his book avoid the settlements, mostly because they are fenced in but also because of the surrounding tensions.
In the book's foreword, Palestinian lawyer, author and walker Raja Shehadeh says: "Much of the landscape in the West Bank is rapidly being destroyed by roadworks, expansion of existing cities and the fast, unprecedented increase of Jewish settlements being established there in violation of international law … and as a result many areas of outstanding beauty have been destroyed."
Not all, though. Our walk finishes in Zababdeh, a village where churches sit alongside mosques and the largest school enrols both Christian and Muslim students.
The secret treasures of this village are the ancient Byzantine mosaics in its Latin convent, thought to date to the 6th century AD. It is true, as Shehadeh writes: "The best way to know a place is to walk it."
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3 Greeks and 3 Turks are travelling by train to a conference. At the
station, the 3 Turks each buy tickets and watch as the 3 Greeks buy only
a single ticket.
"How are 3 people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks one Turk.
"Watch and you'll see," answers one Greek.
They all board the train. The Turks take their respective seats but all
three Greeks cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly
after the train has departed, the conductor
comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and
says, "
Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges
with a
ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The Turks saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the
conference, the Turks decide to copy the Greeks on the return trip and
some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they get to the
station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their
the Greeks don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed Turk.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a Greek.
When they board the train the 3 Turks cram into a restroom and the 3
cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one
of the Greeks leaves his restroom
and walks over to the restroom where the Turks are hiding. He knocks on
the door and says, "Ticket, please."